Morning Oregonian., February 16, 1900, Page 4, Image 4

THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1900.
FOUR BOGUS CHECKS
Passed oq Unsuspecting Van
aBivr People.
THEIR TOTAL SUM WAS $76
Work Wa-s tOIaaiQrly Dene, and It Is
PwMtWe That Several Here
Cheeks Were Uttered.
ANCOUVM. Wash.. Feb. 16.-A
smooth Job C tMgerr and cbeck-passtag
came to itetat hm tfets morning. In which
two unknown mot figured a principals, I
end at least tow of Vancouver's bustaees
men were victmrised. The offenders are
known to nave crossed the Columbia 4n
thp ferry on the U trip last night. City
Marshall Nerton went to Portland today
for the purpose of getting assistance
from the Portland police force in running
down the forgets.
The- cheeks cashed bore the ttarap of
ih Lucia Mill Company and -what pur
ported to be the signature of J. W. Aid
rich, manager of the concern. In addi
t on to tola, the checks -were stamped
u-toss the end with the name of the
company by a stamp owned by the operat
or? and the amount in figures was put
upon each check by means of a perforat
'ig machine also In the hands of the
forgers. Just how many of the bogus
j cks are in circulation Is not known
but Mr Aldrioh aay It Mask checks have
eon extraoted from the back part of the
company's checkbook.
Four of the checks have so far been
iiseoered. One for $M was presented to
F F Bodyfett. of the New York Backet
f for? by one of the men, who represented
lunaseu as . logger in the employ of the
mill company. He purchased a. pair of
!pper s shoos for $3 St. and received from
Podj felt m in change This check was
endorsed "G Burbank." L. D. Seal, a
boot and shoe dealer, was victimized In a
f milar manner for a like amount, and
M Boy ham and H. S. Allen, setoon-keep-r:
ich cashed a $14 cheek, these being
Indorsed with the name "J. JL Raymond."
The first Intimation that something was
wrong came from the First National
"hank on wMck the checks were drawn.
The cashier at oace noticed a dlestmiiar
tfy between the- signature on the check
presented by -Mr. Seal and the genuine
gnature of Mr. AMrkm, and at enee
' ophone4 the mitt company, inquiring' if
1 had issued suoh a chock. Receiving a
iftgatlw answer, he recused payment,
-id Mr. Aldrtch susptctone being
a Yud. an Investigation was made.
The checks most have been removed
''cm the company's ornoe about P. M.,
fs tin ofltoe was dosed at and the
t o-k of uttering the forged paper was
Tone between 7 o'clock and the time .the
. rn left at 1IJI
Th two men have been seen about
w n for several days, by numerous per
p r(, who now remember to have heard
them making diligent Inquiry concerning
- he names of noominent loggers and tira-
rr men in the county. Probably the last
j roon interviewed by them on this point
Tia A Petros, proprietor of the "United
'rtte! hotel, where the men ate supper
wuerday They Inquired of hlra the
-1 amrs of loggers and mtllmea geoeraUy
t nt 6 80 P. M One of the emplos'es
,, .. the Lucia mill says he saw two men
&newering the description of these about
i ie mill early yesterday afternoon. Foi
wing is the beet description obtainable
f the men wanted.
oie Is about six feet ten. weight about
jv pounds of light complexion, walks
t, th head on one side, smooth lace, about
2( ears' of age. Companion to about five
feet seven Inches is height, dark mus
tache rather dark -eomptexls. weight
about ISO iisswis,, The 4aH man wore a.
long black mackintosh and tine oilier a
.'nk-cokred ovarooat and a light-colored
cap
Circuit Ceart at Salem.
SALKM. Or, Fob. 5. In the circuit court
today Thomas Mooahan, an ex-volunteer,
T eaded guilty to the charge of burg-
m Pleas of not guilty were entered by
,lam and Orvle Smith, charged with ae
s a t 'nith dangerous weapons upon their
'a ner George Gray, charged with inde
1 n t exposure and carrying concealed
t apons, pleaded not guilty to both
t arses The case f Amos Strong vs. W.
"Westaoott was tried and the jury
1 'ought in a ssalcl verdict hvte this even
1 g
In cstteatlHs; the Claysen. Marder.
FKATTLE, men. 3fc-seengers on the
c oamer City of Topeka Arriving tonight
: Captain Scarth, one of the best known
cC 1 ukon military officers, is now at Minto
vestlgating the disappearance of Relfe,
11 son and Olson, supposed to have been
r ered on the trail. Captain Scarth
r vs h will leave no stone unturned to
e e the mystery.
SPOKANE CITY AND COUNTY LOSE.
Decision AJfoettag Title and Ta-ca
of Wapr Power Company.
t,YMPIA, Was.. Feb. 36. The su-
court has antrmw the Mgment
suajfisc ifotirt of Spokane county
ofWofsWe City of Spokane and
lie
rs appellants, vs. tne .Amsteraamecn
tes' Kantoor, a oorporatloa, and oth
respondents. The suit was In equity
FLuckholders of the Spokane Falls
t Power Company to set aside a
.ance of an the property of that
1 pany to the North wsst MUM&g &
un- Company.
court has also attrmsa in several
lar cases under the general title of
Edisoa Eloctric lUumtaattng Com-
Appellant, vs. Spokane County and
'Pf Mudgett. treasurer, respondent.
cases presenting the same general
Mions, were consolidated by etieuta-
The purpose of the several actions
restrain the Spokane county author-
; rom collecting taxes levied against
personal mayitv and franchlcoc of
I'amtifla, based upa. the assessment
iT, on the ground that these assess
ts were excessive and not In propor
to the valaes of other properties, and
" the pounty treasarar mslictottsb over
ed th praparty af tne appellants.
MBPF3WR SHI
SALBS.
MUpued a,34,7Sa PeRds of Wool in
the Pawt Year.
