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THE HORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, 'AUGUST 1, 1903. KEEP TIMBER BELT Government Withdraws Tract in Crook County. 300,0.00 ACRES ARE INCLUDED Much of the Territory I Coverednby Timber and Stone Filing:, and Takes Inlliel'OBtofflce of Lava. THE DALLES. Or., July ZL (Special.) A department order -was received today by the local Land Office In this city to withdraw from settlement or appropria tion townships IS, 13 and 2, ir. ranges 10 and 11, townships 13 and 20 In ranges 12, 13, 14 and 15, and township 20. In range 15, all south and east of the Willamette meridian. This is one of the largest withdrawals ever made in this land district and covers an area of over 3W,O0 acres of land, the most of which lies within the timber belt of Crook County. The withdrawn town ships extend from the boundaries of the Cascade forest reserve east along the southern line of The Dalles land district 42 miles, including the postoffice of Lava and some tracts covered by state selec tions under the Carey act. About one-third of the land -withdrawn Is covered by timber and stone filings. FICKLE ItOSlE THOMPSON. Induces Batcher Boy to Steal and Then Loses Him. FRESNO, July 3L Because she dis liked her step-father. Hallway Conduc tor J. W. Fields, 16-year-old Rosle Thompson took $530 of his savings and in duced Roy Boyd, a butcher boy only three years older than herself, to elope with her last night on the Southern Pa cific southbound train. At Kern City she persuaded Roy to leave the train, so they could get married, and they drove from the depot at Kern to a hotel at Bakers field, where Boyd registered as "Roy Boyd and wife, Fresno." But the ride of three hours on the rail wcy train had satisfied fickle Miss Thompson that Roy Boyd was not the kind of hUBband she wanted, and while he was registering at the hotel she was planning another elopement, this time by herself. The through Santa Fe train for Chicago passed through Bakorsfleld two hours after the Southern Pacific had landed the couple at the other depot, and Miss Thompson was there when it passed. "With a through ticket in her possession, she started to find her mother In Joplin, Mo., leaving Boy'd to face her step-father with only J9 In his pocket, and that his own money. Miss Thompson was well on her way.! East this morning when Fields, her step father, discovered the theft of his money. Suspecting the butcher boy, he found that Boyd had left word at his shop that ho would be absent today. Then he discovered the couple had gone to Bakers ficiu. and notified the police, but too late. Then he learned from a letter the girl had mailed to him that she had started for Joplin, where his wife Is staying. Fields took the afternoon train for Chicago, and started 4n pursuit. LAXD HOARD RECEIPTS. Monthly Statement of Receipts by Cleric Drown, SALEM," July 31. Clerk G. G. Brown, of the State Land Board, today compiled his -monthly statement of the moneys received in his department during the month of July, collected on the sale of school, Fwamp and tide lands and the intorest on same. The statement follows: Common school fund principal, payments on certificates and cash sales of school land $19,305.21 Common school fund principal, payments on sales of lands ac quired by deed of foreclosure.... Common school fund principal. l.SOS.OO 82.90 6.203.S5 sales of tide land Common school fund interest, payment on certificates Common school fund interest, rents and payments on sales of lands acquired by deed or fore closure "University fund principal, pay ments on certificates, and cash sales of school land Agricultural College fund princi pal, payments on certificates and cash sales of school land.... Agricultural College fund inter est, payments on certificates..... Agricultural College fund "inter 2.4D9.70 16.00 330.00 .9.00 est, rents ana payments on saies or lanus acquired oy foreclosure Swamp land fund deed .60.00 320.01 Tptal ; , $26,631.67 TURNKEY THOUGHT OF DUTYi Mortally Wonnded, He Cries to lock Up the Prisoners. SACRAMENTO, July Si. District At torney Seymour and Captain R. J. Murphy have completed their Investigation of the conspiracy among the prisoners at Folsom to break jail. The case against Con victs Meyers and Leverone was made even stronger than it was with the con clusion of the evidence taken last Monday night. About a dozen of the convicts, nearly all of whom he said, had seen him standing near the chapel when the assault upon the officers was made, were exam ined. They all told conflicting stories. Evidence of Turnkey Cochrane's fidelity to duty was brought out at the examina tion. One of the witnesses to the assault in the Captain's office testified that when Cochrane fell, sorely wounded, he cried: "Tell Caray to lock the prisoners up." showing he was thinking only of his duty at the tragic moment MILITIA CAPTURES POSSE. Sheriff's Men Mistaken for Escaplnjc Convicts. SACRAMENTO. Cal.. July 31.