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THE MOBNING OREGONIANj FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1900. ROBBERY THE RULE Lawlessness1 Is Rampant at Cape Nome. CHLOROFOfcH FORCED INTOTENTS Criminal 'I21einent!,'1.rryin; to -Ttalsc-j Tands to Get Back to the States Gold From1 Datrson. PORT TOWNSDND. Wash Ang. 23. Tbe steamer Tacoma arrived with $093, S09 in dust and 650 passengers ircm .Nome. Blost of the gold came down the Yukon i from Dawson to Bt. Michael, While oa the way -down a shooting scrape.occurred on oardt.be JTacoma on August 15, which-came' 'near "ending the life at Angus " McDonald, of Daw; aon. - MoDonald, while drunk, attempted. to assume the role of a bad ?nan from Dawson and threatened to uarve sev eral passengers." .W-iUiam Kepnan, New Tontjs-Qs jnade an object ofMc-e Donald's wrath, and when, he. made a lunge Jit hlm""witb a big .knife, Keenan, crew .nis .gun ana-area, the, nail-siruang-McDpnald 4h the1" shoulder-blade and nutkthg 41 painful TS-ound, though not-.serious. The United States Marshal, at Seattle "was notified to meet -the ship on her arrival at Seattle Jo arrest KKenan. Among the returnlng'passeng'ers on the Tacoma was Regnor Dahl. who Is cred ited -with having- a small fortune, aboard. Dahl Trent north In 'charge vof Dr. Jack son's Laplanders to tnke cbargo of the reindeer sent by the Government to re lieve -the reported distress of miners along the Yukon over two years ago. "Reports from Cape Nome by the Ta coma indicate that lawlessness reigns supreme. Eight to a dozen robberies cc cur nightly .and pocple are not safe from attacks of thugs after nightfall. The lawless element predominates and those whom they fear to rob en the streets are dtugged in their tents, by means of long rubber tubes through which chloroform Is forced, after the tube has been inserted through the can vas. Occupants of as many as 12 tents havebeen robbed,Jn this manner In one night and In one instance It, was. with difficulty that the victim was restored to consciousness. Nights at Nome are rapidly lengthen ing and now darkness prevails as early as 5 o'clock ,and law-abiding people are afraid to appear on the street after that hour. The criminal class, which j-ushed to Nome with expectation of reap ing a harvest in sure-thing games, have been disappointed and are "broke." As the Winter season approaches they are resorting to desperate means to make enough to come south. Gus Starrett. of this city, who was among the first to go to Dawson when the gold excitement broke out. returned from Nome on tho Tacoma today. He says that Nome will be a good camp next year when the tangles of power-of-attorney locations shall have been un raveled. He says that all good claims "were thus located for corporations while the immense crowds arriving this Spring were compelled to look for other dig gings, but be says that even if such claims had not been tied up, Nome could not begin to support so many people. It will make a good camp for 3000 or 4000 people. The smallpox epidemic had about ceased and when the Tacoma sailed only three or four cases existed and no new cases bad been reported for more than a month. The steamer DIrlgo arrived from Skag way at 7:30 tonight, bringing 100 passen-. ers and one ton of gold from Dawson. The steamship Santa Ana arrived at 2 D'clock from Nome with a large number of passengers and is 4n the stream un dergoing quarantine inspection. DEATHS AT CAPE SOME. lilst of Th one Who Haie Died There Since Jane 1. SEATTLE, Aug. 23. The whole number of deaths at Nome since June 1, as shown by the records of the Coroner, Is 51, of which 29 were natives. There lias "been only one death from smallpox. There have been in all 20 cases of small pox in the hospital, nearly all of which were of a mild form. Most of the deaths are from pneumonia. There is only one death, so far as known, that is not in the following ljst: E. J. Powers, Seattle, "Wash., pneu monia. Alexander McLean, Seattle, pneumonia. Henry 'Rawlins, Portland, pneumonia. Murray, Oakland. CaL, suicide. Benjamin King, Dawson, splclde. Francis Campbell, pflot steamship Olym pia, pneumonia. Harry W. Hnrland. Chicago, pneumonia. Captain Jofceph "Whiteside, San Fran cIfoo, pneumonia. Mary Swigert, residence unknown, bronchial pneumonia. L. MooDonald, Visalla, Cal., pneumonia. Louis Elbprg, residence unknown, pneu- sionia. John W. Bcatty, San Francisco, pneu monia. William Kelly, residence unknown, pneumonia. 1L D. Rouse, residence unknown, acci dent. William R. Wheaton, Oakland, CaL, pneumonia. Joe Lucas, residence unknown, mur dered. John Ross, residence unknown, pneu monia. Victor BerozzL residence unknown, pneumonia. John Hanley, residence unknown, sui cide. " S. Strouse, residence unknown, pneu monia. Charles Campbell, residence unknown, pneumonia. Michael Farral, residence unkown, pneumonia. Gabriel Adenson, native half-breed, pneumonia. Captain C. B. Rustin, Omaha, Neb pneumonia. Carl Anderson, residence unknown, pneumonia. Lester H. McKee, residence unknown, suicide. J W. Walsmey, reslaence unknown, smallpox. John Nolan, alias George Smith, resi dence unknown, murdered. Michael Smith, residence unlenown, mur dered. Oswald Gastonguye, residence unknown, found dead on beach, probably murder, Ole Holden, Tacoma, accident. Ryan, San Francisco, pneumonia. Robert Flormhnn, Rapid City, S. D., pnouxnonli. "Watchman. Alaska Commercial Com pany, murdered. Two sisters buried by parents, pneumonia-Man