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TTTR MCVRNTNG OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, MAY '30, 1900. AN ANONYMOUS CIRCULAR UNFAIR ATTACK IjPON DISTRICT ATTORNEY SEWALIi. Sieved Statement of ReprtUeaa. . Ia.rryerm DIna-vett-lKS Utterances Ascribed to Them. Anonymous circulars are the campaign programme of opposition to the Beptfbll can ticket Perhaps the most remark able of these documents is an attack on Russell E. bewail. Republican candidate for Prosecuting Attorney- This particu lar pamphlet reiterates the charges made against the District Attorney's office, tvhlch were Imestlgated by a committee, irtilch committee reported them as un proved and unwarranted. It garbles the testimony given before that committee, selecting words and sentences which col or and entirely change the character of the evidence as actually given, and omits all of the denial and rebuttal testimony. It also presents the names of 135 lawyers of this county, stating that by a vote of three to one, they passed a resolution protesting against the nomination of Mr. Sewall for District Attorney. The facts in this case are these: Of the 135 names which are printed in this pamphlet, as though all had taken part in the proceed ings and indorsed them, the following named were not present at the meeting mentioned, and took no part whatever In the proceedings: George H. Williams. Richard "Williams, George H. Durham, Lionel R. "Webster. R. E. Moody. E. B. "Watson. John H. Mitchell. A. "W. John son, Charles H. Carey. G. G. Gammans, R I GUsatf, B. M. Lombard. Ellis G. Hushes, A H. Tanner, E. B. "Williams. F. P. Mays. Robert F. Bell, W. M. Gregory. E. E Coovert, H. C. Henderson, John C Applewhite, R. Citron. R G. "Wright. Sol Bloom, L. H. Tarpley. William Reld, H. H. Emmons, "W. L. Boise. George S. Shcpard. Claude Strahan, H. T. Friedman. .. E. Merges, C. A Moore, J. A Maters. Joseph A Boyce, George H. Shlnn. "W. C. Bristol, J. C. Moreland, W. E Parker. R "W. "Wilbur. A T. Lewis, C. H. Meussdortfer, James N. Da Is, Edward T. Taggart. John M. Son ens, "W. M. Davis, Lydell Baker, Chester "V. Dolph, B. B. Beekman. R T. Piatt, F. R Strong, MUlon "W. Smith. John T. McKee, Frank S. Grant. C. P. Halght, C. H. Plggott. TV. S. "Ward, A B. Ferrera. C M. Idleman. A D. Miller. John R Oatman. Robert "W. Galloway, F. D. Cham berlain, "William T. Mulr. Ed TV. Bingham, Frank S. Bennett. A E Gebhardt- It will thus be seen that of 135 names appended to this pamphlet, there were but 5 present At the time the vote was taken upon this resolution presented ly the personal and political enemies of the District Attorney, of those 6 present but 34 voted for the adoption of the resolu tion, and among this number were none of the leaders or representative members of the Republican bar of this County. As to the charges themselves, the committee composed of the following named gentle men. G. W. Stapleton, H. T. Piatt R. G. Morrow and J. F. Boothe, reported as folr lows: The testimony produced does not satisfy your committee that these cases, or any of them. nere commenced or carried on In pursuance of any agreement by any one with the District Attorney, or any one In his office or connected therewith. Your committee is unable to procure testi mony tracing the payment of these amounts be jond the Chinese Free Mason Society, or to es tablish that said games or lotteries have been permitted to run under any agreement of any kind with the District Attorney's office. Upon the charge that the District Attorney's chief deputy was guilty of compromising a felony for a consideration, jour committee re ports that It has 'been unable to procure any evidence bearing upon this charge, and none has been offered In sustaining the same. These are the conclusions of the report which the committee above named signed and returned to the association which had appointed them, and the next meeting of this Bar Association was attended by 12 members only, which Is sufficient evi dence of the repudiation of the scheme of Mr. Sew all's political and personal ene mies to prevent his re-election. It was not possible to see all the law yers "vOiose names were used In the pamphlet to create an erroneous Im pression, "but the following Is a sample of how the matter Is regarded by those who were Interviewed: Letter From George II. Williams. Portland, May 20. 