THE MORNING .OREGONIAN, MONDAY, JULT 30, 1900.
LOOKSBADFORFRINK
Small Chance of His Indorse
ment by King County.
CITHER HUMES OR GUIE WILL GET IT
dr There May Be & Divided Delesra-
tion to the State Convention
The FItfht for Sheriff.
SEATTLE, July 29. The backbone of ex
Slate Senator Frink'a campaign for the
Governorship Is Sheriff "Vandevanter. If
Vandevanter's support were for any rea
son to be withdrawn, there would be
nothing left for Frlnk to do but to give
up and retire before it could be demon
strated how weak he is standing alone
as a "Wilson candidate. Vandevanter does
not carry the burden of the Frlnk can
didacy from choice, but because he must.
His uniform political method heretofore
has been to do his utmost for Vandevan
ter, and for nobody else, and he made
jjo fast alliances with any one. "When
Mayor Humes tied up with State Senator
John "Wooding, who also wants to be
Sheriff, it was inevitable that Vandevan
ter take a stand with Frlnk. Vandevan
ter has always been a remarkably suc
cessful promoter of his own political wel
fare, but this 1b probably the first time
in his career that he has been identified
closely and for more than a few days at
a time with any Interest except his own.
This is not at all said to his discredit,
but simply to illustrate one singular phase
of this very extraordinary campaign. On
the other hand, Humes' combination with
"Wooding seems to have been good poll-
tics. The great body of the Vandevan
ter strength heretofore has been the
country districts; but its main prop has
always been "Wooding. Now, Humes was
certain that if he did not molest Vande
vanter, and permitted him to bring in
the country delegations In his own inter
est and nobody else's, they were quite
likely to be employed against him. There
fore it was natural that he should seek
to break down Vandevanter, and to do
It he made a compact with "Wooding. It
must not be understood that "Wooding
came out for Sheriff merely because
Humes asked him to do it His friends
declare that he stands entirely on his own
merits in that matter, and that the south
county district, where he and Vande
vanter are from, is for him because It
wants him and does not want Vandevan
ter, who has thrice been nominated for
Sheriff and twice been elected. Now, they
say, it Is 'Woodlng's turn. If the matter
were to be left solely to the country dele
gations, from both the north and south
districts, it Is unquestionable that "Wood
ing would easily defeat Vandevanter. The
problem the former must solve In order
to be successful Is to get a good propor
tion of the votes from this city. Curi
ously enough, Vandevanter Is strongest
in Seattle, where Humes Is also strong
that is, with he saloon element. He Is
making most determined efforts to take
the First "Ward (the tenderloin), the Fifth
Ward (Pike street) and the Sixth "Ward
(Belltown) away from the Mayor, leav
ing the residence portions to his associ
ate, Frlnk. He has done more. He has
in each of these wards 'Offered to abandon
his Frlnk connection -and .consented to
return of Humes-Vandevanter delega
tions. If this were done, Frlnk would not
have a Corporal's guard in the conven
tion. But Humes has refused, and is
fighting both Vandevanter and Frlnk in
these wards, as he is everywhere else In
the city.
The Frlnk people profess to be making
a moral campaign and to stand for the
decent elements of the community. But
they assume a virtue they do not have.
As a matter of fact, the campaign has
descended to a tremendous struggle for
the saloon and gamblers' vote of "the city.
The latter are not Important or numerous
or very influential but the former are.
Both sides are pursuing precisely the same
tactics, have adopted identically the same
methods. The saloon element Is natu
rally friendly to Humes because of his
so-called "liberal policy," which puts the
saloons and gambling-houses under pub
lic police espionage, and Is designed to
defeat any scheme of private blackmail.
This is the system, by the way, that was
recently adopted in Portland. The policy
Is entirely satisfactory to the people of
Seattle, who seem toUhlnk that its moral
ity Is sound, and have twice elected
Humes Mayor because he stood for It.
Now, while Humes has behind him the
whole power of the city administration.
Vandevanter is Sheriff, with all the au
thority of that office, and with the cour
age and the disposition to use it ih any
way that will do him the most good. Thus
we find the saloon men in position where
they "could be happy with either, were
t'other fair charmer away." The saloon
men do not fall to remember, however,
that if Humes is defeated for Governor
he will still be Mayor for two years,
while Vandevanter's term expires In six
months. They would be entirely willing
to be for both Humes and Vandevanter,
but owing to the nature of the contest
they will not be permitted to be. It Is
likely that the lines cannot be accurate
ly denned throughout between Humes and
"Wooding on the one hand, and Frlnk and
Vandevanter on the other, and that some
of the Humes votes will escape to Van
devanter. In detail, Humes claims that through
his "Wooding connection he will have at
least 80 votes n the south district, and
that on his own account he will get at
least ISO out of 250 delegates from the
city, and from 60 to 70 In the north dis
trict. This would give him In the neigh
borhood of 300 votes out of 459 in the con
vention. Humes says he will have the
First "Ward solid, three precincts out of
four in the Second, two out of three in
the Third, four out of six In the Fourth.
