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vol. :>. NO. 8.
\o MORE PRIZEFIGHTS
Governor Expresses
His Sentiments.
AFFAIR REFERRED TO
v „^. (he Legislature to Make Laws
lit ' - '
11, a ">1! Keep Thugs Out of the
t( , [ iif Lotteries Also Sleet His
, )Uil „jii<,val.
TaUIIA s^EE, Fla., April 4. — The
ri rjda legislature convened at 12 o'clock
j aY f or its,biennial session of sixty
i vf ' Tii'1 legislature is overwhelmingly
i ■■ >,!!*;■ in both branches. Hon.
r.t \ivtiv, of the eighth senatorial
r<=trict * was elected president of the
cenate, and Hon. W. S. Jennings, of
liernanilo county, speaker of the house.
Governor 3iitcheirs message was brief.
Under the head of "Prizefights," the
rovernor (':
*" -Ihiring the last year a most disgrace
in! aw! brutal fight of this character
took place in the city of Jacksonville,
mil parties who resort to this occupation
as a means of making a living without
honest labor are boasting that there is
no law in this state to prevent such dis
e race!nl contests, and openly boast that
another one will be "pulled off" at Jack
sonville next September, but, gentle
uien, yon have it in your power to pre
vent this by proper legislation.
••1 recommend that these prizefights,
o: glove contests, be made felonies by
statute, with such penalties attached as
wiU'canse these thugs to respect the
laws arid to respect the law-abiding,
Go<l-fearing people of this state in the
pursuit of all their rights as citizens.
"The law should authorize sheriffs
an those acting in their aid and assist
ance, when they have cause to believe
that a prizefight or glove contest is about
to take place, to enter any house or en
closure or any place wherein they may
have reason to believe that such contest
is to take place, for the purpose of ar
resting those engaged or about to en
gage therein.
"Also, that all persons who may be
present at such contest, in any wise aid
ing or abetting the same, by betting
thereon or by being present thereat shall
be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon
conviction be punished the same as the
principals."
Relative to lotteries, the governor
m -:
"There ha« been much said in the
newspapers about a lottery at Port Tam
pa, as to the truth of which I have no
knowledge, but respectfully recommend
that the law against lotteries be so
amended as to clear that institution out
of the state, if here, and to prevent
others from being located in the state."
A CABINET VACANCY.
A Kamor i bat secretary Gresham Will
Soon Kesign.
Nk\ V . . April I.— A morning paper
2 special from Washing- ,
ler vacancy in the cabinet,
, may occur within the next
Secretary Gresham is the
a stated for voluntary re
he report comes from sev
frienda to whom, it is
more than once expressed
;rn to the practice of
> the bench. Judge Gresh-
I. has not found the state
■ngenial to his tastes as
< i ii i ten, and Mrs. Gresham has
igether pleased with the
1 'nic ties made necessary j
al to Washington. Both
md his wife have told in- j
ancefl of their mutual
irn to Illinois.
" of Mr. Gresham's retire- '
11, is not based alone on ,
I: l ~ B of confidence, but on
itementa regarding his in
ie near future. Judge
itions with the president
have been bo far as known, of the pleas
niher of the cabinet has
t 1 by Mr. Cleveland, so
. at ! for retirement from office
ln tlu' ture cnnnot be ascribed to
My friction with his chief. It is hinted.
• Judge Gresham has felt
| --'(ieved over the disinclina
j ' n " >:net to support him in
iign policy which he be
iieves «o ild win for him great popular*
v make him a favorite for
icy. U may be that extin
-; n this direction have had
V on him in reaching
that he would prefer to
t this idea is scouted by his
rt tiut Judge Gresham
n moved by any such con-
JJerat w . They ny tnat he ha ,
1 liis wife's pleasure and
- in concluding to leave
"Miungton within a short time.
CHAIN SWINDLE.
-r, B. C, Youth's ScUeuie of
Helping HiinVolf.
•J AXC,?•fa. 8.C., April 4.-Another
chain 'swindle has just been unearthed
. re- A. R. Jackson, a young man liv-
South Vancouver, a suburb of this
~h sent a number of circulars .to" per
-OK= 15 Eastern Canada, asking them to
«nd him 10 cents to assist him in build
- and to continue the chain
/ Writmg two similar letters to other
J r»oas. Jackson described him self as
Sfy of the Lawndale Relief A?
ia thu' 1 ' arul set forth that the peop;l
prowSTaieinent were V«'"V poor, their
recent v havin« been damaged by the
SSL tfaser river floods. One of the
son T^r were sent to the Rev. Thorn p
bo-hiti etbodiat minister in the neigh
the dS ' and he handed the matter to
found it?' 1 hey visited Lawndale and
ba s h t) tobe a boom townsite in the
shack- town consisting of just two
otL° ne occupied by Jackson and
Wit üby.a Chinese. Jackson con
letted 1 tiavin" been the author of the
self Rt«f- a-n.B obtained money for him
tmg that the story of the noted
s^ell 'ham had Buggested the
■ ■•v',:,! Xi\^ Postmaster says he ha'
past an/ 1 eav mail for some time
klievS ♦ v rge nui»ber of persons are
iev e<l to have been victimized.