buried on Anvil Creek, no record. Man buried between Nome and Cape York, no record. Two bodies washed ashore near Top lcuk. no record. Two men buried near mouth of Nome 1 River, no record. Fourteen tfiitives at Nome; 10 natives at Dexter Spit: five natives at 'Penny River. CONTEST OVER CATTLE RAXCH. Homestead Entrymnn and Stoclt Company Want Rhinehart Spring. BURNS. Or., Aug. IS. There was insti tuted today in the local land office a land contest Involving' the right of settle ment pertaining to what is known as the Rhinehart Springs ranch. Thelcon,tro- i versy iB between James Gentry, as home stead claimant, and the Pacific Livestock Company, claiming the property by virtue of a lien land selection made prior to the SUng of tbe official plats of snrvey in the local land tillce. and at a. fimo when. Gentry occupied the premises as & siuat- ter. Conservative estimates place the value of thepremtses, with improvements, productive 'capacity and peculiar advan tages as a cattle station, at 510W3. The case will he very closely and stubbornly, contested. Not less than 10 witnesses are In attendance, and in all probability the contest will occupy the great part of next week. , The Rhinehart Springs ranch, through the litigation of which it has been the subject for the past 10 years, has achieved considerable prominence in Har- l ney, and Malheur Counties. The place is remote from the old established commu nities In this part of the state, and .through the development of the cattle- grazing industry, its isolation in the great bunchgrass country- 100 miles southeast of Burns; where water in. any considerable' quantity In the midst of the range Is rare, has made It a veritable and valuable oasis in the "desert" which any stockman might covet. Out in that country tho Owyhee River Valley Is narrow, and is se cluded between perpendicular walls of rock that rise in many places to stupen dous heights. Here and there, through some break in the rimrocks a steep and tortuous way Is found to descend from the elevated lands to the stream, and through these passes the fearless cowboys have ridden over trails where others might even hesitate to go n foot. Agreat part nf the Rhinehart ranch 'abuts upon these high, basaltic walls, and ,one standing near the edge of Its alfalfa fields Tan look down a sheer loco, teet to where the- Owyhee glistens In the shad- 1 oi'S-, - xne Kmnenart spring rises m 1 1 "Ayrrxtr" "oHMiVi leoris tn flip rimrnfik' 'draw' which leads to the rimrock's brink, and below the spring ths Pacific Livestock Company built a laTge storage dam, and from the reservoir thus created ditches lead out upon the contiguous lands which constitute the ranch. Real izing the advantages to bo derived "ttoza a 'feeding-station upon which to Winter .stock that could not be driven out In, time to reach its distant ranches before the fall of snow, the company, some 14 years 'ago went upon 4he land and cre ated thelmprovements there. The prop erty was left in care of various employes until the year'lSSi. when James Gentry .went there tD look-after It, It is claimed. upon salary. ' In 189S, the year of the'Government sur vey. Gentry announced his Intention to hold the land In his own'rlghr&s a squat ter, and Informed the company, that he would himself harvest the hay crop" and convert it tp his own use. The company s employes Were ousted",o'h the theory that, each man's quarter section .is. his castle, and following this the "cbnipjany asked for and obtained a' temporary Injunction, against Gentry 'as a trespasser. Suit was brought against him in the Circuit Court for Malheur County, to regalh possessibn of the premises -and for damages, r Tho decision was in Genjtry's favor. " The case was appealed to the Supreme Court, which affirmed the decision. Gentry there upon returned to the ranch, where he nowTeshlss. - . The present contest before the Land De partment Is brough't by' Gentry to clear the land of a selection made under the act of June . 1S9", and by which title was conveyed to 'th cattle company. This selection was made in 1B98, the year of the survey of the land, but the plats were not filed In the land office-1 until April of this year, when Gentry appeared to make bis homestead filing, claiming prior right. The location has been, known to white men since about ISM, when1 therspr'rig was discovered by a company of cavalry under command ' of Major Rhlnehart, whose name It bears today. Injured.. h; Prematpre Blnst. WALLACE, Idaho, "Aug. 23. M. J. Boyle, a miner, suffered the loss of both eyes by a premature blast in the Stand ard mine last night. He will probably die. Orcgos Notes. - William Barton, of Oakville. is erecting a prnne dryer. - ' " ' ' The Oregon Soldiers' Homo is full con tains SI inmates. ; . C. L. Smith has sold 860 acres of land in Tamhlll County to A. Trudell. Price, 54030. W. D. Milhollen and a Stone, of Oak vllle, have been on a hunt and report the killing of 10 deer. People of The Dalles pronounce their volunteer fire department the most effi cient in the state. Three men from "Wisconsin recently lo cated homesteads in the Wlnberry neigh borhood, Lane' County. Lebanon reports a load -"of straw, brought by a farmer to -the" paper mills, which weighed 11,350 pounds: E. A. Goodnough has sold R. W. Wilbur SO acres In the James Morris donation land claim, Yamhill County, for $1003. Salem's Council has passed tho ordi nance to Impose a license fee of 5 -cents on each telephone