Ave out of six in the Fifth, the solid
Sixth, except possibly the first precinct,
and the solid Eighth, save possibly the
first precinct. In the precincts which
this estimate apparently concedes to the
opposition Humes is making a hard fight,
and he declares that he will carry some
of them. In other words, there is not a
precinct in -city or county, except the
Seventh and Ninth wards, where he has
not an organization and active lieuten
ants, and therefore every one of them
Is either certain for him or at least doubt
ful ground. This is not true of the Frlnk
campaign, though there are few places
where some sort of movement is not being
made in his behalf or of Vandevanter's.
In the Seventh and Ninth "Wards the
Humes men are doing nothing, having left
that field to Gule. Frlnk claims a ma
jority of the convention, but does not
give figures in detail. . .
A few words now as to the Guie 'can
didacy: Gufe had been a loyal supporter
of Humes in his Senatorial fight two years
ago, and all his political connections were
with the Mayor and his friends. He was
and is an avowed anti-Wilson man, and
Is looked upon by the Spokane man as
both a political and a personal enemy.
The Gule candidacy was hailed by the
Frlnk-WUson combination as a formidable
breach In the Humes ranks, and as open
ing up an opportunity for their candi
date to slip Into a nomination. There Is
no question that the Gule defection was
disconcerting to the Mayor and his fol
lowers, but they wisely held their peace,
with the result that that has happened
which might have reasonably been ex
pected to happen. Gule demanded that
both Humes and Frlnk concede to him
his own ward, the Seventh. Humes read
ily consented, and kept out. which led
promptly to the suspicion on the part of
the Frlnk people that, despite the appar
ent division between Humes and Guie,
there was a thorough understanding.
Therefore they made the mistake of in
sisting on fighting Gule In his own ward.
The Humes workers took stand there with
the Guie men, and there followed from
"Wilson's Post-Intelligencer bitter and vln
dlctiye denunciation of Gule as Humes'
Btool-plgeon. Of course, the effect was to
cement the Humes and Gule men in their
purpose to give the latter the delegation
from the Seventh "Ward. The Guie fight
then extended to the Ninth "Ward, where
Humes has never been strong. Thus it
transpires that Humes and Guie are In
conflict in no part of the city. Guie will
undoubtedly carry a majority of his own
ward, probably all Its four precincts, and
a part of the Ninth Ward. He will pick
up a few ccatterlrig votes elsewhere, and
will likely come into the convention with
somewhere from 50 to 80 votes. If Guie
has the balance of power In the conven
tion, it will undoubtedly be found that he
will insist that both Humes and Frlnk
come to him. If he has "not. he will be
eliminated as a candidate, unless, indeed,
the convention is able to reach no sort of
amicable conclusion and sends a divided
delegation to the Tacoma convention.
The Humes managers have from thel
first persistently endeavored to fasten the
Frlnk candidacy on John L. Wilson, and
they have admirably succeeded. Wilson
in his Post-Intelligencer has been fight
ing desperately for Frlnk. At one stage
of the campaign It was necessary for the
Wilson-Frink organ to stop la its aston
ishing course of abuse and personal vi
tuperation of Is opponents (the character
istic Wilson method) and deny, on au
thority of Mr. Frlnk and R. C. Wilson, an
ex-State Senator from Clallam and Jef
ferson, that Frlnk had anything to do
with Wilson, or Wilson with Frlnk. The
Humes men then adopted the old device
of causing a letter to be written to Post
master Stewart, a Wilson appointee, who
is peculiarly the representative of the ex
Senator In this county. The correspond
ence was outlined in the dispatches yes
terday. In full it is as follows:
Blaine. Wash.. July 23. 1000. Hon Oorie
.M. Stewart, Postmaster, Seattle, "Wash. Dear
Sir; I have been doing- everything in my power
to help Mr. Frlnk In this county, believing
that in so doing- I was helping Senator AVIUon,
to whom I feel under obligations for an act
of kindness to one of my closest friends. I no
tice by recent issue of the Post-Intelligencer
that Mr. Frlnk is not with Senator Wilson. I
am very much surprised at this, as Mr. Wing,
Mr. Tremper and others who are under obli
gations to Senator Wilson are working hard
for Mr. Frlnk. I have contributed In What
com County toward bringing this In line for
Senator Frlnk. and am willing to contribute
more if it is assisting Senator Wilson; but be
fore doing so want to ask rou In conlldence
If It will be of any benefit to Mr. Wilson, as
1 our primaries are very soon now. I hope you
win ses me ngnt on this at an early date.
