THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MON1TAT, JUNE 30, 1902.
CONVICTS AGAIN ESCAPE
BUT
TRAIL IS HOT ITT THURSTON
COUXTY, WASHINGTON.
Attempted to Rob a, Honte Yesterday
Afternoon Fosae In FolloTrinB
Criminal Closely.
CHEHALIS, Wash., June 29. Merrill
and Tracy have gone their way, having
escaped past the numerous guards who
were keeping vigil over them during last
night and today below Chehalis and near
Centralla. Late this afternoon they at
tempted the robbery of a house between
Bucoda and Tenlno. Early this morning
Guard Carson, of the State Penitentiary;
R. K. Adams, of Idaho; Charles Ferrell,
of RSno, "Nev., brother of one of the
murdered guards, and J. C. Bush, of
Chehalis, went to Bucodi and spent the
day In that vicinity. The attempted rob
bery was reported to them, and within a
short time afterward a new trail was
struck. "With what success this was fol
lowed It was impossible to learn at a
late hour tonight.
Sheriff Deggeller and a large posse
scoured the country north of Chehalis
and in the timber near the Reform School
during the day, but there were no devel
opments, except that two of the hounds
in charge of Maxey, of Ellensburg. found
a trail that they followed successfully
for some time, southwest of Chehalis,
near the 2Cewaukum River, only to lose it
again. It Is presumed Tracy and Merrill
escaped that way during the night, as
tracks leading directly from the river to
where the trail was struck were found.
The Carson party hive the hounds from
the Penitentiary with them, and Messrs.
Maxcy, Williams, Indian Jake, from Ore
gon City, and others will take an early
morning train for Bucoda, to continue the
chase. ;
First and Leslie churches held a union
meeting in the newly dedicated church.
The service was a praise meeting. ''
WAS POISON FOR COYOTES.
Some of It Got Into Food WItli Fntnl
Result.
LA GRANDE, June 29. It Is a mystery
how the strychnine got Into the food of
the Regain family yesterday. Mr. Ragain
-was made seriously 111, but took an emetic
of warm water and salaratus and when
a doctor arrived he was saved. His son
Otis, however, ate one of the strychnine
crystals and is dead.
Coroner J. C. Henry empanelled a jury
and found that young Ragain, who is
about 19, purchased the strychnine the
day before and came home late at night
and did not care for breakfast but came
out after his father was taken sick and
looked in the coffee cup, as the bitter
taste had alarmed them. The boy then
ate a crystal out of the cup and was soon
ill but was not supposed to be In danger
till dead.
W. S. Ragaln Is a well respected citizen
of large family. Ho has resided here for
many years and has been a successful
farmer. He recently married his second
wife, the first Mrs. Ragain having died
last November. There was much opposi
tion to Mr. Ragaln's marriage and his re
turn -with his wife caused the older chil
dren to decide to seek positions elsewhere
and the deceased son was to have gone
to- Portland Saturday to return Christ
mas fpr his marriage with Miss Bessie
Kenna, an esteemed young lady of this
city. He was visiting Miss Kenna the
evening before his death and said he had
the poison to kill coyotes, which were
feeding on a cow that had died. There
are, however, no dead cattle on the ranch.
None of the family who used the sugar
or ate the meat which had been poisoned
were seriously 111 except the father. Otis
had eaten nothing and the one crystal
of pure strychnine was swift and fatal
In Its work, and he was past help when
the dqctor arrived,
The verdict of the Jury was that he came
to his death by strychnine taken by him
self, but with what intent could not be
determined.
The young man was a devoted member
of the Presbyterian church, a bright stu
dent of the High school and Commercial
school, and was honest. Industrious and
dutiful .at home. The community is great
ly shocked and all are loath to believe
the young man was In a state of mind
to commit either murder or suicide.
TURNER CONVENTION ENDS.
Sermon on Power of the Gospel, by
Rev. A. I. Piatt.
TURNER, Or., June 29. This Is the
last day of the Turner convention, and a
great audience Is present. Dr. Scovllle
preached the morning sermon. Rev. A. L.
Piatt, of McMInnville, preached at 3 P.
M., taking for his theme, "'The Power of
the Gospel," text John 14:21.. He said In
part:
"The cornel which the Bible proclaims
is not transient, but permanent In wisdom I
and power. More, its resources are ade
quate to all human nature and adapted
to all human wants. "We have not out
grown the gospel of Jesus Christ; we can
not outgrow It. It has developed the
strongest and purest characters this world
has ever 6een, and Is the inspiration and
power of an endless life.' It touches both
the inmost spirit and outermost sub
stance of everything which we below or
they above have to do with. The church
is built upon its fundamental truth. It
seeks no new foundation. It needs none.
