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v ?5 '" yHKS f"r S THE, MORNING OBEGOMIAN, . FRIDAY- ATJGtJST 31, IflOO. KILLED HIS FATHER Crime of 12-Year-0ld Arthur Kelly, of Milton. SAID HE HAD BEEN THREATENED First He Denied the Shooting, Sayins His T'atner Had Committed Sui cide, lint Finally Confessed. PENDLETON, Or., Aug:. 30. Arthur Rjelly, "who Is not guite 1 years old, was brought here this afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Blakeley, for the -murder of his father, 45 miles northeast of Hilton, early Tuesday morning. Frank Kelly, the mur dered man, was about 50 years old, and lived a few miles from Milton. He and Arthur had been in the mountains for a week. Arthur returned home "Wednesday and said that his father had left him. Blood was found on the blankets which the boy had brought back with him, and an investigation was made. The boy then said that his father had killed himself with a revolver. Deputy 6heriff Blakeley got the boy at his home, brought him to Milton, and at 3 o'clock this afternoon ho confessed that he murdered his father by shooting him with a rifle. Arthur said his father abused him and threatened to kill him. The killing occurred near the boundary line between Union and Umatilla Coun ties. The remains of the murdered man will be brought home. Mr. Kelly left a wife and nine children. The boy told the details of the crime, evincing neither emo tion nor callousness. Apparently he does not realize his position and the enormity of his crime. THE AX RECOILED. PoUc County Kan Hart While Cut tlnc Brush. SALEM, Or Aug. 30. While- B. C. 3errick, of Lincoln, Polk County, was cutting "brush, yesterday, Ms ax caught on a limb overhead and recoiled, striking him on the head. The ax was double edged and cut a severe gash in Der rick's scalp but no serious results are expected. The Salem newspaper men. organized a press club this evening and elected offi cers as .follows: President, J. H. Fletch er; vice-president, E. Hoefer; secretary and treasurer, Frank Davey; executive committee, A. W. Prescott, &. G. Guild, Scott Bozarth. The object of the club Is to make arrangements lor press day at the state fair. Deputy Gamo Warden Orren Barker, of Balom, reports many complaints of illegal pheasant shooting. Last week he caused the arrest of two boys at Gcrvals. Both pleaded guilty and were fined today. The Marlon County Court held a Joint session with the Linn County Court today to open bids for the repair of the Stay ton bridge. The contract for repairs was let to Tillotson, the Albany bridge builder, at 53G49. There were four bids, the highest being $4150. The state printing office has just com pleted the printing of volume 33 of the Oregon Supreme Court Reports and the book is now in the hands of the binder. It will be roady for distribution in about two weeks. In tlio Supreme Court today the follow ing orders were made: John Mattle, appellant, vs. Nelson Hos mer, Fred Otten and Grant Matthews, re spondent; ordered that the time to file a petition for rehearing be extended 10 days. E. Shannon et al., appellants, vs. Peter Code, et al., respondents; ordered that the time to flle a petition for rehearing is extended to October 20, 1900. Linn County, respondent, vs. P. G. Morris, et al., appellants; ordered that appellants have until October 1, 1900, to serve and file their brief herein. The Title Guaranteo & Trust Company, appellants, vs. MultSomah County, respondents;- ordered that respondent's time to sorve and file its brief herein be extended to Ootobor 1, 1900. ESSIG'S LIFE INSURANCE. Son by the First Wife Settles With Other Heirs. HILLSBORO, Aug. 30.-:onrad Esslg. a German -who lived near this city, and who died while on the train between Portland and Oregon City last Winter, left an insurance policy in the A. O. U. W. of Kansas, calling for $2000, payable to his wife, Magdalena Esslg, In the sum Of $500. and to his son, William Esslg, now Of Spokane, in the sum of $1500. After the policy Esslg and his "wife separated and the head of the family Came to Ore gon, where he married again. By the second wife ho had three children, all jninors. Ho started to get the policy changed so as to make the three minor children the beneficiaries, but all had not been completed when his death came. The grand lodge of Kansas decided to pav the money into court and let the heirs fight it out. but a settlement has been effected by William Esslg, the son by the first wife, agreeing to give the heirs $500, of which $200 shall be contin gent upon his proof of the death of his mother. Tomorrow will witness the close of one of the most successful teachers' institutes ever held In Washington County. The meeting has been held In the public school building of this cityt and has been attended by about 100 teachers. The In structors "were Professor Grout, of Park school. Portland: Professor C. W. Dur xette, of Mount Tabor; State Superintend ent Ackermstn and Professor A. B: Cof fey, of the Washington Stato Univer sity. Professor Coffey delivered two lec tures t the Courthouse Monday and Tuesday evenings, and Professor Durrette lectured tonight, taking for his subjeoi $Iome, School and State." PREFERRED THE JAIL. Portland Clothing- Man Refuses to Pay a Fine. CORVALOS, Or.. Aug. SO. Charles Lambert, who represents an Eastern clothing-house, with a branch house in Portland, spent last night in the city Jail, When Ms, arrest was attempted J asterdeyvaf tarnoon he resisted. lie used neither weapons nor clubs, but went about his work with bare knuckles, and Anger wtfis. He first .resisted Officer Hrfiiderson, and then thai officer and an