1900. illy attention lian been called to the fact that my name is attached to a statement in a -pamphlet attacking? the official conduct of Mr. Rassell E. Scvrall, District Attorney. I have not ftlgrncd any such statement or authorized the ttse of my name for that purpose, and know nothing; abont the correctness or Incorrect ness of such a statement. GEORGE H. WILLIAMS. "We the tmderslgned, whose names are published in a certain pamphlet attack ing the District Attorney, Russell E. Sewall, state that we were not consulted as to having our names attached to the same, and that our names are not to be considered as indorsing the statements made in the phamphlet: lesple's school of expression will be given in University Chapel this evening- at 8 o'clock. The public are cordially Invited to attend. The directors of the Gresham district have elected H. R. Winchell, principal; Miss Hattie Pierce, teacher of the inter mediate, and Mrs. Clara Anderson, teacher of the primary grade of that school. Prin cipal "Winchell has been principal the past year. Members of Gilbert Camp, Auxiliary, No. 1, and Gilbert Camp, No. 4. went to Lone Fir Cemetery last evening and dec orated the graves of the Second Oregon soldiers who are buried there. In the cemetery eight of the Oregon regiment are sleeping. NEW CONTRACTS LET. CONDITIONS NOT HELPED GROWER "WHO THINKS OREGON HOP POOL CANNOT SUCCEED. Has Come to the Conclusion That the Association. Is Only Another Middleman to Pay. Bids Received for Klve Street Im provements and Six Sewers. Bids for the improvement of five streets and the construction of six sewers were opened by the Board of Public "Works yesterday. The contracts In each case were awarded to the lowest bidders, pro vided that those bids were found to be in accordance with the specifications and correct in every particular. The lowest bidders cm sewer Jobs were as follows: East Nineteenth-street sewer, from 23 feet south of East "Washington street to the sewer In Belmont street James Fralney, $334 SO. Eugene-street sewer, from 100 feet west cf Union avenue to sewer In Eugene street James Fralney, $H0 C2. East Fifteenth-street sewer, from 175 feet north of East Alder to sewer in East Fifteenth street James Fralney. $250 74. Larrabee-street sewer, from 125 feet south of Dupont street to sewer In Lanubee James Fralney, S1C0 54. East Ankeny-street sewer, from 123 feet la East Thirteenth 'street to East Ankeny street J. B. Slemmons, $77 CO. East Eighth street, from 25 feet south or East Flanders to the sewer In East Davis street-nJames Fralney, ?2C9 62. The lowest bidders on street improve ments were as follows: Improvement of Eugene street, "Williams ave nue to Union avenue J. TV. Sweeney, $2992 SG. Improvement of Vaughn street Macadam to TVlsconsln street Keenan Bros., $1207 43. Improvement of San Rafael street Williams axnue to East Seventh street O. D. "Wolfe, $3273 15. Improvement of Delay street Knott to Morris street Peter Lynch. $2439 75. Eugene-street Improvement Union avenue to East Seventh street-J. W- Sweeney, $1433 72. Probate Matters. The final report of P. K. Arnold, guard Ian of Mary Ahern, an Incapable, was filed. The receipts were $4251, and the balance on hand is $1230. The- final account of William Mackin tosh, administrator of the estate of Walter Eggen, deceased, was approved. Darwin H. Cheney, guardian of Walter J. Cheney, a minor, reported the sale of 10 acre of land, Boone's Ferry road, foi $325 to C. ll Shaver. Alexander Christie, executor of the w'll of Thomas Briody, deceased, was author ized to sell the personal property, consist ing of a watch, a lot of books, one trunk and contents, two revolvers and a few church articles. The other property com prises cash, certificates of deposit and a note. The final account of A. I. Nlcklln. ad ministrator of the estate of Mary Cleve land, deceased, was approved. H. M. Clinton. J. F. Failing and