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4 THE MOBNTNG OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1903. GASGARA IN DEMAND Bark Rises Enormously in Price. SMALL FORTUNE FOR RANCHERS One Man Buys TTeisfcbor'B Farm With. Prd&uct of the Season Salem Drnsslst "Makes Big Profit on. Bis Investment. CORVAIjLiIS, Or., Sept. 2 (Special.) The sudden advance to 11 cents and bet ter of Cascara bark, -which a few years ago sold at VA cents and that last year went at 2 and 3 cents, has made transac tions lively and Interesting in Corvallls, which Is something of a center for the product. Local dealers "will ship this sea son 10 carloads or more of the bark. It goes In carload lots to Hamburg, Ger many, to London, to the East and San Francisco. The present scramble for it is intense, and it has brought buyers into the field from all parts. The season opened here -with i cents as the prevailing quotation. That was In June, -when peeling began. Two or three weeks ago It advanced to 5 cents and a fraction, and -within a few days there after suddenly leaped to an open quotation of 12 cents, -with dealers secretly paying even better figures. Within a few days some local dealers have closed out lots at the big figures that they bought at the lower prices earlier in the season, and in some instances have trebled their money. Druggist "With a Lontr Head. Early in the season a Salem druggist contracted for six tons at 1 cents, and turned over a check to .bind the bargain. That -was at the rate of ?S0 per ton, and he can close out now at any time at the rate of $250 or more per ton, realizing 51500 from an investment of only J4S0. A man on Big Elk, west of Corvallis, sold the bark the other day from his own ranch and with the proceeds bought his neighbor's ranch. Charles Overlander, in the same vicinity, with his partner, con tracted to slash the brush thereon for the chlttlm bark on the Dalaba ranch. In Toledo the other day they sold eight tons of bark for a little less than $2000, which is accounted more than the ranch is worth and the bark sold is only a portion of what they will get from the place. Boys' lticli Boatlond. Two small boys appeared in Elk City the other day with a few sacks of chittim in the bottom of their boat. They rowed back up the river with $63 in their pock ets, the proceeds of the sale of their little jag of chittlm. The cash looked almost as ' big as the pile of chittim, and suggests that the fashionable may yet wear chittim rather than diamonds for jewelry Less fortunate than either of the above was the case of a man who bought a ranch on Nestucca. He was an amateur in the business, with diversion and ex periment as his motive. He stocked It with 230 goats, purchased at a high fig ure, and with visions of future prosperity sat down to wait for his profits. One day the news came to him that all his goats were dead. When other brush and pasture gave out they ate chlttlm bark in over doses and died from the effects. While the chlttlm excitement was at Its height, a stranger, posted on the market, stole quietly over to Alsea, a. remote com munity, where news of the rise had not penetrated. Chittim was then 12 cents in Corvallis, but he bought it In large quan tities In Alsea for 6, taking the precau tion to advance a part or all of the pur chase price. The bark was to have been delivered by yesterday, but at last ac cjunts not even a wheelbarrow load had appeared In Corvallis. RcfuKC to Deliver the Goods. Meantime the Alseans had learned of the rise, and, on the ground that the buyer had represented when he' bought that the Corvallis price was G instead of 12 cents, had simply declined to deliver. It is be lieved that the sellers have disposed of their holdings to other buyers at the bet ter figures. The new price has set many people to .speculating over the advisability of plant ing chlttlm trees for cultivation. It is learned that a chittim tree will reach a diameter of six inches in six years. Such a. tree will yield a dried bark product of 10 to 20 pounds. A 12-inch tree of good spread will yield 40 pounds of dried bark. Ten pounds of green- bark makes a dried product of six or seven pounds, according to age, an older tree drying out less than a young one. Trees will not grow from slips or cuttings, but only from the seed cr root. The peeling season lasts from June to the middle of August How the Bark Is Obtained. One man of experience can peel 100 pounds of dried bark in a day, when all the conditions are