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-J THE .MORNm OREGONIAK, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1902; 11 UNSAFE FOR FRIARS Return to Parishes Would Mean a Rebellion. FILIPINOS MUCH WORKED UP They Hare Suffered Many Forms of Oppression, and Will Throw OS. the Yolce, Even if They Must Fight Their Religion. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, "Wash ington. July 23. There is evidently good ground for the belief of Governor Taft that a. return of the friars to their par ishes In the Philippine Islands -Brill lead to violence and murder. Their return would mean even more. It would result in a general uprising of the natives against the friars, which might readily be construed as an uprising against the American Government. This, at least, is the opinion of well-Informed officials. It 18 unsafe for the friars to return. They would be In no danger of attack from the thinking classes of Filipinos, because they recognize that under American in stitutions the friars will he duly restrict ed. But the unthinking classes, the masses of the people, would merely look upon the fact of their return as retro grade action and a revival of the times of absolutism, when the friars were in the ascendancy, .and a tremendous ex plosion would m6st certainly occur. Prior to American Occupation. Before American occupation of the Philippines the friars exercised all polit ical functions in the municipalities. They even exercised authority which the Governor-General was not able to command. They were the expression of the most exaggerated despotism, which they ex ercised, using the name of the Kingdom of Spain, because their system deceived both Spain and the people. They would Bay to the people, "If It were not for us, the government would annihilate you," and then they would say to the govern ment. "If It were not for us the people would overthrow you." When the Americans assumed control, the friars came forward and explained that the Filipino people were a lot of an archists and Insurgents who were con spiring to overthrow constituted author ity, while to the people they said that the American Government would place a chain around the waist of each of them. They referred to the Americans as the "enemies of their religion." It should not be understood, however, that thercj Is animosity against all friars in the Islands. The feeling Is general against the Augustinians, the Domini cans, the Recolletos and the Franciscans. On the other hand, the Jesuits, the Bene dictines, the Capuchins and the Paullst Fathers are respected. The latter clashes were not parish priests, and had- no pre ponderance In the government. The Jes uits have given the greatest impulse to education, and on this account have been constantly at odds with the first class. " MucB Immorality Exists. From evidence taken under the direc- tien of the Philippine Commission, it i apparent that immorality Is the rule, rather than the exception, among the friars. An example 1s the testimony of a native attorney of Manila, who stated that it is not an uncommon thing to eee children of friars In Manila and about the provinces. So depraved had the people become in this regard that the women who were mistresses of friars really felt great pride In it, and had no compunc tion In speaking of it, This witness went on to explain that many of his sweet hearts were daughters of friars. His own mother was the daughter of a friar, yet he did not dishonor himself on that ac count. The testimony of numberless other witnesses confirms this statement. Yet this particular form 6f Immorality was not the greatest ground for hostility among the people. It was their oppres sion that was most felt An Instance of this was brought out by one witness -who testified that whenever a wealthy citizen of the town was in his death throes the Spanish friar always went to him, and after painting to the penitent, the torments of hell, and the consequences of an evil life, would state that his soul might be saved by donating either real or personal property to the church. He cited instances where rich citizens have donated silver altars, large tracts of land and other tributes under such pressure. When the patient died hie family wao compelled to have a. most expensive funeral, with all the incidental expenses, which went to the church. Otherwise the family would be threat ened with, deportation or Imprisonment If the dead person was a pauper, or If he was a servant the master had to pay, or he would be deported. But this oppres sion went much farther. Other Instances of Oppression. The friars, through intervention in the' private life of the individual, permitted him to live at ease, uninterrupted in the pursuit of his occupation, or they would make his life a torment Naturally