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THE MOR3JI2JG OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1903 LAST FUGITIVE SHOT Jailbreaker's Rifle Fails Him in a Pinch. s GIRL FINDS HIS HIDING PLACE Her Father Arrives and End lUe Outlaw's Life Before He Can Add Another Crime to Bis List. BUTTB. Mont.. June 13. A Glasgow special to the Miner says James Mc Kinney. the last of the Glasgow fugitives who broke jail June 6, was shot to death tonight after ho had made an Ineffectual attempt to kill Miss Darnell, who dis covered him hiding In her 'icehouse. The shell stuck In McKInney's rifle, and while he was endeavoring to extract It, the girl's father appeared with a rlfla and shot the outlaw through the arm. The fugitive then made a dash for the brush, hut another shot from Darnell's rifle brought the desperado to the ground. McKlnney. lived three hours after being shot. The morning following the killing of Hardee and Hill the posse started after iicKlnney and tracked him to the Dar nell ranch, about eighty miles from Glas gow. About 6:30 o'clock In the evening one of Darnell's daughters went to the Icehouse for some lcc, and noticing that the hay covering the ice had been dis arranged, called for her father to come and arrange It. When Darnell entered the Icehouse, and seeing an old coat lying in the Ice, he picked it up. As he did so McKlnney sprang to his feet. The girl, taking In the situation, secured her fa ther's Winchester and started for the Ice house. McKlnney, seeing her coming, raised his rifle to shoot her, but the cartridge missed Are and in attempting to throw In a new shell the mechanism of his rifle stuck. Darnell then grabbed his rifle and shot McKlnney through the arm. Darnell then called to McKlnney, who was running toward the brush, tp halt, and upon the outlaw's failure to stop took careful aim and brought him down with a shot through his hips. McKinnpy Is the third .one of the four prisoners who participated In a general break from Glasgow June 6 to meet violent deaths, and their escape has cost five lives. William Hardee, under sen tence of death; Jack Brown, James Mc Klnney and a prisoner named Pierce broke Jail after murdering Jack Williams, the guard. Hardee was killed in battle with the posse Monday night, after he had first shot and killed Posseman Charles R. Hill. Jack Brown was recaptured by the officers and later taken from jail by a mob and lynched. Pierce has been lost track of, and it is believed has succeeded In getting out of the country. CIGARS SEIZED BY GOVERNMENT. San Pranclnco Denlers Alleged to Have Refilled Boxes. 5 AN FRANCISCO. June 19. Many retail cigar dealers In this city are In a pretty mess and may soon be prosecuted by United States authorities. About 15,000 domestic cigars have been seized In the wholesale cigar house of Ehrman Bros. & Co., at 224 California street,, by Internal Revenue Collector John C- X.yncfc Jand Bert M. Thomas, special Internal -revenue agent The cigars will bo confiscated when the proper order shall have been returned from Washington, and Ehrman Bros. & Co. will be prosecuted for conspiracy to defraud. Fifteen other prominent retail dealers have been spotted by the revenue officers, and they will be charged with refilling cigar boxes contrary to law. The officers have found that Ehrman Bros. & Co., agents for a $75 per 1000 brand, have been selling this brand banded with the coun terfeit bands of a $100 per 1000 cigar, pre sumably with the knowledge that the counterfeits would he placed In empty boxes of the more - expensive imported cigar. In fact, they have suggested that tills refilling should be done. The counterfeiting of the bands and la bels of imported Havana cigars by the manufacturers of domestic cigars has been going on for a long time, and the Ameri can Tobacco Company, which is the to bacco trust, made complaint to the Government- Agent Thomas and his men have been Investigating these complaints for the past three weeks and have gath ered sufficient evidence to warrant convic tion Jn every case. He has forwarded his report to Washington and Is now awaiting the reply of the authorities before taking action towards the prosecution and pun ishment of the guilty parties. The officers warned Ehrman Bros. & Co. yesterday to cease selling the counterfeit cigars and to refrain from advising purchasers to refill imported boxes with the counterfeit goods. MOTHER AFTER KIDNAPED CHILD. Frank Ashton Arrested in Seattle With Baby, While Drunk. BERKELEY. Cal.. June 19. Mrs. Mary C. Ashton, of Hawaii, whose alleged cor respondence with Admiral Merry a few months ago created a sensation In the divorce proceedings Instituted by her husband, has left for Seattle in quest of her E-year-old daughter. At the time of her trial. Judge Greene, of Oakland, awarded the custody of the child to Mrs. Ashton, but