The Hood River glacier., May 16, 1891, Image 1

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HOOD RIVER, OREGON, SATURDAY. MAY 10, 1891.
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THE GLACIER
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Boron.l St., n.'ur Ouk, . . Hood Hirer, Or.
8liftving kuil Hair cutting catly don.
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PACIFIC COAST.
Light Catch of 'Salmon
in tho Columbia.
MARIN GETS THE COLLEGE.
o Umatilla Indians Want tho Pay
Cor tho Improvements on Thoir
Lands Without Delay.
There arc now liT.'l patients in tin Ore
gon iliHilllt' imy I it in .
Crop reports from Oregon and Wash
ington mi' very favorable.
A rate war uii the Sound between rival
HlwiiiilHiut companies is til k tit t to U in
augurated. It in rumored at Hiitti', Mont., tluit the
Anaconda mines have Ih'i'H Hold to tin
Rothschilds of Europe.
Sacramento is endeavoring to get
Southern Pacific Company to lill
China slough, mid Mr. 1 liintingtoh
given promise favorably to consider
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It. S. Gardner, United StatcH Inspector
of Indian Agencies, has arrived at Col
tini, Cal., fi'uiii the Kant, and will give
the. Mission Indians n thorough investi
gation. The Spokane City Council has decided
to submit a bonding proposition. It in
proposed to ismie if 1 ,''00,tM)() in blocks
according to the pressing needs of the
city. Of thin hu in half a niillion will he
for the extension and improvement of
the water system.
A steamboat mail service has heen or
dered established from Tacoina hv Me
ridian, Long Branch, Vaughn and 1 c
truil to Allyn, Wash., six times a week
by a Hchedule satisfactory to the Poslof
lieo Pepartnient, not to exceed live hours
running lime each day.
The Umatilla Indians want tho pay
for the improvements on their lands
without delay. They are very much hjjj
itated over tho matter, and Homo of their
leaders insist that unless Ihev get their
pav before giving up their lands they
will never hear of their money.
Tho Madera Flume and Trading Com
pany offered the government $4,417. (5
in settlement of chimin against it for the
illegal cutting of timher. The govern
ment declined the oiler, and a jury at
Los Angeles awards the plaintiff $1,200,
which is practically a defeat of the pros
eeution. Tho Superior Court alMaryHville, Cal.,
in the county printing case decides that
after Boards of Supervisors havo tixed
the price for such printing each county
officer mav procure such printing as his
ollice hy law requires, at tho prices bo
fixed, Irom any person he may elect to
deal with, and that such work will be a
legal charge against the county.
Reports to the Spokane Chamber of
Commerce from all parts of the grain
belt of Washington indicate the greatest
grain crop in the history of the country.
In some places the seeding is already
finished, and everywhere it is well along.
Keports agree that tho condition of
wheat is more favorable than a month
ago. Nothing but the most unusual con
ditions can prevent a great crop thin
seaBon.
Archbishop Riordan has selected the
site in Mai in county for tho erection of
the new college for tho education of
young men who desire to take tho vows
of priesthood. It is on a high blutr that
overlooks a wide and deep creek, known
as Corte Madera creek. The bluff com
mands a beautiful view of Larkspur,
nestling at tho foot of Mount Tanialpais
to. the west, and the northern part of San
Fvmcisco Bay (with Oakland and Berke
ley on its farther shore) to the eaHt.
Barber Shop
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
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Trillin'.. Mml.' In riill.lliiv Imlliin.,
In necking full and trustworthy Infor
mation o( Ihi- sciil-lls het ii-H controversy
Secretary Foster has selected J . S. I'.rowii
of the geological linn uii as special agent
to proceed to (he I'iiIiiIov IfIiiihIm and
inula, an i; . ii in iinii ii hi of the condition of
a I la i in.