favorable. In the peel ing, a peculiarly shaped knife is used. The operator reaches up the trunk as high as he can and peels from there to the ground. Then the tree is cut down and the bark stripped from the remainder of the trunk and the branches. If prices remain at present figures there is no doubt that cultivation of chittim trees will be resorted to in remote com munities, the same as balm trees for the manufacture of paper are now grown along river bottoms by the pulp mill peo ple. lined "Widely as a Medicine. "Various stories are afloat as to the oc casion for the sudden and enormous jump in prices of cascara. One is that chittim brokers have sold short, and are now forced to bid up to get the supply they have agreed to furnish. Another is that the native supply is fast nearing exhaus tlon. In either event, the popularity of the bark for medicinal purposes Is fast growing. Once it was merely an ingredi ent of patent nostrums. Now in tinc tures, tablets and other forms it has a place on the shelves of every up-to-date pharmacy, and all physicians use it ex tensively in prescriptions. Properly ap plied, It is said to be a positive cure for cnronic consupation. Its use is world wide now. and the sun ply narrowed down to a few districts. most prominent among which are remote sections of the Willamette Valley, from which earth draws heavily now and pays uDerauy lor. What Migrht Have Been. The price jumped In the local market ims morning from a fraction over 12 to j cents per pound, and there are state ments to the effect that dealers are se cretly paying 15. One man brought a small sack of chlttlm into a local store tnis morning, and received $15 for It Five thousand dollars Invested In chit tim at tne prevailing price last year would make $25,000 or more now. The same com paratively insignificant amount put in chittim a few years ago would make for tne investor at present prices a cool $50,000. PREPARIXG FOR DALLES FAIR, Oulcers Chosen "Who Win Rush Work to Completion. THE DALLES, Or.. Sept. 2. (Special.) The committee appointed for the purpose of furthering The Dalles carnival met last evening at the Commercial Club with the airectors of the Second Eastern Orego xustrict Agricultural Fair Association tn organize, appoint committees and plan for tne coming fair and carnival, which will be hcd from September 29 to October : Inclusive. In the selection of officers H J. Maier was chosen nresidpnt. p. -HnVi. aelbach vice-president, Max A. Vogt sc irv. F. A, French assistant secretary and J. C. Hostetler treasurer; the execu-1 tlve committee, H. J. Maier. M. A. Vogt. J. a Bostetler, R. H. Weber, J. A. Doughlt, E. C. Pease, C. F. Michaelbach, E. O. McCoy. D. M. Reardon and F, A. French. It was decided by the committee tocom mence active preparation for all details of the fair to make it the most attractive event of the kind in the history of the district, and for this purpose plans were formed for the carnival features, races, etc An ample pavilion will be erected on Second street for the evening enter tainments, art displays and frait exhibits, while a large corps of workmen -will be put to work Immediately on the tracks and stock sheds, putting them in order and enlarging as may be necessary. Twenty-five new box stalls and about 200 feet of stock sheds will be added to the already large stables, and everything possible done to bring the track into tho best possible shape for the races. Four thousand dollars win be expended in premiums and purses for these entries. HORSEHPHIEF MAKES HIS ESCAPE. O Truer of the Animal Recovers Prop erty Stolen Two Months Ago. OREGON CITY. Or., Sept. 2. (Special.) Found with the stolen horse In his pos session, the thief this morning excused himself on the pretext of getting some thing to eat in a near-by restaurant and escaped by the rear entrance. He has not been seen since. About two years ago William Trimble, a blacksmith of this city, sold a fine horse to E. C. Dixon, of Grant's Pass. Two months ago the animal was stolen from its owner's barn and Mr. Trimble was among those notified of the theft, this morning as he was standing in' his place of business, a stranger, driving the stolen animal and another horse, paased up the street Recognizing the horse at once, Mr. Trimble stopped the driver and demanded possession of the property. "There must be some mistake," reasoned the wily thief, but Mr. Trimble would not be convinced and declared that he would either retain possession of the horse or both the