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V. :'M t OREGONIAN, miWA , JULY 27, 1900. MOtWNTOtW To Be Located on Grand Ronde Beet Lands. 7500 ACRESBOUDHT FOR$23G.000 Hallro ad. Branch, to Cove a Part of tie Scheme-Will Raise Beets for the La Grande Factory, JUl GRANDE. July 25. The largest land fieo! ever made In the Grand Ronde "Val ley was consummated yesterday; when A. B. Conley? the Grand Ronde wheat king, sold'to a land company within the Oregon Sugar Company 7500 acres of wheat land for $31 50 per acre, the total -amounting to $230,000. The sale has been pending for more than a year, and was finally completed' at a late nour last night, wln the exception of minor de tails. Mr. Cpnley reserves all the crops" and gets 000 for as many acres of Summer-fallow. The land, it is understood, will be di vided up into- small tracts, and occupied by a colony of Mormons from Utah, Vhtrse attention will be devoted chiefly to beet culture for the L.a Grande factory. Their coming- will -add several hundred people to the population of the valley. Not the least important phase of the jtraasaction will be the building of a rail "road from a point on the Elgin branch to Cove. The land lies in a continuous tract along the sand ridge on the west Bide of the Grand Ronde River, the near est being" three miles from Cove. Mr. Conley bas owned some of the land for 26 years and is -the wealthiest farmer in. the courfty. He" Is yet by no means out of the wheat business, for be still retains 20Q0 acres,--of fine land. the: red mej? go home. Appointments for the Yenr-Aa At- - . N iempted Jail Break. ASTORIA, July 26. The great council of the Improved Order of Red Men. of Oregon has completed its annuai meeting Before adjournment Great Sachem Cherry announced the following appointments: George M. Orton, of Portland, great sen ap, J H. Stevens, of Xa. Grande, great mlshlnewa; H. Q. "Wright, of Portland, great guard of the wigwam; J. Despain, of Goble, great guard of the forest; J. V. Xiakia and X.. Carstensen, of Portland, and F. Temke, of. ,Te Dalles, great trustees; James Michell, of The Dalles; Xu B. Reeder, of Pendleton, and J. M. Carroll, of Union, committee on laws- and usages; G. M. Orton and J. K. Carr; of Portland, and A. J. "Stinson, of Sumpter, finance committee. Deputies for the different districts were also appointed. Louis Newman and J. Wiley, who are confined In the County Jail to await the action of the grand, jury, made an unsuc cessful attempt to break out today. Dur ing the day the men are allowed the free dom of thejall corridor, and yesterday they started" to dig through, the cement floor, in an 'obscure corner, withtwo old spikes. Jailer Toung discovered the hole this morning, and in the future the men will be closely confined to their cells. A slugsnot made of linen cloth, with a stone at the end, was found secreted in a pile of papers. Both men have desperate records. "Wylie served three terms in the State Penitentiary at. Salem, and New man was formerly an Inmate of the State Reform School. F. "Wolff, of "Wolff & Zwicker, arrived from Fortlatfd today with a force of men. "afctfl'went over to McKxmzie Head to be gin work on taking the lightship oft? that Sfeahde there. Mr. SColff .expresses- confi dence in his ability to tako the vessel ffi without difficulty in- a short time. closing' the census TVORK. Three-Q,uartcrs of Report for First District Sent ta WashlnErton. ALBANY, 'July 26. Supervisor "Winn shipped today two more Dig cases of cen sus returns 'to the Census "Department at "Washington making nine in alL The cases arebf"wood and when filled weigh nearly 100 pounds, but they were sent by maiL It will take about three more cases full to complete the work of this district. A number of reports are yet to be received and several of the enumera tors 'have not yet completed the enumera tion of their district. One man had a Bectlon of" the country of nearly 70 sctuare miles to cover, thinly settled, and he will be some tme at his work yet In cases like this such time, as may be needed Is given the enumerator, the Government not demanding the Impossible. "While in some places reports indicate that figures have been given away, in this district there has been absolute secrecy, accord ing to the instructions, and only guess ing, has been done; .Observation and ex perience, though, have taught that it is not well to place figures too high. R. L. Sabln. of Portland, on behalf of several creditors, has attached the stocks of goods of Peacher & Matthews, In their two drug stores in this city, and they fu?e now in the hands of the Sheriff. The members of this firm were formerly of Portland, ttt evon months ago buy jJnffithe sloelcbf drugs of J. A. Cummlng. Their indebtedness is placed at about $2300, with assets considerably more. " TJXO DIVORCE FOR INSANITY. ' Crazy Person Not Capable of Com mltlnjr Fraud Other Divorces. HTLLSBOfcO. July 25. The divorce case of Herman Schulmerlch against Flora Schulmerich was heard today. In this case the defendant has been in the asylum .ur neany au years, Dut the ground upon which the. decree was'sought was that the wife jyas temporarily insane before trarriage, and concealed, the fact from Mr. Schulmerich; that she had committed fraud, and therefore the marriage should be declared void. The District Attorney appeared ""in' the case and contested the granting of the decree. The court de-welded- that an insane person was not capable of committing a fraud and dented the decree. . Judge McExide today rendered a decree In the divorce suit of Xlllle Meyer against Lewis Meyer of Cornelius, in favor of the defendant This case has been before the court twice, each party asking for a divorce, but the main contest was over three of the children. Meyers was grant ed the decree from his wife on the ground. Qf infidelity, and was awardeQ the-custody of the three older children. B. R. Henry was- granted a divorce from Jennie Henry, on the ground of cruel treatment Court adjourned today until the second 'day bf August ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO KIDNAP. Officers After Bovrlin, Alias Smith, Umatilla County School Teacher. PENDLETON, Or., July 26.