In use In the city. , Whea commands 3 to 5 cepts more per bushel at flouring mills in the Valley than is seemingly .warranted "by the Portland export price. Electric automatic bells are to be put in at Pearl street, Eugene, by the South ern Pacific Company. It Is a dangerous crossing, at a sharp curve. Hon. Ivan McQueen, of Lane, has had an 4 operation performed for "a proass abscess,," according to the Eugene Guard, and is getting along fairly. The first train of logs has been brought to Marshfleld from Blue Ridge over the Daniels Creek Railroad, recently built to an Immense body of fine timber. Salem Lodge of Elks, No. 336, is making preparations for a great display at the Portland carnival. Elks' . day, September 6. It will have ,100 men in uniform and 0. band of 16 musicians from Its mem bership. , A McMinnville girl sent 35 cents to a Chicago firm who advertised a "recelpe for softening and whitening the hands." Here It 1st "Soak them well .In dish water, three times a day while your mother rests." t The hopgrowers of North Yamhill are oxpectlng to pay 70 to 75 cents per 100 pounds for picking, says the McMinnville Transcript As green hops weigh about 43 pounds per box, this Is about S3 1-3 cents per box. In the McMlnnvIlle-Transcrlpt's real es tate transfers appears this: Q. F. Seely and wife to W.. B. Stevens, 6TS.S9 acres, the Patrich Lynch donation land claim, township 5 south, range 7 west, $2000." Is there not an error here, either in price or acreage? Many farmers In the Valley hre re ported to he Investing in dairy stock, from the fact that, while wheat brings less than 50 cents a bushel, creamery butter is worth 25 to 30 cents a pound, and In some Instances home-made but ter of extra quality brings 25 cents. The Albany .Democrat reports that "Judge George Barton has sold his farm at the Calapoola bridge to Mr. Swltzer, recently from Iowa, who has taken charge of It; consisting of 51 acres, partly set to fruit Consideration, $2000." The Judge has bought a herd of Jersey cows and started a dairy near Albany. A historic landmark has disappeared at Salem hy the tearing down of Dr. J. N. Smith's residence to make room for a new 'one. Before additions were built, it was a one-story structure, with col umns in front to support a porch, and L was erected In 1S52 by Hon. L. F. Grov- er.for law ofiices. In 1S34 the Supreme Court of Oregon, then composed of the several Circuit Judges, of the territory, held Its annual session in the building, and a large class of applicants for ad mission to the bar was examined in It. A recent wedding at Shedd Station was that of George Dow, aged 72, and Loretta Lester, aged 50. The Junction Times says It was the sixth time in his career that Mr. Dow had led a Mushing bride to the altar, and the third time that the bride had taken nuptial vows. Present at the ceremony was the daughter of the groom, who had twice witnessed her lather mar ried, one of the ceremonies being that, in which .her father married her own mother, from whom he had previously been divorced The bride arrived from the East but a month ago. OPENED WITH A BALL BRILLIANT FUSCCTOX TO START ASTORIA REGATTA. Unfavorable JTTeatlier Interfered "WitS the Outdoor Programme Sports to Take Place Today, ASTORIA, Aug. 23. The coronation of the Begitta Queen, that but for the in clement weather would have been the first event on this morning's programme, was held this evening, and It proved to be one of the most brilliant spectacles ever witnessed in Astoria. Fully 2000 peo ple were assembled In the spacious hall wrhen the Queen was escorted to the throne. The building had been handsome ly decorated for the occasion and pre sented a dazzling array of light and col ors. Miss Tallant was a success as a THE LATE NELSON R. DOTY. OREGON PIONEER OF 1844 WHO HAD TAKEN ACTIVE PART IN AFFAIRS JEFFERSON, Or., Aug. 23 Nelson K. Doty, -who died at his rarmhouua Monday, was born in Rochester, N. Y-, May 10, 1815. He crossed the plains to Oregon m 1844, settling oa the John Nell place, seven miles north of Jefferson. Here he started the first tan nery ever run in Oregon. He was by trade a saddler and shoemaker. In 1848 he home .steaded the fine farm on which he resided at tie time of his death. He was a volunteer, with the Tank, of First Lieutenant, In the Indian war of 1S4S-49, servinjr under the late Colonel Cornelius. At the close of tho war he went 4o the California gold mines, where be met with moderate success, but soon returned to his farm home. November 18, 1831, he was . united in marriage to Elmira McClure, and six children were born to them, all of whom are among: our respected citizens. They are Norrls H. Doty, Edward B. Doty, Mrs. Alice Rob inson, Mrs. Angle Minck and Mrs. Clara Need ham, all of Marlon County, and W. E. Doty, of Polk County. Mr. Doty as the first Justice of the Peace in South Marlon County, which position he held as long as he would accept of the office. He was one of the most widely known and highly respected residents of Oregon, and has ever been noted for his public enterprise, sparing neither lme nor money to ad-ance the interests of his adopted state. Notwlthstand lng4 his advanced age, ho was as spry upon his feet as a boy, and had never been seen using acane. His memory was as bright and unclouded as that of a young man. and his Temln Iscenoes of early days were equal to any history of pur state. He was a life-long Repub lican, and had an Intimate acquaintance with all