-r- - , S THE .MORNING OREGONIANr FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1902. VOTES TALK TODAY -y i t- XI . if. Mati;onAPRtncansni:Bat tle at Primaries. GEER PEOPLE DENY SIMON Every Slate "VItlt Slzuon Men on It, However, Will 'Be for Geer Facts J on Which Opposition Bases Claim, of Alliance, w, SALEM. Or., March 33. Tho hottest po litical flght Salem ever sa-w is what is pjedlcted for tomorrow's Republican pri mary ejection. Some of the" leaders were at work until longr after midnight tonight, while others went to bed early in order to set a good rest before the battle. Chargea of illegal registration have been made, and it is stated upon good authority to night that arrests will be made lfcertaln persons undertake to vote. The side threatened calls this" a bluff. Tho pri znaries will not open until 12 o'clock, so all tho forenoon can be spent marshalling the forces. Inquiry of leaders tonight clIcItB tho information that none of the elates has been finally completed, and mono will bo made public until the polls open. The jollg will close at C o'clock,' 60 tho results should be known by 10 '. o'clock. The returns cannot be received from some country precincts tomorrow nfght, so Jf the election should be close it is possible that tho outcome will not 2e finally determined tomorrow night. Registration has been very active to Iday. The number enrolled in the Clerk's office was 116. and probably as many more 'will b'e registered by notaries. In Salem (2Co. 2. where tho heat of battle will be centered, the registration was heaviest today. This afternoon a committee of eight anti-Simon men in Salem No. 2 i called upon State Treasurer Moore and Secretary Dunbar, two of the members jof the board of trustees of the insane asy lum, and represented that abou 20 em ployes of that institution have registered In Salem No. 2, though many of them (Slave never claimed a residence there prior to this time. Thoy protested against this toeing permitted. It was stated tonight that the committee will wait upon the' whole "board tomorrow, and present the facts in the matter. The contention of the SImon-Geer people is that a man em ' ployed at a state institution can claim liis residence where ho pleases, and that toy Btaying over nlglit in. a precinct ho can establish his residence there. They my this rule always has prevailed, and that there is no reason why it should bo changed now. Owing to the fact that this campaign is toeing made upon" entirely different lines from what have ever been drawn hereto fore, the outcome is a matter of pure speculation. That Simon cannot get a working force in the county convention Is generally believed, and tho chief differ ence of opinion is as to the strength Gov ernor Geer will have. Some of the slates have been framed upon local Issues, and it is, therefore, impossible to determine how the delegates will vote on the organ ization of the county convention. The antl-Slmon-Geer people assert that they have made strong gains in the last week from the ranks of those who believe that Oregon should not return to the United States Senate a man who will abandon his post of duty and travel across the Conti nent in order to force himself upon a peo ple who would otherwise repudiate him. Marion County is most decidedly not In favor of Simon's return to the Senate. This Is the sentiment expressed on every hand, and there are but very few who will openly espouse his cause. The friends of Geer, while working with the Simon people, and in Simon's favor, deny their allegiance to Simon. Tet many people be lieve that a vote for Geer tomorrow will also be a vote for Simon, and no amount of denial will change their opinion. Gccr and Multnomah. Every man who has studied the sltua tlon at all knows that if Geer gets any strength in Multnomah County he must get It from Simon and his friends. Every man who knows Simon's methods in poll tics knows that the Senator will not help , Geer unless Geer's friends help him in re turn. Simon's only hope for re-election is to get the 'Multnomah delegation, and then trade upon It for outside help. With out the support of the Multnomah delega tion Geer's chances for renomination would be very small, and for that reason the people are ready to believe that Geer's friends here are lining up to help Simon. But if this necessity for a combination ,of forces were not sufficient to support .the belief that Simon and Geerare work 'ing together, the fact that Ed Croisan is leading the Geer forces would make the evidence conclusive. Croisan was superin tendent of the State Reform School when Geer became Governor. He opposed Geer's nomination with as much vigor as toe supported Lord. One of Geer's first acts was to vote to oust Croisan, though e had not completed his four-year term. , Croisan was not then, and has not 'since toeen, a warm supporter of Geer. But he is Simon's manager in Marion County, and (wants the votes of Geer's friends to help Itois friend. He is willing to give .Ills aid as a political leader in