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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1900)
O0KS LIKE ROGERS His Chances for Renomina tion Are Bright VOORHEES HAS A PO.OR - SHOW -Governor' StrenistSs Come Chiefly "From the Smaller Counties, Tkongla Spolne "Will-Aid. SEATTLE, Aug. 24. The prospects of Governor Rogers tor renomlnatlon at tooxt Monday' union convention tonight look exceeding! bright. The opposition Jhas been demoralized by the repeated attacks made 'upon .Fawcett and a strong effort is now being, made- to get him. out of the race. The Evening Times, which Jaas been outspoken in its hostility to fc"&.wcii and unsparing In its denuncia tion of hte personal record, tonight n "nounced his withdrawal; but the Tacoma candidate emphatically declares that Tho announcement is unauthorised, and. feays that it is merely a device of the Bog era people to damage him. It is narrated, as a fact, however, and it is generally believed, that Fawcptt last night decid ed to retire and so informed the steering committee of the King County delegation. Today he changed his mind. There has been some talk of a compromise by which "Fawcett shall be given the Stato Treas sr;rshlp. But little progress seems to "have been made in that direction. Tho exact influences that caused Fawcett to reconsider his determination to pull out cannot be ascertained, but it may be guessed that they are based upon realiza tion of tho lact that for him to retire now would be substantially a confession that the ugly things said about him are true. The light centers on. control of the Democratic convention. The anti-Rogers people control the Pierce and King Coun ty delegations, and have the nucleus of very great strength, but reports from the country Indicate that Rogers will have the great majority of the outside coun ties. H. J. Snively, of Yakima,' one of "Rogers able lieutenants, arrived tonight with the assurance that every one of the sir Central Washington counties is eolfd for Rogers, not only in the Democratic convention, but in the Populist and Sil ver Republican. Reports from other Sources substantiate this statement. It is known too that Senator Turner has won his "fight for control of the Spokans Democratic delegation, and this means that a majority are without question for Rogers and against "Voorhees. The Popu list delegation is also claimed by Turner. This is a severe blow to the Voorhees jc&ndjdacy, coming as It does from his tJffn county. Talk of James Hamilton Lewis for Governor was revived during the day. and a Iewis boom seemed to be fairly launched. But It was Wiled oft by Lewis himself, "who announced that he was not, and "would not be a candidate, and that he was pledged to Ronald for Congress and Moore for Supreme Judge, which was all the Democrats could fairly expect from this county. As likely as not the Lewis talk will be revived later. There is but little talk of the two thirds rule, and there now seems to bo no likelihood of its being adopted. It is probable, too, that the Union party will adopt the Democratic name, though this is by no means certain. Senator Turner is being urged for chairman of the state central committee. This is a somewhat surprising move, and it is not at all certain that Turner would accept. Maloney and. Goddard Are Out. Bobs Msloney and his secretary, C. H. Goddard, are decidedly at outs as to the proper course of the union convention. Moloney's solo purpose early In the campaign was to beat Rogers; to that end he favored any scheme that was like ly to prove disastrous to the Governor. At the Spokane convention in the Spring, the way he and his efficient lieutenant, Goddard, lined up tho delegates against the Hart faction which was identical "with the Rogers Interest, was something amazing. Goddard had his hand on the delegations from Southeastern Washing ton, but since then his hand has lost Its cunning, and he has fallen from his high position in the favor of Boss Mo loney. The Southeastern counties got away- from Goddard, and be has very lit tle that he can deliver to Moloney, or anybody else, next .Monday. But this is not tho reason of the emphatic differ ences between "Maloney and Goddard. Primarily, the trouble arose because Goddard insisted upon supporting Faw-. cett for Governor, and Maloney now "wants him beaten. The Goddard conten tion Is that, when Fawcett was contem plating entering the list against Rogers, iie "was encouraged by the powerful Ma loney, and promised the support of the Democratic machine, which was Ma loney. ICow be has, it is claimed, broken faith, and is doing all he can for Voor hees. The Goddard people say that Ma loney has variously pledged himself to all the, candidates except Rogers, and he has done it because h3 thus expected "to break down the Governor's strength. "This may not be entirely true, but it deubtJess is true that Maloney has never "wavered in his bitter opposition to Rog ers, and he looked with an approving eye upon the candidacies of the several gen tlemen who by one means or another were persuaded to come out against him. Maloney is now openly for Voorhees, where formerlj he was simply openly against Rogers. He could not maintain a position of friendliness to all the op position