THE MORNING OBEGONIAlf. MONDAY, APRIL' 29, 1901.
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-WASHINGTON STATE OFFIGIALS
GUIITY OP NEPOTISM.
Goo tflr Number of Relatives Find
Employment In at Leaat Fonr
Departments.
OLTMPIA, April 28. When the Popu
list State administration came Into power
four years ago, the effects of the pre
ceding campaign were yet In evidence,
and the cry -went up. "To the victors
belong the spoils!" Uaturally those Pop
ulists -who worked hardest for the suc
cess of the ticket wanted recognition, and
When they failed to get it a howl went
up. So far as placing Populists only
In the positions at their command, the
state officials were consistent, but in one
Instance in particular the head of a state
department committed a political sin al
most as flagrant In the eyes of the Popu
list voters as putting Republicans on
guard. The Secretary of State, Will D.
Jenkins, gave places in his office to sev
eral members of his family at the ex
pense of the workers of his party. Pop
ulists condemned him; Republicans cen
sured him, and newspapers criticised the
nepotism of Jenkins in strong terms;
but the Jenkins family held on, notwith
standing. It was thought, however, that
this would be the last heard of state offi
cials providing places for their rela
tives at the public crib.
Now that the present administration
has been over three months under way,
a comparison in this particular may Just
ly be made, and it can be stated In the
beginning that the showing is not to the
credit of the Republican officials. Where
as in the last administration there was
but one office in which the "family rule"
prevailed, In the present. In no less than
four of the state departments, have the
chiefs thereof provided places for their
relatives.
State Treasurer Maynard is entitled,
under the terms of the appropriation bill,
to two clerks, one of whom Is deputy
treasurer. Both these assistants are
members of the Maynard family. Clar
ence E. Maynard, the deputy, is the
Treasurer's son. The second assistant is
Treasurer Maynard's daughter.
Land Commissioner Callvert has also
taken care of his family. One son, R.
G. Callvert, is secretary of the State
Land Commission; a second, W. F. Call
vert, Is a clerk in the land department,
and a daughter also holds a clerkship in
the same office. In point of numbers,
Commissioner Callvert ranks the other
state officials in the matter of caring for
his own at state expense.
While Secretary of State Nichols has
not quite so many relatives In his office
as the Land Commissioner, the Secre
tary's claim to fame lies in the fact that
his office can boast of having among Its
employes three generations. Mr. Nich
ols, who Is a grandfather, has provided
a place for his son, W. A. Nichols, as
chief clerk, and the chief clerk has a
daughter, who Is drawing a handsome
salary as a clerk in the same depart
ment. The Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion, while not quite so grasping In the
matter of keeping all the salaries In his
department in one family, as some of his
colleagues, fairly sustains the record of
the others. Professor Bryan's wife fig
ures quite often on the State Auditor's
books as an employe of the state's edu
cational department, as does also Miss
Tuttle, a niece of the Superintendent.
It may be said that the Governor's de
partment should also be classed In the
same category, as his son-in-law, William
Blackman, who Is Labor Commissioner,
is an appointee of the Executive. But
it can be said In the Governor's favor
that Mr. Blackman held his position two
years before he became a member of the
Rogers Xamlly.
There Is no doubt that the facts as
set out heretofore will be a revelation
to the voters of the state, and to the
Republican party In particular. Those
few Republicans who have known about
the state of affairs existing are indig
nant, and "have openly expressed them
selves concerning it. It is not likely
that the different state officials will be
long allowed to provide for whole fam
ilies without vigorous protests being
made by the leaders of the party
throughout the state. In the eyes of the
party leaders this is nepotism with a
vengeance, and the character of politics
that will rise to haunt Its originators.
IX' TOWN. BUT DIDX'T KXOW IT.
One Reawon Baker City Mill Will
Move if Bonds Are Voted.
BAKER CITY, April 28. There is
trouble brewing for everybody in Baker
City. It all comes from the proposition
to bond the city for the purpose of erect
ing a municipal electric light plant, and
from a law passed by the recent Legis
lature amending the city charter, which
the opponents of the bonding measure
say was passed -with an object in view.
