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THE MORNING OT?EGONIAf . FRIDAY, "APRIL - 1?, , .1901.
RIAL OF ASSASSIN
James Green, Self-Confessed
Hood River Murderer.
ENTERED PLEA OF NOT GUILTY
-A Kerr Confession With Other Testi
mony Malzcm HI Cne Dark-Lan-ycr
Will Probalrty Contend Act
Was Canned by Intoxication.
STEVENSON, Wash., April 1L By to
day's testimony, the lines -were drawn
tight about James G. Green, the self
confessea murderer of E. V. Benjamin,
at "Underwood's Landing, last month,
Grecadhls morning-, without a break and
"without emotion, faced Superior Judge
Miller and ntered a plea of not guilty.
Thesensatlon of the day -was the testi
jnonj" tf 21rs. A. J. Haynes, which brought
to light the fact of another confession by
Green, which had been previously ru
mored. A pathetic Incident of the day's
proceedings was the piteous weeping- of
Mrs. Benjamin, who was present, clad
in deep mourning, and who could not
restrain her sorrow while Prosecuting At
torney Mpore described to the jury, in
3iis opening statement, the details of her
husband's brutal, murder.
Confcsslon.liy Green.
Mrs Haynes, a frail, delieate woman,
arose 'from a sick bed to give the fol
lowing: startling testimony:
"The night of the murder Green came
to our house, which Is over a mile from
"'Wendorfs, where the dance and mur
der occurred. He went away at 11- Be
tween 1 and 2 o'clock he returned and
called at the door for Jim, my husband,
who, &s Justice of the Peace, had been
alled to "Wendorf's landing. I answered
that Jinx had gone there, and that Ben
jamin, had been shot.
"Green said: 1 want to speak to you;
come to the door; I won't hurt you.
"I opened the door and saw him lean
ing on his gun. I said: 'I supposed you
were home In bed long ago. They suspect
you of this." He asked me whether the
anan was dead. I told him I did not know;
that Constable Woods had only said he
was shot.
" Well, he said, I done it. His voice
Was thick, and I was trembling. I said
whatever comes don't let anvthinc hap
pen to Jlnv- He (Green) kept on, andj
eaid: Dont say anything about It, ir
you can help it. If you have to, alt
right
1 asked him how he happened to know
there was a dance at Underwood's Land
ing. He said. 'I didn't. I started for
the camp and passed Wendorf's house.
I saw Benjamin sitting in there with
Nellie Brown having a good time, and 1
fchot him through the back.
He gave me his hand, cold as Ice, and
$a!d, 'You and Jim, anyway, have my
est regards. I have never seen him
since."
Said He Would Kill Benjamin.
Mrs. Nellie Brown was also a dam
aging witness. She described the scene
at the midnight supper, the gaiety and
the jollity, followed with consternation
after the shot was fired through the win
dow, filling the room with smoke and cov
ering the party with glass. She cried
out, "What will happen to me next," blew
xjut the light and crouched in a corner
to avoid the next shot she expected.
"I suspected Green of the murder," she
testified, "because he had often threat
ened his life as well as mine. Green
had said to me: 'Benjamin has been talking-
about me and no man can do that
Jiand get away. I 'will kill him. T After
ur engagement was broken he said: I
ave nothing to live for now; I will kill
snyself, but some one will go first He
"attempted to strike me with a slung
shot once, and made repeated threats
when crazed with liquor."
"Liquor always crazed him, did it not?"
-asked Attorney McCredle for the defense,
giving an Inkling to the tactics the de
fense intended to pursue to clear Green, to
urge that he did the deed while crazed
with liquor.
The answer came, "Yes."
The strongest .point in Green's favor is
the evidence contained In her testimony
that Green was under influence of liquor
Jand committed the deed in a moment of
passion.
On cross-examination the defense en
deavored to bring out the relations ex
isting between Benjamin and Mrs. Brown.
The witness said: "I had known Mr.
Benjamin for nine years; since I was a
little girl. tHe had always been our
-friend."
"Did not Green, during your engage
cnent to him, ask you not to receive at
tentions from Benjamin?" was asked.
Tes, and I told him I was receiving
Xione and would not I never went any
where with Mr. Benjamin.
"Quite a number of people told lies
"Shout us to Green and he believed them.
I never gave Green the slightest grounds
'for jealousy. Mr. Benjamin and I were
pimply old acquaintances. Green held
Benjamin responsible for the break In
our engagement because he said "Benjamin
had talked about him."
As to her statement that Green had
threatened Benjamin's life repeatedly,
Mrs. Brown was unshaken.
The other witnesses, William Wendorf,
the bachelor giving the dance; Mrs. 01
eon and William Jones, guests, confirmed
Mrs. Brown's account of the murder, and
A J. Haynes, Justice of the Peace, corrob
orated points of his wife's testimony.
Haynes caused the only ripple during the
trial.
"What time did Green leave your
house?" asked McCredle.
"Eleven o'clock," he answered.
"Wasn't It nearer 12?" was the next
question, leading toward a claim that
Green could not have arrived in time
to commit the deed.
"No; I am certain it was lL was sit
ting there hoping Green would go and
keeping my eye on the clock."
Only Once Did Green Shotv Emotion.
Green all the while was stolid, his face
unchanging. Only once did he show emo
tion, and that was by shaking his head
at points of Mrs. Brown's testimony.
Great care was taken in the choice of
the jury by the state to accept no juror
that beld a prejudice against capital
punishment; by the defense to get jurors
that would grant the defendant the bene
fit of a reasonable doubf. The jury, as
sworn, was made up as follows: Pempsey
Taylor and Sam Richards, of Steven
son; Henry Greer, of Sprague; William
Thurston, Jr., Frank Reld and Olaf Sno
lln, of Wind River; E. Barasco. S. C. Hor
ton and John Wlerblcki, of Cape Horn;
C. D. Walker, of Marr's Landing; Henry
Mesger, of Carson; Halvor Berge, of
Home Valley.