they directed most of their attention to the upper classes by reason of their property. The friars usually -watched these people very closely, to discover ways In which to get land or money from them by making accusations against them. When they be lieved the opportunity was ripe they would go to the Provincial Governor and say he should Impose a fine on the wealthy individual because he did not keep the roado within his Jurisdiction In a proper condition. The Governor would impose the5 fine, and the oppressed one would appeal to the parish friar to Intercede for him, which he would do. At his request the fine would 'be -remitted. In this way the irlar would Ingratiate himself with the landowner, and show him what a power he had over the political authori ties. Naturally, the friars reaped material benefits from such schemes, but when prcesed to further strait they would man age to have complications arise between the Provincial Governor and the citizen, which threatened the latter's safety. As a last resort they would advtee the citizen to flee for his life, and would then quietly step in and absorb the estate, In the name of the church. Slay Flsht Their Rclislon. The people of the' Philippine Islands? are Catholics, but if the friars remain and are supported by the government there is lit tle doubt that a large majority of the people will fight" even their religion. In striving to oust the -friars the people are not endeavoring to put an end to Catholi clsnn Thep rather want it to continue, but they do .not want the frlirs to have any part in It One of the reasons which contributed to the separation of the Amer icans and the Filipinos was a proclamation issued just prior to the arrival of the 1 Americana by Archbishop Nozaleda, In which he Informed the faithful that the enemies of their religion, the American heretics, were about to -appear among them. This fear was somewhat strength ened among certain classes when public schools were established under the Amer ican system, because religion was . not taught there, but this fear is si id to be dying out The people are beginning more thorough ly to realize that the friars have not so much sought to trpread the faith as to insure the preponderance and -the predom inance of the monastic corporations, and the incessant accumulation of considerable weajth. They endeavored to keep the Fili pinos In ignorance. They condemned every desire for culture and civilization, making the more ignorant suspicious of intercourse and relations with foreigners. The friars have been a hindrance to the advance ment moral and material, of the Phil ippine Islands. The Catholic Church In the islands was completely monopolized and dominated by them, excluding the priests from the bishopries. There were undoubtedly praiseworthy exceptions; there were friars honest humble and vir tuous, but the exceptional qualities of these few men only brought out more prominently the antj-soclal and Impolite demeanor of the majority as prejudicial to Catholicism. N.carly all of the- inhabitants of the islands bear hatred and resentment against the friars, and are prepared against return ing. to their yoke, some for personal in juries received, and the rest even the indifferent and the descendants of the very friars, Injured in their dignity, find them eelves more or less convinced that it would not be possible to live with dignity, pru dent liberty and legal guaranty for the hu man personality or hope for progress and prosperity In that country while the friars govern or can have influence over thosq who govern in order to continue their gloomy policy against the Filipinos. OREGON PINE SUPERIOR. Will Be Used Extensively In Build ing: Manila Barracks. WASHINGTON. July 23. Reports have reached the War Department that ex cellent progress is being made on the Ma nila post Congress appropriated J300.00Q In the early part of the year and lfcOO acres of land on the Pasig River has been acquired for the post The tract is about three miles long and one mile wide. Roads have been graced. and macadamized from the river to the new buildings and work on the latter la being pushed rapidly. The lumber for the quarters Is cent from tho Columbia River. It cost about $15 per thousand, and about $10 per thousand more for transportation, but the total cost Is cheaper than it can be purchased for In Manila. It is said that the white ant, which is so destructive to most wood work in the Philippines, does not lftjure the yellow pine of the Pacific Coast There was appropriated in the Army bill JtoOO.OCK) for other posts In the Philip pines, and General Chaffee will make re ports and recommendations to Secretary Root as to their location. It is under stood that quite a large post Is to be erected at llo Ilo, which Is to be the headquarters of