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o. THE MOBKGSG OBEGO&IAN, $$IDl UlX 190d- WILL HELP TRADE .Steps in Oregon City to De velop Home Market. COMMISSION HOUSE AND PACKEfcY First .Shipment of faacr Leathers from the "Woolen Hill TnHaery 31oaej for "Wasos. Roads. OREGON CITT. May 10. A raeeUns of the Board of Trade has been called for next Monday night to consider the matter of a commission-house to handle farm products; also to see what can he done in the way of Inducements for a pork pack 6ry. Thousands of dollars are being spent &n the roads leading to Oregon Cltj, but the .business men are beginning to dis cover that improved thoroughfares alone will ;not bring trade; that if the county seat expects to hold the business tribu tary to it. there must be superior facill "ties for farmers to market their surplus .products The merchants here have the advantage of a cash trade from the nu merous emplojes of the manufacturing establishments, while tradesmen in many Va,iley towns have to traffic and exchange Sot farm products to do a profitable busi sress. These conditions have made local merchants -careless to a great extent In reaching out for farm trade, buying only ' such farm products as were needed to , supply their city customers. A deter - wined effort will now be made to remedy this fault by providing a way to handle -the surplus products that must bo Shipped atvay to find a market. It is also -Relieved that good market facilities would he a further inducement for farmers to locate in the counts. Today 5000 pqunds of leather from the new tannery were shipped by rail to fill Orders fronv Boston, New York and Phila delphia. The shipments comprise fancy colored leathers made from sheep pelts. and it is presumed that this is the begin ning of an extensive trade In this line. County Judge Ryan has purchased four houses and lots from M. J. McDonough. of Spokane, pajing therefor $4800. The bufld.ngs are dwellings situated on the hill residence portion of tho city. The legislative and county candidates on the Citizens ticket began the cam paign at Canby tonight. The majority of the candidates will speak in every pre cinct in the county, in accordance with the plan laid out In the itinerary. For the past two dajs the County Board of Commissioners has been over whelmed with petitions for'road appropri ations. A subscription and petition was received from the Eagle Creek country for the extension of the improvement of the hatchery and Logan road, and the Board appropriated $1000 from the road fund for this purpose, the residents hav ing raleed a similar amount Six hun dred dollars was appropriated for a re id In Milk Creek precinct, on the same con ditions, also $375 for four miles of road between MarqUam and Molalla. Other smaller appropriations were made, in each instance the petitioners subscribing a sim ilar amount. A representative of a furniture manu facturing house In Portland Is Investigat ing the quality of the oak timber In the Iiloialla country, and may contract with Bagbj Bros.' sawmill to take the entire available product in that section. For the past year this sawmill firm has filled orders for the Sputhern Pacific car shops. a boat-building firm and a furniture man ufacturing house In Portland, recent or ders going to the latter place. The sup ply of oak timber in Clackamas County is limited to this particular section, and a run of another vcar will probably use up all of the desirable product. S. "W Downing, who has been superin tendent of the Clackamas hatchery for the past 10 months, left jesterday for Put-in-Baj, O., to take a similar posi tion there, he having been transferred at his own request E N. Carter, who re cently arrived from Chicago, succeeds Mr. X"wning. In his connection with the United States Fish Commission, Mr. Car tor has had considerable experience in "Western hatcheries, and has accepted the superintendence of the Clackamas hatch cry with the Intention of remaining here, unless ordered elsewhere. The gillnet fishermen in the Willamette report the run of salmon as being very short. However, the wheel at the falls is making good catches, and 15 to 20 boxes of chlnooks are shipped 'to Portland dally. S. D. Coalman, of Sandy, superintend ent of the Barlow wagon road, reports that he road was opened all the way thrcugh on the Oak Grove route, in the direction of Prinevilla, but It will take a couple of weeks yet to get the old Bar low route from the summit, extending northeasterly into "Wasco County, opened. The snow Js practically gone. It was about the first of July beforft the. road was opened last year. Mr. Coalman says that he went over the mountains the mld d e of lat June and found the snow eight feet deep in p'aces The bad condition of tho old Barlow part of the road on the o htr side Js due to the heavy slides dur irg the past Winter. Ara McLaughlin of Milwaukie. an ex volunteer in Company I, and a school teacher, has received the appointment of cersus enumerator for Milwaukie and Ab ernethy precincts William H. Hayhurst. of Cams, another schoolteacher, has re ceived the appointment for the Molalla district. John Officer and Stonewall and William Vaughan, of Molalla, left today for Alas ka. It is their Intention to go to Salmon B.Iv er. In the Northwest Territory, north cast of Skagway, where som rich strikes liave been reported. OUT OF THEIR ELEMENT. Common Council Is Tot Elected to Handle Trnfi- and Transportation. Letter In Astorian. ASTORIA, May S (Editor Astorian.) fWhat are the duties of the