THE MORNING QRESONIAN, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 19QD.
S3SP
BIBLE- Ifr SCHOOLS
Attorney-General Says It May
. .' e Regd There,
LORDS -PRAYER ALSO PERMISSIBLE
Cblfaen. May JBe Expelled, tor JPII
iiret r Ttk5e"Prt In "WomjTilp,,
? Jt Board Doet Hot Object.
SALEM, Nov. 21 Attorney-General
Blackburn today rendered an opinion at
the request of Buperintendent of Public
Instruction J. H. Ackerman, In -which he
upholds Bible reading In the public
schools. The opinion la a lengthy one,
andrwas based upon the following Ques
tions: 1. H&x'a teacher the rljht to use part of the
school time in reading to her pupils as a
school exercise a chapter from the Bible, with
or without comment on said chapter 7
2. Has the teacher the right to require her
pupil to repeat the Lord's Prayer, or to re
Quire said pupils to stand while said prayer is
being repeated as a school exercise?
3 May a pupil he expelled from a school for
refusal to repeat the Lord's Prayer, or to stand
'while feald prayer Is beinc repeated as a part
of a sahool exercise t
Tfrappears that a teacher In one of the
sjchools of Washington County has been,
each morning, reading a chapter from
the Bible- and repeating the Lord's
Prayer, or compelling the pupils to repeat
said prayer, or to stand up and listen to
the teacher as she 'repeated the same.
She was notified oy the phairman of the
board to discontinue this practice, with
out any authority 'from, and against the
expressed wish of the other Directors.
She expelled pupils because they would
not stand up and listen to her as she re
pealed tbe prayer. The Board of Direc
tors met and approved her action, but
the. chairman refused to sign the minutes
of -the meeting. An appeal haying been
taken. a the County Superintendent, that
official sustained tbe majority of the
board, and an appeal was taken to the
state department. Superintendent Acker
man submitted the questions involved to
the Attorney-General for an opinion.
Judge Blackburn quotes subdivision 3
of .aeQUon 8 of the Oregon school laws,
as 'compiled In 1889, which authorizes the
State Board of Education to adopt rules
for the .government of schools, and also
rule U. adopted by the State Board, di
recting teachers to Inculcate In the minds
of pupils correct principles of morality,
etc, and rule 43. authorising teachers to
control the studies of their pupils, sub
ject to Ihe course of study prescribed by
the State Board of Education. After
stating that the Bible Is not contained in
the list of text-books, he quotes sections 2,
8 and. 5, of article 1 of the constitution of
Oregon, as follows:
2. All men shall be secured in the natural
right to worship Almighty pod according to -4
the dictates of their own consciences.
3. No law in any case whatever shall con
trol the free exercise and enjoyment of relig
ious opinions, or Interfere with the lights of
conscience.
B. No money shall be drawn from the treas
ury for the benefit of any religious or theolog
ical Institution, nor shall any money be appro
priated for the payment of any religious serv
ices. In either house pf the Legislative Assem
bly. He thert continues as follows:
' These sections are provisions 1a "what
is usually termed the 'Bill of Rights' of
the constitution of the state, and -whether
or not their adoption by the constitutional
convention, and their subsequent ratifi
cation by the electors, were acts of wis
dom Is not a question which can now be
considered. They are part and parcel of
the organic law. and must be enforced In
strict accordance with the letter and
eplrlt, wherever they are applicable to the
question presented.
"The fifth section of the 'Bill of Rights'
was eildently intended to prevent the
drawing from the treasury of the state of
any public monejt for a purely sectarian
purpose for I know of no religious or
theological institution In the country
which Is not thoroughly sectarian; but
the reading of the Bible, and the repeat
ing" of the Lord's Prayer In the public
schools have nothing In them of a sec
tarian nature. That is sectarian which
inouloates the particular tenets of a sect.'
All sects, or religious denominations, rely
solely upon th.e Bible as their authority
for their special and particular beliefs
and doctrines, and claim to be able to
find, therein full and complete founda
tions for the conclusions reached. It mat
ters not how inconsistent with the con
clusions o' others these beliefs may be,
each sect or denomination thinks It finds
In the teachings of the Bible undoubted
guppsrt fer the creed which it has adopt
ed. Sectarianism is not the creature of
the Bible, but it is the result of con
etructlen placed upon passages of Scrip
ture by those who are seeking to find
support for their own. individual views
and opinions. Lawyers, and even Judges,
differ as to. the construction to be placed
upon the same provisions of a statute;
why may not commentators and laymen
differ as to the construction to be given
the laripus chapters qnd paragraphs of
the Old and New Testaments?
Sa?s Bible I Not Sectarian.
"At any rate. U the. Bible Itself Is not
sectarian, and it certainly cannot be. Jtle
Blmple reading of a chapter therefrom
each morning In sahool, without comment,
or the repeating the Lord's Prayer, can
not toaoh pr inaulcate any dpotrlne which
Tould be sectarian In its character, for
eacb child old enough to do so can draw
his own conclusions from the chapter
read, or the Lord's Prayer, as repeat
ed, and those not old enough to form
opinions connot be materially effected
thereby; and I frankly admit that I am
wholly unable to understand why any one
could seriously object to the reading of
the Bible or te the repeating of the Lord's
Praser at any time In the public schools
of the state. No pne can be ppsslbly In
jured morally thereby, and, laying aside
all denominational questions. If every
man, woman and child In the country
would Hve up to and fully comply with
the teaohjngs of ther Bible, and follow- in
the footsteps of hlm'Vho Is (Jailed the Son
of God. this world would be the gainer
thereby: ther- would be no necessity for
taxes and taxation, fpr lawyers or for
courts of justice, or for jails, peniten
tiaries or reform schools, but all
would be happy, peaceful, law
abiding ana contented. No better
example than is to be found In the
life of Christ as a youth can be placed
before the young and rising generation,
and the man of business as well as the
man ef leisure can in aU the nUtory of
the world find no more illustrious charac
ter, and no purer life to adopt as a model,
than he can find In the life of Jesus after
he reached the age of maturity.., ""here s
certainly nothing in?the Bible which In
the slightest degree teaches or inculcates
anything that is immoral; but. on tbe
other hand, the standard of morals found
therein is far superior to that of any
other known work upon the subject; and,
as teachers are by thb rules required to
Inculcate in the minds of the pupils cor
rect principles of morality.' I Toiow ofc-fco
book which could be better authority, or
Inculcate a higher standard of morality.
