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OREGON COURIER,VOL. XI. Oil KG ON CITY. CLACKAMAS COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. MAUCII 30. 181)4. NO. 47.

WITWI? V'ni?UrVi lflTMAI Till VJlIYO DU11.

THE OPINION OF AN ASSISTANTATTORNEY-GENERA-

Nil ( ri'ili'iius (Jlvxii in llm Htorjr ThatMrn. Nliiiifuril 'ropiinia to Null Bonirof 1It HoiilliHrn I'urlllu Itnllroail In- -

l.r4Hli lll.ll.l l'lir(!tlUNN

Oi.ymi'i.a. The State Land Commis-sion has decided to purchase (75,000 0

Jut cunt funding bomb) of Skagit county,Hiihject to the approval of the Attorney-Genera- l.

HoikIh to the amount of (l.oOOol School District fo. Ill, Clarke county,waring 7 per cent interest, were accopted, Hiibjcct to the eunie conditions

(lolil IHncuvery In t'lali.Salt Lakk. Tho excitement over the

new gold discoveries is running high inthe little town of ehl, Utah, aboutthirtv miles poutli of this citv. The (liscoveries were made a few days ago. The

u-- is a pink slate, and lavs in stratified- veins. The lielt lias been traced for two

miles. It is over thirty feet in thick-- ,ness, and assays about $20 in gold to theton.

A HhhiRio Fight.Tacoma. It looks as though there was

going to be a bitter light between theshingle manufacturers and dealers.

Manufacturers have issued circularsdating that in future they will sell toEastern dealers car lots at the same ratens that now given to Western commission dealurs. This plan, while it willnwe a lug num. among the esternucalera, it is expected will be of great benclltto manufacturer". 'hey will be able toFen ail Hit! nu,!ui 1 1., l, astern men, saving middlemen s protlt.

lllNIII'HIH'e A(IJllHtlll.j ban J'iiani'ikco. iiiere was quite asensation in insurance circles in this citywhen it became known that the Alliance

llnstiritnce Companv of Ixmdon had settied with Buyer & Reich and had paidthat linn tne lull amount of its proport ion of the loss under its policy of (5,000.i ne amount paw is m,uih.;(o. Jt was explained that the Alliance Company paidthis loss after taking competent legal ad-- ,viro. There are suits pending againstabout twunty-sove- u oilier insurance com

(panics to recover tiie remainder of thetotal of $110,000.

1 rrlnt lou for JiIhIiolioitiK. The State Committee on Irri-

gation held an interesting session re- -'

ccntly. A lengthy paper on irrigationwas read by Hon. W. . Mills of I'oca-- .tello. He favored the plan of redemp-tion of arid lands by the agency of the

'general government, and said that thelauds in the Snake River Valley, if re--claimed, would furnish homes foraquar-- iter of a million people at a ccty'-J.- ) the

i general government of about, 000, an amount which is leg iha.that'I expended for const defense Basins) for-- i,

eign foes in a single year. ' "VjL.'" '

ItllllH to ltFHliniy jLAiikhpi:kn. An interest in "the Westl

mill has been sold to Alexander Pouleon,

the n and successful loggcrNof?"" iociiiam, and tho mill is expected to

resume oA:ration suon. The litigation; over the Seers shingle mill has ended in

favor of Mitchell, l.ewis & Staver ofI'ortlnnd. Ed Ilulburt, a practical shin-gle man, is making preparations to runit. It will probably start within twoweeks. The Sherwood shingle mill, late- -ly sold under execution to John Kroenertof Arkansas City, Kan., is being gotready to run under the management ofC. I'. Weaver.

Kiittt'iiliury lnli. It All.Oi.ymima. Architect Iiattenbury of

Victoria has written Auditor Grimes ai letter concerning the report said to be

current in British Columbia that theCapitol Commission had asked Ratten-bur- y

what there would be in it for thecommissioners if his plan was adopted.He says: " I wish to repudiate all re-

sponsibility for the ridiculous statementreferring to the Capitol Commission. Ihave not been out of British Columbiasince the plans were sent in; have hadno communication personally or by let-

ter with the commission, nor have J saidthat I had."

AhiHka NewM.

Port Townhksd. A private letterfrom Juneau, brought down by thesteamer Mexico, says that up to the timeof writing no solution of the Treadwellwnrk roblierv has been arrived at. and.1.. i.! . -- mi r.. .i.Llie mg company in nun jiiuuiuiuie hicloss of $;i0.000 worth of gold clilorinalions. l)ruggist Feuhr, who was recent-ly arrested in San Francisco and takenback in charge of a Deputy Marshal, isstill under ' surveillance, although heclaims to be able to prove' an alibi if

only given a chance. Whatever ell'ortsare'lieing made to get at the bottom ofthe matter are done eo quietly that noone knows about them.

Yerv little movement toward the u- -,

kon gold fields has yet been made by theminers, owing to the heavy snowfallsand cold weather.' This is unfortunateas it will keep the season back and bean expensive matter to the miners.

Negro Convleted of Murder.Skatti.k. William Holmes, a negro

mule driver at the Franklin coal mines,

was convicted of murder in the first de-

gree in killing his roommate, AVilliam

Itiissell, at the mines January 26. Rus-

sell was a negro miner The trial lastedtwo days before Judge Moore. The evi-

dence showed the men quarreled over arevolver which Kasscll said Holmesstole. Kussell slapped Holmes whilestanding in front of a saloon. Holmeswent away, and came back a few min-

utes later'with the same pistol. A shortdistance awav he fired at Hossell, whoseback was turned. The latter wheeled

and ran for Holmes. The second shotparsed through his head from a distanceof two feet. Holmes said he was goin togive the gun to Kussell and did not shoothim. He also set up insanity from epi-

lepsy as a defense. Both were drunk.Holmes is a small man, and Rnssell wasvery large A new trial is aked for.Holmes has not the money, and willprobably hang.' t'OCNTV WAIiHANTS.

