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THE MOHNING1 (TRTCGONIAN, MONDAY, HAT 13, 1901.
ASK FOR MORE WAGES
ASTORIA MACHUeiSTS SERVE NO
TICE OX EMPLOTERS.
Demand Twelve and One-Half Per
Cent Increase, or "Will "Walt
Out May 20.
ASTORIA, May 12. Tie machinists em
ployed at the Astoria Iron Works yes
terday served notice on the company that
on May 20 they desire to receive a scale
of nine hours' -work Instead of 10, -with
the "Brakes to remain the same as at pres
ent. This means an increase of "wages of
about 12 per cent. Similar demands
have been made on all the machine shops
on the Coast, and locally It is not known
what action -will be taken, as it is con
sidered the business of the larger shops
to settle the auestion.
To Look for Site for Hatcneries.
(Master Fish "Warden H. G. Van Dusen
-will leave here tomorrow morning for The
Dalles, from -where he will start Deputies
Greenman and Bradley out on a trip to
the .headwaters of the streams leading in
to the Columbia in search of suitable sites
for salmon hatcheries. He will then de
vote his attention to seeking- a site for
a hatchery on the Deschutes River, which,
frqya information b.e has received, has sev
eral desirable sites
THE STATE'S INTEREST.
The School Land Board. la Liable for
the Losses.
- Salem Journal.
The bondsmen of George W. Davis, the
defaulting clerk of the Pennoyer-Mets-cban-McBride
regime, are liable for only
55000, if they can be held liable for that
after a Legislative committee made a
whitewashing report covering the period
of the Davis defalcation.
The fact that It was the duty of the
state board to see to It that the clerk,
as their agent and employe, accounted for
and turned over all the funds be collect
ed, but did not do so, may be a bar
to recovery on the bond, "because the
bondsmen can show "laches" on the part
of the State Treasurer and the state
board, who, the special Legislative com
mittee says, might have ascertained at
any time by comparing the Treasurer's
book and the books of the clerk that there
was a shortage. ,
One of the old Metscham-McBride-Pen-noyer
board said they left the checking
up of .the clerk's accounts to a Legisla
tive committee. In a way they did. But
they saw to it that a perfunctory exam
ination was conducted. They had one of
their strikers conduct that examination to
conceal and not to uncover fraud. The
secret emissary who sprung Mr. XIc
Brlde for Senator in 1895 reported for a
Legislative committee of experts and ac
countants that Davis' accounts were all
right. Those sham investigations and
whitewashes were denounced on the floor
of the House in 1895. but all such were
called .cranks, anarchists and Populists
by the boodlers. More Investigations the
past "Winter were of the same perfunctory
character, and Lot Pearce, of Marlon
County, proposed in committee such
clerks' and accountants be paid Jl a day,
instead of S5 to $7 50.
Of course, bis proposition was voted
down. The Cleeton Legislative report may
let the bondsmen off. but it should not
prevent collection of the sum due from the
State School Land Board as then com
posed. They owe the state school fund
whatever sum their clerk and agent failed
to turn over, whether a Legislative white
wash intervened or not. Those state offi
cials should be sued with the bondsmen,
if upon demand they do not make good
the defalcation.
Lightning considerably damaged a house
In the outskirts of the town, owned by a
man named Simmons. The' bolt struck
the center of the roof and passed through
the building to the cellar. Considerable
hall fell and ,lt Is feared some damage
will result to 'the grain and fruit crops.
Only One Charter Amendment Lost.
The charter amendments proposed at the
recent city election In Spokane passed,
with the exception of amendment No.
4S, which provided for doing away with
the Board of City Commissioners. The
amendments which passed follow:
Amendment 43 relates to local Improve
ments. The change provides that the mat
ter of such Improvements originate with
the Board of Public "Works Instead of
the county. It Is also said that the
amendment will also expedite and make
more certain collection of special improve
ment taxes.
Amendment 50 provides for the method
of awarding the contract for city print
ing. Amendment 51 allows the city to make
contracts with hospitals, etc, for care of
sick and orphans.
Amendment 52 provides for trunk sewer
districts and conforms to the new state
law.
Amendment 53 Is directed toward sim
plifying the city bookkeeping and reduc
ing the number of funds.
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS
STATE CONVENTION "WILL CONVENE
IN SALES TUESDAY.
The Inside of Things.
Woodburn Independent.
State Senator Brownell for years owed
Henry Meldrum an unpaid political debt,
and has at last canceled the obligation.
