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OFFICIAL STORY OF PLOT PLAN TO OVERTURX CANADIAN RULE ON THE TUKON. United" State and Ganada Had Agreed tcAct Together in Case of a Rebellion. OTTAWA, Ont, Nov. 22. Tho story of the plot to overthrow Canadian rule In the Yukon, based upon official reports to the Minister of the Interior, follows: "About three weeks ago tho police at Dawson, under the direction of Superin tendent Woods, shadowed a man whom they thought was a suspicious character. The police got into this man's confidence, and he Anally disclosed a plot which, ho said, 2ad been formed by people at Skag way and Seattle. The idea was to rush the posts In the lower part of the Yukon, and then take possession of the country. The conspirators reckoned upon the American citizens In the Yukon not as sisting the Canadian authorities, so that the raid, In their opinion, would be com paratively an easy matter. "News of the plot was quickly sent from Dawson to White Horse, and the police there 60on bad under surveillance all suspicious characters. Tho headquar ters of the conspiracy was located at Skagway, and It was ascertained who the characters associated with it were and where tho papers bearing upon the plot were kept. There was nothing, however, to stow any overt act of treason to the United States or 2anada, consequently the authorities could not take any pro ceedings. Canadian officers went down to Skagway, nevertheless, and consulted with United States officers, and concerted action was agreed upon in case of neces sity. In tho meantime tho persons con nected with tho plot were closely watched." All the facts in tho possession of the Interior Department regarding tho alleged conspiracy were made public today. Offi cials hero do not take a serious view of tho situation. On September 21 Controller Fred White, of tho Mounted Police, was advised by Superintendent Primrose, of Dawson, of a report from Seattle that some scheme was being concocted to seize Canadian terri tory la tho Yukon. 'On the 25tb - Mr. White again received a message from Su perintendent Primrose saying he was un able to confirm tho report, although cir cumstances tended to confirm his sus picions. On September 21 Superintendent Primrose again wired that his previous cipher message referred to the disputed territory and tho Dalton trail, and that ho was writing. Superintendent Primrose's letter was received October 7. It stated that ho bed been unable to confirm cur rent reports. It appears that a man named H. Greght had told at Dawson that he knew of a conspiracy against the government; that Greght had been shadowed by the police, and it was discovered that he told several stories about himself. He had been In Dawson about a month. Greght, It was said by a member of tho Mounted Police, had been In the grocery business In Butte, Mont. Nothing more was heard from there until November 4, when Con troller Fred White received tho following telegram from Superintendent Wood, of Dawson: "Snyder reports having discovered whereabouts In Skagway of papers relat ing to conspiracy to seize territory. United States refuses to secure unless Snyder makes affidavit as to conspirators. This, of course, ho cannot do. Am satisfied such conspiracy exists." The police were also trying to locate a man named Short, who had been men tioned as having knowledge of a conspir acy. IT WAS BORJf AT DAWSON. More of tho Conspiracy to Over throw Canadian Rule on Yukon. SEATTLE, Nov. 22. The Times prints me ionowins irom victoria, B. c.: There was an organized conspiracy to seize Dawson, secure the barracks of the Isorthwest mounted police, with their arms and ammunition, loot the banks and pillage the metropolis of the rich North ern gold fields. These facts are confirmed. James Seeley, formerly of this city, and now head of the secret service of the Northwest mounted police, is in tho city, and says that not only was there a conl spiracy to overthrow Canadian rule In the Yukon and loot Dawson, but the scheme hatched by the conspirators was a very feaslblo one, and had its exist ence not been discovered by the secret service of tho Yukon and nipped in the bud, the raiders could have accomplished their purpose, and, after taking Dawson, could have held that place and the Yukon for six weeks or two months. The conspiracy was born at Dawson, and had a branch at Skagway, out no existence in any other point to the south of Skagway, although efforts were made to secure tho assistance of pro-Boer sym pathizers in Seattle and other points in the United States. It was at Dawson that tho plot was made last Summer. Several American Fenians who had drifted to Dawson got together and formed an or ganization which was called the Order of the Midnight Sun. A number of others were gathered la. and the order mw un til there were several hundred adherents in September, when the members of the secret service in the Yukon became aware of its existence. ELKS MEMORIAL DAT. . Ralph E Moody Will Deliver the Ad- dress at Salem. SALEM, Nov. 22. Salem Lodge, No. 336, B. P. O. E., has completed arrangements for -the annual memorial exercises to be held In honor of the deceased members of the order. The services will be conducted in the lodgeroom in the I. O. O. F. tem ple, on Sunday afternoon, December J, and invitations are being Issued. The memo rial address will be delivered by Ralph E Moody, of Portland. The programme of exercises will be as follows: Selection m. ,. .. B'.p - E- orchestra. Ritualistic work Selection I.I.V.V.V t... ,. .. B- F. O. E. orchestra. Ritualistic work Opening ode Duet "Hark. Hark. My Soul" ...V.W'shelley Miss Lona White and Mrs. Charles H. , A , Hinges. . Introductory remarks Exalted Ruler F. W. Durbln. """ .Prayer .........r.... ............ -r ,, Rev. W. C Kantne'r. Memorial address c , .. . - E Moody. Solo "Holy CUy" Readlng-.nas6.8. H;..H!.8;. ..'.'."" Selection ....?.I!S.B..f!,.,t..f-. ' o,... i. ., Stalwart Quartet. Ritualistic work Closing ode A BLESSIXG TO THE LOGGERS. Heavy Rains WilT Permit of the Rnnnlng of Many Log. ASTORIA, Nov. 22,-The heavy rain storm of last night and today is a bless ing to the loggers- In thl3 district, as the freshet will enable them to bring their logs down to tidewater. It Is estimated that there are about 20,000.000 feet of logs In the streams in this vicinity ready td De floated down. The number of feet In the various streams Is as follows: Lewis and Clark, 7,000,000; Necanlcum. 5.0W.W3: ioung's River. 2,000.000; Gray's River 4,000,000, Crooked Creek, 2,000,000. ' Will Not Accept Nominations. n?0 ,be pessary for the Republican vltj Central Committee to fill a number or vacancies in the ticket nominated yes terday. A. Schernecker, who was select ed as the candidate for Mayor, has re fused the nomination on the ground of Ill health. He was also nominated by the Citizens for Councilman from the Second Ward, which office he at present holds Martin Foard, who w nnmin.if ,-,. the Republicans for Police Commissioner, I haa declined tho position for bigness rea- f sons, it is understood that there will be other -withdrawals from the Republican ticket. GAS AT ONTARIO. It TVaa Straclc by Men Drilling for j, Oil Well Will Be "Shot." ONTARIO. Or.. Nnv. 22 A trnvl final ity of gas was struck yesterday in the oil woll being drilled near here. It was at once lighted and burned continuously throughout the night. Drilling has been discontinued and arrangements are being made to "shoot" the well. The gas comes up through about 1000 feet of water. The strike Is iust outside the great belt where oil 1b said to exist, and it Is not improbable that another few hundred feet on the bottom of Ontario's well will open the deposit for which the Vale people are looking. The shooting of the well will take place In a day or two. Tho townspeople who have subscribed to tho deep oil well here are greatly exer cised at tho gas strike, and are willing to go deeper. If the result la not more than satisfactory at the UOO-foot mark. Oregon Mining: Stock Exchange. Yesterday's quotations: Bid. Adams Mountain 24 noiuiift-aiciuflurBB iguaranieeaj ...144 BuHalft s( Copperqpojls 145 t-onoou Gold Hill & Bohemia .. Huronlan 5 Lost Horse 2 Riverside 2$ aumnter consolidated 2 3 Sales: 2250 Copperopolls 15 IMOCarlbou ...I 2 lOOOHuronlan e 1000 Lost Horse v 214 SPOKANE. Nov. 22. The closing quotations of mining stocks: Bid. Ask. Morrison 1 2V4 Prin. Maud .. 2S 2ft Amer. Boy . Blacktall ... Crystal Deer Trail . Gold Ledge . L. P. Surp.. L. Dreyfus .. WUlip iJ 20 Ramb Car .00 S3 . 3V1 4 . 4$ C . OVi 10 .13 14 Republic . . . Reservation Sullivan ... Tom Thumb Mtn. Uon ...23H 2VA Morn. Glory.. 1 H 2 SAN FRANCISCO, Noy. 22.-Offlclal closrlng quotatlons of mining stocks: Alta $o 06Moxlcan SO 10 Belcher DiOcoldental Con ... 4 Beet & Belcher... Ophlr 80 Caledonia 22iOverman 3 Challenge Con ... lGJPotosl 4 ChoUar 5Saago 5 Confidence 70 Sierra Nevada ... 10 Con. Cal. &Va... 1 60SUver Hill 32 Crown Point 2IStandard 3 25 Gould & Curry... 7(Unlon Con 12 Hale & Norcrosa. 18Utah Con 1 NEW TORK. Nov. 22. Mining stocks today closed as follows: Adams Con $0 18, Little Chief $0 12 Alice 45 Ontario 0 50 Breeoe OOiOphlr , 75 Brunswick Con .. 11 Phoenix Comstock Tunnel. C Con. Cal. & Va... 1 55 Deadwood Terra.. 50 Horn Silver 1 00 Iron Sliver GO! Potest 3 Savage 5 Sierra Nevada ... 8 Small Hopes 40 Standard 3 05 Leadville Con ... 51 BOSTON, Nov. 22 Closing1 quotations: Adventure S 22 OOlOscoola 100 00 Alloues 4 50Parrott 37 00 Amalgamated.. 86 O0Qulncy 150 00 Baltic 40 OOiSanta Fe Cop... 4 50 Cal. & Hecla... 670 OOiTamarack 287 00 Centennial .... 15 50Trlmountaln .... 44 00 Copper Range. 64 00Trlnlty 23 25 Dominion Coal.. 46 50 Utah 22 12 Franklin 16 COJVlctorla 8 75 Mohawk 47 501 Wolverines 50 50 Old Dominion.. 