V

e Involving the Legal ICata ofInterest Argued.

.Men. The last IegisUture' the legal rate of interest from

rent; Since that time thereeat contention as to how the

4 affect warrants issaed prior1e subsequent to the passaget. The Attorney-Gener- ex-- e

opinion that all warrants ia-- r

to passage of the act draw 10

until paid, and all warrantsto the passage of the

prior to the time the act tookone 8 draw 10 per cent untiland 8 per cent thereafter. A

irne since action was broughtTreasurer Gil bach of this aoanty

...compel him to pay 10 per cent onwarrants issued before the passage ofthe act. Jndge Gordon held B per cent

to bo the legal rate since June 8, 1803,regardless of the time of Issuance. This

I case was appealed to and argued in the' Supreme Court, and the decision will beawaited with great Interest throughoutthe State.

WATKIt WOKKD HIIT.

Legality of the Honda I'plitdri, Hut theCity U Knjolnvil,

Walla Walla. The case of the WallaWalla Water Company against the cityof Walla Walla, to restrain the city from

establishing a water plant of its own,was decided by Judge Ifanford. in theUnited States Court this afternoon. Inthis case all objections to the creation ofnew water works by the city and the is-

sue of bonds to the amount of $100,000,as proposed, on account of alleged Irreg-

ularities in passing the ordinance andin the election were overruled. Thecourt follows the decisions of the Su-

preme Court of this State in Yesler vs.Seattle, 1 Wash.. .108, and Seymour vs.Tacoma, 6 Wash., 1:18. But an injunc-tion is granted on the ground that thecity of Walla Walla Is bound by Its con'tract with complainant not to become acompetitor in the water business andnot to establish its own svstem of waterworks during tlie period of twenty-fiv- e

years from the date of the contract with-out first purchasing or condemning andpaying for complainant's plant.

MltS. HTANr'OKD'S INTKKKHT.

KullroHil Mn 1u Not Kxiiert a Hala ofHer Houlhrm I'aclno Ntork.

San FitANCtKco. Railroad men whoknow something of the condition of theStanford estate and its relations to theSouthern Pacific give no credence to thestory that Mrs. Stanford proposes to fellsome of her railroad interests, and thather associates in the company are fear-ful of consequent disaster. PresidentHuntington Baid : " I see Mrs. Stanfordvery Behlom, but we naturally conferfrequently with her attorneys, and theyhave never said anything of the kind. Idon't think Mrs. Stanford wants to doanything to injure the interests of thecompany. They are her interests. Ifshe wanted to sell her railroad interests,she could probably do so very easily. Iwould like to buv them myself, only Iam trying to build railroads instead ofbuying them. No, I don't think wewould be very much afraid to see her in-

terests go into other hands. Then, ofcourse, a woman can't take hold of railroad affairs like a man. In fact, it mightbe well to put in some new blood. I ama progressive man, and I think it mightbe a good thing."

A JIIX1K Hl.ltiHTI.Y OFF.

Oregon If im Vo JurUdletlon In the Stateof WaMhlng-to-

Oi.ymi'ia. Assistant Attorney-Gener-

Haight,' advising State Fish Commis

sioner Crawford concerning the opinionof the Judge of the Circuit Court of

Clatsop county, Or., who held that fish- -

ermen-o- f the State of Wash! ngto Ash'. . .i j .r i - a 1 1. '

tq test the ofnu in Lne waiers .oi una jauiitr-i- eoni

forniity with the laws' of this State,amenable in me courts oi uregon tolaws of that State, says: "Game, fishand other wild animals are public prop- -

erty, legislation upon which is a power ireserved to the State. Under no theoryof law can the contention of the learnedJudge be maintained. The officers ofthe State of Oregon charged with theduty of arresting offenders cannot invadethe territorial limits ot Washington inthe performance of their duty. Congresscan give no jurisdiction, concurrent orotherwise, to the State of Oregon withinthe limits of this State; even the juris-diction that the United States may ex-

ercise bv reason of its admiralty jurisdiction does not extend to regulation offisheries." Referring to the opinion ofthe Oregon Judge, Haight says the posi-

tion taken is so remarkable that but forproof to the contrary one would be jus-

tified in believing that the learned Judgehad been

JtAZAK CASK KNIIKI).

'Hg-e- Hound ltnnk fleta Preference-Oth- er

Creditor Follow After.Skatti.k. The law suit growing out of

the alleged failure of the Seattle Bazar,owned by Samuel has been settledby Judge Langley. The Puget Sound

National Bank, which was the plaintiffand claimed to have been defrauded bythe failure to the extent of $2,200, isgiven a preferred claim, and the oiliercreditors are left to share in order ofpriority in the stock, winch is worthihnni o nmt,"-- ".

The bazar was closed bv levy of execution on the day before last Christmas,Levy having on that day confessed judg-ment in favor of Samuel l.entz for 3

80 and Carrie Dibble for $7,370.32.The bank enjoined the sale of the stockof goods under execution on the groundthat Levy did not owe anything at all tothe judgment creditors, who were al- -

leged to be related to nim in ditterentways, hub nijuncuou ju uuigieymade permanent. The evidence showedthat Levy bad been promising to payhis creditors, who were Dressing him.out of the proceeds of his holiday salesand tlins staving them off. The bankunder the same promise was still extend-ing credit to Ievy. Just before Christ-mas, however, Levy failed suddenly andconfessed judgment for all the stock wasworth, leaving most of his creditors outin the cold.

Et'KOPK WANTS FRESH SALMON.

Arrangement Perfected for Paying upthe Obligation of Two Cannerle.

