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4 THE MOESIKG OREGOSIAU, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1900. FEE SYSTEM IS BAD Need of Improvement in.Office of Circuit Court. THERE NOW IS AN ANNUAL DEFICIT Snggrestion n.s to the Beat Method of Framing- a Netr Dill A Diffi cult Problem. The fees collected in the State Circuit Court lor the year ending June 30. 1900, amounted to $11,915, and the salary list of the Clerk and his deputies for the same period was 512,560, and blanks cost 5132. making a total deficit of $1077. The total expenses of the court otherwise for the j ear aggregated $22,096. This latter Included the cost of the trial Jury, $9S30; salaries of bailiffs and criers, $6iS0; grand Jury. $1533. witnesses, etc. The total de ficit, if all these latter were included, would be $25.1(3, and besides there is the salaries of the four Judges paid by the state, amounting to $12,000, and the sala ries of the District Attorney and his dep uties, $7500, are also now paid by the state. On this showing it cannot well be con tended that the fees charged litigants are excessive. On the expense side allow ance, of course, must be made for crimi nal business, which cost probably about $10,000 per jear. exclusive of the District Attorney's office. The fault with the fee system In this office, as with other departments of the county government, is that fees are not exacted to correspond with the volume of work performed, and for years past in the equity dopartment of the court a great deal of work has been done for nothing. The Portland Savings Bank receivership case is a good example with which to il lustrate this fact. Under a proper sched ule of fees, the bank would have paid Into court at least $1000 in fees, but under the existing statute it has not been re quired to pay a cent during the last five jears. Scarcely a day passes but what some sort of a petition is filed by the re ceiver for Judge Cleland to pass upon, and some days three or four of them. The court has heard and determined all man ner of legal disputes, some of them occu pying several days time, examined dozens of long financial statements, and all this has been done without any costs attach ing. Besides all this, the clerks have written a book full of entries. The Northwest Loan & Trust Company receiv ership went through court in the same manner, and also other assignment and receivers' cases too numerous to men iton, where a vast amount of work was done in each instance for $10. which is the only fee charged in this class of cases under the present blanket fee bill. For a demurrer $3 has to be paid, and $3 ior an answer, and in this way a little extra money was realized by the county. In large mortgage suits and various other equity cases which are stubbornly con tested, the fees do not cover the amount of labor involved. There Is likewise an Inequality between the fees exacted and work done In different classes of cases. For example, the fee in one of the big receiverships mentioned, or In a $500,000 mortgage foreclosure suit, is $10 and $4 Sheriff's fee, and in a divorce suit the plaintiff must pay $5 for filing the com plaint, $10 District Attorney's fee (which goes to the county under the new law), $4 Sheriffs fee and $5 official reporter's fee, making a total of $24, and the case is sometimes tried out in an hour. The reporter's fee is also imperative because the court has ruled that the evidence must be included as a part of the Judg-. ment roll when the divorce is granted. In other cases a reporter may b$ engaged or not, as the litigant desires. Then, again, a suit may be filed where the filing fee is $10. which is the law if the amount Involved is over $300, and a Judgment may be obtained by default without any trial. This plaintiff, there fore, pays as much as a litigant in the equity department, the trial of whose suit may consume several days or a week. In the law department. In Jury trials, a trial fee of $12 is charged, which may be evaded by a plaintiff who is poor by his making an affidavit that he is unable to pay the fees. This is commonly known as the pauper's oath, and Is not Infre quently resorted to. DilHcult Undertaking. The framing of a fee bill "which will provfc satisfactory to attorneys and liti gants and also produce sufficient revenue so as to keep court expenses down to a minimum is a matter somewhat difficult of solution. Such a statute should be an equitable one, and withal susceptible of ready enforcement. One problem to be met with is that attorneys object to having to pay a small fee every time a paper Is filed, or for every step taken in a case, on account of the inconvenience, and this trouble was formerly obviated under the old fee law by requiring the attorney to make" a deposit of $5 or $10, and other deposits as the money was used up. Dan J. Moore, who served as Clerk of the State Circuit Court for three terms, makes the following suggestions: Mr. Moore SuKKCStion. "X would recommend that a fee bill be passed by the Legislature, providing