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8 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1901. HAS TRADE PICKED UP? THIS QUESTION IS OX FOR A JU DICIAL DECISION. JTevr Iaw With. Regard -to Decisions Wncn the Court Is Divided John Wilson's Bequests. The question "whether times have im proved since 3Iarch 15, 1S98. Is the issue In a suit instituted by Jacob Under against Alfred Von Grunigen and others to recover $250 alleged due on a land lease. Joseph Leonard, a -well-known charac ter, frequently seen on the streets of Portland in past years, in December, 1894, executed a lease covering a farm of 160 acres in Washington County, for 10 years, to Von Grunigen. The consideration named was 5200 per year for the first three years, beginning March IS, 1895, and 5250 a year afterwards, "if trade picked up." In September, 1896, Leonard sold one-half of the farm to Jacob Under, with the agreement that the purchaser receive half of the Income from the lease, commencing in January, 189S. "Leonard subsequently died, and Richard Nixon was appointed administrator of the estate. Mr. Nixon sold the remaining one-half of the farm in separate parcels to John Xsinder, Philip Streib and Fred Berstecher, in July, 1899. They are collectively enti tled to one-half of the lease money, and Jacob Under to the other half. The latter says that since March 15, 1S9S, trade has picked up," and he wants ?250 rent per year, and he alleges that a balance of $100 was due March 15, 1300; and also an advance payment of $150 which has not been paid. John Under, Streib and Berstecher, not having joined Jacob Under in the action, he Includes them as defendants to protect their in terests. Edward Mendenhall, as attorney lor Von Grunigen, has filed a demurrer to the complaint, and contends that the term, "if trade picked up," contained in the lease, is void for uncertainty. Von Grun igen, as a matter of course, asserts that trade has not picked up, at least as far as he is concerned, and the chances are It never will until the lease expires. WHBX THE COURT IS DIVIDED. Under the JTeir "Law, the Decision Goes "With Presiding Judge. There has heen considerable Inquiry .among attorneys regarding how cases are decided which are tried at a joint session of the Judges, under the act recently passed. Many lawyers have not seen the new act, and are wondering what hap pens if the four Judges sit In a case and divide two and two on a proposition. The law provides in an Instance where the Judges are -evenly divided, that the side on which the presiding Judge votes pre vails. The section pertaining to the mat ter is as follows: The Judges of the Circuit Court In the fourth judicial district of this state, or -any two or more of them, may act in joint session for the trial or determination of any matter before the court, including the trial of jury cases. The Judges, or a majority of them, 6hall provide by rule, or otherwise, who shall -act as presiding Judge at joint session." If the Judges acting in Joint session are equally divided in opinion, then the opinion of the presiding Judge shall prevail; otherwise the decision of the majority shall be the decision of the court. Process may be tested la the name of cither one of the Judges. Wants Sale Set Aside. Mary W. Gaston has filed suit against theCity of Portland in the State Circuit Court to have set aside a sale. of the south half of block 11, King's Addition, on May 19, 1900, to H. E. Noble, for $402, on account of a delinquent assessment for the extension of Main street. According .jto the complaint in the case, Mrs. Gaston appealed io the court from the report of the viewers in the matter of the opening and establishing of Main street from the west line of A. N. King's Addition to the east line of King street. The jury re turned a verdict lor $2662, and judgment on the verdict was entered on March 5, 1900. The City Auditor, on April 24, 1900, entered on the docket of the city liens an 'assessment of benefits against the south half of block 11, and it not being paid, the land was sold to H. E. Noble. Plain tiff says the south half of the block was not liable for the improvement, and asks that it be canceled and set aside. This part of the block extends from the west line of King's Addition to Stout street, and Main street, adjoining it, is already open. Incorporations. Articles of incorporation of the Portland Woolen Mills have been filed in. the office of the County Clerk. The objects an nounced are to construct and operate -woolen mills in this city. The incorpora tors are: Wr P. Olds, E. L. Thompson, It. W. Wilbur, Fred Carter, and Charles Coopey. Capital stock, $50,000. Articles