the southern Islands. MISSISSIPPI. FLOOD. Leaves Many Farmers In a. Condition of Abject Poverty. KEOKUK, la., July 23. The Mississippi flood reached its maximum throughout the district on the Missouri side, and the crest was at Hannibal at noon today, when the stage was at a standstill. The river fell four mche3 at Quincy and -.10 Inches at Keokuk. The commissioners of Illinois levees report them in good condition, and the protected country of many square miles safe. The farmers of the flooded territory are scattering to the cities for work at any kind of employment some going as far north as Dubuque. Hundreds are in a pitiable condition of abject pov erty. InTCstla-atlns the Mine Disaster. JOHNSTOWN. Pa., July 23. Coroner E. E. Miller today began the Inquest into the disaster in the Cambria Steel Com pany's rolling mill mine July 10, by which 112 men lost their lives. When the Inquest adjourned for the day, 12 witnesses had been examined without any unusual inci dent having developed. It was established that all the men working la dangeroua sections should be provided with safety lamps and Instructed In their use. No broken or defective safety lamps were ever found In the Klondike. The air in the Klondike was good at all times, and the majority of the -witnesses said they had not discovered gas In any of the workings. Indians Slaughtering Game. DENVER, July 23. The following tele gram was received today at the office of the Game Commissioner: 'Delta, July 23. Indians slaughtering game 45 miles southwest of Delta. "W. S. GIRARDET, Town Marshal." An order was sent to Chief Game War den Norton at Montrose to organize a posso and go after the Indians at once. The IridlanB now -committing depredations are believed to be Uncompaghre Utes from one of the reservations across the line. The place where the Indians are at work Is a mountain park where deer and elk abound. High Diver Killed. DETROIT. July 23. Alexander Smith es cayed a high dive from the mainmast of the schooner Maria Martin, lying at the foot of St Albin avenue today. It was 90 feet from his perch to the water, and In .the descent he lost his equilibrium when about 20 feet from the water. He struck on his side with terrible force and was killed. Moffatt Railroad Contract. DENVER. July 23. President Perry, of -the Djenver & Northwestern Railroad. Has awarded a contract for the construction of IS miles of the Moffat Railroad leading Into the mountains. The contract requires that the work shall be completed by March L The contractors will receive $20,000 a mile, or a total of $540,000, fcr the work. i Thirty Ynqnls Executed. TUCSON, Ariz.. July 23. S. N. Jacks, a merchant of Fort Worth, today, return ing from the Taqul River country, reports having seen 30 Taqul Indians lined up and shot Saturday -at a small town called Tor rin, In Sonora. The Indians had been cap tured in the mountains the day before. A number of them were mere boys. 1 t Sonthern Bnys Santa Fe Feeder. PHOENIX, Ariz., July 23.-A special to the Republican .from Bisbce, Ariz., an nounces the sale of 45 miles of the Santa Fe Railroad to the Southern -Pacific Com pany. The price Is not announced. The road runs from Naco. on the border, td La cana. Land Withdrawn for Reservoir Site. STERLING, Colo., July 23. Telegraphic, orders were received by the local United States Land Office from the Interior De partment at Ws-phlngjon. withdrawing 90 townships, embracing 900.000 acres of land, located' la Weld. Washington, Logan and Sedgcwick Countl6. In Colorado, end Cheyenne County. Nebraska, frcm public entry. This land is located on the north side of the South Platte River, and extends from Snyder to Julesburg Into Nebraska. It Is believed that Chief Kydrographer Newell has recommended to the depart ment nt Washington that this land be set aside for the first great National reservoir under the new Irrigation law. The prelim inary survey will begin at once. If the survey la finally approved by Washington, the building of the reservoir by the Gov ernment will soon be begun. WEDDINGS AT NEWPORT. Three Society Affairs Announced This Week. NEWPORT, R. TJuly 23.