l'HJS MOSSING OKEGONJAN, FRIDAY, OCTOBBB 18, 1901.
EPISCOPALIANS ADJOURN
CUBA A1VD HONOLULU TVERB MADE
MISSIONARY DISTRICTS.
Pastoral Sermon Contained s. Strong
Denunciation of Spirit Prompt
ing: President's Assassination.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 17. The Trien
nial Convention of the Episcopal Church
of America adjourned sine die today. The
next convention Is to be held in Boston
In 1904. The day -was a busy one In both
houses. Much of the time, however, -was
given to the discussion of matters -which
were not definitely decided. It "was agreed
to make Honolulu and Cuba missionary
districts, and to create the missionary
district of Salina out of the diocese of
Kansas. The house failed to concur,
however, in the proposed setting apart of
the portion of the diocese of Springfield.
111., as a missionary district. The elec
tion of Bev. Cameron Mann as mission
ary bishop of North Dakota -was con
curred in by the house of bishops.
Both houses agreed to the report of the
joint committee on the proposed Hunting
ton amendment to article 10 of the consti
tution, x'hls action virtually relegates
thefnatter to the next general convention.
On the adoption of the report. Dr. Hunt
ington said he -would now leave to younger
men the continuance of the fight he had
begun. Following is the text of the joint
resolution as adopted:
Ttesolvefl, the house of bishops concurring;
That It Is the sense of this convention that a
bishop of this church has the right to take
under his spiritual oversight any congrega
tion of Christian people not in communion
with this church, that may desire him to do
so; and that it is further the sense of this
convention that the -use of the book of Com
mon Prayer Is not obligatory under such cir
cumstances, provided that such congregation
be not admitted to a union -with the diocesan
convention until It has been organized as a
parish or congregation of thta church In ac
cordance with all canonical requirements and
duly certified that the Book of Common Prayer
is in ure In such congregation.
Agrcemenis -were reached by the two
houses on several minor matters, and the
usual resolutions of thanks -were passed.
The closing exercises of the convention
were impressive. The bishops, attired in
their robes of office, and preceded by Dr.
Samuel Hart, secretary of the house of
bishops, and Rev. C. L. Hutching, secre
tary of the house of deputies, marched in
rrocejs ion into the church. As they -walked
ip the ' main aisle, the -vested choir of
Trinity and the congregation joined in
singing. The bishops -were seated on the
platfc-rm I.iside the chancel, and a prayer
service wa3 conducted by President Lind
say, of the house of deputies. Bishop
Doane, of Albany, then called -for a con
tribution to be applied toward reducing
the dehcit In the general missionary fund.
The amount given -was not announced,
but -was very liberal.
Triennial Pastoral .Letter.
The triennial pastoral letter -was read
by Bishop Dudley, .of Kentucky. It was,
in part, as follows:
"In compliance with your request, dear
brethren of the clergy and of the laity,
and in accordance with our time-honored
custom, your bishops have come to speak
parting words of exhortation and of bless
ing. The session of the great synod Is
ended. We have taken counsel together
on the things concerning the kingdom of
Godj we have made more nearly perfect,
as -we trust, the organization for the ac
complishment of its work; we have chosen
new leaders of the militant hosts; we
have devised, as we believe, larger enter
prise of future advance. Surely we have
gained new courage by clasping the hands
of brothers beloved, and we go forth
boldly into the night the night of trial
and battle looking for and waiting for
the dawn of victory and peace."
The letter then describes the missionary
work of the church: It continues:
"Perhaps we may describe the chief
hindrance In the way of the kingdom's
advancement in our time, as indeed it has
been in evtry period of the church's his
tory, as the Zeitgeist the spirit of the
age, the very atmosphere in which we
must have our life. Because that spirit
changes, because that enfolding atmos
phere is different now from any that be
fore did encompass Christian warriors,
therefore It is that new dangers are ap
parent, and new methods of warfare must
be employed.
"But we must bid you note and strive
against the last and most evil result of
cur age, the tendency to the reckless
fc-pirlt of individual license, the caricature
and contradiction of that ideal of personal
liberty which the church has created and
perpetuated among men. The-fool who
saith in his heart there Is no God is quick
to go forward to the natural corollary,
and there Is no human authority of right
demanding his recognition and obedience.
The man who derides the revealed foun
dation of all ethical obligation is the easy
victim of the devil's delusion that self
mterest is alone the motive of human
action and self-advancement the only
test of moral conduct. And, finally, the
defiant dental of the God who ordaineth
finds culmination in the assertion that
there shall be no longer powers of human
government to whom, in superstitious
lalth, obedience has been rendered, and
anarchists born as the legitimate offspring
of unbelief. '
Crime at Buffalo Fruit of This Tree.
