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THE MORNING OREGONUN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28. 1901. OEER WRITES VN SANT HOtV JHEfVIBWS THE PROPOSED GREAT RAILWAY. 'OjniJJf & ' Hard to Fnd Any Objection, Unless Rate Go tip Then. Legisla ture Can Step In. SALEM, Nov, ZZ.-TGovernpr Geer today replied to a letter reved Tuesday from Governor Van Sant, of Minnesota, In re lation to the proposed consolidation. Qt three of the countryf &ffat railway Bye tems. In his -communication Governor Van Sant calls attention to & consolidation or the Great Northern, Northern Pacific and Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy Rail way lines, proposed by the Northern, iie curltle3 Company, and recites that such a combination. Twrold be in violation of tb.e state law 6l Minnesota. Continuing he says: The Legislature of Minnesota, lielleving thsH the abolition nt competition- be twian parallel lines of railways In this state would be Injurious1 to the best inter ests ot our citizens and hostile to the ptiblie welfare, Adopted stringent laws to prevent any combination or singular own ership or control" of parallel or competing lines that would In any degree hamper or restrict the most open end free com petition In the establlahment of rates' In concluding, Minnesota's Governor sug ges.t a conference of all Governors of the states that would be affected by the pro posed consolidation. Governor Geer's re ply follows: Salem. ?.. Z7- Hen. 6. R. Van Bant, Gov emor'of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minn. Dar Sir: The tendency toward the consolidation of rail way conyianles, and the combination of cap ital In all other directions, is ons of the fea tures of the times, and -whether It is an" im pending danger to the hot Interests of the people is really yet to b eeen. It rrmy not be. In Oregon, wc hne no law on the sub ject. "Wo oica hae no railroad commission, nor any substitute for one. We have no law relating to the freight rates a raHroad com pany may charge, ner any means of redress if Us charges should be excessive. We hae a etate law limiting passenger rates to 4 cents per mile, but the Oreson Railroad & Naviga tion and the .Nortliern Pacific RaHroad last year voluntarily reduced their rates to 3 cents. The fot Is the two principal railroad com panies In our Jtate. the Oregon Railroad & Nalsatlpn and the Southern Paclnc are real ly making commendable efforts toward the de velopment of thoir respective territories, and have become a positive help to our people In that way. -Our people seem very -ell satis fied with the present condition, for although in two successive messages to the Legislature I have called the attention ot that body to the anomalous condition existing as to the control of our railroads, no serious effort bus been made to change it, and J think no ntws papcr In this state has ever mado any special complaint as to this unusual condition of af fairs. With the exception of a few Instances, where unjust discrimination in the matter of freight rates baa been reported, the railroad situation In Oregon seems to be very satis factory. Unless the consolidation of railway com panies should be followed by Increased freight or passenger rates, It would be difficult to teo where the objection to it would lie. If this result shuuld follow, it is a matter wlthlp the power of the State Legislatures to control. It may prove an easier matter to regulate rates than to prevent consolidation. However, 3'ou arc to be commended in your efTort to enforce the law of your state on this question, but in any contest Involving the In terests of the people on the one hand, and those of combined capital on the other, the people, being supreme in this country, hac at all times their remedy within their pwn hands. If the consolidation to which you refer Is con trary to your state law, then It should be prevented. If possible. No question in this country, either present or future, is paramount td thewne of preserving unquestioned th.e best Interests of those who are known as tha com mon people, and the first duty of public serv ants Is to guard them Jealously whenever the danger may come within tholr Jurisdlotion. I should certainly favor holding such a conference- as you suggest, but could not attend it unless held on this Coast, which would, per- uaps. not De leasime. Very Tespectfully yours. T. T. GEER. PROSIIIVEXT EDUCATORS SPOKE. Eastern. Oreson. Convention .Ad journs to Meet nt La Grande. PENDLETON, Uov. 27. La Grande will be the next place of meeting "of the Eastern Oregon division of the State Teachers' Association. The officers elect ed for the onsulng year are: President, E. E Bragg. Superintendent of Union County Sahools; first vice-president, J. A. Churchill, principal of the Baker City Bchools; second vice-president. Miss Nel lie M. Stevens, of Weston; secretary, N. C. Strange, of Union; treasurer, Mrs. NelH, of La Grande; executive commit teeState Superintendent Ackermant F. L. Forbes, principal of the Pendleton 'Acad emy: Mrs. A. E. Xvanhoe, of La Grande; H. C. Mack, Superintendent of Grant County Schools: and Superintendent Pcy lor. of Baker City. Two hundred and fifty teachers were In attendance today at the sessions. This evening the courtroom was crowded to listen to the Rev. Mr. Mason, of Pullman, who