II. R. Beckwlth were appointed appraisers of the estate of Nellie Pearl Conner, a minor. Guseie Williams petitioned for appoint ment as administratrix of the estate of her husband. James Williams-, deceased, consisting of lots A and 5. block 8. Latour ell FalK and 225 acres of land. The heirs besides the petitioner are four chil dren. Catherine F. Thoma petitioned to be ap pointed guardian of Catherine Louise Gantz, a minor. The final account of C. A. Dolph and Richard Nixon, executors of th will of J. N. Dolph. deceased, was approved. P. L. TVlllIs, R Williams, S. H. Gruber, W. Y. Masters. John K. Kollock, Chester V. Dolph, C A Moore, Joseph O'Connor, Claude Strahan, Henry St. Ra ner, F. TV. Mulkey. Gu G. Willis. A. Walter Wolfe, R. TV. TVllbur. Joseph A. Boj ce, C. TV. Miller. J. J. Johnson, H. K. Sargent. Gustav Anderson, W. M. Gregory. J. C. Veazle, S. C Spencer. G. C Moser. A L. Veazle, J. N. Bell. Frank Motter. G. G. Gammans, Ed T. Taggart John Dltchburn. Peter H. "Ward. G. TV. Stapleton, E. E. Coovert. George W. Caldwell, TVllHam T. Mulr, Sol Bloom. Lodge Election. Multnomah Camp, No. 77, Woodmen of the World, has elected the following offi cers: Ai "M. Cox, commander; J. W. Thompson. C; H. R. Llnvllle, manager; F. Sauerman, watchman, and C Zelms, sentry- The following delegates were elected to attend the convention at Inde pendence: A. M. Cox, J. M. Woodworth, H. H. Newhall, J. W. Thompson, Frank Kerslake, J. L. Wells, E. N. Bergen. James Ruddlman, Clark Lawrence, C. C. Murphy, Roscoe R. Morrill. William Lunsden. J. C. Jones, A. I. Keenan and L. S. Daue. AT THE HOTELS. THE PORTLAND. J H Clark. New Tork Adam S Collins. S F Fred Lee. Seattle M G Benson. Missoula L Obenmeycr, Chgo Dr T A Fitzgerald & wife, Missoula Victor Nelll. St Louis Mrs A E Hecht & maid. San Francisco Miss Hecht San Fran Miss Adelheld Hechtdo a j steinman. st l. Lieut K Kundson & w. USA Mrs Capt Mclver, do Andreas Anderson, Boston. Mass Howard G Cushlng. do H J Eade. St Paul li is Howard. Orden W S Sherwood, St Paul a cane. New York Harry Cross. N Y J S Levy. San Fran Vv alter L Tooze, Wood burn. Or H H Abbott city J D MulrehlU, N Y J C Fltzhenry. LoAngl F C Bailey. Chicago D S Buckman. San Fr Geo C Hunter. N Y Louis Gerllnger. Jr. Vancouver. Wash IH Lowenberg, Phlla j 1 iaie. xxew iorK R P Hlnman. St Louis EAST SIDE AFFAIRS. South MoBBt Tabor Graduation Oth er Matters. The closing and graduating exercises of the South Mount Tabor School took place in the assembly hall of that building Monday evening, and the occasion was made a special one by the community. Under the direction of Professor A? C Strange, the principal, the affair was car ried out successfully. The hall was hand somely decorated with a profusion of flowers of the season, and was a bower of bloom. The graduating class is composed of Junla Falling, Rosa Meyers, Virginia Breyman, Mabel Anderson, John Lewis and Henry Hepcha. These were appro priately attired. The programme was made up of essays and recitations by the members of the graduating class and pome others, and was very pleasing to the audience, each number being heartily ap plauded. Professor Durrette. principal of the Mount Tabor schools. District No. 5, delivered a fitting address, packed full of good things, both for the class just leav ing the grammar grades and parents. His advice to the class was not to stop now, but to press on to the topmost round in the pursuit of education. At the conclusion if the exercises the members of the class received their diplomas from the district, after which they received the congratu lations of their friends, and were fairly overwhelmed with flowers. The year for the South Mount Tabor dis trict has now closed, and the directors re elected the three assistants who taught through the lat year Miss Robertson. Miss Morse and. Miss Davidson but have Jelayed the election of a principal. Pro fessor Strange did not apply for re-election, as he will go to Union. The direc tors will delay choosing a principal for Jhe present A W Cana, San Fran il Rosenthal & wf, Wln- TVm M Jack. Los Angl lock. Wash C E De Camp, do ., H E Clarke. Ft Stevens V K