-Soclety at this resort has thlo week given Itself up almost entirely to weddings. The naval affair yesterday, across the bay at James town, when Miss Marion Lieuttler became the wife of Lieutenant Arthur Chester, will be followed tomorrow by the marriage of Miss Llllie Oclrlchs to Peter Martin, of San Francisco, while Saturday will come the wedding of -Mies Sarah Van Alen, the younger daughter of James J. Van Alen, and granddaughter of Mrs. William As tor. to Robert J. Collier, son of Peter F. Collier, of New York. For the Oelrichs- WEALTHY FIANCEE ssssyrvW e " At ya39Hte Am BbsBBbwk? w t ' jr MRS. ALFRED CORNING CLARK, New York society circles were urprlsa by tho announcement last week of tho engagement of the Right Rev. Henry Codman Potter, tho Protestant Episcopal btehop of New York," and Mrs. Alfred Corning Clark, who is noted for her quiet philanthropic -work. " Her maiden name was Elizabeth Scriven. Mr. Clark, her first husband, was for many years at the head of the Singer cewlng machine Interests, ah37 at his death left a larze fortune to Mrs. Clark and their four sons. Mrs. Clark's city home Is in No. 347 "West Eighty-ninth street, at Riverside Drive. It is one of tha handsomest places in the drive, spacious, beautifully finished and luxuriously furnished. Most of tho large benefactions of Mrs. Clark bear the name ot her husband. One ot the most conspicuous is tho Alfred Corning Clark Neighborhood House. " nt Rlv'rtcton and Cannon etrfets, which was opened In JS0O. Here Instruction and entertainment are offered under admirable conditions to tho poor -women and children of the East Bide. The comer-stone ot tho Alfred Corning- Memorial Chapel, another of her gifts, was laid seeral months ago in East Thirty-first street, near Second avenue. Bishop Potter, who conducted the dedicatory exercises, referred at that time to Mrs. Clark's generosity in thus providing a chapel which enabled tha progress "tve Church 6f the Incarnation to carry Us work to the needy East Side. The cost of the chapel is about $100,000. Mr. Clark built the model tenements at Sixty-eighth and Slrty-nlnth streets. Amsterdam and West End avenues, which have demonstrated tho principle held by practical philanthropists that elf-respectlng wagt-earners should be helped without the aid of charity. In Cooperstown, where Mrs. Clark has a fine country estate, and where eho is living at present, her benevolences stand out even more conspicuous than In New Tork. She built and maintains tho Y. M. C. A. building, containing a library and museum, and maintains the Alrfed Corning Clark gymnasium. She also haa opened the J. Fcnlmore Cooper property as a park for the public Her private gifts are many, and she Is prominent as a patron of the fine arts. Martin wedding, the most elaborate prepa rations have been made, while the. Van Alen-Collier wedding will be unattended by the usual festivities, only the Imme diate families and the closest friends being present. Injunction Against numbers' Union. NEW YORK, July 23. Vice-Chancellor Emery today granted a rule to show cause, returnable Tuesday next, why an Injunction should not be Issued restrain ing Journeymen Plumbers Union, No. 21. and Walking Delegate William E". Ryan from Interfering with the business of Charles F. McGulre. a master plumber, by continuing to call out members of the" organization employed by him. McGulro claims that the union has called out sev eral of his men during the past two months. In retaliation for his refusal to reinstate another employe who had quit work because of McGulre'B refusal to discharge an apprentice. i "Wealthy Cattle-Owner Drowned. FORSTTHE, lont, July 23. Word was received here this afternoon of tho drown ing of Edwin C. Phllbrlck this morning In the Rosebud River. No particulars of tho accident ate known. Phlllbrlck Is wealthy, and Is one of the largest cattle owners of Eastern Montana. He leaves a wife and child. The Sheriff has left for the scene. I i Proposed Cuban Loan. HAVANA, July 23. The matter of a loan still absorbs the attention ot both houses of Congress. The lower house takes the position that It will nOt vote the small loan of HpOO.000, which has been proposed, except as a part of a large lean of $35, 000.000, .to be used n paying the Cuban ATiny. Bin- Steel Company Rcorsaa ircd. PITTSBURG, July 23. Jones & Laugh lins, the largest steel company outside the United States Steel Corporation, was reorganized here today. The capital stock will be increased from 320.007.000 to 550, 000,000. and Improvements and extensions completed. There will be no change of officers. Oregon Security Company. TRENTON, N. J.. July 23. The Oregon Security Company, capital $5,000,000. was Incorporated today, to own nnd deal In stocks and securities of, other companies. The incorporators of Tccord are Raymond Newman, John I. BiKlngs and K. K. Mc Laren, all of Jersey City. Xew Russian Railroad. ST. PETERSBURG, July 23. The an nouncement Is made officially that a rail road between St. Petersburg and Petrosa vodsk (1S5 miles northcost of St. Peters burg), on the Lake of Onega. wlllbe built next year by the government. f i RECREATION. if you wrh to enjoy a day of rest and pleasure, take the O. R. & N. train from Union depot at 3 A. M. for a. short trip up the -Columbia, returning. If desired, by boat from Cascade Locks. Tickets and particulars at O. R. & X. ticket office. Third and ashlngtonl GRAZING IN RESERVES LAXD OFFICE ATTACHE PISCTJSSES SUBJECT AT LENGTH. Snescsts That Each Stsckovroer Be Alloted a. Well-Defined Ranee He Would Then Seed I. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, July 19. "While It Is evident that sheep-grazing can never be conducted without more or less injury, It Is un fair to suppose, as has been too often the case, that grazing always results In serious mischief, and should, therefore, be forbidden." says Filibert Roth. Chief of the Forestry Division of the General Land Office. In a paper qp. grazing In for est reserves, which appears In the new yearbook of the Department of Agri culture. The paper in question discusses at length the manner of grazing In re serve?, showing the different physical conditions existing in various sections of the West, and the consequent different methods of grazing or herding. In fur- OF BISHOP POTTER. ' t -4 ther setting forth the results of graz ing, the writer says: "To be sure, the bedding ground and trail are unsightly wastes, but they form a very small percentage of the entire area, and In many cases occupy rough, rocky waste ground of little importance for any purpose. The best sheepmen have given Up the old method of bedding for long periods In the same place, and are adopting the prdper way. bedding one or at least only a few n!ght3 In a place. In these sections the ordinary bedding grounds rapidly recover, and when once reclothed with grass, far excel the sur rounding ground. Many of these old bedding grounds are conspicuous by tha luxuriance of their vegetation. Damage to Forest Growth. "The damage to forest growth, even along the trails and about bedding grounds, has so far proven a Serious and permanent mischief only In a few spe cial localities, such as California and Arizona, where the climate nnd soil com bine to resist the reproduction of the forest In other localities, such as Wy oming, Montana and Washington, one meets some of the finest cases of natural reproduction of pine in the immediate vi cinity of trails and bedding grounds. Such cases seem to throw much doubt on the sweeping statements commonly made. "In tho same way, tho matter of ag gravated erosion due ylo grazing seems to bo overdrawn. There Is no grazing without disturbance of the surface con ditions, and there are numerous in stances on record where overgrazed areas have begun to gully. Nevertheless, It must be conceded that In eevcril of the reserves the disturbance due to this cause is thus far insignificant, and it Is reasonable,' therefore, to suppose that with proper limitations grazing may be carried on without great damage. "In Judging the mischief done by 6heep to the range Itself. It is a common error to mistake a short-cropped range for a poor or injured one. Some of the older ranges were on this account supposed to be killed out more than 15 years ago, and yet these very fame ranges .support as many eheep as ever, and support them, fully as well. Parts of the Cascade re serve have been used hird for many years, but In spite of being closely cut, and In spite of the fact that the tall bunch grass has- long disappeared, the bands do as well as ever. This fact is so -nell known that It has led many of the stockmen Into the belief that what 'Is true In Oregon Is true evers'where. Such Is not the case. In some of the California and Arizona districts the rango has been destroyed by overstock ing, and there is good reason to believe that unlimited grazing, like unlimited lumbering, will result everywhere In general destruction of rango as of forest." Sheepmen Are Defended. Mr. Roth defends th sheepmen from the general charge of responsibility tor fires within reserves. He bplieveo these charges are Often made from prpjudlce, and calls attention to the fact that un grazed portions of reserves suffer as se vere burns as those Into which the sheep herders penetrate. Observatfhn and evi dence leade to the conclusion that none of the reserve ranges arc benefited by firing. Being mountain pastures the feed is green and. being closely cropped, there is no need of removing dead "grass, as Is tne case where firing Is practiced. In dense standing timber and windfalls fires usu ally produce sufficient heat to destroy all vegetation, and In addition leave the ground In such a condition that there is Tittle or no feed for years. To set fire In such a place the herder endangers his camp outfit and sheep, loses a large amount of valuable feed, and cannot hope to gain any material benefit for a. number of years, by which time he will In an probability have abandoned that particu lar range. Attention is called to the experience With Area In the Bighorn reserve during the Summer of 1900, when there was cor dial co-operation between sheepmen and forest rangers. The sheepmen formed a. very desirable body to draw from In time of emergency. They