The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-09-12
The PACIFIC COAST.
The Cruiser Charleston Ordered
to Honolulu.
An American Captain Tells Of the Horrible
Atrocities Committed Upon the
Russian ExiIes.


ty. Cal, are now working on the nine
hour q day schedule. There has been
no reduction IN wages.
The sale Of the Silver Bell mines TO an
English syndicate has been consummat-
"a bv the payment of $10O,Oo The.
mines are located thirty miles west Of
Tucson
The Penitentiary Commissioners of
Washington have decided to order 4 25-
loom plant for making jute bags in ac-
cortianre with am action of the last Leg
islature.
The right Of way for the Union Pacific
between Lake City and Tacoma has been
nearly all secured. G. A. e. Naubert Is
securing the right OF way on this portion
OF the hne Tie road viii enter on the
tide fats near the reservation school.
free transportation OF oil paintings
for the Spokane Falls Northwestern In
dustrial Exposition from points in Ore
gon, Washington ana .s.sssls and hall
rates On exhibits shipped from points
farther east have been obtained from the
railroads.
Oscar Ballou is of Providence, r.
J., Is at the Oregon State asylum suffer
ing from hydrophobia. He is rational
at times, but calls the attention of his
attendants when he feels the spasm
coming on. His sufferings are said to
be 20 terrible that he prays for an end
TO life
The steamer Mabel struck q large snag
in the Snohomish river the other night,
and sank where the water reaches her
sniokestaek at high tide. The disaster
was entirely due 10 the carelessness of
loggers. who q few days ago cut off a
SAWYER snag few inches below the
water without either hanging buoy or
informing the boats.
Several late arrivals OF vessels from
Alaska bring recent intelligence from
Chignik bay. Four canneries, managed
by different companies, effected q COM
blnation and worked in common. Fish
were 80 plentiful that hundreds of thou
sands were thrown away on account Of a
scarcity OF packing materials. The total
pack at Chignik bay was 43, ,582.
The Trustees of the Seattle, Lake Shore
and Eastern railway met at Seattle last
week. A. S. Dunham, the Managing
Trustee, stated that the sole object Of
the meeting was to ratify some right-of-
way agreements on the new extension
It is understood, however, that the meet
ing had relation to the placing of bonds
to the amount of about 81 ,000, 900 in New
York, the proceeds TO be used in paving
for new construction.
The United States cruiser Charleston
has sailed for the Hawaiian islands in
obedience to teIegrafIlic orders received
by Rear-Admiral Brown from Secretary
of the Navy Tracy, ordering the vessel
to proceed Immediately to Honolulu.
The occasion of the return of the Charles
ton 10 Hawaii creates anticipation Of an
other revolution In the islands king
dom. The Charleston has a large stock
of fuel and provisions for a one-year
cruise.
The case OF the Southern Pacific Com
pany against the Recorder of Fresno
county, Cal, has been decided in favor
Of the company The case at issue was
the definition of course 2 in collecting
fees on recorded papers. The Recorder
has usually construed the word to mean
the shortest unbroken line between two
points that course begins and ends
with the streets and alleys of a block
The Court decides a course /. to be a
straight line between two points, whether
broken or not.
The steamship Australia arrived at
San Francisco from Honolulu last week.
bringing adyices to August %. Since
the last advices the Legislature has been
principally occupied with the considers
fion OF the Oahii railway bill. The
House passed an amendment giving the
company a subsidy Of 500 per mile.
King Kalakaua visited the leper settle
ment August II, and addressed the peo-
pie. Orders have been issued by the
Minister OF Foreign Affairs honorably
disbanding the First Battalion of Ha-
waiian volunteers, known as the Homo
lulu Rifles
It is stated at San Francisco that there
Is a probability that the brewers trust
will come to grief Deposits were paid
bv the syndicate on all concerns pur-
chased. but In most cases the remainder
of the contract has not been fulfilled.
This is particularly the case in regard to
the Philadelphia brewery. A deposit of
$50, 900 was paid to it to bind the con-
tract Then $500, 600 was to have been
paid on the Ist of July last, $500 900 on
the Ist OF August and the balance on the
Ist instant. These payments have not
been made, and the whole contract Is
about to be declared off. The syndicate
however, has been given until the 18th
instant in which to pay the whole of the
purchase money. Should it fail, the
property viii revert to Mrs. Wieland,
and the $150, 900 deposit viii be forfeited.
The barkentine Catherine Liedden has
arrived at Port Townsend from Siberia.
Her commander, Captain John Thomas,
gives a description Of the Russian exile
system as witnessed by him. He de-
scribes a brutal scene, which he wit
messed on Saghalien island, the famous
Russian exile prison. A large party oi
e1iles of all ages, heavily manacled,
were being taken to the island. A few
old men, whose strength gave out, fell
from exhaustion. A brutal driver, act
ing under orders from his superior, shot
the unfortunate men, and removed their
chains No mercy or discrimination was
shown. Wives saw husbands killed be-
fore their eyes; mothers saw their daugh-
ters outraged and insulted. The exiles
were driven like cattle, a heavy whip
being used to urge them on. The prison
cells were filthy and the treatment bar
ba Gus.
a new bridge has just bsen completed
across the main Umpqua river at Ump-
qua ferry The driving of the last spike
was the means of great rejoicing by the
people in that neighborhood, and the
exercises were witnessed by $40 people
Miss Maud Shambrook drove the last
spike. Speeches were made by several
prominent men OF Douglas county, and
at night dance was given by the young
people. The structure is combination
Pratt trust, and is 613 feet in total length
with one span of $50 feet, probably the
longest span in the State at present an,
other span of forty-tWo feet and the rest
in approaches The height above low
water to the floor is ffty-one feet, and