candidates, because they would not permit it. They made him fish or cut bait. Fawcctt'H Campaign. The Fawcett campaign has been made stronger than mlghf reasonably have been expected a mfinth ago. The fight upon him has beeiCeohducted with a great deal of bitterness. Tho charges of tee tooatxie -rimes against bis personal ond official conduct l-.ve been sweeping, and, as it looks at present, have made 1 Is nomination impossible, unless some of elent means is taken to refute them. It is promised that Mr. Fawcett will take prompt action in tho form of a criminal and a civil libel suit against the Times and its editor. His friends feel greatly outraged by the outspoken course of that paper, and declare that Its state ments are utterly false. Mr. Fawcett came over from Tacoma yesterday, and It Is said that the papers in the expected libel suit are now being prepared, and Rill be filed at once. The effect of these attacks has been to stir up the animosities between the Rogers and Fawcett people to tho boil ing point The Pierce Countv delegates particularly- feel in -a vec uglv mood, anl sa- that the Rogers crowd is "behind tho -- nders oa their candidates. The editor of the Times ;is a Rogers ap poli.tee, being a regent of the State Uni 1 er fv , and this, they think. Is the rea son win the Time Is so active and un-eomp-oniisirg and desperate in its, en dea or to defeat Mr. Fawcett. I"u- the criticisms of"i,Fawcet,t do. not com alone from Seattle and Olympla. There is a Yery strong feeling in Tacoma that he should not be nominated. It is voiced by Steve Judson. a pioneer Demo. crat know n all over the state as a leader in his own county, who is here openlv opposing the Tacoma candidate. Mr. Jud son has given ot an interview which is worth Quoting: "It is absurd," he said, -for 3Sr. Faw cett and hie crowd to claim that he can carry Pierce County if he is nominated. It is more than that it is absolutely untrue. and the Fawoett people know it to be such. The decent people, regardless of party, would vote against him. His pri vate record MaeHs t heaven. In fact It Is a private reaerd no tongec The airing his nasty divorce ess, xas given in the papers made Ms domestic affairs public property. Se wen his recent victory by tho aid of the slum and hobo element, and by the prodigal and corrupt use of monger. K the party nominates' him we will go down to certain defeat. The men who are advocating his nomination are divided into two classes those who are ignorant- of the man's record and who do rtotknbw what we will have to con tend with if we nominate him, and those who are out of mpney, and don't care a snap whether the party succeeds or not. Some of the self-styled leaders in the party, some who hold positions in the party organization, have shown the ear marks of the regulation grafter in this Fawcett fight." Kins County Unsotlgfactory. The King jCoxmty situation is not sat isfactory to the Fawcett leaders. The Populists are instructed for him, the Silver Republicans are divided, and the Democrats plainly do not know where; they are. They know only that they are not for Rogers. There are a few excep- ftions, like L. G. Gilman and George H. lung; and the voices of these are likely to be silenced by the unit rule. The Fawcett people think they are entitled to the unanimous support of King Coun ty, on the ground that the primary fight here hinged largely oa the Rogers issue, l and tho Governor was beaten; and on the further ground that Tacoma should have the Governorship if Seattle is given a Congressman. Rogers is a Pierce County man, hailing from Puyallup; but he is not good enough a Pierce County man for . the Fawcett peonle. Ronald flnd3 himself In much the same position that Cushman did at Tacoma. The Pierce County Democratic delegation Is Bound ing him on the back, and insisting1 that in the interest of fairness and good poli tics his delegation help out Fawcett; and the Rogers, people hint at all sorts of ugly possibilities In case he does go to Fawcett. This was the sort of thing that rattled Cushman, when he never was in any sort of danger; nor is it apparent now that Ronald is running any risks, Whatever be does. The temper of all the delegates is that King County should have a Congressman, andt as Ronald is the only candidate put forward, he will be the man. The only person that could make him any sort of trouble is James Hamilton Lewis, and Lewis' hands seem to be tied. The tactics of the Fawcett men have been to get all the anti-Rogera delegates into a caucus and let them choose a can didate for Governor. The scheme has fallen flat. It is opposed by pretty nearly everybody but the men from Tacoma. The Northwest counties .are said to be generally for Rogers, and his managers are confidently 'claiming a majority of the Democratic convention and of the union convention. This may or may not be enough. It depends upon the condi tions upon which tho union convention is formed. If tho two-thirds rule is adopted, Rogers is likely to faiL The headquarters of Governor Rogers havo been opened ud at the "Northern "HoteL A. C. Little, Fish Commissioner, is his manager. The Fawcett headquar ters are at the Rainier Grand, with J. C Stallcup as manager. Daniels Is Very