THE ISLANDER
TERMS OF SETTLEMENT.
now Mexico and Guatemala Adjusted
Their Differences.
Washington, April 4.-From unof
ficial advices reaching Washington the
general terms of the agreement signed
yesterday, by which the war between
Mexico and Guatemala was avoided, are
substantially known. Mexico's demand
was in the form of an ultimatum sent
by Secretary Mariscal November 27,
embracing the following points:
First, Mexico asks satisfaction for in
juries received by the invasion of her
territory, and for vexations by foreign
ers, of Mexicans cutting wood in the
forests of Aqua Azula, Egypt, San Nich
olas and San Pedro; second, Mexico
also demands pecuniary indemnity for
damages sustained; third, Mexico also
demands indemnity for the expenses of
mobilizing her troops and stationing
authorities and employes in suitable
places to preserve the public security on
the frontier; fourth, Mexico asks that
the labors of the boundary commission,
in accordance with the treaty of 1882,
be speedily concluded, said treaty not
being open to discussion.
It is understood $2,000,000 was the
amount of the indemnity demanded by
Mexico; also, that she insisted on Gua
temala^ dismissing her surveyor-gen
eral, who took part in locating the
boundary January 12.
Guatemala answered the ultimatum.
The answer was pacific in tone, but did
not concede to Mexico the right to the
territory desigated in the ultimatum,
nor the right to fix a cash indemnity.
The final negotiations are a compromise
between the ultimatum and the reply.
It is believed Mexico has agreed to ar
bitrate the amount of the cash indem
nity, instead of exacting $2,000,000 as
first claimed. Senor Romero, Mexican
minister, has been kept advised of the
negotiations, but is not yet in a position
to make public the exact terms which
averted war. President Diaz has an
nounced that the terms will be com
municated to congress later.
The peace agreement is regarded as of
far-reaching importance to the Central
American states, which expected during
the last six months to be plunged into a
deadly struggle. The Mexican army and
navy had been preparing for a conflict,
and calculations had been made as to
where troops would be landed in Gua
temala. The Mexican army numbers
34,833 on a peace footing, with 165,000
available on a war footing. The Guate
malalan army numbers 3,000 on a peace
footing. The agreement now affected
puts an end to active war preparat. ...is.
Senor Arriaga, the Guatemalan min
ister, docs not know yet the details of
the arrangements signed yesterday be
tween his country and Mexico, but he
has received from Gutemalan Minister
de Leon, in that city the following tel
egram :
"The definite settlement of our diffi
culties with Mexico was signed to-day.
Conditions honorable and satisfactory
to both countries."
DEMANDS TOO MUCH.
Tnforiuation From Chinese Source of
What Japan Wishes.
St. Petersbueg, April 4.—A telegram
from a Chinese source says that bad
weather, sickness among the Japanese
troops and the overflow of rivers have
rendered the continuance of war ex
tremely difficult. It is added that this
has produced a favorable effect upon ne
gotiations, but hopes for the speedy
conclusion of peace is weakened by me
Japanese demand for the cession of a
portion of Manchuria, a war indemnity
of 700,000,000 yen, and pending full pay
ment of this indemnity that Peking
ehall be occupied by Japane&e troops.
THANKS FOR THE ARMISTICE.
London, April 4.—The Standard's
Berlin correspondent says:
'The emperor of China has instructed
Li Hung Chang to a^k for an audience
with the mikado to thank him for the
armistice. If U should be too ill his
son-in-law will deliver the message.
Li probably will ask that his assailant
be pardoned or his sentence mitigated.
LI HUXG CHANG ALMOST WELL.
Yokohama, April 4.—Advices from
Simonosaki say Li Hung Chang's face is
healing, and he will be in complete
health in a few days, when he will at
tend the peace conference.
Cholera at Port Arthur continues to
increase. A number of Chinese are re
ported aboard the transports returning
from China.
rOR DEFENSE OF KWAXG TUXO.
