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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 19, 1900)
s THE MOBNENG OEEGONIAN, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1900. Olds & King VfeStb'fefV'''V''4ByV Meier & Frank Co. Meier & Frank Co. Meier & Frank Co. SPECIAL SALE OF LADIES' SUITS TODAY. rSecond floor.1 Tailor-Made Suits At Half to Two-Thirds Price This Is a lot of specially good styles, in tight-fitting and reefer suits, -worth from $15.00 to $25.00. Tour choice this week at .72 Each Made of good all-wool cloths, prays, brown, navy, black and mixtures. Not one but that's a big- bargain at JU.73 each. Your Thanksgiving Table Cutlery Can be bought here with the comfortable assuranoe of settlor the most reliable sorts at our very low prices. A, few reminders: 3-Piccc Carving Sets Table Knives "With staff handles, $L25 to $3.60 set. "With celluloid handles, 52.25 to $4.50 set. "With antique ivory handles, from $4.00 to $7.00 set. Special Rainy-Day Suitings 66 Inches wide, plain, with plaid or check backs, or checked with plaid backs. $1.50 grades at $1.19 yd $2.00 grades at $1.59 yd In Black Cheviot 84c yd "SrX 45-lnoh wide, JLOO $1.19yd for our B2-lnoh wide, fLBO grade All wool, firmly woven, clear dyes; Bargains In Bourette Dress Goods An attractive woolen fab ric, 36 lnohes wide, in 7 chameleon colors. Our 25c grade at 19c yd Dainty Ribbons at 9c Yard For Fancy Work and Trimmings There are 400 pieces In this special bargain lot. THETRB AKSlr-SIUC. STRIPED OPENWORK, WIDTHS 1 TO 4 INCHES. RIDICULOUI GOING RIGHT AHEAD! No End to Building Season This Year. WORK 15 ACTIVE ON ALL SIDES Jinny Business Blocks and Resi dences Xott Buildinc or in Con templation On the East Side. The large number of buildings com pleted within the past year In Portland , are fully occupied, and those to which the finishing touches are being applied have tenants Impatiently waiting. Build ing permits are being taken out dally at the City Engineer's office, which shows that the closing of the regular building season has not deterred property-owners from going right on and building more houses. The sound of the hammer and saw will, therefore, be heard In Portland all Winter, and yet both architects and contractors agree that the Summer and Fal of 11 will be still busier In the building line. A ride on any of the street-car lines nvlll disclose a large number of new resi dences in various stages of completion, and many of these structures are both costly and Imposing. In the downtown section of the city new-comers notice many fine edifices which are building or have been built within the past year, although Portland people, accustomed to Improvement, may overlook them. The changes which have occurred 'within the past two years a$o only apparent to those who hae been absent during that time, and these re turning ones are astonished at the Im provements. Standing In front of the Hotel Perkins yesterday, a returned Port lander expressed his astonishment at the changes within his range of vision. There was the elegant flve-story block of the Meier & Frank Co., on Fifth, extending from Alder to Morrison. The four-story brick recently constructed by Senator Corbett met his gaze at the southwest corner of Fifth and Stark, while the three-story King block. Just being com pleted on the southeast corner had sup planted several cosy dwelling-houses that had occupied the lot only a few months before. Just beyond, on Stark, near Sixth, the three-story Coleman brick, was being roofed In. At the southeast corner of Third and Washington, the elegant four Btory brick of the Failing estate had taken the place of a quarter block full of frame business houses, and on looking up Washington street, the new Fechhelmer brick met his eye: while at the northeast corner of Washington and Park streets, & brick block full of music stores hard su perseded the frame dwellings, forced away by the Inexorable tide of progress. Such things would not be noticed by the every-day pedestrian, who feels annoyed at the way the sidewalks and streets are blocked by the busy builders on his path. On the East Side. The building season on the East Side Is not completed, several new contracts having been let and new dwellings hav ing just been started. At Sunnyslde. Chester Wood has completed two attrac tive dwellings on the corner of East Thirty-fourth and East Yamhill streets, at a cost of nearly J40M. In that locality also several more dwellings are talked of. Nine lots are being filled upon either side of Belmont street for building pur poses. In Brooklyn, where Improvements save been very tardy, O. Bly has started work on the foundation of a dwelling on East Eighth street which will cost 41000. Alongside this cottage a lot has been sola and a $2600 dwelling