HFPPNER, Or.. Fab. IE. The ground
' v hite with snow here, and It Is warmly
loomed by alL It covers the grass and
v. hoa- with a spotless blanket, and -keeps
to 1 growtas grandly, and beyond injury
v m freeatng almjsmea are glad of an
po.-..unity to fead soma of the immense
j to of aa they nave an hand. Most
i hem are feeding alfalfa hay now. and
j that If the bunehgrass remains cov-
- d with snow the aheap will have much
Mter feed ahen they need It mast, dur-
lambing which generally begins here
i !ont Match 20 In D. A. Herrea's band
1 sooner Iambs have already dropped
to see how th new world was wagging.
Tho present snowfall only amounts to
. '. w Inches. but the mercury trapped to
above hurt night This morning it re-
iins cold and threatens mors snow.
ire is an abundance of alfalfa hay hi
Heppner hills, and It sells at & a ton
. the stack It is exoakmt sheep feed,
! a sheep will tbrtv an two pounds
lstera sheep-burrs are dropping ia
1 d arnaWing for the big exoane that
ours hare after shearing. George Gray
Jti bought from Bartholomew & Oa.
" -1 head af veariltyaF to be delivered after
1 learinc. pa? ln tor 'Fthers and
$2 36 for mixed. Other sheep transactions
on a large scale are pending.
Wool Was Never Better.
Morrow county's wool clip for this season
wIU be one of the best for both quality and
quantity that was ever produced in any
oouatry, and everything indicates that the
prices will be the best since he days of
free trade.
R. F. Hynd has just returned fpjm a
tour of his sheep ranches, and says that
he never saw sheep In better condition.
The wool has made a remarkably good
growth, and Is keeping it up. It has had
no setback or stoppage all winter, so that
Its growth has been uniform and regular.
What 3Ir. Hynd says about the condi
tion of his sheep is in line with reports
from woolgrowers all over Morrew coun
ty and Eastern Oregon. This Is truly a
banner year in the sheep nuslness.
John T. Kirk was in Tuesday from his
ranch on Rhea creek, at the mouth of
S&nford, and brought some samples of
wool from his sheep. It is three inches
locg, very clean, and without a joint.
Shearing- at the Kirk ranch does not oc
cur until the middle of May. and the wool
ia already longer than it generally is at
shearing. The Kirk band numbers 1S09
ewes, and they give every Indication of
yielding 11 to 12 pounds to the fleece this
season.
Heppncr's Bis Business.
There Is a vast territory tributary to
Heppner, and wool sbloments from here
during the past year amount to 2,545 Tod
pounds. Cattle shipped from here the past
year foot up 220 carloads: sheep by rail
lW carloads, and 150,000 head went out by
hand or were driven' East.
Good Wagon Roads.
All th wool brought in and all the
merchandise -forwarded to the Interior
from here Is hauled on big wagons. Thla
requires good roads, and Heppner busi
ness men are determined that all roads
leading to Heppner shall be good. They
have raised 5500 in the past two days as a
starter to repair roads. Henry Heppner
headed the list with $150.
New houses have been going up In
Heppner all winter, and new additions are
being platted.
The Heppner football team wllL take a
large delegation with it when it goes over
to beat Pendleton on the 22d.
Publ'c opinion here Is very much opposed
to the proposed leasing of government
lands.
A new" town Is springing up at Hogan
Bottom, on the John Day, which aspires
to become the county seat of wheeler
county.
On account of the low prices at which
Its lands a,re offered, Morrow county ex
pects to double Its population this year.
Good land can be bought here at $125 to
$5 an acre.
STATE "WOULD RATHER SEIjL.
Application for Lease of Land at the
Cascade Locks.
SALEM, Or, Feb. 15. I. N. Day, of
Portland, was in Salem today on business
with the portage railway commission. The
state owns a strip of land 550 feet long
and 360 feet wide just aboe the Cascade
locks, and adjoining the Columbia river.
The land was acquired at the time the
portage railway was built, and has been
idle since the operation of the railway
was discontinued. Mr. Day has proposed
to the officials having charge of the land
that they lease it for a term of years.
It is Mr. Day's purpose to erect a dook
n the land and use it as a shipping place.
The commission, In which Is vested the
power to dispose of the land, Js composed
of the governor, secretary of state and
state treasurer. These officials- have taken
no-action In the matter, but have stated
unofficially that the. would prefer that
the property be sold rather than leased.
IClondiUers for Africa.
CHICAGO, Feb. 15. A special to
the
Jttccora from victoria, B. C, says:
The editor of the Yukon Sun Is raising,
a corps of mounted ex-soldlers who will'
be offered to the British authorities for
service Jn Soulh Africa.
The United States government, through
Its consuL here, has .announced that it
will present gold medals for llfe.-saing ta
P. J. Cobsan, storekeeper: F. S. Paine,
policeman; Nigel L. Campbell, Thomas
Carr and S. Torgonon, all of Clayoquat,
on the west coast of Vancouver Island,
for gallantry and heroism -displayed by
them In November last, in rescuing five
seamen from the burning American
schooner Hera.
Northern Pacific Gets What It
Wanted.
TACOMA, Feb. 15 The city council to
night granted the Northern Pacific's re
quest for a vacation of a part of Dock
street and all of Ninth street, to give the
railroad company room to erect its new
wheat warehouses and ocean wharves
here. President Mellon, on his return from
Portland tomorrow, Is expected to author
ize the contract for constructing and
other harbor improvement work of the
road.
Oregon Notes.
Albany spread 426 loads of gravel on her
streets In January.
Dick Zahn, of Alsea, has killed a cou
gar that measured 10 feet from nose to
tip of tail.
Joaquin Miller is en route to Oregon on
a lecturing tour. He will reach Jackson
county next week.
The Baker City Republican reports that
the May Queen mine will increase Us
stamps from 10 to 30.
Prineville's postofflce receipts are In
creasing so rapidly that the postmaster
expects It soon to be a presidential office.
Albany pays JS per month to one of her
citizens for the right to use his team for
her fire engine whenever it may be neces
sary. Cadets of the Oregon agricultural col
lege ushered In Lincoln's birthday by
firing a salute from their new piece of
artillery.
G. M. Clary, a well-known young man
of Roeeburg, Is under arrest on a charge
of forging two notes, one for $20, the
other for ?3S.
An offer of 50 cents a bushel, and sacks
furnished, has been made for the crop of
potatoes belonging to R. Custer of this
place, says the Stayton Mail.
