THE MOBNESG OREGONIAN, BIDAY, JUNE 2$, 1900. CAPTAIN J. W. KERN DEAD THE EXD CAKE WHILE HE "WTAS SLEEPING. Or a Visit to Philadelphia, He Pass ed Away at the Home of a Friend. Captain J. "W. Kern, a -well-known resi dent of Portland, and a pioneer of 1SK, died yesterday very suddenly at the home of John B. Kelly, a. relative, in Phila delphia. Last evening: a message ad dressed to his son, C. W. Kern, -who lives on Powell and East Twenty-seventh streets, announcing: his death, was re ceived by Mrs. Sarah Kern, wife of the deceased. It was a terrible shock for the entire family. It had been but a short time since that Captain Kern left for the East, and he was then In fairly good health, although he had Dut shortly be fore recovered from a dangerous attack of heart trouble, superinduced by acute indigestion. The message contains only the bare an nouncement that he died while sleeping, from an unknown cause. His death was probably caused by fatty degeneration of the heart. Two weeks before he left for the East he had a serious attack at night, and was attended by Drs. Richmond, Kelly and Dav Baffety. For a time It was feared that he could not recover. Dr. Kelly said last night that Captain Kern evidently died from heart trouble, but that when he started East he appeared to be in a sound condition. It is inferred from the dispatch that the captain had gone to the home of John B. Kelly, and had there lain down and fell asleep, and was found dead. He had been East sev eral months before on business connected with the Tange finder, which he had in vented, and this last trip was for the same purpose. Captain Kern was born in "Washington, Castle County, I1L, July 1, 1S38. and came to Oregon in 1S53. Between 18S1 and 1SC5 he had a line of steamboats in opera tion between Portland and Astoria in op position to the old O. S. N. Co. On retiring from that business he engaged In farming and handling real estate in and about Portland. The Kern addition, where Inman, Poulsen & Co.'s sawmill stands, was laid out by him. His home for a number of years has been on the old Kelly place on Powell and East Twenty-eighth streets. He was a man of much force of character, and was well informed. He had a mechanical and practical turn of mind, and his range finder bid fair to prove a success. A wife, a daughter of "Father" Clinton Kelly, and the following children survive him: Loyal B. and C. W. Kern, Eugenia, Be atrice and "Vera Kern, Mrs. Mary Lebo, Mrs. M. Hawes, and Mrs. E. A. Yerex. The remains will be shipped to Portland for Interment. A reunion of the family was to have taken place at Captain Kern's residence tomorrow, but in view of the sad news. The Oregonian has been asked to an nounce its abandonment. EAST SIDE AFFAIRS. Extension of Trolley Lint of Twins. -Epidemic The work of extending the Montavllla car track to the Base Line road is under way, and by the close of next week cars will be running to the Base Line road. At North Montavllla the track has al ready been torn up and removed east from Hubbard street, and the iron Is being used on the extension. About halt the grading and track-laying has been completed along Hubbard street. The poles are being planted for the entire dis tance. This change has been asked for a long time, but it was not till Mr. Thron son took hold and secured the right or way first from the property-owners and then from the County Commissioners that something definite was accomplished. It will furnish a direct railway to Portland to those living on the Base Line and southward. It will also do away with the long climb up the eastern side of Mount Tabor to the railway, which has its terminus at the summit. For several years an effort was made to operate a railway from the summit of Mount Ta bor to Russellvllle, but It failed for the reason It was too expensive to climb the steep hill. It was finally torn up. The short extension on the Montavllla branch of the City & Suburban system is on level ground, and will certainly be of great ad vantage to all the district east of Mount Tabor. There is talk of a still further extension, but for the present it will stop at the Base Line road. However, there is no doubt In the course of a few years that It will be carried further into the interior. Rusnellvllle School Matters. There is quite a little breeze In the otherwise quiet district of Russellvllle over the displacement of Miss Hopkins, who was one of the assistants la&t year. Her friends assert that the majority of the Directors gave her to understand that she should be re-elected, and did not inform her that she had been turned down till Wednesday. They elected Miss Mary Peterson, who had been turned down in the Montavllla district, but did not give out the fact until "Wednesday. A woman in that district said yesterday, in speak ing of the action of the directors: "They disregarded the wishes of par ents generally in failing to re-elect Miss Hopkins for another year. She has given entire satisfaction. They gave her and her friends to understand that she would be re-elected. "When pressed for their reasons for putting her down. they have none to give. They make no charge that she was not competent. Thero is a good deal of feeling in the district. It would seem that the people of the district should have somthlng to say about the selection of teachers." The Directors have not yet elected a principal, the one they expected to get having been secured elsewhere. Epidemic of Twins. By a singular coincidence at the homes of Fred Newell. Mr. Thronson and Dr. O. S. Murry. of Montavllla, all living within a short distance of each other, three