that a party to a suit or action pay for each eervice performed in such suit or action, that is, the old fee system that was in force prior to July, 1SS4, should be rein stated, and by enacting a clause In the bill that the fees Incurred by the plain tiff and defendant or defendants, as the case may be, be kept separate, and that the plaintiff upon filing his or her com plaint deposit with the clerk $10 for his or her fees in the case, and if, at any time, such amount is used up, then the Clerk or officer have authority to demand a further deposit of, say, $5, and so on,, vntil the case is finally disposed of. The defendant or defendants, if they appear Jointly and make one defense, should also be compelled to pay a certain amount on account, say $3, with authority to the Clerk or officer to demand a further de posit of $3, If. ar any time, the original deposit is used up. If the defendants ap pear separately and make separate de fenses, they should pay their fees sep arately and make a separate deposit of $5. These fees and deposits should be turned over to the County Treasurer by the Clerk or officer and a receipt taken therefor. If, upon the final determination of the case, there should be found any amount of the deposits advanced by either plain tiff or defendant not earned by the Clerk or officer, he should give a certificate or draw a warrant on the County Treasurer for such amount. Of course, this would require the Clerk or officer to be very careful, but. if the fee registers were got ten up In proper shape and ruled proper ly I think with care there would be no trouble In this regard. It should also be understood that the Judgment v roll should be paid for by the parties Jointly in the first Instance, and of course the prevailing party would be entitled to re cover his proportion back. "I think the present trial fee of $12 per day for each day's trial by a Jury Is too much, and that a straight fee of $12 for a Jury trial Is sufilclent, and that It should not be attempted, as some people think, to charge the entire cost of the Jury, as I think the county has a certain duty to perform and Is interested In all cases in seeing Justice done to all litigants and should share its proportion of the costs of the Jury. If a large fee is charged, as is the case at the present time, no one but the rich people, that is, those who can afford to pay $12 a day. can afford to go into litigation, and I certainly think that this is one reason why court business has been so light in the last few months. There should also be charged a $6 trial Tee In all cases tried "before the court, and $. S3 trial fee In all cases that go to judg ment by default, and the Clerk should be authorized to collect such fee In ad vance. These fees would -nearly all be paid, and the pauper act would not be taken advantage of, as Is now dpne In a great many cases of Jury trials. This sys tem and the fees mentioned are the same that were in force prior to the passage of the act of 1894.". A bill providing (that i. if it would be constitutional) for the plaintiff or moving party, at the time of the filing of any action, including appeals from the Jus tice or County Courts, to designate whether he wishes 'a jury trial or not, and if he does, he must pay the trial fee at that time, and if he does not pay such fee. then he waives the right of a trial by jury- Xt, at the time of filing his answer, the defendant or defendants find that the plaintiff waived his right of a trial "by jury, he may at that time designate his wishes by paying the trial fee. and if the fee is not paid at that time, he also waives his right of a Jury trial, and the case is thereafter tried by the court with out the intervention of a Jury. Former Fee Statute. The former fee statute referred to was as follows: "For- issuing any writ, order or pro cess except a subpena, 40 cents. "For issuing a subpena for one person, 15 cents; and S cents for each additional person named therein. "For filing each paper or pleading, ex cept in cases of claims filed In a County" Court against a county, 10 cents. "For entering any Judgment order or decree in any court. 25 cents. "For each folio after the first in any Judgment, order or decree, 10 cents. "For each folio in any Journal entry, other than a Judgment, order or decree, 10 cents. "For taking an affidavit, including the administration of an oath, 10 cents. "For swearing a witness, S cents. "For taking and approving on under taking or bond In any case, 20 cents. "For making and filing Judgment roll, 15 cents. "For making copies of Journal entries for Judgment roll, 10 cents per folio. "For docketing judgment or decree in judgment docket, 25 cents. "For making copies of any record on file, for each folio, 10 cents. "For official certificate under seal of any court, 20 cents. "For official certificate without Beal, 20 cents. "For Issuing commission to take testi mony, 50. cents. "For taking depositions, for each folio, 10 cents. "For taking costs and disbursements in any case. 25 