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Newspaper Page TextTHE MQKgnm OREGOAH, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 190tt WILL SPEAK IN OHIO Governor Geer Will Canvass for President McKinley. GOES ON THE STUMP IN OCTOBER Chairman Diclc "Write That the I- ne of 1890 Will Have to Be Fonsrht This Year. SALEM, Aug. 23 Governor -Geer to day received from Charles Dick, 'chair man of the Ohio Republican' State exec utive committee, an Invitation to partic ipate in the campaign in that stotelhls Hall. The letter says in parti "A hile the Republican party has ful filled eery pledge it has made placing the country on a footing more-prosperous than ever before in our history, the fact that the Iemc-cratlc party, at It .Na tional Convention in Kansas City, re affirmed the Chicago platform, -with all its dangerous heresies, including- free trade and free silver, makes it plainly apparent that ne must fight over again the oatile of 3fc98, for, notwithstanding Mr. Bryan has raised the false cry ol Imperialism, it is manifest that the real point of attack is the currency, and the industrial policy of the Administration. Assured that you will appreciate the importance of the President's home state giving decided Jndorement to both the home and foreign policy of the Adminis tration, we are encouraged to believe that ou -will favor us -with all the time you can spare from the canvass in your oven state." Governor Geer has replied that if his official duties permit he villi spend the last three weeks of October speaking in Ohio. A number of persons -who heard today that this invitation had been ex tended to Governor Geer, expressed the hope that he ;would accept, as he would have many opportunities, while address ing large audiences, to direct attention to this state and its resources. SET ASIDE FOR FRAUD- Mr. Ada Stronj? Wins the Snlt AfraiiiKt JonoM nnl Parker. SALlSM. Or.. Aug. SB The trial of the suit of Mrs. Ada Strong against Georse H. Jones and v. lie and G J, Parker and wife was ended today, and a decision ren dered by Judge Belxe in favor of the plaintiff. This suit was brought to set a-ldc a deed by -which Jones conveyed 223 acres near Lyons, Wan County, to Parker and wife The land is valued at $1600. Jones is a pioneer Tesident of Sa lem and supposed to be wealthy. Par ker is his son-in-law. The deed was set aside on the ground that It was -without -consideration, and mode to defraud cred itors This decision will not only enable M-s. Strong to realize on a judgment against Jones, but will also let in another judgment creditor who has been await ing the result of this suit. District Attorney J, N. Hart, qf Dallas, went to Albany today to appear before the Linn County Court in opposition to the allowance of J525 to Attorney Watson, of Albany for conducting a suit against tiefaultlng Countj Treasurer Morris. Mr Hart contends that the trial should have been conducted bj District Attorney Harden, and since that official was ready and willing to attend to that duty, tho County Court had no authority to em play other counsel to look after public business Mr. Hurt says be is informed that an injunction will be brousht to restrain the payment of the money, should the claim be allowed by the court. Thomas A. Dltmors today began an ac tion against Shoriff F, W. Durbln to re cover possession of jevcral horses and pome machinery valued at J1E0. The prop erty was attached in the case of Hoefer & Zorn against James M. Keene, Frank J. JClclot and others Sheriff Durbln reports that In conse quence of recent notices pent out by him calling attention to the fact that taxes will be delinquent October 1, payments are now being made much more rapidly than they were a week ago. George Hartman, Jr., late First Lieu tenant of Company D, Second Oregon, has written Governor Geer, asking that a medal be granted to Bummer, the mas Cot of that company. The medal will be pro Ided at the expense of the company. A meeting of Salem newspaper men has brn called for next Saturday for thq purpose of organising a Press Club and tn make some arrangements for Press day at the state fair CASOADE FOREST RESERVE. Petition to Extend the Eastern Boun dary Six MIIck. AVASiH KOTOS, Aug 54. A petition has horn recrtuvl at tht General Land Office P'-avins that Uc east line of the Cas cado forest reserve be moved six miles further eat than at present, between the Rt fork of Hood River on the north and White River, on the south, and that all of township 1 north, range 10 east of "A H'amatte meridian be Included In the rere This matter is being ex amined into bj Forest Superintendent s- B OrjHHhj. It i not likely- that this pe- t'tlon w'll be acted upon for some time, probahlj never, as there Is pot an over whelming da4re, except with the Secret trry of the Interior, to Enlarge any of the forest reserves, fxeept upon numerously s'snnd requests of the people of the states directly affeoted, and upon a favorable, report by -agontfi of tfeo General Land Office. DISCHARGED THE J A PAKE SB, Aqtorla Contractor Compiles WitH a Union Recnest, ASTORIA. Aug. 29 At a meeting of the Toans4ers Union held last night, n letter was read from Contractor Nop rnll in answer tp the ono sent by the union, in which he said that at the re- Quest of the union he had discharged ( all the JuniiMe emnlovinl lv -hlmnn ftreet Improvement -work. A vote of c"10 F:st Reserve." says Superintend thanks -was. tendered him for his prompt- ent Ormsby. White men are excluded ness in. complying with the request of tho ! from lrdlan reservations, and Captain -.nfnn I Ormsbv favors the exclusion of Indians IX $1000 RAIL. "rs. DeucVa Assailant Held for Trial at Astoria. ASTORIA Aug. 29. "The preliminary hrarlng of Timothy Corbott, charged with erlralnal a.Kult on Mrt Mare rvntirV I ww held this Rfteraoon, and tho dcfen dant was held to appear before the grand urv with bonds xcd at 3000. , Bert Davis ao4.J4Mn SaJHvan, charged j wuh burglary, wore arraigned. They waived examination xm were placed. un- der $&0 ootids, eSoh, to appear for trial. IDAHO. COHERENCE. Bishop Andrews at Baiter City for the Ann mil Session. BAKER CITY. Or.. Aug. 28. The Idaho ! arnual cofexHoe of the Methodist ' Church will meet Un thie oily at 9 o'ciocK tomorrow morning. Bishop Andrews. oL . Xw York, arrived tonight and wMl pre- l side at the conference, which will last i en to whom he was engaged to be mar five das. Twent"-Sve pastors will af- rled. A sample of his work is the bor- tend The first dav's work will be taken up with roparts. from charges. PAOIFIO BXIVEnSITY. Thin Year' Enrollment Will Rrealc All Record. FOREST 9VE. Or Aug. 29,-rPrcsl- dert MeOlelland. of PacJftc Usrfvorslty, j aid led&jr that the enrollment for the coming school year promises to be tjie largest In the history of PaclflcUniver- slty. -He "basis his estimate upon the In creased demand for rooms, for students and the greater inquiry for houses to rent. There Is scarcely a Tacant( house in this place. The college is financially better off than ever in its history. Jennie, daughter of Albert Cheney, fell Into a gulch while riding a bicycle last night and was painfully injured. - ' . Vancouver Xotes. VANCOUVER, "Wash., Aug. 29. A team of horses driven by a man names Thom a&en yestecday over the long bridge across Columbia Slough became fright-, ened at a drove of Government mules and backed the wagon off the bridge. Thomasen fell 12 feet, and three, ribs were broken. Four arrests w.ere made last night by Ctly Marshal Nertonfor violation of the, ordinance requiring bicycles to show lights at night. "Wasco County Institute HOOD RIVER, Or.. Aug. 29. The an nual teachers' Institute of Wasco County, is in session here. Eighty teachers are in attendance. Tonight President TV. C. Hawley; of Willamette University, lectured on, "What the People Have Done With the Constitution." On Friday night. President Frank Strong wl"l lec ture on "Tendencies in Education at the Cloe of the .Nineteenth, Century." Superintendent Ainslle Discharged. BOISE, Idaho, "Aug. 29. The prelimi nary hearing in the case of Wm. Ains lle, superintendent of the Soldiers Home, charging him with attempt to assault Miss Emma Krolg, a nurse, at the Homo, took place, before Justice Herrick today Justice Herrick discharged the defends ant, holding that the evidence was not sufficient. , Clackamas Connty Hop Contract. OREGON' CITT, Or.. Aug. 29, A hop contract was filed today for E500 pounds of hops from J. W, Lowery, of Oregon City, to J, Wolfard & Co , of Sllverton. The contract provides for the advance of q cents per pound for picking, and a sell ing price of 10 cents. Oregon otes, Florence is soon to have Methodist church. Cougars, ar lulling sheep pn Sweet Creek, in Lane County. Wheat is coming Into Salem warehouses, at the rate of 1000 bushels daily. Cascadla boasted 115 camps, containing over 400 people, at one time this year. The hills in the Blue River district are reported to be swarming -with prospect ors. The people of Los.tine and vicinity have arranged for a big Harvest Home picnic, September 14. Nineteen coach 16ada Is the record this year for passenger travel on the Portland-Astoria road. The last clean-up of the Lucky Boy, in Blue River distrlot, is reported to have been 192 ounces of gold. A San Francisco man has been to Cor vallls and bought a carload each of oak, maple and cottonwood lumber. The Tillamook postoffice has been ad vanced to the third class, which carries a raise of salary for the Postmaster to $1000 per year. Henry Simons, of Eight Mile In Waco County, is putting up an evaporator with a capacity of tvso tons a day. He has about 40 tons of prunes. S. A. Logan has sold to S. A. Thorp the east half of the donation land claim 'if P. 31. Starr, 324 acres, two miles north of Dusty; consideration, ?1250. A large bald eagle was captured In a street of Baker City Monday afternoon. It was slightly -crippled, which accounts for Its lighting in the city. Linn County is making arrangements for a great display at the State Fair. A committee is hunting up agricultural, hor ticultural and manufactured products. Tyra Smith, of Benton County, has har vested 1100 acres. He secured but 7786 bushels of wheat and 4122 bushelsof oats an average of less than 11 bushels to the acre. One of the best j leld reported In Wasco County this season is from L D. Driver's place, near Wamlc. Off the 70 acres he harvested 70 tops of hay and threshed 2183 bushels of grain. A new ledge of free-milling ore has just been struck about 60 feet north of the old one at the Lucky Boy. The Eugene Reg ister says "the ledge Is literally honey combed with the precious metal." Sales of 125 head of horses and mules at Ashland and Medford were made last week to the Government. Good prices were paid. A number of the horses brought 4'0 each, an.d some of the