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'. THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATTOD4Y. JULY 14,-1900. V CAPTAIN WAS CRAZY Gommanderof the McCulloch Tried to Kill Himself. TWP DOWN FROM CARE NOME Report of Prospective Coal Famine tt1utek Harbor and Distress Among Kome Goldseekers. PORT TOWNSEND, "Wash., July 12. Tha United States revenue cutter Mc Culloch arrived today, eight days from Dutch Harbor. The next day after sail ing from that port. Captain Healy lost his mind and made two unsuccessful at tempts to commit sultclde. For several days before leaving: Dutch Harbor Cap tain Healy's actions were such as to create suspicion among officers and crew, and as a result elbse "watch was kept on Tils every action. He came on deck and after giving some orders relative to the handling of the ship, made an attempt to leap over the side of the vessel into the sea, but before he reached the rail ing "Jje was seized by several of the crew and taken to his cabin, where a guard was placed over him, and every thing with which he was liable to do him self harm was removed from the room. D"uring the night he secured a medicine bottle, unobserved by the guard, and, breaking it. used a piece of glass and succeeded in severing a blood vessel in his left arm. Before much blood was lost the guard discovered the wound, which he-, bound with a handkerchief. There being no surgeon aboard, Lieu tenant P. W. Thompson dressed the wound, and upon arrival here Captain Healy was taken to the Marine Hospital and put in a straight-Jacket, where he will be detained until the department can be communicated with. lieutenant Thompson, who assumed, command of the McCulloch and brought her to this port, reports a prospective coal famine at "Dutch Harbor, and that merchant vessels returning from Nome and expecting to replenish their supply of coal there are likely to be disap pointed A Norwegian steamship with EOOO tons had arrived, and vessels pulled Alongside and coaled, and when the Mc Culloch left, on July 5, the supply was about exhausted. The McCulloch picked up the steamer Nome City .255 miles west of Cape Flat tery, and towed her to this port, she having lost three blades from her pro peller. The Nome City had 20 passen gers. The steamer Santa Ana, which on ar rival at the North was quarantined on account of smallpox, arrived today and Wjas sent to Diamond Point quarantine) station for fumigation. The steamer Farallon arrived this evening from Cape Nome, bringing about 40- disgusted miners, all of whom pro nounce the camp a failure. They also say that 1000 to 1500 men are on the beach begging for work for their board. They confirm the reports of the preva lence of smallpox, and say that a large number of yellow flags are flying from tents, and that a number of cases exist of which nothing is known. The outlook is said to be gloomy, and If means of transportation is not afforded there will be untold suffering and. distress next Winter. Commissioner of Public Works R. W. Clark. The City Attorney holds that the street car company Is responsible for the safety of city bridges over which it runs Its line, and the municipality cannot h held In case an accident occurs. The city is only responsible for the condition of the wagon roads. A former City Attorney held the street car company's liability extended ogly to the stringers beneath the company's rails. STRIKERS' 'BUS LINE. IJiE DEPARTING"DESERT" j VinV lin and ex-Senator Murphy" have also ac- , i cepted. The other members the execu-' 1 tliA commltteft nroh&hlv wilt"l KplpctM. of ! next week from the members pf the state SMALL FARMS TAKING PIPAGE THE BOtTXDLESS RAJCGE. 8t. Louts Carmen Send Out Subscrip tion Lints. ST. LOUIS, July 12. Two thousand so licitors engaged by the trades and labor unions of St. Louis to canvass the city and collect contributions for the striking street railway men's 'bus line went out today. In addition the solicitors are ex pected to ascertain what proportion of the population is in "favor of trades and labor unions. Eight boys are being held by the police pending investigation into an assault on William Chens, aged 17 years, who was attacked by a crowd of youths when he alighted from a Broadway car Tuesday afternoon. The boys are from 18 to 17 years old. Late last night -an Easton-avenue car ran over an explosive which shattered the front truck of the car. Nobody was injured. President W. D. Mahon, of the Amal gamated Association of Street Railway Employes-of America, who has been in Detroit, returned here today, and is -in' charge of the strike. Fifteen men who came from Baltimore in May to work for the Transit 'Company have left for their homes. They claim that they found conditions in St. Louis different from what had been represented, and that promises made to