Mr. Meldrum, upon recommendation of
Senator Mitchell, has been appointed
Surveyor-General of Oregon. And thus
gradually is Senator Mitchell paying back
Senator Brownell favor for favor before
the next Congressional convention.
TVortliTrest Postal Orders.
WASHINGTON, May 8. The postof
flce at Petteys, Morrow County, Or., will
be discontinued May 15, mall going to
lone.
A Postoffice has been established at
Jersey, Klickitat County, "Wash., on the
route from Cleveland to Arlington. John
H. Hunt will act as Postmaster.
Transferred to Twenty-eighth.
"WASHINGTON, May 8. Private George
N. Hughes, Company A, Twenty-second
Infantry, now attached to the convales
cent company at Vancouver Barracks,
has been transferred to the Twenty
eighth Infantry, organizing at that post,
and will be duly assigned to a company.
Date for Tenchers' Meeting:.
SALEM, Or., May 12. The executive
committee of the "Western Division of the
State Teachers' Association announces
January 1-4, 1902, as the time for holding
the. next annual session of the division.
The meeting will be held at Eugene.
To Represent Eogene.
EUGENE, Or., May 12. Mayor G. R.
Chrlsman will appoint a committee of 10
or 15 prominent citizens to represent this
city and accompany the Presidential re
ception committee to Salem and Portland,
May 22.
Mrs. P. HT. Murray, of Baker City(.
BAKER CITY. Or., May 12. Mrs. P. H.
Murray died yesterday morning at he
family residence In this city. Deceased
was 56 years of age, and had resided in
this city and county for a number of
years.
Great Preparations Have Been Made
for Reception of Visitors Pro
gramme for the Occasion,
SALEM, May 12. The sixteenth annual
sesslonof the Oregon State Sunday School
Convention will be held In. this city, be
ginning at 2 P. M., Tuesday, May 14, and
closing at 3:15 P. M, Thursday, May 16.
Local interest In the convention is great,
and extensive "preparations for the occa
sion have been made by Salem Sunday
school "workers. All the sessions will be
held in the First Baptist Church. Those
who have charge of the entertainment of
Ohio Synod, of which Oregon arid "Wash
ington form a district.
Resident of RosebHrs;.
Joseph Kycker, the young man who was
seriously cut In the hack by falling upon
ah" ax. yesterday. Is said to be a resident
o Roseburg, where his parents reside. He
is resting well today and has fair chances
of recovery.
SCHOOL ELECTION AT OLVMPIA.
After Warm Contest, Old Officers
Were Re-elected
OLTMPIA, Wash., May 12. Yesterday's
school election in this city resulted in the
election of Charles D, King for director
for three years, and Fred Schomber clerk
for one year. Both were re-elected,
though their selection to succeed them
selves was not brought about without a
warm contest. The election "was unique
in some respects. At the opening of the
noils and for two hours afterward there
was but one ticket In the field, and but
40 votes were cast The polls opened at
1 o'clock, and shortly after 3 several peo
DEBATERS WILL . MEET
OREGON AND "WASHINGTON TEAMS
TO CONTEST.
Speakers Will Come From Beth State
Universities Track Teams "Will
Hold Field Day.
delegates expect that about 200 Sunday I ple who had already voted for King and
school workers from various parts of the ! Schomber were noticed .advocating an
state will be in the city to participate in I opposition ticket. A lively hustle for
cisti((eteeea(ee9eisatcat
CULTIVATION OF BEETS.
Abont 250 Men Will Bcgrin "Work To
day in Grand Ronde Valley.
LA -GRANDE, May 12. About 250 men
will tomorrow morning commence thin
ning and weeding the beet fields of the
Grand Ronde Valley. No replanting has
been necessary and the beets ore grow
ing well. The recent Tains have brought
up many In fields which it was thought
would have to be reeeeded. A prominent
beet-grower says squirrels are the worst
pest with which the growers have to
contend. The work of extermination is
anything but rapid. Shooting them Is
profitless, owing to their large numbers,
and gallons of poison have been used
with little effect. No concerted action
toward their extinction is taken by the
farmers, and the rodents immigrate so
rapidly that a new horde Is fready each
morning to take the place of those that
have succumbed.
Oregon Pensions.
WASHINGTON, May 8. Pensions have
been granted as follows:
Oregon Original Sanford O. Pease,
Summer Lake. $8; George Thompson, Cot
tage Grove, $6.
ELEVEN DOLLARS TO THE TON.