of incorporation were filed yes terday of the California Consolidated Oil Company. Capital stock, $2,000,000. In corporators, Milton W. Seaman, A. F. Flegel, A. F. Diamond. Articles of incorporation of the Charles L. Mastlck Company were filed. The pur pose of the company is to deal in leather and leather goods. Capital stock, $20,000. Incorporators, Charles U Mastlck, John A. Farrell, Alia F. Mastick. Incorporation articles of the Edward Mendenhall Company were filed. Incor porators, Edward, A. R. and Uiella Men denhall. Capital stock, $10,000. The ob jects are to deal in xeal and personal property, etc Bequests of John "Wilson. FvObert W. Wilson, executor of the will of John Wilson, deceased, was authorized by Judge Cake yesterday to pay a legacy of $2500 to the Portland Library Associa tion, $2500 to the Good Samaritan Hospital, $2500 to St. Vincent's Hospital. $2500 to Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton, $4S7 to Nannie Wyne, $158 to Marie Wyne, and $400 to Uda J. Jones. The executor filed his first semi-annual account In the office of the Clerk of the County Court, showing $21,003 receipts, in cluding $6397 life insurance, $5198 collected on an account, and $90 from the sale of three shares of Portland Hotel stock. It was reported that George F. Wilson, one of the legatees, died Intestate November 27, 1900. Besides the bequest of $2500, the Portland Library Association received the magnificent private library of John Wil son, as a gift, at his death. Proliate Matters. George Good, administrator of the es tate of H. L. Darr, deceased, was granted leave by the County Court yesterday to sell lots at Albina Homestead, City View Park Addition, Tohasco Addition, Colum bia Heights, and !& acres in the Seldon and HIantha Murray donation land claim. The inventory of the estate of Barbara Deckeribach, deceased, was filed. The property Is valued at $4000. Mary Fitzpatrlck, administratrix of thB estate of John Fitzpatrlck, deceased, re ported to the County Court yesterday the sale of 16.42 acres of land to Sylvester Farrell, lor $16,570. Cases Set for Trial. Judge George yesterday set cases for trial as follows: Smith & Thomas vs. Hand Manufactur ing Company, April 24. Willamette Steam Mills vs. J. C. Car son, April 5. Garretson vs. Nickum, May 7. Court A'otes. J. H. Page & Co. yesterday filed an attachment suit against J. V. Marrien & Co., to recover $121. In the suit of C. H. Jackson against the City of Portland, to recover damages on .account of the opening of Upshur street, which will take away his ground, occu pied !by a barn and a lumber shed, the f: S&&3 z. MMHbV lSSjEnMMr ?t t HIBBBBbBHBI jiWBmHBssssHB faif wHBsHssMBssBHHBrHBsBsy j sssMHBBsHslssHSMm "j ? LjBHImiMMMMIM 1 B. F. Brooks. S--Anffnst Stark. 3 Octave 6 J. Coffin. 4 Leo Ricen, B. S. 8 Clarence Eleven students of the medical department of the University of Oregon received the de- gree of doctor of medicine last evening. The graduating exercises were held..ln. the High School assembly hall, which was prettily decorated with flags and greens. The address to the graduates was delivered by "W. D. Fenton, who pointed out that opportunities for young men were equally as great under modern conditions as in the days of their , fathers.' Degrees were conferred by Cyrus A Dolph, on behalf of the 'college, and the charge to the jury returned a verdict in favor of Jack son for $1366. William O. Ashby, of Portland, railroad telegrapher, yesterday filed a petition in bankruptcy in the United States Court. His liabilities amount to $417; assets, nothing. In the case of the United States vs. Barkly et aL, an order was made in the United States Court yesterday by Judge Bellinger dismissing the case as to Van C. Alexander. This is the case in which John Barkly, Forrest Ferrons and Van C. Alexander were charged with stage robbery- Barkly and Ferrans turned state's evidence and were allowed to go on their own recognizance. Alexander was convicted and put under bonds to ap pear for sentence, but now the whole affair is ended. "PARIS THE BEAUTIFUL." Lecture by Rev. Alfred Knmmer Be fore Cathedral Class Tonight. The third lecture in the series of the "Art and Travel" course of the Cathedral Class of the First Presbyterian Church, will be given this evening. Since Dr. Wise has been compelled to postpone his lecture on "An Hour in the Holy Land" to another date, the committee In charge has through the kindness of Rev. Alfred Kummer, of San Jose, formerly a, prom inent Portland minister, obtained his lec ture, "Paris, the Beautiful, and the Paris ian Dream-City," which will be read this evening and the stereopticon slides pre sented. Over 100 views