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The morning call., 1890-04-13

1t Is stated that. the operations in various
parts OF Victoria for the simultaneous destruc
ton OF rabbits have been fairly satisfactory.
Mr.. Hayter states that the population OF Vic
toria on Tie 31st of December last was lis
or, an increase of %, POS on the population of
1888.
Between six and seven hundred thousand
young trees will be available for distribution
nom The Mount Macedon Nursery during the
coming season, as against 1S0, 600 last year
during the week ending March Sth the typhoid
cases reported Cor the whole colony numbered
Az; deaths, sc. The cases of dphtheria re.
ported for the same period number 1853;
deaths, SO.
The Victorian agricultural statistics for 1889
30 snow that there was large increase in the
yield OF wheat, oats and hay, the crop OF oats
being the largest on record. The season has
been highly satisfactory
The morning call., 1890-04-13
THE ATHLETES.

A Handicap Race Which WIN be Run
Under Electric Light.
The interest In athletic sports is rapidly on the
Increase. Tie representatives Of the several
clubs have been having an eye 10 business ever
The morning call., 1890-04-13

, IN . 2 10 II oIIN9o NftI
since the tracks became
fit to exercise upon. The
Olymplans are making
the dust fly on the new
grounds and the marks Of
the spikes are quite
numerous on the new Gin
der path. The boys have
. also been doing a good
The morning call., 1890-04-13

There never a perfect linment offered to the
public till Salvation oil was discovered
Ole Bull, the famed violinist, was not related to
DR.. Bull, the Cough Syrup man.
The morning call., 1890-04-13

An attempt was made yesterday by Deputy
Sheriff to attach the box receipts OF the Grand
Opera House, but without SUGGEST Suit has
been brought against John Mcguire by an as
sgnee OF s. &. q. Gump TO recover Sll2 80 foi
Work In reuOyaiing the tnealer.
The morning call., 1890-04-13
NEW SPRING SHADES!

NEW SPRING SHADES!
The coorngs unusually extensive and en-
braces all the standard coO well variety the
NEWEST DELICATE TINTS AND SHADES among which we meu
ton the folOwing
sKosELoFF, NoYAU, AmETHYsrE
MUCuET, BADNCUET, FLEURS
PLoN, LERRE AusERcNE
cITRoN,
JAcINTHE
NEVA, SAUTRELLE
AcIER, MEssIpoR,
MARcoLNE
ANTELOPE PETUNsA,
The morning call., 1890-04-13


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The morning call., 1890-04-13
Pacific Improvement COMPANY to E. S. schon.

Olive g. Palmer to Wales L. Palmer, lot on
NE. line of Second st., 236 30 NV. of Harris,
NV. 80 :9x125 :6..,...............
, 1890-01-16
Opening OF tho Annual Convention
The .Johnstown Flood,

GLOUCESTER, Mass, Jan. l5.-The
annual meeting of the Society Of
Civil Engineers was begun here to-day
with regard to the bursting of ,he dana
az Johnstown. The committee having
the matter in hand reported that their
report had been decided upon. IL was
agreed that at present 1t would be un.
wise to make the report public, because
many suits were pending tor damages.
II is said to contain opinions OF the high.
est experts, Finally, 1t was determined
to seal the report and see that Il he kept
secret from all except the mem bers OF
the committee.
The report OF the committee on stand.
ard timo was next taken up. In regard
to the efforts to effect q general abortion
OF the twenty -four.hour rotation Tor rail.
WAYS, the committee reported that they
received received replies from nearly coo
men prominent In railroad affairs. Only
q few were opposed to the adoption of
the new scheme. Three hundred and
eighty seven railroad officials favored
tho adoption OF the new system, these
officials representing 1876, 900 miles of
railway. Appended TO the report was n
memorial to the government asking that
action I've taken in favor of the twenty
iour-hour rotation.
, 1890-01-16
An ABsooSD CAPTURED.
He steal. ThousAnds, but Has Only
sIsO when Arrested.

