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The Hood Kiver Glacier. It's a Cold Day When We Get Left. ::. , vol. 7. hood river, Oregon; Saturday, june 29, 1895. no. 5. 3(6od Iiver Slacier. PUBLISHED EVERT SATURDAY MORNING BT '. S. F. BLYTHE. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. Ona year IS 00 Six months... 1 00 Three month! , 60 8igleoopy i Canto THE GLACIER BARBERSHOP, HOOD RIVER, OK. GRANT EVANS, Proprietor. Bhaving and hair-cutting neatly done. Satis, faction guaranteed. WIS A GIGANTIC FRAUD So the Peralta Land Grant Case Proves to Be. '; THE CLAIMANT WAS ABRESTED The Court Held That Every Title Paper , Introduced In the Suit Had ( Been Manufactured. Santa Fe, N. M., June 27. The great Peralta grant, situated in Ari zona and New; Mezioo, and covering 12,426,000 acres of land, which has been on trial for three weeks, was de cided today in favor of the government. The claimant was in oourt, appearing cool and collected. The court held every title paper to be forged, and manufactured, and that the mission reoords of San Salvador, Gal., were forged to enable the wife of the claim ant to connect herself with the Peralta family. Chief Justice Reed announoed .it was not necessary to determine who Mrs.' Peralta-Reavis was, but it was sufficient to hold that she was not an heir of the alleged grant, nor en titled to maintain the suit. The writ ten opinion will be filed by the ohief justice as soon as it can be prepared. Upon advisement, Reavis was ar- iOblCU UJ LIJO UllllTCU UUDIWa UllMl. for asserting false claims against the government upon oomplaint made by the United States which was filed by Attorney Reynolds, under instruc tions given by Attorney-General Olney before he left the . department of jus tice. Attorney Reynolds and associate, Mallet Prevost, are being showered ., with congratulations from all over Ari zona. ' This practioaljy ends the most stupendous fraud ever attempted in this country, And successfully carried out ' for a quarter of a century. The opinion was unuanimous, and in announcing the conclusions of the court, Chief Justioe Joseph Reed said: "The plaintiff's motion to suppress certain portions of the testimony filed by the defendant will be overruled. We are of the opinion that under the ' .. i.1 i . i- . .3 .. n.lJnlt the oourt is organized, it is competent for a party to take his testimony before a member of the oourt beyond the limits of the states named in the ao tion. - We are unanimously of the opinion that the several documents upon which the olaims purport to be based, as existing in Spain and in Mex ico, are forgeries. The claim appears to us to be fictitious, and the docu ments appear to have been surrep tiously introduced into the reoords and , archives at Seville and Guadalupe. . Entertaining these views, it is, per haps, unnecessary to go into the ques ion as to whether Mrs. Reavis is a lin eal descendant of Miguel Peralta or not. fudging from her physioal ap pearance, we would say : that . she is doubtless of Spanish origin, but a por- itn nf fha tAafciTTrmriir hv -whirm her flfi- soent from the original grantee is al- lowed to be established namely, the baptismal and burial reoords of the parish of San Salvador, Cal., are man ifestly forgeries, and have been evi dently fabricated for the purpose of es , tablishing her identity. Therefore the claim may be rejected, and the petition of the plaintiff will be dismissed and a deoree to that effect will be entered"." ,' I Utah Southern Interest Defaulted. New York, June 27. Holders of the general mortgage and extension mort gage bonds of the Utah Southern Rail road Company have been notified that the payment of interest has been de faulted. Messrs. J. M. Han and Oli ver Ames, trustees for the firsj mort gage, have called a meeting for the bondholders for July 11, in this city, to oonsider what steps shall be taken in the premises. Denmark Wants a Naval Port. New York, June 26. A special to the Herald from Hamburg says: It is anncuced that Denmark intends to con struct a naval port on the island of Bornholm. REFUSED TO MODIFY. Judge Merritt Will Not Change His Or. der in Short Line case. Salt Lake, June 27. Judge Merritt has refused to modify his previous or der in regard to a receiver for the Ore' gon Short Line & Utah Northern. The case came up again today on application of the American Loan & Trust Com pany for a modification, asking that J. M. Egan be made sole receiver. The attorney for the trust company was J, G. Marshall, and J. M. Thurston and P. L. Williams represented the Union Pacific