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8 THE MORNXSTQ OKEGONIiCH, WEDNESDAY, OjOTOBEB- S, 190(7. NOTA GOOD MEASURE Morgan's Primary Bill Is De fective. IT UNDERTAKES TO DO TOO KUCH Ies;ila.ture Cannot Compel an. Elec tor to Act "Wnollr "With One Political Party Charles 31. Morgan, a lawyer, Trtth ot flces in the Chamber of Commerce, has drafted a primary election, bill. It com prises 85 sections, aggregating- 20,000 words, and is altogether too long1 to be printed in fulL A summary of its more Important provisions "will suffice. A political party is thus defined: "A political party within the meaning of this act is one which, at the next preceding general election polled in the eleotoral district in which the primary election Is to be held, for its candidate receiving the highest number of votes, at least t jwr cent of the entire vote cast in such .electoral district; or shall present a pe tition asking for the right to have a primary election ticket as herein provided for, such petition to be signed by electors in number equal to at least 8 per cent of the total vote polled at the next pre ceding general election in the electoral district for which such primary election ticket is asked, and to be presented to the Secretary of State If the primary election ticket desired is for the entire state or a Congressional district, with the County Clerk in other cases, &nci with each County Clerk in the electoral district in cases of electoral districts less than a Congressional district and larger than one county." The section regulating primary elec tions is: "A primary election may be held in the several election precincts in this state on the first Monday in April, 1902, and biennially thereafter, and on the third Monday preceding any special -election, at which there may be nominat ed candidates for such offices as are by law to be filled at the general, special or Presidential election, as the case may be, next ensuing; at which may be sub mitted to the vote of the members o the various political parties declarations of party principles or policies and rules of party government and organization; at which may be elected the officers, managers and committees of political par ties; at which, may be elected delegates to National conventions of political par ties in Presidential election years; and ax. which, by vote of the members of the various political parties, may be made recommendations to the Legislature of this state of candidates for the office of United States Senator, when that officer is to be elected at the next meeting of the Legislature." It is provided that parties shall be grouped on the primary election ballot. TTnder the Australian system used In Oregon, candidates are grouped alpha betically under offices, except Legislative nominees, who are grouped by parties. Determining; the Voter's Choice. Sections 29 and St prescribe the method of counting the ballots and determining "the elector's choice. They are in part: "Within one hour after the poll-books are signed . . . the ballot boxes shall be opened and the ballots taken out one at ft time by the chairman. The ballo judges, who shall determine, first, what ticket the voter intended to vote and for which party the ballot shall ne counted. . In the canvass of the votes only white ballots furnished under the pro visions of this act shall be counted, and any ballot from which it is Impossible to determine the elector's choice for any of the nominations, party offices or hon ors, or recommendations or propositions, shall be void and shall not be counted. Bach elector shall have the right to vote for names of candidates, and for or against propositions printed on the ballot as part of the ticket of the party witn which he affiliates, or for names written .In the blanks in each ticket, but not other- twise. If, in making the canvass, as foresaid, the judges shall find that an sctor has voted for names in more in one ticket, they shall determine In ich ticket he has cast the greatest aber of votes, and the ballot shall be anted for that ticket only. If there be ticket on such ballot showing a greater 'number of votes therein than in an other ticket on such ballot, then sucr Fallot shall not be counted and shall be void." Section 35 Any ballot from which it is possible to determine the elector's cholc for a part of the names or propositions In the ticket which he has voted shall be counted for such part of such ticket, but the remainder of such ticket from which it is impossible to determine the elector's choice shall be void as to such defective part, and such defective part shall not be counted. The Judges shajl disregard misspelling or abbreviations of the names of candidates if it can be ascertained from such ballot for whom it Is Intended. Section SO On the tenth day after the close of any primary election, or sooner, if all the returns be received, the County Clerk, taking to his assistance two Jus tices of the Peace of the county, such two Justices to be of different political parties If it De possible for such selec tion to be made, shall proceed to open dgdd returns and make abstracts of the. votes. Such abstracts of the votes for all names and propositions voted on by the voters, members of the respective par ties, of an electoral district larger -than & county shall be certified by the County Clerk and transmitted to the Secretary of State. The candidates of each party, respectively, receiving the highest num ber of votes for nomination for nubile office in the county or less electoral dis trict shall be the candidates of the re spective parties for the respective offices to be filled at the next election, and their amcs shall be accordingly placed on tho ballots by the County Clerk. The time for registration Is fixed be tween the first Mondav in November and March 15. Under the present registration law, registration time is between January 1 and May 15. Undertakes Too Much. EL W. Bingham read the Morgan bill carefully yesterday, and made the follow ing statement in regard to it: "This bill is quite long, consisting