will be erected In a abort time. W. Wetzler is finishing a cottage on East Eighth, near Beacon street, costing $1009. Anna M. Anderson la having a two-story cotta'ge put up on JUllwauklo street, between Beacon and Deep-CutPr!ces In all Trimmed Millinery And "we've Just added a new lot for Thanksgiving. There's a fascination In our millinery that, as priced now, will be hard to resist. $3.75 for $5 Hats $4.50 for $6 Hats Others proportionately reduced. Ready-to-wear bats, special from 60c up. "With white bone handles, $2.40 dozen. "With celluloid handles, $3.00 to $4.00 dozen. "With antique Ivory handles, sterling silver mounted, $8.30 t$S.O0 Silk Petticoats At $4.33 Each A price tfiat trill place thera with ln the reach of most women. Our resrulnr ?0.00 skirts, In change able a 111c, deep Spanish flounce, -with five rovra cording;, and doable flonnoe with four roirst cordinjr. Both $4.33 each this vreelc. Two-Thirds Price for Women's Silver-Gray Vests and Pants Fine elastic, ribbed, wool plated. Winter weights. Vests with silk embroid ered fronts and silk trimmed necks. Pants with French bands. Splendid 75c value at.... 49c BACH OR ORrENTAIj PATTERNS. SLrY CHEAP AT 9o YARD. Frederick streets. The residents of this district are In hopes of getting a street railway, and are circulating a petition asking the City & Suburban Railway Company to extend Its line south on Grand avenue. Robert Glllam has a fine two-story residence under construction on East Thirtieth between East Ankeny and East Ash, On East Twenty-eighth street, the City & Suburban Railway Company has commenced con struction on a new car-barn for the hous ing of cars. Frank Bode has started work on a $1000 dwelling on East Tenth street. Out in Piedmont and Woodlawn and Highland district, seven new houses are under construction. On East Burn side four houses are being completed, and the foundation of a new one on the cor ner of East Sixteenth street has Just been finished. In Irvington about half a dozen new dwellings are being com pleted. Contractors report an excellent outlook for building In the Spring, and much work during the Winter. Although many new dwellings have been put up the past year, it Is as diffi cult to rent a desirable house now on the East Side as at any time during; the year. Every day people are met with who are hunting houses, but after spend ing two or three days give It up. This condition prevails in thb outlying dis tricts. At Mount Tabor and Montavilla all desirable houses are occupied, and the high-water mark In school attend ance there has been reached. At Wood stock and Tremont, the houses are gen erally occupied. In Sellwood, the same condition prevails. On the Peninsula the past six months has witnessed a general picking up at all points. Vacant houses that were to be found everywhere are now hard to find. The construction of the new sawmill at Portsmouth has large ly aided in filling up the dwellings that were left vacant when the Portland Uni versity moved away. That district has nearly recovered from the backset it then received, and Is once more moving ahead. With this condition prevailing, the erec tion of dwellings will certainly continue. PERSONAL MENTION. (Rev. W. T. Baker, of Tacoma, is regis tered at the Imperial. H. T. Hendryx, a mining man. of Baker City, is at the Imperial. F. J. Carney, City Treasurer of Astoria, is at the Imperial with his wife. Robert Forbes, a cannery man of Aber deen, Wash., Is registered at the Impe rial. Hon. John Barrett returned yesterday 'from Seattle and registered at the Port land. I B. Reeder, representative of Umatilla County In the State Legislature, Is at the Perkins. S. D. Burnett, of Sedgwick, Kan.. Is at the St. Charles, with a view to locating In Oregon. R. A. Graham, of 8an Francisco, con nected with an Oriental steamship line. is at me I'oruana. C. E. (Macrum. ex-Uhlted'Btates Consul to Pretoria, is registered at the Portland from Pittsburg, Pa. Hon. Jeter C. Prltchard. United States Senator from North Carolina, Is at the Imperial, accompanied by his wife. Robert Gibson, proprietor of the Astoria Dally News, is In Portland. Mr. Gibson will leave In a few days for an Eastern trip. A J. Hunt, of Albany, Is registered at the St Charles, on his return from On tario, after several months In Eastern Oregon. Charles W. Hodes. of Gales Creek, is seriously HI at his rooms in the A O. U. W. building in this city, where he will be pleased to see his Valley friends. Colonel J. T. Alley, editor of the Even ing Republican. Baker City, departed for home last night, after spending a few days In Portland. He Is the pioneer newspaper man of Eastern Oregon, and .has great faith !n the future of that city. Colonel Alley reports business active, and rich developments in mining districts. The