It is impossible to have a new gospel, for
there Is nothing to have It about. The
old gospel sweeps the horizon of time
and eternity. We might as well talk of
adding new elements to the earth and
the air as new truth to the gospel. Every
element of nature which man needs for
the health of his body, the enlargement
of his thought and of his reason. Is be
neath or around us.
"Among the requirements of this day
which are pressing at the door of the
church for recognition there is, first, an
increase of faith in the Bible and in the
unlimited power of the gospel It pro
claims, and a second demand, that the
church of Christ awake to righteousness.
Holiness and righteousness are frequently
Interchangeable In the Bible. Each de
fine the substantial nature of Christianity.
We need a larger conception of Christian
ity a turning back to the Bible, to the
spirit, conduct and works of Christ, sb
that we may have gospel rectitude. The
third demand Is, that we readjust the re
lation between right and obligation. For
ages the best Christians of the world
have been contending for 'right They
have need to do so. Brave men were
they who gave us the Reformation. Noble
men they who wrested the first charter
of rights from King John. Brave men
and women were those of the Mayflower.
Freedom, right, they sought and gained
and used them for God's glory. We need
a simple and yet a profound faith In God's
Word, and In the readiness and willing
ness and power of the Lord Jesus to save
souls and to save to the uttermost."
THE HOMES OF ENGLAND
MANY RESIDENTS OF LONDON DO
NOT KNOW THE WORD.
Thonnands Are Forced to Live With
From Two to Twelve Person
t
In a Single Room.
PREPARING THE GIBBET.
Pay
MOTHER KILLED HERSELF.
Distracted Because No News Came
From Absent Sons.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 29. Mrs. Ig
nanzl GerardI, an elderly woman, poured
kerosene over her clothing yesterday and
burned herself to death in the presence
of her family. Her daughter, Mrs. Maria
Gillottl, in endeavoring to save her moth
er from the flames, was also severely
burned about the hands and face. She
will be disfigured for life.
The family of Mrs. Gerard!, her aged
husband and her nine small children, were
seated at the supper table, discussing the
plight of the 6teamer Portland. The fam
ily are all flsherfolk, and In the waters of
Alaska Mrs. GerardI had three sons, from
whom no news had come for many
months. The mother's anxiety over their
uncertain fate was increased to dementia
by the children's supper-table gossip
about the ice-bound Portland and Jcanle.
With a quick excuse she left the table
and went into an adjoining closet, where
the oil and matches for the family use
are stored. There were a few moments
of silence and then, with screams of
agony, the mother burst Into the room, a
column of seething, crackling flames. The
.frightened children rushed to her aid, and
the oldest, Mrs. Gillotti, tore with her
bare hands at .the burning garments from
her mother's form. In the agony of her
torture the poor woman, ablaze with oil
and flame, rushed out In the street, to
sink into unconsciousness on the pavement.
Columbia County Murderer to
Penalty Next Wednesday.
ST. HELENS. Or. June 29. Every
thing is now in readiness for the execu
tion of August Schleve, which Is to take
place at noon Wednesday, July 2. On
May SL Judge McBride sentenced Schleve
to be hanged for the murder of Joseph
ShulkowskI, which took place seven
miles west of St. Helens, December 26, of
last year. Schleve was arrested Decem
ber 2S and on May 25 was convicted of
murder in the first degree. The 16-foot
wooden enclosure around the scaffold has
been completed, and the trap door and
other attachments to the scaffold lack
only a few minor details of being in
complete readiness for the execution.
This morning Undertaker George made
the coffin that Is to hold the remains of
the murderer after the execution.
Schleve ' does not express the least
concern as to the remaining days of life
allotted to him, and his appetite continues
good. He is more talkative than here
tofore, but doggedly contends that he is
Innocent of the murder. He has received
' a number of visits from clergymen, and
two or three days ago was baptized by
Rev. Lew Davles, a local Methodist min
ister. Schleve's father, who lives 10 miles
west of here, has been in town during
the past three days, and asserts that his
son did not commit the murder.
It is not believed that Governor Geer
will interfere with the order of the exe
cution, and It Is likely that the warrant
will be carried Into effect. Sheriff Hattan
is keeping a close watch of the prisoner,
to the end that the mandate of the Court
shall not be defeated,, and the watch Is
kept on duty day and night. As this
will be the first execution of a murderer
In Columbia County. It is an event at
tracting unusual atttentlon.
JOHN WESLEY'S WORK.
Birthday of Founder of Methodism
Celebrated in Salem.