spoke on "Tho Beatitudes," and the Hypollta male quartet, of Milton. Presi dent Strong of the University or Oregon; Superintendent Rlgler, of the Port land public schools; S. T. Glllan, of Milwaukee, "Wis.; Rev. S. B. L. Pen rose, president of Whitman College, of Walla Walla, Wash.; President Campbell, of the State Normal School at Monmouth; Professor A. B. Cordley, of the State Ag ricultural College, Jid Miss Fanny Wil son, of the Weston Normal School, de livered addresses. The convention closed this evening. NATIONAL GUARD SIGNAL CORPS. Application Made for the Organiza tion ot One nt Corvallln. CORVALLIS, Nov. 27. A movement Is on foot for the organization here of a signal corps for the Oregon National Guard. Application has been made to the State Military Board, and authority to proceed is expected at any time. The organization of the corps Is In the hands of Major Frank E. Edwards, signal of ficer of the brigade. Twenty-five young men have already signed applications for enlistment In the proposed new corps. Nearly all of the applicants have a thor ough education Jn military tactics, de rived during eadetshlp at the Agricultural Join the Choral Union. Tho committee on membership has re ported a roll of 255 members for, the local organization of the Willamette Valley Choral Union. January 2 has been set as the date for beginning chorus rehearsals In Corvallla. ASTORIA GETS A FACTORY. Citizens Give Sash and Door Plant a Site and Building:. ASTORIA, Or., Nov. 27. The Chamber of Commerce committee closed the nego tiations this evening for the establish ment here of a saeh and door factory, nlth a capacity of 200 doors in 10 hours. Work Is to be commenced on tho con struction of the building during the com ing week: The citizens give a subsidy, consisting of, a site and a building, coat ing $4000. TESTIMONY AGAINST BALLIET. People Got Their Mining Stock, but the Dividends Never Came. I?ES MOINES". la., Nov. 27. The first testimony was Introduced this morning in the Balllet mining case in the Federal Court, where Letson Balllet, of Baker City, Or., is- accused of using the malls fraudulently. Thirty exhibits "Were. Introduced, being mainly circulars and letters bearing Bal liet's name, sent through the mall, ad vertising the White Swan mine. Investors testified to sending"ln small sums, rang ing from 510 to-riOO, for stock in the mine, receiving, thejefor-certincatesof stock and an annual pass pn a Balllet railroad. All the witnesses testified as to the circulars sent out, their contents and the fact that they had reoelved no dividends in return for their investments. 7SBCJ3T INTEREST IN MINING CASE. Snlt to Gain Control of Valuable Ground Near Gold Hill. ASJJLANp, Or., Nov. 37,In mining cir cles, no case In recent years has claimed the -attention that one has now on trial In the Circuit Court of Jackson County. Much of tho time of the court during the woek haa been tafcen up with the argument and examination of the testi mony m th.e celebrated mining case of Charles W, Ray vs. J. R. Mitchell. This involves the, right to some very valuable mining ground In the Gold Hill district, kpown as tle rich Whitney ledge, which, at, the time of the beginning of the pres ent suit two years ago, J. R. Mitchell was working and taking out valuable ore. An Injunction was served on Mitchell temporarily restraining Mm from con tinuing the operation of tho ledge until the matter and the title could be deter mined. Aftar argument of some prelimi nary motions and demurrers before tjie court, Judge H. K, Ilanna dissolved the preliminary Injunction, which left J. R. Mitchell In possession. The case waa thereupon taken to the United States Dis trict Court, at Portland, the plaintiff. Ray, alleging that 9- nonresident of Oregon was a, party at interest. After hearing the evidence, Judge Q. B, Bellinger dismissed the case, and the thread as dropped, in the State Circuit Court was. taken up for final determination, A long list of wit nesses were examined some months ago, and now the testimony Is being submitted and the case argued. ELECTRICITY FOR MINE. Trendivell Contemplates Putting In a Plant to Ran Its Great Mill. PORT TOWNSEND, Nov. 27. Advices from Douglas Ioland state that the Tread-, well mill will soon be operated by elec tricity. Tho company is negotiating with the owners of the Sheop Creek water power for the installation of a large plant on that stream for generating electricity, which will be conducted across Gastl neaux Channel by cable, a distance of four mllc3, to the Treadwell plant. The Tread well Company operates 1000 stamps, anp the importation of a large amount of coal is required. With the introduction of elec tricity for power this expense will be overcome, and to cost of milling ore will be reduced about one-half. Oregon Mining Stock Exchange. Yesterday's quotations on the Oregon Ulnlnc Stock Exchange were: Bid. Adams Mountain ...,...,... 2 Astoria-Melbourne (guaranteed) ..14 Buffalo 2 Copperopoli3 l Champion . . , , .,25 Caribou ,...., 1 Cold Hill & Bohemia 0$ Huionlan 5 Lo9t Horse ,,..,,,..,.,,., 2 Oregon-Colorado M. 11. &. t S-l7 Rherslde 3 Sumpter Consolidated 2& Asked. 4 CO 3 10K 314 saies: 500 Oregon-Colorado 23 SPOKANB, Nov. 27. The closing quotations of mining stocks today were: Bid. Ask. I Bid. Ask. Amer. Boy ..10U lOHIMorn Glory.. I'M. 2 tuacKtau ,... ujfa Crjatol Q Deer Trail .. 