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THUGS GOT FOOLED Robbed a Man, But His Wife Had Most Money. CAST MM PROM MOVING TRAIN Arm Was BroVqpi aa Sea Badly Bruited Had Disclosed. Fat Pocket-Boole ia Pertlaaa. COTTAiGB GROVE, Or,, Sept. 7. A man named John Dent, en route to Roseburg from Mountain Home, Idaho, with his wife and three children, was robbed of about 5175 and thrown from the train, near Saginaw, about 204 miles north of this place, at 2 o'clock this morning. They were riding: In the day coach, and about 10 o'clock they lay down, Mr. Dent having removed his shoes and hat. He fell asleep there, and when he. regained consciousness this morning at daybreak he was sitting shoeless and natless on the track, about half a mile north of Saginaw, holding his right arm, which had been oroken In the falL He regained con sciousness sufficiently to walk to Saginaw and call a physician. Dr. Sanpp, of this place, upon examination .found his right arm broken and head badly bruised, a cut on the right T5mple indicating that he -had been struck with a club. His wife and children arrived safely In Roscburg this morning. She had between J2000 and 53000 on her person, but was not molested. .Mr. Dent purchased a ticket in Portland, and disclosed the contents of his "pocket-book. He bad recovered suffi ciently this "afternoon to g6 on to Rose burg. , END OP TEACHERS' CONVENTION. Officers Elected and Pendleton Chosen for Next Meeting BAKER CITY, Or., Sept. 7. This, the closing day of the -second annual con vention of the Eastern division, Oregon State Teachers' Association, was the busiest of the session, all the sessions being well attended and the interest kept at high pitch. Upon the invitation ot Professor E. B. Conklln, It was decided by -unanimous vote to hold the- next ses sion of the Eastern division, Oregon State Teachers' Association, at Pendle ton. The following officers were elected to nerve the ensuing year: E. B. Conklln, president, Pendleton; E. E. Bragg, vice-president, Union; J. S. Xanders second vice-president. The Dalles; Miss Jennie Beatty, secretary, ' Pendleton; Mrs. A. E. Ivanhoe. treas urer. La. Grande. Executive committee B. B Conklln, Pendleton; W. Hyde Stalker. Baker City; J. H. Ackennan, Salem; J. F. .Nowlln, Pendleton. Before adjournment this afternoon. Su perintendent Prank Rlgler spoke on th subject of reading. The citizens of Baker City this after noon presented all the visiting teachers of the association with souvenir quartz pins, the quartz having been taken from mines near this city. FATAL INJURY TO BOY. Caught on to Passing "Wagoa and Ieg "Was Torn Off. ASHLAND, Or., Sept 7. Claude Par Tish, aged 7 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Parrlsh. who recently moved here from Klamath Falls, died this morning as the Tesult of Injuries received In a dis tressing accident last evening. In com pany with several schoolmates, he was jumping ugon and riding on wagons on the main street of the city. In attempt ing to get on a two-spring farm wagon he "placep: his foot on the brake and missed Ills footing, Ills right leg going between the spokes of the wheel, which, before the driver could stop the team, had made a number of revolutions, dragging the boy around with It. The leg was literally wrenched from its socket, and the boy suffered severe injuries on his body. An operation was promptly performed, but after lingering lor about 12 hours" the child died. TACOMA ELKS WERE PLEASED. Sing: Praises of Portland on Return From the Carnival. TACOMA, Sept 7; The Elks special train arrived at 9:30 o'clock this event tag with a happy but tired load of pas sengers, who have been visiting the Car nival in Portland for a couple of days, and all are loud In their praise of the beauties and enterprise of Portland, and are singing the praise of their Portland brethren for the kind and hospitable -treatment accorded them during their stay in that city. The Portland people have certainly won the good opinions of the Elks of this city. NORTHWEST DEAD. Dr. Buffen Found Dead in Bed. TILLAMOOK, Or. Sept 7. Coroner J. 3. Tuttle returned from Bay City last evening, where he had gone to investigate the death of Dr. B. F. Buffen, who was found dead yesterday morning In bed at his house at that place. Buffen was 74 years old, and came to this county about 10 years ago