SALEM, June 29. Services In commem
oration of .-the 159th anniversary of the
birth ofJohn Wesley, founder of the
MethodlstyChurch. were held this morning
at the First Methodist church.;. In a
brief address. Rev. John Parsons reviewed
the life of the founder of Methodism and
to wnom, the speaker asserted,
was largely due the credit for
the progress of the Protestant
Idea Jn bpth church and state. Bish
op Cranston, of Portland, also made a
few remarks. in which ho eulogized Wes
ley for having given his life for others
and In this relation said that the value
of Pierpont Morgan and the other leading
financiers of the country would not be
estimated pr measured by the great for
tunes thoy may be able to amass of the
number of trusts they may be capable
of organizing and directing, but rather In
proportion as they contributed their lives
in behalf' of their fellow-men. Some
special music was given by the choir
and a number of Charles Wesley's hymns
were sung.
Church Redcdlcatcd.
The newly remodeled Leslie M. E. church
of this city was rededlcated this after
noon, the sermon and dedicatory service
being preached by Bishop Earl Cranston,
of Portland..
The first house of worship occupied by
the LeElfe church congregation was erect
ed in 18C8. The building has been exten
sively changed und converted into a
modern and convenient church home. The
church 'has a membership of about 1W
and the present pastor is Rev. R. C.
Blackwell.
Tonight the Epworth Leagues of the
Lane County Brevities.
EUGENE. June 29. The newly appoint
ed mall carriers have been busy the
past two days listing and becoming ac
quainted with their respective fields of
labor. Every house in the city is visited
and the occupants asked whether they
want their mall delivered at the house
or lef at the postofflce, and when the
delivers' shall begin next Tuesday, mall
will be carried only for those who have
indicated this as their preference.
Negotiatipns will bo completed tomor
row for the transfer of a large body of
timber In 17 south, 4 east. The purchasers
are local capitalists, who have had an
option on the property for several
months.
Eugene will be deserted on the Fourth
of July. There will be no celebration
here, and all the stores have an under
standing that they will keep closed doors
that day and give everybody a chance
to celebrate elsewhere. Several of the
smaller town in the county will have
good celebrations, and hundreds of peo
ple from here will attend them.
J. J. Stewart and W. Rldgeway, -who
live on Spencer Creek, seven miles from
Eugene, had a chase with their hounas
Friday after a large cougar which has
been causing considerable mischief. The
cougar was seen a short distance from
Rldgeway's house, but was not captured.
Many of the farmers of this vicinity
who have Spring-sown grain have given
up hope of getting anything like a fair
crop. All the Spring-sown land seems
to have baked and the grain Is making
poor headway. Fall grain Ms looking as
well as ever at this time of the vear
and will yield well. The hay harvest Is
now on and an average crop is reported.
Ensllsb. at Mining Congress.
BUTTE, Mont., June 29. Irwin Mahon.
secretary of the International Mining
Congress. Is receiving telegrams from for
eign nations Inquiring as to what lan
guages are admitted thereto besides Eng
lish, and Is sending out the following an
swer by telegraph:
"Ninety-five per cent or more of the at
tendance will be conversant only with the
English language. We are extremely anx
ious to have the views of foreign nations
to embody in our printed official reports,
and when these views are delivered by
representatives from foreign governments
we desire that the manuscripts be written
out and read in English, that we may
have the benefit of them."
Sheeplierdcr Insane.
WEISER, Ida., June 29. Saturday after
noon Hugh O'Brien, a sheepherder, whose
home is at Middle Valley, this- county, was
brought to this city to be examined for in
sanity, as he had been acting queerly
for some time. He was adjudged insane.
and will be taken' to Blackfoot this even
ing. Saturday night he became so vio
lent that it was necessary to place a
guard in the cell at the county jail with
him, to prevent him from doing bodily in
jury to himself as he was butting his
head against the walls and otherwise act
ing In a violent manner.
Powder In Boy' Pocket Burned.
ELMA. Wash., June 29. Elma had a
Fourth of July accident late yesterday.
Ernest Woodland, a 16-year-old boy,
was badly burned while setting off some
fire crackers. The whole bunch became
ignited and they in turn set off some
powder the boy had in his pocket. His
underclothes were nearly burned off and
his right arm painfully scorched and
bruised near the wrist.
PORTLAND-CHICAGO.
Seventy hours and thirty minutes (TOVi)
Is the time of the "Chicago-Portland Spe
cial" from Portland to Chicago. Leaves
Portland every day at 9 A. 31 Ticket
offlco Third and Washington, O. R. & N.
Co.
PORTLAND. June 25. To the Editor.)