mules 5100. A citizen of Mosler Is manufacturing brooms, which he sells principally in, Portland. He this year raised 42 acres of broom corn, and says it is equal In qual ity to any he ever saw outside of Illi nois Charles Johnson was knocked dpwn and singed at Baker City, the 27th, by an explosion of 10 pounds of black pow der How badly he Is hurt Is not stated. A local paper reports that a physician "found the man in. a dangerous, though not in a serious, condition." Superintendent Ormsby, of the Cascade Forest Reserve, after examination of a large tract of land on Pelican Bay, In Klamath Countv. recommends to Com- ml:sloner Hermann that 2SS0 acres be re- stored to the public domain. Mar Many per sona have petitioned for Its restoration. Alfred A. Allan, a returned volunteer, son of Mrs. G. D Steele, of Carson, died of a complication of diseases, the '26th, at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, in Baker Cits'. The doceased had not been In good health since his return from Manila. where he went as, a member of Company D. Second Oregon. IThe Tillamook Logging Company Is fin ishing its third dam on Bewley creek. It is quite expensive, requiring over 20,000 feet of sawed luumber, the big timbers, of course, being found on the ground. The length of the dam Is 200 feet, with an 11- 1 foot gate. It will have a 17-,foot head. The cost Is about ?1200- "Indlans, half-breeds and hunters are generally responsible tor tires in the Cas- from the forest reserves, during the, hunt- ing season, as a protection to Umber. The Sumpter Valley Railway has estab lished a new town 15 miles from Sumpter by rail in a westerly direction, but only about nine miles by. stage road. It has been christened Whitney, after the for mor owner of the ranch on which the townslte is located. The site Is at the conjunction of Burnt River and Clear Creek, on a gravel "bench." under the heading "Trouble Anticlpat- od," the following appears In the Eugene J Gu.ardr The two salmon canneries on the Lower Siuslaw River, owned and op erated by W. F. Kyle and O. "W Hurd. have each placed several trap in the riv er, nearly covering the entire stream, Tho sillnet men are quiet, but say that at the proper time the.e traps will eome out with the. aid of a little dynamite." Southern Oregon has recently been plagued hy the presence of a scrubby rascal named W. E. lneberg. who is wanted in California for defrauding worn- I rowing of diamonds and 527S In cash from a girL Learning that an officer wanted him, he skipped from Medford. leaving hs baggage and 25 letters from women. He was arested at Central Point and taken to Redding in irons. He is also wanted at Santa Rosa.- Los Angeles and Stockton. Winegard halls from Ottawa, Can., where his mother resides. He Is a jfreuate of tbe University of Toronto. ODD, SUIT FOR DIVORCE SENATOR TURNER'S XEEHEW IS "" THE DEFENDANT. Marriage Contract AVaa Founded Upon a Desire to Go to the Paris Exposition. WASHINGTON. Aug. 29.-Qna of the most extraordinary suits ever brought for. divorce in the- District of Columbia is that filed by Vonnie Knowles Turner against Walter P. Turner, nephew of.the senior Senator from Washington, to an nul their marriage contract of March 7 last. Since April, 1S98, the plaintiff1 has been employed In tne Postoffice- Depart ment, but was. dropped from the. rolls last April. While employed in the depart ment she conceived a desire to secure an appointment under the Commissioner at ,tho Paris. ERositi,oq, and this one. idea seemed to. possess her constan.t!yv Throughout tthe last session of Congjresa she was seen at the Capitol, often be sieging Senator Turner and various mem bers to secure her this appointment. She learned that the Commissioner was not disposed to employ single women, and conceived the idea that if she were mar ried the place would be open to her. At that time, according to her statement, young Turner, who had become acquaint ed with her, agreed to marry herand use his influence to, secure the appointment. It being understood that they should not Hve .together & man, and wife, she mere ly to have this qualification for appoint ment. In case he failed to secure the appointment, she , alleges, she promised, tg sue for divorce. Neither pary intend ed that It should be more than a tempo rary affair, it being- their Idea to. secure a divorce after the close of the exposi tion. She says that she held out against this proposal of Turner's, but by reason of youth, inexperience and ignorance of the marriage laws she was led to belleva his representations. As marriage seemed" the. only means of gratifying h,er desire. tq go to Jaris, she nnaily accepted and the couple were quietly married. Imme diately after the marriage they returned, to Washington going to their respective homes. In closing h,er allegathms. to the court, Mrs. Turner says that, being a very joung woman, and having lived a, se cluded life in a small town under the shelter of her parents home, she was unacquainted with the world and knew nothing of the laws of marriage, and being in" a' large measure Ignorant and thoughtless of the gravity of the mar riage relations, she had entered Into the contract without reflection upon. Its -seriousness Therefore she asks the court to declare the marriage to. be null and void and to restore her to the single state In which she was before the cere mony was performed. LEWIS COUNTY ASSESS3IENT. Timber Land Valuations Materially Increnrcd. vCHBHALIS, Aug. 29. County Assessor Grimm, has completed his totals of the valuation of 'Lewis County for 1SO0. The totals are: v v Real property J4.1701S6 Persqnal property 623,118 Municipalities Centralia 249 It 5 Chehalis , 307,22 Wlnlock 4S82 Toledo 2-V40 Number horses, 35f5; value 83 634 Number cattle. 