26 70 1 Rich Body of Ore Uncovered. GRANT'S PASS, Nov. 22. A body- of ore has been uncovered at a depth of 200 feet in the Nlghthawk mine, In the Water Gulch district, 25 miles east of here, that Is proving fabulously rich. The pay chute uncovered has a width of 13 inches, and sets nearly vertical. Several tons of the ore that have been taken out went ?94 to the ton, free gold and sulphurets. Eighty tons have bceu removed from the strike that have milled S75 per ton. None of the base rock In the vein runs less than $22. The Nlghthawk Is a new propo. sltlon. WOOLGROWERS ORGANIZE. Mnlhcnr and Harney County Men Will Hereafter Pool Their Clip. ONTARIO, Or., Nov. 22. Organization of the Malheur and Harney County Wool growers' Association was effected here yesterday. Thomas Tumbull was elected president and E, H. Test secretary and treasurer. Hereafter the wool of these two counties will be controlled by this as sociation, and auction sales will prevail. Heretofore the wool has been held here for months until buyers could be given their time to look Into the matter. Nerr Blooded Cattle Ranch. N. U. Carpenter, cashier of the First National Bank here, has purchased some good farm property and rented contigu ous pasture lands for a long term of years, and is bringing in some blooded stock cattle from Eastern States, and will breed some very fine animals. He is Joined In this by Mr. Schilling, of WaslW ington, D. C. Witnesses Against Ballict Leave. BAKER CITY, Nov. 22. The witnesses in the Balllet case, which comes up for trial before the "United States District Court at Des Moines, la., on November 23, left yesterday to be present at tho opening of court next Monday. The wit nesses from this city are J. T. Donnelly, cashier of the First National Bank; B. T. Potter, Pqstmaster; Ira NIchola. James Balsley, C. H. Stuller and Fred S. Lack. This is the second trip these gentlemen have made to Des Moines in connection with this trial. The case was set for hearing last May, but was postponed at the request of the defendant The charge against L,etson Balllet, tho defendant, is using the United States malls for fraudulent purposes. Teachers' Institute at Dallas. DALLAS, Or., Nov. 21 The second day of tho Polk County Teachers' Institute was marked by an Increased attendance. Superintendent Robinson, of Multnomah County, and Professor S. Y. Glllan, of Milwaukee, Wis., were the principal speakers today. Dr. G. M. Gaston spoke at the City Hall tonight on "Yosemlte, God's Own Cathe dral." This lecture was under the aus pices of the Dallas Library Association, and was arranged for as a treat to the visiting teachers. It was Indeed a treat. Welcome Rain for Wheat District. MORO, Or., Nov. 22. After a long dry spell, which caused farmers to feel un easy as to the coming wheat crop. This section yesterday had a fine warm rain, which will place tho young grain beyond danger of freezing out. There Is an un usually large acreage of Summer fallow seeded to wheat this season in Sherman County, and, owing to the present rain and other favorable conditions, the pros pects for a large yield of Fall-sown grain were never better. Supreme Court Coses Set for Trial. SALEM, Or., Nov. 22. J. J. Murphy, Clerk of the Supreme Court, today set cases for hearing as follows: State of Oregon vs. O'Day and L. Tarpley, Montgomery vs. Smith, Decem ber 2. x Miller vs. Homaker, Knight vs. Ho maker, December S. Pacific Coast Biscuit Company vs. J. Dugger, December 4. Singer Manufacturing Company vs. Driver, December 5. Portland Man Gets the Contract WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. -A contract has been awarded to Fred 'A. Rlckson", of Portland, for tearing down the old In dian school building at Umatilla and re placing the same with a brick Rtriintiiro to accommodate 125 pupils. The contract jjiitu ui mis worK is -try sz. v Pioneer of Douglas County. ROSEBURG, Or., Nov. 22.-A. Love, a plonoer of Douglas County, died near Wilbur today, aged a year& He left three sons. Asked. 4 i 25 6 9 I 25 16 .- s IO 6 20$ Bid. Ask. 84 10 Oft "0 2 3 aw. 4 THE MORKIKG OBEGONIAN, SATUEDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1001. FIRST TRAIN PULLS IN "WASHINGTON & OREGON COMES PUFFING INTO VANCOUVER. Freight Will Be Carried to Kalauia at Once Line Is Sore to Be Ex tended to Portland. VANCOUVER, Wash., Nov. 22. The first locomotive and construction train over the Washington & Oregon Railway pulled into the city limits at about 3 o'clock this afternoon. This does not mean, however that the roid between here and Kalama has been completed. Only a few unites between Lewis River and Fullda, in Clark County, has been ballasted, and It will be some time before the remainder of the line can be ballasted. There are also two steel bridges to be com pleted on tho line one across Salmon I NESTOR, OF THE WALLA WALLA VALLEY DEMOCRACY J. O. MARCKLEY. 1 '' ' "mTmmm'mps7srT(iHmt e..t $ $ Creek, which will be finished about Febru ary 1, and the other across Lewis Rlvor, which will not be in condition for trains to cross before March 1. It Is the purpose of the management, however, to begin "carrying freight over the line at once, and to put passenger trains In operation eome time next month, temporary crossings having been provided across Lewis River and Salmon Creek. Manager Rice says the extension of tho road to Portland by means of a bridge across the Columbia at this point is a practical certainty. Congress will be asked to grant a franchise for the bridge at tho coming session, and as soon as this authority is obtalnqd tho work of con struction will be commenced. GOVERNOR MAY PARDON THEM. Three Murderers Likely to Be Set Free About Chrltttntas Time. OLYMPIA, Wash., Nov. 22. It Is prob. able that Governor John R. Rogers will about Christmas time commute or shorten the sentences of three men now serving time In tho state penitentiary at Walla Walla, having been convicted of murder. One of them