of 24 pages closely typewritten, about 200 folios. I am Impressed with the fact that, -considerable labor and care have been exer cised in preparing it. It has features similar to the late Stratton primary law 3f California, and I am of the opinion that it would not stand Judicial investigation ay better than that law did; In other words, I think our courts would hold iguch a primary election law as this un constitutional. The bill proposes to amend the Aus tralian ballot act of 1S91, to repeal the primary election law of 1S91, to amend the registration law of 1899, and to provide a direct primary election to select candi dates and also to regulate the organiza tion and government of all political par--tles. It undertakes too much, and goes too t&r. Its title declares that It is 'An act to provide for the establishment of a sys tem of primary elections for the purpose JDjf securing ,to the individual elector the most complete liberty and the fullest priv ilege in the selection of candidates for pabllc office, in the adoption of policies & principles by political parties, and in Ike government of political parties and ike election of their officers and mana gers; whereby there may be made nomi nations of candidates for state, district, (County, municipal, precinct, and all other public offices in this state to be filled at say general or special election; whereby tkere may be made recommendations to the Legislature of this state of candidates er the office of United States Senator; wiereby there may "be adopted declara tions of political party principles and policies and rules of political -party gov ernment; and whereby officers, managers and committees of political parties and delegates to National conventions of po litical parties may be elected,' etc "The effect of this bill, it it became a law, would be to compel all political par ty organizations to organize and conduct their affairs in the manner prescribed by the -act. It is an exclusive method for the parties to pursue. Each party's poli cies, political principles and officers, as well as Its candidates, would have to be ascertained and declared by the method prescribed in this act, at a primary elec tion, where each elector would be given a ticket of each party and be permitted to vote for whichever party he preferred -to act with. But he would not be at liberty to vote or act with more than one party. He would have to vote wholly Republi can, or wholly Democratic, or wholly with some other party, or else not vote at all. This feature in the'Stratton primary law in California, it was held, rendered that act unconstitutional. "This feature goes too far when-it .con strains the elector to voting wholly with one party, and it "goes too far when it prescribes an exclusive method which per mits electors to participate In the affairs of a political party with which they may really not be In sympathy. The declared principles, policies and management of a political party might be thus taken away from the controPof its real members, aria' it might be thus delivered over to ls ene mies. Tfils is unconstitutional legislative interference with the individual voter on the one hand and with those associations' of voters called political parties, on the other hand. It is not given to the Legis lature to say to the voters, You must be wholly Republican .orjwholly Democrat ic, .or wholly Prohibitionist,' nor has the Legislature the right to destroy a politi cal organization by permitting undue in terference in its organization and af fairs. State Control of Political Parties. "The state has no control over "political parties any more than it has over, re ligious organizations called churches, and can no more authorize a Republican to interfere in the affairs of the Prohibition party than it could authorize a Metho dist to interfere with the creed or other affairs of the Baptists, Neither can the state .say to an elector that, in order to vote, he must be wholly of some one par ty, any more than it can say he may .not approve of some things about two or more churches. "The state, by Its legislation, may rec ognize and, to some extent, regulate both political parties and religious organiza tions, but there Is a limit to its jurisdic tion. This bill goes too far and under color of purifying political parties puts It in the power of unscrupulous voters to de stroy a party. A political party Is merely an association of electors who agree upon certain lines of policy, and to authorize other electors who may differ from them to outvote them and seize upon their or ganization and destroy their organization, would be analogous to breaking up and dispersing a peaceable assembly of citi zens. "Much of Mr. Morgan's bill is a rehash of the Australian ballot act of. 189L 'Sec tion S3 authorizes an adjournment of the board of judges and clerks 'when they have proceeded with the count for 22 hours after the close of the ,polls,' and thereafter to complete the count by count ing between 9 A. M. and 4 P. M; each day. This would be a most dangerous Innovation. The only effectual safeguard we now have against substitution and alteration of ballots, and similar frauds. Is In a prompt and continuous count and In keeping the ballot box In plain view of the bystanders and agents of the candi dates from the time the ballots are de posited In the box until the last one has been taken out and counted. The present law needs amendment to Improve It, but such Innovation as the foregoing Is 'cred itable to the Ingenuity of the reformers' rather than to their judgment. , "There are many minor details 'about this bill open to "objection hut it seems unnecessary to discuss them since 'the main structure Is so fatally defective. The care and precision evidenced Jn the preparation of the bill would render its framers useful aids in drafting such a bill as Is needed, provided they were guided more Judiciously." ALL LOOK ALIKE TO HIM. One Preacher as Reprehensible as Anotlier In Mr. Snrgrent'n Eyes. PORTLAND, Oct 2. (To the Editor.) To one to whom his own and all other existence, ooth