"A chapter In the Koran might be read,
yet U would not be an affirmation of the
truth of Mohammedanism, or an interfer
ence with religious faith. . . .
"Subdivision 6 of section SI of the Ore
gon school laws provides; The Directors
shall visit and Inspect their schools from
time te time, and when necessary may
exclude any -refractory pupil therefrom,'
etc Subdivision 12 of said section pro
vides, among other things: 'Boards of
Directors shall have entire control of the
public schools of their district, and the
teachers employed therein, to establish
rules,' etc.
"Wlille It does not appear that the
r teacher was. In the first Instance, di
rected by the board to read a chapter
each morning in open school 'from the
Bible, yet It does appear that the board
has ratified the act of the teacher In so
doing, and hts thus established a rule on
that subject. . "Where the reading
of a chapter In the Bible, without com
ment, and the repeating of the Lord'6
prayer, hava been authorized by the
Board of Directors of the school district,
the rules thus adoptedV can be epforced
by excluding -from tbr- school for the time
limited by law the refractory pupil, and
If the people of the district are Pt s"5
fled with the rule sq adopted and en
forced the remedy Is In their own Tiands,
and they can elect a board which will
adopt and enforce a different rule.
TWQ DECISIONS RENDERED.
'German Savings & Loan Society. v.
Kern, and Swing va.Rliea.
SALEM, Nov. 26. The Supreme Court
today handed down decisions in two ap
pealed cases. In both of which the Judg
ment of the lower courts were affirmed.
German Savings & Loan Society, re
spondent, vs. J. W. Kern, et aL, appel
lants; two cases; from Multnomah Coun
ty. John B. Cleland, Judge; affirmed;
opinion by Bean, C J.
This was a suit to foreclose a mortgage.
The defendant appealed first from the de
cree against him, alleging as errors of the
court tbe overruling of his motions to
make the complaint more definite and to
strike the complaint from the files for
want of verification. The Supreme Court
holds that the complaint is sufficiently
definite and certain, and that the Im
proper verification, if any. has been
waived by answering oyer. x
The second appeal was from the order
qf the lower -court In confirming the exe
cution sale. The opinion says that the
first two questions raised by this appeal
are determined In the case of Bank of
British Columbia vs. Page, 7 Or., 451. In
that case It was held that, under an ex
ecution Issued upon a decree foreclosing
a mortgage on real property, it is not
necessary that a levy upon the premises
be made, and that a return of the Sheriff
on such execution that he gave notice of
the .sale by posting printed notices of
the time and place of sale, particularly
describing said real estate, for four weeks
successively, prior to the day of sale, In
three public places of the county, witn
out, more definitely describing the date
or place. Is sufficient proof of posting. It
was argued on this appeal that tbe de
cision referred to is bad law and ought
to be reversed, but the court says that
after re-examining the questions It is
satisfied with the conclusions of Its prede
cessor. On the question of sufficiency of re
turn, the court lays down this rule:
"In construing official returns, the
courts have usually exercised great liber
ality toward the officer and others Inter
ested in maintaining the sufficiency and
legality of the return. No sevority of
criticism will be allowed; every favora
ble inference that can fairly arise from
the language used will be indulged. . . .
"Where the notice Is jurisdictional, it 13
necessary, no doubt, that the proof of
posting show the dates and places where
posted, so that the court may see wheth
er the statute has been complied with;
but where a public officer Is charged with
the duty of executing an order of this
character the presumption is, that his
official duties "have been regularly per
formed, and his certificate will be suffi
cient without the particularity required
In cases where the notices are jurisdic
tional," W. B Ewlng, appellant, vs. C. A. Rhea,
respondent, from Multnomah County, S.
A. Lowell, Judge, affirmed; opinion by
Moore, J.
This was a suit to enjoin Interference
with an irrigating ditch. In the Circuit
Court a demurrer to the complaint waB
sustained on the ground that the com
plaint did not state fact? sufficient to
constitute a cause of action, and the suit
having been dismissed, the plaintiff ap
pealed. The question considered by the Supreme
Court was "whether a complaint alleging
a passive acquiescence by defendant's
predecessors when they knew that plain
tiff was expending large sums of money
In making valuable Improvements upon
his land, while relying upon the faith of
the Implied license to maintain said ditch,
which, if revocable, would render such
improvements valueless, states facts suf
ficient to constitute a cause of suit." In
holding that the complaint was not suffi
cient, the court says:
"The rule is well settled In this state
that if a party has paid a consideration
therefor, or been encouraged by any par
ticipation in a common enterprise, or in
duced by a definite oral agreement to ex
pend money in making permanent valua
ble improvements, the parole license upon
th faith of which he has acted in exe
cuting It cannot be revoked to his preju
dice. . . . While frequent trespasses
upon the track of a railroad company, of
which it had no knowledge, do not create
a license J:o qse the track as a footpath,
it must bo conceded, we think, that a
mere naked license by acquiescence may
be created In favor of a person or the
public by his or its use of real property,
or an easement therein, without the own
er's objection, but a license of that char
acter, unless enjoyed for such a time ns
to bar the statute of limitations, may be
revoked at any time at the pleasure of
the licensor.
"We do nst think that upon principle a
mere naked license, which is predicated
upon an Invasion of another's right, and
Is In effect, a trespass upon his property,
so encourages a party to act upon the
faith of the Implied permission as to ren
der it Irrevocable, even-when money has
been expended in Improving property un
der a belief that the uninvited use relied
upon will neyer be interrupted, and In so
far as the decision in Gurtls vs. La
Grande .Water Company, 20 Oregon. 34, Is
in conflict with the principle here an
nounced, it is overruled."