cents. "For docketing cause In any action or proceeding, 25 cents. "For swearing Jury on trial of any ac tion, etc, 25 cents. "For receiving, reading, filing and re cording verdict in any suit, action or proceeding, 5) cents. "For recording any Judgment, order, bill, etc.. for each folio, 10 cents. "For filing and making a certified copy of a declaration to become a citizen of the United States, 50 cents. "For entering Judgment of admission of an alien to citizenship and making certi fied copy thereof, $L "For making and certifying acknowl edgment to a deed or.other Instrument of writing, 50 cents. "For entering and attesting satisfaction of Judgment, 10 cents. , "For taking each justification to a bond or undertaking, 15 cents. "For making in the several indexes the entries required, for each entry, 5 cents. "For receiving and filing every mandate from the Supreme Court and accompany ing papers. 25 cents. "For entering issuance of attachment' in register, 20 cents. "For furnishing fee bill to any person. 25 cents. "For entering Issuance of execution In execution docket, 10 cents. "For entering returns of execution, and how disposed of, in execution docket, for each folio, 10 cents." The California statute provides a rate of 20 cents per folio in some counties, and 25 cents per folio In others. NO MORE LOG RAFTS. Robert son Is "Waiting to See Whether an Adverse Law Will Be Passed. H. R. Robertson, of the Robertson Raft Company, is at the Portland, having ar rived from San Francisco yesterday morning. His company la not building any log rafts now, as there are grave fears of adverse legislation in Congress this "Winter. "Senator Perkins, of California," he said last evening, "has a bill which pro vides that it shall be unlawful to tow log rafts In American waters, we will be on the anxious-seat until the 4th of next March. "The hostile legislation Is a bad thing for Portland as well as for us, because It permits the circulation of $50,000 we would disburse among the people of the Lower Columbia thia Winter, nearly all of which comes to Portland ultimately. "We have also shut down our camp near Seattle, and aa it takes several months to construct a log raft, it is not prob able that we will eend any rafts Jo Cali fornia during the year 190L Log rafts have to be floated before the storms of Winter set in, aa there is. less danger in towing." Mr. Robertson does not think log rafts are a menace to vessels on the ocean. On this subject he said: "Should a bunch of logs get away from the main raft, they speedily separate and wash ashore No log has ever been known to collide with a vessel at sea; In fact a log cannot be so managed as to strike a vessel in such a way as to damage her. The whole animus of this unfriendly leg islation lies In the opposition to our car rying logs cheaper than they can be shipped on vessels. "We have shipped over 0,000,000 feet of logs by rafts, and not a single serious acci dent has occurred during the process. I would like to see that much timber shipped in any other manner without somebody getting hurt. In fact it could not be done. "Before we began rafting "piles to San Francisco, they were worth 20 to SO cents a running foot in that city, but we soon brought the price down to 11 cents. Ship owners were obliged to charge heavy freight on them, as the piles would form a deck load an.d they were always get ting loose and ramming Into things on deck. The cabins and other structures on the main decks were always in dan ger of being smashed in when the piles were working loose from their lashings in a heavy sea. Old eea captains always dread a deck load of piles, as after the logs have been barked they become slip pery from the sap that exudes, and there has been no contrivance ever Invented to hold them in position. Still San Fran cisco shipowners seem te think we should not be permitted to carry them our way. "I consider the method of towing barges loaded with lumber as much more dan gerous to navigation. As an illustration of this the case of the pld steamer La guna might be cited. Her machinery was taken out an.d- she was loaded with lumber at Tillamook, some months ago, and a tug started to tow her to San Francisco. The Tnaln hawser parted on the way and the Laguna has never been heard of since. If that that been one of our log rafts. It would have paid somebody to go in search of it, as it would have been worth something, but the old Laguna Is not worth bothering with, and she is now piobably a dark hulled derelict on the ocean, with no soul aboard and no light to warn the lookout on board the approaching ves sel." Mr. Robertson's rafts were cigar-shaped end were held together by heavy chains wound around the outer tier of piles. A huge chain ran. htrough the center and to this was attached a. manila hawser of great thickness. The system of "build ing the rafts was patented. For a. Cold in the Head, Laxative Brozab-Quinina Tablets. SPOKANE GATE IS OPEN GREAT NORTHERS GETS KTO TJNIOIC PACIFIC COUXTRT. And Union Pacific Gets to Paget