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i THE MORNING .OBEGOKIAX. THTJESDAY, JULY 10, 1902. OBS AND BINDS HER Masked Man Then Sets Home of Woman on Fire. RESCUED BUT HAS CLOSE CALL Robber Proceeds on HI Way From Ferndale, "Wah., and Holds Up m, Girl Believed to Have Es caped on a Bicycle WHATCOM, July 9. A masked man en tered the home of James Glfford at Fern dale, eight miles north of this city, at 11 O'clock today, seized Mrs. Glfford from behind, bound and gagged her; took Jl from her pdrse, -which he afterward threw In the fire without getting $100, set tire to the house directly above where she lay, locked the doors, and made his escape. The woman managed to get the gag out of her mouth, and dragged herself to jo. window, where her screams brought help before she was burned. The house "was entirely destroyed. The man who committed the crime start ed northward toward the international 'boundary line, eight miles distant. Ort his way he robbed a young girl of a pack age which she was carrying, and then dis appeared into the brush. He Is believed to have a bicycle, and to have made nls escape into British Columbia. A posse) searched the entire surrounding country 'this afternoon without result. AFFECTS JIASY HOMESTEADERS. New Ruling Itegrardim? Payments on Slletz Land Entries. OREGON CITY, July 9. Assistant Com missioner W. A. Richards, of the United States General Land Office, has made an important ruling that affects many home steaders who have entered upon land in t the Slletz Reservation. In all other por tions of the Oregon City land district homesteaders are required to pay $2 50 an acre for all excesses on land embraced within the limits of a railroad grant, and $1 23 an acre on excesses outside of this limit. This payment must be made at the time the land is entered upon, and the commissions on 1C0 acres must also be paid at that time. Under the ruling of the General Land Office homesteaders In the Slletz Reservation will not be required to pay for excesses or commissions on the same unless the homestead Is commuted, which Is very often done. On commuted entries 2 per cent commission must be paid on the purchase price of the land, and tnte amount must be paid at the time tse entry Is commuted. Report of Land Office. The quarterly report of the Register and Receiver of the United States Land OHice was completed today. For the first time in the history of the office fines were col lected for depredations on public timber. Seventy-eight dollars was received from this source. The summary of the quarter ly report follows: Homestead entries IBS Acres embraced In homestead en tries 27,710.10 Final homestead proofs 22 Homestead acreage proved up on. 4,350.51 Timber filings 112 Timber proofs 82 Commuted homesteads 49 Acreage disposed of in cash sales 11,678.46 Amount received from, cash salcs..$40,&10 SI Fees and commissions 4,377 67 TOtal amount received for the quaiter 45,183 43 Bibee to Assume Office July 15. George "W. Blbee, who is to be the new Receiver of the Oregon City Land Office, has received authority from "Washington to turn over the Sheridan Postofflce to his bondsmen, who have placed John Sanders In charge of the office. Mr. Blbee will receipt to Receiver William Galloway July 15, and commence his duties on the fol lowing day. TO WATER OOOO ACRES. Baiter City Men Form an Irrigation Company. BAKER CITY. July 9.-One of tho larg est irrigation schemes that any section of the state can boast of has been In augurated by some of tho business men of this city. -The plan Is to make use of the waters of some of tho smaller streams ' to lrrigale a body of 6000 acres of land north of the Lower Powder River, be-, tween Clover and Goose Creeks. The local company has employed Coun ty Surveyor C. M. Foster to make a careful survey of the land In this vicin ity, and, if possible, locate several reser voir sites. 3Jr. Foster has been duly ap pointed by the State Land Board as the official surveyor of the board for this part of Oregon. Walter S. Love has been named as the appraiser of land. Mr. Love Is an experienced reservoir man and knows the value of a large body of stored water during the dry season. Mr. lxve constructed a large and successful reservoir out,on what Is known as Prltch ard Flat, almost alone, and now he Is irrigating a large farm of what is known asbench land, that is exceedingly fruit ful 33he new corporation that proposes to " build a. reservoir at some convenient place) to -water the large body of arid Iind mentioned, is sure of success, once it gets the" water pn the land, "because the bench land is the richest and most pro ductive land In this valley, when proper Jyrrigatedj' The engineer In charge says Ihat by th"e expenditure -of a compara tively -small sum of money, all this rich Jana. -can be- "brought under profitable cul tivation. .Danger of Clerks' Strike Removed. The trouble between the Retail Clerks' Union and the merchants has been set .Ued at .last. For a tlmo there was a good tprcspect of d. strike, which would prob Uibly have Involved other union labor peo ple,. 