sets of twins were born a short time ago. At Mr. Newell's house there were a boy and a girl; at Mr. Thronson's home, two boys; and at Dr. Murray's house, a boy and a girl. Now this Is quite an important event in the history of Montavllla. and some of the residents think It should not be passed without a celebration. The fathers, of course, are naturally a little shy, but it is believed they could be prevailed on to attend a banquet If they were waited on by a delegation of the leading citizens. Pleasnut Home Notes. James Dixon, who has been logging for Groves & Toker, has sold his outfit to this firm. J. S. Otis is quite sick with inflamma tory rheumatism, and ho is not ablo to be out of his house. C. L. Hesse, of Hobnesvllle. Neb., has been looking about the Pleasant Home district with a view to purchasing land. The Christian Endeavor Society will have a celebration on the G. A. R. grounds on the Fourth of July, and ex pects to have a large turn-out. There will be patriotic addresses and music during the day. The M. A. Ross Post, G. A. R.. has three men at work on the annex to the hall, and it will be completed in about three weeks. After the improvement has been finished the hall will be dedi cated with an entertainment, consisting of addresses, music and general literary exercises. The people of Pleasant Home are agi tating the proposition of getting a .tele phone line extended there from Portland, and as thero Is much business done ln that district, it Is thought a telephone line would pay well, from the start. They also hope to get railway connection with Portland In a few years. George Carpenter, of Smith & Carpen ter, has sold out his Interest In the saw mill to J. Zeck, who will continue to operate It In sawing out railway ties. Eant Side Jfote. Jack Penny has returned from Daw son, where he went In the early Spring. He met George and Archie Allen, and was with Archie TurnbulL The weather was too severe for him, and he concluded he would come home. Hiram Burnett, who was in the paint business on the East Side seven years ago, was among his friends yesterday. He is now located In Kansas, and says that since the Republicans got the upper hand, conditions have been prosperous. In the Tenth "Ward, at the Keith build ing, on Russell street, a permanent cycle club will be formed this evening after the election of a member of the council from that ward. The object of the or ganization is to co-operate with the Mult nomah County Association. All wheel men who have paid their tax are eligible to membership. The business men on Grand avenue will have their conference this evening, at the office of Justice Vreeland, with a view to taking action for the Improvement of Grand avenue. It Is desired that there should be a full attendance of all inter ested. Invitations are extended to City Engineer Chase, Councilman Holbrook and also the property-owners to be pres ent. Dr. Wise, room 614, The Dekum. BY A PORTLAND WOMAN, Valuable Painting; Jnst Received by Mrs. Henry Jones. Mrs. Henry Jones has Just received an interesting and valuable painting of a picturesque corner of the French coast from her daughter, Helen Savler du Mond, whose work it is. As a notably fine piece of color It is well worth caro ful study. The view Is taken from Los Martigues, at the mouth of the Rhone, whither Mrs. du Mond had gone from Lyons on her wheel. The vivid blue of the Mediterranean makes a narrow lino of intense color, that stretches across tho canvas and gives the keynote to the en tire painting. Beyond It, against the horizon, in the far distance, is the Span ish coast, shading off into a thousand beautiful tints of clouded violet and rose. From these stand out in hazy indistinct, ness a beetling cliff, and look-out towers. Across on this side of the blue line of waters in the middle distance one of these towers becomes a more prominent feat ure of the landscape. Straggling clumps of trees, their trunks reflecting the yel low sunlight, stretch into the foreground. Blending into the greens and the cooler blue of the shadows, are fitful, half-seen touches of high light, here and there, where some weed a wild flame of color shows itself in the tangle of lush grasses. These run Into soft, low tones of sage gray to the right. The whole is not un like a Southern California landscape, The treatment is broad, and shows a .re markably fine feeling for color. The size of the painting Is 24x36. For a few days it was on exhibition in the window of a First-street art store, but has now, been removed to Mrs. Jones' residence. Frank Vincent du Mond's name Is seen in McClure's Magazine this month, the cover of the June number being his de sign. It is a very clever and beautiful composition, representing three maidens at the loom under an apple txte, which is bursting with bloom. One of the maid ens Is spinning, another holding the skein, while the third cuts the thread. The whole has something of a medieval air to it, and Is doubtless Intended to be a new version of the old story of the "Three Fates," freshened up for the month of weddings, that most fateful month In the entire year. FINALS IN GOLF CONTEST. Bliss Alice Heltahu Won the Koehler Cap F. G. Wheeler the "Wilcox. Finals for the Koehler and T. B. Wil cox cups were played , off Friday and Saturday at the Riverside links of the Waverly Golf Club. Miss Alice Hcltshu won the Koehler cup, after playing off a tie for first place with Mrs. W. B. Ayer. The scores were as follows: Handi Gross. cap. Net. Miss Alice Heitshu C7 owe 2 69 Mrs. W. B. Aver J3 4 69 Miss Carrie Flanders ..76 6 70 Mrs. Holt C. Wilson.... SO 6 74 Miss Laurie King 72 owe 4 76 Mrs. Allen Lewis 84 6 7S F. G. Wheeler won the T. B. Wilcox cup, with a net score of 97, with P. B. GlfCord a close second with a gross score of 100. The scores returned were as fol lows: Handl Gross. cap. Net. F. G. Wheeler .105 8 97 P. B. GifTord 100 scratch 100 A. T. Huggins 103 scratch 103 J. E. Young 10S 4 104 Dr. H. E. Jones 115 10 105 A. A. Wright 110 4 106 Charles E. Ladd 117 10 107 N. E. AVer ... 