assistant. In the third trial, there were four men nd a truck, and on the lat ter, with men all over him, Lambert was final'v landed in jail. His offense was -violation of the city bill-posting ordi-n-vne He hired a boy to distribute Pd VMtlslne matter, which 1 a mlsdem-onor. After being- lodged in jail Lambert rc fiwd the cltys offer to go on his own recognizance. He also refused to cm ploy an attorney. In court this morn ing Ive conducted his own case. The City Attorney appeared for the city, and several witnesses were examined. Lam b was found guilty and fined $20 or 10 days in the county jail. He refused to pay the fine. and declared that he would pa r imtl. He said his firm would oarry the matter to the Supreme Court of the state. He was sent back to jaiL BAKER CITY STREETS. Survey Made Necenwnry by Extensive Buildlnjr. B.UCER OETY, Or.. Aug. 30. The Cits- Council hae ordered a survey of the city i streets, with a view to having the old ' points established as the town was orig- Inally laid out. "Four surveyors are em ployed on the work, and much dimculty is met in locating the old posts. "Several buildings project into Front street, bat as most of them are built with stone or brick, It is not believed thai the Council will order their removal. The present work is being done to establish a perma nent survey, which is made Necessary by the number of buildings' under construc tion' and in contemplation. FELL FH03I A FOOTBRIDGE. Roy Kester, 4 Tears Old, Drowned "- at Wendline. EUGENE, Or., Aug. 30. At Wendling, ye? terday afternoon, Roy JKester, 4 years old, was drowned In "Wolf 'Creek. The boy was playing on a footbridge. He fell rrom it and was drowned before Help could reach him. Glen Anderson, an employe of the Booth Kelley Company, at Wendling. was se riously Injured yesterday by being struck on the head by a falling tree. He was unconscious for a time, but will probably recover. BASEBALL AT BAKER CITY. Games for Charity and to Pay Club Debt. BAKER CITY. Or., Aug. 30. Two base ball games will be played Sunday, one between the grocers and the butchers, and the other between the printers and the barbers. The proceeds of the printers barbers game are to be devoted to 5t Elizabeth Hospital. Clubs from the City Council and the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce will play Monday. The proceeds of the gamo will go to pay off the remaining debt on the furniture of the clubrooms'of the Chamber of Com merce. Northwestern Pensions. "WASHINGTON, Aug. 25. Pensions have been granted as follows: OregonIncrease, Noah St. John, Can yonville, 58; Cyrus W. Jackson. Drain. $25. Original widows, etc., Electa Rich ardson, Falls City, J8. "Washington Original, Reuben Pardee, Thorp, $8. Additional, Amos P. Curry, Spokane, $3. Increase, "William A. Plantz, New Whatcom, $17; Henry B. Fuller, Sol diers' Home. Ortlng, fS. Senator Turner has secured the allow ance of a pension to Henry Hender, of Pomeroy, Wash., or rather to his Wife, Rebecca A. Hender, the soldier having Tecently gone insane. The pension allowed is xt the rate of $S per month, from March 2, 1S91, and $12 a month from April 8, 1SS2. Barn Burned. ROSEBURG, Or., Aug. 30. About 1 o'clock this" morning the family of Rev. W. A. Smick. residing two miles east of Roseburg, discovered their barn on fire. Four valuable worki horses and all har ness, together with 30 tons of hay, were destroyed, making a loss of over $1000. The Insurance is small. The fire is sup posed to have been the work of an in cendiary. Oreiron Industries. A Silverton man is accumulating 1000 sacks of fir cones, presumably for modi cal purposes. Dave Blanfield has discovered a prom ising mineral prospect on his place, on the Little .Malheur. Lester Bolliet, of California, has se cured an option for $00,000 on the Gold Ridge mine, of Lower Burnt River. Mike Callauhan, of Tygh Ridge, has finished threshing. His Fall crop ot wheat of 75 acres yielded 1517 saclts, which, at a low estimate of 135 pounds to the sack, gives a yield of over 45 bush els to the acre. R. S. Rutherford brought us some samples of Crawford peaches from his ranch last week, which are rare speci mens for any country, the largest being 12 inches in circumference, .and the. smallest 11 Inches. They are yellow free-stone, and of the most delicious flavor, says the Ontario Advocate. J. G. Giddlng and W. A. Watts, who left Galice for a six months' prospecting trip toward the Illinois River, have re turned to camp. They report finding good gold and copper prospects, and brought home a p!ce of pure copper, weighing several pounds, found .on a mountain side, the exact locality" of whlcnthey Tefnstr.ra divulge, ' Farmers about'Salem have found it profltablo to diversify farming with dairying. The creameries of that city offer a good market for milk at a figure which yields profitable returns. Instead of making butter themselves, farmers get more out of the business by selling their milk to the creameries. Hereto fore the product has brought In from 8 to 35 cents per pound, but under the now conditions 2 cents Is the figure. Butter Is now made not merely for the local but for the world's consumption, carefully prepared and packed for shipment, so that the large supply does not depress the home market. Orecron Notes. John Catlln Is Albany's new pound master. The electric plant at Cornucopia will have 500-horsepower. The Baptists of Brownsville are en. deavorlng to secure a pastor for their church. Business men of The Dalles contemplate holding a harvest carnival In that city early in October. George Padley, who was seriously burned by explosion of an incubator at