Awaiting your reply, I am, yours very sin
cerely, s. C. ANDERSON.
Seattle Postofflce, Office of the Postmaster,
Seattle, King County. Wartu, July 23. 1000.
S. C Anderson. Blaine, Wash. Dear Sir aad
Friend: In reply to letter received this morn
ing I will say we are doing all In our power
for Mr. Frlnk, and he is the man we want;
and is John I. Wilson's choice of this end of
the state. But John I. Wilson's enemies here
made a roar on Frlnk as being & Wilson man,
so It was necessary for the P.-I. to say what
It did at that time; but we are all working
for Frlnk. Join us and hep the good work
along. Tours very friendly,
G. M. .STEWART. P. M.
This letter is declared by the Humes
men to be final proof of the Wilson-Frink
connection, and to be a most conspicuous
evidence of Stewart's gullibility and of
fensive partisanship. They say they will
endeavor to have him removed from of
fice. Another feature of the past few weeks'
local history has been"' the remarkable
course of Wilson's Post-Intelllcencer.
Mayor Humes' alliance with Levi Ankeny
Is well known, and it Is deemed by the
newspaper sufficient ground for a most
astonishing series of personal attacks on
the Mayor and his friends. The Post-In-telllgencer
has made a gutter fight, with
unquestionable benefit to the opposition.
It has complained of "outside Interference"
in the affairs of King County. This is very
good indeed, coming from a newspaper
whose policy is solely dictated by John L,
Wilson, of Spokane, and whose real own
ership is a mystery to many people.
Their doubts may now be set at rest,
however. There is excellent authority for
the statement that Wilson got the money
to buy the Post-Intelligencer from Henry
W. Cannon, president of the Chase Na
tional Bank, of New -York. Mr. Cannon
is the 'Eastern financial representative of
James J. Hill. He is a director of the
Great Northern Railroad, and also a di
rector of the Pacific Coast Company, a
subsidiary corporation.
It Is difficult to forecast the result of
tomorrow's primaries, or of next Thurs
day's convention. It may be stated with
much confidence that Frink's chances are
the poorest of the three candidates. This
is not the common impression throughout
the state, owing to the attitude of the
local newspapers; but It seems to your
correspondent, nevertheless, to be the
exact situation. One of three things will
happen at the convention It will Indorse
Humes, It will indorse Gule, or It will send
a divided delegation to the state conven
tion. An indorsement for Frlnk is only
the remotest possibility.
OLD EXCELSIOR FACTORY BURNED.
Came Near Destroying: Important
Institutions at Lebanon.
LEBANON. Or.. July 29. Lebanon was
again visited with a fire last Tilght about
10 o'clock. The building that was re
cently vacated by the Lebanon excelsior
factory was discovered to be on fire and
within a few minutes the whole structure
was in flames. It was undoubtedly the
work of incendiaries. The property be
longed to O'Nell Bros. &. Peterson. The
loss Is about U500: no Insurance. The
Lebanon Flouring Mills and 'electric light
and water plants were in close range of
the burning building and were badly
scorched, but -otherwise were not dam
aged. The Lebanon fire department did
good work.
Clark Countj- Democrats.
VANCOUVER, Wash., July 29. At a
meeting of the Democratic county central
committee last evening in this city, it
was decided to hold the Democratic pri
maries throughout the county, August
18. and the county convention, August
22. According to the basis of representa
tion fixed by the committee, the conven
tion will consist of 107 delegates.
5000 MEN SURRENDERED
UNCONDITIONAL CAPITULATION OF
GENERAL PRINSLOO.
Outcome of Operation That Had,
Been Reported at a Standstill
Situation In South Africa.
CAPE TOWN, July 30. General Prin
sloo, with 5000 men, has surrendered un
conditionally to the British.
"WAS AT A STANDSTILL.
Status of the "War Operations in the
Transvaal.
LONDON, July 30, 3:45 A. M. Opera
tions in South Africa have again arrived
at a sort of standstill. Pr-toria trie
grams announce that Lord Roberts has
returned there with his staff, apparently
finding it useless to spend his energies
against a constantly retreating foe.
Commandaril-General Botha, with sev
eral thousand Boers, like General Chris
tian Dewet, has thus far eluded General
Roberts' grasp.
General Belarey is besieging General
Baden-Powell at Rustenbttrg in Western
TransvaaL The relief force sent to Gen
eral Baden-Powell's assistance under
Colonel Hickman proved too weak to bo
effective and was obliged to fall back
on Pretoria.
The operations have been hampered
with bad weather, thunder storms and
deluges of rain, accompanied by intense
cold. Lieutenant Maclaren and three
Highlanders have died of exposure, as
well as many horses, and cattle.