interests. General Cowan ap pered under the special direction of the attorney-general of the United States to oppose the application of the loan company. In addition to an in dependent receiver, the loan oompany asked permission to issue receivers' certificates, as had been done in other oourts, for the reason that the raising of large sums of money required by the order of the Utah court was impracti cable. Judge Marshall said nothing could be done under the present order, because it is impossible for the trust oompany to pay a large amount of money to remain under the same man agement as before. " Senator Thurston urged that no modification of the order should be made. General Cowan said he was in structed by the attorney-general to strenuously oppose the application on the part of the government. The re ceivers formerly appointed were satis factory to the government, as its inter est ran along with the property. ' The loan oompany would have the right of an independent reoeiver when the ac crued interest, on the mortgage was paid. On behalf of the government, he thought the separation ought not to be made. He explained, however, that he opposed the application on ao- oount of the pecuniary interest of the government. At the conclusion of the argument Judge Merritt said: This case has given me great trour ble and some annoyanoe. I made no order respecting receivers' certificates, and shall not do so now. The matter is being considered in the appeals of other circuits. In the meantime I will let the order stand as before." SIGNED BY ALTGELD. The Illinois Bill Relating to News paper Libel. Springfield, 111., June 27. Governor Altgeld today signed the libel bill. This law provides that in any action brought for the publication of libel, the plaintiff shall recover only actual amount of damage, if it shall appear at the trial of such action, that such publication were true, , or its falsity was due to a mistake for misapprehen sion of facts or in the next two regular issues of the newspaper, after the mis take or misapprehension was brought to the knowledge of the publishers, whether before or after the action had been brought, a correction or retraction was published in as conspiouous a manner and place as was the libel, no exemplary or punitive damages shall be recovered unless the plaintiff shall before bringing suit, give notice in writing to the defendant to publish a retraction or correction of the libel, and before bringing suit allow the de fendant reasonable time to publish suoh oorreotion or retraction. The provisions of the act shall not apply to a case of any libel against any candi date for publio offioe, unless the retrao tion charge is made editorially, in a conspiouous manner, at least ten days before the election. CURE FOR INSANITY. A Chicago Professor Believes Electric ity Is the Only Remedy. Chioago, June 27. Professor H. W. Vonnel says that eleotrioity is the cure for insanity, and he wants the oounty commissioners to give him the oppor tunity of treating insane persons with out interference on the part of the offi cials. He has written a letter to Pres ident Healy, in which he says vthat those who are now treating the insane patients depend on books with the opinions of others, and are without originality. Eleotrioity, he says, is the cure for insanity, and he wishes to try it on the patients at Dunning. He says that the prevailing . idea that in sanity is caused by mental disease, or that the brain is the seat of the mal ady, is wrong. All the difficulty is from a reflex action on the brain from local causes in the body- He says he is certain he oan oure the insane in mates of the asylums if the oounty commissioners will but give him a ohanoe. "' Chicago Evening Mail Sold. Chicago, June 26. This afternoon the Chicago Evening Mail became, by cash purchase, the property of George G. Booth, of Detroit. A new stock corporation will be formed to conduot the property. Mr.