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.
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4
Goldstar-! Consolidated .,
Helena. S2
Helena o, 2 T
Isabella 1
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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
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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
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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,
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-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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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