A suburb of this city known as South
Baker is noted as the location of the
mills of the Oregon Lumber Company.
South Baker Is quite a good-sized town
by itself. AH of the lumber company's
employes reside there and to all Intents
and purposes are residents of Baker City,
save in the matter of paying municipal
taxes. This latter privilege has been de
nied them until very recently. The offl
cers?fe$lhe'4umber company and the citi
zens of South Baker do not remember of
ever having petitioned for the right to
pay municipal taxes li Baker City, but
It seems the privilege was granted by the
late Oregon Legislature. South Baker
and the people therein are a part of
Baker City now, with all the rights and
privileges pertaining to membership In
the municipality. As an officer of the
lumber company put it, "We are in
town." The Tax Collector of Baker City
now walks the streets of South Baker
and demands taxes, and property-holders
must pay.
A bill Tvas passed by the Legislature
last Winter, which when properly Inter
preted annexes South Baker to Baker
City. The South Baker people Insist
that they did not know that such a law
was pending, much less that it had been
passed. The principal owners of the Or
egon Lumber Company's stock a'fe also
the principal owners of the stock of the
Baker City Gas & Electric Light Com
pany, and the proposition to bond the
city and build a municipal electric light
plant is naturally construed to be against
the interest of both corporations. The
mill and light company people are very
emphatic In their objection to having
their property incorporated within the
corporate limits of the city without their
knowledge and consent and on top of that
have a bond tax voted for the purpose
of building another electric light plant for
the payment of which their light plant
shall be taxed. The lumber company an
nounced yesterday that If the bonding
proposition carries at the special election
Monday, they -will at once move their
sawmills from here to Whitney, the new
town, which is located at the end of the
extension ot the Sumpter Valley Rail
road, about 15 miles from the City of
Sumpter. This move would be quite a
serious thing for Baker City, if carried
out, because the pay roll of the lumber
company amounts to about $10,000 per
month.
The friends of municipal ownership say
that the threat to move is a bluff on the
part of the mill and light companies, to
compass the defeat of the bonding meas
ure. The officials of the lumber and
light companies insist that they mean
business and declare that they can far
better afford to move than to pay $20,000
or more increase in taxes. The announce
ment of the intention to move the mills
caused intense excitement here today.
As to -what effect it will have on the bond
election tomorrow is not known. Many
prominent citizens say It means defeat,
while others say the bonds will carry by
a large majority. The officers of the lum
ber company did not discover that the
land on which their mills and lumber
yards are located had been annexed to
this city until a -few days ago.
SNOWSMDE IN ALASKA.
Twenty or More Lives Were Lost at
"Valdes.
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., April 28.
Jacob Rush, who has spent three years
In Alaska, returned from Valdes on the
steamship Senator today. Just before
sailing from "Valdes for Juneau, Mr.
Rush says a courier arrived in "Valdes
from Sunrise City and stated that a
snowslide occurred at that place April 12
and twenty or more lives were lost and
a number of houses burled beneath enow
and ice. The courier left Sunrise shortly
after the slide and could not give full
particulars. Mr. Rush says Valdes Is
crowded with Idle men without means,
who are anxiously awaiting the com
mencement of work on the Government
trail to the Interior. He says 200 have
registered their names with the officials
who will have charge of the construction
work for jobs, but it Is thought that
when work is commenced in June not
more than one-third , will be given em
ployment. He reports that the hospitals
are full of sick men, And that Valdes Is
not an encouraging place for a poor man
to go to.
SEATTLE, April 2S. The names of some
of those supposed to have lost their lives
in the Sunrise slide are as follows: Probst,
Murrray and Brown. Probst was a brother
of the mall carrier who told the story to
the officers of the Aloha. The mall carrier
said he had the story from an Indian
courier.
XEW ELECTRIC COMPANY.
Will Operate Astoria Street Rail-way
System to Be Extended.
ASTORIA, April 2S. At a meeting last
evening the organization of the Astoria
Electric Company was perfected by the
election of the following officers: C. A.
Ooolidge, president; S. S. Gordon, vice
president; H. M. Bransford, .secretary; 8.