-Men broke Into the house of J. B. Bowlin, at "Weston, last night and, it is supposed, tried to kidnap him and his wife. Bowlin is the man from Kentucky over whose extradi tion on Governor Beckham's requisition, there has been much trouble. He has been arrested twice and released each time on habeas corpus, Constables Dykes and Campbell, of Mil ton, had been secured by the Kentucky officers, Moore and Kendall, to make the arrest last night Moore had previously asked Sheriff Blakeley to take the war rant of Governor Geer for a few minutes to showto-a lawyer, then he disappeared. Bowlin. had been, given a certified copy of Judge Hdrtman's order to all officers of r this, county immediately tptui"n.J"ni loose. a tney snouia arrest mm on any war rant alleging the same crime that had been the basis of all these proceedings. The Milton officers went to Bqwlln's house at 10:30 at night presented the sto len warrant and Bowlin made his escape into the darkness. The officers fired -several shots at Bowlin. "Weston citizens offered to protect Bow lin with arms, if necessary, until the mat ter should be brought properly into the courts. Dr. J. A. Best Mayor of "Weston, caused the arrest pf Bowlin on the c6m plaint of Insanity, that Marshal Laven der might hold him safe until placed un der the protection of the courts here in Pendleton. HOP CONTRACTS AT 10 CENTS. Two, Carrying1 20,000 Pounds, Filed In Marion Gounty, SALEM, Or.. July 2C. Two hop con tracts were today filed in the office of .the County Recorder, one between Cord Houghan and J. "Woifard & Co., of Sil verton. Or., for 12,000 pounds of hopv at 10 cents per pound; the 'other between John McCormlck and the "Woifard com pany for $000 pounds, at 10 cents per pound. Both contracts provide for 5 cents to be advanced for picking money. The work of cleaning the walls of, the first two stories ot the Statehouse began today, preparatory to putting on a fresh coat of paint The contract for paint ing was awarded Lemon & Burt of Sa lem, their bid being $1200. The work, however, is to be done under the super vision of Architect D. D. Neer. of Port land. The color Is ta be white, and whan done will add a great deal, to the ap pearance of the interior. . ' Two cases were argued and submitted in the Supreme Court today, as follows: David Brant appellant vs. Multnomah County, the City of -Portland, the East Side Railway Company, and Joseph Sli mon, receiver of said company, respond ents; and a S. Shannon, C. J. John son, William M. Ladd. Caroline A. Lcdd, Helen Ladd Corbett et al., appellants, vs. the City of Portland et aL, respond ents. . - ,Staie .Treasurer Mooro today received a remittance of Cfi.000 .from Linn County to apply on its 1SS9 state tax John Mftlonn. aared. about 20 rears, was today received at the asylum, from Mult nomah County. . " ' " v " THREE FOR THE PENITENTIARY. Two White Men and an Indian Con victed of Stealing: in'Llncoln. TOLEDO. Or., July 2 The District Court adjourned today. In the case- of F. Baker and Bert Griffith, charged with stealing and killing cattle, for which they were arrested last April, both were found guilty and this morning sentenced" " to three years each In the Penitentiary. Wal ter Ben, a Slletz Indian, charged with larceny from the store of Lasky Logan, at the Slletz agency, was found guilty and sentenced to two years In- the Peniten tiary The three prisoners will be Taken to Salem tomorrow. CAPITAL STOCK INCREASED. "Work May Soon; Begin- on the Kin math Falls Railroad. ASHLAND. Or., July 26. Ata directors' meeting of the Oregon Midland Railroad, held in this city. It was "voted' to increase the capital stock of the company to $3,000,000. The. directors intimate that work is likely to be begun at an "early date on the line from Klamath Falls to connect with the Southern Pacific - Snrseon Ordered, to Dutch Harbor. WASHINGTON, July 26. Assistant Surgeon Caroll Fox, of the Marine Hospi tal Service, has been relived from duty at the Port Townsend Quarantine, "Wash., and t ordered to- Dutch Harbor Alaska; Assistant-Surgeon B. J. Bird, of the same service, has been drtlerea"'ffbmSaa:Fran clsco to Capo Nome, for duty In conpec tion with suppressing the expected' spread of smallpox in that community. To Educate- the Children. PENDLETON, July 20 J. W. Gurdane, who was found fatally hurt and soon died near La Grande yesterday, was an un married man. He left $8000 of life Insur ance money, besides considerable prop erty, all of which he willed td the children of his sisters and brothers, to bo devoted to their education. His father has gone to La Grande to bring the body, and it will be buried here. He was a member of the Woodmen of the World, The United Artisans and the Odd Fellows. NORTHWEST