them had not been fulfilled. Pacific County's Population. SOUTH BEND, Wash., July 13. The es timated population of Pacific County, un der the census just taken, Is about 600. South Bend's population is placed at 120) and Ilwaco at 1000. The funeral of Frank Wilson, who was struck, by a log and killed in SoUle's camp near Frances, was held yesterday He was a comparative stranger In thla county. Irrigation Enterprises In Groolc 'County Make Larse Areas of Thirsty Soil Productive. PRINEVILLE, Or., July 13. What has been known as the "desert" country hero is undergoing a great change. What was once a .vast range for sheep and cattle and horses will soon be a thickly settled farming country- A retired sheepowner, who still owns a few bands of sheep, re marked yesterday that there were no committee. IN DARKEST AFRICA. $500,000 "Worth of Our Cheap Colored Cottons for the Moslem. i Cyrus C. Adams in Alnslee's. It Is pleasing to turn from the revolt ing spectacle of some of the West African tribes, who had been bestiallzed by their devotion to trade gin. to the picture which travelers draw of the great Hausa states of tho Soudan, under Mohammedan do- THREE NOTABLE CITIZENS! THBY'LIVB A7TD .PROSPER Df SHEIU ! "blAK COtJKTYOREGOJr. One the Father ot "World-Knpvrn. Singers, and. the Others Peculiarly Eecentrlc-A Poet's Brother. MORO, Or.; July J3. Sherman County 1 has three notable citizens, one of whom is not a stranger to the world, and an other not a stranger to the state, ahd a third who wcuid be interesting any minion, for a century, where such a thing wnere The M Do Mos3 j. h. as a. bottle of spirits Is never seen. For rCayuae) Mmcr, and N. C. Long. 100 years the Mohammedans, of Nortn TOTri. M r ntn i th father of the years the Mohammedans, of Nortn j AT THE HOTELS. THE PORTI&.ND. Geo W Shrader. N T John Grant. London "WJ Marchband, Den ver H J Sht-effer. Seattle D Wilson, Daenport, Wash Geo S H Tound. N Y DrCR Ttay. Gold H Francis Fitch. Mcdfrd Mr &. Mrs W K Ioty. Chicago F C Luslc. Cbico, Cal L B Daniels, do T F Fltzcerald, Los Angeles, Cal M Woolf. N T Mrs M Marks. Stocktn A C Bolton. San Fr C P Huff. U S N Robert Morris, USK Walter C Barnhart, Tacoma H G Thompson, Chgo i M K Parsons, wife & dtr. Salt Lake E B Critchtow & w.do W S Sherwood. St PI John Kell. city H It Dunlvray. city M Stern. San Fran Jacob Woolner, S F Mies C Cobele. PUtsbff H W Bomberyer, do C II Bomberger, do C F Briggs & wf. S F James Craig. Slrrerton, C O Cushm&n. Chgo P F Du Flon 8 M Cooper. San Fran W J Ball. San Fran F C Conklln. Chicago S Bosenhaupt, vtt & children J Bosenhaupt Frank Everett Mrs B F Cobb, Qhgo E C Klanber. Chicago Jack Davis. San Fran P J Barsten, Seattle Lewis Hall A w.Welser P C Kittle, Salt Lake Russell M Toung. N T G W Hoover. X T. Columbia River Scenery. Regulator Line steamers, from Oak street dock, daily, except Sundays, The Dalles, Hood River, Cascade Locks, and return. Call on. or 'fone Agent for further information. THE PERKINS Civil Officers for Jfome. HELENA, Mont, July 13. Nea! Vauter, of Helena, United States Marshal lor Alaska; Deputy Marshal Captain J. F. Meyer, and George Leekly, chief clerk In the Marshal's office, haVe left this place for Cape Nome, and as the'dlscontlnuance of martial law there depends upon the arrival of United States Court officials, it is believed order will soon be restored "in the gold fields. PISAPPQDVTMEKT AT NOME. Gloomy Vlevr Taken by a IVerr Tork Man Who Returned. WASHINGTON. July 13. The Sef..rtnrv of the Treasury has received a letter from G. Rudolph, living at S26 Broadway, Brooklyn. N. Y., on the situation at Cape Nome, Alaska. The department sees no reason to doubt the trustworthiness of the story told by Rudolph, and suggests its publication. It Is becoming dally more apparent to the officials that the condi tions in the new gold field are almost certain to result In great suffering during the coming Winter, especially as epidem ics of smallpox and typhoid fever are threatened. Rudolph takes a very gloomy view of the outlook at Nome, where he arrived on June 12, and whence he departed on June 20. Of the men working on the Nome beach, he says, not one was taking out enough gold to pay for his ''grub." The only place where he saw gold being taken out, he says, was between the beach and the tundra, and there, men were oply making wages of J7 tp $10 a day. This place, he says, is about three-quar- ters of a mile long, and it is all taken up by about 500 men. Like the beach, it Is now nearly worked out. Along the sev eral creeks, the writer says, probably 1500 men were at work. Of general conditions at Nome, Rudolph says: "When I left, 20,000 men were in the dis trict, -and the only work was In unload ing or putting up new buildings. The former task kept about S00 men busy, and the butldlng employed 300, When