THE- SrOBOTNG OREGQNIAN, SATUTiDAY, MAHCH 31, 1900. MARION'S STRONG TICKET REPUBLICAN? NOMINATIONS COM MENDED BY ALMOST ALL. "What Prominent Men Have to Say of the Ticket "Citizens" Take Some Credit for It. SALEM, Or., March 30. Regardless of party lines the Marlon County Republican ticket named yesterday meets almost uni versal commendation. "While most of the leaders of the opposing political parties refuse to be quoted on the subject, they do not hesitate to say that the personnel of the ticket Is such that no fault can be found -with It on that score. Republi can, Democratic and "Citizens" candi dates are the. only ones likely to play any important part In the coming cam paign. What the members of these three political classes think of the Republican ticket Is fairly represented by the follow ing answers made today In personal Inter views : Banker A. Bush, a Democrat, and one of Marlon's heaviest taxpayers, said: "The Republican convention evidently took unusual -care In making up the ticket and selected candidates with a view to insuring a reduction in our county, ex penses. It is a strong Republican ticket." Circuit Judge George H. Burnett said: "It is the best ticket that has been put up in Marlon County in many years, and ought by all means to be elected." A man who was prominent in the Salem "Citizens" movement, but who requests that his name be not used, said: "With one or two minor exceptions it la a fresh, claan, wholesome ticket. I be lieve that the Citizens movement in the city government and the success of the Citizens administration have forced the Republican convention to build this tick et of unexceptionable timber." The Marion County Populists will hold their precinct primaries tomorrow for the purpose of electing delegates to the county convention. WASHINGTON COUNTY PRIMARIES. Delegates to CoHnty Convention ana District Nominations. FOREST GROVE, March :0 Republican primaries were held here today and dele gates to the county convention were chosen as follows: North Forest Grove H. F. Gordon, Aus tin Buxton, Levi Smith, A. T. Knox, H. C. Atwell, R. W. McNutt, David Smith. A. T. Knox was nominated for Road Supervisor. South Forest Grove J. S. Clark, John McNamer, Benjamin Schofield, Joseph Bailey, F. T. Kane, I. A. Macrum, Lon Laughlln and J. S. Buxton. Lon Laughlln was nominated for Road Supervisor. Forest Grove precincts jointly nominated O. R. Brown for Justice of the Peace, and John Baldwin for Constable. Cornelius Precinct John Brown, Charles James, J. C. Buchanan, Adam Hergert, F. Schoen, William Marsh, W. Vander d.lje and A. Bunting. A. F. Hatch was nominated for Road Supervisor, and A. Bunting for Constable. Dairy Precinct J. Klrts, O. Ahlstrom, J. L. Banks, A. J. Roy, J. V. Reynolds, N. J. Baker, H. C. Carstens. F. P. Reeder was nominated for Justice of the Peace, H. C. Carstens for Constable, and John McNew for Road Supervisor. Gales Creek Precinct J. W. McRoberts, S. B. Haycock. W. H. Lyda, Albert Mills, James Shearer, John McLaren. J. W. H. Adkins was nominated for Justice tit the Peace, W. A. Hewitt for Constable, and John McLaren for Road Supervisor. Wapato Precinct C. W. Hudson, Frank Hill, W. K. Newell, H. G. Fitch. Harry Ball and Rodell Matteson. E. X. Harding was nominated for Justice of the Peace, S. C. Tupper for Constable, and L. Sho gren for Road Supervisor. Dllley Precinct W. C. Gray. A. B. Todd, J. W. Hughe. Charles Odell, Otto Wls mer. J. W. Hughes was nominated for Justice of the Peace, A. P. Tupper for Constable, and A. B. Todd for Road Su pervisor. The following resolution was adopted in each of the Forest Grove Precincts: "Resolved by the Republicans of Forest Grove in primary assembled, That to par ticipate in this meeting shall be taken as a public declaration of a bona-flde inten tion to support the Republican candidates at the coming elections, and that none but those who can subscribe to and indorse the declared principles and policies of the party shall be entitled to a vote." HILLSBORO, Or., March SO. The fol lowing delegates were elected to the Re publican county convention this afternoon by South Hlllsboro primary: George H. Wilcox, John Dennis, F. H. Bower. F. M. Kelsay, W. E. McCourt, S. H. Humphreys, John Milne, J. N. Grabel. Benton Bowman was nominated for Jus tice of the Peace, M. S. Dailey for Con stable, and F. M. Kelsaj for Road Super visor. North Hlllsboro District H. W. Hesse, J. A. Imbrle, W. N. Barrett, R. P. Simon. E. I- Abbott, E. H. Johnson, Thomas Tucker, R. B. Collins. J. W. Bailey was nominated for Justice of the Peace. E. B. Sapplngton for Constable, and P. H. Baughman for Road Supervisor. SPOKE