- Booth is a son-in-law of Mr. James E. Soripps, and is general manager of both the Detroit News and Detroit Tribune. He is also prinoipal owner of the Grand Rapids Evening Press. Associated with Mr. Booth in his personal enterprises is William Hall Turner, manager of the Grand Rapids Press, who will also take charge of the Chicago Mail. THE TASK ACCEPTED Salisbury Succeeds Rosebery as Premier of England. THOSE WHO WILL HOLD OFFICE Rosebery Announced the Resignation to , the House of Lords and Haroourt , to the Commons. ' ' ; ' London, June 26. The Marquis of Salisbury made his visit to the queen at Windsor today, and he agreed to form a ministry, but there exists some doubt in the publio mind as to whether the conditions he attaches to his accept ance of the task will be consented to by the outgoing liberal ministry. It is said that he will demand that there be no opposition to voting estimates be fore the proposed dissolution of parlia ment, and that none of the members of the cabinet chosen by himself shall be opposed for re-election at the coming election. Mr. Gladstone was in con sultation with Lord Rosebery and other leaders of the liberals until a late hour tonight, but nothing has been given out as their decision on these questions. Mr. Asquith, the home secretary, 'and Lord Tweedmouth, the lord privy seal, also attended the conference. The Times, Post and the Daily News agree that Lord Salisbury's acceptance of the task of forming a ministry is conditional upon the Gladstonians not opposing votes of supply, and an early dissolution. The Times and the Daily News further believe that no such as surance has been given, and therefore the issue is doubtful. The Daily News, which is - the organ of the liberals, strenuously advises against any suoh concessions on the part of the liberals or their opponents. Before going to Windsor castle, in response to the queen's summons, fol lowing the resignation of the Rosebery ministry, the Marquis conferred with the Right Hon. A. J. -Balfour, con servative leader in the house of com mons; the Duke of Devonshire, union ist leader in the. house of lords, and with the Right Hon. Joseph Chamber lain, unionist leader in the house of oommons. . Gossip continues busy as to the makeup of the ooming cabinet, and the best opinion seems to be that; the Duke of Devonshire will be given the place of foreign secreatry, with Mr. Balfour as first lord of the treasury. ; Mr. Chamberlain is talked of as secretary of state for war. '.' The notice sent to conservative agents throughout the country to pre pare for a dissolution, is indicative of Lord Salisbury's plans. The conserva tives and the liberal unionists are seen to be in perfect accord, and no embar-' rassment is anticipated in the makeup of the cabinet from conflicting claims of the allied parties, which are now practically one. Mr. Goschen, who was chancellor of the exchequer in a former cabinet, is slated by the gossips for first lord of the admiralty, It is expected that immediately on the passage of the seal fisheries bill for the regulation of sealing in Behring sea, which was presented by Sir Will-, iam Vernon Haroourt today as an urgent measure, there will be an ad journment of parliament for several days, and it is possible that the new ministry will not be announced until the end of that time. Rumors that Sir William Vernon Haroourt will retire from publio life if Lord Rosebery is retained in the lead ership of the liberal party, is denied by the Daily News, the organ of the liber als. There has been gossip for many months of dissention between Lord Rosebery and his chancellor of the ex chequer, who has been the liberal leader of the house of commons. ' Assassination His Object. Clyde, N. Y., June 26. William Campbell, an old soldier from Buffalo, N. Y., is in jail here. He told Chief of Police Hamilton that he was on his way to Washington to kill Grover Cleveland. "I know the chap well," he said, "and 1 mean to put him where he won't be able to do the old soldiers any more harm. " Realizing that he had a crazy man to deal with, Chief Hamilton replied that' he, too, longed to perform the same aofc; and suggested that they act- together. "President Clevlend could be more easily assassi nated by two men than one, you know," he said to the lunatic. To this the man assented and away they started. Chief Hamilton kept the man talking about himself and telling him he would carve President Cleveland, until the jail was reached. At this point the man grew suspicious, and wanted to know what they should do in that building. Hamilton replied that they would step in and talk the matter over. The next . second the lunatic was hustled into a cell. r A Verdict of Not Guilty. . Spokane, June 25. The jury trying ex-County Clerk Downing for embezzle ment of oounty funds brought in a ver; diet of not guilty. There are half a dozen remaining cases against him, each of which will be tried separately. PAGE ACQUITTED. He Is Declared Not Guilty of the Mur- . der of Harry Frazer. ' Seattle, June 26. After being out forty-five hours and thirteen minutes, the jury in the case of Paul ,E. ; Page, charged with the murder of Harry Fraser, tonight brought in a verdict of