S. Gordon, C: H. Page, Martin Foard, H.
M. Bransford and C. A. Coolldge, di
rectors. This is the company which will
operate the Astoria street railway. S. Z.
Mitchell, representing the General Elec
tric Company, was present and projected
arrangements for extending the line as re
quired by the franchise granted by the
CItyCouncil.
Oregon Note's.
The Sclo flax mill began work last
week.
Athena has purchased a $500 rock
crusher.
Frank Toney has been appointed mar
shal of Vale.
Baptists of lone were considering a
project for a $1000 church building.
Erection of the Christian Church build
ing at Monmouth has been postponed.
The Vale Council has passed an or
dinance against bicycle riding on side
walks. The Hood River Fruit Growers' Union
is beginning to receive orders for straw
berries. A burglar-proof safe arrived at Ash
land last week for the First National
Bank.
A new pump has been put in at De
Moss Springs for the benflt of farmers
who haul water.
A petition Is in circulation for exten
sion of the Sisters-Emery mail route to
Warm Springs.
About 12,000 bushels of wheat changed
hands at DMoss Springe last week at
45 cents per bushel.
The Oregon City Y. M. C. A. will re
sume work after a season of inactivity,
due to, a lack of funds. &&
A force of men has been rjrfBfe and
leveling the new training track around
the baseball park at Athena.
J. H. Eggert has taken a contract to
get out 2,000,000 feet of logs, a mile be
low VIento, for Elmer James.
Residents "of Long Creek were much
alarmed last week by the arrival In town
of several diphtheria patiehtB. Strict
quarantine was enforced.
The new warehouse for the Hood River
Fruit Growers Union Is about completed.
The building is 26x50 feet, with a plat
form 10x50. It will hold 10;000 boxes of
apples.
R. Jamleson, agent of the Pacific Coast
Elevator Company, bought 15,150 bushels
of wheat in one lot and 2932 in another
at Weston laet Monday. The price was
46 cents.
C. A. Rhea finished shearing his band
of 4000 sheep last Tuesday, says the lone
Post, and realized a yield of 48,370
pounds of wool which he sold at 7&
cents.
H. E. Blocher has sold his farm of 30
acres, three miles south of Hood River,
to Nels Nelson, recently arrived from
Hancock County, Iowa. The considera
tion was $4000.
It is said that the citizens of Alamo
are preparing another petition to present
to the county court for incorporation.
This time they will include more terri
tory and -population.
A petition is being circulated to re
establish a tri-weekly mall route be
tween Vale and Malheur City and to
have a new postofflce created at the
home of Selby F. Stark, on Lower Willow
Creek.
G. Kershaw, who has a homestead on
upper Hood River, showed the Glacier
fine specimens of gold nuggets from one
of his placer discoveries. One nugget
weighed over $25. The place where he
gathered his specimens Is 175 miles from
Hood River.
Frosts have done some damage to
strawberries, and the crop will be about
two weeks later than usual, says the
Hood River Glacier. Peaches and cher
ries have also suffered. In some parts
of the valley prunes and pears will be a
short crop.
A farmer near Sodavllle recently
bought some 6eed wheat of a neighbor.
When sowing It he came upon a glove
full of $20 pieces. The seller had been
using the sack of wheat as his bank and
by mistake had eold his whole banking
outfit instead of the regular seed wheat.
Six hundred sheep were sheared last
week at the Thompson farm, one mile
south of Corvallls. The owners are
Schryber and Davis, of the vicinity of
Haleey. They have been buying mutton
sheep in Benton county for some time.
The herd will be shipped at once to
Portland.
E. L. Smith haB shipped apples from
Hood River to Buffalo for exhibition pur
poses. The varieties were Yellow New
town, Hyde's King, Baldwin, Northern
Spy, Ben Davis and Arkansas Black, and
came from the orchards of William
Ehrck, George Booth, Mr. Knutson, D.
R. Cooper, B. R. Tuckec, E. D. Calkins
and W. W. Nason.
Domestic and Foreign Ports.
Lizard, April 28. Passed Minneapolis,
from New York for Southampton.