accompany the lecture and almost every one treating of the "Parisian Dream-City" is finely colored. They present a most' entertaining and faithful series of pictures of the most noted buildings that adorned the grounds of the great exposition of 1300. This is vouched for by a member of the manag ing committee who was fortunate In hearing the lecture and seeing the slides while on a visit to San Francisco. The lecture was given under the auspices of the Camera Club and attentively lis tened to by an audience of 2000 people who filled the Metropolitan Temple. LOGGERS MAY COMBINE. They Want to Prevent the Overpro duction of Logs. The spirit of combination has taken possession of the logging associations of the Northwest, and it Is very probable that the Columbia River Loggers' Asso ciation will join hands with the logging asspclatlons, of Puget Sound and Gray's Harbor in the near future. The subject was discussed at the regular monthly meeting of the first-named association, Saturday evening, and met with consid erable favor. A joint meeting of the representatives of each association will probably be held in Portland within a few weeks, in order to discuss the most prac ticable method of procedure. The object of these associations, the members aver, is not to raise the price of logs, but to guard against overproduc tion. As a result of the organization of the Columbia River loggers, the output of logs has been kept about even with the demand of the saw mills. The number of logging camps, however, has been in creasing faster than new saw mills have been erected. A temporary shut-down may be considered advisable, and will be de bated at the next meeting, which willbe held on call of the chairman. "WHAT DO THE CHILDREN DRINKIT Don't give them tea or coffee. Have you tried the new food drink called GRAIN-O? It Is de licious and nourishing and takes the place of coffee. The more Graln-0 you give, the chil dren the more health you distribute through their systems, uram-u is maae oi pure grains, and when properly prepared tastes ilka the choice grades of coffee but costs about & as much. All grocers sell it, lDc and 25c. . "I Cathartic or purgative pills do more harm than good. Carter's Little Uver Pills- do only good, but a large amount of. that. Only one pill a dose. Graduating' Class, Medical-Department, University of Oxeg'on. Mrs, Nellie S. Vernon, Secretary and Saylor medalist. 0 Charles R. McKinley. 6 Frank M. Taylor, A. B., president. 10 Arthur W. Chance, D. D. S. 7 Mrs. Marr Miller Goffln. treasurer. ' 11 John D. Scanlon. TWO WIVES TOO FORMER -PORTIiANDER ARRESTED FOR POLYGAMY. B. F. Durphy Is Accused hy His Sec ond "Wife of Havinga No. 1 and a No. 3 Living. Bradley Francis Durphy, a former real estate operator, and dealer in timber lands, in Portland, is expected to -arrive here tonight in charge of Deputy Sheriffs Matthews and McMillan, to ' answer' a charge of polygamy, preferred against him by his second wife, Mrs. Margaret Durphy, of Portland. The accused 'man was arrested in Eureka, Cal., last Sunday, where he was living with Sylvia Johnston, whom, he had introduced as his wife. Mrs. Durphy No. 1 was Miss Sadie S. Bos worth, who is now. living at Kingston, Mass. Durphy's defense ' will be that he was divorced from his first and second wives In Oregon last June, and Mrs. Durphy ex pects to prove that the defendant began two divorce suits against two' wives at the same time, in' two different counties in Oregon, in April, 1900. Durphy Is now about 50 years old, and his friends here say that he is a pro nounced ladles man. He is good-looking, always well-dressed, and is a smooth talk er. Several years ago, he and Mrs. Dur- B. F. phy No. 2 that- Is Mrs. Maragaret Ryan Durphy arrived in Portland, and built a charming home at East Fifteenth and Weidler streets, and subsequently lived at Twenty-first and Flanders streets. Durphy became known as a real estate speculator, and he was one of the pro moters pf a Sunnyslde boot factory, and Cottage Building Association on the East Side. - , The story of Durphy's two wives, living at the same time and both claiming Dur phy as their husband, is told by Mrs. Margaret Ryan Durphy, wife No. 2, In her bill of complaint, as follows: "That B. F. Durphy on-Marcht15J.I874, TV. Keene, A. B.f valedictorian. graduates given by Dr. Andrew "c Smith. The every branch of the curriculum ".was presented to Mrs. 