A dispatch to the Dally Telegraph from
Lourenco Marquez says President Xru
ger is now at Watervalender. He adds
that a .fight is expected, and If the Boers
are beaten President Kruger will trek
through Swaziland to Delagoa Bay and
take a steamer for Europe.
A dispatch from Fouriesburg, dated
July 27, shows that the capture of Four
iesburg was preceded by heavy fighting
to force a passage of the passes which
were stubbornly contested for two days.
General Hunter's force had the hardest
work In forcing Relief Nek. his casual
ties amounting to about 100. Upwards
of 6000 Boers with a very largo number of
wagons, a large quantity of stores and
man cattle, have been driven into the
mountain passes, where they are watched
by British 'troops. Their escape from
that point will be very difficult.
General French has occupied Mtddel
burg, in the Transvaal, and General
Pole-JCarew, with the Guards brigade,
has arrived at Brugsprult, 20 miles west
of MIddelburg.
The War Office has received a dispatch
from Lord Roberts explaining that only
one train was captured on the night of
July 21 between Kroonstad and the Van I.
and that it contained supplies and two
officers and 100 men of the Welsh Fusi
liers. Appeal of the Irish.
CORK. July 29. At the National dem
onstration held hero today, John E. Red
mond made a vigorous appeal for funds
to assist the candidates of the United
Irish party at the forthcoming general
election. He publicly repudiated" the
statement that the United Irish League
was opposed to certain Irish members.
William O'Brien and others spoke. Dur
ing the meeting handbills were distrib
uted discouraging the work of recruit
ing for the British army and urging that
as England's army was now "discom
forted" in South Africa, the time was
ripe for an Irish rebellion.
WANT TO COME TO PORTLAND
Trans-SIiaalaslppi Conarress Would
Like to Meet Here.
J. Hudson McKnight, fourth vice-president
of the Trans-Mississippi Congress,
Is spending a few days at the Portland.
He thinks Portland would have been se
lected for ono of Its sessions ere thin
If tho citizens of Oregon had shown in
terest enough in the congress to have a
full representation. Each state is en
titled to 30 representatives, but Oregon
has never sent more than one or two,
while all the other states west of the
Mississippi and even Alaska have sent
good delegations.
"The Trans-Mississippi Congress," he
said last evening, "is a good deal like a
board of trade or chamber of commerce,
which is made up from the different
states, instead of the business men of a
city. Its objects are the furtherance
of the Interests of all the sfcates west of
the Mississippi, and Its influence in se
curing legislation at Washington has
been very noticeable since Its organiza
tion, 11 years ago. We favored the an
nexation of Hawaii, and let Congress
know it; we favor the building of the
Nicaragua canal and have memorialized
the National Legislature in regard to
It, while the rivers aad harbors of the
Pacific Coast come In for their share
of attention. We secured National aid for
the Trans-MIsslsslppI exposition at Oma
ha, and the exhibition proved the best
advertisement Omaha ever had.
"The Governor of each state appoints
the delegates, who pay their own ex
penses. These delegates are usually men
of means, who have the public spirit ana
who know the needs of their particular
sections. The! railroads of the West
usually put down the fare, so as to en
courage a large attendance, and the sum
of JC0.000 is often spent in the cities by
the visitors" at the congress. The cost
to the city is nominal, and Is only cal
culated to cover the expense of print
ing, transmitting messages, etc.
"Portland should have a session of
the congress by all means. Tour city
has evidences of wealth and enterprise,
and her people should wake up to the Im
portance of a full representation. San
Francisco and Los Angeles have each
been honored by a session, and Portland
Is fairly entitled to the next one to be
held after that at Cripple Creek, nexf
Spring?
Mr. McKnight will go from here to
Puget Sound In a few days. He is travel
ing on his own private business. He
resides at Wichita, Kan., where he is
Interested in wholesale hardware.
Too Prodleral of Movement.
In solid, stationary structures the Chi
naman can supply his own needs unaided,
but the field for producing those aggre
gations of engineering and mechanical
skill based on the theory or application of
movement, especially of economical move
ment, lies unbroken, and the soil Is rich,
says William Barclay Parsons in the En
gineering Magazine. The idea of econ
omy of movement is absolutely lacking In
the Chinese a singular circumstance, as
there Is no other nationality so strongly
economical, even to the point of parsi
mony, as the Chinese. This trait Is shown
In his dwellings. In his clothes, and In all
his details of living, except in those where
movement Is the main theme. The devel
opment that is to come will be, therefore,
along this line, and will snow itself pri
marily In methods of moving people and
goods namely. In means of transporta
tion; secondly, in the methods of mov
ing the great untouched mineral wealth
from its existing subterranean hiding
places to the surface that Is, In mining;
and, thirdly. In all matters of construc
tion whose parts are mpvlng namely,
machines.
