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CHINESE CONFESSES
Tells Story of Murder of the
Stevctton Officer.
CRIME ORDERED BY A HIGHBINDER
The Cblnamnn Who Strnck Msln
Doivn With a Mattocl Has Not
Defn round Vet.
VANCOUVER. B. C..-April IS. Eight
Chinese are now in the Provincial Jail
ot "Westminster, charged with the mur
der of Alexander Main, the Chief of Po
lice ot Steveston. or with being acces
sory to the crime. Main had been miss
ing three days, and yesterday his muti
lated and dismembered remains were
found in a freshly made grave near a
group of shacks occupied by Chinese
market gardeners. So bitter was the
feeling in the town of Steveston -against
the prisoners that during the night sev
eral hundred Japanese surrounded the
Steveston police station, intent upon
lynching the Chinese prisoners, but the
officers managed to take the Chinese In
safety to Westminster, eight miles dis
tant. One of the prisoners, Chan Tee Chung,
today confessed to the murder, stating
that Tip Leek, a highbinder, had ordered
the assault upon Main, but that the mur
dered officer had first been struck on the
head from behind with a mattock wielded
by a third Chinese, who fled, and has not
yet been captured. The mattock, with
Its iron hook, was today found near tho
cabin, covered with blood, and a. long
knife was also found with traces of blood
upon Its blade.
From Chung's confession, aided by evi
dence developed by the detectives. It Is
now believed that when Chief Main at
tempted to arrest "the Chinese for. the
theft of the stolen goods found In their
shack, he was killed with the mattock
and knife, being repeatedly stabbed and
chopped with tho hooked tool. The re
jniln were temporarily hidden, fires
were started where there were blood
6tains, and even Main's dog was killed
In a vain attempt to avert suspicion. At
night the body was taken from Its tem
porary hiding place to be permanently
burled in a little round hole dug in the
beach. The body was chopped into small
pieces, but the hole had not been dug deep
enough, and It could hardly hold the
parcel of butchered flesh.
LITERARY INDIAN ON TRIAL.
Charged With Dillng Dried Raman
Doilies at a l'otlntch.
VANCOUVER, B. C April IS. The first
of the cases against the Coast Indians,
charged with frightful orgies at a rccsnt
potlatch. was commenced here today. The
defendant is George Hunt. This man,
accused of biting dried-up bodies, and
other barbarous practices durfng a "dance
of the Hamatas," at Alert Bay, Is a half-
breed of considerable note, being tho son
of a former Hudson's Bay man. and high
ly connected by marriage with wealthy
British Columbians. He Is also known to
scientists and students of Indian life all
over the American- continent, and was
making a competence In writing descrip
tions of British Columbian Indian life
and customs for papers and magazines in
Washington, London, San Franc-sco and
New York. In fact, George Hunt, who
first became known to the world as the
manager of the British Columbian con
tingent of Indians at the world's fair in
Chicago, Is looked upon as an authority
on Indian customs In British Columbia,
and his name appears in that connection
In a great many magazine articles.
Hunt's defense is that he was simply
viewing the cannibalistic practices In the
capacity or a reporter, and that he took
no direct part In the potlatch. It Is
charged that both living and dead flesh
was devoured by the barbarous partici
pants In the Indian festivities. Even If
Hunt's defense is accepted, he will prob
ably be found guilty of a breach of the
Indian act In not stopping the potlatch, or
at least in not protesting against the
orgies.
THROUGH ROUTE TO DAWSOX.
Arrangement to Go Into Effect Jane
1 A Daily Service.
SEATTLE. April 18. General Manager
Hawkins, of the- White Pass & Yukon
route, made the announcement today that
upon the opening, of navigation, about
June 1 next, the operating system of the
White Pass & Yukon route would be ex
tended to Dawson City and Yukon River
points. This was effected through a traf
fic atrangement with the Canadian Devel
opment Company, which operates a num
ber of steamers from White Horse to
Dawson. A daily service to Dawson will
result.
Seattle-Tncomn Trolley Line.