Willing-. VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 24. Lieutenant-Governor Thurston Daniels and John W. Wentworth left yesterday even ing for Seattle to attend the Fusion state convention, which meets" next Monday. The Lieutenant-Governor fs an avowed candidate for Representative in, Congress, and will doubtless have the SO delegates from this county at his back as a nucleus to work on, they having been selected by Wentworth, Mr. Daniels' chief lieutenant. In the Lieutenant-Governor's Interest Mr. Daniels is also mentioned by a few of his friends here as a possible candidate for Governor. His Congressional candidacy is a part of the Fawcett, or anti-Rogers, slate, but his friends say that, in case it is found that the present Fawcett pro gramme cannot be carried out, Daniels may switch and come out for Governor against both Rogers and Fawcett, The balance of the delegation will follow to morrow or Sunday. FOR THE PORTLAND EXHIBIT. O. R. ST. Brines Carload From Pull man To Close Saloons Sunday. COLFAX. Aug. 34. The 0 R & N. Co. today shipped from Pullman a carload of farm products grains, grasses, vegetables and fruits grown In that vicinity and which will be placed on exhibit at the Portland fair. Professor Fulmer. of the "Washington Agricultural College at Pullman, whil$ in the city stated that he would not be with the other members of the college faculty at the beginning of the Fall se mester, having been granted a leave of absence which -ft ill .permit his acting as -superintendent of the beet-sugar factory at waverly during the Pall campaign. As soon as the season -shall be ended Pro fessor Fulmfcr will return to his place as head of the chemical department of the College. Next year, however. Professor Fulmer expects to close his connection with the 'college, when he will take up the full management and superintendence of the Waverly sugar factory. Announcement Is made from Rosalia that the anti-saloon league of that place has taken up the matter of the enforce ment of the Sunday closing law. and has had both saloon men of the town arrested on a charge of liquor selling on Sunday jast. mc saloon keepers; Joseph Schul thies and FJorent "Meyers, have been held to appear before the Superior Court on August 31, with bonds fixed at S100 each. Heavy rains were general throughout the Palouse country today, stopping all harvest work and producing a feeling of great uneasiness among the farmers. .No damage has as yet resulted from the rain, outside of the delay to threshers and headers. AT THE QVARAXTXXB STATION. Old Buildings "Will Be Klttetl Tp for Barracks and Hospital. "WASHINGTON. Aug. 24. Although bids were received severalweel-s ago for. con structing a detention barracks and marine hospital building at the Astoria Quaran tine station, there Is little likelihood that work of this nature will be undertaken at this time. It was foimd that these buildings will cost considerably more than the funds now available, which reaches in .the neighborhood of 57500. so it has been practically decided to use this money in repairing and fitting ud some J of tho old buildings on the site for hos pital use and wait until a special appro priation can be obtained for erecting two new buildings. It Is stated here that the old buildings, if repaired, -will be ample for present demands, but can not last for many years. ARBITB-VnOSr AGREED TO. Canadian "Pacific "Will Leave "Wages o Be Decided. NCOE-y-S-RT B.C.. Aug. fi. A spe cial from Winnipeg this evening- states that nt ay conference held there this af ternoon between Manager "Whyte. of the Canadian "pacific P.ailway, and represent atives of the striking, machinists, It was agreed to submit the question of wages, now practically the only difficulty, to ar-blU-ationv. Canadian Pacific conductors, trainmen and engineers will meet in "Win nipeg on Sunday to discuss the strike situation. The strikers say that the de cision of the company to submit the mooted points to arbitration came Just la time to prevent radical action on the part of all employes of the road. ATTEMPT TO ROB A BASK. Men Frightened Atvay by Shots of ighrtvatchman. MORO, Or.. Aug. 24. An attempt was made to rob Moore Bros. bank last night. Two men undertook to gel Into a side window that opens Into the private of fice just back of the bankroom. They first ,toro off a screen and then started tn break out the glass, but just at this time the nlghtwatchman discovered, them, sml tQpk two shots at them throi'sh tljs. THE HORNING- window, but failed to hit either one. As the night was quite dark, they got away, although the watchman followed and took three more shots at them. THREE- SEW AFFOJiTXENTS. A Matron, a. Seamstress ad a- Teach er tor Indian Schools. WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. Miss Nellie E. Trewing. of TigardvHIe, Or, has been ap pointed matron of the Weston Shoshone Indian "school, in Nevada, at $500 per year. Miss Nellie L. Purvis, of Sumner, Wash., has been appointed seamstress at the Talnax Indian -agency, Oregon, at $500 per year. Charles R. Scott, of Miami, Indian Ter ritory, has been appointed industrial teacher of the Umatilla school, Oregon, at 5600 per year. Capital City Brevities. SALEM, Or., Aug. 24. Salem's planing mill and