return for votes which Simon could not otherwise secure. Ho has brought order out of chaos in the tGeer ranks, and expects to get a Simon uegisiauve aeiegauon in return lor his services. Every one who knows Ed Croi san knows that he is not working -for Geer merely because he wants to see Geer renominated. If that were the only issue, Mr. Croisan would "go "way back and sit tiown." Simon Slates, Gccr Slates. Nor is this all. Every slate in the pri maries with Simon men on it will he a Geer slate. None of the opposition slates have Simon men on them. If it be a fact that Simon and Geer arc not working to gether, the coincidence just mentioned is most wonderfuL No Simon man can be found opposing Geer. In view of this line-up, which every Republican in the county knows to be the actual situation, it follows as an unavoidable consequence that Simon and Geer are working on com bination slates. These are tho facts which the anti-Simon people in Marion County have cited in the hope of breaking tho combination. Many of them would be pleased to aid in Geer's renomination if the slates were not so framed as to impose upon their loyalty to Geer. In the face of all these facts, the Geer people have denied that an alli ance exists. This does not apply to all the Geer people. There are some who do not believe in the policy of denying an al liance which every one knows must exist. They have advised that the better policy would bo openly to proclaim the union and go beforo the people upon that Issue. Being in the minority, they have acqui esced in the plan of campaign, and have kept quiet. The Simon people do not and never have denied the combination. In deference to the wishes of Geer's friends, they do not openly declare that there is a union of forces. Thoy perhaps realize that they will get many votes by keeping quiet that they could not get if -they made a fight with Simon the main issue. The continued denial of the Slmon-Geor xmb!nation is likely to work Simon's de feat in this county. On the SImon-Geer slates are many names of men who art opposed to the re-electioh of Simon. "When the delegations are elected, these men will refuse to vote for a Simon organ ization of the county convention. When accused of disloyalty, they will answer: "We went on the slates and were elected upon the express understanding that the slates were not for Simon. You told us that to begin with, and now you can't force us to vote for a Simon organiza tion." Geer Pcpple Deny Simon. The Geer people arc denying Simon to day. If the Senator should be defeated in Multnomah County, they will continue to deny "him. But If he should be victorious, many of them who now deny him will shout for joy and declare that they were always for Simon. But even with Simon a victor in Multnomah, he cannot get votes enough in Marion County to give him the support of the legislative ticket. He may be able to land a man or two, through the influence of Geer's friends, but by his own strength he can get noth ing by an open fight in Marlon County. If tou have no right to vote or have taken the boss' money, have your bail bond ready before Kolng near the polls. Ton vrlll need it. SAID TO HAVE FORGED BIG NOTES. Peculiar Transaction of Man If He Was Bent on Defrauding Any One. HIULSBORO, Or., March 11 Papers are being sw6rn out for the arrest of John Siemar, formerly of Mcppcn, I1L, and now supposed to be et that place. Siemar came to Washington County last Fall. About the 1st of January he was mar ried to Miss Rose Mauss, a daughter of Jacob Mauss. a well-to-do German farm er, residing near Greenville. About this time ho contracted for a farm from A. J. Roy, agreeing to pay between $4000 and 5000 for the land. When it came to pay ment, he represented that he had money in th'o East, for which he was waiting, and asked for further time. He pa!dRoy a few hundred dollars on the place, and afterward paid him for the personal prop erty. A few days ago he came to this city with a note for $1500, signed by him self, with Bernard Osterman, a relative residing near Centerville, and Jacob Mauss, his father-in-law, as sureties. One of the merchants went to the bank with him and identified the signatures, and the Shule Bank cashed the paper. Both Mauss and Osterman disclaim the signa tures. Siemar then paid the largest part of the sum to Roy, and soon thereafter left for the East, leaving his young wife with her parents. Tho strango part of the whole proceeding is that Siemar paid nearly all the amount received for the forged note to Mr. Roy, a peculiar trans action if ho intended defrauding any one. It is possible that Siemar has not re turned to Illinois, although he has been in correspondence with his wife since leaving here. Many think that Siemar hoped that his relatives at Meppen would aid him to take up the paper before the matter became public. His parents are said to be quite wealthy. The bank has taken chargo of the personal property. FOURTH APPEAD TO COURT. Fight in Marlon County Over Estate of Multnomah Man. SALEM, March 