I left, June 20 between 500 and 1000 -were arriv ing daily. I went on the San Bias, which made a trip to St. Michael and brought' down 200 men. The Aberdeen, on which I came back, made two trips and brought a Jew more than 500. Several other boats made one or two trips to St. Michael and brought more. "There are far more destitute people at Nome than people on the outside know. The water wells I saw were 12 to 15 feet deep, and are sure to be contaminated bv all these people huddled together. When I left there were tents, 20 feet deep and about three miles long. Now, you don't want to forget that it took more than 50 vessels to bring all these people to Nome, to say nothing of over 5000 com ing from the Yukon. There are no in ducements for the steamship companies to send their vessels back again for a busted mob. You may think I am a cold-footed miner, but ask any miner who was in that country whether he saw any gold dust In circulation. That Is the way to tell a good camp. In eight days I, saw only one man pay for a purchase wlth-dust. When asked about It. he said that it was from the Klondike." Chas Mays. Portland I J E Han. ClstsK&nie Wm Stevens, Tacoma Geo B Pratt, city J P Watson, city W S Wilson, city E C Clarns. Antelope W H Prose, Prlnellle F s Pltty. Ban Fran N Bttr city , A C Brown, city A Anexter, ,San Fran. Henry Blackman, Heppner, Ot Scott Swetland, Van couver. B C Mrs W A .Hess, SeatUl S Osenbrucge & fy, St Paul. Minn Mrs R N Rand, Ly ons, la Miss E M Rand, do L C Ra&d. do J L Lewis, San Jose Mrs Lewis. San Jose Miss E J Cartwright, Honolulu W P Matlock. Pendltn Geo L Ward, Echo airs g -l ward. Ecno R WT Jacobs oni Grnt's Pass, Or M A Miller, Lebanon Mrs W J Walker, For est Grove S E Frost. Omaha F E Lewis, Chicago Chas Miller, Forest Gr Miss A Mann, Indp. Or Thos H Tongue, Hills- boro E N Btythe. Hood Rlvr Frank Schwartz. Seattl J C Rjan, McKlnney, Texas Ben Blssinger." Ham- bure. Germany Grace L Tlllard, Hepp- nen or Mcs S Tlllard. do Mrs Tillard. do Wm Tlllard, do G Wlnehlll, Chicago Chas Copping, Cen- rralla T E Going, Sumpter J E Taylor. Walla W I B Lalng. Wash Mrs N.H Ellis. Bak C Miss Minnie "Woods, do Emll Weldman, Rome, Italy J C Ryan. McKlnney M D Maloney, Sumpter, longer any sheep In this country; that tho J Africa have been pushing a. ross the Sa- famous DeMoss family, styled the "Lyric days of wool-growing were coming to an ? hara and the Soudan, bringing all the Bards of America." Mr. Do Moss lives end; that sheep no longer have a friend . barbarous peoples they havs met under at De Moss Springs, three miles north In this county; that it is almost Impos- the Influence of Islam. Thus Mohamme- from Moro The De Mosses -own about slble now to getrthenf to the Summer danism has far more profoundly affected 1200 acres of land, which Is under fenco THREE FISH HATCHERIES ON THE CLACKAMAS JTf I Q i x . t . . . Ir C,TY v o Vx ' . 'v'!"7 " m c- v -W5' - I Vr - . .. y a vy ,. ,, j- i. i i . J 9V -- - A t CGtCKcffriaa - Nbx'- : ' , , J D Holton. Boise Mrs E C Miller. Chgo Mrs Chas Mcllrath. P P Pudain. Sianto city IO M Kellogg. Hoqulara W H Moore. Moro, Or B S White, Tacoma Mrs Judd Fish & son. John Rhodes. Clevelnd The Dalles I Mrs John Rhodes, do Fred B Curray. L&Grdl Frank Harsley. K Tak Wm Ketchum. Dalles Wm N Boots, Monmth J B Eddy, Forest Grv R A Brown, city F W Magan. Lj le.Wn Chas Albee. Baker Oy Mrs Chas Albee, do THE IMPERIAL. C. W. "Knowles. Manager, J Harris, New Tork -John t Burgard. city Arthur C Lawrence, city Z E Lehman -San Fr Hugo Seellg, Victoria J R Sawjer, Ky H Harklnt, Seattle 'F C Reed, Astoria J R Mitchell. Gold H A E Rcames, Jackson ville TV J Harris, Spokane D S B Roberts. Ross land Mrs Roberts, do W R Ramsdell. Mex C R Smcad. Blalock Mlra E Mulvany, Union Mills Jas H Prentiss, Ann Arbor. Mich Mrs Prentiss, do R McCormack. Chicago T B Jackson. Salem P F McOee, Bonneville W F McGee, Bcnnevlll J D Brown. San Fran H L Carmlchael, Ta coma E M. Bands, Vancouvr E R Schofleld. Vancvr T L Garland. St Coals Mrs H Harris. Whatcra TV H Bufflngton. Chrfo II C Smith. Astoria Mrs F E Smith, Lake-; Mrs H C Smith, do . T TTn.Wa. k.i.-lf. . u uiHuiiwi, ttciiaits litn LfiuuiarL. on view" b ii unjaer. in lairs Ural Mrs Bnyder. do IC H Callander. Knatm- Johp J Balleray, Penj ton dleton ' (Mrs Callander, do O S Miller. Fairmont. IMrs G W Howell. As- Neb - j toria, Or Mrs Miller. v . do AD Chapman, Astoria Master Miller, do ' IE S Williamson, do Mary H Bisbee, West-JMrs Williamson, do fle.ld. Mass (Miss WilUamson. do Clara L Blbee, do T O TrulHnger,, do J M Vallderyn. do IDA McLean, do J F Roberts, Ashland J George 8tevens, do THE ST CHARLES. Geo Wilson. Seattle 1 Geo Rocker. Stella GIRL LOST 18 DAYS. 