THE MORNING OREGONIAN WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 21, 1900
STEVEDORES STRIKE
Refuse to Work Under a Non
Union Foreman.
WM.L DELAY MUCH COAST FREIGHT
Kw Taken From Bverett te Van-
Miver "Were Persuaded te Quit
Work a4 Retsr Heme.
YANCOOYKR, B. O, Feb. 29. The Pa
cific Coast ttusmrililp Company has a
strike oa tte handr. triM will probably
prevent the Immolllwte awvlus o 1009 tons
of freight awaiting shipment from this
pert to Sen Francisco. Trouble has arisen
between the company aad its stevedores
and has new been pending a fortnight
It has been be custom at this port fer
stevedores to work under the direction
of a delegate, selected by the union, who
has had the entire management of the
men, but who has himself worked under
the orders of the compear- Superintendent
Trowbridge, of Seattle, who manages the
business of the company in British Co
lumbia and "Washington, objected to tbt&
arrangement, insisting upon Wring his
own foreman over the stevedores. The
latter refusing te acquiesce, the steamer
' Queen, wtilch arrived from Seattle at
midnight, brought 81 'longshoremen from
Everett and five f ram Seattle, and today
these men began unloading local freight
from the Queen. The Vancouver steve
dores persuaded the Bverett men to leave
work, however, aad today paid their
fares back to Everett by rail.
The stevedores claim that Superintend
ent Trowbridge is trying te break up the
umou here, as he is alleged to have done
in Seattle, Tacoma and Victoria, although
In those cities non-union stevedores are
paid 46 cents per hour, while in Van
couver they receive but 96 cents per hour.
Superintendent Trowbridge is here direct
ing the fight In person. He declares that
the company's determination to have its
own eteOMore foreman wilt not be re
ceded from.
miles. In less than an hour. She Is coal
ing here for her standardizing trial, which
will take place tomorrow. Her official
trial will be held Thursday.
BIG TALK OP GAPE NOME.
kmpany Capitalised at 815,000,000
Organized, to Operate There.
WASHINGTON', Feb. 17.-J. H. Ward
ner, of Cape Nome, Alaska, Is authority
for the statement that a company, with a
capital of $15,000,000, has recently been or
ganized In New York for the purpose of
reclaiming the gold from the sands on the
beach at Cape Nome. "I left Cape Nome
about three months ago," said Mr. Ward
ner. "and there were about 2000 men
working along the beach. Not one of
them was making less than $25 a day.
Our men will leave here within a month or
etc weeks, and will consist of civil en
gineers, laborers and men to handle every
branch of the work. "We will take four
hydraulic engines along. "With this com
plement of men and engines, we will be
able to do a great deal of work. It would
be useless to give an estimate. If the
men who are now working with nothing
but a pick and shovel can turn out enough
to make from $ffi to $50 a day, what will
be the output of four 75-horsepower en
gines? Cape Nome is rich In gold. This
gold has been washed down from the
mountains. The streams are full of It.
Take the Glazier, the Snow, the Bangore
and the Dewey every one of those streams
are so full of gold that It would make the
Klondlkers open their eyes In wonder.
"Nome City will be the headquarters
of our company, and Is destined to out
grow Seattle. "While there are not more
than 2000 or 3000 people there now, by next
summer there will be fully 50,000 in the
city. There is no limit to the wealth of
the place. Each claim occupies a space
of 1320 feet by 660 feet, and for miles
along the beach claims have been staked
out. Our company owns 100 claims. But
we will work back Into the mountains as
well as along the beach. "We all expect
to make a fortune out of the project, and
there is no doubt but we shall do It"
CAftM TA rXT TUrin HI II" I 1833. He was a direct descendant of Dan
MJ U 1 I U llLI 1 1 1 L I ft UULMel Boone, the discoverer of Kentucky, be-
NEZ PERCBS TO GET LAST MONEY
FROM GOVERNMENT.
How They Have Spent Their Funds
Heretofore, Their Present Con
dition and Prospects.
tFLAXK FAVKMBNT FOR. VANCOUVER
YeancU So Decides iSooaase Property
Gwmers Wanted It.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Feb. 20. Main
Street, in this city, will be paved with
wood. This decision was arrived at by
the city council, at the meeting last night
There was very little discussion on the
subject last night, as the whole matter
tiad been thoroughly gone over before, and
while a majority of the ceuncilmen were
not personally in favor of the wood pave
ment, In deference to the wishes of a
majority of the property-owners on the
street who have petitioned for the plank
jpavement, the matter was practically de
cided before the council met The mat
ter was brought before the council upon
& motion to reconsider the action af the
former meeting at which a resolution in
tf av or of macadam was carried. This mo
tion carried by unanimous vote, as was
e motion to substitute piaaking for mac
adam. Under the ordinance, no contract
can be made until after Maracfa 8, the
property-owners being given until that
date to file remonstrance if desired. Plant
and specifications, however, have been
ordered prepared, and will be laid before
the council at an adjourned meeting to
be held for that purpose next Friday even
ing, for consideration. The planking used
for the pavement will, It is understood,
consist of flr timbers, 4x5 Inches.
Said te Be Tee Fend ef Biting-.
V V. Rand has filed a complaint in the
x iprrior court against Loren Seward, In
which he alleges that during an alterca
tion between the parties on the evening
rf January M, 199 Seward severely bit
Rand's linger, for which Read claims dam
ages to the amount of $19. Another suit
of a similar character Is also pending 1n
the superior court against Seward, where
in F. Ferretl is plaintiff. This is an ap
peal from the justice court, taken by
Seward, the Jury in the lower court hav
ing rendered a verdict against Seward for
LBWISTON, Idaho, Feb. 20. The ninth
and last payroll for the Nez Perces Indians
has been made out and forwarded to
"Washington, D. C. It is estimated that
the last payment will amount to nearly
$200,000. The reason why the exact sum
ing a grandson. He crossed the plains in
1816, settling with his lather 20 miles be
low Salem, Or., near Buttevllle. He lived
for a number of years In Benton and Lin
coln counties and other places in the
state. He was a brother-in-law of Hon.