Liverpool, April 28. Arrived Bovic,
from New York; Georgian, from New
York; Rhineland, from Philadelphia, via
Queenstown.
Gibraltar, April 28. Arrived Trave,
Genoa and Naples, for New York and
proceeded.
London, April 28. Arrived Manltou,
from New York.
Liverpool, April 28. Sailed Corean,
from Glasgow for St. Johns. N. F., Hall
fax, N. S., and Philadelphia.
Queenstown, April 28. Sailed Etrurla,
from Liverpool for New York.
Southampton, April 29. Sailed South
wark, from Antwerp for New York.
Two Men Drowned.
CINCINNATI, April 29. While sight
seeing in the flooded district at Cummings
ville yesterday, Philip Kennedy and John
Busam were drowned. Their boat capsized.
J. C. TRULLINGER DEAD
EX - OREGOX LEGISLATOR
PROMINENT CITIZEN.
AND
Best Known ns Astoria Millovrnex
One of Organizers of Republi
can Party in Oregon.
ASTORIA, April 28. Hon. John Corse
Trulllnger, one of Astoria's oldest and
most respected citizens and business men,
and one of Oregon's early pioneers, died
at his residence In this city this morn
ing from hemorrhage of the brain. He
had been seriously ill for several days,
and his death was not unexpected. The
funeral will be held from the family
residence Tuesday.
Deceased was actively Identified with
the early history of Oregon, and was in
terested in the establishment of some of
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JOSEPHUS MARTIN.
CONDON,-Or., April 28. Josephus Martin, the oldest inhabitant of Gilliam
'.County, was born in Butler County, Ohio, in 1820. 'When 24 years old he started
for the Pacific Coast via the Panama route. Ho landed ' in San Francisco in
1853. Mr. Martin followed mining in El Dorado County for several years, but
finally abandoned that for other pursuits. He came to Oregon In 1804, stopping
for a short time at Corvallls. He soon Joined the rush of miners to the newly
discovered mines In Idaho, -where he remained two years. Upon his 'return to Or
egon, in I860, he settled on Bock Creek, In vhat Is now Gilliam County, and
engaged in the stock business, which he has successfully followed on the same
.ranch for 35 years. He 'was married In 1868 to a sister of the late Professor J.
, W. Johnson, of the Oregon. State University. He is hale and hearty, and enjoys
the best of .health. Mr. Martin, Conrad Schott (who still lives on Bock Creek)
and 'John Shellacy, deceased, were about "the first permanent settlers In what Is
now Gilliam County. -
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the most important business enterprises
In the state. He was born in Fountain
County, Ind., July.29, 1828, and came across
the plains with his 'parents to Oregon
in 1848. -Shortly afterward, Mr. Trullln
ger went to California, where he en
gaged in mining, but returned to Oregon,
leaving San Francisco January 1, 1850, on
the schooner. G. H. Montague. On reach
ing Oregon he engaged in business at
Mllwaukie, but later owned and operated
lumbering and flouring mills on Fanno
Creek, at Oswego, and the Centervllle
mills, near Forest Grove. In 1875 he came
to Astoria and for' many years had been
engaged in the lumbering and electric
lighting business here.
Mr. Trulllnger had held various offices
of public trust In Astoria and Clatsop
County. He was Mayor of the city from
1886 to 1888, and previous to that time
was a 'member of the -City Council. In
June, 1892, he was elected to the -State
Legislature and served during the ses
sion of" 1893. , M AXm
He was one, of the organizers of the
Republican party In Oregon In 1856. He
leaves. a widow and six children, Perry
A Grant, Thomas, William C, Thaddeus
and John 'Trulllnger, of Astoria; Mrs. T.
T. Geer, wife of Oregon's Governor, and
Mrs. W. D. Mack, of Aberdeen.
MOFFATT-GRAY.
wllK"nown OreKon City Mnn
to
Claim a Bride in Portland.
OREGON CITY, April 28. Next Tues
day evening at 575 East Ash street. Port
land, will occur the wedding ceremony
of Miss Jennie Dean Gray and John W.
