The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-27
Big Scandal in the Affairs Of
the Stearns Rancho.
THE TACOMA sNELTER OUTPUT.
Silver Salmon Go Up Puget Sound
in Great Numbers Willspa
Oysters for the Fair.


for the season at Victoria, B. c., 5i,64i
skins.
Utah's population is estimated BY
Governor West at S,s05, an increase
Of q, 900 the past year.
A "gas-bilI saving association ha:
fled articles OF incorporation at Tacoma,
with capital stock Of so, GOO.
The union miners at Canyon City,
Idaho, have decided to continue then
strike against q reduction OF wages.
One hundred and twenty-three thou
eand sacks OF Willapa Wash. oysters
win be shipped to San Francisco for the
Midwinter Fair.
Judge Ross ordered Charley All Him,
highlander at Los Angeles, to be de-
ported. The decision was received with
cheers by crowded courtroom.
The Treasury Department has sent the
United States Marshal at Los Angeles
two drafts, aggregating large sum, to
defray the expense Of the deportation OF
Chinese under the ruling recently rem
dered by Judge Ross.
1t is proposed by an irrigation com
pany to reclaim q large area OF the Mo
ave Desert in the vicinity OF Daggett by
means Of 0 dam across the Mojaye river
a aux. :. :. ss..hmerged fiume for the purpose
Of tapping the underhow.
Judge Shaw has denied the motion for
aehange Of venue in the case Of Richard
&. Heath, charged with the murder OF
Louis B. Whirter at Fresno, and set the
first Monday in January as the time
when the date for the second trial Of
Heath will be resumed.
At Spokane Judge Moore has appoint
ed Fl. E. Hought0n and j. W. Binkley
executors Of the estate Of the late Mrs.
Jennie T. Cannon. No bond was re-
uuired, and the executors under the will
also act as trustees. Judge Houghton
filed statement of the value OF the es-
tate. Community real estate is put at
s7O0, 900, and community personal prop
erty is given at 5000, 600 Mrs. Cannon's
separate estate is given at $50, 600, Of
which $40 600 is real estate and sc, 600
personal property.
Silver salmon are reported as going up
Puget Sound in great numbers. 1t is
claimed that q steamer was brought to
full stop in the Straits recently by run
ming into school of them. There is q
tradition among the older fishermen to
the effect that hailstorm always pre-
cede6 big run Of the fish. A storm Of
this nature was reported on the lower
Sound, and the report Of the arrival Of
immense schools OF the fish in the
Straits Immediately followed.
Al Tacoma the other day Miss Cam
eron was conducting an experiment in
the chemistry class OF one OF the public
schools to produce musical sounds by
burning hydrogen in flask. The hy-
6irogen was generated by putting acid on
zinc, Miss Cameron neglected the eau
tion Of the instructor, and set fire to the
gas Immediately after opening the flask.
The air entered, and as soon as the fire
was set an explosion resulted and twoof
the pupils were severely cut by the flying
glass.
The Great Northern Express Company
has completed arrangements for doing
business both in Alaska and Asia, and
has issued tariff Of rates to those coun-
tries from Seattle. To Yokohama, Hong
kong, Hi0go, Nagasaki and Shanghai
the rates for packages valued at $50 or
less range from $50 for fifteen pounds
Or under to % for forty-fiye to fifty
pounds, with additional rates for pack
ages Of higher value. There is an addi-
tional charge Of Il to " TO Annoy, Foo
chow, Swatow, Bombay, Batavia, Cal
cutta, Manila or Singapore. The rates
to Alaska are 40 cents per 100 pounds to
Wrangel and 30 cents to sitka, the busl-
ness being carried by the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company.
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