-A special to the Bee from Deputy Sheriff Haggerty says that the Placervllle militia company successfully captured Sheriff Bosqult and his posse in the foothills near Greenwood. The company surrounded the posse and gradually worked Jn upon them until they effected a capture while the posse was pre paring their evening meal. AVenryins; of the Search. PLACERVILLE. Cal., July 31. Twelve of the desperate convicts who escaped from the Folsom penitentiary are still at large and today's developments Indicate that the pursuing officers have become weary of their fruitless search. Follow ing false clues through a rough country, has disgusted both civil and militia. Late today Governor Pardee issued an order for Placervllle company of the Na tional Guard to quit the chase and other posses are returning to their honres. All trace of the outlaws appears te have been lost and the prospect of their capture are more remote than ever. FIFTY POUNDS OF GOLD, n Rich Idaho Partial Clcan-Up of Placer Claim. WEISER. Idaho. July 31. (SpeclaL) Flfty pounds of gold dust was brought down from the Grouse Creek placer mines yesterday afternoon by C L. Hathaway, owner of the ground. This Is merely a partial clean-up. made necessary by be ing compelled to change the position of a tew sluice boxes that they might be in line -with the slants -whose position had been changed. Mr. Hathaway Is working 75 men. He undoubtedly has the best paying placer proposition In the United States today. , Grouse Creek Is located in the Marshall Lake mineral district, a little over 100 miles from "Wciser. Mr. Hatha -pray has secured over S(00 acres of placer ground in that locality. Knowing ones say he Is taking out more than 7100 per day to the man. This is the second partial clean-up that Mr. Hathaway has made since be ginning work this season. BAKER HAS SHINING EXAMPLES. Irrigation Hns Done Marvels With Sagebrush Land of the Coantry. BAKER CITS'. Or., July SL (Special.) Considerable Interest is being manifest ed In the National Irrigation Conven tion, which is to meet at Ogden, Utah, next September. An effort is to bo made to have Baker County represented by a strong delegation. The Utah Legislature made a liberal ap propriation to assist in the entertainment of delegates and for the preparation of exhibits showing the fruits of irriga tion. It is very probable that a carefully pre pared exhibit will be sent from Jthls coun ty, made up of fruits, grain and grasses grown by means of Irrigation. None of the arid land sections of the West can give a more striking illustration of the wonderful results obtained from Irriga tion that Baker County. Raw sagebrush land has been cleared In the Spring, the ground cultivated, seeded and after wards Irrigated and from the proceeds of the first crop in the Fall enough money realized to pay all the expenses of clear ing, seeding, cultivating and Irrigating, including the purchase price of the land and leaving a neat balance for the owner in the way of net profit. Market conditions were, of course, ex tremely favorable to obtain such results, yet it can" be demonstrated that the market for the products of the soil will always be favorable in this vicinity and will continue to be favorable, even after all of the available irrigable land is brought under cultivation. BYRNE "WOULD BE GOVERNOR. Spokane's ex-Mayor n. Candidate for the Democratic Nomination. SPOKAKE, Wash.. July 3L Ex-Mayor Patrick S. Byrne today announced himself as a candidate for the Democratic nom ination for Governor. Dr. Byrne declined to express any opinion on the railroad Issue, and the charge of his enemies is that his candidacy Is being nurtured by the railroads. Ex-Senator Turner, it Is well known, will endeavor to commit thel Spokane County Democrats to the rail road commission policy, and It is believed that Dr. Bryne's candidacy Is sprung to bead off such a declaration. If such bo the case Senator Turner will probably oppose Dr. Bryne's aspirations. Dr. Byrne if a physician. His term as Mayor expired last May. He tried again for the Democratic nomination, and fail ing to get it he ran as an Independent candidate