Butler & wf. S F G B Hicks &. w. SeatUe G Entzeroth. St Louis Louis Stoss, Jr. B F M L Washburn. S F I S Webb. Wash. D C John C Dornln. San Fr, N D Miller. St Paul Col TV E Dougherty, Vancouver Capt Young. Vancouver Lieut Wm Wallace, do Lieut lsent. do H C Keller, do Mrs H F Rogers. Denvrj, Columbia River Scenery. Regulator Line steamers, from Oak street dock, daily, except Sundays, The Dalles, Hood River, Cascade Locks, and return. Call on, or 'fone Agent for further Information. THE PERKINS. S N Wilklns, Corvallls Chas Butler. Pt Townd iiins Kinenart. La GrGlv: w Maynard.Chehalls Gus Marlott Jefferson J TV ElBteln. San Fr Edgar J Dlven. Rooster Rock. Or E L Harris. Indp. Or E Everett. Ind. Or L E Parker. Haystack J Hemingway. Chgo E P Michel!. Stevenson L A Loomls. Ilwaco IV Throckmorton. Sid ney, JT H T Ros. San Fran Frank Wood. Chicago G H Slgg. Sacramento Mrs G H Slgg. do Mrs D W Miller. Los Angeies, tail B S Dougherty. St Joe (Ed Kiddle. .Island City jjaiy uoiDert, Jiwaco lairs wm mack, saln- Enst Side Notes. Mrs. Line Lee and daughter. Miss Nancy Black, have returrAd from a very pleas ant visit to Mrs. Lee's daughter in Fern dale. Cal. The May public rehearsal of Mrs. Uti- P Colbert Ilwaco E E Williams. Boise H E Parker. Boise J S Bradley, Galveston C M Murray, do J TV Drubough. city E Smith. Seattle J H Rhlneson. Grass I vaney Prof H S Ferguson, city Geo Steele, Indp, Or H L Price. TValtsburg R H B Moulton.Welseri THE IMPERIAL. C TV. Knowles. Manager. T T Geer. Salem J S Cooper. Indp. Or Clayton TVentx. Salem (Mrs Geo Kelly, city Mrs Wentz. Salem I Walter L Tooxe.Wood- brla, Idaho B L Kldwell. do Elex Endsley. Colfax D Congdon, San Fran Mrs H TV Brunker, Eagle Cliff Capt Illff. S S Elm Branch Mrs Capt IUff. do A S Busch. Bay Center, wash Louis E Martin, do Mrs L E Martin, do Hattie Boyer. Salem L L Maley, Aberdeen. Wis Mrs F B Sommervllle, Astoria S G Hoffman. San Fr G B Lenner. San Fran Mrs Lenner. San Fran Mrs F Malker. Liver pool. Eng f Mrs "Wallace TVhltmorej F H Sarr." Sumpter Walla Walla burn Chas E Comstock.Med- ford. Or J C Jones. Medford. Or Mls P Kelly. Jackson ville Miss Stewart Vancvr Miss Aggie Hall. N T T A Hennelly. N Y W G Cline. Seattle SALEM. May 29. C. E. Smith, of Rlck reall, was in Salem last evening closing up business transactions connected with the sale of his 1S99 crop of hops through the Oregon Hopgrowers Association. His experience with the association leads him. to express the opinion that a combine of growers cannot be so organized as to handle successfully the hop crop of Ore gon. While he has nothing to say against the management of the association, nor adversely to the manner in which the business has been conducted, he says that, so far as he can see, the association has not bettered conditions. Mr. Smith had 52 bales of hops, which he could have sold at the time of picking for 9 cents per pound. It was Inconven ient for him to sell at that time, and he held his hops until the price went down. Later, he put his hops Into the association at a time when he was offered 5 cents per pound. His hops were recently sold to a local buyer for 2 to M cents per pound. His hops bad suffered more or less from mold while stored in the ware house. But Mr. Smith does not charge to the association the loss he sustained through the fall in prices. The price would have been about the same if he had kept the hops In his own -control. He simply made a mistake In waiting instead of selling when he could have received 9 cents per pound. The point that Mr. Smith makes is not upon the question of price, but upon the intervention of middlemen. The Oregon Hopgrowers Association had Its origin In a desire to avoid the commissions f that must be paid to middlemen. The great argument that was used by the pro moters of the combine was that the mid dlemen eat up the profits, and that If the growers would live they must organize and deal directly with the brewers. The great object In forming a pool was to save the middlemen's commissions and expenses. According to Mr. Smith's view of the present situation, the grower now has two middlemen where he had only one