2 Gold Ledge .. V.h L. P. Surp... 54 L. Dreyfus .. Zi Mtn. Llna ...24 OHPrln, Maud ,.2 214 o,;uuup ,-tJ u 2!IRajnb. Car ...62 53V4 lfe.Uepublla .,..; 3M r., 5 nervation .. 4 5 Hulllvan 0?i 10'4 24h 'om Thumb ,.Uli 1U SAN FRANOISOO. Nov. 37. Offlclal closing quotations of mining stocks: Alta 40 04Mxicon $0 17 Belcher 4jOccidental Con ... S Best Sf. Belcher... 14IORhlr 70 Bullion 2OUerman 3 Caledonia 21I'oto.P 4 Challenge Con ... 13Savagc 5 Chollar ,. ulSlerra Nevada ... 8 Confidence TOISllver Hill ....,,. 31 Con. Cal. & Va... 1 CCiBtandard ,, 8 25 CrOwn Point .... 2JUnlon Con 11 Gould & Curry... 7itTtah Con I Hale & .Norcroea. 17Tcllow Jacket .... 9 NEW YORK. Nov. 27. Mining stocks today closed as follows: Adams Con Alice SO 20 Little Chief $0 12 42! Ontario 0 T0 Breecc Brunswick Con .. Comstock Tunnel. Con. Cal. & Va... Dcadwood Terra.. 75! 13 Ophir 72 8 Phoenix Potosl . 61 1 60!!avxg , 3 BO llerra Nevada ... 7 Horn SllVer 1 P0 Rmall' Hooea 40 Iron Sllvor CO'standard 3 80 Lcadville Con ... fl BOSTON. Nov. 27. Adventure $ 22 Closing quotations: OOlOld Dominion ..$ 26 BO 50!Osceola ........ 00 50 62IParrott 35 23 BOIQuincy 155 00 62JTamarack 285 00 OOITrimountain .... 45 00 KOlTrinlty 25 50 75IUnlted States .. 15 00 02 Utah 22 50 25l Victoria C 87 ST'WInona 2 00 MIYVoIverinea ..... 68 50 Allouez 4 Amalgamated . Baltic Bingham Cal, & Hecla.. Centennial .... Copper Range. Dominion Coal 80 47 28 650 Iff 00 40 Franklin IB file Royale .... 2 Mohawk 42 A Neir Mining Stoelc Exchange. A letter of Invitation from the Mining and Stock Exchange of Bolso City, Idaho, to the Oregon Mining Stock Exchange to attend a banquet given by tho member of the former association on the occasion of the openeing of their exchange, on the evening of December 4, 1901, was read at the morning call yesterday In the local exchange. Quite a number of the mem bers of the Oregon Mining Stock Exchange will accept the very cordial Invitation. KORTHWEST DEAD. Oreson Pioneer of 1845. TURNER, Or., Nov. 27. Mrs. Catallne C. Morris, an Oregon pioneer of 1845, died this morning at the home of her eon, Os car Morris, threo miles southwest of Tur ner. She was aged 76 years, and left a large family. The funeral will be held tomorrow. Interment will be in the Tur ner cemetery. One of Centrafia's First Settlers. OENTRAIIA. Nov. 27.-nJoseph Remley, who died at North Taklma last Saturday, was one of the first settlors In this sec tion. He located on a donation claim just north of the city limits In 185L He had resided here for 40 years. Surveyor-General of California. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 27. James M. Gleaves, United States Surveyor-General of California, died this morning from per itonitis, caused by unknown complica tions. He was a native of Gurnsey Couiu ty, Ohio, aged 49 years. Two Oreson Pioneers. ROSEBURG, Nov. 27. M. Deardorff, an Oregon pioneer, died at Oakland yester day, aged 73 years. Mrs. Fraaler Ward, an Oregon pioneer of 1845, died at Ward ton today. Both left large families. Tax Sale Postponed. ASTORIA, Or., Nov. 27 The County Commissioners' Court met In adjourned session this morning and postponed the sale of property for delinquent taxes, which was set for next Monday, until January 6. The members of the court an nounced that this would positively be tho last postponement of the sale. The contract for rebuilding the south end of the draw rest at the Lewis and Clark bridge was awarded to Mattson & H&ggblom for $283, and $50 for extra lum ber for replanklng the north end of the draw rest. The south end was recently washed out during a freshet and knocked down by some logs that had broken from a boom. A Banner Month. FOREST GROVE, Nov. 27. The re ceipts for electric lights and water this month will be $325. This will be a banner month. YOUR DINNER. It will be incomplete without a La Sln r.erldan clear to ton it off. FOLK ON SHIP WANT AID VESSEL STRANDED IN ALASKA JS OUT OF PROVISIONS. passengers dumber 115, and Have Spent AU Their Mpney for Food Appeal to Government. SEATTL-E, Wash., Nov. ST.-Advlees from the north are to the effect that the long-overdue schooner Ralph J. Long, from Nom, lies stranded at Unalaska, with US passengers. The vessel Js out of food, the passengers liave spent all their money to obtain the absolute neces sities of life, and they now appeal for help to the War Department. L. Frank Brown, a well-known lawyer of this city, presented a resolution to the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, today giv ing the facts In the case, and. urging the recesslty of Immediate assistance tor the unfortunate passppgers and crew. The members of the Chambqr of Commerce were unanimously lp fa.yor of acting upon the matter at once, and ft request wJU be made to the authorities at Washington asking them to send a revenue cutter or some Government vessel to bring down the starving people. The Iong lies a Unalaska without stores, and the passengers and crew are practi cally penniless. The vessel reached the port on October B, out o food, and water. Since that time the conditions have grown from bad to orse. Tne storekeepers at the point refuse to advanee enough pro visions to allow the schooner to reaph Puget Sound., and the passengers are afraid to venture out in a helpless conr ditlon. REGENTS AGAIN