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THE MOENXNG OREGONIA2, THURSDAY, FEBRTJAKY 1, 1900. FRAUD IS ALLEGED Ex- Aixtftorof Nez Perces.Counly, Idaho, Arrested. 10NB5MBN SUED FOR .$20,000 BKpert Bxamlnation of CoantrBooks Reveals Bad Condition of Affairs 'Warrant ot Genuine. LJCWISTOK. laahe. Jan. 3L-S. O. Tan nahill, ex-auditor of Nez Perces county, was unrated late this afternoon on the charge of illegally iesutag county war rants during nte term of oJflce. Tannahill was auditor of Kez Ferces eounty xrom 1SK to lew Seen after hte arrest he save & bond of $M00 and was released. The proceeding is the result of an expert ex amination of the books of the auditor's office Tannahill is a democrat. The warrant for iris arrest was signed by S. G Isaman, chairman of the present coun ts board, who is a republican. An action has also been begun against Tannahill and his bondsmen for $96,099. In his own defense, Mr. Tannahill said: 'I challenge any man to prove that I ever defrauded Nee Perees county out of a penny. I am pcepered to defend myself against any and all charges. I asked my bondsmen If they wanted me to secure them and they refused to accept security. The do not georn to have lost confidence In my Integrity I do not even admit that the accounts were losely kept during my administration. I can prove that I had authority foe everything I did and that my accounts are absolutely correct Knowing that I am right. I stand in defiance -of a prosecution. The warrant for my arrest Us based on -the issuance tf a county war rant for $7 for the care of a county Indigent I am but a paltry thief. Judg ing from the complaint against me. But X will have my day in court, and then X wi.l make jay defense A A Cunningham, the expert, who has been at work on the county books for several months, reported on ex-Auditor Tannahill as follows: I find there have been many meetings of the boards of county commissioners, the records of which are unsigned and unattested, and during the years of 1897 and 1898 none of their minutes are signed bv the chairman of the board. It is to be regretted that officers should be so Incom petent as to allow their records to ba kept tn such a manner, as the effect of such carelessness Is far-reaching and is almost criminal During all my experience I have neier found such conditions to exist. It sot only raleee the question of the va lidity of warrants which are based on such unsigned minutes, paving the way for illegitimate transaction, should any officer see lit to avail himself of the op portunity, but all county business brought before the commissioners' court, and all their actions, are made subject to the at tacks of any person who may wish to take adxantage of the conditions." According to Expert Cunningham's re port which describes the Irregularly drawn warrants, they amount to $10,856 58 during Mr. Tannahllt's administration. In specifying the Irregularity of the war rants, the expart says: ' I And warrants having the appearance of being drawn for various purposes, but for which I And no authority and no cer tified list to the treasurer, and which do not appear to be genuine. I further And, according to the records of the county warrants drawn, and as shown by the treasurer's register, war rants to have been registered, but for vhlch there Is no authority whatever foi their Issuance, nor certified lists to the treasurer coveting the same; and the cir cumstances, as shown by the records of the county, I regret to inform you, are such as to ptaoe them in the category of warrants not genuine." SAID TO BE BOUND KORTH. Murderer of Georgre Boland Was In quiring Road to British. Columbia. OOJL.KAX, Wash., Jan. XL Word was re ce"ved from Sprague this morning that Samuel R. Clemens, the murderer of Samaol JL. Clemens. George Boland, near Parapa, last Friday nig-ht, waa aeea paseiag through Sprague at an early now Tdy -morning. He -as mounted on a small pony, and in quired the road north toward British Co lumbia. TRYING TO SAVE MAGERS. Governor's Answer to Those Who Plea for Cewmntatlon of Sentence. SALEM. Or., Jan. $1. Repeated appeals to Governor Geer for & commutation of the scntetice of " H Magers, sentenced to death tor the murder of Ray Sink, to d elicited the following answer: "The Magens case is different from any other one that has been presented to me for interference, in that the condemned man hae had two careful and elaborate 1 rials in the circuit court of Polk county, ach time with a verdict of murder in the lirt degree. The principal oxcoptien taken in the first trial was remedied in the second, and tfae verdict was the same. F or plea entered thw far for executive tlemencj. including that of his chief at irrnc is for commutation of sentence to H.'c imprisonment, on the ground that be Is v holly innocent, or on the other plea that The petitioner is opposed to capital pun i hment. Bat K appears to me that neither plea is tenable as a basts for in