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THTC MOKNLNCx OBEGONIAN, SATURDAY, AUG-TTST 4, 1900. B WORK ALL RIGHT Not Business of Clerk to Find School Land Base. IS LEGITIMATE PRIVATE ENTERPRISE Base Secured by State Lsnd Agent Wsi AH Disposed of, and He Wns Left Without Worlo SALEM, Aug. 3. Clerk iL L. Chamber lain, of the State Land Board, -was asked today what he had to say in regard to the charge -made by John P. Robertson that the Oregon school land business Is manipulated 'or the benefit of a private .craft, ilr. Chamberlain said: "The State Land Office is conducted In accordance with the laws of this state;, land is sold at prices fixed by law, and so more; neither the state nor any offi cial gets a dollar directly or indirectly on account of the discovers' of bases or the selection of lieu land; the books and records of this office are open at all times during office hours to all persons, and no person has privileges here which are not accorded to every other person. "We give o every -man who inquires all the In formation he asks for, so far as it is in our power, and we make it our business to be possessed of all the Information possible regarding the rights of tho state to land which may be subject to sale or which may form a basis for the selection of lieu land. T think that is a concise denial of the -charge made by Mr. Robertson, and I will endeavor to explain the workings of this office so fully that any fair man will be convinced that my assertion is true. Bae" and "Lien" Land. "As every one knows, the United States Government has donated to the state, for school purposes, every lGth and 3Gth sec tion of land. There are, however, sev eral conditions under which the state may fall to secure some of these school sections, or parts, of them. If a school iwction has been embraced within the forest reserve, if it has been includea in on Indian reservation. If It has been homesteaded before survey, if It Is cov ered by a lake or river, or if It Is mineral land, It remains the property of th general Government, and the state Is said to lose that much of Its school land. It Is also provided toy United States statute that whenever such a loss has been sus tained, the state may make a selection of unoccupied Government land in lieu of the land lost. The school land which remains the property of the general Gov ernment Is called a 'base for selecting other land, and the land selected is called lieu land. The lieu land is sold by the State Land Board at S2 50 per acre. "For the purpose of determining what school land had reverted to the general Government and selecting other lands In lieu thereof, a State Land Agent was ap pointed, in 1S93. T. W. Davenport being the first Incumbent of that office. Mr. Davenport occupied the office for four years, and during that time he made se lections for all the bases he could "And, and at the end of his term of office made the following statements in his re port: "At the beginning of Governor Lord's administration there were remaining of oases in the Cascade reservation 176,300 acres, of which 38,000 acres were used to set up lands sold Tiy the state on mineral basis during the Pennoyer administration; the remaining J3S.300 acres have been used In selecting lands which are sold at $2 50 an acre, and nearly all of them have been soM. "As respects land sales by the State of Oregon, I can say they are well-nigh closed. At least, there is no more need of. .a-Slate 'Land Agent; unless other du ties are added to his office. Conflict of Statement. "I notice tha Mr. Robertson quotes Mr. Davenport as saying that he had al most any amount of unquestionable bases to furnish free. If Mr. Davenport made that statement he contradicted Ills report and one assertion or the other must be false. If he did siot make the statement, Mr. Robertson has lied. "As our knowledge of the condition of affairs of the State Land Office con firms the statement made by Mr. Daven port in his final report, we choose to accept that as true, and the general pub lic will probably be ready to accept our united assertion that the available base for the selection of lieu lands Is practi cally exhausted. There are some small or out-of-the-way tracts left, but they are not numerous enough or large enough to warrant the continuance of an office the duties of which are to select lieu land. According to Mr. Davenport's own state ment (and Mr. Robertson seems to con sider him reliable), it will not pay the state to employ an official to hunt up bases and select lieu land. "Those bases which aow remain, are chiefly mineral land, river beds and un surveyod lands which have been, home steaded. It Is not a difficult matter to discover a base where the land has been .occupied by the general government as a reservation or where homestead land has been surveyed. This can be found bv referring to the records, and all of tnls land has already bjen used as base. But the only way to determine that a school section ! mineral land, or that it Ik occupied by a river bed, or that pribr to survey it had boen homesteaded, Is to go upon the land, examine the rocks, survey it. etc "By looking at our records a man can determine what school land remains un disposed of. but in order to determine whether it reverts to the general Govern ment a -vl't to the land Itself must be made If the State Land Board shouirt send an agent out over the state to hunt tip the vacant school sections, scattered