'Nellie S." Vernon by Professor' G. M. Wells, M". D, The valedictory was given by Clarence "W. Keene, A. B. Rev. H. S. Temple ton save, the prayer and pronounced the benediction. - The exercises were attended by a large number of friends of -the graduates, and t were made" enjoyable by frequent musical numbers. hvthe County of Plymouth, Mass., married Miss Sadie S. Bosworth, and being so married 'and during the life of said Sadie S. Bbs worth, his wife, did- on July 20, 18S7, unlawfully marry one Margaret Ryan, in the County of .Cook, Illinois, and thereafter that the said B. F. Durphy moved with said Margaret Ryan to Port land, Or., and did In said City of Portland on August 15, 1898, and for' a long tlmo prior to that date did live with the said Margaret Ryan as his wife, the said Sadie S.-Bosworth being then alive. That some time prior to April 16, 1900, the said de fendant, B. F. Durphy, did Importune the, said Margaret Ryan to leave the Cily of Portland' and take a trip to Chicago, III., upon . a visit, and that said defendant after the departure of said Margaret Ryan on said proposed visit, did on April 16, 1900, file a bill of complaint against the sald Margaret Ryan, under the name of Margaret Durphy, in the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon, for Clatsop Coun ty, duly Verified and sworn to by said defendant, wherein he alleged his said marriage to said Margaret Ryan, and wherein he sought to be divorced from said Margaret Ryan. That said defendant did ,oii' "April 21, 1900, file a bill of com plaint against the said Sadie S. Bosworth, under the name of Sadie S. Durphy, in the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon, for Marlon County, duly verified and swornjto by the- said defendant where he alleged -his marriage to Sadie S. Bos worth and as then existing, sought to be divorced from said Sadie S. Bosworth. Thai said defendant undertook in both of said divorce cases to obtain service by publication of summons." A woman friend of Mrs. Margaret Ryan Durphy stated that the latter is now re- DURPHY. siding. in this city, with friends, waiting to appear in Court against her recreant husband. "Mrs. Margaret Ryan Durphy believed her husband to be a single man -when she married him, and did not know of his first wife still living In Massachu setts," proceeded the friend. "Durphy is so smooth-tongued that he could per suade lots of . people to do anything he pleaded. When he persuaded the -second Mrs. Durphy to visit her relatives in Il linois, she went, not dreaming that he in tended to do any evil. But wheh months went on and no. word came from her hus band in Oregon, she became suspicious and- heard from a lawyer in Portland that Saylor medal for the highest proficiency, in .her husband had applied for a divorce. She came to this city, ,and was aston ished to find that Durphy had not only; ob tained a divorce from her, but from a first wife of whose existence she had J not, previously heard. She started on a search for Durphy, and found him at Eu reka, Cal., with Sylvia Johnston, a Port land girl, whomhe said, ne had married In Portland, and afterward said he had married at Los Angeles. Under the laws of California, Durphy could not be prose cuted there, as the polygamy had not taken place in that state. So Mrs. 'Mar garet Durphy "was forced to appeal to the laws of Oregon. The first Mrs. Dur phy has one daughter by her marriage with B. F. Durphy. The second Mrs. Durphy has only an adopted child. I un derstood that Durphy was "to fight the granting of requisition papers in Califor nia, but aminformed that he sailed "with the officers on bpard the steamer Pomona, from Eureka to San Francisco. Durphy has been successful In mining and red wood lumber deals since he went to Eu reka, and sold timber lands to Mr. Ham mond, of the Astoria & Columbia River Railroad Company." FOR THE 1901 FAIR. Committee of - 21 Business Men Chosen to Take. Charge. At a meeting of citizens held a short time ago," it was decided that some kind of a public exhibition should be held in Portland' during the year 1901. A. B. Stelnbach, H. C. Campbell, and I. N. Flelschner were elected to appoint a committee of 21 business men of the city to constitute a general committee to have full power to act and taKe charge of such enterprise and to devise plans and ways and means to carry out such pro gramme, as they might see fit to adopt. The selection of the general committee was completed yesterday, and the mem bers were, with one or two exceptions, who could not be reached, notified of their appbintment, and accepted. Fol lowing are the names of the 21 members: General O. Summers, George L. Simons, C. H. Markham, A. H. Devers, D. Soils Cohen. H. C. Bowers, H. C. "Wortman, L. D. Cole, J. P. Cordray, Julius Meier, H. D. Ramsdell, J. P. Batchelder, Fletcher Lynn, B. B. Rich. J. P. Marshall, Ben Selling, R. C. Judson, Captain E. S, Edwards, Dom J. Zan. John vlnce, v The .committee will meet tomorrow ev ening at . 