t rference. If he is innocent, there is no justification whatever for sending bkn to l-ton for life In that case he should l" made free abootuteiy. bttt I do not fel justified In sariag. even impliedly, that r- knowledge of the case is superior to that of the WMttt a$d jurors and witnesses two separate trials. This case dtffere from that of Oiber tran for r stance. In that he had had teml aJtrrrattoas with bis victim, who tad threatened Me Hie, and was of a. very quarrelsome nature, and he had reason. or taourtet ) few. t brieve nig life ill was In danger. There was eeemlng justification-, not for declaring him Innocent, trutfor TOmmuting-his punishment to life Imprisonment. Also, In the case of young Smith, of Jacksonville, It was never shown that he committed the-murder, but that he was In the company of those who prob ably did, and who were bright enough to escape, while he was left behind as a scapegoat for their crime. He had not an acquaintance In the state nor a dollar with which to defend himself, while af fidavits came to me after his trial, show ing that he had been In an Institution in an Eastern state for the feeble-minded. "In the case of Magers, however, no one has ever contended that he ever had any -difficulty-with Sink, and everybody ad mits that if ho killed him at all he did it deliberately and .without am justifica tion whatever. This leaves me no ground upon which to base a commutation of sentence, and yet no one has asked me to do more than this. I cannot declare him innocent. I would not feel Justified In doing this, even after one trial, much less after two. He has bad the benefit of a large circle of influential friends and of counsel equal to the best In the state. The people of Polk county have borne the expense of two trials, that his rights might be vindicated, and there is no rea son to suppose lhat both were not fair and Impartial. "To deny the appeal of the sorrowing mother has been the maddest trial of my official life, and has furnished an occa sion when one could wish the duties of office were resting- on the shoulders of another; but the courts have been the instruments for deciding these questions, and, for the reasons given, there is no grounds upon which executive interference could be justified. "I have thought it best to make this public statement, in .answer to several appeals for commutation to a term of ooeooeesoeooeeoeeooeeoeoo ,0 o e a 8 A 0 NOT AN AGENT. Fred A. Berry, supposed now to be In Eastern Oregon, Is not author ized to take and receipt for sub scriptions to The Oregonian. OREGONIAN PUB. CO. OREGONIAN PUB. CO. e life imprisonment, with the added one that, unless some fact vital to the case, and which the court did not have, comes to my knowledge, the decree of the cpurt will be carried out." Magers will be hanged in the rear of the county jail, at Dallas, Polk county, Fri day morning, at 10 o'clock. Invitations to witness the execution have already been, issued by the sheriff, and ever since they were -sent out the mother of- the condemned man has been imploring the governor for a commutation to life Im prisonment His attorney, W. H. H. Holmes, and others, have also made sim ilar appeals, which they renewed -so fre quently that Governor Geer deemed It best to make the foregoing statement of the case. HADE HIS MOTHER GOOD-BYE. Magers Still Declared Thnt He Was Innocent of the Death of Sink. DALLAS, Jan. 3L Magers mother and brother visited bim yesterday at the jail. His mother was very much affected at the meeting, showing the proverbial mother's affection for a wayward child. He demanded that his cell be opened that he might bid good-bye to his mother, which was gentjy but firmly refused by Sheriff Van Orsdale. .He then upbraided the sheriff for his "tyranny and want of feeling." The mother told him he must forgive everybody and tell the truth. In this connection he said to her that he did not kill Sink, and avowed his innocence warmly. She was taken from the jail In a state of prostration, and returned to her home in Gerval3. The Thurston brothers have adfied new machinery to their lumber mills here that will increase the capacity 10,000 feet per day. These mills will now make a daily output of 50,000 feet. The new addition to the machinery is a gang of six saws. The cants are made on a principal saw and sent to the gang to, be made Into boards. "Wild flowers are blooming on the com mons, buttercups among them. The Indian war veterans of Polk county, volunteers of 1855 and 1S56. now living In the county, are: T. J. Hayter, Samuel Coad, J. M. Campbell and David Cosper, o Dallas; Samuel Tetherow, of Falls City; John Vernon, of Rickreal; Absalom Byerly, of Salt Creek; John Hastings, of Lewisvllle; Benjamin F. Hayden, of Eola. John Townsend and Eli Branson, volunteers from Polk county, now live near Sheridan, Yamhill county. Willis Jordon, now in jail here, is an old offender, having been before the courtg of this county on