present and future. Is a mystery, the recent utterances of sundry gnostics do not "seem to be of much real assurance when considered and compared. "When the Rev. Dr. Edgar P. Hill sug gested that the late John Wilson might now be "face to face with him In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge," and having explained those great questions of which, In life, he con fessed himself to be supremely Ignorant, there seemed, for -a moment, to be some hope. But then comes the thought that only as man has been able to wrest "the treasures of knowledge and wisdom" from their hiding has he been able to alleviate his burdens and his sufferings. It has been a long, weary struggje from the caperlngs of the medicine man about the prostrate savage to our modern sci ence 'of medicine, with all it means to the fever-stricken babe; from the filth and deadly plagues of mediaeval Europe to our modern sanitary science, with all It means to health and life. 'If all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge were for ages "hidden" from millions upon millions of suffering and helpless men, women and children, what chance can one man, have before such an Intellectual miser? Of less Importance, perhaps, though of no less Interest, as a matter of informa tion, is the assurance from the Rev. Dr. A. A. Morrison that divine sympathy Is not denied to those who take their life by their own hands! But now comes Mr. S. W. Barbee, in. your Issue of the 1st Inst., and virtually declares that both these reverend gentlemen are, to put it simply, talking through their hats. This writer asserts that theirs are "strange ut terances concerning the future of the dead, as Judged by the plainest declara tions of the Bible, from which they have learned all they know touching the state of man after death." While we are wandering In a maze cf doubt we stumble upon the constitution of the Roman Catholic faith, and here we would be told that no man can attain everlasting life unless he be In that boat, and so, with weary patience, but with anxious dread, we ask ourselves the ques tion. Which of our informants really knows what he is talking about? H. K. SARGENT. "Washington Hop Crop. Tacoma Ledger. The hop crop In the state will be 10 per cent less thai that of 1S99. This shortage will be apparent.ln the Green River "Val ley and Lewis County crops. It is esti mated that Lewis County is over 1000 bales short of last year's total, and the Green River supply is probably even shorter. A total of 33,000 bales is esti mated for Washington during the present season, but all the hops put on the mar ket from this state this season will be nf the best quality. The Yakima country has shown no falling off in the yield. An esti mate of 15,000 bales is probably as near the actual output of the section as could be made. The other .18,000 bales will come from Western Washington, most of them from the Puyallup an,d White River "Val leys. Bryan Prediction Fulfilled. Pittsburg Dispatch. In 1895 Mr. Bryan made one prediction that has turned' out correct. He said: "We Intend to stop borrowing money in Europe." We have stopped it, and are now branching out in the line of- lending money to Europe. Yes, and Mr. Bryan is flndlnc -fault with that. . - - ? IN PLAINTIFFS FAVOR DECISION IN CASK OP "WILLIAMS VS. COMMERCIAL NATIONAL BANK. Judges Scars and Frazer Hold That the Stoclc In Question Is "Worth $30 a Share. Judges Sears and Frazer yesterday de cided in the suit of Geonre H. Williams against the Commercial National Bank that the value of the stock of-the plaintiff "at the time of Its conversion by the bank In May, 1897, because of nonpayment of a delinquent assessment, was $30 .per share, and that the plaintiff Is entitled to Judg ment for that amount. Mr. Williams owned 60 shares of stock, of the pap value of JM0 per share, and under this decision is entitled to recover 800. , Ella Durham, as administratrix of the estate of S. A Durham, deceased, filed a suit to recover 77300 on 73 shares of f8tock; Perry Hlnkle, th'e owner of 60 shares, sued for $6000, Cleveland Rockwell for 510,000, H. C Leonard for 56000, Henry Welnhard for 510,000, and George H. Durham for 58000. The issues in each of the cases are the same, and it was stipulated by the attorneys that the one decision snouia apply to all. Accordingly each, plaintiff will be granted judgment on the basis of 530 per share. No Interest is allowed ex cept from the time of this decision. The 'trial occurred several months ago, and there was a stubborn contest upon both sides. O'Day & Tarpley and George H. Durham appeared as attorneys for the plaintiff, and Piatt &. Piatt and E. S. Plllsbury, of San Francisco, as attorneys for the defendant The liability falls upon Wells, Fargo & Co., which several years since absorbed the Commercial Na tional Bank by purchasing- the assets and putting In fresh capital. The suit was tried before Judges Sears una Frazer Jointly, because there were separate suits In both departments involv ing the same question. October 6, 1896, the Board of Directors of the Commercial National Bank adopt ed a resolution requesting the Controller of Currency to call. for .an assessment of 59 per cent or' J60 per share, upon the capital stock on the ground that the cap ital stock of the bank was impaired. This amounted in total to 5250,000. The Con troller, December 5 following, authorized the assessment which was levied. These different plaintiffs and some others re fused to pay It and their stock was sold as delinquent and purchased by the bank. In "the complaints filed the plaintiffs set up that the assessment was illegal, be cause it was not authorized at a share holders' meeting, and that there had been no meeting for, such a purpose, and the Board of Directors was not empowered to ask for an assessment without the ap proval of the shareholders obtained ih this manner. In overruling a demurrer to the complaint the court sustained this view of the matter. There was only one authority found on this point a decision' In a Federal Court which states that ac tion by