12144; value 159.&13 Number sheep, 2676; value 4,923 Number hogs, 6122; value 9 476- Number -wagons, 1703: value 23,125 Sowing machines, 1148; value 7,09 O'gans and pianos, 477; value 16 832 Furniture valuation 50,223 Manufacturing tools 6S IS. Agricultural tools 17,5 5 Goods and merchardlse". :.."... 89,826 All other property ,k 93,505 Tho valuation - placed on timber land, much of which Is held by big corpora, tlons, for speculative purposes, was ma terially Increased. 'This Increase Is jus tified by tho Assessor on the ground that tho previous Values have been too low and that timber land Is worth a good" stiff price, $20 per acre having recently been offered for choice bodies In this county. LIXD-OAKESDAI.E CUT-OFF. Surrey Said to Be Completed hy the Northern Pacific. Spokane Spokesman-Review. It Is said that the Northern Pacific has In contemplation, in addition to the lInd Ellensburg qut-off, a proposition to fur ther shorten the line between Spokane and the Coast by a direct route- from Llnd to Oakesdale. The proposed survey from Llnd to Oakesdalle, or a near-by point,' will pass through the eastern portion of Adams County In as nearly as can be figured a, straight Une running east by north, crossing the Palouse River, Into Whitman County, to the eastern termi nal. Th.ls section is what is known as the Palouse country, and while now well sot tied, there is said to be an abundance of unoccupied land along the proposed right-of-way. The proposed survey east from Oakesdale will probably pass into Idaho just north of Farmlngton, and con tinue through a rich agricultural stretch to the mountains. After passing through Lord's Eass a rich fruit and grain section of Montana is found in the Bitter Root Valley. GRAY'S HARBOR INDUSTRIES. Salmon Business Attracting More At tention Than for Years. COSMOPOLIS. Wash., Aug. 29. The local and shipping markers are paying 75 cents for salmon and shippers are quar reling over the facilities offered for busi ness. No such Interest has been taken in the fish business for years. Foully 600 men will be at "work here In a vefy short time, and a general scoop of all the fish that enter the harbor Is looked for. Traps are catching everything, small and large. Milling operations continue good. Log ging operations are active, while logs are all very easy. Fir has gradually soft ened to 3, while spruce must stand close Inspection to bring 16. TIdeland spruce Is practically out of the market, and some few have given It up. Cedar Is' still at. $6, with an upward tendency In shingles. Cedar loggers are generally running full RAILROAD IX LITIGATIOX. Tacoxna & Colombia River Line Or dered Sold. TACOMA, Aug. 29 Jn the United States Court, this afternoon. Judge Hanford. made an order directing the sale of the Tacama S$ Columbia Rler Railway, to be made after advertising 3Q days. The upset price Is J11.000. Tpe claims aggre gate about 5330.000. Twelve miles of road are, being operated. Insane Man Surrenders to Sheriff. ' STEVENSON. Wash,, Aug. 29. Sheriff Green posted down the river today on the steamer Regulator, having in charge F. Buhrer, ho will be taken before Judge A. L. "Miller at Vancouver for" ex amination as to his sanity. No resis tance waft offered by Buhrer this morn ing, he being apparently willing to ac company the Sheriff. ew Oregon Postmasters. WASHINGTON. Aug:. 29. Oregon Post masters have been appointed as follows: C, JSpltzhart, Fair Grounds, vice Thea dore Nolf, resigned; E. M. Cljmer, Fos sil, vice L. J. Gates, resigned. Waahincrton Sfotcs. Eyeretfs hospital is overcrowded. Over 4y3 men are. 'confined in tho State Penitentiary. A 20-year-old Tacoma boy named Kline is under arrest on the charge of steal ing 5500 that had been left with his father for saf a1 keeping. KopplckerS are expected to ba scarce in Yakima Valley. The Pierce. County Teachers' institute has an attendance of 4QX j-A state bank Is to be opened at Ever ett September lK vith a capital of $50, 000"t The trial of Cde France, charged with the larceny of sis carlpads of wheat, is set- foc.,S.etemiber 5 at Spokane. Arlington !s troubled with toughs since the coming of the railroad. Four of them have been" sentenced for holding up citi zens, Vfalra Walla's fruit fair will be' hold from October 1 to 7, Inclusive. The man agement is" making extensive prepara tions A,t Tacoma burglars were mean enough to steal twb children's banks, contain ing about $4, from the residence of H. B. CaldwelL "" " " Mrs. Mary Clarke, a well-knowu resi dent of Roslyn, is de-vd. She lef a husband, two sons and three married daughters. - . A foot of Steward Steele, of Walla Walla, waB pierced; by a fork four weeks ago. Blood, poisoning has set In, and he piay lose the footT The steamer '-Marguerite was damaged ?1000 by fire at Snohomish the 27th. The flames were pu,t out in time to save the machinery. No insurance. J. L Halllsfer, a "drunken swUchman a.t Pasco, assaulted WM. Matlock with a. pocket-knife Sunday night and inflicted 10 wounds. He was arrested. Recent .fains caused the Stlllaguamlsh River to, rise