COAL OP ALASKA.
Outcropping Traced 18 Miles De
velopment In the Sprlnff.
TACOMA, Nov. 56. Coal outcroppings
have been traced 18 miles along Chignik
Bay, 825 miles this side of TJnlmak Pass,
Alaska. Claims covering the best part
of these vast deposits have been filed by
miners employed by Thomas Magon. T,he
manager of the Apollo gold mines at Un
ga says the veins uncovered to date are
4V4. five and nine feet thick, containing
excellent lignite and bituminous coal.
In the Spring diamond drills will be
employed to determine the depth and con
tinuity of the deposits, and development
will commence oh a large scale.' The
veins are situated near tidewater, and
only five miles distant Is a sheltered har
bor where steamers or sailing vessels can
load In safety. The deposits are so large
as to make certain a permanent supply
for Alaskan towns. This alone will af
fect the Pacific Coast coal supply.
Two Men Had a Merry Flsht.
TACOMA. Nov. 26. A fight between a
Roman Catholic and a Greek at Wllkeson
yesterday grew- intq a pitched battle, with
200 -Greeks against as many Roman Catho
lics, the fighters on both sides being coal
miners. Clubs and rop bars were used,
and several heads were broken. Finally
revolvers were brought Into use, and bul
lets caused the mob to flee. No one was
kHted.
Encllsn -Scientist tft glinib Scales.
VANCOUVER. B, a. Nov. 2$.-Edward
Whymper, the famous mountaln-cllmbou'l
of the Royal Geographical Society, of lion
don, has arrived here. He proposes to
-ascend all the notable mountain peaks on
the Pacific Coast not already climbed,
among them Mount Baker and the Lions
of Tancouver.
Court at Rosetmrff.
ROSEBURG. Or., Nov. 26. Circuit Court
convuned here this morning In regular
session. Judge Hamilton presiding. The
criminal calendar Is short.
SHOT BY BOlD THUGS
SERIOUS IB .NOT FATAL WOUND TO
MAN "WHO RESISTED. '
Robbers Fired Half a Dosen Tme
A Shot at Tbfsm Missed the
Mark? and Ther Escaped.
THE DALLES, Or., Nov. 26. A young
man names James Lamb was seriously If
not fatally shot early this morning, about
three miles east of this city, by two thugs,
who endeavored to rob mm and a com
panion while sleeplpg on a "flat car side
tracked near Seufert's fishery. The two
men Were awakened by the robbers stand
ing over thpm Mrth leveled revplvers, de
manding thejr cash. At"Lamb's refusal
and attempt to rise, the robbers began
shooting, firing six shots, one of which
pierced Lamp's hp, lodging Jn the ab
dominal cavity. After being wounded
Lamb fired a shot at the retreating rob
bers, who escaped uninjured, securing
only 75 cents, although each of their yic
time had money in his '.pocket's. Lamb
was brought to town and placed In the
care of physicians, who pronounce, his
condition critical.
MAT GET PRESENTS THROUGH.
How Claims for Customs Duties May
Be Qnarded Aalnsf.
VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Nov. 26.
General Miles has Just called attention
to the observance of the regulation which
requires officers, enlisted men and those
emplpyed In the civil service who are at
foreign stations, and who wish to send1
gifts or souvenirs to their friends or rela
tives, to mall all mailable parcels or pack
ages, so as to show to what branch of the
service the sender belongs, and then to
have it countersigned by a commissioned
officer or a postmaster. If this is not
done, the articles are liable to seizure by
the Custom-House officials and will be
released only onl the payment of a flnej
equal to the duty on the article.
Leave of absence for one month on the
surgeon's certificate of disability and with
the privilege of going beyond the depart
ment ha3 been given Captain Benjamin
H. Chever, Sixth Cavalry.
Lieutenant Olwell has been ordered to
Fort Walla Walla, and to report to the
commanding officer for temporary duty.
Edward Clifton and Joe Krevonak. en
listed at Seattle, are assigned to Battery
B, Third Artillery, at Fort Flagler, and
will bo sent there at once.
Any young man with a good knqwledge
of surveing and photography has now a
chance .o gain a position as cierk in the
engineers' department-at-larf.e, with a
salary of $1000 a year, the Civil Service
Commission having announced that De
cember 12 and 13 an examination will be
held in any city In the United States
where a free delivery has been estab
lished. MORROW COUNTY WHEAT.
Growers Are Holding Much of It
Recent Sales.
HEPPNER Nov. 26. Charles Johnson,
the wheatbuyer, just in from a tour of
the grain betr says that 50,000 bushels
of v, heat have recently been sold at points
along the Heppner railroad at 41 to 44
cents a bushel, most of It going to Kerr,
Glfford & Co., of Portland. The largest
single lot was 14,000 bushels.
The Morrow County warehouses now
contain 200,000 bushels of unsold wheat,
and there Is enough still on the ranches
to keep farmers hauling all Winter. Sev
eral farmers say that they are going to
hold 1000 to 5000 sacks until Spring.
There are still 5000 sacks on the ground
at lone bu this quantity la being grad
ually reduced,
The recent snow vastly benefited the
stock range here, and grass Is fresh and
green. All Hveptock is in first-class con
dition. The weather is mild and balmy,
with occasional showers of warm rain.
The agitation begun two weeks ago by
the Heppner Gazette In fayor of removing
the depot to some point nearer the busi
ness center of the town resulted in a
.meeting Friday nlgbt of 75 citizens, who
requested Mayor Gilliam to appoint a
committee of five taxpayers to Interview
the o. R. & , to. witn a view qi re
moving the depot from its present loca
tion, which is three-quarters qf a mile
from the business center of town. The
express and telegraph offices are also
very inconveniently located at the distant
depot.
MANY DIVORCE OASES.
Occupy Much Time at Hlllshoro
Some From Portland.
