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Newspaper Page TextTHE MORNING OKEGONIAN.' "MONDAY, JASTtJAKY 29, 1000. POLITICS IN TAC0IV1A Influence of Mayor Nickeus' Machine. WILSON IS HARDLY A FACTOR Friend of Senator Foster and Repre sentative Are Not Altogether Rar xnonlou In Tbr.t District. TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 27. Johnson Nickeus will not be a candidate lor re nomination as mayor. Not long since there Tere Indications that he "wanted to be vindicated by the public from the se rious accusations that led to his late trial lor attempted extortion, but he seems to have changed his mind. Nickeus -was in a bad hole. C. B. Hurley, manager of the heavy Wright interests in Tacoma, charged explicitly that the mayor made a blunt offer for $12,500 to sign the ordinance compromising the celebrated water suit of the city against the Wright estate. Nickeus did not get the money, nor "was he convicted. Perhaps the fact that Hur ley had acknowledged that he agreed to pay the amount and repudiated his prom ise "my attorney advised me," he ad mitted, "that It was a crime to bribe, and no crime to lie" had the effect of weak ening his testimony. Of course, the mayor Qatly contradicted him. and, while there was some corroborative evidence, the is sue was largely a question of veracity be tween him and Hurley. The jury's confu sion was apparent in the fact that It stood six for conviction and six for acquittal. Nickeus is certainly entitled to the bene Jit of all doubts, and to be regarded as an innocent man. But it docs not neces sarily follow, because there was failure to convict that the city is under any obli gation to re-elect him mayor. Apparently he has found this out. Nevertheless, Nickeus Js an Important facfor, and must be reckoned with. The Nickeus -machine is strong, and Includes many active workers. Practically all the appointive officers in the city are selected by the mayor. The municipality has no civil service. It had once, but, under the unlamented fusion Fawcett administration, it became .so preposterous a farce that It was abolished. An appllqant for office, therefore, has found that something more that fitness has been required under Nic keus. He must, as a rule, be able to show that he has a voice in the affairs of his precinct, or ward. The consequence is.that every policeman and fireman Is, or Is sup posed to be, a Nickeus man. It Is quite likely that but for the untoward circum stance of his trial, the mayor would be able to secure a renomination. His admin istration has been economical and efficient and satisfactory, with the one great ex ception noted. The most formidable candidate for the republican nomination is Louis D. Camp bell, whom Nickeus dpfeated by two votes two years ago. Campbell is one of those rare men for whom every one has a good word. He is a lawyer, of excellent prac tice and some wealth. The most serious objection urged against him is that he is the representative of the kid-glove ele ment, and not a vote-getter. The saloons and the gamblers are afraid of him. The same system of monthly fines for gam bling and prostitution obtains here as In Seattle, and the element .most concerned does not want 4t disrorbed. A man of high character and independent judgment, they argue, ought not to be permitted to endanger their security. The friends of Mr. Campbell, however, have been some what busy assuring the objecting persons that the present system has been enforced with such eminently satisfactory results that their candidate would be certain not to alter It. If this were the only obstacle In the way of Mr. Campbell's success, prob ably It could be overcome. But, as he is not a politician, is a poor mixer, and Is apparently Indifferent of the results, op portunity is given to several gentlemen who hope to pull the plum for them selves. John Bell, present councilman; W. E. : Hacker, of the board of public works, and W. H. Snell, a well-known lawyer, are all mentioned. Bell, who Is local manager of the Pacific Postal Telegraph Company, now seems to have the greatest individual strength; but he lacks the backing of the Nickeus machine, which will be thrown to Hacker, or, in case he cannot make It, to Snell. The latter Is shrewd, rich and willing to make the run. He suf fers some embarrassment, however. In be ing the partner of Representative Bedford, who is In an especial sense a local mouth piece for Senator Fester, and would like to bo superior judge. As between Hacker and Snell, Nickeus will undoubtedly back the one who appears to have the best prospects, and in that case the issue will be between him and Campbell. A deter mining influence, in case the contest as sumes this shape, is likely to be W. H. Paulhamus, a well-known politician, who was largely instrumental in securing Nic keus nomination, and who has maintained a sphlnx-l.ke silence on the present situa tion. No other name is seriously mentioned for the fusion nomination but ex-Mayor Fawcett's. He is the winner of the long-drawn-out Orr-Fawcett fight, and the father of