If, therefore, I were asked to enumerate
the relative Importance of engineering de
velopment, I should reply: Means of
transportation, hydraulic machinery, min
ing, and then those machines which can
compete against a very low-priced man
ual labor, and which can. If possible, en
ter a field of work not now undertaken
such as electric lighting.
Will Inherit n "Great Seal. . ,
Indianapolis News.
The present Lord Chancellor of Ensr-
I land has come In for a rare piece of good
luck. According to historical usage, a
new great seal is minted when a new sov
ereign comes to the throne, the old ono
becoming the property of the Lord Chan
cellor of the day. It has, however, come
to pass, among other results of the
Queen's long reign, that the great seal is
so worn as to necessitate a new one. The
order for It was given some time ago,
and the work Is now completed. Thus,
for the first time in more than three
score years, a great seal, with all the
historical associations connected with It,
reverts to the ownership of a private Individual.
KILLING DEGENERATES.
Hovr Elae Are We Going: to Keep
Them From Crime and Parenthood?
New York Tribune.
A boy was hanged In Connecticut on
Friday for an atrocious murder com
mitted when he was 16 years of age. He
was a worthless boy, is perhaps better
dead than alive, and there is no reason
to Indulge In any feeling of pity for him.
But his execution suggests an important
question of criminology. Should the state
undertake tho extermination of mlsborn
human pests? And if so, why wait till
they have done their evil work? There
are those who think the scientific devel
opment of the race calls for the extinc
tion pi the Idiotic, the insane, the mor
ally 'and physically deformed who are
predestined to be useless to themselves
and a burden to the worjd. If that theory
Is to prevail, then the killing of this
misbegotten youth was in order, but too
late.
All accounts seem to agree that he was
born to evil as the sparks fly upward.
His family history, as compiled by Dr.
Charles E. Rowell, of Stamford, and not
overthrown by the prosecution. Is as fol
lows: The mother was a drunken prostitute, an
epileptic, weak-minded, subject to furious flu
of passion; had tried to murder her husband,
and died drunk In the otreeta.
The rrandmother and taint nn w tn4V-.
side wero all epileptics, ail drunkards, and all
prostitutes.
Tb irraadfathr en tfca Tnothr' M aa
in an insane asylum, and a brother of the
mocner cite raving: crazy.
The father was an epileptic, a drunkard,
weak-minded.
Th father's brother was an enileotla. e. -
and weak-minded.
Tho grandfather on the father's Bide was sub
ject to epilepsy.
The boy himself was untruthful, of cruel
disposition and depraved habits almost
from babyhood. There was difference of
opinion as to his responsibility and knowl
edge of the character of his deed. Four
general practitioners thought him respon
sible, while one general practitioner and
two experts thought otherwise. There
does seem little reason to doubt, how
ever, that he had by inheritance in an
extraordinary degree a predisposition to
crime of violence and sexual passion such
as he finally committed. And from his
childhood no effort was made to over
come this tendency. He seems to have
been a hopeless degenerate, whose kill
ing was not punishment, but simply re
moval. Perhaps that Is better for him
and for society than lifelong 5nflnement
with scant possibility of reformation. But
as the last word of 19th century civiliza
tion as to the treatment of the product
of its own vice It seems an Impotent
conclusion. The moral law Is clear enough
to most men for them to pay the pen
alty of their evil deeds, and their doing
so Is a good tonic for society. But the
community which nurses generations of
degenerates and leaves the criminal and
the insane to bring up children to a life
of crime and insanity does not solve Its
problem by killing the evil offspring of
its own nurture after they have killed
others.
ARGENTINE WHEAT.
Exports This Year Will Reach 73
OCO.OOO' Bushels.
Consul Winter, of Annaberg, under date
of June 14. 1900, quotes from tho Handels
Museum, of Berlin, the following:
"Never before has the export of wheat
from Argentina reached such proportions
as at present. During six successive days
of one week, 4,236.000 bushels, or 716,000
bushels per day, were exported. This
enormous export of wheat Is attracting
the attention of the entire world. In 1S92
Argentina exported 23,000,000 bushels. In
1S99 the amount had Increased to 63,000.000
bushels.
"With coming years the exports of
wheat from Argentina will continue to
increase. The harvests this year promise
to bo especially good, as the weather thus
far has been favorable. In all probabil
ity there will be 75,000,000 bushels export
ed. The area of wheat culture Is being In
creased every year, and so productive la
tho soil that the average yield is from 11
to 13 bushels per acre.
"The wheat region of Argentina is fa
vored. In that the seacoast Is not far
distant. In this respect It has an advan
tage over the wheat section of the United
States.
"The wage rate In Argentina Is cheap.
The farm laborers are for the most part
Italians. They receive from 50 cents to
?1 E0 per day. Owing to the mildness of
the climate and the cheapness of food,
the farm laborer in Argentina has fewer
expenses than the same kind of laborer
in any other country."
