0 j.flw-stjj r 'W-'f;.-!' ft It's a Cold Day When We' Get Left. VOL. VIII. HOOD RIVER, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1897. NO. 35. The Hood River Glacier THL NEWS OF M WEEK From All Parts of the New . World and the Old. OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS Comprehensive Review of the Import' ant Happenings of the Past Week ' - ,. Culled From the Telegraph Column im, The First National bank, of New " ' port, Ky, , has closed its doors. Heavy "vestments in real estateis said to be le cause. '" ' A.'n ' important pooling arrangement i been .brought about between -the aska Packers' Association and the f . jfika Improvement Company that wi..' materially affect the salmon in dustry in Northern waters and the price of canned salmon in the country next season. It is said that the entire product of the coming season will be ' pooled and marketed at uniform rates. ' Louis Cohtencin, chevalier of the - ' crown of Italy, former president of the (7 Italian chamber of commerce in New York, hd forinrely. Italy's consul-gen-, eral to the two Sicilies, died at his " home in,New York. He had been one of the most prominent Italians in this ) ' country' and was a man of marked abil ' ' ity, v to which Italy frequently paid v honorable tribute. ..-,.. A. Washington speoial says the ad ministration is determined that Peru ' shall pay the olaim for 1200,000 grow ing out of the outrage committed in - 1885 upon V. H. McCord, a consul of the United States. A cable dispatch f has just been sent to Mr. McKenzie, '" -. the United States minister stationed at ' Lima, ' -directing him to inform the Peruvian government . that the case ; , must be settled without delay. A com S..' munication received from the minister "X y -.- few days ago stated that Peru desired ','" '' to investigate the case. Secretary Olney at once advised Mr. McKenzie tha Peru had had more than ten years :'' to investigate, and the time was quite - ' sufficient. Alice M. Hartley, who shot and ''.J killed Senator Foley, in Reno, Nev., - ' two years-ago, has, been pardoned. Princess de Chimay, who eloped last summer with Janos Rigo, a Hungarian gypsy musician, has been engaged to - appear in tableaux vivant at a winter garden in Berlin immediately after her . divorce from her husband. She will be paid $750 a night. ' : The nomination of David R. Francis as secretary of the interior has been fa vorably acted upon by the committee - on finance and reported to the senate in -'- executive session. The nomination has ' been held up ever since the session be . ' gan at the request of Senator VeBt. - After a long and animated session in Olympia the presidential electors of Washington agreed upon James E. Fen- "ton. Democrat, of Spokane, as messen- get ko convey the vote of the state to - Washington. The choice was a com promise, .as the electors were at first unablev to agree upon any one. of the ' . four elected, each .one Btriving for the honor. The sum ' of $800 is allowed for expenses.. '. :J,The ' trial of Mrs. .Walter Carew 'charged 'with-poisoning, her husband by administering arsenic and which ''. -.-'.! has caused a great sensation among the ., ' American inhabitants of Yokohama, has been brought to a dramatic close ;by-he.-appearance and confession in . J HCQurti,f Kiss" Mary Jacobs, the gov "(ernessof the family, who, it-seems, Vas'thevieal. murderess and the person.; .-(Wig "wove, the chain. of evidence, around . , . ' theVidow.""-' ) -Attorney-General Harmon was asked about' "the probable course the govern ment will pursue with respect to the Pacific railroads, now-the funding bill has failed. . Beyond the statement that some action would probably be taken within thirty days, he declined to dis cSussfthe matter. It is believed, .how tjyer the, first step will be against the JJnion"Pacific,anasmuch as foreclosure proceedings .(.instituted by the first lien holders, of that ;road are now pending in 'the courtSi -';-.-.'' --, ' . ; The inauguration of . Governor Tan .nerr in -Springfield, 111.,- developed a sensation at the close of the statehouse ceremony, when the retiring governor, John P. Altgeld, was not permitted to ..deliver the farewell address which has ,been one of the . features of the pre "vious inaugurations in Illinois. Gov ernor Altgeld had prepared his speech -'and had brought a copy of it .