A Montana produce merchant has
bought a carload of onions at La Grande,
at 86 cents per 100 pounds, and a carload
of potatoes at Alicel, at 42 cents per 100
pounds.
Hon. R. M. Veatch, -who was beaten for
representative In congress by Hon, Thom
as H. Tongue, Is now mentioned as the
probable democratic nominee for county
judge of Lane county.
A. C. Auldon. formerly of Lakeview, but
who lias latterly been In the Alaska cus
toms service. Is reported now to be at a
sanitarium in California, undergoing treat
ment for rheumatism.
The common council at Corvallls asks
Oregon's delegation In congress to favor
an 58W appropriation to continue revet
ment work along the Willamette a short
distance above the town.
"The rise in prices has stimulated the
horse market, and each day one can see
the owners of well-matched teams break
lag them to. harness," writes a corre
spondent of a Pendleton paper from Echo.
W. R. Brown, who beat and stabbed his
wife at The Dalles, goes free because the
grand Jury wanted him punished for as
sault and batter-, whereas District At
torney Jayne insisted that he should be
Indicted for a felony. The wife, notwith
standing the dangerous wounds she re
ceived from his knife, asked the grand
jury to let him off.
The Prlneville Review prints this point
ed notice to whom it may concfirn: -"During
the coming campaign, if any one
wants anything of a political nature to
appear in the .columns of this paper he
wtH ha,v toTy for thesame. We are
tired of publishing a paper 1 ongtory. We
want the. 'dough,' now, aria It's 'no go'
J until It Jtegles la our-pockets."
SNOW AND COLD WIND
OF BENEFIT TO GRAIN, BUT FRUIT
IS THREATENED.
Farmers Generally Arc Pleased.
See the Snow Lowest Tempera
ture of the Season.
GERVAIS, Or., Feb. 15. A snow storm
began at about midnight last night, and
snow continued to fall until 4 o'clock this
afternoon without intermission. It is now
several inches deeo. and the weather Is
getting colder. Enough snow has fallen
to cover up safely the growing grain, so
that no damage will ensue if severe cold
weather comes. Farmers say it will be of
much benefit to the coming as well as the
growing crop, -and hall Its 'advent with Joy;
A strong wlnd'prevailed with the snow, so
that it has drifted considerably In some
localities.
Snow Beneficial to Fruit and Grain.
FOREST GROVE, Or.. Fob. 15.Snow
continued falling here today, covering the
ground to the depth of an Inch. The
weather has changed to cold, and has the
appearance of winter. If the snow re
mains It will be beneficial to all seeded
grain and also to fruit Stock, though,
will suffer somewhat, should the cold
weather last and the enow not disappear
Hills Covered With. Snow.
SALEM, Feb. 15. At midnight last night
snow began falling In this city, and today
the ground Is covered with an Inch or two
of white, fleecy snow, the first of the sea
son. The weather was cold yesterday,
and the .hills around Salem were covered
with snow. Unless there should be a hard
freeze this, cold weather will probably be
a benefit to crops, especially to fruit trees.
Cold Wentbor in AHtorln.
ASTORIA. Feb. 15 This has been the'
coldeBt day of the winter. At 5 o'clock
this morning the thermometer registered
25 above zero, and mercury has remained
close to that mark all day. The wind
has been blowing from the northeast, and
it continues from that direction tonight,
With promise of a falling thermometer be
fore morning.
Fruit Crop in Danger.
INDEPENDENCE. Or., Feb. 15.-Snow
covers the ground and Is still falling. Some
fears are expressed for the fruit crop, as
just across the river from this city In
Marion county pears and raspberries have
been In bloom for some time past, and
all along during the winter at different'
times ripe raspberries have been displayed
In the city.
Fears lor the FruSt.
DALLAS, Feb. 15. Last night was,the
coldest of the winter. The thermometer
registered 19 degrees at 6 o'clock this
morning, and today the wind blew briskly
from the north, and the air was" full of
fine, flying snow. Feats are felt for the
fruit crop.
Two Inches of. Snow at Amity.
AMITY, Or., Feb. 15. About two inches
of snow has fallen here since midnight.
TO PUSH ROAD IMPROVEMENT.
Reorganiration of Oregon City Board
of Trade Xor the l'nrpose.
OREGON CITY, Feb. 15. A meeting of
the members of the old board of tf ade w as
noia at tne county courtroom- last nignt 4
for the purpose of getting the. old or
ganlzation Into working; order again, and
tp discuss some important proposed road
improvements President H. E. Cross was
chairman of the meetlpg, but the old ec
retary was absent The matter of re
organizing the old board was dlscussefl.
It was decided to appoint a committee' to
sblictf additional members and to devise
spmsf .pTcin. to-raise funds for advertising
purpose 5. A plan was presented to lm
prove the 'county road from Oregon City
to Eagle Creek, that would Involve the
expenditure of about $12,000 to carry Into
effect. It was suggested that Oregon
City complete the Improvement to the
hatchery, and the two precincts covering
the territory In the Logan and Eagle
creek sections complete the road for the
remainder of the distance. Each of the
three precincts w6uld be expected to raise
$2000 each, while the county would be
asked to contribute a like amount, for each
district. Some opposition to improving the
river road to the hatchery was expressed,
as it was claimed that the hill road Is
much shorter. Finally to settle the mat
ter the board of trade road committee
was delegated to Inspect the routes, and
report at the next meeting.
County Treasurer Shade has Issued a
call for all county warrants Indorsed prior
to October 1, 1S9G; also all road warrants
indorsed prior to November 14, 1SS9.
SALMON UP ANOTHER CENT.
Cold-Stornsre Men Are Eager Bny
cro Quality Not Improving.
ASTORIA, Feb. 15. The war among the
local cold-storage men Is still In progress,
end as a result the price of chlnook sal
mon advanced a cent a pound today.
The price advanced on last Monday from
8 to 9 -cents, and this morning the buyers
for Trescott & Co. were instructed to pay
10 cents per pound. The price of steel
heads still remains at V& cents. It js now
close to the spawning time for this va
riety of fish, and as a result they are
depreciating in value.
Inquiry for n Sailor Boy.