were on the ground, whereas outside assistance could not have reached the fires for from two to four days. The sheepmen correctly point out that the closely fed reserve lands are less liable to be fired than the timber ltseir. and that in many cases fires have actual ly come to an end upon reaching closely cropped sheep ranges. Cattle on Reserves. Cattle are allowed to graze In all forest reserves. Such cattle are owned mainly by farmers and small stockmen living near or in the reserve. Generally a defi nite range Is set arfde for cattle, frcm whlcji sheep are entirely excluded. Like sheepmen, the owners of cattle make ap plication to the supervisor for the privi lege of grazing their stock in the reserve. To residents within the reserve whose herds do hot exceed v100 head permits are granted by the supervisor; all other appli cations are approved by the Secretary of Interior. As In the case of sheepmen, preference Is given first to residents within the reserves, then to persons owning farms or lands within the reserve, to persons living near the reserve, and lastly to per sons living- at a distance. Persons not re siding In the state where the reserve is located, or those not citizens of the United States, are debarred entirely. The greater part of the cattle in the re serves are not ,herdod; they are merely turned IOose and allowed to wander at will. They feed less clcsely than the sheep, taking Only a portion of the grass. That cattle do no damage at all. as is often claimed, is not true. They cut trails on hillsides, especially In the vicinity of watering places; they are filthy about wa tering places, trampling many springs into unsightly mires; they bark large tree? by rubbing against them, and trample smaller Ones. Overgrazing is just as possible with cattle as with sheep, thoutrh less common. Numerous suggestions have been made for the restriction of grazing In the re serves. The most urgent and weighty petitions come from the farmers In tho vicinity of tho reserves, who see i these mountain forests the protection of their all-Important water supply. Their peti tions arc considered each year in the al lotments, and whenever the presence of Bhecp or cattle In these reserves -appears to endanger seriously Important agricul tural Interests, it Is but natural that tho pflnclpld of the greatest good to the greatest number should prevail. "For a better protection of the graz ing," says Mr. Roth, In conclusion, "it has been suggested that, at least for sheep, and preferably also for cattle, the ranges be subdivided as far as the moun tainous character of the reserves per mits, and tha"t each stocltowner be al lotted a well-defined range. This would Induce the stockman to care for Ills range, to protect It against fire, and to Improve It by seeding or otherwise, and would prevent heedless overgrazing. To carry out such a system would cntalljon siderablc additional expense upon" tho Government, and It has heretofore been suggested that a per capita tax or rental should be Imposed on all stockgrazing In the reserves. Though there Is consid erable opposition to such' a system, it may be said that nearly all of this oppo sition today does not come from the res ident, permanent stockmen, but mostly from men who run stock wherever there Is open range, avoiding ail responsibility and owning little outside of their herds." CRIME NEWS. Gambling nt Long Branch. FREEHOLD, N. J., July 23. The Mon mouth County grand jury convened here today and received a charge concerning gambling from Justice r'ort. 'ine jus tice said he had been compelled to call the Jury together to meet and consider a condition which was shockingly vicious. He said the Long Branch gambling clubs were dosed by the court last year. In May, of this year, licenses had been ap plied for by caterers, who had been vouched for as not Identified with gam bling. These applicants had been grant ed licenses after they had filed with the Clerk of the Court a written agreement that no gambling paraphernalia would bo allowed on their premises. Justice Fort said that since then information has been brought to him that 12 large gambling es tablishments and a number of smaller ones were running openly at Long Branch. Sheepherder Murdered by Cowboys. DENVER. Colo., July 23. A telephone message received by Mr3. Leonard Sedg wick, at her home. 212S Curlia street, con veyed the Information that upon her husband's sheep ranch, near Rock Springs, Wyo., one of his herders had been murdered, presumably by Infuriated cattle herders. The message also stated that 7000 sheep had been slain by the same parties that made awny with the herder. Mrs. Sedgwick says that there- is the most IntensO jealousy between the sheep and cattle men in that district, and that often hundreds of cattle or sheep are slaughtered when found roam ing upon strange ground. Chief of Police Murdered. ELKINS. W. Va., July 23. H. F. Wll mot. Chief Of Police of Elkins, was mur dered late last night at Womelsdorr. near here. He was in the act of arrest ing two negroes when he was shot by a third from ambush. A posso is in pur suit of the murderers. This I? the third murder of an Elkins Chief of Police with in a year, the other victims being Robert Lilly and Page Marstellar. Shys She Was Hypnotized. MATTOON. 