"The crime at Buffalo a month ago, by
which the head of our Nation was taken
away, was but the natural fruit of this
tree of God-defying denial. The great
and good President was slain by the spirit
of our age. We must recognize that this
awful crime, thrice repeated within 40
years, Is the offspring of the spirit of
lawlessness, full grown to maturity of
malevolence, and that other children of
this ame evil spirit are close about us
on every hand, themselves the strength
of the family of lawlessness, who make
possible and certain these giant monsters
whosa deeds of violence have shocked our
souls. The failure of the citizen of a
republican government to do his duty in
the endeavor to elect honest men as the
officers of that government Is the earliest
political manifestation of this -precious
life
"The citizen who first selfishly refuses
to do his civic duty, and then, in natural
descent along the easy path, becomes the
giver of bribes and the corrupter of his
fellows, is himself degraded more and
more in the process, and the bottom is
found when civic rights and civic right
eousness are alike forgotten; when duty
to his neighbor no longer demands per
formance: when protection to weakness,
the equality of freemen, the conservation
of honesty, are no longer the ends of the
government, but only the securing of
peculiar privileges for a class, the com
fortable enjoyment of a protracted license;
when duty to man Is forgotten because
duty to God is denied.
"The people are called on to guard the
sanctity of their homes, and the growing
disregard of the observance of the Lord's
day Is deplored. .Lastly, the letter which
bids the members tb carry away from the
great synod the watchword of battle for
time to come missions, missions, mis
sions. "
The close of the pastoral is a benedic
tion on the work in the Christian field.
The benediction was pronounced by
Bishop TutHe, of Missouri, and the con
vention adjourned.
Many of the bishops, presbyters and lay
delegates will remain In California for
some time visiting places of Interest, but
the majority will depart at once for their
homes.
IX THE HOUSE OP BISHOPS.
Cuba Made a Foreign Missionary Dis
trict, us in House of Deputies.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 17. After com
munion services the house of bishops pro
ceeded with business.
The bishops of "Vermont and Duluth
were appointed a committee to notify the
changes made in the canons by the con
vention. The bishops of Washington and Connec
ticut were appointed as a part of a. joint
committee to arrange lor the next meet
ing of the missionary council.
The bishops concurred In the action of
the house of deputies in making the Island
of Cuba a foreign missionary district of
the church. The new district is to be
under the jurisdiction of the presiding
bishop of the church, -who is to appoint
a bishop for Porto Rico, with the under
standing that he shall also have charge
of the church in Cuba.
The election of Dr. Cameron Mann to
be missionary bishop of North Dakota
was confirmed by the house of bishops.
The bishops concurred with the deputies
in. giving the joint committee on marginal
readings authority to print the changes,
made by this convention.
The .resolution of the house of deputies
making the Western part of Kansas a
missionary district was concurred in. The
new district is to be known as the mis
sionary district of Salina, The presiding
bishop was requested to take the district
under his charge for the present.
The deputies nonconcurred In the reso
lution of the bishops in creating a mis
sionary district out of the diocese of
Springfield by the, following vote:
Ay.es. Noes. Divided.
Clerical 2StS 22 3
Lay 21 2G
A letter was received stating that the
Woman's Auxiliary proposed to raise
$15,000 for a memorial to Mrs. Twing.
The conference report on an amendment
to article 5, section G, was adopted. The
effect of the amendment will be that the
parishes necessary in the case of the di
vision of the diocese need not be self
supporting parishes.
The conference committee on the Hunt
ington amendment reported that article
10 of the constitution be amended by
adding thereto the following words: "And
that the same be sent to the secretary
of the convention of every .diocese to be
made known to the diocesan convention
at its next meeting, for adoption, at the
general convention at its triennial meet
ing. And provided, that nothing in this
article shall be construed as restricting
the authority of the bishops' of this church
to take such order as may be permitted
by the canons of the general convention,
for the use of special iorms of worship."
After some discussion, a vote was taken
and the report was adopted.
IN THE HOUSE OF DEPUTIES.
Members of the Joint Commission on
Marriage and Divorce.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 17. The house
of deputies was called to order by Presi
dent Lindsay, with a full attendance?
The following were appointed members
of the joint commission on marriage and
divorce: Rev. Morgan Dix,of New York;
Rev. John Fulton, of Pennsylvania; Rev.
X Houston Eccleston, of Maryland; Fran
cis L. Stetson, of New York; W. W. Old,
of Virginia, and Edward G. Bradford, of
Delaware.
The death of John I. Thompson, a dep
uty from the diocese of Albany, was an
nounced by the Rev. Dr. Casey, and suita
ble resolutions were adopted.