and received more votes than the regular Democratic nominee. His term as Mayor was marked by quarrels which rent the local Democracy In twain. Dr. Bryne's friends claim he will re ceive the solid support of organized labor in his new candidacy. HOTEL ENTERPRISE OPENED. Rnncinet Attended by Prominent Men of the State. ENTERPRISE. Or., July 3L (Special.) The fine new granite hotel built at this place at a cost of $15,000 was opened with a banquet this evening at which many prominent men from all over the state wero present. The dining room was lav ishly decorated with potted plants and cut flowers brought from Portland. Mayor I. U. Gambler responded felici tously to the first toast, welcoming the guests. F. A. Clark responded to ""Wal lowa County;".' Hon. J, N. Williams responded to ''Eastern Oregon," Judge Robert Akin to "Our Neighbors." Ex Governor T. T. Geer, J. Rousa and C. A. Cochran were given great applause for their efforts. A stock company of stockmen raised the funds for the Hotel Enterprise and William Black has a lease. E.GI.ES COLLIDE OX SAXTA FE. Three Tramps Are Killed and Train men Arc Injured. . LOS ANGELES. Cal.. July 3L West bound Santa Fc limited train No. 3, due here at 2:05 o'clock, and Eastbound lim ited No. 4, which left here at 8 o'clock last evening, collided head on at Mellen. near Needles. Cal., today. Three tramps wero killed and several of the trainmen injured. The engines of both trains-were crippled, one composite car was destroyed and another badly damaged. It is stated the accident was caused by train No. 3 running by Mellen contrary to orders. Engineer Ireland and Fireman Mecham, of No. 3, are reported injured, but how seriously is not known. While several of the passengers on both trains were se-; voroly shaken up. all are said to have escaped serious injury. SCHOOL OPENS SEPTEMBER 14. Enprcne Expects Lnrjce Attendance, unt Is Prepared. EUGENE. Or., July 3L (SpecIaL) At a meeting of the Board of Education, yes terday It was decided to open the Eugene -schools on September 14 There will be 36 weeks of school, closing on May 30. There is promise of a greatly Increased attendance over that of last year or any former year, the school census showing an Increase in population, but it is thought that the additional facilities which are now being added will place the district in shape to accommodate alL The new High School building is pro gressing at a satisfactory rate and the board is assured that it will be ready for occupancy by the time set for the opening of the school. MACHINISTS WAGES RAISED. Grcnt Northern Employes at Everett Are Notified. EVERETT. Wash.. July 31. The ma chinists and apprentices employed In the Great Northern, terminal yard here have received notice from SU Paul of In creased wages. The former will be ad vanced from 34 to 37 cents an hour for a day of ten hours; the latter are to re ceive 51 a day for the first six months, and In the fourth year of tholr appren ticeship will be paid 51.85 a day. The Great Northern employes in the yards here number 35 machinists and seven ap prentices. - Pitcher's Arm Cnunrht In Cogs. HOQCIAM. Wash.. July 3L Mert HulL pitcher for the Twentieth Century base ball team, bad a narrow escape from los ing his right arm in the cogs of the re saw at the Northwestern Box Factory this afternoon. Hull was feeding the machine, when his sleeve caught in the cogs, pulling his arm Into the rolls. The spreading of the rolls stopped the ma chlnery, or he would - have been drawn into the saw. He escaped with a badly cut hand,- which will bother him for some time. Cnncht While Stealing Beer. WHATCOM. Wash.. July 3L A man giving his name as Ben Hill, arrested in Falrhaven while stealing a. keg of beer -from a delivery wagon, this afternoon. was identified as one of the gang that has been passing bogus money in Blaine and Falrhaven. The office of the E. K. Wood Lumber Mill was robbed last night by supposed confederates. Whale Washed Up on Cannon Beach. ASTORIA. July 3L (Special.) The body of a whale, said to be S3 feet in length, was washed ashore yesterday on" Cannon Beach near Elk Creek; where is It proving quite an attraction to visitors. RICHER THAN KLONDIKE TAGEGA RIVER DISTRICT IS TRACTING THOUSANDS. AT. Placers Are ISO Miles From White Horse Claims Have All Been Takes by Sooners. "VICTORIA. B. C. July 3L The steamer Amur arrived from Skagway this morn ing, bringing further advices regarding the new placer strike In the Tagega River district, to which throngs are hurrying. K. P. Helderson. the first man to return to White