six 'different occasions before, and he has been qonvlcted on every occasion, receiving sentence to the county jail or penitentiary each time. SOLDIER'S -BAD RECORD. Novr in Jail Under Charge of Larceny Tlie Clmmpoesr Robbery. SALEM, Or., Jan. 31. Thomas Mon aghan, who was arrested yesterday for the larceny of $7 50 from the saloon of J. P. Rogers, was arraigned before Re corder Judah this afternoon, waived ex amination and was held to the circuit court In tho sum of $250. In default of bail he was committed to the county jail. Mon aghan was a member of the Second Ore gon, and saw service 1n the Philippines. Returning home with the regiment, he worked at different places until Septem ber, when he enlisted in the Forty-fifth. He deserted, was captured, tried by a general court-martial and dishonorably discharged. Weston and Lmvrence Dlchnrsed. Louis Weston, who was arrested in Portland for the robbery of John Hoefer and Caspar Zorn at Champoeg on the 2Sd insL, had a hearing before Justice John son this afternoon, and succeeded in es tablishing an alibi, and was discharged. Woston proved that he was In Portland on the night of the robbery. Hoefer and Zorn, however, were positive, from hit voice and carriage, that he was one of the men who held them up. The infor mation against Abe Lawrence, accused of tho same crime, was dismissed. INJUNCTION AGAINST GRANT'S PATsS. No Sen-ers Because It Is Alleged the City Exceeded Legal Debt Limit. GRANTS PASS. Or., Jan. 3L The city of Grant's Pass and the contractors who are engaged in the construction of a sewer were today restrained by a tem porary injunction, Issued by Judge Hanna, from proceeding further under the con tract. The suit is instituted by Levi W. Ferry, upon the theory that the city has exceeded the limit of indebtedness, tho amount of which is S20.0C0. The provision of the city charter is that the total Indebtedness shall not exceed $109,000, and that the city cannot issue 'bonds to exceed SJSiOOO There has never been any question locally as to the valid lty of tho warrants issued. This question was submitted to George H. Williams some years ago, who gave as his opinion that the city could issue warrants upon the treasurer to the fuM limit. The city has moved for a dissolution of the in junction, which will probably be heard this week at chambers at Jacksonville. Charged With. Exubexxllng; 4100. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 31. R. V. Wil son has been arrested here on the charge of having embezzled a package contain ing $603 where he was agent for the Great Northern Express Company at Franklin, King county. Wash. .He-frill be held unltf extradition papers are received. Zafinn if-nrttAK arA ma?p fev lUTnnnnnlA J Tobacco Company white lbor. Oil) rUCvVHIAW PafifUTDV 7 rim itiL luiwn luun-ini SEARCH FOR COPPER. -ROW GAGES JKUGH ATXDXTIOjr. KX- Railroad Project Over- Dalton Trail Another From Port "Vnldcs Port land People on the Trail. SKAGWAT. -Jan. ZL CSpecial Corre-J sponaence.) Colonel F. R Miles, formerly of Montana, is here outfitting for an ex pedition to the country in which the Tanana, "White and Copper rivers rise, to look for copper. He is backed by Union i Pacific railroad capital, and says there Is a likelihood the. same people will build an all-American railroad from some point on tne coast, probably valdes, to the inte rior. Colonel Miles will take sunnlles to .. the proposed field of prospecting. He will come out this winter again, and then go I JOHN A. CRAWFORD. A WYt SI 1 PROMINENT OREGON PIONEER, WHO ALBANY, Or., Jan. 31. John A. Crawford, one of -Western-Oregon's most prominent plo-J neer citizens, died la this city at 9 o'clock this forenoon, after a lingering illness of several years. Mr. Crawford was born In Ireland, February 11, 1814, He came to the coart in 1850, remaining in California two sears, coming to Oregon in 1852. He took a prominent part in the upbuilding of Albany, accumulating a largo fortune. .He -wag one of the early owners of the Magnolia, mills, for many years owned the canal furnishing the city's water power, and In 18S0 established the present water system and works of the city. He; has been identified with many of the leading movements for the advancement of the city. He, was ne,en married. Hls surviving relatives here are a brother, Robert, and two sisters, Mrs. E, C. Protzman, of Port land, is a niece. In next summer to prospect. The difHcuI- ty of getting supplies in in the summer, I he says, would be much greater than. now. Mrs. E. J. Tarbor, of Portland, Or. Miss Ryan and Miss Daneke, of Los An geles, and Miss Amy Howe, of Rapid City, S. D., are here en route to Dawson over the ice alone, and Miss Howe will pro ceed in the spring to Nome. They will make the journey from this point to Ben nett by train, and thence to the Klondike with a sled drawn by & horse and a dog. They will travel from roadhouse to road house each day and stop at the houses at night, but do