The morning session was opened before
Superior Judge A. L. Miller and a crowded
courtroom of people. The first step of
Green's attorneys, W. W. McCredle and
E. M. Rands, was to move tor a change
of venue. This they argued was due
Green as a matter of justice, since local
feeling and prejudice against him made
it Impossible for him to secure a fair
and Impartial trial. They asked that the
case be tried in another county. For
the prosecution C H. Moor Introduced affi
davits to the effect that there existed
Tio local prejudice against Green suffi
cient to prevent his securing a fair and
impartial hearing before a jury. Judge
Miller denied the motion.
The defense then moved for a stay In
the proceedings on the ground that It
had insufficient time in which to gather
evidence, and was unprepared to proceed
with the case. Judge Miller took this
under advisement and adjourned the
court until 1P.M.
Judge Miller, at 1 o'clock denied the
motion to stay the proceedings two
weeks. He offered to grant a delay of
one week, which the defense refused.
The case was continued until 8:30 tomor
row morning.
CHASE AFTER ALLEGED THIEVES.
Officer Joined by About Twenty Men
One of Suapectft Caught.
ALBANT, Or., April 1L Four horses
wore stolen at Sweet Home "Monday,
three from Jesse Moss and one from
Jesse South. There was evidence that the
theft had been committed by Frank Shaw
and Thurston Pettyjohn, and warrants
were at once issued for their arrest and
placed in the hands of Deputy Sheriff
Fred McHargue. With Jerry Keeney,
who Is familiar with the county, he
started after the men. Yesterday twenty
or twenty-five other men turned out with
Winchesters in the chase after the sus
pected thieves, who had fled to the woods.
Last night McHargue and Keeney came
upon the suspects between Holley and
Sweet Home, where Keeney met them in
the brush. They refused to surrender,
and Keeney began firing. Pettyjohn es
caped without a scratch, but Shaw was
hit in the face just as he raised his own
revolver. He also fled, but was followed
and through the assistance of two young
women was located, when he gave him-1'
self up, and was brought to Albany this
forenoon and placed In the county jail.
Pettyjohn has not been captured. He has
been a resident of the Sweet Home coun
try for a good many years, and iscon
sldercd desperate. Shaw came from Ida
ho two years ago. There have been a
number of thefts of horses and cattle
around Sweet Home, and the people there
are thoroughly aroused.
Alleged Defaulter Would Return.
MYRTLE CREEK, April 11. E. B. Jen
nings, late of Medford, an alleged .de
faulter, has written Willis Kramer, of
this place, the man said to have suf
fered loss through him, asking the loan
of enough money to return to Oregon. A
warrant was Issued for his arrest, but
Jennings had previously left the state.
He Is said to have misappropriated 5250
given him by Kramer to buy a carload
of wheat Jennings wrote from Paris,
la. It was generally thought he went
to Alaska.
Arrested for Illegal Fishing;.
ASTORIA April H. Word was received
today by Master Fish. Warden Van Dusen
from Water Bailiff Wickman, stating that
he had arrested a fisherman named Eric
Saelin, near Maygers, and had taken him
to Rainier. The man was caught drifting
with a gillnet A charge of fishing during
the closed season was placed against him.
He was released on J100 bail to appear
for trial, which will take place in a few
days.
WINNERS IS SEATTLE DOG SHOW.
Twe Portland Pointers Capture First
Prises.
SEATTLE, April 11. The Judging In all
of the larger classes, and many of the
smaller ones, of animals entered In the
sixth annual dog show of the Seattle Ken
nel Club was completed tonight. The
competition was exceptionally keen in col
lies, cockers, terriers and English setters.
The latter class brought out the strong
est entry ever made west of Chicago,
with 49 competitors. The first prize went
to Charles W. Miner's Roy Montez, a
Victoria dog, and second to Thomas
Howe's Montez, an animal well known to
the Oregon fanciers by virtue of his many
victories in previous years. Stlmson's
Count Dick, the setter that has heretofore
swept all before him, went down to V.
H. C. place in the competition in the
free-for-all open class. Following are the
winners so far in the principal classes:
Trl-colored collies, dog puppies First,
George Tlnto's Seattle Bob; second, Dr.
Hamilton Allen's Rob Roy. Limit dogs
First George Tlnto's Seattle Bob; second,
Dr. Allen's Rob Roy. Open dogs First,
Glenora. Winners' dogs First, Dr. A J.
Mcintosh's Glenora.
Trl-color collies, first puppy George
Tlnto's Seattle Rover; local dogs', same
owner, Seattle Rover; limit dog, first,
Sanford Fly's Rob Roy. Open dogs
First, S. H. Vincent's Captain Glenalpin;
second, M. M. Brace's Glenalpin. Open
bitches First, George Tlnto's Seattle
Betty. Winners bitches Same owner's
Seattle Betty.
Pointers under 55 pounds, limit dogs W.
W. Peaslee's (Portland) Printer's Ned.
Open dogs Same owner's Printer's Ned.
Open dogs, 55 pounds and over First, J.
A Talyor's (Portland) Bright. Winners'
dogs Peaslee's Printer's Ned. Reserve
Taylor's Bright
English setters, dog puppies First, R.
M. Palmer's Mary Hunter; second, C. B.
Yandell's RJngllng. Local dogs First,
Palmer's Dashing Fleet; second, Yandell's
Laddie Gladstone; third; Atkins' Lorenzo;
reserve, E. A Reece's (Portland) Seco R.