A letter has been received by the chief
of police from W. Lloyd, of Hull, England,
asking information about his son, Arthur
John Lloyd, who came to this port some
live years ago as an apprentice
boy on the British ship East Croft, and
ran away from the lessel while she was
here. He has not written home fpr four
years, and his father desires to inform
him of the death of his mother and the
anxiety felt for him by his eight brothers
and sisters. A boy answering the descrip
tion of the missing youth was in Astoria
a short time ago and Is now supposed
to be employed near Fort Stevens.
PROVISION UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
Debtors Cannot Take Advantage Ql
Mortgages Antedating Law.
CHEHALIS, Feb. 15. Yesterday, In the
case of the Canadian American Mortgage
Company vs. B. W. Blake, Judge Elliott
decided that the law of 1S99 giving the
debtor possession of real estate during the
period of redemption was unconstitutional
as applied to mortgages given before the
law was enacted. The case will be ap
pealed to the supreme court. "
The state convention of W. of W. camps
will be held in Chehalls in June, and the
Chehalis camp Is making preparations for
the event At the moving Wednesday
night the following committee was ap
pointed to take charge of the general ar
rangements: C O. Gingrich, C. D. Powell,
William Nelson, C E. Lillpop and J. H.
Walter. The Woodmen circle will meet
at the same time, and a total of over 300
visitors is expected in our city.
IN HONOR. OF SUSAN B,
Salem Women Plan and Carry
Out
an Elaborate Banquet.
SALEM, Feb. 15. A banquet was given
at the Wlllamete hotel this evening In
honor of Susan B. Anthony. The banquet
was planned and prepared by a number
of Salem ladles purely as a manifestation
of the high esteem in which Miss An
thony is held as an advocate of progress
in all lines of reform. It was particularly
announced that the banquet would not be
a suffrage movement, and the subject of
woman's, suffrage would not be given un
usual prominence.
The attendance at the banquet was'Hm-
Ited to women, and about 75 were presentr
The dining-room was very tastefully- and
elaborately decorated, and pretty souvenir
programmes were supplied to each guest,
Mrs. Florence Cartwrlght acted as toast
mistress, and by way of introduction gave,
a brief review of the work of Miss An
thony In all phases of reform. At the
close of her address the 'first toast was
proposed, ''The Woman We Honor, 'Su
san B. Anthony." This was given a rising
response by the ladles. The other toasts
responded to were- ad follows:
"The Teacher;" by Alice H. Dodd, Sa
lem; "A Political Study or Susan B. An
thonjV Emily L. Wakeman, Sllvertoa:
"Society," Ida Condon Bean, Salem; "Our
Country Guests," Harriet Clark Looney,
Jefferson; "Suffrage." Dr.' Annlce Jeffreys,
Salem; "The Press," Laura Jones. Dralnr
"Shall We" Have a Woman's Club?' Cook
M.' Jones, Salem; "The Doctor," Dr. Jessie
A: Davis, SUverton; "The Business Wom
an," 'Anna A. NIchol, Salem: "Literature."
Irene Smith Calbreath, McMlnnvllle; "Old
Willamette," Mrs. W. C. Hiwley, Salem;
"The Lady Maccabees," Anna Junk, Sa
lemj song of parting, "Home, Sweet
Home."
BIG MORTGAGE FILED.
Covers Snnset Telephone PInnt
to
Secure $,500,000 of Bonds.
SEATTLE, Feb. 15. A ?2,500,000 mort
gage was filed today In the, auditor's
office. It Is given by the Sunset Tele
phone & Telegraph Company to the Old
Colony Trust Company, of Boston. The
mortgage cve.rs all the Washington and
uauronua holdings or. tne, company, ana
Is given to secure 52.250,000 worth of 5
per-cent gojd bonds. The bonds are $1000
each,- and payable October 1, 1929. Any
time after October, 1903, they may be
taken up. On October 1 of each year from
19Q9 to 1928 the telephone company agrees
to pay WJOno on the horn's
Stamping; Opt Smallpox.
EUGENE, Feb. 15. The county court Is
taking active steps to prevent further
spread of the smallpox epidemic, now
prevalent in the Upper Sluslaw country.
A strict quarantine Is to be established
disease nuy be stamped uut Without
further spread. Deputy sheriffs will be
appointed who reside in the district to
be quarantined, and their duty will be
to prevent any person from leaving or
entering the district. Drs-.- Paine and
Cheshire have been sent to the neigh
borhood -to instruct In the manner of dis
infecting houses, clothing, etc, after pa
tients shall have recovered. The proper
renovation of all infected houses will be
insisted upon, and It Is hoped that In a
comparatively short time the disease will
be eradicated from the community.
Oregon Supreme Court.
SALEM, Or., Feb. 15. In the supreme
court today the Jtollowlng docket entries
were made:
St$te ofjOregon, ex rel. Thomas J. Ham
mer, respondent, vs. F. 0. Downing, ap
pellant; ordered that appellant's time to
serve and file the abstract be fufthfer ex
tended five days.
The Farmers' Loan & Trust Company,
plaintiff, vs. Oregon Pacific Railroad Com
pany, defendant. Oregon Central & East
ern Railroad- Company et al., respond
ents, and W. H. Watson, appellants; ar
gued and. submitted.
S A. Hughes, et al appellants, vs.
LInh County et al., respopdents; argued
and submitted.
First Run of Saw Logs.
DALLAS, Or., Feb. 15. The Thurston
Lumber Company has commenced to make
its sorine run of loss. The running will
oontinue from day to day until the run
nlng season Is over. They have now
ready in the creek and on the banks 4,000,
000 feet, which- will be sent down to the
mills in detail from day to day. This
season's run of logs to their .mills comes
from the summit of the Coast range of
mountalns( and are, of, the very finest
quality, greatly superior to any ever
brought down heretofore.
Dispatch-Boat for the Yukon.
SEATTLE, Feb. 15, A dispatch-boat for
military service on the American Yukon
is to be placed at the disposal of General
.Randall, commandant of the department
fof Alaska. The river steamer Duchesnay,
now owned by the government, has been
designated for this purpose. Captain C.