Astoria. It is understood that ar-

rangements have been made by AnnasC. R. Berle, representing the house ofRud Kanzaw of Hamburg, to have freshsalmon shipped overland in refrigeratorcars from Kalama to New York en routeto Hamburg. Mr. Berle, who left thiscity for Portland recently, interviewedthe principal cannerymen on the subjectof the proposed venture, bnt made nocontract. Before he left, however, heBtated a deal had been made with par-ties at Kalama. The linn of Rod Kan-zaw has branches at the different pointsin Norway and Sweden where salmonare caught, and Mr. Berle came.herehighly recommended. Several large con-signments of fresh salmon were shippedto Berlin by J. O. Hantborn and M. J.Kinney of this city and Mr. Barnes ofPortland about three years ago, bat werenot paid for, the claim having beenmade by Linden berg, the purchaser, thatthey arrived in poor condition. Theopinion is still entertained here that theerense was made for the sole purpose ofavoiding payment, and that the salmonwas properly handled and delivered ingood order.

Many of the creditors of the firm ofScotchfer A Gibbs have been paid offhere on the basis of dollar for dollar, ar-

rangements having been made with H.and M. Anthony A Co. of New York totake charge of the embarrassed firm'saffairs, settle all debts and operate theNorth Shore and Eureka canneries dur-

ing the coming season. The money forthe settlement in full of all claims is un-

derstood to be held by the First NationalBank ! this city.

RESERVATIONS

aralpropriation practicability

misrepresented.

SMALL

WILSON WANTS THEM OPENEDFOR SETTLEMENT.

Governor KiiKlnley tilve. Out Hie Atti-

tude Ha Will Auuim Toward L'oxey

and HI Army of Crank. Hard Time.In Ilia Army.

Kansas Citv. The Salvation Army of

this city is bankrupt, and in consequenceof this fact the Captain and Lieutenanthave drawn for a combined salary but$11.50 for rebruary, and the March returns would indicate a still further re'el notion in the stipend. It was Btaledthat a arire percentage of the receiptswere usually sent to the district oflicerat Omaha, to New York and to theBooths in Kngland, but Captain Duaringdenies the statement and says the armyis well regulated. The majority of thesoldiers are hall starved.

TIIK KOVING AHMY.

Governor MeKlnley'i Eye Will lie onCoxey. Men.

Coi.i'.miiuh, O. Governor McKinleygave out the following official statement

of bis attitude toward theCoxeyarmy, which is to march from Massillonnext Sunday: "I cannot but believethat the stories about the assembling ofpeople at Massillon Sunday have beengreatly exaggerated. From all the information 1 have received I believe therewill not be any such number of peopleassembled as has been predicted by thepromoter of the movement and by thepress. It would be a mutter of deep regret if any disturbance were to result topublic order from this movement. I canrealize that, however peaceful and lawfulthe purpose of the movement may be,the fact that a large body of unorganized men, assembled to make a longmarch on foot, relying upon suppliesfrom the country through which theytravel, is well calculated to create alarm,yet I cannot think that the movementwill assume any dangerous or threaten-ing proportions ; but, if it does, the local authorities city and county inOhio will be able to meet any emergency,and they will not permit the peace an Jgood order of the community to bebroken, but win be prompt to punishany unlawful acts winch may occur.Should any emergency arise and the local authorities not be able to preservetne peace ana observance ot the law, theState authorities upon notice will beprompt to aid them within the law andthe constitution.

TIIK IltKIOATION I'ONGHKSS.

A Serie of Ke.ollltlou. Prepared by theKxeeutive Committee.

Omaha. Nearly the entire morningmeeting of the Interstate Irrigation Con-

vention was spent in executive session,debating a scries of resolutions preparedby the Kxeeutive Committee. The prin-cipal fight was made over the the p.IaiihamuiaiKUng that congress make an ap

menus, oi artesian wensNj conclusion was reached, and the de- -

bate was continued till afternoon. Asidefrom tins ttie convention listened to pa- -pers on " Irrigation and Continental Development ana " rumping Machineryfor irrigation."

At the afternoon session the report ofthe Committee on Resolutions, reportedat the morning session, was adopted.After reciting the opening of publiclands to settlement the platform goes on :

Resolved, That it is the sense of thisconvention that it is the duty of Congressto make an appropriation to test thepractit ability of the following methodsof irrigation for these plains: FirstThat the government should bv experiments determine whether the overflowwater is of sufficient volume and can bebrought to the surface at a cost to makeit available for general irrigation purposes. Second That it Bhould determine the extent to which reservoirs canbe constructed for the purposeof storingstorm water sufficient in quantity forirrigation purposes. That we fullv indorse the following from the report ofthe special committee of the UnitedMates senate ana tne same be made apart of the resolutions of this conven-tion : " If anything can be done to encourage the people of these great plains,it is important that it should Im donespeedily. There are over 1,000,000 people in the arid and semi-ari- d belt, who ofhave paid into the United States Treasnry no less than ;40,000,000 for publiclands. The government should demon-strate to them the practicability, beforethey can have the courage or can command the means, to prosecute the workon any considerable scale."

Several addresses by prominent irriga-tionist-

were made during the day.

MILITARY KKSKRVATIONS.

Hill Before CongreM for the Abandonment of Some of Them.

Washington. The other day theHouse was considering a bill for theabandonmentof certain military reuervations and allowing them to be opened forsettlement. The bill provides for theopening of such reservations that exceed5,000 acres. To this feature Representative Wilson of Washington made objection, as did other Western men. Wilsonsaid Washington had several abandonedmilitary reservations of less extent than5,000 acres, upon which there were set-tlers who desired to obtain title to theland in lota of 40, 30 and even 10 acres,He mentioned Point Roberts and GiggHarbor as two of the reservations wherethe settlers desired Congressional action. toHe called attention to the fact that in1860 the Secretary of War withdrewthese lands at different points alongPuget Sound and reserved them for for-tification purposes. Outhwaite of Ohiosaid that, if these lands were turnedover to settlers, the government wouldbe buying them back at f 10,000 an acresome time for the purposes for whichthey were reserved.