MEMPHs Jan. l5.-Tho sheriff OF
Ripley county, Kan, arrived in this city
this morning to take charge Of Joseph
Fottncy, tine absconding treasurer of
tina, county, who was arrested here on
board of the City Of Cairo, At present
Fortney owns a valuable farm near
Manhattan. lie has shares In two iron
foundries, one at Manhattan and the
other at Des Moines, Iowa. The exact
amount of his shortage il S3,5i7.
lie was elected treasurer Of Ripley
county four years ago, qualifying under
q bond OF 81, GO Ayear ago u shortage
in his accounts was suspected and suit
brought to have the books investigated
He won the case. and no further efforts
were made 10 have an investigation until
six months later, when second suit
was entered ami resulted In manda.
mus 90 compel him to show the books
Hearing ofthe writ fortney locked tho
vault in which the county funds werc
kept, and avoided the sheriff by going
to Canada.
lie returned four months ago and, Il
IL claimed robbed the vault and again
skipped out. He was followed to a
dtifstiunnhe house In 81, Louis where he
met hi, euamorcd. As Fortney had on.
ly Sl2O in his possession when arrested
and Is supposed To have absconded with
thousands, sheriff MeCord thinks the
cyptinn secured the lions share Of the
money.
, 1890-01-16
A ROUGH ExpERIEsCE.
a Foreign steamer Passes Through
severe Weather.

NEw YoRK, Jan. l5.-The steamship
Rugia arrived from Hamburg last night,
seven days overdue. Chief Officer Soler-
hof said to-day:
1--WE did not have twelve hours, pleas
ant weather ON the entire voyage. !
have been an officer on trans Atlantic
vessels eight years and this was the
most severe voyage | ever had. As soon
as we got out OF Havre the
storm commenced and the wind
howled like q demon. On the 10Th and
llth the mercury registered IL degrees
below zero. A gale from the west held
us almost stationary in heavy sea and
ice formed on the rigging faster than we
could chop 1t away. For two days the
entire crew was kept busy chopplng
away ice, which fell on the decks by tile
ton. A half-inch rope would bo six
inches in diameter and positivclcy use:
less. Waves were higher than |
have ever seen. and on tho 10th
a cannon We used to fire salute " as
washed overheard. Several of the sailors
were thrown about 30 violently that they
were disabled, and consequently we be
came short -handed.
"The bread then ran short and we had
TO put into harbor. This consumed two
days and, two days more were AIKEN up
by complete stand-stilI in the ocean,
when IL became simply out OF the ques-
tion TO proceed further with ice clinging
TO the ship. IL could not have been less
than 100 ton 5, and as the sailors chopped II
away II fell OH the deck like heavy
boulders,'
, 1890-01-16
PUGET SOUND SHORE ROAD.
Formal Transfer to the Northern
Pacific.

PecIhc, "a
SEATTLE, Jan. i5,-The formal transfer
of the Puget Sound Shore road TO the
Northern Pacific was consu ann ed this
forenoon. The deed was signed by T..
II. Tindalo, president, and Ira A. Ma
deau, secretary, ofthc Puget Sound Shore
road, and was delivered over TO Mr..
James McNaught, attorney for the North.
ern Pacific.
The price paid Is 81 900. 900 in conscli-
dated bonds of the Northern Pacific. A
union depot will probably be built by
the Northern Pacific, Seattle, Lake Shore
& Eastern and Columbia & Puget
roads. The depot will be open
to ali railroads hereafter built
and operated that desire to use /,
on whcelage basis. Several sites have
been discussed, but the one all ara most
favorably impressed with is In the cen.
trail part OF the city on the water front
The structure will cost about half a
million dollars. ON account of the un.
settled condition or the title to the water
/ front property the erection OF the build.
lug will be delayed somewhat MIR
James Mcknight. general counsel OF the
company, to-day said:
"a believe it will be- the policy of the
Northern Pacific TO extend wheat rates
to all points in Eastern Oregon and
Washington on the line of the Oregon
Railway 4 Navigation Company and
Union Pacific rail ways and to haul
wheat from all points on those lines to
Puget sound for the same rate that ap-
plies on those roads,
, 1890-01-16
PR0FLIGACY
Society in Montreal and
Ottawa Scandalized.
TIE SENSATION OF THE HOUR
A Methodist Divine Dares to Call
Things by Their Right
Names.