Open dogs First, C. W. Miner's Roy Mon
tez; second, Oregon Training Kennel's
Monte H.; third, Henry L. O'Brien's Vic
tor L.; reserve, E. A. Reece's Seco R.
Open bitches First, L. H. Rogers'
Queen's Beauty; W. A Jones' Luella
Montburn. Winners' bitches First, Rog
ers Queen's Beauty; reserve, A H. Nel
son's Sport's Destiny.
XEW OFFICER AT VANCOUVER.
Major Sidney W. Taylor Appointed
Adjutant-General.
VANCOUVER. BARRACKS. Wash.,
April 1L Major S. W. Taylor, formerly a
Captain of the Fourth Artillery, has
been appointed Adjutant-General of the
Department of the Columbia, relieving
Colonel W. V. Richards, who has been
promoted to the Lieutenant-Colonelcy of
the Seventh Infantry.
Captain Charles McCIure, who was
stationed here several years" ago as
Judge-Advocate of this department, has
been promoted to be Major of the Four
teenth Infantry. Major McCIure has
been on duty in the Judge-Advocate
office at Washington for several months.
First Lieutenants Elmer W. Clark and
Ora E. Hunt have been promoted to
Captaincies in the Eighteenth. Infantry.
Lieutenant Robert S. Offiey, who Is
stationed in Alaska, has been assigned
to the Captaincy of the Thirtieth In
fantry, which is being organized at Fort
Logan, Colorado.
Captain Clough Overton has been as
signed to the Fourteenth Cavalry and
will join his troop at Fort Leavenworth.
Lieutenant Pierce A Murphy has been
relieved from recruiting duty at Scran
ton, Pa., and will report to Major Am
nion A Auger, recruiting officer at Bos
ton, Mass., for duty, relieving Lieutenant
Oliver S. Eskrldge.
It is expected that Captain Frank F.
Eastman will be ordered here from Ma
nila to help recruit the Fourteenth In
fantry. He served with the Fourteenth
as Second and First Lieutenant and Cvp
tain from the time he entered the Army
from West Point In 1S79 until the present
year, when he received his promotion to
Major of the Twenty-eighth.
The order assigning Dr. Edward B.
Mosely to Fort Sheridan has been re
voked. Instead Dr. Mosely will go to
Denver as chief surgeon of the Depart
ment of Colorado.
Good Immljrratlon to Myrtle Creek.
MYRTLE CREEK, April 1L About 50
immigrants from Southern Illinois have
settled here in the past six months, and
more are coming. Two families arrived
yesterday from the same section, and will
buy farms.
Location of Fotofflee Changed.
WASHINGTON, April 7. The postofflce
at Juniper, Umatilla County, Or., has
been moved two and one-half miles to the
northwest and Frederick A Gordon ap
pointed postmaster.
Teachers' Examination at Salem.
SALEM, April 11. The quarterly teach
ers' examination began at the Courthouse
yesterday, with 62 candidates present
This la an unusually large number.
WILL AID SUPREME COURT
JOINT SESSIONS OF 3IULTNOMAH
CIRCUIT. JUDGES.
Saving: of Time In Writing Decis
ions and Ferrer Appealed Cases
Probable.
SALEM, April 1L The members of the
Supreme Court are of the opinion that
under the recent act of the Legislature
authorizing the Circuit Judges in Multno
mah County to sit In joint session, the
work of the Supreme Court will be greatly
lessened. It has been suggested that
when the Circuit Judges sit In banc to try
questions of law, and an opinion Is writ
ten upon the case, the Supreme Court, If
It should affirm the decision of the lower
court, could adopt the opinion filed and
thus save considerable work. When asked
in regard to their views on the matter,
the judges were united in commending it,
and said that the new procedure may help
the Supreme Court in several ways.
In the first place, when a case has been
tried In the lower cburt by the Judges
sitting in Joint session, their decision is
more likely to be correct than the decis
ion of .one judge, and the attorneys will
undoubtedly be better satisfied with It.
This should diminish the number of ap
pealed cases, about one-half of which
come from Multnomah County.
In cases Involving only questions of law,
such as the recent County Commissioners'
suit and all cases coming up on demurrer,
where the question presented in the Su
preme Court is exactly the same as that
upon which the case was decided In the
lower court, It will be of great assistance
to the Supreme Courrt, If the judges sit in
banc and file a carefully prepared opin
ion with their decision. When such a
case Is tried In the Supreme Court, the
latter tribunal could, If It concurred in
the opinion written below, simply say:
"The decision is affirmed for the reasons
stated in the opinion of the lower court,"
etc.
While the opinion written by the lower
court will not relieve the Supreme Court
Judges of the work of studying the cases,
it will save them the time necessary for
the preparation of an opinion and, per
haps, even in cases In which the Supreme
Court did not entirely agree with the
lower court the opinion on file might be of
and In writing the opinion on the casr
In cases involving questions of fact, dur
ing the trial of which questions of law
frequently arise, one judge might try the
case, and pass upon the various questions
as they come up, and then all the judges
review the questions in the hearing of the
motion for a new trial. In this way all
the questions which will be presented be
fore the Supreme Court will be brought
out In the lower court, except, perhaps,
the questions of Jurisdiction or sufficiency
of the pleadings on general demurrer,
which questions may be raised at any
time. If a jury case should be reviewed
by the judges In banc, on the motion for
a new trial, the opinion they might ren
der, would be of as great assistance to
the Supreme Court as an opinion In a
case which was tried In the first example
upon questions of law only.