Shanghai, April 4.—Three thousand
volunteer recruits are bein<z gathered in
Canton for the defense of Kvang run?
province. A house tax has been levied
for their support.
yoe::to\vn in japan.
Washington, April 4.-The cruiser
Yorktown arrived at to-day
from Che Foo.
THANKED THE JURY.
He Thought It Sensible iv Finding Him
Guilty.
Spokane, Wash., April 4.-The re
markable scene was witnessed here to
day of a prisoner thanking a jury for
sending him to the penitentiary. It
was in the Siegel case. ' Siegel is an ec
centric farmer from Whitman county
who has killed one man and threatened
many others. A few days ago he shot
and severely wounded Edward EnwaU,
horn X court house steps in this city.
For tMs he was placed on trial and to
day was found |ilty, of shooting with
hell than'a lunatic asylum. -
The court had named two yoang at
9ai^l km"a! g ht "hen 1 get out
of j-l' 8Y*i,oVi t^ok his case into his own
inttntomoveforanewtnri. M, in
tention to move for a new trial.
Train Kobbery » C.pltalC rim^.
jKKKEESo.veiTT, Mo., April 4-Gov
ernor Stone to-day approved a«
which train robbing is made • capital of
fe^e, should the jury decide to xnfl.ct.o
raages from nangiug •»• •—* r
in the penitentiary.
FRIDAY HARBOR, SAN JUAN CO.. WASH., THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1895.
EVASION OF THE ISSUE
State Department Worried
by England's Course.
VENEZUELAN BOUNDARY MATTER
No Heed Paid in London to Mr. Bay
ard's Request, Presented by Him at
the Direction of Congress, That the
Matter Be Submitted to Arbitration.
Washington, April 3. —The secretary
of state is very much concerned over the
Venezuelan problem. The British ulti
matum delivered to Nicaragua ia not a
source of political apprehension, for it
is not now believed that the British will
take action in the way of acquiring ter
ritory in that direction or jeopardize the
property of Americans in Nicaragua by
a bombardment in their efforts to col
lect the indemnity demanded from Nica
ragua. These are the two movements
that might cause the United States to
interfere. But in the case of the Vene
zuelan border dispute there is much
graver cause for apprehension. It ap
pears that our ambassador, Mr. Bayard,
has not succeeded in inducing the Brit
ish government to give heed to the re
quest, submitted by him at the direc
tion of congress, that the boundary dis
pute be submitted to arbitration.
The British are profuse in their dec
laration of a willingness to arbitrate
the title of land west of the Schoomberg
line; but, in the view of the state de
partment, this is a pure evasion of the
real issue; for there never has been any
reasonable assertion of a British right to
this territory, and it is territory lying
east of this line that forms the sub
stance of the contention. The situation
is believed to be alarming, as armed
bodies of British and Venezuelans are
pressing each other closely in the dis
puted territory, and there may be a
hostile clash at any moment. The ad
ministration has been considering the
course to be pursued in such case, and
it is entirely probable that, if the Brit
ish still persist in bringing about such a
collision and fail to heed the repeated
warnings and requests of the United
States to submit the matter to arbitra
tion, then the United States will feel
obliged to follow the moral aid it has
given to Venezuela in this matter by
more substantial assistance.
AN IMPORTANT DECISION.
Suj reuae Court Decides Againgt a Wash
ington State Settler.
Washington, April 3. —The supreme
court to-day decided the case of George
Richerd, William Alexander and Eben
Sperry vs. Jamea A. France, consoli
dated, in error to the supreme court
from the st te of Washington.
The plaintiff contended the law re
garding pre-emption of public lands au
thorizes a quasi-judicial hearing before
the register and receivers, whose decis
ion is tantamount to a decision binding
both government and applicant in re
spect to the matter of settlement and
improvement, and not subject to re-ex
amination by the commissioners of the
general land office or secretary of the
interior.
The decision was adverse to this view,
and held there was nothing in the law
to take each cases out of the general
power granted to the commissioners of
the general land office and the secretary
of the interior to control all matters in
respect to the sale and disposal of public
lands, and confirming the judgment of i
the state court.
The court issued an order for the re
argument of the case of William Trega
vs. the board of directors of the Modesto
irrigation district of California. The
case involves the constitutionality of the
Wright irrigation law.
WASHINGTON STATE FAIR.
F. Tj. Vandasen Appointed Superintend
ent of the Grounds.
North Yakima, April 3.—The state
fair commissioners met to-day and ap
pointed F. L. Vandusen superintendent
of the grounds for the coming year.