MONTREAL, Jan, l5.-Socicty in this
city and at Ottawa has been turned In.
SIDE out by sensational speech dcliv.
cred before the White Cross society by
Rev. Dr. Douglass, president of the
Wesleyan Methodist college here IL
was the most sweeping dcnunciatorv ar
rangement of the social leaders and
public officials ever heard In Canada.
There were many ladies in the audience.
After comparing Montreal with London,
a. described 10y tho Pail Mall Gazette,
he denounced the drama referring
particularly TO the Camille" rcprc-
sentation, whose character ho scored
numerically, asking why tho life and
death OF an utterly abandoned woman
should be portrayed before decent pco-
pie. Speaking Of the horrible death
scene, he said "lour dowagcr
duchosses draw forth their pcriumed
handkerchieis and gaze their weeping
eyes over this burlesquc OF grim
death, but these same duchcsscs have no
compassion, no tears for the scores Of
Camilles that lAnguish In the city hos.
pitals. 1t is time that some should lid
up their voices in this city against the
VI Nhl HAhaAtAlA NAAht
II impeaeh tho booksellers and news
yenders US ut war with virtue. Look at
the sons and daughters Of the most
Christian families. What company do
they keep In the retirement Of their
own rooms, in the silence Of the mid.
night hours, they Companionate with
yagabonds, prof igltCs and outcasts, the
creations OF the Braddons, Ouidas and
swinhurnes, all the product OF the
ioule-t minds OF ouragc. impeach tho
moral sense Of our city, for It's criminal
indifference to the character Of It's public
men. This city has elected men, from
whose homes virtue has He'd, men who
have sought to Introduce the ottoman
scraglio into our country, men whose
lives are pctpctual defiance OF the
seventh canon OF the decaloguc."
DR.. Douglass went on to say that many
members of parliament are men at the
very mention Of whose ma mes virtue
blushes, and modosty hides her head,
and that their record is pcstilontal. lie
wound up with the most scAthing de-
nunciation of society men who prey
upon virtue.
, 1890-01-16
PLAYEp HE STOCK ExCHAsGE.
Fraud uient Failure OF ..c Meads-van
BokeI Ell COMPANY.

CHICAGO, Jan. l5.-Rules have been is
sued by the federal court requiring tho
officers of tho Aleade-N an Bokelen Com
pany to submit h examination before
the master in chaneery. The order
grows out Of discoveries made by Re
Ceiycr Parker, who alleged that Il. o.
Van 3okelon, senior member Of the
tirm, lost 10000 of the firms money
ON the board of trade. The Meade-Nan
Bokelen Company dealt largely in Call
fornia fruit and wines, and failed a
month ago. The liabilities of the com
pany are SSOO0OO of which claims to tho
amount OF Sls5, eco are unsecured. The
assets are only $4,000. In the course Of
the examination OF the books, II was
shown that payments. OF between $50
ONO and Si0,O coo, credited TO merchandise
and bills pay able, were really payments
by b. %. Van Bokclen to l.. q. Lee, TO be
used in speculations on trade.
The receiver reports that he knows
that 100 went into the board and he
believes that further investigation
will prove that upward OF 500, 90 were
lost there. The receiver also found an
item OF $50 900 credited 10 bills feceiy-
able, which, 1t was explained, was the
amount due from saloonkeepers on u
certain brand OF champagne, In the
booming of which Findlay & Co., Of
New York, are said TO have spent 500.
600 in the West, The Meade Van
Bokelen Company was party to the
enterprise. Although the $4,000 Is said
to be due from saloonkcepcrs, tho books
only show sales Of $500 worth. The
receiver further charges the firm with
having distributed a large amount OF
goods among the warehouses, and that
there are no receipts or anything else
to show for such storage. IL is also
charged that goods known TO have been
consigned goods were used by the firm
TO raise borrowed money, which the
, 1890-01-16
THE AMERICANS.
Opening OF the League Con-
vention in Chicago.
WILL FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE
An Ill-Advised Speeoh-The Meet.
ing of No Practical Signifo-
anco to the Race.