from Michigan, but did not practice medicine. As he had been com plaining o"f ' lll-hea'th, the Coroner did not deem It necessary to hold an inquest Robertson and the Rioters. Walla Walla Union. It has been said In defense of would be Congressman Robertson, of Spokane, that he Is not In any sense an apologist or friend of lawlessness, and that his critics do not discriminate between the lawyer and the citizen. It appears to be the fact that after the investigations into the Coeur d'Alene riots had been made lay Congress, Mr. Robertson went to Kan sas City and attempted to have a plank Inserted In the Democratic platform con demning the Administration for sending the soldiers Into the Coeur d'Alenes. If this Is true, then Mr. Robertson took up the cause of the lawless element as their champion and he would be a frlerid and apologist for lawlessness. The Demo cratic party at Kansas City turned Mr. Robertson down, Just as it turned down Lentz and Sulzer. In the face of this fact Mr. Robertson comes back to the State of Washington and secures the Democratic nomination for Congress. The election of this man would mean that lie was Indorsed as the friend of anarchy and riot and that he would go to the Na tional capital as the representative of these Coeur d'Alene strikers, rioters and murderers. Oregon Miners Strike It Rich. Roseburg Review. George Elllff, Charles Wilkinson and Rufus Welch, of Glendale, recently made a very rich strike In their Bull Run min ing claim near the headwaters of Cow Creek. The pay streaks, three In number, ere but a lew Inches thick at the sur face but are Increasing In width so fa as followed, and are In places honey combed with gold. A quantity of the specimens exhibited in Glendale Is report ed as being among the richest ever seen there. The mining resources of South Douglas are evidently just becoming known. Tacoma Wants Strict Regulations. TACOMA, Sept 7. Local health offi cers have under consideration the pass ing of stringent regulations regarding steamers entering from the northern ports, on account of the number of cases of smallpox that have been reported ot late. It Is feared that If the lax way or handling suspected cases is continued It ight prove a serious matter to the city, by caualn a spread of the dIsese,j.The Queen. In tending a patient reported to, be suffering from the11 diseaso and scores of passengers who bad been brought in contact with h", may cause quarantlna regulations to be established. DtdfXet Accept the Bridge. VANCOUVER, "Wash., Sept. 7. The County Commissioners, at their meeting yesterday, held for the purpose of acting upon the La Center bridge contract, re fused to accept the Drldge from the con tractor in its present condition. The chief defect appears to be that the truss rods and truss beams do not correspond In length, as they should, a mistake having been made In cutting the tlmbersl The Pacific Bridge Company, which has the contract for the bridge, had a representa tive at the meeting who agreed to remedy the defects. Allen and Towhc ia Idaho. BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 7. It Is announced this evening that Senator Allen, of Ne braska, will deliver Ave speeches in the Northwest next week. He will be at Boise on the 10th, Caldwell on the 11th, Moscow on the 18th, Spokane on the 14th and Wallace on the 15th. Charles -A Towne addressed .a meeting at "Welser tonight. Tomorrow afternoon he will speak. In Caldwell, and In the evening will speak in this city. Idaho notes. Charles Lewis, manager of the Jultaetta Chronicle, has disappeared. His creditors have taken charge of the press. The first trip of the new steamer Pend d'Orellle was made Wednesday from Sandpoint to Lakevlew and return. Census returns give the population of Nez Perces County to be 13,700, of Fre mont 12,250, and of Shoshone 12,000. A sunflower of wonderful size and sur passing beauty is on display at Moscow. Itis from the farm of C. B. Towne, six miles north of town. Its diameter is 1G Inches and it weighs seven and a half pounds. LIKE BANQUO'S GHOST. Socialism Is Persevering and Will Not Dovrn. MARSHFIELD, OrT. Sept 7.