-to the , hall j. but he was not called upon by the presiding officer to - speak. Much in dignation ' was aroused by the occur rence. ; 'v-j-The house committee on public lands has' authorized a favorable report on the : Bill providing that settlers on Northern Pacific railroad lands,' whose right -would liavav been . .forfeited January 1, r1897j 'for '.' noncompliance with law, eheil. have, an additional term of two years in which to-comply with the regulations. .The committee also or dered a favorable report on a bill allow ing settlers on Indian lands opened to settlement ' in -the Dakotas to acquire patent by paying the minimum price .provided by-law any time after the ex piration of fourteen months from the date of entry. OREGON LEGISLATURE. The first week of the Oregon legisla ture closed with but little accom plished. The organization of the sen ate was effected promptly on the first day, and Joseph Simon, of Multnomah, who held the same position two years ago, was seated as president. The sen ate, was in session four days, during which time eighty-five bills were in troduced, and then the senate ad journed over until Monday, in order to give the state printer time to catch up- ; , ..- ' The Unorganized House. The house was, unable to perfect or ganization, a quorum not being found present at any time a roll call was had. The members are divided into three factions on the senatorial nominee, each being a minority. All efforts to unite and agree on any member for speaker have been futile. Much bitter talk and discussion has been the rule since the first day. Senatorial Caueui. ' Near the end of the week forty-three Republicans and one Populist held a caucus at the state Capitol and unani mously nominated John H. Mitchell for United States senator. New Bill Four In. Patterson of Marion has introduced a bill making general provision for the transportation of all insane persons to the asylum. His bill provides that the county clerk shall notify the super intendent of the asylum that he has an insane person to be conveyed to the asy lum. The superintendent then au thorizes some employe of the asylum to repair to the county seat,, where the insane person will be delivered to him, and he will conduct such insane person to the asylum. AH the expense is to be borne by the asylum fund. Senator Mackay has introduced a bill for the appointing of a fiscal agent at New York ' city, who is to look after the state's financial interests. Two other bills of a general nature were introduced, one by Senator Mc Clung, which authorizes the mayor o any city to bid in property 'sold at pub lic sale for taxes. The other was by Senator Smith, authorizing counties, cities and school districts to dispose of real estate acquired at tax sales. Senator Michell has called attention to the subject of navigation on the Co lumbia river, by introducing a bill au thorizing the governor to appiont a commission to construct and equip a portage railway from The Dalles to Celilo. ; ' ' : The bill of Senator Price of Uma tilla, for the " collection of delinquent taxes, provides that all property levied upon shall be advertised and sold in the same manner as real estate, thus saving expense. . Senator Price has also introduced a bill which enables a farm laborer to file a lien upon a growing crop, even though there be a mortgage on the crop. Senator McClung's bill, No. 5, , -"to define the terms land and real property, for the purposes of taxation," is vir tually a re-establishment of the old mortgage-tax law. It provides, how ever, for the exemption only of record ed indebtedness, and in that particular differs from the old law, and from other proposed statutes. The' registration bill introduced in the senate by Senator Harmon is iden tical' With the measure to be intro duced in the house by , Thomas of Mult nomah. . . '.:'''' .; ,; ' ' Senator Taylor's bill amending the incorporation act of Pendleton changes the city charter in three ' particulars. It provides that (1) the city may be di vided, up into wards; (2) that the pres ent water-works system may be en larged into a gravity system; and (8) that city treasurers shall hereafter be Appointed by the .. city council, and not elected by the people. : There has been trouble in .Pendleton over making the city funds immediately available when they are desired for the payment of warrants. It - is thought . that, if t. temptation for 'candidates to plau themselves . under personal obligation to . financial institutions has . been re moved, the difficulty about the funds may be obviated. , ' Senator Mulkey, of Polk, has intro duced into the senate a bill covering the subject of taxation. The bill, in effect, is practically a re-enactment of the mortgage-tax law. It : . has three general objects in view (1) the assess ment of all property, (2) equal and im partial collection of taxes, (8) economy in operation. : Senator Mulkey says it will save the state at least $55,000 .per year. The bill provides for the deduc tion of indebtedness where the corre sponding credit can be f oui.d and as sessed. It abolishes the state board of equalization as it is now constituted, vesting that duty in the governor sec retary of state and state treasurer.' v It also provides for the collection of tates on the original assessor's roll and for the sending of the summary only of the roll to the state