George L. Curry, one of Oregon's early
governors. He leaves four children, three
sons and one daughter.
AS TO CONVICT LABOR
A BLIND "WHEAT FOOL.
The
Fifty Thousand Bushels at
Dalles at Fifty Cents.
The Dalles Tlmes-Mountalnee.
For some time. past the Tygh Ridge
farmers have been holding quite a quan
tity of wheat in a sort of blind pool, wait
ing for the price to reach a figure at
which they thought they could afford to
cannot be computed Is because It Includes I sell, and that figure was reached a few
deferred payments, where heirships have days ago, and last Saturday the sale was
been in dispute. There are numerous com
plications connected with the final settle
ment that involve endless toll when it is
the intention to do exact justice to all the
claimants under the treaty. "While the hls-
consummated, Moody's warehouse taking
25.000 sacks at 50 cents a bushel. The
wheat was all No. 1, and was indeed a
choice lot Those who were holding: It
had been negotiating for some time with
GOVERNOR'S INFLUENCE ASKED
AGAINST BILL BEFORE CONGRESS.
Design of Bill Is to Prevent Shipping
Products of Convict Labor Ont
ot the State.
franchise to operate an electric light.
power and steam heating plant, was in
troduced, passed to the second reading,
and referred to committee on ordinances.
The council passed a. resolution asking
Oregon's representatives la congress to
use their influence to have Salem's sew
federal building erected so as te (har
monize with the capitol and eourtheuse.
It was ordered that the Insurance on the
city hall, amounting to $tt,MQ, be divided
equally among the 53 companies doing busi
ness In this city.
cinattmr the eMrea at
and it is thought the object wflt be ob
tained without toiapusrtsn. These 1s not
a case of smaBpax ta the city saw. and
the disease is weB under eoatrol te the
western part of the county, but precau
tions are still bate taken.
BREACH OF CONTRACT ALLEGED.
DEATH jOF KING L. HIBBARD.
FROM ALASKA TO AFRICA.
A Number of Canadian Military Offi
cers Make the Change.
SEATTLE, Feb. 20. Major Bliss, In
command of the Yukon field force, of
Dawson, arrived today from Alaska. He
Is en route to headquarters at Ottawa,
where he has been ordered to report
"While not Informed of his future assign
ment he is inclined to believe he is going
to the TransvaaL
"There is a great disposition among the
Yukon forces to go to South Africa,." he
said. "Several of our number are already
there. Among these-are Captain Burstall,
Captain Ogilvle and Lieutenant Le Due.
Colonel Evans Is on the water en route
to Cape Town. Major Young, who was
ordered to that duty. Is in Toronto.
Reckless Smallpox Patient.
STEVENSON, "Wash.. Feb. 20 Consld
erable anxiety as -well as Indignation is
felt by the residents of this vicinity, on
account of the return of Marlon Garwood,
who recently came into town with the
blotches and scales ot smallpox yet on
Ms face. He has been absent In Eastern
"Washington for several months, and con
tracted the disease there. No effort on
the part of the authorities has been made,
nor precaution taken by. the people, to
guard against this loathsome disease. Gar
wood wanders freely among the people.
It is said that he wore upon his return
the same clothing he wore when he went
away. The people are anxiously await
ing developments.
SHB9UFF FOUND NOT GUILTY.
Did Net Connive te Surrender Prls
eHor te Canadian Officers.
REPUBUC, Wash., Feb. 99. It took a
Jurj 20 minutes to declare Sheriff Henry
t aisetnaa, of Ferry county, net guilty of
Jupnaping A. Everett Incidentally dispos
ing of a case which has been made the
subject of notes between the state depart
ing nts at Washington and Ottawa.
E erett. a bad character, had been start
ed from Republic to Cotviue, in charge of
a deputy, because the Republic jail was
aiot safe. It was necessary to pass
Di rough British Columbia, aad the pro
vincial otteers, who afterwards lodged
1 rett in the Kamlooas penitentiary be
cause of highway robbery, took Everett
e 1 1 another bad individual from the not
unwilling American officers. Everett
aimed he had been kidnaped, and the
im alter was taken up at Ottawa and Wash
ington, Governor Rogers being requested
tr push the prosecution. Sheriff Walse
man, of Ferry county, and his deputies,
wre arrested on the kidnaping charge, and
" pi trial has proceeded two days, with the
r.-ult stated. Attorney-General Vance
tm prosecutor.
Washington Supreme Court.
OLYMPIA. Wash., Feb. 20. The su
preme court today handed down opinions
in these cases:
State of Washington, respondent vs.
Herman Phelps, appellant; defendant in
this case was convicted of rape at Walla
Walla, and judgment was affirmed.
Seattle & Montana Railroad Company,
appellant, vs. Ellen T. Corbett respond
ent; contention was over -the construction
of the appellant's railroad over the re
spondent's property In Snohomish county;
remanded.
C. O. Greene, respondent, vs. James
FIrmell and T. J. Hallln, appellants, Ad
ams county; affirmed.
Sentence Void Because Uncertain.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb. 20 The su
preme court has ordered the discharge of
Edward Davis from the state peniten
tiary. Davis was sentenced from Spokane
county in April, 1S9S, for burglarizing a
building. The court records show two
sentences entered against Davis, one for
a one-eax term and one for a five-year
term of Imprisonment In the penitentiary.
The contention is raised as to which Is
the real verdict The supreme court rules
that In any event the sentence is void be
cause of this uncertainty.
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WBKVSTBR AGAIN SBNTENCED.