their own cooking. "Word .has been received that O'Brien, held at Tagish on suspicion of having murdered Fred Clayson, formerly of Port land or Forest Grove, Or.; Lynn Relf, of Seattle, and Lineman Olson, of the Daw son telegraph line, had on his person when captured a draft drawn in favor or jkcjc The report has also been received that a camp in which goods stolen from a cache were found has been located by the police two miles back from where the missing men were last seen, and that a. new trail leads overland and out of the beaten course toward Hootallnqua, the direction In which the two men arrested, one at White Horse and one at Tagish, are sup posed to have traveled. It Is generally believed the missing men were murdered. Thomas Marquam, formerly a Portland attorney, arrived here today from Haines, and reports Henrys Bratnober, former ex pert for the Rothschilds in copper ex plorations in Alaska, and Jack Dalton have secureda franchise to build a rail road from Haines up the Dalton trail to ward the new copper fields of Rainy Hol low, 20 miles back from Lynn canal. He also says Ames, a Boston man, has a fran chise to build into the same country from Haines or Pyramid, and a third party has a franchise from one of the ports to the same fields, and he thinks one of the roads will be built. He understands the mounted police in that district have bond ed a number of copper claims for $30,000 each. Dalton & Henley are putting on 30 four horse double bob sled teams to take freight up the Chilkat river this winter to Porcupine City. Porcupine creekmlners have just now, for the first time, pros pected the bed of Porcupine creelr, with the aid of steam pumps, and found the bed to be exceedingly rich In gold. The White Pass railroad has been closed a week by a severe storm, but is ex pected to be open again in a day or two Several hundred people are at the two ends of the road waiting to go in or out of-the Yukon country. The snow on Lake Bennett Is several feet deep, and has weighed the ice down so travel is dan gerous. TROUBLE IN M'MINNVILLE COUNCIL. Caused by a. Member Resigning Rural-Mail Petition Yamhill News. M'MINNVILLE, Or Jan. 31. The city council met last evening, Daniels and Jones, tho "hold-outs," being absent. The majority. Including Nelson, think they have won The council is composed of six members. One resigned, and in the election of his successor, three votes were declared sufficient to elect; the "hold outs" -claimed four were necessary, and left the council, and have not been'there since. Judge William M. .Ramsey was elected city attorney last evening. The council also accepted the bid of the Portland Gen oral Electric Company to furnish a dy namo, with complete arc light equipment, torSQ-5, delivered here. Whether the company will enter Into a contract with the council as at present or ganized, and whether the city will be able to get the cash- from local capitalists or banks, are matters of discussion today. One capitalist, who was expected to fur nish the money, and ono bank arc re ported as saying they will not furnish money under 'present circumstances. Sanford E. Goodrich, of Dayton prairie, has out -a petition to-the postoffice depart ment at Washington, to establish a rural matt delivery from the postoffice at Daytou to Dayton prairie and vicinity. Hfe.peti- tion Is numerously signed by residents wfco - would. - have iho-beneflt of .suclu delivery, j and there Is no objection by -others, Mr. t Goodrich has prepared a map of the route 1 to be covered, and has general statistics i searing on the-matter, i The delinquent-tax list of Yamhill coun ty, for 1S98, has been made out for pub lication, and will be published next week. It amounts to aboutS4000. and as citizens are paying up every day. It is expected that it will be much smaller iy the date of J sale, March 10. The bicycle paths in Yamhill county are continually ridden on by horsemen, atndtln l many places by carriages. Many com plaints are coming In, and it is likely that some arrests will be made. RAILROAD TO NEHALEM. rovoKltloit. Mcde to Columbia County Iandovrners. ST. HELENS, Or., Jan. 3L Iho Colum bia&.JIehalem Yalley Hallroad Company, by their, agent,-gave out, this morning; the follawlne slcmpd nmnncitinn tnr nnhii tion: "We, the Columbia & Nehalem "Valley DIED YESTERDAY AT ALBANY Railroad Company, make the following proposition to the citizens and landowners of Columbia county, Oregon, along a route to qe' nereinaner located, irom at. neiens to Pittsburg, in Columbia county, Oregon, towlt: "That 100,000,000 feet of merchantable tim ber tributary to the road, a right of way 100 feet in wi'dth from St. Helens to Pitts burg, good terminals and boomage be do nated by said citizens and landowners, for which consideration we will build, equip and operate a first-class logging and pas senger railway of standard guage, be tween St. Helens and Pittsburg. Deeds to right of way and timber to be placed