Brownsville, is improving. Glen Anderson, a lumberman at Wend ling was painfully injured a few days ago, while felling a tree. The Benton County Board of Equal'iza tlon will meet at Corvallls September 2 for a session of one week. John Fechter, late of Chicago, who was recently elected general secretary of the Salem Y. M. C. A., has arrived at Sa lem. Mr. Hubler, of Corvallls. has a 'pig Which sojourned for a week In a post hole; head down. The posture seemed to agree with the animal, for when pulled -out ho was as lively as ever, although very hungry. All kinds of peddlers are reported to bo following in the wake of narvest. They have worthless, stocks of trifles, watches, spectacles and cheap jewelry. They seem to prosper, else they would not continue the business. The Salem Statesman reports that, Wil lamette University could get "250 more students for the approaching school year If they could find places to stay and work for their board; that there were never before so many inqulrie's foe such oppor tunities. Roy Wlcklund, the 16-year-old son ot Jonas Wlcklund, of Lower Bully Creek, in Southeastern Oregon, accidentally shot himself in the leg during the abeence of his father recently. Fortunately help happened to be near and medical atten tion was summoned. Hon. William Waldo loft Salem oa Tuesday for Seattle, by team. He in tends to drive to Portland, and from there go by steamboat to the highest point of navigation on the Cowlitz River. Thence he will proceed to the Sound metropolis, In about three days. Judge Waldo has an SO-acre farm about 10 miles east of Seattle, and he is taking the wagon and team over there. He made his first stop at Woodburn Tuesday night. " J. a Ragon. of Harney County, brought into the Burns Items office last week an old muzzle-loading rifle which was brought to Oregon by General Joseph Lane, when he came out from the East to accept the Governorship, over 50 years age- Mr. Ragon bought the gun from s. man named Clemens,, at Roseburg. Frank Solder has, mtfae -an offer for the piece as a relic, and It will probably be added to his already larse collection of curios HELD UP BY MASKED MEN ROBBERS TAKE POSSESSION OF CENTRALIA SALOON. Jfleht" Man at Coal Bankers Com pelled, at the Point of a. Revolver, to Accompany the Thagrs. , CENTRALIA, Wash., Aug; 30. The Railroad saloon was held up at 3 o'clock this morning by two masked men, armed with revolvers. They relieved the night bartender of $0 of'hlS OWII mOnCTl 811(1 took from the till about $10 of the sa loon's money and a gold watch. The thugs, before entering the saloon, com pelled Cliff Miller, the night man at the Northern Pacific coal bunkers, to go io, with them, and-held hhn- up -with -Walters. Two other men were sitting in the saloon at the time, but they were not molested. The hold-up took place just as the Tacoma-bound morning train was pulling in. The robbers boarded the train and got oft at South Tacoma. PACIFIC COAST NATIONAL BANKS. Tliclr Resources and Deposits, Ac cording: to the Latest Statement. WASHINGTON. Aug. 25. Now that the full statement of the condition of the Na tional banks of the country on June. 29 is completed, it Is Interesting to note the comparative conditions in the Northwest ern States. The following comparison of figures is made: On June 29. Oregon had 27 National banks, Washington 30, Idaho 9, and Alas ka 1, while there were 122 on the entire Pacific Coast; including. California, Utah. Nevada and Arizona: The total resources and liabilities of these banks were as fol lows: Oregon, $15,679,039; Washington, $27. CS3.277; Idaho, $4,857,820; Alaska, $169,50; California, $61,579,455; Utah, $9,193,149; Ne vada, $552,759; Arizona, $3,119,035; total for the Coast of $125,849,378. The loans and discounts of the Portland banks amounted to $3,356,117, and of the rest of Oregon to $4,136,070, while of the whole of Washington this same Item amounted to $12,070,383. In Idaho it reached a total of $1,473,385, and In Alas ka, $53,457. " The paid In capital stock of the Port land banks was $1,100,000, and of the other Oregon banks, $1,270,000. In the case of the Washington banks, this Item reached $3,222,800, while In Idaho It was $550,000. and in Alaska, $50,000. The surplus fund In Portland was $175, 000: In Oregon, aside from Portland, $308. 850; In Washington, $537,895, and Idaho. $197,000; in Alaska it was but $500 Portland's undivided profits amounted to $674,038; Oregon's to $318,323; Washing ton's to $700,247; Idaho's to $144,801. and Alaska's to $1464. The Individual deposits of Portland reached the total of $5,740,700; In Oregon, $6,003,363; In Washington, $19,558,524; In Ida ho. $3,615,141, and In Alaska $64,710. VANCOUVER SCHOOLS. State Institute for Defective Youth Rc-opened Yesterday. VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 30. The State School for Defective Youth re opened today with an attendance of 60 at the School for the Deaf-Mutes' and Blind, and 40 at the School for Feeble minded. This'is art increase over the at tendance on opening day last year, and It Is expected that the total attendance this year will be the largest in the his tory of the school. The fbtal last year was 152. There are three teachers this year, A W. Dobbins, of Mississippi; Miss McCredie, of Iowa, and M13S Tilllnghast,. of North Carolina. The public schools will re-open Septem ber 10. Providence Academy, conducted by the Sisters ot Charity, will open 'Sep tember 4. REPORTER KILLS HIMSELF. H. B. Stevens, Formerly of Portland, Dead at Tacoma. TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 30'. Horace B. Stevens, a newspaper reporter, late on the