W. P. Trimble and Fred E. Sander, of
this city, announce that they have se
cured full rights of way for a double
track, standard gauge, electric railway
connecting Seattle and Tacoma, and that
they will commence construction as soon
ns the surveys," now under way, aro com
pleted. They claim to have secured J7W,
000 to pay for the line. ,
Sliomn Wan Acquitted.
The trial of'Charles W. Shomo. on the
charge of murdering Charles J. Morbach
cr, which has been In progress for 10
days, culminated tonight .In a verdict of
not guilty The murder of Morbacher
occurred last January, and the theory
of the prosecution was that Shomo had
killed him on the supposition that he was
annoying his wife.
PACIFIC COl'XTY NEWS.
Increase of South Bend Postal
Re-
cclptit Bond Interest Paid.
SOUTH BEND, Wash.. April lS.-Soutb
Bend postoffice receipts for the quarter
ending March 3L amounted to $993 73. This
is practically one-third more than the
amount received In the corresponding
quarter tl last year, which was $GG9 84.
The Increase this year means an increase
in the Postmaster's salary from $1200 to
$1400 per year, beginning July 1 next.
Owing to the change In the revenue
law which made it an object for the
taxpayer to pay up in full and before
March 14, enough funds have already ac
cumulated to the credit of the bond In
terest fund in the South Bend treasury to
pay the Interest coupons on South Bend
bonds, which coupons are not due until
July L Treasurer Hazeltine anticipated
the interest and paid the coupons today.
This was done In recognition of the action
of the bondholders in reducing the rate
of Interest from 6 to 4 per cent per an
num. It is hoped that the Interest due
next January will also beantlcipated.
A mill company, composed of Frank
Gougar, of Chicago, and a Tacoma mill
man, has purchased a site for a mill near
Tebam, and will begin building within
SO days. The sawmill will have a "dally
capacity ot 40.000 feet. The site is along
side the Northern Pacific railroad track,
and tho company Is said to have options
on considerable timber.
PRICES OF WASHINGTON WOOL.
"What It Has Brought the Producer
for Ten Years Fast.
WASHINGTON. Arril IS. Secretary
Dick, of the National Republican Commit
tee, has secured the co-operation of Sen
ator Foster in the preparation of data
regarding wool Interests In the State of
Washington, covering a period ot 10 years.
Secretary Dick desired to secure a table
showing the prices of the more staple
'grades of wool on the same day In each
year from 1S90 to 1SO0. In securing the.
desired information. Senator Foster has
been In communication with the Taklma
Woolgrowers Association, and has re
ceived from Secretary" S. J. Cameron some
valuable and Interesting figures. "Mr. Cam
eron states that in Eastern "Washington
there Is only one class of -wool crown.
known as fine territory. There Is some
medium fine, but not enough to warrant
quoting a price. He states that In West
ern Washington the wool Is nearly an 01
the medium quality of long staple and
light shrinkage, being more of a combing
wool.
Mr. Cameron has prepared the follow
ing figures on the' two staple grades re
ferred to for a period covering the 10
years from 1SS0 to 1SO0:
Eastern Western
Washington. Washington.
1K9 15c 23c
ires wye isc
1S37 lie 17c
1S?6 . "He l!c
lrsto . CG ""
IRst v m I SAc lc
1S33 Se lo
189! .-. 12c ISc
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1SSJ Kile 17c
PUSHING THE RAILROAD "WORK.
Larjre Force of Men Employed on
the Mohnirlc Branch.
EUGENE, Or., April IS. The new con
tractor on the Mohawk branch of the
Southern Pacific Is pushing work with
a much stronger force than was at any
time employed by the former contractor.
He commenced work Monday morning,
and yesterday had his-full force at work.
The work will now bo pushed with all
possible speed.
Reports from farmers are that quite
a number of fields of spring-sown grain
are making a very poor start, and some
fields will not make a good crop unless
rcsown. There are two causes to which
this condition Is attributed. One Is poor
seed, wheat having been sown that was
not In first-class condition at threshing
time last fall. Rains softened much grain
in the field, and even where it did not
sprout the damage was sufficient to de
stroy the grain in many kernels. When
such seed Is sown only a portion of it
grows, and tho stand Is light. Another
cause, and the one which Is most com
plained of. Is the baking of the soil.