horse and driver until he could establish hJs claim to the property. ut course, if you can prove ownership of the horse," continued the horsethlef. "then I will surrender the animal to you because I am not looking for trouble. But I traded another horse for the animal to a farmer up the valley." Mr. Trimble agreed to have his wife come and Identify the horse and with that understanding the team and light buggy were taken to a local stable. The strang er stated that while Mr. Trimble went after his wife he would step into the restaurant next door and get his break fast. "So frank and honest did the fellow appear that the suspicions of even Sheriff Shaver, who happened to be In the stable at the time, were not aroused. The stranger inquired the way to the toilet, departed through the back door and has not been located since. The man is described as being about 40 years old, weight 170 pounds, smooth shaved, sandy complexion, with blue eyes and hair of an auburn shade. Peter Anderson, an Albany blacksmith, came to Oregon City this evening and identified as his property one set of har ness and an overcoat that' were recovered with the team and buggy. The articles were stolen from his barn at Albany on August 7. Among the other property recovered that still awaits identification is one bay mare. top buggy, one 44 Winchester, center-fire revolver, and several bicycle lamps. From the amount of booty that was recovered It is believed the thief has been doing a wholesale business of robbery throughout the Valley. Chief Burns received word tonight that a man, suspected of being the thief, is under arrest at Albany. The suspect will be detained until the Oregon City officers can be communicated with. OBJECT TO SUXDAY CARNIVAL. Oregon City Ministers Warn the Members of the City Council. OREGON CITY, Or.. Sept 2. (Special.) Rev. W. S. Grim and Rev. E. S. Bol linger, pastors of the Methodist and Con gregational Churches, respectively, to night appeared before the City Council and on behalf of the churches of the city protested against the holding of the street carnival on Sunday. Both gentle men spoke in opposition to the running of the shows and various attractions on Sun day. A motion was made and seconded In structing Chief of Police Burns to pro hibit all shows from giving exhibitions on Sunday. Mayor Dlmick explained that there Is no city ordinance or state law under which an arrest can be made for conducting a show or entertainment Mr. Grim followed and intimated that if an attempt is made to run the various attractions that steps will be taken by the church people ta prevent the occupying of any of the streets of the city by the different sideshows that will be conducted in connection with the carnival. The Council refused to pass the motion for take any action on the protest The Council tabled a proposal of the A. J. Coffee Company for the installation of the Gamewell fire, alarm system, consist ing of ten boxes at a cost of $2450. ROAD ALONG THE SNAKE. From Rlnnrla to Lewltiton the In corporation Articled Say. LEWISTON, Idaho, Sept 2. (Special.) Articles of incorporation of the Oregon, Washington & Idaho Railroad Company were filed with the Auditor this afternoon. The incorporators are: W. H. Kennedy, J. N. Teal and James G. Wilson, of Port land. Or. The purposes of the company are to build and operate railroad and telegraph lines from Riparla to Lewlston along the Snake River and line from a point near Pendleton, In a southerly direction to the headwaters of Birch Creek. The capital stock of the corporation Is $1,000,000, with shares of a par value of $100. The general sentiment here is that the organization of the company is a movement by the O. R. & N. Co. to com plete its river line from Portland to Lew lston on a line of survey upon which much grading was done in 1S99, when a truce between the O. R. & N. and the Northern Pacific was declared. SANDY STAGE OVERTURNED. Four Passengers Receive Pninfnl In juries in the Fall. OREGON CITY, Sept 2. (Special.) Careless driving resulted In the capsizing of the Sandy stage over the embankment at the Deep Creek bridge at Boring about 9 o'clock this morning. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Birdsell and daughter. Pearl, and Mrs. Falling, all of Sandy, were the only pas sengers and were all painfully Injured. Mrs. Birdsell was the most seri ously Injured. Dr. C. B. Smith, of Eagle Creek, chanced to be in Boring at the time of the accident and ministered to the injured pass?ngers A new driver was in charge of the stage, which is a covered vehicle with no chance of escape for the imprisoned pas sengers. The team ran oft. the side of the bridge and over a steep embankment WORKED THE LEBANON BANK. J. H. Burke, Under Arrest at Hilla lioro, Obtained ?200 There. HILLSBORO, Or., Sept 2. (Special.) J. H. Burke, the man who attempted to pass a forged note on the Forest Grove Bank and was prevented by the acuteness of the cashier, was positively Identified to day as the man who obtained $200 on a forged signature from the Lebanon bank. Ed Myer, a prosperous farmer living four miles out of Lebanon, and G. M. Scroggln, president of the-Lobanon Bank, arrived here today to see the prisoner in the county Jail. Myer says Burke is the man who obtained his signature by induc ing him to write n a fcjan.k book his name, saying that the catalogue of an Implement house would be sent him. Burke afterward appeared at the bank and asked If a note Indorsed by Myer would be honored. He .said he wanted to buy a team of horses, but was In no hurry, and. In fact, remained in town sev eral days before cashing the fprged paper. SUSPECTED OF SALOON HOLD-UP. San Francisco Police Arrest Two White Men in Chinatown. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 2. Detectives today captured two men in Chinatown who are held on suspicion of being the parties who have held up a number of saloons lately. The prisoners are John Smith, alias John O'Brien, alias John Kelly, and Dennis O'Brien, alias Thomas Ryan, alias Dennis Myers. The latter, the police say, was recently released from the penitentiary at Deer Lodge, Mont LEFT ON TRACK TO BE SLAIN. Supposed That Bandit Had Been Thus Placed by Partner. SAN BERNARDINO. Cal., Sept 2. The Sheriff's office has a prisoner under un usual circumstances. He is believed to be wanted In Placer Cotmty for stage rob bery. He was found lying across the rail road track at Barstow, unconscious from a terrible blow on the top of the head. THE SENATOR CLARK PRIZE CUP FOR BEST FRUIT EXHIBIT AT NATIONAL IRRIGATION CON GRESS. This silver loving cup is offered by Senator W. A. Clark, of Mon tana, for the best exhibit of fresh fruits shown at Arid States Fair, to be held at Ogden, Utah, during the session of the National Irrigation Congress. September 15 to 18 inclusive. This clup Is 23 inches high, weighs 270 ounces, and represents the Goddess Pomona, distributing the kindly fruits of earth. The value of the cup is $500. Besides this, there will be three other $500 cups awarded, for the best brewing barley, best brewing hops, and the best sugar beets. Oregon will be represented at this fair in competition for each of these prizes. He had evidently been placed there to be cut to pieces by the west-bound overland ! train. In his pocket was found a mask and the card of "M. J. Rellly," of the Sllverton, Colo., Walters Union. The man was found on the track several hours after the theft of a Wells-Fargo treasure box, and It is believed by officers that he participated in that robbery and was later struck on the head by his part ner in the crime and left for the train to finish him. BAKER CITY BABIES WIN. PRIZES. Take Third Place in Awards for Louir Distance Travclpil. ASBURY PARK, N. J., Sept 2.-(Spe- '. TraiKwe" Escape Death on a PHe-Up cial.) Prizes were awarded today In the j v on 1,e Northern Pacific, baby parade, which has been the most : FORSYTHE, Mont, Sept. "2. The west successful held In ithese parts for many i bound Northern Pacific freight, with en a year. There were prizes for all sorts ' gino 182, ran into a landslide in a bluff of things, among them for the babies t on a' curve east of Rosebud and the en coming from the greatest distance. These i gine and six cars were piled In a heap, were the winners in this class: Two wreck trains were sent from here First prize Benjamin J. Hall, Castle this morning and cleared the track at Downington, England. neon, the wreck having occurred about 5 Second Helen C. Webster, Seattle, i o'clock this morning. Traffic was de Wash. . - layed five hours. Third Ethel and Margaret Parker, Jiaker city, or. Fourth Frank R. Smith, Denver, Colo, Fifth Henry C. Patterson, Fort Wayne, Ind. , i w Drank Poisoned W ater. VANCOUVER, B. C.Sept 2.