TWICE IN SPOKANE. Bryan Addressed 35,000 People Yei terdayirivKantern Washington. SPOKANE, Wash., March SO. This has been a day of hard campaigning for Bryan. He made six speeches in Whitman and Spokane Counties, and addressed S5.O00 people. At Colfax he addressed en -audience of 7000. and at Garfield 2000. At Tekoa he spoke for 30 minutes to 4000. At Farm ington 1500 people heard him for 10 min utes, and at Spokane he addressed two audiences of 10,000 each, speaking after noon and evening in the monster tent of the exposition. He was met at the depot here by 4000 people, and escorted over the principal business streets through banks of cheer ing humanity. With Bryan came Govern or Rogers and a party of other state of ficials, and they were entertained between speeches at the residence of United Stales Senator Turner. Mr. Bryan was in fine voice. At the afternoon meeting he spoke for nearly two hours, and this evening his address was nearly as long. His speeches covered his usual range of subjects finance, the trusts and Imperialism. The party left tonight for North Yakima and Western Washing ton. A DolIar-and-a-Half Banq.net. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., March 30. The committee In charge of arrangements and programme for W. J. Bryan's visit tomorrow has finished its work, after much wrangling. Colonel Bryan will be met at the depot In the morning by a com mittee. He will take breakfast at the Yakima Hotel, lunch at the Bartholet and dinner at the residence of H. J. Snlve ly. He will speak at 2 P. M., after being introduced by E. B. Preble, chairman oi the Fusion County Committee. In the evening a dollar-and-a-half banquet will be given at the Yakima Hotel. Speeches will be made by Mr. Bryan, Governor Rogers, ex-Congressman W. C. Jones and J. H. Lewis, and Senator Turner and H. J. Srilvely. T. "M. Varice will act as toast master. The committee on arrangements oxpects 15,000 people to be at Bryan's meet ing tomorrow. 100 People Applauded. COLFAX, Wash., March 30. Bryan spoke to an audience of nearly 10,000 peo ple here today for nearly two hours. He was mot received with any enthusiasm, th applause, though frequent, coming from a small number of people, not to exceed 100. Expenses of Bryan's Visit. SALEM, March 30. The Bryan reception committee held a meeting this evening and audited the "bills for expenses Incurred Qn account of the reception. The total ex pense was $150. it is estimated that Bryan's trip across the state cost over ?500, not counting the expenses of country people who went to town to see him, nor the value of their time had it been spent at their usual vocations. LIVELY IN TILLAMOOK COUNTY. Conarresxaiaa Toag-ne a Favorite There Row Over an Appointment. TILLAMOOK, Or., March 29. The Re publican county convention on Saturday in this city promises to be a lively affair, on account of efforts of Representative. J. W. Maxwell's to control it for the uur pose of opposing Congressman Tongue in the Congressional convention. There will be a strong anti-Maxwell delegation in the county convention. This was brought about by Maxwell writing to Congress man Tongue that if he did not use his in fluence to secure Maxwell the recei'er shia of the Oregon City Land Office ho would take the Tillamook delegation to the Congressional convention and oppose his (Tongue's) renomlnatlon. This was too much for the Republicans in this coun ty, who are overwhelmingly in favor of the renomlnatlon of Mr. Tongue. Even T. B. Handlcy, Republican tate commit teeman, failed in being sent as a delegate to the county convention from Bamegat, from which place for the past 10 years he has been a delegate. Nehalem, as usual, will come to the county convention with , two delegations one Maxwell, the other anti-Maxwell, the former having bolted the regular primary after the first vote was taken, and, with the assistance of Democrats and Populists,, elected an other batch of delegates. It is expected that most of the county officials will be renominated. B. L. Eddy, who was Mayor of Tillamook for two years, is a favorite for Joint Representative. The bone of contention will be in the selection .of del egates to the state and Congressional con ventions and recommending a person for Joint Representative. Fnsionlsts of Clackamas Connty. OREGON CITY, Or., March 30. Tho Democrats held a caucus last night and nominated the following delegates to be elected at the primaries tomorrow to at tend the county convention, which will convene here April 6. The selections were confined to the two larger Oregon City precincts. The Populist primaries will also be held