the leading men of that party, many of whom hare been entertained at his hospitable farm home. Queen, and carried herself in such a way. as to demand and receive the most hearty congratulations from every one. .The .ceremonies were short but impressive. The Queen entered the hall on the arm of General Summers, and as she ap proached the stage was met and escorted to the throne by Admiral Edwards, fol lowed by her maids of honor, 19 In num ber. Mayor Bergman made the address of welcome and presented her with the keys to the city. Governor G-eer respond ed and assured the large crowd present that the reign of the Queen would be, a happy and peaceful one. Her Majesty then -directed that the pleasures of the evening should begin and emulating what Rhi MtcpA. Ifd thft errand march and 'participated In the first number. A dance followed, and was continued until a late hour. Astoria was crowded today with visitors to witness the beginning of the seventh annual regatta, and while they were not entertained as expected, the city was alive with Interesting events that were enjoyable indoors to compensate for the unfortunate weather. Early this morning the wind shifted to the south and a 'rain set in that lasted all day .and prevented any of the aquatic events. The commit-, tee-announced in the morning, after the "weather conditions were known, that all -races would be postponed until tomorrow, and that the events fixed for today would be doubled up-with the programme ar ranged for tomorrow, also that the formal cor&nation of the Queen would take place at the hall given In her honor this even ing. The only race attempted todiy was the one between the gasoline launches, and after they had started a heavy log set iled down on the river and either one of the outer buoys bad gone adrift or the boats could not find It, so the launches! returned and the Judges declared it not a race.' It will be contested in the morning. The California oarsmen and athletes arv rlvcd from San Francisco this morning, and their trainer reports all of them in excellent health, except one man who was seasick On the trip, but he will be able to pull his oar with his crew tomor row. V FISHER3IEN STILL OUT. Tillamook Cannery Not Running? A Friend of the Harbor. TILLAMOOK, Aug. 23. The strike of fishermen In Tillamook Bay Is still on, the fishermen demanding 50 cents for large salmon, 20 cents for sllversldes, and 7 cents for "chums." Not a boat is fishing, although there is a good run of fish. On account of the strike the cannery on the. 'bay, belonging to S. Elmore, has been unable to start up, but everything is ready to do so. By the murder of Will W. Fenton at Rhinelander, Wis., this county lost a friend. Mr. Fenton visited the county last year, and bought a number of tlm-, ber claims. So Interested had he become in Tillamook that he Interviewed one of the representatives of Wisconsin, who "was a member on the rivers and harbors committee. In regard to the Improvements of Tillamook, and so satisfactory had his his efforts been that he wrote a few days before Congressman Tongue paid this 4 county a visit, pointing out how success ful he had been and asked lyhat else he could do to bring about the desired Im provement of Tillamook bar. Notes of Astoria. ASTORIA, Aug. 23. The committee of the Chamber of Commerce, which has in hand tbe proposition for the establish ment of a woolen mill in this city, held a meeting yesterday and decided to offer the company a site and to defray all the expenses Incurred In transferring the plant irom Dallas to Astoria. Mr. Cate, the promoter of the deal, received the proposition and will submit It to the owners of tbe mill. The original propo- sitlon as submitted by Mr. Carter and Mr. Cate. asking for a site and a sub sidy of $22,000 in cash, witt not be con sidered further. A special meeting of the School Board was held last evening and the time for the Fall commencement of the' city's schools was fixed for Monday, October L The term will consist of nine months, with a short vacation during the Winter holidays. The salaries of teachers were fixed the same as last year- ITotes of, Linn County. ALBANY, Aug. 23. The Elks of. this city have begun the stale of tickets for the excursion on September C to the big Portland Street Fair and Carnival, and expect to dispose of 600. sufficient to fill eight or 10 cars, making one of the blg gefet excursion parties to go from the city. Interest In the fair seems to be general in this part of the Valley. Albany is having more than Its share of runaway accidents, four, within two or three days. Street Superintendent "Westfall is jconfined to his bed from in juries received from one: Johnnyr son of J. J. Graham, was unconscious over .24 houra from Injuries received from being thrown from a cart; L. T. Berry's teim ran in front of an engine near the city, hlB wagon tipped over with him, bruising him some, and this forenoon a wagon loaded with pears was turned over into a ditch under a culvart on the railroad track after the team had run Beveral blocks. Many Homestead Filing's Eye Lot. OREGON CITY, Aug. 23. One hundred and one homestead locations have been filed In the local land office so far thlB mbnth. Fully one-half of the locations were made in the limits of the Slletz reservation. In thfi Tnnttir nf hnmoatonS 'filings, this month promises to beat the record in the .history of the landofnce, Persons who possess the homestead right are now anxious to secure