'Wandered in the Sfountains, Living on Wild. Berries. Xawton Standard. A 13-year-old girl, Llllle Anderson, who lives with her parents near Rye Valley, recently strayed away from her home and was found after 16 days wanderings, near Lookout Mountain. The girl subsisted upon a diet of berries while lost In tho mountains and when rescued was but a mere skeleton. Her mental capabili ties had also departed either through fright or privation and exposure, but it is said she is now fast regaining her mind. Geo Palmer. Seattle J G Muller. N Tamhl Mrs J G Muller. do Mrs Rankin. do Peter Hume, Brown W Hill. Brownsville Mrs Hill. Brawns Ulc J T Tuell, Browns tllel E J Barnes, clt J T Ashley, cltr T S Flser, Ilwaco Lewis Frantz, Knappa Miss L Forbes, Etna Mrs B C Emrlck. Ta coma Wm Shepperd, Bridal Vf, Or -E M Grimes. Seaside Chas Franclsen, do E E Smith. Dalles J B Morrison? Dalles Wm Palmer. Marshlnd TV W Flmn. Astoria Lloyd Wilson. Astoria 1 1 Cohen. A Fleleehmer. Case LV TV J Masetta, Repub lic, Wash W S Lysons, Kelso J C Fugate, South Bnd Chas Clark. Olympla it A uiidebrand. Ta coma i (Root Johnson. Brooks Jonn Bradley, Hood R John Griffin, Hood R Francis Olson. Hood R A J Graggs. Maygers J Bedford. Maygers Ira Dodson. Kelso H Taketad, Kelso H Linhart. Astoria H O Scofleld. Oljmpla O TV Williams. Astoria C France. Howe, Idaho Frank Globe, do Lewis Major, do S F Lockwood, do G B Miller. Westport E Miller, Rainier J TV Morgan. wm Ean, Chlco do do TV S Richards, Salem IMrs Earl, do C C Grobe, Westport I D E Cummins, Dawson C E Davis. Westport 1 W O Smith. Dawson F E Hutchinson, do 1W H Dpndlnger.Scattls Mrs John Gooding, IL N Countryman, city TACOMA IS JiOT LIABLE, Street-Gar Company Must Be Sure Bridges Are RIffUt. Tacoma Ledger. City Attorney W. P. Reynolds has ren dered an opinion which makes the street railway company liable for the safety of all bridges over which the company op erates Its' street-cars. This decision is a practical, reversal of a decree by a former City Attorney. The opinion was given to Austin J H Small. Austin S Llndgren. Austin C H Pea-e. Los Angls J C Ellis, Butler Mrs Ellis. Butter Riley Smith, Dayton Mrs Wllber, Astoria MIrs Wllber. Astoria Chas Kcjs, Astoria J C Farr, Pendleton C S Chase, Sandy G R Eberllne. Ho- qulan Wash C W Babcock. McMln Chas S Llndrren. do J B Harris, Eugene Mrs Harris. Eugene H Miller, Eugene O F Hasklll. Toledo Miss Hasklll. Toledo Ed F Boomer. New Whatcom Geo Allen, do Mrs Countryman, city 1R E rreeland. city j m taunpbeil. city F M Fale. Fales' Ldg H Meacbam. Camas J TV Mitchell. Camas i Mrs Gray. Camas H Hatfield.. Kan Mrs Hatfield. do M Washburn. do Llna Merryman. Philo math, Or Mrs L Astrund. Bridal Veil. Or Peter Smith do Col H M Taylor. Cath- lamet J C Barron, Wlsner J L Kellv. Dalles I Miss Edith Randall, do i Mrs f sanders. do IC L Doggert, do C Kllnger. . do Thomas Barry, Cal range in the mountains on account of the fences. "We have to go miles out of our way through lanes," .ho said. While the picture is not as dark as ho paints it, yet there Is truth in it, and only a few years will see It verified. Sheep are decreasing In numbers, and fences are Increasing upon every hand. It is only a forerunner of what will take place in the course of a few years throughout Eastern and Southern Oregon. While thousands of acres are barren and known as "desert" lands, yet in easy reach of Tiearly every section of this coun try are mountain streams with a suffi cient -now of water to Irrigate each sec tion. There are prospectors every Summer purveying parties and capitalists look ing over the field, and irrigation companies are being formed, and ditches are being dug. There is scarcely a stream In the whole country that has pot been explored and surveys made to ascertain its aver age flow of water and the area of coun try contiguous to It subject to irrigation. There are many filings to cover water rights on streams purely for speculative purposes, but there are also many by men who have begun serious work and are already irrigating large areas of land. A kind of a rush is being made along the Deschutes River, in the western part Of this county. The river runs through a mountainous country, and in many places on both sides lies vast areas of rich valley lands that haye been called "deserts" along with all the dry sections of the country. These lands are a vol canic loam of an unknown depth, and need nothing but water to grow anything In abundance that will grow In this lati tude. Grain, hay, vegetables, fruits and everything that grows outside of a trop- Mcal climate grows here in abundance. The soil is so- rich that it will be-years "before jany fertilizing will need be used. It needs but one thing, and that is wa ter. The rivers and mountain streams carry an abundance, and this will soon 'be brought into use. Already the west side of the Deschutes, a large area of country lying between that stream and the Cascado Mountains, In the western portion of the county, is pro vided for. Tumalow Creek, which takes its rise at the glaciers of the Three Sis ters, flows Into the Deschutes near Its source. This creek has a heavy flow Wln- rter and Summer. To the north lies a level section of country, containing about 15,000 acres. The water rights of this stream were filed upon and a company organized in 1E93. A small amount of as sessment work was done, and thevnat ter dragged along until last year. Decem ber 5, 1699. 