board of equalization. It makes the county treasurer the col lector of taxes up to the point of delin quency, when they shall be collected by the sheriff. ! McClung'a senate bill relating to the qualifications of school election voters requires that the voter shall have paid an annual tax on $250 worth of prop erty. The present law is somewhat lax, and more or less confusing. There is some doubt of the constitutionality of McClung's bill, but the judiciary committee will pass upon that ques tion. - Senator McClung says the trou bles at the late school election in Port land and Eugene led him to prepare a more desirable law. . , The inevitable deduction-for-indebt-edness bill has been presented to the senate. It comes from Senator Daw son, of Linn. The question of supplying each mem ber of senate and house with a copy of Hill's Code of Oregon, evoked some de bate in the senate. McClung presented a joint resolution that the secretary of state be ordered to purchase ninety copies of the code. He afterward ex plained that a similar resolution had been adopted by the senate, but, inas much as it was only a senate resolu tion, the secretary of state was unwill ing to comply except on joint request of both houses. Selling of Multnomah thought that from an economical stand point, twenty -five copies would be sufficient, ten for the senate and fifteen for the house. Price of Umatilla sug gested that fifteen copies would be sufficient for the senate, giving one to each new member. McClung's resolu tion was finally adodted. Another subject of debate was the resolution requiring the appropriation bill to be prepared a sufficient time be fore the close of the session to permit a careful examination. One member wanted the bill , prepared within the first twenty -five days. : This was gen erally regarded as too soon to be prac ticable, and it was finally settled that the bill should be before the senate five days before the close of the session. : Senate Committees President Simon has announced the standing committees of the senate as follows: ' - . . Agriculture and Forestry Johnson, Hughes, Holt. ; Assessment and Taxation Hughes, Patterson of Marion, Price, Mulkey, Mackay. . ' Claims Selling, Carter,' Daly. , Commerce and Navigation Harmon, Johnson,- Dufur. Counties Mackay, Gesner, Talyor, Gowan, Driver. Education McClung, Harmon, Mul key. ". .' Elections and Privileges Mulkey, Gesner, Smith. ''''' I Engrossed ' Bills Gesner, Reed, Mitchell. Enrolled Bills Calbreath, Patterson of Washington, and Gowan. ; Federal Relations Bates, , Taylor, Dufur. Fishing Industries Reed, Michell, Patterson of Marion. j Horticulture Carter, Calbreath, Holt. - "... Insurance and Banking Bates, John son, Driver. Irrigation Price, McClung, King, i Judiciary Gowan, Brownell, Mich ell, Smith, Dufur; Revision of Laws Patterson of Washington, McClung, Reed, Hobson, King. . . .' Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry Calbreath, Driver, Daly. Military Affairs Price, Haseltine, Gesner. . Penal Institutions Driver, Hobson, Selling. Mining Johnson, King, Holt. Municipal Corporations Haseltine, Harmon, Calbreath. Printing Michell, Mackay, Smith. "Public Buildings and Institutions Hobson, Patterson of ; Washington, Wade. ' Public Lands Patterson of Marion, Mulkey, Dawson, Haseltine, Wade. Railroads Brownell, Gowan, Patter son of Washington, Mackay, Dawson. Roads and Highways Dawson, Car ter, Hobson, Brownell, Daly. Ways and Means Taylor, McClung, Selling, Hughes, Dawson. Tariff Makera Run on a Snag. Washington, Jan. 18. The Republi can tariff-makers held no meeting to day, having encountred several per plexing points in the chemical schedule which they began work on last night. Certain members were assigned to pro cure information on various points, and tomorrow the committee will re sume work on the schedule. ' ' From the experience of the first ses sion of real work on the bill, it is- con sidered by the members 1 doubtful whether it will be practical for them to follow the original plan of work, which was to have the full committee work together on every schedule of the bill, instead of dividing the schedules among the subcommittees. ' - A Fool and Bli Money. San Francisco, Jan. 18. Oscar Low, a Victoria 'man, was buncoed out of $180 today by the old dice game trick. Low lives at the Yosemite house, on Market street, and started for the Bar bary Coast for a drink. He got into a saloon on Sacramento street, and there began shaking dice with a stranger. He lost $30, and a newly made friend told him he could beat the winner out of all his money if Low could only get some more cash. The victim went to his room, and got $100 more. He re turned to the saloon, and soon lost that. Then he complained to the nn-lice. Manifesto Issued bjr Populists. The Populists have held a caucus and issued the following manifesto, which gives 'their side of the tangle in the house: "To the People's Party of Oregon: The undersigned, your members-elect to the legislative assembly, ask your loyal support and that of all good citi zens in our contest for such an organ ization of the house as we believe will result in economical and remedial legis lation that will make an honest vote and a fair count possible in Oregon.. We are contesting for a fair organiza tion of the house, in order to make pos sible the passage of the Bingham regis tration' bill, the Holt judges-of-elec-tion bill, and an amendment to the con stitution providing for direct law-making by the people by means of the ini tiative and referendum in its optional form. '.