WIN IN COURT, Decision That TheyTan Sell the Old ptnte University Site. SEATTLE, Nov. S7.In a decision handed down tola morning at Olystpla by the Supreme Court of the State of Wash. Ington, power to control absolutely tho old university elte 16 vested in the Board of Regents of the State University. The case has been. In tho courts for some months past. Interesting questions of law m ere raised. Tho State Land Com missioner, Judge S. A. Calvert, brought the suit against the regents, the proceed ings being initiated by tho Attorney-General's ofllce. The decision is In favor of tho board and upholds the opinion rcn. dered last August by Judge Grlfiln, of tho Superior Court of this county, who held that the regents alone had power to con trol the land, and therefore to sell or lease U, a? in their Judgment they saw t. Tho direct result ot the declpjon of the Supremo Oqurt wll be that the contract entered Into between the Board of Re. gents and Jules RefleJahelmer, by which the regente agreed to sell the Armory site to the Government tvs part of Jhfi site of the Government building, -will at onco he exeouted. Another result of the decision will bq that negotiations will b renewed between the Library Commission of tho city and the Board of Regents, looking to th purchase of a site for the proposed ?2,00P. Carnegie library. HIGH WATER DAMAGE GROWS, Many Shingle- Bolt Last in Lewi Coanty-oDeatU by Drowning:. CHEHALIS, NOV. 27. Reports from aver Lewis County show that the .heavy talnstorm of Saturday did mma damage than was at first supposed. One death by drowning Is reported, tha victim be ing Miss. Slnplalr, )i$ 17-year-old daugh ter of John Sinclair, of Alpha, Miss Sin clair and. her teacher, together with a number qf other pupils at a. country school, had gone to a bridge over a small creek to look at the high water, in som way she fell In and beforq ftho qould be rescued was drowned. At Morton the bridge acres? Tilton River was washed out, and great Incon venience will thus be caused to the far mers of the Big Bottom section, as; Jt will be almost impossible for theiu to get to town unless the water la quite Ipw. A largo quantity of shingle bolta is also reported to have neon lost on tho Coyr, lltz River. TICKETS FOR CITY ELECTIQN, Suppression Qt Gainpllne la the Isue Vit South Bend. SOUTH BEND. Nov. 57.TicknUs for tha city election to be held here Monday are as 'follows: Business men's ticket Mayor. F, H. Copenspire; City Attorney, Sol Smith: Treanurer, F. A, HatelUne; Clerk, Yal Heath: Health Officer. A. K. Rohlnson; Councllraen A. -P. Leonird. J. H. Drlsr sler and WlUiam Beatty: Councllroan-at-large, George Cassels. The ticket stands for tho abatement of the present wide open gambling, and a- reasonable enforce ment of the Sunday laws. Tho Cltlsens' antl-gambllng ticket Mayor, C. A. Coulter: Citrj"Attarney, II. W. B. Hewen: treasurer, W. Hr Bauer; Clerk, Val Heath: Health Officer, A. E. Robinson; CouncHmPn'-Wtlllam Beatty. Martin Miller and Frank Loomis; Coun-cllman-at-large, G. G. Hicks. The nomi nees are pledged to enforce thq ordi nances against gambllntr. Citizens' Ticket nt Faloune. PALOUSE, Wash.. Nov. 37, A cltlacns' caucus was held here last night and can didates for city offices nominated as fol lows: Mayor: C. E. Fredericks; Clerk, J. H. Follmsby; Treasurer, G. D. Kln cald; Councllman-at-large, H. C, De Beaumont; Councllmen from West ward G. S. Grltman and P. V. Morris; Coun cllmen from East ward D, Q. Ross and William Breed. An effort Js being made to nominate a business men's ticket, Citizens' Ticker at Chehalis. OHEHALIS. Nov. 27. A caucua of cit izens was held last night at the Council room, and the following tleket nominat ed, to be voted for at the city election next Tuesday: Mayor. Francis Donahoe; Treasurer, "L. J. Stlcklln: Clark. W. A. westover; Attorney, ti. a. Elliott; Coun cllmen, for tvfci years A. C. St. John, Philip Becker, N. B. Coffman; one year term, H. H. Schrlbner; Councllman-at-largc. John West. Irate Woman at Council Meeting. CENTRALIA, Nov. 27. Quite a sen sation was created at last night's Coun cil meeting by MIri Lang, who appeared before the board and demanded that a certain, electric light stay polo standing In front of hir residence te rnnwM Miss Lang concluded her remarks by de claring that she would have the scalps of the Councllmen and thon suspend them from tho pole. No action, however, wak taken in the matter. Farmer Commits Suicide. WALLA WALLA, Wash., Nov. 27. About 7 o'clock this morning John W. Saunders, 62 years old, a farmer living about seven miles west of Walla Walla, sat on a creek bank near his home, placed the muzzle of a Winchester rifle to his forehead, pulled the trigger and blew ofr the top of hla head. He had been on a protracted drunk. Coroner Shaw did not deem It necessary to hold an Inquest. Released on n Technicality. SEATTLE, Nov. 27. Charles L. Barna man, charged with being a fugitive from justice from Butte, Mont., was today re leased by Judge George on a technicality. The prisoner Is wanted on the charge or perjuring himself In a sensational divorce case at that city, and Sheriff J. B. Furey, of Silver Bow County, Montana, arrived a very few moments after his man vanished through a back door. Washington Lumber for the East. 3POKANE, Waah., Nov. 27. The Gould Manufacturing Company, of