Horse, spoke enthusiastically of the richness of the place. He said It was richer than Klondike. The strike is ISO miles from White Horse. Thirteen other stampeders, who were returning from White Horse for food supplies on Monday, state that gold in paying quantities was being found on the surface the full length of Ruby and Fourth of July Creeks. Both were well staked. No one has reached bedrock, though; In fact, no one who has arrived BECOMES STATE Osvrnld West. had sufficient tools and provisions to al low of this work being undertaken. The results taken from the surface over a wide area are sufficient to show that the new diggings are very rich. MORE SCHOOL ROOM FOR VALE. Growth of the Town Makes It Im perativeOther Bnllulusr. VALE, Or., July 3L (Special.) The Vale School Board has contracted with Mr. Betterly, of Owyhee, for the building of an addition of four more rooms to the schoolhouse. The walls are to be of stone of the same character as that used In the old part of the building. Two of the rooms are to be completed and ready for occupancy by October 15. This action was necessitated by the marked increase In school attendance as shown by the school statistics for the past two years. The corps of teachers will be Increased for the present school year and the higher branches taught. Besides the schoolhouse, several new residences, a parsonage and a large stone building to be used as a general merchan dise store are In course of construction. CRUSHED UNDER HEAVY TRUCK. Taconin. Boy Is Killed Companion Badly Maimed. TACOMA, Wash.. July 31. Wlllard SUGGESTED AS PRESIDENT'S RUNNING MATE. GEORGE II. MAXWELL, CHAIRMAN OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF NATIONAL IRRIGATION" ASSOCIATION. PHOENIX, Ariz., July 30. (Special.. Unless George H. Maxwell, execu tive chairman of the National Irrigation Association, opposes plans formulated here during his absence in the East, it Is probable that a Vice Presidential boom will be formally launched for him at the October con vention of the National Irrigation Association to be held at Ogden. Utah. Recently P. C Jackson, of Lorn It a. Texas, sent a communication to a local paper strongly advocating Maxwell as the running mate of Theodore Roosevelt. The communication gave rise to a discussion which promises to crystallise Into a determined effort of national irrlgatlonists to secure this honor for the man who has been most active in furthering the alms of the association and whose views on the comprehensive plan of Western arid land reclamation are In conformity with those of the Pres'-dmt. Max well shares with Congressman Newlands the honors of the construction and passage of the Hansbrough-Newlandsj act which is establishing: the foundation for a great system of storage reservoirs and the reclamation of thousands upon thousands of acres of desert land In the West. It is pointed out by his friends that Maxwell would be a logical complement of the Roosevelt administration through his remarkable adaptability to one of the President's most important policies that of National Irrigation. Mr. Maxwell la a native Callfornian. His political record consists merely In stumping the state for the Republican party in 1S91. He was a resi dent of Sonoma. Cal., but in the devotion of recent years to National Ir rigation matters he scarcely ha3 "been able to claim any state as his home. Mr. Maxwell practiced law In the State of California for 20 years and first became Interested In the work of arid land reclamation while assist ing in the framing of laws to meet Irrigating exigencies In that state. The most material achievements In which his efforts have figured conspicu ously Is the assured construction by this Government of a dam at the Tonto Basin reservoir site, near Phoenix, which will create for land re clamation and irrigation purposes the greatest artificial lake on earth. Samuels, a boy of 4 years, was killed un der a truck loaded with plglron today, and Fay Bennett, aged 7, was badly In jured. The wagon had been left standing on the street; and a group of children were playing around It. when the brake became -loosened and the wagon started down an Incline, running over the boys In Its course. KILLING OF INDIAN POLICEMAN. Warm Springs Reservation Indians Had Obtained Whisky. PRINEVILLB, Or.. July 31. Scott, one of the Indians arrested In connection with the murder of Indian Policeman Prelatt. on the Warm Springs reservation a few Gays ago. is suspected of being -one of the two Indians who killed one of their tribe and placed his body on