tomorrow afternoon. April" 6 the Democrats and Populists will each hold separate county conventions to elect delegates to attend their respective state conventions, appoint central committee man, etc A Joint convention of the two parties will then be held to nominate a complete county ticket. It is understood that there will be no prearranged divis ion of the offices, each candidate to be voted for on his merits, without regard to party affiliations. A two-thirds vote will be necessary for a choice or nomination. The Populists will probably have a major ity In the Joint convention, as there is no Democratic organization in a few of the precincts. Clark Connty Republicans Active. VANCOUVER. Wash., March 30. Inter est Jn the political situation on the eve of the Republican County Convention, to be held tomorrow, has intensified to a surprising degree. The indications now are, however, that there will be a full representation out to the convention to morrow. The lines are sharply drawn between the Wilson and anti-Wilson forces tonight, with the indications strong ly in favor of the "antis" being able to win. Baker Connty Ticket. BAKER CITY. Or.. Match 30. The fol low county ticket was yesterday put in the field by the Republicans: Sheriff A. H. Huntington. s Clerk Frank Geddes. Recorder Dan C Robblns. Assessor Hiram Holcomb. School Superintendent W. Hyde Stalker. Commissioner H. Flldew. Surveyor C. M. Foster. Coroner Dr. T. N. Snow. CLAM MEN HAVE TROUBLES. Association to Make War on the Price-Cutters. ASTORIA. Or., March 30., The Clam Shippers' Association of Clatsop Beach has commenced a crusade against the shippers who are not maintaining the prices established by the association. One of the outside shippers has been sending clams to this city and disposing of them at greatly reduced rates. This morning the association shipped large consign ments to its regular customers and di rected that they be sold at 5, or even 2Ht cents, per dozen, if necessary, to under sell the association's competitors. Jessie's Crnlse a Failure. The schooner Jessie arrived in from a two weeks' deep-sea fishing cruise, on the halibut banks, today, without any catch. She tried all the known banks, from off Shoalwater Bay to "the north of Vancou. ver Island, but only secured two small halibut. The weather was good, and flsh ing was carried on every day except one, when the schooner put into Neah Bay on account of thick weather. Sharks, group ers and cod were in abundance, but the halibut were not there. Several fishing schooners were spoken, and their experi ence was similar to that of the Jessie. The Indians at Neah Bay said- It was at least six weeks or two months too early for the halibut to be found on the banks. The owners of the Jessie have not yet de cided how soon they will send her out again, but the present intention is to do so in a few days. Bond "Was Filed. The order of Judge McBride, which was issued at Hlllsboro a few days ago, grant ing an injunction against the plaintiff in the case of the Columbia River Packers' Association vs, Enyart & Cook, on condi tion that the defendants put up a bond for $2500, was filed In the -Circuit Court here today. The bond of the defendants in the Eum of $2500, with S. Farrell and Frank M. Warren as sureties, was also filed. Nevr Postofficc at Snanlko. WASHINGTON, March 30. Represen tative Moody -has secured the establish ment of a postoffice at Shanlko, Wasco County, Or., to be served temporarily by the route from The Dalles to Antelope. J. G. Wilcox has been appointed Post master. Alice M. Mayben has been, appointed Postmistress at Vida, Or., vice Frances A. Peplot, resigned. Washington's Jate Released. SPOKANE, March 30. Ninety tons of jute, en route from the East to the Walla Walla penitentiary for manufacture into grain sacks, seized here by a Deputy United States Marshal, under Instructions from the Collector of Customs at Port Townsend, was released today on author ity of the United States Attorney. No explanation is given, either lor the seiz ure or subsequent release. Steamboat Fireman Killed. SEATTLE, Wash., March 30. Albert Johnson,1 of Port Townsend, a fireman on the steamer Angeles, was killed at mid night in a row with Harry B. Llnde, pro prietor of the Standard oyster house, over paying for a meal. He leaves a wife ana two children. Machine Tools in Switzerland. Tho Engineering Magazine. The efficiency of the Swiss workshops stands fully as high as the standard of de sign. The American system of specializa tion of workmen and of tools has not reached such a marked application as in America Itself, although many tools brought