Moffatt. Mr. Moffatt Is superintendent
of construction in the Willamette Pulp
& Paper Company's mill at Oregon City,
and Miss Gray has recently been em
ployed' as cashier for the Portland-drug
firm of Woodard, Clarke & Co. Mr. Mof
fatt was Quartermaster-Sergeant of the
Second Oregon Volunteers in the Phil
ippines, and is popular In military cir
cles. The marriage ceremony will be
performed by ex-Chaplain Gilbert, of the
Second Oregon. About 50 Invitations have
beon' Issued. Mr. Moffatt has recently
built a fine residence In West Oregon
City, to which he will take his bride. The
first acquaintance of the couple dates
from the time Miss Gray was cashier in
the money, order department of the Ore
gon City postofflce.
ANOTHER NEW VESSEL.
Marshfleld Shipyard Will Turn Out
a Steam Schooner.
MARSHFIHLD, April 28. In the Marsh
fleld shipyard the Pacific Shipbuilding
Company commenced yesterday to clear
away for a foundation upon which to lay
the keel of a second vessel, which will
be pushed to completion along with the
large four-masted schooner now building,
and which is now nearly ceiled. The
new boat will be a steam schooner of
the following dimensions: Keel, 132 feet;
beam, 33 feet; depth of hold, 10 feet.
Both vessels are for C. A Hooper &
Co., of San Francisco.
The new steamer at the Bay City ship
yard, near Marshfleld, which was de
scribed In The Oregonlan a week ago.
has not yet been launched, the non-arrival
of her stem iron from San Francisco
causing the delay.
WHY HE WAS NOT AT CHAMPOEG.
Pioneer of 1842 Knew Nothing of
-Provisional Government Move.
OREGON CITY, April 28. Antone
Pluard, a pioneer of 1842, who moved here
about a year ago from French Prairie,
near Gervais, states that the reason he
was not at Champoeg when the Provision
al Government was organized, was that he
knew nothing of the meeting until it was
all over, otherwise he would have been
in attendance. He came to Oregon with
25 families, who emigrated from Mani
toba, Canada. On reaching Oregon City,
Dr. John McLbughlln insisted that the
party locate here, but it preferred an
open country, and settled on French Prai
rie. .Mr. Pluard says the only survivors
of that colony, except himself, are his
sister, Mrs. Menle .Poquet, of Scott's
Mills; Frank Ganion, of Umatilla Coun
ty, and Narcls llurrler,' also of Eastern
Oregon.
OREGON CITY PLEASED.
Appointment of Henry Meldrum ns
Surveyor-General the Cause.
OREGON CITY, April 28. The appoint
ment of Henry Meldrum as Surveyor-General
of Oregon gives widespread satisfac
tion In Oregon City, where he has always
made his home. Mr. Meldrum is looked
upon as one of the best surveyors on
the Pacific Coast, and his appointment
Is considered in the light of a recognition
of true merit. His brother, John Mel
drum, is at present Deputy County Sur
veyor of Clackamas County.
LITTLE GIRL IS MISSING.
Search of Nearly a Weelc for Her
Proves Unsuccessful.
NORTH YAKIMA, April 28. The 5-year-old
daughter of ex-Commissioner W. B.
Matthews has been missing since Wed
nesday. Although searching parties have
scoured the country, no trace of the
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child has been found. Mr. Matthews selit
to Sheriff Tucker today, asking if blood
hounds could not be secured to aid the
searchers. The little girl and her 8-year-old
brother left home Wednesday morning
to hunt up some cattle. They were taken
up by a neighbor and carried to a point
from "which the boy said he could easily
find his home. A short time afterwards
he reached home without his sister, and i
was unable to tell what had become of
her.
Edncatlonnl .Meeting.
BRIDAL VEIL, April 28. The educa
tional meeting held here last evening un
der the direction of Miss Bertha Williams,
teacher of the school, was well attend
ed. The programme consisted of an ad
dress by County Superintendent R. F.
Robinson, and vocal and Instrumental
music and recitations by local talent,
and a dumb-bell and clubswlnging ex
ercise. -Superintendent Robinson told
parents how they could help In bringing
the school work In their district to a high
er state of efficiency.
Said to Have Yellow Fever on. Board.