Is John Hum, who, with ' nis motner, was sent to prison for life from Walla Walla for having, In territor ial days, set fire to their home to recover Insurance money. An Inmate of the house was burned to death. Hum's mother, Mrs. Nancy Piles, died of consumption recently, after having been pardoned. Hum's wife and son live somewhere In California. Harry Miler, known as convict 400, sent up from Tacoma for life for killing Ws room-mate, Is one of the men likely to be pardoned. He said when convicted that ho came home and found his room-mate rifling his trunK. They had a struggle, and the room-mate tried to kill Miller. The latter overpowered and killed him. James Robinson, of Snohomish, who Is now 70 years of ace. had trouble 12 wsrs ago with, a neighbor. Ths latter hnA him down, and was standing over him with an axe. Robinson's son and anotherboy came along. They had been hunting. In response to Roblnaon's cries they shot and killed the neighbor. Robinson went to jail for 19 years. The boys also served terms, but were later pardoned. One vio lated the parole law and was returned to Jail. The trial Judge and Prosecuting Attor ney In each caso have recommended ex-, ecutlve action In favor o the prisoners. CHILD RETURNED TO GUARDIAN. Supreme Court Rules Against a Washington Mother. OLYMPIA, Wash., Nov. 22.-A case that nus agtiaiea tne superior Court of Thurs ton County and the Supreme Court was settled this evening by the latter body. Several -weeks ago Mrs. Esther M. Grant made application to the Supreme Court for a writ of hebeas corpus for the pos session of her Infant son, Gilbert M. Grant, who has been In the possession of Thomas N. Frather, of this county, for several months past, having been placed there by the bay's father, because of the alleged fact that the mother was mentally and physically Incapable of caring for him. The higher court referred the mat ter to the Superior Court for the taking of testimony. The trial Judge Anally re p?$?d 1" favor of the mother having tho child. The fathor then forcibly took pos session of the cKUd from Its temporary guardian, and was summoned to appear to answer for contempt of the Supreme Cuur. A.th,s Juncture the court made Sheriff Mills guardian of the child, and since then the Sheriff has had the baby In charge. This evening the Supreme Court Issued an order to the Sheriff com manding him to return the child to Prather, the former guardian, without costs to either party to the long-drawn-out contest. ORDERED TO HONOLULU. Chief Surgeon Glrnrd Will Soon Leave Vancouver Barracks. VANCOUVER BARRACKS Nov 22 Colonel Joseph B. Glrard, chief surgeon of the Department of the Columbia, has been ordered to Honolulu to take charge of the medical department there. Dr Gerard has been In this department a little over five months, having been or dered from St. Louis to Vancouver Bar racks upon the death of Louis Tesson Fielding L. Polndexter, of Virginia, who was a private In the Second Oregon Vol unteers, has been appointed a Second Lleutenant-at-Large in the Artillery Major William F. Tucker, paymaster has been granted a leave of absence for one month, beginning December 1. Captain Walter A. Bethel, besides his duties as Acting Judge-Advocate will take charge of the engineer office at'these headquarters. Another Dally Paper for Olympla. OLYMPIA. Wash., Nov. 22,-OlympIa Is to have another dally paper the Recorder -January 1. The publisher will be J. Al lan Hornsby, a well-known newspaper man, who Is backed by a number of well known citizens. 910,000 Cash Ball Forfeited. EVERETT, Wash., Nov. 22.-In the Su perior Court today a decree by default was rendered by Judge Denney to plain tiff in the case of the Puget Sound He ductioa Company vs. H, G. Kllnze, ac- cused of defrauding the smelter of S2S37 33 by the manipulation of low-grade gold ore so as to, make It assay many times above Its- real value. The defendant also forfeited $10,000 cash ball. The defend ant sold tho reduction company three car loads of ore by sample from his prop1 ertles in Colorado. Pleaded Guilty to- Horsestealing. VANCOUVER, Wash., Nov. 22. John M. Toy, who was arrested at Grass Val ley, Or., Wednesday, and brought here last evening to answer to the charge of horsestealing, pleaded guilty to the charge In the Justice Court here today. He was held to answer in the Superior Court, where he says It Is also his inten tion to enter a plea of guilty. He will probably be arraigned In the higher court tomorrow. . High Water Canses Boom to Break. CHEHALIS, Wash., Nov. 22. Last night's heavy downpour of rain caused high water In the Chejialis River, result ing today In the boom of Chandler Bros., at Dryad, breaking. Fourteen hundred cords of shlnglo bolts will come down to tMHHMMMeM0M-HMttMttO PERRY, Wash., Nov. 22. In Perry resides J. C. KarcUley, the nestor of the Walla Walla Valley De mocracy. He was born in Illinois in 1823. He came to Portland -via Salt Lake and down the Umatilla River In 1850, where he worked at car pentering two years for McDonall & Hlgfftnffs, From there he went to The Dalles, and helped to construct the military post under Quartermas ter Forsythe and Captain Jourdan. Thenco he chanced his location to Rock Creek, B. ti., and the Oka nosan country and Kootenai. For tune not smlilner upon him", he en tered the cattle business, finally celling out to Jpe Freeman (Pcrtu gucsfl Joe), and purchased the Fa. louse ferry, on Snake River, where ho has lived since, Mr. Marckley is a stalwart Democrat, and his advice is always considered in the councils of his narty, which he Is ever ready to assist financially, Ho has an Independent fortune, and his puree Is always open for charitable purposes. He Is universally loved and respected throughout the Walla Walla Valley. Chehalls as a result Thoalr.dlcatlons are tonight that E. A. Frost's shlnglo mill here will go out before morning. - Rnrnl Delivery Routes, WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.