P Elliott, a retired cavalry officer, now
'in 'the service of Captain Robinson's di
vision of the quartermaster's department,
has been assigned to the position of com
mander of the vessel.
Knlania, Hatchery Closes, for Season.
KALAMA, Wash., Feb. 15. After a very
successful season, the Kalama fish hatch
ery turned out its last installment of
young salmon last evening, and closed
down Ttor.the season. Although the ca
pacity of the hatchery was Increased 40
per cent at the beginning of the season, It
was filled with eggs in the f all, practically
all of which were successfully hatched.
The hatchery has now been Jn operation
five years, and has turned out 4,000,000
to 8,000,000 salmon., fry each year.
Pendleton Free of Smallpox.
PENDLETON, Feb. 15. There Is no
smallpox In Pendleton. The pesthouse Is
without a -patient, and Is locked up. Three
patients have been c6nflned there for the
past three weeks, but were pronounced
cured and given their liberty this morning.
Washington Notes.
The city clerk reports North Yakima's
indebtedness at $97,000.
The school savings bank has been put in
operation at Falrhaven.
H. W. Mumford, of MIddleport, O., was
found dead in bed in a Seattle lodging
house Monday. He had been dead sev
eral dajs.
According to the new city directory,
Spokane has gained 10 per cent In popu
lation in the past year, and now has 46,000
Inhabitants.
Six hundred thousand pounds of tin
plate is en route from England, via Cape
Horn, for the FIdalgo Island Canning
Company, of Anacortes.
In Seattle 10,940 voters have been regis
tered for the approaching municipal .elec
tion, an Increase of 100 over any previous
registration in the city.
The 5-year-old daughter, of Henry Wal
ters was playing with a small fire at Low
ell, near Everett-Tuesday, when her cloth
ing caught fire and she was burned to
death.
Figures just compiled by Postmaster
Cromwell show that the receipts at the
Tacoma postofflce are 20 per cent greater
for the month of January, 1900, than those
of January, 1699.
State Chemist Fulmer, of the Pullman
agricultural college, is touring the state
for the purpose of Inspecting the various
fertilizers sold on the markets. Tho state
law requires a close Inspection, as many
worthless compounds have been sold, to
the farmers In the state.
A suit has been filed against a Seattle
street railway company for damages
which a passenger suffered by an assault
of another passenger. The action against
the company Is based on the allegation
that tne conductor had the power to pre
vent the assault, and did not do it.
An Inventory is being taken of the gov
ernment property at the Puyallup Indian
reservation, preparatory to the change
of superintendents. J. C. Hart has been
transferred to the Oneida jschool, in
Eastern, .Wisconsin. Frank" Terry, who
was formerly in charge of the Puyallup
school, will succeed Superintendent Hart.
Seven big fir trees fell across the little
clearing of John Hopldns, on the middle
fork of the Nooksack, in Whatcom coun
ty, in the wind storm of last week. One
crushed his barn (his team having been
lent to a neighbor), another smashed the
henhouse, killing a score of chickens, and
another cut In two the cabin In which
Hopkins and his wife and three little chil
dren were housed, doing ihem no harm.
MINERS' STRIKE ENDED
MEN GOING TO WORK AT THE OWN
ERS' SCHEDULES.
nothing Said About Recognizing the
Union $3 25 Aoecpted for Eight
Hoars' Work.
SANDON, B. a, Feb. 15. The miners
are oing- to work here. It Is confidently
believed they have declared, the strike off
The unlpns are not asknowledged by tho
owners. The miners are accepting the
owners' schedules. It Is salt the wages
will be $3 25, Instead of $3 50 for eight
hours.
At SUverton and Nelson the miners are
preparing to go to work.
The miners' unions of Sandon, SUverton
and New Denver yesterday decided to ac
cept the owners' compromise offer made
some weeks ago. Their decision means
that the strike is off, though no written
agreement has been made between the
contending parties, and" though tho mine
owners have not officially recognized the
unions.
There Is nothing now between the two,
as tho mlneowners are willing to pay what
the unjons now demand. Private ad
vices from the Slocan show that the men
are already going up to the mines to
work, though It Is unlikely that for a day
or two at any rate there will be enough
men to All all the .vacant places. Tho
labor troubles in the Slocan may now be
considered over.
TOWNSITE SYNDICATE FORMED.
Accinires Valuable Property in Gran
ite Country Town. Planned.
PENDLETON, Or., Feb. 15. A syndi
cate was formed here today for the pur
chase from Dr. E. J. Summerville of a
tract of land at the forks of Granite and
CIear creeks, Grant county, 17 miles west
from Sumpter, three miles west from the
town of Granite, one? mile north from Red
Boy and May Queen mines, one mile south
from, Cougar mine, and two and one-half
miles south from Magnolia mine. The syn
dicate Will establish a new town, calling
it Lawton, after the late General Lawton.
The syndicate !s composed of men repre
senting Pendleton, La Grande, Sumpter,
Portland and Spokane capital-sts and min
ing men. Articles of Incorporation are
being drafted and the organization will be
complete within a day or two. The syn
dicate ha3 bought fine water right and
ditch two miles long, which leads the
purest mountain spring water down to one
of the hills which lie about the town
site property, affording an abundant water
supply and pressure for domestic and In
dustrial uses, aa well as for fire protec
tion. Quotations of Mining Stocks.
SPOKANE, Feb. 15. The ctoalns bias
mining stocks -today were:
Blacktall ?0 08JMorrlson SO
for
Butte & Boston
3 INoble-Flve"-.... 3
3V4iPriiss Maud .. 6
Crjetal
Cncspa-Lluejay..
Deer Trail Con..
Evening fatar ..
Gold Ledep ....
Golden Harvest.
trPaliacr ML Tun. 14tf
SQuitp 10
7 IHaaibler Cariboo 43
6 Ifrepubllc 87
l4mescrvat!on, .... 7
Insurgent
Jim Blaine 10 (Suluvaa s
Lone Pine Surp. 14&iTom Thumb .... 10
Mountain Lion.. 90 Waterloo 6
Monimff Glory .. Sy-
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 15. The official clos
ing: quotations for minins stocks today were.