CHICAGO, Jan. l5.-The annual con.
yention of the Airo-American leagues OF
America was begun here to-day. In the
afternoon Mr.. Thomas T. Fortune AL.
dressed the meeting. lie said in part;
1--WE are met here to-day to emphasize
the fact that the past condition OF de.
pendence and helplessness upon men
who have used us for selfish and unholy
purposes, who have murdered and robbed
and outraged MS, must be reversed.
We have been robbed of the honest
wages OF our toll. We have been robbed
of the substance OF our citizenship by
murder and intimidation. We have
been outraged by our enemies and de.
serted by our friends. II is time to call
a halt. II is time to begin to light fire
with fire. speak as an Afro A merican
first, last and all the time, ready TO stab
to death any political party which
robs me of my confidence and vote, and
straightway asks what am going to do
about it,
In conclusion Fortune urged the con.
vention to leave each local league free to
pursue such political course In
its immediate community rs the
best interests of the race die.
tated. In national affairs the
officially to any party. We propose TO
accomplish our purposes by peaceful
methods Of agitation through the ballot
and the courts; but II others use wyap.
ons of violence to combat our peaceful
Arguments, IL is not Tor MS to run away.
What is worth having is worth fight
ing for,
The committee on organization was
appointed ami adjournment was taken
until tomorrow.
G. II. J. Taylor, ex-ministcr to Lii
IBERIA, who came to Chicago to report
the convention for several Southern
papers left the city tonight. In an in
teryiew he declared that the proceedings
were deprived Of any practical
force by the absence of the delegates
from the South, where the colorcd peo.
pie were most vitally interested in race
questions. In addition, the leaders in
whom the colored people had con fdence,
and whose names are familiar to the
public, were absent almost toa man.
Taylcs said he had written nothing
about the convention, that the occasion
did not demand IL.
, 1890-01-16
WALKER BLAINE DEAD.
The Eldest Son of the Secretary OF
State Passes Away.

WAsHINGToS, Jan. l5.-Walker Blaine
examiner of claims of the state depart
ment, and the eldest son of Hon James
G.. Blaine, secretary of state, died at the
family residence at $50 o'clock this
evening of acute pneumonia, superin-
dueed by an attack of In grippe. He
had been III only few days, and his
death is a sudden and severe shock to
his unusually large circle Of friends,
who were not aware that he was danger.
ously III until this morning.
The family are prostrated with grief
lie was not feeling well all last week
and Friday he became much worse, and
was compelled to take to his bed. The
secretary gave a dinner party Monday
night to q number of people prominent
In official society and Walker Blaine
was there, feeling so much better that he
sat tor some time chatting with the
guests and aiterward walked about the
house.
lie contracted an additional cold,
which settled ON his lungs and dovel-
opcd into acute pneumonia last night.
This morning his condition was so
alarming that all the family were hastily
summoned home by telegraph. He was
delinous mostly, with AN exceedingly
high temperature and painfully lnbored
respiration.
Walker blaine graduated from Yale
college in 1876, and after studying law re-
ceived his diploma from Columbia col
lege, New York, in 1878 and in 1881,
while Garfield was on his death bed, he
sent for Walker Blaine, and ap-
pointed him third assistant secre
tHry of state, saying that he
appreciated his ability, and desired To
show 1t. After serving in this capacity
, 1890-01-16

HErrNrR or, Jan. l5,-Tbe dead
body of Charles Lyndc, an old pioneer
and bachelor, was found lying under
the table at his residence two miles be
low here yesterday morning. Tho sup
position is that he was murdered for
money, e1eryone thinking that he had
large amount stored In the house. The
coroner's jury unanimously found that
the deceased came 10 his death from un-
known causes. l.ynde had been a resi-
dent of Heppner county for twenty.threc
years, and had great deal OF stock and
land. No money was found, except $50
OH his person and 500 in the house. lie
had been ailing for some time and 1t is
supposed that heart disease was the
cause.
, 1890-01-16
THE DOODLE CASES,
Messrs. Waters, Dueber and Gil
lospie VII. Be Arraigned
Next Saturday.
Indictments Found Against These
Mon a Short Time Prior to
Christmas.