'C. S. Smith, M. E. Brink. C. Ml Cartwright and A. R, Lisle took hold of the matter, reorganized the company. Increased the capital stock and began work In earnest. "They now have the main ditch extended several miles, and have flowing water, the only "flowed" water in the western part of the county, and are supply ranches in the vicinity. ' To supply the entire section of country, the main ditch or canal will only have to be 16 miles long, and it is being pushe'd ahead as fast as. practicable. The ditch is 24 feet wide and Xour feet deep. In this case, as in all others, the lands adjoining the ditch are being taken up as -it progresses, either as homesteads or under tho desert act. The laws are lib eral toward these enterprises The Gov ernment gives a right Df way through all of its lands to the ditches, and the laws give the right jo eminent domain over all private lands. This ditch is ex pected to be Completed during the com ing year, and in dueVcourse of time that whole section of countrywjn be supplied with water at a nominal figure. The cost of the main ditch s estimated at $75,000. The outlet for the water will be through Red Rock Canyon, and thence through Squaw Creek back to the Deschutes. The headquarters- of the company is in Prineville. Another company has been recently or ganized, with headquarters at Farewell Bend, In the -western part of the county. It is composed of men of means, and doubtless means business. A strip of 32 miles of "desert" lies between Prineville and Furewell Bend, on the Deschutes, and this company Is organized for the purpose of Irrigating that entire section of country. The lands in the main are fertile, and need nothing but water to make anything grow upon them. The fountain-head selected by the new com pany Is ample, and it is said that work will be begun at once, and the most ex- tensive system will be inaugurated that has ever been undertaken in this section of country. Surveying is being done, and permanent headquarters' of the company are established. But this Is only the be ginning of the plans of irrigation in this country. Irrigation and small farms are coming to stay. The stock Industry is retiring from cultivable land. talker, and scarcely gives the stranger a chance to use a question. He is a rypicai home is never forgotten. He was a. musi- but eccentric Ho says that he wears the clothing and fastens it as he does in order character, and when once seen at his 1 to Iceep The aIrfrom his body, declaring that he Is subject to rheumatism, and clan from childhood, and when he grew that this means of dresslnsr prevents it. up he married a, musician. In 1SS2 he and He Is past middle life, and has accumu- hls wife came across the plans with an lated considerable property. ox team as missionaries. They did mls-- slonary work In Idaho and Washington and finally landed in Oregon. Their fam ily Increased by the addition of four chil dren, and they finally setled down In this state, the father teaching music, and ranching for a living. The children were singers from the time they cou'd talk. Those who came to take lessomu4n music spent most of the time In listening to tho little fellows sing. Finally -visitors began to pour in to hear the children sing, and the house of the De Mosses became a rendezvous for lovera of music so many came that music lessons were impossible and bank ruptcy was starrng the head of the fam ily in the face. Since they were so popu lar, Mr. De Moss decided to give a public entertainment. Times v. ere good, and he charged U for admission. The house was crowded. the net proceeds large, and he was persuaded to repeat the entertain ment. This was done with great success, and entertainments were given at other places, and the De 3Ioss family soon found themselves onthe road. They per formed In New Tork. Philadelphia, Bos ton, San Francisco and all of the lead ing cities of America. They then went to Europe and gave entertainments in England. Germany, Switzerland. Belgium and France. All over the world they are known as the "Lyric bards from Oregon." Henry B. De Moss was the composer of Acquitted Because of Insanity COLFAX, July 13. The Jury In the casa of the State vs. Jordan H. David, charged with horse-stealing, returned: a verdict of not guilty, because of the Insane condi tion of the defendant, and