Common Coun cil? I had supposed Councllmen wwe elected to provide for the maintenance of .municipal government In such particu lars a appertain to that work, I concede that they represent the city. But b fVwhat authority do they assume or pre sume, by v irtue of their position, to repre sent the people, of this city In discussing .questions pertaining to the economy of transportation and our commercial rela tions to other parts of the state? As .Individuals they have the right to give ut terance to any iaeas or convictions they may entertain in these or other subjects. Jjut they have no right, and it Is the most gross presumption on their part, to pre terd to .speak for the city on these ques tions They were not elected for that purpose Indeed, they would not hav e been elected at all had it been conceived that they would prove eo indescribably silly and verdant as to permit themselves to te made the puppets of the man who is writing all this trash and getting Into the press through the medium of our Councilman's what shall I say, to put It mildly vanity Gentlemen of tho Council, are you not r -aware that everybody in town knows who is the author of your long-winasd -articles and resolutions? No newspaper of standing in the state will publish his articles under his own name, therefore hs is "working" you to give currency to his xaporings. Some think he Is paid by certain enemies of Astoria to "work" you in this way, and the character of the ar tiles he has so far succeeded In getting 30U to father, strongly supports that. theory. Personally, however, I attribute it entirely to his innately mischievous dis position, his ever-present desire to meddla in matters that do not concern him and which he does not understand. Tou prate about "common-point rates." Do you know what Is meant by making a place a common paint for transporta tion purposes? If you do, then why do you permit him to make you speak in favor of giving Portland a differential; that Is, a cheaper rate than Astoria? You say you want a common-point rate with Puget Sound ports, but concede a cheaper rate to Portland. What grain do you imagine is coming here? That which is tributary to the Sound or that which Is tributary to the Columbia? If the for mer, how can you get It If the Sound Is glv'en equal Tates? If the latter, how can you get It If Portland is given better rates? Come, Messrs. Councllmen, we will not objeet to your suggestions touching street improvement, but please do not pretend to epeak for this city on subjects'" that you know sb little about. For your own sake, If not for Ours, keep still. The last reso lution requests The Oregonian to publish an alleged answer, written "by" the afore said, and signed by One of the Councllmen. Let us hope that for once The Oregonian will do uo a kindness and refuse that re quest. CITIZEN. WAXTS ITS MONEY BACK. Clatsop's Contribution Conditioned on Other Counties' Donations. ASTORIA. Or.. May 10. The County Commissioners' Court has instructed the Clerk to write State Treasurer Moore, ask ing for th return of the $125 given by the court some time ago to aid the State Board of Immigration. The money was donated with the understanding that all the other counties in the slate were to contribute, but none of them has done so. The British bark East African, that ar rived in from Honolulu this afternoon, is anchored within the quarantine limits In the lower harbor, and will remain there for 48 hours, as she comes from an in fected port. There is no sickness on board, and she reports having had an un eventful passage. She was delayed some what by head winds. Those who have visited the lightship, stranded on the beach at McKenzle Head, within the past few- days, state that a bar has forjned outside of her, and the possibility Of gettipg her off Is becoming more Temote dally. The talk of taking her overland to Baker's Bay is being revived, but that kind of an attempt has not been definitely decided upon. XORTHWEST BE ID. Mrs. Lewthvc-alte of Clackamas. OREGON CITT, May 10. Harriet, wife of William Lewthwaite, who died at Clackamas Station esterday, was burled this afternoon. She was 4S years old, and had been a resident of this county for about J6 years. She left a, husband and four children. A son, Alex Lewthwaite, and daughter. Miss Mamie Lewthwaite, live here. James W. Yates of Marlon. SALEM. Or.. May 10 James W. Yates, age 6L died at his ho'me. seven miles east of Salem, last evening, of pneumonia. Deceased left a widow and six sons. The Gee Petition. SALEM. May 10 The pardon of David L. Gee. recently referred to, vis issued In 1S9S, It appears, by Governor Lord. H's present petition, asking for restoration to citizenship, reads as follows: To His Excellency, T. T. Geer. Gover nor of the State of Oregon: I, David L. Gee, of Multnomah County. Oregon, re spectfully petition and show to your ex cellency, that on the 2Sth day of May, 1S95, I was sentenced to be Imprisoned in the Penitentiary of the State of Oregon for five years, under an Indictment charg ing me with uttering a fOrged check, and I was convicted in Multnomah County, Oregon. On the 2d day of Juij. 1S9S, Governor Lord commuted my term of Imprisonment to July 4, 1S3S, upon a petition signed by the four Circuit Judges of Multnomah County, by the United States Circuit Judge for the District of Oregon, and many other citizens of the State of Ore gon. T now respectfully petition your excel lency to restore me to citizenship, .and I will ever pray. (Signed) D. L. GEE, Petitioner. The undersigred