In order to have the questions presented
In both courts In exactly the same form, It
will probably be necessary to require that
the formal bill of exceptions be prepared
before the judges, in joint session, hear
the argument on the motion for a new
trial. Opinions of the lower court will
also be valuable In equity cases, which
are tried anew In the Supreme Court upon
both the law and evidence. Of course
the assistance given the Supreme Court
by opinions filed by the Circuit Judges
will depend largely upon the care with
which they are prepared, for If the opin
ions contain any reasons for .the decision
in which the Supreme Court could not con
cur, the opinion could not be adopted in its
entirety. Whatever course the Supreme
Court may pursue,' will not be in-pursuance
of a rule of that tribunal, for the
judges do not think it advisable to lay
down any set rule for their government
in such a matter. They will remain at
liberty, to adopt the opinions of the lower
court or to entirely disregard them In the
consideration of the case. In any event,
an appellant will have as thorough and as
fair a hearing In the Supreme Court as
he will have if the judges of the court
below file no written opinion.
It would, therefore, appear that should
the Circuit Judges In Multnomah County
adopt the custom of filing written opin
ions, they will greatly aid the Supreme
Court In catching up with the vast amount
of work before It, and thus earn the grat
itude of litigants and attorneys generally.
In ,6peaklng of the matter today the
Justices of the Supreme Court expressed
the highest regard for the judlcjal ability
of the gentlemen on the Circuit bench in
Multnomah County. Circuit Judges ren
der a great proportion of their decisions
without having any time to study the
questions Involved, but If the judges try
the cases or review them In banc they will
most certainly render decisions more satis
factory to themselves and to litigants.
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BASEBALL AT PENDLETON.
Club Formed and Sisrnlnsr of Players
Will Proceed Promptly.
PENDLETON, Or., April 11. Good base-:
ball is promised for Pendleton this sum-,"
mer. A meeting attended by a number
of substantial business men elected a
board of directors composed of Lee
Teutsch, George Hartman, Jr., H. J.
Stillman, R. W. Fletcher and M. A.
Rader. Mr. Stillman has been chosen
president and George Hartman, Jr., sec
retary. A manager will be selected dur
ing the next few days, and the signing
of players will proceed promptly. Games
are to be played with Walla Walla, Ath
ena and Whitman College.
Reward for Bicycle Thieves.
Pendleton bicyclists have raised $50 to
be Ubed in prosecuting anyone who steals
or disfigures wheels in this town. In the
event the money Is not needed for that
purpose, It is to be devoted to the build
ing of paths.
Nearly Lost His Hand.
Gharles F. Colesworthy, a local millman,
caught his hand" in some rollers yester
day and nearly suffered loss of his right
hand. The middle finger was split down
the back to the bone, and otherwise ter
ribly lacerated.
LA GRANDE DISTRICT FAIR.
Will Commence October 1 and Con
tinue Five Days.
LA GRANDE, Or., April 11. A district
fair will be held at La Grande October 1-5.
The board of directors of the Grand
Ronde Valley Agricultural Association
met here yesterday and decided this mat
ter. The dates fixed correspond closely
to those of the fairs at The Dalles and
North Yakima, but as all conflict could
not be avoided, it was thought that these
would offer the least competition, since
they are to a large extent local meets.
The board took steps toward repairing
the fences and building, improving the
track and other preliminary work. Before
definite arrrangements can be made, how
ever, It will be necessary to consult with
the board appointed by the commissioner
of the First District Agricultural Asso
ciation of Eastern Oregon, and to that
end the president will confer with the
president of that commission. The com
mission Is made up. as follows: George
E. Bell, president, of Baker County; J. J.
Cozort, of Grant County; L. J. Rouse, of
Wallowa County; C. W. Wells, of Mal
heur County. The board appointed by
these men -will act with the Grand Ronde
board. It will be their duty to elect of
ficers to carry on the fair.
WOOL IS OF FINE QUALITY.
Clip Now Being: Made in Umatilla
County -Market Is Stagnant.
PENDLETON, Or., April 11. The 1900
wool clip Is conceded by all buyers to be
of unusually good quality. The wool mar
ket remains stagnant, offers being few,
and prices not coming up to figures paid a
year ago. Wool continues to pour Into
Pendleton, and the warehouses will soon
contain immense quantities of the new
clip.
Heavy Increase ot Lambs.
The increase of lambs Is reported ex
tremely high. John W. Ray, of Gur
dane, who was here Wednesday, say3 he
visited the camps of William Gulllfird and
Frank Chapman, south of Pendleton, and
both were securing an increase of 140 per
cent of lambs to ewes.
Grass Making Slow Growth.
Livestock men complain of the slow
ness of the growth of the grass, saying
that the spring Is fully one month be
hind that of 1000.
Move to Get n Creamery.
GERVAIS, Or., April 11. An enthusi
astic meeting was held at Fairfield, Sat
urday, to consider the advisability of
founding a creamery there. An organiza
tion was effected by the election of
George Miller, chairman, and F. R.
DuRetle, secretary. A site was donated
and accepted and committees appointed
to solicit subscriptions and to obtain
figures on equipments. Another meeting
Is called for next Saturday, April 13.
Much Land Reclaimed for Fanning.
McMINNVILLE, April 11. At no time
in the history or Yamhill County has
there been so much draining of lands as
during the past Winter. The several tile
factories In the county have been faxed
to their fullest capacity and are behln'd
with orders. The result Is that much low
white land, which a few years ago was
considered worthless, will become as pro
ductive as any In the Valley.
Crops About Gcrvats.
GERVAIS7 Or., April 11. In many lo
calities hops are ready for training,
while In dthers they are not so forward.
All hopgrowers pronounce the outlook
for a good crop as highly favorable.