acquittal, after a trial lasting all last week. Page is a farmer from Mitchell, S. D. , who was on his way to Alaska to engage in mining. Fraser was pro. prietor of, the Northern hotel bar. The night of April 23, Page engaged in game of dice with Fraser in the Northern hotel bar. E. C. Marden, the bartender; William Ireton and Frank Johnson were present. . A dis pute regarding change arose, which ended in Page shooting Fraser, who died a few days later. - The prosecution endeavored to prove that Page was eager to gamble, and drank five or six absinthe cocktails during the evening; that he tried to swindle Fraser out of change for a $10 bill, and that when Fraser grabbed the bill he -fired. The defense claimed that Marden and Johnson were loaded dice men, and knowing that Page had about $360 on him, conspired to drug and rob him; that Page only drank one cocktail, and that was drugged; that he only fired when he felt himself yielding to the drug, and had just enough sense left to know the men were pouncing on him to rob him; that he, therefore, fired in self-defense, his sense of proportion feeing so clouded by drugs that he was incapable of properly gauging the means of defense to be used. . The defense thoroughly broke Mar den and Johnson's testimony on cross examinaiton, and exposed them as gamblers and dice-swindlers. The ao quittal is largely due to the idirsepu table character of the witnesses for the proseoution, and failing to put Fraser's dying statement in evidenoe. MILLIONS IN MINES. Large Investments Are Made In Pacific 1 Coast Property. . New York, June 26. "Millions of dollars have been invested in gold mines in the past few months," said John McDonough, president of the First National bank of Creede, Colo. "A curiours proof of the solidity and conservatism of the investors is the fact that they do not allow these de tails to be made publio if they can help it, the odium attached of late years to the mining business being so great as to almost affect a man's credit. This spring several large gold properties have been purchased by New York and Boston capitalists, but these men adopt a different method to that in vogue a few years ago. The days of wildcat ting in this country are practically gone. Investors nowadays first make sure of the presence of an ore body. They pay for ore in sight. That is the method which has made David Moffat, of Denver, and other miners so wealthy. The capitalists step in with the cash required to bring the ore to the . surface. ' Deals have been put through this spring in California, Idaho, Colorado, Montana and Arizona, some of them running over a million and a half dollars. In Europe, espe cially in Paris, London and other money centers, there seems to be a mining craze, but that is for South African stocks, and we do not want any of that excitement over here, as it dis credits the business aspect of the min ing world." MR. GRESHAM'S WILL. The Late Secretary's Last. Testament Admitted to Probate. Chicago June 26. The will of Gen eral Walter Q. Gresham, late seoretary of state, was admitted to probate today by Judge Kohlsaat. Mrs. Gresham appeared in court, aooompanied by her son, Otto Gresham. Judge Henry W. Blodgett and George W.- Kemp, of the United States oircuit court, the' wit nesses to the will were also present. The will is very simple. It is written in Judge Gresham's own handwriting upon one sheet of paper, and dated De cember 18, 1888. It is as follows: 1 , "I, Walter Q. Gresham, do hereby make this my last will and testament. I give, devise and bequeath to my wife, Matilda Gresham, all my estate, prop erty and effects, real and personal, and of every kind and description, and wheresoever situated, to have and hold absolutely. I appoint my wife sole executrix of this will., Witness my hand this 18th day of Deoember, 1888." The schedule of property owned by General Gresham shows that he was worth $51,000 at the time of his death. Of this $40,000 is in real property, and the balance in personal effeots. The other heirs are Otto Gresham, the son, and - Kate Gresham ; Andrews, his daughter. .' An Austrian Court-Martial, . Lemburg, Austria, June 26. A court-martial was held at Pezemyala, which tried twenty-six Hussars for the murder of a sergeant. Three non-commissioned offioers and ten privates, who were chosen by lot to do the deed, were sentenced to death and the re mainder to imprisonment for life. The condemned men have already been shot! OUR MINING PRODUCT Annual Showing ol Resources of the United States. A DECLINE IN LOCAL OUTPUT This Was Mainly Due to