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
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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. .
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