A resolution Tvas adopted authorizing
the joint commission on the time of the
church to publish Its reports six months
before the meeting of the next convention,
and instructing the president to fill any
vacancies that may occur In the member
ship from this house.
A resolution was passed authorizing the
commission on marginal readings to have
the readings marked "correct" printed as
an appendix to any edition of the Bible
which may be published under the author
ity of the commission.
The application of the diocese of Kan
sas to have its Western portion set off
as a missionary district havinir come un.
jthere was a strong effort made to secure
an expression from the deputies', not
withstanding the fact that it was under
stood that the house of bishops had al
ready taken adverse action. A vote being
taken by orders on the resolution to grant
the division, as asked for, it was carried
by a large majority.
A message from the house of bishops
stated that that house had adopted a
resolution to establish a foreign mission
ary district for the Island of Cuba. The
deputies immediately concurred in this
action.
The deputies concurred with the house
of bishops in placing the missionary dis
tricts of Honolulu and Cuba under the
jurisdiction of the presiding bishop, until
bishops have been provided for them.
The proposition to create a missionary
district out of a portion of the diocese of
Springfield, 111., was defeated, after con
siderable debate. The bishops had agreed
to this proposed division of the diocese.
Death of a Delegate.
SAN FRANCISCO,' Oct 17. John J.
Thompson, of Troy, N. Y., died in this
city last night from bronchitis. Mr.
Thompsoh was a lay delegate to the Epis
copal convention. His body will be taken
to his home In a special car tonight. Mr.
Thompson was a wholesale druggist, 70
years old.
"WORK OX CAPITOL MAY STOP.
Contractor Has Not Secured Iron and
"Will Ask That Wood Be Used.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Oct 17. The build
ing of the Capitol annex will probably
be delayed because the structural Iron has
not been contracted for or ordered, while
the structure will be advanced far enough
in the next two weeks to necessitate its
use, and work will have to be temporarily
suspended, pending the arrival of Iron.
The State Capitol Commission will meet
the first Tuesday in November, and It is
stated that at that meeting Contractor
Goss will aEk to be allowed to use wood
Instead of the iron demanded In the con
tract, and necessary under the provisions
of the bill providing for Capitol construc
tion. It is Eafe to predict that the com
mission will not sanction this change, and
it therefore seems inevitable that the work
of construction will be delayed for some
time until the Iron arrives. Contractor
Goss, when aEked regarding the matter,
lefused to say anything further than
that his communication to the commis
sion would explain his position. The
necessary iron will have to be. manufac
tured in the East, and as it Is not yet
ordered, considerable time must elapse
between the time it Is ordered and its
arrival here.
DBCLARES HE IS NOT INSANE.
Man Who Escnpctl From Asylum At
tendant Agrain In Custody.
MOSCOW, Idaho, Oct. 17. Yesterday
evening Sheriff Collins took in custody as
an escaped prisoner, Erick Johnson, a
number of whose relatives live in this
vicinity. About two months ago, Johnson,
who was then residing near Grangevllle,
was declared Insane, and ordered taken to
the Insane Asylum at Blackfoot, He was
taken In charge by an asyliim attendant,
but managed to escape at Rlparla. John
son says he never was insane, but, being
sick at Grangevllle, became delirious, and
was Adjudged, insane while in that condi
tion. After his escape, Johnson went to
a cousin's place near Genesse, and after
resting 10 days, started to work with a
threshing crew and worked for six weeks.
Judge S. S. Denning left this afternoon,
lor Lewlston to present a petition for
writ of habeas corpus for the purpose of
bringing Johnson before the court for re
examination. Johnson was subjected to a
searching examination at the hands of
Dr. Ledbrook today, and declared mentally
sound.
Grant's Pass Brick Building Sold.
GRANT'S PASS, Or., Oct. 17. The two
story brick building on the corner of
Front and Sixth streets has been sold to
thj Albany Brewing Company for $12,000
cash by T. Y. Dean.
BIG THINGS FOR ASTORIA
HOW IT MAY SECURE LUMBER
AND FLOURING MILLS. "
A. B. Hammond One of the Capital
ists Making the Proposition It
Is Likely to Be Accepted.
ASTORL4., Oct 17. W. G. Gosslin, the
representative of A. B. Hammond and his
associates, held a conference this evening
with a number of, citizens at?" the rooms
of the Chamber of Commerce and made
a proposition by which a large saw mill
will be erected at Tongue Point and a
flouring mill at Smith's Point, in thl3
city, each enterprise being contingent on
the building of the other.