direct from .that country are in iise. In one respect, however, progress has been made, namely, the use of ma chine tools of heavy capacity, driven to a fate of production fully as great as Jn America. In this respect an important change is evident. NOT MUCH TO ATTRACT OMSK IS UNPICTURESQUE AND UNIN TERESTING. Hovr the People Live and "What Baai- acss They CoadHct Comfortable and Contented. OMSK, Siberia, Aug. ZL As a pictur esque tourist point and place of interest ing scenery and buildings, no one would recommend Omsk. From, a wretched ho tel the traveler may walk at the side of dusty streets, between rows of log houses, to a bridge over the river Om. He will see one more pretentious log house with a tower sunriountlng It, and this is the fire department building. A little gallery around the tower near the top serves for the watchman who patrols it day and night looking for blazes. In a place of this sort where almost every building Is of wood, fires are of frequent occurrence and almost all of the larger Siberian cities have experienced disastrous con flagrations that have almost obliterated them. Near the fire department stands a brick schoolhouse, facing the Om River. A block or two away is the old Cathedral of the city standing on an elevation near STREET IN A. SD3ERIAN the same stream, its towers filled with chimes of bells, which are seldom silent. Then comes the bridge over the river, leading to a street of stores, most of them in brick buildings of two stories. They display a peculiar mixture of Rus sian and German goods, but the stocks An not rflmnnre In nnv xcftv with those carried by an American merchant In a t plows, harrows, drills, mowing machines, town of 5000 inhabitants. This street rises small hand mills, churns and other appll from the river to tho hills which distln- j ances. My guide told me that the intro gulsh Omsk from the surrounding prairie. duction of these strange tools was slow. Some of the government buildings crown tnem, including tne fortress ana tne pai- i partly because the peasant farmers did not ace of the Governor of the province. Hut understand the profit of using improved one side of this business street is built i machinery, but the selling of them at cost up with stores. The other side borders I -n-as helping, and in every way possible on a dusty, ragged little park, which con-' the Government was trying to introduce tains a few seats, some trees and flow- modern methods of agriculture. Of course ers, a refreshment pavilion and a band I not' all the machinery exhibited is of Amer Stand. It extends down to the banks of ' lean make. Germanv contribute larsrelv. the Irtish River, which here is nearly j half a mile wide Wharves on Two Rivers. Retracing his way across the Om, the pedestrian finds the wharves near the union of the two rivers and several steamers lying at dock show evidences of considerable passenger travel and heavy freight traffic Some of these are bound up the Irtish to Semipalatlnsk, and othors will turn down stream to Tobolsk and thence up the Tobol to Tiumen. It would be a j the months of April, May and June they satisfaction to take the former Journey, j have the threat of epidemic to face. Ty for a glimpse of the great province of J phus, dyphtherla and measles break out, Semipalatlnsk, of which the city of the , and in spite of all that can bo done the same name Is the capital, but two weeks j death rate Is very high. It Is Impossible are too much to give for the side trip, j to scatter the camp sufficiently to keep tho Semipalatlnsk itself, as It is described to epidemics from spreading, with the help me, would repay a visit if it were not so that there is available, and the suffering 1 IMMIGRANT SETTLEMENT AT THE CITY OF OMSK. slow to be reached. It Is populated chief ly by Kirghiz and Tartars, with a sprink ling of Jews, Sartsand Bokhariots, sp that altogether the place is quite Orien tal in aspect. Although not far from the splendid ranges of the Altai Mountains, the town Itself is built on a dry and dusty sand plain, and, remote as it is, with ex tremes of heat and cold in the shifting seasons, Jt is considered by no means a desirable place for service by the Rus sian officers who are sent there. The trade of the place is large and constantly on the' Increase. Most of the exchange is with Kuldja and Kashgar, In Western Chinese Turkestan, with the Kirghiz of the great and middle Hordes and with the provinces of Russian Turkestan. A few weeks ago when I was in Tashkend, at the terminus of the Transcasplan Rail-1 way In Russian Turkestan, I contemplated traveling thence to Omsk by way of Vernoe, Semipalatlnsk