Your last Sunday's Issue contained that
pretty poem about "the free, fair homes
of England." It certainly does not refer
to the kind of homes thus described by
Rev. Canon Scott Holland in a recent ser
mon in London:
"Home! The very word is a mockery
to multitudes under the conditions In
which they live. They know nothing of
home, and If they knew it In Its meaning
as an Ideal. It could only sound to them
as the jeer of a scoffing devil. What Is
home to the 900,000 people who are living
In London more than two In one room
for every purpose of life sleeping, eating,
resting, washing, dressing for all familiar
Intercourse and quiet withdrawal from the
loud world one room! Think of It! One
room for three or four persons; the only
thing in life they have! 900,000 people to
night In London have that for tfielr home.
One room for four or five to live and sleep
In 290.000 people have that tonight. One
room for five or six people to live In
wholly, and 214.000 people will be like that
tonight In London. One room for six or
12 people to live ln-the only thing they
have, and 47,000 people In London tonight
will have that one room. In St. George's-in-the-East
a man with five daughters and
three sons, most of them grown up, have
all to make their home In one room. And
as In London to in Birmingham, 78,000
people live more than two in one room;
in Leeds, 70.000 more; In Liverpool. 62,000;
In Manchester, 51,000, and In Sheffield. 40,000
one room. One room that has not only
to be kitchen, drawing-room, dining-room,
bedroom, laundry and workshop often, but
also a sickroom for the hot, fever-tossed
patient, for the man dying there, or the
woman with racking cough one room to
live in, one room only to die in; one room
In which the dead must be laid out while
all the family eat and sleep round the
corpse. No place for the children in the
one room; they are driven out into the
street, which is their only playground.' left
to discover what life may mean by them
selves In gutter games. In hordes around
the comer of city court and alley."
Such is Jhe condition of life for millions
of human beings lnv the country which has
just spent over a thousand million dollars
In trying to crush two free republics and
destrojing thousands of happy homes in
South Africa. These are the poor, down
trodden, unthinking, easily deluded, tolling
slaves who will have to pay for all. From
their ranks come the 100.000 killed and
maimed "yeomanry," and from their flesh
and blood will come the billion or more
dollars expended In carrying on the In
famous war. And yet these same people
crawled out of their holes and cheered the
other day In London at their own robbery
and degradation, laid violent hands on
themselves In joy at what they considered
a victory, and, had not the hand of Provi
dence Intervened, would now be "maffick
ing" themselves to death in honor of 'Is
Majesty and a lot of 'ighnesses. Instead
of hanging the worthless creatures to the
nearest lamp-posts.
I spent several months In England a
few years ago, and know a little something
of that country and Its "free, fair homes."
To my mind, the Rev. Scott Holland's
statements as to the condition of the
English masses are conservative, to say
the least. And since other and well-known
people have expressed my views so much
better than I could myself, I will simply
quote them:
J. W. S. Kennedy, a Scotch Presbyterian
minister and mlsnlonEV. addrestng a con
gregation in London "the tftb of last No
vember, said: "I have traveled all over
the world, have been through all the colo
nies, have labored among the savages of
the South Sea Islands, and I say to you
today that not in all my travels, nor in
any quarter of the globe, have I seen so
much abject misery, degradation and
downright savagery, as I have seen in the
west of London."
"Ex-Attache" In the Cincinnati Enquirer
says: "In London, Liverpool and other big
cities of England there aro not only thou
sands and tens of thousands, but hundreds
of thousands; of human beings absolutely
homeless. Illiterate, degraded creatures,
as devoid of the attributes of human na
ture as are the beasts of the field."
J. GrUtan Grey, author of "Australa
sia, Old and Now," has written consider
able about the condition of the English
people, and this article would seem to
dispel the popular delusion about that
country. Of dear old Lunnon, he writes
recently: "Has any American, I wonder,
studied its dally life as I have done?
"Has he realized, as I have done after
more than a 12 months' sojourn on the
other side of the Atlantic and an acquain
tance with most of the important cities
of Continental Europe, that of all tho cit
ies on earth there Is none so thoroughly
depraved as that same City of London
none other where vice, crime and licen
tiousness exist to anything like the same
extent; none other where the like dispari
ties between luxury and wealth, poverty
and wretchedness, find an existence?
