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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-08-24

The eleventh annual convention of
Young Mems Christian associations of
the Northwest will meet in Seattle on
the 30th inst and continue over Sun
day, Sept. I'd.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-08-24
NEW ENGINES OF WAR.

Washington, Aug. 21.-Phe construc-
ton bur ,au of the navy has prepared
plans fo: the transformation of the
dynamite cruiser Vesuvius into a tor
pedo boat.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-08-24
RAILROAD PROPERTY BURNED.
The Big -Four Freight Offices and Other
Valuable Buildings and Contents.

Cincinnati, Aug. 21.-The Big Four
freight office and adjoining buildings
We're burned today, causing a loss of
abou: 100000. Capt. Romus, Lieut..
Cavanadgh and Fireman Brownlee
were badly hurt by falling timbers.
The government bonded warehouses
adjoining the DEPOT were burned with
their valu lble contents.
Many cas-, including the Pullman
and Wagner coaches, were burned in
adjacent buildings.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-08-24
THE OLD MAN AG'IN 1T.

Chicago, Aug. 21.-Geo. M. Pullman
today denied the report Of the formal
engagement of his daughter, Flor
ence, to the Prince of Isenberg-Bir-
stein.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-08-24
EIGHT DROWNED.

st. John, N. B., Aug. 21-During a
yacht race today one of the boats
swamped and her crew Of eight men
was drowned.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-08-24
OCCIDENTAL JOTTINGS.
News of the Northwest Gathered from
Various Sources.

The confirmation of Robert johnson
as postmaster at Corvallis was made
in an executive session of the United
States senate on August 11th.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-08-24
GRADING HAS BEGUN.

Olympia, August 21.-The work of
grading the ground for Washington's
million dollar capitol was commenced
today.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-08-24

Two claims are being worked on the
Blue river side by McCauley and Nc
Keon, which show up well in gold,
and they are piling up quite body of
ore on the dump.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-08-24

now under investigation by the civil
service commission, and characterizes
it's methods as improper. He states
| that the work of the league covers all
the needs of the colored voters of the
country.
Senator Faulkner, chairman of the
democratic congressional campaign
committee, said that very good and
sufficient reasons must be produced be-
fore the bureau would be abolished,
but that it had no power to collect
contributions
CAMPAIGN OPENED.
Santa Rosa, Cal, Aug. 21.-The po-
litical campaign was opened here this
evening by M. M. Estee, the republican
candidate for governor.
WASHINGTON CONVENTION.
Tacoma, Washington, August 21.-
The democratic state central com
mittee met here today and issued a
call for the state convention at North
Yakima, Sept 26th. the apportionment
being fixed at two at large for each
county and one for every 100 voters or
major fraction cast for the presiden-
tial electors. This will give the con-
vention 367 delegates.
A special to the Ledger from Ocosta
says the remainder of the crew of the
U. S. coast survey steamer Macarthur
have been patrOlling the beach since
Saturday for fourteen miles but no
trace of the bodies of Capt Crosby or
any of the four men drowned in the
surf Friday night can be found. The
Macarthur is now at Ocosta dock.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-08-24

The new hops are looking we'll and
everything promises crop Of splendid
quality, which in quantity will be
about an average one. Picking will
soon be in full blast. James F. Clark
begins on his early growths next week
Tuesday, and picking will be general
the following week.-Otsego Republi-
can 18th.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-08-24
HOP INTELLIGENCE.