Republican victory pleased the majority, and a fresh renewal of confidence Is al ready felt among the people- for Eastern Oregon possibilities. Fancy tSilKs About 1500 yards, sold here- fS tofore at $1 and $1.25 yard, i Zj C lour choice at, special. . Yard. Suits SPECIAL Today and Tomorrow The newest jacket styles, perfect hang' Ing skirts. Material is fine all-wool plaid back cheviots. Val ue $17.50, $18.50, $20. co. Valenciennes Lace and Insertion Valenciennes Lace Special, 12yds., 28c Valenciennes Lace Special, 12yds., 48c Fine Valenciennes Lace Edge and Insertion, for a short time only at 20 reduction. WANT TO COME INTO CITY WOODSTOCK'S OTTIT HOPE! FOR BUXXi TLVTS WATER. "Very 'Narrow Escape From Burnlntr to Death Bast Bide Affairs. A resident of Woodstock, who has made a careful 1'na.ulry, stated yesterday that the majority of the residents of "Wood stock proper are favorable to and anx ious for annexation to the city. One of the main reasons for this desire la that the place may be supplied with Bull Run water. From the efforts made to get the "Water Committee to lay a main to supply all that district, the people there have come to learn they cannot get water un il they become part of the city. There Is now one source of water supply, and that is the well and reservoir near the end of the motor line. Much difficulty has been experienced with the plant, and last "Winter a new well waa drilled, but the Toservolr Is a wooden tank with a capacity of 10,000 gallons of water, which has stood there ten years, and which is not In the best of condition. As the en tire community Is now dependent on this supply, an accident would be a serious matter. The cost to the consumer Is about double what city water rates are. To make the present supply certain, a new reservoir will soon have to be pro vided. The school tax la always about double what it la in the city, and this is one reason urged in favor of annexa tion. It is thus figured out that the cost to be In the city would be less taking Into consideration the water rates and the school tax, than to remain out. It Is also stated that there would be no great opposition In "Woodstock to annexation. On the other hand there is a meve among those having farm property in the district between Woodstock and Kenllworth, to get out of the city. These say they are placed so they are In the city, but have none of the advantages. They really be long to Woodstock school district, and are too far off from any city school. These, however, would be more recon ciled If Woodstock, as far as the Mll waukle road, which would Include the Woodstock schoolhouse and the main set tlement, wero annexed to the city. There Is a move on foot to adjust this matter In some way that it will be fairly satis factory to the greatest number. Will Sell the Odd Fellows' Fare. The trustees of the Orphans' Home of the Odd Fellows will sell the farm owned by the order near Fairview, for the pur pose of re-locating the home nearer Port land. "While the Fairview farm Is a good property, it was long ago decided that It waa not properly located for an orphans' home. However, the possession of this farm has been a source of con siderable income. The land has In creased In value since it was purchased about 15 years ago with the expecta tion of locating a homo on it. The three story building was dedicated with much ceremony and an oration by Senator Dolph, and it was long the hope of the Odd Fellows of this state that it would become a eelf-supportlng home for the orphans of the deceased members, but it has been bedded that a location at Port land is more desirable, and it will be dis posed of and the money used to carry out the long-cherished plans somewhere else. The trustees have been looking over the various sites that have been offered, but if they have decided on a location the matter has not yet been made public. Death of Patrick Donovan. Patrick Donovan, who had been a resi dent of Portland for the post 85 years, died at his home, 49 East Ninth street, Saturday afternoon, from pneumonia. He was taken sick a week ago, but Wednes day last was able to be up and then he seemed Improving, but Thursday there was a change for the worse. He was employed in Weldler'a sawmill for 22 years, and recently worked in the East Side mill. Mr. Donovan was a member of the Hibernian Benevolent Society of Portland and was also a member of Com pany B, Emmet Guards. He was a quiet, industrious man. His wife died three months ago. An only son, Matthew, sur vives him. The funeral will take place from 6t Francis' Church this morning, at 9 o'clock, and will be under the aus pices of the Portland Hibernian Benevo lent Society. Pnyinsr Property. The M. A. Ross Post. G. A. R., of Pleas ant Home, In the new hall Just dedicated, has a paying piece