HtLXSBORO, Or,, Nov. 26 Circuit
Gourt convened here this morning with
Judge McBride on the bench. Sherman
S. Rltche and W. S. Haynor were ap
pointed bailiffs. All the jurors were ex
cused until next Tuesday. There are
about 20 divorce cases to be heard. Multf
noman County contributes several. Dolly
Deane sues Charles Deane for divorce,
alleging that at Walla Walla he had
flourished a revolver and told her she,
had ruined his life. This and other indig
nities caused her to leave the defendant.
Mary B. Hayes asks a divorce from A.
P. Hayes, alleging Inhuman treatment as
grounds. She alleges that her husband
told her she was "no good," because she
could not keep up with him while out on
their wheels, last Summer She also
says that he called her vile names, much
to her humiliation.
Cora E. Tucker asks for separation from
G. B. Tucker on the ground of personal
Indignities. She alleges that when 111
at Seaside he refused to accompany her
to the cottage, and subsequently swore at
her. She states that he also circulated
scandalous reports about her, and other
wise made the married state unbearable.
v The week will be consumed In hearing
divorce cases and motions, in equity.
IN JAIL FOB, TAKING OVERCOATS,
One Man Also Charged With Embez
zling Money.
INDEPENDENCE, Or., Nov, 26. George
Elliott and Robert Manning, two young
men, charged with taking other people's
overcoats, are. in jail awaiting a hearing
in the matter. Elliott is also charged
with appropriating money belonging to
the Portland Art Company, for which
concern he was acting as agent, and oc
casionally made collections.
The Republicans of Independence are
called to meet on Saturday evening at
the City Hall, for the purpose of making
nominations for city offices to be voted
for at the coming city election.
The rver rose over two feet last night
as the result of yesterday's rains.
F. A. Doty today shipped a carload of
prunes, In boxes, to New York.
ANOTHER IRRIGATION DITCH.
Preparations; Complete fqr Import
ant Enterprise in YaUlma Valley.
NORTH YAKIMA, Nov. 26. The last of
the obstacles in the way of the construc
tion of the Selah & Moxee capal, which
wu WQter over gooo acres of land' within
10 miles of North Yakima was removed
yesterday, when, the company succeeded
In purchasing 600 acres of school land be
low the proposed ditch. The price paid
was SlO per acre The land was needed by
the company In order to make the enter
prise yield a profit. It Is practically val
ueless now, being unproductive, but wheq
put under water It ytlli be woryi three
times the price paid. By tbe first of the
month the surveys wlfl be flnlsbed, anq
wltblu three weeks the contracts for C9u-
Etruction may be let- The intention Is to
have the ditch ready for use at the open
ing of next season, and Mr. Rankin, the
originator of tbe enterprise, thinks that
can" b- done if the weather of the next
twer months is "not too severe.
The merchants" of this city have guar
anteed tbe sale of $21,000 worth of the
land under the canal tj?at Is, have agreed
to take It themselves If it Is not sold
within 30 days after the completion of
the ditch. Indications are, however, thai
the company will have sold every foot
of Its land before the work Is. finished.
H. Waypnburg, whq is in Iowa, in the In
terests of th.fi compapy, writes ths, morn
ing that be wtfl start before the first of
the nonth with a panv of at least 40 Hol
landers, who -wih purchase land under lbs
f ditch if they Uud conditions as. represen-
eo.
' NORMAN O. PARRISH pEAD.
Son ox the Late Father Parrish and,
, Himself a Pioneer.
SALEM. Or.. Nov." 26. Norman O. Par
rish, a son of the late Father J. L. Par
rish, apd, pne of two remaining passen
gers who came to Oregon on the ship
Lausanne In 1S40, died at his home m this
city today. Deceased was born In "Roch
ester, N. T., 64 years ago, and came to
Oregon with his parents when 4 years
of age. He was educated in the mission
school and at the om uregon uumuw,
For many years he was an active business
man in this city but for the last 10 years
ill health has prevented his engaging In
active work. He leaves a. "wife, Hen
rietta Parmenter Parrish, to whom he was
married 38 years ago, and three daugh
ters," "HalUe Parrish Hinges, and Nina
Parrish, of Salem, and Mlsa Bun Parrish,
of Portland. He was a brother of Attor
ney Charles Parrish, of Canyon City. He
was a member of the Methodist Church
and 'pf the 'Workmen lodge.. The funeral,
will be conducted Wednesday afternoon
from the late residence.
r Mrs. Elisabeth Stokes.
Mrs- Elizabeth Stokes, whose death took
place in Ganeroah, Novpmber 21, was the
third daughter of the late J. P. apd Re
becca Blanchard. well-kqqwn pioneer res
idents of Clackamas County. JShe was
born in Canemah, August 2, 1S57, and
lived' in that village during thetpore than
43 years that measured her span of life.
Faithful to every duty, she occupied an
honored place in the community, in which
her loss is sincerely mourned. She was
married on the April 15, 1E83. to A F.
Stokes, who, with three children, two sons
and a daughter, survive her. The fu
neral i took place from St. Paul's Episco
pal Church, In Oregon City, of which she
had been a member since her girlhood,
and was very largely attended by friends
who had known her for a lifetime. The
interment was in the Oregon City ceme
tery, Vhere 80 many pioneers of the state
and their sons and daughters sleep.
Died of Heart Disease.
ALBANY, Or., Nov. 26. Henry J. Hop
"kins, senior member of the hardware firm
of Hopkins Bros., died suddenly of heart
disease yesterday afternoon, at bis hqme
in this city. IJe camp rrpm Wisconsin
tq Albany about 10 years ago, since then
takjng a prominent part in the business
affairs of Albany, He bad bepn a mem
ber pf tbe City fSquncll, apd was the first
exalted ruler of the Order of Elks- pf this
city. His death hap caused a shopk to
the entire community. He Jeft one daugh
ter, now Jp California fqr the benpflt of
her health, bis wife, dying about three
years ago. He was abqu,t 60 years of age,
a man, of excellent character, and a leader
in spciety.