To Haas; March 86, fer Murder of
Mr. AsplaRd.
SPOKAXE. 'Wash., Ftb. 8ft. George
U "bster will be hanged in Spokane on
2Iarch 19. mm. The day of the execution
t Used than morning by Judge Prather.
"H obster nayw this penalty for the kilting
Mrs. Lrisaie Aspland, near Cheney,
" ash . Mar . 1897 A verdict of guilty
vas returned in the superior court, and
o case was annealed to the supreme
i -urt of the state. The lower court was
affirmed aad die death penalty first fixed
v s set or July X. 1899. A few hours be
i rx the time of execution, application was
rade ia the federal -court for a writ of
1 ibeae corpus. The application was re
f ised. An appeal was taken aad the caee
w . nt to the supreme court of the United
F ate.
An order dismissing the appeal from
hf court of last resort oame to Spokane
: week . The scaffold is already con
t ructcd on which "Webster will be hanged.
Notes From Tacoma.
TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 20 Edward H.
Butterfleld, health Inspector, was brutally
assaulted last flight, near his home, se
verely injured and robbed of a watch and
$96. His assailants have not been arrested.
William Smith, convicted of passing
counterfeit money, waa sentenced to two
years in the federal penitentiary, to pay
a fine of $500 and the costs of prosecution.
The wife of S. Hayoshi, the Japanese
consul, has given birth to a daughter, the
first Japanese child born in this city.
WELL-KNOWN PIONEER FARMER OF MARION COUNTY.
SALEM,-Feb. 20. King L. Hlbbard, a well-known pioneer farmer of Marlon county, died
at the Salem hospital tbla afternoon, after an illness oC several months. The Immediate causa
of his death was blood poisoning.
King L Hlbbard was born near Pekln, 111. , November 18, 183T. He was one of a family
of five children, whose parents were King and Nancy Hlbbard, well-known pioneers of this
vicinity. In 1817 the HibDard family crossed the plains with Captain Hall's company and set
tled in the "Waldo hills, Jiear the present postoffice of Wlllard. The donation claim taken by
the Hlbbards was known as notification Number 1, being the first in the Willamette land
district. Their home was on the frontier, and the family underwent the hardships common
to that time. They were attacked by Indiana, and it waa only after a hard-fought battle
that the savages were driven off and the homes of the settlers saved frmn destruction.
In 1S57 Klnff L. Hlbbard married Julia A. Griffith, who survives him. Seven children
were born to them, of which number all are now alive except Hal G". Hlbbard, who lost his
life in the Philippines while serving as corporal of company K, Second Oregon volunteers.
The other children are O. S. Hlbbard, Sumpter; Dr. L. E. Hlbbard, Burns; Claud Hlbbard,
Salem; Helen Hlbbard, La Grande; Gertrude Hlbbard and Jcsie Hlbbard, Salem. Mr. Hlbbard
also left three brothers a.d one sister T. R. "Hlbbard, Sllverton; George D. and Chaxlea "W.
Hlbbard, San Francisco, and Mrs. E. J. Knowles, Sllverton.
The deceased was a member of the Presbyterian church, and a consistent Christian. In
politics he was in his earlier days a republican, and in late years a populist. He has al
ways been an Influential worker In political affairs, and gave close attention to matters of
public Interest. His farm life was Interrupted but once, and that was during two years
when he served Marion county as assessor. By all people who had occasion to deal with him
he was esteemed as an upright and charitable man, unpretentious and always kind.
Aleer and Bliss to Run Sawmill.
SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 20. Ex-Secretary
of War Alger and Captain Bliss are
planning to operate their extensive lum
bering Interests on Puget sound, and will
erect a large sawmill at Falrhaven. Gen
eral Alger was in Seattle Saturday, ar
ranging the details of the extension. A.
H. Shook has come from Michigan to be
the general superintendent in the North
west of the corporate interests.
tory of Indian affairs in the United States
stands as a national disgrace, the Nez
Perces settlement has been singularly free
from dishonesty and scandal. It was evi
dently the intention of the government to
reduce to a minimum the opportunities for
rascality for a woman was sent to Inves
tigate the situation and represent the In
dians in their dealings with the govern
ment On the entire reservation, there are 756,
967 acres. Of this, the Indians themselves
were allotted 182,238 acres for farming and
grazing purposes, besides a large forest
reserve for hunting. After the Indians had
chosen their own lands, each taking 80
acres for farming or 160 acres for graz
ing, the remainder was placed on the mar
ket at $3 75 an acre. In taking their al
lotments, the Indians cannot dispose of
their lands for a period of 25 years. Wom
en, children and cripples may lease their
lands, but able-bodied Indians must work.
The payments to each of the Indians may
be tabulated as follows:
Feb. 14, 1895.... $302 96
Feb. 15, 1886.... 102 82
Feb. 15. 1897.... 101 63!
Aug. 15, 1895.
Aug. 15, 1896.
Aug. 15, 1897.
outside buyers, and the best offer they
could get tvas .48 cents, while the local
warehouse gave them 60 cents.
Quotations of Mining; Stocks.
SPOKANE. Feb. 20. The closing bids for
mining stocks today were:
IS
Blacktail $0 08
Butte & .Boston.
Coital
Deer Trail Con.
Evening Star ..
Gold Ledge ....
Golden Harvest.
Insurgent
Jim Blaine ....
Lone Pine Surp.
Mountain" Lion..$0 02
Morning Glory... 3
Morrison 2i
Princess Maud... 6
Quilp 18
Republic 04
15 Reservation .... 755
2 IRossland Giant.. o
13 Sullivan 794
14 Tom Thumb .... 16
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 20. The official clos
ing quotations for mining Btocks today were.
WAssjpraTex assbssmbnt roll.