13. A fourth appeal to the Circuit Court has Just been filed in tho matter of the administration of the estate of E. M. Fredrich, deceased, a for mer resident of Multnomah County. Fred rich died at Aurora, this county, Septem ber 1G, 1900, and two days later Dr. D. F. Lane, of this city, was appointed admin istrator of the estate. C. V. Wlntzlnger ode and John Rleger, of Multnomah County, subsequently attempted to secure tho removal of Lane, alleging that the estate should properly be probated in Multnomah County, of which decedent was a resident at the time of his death. The Marion County Court has thrice held that it had jurisdiction in the case. Three times Circuit Court Judge Boise has re versed the County Court and remanded the case to that court for a rehearing. The true value of the estate has never been ascertained, but the principal item involved is a chest, on deposit with the "Union Title & Trust Company in Port land. The chest is supposed to contain $4000 in gold. Gantenbeln & Veazie. ot Portland, and F. A. Turner, of this city, are attorneys for the contestants, while Dr. Lane is represented by Webster and Frank Holmes, of this city. BIG THIXGS FOR COOS BAY. Beaver Hill CoafMine Will Be De veloped on Extensive Scale, W. S. Chandler, manager of the Coos Bay. Roseburg & Eastern Railroad & Nav igation Company, who has just returned from San Francisco, brings goods news as to the development of its property and enlargement of Its business on Coos Bay, says the Daily Coast Mall, of Marshfield. Work at the Beaver Hill mine will be pushed to the limit, and in a short time about 300 men will be employed. To han dle the products two steamers will be put on between Coos Bay and San Francisco. Improvements are also to be made in the arrangement for loading the steamers, and when tho shipment of coal begins in ear nest they will be loaded direct from the cars. Mr. Chandler pronounces without foun dation the report which is circulated In the Valley papers to tho effect that the railroad will be extended 20 miles this season, but it Is only a matter of a short time when the road will be put through. With the development now In sight -we can afford to wait a few years for the benefits to flow from the completion of the road. Oregon Mining Stock Exchange. PORTLAND, March 13. Yesterday's Quotations us ere: Bid. Alaska M. & M OT4 Bronz Monarch 1T Caribou 3 Copperopolla 20 Crystal Consolidated 1V.I Chicago 74 Cascade Calumet 2U Gold Hill & Bohemia O'i Asked. 11 100 1I 8Vi 4 18 0 40 '.5 00 14 Huronlan O Lost Horse 2 Orecon-Colorado JL M. & D Riverside Surnpter Consolidated 2 aedn Copper (Gtd.) 87&s Winnipeg (Ltd.) , 9j Sales: Price. 1000 Bronze Monarch 17U 1000 Chicago 7& 1000 Lost Horse 3 SPOKANE, March 13. The closing quota tions of mining stocks were: Bid. Ask. Bid. Ask. Ainer. jjoy .. 7 7wwunp 321? Blacktail ....12 lS&lRamb. Car . 87 10H 23 Butte & Bos., 2 3 Republic 0 Ben Hur 14 la i-Keservation Deer Trail .. 2 Flfih'malden.. C Gold Ledge .. 1 L. P. Surp... 7H Mtn. Lion ...29 Morn. Glory.. 3& Prln. Maud .. 3 Ross. Giant Sullivan ST4 l?il Tom Thumb ..23 "Si! 32Vi Trade Dollar..lO San Poll 27 Jim Blaine .. 2)1 3H 3 SAN FRANCISCO, March 13. Official closing Quotations of mining stocks: Alta ...t $0 OKentuck Con $0 01 Andes 3 Mexican 30 Belcher 5 Occidental Con . .. 0 Best &Uelcher... 22 Ophlr ...' oft Bullion 2 Overman 9 Caledonia 41 Potosl 10 Challenge Con ... 20 Savage 5 Chollar 8 Seg. Belcher 3 connaence uoi sierra. Nevada ... 14 Crown Point Silver Hill C7 Gould & Currr. Union Con 25 Hale & Norcross. 27 Utah Con 5 Justice ajTellow Jacket .... 17 NEW YORK, March 13. Mining stocks today closed as follows: Adams Con $0 25 Little Chief $0 11 Alice -JSIOntarlo 7 73 Breece DOlOphlr 83 Brunswick Con .. 7IPhoenlx c Comstock Tunnel. 5) Potosl 8 Con. Cat & Va... 1 25 jSaiage 5 Bcadwood Terra.. 50 Sierra Nevada ... 10 Horn Silver 1 40Small Hopes 60 Iron SUrer 73 Standard 3 35 Leadrllle Con ... 5 BOSTON, March'13. Closing Quotations: Adventure ....$ 21 00: Allouez 4 00 Amalgamated .. tti 87 Baltic 45 25 Osceola $ G3 00 Parrott 30 50 Qulncy 135 00 Santa Fe Cop... 3 50 Tamarack 160 00 Trlmountaln ... 100 00 Trinity 14 00 Bingham 23 00Tamarock vjai. & uecia... coo 00 Centennial .... 20 00 Copper Range... 68 OOj United States .. 17 S7 Dominion Coal. 108 50 j Utah 22 O0 5 G2 1 50 C2C0 Franklin 12 501 Victoria Isle Royole 17 001 Winona Mohawk 35 00 Old Dominion . 