-The call has come for Jim Wardner to cross the great divide, and In the hills there is profound sorrow. The most popular mln- ing promoter and raconteur in the Pa- ""l" , J ? r . . , v , onlng in Milwaukee Hospita Several months ago Wardner traveled through the ..0 v-v.w -,,t "v w.v. course of the trip drank from a stream by the roadside. A cyanide mill dis charged into the stream, close above, and he Inadvertently swallowed a chemical solution useu in me process, xne poison , . entered his system, and he was unwell T, , for several weeks, but finally was thought P!'lBr"ffer" Convention Saturday, recovered. A relapse occurred, and he was JACKSONVILLE, Or., Sept 2. (Spe sent to the hospital at Milwaukee, where cial.) Saturday of this week a frultgrow his daughter resides. The latest tele- ers' convention will be held in Jackson graphic reports are to the effect that the vl,1 under the auspices of the Rogue physicians have given up all hope, and Klver Fruit Growers' Union and the Jack this Intelligence has been broken to the sonville Board of Trade. There is every sufferer. , assurance that there will be a large at- I tendance of those interested in the fruit CHIEF SULLIVAX IS' CLEARED. '(industry. The meeting will be held In . the Courthouse Park, which will- be Grand Jnry's Indictment for Xon- ; splendidly fitted up for the occasion, and feasance Is Dlhinititicd. 1 will be addressed by some of the leading SEATTLE, Sept 2. The indictment fruIt authorities In the state. lodged against Chief of Police John Sul livan, of Seattle, by the grand jury, was dismissed today at the instance of the state. The indictment charged nonfeas ance In office, and the state claimed no assistant postmaster here. The public conviction could be secured. . i was not surprised at his appointment, as ! has been said, but it has been expected Capitol Elevntor Contract Let. j for some timeT There Is no reflection OLYMPIA, Wash., Sept 2. (Special.) upon the former incumbent, who expected TheState Capitol Commission this evening' to retire after the accession of the new let the contract for installing the ele- postmaster! who has now been in .office vator In the Capitol annex to the Otis Ele- ' several months. vator Company, of New York, at a price : of $6S55. The new elevator will be double Governor Invited to Dinner, the capacity of the one in the original SALEM, Sept. '2. (SpeciaL)-Governor portion of the building. j Chamberlain has received an invitation I to be a guest at a dinner to be given at Tramp Took Revenge on Cook. j the Commercial Club in Portland Friday EVERETT, Wash., Sept 2. A report evening by Mayor Williams in honor of reached here today that upon the refusal J the aval officials now visiting in Port of a cook to supply them food, two tramps ! lan(3- set fire to the camp of the Hplburt Log ging Company, on Lake Stevens, six miles east of this place. -A 'posse started to capture the hobos, and it Is feared they will be roughly handled If caucht D. K. WARREN VERY ILL WELI-KXOWX ASTORIAN SUFFERS FROM A2VGIXA PECTORIS. Little nope for His Recovery, and Members of the Family Are AH at Bedside. ASTORIA, Or., Sept 2. D. K. Warren, one of the best-known residents of this city, is lying at the point of death at his country riome in Warrenton. On Sunday I Mr. Warren was stricken with "angina J pectoris, the most painful form' of heart failure, and since then has been In a critical condition. Drs. J. A. Fulton and Alfred Kinney are in attendance: Dr. Fulton stated tonight that the suf ferer is very low, although he has shown Improvement since morning. It Is doubt ful if the patient will recover. Members of the family are at the bedside.- MORSE BRINGS ALASKA PACK. Master Disregards Quarantine Rules, and Ha Been Reported.' ASTORIA. Or., Sept 2. The bark Harry Morse reached port this evening -r-L from Nushagek, Alaska, bringing tho pack- of the cannery of the Columbia River Packers' Association, 29,200 cans. The trip down was uneventful. The Morse was the first vessel to reach Bristol Bay and the first to depart. Captain Reynolds and several members of his crew came a3hore when the vessel arrived, and Dr. Earle, quarantine ofllcer, has reported this matter to Washington. The Morse is at present in quarantine for examination and the action of the master and his men is in conflict with the marine health laws. .JUMPED. FOR THEIR LIVES. j The trainmen had a narrow escape, the i engineer ana crew jumping for their lives Well-Preerved Baldwin Anni.. OREGON CITY. Sent 2.