" alwattewi ( Railrea&s, Loads, Tele
phones ad Telegraphs Fixed.
T.LLBMaROpO. Fob. . Ia the asses
sors' convention today the railroad sehed-
. of aaaesontent agreed to is as fol
lows rirst alans natn Hae). 9M99 per mile;
e cond ctoM. $; third daas, $8M;
i urth dans. US- Ftaet-daas railroad
ning aasek. SS cents per foot
The land schedule adopted woe as fol
I ws
Timber land, carrytns; C,aM,e feet to the
f tantoi section. per acre carrying
4ooom. $?. carrying MMI. : east
c' the Cascade aiountalnc, farming laade.
J. to 169 per acre, graatag aad unimproved
cricuttural lands, N eeats to $19 per
. re.
Telephone Maes, ooaaer wire, are to be
- -weaned aft 989 par mite, including poke,
. d 891 per mtte for each additional wire,
epnoaea, 99 each; latogranh 19aee, one
' n wire. $ per attte; additional wires,
I each.
QMJWtHHLiVaWS TRIAL TRIP.
Ihe ea Test Will Be Made on
Facet Soaad Temerrew.
TACOMA. Fob. . The torpedo-beat
olaobPtosatli teamed from Fort Orchard
Tacoma. today, making me ran from
LUftott twr Onmiawaeemmt bait
New Schoolhonse for North Yakima.
NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Feb. 20. At
a meeting of citizens tonight the school
board of this district was authorized to
incur an indebtedness of $11,000 for a new
school building, and of '$1100 for the site
of the building.
The Drowned Girl's Funeral.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb. 20. The funeral
of Miss Esther Cullen was held today from
the St John's Bpiscopal church. The po
lice are still working on clues which may
possibly point to evidence of foul play.
Washington Notes.
At the Walla Walla poultry show last
week, most of the prizes were awarded to
Oregon poultrymen.
The Rev. George R. Wallace, who was
formerly pastor of the First Congrega
tional church, In Portland, Is now pastor
of the Westminster Presbyterian church,
at Spokane.
William L the 17-year-old son of W.
H. Dickson, of Tacoma, shot himself in
the head Sunday evening while trvlng to
get a cartridge from a disabled revolver.
He died In half an hour.
John E. Keener, who has been a resi
dent of the Egypt country for a long
time, passed through town on his way
to the country southeast of Hartllne,
where he has purchased some 800 acres of
l&nd, which he will proceed to Improve,
says the Davenport Times. The land in
that vicinity has been neglected for years,
but It has been demonstrated that the soil
is well adapted for wheatgrowlng, and
it is now being bought up and filed on.
The fellow who recently fleeced several
Walla Walla saloon men with forged
checks seems to be at work in the upper
country. At Medical Lake he did a store
keeper out of $14 worth of goods and a
saloon-keeper of liquor and money with
forged checks. He cashed similar checks
at other places. The operator Is described
as a smooth-faced man about 38 years- old.
Tacoma doesn't like it because President
Metten, after assuring that town that the 1
Northern Pacific terminals would not be
moved from there, went to Seattle and
Bvecott aad talked honeyed phrases at
both those places.
Feb. 15, 1898.... 96 38 Aug. 15, 1898
Following out the schedule the ninth and
last payment was due February 15, 1899,
but was deferred in order to make final
settlement with several missing heirs.
When the original allotments were made
there were more than 1800 claimants, In
cluding men, women and children. The
actual number on the .payroll now Is 16,390.
They will get about $65 each, but deferred
payments to missing heirs will swell the
total many thousands. The whole amount
which the government agreed to pay was
$1,626,222.
Just what these haughty monarchs of the
Idaho hills will do when the last payment
shall be received and frittered away, is
hard to tell. There is nothing to Indicate
that the Nez Perces Indians will make
any better use of the last few dollars
of their inheritance than they did of the
first It was a happy day In Idaho when
ever the Indians were paid off. A sailor'
returning from a long cruise never spent
his money more freely than did the trag
edians of the Nez Perces tribe. Thev had
money to burn, and wanted to smell the
smoke. Many there were to help In the
conflagration. There may have been an
occasional citizen who dealt fairly with
the Indians, but modern business Is not
conducted on moral lines. The heirs of
the public domain were reckless with their
wealth. They bought coaches and car
riages more elaborate than were ever
seen in an aldermanic parade. They built
houses and painted them to look like bar
ber poles. Carpenters and painters were
charging $15 a day without any objections
from the unions. Once In a while there
was an Indian who saved his money, but
the tribe has few financiers. Inventive
genius was always at a high tension, en
deavoring to separate the Indian from his
wealth.
Among the leases of land held by women
and children, one yields $150 a month, an
other $25 a month, another $30, and still
another $15. There are over 300 leases
In all, on unusual contracts, tho Income
Tunning from $40 to $237 a year.
Alnha Con $0 02
Andes 5
Belcher
Best & Belcher... 32
Bullion 3
CaJrfonla 38
nhnllpntre Con ... 18
Chollar 18SIerra Nevada .., 36
rA. rv.1 JB. To 1 5lKlRtaru1n?v1l 2 40
5 28 95 J crown Point ..'... 7 Union Con 23
110 42 ' Gould & Curry... 14 Utah Con 8
99 94 I Halts & Norcross.. 30 Yellow Jacket .... 17
93 35 Justice GjLady "Wash. Con.. 2
Mexican $0 10
f Occidental Con ... 12
20OphIr 63
UCiUOU ......... v
PutosI 20
Savatte 11
iSeg. Belcher ...... 2
NEW YORK, Feb. 20. Mining stocks today
closed as follows:
Chollar $0 03
Crown Point 15
Con. Col. & va.