Oshko&h, Wis., has completed deals for about 25,- COO.000 feet of lumber to bo shipped from mills around Spokane to the Eastern mar ket. The average price isreported at $12 per thousand, making a total of 5300,000. Harry G. Gould, of this company, has algo purchased a half-Interest In the Buckeye, one of the largest lumber com panies of Eastern Washington. THE WANTS OF ALASKA. Recommendations pf Governor Brady n a Nutshell. WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. The wants of Alaska, aa summarized In the recom mendations made In the anual report of GovornorvBrady, are extension to Alaska Of all the Federal land laws, surveys of the lands for Immediate settlement, a delegate to Congress without territorial organizatJoni a cable between Alaska and the United States, representation at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in IE0J, the appointment of a Commissioner of Mining and the enactment of a game law for the district. Governor Brady gays the agitation for a territorial form of government has gained very little headway with those wh'o hayo any property to tax. In tho Capo Nome gold fields tho un certainty In the execution of the laws by the court established there, according to the Governor, ha led to the refusal of many persons to develop their claims, and to capitalists withholding their Invest ments on account of this fear of Inse curity. Governor Brady gives it as his opin ion that the Alaskan fur trade Is doomed to extinction. Tho sea otter and tho fur sea are fast disappearing, the report saya, The beaver has been driven to the remote distrtcta. The arctic fox, the bear and the mink sceni to be the only fur bearing animals which are still found In considerable nuinbers In Alaska. The en acting of a stringent game law by Con gress, lq order to afford better protection to the moose, caribou, deer and other large game, is advocated; also the let ters U 8 In largo slae bo branded upon tho baok of the female seals. This would let the British sealer know that every time ho kills a seal with theae letters marked upon It he is taking tho prop erty of hl3 neighbor. Besides,' such a brand will render the pelt almost valueless In the market. The salmon Industry la reported as flour ishing, and tho number of canneries rapid ly increasing, The pack for the year i!W) wao J,K9,569 caaes of four dozen one pound tins to the case, having a market value of more than $8,000,000; nearly 20,000 barrels were salted. The future success of this industry, it Is stated, demands, owing to the enormous quantity of this very valuable food flsh being taken, tbe establishment and operation of salmon hatcheries under the cortrql of the gen eral Government. Because the business has beeh so profitable and on account of the tendency of salmon hecomlns scarcer on the lower coast and the keen compe tition far them by the canners and re frigerator shippers, there has 'been a rush to occupy all available places In Alaska, and la?t year and this present soa&on a good number of plnnts have been added to the Jlat. It la estimated thnt the salmon pack of the present year, 1901, will reach 1,750,00a case?, Many criminals are reported as coming to Alaska. The Governor states that the moro strictly tho laws are enforced In tha cities on the Jowcr coast the more surely wH tho criminal element migrate this way. Those who are now oonvlqted of helntuw crimes and sentenced to a term of over one year aro transported to Mc Neil Island, Washington. That prison now contains a pretty largo contingent from Alaska. The Governor suggests that If an island wag selected In Sitka har bor for a penitentiary, nearly all the labor in its construction might ba performed by prisoners who are now held In Idleness In the Sitka jail. A notable change, it is stated, has oc curred during the past year In public opinion regarding the wlsd.om of stocking Arctic Alaska with reindeer, and the peo ple are beginning to appreciate the tiue. value of these animals as a factor In de veloping tho resources of Northern Alaska. Two hundred deer of much larger and stronger breed than that in use in this country were. Imported from Russia during the Summer and. delivered at the Teller reindeer station at Pprt Clarence, There are now 4112 reindeer in nine herds In the Blatrlct of Alaska. Mall for pawson No Longrcr Held Up, PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., Nov. 27. Arrivals from White Horse report that the accumulated man at that place js now on UK way down the Yukon to Its des tination. Superintendent Wheeler, of the Royal Mall Service, arrived at White Horse, and immediately started the mall down the river In canoes, notwithstand ing the river was- running with Ico. When canoes cannot gd any further, the mall will be rushed to Its destination without delay. He left Whit Horse November 17 with a large amount of United States mall for Dawson, apd before going he stated that this year's aervlce would be superior to any sinoe pawaon was founded. THANKSGIVING EXERCISES. Hqy Day WIH Be Observed at Salem and State Institutions. SALEM, Or., Nov. 27. Thanksgiving will be generally observed In the Capital City. Business houses will be closed In the af ternoon. Union Thanksgiving services will be held In the First Christian Church at 10:80 o'clock. The sermon will be de livered by