-To the Editor.) In The Oregonlan of Seotember 2, in speaking of "The Servitude of Social ism," you draw a very dark picture, and conclude that were It to be tried, the worklngman himself would be among the first who would want to get rid-of It Socialism, like everything else, would be subject to Its management, and the final result would be good or bad, ow ing to the spirit and judgment made manifest in carrying out Its principles. One thing Is sure today, that the average man who is at the bottom financially has but a very poor showing for much of a climb, and his opportunity of getting anything more than a chance to -work hard, when he can find work. Is small, indeed. Notwithstanding all the talk about his freedom and independence, he is beginning to see It, and he will cast his eyes in other directions than the old treadmill, and ask himself the question, why not? He sees that present conditions are very good for the fellow whorls 'on top, but for every one on top there are a thousand underneath. He figures out that for every millionaire there must of necessity be a thousand in destitution to balance the equation. He sees also that many times the one who holds the million dollars' worth of property has procured It through means that If the law had been applied as strictly against him as It Is against the average poor man, would land him in the penitentiary, but instead he is at the head of the social list, and too often given places ot honor in state. "All this Is agitating the mind of the poor man, -and in connection with the many promises that are given to him that miscarry, he takes socialism Into his mind and he builds up. castles and fash ions them into many forms, a great part of which are crude and impracticable. Yet in the-mass he sees something that allures him from the dark pictures his present conditions present to him. As he tolls to hammer out the wealth of the nation, with only such a small por tion of it coming to him, he feels there Is an unfairness in the matter, and the further it goes and the more binding If gets, the more he will resent It He Is dissatisfied and growing more and more dissatisfied all the time, and if condi tions continue to go on until the histories of the past repeat themselves, socialism will be a very fortunate turn, Indeed, rather than to let the French Revolu tion or the downfall of Rome repeat It self In America. I may be wrong, but I don't believe that the present Gov ernment can continue any great length of time, unless we put a check upon the ac cumulations of some men and corpora tions. The Government must either con trol them or "they will, like Kings, be the Government themselves. I fall to see anything so very fright ful about socialism, If It le rightly man aged, and I am sure It cannot well pre sent more of a picture of servitude than our present ostensibly free, representa tive form of government does. The rush there Is now to every possible opening for Government employ Indicates that the common average man Is not afraid ot servitude In any form of Government em ploy that now presents Itself. Socialism Is something that may be talked against and! tabooed In every form, but, like Banquo's ghost, it will not down. The seed has already been planted, and the minds of the multitud inous poor are fertile soil, In which It is already making growth. The only way I know of stopping It is a way that Is not likely to be tried, or at least those who might try it don't manifest any disposition to do so. THOMAS BUCKMAN. Socialism as a principle is beautiful; no theory of government Is more at tractive. In the millennium it will pre vail. As a practice it is not good, as experience has amply shown. Social or ganization is a matter of practical and not theoretical expediency. The Oregon Ian does not have to defend the existing order, because this paper did not create the system. If It had, many things would be different It needs only to Bay that socialism has been tried and tried many times. Human experience has run up against about everything under the sun, this Included. The present method of social organization was fitter than any thing else, therefore It survived. Men did not adopt it because they preferred It, for preference never came to them, but because they had to. Men have gone right because they have tried so many different ways of going wrong. If an example of socialism In the New World Is wanted, and it ought to thrive here if it could anywhere, John Smith will show how it failed In the "Virginia colony. Some may say that was communism, but