rapidly, and. brought down a jam of logs which did material dam age to the w;ingdam at Ar'ingtqn. Frank WIllhirAs I? in jail at Walla Walla In default of T5C0 bonds to answer to th.e, charge of assault with a deadly weapon .on Ww J. Winters in a saloon. The Nooksack- River has been on a tear, as aj result of ,48 hours rain, and about 1000 cqrds of shingle-bolts have been lost. The storm is unprecedented for August , A horseman wh.o did not etop to see tho result, of -his carelessness," ran over Verna Young, a newsboy, at Montesano, Sunday night. It is feared that the bojj is injured internally. Washtucna. in Adams County, is Im proving rapidly. A large amount of woo, sheep stock and about S00, carloads of wheat will be shipped tp Eastern mar kets from there this season. Walla Walla reports -a case of thieving from a father by two of his daughters. The sum taken was $220, and It vas re stored when the police apprehended the girls on suspicion. Their name is Her man. ?- Hera is a story from Spokane: The Central Christian Church owns a. gold mine. Their pastor has gone to work in the mine, and will take out some1 sam ples and 'go East and sell shares, .from the proceeds of which they will build a new church bulldlnp. Kennett Farrlngton Bellalr la under arreit, charged with insanity, at Spo kane. His attorneys claim Bellalr .is a nephew of Gladstone, a relative of. Lord Salisbury, and a former member of v the London Stock Exchange He Is said to receive a largo income from an estate in England. At Tacoma. a preliminary organization of Republican first voters was effected the night of the 27th, -with 62 names signed to the call. The meeting was en thusiastic, and a committee on constitu tion and by-laws was appointed. The organization is to be perfected this week. I,t Is expected to have 300 members! MUSCOVITE MOVES. Russia Evidently Preparing: to An nex Chinese Territory. 'NBWTORK, Aug; 29.-A dispatch to .the) Tribune from Iondon "says: No information can be obtained here of various sensational stories tele graphed from foreign captlals In re ference to the Chinese question. There is a report from St. Petersburg that a battle has taken Dlace within tho -n.-oiin -of Pekin, and that the allies were com- peuea 10 rail Dack, -losing 1S00 men. 'This -alarming story produced no ef fect on the Stock Exchange, or else where, because It was not believed. Nor Is there anything to support the statement cabled by a Washington cor respondent to a London newspaper that Russia has Informed the United States Government that she proposes to an nex Manchuria. But whether any such declaration has actually been mde to any power not much doubt need be felt that It embodies Russia's inten tions, subject only to her ability to meet the opposition which the annex ation of Manchuria would be sure to encounter from Japan. In fact the pro cess has already begun, since Russia Is quietly assimilating Chinese territory south of the Amur River. In some quarters It Is thought that the landing of Japanese-troops at Amoy Is the Japanese answer to these Mus covite moves. The British Consul at Shanghai has been appealed to by the Viceroy of Roo Klen to prevent this aggression. The Tokio Government may possibly reply to any protest by alleging- that if tho integrity of the Government of China Is violated, Japan Is entitled also to seek acqui sitions in the Celestial Kingdom. Some outspoken critics here are be ginning -to "recognize that the outcome of the present ' crisis will eventually be that slices of Chinese territory will certainly pass into the hands of Rus sia, Germany and Japan. The first named will seize Manchuria on the plea that China declared war and in vaded 'Siberia; Germany will claim Shan Tung as Indemnity for the mur der of Von Ketteler and Japan will take Corea If she can get It, or, If not. Amoy. What the British policy will be In this event Is not known. IN NEED OF FUNDS. Object of the Char's Proposed Visit to Paris. ?EW YORK, Aug. 29. A dispatch to. the Times from. Paris says: With' regard to the rumored, visit to Paris of the Czar, the French press, on the whole, seems firmly persuaded that It Is undertaken with a view of raising another Russian loan In Paris. As evidence of this the preliminary visit of M, de Wltte, the Russian Fi nance Minister, who was here recently, Is quoted, La Libre Parole declares that it knqws. for certain that an at tept was recently made by Russia to raise a large loan, in America, and failed, and, as Tpopey is absolutely nec essary to the Russian Government at thjs. mpment, a determined attempt will bo made to raise it In France. This impression Is altogether chang ing the popular attitude with regard, to the Franco-Russian alliance, and many papers representing ihe most diverse opinions, declare that France Is paying far too high a price for the friendship of her northern neighbor. At tho present juncture, this attitude of France Is Important, as, if the Franco Russian alliance breaks down, -the whole , face of European politics is changed. 