115 6 109 C. H. Lewis US S 110 D. C. Lewis 125 12 113 A. L. Mills 129 10 119 Wirt Minor 125 4 121 There will be a tournament at the Waverly links on the Fourth of July. Men's open handicap, IS holes, entrance 50 cents, tee off betwen 9:30 and 10:30. Ladle handicap, nine holes, for the P. B. Glfford prize, tee off between 10:30 and 11:30. Afternoon, mixed foresomes, tee off between 1 And 2 o'clock. A baseball game between the married men and the single. Is planned for the afternoon, and a very exciting game Is looked for. MONEY FOR NATIONAL GUARD Oregon's Share From the Federal Government Will Be $8750. The last appropriation by Congress to the National Guard will give the Oregon Guardsmen 5S750. provided there is no in crease In the Congressional representa tion from this state. In the event of the state gaining a new Congressman on the new census, the amount would be In creased one-fourth. Heretofore the Ore gon National Guard has received only $3500, because the appropriation by the Government has been only $400,000. This year it is 51.000,000, and Oregon gets her proportionate share of the Increase. This money is not available for general expenses, but Is only for the purchase of Quartermaster's stores, ordnance and other equipment. The Oregon National Guard now con tains less than 1500 men. This would be about $6 per man from the Government. Added to this Is the $30,000 appropriation by the state, making a total of $26 to each man. A comparison In this connection with the appropriation for the regular Army would not be out of place. At the out break of the Spanish-American War the National Guard numbered a little more than 100.000 men. and theannual appro priation was $403,000. This gave each man an average of $4 from the Government Oregon's men got in addition about $20 from the state, making a total of $24. The regular Army at that time was get ting about $27,000,000 from the Government for the maintenance of 25.000 men, or a. little more than $1000 each, as against the National Guardsman's $24. LOWEST RATES EAST. On account of Democratic Convention at Kansas City, available to all. with choice of five routes. Oregon Short Line ticket office, 342 Third street. nnrr till ! v PnWTnni IT) ! llllr nil I UJN I Kill I I I REPORTED THAT HE OWXS BULK OF KOKTHERK PACIFIC STOCK. Local Railroad Mea Are Interested la -RHJBOr Seme Believe It, Seme De "Sat, Again the report comes across the plains that James J. Hill has secured controlling Interest In the Northern Pacific, and that in ashort time that roid and the Great Xorthern will be under the same management. Railroad men of all sorts In Portland say the report Is news to them, and but few of them are. ready to put any confidence in It. It his become the custom to send out such a report two or three times a year recently, so that no one Is inclined to be lieve the story without tangible proof. DIED FROM HEART FAILURE. GEORGE AINSLIE, PIONEER SASH AND DOOR MAKER. George Ainslle, the -wel-known sash and door manufacturer of Portland, died yesterday morning at his home at 234 Tenth street, of heart failure. He wa3 66 years old, and had been a resident of Portland for 35 years. He was born In Jedsborough, Scotland. He arrived In New Tork when about 30 years old, and from there came to Oregon by way of the Isthmus of Panama. Soon after arrriving In Portland he engaged In the manufacture of sash and doors, the first plant being located at Third and Flanders. This was destroyed by fire twice, and the plant was then removed to Its present location at Six teenth and Pettygrove streets. Mr. Ainslle had succeeded In building up a large business throughout the Northwest, and also had reached out to Siberia and the Orient. He was known throughout this entire country as a business man of sterling honesty, and was a man of great energy. He was married soon after reaching Oregon, and leaves three grown children, Mrs. G. W. Collins, of Den ver. Colo.; Miss Caroline Ainslle and Dr. George Ainslle, of Portland. Mrs. Ainslle died about two years ago. Mr. Ainslle 'had been enjoying his usual health, and his death was a great shock to his family and friends. Testerdav mornine he did not come down to breakfast, and, being an early riser, his son. Dr. Ainslle, concluded at 7:30 to go to his father room and see if he were 111. Upon reaching the door he found his father lying on the bed as If asleep. A newsDaoer was under his arm, as If he had been reading. Upon examination lt.was found that life was extinct. Mrs. Collins has been notified of her father's death, and will probably come from Denver to attend the funeral. , The funeral will take place at 2 P. M.. Sunday, from the family residence. Many of the local railroad men think It is a scheme to boost or depress certain stock. But, whatever It may be. railroad row Is interested in the report. It always is when Hill says something or Is said to have said or done something. There Is one railroad man in town who savs he Is Inclined to believe the report, and this is the way he figured it out : ter, though not so powerful. Is pure, deep yesterday: j and flexible. "When the Northern Pacific got control j The songs selected were peculiarly flt of the