10 DO Wolverines Pat aa cad to ring rale and besa-ism. BUILDING MAY BE TIED UP SEATTLE EMPLOYERS THREATEX TO DISCHARGE UXIOX MBS. Their Fellow Now Oat Must Return to Work Monday to Pat aa Ead to Plan. SEATTLE, March 12. The employers of building tradesmen declare that unless the tradesmen who are now, out return to their work by Monday of next week all the union building tradesmen now at work will be discharged and building operations entirely suspended. This de cision on the part of the contractors was announced at the meeting of the employers' association which was held last night This determination on the part of the employers, if it is strictly adhered to, as there is every reason to believe it will, means that the city will bo practically tied up, so far as build ing operations are concerned. HEAD WARDEN HAS SMALLPOX. There Are Xovr 13 Cases at Steila- coom Insane Asylum. OLYMPIA, March 13. There are now 13 cases of smallpox at the Steilacoom Insane asylum, and Included among them Is Head Warden Colby. Three cases are severe, and Mr. Colby Is most afflicted, though the hospital management appre hends no really serious results. The disease obtained a hold in the asylum by HOBOS! ILLEGAL VOTERS! BEWARE! The police cannot "square" It If you attempt to vote at the primary election Saturday you will be arrested. Sheriff Frazier says: "My deputies iviH be at the polls instructed to ar rest all Illegal voters." Watchers and challengers will have complete Informa tion concerning every man in the precinct Arrested per sons will be proseouted. Here is District Attorney Chamber lain's warning: "Illegral voters will he prosecuted. The election must he honest." The penalty is fine and Im prisonment And the police cannot "square" it means of a patient brought in some time ago. When he was being bathed by Mr. Colby and another attendant, it was noticed that he had some skin disease, but It was not thought it -was smallpox. However, Saturday last smallpox devel oped from the patient As all those having the disease are isolated In the wing just completed, there is little danger of It spreading to any extent FALLS FROM SCHOOLHOUSE ROOF. Junior at Baiter City Was Trying: to Remove Senior Class FIIiK. BAKER CITY, March 13. Milo Newton, the 23-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Newton, fell from the roof of the High School building tonight to the ground, 50 feet sustaining a fracture of the nose and right thigh. He, with other students of tho junior class, was making an effort to remove the class flag of the seniors, wnlch had Jbeen put on a high wire. The acci dent has caused much sorrow here, the lad being very popular with his mates. Xorthvrest Military Orders. VANCOUVER BARRACKS, March 13. Major Edward E. Hardin has been de tailed as special inspector for the pur pose of inspecting certain Quartermaster stores now in Portland. W. N. Powell, Hospital Corps, has been detailed as acting hospital steward, and assigned the duty at Vancouver Barracks. First Lieutenant Raymond H. Fenner, Artillery Corps Recorder, will assemble here as soon as possible, after March 16, the following board of officers, who will conduct tho preliminary examinations of those applicants for promotion to the rank of Second Lieutenant In the regular Army: Colonel Tully McCrea, Major Rudolph G. Ebert Major John T. Van Orsdale and Captain Harry I. Hawthorne and Lieutenant Harry L. Gqchrist Lieutenant Harry E. Mitchell has been granted a 15 days' leave. Colonel Tully McCrea, after complet ing his business at Fort Casey and Fort Worden, will go to Fort Stevens, as he has been detailed as a member of a general court-martial ordered to be held there. Paeiao University Delegates, PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, FOREST GROVE, March IS. The local oratorical association has elected the following stu dents as delegates to the state oratorical contest: Senior class Abe Meresse and Fred Day: junior class Edgar Meresse and W. G. Have; sphomore1 class C. H. Williams, chairman of delegation, and L D. Gibson; freshman class Horace Thom as and H. V. Belnapp. The students held a business meeting in Marsh Hall yesterday, and decided that hereafter election of student body officers shall bo by the Australian bal lot system. A tax was voted on' each student of the university to help defray the expenses of the delegates to the state oratorical contest, to be held at Salem1 tomorrow. Wins Damage Suit Against Spokane. OLYMPIA, March IS. The Supreme Court yesterday affirmed the judgment of the lower court whereby Mrs. Will iam C. Durham secured damages against the City of Spokane for the sum of $12,000 for personal injuries from a fall through the sidewalk on Riverside ave nue, in August 1839. At the trial in tho Supreme Court of Spokane County, the jury gave a verdict in her favor for $17,000. The trial Judge, on the ground that It was excessive, gave the alter native of standing a new trial, or cut ting the amount to $12,000, which latter Mrs. Durham elected. The City of Spo kane appealed on several assignments of error. ' Trout for Hatchery. OREGON CITY, March 13.