as they are. the cost to the state would be perhaps twice the ,$2 50 per acre for which the lands are s6ld. "Would you call that business in disposing of state lands we are acting for the best Interests of the state and we conduct sales In the manner that will result In the greatest profit to the school fund. Every man In the state is interested In that fund. We sell the land for 52 50. and we want every cent of that money to go into the public treasury.. If it Is spent otherwise the general public loses. Now, if we send out an agent to hunt up school sections on which there are minerals, we must pay for his services, nd his pay comes out of the public treasury. That is what Mr. Robertson asks us to do. He wanted to find some base which he could use for the selection of lieu land. He expected us to spend perhaps $2 per acre hunting up mineral land, pay this money out of the pockets of all the people, and then cell him the lieu land at ?2 50 an acre. In other words, he wanted us to spend the public funds for his Individual benefit. "We do not conduct state business in that way. The stato gets little enough when It receives $2 50 an acre for Its land, and if Mi? Robertson wants some of the land he should go and hunt up his own mineral land for a base. He has no right to ask the people to bear this expense for him. General Otlrll Xot Alone. "Mr. Robertson has a special complaint because W. H. Odell. the last preceding Clerk of the State Land Board, is en gaged in the business of hunting up min eral lands on school sections. Mr. Odoll Is not the only man who is engaged In this business, for there are five others who follow the same occupation. He sim ply happened to be the man who had hunted up mineral land and sold his in formation to Mr. Crump. Mr. Odell hired an experienced surveyor to go out and examine lands and make due proof to the Government that the lands were mineral. Men who have gone to the trouble and expense to find the small odds and ends bore and there that can be used for bases In the selection of lieu lands simply sell the result of their efforts to men who want to make purchases from the state, and it is merely a matter of business be tween them. If the purchaser wants to pay the man who, by his efforts, has found a piece of available land, it is their business, not ours. All we want is the ?2 50 an acre that the law fixes as the price for it. "We get that in all cases, and no more. ""Mr. Robertson Is not compelled to pay Mr. Odell or any other man for hunting up mineral land for him. He can take a packhorse and go out Into the mountains and find it for himself. Just as Mr. Odell does. And If he finds more mineral land than he wants to use for a base for his own selections, Jie can sell his informa tion regarding the balance. That would oe a perfectly legitimate transaction. This is a free country, and there is no law to prevent a man from going where he pleases and hunting up mineral sec tions of school land, establishing that fact and then selling his information to a purchaser. The purchaser must be will ing to pay him his price, or there would be no bargain made. There Is not and cannot be any compulsion In the matter. Hoiv He Came to Be Qualified. "The fact that Mr. Odell was formerly Clerk of the School Land Board does not give him any advantage over Mr. Robertson in hunting mineral lands or river beds or Tinsurveyed school land which has been homesteaded. In his youth Mr. Odell took up the occupation of a surveyor. He came to Oregon In an earlv day and spent the greater part of his life cutting through forests and climb ing mountains to make official plats of the public lands In this state. Being a man of energy and Intelligence, he acquired a knowledge of the topography and geology of this state which few others, If any, possesi. If now. In his old age, Mr. Odell chooses to follow an occupation by which he can make use of the knowledge gained in his young manhood, no fair man will deny him the rteht to make a living by that means. When Mr. Odell was Clerk of the School Land Board he might have spent his time hunting up mineral land for Mr, Robertson's bene fit, but the stat would have been out the cost of finding the land and Mr. Robertson would have been the gainer. "Outside parties who hunt up these odds and ends and sell their Information to purchasers are really helping the state, for they find purchasers for the land, whereas, but for their work, the land might not, and probablv would not, ever become the property of the stat. The state confers no favor on them, but they confer one on the state. It may be urged that the state can hunt up these mineral lands and tracts covered by river beds Just as cheaply as Individuals can. and that this should be done, the purchaser paying th cost of hunting up the land. This would be Impracticable for several reasons. The state cannot get the samo amount of work done In such matters at the same cost that Individuals can. Again, It would cost more to hunt up some bases than they would be worth, and the cost of this would necessarily fall upon the state or an additional charge be made upon other tracts. But a third and more Important objection to the state hunting up these tracts, ranging from one to 160 acres In area. Is that no fair distribution of the land could be made. If the state found the base, it would be required to furnish the base to the first applicant. In this wav some individuals would be