The continuous rains of the Winter kept
the ground too wet to work. The farm
ers had to plow land when it was. too
wet or not at all. and many of them
worked wet soil. The result is that with
the coming dry weather the baking
process began, the ground became hard,
and grain does not grow with vigor neces
sary for a good crop. The mild Winter
has been an unfortunate one for the
wheat men. Those who have been put
ting off their work and will get their
seeding done very lata will have a bet
ter prospect for a crop than many whose
crops are already in.
Yesterday tho County Court decided the
case of Bowerman vs. Millleanr In favor
of plaintiff, The plaintiff owns property
remote from any county road, and was
suing for an open road across the prem
ises of defendant, giving him an outlet
to the public highway.
Mr. Hnlda Potter.
HTLLSBORO. April IS. Mrs. Hulda
Potter, aged 8, died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. George Helllere, at Glen-
coe, tnis morning. Deceased came to
this coast from Illinois In ISM, her par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. Ellsha Miller, settling
near Glencoe. She was. married In IStJ to
John Potter. Later the family removed
to Tho Dalles, where the husband died
about 11 years ago. She left two daugh
ters. Mrs. Helllere and Mrs. Viola Wil
liams. The remains will be taken to The
Dalles for burial.
Oregon Notes.
Lane County reports a registration of
over 4000 voters.
Ripe wild strawberries are reported at
a place up the Santlam on Easter.
The arrival of 23 settlers Is reported at
Promise. In Wallowa County, from West
Virginia.
James McDonough's residence, neat
Tolo, was burned last week. Loss, $1500:
no Insurance.
Many Oregon papers report the "clean
ing up of back yards and alleys" In their
respective towns,
A Umatilla County farmer has sold
three hogs whose aggregate weight was
1120, and for which he received $1 6a
The stage Is loaded down with new bi
cycles these days, says the Wallowa
News. Wallowa County is strictly up to
dato on wheels.
When a citizen of Eagle Valley re
turned from Union with a license to open
a saloon, he was met by his fellow citi
zens with a brass band so the Carson
Tocsin reports.
The Vale Herald reports that a buyer
In Malheur County is in quest of a train,
load of cattle, and that he is paying $20 5
for yearlings, $27 50 for 2-year-olds and
$32 for cows and calves.
The Albany Herald claims that Its city
Is the train center of the Willamette Val.
ley, and that Portland Is the only town
In the state with moro trains dally. It
lists IS trains through Albany each day.
"All flesh Is grass-" was the quotation
thrft was on the blackboard In Sodaville
College chapel for several days. Finally
one morning this line appeared under
neath: "A fleshy man with the blues,
blue grass."
G. C Mlllett. of Junction, has sold a
large quantity of balm timber on his
place to a paper mill. It brings him CO
cents per 1000. and will net him a con
siderable sum from heretofore unproduc
tive property.
F. II. Ross, a newspaper solicitor, ,1s
reported to have bilked several commu
nities In Eastern Oregon recently. His
latest victims are at Athena, where he
uttered some worthless checks on a Pen
dleton bank.
The 7-year-old daughter of J. U. Wurs
ter, of Lebanon. Is suffering from badly
lacerated thumbs and fingers, as a result
of picking the cap of a dynamite cart
ridge. She narrowly escaped the loss o!
her eyesight.
The Lebanon Express-Advance says:
Dr. Lamberson has been tendered a po
litical appointment In New Mexico, tho
salary of which Is $2300 per year, but will
not accept the position, as he considers
his practice worth more than that.
Pupils of the high school at La Grande
recently debated this question: "Resolved,
That the English course fn South Africa
Is right." The girls were given the Eng
lish side. The Judges decided that thn
address by Miss Maud Dbrr Kennemau
was by far the best presentation of either
side.
A skunk ranch is an enterprise to be
started In Jackson County. The Ashland
Tidings says a citizen of that town has
inaugurated it, and has sent $200 to New
York for a number of the animals to be
gin with. They are as fertile as rabbits
and their skins are worth $1 50 each.