VICTORIA, B. C. April 28. H. M.
S. Condor, whose arrival naval au
thorities have been looking for for two
weeks past, reached quarantine tonight.
It is reported that there is yellow fever
on board, but as she has not yet com
municated with the shore, the report can
not be verified.
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Federal building work
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS RECOM
MENDED FOR ASTORIA.
Improvements Would Consist Main
ly of New Cement Wnllcs, Curbs
and Gutters.
SALEM, April 2S. Major C. F. Cramer,
the Government architect who Is super
vising the construction of the new Fed
eral building in this city, has just com
pleted plans and recommendations for
repairs to -the Federal building at As
toria, costing In the neighborhood of
$5000. The repairs are of minor Import
ance and will require an expenditure of
only about $150. The Improvements con
sist of the construction of new walks,
curbs and gutters 'of cement and a
driveway of brick.
The block upon which the Government
building at Astoria stands Is enclosed by
an old wooden picket fence, fast falling
to decay and not worth repairing. Major
Cramer reports that In view of the con
ditions that exist at Astoria, there is no
necessity for a fence and he therefore
recommends that It be removed and re
placed with a cement curb which would
be permanent and of more attractive ap
pearance. The Astoria postofflce stands In the
center of a block and the approaches are
plank walks laid diagonally from the
four corners. The ground slopes from
southwest to northeast and there is a
hill south of the premises. Moisture
from the hill keeps the grounds very wet
and at times floods rush toward the
building, especially down the walks that
pitch In that direction. There is a deep
area all around the building and seepage
water Is constantly running over the ce
ment floor of this area to the drains
leading therefrom.
It is recommended that cement walks
be laid in the place of the plank walks
and that cement gutters be constructed
along all the walks so as to carry the
water across the grounds without flood
ing. Major Cramer suggests that these
Improvements be made as early as possi
ble. When completed, these changes will
put the Federal property at Astoria in
excellent condition.
BANK OFFICIALS ARRESTED.
Charged With Receiving Deposits
After Failure of Institution.
SEATTLE. April 28. Frank Oleson. cash
ier, and J. S. Stangroom, bookkeeper of
the defunct Scandinavian-American Bank
of New Whatcom, were today arrested on
warrants charging them with receiving
deposits after the failure of that insti
tution. Oleson was arrested here, and
Stangroom at Whatcom. Stangroom Is
now exchange teller of a Seattle bank,
and lives here. Oleson was formerly sec
retary of the Board of Public Works here,
and a prominent politician and newspaper
man. He says the arrests are the result
of a mistake, and that the receiver of the
bank has acted hastily.
New- Oregon Corporations.
SALEM, April 27. Articles of incorpor
ation were filed in the office of the Sec
retary of State during the past week as
follows:
Josephine County Bank, Grant's Pass;
$25,000; R. A. Booth, James T. Tuffs, Ed
Lister.
Consolidated Imnaha Mining Company,
Enterprise; $25,000; W. D. Sheahan, G.
W. Hyatt, J. A. French, Carl Roe, W. R.
Holmes, C. H. Zurcher, E. W. Steele."
Walker Basin Land and Irrigation Com
pany, Portland; J. E. Morson, H. F.
Lassner, Gustav Anderson.
Astoria Commercial Club, Astoria;
$1000; John Hahn,- W. J. Cook, A. Scher
neckau, J. E. Higgins, Frank Woodfield.
B. F. Allen, A. M. Smith, A. W. Shipley,
C. R. Thompson, C. H. Cooper, Alfred
Tee.
Park, Land Company, Portland; $1000;
Russell E. Sewall, Guy J. Willis, John
W. Paddock.
Red Jacket Mining Company, Portland;
$2,500,000; J. A. Summons, E. F. Schnei
der, G. W. Perkins.
Valley Timber Company, Portland; $30,-
' 000; John Stewart, Wells Gilbert, H. L,
Powers.
Aquaterra Company, Portland; $1000;
R. E. Moody, L. A. McNary, T. S. Pot
ter. Whitney Mercantile Company, Merrill,
Klamath County; $10,000; W. P. Whitney,
F. S. Brandon, D. M. Whitney.
Burglars Went Through Safe.