"Has he gone through the East End of
that city, both by day and night, rambled
through localities where the poor abound
by hundreds of thousands? Has he ob
served the conditions under which so
many of God's creatures lead such miser
able and hopeless lives? Has he seen the
squalor and misery and sinks of abomi
nation which present themselves whercver
the eye Is cast whole families huddled
together in one wretched apartment, fath
er, mother, sons and daughters sleeping
and eating In this pestilential den. taking
their scanty meals when such are forth
coming, sometimes upon the same table
where rests the coffined corpse of some
member of the family, awaiting Inter
ment? This Is by no means an uncommon 4
occurrence In East London and other, lo
calities, even within a sto'ne's throw of
kingly palaces and the mansions of the
opulent and callous upper classes, for the
fact Is undeniable that thousands of fam
ilies exist today with but a single room
for their accommodation. Insufficiently
clad and fed, and without enough cover
ing at night to protect thorn from tho
piercing cold. And as to furniture. It
mar be summed up in the lines of Thomas
Hood:
A table, a broken chair
And a Trail to blank.
My shadow I thank '
For sometimes falling there.
"Yes, Indeed, what existed In tho days
of that humanitarian poet still obtains In
all Its hideous proportions In this modern
Babylon, and It Is not the solitary sweat
ed shlrtmaker who bemoans her bitter
lot In life, but whole families appeal in
vain to have their condition ameliorated
In this great city, which, we are con
stantly told, as though we did not know
it. Is. the wealthiest In the whole world."
"Only think of such things being possi
ble in a .nation which boasts about It be
ing the great civilizing power of modern
times! What hypocrisy, cant and empty
bombast lies at the bottom of such a
declaration! Judge by what exists with
in Itself of this nation's fitness to civilize
the world. Is It not absolutely sickening
to hear utterance given to such preten
sions and to listen to the hypocritical
twaddle that falls from the lips of unc
tlous, fashionable parsons about the God
like work of sending missionaries to
heathen lands?
". . . For these foreign missions vast
sums are collected annually, whilst In the
very heart of the nation, In Its own cap
ital, a condition of things exists far worse
than savagery. The vast field for mis
sionary enterprise at home is neglected.
Its own millions of savages left uncarcd
for. In order that the hypocritical pro
tense ' of "civilizing native races a long
way off may be attended to. And while
enormous sums of money are spent In this
way, thousands of starving poor in Lon
don cry aloud for bread, thousands of
young lives are prematurely sacrificed,
and tens of thousands live under condi
tions that are unfit for swine to herd in.
This is no mere picture of the Imagina
tion, but downright solid facts, based
UDon an unfortunately too solid founda
tion. What observant man or womahlsM
there who passes through the streets' of
London today without being shocked at
the state of degradation to which the hu
man race has fallen? Drunkenness
abounds everywhere, and what Is most
lamentable Is the enormous proportion of
girls and women who are addicted to
drink.
"The licensing laws of the country give
encouragement to this vice. If one wants
to realize the terrible havoc which " the
drink curse Is making upon the middle
and the poorer classes in London, let him
go through and around the city by day or
night, but the latter especially. Let him
take his seat upon the top of an omnibus,
from which he can obtain a full view Into
the glittering bars and gin palaces along
the route. Every bar Is crowded with
noisy men and women, youths and girls,
drinking and mauling each other, shout
ing, dancing and quarreling as though
hell had been let loose; children hanging
on by their mothers' skirts, and these de
graatd mothers In various stages of in
toxication. That I could from personal
observation describe things as I saw
them, I have often seated myself upon
the top of an omnibus and have traveled
In all directions, encountering tho same
disgusting exhibitions everywhere wo
men reeling with drink, with bleared eyes
and damaged faces, uttering foul lan
guage and generally conducting them
solves more like fiends than human be
ings. "The Police Court records supply abund
ant evidence of the utter degradation into
which a large proportion of London's
womankind has fallen, and whilst I was in
London the Morning Leader published the
particulars connected with the arrest of
a drunken woman and her 3-year-old
child. The paragraph stated that when
the child woke up in the police cell next
morning Its first demand was beer, and
the child became very abusive when its
request was not complied with.
"The vice has become so -great that a
husband's protection society has actually
been formed to combat It. Even well
dressed and apparently respectable women
of all ages think nothing of dropping Into
bars singly and in couples, and standing
side by side with noisy men, while they
call for their glasses of ale and spirits.
You will see numbers of men, women and
'girls hanging around these haunts every
Sunday of the year, anxiously awaiting
the throwing open of the doors, and the
same orgies are repeated as on week
nights.
"Let my readers contemplate the effects
of these habits upon the unfortunate off
spring of such mothers as these. What
sort of a race must be forthcoming from
such sources? As a rule, the lives of
these children are Insured, and, without
proper nourishment and care a large per
centage of them die In infancy, either
starved to death or overlain In. their beds.
"The excess of drunkenness In both
sexes which one sees constantly In Lon
donand I have seen It. too. In all the
manufacturing towns of England Is not
I tho only symptom of the nation's decay
which has set In.