civil-service reform as inter preted by the Justly celebrated statesman Guvnor Teats, chairman of the board. Fawcett seems to be the only man who can hold the remnants of the three sil ver parties together, and who stands any show of success against the republican nominee. The republican ticket won two years since by an average majority of 500, and there seems now to be no good reason why it should not do as well in April. Behind the municipal contest is the definite shadow of an approaching con test for party supremacy between Sen ator Foster and Representative Cush man. The latter wants to be renominat ed, and he wants the Pierce county dele gation to be put up in his Interest. The Foster men say they are entirely willing to support Cushman, and agree that the delegation shall be a unit for him. But Cushman's friends do not think this is enough, and they do not see why Foster wants to interfere, anyway. He is se cure for five more years. Cushman real izes that he has a fight on his hands, and he wants to take no more chances than he has to. Foster Is exceedingly anxious to maintain his position as the head of the republican party in the state, and that explains why he resents Cushman's purpose to take the delegation away from him. In this connection it is interesting to mention that Pierce county no longer has a Wilson following of respectable size. The ex-senator bought a Seattle news paper, and by thus identifying himself with the fortunes of that city, he himself pulled the props from under his support In this county. But he has still here a stanch admirer in Editor S. A. Perkins, of the Evening News. The News Is an anomaly, and so is Perkins. As private secretary to Mark Hanna, he basked for several years in the reflected glory of that illustrious statesman, and then he re turned to Tacoma, his former home, and embarked in journalism. There were mysterious hints that he was the per sonal representative of the president and a member of his kitchen cabinet, and he was out here to see that all went well for the administration. Perkins caused it to be known that he wanted Wilson for senator, and so did Hanna. Wilson was not elected, but Perkins did not strike his flag. He bought the democratic News, and is now running the only Han-na-Wilson-McKInley, -expansion, antl-lm-periallst, rock-ribbed, democratic news paper In the world. Perkins and his pa per are industriously sowing the seeds of dissension between Cushman and Fos ter, probably because they fancy that it is water on the wheel of Mr. Wilson. THE LONGEST MINING DITCH. Contract Soon to Be Let for a 700,- OOO Project on Rognc River. ' Ashland Record. Contracts will soon be let for the long est mining ditch In the world. It will be 83 miles long, beginning above Rogue riv er falls, and terminating at Gold Hill, Southern Oregon. It will drain 100,000 acres of good placer land, and will cost $700,000, a considerable portion of which amount Is subscribed by Portland capital ists. M. P. Warde, of the ditch company, says the preliminary surveys have been fin ished, and the right of way secured. For four months past IS surveyors, in charge of J. S. Howard, the well-known govern ment engineer, have been running the necessary lines. Estimates are now being made for letting contracts for digging the ditch, and in the meantime men are kept at work clearing the right of way, In or der to conform with the law. The territory which the ditch will drain is recognized as the richest placer district In Southern Oregon, the mines of which heretofore could only be worked during the wet season. The company proposes to furnish electric and water power to quartz mines. Malheur County Mines. "Vale Gazette. It seems that the mining portion of Mal heur county will eventually rival any thing on the Pacific coast. Ben Mathie son, a mine-owner from Malheur City, reports that work at the Golden Eagle is steadily progressing, and the new mill will be built as soon as the roads become In condition to admit of the machinery being freighted in. He bays that the whole hill on which the mine is located is filled with paying ore. Mr. Mathleson is at pres ent engaged in opening up one of his own mines, that is yielding good pay rock right from the start. Vancouver Club Gives Presents. VANCOUVER. Wash., Jan. 28. At a meeting of the Vancouver Amateur Ath letic Ciub last night, Professor Robert Krohn presented his resignation as In structor of classes, which was accepted. The officers of the club have made ar rangements with Professor Ringler, of the Portland Young Men's Christian Associa tion, to act as instructor for the club. At the close of the meeting last night Mr. Krohn was presented with two boxes oi cigars by the members of the men's class. O. H. Stuart, one of the prominent mem bers of the club, who in his capacity as clerk in the adjutant-general's office was recently ordered to take station at the Preslalo, San Francisco, was presented a handsome silver coffee-pot, appropriate ly engraved. Railroad 15 Miles Further Away. LAKEVIEW, Or., Jan. 24. B. Reynolds, a