- ; . "We are assured by eminent lawyers that the Bingham registration bill is constitutional, and likely to be effec tive. The Holt bill allows county cen tral committees of eaoh of the three principal political parties to designate one judge of election in each precinct, and committees of the two principal parties to each name one clerk of elec tion in each precinct. ; The initiative and referendum need no explanation to Oregon Populists. These measures we believe to be all important in obtaining honest elections and control by the peo ple of lawmaking in Oregon, and there by preserving our liberties. The situa tion is this: , "Last June the Republican party elected thirty-eight' members of the house of represenatives. Only twenty eight of this number have agreed to act together in organizing the house. Part of the remaining ten Republican mem bers support Mr. Bourne and part do not support any, candidate. The Popu list and Democratic members are stay ing out until such time as a Republican majority may agree upon a candidate of its own for speaker, or until a suffi cient number of them unite with us to assure Bourne's election, which we be lieve will enable us to obtain the measures herein named. As long as Republicans are thus divided, and it is possible that we may, by preventing or ganization, finally elect Mr. Bourne, and probably obtain the legislation be fore mentioned, we feel it to be our duty to the people of Oregon to stay out wages or no wages. With this knowledge of the facts, we feel that we are entitled to your support for our selves and our allies." The manifesto is signed by two sen ators and twelve representatives. It iB said that the remaining Populist sena tor and representatives, who were out of the city when the caucus was held, fully indorsed the manifesto. A short session of the house was held Sunday, the temporary speaker having ruled that it was necessary ac cording to the constitution, v .-;". The house has again failed to organ ize before Tuesday and this defers the senatorial election until Tuesday, Feb ruary 2, and, of course, no ballot can be taken on that date unless the speak ership problem is solved before Tues day of next week. . The senate meets daily, but no busi ness other than the introduction of bills is taken up. ' : Senator Harmon has introduced t bill designed to restore to sheriffs ol the various counties the duty of convey ing all committed 'persons to the state insane asylum, reform school and peni tentiary. It is merely made the duty of the committing court to place such in charge of the sheriff. Nothing is said as to compensation, but the pre sumption is that the state is to pay, as at present ' Senator Brownell has introduced a bill in the interest of bicyclists. It directs that all transportation companies shall be required to check and trans port bicycles like other baggage. The bill is general in its provisions and de scribes at length how railroad and other transportation companies shall convey free of all charges to each passenger, with a ticket, not more than 100 pounds of baggage. How it shall be cheoked and how reclaimed are describ ed, the provisions simply enacting into law the present pratices of railroad companies.' .:.. , Senator Smith has introduced a bill changing the beginning of the close sea son on the Columbia from August 10 to August 1. This is in accordance with the recommendation of United States Fish Commissioner McDonald. There are provisions for the regulation of fishtraps, by which none shall havt a lead .more than 700 feet in length, and no fish wheel shall have a lead of more than forty feet in length. Other regu lative provisions are added.' ' ; . Senator Mulkey has introduced' a bill intended to prohibit, as far as possible, corrupt practices at elections. It lim its the sums of .money that may be legitimately expended in securing a nomination or eleotion to any office created by', the constitution of state ei for representatives in congress. It pro vides for a public inspection of the ex pense account of any candidate or political committee. . Other states have similar measures on their statute books, and public sentiment