large slice of water front In Seat- ' ted for Miss Ward's artistic tempera tie, Jim Hill said he would make that J rnont. There was none of the florid in town regret having let the other road In," trilling evidence. All the songs gave am said he, "and It would not surprise me pie scope for the expression of the various if this was not what he had In mind then, j emotions, from the love songs and sere Seattle was making loud boasts that she j naaes to the sonorous German ballads, now had competing lines of a, strong char- , thence to the Jaunty Fronch chansonetta, acter, and that If Mr. Hill was not good and completed by a round of pathetic they would do business with the other fel- j and S0UifUj Irish folk songs, low. I The opening number was a song in Eng- "Besldes that, the Northern Pacific peo- , llsn -Love Me or Not," by Lecchl. where ple have been unusually active In the . ln Mlss Wood-s extensive range was well Great Northern's territory all along the d,8pjayed. K pretty Italian song. "Gia II Sound of late. They have secured con- SqJ, bv Scarlattl was followed by two cessions and grounds at Everett New , qW Scotch SQ My Boy Tammy" be- Whatcom and one or two other points ; up j particularly well rendered. German ln that country and have about finished ballads by Brahms and Franz opened the pruLunus a ubiu ui r,., ... i ......,. ... There have been some indications that at no distant day the Northern Pacific would parallel the Great Northern's track to Falrhavcn. With only an equal show left at the water points in the Northwest above Tacoma, and with nothing there and the Great Northern getting Into Port land only by proxy. It began to look to Mr. Hill as If the Northern Pacific meant tn f-li', ViItti ttihWa Vow h does not allow other roads to do that very long at tir Tf y, nry't run thorn out. or freeze them out, then he buys them out Played great wealth of tone. A Persian if he can ! son D Burmelster and three songs by "I have not thought he could buy 1 Foote "A Swallow Flying South." "Irish enough stock ln the Northern Pacific to i Folk Song" and "Love Me, if I Live" get control, but he may have slipped up j completed the programme, wherein the on the blind side of somebody. He has j last mentioned well merited tho hearty recently returned from Europe, and it . recognition f ram the audience, must be remembered that a good, big slice j The accompanist of the evening was of Northern Pacific stock Is held over on J Edgar E. Coursen, who added no little to that side. If Mr. Hill was able to get his the success of the concert by his exact hand on that, then, with what he already i and artistic accompaniments. held. It may be that he is in control, as . the dispatches state. Conrt Notes. "It has long been a dream of his to I William Carroll was appointed adminls own both roads, but It was too big an j trator of the estate of his wife. Hannah undertaking for a man even as full of I Carroll, deceased. The property corn resources and plans as Jim Hill. He prises a house and lot at Albino. The would like to make one of them a freight line and the other a passenger line. If it Is a fact that he has the controlling stock in his competing road, this Is the entering wedge to his long-cherished scheme."- RAILROAD MEN PROMOTED. O. R. & N. Recognizes Two of Its Vnftlifiil r.Tnnlnvri. The Oregon Railroad & Navigation company announces tne promotion oi two of Its well-known men. They are D. W. Campbell, who has been chief train dispatcher here for 10 years, and M. J. Buckley, who has been assistant super intendent of the Washington division of the road for some time, with headquar- ters at Tekoa, Wash. Mr. Buckley has been made assistant superintendent of the Oregon division, be- tweeen Portland and Huntington, with headquarters at La Grande, and Mr. Campbell has ben made assistant super intendent of the Washington division, with headquarters at Tekoa. Both men have long been in the service of the O. R. & N. Co. Mr. Buckley was for a long time chief train dispatcher at La Grande. He was then made assistant superintendent of the lines fn "Washing ton, which place he has filled since, until called to take charge of the more im portant lines In Oregon. Mr. Campbell has been with the road as train dispatcher for a good many years. The past 10 years he has heen the chief j dispatcher. Both men are looked upon as among the best in the service of the roadV and the friends of each are elited over the promotions. f Heretofore there has, been no assistant .superintendent for the Oregon division, the superintendent attending to all the duties, but of late the work has Increased to such an extent as to require an assist ant. The appointments take effect July L BEFORE THE MUSICAL CLUB 3IIas Abba Miller "Wood ia Sobri of Various Nations. The fourth and final concert for this season of the Musical Club was given last night at Arion Hall. It took the form of song recital in which Miss Anna Miller Wood was soloist. The hall was filled by the club members and their friends, the audience, as a result, being a thoroughly musical one. Judging -from the generous applause, the critical tastes of Miss "Wood's hearers were fully gratified. Miss "Wood is artistic, both la the Interpreta tion of her selections and in the rendition. A prepossessing manner, coupled with a ' finished style of singing, very early in the programme put the artist and her audi ence in complete rapport. Her voice Is marked for its brilliancy and excellent tone production rather than for Its rich J ness. It is a contralto with an exception ' ally high range. The mezzo tones are j clear and ringing, while