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.