her husband kidnaped the youngster. The mother was unable to locate her daughter until she learned of the arrest of her former hus "band In Seattle last evening. SEATTLE, Wash.. June 19. Mrs. Mary Ashton arrived here from San Francisco today and took back with her her 'little daughter, who was in care of the police matron. The couple were recently di vorced in California, and the child was awarded to the mother by the court. He brought the child to this city and was recently arrested for vagrancy for taking" the child Into saloons with him. He la now serving a sentence on the chalngang. BREMERTON SALOONS FIGHT BACK. City "Will Bo Compelled to Show An tliorlty for License Revocation. OLYMPIA. Wash., June 19. (Special.) George C. Israel, the criminal lawyer of this city, has been engaged by the saloon interests of Bremerton to fight the order of the City Council revoking the licenses of the ten saloons of that city. Mr. Israel left for Bremerton this morning and will tako Immediate stops to bring certiorari proceedings against the city officials to compel them to show their authority for taking each action. The case will be hurried to the Supreme Court for final decision. HEIRS OF DEFUNCT DISTRICTS. Distribution of Property and In cluded Territory. SALEM, Or.. June 19. (Special.) Attorney-General Crawford has rendered an opinion in "which he defines the legal status of school districts which lose their organisation under the law of 1903.' That act provides that wh'en-a district ceases to have more than, sir pupils ot. .school age. It shall cease-to" be -a legally organ ized district" Tlie "question propounded was what should become of the funds on hand, and where children should attend school The opinion" holds that whe"h .funds raised by special tax should be .paid back to the taxpayers pro rata, and funds re ceived from state and county school taxes should be returned to the sources from which derived. When a district loses its organization, the school district boundary board may distribute the territory among other dis tricts or annex it all to one district. In that case funds should be distributed to the other districts in proportion to the number of pupils in the territory added. KLONDIKE CLEANS TJP WELL. Output of Gold Estimated to Be Greater Than Last Year. VANCOUVER, B. C., June 19. A spe cial from Dawson says from $3,000,000 to $5,000,000 more gold dust will be taken from the Klondike this season than last year, according to estimates of officials, mine-owners and bank managers. Returns so far are turning out particularly well, and on some of the branches of the older creeks, Eldorado and Bonanza and Hun ker, the claims are being made to yield more than ever before- Duncan Creek Is t&rnlng out a sacond Eldorado, and a cou ple of millions of dollars will come from there alone before thi? clean-up season Is at an end. Duncan Is the best of all the new camps, and lots In the new townslte are selling at prices previously unheard of In a new locality in the north. The banks ar,e tak ing In large amounts of gold dally, and very large drafts are being transferred to the outside. Steamers starting for up-river points are, all crowded, and it is thought that be tween 1500 and 2000 people will leave for the outside cities before the end of the month. Travel outward promises to ba heavier than last year. TURNER CAMPMEETING OPENS. Indianapolis Christian Minister De livers Two Sermons. TURNER, Or., June 19. (Special.) At the opening exercises of the Oregon Chris tian Missionary Convention addresses were delivered by Revs. G. C. Rickey and J. B. Holmes, and the morning sermon by Rev. Allen Wilson, of Indianapolis, Ind., who also delivered an evening discourse. The subject of discussion In the evening was "The Pastor's Relation to Partisan Pro hibition." Tomorrow's programme fol lows: Morning 9:30. praise service, J. M. Hunter. Ashland; 10, address, "Books I Have Recently Read." Clark Bower; dis cussion by the preachers; 1L sermon. Al len Wilson. Evening 2:30, devotional, E. M. Patter son, Medford; 2:45, "The Use and Abuse of Church Letters." J. W. Wittkemner, McMlnnville; discussion led ljy P. P. Un derwood, Boyd; 3:45 business, reports of committee; 7:30, praise service; 8, sermon, Allen Wilson. , . IDAHO'S IRRIGATION SCHEME. Lands on Snake River Are to Be Made Fertile. BLACKFOOT, Idaho, June 19. Work on the most Important Irrigation scheme that has ever been launched In Idaho Is about to begin. The persons furnishing the cap ital for the building of the Great Amer ican Falls Canal Company, under the pro visions of the Carey act, whereby 65,000 acres of the most valuable agricultural lands In tho state are to be reclaimed on the west side of the Snake River, between this place and American Falls, a distance of 60 miles, are on the ground, and a large number of teams and men are being as signed