The proposition Is to erect at T6ngue
Point a modern saw mill of a capacity of
250,000 feet of lumber per day, which Is
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WINNER OF A SILVER
AMERICAN
H. F. FISCHER, THE VETERAN MILLER, OF CORVALLIS.
CORVALLIS, Oct. 17. H. B. Fischer, who has been awarded a sliver medal
for a flour exhibit at the Pan-American Exposition, is the veteran proprietor ot
the Corvallls Flouring Mills, in this city. The flour was manufactured from -Willamette
Valley wheat. The competition, , according to information received by
Mr. Fischer, Involved food products from mills in the New "World and the Old.
The taklnff of the second place In a contest of this character is regarded locally
with much satisfaction. In 1898, the same mill took the game prize at the
Omaha Exposition, when the gold medal went to a WIsconsln;mlll.
Mr. H. F. Fischer has been identified with the Corvallis mill for 26 years,
the last 18 years of which he has been sole proprietor. The mill was one of the
first erected in Oregon, though it has been rebuilt more than once. It has a
capacity of 200 barrels per day, with Portland as the chief market, though large
shipments go to San Francisco and the Orient. Several years ago the mill's or
ders for flour exceeded the capacity, and other mills in the Valley were employed
to fill a portion of them. Two years ago Mr. Fischer bought a mill at Silver
ton, which has since been operated as a branch mill of the Corvallls establish
ment. . . ' ,
Mr. Fischer was born in Hamburg. At the age of 5 ho camtswlth his parents
to America, settling on a farm 13 miles from Chicago. His flr3t experience in
the milling business was when he built a mill for chopping grain on the farm.
He came to Corvallls in 1877.
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to .be operated continuously for the ex
port as well as the Eastern trade. The
citizens are requested to furnish the 6ite
in consideration of the mill being erected
and operated.
The other part of the proposition Is
the erection and operation of a flouring
mill at Smith's Point with a capacity of
1000 barrels per day, driven by electric
power to be generated at the saw mill.
There will be 100,000 used In the con
struction of the flouring mill, of which
?10,000 in stock must be subscribed locally,
and the company will give $10,000 of its
stock for the site. Another thing to be
guaranteed is that the residents of this
section shall use the flour made at the
mill, and It is estimated that this will
take 50U barrels per day.
In presenting these two propositions, Mr.
Gosslin said both must stand or fall to
gether, as these were the Instructions he
had from the capitalists whom he rep're
sented. While It is not a part of the proposition
presented by Mr. Gosslin, the building of
the mill would naturally result in the. ex
tension of the Astoria & Columbia River
Railroad from Seaside through the Neha
lem Valley to Tillamook, as in that sec
tion Mr. Hammond and his, associates own
or control a vaBt amount' of timber that
would undoubtedly be manufactured at the
proposed mill.
At the conclusion of the meeting, a com
mittee was appointed to confer with Mr.
Gosslin, and the sentiment was unanimous
that the citizens of Astoria would." have
little trouble in securing what was de
sired. The Tongue Point mill site con
sists of' about 200 acres and is owned by
the Columbia Land & Investment Com
pany. Seven-ninths of the stock In this
company is controlled by a syndicate con
sisting of M. J. Kinney, Benjamin Young,
J. F. Hamilton and D. K. Warren, and the
other two-ninths are owned by Dr. Alfred
Kinney and A. B. Hammond. These men
are all heavily Interested in Astoria and
vicinity, and it is understood will make
very favorable terms for the sale of the
property to any person who will guarantee
to erect and operate 'a large saw mHl
upon it.'
SHOOTING SCRAPE AT CONDON.
Trvo Men Q,uarreled-Over a Debt, and
One Received a Bad Wound.
CONDON, Or., Oct. 17. John Shriver
and Rundie Palmer engaged in an alter
cation in the Arlington saloon last even
ing, and Palmer received a severe gunshot
wound In 'the face. The ball entered the
laft check, and came out back of and
below the left ear. The temporal artery
was severed, but Palmer's condition is not
considered serious at this time.
Shriver is under $a0 bonds for his ap
pearance at the preliminary examination,
which has been postponed until tomorrow.
The trouble arose over the collection of
some money which Shriver alleges Palmer
owes him.
SAN.DBAGGED AND DRUGGED.
Salem Woman Assaulted by a Mnn
WliIe on Ilcr Way Home.