'An agreement has been reached iwhefeby the stores will all close at 7:30 vP, 3d from now until January 1, and after "thatHhe closing hour will be 6:30. -HIbt Reservoir for Waterworks. The city "will begin the work of con structing the Goodrich Creek reservoir at once. This Is a reservoir to be used In connection with the city waterworks: When completed it will have a storage capacity of 500,000,000 gallons of water, an amount that will provide alt the water Baker City will need during any dry season. The reservoir will be located In an almost inaccessible place. All of the materials will have to be carried in on pack-horses. f .ORGANIZE FOR PROTECTION. Miners Propose to Stop Taking Up of Mineral for Timber Land, r GRANT'S PASS, July 9. The Miners' Protective Association was organized in this city last night. The completion of the organlration is of considerable Importance in Josephine County, as It marks the first decisive step the Southern Oregon miners 'have taken In their fight against the so called Eastern "timber grabbers." The wholesale manner in which timber lands have been and are being taken up In Josephine County has aroused the indig nation of the miners, who allege that much valuable mineral lands are being taken up as timber. The first work of the Miners' Protective Association will be to make a thorough Investigation of the matter and protest the, timber claims that are judged unfair. 'Scores of Eastern timber men.havc been In the mountains of this section contin ually since the early Spring, and every available timber tract Is being taken up. The miners -assert that much land Is being taken up as timber that has -not enough, trees on it to fence it, the sole object of the locator being to get possession of the mineral land. It is feared that much harm will be done the mineral Industry of Southern Oregon by so much, mineral land being "tied up" by the timber men. The plan decided on by the association at Its meeting last night is to appoint a competent judge, whose duty it will be to examine all claims as they are located by the timber men, and protest them when he believes they are more valuable for their mineral than for their timber. The funds of the association are to be used In defraying the exjtens$s of the judge, and in furthering the Interests of the miners and mining industry of Southern Oregon. CLATSOP COUNTY FINANCES. Total Indebtedness is $71,975 Re port of Treasurer. ASTORIA, July 9. The semi-annual fi nancial statements of County Clerk Wherlty and Treasurer Thompson for the six months ending on June SO were Sub mitted to the County Clerk today and referred to the experts. The report of the Clerk shows the financial condition of the county to be as follows: Liabilities Warrants outstanding, Jan. 1.... $51,700 61 Warrants issued since 27,524 91 Total m... $109,225 05 Warrants paid .... 40,450 47 Balance J6S,775 05 Estimated accrued Interest 3,200 00 Total indebtedness $71,973 05 Resources Cash in general fund $12,484 94 Cash in Nehalem road fund....... 1,957 08 Delinquent taxes 1.733 57 Total resources $16,175 59 Excess of- liabilities.... $55,799 46 The Treasurer's report shows the re ceipts during the six months to have been as follows: Cash on hand, January 1 $11,720 77 Receipts since 137,35150 Total $149,072 27 Disbursements 113.833 52 Balance on hand, June 30 $35,233 75 WATTERSOX WON'T TALK!. Nothing to Say on Politics Enthusi astic Over Canal. SPOKANE, July 9. Henry Watterson, editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal, arrived from the East this morning. He Is on his way to Portland and other Pa cific Coast points on a vacation trip. He refused to dlscues Presidential candidates, saying: "I might as well talk about the crops of 1904 as to talk about Presidential candi dates. One man's guess is as good as another's." He spoke enthusiastically of canal pros pects, saying: "The Isthmian canal will completely revolutionize the country's progress." Oregon Mininjr Stock Exchange. PORTLAND July 0. Today's quotations were: Bid. Alaska M. & M. Bronze Monarch ... Caribou Costal Consolidated 10'i Chicago Cascade Calumet ... Gold Hill & Bohemia Huronlan , Lost Horse Oregon-Colorado M. M. & D. ...... ... Sumpter Consolidated Sweden Copper (Qtd.) Winnipeg Ltd.) Vesuvius ... Judson Bock Asked. 11 ISM S 20 Sli 4 10 3 53 4 00 10 25 SAN FRANCISCO. July D.-Ofllclal closing quotations for mining stocks: Alta. $0 031 Mexican $0 43 ahqcb wpjccioeniai con Belcher UOpnlr ......... Best & Belcher... 22iOerman ...... Caledonia ....... 1 OOJPotosl ....... Challenge Con ... 17 Savage Chollar 7Seg. Belcher .. Confidence r&iSlerra Nevada 10 1 23 20 22 4 3 24 49 18 14 uon. caL & va... l so silver mil Crown Point J Union Con ... Oould & Curry... Hale & Norcross. Justice 4jUtah Con .... SSIYellow Jacket 0 NEW TORK, July 0. Mining stocks today closed as follows: Adams Con $0 20 Little Chief $0 11 Alice 40 Ontario 7 5T Breece OOjOphlr l 13 Brunswick Con .. 