Rev. T. H. Henderson, of the Central Congregational Church. Special mualc haB been arranged for the occa sion. There will also be fitting exercises at the several state Institutions. In the morning songs and recitations will bo ren dered at the Deaf Mute School, to be fol lowed by the serving of a turkey dinner. At the Insane Asylum a musical pro gramme will bo rendered In the chapel during the afternoon for the entertain ment of tho patients. Superintendent Calbreath has provided a turkey dinner. At the Reform School the superintendent has provided for the usual turkey dinner. A game of football between elevens of the public schools will be the diversion of the afternoon. In the evening a musical dia logue portraying a Thanksgiving story will bo given in the school chapel by aboat BO of tho boys. The entertainment was arranged by Mrs. Bickers, who has spent much time drilling tha hoys. At the penitentiary a turkey dinner will be sorved, but no programme has been arranged. The shops will be closed, and the day observed as a holiday. The annual Thanksgiving sermon at the Deaf Mute School will be delivered In the sign language by Professor Holse, one of the teachers. This will be followed by the serving of an elegant Thanksgiving spread. The afternoon will bo devoted to games and amusements for the children. In the evening a "profile entertainment" will bo given In the chapel, the pro gramme consisting of a guessing contest, for which a prize will be presented to the most successful pupil. State Blast Amend Its Complaint. SALEM, Nov. 27. In the suit for dam ages recently Instituted in the Marlon County Circuit Court by W. H. Wehrung et al., constituting the State Far Board, against R. T. Denhorn and his sureties, F. P. Talklngton and J. C. Goodale, a motion was today argued before Judge Burnett asking that the plaintiffs make their complaint more definite and cer tain. The motion was denied In all but three specifications, the principal one be ing that the fair board must show the manner In which it was Inconvenienced in holding the State Fair on account of the alleged delay in completion of the build ings. Candidates File Acceptances. ASTORIA, Or., Nov. 27. All the candi dates for city offices on each of the tickets have filed their acceptances in the Audi tor's office. There will be no Independent candidates. A petition was filed by J. K. Wirt, who was an aspirant for the office of Street Superintendent, but the petition Is illegal, and his name will not appear on the ticket. CHINESE NOT NAPPING THEY WILL WORK HARD TO DE FEAT ANY EXCLUSION LAW. Special Emissary From China Ar rives at San Francisco to Take Up the Battle. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 27.-The Chron icle, says that some excitement haa been caused in Chinatown by tho arrival on the Doric of a special emissary of thfl" Chinese Government In the person of Chen Knal Yut. Ostensibly Chen Knai Yufa mission to the United States is that of Joining the Chinese Embassy at Washing ton; but it is rumored that in reality ho la hero to bring about, if possible, the defeat of tha proposition to re-enact the Chinese exclusion act, and his arrival Is therefore a matter of more than ordinary Import to his fellow countrymsn, not on! In San Francisco, but throughout the country. Valuable Timber Land Sold. SACRAMENTO, Nov. 27. John Batcher, Jr., has just returned from Minneapolis,' where he haa been for a few weeks past completing the sale of 20,000' acres of val uable timber land In Eldorado County to a Minneapolis lumber company. It Is. said the timber will be placed on the market. In order to do this It will be necessary to build a great mill In the forest of sugar apd yellow plno, and also to construct a railroad, Involving an expenditure of at least $1,000,000. DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF. Proposed Incorporation of MHwnn kle Means a Determined Fl$ht. OREGON CITY, Or., Nov. ?7. A peti tion will be presented to the Board of County Commissioners next Wednesday asking for the Incorporation of the town of MHwaukie. Forty-four names are at tached tp the petition. Behind tho petition is the removal of four powdor-houses be longing to as many companies, which some of the people of the town look upon aa dangerous. It has. developed that the town Is divided ngaJnat itself on the prop osition. A rcmonalrance against the pe tition Is being circulated, and will be pre sented to tho board. It reads as follows: "We, the undersigned, property-owners In tho town of MHwaukie, hereby remon strate against the improvement of the aald town of MHwaukie, for the reason that the Increase In taxes will depreciate the. value of our property." The signers arc as follows: T. R, A. Sellwood, 100 acres; Florence Olson, 10 acres and 1 blocks; Jacob Ernstbergcr, 5 blocks: Berthelopie Tscharr-er, 7 acres; E. W. Birkemeicr, 1 acre; E. M. Howell, 2 lots. AH of the abovo are residents of the town. Two Portland men have signed, the petition C. A. Cogswell, an attorney, who owns 81 acres of farm laqd., and J. H, Page, a wholesale grocer, who owns 24 acres of farm land. Both the Southern Pacific Company and tho Portland City & Oregon Railway Company aro opposed to Incorporation. The main objection to In corporation seems to be tho small popula tion. Tho proposed limits contain, as near as can be