the two are primarily and ultimately one and the same thing. It Is very apparent that all do not receive equitable shares of the world's goods, but man has not yet invented a system In which all will. Many Instances there are of illegitimately acquired wealth, .but there are many more in which wealth has been honorably accumulated. It will not do merely to condemn the latter for the sins of the former. Russia's New Calendar. '- It is said that Russia Is about to adopt a new calendar. Each year contains 13 months of 28 days each, and begins on Monday and ends on Saturday. Tho main feature of this calendar Is Its apparent stability, and In this It resembles the sov ereign remedy, Hostettcr's Stomach Bit ters, which has held an unmovable po sition for half a century. Try it for in digestion, dyspepsia, constipation, ner vousness or insomnia, but do sure you get the eenulna. . ......, ... THEVHORNING -'OHEGONIAN, BATUKDAY, WEEKtY REVIWOF TRADE LABOR CONDITIONS AFFECTING " BUSINESS IN THE EAST. Iron' and Steel Trade ' Increasing i Stock Markets Feel the Effect of s the-Approaching Election. NEW YOCRK, Sept 7. R. G. -un & Co.'s weekly review of .trade tomorrow will say: The volume of business-does not ma terially enlarge at the East, and there Is only moderate improvement at the West and South but if, expectations of greater activity when politics cease 'to disturb are realized, current operations will be fourid to have laid a substantial foundation. The most Important event of the week in the industriarworld was the agreement on the tin plate. wage scale with the Amalgamated Association, granting about 8 per cent advance to 55,000hands long idle. Other metal work ers disputes are nearlng a settlement while the Borden purchase of 500,000 pieces of print cloth at 2c clears up the Fall River market and IS believed to preclude serious differences there. The final de rision At the dissatisfied anthracite miners as to a strike will be reached today. Jt a strike Is decided upon it is likely to involve only a oortlon of the anthracite interests, and the producers "are well pre pared, as production in August was 619, 000 tons over last year, ahd coal has been moving to a market for two weeks very heavily- Prices of grain are little altered, good crop reports coming in freely, but the effect Is being neutralized .by the foreign estimate of a world's crop below require ments. Wheat stocks carried over were ample to meet the discrepancy, and trad ers donot seem able to -advance prices more than 5 cents over last year's price for wheat and 6 cents "for corn. This dif ference Is apparently satisfactory to growers, as 7,430,372 bushels of wheat were received at interior cities In the first week of September against 5.M5.CT1 bushels last year. Exports from Atlantic ports amounted to only 1,902,540 bushels of wheat, flour Included, against' 2,900,9(50 bushels a year ago. The Atlantic ship ments of corn made a better comparison than In recent ' weeks, 2,928,079 bushels against 3,051.569 "bushels last year. Cot ton' Is strong In the face of a larger yield than expected. Business In Iron and steel products steadily Increased, and mills are more aotlvely employed. October 1 Is men tioned as the probable date of a general resumption. It is significant that ship yards on the Lakes and the Pacific Coast are full of orders for eight months or more. As to pig Iron, the -outlook is no better. In spite of a decrease In pro duction to 231,778 tons Weekly, according to the Iron Age, furnace stocks have in creased to 594,218 tons, against 89,877 dur ing August, but the Increase in the de mand was noteworthy, until August 15. Railroads have refused to make reduc tions in freight rates, which it was hoped would increase exports. Bessemer pig and grey forge further declined $1 per ton at Pittsburg, although no change Is reported at other points. Copper con tinues, firm, with 'electrolytic higher at 16c bid, and tin advanced moderately. Last 'week's shipments of boots and shoes from- Boston were only i70,345 cases; against 71,277 In the previous week, and for the year thus far the decrease, com pared with 1699, has amounted to 254,315 cases. . Sales of wool at the three chief East ern markets declined to 2,8331000 pounds, against 4,234,700 pounds in. ithe . previous week; 9,245,200 last year. , The dullness was not accompanied by any pronounced weakness, although Coates- Bros.'