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About The Independence west side. (Independence, Or.) 18??-1891 | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1895)
01 The Best Newspaper is th on that gives th most and As an Advertising Medium THE WEST 8IDE i ' . Takcs THt Lead in Polk Countv. freaheit news, Compare th WEST 8IDU1 vlth any paper In Folk county. VOL. XIII. $2.00 Tor Year. INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OHKOON, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1895. Five Cents Per Copy. No. 23. rilYStCIANS DENTISTRY- I! F '0 iOR MYSTERIOUS CIIIMINAL RDFORSI Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report PL KETCHUM, N. I. OFFICE I aud Mouruoutu at., Independence, Of. , The Compact Is Still in Existence. Issues a- Grand State Document. Durrant's Preliminary Bald Makes Another Senator Blackburn! Declaration. DR. J. B. JOHKSUH, IttvMIU'.JN I Deutist, All work warranted to Examination. Record. Isivsths best of sattafaotion. ludepen I lium, Or, rALKS HAKD FOR SILVER ATTORNEYS. "EO. A. SMITH, ATTORNEY AT ll I.w. Will practice in all state Itml federal court. Abstract of title furnitheJ. Utile over ludepeudene Nutuuml llMMk. F ON II AM HOLMES. ATTOK I D mr at Law. Office iu Bush's blocs, between Stale and Court, on Com I uieretal tlreel, aaleni, ur. SASH AND DOOUS. I it K ITCH ELL ft BOIIANNON, MAN 1Y1 nfaeturera of aiwb aud ! I Aim., scroll sawing. Main street, Iud pendenoe, Or. 8KCRKT KOCIETIK& 0. U. W.-INDEPENDENCE t . Lodge. Nik 22, meet every Muu - any ulght lu I. O. O. K. hall All sojonrn- mg ttrouier are iuvhim iiwuii. j.. I Keteiuim, At. w.: w. u. uh, Recorder. f ALLEY LODGE, NO. 42, I. O. O V r Mee in Vauduyu's hall every i Thursday evening. All twd fellow oor- i uilly turned to meet wttb us. James I A. Robert N. O.; A. J. Uououmn, 8ee Iretary. HOME II LODGE, NO. 45K.f 1 Meets every Wednesday evening, All ksigbl are oordially lov'ited. O, A. Kramer. C. J. J J. Moiln, K, BANKS. THE IXDEl'ESDEXCK National Bank ! Capital Stock, $50,000.00. 11. niHM4 iim:im. AHKAM NKLHn.N. W. I'. IXi.NNAWAY . PtMtdent. Vice President. . Caabler A nnml bauktnf and exchange bu.lnwa Itraii-uwU-d, hunt made, bill dlM.tiuntitd.com nimlal crodlU grautud: dfpo.lt relvt on current acouunl nubjecl to cheek, Intermit paid tun llin. dttpinlu. WRKCTOKK II. r. Smith. A. Nelwtn. I. A.' Allen. II. if. Jul-rM. A. i. CkHMlman, 1. W. hvara, II. iiiiiwuuerK. Commenced Bu sines Ma9 fjitniilntifd by Btkmal Aulliorlljr. TUB FIBS! NATIONAL BANK. of Independence, Oregon. Capital Stock I (60,000.00 $14,000.00 urplui, J. 8. COOPKB, U W. R011EIITHOW, Prwldeut. VU-e I'rwldent W. II HAWLKY, Caablvr, DI RECTO ns. I J. 8. Cooper, L. . Riibertaon, UmU Helmick 0. W. Wblteaker, W. W. CUln Huv. and aelU eic-littiiice on all Important I polnu. DepiwIU rlved miblecno cnera or tl(1''ai of (li-ixwlu (llVtloii mad. 0 umoe noura: v a. in. 10 1 p. in. NCORPOIMTEO UNDER THE LAWS OF OREGON Polk County Bank, MONMOUTH. Or. J. H. HAWI.KY , ....PrwMinl Vlce-Hre4i, ,.C'iilir p. l.;ami'Kki-i,. IRACPOWKLL.. Paid Capital. $30,000. DIRECTORS, J. If. Hiwlcr. P. ICHmnbell. I.M.Hlmpnon J. U. V. Hut'lor. i. H. Mtump, K. H. Powwll J(Hwpn (;rHVn. Aenral bniiklnie and exchange biwlnew tninuu'ti.r. I,,uti. murlx- dfilHmlUI ri'WIVOO ul)Ji Ui chwk or on cerlltlcttt of dolt- rlnt.ttul r.ul1 .... fl .irwMll tM rKIre pr.H.f vault and burglar proof lafe, :ureu uy rule lime iix k. i'iiic tiuuni: a. ui. 10 p. m. ,Amor!can and Kuropoan.Ilm, THOS. CUJNEAN, Proprietor, ' evnth and Waalilngton Hln., BRICK YARD J. R. COOPER Of TmlenAnrlfinfifl. havineaBteam 'engine, a brick machine and several :ae.re nf firiAur. rfar. 1b T10W DrepareU to keep on hand a fine quality of Brick, which will be sold at reason- able prices. But Rates Suspended in Places. A l'ollcy Outlined That U Kxpeckd to Wear Out Small Couipaule. ud Kcatoro ilariuony. SUN FUANCISCO. April '.M,-TUo oottra or lire umlerwrltera of the l'a elite eoiiNt met thla uiuiuliitf to take nuiii action lu reuard to the courae of prtHvilme netvaaitnttHl by the coutlnu- nuce or the warfare nv'iiiuiit the eom pact by oulttlde eoiuaulea. The rtault was uot aa pmucteu lu eertalu tiuar tern, liinufar kh a ilUwolutlou of the compact la concerned. All that waa Ume waa to umend rat-a lu Call for nl;i except lu clttea wherever there are local Ixmrda. Thla will effect Mau t nuiclaco. The ct)iiiact of leadlutr lumirnnce -oiiipaniea cover aeveu of the wceteru i:tate and terrlunU'. Imlu.llin Arl anna, Urt'iii'ii. WnnhluKlon, Idaho, Mi.iit.iuii. Hah and I'alirurnia. There ha lieeu uo further trouble euer lenctHl lu keepluir "uudcrwrltcm to gether outelde Hit etnte aud here the var bus Ikh-u prucilcally cnllued to 1111M city ana uukinmi. The renult of the rullna mnde tuduy will Iw to let the couipaule here inreaii tun quarrel out animus tlM-m-iwelve until they are tired iif llhtlnif. luiD'fnr a the rvlimuruuce of inillclea In c(;n erutHl, the cut rate ayatem haa Uu pretty well worked alreadv for all It la worth. That I. utile It may plcttue nome blir limurance ronianlea to limure the city for uothlnx. which, of course, they am mally do If they wty the word. The policy outllued I uo which will prove wearlii on the