in escrow, and to be turned over to said company upon the completion of the road in a line west of the land donated and east of Pittsburg, any timber donated be yond Pittsburg, deeds to be turned over to the company when the railway shall reach Pittsburg; work to be commenced within elx months, and completed within 2V6 years from -date of commencement of laying the rails of said road." The shortest and most practicable route for the road will be selected and will probably be tlown the east fork of the Nehalem to Pittsburg. The company of fering to build the road has ample means, and the people are very enthusiastic over the prospect of getting a railroad. TWOMEN OUT OF THE ARMY. Captain Waring; Retired From Ser viceYoung Soldier Dismissed. VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash., Jan. 31. By direction ot the secretary cf war. Private Earnest A. Gilbert, company I, Fourteenth Infantry, having enlisted under false pretenses, has been discharged without honor from the eervico of the United States. Under regulations, this sol dier Is not entitled to travel pay or al lowances', and final statements will not be furnished him. Orders have been issued announcing thai Captain John K. Waring, Second infantry, hasbeen examined by a board of officers and found physically disqualified for the duties of major by reason of disability in cident to the service. His retirement by the president from active service as a ma jor has been announced,, to date from No vember 15, 1899. After a disappearance of two months. Captain Waring surrendered himself to the authorities -at Governor's island to save himself from being dropped from the rolls as a deserter, and his retirement is a simple solutlon'-of the matter. Captain Waring Is well known in the Northwest, having served with the Second Infantry at different posts in the department of the Columbia. Hoqnarton Slongu Levies a. Tax. TILLAMOOK, Jan..30The-Port of Til lamook commission met on Monday and decided to levy a tax of 1 mill. After discussing tho work to be done for tho Improvement of Hoquarton slough, the commission came to the conclusion that the slough should be made straight, and instructed the secretary to forward to Cap tain W. W. Harts, the government engi neer, the resolution passed to that effect. The building committee of the new Pres byterian, church has received. $S0O from the church extension board, and $100 contrib uted by Mr. W. Ladd, of Portland, toward the new church building, which will be used for the first time next Sunday. Another Draws the Salary. TACOMA, Jan. 29.-(To the Editor.) This morning's Oregonian contains an ar ticle entitled "Youngest Oregon Volun teer," In which there are two errors; but your correspondent is not to be blamed for them. The article stated that Willis D. Sloan was a blacksmith, and his father agent at the Puyallup Indian tschool. Jos eph C Hast draws the salary as agent, and thej father of the youn? soldier is the blacksmith. D. M. SLOAN. Two Children Cared For. HILLSBORO. Or., Jan. 31. W. T. Gard ner, superintendent of the Boys' and Girls Aid Society, ot Portland, .was in the city today, jand returned with two small hllcijen by ihe name' of Borroughs,"iffhose mbtuer & a destitute widow INTEREST ON STATE TAX COUATIES THAT HAVE PAID GET -MONEX-BAOK. MAY State Treasury Has -Received Blore Than $25,000 as Interest on Coun ties' Deferred Payments: SAX03M, Or., Jan. 3L The decision of the supreme "court, that "Marion county cannot be held liable for Interest on ac count of unavoidable delinquencies la Its payment of state taxes, throws open the question as to whether the state may not be cornpel.ca to return to the several coun ties the amouats which -thoy have paid as Interest during the pa3t five years In the aggregate the .sums reach 423.606 77. The heaviest contributor to this fund was Multnomah,, which Is credited with near.y 510,000, an amount which is not so large when it Is considered that the sparsely settled county of Tillamook gave i:33. Marlon, the. second largest county in the state, and the county which won the in terest suft against the state, failed only twlcfr In its. payments,' and Is down on the Ust to the extent ot only 5841 8L Of the 33 counties In the state before the creation of Wheeler, 19 paid Interest on delinquent state -taxes, ranging from Jackson, which made a single payment, to Malheur, which made seven. Tilla mook was the heaviest delinquent, having been in arrears five years once and four years a,t another time, ilauheur and Mor row each fell behind four years; Marion, .Multnomah, Polk, .Wasco, Washington, Lake, Lincoln, Lane and Crook three yeaxs at times, ana the other counties, except Clatsop, Douglas and Jackson, one and two years each. o delinquencies were charged against the counties excepted. Wasco, Umatilla, Baker, Union. Grant? Jackson, Coos, Curry and Josephine were allowed by law until April l.to pay their taxes, while the other counties , were al lowed until Js'abruary 1 only. The exact amounts paid by each county are shown in astatement prepared by StateL Treasurer Moore and Deputy Treas urer Perkins which is as follows: Interest -paid ontstato Baker county tax. April 20, 1825,.forl8S3....i;$J274l,87 April 9lS36.Xor-1834 25iri0 Nov. 18, 1S86, forJ95 20731 May 24, 1897, lor 1836 -if-GS $ 755,71 tBenton county April 9.1S95. for.1893 757495 May 13,-l95..forM894 '119124 April 25, 1S9V1 or 1897 53ff'49 S13 68 Clackamas- county Oct 12, 1SS5 for 1SS3 241 3 Oct. 12, lS9a, f or 1834 6 ,74 Oct. 14, 1893, forlSP5 188J31 April 11. 