estimated, 234-inhabitants. An other objection la the manner in whteh the town is mapped ou.t. A Mljwaukl man said yesterday that the line waa too ir regular, bedqg a quarter of a mlla wide on the rjver front and qno mile wide on the eastern boundary. He said that the signers to the petition did not represent the sentiment of the town, and that Mr. Sellwood, who signed the remonstrance, owna more property within the proposed limits than all of the signers to the in corporation petition together. It Is ex peoted that a determined fight will ba made when the matter comes before tha board. Mr. Cogswell wUl present tha re-, monstrance, and George C. Brownell wjll act for the petitioners. The Oregon City Woolen MJHs will buljd an addition to its factory In a. short time. A frame structure 25x11)0 feet Is contem plated. The Hays land contests have been post poned until Monday. STATE WILL APPEAL THE CASE, Supreme Court Must Decide Whether Davis' Bond Is of No Effect, SALEM, Nov. 27. Attorney-General D. R. N. Blackburn is preparing an appeal to the Supreme Court In tho suit of tha State of Oregon vs. E. P. McCornack and George G, Bingham, to recover on a bond of $5000, to which they were sureties for G. W. Davis, ex-School Land Clerk, against whom a shortage of $30,000 exists. Circuit Judge Burnett's opinion rendered Monday exonerated the bondsmen from tho payment of the $5000 on tho grounds- that the statute of limitation barred the prosecutlon of tbe case, Mr. Blackburn was a6ked today If the decision in the Davis bond case settled any point of law involved in the case pending In the equity department of the Circuit Court, wherein tho State of Ore--gon Is plaintiff and Sylvester Pennoyer, George W. McBrlde and Phil Metschan are defendants, they being the members of the State Land Board when the Davjs defalcation occurred, and tho suit being to recover the amount of the shortage. In reply, he stated the defendants in the case In question won out only on the point of statute of limitations, the other points of tho decision being favorable to the plaintiff. Other than to say that the cases being of supremo importance to the people and would be thoroughly proseout cd, Mr. Blackburn declined a further In terview. Push Club Entertainment. SALEM. Nov. 27. The Greater Salem Commercial Club proposes to Inaugurate the New Year in an appropriate manner, A monster public entertainment will be. held In the City Hall In the Interest and under the auspices of the club, on the night of January 1. A band and orchestra have been engaged. The entertainment will conclude with a grand ball In the Armory. Rumors Concerning? Enrle Failure. VICTORIA, B. a. Nov. 27. Many wild rumors are being circulated In regard to the failure of Thomas Earle, member of Parliament. As a matter of fact, his lia bilities will not reach $250,000. ail of wh'ch Tie Best Evidence of the value of a medicine Is al ways found in the record of cures back of it. For tho past fifty years Hostettcr's Stomach Bitters HAS BEEN CtRMG Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Belching, insomnia and Nervousness, and will not disappoint you now. Give it a fair trial aad be convince! Our Private Die Stamp is ovr the neck of the bottle. J owing to the Bonk of British North America and Molson's Bank, and very much the greater part to the former insti tution. Aa far as hi? victoria and Van couver Island businesses were concerned. they paid well, but ho was crippled through having to pay Interest on a heavj loan incurred In connection with the eon structlon of the old Seattle, Lake Shore i xiasiern itaiiway, Supreme Court Caces Set for Trial. SALEM, Nov. 27 The Supreme Court calendar for the week beginning Decern- uer nns oeen arranged as louows: i Monday. Pecembcr J-Mary Elliott, wamuei m. isiimtr a.t.rt w vz. Klliott rp- i ppondenta, ys. Clarence R, BJoyd and J. F. Reed, appellants. Tuesday, December 10The Irving Park Association, a corporation, respondent, vs. Virginia watson. appellant. Wednesday, December 11. Dorothea i Wetraore, appellant, vs. Ward C. Wet- J -. -nonnriTtt ? Thursday, December 12-Unlted States ' Investment Corporation. Limited, and , Percy H. Blyth." respondents, vs, W. Y. J AlaatprB. rp!v(r rt MnrtTnnrt Wncnftnl appellant; Portland Hospital, E. H. Habl. ghorst, trustee; Portland Hospital Guar antee Company, J. Benson Starr and The followlne orders were mad tndiv: ' PnHfln st-it.a flnvinri T.nptn a -RiiiiH. Inc Pomrunv onnollnnt va .T T. TTtll respondent, argued and submitted. " ' R. B. Boyd, respondent, vs. Portland General Electric Co.. annellant. ordered on petition that appellant have 20 days' additional time to file a petition for re- hearing. , Chinese Hnvn No Anneal. PORT TOWNSEND, Wash.. Nov. 27- lJKJLl ? x.A-.," u AZ,L . ..r .? i. fZd transit through The Uned State. to a foreign country by a collector at a port of entry have no appeal to the Sec retary of the Treasury. The department I holds that a collector at a port of entry j is in a position to ascertain whether It j is the Intention of a Chinese making ap- t plication to pass through the United States to a foreign country Is bond fide, and that hi9 decision. In such cases is final. Gcorpe Pullntnn Somewhat Improved REDWOOD CITY, Cal.. Nov. 27. George A. Pullman lies at his homa In San Mateo In a precarious condition. Lato this