Other appointments were postponed foi
two weeks on the telegraphic request ol
Governor McGraw, who wants further |
time in naming the commissioners to
succeed J. R. Patton, of Tacoma, s. 1
John R. Reavis, of Spokane, wliuse
terms have expired. The fair will bo
Held this year at the close of the hop
sicking season, when there will be 8,000
or 10,000 Indians in Yakima, and their
promised war dances and races will
prove an attractive feature. Last fall
the fair and the Indian festivities were
held at different periods, but so novel
and interesting were the latter that
many people traveled hundreds of miles
to be" present, and were well repaid for
their journey.
An Inquiry at Butt*.
Buttb, Mont., April 3.—Judge Speei
in the district court to-day summoned a
grand jury and instructed its memberi
to investigate the great dynamite ex
plosion of January 15, by which fifty
men were killed and 100 or more in
jured. The judge told the jury that
some one was responsible for the death
of these men, and he hoped the blame
would be fixed by the jury. The prose
cuting attorney had refused to take the
responsibility of filing informations,
and the jury was called.
To Guard Public Land's.
Washington, April 3.—General Ruger
has ordered the post commanders of Ok
lahoma territory to send escorts to such
express officers as paymasters may
designate for the purpose of guarding
public funds to their destination during
the payment of troops under the mus
ter of the present quarter.
TLoa Angeles Poolroom* to Clos*.
Los Axqkles, April 3.—The efforts
made against the municipal authorities
resulted to-day in a decision by the city
council to close the poolrooms, which
are run by men from San Francisco and
Oakland, who transferred their gam
bling-houses to Los Angelea.
EDISON'S PHONOGRAPH.
"Norm»" to Be Sung and "Trilby" t«
Be Read in the Parlor.
New York, April 3. —Thomas A. Edi
son and his phonograph are going to join
hands once more, and the "Wizard of
Menlo Pork" promises improvements
and novelties which will astonish
the public. The phonograph has been
controlled by the North American Phon
ograph Company, which went into the
hands of Receiver John U. Hardin last
August. The company was capitalized
aU6,000,000 in 1889, and James Lip
pincott, the promoter, went insane
when he found it was a fizzle. The re
ceiver has advertised for bids for the en- J
tire assets, and Mr. Edison's offer of
$120,100 has been accepted. The ac- ,
ceptance of the bid must be sanctioned
by the chancellor of New Jersey. A
circular has been sent by Receiver Har
din to the creditors and stockholders of
the bankrupt company, stating that
Monday, April 8, he will request per
mission from the court to convey the '
property to Mr. Edison. Mr. Edison
said:
"The company has one asset which I
am willing to pay a high price for; that
is a claim on all my future inventions
and improvements of the phonograph.
I do not care to have any one else have
a lien on my brains, so I made a bid
which proved higher than all others. I!
shall manufacture the phonograph my
self now and expect to keep all the
promises I made when I first introduced
them. lam going in for households in
stead of nickle-in-the-slot machines,
and in a short time expect to produce
an entire opera or a complete novel on
a cylinder. It will cost a good deal, but
it will pay me. I suppose it will cost
\ me $2,000 to have the opera Norma sung
to the machine, but I can reproduce that
| on almost as many cylinders as I please.
| I think I can afford to pay Dv Maurier
more than the Harpers and newspapers
have, so that any gentleman can 1 avj
Trilby read to him in his parlor in the
course of an evening. I shall manufac- \
ture the perfected phonograph individu
ally."
Then the reporter asked the question
that the Wizard always expects to hear i
from newspaper men: "What is the'
latest?"
"Nothing at all," returned Mr. Edi
son, smiling, "except the kinetophone, '
the combination of kinetescope and
phonograph. lam going to reproduce
the motions and words of life-size speak
ing figures. I have already the speak
ing and the motion figures up to half
life size. I have paid more attention !
lately to my mine than anything else. !
Very soon now I'll get to work in the
laboratory.^
THE PREACHER SUED.
■ Slander May Be Perpetrated in the Form
of Prayer.
Los Angeles, April 3. —Judge Clark
I to-day overruled the demurrer inter
-1 posed by the Rev. J. C. Campbell in the
. suit charging him with slandering Miss
Tesa L. Kalso, the librarian of the Los
Angeles public library. The basis of the
action was a prayer offered by the de
fendant before his congregation in the
First Methodist church, in v»hich he
iai.l:
'(), Lord ! vouchsafe Thy saving grace
to the librarian of the Los Angeles city
library, and cleanse her of all sin, and
' make her a woman worthy of her of
fice."
