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THE MOT?NINO OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1900. HARBOR Estimates for Wprk Cpsting $25, ).000 and CFvert TOTAL SUM REACHES-$20,O&0,OO0 Sereral Points CtijrHOgt-. to Pjcycir Lanji Are in Lljst Hcgpzpan Ssier CCSS Of the COBSt DffCIlBC. WASHINGTON", Oct. SO. The success of coast defense is the one subject 'ooosld erea In the annual rcRftrt, of J. $L Wilsbn, Chief of v Engineers. Generally -Kpealclne he reported taost gratifying progress In. the execution .of the A-arious projects tiur inc 4he last fiscal year. Some of the points of Interest treated Tor -General TS-J son are as follows: 4 ,i xrne xcrpeao Eys,esn. nas -oeejr wow careful tudy hy expert ofrfcerj In ie light of the experience gained durinff the Spanish-American War. but so far only J rainor changes have been proposed. Upl to the present, 3 localities toave Men se lected for defense on the coast. No for mal projects rere added to "the list 4urr ing the'pas't year, but preliminary pro jects have been framed lor the defence pi the entrance to Chesapeake Bay And the defense of several -cither iocallties is un der consideration Attention lias been given to the subject on coast aexense rorforto icp -ana, me Hawaiian Islands, find in view of the. im portance of "these Island possessions, 'Gen eral Wilson sal's improvements for their defense should'Tje deferred no longer, San Juan de Poro J&ico harbor impjQvc-nents Involve 'Tin estimated expenditure of SLBOi).- 000 for 'defense. Preliminary projects for" PerJ H&bor ana" Honolulu are also al ready avaHabJe and ready lor, execution as soon as Congrjesg shall appropriate the funds. ' 'e" great 'changes In the phafecter ofj uun ajjoh armj)r ana snips since top i-.n-McoTO6a framed the cpast-defenae Tgajis npVundfer execution have involved" j qam&pomteg ippndinqnB in those plans. 4fncyowaEd reduction In the ca- ibljti(ue!luns. together with the adop-. ;cessfui type of disappearing for 12-lnch syne, has rendered: the armor for forts originally now to use in Europe. There & reduction also in the number of morjtars ad actual strengthening of batteries- of secondary mins. owing to the 4evelopments of tho ra.pld-fle type almost juiknown. at the time tei Enfucoitl board made its plnn- These cgajiges have resulted in marked economies with out sacrifice of the strength of "the de fenses, and ihey wjli be .continued. "IX'orlc on vpotuft Definite. The "vrar with Spain liad the fCect of hastening the as ork on the coast defenses, and now, 10 years after the work began in earnest, the Chief Engineer Is able lo re-J port that SO per -cent of the defense xrorjlz Is complete. Twenty-five of the princi pal harbors of the United States now Mv.e & -sufficient number of. heavy guns and mortars In place to offer an eflecthe de fense against jnavai attack. Existing 3)roject3 contemplate the mounting -ox abouf 450 guns for sea coast defense, of ESO rapid-fire .guns and about 903 mortjsrfc, &t an approximate total cost of '$50,000,000. Tip to the present ilme provision has been made for Hie .emplacement of 209 .heavy guns, 368 rapid-lire guns, and 272 mor tars. The armament placed during the war -In temporary -emplacements will be transferred ji time to permanent workij, but J-he temporary wprk will be held in reserve for an emergency. Attention is invited to the urgent need! for an Increase in the srtiUery arm of the service, which is now too small to take care of sthe oostly and complex de fense works. During the past year nego tiations have been in progress for the ac quisition of fortification sites in Boston Harbor Xtwo sites), "Nawaganselt Bay (two), jvjw Tork ERrbor (extension oil Fort "Wadsworth). Port Royal. S. C. San Francisco, and Rich. Passage, Pugctl Sound, but the proceedings are slow, ow ing to legal difficulties. The most lmpor-J tant siies -are those at Boston and one in ICew Tork Harbor, rend.er.ed necessary by the construction of the proposed deep water entrance. The report grlves .a concise statement oj the $ror accomplished -at each defensive point during the past year. The tgtal of J the stunatos sjibrnittea on account of tot tiflcations for the next year is 15,715,000, and of -this amount $4,719,000 is on account of the construction of gun and mortar batteries iihd position-finders. General Wilson -mckes an earnest plea for the rein forcement of tho Engineer Corps, rhlchl nas Dcen oiertaxea Dy tne aaaiaonai worn required on account of the addition of. newterritory. For Itver and Harbor Work. The second section of the report treaty of the riyer and harbor improvements oj ; the Country, for which estimates jjor tn 1 fiscal year jepding JM3 aggcegating 5$,K$-3 000 ere submitted, to jrhleh are addled ?200,- ocp xor surj'cys and jcontingencJLes. f 5,530.009 for the Jilssisslppl River Comnjissionj 51,010,090 under the issojiri Riyr -Co.m-misson: 515.