m 'he Hood Eiver Glacier. It's a Cold Day When We Get Left. VOL. 7. HOOD RIVEROREGON, FRIDAYS SEPTEMBER 20, 1895. NO. 17. 1 - 3ogcL Iiver, S lacier PUBLISHED KVIET FBIPAT BY . S. F. BLYTHE. SUBSCRIPTION PRICK. One year....... ft 00 Six months, t ..'. . 1 Of Three months , ...... 60 SiiKle oopy ( Cent THE GLACIER BARBERSHOP, . HOOD BITER, OR. GRANT EVANS, Proprietor. ' Shaving and hair-cutting neatly done, f actiou guaranteed. . . t I . Satis' THE BOOM PETERED OUT. The Stranded Miners In Alaska Are In a , ;. Bad Way. ban Francisco, sept. 17. The min ing boom at Cook's. inlet has petered out ana mere are over 200 miners in far-away Alaska who are stranded. Not only have none of them any means with which to come home, but there is no way in which the majority of them can reaoh home this winter. Wild stories of a great boom in that part of Alaska were told last fall, and the spring saw the fitting out of a number of expeditions for Cook's in let. The first to go from here was in charge of C. D. Ladd in the sohooner Marion, twenty-eight men being in the party. The steamer Chehalis took twenty-five men from Puget sound, and the schooners Elwood and Prosper and the sloop Mars also took parties from Seattle Taooma and Port Town send. The ship Jeannie arrived here from Cook's inlet eight days ago. When she left the latter place, only the jviarion, rrosper ana Hiiwooa were there. These boats oould not accom modate a quarter of the miners. The Prosper's captain offered to take twen ty men all she could carry to Una laska at $5 a head, the men to board themselves on the trip. The Alaska Commercial Company's new sohooner Kodiak, whioh was built here a few months ago, is expect ed to arrive at Cook's inlet next month, but her capacity will not aooommodate many of the miners, i An employe of the oompany said today k ' . "It depends upon where the' miners are along the shores of the inlet. ' If they have remained on the east side, they can readily reaoh our trading post at Kenai, and there are two or three canneries on the Kenai and Euislov rivers; but if they have gone on the westerly side, they are likely to have a hard time, 'unless they are provided with guns and ammunition. Even the possession of these will not avail them much after the winter sets in, for ev erything tjkere is snow and Ice. If they are pretty well acquainted with 4.1 -. , .1 1J 1 J i m vvuuuy, mey cuuiu worn uuwu vu Kenai, but if they are not, the case is very serious. We have another station on the Yanock, but I do not think it is kept open in the winter months." THE BIG. HOTEL AT NIAGARA. The Place to Be Made the Monte Carlo of America. Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 17. The Ex press says: Niagara Falls is to be the convention city of the future and ' the Monte Carlo of Amerioa. Several plans are far advanoed looking to the establishment there of one of the most gigantio permanent convention halls nonn nnnrtniirarl svrt ? a aiA i-if 4-ltA A 4r . lantio and the ereotion of a clubhouse whioh will be the wonder of the world. Niagara Falls in the future is going to be all that Saratoga has been', only on a greater scale. It is said that the men interested in the scheme repre sent more than $100,000,000 in money and that they are able to carry the thing through without a hitoh. It is said thatthe clubhouse to be erected will cost not less than $500,000, and will be run after the plan of Mitchell's House at Saratoga. Both Mitchell and Daly are interested in the scheme be sides others whose names cannot be learned. . The "Sweet-Pea Girl." ,- San ; Franoisoo, Sept 17. The "sweet-pea girl," the mysterious young woman who has constantly attended the Durrant trial, and who has attract ed so much attention by her devotion to the alleged murderer, is not Rosa lind Holand, the daughter of well-to-, do Oakland people. She is Mrs. Grace Bowers, the wife of an insuranoe clerk. Last Wednesday she left her husband as a result of her infatuation for Dur rant Mr. Bowers says his wife never knew Durrant, but that from the be ginning she has taken a great interest in the trial,, and believes Durrant in nocent. It is thought that her mind has become affected, 'and that she is not responsible for her actions. STRIFE OVER VALUES! Annual Troubles ot the Board . of Equalization. PLEAS FOR MERCY. ARE HEARD A Decided Decrease In all Property in Washington, as Assessed by the County Boards. Olympia, Wash., Sept 19. The scene of strife between the state board of equalization on the one side and the oounty assessors on the other, which is annually presented at the capital, is now fairly on in a somewhat exagger ated form. Tales of poverty are