the shareholders Is' necessary. Judges Frazer and Sears having held the assessment to be Illegal, the next thing for determination was if the stock was worth anything when it was convert ed. At the trial much evidence was taken showing that many of the assets of the bank, by reason of the crash of 1894 and subsequent events, had deteriorated In value, and thus impaired the capital stock and made new moneys necessary, and which were supplied. The assets were gone over quite fully. The court In its decision, after referring to the legal questions which were pre sented, says: . . "The whole matter for consideration Is the value of the plaintiff's shares of stock, the' latter claiming It was worth at least 50 per" cent of Its " face value, aside from the good-will, the defendant denying the stock was of any value at all., in regard to this he stated: "We have been unable to concur with the position of the plaintiff that under any' view this stock is shown', to have been worth 50 per cent of Its value under the circumstances of the sale. Nor does It appear conclusive that 53000 would be the plaintiff's share of the assets sold to Wells, Fargo & Co. for 5250,000, nor that this sale should furnish a final. If any, test of the value. v" "A somewhat acrimonious discussion took place as to th4 animus of Wells, Fargo & Co.'s condudt, and a claim has been asserted that in some way damages should be enhanced, but this view has not met with a hospitable reception at the hands of the court "On the other hand, we are unable to subscribe to the views of the defendant's counsel that this stock was valueless. It .would serve no good purpose to review the large amount of evidence submitted. To announce finally and in part our views without attempting to discuss more fully the, evidence, we place the value of the plaintiff's stock at the time of the sale thereof by defendant at the sum of 520 a share, without the good-will. If the shares had a value, the good-will of the bank must bo of some worth, even though at the moment the business was conducted without profit We have placed this value at 510 a shore. These results are neces sarily somewhat arbitrary. 'In the nature of the case, such conclusion may not be avoided. But 'It Is a careful and pains taking examination of a task which has taxed our energies to the full." The defendants will probably appeal the case. Captain Hcark Not Held. Not a true bill was returned in the case" of Captain S. P. Hearn, of the British ship Genista, charged with publishing li bel concerning. John Grant, the sailor boarding-house keeper. The witnesses examined, besides the accused, were J. C. Flanders, John Grant, John Latta, J. M. Lawrence, H. 33. McGinn. PERSONAL MENTION. L. B. Geer, of Salem, is at the Impe rial. , , E. R. Bradley, of Hood River, is at the Perkins. Rufus H. Smith, of Seattle, is va guest atv the Portland. G. Howell, stockralser of Wasco County, Is at the St CharleB. B. M. Howley, of Grass Valley, is reg istered at the Imperial. L W. Brigham, wife and child, of Boa ton, are at the Imperial. A. E. Inabler, merchant of Tillamook, is a guest at the Perkins. W. Oldenbourg, of Munich, Germany, is registered at the Portland.' John'Lysons, business man of Kelso, is a guest at the St Charles. L G. Wlckstrom, lumberman of Kalama, is registered at the St'Ctiarles. George H. Young and wife, of San Francisco, are at the Portland. A. N. Gilbert ex-supermtendent of the penitentiary, is at the Imperial. Martin Morrls aiyl wife; of Louisville, Ky., are registered at the Perkins. L. A Loomis, president of the Ilwaco Railway, is registered at the Perkins. Preston Wood, farmer of Sprague, Wash., Is registered at the St Charles. O. C. McLeod and W.'H. Hamilton, min ing men of Sumpter, are staying at the Perkins. , M. Nicholson," Mrs. Nicholson and Mips Mary Nicholson, of Fort Stevens, are at the Imperial. James Collins, a well-known farmer re siding near Cottage 'Grove, Is staying at the St. Charles. Rate Clerk Coburn, of the passenger department of the O. R. & N.,-ds back at his desk after an absence of three weeks in Omaha and Chicago. Dr. C. R. Templeton was, on the street yesterday, greeting old friends, haying Just returned from. 'Nome.. He reports a delightful Summer's experience, and has great faith in the future of Alaska as a gold producer. General Traffic Manager Campbell, of the O. R. & N., has returned from a three weeks' trip to attend meetings of rail road men in New York and Chicago. NEW YORK, Oct 2. Northwestern peo ple registered at New York hotels today as follows: r . From Portland C. G. .Stratton, at the Astor;.'W. B. Bayer, .at thja Albemarle. From Seattle G. Wells, at the Im perial. , WITH MILITARY HONORS. Captain Malcolm. S. Jameson Baried by His Comrades. With the ceremonies of a military .fu- no.rnl nnrl th honors rtn n. nantaln. the .body of Malcolm S. Jameson was burled vlew Cemetery. .Services were ,held in Calvary 'Presbyterian Church, where the dead Captain's old Chaplain, Rev. W. S. Gilbert, officiated. Company G, which the deceased commanded at 'the time of his death, filled up,, by the members' of Company B, acted as escort, under the command of Captain. T. N. Dunbar. Col onel Everett with his full staff, arid ac companied by Major. von Egloffsteln and the line officers of .the Third Regiment marched In the . funeral procession, ac companied by General Summers, Adjutant-General Gantenbein, Captain Sand- lora wniting, ueutenant G. F. Teller and members of the Second Oregon and Na tional Guard. Officers of the guard appeared in full uniform, wearing sldearms. The six hon orary pallbearers were fellow-officers with Captain Jameson In the Second Oregon, and "wore the regulation khaki uniform of an officer and sldearms. The active pallbearers are all Sergeants in the Na tional Guard at present, and wore the National Guard fatigue bjue. Some of the Sergeants were noncommissioned ofli cers in the Second Oregon while Captain Jameson worethe chevrons of First Ser geant The honorary pallbearers were Major F. S. Kelly, Captains R. E. Davis and C. E. McDonell, and 