AJta $0 OllMexican, S0J3
Alpha Con 2(Occiantal Con ... 12
Andes 6Ophlr 54
Belcher 21Overman 9
Best & Belcher... -ZiPotosl ,. 2a
BtV-ln 3,Savasre- u
Caledonia 36Scorploix 2
Challenge -Con ... 17lSee. RAlMi.r- -i
iChollar at Sierra Nevada ... 40
-uu. uai. a va... i iWfBiiver Hill 4
Crown Point O.Standard 2 75
Gould & Curry... 14iUalon Con- Hi
Hals & Norcrose.. J0 Utah Con. 7
Justice ...v, 6 Yellow-Jacket .f. 17
JCentuckCon ..... 1 St. Louis
Lady Wash. Con.. 2
i NEW YORK, Feb. 15-Minlnff otocks today
closed as follows:
Chollar , $0 lfijOntarlo $8 CO
Crcwn Pole S'.Ophlr BO
v.(n. uu s- va... x .ii-iymouth 13
Deadwood GOKJuIcksilver 1 75
Gx.uld & Curry... 10
donret 7 M
Hale & Norcross.. 25
Homestake ......50 ool
Iron Silver 5P
Sierra Nevada ... 40
Standard 2 00
union Con 22
Mexican 22lvelJow Jacket .... 15
"BOSTON. Feb, 15.-Closlnff quotations:
Boston &Mont..$2 80 'Parrott $0 44
Butte & Boston,. 06
Southern Oregon Mlnine Notes.
Ashland Tidings.
The Granite Hill mine has been putting
its five-stamp mill, into running order dur
ing the past week.
It is expected that work on the wagon
road leading to the Big Yank mine will
be completed during the present week,
Messrs. Kerr and Llpdar are reported to
have made a very rich copper strike on
ground three miles south of the town of
Kerby, in Josephine county.
J. G. Glddlngs has purchased the four
placer claims of William Knoll, on Gallce
creek, for the sum of $1000. Mr, Glddlngs
is at the present time working the prop
erty, and expects to make a clean-up In
the early spring. "
The Blue Gravel mine, near Yreka, Cal.,
Is said to be proving a regular bonanza to
its owner and superintendent, F. R. Fox.
The gravel Is said to average $1 45 to every
tub that Is hoisted, and the prospects for
the gravel holding out are said to be very
encouraging.
It Is estimated that the gold production
of Siskiyou county, Cal., will amount to
$5,600,000 for the year of 1S99.
The mining camps of Jackson and Jo
sephine counties are at the present time
being thoroughly investigated by a num
ber of men from, British Columbia, Mon
tana and Colorado, who have been at
tracted by the excellent reports that have
been spread regarding mining resources
and possibilities.
The Savage Bros, have taken addi
tional contracts to extend the main tunnel
on the Big Yank ledge, and two shifts
one night and one day will be put on.
About 200 feet of the tunnel are already
completed, and it is the intention to ex
tend it between 1000 and 1500 feet. Venti
lation will be effected by means of a six
Inch pipe, which will be placed in posi
tion at once.
Messrs. Silsby and Breeden, "who own
the most promising quartz ledge near
Jacksonville, are now thoroughly devel
oping their property. They have sunk to
a depth of 90 feet and have uncovered a
large body of very high-grade ore. They
feel more than confident that they have
struck a body of quartz of unusual excel
lence, and are encouraged to put addi
tional work on the promising property.
Messrs. Allen, Goss, Clifton and Kelly
have named their new property on the Big
Yank ledge the Holy Terror mine. One
giant was started on the Old Channel
mine, on Slx-ralle creek, last week, and
another is expectea to be at Vork In a
couple of days.
Word reaches Ashland of a very large
yield of gold from very rich virgin placer
ground on the Klamath river, situated
about 10 miles north of "Yreka, which com
pares very favorably with some of the
best claims at Cape Nome and on the
Klondike. The ground was discovered
last spring and worked at a big profit all
through -the summer months and was pur
chased by Dr. F. Bass, of Siskiyou coun
ty. Some of the nuggets are very larger
averaging over $100, besides much coarse
gold, all of which Is of a very high grade,
averaging $18 35 per ounce.
Josephine County Mines.
GRANT'S PASS. Or., Feb 15.-B, E.
Meredith, superintendent of the Wilson
placer mine, on the Illonols dver, states
that they are piping day-and night with
a sood head of water.
The Big Yank Mining & Milling Com
pany is making good progress under the
management of John F. Wlckham. A
force of 15 mea-is -employed at the mine,
while another crew Is constructing a road
between the mine and the Rooky Gutok,
mine.
C. J. Allen, who is Interested in several
claims In the Big Yank dlstrtet, has lot
a contract to Savage & Sons for an 968
foot tunnel.
At the Eureka mine work goes steadily
on. They are getting- out ore and storing
the same until they can pack In. a new mitt
of 10 stamps.
At the A. & B. placer mine, oh Galtee
creek, the break of 300 feet in the flume
caused by a landslide in December, baa
been repaired, and two large giants are
now at work, rapidly tearing up ground, ht
one of the. largest and best-paying mines
In Southern Oregon.
NORTHWEST DEAD.
Mrs. Mix, One of Thurston County's
Earliest Pioneers.
OLYMPIA. Feb. M. Mrs. Mary Mix,
one of Thurston eounty's oldest pioneers,
died at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
J. G. Lybarger, on the west side, yes
terday afternoon. Mrs. Mix was the
daughter of Morris Llttlejohn. who came
to Washington in 1863, and settled on a
donation claim south of Oiympla. For the
past 26 years Mrs. Mix, with her family.
has lived at Eld's Inlet, about four miles
from Oiympla. She was 69 years of age,
and left her husband and three grown
children Mrs, Lybarger, George and
Frank Mix. Four brothers and five sls
tera are living, settled in various parts
of this state, and Oregon. Mrs. Mix was
a Ufe-long- member of the Methodist
church.
Mrs. Bottles, of Dallas.
DALLAS. Or., Feb. 15. "Grandma"
Boales, widow of David 'Boales, who died
only one week ago, died yesterday, having
nevor recovered from the shock occasioned
by the death of her aged husband. Mrs.