Wilson's hepi.v.This stirred np the Washington Repre-

sentative. Jfe said these lands had beenreserved for years for fortification purposes, and the government had not spenta dollar on them, yet they were withinsonnd of the morning and evening gnnsof Great Britain. The Committee onAppropriations brought in a bill thatappropriates thousands of dollars topurchase land on the Kast coast, whilethe objective.point, the strategic point,the point that is absolutely nei'eesary tohave fortified, is without fortification atan. as the government had abandonedthese lands, there was no reason whythe settlers should not have them. He 4said there were thirty or forty of thesesmau reservations on rnget hoand,where the settlers had been allowed togo by Registers and Receivers of the landoffices, and they were now suspendedlike Mahomet's coffin and did not know onwhether they would secure title to theirlands or not.

The Chairman of the committee, hav-ing the bill in charge, said in toe pres-ent bill no attempt had been made to ofdeal with the small reservations, andadded that the committee won Id gladlyconsider a bill for that porpose.

WASHINGTON CITY NEWS.

Secretary Smith has approved the application of " Pawnee Bill" for a loan ofthirty-fiv- e Sioux Indians to be exhibitedat tiio Antwerp f.xhipiiion.

Senator Call of the Senate Committeeon Appropriations has reported tho for-

tifications bill to the Senate as amended.The committee increases total House ap-

propriation to the extent of 1820,405,tne bin as reporieu carrying .i,m,n'i,

It is intimated upon good authoritythat the President is strongly disposedto use a portion of the fund placed athis disposal for the establishment oi anaval coaling station in Pearl Harbor,Hawaii. It is asserted that the actualoccupation of Pearl Harbor will amountto assuming a protectorate over the isl-

ands, and that Hawaiians would have nocause to fear interference in their alfairsby other powers.

The President has transmitted to theSenate all information In his possessionregarding the Minefields (Nicaragua) in-

cident and the landing of British troops.There is nothing startling in the corre-spondence. Among the letters attachedis one from Ambassador Ilavard. in whichllayard says he was informed by theBritish government that the landing oftroops at Blueflulds was taken for thesole purpose of protecting the lives andproerty of the residents and with nointention oi violating treaty rignis.

Estimates of the amount of revenueunder the new tarifT bill reported to theSenate will probably show the totalamount to lie almost 381 ,000,000. Thisis a reduction of 13,000,000 from theestimates in the first bill reported to thecommittee The principal reduction ismade through the restoration of thepresent tax rate on domestic cigars andcigarettes, which amounts to a loss ofover (110,000,000. As the bill stands, ifthe estimate is correct, it will produce130,000,000 more revenue than Is needed.

The Secretary of the Interior has sentto Congress for approval two agreementsmade with Indian tribes. One was madewith the Yuma Indians in California, bywhich the Yumas will take allotmentsin severalty. Tho remainder of the landsthat can be irrigated will be appraisedand sold for the benefit of the tribe.Secretary Smith recommended an appro-priation of $22,000 for an investigationto determine whether to construct alevee along the banks of the Coloradoriver to protect the reservation lands.The other agreement is with the Yaki- -

mas in ashington for a cession of landknown as Wenatowahapan fishery. Itis proosed to pay $2,000 for these lands.

Delegate Joseph of New Mexico willmake a move," as soon as the appropria-tion bills are out of the way, to secure aspecial rule by which the New Mexicostatehood bill will be given the right oiway and block all other business in theHouse until a quorum makes its appearance and passes the bill. As party linesare drawn on the hill, he can hone forno help from the Republicans. 1'he lat-ter want Oklahoma admitted at the samedate in order to secure two RepublicanSenators to pltset the Democratic bona-tor- s

from New Mexico. It is urged alsothat the' Utah and" Arizona bills, alreadypassed by the House, giva a prospect oflonrTjeinocratip senators, so mat iaianess- - urges' .the djnlssion of Oklahomaas wett ae w (M tmr-mi- eu terntovies,

of California made a strongspeech that attracted much attention inthe House the other dav during consideration of the river and harbor items inthe sundry civil bill. He showed thatthe Southern States had received np to1800 $00,000,000 for river and harlwr im-

provements, while the value of theirshipping was only $18,000,000. Duringthis time the Pacific Coast, with $2.1.- -000,000 value in shipping, had only re-

ceived $10,000,000, and of this amountOregon had received the lion's share$8,000,000. IxmkI made such a goodshowing for California that Hermann ofOregon attempted a reply. lxud molli-fied the Oregon Representative by say-ing that Oregon fared so well because ofthe ability of Senators Mitchell andDolph and Representative Hermann,whose fitness for Congressional work theOregon people appreciated. '

The appointment of General Catch-ing- s

to the Chairmanship of the Riverand Harbor Committee to succeedHlanchard. appointed Senator, leadsmembers of the House to hope thatthere will be some very material in'creases made in the river and harbor appropriations, for Catchings :s a moreliberal-minde- d man than his predecessor,Representative Caminetti as a member

the committee is daily in consultationwith his colleagues in an endeavor to se-

cure more money for the Sacramentoand San Joaquin rivers, while Ropre'sentatives Loud and Wilson of Washington made a gallant fight for the entirePacific Coast on the House floor duringthe consideration of the sundry civil bill.The river and harbor bill when reportedwill show some changes affecting PacificCoast rivers and harbors since the firststatement was telegraphed. Whatchanges these are will probably be inthe nature of increases.

Further correspondence between Wil-lis and Hole has been submitted to Con-gress. It is mostly explanatory. Doleacknowledges the receipt of a letterdated January 18 from Willis, and saysthat in it Willis shows a desire that nointerpretation should be placed upon theevents referred to that would be incon-sistent with a friendly attitude on thepart of himself and the United Statestoward Hawaii. February 14 Dole addressed a letter to Willis, in which he ismuch pleased at Willis' explanation asto why the American naval forces weredeprived of their liberty and prohibitedfrom wearing uniforms on shore afterthe arrival of the Corwin. Dole saysfurther that it has not been his desire tocharge the United States with intending

use force, but rather to show that thewithholding of information on the pointhad pro. luted an unfortunate state ol af-

fairs, and to which Willis' attention wascalled at the time. Dole closed by disavowing on the part of his governmentany unfriendliness toward the UnitedMates.