"Do-adwood 60
Gould & Curry... 12
Hale & Norcross.. 25
Homeetake 50 00
Iron Silver 05
Ontario ... $8 29
Oohlr ..A BO
1 40Plymouth 14
Quicksilver J. io
do nref 7 60
Sierra Nevada ... 33
Standard 2 69
Union Con 20
Mexican
201 bellow Jacket
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NORTHWEST DEAD.
John Baxzil, of Coos County.
John Bazzll. a Coos county pioneer,
died at his home, on North Coos Tlver,
February 6. aged 70 years. Mr. Bazzll
was born in Pennsylvania, and came to
Coos county In 1862. He was well known
to the early settlers of Coos bay, and
was highly respected by all. He leaves
a widow.
J. M. Boone, ot Croolr County..
A well-known pioneer, J. M. Boone, died
at the residence of his son, J. W. Boone,
in Prlnevllle, February 15. after a linger
ing illness of several months. His death
was caused by dropsy and other compli
cations. Mr. Boone was born In the south
aastnrn rrt of Missouri, on his father's
plantation near Prise's milt, on July 30. f choice upon this measure.
BOSTON, Feb. 20 Closing quotations:
Boston & Mont.?2 73 JParrott $0 44
Butte & Boston. 66
The Town ot Snginaw.
"Eugene Guard.
Saginaw is a station on the O. & C
railroad, 2& miles nortn of Cottage Grove
and 18 miles south of Eugene. It Is the
terminus of the lumber flume of the
Booth-Kelly Company, the mills bemS
situated five miles back In the mountains.
With the exception of two residences,
the entire town and townslte is owned by
the company, which employs about 20J
men at the docks and at the two mills.
The wages paid run from $1 50 to $8 for
common labor. The population of Sagi
naw is estimated to be 250 souls. TJie
only place of business consists of one
store owned by the Booth-Kelly Com
pany. The only public building Is the
schoolhouse, which does duty for all pub
lic meetings and church purposes. It is
at present accommodating both demo
cratic and republican clubs, two separate
literary and debating societies as well as
the church and public school.
Shriek of a 10-Inch Shell.
"The Monadnock opened up on the nig
gers with her big 10-lhch guns," writes
Brett Clark, of the Twenty-third in
fantry, from Cebu island, "and It did not
take the niggers long to make up their
minds to vamoose. Her 10-lnch guns were
the first big guns that I had ever heard
fired to be close to, and when tEe first
shell passed over our heads and plunged
Into the rice field about a quarter of a
mile ahead of us, I thought that another
earthquake had come my way Of all
the noises I ever heard, the noise that
an 1100-pound shell makes as It passes
through the air over one's head is the
most terrific sound that ever struck my
ears. It is simply ear-splitting. And when
Ihey strike in soft ground and burst they
make a hole large enough to put the
Coos county courthouse In."
Tired of a Narrow Margin.
VICTORIA, B. C., Feb. 20. The Brit
ish Columbia government has decided no
longer to struggle with the political situa
tion on a majority of but one, and will
drop all pending legislation and go to
the country as soon as the redistribution
bill shall be passed, if not defeated by.
SALEM, Feb20. Governor Geer has re
ceived from James W. English, jr., gen
eral manager of the Chattahoochee Brick
Company, Atlanta, Ga., a letter calling
attention to a bill In congress to prohibit
the shipment of producta of convict labor
beyond the borders of the state. The let
ter says, among other things;
"I assume that a large percentage of
the product of prison labor In your state Is
shipped into other states. I am reliably
Informed through representatives in Wash
ington that this bill Is most likely to pass
congress and become a law, In which
event you will readily perceive that It
would prove disastrous not only to the
persons or companies hiring convict labor,
but likewise to the states which hire out
their prison labor by contract or work
their prisoners In agricultural pursuits.
Statistics, I think, will show that about
90 per cent of the product of convict labor
In the various states is shipped beyond the
borders of the state wherein It is manu
factured. The prison officials and execu
tive department of this state have taken
the matter up with our representatives in
congress, and ar urging that they spare
no effort In the defeat of such legisla
tion." '
The letter urges that similar action be
taken by tho governor of Oregon. Gover
nor Geer has made no response to the
letter, and will probably take no action.
Inquiry at the treasury department to
day brought tho information that the
state of Oregon last year received $8593 60
for convict labor. There are no state rec
ords to Indicate where the product of the
convict labor goes.
Convicts Working; on. the Roads.
Although this is not the time of year
when ptfbllc roads are usually improved,
tho penitentiary officials have a, force of
men working on the road between the re
form school and this city. A portion of
this road is on land composed of cement
gravel, and this can be worked to ad
vantage only when It is wet The gang
of men now at work aro scraping the
gravel and soil up to the sides of the
road, where it will be left until dry
weather. It will then be thrown Into the
middle of the road.
Superintendent Lee, of the penitentiary,
stated today that as soon as the weather
will permit he will put a force of men
and teams at work on the road between
the penitentiary and the asylum farm. He
says that he will probably be compelled
to haul the gravel from the river, a dis
tance of about three miles. In that case
the work of graveling the road will be
very slow. He will endeavor to get gravel
from creeks close by, but may not be able
to do so.
Boys "Who Shot Their Father.
William and Orvle Smith were today
placed on trial in the circuit court on a
charge of shooting their father, W. R.
Smith, near Sllverton, last falL There
waa only slight difficulty in securing a
Jury, and the Introduction of testimony
was begun early this forenoon. The court
room was fullof spectators all day.
The first witness called on the part of
the prosecution was the father, W. R.