J. W. Cusick. of Albany, has sold Mc
Neil Bros, his resldcnco for $4200. The
sale Is said to mean that McNeil Bros,
will make Albany their home. In order
to be able better to .reach their two paper
mius ai ieoanon ana Niagara, and that
they will eventually put a mill In Albany
for the manufacture of white goods.
The building committee of the Chris
tian Church, of Albany, has decided, aft
er fully considering the eight or ten bids
recently opened, to erect the new church
under Its supervision and not let the
contract direct. It was thought that the
bids were all too high. Work will bo
begun soon. It will be the -first building
on what has always been known as the
Courthouse Square, In the center of the
city.
The Wallowa Chieftain announces with
pride that the young alligator brought
back from the Sunny South by the edltot
of that paper is living up to Its natural
Instincts. A good-sized water dog was
put in the water with hhn one day last
week. The water dog insisted on crawl
ing out of the water and on the back of
the alligator. The alligator gave him a
good shaking and some time during the
following night swallowed him.
TWO MOfHERS MISSING
J. f. crawson. The suit la brought oy
tho parents of the principals named, who
SUPPOSED TO HAVE DEEX DROWSED T ?lnti?-dlan2 ad ttmJ f 'lr
respective wards yesterday for that pur
. IX KLAMATH LAKE. I pose. The court Is asked to grant a de-
jcree'ot divorce, on the ground that both
I are under legal age; that they were mar
Their Sailboat Was Foand by Search.
era Capsized Xear the Shore
The Men Had Families.
ASHLAND, Or., April 1$: Word has
reached here of considerable excitement
In Klamath County over the .mysterious
disappearance of wo brothers, J. C and
TL C Mason, who are supposed to have
been drowned In Big Klamath Lake, April
L .Both men are Industrious and reputable
citizens of Klamath Falls, J. C, Mason i
having a wife and four children, and R.
C Mason a. wife and five children. The
last seen of them by their families was
on March S, when they started In a small
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SALEM ODD FELLOWS' TEMPLfi.
sailboat in search of work at Pelican
Bay, about 30 miles from Klamath Falls,
at the north end of the lake. On reach
ing that point they obtained a contract
to do some labor, and on Sunday, April
L started in their sailboat to return, to
Klamath Falls and report to their fam
ilies. As they failed for two weeks to put
In an appearance, their friends and rela
tives became alarmed, and searching
parties were sent out for them last Sat
urday. Their sailboat was found near the
edge of the lake capsized, but no other
trace of the brothers was had. Tues
day another searching party was organ
ized and sent out to scour the lake and
Its shores, but as yet no additional trace
of the missing men has been obtained.
The citizens of Klamath Falls are ren
dering the distressed families every com-"
fort possible under the circumstances, and
will do all that can be done to obtain
trace of the missing brothers.
LETTER FROM SOUTH AFRICA.
Englishman Formerly at Ulllsboro
Now Flchtlnsr the Doers.
HILLSBORO, Or., April llJames
Bouch, an Englishman who was three
years ago a resident of this county, and
who was employed by Congressman T.
H. Tongue, and also by Thomas Otchlns,
writes to a friend at this place, stating
that he is now In the British Army, and
that he expected soon to be at the front.
His letter is dated the last of January,
from Pietermarltzburg, South Africa,
and reads: "I was sworn in about two
weeks ago, and I have been in camp since
then, drilling, etc We expected to have
remained hero about two weeks longer,
so as to become perfected In our drill,
but. owing to a severe engagement at
the front, in which our corps lost very
severely, we are ordered to be ready to
start on Tuesday. Our present camp Is
nicely situated. It Is surrounded on all
sides by hills, the sides of which are
dotted with tents. Everything is beauti
fully green, as the rains are plentiful,
and tho scenery is varied by patches of
brush. You can scarcely form an Idea
of what the war really Is till you ore on
the spot. Almost every hour a train
passes by. either carrying troops or stores
to the front, or return trains with the
wounded. There are about 2000 troops
now In this camp, all ready to start for
the front directly Ladysmlth Is relieved.
You can hardly tnovo for soldiers and
transports in the streets. Close alongside
Is the Twelfth Battery of Artillery, which
was almost cut up at the battle of Colen
so. The affair, as described by those who
took part In It, was terrible."