Just before the grand jury adj
iourned nearly a month ago indict-
mcnts We're found against Council
men :. -. Waters and Peter Dueber
and Police Officer William Gillespie
for misappropriating supplies from
the relief store immediately after the
disast Tous conilagratiOn of August 4
last.
Immediately after the grand jury
adjourned REVIEW reporter asked
an attache of the superior court II
true bills had been found against
the above named persons. The re-
ply received was;
"The rules of the court will not
allow n.e to divulge what action the
grand Jury took in the cases.
As this was very important case,
and thinking that there was same
good reason for keeping the indict-
ments secret, the reporter did not
publish the fact that IL was rumored
true bills had been found.
In most states when persons are
indicted thcyare placed under bonds
and tbp in.l lrt npnts urp n matter of
public record. Persons who are In
"a position 20 know, say that such Is
the ease IN this state: hen
Messrs. Waters, Dueber and Gillespie
were bound over to appear before
the grand Jury by Justice Dunning
tho frst tSo harmed furnished bonds
in the sum Of $1,000 each and the
ElttefsDb' ihese oohus he,u soou
after the indictments hau peeI
found, 30 the publication OF the nae,
that true bills had been found would
not have tended i'm the least to
tbwart the ends of Justice. Hence
H. racusnj 10 S,i,,o H. indictments
.ne rstusnI ~ pb'NG VI. ,,,,n,.i,aJ
out lor p'lohcatioh was uic"iicu
for.
ACORREsPoNDENT's COMMENTS.
A Seattle paper OF the 9TH inst.
, 1890-01-16

suggestion of prosecuting Attorney Rid
path, Judge Blake appointed some one
else to look after the Doodle cases
"a movement has been set on foot to
bring the matter TO tho attention the
legislature. An attempt will be made %
have committee appointed by that
body to Investigate The whole matter,
and place responsibility whore II ought
TO belong. That the indictments
in question should have been found,
and that the public should have
been kept from official information
Of the fact is regarded as prlma facieeyi-
dence that there Is something wrong,
The whole affair seems to be disgraceiui
in the extreme, The entire official ma
ohincry OF the city appears to have been
employed to save Waters, Dueber, GILES
pic and Others from the Investigation.
THE twJ first still exercise their func-
tions as counCilmen, while Gillespie
Continucs on the police force. Illus
trativo oftho power the accused have -
the fact that the city council, at the
meeting last night, Policeman Parker,
who was detailed TO assist the lawyers
engaged in the prosecuting cases In the
way of finding witnesses, was dropped
from the force,
There has been from the first most
braZCn defiance of public sentiment by
all the parties implicated In this scanda'
lous business OF piliering from supplies
so generously contributed by people
of other cities to sufferers after our great
lire last summer
BEFORE THE GRAND JURY.
Mr.. King, Of the law firm of King
Il Leigh, was he attorney appointed
by Judge Blake TO represent the
state In this case. He spent six
days with the grand jury before the
indictments were found. Consider
able difficulty was experienced in
getting all the evidence before the
jury hut at last It was accomplished.
Mr. King still has charge of the
case and will prosecute II TO the end
in connection with private counsel.
, 1890-01-16
in THE HOME FIELD.
Deep Shows In the Palouse
Country.
JUDGE LOGAN, OF IDAHO, DEAD.
End of tho Noted Sharon Case--'
Jack Dempsey Can Not
Eight on Time