Financial Con ditions, But Special Features Also Affected the Net Result. Washington, June 25. The annual government report of the mineral re sources of the United States for the year 1 894 has been completed. It was compiled under the supervision of Dr. D. T. Day, chief of the mineral depart ment of the geological survey, ' and is based on reports of many experts and special agents. The total product shows a great decline from the output of 1893, due, the reports says, mainly to the financial conditions, but also to special features, which effect the net re. suit. The most notable oi these was the strike of the bituminous coal ruin ers, accounting largely for the greatly decreased production and increase in price for part of the year. The strike naturally increased the use of anthra. cite, which partly made up for the in. creased demand for this substance due to depression of manufactures. The low price of silver is response ble for the decreased production. The consumption of petroleum exceeded the production, greatly decreasing the stocks at the wells and increasing the prices. The total product was valued at $524,955,131. The total value of the non-metallic mineral product was $350,786,343; metallic, $218,168,788, and unspecified mineral produots are estimated at $11,000,000. No statistics are given of tin. The report states that the declining tend ency in iron and steel for 1898contin ued for 1894. The pig iron production decreased from 7,124,502 long tons ,to 6,657,388, and the valuation decreased nearly $20,000,000. Iron ores increased 292,050 long tons in production and $4,687,938 in value. The gold product for the year is the largest since 1878, increasing from 1,739,081 troy ounces for 1893, with a coining value of $35,950,000. The sil ver production declined over 10,000,000 ounces. The rapidly increasing zinc product of the late years was checked in 1893 and 1894 and a slight decline is noted in both years. The exhaustion of the Virginia pockets of ore caused a decline in the manganese : produot, which was less than half the output in 1892. Careful examination of the zinc mountain,. North Carolina, locality, indicates considerable which may yield 3 per cent. The nickel produot was reduced one-fifth of the 1893 output, and antimony valuations decreased $9,000. The product came from Nevada and was smelted in San Francisco. The petroleum export was the largest yet recorded, over 100,000,000 gallons more than in 1893. , , The total value of the total product of stone of all kinds increased from $33,885,753 to $37,092,102. Baryts, ochre, amber, soap stone and Venetian reds showed a material ' increase. The value of rough gems decreased from $264,041 in 1893 to $132,250 in 1894. The mica industry is still supplied by irregular mining methods, and min eral waters declined over $500,000 in value during the year. The Fitzsimmons Trial. Syracuse, N. Y., June 26. Bob Fitzsimmons appeared in the cojirt of sessions today to answer to Jhe indict ment charging him with killing Con Riordan, his sparring partner, inher oourse of an exhibition given this city last winter. At 8 o'okfcis only four jurors had been selected, j The judge overruled a ohallenjf&4oT actual bias, made by the attorney for the dei fense, on the ground that a juryman was a church-member. It was' also ruled that predjudice against prize fighting, unless such predjudice existed in this particular case, was not suffi cient to disqualify. Indications are that the extra panel of fifty, drawn for the trial, will not furnish a jury. ' When oourt adjourned tonight nine jurors had been accepfed subject to peremptory challenge in the Fitzsim mons trial.- One of the attorneys in the case expressed an opinion after oourt adjourned that only two of them would be finally accepted. It was learned tonight that the proseoution intended to show that Fitzsimmons struck a malicious blow, and that he should not have been intoxicated as he was on the occurrence. The Milwaukee Shoot. l Milwaukee, June 2 5. The ninth annual tournament of the Western Sharpshooters' Union came to a close tonight. Edward Richter, of this city, won the King's target shoot and was declared king of the tournament. A. Strecker, of San Francisco, was first on the man-target with a soore off 97. The Kusso-Chinese Loan. . London, June 26. There are ru mors here and at St. Petersburg that China refuses to sign the Russet-Chinese loan. , AN NNOCENT MAN RELEASED John Curtin Kent Liberated From an English Prison. Pawntucket, R. I., June 2 5. Through the efforts of ex-Mayor Hugh J. ; Car roll, of