her lower regls- .ond seetion of the concert, followed by a German song of the fourteenth cent ury, "WIegenlled," wherein Miss Wood introduced a deeply religious sentiment. Strauss' brilliant serenade was sung ln such a dainty manner as to demand a spontaneous recall, which was gracefully granted. A cycle of French songs con stituted the third section, wherein an old French air "Bergeretti " again demand- j ed repetition. "En Reve' by Chretien, and "Embarquez Vous," by Godard. dis- heirs are Mrs. James Lotan, Mrs. Kate ' Langrais and John, Frank W. and Charles R. Carroll, children of the deceased. Malvlna Braak was appointed admin- lstrator of the estate of Rheinhard Braak, deceased. The property comprises a saloon and other personal effects, val ued altogether at about $2000. The heirs are the widow and three children. Braak also left some Insurance and a home ln the name of the wife. Braak fell off the ! steamer Bailey Gatzert into the Columbia River and was drowned. The body was recovered yesterday at Rainier. ?few Transcontinental Line. CHICAGO, Juno 2S. Beginning next J Sunday the Santa Fe Railroad will have a passenger route of its own between j Chicago and San Francisco. At 10 o'clock tonight the road started out of this city me iirst passenger train scheuled to be operatea over tne new 4CO-mlIe extension from Barstow to San Francisco. The ex tension will be the last link of another transcontinental route, and It will give to fthe Santa Fe the only Chicago-San iTancisco route owned by one company. REDUCED RATES EAST. Call at Union Pacific City Ticket Office, No. 135 Third street, corner Alder, for greatly reduced rates to all points East. Are as small as homeopathic pellets, and as easy to take as sugar. Everybody likes them. Carter's Little Liver Pills. Try them. AT ST. PAUL STREET FAIR PORTLAND MEN ARE ROYALLT EN TERTAINED. City .Is a Blase ef Parple and White Glery Crowd Is Im- ST. PAUL. June 23. (Special corres pondence.) This city is one wild, mad, gorgeous dream of purple. Every store, from that of the largest jobber to the smallest cobbler-shop. Is gay with pur ple and white. The Elks street fair Is the greatest thing that ever happened to St. Paul, and there is nothing- too good for the representatives of the Portland street fair and carnival. We arrived at 11 o'clock, the time when all good Elks think of the absent, but we found our selves very much present. The town was ours from the start. In the windows of the large stores are Illustrative exhibitions of the most elabo rate character. The girls In. the restau rants are clad in purple dresses and white aprons. The women's gowns are gay with purple ribbons, and the men wear purple hatbands and neckties. The city Is crowded. The hotels cannot becln to accommodate the crush, and hundreds are waiting dally for rooms to be emptied. Electric lights are everywhere. Great clusters of 200 each are on every street corner, and they hang in festoons from every large building. Along the center of the street on which are the principal buildings of the fair are strings of 2500 lights each. All of them are supplied by merchants, and the street-car companies furnish all the power required to gene rate the electricity for them. Tho fair occupies a space equal to 26 Portland blocks, all enclosed, and with broad avenues for the Streets of Cairo. On the streets are the India temple, small shows, Mexican theater, and others of a, similar character. The merchants occupy a space of 10 blocks in exhibits of clothing, furniture and goods of every description, all dis nlaved In novel and elegant booths, rich In design and ornamentation. Food pro ducts, minerals, coal, cereals, everything that is produced within 100 miles of St. Paul, is displayed to the very best advantage, and thousands of people ln snert it everv hour. The merchants are vying with one an other in advertising, and they certainly have been lavish in their expenditures. Along the main thoroughfare Exhibi tion street the decorations are superb, and everything is in the most exquisite taste. Music Is everywhere, bands and orchestras filling the air with a concord of sweet sounds. The Elks were glad to see us, and treated us royally. The exalted ruler met us at the depot, and extended to us the hospitality of the city. Since we have been here we have seen a fire a small affair which served only to increase the enthusiasm and a wedding which was witnessed by a crowd of thousands of people. We are going to see the rest of the gay series of spectacles which are on the programme before we leave. JOHN F. CORDRAY. UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH Good Attendance and Enthusiasm Marked First Day's Work. ' Good attendance and much enthusiasm characterized the first day's session of the annual meeting of the Oregon Con ference of the United Brethren Church, which convened yesterday at 8 o'clock in the First Church, East Side. Bishop J. S. Mills, D. D. Ph. D.. of Den ver, Colo., presided over the delibera tions, and opened the session with an extensive Bible study, occupying an hour and a half of, the morning. The bishop contemplated Christianity as far ahead of the former system and said that the age of the gospel was better than the age of the covenant. Questions from the delegates on leading Bible questions brought out much original thought. The business of the conference was then proceeded with. After roll call the conference balloted for a secretary, re sulting In the election of P. O. Bone- brake. Upon motion, it was voted to open the morning sessions at 8:30, and the af ternoon sessions at 2. Conference