favored. Under the present system. It Is a free field any one who finds a base gets the benefit of It. and the more they find the better It Is for the state. Not in Speculators' Interest. "The present system is not In the In terest of speculators, for If they get the benefit of base land they must bear the expense of hunting It up. This Is some thing that every man may do, and It is not uncommon for a man who wants lieu land to go out and hunt up his own base, Instead of paying a regular base-hunter for doing the work for him. "Mr. Davenport reported at the close of his term of office that there was .no more work for the State Land Agent to perform, and this office probably would have been abolished had It not been that the state found Itself in possession of nearly 300 farms lying In every county In the state, which have come to It through foreclosure. These farms must be looked after, the property kept up, the lands rented or sold, rents collected, etc An act was therefore passed In 1S9? continuing the office of State Land Agent, but changing the duties of the office so that the agent now looks after the state farms. To take general supervision of 300 farms, scattered all over the state, is work enough for three men, and the State Land Agent has no time to waste hunting bases for lieu land when this work will be done by individuals and without cost to the state. It Is no longer this officer's duty to hunt bases for lieu land, and time spent in that way would be a loss to tho state, though it might be a gain to some Individuals. "I think, now that I have made this matter plain. It will appear that my first assertion is true, and that this of fice Is not being manipulated for a pri vate craft." What General Odell Says. General W. H. Odell was also seen and asked for a statement regarding Mr. Rob ertson's charge that he took his knowl edge with him when he left the office of Clerk of the State Land Board. He said: "When I left the office of Clerk of the State Land Board I knew of no bases for the selection of lieu land. I had a fair knowledge of the character of the land In this state, as every other man mav. I have spent six months' hard work hunting up Tecords. and have kept three men In the field at my expense and on my risk. By that means I have found land that will form bases for lieu land, and I expect to get pay for my informa tion if I Impart It to any one else. If my men fail to find bs-scs enough to pay for the time and expense, I "am the loser. Mr. Robertson seems to think this Is a j private graft,' and as It is something that can be gained without the votes of the people, he might secure that for which he has sought so long by engag ing In the business of hunting bases. A number of men who have not been clerks of tho State Land Board are engaged in this occupation, and they seem to be meeting with fair success, so It would appear that all the knowledge of bases for lieu lands is not monopolized by ex clerks." PRESIDIO HOSPITAL. Preparations to Care for Soldiers Wounded In China. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3. Extensive sanitary improvements at the Presidio general hospital will be completed In a few days, and will make It one of the best equipped military hospitals In the United States. A new heating and power plant which has been Installed includes a complete system of ventilating and steam heating, an electric light plant, a fully appointed laundry, a disinfecting apparatus and an lce-maklng machine and refrigerator. Colonel GIrard, who Is In charge of the hospital, says that the employment of this plant will save about 520.000 a year, and will vastly Increase the efficiency of the hospital service. The medical division of the Department of California has begun preparations for the care of sick and wounded in China, Initiating its work by sending out 12 ambulances and B0 hospital tents. Acting Hospital Steward "Weir, who ar rived from Manila on the Hancock, and was ordered to Angel Island, has mys teriously disappeared. Captain John Gibbon, Sr.. Assistant Quartermaster, has been made Quarter master and Acting Commissary of Sub sistence on the Rosecivns, which will start for China about August 9, and Lieu tenant Hedlker has been appointed to a similar position on the Aztec WHERE TO SPEND SUNDAY. A 50-cent outing on the O. R. & N., leaving 9:30 A. M. Sunday train. Stops at all nolnts this side of Bnnnftvillf for j the accommodation of those desiring to stop at any point of attraction. STILL FAVOR THE BUYER TRADE COIOJrnOJfS DO tXOT WAK ItAXT GREAT ACTIVITY. Corn Crop of Over Tito Billion Bash els Expected Wceltly Trade Ite--rlerrs-iBanlc Statements. NEW YORK, Aug. 3. Bradstreet's to morrow will say: Trade conditions still favor the buyer; general Fall demand, though fair In view of the Midsummer condition, is still be low expectations, and below a year ago; bank clearings are at the lowest for two 1 ears past, and failures are slightly more numerous? though no marked tendencies are perceptible. On the other hand, gross railway earnings hold their percentage of gain previously shown, and where prices are made low enough to satisfy buyers, a heavy business is uncovered, and readily booked, pointing to demand being still p'resent and awaiting disposal. The crop situation, as a whole. Is better; the outlook as to corn is for a 2,100,000,000 bushel crop. Spring wheat Is turning out better in quality and quantity than ex pected, and there