of property. On the first floor there is a large store with a small dining hall in the rear. On the sec ond floor is the main hall with two small rooms in the rear. This Is the meeting place for the post and Relief Corps, and for public events. This hall is rented several nights- each week, and before long the members of these organizations will be released from the payment of all dues, as the Income from the property will cover all expenses. Ap plications have been received to rent the store room, which will still more In crease the Income. Nearly Cremated. T. A. Shetterly, a' well-known resident of Pleasant Home, had a narrow esoane from being cremated la his own home $13.75 Al 1847 Tableware At special prices. Dress Goods Remnants At greatly reduced prices. Colored New English Kerseys $2.50 to $4.00 yd. New Golf Cloakings $2.75 to $4.50 yd. New English Meltons $1.50 to $4.00 yd. New Plaid-Back Skirtings $1.75 to $3.90 yd. NOTION STORE .. . New French and German last week. He had prepared to retire and had donned his night shirt. He sat down In front of -the Are and lighted his pipe and prepared to have a smoke before retiring. He was soon aroused by a flame of fire creeping up on one side of his night shirt. Ha tried to extinguish it, but before he could do anything the garment was enveloped in flames. He tore at the garment madly In an effort to extlngush the fire, and finally his wife, rushing In the room, discovered her hus band's peril. She knew In a minute what to do. She seized a bucket of water and doused It over him, extinguishing the fire instantly. The change from, the heat of the burning garment to the cold water was very sudden, but Mr. Shetterly had to stand It. He escaped without serious burns. Joint Bleetlnar. An interesting ioint meeting of Sumner Post and Sumner Woman's Relief Corps, G. A. R., was held Saturday night at the hall of the former on Union avenue. The post had Invited the corps to spend the evening with It, and the members marched from their hall on Grand avenue to the Union-avenue hall, filling the lat ter. George Older took charge of and presided over the- gathering. In a few appropriate words he welcomed the mem bers of the Relief Corps, and then called on different members of the post for ad dresses, beginning with Comrade Miller, who responded pleasantly. Rev. C. E. Cllne followed with an excellent talk. In the course of his remarks he said that old veterans of, the Civil War were not re spected in Oregon as they were in the Eastern States, and observed that the Soldiers' Home at Roseburg was main tained grudgingly and on reduced appro priation. He said that states like Massa chusetts were expending millions for the old soldiers, while Oregon was hardly maintaining a small home at an expense of a few thousands. Captain George Williams, who was a. prominent muster ing officer during the war, talked of the few who went from Oregon to take part In the rebellion, and said that It took about three months to get East and $500 for fare. He said he could count the men who were ablo to go and call their names. However, he said, that Oregon was loyal and raised much money for the relief of the soldiers In the field. F. R. Neale said, In the course of his remarks, that many more went East than Captain Williams mentioned. He thought that instead of Ave or six there were not less than 25 who made their way East and fought through the rebellion, and some had re turned to make their home here. Mrs. Bridges, "the daughter of the de partment," spoke entertainingly, and told of the magnificent monument that had been erected at Washington In memory of the soldiers of the rebellion to per petuate their achievement At the close, of her remarks she recited "Sheridan's Ride" with fine effect. There were songs and addresses and then refreshments were served, which consisted of baked beans, hard tack and hot coffee, which wero enjoyed by alL Professor Pool SIclc. Professor C. H. Pool, who was teacher of district No. 8, was compelled to give up the school temporarily on account of 111 health. He has gone to Eureka, Cal., to recuperate under the medical care of his brother, Dr. Pool. He has been ab sent now about three weeks, but word has been received from him that there was no improvement In his cae. His friends are much concerned ove- his con dition. Ralph Johnson is supplying his place In the school during his absence. No Application Made. No application was made by Postmis tress Collins, of- the Woodstock postofflce, for that office to be made a money-order office, but she received the necessary blanks from the department and was no tified to furnish bonds. A great many money orders were senv to people at Woodstock through the Portland post office and It was recommended that it be ma.de a regular money-order