Fruit trees are filling rapidly with
foliage and blossom.
Grain Is brightening up considerably
and Is stoollng splendidly and there will
be fully an average crop1.
PenohcH Injured by Frost.
GRANOTS.PASS, April 10. The fruit out
look for Josephine County continues good.
Peaches have been injured to some extent
by the severe frosts which prevailed
the fore part of this week, but enpugh
are left for a good crop. Prunes, pears,
apples, cherries and plums were not in
jured. Strawberries suffered most, and
will be late on this account.
THE NEW BICYCLE LAW.
A Question "Whether It Applies to
Pathn Not Along; County Roads.
OREGON CITY, April 11. It has come
to be the general opinion that the tibw
bicycle law is only operative whore bi
cycle paths are along county roads. In
Multnomah County it happens that the
paths are along the roads. In Clackamas
County the paths have devious windings
and only occasionally do they even cross
a county road, much less continue along
them.
The original Idea of the law seems to
have been to force the different counties
to maintain the paths by levying a tax
on bicycles, If the bicycle tax failed to
keep the paths in repair, the road -tax
could be drawn upon. Most everybody-
who has taken the pains to examine the.
law has come to the conclusion that it,
was a shrewd move to throw the responsi
bility of maintaining the paths upon the
county. While it applies to any' county,
where the paths are along the county
roads, U falls to apply in every Instance
where the paths leave the public high
way. Clackamas County has up to the pres
ent time collected a bicycle tax on ex
actly eight bicycles this season. Last
year a tax was paid upop 1250 wheels.
Sheriff Cook says he cannot leave his
office to camp along the bicycle paths.
He declares he Is ready to receive the tax'
and Issue an official tag, but that he
does not think he is Justified In putting
the county to any expense. W. W, Breth.
erton, land agent for the Oregon & Cali
fornia Railroad Company, Is the actual
father of the new bicycle law. He ad
mits that the law can scarcely be con
sldered applicable to bicycle paths unless
they are along and upon county roads.'
Mr. Bretherton says:
"I am afraid the law does not reach
these sylvan paths that follow the In
dian trails. Of course the law applies
to Multnomah County and to every path,
that Is. upon a county road. The Idea
was to have a footpath for bicycles andt
pedestrians and to have it maintained,"
Bicycle Path Supervisors.
The County Commissioners have ap
pointed W. A. Huntley, C. H. Dye and J.
F. Clark a board of bicycle path supervis
or's. This board will have charge 'of all
bicycle paths In Clackamas County, and
dlrrect the Improvements and expendi
tures therefor. It Is expected that the
owners of all wheels will pay the tax
prorriptly, as the money collected in each
district will be expended in mat terri
tory. Owners of wheels express satisfac
tion that they are not required to pay an
extra 25 cents this year for tags, and
neither the Sheriff nor Board of Supervis
ors will receive pay for their ser
vices out .of the wheel fund. The Board
of County Commissioners has not yet di
rected the Sheriff to enforce collection of
the tax, but it is believed that the wheel
men in each district will take especial
pride in assisting to build and repair
paths. Repair work has already begun on
some of tho paths, and new ones will be
built wherever the money collected will,
justify the expenditure
ORATORICAL CONTEST.
Seven Pupils of Baker City Schools
Will Compete for Gold Medal,
BAKER CITY, April 1L Great Inter
est centers in the oratorical contest which
will take place at the Opera-House. Hon.
C. A. Johns, of the school board, has of
fered' a gold medal for the best oration.
Seven pupils "Will contest, two of them
being young ladles. The Judges of the,
contest will be prominent citizens' of
Union County.
Will Observe Arbor Day.
Arbor Day tomorrrow will be observed
with marked enthusiasm here. A striking
feature of, the programme will be a pa
rade by 1200 school children, to be fol
lowed by flag drill. The school children
will plant over 100 shade trees.
New Officers Washington A. O. U. W.
SPOKANE, April 11. The A. O. U. W.'
Lodge today elected O. S. Jonest of Seat
tle, past grand master workman; W. E.
Russell, of Waltsburg, grand master
workman: H. R. Cox, of Tacoma, grand
master foreman; W. S. Wright, of Spo
kane, grand master overseer; J. H. Hem
er, of Seattle, grand recorder: F. M. Mead,
of Juyallup, grand receiver; C. H. Frid
ham, of Olympla, grand outside watch
man; G. W. Race, of Tacoma, F. M.
Spain, of North Yakima, and Oliver Hall,
of Colfax, supreme lodge representatives.
Everett will be the next place of meeting.
' Committed to the Asylum. ,
SALEM, April 12. Mrs. Emma CHarles
worth, aged 54, of Sllverton, was com
mitted to the asylum today, after an ex
amination before Justice of the Peace
O'Donald. '
MARTIAL LAW ABOLISHED
GOVERNOR OF IDAHO ISSUES A
PROCLAMATION.
Visited Shoshone County, and Finds
Rule Not Necessary In Force
Nearly Two Years.
BOISE, Idaho, April 11. Governor Hunt
today issued a proclamation abolishing
martial law In Shoshone County. He re
cites the circumstances under which mar
tial law was proclaimed there, and sets
forth that he has recently made a per
sonal Investigation, and found the coun
try prosperous and peaceful.
"Martial law," he said, "Is the spirit of
force, necessary In Its employment to
protect life- and property, and applicable
at any time for that purpose- ltb oper
ation in time of peace, after danger and
peril are over, Is repugnant to our form
of government and a menace to our insti
tutions. Our legislation safely places the
administration of the law in the hands
of the civil authorities, there to remain
during their ability to maintain It."