The annual conference of the Oregon
Evangelical church convened In this city
this "morning, and will continue the rest
of the week. The morning was spent In
tho examination of junior ministers, and
the. afternoon was spent In a review of
tho missionary work of the Qrcgon field
Tomorrow morning conference work prop
er will begin at 9 o'clock, opened with
devotional cervices and an address by
the presiding bishop. The meeting will
not be adjourned until Sunday, and there
being two sessions each day. Bishop
Dubbs. of Chicago, presides, and will oc
cupy the pulpit next Sunday at the Bap
tist Church, under Evangelical auspices
rOLK COt'XTV STOCK RANCH. .
One of lOOO Acres In McTlmmoni
Valley Fruit Prospects.
DALLAS. Or., April IS. Joseph Bnmn,
of Lewisville. has bought, in McTlmmona
Valley. In this county, 1000 acres of land.
The land is Intended for a stock farm,
and more will be added to It as opportu
nity offers. Cattle will be bought and
taken there to fatten for tho market, and
a portion of the property, together frith
the abundant out range, will be devoted
to breeding choice stock.
It Is expected that the grading and lay
ing of tle on the Falls City end of the
Salem & Faclflc Railroad will commence
May 1.
There Is much diversity of opinion as
to the amount ot damage done to the fruit
crop by frost and the cold rains. Other
fruits besides the Italian prune are dam
aged, and the fruit Interest is now anx
iously awaiting the development of the
next few days. The Petite prunes have
entirely escaped damage: the trees are
loaded beyond all precedent In this sec
tion, and they are out of danger.'
This Spring is further advanced in Polk
County than for many years at this date.
Oak trees and locusts are nearly In full
leaf.'which Is three or four weeks ahead
of ordinary seasons. Grass Is abundant,
and all grain crops are In good condition.
Farmers are now beginning to see th
end of their Spring seeding.
SUE FOR CHILDREN'S DIVOnCE.
Cnnsual Case Brongbt In Clnrk
Conntr, Washington.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. April IS. An un
usual divorce proceeding was commenced
In the Superior Court here today by E. V.
Nicholson, alias Vivian Nichols, and his
father and legal guardian, W.- T. B.
Nicholson, against Jessie Crawson Nichol
son (or Nichols) and father and guardian.
ried without the consent of their parents
or guardians, and through the fraudulent
1 connivance of other persons for Illegal pur
I poses. The complaint alleges also that
Vivian Nichols was married under an as-
sumed name, and that his true name Is
E. V. Nicholson. This action is the out.
come of the marrlago by a Justice o( the
Peace, In Jbfs city". January 22 last, in con
nectlon with which Tbesa Fisher was ar
rested, tried and acquitted of swearing
falsely to the affidavit upon which the.
marrlago license was procured.
SALEM ODD FELLOWS' TEMPLE. .
To Be Built This ear at Coat ot
About 30,000.
SALEM, April IS. Bids for the erection
of the new Odd Fellows Temple In this
city were opened this morning, and at a
meeting of Chemeketa Lodge this evening
It was finally determined that a contract
shall be let to. one ot the bidders. Owing
to a misunderstanding as to the basis of
the bids, it could not be determined which
was the lowest, and the awarding of a
contract was left to a committee composed
of Tllmon Ford, A. N. Moores, and J. W.
Young. Tho bids were as fellows:
Erb & Van Patton i T32.5C1
il. i siiiy u,io
John Gray 27.131
Erlxon & Van Patton 2Va
H. Snook ISSM
J. W. Young 27.963
BODY REMAINS WARM.
Carious Circumstances Attending
Supposed Death of Tounjr Woman.
SPOKANE, Wash.. April 18. Miss Min
nlo Horr, age 29, died ot paralysis last
Monday. The funeral, which was set for
today, was postponed, because It was
feared she Is not dead. The body has not
gruwu cold, and looks perfectly lifelike.
It has not changed for two days. This
was to have been her wedding day.
She once expressed a fear that she would '
be buried instead of married in her wed
ding gown. Some days before her death
she wrote a letter willing trinkets to mem
bers of the family.
Weil-Known Fisherman Dead.