Judge W. H. H. Kean, of Tacoma. now here, has Is sued a warrant of commitment to the in sane asylum at ModlcH Lake. When the verdict of acquittal was-given, the Sheriff at once rearrested JJavld on a warrant from Latah County, Idaho, where a charge of grand larceny against Divld had been made Later the Idaho authori ties decided not to attempt extradition. People who have k,nown David from boy hood state that his Insanity is a sham. M. O. Reed, special prosecutor in, the case of the State vs. Charles De France, who Is charged with grand larceny, yes terday filed notice that the state had ap pealed to the Supreme Court from tho decision of Judge McDonald, granting a change of venue." Palouse Hfrvqs't. Is On. COLFAX, July 13. Harvest has begun in the Palouse country, and for the next 100 days or more the sound of the thresher can bo heard In all directions In the county, and at-almost all hours of the day and night. Heading has been in progress for several days, and the bind- Sweet Oregon" and "Pennsylvania, Key- "Ae5lnw?mr'?n8;,over a weei5.??- J"16 stonn nf th Tlnlnn " Thor mnrtn a. ernt "" ""'.l, c -uu"' f ue uuua fSZ 0 A "CacKOTnas - McfcAery - i. OREGON CTTT, July 13, The Clackamas River is recognised as one of the best in tha country for artificial fish propagation, and the oldest hatchery In the Northwest Is that lo cated on the river at the mouth of Clear Creek!" That Is owned and maintained by the United States Fish Commission. It will not be operated this year, however the Government having made arrangements for a hatchery at the Dedman place, four miles below, and near tha. railroad, where better water Is available than at the Clerk Creek Institution. The 'plant necessary Is not expensive. A third hatchery is operated at the headwaters ot the Clackamas, within the Cascade forest reserve, about 60 miles by wagon road and trail from this city. This plant Is owned by the State of Oregon. It has been run Xour ears without buildings. So far. It has been one of the most satisfactory stations operated by the state, and a permanent plant Is expected to bo provided there before next season. B. N. Carter, superintendent of the Clackamas hatchery. Is busy getting- material ready for the construction of the new hatchery building, four miles further down the river. Tho old hatchery will be kept Intact In charge of a watchman, so that it will be kept in proper order if it Is desired to use Jt In the future. Mr. Carter says that the new hatchery Is for temporary use, although It may be made permanent. It has the advantage of pure spring water, and Is conveniently situated wtlh reference to the railroad. The same plan of work adopted at the old hatchery will be carried out. except that a specialTyw 111 be made of hatch ing lake trout and whiteflsb. In addition to chlnook salmon. A telephone, snd other conven iences will be added to the new station, and Mr. Carter wlir remove his family to Oregon City, the new hatchery being easily accessible by rail. In that vicinity, and are, of course, well to do. The famous quartet of singers, composed of ,Henry, George, Lizzie and Minnie, that traveled all" over the world from Oregon was broken in 1S96 by the death of the youngest, Minnie. The other three are now in Pennsylvania. The pa-triarchcal-loofeinff-father, who. with hia first wife, used tq travel with the chil dren, now lives with his second wife at the De Moss home, near here. He h a large Job printing press, and does all of the circular printing for the traveling musicians. He has no type, but they send him electrotype plates and he spends days and days printing hundreds of thousands of these posters. He Is truly patrlarchcal-lodklng to the stranger, rather heavy set. wears his hair very long, which, like his long, flow ing beard. Is white as snow, and- falls be- ,low his shouldors.jHe .Is .an Incessant Hotel Brunswick, Seattle. European, first .class. Rates. 7Dc and up. block from depot Restaurant next door. One Tacoma Hotel, Tacoma. American plan Rates $3 and up. Donnelly Hotel. Taootna. European plan. Rates. 50c and up How the Term Ball Originated. Chicago Inter Ocean. "Balls" were made In Germany and were the result' of an old cuson) which consisted of an assemblage oP 'all tho marriageable glris of the village during the Easter holidays In order to present to each newly married bride at whose wedding they had danced a beautifully ornamented ball. After being carried on a gayly decorated pole through the vil lage this ball was presented to the bride, who was, then laid under obligation to provide music Or the evening so that all who wished to do so might dance. From this custom caine thephrase, "to give a ball." " Crolcer on the Committee. NEW YORK, July 18. Mayor James A. Magulre. of Syracuse, who is managing the Bryan campaign in this state, was