Miunller eoiupaule. It 1 uiitlfliwted that iM'fore Ion harmony will aualu prevail aiuonit all ftmcemed. When a mau ma km tin hi mlml iu buy nnylliliiK' lie Itml.nitly panne lu r.lew iM-fiin hla iiiliiil'n eyi- nil the rarluiiH ndvcrtlM'tui'iiU whli li lie inn ritiiiiiilxr iMwrlntf iimui tln artl-lo wl.lrli he di-hlri'S to jiiirclmjie. Itnmy U that tu-w ahun U the cnuiw of thl mental activity. If It In. the paift'N of the leailliitr limifnilm-H. mt-liHlk-ftln. Blj;iiiKiri!ii, tunylie for yi-nra Mst, are railed before hltn, and the atovtt which ha Imh-o tnoxt lartivly advertbed l aure to hnvo the prefer ettcv. Iu vane tin matt In comiula alumni to pun-hane au tiudiwlKitated cake of ), or a not otherwlae Uieii uux or liver pllla, tin) ii mo rule bold (mmI, aud iu aimwor to the deni er a luiUliy, "Wlmt klmlT the per aUteiit ndvertlxer cihtalnn Ida Junt re- ward, l'oople nro btiyltiif eoiitluunlly; their iholce la largely liitUniiifd by what they rend, and the louu who run keep the ntimn of article whhh he Imn to mll Htorml awny In Hiple'a r.ilnx, where they eiiti llml them when buyltiK Finercency nrlm-n, la auto to auei'eed. Sperling Brothers Meat Market DKlI.XM I Choice Meats Higheet market price paid for fat stock, beef, niuttou.veul, pork, etc. All bill niunt be aettled monthly. OPEN BUN DAYS FROM 8 to Oa. m. Free - Dsliveiy to all parts of the Qi;. FOR- fine Photographs Crayon Work Pastelles inaia inics Water Colors D. H. CRAVEN'S Photograph Gallery independence, ur DR. JORDAN & CO.'S GREAT MUSEUM OF ANATOMY tool Market ., Ran FrancUco ButwMD tih and 7th 8U.) fie and learn how wonrl.rf ully ) on are made ane now 10 avim unddiMaM. Muwum enlarged with IhuuMiuli of Bw object, auium- nun via. .... " I , I O.D 10.-H Market Mreet-Waw nt itrlcture, Iom of ni&nhood, dlniaai of the .kin and kidney, onicmy cureu wimum .hp w . - CM nry. 'Jreatuul penonally or by lultuf. Bead uruook. U If you wantaOoodyqimre Men) lor 25 Cents Oo to the CITY RESTAURANT MRS. L CAMPBELL. Prop. ri.i.utn Dlinmr veryHundiiy Moul rved i km .nrrLiu me .t .t - n - at U nourn nam Di.t iiiuiwuuMw- Get Your Washing done by the SALEM STEAM LAUNDRY, ...A luun mir order with J. 11. THOMPHON ..itk. uuinm utnud. who will call at your hotia for tha waablng and deliver it wu 1 A u I done. Modest, Statesmanlike and Patriotic. Hit SuUccti Will not ! Allowed to Crow over Cliluaiuen or Ualie KoolUU (juaroli. YOKOHAMA. April 22.-An ofllclnl )liaU'U aaya that Count Ho, prei deut of the Japauee council of nilu latent, aud VUcotint Matu, Jupanee milliliter of foreljsu affair, the two oilk'tal who negotiated the treaty of peace with I.I Hun- Chang aud lil eon. Lord I.I, at rtlmoiinwikl, were re calved In audleuce by the tmitMror be fore; their return to lllroahliua. The uipemr aald: "The prluclpal poluta of the treaty are entirely aathtfactory aud add much to the Klory of the empire. I am hltfli If pleaed at the alu'ial acrvlce reu aored by you." The following Imperial proclamnilun whm Iuih till afternoou: ThrouKh Kaco national proH'rity la U'Ht promoted, t'nfortuimtely the mpture of relation with China forced ujhiii im a war, which, after the Inpnc of teu mouth, la.uearly ended. Kur lug thl perltMl our. mlulMter. In eon- tiert with the army, navy aud diet, have dona all In their power to fur ther our aim In olMdlence to our In- atruriliiua. Our ardent detre with the ajMlatanca of our aubjecta In loyalty and alnrerlty la to rctore peace, aud tnerehy attain our object the promo tion of national pronperlty. Now that riow la ruvakUel and an artulatlce prtM'lalined. a permanent ceatlon of hoetllltlea la near at hand. The term of the peace filed by our mlulatera of atate tilre ua complete aatlNfactlou. The peaee aud glory thu aecunnl render the preeeut a flttliitf time to Millghten you aa to the Vouro of our future policy. "Wa are rejoiml at the recent vic tories which have etilinneed the glory of our empire, At the name time, we m aware that the end of the road hlch rutiMt Ih travereeil by the em pire lu the march of clvillxmloii I atlll far dlntnnt aud remain yet to be attained. We therefore hotc, lu com mon with our loyal ubject, that we ahntl alwaya gunrd agnluxt aelfom tentedne, but lu a aplrlt of modcMty and humility atrlve to perfect our tllltary defenae without fall '.iitf Into xtremea. 'In ahort. It I our wUh that the government aud the people alike hall worn to that common Kim, and that our eubjeci of all claase atrlve each In hla Mphere for the purpoe of laying the rouudatlou or permanent proe- perlty. fit 1 hereby ilennltely mnde known that uo countenance will be given by to Mich n, through conceit at re- cint vlctorU-, may offer lnult to nu oilier atate or Injure our relation with friendly power, eelnlly a regard Utiln. "After the exchange of ratlflcailon of the treaty of peace frlendnhlp hoiild be rcHtored uml eudenvor made to Increnne more than ever be fore the relation of good neighbor hood. It la our pleasure that our aubjecta pay duo respect to theae, our expreaa ed wlahet." NORTHWEST NEWS AND NOTES. A Look Hera and There All Around the Country. Tl.. ii-niiit I.mIi.. i.f iti-niritti 1 II ll T.. will convene at Forttat Urove on Tuewlny, June 4th. The women elected to olllce in lor eucn will not rule. In the llrt place they didn't want to run thing, and in the next place omc men did not want iHritlcout rule. The whole thing aeeiu to have been a farce. A man In a plug hat, according to the Went, ... . . .