-Three free rural delivery routes will go Into opera tion at Spokane, Wash., January 1, with R. B. Payne, E. E, Van Hock and G. B. Powell as carriers. These troutcs will servo a population of 1G0O. and will dis continue offices at Paradise and Moran. Kelso Brevities. KELSO, Wash., Nov. 21 The heavy rains of last night and today will cause the streams In this vicinity to rise enough to allow of the floating of at least 20,000, 000 feet of logs. H. D. Reeves, of Port Townsend, Wash., will establish a creamery here. Hoqnlnra Improvement. HOQUIAM, Wash., Nov. 22. Good prog ress Is being made on the hall being con structed here by the Commercial Club. The hall will be 80x100 feet in Elze, and two stories high. Four GnlnpagroH Turtles Hatched. BERKELEY, Cal., Nov. 22. Four Gala pagos turtles, which are the only ones of their specie In the United States, have been hatched at the Agricultural build ing of the University of California. Two years ago a pair pf turtles were present ed to the university, but It was only four months ngo that tho female deposited eggs In the earth. The grown turtles weigh 400 and 500 pounds. Frenhct Carries Ont a Dam. DALLAS. Or., Nov. 22. Heavy rains in this vicinity last night caused all the streams to rise, and Indications tonight are favorable for more Oregon mist. Tho west end of Riley & Coad's dam in the Creole, near here, was carried out, and It Is expected that more damage will re sult before tho freshet Is oyer. The dam carried out afforded power for a sash and door and a grist mill, i " Musical Recital, PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, Forest Grove, Nov. 22. An excellent recital was ren dered In Marsh Hall chapel tonight un der tho auspices of the conservatory of music by Miss Ruth Rogers, Instrumental Instructor; Miss Burr, violin; Mrs. Frank Raley, of Portland, vocalist. Notwith standing the unfavorable weather the at tendance was large, and each number evoked hearty applause. Officers Brand Reports at False. PENDLETON, Nov. 22.-Offlcers brand as false the reports that many cattle "rustlers" tlnfesjt the country south of Pendleton. It Is not true that a reign of terror Is on in the range country. On the contrary, stock Is unusually secure from predatory gangs of thieves that once op erated throughout Eastern Oregon, Wash ington and Idaho. Plckctors Enjoined. CINCINNATI, Nov. 22,-Judge S. W. Smith, of the Court of Common Pleas, today Issued a temporary restraining order In the application of the Anchor Carriage Company, enjoining 'its striking employes from all acta of violence, and from all In terference with the business of the com pany. The order Is made specific, and does not prohibit peaceable persuasion to Induce workmen to refuse to take the places of strikers, but it prohibits all picketing and like measures tending to have the effect of intimidation. MOODY ALMOST DECIDED AS TO ajAN HE FAVORS FOR POSTT MASTER AT BAKER CITY. Contest Hob Narroyred MJDovfn to Three Men Appointment Will Soon Be Made. BAKER CITY. Nov. 22,-Reproientatlve Moody announced this evening that he ,iust &h.out decided upon the man who would receive his recommendation for the ?? nJmen ot Postmaster at Baker -.ity. Mr. Moody declined to give any names. He did Bay. .however, that the race lay between three men. The mim- if t candWfUe Is about 15. To thdse who have followed the contest closely. It Is believed tha threo men are B. T. Pot ter, the present Incumbent; W. J. Lachner ana j. Moomaw. Asked when the ap pointment would be made, Mr. Moody SSI? : a10rtly attcr Congress meets. I will confer with Senators Mitchell and Simon on reaching Washington, and wc Vr e aeciae tne matter." Mr. Moody arrived in Baker City late last night. This forenoon he met the several candidates for the Postmastershlp. He then conferred with the business men, politicians, members of the bar rd other m,nj5nrt B,ak.er C,ty folk- Wl ho had concluded his labors he spoke as hereto fore stated, adding by way of explanation: I shall not use this position to further my own interests. If the people of Baker city want a man who Is Opposed to my re-election, I will recommend him. I want the appointment to prpmote harmony and strength in the Republican ranks of Baker Mr. Moody left for his homo at The Dallca this evpnlng. He will leave for Washington, P. c, Monday. WORK FOR THE 19O5 FAIR Let It Not Be Said There Are Any "LaegardB In Oregon. The Ontario (Or.)"Argus prints the fol lowing clear-cut article on the LcIs and Clark Centennial: It is safe to say that It