Next week picking begins in the big
Holmes yard near Salem.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-08-24

The reduction of freight rates on
grain, so much talked about, only
amounts to Is cents per ton at the
most and applies only to the region
south of Snake river. 1t has been fol-
lowed by a reduction of wages on the
o. r. & N. amounting to Is per cent.
upon all salaries up to 800 and 1919
per cent. on all over that sum. This
cut will probably be accepted without
a strike as it only meets the North
ern Pacific scale and strikes are just
now unpopular. This reduction is not
in contempt of Judge CaldwelTs order,
made at Omaha, because the o. r. &
N. has now a separate receiver and is
in the Oregon and Washington juris-
diction under Judge Bellinger. P. P. B.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-08-24

The free bridge question is again re-
ceivirg an airing. All the money au-
thorized by the legislature has been
spent and still the main business por-
tions of both Portland and East Port
land are still without a free bridge
and must go north to Burnside or
south to Madison, or else pay toll on
the Morrison street bridge or the Stark
street ferry. The obvious course to
pursue is to throw open the Morrison
street bridge, but the proprietors want
more for it than it cost originally. 1t
was built eight years ago, is wooden
structure and will have to be rebuilt
in a few years. There is talk of buy
ing the ferry, also of charging toll
on the free bridges for wagons. This
question will not be settled until the
central part of town has as good facil-
tiles as the ends if it takes another
new bridge.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-08-24

Mr.. Weisner, of Wisconsin, in the
fall of 1867, planted the first hop yard
in Oregon, and built the first dryer 1T
Buena Vista, Polk county. The yard
consisted of ten acres and was planted
on high prairie lands and did not
thrive we'll, and Mr. Weisner removed
the roots and established a new yard
near Harrisburg, Linn county, in 1879.
on the Willamette river bottom. George
Leasure procured roots from Mr.. Weis-
ner and planted the second hop yard
in the state at Eugene City, in the
spring of 1868, which yard is still in
fine cultivation and yielding hand
somely.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-08-24

Over in Polk county hop picking will
be generally commenced on Sept. 10th.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-08-24
CANADIAN PACIFIC RA|LWA !!

The Scenic Tourist Route To
MONTREAL,
TORONTO,
OTTAWA,
QUEBEC,
HALIFAX,
PORTLAND, ME-,
BOSTON.
NEW YORK,
CHICAGO,
ST. PAUL,
OMAHA,
KANSAS CITY,
And all Points East and Southeast
Finest Dining and Sleeping Car Route
in the world.
Lowest Rates to all points of the
United States and Canada.
Steamship Tickets to and from all
parts of the world.
Passengers are given the choice of
the following routes to a connection
with the Canadian Pacific line:
ALI rail through via Tacoma, Seat
tie and Whatcom.
2-Rail 10 Tacoma, steamer to Seat
tie and all rail thence.
3+Rail to Tacoma, steamer to Van
couver (via Victoria), thence all rail.
Only Line Operating Elegant, Up
holstered Tourist Car for second class
passengers.
Canadian Pacific Railway Company's
Royal Mail Steamship Line to Japan
and China, the Short Route to the
Orient, sail about monthly from Van
couver, B. c., for Asiatic points.
Also Royal Mail Steamship Line to
Honolulu and Australia, sailing month
ly.
For further particulars call upon or
address:
j. L. MITCHELL,
Ticket and Passenger Agent, Salem, Or
OFFICE IN HOLMAN BLOCK.
GEO. NC L. BROWN,
District Pass. Agt. Vsucouver
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-08-24

The amusement season will soon
open. Just now athletics hold the
field and will continue to do SO for
month. Bicycle meets, field games
and lawn tenris tournaments will be
followed by football until the end of
the year. The theaters promise well.
The Marquam will open it's season
September 9Th with Milton Royle's
charming comedy "Friends." Among
the many attractions booked there for
the season are Mr.. and Mrs Kendall
Alexander Salvini, Warde and James
and Madam Marie Tavary's grand
opera company, the first visit to Port
land in four years. Cordray mas en-
tirely remodelcd his house and will
open the first week in September with
light opera. He has dropped the musee
feature and there is talk of opening
the Park with a strictly first-class
specially company. There promises to
be amusement enough for these hard
times.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-08-24

The Monterey. which was stationed
along the coast of California during
the recent railroad strike troubles, is
anchored in the Columbia at Astoria
awaiting sealed orders.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-08-24