lands on ac count of the rush of speculators and cor porations to secure the desirable timber lands. Frank Thlel, aged 14, of Gladstone, was driving, the dynamite cap out of a car tridge this morning, when it exploded, striking him in the eye, considerably la cerating that organ. The injuries are so serious that the eye may have to be taken out. HHlaboro Notes. HILLSBORO, Aug. 23. A warrant in the sum of $500 was today drawn in favor of Clark & Buchanan, who have just com pleted auditing the accounts of the county officers, dating back to 1S92. The report will not be made public until the Com missioners' Court meets in September. Congressman T. H. Tongue has re ceived an .invitation from the Republican National Committee to make speeches for the McKinley ticket in Ohio, In the pend ing campaign. Northwest Pensions. WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. Pensions have been granted as follows: Oregon Increase, Thomas Johnson. Portland. ?8. Orlglhal, Robert V. Cresap, Kingston, $6; David McArthur, New Era, ,$6. Mexican War survivors, John Swln- den, dead, Murphy, $12. Washington Original widows, Marga retha Rusch, Colvllle, $8; Elmina L. Cur tis,. Anacortes, $8. Original, James T. Goss, Vancouver, 56. Telephone Line to Tillamook. MMINNTLLE, Aug. 23. The Oregon Telephone Company Is building a line over the mountains on the Trask route to Tillamook. The line is now up about two-thirds of the way. to a point about 2i miles from Tillamook. It Is the Inten tion of the company to extend the line on to Nehalem, which will practically put tho whole of Tillamook County In close touch with the outside world. Equalization In Skamania Connty. STEVENSON, Wash., Aug. 23. The County Board of Equalization met today and Increased the valuation of the St. Martin hot springs from $1000 to J10.COO; trio OoerrtOla mlnArfi 1 ?YiTlrr"e irttv tifSA rrt jsOO. The a R. & N. Co.'s two and a half miles of railroad In this county was left as returned by the Assessor. Intoxicated Man Strangled. SEATTLE, Aug. 23. John Baring, for merly a plumber of San Francisco, fell, while Intoxicated at" Skagway, August IS, and In some way his neck became twisted and he strangled to death. He leaves a brother and sister at San Francisco. IMPROVED SERVICE TO FROM ILWACO. AND Read the O. 3cL & N. adv. on page, 7 and note change in leaving time of steamer T. J. Potter from Portland. MARKETING THE PRUNES SPECIALTY TO BE MADE OF CARE FUL PACKIKG. Plans of "Willamette Valley Parana Association Season's Wheat Move mentHop Contracts Filed. SALEM. Aug. 21 Manager H. S. Gile. of the Willamette Valley Prune Associa tion. has just closed negotiations for a lease of the large Wallace warehouse on Trade and High atreets, in this -city, and the building will be remodeled and fitted with a complete outfit of machinery for grading and packing fruit. The as sociation had about completed negotia tions for the lease of & tract of ground near the O. R. & N. Co.'s dock and hart prepared plans for a "warehouse to be erected thereon, but, owing to delay in securing the lease and to the rapidity with which th prune crop has matured, it was found best to secure the Wallace warehouse rather than attempt to build a new warehouse in time for handling this year's crop. The first and second floors of the Wallace building had been leased by a California firm, but the as sociation has secured a transter of the lease and will fit up a 'packing-house with modern equipments. A deck will be erected over the second floor forHhe grading machinery, so that the associa tion will have three "Soors for Its work. The basement will be occupied by Charles L. Dally, who has had a lease of that floor for several years. The association will endeavor to pack all its fruit in boxes bearing the asso ciation brand. It has been found that fruit sells more readily and at a more profitable figure if packed in clean, new boxes, with white paper lining. The fruit packed in that -manner is more attrac tive In appearance than fruit in bags, and although tho cost of packing is more, the ,flnai Tcturns are found to justify the additional expense. Fruit has been shipped from Salem in such packages In tho past, but not to the extent that it probably will be In the future. The early maturity of. the prune crop this season has caught some of. the growers un ready for the drying season. J. W. Hunt, a Rosedale grower, said today that a num ber of growers in his neighborhood are erecting driers, but can .not get the houses completed by the time the fruit will be ready. The fruit will not be lost on that 'account, but those who are not ready will be obliged to hire their drying done by their neighbors or by commercial driers. The drying season will Tiot begin at Rosedale for about a week yet, and will then be about two weeks earlier than usual. Several driers In the vicinity' of Salem started up this week, among them the Beardsley and Percy driers, north of town, and the West drier, In Polk County. The first I reports'' are' that the Petite "prunes -cy to smaller sizes than was expected, but as ine iruit womea upon nrsc is sucn as falls early,' the first results do not neces sarily indicate that all the fruit win dry small. Manager H. B. Holland, tl the Salem Flouring Mills, reports that wheat is corn ing in at the rate of abouE 1300 to 1400 bushels per day. At thi time In 1898 about three times this amount was received dally. As It was raining at this time In. 199 no wheat was