-OQ0 under the California Pe ons comnussion, and SZz.SQD to pr.eventj ditues for the year ending 1&Q0 were 518r 485,288. which does not include $l?o,QO0 paid the j:ads estate for maintaining the Jgt tles at the mouth of the ilisssissippl, and' ?C1,OQO for surs-ess andeamlnatloniS for a canal from the Great Lakes to the At-' lantic. The report is a review of all the wprk doneuuring the fiscal year, and refers -especially to a number -of Important sub jects, including the Chicago Drainage Ca nal nd Pearl Harbor, JJawalt Of the Chicago-drainage project, the.jpo port says that ail the interests aff ecied eennot "be satisfied, and the subject musq b referred jto -Congress for ultimate .set tlement. As to the "lowering of the water level of the Lakes, General Wilson soys, that Investigations ;made under" the dfc-ec-tion tof Jaieaeep2water commission md by othe5may f oriish data upon Tvhich further consideration of the Question may bs based. Among the estimates above 525.000 for the liver and harbor worts -next year are- Clio iuuunui. Missouri ..BJvj, etwen .tpbbs Perry, Mont, and Sioux City, la.. $200,000 San Diego, Cal., harbor ,.. ,23S000 San Pdro, CaU harbor 350,000 San X.uUr -Obispo, Cal., harbor 76.0M Coauille River, Or, G5.000 SlUEl&w -River, Or. , SS.OOO Canal aticascades, Columbia River. 90,K Wjnanvitte River, above Portland.. 30,090 Columbia River and Xower Willam ette, below Portland , 325,000 Mouth of $he Columbia River, Ore gon and Washington 600000 Gray's Harbor, Wash , , 2S5 000 Puget Sound and tributary waters.. 250W Olympla harbor , 2kO Waterway connecting Puget Sound with Lakes Union and Washing ton 125000 SnohomlBn Slough, Wash 30,000 Ev.erett "harbor, S0.O00 Under the head of miscellaneous, ,oise of the items Is for the -sum of $2,661,090, aoi the ISnglish system, and $8SL$37 for the AmprlretS s'stera! of filtration of th w.- r.Kinhli?' of bft Tffa&nnal CanltAl. An. xither Item is 0,000 for lrqprovtmen8 In the Yellowstone National Park. MORROW COUNTY STOCK. Band of Bee,f Cattle Bleared Hepner TIany Lambs Lost op HEPPNER, Or., 'Oct ,20 John Black Trell is headedjthls way with 60p head of cattle, -which he purchased In Harney J Tailey. Three hundred will be driven to Butter Creole, northeast of Heppner, where they wilr- be fattened fox S.prjns markets, Te j-cmalnder of the band wiU be at once shipped to the Portland mar ket ' James Johnson sold ji big bench t beef 0JWflr.J8X Eiaxxmmam plaruioi and has firor cattle here yesterday to the Union Meat Company. ' Largo numbers o lambs haye been lost from 'the 'bands being brought from the "mountains tots Pall, and $he coyotes have .beenfeaailne on the strays. The band belonging to .Bartholomew Bros, and J. Q. Wilson lost 224 out of g20S. When the count was'made at Hfeppner.'Waltcr Bar tholomew returned- to hunt the strays, jand aftei some little trouble located 200 of the. numberjpjd- f ounji the carcasses of the remainder of the band. Henry Schlrzingcn, stock inspector for .Morrow County, is starting out again to .make a complete Inspection of sheep in 'tho cpunty. - STRUCK BY FJIEIGHT TBAKf. Portland 3lnn Knocked Ott Railroad TrafiJcJjtpr BaIy Grualied. HILLSBORO, Or,, Oct. SQThls after noon a'dftn aged about SO years, and sup posed "to -"be Isaac. Crowther, of Portland, was-overtafcen .on the trestle . .spanning Dairy Creek, vrest of towiC by the South ern Pacific Company's, freight train as It came around a sharp curve, and icnocked off the bridge. Bis left leg below the Itnee was badly crushed, theopes being broken In many A places, The man can not or wIlMibt talk coherently. rpvro Horsemen "lajnsed. HEPPSESB,Or.,' OcUJO. At the Eyerts ranch, -south cf Seppner, Dexter Roberts was yesterday bucked off a cayuse and iabded'ppoh a pile of rocks. Three of his ribs were proken, and his spln injured stjVtfcat he Is unable to lie upon his back. -When H. H. Davis attempted to catch itls, saddle iiOTee yesterdfiy, the animal :iCKea mm in toe race wnn oqin zeei, breaking his nose and cutting his lip and ?keek. " " BaIly Cnt by' Fallens on Saw. BUGEN Get 30. Sam O'BrJen. an employe of the Booth-Kelly Lumber Com pany, -met with a serious acqident at the Wendtyjig mill this mprning. He was wprklng it the cutroff saw, and In some manner,, his, fqot slipped and e, fell "gainst., the saw, cutting his, left arui above the elbow, seyerjejy. He was brought here for treatment. j - 1 , UtII.J3xBp!Dyj Fatnljy Injured. N2SV WHATCOM, Wash., Oct. SO. Pour hours after entering tho employ of the Bellingham Bay Improvement Com-' pany mill .here today, George Pumell WE struck on, the head by a slab falling from the slab-carrier, and fatally in jured. May Starlve tbe ..Accident. HPPKER, iOr., OctT 30.