being heard and eloquent pleas for meroy are now made daily to the state equalizers. All this consumes time, if it does not prove effeotive. The value of railroad property, as equalized by the county boards in 1894 was $18,492,997: . for 1895 this is $12,548,825, a deoline of $944,172, or nearly 7 per cent. Realty in 1894 was $174,399,616: this year it is $165,681,508, a decline of $8,718, 108, or nearly 5 per cent , Personal property in 1894 was $28,425,833; this year, $25,986,899, a difference of $2,- 438,434, or 8 1-2 per cent All of these figures for 1895 are without Franklin county, whose returns are not yet in, Pierce oounty was before the' board today in, the person of Proseouting At' torney Coiner, Robert Wingate, the county commissioners .and the county assessor. - Regarding charges made that Pierce oounty had been unjustly treated a year ago, Auditor Grimes said no wrong had been done and he oould rely on the records to prove his asser tion. Coiner said Pierce oounty people felt they had been severely dealt with in the matter of taxation. They had looked at it as an aggregate proposi tion. They thought their valuation very large and arrived at the conclu sion that it was the fault of the state board; but, upon investigation, they had concluded it was mostly their own fault ; They felt, however, an injus tice in the past had been done Pierce and King counties in the classification of lands as compared with other West ern oounties. To summarize the desire of the Pieroe oounty people, it would appear that they are satisfied with the assessment of that county on city and town lots and improvements thereon, but they want a new and more favor able classification made by the state board. .. The following extract from the school book contracts will prove par ticularly interesting to retail dealers throughout the state: The Werner Company agrees to take from retail dealers all saleable stock which they have on their shelves, of the books previously in use, correspond ing to the grade and class of books that the board selected, and give the retailers the new books supplied by the Werner Company, in exchange, dollar for dollar; and also agree to , pay all express on books sent and returned on the above exchange. Lovell & Co. agree to make even ex change of new books now in the hands of dealers in this state. Sheldon & Co. agree that the books in the hands of dealers whioh were displaoed by the adoption of their publications will be reoeived by ' them at the wholesale price in Washington, and their books furnished instead, at the same price, dollar for dollar. ' - THE JERSEY LILY. . When Divorced and Tired of the Stage, She Will Live In California. San Franoisoo, Sept. 19. The Ex aminer says that Mrs. Emile Charlotte Langtry will today, through her at torneys, Dunn & McPike, file an aotion for divorce from her husband, Edward Langtry, in the superior court of Lake oounty, where the famous Jersey Lily has considerable property. Her grounds for divorce from Mr. Langtry are speci fied as desertion and failure to provide for his wife and daughter, a girl of 14. The complaint further alleges that there is no oommunity property and re quests that the custody of the child, Jeanne, be awarded to the mother. It is understood that there will be no oontest. Several days ago dispatches from New York announced that the firm of Howe & Hummell, of that oity, had mailed to Dunn & McPike papers to be filed, asking for a divorce in be half of the Jersey Lily. Attorney Mo Pike says that Mrs. Langtry is expect ed to return to her home in Lake ooun ty, as soon as she has become weary of her histrionio ventures. The place will be the center of a gay throng and become the rendezvous for people of distinction. From this it is believed that Mrs. Langtry has definitely de rided to abandon the stage. It is not known that she contemplates a new matrimonial venture, should her di vorce be granted. She is expeoted to reaoh San Franoisoo within six weeks. , Port Townsend's oity government cost $21,226 the past year, and the rev enues from all sources were $8,853, leaving a deficit of $12,873. Besides this, the town owes $53,500, on old warrants. Bonding is offered as a remedy, and is variously viewed. A PENSION INVESTIGATION. National Council of the Grand Army Has One In Mind. Washington, Sept. 19. A meeting of the national council of admimstra tion of the G. A. R. has been called to discuss the question whether a pension granted a disabled soldier becomes a vested right or is subjeot to. revision or cancellation at the option of some offi cer of the government ; It is the pur pose of the order to bring suit to test the question