Resuscitation After Syncope.
London Globe.
A method of calling to life those who
die of heart affection was communicated
recently to the Academic des Sciences,
Paris, by Drs. Tufler and Hallon. It Is
based on experiments by M. Batelll on
dogs killed by suffocation or chloroform,
and was found successful during a period
of 24 hours after death. The method,
which has now been tried on man. at
least In one case, is a rhythmatlc com
pression of the heart. The patient was 24
years old, and had undergone an opera
tion and afterwards was taken with syn
cope. The heart stopped and the doctors
tried artificial respiration by rhythmic
traction of the tongue; but, this failing,
the compression of the heart was tried.
Arterial pulsations began, the patient
opened his eyes, moved his head and
recognized tho doctor. After two or three
minutes, however, the pulse failed again,
and the treatment was tried with the
former success; but again the patient
sank, and finally died.
A post-mortem showed, however, that
his disease was due to a lesion, which
prevented the1 total success of the meth
od. The experiment Is therefore encour
aging, and may yet lead to important
Tesults. Probably there are cases of
death from syncope or failure of the
heart which might be remedied like cases
of drowning, if the proper treatment were
found and applied.
European Spies at "Work.
London Daily Mail.
Foreign countries spend enormous sums
on secrot service. France, Germany and
Russia have agents everywhere, and
there are very few secrets of any nation
which they do not know, for It is, un
fortunately, the case that In the employ
ment of all governments there are men
willing to betray their country for a con
sideration. The sum spent by Russia on
secret service does not fall short of 750,
000 annually. Germany and Frence each
spends close to 500,000, Italy nearly 250,
000 and Austria about the same.
Centralla Beats Montennno.
CENTRALIA, Wash., July 22. A closely
contested game of baseball was played
here this afternoon between the Centralla
and MOntesano nines, which resulted In a
score of 10 to 9 in favor of Centralla.
Rainfall in Indin.
BOMBAY, July 29. The rainfall In Guze
' rat Is good, and prospects have generally.
Improved. The crops already sown will
be saved
WE WILL GUARANTEE
20 PER CENT PER ANNUM
ON THE INVESTMENT
If same Is made in shares of The Helena Mining Company, at present market
prices, i. e.t around 31 cents.
This mine is ne of the richest in the great Bohemia District.
It has an ORE RESERVE OF $350,000.00 blocked out ready for extraction.
No sloping his been done in any of the working of the property, yet from
development alone the mine has paid its own way from the start, and
is at present MAKING A GREATER NET PRODUCTION THAN ANY
OTHER MINE IN THE RICH BOHEMIA DISTRICT.
HELENA MINING COMPANY NO. 2 is an extension of the Helena, and has
3000 feet of the "Helena" ledge, the vein matter of which is identi
cal to that being encountered in the various workings of the Helena.
Contracts have been let for an additional 400 feet of work.
We believe this stock will be a dividend-payer within twelve months, basing
our judgment upon the actual showing of the property, which is equal
to that on the Helena with a corresponding amount of development
Helena No. 2 is selling around 6c
Those who purchase this stock through us will receive a written guarantee to
take the stock off their hands at the price they paid for it at any time
they are dissatisfied with their purchase.
WHERE CAN YOU RECEIVE GREATER GUARANTEE AGAINST LOSS THAN
THE ABOVE OFFERS?
Write or call on us for further detailed information.
h. h. McCarthy & co.
V STOCK BROKERS AND PRACTICAL MINERS
' Office: 111-112 Sherlock Building, Portland, Oregon
Members of the Oregon
EXCURSION CAUGHT OUT
BURKED DREDGE BEHIND, AND
MUST WAIT FOR REBUILDING.
Predicament of Tralnload of Pleas-
nre-Seelcers From Baker City to
Bnmpter No One Hurt.
BAKER COTT, Or., July 29. A bridge on
tho Sumpter Valley Railroad, a few miles
this side of Sumpter, -was burned today
shortly after the excursion train which
left this city had passed over. A force
of men was dispatched from Sumpter to
repair the bridge but the work will not
be done In time for tho excursion train
to return before tomorrow morning. The
fire Is believed to have been caused by a
spark from the engine as It passed over.
Today was tho warmest day of tho
Summer in Baker City, the thermometers
in several of the business houses register
ing 96 In the shade. In some of the stores
the thermometer stood all day at 90. At
the Government "Weather Bureau the
mercury stood at 94, being ono degree
higher than previously recorded thl3
year.
IT WILL BE LEWIS.
He and Not Rogers Is Said to Lead
"Waahlneton Fuslonists.
Aberdeen Bulletin.
