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. i 3 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 15 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. Jftiv, ".. - r