-Buperln-tendent J. Nelson Wlsner, of the Clack amas Salmon Hatchery, has turned out 30,000 fry to make room for 200.000 brook trout from the United States Fish Com mission at Leadville, Colo., 100,000 of which were received February 25 and 100.000 last Saturday. Tho hatchery now contains 500, 00Q young salmon. One hundred thousand lake trout were shipped to the hatchery yesterday from the station at Duluth, Minn. Brought Back by Officer. SALEM. March 13. Constable J. H. Lewis returned this morning from Ash land, having In custody Ralph Bland "and George Koontz, who were arrested there .for larceny in an office, committed In Turner one night last week. The men are charged with breaking Intp the South ern Pacific depot at Turner and stealing two tickets to San Francisco. The fact that the tickets had not been regularly stamped aroused the suspicion of the con ductor to whom the tickets were pre sented, and resulted In the arrest of the men at Ashland. Bland and Koontz were arraigned be fore Justice O'Donald this afternoon, ana by consent their cases were continued unUl 10 A. M. Monday. JHst Oat From Thunder Moantala. SPOKANE. March 13. A Mountain Home special to tho Spokesman-Review says: A. W. McMorran. ex-Councilman of Spokane, arrived here tonight from the new gold camp of Thunder Mountain. He reports that about 100 men are now there. Provisions cannot be bought Salt and sugar are very scarce. Deep snow pre vents building. Mr. McMorran is con vinced that the district is a rich one. Coming out he met 22 men along the trail. Two had horses, but the others were drag ging their supplies on rawhides, or car rying them on their backs. The snow Is deeper n,ow than It was in mid-Winter, and snowshoes are needed for the greater part of the way. Good Progress on Irrigation Ditch. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., March 13 Th omas .Cooper, of the Northern Pacific Railroad, was In tho city yesterday, af ter visiting Kennewick, and inspecting the lands which the company Is now en gaged in putting under water. It Is learned that the price of the land will average about ?25 an acre, according to character. This Is approximately the cost of getting It ready for the market No land will be sold to speculators, and every contract will contain a residence clause. Not more than 40 acres will be sold to one person, and the tracts will be smaller near town. The canal will be completed early in the Summer. Indictment Is Faulty. TACOMA, Wash., March 13.-Captain Joseph DeVrlcs, of tho Dutch steamship Wilhelmlna, now at Port Townscnd. who was Indicted for unlawfully bringing Chi nese into the United States, through hl3 attorneys In the Federal Court this morn ing demurred to the bill, and Judge Han ford sustained the demurrer, declaring the instrument faulty. Tho lawyers are now sorry they demurred, for Judge Hanford held DeVries and all witnesses to await the action of the next grand Jury, which will meet In Spokane in April. The case cannot come to trial until May L v Hot War on Gambling. OREGON CITY, March 13. The war against gambling Is being carried on vig orously by the ministers of this city, head ed by Rev. A. J. Montgomery. Petitions are being circulated throughout tho city, and aro receiving many signatures. Mr. Montgomery said this afternoon that In some Instances people "had refused to sign the petition unless It called for the re moval of Chief of Police Burns, but he refuses to consent to this, and says he docs not attach any blame to the police, as they act under the direction of the Mayor. Supreme Court Cases Set for Trial. SALEM, Or., March 13. The Supreme Court today arranged its calendar for the week beginning Monday, March 24, as follows: March 24 Ida M. Tobln et al. vs. the Portland Flouring Mills Company et al. March 25 Ida M. Tobln et al. vs. the Portland Flouring Mills Company et al. March 26 School District No. U0 vs. H. M. Palmer "et al. March 27 Pacific Stales Savings, Loan & Building Company vs. Augusta M. Spurrier et al. Homeseekcrs Pamphlet. BAK,R CITY. Or., "March 13. The subject-matter for the homcceekers pamphlet prepared by O. L. Miller has been ap proved by the board' of directors of the Chamber, of Commerce, and the pamphlet will .soon be Issued. It deals with mines, farms, stockraising, lumbering, fruitgrow ing and other matters of interest to the prospective settler. The secretary has called for bids for printing 25.000 copies for distribution by the passenger depart ment of the O. R. & N. Llght-nnd-Water Proposition. MEDFORD, Or., March 13. The propo sition of the Fish Lake & Irrigation Com pany to furnish Medford with water and electric lights Is being considered by the city. The company offers to furnish the water and light for half the present rates. The city owns its light plant, but pur chases water. E. D. Morse, superintend ent of construction of the ditch, says tho first 17 miles of the ditch have been prac tically completed and work will soon be begun on section 2. Coaches for Thunder Mountain Line. REDROCK, March 13. F. W. Folger, superintendent of the Redrock and Salmon City stage line, has purchased 17 passenger Concord coaches, for use on the route to Thunder Mountain The trail from Salmon City has been open for about 10 days, and as a result an almost steady stream of prospectors is wending its way toward the new gold fields. Yes terday a party of 30 miners from Vic tor, Colo., left Redrock for Thunder Mountain. University's Neiv Departments. BERKELEY, Cat, March 13. Two new departments have been created in the University of