and! the Irtish Riv er, over the line of the proposed railway extension, but the distance is more thun 1100 miles, by a caravan route, largel desert, so that I decided to abandon the camel transportation and make the longer Journey around by steam. One or two other streets Include all the pretentious buildings of Omsk, the Post office, the larger stores, the one bank, which Is on the second floor of a new business block, and the ponderous and plain government offices. The latter oc cupy a great building of brick, covered with plaster, facing an. open square which would be called a plaza in a Spanish city. It Is Inches deep with dust and entirely unadorned. In its vicinity, however, are the evidences that Omsk Is a tolerant and a cosmopolitan city. Within a radius of two blocks are churches of three relig ions a Roman Catholic Church, a church of the orthodox Greek Catholic faith, and a Mohammedan mosque for the Tartars, who are so numerous here. These things and a Summer garden in the outskirts of the city, where at times there are band concerts, cool things to drink and indif ferent vaudeville theaters, make up the places and things of interest in Omsk. People Are Interesting:. The people are more interesting than the places, and the people who are just arriving are in some ways the most in teresting of all. Down on the prairie be tween the railway station and the city la a cluster of Klrkhlz tents of the char acteristic shape, round-topped and felt covered, 20 or 30 of them, occupied by the most recent contingent of immigrants from the Eurppean provinces of the em pire. The yurts are arranged in streets, their doors facing to the eastward, so that they will get the full benefit of the morning sun to keep them wholesome. In this camp are living the families of im migrants who have arrived since tho last apportionment of land, now waiting their turn to be settled In new homes granted thenr. How long they may wait here Is uncertain. Some of the men are traveling,, about In the region open for settlement along the rivers, looking to find what may please jthem best, for, ot course, they are allowed as much option in selection as possible. While they are waiting here the women andf children of tho household have settled themselves In apparent contentment and seem to be quite as comfortable as they care to be. Tho round tents are amply large for tem porary Summer camps, and Inasmuch as there is no rent to pay. the government furnishing the quarters for Immigrants awaiting location, the arrangement seems satisfactory. In my visits to this Immi grant camp I found the domestic affairs of the waiting families running along as smoothly as if they had lived in Tartar tents All their lives. As a matter of fact, the hut-like dwellings are probably quite as comfortable as the homes that most of them, have left behind in their Journej to the new land of Siberia. Not all of this Immigrant settlement is made up of tents. A cluster of perma nent buildings a llttlo distance to the northward, on the same open plain, Is the real nucleus of the station. The tent streets are contracted according, to the needs of the season, as the immigrants are many or few. The buildings stand -for various uses all the time. One is the home of the physician in charge of the camp, a- clever young Russian with a young family of his own. He offered me hospitality, and took me about through the camp and station buildings, with pride in the work that is being done to develop and settle Siberia, while at the same time new homes are being foupd for the crowd- FARM VILLAGE NEAR. OMSK. ed peasants of the European provinces. Nearest to hla house'is the warehouse for agricultural Implements- of all sorts, kept for sale at cost by the Russian Govern ment, for the incoming farmers who want to buy or are able to buy them. Among them I found American implements, made in Ohio, Michigan and Illinois, including partly because they were expensive, and j a RUssian machines of American and German patterns are prominent. Quarters for ImmlRrants, Another building in this group Is tho hospital, now but little occupied. Not al ways are the Immigrants and the doctor so fortunate. In the Spring, when the in flux is greatest, sometimes there are gath ered In this camp from 5000 to 7000 Immi grants, waiting transportation to the places where they are to settle. Then through at times is great. Last Spring there was a great storm at the time when the camp was most crowded, and most of the tents were blown down or drowned out. The people of Omsk opened their homes and the Immigrants took refuge In tho city, but the distress