'Lieutenants L. H. Knapp, A B. Gritzmacher and J. A .McKlnnon. Captain Davis (commanded the company In which Captain Jameson served in the Philippines. The active pall bearers were Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant Henry Hockenyos, Color Ser geant C. P. Mercer, Company B; Sergeant Thomas F. Canning, Company B, and Sprgeants H. B. Augur, C. F. Kinney ana jKooerc .nauinxy, or company e. color Sergeant Mercer was the ranking, duty Sergeant in Company E, Second Oregon, while Captain Jameson was First Ser geant ofthe company. The three last named Sergeants were given their war rants as noncommissioned officers by the dead Captain. Many friends vlsltedj the Armory dur ing the forenoon and viewed the casket as It lay In state in the board of officers' room. Many beautiful - flowers were banked on the casket, whlrih was neatly draped. In the flag, . as is the universal custom In the Army. Splendid floral pieces were In evidence, among the most beautiful being a large design represent ing the flag, in colors. The Goiconda Mining Company presented a beautiful piece. Captain Jamesfrn's company had two large pieces. The officers of the Third Regiment also expressed their 'esteem for the fallen comrade' In an artistic design of great beauty.' ' Thei ceremonies were under the direction of Colonel Everett. commanrHnir tht rort., ment The escort, while nominally Com pany ur,- was nuea out to run company size' by members of Company B, as rep resentatives Of the Second Oree-on find, Captain Dunbar, of the latter, command.' ea. une xnird Regiment Band struck ui a funeral march shortly after 2 P. M., as mocasKet was borne. from the DUlld- inGT. Tn thA ntrnot.tha oivc nf 4-v. w cession was, first, the band,' followed by1 uic wuu, nieu uie nearse ana 1 pail Dear ersj relatives and immediate, friends came next in carriages. General'Summers.'-at tne neaa or the Second Oregon members, and Colonel Everett, leading the officers' of his' regiment, followed the carriages. At the church, one of the features of the music was a favorite song of Cap tain Jameson's, sung by his friend, Mrs. Walter Reed. Hejpften asked her to sing It .for him while alive, Mrs. Reed, Susie Gambenk Dom Zan and Harry Hogue, all particular friends of the deceased, formed the quartet Chaplain Gilbert did not dwell especially upon the career of Captain Jameson. "To have had a part in the work of. solving the great -problems of the world,", said he. "and to have had a share In some thing that will work out for the ultimate achievement of the purpose of iGod, to. have, borne a responsibility and to have borne faithfully an obligation and to have carried the principle of truth. In the world to fuller development, to thus achieve is a portion In life all well may seek to attain. As wo gather here, let us remember that thlncs hav tnVhn ninr In these days that promise for the world a great future. Our comrade had a part" The church was filled with friends. A number of the women of the Red Cross and Oregon Emergency Corps occupied seats reserved for them. A larger num ber of Guardsmen and Second Oregon men attended the services than took part In the march. At the close of the services all.frlend3 were permitted to -view the dead. Then the slow march to Rlvervjew was 'taken up. At the grave the 'cere monies were -very brief. The company fired the salute and Musicians Kennedy and Wallln sounded taps. ' Among those who contributed" floral pieces were Mrs. M. H. Steers, Miss Myr tle Mlchell, Mrs. C. Hilton, Mrs. E. A Platts, Mrs. R. Espey, I. F. Powers, Jr.; Ladles' Auxiliary, officers of the Third Regiment; Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Webster,' Miss Minnie Morris, Company E, Second Oregon Volunteers; Company G, Third Regiment O. N. G., two" pieces; David and William Moore, Miss . Moore, Mrs. Walter Reed, David Camp, Auxiliary No 1; Miss Barln, Mrs. John S. Beall, Mrs Alfred James Milne and David Lewis. NO NEWS OF GREENLEAF. Assessor Has Not Complied "With Or der of County Commissioners. t The Board of County Commissioners yesterday heard - nothing from Assessor Greenleaf, or of his intentions regarding the order for him to turn over the as sessment' roll index. The Commissioners Inclined to the opinion that tho Asses sor would, after due consideration, com ply with the order without any further trouble. If he should not do bo today, however, It was Intimated that steps would, be taken to' enforce compliance with the order. Whether this action would take the form of a mandamus was not stated. In fact the Commissioners were averse to discussing strong or dis agreeable methods, preferring to assume that all would come out straight without further difficulty.- The accidental dropping of a line of the report of the Assessor's trouble- In yesterday's Oregonian left Captain Greenleaf In ,a wrong light as to the. contribution of the young man Beatty. The third line was important, because It said the money had boen paid back.. The statement quoted from. Cap tain Greenleaf should have read as fol lows:' "Ys, a young man named Beatty paid me 515, but he afterward left" my office and I returned the money to him.'' B ' Sixteen to -One. Marlon (Ind.) Chronicle. "Idr. Bryan's taxables, shown by his own return, are 16 to 1 greater than in 1896. Is this the heaven-born ratio, or Is It McKlnleylsm and a result In part of the. opening of the 'mills, rather than the mint? ' Ag tepes to Mil the hair snd turn It gray. Parker's Hair Balsam renews color and life. . Grevo's Ointment makes a healthy skin, COc. FROM EAST AND SOUTH COMING FROM EVERYWHERE TO THIS FAVORED COUNTRY. Alaska. No Longer Fills the Horizon of the Restless Easterner Oregon. Popular in California. Now that the. Alaska boom has grown old and the hardships and uncertainties of that country have become generally known, more attention than ever Is set tling upon the Pacific Northwest. More Inquiries than ever are made for loca tions for farming or manufacturing or mercantile business, and the people who Inquire mean business, take intelligent means of ascertaining