3Phoen!x 0 Comstock Tunnel. SjPotosl 18 Con. Cai. & Va... 1 25' Savage 4 Deadwood Terra.. 1 O0 Sierra Nevada ... 20 Horn Silver 1 25 Small Hope3 40 Iron Silver b0 Standard 3 00 Lcadville Con ... 3 BOSTON, July Adventure ..... Alloucz 0. Closing quotations: $ 23 SOIParrott $ 27 00 2 25 Qulney 130 00 02 87j Santa, Fe Cop... 1 73 31 50 Tamarack 178 00 570 OOjTrlmountaln ... 95 00 17 SOJTrlnlty 11 73 52 601 United States .. 10 00 Amalgamated . Bingham Cal. & Hecla... Centennial .... Copper Range .. Dominion Coal. Franklin Isle Resale .... Mohawk Old Dominion .. Osceola 132 75 United Copper . 34 73 10 60 12 50 Utah 20 00 Victoria 3 75 Winona 4 50 40 25! 10 OO Wolverines 63 50 60 00 Cyanide Plant for Knlama Mine. KALAMA, Wash., July 9. A 50-ton cyan ide plant for the Darnell Mining & Mill ing Company arrived In this city today from Denver, Colo., and will at once be hauled to the mine, which is located with in tho corporate limits of Kalama. For three weeks a large force of men has Teen excavating for the building, which will be 3SxE0 feet, with long sheds. The mining company has Just finished putting down a half mile of 2-lnch water pipe, bringing water from a big spring backof town for use at the mine. Tho company expects to have the machinery Installed and the plant in operation In about 60 days. The ore from the Darnell mine runs about J14 a ton in gold and 8 per cent cop per. Finances of Clackamas Connty. OREGON CITY. July 9. The annual financial statement of Clackamas County has Just been completed by the retiring Clerk, E. H. Cooper. The net indebted ness of the county Is $92,421 M. Warrants drawn on the County Treasurer outstand ing and unpaid total $111,839 64, and the estimated amount of interest accrued thereon Is $10,020 3L The total indebted ness of the county is $121,859 95. There Is In the hands of tho County Treasurer ap plicable to the payment of county war rants $10,154 12. The total amount of war rants Issued during the fiscal year was $66,428 S9. The total amount of road war rants lsiucdwas $31,749 43. Bad Accident to Hunter. FALLS CITY, July 9. Ralph Henry, while out hunting In the Umber with his gun cocked, received an accidental dis charge of the contents. James Wright, who brought the word to Falls City and came for medical assistance, stated .tnat the bullet entered under the chin and came out about the nostrils, practically the entire front of the face being torn away. Insane Patient Escapes Front Asylum SALEM, July 9. M. L. Kane, an Insane patient received at the asylum last Janu ary from Portland, escaped from the asy lum several days ago and has not yet been found. He picked a lock at the asylum farm, where he was confined, and drove away with a horse and buggy belonging to J. H. Henderson. Search is being made for him. New Deputy Fish Warden. ASTORIA, Or.. July 9 Master Fish Warden Van Dusen tljls evening an nounced the 'appointment of A. J. Web ster, Representative-elect from Clacka mas County, as Deputy Fish Warden, to succeed Henry Bultman, resigned. If you have never used Carter's Lit tle Liver Pills, go at once to the nearest drug Mors and get a vial. They will surc lv nleasa you. Don't force t this. PUNNED OUTBREAK IN '99 1 TRACY AND MERRILL HAD FIFTY MEN IN PLOT AT THAT TIME. Smuggling; Arms Into Penitentiary Not Difficult Some of Weak Points of Prison. SALEM, July 9. The attempt, although unsuccessful, of some unknown man to enter the Oregon Penitentiary at mid night Monday shows once more the weak ness of the Institution Oregon has pro vided for its felons. While the prison Is sufficiently secure against outbreaks by prisoners, unaided, the ease with which guns may be passed over the walls at night Is almost beyond belief. It Is surprising that an attempt to free the prisoners was not successful before Tra ry and Merrill escaped a month ago. It was learned today that Tracy and Mer rill planned an escape three years ago, and that 50 prisoners were in the plot. Had tho scheme been kept secret, prob ably 50 or more prisoners would have left the Penitentiary at that time, leaving behind them more than three dead guards. One of the prisoners gave the Penitentiary officials & word of warning, and while the details of the plan were not learned, the escape was prevented. Tra cy and Merrill were tho ring leaders and were kept in restraint for some time af terward. Profiting by experience, they took no one into their confidence In this adventure, but made their flight alone. The Prison Yard. The prison yard is enclosed by a brick wall 16 to 18 feet high. The prison Itself forms a part of -the wall on the west side. The prison lawn is Inclosed with a steel paling 16 feet high, the steel rods being bent over at the top and barbed in fishhook fashion. The gate through tho paling fence is open nearly all day, but no entrance to the rear prison yard Is ever open except when a steel