Evening News, shot himself through the head at the Hotel Donnelly this af ternoon. He was ill and despondent He left a wife in Portland, Or. (Stevens was a reporter in Portland for three or four years, his first journalistic work here being on the Sun. He com menced work on that paper Immediately after It started, and remained with It until its certain failure was evident. Following that he worked for a consider able period on the Evening Telegram. His detail there was for most of the time the water front. He made a specialty of writing marine stories.) LAMP EXPLODED. Family of Three Burned to Death at Vancouver, B. C. VANCOUVER, B. "c. Aug. 30, A. Res cla, wife and child wre burned to death here this morning. Their two-story frame house was discovered on flro about 3 o'clock, and as soon as the flames were partly extinguished, the .firemen entered and found the charred remains of Mrs. Rescla on the lower floor. Rescia was in bed with the burning 'clothes wrapped around him, suffocated. The baby had rolled from the bed to tho floor, in Its agony. The theory Is that the woman went down stairs to get a drink of water and the lamp exploded. BIDS REJECTED. Proposals for Astoria. Quarantine' Station Too High. WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 The irupef vlsllng archlteot today rejected all bids for the construction of the detention barracks and hospital building at the J Astoria quarantine station. It is sal(Jf primarily that the funds available are far too small, and, secondly, that the bids received were too high to have been accepted In any event. A larger appro priatlon will be asked for at the next session of Congress, When another ad vertisement will be issued. HOMESTEAD ENTRY CANCELLED. Land Used for Trading: Post, and Wa-s Not Agricultural. WASHINGTON, Aug. 25. The Secretary of the Interior has affirmed the Land Office decision cancelling the homestead entry of Henry H. Greene of a small tract In the Waterville land district, Washington. The land is desert, and not used for agricultural or grazing purposes, but rather .for a trading post. For this reason the entry vhas been held for can cellation. A short time ago the entryman transferred his interest to the Methow Trading Company. NORTHWEST DEAD. Franlc Savaye. SALEM, Or.. Aug. 30. News has been received of the death of Frank Savage, at Cassopolls, Mich. He was well known in Salem. He was actively engaged in developing mines on the Santiam for sev eral years. He was a brother of John Savage, Jr., of this city. He was 52 years of age and leaves a wife and five chil dren. Elijah B. Vroom. LEBANON, Or., Aug. Sa Elijah. B. Vroom died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. W. ' Menzies, yesterday, at the age of 75 years, 9 months and 23 dajs. He had been ill for several months. Mrs. Phllipine Yogrel. VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 20. Word was received today of the death, on Aug ust 2i. of Mrs. Phllipine Vogel. at her home at Bear Prairie, 10 miles northeast of WashougaL She was the wife of John j "Vogel, a prominent county farmer. She -was 65 years of age, and leaves a hus band and six children, all grown. Mrs. Vogel came to this county with her "hus band from Indiana over SO years ago. Fire at Loner Beach. ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 30. Jeff Nye's sa loon, at Long Beach, was totally' de stroyed by fire at 4 o'clock this morning. The only things saved were a few of the fixtures. It was with difficulty that the surrounding buildings were saved. When the blaze was first discovered, a puff of wln.dthfeatened to carry the fire Into the Pratt cottage, on the east. All Long Beach turned out with buckets and avail able implements to prevent further de struction. The origin of the blaze is a mystery, but it Is thought to have start ed from the explosion of a can of gasoline In a rear room. Insurance on the build ing was $500, and on stock and fixtures $750. Yakima ReservationLnnds. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Aug. 30. The Yakima thdlan Commissioners have returned from the reservation, where they went three weeks ago to Inspect e o HOLLOWNESS OF ANTI-IMPERIALISM There can be no imperialism. Those who fear it are against it. Those who have faith In the Re public are against It So that there Is universal abhorrence for It and unanimous opposition to It. Our only difference Is that those who do not agree with us have no faith in the virtue or capacity or high -purpose or good faith of this free people as a civilizing agency, while vre believe that the century of free government which the Ameri can people have enjoyed has not rendered them Irresolute and faithless, but has fitted them for the great task of lifting up and assisting to better condi tions and larger liberty those distant peoples who through the issue of battle have become our wards. Let ub fear not. There is no occasion for faint hearts, no excuse for regrets. Nations do not grow in strength and the cause of liberty and law Is not advanced by the doing of easy things. The harder the task, the greater will' be the re sult, the benefit and the honor. To doubt our power to accom plish it is to lose faith in the soundness and strength of our popular institutions. The liberators will never be come the oppressors. A self governed people will never per mit despotism in any govern ment which they foster ind de fend. Gentlemen, we have the new care, and cannot shift it. And breaking up the catap of ease and Isolation, let us brave ly and hopefully and soberly continue the march of faithful service and falter not Until the work is done. It is not