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. --.-
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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.
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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
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