door on the Southern Pacific sidetrack is opened to admit a car. When visitors or prisoners are admitted from the front yard to the rear yard, they are first locked in a Small room and then the inner door is opened, so that locked steel bars always present a barrier against an escape through the gates of doors. But the precaution used in arranging the gates has not been employed In guarding against such Intrusions as re sulted in the death of three guards and the escape of Tracy and Merrill. Everything in Escapes' Favor. To one who visits the prison yard now and examines all the conditions .which were In favor of rebellious convicts. It would seem that Tracy and Merrill could not have had things more to their liking If they had ordered all the arrangements themselves. The prison yard is pentag onal In shape, with a guardhouse at each of tho five corners. The longest wall Is about 400 feet In length. The guards pace back and forth along a walk built on the outside of the wall about 3 to four feet from the top. Thus a guard's body Is unprotected down to tho waist By crouching down on the walk he can protect his whole body, or all but his head and shoulders, while firing over the wall. The guardhouses have wide win dows and furnish Uttlo more protection than the open wall. The Way to Get Into Yard. On the north side of the wall Is built a wagon shed, the roof of which extends up against the wall, reaching nearly to the walk on which the guards pace their beats. Tho lower edge of the roof comes Just above the top of the wooden gate In the barn yard. A man can therefore climb on top of the gate, step up on the shed roof and run up the easy slant of the roof to the top of the wall. With a .rope ladder he could then let himself down Into the prison yard. Just Inside the wall, not far from the shed, Is a huge pile of molding boxes about 8 to 10 feet high, a pile of pig Iron, and a build ing used for storing coke. A few feet further from the wall Is the nearest of the stone foundry shops where the con victs made their break. A man entering over the north wall would have the pro tection of the pile of boxes almost as soon cs he touched the ground. About Lt feet from the prison wall on the Hist Is an old barn not now In gen eral use. In this men could secrete them selves while arranging an ascent of the wr.ll on that side, and by means of a lad der or rope thry could ascend to the top of the wall, dropping down on the Inside in the itar of the slfp. A run of about 5") feet would brine then. Into the shelter of Kinother pile t f molding boxes, stacked up ,hout :0 feel from the shooB. On tho rutsldt of the south wall, where the strange man appeared last Monday night, there Is no means of temporary cor.ce.-Jmenl ocent r freight car stand ing a few feet away on the side track, and the brick buttresses which extend o't t"o feot from tho wall at Intervals of about 20 feet. A man dropping -down into the yar.l from the south wall would find his first place of concealment In a row of blackberry vines about 75 feet from the wall. Tiot a Hazardous Undertaking. A there arc nj guards on the walls at night, and as there was prior to the escape only one guird In the shop yard, it Is apparent that scaling the wall and hiding a rllle m thf shops would be a not ve-y hazardous undertaking. Unless dis covered when ofrocndlng or descending the will, the intruder would have almost comtant cbncialment and could Intrench himself behind a pile of boxes, one Of the building, or :i pile of logs, In but a single bcuiitl. Thru can be no doubt that some cx-conlct scaled the wall and so retel the rliles In the foundry, where Tracy and Merrill Mere accustomed to work, and that they were expecting the assistance. Standing In tha northwest corner of the thop where they worked, Tracy and Mer rill could draw a bead on any of three of I he llv nail guards, arid were protect ed from a return fire. After killing Shop Guard Forreil they fired at the guards at the est ana northwest .posts and then rushed out tho rear door of tho shop. Here thf y were partly protected by a pile of boxes and began firing at two guards on tbe east wall. When these guards Jumped from the wall Tracy and Merrill went Inside the shop and brought out -a ladder used by the foundry em ployes when oiling the high shafting. When they emerged with tho ladder they came in range of the guard on the south east corner and were exposed to a fire for the first time. A few shots from this guard made them turn their course to the north wall, where Tracy set up the ladder. While doing this they were out of range of all the guards except the one on the northwest corner, and Merrill, protected by a pile of boxes, kept firing at this guard. As soon as he reached the top of the wall, Tracy shot Jones, the guard at the post mentioned, and then they had no opposition to their es cape. By running to tho north wall they had put the shops between themselves and the guard who had fired at them