possible thq.t 75,000,000 of American free men are unable to establish lib erty and justice and good gov ernment in our new possessions. The burden is our opportunity. The opportunity is greater than the burden. May God give us strength to bear the one, and wisdom so' to embrace the other that we may carry to our new acquisitions the guarantees of life, liberty and pursuit of hap piness. President McKinley's Speech to the 'Ohio Society of New York. Q9oeeoeoeoooooo0odooo6o6oo lands which tho Government contemplates- buying from the Indians. No offer has been made, and it is likely that none will be made. Inspection of the land has made the Commissioners doubtful wheth er It would be -advisable for tho Govern ment to purchase lt on any terms. MeMinnvllle Notes. M'-MINNVILLE, Or., Aug. 30. Grand Chancellor J. P. Kennedy paid Diana Lodge, No. 63, Knights of Pythias, an official visit last night. Following a lec ,iure by the grand officer there was a banquet. The Multnomahs, of Portland, are ad vertised to cross bats with the McMinn. villes at this city Saturday next. Gra ham, the Chemawa twirler, and Martin will be McMinville s battery. Washington Notes. There are 3745 school children In Yakima County. The apportionment this year is $3945.90. Tho rural mail delivers- system in Ya kima County is receiving the hearty sup port of the farmers. E. F. Lafayette, of Sedro-Wooley, h33 been granted a patent for a guide and support for drag saws. A team, hitched to an electric light pole at Colfax, was knocked down when the current was turned on. October 4 has been set apart by the management of the Spokane Industrial Exposition as Fruitgrowers' day. The new road between Republic ana Kettle Falls has been accepted by tho Commissioners of Ferry County. Henry McGuire, a 14-year-old boy who rafi away from his home at Everett, wai was caught at North Yakima Saturday. Captain Joe Moore, ot the Washington Volunteers. Is a candidate for sectetary of the Spokane County Republican Cen tral Committee. Tacoma schools were announced to open Monday, September 3, but the Board of Directors has changed the date until after the circus has gone, which will be Sep tember 5. Edward Metcalf. one of the pioneer residents of Puget Sound, was stricken with apoplexy on a Port Angeles street at 6 o'clock, and died in an hour. He had Just returned from Nome, having spent the poet three years on the Yukon. A man in Spokane who has been taken in charge by the authorities imagines that he has a phonograph somewhere inside of him that persists in talking, notwithstanding his effort to keep it quiet. He became so worried with his futile endeavor that his distress of mind drew the attention of the police. The great trouble with the phonograph is that It talks on its own hook, so that the poor man can't hear himself think. tSpfikafie guardians of the peace have very material reasons for thinking they were duped by the circus which has Just left that city. The license qf $200 was paid all right, but the good citizens are of the opinion that the circus manage ment fooled them by various represen tations which let them off from paying the higher grade license of J250. It Is likely that the fee will be advanced when the next show comes to town. HOPS SOLD AT 12 CENTS FIRST CONTRACT AT THIS PRICE XX MARION THIS SEASON. Competition Among: Buyers and Grovrers Expect Better Terms Of fer of i-4 Cents Refused. SALEM, Or.. Aug. SO. C- Bunnlng, of St. Paul, has sold 000 pounds ot Jiop3 to H. J. Miller, of Aurora, at 12 cents. The contract for this said was made on Au- gUSt 2S. and it Is the first contract -filed in this county in which the stipulated price is above H cents. According tb re ports, there is strong competition among buyers and still better prices are ex pected. One grower reports having re fused an offer of 14 centSr A contract executed August 18 by Albert Carlson, of Astoria, conveys to Ltllenthal Bros, the crop of hops on 14 acres of land near McKee, Marlon County. The crop, wnicn win amount to about 4000 pounds, goes at 10 cents. WHEAT PRICES. Salem Notes a Small Difference Com pared With Portland. SALEM, Aug. 30. Wheat was yesterday quoted in Salem at 49 cents. The Port land quotation for Valley wheat was 57 to 58 cents. This leaves a difference of only 9 cents between the prices of tho two markets, a difference that has seldom existed. As a rule tho' Quotation for wheat in Salem Is 10 or 11 cents below the Portland price. There has tecently been considerable discussion over the difference in price paid by Salem dealers and the mills at Silverton, Aumsvllle and Stayton. The Stayton Mail recently published a state ment that Polk County wheat is hauled through Salem to the flour mill at Stay ton, a distance of over 18 miles, and there sold at a price that makes it profitable for the farmers to do the extra hauling. This was made the subject of a comment favorable to the Stayton miller, and the subject has been quite generally men tioned by the Valley papers. It la a mat ter of general knowledge that Stayton and Aumsvllle flour has been battled to" Salem by team and sold in the market here in competition with Salem flour. The discussion over the recont develop ments in the situation leads to the con clusion that at least one of two conditions must have existed in Salem for several years citner tho farmers haVe been paid too little for their wheat, ot- the consum ers have been charged too much for the flour. But whatever the condition, there is a general feeling here that the labor bf hauling wheat to Stayton and flour to Salem Is an unnecessary expense that must be borne by some one, and that the business interests 6f this city demand an adjustment which shall enable Polk County farmers to sell their wheat In Salem. A decrease in the difference be tween the pride of wheat at Portland and at-Salem may bring about this result GOOD RETURNS FROM PRUNES. North Yakima Growers Will Average $3D Per Ton. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Aug. 30. Shlpments of prunes from thl3 valley will end this week. The price paid for prunes dropped to ti2 this week. Within the last twd weeks 20 cars of prunes have been sent East from this place, and many mora have gone frdm other points on the Northern Pacific In the county. Re turns from the first shipments of prunes show a net price of $40 per ton to grow ers, and It is thought the entire crop will average a net price of $30. The dis bursements among growers and to pack ers for labor this season amount to about $8000 at this point.. J INSUFFICIENT CULTIVATION.' Prunes Premnturely Ripe Because of Lack of Sap. OREGON 'CITY, Aug. 30. Receiver William Galloway, of the local land office. who has a largeXprune orchard in Yamhill J T County, has examined the Petite prunes now being dried In several orchards. He pronounces them prematurely ripe and small in size dn account of Insufficient cultivation to keep the sap in circulation frdm the roots through the tree. The Pe tites in his orchard are larger than the ordinary, and sflii green, showing that continued stirring of the soil keep's the trees moist and causes tlie sap to stay up in the tree, making better fruit. CROOK COUNTY PRUNES. Italians a Short Crop on Account of Lrite Frosts and Rain. VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 30. Fruit men in this county began picking French or Petite prunes this week. The crop of this variety is generally heavy, tho trees being so heavily loaded that the fruit Is somewhat smallpr than usual. Italian prunes, the principal variety raised in Clark County, will be ready for drying in about 10 days. This crop will be short on account of late frosts and cold rains in April. The tdtal yield of Italians is -estimated at 25 carloads of dried fruit, whereas a full crop would have yielded 150 carloads. YAKIMA HOP PRICES. Recent Contracts on the Basis of 12 Cents -a Pound. North yakima. wash.. Aug. 30. Yakima hopgrowerS feel much encour aged by the market developments of the past few days. Up to the first of the week quite a number of smaller growths had been sold at 10 cents. This week offers of 11 to 1,2 cents have been made. The Moxefi Company closed a deal yes terday with S. Huntingdon & Co. for 12 cents for 300 bales. Horst & Lach mund Have bought five tons of Fred Pen nington at 10 cents. Picking will begin In a week. The demand for pickers is strong. HOPPICKING. Washing-ton County Growers Gather Ins Their Crops. FOREST GROVE, Or., Aug. CO. Charles Johnson, of Gaston, and John and Charles Biicharian. of Cornelius, began picking hops yesterday. Mr. Johnson was of fered 12 cents per pound by parties buy ing for England. He will have about 15,000 pounds of dried hops, and the Bu chanans will have at least 90,000 pounds. Hop Sales at Chehnlla. CHEHALIS. Wasfi., Aug. 30. Phil Neis, the Portland hopbuyer, has bought over 30 tons of the new crop at 12 dents and one lot at 11 cents. Two other local dealers today announced that they were In the market at 12 cents. The crop promises well, both as to yield and quality. Petite Crop In Lane County, EUGENE, Or., Aug. 30. The cannery began work yesterday with a, large force curing Petite prunes. The crop of this variety of fruit Is immense. OAKLAND BURGLARS CAUGHT. William Brown's Jewelry Fonnd on Tramps at Albany. ALBANY, Aug. 30. Three tramps were arrested today and charged with the rob bery of the residence of William Brown, 'at Oakland, Or., of about $G0 worth of Jewelry one night this week. Part of the jewelry was found on one of the men. They will be taken to RoSeburg tomor row. Last night a car which had been trans ferred from the Southern Pacific to the Carvatlls, & Eastern was broken into and the entire contents of a box of dry goods stolen. OREGON CITY, Aug. SO.-Nine tramp3 landed from 'the north-bound freight train this morning. They wore taken Into custody by Officer Shaw, except one who "made his escape. Five of them had money to pay .for beds), and the other "three wore given lodgings In tha city jail. It la be lieved that there wera other tramps oa the-train, but they dd not make their presence known. COPPER AT BTJRKEMONT. North American Company Sinking Five Hundred Feet. BAKER CITY, Aug. 30. Burkemont is the scene of great mining activity. The mines of the North American Company are, being developed bjr deep sinking. A vertical shaft is being sunk on a ledge. the surface s9ropplnsg of WHICH SHOW it to bc'f ully 1000 feet wide. On the- 100-foot level the ledge has been crosscut SO feet. Diamond drills are employed, and tho shaft will Be continued to the. SCO-foot level. No waste Is being hoisted from the shaft. All Is ore. and the average value of It runs from 6 to S per cent cop per. The mine Is equipped with one ot the best hoisting plants In the West, an air compressor, substantial building?, boarding-house, bunknouse, office arid alt other necessary adjuncts to well-conducted mining operations. About 35 men are employed. To Open a Quartz Ledse. OREGON CITY, Atig. 3J.-J. M. Gilbert, O. Dlckerson and Clay Green expect to leave tomorrow for a point about 35 miles up the Clackamas River to begin on the cropplngs of a quartz ledge recently dis covered. The rock assays 12 07 in gold per ton, and 60 cents in silver. They will go out thoroughly .prepared to test the. prospect, which Is about two miles from tho wagon rorid. Mining: Stoclc Quotations. Following" are tho transactions at tha Orecon Mining Stock Exchange yesterday: Bid. Adams Mountain ...