has been an unquestion able Improvement in cotton crop condi tions. The yield of apples will be the largest in many years, and fruits gener ally are yielding liberally and command ing good prices. The Iron and steel Industry furnishes the most notable example' of reduced prices, inducing a heavy business, while the outlook Is still a confused one. The volume of trade In finished material, notably bars and plates, Is very large. Foundry pig iron has been in better de mand, but at concessions, and tho drift of crude prices generally is 4 toward a lower level. More Inquiry Is reported for rails at the "West and for Iron at the, South, but ship-room capacity obstructs business. The cereals are all lower this week, partly on better crop reports, partly on lower cables, but largely on the growth of bearish feeling after the late reaction. Beef products are generally higher on Army demand, while tin Is seeking a lower level in sympathy with foreign markets and Increased supplies. Wheat, Including flour, shipments for the week, aggregate 3,327,003 bushels, against 2,366,743 bushels last week, 4,711, 614 bushels in the corresponding "week of 199. 4,111.312 bushels In 1898, 3,308,477 bush els in 1897. and 2,747,550 bushels In 1896. From July 1 to date this season, wheat exports are 14,568,869 bushels, against 18, 508,906 bushels list season, and 14,426,122 bushels In 1SSS-09. Business failures for the week number 170, as against 183 last week, 156 in this week a year ago, 1S9 in 1898, 214 in 1S97, and 269 In '1896. Canadian failures for the week number 29, as against 13 last week, 25 In this week a year ago, and 23 In 189S. Bnnlc Clearings. NEW YORK, Aug. 3. The following ta ble, compiled .by Bradstreet, shows the bank clearings at principal cities for the week ended August 2, with the percent age of increase and decrease aG compared with the corresponding week last year: Inc. Dec. Now York 76,512,001 .... 25.1 Boston 103,187,000 .... 20.0 Chicago 121,524,000 .2 Philadelphia 70,000.000 .:.. 6.5 St. Louis 27.70S.O00 .... S.O Pittsburg 32,765,000 31.1 Baltimore 18,445,000 6.4 San Francisco .... 21.137,000 4.3 Cincinnati 13,699,000 1.2 Kansas City 13,420,000 18.4 New Orleans 6,874,CO0 15.0 .... Minneapolis 8,245,000 Detroit 8,127.000 3.5 Cleveland 10.735,000 4.9 Louisville 7,9;8.000 2.1 Providence 5.210.0W ..... 13.2 Milwaukee 5,272,000 7.6 St. Paul 4,607.000 11.6 Buffalo : 5.057.003 13.8 Omaha 5,927,000 8.1 .... Indianapolis 6,047,000 2S.7 Columbus, 0 5,367,000 20.6 .... Savannah 3,152,000 25.5 Denver 5,221,000 36.8 Hartford 2.165,000 .... 15.7 Richmond 3,350,000 18.9 Memphis 1.780,000 26.6 .... Washington 2,210,000 8.4 Peoria 1.710,003 .... 1.6 Rochester 1,891,000 11.4 New Haven 1,210,000 .... 24.6 Worcester 1.043,000 .... 16.0 Atlanta L783.000 .... 3.0 Salt Lake City.... 1,992,000 .... 14.0 Springfield. Mass. ' 1,112 000 .... 43.0 Fort Worth 1.975000 32.5 .... Portland, Me S93.000 .... 40.1 Portland. Or 1.534,000 20.8 .... St. Joseph 3,655,000 .... .6 Los Angeles 1,849.000 15.fr .... Norfolk 1,152,000 4.6 Syracuse 930,000 .... 12.1 Des Moines 1,273 000 7.5 Nashville S69.0O0 .... 18.3 Wilmington, Del.. 1,043,000 Fall River 486.000 .... 33.6 Scranton 1,372.000 2S.4 Grand Rapids .... 1,193 (XO 14.0 ..... Augusta, Ga 718.000 Lowell 490.000 .... 4.1 Dayton, 0 1027,000 3.5 Seattle 2,738 000 .... 16.7 Tacoma 905,000 .... 16.S Spokane 863.000 .... 26.4 Sioux City 764 000 9.1 New Bedford 297.000 .... 38 2 Knoxvllle, Tenn.. 457,K) .... 16v6 Topeka S37.C00 72.2 Birmingham 788 000 42.7 Wichita 4S6O0 2 9 Blnghamton 461.000 8.4 .... Lexington Ky 527 000 68.9 Jacksonville, Fla. W'Xrt 7.0 .... Kalamazoo 357.000 Akron 4W.W 33.7 .... Chattanoora 282.0TO 3S.4 ,... Rockford. Ill 221.000 .... 7.5 Canton. 0 277.003. 11.6 Springfield. 0 318 000 41.9 ... Fargo. N. D 240.XV3 .... 3.6 Sioux Falls S. D.. 146 000 .. 9.3 Hastings. Neb. ... 173,000 5S.7 .... Fremont. Neb 168.003 615 .... Davenport P12.003 1.9 .... Toledo .. ..: 2-w552 -i-A 70 Galveston 4.7.003 2.2 .... Houston 4.79S.000 1.4 Helena '. 712.003 .... .... Evansvllle 670.000 .... 17.9 Macon 5M.0C0 29.o Little Rock 338.000 33.5 .... Springfield. 111. .. 350.000 .... ..-. Youngstown, O. .. 247.000 .... 13J5 Totals, U. S ?1,32S.403.000 .... 16.8 Outside N. Y 571,890,000 .... 2.6 Dominion of Canada " Montreal PSSS 'i'i 10,1 Toronto R.850.000 7.5 Winnipeg H22 .R Halifax SS-SK H Hamilton JOOW 3.2 .... St John. N. B 7B'5 13.3 .... Vancouver 1 ?Sj-!v Ar'A Victoria 653,000 25.0 .... Totals 28,066 000 1.0 DECLINE T5 PRICES. Belief That the Bottom Has Been Nearly Reached. NEW YORK, Aug. 8. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review will say: It is often hard to read encouraging symptoms of general business in declin ing prices of commodities, but Just now It Is reasonable to look for them. Some raw materials and some manufactured products, one stage removed from the raw. are selling at lower prices than at any time since last year's advmce set in but there Is confidence among buy ers that the downward swing Is nearly over, while sellers are adopting a cau tious policy which until recently charac terized the attitude of buyers. Iron and steel markets wert .startled by reports of sales of steel bars at 90 cents per 100 pourds, but business, at the same time, was the largest in months, at Chicago, on a basis of about $123. Increas ing demand for bar Iron from makers of agricultural Implements and car-builders was a feature, contracts being placed