Is not even yet generally known to the people of that portion of our country, known In the days of Jefferson as the Louisiana Purchase that a great fair in honor of the explor ers Lewis and Clark of said region Is now In serious contemplation, so little have the nqwspapers of this vast terri tory had to say about it. This Is not so much because they do not Intend to take an active interest "later on" .and labor for the highest and most gratifying .suc cess of tho fair as Jt Is due fo a marked peculiarity of human nature. Enthusi asm is as muoh of an element of success in great Public dcmonctrntlnnB na ovm. ktlve ability and business scnae; and cn- wjutuwjm is aDout as hard to get on long time, even with absolute, sepurlty, as the necessary cash itsolf, and possibly harder. Ninateen-hundrcd-flve sounds like the day t Jsrosnt: to roost people. No one v. Ls of layJnS aslde a dollar now with whloh to pay a debt In 1805. Why? Debtor and creditor both shall have "gone glimmering," perchance, Jong before that U(7ie, But this Is not the way to look ven the common affairs of life in the fooe much less a great experiment. En jnuslasm will "come to the rescue" as the good work proceeds, in fact, the healthy enthusiasm that naturally comes of well-directed efforts In a great cause fraught with far-reaching results Is best because most lasting, and freest from re action and its discouragements. What Newspapers Shonld Do. Our newspapers then should tak nn tha work In a systematic way. Let us not dejay. At present Eastern papers are making more note of tho coming event in inn papers more directly interested. Let us; begin before we discourage them. Already they have given us an earnest support of the advertising we may expect at the hands of their generous and able writers. Lot everybody favor the fair, and favor no other In the, meantime. Let every one becomo informed as to what is to be done and inform his friends In the East through the natural channel of correspondence. Mall them copies of your home papers fre quently, or, better still, arrange with ycur editor for an extra subscription for them at reduced rates. Evey family In Oregori the whole Northwest, for that matter should secure for 7 cents the beautiful 62-page Oregonlan Handbook and send It to some friend or prospective visitor to our Coast. This Is a work In which every one can do something. We need not wait for mpn with their millions. We need, not wait for legislative enactments. Think of the vast aggregate of lasting results if each indi vidual in this great West, including the very school children, does all he can, and in a systematic way, for the next four years. Think of Its effect on our unde veloped resources, on our' schools, our society, the many conveniences and com forts of life. This requires no large amount of capital, and exacts but a small portion of each one's time. It requires no great financiering. Leave that to the magnates. Do not worry about the finan cial success of the great fair. Let the .stockholders do that unpleasant and un necessary thing. Do not wjorry about the banks, Lt u? trust to their sense of fair ness to do their part. Do not worry about the railroads. They will put more Into the enterprise than all other sources combined "by reduced excurelon rutes, th circulation of many tons of carefully com piled statistics of resources, every spe cies of handsomely Illustrated literature In fine, all that goes to make up four years of advertising on an exceptionally grand scale. Let us th?n do oqr duty as the great common people, the salt of tho earth, says Holy Writ. What People Should Do. What you and I need to do Is to wake up to the importance of the great enter prise and show our individual loyalty to a most deserving cause, and our devotion as never before to every Interest of our native or adopted West Let us be ashamed, rather, to say wo are doing nothing In honor of tho great explorers Lewis and Clark. The Northwest hab .!.? : ng W,nc "M MdThedford's Black-Draught and 1 feel like a different woman already? lam ointf to Srm,Hi.,lSiy?i?r.n,utd,cfntSn1lL ai? n, livUl$ vtry sufferlns woman to use them. Several ldfes here ktcp tne medicine Jn their homes all the time. I have tliree girij and they are wins It with me. Mrs. KATE BROWDER. The coming of womanhood Is the great functional crisis of a woman's life. Mothers who recall the b0Vef Ft eriCnC" W makC CVery drrt 0 that thdf dauShten mect jt "5ht Glrb who to at the age of puberty, develop into healthy, attractive women. The Wine helps a girl fo form cor rect menstrual habits, and upon her early menstrual habits depends iht health she will have for all her It relieves her of headache and backache and irregular periods, so common at this time. Under Its nothing influence she quietly adds the dignity of womanhood to the freshness and charm of sirl KtJUi'i n0hocK t0 J"? jcnaitlve yjknu For every trying crisis in a woman's life Wine of Cardti is the medicine to use. All druggists sell $1.00 bottles of Wine of Cardui. , . . , . . rf-J 1 , refum y.J? a 0Hsand rkht. After four month's treatment Now she welShs more than ever. She r.r l!!5 "5d nitwHucui , comparatively few incompetents, and we want to see laggards as scarce for the next four years as hens' teeth. It will SSXiS? ,ad!L' .re.