The reverend gentleman in his de
murrer took the position that his state-
I ment was privileged. The court held
! that a slander can be perpetrated in the
form of a prayer as readily as in any
other form of speech, and no communi
cation made by parson or priest to his
congregation is privileged because of
such relation, unless perhaps, when
made in the discharge of his pastoral
duties with one subject to this discipline
!of the church, and then only unless
I made without malice.
HIGHER EDUCATION.
Address by Chauncey Depew at the
Chicago Auditorium.
Chicago, April 3. —A convocation of
the Chicago university was held in the
Auditorium to-night. Chauncey M.
Depew delivered the address, and in the
course of his remarks said:
"This institution, which owes its ex
istence to the beneficence of Rockefeller,
1 is in itself a monument of the purpose
: of wealth accumulated by a man of gen
i ius. So is Vanderbilt, and so are the
old colleges, as they have received the
benefaction of generous, appreciative
! and patriotic wealth. But in view of
i the dangers which are about us and of
the difficulties which are before us, we
cannot rely upon what the rich may do
! or what the philanthropists may sug
i gest. It would be a long step forward
1 in popularizing higher education if the
! government had established at Wash
ington a great national university."
Chang's Assailant's Sentence.
Washington, April 3.—lt is said at
the Japanese legation that the young
Japanese who shot Li Hung Chang will
probably be sent to the mines of North
ern Japan to serve his life sentence. The
locality is much like Siberia. Unofficial
reports of the sentence make no refer-
I ence to his trial or conviction. It is
understood there had been a civil trial,
! as a military trial would have resulted
in death. Dr. Scriba's report on Li
Hung Chang's wound is regarded by the
Japanese legation as assuring recovery.
Scriba is one of Germany's most noted
surgeons, who has entered into service
in Japan.
The Bible in the Public School.
Scranton, Pa., April 3.—By a deci
sion to-day of Judge Gunster, in a Wa
verly borough school case, the reading
of the Bible in the public schools of
Pennsylvania was practically declared
illegal. In his opinion Judge Gunster
said that denominational religious ex
ercises and instruction in sectarian doc
trines have no place in our system of
common school education. They are
not only not authorized by any law,
common or statutory, but are expressly
forbidden by the constitution, the fund
am c a tal law of the commonwealth.
Lexow'i First Witness.
New Yobk, April 3. —Carl Priem, who
was the first witness to furnish the
Lexow investigation committee with
testimony regarding police corruption
in this city, was found dead in his room
to-day, having committed suicide by
taking poison.
HORSEMEAT AS FOOD
Suggestion by an American
Consul in Germany.
OPENING TO AMERICAN PACKERS
The Consumption of Horseflesh in the
Large Cities in Germany Almost as
Great as That of Beef and Mutton,
and Continually Growing.
Washington, April 2. —One of the
most striking novelties in the recent
consular mail received at the state de
partment is the deliberate recommenda
tion of a United States consul that
American packers should turn their at
tention to shipping horseflesh to Ger
many.
"In view of the prohibition of Ger
man markets to American cattle, there
is another direction toward which Amer
ican packers might well turn their at
tention. That is the preparation and
sale of horsemeat."
This is the opening paragraph of a re
port just received from Consul Edward
W. S. Tingle at Brunswick, Germany.
Mr. Tingle adds:
"While exact statistics on the con
sumption of horseflesh are difficult to
obtain it seems almost as great as that
of beef and mutton in the large cities of
Germany. In smaller cities, where!
there is Borne prejudice against horse
meat, the consumption ia about one- i
third of that of beef, but in those places '
the use of horsemeat is growing daily. I
Its consumers are exclusively of the
poorer classes, but they comprise nine- ■
tenths of the consumers of the country, j
Beef and other first-class meats coat!
from 15 cents to 25 cents per pound in '
Germany, and are out of the reach of
the average workingman, who receives
75 cents or $1 per day."
The demand for horsemeat in Ger
many has grown to such an extent that >
it is beginning to be difficult to supply
it, and this is where the opportunity lor i
American packers comes in, according j
to Mr. Tingle. Formerly the German j
butcher had little difficulty in procuring i
for slaughter horses which were either ;
worn out or injured so as to be worth- i
less, but the supply of this class of ani- j
mals is about exhausted, and horses for i
butchering now cost from $45 to |50, !