. 'circu lar for September 1 made- the average price 20c for all grades, against 20&c a month earlier. - In the woolen market there Is a rather deceptive appearance of greater activity. Bulk of .business ,ln new .lines recently put, out a substitute for standard goods and a lower price. Failures few'the week were 145 In the United States, against 132 last year, and 24- in Canada, againsf 10 last year. Bank Clearings. NEW YORK. Sept. 7. Tho following table, compiled by Brodstreet's, shows the bank clearings at the principal cities for the week ended September 0, with the percentage of -Increase and decrease, as compared with the corresponding- week last year: Clearings. New York $ 637,763,426 Boston. 7n.oo2.non Inc. Deo. 240 16 8 1.6 15.4 42 Chicago 115,042,000 Philadelphia 06. 135. 000 Bt Louis Plttcburg Baltimore San Francisco Cincinnati Louisville Kansas City New Orleans Minneapolis Detroit Cleveland Providence Milwaukee St. Paul Buffalo .'. Omaha Indianapolis Columbus, O , Savannah Denver Hartford Richmond Memphis , Washington ; Peoria Rochester New Haven "Worcester Atlanta Salt Lake Springfield, Mass .... Fort Worth Portland, Me Portland. Or St. Joseph Los Angeles Norfolk Syracuse ..' Des Moines Nashville "Wilmington, Del Fall River - Scranton Grand Rapids Augusta, Go. Lowell Dayton, O Seattle Tacoma Spokane Sioux City Now Bedford Knoxvllle, Tenn. Topcka Birmingham "Wichita Blnghamton A Lexington, Ky, Jacksonville, Fla Kalamazoo Akron Chattanooga Rockford, III Cant&n. O Springfield, O Fargo, N. D Sioux Falls.S. ,D.... Hastings, Neb Fremont, Neb Davenport . Toledo . Galveston Houston Evansvlllo Macon Helena .. Little Rock Youngstown Springfield, 111 27,210,000 23.773.000 16,457.000 17.680,143 12.320,000 7.700.000 15,024,000 7.120,000 10.300,000 6,813,000 10,287.000 . 4,112,000 4.721.00Q 3,837.000' 4,718.000 5,469.000 4,757,000 3.0G7.000 4,113,000 3,918 000 2,005,000 2,524,000 1,201.000 1.630,000 2,000.000 1,070,000 1,035,000 '006.000 1,351.000 1,003.000 020.000 1,543,000 1.083.000 1.8S1.417 3,401,000 2,081,000 l.OSliOOO 885,000 1,456,000 060,000 601.000 " 4B6.000 870,000 008 000 1,101,000 353.000 051.000 2,334.424 830.053 972,038 043,000 208.000 - 4P4.000 804.000 052 000 41S.000 305,000 373.000 172,000 304.000 377,000 2O4.000 187.000 327,000 245,000 232.000 132,000 157.000 152,000 1.037,000 8,039,000 0,397.000 6.713,000 703.000 5S0.000 547.000 334.000 324,000 442.000 69 11.8 08 52 223 30 0 10 0 ib'i 121 1.2 63 05 4.3 4 0 60.4 16 0 21.3 55 0 15 2 11.2 2i 37.7 80 36 4 10 8 201 13 6 0.0 18.6 112 33.7 1.2 10 0 17.4 14 8 14 0 12 5 29 4- 20.-7 28 22 7 20.7 25.2 89 05 13 6 40 5 18 5 22 5 8 20 0 86 11.2 6,6 19.0 7.7 281 7.0 1.2 23 6 15.1 8,5 37.3 0.7 14.5 14 8 15 5 109 23.0 10.6 3.1 1 "Totals U. S .".$1,145,371,988 .... 10 4 Totals outside N. Y..f 507,371,988 ... 4B ' DOMINION OF CANADA.' Montreal $ 11.340,194 .... 4.S Toronto 7,250,093 20 8 .... "WlnrilpS 1,071.230 8 0 .... Halifax 1,390.465 7.5 .... Hamilton 703,571 .... 107 'St. John, N. B....... . 075,430 '... Victoria- 380,088 .... 17.2 "Vancouver 944,033 0 2 .... Totals'....! 24,350,302 .... 1.4 THE FINANCIAL REVIEW. Movement of Prices Has Been "Very Irregralar. NEVT YORK, Sept. J. Bradstreefs financial review tomorrow will say: Irregularity nas prevailed in the -movement of prices ror securities this week. The tone or the market however, has DfTi flrnvalthough' the absence of public participation reduced the volume' of-trad- lng. to . a mlnlmunu , Politics are- still uppermost in the minds of the financial community, and although the results of the, state-elections in 'Vermont were con sidered favorable, there was a continu ance qf the Indisposition to ontrr upon any speculative ventures. Investment stocks are in demand at concessions, and holders of securities still display a marked disposition to sell them money being easy, the prospects for a continu ance of comparatively low Tatcs of in terest betag considered excellent. The decline in foreign exchange Is a matter of Interest to the street, the large foreign purchases oft cotton and the pres sure Qf bills against such exports tending to reduce the level of exchange still fur ther. It is noted that -'the Bank ot Eng land Is" manipulating the "London money markeland It Is also thought that con siderable foreign loans- are