Girl Died While Asleep.
VA1JCQUVER, Wash., Nov. 26. The. re
port was brought to this city late last
evening of tbe sudden death Saturday "of
Miss Clara Tyler, at Fourth Plain, six;
miles east of Tiere. Miss ' Tyler pad at
tenders, party given In her honor at her
fathers home, early In the evening,1 and
she' 'nppgared at that time7 in her Usual
health. A girl friend slept In the same
bed.' and was horror-stricken upon awak
ening Sunday morning to find the lifeless
body beside her. Deceased was 17 years
of age. and had been subject to heart
trouble for some time. Her case was
not, however, at any time deemed to bo
serious.
Seattle's Pioneer Chprch-Ballder.
SEATTLE, Nov. 26 David-E. Blaine,
who built the first church In Seattle, died
here today of old a.ge He was born in
New York in 1824, and was sent to Seattle
as a missionary In 1S58 by the Methodist
Episcopal Church. The church was built
the following year.
Mr 4. Walcott, of Independence.
INDEPENDENCE, Or., Nov. 26. Mrs.
Walcott, mother of A. J. Walcott, ded
at the family residence Saturday, and
the bpdy was. btjrlejd yesterday In Odd
Fellows' cemetery. Deceased was about
75 years of age.
CREAMERY FOR JUNCTION CITY.
Machinery Has. Arrived and Js Being
Installed.
JUNCTION CITY, Or., Nov, 26. Tb
Wettherly Creamery Company, of Port
land, will establish a creamery here. Tbe
machinery has arrived and is being set
up in the Gilbert block, which building
the company has leased for five years.
The plant will be In operation inside of
10 days The price paid to those who fur
nish tbe cream Is 22 cents for each
pound ot butter made. Creamery butter
is selling here for 50 cents per roll; coun
try butter, 40 cents.
The weather here the past two days
has been warm, with occasional showers.
NEGRO ASSAUITKD JLITTXE GIRLS.
Then Kept Them Prisoners Three
Days Arrested and n Jail.
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., Nov. 26.
Jerry Stancllff, a negro, was arrested
and lodged in Jail this evening, charged
with criminally assaulting two little, stria,
aged 12 and 15. He enticed them to his
room with candy and then oprnmltted the
crime, after which be kept them prisoners
In bta room fo'r three days, The absence
of 'tbe children from home alarmed the
mother, who notified the authorities, and
tbe police located them. Indignation runs,
high but no fears of -violence are enter
tained. TOP OF HEAD TORN OFF.
Fate of Man Who Fell From Train
at Roacbnrsr,
ROSEBURG. Or.. Nov. 26.-rAn unknown
map, roughly dressed, was found dead
early this morning by Engineer Anderson.
The body -was lying beside the track in
the north end of the yard here. The man
had evidently fallen from some north
bound train, probably the 2 AM. freight.
His head struck on the end of a tie and
the top was literally torn off. The body
was Identified as that of John Harrison!
a laborer from Baker City, about 2$
years of age.
Walked In Front Approacntnff Train.
GRANT'S PASS. Or., Nov. 36. Frank
Duff, a countF charge of Josephine Coun
ty, living at Gallce Creek, was In this
city, and while; returning -home yesterday
afternoon, walking on the railroad track
abtiut three-quarters of a mile east of
Grant's Pass, was struck and killed by an
extra freight train. Sevf ral persons saw
the accident, and all say that the de
ceased had sufficient warning. Mr:' Duff
was addicted to drink, and has been heard
to say that he would commit suicide som
time, and it is the opinion of all who
saw e accident that it was a. case of
suicide. The deceased was 63 years of
age, and has no relatives known to any
one, in thl3 locality. The remains were
brought to this city and turned over to
; the county for DurlaL
MAPS OF- MINERAL BELT
GOVERNMENT GEOLOGICAL SURVET
IN EASTERN OREGON.
"Will Be of Great, Service to Mining;
Men Baiter District Done, Now
Snmpter District.
BAKER CITY, Nov, 26.-duch workbas
been done In the Eastern Oregon mineral
belt during the Dast season by the United
States Geological Survey. Waldemar
Llndgren, geologist, bas visited the di,f-
zergnc mining aistncts ana jgainereu.
much information concerning the forma
tion, nature of ores and other matters of
interest to miners. Level men and to
pographers have been at work during the
season securing elevations and gathering
data for an depurate map of what Is
classe4 by them as the Sumpter djstri$t.
Last year the same party was engaged
in mapping the Baker district, and soon
the map of the Bakei4 section will be is
sued. These maps are very valuable, as
tltey are drawn from carefully collected
information. The Geological Survey will
issue them to any person making applica
tion, and paying the nominal cost of en
srravjng. which will prpbable be less than
1Q cents each. The Baker district extends
over an area between 2Q and SO miles In
dimension, embracing Baker City and sev
eral of the important rnlnlng districts ad
jacent. The -Sumpter district, upon which
the force nas beep engaged this year,
covers territory of about the same extent
around Sumpter The map of tbls will
not be Issued much. if any. under a year
from the time the data now belpg com
piled Is submitted to the general office
at Washington.
The Geological Survey directs Its atten
tion to the mineral region of a country
flrs. Great care is used to bo exact In
a!i that is done. Travlsmen pass along
all tbe roads of the district being mapped,
noting exactly and mlnutejy their course
and all objects within a radius of a half
mile or more on either side. Elevatloni,
or depressions are erytered Jn this topo
grapblcal examination. The level men
cover the same .ground, noting exactly the
-altitude of tbe country every 100 feet.
The reap Is laid off with 10P feet cqptour
lines, so that any section of the district
may ie readily calculated. The topog-rapherat-ascertaln
the altitude Qf tbe high
er peaks and mountain ranges. All of
this Information is recorded on the map
of Xh district. A miner in possession of
such a map can readily determine wheth
er it Js possl ila to condudt water from a
stream several miles from bis claim,
without having to make a survey,
H. F. FJetcher has been Jn charge of
tbe topographical party at wprc in the
Sumpter district this year. John Rock-
hod we s assistant topographer. H. B.