to the work of constructing the immense canal. Work will be pushed vigorously, and the result will be that thousands of acres of heretofore unavailable lands will be thrown open to settlement. DR. MITCHELL IS CLEARED. "Was Charged With Embeulement In . Timber. Land DeaL OLYMPIA, Wash., Juno 13. (Special.) Dr. David Mitchell, of this city, who has been on trial all the week on the charge of embezzlement, was tonight acquitted by the jury after four hours' deliberation. Dr. Mitchell and family are very promi nent here In business and social circles. and his arrest last December created a sensation. The charges were filed by Dr. Oliver A Lecrone, of Kalamazoo, Mich., who, with other Eastern capitalists, purchased a sec tion of timber land In the county through Dr. Mitchell for $10,000. It was charged that Dr. Mitchell appropriated $2000 of the amount to his own use, by placing a "fic titious value on the land. A civil suit against Dr. Mitchell involving $5000 is yet to be tried. COAL STRIKE ENDED. Miners Go Back to Work as Indi viduals. VANCOUVER, B. C June 19.-WV. special from Nanaimo says the strike at the Ex tension coal mines was settled today after 14 weeks fight -between the laborers of the Western Federation of Miners and the owner, James Dunsmuir, ex-Premier of British Columbia. Last night tho union, by a large majority, carried a motion to return to work and end tho strike. Mr. Dunsmuir came to Extension today and agreed to take the strikers as in dividuals back to work. GAMBLER WANTS HIS FREEDOM. Habeas Corpus Writ Will Be Applied For for W. D. Graves. OLYMPIA, Wash., June 19. (Special.) Will D. Graves, of Spokane, attorney for Fritz Dietrich, of Spokane, who Is under sentence for violating the new anti-gambling law, is here, and will apply tomor row for a writ of habeas corpus for his client The constitutionality of the new law will be attacked. Small Sound Steamer Burned. SEATTLE. Wash., June 19. The little Sound steamer Lady of the Lake was burned to the water's edge under cir cumstances that strongly suggest incen diarism. The steamer was run on the marine ways yesterday for repairs. While the crew of the vessel was sleeping this morning she became afire on her forward deck, far removed from the boilers or the stove 4n the men's cabin. The lire had such a headway that there was no chance to save it. It is almost a total loss. Tho loss is variously estimated from "$10,000 to $15,000. Awaiting 'the Nineteenth Infantry. VANCOUVER BARRACKS. - Wash., June 19. (Special.) Headquarters, band and the First Battalion of the Nineteenth Infantry will arrive at Vancouver Bar racks Sunday afternoon. All preparations have been roado for their accommodation. Tents have been erected and floors put in. They will occupy them but a short time, as tho Seventeenth will leave for iianua at s ociock weanesaay on a epe dal train. Sheep for Aleutian Islands. SEATTLE, Wash., June 19. The Frye Bruhn Company Is going to ship 25,000 sheep to the Aleutian Islands. They will ship 200 on the Melville Dollar, now in port, which has been fitted "up "for carry ing them. The sheep will be turned out ana aiiowea 10 emit xor uiemseives. jms same company Wintered 10.000 eheep in the Cook Inlet country last year, and the band did well. Convict Restored to Cltirenshlp. SALEM. Or.. June 19. (SpeclaL) Gov ernor Chamberlain today .granted a full pardon to Percy McDonald, who has com pleted the serving of a year's sentence In the penitentiary ,for larceny committed In Douglas County. Tho pardon serves merely to restore him to citizenship. State Prisoner From Clatsop County. SALEM, Or.. June 19. (SpeclaL) Al bert Smith was brought to the State Prison today to serve a two-year .sen tence for larceny from . store in Clatsop county. THREATENED WITHARREST FOUR. VANCOUVER COUNCILMEN SAID TO HAVE BROKEN" LAW. Charged That They Sold Goods to the City Side Is sis e of the Sa loon License Trouble. VANCOUVER, Wash., June 19. (Spe cial.) Four members of the City Council will probably be arrested for selling goods and materials to the city contrary to the laws of the State of Washington. The law plainly says that no member of the Council shall sell any goods to tho city or In any way be benefited directly or in directly, and shall not receive pay for goods sold, and upon conviction of the offense may be removed from office and be otherwise dealt with. The trouble originated over the saloon license proposition and Is to be brought to nn Issue. Hanry Van Atta, a restau rant man, applied for a license to sell liquors in his place of business. The Council refused the request and passed a resolution at the time stating that no ELECTED PRESIDENT OF WlUlam Nelson Ferrln, LL. D. more saloon licenses would be granted un til next Jsruary. This action caused Van Atta as well as others to be angry at the Council, and an action will be begun against the Council for malfeasance In office. The papers have not been served as yet, and no arrests made, but the neces sary legal requirements will be carried out soon, probably tomorrow. Van Atta refused this evening to say to The Ore- gonlan whether the matter was true or not He would not affirm or deny and said he would not talk for publication. It Is said that H-. E. McGinn has been employed for plaintiff. The proposed ac tion Is causing a good deal of talk, and action is anxiously awaited. YEAR OF SUCCESSFUL WORK. University of Oregon Expects an In creased Attendance. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene. June 19. (Special.) The year just .closed has been one of the most successful In the history of the University of Oregon. A hearty spirit of co-operation has existed between the students and faculty, and the work accomplished during the year speaks for itselt The classroom work of the students has been above the average, and cases of discipline have been few. , The athletic and other Interests of the student body have been conducted accord ing to the ideal of the university, and have been enthusiastically supported. President P. L. Campbell has made many friends during, the first year of his regime, and his efforts to build np the university and to bring it into closer touch with the people of the state have been appreciated by the' regents and by the general public Tho prospects for a large Increase In attendance next semester aro flattering. Already nearly 100 applications have been received for freshman standing, most of them coming from graduates of the dif ferent high schools throughout the state. The scientific and engineering couraes will be better equipped than ever before, and the facilities for instruction in these branches will bo very efficient The dormitory is being Improved and transformed Into a comfortable home for the young men of the university. The dormitory will be managed in the future by tho-university and a fixed rate of $3.50 per week will bo charged for board and lodging. It is very encouraging to note that So per cent of the students who were in the university during the past year were actual college students and that the pre paratory department which a few years ago contained more than one-half of the student body, 'is gradually disappearing. CABLE TO MANILA. Within a. Week Connection Will Be Completed. SAN FRANCISCO, June 19. Within a week San Francisco, and hence tho United States, will be In telegraphic communica tion with Manila, P. L Superintendent Carrlngton, of the Postal Telegraph Com pany, made that announcement today. He said that the cable -now being laid from Guam to Honolulu had reached Mid way Island today, and the work "would go forward at once from Midway to the Ha waiian capital. At the rate of speed so far maintained, tho steamer should reach Honolulu on or before next Friday. Tho steamer Sllverton laid -the cable from San Francisco to Honolulu last Winter, and, as the cable has been laid from Manila to Guam, this closing of the gap from Guam to Honolulu gives a con tinuous line from San Francisco to the Philippine capital. In a few weeks com mercial messages may bo sent over this tremendous stretch of wire. The com mercial world is much interested in this matter, which is of especial importance to the Pacific Coast as It Is expected that the cable will give great impetus to island business. LEASE OF SANTA FE LINES. Salt Lake Road Given Trackage Privileges. LOS ANGELES, CaL, June 19. General Manager A. G. Wells, of the Santa Fe sys tem,, will go East tomorrow, taking with him final papers in the transaction by which the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Rlroad acquires trackage privileges over tho .Santa Fe line from Daggett to Colton. The term of the lease is not made public, but It Is presumed to be for a long period of years. The Salt Lake road has completed Its line from Los Angeles to a point near Riverside, and by the trackage arrange ment just completed with the Santa Fe, will shortly have through connection to Daggett It Is understood that men and material are being rapidly assembled at Daggett and that active construction of the road eastward from Daggett will commence July L Despite the denials of Senator Clark that B. H. Harriman has any Inter est' In the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake road. Jt is positively stated by prominent ralhoad officials here that th latter, at tiw pre&eat Jim, owes n absolute one-half Interest In the new road, and that this fact will appear In proper time. MEN WATCH FRASER RIVER DIKE. Fears Expressed That It May Break With a High. Tide. NEW WESTMINSTER. B. C.. June 19. (SpeclaL) The Eraser River Is still rising- The Chllllwack Valley dike is threatened, and it Is expected it will break before tomorrow morning with the. high tide