box factory are rushed with or ders for fruit boxes, trays, and other fruit handling appliances. The box fac tory will keep many hundred dollars In Salem that would go elsewhere but for the location of a factory here. As the custom of packing fruit in boxes becomes more common, the importance of the fac tory increases. The residence of James Decker, near Whlteaker, In the Waldo Hills, was de stroyed by fire last Wednesday evening. The fire caught from a stovepipe and spread so rapidly that both building and contents were destroyed. There was no Insurance. Rev. P. A. Powell, a native of Mon mouth, but now a pastor in Missouri, has been called to the pulpit of the First Christian Church, of this city. The three members of the Pollc County Court had a conference today with the Marion County Court regarding repairs to tno steel bridge across the Willamette at Salem. It was decided' to brace the piling so as to prevent oscillation, and to refloor the main span. The city will bear 'one-third of the expense- Edward L. Mimms was brought to the Penitentiary today from Umatilla County. He will serve five years for manslaughter. Independence Rotes. -INDEPENDENCE, Or., Aug. 24. The rain is evidently trying to get a start. Testerday at noon a few drops fell lust enough to make the hop men look -a little downcast. The weather has been quite cool this week, with every indication of rain. Should the rain hold; ofiL .another week hops could, not be hurt to any great extent. The Southern Pacific bridge gang is camped oh the sidetrack at this point while engaged In putting new foundations and a new roof on the company's ware house near the depot. This is in prop- aratlon for mpving this season's crops. What's everybody's business seems to be nobody's business In regard to the exhibit by counties at the state fair this year. A. committee was appointed to look-after a Polk County exhibit at the state fair. The committee has spent con siderable time on the matter, but thu3 far has been unable to get any one in terested enough to offer articles for the purpose. Hop-picking will begin next week, and continue for 20 day3, during which time there won't be anything else thought of. Good Prices for Horses and "Wheat. LAKEVIEW. Or., Aug! 2J. There is a brisk demand for cavalry horses in this section, and every available horse is be ing rounded up and broken to ride for the market. There will be, fewer horses on the ranges in Lake County this Win ter than for many years. It Is under stood that the German government is also scouring the country for horses, and as it uses mares as well as horses, the ranchers can sell out pretty close. High prices are offered. The new crop of wheat now being threshed In this valley is bringing good prices, 90c and p. having been paid al ready. It is expected that Si 2o per bushel will be paid before the season shall be oven There is quite a demand for wneat this year, and the crop is only average. Orcaron. Notes. Newberg's pastors havo formed an antl-i saloon league. The bridge across the Pudding River at Cooley's will soon be rebuilt. A Roseburg man reports white grapes ripe August 15 very early for Oregon. Salem's cannery is buying all the prunes and Bartlett pears offered to it, and ex pects to employ 200 hands. Sheep are already being driven from some portions of the Blue Mountains, where feed is poor, to their "Winter range. The logs coming into Coos Bay by the Daniels Creek Railroad are large, of ex cellent quality, and average 40 feet In length. Miss Mary C. Burton, of Kansas City, has been appointed Irindergartener at the Umatilla Tndian school, at a salary of $G00 per annum. Bishop B. "Wistar Morris, notwithstand ing his advanced years, Is making one of his customary stage trips to Coos and Curry Counties. The keel Is being hewed for another vessel to be built at once in the Marsh field shipyard. It is said she will be a sister ship to the Foresthome. E. S. Craven, of Newberg, has cut 100 tons of red clover from 22- acres this season, and the same piece is now mak ing a third growth sufficient for good Fall pasture: Pat KIne, of Umatilla County, raises on an average 200 pigs annually for market, and finds a ready sale for then! In Pen dleton, the price at present being 5A cents per pound. The Stockmen's Union at Antelope has Inaugurated a movement to gather a large amount of information favorable to the scalp" bounty law to prevent its repeal next "Winter. The report that the late Peter Schlos ser, of Albany,r hadnade his daughter, Mrs. Phillips, the beneficiary of his A. O. U.