SALEM, Oct. 17. A dastardly assault,
evidently with murderous intent, was
made upon Mrs. F. W. Strong- last even
ing. The attack was made about S o'clock
as.Mrs. Strong was passing along Center
street, near Capitol street, on her way
home from church. The Identity of the
man who made the attack Is "yet un
known. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Strong vwere for
merly residents of Portland, but came to
Salem about two years, ago. Mr. Strong
had no steady occupation, but with the
aid of Ms wife made a living for his fam
ily. Mrs. Strong recently became a con
vert to the .Roman Catholic faith, and
her husband left her, going to Eastern
Oregon. Mrs. Strong has since Hvedalone
Last evening, 'aa Mrs. Strong and her bojr
went to church, they noticed a man be
hind a tree near the sidewalk at the alley
just yeast of Capitol street. Tfijey ob
served that the man seemed to. be keeping
out of sight, but thought him to be a
man putting lanterns out on the edge of
the state sewer, which Is now open. As
they returnedabout 8 o'clock, Mrs. Strong
felt a sudden fear as she neared the
same place, and before reaching the alley
she started to retrace her steps and go
home by some other way. Suddenly she
turned and went the other way again, but
upon passing the alley'she heard steps
behind her. The next instant she was
struck In the back with a sandbag. Her
boy saw the missile thrown, and immedi
ately ran to give an alarm. A block away
he overtook a young man who had passed
them a moment before, and also two
women. The party went Immediately to
Mrs. Strong's assistance, and found her
lying face downward, her head hanging
over the edge of the sewer, her hands
tied behind her back with a handkerchief,
and a bunch of cotton soaked with chloro
form tied over rvsr nose and mouth. The
man had disappeared. The woman was
taken to the residence of Mrs R. A. Kirk,
and Drs. Richardson and Byrd were sum.
MEDAL AT THE PAN-
EXPOSITION.
moned. Consciousness was soon restored,
and Mrs. Strong seems to be suffering
from no Injury except the nervous .shock.
The police were not informed of the
affair until this morning, and only a few
persons knew of the assault last evening.
That robbery was not the motive for the
crime is indicated by all the circum
stances. The tnan had watclvjd Mrs.
Strong go down town, and, with, all prep
arations made for accomplishing his pur
pose, had awaited her return. Other per
sons passed the spot unmolested. No at
tempt was made to find Mrs. Strong's
purse, but a cross which she wore sus
pended from a chain is missing. Weather
It was lost in the struggle or was taken
away by the assailant is not known.
It lg not known where Mr. Strong is,
but his wife received a letter from "him
this morning posted at Hcppner.
Sentenced to the Penitentiary.
ROSDBURG, Or., Oct. 17. In the case
of the State of Oregon against William
Lerwell, for assault with a dangerous
weapon, the jury returned a verdict of
guilty las't night, and today Judge Hamil
ton sentenced the prisoner to one year
in the penitentiary. Orvil Perdue, con
victed of stealing cattle from "dairymen
of this city, was sentenced to two years
in the peuitcptJary. Jesse Jarvls, the
negro cook, arrested on a charge of rob
bing the dining-car Yosemite, in which he
was employed, at thfs place recently,
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two
ears in the penitentiary. His story im
plicating an outsider named Williams is
now believed to be purely a fabrication.
STILL THE TEACHERS COME.
Jackson County Institute Was Never
So Well Attended as Now.
ASHLAND, Or., Oct. 17. The second
day of the Jackson County teachers' in
stitute opened this morning with a still
increased attendance, making the best
attended institute In the history of the
county. About 150 educators are in at
tendance, and a remarkable interest is'
taken In-all of the discussions. State Su
perintendent of Public Instruction Acker
man arrived this morning and addressed
the teachers on "Vertical Penmanship."
Processor I. E. Vinlng discussed "Oregon
History." At tonight's session for the
general public Professor J, H. Ackerman
gave one cf his most effective lectures on
"Educational Development" to a house
that crowded the large Tabernacle. His
address was preceded by a literary and
musical programme rendered by the pu
pils of the Ashland public schools, under
the direction of Professor H. A. Hopkins.
Sherman County Institute.
MORO, Or., Oct. 17. The Sherman
County teachers' institute has been in
session here for the past week. Superin
tendent W. H. Rngsdale is the presiding
officer. State Superintendent Acker
man, Superintendent Robinson, of
Multnomah County, and Professor J. S.
Landers, principal of The Dalles public
schools, 'were. in attendance and gave a
series of lectures on school -topics that
were instructive and interesting. There
were some 40 teachers present Mrs. J.
B. Mowry, of Cherrycroft farm, enter
tained the visitors and teachers at a re
ception Tuesday evening. The proceed
ings wound up with an entertainment in
the Courthouse, which was largely at
tended. Brine-ins Fish to The Dalles.
BOISE. Idaho. Oct. 17. Sheriff Robert
Kelley", of Wasco County, Oregon, who
arrived in this citv last night, returned
home today having in charge E. Fish,
who is wanted in The Dalles to answer to
a charge of obtaining money onfalse pre--1
tenses. Fish was captured in this city
by the local police. He is alleged to have
given a check for 5200 to a man named
Ben Wilson, at The Dalles.
BIG HOP POOL PROPOSED
OREGON ASSOCIATION HAS AN OF
FER ON ENTIRELY NEW LINES.