DEAD. Mrs. Denny, of Ashland. ASHLAND. Or., July 26. Mrs. Eliza beth Marion Denny, who had been ill for the past seven months, died at her home In this city last night aged nearly 51 years. She leaves a husband and three sons Frederick A., William. E. and "Walter all living in Ashland, x E. M. Garrison, of "Wlilreson. "WHITESON, Or., July 20. Enoch M. Garrison died here July 21, after a short Illness, of stomach trouble. Deceased was a son of Rev. E. M. Garrison, an old pioneer, and a brother of W. J. Garrison, both deceased, and was aged 57 years'. He was postmaster at Whiteson. and one of tho permanent fixtures" of that place. His remains were buried from the Meth odist Church of this city, Sunday after noon, by the Masonic; fraternity. ' Oregon Notes. The wool market contihues dull In East ern Oregon, and the prospects for early activity are, at present poor. The McMlnnville Transcript complains that weeds continue to thrive on some of the town's principal streets. Hon J. D. Matlock returned to Eucens from Alaska on fhe 24th and was mar ried the same day to Mrs. Sarah Durant H. C. Buckman is held in jail at Hugene, default of $200 bonds, to answer to the charge of obtaining goods under false pretenses. A team ran away with Joseph McBee's binder in Benton County last .Monday, colliding with an oak tree and wrecking the machine. The foundation of the new Catholic Church, in Burns, has been completed, and the stone work on too body of the building- Is under way. The handsome new Commercial Club building Is .a solid and perpetual adver tisement of La Grande push, energy and enterprise, says the Chronicle. The Linn County court nas decided to build a bridge across the Santiam at the mouth of McDowell Creek; A bridge has been needed there for a long time. Frank Semit, of Philomath, burned a brush pile. "While the flames were at their height the wind changed, and before the fire could be checked, 20 cords of fine oak were burned. In the contest for the best atendance between the schools of Benton Cbunty district No. 27 agaln,"wins the banner with a perfect attendance. The school with next best attendance Is district No. 16, with 98 per cent The facilities for shipping lumber at Florence are scant TheWest says the Florence Lumber Company's wharf is about filled with- lumber, so the mill will probably shut down in a. day or two, until the arrival of a vessel. The walk for passengers" at the steel bridge across the Willamette at Salem is reported In a dangerous condition for pedestrians. The Sareta Journal says: "In many places on the Polk County side large holes have "broken through the walk and a good-sired child could fail through. Therei are also some bad places on the Marion County side that need Immediate atbsntion." mm RUNNING RA&-S ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS FOR THE "WASHINGTON STATE FAIR. Rnnners to Be Given Fair Show "Wi(Ii the TrottersOther News ot the Yakima Country NORTH TAKLMA. .July SS.-8ecretnry Gunn, of the state fair, has taken up the matter of running raoea fdV the fair with a number of horsemen, who complained that while 45000 In purses had been hung up by the management for the trotting horses, only a few hundred dollars were offered for running races, and the pro gramme contained, nothing but short races f the runners. The secretary ex plained that the commission had not been able to get horses here In the last year or two that would go a mile or more, and had not considered it worth while to put such races on the programme. Again, the large purses are necessary for the trotting horses, which are compelled to enter at least three weeks before the fair GALLERY Op OREGON NEWSPAPER MEN No. 12. A. C. PALMER, OF THE PRINEVILLE JOURNAL. Almond C Palmer was born In Portage County, "Wisconsin, In 1654, trhere he received an academical education apd engaged In teaching. He vrenf to Nebraska'In 1875, from mere to Colorado in 1870. and came to Oregon in 1SS2, teaching until 1884, -when he was elected Clerk of Crook County, serving one term. He then engaged In the mercantile business In Prlns vine till 1SS8H -A hen he vas appointed Postmaster there. He was admitted to the bar In ISOS, and has practiced his profession up te this time. In 1805 he purchased the Mitchell Monitor, remo'edit tcf PrlncvIHe in 1S5W. changing Its name to Crook County Journal. It Is the county official paper. Republican In politics, and on a pacing basts. 2dr. J2almar has been for several years United States Commissioner. opens while the running races are made up the night before they are run. The commission will add, long-distance run ning races, to the programme, and"wUlH mase every euori is arcuigu inr mumus. races that will be "sallafa'Ctory to the owners of horses who- are in attendance. - Hon,. -F. H. Rudkln, of this city, re turned today from Dawson City, where he went about six weeks ago in response to a call from S.O. Medford, an old Yakima resident who has made a for tune in the Klondike, and has become engaged in some litigation. Mr. Rudkln says" that most of the time he was In Dawson the thermometer registered as high as it did ia the Yakima Valley at the same time. , A cool wave last night and today has brought relief to the people of this sec tion, wlio for four days experienced some of the hottest weather the Yakima- peo- pie have had for several seasons. Last Saturday the thermometer registered 101 degrees In the shade. Friday it was 100 degrees, and Sunday 99, according