Clean-Up of Mammoth Means Sev
eral Good Improvements.
BAKER CITY. Or., May 12. For some
time past ore from the Mammoth mine
has been treated at the Wirtue milL A
trial run of 100 tons has been put through
the mill, and the result of the clean-up
$1100 In gold bars was brought to .this
city yesterday. This is an average of 5U
to the ton.' This mine has been bonded
by W. L. Vinson, of this city, with the
result that already things are looking up
in the district. It Is a short distance
from the famous Virtue mine, where the
Mammoth ore is being treated. A board-ing-houset
and other mine buildings will
be erectea nt,the mine i at once. Material
for the new bulldingsvwas sent out from
this city yesterday.
FIRST CARLOAD OF GOODS.
Delivered at Nevr Town of Whitney,
in Eastern Oregon.
BAKER CITY. Or.. May 12. The first
carload of merchandise wasyesterday de
livered at "Whitney, the new terminal of
the Sumpter Valley Railroad. Trains "will
commence making regular trips from this
place to Whitney some time this week.
The new town is taking on quite a busi
ness air since the completion of the rail
road. Fourteen business houses, two liv
ery stables and two saloons are ready for
business, and the prospects are good for
several more to open before the end of
the month.
"WILL BE UNVEILED FRIDAY.
Monument ut Eugene for Lane Coun
ty Volunteers Who Fell In Battle.
EUGENE, May 12. At a meeting yes
terday of the Patriotic League, It was de
cided to hold the exercises of unveiling the
memorial fountain. May 17. The fountain
Is of granite, of appropriate design, and
bears the names of all Lane County vol
unteers who lost their lives In the war
with -Spain and the Philippine Rebellion.
Officers of Board of Agriculture.
MEDFORD, Or., May 12. The members
of the first Southern Oregon Board of
Agriculture met here yesterday and or
ganized by the election of T. E. Hills, of
Ashland, as president; W. H. Gore, of
Medford, vice-president; W. J. Plymale,
of Jacksonville, secretary, and J. E. En.
yart, of Medford. treasurer. No definite
conclusion was reached concerning the
holding of a fair, but it is understood
that a fair will be held and the best ex
hibits shipped to a state fair.
Preparing for Decoration Day.
OREGON CITY, May 12. The residents
of Needy are preparing an elaborate pro
gramme for Decoration day. Colonel
Robert A. Miller will be the orator of
the day. The Needy cemetery was laid
out in 1S5S, and many prominent pioneers
are burled there.
Honse Damaged by Lightning.
UNION. Or., May 12. This district was
visited by an electrical storm yesterday.
So Do the Antls.
Eugene Register.
Agulnaldo evidently realizes that "our
flag Is still there."
Oregon Notes.
Newport will have a Fourth of July
celebration.
The new schoolhouse at Marcola has
fieen completed.
It is reported from Leland that the
town will Incorporate.
A new turntable has been built at the
railroad terminus at Myrtle Point.
Timber claims on the middle fork of
the Coquille are being rapidly taken up.
The Southern Pacific is accumulating
a large quantity of wood at Junction.
The Granite school district will hold a
meeting for the purpose of voting a 5-mlll
tax.
A picnic will be held at Herron's Grove,
four miles west of Junction, Saturday,
May 25.
The Southern Oregon OH Company, op
erating near Ashland, has purchased a
boring plant.
The Columbia Southern Railway Com
pany has purchased the foundry and ma
chine shops at Moro.
Contract has been awarded to the
Athena Flouring Mill Company to pump
water for the city for $800 per year.
A good quality of kerosene oil has been
discovered near Granite, and Spokane
capitalists are preparing to bore, says the
Gem.
The Cracker Creek mine-owners and
others who travel the Bourne road are
making complaint about the condition of
that highway.
A mass meeting will be held In the
Athena Opera-house on Saturday, May 18,
for the purpose of considering matters
pertaining to a Scotch picnic
The annual meeting of the pioneers of
Umatilla, to have been held at Weston,
has been put off this year on account of
the prevalence of smallpox In the county.
At Heppner there have been a few sales
of the 1900 clip. D. O. Justus sold 32,000
pounds at 10ii cents, and Newton Robert
son sold 32,000 pounds at 9 cents. Both
lots were sold to T. B. Trumbull, and
will be shipped to Hartford. Conn.
Jim and Newt. Prather, of Buena Vista,
have a contract to deliver about a mil
lion feet of logs to the Salem Milling
Company. They take down two or three
rafts of from 60,000 to 80,000 feet each
week, making the trip In less than a
day.