in the state of Oregon, Senator Mulkey thinks, ia rip for a similar (statute in this state, - ' WOOLGROWERS MEET. Resolutions Concerning the Forest Reserve Passed. Salem, Or., Jan. 19. At a meeting of the ' North Pacific Sheepbreeders' and Woolgrowers' Association, held at the state capitol, pursuant to a call from the president, Hon. John Minto, the following resolutions were unani mously adopted: : ' "Whereas, The congress of the United States has authorized the presi dent to proclaim as forest reserve 4,600,000 acres of the Cascade range of mountains, extending in an unbroken body across the state of Oregon, there by creating a physical division of the state; and . - "Whereas, This immense body of land has been placed under the care of the department of the interior, to be protected from the injury of its forest growth by the aid of the United States district court and by its officers, and citizens of the United States, residents of Oregon, have been arrested and put to cost on the assumption that grazing stock (sheep especially) within such reserve is aii injury to the forest growth thereon; and "Whereas, By an experience extend ing over fifty years, in some cases, members of this association know that despite grazing of sheep or cattlfe upon the grasss lands of Oregon, whether on the mountains or in the valleys, the reforestation of open land has extended is extending, over all pasture land, near enough seedbearing trees for the seeds to be carried by the wind; and the truth of this statement is well set forth in papers now published by the state board of horticulture, by persons who have seen these processes going forward for from forty-four to fifty-two years' observation; therefore, be it "Resolved,' These prosecutions of stockowners, whose stock has in past years ranged on the mountains of Ore gon, is totally unjustifiable, on the ground of injury done by such grazing; that we, as citizens of the United States, residing in Oreogn, claim all the right of the citizens of other states to the full benefit of the use of the public domain, and of the general land laws of the national government, and believe it an oppression, unjust as well as unnecessary, to harrass stockmen by trials in the United States court for acts of technical trespass, where benefit rather than damage has been done; that we heartily indorse the concurrent resolution introduced by Senator Mul key, in the present legislative assembly of Oregon; that we are unanimously in favor of the restoration -of a reasonable tariff duty on wool, adequate for the encouragement of woolgrowing, and also favor an import duty being placed on shoddy, sufficiently high to dis courage the importation of said ar- ticle." .-'.-. ' ..:V. Senator Mulkey's resloution, pro vides for three reserves, instead of one. THE DAY IN THE HOUSE. Oratorical Tributes to the Late Speaker Crisp. -v Washington, Jan. 19. Most of this day in the house was devoted to ora torical triubtes to the late Speaker Crisp, of Georgia, who died during the recent recess of congress. The speeches were listened to by nearly all of the Democrats, and a large contingent of Republicans, while many Southern people filled the galleries. All of the members from Georgia and several leaders on both sides of the house de livered eulogieB, which were unusually impressive, and were listened to with much more than the usual attention. The bill authorizing the Columbia & Red Moutain Railway Company to build a bridge across the Columbia river, in Stevens county, Wash., called up by Doolittle, passed. Delegate Cat ron attempted to secure the passage of a bill to give the deserted Fort Marcy military reservation, at Santa Fe, N. M., to the American Invalid Aid So ciety, of Boston, for the establishment of a sanitarium for pulmonary diseases, but it failed on objection. ' Flogging- on Shipboard. Cleveland, Jan. 19. Senators Frye and Hale, who were responsible for the senate substitute for house bill No. 2663, which restored flogging in the merchant marine, are being severely condemned by the 800,000 members of the Western Seamen's Society and va rious branches. At a' .meeting of the local trustees of the society, who are prominent business men, - resolutions were adopted protesting against the law. " -' - . ' -- Has Discovered No Lymph. Paris, Jan. 19. In an interview, Dr. Roux, who is connected with the de partment of hygiene,' denied a report that he had made experiments with an anti-plague lymph. He would know how tq prepare the lymph, he said, if it waB needed, but he felt that bubonic plague would never get a hold in Eu rope. The Temps complains of the in activity of the present Indian govern ment in dealing with the scourge. - Victim of Commodore Wreck., Salem, Mass., Jan. 19. f The remains Of the late William Alexander Higgins, who met his death with many others at the foundering