-rJ, B. Ven Winkle, who Aras severely cut op hs woodsaw yesterday, ip still alive, and the J doctors now have hopes of pulling him through and of saving his sawed arm. TRIED TO BLTOW OIEW SAFE. ' UnsBccesf b1 Attempt of Bargjacs .to Scxirc Railroad Jloacyv ALBANY, "Or.; Oct 30. At Brownsi vllle, last night, an attempt was' made to blow open thff'safe df the Southern1 Pa cific Company. "Nltro-glycerino 'Vas-'Used'. The outside of the door was "blown oft, whep tho burglars became frightened and fled. Two young men "who parsed through the city last evening are suspected. Held for T&ezt of a. Gold Fen. OREGON eiTT, Oct SO. Robert Patrick was arrested "'at Albany today on the charge of .stealing a highly prized gold pen belonging to -T.' F. Cowing, a lawyer of this place. On August 17, in company with some other men, heTwos in Cowing! office on land "business. Sometlj6e .in the Afternoon the pen .was nilssipg. Later tit -pros ascertained! that Patrick had posses sion of the pen fn .question, and a warrant was issued for his. arrest Escaped FrJouej; pajptmred, ROSDBURG, Or., Oct. SO-Sohn Kelly, confined In the city jail, escaped last niffbt by breaking the lock of the door. He -was implicated In tho robbery of .Engi neer Stroud's residence two weeks ago, His accomplice is in the' county jail, it seeming necessary Jp keep the two from communicating. Kelly was .captured at Grant's Pass this morning. ELECTRIC PLANT BCR5ED. CoitcsT GroaEUXrn.tln: System De strojed Lobs, fOOO. COTTAGE GR.OVE, Or., Oct 30. The electric plant owned- by- A. Nelson was destroyed by fire this morning. , The alarm" was giren at 6:151" Botn liose'com-'" panies promptly responded, but the lire had gained such headway that; they were, unable to extinguish tibe fiames, and the building and contents were a total loss, except tjhe boilers and engine. Tho plant was s&iut down at 1A.-M,' and the origion of" the fire is unknown, but is supposed to have"&tarted from the fur nace. The los3 is about S000; insurance,' $2000. Ttie town will bp without llgnts until the plant can be rebuilt Reldence at Jewell IJnrnecl. ASTOPylA, Oct-Sp.r-The residfsnee of J., W. "Walker, zt Jewell. 'was totally de stroyed by fire a few .days ago. Mr. Walker ws alone at the time, .and dls. oovxrd the fire about 10 o'clock at night, In a few, .minutes the budding, and 'its contents were totally consumed. The cause of the fire wo a defective flue and the damage was about 52OQ0, which was only partially ovgrcd by insurance. TRACK BLOCKSD WITH ROCK. Sec.tl.9n jof HiU Slipped Actosp Korth. pn Pacific Nqax Aberdeen,. AsBiztujuwizx, wasn.. Oct -so A sec-H tlon of sandstone 90 feet high'-ond 10 feet deep slipped from a hillside two miles east of7 Sbexe in -the night and covered the irack of the Northern Pacific for 60 feet. '-Chev slide "was 'found' by a section'- boss tats morning ana a iwreck of the early passenger rain presented. Pas sengers wece transferred, by steamer from here to ,Cosm"opolIs, and ,to- nlghi the track was cleared of the ob--5 stroctlon. i$ is thought the landslide cc currAd -shortly aftftr Jast night's passen ger train had passed by. , , , . Capital City Brevities. SALEM.Oct . The local Y. M. a. A. orga,nlzed a glee club this evening. -The 1 nomino-tion of ofBcens was left to a com mittee to report at a subsequent meet ing. Manager Prank Durbin. of the Capitol Amateur Atheltic Club football team, 5ias prepared a challenge to the Eugene team to play a return game on any field In Oregon, and at any time the Eugene team may name, " First .Snow of Season at Heppnr. HEPPNER, Or., Oct. SO The first snow of "the season Jn the Heppner hills fell yesterday, fit whitened the 'ridges along the timbered dges of the western spur of the Blue Mountains, and extended to within eyn miles of Heppner. In a few 4 hours the .snow had disappeared frpm the open hills, but remains .a few incaes depp in. -the -timber. -' Iolltlcal Meotlna- at Dayton . DAYTON, Or., Oct SO Lpn."Jqdgp Dell Stewirif and C. E. Sanders. Democratic campaign orators, spoke to a crowded houjw Sere last' evening. Mr. SandMS 4 fltrrntitA Hn rpm.iTfcs -to exnanxion. while Judge Stewart gave attention to trusts and the money question. Both enors. wre .well received. ' - v Leader Expelled ErOm Xabor Union. MiSSOULA, 3iont, .Oct 80.-Jud?on AJ PJerguson, who resigned as the Labor can didate for Governor of Montana, was to night expelled from Western Labor Union rjot 43, of which he vas president by a vote oC 55 to "A T S still 'A mmim ISSUE OREGOX'S NEGRO LAW BEIXG i TALKED OF. 1W THE 'EAST. - ' Blnger Hermann Asks for Informa tion on the Subject Measure IMscussed by Wafter Lyon. SALEM, Oct SO That Oregon's negro law 1$ still a burning issufr'fif the East,' .and; like- Banqou's gnost, will not down is indicated by a telegram -received at the Executive .office today from CommJs-1 asks for the dales of, the Issues of The Morning Oregonlani which contained the' statements Tegardipg the legal status 'Of the negro clause in the cnnEtltution, and also propounds tMs question: '- "Was the recent -proposed amendment before the people such as distinctly pre-1 senpec toe repeal ot tin, constitutional clause prohibiting negro- residence?" The desired Information was given, and Commissioner Hermann was informed that the proposed amendment was voted PEATH 1 0 'AN. OBQN PIONEER. QF ,1fi47. - THOMAS HILLSBORO, Qct- 30 Thomas Stewart who died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. L. A. Rood, in this city, October 23. was a resident of Washington County for oyer C0 yert. 