Sound How Traffic Wll Be Af fected by the Chance. The Spokane gate will swing wide open today, when the O. R. & X. and the Great Northern will begin Interchange of business to and from Seattle, ds well as to and from Portland. This will give Seattle another transcontinental line, and will also give it entrance to terri tory that cannot now be reached by any of Its roads. It will give the Union Pa cific system an outlet to Puget Sound without passing through Portland and being compelled to pay the Northern Pa cific arbitrary, which arrangement has the effect of excluding the Union Pacific from Puget Sound business. Incidentally, it lessens the probability of the Northern Pacific" getting down the Columbia on a trackage agreement with the O. R. & N., for the reciprocal trackage rights be tween Portland and Puget Sound that the Northern Pacific offered as part pf such arrangement will now have less value In the eyes of the Union Pacific If the Union Pacific would not enter Into a deal for trackage to Puget Sound over the Northern Pacific when It had no other means of reaching that territory, it is deemed very unlikely that It will desire to make arrangements now that It can reach that country through Spokane. This will tend to shift the basis of ne gotiations for getting the Northern Pa cific 'trains down the Columbia River from "Wallula to Portland. The Spokane gateway was one of the subjects for the consideration of which President Mohler and Traffic Manager Campbell, of the O. R. & N.. last week went East. They met the officials of the Oregon Short Line and the Union Pacific main line In Omaha, at a confer ence last Thursday and Friday. Thence Mr. Mohler went to New York and Mr. Campbell went to St. Paul, where he saw Traffic Manager Clarke, of the Great Northern, and completed the arrange ment. Acting Freight Agent Miller, of the O. R. & N gave out the informa tion yesterday that the contract had been signed and would go Into effect' today. Sawmills on the Great Northern west of Spokane have not been able to com pete heretofore with mills on the North em Pacific because the Great Northern has not had access to the great lumber markets of Utah, Colorado. Kansas and Nebraska. The Northern Pacific reached that territory through Its connection with the Burlington at Billings and through the Garrison-Silver Bow gateway. But the great Northern could not get through Sliver Bow, apparently having nothing to offer the Oregon Short Line in exchange for the opening of that gate, and It could not reach Kansas and Nebraska through St. Paul at rates that would take the business. Therefore, mills in the Puget Sound country on the lino of the Great Northern could not da business on an even footing with mills located on the Northern Pacific. They had to pay an arbitrary to Spokane and .then the through rate from there. The opening of the Spokane gateway will give them re lief. Only the one through common rate will be charged, the railroads dividing It. The Great Northern, going through Spo kane and Huntington, will duplicate the rates of the Northern Pacific Into Colo rado, Kansas and Nebraska. Those rates will be the same as from the Portland mills, in order to compete with the North ern Pacific, which already has the com mon rates In. But from Puget Sound to points In Utah and westward the rate will be hlcher In order to protect the Portland business. Just how much higher is not yet known here. Lumber and shingles eastward and merchandise west ward, will be the chief commodities af fected by the new arrangement. It Is presumed that the open rite at Spokane will apply to passenger ouslness the same as to freight, except that it will not be so convenient a route as that through Portland. It may answer for second-class business and settlers' excur sions, but It Is deemed Improbable that much first-class through travel will go that way. WILL IXVADE O. R.Jt N. TERRITORY Steamer on Snake "Will Work Hand in Hand With Northern Pacific. LBWISTON, Idaho, Nov. 30. The steamer J. M. Hannaford, owned by the Northern Pacific Railroad, has been leased by F. "W. Kettenbach, manager of a local grain company, and will be put In service 'here early next week to ply between Lewlston and Snake River points. Captain Thomas is now In Portland ser curing a crew. The first trip of the steamer will be made Tuesday. Mr. Ket tenbach announces that a traffic arrange ment has been made with the Northern Pacific Railroad, and a warehouse will be built near that company's track on the Snake River water front, where freight will be transferred. The grain warehoused at Asotin and Waha Landing above Lew lston, has been exclusively handled by O. R. & N. boats In the past, but the Hannaford's first cargoes will be secured at those points. This Is Indirectly an In vasion of O. R. & N. territory by the Northern Pacific, and It Is stated that the Hannaford will even haul to Lewlston from the warehouses below Lewlston. It Is estimated that the O. R. & N. has handled annually out of the Asotin and Waha country 