in conference today with Richard Croker and ex-Senator Edward Murphy Mr. Croker was invited-to serve as a member tfie lives of many millions of black Afri cans than the Christian Influences, which are only just beginning to make large headway. It cannot be said that this in fluence of Islam is wholly salutary, though many observers, like the learned Dr. Bly den, of Liberia, regard Inlem as, the great est civilizing agency yet Introduced into Africa; but these Moslem proselytes have made the natives better than they found them, and have stimulated foreign trade with "darkest Africa" to a rer 'ble extent. When Stanley and othei or- ers began to penetrate equatorial regions they said: "These tribes around the lakes, who dress in long garments made of bark fiber, are beginning to discard their flimsy na tive cloth and are swathing their bodies with fold after fold of white cottons from England and America. The Arabs among them dress in these cloths, and' have con vinced the natives of ithelr great advan tage over the home-made "cloth. A great future Is coming for the the cloth trade in Inner Africa.' The trade la growing every year. Scores of tribes in Central Africa are eager to buy "Mericanl," as they call the cottons made In America, which traders now, bring to their villages. About October in. every year the great caravan, that crosses the Sahara from Moiocco to Tim buktu, starts on its way. The caravan always numbers about 10.000 camels, and a fifth of them are laden with white American and British cottons, and blue and other colors. The greatest 'imports of Tripoli, which is the ether great center of the desert caravan trade, are cotton cloths, and most of them are sent to the desert oases and the fertile Soudan be yond. White cottons are among the largest imports of Zanelbar, and many of them are sent inland to the natives, who never saw these manufactures till tho Arabs appeared among, them in their white garments. England flB the largest share In thla trade, but $500,000 worth of our cheap, uncolored. "cottpijs were sent into the wldls of Africa last year, and it is the Moslem who has qpene4 these new markets 'for the textilMf Jbo "Infidel'' nations. But the Mohammedans have done more than to "open these new markets. They have stimulated textile manufactures in the very heart of Africa tosuch an ex tent that cloth made lh?TatS.PPdan la now for sale in "Mediterranean , ctiea. Tha town of Kanp, only a fetj days' Journey from Lake Tcha'd, ha peeri well called "the Manchester of Ceptr&l Africa," for the cjqth it weaves from the pative cot ton clothes more than, half the! people of the Central Soudan. Fanatical followers of Islam, cannot keep out of ouch with the rest of the world, Ihotlgh they may for years wall dtles Woe- Tjirilrultttt and Har rar, and seal up great -Cregtons, like tho Egyptian Soudan", against every white race. They may proclaim won the in fidel while at the same! t'mejthelr vcr3r tastes and arrtltudes ire onehing ways through which foreign vcommt5rce enters as water Invades a leaking ship." r- & How Fortunes Oosae ni Go. A man who made & big fortune out of a single song and lost it again has Just died In London, H. J. Leslie. "Mr, Leslie was many things at varfous times a elty accountant, a theatrical .speculator, a theatrical builder, a theatrical manager, a struggling Journalist, an exile in Amer ica, a wealthy man and-" a principal in a famous cause eclcbre. The light opera, "Dorothy," was first produced at the Gaiety Theater, and did not meet with success. Mr. Leslie bought it for a very small sum and transferred it .to the Prince of WalBs Theater.. 3ut here, too, it failed to make an impression until one happy night Mr. Hayden Coffin sang "Queen of My Heart." and the pleco bounded into immediate success. It had the longest musical rtin on rec ord, and made a large fortune for Mr. Leslie, so much so that he wob enabled to build the Lyric Theater "and spread out Intojvarlous other theatrical ventures. But when "Dorothy" stopped his luck went with it, and ho lost his entire for tune, never to recover it. On the very day he died he was gazetted bankrupt at the suit of the same man, Hayden Cofiln, who had once sung him into a fortune. hit at the World's Exposition at Chicago I in singing these songs. They gave daily entertainments there during the World's Fair. "Cayuse" Miller Is one of the most con spicuous characters of this section of country. He is a full brother of the poet, Joaquin Miller, and resembles him very much. Tall and gaunt, he wears his hair, which comes half way down his back, tied near the center of the wisp like a school girl. It 13 light In color, as are his ejes and board- He has a keen. Intelligent eye, very much like the poet brother, and he 13 equally eccentric. He wear over alls and Jumper