Boycc, W.. Gedine. G, R. Dine. C. L.
Nelson and T Hunfer -were the other
members of the party, All of these men
have retprned to Baker pity, and work
will be discontinued pntil next Spring,
wben it wjlj probably be taken up In oije
of tbe other mineral districts.
Qnptationsj of Mining Stocks,
pljosring were the quotations at .-the Oregon
fining Stock Exchange jesterday:
.Bid
jiaams mountain ...... ........... 4v
Asioj-ia ac AieiDQurne 24
Buffalo a
Copppropplls .. , 6
unampion ,..,,.... si
Gold Hill & Bohemia. 0
Goldstono Consolidated 2
Hurqnjan Vt
Isabena
Lost Horse
Oregon-Colo. IT. M. & D. Co.... 5
Oreson Ex. & Dev, Co.........
Htversjcle ,..., 4
Umpqua .t 2
SPOKANE, Nov. 38. The eldsl&g quotations
for mining- stocks today were:
Bid AeV-1 - Bid. Ask
I RlanVtnll III'. W I
Morrison .,
24 3T4
4 m.x. A' TlnJ lii'
Noble Five 4
Crystal '?....
B. ,T. -Con.,.. 2J4
Evening Star, 3
Dora Ledjfe... VA
OOIden Ifarv. H
Prln 'Mud.... m ?
IP. M. Tunnel. ... 17
Qullp .-.IB , ...
Rarnb. Car....28 25
J. JC T...-.....1H
Iron Mask
Jim Blaine... 4
L. P, Surp.... 8K
Mtn. Lion .... -..
fclorp, Glory.. 6
Ross. Giant..,
;suiiivan ..v.,.ia;
rom TnumD...u
Waterloo 2'
Winnipeg
evilConJectuTe,
:::
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 2ff Offlclat closing
quotations for mining stocks
Alta
Alpha Con .....
Andes ,
Belcher ,...,..
Bestv& Belcher.
.SO 01
Kentuck Con $0 02
. 2
5
Mexican
2a
5
83
20
18
14
3
3 is
Occidental Con
Ophlr
Overman
. 17
. 21
Bullion
S
IPotosl
Caledonia? , 44!
Savage
challenze con ... zu
seg Beicner ..
Chollat .,.-. 01
Confidence 60
Con Cal & Va. 1 40
Crown "Point .... 13
Gould & Curry... 1 06
Hale & Norcross.. 24;
Justice 4
Sierra Nevada
Silver Hill ...
Standard
0nl6n Con ....
ui&o UDn
Yellow Jacket
NEW YORK. Nov. 26. Mining; stocks today
closed as follows:
Brunswick SO 10
Chollar 8
Crown Point .... 0
Con. Cal & Va... 1 25
Ontario $6 00
Ophlr , 80
Plymouth ........ 10
Quicksilver 1 25
do pref 7 00
Sierra Nevada ... .15
Deodwood 58
Gould (St Curry... 05
Hale & Norcross. 22
TTnmest9.kft 65 00
Standard ......... 2 00
Union Con 12
Iron Silver 70 Tellow Jacket
20
Mexican ......... &?
BOSTON, Nov. 26 Closing quotations:
Adenture . .,. 6 OOlHumboldt $ 25 00
Allouez M Co.. 3 OOlOsceOlaf ..... .. 75 00
Amal. Copper... 97 OOPanrott .,..,.. BO 00
Atlantic 27 OOQulncy ,,. 163 00
Boston' & Mont. 338 OOlSanta Fe- Cop,.. 7 50
Butte & Boston 04 SOIT&marack 290 00
Cal. & Hecla.. .840 00 Utah Mining ... ?4 50
Centennial 17 87 Winona ,f 3 75
Franklin 15 0OVYQlvernes 45 50
Ex dvtdend.
8AXEM REPUBLICANS NOMINATE.
Put Tiqket In Field for pity Election
A Mysterious Case
SALEM, Nov. 26.-The Republican City
Convention tonight nominated the follow
ing ticket:
Mayor W. H. Odell,
Iecorde.r A. O. Condlt.
Marshal John Kaiser,
Treasurer J. W. Rlekford.
Councilmen: First Ward-A. T. Moffitj
Second Ward, Perry R. Plmond; Third.
Ward, John Krausse and Thomas Slmsj
?ourtb Ward. Ira. Allen.
Chief of Police Gibson says that the
shooting of Jse Jerome last Friday
night and the subsequent happenings
form the most peculiar and mysterious
case that has ever come to his attention.
The mother and daughter stick to the
story in today's Oregonlan, and have been
confirmed in all essentials by Leo
Mitchell, wbQ says be fired the shot
which wounded the girL Still the chief
does not believe the stpry. The women
refused until today to tell who fired the
shot or where the accident took place.
They now say that the shooting took;
place at the old Scotch mill on North
Front street, where Mitchell was acting
as night watchman. The Incredible part
of the story Is that tho girl was shpi
from the open, door while sitting on the
steps, and without making her In
jury known walked home, a distance of
over half a mile, with a bullet hole clear
through her chest.
Near neighbors of the family report
hearing shots in the vicinity on Friday
nlgnt Landlord Gonnor, of the Willam
ette Hotel, here Mrs. Wolcrop works as
a chambermaid, reports, to Cblef Gibson
that the woman has stolen many"artlclef
from his rooms. He has retained her In
his service, however, because she has
htvn a. erood worker.
The Injured girl Is today in a fair way
to recover, bpt should the wound prove
fatal n Interesting criminal case majr
result.
The State Board of Education tpday
rendered a'declslon in which It flnds U. S.
McHargue, a teacher, guilty of unprofes
sional. Improper and Immoral condup$.