The time for selecting the school
text books for the next six years is at
hand and considerable interest Is
being taken in the matter, the general
sentiment being hostile to any radical
changes, because of the expense and
the general setback schools always
receive from a general change of
books or system. 1t is certain that
school superintendent who vote for
change will be severely criticised.
Never since Oregon was state has
the payment of taxes been so difficult
as at present, and taxpayers are dis
posed to let well enough alone in all
particulars where a change would in
vOlve expense. There is nothing the
matter with our present series of
books. Oregon made an unexceled
educational display at the Worlds
fair, and this should be sufficient evil
dence that our text books are of the
best. Thee American Book company
has the contract at present, and criti-
cism of this company as "monoD-
Oly'' or trust" and agitation for a
change are made in the interests of
other publishing houses, no matter
under what guise they come. But this
fight between publishing houses is Of
little interest to the taxpayer except
as it might result in a change that
would add to his expenses.
He therefore makes a vigorous pro-
test against any change that is not
palpably a great improvement, and
invites publishers eager to unload
their stock upon Oregon to look else
where for a market. Having voted
down the populist and his state publi-
cation idea and thus avoided following
the expensive example of California,
he wants the school book matter to be
let as nearly alone as the welfare of
the schools demands. A vote by the
county superintendent to change
more than one or two books would be
looked upon generally as not having
been given in good faith and would
evoke a storm Of criticism.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-08-24
CAMPAIGN OPENED.

Santa Rosa, Cal, Aug. 21.-The po-
litical campaign was opened here this
evening by M. M. Estee, the republican
candidate for governor.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-08-24

ner and planted the second hop yard
in the state at Eugene City, in the
spring of 1868, which yard is still in
fine cultivation and yielding hand
somely.
Geo. Rose has contracted to take nine
tons coming crop from Mr. Stilley, or
Buckley, at 7c. He also has 5-cent
picking money to advance on chattel
mortgage, but there seems to be no
great rush for it,. In the local mar
kets of the Northwest there is nothing
doing-nc contracting-no chattel-
mortgaging no nothing-everybody
waiting till after harvest. Some of the
growers talk as though they were going
| 20 leave their hops unpicked. But 1t
was the same story last year, and prob
ably before harvest comes arrange
ments of some kind will be made for
picking money, and all but some OF the
poorest yards will be picked as usual
| Puyallup Commerce.
Within a fortnight hop-picking will
| become quite general throughout the
| willamette valley. In some of the
early yards pickers will commence
| this week. The crop, though abundant,
| will not be as large as was expected.
| To form any definite idea as to the
| prices at this early date would be next
| to impossible. A leading hopraiser,
| who lives in the vicinity of Butteville,
to a Telegram reporter said:
| I'VE shall have a large crop this
| season, but the hot, dry weather has
| done much to lessen the general yield.
| There has not been enough rain. Had
| the weather been more moist, we
should have had very heavy crop.
| The extreme dry, hot weather has
| shortened the vines, and thus very ma
| teriaIIy decreased the yield. About
| prices this season? Well, that Is a very
| hard question to answer. I shall not
| attempt to give the ruling quotations
| now. for it is too early. Very much
| will depend on circumstances. One
| thing is very clear to my mind, and
| that is: We shall not get high. or even
| good, prices for our hops this year.
| The hop louse has not done much dam
| age to thescrops in our section. There
has been considerable spraying DONE
In my judgment, the yield will be
fully UP to what it was last season,
! owing to the increased acreage"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-20
HOME FROM LONDON CONFERENCE.
Indiana Y. Il. c. A. Delegates Return
from England.