Representative Hermann has had re-

ported from the Committee on IndianAffairs his bill to ratify and confirm theagreement with the Alsea and otherbands of Indians located upon the SiletzIndian reservation and to make appro-priation for carrying it into effect. Thereare 225,000 acres in the reserve, of which175.00U acres, not allotted to the Indians,are to be subject to settlement. The In-

dians are to be paid $142,'KX) for theircession. The President is to issue aproclamation within twenty days afterthe passage of the bill fixing a time notlater than forty days thereafter whenthe surplus lands are to be opened toentry. Judge Holman, the Chairman ofthe committee, argued for a redaction to

per cent from the 6 per cent interestprovided by the bill to be paid the Indians on the deferred payments, but hewas voted down and his amendment de-

feated. He. however, succeeded with anamendment requiring actual residence

the land for not less than three years,whereas under the homestead law propereommnUtion eonld be made after fourteen months. An additional amendmentreonires that at time of entry 50 rents

the $1,50 payable per acre shall bepaid, tne balance payable when finalproof is mad at the end of three or fiveyean.

M. CASIMIR-PEIUE- K.

HE SWAYS THE FRENCH SENATEAND PREVENTS A CRISIS.

Irlih National League of (treat BritainCall Ilia irl.h Leader Hard

Halvatlon Army Cou-gre- o

llelglan Cabinet Keilgn.

Biii;khki.s. King Leopold has beennotified by telegraph that his Cabinethas resigned.

Uladtoue In the Common,Ixinpon. The Westminster Gazette

says Gladstone will occasionally makehis apcarance in the Commons and willretain his old seat on the treasury liencli.

A High F.atlmate.Lonimn. The estimated government

expenditures for the coming year, whichwill be required fo he metbv the budget,amount, to il)5,(W2,(K). This Is thehighest estimate ever submitted.

The I nlleil Mlate Ahead.London. Replying to a question in

the Commons, the Secretary to the Ad-

miralty said that in 1803 France launchedbattle ships of an aggregate tonnage of20,020, Hiissia 12,41)0 anil the UnitedStates 30,000. ;

Fired on by lllft".Mki.m.i.a. A party of Riffs on the

coast three miles from this town fired ona transport which was conveying Span-ish troops to Malaga. They woundedone man. The Governor of Melilla isinquiring into the affair. No complica-tions are expected to result from theshooting.

One of William' Freak.Bkiii.iv. At noon y the Kmperor

surprised everybody by summoning theentire Berlin garrison to assemble in theTemple llof for maneuvers. The sum-mons was responded to with amazingpromptness, and the sudden appearanceand rapid pace of the troops through thest reets created a good deal of excitement.

Tax Kalliuate Too High.It oni k. Baron Sienna, Minister of Fi-

nance, has refused to modify his propos-als for the new taxes to the amount of100,000,000 lire. There Is such a Btrongsentiment among the Deputies in favorof decreasing the amount in questionthat it will be difficult to effect an un-derstanding between the Chamber andthe Cabinet.

Truckler and Coward.Tondon. The Irish National League

of (treat Britain has issued a manifestoto the Irish . people concerning LordRosebery's explanation of his attitudetoward home rule. The manifesto declares that the explanation is insufficient,and that the Irish members of Parliament who accept it are trucklers, cowards and traitors, who ought to be drivenout of public life.

- l,at!oa Armf jnblleei.''K. tuNqpNllln, appeal has "been .isfor4be piirpojoof raising a "(J of'000 in ordeif.tooelebraia Ue (ill)

with the jubilee GenerapBuotn prof,to inaugurates a four months' SalvaArmy campaign in the United Ski ext autumn.1, The General alsoIKjses an International Salvation ArmyCongress In June and expeditions to Ja-pan, Java and Demerara.

Gladstone's ltepone.London. Gladstone in a letter to the

Chairman of the Midlothian Liberals,thanks him for the generous desire thathe (Gladstone) shall not cease to repre-sent Midlothian. He refers to his career,and says it has certainly been chargeablewith many errors of judgment, but hehopes it has been governed by a desirefor strict justice. He says he rejoices tothink that Scotland has done battle forthe right. The masses, he declares, owetheir present political elevation to theprinciples, "Ixve of liberty for all, with-out distinction of class, creed or coun-try." Gladstone laments " the discrep-ancy of sentiment" between the twoHouses of Parliament, and concludes bysaying he feels convinced that until thejust demands of Ireland are satisfied theKmpire will not have attained the

its union and power. "Norwill British honor be effectually clearedof the deepest historic stain ever attachedto it."

MINIHTRY OF COLOMKS.

M. Calmlr-Perle- r, the Freneh Premier,Nway the Senate.

Pahih. The crisis which was threat-ened by the action of the Senate in re-

fusing to take action on the measurewhich had previously passed the Cham'ber of Deputies, creating a Ministry ofColonies instead of leaving that depart-ment directed, as has been the case upto tne present, lias been averted, andPremier Casimir-Perie- r is again victori-ous. When the Premier learned of thefailure to act upon the matter referredto, he promptly called a special sessionof the Senate and allowed it to becomeknown that he would not remain inpower without a vote of confidence onthe part of the Senate. In the Senateafter a conciliatory speech from thePremier the Chamber of Deputies billcreating a Ministry of the Colonies wasapproved by a vote of 225 to 32, andlater the Senate agreed to the grantasked for in regard to the creation ofthis new ministry by a vote of 310 to 81.The Premier was warmly congratulatedpy inenus upon the result of the auair.

IMHAMTKIt AT HANTANIIKB.

The Hurled Cargo of the Calm MachlcacoHlrnik by Diver.