'Re was Jjprn In Boone County, Missouri. June 18, '1810. Jn lEfit ho was married tp Miaa Sjlahala Mullis. Together, they crossed the p;o.lns"in that -roar, and in 1847 tdok up ft dona tion flaim In-Washington County, the now famous Witch Basel farm. Mr. Stewart built and worked, in the first blacksmith shop in Hfisboro HI? wife ditd In 4800 They had 11" chUdrcn, seyen of whom are livlnsr. They are: Mrs. U" M Kobertc, of liarrfsburitf Mn."L A. Hood, of Hlllsboro; Edward Lucas Stewart, of Portland. W. W. Stewirt, of San "FraC- Cisco; Mrs..Andrew Rood, of -Heppner; Mrs W. A. XTlse. of Portland. T dpwn because it was -present along with several other, and the people are op posed to amending the constitution., Mij. Lyon's VieTvs On Subject. The following discussion of" the place of the Oregon negro loty in the pfleSent campaign, has been written by Private Secretary Walter tyon of the1, 'Gover nor's office, for the DalJ..Lead"er,a' pa-, per published" at LexingtonHy.: "Mr. Bryan's reputation for condor arid fairness, if not for honesty,-5 has suffered in Orec6n through his Insinuation "that negroes in this state 'nave no more politi cal rights than' in South Carolina. , "Mr. "Bryan" has enjoyed wthe hospitality of many Oregon'hom'es He' has been in the state four different times on his speechmaklng toufs; Conditions are well known to him. Negroes with swallow tailed coats have served him at hotels. The courteous colored brother has made his bertb, shtned hi? shoes and taken his ftps' on Pullman palace .cars on the way to and from "Oregon. He has seen ne groes come and go In this state, and cerr talnly with full knowledge that they have the same rights, .privileges and protec tion a other citizens. "True, there is an obsolete section in Oregon's constitution, adopted in 1S58. pro hibiting the coming of negroes into this qtate. This, I am. informed, was .never enforced, nor was there an attempt to enforce it even before the adoption of. tjte 15th amendment to the Federal Con stitution. v ""I have talked with a venerable smCm- 'ber of the constltutlonarconventlon. From him I learn that the worst known about the negro.by members of that convention was that the 'negro' question was agl- ' tatlng the Eastern States. They thought to secure immunity for Oregon from tne. troublesome question by inserting, in the constitution a clause against negroes coming into the stafe Tills clause," thougn never repealed,"" has always oeeri practically a dead letter. A proposal to repeal i was "'submitted to the voters last June. Pour" other proposed amend ments were voted on at the same timet 'Objections to some of the other amend- tlment, together with the' knowledge that') TnPTiTs; HTin imt? ijij-w Kii-eiruuii-aivuc: ov- tine rights or negroes were in no ise abridged thereby, prevailed, and, like every proposal to 'meddle' with the con stitutionall were oted do'wn', repeal of the 'negro' clause going down with .the bunch. " " ,, MIn hi? effort to make a living issue of -a 'dead letter' in Oregon's constitu tion. Mr. Bryan is guilty of mlsreprBsen- 'tatidnln rioF stating-all the-facts at ids command. He cannot "honestly claim .to believe negroes have no more .political rights in Oregon that negroes in1 South Carolina. If they "havS not, his party should certainly assumepthe responsibil ity. The Legislating to which was s?ub mitted the 15th amendment to the Fed eral Constitution, being Democratic, re jected the amendment by an mer,wei-Jmlng'-maSority. But notwithstanding what yn remocratic Legislature did or what Brj'nn says, negroes" have all the rights, privileges and protection in Oregon that other citizens have." BOY COM3IITTED SUICIDE. " 3hot HlmxeM Thrangh Head With, n Rifle Had Been Homesick. ASTORIA, Or.,. Oct. 30 Harry Gentry, H'ye.ara'of age, committed suicide y'es-terdaj- afternoon at Deep River by shoot ing himself through the head with ' a rifle. He had been working in a logging camp with his father, but for the past few -days bad- remained at the family residence, as he complained of being sick His body was found seated in a chair and a Tvound in his" head and a discharged rifle on the floor by his side. It would have beep believed that his j doatlT'had been accidental had not a note ' been found on a table. In the room in his handwriting saying "Good-bye, mother." I The' family had recently' come from P.ennsylvahla. and he Was Oorita'rttly Homesick to return therei -His mother.be- Ueves that ms Drooaing over- wis -usu-derod 'him temporarily deranged. "t i salzer' valley XroCSTRiEsl, ; OparatiOnp of Large,. SaAvmill De- velopnxent of Good Coal 3Uncr jCENTRjALLA., "Wash., 'Dct.""S0r-T;he 'mill of the' Salzer Valley Lumber Company, one mlle' from this city, the largest 'plant in this section, Is now In full operation. It has a "capacity of 75,000 feet per day, and emploj s 70 men. There will be' for the present aVtankroad to the 'railroad, aad"In time ja spur wlH" he: Ibulit to Iha (mi frojn the, railroad: Theenglne Jstl-; ihorsanower. and the boilers "SSrhorsenower each. "A eOjhorsepower.dppkeygTneluJ ao rn.e logging. Jtacrcet ffrog. ua,vpt,j.apt contract to do the logging fpr? hejprejjen The Salzer "Valley cpafmlne, under the management add ownership of BaschHn &: Howell, has Seen onened1 jJd. and'ls'now in full operatTon. JV fine Quality of coali is now being mined, and the supply prom-' Winter. Nj&BJTHW? DADV William Coaper, Orespn Ploneey -ol SALEM, Oct 30. William, iCospr. an Oregon pioneer ol&i7,-,and a veteran ot the Cayuse.wjjr, died at his hOjneln this city last njgj n his eightieth, year. De ceased w&s. a jiailyepf PennGyJyanla. and spent several., years of his early life Jn Mexico. in4A7 ne cane to iJJXSn and seltlednear. Grand. Ronde. Pplk County, jwher he "wai marrie,d to Elmlra Bran Btpn. Thfe f andly moved to a farin nes Jefferson Jn 1SS7,1 and there resided ' until 1ES7, when they removed to Salem. Dft; peased left two daughters Mrs1. P. M.' Johnson, of Moscow, Idaho, and Mrs. Fin- STEWART. ley C. PeTrlne, of Salem., about 20 years ago. His wife died Dentb."bf a Sailor at Astoria. ',' ASTORIA," Oct. 30v-ConsXaj3tln,e Peter kin a sailor connected With the barlcen- tjne Arago, now loading lumber,Jxt.Cnapp- j.yii, nai uiuu(,ui iu mc uuoulo.i tu una city Sunday, suffering with pneumonia. He was in 'a critical condition at tha tlme and djed'last nlgbt He was a oia.- tjve ot Finland, 02 years ,ovt ape. xif&Jitui be bQred here. . "" '" ' ' - " I ASTORIA BUSINESS aiAN MISSING,. Has Sdt, Been Seep. Since Friday Had Talked of-Saicide," ASTORIA, Oct -30-Clyde Phillips, a young man who' recently opened a cigar and fruit store store in this city, has been missing since last Friday noonr and, ills friends fear that some mishap- has he fallen him. Shortlv after the noon -hour L on ferldiy he gave the key- of his, store to i irjena ana remarked tnat ne would return udouc b o ciock,, out notnmg nas been see,n or heard Of him slnco that time. As he took jio clptnjnfe, excepting what he wpije, it Is uuilkely that he left tow. r ", . Phhllps was a-brajcemaj. on heSouth-. em Pacific, .but secured a -day layoff,, came here and starred Jn, business?- He Is a married man, his wife JIvln'g in Port-J land, but it ,1s' claimed they b,avje sep arated, and he Is salu tq.bave worried a great.deal oyer his family roubles. Only av short time ago he remarked to a friend that he might jump into. thp. bay and end it all. His .associates helleve .that he'has committed suicide. ,- , v -v tp. s: aieBIaii'ji wjtihJ Thd will of the 'la'te1 T. S. IWCcbKean has been filed for probaie. ''The InstrUment" la do tea May -17A 1899, and ,leaves all the peisonal prop.ejrty to the, wldo-F ?nd the real estate t'o the children, to be divided equally, except, as a special bequest, a Jot in'jgan Diego. Sal., is left ioQatherine M. Tee, a daughter of ,the deceased. -The manifest of the.fch.OQner Bejilah, whichlfirossel out for San -Francesco" aat evening, Was filed at the customhouse to day. 'Her cargo consists of 08,800 feet of lumberand 16200 feetof laths. She was Joadecfat "Knappton. . r " t T,0 PROTECT JAPANESE, Laborers at Sumner Ordered to Bloye . 'On toy- White Pjonnlatlon TACOilA. Wash.i Oct SO.-Jn reftpone to a telephone message received ajt.tne Sheriff's office, Deputy Sheriff Bejnson Davis left for Sumner this morning to se that the Japanv.se laborers who .were . sacking potatoes for Crawford Anderson are protected,; The.anti-pAslatlc sentiment at Sumner took a somewhat -violent phape a few nights ago, aodva delegation- of citizens ylslted the Japanese, sho Wicre quartered in one. or two Jiouaes ashort distance from town, and-.or$ered tnem away. The Japan.es,e tasjno tbaae in jiacfc Ing up their traps and 'leaving'. Mr. An derson bas ,appealed to the Sheriff, for protection for his laborers. y Snntlny Closing: at Centrnlin. OENTRALXA. Wdah Oct CO The Citl-' sens' Good Government League Is mak ing rapid steps toward enforcing ' tHe Sunday closing lajv In this cljty. The lengue proposes torsee that every place of business. Is closed Sunday, except drus stores and hotels. Drug -stqrps shall keep ppen only a pari of ,the" day, ahd shall seil Qnly -medicine. All tobacco stores must be closed So4 far two drug stores -and tw,,Q tobacco" .stores are (Ob serving the law. The saloons remain ojien as usual. Vojp,c,ouA ex ' J7errybo,at. VANCOUyER'. 