where formerly they could be had for
from $5 to $10. The consequence is that I
just as people become attached to horse
meat, the butchers find they must raise
their prices. Mr. Tingle adds:
"Horses can be raised in the United
States much cheaper than cattle. They j
can be slaughtered by any of the Amen- j
can packing houses as easily as c.ittle
and they can be shippad alive acro39
the sea much more easily than cattle,
and can be sold either on the hoof or
dressed at a price certainly greater than
seven cents per pound. The meat is
consumed in Germany in both salted
and smoked state. With the astonish
ingly rapid disuse of horses in America
their raising, especially in the West, ia
far from being the profitable industry it
has been. The ranchman, however, can
make the raising of horses for food prof
itable. Why should he not do it? The
eubject ia of two-fold interest to th«
American packer, whose beef and beef
products are now excluded from the
German market, and to the horse raiser, *
whose invested capital brings him in
very unsatisfactory returns. The preju
dice against eating horsemeat is so great
in our own country that there will prob
ably never be a demand for meat of this
kind, but there is no reason why Ameri- j
can packers and ranchmen should not
take advantage of the existence of a dif
ferent state of things in other countries
to found what can be made a very prof- ,
itable industry and extensive export
trade."
THE SMOKING NANAWOYD.
White Men Have Discovered What In
dians Have Known for Tears. |
Paris, Tex., April 2.—A party of men
just arrived bring news of a most singu- j
lar phenomenon recently noticed in the
wildest part of the Choctaw nation.
The Nanawoyd mountain is about fif
teen miles long and towers fully 1,00(1 (
feet above the surrounding country. It
is in a desolate position, no person liv
ing within fifteen miles of it. Prospec-.
tors saw smoke arising from the moun
tain, and on investigation found that
smoke was issuing from a fissure in the
rock. The rock was so hot they could
not stand on it, while a strong odor ol
sulphur pervaded the atmosphere, and
occasionally detonations were heard. ]
The party became alarmed and left the
vicinity." Tney went to an old Indian
and informed him of their discovery.!
He was familiar with the plain, and
said the smoke had been issuing from
it and the same noises had been heard
Bince 1832, when the Choctaws went to
that country. A further investigation
will be made as silver has been found
at the base of the mountain.
Lore Finds a Way.
Santa C*uz, April 2.—Harry Eason,
aged 20, and Mary Hinckley, aged 17,
have been lovers for some time, but
their parents objected to their marriage.
Notwithstanding the opposition they
determined to wed, and to do bo they
walked from Miss Hinckley's home at
Ben Lomond to this city, a distance of
fifteen miles. They chartered a boat
and secured the services of a justice of
the peace, by whom they were married
after being rowed three miles from
shore.
Why Japan Agreed to Stop.
Paris, April 2.—The Journal dcs De
bats says that the Chino-Japanese ar
mistice is due to the exhaustion of Jap
anese monetary resources and the injury
done to her trade since the beginning of
hostilities. The paper believes that Ja
pan will find it harder to turn her vic
tories to account than it had been to
gain them.
Bevenues of Australian Colonies.
Melbourne, April 2.—The revenue of
Victoria for tbe first quarter of 1895 was
£1,757,000, i d irease of £123,000 com
pared with the same period in 1894. The
revenue of south Australia for the first j
quarter of this year was £664,000, * q de- j
crease of £31,000 as compared with 1894.
WASHINGTON'S DA!RY LAW.
Provisions of the Act Passed by the
Late Legislature.
Oltmpia, April 2.—The new dairy law
makes it unlawful for any person to sell
or offer for sale any adulterated, impure
or unwholesome milk. Every person
who shall manufacture cheese must
stamp it in a distinct and durable man
ner. The grade of the same as "Wash
ington full cream," "skim" or "half
skimmt d,' as the case may be, together
I with tl c 1 >eality of the factory must be
. shown. Only such cheese as has been
, manufactured from pure and wholesome
milk, unadulterated in any way, shall
be stamped "Washington full cream,"
and such cheese only as shall be made
from pure milk having not more than
one-half of the cream extracted shall be
marked "half-skimmed." Every butter
and cheese manufacturer shall keep a
correct account open to inspection of the
dairy commissioner or person furnish
ing milk to such creamery or the num
ber of pounds of milk received daily,
and of the amount of butter and cheese
I manufactured daily. The first Monday
in December of each year the manu
-1 facturer must send a verified report of
i the same to the board of dairy commis
sioners. For the purposes of this act
any butter or cheese manufacturer who
I shall keep twenty or more milch cows,
' and who shall manufacture the milk
< from the same into butter or cheese,
( shall be deemed to be keeping a private
dairy. No person shall manufacture,
sell, or offer for sale or have in his pos
session with intent to sell or serve to
patrons or boarders in any hotel, restau
rant, hospital, asylum, school or penal
! institution any article made wholly or
partly out of any fat, oil or oleaginous
, compound thereof, not produced directly
I from milk or cream with or without
, coloring matter. Nothing in this act
i prohibits the manufacture or sale of
I oleomargarine in a separate and distinct
j form that will advise the consumer of
| its character.