Nine to Ten Cents Will Be Advanced
Representative Grower to Be
Sent to London.
SALEM, Oct 17. W. S. Egan, president
of the Oregon Hopgrowers' Association,
today Issued a circular letter to growers,
submitting a proposition made by a per
son who the letter says Is reliable. The
proposition is for the organization of a
pool outside and independent of the as
sociation." The substance of the letter Is
contained In the 'following paragraph:
A direct payment of 0 to 10 cents per pound,
will bo made to each grower before he parts
with hlB hops. In addit!6n to this he will'
receive the actual net proceeds over the ad
vance which his individual hops may realize.
It is stipulated that a representative grower
shall bo selected by a majority vote of all
hepgrowers entering into this arrangement,
the vote3 to bo according to each man's num
ber of bales, for the purpose of going to Lon
don with the hops and looking after tho in
terests of the Individual growers-, This Is a
proposition on entirely new line, and if it can
be carried out it will, to a largo extent, ob
viate losses by the gambling of short sellers,
and the necessity for contracting by individual
growers, so that the effect will be to make
hopgrowers of Oregon more sure to reap the
just and adequate compensation ot their la
bors. A hopdealer who ha9 been prominent In
the Salem market for several years, and
who is now said to be doing more buying
than any other one dealer, was asked to
day: "What is the top of the hop mar
ket?" He said 11 cents is the price of
fered for choice hops. Last week he re
ceived an order to buy a certain lot ot
hops that are the cream of the Oregon
market for 11 cents. This price was
offered and refused. He said orders have
been very few during the last few days,
but H cents may be considered the best
offer for choice hops. For personal rea
sons, the dealer requested that his name
be not quoted.
Prune-Drying at an End.
DALLAS, Oct. 17-Prune-drying in this
vicinity was completed today. The crop
will be a trifle more than last year, when
it was C62,000 pounds. The quality of this
year's yield Is excellent. Few sales .have
been made here. The best price offered
thus far Js 3 cents per pound.
Potatoes will be about one-third of a
crop. Digging Id well advanced.
Hop Sales at Greenville.
FOREST GROVE. Oct. 17. Three hop
sales at 10 cents, and one at 9 cents per
pound, were made at Greenville yester
day. The growers were N. C. Shipley, Al
bert Friday, C. A. Shipley and John Fri
day. WITH ALASKAN TREASURE.
Steamer From Nome Reports a Rush
of Prospectors to Candle Creek.
SEATTLE, Oct. 17. The steamship St.
Paul arrived, at noon today from Nome.
The vessel had about 51,500,000 in treasure,
$245,000 of which was for Seattle, and the
remainder for San Francisco.
Candle Creek is still claiming the great
sharo of attention In the Northern, camp.
While there are no claims left unslaked,
parties of prospectors leave for the new
diggings regularly. Several large trans
fers have been made. M. Kelseberge
paid $7500 for a half interest In No. 11,
which is reputed as only a fairly good
claim. The work of taking out the. gold
has proceeded unhindered, and fully'jSOO,
000 worth of dust from the new district
has been received at Nome. Alex Shlpsby,
one of the first men. to locate on Candle
Creek, has returned to Nome for a thawer
arid -reports that he rocked put $184 In 10
hours. The miners are working through
shallow water in the creek bed, and no
one has yet reached bed rock, it not be
ing necessary.
Work on the new Nome-Cook Inlet stage
line is being pushed rapidly in preparation,
tor the Winter.
Count du Pac, a well-known member
of the French nobility, who has extensive
business interests at Nome, was a pas
senger on the St. Paul.
HUMPHREY Ol)T ON BAIL.
Warehouseman Charged With Steal
ins Wheat Stored With Him.
SALEM, Oct. 17. A. M. Humphrey, the
warehouseman, who was charged with
stealing wheat belonging to farmers who
had stored it in his warehouse, has fur
nished bail in the sum of ?SC0, and was re
leased today. There are two charges
against him. One Is under the statute
governing warehousemen and the other
under the general statute regarding lar
ceny by one who has property of another
in his custody. To the former charge he
has pleaded not guilty, and to the latter
he has demurred.
Fined for Selling Liquor on Snnday.
A. Lambert and William Murphy, the
St. Paul saloon-keepers, today pleaded
guilty to the charge of .selling liquor on
Sunday, and were fined $20 each. The
other two charges against the defendants,
selling liquor to a minor and selling
within 300 feet of a school, have been dis
missed. Peter Adams, one oif the three men who
robbed a Woodburn store and later sawed
their way out of the Marion County Jail,
was tried today and found guilty. He will
receive sentence later.
BAKER CITY WILL FLOAT BONDS.
Funds to Be Uned for a Light Plant
and" a Betteor Water System.