NORTH YAKIMA, April 2S. Burglars
entered the office of City Clerk H. B.
Doust last night and went through the
safe. The outer doors were not locked.
They broke open the interior compart
ments, but secured nothing of value.
These incidents have been quite common
here of late, and a determined effort will
be made to rid the town of suspicious
characters. The police force has been In
creased. Forty Miners Begin Worlc Today.
BAKER CITY, April 2S. J. E. Carpen
ter, son of Mose Carpenter, superintend
ent of the rich Carpenter-Nelson placers,
located about eight miles from this city,
left here yesterday to take the position
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lBpk BEST FOR BOWELS AND LIVERS T
of foreman, under his father, at the
mines. Forty men will begin work tomor-
J mw This fs nnn of the richest placer
claims In this vicinity.
Washington Notes.
Falrhaven shingle weavers have formed
a union.
Construction of a salmon cannery at
Anacortes will begin at once.
Samuel Wllley, of Olympla, who was
apprehended in San Francisco last Sat
urday week on a warrant charging him
with the betrayal of Minnie Schroeder,
a 16-year-old Olympia girl, returned Fri
day In custody of Sheriff Mills. He was
Immediately taken before Justice Dial
and arraigned. The Justice fixed the
bond at $4000 and set the preliminary
hearing for Wednesday. Wllley gave the
necessary bond.
Executive Commissioner Moore, of the
Buffalo Exposition Commission, has no
tified the following persons that their
services will be required at Buffalo: Su
perintendent of exhibits, C. L. Knox, Spo
kane; superintendent of mining exhibit,
L. K. Armstrong,. Spokane; superinten
dent fisheries, game and taxidermy, John
Hudson, Spokane; assistant superinten
dent forestry and horticulture. C. H.
Ross, Tacoma; press agent, Fred W. Mar
vin, Walla Walla; assistant press agent,
W. L. Thompson, Port Orchard; acting
secretary, Frank La Wall, Tacoma- The
University of Washington will pay the
expenses of a student who will serve in
the capacity of official messenger. The
representatives appointed by Commission
er Moore will receive transportation ex
penses and salaries ranging from $125 to
$150 a month.
FINANCES OF PHILIPPINES.
General Otis Tells of Difficulties En
countered by Administration.
CHICAGO, April 23. Major-General E. S.
Otis, Commander of the Department of
the Lakes, as the guest of honor at a
banquet given by the Chicago Bankers'
Club, freely discussed the financial diffi
culties encountered by the American Ad
ministration In the Philippines. Speaking
of the Spanish Bank at Manila, he said:
"I sometimes think when deliberating
upon the present condition of the Spanish
Bank and Its claim upon the United
States Government, that we made, a mis
take In our dealings with It, although oth
er action on our part might have caused
Innocent holders of its paper to suffer.
Better to have destroyed it by promptly
presenting for payment the paper we held,
thereby Inciting a run upon It, which It
would have been powerless to meet, than
to assist In building It up Into good
financial standing. Spain had placed it in
jeopardy, and It was not our duty to res
cue .it."
"The Spanish Bank," he said, "formerly
was on a gold basis, but now it Is fairly
on a silver footing. The Army of the
Philippines has had a novel currency ex
perience. The troops must be paid In -gold,
and accounts current sent for all dis
bursements of United States money must
be rendered therein. In spite of expe
dients adopted for relief, the troops still
experience difficulty with United States
currency sent them for use in Asiatic sil
ver markets. They cannot obtain a full
equivalent for the gold received as pay.
Tho soldier In barter never gets more than
two Mexican dollars for a gold dollar.
Within a short period after reaching Ma
nila the troops were paid $3,000,000 gold,
and this disappeared from view as quick
ly as a vision of the night. Such experi
ences in our attempt to Increase the Phll-
1 lpplne volume ot currency Induced the
payments of troops at first partly in pa
per money, and subsequently largely
therein. It resulted In some improve
ment, and still the paper dollars would
nGt be received anywhere but In the cities
where merchants knew their value. With
sliver at 46 or 47 cents. It would have
paid them to collect and ship the paper
to the United States, and It may have
been so disposed of, as It did not appear
to remain In the islands."