estimated at 110,000 tons in bars and plates. The trade believes that orders will increase as the season advances, and that total needs of iron consumers will compare well with lat year. Heavy bids appear for foundry iron. Export orders Increase, and makers do not fully accept reports, of purchases of foreign rails for delivery in the South. Some traders are not satisfied with the result of Chicago confidence, pointing to the report of production of pig iron In the first half ofthe year exceeding all records and contrasting If with recent dull markets. Copper exports for July, estimated at 10,661 tons,, against 7150 in 1859, and the amount coming Into sight In the last half year for home consumption, is only 65,025 tons, a decrease of 19,467 tons. The for eign demand for bituminous coa Is heavy, but producers hesitate to contract ship ment while prices tend upward. While prices are above the 1899 opening in'woolens, they, are materially below fig ures reached later last season. The wool market has been active.- An average of 100 quotations on August 1 was slightly lower at 30.50 cents. Wide sheetings are reduced i5 to 20 per cent, but the decline attracts more business. PRONOUNCED DOTjMiESS. War and Political Complications Un settling1 Business inJWall Street. NEW YORK, Aug. 3, Bradstreetls re view of the New York stock market will say tomorrow: This has been a week of pronounced dullness, accompanied by variability in the movement of 'stock market prices. Present speculative conditions may, of course, be partly due to the Summer sea son, nd the temporary reduction In the numbers of both professional and outside operators. There would seem, however, to be some points of difference between an ordinary Midsummer mark'et and the existing situation in Wall Btreet. At pres ent the fear of an unsettling of 'prices on account of the Presidential campaign or the Chinese complications seems to overhang the market and render the reg ular participants in speculation cautious about their operations', while tho public Is Indifferent, or, it might be said, In disposed to touch stocks except in the way of investment. , The buying of securities for the latter purpose has naturally fallen off at thlB season, but the fact remains that the floating supply of dividend-paying rail road shares Is greatly reduced, and offer ings of such stocks are on a restricted scale, which seriously embarrasses the efforts of bear operators to depress the general market. As might be expected, there was more or less bearish manipula tion in various parts of the list. Sugar and Tobacco stocks coming in for a notable share of this, but rallies followed quickly after each . depression. Xondon was not a prominent factor, and. " though It was a seller on 'a small scale here, the disposition abroad was apparently to take a more favorable view of the Chinese situation. This, to a cer tain extent, steadied the market, but on the other hand the fact that the London market was preparing Itself for a large new war loan, and discount is up to 4& per cent there, had a bad effect on views as to the future of the money market, supplemented as It Is by the belief that all the European countries will have to borrow largely to defray the cost of their operations In China. The fact that no gold was shipped last week from New York was offset by the rise of exchange rates at the end of the week, with the firmness of money in London being taken as an indication that the gold will be drawn from this side. Treasnry Balances. WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. Today's state ment of the Treasury balances In the general fund, exclusive of the 5150,000,000 gold reserve In the division of redemp tion, shows: Available cash balance $148,624,714 Gold 73,037,226 AT THE HOTELS. THE PORTLAND, Geo A Hurd. Seattle C L Evers,. New York R M Hurd, Now York B D Goodrich, do Yf B Gray, St Paul J C Berendsen, S F "W E Thomas & wife. Tlnwtnn H C Somervfile. Chgo Roduio F Oakea, Ba ker City Ben (Vormser. San Fr Tojn J Mitchell, San F W il Northrup, v,l & child, Boise Mrs E T Fy &.son.SF Mh3 DaUes " ' I A Kerr " R D Spencer, Chicago J Harvey O' Bryan Mi- & Mrs F H Hop kins, city S K Cooper, San Fr J V Rankin, Pa Mrs 'J R Rankin, Pa Donald H Nobl, Pa Paul Bunker, San Tr trank AVlswell &. wife, Philadelphia Mrs Paul Bunker, S F G W -ralbot. Des Moins H S Chase, Gr Rapids R B Rothchlld, S F B Bundbergor &. wife, Moscow, Idaho Mr & Mrs R IVhldden, Boston, Mus Dr H. Hastings. Astoria MUs Eleanor Whldden, Boston C L Rov-. Gold Hill II S Relnsteln, San Fr H L Bowlds, St Louis G N Thompson & wife, Salem Tvaukee I A F Vhitcomb, Seattle JT TVell3, New York 1 Jrtlss L Habenicht, S F Miss E R Herrord, do Rudolph Herrord, Jr, San Francisco John F Liebe. San Fr "Bdw F Sweeney,. Seattl A F Burngarten, S F J C Bolti. Phila N B Lock & wf, StJoe R J Tausslr, San r Vf Green, San Fran E D Marshall, Phlla E D Rogers. Chicago Gordon McKay, Boston P N Moon, St Louis M Klldretfi, Lawrence, Mass H" D Blxby. Boston Miss Blxby, Boston Mr Dr Ray. Boston F E Mai hew, San Fr Mrs Mnyhew. S F Mrs E M Kunz, Pitts burg:, Pa E T Rhodes, Chicago fD Blbberd, San Fran Capt Geo vv Wlttman R Smith, perry, ur ife. San Fran Columbia River Scenery. Regulator Line steamers, trom Oak street dock, daily, except Sundays. Tho Dalles, Hood River, Cascade LacUn, and return. Call on. or 'fone Agent for further Information. THE PERKINS. Mrs Chos H TVllson, E s Randall, St Paul, .Mich