'wash1.," Oct. a0c-Tle Vancouver f-errj'toat ras )been laid up for repairs since.last Sunday. Since that mie passengers ha.v .been eomesd-tq and from the strect-cacs on the vOregon 3ide of the Colun;b'a. by means of a small Wteamer, The boat is too small-, to carrj freight or yehlcles, and considerable ln conyjpIencc is the result The repaira tp the regular boat are Expected to be com pleted in time for her to resume trips (tomorrow. " . Will Debate Politics: PENDLETON, Or., Oct. 30 C. E. S. Wood of Portland, and Tllmon Ford, of Salem, Republican candidate ' for Prebi dnntlal Blecor, will debate 'the political issues of the dayvhere November 2. ,AN:'AmL;fRO(ft5.CH.p; REFORM FORCES ADDRESS PETI- Are Agnlnst Dlvlson of'thfe Conntry . snlilP$&?Z xkeJyeiaiJBjBr .of .Sea- 9,QTp&tp WtexvP,9Bmccc I ,i . SALEM, Or., Oct- 30. Governor Geer todayrecehd, circular Jotter, p,urppx,t Jngntp come from'Hhe reform party In China. H.isip the naiiire of a petition urging JthealUed. powers not to divide J from"oppreslon'"by restoring Kwja.ns' Hsu to thet throng. The letter' is in the Chi peso language, and 3 accompanied by an luigusn tranwaiion, aatea at iiong wng, Thojcwtltlqn reyiewg the "history of Jntel Jectualt darkness lii 'China, and fthe open ing. pf seapdrjEs to Western commerce, and saya: " - "Thus, althougjh during the past few decades ports- Havebeeji opened to trade and religion, the permission to carry iiut all these things ,-wos totpo. fr;om the- gpv: eipment, "and,-" therefore, 'the 'naval and mujtary .colleges and arsenals; Avbichthe g9Vornment has established' during the last half-ccntry, are especially designed to pressrve the dynasty and were not planned for the people's good. Now tho West in the intercommunication of trade ip.nd th preaclmg of Christianity hau polely the iicpple's "welfare in view, be cause lit aims at bepefltihg rbp country generally, "in this the East andWcst arp dlametraljy; pjiposed. . . Because reformers bave used, wrong methods, .they, with the conservatives, have .mutually provoked a transforma 'tion, and the government's hatred of. re formers" Increases- tremenduously every day, 'and,, therefore, now within and with out the capitoLthey have established the Boxer Society, to '.oppose and kill mlssion aries.'iChristian converts and the Cantofi ose, and, moreover,' to - oppose and kill every native person possesng foreign implements and goods. . . . Thus, some Uttlo time since,-there was one among tjiose whdyeaxned for a reformed govern men'i; who, though so exalted v as- to be Enperor, was) -nbvertholess, straJghtway deposed,' 'How much leas, 'then,- shall gentry and the populace" through their yearning Rafter the same -object, -ecap punlsllm,ent and, death-? , "The present VIceroj's, notwithstanding they hayo all along known theibaneflts of' h new learning and government, have hot yet d"M"ed to Jioldly set forth methods of Tefori Jecfiiwse they know only too wel,l th will of the; royernraent and they dare not disobey. Moreover, the yicerpys know the. faults of th reform pary, and consequently will not strive for them. , ."". . 1 "Today rewards are offered from high plaoes. intorjl,er that al members of the reform party may be caught Aftor this the people of Ghina-will -suffer still more and intercourse, with China wHl cerjtalnly be more difficult Now: -we" bee-seech each friendly oountry hot by any means on this account, ;to divide our ierrjtory, J3.S this would make te .middle kingdom rebel-' llpus, ohd 370nldi.be" o .sow the. seeds of calamity. We entrea the allies to- be qf one mind, in supporting Sfjwang Hffu, Jn .retorl-pg, him to: th jthrone, ln forcibly setting-up a new government and in eavinff our people- fronvjoppresslon. If the ruler wlli not agree, then consult as tp raising one of the present Viceroys from amomj those holding the highest rank; JtO manage Uhe affair3of -the' coun try, and if the person elected refuses, then "choose them' as they stand" in order of position. We-beseecir"each country to send "deputies 'to assist7 fndfscussing plans' to chancre the regulations affecrinsr'tlfe- x boards" and torklter the' pe"nal code." thejeaceful state of affalra that would exist asTi bespit bf the ajjlejl powers forc ing a change Vf government, the netitlon continues: v "" " ' "After tjilsv the upper ,and. lower 9lasses of Chljna. -Jli ailtnank, the friendly states for navlhg c,9tploted this gyeaf good, work, and. tljus "naturally the revengeful feelings enterfeinjed toward foreigners will be c'rushod out. and" it thousand years .hence the ..Chinese wiljl .still show that gratitude. , JjJhpuld ',thej friendly atg.tes not. use force fto help iChlna on this occasion, Jjy'not dejrncdly altering the anti quated leglls and .sweeping away the .de crepit gqyrnmont, buton'the other hand, continue to -filter and Jealously watch ach other, wishing in a rough-and-ready way Nto puf.an end to this great upheaval, being .simply desirous to plan o seize a person' svvealth 'without -showing mercy op that person' sufferings; then the in habitants of China "will suffer'moro than eyer before., and r are afraid that th6 friendly states 'will' not bef without ca lamity later on . - . We hope the al lied powers will .revive the benevolence which freed the slaves, and continue the beautiful work of giving nlaves their lib erty, by freeing our several hundred mil lions, that they may be loosed from the tyrannical, barbarous, unjust'punlshmcntK and cruel methods tused in 'the courts of law." 'The -petition closes wtth many pleading phrases, and Is signed ''Tru,eRefonners.'' BANK FOR CANYON CITy. Articles f Incorporation Filed Capital Stocic I iJStkOQl;. BAgER CITrQct. 