500.000 bushels of wheat. Two hundred and fifty thousand bushels now await transportation, and in great part it is already contracted by Mr. Ket tenbach. In speaking of his enterprise, Mr. Kettenbach seemed inclined to dis cuss it only as a local enterprise, but the move is Interpreted as a big inroad In O. R. & N.j territory by the Northern Pa cific. When questioned, Mr. Kettenbach said: "It Is true I have leased the Hannaford. and the first trip will be made next week. Captain Thomas will soon, arrive from Portland with his crew. As""to the enter prise, I can say there seems to be suf ficient traffic above Lewlston to Justify this venture, and I expect to give grain shippers facilities to reach the Puget Sound ports, thereby affording a competi tive market to the section that Is now reached by the O. R. & N. only." The steamer Hannaford was built by the Northern Pacific two years ago for Clearwater traffic, but the enterprise proved unnecessary after the completion of the Clearwater short line, and the boat has been tied up near Lewlston -for a year past under charge of Captain Thomas. MAY BUILD TO VANCOUVER, B. C. Great Northern Branching Out Acrois the Border. VANCOUVER, B. a. Nov. SO. The statement Is published here this afternoon that the successful result of the vote at Victoria, where a bonus was given, for a ferry to connect with the Great North ern Railway, Is but the forerunner of a scheme to bring the Great Northern into Vancouver. It Is said that a proposition will shortly be placed before "he mu nicipal authorities for through connection with the Great Northern Railway and that the line will run Into Vancouver from the south side of the Fraser River. The road Is now built to Liverpool, but It Is not yet known whether a bridge will be constructed opposite New "West minster and the line brought In from that -direction, or whether It will be brought from Ladner, near which will be the end of the railway system and the point of transfer for the ferry to Vic toria. In this case, the line would "be brought lnover Lulu Island and tap the delta of the Fraser River In almost the same way that is now adopted by the New Vancouver & Lulu Island Railway. The story "eras In circulation today and Is alleged to have been received on good authority. . (The scheme of the Great Northern to get into Victoria Is to cross by train ferry from Liverpool, or the mouth of the Fraser, to Sidney, on Vanvouver Island. The ferry trip would be about 60 miles. From Sidney entrance' to Victoria would be obtained over a local road about' 25 miles long.) EPWORTH LEAGUE RATE. Northern Lines Propose to Have the Same Privilege. CHICAGO, Nov. SO. After wrestling all day today with the proposition to gram a $30 round-trip rate from Chicago to San Francisco to the Epworth League Con vention, next Summer, the Transconti nental Association finally referred the matter to a committee, consisting of J. Fra-.cis. of the Burlington; J. Sebastian, of the Rock Island, and E. L. Lomax, of the Union Pacific The committee will report tomorrow. While there Is no doubt that the round-trip rate to Chicago will be made' to all persons going to San Fran cisco and returning here by the same route, passenger officials arc not able to agree as to the rates to' be made for per sons wishing- to go 'to the Pacific Coast by one route and return via another. The roads which run to North Pacific Coast points are ndt members of the Transcontinental Passenger Association, but they were represented at today's meeting, and demanded the privilege of making a round-trip rate of $50 between Chicago and Portland and Seattle, with the further privilege of quoting an arbi trary rate of $13 50 by the Shasta route to San Francisco. Jt Is likely that the de mands of the Great Northern and North ern Pacific will be granted by the asso ciation, because they have intimated that they will make the rates mentioned If other roads make a rate of $50 to San Francisco and return on account of the Epworth League convention. Central Pacific Stockholders Salt. SAN FRANCISCO Nov. SO. The Chron icle says: W. Morshead, a barrister and capi talist of London, who has been con spicuously Identified with Central Pacific financial affairs for many years as a lead er and organizer of one faction of the English shareholders, has come to San Francisco to prosecute the suit which he and other English shareholders of the Central Pacific brought against the South ern Pacific Company 'and some of the controlling spirits in the Kentucky cor poration some months ago. The suit is pending In the United States Circuit Court in this city, and Morshead an nounces his Intention to press it to a conclusion in spite of the fapt that the recent Central Pacific readjustment had had the effect of minimizing the Issues In the case and caused some of the Eng lish shareholders to lose Interest In the litigation." Railroad Telephone System. ST. PAUL, Nov. 30. The Northern Pa cific Railroad has decided to substitute the telephone for the present telegraph system of the road, and will build and equip long-distance and divisional tele phone lines to take the place of the tele graph wherever It Is deemed practicable. The officials of the road believe that most of the telegraphing that Is now done In connection with the business of the traffic department can be as well. If not better, performed by telephone. The plan Is to place each station on a division In direct communication with the division head quarters, and the various division head quarters are to be connected with the gen eral offices by long-distance lines. Railroad Conventions. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 30. A hundred dele gates were present today at the 33d annual convention of the Conduc tors' Insurance Association of the United States and Canada. Tomorrow morning the delegates to the 26th annual convention of the Railway Passenger and Freight Conductors Mutual Aid. and Benefit Association, from Chicago, will join the delegates here, and nil will leave for a trip through the South. Neir Salt Lake Road. LOS ANGELES, CaL, Nov. 30. At a meeting of the officials of the Los Angeles & Salt Lake road today It was decided to award a contract for 80QO tons of steel rails at $26 a ton to the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company. It was also decided to change the name of the road to the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Rail way. Major J. W. F. Diss was appointed right-of-way agent for the company. SAST SIDE AFFAIRS. Talk of Improving Union Avenue Other Matters. There is some agitation for the Im provement of Union avenue north from the present end of the improvement at Highland through to Woodlawn. This is not a new movement, but one that has come up now and then for the past five years, but has been defeated for the reason it was decided to extend Union avenue through to the north limits of the clty and through the grounds of Lewis Love, but the cost of getting through the Love property was too great, and tiie Improvement was stopped at High land. No Improved street extends beyond Highland, but there Is great need of one or more, and, as Union avenue Is cen tral, touching all the additions and ac cessible from all sides. It Is the best street to be Improved. There has been a considerable growth bey.ond Highland, at Piedmont, Woodlawn, Cloverdale and the surroundings. A large number of dwell ings have been put up in that district this year so far, others are now being built, and hence the need of an Improved street for that part of the city Is very great. After leaving Highland there are trails and mud roads, good enough inn the Summer, but very bad all through the Winter. The matter has not yet taken definite shape, but there Is much talk, and It is thought there will be little opposition to the Improvement when the preliminary steps are taken in hand. Crippled Boy Remembered. Eddy Jasmin, the little crippled boy who Is attending the Williams-Avenue school, was remembered by the other pupils of his room with three baskets well stored with good things Wednes day. The little fellow has been attending the Williams-Avenue School for nearly two years. He has been a helpless cripple since he was a baby. Both, legs and one arm are paralyzed and absolutely useless. He Is brought to school qvery day by his brother In a llttJe "express wagon, and carried to the room. In the evening he Is taken to his home. Although he cannot play nor take part In any of the school games he Is very patient and cheerful, and enjoys watching the others. In his room he Is a constant lesson to the rest In patience under his great aflUc tlon. He is very studious, and gets along very well In his studies. The pupils at the room give him every attention they possibly can, carrying bltn frqm place to place. Recently his father met with a mishap in sawing off the thumb and forefinger of his right hand, and the baskets contained enough for the entire family They were simply an outward expression of the feelings of the pupils of his room toward him", and their de sire that he, deprived as he Is of all chance of boyhood pleasure, should share with them the bounty of ihelr own homes. Will Banquet the Ministers. The ministers of Portland) will be ban queted by the members of the United Presbyterian Church, Rev. John H. Gib son, pastor, next Monday evening, in that church, on Grand avenue and Wasco streets. Before the banquet the ministers will gather at the church, where they will discuss some Important topic, after which the banquet will be served. It promises to be an interesting event. SchesI Entertainment. The Brooklyn School la preparing an en- &WM&y&&ti?ittx&2 SCRIBNERSEPE5 t MAGAZINE FOR 1901 I 3r 9HBH M j Gen. F. V. Grtena 4t THE REGULAR ARMY, by GEN ERAL FRANCIS V. GREENE. Few invented stories of adventure contain more deeds of personal heroism or more incidents of thrilling interest than the actuar history of the career of the American Army during the hundred years of its existence. It is a story that has long needed telling, and a better