to the Government instrument Observer H. B Scudder says that there have not boon more than three or four days in the last nine years when the thermometer rose above 100 degrees. The "forces opposed to Republicanism" will hold a ratification meeting at LT son's Theater Saturday night Hon. B. B. Preble will preside, and the band will play. Vdcal entertainment will be fur nished, according to J. D. Medlll, of the committee on speakers, by J. T. Ronald and Judge Windsor, of Seattle, and tho Hon. Thomas Vance, of Olympla. The committee on funds reports a plethoric treasury, due partly to the fact that Re publican citizens enjoying McKlnley pros perity have contributed liberally. The Populist "Democratic and Sliver Re publican County Conventions of this coun ty will meet here on the 18th of Septem ber. Populist primaries will bo held on the 14th, and the Democratic prlmar.es on the 15th. The feeling seems to be general among observers of political events In all par ties that thKs is a safe Republican ceunty this year.- Consequently the crop of Fusion candidates does not run so many ears to the stalk or so many hIMs to the acre this season as usual. The Episcopalians will build two churches In this county this Summer. One will be at Pressor and the other at zniah. They will be substantial stone structures. They are to be built under pledges that for five years they wllr be open to the use of all denominations. Two cases of acoidental poisoning were reported today. The 2-year-old son of Fred Brooker and 4-year-old son of Fred A. Hall were the victims. In each case they helped themselves too freely to patent medicines. Both were saved hy the doctors. "WASHINGTON PRESS ASSOCIATION. Business Finished and the Fun of the Session Entered Upon. NEW WHATCOM. July 26. The busi ness port of the present session of the State Press Association was concluded to day with the election of -oillCBrs and the choice of Gray's Harbor as the place of meeting next year, the date of which was left with the executive committee to name. The new officers chosen today are: President John Bull, Whatcom; first vice-president, E. M- Day, Falrhaven: sec ond vice-president, W. H. Imus, Kalama; secretary. Grant Angle, Shelton; treas urer, L. M. Wood, Seattle; orator, Mrs. Minnie Sargeant Pullman; poet Frank C. Thek, Whatcom. Tho greatest rivalry was over the selec tion of delegates to the next meeting of the National Press Association. The suc cessful eight were: Orno Strong, Tacoma; F. B. Schnebly, Ellensburg; B. W. Brlnticall, Olympla; S. L. Alexander, Olympla; A. P. Tugwell, Tacoma; B. M. Price, Olympla; C. "W. Gorham, Index; C. W. Wheeler, Walts-burg- The association deolded today to restrlot Its membership to persqns aotlvely en gaged In newspaper work, and to place all those who have retired from the pro fession on the honorary membership roll. This afternoon the visitors turned from business to pleasure, andv under the chap eronag'e 'of the local press club visited the big salmon canneries located here and enjoyed trolley-car excursions to points of local Interest Tonight the literary part of the pro crammo was rendered in the opera-house. The principal number of which was a pa pef on "The Spirit of the Pen." by "Wash ington's well-known authoress, Ella Hlg-ginson. "WITH HEAVIER MACHINERY. Illinois Valley Placers "Wilt Be "Worked "With New Appliances. A. Anderson, of Chester, England, is registered at the Perkins; He is a, di rector In the English-Canadian company formed for dredging the Illinois River placer grounds, near "Waldo, Josephine County, where a planfhas been Iti opera tion for several months, but the1 machin ery has proved too light fdr best results, and so heavier appliances are now being constructed in San Francisco. The "company has nearly 100 acre's of valuable grOtmd In the heart of 'the till nois Valfey, and a comprehensive system of prospecting has proved the average value of the gravel to be-fully 2S cents a yard. A Chinese company had worked a portion of the land, sunder a lease for about seven years, and made big money with 'their crude- cpplIatjcesThpugh In all that.- time they dfd"iot "reach bedrock, and" the extent of their .operations did not, exceed pne acre. ' Mr. Anderson says the new machinery needed win cost about $12,500, and will probably be In position for working- by Fall. The dredgeboat now at the dig gings will do all right, but .more power ful engines and a heavier series of dredge buckets will have to tie substituted. Tne present plant Is well adapted to a sandy formation. but,the gravel and email bowl ders of the Illlnofs Valley were too much for It Mr. Anderson Is confident that the enterprise will fully Jurtlfy the In vestment,' wheh onda the dredger Is under way". r A Sailor Drovrncd. ABERDEEN, July 26. Martin Benson, a sailor on the schooner A. B. Johnson, was drowned In the ChehnllsRIver here today. He shinned this morning, coming I hero from CentrallOr where" he worked In a sawmill. He was X years old and un married. He was going aboard, and fell In between the dock and the vessel and was not seen afterwards. Idaho Nqtes. . Charles 6. Simpson. ofCorhell Univer sity, Is studying the codlln moth In North Idaho. Street Improvement and preparations for the North Idaho fair are now In full sw'Sy In Lewlston. Farmer Harrlngton!s. crop of oats, six miles west of Kellogg, has been destroyed by green aphides. ' H. L. Chamberlain, .Deputy Internal Revenue Collector, fell