Boales came to Oregon in May, liW, with
her husband, and has lived in Dallas ever
since. She left two sons, Harry and
George, of Nebraska; and two daughters,
Mrs. George Whltehorn and Mrs. Flank,
both of Dalas. Mrs. Boales was an ear
nest and consistent member of the Pres
byterian churoh.
Mrs. R. Logan.
Mrs. Robert Logan died at her home
near Crow, February 9, after a very brief
Illness, at tho age of 64. She leaves an
aged husband and six children, as fol
lows: Mrs. Hattle Wyatt and Willis Lo
ganr of Eastern Oregon; Riley Logan, of
Benton county; Mrs. Joe Gates, Mrs.
Frank Cranshaw and Lee-Logan, of Lane
county.
William Shaw.
William Shaw, an old and respected res
ident of Baker City; died at-his home, on
the 12th Inst, of pneumonia. Deceased
left a- widow and several-grown, sonsiand
daughters. The funeral wa3 held next
day from the- First Baptist church, of
which the deceased was a devout mem
ber. FOR'DBWEY OR ROOSEVELT.'
Mnch Talk in East of Men Like- Them
for President.
SALEM, Feb. 15. E. Hoffer, editor of
the Journal, has just returned from a
six weeks visit in Chicago and other
Eastern cities. He says:
"The general business situation Is a hope
ful one. There Is general satisfaction
among business men and manufacturers,
who in many instances expressed a desire
that there be no, ripping up of the money
question or tha tariff question in the com
ing presidential campaign. They say the
business Interests of the country are not
helped by the war in South Africa, nor in
tho Philippines, and a "disturbance in the
financial policy would stagnate business.
"Republicans express some' dissatisfac
tion with McKInley and Mark Hanna,
and thero is heard a good deal of con
servative talk in favor of a ticket with
some man like Dewey or Roosevelt at the
head. Many express the belief that Dewey
could be elected on- either ticket
"In. Chicago the, city of Portland is fa
vorably known. While In the- art Institute
on the ake front I was Informed that
the art c&llectlons presented to the people
of Portland by Messrs. Corbett and Ladd
were, next to the collection in Chicago, the
finest In the New World.
"Some of the largest manufacturers and
merchants of Chicago whom I met at the
clubs expressed the opinion that as soon
as peace should be fully established in
Asia and Africa the Pacific coast ports
would become the points of distribution
for all Oriental commerce, and inside of
five years the docks of Portland may pre
sent a scene something like those of Liv
erpool and Hamburg. There is a general
opinion that the present congress will
not act on the Nicaragua canal bill."
57tLiLLPOXAND THE SCHOOLS.
Teachers Can Draiv Pay for Inter
ruption. OLYMPIA, Feb. 15. In response to In
quiries arising out of the relations of the
public schools to the recent cases of con
tagious or epidemic diseases. In the state,
the superintendent of public Instruction
has issued the opinion that In cases of
suspension of schools, the teacher is still
in the pay of the district unles-otherwise
expresses In the contract
As to an inquiry cohcerninfr a rule by a
board of directors requiring successful vac
cination as one of the conditions of mem
bership in the- public schools, it Is tho
opinion oi tne superuuenoent mat tnere
is some doubt about the validity of a
statute requiring vaccination, and in the
absence of specific statutes conferring au
thority on a school board, there appears
to exist no power to keep a child out of
publle schools because he has not bees
vacoinated in accordance with a rule pre
scribed by a board of directors.
Grain News Front Umatilla.
Athena Press.
There has been some improvement In
the grain situation the past week, and a
few sales are reported:
W. J. Wilkinson nirnhnsoI. 1fl farTna1a
of corn at 40 cents per bushel, delivered
a.t. Aiaenu.
A. B. Woods sold to the wheatbuyers
Saturday over 3000 bushels of wheat.
D. N. McDonald sold 3000 bushels of
wheat Saturday at a price of 38 to 40 cent3
per bushel.
Ad Plnkerton, a prosperous farmer liv
ing near town, disposed of 500 bushels' of
wheat Saturday, at 40 cents per bushel.
Agent Wilkinson, of the Pacific Coast
Elevator Company, purchased 11,000 bush
els of wheat stored at Adams, of the
Gross boys, at 41 and 4S cents f. o. b.
Brick Buildings for Grant's Pass.
GRANT'S PASS, Feb. 15. West of the
New Palace hotel, which is rapidly Bear
ing completion, F. Fetsch will erect a
brick building 25x100 feet, which he will
occupy with a stock of clothing. Next
to his building Williams Bros, will build
a brick structure xiS0 feet to be di
vided Into three stores. Kienlen will put
up a two-story brick on the corner op
posite the Palace. When these shall be
completed not a building site will1' be va
cant of all that were visited by the de
structive fire of last September.
Rolled Down a. Steep Hill.
LAKEVIEW, Feb. XL Lorenzo Frakes
wa3 on his way to a dance with his wife
and baby in a two-horse wagon in Warner
Valley Thursday night and while descend
ing a hill, the wagon turned over and
rolled 80 feet down a steep incline; killing
one of the horses, but the family did not
receive a scratch.
Oregonians to Debate In Washington
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. Alvau W.
Patterson, of Oregon, has been selected
as one ef the participants in a debate
before -the Columbian university, the ques
tion being; "Resolved, That a national
law prohibiting trusts should be enacted"
Patterson' takes the negative side of the
question.
AN INSANE MAN'S DEATH
CntOHMSTANCBS F9IKT T SMSB UN.
NATURAL CAUSH6.
Was Pxsntlaent Snohomish. County
Politician BoAwe H Lost, BBs
Mind An Ite-restfeatton.
TACOMA, Wash.. VWa H. aTawry Plate.
ferzaerry posUaastsr at XaryavWa, and
for years one of ta moot prontawnt poli
tldaae Saoaoastsa county, dlsd Sunday
at tael&ct StaHassont astfUiiiH. Peculiar
circumstances oonaocfd with Ma aeata
came w light today, and thla, In connec
tion with his wife's firm conviction that
something Is being con coaled from ar and
& determination to Invsetlgata, furnish the
groundwork for a possible scandal at the
tnstftuUoa. FoOowfeur so closely upon
tho Christiansea scandal and the Co&tss
hanging, gives an unusual mtacast in tho
dreusastaaeas of- Plato's death.