likely to be made in New York during the Autumn, some authorities going o for as to pre dict that another issue 'of Brltisi tonsols may be brought out In the United States after the Presidential election Is over. Th money and the stock markets h.ere, however, have reconciled themselves to the Idea that the United States wi!f haye to supply foreign requirements for speole, and no particular apprehension Is felt on this score. . London has on the whole been a pur chaser of .securities In this market, al though Its transactions were on a HmitP'l scale, and speculative Interests on ttt other side are Inclined to wait and th market there is dull. Ballroad earnings- Gallery of Oregon Newspaper Men. xxir. E. RV Woodward, Newberg Graphic. NEWBERG, Sept. 7. E. H. Woodward, edi tor and publisher of tho New.berg- Graphic, was born in Morgan County, Indiana, 4G years ago, where he grew to manhoojl on a farm. In tho Fall of 18S0 he came to Oregon, and settled at Newberg, Yamhill County, where he followed farming for eight years. Ho represented Yam hill County in the Legislative session of 1885, whan Sol Hlrsch was a candidate for the United States Senate, no election occurring at the regular session January 1. 1000, he bought tho Newberg Graphic During the 10 years In which he has published c this paper Newberg has made almost itsTentire growth, and in tho meantime two opposition plants have gone to the Yamhill newspaper boneyard. In July, 1897, he was appointed Postmaster at Newberg by President McKlnley, are still good, and spme surprise was occasioned by the large increase of 5109, 000 in the St Paul's grow earnings for the last week in August This led to some speculative buying of the granger stocks, a portion of the share list, developing a very strong tone. The real activity of the week, however, centered in a few spe cialties, the movement of American Sugar being the most notable. That stock ad vanced to 122 on advance of the increase of the--quarterly dividend rate on last Tuesday; frduT 1 to 1. per cent. The directors met early in the day andvad- mm! is cfoBpet mmi better at its SEPTEMBER -8, -1900. ' JourneduntIl the afternoon, but In the meantime information as to what was Intended seems to have leaked out and a .vigorous buying movement set, In, the incldenfoelng characterized as a new in hibition of manipulation on the part of the management. There was pressure in Peoples Gas, due to the unfavorable competition at Chi cago. Among the few notable move ments In the railroad list was a rise in Southern Railway preferred, which sold upttT 65 on reports that,an increase in the dividend rate was not impossible, not-wflhstandlng-the h.tt illation given in the annual report that the rate would be kept at per cent THE FALL TRADE. Developments for the Week Have Been Mainly Favorable. NEW YORK, Sept. 7. Bradstreefs to morrow will say: Trade developments for the week have been mainly favorable, and the Improvement in general distrib utive business in the latter part ot August has gathered force In the first weak of September. Leading features have been tho widening Fall trade re ported at nearly all points West South and on the Pacific coast; some Improve ment in the jobbing demand, at the East, and Southern buying a marked feature; rather better reports from the two great stiple crops of the West and South wheat and cotton; Improved export de mand for American products, notably nheat, Iron and steel interests of the country. The corner appears to have turned In bank clearings because the ag gregate for the first week of September, though broken by a holiday, Is larger, than, the total "for the preceding week. Tho industrial outlook has been Im proved by settlement of the tin-plate scale, the general resumption Of opera tions In the glass industry, the predicted settlement satisfactorily of the remain ing iron and steel wage scales, and the possibility that recent larger sales of print cloths will avert a resort to wage reductions In the New England cotton Industry. The anthracite Coal trade out-, look, however, Is closed by the predic tion that 140.000 men will strike this week. Th iron and steel trade continues posi tively cheerful In tone, and a large busi ness has been and Is now being booked. No important gains in prices are re ported. On the contrary, Bessemer Is lower on the week and