30. Articles of ln cofporatibn for' the new Grant County Bank have hoen.flled in the office of Coun ty Clerjt Geddes here. The place of busi ness and prlndpal office will be Canyon City, .Grant Cpurity, ,hut as A. P. Goss. one of tthe incorporators, resides in Sump- ter, iwhlchlsun Baker County, the articles tvere Jiled vh,ere. ' The qapltl s.tocJc o-the bank Is ?23,C03t divided Into 250 scares of 5100 each. The other two incorporators are L. V. Swisrett 5 and. C. H McCulloch. f. Citizens of Gram County greet th new bank with much pleasure, as it Is an institution that grow ing business Interests have . made a ne cessity. ..,- i Better? Ifire Protection. ' A new hose company named Brooklj n No. C, has "been Installed by Chief For, oi the Fire 'Department, on-"the 'cast side of the' Powder R!erThis Isrthe first fire protection glyeit that side A large num ber of houses have been deatrojed In thst part of the town, -and 'the presence of firo apparatus had 'become essential to safety. ' C Oregon Mifnar Notei. Henry Hajmler, mlne'r, has fljed spit against the Consolidated Bonanza Com pany torecover S10.302 damages, which he alleges, be sus;ta.lnel In the employ of the pompjinav . " - Gus .Woodward reports the shafthousc op the Portland claim In Sumpter dis trict is completed gpt work is contlnti- M TM P0PVLABITY OF rtTRE-CMIEES is chiefly due tp its irreproachable, character." ' . The Times. DRINK OTHING but Natural Mineral Water, such as pollinari, free from ll yegetable poisons." Boston Journal. 5E?W-KmnKA. v f r Wc p.ut certain cqmicals together, chemicals which haye a known result. W make no immoderate .Jtlaims for them, and we confidently expect them .to do what we say they will do. Ayer's Hair Vigor will make hair grow. Miss Moore, who is f he'post master at Weichburg, Ky., put this tetter in her maU the otrier 'day " "Jjist summex my iair .was thin and short and was falling out profusely. I then began using Ayer's -Hair Vigor, and two bottles 61 it govs roe beautiful and glossy hair. My" hair is now over a yard' Jong, and my friends all wonder what has made it so thick and -heavy." Now that the secrets out we suppose her friends will stop wondering. J. C. Ayer Company, Practical Chemists, 'Lowell, Ma. Ayer' 1 Srjapnilla Ayer', PjU Aycrls Ajjue Cure Ayer',1 Hair Vljor Aycr'i Cherry Pectoral Ayex Cotnaton III 1 I III HiWHW ing on the sha'ft", which is now 40 fet deep. The latest assays are said to be $S 20 from .a, 30-foot lede. Dr. A, C. Greenlee has taken a bond on the Independence vclalm in Wind Creek district, from W R. King, consideration, $l6,000. and a b"ond on the Otter Tall from Dr. H, M. Anderson1 for one year, Consideration, 5S0CO. These claims adjoin the "Trailer and Aberdeen properties, owned by Dr. Greenlee, ondj on the for mer," it is said, there fs a 40-foot ledge that- will average JS. I. F. Rice has received from the Yan kee Boy mine at Mount Dodson some fine specimens of quartz, says the Roseburg Review. ,Th!s jock will yield not less than 40 to ihe ton In vcopper and gold. Some time sgo Messrs. Jtlce, Pilnt & Kim ball let a contract for a 100-foot tunnel on this property to Oalman & Robinson, having formerly done all their develop ment work on the Black P.epubllcan. Whe,p In 40 feet the contractors -struck the foot wall, well defined, and have now tunneled nine feet Into the ledge, from which Mr. .Rice's specimens were taicen, apdthft rock Is growing better as they proceed. The indications are that Che led?e is SO feet wide, and if so the value o the mine wtll be large.., Mr. .Laugh, who owns a copper mine on the opposite side of Mount Dodson. has shipped a carload of His rock to 'the Kes wick, Cal., smelter and will soon have a practical test of Its value. . - - - . j -Mini as: Stock TranaaotlonM. , FoUowiny are theauotatlona"at the .Oregon Mining Stock Bxclmnse jeaterdayt, ' Bid. Adams Mountain 5 Buffalo 2 Asked G' - 5 a .007 5 T 5 Copperopolla ...t. ...'... -5 QoM RUl & Bohemia 5A Golostonfr Consolidated 2H Golden .Scepter; 1 Isabella ... IjOt Horse .. OreEon-Coiof.M 34, & D. Co v.... 5 Oregon Bx. &. Dev, Co , Rlierslde ............ 4 TJmpq.ua. .. SPOKANE. Oct. CO The closing quotations for mining: stocks today were: Bid. Ask I Bid. Ask. Blacktail ....10 11 iNoble Five 3 Butte &. Bos. 3 IPrln. Maud.... 1 2ft 4P. M. Tunnel. ... 20 9QuIlp 22$ GKiriamb Cor...3e& 203& 24i Republic CO. 74 Crystal 2U D CP. Con.... 2 Even. Star .. fi Gold rdge..'. 1 Gold Harv... I. X. L 19 Iron Mask .,. ... Jim Blaine .. 4 L. P. Surp... 7J5 Mtn. Lion... 32 Morn. Glpry.. 6 Morrison .... 2& 9slReservatlon -.5 7 20 0 8 8 CO Ross Giant. . 1 2 Sullivan UVx 15. Tom Thumb.i.15 20 Waterloo .... 3 SVi Conjecture ... 24 3 0. .Gold standard T& 10 2741 SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 30. The official clos ing quotations for mining stocks today vers: Alta ?0 02fJulla "..0 02 'Alpha Con ,. ai Justice Andes 7f Mexican Belcher ... 12Occldental Con Bet &iBelcher... 