1 - Japanese Going? to Pao Tins Fn. BfeaLIN, Au.g. '29 According to a dls5.tc.h recelyed from"TIep "Tsln, Jap anese forces are nowon th,eir way from Taku to Pao Ting Fu (capital of the Province of" Cht "LI), with the direct object of occupying the latter place. The German VlceAdmlral at Taku reports the arrival at Pekin. August 22, of a German convoy with provisions The railroad from Tien Tsin to Yang Tsun is working, but from the latter place to Pekin the road is in bad shape. JUDGES OF EARLY QAYS P. G. STEWART'S SERVICE UXDER THE PROVISIONAL GOVERJfMENT. Records of the First Term Held "in Peter Hatch's House, JnOctQ b'er, 1S43. OREGON CITY, Aug. 29 Peter G. Stewart, who died at Tacoma yesterday; was one of three Judges of tho First; Dis trict Court of the Clackamas dis trict, held under the auspices of.the. I Provisional Government. The Judges of uiis court were appointed uy uovernor Abernethy. and performetd the funotion,s of the present Circuit Court fn carrying out the rules, .and statutes- adopted by 1 the Provisional Government. The rec-. uiua. 111 Luc? .vuui uiluc suuw umt. ii4G first term Qf the court convened In the house of Peter Hatch, In Oregon City. Oc tober S, 184". The two Judges were red ejick Prigg, vh,a .signed th,e journal as" presiding Judge, and F. W. PetUgrove". Sidney W Moss, now nearly a century o'd, still Uvlngv wltb his daughter, Mjs. T. W. Clark, on tthe bluff H was the fl-st Court ChyOc. Mr. Moss is" now the b"jdy" survivip pffi.ce.rv of the first, regular au thorized court mde.r4ho Prolsipnal Gov ernnert. The bar-roll of attorneys w,ere: A. Lawrqnco Lovejay, prosecuting attor ney; W. G. T' Vault. Pater H- Burnett, Samuel Thurston, Milton Elliott. C. Lan caster. Marcus Ford, Aaron E. Walt, Joj seph S. Smith, obn S. -Snooks. L, A.. Rice. W. K. Walre, William T. Matlock( W. W. Chapman. Grand and rjal juries were Impaneled The term lasted three days, there be,ing considerable similarity in the proceedings, to the circuit courts of the present day. The first trial jury failed to figraa in a trespass suit, but the- second one retnrneel a erdict for the defendant. On the sec ond day of tho term the grand jury sub mltted a report stating that one witness,' "P. Brainard, refused to be sworn. For this offense the -court fined him $50 for contempt and $10 additional for using in solent language. On the third day In dictments were returned against divers persons maintaining a distillery, adul tery and duelling. In a suit to recoer on a promissory note, the defendant was I- granted a change of venue to the October term in Tuallty district. The court ad journed on the third day after ordering that licenses be Issued by the clerk to re tail merchants in the district, on the pay ment tof a, fee of 310 per annum. About a yeor afterward the name ofthe' court wag changed on the records from district to circuit. Later the name of S. S. White appeared as one of the Judges of this court, and he was also one of tle Judges of tbe first Commissioners' Court held in Oregon City, MarchT9, 18.47. This, district or circuit court remalped In ex istence until supplanted by the Oregon, territorial government. A. J. MEGLEU. Prominent Resident of Astoria Dies at Snn Francisco. ASTORIA, Aug. 29. Alexander. J. Meg ler,' proprietor of the Occident Hotel, died 1 at the German hospital, San Francisco. this morning, of dropsy resulting from long Illness from Bright's" disease. A year ago" Mr. Megler was taken to San Fran cisco for treatment. At times he was re ported as improving, but successive' oper ations were found necessary, and from the last one he could not recover. His body will be brought here, and the fun eral will probably be held Sunday. Mr. Megler was one of Astoria's best known citizens1 He has been a resident of this city since 1S65, except the few years- he was engaged In the photographic business at Portland. He was born in Germany, January 4, 1810, and came to New York when quite young, 'coming around the Horn to San Francisco a few years later. For several years he was connected with the steward's department of the Coast steamers. He first conduct ed a restaurant here In connection with James W. Walsh, and then became- pro prietor of the Astoria Hotel. Later he associated himself with C. S. Wright in the Occident, which they conducted to gether for 22 years, and of which he was sole proprietor at the tjme of his death. He leaves a widow, who was Miss MIna Kimball, one of the survivors of the Whit man massacre, but no children. Senator J. G. Megler, of Brookfield, Is his broth er, and Mrs GIrard, of Montesano, Wash., his sister. He was a prominent member of Beaver lodge, I. O. O. F., and of Qulnlln lodge, B. P, O. E , and under the auspices of these orders his funeral will be held. PIONEER OF 1S47. Death of Marcus de Lafayette Curl at Albany. ALBANY, Or., Aug. 29. Marcus de La fayette Curl, one- of Linn County's prominent citizens, died at his home near this city this morning of paralysis, at the age of 66 years. He was a pioneer of 1S47, coming to this county from Missouri. Ho served the county as Commissioner from 1S96 to 1SO0, when his term expired. He was ah old member of St. John's Lodge, A. F. and A. M., of this city. He left four children Mrs. Ed M. Burk hart, Mrs. Joseph Tryon and George Curl, of this county, and Mrs. Wallace Glover, of Ilwaco, Wash. NANCY C. EOFF. Governor Geer's Great Aunt, a Pio neer of 1S47, Died Yesterday. SALEM, ' Aug. 29, Nancy C. Eoff, a great-aunt of Governor-Geer, died at her home at Ivlacleay, today, of old age. Nan cy C. English was born in Kentucky, Ssp tember 20, 1820, and while a young girl removed with her parents to Jersey Coun ty, Illinois. In 1841: she was married to George Eoff. with whom she removed to Iowa the same year. In 1847, Mr. and Mrs. Eoff came to Oregon and took a