-.i. . . , i .. j i. OKI lliO wnnio uoiiie in a jone. IM,.. witlf luii'lfliit ttetfnn Vftwt,r. day, and a ahlpment of giMMl leave or NUem ny tin morning a noat, nc iompniilcd by Kddle Stock. Corvttlll Time. Thl refer to the dry good atore. The new nmnnglng owner of the O. V., Mr. Hammond, think the W II- lamet'a valley the world' garden Allot. ... . . . ........ . , lira letter to tne ivereu iiernm from Forty Mite, one of tho fapiou mining atntlona of the Yukon country, Alnnka, give the following uuolntlon on merchandlMe prevailing tnere: Flour, H ir anck; bacon, KJ cent tint twill 11 d- hnnii. It) cent tier lioilllil: dried fruit, .'Ml cent; augnr, 2 cent; tea, l.ao; corree, w cent; lonunoen, cabbage, corn, etc., about 8 per etiw; butter, no cent per pound; rubber boot, U) to 1S lcr pair; nnovcin, 9 nn- liteiia irt to t.S: hIciI coh! from $17 to Zr.; aheet lrou atovea, f-'Mi; coal oil, il .25 P'r gaiion. ItvAn ftf KcllnL'L'. DOUirlll county, Or., bad quite nn excltelng fight with a pannier a iew uuj- nio Aixa nmi mum an old one with threw young, and a lively fight enwied, In widen tne uog was unveu 10 ciow quarter and wna being worated. Hyde went to the reacue of IiIh dog, and the old pantner turned upon mm. Ho ancceeded la keeping her oft until tho opportunity came to him to fire without endangering the life of lil dog, and a lucky ahot lu the buck of the neck stretched the pnnther dead. Mr, Hyde captured two of the young one and atlll hna them a trnphloa of hi victory. The dog was quite bndly IIHed up. NOnTHWJCHT NEWS AND NOTES. A Look Hera and Tbero All Around the Country. The crop proapecta ara excellent. Fifty thousand sheep will be sheared within sU tnllea of Hunting ton this year. Tho new Albany creamery , Is rapid ly being put In readiness for active operation. If the town of Heppuer does as well this year as it did the last, tho end of the fiscal year will And the floating Indebtedness nearly wiped out. Tho Umatilla Indians, of Oregon, are rapidly deteriorating under the In fluence of civilization and whisky. The whaleback CHy of Everett has tiimn nlini-tered to carrv sunnllcs to tho. Tanama railroad and will run be tween San Francisco and Central America.. Now If the mandftJuUB will only re (iwe to lie, aa they say In law, the tax lddon people of Oregon will have roaaxui tn rejoice. Ifo Has Most Wonderful Nerve. .Somatlonal Testimony of an Ofllcer Hflatlve to Blood h'talns Nurueroui Witnesses. 8.VN FRANCISCO, April 22,-Dls-trlct Attorney Ma rue iu the prelimi nary examination of Theodore Durrunt for the murder of Minnie William, before Judge Con la u thl morning, ntuted that the proaecutlou would put twenty-eight wltucMMc ou the stand, several of whom had Dot tewtlflcd at the luqut'st, aud that the examination would lat at least three days, prob ably more. The prosecution I keep lug back a good deal of cumulative evidence, The defeime, It I stated, will de pute that the pnrxe found lu Iur rant' overcoat pocket IH-Ionge l to the deceased, but the proMOcntloU . the evidence on thl point I ovei 'Im Ingly lu I heir favor. A baker i aed Young of Alameda .will tetlfy I hi.; the celluloid tablet found In I lie pui .e WU given by him lo Ml William on the day she' met her death. Kergeant llurke gave a bit of sensa tional evident which ha not' come out liofore tiMlny. He said that when he, lu company with other oitlcer. examined the lavatory or wahrooin In tne I'lux imn or tne tnun-h. jut to tne rear or tne pulpit, he saw IiIinmI main on the wash basin and the wall jimt alMve It. Mary McCoy, a Innudre. testified she saw a man and young woman near Kmamicl church U'tweeu 7 and S n'cliHk on April Uth. They ap peann to ner to lie lover. The man wa urging (lie girl to nwdo to oui proiNMiltlou and the girt seemed to be coaxing liliu not lo ItiNlMt. Juki a she pnKmd them he heard the mau say, ymi are a coward." Durrunt gave a furtln-r exhibition of hi ex,tnioriMiry iiirtmrtoHiolilHty to day. It 4 during Jib. prellnilnitry ex- nmmation Tor Uk mtiiMer r Minnie William lfore I'olhsa Jidlge Conlln. Tlie proneiniilon U.vl IntiMdieol In .v Idiuice a laige plKitigraili if the dead girl, allowing hr In lu-r eaaket, strip. tMit, will) the hldooist wound In hor htNid, breast and wrUitu In atrong re lief. The purtio of thai picture wa piMlmbly to llliwrate the aavsgry that aLtriidcd the murder. Ho ghiteUy was U Unit the lawyer In allowing It to wltm-H to Idotitify It a the dead girl, only unrolled enough of It to slxiw the fme. iMimint at bhlnd III Lkwyent and when rhe ph-ttire was tin rolhol on Hie table lh-fir Uwon he l.iwwd fomnrd and looked at It nirlns I.V. Not n militt'le of 111 futv changed; there wa not lli.j livid exprrdmi of horror, rocoifnitlon or anything elae. nurrantdid not hk well tlay. 11m- nnxleiv. OMillnoiiiitit or some otlir-r coiii lias Uken the color from It Ik face and h niMi-nri before Judge Conlln yellow ami dull eyed. He hit J (fcxvi thn big crowd that blockwl Mc-AlllHti-r