Minn Mrs J A Robertson, F H Moultpn, San Fr Baker City T'm A Caanaugh, E S Cattron, Wasco Edsewood, Cal Geo D Hill, Gr Falls D B Hendricks, Elgin,, Mrs G D Hill, do Or B F Nichols, Prlnovlll Mrs D B Hendricks, do C D Jay, St Louis Geo Cunningham, Blu& R M Sargent, Boise Island, 111 Win E Childs, Boise Mrs Geo Cunningham, E 13. Garrett, Boise Blue Island, 111 Ben Warmser, Boise 6 JV Farnham, St L W H Moor, Moro Or Mrs S W Farnham. do S B Huston, Hlllsboro L Vorhaag, Baker City B F Burch, Pomeroy A B Little, Houlton Henry Stump, Tacoma M Flecker, San Fran Miss Bessie Stump, A McCaw, puluth Forest Grove E W Smith, Gate City J O Wreen, do Well Gilbert. Duluth W D Mitchell, San Fr Jas E Dlttar, N Yakm W W Hurd, Portland, W R Warren. N Y Mo Mrs I R Skcals, C Gillespie. N P R R GranKevllle, Idaho F N J3aker. San Fran D V Ketchum, Dalles Mrs S C Cloutier, Frank Gougar, Cen- Seattle tralla. Wash S D Becker, Seattle Mrs E R Msick. S F Mrs S D Becker, do Miss Lynch, San Fran A J Elliott, San Fr CD Bernard, Fossil Win J Maize, Elma, j B MeyEon, Oakld.Cal Wash W A Morris, Salem W Fraser. do Isabel Fuller, Chicago MrsFraser, do Mr & Mrs W J' Mead, Mrs E T Dai is. Dun- Atlantic City dee. Or Geo A Schqltz & fy, Mrs Walter Ford, Ga- Ban F.anclsco 'lena. Ill iMrs L Hanschleld. S F C M CartwrIght,Prlne-i J M Arthur, city Tille, Or III Carpenter, Astoria Pat Fagan. do iMrs H I 'Whipple, S F W H Bradea, Portland Thos J Hardy, San Fr Mrs W H Braden. do s a springer, aan x r Frank Danna, Seattle 1 Howard Gleason, S F Seth Atwood, Seattle J S Jones, Chinook THE IMPERIAL. C. W. Knowlcs, Manager. C C Evers, New York G A Hurd. Seattle R al Hurd, New York Miss C BeaumontTVlc , torla P S Davidson. Hood R M P Brown. Salem ' A Parvln. Salem R -Alexander, Pendletn. Miss A Dryfdale. do Fannie 3 Day, Spokn Mrs J H Pomeroy, Os wego D W Stuart, San Fr J N Williamson, Prine- vllle. Or A J D.u!s, Colfax Mr3 XaK Colfax F a. Soufert, Danes Mrs Seufert, Dalles R W Jesup, San Fr Mrs A M Schaffer. Ta- 1 coma H J Schorfrer. Seattle J G Paine. Walla W Miss Mary Paine, do J L Beails. St Louis Mrs Gilbert Hunt, Walla Walla Mis Mabel Hunt, do Eugene Hunt, do 7. T Moody. Dalles J D O'Reilly. Chicago is - Mitchell. S P R R G E Field". San Franjw W Torrnll. Tacoma Edmond Giltner, Salemi Flnley McBeth, Ante- Miss Giltner. Salem tt A Webber, city iop ur J D Shaw. Salem P A Beachy, Chicago J S Cech, Aberdeen C C ;smlth. PIttsbrff Mlas Gafner, Astoria MIsrs R Garner, do Mr Fred L Keenaa, city Miss ICeenan. city H W Cottle. San Fran B W Rice, san rran -f,! THr San Fran Miss R E Williams, do Edwin Stone, Albany M M Dai Is, Yaiulna H Jacobfon. Ban Fr H W Sewall. N Y Hotel BrunsTviclr. Seattle. European; first clnss. Rates. 75c and up. On block from depot. Restaurant next door. Tacoma Hotel. Tacoma. American plan Rates. ?3 and up. i Donnelly Ilotel, Tacoma. ' - European plan Rates. 50c and up. Coal is worked so easily In China that in Shansl It sells at less than 1 shilling per ton at the mines. TO PROVE A CONSPIRACY COMBS CONNECTS YOUTSEY WITH GOEBEL MURDER. PoTTers Introduces Testimony to Im peach the Witnesses of the Prosecution. GEORGETOWN, Ky Aug. 3 Of the eight witnesses Introduced by the defense lri the Powers case today all but one was called to attack the credibility of wit nesses placed on the stand by the. pro secution. The most Important witness of the day was Daniel R. Collier, of Lan caster, Adjutant-General of Kentucky under the Taylor administration. He of fered as testimony the written ordors of Governor Taj lor directing him to bring the "regiments of the State Guards to Frankfort after the shooting of Goebel and ordering him to confer with the civil authorities of Pranklln County as how best to preserve peace there. This was the first appearance of the document, which was never made, part of tho state records, and Judge .Cantrlll ruled it out as incom petent on the objection of the prosecution that Jt was not in accordance with the statutes of the state, as it did not direct Collier to place the military under direc tion of the civil authorities. The purported confession of "Tallow Dick" Combs, one of the alleged conspira tors, exhibited here today was at first denied by him, but later he admitted to one of tho interested attorneys that it is partially correct. The confession, if true, throws no further light on the case than to connect Henry Youtsey, another of the alleged conspirators, more closely with the murder and to bear out the Idea of a conspiracy. Sam H. Stone, former btate Auditor, took the stand this morning. He wai asked by the defense whether or not wit ness W. H. Culton, who was a clerk in his office, had been removed becauie he had stolen J1000 from tho state. He said that such was the case, and that he re moved Culton the day before he himself retired. The presecution objected to the question, and the court reserved a ruling on it. On cross-examination, Captain Stone said that he did not go before the grand Jury and ask the indictment of Cul ton for the defalcation. The defense next called George L. Dan forth, of Louisville, who was with wit nesi Carpenter in the State Senate cham ber at the time of the shooting of Goe bel. He did not leave the grounds for 30 minutes after the shooting, and soldiers then had not arrived on the scene. James Harkload, proprietor of a barber shop"ln Barbourvllle, testified that Golden told him the day that defendant Powers was arrested that Powers was