ASTORIA. April 18. Charles Moore, one
of the most popular and beat-known fisher
men on the Lower Columbia, died laot
night at his residence In this city, of con
sumption. His funeral will take place to
morrow and will be under the auspices of
the Red Men and Fishermen's Union. He
was a native of Norway, 42 years of age,
and has fished In the Columbia for the
past 16 years. He left a widow and three
young children-
From Ranks to a, Lieutenancy.
OL.TMPIA. April 18.-A letter has b;en
received In this city from Will Whltthorne.
who resigned his position In the Federal
Land Office in Olympla, to enlist In the
Philippine army. The letter states that
he has been promoted from the ranks to
a lieutenancy in the Infantry.
Stock-Killlna- Cougar Killed.
PALI. CREEK. Or., April I4.-The large
cougar that has been kllllns- stnclr in ihu
section of Lincoln County for several years
m snoi to aeatn yesterday by Will
Oglesby. The beast measured nine feet
from Up to tip.
Hot Weather nt-Monroe.
MONROE, April IS. Yesterday after
noon at 4 o'clock, the themometer reg
istered 77 In the shade. This Is the highest
point reached this sa;on and a good
shado was much appreciated by the aver
age citizen.
"Washington Notes.
North TaSima has 13 religious organiza
tions without church buildings.
Stone was hauled for a Spokane Method
ist Church last Sunday, but not bv direc
tion or the church authorities. The act
created cons'dsrable unfavorable com
ment.
There Is a contest In the Tacoma City
Council over the elecUon of librarian, and
pending etU?ment of the controversy
Mayor Campbell has taken personal
charge of the library, and will act as
librarian.
A change In the raliroad schedule for
Aberdeen, which takes effect on April 23,
promises to Inconvenience business men
of all the harbor towns, as It will mean
practically & -whole day's delay of the In
coming maiL
With most of the farmers of Lincoln
County last week witnessed the comple
tion of the Spring seeding. It is claimed
bjr pioneers of the county that the larg
est acreage has bsen sown to wheat this
year that has ever been sown in the
county.
Deputy Sheriff Munro. of Sedrc-Woolley.
Is having the Skagit Slough dragged In
the hope of recovering the body of a man
named Wynn. who is supposed to have
fallen off the railroad trestle, about half
a mile south of Sedro-Woolley, Sunday
morning.
Mrs. Sarah Welsh, aged 70 years, died
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H. S.
Stott, in Walla Walla. Sunday. Deceased
came tc the West with Marcus Whitman's
Immigration organization. She- leaves four
children Mrs. Stott, of Walla Walla;
Thad. Welsh, noted artist; Matt Welsh,
of Portland, and Mark We'jsh, who resides
at Denver, Colo.
City Clerk Thaddeus S. Smith, of Port
Townsend, has received Information that
President McKlnley had ordered the Issu
ance to him of a medal of honor, provided
for by Congress at the close of the Civil
War. Smith was one of a volunteer de
tachment which stormed a heavily de
fended reservoir when his regiment was
famishing for water, and carried the posi
tion against terrible odds.
RETORT WAS TOO SMALL
WOULD XOT HOLD CLEAX-UP FROM
THE, LUCKY BOT.
Work nt the Mine Prosrreaalnsr En-
coarasinsly Various Improve-
for the Bloc' RIvex Camps.
LUCKY BOY MINE. Blue River. Or.,
.April IS. The 10-stamp mill of the Lucky
Boy Company made Its seventh regular
clean-up today, and the retort would not
hold It all at once". Everything here Is
going along smoothly and satisfactorily,
as the returns, are getting larger every
month and the' mill has run steadily day
and night ever since Its completion. But
it will have to stop two or tnree oays
now, as a steam hoisting wmdlasa Is be
ing put In to draw wood up from the
canyon of Lucky Boy Creek. The two
tunnels where the ore Is extracted for
the mill, nearly 100 feet above, are both
showing fine bodies of free gold rock, and
two up-raises in ore are nearly made
through to the surface "from the upper
tunnel. Next week an up-ralse will be
started to connect the two tunnels, and
as soon as good weather shall come and
the new sawmill gets started up, the main
turfnel below will be enlarged and re
timbered, and the work of stcping in all
the threo tunnels will begin. As this 12
foot ledge pays dividends right from the
very surface, there are thousands ot tons
of pay ore already In sight, and the only
drawback now Is that the mill Is en
tirely too small to make the showing It
ought to make on this property at this
time.