Martial Jaw was proclaimed May 4, 1S99,
following the riots of April 29. For a
long time It has existed In form .only, the
administration of affairs being entirely In
the hands of the ordinary county au
thorities. WILL MEET NEXT WEEK IN SALEM
Woman's Presbyterian Board of
Missions Progrnmiae.
SALEM, Or,, April 11. The Woman's
North Pacific Pretbyterlan Board of Mis
sions will convene In this city In annual
session next Wednesday. The session
will last two days. A reception will be
held Tuesday evening for the purpose ot
welcoming strangers. It Is expected that
not less than 100 delegates will be present,
but the local mission workers will provide
for all who shall come. -'"
The meetings will be presided oyer by
Mrs. W. S. Ladd, of Portlands president
of the board. Mrs. H. C. Campbell, of
Portland, Is recording secretary; Mrs. E.
P. Mossman, treasurer, and Hon. W. B.
Gilbert, auditor. In Oregon and Washing
ton 9 auxiliaries have been organized
under the auspices of the North Pacific
board, having a total membership of 146S.
The board supports missionaries wherever
the work seems to be most needed, and at
present has the fallowing In the field:
Mrs, J. W. Doughty, Hiroshima, Japan;
Miss Ellen Strong, Seoul, Corea; Rev. H.
M. Andrews, Woodstock, India; Dr. Maud
E. Allen, Arabala, India; Dr. Eliza Leon
ard, Pekin, China; Miss Helen Clark,
Neah Bay. Washington; Miss Irene Grif
fith. Marshall, N. C; Mrs. W. S. Holt,
Portland, Or. The following mission
aries will be present at this year's meet
ing: VMlss Helen Clark, who Is working
among the Neah Bay Indians; Mrs. H. C.
Thomson, returned from Japan; Mrs.
William McCIure. returned from China;
Rev. M. D. McClelland, returned from
Alaska.
The executive committee has prepared
the following programme:
Tuesday Evening.
7:30 Informal reception.
Wednesday Morning?.
Hymn 643.
9:30 Devotional services, Miss Helen
Clark. Neah Bay, Wash.
10.00 Meeting called to order by Presi
dent Mrs. W. Si Ladd. Portland.
Welcome Mrs. H. A. Ketchum, Salem.
Response Mrs. Ladd.
'Minutes of the 12th annual meeting and
report of the year, Mrs. H. C. Campbell.
Portland.
Reports Band secretary, Mrs. H. N.
Scott, Portland; foreign corresponding sec
retary, Mrs. James G. Wilson. Portland;
box secretary, Mrs. Walter J. Honeyman,
Portland; treasurer, Mrs. E. P. Mossman,
Portland.
Appointment of committees.
Prayer.
. Hymn 666.
12 ;00 Luncheon.
Social hour.
v 'Wednesday Afternoon.
. Hymn 87.
1:30 Scripture reading and prayer. Mrs.
C. A. Park, Salem.
1:45 Address, "Some of the Features of
the Work In Japan," Mrs. H. C. Thomson,
Union.
Hymn 646.
2:30 "Relation of Our Board to the Tem
perance Work"," Mrs. J. N. Mulligan,
Portland.
Presentation of new work.
Report of secretary of literature. Mrs.
E. C. Protzman, Portland.
3:00 Discussion, "What Are the Duties
of Auxiliary Secretaries of Literature?"
led by Mrs. B. W. Wilson, Corvallls.
3:15 Address.
Prayer.
Hymn 644.
Wednesday Evening?
7:30 Popular meeting.
Report of Y. P. -- C. E. secretary and
letter from Dr. Anoraws, India. Miss Edna
Protzman, Portland.
Address. "Alaska," Rev. M. D. McClel
land, Portland.
Thursday Morning:
.Hymn 323.
9:30 Devotional service, Mrs. William
McCIure.
10:00 "Some Missionary Problems as I
Have Seen Them," Rev. L. A Tchorlgian,
Constantinople.
10:30 Report of Sunday school secretary,
Mrs. F. I. Ball, Portland.
Discussion, "How Can We Interest Our
Sunday Schools In Missions?" led by Mrs.
E. T. Judd and Mrs. Wilson, Turner, Or.
11:00 Report of Chinese home commit
tee, Mrs. H. N. Scott.
11:15 "Echoes From the Ecumenclal
Council " Mrs. W. H. Lee, Albany, Or.
11:45 Prayer.
Hymn 173.
12:00 Luncheon
Social hour.
Thursday Afternoon.
1:30 Scripture lesson and prayer, Mrs.
H. F. Wallace, Salem.
1:45 Report of home corresponding sec
retary, Mrs. J. V. Milllgan.
2:15 Address. Miss Helen Clark,
3:15 Hymn 608.
Thank offering.
Flve-mlnute talks "What Constitutes a
Best Member?'' Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson,
Eugene: "What Constitutes a Best Of
ficer?" Mrs. T. Broulllette, Gervals.
"Missionary Quiz," Mrs. J. S. Bradley,
Bridal Veil, Or.
Report ot committees ana election or of
ficers. 4:20-Closng hymn.
Benediction.
According to the last annual report of
the work of the board, the societies work
ing under the board collected funds to the
amount of $7450 85," and disbursed, $7529 16.
thus drawing slightly upon the balance
left over from the preceding year. At the
close of last year's work, the treasurer
reported $113 85 on hand. It is expected
that the report this year will show a still
greater amount of money expended in car
rying on this Christian work.
Willamette Presbytery Adjourns.
EUGENE, f April 11. The Willamette
Presbytery completed Its work late last
night President Wallace H. Lee, of Al
bany College, made a report showing that
institution to be In a thriving condition.