"It has now become quite a common
practice for numbers of men In the upper
paths of life to adorn their bodies under
neath their clothing with jewelry of vari
ous devices, and these silly creatures are
so effeminate as to wear even corsets.
"There? Is one tradesman in St. Paul's
churchyard, and another In Regent street,
who disposes of a far greater number ot
corsets to men of this stamp than to wom
en. To sensible and sober-minded Ameri
cans this revelation will appear incredible.
but It Is absolutely true, and furnishes
still another proof of national decadence
among a people whose ancestors would
have abhorred idiotic practices of the kind
and whose bodies would turn In their
graves if It were possible for them to
reallr.e that the London of today 13 sucflf
a seething macs of depravity In its most
hideous aspects."
This much will suffice to show that our
dear old "mother kentry" is not the fine,
flowery land It is cracked up. to be. It
is to be hoped those reluctant Americans,
the "Anglo-Saxon" few, will get tlced of
trying to make us believe that England is
the greatest country on earth. It must be
disgusting to all Intelligent, patriotic Am
ericans to see all this newspaper twaddle
about "our near kin over sea" and "blood
is thicker than water," etc. That stuff
and nonsense led Roosevelt to declare on
one occasion before a large audience:
"Here Is one American who Is proud to
say that not one drop of. English blood
flows In his veins."
England never was, and never will he, a
great nation. She Is the one nation that
"never fought her equals or on equal terms.
The Boer war Is admittedly the biggest
and most Serious one England ever en
gaged In, without allies, and she had to
sue for peace there. The Boers get every
thing, including Indemnity, England even
agreeing to get out of the country "as
soon as possible," while ' the Ultlandera
and their "grievances" are not In It.
England Is the one nation that never
produced one really great man. The big
cowardly chlldkiller. Kitchener, Is her lat
est "hero," and we are told he is "a
frightening, silent man a man well fitted
to go down In British history as the Silent
Destroyer."
England was always "small potatoes";
today 6hc Is a nation of degenerates, brag
garts and poltroons.
Who can feel anything but contempt for
a nation which brags of its pugilism, and
yet does not hold the championship in any
one class? Which brags of its ships and
its sailors, and yet sends "the best it
builds and breeds" for an annual drub
bing to our shores? Which brags of Its
wealth the accumulated stealings of three
centuries from weak, unarmed and naked
peoples?
What American (except the "Anglo-Sax-!
on" brand) can forget the malignant gibes
hurled at us at the beginning of the late
war with Spain, when the Spectator called
us in spiteful fury "raw and Insolent Yan
kees"? And other English papers, after
our naval victories at Manila and In
Cuban waters, uttered the vainglorious
sneer that "our American cousins are not
accustomed to naval victories," while as
a matter of fact our most glorious naval
victories have been almost exclusively
against the British at tremendous odds.
Our Hannas and Morgans would like to
establish a kinship between this nation
and England, whero brutallzation and Ig
norance safeguard systematic injustice
better than could any standing army. If
their plans work, this Nation will c
brought to the British level, and some
future generation of Americans may go
"mafficking" over the crowning of Fakir
III or IV.
Next Friday will be the anniversary of
our Nation's birth. But how has the
spirit of '76 departed! While the people
are assemmmg on tne morning ot tne
Fourth to honor the day and the heroes
that made It honorable, our Morgans and
other so-called citizens of the republic are
conspicuous by their absence more con
spicuous from the fact that they have
crossed the ocean to do reverence to a de
scendant of George III.
W. W. O'SHEA.
THE MAN WAS; INSANE
THAT'S "WHY HE FOUGHT OFFICER
SO DESPERATELY.
Had Been in an Asylum Mother
Claims Body, and Holds Po
liceman Guiltless.
WHATCOM, June 29. It develops that
Gerald R. Campbell, the .man shot while
resisting arrest here Friday by Policeman
Alvord, was Insane. Campbell had" been
In an asylum and lived In constant fear of
being returned there. A man, in uniform
was an ogre to him, and he was afraid
that every one he saw was after him for
the purpose of taking him back. His de
mentia had undoubtedly been aggravated
by fasting for several days. A short time
ago he escaped from six Everett police
men who were trying to arrest him.
Camnbell's mother claimed his body" to
day .and returned with it to her home at
Black River Junction, Wasn., tor inter
ment. She told the Chief of Police that
tho family had stood In constant fear ot
an -occurrence like this, and she Tield Al
vord guiltless In the matter. She desired
no autopsy or Investigation, saying that
while the circumstances of his taking ott
were regrettable, the unfortunate mart
was probably better off.
MINING IN ITS INFANCY.
Said of Eastern Oregon, Although
Forty Years Old.