was great before all the damage could be repaired and the Immi grant station restored to working order. There are houses for the immigrants who come in Winter, for Russians might find the yurts too cold, though the Kirghiz keep comfortable In them. Just now the larg est Winter house is occupied by a few of I the families who prefer It to tho tents. j and all the other ones are empty. Tho j house is substantial and warm in Winter, i heyond doubt, with great stoves that would tyt,V M 91 ,. mmm. THE OR1G9NAL WORCESTERSHIRE BEWARE OF MUTATIONS GlTGi & most celiolotu savor to Hot & Cold Meats, Gravies, Salads, Soups, Gome, Fish,. Welsh Rarebits, etc.. conquer any weather, but it is not pretty. One big kitchen serves for all who llvo there, and food is prepared there as- well as for the campers outside. It is sold at astonishingly low prices, soup, for in stance, being furnished at 3 kopecks a quart, or about 1 cents. Moreover, chil dren below 10 years of age are furnished soup free of cost, so that the family ex penses are reduced thereby. All of these houses are of one story, built of logs and thoroughly "whitewashed, with lime. One of them is assigned to men who come to select locations for parties formed away back west in Russia. In a certain village the Intending emigrants will select one of their number to go ahead and vsit vari ous locations that are open for settlement, to make a choice so that they will know before they start from home exactly what their destination Is to be. These men are quartered In a building arranged exactly after the fashion of tho prison "camera" that has been described so often by stu dents of the Siberian exile system. Around the walls of a big room are what seem at first to be magnified window seats. A solid bench or table Is built entirely around the room, at a height of nearly three feet from the floor, the shelf perhaps seven feet wide, though this is variable. Ex cept the big stove in the center of the room and the icon on the wall, there is no other furniture. The delegates make themselves as comfortable as they can with this great seat as a lounging place by day and a bed by night, with the bedding they carry with them, and here they stay while they wait for the steamer that will take them up the Irtish or until some government officer is at liberty to go with them in tho search for a new home. TRUMBULL WHITE. "COWS VS. STEAM ENGINES." How Civilized Man Increases North-Treat's Food Supply. the SALEM, March 36. (To the Editor.) Recently The Oregonlan quoted a paper in this month's Century Magazine, to which the writer makes extravagant es timates of the quantity of the larger spe cies of game animals on the continent of North America, and charges a love of mur der iLc-alnat the nloneer population of tho white race as the cause of Its rapid dis-v appearance ending by some unique state ments as to the value (to humanity) of the" domesticated animals, and steam, elec tric and other forces. It Is difficult to guess whether the writer's object Is to arraign the ploneera of modern progress pr to find reasons for lauding those Instrumental In the forma tion of the Zoological Park at Washington City. Next to the extravagance of the premises laid down 19 the Incongruity of the comparison between the uses of do mestic animals, wild game and the forces mentioned. The contest is the tame against the wild man's best interests; against op posing natural forces In which contest explosives, steam and other means are used to Increase the resources of earth and water as ministers to human life. The comparisons, to be fair, should be between the domestic cattle and the bison, the sheep and the antelope, the dog and the wolf, etc If Mr. Seton Thompson's paper was intended as an arraignment of modern progress and methods, it seems to the writer proper that his errors be at least indicated. First, as to the quantity of the most important game animals. The buffalo, elk and antelope were not found east of St. Louis at the beginning of this century. At that date (1S05) Lewis and Clark found no buffalo west of the Rocky Mountains, and saw no elk and few antelope or deer In passing from their summits to the Pa cific Ocean. The best elk range they found west of the Rockies was near the present City of Astoria. The Upper Co lumbia Valley had, seemingly, "by the aid of the salmon supply, carried a popula tion too heavy for the natural game sup ply, who had apparently exterminated the buffalo and elk, and had for 50 years or more been In the habit of crossing the Rocky Mountains In order to kill the royal -game on their east slopes. We have no data as to