111.. July 23. Jackson D. Hill, whom Miss Lucy Bush, of this city, says hypnotized her Into eloping to Charleston, and marrying him against her will, and who deserted her four days inter, has been captured In Kentucky.. Hill had a wife at Delevan when he mar ried Miss Bush, and was living with wife No. 3 when arrested. Stolen Vnllse Recovered. ST. LOUIS. July 23. G. W. Mcllhenny. who .reached here from his home at Guanajuato. Mexico, en route to New Tork City, was robbed at the Union Sta tion of a valise containing, he said, deeds nnd shares of mining property In Old r i Delicate I have used Pearl ine for eight years. Am never without it. Use it with the most delicate fab rics and with coarse things. Find it satis factory in all things. Mrs. Rev. G. E. L. One of the Millions. C3o Mjodco valued at from $125,000 to $200,000. According to Mcllhcnny. the stocks were not negotiable. He postponed his de parture for the East In tho hope that tho local police might locate the stolen prop erty. Tho police later found the missing bag and papers In a lumber yardt where they had evidently been secreted by tho thief. All were returned to Mr. Mcllhen ny Intact. Murderer's Sentence Commuted. GUTHRIE. O. T.. July 23.-Governor Ferguson announced today that he had commuted the death sentence of Cephus Bruner to life Imprisonment In the terri torial Penitentiary. He was to have been hanged at Tecumseh Friday of thio week for the murder of Martin West near Violet Springs. O. T.. last December. The Gov- f ernor has kept secret the decision because it was alleged that mobs were waiting on the decision to act. Bruner has been re moved from Tecumseh. The reason for tho commutation was the youth of the prisoner. Peculiar Accident to Man. SALEM. July 3. (SpcClal.)-Wllllam Sklpton, of this -city, suffered an extra ordinary accident a few days ago. While lifting his arm to remove a laprobe from a carriage he felt a sudden pain In his arm just below the elbow, and found his arm helpless. He thought It was not se rious, and remained at home until today when he consulted Dr. Byrd and found that the tendon of his arm was torn where it unites with the bone. Sklpton is a powerful man. While not engaged in heavy work at present, he has done con siderable heavy lifting. Accident to Expressman. BAKER CITY. July 23. (Special.) A. J. Emerson, an expressman, suffered severe injury to his rjght hand yester day, lie was unloading some carrels ot liquor and placing them in i cellar when some one pushed a barrel down -the ways, and before Mr. Emerson could get the barrel he was handling out Ot the way, the second barrel caught his hand, mashing the bones. The accident was tho result of carelessness on the part of the man who rolled the second barrel dewn. Acquitted by Military Board. SAN FRANCISCO, July 23. Private Louis Hirrls,. the colored Gentry of the Twenty - fourth Infantry who several weeks ago shot and killed Vlkola Beck, a trespasser at Angel Island, has been acquitted by the military and civil au thorities of any crime, and orders have been Issued for his release from confine ment and from the service. His term in the Army expired on the Fourth of July. He has been held In custody since, pending the Investigation of the shoot ing. MHcm Reviews District Guardsmen. WASHINGTON, July 23. Lieutenant General Miles, commanding the Army, to day visited Camp Ordway, Leesburg, Va., where tho District National Guard is hold ing Its annual encampment. He was ac companied by his aid, Lieutenant Whlt iley. and by General Forwcod, Surgeon General of the Army. General Miles was received with military honors and later reviewed the troops. Accidentally Killed by Grandson. PADUCAH, Ky., July 23. Mrs. Sol C. Vaughan, aged 64, one of the wealthiest and most prominent women of Paducah, was last night accidentally shot with a small rifle by her grandson, Vaughan Dabney, aged 13, and lived but a short time. The boy was so crazed with grief that he attempted suicide. Cloudburst In Iowa. WATERLOO. la., July 23. A cloudburst at -i o'clock this morning did ?6O,O0O dam age and drove 20 families from their homos. At one time the business streets of the town were under from two to three feet of water, and hardly a basement in the city escaped being flooded. Two Factories Burned. OWENSBORO.Ky., July 23. The