23OrhIr "Bullion 2Overman .Caledpnla 14 M Challenffe Con ... 12 Savago Chollar lTfSefr Belcher .. Confldenco GUSIerra Neada ... 2-1 Con. Cal & Va...-1 OOlSUver H1U 30 Crofvn Point lORtandanl 3 2." .Exchequer IIQnlon Con 18 Gould & Curry... 7JtOtah Con 8 Hale &. Norcross.. 28Vellow Jacket .... 10 - NEW yoP.K. Oct. 30 Mlnlns stocks today cosed as follows: NChollar ?0 lBIOntarlo Prnnn Point S'Onhlr ?G 00 75 Crown Point S'Ophlr Con C-xI" &Va... Dead wood Gould & Curry... Hale &. Norcross . 03Plj-mouth ........ 11 30(Qulcksllve.r 1 25 uo, no rrei ......... o w 2?. Sierra Nevada ... 23 Hometake 53 OOiStandard 3 50 iron suver ...... u, union -on IQ Mexican 23iyllo-w Jacket .. 12 BOSTON, Oct. 30 Closing quotations: iVdventure S 4 75! Humboldt $ 25 00 Allouez M Co.. 2 "SJParrott 44 50 Amal Copper... 71 OOiQulpcy .154 00 Atlantic 23 OOiSanta Fe Cop... C 02 Boston & Mint. 322 00,romarack ....... 235 00 BUtte & Bpston Gt OOJUtah Mining: ... 2-1 50 Cal. & Hocla... 705 00.Wlt.ora 3 00 Centennial 17 00, Wolverines 41 30 Franklin 14 23 HAVE LEFT IS OTIC GOLD FIELDS. AH of Fleet of Vessels Have Depart ed. From Alaska. SBATTTiE, 'Oct. 30 By this time. It is thought the last Of the vessels of the Nome fleet hae left tho gold fields for Seattle. It Is the opinion of Behrlng Sea navigators that none of the vessels, san or steam, will remain in the harbor of Nome later than November 1. Those now at Some, or ep route, are the Steamers St. Paul, Senator, Roanoke, Charles Nelson, Cleveland, Centennial, Santa Ana. John S. Kimball, Portland. Alor'a, Dora and Discovery. All to!dr there are probably 10 sailing vessels returning from Bebring Sea. Or. Snnford' Liver Inlgrorntor. The best Ltver Medicine. A Vegetable Cure ior LUcr Illo. IMUnuanecJ. tndlgestjon. Constipation -OF i-ABLE WATERS") w Tf $ & EBUBLICAN CAMPAIGN IN BEHALF OF Minley and Roomalt The Republican State Centrar Committee ot Oregon announce the (pljonlns assignment of speakers for the Presidential cambalsn-ot' 1900: judge george" n. tvilltams. Occson City Saturday. Nov. 3 SENATOR D. F. MULKEyZ Sellwood Friday, Nov. 2 HON. JOHX H. MITCHELL. JackxonvllU . .Wcdnday. Oct 31 Oakland ".........I 30 P. M Thursday, Nov. 1 Cottage-Grove ....Friday. Nor. 2 Eugene.... ......,2P. 34. Saturday, NovsnS Keppner ,. ...... Monday. Nov. a HON. "Wru. 3f. COLVip. Wllllama "Wednesday. Oct. 31 Kcrby 2 30 P. 3u. Thursday. Nov. 1 HOJf.. O. F. PAITON". Mount Tabor .."Wednesday. Oct. 31 "Arlington IMd,ar. Nov. 2 SHvertoa ... Mondav, Nov. 5 II OX. J. C. LEASURE. Seventh Ward Club.. "Wdnosdav Oct. 31 Alblna ....Thur?dtvy. Nov? 1 Baker City , Saturdaj, Noy. J HON. C. B. 3IOOR.ES- Dufur .ThuMay. Nov. 1 "Wnmlc Friday. Nov. 2 Antelope ......Saturday. Novi 3 HO. JOHN . M'NARY. Marlon Friday, Nov. 2 Hubbard ,. ....Saturday. Nov. 3 GOVERNOR T. T. GEER. Bro-Rrnvllle .......Thursday. Nov. 1 Myrtle Creek ..1 P. M.. Friday, Nov. 2 I'ladle- 7.30 p. M . Friday. Nov. 2" Medtonl Saturday, Nov.S Forest 'Grove ..........Monday, Nov. 5 HON. THOIIAS H. lONGTJE. Salem t. ....... ....... Thursday Nov. 1 Newber Friday. Nay. 2 KUlsboro ...........2 P. M. Saturday. Nov. a Astoria Monday. Nov; B JU13GE S. A. LOWELL. PMIqmath "Wrdnsday, Oct. 31 Oswego Thursday, Nov. 1 Houlton , Frldcy. Nov. 2 Astoria .. Saturdny, Nov. 3 dtXOV. ItUrUS BIALLORY. Independence Friday. Nov. 2 Woodburn Saturday. Nov. 3 UP?. T3LMON FORD. Elgin ......"Wednesday. Oct. 31 La Grande ..Thursday,, Nov. t Milton 2 P. M. Friday. Nov. 2 Pendleton .7"f P. M . Trlday. Nov. 2 Hood PUvr . .2 P. M., Saturday. Nov. 3' Mount Ansel .....Monday, Nov. 5 RKVA.TOR C. TV. FOLTOX. Myr'le Point .WedneIayK Oct. 31 Roseburg Friday, Nov. 2 irant' Pass ..Saturday, Nov., S Aslijand Monday. Nov. 3 SENATOR GEO. C. BUOTVNELL. Fugene w .Saturday. Nov. 3 Oregon City ., ...lorday. Nov. 5 IIOX. R. G. SIITJI. Comntock ...... ......... ...'Wednesday. Oct. 31 "VVllhur Thursday, Nov. 1 IIO.X. S. D. HCSTOX. Forest Groe ..., ...... ....... Frjdny, Nov. 2 GrMnvtlte Saturday. Nov. 3 HOX.'C. M. IDLmiAX. Gumpter "Wednfadiy. Oct. 31 I3ak-rClt ..Saturday, Nov. & KOV. ADAT1 KL1PPEL. Phlllfp' Friday, Nov. 2 Lands (Helvetia School) Saturday, Nov. J E. B. TONGUE, ESQ. Glencoe Thursday, Nov. 1 COLONEL J. R. EDDY. Wallowa County Oct. 20. 30, 31 COLONEL S. C. SPEXCER. Sprlngwater .... 2 PM. "Wednesday. Oct 31 Tlgnrdvlllfr Friday, Nov. 2 . HOX. WALLACE M'CAMAKT. Condon Wednesday. Oct. 31 HOX. R. R. DUXIWAY. Meacham Wednesday. Oct 31 Pilot Rook ....Thursday, Nov. 1 Uklah Friday. Nov. 3 HOX. WALLIS NASH. Fifth Ward Club... .Wednesday. Oot 31 Sheridan ,.. , Friday. Nov. 2 JF. P. KKEEMAX. E$Q, Alblna Thursday, Nov.Ji 'Sheridan FridaJr, Novj 2 C. A. SELL, ESft. Selrwood Friday, Nov 2 HOX. GORDON E. HAYES. n Sunnyalde (Clackamas Co )... Thursday. Nov. 1 "Maple Lane ,. Friday. Nov. 2 ROBERT F. BELL, ESQ. Lincoln County Oct 30 to Nov. 2 J. F. BOOTHE, ESQ. Reedvllle Friday, Nov. 2 W. W. BANKS, ESQ. Beedvlllo Fridays Nov. 2 Further assignments of speakers will be made irotn day to day. GEO. A. STEEL, Chairman. WILLIS S. 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