As political matters in the Democratic
party havo been shaping themselves of
late In this state, there is little doubt
that James Hamilton Lewis will be the
Fusion nominee for Governor at the
coming election. The friends of Governor
Rogers, although at first confident of
success, are beginning to feel that their
man will not be in tho race, and tho
professional politicians are rapidly de
serting him, as they see his chances of
success on tho decline. Even A. C. Little,
the manager of his campaign, reluct
antly admits that tho outlook for Rogers
is not at all promising. A few months
ago Colonel Lewis was one of the Gov
ernor's chief confidants and pledged him
self to support Rogers to the last. But
now that Is all changed; or at least It
seems changed to Rogers, who now dis
covers that Lewis was working for his
own nomination all along,- notwithstand
ing the Maloney letter and numerous
press Interviews, wherein Lewis dis
claimed any Intention of being a can
didate for any office whatever.
It Is the Intention of Lewis and his
friends to stampedo the convention in his
favor. In Imitation, In a small way, of
the nomination df Bryan at Chicago In
1S9S. Ostensibly ho .will decline to accept
the nomination till the last, but at last
he will accept It. The magnitude of no
Joint convention, consisting, as it will,
of 1100 delegates. Is greatly In favor of
the Lewis plans. His strength lies wholly
with the discordant, tumultuous crowd
such as tho f uslon, nominating conven
tion will be. His enemies In his own
party see plainly how things are drill
ing, but they are meeting with 111 success
In checking them, and arc looking for
ward to his probable nomination wlth a
great deal of chagrin.
If Lewis Is nominated, the Rogers men
will likely do all they can to defeat him
at the polls. Their feeling against him
is very Intense, because he has dealt
treacherously with them. A. C. Little can
scarcely find words strong enough to ex
press his contempt for the little Colonel,
and openly declares that if Lewis Is nom
inated, he will do all in his power to
defeat him. The same is true of Hart,
McElroy and Judge Moore, of Seattle,
and also Judge Million, of Everett, as
well as a score of others who are all
experts In the art of political manipula
tion and the heads of factions. These
would all assist the Republicans to the
utmost as against Lewis, but while this
Is true, it would not do for the Republi
cans to regard Lewis as a weak candi
date, for he Is not so. He Is quite a
purzle. He Is the great Democratic
clown, whom the common people of his
party Insist on taking seriously He is
"the rebustlous. pcriwlg-pated fellow"
who struts and frets upon the fusion
stage to the utter disgust of the more
sedato actors there, but to the Infinite
delight of the galleries.
Scheme to Make Taxpayers Pay.
Tillamook Headlight.
"When will the county pungle up the
bicycle tax It collected last and this year
from the cyclists? The law has been de
clared unconstitutional by Judge Sears In
Multnomah. But the cyclists in the large
counties do not care a tinker's cuss, for
the passing of the law was nothing but
, a bit of sharp practice to make the tax
Mining Stock Exchange
payers pay for bicycle paths. Before the
case la finally settled we suppose It will
go to the Supreme Court, but the various
counties which are included in the law
had better get ready to refund the money
collected from cyclists.
The Difference t the Penitentiary.
"Walla "Walla "Union.
"Hands off your pocketbooks" Is the
slogan that greets the penitentiary em
ployes these political days. Strange, but
It was the same expression exactly that
put a lot of the Inmates In that Institu
tion. The only difference seems to be
that the felons committed their crimes
on foggy nights.
Oregon Notes.
Condon. Gilliam County, has a new pa
per, the Times.
The party of Government surveyors un
der P. E. Eastwlck has gone to begin
the work of surveying the route of tho
proposed canal and locks at the dalles
of the Columbia.
The Oregon Agricultural College resi
dence, at Corvallls, hitherto occupied by
Professor Coote, Is to be converted Into
an assay office in connection with other
scientific departments.
Frank Moreland, of Hardman, was In
Heppner and showed some very beautiful
specimens of yellowish-red opals he
picked up on a recent trip to Peter's
Butte, 25 miles southwest of Heppner,
says the Heppner Gazette. Morrow Coun
ty's opals will some time bring her fame
and profit.
Thursday night burglars effected an en
trance Into the station of the O. R. &
N. at Milton and attempted to blow open
the safe. They bored two holes through
the safe door, but did not get further,
being frightened away. They ransacked
the office, securing two C O. D. packages
of $2 50 and ?5 respectively.
A heavy forest fire to the north of
Mount Jefferson was in progress Monday
evening, and also several hundred acres
of hay were burning at the same time
on tho "Warm Springs reservation, says
the Shanlko Leader. These two fires were
miles apart, though probably sparks from
the timber fire touched off the hay, which
seems to be unusually dry everywhere
this year.
Since the bondsmen of B. F. Miller gave
up the mall route between Heppner and
Canyon City, the most of the towns be
tween those two places have been with
out mall facilities, says tho Long Creek
Eagle. This has been especially true be
tween Monument and Canyon City. But
one mall has passed over this route dur
ing the past week, and that was paid for
by the citizens and business men of Long
Creek.