merchant, has just returned from San Francisco, via Reno, Nov. He says the Nevada, California & Oregon railroad has halted 10 miles beyond Van Loan's, In Lassen county, California, and 15 mile? further fiom Lakevlew than was expee'ed. It has laid off a town in Madaline plains and begun the erection of a depot, hotel and dwelling-houses. All of the men em ployed were discharged last Friday, and they have gone to their respective homes. It is now the conclusion of all that the terminus will remain there for a long time. Mnsical Association at Medford. MEDFORD, Or., Jan. 2S. The Medford Musical Association gave a very success ful .concert Friday evening to a large audience of the music-loving people of the city and vicinity. Dr. R. T. Burnett, con ductor of the association, had arranged an attractive programme of choruses and part son-. The association, which is one of the strongest in Southern Oregon, Is In a prosperous condition, and Is con stantly growing in favor with the public. Fell From a High Trestle. MEDFORD, Or., Jan. 2S. Earl Kline, of Talent, Or., while trying to board the blind baggage on the Southern Pacific train leaving Ashland at 5:10 this evening, fell as the train was crossing a high trestle over Ashland creek, receiving seri ous injuries. His recovery Is doubtful. Oregon Notes. The Dalles is about to float $20,000 to $25,000 of bonds for water works improve ment. The sheriff of Sherman county and mar shal of the town of Moro are both re ported to have smallpox. In Jackson county 123 bounty scalps were counted and burned at the January term of the county court. Marshfield has unanimously voted a 5-milI tax levy for school purposes, which insures a nine months' school. This is probably the mildest winter Southern Oregon has known for years, says the Jacksonville Times. There has been little frost, and hardly any snow so far. which bodes 111 for the fruit and min ing interests later on. An officer of the Columbia River Pack ers' Association confirms the report that at the meeting last Thursday a dividend of 2& per cent was declared on the capital stock of the association, and Is now paya ble at the office In this city, says the Astoria Astorian. This will liberate about $60,000 in Astoria. The carrier who connects with the SIus law stage was riding one horse and lead ing another, on which the mail bags were tied, says the Eugene Register. The ani mal stumbled and fell, going over the bank into the Sluslaw. After swimming about for some time, the animal regained the shore with the mail still on his back. The mall was brought on to Eugene, and when opened some of It was well soaked. The Copper Queen has succeeded In nav igating the waters of Rogue river to thf junction of that stream and the Illinois, says the Port Orford Tribune. Mr. Burns has another boat under course of con struction, which will be of less draught than the Queen, and which Is Intended to navigate the river at any stage of water. The new boat will be about 25 feet In length, and fitted with a four-horsepower engine and propeller. Proof has been submitted at the United States land office at La Grande for patent to the Sparta townsite. which was located on the government domain. The witnesses were Attorney C. H. Marsh and John M. Phy of Union. Following the submission of this nroof. a patent to thp nroperty will be Issued to Judcre B. F. Wi'son. as trustee, nnd title will In turn be con veved to the occupants of the lots and of others who may otherwise acquire owner ship thereto. I FROM VALDEZ TO YUKON ABERCROMBIE SAYS IT IS A. PRAC TICABLE RAILROAD ROUTE. Less to Be Overcome Than on White Pass Resources o the Country Would "Warrant It. WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. The war de- partment has made public an Important report from Captain W. R. Abercromble, Second Infantry, who commanded the Cap- TACOMA SENDS OCT ESTIMATES. per river exploring, expedition In Alaska last season. The chief topic treated in Says' 15,000 Men Are Ready to Rush tho report is the laying out of the great Cape Nome. trans-Alaskan military route from Port MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 28 A special to Valdez to Port Egbert, on the Yukon, the Times from Tacoma says: While engaged In this work, the officer Estimates made by local shipping men was charged to take note of the mineral show that about 15.000 men are intending resources Of the country, of its adaptabil- to reach Cape Nome by the first steam Jty for agriculture and stockraislng, and ers from Puget sound and Dawson. Two MONSIEUR HENRY DE REGNIER. i urn '- Af WmM M FRENCH POET TO LECTURE BEFORE AMERICAN COLLEGES. The French writer chosen as the third annual lecturer of the "Cercle Francals de l'Unlverslte Harvard" to speak before Harvard university, in 1000, is the poet Monsieur Henri de Reseller. M. de Regnier will deliver eight lectures on "French Modern Poetry." beginning March 1. Among the places he -vs ill visit, besides Harvard, we can cite: Adelphl college, of Brooklyn; Alliance Francalse, New York; Brooklyn inltute of arts and sciences, Brown uni versity, Bryn JMawr college, Cercle Francals de 1" Alliance. Boston; university of California, unHerelty of 'Chicago, Columbia, Cornell, Mount Holyoke, Packer Institute of Brooklyn; uni versity of Pennsylvania, Princeton, San Francisco, Vaesar, "Wellosley, "Wells, Williams, Yale university, etc M. Henri de Regnier was born at Honfleur. near Havre, France, on December 33. 