stroot, (a platoon of police pre vented a nearer aMa'h to the pris oner) to wstch him as he was brought from tlwi Jail Co Uvs court ruoin, and It shook him. But, dlstreaaed physically as b wis. he gave no sign of weakening. HOME INDCSTUIEH. Tlmt overv coiiiimnilt v should, a fiir aa poNNlble, pntronliso home ImluHtrles i one of the basic principles or the ullcy of protection, and this Is al nitf Hum to linnel nroKiierltv. The reaV.oti that the norihwet has linked iliii'eloiouiiiit liei'itoforA I li'iklHi too little attention im been paid to this; but there 1 nu awakening lu thl re gard that promises good time In the future. The pre or tiregon are ad vocating the doctrine, ami there are hopes that there will be a change In the plan heretofore followed. Wash ington appear to have boon alllletod the pat in tne sumo way, aim me illowlnir from the Stiokuno Chronicle vm-v truthfully iifiiliii v the situation and the change now being Inaugu rated: "Threo years ago there was a large in,, not or farm lirodilct shinned Into this locality from the Ent aggregat ing perhaps a million dollars per mi lium. Then our wholesale merchants vera almost dally shipping In by the 'in-loud Im dim nnd huenn. and laid, and butter, nnd eggs, nnd beans, and other nrodiiel of the ffirill. not from the surrounding country, but from Iowa, Montana, iiunma ana Minne sota. Thl was a great drain upon the i.iiiiiiiiilIiv lilll: till IS HOW till changed, and tho articles named, ti well as nearly everything inni can ne produced upon the farm, are now brought In from tho surrounding country. Our farmers are not omy now producing cnougn ror nome cuu sumption In nearly every line, but 11 large surplus is grown and Ilmls a ready market lu British Columbia, Montana and stales ran ner east, 'in,.. tw.iK.ni ut thl change can scarcely be overestimated. No Indi vidual nnd no community can ne proa ..ofoirn if fixncndltiit'c exceed the In come. Three years ngo there wns not fruit enough rniseu in tins locniuy im homo consumption. During Inst year many car loads were sent abroad, uriiiiu itiiu venr. It I safe to say. the quantity shipped out will be double wlmt It was lust year, nnu uoc.iiuho oi the largo number of fruit trees that have Is'eu planted for several years last past our surplus of fruit will probably double every year for many yearn to come. "Our people should take courage and press forward notwithstanding low prices. Wo should pot only produce everything we consume, but much be side. Whether prices pre high or low, as a community wo can never be prosperous until the balance of trade Is In our favor. We must buy loss ami sell niore."-Tbo Dulles Times. About a year ago a smnll lot of horses wore slaughtered nt Portland, their flesh canned and aont to Franco, ns an experiment. It Is presumed that satisfactory returns have been received, as a Portland syndicate lias contracted with a Pendleton man for (5,000 range horses, delivery to begin Juno 1st. Tho price Is understood to bo $5 or less aploce. The projectors of the now enterprlao also hope to And a market in Japan for canned horso meat. San Jose Is Wild With Excitement. , St Lou I Homo BaCfi-DIsappoliiliiifr Iy on San Francisco Track -Npoitii Generally. MAN J ONE, I'hI., April ).- Edward 0. Haiti, of the I'resa Cyellinr club, of Buffalo, N. ., Is the seiiathm of the day lit cycling circle. He ha placed another record to hi credit a remark able performance, In view of the fact that It wa made im a "road" wheel, his racing wheel uot having arrived from tho Eat. Ill performance yes terday ha i-auNed much iravornble comment mi hi Due form and on the splendid track. Weather was perfect All Hun JoNcan came with the vain hope ttiat their favorite their native iemM i:ownri n ud .eigier, would re deem tlM-i'"vi,ttnd uphold tlilr rep utation a , , u.impliin. Hut I hone who pinned their faith nu Zelgler reckoned without their lioHt. Ddwatd acquitted hluiHcIf wlili credit, If uot with glory Dior," 1 another young until of thl city, however, who fulfilled every ex l.eitallotl. Ill liMllllt Is Allell June, and be rmle a third of a tullo from tin- scratch lu 40 second flat, breaking the Tyler nx-ord of 4a S-S made at Hprlnfgfleld, Muss, Again, In the mile Immllinii, class A, ho rode lu time wpml t, thnt umde In the flrt mile if tlio twonille rai. imcel by tan deuia. yesterday, lu which Bald broke the world' record. Then came the event of the day, the mile Invitation, cm B, iwiced by tan item, with Bald, liurke, Coulter. tien I-outer nnd 'lerrlll starting, neither r.dwnnlN nor elgler having iiallllil lu their heals. At the crack of n plxtol Maid got away llrt and tacktil en the rear wheel of the tandem, urging them on at every turn, which xltloii he kept for the flntt lap, when, pur suing lil usual lactic, be dropped back and allowed Coulter and Foster to get In-twcci! liliu and the pili'einnk- em. Uo kept tut position, nipiN'd ny (iKeii, until the hint turn lulo the Kti'ctili. right where he broke awny yetrluy, and (lieu with a sjiurt equal lo any the mighty .liiuai rinan ever made, bo iued the tandem and came aero the till) a wheel' length ahead of Coulter, who was lapped by Fos ter. Tb crowd was kept in a rever of autttnm for a Uvt minute. They knew the delay lu announcing the time meant the ueclnrailon or a new re cord, aud when the announcer came forwanl there was ierfeet alienee. Hut w hen he aald, "ltald tut lowered the world's record for one mile, time 3:01." there came a tremendous wave of apphtitNo which IsMted eevernl min utes. Coulter and Foster rode under the record In llil race. lu the flint heat of the half mile handicap, class It, I'M ward rode from he scratch lu 1 :'. winning his heat citHll.v, and again In the final he rode a half mile In 1:01 lowering the eoat record twice. ST. I.Ol'IS HACKS. Ht. I.otiU. April Un.