the conditions here, and know when they find what they w'ant "A man from Duluth came out here a short time ago, having been drawn here by some of our descriptive pamphlets," saUl General Passenger Agent Hurlburt, of tho O. R. & N., yesterday. "He came to Portland and had a talk with me, and I senf him out over our lines to hunt up a locality that would suit him. When he loft here we thought he, would probably locate In theShaniko country". Several days later he came back, and where do you suppose he had decided to go? To Wallowa, a county "that hasn't a mile of railroad, and Is decidedly off the reg ular routes of travel. And he was en chanted with the Wallowa country. He had been clear over to the Imnaha, and carefully observed the nature of the country and estimated its possibilities, and he thought It one of the choicest spots on earth. He said nobody could have any Idea of Its beauty and fertility without going there and seeing for him self. He Is perfectly satisfied to establish a new home for himself, and has gone back to Duluth to get his family. H? also says he thinks he can bring out about 0 other famllfes. "Here I have a letter from a man In Ohio, who evidently knows what he wants. He has been reading some of our literature to good purpose, and he now asks further questions. He says a num ber of families ' will ' come out here. 'I write such people that we have no par ticular Interest In where they "may settle, and will as cheerfully Inform them con cerning one locality as another. Whether they come to the "Willamette Valley or Eastern Oregon, the Walla Walla Vallev or the Palouse anywhere In this broad Northwest we will do what we can to give them reliable Information and de cent treatment here. "I tell you, 2500 people from California, mostly from the southern part of the state, could be settled In Oregon In the coming six monthB with a little properly directed immigration work. The people .-down there are getting awfully tired of droughts Interspersed with dry weather, and long for a moist climate and" green grass. They don't poke fun at Oregon's '13 months' rain In a year'; they want to sot some of it for themselves. Never before has' Oregon been so popular with Callfornians, and I think we "shall get a strong tide of settlers from that state within a few months." O. R. & N. GETS TOO MUCH. Complain of Southern Roads About Soldiers Coming Northward. Considerable light Is shed on the busi ness of carrying soldiers discharged from the Philippines back to their homes from Sin Francisco by the following from the San Francisco -Bulletin, -showing how large an element In the matter the O. R. & N. Is: v "Judging from the feeling that was de veloped at the meeting In Chicago over the soldier rate It Is probable that the dis gruntled roads might inaugurated strike. The road that feels most Irritated In the matter is the Santa Fe. It is making vain protests that it Is not getting .its fair share of the business, and In a moderate was' Is holding a club over the heads of the other lines. "The Oregon Railway & Navigation Company is the line against which their wrath is turned. The truth is that this company made a strong bid for the business and succeeded In getting the most of it. The Santa Fe, no.t being able to get even what they are pleased to con sider a moiety, are anxious for a row. "The business is well worth going after. It Is thought that at least some 35,000 men will receive their discharge between now and next July, and the roads that have not been getting the business want a new deal. About one and a half years ago a rate of $43 75 was made to Chicago. The regular rate is $52 50. When the state troops began to return last fall the Red Cross made an application for a further reduced rate in aid of the volunteers re turning home. The combined lines agreed upon a rate of $31 25. to Chicago, with half fare added to Eastern States, making a rate of $41 25 to New York and $42 25 to Boston and other points proportionately. This remained In effect until May, when It was ascertained that those who were broke or wanted to stay on the Coast had been selling their discharges to scalpers.. The scalpers- sold or loaned these dis charges to civilians, going East The civ ilian would then work the Red Cross as a soldier and procure a reduced rate. The railroads, in order to stop this wholesale scalping, abolished what was called the Red Cross rate, thereby throwing the rate' for discharged soldiers to $43 75 to Chicago, which is a reduction of $S 75 from the regular rate, the soldiers being forced to pay' full rates from Chicago to points further East. Whether this rate will re main in force is a question. "When this reduce'd rate was put into effect the roads Interested, with the ex ception of 'the O. R. & N. Co., agreed to allow the Southern Pacific to divide the soldier business at a certain percentage for each" line. The O. R. & N. Co. was evidently dissatisfied with the percentage that was arbitrarily allowed" Its line, solicited business on Its own account, and up to the present time Its percentage has been so high that It has brought about the present turmoil in the asso ciated roads. "It remains to be seen by what means the Santa Fe can secure a -higher share of the business. . It would certainly not Inaugurate a rate war. The Southern Pacific is not either very happy over the situation. Their agents who have been out to the Presidio have been met with anything but complimentary remarks. Most of the soldiers who have returned from tho Philippines came to the Coast either by the Ogden or the southern route, and they have no agreeable remin iscences. The consequence is that when the Southern Pacific asks for business they are met with a horse laugh." The agreement made at Chicago does not alter the San Francisco situation, be cause the O. R. & N. and northern lines were not parties to it. The San Francisco railroads may agree to divide the busi ness in a certain way, but It does not bind those who do not Join in it So the northern lines will continue to urge the advantages of returning via Portland and the Pacific Northwest, and it is expected that this route will attract as many in the future as it has In the past .