before. On the flay that Mr. Smith put his hops Into the association he was offered 5 cents per pound by a local buyer. Thinking to save that local buyer's commission, he put his hops Into the pool, agreeing to pay the officers of the association a commis sion. He now finds that his hops have been sold by the association to the same buyer who offered him 5 cents last Fall. He is therefore of the opinion that the association has proved to be nothing more than a middleman itself, and that the hops have been taxed one more commis sion than they would have been If sold direct to the buyer. The experience of 'Mr. Smith is the ex perience of nearly all, for In nearly every Instance in which sales of hops have been announced by the association, the pur chaser has been an Oregon buyer. Some sales have been made to brewers, but In the large proportion of cases the asso ciation has not been able to sell without the Intervention of buyers. Governor Sends a Message. Acting on the request of President Tay lor, of the Portland Chamber of Com merce, Secretary Thlelson, of Salem's commercial body, sent to Speaker Hender son a telegram urging the passage of the emergency appropriation for the Im provement of the mouth of the Columbia River. He said that the Improvement is urgently neded to prevent disaster to our commerce. In accordance with a similar request. Governor Geer sent the following: "The entire commercial Interests of the entire Northwestern states will be seri ously jeopardized unless the emergency appropriation bill for work on the Colum bia River bar is passed at this session. The shipments of wheat alone from porl of Portland In 18S9 were nearly as large as from the porta of San Francisco and Tacoma and Seattle combined. It will not be economy, but actual waste, to neglect this Important work." Large Claim for Damages. Margaret Bieler today began an action in the Circuit Court against the Oregon Telephone & Telegraph Company to re cover $11,053 50, damages, alleged to have been suffered by the plaintiff as a result of the carelessness of defendant's em ployes. On March 17, 1500, Mrs. Beller was sitting In a carriage to which a team of horses was hitched. Linemen employed by the telephone company were stretch ing a wire over the street, when the wire broke and fell upon the horses, causing a runaway, which resulted m the Injury of Mrs. Bieler. The carelessness alleged was In the handling of the wire by the line- I men. The damages alleged to have been J suffered are divided as follows: Physical I pain and disfigurement, $3500; mental suf fering. $2500; services of a physician, $37 50; hospital expenses, $; future expenses, $5000. Prospect for Rnral Mail Routes. Petitions are being circulated In the country around Salem for the establish ment of six free rural mail delivery routes leading out of the city. The petitions will be forwarded to Congressman Tongue for his Indorsement will then go to the Post office Department be assigned to a special agent and after being reported on by him. will be finally disposed of by the department. H. J. Ormsby, a special agent who has Just finished investigating several ptoposed routes, says that he can see no reason why the six routes pro posed for Salem should not be established. It Is not known to whim will be assigned the work of Inspecting the Salem routes, but the proceedings should reach that stage In about two months. Oregon Supreme Court. In the Supreme Court today the follow ing orders were made: James F. Watson, trustee, appellant, vs. Columbia River Lumber & Fuel Company et al.. respondents; ordered that appel lant's time In which to serve and file brief herein be extended to September 1, 1900. G. G. Warner et aL, appellants, vs. Charles Bruneau et al., respondents; or dered that appellants' time to file an ab stract of record herein be extended to June 15, and his time to file a brief be extended to July 15, 1900. Capital City Brevities. Dennis Whitmore was received at the Penitentiary today from Wallowa Coun I ty. He Is sentenced to three years im prisonment on a conviction of the charge of perjury. The cost of bringing him to the