The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-05-27
OCCIDENTAL NEWS.
The Libe! Suit Against the
Itata Dismissed.
POLITICAL SCANDAL AT YUMA,
A viii Contest for the Possession of
u COlorcd Refuses Estate
In California.

san Dicgo's tax levy has been fixed at
80 cents on the 500.
The San Jose Council has passed the
Sunday-c'U-ng ordinance.
Santa Rosa voted to bond the city for
the purchase of water works.
The Reed Hotel ut Ogden has closed
its doors, because the patronage did not
make II pay.
The Directors Of the Bcllingham Bay
and British Columbia Railroad Company
have made arrangements for the sale Of
the road 20 the Canadian Pacific.
Director Amcs Of the Union Pacific
railroad writes that the company If max
ing IN active inquiry with the view Of
extending its track to Astoria, Or.
The bylaw for Vancouver, b. c., to
guarantee the interest on SiOO, 600 OF
dobcnturc bonds TO bo issued by the
street railway company has been de-
icatcd by 1862 majority
Health Inspectors visiting Chinatown
at Los Angeles found fifteen buildings
that in their opinion, cannot be cleaned
or made hcalth(ul, and recommended
their being ra2ed at once.
The damming OF the Mojave river at
Victor, creating an artificial lake nine
miles long, three miles wide and 1870
feet in depth, water sufficient to irrigate
200 900 acres OF desert land, is II project
on foot in san Bcrnardino county, Cal.
4 will contest has just been COM
mcnCcd at Stockton by woman who
claims 10 be the widow OF Joseph Nc
Kinney, the colorcd reclusc, who recent
" died in the town of Bantas, San Joa-
qun county, Cal, leaving $4,000 cs-
tate. The widow is Il colorcd woman,
and the adverse claimants are white.
A sensation has just come to light at
Pacific tirove by the absconding of f..
NJ. Carver, the cashier of the Bank OF
Pacific Grove, with $4,000 OF the de-
positors' money. The creditors who
were duped by the willy cashier were
Mrs. Goodrich of San Jose for $1,000 :;
William Harmon, real estate dealer OF
Monterey; Rev. DR.. Clark, a Presbytc-
rian minister of Monterey, of whose
church the missing cashier was devout
member and number of other we'll
known persons of Pacific Grove. Be-
side these victims there is further list
of persons who were inveigled for less
amounts.
United States Judges McKenna, Nor
row and Hawley, sitting as Circuit
Court OF Appeals at San Francisco, have
affirmed the judgment OF the United
States District Court of Southern Cali
forna, dismissing the libel suit against
the Chlian steamer ltata and releasing
the vessel and 1900 cases of rifles she
had aboard when seized by the United
States Marshal in San Diego harbor two
years ago. The libel filed in the ltata
case charged deliberate violation OF Sec
ton 6,2S3 OF the United States Revised
Statutes, and set forth that the Itata had
been fitted out with the intent to cruise
and commit hostilities against the gov
ernment of Chill, with which the gov
ernment of the United States was at
peace. The decision of the Circuit
Court is lengthy and reviews the details
of the late Chlian revolution and over
throw of President Balmaceda. The
Court finds that the state of affairs as
alleged in the libel is not borne out by
the evidence.
The State of Oregon has filed its an
swer to the cross bill of Multnomah
county in the tax suit. The answer admits
several unimportant charges, and asserts
that the object of the equalization was
to maintain uniform assessment. The
charge that assessment on mortgages in
some of the counties is lower than that
of Multnomah county, and other asser-
tions to the same effect, are denied.
The answer also denies that mortgages
were Disseminated against in favor of
other real estate in Multnomah county,
and also that only 10 per cent was added
to the assessment of mortgages in Coos,
Linn and Washington counties; % per
cent in Douglas, 80 per cent in Yamhill
and per cent in Marion. The answer
asks for the dismissal of the cross bill,
and that the county be compelled to pay
500, ,96S.S0 taxes to the State, which it
has refused to do.