Smith. The state could not have had a
better witness so for as the manner of
giving testimony is concerned. His story
in brief was that on the day of tho shoot
ing he was ironing clothes when the boys
came Into the house. William carried a
rifle, while Orvie had a revolver. One of
them said: "You took our cow, d
you, and we are going to kill you." Smith
said: "Don't shoot me, boys," and start
ed for the back d6or. William fired with
the rifle just as the old man was going
through the door, the boll taking effect
In the fleshy part of his arm above- the
elbow. He ran outdoors and fell upon a
woodpile. Orvle ran around the house to
head him off, and they kept him covered
with their weapons, cautioning him "not
to get funny." He went back to the
house, and Orvle assisted him In tying
up his arm, the other boy keeping his
cocked rifle pointed at him all the time.
He blew the dinner horn to call some men
from a field to go for a doctor. Smith
testified that he had no gun with which
he could have shot the boys, had he been
so disposed. He showed the gunshot
wound to the jury.
John Lamb, a young man who lived
with Smith, testified that he was working
in the woods near the Smith house on
the day of the shooting, and heard the
shot fired. He went to the house in re
sponse to the blast from the horn, and
met the old man on tihe way to the woods.
The boys told him that they came to the
house with a warrant for the old man's
arrest and hat he resisted, and they had
o ghoot Mm. One of the bajs afterward
remarked:
"Well, we have not accomplished what
we came for, so we may as well go."
This afternoon tho defendants were
placed upon the stand. William Smith
testified that his father had taken their
cow, and that he and his brother went
after her. They waited around the place
for over a day, so that they might go
and get the cow while the old man was
away from the house. As he did not
leave they finally went to the house to
demand her. His father, William said,
had a rifle handy, and immediately armed
himself. The old man started out of the
door, and as he was backing out raised
his rifle to shoot the boy. William then
shot hla father to protect himself.
Orvle Smith's testimony was the same
as that of his brother. A number of other
witnesses were called, but few new ma
terial facts were developed. A number of
substantial residents of Sllverton testified
that W. R. Smith's reputation for truth
and veracity and as a law-abiding, citi
zen Is bad.
An evening session of eouri wa3 held.
Governor Discusses War..
When asked today whether the report
of his engagement to Miss Trulllnger, of
Astoria, is true, Governor Geer said:
"I think the British have as hard a job
on their hands in trying to whip the
Boers as they had when they triad to
whip us."
Oresron Supreme Court.
The following entries were made In the
supreme court docket today:
Sol Abraham, appellant, vs. the Oregon
& California Railroad Company, the
Southern Pacific Company and Catherine
Clark, respondents; appeal from Douglas
county. Argued and submitted.
The Coos Bay, Roseburg & Eastern
Railway & Navigation Company, respon
dent, vs. J. H. Nasler, appellant; appeal
from Coos county. Argued and sub
mitted. E. Mendenhall, respondent vs. J. B.
El wart et al., appellants; ordered on ap
plication of L. B. Cox, attorney for ap
pellants, that appellants have leave to
withdraw abstract of title filed by them In
this cause.
George A. Durkee, respondent vs. J. D.
Carr, appellant; ordered on stipulation
that respondent have 60 days to serve and
file such additional brief as he may de
sire, and that appellant have 20 days after
such filing to serve-and file a reply brief
herein, and that he have leave to attack
the assignment of errors to his abstract
of the record.
Salem Hard on Auctioneers.
At Its regular meeting tonight, the
Salem city council passed a very stringent
ordinance, fixing the fee fdr auctioneer's
license at ?400 per year. The ordinance
also prohibits the ringing of bells on the
streets, an5i provides that only one man
shall be allowed to sell under each li
cense. This license fee is expected to shut
out fake auctions.
Salt to Recover $1500 for Failure to
Deliver Cement.
ASTORIA, Feb. JO. The case ot Mc
Gregor & Normile, of tms city, vs. George
Taylor, of Portland, wach is now on
trial In the circuit court!; is an action
to recover $1537 50 for alleged breach of
contract The complaint states that in
March, 1S3S, the defendant entered Into
a contract to deliver to the plaintiffs sev
eral thousand barrels of Jossen cement
for use in constructing the government
locks at Yamhill, at the stipulated price
of $2 50 per barrel; that the defendant
delivered 2000 barrels, which he had en
hand, and represented that he had a
shipment en route from Europe on. the
ship City of Athens from which to fill
the balance of the order. It is also al
leged that while COCO barrels of eement
on the City of Athens were consigned
to the defendant at Portland, he dis
charged all but 1918 barrels at Port Los
Angeles and delivered to the platofHffj
only 1540 barrels. In order to carry on
their work the plaintiffs were compelled
to purchase 2460 barrels of cement from
other parties and pay therefor $3 13 per
barrel, thus entailing a lose of $1687 5Q
which they seek to recover.
Pleaded Not Guilty.
I- In the circuit court today Alex Isakson,
a rancher living In the Nehalem valley,
was aaralgned on two indictments charg
ing him with larceny from a dwelling.
Tho specific charge Is that he burglarized
tho residences of several of his neigh
bors. He entered a plea of not guilty to
each of the Indictments, and his trial was
set for Friday, March 2.
New Oil and Guano Factory.
The contract for building the new oil
and guano factory on Grassy island, in
Cathlamet bay, above Tongue point has
been awarded tp C. L. Houston, of. this
city. The price is $7000, and the factory
must be completed within 60 days. This
price does not Include the machinery that
will cost many thousand dollars more.
Price of Chlnooks Leap.
The price of chlnook salmon was ad
vanced today from 10 cents to 12 cents
per pound by Charles Alter, the buyer
for cold storage shipment The fight be
tween the cold-storage men Is getting
very bitter, and one said this afternoon
that the price would reach at least 15
cents before the close of the present week.
Ghost in Prison Cell.