The Secretary of Agriculture in Mend
ing out m a ut 1 1 ich of ( ieriiian and I'rein h
heet Hiigar need to varioiiM pnilioiiH in
Oregon uh ieiiiehted by UepreHentdtive
1 1 . -1 1 i n 1 1 1 1 In mipply perwniH having mo
hi iled Mi eiU for expeiimeiital purposes
ill ( liiyiin,
AHHistiint Seeretury 'handler directed
the Coiniiiiiisioiier of the general l.nel
otlice to iiiake a tlinroiigh exinniniiiioii
of the lists of land withdrawn for irriga
tion reservoir! in California, Colorado,
Idaho, Nevada, I'tali and New Mexico,
Willi a view ol making these withdraw
als ahs'iliilc.
The llepartnient of the Interior de
cides in the case of the Agriciill'iral Col
lege of Orcyon that, while music and
calihlhenies form a proper part of the
curriculum of an agrieiiltinal college,
the expenditilie for tiiem (11111101 Is' oli
taiiied from the iiiiroiiiation provided
bv the act of Congress approved August
:io, l.siKt.
There in gisid authority for saying the
United Stales has nut had any negotia
tions with France respecting' th Mole
St. Nicholas. The squadron of evolution
was Hi it sent to I'm t-uuT'l inee with the
intention of creating a naval deinonslra
(ion. An etl'ort was made by represcnt
atives of the government to secure Mole
St. Nicholas by purchase or otherwise,
hut these efforts, it is learned, resulted
unsuccessfully.
The superintendent of the I'orter cen
sus bureau has issued a bulletin on the
subject of llni iciiltuie ill the t'llited
Stales. There is a total of l. tiitl estab
lishments and :!12 commercial llorirult
ii re establishments ow lied and managed
by women. The t.lti'i establishment
bad in the census year .'!H,.Si;:!,V 17 Hiiare
feet of glass, covering a nonce of more
tliun h'.il acres of ground. The establish
ments, including lixluies and heating
apparatus, are valued at $;;!, :i''ti,iNHl ;
tools and implements, ?f I ,.K,0(IO ; ami
gave emploviiiciit to hi, 81" iin-n and
l.l'oS women, who earned in the vear
H,tM,00il. The products for the year
readied a total value of fl'J,0:tii,(Hn"i for
plants. Cut Mowers brought an addi
tional income of ?U,I7.',(kH).
Acting recreiary i nanoier lias over
ruled the Surveyor-! ieneral of Washing
ion anil tiie I oiiiuiiHsiouers ol tiie gen
eral land othee and also a forinerdecisioii
of the Interior I lepart nienl in ordering a
survey of the 's-d of the meandered crab
lake on sections 7 and 11, township '2'2,
range ;ii, Olyinpia laud district. The
decision was rendered upon the petition
of .lumen I'opple, Charles A. Uesplaine,
Andrew ,1. Finney, (ieorge W. Finney,
Ziieharias FiNiiev, Henry Mitchell and
( ieorge I'npiile. i'hese men drained t he
lake, sett led upon the hind and asked to
lave it surveyed, which was refused.
Secretary Chandler says, the bed of the
lake having become dry, it is government
land and the men are entitled to it.
There are about l.tttKl acres of the land.
CABLEGRAMS.
I.h irli I'rnvnll Willi (iron) Heverllj
lit tin- Nirv'Klioi ( Hiliitl.
(iucen Victoria is back at Windsor
palace.
It is not believed that the Hurlliert
lilK'l cane recent ly decided in London can
Ik legally reopened.
Advices received from Senegal state
that Ailrien Mure, the French painter,
died there from yellow fever.
It is rumored that llerr von Hulow,
the (iernian Minister in Switzerland,
will be transferred to London or l'aris.
(irand Puke Nicholas, undo of the
Czar, is dead, lie b came insane last
fall, and his health has since been failing.
He was lit) years of age.
Frit, von Kanlbach, the famous por
trait painter, has resigned his position
as head of the Munich Acadeinv of Art.
l'rofessor Oll'ty succeeds biin.
The exhibition of American art, which
opens at Paris in Juno, promises to be a
success. A score of leading American
artists in Fiuropo will send exhibits.
A Herman government proposal has
lieen submitted to tho Hundesrath au
thorising the acceptance of the invita
tion to take part in the Chicago Fair.
