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THE .MORNING OREGONIANr FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1902.
VOTES TALK TODAY
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GEER PEOPLE DENY SIMON
Every Slate "VItlt Slzuon Men on It,
However, Will 'Be for Geer Facts
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on Which Opposition Bases
Claim, of Alliance,
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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
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8Vi
4
18
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40
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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
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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. Van Ness to William Bal-
11s. lot 11. Cedar Hill 1
William Ballls to Lewis Russell. lot 11
Cedar Hill 1
Sarah Lauef to Thomas B. Foster, lot S,
block 174. Couch's Addition 3.323
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G. B. Cellars and wife to Ernest A
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Thomas B. Hamlin and wife to Arnold
Ruegg. CO acres, section 22, T. 1 S.,
R. 4 E 2.C00
Arnold Rueg? and wlfo to George W.
Slcret, 17i4 acres, section 0. T. 1 S., R,
3 E. 2.500
Maria Klouchek to Charles Klouchek.
lot 1. block 20. Wtason's Addition 10
Angelina B. Richardson and husband to
Morgan A. Zeller. lot 3, block ICG East
Portland 1,425
Charlotte F. Smith et al. to Cora A.
Ponnay, lot 4. block 178. Couch's Addi
tion 25
Emma M. Schmeer and husband to W.
R. Crosier. lots 3, 1G, Troutdale Park. 1,000
Sheriff (for W. E. Bralnard) to W. H.
Puldln. lots 40, 41, block 4, Bralnard.. 4
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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. Postmaster
Irvin has received from the Department at
Washington a letter of Instruction, which
provides for the increase of pay to tho
carriers of the rural delivery system. Butte
is named as the, general distributing and
pay ollice for Montana.
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