California, and two Eastern educators have been selected to fill them. The appointees are Professor Adolph C. Miller, of the University of Chicago, and Professor Henry Morse E. Stephens, of Cornell University. The former will be professor of political economy and com merce, and the latter will be professor of history and director of university exten sion. Ncvr Head for State Insane Asylum. OLYMPIA, Wash., March 13. Governor McBrldo today appointed Dr. C. M. Parks, of Tucoma. Superintendent of the Western Washington Hospital for the In sane at Steilacoom, and also appointed Ed ward O. Free, of Olympia, State Armorer. Both appointments will date from April 1. New Cases of Smallpox. VANCOUVER, Wash.. March 13. Two new cases of smallpox have been reported hero during the week. All of those pre viously reported ns being afflicted with the disease have recovered. The authori ties are taking every possible precaution to prevent tho spread of the disease. Tax-Faying Rush Continues. ASTORIA, March 13. The rush of property-owners to take advantage of the 3 per cent discount allowed on taxes on the 1901 list paid before March 15 etill con' tlnues. Up to tho present over" $70,000 have been collected. The full roll amounts to about $133,000. New Sawmill Starts Up. NEEDY. Or., March 13. Yoders saw mill, three miles southeast of here, has resumed operations. The mill burned down last August, and has just been re built Its capacity is 10,000 feet of lum ber dally, or double the capacity of the former mill. Indebtedness of Corvallls. CORVALLIS, Or., March 13. As shown by the official financial exhibit the indebt edness of the City of Corvallls Is $17,772 on the general fund, and $500 on the street fund. Of this year's taxes, but $72 has been collected. Postofflcc to Be Advanced. WASHINGTON, March 13. The follow ing fourth-class postomces will be ad vanced to the Presidential class April 1: California, South Pasadena and Avalon; Montana, Choteau; Washington, Buckley. Received at Asylum. SALEM, March 13. May Bell Nord strom, aged 20 years, was today received at the insane asylum from Coos County. HEAVY ELECTRICAL STORM I PORT TO WXSENT) HOUSES TREMBLE AND GLASSWARE RATTLES. Heavens One Glare of Lightning for Xearly an HouryMuch Sleet and Hail. PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., March 13. Tho westerly storm which prevailed here and over the Straits of Fuca terminated this morning at 1 o'clock in an electrical storm of unusual violence. Tho heavens for nearly an hour were one glare of lightning, and one peal of thunder after another caused houses to tremble and glassware to rattle. Just before the elec trical storm there was a heavy fall of hail and sleet Reports from oft Cape Flattery stato that the storm yesterday was of unusual force, driving the entire halibut fleet of schooners up the straits as far aa Port Angeles for shelter. Bunco Game of Timber Cruisers. The survey being made by the Northern Pacific for a railroad along the coast In Western Jefterson and Clallam. Counties and to the Straits of Fuca has caused a demand for timber lands In that portion of the Olympic reserve recently thrown open by the Government, and as a result timber cruisers are conducting a bunco gamo, several victims having returned from there. The crullers take the intend ed victim and show him a piece ot land thickly timbered, but give, him a descrip tion of vacant land on which there is no timber. After paying the cruiser JS0 to $100. the men proceed to the Land Office and file on the land from the description given them. More Soldiers for Fort Flagler. The force of coast artillery at Fort Flag ler Is being Increased. Yesterday 30 re cruits In charge of Captain Charles L. Farnsworth were landed there. ' Justice Clears Paddy Lynch. ASTORIA, March 13. Justice Goodman today handed down a decision in the case, tried yesterday, of Paddy Lynch and Charles Herbert, charged with the larcony of a trunk from a warehouse. He ordered the defendants discharged on condition that they return the trunk to the com plaining witness. Finest Nugget of the Season. GRANT'S PASS. Or.. March 13. Eugene Hays and his partner brought Into town today the finest nugget of the season, weighing about 7 ounces and worth $125. It was found In tho "Oscar Creek mine, owned "by Hays, Jewell & Moore, about 15 mile from here. Quarantine Will Soon Be Raised. ASTORIA, March 13. The laborer at Fort Columbia who was stricken with smallpox some time ago Is recovering rap Idly. As no other cases have developed there, it Is the Intention to remove the quarantine from tho place on Saturday. New Great Northern Shops. ST. PAUL," March 13. The plans for tho four new shops to be erected by the Great Northern are completed. The total cost of the new buildings and contents will be $700,000. Oregon Notes. William Gamble, of Kentuck Slough, Coos County, has ordered a gasoline launch, to be used In connection with his ranch.. Weston's opera-house ha3 been sold to the Knights of Pythias, Woodmen of the World and Odd Felloes. Within a short time Weston promises to have as fine a lodge "hall as can be found in Eastern Ore gon. PERTINENT OBSERVATIONS. If Mr. Simon Is "Not In This Contest" He Should Have Remained in Washington. PORTLAND. March 13. (To the Editor!) If Mr. Simon wins under existing con ditions, the precedents that have usually J prevailed for more than a century will navo a strange exception, viewed from every interest involved. Had Mr. Simon stood loyally to hi3 post doing his utmost for his state, his con stituency and his country until January. 