-Bctwecii 8,000 and .. ieople attended the race at tho fnlr grounds aHiK'lntloii track oduy. The chief event was n match between, the famous Brooklyn huudl- an winner. Ir. It lee, aud the less known, but equally promising horse, Simmons. Dr. Hlce drew the rail in the toNs-up. The hore got away at thn tlrnt start, Kite took the lend and nt the quarter was a half a length alimd under a strong pull. At the hair he wa two lengths ahead nnd nt the stretch wns one and a half lengths ahead. The llnlsli was an exciting one, hut Ktiiiiuotis moved ahead and (lu Ished ensy by two lengths. The time, 1:11 Jl-4, is l he truck record tor six fUllollK. TltACK DlSAri'OINTMICNT, San Francisco, April 20. A big rowd went out to the track today and lrotitMil Its money on every race ex cept tin third, (ioldbng wound up the llsaatrotia day hy winning nt to i. Tint event were; Ono tulle-J. 0. C. won In 4.T4. Seven furlongs Ilrondbead won In 1:27 ;i -. Consolation stakes, 2yenr-olds, five furlong Don ('orlllo won In 1:01 3-4. Ono and a hnlf tnllcs, steeplechase MeHtor won In 'A '2'i Ono nnd tt niutrter mlh'S, bnndlcap- Mcl.lgbt won In 2:0K',!i. Five nnd a half ftirlongsuoidbug won lu 1:08. DISHONESTY OF PAl'L SCItCI.ZE, Tarvmui, April 22. It Is nnlliorlla- lively mot:d Hunt the rtlntrtnge .In the iUKvHint.t of the Into Paul Sclutl.e will exctvl !IiKMXM) and poMHlhly nuiy retutli fUoO.OOl). In explaining ShUuiIk!i UM!lillodH, Heeelver Onkos of Wis NorlJiern l'liclllc said laM night; "As luiymenls were niiulo on land wntrat'ta during the liwt four or live years, tho iinonirj' vi& not always turn ed oer Ui .the clerks, buwutt evident ly kept, by Mr.-KcliuJws ffrwl the hold er of eonitmcts were given receipts. The payments on ninny of tihcHo wn trai'ts have nil Wn completiKl, but tlw ImmiIcs b not ehitw 'It Tho Hsilders bicaimj ilni'Witleiiti for their deeds. Their eunivphiilnts, few inontlhs ago, wero our llrst Intlntailioit of the wrong doing. Before we can know definite ly bow pront the shortage Is, we will have to 'lutve returns fmni every one of tho holders of our land contracts. Tho iMMvhipwra will not loae any thing. The entire hwa must full on tho cainpnny." Ttuvwnn, April 22. Additional fads loarnind ehow that Paul ftclwilao's de fafcUilHona ns Northerm l'm-tllc land agent reneth n much larger sum Mian li..f.t,ai.ivi almtiwl TVia Sl.f 111 ill nvn. iiin,t nf Riiobvi-u, u irnKHvn tn iinva mild him lH.iiwiv,n 1400.01)0 and 'tM).. 1)00 for Spokane property for which no niefomnt was made. P. A. O'FarrcH of Spokana Is hero trying to protoct. tlio syndicate's rights. T he property purclliawl Is four or five florea nw the new freight limine, In ttia Hcnrt of SiKkan,o. ONLY A PIG. "Prturwuma are now sent ou of tho pen wltjhou cent, according to a loeail TNiiOer, ami the Salem Iiog lia to food tlwin, attention to which lu called good nwitumlly by the papcra of that city." The above is from! th Eugene Guard, pnbtlslied by one of Lane aaunty'a realdonjta wlio lis bWH t Eu- gent?. P. IS. Ha la ai democrat. Stands Squarely for Free Coinage, 1 brown Dowu tbe Oauntlet and Will Make tbe Bate for U, 8. Menator. I.oriHVIM.E, April 20.-Ia au Inter view pul.ludmd lo totky'a OourWr- Jourunl, Senator Blackburn, In uumls takable terms, outllued his position on the sliver question aud boldly throws dowu the gauntlet to his opponent for similar candor on the same subject. With bis UMual aggre1veues the sen ator almost dare hi opponent to meet htm ou the lue he prencut and It may be SMtuuied the Immuo will bo promptly accepted. Senator Blackburn ha written with hi own hand a tateiiient of the no- nit Ion on which he cxect to taud or rail in the scuntorlal race. He de tlan-H lil posliloii In part a follows "I'tir the lust twenty yearn In con gress and on the stump, anywhere and everywhere, I have eafuoily and per slMteuily Insisted upon the rvxtorailoii nf the silver metal lo that place In me money ystem or the country which it held prior to the imsvaue of inni uisiiMirou act or demouetlxntlou lu is,a. I am I if favor of ooeulinr the mint of thl country to unlimited coinage of tne anver metal on au equality with the coinage of gold, I am opMed to monoineiaiiism and Jut a much op poml to allver monometallsm. With out reservation, 1 am a blnietullUt. I want and mean to continue to Insist upon the uso of both metal ou even term as redctnptlou money of this couutry. I would be glad to ace thl result brought alemt by the action of an international conference, provided It could Im- i , tie without delay. I am npiMwed to i. goverumeui walling for any such conference to