The defendant, McHargue, has been, em
ployed for the last three years as teacher
In district No. 23, Reedvtlle, Washington
County. A number of patrons of the
1 scobl brought charges against him re-
Asked.
9
A 20
3
4 a
I a
003 1
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Mi 12i?
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cently on. the ground of Immoral conduct,
and the $tat Board qf Education re
ferred the matter to a, referee to take, tho
testimony. McHargue was represented by
Thomas H. Tqugps; In the trial, but he
seems to haye fallen out with his attor
ney, and the referee as well, for when
the case came on for bearing before tho
state board, be appeared to plead bis
own, case, and brought his witnesses In
stead qf bringing the testimony taken be
fore the referee. The board rpfused to
bear the witnesses, and after taking hh
case under advisement rendered a de
cision in which the .following findings are
made:
"That the defendant during the term of
bis -employment as teacher of said dis
trict, during school hours, habitually
made h)mserf obnoxious to the girl pupils
of 8 to 16 years pf. age by frequently
kissing them against their wish and much
to their disgust and annoyance, and by
reason of such acts many of his said
girl pupils refused and stltf refuse to
attend said school, to the material in
jury of themselves and to the detriment
of said school district and the patrons
thereof."
It lb also found that the defendant used
abusive and Improper language toward
patrons of his school while attending a
school meeting, and that he voted at the
meeting when haying no right to do so.
While the Endings are against Mc
Hargue. the bpard made no order re
voking his certificate, for the reason that
it bad already expired by HmUatlQn
Governor Geer today Issued a requisition
Upon the Governor of California for the
rendition of G. Schwartzrock, who' "is
wanted in Portland to answer to the
charge of embezzling nine $20 gold pieces
entrusted to hlfa by A E. Bottles for safe
keeplngT The defendant is under arrest
in San FranclscoT
NEWS dl CLACKAMAS COUNTY.
Thlrtx-three Divorce Case at the
Term Just Ended.
QREGON CITY, NoV. 26. Judge Thomas
A. McBride b disposed of fHe criminal,
33 divorce and 3? civil cases at the No
vember term of Circuit Court, Just ad
journed. He has called ap adjourned ses
sion tor a eoruary ,u, iwi. " wumyicvc m
unfinished business before the court, and
has gone to HillsborQ.
J. C. Zlnser, Coupty School Superin
tendent, In company with T, J. Garey,
while returning from the Wllsonvllle
Teachers' Institute after night, ran across
a rough piece of road near Willamette
Falls, which caused their conveyance to
turn over, breaking It up badly and leav
ing them In the darkness to make three
mjles on foot to Oregon City.
Sheriff J. J. Cooke has submitted to the
County Commissioners a statement of 1893
taxes, showing the amount charged to
himself, including Sheriff's assessments,
to aggregate the sum of $148,077 65. He
had collected $133,414 3S before date of
sale, and received cash ou sales J1S32 28.
The amount bid In by the county is
$4770 97, which, together with $3S8 19 un
collected In personal property, and $1670 34
in errors and double assessments, makes
full account of tho $145,077 16. The state
ment further shows $826 06 costs collect
ed, $7 62 premium, and $9007 75 on back
taxes.
HE.AD-END COLLISION.
Careless Engineer and a Fireman
Were Injured in Accident.
ASHLAND, Or., Nov. 26. The north
bound Oregon express passenger train
No. 16 was five hours late in reaching1
here this evening, the delay being eaused
by a head-end collision between it and a
light engine one-half mile north of Duns
muir at the Bnowsbed at Upper Soda
Springs. Tho light engine, No. 16S3, under
charge of Engineer Al Schadt, had assist
ed a northbound train to Back Butte
Summit and was returning to Dunsmuir,
but seemingly paid no attention to the
passenger train which had left Dunsmuir
on time. At the snowsbed, where there
,!s a sharp curve, with high cliffs on
either side, It. cr.ae)ied into, the passenger
train. Both engine? were badly Injured.
None of the coaches on the passenger1
train were derailed. Engineer Al Schadt
received severe Injuries about bis bead
and'sfiuulders, and Fireman Frank Green,
of the forward passenger engine, got his
right; foot badly cryshed. Both men. who
a're well Ttnown here, were taken to Duns
muir for surgical treatment. A wrecking
crew, was promptly dispatched to the
sceqe of the accident.
CHINAMAN'S NECK SAVED.
WaTT Convicted of Mnrder on Fanlry
Translation of a Notice.
BOISE, Idaho, Nov. 26. The. Board of
Pardons today commuted the sentence of
See Wee, a Chinese who was to have,
been hanged December If He was con
victed of kiting a fellow-Chlne$e at Hal
ley In May, 1S99. An Interesting feature
of the case Is that Wee gave the Sheriff
a notice to post In the Chinese quarter,
It was In the nature of a statement of the
case. A translation was introduced at the
trial, which represented Wee as admit
ting the deed. His attorney hag since had
a translation made by the Chinese Lega
tion at Washington, which is radically
different on that point. The incorrect
translation was largely responsible for
Wee's conviction, and the correct one has.
saved him from the gallows.
Football Men Practicing.
EUGENE, Or., Nov. 26. Football Man
ager Luke L. Goodrich has soheduled a
game between the University of Oregon
and the University of Washington for
next Saturday. The contest will be hehj
on the University of Oregon campus, and
promises to be tho best game ot the sea
spn. The University of Washington has
a heavy team, that? ha? been coached by
J, S. Dodre. of the University of Indiana,
Thp team has won from everything on
Puget Sbund, and has met but one defeat
that received at the hands of the staL
wart eleven from the University of Idaho.
The Oregon-Washlngtpn game will be a
spiepdtd exhibition, and a great deal of
interest Is. already being taken In it.
The 'varsity men are now going through
light practice, and will be in good form
for the big Multnomah game. Tney win
leave Eygene Wednesday afternoon, and
return on Friday. A large crowd of
students will accompany the team.
Heppner Stockman Shot.
HEPPNER, Or., Npv. 26 A report has.
reached here that James T. Leihy was.