tonight, If It does over 500 settlers will be flooded out, with 20.000 acres of land under water. Nearly 100 men are watching the dlko to prevent breakage. All the sawmills along the river bank are closed most of the day, while the tide Is In, as they are flooded- The Great North ern track at Bonaccord Is under water six Inches deep for a mile and a halt Most of the people In danger have moved to places of safety. LIABLE FOR A HEAVY FINE. V Land Commissioners In Montana Misuse Postal Frank. BUTTE, Mont, June 19. A Great Falls special says: Postofflce Inspector Beatty has discovered that the majorlty of the United States Land Commission ers in this section have been violating tho PACIFIC UNIVERSITY. PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, For est Grove, June 19. (Special.) Professor W'HUam Nelson Fer rin. who has Just been elected to the presidency of Pacific Uni versity by the board of trustees of that institution, was born In Barton. Vt, and is the son of Rev. Clark E. Ferrln. a Congre gational minister. He took his preparatory education at Hlnes burg Academy, and entered the University of Vermont in 1S71, graduating July, 1S75. with the degree of A. B., and la 1S73 re recelved the degree A. M. Last year the same Institution con ferred ipon him the degree of LL. D. He taught one year as prin cipal of Hinesburg Academy, and one year as principal of Richmond High School, after which he came to Oregon as In structor of mathematics In Pa cific University, and afterward was elected professor of that department From 1S96 to 1000 he served as financial secretary of the faculty, and upon resig nation of President McClelland was made dean of the faculty, which position ho has since hon- orably filled. postal laws by the use of franked en velopes, which they have been having printed in their own names and using for official malls. Tho Commissioners un derstood they were entitled to do this, but It develops that they are subject to a fine of $300 for every letter thus sent It Is not known whether charges will be preferred. GRASSHOPPERS ARE ABUNDANT. Montana Section Is Fearful of Great Destruction. BIG TIMBER. Mont, June 19. News comes from the Brldger Creek country that In all probability there will be a grasshopper plague In that section this Summer. The young hoppers are report ed to be so thick now that they arise from the ground in clouds upon being disturbed. This condition Is said to ex tend over a large territory of range coun try. The grass, which has attained a very good growth already, begins to show the work of the insects, and stockmen say it Is likely that within a few weeks the range will be practically denuded of all vegetation. RECEIVER SOON TO LOSE JOB, Porter Bros. Business in. Favorable Condition. Very BAKERSFIELD, CaL, June 19. T. M. RIgney, local manager for Porter Bros., has received a letter from the principal offices of the company in Chicago, saying that it is expected the trouble of the company will be soon terminated and the receiver discharged, as the outlook is now very favorable. When the receiver was appointed it was stated that in all prob ability it would only be temporary, and that the failure would be In effect only a momentary embarrassment The company is doing business as usual at all points under the management of the receivers. Shutdown Docs Not Apply to Spruce. ASTORIA, Or., June 19. (SpeclaL) The Gray's Bay Logging Company wUI not close down ltd camp on July 1 for two weeks or more, as will the majority of the camps in this district Tho company is now operating In a large body of spruce, and as the shutdown ordered by the association relates only to fir tim ber, the company will continue work as long as the conditions remain favorable. The Saldren Logging Company, on Gray's River, will clore down its camp for one week during tho first of July, but no longer. Teachers at Parkplace. OREGON CITY, Or., June 19. (Spe claL) The Board of Directors for the Parkplace school last night held the an nual election of teachers. H. L. McCann was re-elected principal and Mrs. Buck and Miss Chllds were retained as grade teachers. Miss Wilson, recently from Michigan, and Miss Thompson, a gradu ate of the Ashland Normal School, were named to succeed M1&3 Williams and Miss Marshall, who had resigned. Maddy Water for Twenty-five Miles. ASTORIA, Or., June 9. (Special.) Captain Howes, who has just returned from service "on the pilot schooner, says that as a result of the present freshet In the Columbia, fresh and muddy water ex tends a distance of fully 25 miles off shore. This Is undoubtedly what pre vents the salmon from coming in in the expected largo runs. Rural Delivery MhcIi Appreciated. JUNCTION CITY, Or.. June 19. (Spe cial.) Tho locating of three free rural mail routes from the Postofficb at this place has resulted In a greater volume of postal business. Many