office. This, no doubt, will be done In a short time. East Side Note. G. J. Ross, the well-known resident of the East Side. Is In Washington with his daughter, Carrie. The latter is employed In the Census Department. Mr. Ross ex pects to remain some time. Tha funeral of Clark Lyons, who was killed by an elevator accident last week, took place yesterday afternoon from his late home at 7 Union avenue. The ser vices were under the auspices of the re lief committee of the Odd Fellows' lodges. Policeman Parker was called out to East Thirtieth and East Taylor streets yesterday by a complaint that tfie Inter section was In a dangerous condition and no light was left there to warn people. He found the street Impassable and no one would undertake to cross it. East Taylor Is being Improved and the graders have been at work at this point. Dr. Wise, room 614. Thp Dekuxn. the restful tonfc, that quiets nerves, In duces slumber, hrlngs appetite and strength to those weakened by illness, is the preparation of the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Ass'n,, which fact guarantees Its quality. Sold by all druggists. Tou can't help liking them, they are so very small and their action Is so perfect. Onlr one Dill S. dose. Cartor tjHa TAvn lPUli.-Trjr them. - Her Majesty's Corsets, $1.50. . - The makers of Her Majesty's Cor set pondered long and carefully be fore they ventured to produce a $1.30 corset, but they found a way to do It, and here Is the Princess of Wales, the best $1.50 corset yet turned out of a factory. Made In thestralght-front models and other popular shapes, of drab coutfl and black sateen; boned with light, well-tempered steels. It is a clean-cut, beautiful corset that will make shapely all who wear It, and It will prove comfortable and eco nomical as well. A Meier & Frank Co., Solo Portland Agents. TEN YEARS IN ALASKA J. G. OSMUND TEIilS OB EARLY MIN ING THERE. Believes Blgr Money Con Be Made In Putting Stock on the Lott lnnd Ranges, I A 10 years' residence In Alaska Is what James G. Osmund, who is now at the Perkins, can look back to. He went up there in the Summer of 1S90, and has pros pected pretty much all over the territory since that time. He thinks the Yukon and tributaries possess the mos: induce ments for the fortune-hunter, but the man who goes into that country must be pre pared for at least a three years" absence from civilization, in order to accomplish anything. 'All the streams emptying Into the Yu kon," he said, "contain gold, and paying placers can be found along their banks, but it costs money to get the gold out of Vatt earth in any part of Alaska. In Ore gon, or California, 5 cents to the pan will enable a man to make good wages, but he must have more than that in Alaska, where the gravel deposits are frozen hard, no matter how deep you go, and fire must be used to thaw them out." When Mr. Osmund went to Alaska from California, 10 years ago, he knew nothing of mining in that frigid region, though he had mined more or less in the Golden state. He landed at Sitka, then about the only place known to the outside world, and from there struck out over the Chllkat pass, hiring Indians to pack his outfit. He would spend the Summers prospecting in the mountains, with vary ing success, and always returned to Sitka to put In the Winter, with a lot of other miners, most of whom had money, and many of whom would be inclined to paint the town red during their stay. "It was come easy and go easy with many of these miners," he said, "and so the saloon-keepers and resort proprietors would finally reap the harvest. "I am now interested in a quartz mine called the Chlgnlc, on the Alaskan penin sular, and will arrange to take a stamp mill back with me when I return north In March. I consider the Chlgnlc such a valuable property that I have no desire whatever to place it, or any part of It, on the market. There are many thousands of dollars' worth of rich ore in sight, and the miners have attained a depth of 300 feet on a ledge of galena ore that runs as high as ?S0 to the ton In gold, which also carries some silver." Although not given to boasting, Mr. Os mund says that he has made money enough to keep him the rest of his life, without this mine, but as he has ac quired a half -Interest in the ledge, he is inclined to go back once more and put the stamp mill in position. L4ke all min ers who have spent several years there, he seems to prefer Alaska to the more temperate region of the earth. "When I came down here yesterday," he said, "I caught a cold, a thing that did not happen to me during my entire stay in the north. I never suffered in' the least from the low temperature, and I have been in the best of health all the time. Of course, I would not wish to spend my old age in that country, but there