The British census shows, as did the
last German, an increase of population
in tho cities and a decrease in nearly
all the rural districts. Some of the cities
are growing very rapidly.
JJonynge has ollered a reward of $5,000
for the arrest and conviction of the per
son who, ho alleges, has circulated ma
licious libels against his family, which
is now residing in London.
(irip prevails with great severity at
Christiana, Norway, over 3,000 people
being atllicted during the past fortnight.
The spread of the disease has been rapid,
and the death rate has increased 10 per
cent.
In French naval circles the blow ing-up
of the Blanco Encalada by a torpedo is
considered a very important fact in mili
tary history. It is the tirst time that the
effect of a torpedo has been demonstrated
in war on an ironclad.
The ungracious refusal of the Queen to
open the forthcoming British naval ex
hibition has piqued the officers of the
navy, and has revived stories of her
Majesty's well-known disinclination to
give any encouragement to that branch
of tho service.
Last week several Berlin papers pub
lished an advertisement by the Buda
Pesth Chief of Police, is. which a fugitive
from justice was described as the exact
double of the ex-King of Milan. The
Emperor at once ordered that the disre
spectful sentence must disappear from
the German prints.
EASTERN ITEMS.
Crusado Begun Against
Tights at Now York.
EXPORTS OF MERCHANDISE.
The Mavomeyer Sugar Company to bo
Prosecuted by Census Bureau
for Refusal of Information.
New York talks of a thirty-fotir-story
place.
Mexico h to have the continent's lonir-
est tunnel.
The New York State Fanners' Alliance
has U'cii organized.
A yellow -fever-infected steamer has
arrived at New l ork from Itio Janeiro.
Senator liriec will lie reiiuired to nav
back taxes and pcnaltv on his Ohio proii-
erty valued at fiOo.IMM).
Laud Commissioner Carter has his
pointed as bis private secretary (ieorge
' . Freeman of Montana.
Representatives of Texas citiei recent
ly met itt Waco to discuss ways and
means for inducing immigration.'
The Northern I'aciMc has ordered $HS0,
(Hhl worth of new rolling stock to meet
the increasing business of that road.
The Supreme Court of the United
States has postponed the hearing in the
Say ward and lottery cases until October
lit.
It is stated n gigantic linnncial deal is
in progress at Chicago, which involves a
lirge expenditure of money near Salt
ljike.
The Governor of Tcxiih has appointed
Mr. Chilton, a brilliant orator, United
States Senator in place of Senator Heagan
resigned.
Week In'fore last more people died in
Washington City than during any former
week of the capital's history. Lit grippe
is blamed.
The Wisconsin House of Representa
tives has indefinitely oHtjniied a bill re
ducing passenger rates on railroads to '1
cents per mile.
It is announced that the Haytian gov
ernment has refused to grant the United
States a lease for the proposed coaling
station at the Mole St. Nicholas.
The Havt -ver Su.-ar Company of
New York will fie prosecuted bv the Cen
sus Bureau for refusal of information.
Other prosecutions are contemplated.
It seems that Jose P. Macheca, the
leading spirit of the Italians who were
lynched at New Orleans, was the Consul
for Bolivia at the time of his death.
To reduce expenses the Pennsylvania
Company is doing away with all unnec
essary telephones. In" this direction a
saving of flo.tioo per annum is expected.
The International Convention of the
Young Women's Christian Association
in session at Sersnton. Pa., has elected
Mrs. J. V. F'arwell of Chicago President.
A track of 1,000 acres of land on the
road leading from Millville to Dividing
creek, Cumberland county, Pa., has lieen
purchased for another Hebrew settle
ment. The mysterious disappearance of Miss
Lena Owen, a beautiful Hixteen-year-old
orphan girl from the home of her aunt
at Pes Arc, Ark., has caused a sensation
in that section.
Anthony Comstock has begun a cru
sade at New York against tights. His
aim is to prohibit the sale of pictures of
scaftily attired actresses. He is seeking
legislative action.