afternoon the patient's condition was somewhat Improved, and the physicians In attendance Deiievo ne may recover, un less a relapse oacurs. A few days ago Mr. Pullman contracted a cold, which de veloped into acute pneumonia. Pullman recently married Mrs. Brazell In Nevada. Ninth Grade for Public School. HARRISBURG, Or., Nov. 27. At a spe cial school election held here today it was voted to establish tho ninth grade in thq public school. Tho vote stood 11 to 2. ARGUMEWTSFQR ANNEXATION Why Cuba Should Be a Part of the United States. LOUISVILLE. JCy,. Nov. 27. Lleuten-ant-Commander Juolen A. Young, U. S. N., Captain of the Port of Havana, Is in Louisville p route t Washington, for a brief stay. Speaking about Cuba, Lieu tenant Young said: "SJnce the military occupation of Cuba there' has been a disposition on the part of the Island officials to comply with the Teller resolution, and In doing so there has been no modlflcatlon of the lawa of the Island, and the economical question him rwvvnr hppn rllsfiissid. Tho result Is that the affairs of Cuba are In the hands s of a lot ot political and professional reya- lutonistsf who have nothing to lose and evoryuung to gam. "Sugar is being, sold at $3 134 on the docks, when it cannot ba raised In tbe interior for less than $3 70. .Not 10 per cent of last year's tobacco orop. has been sold. A committee has been sent to tho United States to ask for reciprocity which means a stepping stone to annexation Why not annex the leland and be done with It? Every move means that ultimate result. "If the United States should annex Cuba with freo Introduction of products and with the development of 92 per cent of the uncultivated land, we could control prod ucts for which we now ask the European countries, and ask no favor of them. We are to control the isthmian canal, and Cuba is tho absolute defense to the com merce of the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the eastern approaches to the canal, and should be the military base for the United States. "Cuba can glvo to the United States but one concession, and that should be an nexation, for we cannot demand privi leges as a foreign power of fortifying the 'port of call without explanations and arrangements. Furthermore we have spent $700,000,000 in liberating Cuba, but the Cubans do not seem satisfied, and at?k us to give them Independent government. Then they want us to get out of tho isl ands and sacrifice $26,000,000 In duty from imports. "The only salvation for Cuba la abso lute acquiscence to the mandates of the United States. In my opinion they should be given home rule under a Governor ap pointed by tho United State, with power to veto any act that they may make, sub ject, of course to the approval ot Con gress." Dnvid Nation Got a Divorce. MEDICINE LODGE, Nov. 27. David K. Nation was today granted a divorce from his wife, Mrs. Carrie. The court exonerated Mrs. Nation from the charge of cruelty to her husband, and divided IT IS A CRIME "It Is a crime to experiment vtlth the health of the people." says Dr. J. Henri Kessler, manager of the Old St. Louis Dispensary at Portland. "If I did not know positively and absolutely that my new home treatment will cure all diseases of men, even when all other methods of treatment fall, I would consider I was committing a crime to make such a statement to the public. Nothing is so precious to a man as his health nothing so horrible as an Insane Asylum or the grave. Uttle ills, if not promptly cured, otten result In obstinate chronic diseases. I know that my new dis covery is the most marvelous treatment ever known, and I Intend to give its benefit to the world. I intend that every man, woman and child who comes for treatment shall have it. I propose to tell the sick, absolutely free or charge. If they may be restored to perfect health. I would rather be a benefactor to the sick man than to have the wealth of Croesus." The above are remarkable words,, but those v.ho know Dr. Kessler. and have tried his treatment, can vouch for their absolute truthfulness. He restores the wasted power of sexual manhood. He also cures to stay cured VARICOCELE, STRICTURE. SYPHILITIC BLOOD POISON. NERVO-SBXUAL DEBILITY and all a.ssoiiate diseases and weaknesses of man. To thee maladies alone ho nas earnestly devoted 23 of the best years of his life. He makes no charge for private consulta tion, and gives each patient a legal contract In writing to hold for hit. prom ise. Is It not worth your while to Investigate a cure that has made life anew to multitudes of men? If you cannot call at his ofllce, write him your symptoms fully. His home treatment by corresoondence 13 always success ful. Address, always enclosing 10 2-cent stamps. J. HENRS KESSLER, M. D. ST. LOUIS DISPENSARY COR. SECOND AND YAMHILL 5T5. PORTLAND, OREGON the property. The Medicine Lodge hOnJ will go to Mr Nation and the outlylri property to hla wife. In reply to ti.e questions of tho court Mrs. Nation said that one reason she fought the proceed-1 lng3 was that she wished to continue to share the pension money drawn by her 3 husband. Judge Gillett granted the divorce on the ground of gross neglect of daty When Mra. Nation started out on heric reer of joint-smashing a year ago. Nation seemed to be in sympathy v. her raids. 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