-"r? ?.notr united effort of the whole West. We have -rr--? ff I'm jj.auiv ILai'JJ. fur UIC long neeacd concerted action. We have Ions needed a slogan and a common roily, ijig-polnt. First by legislative enactmen. arid now "by common consent, we may suy Portland, Or,, Is1 the common rallylng point. and our slogan is tho Lewis and Olark Centennial Exposition, and in this the whole Western Empire will take parr. We will simply co-opera to and do col lectively what we should have dbne long since lndlvlduallyr-get our friends to come And ee our country and Its boundless re sources, lta actualities. Its possibilities; come and see Its people, its schools and churches, it business methods; come and see our fertile prairies and the storehouses ot oar rich hills and moun tains; come and enjoy our unrivaled scen ery, our beautiful .skies and restful nights; come and taste as delicious fruit as e'er blessed Pomona's fulrest garden and Ceres golden fields; come and taste the ozone of our pure atmosphere, taste our great variety of mineral waters and taste the pure waters fresh from tho cool crys tal fountains of the everlasting hills. We want them to come and see our lovely I mountain streams and our beautiful riv ers mat, as tney go "softly calling to the sea," are likewise Imploring capital and enterprise to harness their powers with the lightning and turn their wast.ng en ergies to the account of man. In all this let us remember that one vis itor to our 1303 fair Is worth more to the Northwest than 10, or possibly 20. times the number visiting the great Eastern fairs could reasonably be to the overcapi talized, densely crowded East. Let ua remember that our direct financial gains will far exceed thelTs In proportion to amount Invested; let us remember that our Increased trade with tho Orient In consequence of this great exposition will certainly compare favorably with the In creased trade of the. East with the South American states due to her great fairs, finally. Itit U3 remember that the Indirect benefits accruing to any section of the East from her mammoth fairs Is incon sequential when compared with the Indi rect benefits we shall receive from the Lewia and Clark Centennial Expot,ltion throughout the entire West. The four years of systematic pre-cenrnn'al adver tising, and. better still, the many years of postcentennlal publishing, In store for us from the many thousands of delighted visitors, the Increased population, capital, energy, new enterprises and social advan tages are simply incomparable and incal culable. Then hero's to you, boys, for the greatest possible enduring, substantial success of the "Where Rolls the Oregon, the Lewis and Clark Centennial American Pacific Exposition and Oriental Fair." NOT A PANACEA. Alms of Direct Legislation Defined by a Supporter, ALBANY. Or., Nov721. (To the Editor.) While the writer agrees with much you have said In your articles, appearing in the dally of the 18th Inst., roating td direct legislation, yet your statement hardly prevents the views of the members of the league. None of them has an idea that direct legislation 13 a panacea for all political Us. In fact their pre sentation of the advantage which they hope to secure from the enactment or tho proposed constitutional amendment has been 00 mlldy drawn that it has been a question whether a more vigorous cam paign would not rouse popular interest to a greater degree. Bo that as it may, we have no desire to play euch a part, and -If wo secure the passage of the Jaw, it will be because the people honestly be lieve that it will prove an Improvement over tlje present conditions. We think that the peoDle are safer with the veto power In thdr own hands, as it will prevent thp passage of vicious legislation to a certain extent, and will correct some bad laws after passage. We do not believe the referendum will bo used extensively, for legislators will hes itate to pass las which they know will be disapproved, if referred to the people. The Interests which push Taws for private or corporate benefit will be careful In spending time and money to secure the passage of such laws, if the people can reverse them. As to the initiative,, a law will be ur gently demanded before that part of tho law will be used, for It requires con siderable effort to secure the necessary names to a petition. We think that the law will give the press more influence, because It will open a field for djscuesion outside partisan pol itics. I think the assertion is safe, that no law can stand under its operation, which 1b attacked by a number of Influen tial papers. As to tho expense, we had a reference of four proposed changes at our last election. The additional expense can readily be determined from the cost in that Instance. c. C. HOGUE. ' Complained of Excessive Duty. NEW YORK, Nov. 22.