Fourteen thousand dollars have been
contributed and pledged toward the Sal
vation Army memorial building to be
erected in New York city in honor of the
late Mrs. General Booth".
A mammoth building, probably tho
largest piece of warehouse property in
the country, is being erected by the Ter
minal Improvement Company in New
York. Tw enty-six elevators will be used.
It is understood at Ottawa the smug
gling of Chinese from Canadian to Amer
ican territory is at present a subject of
diplomatic correspondence between the
imperial and United States governments.
A Union Pacific authority states that
there will be no more periodical dis
charges like those in vogue during the
Adams regime, but that all departments
would be increased and so maintained.
A Chicago paper says that as a result
of a conference in that city the oatmeal
millers of the country have formed a
combination to take the place of the oat
meal trust, which went to pieces a year
ago.
The Treasury Department has awarded
the contract for the public cartage of du
tiable merchandise at the port of San
Francisco to Max Popper, the lowest bid
der. Mr. Popper is the present con
tractor.
The health-department officials of
New York appear to be perfectly satis
fied with the sanitary condition of the
city despite the fact that the newspapers
there print from three to five columns of
death notices daily.
It is said that the Secretary of the
Navy contemplates seriously making a
trip to the Coast this summer, and that
he will do so about the time lie directs
his attention to applying civil service to
Mare Island yard. He has spent the last
two summers inspecting the interests of
the department on thu Atlantic, and it
i3 thought he will set apart a few weeks
this year for an inspection of naval af
fairs on the Tacific.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Mm. Orovrr ( Iftvt-liitiil NmIiI to In- l.lli
ml I'll i ItiiNer ut Hum Hook.
The Archbishop of Frlau in Hungary
has a yearly revenue which amounts to
..'70,1100.
The most beautiful unmarried royal
girl in (ill Europe is the Princess Alix'of
llesse-paniisiadt.
Major MeKinley has received a bar of
American tin smelted ut the San Jacinto
mine in Culifornia.
Anna Pii kinson's declared purpose is
to lecture through the country on the in
iquities of State Insane asylums.
Jean Paul Laurens was elected to the
vacancy in the French Academy of Fine
Arts caused by the death of Meissonier.
Zola requires nine months to write a
novel. He handles a pen as a lulsrer
might a spade, and is a slow and painful
toiler.
Fred Remington, the artist of the
Sioux campaign, is going to Mexico for a
season of rest and to ifet the frostbite out
of his pencil.
The wife of Senator Stanford receives
a large begging mail, among w hich the
other day was a letter from a Texan gen
tleman who wanted 1)0 to iret a new set
of teeth.
Mr. Nelieker. the new Treasurer of the
United States, is a short, stout man.
with a round and rather florid face.
marked by a black mustache. He is
alsitit 40 years old.
I,otta has been on the statre since lH.'jo.
w hen she appeared Is fore a San Fran
cisco ainlieiice at the American theater.
Her fortune is estimated at between II.-
000,000 and ff-'.0: 10,000.
The questionable honor of havinir his
bu-t displayed over the entrance to
The Jolly Bacillus Cafe " in Benin has
heen paid to Pr. Koch. This is having
greatness thrust upon him.
W. Burke Cochran, the great orator of
Tammany Hall, now abroad, is a large
and stout man, with a massive head and
and commanding manner. I le was once
a clerk in A. T. Stewart's store.
George Francis Train is as agile and
muscular us he was twenty years ago,
and the recent Italian complications
show that he can go through his mental
acrobatics with as much eclat as ever.
President Bahuueeda of Chili is a stern
and arbitrary man, with cold gray eyes,
thin lips and an angular chin. He pos
sesses more education and ability than
are usually found in a South American
dictator.
William H. Crane is said to have laid
away f500,l;(K). Neil Burgess is credited
with l.jo.O )0, and Francis Wilson's
check would lie good for $ 7.3,000 over and
above his liabilities if lie were foolish
enough to draw it.
Grant Allen, the English novelist and
es.-ayist, is a thin and intellectual-looking
man of 45. His eyes are light blue
and his hair gray. He was born in Can
ada, but has passed the greater part of
his life in F'.ngland.