received. Mr.. Hol land says that while the farmers do not manifest much disposition to sell their wheat, many sell "because they have so little that It doesjiot pay'them to hold for a higher price. Under ordinary cir cumstances there would he fewer sales at present prices. Wheat is quoted at 46 cents in Salem today. v Hop contracts were filed today as fol lows; N. F. Cook. St. Paul, to J. M. Russell & Co., of Portland, 7500 pounds at 10 cents J. L. Cook, St Paul, to J. M. Russell & Co., 8000 pounds at 10 cents. , Sarah Kenady and Samuel Vincent, of Champoeg, to Llllenthal Bros., 10,000 pounds at 10 cents. Martin and Frank Fessler, of McKee, to Llllenthal Bros., 8000 pounds at 10 cents. J. J. Coyle, of St. Paul, to J. M. Rus sell & Co., GOO0 pounds at 10 cents. James Coleman, or St. Paul, to J. M. Russell & Co., 10,000 pounds at 10 cents. E. C, Davidson, of St. Paul, to J. M. Russell & Co., S000 pounds at 10 cents. The Russell & Co. contracts were exe cuted early In July, and the Llllenthal contracts about the middle of August. SO far as can be learned, 11 cents is the highest price yet paid, and but few have contracted at that price. Manager Wln stanley, of the Hopgrowers Association, says that the groweres are not contract ing unless compelled to do so In order to get picking money. He says that although It would seem that money will be un usually close with hopgrowers this year, he observes that more of the growers than ordinary are getting their picking money without contracting their hops. J. M. Russell & Co. filed today a con tract by which they take 15 acres of hops belonging to Mattle E. Elrtdge, of Erooks, the hops to be sold on a com mission of 1 cent per pound. Good Prunes in Benton Connty. CORVALLIS, Or., Aug. 23. It is expected that picking in the vicinity of Corvallis will begin a week from Monday. The yield will be as good, and in many cases much better, than was expected two months ago. The yield In the 153-acre orchard of the Corvallis Prune Company Is estimated at from 5000 to 8000 bushels. Several weeks ago the figures were guessed at 4000 to 5000. In most of the orchards there are similar conditions. A local grower has received an offer of 3, 3A and 4 cents per pound for his coming crop of dried prunes. The offer was not. accepted. Spring1 Grain Tarns Oat Better. M'MTNNVILLE, Aug. 23. Harvesting the bpring grain has begun In this coun ty, and much better results than expected are reported. One farmer reports 25 bush els of wheat, and 40 bushels of oats to the acre. There will be an enormous crop of ap ples In this county, this year; and the beauty of It Is, they are much nearer free from worms than for years past. Stringent laws for the protection of or chards Is having a beneficial result in these parts- HORSES FOR THE ARMY. Purchases in Progress in Southern Oregon and Willamette Valley. ASHLAND, Or., Aug. 23. Captain W. P. Page Walnwright, J. A. Applewhite and G. S. B. Hayden. the United States Inspectors who have been here for the past two days buying horses and mules for shipment for cavalry service in the Philippines and China, have selected 150 head, a large number of them having been driven in from Klamath County. They paid 135 to ?60 per head for those selected here. Tomorrow they will go to Medford, where they expect to buy 50 more horses, and they are due at Al bany on thq 29th, where 200 head will be added to the stock purchased. The ani mals bought here will be shipped in six cars, and those In Medford In two car Saturday to Portland, STRIKE AT THE PENITENTIARY. Bricklayers "Wonldnt Stand Delays Adjustment Was Made. SALEM, Aug. 23. King bricklayers em ployed by Contractors Erixon & Van Pat ton, on the new wing at the Penitentiary, struck this morning on account of un satisfactory arrangements for letting the workmen inside the prison gates. It was claimed by them that they lost V& hours per day by reason of being obliged to get to the prison early In order to get Inside the steel fence, and could not get out when their day's work was completed. The prison officials mado arrangements for letting the men in and out at a con venient time, and the men went back to work. Three Farms Sold. , Among the conveyances" filed today waa a deed by which H. C. Ehlen conveys to Frederick Yergen a HSere farm In the Jacob Grimm donation land claim, near Aurora, the consideration being 52000. Albert Briggs and wife, of Ale, today conveyed tb Ella May Made their .farm of 57 acres the consideration being $ian. with the provision that the land "Is to bo the pronertsof said Ella May Mack for her use. control, benefit and occupancy during the term of her natural life, and after her death to be tho property of her children' Arthur B. Raymond has sold a 220-acro farm lathe W. W. Brooks donation land claim, south ot Salem, for a cdnsldera tlon ot 5C0l Capital City Bre-rltles-r State Treasurer Moore today received remittances from Washington County for the following accounts: University tax, 1592, S443 OS; state -tax, 1S5, $6700. These payments settle Washington County's state taxes to date, so far as principal is concerned, but the State Treasurer has several years interest still charged, against that county. George Lemar, a colored man who claims to be a waiter in a prominent Portland restaurant, was arrested today on a charge of vagrancy. Ho was fined by Recorder Judah and given time to leave the city,, which he did. Clark Cownty School Funds. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Aug. 23. County School Superintendent Evans has just completed the apportionment of school funds among the 78 districts in the coun ty for the quarter ending August L 1900. The total amount apportioned is $9466 47, or which the state contributed 5S79S76 and the county ?657 7L The amount ap portioned to "the schools of the city 13 ?2634 SO. Washington Tioten. The Skagit County Teachers Institute is In session. Attendance. 70. T. Bradford, charged with burglary, has escaped from the Montesano jail. Resumption of work Is promised on the electrjc road between Seattle and Ta coma. Threshing crews In Eastern Washing ton frequently enjoy the. luxury of prairie chickens for dinner. Max Hannell, under bonds at Centralla for robbery, has skipped and left his sureties' In the lurch. Washington Prohibitionists have called a convention for September 4. at Seattle, to name a full state ticket. Senator George Turner has accepted an Imitation to deliver an address at the Spokane Labor day celebration. Rev. G. H. Newman, pastor of the Rltz vflle Congregational Church, has re signed, after four years service. At Seattle there Is much disputation as to whether the civil service provision of the city's charter Is a failure. A Bryan paper at Walla Walla says the primaries Tuesday disclosed the fact that many Democrats have failed to reg ister. Paul Bocion, a Swiss, has left Cheney for a visit to two sisters at Lausanne, on Geneva Lake, whom he has not seen for 43 "years. Aberdeen reports a 15-year-old burglar. Harrison Bosley, an orphan, who recently robbed a dry good3 house of a quantlty of merchandise. At Goldendale a subscription of ?50 has been raised for the purpose of blast ing out the Little Klickitat Falls so fish can. pass up the stream. Joe Dubois, accused of forgery, and George Black, accused of larceny, worked a hole in the masonry of the Rltxvllle jail, the night of August 21, and es caped. The State Board of Land Commission ers have sold the timber on section 36, township 14, range 4 wesf. Lewis County school lands, to E. A. Frost, of Chehalis, for J920. "Willie Daly, 13 years old, through his guardian, is suing the Everett Pulp &. Paper Company for 512,000 as damages for Injuries sustained by him while work ing In Its mill. A horse backed a buggy Off the Ho qniam ferry slip, August 20, dumping Captain Butonshon and Ole Vammer Into the mud and water. They got out, but were unable to save the horse. Three priests of the Catholic Church took out their "first papers" for natural ization at Spokane the 21st Inst. They are George Felix, of Germany; Joseph Malaise, of Belgium; Joseph Tomkln, of Ireland. Charles Herron was accidentally killed at Hoqulam, August 20, by the breaking of the kingbolt of Ms wagon, by which he was thrown out on his he.ad. He leaves a widow and one child. He car ried $2000 of insurance. At 'Everett, August 20, a young women fell oft a dock and was rescued from drowlnlng by Charles Henderson, after she had gone down the third time. She refused to give her name, so her friends would know nothing ot the accident. Whatcom's controversy over the im provement of Elk street has been settled by the City Council's instructing the Mayor and Clerk to sign the bonds In payment for the work. The decision was reached after a long and acrimonious discussion. The capture of a 500-pound man-eating shark In a- fish-trap is reported by the Port Townsend Leader, which adds that "the shark "Was turned over to the can nery's Chinese employes for a feast, as they are said to be fond of the man eating specie." At Falrhaven a lot 50 feet wide and 110 feet deep, on Holly, between Dock and Canoe streets, has just been sold at J200 per front foot It Is occupied by a saloon and a grocery store. The price Is regarded as a good one. Borgeson Bros, are the buyers. Professor T. A. Yowell, arrested at Seattle on a charge o pocket-plcklng. Sunday afternoon, at Madison Park, waa discharged by Justice Austin. Tuesday, on motion of the Prosecuting Attorney. after jl full examination of the complain ant and his witnesses. Deputy City Marshal Gelwick. who killed a man at Pullman last Sunday night, has been discharged from custody by Justice Swain, on motion of Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Roberts. As Rob erts had caused Gelwlck's arrest after hearing evidence at the Coroner's inquest, which was exactly the same as that In troduced before Justice Swain, his action in dismissing caused considerable com ment, hut gives general satisfaction. Everptt's Council has bent to the 3torm over Its appropriation of $17,500 of sewer funds to buy a dock, and has rescinded its action. A feature of the controversy was the Issue of an order by Judge Reid to restrain the Council fro-n reconsidering Its action, and his apjjearance before the Council with the statement that he had been led Into signing $he order through the misrepresentation of attor neys and would rescind It at once. Horatio N. Belt died at Spokane, Au gust 21,-after several months' illness due to stomach troubles. Mr. Belt waa the promoter and president of the Ros3 Park, street-car line, the first electric line la Spokane. He served two consecutive terms as Mayor of Spokane under the fusion regime, and. before his last Ill ness, was prominently .mentioned as a candidate for Governor before the com ing State Democratic Convention. He leaves a widow and three sons. DON'T PUT OFF TILL TOMORROW THE OUT1ES OF TODAY." BUY A CAKE OF