19C3, he would have done the natural thing, followed the precedents of more than a century, and had a far better claim to the calm consideration of an unbiased Oregon Legislature than any other citizen could have had. With a record of four "years served dur ing which questions of the most vital im portance to the Pacific Coast were con stantly arising, no man ever had better opportunity -to prove the genius that was at his command. Our legislators should be selected be cause of their fltncfs to best serve the state, without regard to their relation to men or rings, and but for the Infusion of this pernicious personality Into politics no man would have had an even show with an able, faithful representative, whose every ability and personality was woven Into evcrj' pending Issue. Had Mr. Simon stood at his post no other man would or could have selected or elected a Legisla ture to subserve his personal ambition. Joseph Simon Is responsible for the pres ent issue, and no other man Is seeking to control the nomination of the State Legis lature In his individual Interest We frankly admit that Mr. Simon's absence from the Senate is doing no harm to that body, but for the simple reason that he has -Introduced tio measure that Is under consideration, and ho Is of no force in espousing or opposing the great questions that agitate the Senate, and by his ab sence he admits the fact The men who today are ostensibly supporting Mr. Simon are not doing so because he has made a record in the Senate, or because they be lieve ho will do so, or because they think him worthy of the office. He comes to link his cause to theirs, to form a combine in which he says they will sink or 3wlm together. He says he Is not in this light, but he so attaches his fortunes to the men he assumes to befriend that If they win his flght is won, not on his merits, but on theirs. Many of the men thus em braced by the would-be octopus are able, worthy, efficient men, needing none of his help, either before or after nomination, if allowed to run untrammeled on their indi vidual merit Mr. Simon links them to a ring in which all must be nominated if they win; de stroys their individuality so that they must carry the entire load or go down. He forces the opposition to defeat all or none, and seeks to compel the peoplo to accept the combine as a whole or himself Included. Not only Is such the fact, but many who aspire for individual place ore led to believe that they are on the slate and their support is solicited to strengthen the machine. Men who feel under obligations to the Do you know the most luxurious bath in the world? Have you used Pears' Soap? Sold all over the world. Pears J&r j5S "3 Where theresAyers iiSlSBil zm Jherev Hope Where there's HmK life there s Never give up. Even Sarslaparilla and have not improved. It's not the slightest reason why "Ayer's " will not cure you. "Ayer's" is not like any other Sarsaparilla. Doctors know this. They have our formula. That's why they always recommend "Ayer's " in preference to every other kind. It's the oldest, safest, strongest, best. " Your Sarsaparilla has done me a great deal of good, purifying my blood and giving me strength and a general invigoration of the whole body. I know it is the best blood-cleanser, and it has doneme a wonderful sight of good." Geo. W. Roose, Jefferson, Ohio. I.W. AndrsnWs. Senator for past favor?, and now neither want his aid, nor to be weighted down by his cause, are In the dilemma of having to accept the combine or be fought by It They are sorr- he is here, and not wish ing to show ingratitude, will not shake hira off, but would be greatly relieved could they honestly win and yet let his Legislative ticket go down In defeat. With such a result their contest would end at the convention. If the barnacle must be carried, the real fight for them, must bo at the polls. Some thlnes are not tolerated by an aroused citizenship, and with an eye to common falrnefs, let the people take Mr. Simon at his word, and believe that he is not In this contest Support the individ ual, but not a ring. One result means to make the Senatorial flght from now until the closing hours of the Legislature of 1003. The other result means to let Senator Simon return to his task, and take up tho Senatorial question when the Legislature convenes. H. C. M. DAILY CITY STATISTICS. Birth Reports. March 8. to the wlfo of William H. Druschel. 