and to carry it to the su preme oourt for final decision. In re gard to this matter, Commissioner of Pensions Lochren says: ' , . "A pension is ; simply a bounty granted by aot of congress. If it were a vested right, congress could not in terfere with it in any way. As a mat ter of fact, the legislative power can modify or repeal the ' pension laws whenever it sees fit. To consider a pension as a vested right is absurd. The supreme court of the United States has decided to the contrary three differ ent times. All pension laws grant a bounty during disability, but when the disability stops, of oourse the pension stops also. If a pension is shown to have been obtained by fraud it ' would be a strange thing if it could not be canoeled. It would be a curious thing if the commissioner of pensions oould only increase pensions and could not reduce them where fraud or manifest infraction of the law is shown. The law of December 21, 1893, makes a pension a vested right until it is ohanged, after notice to the pensioner and a hearing before the commissioner. That law is, of course, in effect now, but its meaning is doubtfuL No right can be a vested one whioh 'can be taken away by a hearing before the commis sioner of pensions or any one else. Congress can undoubtedly pass a law declaring a pension a vested right, but the next congress could undoubtedly repeal it ' .' "In the now celebrated case of Judge Long against me as commissioner, this question of vested right in a pension was repeatedly adjudioated by the oourts, and always adversely. - In Judge Long's case the pension had been raised by Commissioner Tanner. If the pension were a right and not a bounty, it oould not be legally raised by the commissioner. As a matter of fact, the law of June 21, 1870, which abol ished the biennial examinations, 1 ex pressly provided that the commissioner of pensions should have the same pow er as before to order special examina tions on notice to the pensioner and then to increase or reduce the rating acoording to law. A pension is( a bounty granted by the government, and it can be abolished or modified at any time by any congress. " ' . ' ARlVIY AND NAVY. The Fifteen-Inch Gun Will Penetrate Any Plate That Is Made. Washington, Sept 19. A successful test was made today of the 15-inch gun of the navy, as well as of the structure of the battleship on whioh the heavy armor is bolted. The plate was the same as used in the test two weeks ago, when it withstood the shots from the 12-inch gun, save for having been cracked down the middle. The plate was fourteen inches thick, of Harvey ized steel. It was fastened to a struc ture representing the side of a battle ship. In today's test a Wheeling-Sterling armor-piercing . shell, weighing 1,100 pounds, was fired from a 13- inch rifle, with 480 pounds of powder, a distance of 880 feet, with a velooity of 1,800 feet a second. It struck the plate on that portion uninjured by the previous shots, cracking it into three pieces, penetrating the plate and bulk heads supporting it, and disappeared in the sand. There was no doubt ex pressed among the naval offioials that the shot would have penetrated any armor made, and in a ship equipped with plate like that tested today, the opinion was the shot would have pene trated the ship and knocked the plate off on the opposite side. While the plate was penetrated, yet the officers said the fact that it was cut through so cleanly and so little shattered proved it was equal to any plate yet made. It had been claimed that if a shot should pierce an armor plate that the struc tural portion of the ship to which the plate was bolted would be damaged for twelve or fifteen feet along the ship's side. The shot today upset this theory, as it damaged the structure only locally.' ' ' ", ' , v , ' There was some disoussion as to whether a ship could be saved from sinking after being pierced by such a shot, the impression being that if a ship did not sink she would surely be disabled. A test was also begun of the Colt's automatio rifle, whioh fires 400 shots per second. It will have to un dergo a test of 800 shots without stop ping. ; : A Rebellion in Fo Kein. Hong Kong, Sept. 18. It is reported that a rebellion has broken out on the border of the province of Fo Kien. The insurgents are said to have ocoupied the town of Hong Leng, from whioh the officials fled, leaving the people to the meroy of the insurgents. A de tachment of imperial troops are ad vancing to give battle to the insurgents. FIVE ARE ON TRIAL Alleged Lynchers in Court at Ellensburg. SEPARATE : TRIALS NOT, ASKED Trial Delayed by an Objection to the , Sheriff, Who Is Prosecuting