Madrid. A dispatch received fromSantander says that ten men were killedand thirty injured by an explosion ofdynamite in the harbor. The dynamitewas In one of the many cases of explo-sives which went down last Novemlierwith the wreck of the steamer Cabo

F.ver since the steamer wasblown to pieces divers have worked in-

termittently upon the wreck, and haveraised a considerable quantity of miscel-laneous cargo, which was brought toSantander. Recently the divers reportedttiat they were getting near the dyna-mite, but it was supposed that the ex-

plosive had lost its power after so manyweeks in water. Three divers were downwhen the explosion came. Ten menwere out in a boat over the spot wherethe divers were at work. Some fifty menwere at work at the docks. The causeof the explosion is not known exactly.The report shook Mendez Nunez street,which skirts the 'may, along its wholelength. The small boat just off the spotwas splintered, and seven men werekilled. The three divers were also killed,and thirty men along the quay were in-

jured seriously. The mangled and black-ened corpses of the dead were scatteredall along the quay, and the scene wasone that defied description. Among thedead are Hon .Manuel de lipena, Pro-vincial Governor, and a number of otherofficials.

AN INSANE MAN'S TERROR.

Only a Conductor' Cnolneu Prevented aI'anle In a Street Car,

A big, broad shouldered, handsomeman bo:;rded a Russell avenue car otWisconsin street und took a seat neartho front door. Ho was perhaps 40 or41 yeurs of ago. well dressed, and ofImposing appearnnco, but thero wore awild, startled look about his face undan uneasiness in his manner Indicatingthat something was wrong. The carhud gouo only a short distance when hebegan to pull nervously away from theorner, casting frightened glances over

his shoulder us though he saw some-

thing beside him.Suddenly he jumped up and rushed

to the door of the car.throwing bis armswildly, as though beating oft un assail-ant, and fulling over the other passen-gers in his haute- to get out.

"Shoot him I Snoot him I" he shout-ed to tho conductor. .

"Shoot him quick, or I'll have to pullhis head off 1 can't stand this anylonger. He's after mo I Shoot him, 1

say, or I'll pull his head off I"The quick witted conductor, taking

In the situation at a glance, pulledhim out on the back platform and slum-

med the door behind him. "There,"he said, "bo can't get you now. I'llkeep bim ill the car."

But the assurance did not satisfy theunfortunate man. Re cowered behindthe conductor and peered over his shoul-

der to watch his imaginary pursuer."Thore he corneal Throw hiin out!"he shouted again, clinging to tho con-

ductor in abject terror."Yon stay here, and I'll throw him

out the front door, " said the conductor,to pacify him.

"Will yon throw him over tho dash-

board?""Yes.""And will the males trample on

him?""Yes.""And will the car run over him?""Yes.""That's right thut will serve him

right throw him over the dashboard,"and he laughed in great glee over theproject of getting rid of his adversary.

The conductor went into the car andpretended to take somebody out of thefor corner and push him out of thefront door. The madman on the rearplatform shouted his approbation andjumped npand down with joy. "Therehe goes," he screamed, "push himover don't let him get away pnshhim over ahove him under the car itserves him right he can't got mauowl"

The ladies in the car were thoroughlyfrightened, and but for the coolness ofthe conductor there might have been astampede.

He assured them that he would keep

t'rf outside and get rid of him as' ble, which quieted them.

uade no further demon- -Vnervously watching the,V though he 'feared

nain, ind whentin- ''.aiitct wTivonne he

.'i, ..'in, iiiM,,i, firji'-trt- f

, ,,.,;.., (hft&rZ" He": ,i,rf6uth side gentleman

' ' carins for hlin. "He hadJe some hours before, and

.'. jjwjoeri of his family were anxi-

ously looking for him. MilwaukeeWisconsin.

Big Men and Women.What enormous fellows and what le

viathan persons some of these Swedishmen and women are) Nowhere willyou see such noble specimens of adulthumanity as in Stockholm a streets.The feature seems to pervude all classes, though it is not least striking amongthe nobility. Six feet is a commonheight for a man here, and really I donot believe I exuggorate In snying thatmen of 0 feet 8 or 4 inches are asabundant in Stockholm as men of 6 feetwith us.

The tallness of the women is just asnoteworthy. You remark it less, how-

ever, because they are so well propor-tioned. They say it is easy to toll by

the size of the boots outsidu the doorswhich rooms of a hotel nro occupied by

the Swedish fuir. This is a veryhit at, the Swedish ladies.

Though they do wear sixes or sevens inshoe leuther, no sculptor would find

fault with them on professionalgrounds. Moreover, they have mostwinsome complexions, mid of courseblue eyes are nowhere mora intenselyblue than bore.

It is comforting to know I speak on

the evidence of one of the pensionnairesthat Swedish maidens have a great ad-

miration for English bachelors. They

read French novels, but they believe inEnglish bridegrooms. The blood bond

still exists,! suppose, between them andus. Cornhill Magazine.

'Jowctt' Congratulations.

Another story of Professor JowettA student who had passed his "greats"with some distinction had, as was hiswont, been taken up by tho mustor andasked to partuke of his hospitulity.Tete-a-tet- the master inquired : "Well,Mr. , whut do you think of meta-

physics?" "Oh," was the consequen-

tial reply, "my two years' study hasconvinced me that metaphysics arehumbug. " " Indeed, " calmly observed

the professor, "then you are a verylucky man, Mr. , for there are somewho have studied metaphysics untiltheir seventieth or eightieth year andhave not made that discovery." PallMall Gazette.

Carter Harrlton' Grain Dlatrlet,When the late Carter Harrison was

in congress, a granger member onestook him to task for speaking on a billaffecting agricultural interests, tellinghim that he should leave its discussionto the representative of the farmers,upon which Harrison retorted i " I amfrom a district only three miles lin:

and two miles wide, but in it we raisemore grain than do many staU-- s com-

bined. It is raised by elevators."

High."Mandy, did you read that notice on the

oounter, 'Your choice for IS ceutsfMaudy Ijind aakeat yea, but it looks

like as awful price to auk for them clerks.Chicago Inter Ocean.