Some weeks ago a man by the name
of Anderson committed suicide- In a cell
of the city jail by hanging himself with
his suspenders. Some time afterwards
a personal friend of the dead man, John
Heiala, was arrested on a charge of be
ing drunk and disorderly and locked up
in the come cell. He now tells a story,
that Is partially corroborated, to the ef
fect that while in the cell the ghost of
Anderson appeared before him and in
structed him to hang himself with hl3
suspenders as he, Anderson, had done. He
then took off his suspenders, and, tying
one end to a bar In the cell window and
the other around his neck, tried to hang
himself, but the suspenders would n-t
sustain his weight and broke, letting him
fall to the floor of the cell. The next
morning the jailer found a piece ofi brok
en suspender In the cell, which adds color
to the truth of his story, which he did
not tell until some days later.
Wasblasrtea Ceaatr Notes.
HILLSBORO. Feb. 39. County Clerk
Iraferie states that tho ontlae ronMry of
voters' for Waahinston county, to ante,
numbers only 994. This is beHcved 9s em
brace about one-quarter of the voters.
Mary Brock has sued Joan Brock for
divorce. Mrs. Brock was recently plaint
iff ia a circuit court case where aatt was
brought against John Wstae, of Ttgard
vMIe, on a promiseory aoM, wMah the de
fendant alleged was given to the hus
band, to be enjoyed only m case Weiss
should die while absent on a trip to Ger
many. Brock gave tho note te Ma wife,
then loft the country, aad anew the return
of Weiee the deserted wife sued, setting
a veroiet for sevsral hundred dollars.
Residcaoe Burned at Waace.
WASCO, Or . Fob. 9a The rosMwce of
H. T. Mureaio, of this city, burned to
night at 9 P. X. The lose ai auiHpmhnate-
ly $1300; msurancs, $.
FARMERS INSTITUTE FOR SEW ERA
Programme for Meeting: to Be Held
Early Jffext Month.
OREGON CITY, Feb. 20. The following
programme has been arranged for the
farmers' Institute to be held at New Era
March 1-2, under the auspices of the
state agricultural college and Warner
Grange: On the first day will be the ad
dress of welcome by J. S. Casto, and tho
response by Dr. James Wlthycombe, of the
state agricultural college; "Co-operative
Dairying," by Professor F. L. Kent;
"Poidtry Raising," J. S. Dicks; "Fruit
Pests," Professor A. B. Cordley; "Fer
tilizers," B. Frederick, and "Silos and
Silage," by Dr. Wlthycombe. Second day,
"Rotation of Crops," D. McArthur; "Bee
Keeping," Herman Anthony; "Grape Cul
ture," John Schindler; "Small Fruits,"
Mrs. I. S. McArthur; "Care qf Milk,"
Professor Kent; "Fertility of the Farm,"
Dr. Wlthycombe. The majority of the par
ticipants on the programme are Clacka
mas county people.
Old Man Seriously Hurt.
John Shadle, a Grand .Army veteran,
well known here, fell from a ladder last
night while arranging decorating In the
Willamette hall, striking on his head. He
is still Insensible from the effects of the
fall, and his condition is precarious.
Ore&rea Notes.
Last weak To bead of cattle wars brought
out of the Rock creek district of Coos
county.
A gray fox has boon captured near Ce
quille City tho flrst one over seen in
that part of Coos county.
A fine Indian basnet, made to order, is
ea display at Maeaaekt. It reareeenta
five months work of an Indian woman
The Bugene Register says- tho f usiomsts
of Laae county standi not for "the Union
forever," but have changed their name
to "citizens' party."
A range steer, avmsina J4t pounds, has
been brought to a PrlaeviUe market the
largest beef of tho winter. A spayed cow
dressed MS pounds.
Price Robinson, of Norway, complains
that he recently "sent 199 boxes of choice
apples" to a San Franciseo fins, "and re
ceived, as not proceeds, X cents."
Alex Boyd and John KKter killed two
cougars la the mountains near the head
of McKay ereeK. north of Prteevlue, last
week. The "varmints" were about 7 feet
in length.
Miss Jessie Creighten, of Salom, is sten
ographer at the insane asylum., succeed
ing Mies Nannie Paddock, who goes to
Eugene to fill a similar place at the stata
university.
Tllmon Ford and other shoos owners- of
the Loocey hills, m Marion, have sub
scribed to a fund aad offer a reward of
$17 fer each coyote killed in their neigh
borhood during February.
Coos county's creameries and ranchers
make a great deal of butter, but the de
mand at Marshfiefd is so great that a
quantity has been imported from Hum
boldt county, California.
The livestock market has been quiet at
Prlnevllle, but now the Review records
one important transaction. "W. W. Brswn,
of Fife, has sold to Colonel M. C. Nye,
of Prlnevllle, IS head of yearling weth
ers at $2 25 per head delivery to be made
after shearing.
Myrtle Point's city election last week
resulted In the election of tho following:
Councilman, A. H. Black, R. C. Dement.
N. G. W. Perkins, Charles Adams, and
L. W. Deyoe; recorder, L. A. Roberts,
treasurer, D. A. Hullng, marshal, JJd Car
ter. There were H votes cast
The proprietors of a saloon at Prlnevllle
give warning through a local paper that,
"though some people dislike to receive a
dun through the mail, especially from a
saloon," yet they will adopt that style of
collection if a number of people don't
come in and settle for drinks.
Mold has attacked a large quantity of
hops stored in the Southern Paemc Com
pany's warehouse at Salem. Tho fungus
first appears on the burlap, which is re
moved, and the hops are thoroughly
scraped until all sign of the mold Is re
moved, when the bales are recovered.
The damage Is eonsidssablo.
G. S. Davie, , at Norwa, last week or
dered a complete, up-to-date plant for a
creamery with a capacity of 966 to 1200
pounds per day, and win at once erect
the necessary buildings, wharf, etc., for a
creamery, at that place. He has been in
the dairy business in Humboldt county
for the past IS years.
The Roseburg Review says that Edward
Deady, whom it calls "the chief apostle of
tho A. P. A.-lam la Oregon," has been
In that town urging the necessity of re
organizing the order to take part in the
coming political campaign. It says a con
ference of leaders in the order was held
there to discuss future operations and pre
pare for resumption of active work.