BAKER CITY, Oct. 17. The City Attor
ney of this city has been directed by the
City Council to draft an ordinance for
the sale of the bonds voted last Spring
for the extension of the distributing sys
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tem of waterworks and for the erection
of a municipal electric-light plant. Inter
est centers in the .sale of the latter
bonds, because it has been argued that
these bonds were voted for the express
purpose of holding them as a threat over
the- electric-light company that Is now 1
furnishing the city with light, and that
they would never be sold, and conse
quently no municipal electric-light plant
would be erected.
The vote by which the sale of bonds was
ordered was unanimous, and from what
members of the Council and other city
officers say, the question la now settled
that Baker City will own and control an
electric-lighting plant of Its own next
season. The bonds are to be sold and ar
rangements made for the erection of the
plant next Spring.
FINANCES OF LANE COUNTY.
Clerk Places the Total Indebtedness
at ?S7,0oo.
EUGENE Or., Oct. 17. The semiannual
report of. the County Clerk of Lane Coun
ty shows that warrants were drawn dur
ing tho six months to the amount of $33,
437 S3. The amount of warrants outstand
ing at the end of the period was $107.
967 15, with accrued Interest thereon esti
mated at 53100.
The Sheriff reports cash on hand at the
beginning of the period 54S57 82; received
from collection of taxes, $112,813 01, and for
school, military and other special funds,
$3167 22. making a total of $120,848 OS.
The summary drawn from the foregoing
reports is as follows:
Liabilities of the County.
Warrants drawn 'and not paid ior
want ot funds on September JO.
1901 5107.967 15
Estimated accrued interes t 5,100 oo
Total $113,167 13
Resources.
Funds In hands of County Treas
urer applicable to payment of
warrants . 5 15,00 GO
Fundus In hands of Count- Sheriff
applicable to payment of war
ranto 1,636 57
Estimated unpaid current taxes
applicable to payment of war
rant? 8.S2745J
Estimated amount of tax-sale
certificates belonging to county
and applicable to payment of
warrants 250 00
Total 523.764 71
Net Indebtedness of the county.. 5 87,302 41
To Solicit Funds for Woolen Mills.
A committee, consisting of T. M. Wll
kins, J. M. Williams. F. L. Chambers,
W. M. Green and C. S. Frank, has been
appointed to solicit subscriptions for an
5S000 bonus to secure the establishment
of the woolen mill proposed by H. D.
Wagnon. The committee began work
today, and hopes in a few days to have
the whole amount subscribed.
LAND OFFICE BUSINESS.
Receiver at Oregon City Reports n
Good Increase in Last Quarter.
OREGON CITY, Oct. 17. The report of
Receiver William Galloway, of the United
States Land Office, for the quarter ending-
September 30, 1901, has been completed
and shows the receipts for the quarter to
be 527,775 97 against 520,534 S9 for the pre
vious quarter. Following Is a summary
of the amounts received: Twenty-nine
commuted homestead entries, 4464.90 acres.
56183 25; 50 timber and land entries, 7548.33
acres, $18,870 93; seven excesses, 44.2L acres,
555 25; fees On 99 homestead entries, 1415.22
acres. $920; commission on same, $591 74;
fees on 56 finals, $32139; fees on 50 tim
ber entries, 5500; fees on five coal declara
tory statements, 515; fees on 15 Indemnity
school selections, $74; examining and re
ducing testimony, 524141. The receipts
for the quarter were $439 33 In excess of
the maximum, expenses of the Land OJHcc.
Petition for Lower Assessment.
The Oregon Iron & Steel Company, by
W. M. Ladd, president, and A. S. Pattulo,
secretary, has filed a petition with the
County Board of Equalization asking for
a. reduction on the assessed valuation on
Its property In Oswego, from 57 to 55 a lot.
The assessment for last year and for
several years past has been $5 per lot,
and the company alleges that there has
been no change to warrant a raise of 40
per cent in the assessment, or any raise
at all. The Increase of $2 on the valuation
of each lot increases the whole valuation
by a sum of 55000. L. M. Parrl3h, L. C.
Parrlsh and Nathan. Pcarcy, large property-owners
In Oswego, have also asked
for a reduction in their assessment.
Chinaman on Trial for Murder.
SOUTH BEND. Oct. 17. The trial of the
Chinaman, Lum Yow, for the murder of
Oscar Broom at Bay Center, August 6,
was begun this afternoon. It is generally
believed to be largely a question as to
whether the verdict will be murder in the
second or in the first degree for there Is
no question as to the Chinaman's guilt.