ROBBID AND MURDERED FATE OF SKAGIT COUNTY 31SH ghSSstind MILLMAN. Hia Skull Was Broken Crime Sup posed to Have Been Committed toy a Fraser Ri-rer Gnnjr. SEATTLE, Aug- 2S. Charles: Bauncer. & merchant and mlUman of Mliltown. Skag it County, was murdered by robbers Wednesday night, about 200 yards from his store. His body, with the pockets rifled, was found this afternoon, about 3 o'clock, with the skull broken and bloody while a cudgel near by was evidently the murderer's weapon. Bauncer left his store early In the even ing., to go on an errand. His failure to return alarmed his brother, who lived with him. and In the morning a system atic search resulted in the discover ot the body. A Deputy United States Mar shal Is working on the case, and behaves it to be the work of a band of tough, char acters from the Fraser river canneries. Such a gang was in the vicinity at the time of the murder. i BIG IRRIGATION ENTERPRISE. 73,000 Acre of Arid Land Soon to Be Made Fertile. BOISE. Idaho, Aug. 23.-State Engineer I Ross has returned from a trip to Ogden ana he states that final arrangements have now been made between, the tate and the American Falls Power & Canal Company for the opening of the com pany's canal. The state filed on, 5.7 0O acres of land In Bingham and Bannock Counties nnder the Carey act about a year ago and the land Is all under the proposed canal. The state insisted that the settler bo allowed the right to buy shares of stock In the company rather than be assessed each year and the company has given way. This will be a great saving to tha settler. The work of construction will be un dertaken by tho Utah Construction Com pany and the enterprise will cost $325,000, the company giving a vbond ot $150,000 to complete the work within 18 months. The canal will cover 75.000 acres ot land now arid. The ditch "wilt be 65 miles long. 70 feet wide at the bottom and will carry 5,000 inches of water. FISH AMONG SAGEBRUSH. Washed Oat of Back Creek, Sherman Connty, by Cloadbarst. KENT, Or., Aug. 23. A storm struci this place Monday evening. In the vl clnlty of Buck Hollow, the storm seemed more in the nature of a cloudburst. Th wagon road was completely washed away, The water rushing down the cayon car rld everything before it, even washlnj the fish out of the creek. Flah the next morning were found in the sagehrush. J. K. Craig, the wholesale gardener was a heavy loser. His garden wa3 com pletely covered with water and rocks. Ii was the heaviest rain known for years The creek was higher than the oldest Inhabitant has ever before seen It. "WANT ANOTHER PASS. If One Is Fonntlv In Northern Wash ington Railroad Muy Build. NEW WHATCOM. Wash.. Aug. 23. The Belllngham Bay & Brltlah Columbia Railway Company today started out an engineer corps to escertain if a practic able railroad route can be had through the Cascade Mountains in Northern Washington. In case one shall be found the company expects to extend Its line, which now terminates In the heart of the mountains, through, into. Okanogan County, tapping the Slate Creek mining district en route. Sergeants on Retired LIftt. WASHINGTON. Aug. 19. First Sergeant Wllhelm Lassamnlck, Company D. and Serge?nt Charles H. Forborg, Company B. Fourteenth Infantry, the former at Portland. Or., and the latter at Vancou ver Barracks, Wash., have, at their own request, been placed on the retired list. Commissary Sergeant Paul McLees has been ordered from Jackson Barracks. La., to For.t St. Michael, Alaska, where ho will relieve Commissary Sergeant John J. O'Brien, who has been ordered to Seat tle, Wash., for assignment to duty Idnho Note. An Immense amount of wheat is being hauled Into Jujiaetta. A lodge of the Knlght of Pythias has been organized at Sand Point. R. C. Drake has resigned a principal of the Bonner's Ferry school. M. Corey, of Colfax, was chosen to succeed him. Mrs. Nlta Lapird. wife of Dr. J. S. Lapard. died at Melrose. August 20, after a 12 hours' sickness from cholera morbus. A new wagon road is being constructed from Oro FIno to Pierce City. It wll bring the latter place Within 23 miles of the railroad. Senator Teller Is to csnv-y-s Northern Idaho for the Bryan forces, with special reference to giving Fred T. Dubois' Sena torial aspirations a bsost, Charley Einstein, of Murray, is re ported to have killed a cinnamon bear and two cubs with three rifle shots. The mother beast's weight Is placed at HO0 pounds. Miss Miggie Fabraga. of Burke, wai found In her room about 3 o'clock, Au gust 20, In an unconscious condition and badly cut about the head with an ax; Her assailant Is unknown. The money turned in to Idaho Asses sors thl3 year is $155,877. or about one-halt the deposits In any of the Boise or Lewis ton National banks. The cash as ren dered by the counties Is: Ada. $12,437; Bannock, 3800; Bear Lake. $10,000; Bing ham, ?900; Slain,". $200; BoUe, J74C6; Can yon. $12,933; Custer. $5C0; Elmore. $12,050; Idaho. J5343; Kootenai. $201; Latah. $300; Lemhi. $43,619; Lincoln. $350; Nez Perces. $4359; Owyhee. $500: Sno-hone. $26,650; Washington, $3800. Three counties Cas sia, Fremont and Oneida return no mon ey at all. These are feature of the orig inal rolls which the Lewlston TrtbunB says, scarcely begin to Indicate the ridic ulous and dlscredltaM" state Into which the assessment system has fallen. PAUL CROMWELL The Colored Specialist Has opened up hi office at 347 Front, and will sell his medicine as usual. Medicines for all kinds of chronic diseases.