Committees. The following committees were next appointed by Bishop Mills: Missions H. K. Benson. Church erection R, L. Brown. Publishing Interests P. O. Bonebrake. Education O. V. White. Sunday schools H. C. Shaffer. T. P. C. U. F. H. Neff. Resolutions T. E. Armstrong. Course of reading, first year H. C. Shaffer, J. J. Powell: second year, F. H. Neff, R. L. Brown: third year, P. O. Bonebrake, J. T. Merrill. Devotion C C. Bell, F. E. Dell, Maud Guy. On applicants and candidates " for the ministry J. R. Parker, W. W. Gregory, J. T. Merrill. Boundary and finance C. C Bell. P. O. Bonebrake. J. PIggot, I. J. Powell, H. Sneak. L. D. Holgate. Elders' orders W. G. Fisher, T. W, Nash. Treasurers, missionary society P. O. Bonebrake. . Church erection J. R Parker. Preacher's aid fund J. T. MerrllL Conference collections L. Harter. Beneficiaries' aid F. P. Petit Sunday school collections W. J. Belts. Union Biblical Seminary W. Smith. Philomath College H. Sheak. After the appointments were made the bishop recommended that the conference be declared adjourned until 2 o'clock to permit the committees to enter at once upon their duties. A motion was ac cordingly made and carried to that effect, and an Intermission of three hours fol. lowed. Afternoon Session. At 2 o'clock the conference reassem bled, and short devotional services were enjoyed when the usual business was again taken up. Presiding elder, C C Bell first reported upon his year's work. In part, he read as follows: Presiding: Elder Bell's Report. "To the bishop and members of the Oregon Conference, greeting: By the blessings of Our Father we are brought to the close of anothe year without the loss of any from our ranks for which we bow our heads in deepest gratitude. "There are 23 fields of labor, and dur ing the year a new field has been organiz ed at Waldo, with a membership of 52. Most of the churches are supplied with pastors. The spiritual life of the con ference is in about the usual condition, and Is. encouraging. We have conducted several revivals which have resulted in 200 conversions. The membership will show a fair Increase, notwithstanding the loss of 22 members. Financially, the church is in a healthy condition. During the year four new churches have been dedicated: namely, Tillamook. Beaver. De Moss Springs, and Gravel Ford. Phllo niath College has closed another year with great success, and the attendance is on the increase. "To occupy this Coast as we should, upon our part is needed "wisdom, energy, harmony, a conservation of our spirit ual and material selves, and a mighty In flux of the Holy Spirit to intensify our every effort." Reports of the pastors were next sub mitted, and passed, upon by the bishop. The records showed considerable work accomplished since the last conference. General Dlscasslon. Bishop Mills then instituted an open discussion on the subject. "What Can We do to Increase the Effectiveness of the Church Throughout the Oregon Con ference?" Presiding Elder Bell thought that one means toward the end would bo tho sending of the men who can preach the best sermon for, as he said, the people In most fields judged the minister almost entirely by that qualification. It was also urged that the financial question be managed so that the minister will have to do less begging. Failure was also attributed to lack of consecration on the part of ministers and laity. A minister should have good generalship ln handling his forces. Questions were then addressed to the bishop upon how best to save men's souls and lead religious lives. His answers showed much thought una a tendency to temper justice with mercy. "It was our combat! veness," he said, "and our love of indulging It, that makes us so harsh in our criticism of the shortcomings of others." ., Bishop Castle advised ministers to emu late the tender and beautiful example of the Saviour. At the close of the discussion, the meeting; adjourned. Evenlnr Service. H. A. Thompson, editor of the Sunday School Literature, and representative of the Publishing- House, of Dayton. Ohio, conducted the service last night. He pre sented the Interest of the Sunday school, and gave an able talk on the subject. The conference will continue Its work this morning -at 8:30. PERSONAL MENTION. Charles B. Keller, of Omaha, Is regis tered at the Portland. Charles Foster, of Cathlamet, is regis tered at the St. Charles. C. E. S. Wood will deliver the Fourth of July oration at Seattle. Dr. J. S. Geisendorffer. of Tho Dalles, is registered at the Imperial. James Quinn. of Qulnn's Landing, is registered at tho St. Charles. G. Brown, an Astoria railroad man. is registered at the Imperial. C. J. Littlepage, logger of Latourell, Is registered at the St. Charles. W. C Guthrie, a prominent attorney of Chicago, is 'at the Perkins. Charles R, Brown and wife, of Oakland, Cal., are guests of the Portland. J. R. Jennings, a mining man of Cot tage Grove, is registered at the ImperiaL Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Malcolm, of New Tork City, are registered at the Port land. M. A. Miller, of Lebanon, registered at the Perkins yesterday, on his way to Kansas City. J. M. Lebo, who Is developing a prom ising ledge of coal near Eufala, Wash., is at the St. Charles. Leslie Butler, of Hood River, who ran for Congress on the Prohibition ticket last election. Is at the Perkins. F. C. Reed, wife and daughter, of As toria, registered at the Imperial yester day, on their way to Salem, for a visit. W. M. Colvig, a prominent Democratic politician of Southern Orgeon, registered at the Perkins yesterday, on his return from the East. A. B. Cherry, great senior