citizens of the State of Oregon respectfully join in this peti tion: O. F. Paxton, N D. Simon, J. G. Mack. Ruf us Mallory, John McGinn. William Trazier, William McLean, Ellis McLean, John H. Hall. J. J. Kadderiy. H. S. Rowe. Raleigh Stott. Georjre H. Hill. S. C. Spencer, Donald McKay. J. C. Morel&nd, Martin L. Pipes. E J Mendenhali, W. S Duniway. Francl"? E. Showers, W. M. Cake, H.'M. Cake, C. A. Dolph, G. A. Steel. Henry St. Rayner, H. S Greenleaf. J. Thorbufn Ross, Alfred F. Sears Jr.. Geo E. Chamberlain, William Showers, William Kapus, Henry weDer. Actii Linn Coanty Registration. ALBANY, Or., May 10 Thfe nearness of the- date when registration will ceas has greatly Increased the list In this county and the number Is now over 4500 when the total vote of tw o ears ago was 4-3. It is thought the total list will be almost if not quite 5000, so. that whatever the result it cannot be laid to a lack of registration on either side. Instead of de tracting, the 'new law has stimulated In terest In the election. Many who have been residents here for years havfe laken out papers and become citizens. In evcrl cases where they had been voting regu larly. Won an Oratorical Contest. DALLAS, May 10. At the oratorical contest last night between Independence, Monmouth and Dallas, Miss Gene Phll lipps, of Dallaej was the winner of the medal. Miss ,Phil!ipps is a graduate of Dallas public school, and is now a student at the State Agricultural College. Last night about midnight the middle and southwestern portion of Polk County wfaS visited by a thunder storm, the In tensity of which was seldom seen in Ore gon. The clbuds were lit up as light as day with continuous flashes. A gentle shower and fitful gusts of wind prgva'led during the time. Xeivs from Tonchet. TOUCHET, Wash., May 9 The new sklmmer or eeparator, recently put In at this place has commenced work and ex pects to receive about 3000 pounds of milk dally. The April frosia damaged the earlier fruits severely, but a few peaches still re main, and a partial crop of strawberries, cherries, pears and prunes may "be reason ably expected, if no further injury shall be rece'ved. Left for the Philippines. HILLSBORO, Or., May 10, Dr. Francis J". Bailey, Acting Assistant Surgeon. U. S. A., of this city, departed this evening 1 upon orders from tho War Department to report in person to tne eomm.uung General. Department of California. He is to be assigned to the Philippine service. Dr. Bailey is a Hlllsboro boy, and JS o son of Dr. F. A. Bailey. He is a graduate of the Kentucky School of Medicine of Louisville, and ranks high in the profes sion. Oregon Xote. When tho large boiler exploded at Sag inaw a couple of weeks ago it was hurled a distance of 300 yards and in rising from the foundation struck one of the large log hauling engines, completely wrecking it. The Tunrater Indians near The Dalles have learned something from brushing up against civilization. Their chief Tues day had 2S of his little band vaccinated by Dr. Cook, who lives near by. He promised to bring in tho remalnng 30 or so In a few days. The Indians want to go strawberry-picking in a short time, and dread catching the smallpox from the whites with whom they may. come la con-tact. ARRESTED FOR PERJURY i A. 3. CRA"K-FOItD, OF ROSEBUXG, HELD TO CIRCUIT COURT. Fersacr Law Partner a PromlaeHt Fenbvr-Repabltcaa Is Complain-. ant Maca Perssaal Feci lag-. ROSEBURG, Or., May 10 Late Satur day afternoon Attorney A. M. Crawford, was arrested on a charre of neriurv. the informant being William R. Willis, his lUiiuer ian iwrinei. xjjc luiiiiikuui j that the crime was committed on or about January 26. 1S, at the hearing of the Nash mining case before Referee I. B. Riddle. In which there was an agreement between Nash and Crawford whereby the latter was to receive one-third of the pro ceeds of $20,000 of mining bonds sold by Nash. Crawford swore that no such ONE PATRIOT LEFT IN OREGON. Several days ago tho eecretflry of the Souvenir Button Committee sent a notice of the sale of buttons, CO lines long, to all the newspapers in Oregon, with the following request: "To tho Editor: Will you kindly give the following nbtfee spate In your columns In aid of the Soldiers' Monument fund There to absolutely no profit made by anybody In this matter; not even the -manufacturers-, Messrs. Butterfield Bros., wh are doing, the work at cost. We hope tq create Buch. an interest that enough buttons will be sold to raise the monument fund to $20;OD0, for which something worthy ot the object and creditable to tho stato can be procured." Not only are most of them complying with the request with a patriotic desire to help the movement, but some arO sending in money for the pur chase of buttons for the entire office force. One, however, for there must be exceptions to all rules, has sent the secretary the following" letter: HILLSBORO INDEPENDENT. Established 1S72. D. M. a Gault. Editor and Manager. Hlllsboro, Or., May, 9, 100. 