BAKER CITY, June 29. Mining In
Eastern Oregon Is in Its Infancy., regard
less of ihfi fact that gold was first discov
ered at Auburn, about eight miles from
this city, 'In 1S62. Auburn was at pne
time the county seat of Baker County
and could boast of a population of 10,000
people. It Is estimated that at least $10,
000.000 was taken from the placer mines
In that vicinity In the early days.
Until the past few years no well-directed
effort has- been put forth to work the
quartz mines systematically. The sup
position has been that the quartz, ledges
were not permanent, that the rich quartz
nro wns onlv to be found In pockets. This
was true of the Virtue and several other
well-known mines. Men skilled In hunt
ing for pockets were brought here to
hunt for the rich deposits, and as the
theory of the owners was demonstrated
by the practical results. In that numer
ous rich pockets were found, no one
thought it worth while to go to the
depths In search of rich ore deposits. The
Virtue mine has been worked and prac
tically abandoned several tlmesj In the
past 20 years, and yet It has yielded many
fortunes during that period. Ore has. been
taken from some of the pockets found
in this mine that was more than 50 per
cent pure gold. Some small samples of
flils rich ore are to be found in this city
today that prove the truth of tho state
ment. Some of the old-timers say that
more gold has been stolen by dishonest
miners, who worked In the Virtue mine
at various times, than the owners ever
realized from It.
Within the past four or five years sev
eril of the more imDortant mines have
been provided with the latest Improved
hoisting machinery, and the shafts have
been sunk down to the lower levels. In
nearly every Instance the results have
been highly satisfactory. The Bonanza
mine Is one of the very rich mines of this
section that have proved to be a bonanza
In very truth when the vein wis fol
lowed to the depths. For some montns
past the owners of the Bonanza have
been putting in a modern hoist and sink
ing a three-compartment shaft. This
work has necessarily interfered with the
productiveness of the , mine, but during
the latter part of last year and the early
part ot this year, this mine has produced
about 5100,000 per month. When the new
shaft shall be completed the Bonanza
will doible. If not treble its output.
The Red Boy Is another very rich mine
that Is equipped with a splendid hoist of
sufficient caoacltv to sink a shaft 3000
feet deeep. It Is a wonderful producer.
The North Pole, Columbia, California and
many other rich mines are all being
worked on the theory that the richest ore
Is to be found by going down deep. In
nearly every case where a well-defined
ledge has been found on the surface. It
has been found on tho lower levels. The
average depth of the .workings In this
section has been 700 to SOQ feet, but within
the next year some of the mines will be
opened as deep as the 1500-foot level, and
In time it will not be an uncommon thing
to find mines that are being worked 2500
to 3000 feet deep.
Mining is In Its Infancy In this section
because none of the quartz ledges have
been followed Into the depths. The open
ing of some of the big mines, so that
their richness on the lower levels becomes
a reality. Instead of a theory, and other
less prominent mines will follow suit.
When deep mining shall become the rule
in Eastern Oregon the gold production
will be increased possibly -100-fold.
There Is another phase of mining In
this section that has not been touched
on, as yet, and that Is what Is termed
"the low-grade proposition"; that is, ore
that carries ?4 to $10 per ton that can be
found in large quantities In localities re
mote from railroad transportation, where
the cost of handling today eats up the
profits. The day Is coming when soma
of these low-grade mines will be worked.
because of changed conditions; at a tre
mendous profit. When 'that day shall
come, mining for gold In Eastern Oregon
will have begun to reach its true proportions.
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the Opera-House last evening. It was a
high-class minstrel and vaudeville show.
In which many prominent citizens took
part, and it was entirely successful.
Fntnl Overdose of Belladonna.
ROSEBURG, Ore., June 29. Mrs. J. B.
Goff, aged sixty years, living near Oak
land for many years past, died yesterday
from an overdose. of belladonna taken by
mistake. She and her family were highly
esteemed.
JESSE JAMES' BODY.
TMalnterred nt Old HomcHtcnd and
Pnt In Cemetery.
KANSAS CITY, June 29. Jesse James
body, which has been burled for 20 years
In the dooryard of the old James home
stead near Excelsior Springs, Mo., was
disinterred today and buried In the ceme
tery at Kearney, Mo., beside the bodies
of his father and wife. Mrs. Zeralda
Samuels, mother of Jesse James; Frank
James, his brother, and Jesse James and
Mary, his son and daughter, attended tho
ceremony. A funeral service was heard
and the pallbearers -were comrades of
Jesse when all were members of Gantrell's
band. When the skeleton of his father
was dug up. Jesse James, Jr.. picked up
the skull and pointed out the hole made
by the bullet from Bob Ford's pistol. Be
sides relatives and close friends of the
James family, only a small crowd attend
ed tho exercises.
and Henry W. Torney, son of Major
George H. Torney, Surgeon, "U. S. A.