--"W. insurance is a mistake. The money Is payable to his -widow. W. S. "Vanderburg, the Coos County Pop ulist who came so near defeating Repre sentative Tongue in the Spring of 1S96, has rented a ranch In Southern Cali fornia and gone to work. The Dalles Chronicle is confident that "when it comes to fruit-raising, espe cially of peaches and grapes, the Wil lamette Valleys Is nowhere to compari son with "Wasco County." Albany's hopes for a glass factory have been shattered. The town was asked not only for SJO.OOO- cash, bonus and? five acres of land, but to guarantee soft coal at a maximum of $1 per ton the latter "an impossibility by $4 or $5." Representative-elect "Cot D. Pearce. of Marlon, says he will introduce a bill at the next session of the Legislature to amend the presengame law, so as: to make the open seass&n to run from Aug ust 15 to November 15, and fixing, tho maximum, number-of birds to be killed" by any one hunter It one day at 10. J. F. Camp, a railroad engineer from Spokane, has been over the line lately surveyed by the Corvallls & Eastern. says the Malheur Gazette. He could rnot be Induced to express any opinion in re gard to the future Intentions of the road. and would only say that he had been along the road for the purpose of esti mating work and cost of construction. J. B. Saylor and A. B. Thompson have returned to lacho from their trip to Idaho, says the Pendleton East Ore gonlan. They were commissioned by stockmen of Butter Creek to buy "feed ers" for them, but were unable to buy anv cattle at all. They were led to believe that there were plenty of cattle in Idaho for-salev and expected to ship to Echo some 25 carloads. POTTER CHANGES TIME. See O. R. & N. adv. on page 7 for com plete schedule. PoUex makes round trip daily. ... DRJSGOflAN, SATURDAY, CLEW TO THE BURGLAR MAN "WHO C05HHITTED ROBBERx Ofc" A CORVALLIS -warehouse. "Livery Riff That "Was Not Returned. Leads to the "Discovery of Sus- piclons Circumstances. CORVALLTS, Or., Aug. 34, Some of the recent thefts in CorvalUs a-d vicinity are apparently explained by developments today. At 4 o'clock last Wednesday morn ing a. stranger hired a rfg at the Eglln stable. He failed to return at the ap pointed time, and a telegram this, morn ing announces that Mr. Eglin recovered hla property in 'Salem. The stranger was not captured. Ten days ago the same stranger hired a hack and team at the same stable. About the same time there was a rob bery of the O. R. & N. warehouse In thi3 city, and a quantity of wool was taken. It has since been learned that the same day that the team was first taken from the stable 2S0 pounds of wool- were shipped from Wells Statldn. 10 miles north of here. to a Portland firm. The shipper gave the name of J. C. Wilson, and answers tha description of the person who has been operating" with the livery stable. The wool is supposed to be that which was stolen from the warehouse. Gave Same Name at Salem. SALEM, Aug. 24. A young man giving tho name of J. C. Wilson hired a horse and buggy from a Corvallls Hvery stable last Tuesday and drove to Salem. The rig was left at the Page & Stephens' sta ble in this 'city, on Wednesday, and the driver has not returned. GOOD PRICE FOR HAY. XGO Tons nt $11 Prune Driers Started " at Illil-cvaulsle and Canby. OREGON CITY, Aug. 24. It is already ayident that Clackamas County faPmers will receive a good price for their hay crop, the yield being up to the average. Charles HolmanJ of Meadowbrook, who is an inspector in the Internal Revenue office in Portland, but 'still looks after his farming interests, has contracted to sell 160 tons of hay delivered at Barlow for 511 per ton. It was purchased by a, G6vernment contractqr. A hop contract was filed today whereby T. C. Ackerson, of Needy Precinct, agrees to sell to McKInley Mitchell, of Gervals, 5000 pounds of hops at 104, cents per pound. Tbe receipt of. payment of five cents per pound on the contract Is ac knowledged. Henneman's prune drier started, at Mil waukle this morning, having contracts to purchase 100,000 pounds from neighboring prunegrowers. The netite trees are fairlv loaded this season, but the FellenbergsJ are snort, it is also reported that the Willamette Land Company started up its drier at Qanby this morning. Great preparations ate being made for the 14th annual fair or the Butte Creel-; Agricultural Association to be held at Marquam, September 28 and 2D. This as sociation has held successful fairs for the past 14 years. PRUNES OF CLARK COUNTY. There Will Be 25 Carloads o Extra Choice Frtilt to Market. VANCOUVER, "Wash., Aug. 24. Prune growers in thl3 county who are fortunate to have any prunes to dry are busy get ting their dryers in condition for taking care of the season's crop. The drying season, which will begin In this county next week, is fully three weeks earlier than usual. A conservative estimate places the sea son' crop in Clark County at about 25 carloads. - This Is about one-eighth, of what the output was exnected" tS" ba. Orchardists state that what prunes there are this year are of extra fine quality, particularly in point of size. The bulk of the crop it is expected will grade 30s to 40s and larger, whereas heretofore the ruling grade has been 60 to SO to the pound. For this reason, coupled with the general shortage of the crop all over the Pacific Coast, prune men generally are expecting higher prices than usual, and are consequently slow to make contracts With buyers, who have been quite plenti ful during the past few weeks. All efforts of the representatives of the Northwest Cured Fruit Association and otlier similar organizations to pool the crop In this county have thus far been uisuccessful. although repeated attempts in that di rection have been made. Hop Contract at 11 Cents. SALEM, "Aug. 24. A contract by which John H., Otto E., and Henry Blosser, of. Hubbard, agree to deliver 15,00a pounds of thls year's hops to T. A. "Oivesley & Co., at 11 cents per pound, was filed today. This Is tho first contract to be filed in which 11 cents is the purchaso price. John B. Carson has sold to-J. "Wolfard & Co., 5000 pounds of hops at 10J4 cents- A light shower of rain fell in Ralm eariy this morning, but it was so light the ground was dry before 7 o'clock. Tho sky has been clouded several days and a southwest wind prevailed yesterday, but the expected heavy rain has not come. KEEPS CLAIMS TIED UP. Receiver Retained for Anvil Creelc Mines, at Cape Nome. SEATTLE, Aug. 24.