the railroad track near The Dalles not long ago. Attempts will be made to secure a conviction and Jt Is not improbable that the murder of Prelatt will result In a double hanging. The latest from the reservation in con nection with the Prelatt murder is that last Saturday five Indians from the Warm Springs reservation procured some whisky and upon coming back to the reservation raised a disturbance which the police tried to quell. One of the Indians, Frank Wln neshut, while resisting arrest, cut Indian Policeman Prelatt so badly In the face LAND AGENT. SALEM, Or., July 31. (Special.) Governor Cham berlain today appointed Os wald "West, of Astoria, State Land Agent to succeeed J. TV. Morrow, who tendered his resignation In order to ac cept a position more to his liking. The appointment of Weft is to take effect Sep tember 1. Mr. West, the new appointee, was raised and educated In this city, and for a number of years beld the position of teller in the Ladd St Bush Bark. For more than a year past he has held a similar po sition In the First National Bank in Astoria, and is sec retary of the Astoria regatta committee. Mr. Morrow, it Is under stood, will accept the po sltlon of tax commissioner with the O. R. & X. West is & Democrat, and was a strong supporter of Governor Chamberlain in the last campaign. and neck that he died in a short time. The other Indians were arrested. FLATCARS BUMP A PASSENGER CAR Six Employes of Electric Rnilway Injured at Pasadena. FASAUisiNA, uai.. juiy 31. six em ployes of the Pacific Electric Railway were injured In a collision today on the Pasadena road, between u construction train of flat cars loaded with ties and a passenger car, carrying nine motormen. No passengers were on the car. Conductor Gard was seriously injured. The others were only slightly cut and bruised. Whitman Land Bring High Price. COLFAX, Wash., July 31. (Special.) Michael Thee, a farmer living a few miles from Unlontown. in the southeastern part of Whitman County, sold his farm of 320 acres a few days ago for 560 per acre. This is believed to be the highest price ever paid for farm lands in Whit man County. The improvements on the land were only fair. Sanfrerforbnnd at Everett. EVERETT, Wash.. July 3L-Beginning tomorrow, the Saengerforbund gathers here for a three days' musical festival. Singing societies from Seattle, Tacoma, Portland. Whatcom and other cities In the Northwest will be here 150 strong. FINZER STEPS IN Appointed Adjutant-General by Governor. SUCCEEDS C, U. GANTENBEIN New Oncer of the Guard Has an En viable Record of Service With, the Second Oregoa Regiment In the Philippines. SALEM. Or.. July- 31.-(Speclal.)-Upon receipt of the resignation of Adjutant General C U. Gantenbeln today. Governor Chamberlain notified Private Secretary W. Gatens that he bad appointed Cap tain W. E. Finzer. of Company I. Third Infantry, of Woodburn, his successor. General Gantenbeln resigned to accept the Colonelshtp of the Third Regiment In fanty, Oregon National Guard, to which he was recently electpo. Captain Finzer Is a member of the mer cantile firm of Austin & Finzer, Wood burn. He was born at Shouseville, O., September 23, 1S67. He came to Oregon in 1S and joined his parents at Hubbard. He went to Woodburn and was a clerk In a hardware store for one year, then In a grocery store and bought in with J. B. Heminger. He was appointed postmaster in 1S3L under President Cleveland, and retained the position six years. He as sisted in the organization of Company ri. Second Regiment, Oregon National Guard, and was elected First Lieutenant. At the outbreak of the Spanish-Ameri can War, aJ though he was elected Mayor of Woodburn. he resigned to servo his country abroad, having received the ap pointment as First Lieutenant of Com pany M, Second Oregon volunteer In fantry, and served throughout the war with Spain and the Filipino insurrection. He was mustered out with his regiment at San Francisco, August 7, 1S99. Ho was in all the engagements in which the regiment participated and his record as a fearless and good officer Is irre proachable. He is well versed In military affairs and Is thoroughly competent to conduct the business of the office to which he is appointed. Captain. Finzer will probably live here. CATCHING BIG FISH. Delayed Ran of Salmon Comes Into tlae River. ASTORIA. Or., July 31. (Special.) The first genuine big run of salmon for the season Is now on. and the greatest benefit from it is being derived thus far by the gillnetters. While the catches made by the fishermen drifting about the mouth of