One."Xobody likea Jobaon.""Oh, yes, somebody doe.""Whof""Jobaon." Harper's Bazar.

Dentlfcta are irreat nam of coatly met-

als. Beaidea Kohl fur ttoppings,of the world' conauniptiun of plat-

inum is employed by them in making tbawires by which the artificial teeth arefirmly fastened to a plate.

ADVANCE IN FARMING

THE AVERAGE FARMER THE BAL-

ANCE WHEEL OF SOCIETY.

The Varying Katlmale Placed on WhatI Known a the "Average Farmer"A Patriot, the Hone and Hluew ofthe Country, Ktc.

It Is curious to note the varying esti-

mates that seem to be placed by theother professions on what is known asthe "average farmer." Just prior toelection he 1b a patriot, the bone andsinew of the country, the great conserv-ative force that keeps the governmentfrom going to wreck and ruin. The restof the season he is regarded as a growler,whom nothing seems to suit. The weath-er is too hot or too cold, the season toowet or too dry ; either the prices are toolow or the crops too small, and so on un-til the next campaign opens.

It is always safe, however, to judge aclass of men by the work which it per-forms, and judged from this standpoint,the average farmer averages up quitewell. In the last fifty years the averagefarmer baa transformed an empire ofwaste land into a moderately well-tille- d

country. Ho has made railroads possi-ble and done much toward buildingthem, for which contributions, voluntaryor involuntary, he has never yet receivedacenioi pay or even thanks, lie lias,in fact, in many cases been paying divi-dends on interest on his own benefac-tions to these public enterprises.

In the last fifty years the averagetanner lias furnished more than tour-fift-

of the exports of the United States,while the manufacturing and mining in-

terests combined have furnished lessthan one-fift- h. The average farmer hasmade the great cities of the West pos-sible. Were it not for hiin the villagewould have no existence, the county-se- at

would have no excuse for its being.and the cities would be what they werebefore the settlement of the Great W est

merely trading posts or governmentfiarrisons. The average farmer has made

on his flocks and herdsmade, in fact, more than an impression.These flocks and herds are wholly whatne nas made mem.

They are the measure and expressionof his actual efforts. They do not byany means Bhowwhat the average farmercan do, but what he has done so far.Some of them furnish an admirable les-son of w hat he can do when he tries.The average farmer has taken the aver-age hog, as he existed fifty years ago,and made him so entirely different fromwhat he was that he does not even recognize the picture of his ancestor as anynear relation and scarcely recognizes hisspecies.

What the average farmer has done forthe average hog he can do for all theother breeds of live stock when he setshimself to do it, which he will wheneverbe sees clearly that it will pay him to doit. In certain sections of the West thefarmer who is above the average hastaken the average cow and doubled herdairy capacity, making her for this purpose about three times as good a cow asbefore. In other sections the farmerabove the average has taken the beefcow and made such an improvement thatui twq cows are scarcely on visiting

Uaf'UiJl lnW'tfaMuro. . llie averaga tarmir innr7na im amiviHter above the average awhile and predictsfailure in his breeding operations, thentries it and fails iierhaps, and finallysays to Himself: "isee it now: it isonly by being more than an averagefarmer that 1 can grow stock above theaverage." When the average farmersees this point clearly the average willadvance very rapidly and bring with itinevitably an advance in the averagecow, horse, pig, sheep, in the averagecrops, in the average of Dome comfort,society, intelligence and influence athome and abroad.

The average farmer has done well inthe past. I le is the peer of the averageman in any other ciass. He has it inhiin to do far better by advancing theaverage standard. What is needed isnot ability, but the stern and resolute

1 will." in point ot laci tne stanaaruof the average farmer is advancing allthe tune. There is scarcely a farm neigh-borhood in the West in which there isnot a very apparent advance in farmingas compared with past years, the resultof advancing intelligence among farm-

ers. The average farmer is reading morepapers and better and doing more ex-

perimenting in a small way himself. Heis developing a leadership of which bemay be proud.

llis udgment on national attain isgiven greater weight than at any time inthe past is, in fact, regarded as morevaluable than the average judgment oiany other class of men. I he averagelarmer is to-u- the great conservativeforce in society the balance wheel, soto speak, of the social and political system, if all this he true ot tne averagefarmer, what or who can measure thepossibilities of the farm when the average farmer becomes the equal of what isnow regarded as the best class of farmers?

NOTKH.

Do not stint the yearlings so that itwill take all summer for them to makeup what they lost during the winter.

The average product of a good, well- -fed, properly-handle- d dairy cow in .Sco-

tland is estimated at (176 per annum,rating milk at 17 cents a gallon.

Did it ever occur to you that the manwho will not properly lied bis cows is thelast one to brush on the nun mat mayget on the udder from such neglect?

If there were better dairymen, therewould be less delusion and disappointment in dairying. The man and the cowmust both be " good " to make dairyingpay.

There are many calves bred for nospecific purpose and adapted to no prof-

itable use. These are not worth raising,ami ought to die young. Good calves,pro;erly raised, always pay.

Farmers and gardeners of New Jerseyexperienced considerable difficulty ingetting a stand ol melons, sweet pota-toes and corn last season, owing to theseverity of the attacks of cutworms.

Kvery bad habit developed, by a cowis but the rellex ol Pad management.All animals are what we make them. Ifyou see clulis lying outside the stable,you can make up your mind there arekickers inside ol it.

KMarw ... aw nm u m mma

Used in Millions of Homes

"As old asthe hills andnever excell-

ed. "Triedand proven"is the verdicto f millions.SimmonsLiver Regu--

w lator is thehip TTP f o n 1 y Liver

and Kidneymedicine towhich y o ft

can pin yourfaith for acure. Amild laxa-

tive, andpurely veg-

etable, act-

ingPills on thedirectly

Liverand Kidneys. Try it.Sold by all

Druggists in Liquid, or in Powderto be taken dry or made intoa tea.