-On August lu Judge Noyes rendered a decision In the cele brated Anvil Creek controversy at Nome refusing to entertain the petition Jor tho discharge of Receiver McKenzie. The properties are all still tied up, with an equal chance for either party to the con test to win out in the regular trials in. the courts of law. "Work on the contested"" claims will be continued as usual under Receiver Mc Kenzie, unless it should be stopped by order of the court. The dust taken out will be deposited subject to the order of the court for distribution. , HSore Gold on Coolc Inlet. VANCOUVER, B. C, Aug.Si Another rich gold, strike on the Alaskan coast Is reported. Salmon fishermen, made the discovery near Kadlak Creek; Cook Inlet It Is another case of beach gold, and the coarse- grains are so promising that a number of miners leaving Cape Nome have gone to the 'new district. News of the discovery is brought here by J. P. Ford, a practical mining engineer, well known here, who has just returned from Cape Nome. TROWiEY LINE TO BUFFALO HUMP. To Start at Grnngeville and Be CO Miles lions'. SPOKANE, Aug. 24 E. M. Gilpin, of Buffalo Hump, Idaho, Is in Spokane to day to complete arrangements to build an electric tramway 50 miles long from Grangeville to Buffalo Hump. It will carry freight, passengers and ore. Mr. Gilpin says it will be completed in eight months. Part of the power will be fur nished by falls on Sheep Creek, 600 feet high. STILL FIGURING ON LIGHTS. Astoria Company Snbmita JVctt Offer to the City. ASTORIA. Aug. 24. The "West Shore Mill Company has submitted to the ways and means committee of the City Council a proposition that may result in settling the question whether Astoria shall remain in darkness. The offer Is to furnish the city- with 50 arc lights- of not less than 1200 candle power each, to be Tun all night on the 12-hour plan forl$7 each. In aHdltlnn. thi cltv ofRfi -Trill hft furnJnhprl With Incandescent lights, free of cost to I tbe city. TJig contract is to Ije.Cir. 2. pe I AUGUST 25, 1900. riod of three years, -and in substantially the same form as the contracfcljthat ex pired on May IB, 1900. Only twoTnembers of the committee are In the city, and as one of them at least Is opposed to mak ing a contract at any price for more than, a year, no action will be taken until he third member returns. Captain Downs, Constructing Quarter master at Fort Stevens, has received in structions from Washington to have 85 upright lockers constructed 1n each of the barrack buildings at the fort. The bids for constructing the lockers will be opened on September-14. aiinlnff Stock Quotations. Following are tha transactions at tha Oregon Mining- Stock Exchange ycaterdayi Listed Mines Bid.,. Adams Mountain ,$0 05 Buffalo 1 Copperopolls 5 Gold Hill & Bohemia........ 5 Asked. ?O05& 4 Goldstar-! Consolidated ., Helena. S2 Helena o, 2 T Isabella 1 " 1H Lo3t Horso ................... J4 May Queen 2 Mountain View 2"4 Oregon-Coloraifo M. M. & D. S ' Riverside 2U. 214 Umpq.ua .................... Unlisted Mines Grizzly Rockefeller . .............. . Sumpter Free Gold. w l- 1 1 SALES. Gold Hill & Bohemia 4000 shares at 5 Heena, 5000 at32 , 11000 at 324 Helena No. 2 ....7000at 7 23000 at 8 -rt. t, 1500 at 7 Isabella IGOOOat 1 t .. tx lSOOOat 1 Lost Horsa ,,., . joooat 3 , 8000 it 3 May Queen .... TOOOat 2 Mountain View TOOOat 2 tt 1000 at Jfts Umpqna 400Qat 3 SPOKANE, Aug: 24.-The closin-r bids for mining stocks today were: Blacktail 50 12HMqrn. Glory Butte & Boston. 1 Morrison ..$0 03 Crystal .....'... 31 Noble Five -Deer Troll Con. 4 3?r!nces3 Maud.. Evening Star .. 7 Rambler Cariboo Golden Harvest Reservation. ! -a- L 10 Rossland Giant.. Lona Pine Surp. 0 Sullivan l 44 1 ill SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 24. Official closing quotations'for mining stocks: Alta $o 02 Justice $o 02 Mexican 20 Occidental Con ... 10 Ophir 54 Overman 7 Alpha Con o Ande. Belcher . Best & Belcher, Bullion , Caledonia v.... Challenge Coto . - 22 10, Savage Seg, Belcher .. Sierra Nevada . Chollar 18 36 Confidence ...... 75 Siler HH ...... 38 Con.' Col. &Ta... 1 30 Standard 4 00 Union Con 20 Crown Point .... 13 Gould &-Curry... iS1 Hale & TMorcross.. I7i Utah Con fl Tellow Jacket ... 26 NEW TORIC, Aus. 24. Mining stocks today closed as follows: Chollar 50 14" Ontario $5 5a urown I'oint 10 Con Cal. & Va... 1 25j Deadttcod 35 upnir oz Plymouth ........ 10 Quicksilver 1 50 do pre" 6 bO Sierra Nevada ... G2 Standard 3 60 Union Con 78 Yellow Jacket ... 33 Gould &. Curry... l: Hale-iSfc-Norcross.. 15 Homestake 50 00 Iron Silver C3 Mexican 22 BOSTON, Aug. 24. Closlns quotations: Adventure -$ 2 501 Humboldt $25 00 AUouez M. Co . 1 00 Osceola 137 00 Amal Copper... 88 OQiParrott, ........ 