-fSneelni ' T- B- KJllin, County Commissioner for j Clackamas County, today brought to the city samples of the Baldwin variety of the apple family' that were picked from the tree on September 23 last The fruit is in a fair state of preservation at this , time, with no evidence of decay. Com- misslner luiun says he does nothing to prolong the natural state of the ajple. . whlch Is kept In the cellar throughout the winter. Mr. Killin resides In the south pnrt nf the county, and reports that there will not bo to exceed half a crop of apples this year. Caused Xo Surprise at Eugene. EUGENE. Or., Sept. 2. (Special.) W. A. Kuykendall has assumed his duties as Apple Crop Cut In Two. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Sept 2. (Special.) A. Van Holdebeke. State Hor ticultural Inspector, arrived in this city today from Eastern Washington, : where he had been on a tour of inspection. He saidthere was a half crop of apples this year in every part of the state except the Yakima Valley, which would have about 60 per cent of a crop. School Delayed a Week. JACKSONVILLE, Or., Sept 2. (Spe cial.) The Jacksonville public schools will commence Monday, September 14. The delay of a week from the usual date of commencement was occasioned by the necessary finishing touches on the new schoolhouse before the furniture and fix tures could be placed In position. Circuit Court at Jacksonville. JACKSONVILLE, Or., Sept. 2. (Spe cial.) The regular September term of the Circuit Court convenes here next Monday, Hon. H. K. Hanna, Judge, presiding. There are 12 criminal cases on the docket, all for larceny, and the usual batch of trial and equity cases. Principal of the Houlton Schools. ST. HELENS, Or., Sept 2. (Special.) Miss Ruby Jackson, for some years past a teacher In the Rainier schools, has been elected principal of the Houlton school, and Miss Margaret Breithauph, of Port land, teacher of the primary department Dalles Men for the Encampment THE DALLES, Or., Sept 2. (Special.) About 50 members of Company D, First Regiment, O. N. G., will leave here on tomorrow morning's train for Gearhart Park, where they will go Into camp for nine days. Rifle practice will be the chief feature of he outing. Pay for Indian War Veteran. FOREST GROVE, Sept 2. (Special.) Hon. W. H. H. Myers, of this place, re ceived his pension yesterday for services in the Indian war. Mr. Myers is an Ore gon pioneer of 1S52, and has resided here for the past DO years. Drykilns Are Destroyed. EVERETT, Wash., Sept 2. Fire de stroyed two drykilns belonging to tho Monroe Mill Company at Monroe today, together with a quantity of shingtes. The loss is estimated at $3000. Dump Sawdust In Waterways. EVERETT, Wash., Sept. 2. The United States Government is after the millmen of this city and Snohomish for dumping refuse into Puget Sound and Snohomish River. OREGON MAN IN CONCERN Douglas Belt One of Cattlemen Plan ning a Big- Packing Plant. KANSAS CITY, Sept 2. The Western cattlemen who propose to build a packing house of their own held a meeting here today and agreed upon articles of incorporation- for a packing company. The articles will be filed In Arizona, because the lawyers assert they can get greater privileges there than elsewhere. As explained by C. F. Martin, secretary of the National Livestock Association, the purpose ia not so much to fight the packing houses now in existence as to establish competition and make the pack ers pay a reasonable price for cattle. t We want enough for our beef to en courage farmers to continue in the busi ness," Mr. Martin explained today. When the new company is formed there will be a sort of a voting trust organized to handle a controlling portion of the stock. The intention is to have 51 per cent, placed in the hands of trustees, and cer tificated issued instead of stock certifi cates. The cattlemen say they can raise the money to buy the stock among them selves, although It will be put upon the market and any one may buy. The votinsr trust is to keen the nrnnfirtv out of the hands of the big packers. The talk today Is that about one half million of stock will be issued at first to" build the plant on the Missouri River. Later. if this plant shall succeed,' another will De hunt, probably at Fort Worth, and more stock sold. The stock men think that some day the Oriental trade and the growth of the live stock industry near the Pacific coast will justify them in building a third packing nouse somewnere in California. Ranch men and feeders who are expected to be named amtfng the Incorporators are E. S. Gosney, of Arizona; H. A. Jastro, of California; Frank Benton, of Colorado; R. R. Selway, of Wyoming; J. L. Smith, of Utah; F. J. Hagenbarth, of Idaho; Douglass Belts, of Oregon, and directors