Wit- ; , . ness. Selecting the Jury. ; ; Ellensburg, Wash., Sept. 18. The trial of Mike Linder, Frank Ueblacher, William Kennedy, Frank Fiegle .and Robert Linke, the men charged with murder in connection with the lynch ing of the Vinsons, August 14, began this morning in the superior court, Judge Humes, ' of Seattle presiding. The state is represented by E. E. Wager, county attorney, assisted by W. G. Graves, H. J. Snively, Edward Pruyn, J. B. Davidson, Mires & War ner and W. J. Welsh appeared for the defendants. No demand was made for separate trials and all of the prisoners were arraigned together. The jury box was at once filled from the regular panel, twenty-two names being avail able. Nine jurors had been passed for cause, when the panel was exhausted. Judge Humes announced he would have the sheriff secure fifty names on his open venire, but the defense ob jected on the ground that such action is contrary to a new law. The court said he did not believe the legislature contemplated blocking and delaying the work of oourts, and he was will ing, if wrong in the premises, to let the supreme court correct him. The defense then made the point that, as the sheriff is a proseouting witness in the case, having sworn to the com plaints, he is not qualified to select a jury. The oourt accepted that view, but promptly instructed the clerk to notify the coroner, who lives at Cle Elum, to make service at the earliest possible moment, and report to , the oourt at 9:30 o'clock Wednesday morn ing. This action was taken because the coroner assumes the duties of sher iff whenever the latter, through any cause, beoomes disqualified. The com plete jury was then ordered to be kept together in the oustody of the two baliffs, till reconvening of court. , -.-" The general opinion at Ellensburg is that the alleged lynchers cannot be oonvioted, says the North Yakima Her aid. , The main evidence against some of the prisoners is that, after entering the . jail, and becoming warm after their efforts to break into the steel cage, they tossed aside their masks. The Herald's informant says it was the intention of the self-oonstituted judges and executioners to shoot the Vinsons in the cage, but every time a candle was lighted, so that only the two against whom the mob sought ven geance might be hit, young Vinson would dash his blanket against the grating, and the current of air would "douse the glim." All this time Vin son kept up a fusilade of curses, and called the mob every abusive name he could lay his tongue to, and even . to the last he showed the same character of courage that had marked him as a desperado. : ' ' ; Contracts for Battleships. Washington, Septal 8, Commodore Sampson, chief of the bureau of ord nance, has made a report to the secre tary of the navy on the recommenda tion made by Chief Constructor Hich born, that hereafter in letting con tracts for the construction of vessels the armor be jnoluded in the contract. It is understood that the report is ad verse to the recommendation, and that many reasons are given for the belief that the change would be unwise, the principal being the necessity for con stant supervision on the part of the government to prevent the use of in ferior armor. It is supposed that Sec retary Herbert will take this question up soon with the view of deciding it before the work on the new battleships and gunboats is begun. ' ? ,, Must Go Underground. r Seattle, Sept. 18.- In consequence of a petition from the property-owners on Front and Second streets, which are being paved with vitrified brick, ob jecting to having electrio poles placed within the sidewalk line, the board of publio works today reoommended to the city council that all wires be placed underground. The board of aldermen adopted the reoommendation and or dered an ordinance drafted.. The trol ley wires may be attached to the build ings, if the property-owners will agree. The cost of the ohange will run up to $20,000 or $30,000. - :: " In Behalf of Waller. ; ; Indianapolis, Sept. 18. The A. E. conference of Indiana, in an M. ad- dress to the oountry today, says: "We call attention to the case of John Waller, a man of education and oharacter, who is now held a prisoner by the French government and who is undergiong a sentence of twenty years at hard labor. We oondiser the treat ment awarded our fellow countryman an outrage, and would request the state department to use its good offices for his immediate release as an American citizen." STATEMENT , BY SMITH. He Lays Aside Side Issue and Talks to the Point. New York, Sept. .18. Ex-Commodore James D. Smith, chairman of the New York Yacht Club's committee, is sued the following statement to the press today: I have nothing to say in answer to Lord Dunraven's letter of September 18. My committee is out of town.' Lord Dunraven' has given his letter to the publio and our answer will come later. : ... , "'; . ' . 