4150 Atlantic 23 OOJQulncy 140 00 ijost. & Mont., 31U. oorramaracic Bia oo Butte & Boston 03 00 Utah Mminir ... 30 50 Cal & Hecla... T5T 00 Winona 3 00- Centennial 10 75 Franklin 13 70 Wbl Brines 40 50 A Corvallls Lavrtmit. PORTLAND, Or., -Vug. 23. (To the Edi tor.) -Jn this morning's issue of The Or egonian there appears an Item from Cor vallls, Or., on page'4, headed, "A Life Policy Suit." As the general agent of the company In question, I beg a sKoTt space for this purpose. Captain "Woodbridge Geary insured his life several years ago In the Provident Savings Life Assurance Society, of New York, under a special, low-rate policy. One of the conditions of the policy wasr that he cbuld not en gage in war without. obtaining the soci ety's consent He violated this condition, 4 and having been killed In war.- the com pany; declines to pay the policy. No com pany waives this war condition, under the specially low rate ar which this poilcy was written. Captain Geary was not en gaged in war when he insured, the agent of the company did not give him written consent so to engage, 'neither would Cap tain Geary have accepted tho agents' consent; the company did not know and was not notified that Captain Geary had engaged in the Cuban or Philippine "War. Every company must have rules for con ducting Its business, and for such extra hazardous occupations as war service, balloon ascensions, subterranean mining, powder manufacture, Taliroad engineers, brakemen, etc., a distinction must be made. It is customary, where death oc curs from violation of the terms of a pol icy, for companies to return the "legal reserve," but the Provident Savings In this case has offered to return the entire amount of payments made on the policy a sum greatly In excess of the ''legal reserve" on any form of policy. It Is aB much, the duty of an insurance company to refuse payment of an im proper claim as to honor -Its just obli gation?, and this company is perfectly willing for the facts in this case to be made public. Very respectfully, E. R. HATCH. General Agent Provident Savings Life Assurance Society. SonrniWEST DEAD. A. P. Thomas, of Salem. SALEM, Aug. 24, A. P. Thomas, aged 77 years, died at his home lnlCast Salem yesterday, of stomach trouble. Deceased was born In New York and came to Sa lem from Kansas about a year ago- He leaves a wife and the following children: John Thomas, Mrs. Alice Budlong, Mrs. Emma "Wood, and Mrs. Minnie Comstock, Salem; Mrs. Ella Boise, Colorado Springs, W y-Eat STEARNSt ELECTOC-RAXg IfT and die. Wl PJL JlS -HV f Katslnd Micelle out of tfeSscsjse, B Hi 7i I " " WW no0dor One ingredient of the H WM JtTufm,aT''A Ptensumes thekbofc. No other H m I p v pfepfatldaoes xs h H- It ssmt onTyftkngl whfTwiE rid your house"of Ccoachevatcr'B II 3ugsandWaH other verrmn. v " B W hotels ana public feuilffingsX throughout the countr mm B " v i ? Jjj Egi - l r . f Sui " " ""' - " '. " " ' ' " -y ....... i . 9 6064ft dO0$OCl'lO"t")O4O9OfiOO9OOBOO94OOftflOO9ftO0Oftfl09 KO MORE DREAD OF THE DHNTAfcXHAm - eeoest a NEWYGRKOENT a o -Fourth and Morrison Sts., Portland, Or. Be Sore Yoa Are In Our Office Bkimauer-Prank Building Over Scaly, "Mason & Co.'s Teeth-'extracted andfilled absolutely wlthoutpaln by our late, scientific f -method. -No-sleep-producing agents or-cocafWe. These Tare the onli Benral- jarjors m Portland that nave tne patent apauancea ana; ingredients to ex tract, fill and apply gold crowns and porcelain crowns, undetectable from natural teeth, and warrantee, lor ten years, without the leasftlpnrticle of pam. Gold crowns and teeth without plates, gold filling and all other den tal work "done painlessly and by specialists. Gold crowns. 45.00-, fult set teeth, $5.00; bridge work, 5.(S0; gold fllUns3, $1.-00 up; Silver fillings. 0c A Protective Guarantee Given With AH - Work for O Any Work That Should Not Prove Satisfactory Will Be Attended to Free of Charge at Our Nearest Office "We "are making a specialty or gold crown and bridge work; the most j. "beautiful, painless and duraTble of all dental work known fo the profession. a Our name alone will be a guarantee thatyour work will be of the best. "We ffl have a specialist, in each department. Best operators, best gold workmen a and extractors of teeth: In fact, all the staff are Inventors, of modern dent- 0 Istry "We will tell you In advance exactly what your work wlir cost by a free "examination. Give us a call and you will find we do exactly as we 0 advertise. o MAIN OFFICEi FOURTH AND MORRfSO'N STS.. PORTLAND, Oft. Branch offices, 614 First avenue, Seattle; 723 Market st, San Francisco. Hours, 8 to 8; -Sundays, 10 to 4. "Gadles always in attendance. oooooeooooo oo o o -- o o o o o Colo.; Mrs. Louisa "Willis, Huntley, Neb.; Mrs. Ida Ras"h, Newtown, Mo.; "Sirs. Kate Littleton, and Mrs. Amanda Fears, Mer cer. Mo. Wnshington Notes. The apple crop at Cheney fs reported ojalte large. "Walla Walla Is repairing sidewalks in many parts of the city. Goldendale Is- importing Ice and ice cream soda has advanced 5 cents a glass "Wenatcheels proposed new waterworks system will supply the city with 1O3.1BS0 gallons daily. L. Riggs, keeper of an ice-cream stand at "Walla-"Walla, is wanted by the police for mistreatment of young girls. The