Over a year ago a keg of beer fell from
the Foard & Stokes slip at Fourteenth
and Commercial streets, and sank to the
bottom of the bay, says the Astoria A5
torian. Friday a fisherman who pros
pers under the nom de plume of Russian
Pete chanced to discover tho missing keg
at a moment when both the tide and
spirits were low, and within a remark
ably short time the keg was resting on
a plank in a fishing boat with a spigot
firmly fixed in the head. Half a dozen
swarthy fishermen participated In the
obsequies, and all were agreeed that the
beer was by far the best they had ever
drunk.
"Whahlnfrton Notes.
An effort Is being made In Spokane to
organize a cavalry troop for service In
China.
The smallpox quarantine at the British
Columbia boundary north of Spokane has
been removed.
Spokane County has applied to the "War
Department for two 10-inch columblads
to guard and ornament its Courthouse
grounds.
A crippled 3-year-old daughter of "W.
F. Hickman, of Colfax, was so neglected
by her parents that the authorities took
her away and sent her to a hospital.
Eureka Flat, In "Walla "Walla County,
was the scene of another grain field fire
Thursday afternoon, the wheat consumed
being the property of Charles F. PIcard.
The yield of 73 acres, being In eight sep
arate stacks, was totally destroyed. The
property was Insured at about 50 per cent.
A 2-year-old boy at Cosmopolls a few
days ago was beaten Into Insensibility
and left In the woods. The parents found
him after several hours' search, and up
on investigation It was ascertained that
a 9-year-old neighbor's boy had committed
the assault through wanton vlclousness.
State Land Commissioner Bridges has
filed In the Auditor's office of Pierce Coun
ty a plat of school-land addition to Ta
coma, consisting of 280 blocks, from one
and a half to two acres each, and some
block3 subdivided Into building lots. The
plat will be subject to leases at an early
date.
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Phone: North 636
SOUITiCAROLINAELECTION
PROPOSED AMENDMENT HAS PUT
RACE ISSUE IN THE LEAD.
Flffht Over Election of Successor to
Senator Batlcr May Make Serious
Trouble in the Legislature.
RALEIGH, N. C, July 29. A general
election will be held in this state next
Tuesday, and the question of tho adop
tion of an amendmnt to the constitution
lifting the electoral franchise will bo
voted on. There Is apparently llttlo doubt
as to the result of the election, both as
to the amendment and the state ticket.
It now seems to bo simply a question of
a inajorlty. Tho opponents of the amend
ment acknowledge that it will be adopted.
As tho amendment and the Democratic
ticket will run very close together, tho
Populists and Republicans have practi
cally abandoned their state ticket In an
effort to elect a majority of the Legisla
ture and return Marlon Butler to the
United States Senate.
The battlo has been fought on the race
Issue, brought to the front by tho pro
posed franchise amendment, by which
0,CC0 Ignorant negro voters are to be dis
franchised. For the past month 1000
speeches a day have been made in the
state, and the people are aroused to such
a pitch that bloodshed Is feared. In
many eastern counties the "Red Shirts"
have declined to allow ruslon campaign
era to speak. On account of threats by
Senator Butler and his followers to pre
vent the election by Injunction or other
methods, the Legislature will convene
here tomorrow and adjourn from day to
day till election. The Democratic lead
ers say that If there Is Interference on tho
part of the amendment. It is certain there
will be serious trouble.
Bryan's Acceptance -Speech.
LINCOLN, Neb.. July 2D. Mr. Bryan Is
so well along with his notification speech
and his plans are so well developed that
he hopes tomorrow to be able to announce
his Itinerary for the trip to Indianapolis
and return. He has no knowledge of the
time and place for his notification by tho
Populists and Silver Republicans, and it
is not believed his Itinerary will take in
that occasion. Local politicians had
hoped that if It was to be In the "West,
Mr. Bryan's home In Lincoln would be
the place selected, but It Is now thought
Topeka, Kan., has the first call, and will
probably secure the meeting. It is
thought possible the trip to Chicago of
Secretary Edgerton, of the Populist Na
tional Committee, may have some bearing
on the question. Mr. Edgerton left thi3
evening and expects to see Mr. Towno
while In Chicago, but that Is no part of
his mission.
Mr. Bryan told the Associated Press
correspondent there was not the slightest
foundation for the story sent out from
here that he had narrowly escaped Injury
by having been struck by a golf ball.
Pretty boxes and odors
are used to sell such
soaps as no one would
touch if he saw them un
disguised. Beware of a
soap that depends on
something outside of it.
Pears', the finest soap
in the world is scented or
not, as you wish; and the
money is in the merchan
dise, not in the box.
All sorts of stores sell it, especially
druggists; all sorts of people are
using it. f ' '
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