1 . "To strip this yacht question of all side issues and special but important pleadings by Lord Dunraven about con ditions, old and new, which should not have prevented him from racinc Val kyrie to the finish of the match, the glaring fact stands out that he did not do his duty to the Royal Yacht squad ron, who made the challenge for him, to the English people, nor to his sup porters, nor to himself. He prevented the Defender from showing her power and speed in, the second and third raoes, thus giving the syndicate thatl built her no opportunity of displaying her superiority over the challenging vessel. : . .. - Lord Dunraven had the personal right to deoline to resail the protested race of September 10 in a written or unwritten offer to him ' by Mr. Iselin, and approved by our oup 'committee, which he did decline. He had also the same personal right to start his yaoht across the line September 12 and with draw her from the race as he did, leav ing Defender to go over the course alone. . "I believe it was, to say the least, a mistake in judgment and that the great majority of yachtsmen the world over will so deride. " - ; The seat of operation of . the princi pal yachtsmen of America and England has been changed from this city to Newport. ' The cup and regatta , com mittees are represented there by Ches ter Griswold, A. Cass Canfield, Mr. Grinnell and Secretary Oddie. ; Lord Dunraven and H. Maitland Kersey are also there, as are Messrs. Vanderbilt and Morgan. C, Oliver Iselin is at New Rochelle, superintending the dis mantling of Defender. V , ECKELS TOO FAR AWAY. He Can Say Nothing or Interest Re- gardlng tt Bond Issue. London, Sept' 18. The Hon. James E. Eckels, controller of the United States ourrenoy, , made the - following statement today on the request of a rep resentative of the Associated Press: "Being thus far away from New York, and not knowing the exact con ditions prevailing there whioh are producing the shipment of gold abroad, I feel I can say nothing upon that sub jeot which will be of special benefit to the public ' Generally speaking, these gold shipments oome about from the fact that the American people, are buy ing a great deal abroad and not selling sufficient of their own produots to equalize things, thus necessitating a settlement of the balance due in gold. We maintain a financial system which makes the United States treasury a general market of supply for all re quiring gold, consequently more or less embarrassment comes to the adminis tration of the treasury department when those balanoes require to be set tled. However, the treasury has al ways managed to maintain unquestion ed payment in gold of its obligations, and always will do so. The system under whioh it is forced to operate makes it sometimes expensive to do so, but so long as the representatives in congress refuse to change that "system, and so long as the voters tolerate them, the people have no right to complain of the expense." : , New York, Sept 18. Assistant Treasurer Conrad N. Jordan says in re lation to the printed story about the probable issue of government bonds: , "I have been a party to no discussion on' the subject with Mr. Curtis nor anyone else, except in a informal, gossipy way, and have not attended a formal conference. A great : many' of our leading financiers, including J. Pierpont Morgan, do not consider a new government loan advisable at this time." y ; '.--'. ' ' '" Outlaw Henry Starr Convicted. Fort Smith, Ark., Sept 19. It took a jury in the United States oourt one hour to oonvict Henry Starr, the young bandit chief tan, of the murder of Floyd Wilson. The killing took place eight miles west of Nowata, December 12, 1893. Starr was just beginning his career as an outlaw, and his only venture outside of holding up private individuals and looting stores had been the robbery of an express office at No wata. ; The express company sent H. C. Dickey and Floyd Wilson after him. Wilson met Starr and in the duel fol lowing Wilson was killed. He was wounded at the first fire, and his Win chester refused to work, but he pluckt ily kept up the battle with his revolver until Starr killed him. Starr formed a band out of followers of . Bill Dalton and was very successful. He is still a beardless youth, tall, slender and , ath letio, with a pleasant face. He ex presses contempt for the jury that con victed him, and spoke of them as a pack of idiots. THE DREADED CHOLERA