narrator could hardly be found than General Greene, one of the army s foremost representatives in military and civil life, and a writer of known brill iancy The story will be covered in several articles and will be richly il lustrated by F. C. Yohn, H. C. .Christy, and others especially fitted for the Mil Anas H. Gilbert WOrk MRS. GILBERT'S STAGE REMI NISCENCES. Mr. Daly, James Lewis and many other figures of yesterday appear in Mrs. Gilbert's entertaining pages, while of the older leaders of the stage there is a fund of anecdote. The articles are among the most vivacious and interesting of their kind, and will contain a wealth of illustrations. WALTER A. WYCKOFF, author of " The AVorkers," will have several new articles in the same field , giving an account of " A Day With a Tramp, ' " On An Iowa Farm " and other experiences. J. M. BARRIE'S WEW STORY. The magazine will later in the year make an im portant announcement concerning a new story by J. M. Barrie. KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN, in "The Diary of a Goose-Girl," has written the most charming of her stories, and it will appear in Scribncr's in three parts, with very attractive illustrations. THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAIN t?t?"p riv.. TnwM" irrY AJ, U; JJ.iJ.1 A W.O., Jr. several articles m the early part of 1901 will portray this romantic and fst - diminishing type of American character. Mr. Fox knows his subject by experience and special ob servation, and illustrates his articles from photo-' John Fox. Jr. grapHS. v SHORTER FICTION. ERNEST SETON-THOMPSON will contribute several of his charming animal stories, illus trated by himself; there will also be short stories by Edith Wharton, Octave Thanet, Frank R. Stockton, Henry James, Thomas Nelson Page, F. J. Stinison, Henry van Dyke, A. T. Qmller Couch, and other well known writers. W. A. WjckoiT Heary Xciman. SCP. RUSSIA OF TO-DAY, by HENRY NORMAN j M.P. This notable and timely series of articles, begun in October, will be continued. "Recent developments in the East have given to Mr. Norman's articles so extraor dinary a value that they will be regarded as one of the most important magazine under takings of the year. The articles are the result of a journey and investigations made especially on behalf of Scribner's, and Mr. Norman's comments on present conditions in Russia and her probable future are made in the light of the latest events. The many illustrations from the author's photographs and other sources are a noteworthy feature of the articles. EVENTS IN CHINA AND THE EAST will be covered in articles by special corre spondents. THEODORE ROOSEVELT will, from time to time during 1 90 1, contribute to Scrib ner's articles on public topics. RICHARD HARD ING DAVIS will contribute several articles and stories the first, to appear during the winter,, being a travel sketch in a new field to him and one of the best of his vivid narratives. NEW YORK LIFE AND SCENES. The studies of New York, which have proved so attractive in the magazine, are to be resumed at intervals during the year. NEW STORIES OF THE AMA TEUR CRACKSMAN. A new series of Cracksman stories, by E. W. Hornung, of baf fling ingenuity in plot and thrilling interest. The in comparable Raffles is rein troduced to his many reader admirers in a wonderful succession of adventures and hair-breadth escapes. The stories will be fully illus trated by F. C. Yohn. Richard Hardin- Dari JW ! K? . C?l !,,, $ SBSsssM?ik''asaaiHi E. W. Hcrrranj fis 'l ART FEATURES will include, besides the not able illustrations for " The Regular Army " and other pictorial plans of special importance, noteworthy papers on art subjects by John La Farge, W. C. Brownell, and other distin- guished writers, while the Field of Art will continue to be- the most important critical de partment of its kind, edited by Mr. Russell Sturgis, and contributed to by leading author ities in art matters. viJ'.. A list of the illustrators for next year in cludes Walter Appleton Clark, F. C. Yohn, H. C. Christy, Maxfield Parrish, Henry McCarter, A. I. Keller, A. B. Frost, E. C. Peixotto, W. Glackens, Henry Hutt, and many others. There will be new and original schemes of illustration in colors as well as in black and white, and colored covers. The prospectus for 1901, a twenty-four page illustrated booklet printed in colors, vcill be sent free to any address on application. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $3-00 A YEAR, POSTAGE PREPAID. 