Penitentiary "was $167 70. Boy R. Buttler. aged 26, was received at the asylum today from MItchell,Wheel er County. He was once an Inmate of the Insane asylum at Knoxville. Tenn. State Treasurer Moore today received a remittance of $3100 -O from Umatilla Coun ty. This payment settles that county's 1S99 state taxes In full. Governor Geer left tonight for Granite and Sumpter, where he will deliver cam paign addresses. Governor Geer today appointed A. Ter lngton, of Lane County, a member of the Oregon Board of Pharmacy for a term of five years from May 20, 1900. The closing exercises at the Mute School were held yesterday afternoon, and the pupils went to their "homes today. The State Land Board today began a foreclosure suit against the estate of E. M. Walte. Louisa. Walte, Susannah Bur ton and John McClellan. The mortgage was given by E. M. Walto In 1S93 to secure the payment of $1000. The- property mort gaged is In Falrriew addition. Quotations of Mining Stocks. SPOKANE. May. 28. The dosing bids for mining stocks today were: Slacktall ,.$0 l'JiPrmeess Maud...$0 03H Butte & Boston. ZVilRepervatlon .... 13 Peer Trail Con 7 iRossland Giant.. S1,? Golden Harvest - 2 ISulllvan 10 Jim Blaine .... 11 Tom Thumb .... 20?i Lone Pine Surp. If Waterloo 4 Mount Lion .... 60 (Winnipeg 1SX Morn. Glory olRebate 2V Morrison 2 'Standard -h SAN" FRANCISCO. May 29. The offlclal clos ing quotations for mining stocks today were: Alts. .-....$0 04 Justice $0 OT Alpha Con 4 Mexican 23 10 &5 18 22 15 1 Olbccldental Con Trt mini TUr nnillin inv I freight including SO head of livestock. lU mAKli lilt DUUnliAK I I The Centennial Is one of the largest ves- UNITED STATES SURVEYORS OX -THEIR WAY TO ALASKA. 20IOphlr 2bpvenaon Sondes Belcher Best & Belcher... Bullion 2Potosi Caledonia 1 lOISavaxe .... Challenge Con ... I2i5eg. Belcher Chollar 22Slerm Nevada .... 30 toauuenre ...... uoiouvivr am ....... 01 . ,, , Con. CaL & Va... 1 Standard 4 Ki 1 iue umk. Gould &. Curry... HlUtah Con S Hale & Norcross.. 23)Yellow Jacket .... 14 Will Establish the International Line Named -In Modus Vivendi So It Cannot Be Mistaken. SEATTLE, May 29. The American members of the International commission appointed to survey and mark out the Alaska boundary line at Lynn Canal, un der the modus vlvendl, arrived In Seattle today- from Washington, and will In a few days proceed to Victoria, where they will meet the two British members of the commission. The American members are C H. Tllman. assistant superintendent of the "United States coast and geological survey, and his assistant, O. B. French. They are gathering statistics and In formation here concerning the matter they have in hand. Mr. Tllman said it would require probably two months to complete the survey. The line will be marked with the usual monuments, stakes, etc On Chllkoot and White Passes, monuments of a permanent character will be set up, so that there may be no possible dlspate at these points as to the exact location of NEW YORK. May 29. Mining stocks today closed as follows: Chollar $0 10'Ophlr $0 47 Crown Point 5 Plymouth 12 Con. Cal. & Va... 1 SOIQulclullver 1 50 Hale A Norcross.. 181 do pref 7 SO Homestake ......53 OOlSIerra Nevada .... 23 Iron Silver G0Standard 3 J0 (lexicon 20 Union Con .- 15 Ontario 7 OOiYelloTT Jacket .... 12 BOSTON, May 29. Closing quotations: Adcnturo $0 04 (Humboldt $0 CO Alouez M. Co.. llOsceola 61 Amal. Copper .. & iParrc-tt 41 Atlantic 22 pulncy 1 35 Boston & Mont 2 03 (Santa Fe Copper 4 Butte & Boston. C3 Iratnarack 1 01 Cat & Hecla.... 7 10 lUtah Mining ... 