1 H. L. Wells, Secretary. Button Committee: I am in receipt of your paragraph giving publicity to the buttons from captured cannon, and highly appreciate the public spirit of our citizens who work without profit only receiving actual cost of efforts. We-out here will not be outdone In this matter. I will devote necessary rpaci- for the announcements, agreeing to do the work for ho greater cum than actual cost, composition, paper, rent, lights, etc i D. M. C. GAULT. EVERYBODY BUY A BUTTOrv 25 CENTS? EACH. agreement was made. The Informant says lum today oh a commitment from Clack the matter testified to was material, and sxcas County She is a German and 40 that the testimony was willfully false and years of age. against the peace and dignity of the State ' of Oregon, etc A warrant of arrest was issued by James E. Sawyers, Deputy Dis trict Attorney, and a hearing before City Recorder West was set for 10 o'clock Mon day. When the case was called, Mr. Sawyers' stated that he had .fully investigated the matter, and declined to prosecute the case, as he believed it to be without foundation, on the main street, and roused the citizens and he moved that it be dismissed. Mr. I tb take definite actlbn to put a stop to an Willis stated that he was ready to present abuse which has been growlrg. As a re. the documentary ev idence. fully proving suit J. W. Hagar was arrested tor f urnlsh tbat the crime had been committed, and i ing liquor to the Indians. 'He was fined asked the court to go on with the hear- j by Justice Egbert, the limit of the law, $100 ing; that tho fact that the defendant la an 1 and costs, and remanded to jail in default attorney-at-lawr and at this time the chair- of Its payment. Later in the" day the tine man of the Republican -County Centra was reduced to $23 and paid, as under the Committee should not in any manner f shield him In his 'guilt. After some fur ther discussion among the attorneys, th court overruled the motion of the District Attorney. Mr! Crawford Is chairman of the Repub lican Central Committee, and Judge Wil lis, who accuses him of perjury, is also a cromlnent leader of that nartv. The latter's frieilds assert that the nroseeutlon I is well founded, and that the District At- torney and his deputy are being Influenced I by the party leaders to refuse to prosecute. ' Naturally, the proceedings are causing In-. tense personal feeling and much public in terest. v- When the case was called again, Craw ford waived examination, and was held to answer to the Circuit C6urt In the sum of $1000. He- furnished bonds. DIPLOMA KOW 3IEA7iS S03IETHIXG. ew State Conrsc of Study Makes LitrBcr Graduating Classes. SALEM, May 10 Superintendent of Schools George W. Jones, of Marion County, reports that the lists pf graduates of county schools that are nOK being re ceived by him indicate that the number of graduates from tho eighth grade, will thla year be larger than ever before. He thinks the increase is probably d,ue. to tho inauguration of the State course of study, with a graduation based upon an examination uniform, throughout the state. Marion County has had a eoursa of study for common schoola for several 5 ears, and It was found to be a great im provement over the old method of leaving each school to arrange Its own course. Pupils were thereby encouraged to com pletfe tho cburse and receive the common school diploma. But the state course of study la found to be a still greater Im provement and to offer a greater incentive to continuation in school -until the com pletion of the course. As. the diploma given Is attained by successfully passing ah examination under rules prepared by the State Department the graduation means more to the pupil than did the old graduation. A diploma granted tr- any school fa recognized all over th state as a guarantee that the work represented In the state course- of study has Teen ac complished by the holder of the diploma. Many whb would quit school before mas tering the common-school branches are now induced to remain In school and fin ish tho eighth-grade work. Secretary of State Dunbar today opened b'ds for -150 cords of seasoned big fir wood, to be furnished for tise at the Capitol. The bids accepted were as fol low: William Wolfcmfyer, 25 cords, at $2 60: W. P. Hansen, 5 cords, at $Z 2; F. E. Barnes. 25 cords. -at 52 61: Salem Fuel Company, $10 cords, at $2 65; W. M. Coburn, 15 cords, at $2 65. The highest bid received was at $2574. Wood men are counting on a higher price for wood this Fall than last. In Salem and vicinity about 25,000 cords of wood are used annually, ard available timber near the city is becoming scarce. Already large quantities ot wood are shipped here from the Santiam country, and wood dealers estimate that in ave rears from now the bulk of Salem's fuel will be shipped by rail instead of being hauled in by -farmers living in thia vicin ity. In the County Court today a Ax months' liquor license was granted to A. Lambert, who wishes to conduct a saloon at St Paul. In response to a petition from a r'imber Of residents of Buttevllle. an order- was made appropriating $200 to be used In graveling the Buttevllle Hill rOad. J. H. Albert, David Simpson and Fan n'e E. Hubbard today took an appeal to tho Supreme Court In tho matter of the estate of W. J. Herren, deceased. The annollants were bondsmen of J. J. Shaw, administrator of the Herren estate. Aft er the aeaxn oi juuge diw . claimed tat he had collected funds for tfc Actntn for which ho had not accounted. 1-The case went through tho Gounty and Circuit Courte, the latter finding against Judge Shaw's admln'stratlon and giving Judgment against the bondsmen for $12S0 72. At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Salem Chamber of Commerce today it was determined that Salem wouia gram "xrsijs's 2z:"iz cure iiio .uiiuitoi w.... ....-...,.-...