1SG-1, His first verses were published in November, 1SS5, under-the title of "Les'Lendemalns." Frond 1SS7, M. de Begnler's works appeared In quick succession. The titles of these various poemy are as follows: "Episodes," 1SSS; "Poemes Anclens et Romanesques," 1890; "Tel qu'en Songe," 1802; "Arethuse," 1805. The French academy awarded him this year the Prix Vltet for his works, and M. Gaston Bolssler, the secretary of the academy, expressjd himself in the following manner in his official report: "M. de Regnier is one of the leaders of that new school, which pretends to do no lets a thing than modify the form and spirit of French poetry." James H. Hyde, vice-president of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, of New York, has taken treat interest in the work of this talented French poet, and Is actively promoting his work In this country. the fuel and food products for man and animal. Captain Abercromble arrived at Valdez on me zisi or April, a. pariy or oia ran- t roaa ana ira.ii ouuaers were selected Dy Captain Abercromble, and they started from Valdez on April 29, and pioceeded to the mouth of Keystone canyon. The har bor at Valdez, owing to the proximity of the Japanese current, Is accessible at all seasons of the year to ships of any size, except about a mile and a half at its head. The only feasible site for a rail road terminal Is a narrow strip of land three-quarters of a mile broad, extending up the Lowe river, some five miles, and south of a small stream flowing from Robe lake. There Is a nominal grade up the valley, and through Keystone canyon to the Inner basin. From that point there are two feasible routes; one east of Mar shall pass, at an elevation of 17C0 feet and down the Tasnuna to the Copper river valley; the other turning north, crossing the mountain range, and, Thompson pass, 2600 feet high; thence down the Teithel. river valley through the swampy pass a. the head of the Knata; thence down the Tonslna into the Copper river valley. Captain Abercromble ,belleves that the future for a railroad through this sec tion of Alaska Is very promising, owing to the presence of large zones of heavily mineralized copper deposits, the develop ment of which, he says, undoubtedly will yield a Ijcal tonnage of great volume. He states that the proximity of tie and bridge timber and the absence of any great en gineering features would render railroad construction a comparatively easy prob lem. Edward Gillette, a member of the expe dition, contributes an important chapter to the report on the feasibility of estab lishing a practical railroad route up tho Copper river valley. He draws a compar ison between the water route from Seattle to Skagway with the Valdez route to the advantage of the latter. He shows that while the distance from Seattle to Skag way is 1050 miles as against 1125 miles from Seattle to Valdez, the difference Is practically offset by the unimpeded pas sage of the outside route. Then vesse's are not required to pass through 4C0 miles of water claimed by a foreign country, and Valdez Is much nearer the center of Alaska, Skagway being 200 miles nearer by railroad to the Forty-Mile country. Insurance rates on the inside route are also double those on the outside route. Mr. Gillette believes that the develop ment of the country In the future prob ably will necessitate the construction of both lines from the northern end of the TfovnnP wm-nn tfc:n,.h -"" 1 ., .. ...,.. ....vUCl,i J iiuuiubuu IMbb I ??d. hX Mars1!11 Pass. He recommends , foot gauge, In tho Interest of economy and rapidity of construction, arguing that the narrow gauge would fulfy meet the needs of tho country. The report makes a com- i parlson of the projected Valdez road and the existing railroad from Skagway over Whitepass to Lake Bennett, showing, that the maximum grades are much less that Valdez' highest elevation Is fully 300 feet less than on the White pass road. The i that can be produced from one acre of snowslldes from which the White pass J sorghum. In saccharine, the juice of the suffers can be practically eliminated from me'on is richer than cane juice. To ob the Valdez route by the peculiar forma- tain the best results, the me'on rind tlon of the country, and the careful plac- must be removed, and the riper the melon iiik ui Liie line. i The point is also made that the project ed route would be entirely within United States territory. He fixes the probable cost at $753,500, or $22,531 per mile, the esti mate .being from 25 to 50 per cent higher than rates in the United States. A direct line from Valdez to Port Egbert on the Yukon, Would be 310 miles long and 350 miles would afford all the diversion re quired for the line. The report refers to the trade of Central Alaska as an unknown quantity, but dwells at length Upon the reputation the country has of possessing vast deposits df copper ore. The report says the soil is productive, that vegetables and hay may be raised; that there is plenty of tim ber, and that hardy farmers from Nor way and Sweden would farm as success fully in the Copper river valloy as In their own country. The country also contains coal of good quality and marble of varl- i ous colors. thirds of this number will go from Ta- coma, Seattle, San Francisco, and the bal- ance will go down the Yukon river from uawson ana other Yukon towns. A great prospective race is in sirfht between these two contingents. 