donation land claim near Macleay, where theyT spent the remainder of their days. Mr. Eoff died about 1Q years ago. Like near ly all the plonkers of this state, Mrs. Eoff had been a hard worker and an In fluential factor In the social and religious circles of the community In "which she . When the excretory organs fail to carry off the waste materiaX from the system, there is an abnor mal accumulation of effete.tnatter which poisons and dogs the blood, and it becomes aour and acid. This poison is carried through the general circulation to all parts of the body, and upon reaching the skin surface there is a xedness and eruption, and by certain peculiarities we recognize Eczema, Tetter, Acne, Salt Rhe.unij Psoriasis, Erysipelas and many other skin 'troubles, more or less severe. While the skin is 'the seat of irritation, the, rial disease is in the blood. Medicated lotions and powders may allay the itching and fuming, but never cure, no matter how long and faithfully lite iseise is more Sfeaa shia &ep; me emire eircaiaiioo is pslssMl The many preparations of arsenic, jnercury, potash, etc., not only do not cure skin diseases, but soon ruin the digestion and break down the constitution. . ..... S"SS., nature's own remedy, made of roots, herbs and barks, of great purifying and tonicai properties, quickly and effectually cures blood and skin troubles, because it goes direet to the root of the discaseyand stimulates and restores normal, healthy action to the. different organs, cleanses and enriches the blood, and thus relieves the system of all poisonous secretions S. S. S. cures -permanently because it leaves none of the original poison to referment in the bood and cause a fresh attack. .., .jr-rcsr L ,.jstfW - Skin -Diseases will be seat free upon apjlicat-Qa. v THE SVWFT SPECIE JC COMPANY, ATLANTA CAg cosesMooeoesootooo6oootoetto - V o WO MOfcE DREAD O? THE DJJHTAL "HAiR - X s POT -fUKSV 110 1 1 LrULlJlia : o Fourtli and Morrison Sts., Portland, Or. Be Sure You Arc In vOur Office Blumaucr-Frank Building Over Sealy, ftjasin &tCo,a . - Teeth extracted and filled absolutely without pain bv our late scientific method. No sleep-producing agents or cocaine. These are tieOHly Dentat Parjqrs in Portland that have, the patent appliances and ingredients to "x trac.t."fni and apply gold. crowns and porcelain orawna, uadeteclabl- Jrqm. natural teeth, ap J warranted for ten years, without the JeAst sarttcfe of pafn. Gold crowns and teeth without plates, gold filling dhd.ali'other den tal work dona painlessly and hy specialists. Gold crowna. 55.CO; full set teeth,, $5.00; bridge work. Ja.CO; gold fillings, ?l.Cu up j silver fillings. SOc. A Protective Guarantee Given With AH a. 9 a Work for o 9 ' I. FULL' i L B s" 8 9 O O ' o Q Any Work That Sfiould Not Prove Satisfactory Will Be Attended to Free of Charge at Our Nearest Office We are making a specialty of gold crown and brides work; the most beautiful, painless and durable of all dental work known to. the profession. Our name, along wT.l be a guarantee that your work will b of t host Wo, have, a speclal'st In each department. Bet operators, bst gold workmen and extractors of teeth; iir factf. all the staff are inventors at modern dent istry. We will tell "Voir in "advance exactly what your work will cost by free examination. Give us a call and you will llnd we do exactly as wa advertise. New York. Dental Parlors MAIN OFFICE; FOURTH AND MORRISON ST3.. PORTLAND, OR. Branch offices, 614 First avenue. Seattle,; 723 Market st Snn Francisco. Hours, 5 to S; Sundajs, 1Q to 4. Ladles always in attendance. o oooooooQooo4oeoooooeooQaaeoooQooooapoooo06o89oeoo lived. She was for 5Q years a member qC tbe Christian Church. She enjoyed the respect Qf a large circle of friends, No children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Epff. Urs Eoff was. a. fourth cousin of Will iam H. Engllsn;iwho was the candidate fpr Yice-Freslclent on. tho tloket with Hancock, Shetwa3 a piece o Captain L. M. English, a well-known Oregon plo- neer, but now deceased. The funeral will be held at the Eoff residence at 2 P. M, Thursday. Mining: Stock Quotations. FoJIowlng are the transactions at the Oregon Mining atopic Excuango- yesterday. Bid. Asked. ?0 U0V4 Bli Adams Mountain ?0 1)5 Buffalo ,.. 1" uopperopous a Gold Hlti & Bohemia 54 Helena ..,...,... 32 Helena No. 2 .' . 7 Isabella. j 14 Lost Horse '. 3 May Queen "Vt Mountain View ............. 2 Oregon-ColiT. M". M. & D. Co. 4 Riverside . 2 Umpnua 4 10 3V4 SALES. Copperopolls 1000 shares at 5 Gold Hill fc.Bohema 3000 at 54 Helena 3000 at 32 0300 at J2l Helena No. 2 iTV...: 13000 at 7 125a at 7 7000 at 7U Isabella. -., 5000 at lfe Lost Horse 2000 at .ti May Queen 7000 at 24 lOOOat 2$ Mountain View TOOuat 2 G840at 2'i Unlpqua 4000 at 3 SPOKANE. Aus.. 20. The closing bids mining- stocks today were: Black Tall 50. lUslPrlncess Maude. for Butte & Boston. lUIRambler Car.... 223 cr 81 5 Hi 13V.S Crystal ,. Doer. T No. 2 Golden Har Lone P. Surp.. 3Vsl Republic 3'41Beservatton .... j-jKosslana Giant. Mtn. Lion 4S (American Boy u,1) ouiutaii Mornlns Glory. Morrison Noble Five ... Conjecture S. C. Mammoth. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug-- 29. 0lal closing quotations for mining: stocks: Alta Aloha Con $O02JustIce ..r $0 02 -ijjiexican -j 7i Occidental Con... 3 Andes Belcher Best & Belcher.. Ophlr 49 0 erman Bullion Potosl 20 Caledonia SOISavasa ...i.. Challenge Con... ISiSeg. Belcher 2 Chollar HlSIerra Nevada ... 