and broad-brimmed hat. The legs of the overalls nre stuffed Into the legs of -a pair of heavy boots, and he wears a belt around his waist such as stagedrlvers wear, composed of leather and at least a foot In width. He says Uthat he does this to protect his kidneys. He is married and has several cnllaren. They live 34 miles from Moro. Miller Is a teamster and stockman, and is ohe of the greatest horsemen In this section of country. Although 60 years old, he will go Into the corral and rope the wildest cayuse and place him In the team, and without bridle or rope work Jilnr right along, making a good puller "of him from the start. "Cayuse" Miller has never had a pic ture taken, and says he never will. He avoids publicity, but says ho will soon sprang a matter that will make him mdre famous than his brother. He Is Intelli gent, well educated and converses Inter estingly on all the standard books, and Is abreast of the times. But the most novel citizen of this county is N. C. Long. He resides about IS miles from Moro. He lives alone, and Is en gaged In the stock business. His man ner of living and dressing gives him his reputation. Winter and Summer he wears not less than eight suits of clothing. These are peculiarly constructed. Of the whole eight suits, no two of them fasten in the same place. For Instance, the first suit, or one next to the body, will button In front, as other men's do. The next "layer." or suit, will open and fasten on the left side, the next on the right side, and the next In the back. Then the body is quartered up and the suits open half way between the other fastenings, until the whole eight suits are on and fastened, no two In tho same place. His mannecof coming to town Is also novel. He has--a two-wheeled vehicle, to which he has attached shafts. .Upon the hounds of this vehicle he has erected a small square platform, and upon this platform he has a large arm-chair fas, tened. He uses neither rein nor bridle on the horse hitched to this vehicle, but sits upon his throne and drives Into town with a whlp. He has a long whip, and Indicates the route he wishes the animal to go by pointing the whip, and the horse obeys Implicitly. When he arrives In town he leaves the outfit and the horse wanders about, drag ging the vehicle, until the master gets ready to go home, when he mounts his throne and drives away as he came. Long Is a man of ordinary intelligence. next week, with rye and barley crops in the western part of the county. Reports from all parts of the county are that crop prospects- have never been better. Wheat fields look better than other grains. Farmers are looking for phenomenal yields, and there are-thousands of acres of Fall wheat thit It Is expected "vrtll yield from 40 to 55 bushels per acre. Lanrttit' Lecture nt Ashland. ASHLAXD. Or., July 13. Congressman Charles B. Landls. of Indiana, was the star attraction at the Chautauqua assem bly this evening, and drew an Immense audience to hear his splendid lecture on "Grant." The crowds In attendance at the meetings are Increasing and still greater numbers are expected for to morrow; when Mr. Landls will give an Informal talk In the afternoon and at night his lecture on "An Optimist's Mes sage. Sawmill Xear Spokane Burned. SPOIvANE, Wash., July 13. The large mill of the Buckeye -Lumber Company, IT miles, north of the city, was burned at noon today. The loss Ib $80,000; Insurance, $5000. It was the largest mill in this section and employed 50- men. It will be rebuilt. The flames burst opt while the men were at dinner. By hard work the planing mill and l.CCO.000 feet of lumber. In the yards were saved. The Spectral Twins. New Tork Times. Tho militarism bugaboo Is the hunch back sister of imperialism. She Is a weazened and scrawny brat to whom no body has paid any attention until re cently. But now Mr. Bryan couples the names of these spectral twins In all hla arraignments of the McKlnley Adminis tration, or whenever he enumerates the issues of the campaign. Mr. Richard Croker speaks of her in a solemn and fearsome manner, as though she were the rugged Russian bear; the armed rhi noceros, and the Hjrcan tiger consoli dated, like the Ice Trust- But Mr. Croker Is no realist. In politics he is a pro nounced idealist. Imperialism militar ism, and 16 to 1 are to him not only the symbols but the substance. He could not for the life of him tell what they menn or what things unseen lie behind them. But he will go through the cam paign talking about them In a plausible way. Just as a colored preacher will strike awe into the hearts of the breth ren and sisters by allusions to foreord' nation and predestination. But analysis and, elucidation are not to be expected from a Tammany boss. ew Japanese 3Iinlster. WASHINGTON". Jufy 13. 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