CoIFAI. Wash. Jan. i5,-There has
been continuous fall Of snow, with
short intervals, throughout the Palousc
country TO- the past three weeks. IL
reached It's climax to-day by an addi'
tional storm, wind accompanying the
snow, and piling it up in many places in
great drifts. As near as can be es't'
mated, about two feet Of snow has now
fallen, and IL the storm continues, this
country will experience the seyerest
winter for many years. Dhits twenty
feet in depth are reported. The mercu-
~ Is a little below freezing, and oonse-
quently there is no suffering or Difficult
ty in feeding stock. but cattle depend :
ing on the range will probably suffer If
a chinook Is not forthcoming
, 1890-01-16
SOUTHERN PACIFIC DELAYS.
A snowshed Gives way over n Load
ed Cattle Train.

SAN FRAScIsco, Jan. i5.-.The South
ern Pacific company officially report ali
trains late, but the tracks were clear last
night A delay of eight hours was
caused by wreck on the
Central PeTifc road near EN-.
igrant Gap. As the night train
was coming through wheel on one OF
the cars In the center of the train broke,
but the car continued down the road for
q mile until it struck q switch,
which threw the broken wheel
around. 1t struck post In
tho snow.shed, causing the latter,
which was oyer.weighted with snow, to
crash on the cars which were loaded
with cattle, smashing three cars and
killing twenty-,hree head of cattle. The
debris was Immediately cleared from the
shed. The delays are principally due to
the difficulty of getting snow plows
around.
, 1890-01-16
RAN AWAY WITH THE PAY ROLL.
A Seattle Emberzier Captured In
Kansas City. Kan.

CHICAGO, Jan. rs. William Randall,
proprietor of the Metropolitan hotel. the
largest hostelry in Kansas City, Kan,
s, 20. A year ago he was employed as
foreman by contractor in Seattle
Warrington, and 1t Is claimed that he
skipped with the pay roll. He went TO
Kansas City, kas,, where he bought a
controlling interest In the hotel men
toned. He will be- taken back to Seat
tla
, 1890-01-16
THE LONDON SCANDAL.
A Suit Tor Libel B.gun by tho Earl
Of Euston.

LONDON, Jan. i&-Tho case of the Earl
OF Euston against Park, AN editor, for
criminal libel in charging the earl with
being implicated in the West End scan.
dal, came up for trial to-day, Sir
Charles Russell counsel for the Earl of
Euston, opened tho case. lie would
prove that Park had published libel.
Lockwood, for the defense. in reply,
censured Sir Charles for withholdln the
fArl OF Euslon from cross exam nation
at the preliminary hearing until the eyi.
dence for the defense had been given,
, 1890-01-16

Proceeding. Of the South Dakota
Legislature.

pIERRE, ), d., Jan. 15,--The first bill
passed by tho legislature of South Da-
kota reached the governor this after.
noon. 1t was senate bill No. 4, and was
an act to provide Tor refunding the out
standing Indebtedness of the state OF
South Dakota.
Both houses adjourned for five minutes
preycr was called tor and the :he two
houses In Joint assembly bowed their
heads, while n fervent prayer was said
by the chaplain, asking that this first
act of the commonwealth be blessed by
the omnipotent, and that all other acts
may be worthy oi the same.
, 1890-01-16
ArEaRIBLE EXPLOSION.
One MAN Killed aud Thirteen Other
Hurt More or Less Seriously.

BRIouros. Penn, Jan. b.-This after
noon the boiler OF steam shovel, nsed
by the Pittsb,irg & Lake Erie railway
in excavating at Fallston. Penn, ex-
pIodcd with such force that
several pieces were blown across
the river and driven into the
groundta quarter OF mile away. Besides
the regular force employed number of
Italians and trainmen who were sitting In
a car back of the shovel werc all more or
less In iured. w. Estey Francis. o: Pitts
burg, q repairer Of boilers and engines,
VINO had Just arrived. was fatally hurt,
and died In lew minutes. ihfrteen
others were more or less seriously hurt,
but none fatally.