The prospects for a road from Guthrie
to the John Day River, to connect with
a road In Gilliam Gounty, are favorable.
Surveyor and viewers have been working
on this proposed road, and some work
has already been done on the Gilliam part
of the road.
The Bank of Ontario, the 'Malheur Mer
cantile Company and Boyer Brothers &r
Co., all of Ontario, have formed the On
tario Warehouse Company. They offer to
store the wool of Malheur and Harney
Counties entirely free of cost to the own
ers, saj-6 the Vale Gazette.
The trustees In charge of the mineral
springs Improvement met at Sodavllle
Wednesday and opened the bids submit
ted for the proposed Improvement. The
trustees rejected all the bids. The archi
tect was Instructed to modify the plans,
and the trustees will advertise for new
bids.
A. G. and Henry Mathews have a cabin
on their stock ranch, about two miles
above Goshen, which they visit every few
days and stay over night occasionally,
keeping on hand a supply of provisions.
Last week some one entered the cabin
and carried away all the provisions left
there.
At the election in Bourne last week.
Incorporation was carried by a vote of
29 to 6. There were 38 votes cast In all.
The following officers were elected:
Mayor, R. L. Turner; Recorder, C. F.
Kear; Treasurer, William Wlegand; Mar
shal. H. R. Caddy; Coiincllmen John
Clark, S. Rusk, F. P. Oakes, H. S. Mor
rison, A. H. Steele and Gus Anderson.
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PATRICK BRENNEN, OF ALBANY.
ALBANY, Or., May 12. Patrick Brennen, of this city, the oldest inhab
itant of Linn County, was born In Kilkenny County, Ireland, March 16, 1808,
and hence is over 93 years of age. He came to the United States In 1835. He
resided In Texas for several years, going' from there to New Orleans. In 1850
he came to the Pacific Coast, stopping in California for two years. He then
went to the Fraser River country whence he came to Oregon. He has resided
in Albany for the past 25 years.When asked about his health, he replied:
"Never felt better." Mr. Brennen is confident he will round out 100 years.
EUGENE, Or., May 12. The second an
nual Intercollegiate debate between the
University of Oregon and the University
of Washington will be held in VHIard
Hall next Friday evening. The question
which will be discussed is, "Resolved,
That the Permanent Retention of the
Philippines by the United States Is De
sirable." The University of Washington
team, consisting of D. A. Millet, '01; Ed
gar G. Wright, '01, and William. T. Laube,
'02, will support the affirmative. W. L.
Whittlesey, '01; B. C: Jakway, '01, and
George O. Goodall, '02, will represent the
University of .Oregon on the negative.
The judges have not yet been selected.
The men who comprise the Oregon team
are experienced debaters, and the univer
sity is depending upon them for a vic
tory. Whittlesey (has been a member of
the debating team since his freshman
year, and Jakway acted as colleague dur
ing his sophomore and Junior years. Good,
all was a member of the team, last sea
son. All three are regarded as among
the brightest men In college, and they
are doing a good deal of hard studying
on the question. Last year the debate
was held In Seattlej.and won by Wash
ingotn. Student Body Elections.
The annual - student body elections will
be held In Villard Hall Wednesday. The
polls will be open from 10 A. M. until
2 P. M. At this election the editorial
staffs of the Oregon Weekly and the
University of Oregon Monthly and the
board of managers of the department of
athletics will be chosen.
Oregon-Washington Athletic Meet.
The athletic meet between the Univer
sity of Oregon and the University of
Washington, which will be held in this
city next Saturday, promises to be the
best exhibition of sport ever witnessed
In the state. Oregon made a much bet
ter snowing against the California team
than did the Washington men, but Cap
tain Caulklns, of the latter team, stumbled
and fell In the 120-yard hurdle race, fall
ing to-get a place. Had he not met with
this accident, Trainer Christie, of Ber
keley, thinks he would have won. In that
event, the score made by Washington
would have been equal to that credited to
the Oregon men. The Seattle team as
serts that Caulklns can win both hurdle
races from Heater; while the Oregonlans
are just as positive that Heater can win.
F. J. Raley, of Portland, will act as
starter.
House tonight. The-pulpits of the vari
jous Protestant churches of the city were
filled with the leading members of the
conference tonight.
COLLIDED WITH TROLLEY CAR
Two People la "Wagon "Were Killed
and Several Others Injured.