when this became necessary, but it is not unreasonable to assume that the existence of the Oregon River was made known to the natives of the Mis souri Valley and by them to Jonathan Carver as one result of these annual hunt ing trips, which were continued into the middle of this century. This same condition existed from the Columbia Valley southward to and In clusive of large portions of Texas and Mexico. The native race had overkilled the larger game, and In extensive districts of Arizona and New Mexico had resorted to agriculture as a means of subsistence. The proof that this was of necessity is sus tained by the fact that the wild race had made no effort of this kind In the Lower Columbia and Sacramento Valleys rich In fish and edible roots. It is a spurious sentimentality which charges this destruc tion of wild game to the pioneer white man's propensity to murder, and tend3 to a false view of cause and effect of the changes the white race has effected in North America as a whole, wherein hu manity, highly estimated at 5,000,000 human "beings In a wretched struggle for exist ence 300 years ago, now numbers nearly, if not quite, 100,000,000, dwelling in general peace and a measure of prosperity which at that date could not possibly be com prehended; and the difference in the num ber and condition of tho lower animal life, though not so great, is still very large. Take tho horses, cattle, sheep and swine of civilized man as compared with all wild game, and measure the pleasures of existence in Itself. It is not computable, of course, and a study of the life of what was once wild (now kept in "zoos") is no criterion of the fears and sufferings of the wild state subject to wild man, carnlver ous enemies and "the seasons' difference." In 1805, when Lewis and Clark crossed near the center of tho greatest natural game park of North America, they found it about midway between the two oceans and at its best it required the constant activity of an excellent body of hunters and S This rignatnre Perrins ,---. 1i Mms&mrn."mFmer dUL&td0! S IB) pra Ii IjMJ gj Compllete to keep the party of 36 men in constant supply of food. After crossing the Rock ies, the party found it so difficult to meet its necessities by combined hunting, fish lng and purchasing from the natives, that a resort to horse flesh and that of dogs was an imperative necessity ; and during the winter spent In the bst elk and water fowl district of the great Columbia Val ley, they were fain to purchase dogs and travel 35 miles to purchase a few hundred pounds of whale blubber. When In March, 1S05, they set out to retrace their steps back to settled life, they were compelled to halt eight days at the Junction of Co lumbia and Willamette Valleys and send out their hunters In order to be sure of havlntr food enough to be enabled to Teach their horses, leftwlth the upper NezPerces, and they found some of the elk and veni- son they killed so poor as to be unfit for food. They computed the native race of Oregon then at 40,000 souls, from whom it was unsafe to count on being able to pur chase subsistence for 36 men for a 10 days' Journey. There Is now perhaps from 5,000, 000 to 6.000,000 of white people on the Pa cific side of North America, as well fed as any peoples in the world, yet, send ing out to other peoples as much surplus as would feed as many more. The wild man. tne won, anu me cear nave aecn superseded, and the result Is an ample Justification of the white man's dominion. JOHN MINTO. 1 9 THE SAME CRIMINAL. Man "Who Shot John Wardlo Is the Goldcndale Murderer. McMlnnville Register. George R. A. Ferris, who shot John Wardle on the Braithwait farm, north of this city, about 16 years ago, is the same fellow who killed another man about two weeks ago in the State of Washington, and who Is now in Jail at Goldendalc, awaiting trial for murder. W. M Wardle, of this city, saw the account of the last crlmo In Tho Oregonlan, and he was led to write the Sheriff who has the prisoner in charge, to ascertain if he was the same criminal who shot his father. He is satisfied from the description that it is the same man. Ferris shot Wardle be cause the latter refused to sign a deed to some land, now owned by E. M. Greeley, until Ferris would pay back $20 Wardlo had loaned him. Ferris drew his gun and said he would put Wardle where ho wouldn't need his signature, and shot him in the center of the breast, the bullet passing clear through Wardle's body. Wardle was sick with the wound for over a year. He Is now 86 years old, and at times can feel pain due to the wound of 16 years ago. The Sheriff writes that Ferris Is likely