-Flfty per cent duty was assessed at this port on a sculp ture Imported recently by H. C. Have meyer. It was a "Madonna and Child," by MIno de Flesola, of the 15th century, and was Invoiced at 60,000 lire, or 510,965. Mr. Havemeyer appealed to the board of classification of the general appraisers, saying the duty was excessive. Most of the figure of the Madonna Is In alto relievo, but the hesd and neck and the child aro "In the round." The board here- tofore has held that the terms "statues" and "statuary" aro limited to figure, In full relief or "In tho round" altogether. This vjew however, was controverted at a recent hearing by Jonathan Scott Hart ley and other experts. The board found that the article was statuary, and under the agreement with Italy it will come In at only 15 per cent duty. Flea for Stricter Game Ln-iv. BALEM. Nov. 21. (To the Editor.) An Oregonlan writer marvels at the small pro portion or native game blrd3 seen In the market as compared with Mongolian pheasants. The native pheasant, grouse and quail are almost extlnctv and the Chinese pheasant will soon follow them If our game laws are not made more stringent. Most of us remember when Stanton Depot, Term., June 8, 1900. thanks for what Wine of Cardui has done for my daughter. She is uo and all the doctors had ddne her no ood. She fell In welshTfrom 128 m J0?ni?,n is takhuj tr e wlneyet but she his only mti I sbc boS. TTHEWSlSfe )l tratnre. address, rlrlnr symptotat. "Tho Ladles' Adrtsorr uo aanMopga ooioina tympany, Caattanooga, l S W5r Havo aeon restored o health by lydls Em Pfsskhzurfs Vege table Gom&oundm TmbIp let ters sre on fia and prove this Gtatemc&t to bo a fast, not a mere boast When a medi cine has been successful ea curing so many wcrncn, you cannot well soy without try ing it -" I do not heiievo it will help mea" Vegetable Compound la a positive auro for all those jalnful Ailments of Women. It will entirely euro tho worst forns of Femalo Complaints, all Orarlan trcables, Inflammation and Ulceration, Fallin; and Displacements of tho Womb, and consequent Spinal Weakness, and is peculiarly adipted v m ummjc vj iiOi Your tnnltalnn imii-m.1 m sf ,.n.f ruuo icmale uineeo. JIU3. 51. K. ilCLLTtt, 1A Concord Sq., Boston, 3'jis. Backache. It has cured moro cases of Backache and Loucorrlicoo than any other remedy tho world hascror known. It is almost infaljulo in such cases. It dissolves and expels Tumors from tho Uterus in en early stage of development, an-1 checks any tcudncy to cancerous humors. v Your Vegetable Compound re moved a Fibroid Tumor from my sromb after doctors failed to giro rtllof. :ias. D. A. LOJnJARD, Westdala, Mri. Bearing-down Feeling Womb troubles, causing pain, weight, aid backache, instantly relieved and perna nently cured by ita use. Under all circum stances it acts in harmony with tho lavs that govern tho femalo system, and is ta harmless as wator. gggs Backache loft me after Uxkijif fgjg the second bottle. Your medicine cuid mo when doctors failed. MllS. SAKAII IIOLSTEIK, 3 Davis Block, Gorham St., Lowell. Man. irregularity. Suppressed or Paimul Menstruations, Weak ness ot tho btomacn, indigestion, Bloating, Flooding, Nervous Prostration, Heudache, Uencrai uoDUit IFfs a sranii medicine. 1 am thankful lor tho good it has dona me. Mr. J. "tf. J., TflCarolin Ato., Jamaica Plain (Boston), Moss. Dizziness, Faintness, Extrome Lassitude, "don't care" and "want to bo loft alone" feeling, excitabil ity, irritability, nervousness, sleeplessness, flatulency, melancholy, or tho "blues," and backache. Theso aro suro Indications of Female Weakness, soma dorangomont of tho Uterus. I was troubled with Dlziinesv Headaches, Falntneei, Swelling limbs. Your medicine eared me. MHa. bABAK E. IIAKSR, Bucksport, Me. The whole story, however, is told in an illustrated book which goes with each bot tle, the most complete treatise on female complaint ever published. For eight years I eulferod with cured by Mrs. Plnkbam'a medicine. JIBS. L. Li. TOWJJE, Littleton, N. H. Kidney Complaints and Bnckacho of cither sez tho Vegetable compound alwavs cures. 1 111 1 im-.Vi'.mt Ljdia E. Pinkham's The Yegctanlo Com pound is cold ty Mil Lnror PIII3 cure urccgist.i or sent 07 mail, In form of Pills or Lozenges, on re ceipt of 81.00. Corretpondenccfrctly antwtrtd. Constipation, Sick Headache, 25o. You can address In strictest confidence, I.IPU E. PI5KII.V3I MED. CO., Lynn, Msju. the native grouse (tHc best bird known), pheasant and quail were abundant. And In their day we hatf few practical hunters or trained dogs, and but few hunted, and they with the old muzzle-loading gun, and generally without a dog. Now a multitude, with modern shotguns and practiced dogs, cover the land during the open season. Hunters come to the upper valley from California, from Port land and many of the towns of "Washing ton, and some of them hae remained for a good part of the season. With a slxtoen-cartrldge gun and a dog, what chance for oscape has a pheasant, or what chance Is there for one of a flock of a dozen scared up. If It Is desirable to preserve the Chinese pheasant, the open season 'must be shortened, market hunt ing, the dog and the repeating shotgun cut out. The latter Is prohibited In California. SPORTSMAN. Postponed at Clark's Request. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Nov. 22. The preliminary hearing of G. P. Clark, the expert accountant, who was arrested and brought here from Salem yesterday, on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses, was postponed today until tomorrow to allow Clark an opportunity to procure witnesses. TeaaV PimkhAMM