In fact, the counsel for the defense offered
this afternoon at the opening of the trial
to admit that Lum Yow had fired the gun
at the deceased, and that the bullet had
caused his death, but the court would not
permit the admission to be made. The
defense will endeavor to show that the
deed was done under great provocation,
and try to prove that Bloom had teased
and choked Lum and taken some money
away frOm. him.
"Notes of Vancouver.
VANCOUVER, Wash.,- Oct. 17. Chap
lain C. C. Bateman has arranged for a lec
ture by Rev. William S. Gilbert, ex-chap-laln
of the Second Oregon Volunteers, at
Post Hall, at Vancouver Barracks, Sat
urday evening.
James Harlan, for several years editor
and publisher of the Vancouver Register
Democrat, has purchased the Skamania
County Pioneer, published at Stevenson,
Wash.
Arrangements have been made for hold
ing the fifth annual Sunday school con
vention of Clark County at Fourth Plain.
October 22-23. A good programme has
been arranged.
His Death on Gallows Almost Snre.
OLYMPIA, Oct. 17. The Supreme Court
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5L A!l drosristi. J. C AYE CO., Lowslt, Masv
today dismissed the appeal In the case
of the state vs. William Alden Seaton.
who is under sentence of death in King;
County. Seaton attempted to kill a whole
family, and succeeded in murdering his
uncle. As the Governor Is on record as
opposing executive interference In cases
where guilt is clearly established. It 13
almost sure that Seaton will be hanged.
Hop Sales nt North Yalcima.
NORTH YAKIMA, Oct. 17. A number
of sales of small lots of hops have been
made this week at 0 to 11 cents. Most
of them have been at 10& cents. Hunting
ton & Co. bought 250 bniea of the Yakimv
Hop Company at that figure, and 10$ ta.i 1
ot Joe Eschbach at a siightiy better pric.
McNeff Brothers and Fred Alter bou-;..t tl
bales o fA. Slavln at 11 cents, the grower
says, though the buyers say the prke w
less. Poole bought 123 ba.es o the Vil?o.i
hops at 10 cents and 41 baits ficm hi -clalr
at 10 cents. Ed Rowland has soil
S7 bales at 10 eent3 and Boo Hciod I
bales at the same price. The iargp grov -ers
are holding back for mere hk,..oj. b, i.
dealers say there is a dlspo.tto-i to It ,.
loose and that within 10 dayj they r.-i I
get hops at this wsek's llsures a fat
as they can take care of the in.
Xorth YnUima Brevltlen.
NORTH YAKIMA. Oct. lB.-'lhe stu
dents of the High School are preparing to
organize a cadet corps, and to that tnl
have obtained the co.isenc of the dcf.001
board and have ordered uniforms. Trer
will be about 40 boys In the corps. Tl.
uniforms will be similar in color an 1 sty e
to that worn by cadets in the United
States Military Academy.
The Odd Fellows of North Yakima wl l
soon commence work on a $10,003 buildin '
on their property on the avenue. It w ,1
be 130 "feet long and 50 feet wide, and
two stories high.
Supreme Court Cases Set for Trial.
SALEM. Oct. IT. The following casts
were today set for trial In the Supreme
Coirh:
October 'JS Dean Bros. vs. Iron Works,
and Borclc v3. We!s.
October 2a State vs. Downing.
October SO Laughlln vs. Jennings and
Gatch vs. Hunt.
October 31 Ladd vs. Holmes.
The case of Stephen Shobert. respondent,
vs. Levy May, et al. appellants, was ar
gued and submitted today.
Canvass of Vote on Itonil Law.
WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Oct. 17.-Re-turns
from 26 of the 31 road districts in
Walla Walla County, as canvassed by the
board, show 27 votes for and 20S votes
against the adoption of the new road law
in this county.
Call for State Warrants.
OLYMPIA, Oct. 17. State Treasurer
Maynard has made a call for general
fund warrants Nos. 79,135 to 79,694 inclu
sive. The total amount of the call ia for
$116,487 S3, and Interest ceases on October
2S.
Rural Free-Delivery Route.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 17. A rural free
delivery route will be established at Ta
coma, December 1. It will be 22 miles
long, and serve a population of 6C0. R. D.
Spray has been appointed carrier.
Chehalls Residence Burned.
CHEHALIS, Oct. 17. The residence of
Alfred Saunders was destroyed by fire at
2 o'clock this morning. The fire is be
lieved to have been of Incendiary origin.
Loss about H7C0; Insurance, J150O.
Surveyor Campbell, of The Dalle.
LA GRANDE. Or.. Oct. 17. W. E.
Campbell, a Deputy United States Sur
veyor, died here, suddenly this morning
of rheumatism of the heart. He, with
four sons, had driven In the previous
evening from Wallowa County, where
they had just completed a contract. Their
home Is in The Dalles. Deceased leaves a
widow and six sons.
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