The governor is directed to appoint a
competent person as dairy commis
sioner, whose term of office shall con
tinue four years. Said commissioner
may appoint one or more deputies. It
■ shall be the duty of the dairy commis
sioner to devote his attention to the
dairy interest of the state, and enforce
I the laws in relation thereto. The dairy
j commissioner shall have power to enter
! any place where he has reason to belief
I the dairy products or imitations are
; kept, and make inspection thereof. The
! commissioner shall receive an annual
; salary of $1,200 and transportation ex
| penses, which shall not exceed $1,000 in
any one year. The deputy shall receive
I $3 per day while actually employed, to
gether with expenses. No deputy shall
be employed at the cost of the state for
more than thirty days in any one year.
The secretary of state, the president
: of the agricultural college, and the dairy
| commissioner compose a state board of
i dairy commissioners, who shall receive
no compensation, but are allowed trav
eling expenses.
To carry out the provisions of this act
theie is appropriated $6,000 for the term
beginning April 1, 1895. An emergency
THAT ELECTRIC ROAD.
Freight Will Be Taken From New York
to Chicago In One Day.
Chicago, April 2. — The Interocean
Electric Railway Company incorporated
at Springfield yesterday proposes to
make some decided changes in the pres
ent method of freight transportation.
The company has a capital stock of
$200,000,000, the largest ever incorpor
ated in the West, and a number of Chi
cago, New York and San Francisco capi
talists are interested in the corporation.
The intention is to construct an elevated
electric railway between Chicago and
New York for the tranportation of coal
and grain. The plans and specifications
have been drawn by a Chicago engineer,
and the company owns a number of
patents on electrical devices to be used
by the road. John W. King, one of the
iiicorporators and attorney for the new
company, said yesterday:
"The road is a decided step in advance
of the electrical roads operated at pres
ent. Electricity is cheaper as a motive
power than steam and renders a much
higher rate of speed possible. By ele
vating our road we expect to do away
with the neceesity of buying a right-of
way, and all delays incident to surface
traffic will be avoided. At present it
takes six days for freight to travel from
Chicago to New York. On the new road
the trip will take one. The road will
have its own telegraphs and telephone
lines, and it is proposed in time to ex
tend the line to San Francisco. A num
ber of Americans, and, I think, several
foreign capitalists, are interested in the
road, and building operations will begin
soon. A number of new inventions in
electrical transportation will be used by
the road, but I am not at liberty to dis
close their nature. The capital, while
large, is not out of proportion to the
business we expect to do, but I cannot
at present give the names of any of the
persons interested."
A PRINEVILLE HORROR.
The City Jailed Burned to the Ground
and a Drunkard Met HJa Death.
Pbinjbville, April 2.—Shortly before
3 o'clock this morning the fire alarm was
sounded, and it was discovered that the
town jail and old engine house were
ablaze. Before the fire department could
reach the spot the fire in these buildings
was beyond control, and it was with the
greateet difficulty that the blaze waa
kept from extending to other buildings
in the vicinity. Frank McNally was
locked in jail a few hours before by
Marshal Dobson, and it is suppoed he
set fire to the bed. He was burned to
death and his charred remains were
found btneath the debris after the
flames had been subdued. Coroner
Pringle called a jury to-day to inquire
into the cause of the death of McNally,
and the jury rendered a verdict in ac
cordance with the facts.
The victim of the fire was about 40
years of age. He came from Michigan
to this state and has resided in Crook
county for the past six years. He ap
peared to be a man of education, and
had many good trafts of character, but
his love for drink had wrecked his life
and brought to an untimely end the ex
istence of one who otherwise would
have been a useful citizen.
The general supposition is that Mo*
Nally eet fire to the building himself in
a fit of despondency.
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PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
Condensed Telegraphic Re-
ports of Late Events.
BRIEF SPARKS FROM THE WIRES
Budget of News For Easy Digestion From
Different Parts of the States or Wash
ington, Oregon and Idaho — Items of
Interest to Pacific Coast People.
The work of beautifying the custom
house grounds in Port Townsend has
begun.
Stevens county. Wash., has completed
the sale of $45,000 current expense
bonds at par.
The Columbia mine of Baker county,
Or., has the machinery on the way from
the East for a ten-stamp mill.
It is estimated that the total output
of potatoes from Grand Konde, Or., this
season will reach 200 carloads.
Spokane is threatened with a meat
famine. Chicago buyers have bought
all the fat cattle and sheep, and shipped
them out of the country.