The' enrollment Is 148. Two excellent ad
ditions have been mado to the teaching
force. Eleven students are studying for
the ministry. -During the past year the
sum of $6310 has been paid on the debt of
the college.
The name of Rev. J. A. Cleland, who
has united with- the Protestant Episcopal
Church, was dropped from the roll of the
Presbytery.
Miss Alice C. McKlnlay presented the
greetings of the Ladles' Missionary Soci
ety, which was In session In the lecture
room of the church, and Elders W. H.
Lee and J. W. Crawford were appointed
to return the greetings of the presbytery
to the society.
The presbytery then adjourned to meet
with the church at Woodburn on the
Tuesday preceding the annual session of
the synod. In October.
In the evening a c-nnd .mdle'p ws en
tertained by a lecture by Rev. L. A.
Xchorujjilu. nl iu... ,....,. .!.,..,, , .......-
Ian Christian, who has exchanged pulpits
with the pastor at Albany. This meeting
was held under the auspices of the
Women's Beard of Presbyterlal Missions.
VIRTUE TO START UP.
Means TLat This Mine Will Be
Worked to Its Fullest Capacity.
BAKER CITY, April 11. W. H. Wash
burn and two brothers left here yester
day to put the Virtue mill in shape to
begin operations at once. Recently Ar
thur Buckbee, general manager of the
Virtue mine, as well as of the Cumber
land property In Idaho, stated to mining
men here that the mill and mine were to
be put In shape at once to be worked
to their full capacity. It is understood
that the mill will be run on custom wort
until the mine Is thoroughly ovcrhaulei
and opened up, so that It will produce or
sufficient to keep the plant going.
Old mining men and prospectors In this I
section arc greatly rejoiced over the fact t
that this mill Is to resume operations.
They say it Is one of the many Indica
tions of marked activity In mining In
this section the coming season.
Anotntions of Mining Stocks.
SPOKANE. April 11. The closing quotations
of mining stocks today were:
Bid. Ask. I Bid. Ask.
Amer. Boy .. 7 SU Morn. Glory... 4 5ft
Blacktail
bil Morrison
lPrin. Maud ... X
4Qullp 25
SMitKaxnb. Car . .24ft
2i-4 1 Republic .... 24
5 I Reservation .. 3!a
2 Ros. Qlant.... 3S
21 ISullUan Sft
4Vt,
Butte & Bos.. 1
Crjstal $
Conjecture .. 3M,
Deer Trail .. 1
Eenlns Star. ...
GoldLedse... 1
31
25
27i
4k
:tvs
oy,
v-
2H
. A. Li. ....,, XO
iron .llaaK ..
20J4 40 (Tom Thumb.. 10
ti4 " (Waterloo ..... 2
.20 27&I
L. P. Surp.
Mtn. Lion .
SAN FRANCISCO, April 11. Official closing
quotations of Mlnlnc stocks:
Alta ?0 04Jutlt;e $0 01
Alpha Con 5 Kentuck Con 1
Andes 5 Mexican 30
Belcher 21 Occidental Con ... 2
Best & Belcher... lSiOphlr 70
Bullion MlOvcrman 21 '
Caledonia 7(jPot03l (
Challenge Con ... 14iSavage ft ,
Chollar HfSes-- Belcher 4
Confidence 70 Sierra Nevada ... 20 i
Con. Cal. & Va... 2 10 Silver Hill 38
Crown Point 13!Standard 4 15
Gould & Curry...
Hale & Norcross.
Julia
21 Union Con 14
251 Utah Con
2Yellow Jacket
NEW YORK, April 11. Mining stocks today
closed as follows: j
Adams Con $0 231 Little Chief .. ....$) 14 t
Alice 34 Ontario 0 (X)
Breece 1 20JOphlr 05
Brunswick Con .. 20Phoentx 8 ,
Comstock Tunnel. G.Potosl 1 I
Con, Cal. & Va... 2 TOiSavaKe 0 j
Deadwood Terra.. 00'Slcrra Nevada ... 28 ,
Horn Silver 1 10j Small Hopes 00 '
Iron Silver 50 Standard 4 10 ,
Leadvllle Con .... 5
BOSTON. April 11.
Adventure IS
Bins. Mln. Co.. 24
Amal. Copper.. 114
Atlantic 31
Boston & Mont. 306
Butte & Boston 108
Cal. & Hecla... 840
Centennial ..... 21!
Franklin 10
Closing quotations:
25Humboldt $ 25 00
87iOsceola S3 30
00 Parrott 50 00
OOQulncy 178 00
OO'Santa Fa Cop... 0 30
50Tamarack 343 00
OOlUtah Minlns ... 35 25
50IWlnona 4 02
001 Wolverines 51 50
9410 Gold Brick.
MYRTLE CREEK. April 11. Willis Kra
mer, proprietor of the Myrtfe Creek Flour
ing Mills, has returned from his Golden
Wedge mine, in the Gallce Creek district,
with a ?410 gold brick, the result of a
short run with an old-fashioned arastra.
FIRE DEPARTMENT REORGANIZED.
Centrnlla Company Elects Omdnls
Will Get ?20O Per Year.
CENTRALIA, Wash., April 11. At a
special meeting last night the Centralla
fire department was reorganized and the
following officers elected: President, W.
J. Underwood: vice-president. F. M. Crow;
secretary and treasurer, F. E. Davis;
trustees for one, two and three years,
respectively, Arthur Maurry, S. C. Davis
and W. C, Hlnks; chief, Frank C. Miller;
first assistant, John J. Carey; second as
sistant, Frank Roswell; property clerk.
Miller C. Ashton. In future the depart
ment will receive ?t0 a quarter for its
running expenses. For this purpose a tax
levy of VA mills has been made.