NEW YORK, May 12. Of -25 young peo
ple who started from College Point, L. I.,
last night on what is locally known as
a "starlight ride," two were carried home
this morning dead, five are In the hospi
tal, four -were allowed to leave the hospi
tal after having their wounds dressed, and
every one of the remainder was more or
loss bruised. A collision with a trolley
car caused the accident. The dead are
Michael Schnelr and Joseph Plckel.
The merrymakers were on their way to
a hotel 10 miles away, where they were to I
have a dance. They were all in one
wagon, the bottom of which had been
filled with straw. It was almost midnight
when they reached Dlstler's Hotel, on the
edge of Jamaica. When In front of the
house the driver of the wagon tried to
cross the track of a trolley, line In front
of an approaching car, but the car struck .
tne rear ena or tne wagon, ine vemcie
was demolished, Plckel was hurled into
the air and fell 30 feet away, his head
striking a fire hydrant. Schnelr was-also
thrown Into the air. landing head first on
the macadam pavement. Both died, in a
short time. Miss Mattle Debovlse sus
tained a severe contusion of the chest and
hips, and was the worst hurt among the
injured. The car itself was badly wrecked,
but none of the 25 passengers was.lnjured.
The motorman was arrested, .though he
alleges he is without blame In the matter.
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COST HIM HIS LD7E.
Man "Who Stepped Aside to Let An--other
Gain Safety- First.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 12. While Will
iam Phelps, of Richmond, Ky., and James
Staplebury, of this city, were cleaning out
the Inside of an eight-foot upright boiler
at the Cereallne mills today, an employ
turned on the steam, thinking the cock
was tight. It leaked, and the scalding
steam poured In on the two men. The
only exit was up a ladder. Both jumped
'for the ladder. Phelps reached It first,
took one step and stopped. He Jumped
aside and shouted: "You go first, Jim;
you are married."
Staplebury sprang up the ladder and
escaped with slight burns. Though Phelps
followed at his heels, his act of heroism
cost him his life. Both men were being
cooked when Phelps jumped aside. By
the time he had followed Staplebury up
the ladder the flesh was dropping from
his limbs. He lived tpr two hours In
great agony. "It was Jim's right to go
first," said he, quietly; "he Is married."
Phelps has been boarding at Staplebury's
house. Both men are colored-
If very sick, you had a
doctor That's right. We be
lieve in doctors. They are
among 'our best friends.
Now that you are recover
ing, don't you think that a
bottle or two of Ayer's Sarsa
parilla would do you great
good? Askyour doctor about
it and do just as he says.
We believe he will tell you
that this blood-purifying and
nerve-strengtheningmedicine
is just what you need.
It will certainly take out all
the impurities in your blood,
caused by your sickness, and
will make you feel better in
everyway. S1.00 a tenia. AUdranlslJ.
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the three days' study of methods In carry
ing on thls part of the work of spreading
the gospel. The programme for the con
vention ie as follows:
Tuesday.
Afternoon session
2 Devotional services, by Rev. Marion
George.
2:15 Address of welcome, C. J. Atwood,
Salem, Or.
2:25 Response, Mrs. M. C. Kigglns. Port
land," Or.
2:30 Address. "The Door of the Schol
ar's Heart, and How to Open It," C. D.
Meigs, Indianapolis, Ind.
Discussion.
3:15 Primary conference, Mrfi. C. M:
Kigglns.
4 Business.
4:30 Social hour.
Evening session
7:30 Praise service, Rev. G. W. Moore
had. 7:45 Anthem.
7:55 Temperance address, Rev. G. W.
Gue, D. D., Portland.
8:40 Discussion.
Appointment of committees. ,
Wednesday.
Forenoon session
sDevotional services and Bible lesson,
C. D. Meigs.
9:30 President s address.
9:50-Secretary's report.
10:10 Treasurer's report.
10:20 Reports of departments.
Primary, Mrs. C. M. Kigglns.
Home, Mrs. W. R. WInans.
Normal, Robert Reid.
Hou3-to-house, N. J. Damon.
Discussion of reports.
ll:30-Sunday School Tidings, J. R. N.
Sellwood.
11:40 "International Evangel," C. D.
Meigs.
Afternoon session
2 Devotional services, Rev. F. B. Cul
ver. 2:15 Election of officers.
2:30 Address, "The Home Department;
What, Why, How?" C. D. Meigs.
3:15 Discussion.
3:30 Round table, conducted by C. D.