189S. for 18S6 273'm Feb. 11. 1S99, for 1897 103 40 946 83 Columbia county Mar. 26, 1895, for 1893 89 49 .April 7, 189S, for IS91 -19172 May 9, 1898, for 4897 30 64 1S9i5 Coos county- Sept- 19, 1898, for 1898 Crook county July 20, 1895, foe 1893 323c26 July 20, 1895,'for 1894 7728 Sept. 23, 1896, for 19S...... 21736 Feb. U. 1898. for 1896 SS349?66 SI 4S -Feb. 14, 1SS9, fOrlS97 "246,08 " 1,213 54 Curry county Aug. 3, 1896, for 18S5 11&0 Aug. .13,1897, for 1896 14,184 Gilliam county 25 91 April 13, 1E95, for 1893 124.29 Grant county Nov. 8, 1894, for 1853 129 65 Aug. 6, 1895,.for I8S4 4388 AUg. 25,. 1825, lor 0S31 -4T45 June 2b, 18B6, lor 1SU5 40 21 18, 1897, forliSo 70i87 24, 1828, for 1897 31 20 320 27 Harney county May 10, 1895, for 1893 314 T7 May 2, 1836, f or 1S94 a364 J5 Dec 4, 1896, for 1895 233sl4 Dec 14, 1S97, for 1896 -192 75 ' Dec. 19, 1898, for 1E97 15018 1,254 89 Josephine county April 27, 1898, for 1897 Klamath county 6-65 Oct. 29, 1894, for 1893 132,33 May Sept. Oct. Oct. Oct. 3, 1835, for 1894 32 55 22, 1896. for 1895 37" 82 1, IS9Vfdr 1S95 123T09 IS, 1&9&!' for 1E97, tm 18, 1898, for 1897 10517 513 87 Lake county June 15, 1896, for 1893 103 61 June 15, 1896, for 1894 3003 Lane county Mar. 28, 1896, for 1893 230 95 Mar. 28, 1896, for 1894 93 53 Lincoln county April 10, 1S95, for 18S3 125 69 April 6, 1897, for 1895 2036 April 22, 197, for 1895 13t33 July 1, 1897, for 1896 59rS5 Linn county April 26, 1895, for 1S93 448 25 July 23, 1895, for 1894 ..331 95 Malheur county June 15. 1896. for 1893 40 20 136-64 324-4S 3C6 73 780 20 June 15, 1896, for 1894...... -36 72 11, 1898, for 18S6 234 00 28, 1899, for 1895 1C6 56 28, 1899. for 1896 31 69 23, 1899. forlS97 138 68 19, 1899, for 1895 12 78 April Feb, Feb. Feb. IMay 600(63 Marion county Mar. SO, 1896, for 1893 513 59 Mar. 30. 1896, for 1834 328?22 Morrow county Nov. 13, 1894, for 1893 148 36 May 15, 1S99, for 1S35 128 00 May 13, 18S9, for 196 35 23 May 15, 1899, for 1897 27 60- 84181 .333 24 Multnomah county July 2, 1896, for 1833 .-6179 46 July 2, 1895, for 1S94 2539 59- 5,71 Polk county June 10, 1896, forl93 233-25 June 10. 1896. for 1894 102 70 June 10, 1S96, f or 1S95 316 44 652 39 Sherman county Nov. 13, 1894, for 1893 49,82 June 4, 1895. f or 1E94 21 62 7144 Tillamook. county- July 8, 1895, for 1893 243 03 April 7, 1S5JH, tor iaab zt ti 16, 1899, for 1894 382 74 18, 1899, for 1S94 270 71 18, 1S99, for 1895 "571 0 18, 1893, f or 1S97 18 131,733 03 Feb. July July July Umatilla county Feb. 15, 1895, for 1893 623 S9 July 2, 1S95, for 1894 96 81 Aug. 10, 1896, for 1835 ,li659 Oct. 7, 1897, for 1886 5S8 63 June 24, 1893, for 1897 6 30- 1,578 32 Union county Mar.v 9, 1897, for 1895 329 00 April 23. 1893. for 1835 -38129 April 10, 1899, f or 1S87 205 37 May 1, E99, for 1897 '19 33 1,034 99 Wallowa county April 3, 1E95, for 1893 14942 July 12, 195, for 1891 50,37 July 23, 1895, for 1S95 5o,34 April 17. 1897. for 1895 -19 70 April 18, 1838, for 1897 17 59 Wasco county- 302.42 May 12, 1896, for 1883 30 27 May 12, 18S6, for 1814 6 2 Aug. L 1896, forl895 9r69 12818 Washington county May 25, 1S06. for 1893.. May 25, 1E96, for ISO!.. Yamhill county- ieg-57 :l4iI5- 313 32 Mar 29, 1895, for 1893 ,264'SS Mar. 26, 18S6, f or 1884 124393 330 79 Total Int. paid delinquent taxes $23,606 77 WILL MEET AT ELLEKSBtlRG. Washington's Republican State Con vention, April 4. SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 3L The republi can state convention for the election ot delegates from Washington to the next republican national convention will be held at Ellensburg, April 4. This -wasde-dded today at a meeting of the republi can state central committee. Thirty-five counties were represented, the number , of committeemen actuaMy present being 20. Ellensburg was ehosen unanimously as the place for holding the convention. The representation was fixed on the basis of one delegate for every 19 votes-sand major fraction thereof cast' for Congressman W. L. Jones at the last ioleetion, .and two delegates-at-iarge. C2. cm 'Aibrmof-foou already digesta Ferry and Chelan counties, created fey the last legislature, are given live delegates each. This will make a convention ot 475 members. JS. G. Ames-was. elected-v4oe-chalrman In the absence of Chairman Schievly from the- state. GO-OEBRATION IS DESHIED. Fishermen -Wnnt Commissioners of Tiro States to Get Together. ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 3L The fisheries committee of tho Astoria Commercial As sociation is making an effort to have the flsh laws of Washington and Oregon more strictly enforced for the coming season than during the past year. Their efforts will be particularly directed to pre vent nonresident and alien fishermen from procuring licenses. Last year th Sacra mento river .fishermen, all nonresidents, and a large majority not citizens of the country, had little difficulty in securing li censes. To acconipllsh thl object the com mittee realizes that It .is necessary for Vlsh Commissioners Beed and Llttte to act together to enforce this provision of the law. To thia .end an effort is being made to bring the two commlsstoHers to gether and. come to an agreement as to 'what shall.be done. Last year, when a mam was refused a. license, he wenfc across the river at the other state and secured one, which had the effect pf nullifying the intent of the law. A short time ago the attention oFteh Commissioner Heed was called to the fact that large quantities of sawdust were being washed onto Clatsop-beach, and the general belief was that it was proving a great detriment to the propagation of the clams. Helatlve to it, Commissioner Reed says: rDurIng the past month I have been on the beach at "two different times and in vestigated the matter to some extent, but am not prepared to make a full report until I have made further examinations. , On the. parts of the beach which I vis ited I found but little of the substance spoken of, and am inclined to think it is not sawdust, but Is merely driftwood "that has been ground to pieces on the -beach at high tide, and, as the tide re cedes, the fine material Is carried back by the undertow, and the greater-portion of it is left near low-water mark. Neither am I prepared at thin time to give da opinion as to whether this substance ie Injurious to the life and grefwth of Uw clams, but from what I observed I do not believe it has any bad effect on them. When the tide is coming in or going out, or at any time when the claims are cov ered with water, at which time thoy do their feeding, if they should accidentally take in some of the dirt, they would sim ply throw It out. again, the same as any other flsh. When the tide is out and this substance lays on the sands, the clams are not feeding, and are entirely independent of what may be taking place on the sand above them. I am under the fan- pression that the razor clam is In about the .same condition as our salmon. That is, they are hunted too pensistentiy, and If they are to be perpetuated, they must have some protection in the way of a close season." A letter has been received by the eounty Court from President A. L. Mohler, of the O. R. & N. Co., stating to the court that his company Is in full accord with th proposed tax, levy of 5 mills for the pur pose of improving the roads of Clatsop county. Thte letter will undoubtedly have a very good effect in persuading the court to make the levy. Deputy Collector Parker today paid off the officers and crews of the revenue and marine hospital services. The amount dis bursed was about 52509. SEXDS TIMBER TO FLORIDA. Shipments Mnde FromXeTris Count yr Washington The Smallpox. CHEHALIS, Wash., Jan. 3L Timbers aro being sent from Lewis county to the southeast corner of the United States. Two fiat cars, loaded with long timbers for Jacksonvlle, Fla., were brought In front one of the Rock-creek mills yesterday. Among the pieces, which were alt 75 feet long, were two that were 24x26 laches. They are to be used in dredgers. The supposed case of smallpox hae proved to be only a mild case of varioloid, and the patient Is already out of bed. There have been no other cases developed. schools has been cut down about half, aad tne revival meanng3 commenced, auaeay night were discontinued, but business hi general is progressing- as usual, and unless there shall be new cases. It is thought the scare will be over, and the schools will nil up again next week. The hardware firm of Maynard, Everett &. Co., has been dissolved. Frank. Ever ett 'will continue the business, and C. W. Maynard retires and will dweto his Urns to his farming and other Interests. KORTHWEST DEAD. Henry Beavert, of Shcrrvood, Oregon Pioneer of 1SS3. SHERWOOD, Or., Jan. 3L Henry Bea vert, an old and respected resident of Sherwood, died at the home of his daugh ter, Mrs. W. A. Snyder, on Sunday morn ing. He was born in Polk county, Kansas, December 16. 1887, crossed the plains, driv ing an ex team, in 1853, and reached Port land the same year, where he stayed a short time, living on the east side of the river From Portland he eaxne ap tne was the first maker f sticks of soap forshav ing. Pears ASoap es tablished over ioo years. 