the river have been gradually Increasing during the past few days. It was not until last night that the big run came in. borne of the boats made catches of nearly two tons each, while all drifting in the lower harbor are estimated by a man who is in an excellent position to know to have averaged 1500 pounds. The traps are also reported to have done well and more encouraging reports are received from the up-river semlng grounds. The latter are expected to make some big hauls during the next 'few days as the fish proceed up stream. While none of the plants have been blocked both the canneries and cold storage com panles have as large forces of men at work as they are able to secure. The salmon resemble In every particular ,the big run of last season, which was tnen caned a delayed June run. They are of large, size and excellent color. As was anticipated, the price took a slight tumble as soon as the big catches were reported. and, with the exception of the Tallant Grant Packing Company and S. Schmidt & Co., all are paying 5 cents per pound lint- ThPSP two pnmnnn M nrn nHJI offering 5 and 6 cents, the figures that have prevailed for some time. NORTHWEST DEAD. FieldlnK Jones, Nonagenarian. SALEM, Or.. July 31. (SpecIaL) Field lng Jones, one of the oldest Oregon pioneers, and a resident of this county, died at the home of his grandson, Albin Jones, four miles east of Mount Angel, today, aged 91 years. He was born in Indiana in 1S12, crossed the plains to Ore gon la 1M7, and has resided near Hubbard almost continuously since 1S50. Four children survive him Mrs. Mary Ann Cooley, Whiteaker; William Jones. Victor Point; Mrs. James Whitney. Mount An gel; Thomas Jones, Holbrook. Another son. S. R. T. Jones, was killed while on guard duty at the penitentiary during the Tracy-Merrill outbreak of June, last year. Sirs. Elmn A. Dorney. LA FAYETTE. Or.. July 31. After only one week's illness, Mrs. FJma A. Dorney died at her residence near here on the 2Sth inst. She was a native daughter, having been born in this county almost 36 years ago. She was buried at the Ma sonic cemetery on the 29th by the Degree of Honor. She leaves a husband and one daughter and son. Taken Back to Rfform School. OREGON CITY. Or.. July 31. (Special.) Fred Matson and Bavi Marshall; two es caped charges of the State Reform School, were captured In this city last night by Police Officers Shaw and Noblltt Matson and Marshall, together with Frank Rig gins, who was captured a few days ago at Marquam, were taken back to the re formatory today. This is the second time within a month that young Matson has evaded the officers at the school and made his escape. Mrs. Rldehalgh Leads. ASTORIA, Or., July 3L (SpecIaL) The contest for Regatta Queen will be closed at 9 o'clock tomorrow evening when the final count will be made. The count this afternoon showed the candidates having 500 votes or over to be as follows. Mrs. W. W. Rldehalgh, 4105; Miss Frances Thomas, 353S; Miss Amy Lemon. 2357; Miss Nellie Lldwell. 1031; Miss Birdie Gunderson. 820; Miss Maja Frederickson, 558; Miss Madge Sovey, 534. Astoria Police Fines. ASTORIA, July 3L (Special.) The fines and forfeitures collected by the police department during the month of July amounted to 5978, which Is the largest sum. ever collected from the same source dur'.ng the corresponding month of any year. In July of last year these col lections amounted to 5920. Kitchener's Nephew Arrives. SAN FRANCISCO. July 3L Lieutenant Franklin Kitchener, nephew of Lord Kitchener, of the British army, arrived on the steamer Siberia from Hong Kong. He is an officer, of the British navy and for many months past has been on the battleship Goliath. He Is on his way to England. HIku School for Rainier. RAINIER. Or.. July 31. (SpecIaL)-At a special school district meeting this aft ernoon it was voted unanimously to es tablish a high school for Rainier. A new room will be finished off. and the build ing will be put in shape for the best and largest school in Columbia County. Brother Will Care for Insane Man. ASTORIA. July SL (SpecIaL) Sheriff Linville did not go to Seaside today to take charge of the insane man. who was reported to be annoying people on the beach. A brother of the man arrived last night and will take htAx to his home In Portland tomorrow. Sealers Do Well In Japan Sea. VICTORIA. B. C. July 3L Captain Benneche. of the schooner W. H. Talbot, which arrived today from Hokodate, re ports that the Japanese scalers have done well this year on the Japan tea ana ne says several schooners have gone to Bearing