The King-- or I.lrer Medicine."1 have uned ynurShnmnn Mver Rcpil-lato- r

and run roiiM'leiitlmixly my It Id heking of all liver medicine, 1 conliler It amedicine chest In Hwir. ueo. W. Jack-So-

Tacoma, Washington.

7EVEBT PACKAGE-- :Bat the Z Stamp In red on wrappea

THE PORTLAND MARKETS.

Whiat-Val- ley, 85c; Walla Walla, 7676c per cental.

PROVISIONS,Eabtcbn Bmokkd Ma ats Ann Lakd

Hams, medium, 12(312)0 per pound;hams, large, ll&12)$c; hams, picnic,ll(12c: breakfast bacon, limtic.:short clear sides, 10 12c; dry salt sides,9)i10c; dried beef hams, 12'13c;lard, compound, in tins, 910c perpound; pure, in tins, ll12c; pigs' ..

feet, 80s. 6.60; pigs' feet, 40s, 3.25;KU8, S1.20.

nOl'S, WOOL AND HIDES.Hops '93s, choice, 12$13o per

pound; medium, 1012c; poor, neg-lected. i

Wool Valley, 10llc per pound;Umpqua, 11 12c; Eastern Oregon, 610c, according to quality and shrinkage.

Hides Dry selected prime, tic; green,salted, 00 pounds and over, 34'c; under60 pounds, 23c ; sheep pelts, shearlings,10l6c; medium, 2036c; long wool,3060c; tallow, good to choice, 33eper pound.

LIVE AND DBESSED BEATS.Bur Top steers, 2.503.00; fair to

good steers. 2.002.26; cows, (2.26;dressed beef, 46)$o per pound.

Mutton Best sheep, $2.50; ewes,2.25.Hogs Choice heavy, $4.00(34.25; me-

dium, (4.00; light and feeders, (3.904.00; dressed, 6k 7c per pound.

Veal Small choice, tic; large, 4c perponnu.

FLOUB, FKHD, ETC.Floob Portland, 12.66; Salem. 12.55:

Cascadia, $2.56; Dayton, $2.55; Wallaf'i.DO- - HnnwfUkn. 11

iiB, z.bo; fendieton, fj.uo; urauaa),(2.40; superfine, (2.25 per barrel.

Oats White, 3334c per bushel;gray, 3032c; rolled, in bags, (5.750.00; barrels, (U.006.25; In cases, (3.75.

MiLLSTurrs Bran, (1316; shorts,(1510; ground barley. (1618; chopfeed, (15 per ton ; whole feed barley, 6070c per cental; middlings, (2328 perton: chicken wheat. 06c $1.16 percental.

Hay Good, (1012 per ton.DAIRY PRODUCE.

Bdttbb Oregon fancy creamery, 27W30c: fancy dairy. 22(8 26c: fair to

good, 15(iil7,,c; common, ll12c perpound; California, 45c per roll.

Cueehb Oregon, c: YoungAmerica, 12 15c; California flat, 14Jl&'ic: (Swiss, imported, 8032c: domestic, 10 18c per pound.

Jfiaas uregon, lztgisc per dozen,Poultry Chickens, mixed, quoted at

(4.505.00 per dozen; ducks, (5.006.00; geese, (9.0010.00; turkeys, live,14c per pound ; dressed, lite.

VKOKTAIII.ES AND FRUIT.Vegetables California cabbage, lc

par pound; potatoes, Oregon (buyingprice), 4050c per sack; onions (buyingprice), (1.752.50 per sack ; sweet pota-toes, (1.75 2.60 per box; California cel-

ery, 8590c ; artichokes, 75c per dozen ;

California lettuce, 25c per dozen; Ore-

gon hothouse lettuce, 60 (We; cauliflow-er, (2.75 per crate, (1.00 per dozen ; parsley, zoc per dozen; sprouts, fi.w perbox; string beans, 80c per pound; as-

paragus, 15iai7Jo per pound; rhu-barb, 10llc per pound; peas, 10

t rdits oalliornia lancy lemons, ss.ou(24.00; common, (2.50 3.00; bananas,(1.752.50 per bunch; Honolulu. (3.003.50; California navels, (2.25i2.76 perbox; seedlings, fl.zocgz.uu; aunnower,(2.50; apples (buying price), green, 76c(1.00 per box; red, (1.00 1.25; late win-

ter pears, 6580c per box.STAPLE orocekies.

CorrEE Costa Rica, 23c; Rio,2223c;Salvador, 22c; Mocha. 2t)28c;

Columbia and Lion,cases, (24.80

Dried Fruits 1893 pack, Petiteprunes, 68c; silver, 10 12c; Italian,8 10c; German. 6(8c; plums, 610c:evaporated apples, 8 10c; evaporatedapricots, 15 Wc; peaches, 1012j'c;pears, 7llc per pound.

Salt Liverpool, 200s, (15.50; 100s,

(16.00; 60s, (16.60; stock, (8.509.50.Syaoi- - Eastern, in barrels, 4065c;

in half barrels, 42 (267c; in cases, 36

80c per gallon ; (2.25 per keg ; California,in barrels, 20 40c per gallon; (1.76 perkeg.

Sooar D.4'4'c; Golden 0,6c; extraC, 5'c; confectioners' A, 6c; dnr gran-ulated, 634c; cube, crushed and pow-dered, Oo per pound; Jc per pounddiscount on all grades for prompt cash ;maple sugar, 16 16c per pound.

Rice No. 1 Sandwich Island, (4.604.75; no Japan, (5.005.25.

Beans Small white, No. 1, 2c; No.2, 2'c; large white, 2,'t'c; pea beans,m '. !!. ol. Ol-- .-- 4l:j I'm, v'l vauu, VU1WI,3c; Lima, 3' per pound.

ricKLES liarrels, yo. 1, L'8g30c per

fallon; No. 2, 2ti28c; kegs. 5s, 85c pergallons, (2.75 per dozen; quar

ter gallons, si.70 per dozen.

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