mora dally pa pers are taken and the amount of mall delivered 'and collected Is gradually In creasing In amount San. Jose at an Astoria Wharf. ASTORIA, Or., June 19. (SpeclaL) The state pilot schooner San Jose, which has been at Young's Bay for several months. being inspected and repaired, was brought here today and tied up at the O. R. & N. wharf. The pilot commission will turn her over to the bar pilots for use whenever they need her. Alleged Accomplice Arrested. ASTORIA, Or., June 19. (SpeclaL) Charles Finn, alias Charles Johnson, the accomplice of J. W. White, who passed several forged checks In this city a few days ago, was arrested by Police Officer Phillips last night near Julncy. The two men will be given a. preliminary hearing tomorrow. Seaside Bakery Till Touched. ASTORIA. Or.. June 19. (Special.) The till in the Seaside bakery was robbed" of $30 at an early hour yesterday, morning during- the temporary absence , of one of the proprietors. fio trace of- the thieves has. heeii found SEATTLE WAS WORKED PAID OUT ?2000 FOR BOGUS BROKEN KNEECAP. Same Men Who Attempted to, Obtain Money Fraudulently in Astoria, Succeed in the- Sound City. SEATTLE, June 19. The City of Seattle was buncoed out of $2000 13 months ago and the fact has just come to light The chief bunco-worker Is now In the city jail at Astoria, Or., with a confederate;- on the charge of perjury com mitted during an attempt to bunco that city In the same way. Ono John B. Mayers (the name an alias). In January, 1902, filed a claim for $10,463 for personal Injuries alleged to have been received by falling Into a coal hole on August 16, 1900. A doctor was called on to attend the man, who claimed, to have sustained a broken kneecap. Later John E. B. Mayer appeared in the city claiming to bo the man who was injured and exhibiting a permanently disabled knee. One of the confederates became sus picious of Mayer and wrote, to a lawyer here stating that he had Mayer s note for $600 and wanted to garnishee the city if there was a probability that the claim would be paid. Soon after the fellow wrote again, saying the "note" matter was only a ruse and that Mayer was a swindlar and for $1000 reward he would give the whole snap away. All these letters were turned over to the claims committee of the City Council. Prepara tions are In hand to bring the men here. .Perjury Witnesses Arrive. ASTORIA. Or., June 19. (Special.) Two of the principal witnesses against John L. Bock and Joslah S. Smith, who are being held on the charge of perjury la connec tion with the damage case of Bock against the city, arrived from San Fran cisco today. Tho-preliminary examination of the two men will be held in the Justice Court tomorrow. Whether the case will be tried at the present term of the Cir cuit Court has not been decided, as court will adjourn one week from tomorrow until July 13. SHOULD HAVE EXAMINED PAPERS. Supreme Conn Decides Prosecutor's Negligence Cannot Be Remedied. OLYMPIA, Wash., June 19. (Special.)- A decision of the Supreme Court was handed down yesterday which may have an important bearing on a future deci sion of the court in the appeal of William Fetterley, who Is under sentence to serve 15 years in the penitentiary for the crime of rape. Fetterley was convicted in King Coun ty, and his attorney prepared a statement of facts preparatory to perfecting an ap peal to the Supreme Court The state ment of facts was presented to the Pros ecuting Attorney, who waived his right to propose amendments thereto, and the statement was accordingly certified to by the trial Judge. Later the Prosecuting Attorney discov ered that some material evidence that he supposed was contained In the statement of facts was left out, and ho moved the lower court to set aside and vacate- the certification. Before the motion could be finally de termined, Fetterley's attorneys applied lor a writ of prohibition to the Supreme Court restraining Judge Griffin, of the King County Court, from considering the motion- This writ the Supremo Court or dered issued. The record showed that no fraud had been committed in preparing tho state ment of facts. That It was submitted openly to the Prosecuting Attorney, and the Supreme Court says he was supposed to have examined It to see that it con tained all that he desired' it to, before waiving his right to propose amendments. SURVEYING ON THE COLUMBIA. Stevenson Folk Curious as to What Road Is Interested. STEVENSON. Wash., June L (Special.) Just about the time that people on this side of the Columbia get over one rail road convulsion, along comes another arty of engineers with their little stakes covered with blue-penciled hieroglyphics, and the whole community again goes off on a tangent This time, we have them right in our midst boarding at the hotel and swapping tobacco with the Stevenson Rip Van Winkles. They are a modest