from the southeast post. They were un der cover nearly all the time, while the guaids were exposed. By a few rapid shots they drove two guards from the wall and kept the others guessing where they were. The rapidity with which they changed their positions gave the Imnres slon that the outbreak was general and that a considerable number of the con victs wro armed. After a run of about 100 yards, the con victs reached nomo low brush along the bank of Mill Creek, and a half mile away they struck heavier brush, which afford ed concealment. Not knowing how ex tensive tho uprising might be, the prison officials could not send any of their force In immediate pursuit of the two men who had escaped. Need of x Chnna.es Apparent. While all was going along peacefully at the Penitentiary, there was no appar ent need of changes which would afford better protection agatrist an outbreak, but the manner Of the escape of Tracy and Merrill leaves no doubt that radical changes should be made.. The attempt of some unknown man to enter the prison yard Monday night. Just dne month after the escape of Tracy and Merrill, serves to emphasize the need of changes. It has been stated since the escape of Tracy and Merrill that the prison guards nre not properly armed. Superintendent Lee says the guards are armelr- with 30-30 Winchesters, the same style of rifles car ried by tho escaped convicts. The guards were probably neither as quick nor as accurate In their "use of rifles as Tracy and Merrill, but their chief disadvantage was that they were exposed to the sud den attack of a concealed enemy. SAWMILL FOR. ASTORIA. San Francisco Man Will Build Plant With lJ0,OO0 Feet Capacity. ASTORIA, July 9. A deal was closed today whereby George W. Hume, of San Francisco, purchased from Van Dusen & Co. a tract of land comprising 500 feet of water frontage In Alderbrook, adjoin ing the old Scandinavian cannery, for a mill site. Mr. Hume wired this after noon for his millwright, and will begin at once on the construction of a sawmill with a capacity of 100.000 feet per day. The price paid for the site was $4000. and a portion of it was raised by the cit izens. Boy Run Over by Wagon. Joseph Anderson, the 5-year-old son of Alfred Anderson, was run over by an ex press wagon last evening, one of the wheels passing over his chest, breaking two of his ribs and injuring him Intern ally. He was not expected to live through the night, but he Is resting easily this evening, and there is hopo of his recovery. EIGHTEEN CENTS FOR. HOPS. Salea Dealer Offers This Top-Xotch Price for Two Crops. SAIEM, July 9. H. J. Ottenhelmcr, Pa cific Coast representative of LUIcnthal Bros., of Ban Francisco, confirms the re port published in today's Oregonlan that 18 cents is being offered for contracts for hop3 of the year 1902. This Is 2 cents bet ter than has been specified In contracts thus" far recorded. Mr. Ottenhelmer ot fered 18 centa for two crops, and Is In the market contracting at thatt price. The steady advanco of prices Is causing great elation among those growers who have not contracted, and many of those who gave contracts at from 10 to 12 cents are regretting their lack of foresight. MANY HOP LICE IX LANE. Groivers Expect to nave More Trou ble on This Score "Than Usual. EUGENE, July 9. The hopgrowers of Lane County now expect lice to be more troublesome this season than usual, and create greater damage to the crops. From all the yards in this vicinity are coming reports that the lice ore appearing in much greater numbers than Is customary. Spraying Is now general. The reason giv en for tho unusual abundance of the llco this Bummer is tho weather. The recent Cool and moist weather has been unusual ly favorable to the propagation of the pesL Editor Accused of Theft. VANCOUVER, B. C, July 9. A spe cial from Dawson says: Joseph Andrew Clark, editor of the Klondike Miner, has been accused of the theft of $750 by E. O'Donnell, a former partner. On his pre liminary examination, Clark was com mitted for trial and the magistrate bound the plaintiff over In the sum of $1000, stat ing that he would not allow the case to bo settled out of court. Clark was re leased on ball. Heavy rainfalls have lately prevailed In the region surrounding this city, and the effect has been to greatly assist mining operations, and there Is no doubt what ever that the output of the season will be largely lncroased on account of the sur plus of water at present obtained. Wireless Telegraphy in Alaska. SAN FRANCISCO, Julj 9. R.Pfund, an electrical engineer, hag arrived hero on his way to Alaska, for the purpose of establishing a wireless telegraphic system between the Yukon River and the fort at Bates Rapid, on the Tanana River, a dis tance of 193 miles. The line, which will bo constructed under the direction of Chief Signal Officer Greely, will be completed by October 1. On his return from the North Mr. Pfund may take measures to establish a station near the Golden Gate so that