The party which went to London, Eng
land, to attend the worlds conference of the
Y. NJ. G. A. has returned home. with the
exception of Judge and Mrs. ID. L. Bald
win, who are still in Europe and will prob
ably travel in Norway till September.
America was well represented at the con-
ference. which was the jubilee in celebra-
ton Of the semi-centennial of the founding
OF the first Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton. The conference. which was held in
June, was said to be the largest religious
conference ever held in England, if not in
the world. Mr.. h. H. Stacy, State secretary
for Indiana, spoke enthusiastically of the
conference from which he and his wife re-
turned Monday. There were twenty-six
nationalities and seventeen languages rep
resented, which shows that the work has
gone the world over. The founder of the
association was George Williams, who was
present at the convention. England has
heaped honors on the man. The Queen con-
ferred the honor of knighthOod and the
Lord Mayor granted him the freedom of
the city of London, which the seventh
time it has been done in this century. One
of the last to have the honor was Gen. u.
:. Grant, when he made his famous trip
around the WORT
A reception was given to the delegates at
Guild Hall, by the Lord Mayor, at which
held at Westminster, where the Lord Bishop
of London preached the sermon. This was
considered recognition of the Y. NJ. g. A.
by the Church of England. The closing con-
ference was held at Windsor Castle and
the Queen had the mausoleum of Prince
Albert opened, which was a mark of special
favor, as it is opened but once year. At
a breakfast which was given TO the Ameri
can delegates Judge ID. p. Baldwin, of
Logansport, formerly of this city, made
address and at one time, when he men,
toned the name of Gen. Benjamin Harri-
son, a hearty and spontaneous cheer went
I'D from the assembled guests. The dele
gates who went from this State were Mr..
and Mrs. u. T.. Stacy, Judge and Mrs. ID. p.
Baldwin, G. Il. Jamison, general secretary,
from the Terre Haute association, and w.
A Killing, general secretary, from Evans
vile. Among the American speakers were
John Wanamaker, Morris X. Jessup, OF
New York. Cornelius Vanderbilt Rev.
Theodore l.. Cuyler and H. Thane Miller,
of Cincinnati. James Stokes, an American,
who has given $4,000 for the erection of
Y. NJ. c. A. hall in France, was present.
Mr.. Stokes, in consideration of what he
has done for the work in France, dec
Grated with the order of Chevaher of the
Legion of Honor of France. The man who
advised Mr.. Stokes of his decoration was
Casimir Perier. who has just been chosen
President of France. Many of the dele
gates took trips through other portion of
Europe before returning home. All unite
in praise of English hospitality.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-20
Durbin Replies to Mccullough.

To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:
1 have read a communication in your
issue of the 18th, signed by w. D. McCul-
lough Mayor of Brazil, in which the So
called Mayor does me injustice. If the city
knowledge of the fact, as he was exceed
ingly careful to keep himself at a safe dis
lance from the spot where trouble was
likely to occur, and he must have been
acting on the theory that "he that fights
and runs away will live to fight another
day. except that the So-called Mayor
failed to materialiZe when there was pos
sibility of a fight or trouble of any kind.
All my kilograms to Marshal Hawkins are
on file at Brazil, and L am perfectly will
ing that the so-cdlled Mayor examine them.
Marshal Hawkins is the only one / COM
municated with while on duty, except two
letters to my wife. l emphaticaly deny
that ] made any false or incorrect report
on any act or occurrence while at Brazil.
If there was no riot or insurrection in Bra
zil will the so-called Mayor explain what
he calls mob taking forcibly a locomotive
fireman and beating the poor. defenseless
man almost to death and swearing IL he
ever showed his face in Brazil again they
would hang him? Does that incident show
Brazil to have been the paradise the so
called Mayor has pictured it? Does that
look like Brazil needed no protection? Ger
tainly, the SO-called Mayor, so far as my
observation and knowledge extends, made
no effort to protect either citizen or
stranger. Myself and the men under me
were treated very kindly, on the whole.
and have complaints to make or apol-
ogieS TO offer, even if some of the men
were Fr, eomPsled to pay for water to drink
Special Deputy United States Marshal.
Indianapolis, July is.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-20
The Central Unions Claim.