-. here, and the follow ing committee was ap pointed to look after the details of the arrrangements: Frank Hughes, W. G. Westacott. Fred Steuslofi, James Lam brith and F. P. Talkington. Mrs. Abigail S. Duniway Is In Salem, conferring with other workers in the woman's suffrage cause. When asked to- tJptY2si' campaign with a view to arousing a- thueiasm among the work, she sH: "Enthusiasm! No, we heed no enthu- s!a&m. We are asking for nothing more than our Inalienable rights, ad the men will not deny us the privilege of voting." She expresses confidence that the suffrage. i amendment will prevail. The -present plan i is to carry on a quiet campaign betwee '.Vile tlii nmA tlaottisn a " Judge H. H. Hewitt, of Albany, was a Salem visitor today. He eayo that there te small indication- of an active political campaign in L4nn County, and unless af fairs political are stirred up pretty sdon, tms wlll - the qUftteet campaign . :... ne j is reported that George V. Wee"9. J h-ilrmnn f thft PnwtMst CToUntV Cenirai Committee. wIU be nominated- by petition. to fill the vacancy on the Fusion gi.-tft-e ticket created by, the reeignatloa of John W- Jbry. " Ida Mary Vlcger, the woman who was found In a farmer's barn at Milwaukie. a few days ago, was received at the Asy- DIAXS AND PAPPOOSES DRUJTK. And Saloon-Keeper Fined for Letting Them Save Lienor. SOUTH BEND. "Wash., May ia Last ev ening four Indians from Bay Center, and three small children, all In a, beastly state ef intoxication, created a dtscustlnc scena circumstances Incarceration In the Jail would hav e been no punishment. Indiana hav e never had much difficulty In securing liquor here, but the offense has become so fl&sxant that the next offender will be tried under the most severe Federal stat utes. Yesterday the Hoqulara mill, a branch of the Northwestern Lumber Company, became the property of a new corpora tlon, in which A. W. Jones, of Wisconsin, and members of the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company are Interested. ftThla company Tetains tne name oi toe .onn iweatern. Lumber Conipany, on account of -the. Eastern trade It has worked up. while the, Soutn Bend .and, Kjnapptony nulls, win nereaiier oe Known as xne oimpaon kjuum- ber Company. It .is thought that, the J chance, means the erection at South Bend J of a mill by the Simpson Lumbfr Com pany to make lumber for the "Eastern market. ' ATTACK INFORMATION LAW. It Is AUos;ed to -e tnconstttatloaal la Gase Xow for Hearing;. PENDLETON. Or., May 10. A case was arued and submitted in the Supreme Court, now In session here for the May tera. In which tho constitutionality of the.law of IKS, authorizing trial for crime uppn Information filed by the District At torney, in 'lieu of grand Jury In dictments, Is .raised. The case came up on appeal from Judge Eakin'a court, In Union County. John Tucker, was convicted of burglary In that court, and he appealed to the Supreme Court. In 'the briet Submitted It is set up thatv und,or the Constitution pf PreJ gon. ever J4 roan charged with a crime is J enuuea to a grana-jury investigation, ana that the statute of February, 1S93, In which It Is provided that District Attorneys may tile informations ard the cae go to trial without the investigation of the grand Juri, l unconstitutional. The case of.EdwIn L. Mlms, who was tried for" the murder of J. -Henry Miller, and who Was convicted of manslaughter last November-, Is before the Supreme Court this term, the defendant asking for a new trial. The motion by the state for dismissing the appeal was argued and overruled, and the case will be before the court on Its merits next Monday. yVXKTS TO "RU.V A TU?JE. Project tor Development of Darnell Mine at Kalama. KALAMA.. Wash., May 10. The "man ager of, the Darnell mine is negotiating with property-owners In. this city for the privilege of running a tunnel from the lower part of town through the big hill to the' mine. The mine is located at an elevajjen of more than 300 feet above the low bottom upop which the business por tion of the town Is situated. By running a tunnel 700 feet the ledge can be cut at 'a depth of 200 feet. The last assay of ore taken from this mine showed $201 in gold. Xearly an Inch of Rain In an Hoar. ROSEBURG. Or., May 10. Last, evening at S:30 a heavy rain storm, accompanied by unusually heavy thunder and lightning, visited this section. The rain continued 20 minutes, during which time .83 Of an Inch fell. .This is the heaviest rainfall per hour on record here. WashiHffton Notes. Tons of halibut are being caught at Cape Flattery. On petition of the reservation Indians, the WhacOm County Commissioners have decided to pay one-half the cost of estab lishing a road across the reservation from tho Indian church to the Mountain View t road. The new road will cut off s!x miles of the distance between Mountain View and Whatcom. A ferry will be rVejeded at Clark's place, near Marietta. The con sent of the" Government for the right of way across the reservation must be se cured. A movement is on foot In the City of Whatcom, headed by several prominent business men. 1-y which It Is hoped to fill at least a portion of the tide fiats in front of the city. The proposition is to build a breakwater near the line of the Great Northern Railway trestle, thence north erly along the east line of the waterway. J. K. Hadley. of Kamas Prairie. Klick ssra.ir3y St" itat County, Monday told The Dalles stream Jn the neighborhood .of Gle.nwood 10 speckled beauties that weighed l&l pounds, or JS pounds each. The stream In question. Bird Creek, had not a trot in It eight or 10 yars ago. At that time somebody stocked It and now It affoiils th'e best fishing In that whole country. TUl recently nobody knew there jwa a fish la 'it. DAWSON CITY-IS L rirw-TinRiw