nttle is doing in steel billets, the price of which is little above that of raw pig. Export demand Is expanding, however 10,000 tons of Southern pic being shipped this week from Birmingham and orders for twice as much more are reported booked. Iron production showed a further heavy decline In August, but stocks again in creased. Wheat, Including flour, shipments ag gregated 3,373,000 bushels, against 3,248, 373 last week, 4,353,906 in the correspona lng week of 1SD9, 3.200.208 In 1S9S, 5,461, 506 In 1S97, and 3,799,141 In 1S96. From July 1 to date this season wheat exports are 30,317861, against 37,476,223 last season and 32,793,800 In 1898. MARKETS AFTER THE SALT. Americans Are Seelclnjr Control of the Trade In Ensrlnnd. NEW YORK, Sept. 7. The English salt trade Is excited over the report that an American syndicate covets control or the British salt markets, according to a London dispatch to the Herald. Brokers acting in behalf. Of American principals are said, to be quietly at work buying shares of the Salt Union, a combination ot producers which enjoys a monopoly of the Industry In the United Kingdom, with- a view to acquiring the majority of the holdings. Word comes from Liverpool that the American syndicate his already Invested 250,000 ($1,250,000) In Salt Union shares. There are 400 more pupils In the Ta coma schools this year than last The manufacturers of Royal Baking ;":, Powder have always declined to produce a 4 cheap baking powder at the sacrifice of ': quality or wholesomeness. v, The highest grade and most highly refined ingredients only are employed in ; Royal; hence its well known superiority. It is always the case EoyBi Bmking that the consumer suffers B0YAL BAKING POWDER CO., THE QUARANTINE STATION IMPROVEMENTS TO FIT IT FOR HANDLING INFECTED .VESSELS. Award of Work Worth f 700O Recom mendedTo Be Completed hy the Middle of November. ASTORIA. Sept 7. Quarantine Officer Hastings today opened bids for certain Improvements to be made at the Colum bia River Quarantine Station. The work Includes repairs to the old dgck sufficient to make a temporary safe approach to the new wharf; repairing the old cannery building so as to fit it for the accommo dation of steerage passengers until such time as a barracks Is constructed; putting In complete water and sewerage systems, and renovating three of the dwellings now on the property. Two of these dwell ings are to be used for attendants' quar ters and the third for the accommoda tion of the officers and cabin, passengers of any vessels which may be held In quarantine. Bids were received and opened as follows: J. W. Suprenant 57060; J. A. Fastabend, 57240; Ferguson & Houston, 57166; C. G. Palmberg, 57350; L. Lebeck, 57415. The specifications require that the work must be completed within 60 days after the contract Is signed, ilr. Suprenant was the lowest bidder, and Dr. Hastings has recommended that the contract be given to him. He has also requested the department to let the contract by wire so that work can be commenced at once and finished by November 15. When these Improvements shall be made the station will be equipped to handle any vessel that may come to the Columbia River with a contagious disease on board. Ship Arrived From Alaska. The steamer North Star arrived In this morning from Bristol Bay, Alaska, after a passage of exactly two weeks. She met very severe weather and could not put In at Dutch Harbor to enter at the Custom-House there. Her coal supply was almost exhausted when she arrived and she would not have had fuel enough to run her until noon today. She has been acting as tender to the Bristol Bay cannery, of. the Alaska Fish ermen's Packing Company, and Is owned by that company. She reports the season to have been very successful, and 42,000 cases and 600 barrels of salmon were put up at the cannery. The bark Harry Morse is on her way down with the pack. Several disgusted miners from Cape Nome came down on the steamer In the capacity of deckhands. The lighthouse tender Columbine will leave out tomorrow morning for Puget Sound, and will vist all the light stations along the coast Captain Langlltt and District Superintendent Warrick will ac company her on the trip. Experts for County Books. The County Commissioner's Court has engaged Clark & Buchanan, of Portland to expert the books of the various county officers