Tnro New Sa-mnills,
A new sawmill Is being built at Frances
by the G-ouger Lumber Company, of this
place. It will be In operation In a short
time.
The new sawmill of H. L. Goodwin,
west of this place, has been completed,
and Is now ready to begin cutting tim
ber. It will have a capacity of lo.COO feet
per day.
New Machinery for Mill.
The new machinery for the Centralla
Shingle Company's plant has arrived, and
is being placed In position. The plant will
have a capacity of 270.000 shingles per day.
Will Build $4000 Church..
In a short time the Methodist Church
of this place will begin the erection of a
new ?4000 edifice. Twelve hundred dollars
have already been subscribed, and It Is
believed that the remainder can be gotten
together in a short time.
Annual Meeting of Presbytery.
The Olympla Presbytery and Ladles
Missionary Society of the Presbyterian
Church, which convened here Tuesday af
ternoon, adjourned today. There was a
You save the price of the Tire
"filBl
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Akron, 0.
jntLL-YALt LYLLt LU. oregonian bldc. Portland, or.
To feed the vital fires or they lose the power to regulate and
control the body. Unnatural. stimulants won't do. Like an air
blast on dying embers they cause a sudden flash of heat then
all is dead. Give the nerves plenty of fuel, and the worry and
fretting, the headaches, the nervousness, loss of sleep, deranged
digestion, neuralgia, rheumatism and heart troubles, that burn up
the brain substance and destroy the nerve-force, will disappear
forever. Don't wait till the fires are burned out. Begin now
."I had headache, Indieestion, constipation, smothering
spells and palpitation, was restless, irritable, nervous
and could not sleep at night. The doctors gave me mor
phine until I was a mere skeleton and only weijrhed 80
pounds. After taking six bottles of Dr. Miles' Nervine
these troubles were gone and I weighed 110 pounds."
Mbs. M. A- Williams, Blossom, Tex
creates a good appetite, stimulates digestion, quiets nerv
ous irritation, gives refreshing sleep and sends plenty of
fresh blood to the furnaces of the brain and uerves.
Bold bj druggists on guarantee.
Pay Your
Doctor
Call him early, give him
his own way, and pay him
promptly.
You couldn't treat him
better.
If he should tell you to
take Ayer's Sarsaparilla for
your weak nerves and your
thin blood, for your feeling
of exhaustion and great
fatigue
He couldn't treat you
better.
This grand, old, standard
family medicine is the only
Compound Concentfated
Extract of Sarsaparilla on
the market. To get the best,
you must get "Ayer's"
51.C0 a bottle. Ail insists.
large attendance of ladles anil ministers
from the principal cities and towns of
"Western "Washington. The statistical re,
port of the clerk was encouraging, and
showed advancement In all lines. Several
changes were made in. the different pas
torates. Rev. J. R. Montfort. formarjy of
the Emanuel Church, Tacoma. was as
signed to Chehalts. Rev. George H.
Roach was called to La Camas.
Boy Met Death Beneath. Train.
Charles Summerlin. an S-year-oIrt boy.
met death by falling under a railroad
engine at Cosmopolis, Tuesday. His re
mains were brought here yesterday for
burial.
WASHINGTON MAN WAXES WARM.
Think Oregon Is Golnur Away From
Home to Get Buffalo Fair Exhibits.
SPOKANE, April 11. O. M. Moore, ex
ecuthe commissioner for Washington at
the Pan-American Exposition, says a tlr
tree cut In Washington will be part of
Oregon's exhibit at Buffalo, and he call3
the action a steal. The stump from
which the tree was cut may be made part
of Washincrton's exhlhit. accomnanied bv
! affidavits to "show how Oregon seeks
to advertise herself by the use of an
other state's resources," says Mr. Moore.
He says the tree is to be labeled "Ore
gon pine." "Since arriving here-," ho
said tonight, "I have met i west sida
millman who informs me that his firm
recently shipped five carloads of heavy
timbers to Buffalo for exhibition pur
poses. I presume this Is also part of
Oregon's exhibit."
CONSUL M'COOK REPORTED DEAD.
Another Report Sayi He l Alive, But
at Death Door.
SEATTLE, April 11. Colonel J. C. Mc
Cdok. United States Consul for the Klon
dike, whose dangerous Illness was an
nounced In Dawson advices a few days
ago. Is reported dead by the White Horsa
Tribune of April 1. On that date the
paper published what purported to be a
Dawson special t the effect that the
Consul had died of pneumonia. However,
the same day, the White Horse agent of
the White Pass & Yukon Railroad told
A. J. Morris, of Dawson, that the an
nouncement was premature; that Colonel
McCook was still alive, but at death s
door. Colonel McCook Is said to- have
contracted pneumonia while returning to
Dawson from his Philadelphia home.
Gold.HboroujchN Last Ofllclnl Run.
SEATTLE. April 11. The United States
torpedo-boat. destroyer Goldsborough
leaves Seattle tomorrow for Tacoma. Sat
urday morning she will mnke her last offi
cial trial trip over a 31-knot course. Thirty
knots an hour Is the speed required of
her, but her builders believe that sho
will do at least 31 and possibly a frac
tion more. She will return to this port
Saturday afternoon.
McMInnville Notes.
McMINNVILLE, April 11. The quarterly
examination of teachers Is now In pro
gress. There are 42 applicants.
T.ie Sheriff has had the 1000 assessment
i roll in his hands one week, and durlnff
mill luiitt uu cmiturai n iilhu uvn uw.
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for you can repair it yourself no matter how severa
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upon the repair man.
They will fit the ordinary crescent rims which
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put on and inflate and a team of oxen could not
pull them off.
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