wireless communication may be had with vessels on the Pacific. ' Child Drowned "While at Play. ABERDEEN, Wash., July 9. While playing with some companions on the landing stage at the city dock yesterday afternoon, little Hattle Demeree. the 4 y ear-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Le vant Demeree, fell overboard In the Wish kah River and was drowned. Her play mates were powerless to save her, al though her brother Harry, "a lad of 6. nearly lost his life In an attempt to res cue his sister, and the cries of the fright ened children, though they brought In stant aid, were not In time to prevent the sad accident. Evangelical Lnthercn Conference. SILVERTON, Or.. July 9. The confer ence of the Pacific district of the Nor wegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of America met at the First Lutheran Church here today. Rev. O. Grousberg, of San Francisco, presided. Rev. C. J. Nielsen, of Hayward. Cal., was elected temporary secretary. Election of per manent officers was postponed until to morrow. The conference will be In ses sion "one week. Liquor Monopoly Abolished. VANCOUVER, B. C. July 9. A special from Dawson says: The permit system which has heretofore allowed the control of the liquor traffic of the Yukon to pass Into tho hands of a favored few has been abolished. The abolition of the system occurred at the hands of the Yukon Coun cil, which Is now In session- Conntr Auditor Resigns. ABERDEEN, July 9. Tho Auditor of Chehalls County. Harry B. Martin, tend ered his resignation to the Board of County Commissioners yesterday, having decided to abandon politics for business. Deputy Sheriff Duncan Campbell was at once appointed to fill out the unexpired term. Supreme Court Orders. SALEM. July 9. The following orders were made In the Supreme Court today: Augusta LarBen, respondent, vs. The or der of Washington, appellant: appellant allowed until July 31 to file brief. State of Oregon, respondent, vs. S. V. Simmons, administrator, appellant; or dered that appellant's time to file abstract be extended 30 days. Two Men Drowned in AInskn.' VALDES, Alaska. June 30, via Seattle. July 9. Ole W. Johnson, of Sheridan. Wyo., one of the flagmen for the survey ing party of the railroad company, was Crowned Juno 2S while crossing a glacier stream north of Valdes. Thofnas Kcn nelly, of Pocatello. Idaho, was drowned June 7, while crossing the Kotslna River In a canvas boat. Traffic Through Orcgron City Lock. SALEM, July 9. During the three months ending June 30, steamboats and barges made 343 trips through the locks at Oregon City, carrying 4151 passengers, 207,335 feet of lumber, 8,311,501 feet of logs, and C213 tons of freight. Fntal Shock to Lineman. SAN FRANCISCO. July 9.-Robert K. Burns, a young lineman, who recently ar rived In this city from Chicago, was In stantly killed by an electric shock today while running a wire. BiG LUMBER PLANT SOLD ?3,000,000 PAID FOR. SISKIYOU COM PAXY'S HOLDINGS. Include Much Valuable Timber Land, Larse Sawmills and SO Miles of Railroad. ASHLAND, Or., July 9. Negotiations for the rale of the Scott & Van Arsdale Lum ber Company's property, in the McCloud region of Siskiyou County, which have been In progress for several months, have been completed, tho purchase price being $3,000,000. The purchasers are the Carpen ter LAnd Company, of Dubuque, la.; the Hlxon Sash & Door Company, of Merrill, Wis.; Curtla Bros., of Clinton la.; and Walter Alexander and Stewart Bros., of Wausau. Wis. The property Includes, be sides 115.000 acres of timber land, tho Mc Cloud River Railroad, the McCloud River Lumber Company, tho Siskiyou Lumber Company and the Siskiyou Lumber & Mer cantile Company. There are, including spurs, about 50 miles of track on the railroad, which runs from Upton to Mc Cloud; lumber yards at Ash Creek, Mc Cloud and San Francisco, and a lumber yard and box factory at Upton. The mills connected with the enterprise cut about 400.000 feet of lumber per day, moat of it being sugar and yellow pine. The company will retain Its old name, and there will be no change In the offi cials, but the control of the corporation is vested In the new owners who buy th $3,000,000 worth of stock In the company. G. W. Scott Is president, W. W. Van Ars dalo vice-president and general manager, and F. C. Youngberg secretary. Buy Timber and Will Balltl Mill. MEDFORD, July 8. The Iowa Lumber Company, of Council Bluffs, la., has pur chased 1500 acres of sugar, yellow ana white pine timber of Beekman & Linn, or. Jacksonville, and will commence at once the erection of two mills. The timber Is situated one mile from Jacksonville. The work on the mills and the extension of the Rogue River Valley Railroad to the timber will be begun at once. The company will erect a box factory, either at Medford or Jacksonville. A strong effort will be made to secure it for .Medford. 