act. Our experience with such agencies bus uot Uien such ii lo give ii either eonll- letice or hope of alttuliiuicul f this pmiMMc. "1 M-lleve the detructlon fentalled upon u by this demonetisation uol- Icy) of one half of our redemption money, has contributed more than any cause to thl aurlukage of all values, depreciation of all property, stagna tion of trade, paralysis of ludutrv. and tho financial troubles in which we now find ourselves, While it may be true that tho restoration of silver to Its place of unrestricted coinage aud unlimited legal tender fuuctitai may not provo a panacea for tho ills that wo now suffer, I am convinced it will lo mom aud go further lu that direc tion than any one piece of lcghduHon that has been suggested. I am lu favor of the restoration of silver metal at a ratio of lo to I, be lieving, lu the light of the cxK-rience tint cover a century, such ratio will eNtablish and maintain permanently a parity nouvecn tne two metalB." THE FUTURE OF AND OF the MAN. EARTH One of the most Immediate effects of tho progress of slderlal evolution Is the ImpovcrlMlimcnt of the fluid res ervoirs that surround the planets. Such a discovery Is, of course, very threatening for iih, and It may be aNked whether our oceans aud our utmosphero are rich enough to an wcr the needs of the rocks that will consolidate hereafter. It la easy to make a calculation on this point The crust of the earth Is nt present so thin that a hens egg has relatively thicker walls thnn our glob. If we suppose tho consolidation pushed to Its center, auch a consolidation would requlro many times the amount of water which all our sons can furnish. Our satellite, the moon, which by rea son of Its smaller volume, hns reached the advanced degree of refrigeration much moro quickly than tho earth, Is now precisely at that phase iu which till that wns absorbable Is engulfed In tho voids of Its crust. The day will come, then, when the earth, after hav ing brnt its ntmosphcre nnd Its oceans, after having enormous rifts opened all over Its surface, will be brokeu Into meteoric fragments. Long before this time, nil living beings, and espec ially human beings, deprived of the conditions necessary for existence, will have been extinguished. Let me note, moreover, tlmt ns the law of slderlal evolution Is equally applica ble to the sun, there will come a time when tlmt radiant star will censo to vivify tho planets. If they shall not already have been broken Into pieces, they will bwome, by the. extlnctlou of thn heat of the sun, unfit to bo the dwelling place of living beings, A distinguished professor whom science lost prematurely, M. Troucs sart, hns made known his preference among tho possiblo different det t'n'c of tho unman race: "Some day," ho said, "that brilliant toreli which Is for us tho source of light, of bent, of movement,, nnd of life, will bo extinguished, nnd we poor mortals (for how can we bo In different to the destiny of our pos terity V) what will become of ns? After dragging out the rciunaut of a dying life; after leading the sad ex istence of the Laps, tho Esquimaux, tho Samocldes; after having retraced all tho Bteps of our development, physical, Intellectual, and moral, we shall end with exhaustion, misery, hunger and cold I A thousand times belter for the earth to close Its career with n inlglity rntttstropho, which would make an end of human beings wlillo In full civilization, which would permit humanity to say to tho mil verso which was crushing It, to use tho lino expression of Pascal, that it Is nobler tliuu tlio unlvorse; yes, any thing rather than such a miserable cud, In which thought Itself will doubtless be extinguished before the wretched remains of the material llful Yet audi a catastrophe aclonce does not foresee, while It foresees the extinction of tho sun," The theory of sldorlnl evolution dls- shiatoB this snd perspective. 8lno we have the certainty that neither the reason nor tno sense nor uie ncnri which has been bestowed on us is .an Illusion, let us also have confidence that the reality which la before hu- I manlty Is worth far more than all that wo, lu our profound Ignorance, can conceive of us the best. Stanislas iMeunlei. IT IS HYPNOTISM. THE LATEMT POPCLAB FAD IN CRIME. The Enterprising West Ilia Lead the Effete East In febjuiif Hypnotism. It la curious lo observe how hypno tism 1 being used of late a a crim inal defense. Murderers used to set up Insanity and Irresistible Impulse a au exeunt for their crime, and the tent i mental public promptly took pity ou them and treated them a heroes or martyrs. Today hypnotUm is the raidilomtbie uefeuse. It haa figured In several recent trials aud lu the Httward Bllxt murder It ha played an Important part, aud ha made a great itnpreaaiim uism tbe Trllby-lntoxl 'ated public. Hosts of women have visited tho Inhuman murderer and have showered gifts aud flowers and even care upon them. In all these hypnotism crime there Is alwaya one pinin ract; a certain Hron did a cer tain uct and that act wa a crime Hut that I ton plain and straightfor ward, Any fool cun we that. The gtiiiitde public wants something more. iney art like the queen Carro tell slient, who at tlmt had some