Quite a number of prospectors are. com
ing Into tho district, but it la a little
too early yet to have much fine weather.
Dr. Candlani, of Portland. Is busy push
ing work on the Doctor claim, just west
of the Lucky Boy. erecting cabins to Hv
in, burning charcoal and building a black
smith shop, and has a cut across the
ledge showing it to be well defined, and
it ians free gold clear across, from wall
to wall-12 feet. '
The Poorman Company, over on the
Calapoola side of the hill, will .soon be
gin work again on Its claim, ana tne taut
Is now of erecting a 10-stamp mill this
Summer. Captain Heath, of McMinnvUle.
is hero with some miners to work the
Badger clalnv Just east of the Poorman.
The several law suits growing out of
the Jumping of various claims upon Gold
Hill last year have at last been satis
factorily settled, and work will soon be
gin by several companies on the hlU.
Arrangements are now about completed
for a new saw mill to be put In by the
Lucky Boy Company near the mine, so
lumber and timbers can be got easily
when many Improvements now In contem
plation will begin. A piece of almost level
ground near this mine and mill will be
platted for a townsite soon. It will have
around It plenty of wood and water, will
be In the midst of a rich mineral country,
and a climate that cannot be excelled.
An Idaho mining man Is expected here
every day to look over the Sunset claim,
owned by S. J. White. This claim Is the
one where the famous rich strike was
made last Fall, and If satisfactory terms
can be arranged, the Idaho man will
buy the property at once and begin work
on a great scale.
Quotations of MInlns Stocks.
SPOKANE. April IS. The closing bids for
mining stocks today were:
Blackt&U SO,0OVi
Crystal U
Detr Trail Con. OU
Princess Maud. ..SO 03H
Palmer Mt. Tun. 14
Rambler Cariboo 20
Reoublle 1 CGVi
EvtnlnK star... b
Coll Ledge .
Insurgent ...
4'XIReserratlon .... 10
Iron Mask 32
2 I Sullivan 10.
Jim Blaine ....
Lone PltM Surp.
14l.iTom TnmnD .... It
144ii Waterloo 3ri
Moraine Glory.
IVFlafblll
M
Morrison
S! Rebecca
SAN FRANCISCO, April 18. The offlclal
closlnc quotations for mining stocks today were
as fellows:
Alta $0 oeiJostlce ....$0.03
Alpha Cos 3 Mexican 3
Andes 10 Occidental Con ... IB
Belcher StJOphlr 73
n.at A- nlrhr 25' Overman ..... S3
Bullion 4Potosl S3
Challenge Con ... Se. Belcher 4
Chollar 12 Sierra Nevada ... CS
Confidence S3Sllver Hill 13
Con. Cal. & Va. 1 70Standard 3 03
Crown Point 19 Union Con. 31
Exchequer 5 Utah Con 11
Gould & Curry... SO) Yellow Jacket .... 32
Hale & Norcross.. 34j
NEW TORK. April 18. Mining stocks today
closed as follows:
CholUr 0 lOlOntarlo S3 00
Crown Point lSlOphlr 73
Con. Cel. & Va... 1 OOjPlymouth 12
Deadwood bO1 Quicksilver 1 SO
Gould 4 Curry... 2J
Hale Si Norcross.. 3u
Ilomestake 50 00
do oref ...
7 00
Sierra Nevada ..
Standard
Union Con
Yellow Jacket ..
70
3 43
SO
50
Iron Surer GG
Mexican 31
BOSTON, April 18. Closing quotations:
Adventure JO OIK! Franklin 9 15
Allouez M. Co
Osceola
Amal. Copper .. 03
Atlantic 23
Boston A Mont. 3 1.1
Butte & Boston. 75
Cal. & Hecla... 7 43
Centennial 21
Parrott
8
Qulncy 1 is
Santa Fe CoDner 5a.
Tamarack 1 90
Winona u,
Wolverines 401,
HAMPTON-LEWIS PLACETS.