1002 .Prunes Sold. SALEM, Or., July 9. Manager Glle, of the Willamette Valley Prune Association, reports the sale today of several cars of Italian prunes of the crop of 1902. The prico to be paid la 5& cents for tho 30-to-40 size In 25-pound boxes, or a basis price of 2 cents in bags. This Is the first sale of the season so far as known. Nothing In Reports of Cattle War. PRINEVDLLE. July 9. The numerous reports of large) numbers of sheep having been killed on the borders of this County are largely imaginative. There Is no wa on between sheepmen and cattlemen, and pone Is probable unless the foreign sheep intrude on the cattle range that has been reserved for cattle only. Rain Helps liny and Grain. PRINEVILLE. July 9. The recent rains have brightened the prospects for grain and hay crops here. While there Is an In creased acreage over last year, the yield will hardly exceed (that, on account of tho hot winds that prevailed for several days previous to the rain. Jury Chnrgres Him "With Mnriler. ROSEBURG. July 9. The Coroner's Jury today brought In a charge of murder against Thomas Lovell for shooting Hor ace Roadman near Wilbur, Sunday. He will have a preliminary examination be fore JUdge Thompson tomorrow. Land Board Approves Loans. SALEM. July 9. The State Land Board todcy approved 25 applications for toans aggregating $32,11X, and disallowed one ap plication for $250. THE DEATH ROLL. Judge William Mnrvln. SYRACUSE, N. Y., July 9. Judge Will iam Marvin uled at his home In Skane ateles today, aged 94. He was appointed United States District Judge at Key West, Fla., by President Van Burcn, and held court at Key West until 1S63. It was a Union court, with the American flag float ing over It, though every attendant of the court, from District Attorney to crier, Joined In secession. After the war Presi dent Johnson appointed Judge Marvin pro visional Governor of Florida. Ho was elected to the United States Senate, but waa not allowed to take his seat, because negroes had not been allowed to vote. Judge Marvin, returned to Skancatclcs In 1S6S. He wrote several works upon marl time law and upon theological subjects. He voted for every Democratic President from Jackson to Cleveland, but bo!tcd Bryan In 1S86. Judge Marvin was the father-in-law of General Ludlngton, Quartermaster-General, United States Army. MIchijrnn Minlnpr Man. BUTTE, Mont.. July 9. Lawrence Car rlgan, a prominent mining man of Han cock, Mich., died here today of pneumonia after an Illness covering about n week. Mr. Carrlgcn came West from Michigan 10 days ago to look after come mining property In Idaho. The deceased was 55 years of age. Dachesx of Atholl. ROME. July 9. The Duchess of Atholl (who was the eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Moncrleffe) died last night while on her way from Italy to Switzerland. Old Pottery Manufacturer. NEW YORK, July 9. James P. Stevens, one of the oldcrt pottery manufacturers in this country. Is dead at Trenton, N. J., from heart disease, aged C2 years. Charles II. Crlss. NEW YORK. July 9. Charles H. Crlss. a well-known member of the New York Cotton Exchange, is dead at Sea "Bright, N. J., from Brlght's disease. i- Glnnt Gvner In Southern Mexico. SAN FRANCISCO, July 9. Near Santa Cruz, on the Pacific side of the Isthmus of Tchuantcpec. a giant geyser has broken out as the result of heavy earthquakes occurring In that section since April IS last. The big column of hot water, rising to a height of about 50 feet, roars and h'rsca from among the rocks, and Is an object of great Interest to the people and to oasslng vesiels. being plainly visible Brainy Hair ' Under your loose, thin, falling hair is a brain. Use it. The result? You will use Ayer's Hair Vigor. It checks falling hair, restores color to gray hair, and makes the hair grow. No need of having rough and unruly hair. "At the age of 20 my hair turned grs7 and soon grew almost white. After I had been in this embarrassing condition for fifteen years, I used Ayer's Hair Vigor, and three bottles of it brought back the old color." M. A. Knight, Baldwin, Mont. J1.0. Alldrsnbfx. J.C.AYERCO..Lo7dI.Mau. from the sea. It was seen and admired by tho passengere and crew of the steamer Newport, which has reached this port. The hews Is brought by the steamer that af fairs In Guatemala are becoming normal again, after the scare occasioned by the tremendous earthquakes. 