looking outfit, and the dapper little man who manipulates the solar Is wise beyond the penetration of tho information-seeker. Just who these surveyors belong to is a matter of great speculation. The North ern Pacific, O. R. & N. and Canadian Pa cific all have their champions among the local wiseacres. However, the name of the chief engineer is Richmond, and It is claimed that he was in charge of the sur vey of the Lyle-Goldendale Railroad. Hence the Columbia River & Northern may have something to do with it The party expects to make this its headquar ters for some time, surveying both up and down the river from this point PRUNEGROWERS' FUEL PROBLEM. Marion Cordwood Has Increased In Price and Is. Scarce. SALEM, Or.. June 19. (Special.) An enormous prune cropland an unusually short supply of wood will make the fuel question an Important one to fruitgrow ers this Fall. The curing of the hop and prune crops takes -thousands of cords pf wood each year. In the last year or two the amount of fuel cut has decreased, and It Is very evident that the supply will not equal the demand this Fay. Every cord of wood that comes to Salem is quickly bought and much of that still corded up In the country Is already sold. 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I am now enjoying the best of health, and am most grateful,and only too pleased to endorse such a great remedy." Miss Jennie L. Edwards, 604 H St, 2ST. W., Washington, D. 0. Mrs. Pinkham, whose address is Lynn, Mass., will answer cheer fullv and without cost all letters addressed to her by sick women. at H a cord, whereas it usually brings but $2.75 to $3. The price of small fir has not advanced so much as this class of wood Is In less demand and more plenti ful supply. The price has gone up from $2.25 and $2.50 a cord to $3. It Is almost certain that as the season passes the prices will increase and that prune grow ers will find the Item of fuel adding to the cost of preparing their fruit for mar ket. Four thousand cords of slabwood will be brought to Salem from Eugene this Sum mer. P06lt MANAGEMENT ALLEGED. Alaskn Petroleum & Coal Company Threatened. With Insolvency. SEATTLE, June 19. One of the very largest Seattle corporations doing- busi ness in Alaska was today hauled into court on a showing of threatened in solvency by C. E. Crockett. The Alaska Petroleum & Coal Company Is the de fendant. Crockett avers that the affairs of the corporation have been fraudulently con ducted and that by reason of Internal dissensions and gross mismanagement the company is liable to become Insol vent. He prays for the appointment of a recelver"and a strict accounting of all sales of shares since the inception of th company. The complaint states that T. S. Lippey, one of the wealthiest of those who goodness that is sold in every town ao4 Details of Another Case. "Dear Mrs. Petkha3i: Ignorance and carelessness is the cause of most of the suffer ings of women. I believe that if we properly understood the laws of health we would all be welL but if the sick women only knew the truth about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, they would be saved much suffer ing and would soon be cured. "I used it for five months for a local diffl . culty which had troubled me for years, and for which I had spent hundreds of dollars in the vain endeavor to rec tify. My life forces were being sapped, and I was daily losing my vitality. "Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable CnmTiound cured me conroletely, and made fortunes In the Klondike, li the president of the company, and Clark Davis Is the general manager. The capital stock is $5,000,000, divided into 5.000,000 shares. The plaintiff owns. 40.000 shares. The complaint puts the debts and liabilities at a sum in excess of $1,000,000, said to be more than the as sets. STATIOX OX SALEM FAIR. GROUNDS. Tract of Land. Leased to the South ern Pacific Company. SAKBM, Or.. June 19.-(SpecIal.) The Governor, Secretary of State and State Treasurer have entered into an agreement with the Southern Pacific Company by which the State of Oregon leases to the company for a period of 25 years a tract of ground at the State Fair Grounds for depot purposes. The company, In con sideration of this lease, agrees to con struct, within three months, a suitable and sufliclent depot on the leased grounds. This will be a very Important Improve ment at the State Fair Grounds, for a convenient depot building has long been needed. At present a small shack of rough lumber Is used during the sessions of the Fair, and no shelter Is provided for passengers who may be waiting for trains. Last Fall the Southern Pacific Company extended its sidetrack at the Fair Grounds and with the construction of a depot the transportation facilities will be complete. at tfee out price it 5 ceats. Any quality at tfee cost at pmx. th WoriWL,