F.mperor William is said to lie fond of
playing Caliph llaroun al Kaschid by go
ing aliout disguised at night to certain
honor shops and music hails where his
soldiers and sailors are to lie found in
order to pick up criticisms on his army
and navy.
Prince Polgorouki, the perennial ad
mirer of Mrs. J. C. Ayer and her mill
ions, is now at Monte Carlo, dividing his
time between the w idow and the board
of green cloth, upon which, it is said,
the crouniers are raking in big piles of
his napoleons.
Charles Stewart Parnell has a brother,
John IL, living in West Point, Ga. It
is surmised that his brother will be
wanted by the warlike leader to stand
for election to Parliament from one of
the Irish constituencies before the next
general election.
Sir ProvoWallis, Fnglish Admiral, has
completed the 100th year of his age and
the eighty-seventh in the British naval
service Americans feel a special inter
est in him, because in ISFt he was a Sec
ond Lieutenant on board the Shannon,
which captured the Chesapeake oil' Bos
ton harbor; and, his two superior officers
having been killed in that action, it de
volved on Wallis to take his prize to
Halifax.
CRIME AND CRIMINALS.
An Kiiil7..IInif Kx-Sseretary of State
Ketiiriis and Surri'iiders Himself.
There are at present four persons in the
Sacramento county jail accused of mur
der, a limit probably never reached be
fore. J. W. Smalling, who killed his brother-in-law
near Bursin, Calaveras county,
Cal. , has been sentenced to State's prison
for life.
A report is current in London that the
unknown man who committed suicide at
Wimbledon three weeks ago has been
identified as "Jack the Ripper."
Lizzie Bogard, an unmarried woman
of Milan, Tenn., has been placed in jail
at, Maytield for burying her child while
it was yet alive. She acknowledged her
crime.
Eugene Piquet, who fled to Switzer
land from New York in October last with
$18,000 belonging to the Lancaster In
surance Company, has pleaded guilty to
grand larceny in the tirst degree.
Ex-Secretary of State Strong, who
walked out of the court room and disap
peared many years ago while on trial for
embezzlement, returned to Baton Rouge,
La., the other day and surrendered. He
said he had been 'in Mexico and had had
a hard time.
A terrible tragedy ccrurred at Roan
oke, Va. Nick FTood, a son of Major
Flood, a prominet citizen, and Charles
L. Rose, who recently went there from
Washington, engaged" in a duel. Rose
was killed and FTood shot in the mouth
and breast, but will probably recover.
The shooting was the result of a quarrel
at gambling a short time ago.
FOREIGN NEWS.
Buffalo Bill Exhibiting
at Strasbui -r.
ITALY OPPOSES EMIGRATION,
Prince Bisrrfarck's Speech to a Deputa
tion of Kiel Conservatives Shows
Indomitable Opposition.
Italy SecTfs t- check i
" i Hon.
Ijiidon has fbjO-M '"'.tti.Vl x-ople,
England is transj-Ui.tai;; ,,ur oysters.
Influenza has lx;e;i very deadly in Ja
pan.
Portugal is in a fever of excitement
against England.
Sweden and Norway sent to the United
States 4",000 people in 18W.
Children under ! have lieen prohil
ited from working in India factories.
The grip is spreading in the south of
Russia, and many deaths are reported.
A scheme for a Sunday theater is being
promoted in Imdon, aiid is expected to
succeed.
A Salvation Army refuge in the Belle
ville quarter of Paris lias licen closed by
the police.
Russia has ordered the closer protec
tion of the seal rookeries on Copper and
Bobbin Islands.
Bremen is thronged with Russian em
igrants, who expected to be carried to
Brazil gratuitously.
The Chilian envoy to Europe has not
yet found any one who is willing to lend
money to Balmaceda.
The Spanish gunlxiat Canto has leen
lost on a rock off Porto Plata, a seaport
on the north of San lkimingo.
Prince Bismarck's speech to the depu
tation of Kiel Conservatives ij consid
ered to presage his indomitable opposi
tion to .he government.