Mrs. Mary Phinney, of Seattle, is
puing the Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany to recover $100,444 insurance on
the life of her deceased husband.
Cattle buyers from the East have pur
phased 2,000 head of cattle in the John
Day country. They will be driven to
Huntington for shipment East about
May 1.
A colony of Hollanders has bought
640 acres ol land in Bnobonfeh county,
Wash. The colonists are planning to
go into the butter-making business on a
large scale.
The Whatcom county commissioners
have let the contract for the improve
ment of the Lake iSamish and Kairlia
ven water front road, a distance of one
and one-quarter miles, for $3,1*70.
Two national banks of Yakiiua,
Wash., show an increase in deposits be
tween January and March of about $14,
--678.93, and hold a total deposit of $250,
--088.85 or about $62.50 per capita.
Whatcom county, Wash., ia now as
sured of a wagon road outlet to the
south, and the completion of the new
road to Blanchard will connect the buy
;ities with one of the finest (arming sec
tions of the state.
Tacoma merchants have a grievance
apon the action of some of the Bteamen
plying between Tacoma and Seattle.
They say that these steamers work en
tirely to the interest of Seattle anu to
the detriment of Taconaa.
Seattle street car companies contend
that they cannot afford to light the
Jtreets along which their tracks run, al
though their franchises call for it, and
;hey ask to have their franchises amend
jd to relieve them of that expense.
John E. Hough, the fruitdealer and
aurseryman, states that there will be on
i conservative estimate 250,000 fruit
;reessetout in Grande Ronde valley,
jr., this season. And all trees that are
leing planted are of first-class etock.
The hop acreage in Lewis county,
JVash., this season will approximate
about 1,000 acres, of which 300 acres is
tributary to Chehalis. About fifty acres
of new yards come into bearing this sea
son, while about fifteen acres are being
put out in new yards.
Everett, Wash., expects soon to see
work begin on a new whaleback. Esti
mates on the earnings of the whaleback
City of Everett show a net profit of
$6,000 a month. This would provide
for 20 per cent yearly dividends and pay
for the boat in five years.
Corvallis, Or., people will be disap
pointed when the census returns are r 11
in. Assessor Alexander has practically
completed the enumeration of the city,
with the exception of Job's addition,
and gives it as his opinion that the total
population will not reach 2,000.
The city council of Fairhaven, Wash.,
has concluded to connect with the Sa
mish road at an expense of fl,Boo. The
work will be let in sections. The Fair
haven Land Company will improve the
road over its holdings, and the improve
ment at the Skagit end is now assured.
Hon. George Turner, of Spokane,
anti-corpation attorney, has been em
ployed by the farmers of Walla Walla
and Columbia counties to conduct their
cases against the Oregon Railway &
Navigation Company and E. McNeill as
receiver, before the interstate commerce
commission, which will take testimony
in the cases, commencing April 11.
J. Fritsch and Coran Watts have, pur
chased a site at Ellensbnrg, Wash., and
are erecting a cheese factory, using one
vat and twelve thirty-inch presses as a
starter. They will handle 10,000 pounds
of milk, and produce 1,000 pounds of
cheese daily. The building will be 20x
48 feet in dimensions and two stories
high. The creamery business has multi
plied so rapidly in the Kittitas valley
that the number of cows is insufficient
to supply the various plants.
Two adventurous residents of Puyal
lup, Wash., are preparing to go to the
gold fields of the Yukon district in
Alaska. They will not make the trip in
the ordinary manner, but propose to get
out of the" beaten track. Inetead of
traveling over the Chilkoot pass to
Lakes Bennett and Lindeman and there
building a boat to trasport them down
the streams leading to the Yukon, they
propose taking their boat with them
and transporting it on rnnners over the
pass.
That the United States ia importing
flax seed in large quantities from Ar
gentina ia a good indication, says the
West Coast Trade, that there is a home
market for a considerably increased pro
duction, and that the farmers in the
eastern portion of Washington who are
sowing nearly all the seed obtainable
are making no mistake. Argentina im
ports, after paying duty, are worth $1.28
per bushel in New York, and dealers
who are furnishing seed to Wafhington
growers are guaranteeing 80 cents to $1
a bushel, which is said to insure a con
siderably increased profit over wheat
growing. It is believed that the manu
facture of flax-seed oils will soon be
come an industry of considerable im
portance in the state, while in Western
Washington, where the flax fiber is
equal if not superior to that produced
anywhere in the world, another profit
able branch of manufacture will b, ;
opened up, should flax culture assume
the proportions which experiments ex
tending over a considerable period seem
to justify.