Jf" thb'fopuiIaitgx GOING TO CAPS SOME. YaSfen Opealng Early Portias ders e tke Klea'dike Tee M-ay Worses " He-Tr- Prices C-a-et rCAWSONr Aoril i5-Today Is Easier Sunday, and from, the loe-9 of tjie streets everybody has go"ne fcora or to church", "as have-never seen the -place so quiet in my two years' residence here. Not a store te open or a team oa the streets. They en force a Sunday law here that forbids any teaming or outside work of any kind. Business here In general- Is very poor. The temperature here today Is flO deg. above zero, and we have had wart weather for three weeks, making- it al most Impossible to use trails up to the rallies. We had a shower of rain on the 10th, leaving the country bare of snow. The city Is bare of snow now, and every thing has to be hauled on wagons, which are scarce. One sold a week ago for $1000. Te ruling price-Is about $600 for an Or dinary farm wagon. In the last lO.weeks It is estimated that fully S03 horses have reached DawsOn, all drawing-heavily load ed sleighs of everything Imaginable. Teams- that sold for $SGO a few weeks ago can. be had for about the price they would bring In Portland. 'Fresh eggs that sold 10 days ago- for $3 a dozen will only bring half that today. Bicycles sold three weeks ago for $150 to $3)6 apiece": now you cannot giv e them away no trail to ride on. There have been fully 800 cases- of eggs brought in over the trail without freezing, and about that much of. frozen stock, that sold for $30 a case A few days ago a man brought in lemons and oranges and apples without their freezing. The fruit was wrapped In canvas, and at night a tent was put over the loaded sleighs and fire kept in a stove .within. Portlanders are met on every corner knd at any time. Ed MtCormick la running one of th largest eating-houses here, and Is doing well. Mr. Schtiman is making nugget Jewelry. Mr. Sanbortj and Mr. Murk arrived lately. Ike Sw&rtx is la town with a sore hand, which was hurt on his claim, where he has lota of money In the dumps. Joe Cook got in esterday with five teams, none too soon, as there Is water all over, the ice on the Yukon, and It is expected to go out two weeks sooner than last year. Mrs. McCormlck will go to Nome on the first steamer. There Is. an abundance of Idle labor here now as they have Just stopped digging and have not commenced to sluice. Two thirds of Dawson's "population Will prob ably drift down the river to Nome as soon as. navigation opens. Thre ,are steamers enough tied up here to carry 2000, and they arealL cold out already. They will take horses lor $7S t Nome, and the surplus of Dawson's horses will probably go there. The, Koyukuk country is turning out all right, if. reports are true. Two hundred men have gone there from Dawson In the last three weeks." They bo down to Fort Yukon and take a cut-off trail that goes over the bills 200 inlles. The clean-up In Dawson Js going to be large this- year, but it will not stay here long, as those that have money are going to "mush on." GEORGE N. CLARKE. ELOPING COUPLE CAUGHT. Arrested Xear Lebanon and Pat in Clac araas County Jail. ALBANY, Or.. May 10. D. E. Davis, an ex-convict, and Mrs. Vahlaar, df Batte vule, Clackamas County, an account of whose runaway was mentioned fn The Oregonian two weeks ago, were arrested this morning at Lebanon by C. O. Lee. oX this city, acting as Doputy, Sheriff, and brought to Albany and placed in the County Jail, to await the arrival of Chief Of POllce Burns, of Oregon City, atho came up and, got the couplfc. When the Deputy placed his Irons "upon Davis wrists, the ex-convict remarked th&t It ws unnecessary, as he had on a pre vious occasion been conveyed 300 milea .without being shackled. OREGON CITY. May 10. Davis, the ex convlct, and .Mrs. Vanlaar were placed Jn the County Jail this evening. The woman is accompanied by an infant. , . BRAKEHAX "WAS KILLED. "Fel Berrrees Freljc-t Cars and Was Terribly Mangled. ALBANY. Or., May 10. William Beesbn, a Wakeman on the Corvallis & Eastern, fell between two freight cars oh the. west bound mixed train from Detroit this even ing; and was run over end almost in stantly killed. The accident happened at Maxwell, eight miles east of Albany. Both legs were cut off and the body badly mu tilated. No blama is attached to any one for the accident. . .. Quotations of Mining Steele. SPOKANE. May 10. The Closiag bids for rnlnlne stocks today r;. Blacktall $0 13H! Noble .$0 03 . Crystal 5 I Princess Maud 3s Deer Trail Con. vn1nfc Stir. . Golden Harvest. Lone Pine .Burp. Momiar Glory.. Morrison Tjjltambler Cariboo 20 8 Republic 97 lSi Reservation 12 lV-i Sullivan 12 ?& Tom Thumb 20 S'siVYaterloo js SAN FRANCISCO. M.y 10 Tho official clos ing quotations for raining- stocks today were: Alia. $0 OlIKentucV Con .....$0 01 Aipas. con liuexicaa Andes, 6 Occidental Con . Belcher .1 10 Ophfr Bert & Belcher... 27lOvormaa Bullion ...,..... 2Poto9l 0 47 12 17 12 1 29 14 3 05 10 C li Caledonia. ........ 0 Challence Con ... 11 Bavare see. Belcher Choilar 16 Coaflaence 70 Con. Cal. & Vs.... 1 45 Crown Point .... 9 SlTra. Nevada. .... Elrv-tr Hill Standard union con ........ Utah Con Xellow Jacket .... ffonld & Currr... 14 Hale i: NoTCrods.1 27 Justice l NEW YORK. May 10 Hlnlnr stocks'today closed as follows: Choilar ?0 13Ontario $7 73. Con. C&l & Va... 1 40JPlymouth 10 Dtadwood ....... 551 Quicksilver .150 Gonld & Curry... 12 do.pref 7 50 Hale & Norcroas.. 24SIerra. Nevada. ... . 25 Hoiaestake ......50 00i Standard 3 00 Iron Silver ...... csiuraon Con 17 Mexican 21iTelIow Jacket .... 