Two Tacoma physicians who examined
Plate's body attar bis death, and at the
request of his wtfa, found a fracture of
the loft arm about two and a half inches
below the shoulder. His body snowed
numerous bad sores, and the lower part
of Ins loft arm was bruised. This, in on
necttoa with the death certtneata, which
show ed exhaustion as the canoe af death,
aroused soma speculations, Dr. X. X.
Brown and Dr. L Armstrong wer tho
two physicians who made the sxamination.
Dr. Brown said:
"It i possible, but not at all probable,
that th-i fracture was occasioned by a fait.
It had the appearance of being caused by
a bhw. and extended up into the shoulder
joint It was a break that would, in some
degree, set Itself, and wa probably an
old break, for the bone had begun to knit
Tbe bed sores wore comparatively recent
Dr. Godeard, supernttendent of the asy
lum. asserted positively that the man had
the beet of care at the asylum, but Dr.
Crump, the assistant physician, was de
eidedfy averse to olsenashw; the case. In
fact Ms"answers to all questions were
evasive.
"Yes, he did have a fracture of his
left arm," acknowledged Dr. Crump.
suppose he fell and did It. He might have
fallen over a chair or something." he
added. In exptemUion of a cause for tha
fall. Then regarding the data he said
"It must have been two or three weeks
ago."
The bed sores. Dr. Crump said, were all
older than the fracture of Plate's left arm,
but Dr. Brown does not believe this.
"Plate was strapped to the bed at
night," explained Superintendent Goddard,
"but during the daytime was allowed In
a rooking chair, with the other patients.
One of the other patients may have struck
hf ra in the attendant's absence and caut eu
the fracture, or it may have been caused
by a fall. I think the arm was broken
during the daytime, and I believe we dis
covered It at once, but you cannot telU
for the patients do not let us know about
such things At all events, the broken
arm was discovered at the regular bathing
day."
Mrs. Plate and her friends do not be
lieve the unfortunate Maryavtlle man wat
properly treated The eondttten of Ms
body and the broken arm made Mrs. Plate
indignant and she told friends here that
she would take some steps toward an
iRveetigatles after returning to her home
Dr. Geddard says he was a difficult pa
tient, but a friend of Mrs. Plate said
tonight that on one of her recent visit i
to her husband he recognised her and
spoke hopefully of the time when he would
be able to return to Ms home.
TROOPS FOR ALASKA.
Assignments for the New Military De
partment. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. Arrangements
are making at the war department for the
establishment of additional garrisons and
troops in the new military department of
Alaska, General G. M. Randan command
ing. Orders were Issued today mdXittg the
following assignment of troops to the new
department:
Company A, Seventh Infantry, now In
the department of Dakota, is transferred
to the department of Alaska, with station
at Fort St Michael.
Companies B, I and X, Seventh infan
try, now in the department of the East
have also been transferred to the depart
ment of Alaska, with station at Fort St
Michael.
Company G, Seventh infantry, now In
the department of the Lakes, has been
transferred to the department of Alaska,
with station at Port Valdes. The last
named company will be sent to Seattle
fully equipped for Arctic service, and with
a full complement of officers and. enlisted
men ready to embark for Port Valdes not
later than May 1 next
The companies designated for station at
Fort St. Michael also wlH be sent to Se
attle fully equipped for Arctic service,
end with full complement of officers and
enlisted mea ready to embark for the.
$orth not later than June 1 next
Majors F. M. H. Kendrlck and John
Van Orsdale, Seventh Infantry, have been
ordered to accompany these troops.
SALOONS S MANILA.
Regulations Governing? Lieenses to
Sell Liquor .Departncent Notes.
VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Feb. If
In the last mail received here from Manila,
is the order and regulations governing
the issue of licenses for the sale of liquors
In the city of Manila, although the order
states that neither the wholesale liquor
houses nor the present rules governing
the- sale of "native vino," "anisado." and
other native drinks shall be affected.
The city is divided into two districts,
known as firat and. second license dis
tricts. For saloon, or shops in tho first
district where beer, wMsky, cordials, and
other intoxicating liquors are kept for
sale, WW Mexican is the price of a license
for six months, and $460 if located in. the
second district.
In saloons or shops where beer and light
wine only are sold, the license fee is $109
Mexican for six months, if In the first dis
trict, and $50 if in the second, district
AH saloons and shops where liquors, are
sold must be closed on Sundays, and on
week days between 8:31 P. M. and 6 A. M.
No Meenses are to be granted to sell
liquor hi the public markets or ktoskos,
booths or stands in the publle streets or
plazas, or to street venders or peddlers.
Captain William R. Abercrorabie. Second
Infantry, who has been on exploring duty
in Alaska,, the past summer, hae been de
tailed as engineer officer oa the staff of
General George M. RandelL
MsJor James N. Allison, chief commis
sary officer, has been ordered to make
the necessary trips to Seattle and. confer
with General Randeil about the necessary
preparations for the conwntoottry depart
ment in Alaska.
Among the recent promotions in the
array confirmed by the senate were those
of Captain Henry G. Leeward, promoted
to the Fourth, and Captain, John Wholly
from the Twenty-fourth to the Third in
fantry. Will Foreclose City Freat Mortgage,
SOUTH MnWD. Was.. Feu. 1S.-J. T
Myers, as trustee for a number of South
Bend's ettteene. has begum suit to fore
close a $29,009 mortgage, given In ISM, on
most of the water frontage- In the busi
ness portion of the eity. On account of
the mortgage, no. permanent Improve
ments on the water frost have been pos
sible, hence the move is regarded as a
beneficial one for the city.
Takes Smallpox to Nevada
ELKO. Nev. Feb. . A. X. Llewellyn,
of Sumpter. OrC. was taken off the west
bound tram, here last mght snowing pro
nonnsod symptoms of smalUmx, He was
lodged hi a tent In the otrNfctrt of the
to-asn, to await the erection of a pest-heuee-.
which was ftnisbed today. Every
precaution has been taken to prowsat the
J spread at the disease.