3 ' wiTlSKE totsrwts 3terfeo Som peop'e have as IRtle regard for their health a the aaa wSio goeateto a porvekr mill mokinr a pipe. Heank Ja the most preeraus giftof aatwe. To pre serve t at alt tu-ef and prmrittadre. disease of the lungs, use wmya rw Malt Whhtay.lt is a strwtMSs scstahJiag, lifc-Kivins tonic, mode from Pnrs AtoK. It wfl". strengthen and buildup (he aMt denote invalid. Itwuloreco&Muipnea. RooreSTXK. N Y.Hooaef tahatry.tpS. rt 4bi teuton urn iMiiiUftinTft te-ie- commend Du3y rwa Malt W7. vWdP I dread dlie&fte. AsMs ftdsi ttsmetfktoilwi mmiwj ttiaTerrmUrf. The pMieat caarctaia Kw&eaaB of-er stii&oiaats tut I reeosamead K to ill MOTHBX HptSONYUO." "CjUTLSMSKt I tatet TN hemantara of n hue m aa SBMUK&roMe aa wney mmynmr. iMBjr 5 ijra.;K-Jt WMtMrBMBMpcs enuratMsewjrsifS. wwwk Km BHWi i mm nwar Se. I bcttcre. vrv repo lyjovu JOSWK COtlJM, SMthW3le.IM." TteetsSteXiij tmt 7,600 toateru A3 diumliimd umm-faaa ftbettie. VaiaahksbookolJWbr- auttea frre. Get tfea genntna bewaiaot mlHrt met. KfftT IWfJWgSKY C8. river as far as Champoeg, and, landtag: thore came to Shorwood, whore 1m ttvoct till his death He was married- to Mary C. Battle in M. who 4 about W yoars ago. To them wcro born tow dawghtwrs. two of whom. Mrs. W. A. Saydor and Mrs. Alox Bally, ar still living, their ae ofid enHd having died in infancy and t fourth when about M. Mr Beavert was engaged m wining in different parts of the state, and was very exteaetveiy known. He suffered a stroke ei paralysis several years ago, wWeh was follow! by several alight ones, the teet eae, which, oeenrred In Aagaet, IMS. teavtas him help Ieee. He bore nte affliction very pattently. and was gJad when the aammeao came. The faaeral Irom the- heeee wfeece ho died was conteetfrd by Rev. J. M. Bar ber, of the Sherwood Ccngaeaaaonal church, aad his rename laid to reet in the Pleasant Hill cemetery.. Funeral of Chaplain Thompson. OLTMPIA, Waeh , Jan. SL It hae been suggested to Governor Rogers that Rev G. T Whitworth, of Seattle, the veteran Presbyterian minister, should be invited to deliver the funeral soehiob over the remains of Chaplain Joan R. Thompson. Governor Rogers states that tkevwiaaes of the immediate famfly win mwent all the funeral arrangements, ami settee f the date ef the ftmecal will be sen time to allow friends fsoas WaohmgrnmaJKi Or egon to attend. Death of Lester Xu. Bayley. NEWPORT. Or.. Jan. 3L tester L. Bayley. of Orchard Tailey. -Wash., died very suddenly at WUbitr, "Wash., yester day, aged. 7 years. He was the eldest son of Dr. J. R. Bayley. of Newport, and waa well known throughout Oregon amTWash- He left -a wife ami 8ve emracen. Oregon. Ketes. The GeM. Standard mine has ptwehased a Bve-seamp mill for Ks ncaeeety. Mar The. sale of several Norman grade draft horses Is reported at Loetme, WaAowa eoanty, at )M per head. The Loetme Leader says that a local ventrfleowmt and comedian has gone into winter amsrters on the Imaaha. The Booth-KeBy Company has expend ed in the netebborheod of mm on the mill dam at their Wemtttegr mHte. The Jfectmsn comity hooaltar hae 1? in- f raster eMtjr Ort serimrwefetswrie af- filetien. The others are mestcy eta ana decrepit. The Lten Cewnty FraMbWoa Ctab, It is annoanced, will hold its annual banquet at Albany on Febraary 23. Its mesa card embraces no wine Ust. While at work at a legging camp at Leahurg. Henry Filler received a gash in the faee from an ax ftuug back toward him by a springy vme maple. The grass in the pastoral raeaatain por tirma at .Tueteaon emtntv is reverted as gl)ewi1,s finely. Mountain stock will need no zeea at an wis winter, ana a. gouu percentage of it will come out in the spring fit for beef. The La Grande Chronicle says It has as surances from sources that cannot be doubted that the railroad up the Grand Rondo river win be built. But. with ail this assurance that the railroad will be biK. It thinks a wagon road to Granite Is a necessity, both antecedent to the rail road construction and for all time. Who for want of strength and vigor find their physical powers prematurely dectts- j teg. and who have tried drags and dee- tors and taMed to find a cure, I recom mend a eareftil examination of the great- t alsewrory of the age, known as ay Dr. ElectrS It has never failed yet to cure the worst case of Varicocele. Weak Back, Lumbago, Rheumatism or Sciatica, and has often eared after all else had felled. " WELL SATISFIED " "SPOKAJfB, Wash.. Jan. 8 IWOtDr. A. T. Saaden. Portland Or. Dear Sir: Tours of Jamtary 9 received; w gay m reply that the Belt is all right, working fine. I will send yen the name of a party that is thmkJng of getting one of your Belts. He has- talked with me In regard to it, and i x west Mtmm jmt m aiuu hub um w jrwur books. I am was satnmaa wit tne sett an know it has etaced me. Very reeoeet fUy, V. K. TXJGH. "Deputy gharlCC, Spokane County." Ste thouonrt gaverwiUmg teettmony dur- Imgr a BhtaWtofial tt yams. Write for ftea book ceptalMmg; all. or arop m at my eme ami consult, without charge. I Rus&el BWg., Cor Fourth and Morot 5b. F8KTLAXD, eat. Office hours. 9 to 9; Sundays, 9 to J Sao c Belt