'First arrivals will se cure the best part of the beach which will be In the greatest demand because beach claims mav ho worker! TOitiinnf (iiimos . ! machinrrv. Arnrriir. lofocf o... over half of Dawson's population will t,j - -t ... .. . head for Cape Nome as fast as the Yukon steamers wintering on the upper river can follow the outgoing Ice down stream. Dawson miners have great hopes of reach ing there first, and to accomplish this are even prepared to leave the steamers be low Nulato, and make a portage of 200 miles across the tundra. Nearly 30 steamers, each carrying from 300 to 1000 passengers, are now scheduled to sail from coast ports between May 10 and June 1. Shipping men declare that all steamers sailing this early will be com pelled to wait at Dutch Harbor two or three weeks for the ice to move out of Behrlng sea. Washington Notes. It costs $700 every day of the year to pay the running expenses of Spokane county. It Is reported that mice are doing much damage to growing grain in the Yakima country. Based upon Its new city directory, Ever ett claims a population of 8100, and, Includ ing Lowell, 8982. Walla Walla has placed signs on all street Intersections, by means of which strangers can find their way without difficulty. J. H. Parker, who lately sold his shingle and saw mill, at Big Lake, for $100,000, Is to build a new mill at some place on Puget sound. The Enterprise is authority for the state ment that the mill at Cosmopolls has the largest band-saw on the continent, it be ing 60 feet long. It Is said that the depositors in the defunct Ben E. Snipes bank, at Ellens burg, will soon receive 15 to 20 cents on the dollar, and the affairs of the' institution will be closed up and the receiver dis charged. Yakima is taking the balance of a fund collected for the reception of company E, and the surplus left from the Fourth of July fund, and will buy a new town clock, one having four dials, and e bell weighing 500 pounds, which can be heard three miles. The Yakima Investment Company's in- -' UI ",e u ! ouimyaiuB unuiu win ue erlrl nuv) month fn cnt tfv rnna ifor'c on,.- tlflcates to the amount of $335,000 that have been issued. Aside from the receiv er's certificates, there are unpaid bonds to the amount of $263,000, and $200,000 of unsecured claims. A plant to make syrup and vinegar from watermelons is to be established at North Yakima, with capacity for handling the me'ons from 100 acres In the canning sea son. It Is said that one acre In water melons will produce five times the syrup -": uciici St. Enoch Arrives Up. The British ship St. Enoch arrived up at 11 A. M. Yesterday, and docked at Camp bell's dock. OUR TRADE WITH ORIENT HAS GREATLY INCREASED IN PAST THREE YEARS. Exports to China and Japan Doubled While Imports From Those Countries Fall Off. WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. A report pre pared by Frank H. Hitchcock, of the ag ricultural department, shows there has been a great development of our trade with China and Japan in the past decade. In the fiscal year 1S99 the value of the merchandise exchanged with these two countries, including the port of Hong Kong, reached $S7,305,8S, against only $46, 294,167 in 1SS9. The figures given show that in -the de cade there was a gain of $28,393,156, or 255 per cent, in exports, while the increase in Imports amounted to only $12,618,365, or 36 per cent. During the last few years, in fact, the imports disclosed an actual fall-Ing-off, the value for 1S99 being $1,164,131 less than that for 1896, which was record ed at $48,979,166. Our exports, on the other hand, more than doubled in the three years succeeding 1896. Our exports to the countries mentioned consisted chiefly of cotton, cotton goods, kerosene oil, wheat, flour and manufac tures of iron and steel, the value of these five classes of articles exported aggregat ing in 189S nearly SO per cent of the total exports of China, Japan and Hong Kong. Japan took nearly all the raw cotton, while cotton manufactures went quite as largely to China. All three took kero sene oil in large quantities. The exports of wheat flour almost trebled In the de cade. Generally speaking, it may be stated that the figures show that the gain in our Asiatic exports has been nearly all made in the last five years. Aside 'from the five classes mentioned, the'chief exports have