3delgs
4:30-!onferences; (a) superintendents;
(b) teachers; (c) county officers.
Evening session
7:30 Praise service. Rev. P. O. Powell.
7:45 Anthem.
Address. "How to Reach the Masses
Through the Sunday School Associations,"
C. D. Meigs.
Thursday.
votes then began, and before the polls
closed 439 had been cast.-
The opposition was directed principally
against Schomber. While Justice of the
j Peace he presided at the trial of several
gamblers, during the recaftt moral wave,
and his actions did not Rlease the sport
ing element. Of the 439 votes cast, King
received 281 and Schomber 345.
TV. F. Benjamin, Oregon Pioneer.
ROSEBURG, Or., May 12. W. F. Benja.
mln died at his home in Roseburg this
morning of stomach trouble, from which
he had been a sufferer for some time. He
was 74 years of age, and was a pioneer
of Douglas County. He "will be buried to
morrow at 2 P. M.
You can't help liking them, they are so
very small and their action Is so perfect.
Only one pill a dose. Carter's Little Uver
Pills. Try them.
Forenoon session
9 Devotional service, Rev. T. H. Hen
derson. 9:15 Reports of committees.
9:45 "From the Field," Rev. R A. Row
ley. 10:15 "A Look at the Field," C. A. Dot
son. 10:30 Address, 'jHow to Teach With
Lnalk and Pencil, or by Object Lessons,"
C. D. Meigs.
Afternoon session
2 Devotional service Rev. H. F. Wal
lace, D. D.
2:15 Address, "The Front Line Sunday
School," C. D. Meigs.
3:15 Farewell.
The officers of the State Sunday School
Association are as follows: President, A.
A. Morse, Portland; vice-president, A. C.
Alexander, Forest Grove, and Robert
Reid, Salem; secretary, A. M. Smith, Port
land; treasurer. Lee Paget, Portland; pri
mary superintendent, Mrs. C, M Kigglns,
Portland; normal superintendent, Robert
Reid, Salem; home department superin
tendent, Mrs. W. R. WInans, Salem;
house-to-house- visitation. N. J. Damon,
Salem: field worker, C. A. Dotson, Port
land; executive committee, Rev. J. F.
Ghormley, A. T. Flegel, E. C. Bronaugh,
W. H. Morrow, G. S. Mann, J. G. Malone,
Rev. H. Ferguson, D. E. Clark and L. H.
Amos.
Field Secretary to Speak.
Rev. George W. Stone, field secretary of
the American Unitarian Association, will
be In Salem, May 15 and 16, and will ad
dress meetings at the First Unitarian
Church on the evenings of those dates.
Rev. W. R Lord, of Portland, and per
haps Rev. W. D. Slmonds, of Seattle, will
also be present and deliver addresses.
Conference to Be Held May 15.
The pastors of the Evangelical Lutheran
churches of Washington district, including
Oregon and Washington, will hold their
annual session -at the Lutheran Church
in this city May 15. The meetings will be
attended by about 25 ministers, and will
be presided over by Rev. P. Groschupf, of
JJnnVnni". TRpv C TT T Sphl1ttp nf Clhln
will be president. He Is president of the I healthy and full of life.
"Votes of Oregon Mines.
H. G. Wright has bonded a quartz mine
two miles east of Gold Hill, from James
Davis, and has started eight men at
work.
Jack Gordon and Pete Gagnon recently
sold several quartz mining claims in the
Greenhorn Mountains to Glbb Leavltt for
J3000.
Recently a piece of quartz weighing 23
pounds was picked up at" the Mule Gulch
placer mine, .near Antoine. It Is esti
mated to be worth $2000.
It Is reported that the Golconda mine,
situated In Williams Creek district and
owned principally by Archie Taylor, has
been sold for a good figure.
A large quantity of mining machinery,
consisting of boilers,' engines, etc., was
loaded at Huntington last week for the
Golden Eagle Mining Company, operating
near Malheur City.
The people who bought the Roaring
Gimlet mine, on Kanes Creek, have struck
It rich, says a Medfofd paper. Last week
they had taken out over ?10,000, and it
still" continues to pay well. They make
from $150 to $200 a day.
J. W. Wright and H. L. Tucker re
cently discovered a lime ledge about
one mile north of Granite that promises,
to become as valuable as a gold mine.
The ledge Is .about 30 feet across, and
Mr. Wright has burned a small kiln of It
for use in plastering. The owners are
preparing to build a kiln of 500 barrels
capacity and will be able to furnish lime
at about one-half the cost of shipping
It In from the outside. They will also
burn a kiln of 200,000 brleks.