sagamoro of the Improved Order of Red Men in Ore ron. arrived in the city yesterday from La Grande, and will make Portland his future home. H. S. Jordan, ot Grand Rapids, Mich., brother of Thomas A. Jordan, Is ln the city on a visit. Mr. Jordan is president of the Michigan Chair Company, one of the leading manufacturing establishments of Grand Rapids. R. C. Wills, a business man ol Heppner, registered at the Perkins yesterday, on his return from Reno. Nev. He said the streets of Reno were being torn up by prospectors, who have discovered valu able gold ledges ln the town. Herbert Spencer Johnson, a native of McMlnnville, Or., now pastor of the Warren-Avenue Baptist Church, of Boston, was. married, June 22, at Dalton, Mass., to Miss Mary Crane. Among those pres ent were the Governor of Massachusetts and many persons of high place ln socie ty. The groom is a son of the late Pres ident John W. Johnson, of the -University of Oregon. NEW YORK, June 28. The Boer en voys, Jules Cambon, Ambassador of France to the United States, Bourke Cockran and Professor Adolph Conn, of Columbia College, were among the pas sengers who sailed ln the cabin of the French line steamship L'Aqultane, today. Paths ln Street Centers. PORTLAND. June 2S. (To the Editor.) The question of how to build bicycle paths ln the city seems to be the hardest one to solve by the various associations of riders now being organized. It Is con ceded that most of the money should be spent here this year. I do not presume to advance a new Idea, but spoke to a Councilman-elect today, of an old one, which might be urged more than It has been, and which seems to me the only Practicable one, as I think paths next the sidewalks are not feasible. Taking, for example, a street like Burn side, on the west side of the river; a path of decomposed granite or other good ma. to rial, might be made down its center five or six feet wide, even with the grade, th'e material marking the path sufficient ly. Where it crossed other streets some special construction might be adopted to keep away ruts and holes, which collect water; so far as that might be possible. The middle of the street is the driest and easiest to keep in order. An ordinance should be passed requiring teams to take the side of the street, and cross the path only at the end of the block. Nobody would have to drive far to cross, as blocks are short, and they should turn Immediately to the side they Intend to stop on when they turn down such, a street. A few principal streets with paths like this would do away with sidewalk-riding entirely, and would sure ly not Inconvenience teams nearly a much as sidewalk-riding does the general public now. ROBERT C. WRIGHT. LOWEST RATES EAST. On account of Democratic Convention at Kansas City, available to all, with choice of five routes. Oregon Short line ticket office, H2 Third street. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND. June 28.-8 P. If. Maximum temperature, 70; minimum temperature, SO; river reading- at 11 X. M.. 14 3 feet; change ia the past 24 hours, 0.2 foot; total precipitation, 0 P. M. to P. M., 0 00; total precipitation allien Sept. 1, 1890, 3S.23 Inches: normal pre cipitation since Sept. i.. 1S09. 43.02 Inches; defi ciency, T.30 inches; total sunshine June 27, 13:24; possible sunshine June 2T, 15:48. WEATHER CONDITIONS. Ths high barometer yesterday off the Cali fornia coast has. moved north to the mouth of the Columbia. River. A low-pressure area is central over -Southern Idaho, and ln this and the adjoinlnr territory it Is very warm, with temperatures 90 dejr. or above. "West of the Cascades In Oregon and "Washington It Is much coolor than yesterday. No rain except a few light showers near the coast, has fallen in this district during the last 24 hours. The Indica tions are that It will be fair and warmer Jn this section Friday, and that east of the mountains It will be slightly cooler, with pos sibly thunder showers ln Southern Idaho. THE RIVERS. The Columbia River continue to rise throughout its entire length, but the rate of the rise Is constantly diminishing. The gauge reading at Portland Is now 14.4 feet, and It Will hardly reach 15 feet on the present rise, which will expend Itself within the next three or four days. WEATHER FORECASTS. Forecasts made at Portland for the 23 hours ending at midnight Friday. June 20: TV'ettem Oregon and Western Washington Fair and warmer; winds mostly northerly. Eastern Oregon. Eaxtern Washington and Northern Idaho Probably fair, with south to northwest winds. Southern Idaho Possibly thunder showers; cooler: winds shitting to. westerly. Portland and vicinity Fair and warmer; northtrlr winds. EDWAltD A. SEALS. Forecast Official. WHERE HE MAY. "CUSS' WEBFOOTS RELIEF ON RETURN TO "THE STATES.' W. T. Matlock, of Pendleton, BsclO From Dawsoa, TelU Hoiv Sa- preaaely Grateful He Feels. W. T. Matlock! ex-State Senator oj Umatilla County, has returned from Daw son City, whlcn place he left on the. 24 Inst., after spending several months there. At the Perkins yesterday, ho feald the Dawson mining district had quieted down to a regular business proposition, the flrat great rush having subsided. He thought that about 30.CCO persons had spent the Winter there. A good many men left for Nome this season, but their places have been filled -with newcomers, a constant stream of people arriving at Dawson from Skagway, ia the new. rail road and the Upper Yukon. "The district is producing more gold than ever," Mr. Matlock said, "and creeks that were formerly considered un productive are now yielding welL Thaw ing machines have taken the place of the old-style