from a train at Kendrick on the 24th, and broke an arm. "Warehouses are In course of erection at Lapwai, Sweetwater and.Ba,?alt each 3x20" feet with a capacity of 40,000- bush els of wheat. A. Oderklrk, of Minnesota, has pur chased the Wessels fruit farm, near Lew" Iston, and will bring out his family to reside 'permanently. Professor J. M. Aldrich, of the Depart ment of Zoology, ot the State University, has recently been Investigating the scale and other inEectposts of Southern Jdaho. A. new school building for Moscow will be built to accommodate the largely In creased attendance which Is probable this Fall. Last year the two school buildings were Inadequate, and rooms were rented 6n Main street Gfiotsre Carter, of Post Falls, is suffer ing from severe injuries, received while playing ball. A bat flew from the hands Of a batsman, striking young Carter In the faoc, fracturing the upper jaw, loos ening several teeth and badly lacerat- J lng -the flesh George S. Johnson, manager of the mills at- Harrison, died In a Spokane hospital the night of the 2d. He left a wife and two children, a girl of 6 and a boy 1 year of age. He had been In the country for 13 yeirs, having- moved fronr Indiana with his parents In 1SS7. d. O. Brown, of Moscow, reports that the white pine forest fire at Collins Is not as serious as at fiist reported. It is still burning, but Is confined to a small area, and Is said to be under control. The large barn of Charles Carlson, about a mile and a half from Collins, was burned by the fire. The home of. County Sur veyor Calkins also burned, no other dam age Is reported except that the timber on several claims has been injured. J. W. Kane, a freighter, about GO years old, was accidentally killed at Lewlston on the-24th, by being run over by "his own r wagon near the Raymond house. Kane naa Deen in tne city axi aay securing a load of freight for a merchant at Forest and was ready to start home. He stepped' out on the tongue of his wagon after stopping the horses, to fix something on the harness, when he slipped and fell to the ground. The horses, becoming fright ened, started up. The front wheel of the heavily-loaded wagon broke" his ribs, which pressed? Into hlsheart, causing In stant death. --.- .. - , v " A " , . ... V- .. . . TANANA'S RICH. GRAVEL YIELDS 40 CENTS TO THE PAN "WITHOUT GOING TO BEDROCK. Stampede On From Other Parts of Alaska and Yukon Territory Many Riaher Creeks. PORT TOWNSEND, "Wash., July 23. The steamer Cottage City arrived this afternoon from Skagway, with $300,000, $360,000 of which belongs to Dr. P. D. Carper, dt Chicago, thebalance belonging to tho ether SO passengers from Dawson, among whom were W. M. Liggett and wife. Liggett iB a pioneer of the Klon dike, and owns a claim on Eldorado, which ha yielded larse returns. He says that Winter drifting will soon be among past methods in Yukon mining, and in future Summer drif tlngv which has been tried this season, will give better returns. The object of his visit out Is to ship machinery in for drifting on his claim next 8ummer, and nearly ail clalm- owjnera win, aaopt inis meuioa oi minuiB. Ho reports exceedingly warm weather at Dawson. The first 13 days In July the thermometer registered 79 at 10 o'clock at night while the days were so hot that men were unable to work. Tanana Is enjoying a gold excitement, and a stampedo Is on from Dawson. Charles S. Rogers, a mining engineer, writing from Circle City, says: "Two men arrived here from the newly discovered diggings on Faith, Hope and Charity and MeManus Creeks, tributaries of tho Tanana, and more than confirmed tho best previous reports as to promising prospects there. They brought over somo of the gold panned out on Faith, Homestake and Hope Creeks, and report that on the claim- below Discovery, on Faith, 40 cents to the pan has been found in seven feet of gravel, bedrock not yet having been reached. "Where bedrock crops out on 8. bolow Discovery, on Hope Creek. $3 25 was taken out of three pans. On Homestake Creek Pat Kennally Is getting 23 cents in gravel. There are now 150 people at the new diggings, quite a number of them being people who start ed from Dawson over tho Ice for Koyu ktrk, and on reaching there switched off for the Tanana. The diggings are about 125 miles from? Circle Clty and the trail Is reported very bad. Everybody who has returned from there seems pleased and satisfied that they have something good, and come from there only to get supplies and gO back again. Mallcarrler Carr, writing from Tanana, confirms reports, and says sample pans on Faith Creek run from $1 to $1 io each, and hundreds of men are arriving dally. NOME CROWDS DISPERSING. How Prices Have Dropped Saloons and Gamblers Too Numerous. PENDLETON. July 26. Henry F. Pierce, formerly -f his town, writing front NOme July 9, says: "Fully 15,000 people have arrived here from the States, and they have already started ,to go back 3-300 having gone week before last They are also- going Into the Interior and down the coast so that there are no-more than 7000 or 8000 now In Nome City. There have been 13 cases of smallpox, but only one death so far. Most of the new people have had a rath er hard time, between shipwreck and shlp lng to much supplies In here. Pumping plants that cost $2S0O outside are sold here for $300. Potatoes costing $4 2 a crate to land them here sell for $L Sa loon outfits costing JCOOC bring $2020. There has been very little buying and selling of real