12 BOSTON. May 10 Closing quotations: Adventure .....JO 04?llHumaoldt 0 75 AUoiiez M. Co.. liOsceola. G6 Amal. Copper... 87 Parrott 41 Atlantic 221s Qulncy 1 S5 Boston & Mont. 2 94 Santa. Fe Copper 5 T3utte & Boston. 65 iTamarack 1 80 CaL & Hecla.... T 50 (Utah Mining ... 27J Centennial 17 (Winona 2 Franklin , 13iWolverines 3S Thurston Coanty Frnit. OLYMPIA, May 10 A gentleman Whq Is a large fruitgrower In Thurston County has made a close inspection of every fruit section In the county to ascertain .the amount of damage done by the late frosts. His conclusions are that the strawberry crop will be but a half yield, as the early blossoms were all killed by the frost. Back from salt water prunes are badly, affected, but along the bay the crop will b heavy. Early apples are badly hurt, but late apples, such as the Northern Spy, Spttzenberg and Ben Davis, will yield an ample supply. There will be a partial crop of cherries, a full crop of pears, and late berries -ft 111 be all right. State Auditor Cbeotham states that there Is now In the permanent school fund of the state the amount of n.560.000,. The actual amount of cash in the fund Is but $32, the remainder being Invested In state, county and school bonds. Idaho Crop Report. The bulletin of the Boise Station of the United States Bureau. Issued May 8. say the warm weather df the past week was J beneficial to fruit. In the southwestern counties the petals have dropped and ruit Is heaYlly set: leafing has made rapid progress; strawberries are being" picked for market. In the northern counties the jPetal ar&'r!tAfc and the tfkry from ' s4asa -ftvahccS. In the e-treBse- eastern ahd cenfri etle the tre'are coming -iaU f ull bloow. ThS 'seasow lias been xlh- usay faverable to--fruit In-all sections 'of te state, ah fall cfbpa ? all Varieties nay reasonably hie- fea-jecteT ' ' feog te? rittr orte prevte week aifede the sett ! wet for plow's- Jn-makjf satheastern eont!fes. yeiMtprombtH rapid growtaof grata )anagrass crops Fall-sown grain, alalfa,i. and red clover arerorolsteg tropsv Spj-Jng-s-itrtv gfaln has-coae. up with good standi ana 'wBer sown early fn "the -season haSBneariy at tained" Hae- growth of the Fall-cswn. In Canyon Canty irrigation -bs "begun. As the result of' good, growing weather s absence of frosts, thd .jnaTketr art weH supplied "with lettuce, rhutfard, rad ishes, osteas, pie-plant ana the first sfraw&errlteB arrived last week; Melon gxdwers Teport the eonsltlotaB -f avomble ior-ratd "growth.- it large acreage- of no- tafoea Is "being- piaated. The condlon-ot stock cohttHtfeS excellent: SHeartngmadfc "progress, and iams-lng Is 'progressing wfth an average resBl Lewis Canary Xetes-.- CJHEHALIS. May 10 Judge EUdtt Is to deliver the Memorial day address at Toledo, and the Reform School choir is to sing. Arrangements are also under way for the proper observance of the occasion by the Jocal G. A. R. Post. The City Codncll has elected John Wal ter Councilman to fill the Tacancy caused by the rerrfoval ofaJohn Denhof to Port land. Considerable more Improvement In the way of planking etc. Is before the Council, and there teems a disposition to ptit the streets In good shape. The new steel cage and cells for the new Jail havo been shipped, and are expected soon. There Is but one prisoner at pres entThompson, of Hannaford, who is serving'out a sentence for assaulting his brother. Tho Superior Court has ordered the sale of the property 'of thtf estate, of the late J. H. Long.-the sale to be hld Septem ber L This estate includes some, of the finest farm land In the state. Forney & Ponder-and Sharpstein & Blattener have "begun suit against Mrs. Adeil Dumbnof Centralla. for attorney's fe amounting to $S72 99 for services ren dered her In the celebrated aqtlon of Mrs: Dumon against her husband for di vorce. Idaao Notes. Postmaster Fenlpn. at Boise, Is In re ceipt of a communication from Perry S. Heath. First Assistant Postmaster-General, Instructing him to begin the distribu tion Of mall on the Boise Valley rural free delivery system, covering a district 23 miles In length, 27 square miles in, area and serving 918 people. The servlee Is rd' be commenced next Monday, May TL One carrier will cover the entire route. The carrier will receive, a- salary of $ per year, and will hav to pay all his tra.v eling and other expenses. S. F. Pain an" electrician, is solne tt put In a smatl tesf plant for the purpose Of extracting the copper from the ore or 'the Seven Devils at Cuprum. Mr. Pair believes he has discovered a process wherebv he can extract the copper frora 'the T&ven Devils ore by an electrical pro cess at the cost of 2 cents a pound for tUft rrmrwr. and alsA save So nSr cent of both -gold and stiver. The plant' Is already ordered, and afe soon as It arrives will T)b put in operation. Railroad Xotes. General Agent Harder, of the Great Northern, is In Eastern Oregon. R. C Stevens; of Seattle, general West era passesger agent of the Great North ern, was here yesterday. Jay W. Adams, traveling passenger agent pf the Nickel Plate at San Fran cisco, was among yesterday's transients. . Thfe 1horrs eneae-pd In tearing down Jthe. rallrpad offices at Thira and Wash ington commencea wont on ine oia v, xv. N. ofltce yesterday. The Rack-Island has decided to beautify thfe grounds at each, of its railway sta tions by putting In one or moreparks. , Wherever praotlcable, fountains will be Used fev people ovefkiHaceHtary Because of its Bn vafviag purity and stre>h. QHicfcly Tsauces red&ess of siia. PONDS