OHIO CONTINUES TO FALL.
Cincinnati Railroad Stations Will Be
Occupied Today.
CINCINNATI. April 28. The Ohio Riv
er has fallen slowly since yesterday. The
Weather Bureau says it will be below
the danger line of 50 feet tomorrow. Si
phon pumps were clearing the cellars to
day, where the water has receded. Nav
igation, including many sightseeing ex
cursions, was resumed today, and the
railways will all be using their regular
stations tomorrow. Down the river, on
the opposite shore and on the Indiana
side, the Indications are reported as very
bad. There Is danger of the channel be
ing changed, owing to the water taking
another course in the overflow.
River at Standstill at Lonlsville.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 28. The Ohio
at Louisville was at a stand this even
ing at 33.3 feet, which is 5.3 feet above
the danger line. The flood is expected to
pass away soon without damage.
Will Begin Falling Today.
EVANSVILLE. Ind., April 23. The riv
er registers 42.4 feet tonight, and will
be falling before morning. The greatest
damage In this region Is to farmers. It
Is estimated that 400,000 acres of wheat
Re war
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SOLD LAST YEAR
OXTAKAKTEE3 TO eUUEt Five years ntto the first box or CAS
CARETS was sold. Now It Is otvkt six rxlllfon boxes a year, erenter thaa any
similar medicine ia the world. This Is absolute .propf of arreat merit, ana
our oest testimonial. We have faith, and will self CASOAXITTS absolately
cuaronteed to euro or money refunded. Go buy today, two COc boxes, jrlvo
them a fair, honest trial, as per simple directions, and If ypn are notsotlsaed
after uslnx one SOe box, return the unused OOe box and the empty box ta
us by malt, or the drarslst from whom you purchased It. d set yoor money
baelt for both boxes. Take our ad vtee-no matter what allsypa start today.
TXeKlth trill nnleklT follow aad you 'will bless the day you first staaed toe ns
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Ask Totir
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Ask him if it isn't true
that about every one needs
a good spring medicine. Ask
him if your depression of
spirits, your general .weak
ness, and your feeling of
exhaustion are not due to
impure blood and weakness
of the nerves.
Then ask him about Ayer's
Sarsaparilla.
If he says it's all right, get
a bottle of it today. We know
it is the best thing you can
'possibly take to lift you up
and bring back your old
strength and vigor.
$1.00 a bottle. All drasgists.
J. C. AYER CO., Lowoll, Mas.
between this city and Paducah, Ky., ara
destroyed. The loss to houses Is $100,000,
Over half a million bushels of corn weret
destroyed in the crib. The lumbermen
along Green River estimate their loss atf
$100,000.
FIRE IN MINE.
Four
Hundred Men Out of Work'
Loss of Life Feared.
LA TROBE. Pa.. April 28. Tonight tho
entire tipple, engine-house and boiler
house of the Dorothy coal and coke piano
of the American Steel & Wire Company la
a smoldering mass of ruins, and It is re
ported that either four or six miners
have lost their lives. The loss is esti
mated at $150,000, fully Insured.
Two persons are known to be Injured.
They are; Superintendent Rogers, suffo
cated while endeavoring to rescue en
tombed miners. William GUI, suffocated,
while assisting Superintendent Rogera In
the work of rescue.
Five miners were known to have been
In the mine, who knew nothing of tho
fire until 12 men descended the air shaft
and told them. They were rescued, but
there are rumors tonight that six moro
were In the mine at the time. The fire
will throw more than 400 miners out of
work.
9150,000 Fire in Saw Mill.
SYRACUSE, N. Y.. April 23. A special
to the Post-Standard from Saranac Lake
says: This afternoon fire caught In the
drying room of the Branch & Callahan
mill in the center of the village. The
mill, four storehouses and 500,000 feet of
lumber were destroyed. Lobs $150,000.
The Athena Press offers a reward of $25
cash for the arrest and conviction of any
person or persons found guilty of rob
bing graves of plants or flowers at that
place.
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