One of the best mining strikes In the
North Powder district was made last week
by, William Miles. A short time ago Mr.
Miles discovered indications of pay ore
about one mile from Powder River, near
the Miles' bridge, up Big Creek and to
wards Medical Springs. He crosscut the
surface and opened a 12-foot ledge of
good looking rock. He sampled the ledge
less than 12 feet from the surface and
assay returns gave 5 per cent In copper
and $10 In gold and values In silver. Mr.
Miles located two claims and will develop
them as rapidly as possible.
Notes of Oregon Livestock.
The Penland Livestock & Land Com
pany has taken to Heppner 500 head of
fine Ramboulette bucks.
George Earhart, of Lone Rock, last
week sold 1600 head of yearlings and 2-
year-old sheep at $2 and $2 50 per head.
E. and H. W. Bartholomew have sold
at Heppner 3600 3-year-old wethers to the
Union Meat Company at $2 80 per head.
J. M. Yates, of Salt Lake, has closed
contracts in Wallowa County for the pur
chase of SOOO head of sheep at $2 per
head.
Peters & Hartz have finished hauling
their 70,000 pounds of wool, says, an Ar
lington paper. They had 107 per cent in
crease of lambs. They will start with
their sheep for the Mount Adams Range
in a few days.
Kelthley Bros, have sold their 860 mixed
yearlings at $2 20 to - Tague & Gooding,
says the Heppner Gazette. This latter
firm has bought about 12,000 head; and
will commence shipping about May 15 to
their home range at Shoshone, Idaho.
The 4000 fleeces that C. A. Rhea sold
netted him $3500, according to the Heppner
Gazette. While this was a low price .jfor
his wool, his sale of sheep last Christ
mas to O. E. Farnworth brought him $2 50
a head, for mixed yearlings, 25 cents
above the present market price. The $1000
Mr. Farnsworth loses on this deal will
be made up before Fall by the Increased
value of the ewes.
GOT AWAY FROM THE MOTORMAN.
Three Passengers on Trolley Car Se
rionsly 'Hurt About 100 Braised.
NEW YORK, May 12. An open trolley
car, In which were packed about 115 peo
ple, got away frlm the motorman near
Fort Lee, N. J., and dashed down Leona
Hill. Every person on the car was bruised
and three seriously hurt, but only one of
them Is likely to die. Frank Sunstruck,
the conductor. It Is feared, may lose his
life on account of Internal Injuries. J. E.
Robinson and his wife, of this city, are
the two others who were seriously hurt.
The heavjly loaded car had started down
an Incline a quarter of a mile in length
when the motorman lost control. The car
was going so fast that no one dared to
jump off. The road Is a winding one. At
the foot of the hill it curves sharply.
When the front trucks hit the curve they
started around it and made it. The rear
ones followed part of the way, Tho
wrench upon the car, however, as It
swung about, was so great that the body
was lifted and torn- from the trucks and
rolled over and hit the ground. The pas
sengers were caught In- and under tba
car and were piled In a heap:
Tvro Men Killed.
CARTHAGE, Mo.. May 12. Charted
Cladabugh and William Morrison wera
killed, and John Paxton was seriously in
jured by an explosion at Pleasant Valley
mines, near here today. The men wero ',
drilling and struck an unexploded shot.
Four People Injnred In Collision.
SALT LAKE. May 12. Four personal
were slightly Injured in a collision be
tween a passenger train and, a light en
gine on the Oregon Short Line near Ogden
today. Both engines were demolished.
Killed In Boiler Explosion.
GUTHRIE. Okla., May 12. The boiler
at Riley's" saw mill near Stroud, blew up
yesterday, killing Oscar McAlley. engin
eer, and fatally scalding Solomon Rlejey.
Edwin F. IThl Dying.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., May 12. At
midnight the condition of Edwin F. Uhl,
ex-Ambassador to Germany,, was reported
unchanged. He is in a semiconscious atato
and sinking slowly.
- .
Committed Snlcide.
GREENCASTLE. Ind.. May 12.--Tucker
Woodson Taylor, aged 46 years, committed
suicide here today, by taking a. dose of
chloroform and then shooting himself
through the head.
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Washington Notes.
The annual convention of the State Red
Cross Society will occur in North Yaki
ma May 28 to 30.