been paper, alcohol, tobacco, leather, lubricating oils, lumber and scientific apparatus. Of the imports silk and tea made up 70 per cent of the total, Japan sending most of the former and China mos't of the latter. HILL'S PLANS FOR SHIPPING. Will Use 25 Ships Between North Pa cific Coast and Asia. CHICAGO, Jan. 2S. The Record tomor row will say: Within the next five years, according to James J. Hill, the steamships to be oper ated between ports on the North Pacific coast points and the Orient, In connection with the Great Northern railroad, will number 25. The vessels will be among the largest in ocean service, and each will have a speed of 12 to 14 knots an hour. At present, eight of them, either are in course of contraction or have been contracted for, and as soon as they leave the ship wrights' hands, they will be pressed into the new service. In the mind of the Great Northern's president, the proposed service to the Ori ent will be an important benefit to the in dustries of the North and Northwest. Mr. Hill, unfolding his plans, said: "I propose to build as many vessels as the trade with the Orient will justify, and that wi'l be a good many. The natural market of the Pacific coast is China, Jap an and the Philippines. The docks at Se attle are large enough to accommodate all of the shipping for some time, but event ully the conditions will warrant more ex tensive harbor accommodations. It Is too far from the Pacific coast to the Eastern states to ship many of the Northwestern products to the East. A market for grain in the Orient will give the farmers a price higher than they can get in the East. "The products of the iron and coal mines and lumber-regions in the Northwest can be sold to better advantage In the mar kets of the Orient than in the East. It Is not like forcing something upon the mar ket that people do not want. They want everything we can take to them, and we want their products. We shall have 15 steamships in this service within the next five years. The vessels will be of the larg est size, with enormous carrying capaci ties and comparatively slow speed. Speed is not so much of an object as to be able to lay the goods on the other side of the Pacific so that they may compete with na tive products." LETTER FROM JEFF DAVIS. In Pacific County Archives First Boom Tovrnslte on the Coast. South Bend Journal. County Clerk Cory has been digging up all the old records in his office and in dexing them, so that hereafter they will be available for reference. In the course ot this work he has run across an inter- f eftinff rllc of antebellun days in the ! shaiifi of nn ntifnemnh 1pttr nf .Toffprsnn Davls when he was secretary of war un der President Pierce. The letter Is writ ten in a veqy legible style, and Is as clear today as the day It was written. The letter is dated September 24, 1855, and is addressed to J. D. Holman, administrator of the estate of Henry B. Worden. Hol man then resided at Pacific City, and had set up a claim for $625 due Worden for services as teamster in the army. Jeff replies that the claim was paid, but in vites Mr. Holman to submit any evidence he may have that it was unpaid and still due. Among the papers of the same estate Is a certificate for five shares of stock in the Pacific Milling Company, of Pacific City. This townsite was the first boom proposition- on the Pacific coast, and was located at the mouth of the Columbia, between what Is now Ilwaco and Fort Canby. The site Is now covered with trees and there are no marks to show where the town was once located. DR. W. E. COPELAND RESIGNED. To Leave Salem Unitarian Church After Sevon Years' ServJce. SALEM, Or., Jan. 2S. Dr. W. E. Cope land, for seven years pastor of the Uni tarian church, teniered his resignation this morning at a meeting of the mem bers, which was presided over by George W. Stone, of Kansas City, a representa tive of the American Unitarian Associa tion. The resignation, which will take effect July 1, will soon be considered by the church society. It will probably be accepted, for Dr. Copeland has already practically arranged for his next year's work, and he will be unable to remain In the local pulpit. When he made his annual report a few months .ago. Dr. Copeland called attention to the fact that he had been pastor o! the church seven years, and expressed a willingness to retire If the society con sidered his resignation to be for the best interests of the church. The resignation was rejected, and the doctor was re-elected for another year. His resignation this morning was unexpected. TO SAW MORE LUMBER. Clacknnms County 31111s Make Ex- tensive Improvements. OREGON CITY, Jan. 2S. The lumber business Is active In Clackamas count', and new machinery is being added to in crease the capacity of several mills. Mil ler Bros., of Eagle creek, are having im provements made that will increase the cutting capacity of their mill to 10,000 feet daily. F. L. S. Bagby, of Bagby Bros., Molalla, came up from Portland this morning, where he had placed orders for machinery that will increase their cut ting