for the past two years. Northwest Pensions. WASHINGTON. Sept 3. Pensions have been granted as follows: Oregon: Original Samuel Fowler, Or egon City, 56. Increase Robert W. Kirk wood, Farmlngton, 510; William Pitcher, Prlnevllle, 510; Sylvester F. Bush, West fall, 510. Washington: Criminal James L. Sharp, Dwamlsh, 56. Original, widows, etc. Special act of August 18. Phoebo A. Ruff, Snohomish, 58. Complaint ot Pheasant Sliootlnff. OREGON CITY, Or., Sept. 7. Thre Is still considerable complaint about peop'e living In this vicinity killing game birds. I and the Rod and Gun Club ha3 petitioned in pocket if not in health by accepting cheap pow ders as. substitutes for Royal Baking Powder. Care must be taken to avoid baking powders made from alum. Such powders are sold cheap, becausethey cost but a few cents per pound. " Just as good and cheaper" is & fraudulent cry, intended to deceive the unwary. Alum is a corrosive acid, which taken in food means injury to health. 100 WIUIAM 6T..NEW YORK. Game WarlTen Qulmby to appoint two deputies Oft Oils Immediate section. One person Is reported to have killed 30 Chi nese pheasants in one day. About the Slae of It. Colfax Oazette. Some Democrats, in their anxiety to say something against the Administra tion, have endeavored to criticise tho action ot the President in sending troops to rescue the American Minister and the American citizens imprisoned in the Chi nese capital, as "Imperialism." But such utterances have proved so unpopular that nearly every man that has said anything on that line has had to explain. One of the most recent explanations of that kind came from L. W. Habercrom, who evi dently talked too much at the recent In dianapolis gathering. When he got back to Washington, Habercrom had to ex plain, and attempted to modify his state ment The modification amounted to about this: "It was right to send troops to the rescue of the American citizens, but it was wrong for McKlnley to do It" Washintrton Church Conference. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. Sept. 7. The 27th annual session of the Columbia River M. E. Conference was called to order here yesterday by Bishop Edward G. Andrews, of New York. Business and devotional meetings will be held each day until Saturday evening. Wnnhlnirton Industries. Everett is to have another new indus try in the form of a large sash and door factory. T. M. Padden has finished his contract with the government post at Vancouver for 1100 cords of wood. The receipts of wheat at Tacoma Wed nesday were 63 can. Three cars of barley were also Inspected. Charles Hopklnson, of Fulton, Lewis County, Is putting In a water power saw mill on the creek near Fulton. The American Mining Company, which ha property In the Curlew district. Is endeavoring to secure right of way for an lS-mlle tramway between Curlew and Grand Forks. Tho sash and door factory at Ballard, built several years ago. but never op erated, will be converted Into a mattress and spring-bed factory, and will bo started Immediately. A project Is started at Walla Walla among prominent local capitalists for the establishment of a gas and electric light and power plant The scheme also In cludes a motor-car system. The new mill being erected by Her man Goodwin about five miles west of Centralla is approaching completion. It will have a capacity of 10,000 feet per dny. The plant was moved from near Toledo. The plans for the Everett flour mill are In the hands of the contractors and bids will be opened, the first of tho coming week. The building Is to be six and one-half stories high, and of tho most substantial construction. The Mealy Lumber Company,, of Che halls, figures on cutting about S.OOO.OCO feet of lumber the coming season. Tho Allen brothers, who recently bought into the company, have shipped from Wis consin a carload of boilers, engine and mill machinery, which will be added to the company's outfit. W. T. PJgby, of Umatilla, harvested 40,000 bushels of wheat from 1500 acres. One field averaged 23 bushels, another TO. and a third 35. The last mentioned was his lightest and poorest land. It seems there was too much rain last win ter for the heavy lands. Forolgrn Ports. Queenstown. Sept. 7. Arrived Umbrja, from New York, for Liverpool, and pro ceeded. Lizard. Sept 7. Passed Belgravla, from 'New York, for Cherbourg. 8fr EU 1 05.2