GOOD
Walts on appetite. Lack of appetite usu
illy indicates weak digestion. Hostetteff
Stomach Bitters, taken before meals, vrtl
preate a healthy desire for food, by
pleansng the dogged bwe)s and sthnu
tating the secretions of tbe stomach. If
tlso purifies tht blood, strengthens and
tnvigorate the liver and" kidneys. It is
undoubtedly the most efficient medietas,
la the world for stomach troubles. A
private revenue stamp, cover the neck of
the bottle.
Hosmws
STOMACH
Acccpt'No Substitute.
TheFoptainofYowtu
"I feel like a boy again V exclaimed Geo,
W. Attridge, a man 97 years old. after a
three weeks1 course of THJFFY'8 PURE
MALT WHISKEY. And ha
looked It too. The ruddy fltuli
of health was in his cheeks, the
youthful fire and brightness
bad returned to bk eyes, and
in his walk there was all ths
light-hearted buoyancy, and
vigor of his earlr manhood. A.
miracle? No: that is just what
DUPPY'8 PURE MALT
WHISKEY is doing every day
for the feeble and ailing who
use it as a tonic and aUniahmt.
11 cures like magic.
Abrara E. Elmer, of Utica, is 119 years
old, and has taken no medicine except
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey for twentyfiv
years.
It s the only TOdskey taxed by the Gov
ernment as a medicine. This is a guarantee.
All druggists and grocers, or direct.
Refuse substitutes. Send for free medical
booklet.
DUFFY MALT TTHI9ZEY CO., Bochester, K.T.
' I
shot a week ago in the mountain region
south of Heppner while running off a
band of cattle. Leahy has been engaged
In raising horses, near Heppner for sev
eral years, but left here tour montbs ago.
His divorced wife lives In Portland.
Iievris County Superior Conrt.
CHBHALIS. Wash, NoV. 26. The No
vember term of the Superior Court began
today. Attorneys have been engaged all
day trying to get a Jury to try Napoleon
Barnler, charged with assault with a
deadly weapon with intent to kill. Jurors
who read the newspapers are not In favor
with the attorneys, apd there have been
numerous challenges on account of opin
ions which may have been termed in that
way.
Cases against the saloon-keepers of Che
halls and Centralia for violating the Sun
day closing law will be brought up for
trial soon as the Bernier case Is dis
posed of.
Catarrh has become such a common
disease that a person entirely free from
this disgusting complaint is seldom met
with. It is customary to speak; of Catarrh
as nothing more senous than a bad cold,
a simple inflammation of the nose ana
throat It is, in fact, o complicated and
very dangerous disease; if not-at first, i
very soon, becomes so.
The blood is quickly contaminated by
the foul secretions, and the poison
through the general circulation is carried
to all parts of the system.
calves, washes and sprays are unsatis
factory and disappointing, because they
do not reach the seat of the troSble. S.
S. S. docs. It cleanses the blood of th
poison and eliminates from the system all
catarrhal secretions, and thus cures thor
oughly and permanently the worst cases,
Mr. P. nMcAlli$ter, of Harrodsburg. Ky
writes: "Having been a terrible sufferer froaj
Catarrn, ana being now
sound and well, the ques
tion often put to e is,
"What cured you? In an
swer I leel it xay amy io
state that Swlffs Specific
Is the medicine. I am
such a true believer In the
efficacy of Swift's Specific
that lean honestly and
conscientiously re com -
meua u to any one suuer
Ing from Catarrh. Have
recommended It to many,
nnd am hansv tl sav that
lin wtinm I haTe indue-'
ed to vsi it can bear xncout in the statement that
It will cure any case of Catarrh if tafcta accord,
lag to directions,.'
is the pnly purely veg
etable blood purifier
known.and the greatest
of all blood medicines
and tonics.
If yon have Catarrh don't wait until it
becomes deep-seated and chronic, but be
gin at once the use of S. S. S , ond send
for our hook on blood and skip, diseases
and write our physicians about your case.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATf-AHT. Cfl.
You Sleep
In Fifteen Bays'
MCnn.taWntitfnlYC Rtrietnrol!k8 saoir bO-
ns&th tbs inn. rednees Xularrod Praiutto and
ttrearloens tn Ssatlnol oneu, sioppinuin ana
Mo (jmjn to ruin the ifomacn. tut a direct local
and potlMrt application totfia entire urethral traew
Gran-Soiyent In not a liquid. It is prepared m
KfflUilnni
in Mitecn uai.
tho form of Cr&joni or PmelU. unooia and noajb a.
tho rorm or ur&joni or rtneiu. usooia ana no;
and to n otto-it as to past tha olstasiglrleture.
Every Man Should Krlow Hfmsejf,
The at. James Awn-Box W-ClaclanaU, 0ras
prepared at srsat oipossc an cxhjiUt- pMnpi
Its mmlntttd Treaflie npon tho aiafo LULL It
rsttfcirtiteh tupy -will ona. tu war f flfr il
St .Tames As'n. 244 Etna St. Cincinnati, Oh-o,
No Cure
No Pay
THIS MODERN APPLIANCE X posltls
way to perfect manhood. Ths VACULJ1
TREATMENT CUjtES you trltaout medlelns oj
all nervous or diseases cr the fnerstlTt or
cans, auoii as lost manhood, exhaustive drains.
varrcoce!e, Jmpotency. etc Attn are quickly r
s tort a io percept neaun ana strennn. . i
for circulars. Correspondence confidential.
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af Deposit building gcattlt. -Wash-
21e fiui non-DolsonoKl
remed; for Qonorrhcea,
Gloat. Spermatorrhoea,
Whites, unnatural dls;
chareti. or aar lnaamma
irrVrrat ewUa. tion ot stnepue mtnf
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iWNas,AP,o.r""l Scld by Pracsists,
or sent in Piin wrapper,
hy exprtM. w!d, tot
iljro, qr 3 bottles, J.,
areolar seat on ra?
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