is a charm about the wild life that grows upon a young man, and he rather longs for it again, after he has returned to the States." He thjnks the Alaska Indians always enjoyed better health before the whites came, as they lived in huts, which were closed tight and devoid of fire. They were warmly clad, in the furs of animals slain in the chase, and seemed to enjoy the cold, rather than shrink from it. Now they have begun to live in houses built after the civilized fashion, and have fires made to keep them warm, while their clothing has also changed from. skins to the fabric of the white man. The new mode of life does not agree with them, and so fully 84 per cent of the coast In dians cUd last year. An epidemic of measles broke out among them, first, and then pneumonia set in. Last year .was especially fatal to the Eskimos, and if the next three are as bad, the race will have been well-nigh exterminated. I believe the Ketchican country will come to be known as a gold-producer, and also the region bacH of Valdes. In this latter locality mining can be pursued nearly the year around, as the coast breezes keep the air moist and compar atively free from extreme cold. "I also believe that the south coast of the peninsular will one day become a great grazing ground for horses -and cat tle, as there are thousands of square miles of low, level country, where the redtop grass grows waist high, and cattle can graze all Winter without being fed. Sheep do not thrive in this region, as they soon begin to suffer from footrot, but the horses and cattle keep fat the year around. Several hundred head of cattle are kept In that vicinity, and the owners are making big money, finding a ready market among the adjacent mines for their beef, at 15 to 25 cents a pound. The cattle men who stock that region within the next 20 years will make heavy profits on their investment, as the stock can be kept with little or no expense, and the range is practically unlimited." Mr. Osmund will leave this morning tor Astoria. Belgium's Kins in Search of Ideas. King Leopold of Belgium combines busi ness with pleasure during his visit in Paris. Recently he spent a whole day at Versailles for the sole purpose of getting Ideas for the restoration of the royal resi dence at Laeken. He was piloted by M. Lambert, the architect In charge of Ver sailles Palace. M. Pierre de Nolhac, keeper of the Versailles Museum, also attended the King, who visited the Hall of Mirrors, the rooms of Louis XTV and 1 XV but lingered longest among the pic MONDAY'S BARGAIN NEWS CONDENSED Special Sale of Ladles' Suits $14.00 values at $9.95. $18.00 Suits at $13.85. $20.00 Rainy-Day Suits at $14.85. 200 Night Robes, the $1.25 kind, at 97c. $6.00 Petticoats reduced to $4.52. $4.50 French Flannel Waists, $3.85. Boys' Corduroy Pants, 52c pair. First Showing of the New Christmas Dolls. Stamped Cushion Topsnew designs, 21c. Special Bargains in Walking Hats. John S. Brown &. Son Table Linens at reduced prices. Men's Clothing at MEIER & OVERCOATS A large line of Blue and Black Kerseys, Oxford Grays and Meltons, just received this week, to be retailed at $15.00 and $16.50 Handsomely Tailored The material In these garments Is manu factured by our own mills, thereby assur ing you of a saving of 25 per cent. SALEM WOOLEN MILLS STORE C. T. ROBERTS, Mgr. IT WAS BEFORE THE DAY OF. APOL THEY USED TO SAY NEVER tures of the reign of his maternal grand father, the Cltizen-Klng. The military scenes In which the Due d'Aumale ap peared also deeply Interested the King, who named many of the people repre sented. RAN INTO BRICK WAGON. Tiro Stylish Turnouts Sadly Shat tered. Scraps of harness, bits of buggy timber and patches of hair scattered over a small space on the Section Line road, a few hundred yards east of the "Seven Cor ners," a few mornings ago, created much wonderment among passers. There had evidently been a collision there, but who had been the colliders could not be ascer tained, and the matter seemed likely to remain a mystery. By accident a reporter obtained a clew to this mystery, and ascertained that "Jack" Seed, the well-lftiown contractor, could furnish particulars. Mr. Seed, when found yesterday, was able to be around, but was sore from head to foot. He said that as he was driving in from the country on the Section Line road a few evenings ago, he espied in the gloaming a man in a buggy ahead of him driving a "dark horse." As he was in a hurry he touched up his nag, with the intention of passing the outfit ahead, but the driver touched up the "dark horse" and in a moment a race was on, and both buggies were bowling along on a down grade at a 2:10 gait. As they approached the place where the scraps were found next morning, the shadowy outline of a brick wagon and team was seen crossing the