- CLARK IN SALT LAKE. Asks the City for Grounds for a Ter minal. SALT, LAKE, Oct. 2. Senator. W. A. Clark,' of Montana, arrived here from the East this morning, and spent part of the day in' conference wiih the promoters of the proposed railway between this city and Los Angeles. He was entertained at a -banquet at the Alta Club this evenlng; and left for Butte at 10:50 tonight Before leaving Mr. Clark addressed the follow ing letter to the Mayor and the City Council: "Gentlemen: As has heretofore .been stated to you, myself and associates are engaged In an enterprise having for Its ultimate result the establishment of a line of railway between the City of Los Angeles, jCal.l juad SaJLAkaCltyUtah: j In that connection, permit me to say to your "honorable body that we feel that the organization of our corporation and its achievement of the intended result will be very much 'facilitated by the granting by you of Pioneer Spuare, In your city for use by our corporation as station grounds, In accordance with the petition heretofore presented, to your hon orable body by Mr. Gibbon." v In his speech at the Alta Club banquet tonight. Senator Clark said: , "From the date of my first visit to this city, I have always been impressed with the commanding position it occupies as a distributing center and predicted for it a brilliant future." "After touching upon his earlier expe riences In this part of the West, Senator Clark took up the subject of the construc tion of a ralload between this city and Los Angeles and spoke at length of the advantages of such an enterprise. He closed his speech as follows: "A study of all these and other con siderations Induced me to purchase a large Interest In the Los Angeles Termi nal, with a view of extending It to thi3 city, If all. the conditions seem to warrant It, and with the cordial co-operation of the good people of these two cities, whom we hope to bring Into close business and friendly relations, we feel confident that the enterprise will. In due time, be pushed to a successful and satisfactory termina tion. "For several years our mining camps had to rely largely upon Utah for sup plies and particularly provisions, and we cannot overlook the fact that the Mormon people have been a great factor In the development of the mining regions in all this Western country, as well as In hastening by several years without doubt tho construction of our first transconti nental railway. Slncei that early day, when everything here was of a primitive character, I have been a frequent visitor to Salt Lake, and have watched Its grad ual development Into a large and beauti ful city, with fine buildings and compris ing all the modern and luxurious equip ments of the day; but your most sanguine expectations have not yet been fulfilled. "Less than 800 miles away, as the bird file!, yet more than 1500 by any rapid means of communication, lies another city, neat as a new pin and beautiful as a flower Los Angeles the metropolis of Southern California. In many respects these two cities are similar, but have resources -of a different character. Al though so near, they are comparative strangers to each other. They are sepa rated by a narrow strip of arid waste, whose desolation and silence the strong arm of monopoly has not hitherto per mitted to be broken by the whistle or the Iron horse. This should no longer be. The time has come when these two peo ples,' looking over the intervening desert, should stretch out their arms in friendly greeting one to the other and say we will join you to break down the barrier that has so long separated us and hereafter form forces in the march of progress and destiny. When this takes place, tho Los Angeles & Salt Lako Railway will be an assured fact I cannot see any obsta cle that might prevent Its consumma tion." COTTON BELT LITIGATION. 'Postponement of the . Snit Against the Goulds. NEW YORK, Oct. 2. The hearing on the application for an order to show cau. e why an, Injunction should not be Issued restraining Edwin Gould and others from conducting the annual election of direc tors of the St Louis Southwestern Ra.l road Company has been adjourned until Thursday night, by consent of counsel. The Injunction lsought by Andrew Haes, of London, and other stockholders, wro allege that, although the estate of Jay Gould owns only some 70.0CO out of 365 CC0 shares of the company's.stock. it has been controlling the election of directors by the use of proxies, so that minority stock holders. did not secure their lawful repre sentation on the board. It was urged that similar unfair action was -planned for trie meeting of today. What had Been made the basis of the agreement to postpone the argument could not be learned. It was said, however, that Mr. Gould and the New York directors had not yet left the city for St. Louis, and that the agree ment probably Involyed a postponement of the annual meeting. BIG RAILROAD DEAL. Morgan Said to Have Acquired the Speyer Interests in Southern. NEW YORK, Oct. 2. James Speyer, head of the banking-house of Speyer & Co., whose Interests In the Southern Pa cific Railroad are known to be very large, declined today to confirm or deny the roport sent from abroad to the effect that tho firm's Interest In the property Is to be acquired by J. P. Morgan & Co. From a source close to the Speyer inter est It -was learned that Mr. Speyer had not met President Cassatt, of the Pen sylvanla Railroad, In Europe last Sum mer, so that he could not have discussed Southern Pacific affairs with Mr. Cassatt, as reported. At the offices of J. P. Mor gan & Co. no information concerning this matter was vouchsafed. Northern Pacific Director Re-Elected NEW YORK, Oct. 2. The board of di rectors of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company was re-elected today at the an nual meeting. No other business of Im portance was transacted. The directors for 1893-1900 were as folows: Edward D. Adams, George Baker, Dumont