plants of the Owensboro Planing Mill Company and the Continental Tobacco Company were destroyed by fire today. Total loss, 5100,000. Fire Chief Albert Twines was overcome by heat and Is In a critical condition. Wilson Still at Blneflelds. MANAGUA. Nicaragua, July 23. Presi dent Zciaya says Dr. RUssell Wilson, of Ohio, who was arrested at Bluefields, Is compromised with the revolutlbnists. He la still there. No news has been pub lished here regarding the Bluefields fili busters. Killed by Lightning. BILLINGS, Mont., July 23. Homer Zim merman was Instantly ki led by a stfeke of lightning during a severe electrical storm at Young's Point, about bIx miles from here, yesterday. Two men who were working with Zimmerman were ceverely stunned by the bolt. The Rural Delivery Routes. ALBANY. July 23. (Special.) Begin nlng August 1, there will be- five rural i free delivery routes running out of Al- BgKj3fSjMwii 14-feggg: The Kind. Tou Have Always Bought, and which has been in uso for over 80 years, has homo tho sig-imtnre of i and has been mado nnder his per- cv jCjffl'?&L' f sonal supervision since its infancy. WsV; CcActi Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-good" are hut Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children Experience against Experiment Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. Ifc contains, neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Eeverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and "Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend. SEUSE Bears the CWxiSl . TlieK M You Haiellwap Boigi In Use For Over 30 Years. THK CSVMUR CQtNV. TT MHRAY trTPSCT. NEW YORK CITY. f--A OEGEIjOIHl A Date That Will Never Be For gotten by One Woman. "I will nev.er forget fhe third day of December, 1897, as long as I live," said Mrs. Hj A. Fletcher, of No. 232 West Hancock Street, Manchester, N. H., to a reporter recently. "For on that day," she continued, "I received a shock of an apoplectic char acter. It was so severe that the sight of my right eye was affected, causing mo to eee objects double. I was con fined to my bed about four weeks, at one time being told by the doctor that I could not get well. When I could leave my bed I was In such a nervous state that I could not sleep at night. I would get up and sit on a chair until completely tired out, and then go back to bed and sleep from exhaustion." "Nothing seemed to help you?" ven tured the reporter. 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Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peo ple will net enly effect a cure in cases similar to the one above, but. acting directly on the blood and nerves, are an unfailing specific for such diseases as partial paralysis, St. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neuralgia, nervous headache, after-effects of the grip, palpitation cf the heart, pale and sallow complexions and all forms of weakness in either male or female. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People are sqld by nil dealers, or will be sent postpaid on re ceipt of price, fifty cents a box, cr sbc boxes for two dollars and fifty cents, by addressing Dr. Williams Medicine Comnfinv. FchP""tadv. N T. bany. One has been established for about a year, and his been operated wKh marked success. The others w.111 begin net week. The carriers for the new routes were notified today of their ap pointments as fellows: Route ao. 2, L. S. Swlshel, an old soldier; route No. 3. H. J. Moore, of Benton County; route No. 4. Lieutenant C. tT. Wallace, of the Philippine campaign: route No. 5. D. W. Wight, a veteran of the Philippine War. Idaho Republican Meetings. WEISER. Idaho. July 23. (Special.) The Republican County Central Committee met at Cambridge today t6 set dates for hold ing state and county conventions. The primaries to elect delegates to the state convention will be held August 9. The convention to elect delegates to the statu convention will be held at Cambridge Au gust 13. The state nominating convention will be held at Boise August 20. The county convention to nominate candidates has not yet been set by the committee. o Steunenber? !tnt a Candidate. BOISE. Idaho. July 23. Ex-Gove,mor Frank Steunenberg. in a letter to Attorney-General Hart, made public todRy, s-ta at rest nil talk of his being a candidate for the Senate before the Democratic Leg islative caucus. In his letter Mr. Steunenberg trays: "As I have repeatedly stated in the part. I am not. nor will i be, a candidate for any office at the coming election pr before the State Legislature." Sales of California Prunes. SAN JOSE. Cal.. July 23 Twenty-one carloads of prunes have been sold to Eu rope up to noon today. The total number of carloads for export since last Fall is about 400. r IS Time v. l J.H 'f Signature of