The longest bridge in the world istol-e
built on the estate of Prince Radziwill
in East Prussia. It will be of wood and
four and three-fifths miles long.
! The ex-Emperor of P.razil is going to
reside with the Puke of Nemours at
Bushey Park in England this summer,
lie is in good health and spirits.
All along the coast of the African pos
sessions of Germany gibbets are erected,
and it is a common sight to see an Arab
strung up as a warning to others.
Russia is reaching out by w ay of Abys
sinia for her slice of African territorial
cake. Russia is apt to get territorial
cake sooner or later everywhere she tries.
Bulgaria has in curt language re
quested the Turkish government to rec
ognize Prince Ferdinand and warned the
Sultan that in the event of refusal Bul
garia would proclaim her independence.
The Berlin Xarhrkhten says the re
moval of the prohibitory restrictions on
American pork has been arranged for as
soon as the United States government
issues regulations for carrying out the
inspection law.
It is said that Lord Randolph Church
ill carries to Africa an ore-crushing ma
chine, and that the mining engineer who
accompanies linn represents the Roths
childs, and that a search for gold is the
real purpose of the trip.
The otlicers and crews of the revolu
tionary Chilian squadron are said to have
signed a " round robin " binding them
selves not to lay down their arms until
they hang President Balmaceda in the
principal square of Santiago.
A dispatch from Rome says : Baron
Fava in his report on the New Orleans
affair expressed the belief that there is
no way out of the situation, as the Fed
eral government has no power to give
Italy the satisfaction demanded.
The condition of many of the refugees
at Iquiqui, Chili, is declared to be hor
rible. Provisions were so recently scarce
in Iquique, owing to the blockade, that
ffi'O were paid for a can of condensed
milk, and beef sold at iflO a pound.
Buffalo Bill is at Strasburg exhibiting
twenty-six bucks and two squaws, just
arrived via Antwerp, as his personal cap
tures in the recent Indian war. He
claims to have saved several of them
from the gallows by his intercession.
French naval officers are in a turmoil
over the supposititious worthlessness of
their torpedo boats. That some of the
boats are quite useless was shown re
cently by the experience of two of them
built after the plans of Admiral Aube.
Triple screws on war ships are being
introduced by all the principal naval
powers except England, the experience
of engineers showing that 15,000-horse
power is the maximum that can be ef
fectively transmitted through one screw.
A year ago the fastest train between
London and Aberdeen, 542 miles, ran in
in fourteen hours. Last fall it was re
duced to twelve hours and fifty minutes.
This year it will cover the 542 miles in
twelve hours, or a little oyer forty-five
miles an hor.r.
The British troops have burned twelve
villages occupied by the rebellious Mani
puris. The latter retreated to the hills.
The British then shelled the hills, killing
and wounding a large number of the en
emy. The latter is now believed to be
completely subjugated.
The Cardiff Joi7 says editorially that
Mr. Stanley's contemptuous treatment
of the later proposals made to honor him
suggests the thought that the easiest way
of showing admiration for him ia to
leave him to the undisturbed enjoyment
of the comparative Bolitude which he
seems to prefer.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A Kciitiii kjr filrl KiTovrra tiiini-. from
MeninliiiHt 'iiimihm7.
Canadians are howlingagaiiiHtChineHe
laW.
A trust of the tack factories in New
England is pending.
It costs Rudini just 37j cents a word
to fight Blaine by cable.
Next summer another attempt will be
made V) climb to the ton of Mount Sr.
Klias.
Colorado cattlemen w ill lose 11,500,000
if the Texas-fever miarnnfini lino in nr.
changed.
The annual report of the Mexican Cen
tral shows a surplus for the wir. nvtr
all charges, of 1415,779.
Tweiltv national hnnlrn in k'anaaa n-ill
denationalize and reorganize under the
new Maie uanKing law.
Baltimore. New York and Rfmtnn oro
preparing to send samples of goods to
Brazil to stimulate trade.
The mioration nf Canadians in ih
United States has grown so large as to
Im? detrimental to the interests of the
provinces.