capacity to 12,000 feet per day. The latter firm is doing considerable business in the way of furnishing oak lumber to boatbullders in Portland. George H. Brown, the well-known New Era potato-grower and shipper, reports that he realized $860 from 9 acres o.' Garnet Chile potatoes. The potatoes were sorted and sold to a California man, bringing SO cents per sack on board tha boat at New Era. John G. Porter, deputy county assessor, and a prominent old resident of Oregon City, was attacked by heart trouble last night, and his condition Is serious. NORTHWEST DEAD. Vancouver Boy "Who Was a Member of the Montana. Volunteers. VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 28. Chester C. Moore, of this city, received notification from the depot quartermaster at San Francisco today that the body of his brother, Edward S. Moore, of the First Montana volunteers, who died at Manila March 1, from wounds received in action February 27. 1899, which arrived in San Francisco on the transport Valencia, was shipped from San Francisco for this city last night. Deceased was born and raised in. this city. He went to Helena, Mont., soon be fore the breaking out of the Spanish American war, and was one of the first to enlist after the first call of the presi dent for volunteers. His remains will be given burial under the auspices of the Knights of Pythias, of which he was a member, from the lodgeroom here, Tues day, at 2 o'clock. Prominent Resident of Tacoma. TACOMA, Jan. 2S. Theodore Ho3mer, one of the most prominent business men of the state, a resident of Tacoma since 1873, and one of this city's earliest mayors, died tonight of heart trouble, aged 58. YOUNGEST OREGON VOLUNTEER. Willis D. Sloan, "Who Enlisted When But 16 Years of ige. TACOMA, Jan. 28. Willis D. Sloan, who la now blacksmith at the Puyallup Indian Willis D. Sloan. agency, where his father Is the agent, was a member of the Second Oregon vol unteers, and served with the regiment In all its campaigning in the Philippines. He was one of the landing party at Guam, and one of the first to enter Manila, Au gust 13, 1898. He has the credit of being the youngest enlisted man In the regi ment. He was born January 12. 1SS2. at Eugene, Or., and enlisted at Pendleton, Or., on the first call for troops. As to Issuing: School Warrnnts. OLYMPIA, Jan. 28. The state super intendent has delivered an opinion to the effect that school district warrants should not be issued by the clerk nor signed by the directors until they have first been audited and allowed; nor should the war rants be delivered by the clerk until he has procured the signatures of the direct ors. "The usual way of doing this is at a meeting of the directors. After the claim is audited, the warrant should be signed as a part of the transactions of the meeting, and the clerk should then deliver the same to the party to whom it Is due. It might, however, come under some method of procedure covered by some by-law that the board has adopted." New "Wnshlnsrton Incorporations. OLYMPIA, Jan. 2S. The following arti cles of incorporation have been filed with tho secretary of state within the past week: First Congregational church, of Sylvan, Pierce county; Chewelak Mottle Marble Company, Spokane. $10,000; Twin Mining Company, Seattle. $1,000,000; Nesika Min ing Company. Tacoma, $500,000; Bear Creek Consolidated Gold Mining & Mill ing Company, Spokane. $100,000; amended articles of tho Mountaineer Gold Mining WmSm 'IB IBII Killil' LMilm 181 '906' $d OOTHING INFLUENCE OF ELECTRICITY The pronounced and profound impressions made by the sympathetic system of nerves, or that system which controls these organs or parts of the body over which there is no direct control by the will the In voluntary part of us can be influenced and excited or soothed by the proper use and application of electricity. In this way we control secre tion of the glands, digestion, absorption and assimilation, of nutriment, increase the appetite, influence the action of the heart and lungs, in crease the secretions of the liver, stomach, intestines, and kidneys, and produce such a general state of nutrition that not only local but general diseased conditions may be improved or entirely relieved. The demonstration of the power of electricity on the process of nutrition Is one of the most interesting, useful and powerful that we have to deal with. It is well known that in all chronic or long-standing diseases the stomach and digestion are more or less deranged, causing the greatest possible distress. Nothing agrees with the patient, and often food of even the slightest kind cannot be retained on the stomach, and It is Im possible to cure where this state exists. Here Is where our Dr Sanders Electric Belt being a complete medico-electric battery, does the most astonishing work, as we arrange and apply it so that a mild, continuous, soothing current is given through all the organs of the above functions, and the astonishing rapidity and thoroughness of cures of this class of suffer ers is surprising to even us who see almost dally miracles performed by our DR. SANDEN ELECTRIC BELT. By Its use healthy and nor mal action is given to the organs of digestion and assimiliatlon, kid neys, etc., without the least aid from medicines of any kind, and it is a simple truth that our method of treatment relieves and cures in these cases when other treatments fail. Call or write for "Three Classes of Men," which explains all. & Milling Company, of Republic; Wash i igton Mutual Mining Investment Com pany, Seattle. $l,0CO0CO; Montana Bullion Company, Tacoma. $1,000,600, Increase of the stock of ;he Quilp Gold Mining Com pany, of Spokane, to $1,500,000; B. L. Hill Drug Company, Olympin. $3600; Olympus Cafe Company.