to pay the penalty for his latest crime. He claims self-defense, but it is known that he rode 30 miles to kill an unarmed man. For his first crime Ferris was placed in jail at La Fayette, but effected his escape before he was tried. He has since served 10 years in the Washington penitentiary for horse stealing. i a o ii- Captnln Thomas D Is char Red. WASHINGTON. March 30. Captain William B. Thomas, Forty-sixth Volun teer Infantry, having been found physi cally disqualified to perform the duties of his rank, has been honorably dis charged from the eervico of the United States. A Coast Institution. BERKELEY, Cal., March 30. The Uni versity of California will extend Its scope over the entire Coast by accrediting hlgn schools outsldo of th's state, including yr on every bottle Sfsts SI TsrSTiii!JT nl 1 I L Jl External and Internal Treatment $1.25 Consisting of CUT1CURA SOAP (25c), to cleanse to skin oi crusts and scales and soften the thickened cuti cle, CUTICURA OlNTflENT (50c), to Instantly allay Itching, Irritation, and Inflammation, and soothe ana heal, and CUTICURA RESOLVENT (SOc), to cool and cleanse the blood. A single set Is often sufficient to care the most tcrtarlng, disfiguring skin, scalp, and blood humors, rashes, Itchlngs, and Irritations, with loss of hair, when the best physicians and all other remedies fall. 5oId throughout the world. POTTER DRUQ AND CHEM. CORP., Sole Props., Boston. "Hair ta Curs Baby Humors,'-' free. those In the states of Washington, Ore gon and Nevada. This Is the most Im portant move that has been proposed since the plans for the new university were made, and 'It Indicates that the Univer sity of California will become a Pacific Coast Institution, and not a state institu tion alone. u SENSATIONAL SUICIDE. Man Shoots Htmielf on the Brinlc ot . Niagara. Falls. NIAGARA FALLS, N. T., March 30. A sensational suicide occurred todav on ! Goat Island. A man waded out as far aa he could, shot himself three times In tho head, pitched forward into the water and j was swept down between Luna and Goat Islands, going over the falls at the Cave of the Winds. From papers and letters left behind, he Is thought to be HIppolyta Schneider, of Pittsburg. Letters In French were found addressed to Mme. Lillian Russell, Infanta Dahlia, and the Westing house Company, of Pittsburg. In one let ter he blames the woman, Lillian Rus sell, for his death, and leaves her all his property. The letters are rambling and indicate that the man was inne. Natu- rallzatlon papers were found on him, datea March 9, 1SS2, at Pittsburg. PITTSBURG, March 30. Hyppolyte Schneider was a machinist who, until three weeks ago, worked for the West inghouse Electric Company, .at East Pitts burg. Schneider left Pittsburg, saying he was going to look for work. Nothing had been heard from him since. c "Infallible," bnt IIn "Errors." PORTLAND, March 2S. (To the Editor.) I know of no more amusing spectacle than the mental gymnastics exhibited by some of the "liberal theologians" of tha times. Here Is an example: The Rev. Professor McGIffert, In the course of his reply to the committee of tho New York presbytery, appointed to examine tho charges of heresy made against him,' said: "Permit me to say that I bolleve. as I believed at the time of my ordination, that the Bible is 'the Word of God, the only Infallible rule of faith and practice.' The fact that there are errors In the Bible, which I am compelled, as an honest stu dent, to recognize, does not in the least affect my estimation of it as God's Word." If there are errors in the Bible, and the Bible Is the Word of God, I can see no e&cape from the conclusion that part of the Word of God is error. O most mighty Bible, dost thou He so low? OTIS KING. e Influx of Japanese Laborers. SAN FRANCISCO, March 30. Working men in this state are becoming alarmed at the steadily increasing number of Japa nese immigrants. It is stated that since January 1, 1809, no less than 3420 laborers from Japan have arrived in this country, "and the Immigration Bureau is Informed that 1400 more are due here by April 7. According to Labor Commissioner North, 7000 passports v have been obtained in Japan fcr laborers Intending to come to this country. c Foreigrn and Domestic Porta. Havre, March 30. Arrived LaGascogne, from New York. Cherbourg, March 30. Sailed Kaiser Frlederich (from Hamburg and South ampton), for New York. Yokohama, March 30. Sailed Goodwin, for Tacoma. New York, March 30. Arrived Phoene cla, from Hamburg. Cooks, Chefs & Housekeep ers everywhere pronounce it an indispensable requisite to the culinary stores. 8 JOHN BT7XCAIPS SORB, Agents, Sew For