estate, and trading in mines has hardly begun, bui I look for activity later In that line. "After a series of disappointments, things are coming my way. My cargo of vegetable? on the Pltcaira was almost a total loss, but I am doing well with my pr?mps.one of them at TTopkofc netting me now $400 a day. Another pumping plant I will have In operation In a day or two on Penny River. "I have purchased a one-quarter inter est In a quartr mine, from which I ex pect good returns. It Is assaying $33 87 on the surface. Is a well-defined ledge 11 feet wide, artd Isr in my opinion, the best quartz proposition In Alaska. We were offered 510XX) for our bargain this morning, but refused fhe offer. We have men at work developing the claim, and it will soon know whether we are right In thinking so- highly of the prospects. "Exchange Is very high. It costs enor mously to send out money, and In selling the gold dust here one loses 20 per cent" Dr. J.'C. Christie, of Salt Lake, who Is directly from Nome, is emphatic in his statements that the Government must take hold of the matter of relief for Cape Nomcrs, else here will be much suffering during the Winter. Dr. Christie says thou sands are stranded; In fact, most of those who went to that country are now with out a dollnr, and wfil be unable to secure work or strike anything that will yield a revenue. It Is not a case of mere dis comfort he says, but one of actual neces sity. He stated that exorbitant prices are .charged for anything which Is limited In supply. For three miles on the beach merchandise Is scattered, and there Is enough Uquor to supply Nome City for the next five years. People seem to have In vested mostly In saloon fixtures, liquor and gambling" devices, and these are now a drug on the market UPPER YUIvOX STEAMER "WRECKED The Purser and T-nro "women: Passen gers "Were Drowned. 8EATTLB; July 26. A special to- the Times from Skagway, Sunday, July 22, says: Upper Yukon steamer Florence S. was yesterday wrecked in Thirty-Mile Canyon, on Lewis River. The purser and two women passengers were drowned. The purser was named Maltby, and was long 'connected with the Customs Service at this point and Juneau. He has. a brother ;' at Juneau. There were 24 tons of freight on board when the steamer turned turtle. The Florence S. was owned by Humboldt Gates, of Dawson, who purchased hdr from Captain James Falrburn. The. con sideration was understood to be $10,000. She was operated as an independent boat and was not connected with any of tho other lines. Commissioners Hlttman, for the United States, and King, for Canada, yesterday completed the location of the provisional boundary line on White Pass summit and will tomorrow go to the Chtlkoot summit to perform the same service there. No change In existing conditions will result on White Pass, as the Una was clearly de fined there. SMALI.POX FROil CAPE SOME. Man Swam Ashore nnd Spread Dis ease at Unalaska. VICTORIA, B C, July 26. Smallpox has come out from Nome, notwithstand ing the vigorous quarantine, according to the report given by the passengers on the Manauense. which has arrived from St Michael. When they were at Dutch Har bor, where they were delayed three days owing to a coal famine, the passengers heard a report that a man who swam ashore from a schooner off TJnalaska had spread tho disease there. One case was reported. The Manauense reports that a stampede took place July 13 from St Michael to a point 10 miles from the city, where gold bearing sand was said to have been dis covered. Many returned that night and reported that they had found little gold. O. R. Clow, of Chicago, a-passenger, came -from Koyukuk district When he left there, on July 5r there were about 500 neople in tho district . Tho Nome Gold Digger of July 7 soys: "Quarantine. Officer Call said last night f that,' notwithstanding all reports, there were but 13 cases now In the smallpox hospital. 'This is exact he saict 'Sev enteen were reported, but not verified. The one who died was W. Wormsley, of Texas.' " "Numerous Eskimos hereabouts are af flicted with a curious disease, much like the Influenza or grip, which, has already caused several deaths and threatens , to be fatal with many others. It is the samo disease, apparently, that attacked the na tives at Point Barrow and across from the DIomedes on the Siberian shore, a few months ago." Sk&srway Treasurer Commits Snlcide SEATTLE, July 25. W. L. Metcalf. Treasurer of the City of Skagway, com mitted suicide by shootlrig himself In the head on July 20. The cause for the deed Is not known, apparently, even among In timate friends of the deceased. Metcalf was 32 years old, a native. of the State of Washington, and unmarried. He went to Alaska in the early 'SOs, residing at Sitka, Juneau and finally at Skagway, during all of which time he held many positions of trust He was a member of the Elks and the Arctic Brotherhood. His parents re side in Seattle. The Nome Tundra Burned. SEATTLE", July 25. A special to the Times says: Cape Nome was treated to a great con flagration early In this month. Miles and miles of tundra was burned oVer and many native homes destroyed. The Are began close to the eastern suburbs of Nome and swept the country from tho outer edge of the sand beach to the foot hills and far below Cape Nome, so that the-surface, looks like a vast prairie that has been burned over. Miners Ffom the Klondike. VICTORIA, B. C, July 28. The Cottage City arrived this afternoon, bringing