from Missouri, Kansas and Texas, who are yet to be selected. G. W. Gllck, of Atchison, ex-Governor of Kansas, will probably be Invited to represent the Kan sas interests. WHITNEY XOT IX THE DEAL. Ryan Says He Alone Bought Metro politan From Kulin & Loch. NEW YORK, Sept. 2. Thomas F. Ryan, president of the Morton Trust Company, said today: "On my return to New York this morn ing, after a week's absence at my farm in Virginia, I heard for the first time of the exaggerated and in some instances inaccurate statements which have ap peared during the past few days In the newspapers regarding the purchase of Metropolitan Securities stock from Messrs. Kuhn, Loeb & Company. On July30 I concluded the negotiations with Messrs. Kuhn, Loeb & Company for tho pur chase of their stock, and within two or three days thereafter bought several other blocks of stock at private sale and through the stock exchange. Mr. Whit ney had nothing to do with the transac tion, and I have not spoken to him on the subject. "The statement published yesterday that Mr. Whitney and I made representations which were Inaccurate is absolutely with out foundation. Nor is there the slightest truth In the statement that we or any body else was forced to take back secur ites or that Mr. Schlff or anybody ever made such demand or suggestion to us directly or indirectly." WATER CAUSES TYPHUS. Kniner Takes Metz to Task for Xot Maklnsr Improvements. BERLIN, Sept. 2. The epidemic of ty phus at Metz Is due to the water, and has reached an acute stage. The Emperor has telegraphed to Prince Hohenlohe-Lan-genburg, the Stadthalter of Alsace-Lorraine, as follows: "Again, as last year, an epidemic of typhus has broken out among the civil population of Metz and Is threatening the health of the garrison.'1 It has its origin in the bad condition of the springs and the unheard-of state of the conduits, which state of affairs is due solely to the city administration of Metz, .which Is ab solutely unable to decide what steps to take with regard to, Its water sdpply. "According to the report made by tho commission which Investigated the mat ter last year, the sanitary conditions pre vailing in Metz and its environs deserve the greatest indignation. In spite of urg ent requests and protests frcm the com- Scott's Santal-Pepsin Capsules P033T3VS CURE For Inflammation or Catarrh of &3 Bladder and Diseased Kldaoys. Ho cure no pay. Cures aulckly and Perma nently the worst cusea of Gonorrhoea and Olcct, "no matter of howlong stand In?. 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Since the time of the Romans, the mountain springs at Gorze have supplied iletz with its water. A water famine prevails at present In Metz, and the hotels are unable to satisfy their bare wants. The Emperor's telegram to Prince Hohenlohe-Langenburg has made a deep Impression. Anarchist Editor Sentenced. BERLIN, Sept. 2. Herr Grunnvald, the editor of an anarchistic paper, was today sentenced to three months' Imprisonment for publishing a threatening article against certain Bavarian officials. Confidence In. Ills Determination. Tillamook Independent. We see that our old friend Dan Trom bley, of ilichigarv everybody around Til lamook knows Dan, and knew he was from Michigan, or Texas, after they first set eyes upon him has got his picture in Sunstroke Insurance bread-fruit, have a temperature 20 degrees lowerthan that of white men who are careless about their food or their bowels. 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M l in The Oregonian, but any one who knows Dan wouldn't know the picture, because it doesn't flatter him a little bit. It wa3 like this: Dan went to HIHsboro. and there he found a widow who took an awful liking to him, and this widow had a pocket full o' rocks. Well, now, you take a man who has a natural hankerin for widows and a natural hankerin for rocks, and he can shovel up the two to gether, and he's liable to do something, and so it was in this case. Dan did some thingmarried the widow and got the rocks. But that isn't all; he also got a new suit of clothes tar and feathers and pulled out for Portland, where he sat for his picture and told his story to Tho Oregonian, claiming that his treatment was the result of envy on the part of his less fortunate neighbors, and for which he threatens to bring suit for a sufficient amount to bankrupt the city. And Dan will do it, too. KHIfi Himself Becnnse He Lost Bet. CRESTON, la., Sept. 2. A. B. 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