Quarantine to Be Established : at the State Line. CALIFORNIA AUTHORITIES BUSY No Fear of Introduction of the Disease . by Steamer, but Not So Certain of the Railroads. San Franoisoo, Sept. 17. The local health officers are seriously consider ing the establishment of quarantine stations at the north and south lines of the state along the railroads. The plan will be considered at the joint meeting of the local board of health, the surgeons of the United States ma rine service and the ' state board of ghealth, to be held in a few days. Those wnose duty it is to looir alter the sani tary condition of the city and prevent the introduction and spread of epi demic diseases are thoroughly aroused to the danger which is threatened to the oity and state by the Close proxim ity of Asiatio cholera. As already an nounced, the board of health has de-, clared Honolulu an infected port, and hereafter all vessels from there will be detained and thoroughly fumigated. The members of the board of health do not fear the introduction of cholera through the medium of the steamers and other vessels from infected ports, because they consider the quarantine already established and in force will : form a perfect safeguard, but they are not so certain about the railroads. Some of the members consider that the greatest danger lies in those who are -landed in other ports and reach this oity by rail. , Already the subjeot has been earnestly disoussed, and the prop- . osition to establish the quarantine sta tions at the points named will be urged at the coming joint conference.' ' , Under the act of congress of Febru ary, 1893, the federal marine hospital service is given general' supervision of all quarantining. The local surgeons of the servioe have announced their in tention to oo-operate with the state and city authorities in keeping out of the country infected persons or articles. - There is a provision in the act giv ing the marine hospital officers author ity to place effeotive quarantine ma chinery in operation wherever the state and local quarantine services are inad- equate or inefficient If the quaran tine stations are established in the north and south extremes of the state, it will be done under authority , conferred by the act , In disoussing the situation Dr. Love laoe, the health officer, said : "The board of health fully realizes the grave duty devolving , upon it to use the most rigorous means to guard against the approach of cholera. The United States and state authorities have joined with us, and we feel con fident that we will succeed m keeping , the disease from getting in our midst We understand that we cannot do too muoh to protect the people, and every means within our reach s will be used. Every vessel from an infected port will be subjected to rigid inspection, and will be held in quarantine jintil passengers and cargo are thoroughly fumigated. The action of the vessels on the water front will be closely watched, as will also the Chinese quar ter. . There seems no doubt about the epidemic at Honolulu being Asiatio cholera, and it is a desperate disease to fight" - v: Work of a Miscreant. San Franoisoo, Sept. 17. A vicious ' attempt to burn "Bottle Koenig's" theater, on Montgomery avenue, was made, early this morning. About 5 o'clock the place was found in flames, which were, however, soon extinguish- ed with slight damage to the property. It was found that some one had taken off the tips of twelve gasburners, and, then lighting the gas, had turned ; the flames against the woodwork. In the basement the cap had been unscrewed from the gaspipe and the lighted gas was so directed toward the woodwork. Overhead, in the New Atlantio hotel, were 150 people : all asleep, and, ' had not the fire been promptly discovered and extinguished, there would have , ben a frightful catastrophe. ' : : The Cramps to Build a Yacht. Philadelphia, Sept ' 16. It was ... learned tonight that Defender will soon be brought to Cramps' shipyard, where a thorough examination of her will be ' made. The Cramps believe they can 1)uild a still speedier yacht Chief Engineer Pattison is now in New York arranging for her visit. '-..,' . "'''.:''''':''" They Must Not Kilter, Washington, Sept ' 16. The secre tary of the treasury today sent a tele- gram to the collector of customs at Og- , ' densburg, N., Y. , directing him not to admit any of the 200 Chinese recently : 1 landed at Vancouver, B. C, en route to the Atlanta exposition. ' .. Favors an International Agreement. Brussels, Sept. 16. The . interna tional agricultural congress, which has been in session since September 8, passed a resolution for an international bimetallio agreement.