The cadets have been ordered to report
at West Point on July 25.
Burning: the Candle nt Both Ends.
Boston Post.
It Is notorious that the Steel Trust
charges In this country -af least SO per
cent more for Its product than It sella
them lor to Englishmen, freight paid,
at Liverpool. Why should we burn the
candle of American industry at both ends
by taxing steel for the profit of the ; trust
and then taxing the people again to pay a
subsidy to boats built out of trust steel?
Lost Life In Hotel Fire.
KAMLOOP3, B. C, June 29. About
midnight last night fire broke. out in the
old T. A. Mara store, next door to the
Cosmopolitan Hotel, and which has been
unoccupied for some years. When the
alarm was turned in. the whole of the
Mara building was ablaze, ana was
quickly setting fire to the Cosmopolitan
Hotel. It was assisted in Its work of de
struction by a heavy wind, which fortu
nately blew across the river. Had the
wind been blowing either east or west,
as it usually docs, Kamloops would have
had a very large Are. The estimated loss
Is about 5SO0O.
A guest of the Cosmopolitan Hotel
named William Barlow, a young English
man, lost his life In the fire. It Is be
lieved the fire was incendiary.
Successful Christian Endenvor 3Iect.
SEATTLE, June 29. The 13th annual
Christian Endeavor convention ot North
ern Idano ana vvasnington cioaeu una
evening. The last meeting was held In
the Protestant Methodist Church tonight.
The speakers of the occasion were: Cap
tain McCabe, of the Salvation Army; Rev.
E. R. DUIe. of Oakland, CaL. and Rev.
Hugh Gllchlst, of Seattle. Following the
mass meeting the final consecration ser
vices were conducted by Rev. T. P. Re
vell, of the Methodist Church of this city.
The convention has been the most suc
cessful In the history of the Endeavor
movement In the district.
Cadets at Largre to Military Academy
WASHINGTON. June 29. The President
has appointed the following cadets-at-large
to the United States Military Acad
emy: James M. Lockett. son of Captain James
Lockett. Fourth Cavalry: Reynolds Hay
den, son of Lieutenant-Commander Ed
win E. Hayden. U. S. N.? Frederick T.
Dlekman. son of Captain Joseph T. Dick
man. Eighth Cavalry; Jonathan M.
Walnwright. son of Major R. P. Waln
wrlght. Fifth Cavalry: Walter M. Yeat
man, son of Major Richard T. Yeatraan.
Twenty-second Infantry Marcellus H.
Thompson, son of Captain John T.
Thompson, Ordnance Department; Henry
B. Claget, son of tho late Major J. R.
Claget. Second Infantry "W. F. Nicholson,
son of Captain William J. Nicholson,
Twelfth Cavalry; John S. Pratt, son of
Major Sedgwick Pratt. Artillery Corps;
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Hartford Times.
The medical journals declare that to ride
In an automobile at full speed is an excel
lent tonic- It "sends rushes of pure air
through tho nostrils Into the lungs. while
the beating of the same pure air against
the face has the effect of hardening the
muscles and quickening the circulation."
This Is what any brisk movement in the
open air will do, especially If the wind Is
blowing. Could not the effect be produced
by a reservoir of compressed air connected
with a six-Inch pipe?
The passenger could sit In a chair on the
porch and let the breeze be turned on him
at the same velocity that he would be car
ried against the air in an automobile. He
could wear his leather coat and goggles
and have all the benefits of a rapid ride
without the danger of running ovr pedes
trians. A steering-wheel could be fur
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From time to time water could be allowed
to trickle Into the pipe and a driving rain
be produced. Or salt water could be used
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It is not patented.
Hovr to Stop Lynchings.
New Orleans Picayune.
Whenever the courts of this country
$hall admlnster justice with the same
promptness, certainty, fearlessness and
with as little regard for persons as is the
case in the courts of England, after which
ours were patterned, lynching- will cease
In the United States, but until then It will
be a standing reproach to the people and
their machinery of justice.
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Pains In the back and kidney and liver
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Xo Xe-iVH From the Portland.
SAN ERANCISCO, June 29. Advices are
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regarding the posting of the steamer
Portland as overdue. Willie many per
sons hold to the opinion that the steamer
Is safe and only delayed In arrival at
Nome by the ice pack, the fact that 56
days have elapsed since the vessel left for
Nome, a four days' trip,, has been the
case before. It Is confidently hoped In all
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ing today. It is quite likely she will be
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BAKER CITY, June 29. TheBaker City
Lodge of Elks gave an entertainment at
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