of the Cuban filibus tering steamer Commodore, off the Florida coast, Sunday morning, Janu ary 8, arrived today. The funeral was held at the undertaking rooms, and was attended by a large crowd. Cubans , Used a Torpedo With . Deadly Effect. , PLANTED IN THE RIVER CAUTO Destroyed the Vessel and Killed and Wounded All the Crew Court's Decision In Three Friends Case Havana, Jan. 20. The gunboats Centinela and Relampago left Manza nillo on the night of January 16,-with the object of going up the river Cauto to Fort Guamo, in compliance with the orders of General Bosch. At 10 o'clock in the morning of January 17, both gunboats were near Mango . landing, when an explosion of a torpedo, which had been well planted in the river, sunk the Relampago. ' Those of the crew who survived swam toward the shore, but were fired on from the banks. . At this critical moment a boat was launched from the Centinela, '- which rescued the men in the water. In view of the instructions and the fact that the commander of the Centinela and nearly all of the crew of both boats had been wounded, the expedition had to return to Manzanillo. ' Senor- Martinez, of the Relampago, was seriously wounded in the exlpo sion, as well as Gunner Francisco Mar tinez and three seamen, while Pay master Antero, Chief Officer Masquero, Engineer Pazadela and the assistant pilot and four others were slightly wounded. Six of the officers and crew were killed outright, and all of the rest received wounds of more or less severity. On the Centinela the commander, Senor Puerto, was seriously wounded, while one of the crew was killed and Corporal Manuel Cabanas, the pilot, Assistant Engineer Martinez and six of the crew were wounded. . Cuban Expeditions Mot Illegal. Jacksonville, Jan. 20. Judge Locke, of the United States court for the south ern district of Florida, rendered his de cision today in the Three Friends case upon the exceptions of the defense to the libel of the government for violat ing the neutrality laws. The point was raised ' by counsel for the defense that inasmuch as the Cuban insurgents had not been recognized by the United States they were neither a people nor a' body politic, as defined by section 5288, under which the libel was drawn. This was sustained by Judge Locke, and the district attorney. was given ten days in which to file an amended libel.- The point was one that had never been raised before. ' FIEND IN HUMAN SHAPE. The Man-Who Wrecked the Alabama Mineral Train Confesses. New Orleans, Jan. 20. A special to the Times-Democrat from Atlanta says: Sam Palataka, cross-eyed, a fiend in expression, revolting in countenance, has confessed to having perpetrated the horrible Cahaba bridge disaster, which Occurred three weeks ago in Alabama. Stolidly and with immovable lines of criminal harshness on his face, he ad mits that, single-handed, he sent twenty-five persons to a horrible death, and wounded and maimed a score more. There was no romantic reason back of the work of this courageous coward, a man who dared discovery, which, in Alabama, meant certain death, to drive a train to destruction in order to gain a few dollars. . ' C Palataka was arrested in Eaton, Put nam' county, in Middle Georgia. . His first captors believed him half-witted, as he gave himself away. Those in charge of him today in' Atlanta, as he was on his way to Alabama, say he is absolutely reckless and entirely without human feelings. Today he spoke of the fearful wreck with no sign of emo- tion. ' - : ,' "I did it," said Palataka. ,"I want ed money. It's nobody's business what I wanted it for. I did it. I found it very easy.x I say this for the benefit of those who want to wreck trains. It's just as easy to wreck a freight train.. There's no money in freight. I did not get any money out of the wreck. I moved a rail, put it across the track, and the whole business seemed to fall. There were plenty of dead folks with money one had $500 but before I could get at the money the live ones got up and then the crowds came and I skinned out. ' At a Hungarian Wedding. New York, Jan. 20. John Ornis, a rejected suitor, caused a riot and blood shed at the wedding of Agnes Hafri, whom he had loved in vain. ' The bridegroom, Michael Roman, ''and three guests, were stabbed before the police moved uuon the weddinar feast, which had become a riot, and arrested the enraged and disappointed lover. Ornis is a tall, powerfully built Hungarian. When Roman and Agnes were be throthed he concealed his chagrin and was the first to congratulate the couple. After the ceremony last night, how ever, the guests turned to Ornis and chided him for his ill luck in not win ning such a fair girl. A second later a soene of wild confusion ensued. The furniture was overturned, women fled shrieking from the flat, and some of, the men tried to overpower Ornis, who cut right and left with' a knif