8 o'clock at the Commercial Club rooms to organize by the election of a chairman and secretary, and -will then set to work to consider and de cide what the public exhibition is to be, an exposition, a street fair, or what. . PREPARING FOR M'KINLEY, First Steps for Reception Taken Today. to Be The matter of suitably entertaining President McKinley on the occasion of 1ns expected visit to Portland in May. will probably be taken up at the meeting of the trustees of the Chamber of Commerce, this" morning. For some time the Cham ber has been in correspondence with the committee which Is arranging the itin erary of the President, ' and particularly with Henry T. Scott, of San Francisco, one of the members of the committee. As yet. It is not definitely known when the President will be in Portland, but the time will be between May 20 and 22. The desire is;to arrange for a reception .that will be a credit to the city, and the first steps will be taken today, In all probabil ity, toward making arrangements for the event. The consensus of opinion is that all the commercial bodies of the city, including the Chamber of Commerce, the Board of Trade, the1 Commercial Club and other organizations, should unite In arranging and carrying out the reception, and steps will, doubtless, be .taken to make the movement a joint one . ALLEGED FISH COMBINE MANY PORTLAND PACKERS CREDIT RUMORS ABOUT IT. General Belief Is That Columbia River Canneries Are Not In cluded in the Deal. The dispatch from San Francisco, printed In yesterday's Oregonlan; to the effect that a syndicate headed by J. Pler ppnt Morgan was endeavoring to secure control of the entire fishing and pack ing Industry of the Coast, was a topic of much discussion among local fish men yesterday. Nearly all -of them profess Ignorance as to the details of the scheme, coupling therewith a , denial that their particular firm will be Included in the alleged new combine, but all of them profess to, believe that there Is some thing In the story. Aa near as can be ascertained, R Onf frey, a Falrhaven promoter, who has fig ured in 'fish deals heretofore, has been vat work for some weeks past securing options on certain .Puget Sound establish ments, and on outside canneries In Alaska that is, canneries which are not in either of the two large Alaska combines. It Is asserted that among others Onffrey has secured an option on the big prop erties of the Pacific American Fisheries Company, which are located on the Lower Sound, and .that his option, both on these properties and those In Alaska, were re cently extended on account of delay in drawing papers.' It is rumored that Onffrey also has an option on the properties of the six can neries In the Columbia River combine, hut this Is vigorously denied by the par ties in interest.- No serious pretense Is made that he has secured any option on the seven Independent canneries on the river. The -whole matter Is shrouded In considerable mystery, and there Is a mani fest reluctance to talk on the part of local fish men. It Is impossible to learn whether "or not Onffrey has any option on the properties of the Alaska Packers' Association and of the Pacific Steam Whaling Company, but the general belief is that he has not. The statement that an option had b'een secured on the properties of the Pacific American Company called forth a strong denial from John Cudahy, of Chicago, president of that company, yesterday. The AssocIated'Press sent out the follow ing dispatch from Chicago relative to the matter: Chicago, April 1. John Cudahy. of this city, when seen in regard to the report that nego tiations are going on in San Francisco for the combination of the entire fishing and pack ing Industry, said: "The project of consolidating the fishing and packing Industry of the Paclflc Coast has been talked of for some time. As far as I know, the scheme has ended In talk. , "As for the Pacific-American Fisheries Com pany, of which I am president, it has not been sold, nor Is it for sale. "We do not intend to be absorbed by any one." Many people are Inclined to scoff at the idea that Onffrey represents such promi nent men as J. Pierpont Morgan and Au gust Belmont, but on the other hand It Is said that Puget Sound packers have good evidence that he Is representing financiers of the highest responsibility. TO ADVERTISE OREGON. Board of Trade to Adopt Systematic Plan of Sending: Out Information. The Board of Trade is about to tako active measures towards advertising Ore gon and her resources. f A meeting of the advertising committee 'of the Board of Directors will be held early this week to consider ways and