Innocent. Golden .came into his shop, and in his presence displayed a roll of paper money to his brother, Ike Golden, and said to him: "Don't you know that a $100,000 re ward fund is being circulated?" On cross-examination the prosecution attacked the credibility of the witness, bringing out that he had been indicted for the illegal sale of liquor. C. H. Gib son corroborated Harkload's testimony. J. L. Butler, of Marlon County, testified that he attended a meeting in Powers' office some days before the shooting, at which the raising of money to pay tho expenses of witnesses was discussed. Sher iff Burton, of Breckinridge County, there displayed some cartridges, and said tho gubernatorial contest could best bo set tled with them Powers told Burton .that he must not talk In that way; he would rather give up his office than cause blood shed. He said Powers' visit to Louisville on the morning of the shooting was to arrange for an excursion to Frankfort from the western part of the state. But ler resumed at the opening of the after noon session, but nothing of Importance was developed. The defense announced that several wit nesses would be put on the stand to prove that witness Weaver, Introduced by the prosecution and who testified that he was In Frankfort on the day of the shoot ing of Mr. Goebol, was at Grayson Springs on that day. They first presented C. W. Carter. He said Weaver Installed the officers of a lodge of Woodmen of the World at Grayson Springs January 30, and brought the lodge records to prove his statement. Witness heard' of the shooting at Frankfort before noon on that day. Weaver was walking along the street with witness when he received the news. MAIL POUCH ROBBED. Thieves Get $28,000, Principally In Drafts and Checks. NEW YORK, Aug. 1. The Journal and jgsfiia aBBropaff Royal Baking Powder is the greatest of helps to the housekeeper or cook in preparing the best and finest food. With least labor and trouble it . vf ' makes hot breads, biscuit and cake :: .of finest flavor, light, sweet, appe- tizirig, digestible and wholesome. Dp not permit the grocer or peddler to substitute any other brand in place of the Royal. -A ROYAL Advertiser says: One of three leather mall pouches in transit from tha general Postoffica to substation O. at Fifth avenue and Thirteenth street, was robbed Thursday last of more than 523,000 n ? drafts, checks and cash. The bags took the usual course by which the mall & sent up town to this station. They were carried by postofflce employes to the Sixth-avenue station of the elevated road, where they were placed on the platform to await a certain train. During the wait there was no one to watch them, although tho station porter Is supposed to keep an eye on them. They were taken up to the Fourteenth-street station and thrown off. nu, uiere iney iay unui ine men irom ul8 suosiauon arrivea w raise inern awaj. ,, uCU wwjr ciU uutcu ..u it was found that a silt eight inches long had been cut In one of the bags and through the- cut came nearly all the mall In the bag. The robbers will profit little by their daring act, since payment on the drafts and checks haa been stopped. San Frnn Pisco Lawyer Arrested. SAO? FRANCISCO. Aug: 3. Conrad Mo ser a lawyer of this city, who was at one time Judge of the Eighth district Circuit Court of Wisconsin, was arrested this morning at the residence of A. Ber nard, on tho, charge of attempting to commit burglary. Moser said that he was looking for a friend, and had entered the wrong house. As thero was no evidence of an. attempt at burglary, ths charge was dismissed, and a complaint was sworn out charging him wltjx disturbing tho peace. Moser formerly lived in Alma. Wis. He was for four years Judge of tho Circuit Court of the Eighth district of Wisconsin, from 1S65 to 1S69. Afterwards he was Judge of the Probate Court and later a member of the Legislature. Assaulted Deputy Marshals. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 3. Gus Eddlnger., a butcher, suddenly became insane at the Four Courts today and made an assault upon the Deputy Marshals who had him In custody. After knocking down several persons, Eddlnger broke away, followed by a crowd. Ho refused to halt, and de fled the officers. Deputy Charles Bay shot him in the back. Ever since ha achieved notoriety three years ago by narticlrjatlnrr in n. hlnnrtv nrliofli-ht n-ith Gus Fredericks, Eddlngera mind has been affected. Mob Killed the Wrona- Man. NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 3. Last Friday, when the mob riots were at their height, a negro, supposed to be Burke Jackson. was taken away from the ollce and shot : to qeatn. it, now develops that he was not Jackson. Jackson was later captured at Iola, Miss., and todiy was returned to this city and lodged In Jail. SEARCHING FOR A LOST BOY Father, Mother and Join 4n the Five Children Hunt. ST. LOUIS. Aug. 3. Christopher and Margaret O'Nell, traveling with their five children in search of an lS-year-old son, Charles, who disappeared from his home in Pittsburg, Pa, more than a year ago, aro stopping here for a few days. The members of the family, who aro traveling overland In two wagons, have covered 617 miles since they left thelp home in Pittsburg, last April. Mrs, O'Nell says their Journey will not end un til their son is found. For more than a year after their son disappeared his parents heard not one word from him. Last February they t heard that he had been in Fort