Superintendent n. G. Warth, of the Cen
trail Union Telephone Company, takes ex-
ceptions to the statements made by the
management of the proposed new company
and has this TO say:
There is a misleading impression that
the patents on the telephone appliances he
longing to the Bell company have expired
Th1s Is true only in the sense of the original
Bell patent from the magneto-telephone.
All the other Bell patents are still in full
force, and Illegal users of such appliances
are liable to suits for damage. The public
as rule is not thoroughly informed on
matters of this kind, while the manufac-
turers are, but they do not take the pains
to explain matters intelligently TO those
who purchase infringing apparatus. We
furnish telephone apparatus for all uses
to which they can be put. The exchange
service furnished by the Bell company forms
general system throughout the country
enabling those who have exchange service
to talk to distant towns without multiply
ing the charges which would be necessary
did different companies control the lines"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-20
MODEST MISS KROUT.
She Protests Against Being Credited
with HOnOrs She Has Not Earned.

To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:
have been much embarrassed by a pur-
ported interview which i have seen in sew
eral OF the Eastern papers. In the article
l am supposed to give an account of my
professional career, and since one cares
to be made ridiculous, no matter how in
different to public opinion, must ask your
indulgence and the privilege of entering
my protest. l am reported as making the
statement that shortly after my arrival in
Chicago, in the spring of 1888, while the
Inter Ocean was laboring to secure the
nomination of Mr.. Blaine in the impending
Republican convention, article from my
pen drew attention to General Harrison's
strength as a possible candidate and ac-
corded me the credit of first bringing his
name before the country as a nominee. In
the first place, the Inter Ocean, like the
other Republican papers in Chicago, warm
ly Endorsed Mr.. Gresham. L did speak
word as to General Harrison's strength in
his own State which, a few months later,
resulted in my being sent to indianapolis
as correspondent for my paper during the
exciting campaign following General Har
rison's nomination. When the splendid eff
fort is borne in mind which the Journal
made for months before even the delegates
to the national convention were chosen,
tight calamity seconded by almost the en-
tire Republican press of the state and of
WHICH l. was informed, IL CAN
not be supposed that / would even involun-
tarily claim any part or portion in that
CONTEXT. 1t is an honor which | should be
proud to deserve, but TO which, since the
statement has no foundation in fact. l am
in way entitled.
Another extravagant statement made in
the same interview is TO the effect that,
because of my familiarity with Hawaiian
matters, L was sent for by Secretary Gresh
am and had conference with him and the
Cabinet relative to the status of the pro-
visOnal government. l did have the pleas
ure of talking with the Secretary of State
upon the Hawaiian question, and was heard
with the utmost Difference. But my opin-
ions and statements could have had but
little weight since measures were shortly
afterwards undertaken which L took the
liberty of informing the Secretary would
be not only impractcable but forcibly
sisted. This is the sum of my political ex-
perience, both as to the campaign of 1888
and as it pertains to Hawaiian affairs in
1893.
1 am too loyal a Hoosier to desire that
either the Journal or the Republican press
should be shorn of the credit to which they
are entitled for their efforts, which were
largely instrumental in giving to the coun-
try one of the best Presidents it has ever
had, and who, L earnestly hope, may I'LL
that high office yet again.
Chicago, July II. MARY II. KROUT
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-20

report that the passenger and freight de-
partment Of the &. * o. and the Big Four
are TO be consolidated. When / was first
president of both roads. about FIVE years
ago, these departments of both roads were
merged and that continued for about a
year. Then the directors thought it would
be better to separate them again. 1t was
done, and the directors are so well satls-
fed that the two departments VIII remain
as they are. and there is no intention or
going back TO the old way.
II. Ellery Anderson. of New York; o. w.
Mink. OF Boston and Frederic r. Coudert,
OF New York, receivers of the Union Pa
cific, and John N. Thurston, of Omaha,
counsel for the receivers. were in the
United States Circuit Court, at St Paul,
before Judge Sandborn. yesterday, and pre-
scented their petition in regard 10 the eight
nOnpaying branches of the Union Pacific
system. OF the petition, Receiver COudert
said: "It is merely motion on the part OF
the receivers Of the Union Pacific for in
structiOns from the court about certain
branches of the Union Pacific which are not
paying operating expenses"