2i We are simply to ascertain the location and mark out for the guidance of all per sons the line established by the medus vlvendl between England and the United States," said Mr. Tllman today. "This line was agreed to In October, 1SS9, after several months of negotiation. It Is by no means a permanent or established boundary line beyond the terms and life of the modus vlvendl. Our work will be necessarily technical, and not diplomatic, although we are operating under the di rection. In this Instance of the Department of State, at Washington. The distance to be surveyed Is about 25 miles." Mr. Tllman expects to begin active work In the field about June 15. He and Mr. French will meet the Canadian commis sioners at Victoria. They are W. F. King sels In the Seattle-Cape Nome trade, and took the second largest number of pas sengers yet to sail on one vessel from this port to the new gold fields. Mining sup plies and machinery constitute the bulk of her cargo. She had 324 cabin and 31 second-class passengers. HE DIED FOR A KISS. Girl Playfally Struggled, and the Gay Lover Foand Watery Grave. The news came from Wallace Monday of a drowning1 that occurred In the Sky komlsh River, at that place -Sunday after noon, says the Everett Independent The victim was a young man aged 19. whose folks are said to live at Puyallup, and whose name has not been obtainable. The young man fell Into the water from one of the wing dams, built out Into the river at that place to sheer off the swift current from cutting away the bank. He Is said to have strolled out there Sunday afternoon in company with a young lady friend and followed by several other cou ples. The latter, however, all remained closer achore, but the young lady and gentleman In question went to the very edge-and sat with their feet dangling over the edge of the dam. The young man, so the report ha3 It was asked the time of day by parties ashore, and responded with the time-honored remark: "It is half-past kissing time," and In proceeding to act according to the particular time of day he had de clared, met with a natural and playful struggle on the part of the young lady, which threw him. wholly by accident Into the rushing stream. His body was found a couple of hours afterward In a deep eddy a short distance below where the fatality occurred. For June Now Ready Centennial Franklin . 16 i Winona 12tt'Woh erlnes 37k 2 1 and J. L. McArthur. A party of about 12 New Coal Mine Opened. CENTRALIA, Wash., May 29. Howell & Baschlln have Just opened up a new coal mine. In Salzer Valley. According to Mr. Baschlln, they have found a far better quality of coal than theyhad hoped for. In fact It Is far superior to any coal heretofore found In this locality. The vein Just struck In five feet thick and 200 feet below the old mine, being on a level with the valley. The coal Is much harder than any found here before, so hard as to necessitate blasting. It burns longer, and leaves less ashes than former local coal, and gives out very little odor when burning. This Is the first attempt here at mining to any dopth, the mining heretofore has been principally at the surface. Experts pronounce the coal su perior to anything mined here before. Killed by His Ovrn Negligence. Coroner Butts, of Wasco County, held an inquest at Wyeth Sunday on the body of a man that bad been killed by a pas senger train that morning:. The evidence showed that the deceased was a tramp. He was beating his way to Utah, which he claimed to be his home. He had told a witness the night before at Troutdale that he had been on the road seven years. The Jury returned the following rather unusual and exhaustive verdict: "We, the Jury Impaneled by the Coroner to Inquire into the caufie of the death of the body now before ue. whose name Is unknown to us, find that he came to his death by being run over by train No 5, about 5:15 o'clock A". M., May 27. Aged about 22 years; weight about 150 pounds; height about five feet eight Inches; black hair, smooth face, and that he came to his death by his own negligence, by lying on the track." A Chinese Wedding. Something unique In thu shape of a wed ding occurred Saturday forenoon at the custom-houser says the Port Townsend Leader. The contracting parties were Chinese. The bride is Miss Lee Kim Tin, a miss as blushing and modest as one could wish a bride to be. She had Just arrived from China, and made affidavit that she was born In this city, and Is the daughter of Charley Ling, and there can be no doubt of the truth of the statement: The .groom. Tong Yonk. is a Seattle mer chant of the firm of Kwong Tuck Com pany, and Is a young man of very respect able appearance. men will be taken along to assist In the field work. The