445 Seventh street: a dsushter. March 10. to tho wife ot Matthew Bommer, 51 North Twelfth street; a daughter. March 7, to the wife ot Jacob Burbach, cor ner Union and Fremont, a datiRhter. Death Reports. March 12. Infant daughter or Jacob Burbach. aged flvo days; suffocation In bed with mother. Contagious Diseases.' Child of "William MacMasters, 233 Ford street; chlckcn-pox. John Shea, from railroad camp near The Dalles; smrtllpoi. Mae Fowler. 102 Thirty-ninth street East; diphtheria, Renl Estate Transfers. Alliance Trust Company to C. W. Cay, lots 2 and 7. block 130. East Portland.? 2,500 Olivia J. Leonard and husband to City & Suburban Railway Company, 3302.40 square feet. Leonard Tract 200 Richard L. Dunn et al. to Earl C. Bro naugh, 8.S acres, section 3C. T. 1 N., R. 1 E 11.000 Claudia C. Solomon to Mary Janlts. "W. S3 feet of lot 4. block 12, Simon's Ad dition 230 Alex Houston to Georsc Sclilewe. lot 3. block 1, Farrell's Second Addition 40 George Schlewe and wife to Clara E. Paddock, lots 1, 2, 3, block 1, Farrell'a Second Addition ,.. 000 Julius Walter and wife to George Schlewe. lots 1 and 2. block 1. same... 7C0 Mary C. Smith and husband to Peter W. Brost. lot 3.1. block 14. Alblna 730 A. M. Hussey and husband to M. J. Freeman, lots 10 and 11, block !. Mon tlcello Addition 330 A. H. ratten and husband to Emma Shepard. lots 4. 3. 22. 23. block 3. Cloverdale Tract 300 The Hawthorne Estate to A. P. Brad bury, lots 5, 0, block 2015, Hawthorne Park 1.10O Sheriff (ror Arthur F. Miller et al.). to Corlnne E. Wood, 5 acres, section 23, T. 1 S.. 1L 1 E 3.7C0 D. F. Sherman and wife to N. A. Xlel son. lot C. block 13, Cloverdale Tract No. 2 230 John Underwood and wife to B. E. Wit ter. IS acres, section 15, T. 1 S.. It- 3 E S00 A. A. Crane and wlfo to Jo-soph A. Forbes and wife, lot 13. block 4. Kln rel rark 300 J. L. Torbes to Joseph A. and Eliza Forbes, lot 12. block 4. Klnzel rark... 1 Anna Ebcrle and husband to W. C. Smith, lots 2S, 20. 30. block 57, Penin sular Addition No. 4 430 Sheriff (for Joseph E. Wooley and wife), to Clara E. Paddock, lot 10. block 2. Farrell's Second Addition 229 M. V. Kecne to A. O. Condlt. lots 1. 2, block 7, Central Alblna 500 A. O. Condlt end wife to M. V. Keene. lots 17. IS. block 8. Central Alblna Addition 300 Catherine L. 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Puldln. lots 40, 41, block 4, Bralnard.. 4 Abstracts, and title Insurance, by the Pacific Coast Abstract Guaranty & Trust f.'o., 2U4-5-G-7 JFallinff building. MANAGEMENT OF THE OSCEOLA Stockholders Voted Down a Proposal to Investigate. BOSTON. March 13. A motion for the appointment of an Investigating- commit tee to inquire into the management of the Osceola Mining Company during the past year, offered at the annual meeting of the stockholders of the company here today, was voted down, and the annual report of the directors was adopted. The meae ure was adopted after a very sharp de bate, in the course of which attorneys representing Thomas "W. Lawson and others interrogated President Blgelow concerning matters found in the report, and Mr. Bigelow made a long statement. President Bigelow said that the policy of maintaining the price of copper at IT ccnta was no more the policy of the Amalga mated Company than it was of the Osce ola, Tamarack and every producing- com pany that he knew of in this country, -1 In concluding his statement President Bigelow said he would answer no ques tions. Nevertheless, ex-Attorney-General KnowUon said: "This Is a stockholders' meeting, Mr. President. I object to your attempt to shut off the speech of your stockholders. Will you kindly tell the stockholders the arrangements of the par ties with which you were In agreement not to sell copper below 17 cents?" Mr. Bigelow replied: "I will not." A motion to accept the annual report brought more discussion, and as a substi tute the motion calling for an investiga tion was offered. It was then voted down and the report accepted. After further talk President Bigelow voluntarily ap pointed an Investigating committee. "Will Demand. Pnssports. CHICAGO. March 13. A second letter. In the shape of a formal demand, has been sent to Secretary of State Hay asking for passports for Dr. and Mrs. Hiram. "W. Thomas to visit the concentration camps of South Africa. Should Mr. Hay again refuse to act, it Is stated that the matter will be taken to the President, Should Mr. Roosevelt uphold Mr. Hay, a final appeal will be made to Lord Pauncefote. Ine second letter to Secretnry Hay Is signed by John O. Knight, who was ap pointed by Governor Yates, to arrange with the Stato Department for Dr. Thom as' mission. Peter Van Vlissingen, of the Chicago Transvaal League, said today: "If the British Government objects to Dr. Thomas because of his well-known pro-Boer utterances, we will select somo one else. We have $C00O Jn hand and in Philadelphia there JSCv, more waiting, and all over the counUyfit.'ls the same. In Europe there are many who want to send similar relief." Rnrnl Mallcnrrleri' ray Increased. BUTTE. Mont.. March 13. 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