means for the. print ing of' suitable advertising matter. The plan is to have separate bulletins of each resource and industry of the state print ed, and Bend them out in answer to queries. The secretary of the board, O- W. Miller, Is in receipt of about a dozen letters a day- making inquiries about the state, and h'e is compelled either to write an uisat lafactory answer to each individual let ter, or to send out what meager printed matter the board now has. The plan Is to solicit funds among the merchants and business men for the printing of the bulletins. The sum re quired will be, small. After the printing Is done, the board will cheerfully bear the expense of mailing the bulletins. The advertising committee will endeavor to hold Its meeting prior to the regular meeting of the board of directors, Thurs day afternoon, and to perfect plans that can be laid before the board at that time. ITS MISSION FULFILLED. Southern Oregon Populist Says His Party Can Afford to Disband. Frank Williams, known for years as a prominent populist of Ashland, said last evening, at the Perkins, that the Pop ulist party's mission was now ended, and that its leaders have obtained all they ever wanted in this state submis sion of the initiative and referendum to the people. He does not expect the party will ever organize again in Oregon, but he, thinks the" seed it has sown will bear fruit, even though other great parties continue to control the doctrines of the state. "I have no doubt whatever of the peo ple's action on the initiative and ref erendum, when it comes to a vote in June, 1902," he said, "and after that amendment is adopted the people will control all legislation directly, as five SUFFERERS FROM PILES RECTAL DISEASES. AND Have Now a Simple but Effective - . Cure. Modern medical science and skill has at last succeeded in producing a remedy which effectually cures that common, "but extremely annoying trouble, piles. The Pyramid Pile Cure Is the remedy referred to and repeated and thorough trials of the remedy during the past three years have demonstrated that it Is the long-sought for remedy which can be de pended upon as a genuine cure. There are many remedies which give relief, but such relief Is only temporary and the trouble soon returns, as bad, or worse than ever. But . the Pyramid Pile Cure stands practically alone as a lasting cure. It not only gives Immediate relief but the relief Is there to stay. Mr. J. W. Rollins writes briefly and to the point regarding his experience with piles, he says: "I consider the Pyramid Pile Cure with out an equal. -It cured me in less than 30 days. I waited 15 days or more to be sure the remedy had, fully cured me be fore writing you. I can now say I am cured and I shall recommend the Pyra mid Pile Cure at every possible oppor tunity because It deserves it." We quote from this gentleman's letter to show our readers how promptly the remedy acts and also that there is no return of the trouble. The Pyramid Pile Cure Is simple and harmless, containing purely vegetable In gredients and can be used in all cases with perfect safety and with the assurance that a cure will follow. Physicians pre scribe It and use It in all cases of piles In preference to the danger and uncer tainty of a surgical operation. It cures without pain or Inconvenience of any kind. The Pyramid Pile Cure 13 prepared by the Pyramid Drug Gbmpany, of Marshall. Mich., and sold by druggists everywhere at 3o cents per package, making it the safest, surest, cheapest pile cure before the public, and one you an try . with almost certain success per cent of the voters can organize to prevent the operation or. an obnoxious law, while eight per cent can petition to have Its repeal submitted. "As. to the party's mission In National pilltics, I am Inclined to believe that its work Is done. If we obtain legislation to govern the trusts it will be because of the agitation on the part of the Pop ulists in former years, against the gi gantic corporations. The party was re viled and made fun of. when it was In the field,, but the questions it made para mount are even now being discussed by the Republican press of the country, with a view to correcting the abuses." 