35 CENTS A NUMBER. CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, '53-157 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK Sracst Sttan-Thozspua Henry rn DjVo Zbe Christmas Scribner's contains eight ilfustrated s.hort stories by Ernest Seton-Thompson, Frank R. Stockton, T. B. Aldrich, Henry van Dyke, Octave Thanet, and others; an article on Puvis de Chavannes by John La Farge illustrated with six full pages in colors; an essay on George Eliot by W. C. Brownell. The illustrators of this number are Ernest Seton-Thompson, H. C. Christy, A. I. Keller, Henry Hutt, Clifford Carleton, C. S. Chapman, Jules Guerin, and Jessie Willcox Smith. The cover, by Maxfield Parrish, is printed in nine colors, and the frontispiece is also in colors. V' w&ffi tertainment, to be given in Boss' Hall, on Grand and Hawthorne avenues, on the evening of. December 7, for the benefit of the school library. Dr. Kellogg will give a lecture, "Away Down in. Dixie," with stereopticon views. It wUl be the first time this lecture has been given, and It will no doubt be lull of interest. Be sides the lecture there will be other exercises. East Side Notes. Rev. G. "W. Gue, of Centenary Church, lectured last night in the church at Clack aAnas on the "Women of the Civil War." Mrs. "W. Bolton, of Terry, who recently suffered a stroke of paralysis, Is still con fined to her home. Dr. Short, of Gresham, has been attending her. Frank Melvln, of Stephens Addition, who had been in Idaho for the past few weeks, has returned home. He was in the thick of the political campaign in that state. Dr. "Wise, room 614. The Dekum. Mr. Krnprer'ii Slistalses. Spokesman-Review. Mr. Kruger is a conspicuous example of greatness that falls and courage that blights. It Is a matter of melancholy re gret that his education was not in keep ing with the heroic mold In which he was cast. Not necessarily' a college education, but that broader vision which comes from historic reading and keen study of con temporaneous events, such vision as Washington and Lincoln possessed, not withstanding their lack of collegiate or even academic training. It may have been heroic and magnificent for Mr. Kruger to declare war on Great Brltafn and Burl his little country against a mighty empire, but It 'was not states manship, and It was not war. It was sui cide. A leader of broader knowledge and keener vision would have temporised with Great Britain, and bided the coming of a day when England would be plunged into serious complications with a greater pow er. Mr. Kruger has hammered on cold Iron. And one folly leads to another. His presence now in Europe, and his defiant declaration that the Boers will fight to the bitter end, can only bring fresh ca lamities upon his unhappy people. To this point, England has shown a disposition to be magnanimous and kind to her defeat ed foes, and to heal the wounds of a cruel war. But Krugers defiance will force the British authorities to resort to the mailed fist. Rebels will be treated as rebels, spies as spies, and hotheads as ir reconcilables. Oregon Industries. Wilbur shipped over 2000 turkeys this week. There is talk of building another cream ery at Warren. A rich gold strike on Rogue River, near Mule Creek, is reported. Work has suspended at the brick yard near Newberg for the "Winter. J. A. Ray, of Oak Creek, Columbia County, will soon have his .shingle mill in operation. F. E. Dunn loaded a car of chlttem bark at Eugene this week for shipment to Hamburg, Germany. Work at the Blue Jacket mine was. re sumed last week. The shut-down was for the purpose of repairs. Seventeen hogs were taken to Heppner Wednesday by W, P. McKInsy, of Eight Mile, which weighed 4000 pounds. John Prlngle, of the firm of Campbell & Prlngle, Columbia County, reports the sale of 20,000 acres of timber land. The new coal mine at Beaver Hill, Coos County, Is being opened. Several carloads of the product have been marketed. The Knappa Coal Company is rapidly getting Its affairs Into shape to begin development work on the coal prospects sear Knappa, says an Astoria paper. Dur ing the past few days a large number of deeds to property in the district have been placed on record, and the great bulk, of the development stpek has been sold. There Is" every indication of a good mer chantable fuel being found there in quan- titles sufficiently large to supply the needs of the commerce of the Columbia, as 'well as for manufacturing purposes. It3 is expected that active work on open ing the vein will be commenced within, the next tcvr months. Brewbaker & Terington have two min ing properties In Blue River district from which assays of 519 21 and $17 93 per ton respectively have been made, says the Eugene Register. ZPSIA. Few diseases in flict upon their victims greater suf fering than does dyspepsia. If you have dyspepsia or indigestion in any form do not ruin your stomach with drugs, use Duffy's Pure Malt Whis key as directed, it will cure any form of indigestion and will restore thestomach to its normal condition. Tacokt, Pa. Duffy rfalt Whiskey Co.: Dear Sirs: I have already treed two bottles ofc your Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey I took it far the way of an.egg-nog every morning. I bad. beea troubled with a burning sensation after steals lox x long time, but was completely cured. ISAAC T. GREENWOOD. Tlae only Whlikey taxed by the Corernracat is jaedJdsa. Tilt U a ruraatoe.. Be sore 70a eel trie eeantae. Rcrasa tsbstitates. All druEjisti and pocerst direct. Writs far ares medial booklet. 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