expenses of the survey are to be shared equally by the two coun tries. GoldMUorongh's Second Trial. The torpedo-boat destroyer Goldsbor ough arrived In Seattle today to take on a quantity of Cardiff coal. The Goldsbor ough has had several preliminary build ers' tests lately under the direction of Superintendent Ballen. for Wolff & Zwlck er, her builders. After taking on coal the destroyer re turned to Bremerton, where she is to go on the Government dock and have her bottom cleaned preparatory to the offlclal trial trip. For this test no date has been fixed, but It will probably be within the next two weeks. A crew is being trained. The trial course has been laid off by Cap tain Pratt of the coast and geodetic sur vey. It Is one mile in length, and lies be tween Al-Ki Point and Duwamlsh Head. Captain Patterson, of Portland, will com mand the Goldsborough when she mcRces her fast run. Washington Populists In Conference Chairman McLaughlin,! of the Populist State Committee, today issued a call for two conferences of the party leaders. One will be held of Eastern Washington Pop ulists at Spokane. June 21. and at Tacoma on the same day the Western Washington leaders will meet. The call came as a sur prise to local Populists. Many regard the move as aimed at Governor Rogers, who is said to be opposed by a faction of his partv with whleh Chairman McLaughlin Is allied. Large Ship for Cape Nome. Another large steamship, the Centennial, was dispatched to Cape Nome tonight She had 629 passengers and 1200 tons o! HORSE STEALING AS A TRADE. Farmers of Okanogan Have Deter mined to Break It Up. Republic Miner. Sheriff Walsman, who recently returned from Conconnully, where he gave evidence against the alleged horse thieves he cap tured here last month, says that the farm ers of the Okanogan country are thor oughly aroused to the necessity of break ing up the gangs of rustlers which have Infested that district for some time past. Elmer Murray was sentenced to two years In the state reform school at Che halls. Frank Godfrledson and Frank Wil son have been tried and found guilty. Godfrledson Is trying to get a new trial, although there remain two charges of horse stealing against him. Sykes, who was arrested about the same time, has not been tried yet A murder trial Is yet to come up. It grew out of the rustling habits of a few gentry of the Okanogan country. The murdered man was Teputed to be a horse thief and was found dead one day last Fall. The prisoner to be tried Is supposed to have taken the law Into his own hands and rid the county of a nuisance, but the evidence Is all circumstantial. Will Lay Steel Ralls. Pendleton East Oregonian. The O. R. & N. Company has now at work In the mountains east of here a force of engineers engaged in running track centers, preliminary to the laying of heavy steel rails for a great part of the distance between Pendleton and La Grange. These improvements are but a part of the extensive work which has been carried on for several years, and which Is only partially completed. It will make the roadbed and tracks very much better for the heavy traffic now carried on by that company. Messrs. Berkeley Bros., of this city, are also doing some work of Improvement for the same company, being engaged In filling In trestles east of here at points between this place and La Grande, and also In changing the channel of Alkali Creek, up on the Washington division. Thl3 work Is to be done on the Hay Hill. BUSINESS ITEMS. If Baby Is Cutting Teeth, Be sure and us that old and well-trW remedy, Mrs. WlnsloWs Soothing Syrup, for children teethln. It soothes th child, softens the rums, allays all pala. cures wind oillc and diarrhoea. "THE POPULARITY Mm T 9 JLr- maris v ("THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS") is chiefly due to its irreproachable character." x 'The Times. "DRINK NOTHING but Natural Mineral Water, such as Apollinaris, free from all vegetable poisons." Boston JotirnaL 'ttrtrtltr,r1rr- ,.s Ti-,rn- .y imiiinw-llAJg-1 THE BOER WAR RICHARD HARDING DA VIS first article, which appears in the. 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