-Seattle, $25,000; Port Town send Packing Company, $100,000; Lyman Lumber & Shingle Company. Skagit county, $10,000; Seattle Lumber Company, $100,000; Long Mountain Mineral Company. Seattle. $:0.0O0; M. E. & E. T. Hay. Wil bur, $150,000. Selling Commission Com pany, Seattle. S10.CO0; Migllavacca & Cars, lat, incorporated. Seattle, $26,030; Puget Sound Coal Company, Spokane. $500,000; Gaar, Scott & Co.. Richmond. Ind.. $400. 000; appointment of G. B. Peavey agent of the Sound Lumber Company, of Seattle; Skagit Coal & Coke Company, St. Paul, Minn., $500,000; appointment of W. H. Brown and J. S. Wyatt agant of the Mountain Lion Gold Mining Company, of Republic. Chaplain Thompson's Funeral. OLYMPL, Wash., Jan. 2S. It is now fully decided to bring the remains of the late Rev John R. Thompson, chaplain In the First Washington regiment, to Olympia for burial. George W. Bell, of South Bay. was in Olympia yesterday and gave the Information that Mrs. Ball, who Is Mr. Thompson's sister and only near relative, had arranged with the war de partment last March for the transporta tion to this city of her brother's remains. Adjutant-General Fox has not yet learned from San Francisco the exact date of the arrival in this state of the bod ies of the soldiers brought from Manila to San Francisco in the past week- The gen eral has dispatched a deputy to go to San Francisco to take charge of the remains. As Chaplain Thompson bore the rank of captain the remains will be given a mili tary funeral, in accordance with his rank. A company of the National Guard from Tacoma will be present in this elty to es cort the remains to the cemetery on tho day of Interment. Mine Turns Out Rich. LA GRANDE, Or.. Jan. 28. Lon Cor bett, half owner in the Royal, one of the best In the now well-known up-river group of mines, has brought to town half a sack of ore from his mine. A portion of it, selected at random from the sack, was tested by an assayer of this place, and, showed $55 to the ton $45 of silver and $10 of gold. The owners of the mine are enthusiastic over the results thus far, and ' are pushing the work rapidly. They be lieve that the ore Is valuable enough to be shipped with profit It costs, according to previous estimates, for wagon and rail road fretghtage and for smelting, $2i 30 ppr ton. If the ore shall hold out as good as that shown in the assay, it can b handled to advantage. But it Is believed that at least two mills will be erected before another year, and this would mean the development of , all the mines in that group The Royal is located about five miles from the line of the proposed new railroad, 14 miles from Sumpter, and 16 miles from Granite. Cottasre Grove Fire Limits. COTTAGE GROVE, Or.. Jan. 2S. A strong light Is being made to the city council to have the fire limits abolished In East Cottage Grove, which covers eight blocks. This ordinance was adopted by the old LematI council, and was ap proved by the Cottage Grove council when the towns were consolidated. It has prevented many wooden buildings from being erected 5n the past two years. Tho council 13 equally divided on this ques tion, three for and three against, and the deciding vote will be left to Mayor Brlstow, and It Is believed he will cast his vote to sustain the fire limits. Three fourths of the business men will fight to the end to have the limits remain as thev are, profiting by the experience of other towns. The agitation has arisen from men of limited means desirous of engag ing In business and not having sufficient funds to construct brick buildings. Olympia Indian War Veterans. OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 23. Thomas Prather, who is a veteran of the war of 1S55. has received a letter from Senator Addison G. Foster giving assurance of his hearty support of the McBrlde bill to pen sion Indian war veterans. The Thurston county veterans are: Thomas Prather, William Lemon. William B.llins, Rich ard Hood. t C. Beatty. J. C. Scott, Joseph Gibson, Linn. Whitaker and B. F. Ruth. State Parle Infected. SALEM. Or.. Jan. 2S. The gardener of the capltol grounds In this city lias found indications of the dreaded San Joeo scale on some of tht trees. He immediately began spraying, and will spray not only the affected trees but also alt the trees and shrubs under his care. Russel Bldg.. Cor. Fourth and MorrisortiSts. PORTLAND, OR. Office Hours: 9 to 9; Sundays; 9 to 1.