m trapping chafing, tan of oily complexion, Foritcliings, Scratcies, sprains, stiffness, or when oerneated or espec ially Jttigaed, l&orotjga Bathing with Pond's Extract and Brisx rnBBiHg will Be fosnd most refreshing and invig orating. Alter shaving Pond's Extract 13 healing and cooling, and leaves the face white soft, and smooth. Gives immediate relief to eyes irritated By winds or dast. AS, A REMEDY it cures all inflammation, heals wosads and Buras. stops pain and Bleeding. Used Internally and Externally CA.VTION: Witch Saxel is NOT P6nds Extract, antlcaanotbe used for 1U Ordinary Twitch Hazel is sold In hulk, diluted, easily turns satfrand generally costaiss "wood alcohol,' vrhlch is an irritant ex ternally, and, taken internally, is a deadly pojsofi. Pond's Extract is sold ONLY in SEAZEn bottles, enclosed In bun wrapper. ThUae timiZe wiU guide you w hen you ball for a battle cllhi drug store. Pcad's Jxtrtct Co.. 76 Fifta Ave., Nev York Pocd's Extract Obtccat first sootnes. taca pcmaetatly CURES itcilng or Hecdiag Piles, however severe. It is a specifc ia all skia dis eases, aad gives quick relief to baras lad bruises. tltl(ltltlSItltt(89t GET THE GENUINE DR. SANDEN'S m -Sr.i i 'Prirp WmW&&$Wm Price This is Dr. Sanden's Latest to he Dr. Sanden's onlv riatented" prices, for a short time only. which has a reputation. covering 30 years. It is the grandest rem edy for Rheumatism, Kidney Trouble and all pains and alL weak nt of man and woman. No. c. S2000 for SlOOOt No. 6,"$30 0O- Belt, for $1500; No.' 7, $4000 Belt, for $20,00. Bookl;Three Classes of Men," milei free. Address J J DR S. S. HALL, e9099e99099ee9999 put in. The)qpwe30ed shrubbery wHlha left in charge ot-sWa employes. A. VB. C DennfatAf. otty passenger and. ticket agent of trie Great Northern, re turned last night frow-a-trip up the Val ley. The Northern Pacific, f rett departeat has concluded 16 Increase1 te scopeT of Ub forthcoming canBed-sairapfr tariff on salmon of. 70 cents Tier hundred in carload lots. It will Include- pickled fish In straight carload lots, and apply from North Pa cific terminals to Atlantic seaboarapjglnts. Robert Kerr, passenger traffic manager of the Canadian Pacific, and D. E. Brown, general Eastern, agent for the company at Hog Kong-, arrived hero yesterday morning from San Francisco. In the af ternoon they left for Vancouver. B. C. from which glace Mr. Kerr will return to Montreal. They- attended the recent San Francisco meeting of traffic officials ot the transcontinental railway and trans pacific- steamship lines. .CITY'S HEALTH REPORT. Statistics Sov - the Usual Low Death. 'Rr.tc. The report of Health Commissioner Menefee for the month of April shows the health of the city to be In a very satisfactory condition. Although the grip and severe colds have been prevalent, the death rate Is still within the usuaT low limits, and shows a decrease of one as compared witrt -the previous month. Few cases ot contagious diseases have been reported, and smallpox no longer appeals In he list- The number of births regis tered dar&g the month was 85 males, -14; females 41 ail white? Number of mar riage licenses Issuea during the month, 61. Number ot deaths7 registered during the month, SI males, 9; females. 32; white, 7fi; yellow. 51 Deaths bf persons of from 60 to 70 years', 8; from 70 to SO years; 8: from. SO to 1W years, 4. Causes of death are reported as- follows:-Tuberculosis, 8; pneumonia, 7; peritonitis, 5; meningitis. 4: diabetes, 3; apoplexy, 3: hernia, 3: typhoid fever, 34 cancer of the stomach, 3. In regard to sanitary matters, 31 written and 40 verbal notices were served: notices to Plumbing Inspector, IS; notices to fill up cesspools, 12; notices to clean filthy yard, 19; notices posted not to dump garbage. 5; notice to remove manure piles, 5; notices to clean cellars and basement. 6; notices to remove, swill barrels, 12; Japanese, and Chinese lodging-houses Inspected, 20; no tices to remove nuisances on street,. 3: no- Ltlces to other city officials, 10: notices to reinove nuisances In building. 2; notfees to clean chicken-yards, 9; Chinese wash houses Inspected,. 7; fish markets and oyster-houses Inspected, 3: jiumber of letters I written. 23; public school Inspected, 1; no tice to clean alley. 3. Plumbing Inspector Fleming and his deputies d& the following work during April: , New buildings inspected. 42; old buildings Inspected with rew fixtures, 64; cesspools connected, 13; sewers conected, 48; writ ten not'ees served. 13; total number ot licensed plumbers, 39: reports of defe-Mve plumbing; 14: plumbing remodeled on no tice, 16; total number of visits for month, 517. SIX DAILY TRAINS. The O. R- & N. operates six magnificent- trains every day between Portland and Chicago and gives you the choice ot routes through Salt Lake, Denver, Oma ha, Kansas City, St. Paul, Minneapolis, SL Louis or Chicago. These are stand ard trains, equipped 'with new cars, con taining all the latest Improvements. V. A. SCHILLING, City Ticket Agent, 80 Third street, cor ner Oak. Crown Prince of Japan Married. YOKOHAMA, May 1L The wedding ot Crown Prince Yoshihito and Princess Sada Ko, a daughter of the Kujem fam ily, at Tokio Thursday was a most simple f ceremony: The contracting parties! drank cups- of wine before the shrine In the im perial palace. The foreign residents., pre sented an-addressL . . Improved Electric Belt, guaranteed ed" belt, which I otter at one-halt list, Come to me for the genuine articled v BIS?Thrwast wpwi 0 9 9-S 0'0 V ? 0 0 0 It HW11M4 ""l!Jj i i -. iJ