this city, John Curtin Kent, an American citizen, imprisoned in Eng land on the charge of being a dyna miter eleven years ago, has been re leased through the intervention of the state department. The fact was made known by a letter received from Secre tary of State Olney. Kent is very ill. It is claimed he was innocent. The story of Mr. Kent's incarcera tion is as follows: , Eleven years ago at the time of the Fenian uprising in Eng land, when many arrests of alleged dy namiters were made, Gallagher, of Brooklyn, was arrested in that country and convicted on the charge of being a dynamiter. He was sentenced to im prisonment for life, and is now serving his sentence.' The police arrested John Curtin Kent for complicity, and sen tenced him to the same term. Kent was an American citizen, as well as Gallagher, and .has always claimed that he was innocent of any complicity and that he knew nothing of any plot, being arrested because he was a friend of Galiagher. The Irish National League became interested in the case, and retaining Mr. Carorll to represent it, the latter warked through the state department, and his final success is shown in Mr. Olney's letter. Word comes from England that Kent is very ill, and it is doubtful if he can live many months. ' He will be cared for by Thomas H.. Romain, of New York, well-known by Irish nationalists, and word to this effect will be sent to Eng land at once. . .' .- Our" Vessels at Kiel. Washington, June 26. Secretary Herbert received a telegram today from Admiral Kirkland, commanding the squadron at Kiel, dated Sunday, the 23d, in which he says the German emperor visited the cruiser New York that day. He complimented the United States squadron, and the New York particularly, on the appearance of the works of illumination. He asked the admiral to thank the president of the United States for sending such fine speoimens of the American navy to the ,: opening of the canal. Admiral Kirk land says that the emperor will visit ' the New York 1 again forya more thorough inspection. Baron von Thielmann, the;- German ambassador, called on Secretary Herbert today, and was shown the dispatch from Admiral KirklancL y. The Green-Goods Men. Chicago, June' 25. Chief Inspector Stewart, of the postal service, and sev-' eral ;of his assistants today arrested ' four "green-goods" men and captured $2,000 in fresh, clean counterfeit bank notes. The men arrested gave their names as Patrick Gorin, Robert Evans, Chalres Burch and Lawrence Guinan. . Mrs. H. C. Anson, proprietress of the Hotel Sterling, at Twenty-eighth street and Michigan avenue, and William'. J. Holsapple, the bartender, vrere arrest ed, but afterward released from . cus- -tody. The hotel was the headquarters of the gang. For some time postmas ters in various cities of the West have been sending to Inspector Stewart green-goods circulars, which they found in the mails. , All have come from Chicago and the above arrests re sulted. . . The Captured Stage-Robbers. Ukiah, Cal., June 25. Sheriff John- ' son returned at 1:30 this morning from the Witter springs, whither he had gone with stage-robber Hilton to re cover the money which had been con cealed by that outlaw in a cabin at that place, and which was a portion of the booty secured by the holdup. Four hundred and ninety dollars was recovered. Oldham, Hiltons' accom plice, still maintains his innocence, but has withdrawn the alibi, with which, previous to Hilton's oonfession, he sought to establish the innocence of that party. Members of the Baptist church are sorely grieved over the affair, few Oldham, being a deacon of the church, was respected as aji exem plary Christian. The shirt out of which the mask was made was found on Oldham's premises. There seems . to be no doubt of his guilt. ... , "Down With Crispi." , Rome, June 25. Senor Cavalotti's pamphlet against Premier Crispi has finally been published. The charges are mostly those of the bribery docu ment. Great excitement exists in other cities of Italy, where monster demonstrations are being held. These demonstrations are frequently accom panied by loud cries of "Down with Crispi." Corbett to Visit Terrell. : Terrell, Tex.,. June 25. President Green, of the Texas Midland railroad, has received Champion Corbett's ac ceptance of the former's invitation to train at this point. Corbett has in formed Green that he will probably ' pass October as his guest here. .. More Earthquakes In Greece. Athens, June ,, 25. Several earth quake shocks were felt this morning in the district known as Lepanto. Sev eral buildings were damaged.