market for fir logs at Aberdeen is weak, with occasional sales at & per 1000 feet, which is a cut of SO cents. At Colfax. Aaron Clark, 15 years old, broke the tendons In a leg while wrestling. He suffers Intense pain, but will recover. P. Lane, a young man of Reardon, re ceived a fracture of his right ankle the 22d while handling bales of wheat sacks. Since "Walla "Walla put a special bicycle policeman on-her force, there has been a great Increase in tho number of Hcen&e tags Issued. At i"ew "Whatcom bicycle riders are opposing a license law in the courts, and say they will carry the matter to the Supreme Court. The Lewis County grain crap, "both bats and wheat, will be very short this year. Some of the farmers claim there will not be more than half a crop. George Hull, a fruitgrower of the Yak ima Valley, claims to have found by ex periment that vinegar hung In bottles In fruit trees keeps away the codlln moth. Seattle is to have lower street-car fares 25 tickets for $1. and transfers on all consolidated lines. In addition to this, a number of extensions will "be constructed. At Olympla, a logging company has re cently brought to the mill several sticks of timber that are 120 feet long, 54 inches ln diameter at the butt and 20 Inches at the top. Borg-json. Bros., who bought 50 feet of Holly-street property in "Whatcom last Tuesday for $10,XX), next sold the upper 25 feet for $5000 to Schuleder Bros., who will erect a two-story brick store. The Thurston County Board of Equaliza tion has reduced the assessment of the Mason County Logging Company on its five miles of railway track In the Black Hills, from -53O0O to $2500 per mile. Edward Metcalf, a pioneer of Fuget Sound, was stricken with apoplexy on a Port Angeles street and died in ah hour. He had just returned from Nome, ha'lng spent the past three years on the Yu kon. At Colfax the charge against H. C. Fisher of having shipped SOOO bushels of wheat without the consent of the owners was dismissed. Fisher was agent for a wheat firm, which failed after the grain was shipped. It was shown that Fisher acted oh orders of the firm. The death of Electrician George E. Shorey. of Seattle, at Falrhaven, which was thought at first to be due to foul play. Is now said to have been caused o o 10- Years e e o o o-o o e o a o o o o o o "a ssooooeoosao by neuralgia of the heart. The abrasion of skin, under his right eye and a break in his hat were due to his fall when he had the attack of heart trouble. The employes of the Model Laundry at Seattle have been locked out. and tho manager declares he will never again hire a memheir of a union. The trouble Is expected to spread to other laundries. John "Woodard. of Silver Lake, was ac cidentally killed last week. The Cowllu Advocate says ha was at work putting "shingle bolts into the Toutle River., and was dragging one by a hook to the high bank when the hook pulled out, and he . was carried forward by his own momen tum over the bank to the rocks below. He fell 70 feet. Lewis "Wallace "Osborne, the dude who ha3 been- Impersonating James Hamilton Lewisr ha3 returned to Olympla. He was wonderfully arrayed in garments ar qulred on his political tour, but for some reason was minus the plug hat "ilch he Carried In the Republican convention. He is to attend the Fusion convention at Se attle next Monday. A resolution has heen adopted by Olym pia's Clfy Council to reduce the rate of in terest on city bonded Indebtedness from 6 per cent to 3 per cent on bonds run ning from April 1, 1S9S, to November 1. 1505, providing all the bondholders ac quiesce. This resolution was adopted at the request of Judge Burke, of Seattle, who represents about 75 per cent of the holders of this city's bonds. The district Republican convention at Port Townsend has heen deadlocked on nomination of Superior Judge for nearly two weeks. Hundreds of ballots have been taken, and still -no prospect of the end. Clallam County gives James G. McClinton six votes, to which Island adds three. Jefferson gives "W. "W. Felger eight, to which Island adds one. The delegates are seemingly firmer than at the start. "William. "Wllkerson, a farmer of Colfax, claims the championship for tho largest amount of grain cut this season with a header. He went to the, "Walla "Walla country at the beginning of tie harvest season and cut 1240 acres in 2SSj days and then returned to the Palous country, where he has contracts to cut 1000 acres before the close of the harvest season. He uses a 14-foot header, prspelled by elght horses, and has four header wagons to haul the grain to the stack. THE MONTANA State School of Mines At Butte, Montana, will open Sept 11, 1000. Full four years' course of lnstructiot offered; two term3 o 20 weeks each per year Tuition free to Montana students; others paj $20 per term. For other Information addrea N. R. Leonard. Butte, llont. The Oregon Mining Stock Exchange Auditorium. Chamber of Commerce ldg;. "iV O. box 670. Portlad. Or. Open call every day at 10.30 A. M. Phone Main 310. Oregon. Columbia Mln 230. J. E. Hasoltine. Pres.; David G3d3cll, Treas.; F J Hard, Sec. Directors L. G. Clarice. J. E. Haseltiv Da vid Goodseil. P. J. Jennings. I. G. Daldoon, J. H. Hartman. E. A. Clem. i m m . it i Ma a " is' b mi- t e