about $100,000 In gold. She had a number of Klondlkera on board. News was brought by her that the miners had found rich placer diggings at the headwaters of the Yukon. Over ECO miners had stam peded to finds in Glacier Bay. QUICKSILVER. MINES. "Works at Blapk Butte Run to Their Full Capacity. COTTAGE GROVE. Or., July 26. The Black Butte quicksilver mines, located 18 miles south of here, are operating their plant to Its full capacity. W. B. Dennis, of Spokane, has charge, and Is very much pleased with tho showing. It Is working 0 to 60 men, and the reduction works are running day and night Developments have been In progress since last October and large bodies ot ore are available. Mr. Denis says this promises to rival the great quicksilver mines of Callrornla. Mining- Stock Quotations. ' Following are the transactions at the Oregon Mining Stock Exchange yesterday: Bid. Adams Mountain $000 05 Buffalo 14 Copperopolls 5 Fouis Dredging Co.. 100 0O Gold Hill & Bohemia 5 Gold Hill High Line Ditch Goldstone Consolidated ... Grizzly Helena .- Helena No. 2 Lost Hone May Quen Mountain View Oregon Colo. M. M. & D.. Riverside Rockefeller Sumpter Free Gold SALES. Adams Mountain 1000 shares at 5 Buffalo lOOOat 1 Copperopolls 1000 at 5W Goidstone Consolidated ,.... 1000 at 3&a Grizzly v 1000-at 3 Helena 100Oat3O 9000 at SOS 600t30 1000 at 301 Helena No. 2 . 14000at C-" Lost Horse 4000 at 2'n ' . 500 at 2t Mountain View 1000 at lVa lOOttat 1 May Queen .-.. 9000 at 2& Oregon-Colorado w..... 1O0O at 5 Blaclc Cat Free Gold..... SOOOat 3$5 SPOKANE. July SJ-The' closlns-.bids' for mining stocks today -were:-. Blacktall $0 lOlMdrrfson $0O0 Butte & Boston. RiVnhlf V1t 5ti Deer Trail Con. Evening- Star .. Golden Harest. r. x. l- Insurgent Iron Mask Lone Pine Burp. Morn. Glory .... 43i Princess Maud".. 1 7'4 Rambler Cariboo 21 IRepubUo &Qi 10 Reservation .... 8'm 3sRo84land Giant.. 2 24 Sullivan 10 lO ITom Thumb .... ,13 2ThI Athabasca. 29& SAN FRANCISCO. July 20. Tho official clos ing quotations for mlnlng'stocks today were: Alta. $0 OotJustlce $0 0T Alpha Con. 6 Mexican 16 Andes 4OcctdentaI Con ... 7 Belcher 15iOphlr 60 Best & Belcher... 20Overman 7 Bullion l.Potosi 12 Caledonia 72Savage 11 Challenge Con .. . 13(Seg. Belcher ...... 2 Chollar 13 Sierra, wevaaa Confidence GO Silver Hill 68 Con. Cat & Va... 1 45h5tandard 4 30 Crown Point 12 Gould & Curry... 22 Hale & Norcros3.. 22 Union Con 10 Utah Con 8 Yellow Jacket .... 20 NEW YORK. July 20. Mining stocks today closed as -follows: Chollar $0 MfOntario $6 00 Crown Point lOjOphlr 62 rnrr. f!l. A-Va... 1 35iPlvmOUth 10 Doadwood 40JQuIcksllver 1 50 flniiM A Ourrv 2iM do Dref 6 50 Hale & Norcross.. is Sierra Nevada. . Homestake 50 OOiStandard Iron Sliver 50:Unlon Con Mexican l2Yellow Jacket . 4 0O 15 IS BOSTON. July 26 Closing quotations: Adventure $0 02 lOsceoIa $0 604 AlIouesM. Co.. 1 iParrott 40& AmaL Copper .. KW,Qulncr 1 30 Boston & Mont. 2 90 iSar.ta Fe Copper JVt Cah &. Hecla... 7 43 (Utah Mining ... 28 Centennial 10Wlnona 2J5 Franklin 13 1 Wolverines 3Sft Humboldt w... 25 I "Want a Stock of Eels. VANCOUVER. "Wash., July 26. A peti tion Is being circulated among residents of the Fruit Valley and Iake Shore neigh borhoods, In thi3 county, asking tho "United States Fish. Commission to stock the waters of Vancouver Lake with sliver eel. Vancouver Lake Is located about three miles northwest of this city. It Is about 10 miles In length by three wide, and Is believed to be admirably adapted to the propagation of eels. Wosningrton Note. A telephone line is being- built between Loomls and Chesaw. Smallpox of a virulent typo is reported among mill hands at Prairie. A man from Salem, Or., Is putting up frultdryers at Colfax and Latalr. Spokane's Board of Directors will open bids for school supplies August 6. Many additions are being made to wheat warehouses in Eastern Washington. John J. Schick has soTd the Walla Walla Watchman to A. H. Harris for $1600. Seattle's pesthouse now contains 12 smallpox patients all In good condition. , Tacoma telephone girls have petitioned the company for a 10 per certt Increase of pay, Theo Wolf, living near Rulo Station, lost 300 acres of grain by Are the night of the 24th. Roy Miller, 16" years old, was killed on Vashon Island,, the 24th, by a tree fallings upon him. President Hill, of the Great Northern, and party will leave St Paul about Au gust 1 and arrive on Puget Sound- the 6th. Dr. Abble Winegar, a noted woman physician from the Battle Creek sani tarium, is in Spokane, and will visit rela tives at Milton, Or "The presence of an automobile on the streets of Seattle Is a curiosity," says the Times, "and attracts the attention of thousands of observers' Search "of Tacoma's jail revealed a dag ger, a skeleton key and an Improvised sledgehammer. It Is supposed tne prison ers had planned to break Jail. T. W. Carpenter, an attendant at the Medical Lake Insane Asylum, was at tacked Saturday by a patient and re ceived a. fracture of the collar-bone. Walla Walla County has been very un fortunate about Ares in- grain fields this .