Enoueb, Water In Slsht for at Least
Another Month.
J. C Lewis, one of tho owners of the
Hampton-Lewis placer mines, on Grave
Creek, in Southern Oregon, has Just re
turned from the diggings, and reports
prospects for this year's clean-up as be
ing excellent. Grave Creek will probably
supply plenty of water for a month or
so yet, and longer. If rains should Inter
vene. The Hampton-Lewis placers are said,
by mining men to be the very largest
placer mines In operation In the United
States. Seven giants are run day and
night, giving employment to over SO men.
There are 53 miles of supply ditch, and
In one place a set of pipes as large as
tho big mains of Bull Run carry the wa-
ter across a ravine for several hundred
feet. Several hundred acres of rich ground
are owned by
r the company, and although
the diggings havo-been In operation on
a largo ca!e for five years, there Is yet
ground enough to last the owners an
ordinary lifetime. The hillsides border-
CATARRH:
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CONSULT FREE
lug on Grave Creek have been mined In I the form, of a "citizens' ratification." The
a small way for over a generation, but j Capital Journal, the paper which success
the present owners have bought up all I fully carried on the fight for a citizens'
the claims lying under their ditch, which ' movement In city affairs, has opposed
was constructed at enormous expense.
Tho Grave Creek placers are now classed
among the best properties of Southern
Oregon.
PRIVILEGES IN ATLTN DISTRICT.
Americans Will He Allovrcd to Form
British 'Corporations.
NEW YORK, April IS. A Montreal dis
patch says:
Hon. Smith Curtis. Minister of Mines In
the British Columbia Cabinet, announces
that the alien labor law which was passed
by the British Columbia Legislature at
Its last session, to exclude American
miners from the Atlln District, will be
repealed at the July session of the Legis
lature. To allow Americans to work placer
mines In ihe meantime, the government
has decided to grant free, miners' certifi
cates to companies incorporated under
the laws of British Columbia. As the ex
pense fo incorporation is small, the Amer
icans holding claims or deciding to do so
can follow out their lncllnatons with lit
tle more trouble than Brtlsh subjects.
After the law Is repealed all will be on
the same footing.
Declines "Citizens" Nomination.
SALEM. April 1S.-J. W. Hobart has
announced through the columns of a local
, paper that he will not accept the nomlna-
! tlon of the "citizens convention" for the
offlce of County Assessor. He Is the pres
ent Incumbent under a Republican election
and was nominated by the Democratic
convention, which afterward went through
FORERUNNER
Few realize nhat a deep-seated, obstinate disease Catarrh is, regarding it as a simple inflammation of
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is serious and far-reaching in its results. ,
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asked
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Hobart's retaining a place on the ticket.
so he had l'ttle support In this city. It
Is a matter of some comment that Mr.
Hobart announced his wlthdravl through
a Republican paper Instead of communl
satlng it directly to the central committees
of the Democratic and Populist parties,
which meet Saturday.
It Is expected that other places on tho
"citizens' ticket" will be vacated at tho
meeting Saturday.
"Sooncrs on Col Hie Lnnili.
SPOKANE, April IS. A Greenwood, B.
C, special to the Spokesman-Review mys
that advices received there from Chcsatv.
on the north half of the Colville Indian
reservation, state that "sooners" are go
ing onto the agricultural lands in advance
ot the date set InTthSTPretiaent's procla
mation, October 10. Men claim ng to be
surveyors are said to be locating "don
ers" on choice tracts for a consideration.
The portion of the reservation to be
opened to agricultural settlement contains
1.C0.CC0 acres. Out of this the Indians
have been allotted less than 100.000 acres,
and KO.C00 acres are too rough for farm
ing. Well-informed perrons say there aro
about 60CO gocd claims on the part that wl-l
be opened.
SpoUnne I'opnIIst Party Dead.
SPOKANE. Wash.. April 1. The Pop
ulist party, which carried Spokane Coun
ty by 20CO majority fouc years ago. was
to have held caucuses yesterday to elect
250 delegates to a county convention this
week. So far as can be learned, there
was no Interest taken, and no caucuses
mere held In the city.
CONSUMPTION,
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