dllli ettlty In Itellovlng everything she iicnrn, put uy Hint of hard timet lee. accustoming l'relf to believe two or tnree luqimiiiMe things each day be fore breakfast she finally develoned a very satisfactory gullibility. The ptioiic nave believed Iuihm11 and extravagant tilings before breakfast every day to some purisise and hyp notism as an excuse for crime comes in oenutiruiiy as a new fad. The enterprising West hu Imh n es pecially proline lu case of hypnotism lu the criminal courts, ami Severn I lelf-coufesstMl criminals luu-i. ed in convincing a Jury of twelve men mat tne crime was committed while they were under the iwer of anoth er' will. The thief or murderer or rapist come Into court and says yes he did this thllig. but he couldn't li.li. It. He wasn't a free mom I nirent An unseen iwer compelled him tn do the act Tbe old-fashioned imhite would have been content to call thl power the devil, but the end-of-the- contury public needs a more elaborate nomenclature; tho criminal lawyer can't plead hypnotism as a defense, but as a pedes or under the guise of Insanity he use it for all It I worth; the Eu ropes u authorities are irawn upon to prove that the crlio- lual at lar could not have formed the criminal Intent necessary to make til in amenable to our laws, nnd if, as In some cases, the Jurors are Judges both of the law and the facts, the prisoner generally goes free. 1 ho theory I. that given the power to hypnotise and you can make your hypnotic victim do anything you wish. ton suggest I lie crime aud he does the reft. This is called "hypnotic sugges tion.'' The by pnot lucr suggests, for Instance, to hi subject that a certain person has seduced his wife and says: 'Here is a pistol; when awake you will kill hi m aud avenge the bouor of your family." When he awakes he does It, and forever believes that the dead man had actually been guilty. Such cases are well substantiated In tho laboratory experiments of the pro fessors; but they Uo uot figure lu the criminal courts. Hvpnotlc. suggestion hns Is-cn used lu the last few years quite frequently as nn explanation of juvenile crime. Young criminals, it was round, al ways traveled with those old In crime, In whose power they seemed to be en tirely. In the experience or tne f.i mlra reformatory It has been found that most of the young law-breakers cannot bo regarded as Tree moral agents; a crime Is suggested to them by an older head, and tneir youtniui will s so overwhelmed tnat tncy uo whatever they are told to do. If any one will study the youthful law-break ers that come before our criminal otirts everv day. he will be struck with the entire absence of conscious ness as to the Import of their offenses. It Is not stoicism nor Is It Ignorance, and It Is not surprising that the hyp notists should attempt to explain it. HviiitotiHin. or the Influence of "col lective suggestion," as It Is called, hns been used to exonerate persons guilty f nsslstlinr to lvnch their fellow-ninn. A mob becomes hypnotised by nn Idea. Thv hear cries of " intlg 111 III, Kill hltni" and the like, nnd, losing their will newer, they rush upon their vic tim. Considerable literature Is spring ing up to explain our lynching in this way, nnd In several cases where tho courts have had self-confessed ivnehora before them they have re fused to couvlct on the ground that the accused were without their senses and practically lu a state of hypnosis, so that uo real criminal Intent could formed. It Is a collective sugges- .n Ui"' hypnotises tho crowd nn' .:.uh n.cu to do ucls wbicu ihi.t would not do wero they possessed of their normal will. It Is claimed that this same theory of hypnotlo suggestion explains the fact that murders nnd suicides al ways go In series. Some time ngo, for instance, New York had nn epidemic of poison murders; recently she had an epidemic of suicides. Some years ago a woman In Jersey City threw vitriol into the face of hor betrayer. Sho was described lu the newspapers; her charms dwelt upon; her letters and her photographs published; Im mediately there was nu epidemic of vitriol throwing. Such people are sel dom convicted; the old medical ex perls excused them on the grouud of temporary or emotional Insanity; the new schools would probably not hes Itato to follow In the footsteps of tho European exports aud claim exonera tion on some theory of hypnotic in fluence. - WThen a shocking case of sutclde has been reported In all Its ghastly details it is by no means surprising that an exceptionally impressionable mind should be Belied and held by the Idea of suicide until all self-control and will-power la gone and the act com mitted. "If you ever must cut your throat," Jokingly said the professor In one of our medical colleges to his student, "don't bungle like this poor follow hns," aud ho pointed to a cad aver that had been brought In with his head hacked off. The professor, with great earnestness, demonstrated how a small nick lu the carotid ar tery would do the work quickly and artistically, Tbe next morning the student was found with his peck cut In the most approved fashion. This Is an authentic case and there was some controversy among lawyers at tbe time as to whether tbe