Sea, and Copper Islands. Robert Dollar Carries Lumber. ASTORIA. Or.. July SL (Special.) The steamer Robert Dollar, which crossed out today for San Pedro, carries a cargo of 1,000,(00 feet of lumber, loaded at the Westport mills. Pacific Coast Notes. Pendleton people look for a wood famine, and prices up to $7 a cord. A Chinaman riding In an ore car of the Nickel Plate mine in .the Simllkameen, B. C, became frightened at the speed at tained and jumped from the car. His head struck a rock and was smashed. The fire Insurance for the Wilson mill at Aberdeen, Wash., has been adjusted and the amount, $50,0)0. has been paid in full. The work of clearing away the debris at the burned mill has commenced. The Kerr-Gifford Company has Just completed a 25,000-bushei warehouse at Cayuse, Eastern Oregon, and work has just commenced on another structure of the same tJze at Spofford for the same company. Four promlneiit Albany, Or., young ladles were injured in a runaway accident late Thursday evening. Eva French suf fered a severe cut on the head and sus tained other Injuries. Nellie Miller, Flo Nutting and Mildred Gottlieb were slight ly injured. The Victoria (B. C. Times has a libel suit on its hands in which tho plaintiff Is a woman, Mrs. I. F. Wiles. As she is connected with the Young Woman's Christian Temperance Union much In terest Is taken- in - tho -action by the women of the capital. Charles Meyers, an axman In the em ploy of the Columbia Improvement Com pany at Electron, 40 miles south of Taco ma, was caught under an immense boul der rolling down the mountain side, and crushed to death. He is supposed to have lived in Elizabeth. N. J. Mrs. Jennie Bennett, of Spokane, says she was refused admission to the Audi torium Theater and was insulted by an usher one day last Winter, and she wants 51C00 damages from the theater owners and manager, the Northwest Pa cific Bank and Hj C. Hayward. Cecil Cason, a young woman of 19 years. of Marshfield, Or., attempted suicide by morphine in a Roseburg, Or., hotel. Medi cal aid restored her. About ten days ago Miss Cason arrived In Roseburg from Coos Bay In company with another young girl with the Intention of proceeding to Portland to join a minstrel troupe, so they said, but Sheriff Parrott, who had re ceived Instructions from the younger girl's relatives, stopped her here and she was returned to her home. Miss Cason refused t go back. Beaten nnd Robbed by Thugs. ROCKPORT, Ky,, July 31.-John Gallo way, a soldier, recently returned from the Philippines, and Robert Carroll, a com panion, were probably fatally Injured last night at a camp near here. Two men ap proached the camp while Carroll was alone and beat him. until unconscious. While they were searching for money Galloway appeared and they shot him. The men secured ?200 and escaped. Many persons keep Carter's Little Liver Pills on nana to prevent dmious attacks, sick headache, dizziness, and find them Just what they need. TTLE BABY B Badly Afflicted with Eczema. Face Covered with Sores. Scratched .Constantly. CURED BYCUTIGURA "My niece's little baby boy, two years old, was so badly afflicted with, eczema that he needed constant watch ing. It was all over his face and he scratched the sores constantly. Morn ings his clothes wonld be Btalned with blood, and his face and hands wonld be covered. His family never conld take him out, as his face was always fall of large sores. They had medical treat ment, and tried everything they heard of. She commenced nslngtbe Cuticnra Remedies last spring and found that at last she had a wonderful healer. The sores left his face and he was entirely cared, and now his face is as smooth and rosy as though no sore had erer been there to mar it." Mrs. L. J. Hoot, Feb. 16, 1898. Jerusalem, N. T. NO RETURN IN 5 YEARS Mrs. Root Writes, March 7, 1903, That Marvellous Cure Has Been Permanent. "I received your note of kind In quiry and am pleased to inform yon of the permanent care of my little boy. He is now a healthy child with pink and white skin free from all blemish. It has been a marvellous enre and brought about in & short time after all other medical aid failed." Complete treatment for every hu mour, consisting of Cuticnra Soap, to cleanse the skin, Cuticnra Ointment, to heal the skin, and Cutlcura Resolvent Pills, to cool and cleanse the blood, may now behad for one dollar. A single set is often sufficient to care the most tor taring, disfiguring, itching, burning and scaly humours, eczemas, rashes and Irritations, from Infancy to age, vrhen all else falls. Sold tbrsnxhant ths world. Cat! en r Bctolrest. Stie. 8a fona of OocoUt Colud FUU, 33a. pr Till ol GO), lnbatat, Xc, Scar. SSe. Depot t London, V Chmrter Jura gq. i PtxU.i Ra de U Fmlx i Ilwton. IS Cot um bel Are. Fotur Drat and Chtm. Corp.. Solt Propittozs. Spiicliu "lis- to Cnrt tut Humour."' PARKER'S Balsam lTomotes the growth of the hair and i gl7e3 It the lustre and RllKinefla of youth. 