Philadelphia retail dealers in oleornar
gerine are required to pay a special-revenue
tax of 1S per year. There are
more than fifty of them.
A New York philanthropist has sub
scribed (5,0(i0 to be used in establishing
a kitchen where women may learn the
art of economy in cooking.
Congress at its last session passed an
act increasing the salaries of the Judges
of the District Courts of the United
States to 5,000 per annum.
Kentucky Masons have established a
home for their widows and orphans. The
home is located at Louisville, and is
large enough for 200 inmates.
A plan is nearly ready for presentation
at Chicago for connecting the several
merchants' exchanges of" the country by
telephone for the exchanging of quota
tions. Secretary F'oster has issued a circa !ar
discontinuing the redemption of 4' per
cent, lsonds, with a view of reserving the
residue of the loan for adjustment within
the fiscal year, which begins on the 1st
day of July next.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
has issued an order compelling the Read
ing Railroad Company to cease an unjust
discrimination against certain coal com
panies. Ibis will make a reduction in
the cost of coal to consumers.
T. B. Corey, formerly fiperintendent
of mines fo,- the Oregon luiprovericnt
Company at Seattle, has beea made gen
eral superintendent of the Chief go, Wil
mineton and V erniillion dial Pfimnaiir
with headquarters at Chicago. '
It is reported that cars of an entirely
new style will shortly be placed by the
New York and New England on its" lim
ited trains between New York and Bos
ton. These coaches are to be nerfectlv
white, with gold lettering and decora
tions.
It is officially reported bv a treasury
agent stationed" near the Canadian bor
der that between 20,000 and 30,000 Eu
ropean immigrants have entered the
United States through Canada thus far
this year, and that among them were
hundreds of "undesirables," who, if
they had come by steamship to an Amer
ican seaport, would have been debarred
under the new immigration law.
SPORTING NOTES.
Oarsman O'Connor 'Will Probably Row
Stansbury at Seattle.
Frank Slavin will meet Jake Kilrain
in Hoboken within six weeks for a purse
of $10,000.
Primrose Pay, winner of the Czaro
witz stakes, has been sold for$12,00O to
Lord Durham.
In a fight at Norfolk, Va., between
Billie Young of that city and Jack Bo
land of Cincinnati the latter won on a foul.
Al Johnson, the well-known baseball
man, and Miss Kate Mitchell were mar
ried in Louisville the other night. Both
are of old Kentucky families.
At London Nunce Valley knocked out
George Camp in eighteen rounds in a
glove fight for 500 and the feather
weight championship of England.
Dan Mahoney, the San Francisco bantam-weight
pugilist, has challenged Abe
Willis, the Australian bantam, to fight
to a finish at 112 pounds for a suitable
purse.
Oarsman O'Connor said that his race
with Stansbury would probably be rowed
at Seattle, as that city has ottered $5,000.
If Toronto raised that amount, he would
row there.
The rowing race over the Parametta
river course between John McLean and
James Stansbury. both of Australia, for
flick u-rwbl'Q flia n-irwYicT. Iw orwl I.iv
won by Stansbury.
John E. Owens of Parkersburg, la.,
has purchased from H. L. and J. D.
Stout of Dubuque their chestnut trottiner
colt Eolian, 5 years old, by Nutwood out
of Alpha, paying $7,500, which is said to
be the highest price ever paid for so
young a colt.
Charley Snyder, the well-known old
time ballplayer and now an umpire in
the American Association, has been ap
pointed manager of the Washington
club, vice Sam Trott removed. Trott
will test the right of the club in remov
ing him. He says he has done his dutv
and the club had no right to remove him".
ilie bitter rivalry between St. Paul
and Minneapolis over which should be
the theater of the Ilall-Fitzsimmons mill
has culminated in an agreement. The
fight for the middle-weight champion
ship will occur on the dividing line be
tween the two cities in a building put up
especially for the purpose and capable of
seating u.uoo people. A circular build
ing of wood with the ring in the center,
two rows of boxes surrounding it and
the rest of the seats slanting to the roof,
will be put up in short order, and in it
the fight will take plase.