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Pittsburg Mra Kennedy, do Miss Mary L McCorkle, Plttsburs Miss Martha. A McCar- ty. Pittsburg Miss Margaret Marlon, R A Jones, Glendaie Pittsburg Frank. Davey. Salem 1H M Fisher. Illinois C S Wheeler, Pendletn Mrs Fisher. do Frederick Wolf, do Dr Anderson, city Mrs Anderson, do J N Stone, Milton Edith Priest. Jacksonville ECZEMA way into the blood, and are forced anu pores oi tne asm, causing it to Durn iiue nre, ana tne mcessai itching allows no rest night or day. Eczema appears in a great mar different forms, beginning frequently as a mere redness of the skin, fo lowed by little blisters or pimples, acid poisons sometimes dry up the hard and dry, often cracking and fearful itching. This form of Eczema is known as Tetter, and oftenes polluted blood, and this humiliating disease is called Acne. Local remedies afford but scant relief. The blood and system being saturated with thepoison,thediseasecannotbereachedwithwashes, salves, Ji 5 MF powders or other local applications. S. S. S. restores the . deteriorated blood to its normal condition, stimulates the sluggish organs, and all the wastematter is eliminated through the proper channels. S. S. S. makes the v blood rich and strong, and under its tonic and invigo rating effects the general health improves, and the skin becomes soft and smooth again. S. S. S. contains no minerals but is guaranteed purely vegetable. "Write us if you need medical advice; this will cost you nothing Illustrated book on skin diseases sent free. THE SWIFT SPECIFlCCO.j Atlanta, Ga In the kidney and aropslcal Complaint?, 5iiv. is connnemeni Blcod potency, vnTA.r Mrv )rKi0 ith night emissions, dreams, exhausting drains, baiJ ftuJSSiveJS S&dtyT " TbFch deprive you of your manhood. UNFITS Ycl 5idde-AGED MEN She Tom excesaes and strains have lost their MANL, ru8tAJv a -r cT.-tv rTrt-ASES. Syphilis, Gonorrhoea, painful, bloody urhw. GleTt? Stricture enlarged l.prostate Sujl Debihty. y& Htfrte. Mdnwr and Liver troubles, cured WITHOUi MfcKCLRJf AM OPHLR POISONOUS tiDiica Pit,.h nnA TViAiiTnnttsm LUttLlf. t Dr Walker's methods are regular and scientific. He uses no patent nostrums or rea'dy-made preparations, but cures the disease by thorougn medical treatment. His New Pamphlet on Private Diseases snt free to all men who describe their trnuhle. PATIENTS cured at nome. plain envelope. Consultation free and Dr. Walker. 149 First St., bet. MANHOOD RESTORED "CUP1DEKE" Tma wmt VxrftL&hlq Vltiliior. thn nracriDtioti of a faiDcus French Dhrilcian- will nnlekH SPfS clri you of xlinerroag diseeind nlJW Paina In the B&clc. m-mi -JK UnfltncM to Jlnrr. arlcocrir, ana losiupmlioa. uiTe tn boasce, to brace nf real 111 CD JPlwJbrl E II lmpnntl. CVPHEJfErncthnan(l restores allnnrxnn. Tho reajwro snfferrsare d Anrrf Vir rinrtyirs is beaEM ninetr Der cent, are tronhJrd with Proatatllia. CHPIDEX1 Ii thr, enlr Vrnirn nmiuli in enr trithont an OTMritlon. 8000 testimonial. A written tninnlm (lien Ilv ! money returned It six bnxe do not effect a permanent tre circular and ttimnnll. AUUrDSS BMJ.J . llivivui, .v.v m. w .0WA ..wawf vu m otm-wawv. m For n.Io br S. G. SKXDMOUE, & CO., Portland. Or. "The square peg in the round hole fitrurativelV expresses the use of meat , unsuited to the desired end. A grc&l manv -Deoole who have been cured c dyspepsia and other diseases of the store ach and its allied organs of digestion ana nutrition by theusc of Dr. Piercers Goldenj Medical Discovery ray: v e tnea man- medicines with only temporary benefit! It was not until we began the use oj Golden Medical Discovery' that w found a complete and lasting cure." It is undoubtedly true that Dr. Pierce'l Golden Medical Discovery holds the rec ord for the perfect and permanent cure of indieestion and other diseases of thi stomach and associated organs of diges tion ana nutrition, jx is not a pamuuvc it cures the cause ot disease ana ouuo up the body with solid healthy flesh, no J llabby fat. "It I with pleasure that I tell vou what x Pierce's Golden Medical DiFcovery and ' Pell have done for me," writes Mrs. T. M. Palmer Peedc, Kaufman Co., Texas. "Two years ag was takeu with stomacn ana opwei trou Erervthine' I nte wotild out me in distress ! lived two weeks on milk and even that eave . pain, i ieu as mougn J wouiq suirre iu uaui Three doctors attended me one said I had dyl pepsia, two said catnrrh of the stomach atj , ' r .. .. .J . a . 1 Dowels. They attended me (one at a time) t one vear. I stonDcd takintr their medicine an tried Other patent medicine : got no better, an I I lttw so weak And nervous, mv heart woul flutter. I conld nodo anv kind of work. No. I can do mv house work very well ; am gCLininjA in jiesn ana sirengCR, ana can eat anyimug want." Accept no substitute for Dr. Pierce j Golden Medical Discoverv. Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medic i Adviser is sent free on receipt of staimj to pay expense of' mailing only Ser 21 one cent stanirjs for the naoer coven I boot, or i Stamps for the cjoth boun j volume. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Bu. falo, N. Y. J Freadman. Joeph P L Cherry. Astoria W Le Van. Ogden Mrs Cherry, do P M Burnett, San Jo30lT A Hugglns, 3 F Mrs Burnett, do Mr and Mra P Allullo, G B Keady. corvaun! w w John Eraney, PomeroyJH R Hoefler. Astoria THE ST. CHARLES. Wm Allen. Olequa G H McCoy. St Paul A Grelner, Condon Chas Yaaenttne. S F B F Grelner. do J T Thorn. Heppner u w Stevens. S BendlJ C McKey. Chicago D M Burnett and wife. Ueo Sutton. Chicago vi a sco M Rummlnr. Los Ang AV W Walters. Em- mett. Idaho H C Rlggs. do H E Elienburg. 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