road. The man with the dark horse made his calcu lations as to how far he must turn out to pass behind this wagon, and Mr. Seed made a rapid calculation as to how much he must turn out to pass both. The driver of the brick wagon did not cross the road so fast as had been estimated, and a moment later the buggy drawn by the dark horse was hooked to the rear of the brick wagon and was in course of disintegration, and half a moment later Mr. Seed's buggy was mixed up In the smash-up and general average. His horse passed right through his har ness, and he being anxious to pass the other buggy, took a header over the dash board, and landed he cannot tell exactly where. "Night threw her sable mantle o'er the scene and pinned It with a star," and what was said and what was done un der this cover, and how Mr. Seed and the man with the dark horse got home, 13 "nothing to nobody." Kovemter Flower Tallc. Eben E. Rexford. In Harper's Bazar. I -have found dry earth a very good cov ering for roses, and it is moro easily ob tained than either of the other coverings I have named. I should advise bending the bushes down in such a manner that their -branches all point one way. Tie them into as compact a mass as possible, that you may economize with covering material. Then bank them with the driest soil you can get. Sand Is excellent. Cov er them to the depth of four or five Inches. Then give each bush a roof of boards to turn rain. If this is not done water often soaks into the covering and is retained there until severe injury is done to the plant. If one cannot cover plants with earth, hay, cornstalks or ever green branches will do very well. Be sure to see that every portion of the bushes is covered, for if they are exposd at one place they will be injured quite as much above that part as they would be If ex posed. If the bushes are large, old, and stiff, It Is a good plan, to heap a consid erable amount of earth about the base of the plant, over which It will be an easy matter to curve the branches without breaking them, as is often done when they are abruptly bent. The ideal covering for tea-roses is com posed entirely of leaves held In place by ever green branches. Make a pen of boards about the plants eight or ten Inches deep, and fill with leaves. ' If rainy weather sets In after this covering is put on, put special low prices. FRANK CO. - 85 THIRD STREET "WOMAN'S WORK IS DONE." some boards over them until snow comes. Then let the snow help to protect the plants. If they could be covored with snow from the first or the middle of the month until the middle of next April, It would be an easy matter to Winter the tenderest roses of this class. But we can not always depend on snow enough to do this. TRAIN WRECK IN WASHINGTON One Man Killed and Two Others Sus tained Scrlon Injnrles. SPOKANE, Nov. 19. A fatal wreck oc curred on the Spokane Falls & Northern Railway at 4 P. M. yesterday, two mllea south of Dragoon Station. One man wsb killed and two others sustained serious Injuries. The train, the regular south bound freight, consisted of eight cars and a caboose. "When at the point where the tragedy occurred the rails spread because of the action of the snow and rain under the ties, and four cars were thrown from the track and raced down a rather steep grade. The engine and tender were led on top of the grade, also the remaining four cars. The four cars which wero wrecked were loaded with lime. In one of the cars, 17 men were steal ing a ride. Ope of these, John Klein, wa3 caught beneath a pile of wreckage and crushed to death. Several others were pinned down by timbers. Patrick "Welch and Richard Hocking wero dragged out later by the trainmen who had escaped injured. Welch's collar bone was broken, and his neck and shoulders, .were severe ly bruised and cut. Hocking's right arm was broken in two places. Both men were unconscious when found by the trainmen, and wero nearly suffocated un der burst barrels of lime. German Soldiers -Mast Bo Frugal. McClure's Magazine. Small as Is the wage received by the German soldier, yet the army regulations guard it Jealously, for frugality is part of the training. Each soldier places his money In a little bag suspended from a string around his neck. At any time during inspection the officer may demand to have the bags opened, and if It Is found that any soldier spends his 6 cents a day wages too rapidly think of the wild dissipation which might be had for 6 cents a day! he is reprimanded and punished. He must make his vjages, small as they are, cover his expenses; ha must not spend them instantly for beer. BUSINESS ITEMS. If Baby Is Cutting Teeth, Be sure and use that old and well-tried remedy, Mr Wlnslow's Soothing; Syrup, for children teething. 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