Madison, la,,. In March of the previous year. AH attempts to locato him by letter proved futile, and it was decided to break up the Pittsburg home and Institute a thor ough search for the missing momber ot tho family. Though no trace has been discovered, none of the family has lost hope, and they are confident that In the end their quest will be successful. One Who Is Inconvenienced. PORTLAND, Aug. 3. (To the Editor.) What redress will the business peoplo on Sixth street have for being shut off from the street with no chance of shipping their goods in or out? - Had the Council any right to dedicate the street to any private concern? Why should not the business people ot the street be entitled to free access to their places of business? One business man that is very se verely damaged said he was afraid to kick or the Elks may sit down on him. Are these Elks such ever-powerful an imals? There are prospects that some people on Sixth street will kick harder than uy Elk can. R. BUETIKOFER. Glasgow and Edinburgh have 1,000,000 Invested in electric lighting; Aberdeen. Ayr, Dundee. Govan, Greenock. Paisley, Perth, 300,000. Absolutely1 purq . it Some baking powders are claimed to be cheaper. They can be cheaper only if made from cheaper ma terials. " Cheaper" means inferior. To cheapen the cost of an article of food at the expense of its health fulness, as is done in alum baking powders, is a crime. BAKING POWDER CO, 100 WILLIAM ST-NEW VOB1C IMPROVING -ITS -TRACK work: NOW IN SOUTHERN PROGRESS PACOTICi Y It In Laying Ne-vr Ralls and Fllllaar la Trestles In. the Willamette Valley. The Southern Pacific Railroad Cjom- pany haavbeen spending-a great deal Of money improving Its main line. in. Oregon - durinE. the Tiat thre veara. and still has during the past three, years, and still has a large force of mon employed in ballast ing track and strengthening bridges from Grant's Pass north as far as Woodburn. New ties are now being put In wherever any signs of decay appear In those al ready down. The new timbers have been burnettzed, as the dipping' in a solution of sulphate of zinc is called, and this preparation Is said to double the length, of life of tho wood Fir ties, which, have, not been treated do not last more than seven years, as they are subject to changes of weather while reposing to their gravel bed. exposed to the rata, which swells, and the sun. which shrinks the wood. The ties now beln? put down aro expected to lost 15 years. Old rails aro giving place to new SS poimd sUel rail3 on the line between Salem and Woodburn. a distance of 3 miles, tho extra heavy traffic to that portion of the fertile Willamette valloy rendering the stronger rails necessary. Eighty cars aro kept busy hauling gravel from the company's pits at Myr tle Creek, to be ujed In ballaatlns the track north of Roseburgv The grade will be raised several Inches, as the new dressing is applied to tho roadbed later on. A good many wooden trestles between Roqeburg- and Grant's Pass have been relieved of responsibility by a filling of decomposed gravel beings dumped In around them. These new fillings are somewhat more expensive than the tim ber trestles, but they last forever, while the wooden structures decay In a few years, and nre constantly exposed to fire. The filling In of tightly packed fine par ticles of gravel arrests decay In the timber, while the more durable trestle of earth slowly settles, and finally takes the weight off the wood. A top dressing of gravel from the pits at Myrtle Creek la then placed under the ties, and tha new trestles thereafter become solid as of the company's depot grounds have now been treated to a six-Inch coating of decomposed quartz from the banks near Merlin. The new walks and ) YaLl7: .tll0, orn "9itie3 and becomes cemented by ue, and the walks are con sidered far superior to thoso of wood or cement, as the more they are used tho harder tbgy pack. The decomposed quartz Is used by many private property owners, who, being struck by its cheap ness, neatness and durability, resolved to pattern after the company. As a dress ing for bicycle paths the decompose gravel la considered superior to fine gravel or cinders, as It packs quicker and generally takes care of It3elf after hav ing been once put down properly It needs no roller, as It speedily settles and cements without tho addition of any other ingredient. Small Fire nt Vanconver. VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 3. A small tenement-house belonging to B. N. Lev erich, located on lower Sixth street, burned this afternoon. The building1 la located close to several other dwellings and across the street from Cane Bros lumb-r yard, and the firemen did good service in preventing the flames from, spreading to other property, ha a strong: wind was blowing at the time. The loss is about ?330; no Insurance. Thomas Trant.. who waa arrested last night for beating hU father appeared In the Justice Court toCav and pleaded guilty to asau t. The father admitted being the aggressor. The son was fined 510 and co ts. CEDAR PARK FOR PICNICS Ground-? open to the public every day In the week. Music Sunday afternoons Seats, swings, tables and large pavilion for dancing. Pure, cold water through new galvanized pipe. Just completed. Mount Tabor for picnics. Large, open, cars every 10 minutes. A Pointer for Candidate Bryan. Woodburn Independent. . Bryan might write to Aguinaldo and ask him If he would consent to bo gov ernpd. . Fil 104.0