The Bank of Fairhaven will be opened
today by C. W. Waldron. He Is the pi
oneer banker of the city, having started
the first bank In 18S9.
A deal Is practically closed whereby a
new flouring mill, with a dally capacity
of 2000 barrels, will be erected at Tacoma
this Summer, says the Ledger.
The City Council of Davenport has re
fused to grant the petltfon oi, a large
number of citizens that the saloon li
cense be cut from $1000 to $500 per year.
Professor Knight, of the State Univer
sity, has made an analysis of the water
at Aberdeen and finds that It is as pure
as any in the state which has come un
der his observation. The analysis was
made for the new brewing company that
Is building a plant there.
J. H. Fraser, a well-known Yakima
Valley sheep man, tells of a freak of na
ture In the shape of a. well-developed
lamb in hte flock with six legs. The legs
are not so arranged as to be convenient,
for four of them are in front while the
other two are In their respective places
on the rear part of' the lamb's body,
otherwise the lamb Is all right, and Is I
Idaho Notes.
The big dam across Snake River
Swan Falls, is practically completed.
The Kendrlck Council has granted an
electric light franchise to C. H. Kimmel.
Rudolph Scharfhouse was tried and ac
quitted at Payeth Thursday of the charge
of shooting a calf belonging to Sam Hob
son. Articles of incorporation have been filed
of the Bitter Root Mountain Mining Com
pany, of Spokane, for carrying on mining
operations In Shoshone County.
Preliminary work has been done to or
ganize an irrigation district under the
Lemp canal, by the farmers south of
Boise. A meeting was held last week and
committees were appointed to take the
preliminary steps.
The Mohler Creamery Company, Limited?
has filed articles of incorporation. The
purpose Is to manufacture butter and
cheese, at Mohler, Nez Perces County. The
directors are: A. G. Gross, C. A. Wann,
T. O. Hanlpn, C. Giles, H. J. Taylor and
R. H. Thompson, of Mohler; and H. F.
Black, J. Black and F. Pendell, of Fletch
er. The capital stock subscribed is $5500.
The Vlneland well boring operations are
at last progressing satisfactorily, says the
Lewlston .Tribune. The depth reached Is
about 120 feet. In the beginning the pro
gress was exceedingly slow on account of
the so-called candle rock, or columnar
basalt, which stood on end with the col
umns more or less separated by crevices.
These crevices caused splintering of the
rock and frequently large pieces would
fall In and require pounding up before
any further progress could be made. Thus
at times a whole day would be spent In
constant drilling without the progress of
an inch. About 45 feet of such material
was encountered. The company will Im
mediately begin the construction of a tel
ephone line 15 miles In length with eight
or 10 telephones, to connect the offices
of the. company with points two miles to
three miles apart along the company's
canal system. It is expected that this
will increase the efficiency of the force,
enabling the watchmen to communicate
information In regard to the state of Aso
tin Creek, the condition of the flume ca
nal, etc
WICKL
osene
danger or odor.
It will do any cooking that can be done on any
kind of a stove. It is clean, quick, convenient, and
cool for the cook.. It uses the cheapest fuel ker- ;
-but without wicks and without-the least
It does better cooking than a coal .
range, with the convenience of a
gas range, at a fraction of the cost
oi eitner. maae .
in. various sizes,
from one burner
up. If yourdeal-
er does not have
them write to the
nearest agency of
STANDARD OIL -COMPANY
DEDICATION POSTPONED.
Church
United Brethren Memorial
Hot Consecrated.
FREDERICK, Md., May 12. The event
of the centennial celebration of the quad
rennial conference of the United Breth
ren Church In Christ, which was to have
taken place today, that of dedicating the
new centennial memorial church on Sec
ond street, erected to perpetuate the mem
ory of Otterbeln, Bohehreln and New
comer, the founders of the church and
Its first bishops, was postponed until next
Sunday.
The law of the church provides that no
church shall be consecrated unless the
debt has been paid in full,or satisfactor
ily provided for. An extensive pro
gramme of Interesting exercises had fceen
arranged for the occasion, the four bish
ops and the entire conference had assem
bled upon the scene, and the edifice was
crowded with worshipers to witness the
ceremonies, but after a hasty consultation
the bishops decided to postpone the dedi
cation until next Sunday. However, rath
er than disappoint the people, the greater
portion of fhe programme was carried
out. To accommodate the crowd, serv
ices were also conducted in the Sunday
school room, presided over by Bishop J.
S. Mills, of Denver.
Services were again held. In the Opera-
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