wood-fire thawing, and they work successfully, enabling the miners to thaw the frozen gravel more rapidly and with less annoyance from smoke, in the shafts." He is of the opinion that Dawson will be a good mining camp foe 20 years yet, even should no more dls .coYerics be made beyond the present pla cer mining section. Mr. Matlock has large interests at Skagway, Bennett, Atiin and Dawson, and is doing an extensive business in trading and packing. He flatters him self that he has done well financially dur ing his two years' ventures in the far north, though he will continue to regard Pendleton as his permanent home, his family belnff residents of the bustling county seat of Umatilla. A good deal of mining is, still being done in the Atlin district, he said, but, of course, the rush has subsided at that point also. New claims are being con stantly opened up and old ones worked with profit, and the amount of gold be ing taken out ln that district will in crease from year to year. "Skagway, too. Is a good town, though not so lively as It was during the first rush. Its present population is about 2000, and being the terminus of the White Pass railroad, considerable passenger and freight traffic passes through the town. The railroad he considers one of the best paying properties in the world, as Its business is enormous. Several hundred men are now at work on the right of way along the shore of Lake Bennett, and ln a few months a 2S-mlle gap will be closed up and a continuous line of rail will connect Skagway with White Horse Rapids, 115 miles distant. This will shorten the trip to Dawson by several days, as It will cut off the most difficult portion of the journey. As a Winter route to Nome, the line down the Yukon will be the most feasible, though, of course, few persons will go that way In the Summer time. Mr. Matlock cannot say that he likes Canadian laws, and he testifies to a strong dislike of them on the part of th American population of Dawson, which he considers forms three-fourths of th whole. "A man can't express himself over there like he can in the Unitet States," he said, "and the embargo on one's tongue is quite oppressive. Let an American go to 'cussing' the Queen over there, as he would the President at home, and he will soon have a row on. his hands, not with the authorities, but with some irate Briton or Canadian, who is not used to having fault found wlttt the government. A sense of relief lx therefore experienced when we get back; once under the Stars and Strips and esq give vent to our pent-up feelings. At White Pass there are two flags, one air American and the other English, within four feet of each other, to designate ths international boundary. Here the train passengers on returning southward stand, up as one man and give three rousing; cheers for the Stars and Stripes, whose defenders may cuss' the powera that be without being accused of disloyalty t Old Glory. Every American Is glad t get back again, and he appreciates the liberty of his own country all tha mor because of the few months' residence un der a foreign flag." ONLY 50 CENTS. Take the O. R. & N. special train tcfi Bonneville Sunday. Leave Union Depot 9:30 A. M. Good music. Refreshment on grounds. Delightful scenery. , NEW TODAY. SHIRT WAIST BARGAIN Commencing today, wo will eell at th special, price of S1.12 each four hundred of tie pet tiest $1.S0 crado shirt waists of the season Tho materials are Madras, zephyr, pcrcala &a& Oxfords. The styles the smartest up-to-dfi.t models, and the time Just when thoy wtH dg .you the most good. OLDS & KING CARPET BARGAINS We will sell you the biggest bargains erea offered ln carpets. Every pattern and yara must go. Beautiful effects ln Brussels, A minster, velvets and Ingrains. All will ba sacrificed during this sale. Now is an oppor tunity to moke money. Eight-wire tapestry Brussels, regular 00c grade. 65o yard; Smith's Best. 9-wire, Brussels, regular $1 grade. 63a yard; Axminster. regular $1.50. $1.25 grade, SOc yard: Smith's Royal velvets, regular $1.58 grade. !5c yard; all-wool extra heavy Ingrains regular $1 grade, 00c yard. !. GEVURTZ, The Homefurntsher, 173-175 First sL, 5f. Wrf comer Yamhill. Chinese Matting Today Only Largs consignment Just in. If sold by bolt 40 yards go for $0; linen warp, Japanese, 4m yards for $S. WM. GADSBY Cor. Washington and First. The Fourth of July U Nearly Mere Call and see our elegant lino of crepe tlsaasf for decorative purposes. The J. K. GUI Co. No Marks Left on Celling Strange as It may seem. DAYTON'S FLTT KILLER used a few minutes evenings ill rl your houso of flies like magic. Telephone tor one on trial. DAYTON HARDWARE CO. 1 Homes on Easy Terms. We will build houses any style or price purchasers ln Til ton's addition, and the srn may be paid for ln easy monthly Installments, extending over a term of years. Streets lm proved, water mains and sewers laid. Best cai service ln the city, and only twenty-five rain ute walk to Third' and Morrison. Title Guarantee & Trust Co. LA GRANDE CREAMERY BEST CREAMERY BUTTER. 40o. Dairy butter 50c. Sfia Sweet dairy butter .SGc, SQo Full cream cheese. 2 pounds 26 Swiss cheeso - ..........23a Cream brick 20 Limburger .......25c and 30a Remember. Saturday Is chicken day. Bacon, bacon, five tons of Eastern sugar cured hocon, 10c pound; Eastern and Oregon ham. 12c: picnic ham, 0c; Oregon and East ern lard. 10-pound pail. 00c. Buy your meats before the advance. La, Grande Creamery Co.g 204 Yamhill. POSTPONED. The sale advertised to take place at the Multnomah Club on Saturday next Is postponed until Saturday, July 7. GEO. BAiCER & CO., Auctioneers.