34 Confidence 60lSllverHiU 3rt Con Cal. & Va.. 1 20 Standard 3 00 Crown Point ,v... 121 Union Con 17 Gould A Curry .. 17jUtah Con 4 Halo & Norcross. 171 Yellow Jacket ... 12 NEW YORK, Auff. 29. Mining stocks today closed as follows: Chollar ...$0 iOJ Ontario $5 50 Crown Point .... lOlPljmouth 10 Dead wood 40QuIcksiler 1 50, Gould & Curry.. l-i do pfd 0 50 Hale & Norcross. 15SIerra. Neada.... 3.t Homestake 50 OOlStandard ,. 3 00 Iron Silver 54Urlon Con ....,.. 11 Mexican 25Tellow Jaclcetv... 18 Ophlr 45 BOSTON, Aug-. 20 Closing quotations: ,$ SQHsceola S 0700 Adventure ....$ 2 ftlloue? M. Co.. 1 Amal. Copper.. 87 Boston & Mont. 315 Butte & B03... 02 Cal & Hecla... 753 rentennlal .... 10 rapKlln ...... 13 Humboldt 23 OOiParrott 41 25. 37!Qulncy 140 00 OOi Santa Fe Cop.. OOlFamaraek 001'tah Mining... 5Ql'lnona 751 Wolverines .... oof 4 75 210 00 30 25. 3 00 40 50 Idaho Notes. A flouring mill Is In course of con struction at Howard. Hon. C. S. Voorhees, of Spokane, ad dressed a meeting at Mount Idaho Au gust 2i Flaxgrowers In. North Idaho quite gen erally report a yield of about 2& bushels per acre. The homestead filings at the Lewlston Tand office range from 100 to 100Q acres per week. A fruitgrower at Howard has a number ' Healthy blood is nccessarv to preserve tilexion so much desired by all. S. S. S. can be relied upon with certainty to keep the bloodin perfect order. It has been-curing blood and skin diseases for half a ceo,, tury ; no other medicine can show such a record- S. S, S- contains po.pQisonous minerals r is purely vegetable and harmless. m Our medical department is. in charge of physicians of Targe experience in treating blood.a,nd skin diseaseswho will take pleasure in aiding by their advice and direction all who desire it. Write fnlry and freely about your case; your letters are held in strictest conGdence, We make no charge whatever for this service. Our book on Blood and e 10 Years of t-year-olil trees so heavily loaded that he has tp prop their limbs. N. C Busby, a farmor, pear Howard, threshed d acres of volunteer barley that jlelded (S3 bushels per acre. A 30-acre Held of wheat yielded 45 bushels per acre. The census, returns show a couple of Indians on the" Nez Porces reservation who ar.e over 100 years of age. They are man "and wife, were born In January. 1SQ0, and have been rcarrted,76 jears. A miner named Q'Raurke was killed and his partner, Charles Matthews, waa seriously Injured by the explosion of an old shot In the Morning mine at MuIIan the night of the 25th. The charge was struck by a, drill. Figures secured by the Boise Statesman claim that the population of the State of Idaho, as shown by the recent census, la clqse to 15Q.0Q0. In 1S80 It was S1.3SS. Tha largest city Is Bolso. with 000. Pocatello comes next with 4CG0, Moscow has 33K. and Lewlston cito. Nez fercea and La tah Counties haye each a little over 13, 000. and Ada 12.00Q. - Fremont County shows the greatest growth and has 12.Q0O people, " ORIENTAL MAIL ADVICES. Ilnssln ProhthltH Sale of Canned t'ood iiT YladivoatoclC. VANCOUVER. B. C.. Auff. 2V.-Offlclal advices per steamer Empress of India stata that the Russian authorities at Vladlvo stock have Interdicted the sale of canned goods In that city, because they are re quired for military use. These gooda had all been imported from the United States. Export of all food stuff except fish had also been, forbidden at Vladlvostock. It Is reported that two Russian coast ing steanjers on the river service between Kharbarovsk and Blagovetchensk were sunk, a Russian church In that locality being destroyed by the Boxers. It Is re ported from the same sourcelhat 15.QCQ Chinese trooper are at present encamped on the frontier. It is also stated that two British men-of-war visited Ningpo August 11, and that the commanding officer informed the au thorities that a British ofilcer would land at each of the ports in the south for tho purpose of concerting with the local offi cials measures for tbe protection of for eigners. A Japanese paper says that Great Brit ain has had 100Q transport wagons man ufactured In Kobe and that they were dis patched to Taku August 14. "RaNnlqn Peace Rumors. LONDON. Aug. 29. A special dis patch from St. Petersburg contains the assertion that Russia almost imme diately will notify the powers that she cpnslders the relief of the PeHln Iega- tlpns as the finil accomplishment of the military task of the allied forces. The. afternoon papers doubt that tho rumors of peace negotiations are well founded, and applaud General Chaf fee's prudence in preparing for a Win ter campaign, as they Tegard the ac-tivltie-j of the allies at Pekin and tho difficulties of discovering a responsible Chinaman vlth whom to treat, unless Lt Hung- Chang b able to place himself In communication with the fugitive court and semre credentials satisfac tory to all the powers, as Indications that the solution of the problem will be more prolonged and more difficult than previously hoped. i The Plaprue in Glasgow. GLASGOW. Aug. 23 Two girls and a boy, members of Isolated families, have fallen victims of the bubonic plague, though the medical authorities assert that the attacks are less viru lent than In the cases which have al ready proved fatal. In the evenf of a further spread of the disease, Glasgow shipping will be quarantined. that clear", smooth skia and beautiful com