professor was not guIHy of manslaughter. This may be hypuotlsm, but it barely seems worth while to treat It as a very pro found phenomenon, but, If such ex planations of wrongful acts be recog nized by the medical profession, crim inal lawyers ran be expected to make use of them to get off their clients. At present the public expect such ex planations. There has not been a par ticularly brutal murder recently that ha not set tbe public Justifying It oa some such absurd grounds. Hypnotists claim that many crimes can be explained on tbe theory of criminal auto-suggestion as tbey call it Crimes la which a suggestion or passion or idea so takes hold of a man that he lose moral consciousness until the criminal act Is accomplished, after which he Is himself again and recognizes w hat he has done. Tbl la tho old theory of emotional Insanity lu a new dress. It takes away the cold-hlmxIedueKS of murder while it leave all tin premeditation and fore thought. In the Hayward-Blixt mur der of Miss ;ing It is maintained that Hay ward be-auie possessed of the murderous idea, until he lost moral couscloueuesa, and because of tils own concentration of purpose he was able to Hypnotise poor Bllxt Such theories. It will be seen at once, are so much of the air airy that they lend themselves very happily to the speculative and ovcnscutliiicutnl, for whom It Is an enty matter to Jump at the conclusion that such crimes are those of lrre siMinslblo agents. It Is contended that many of the curious bunko and false pretense scheme are successful because of the hypnotic iower of the criminal. It Is certain that confidence men are al ways men of strong face. wlUi eyes that are never forgotten, They charm tneir victim something like the cobra charms bird. Tlnw always have In tneir power weaker men whom they use a tool. Ijunvnt cites a case of a well-disposed and reiectabie dt- ixen who was so completely brought under the Influence of one of these men that he undertook to dlsDoee of stolen goods for him and was arrest ed. It has been argued that the Kee ley cure Is nothing more than a spe cies of hypnotism. It is a well au thenticated fact that a professional hypnotist can take a sufficiently Im pressionable drunkard, and after Dut- tlng him into the hypnotic sleep, can so play upon bis mlud that drink will be thoroughly abhorrent to the Datlent after he awakes; and there are cases wliero the cure has been permanent NORTHWEST NEWS AND NOTES. A Look Here aud There All Around the Country. Portland Is Interesting Itself In the project of providing land for cultiva tion for the unemployed. Joun Stewart, of Eugene, has con tracted with au Idaho buyer to fur nish him 500 cows with calves br June 1st Quite a number of farmers In the vicinity of Cornelius have sown tares for hay. Tares are becoming very popular with the .farmers where tbey have been tried, making an excellent pasturage for pigs and producing four or Ave tons of fine hay per acre. Two thousand four hundred bead or beef cattle were fed In the vicinity of Union this winter. Wheat, bran and shorts were the principal feed used, and farmers who are now put ting In large crops of wheat atate that, should the price drop this fall like it did last, they hope to be able to realise a fair price feeding it to cat tle aud hogs. . Several weeks ago a quantity or sup- piles, contributed by Benton county people, was forwarded to the JNeoras ka sufferers. James Wilkinson gave a sack of beans, and about the middle of the package he deposited a note" asking tho recipient to acknowledge the receipt of them. He has just re ceived a letter dated Curtis, Nebraska, March 20th, which says; "Your beans were received by me and distributed in live, ten and fifteen pound lots, ac cording to the sixe of the needy fam ilies. Bo assured that they were very much annreclated In this vicinity. We are at present well prepared with food and clothing; the great need is ieea and seed." The letter is signed by R. Hansen. Tho Red Crown mills at Albany hnve been leased and started up again. Sound nartles are looking for beer In Eastern Oregon to ship to Alaska. Sixteen carloads of sheen were shipped to Chicago from The Dallea Thursday morning. Shearing is beginning in good earn est in the wool-growing districts, and tho harvest will bo quite large, une season has been very favorable for tho clip, and it will be hauled to mar kot in good shape. No quotations are given yet aud cannot . be expected " ... . ... , ii.- . i . n-t,ia until Duyers are in mo iuiiuct. iu iti t, io..- in the season, when tho clip is fairly In, ami there will be a choice of grades. Sometime between the 25th Inst, nnd the 1st prox. Messrs. George H. and William Sally, of Baker county, will start a bund of about 400 head of horses by trail 'with destination Fort Worth, Texas. They are now riding the rnngo nnd gathering in their brands and hove established a corral on Boaver creek, where they hold the horses at night. They have rounded up at present about 300 head. Awarded Highest Honors-World's Fair. DiX CREAK1 i MOST PERFECT MADE. ' A purs Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. Fret from Ammonia, Alum ot any other adulterant, AO YEARS THE STANDARD. mm i V