Clark, Charles H. Costed, Robert M. Galloway, Brayton Ives, D. Willis James, John S. Kennedy, Daniel S. Lamont, Charles S. Mellen, Walter G. Oakman, Oliver H. Payne, Samuel Spencer, James Stlllman and Edwin B. Thomas. CIVILIZATION OF CHINA. A Methodist Conference Will Discuss the Proper Policy. CHICAGO, Oct 2. The Record today says: Warm discussion of the proper policy for the Government to pur sue in China is promised at tho session of the Rock River Conference, which begins at the Gar field Park Methodist Church tomorrow. Members of the conference are divided on the Chinese question. Many of the min isters have declared from their pulpits re cently that the United States should keep a large force in China to protect mission aries and hasten the progress of civiliza tion. Others have as strongly declared against such policy, Insisting that the gos pel is one of peace, which needs no path way cut out by the sword. The official policy of the church as re gards China will not be decided upon un til the general missionary conference, which meets In November, takes action. The Rock River Conference, however, may declare what it thinks should be that policy, and notify the missionary confer ence. Bishop. James M. Thoburn, who has been bishop of Southern Asia for 12 years, is expected to lead the discussion on the Chinese situation. He is scheduled for three lectures under the auspices of the Board of Examination on Oriental Problems. The political .. situation and the Influence of pantheism on civilization are to be discussed by him in detail. No Armor-Plate Decision. WASHINGTON, Oct. X Only two of the steel companies were represented at the conference which had been arranged at the Navy Department to talk on naval armc r. These were Mr. Llnderman, for tho Bethlehem Steel Company, and Mr. Schwab, for the Carnegie Company. It could not be learned that either of the twos armor companies represented was prepared to offer any better rates than those set out In the original bids. In view of this fact, the Secretary of the Navy did not attempt to reach a decision on the armor question, but probably" will take the subject up for further consid eration in the course of a month or two. . The "Eategr" organ Wiley B. Allen Co. EPPERSONS. ARE INDICTED CHARGED "WITH COMPLICITY ET THE LUNRirr MURDER. Grand Jury Holds Them as Well as Knetemeyer-In the -Several Courts The grand Jury yesterday returned a Joint indictment against W. A. Kuete meyer, H. J. Epperson and F V. E. Ep person, charging them with the murder of William A. Lunrut The Epperson boys were with Kuetemeyer when the killing was done, and subsequently ap peared as witnesses for hh defense be fore the Coroner's Jury. Their Indict ment puts a different face upon the mat ter, and destroys the value of their evi dence that Kuetemeyer acted in self defense. The indictment charges that W. A, Kuetemeyer, H. J. Epperson and F. V. E. Epperson did feloniously and purposely and of deliberate and premeditated mal ice kill William A. Lunrut by then and there shooting him with a gun loaded with gunpowder and leaden shot etc The witnesses examined by the grand Jury were: William Layfleld, H. J. Epperson. F. V. E. Epperson, Dora E. Lunrut and Lettle'May Hogan. All of the accused men are In custddy. The Eppersons wero much surprised and agitated when told of their Indictment They did not understand how such a thing wa3 possible, and It was explained to them that men In the company of another who commits a murder may be considered under certain clrcumstancoa equally guilty with the person who actu ally perpetrates the deed. Whether such a state of facts exists In this case re mains to be determined at the trial. They state that they did not know Kuetemeyer untft the middle of August, when they got him to haul fish for them. They also both say that they have always endeavored to keep out of trouble, and have always been Industrious and well-behaved. Criminal Matters. An indictment was returned against William Clark, charging him with utters Ing a forged check for $6 50, signed Nole mand Bros. An Indictment was also reported against Ed Ryan, of felonious assault upon Rosa Plocher. Not a trup bill was returned in the caso of Burr Williams, charged with assault with a pistol upon Louise Thorn ton. Not a true bill was reported in tho case of R. L. Grand and Clair Kernan, charged with larceny of $3 from T. J. Johnson. TVhy Are These Things Sor Fairhaven Herald. Why is It that Browne's trust can now serve notice on the people of the State of Washington that "only through the West land Company can you procure our exclu sive books," only two of which it prints7 Why are the people of the State of Wash ington compelled to pay tribute to the Westland octopus for books In the pro duction of which It has no part? Why Is It that the people of the state are not allowed to deal direct with the publish ers of the books themselves, without pay ing a commission to the "local company," which Superintendent Browne tells ua, "was Induced to undertake the prepara tion of several books," only two of which, it printed? England Buys American Coal. CHICAGO. Oct 2. British steamships and railroads are expected to burn Amer lcah smokeless soft coal in the near fu ture. Negotiations for the sale of 500,000 tons of the American product havepraci tfcally "been completed between a. Chicago firm of bituminous coal mine owners and operators and an agent of a London- bro kerage firm, who Is now in thl3 city. The purchasers will send their own transports to carry the coal. The present deal Is one of the largest on record. It is be lieved that it marks the beginning) of a regular demand by British concerns for American coal. Soap in stick form; con venience and economy in shaving. It is the best and cheap est shaving soap in all the world. ' All sorts of people tne Pears aoap, all scrts of stores sell it, especially druggists. EofDRINK Drunkenness Cured BT White Ribbon Remedy Can Be Given in Glass of "Water, Ten or Coffee Without Patient's Knowledge. 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