5 When the hair Is gray or faded it i BRINGS BACK THE YOUTHFUL COLOR, t It prevents Dandruff and hair falling ? and keep3 the scalp cl"an and healthy. 5 CUTLERY EVERY.HiDEMRRANTn) tml Hair A Private Word To Men Have you ever quietly -thought about your own condition? Have you ever looked Into the future, along the years you must travel, and -wondered -what your condition would he two years, five years, ten years hence? If you have a linger ing insidious disease, which is dally gathering headway, what will your future life be? Have you not no ticed the miserable specimens of manhood, weak In mind and body. Incapable of enjoying the pleasures 3f life, worn out, shunned by their fellow-men? that Is the result of allowing disease to go unchecked. "While It 13 true that we cure many men who seem so far gone that they are ready to give up hope, yet we cannot make It too plain how much easier It Is to effect a cure before the disease has reached so severe a stage. If Other doctors have failed, you can come to us with complete assurance that ,we will not accept your case for treat ment except we are willing to guar antee a complete and permanent cure. DR. W. NORTON DAVIS Our Cure For "Weakness" "tt'c were first to discover the fact that "weakness" is merely a symp tom resulting from a chronically in flamed prostate gland, and that to remove this Inflammation is the only method of restoring lost vigor. ro this aay our system 01 comotnea local treatment Is the only success ful one in use. In years we have not failed to effect a complete cure, which is a statement that cannot truthfully apply to any other treat ment being employed In these cases. Of course, there is an occasional case that has passed into the in curable stage, Dut these we do not treat at all. Our long experience enables us to recognize them and to select only such cases as we can cure permanently. Contracted Disorders We cure contracted disorders thoroughly and in less time than is iommonly required to even cure partially. Do not endanger your health and power by relying upon patent nostrums or other uncertain measures. Syphilis "We cure permanently this most hideous of all blood diseases. We employ harmless, blood-cleansing remedies that positively drive the very last taint of virus from the system, and every symptom van ishes to appear no more. Stricture Our treatment for this disease Is entirely Independent of surgery. -A. complete cure is accomplished with out cutting or dilating. All growths and obstructions in the urinary pas sages are dissolved, the membranes cleansed and all Irritation or con gestion removed. Reflex Ailments Often the condition appearing to be the chief disorder Is only a re flex ailment resulting from some other disease. Weakness some times comes from varicocele or stricture; skin and bone disease re sult from blood poison taint, and physical and mental decline follow long-standing functional disorder. Our long experience In treating men enables us. to detr-rmlne the exact conditions that exist, and to treat accordingly, thus removing every damaging cause and its effects. PILES Quick Cures Certain Cures We cure the worst cases of PIL.ES permanently without the utse of ointments, without pain, cutting or detention from business. In from two to three treatments. Our treatment Is entirely new and peculiar to ourselves. Remember, no matter who has failed before in your case, we will cure you with mna metnoas, ana vntnout danger, or else make no charge whatever for our services. Should you live at a distance, we can treat you successfully at home. WE ARE ALWAYS WILL ING TO WAIT. FOR OUR FEE UNTIL A CURE IS EFFECTED. Consultation and Advice Free at Office or by Mall. If you cannot call, write for free book and question blank. OFF.ICE HOURS: 9 to 12, 1:30 to 5, and 7 to 8; Sundays and Holidays 10 to 12. DOCTOR W. Norton Davis & CO. 145 Sixth St., Cor. Alder Portland, Or. S3 Branch of Pacific Cable Laid. VICTORIA. B. C. July 31. The cable steamer Iris returned here today from Ai berni after completing the cable between Bamfleld Creek and Alberni. connecting with the British Paeiflc cable. The crew will now construct a large tank for the storage of cable.