- Asked. $000 03& 5Vi 105 00 5V 104 20 3fc 4 S 314 304 30 21.4 3 24 2 lja IS 8 5& 2 10 , Si year. It Is thought not less than 100,000 bushels of wheat have been burned Half a mile of new water mains will spon be laid in Walla "Walla, Including an eight-Inch pipe on First street, ffom New ell to Whitman, and a six-Inch lead to connect with the garrison. J. B. Shrock. of Bltsvllle, who was re cently arrested and taken to Kansas on a charge of arson, has returned, having been released on bonds pending -trial, w.hlch will take place In November. Nlney-flve veterans of the Spanish American and Philippine Wars have so far signed the roll of the company form ing In Seattle in anticipation of the Gov ernment's needing their services in China. The receivership case of Lloyd Arm strong against the Walla Walla States man has been settled. Armstrong gets out with a loss of $250 for his six weeks ex perience with partners of opposite politi cal faith. A Rough Riders' Club Is to be formed In Spokane, to wear khaki uniforms. It expects to escort Roosevelt when he comes to Spokane In October If he comes and to participate generally In the'Pfesl dentlal campaign. Since the City of Walla Walla came into possession of the water works In 'De cember last, 62 service connections have been made. This Is a greater number than was ever put In during an entire year by the water company. North Yakima reports several transfers of sheep in the past few days, at satls factqry figures. Dan Goodman sold 2200 lambs at $2 40 each, and numerous bucks at $25 each. The demand ,for sheep Is greater than for many months. The bitterly contested Chinese murder trial at Colfax has resulted in the ac quittal of Wong Yee, who killed Ching, a gambler, last May. The jury was out 11 hours. Its verdict Is not popular. Wong Yee left Immediately for Spokane. The contract was let In Spokane yester day for the additional plant to bring the Northport smelter "up to a dally capacity of 1100 tons, says the Spokesman-Review of the 25th. The additional plant in cludes a steam-power engine with a max imum capacity of 600 horsepower, a Brad ley furnace of about 300 tons dally ca pacity, and Connersvllle No. 8 blowers to correspond. An unusually large number of painters are now at work In Tacoma. Many busi ness houses, as well as dwellings, are undergoing renovation. Buildings that through the dull times were allowed to become shabby and out of repair are now new and bright, with new foundations in many cases -where the original founda tions were of cedar blocks, -with new rOofs and many other Improvements. The Tacoma Smelting Company is sulngr Dennis Ryan to recover on a note of $4250, made In 1891, which now amounts, with interest, to $10,000. A strong technical de fense Is being made, and the case has been submitted In briefs. Ryan was the builder of the smelter. He was formerly regarded as a millionaire, and was one of the mosC prominent citizens of St. Paul. It was he who erected St Paul's best hotel. The Ryan. Spokane's burglaries continue, despite arrests of two or three notorious charac ters. The night of, the 24th, one of the predatory gentry cut his hand In a win dow of M. W. Fisher's residence, and, after getting Into the house, bathed his wounded hand, leaving a pan of water in the kitchen sink red with his blood. He ransacked the house, barely missing a purse containing $15, but '"took little of value. The army worm Is a voracious creature, sure enough, says the Morning Olympian. A few days ago Thomas J. Miller caught a number of the worms and placed them in a tin box which ho keeps at his office. Yesterday when he looked into the box several of the worms were gone; they had been eaten by their cannibalistic mates. One big fellow seemed to be the chief worm-eater, and Mr. Miller Is sat- rlsfled that Tvlthln a day or two the "slant".' will have the box all to him self.' Francis Murphy, the groat Irish apostle of temperance, has decided not-.to visit Spokane, says the Chronicle, because the city's ministers refuse any assistance ex cept t furnish a church free and a com mittee to count the collections, requiring him to defray all other expenses of the meetings, which he says he Is unable to do. He does not advocate prohibitive laws, because he says the only prohibi tion possible Is the stern resolve of a man's Intellect to stop its use and to encourage others to do the same. PAUL CROMWELL The Colored Specialist Has opened up his office at 235 Hall street corner Second, and will sell his medicine as usual. Medicines for all kinds of chronic diseases. The Dr. Sanden Electric Belt with at tachment for men, gives strength and overcomes the effects of early Indiscre tions or later excesses. Six thousand gave willing testimony during 1S99. Es tablished 30 years. Write for free book explaining all, or drop In at my office and consult me without charge. My Electric Appliances Are a Sure Cure. Call Men." or write for "Three Classes of DR. A. T. Cor. Fcurih and Morrison PORTLAND OREGON The Oregon Mining Stock Exchange Auditorium, Chamber ot Commerce Bid?., O. box 670. ' Portland. Or. Telephone Main 810. J. E. Hasoltine, Pres.: David Goodsell Treas.; F. J. Hard. Sec Directors L. G. Clarke. J. E Haseltine, Da vid Goodnell, P. J. Jennings, t G. Davidson. F. V. Drake. E. A. Clm. THE GOLD HILL & BOHEMIA -MINING CO. owns four flrst-class quartz mining proper ties; three of thm. embracing nlr.e claims, being in the Gold Hill wining district. Jack son County; Oregon; and one ot them, em bracing seven claims, being in the- very heart of the Bohemia mrolng camp. Capital stock. $100,000 00; 40 per cent of stock in treasury; all promoters stock pooled. Listed with the Oregon Mining Stock Exchange. In vestigate. Davidson. Ward &. Co. (members of. the Oregon Mining Stock Exchange), 403 Chamber of Commerce, phone Clay 833r Strength for Men Jgf-