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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
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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-
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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."
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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. The State De
partment todav was advised by the Jap
anese Legation of the appointment of
Kogoro Takahlra as Japanese Minister at
Washington. ,
Nebraska Prohibitionists.
LINCOLN. Neb . July 13. The Prohibi
tion State Convention today nominated a
full state tickcC headed by-L. O. Jones, of
Lincoln, for Governor.
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