1 BROUGHT A PREMIUM. City Improvement Bonds to the Amount of $25,000 Sold. Bids for the purchase of 525.000 of 8 per cent Improvement bonds were opened by the judiciary committee at the City Hall yesterday. Five thousand dollars of the bonds were awarded to Abe Tlch enor, who bid 3 per cent premium for that amount, and the remaining J20.C00 were divided between A. H. Maegly and H. E. Noble, who bid 2 per cent pre mium for the whole. Six bids in all were submitted as fol lows: A. Techenor, for $5000, 3 per cent. A. H". Maegly and H. E. Noble, 2& per cent for the whole Issue. August G. Klosterman, S250 premium for the whole Issue. William M. Ladd, 5150 premium for the whole Issue. J. W. Cruthers, .265 per cent premium for the whole Issue. These bids Include accrued Interest. ,. The last lot of straight lu-year bonds brought 7 per cent premium. The late Legislature passed a law which allows the money received as an nual installments to be used in taking up the outstanding bonds, so the lbond3 sold yesterday are liable to be called after one year. The last of the Issue are liable to run the longest, so A. Tlchenor, highest bidder, will be given the Inst of the issue, and the remaining 520,000 will be Issued in alternate numbers to Maeg ly and Noble. The premiums paid are fully as much as was expected under the circumstances. PERSONALMENTIOS. Henry Hahn, president of the Chamber of Commerce, returned yesterday from a brief business trip to San Francisco. James H. Smith, one of the directors of the Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy and of tne CWcago, Milwaukee & St. Paul. andv Stuyvesant Fish, president of the Illinois Central, with friends, occupying two Bur lington route private cars, will arrive in Portland this morning over the Southern Paclflc, spending the day in Portland and leaving on the 6 P. M. train of the O. R. & N. for Spokane, and thence East over the Great Northern. WASHINGTON. April 1. Mrs. J. H. Mitchell, who is quite ill In Paris. Is not likely to return to Washington this Sum mer. Senator Mitchell may go over to Europe in May to see her. Daily Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON, April I. Today's state ment of the Treasury balances In tho general fund, exclusive of the $150,000,000 gold reserve In the division of redemp tion, shows i Available cash balance 5153.443.521 Gold 9S.046,S13 Ranchers in John Day Valley are feed ing their last hay to stock preparatory to turning them out for the Summer. ' DAIXT METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND, April 1. 8 P. M. Maximum temperature, BO; minimum temperature, 42; river readlns at 11 A. M., 0.4 feet; ohanga In 24 hours, .4; total precipitation, 8 P. M. to. 8 P. if., .01 of an Inch;, total- prealplta tlon since September 1, 1000, 35.U5;. normal precipitation since September 1, 1000. 88.30; deficiency. 2.05; total sunshlno March 31, 2:54; possible sunshine, 12.48. WEATHER CONDITIONS. A storm of marked severity appeared Mon day morning" over the western portion of British Columbia. This storm is moving rap Idly eastward, and It has caused heavy rains in "Washington and the near-by portions of Oregon and Idaho, and also high, gusty winda from the southwest along the North Pacltla Coast- The following maximum wind velocities occurred Monday afternoon: Portland, 42 miles, south;-" Astoria. 28 miles, southwest; Neah Bay, 28 miles, southwest. Spokane, 23 miles, southwest; Seattle, 24 miles, south. Tho Indications are that the winds will subside Tuesday, and that short spells of fair weather will prevail In "Western Oregon and "Western "Washington; but that showery conditions will continue In Eastern Oregon. Eastern "Wash ington and Idaho. "WEATHER FORECASTS. Forecasts made at Portland for the 28 houra ending midnight, Tuesday, April 2. 1001: Portland and vicinity Partly cloudy, with occasional showers; southwest to northwest winds. "Western Oregon and "Western "Washington Partly cloudy, with occasional showers; south west to northwest winds. Eastern Oregon, Eastern "Washington and Idaho Showers; brisk southerly winds. EDWARD A. BEALS. Forecast Official. SHLE e o o o e e e e e e o e o o o e e e e e e o e o o .-TQpi.i E 1302 Rolls of Mattlna; 58 Japanese Ruga S2G Packages of Tea 2 Packages of Rice Will be sold at public, auction, for account of the concerned, at the Northern Pacific Oriental Ware house, TACOMA, WASH. Tuesday, Apr. 9, 2 P J. : This cargo Is all ex. Br. S. S. Goodwin, from Japan, March 8. The matting Is nearly all in good condi tion; the rugs are undamaged. The tea Is loose. In sacks, having been saved from packages in ship's hold. The Tice, consists of about 500 lbs. No. 1 China. - DCDWELL i CO., Ltd., Cen'l Agts. o e oo HEW TODAY. McKINNON'S, 1 doz. Alaska Herring I5c 2 cans Table Peaches, Pears, Apricots, 25c Curtis Bros. Pure Fruit Jam 10c Table Strawberries for Cream 10c 173 Third St. 732 Snvler St. Traders Fire Insurance Co. of Chlcnsro, III. ASSETS, $2,433,571.28. Frank Hacheney, Eugene D. "White. EUGENE D. WHITE & CO. Managers; .. 314-315 Commercial block. Real Estate Insurance Commissioners of Deeds for all. states. No taries Public ,..