NORTHWEST DEAD.
Well-KInown Hillsboro Woman Long
a Resident of Oregon.
HILLSBORO, Or., Feb. 20. Mrs. Mar
garet Schulmerich, wife of Conrad Schul
merlch, died at the family residence In
this city, at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Mrs.
Schulmerich was born In Germany In 1838,
and emigrated to New York In 1SS6. Soon
after her arrival she was wedded to Con
rad Schulmerich, who, with a family of
nine children, survives her. Soon there
after the young couple moved to Califor
nia, where they resided until URv, when
they came to Oregon and settled in South
Tualatin, three miles south of this city.
The children are: Herman, the present
postmaster of Hillsboro; William, a prom
inent dairyman, ot Farmington; Edwin,
a South Tualatin dairyman; George,
merchant, of Hillsboro; Joseph, a Green
ville farmer; Mrs. Katherino Burkhalter,
Farmlngton, and the Misses Margaret,
Josephine and Etta, residing at home.
Deceased was highly respected, and her
sterling qualities won for her a host of
friends.
THE WHOLE SECRET
FUNERAL OF PRriTATE TAYLOR,
Ashland People's Last Honors to
Their Soldier Dead.
ASHLAND, Or., Feb. 20. The funeral
of Jay E. Taylor, a private of company
B, of the Second Oregon volunteers, who
died In the hospital at Manila April 20.
1899, aged 19 years, which arrived from
San Francisco Sunday night were given
a public and military burial in this city
today. The funeral cortege, under direc
tion of Captain John L. May, was escorted
by company B, of the Oregon National
Guards General Wheaton post, Spanjsh
American War Veterans, the members ot
the Grand Army of the Republic, of this
city, and delegations from the surround
ing towns. Women's Relief Corps, local
societies and an Immense concourse of
citizens, who walked in processon to the
cemetery. An eloquent funeral oration
was delivered at the grave by the Hon.
C B. Watson. The military salute at
the grave was fired by seven of the comrades-in-arms
of the deceased soldier la the
battles on the Island of Luzon.
Two Boys to the Reform School.
ASHLAND, Or., Feb. 20. Arthur High,
aged 15, and Henry High, aged 12 years,
sons of Rudolph High, of this city, were
taken to Salem on this evening's train,
to be placed In the state reform school,
where they had been committed as incor
rigibles by the county court.
Smallpox Precautions at Eugene.
ETJGBNE, Or, Feb. 28. The school
board held a meeting today and passed
a, resolution urging the vaccination ef all
school children of the district The board
did not feel like making vaecination com
pulsory, and only strongly recommended
An ordinance granting F. R. Anson a Jt The doctors are eo-operating by vec-
Of the Remarkable Success ef a Rem.
edy for Iadlgestlea aad Stom
ach Troubles.
A new remedy which may revolutionise
the treatment of stomach troubles has
been placed before the nubile aad bears
the indorsement of many loading physic
ians and scientific men.
This preparation is not a wonderful dis
covery nor yet a secret patent medicine,
neither la It claimed to cure anything ex
cept dyspepsia. Indigestion and stomach
troubles, with which nine-tenths of our na
tion are more or less affected.
The remedy Is in the form of pleasant
tasting tablets or leeenges containing veg
etable aad fruit essences, purs aseptic pep
sin (free from annual impurities) Golden
Seal and diastase.. Thojf, ace sold by
druggists under, the name of Stuart's Dys
pepsia Tablets.
Many interesting experiments made with
these tablets show that they possess re
markable digestive power, and one grain
of the active principle in one of Stuart's
Dyspepsia Table te being aumcient to thor
oughly digest 3099 grains of lean meat,
eggs, oatmeal or similar wholesome food.
Stuart's Tablets do not act upon the
bowels like after-dinner pills and cheap
cathartics, which simply Irritate and in
flame the intestines, without having any
effect whatever in curing Indigestion.
If the stomach can be rested and assist
ed in the work of digestion, it will very
soon recover its normal vigor, as no or
gan is so much abused and overworked
as the stomach. This is the seerst aad the
whole secret of the remarkable success of
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, a remedy
practically unknown a few yeans ago and
now the most popular, safest and most
widely seM of any treatment for stomach
weakness.
This success has been secured; entirely
upon its merit as a digestive, pure and sim
ple; because there can be no stomach trou
ble If the food is promptly digested.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tabiew not entirely
upon the food eaten, digesting it com
pletely, so that it can be asaimMhted Into
blood, nerve and tissue.
Every drop of blood, every bone, nerve
and tissue in the body can be renewed In
but one way, and that Is from wholesome
food properly digested. There is no othT
way, and the Idea that a medicine In Itself
can purify the blood, or supply new tis
sues and strong nerves w rMleokme. and on
a par with the fol-de-rol that dyspepsia Is
a germ disease or that other fallacy, that
a weak stomach which refuses to digest
food can be made to do so, by Irritating
and inflaming the bowels by vilto and cath
artics. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets care dyspep
sia, water brash, sour stomach, catarrh of
the stomach, gas aad bloating after meals,
because they furnish the digestive pewr,
which Is the one thing that weak stomachs
lack; and unless that laek 1b supplied it s
useless to attempt to assist It by the use
of "tonics." "pills" and cathartics, which
have absolutely no digestive power and do
not claim to have any.
The regular ase of one or two of Stu
art's Dyspepsia Tablets, after meals, will
demonstrate their .merit aad esaeiestey bet
ter than any other argument
They are seM by druggists everywhere,
and a WMe booklet oa cause aad cure of
3teraaea troubles will be malm mat by ad
dressing F. A. Stuart Co., MaanaaH. Miek.
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