$0 05 Buffalo I$4 Copperopolls , 5 Go.a rUU & Bohemia. 3 Helena , asti Helena No. 2 i Isabella . . Lost Horso 1J oliT May Queen MoaritaJn View 23i ureEon-coio. M. M. & D. Cot 0 Riverside , i Kiversiue Umpqua 3 SALES. AcJS33fT.Mouni?i? ; "OO shares at 5 Gold Hill & Bohemia 3000 at 5V, Helana. I000at32 t 1600 at 32U Helena No. 2 7750 at 7 T 4, 1000-at 74 .H 17000 at 1U Lost Horse OOOOat 3? i, 500 at SH May Queen .s , SOOOat 24 Mountain. View 12000 at 2" . 2000 at 3 Ore&on-Colo. M. IS. & D. Co 2000 at 5 Umpqua 4000at 3 SPOKANE. Aur. SO Tha closlne bids for mining stocks today were: BlaEktall $0 HUIPrlncess Maud..$0 0I KtlftA Xr TTrkctnn t:u.lTnMll s-t it... mm' lift Rambler Cariboo 22 Deer Trail Con. Golden Harvest Lone Pine Surp. Mount Lion .... Morn. Glory ... Morrison , Noble Five .... 'aiitepuDnc ........ 70 (Reservation .... 84 OyjlRossland Giant.. 2Vi CO ISulUvaa 13 3lTom Thumb .... l&s TslMammoth 16 SAN FRANCISCO. l.uy. CO Official closing quotations for mining stocks: Alta $0 0: Alpha Con Justice $0 02 Mexican 25 Occidental Con ... 9 Ophlr 43 Andes Belcher 11 Best & Belcher... IB Bullion 2 Caledonia 38 Challenge Con ... IS Chollar 18 Confidence . . . . 6C Con. Cal. & Va... 1 20 Con. New York... 1 0 erman Potosl 20 Siuage 9 Scorpion ......... 2 S'g. Belcher ..... 2 Sierra Nevada ... 32 Silver Hill 20 (Standard 4 00 Crow n Point .... Rould & Curry... Hale & Norcross . 12! Union Con IS 18Utah Con 4 17lTelIow Jacket 19 NEW YORK. Auff. closed as follows: Mining- stocks today Chollar $0 JOIOntarlo 45 80 Crown Point .... lOIOnhir 1.. Bfl Con. Cal. & Va... 1 2SiPIymoiith -..i 10- jjeaawooci ...4,. -iomulcksilver ...... 1 CO Gould & Curry... 13 do pref 1.. 4 50 Hale &Norcrdss. 15fSlerra Nevada ... 30 Homestake ......50 00,Uandard S OO Iron Silver 5IUnion Con 15 Mexican 22lTellow Jaoket .... 19 BOSTON", Aug. 30. Closing quotatlonsr Adventure $ 3 COlOsceola $ 67 30 Allouez M. CO.. 1 12Parrott .... 41 30 Araai. copper., hi 70 Bost. & Mont.. 317 00 Hut to &. Boston CZ 00 Qulncy 140 00 Santa Fo CoDDer 4 75 Tamarack 214 00 jUtah Mining .... 31 00' Winona 3 00 Wolverines 41 00 Cal. & Hfrcla... 753 001 Contennlal 16 SOI Franklin 13 75: Humboldt 25 00 KILLING CHINESE PHEASANTS. Oregon City Sportsmen to Enforce the Game Laws. OREGON CITYt Aug. 20. As several persons are known fo be killing Chinese pheasants in the close season in thl3 vicin ity, local sportsmen are forming arod and gurr club, Having for its object the pre vention of the unlawful slaughter of game birds. A close watch will be kept on local as well as outside poachers on the game laws. W F. Harris, of,Beaver Creek, has been appointed a deputy by State Ganie Warden Qulmby. Sheriff Cooke has" completed the delln ouent taxroll for 1899. The total Is $13, 388 21, less by $1518 21 than last year. To day Sheriffs deeds Were filed in the County Recorder's office conveying the following tracts to the Board of State School Land Commissioners, the lands having been foreclosed and bid In by the board: W. T. Burney et al., $7539; Georgo Pfelster ot al. $3206; J. Revenue et al., $9S1. EMERY WHEEL BURST. Salem Business Man Struck in the Head and Killed. SALES!, Aug. 30. W. A. Rummel, pro prietor of the South Salem Older Mills, Was injured dt noon today by the burst ing of an emery wheel, which was run ning at a high rate of speed, and died at 9 o'clock tonight. Pieces 'of the stone struck him in the forehead, splitting tha skull and lacerating the brain. Rumel was immediately taken to the Salem Hos pital, where he was attended by Doctors Byrd and Smith. Mr. Rumme was about 45 years of age, and left a wife and sev eral children. He had been a resident of Salem for 10 years, and was an "energetic business man. Washtna-ton Industries. , William Wllkerson, a farmer living near Colfax, claims the championship for the largest amount of grain cut this sea son with a header. He went to the Walla Waila country at the beginning of the harvest season and cut; 1240 acres in 23 days, and then, returned fo the Palouso country, where he has contracts to cut 1000 -acres, which he fully expects to do before the close of the harvest season. He uses a 14-foot header, propelled by eight horses, and has four header wagons to haul the grain to the stack from the header. The fruit and vegetable crops about Walla Walla promise large yields. Grain in the vicinity of Oakesdale is reported to be yielding about 36 bushels to tho acre. Harvesting in the vicinity of Guy Is progressing slowly, owing to the scarcity of labor. - Idaho Notes. Beginning Monday a stage line will run between Stiles, the present terminus of the Clearwater Short Line, and Collender, the Sweeney syndicate town of Buffalo Hump. Negotiations are pending which Involve a plan for conveying water from the artesian wells at the Dowd farm in Tam many to the hlH district south of Lew Iston. The proposed pipe line will be about S miles in length. The excursion rate from Boise to Port land for the carnival will be $13 15, and the ticket will allow five days to see the fair. The excursionists will arrive In Portland on the morning of the 6th and may stay until the evening of tho 10th. STORMS AT CAPE NOME HEAVY LOSS OP LIFE BY DROWN ING AT THE NORTH. TSlrty-eisnt Bottles Recovered oa the Beach and BuriedMurder by Siberian Natives. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 30. The steam ship Senator arrived this morning from Nome, bringing advices up to August 21. as ahe made me trip direct JO tMS CltST. she brought nothing but Nome news. There were 250 returning passengers, many ot them who had made the round trip for pleasure. The Senator brought about $320,000 In treasure, $300,000 of it con signed to various companies and banking Institutions In this city. The $20,000 was owned by private individuals. The recent storms at Nome created ter rible loss of life. Thirty-eight bodies have been recovered on the beach and buried by the officials. Captain Richard son, of the Sequoia, which is engaged in the fishing trade down the coast. say3 thSt 1? dead bBdles haVe been found and burled between Topkuk and Goloflnln Bay. and 21 between Topkuk and Port Safety. The majority bf the drowned men are supposed to be victims of the late storm. R. J. Nelson found two bodies at Chinlk. Ort one was found the address. 217 Third street, San Francisco, but no name. So iar as Known, none of the bodies was identified before burial. Captain Rar.1 well, agent of the steamer Elmqre, says that passengers arriving from down the coast say that fully 2S dead bodies. wdsMed ashore by the waves, have bern buried between Topkuk and Gdlofntn Bay. Reports of drowning have also been re ceived from up the coast. Men who hao come down from York and Port Clarence lately Say hat without doubt many per sons were drowned. How many will prob ably never be known. CAPE NOME DESTITUTE. Belief That Majority of Them Will Get Away in Time. WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. From recent advices received at the Treasury Depart ment, it is believed In official circles that moat of the destitute miners at Capo Nome will get away before the season closSs. It is the. further understanding that the supply of provisions now on hand is unquestionably largo enough to sustain all those now at Nome through out the Winter, until fresh supplies can be shipped next Summer. A large part of these supplies are under the control rif General Randall, having been Issued by the Quartermaster's Department, but It Is reported that many of the stores are now heavily stocked, and that many Individ uals have laid in supplies enough to carry them through the Winter. This Informa tion has caused much relief In the Treas ury and War Departments, where consid erable apprehension had been felt for the welfare of so many who are now at Capo Nome. LITTLE FOR GOLDSEEKERS. Not 10 Per Cent Will Return With m Much ai They Toole In. SALEM, Or., Aug. 30. Fred Lockroy and Ben Taylor, well-known Salem mail carriers, returned today from Cape Nome. While at Nome they were engaged in car rying the United States mail. M.-. Lock roy's report of conditions at Nome Is about the same as that given by other returned goldseekers. He says that not 10 per cent of the people there will come away with as much money as they had when they went there. He estimates that there are 16,000 people at Nome, about 7000 of whom will remain all Winter. A large proportion of those who come away must be. Jbrau"ght on transports or otherwise without charge. , . C Clatsop W. C T. U. ASTORIA. Or., Aug. 30. Tho Woman's Christian. Temperance Union, of Clatsop County, began a two-days session in tho Presbyterian Church here this morning, with a large attendance. This evening. Mrs. Hoxter, of Portland delivered a very Interesting address before the convention on "The Christian's Duty in Dealing with the Saloon Question." Tomorrow even ing Mrs. Addlton, of Portland will deliver an address on "Law, Labor and Finance " For Cutting- Government Timber. CHEHALIS, Aug. 30 Antoire J. Leme quln. of Bremer, was arrested Tuesday by Deputy United States Marshal Davidson, of Tacoma, charged with illegally cutting timber on Government lands. Foster Ho vies, of Alpha, is also charged with vio lating the land laws. Hoyles is a- returned Philippine volunteer, and was recently nominated for County Auditor by the Re publicans of Lewi3 County. A Swedish Loan. NEW YORK. Aug. 30. Albert H. Wig gins, vice-president of the National Parle Bank, said today it was true that the bank had been approached by representa tives of the Swedish Government with in quiries as to the chance of placing a $10,000,000 loan In this country. Mr. Wig gins said he was not prepared to say yet whether the proposition had heen favor ably received. The proposed loan is In the form of bonds bearing 4 per cent in terest for the first 10 years and 3 per cent for another 10. It 13 unofficially stated that the bonds will be offered at 98 and accrued Interest. Millions take It; thousands pratee It: YOU should test it Hood a Sarsaparll'a. PAUL CROMWELL The Colored Specialist Has opened up nis office at 347 Front, and will sell his medicine as usual. Medicines for all kinds of chronic diseases. GEORGE WASHINGTON'S QUEUE. It Hid a Luxuriant Suit of Straight and Very Dark Hair. The Father of His Country concealed a luxuriant suit of hair beneath his queue wig. Many now wish the old fashion wero In vogue to conceal thinned hair or baldness. Yet no one need have thin ha'r nor be bald, If he cure the dandruff that causes both. Dandruff cannot be cured by scouring the scalp, because It is a germ disease, and the germ has to be-fcned. Ncwbro'3 Herpiclde kil.s t&e dandruff gsrm no other hair preparation will. "De stroy the cause, you remove the effect." There's no cure for dandruff but to kill the germ. THE MONTANA State School of Mines At Butte. Montana, will open. Sept. 11, 1900. Full four years' course o Instruction offered; two terras of 20 weeks each per year Tuition tit to Montana students, others pay $23 par term. For other Information address N ft, Leonard, Butte, Mont.