THE MORNING OEEGOSIAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 190i.
END TO PLAGIARISM
College Speakers to ; Deliver
No More Set Orations. -
SUBJECTS GIVEN LATE BY LOT
General Topic Announced a Year In
Advance-Executive Committee's
Unanimous Recommendations to
inter-Collegiate Association.
ALBANY. Or., Janf 22. Special. Th e
executive committee .of the Intercollegiate
Oratorical Association, of. Oregon met In
Albany this afternoon and ;f rained resolu
tions which, if adopted by the. Oratorical
Association at its annual business meet
ing, will revolutionize oratory among the
colleges and universities of Oregon.
It is determined to have no more set
orations at the annual contest. The
charges of plagiarism which, constituted
the unpleasant aftermath of the contests
the past few years have put the Oratorical
Association Into, disrepute, and. the colle
gians who constitute the executive com
mittee of the association came to today's
meeting loaded with schemes effectually
to eliminate literary theft from the con
tests. Kenneth S. X.atourette, of McMlnn
vllle College, presented a plan which, after
some discussion, was unanimously adopted
by the committee and will be recommend
ed to the association.
The new scheme provides that the ex
ecutive committee shall meet on the sec
ond Friday in May each year and select a
general topic, such as the labor question,
Sor discussion at the contest a year hence.
At the annual January meeting of the
-committee three Judges shall be selected,
to whom the topic for discussion will be
submitted. Each of these Judges will se
lect eight subjects for discussion, touch
ing on the general topic selected by the
executive committee, and submit the sub
jects to .the committee at least three
weeks before the contest.
These subjects will be sealed and will not
be opened until four hours before the con
test. At that time thji committee will
eelect from the subjects submitted the
eight best, and two hours before he con
est begins the orators will drawone of the
subjects by lot and prepare to discuss it.
The Judges who selected the subjects will
determine which of the orators handled
his particular phase of the subject In the
most commendable manner.
It Is considered that with a year's pre
paration on the general topic, the contes
tants will be prepared to discuss any
phase of the question that may be allotted
to them. Preparation must be much more
general and thorough than under the sys
tem used in the past. It will develop
thinking on the feet and cause a healthy
cultivation of extemporaneous speaking.
Plagiarism will be eliminated.
The publishing of the general topic a year
prior to the contest will give an opportunity
Xor preparation and discussion at the local
contest at each of the eight schools of the
same question that will be discussed at
the Intercollegiate contest. In the past
each contestant has selected his own sub
ject and prepared at leisure an essay
limited to 1500 words. Each school had a
local contest and the wlnner polished his
oration for the Intercollegiate fray. There
were .six Judges, three on composition and
three on delivery.
If the report of the Committee Is adopt
ed bv the -association at its annual meet
ing "MarchvU Tiext, the executive comnflj;-
iee win select tt auDjcvu in -iu.y, uiiu me
new" system will be put In force Imme
diately, the contest next year being held
according to the new plan.
Orator Smith, of McMlnnvllle College,
was guilty of plagiarism last year at the
contest in Eugene, while two years pre
vlous Orator Mlnchln, of Pacific College
(Newborg). was charged with the same
offense. Thesie things caused the proposed
new arrangement. The committee, which
harmoniously and unanimously agreed
upon the new system today, is composed
of the following officers and members of
the association:
Horace E. Thomas, Pacific University,
president: Orvllle N. Johnson, Pacific Col
lege, secretary: llliam Metzger, Oregon
State Normal School, treasurer; Vernon
W. Tomllnson, University of Oregon: Ken
neth S. Latourette, McMlnnvllle College;
Don G. Morrison, Albany College; Edgar
F. Averill, Willamette University.
The annual contest this year will be
hold with Pacific University at Forest
Grove, on the evening of March 11. The
committee today drew lots for position of
orators pn the programme in this con
tost, and the representatives of the various
schools will speak In the following order
First, Oregon State Normal School; sec
ond. Oregon Agricultural College; third.
university of Oregon; fourth. Albany Col'
lege: fifth. Pacific University; sixth. Mo
Minnville College; seventh. Pacific Col
le.ge; eighth. Willamette University.
As McMlnnvllle College was barred from
,the contest this year because of the of
fense of Smith last year, the two schools
last montloned will, be slipped up a notch
and McMlnnvllle College will have no
orator.
POLK FATHER AROUSED.
Stranger, Already Married, Takes His
Daughter for Second Wife.
INDEPENDENCE, Or., Jan. 22. (Spe
cial.) Because George Stoll married In
Vancouver, Wash., Miss Eliza O. Phillips,
after living for years with a woman who
"was recognized as his wife, Phillips,
father of the girl, has filed information
against him for unlawful cohabitation.
Constable Moren has gone to Portland to
serve the papers.
Stoll has for a year or more been en
gaged In the bakery and restaurant bust
ness in this town. He had gained the
confidence of business men and had sue
ceeded in gaining credit to the amount of
JrtKX). Attachment proceedings -were brought
against him and he was compelled to
close. His wife and little girl were sent
away, presumably to the East. Then
Stoll loft for Portland. On arrival he
took Miss Phillips, who had been work
lng in his restaurant, to Vancouver,
Wash., and was there married to her.
"Mrs. Stoll No. 2 has returned to Inde
pendence, telling of her marriage. She
?ays the first Mrs. Stoll has gone East.
Stoll is said to be a Mormon. For some
five or six months he had a number of
Mormon elders and other Mormons from
the East here, who helped him in his
business at this place. But he stated that
the branch to which he belonged were not
pftlygamlsis but believed in having one
wife only -at a time. Other persons
understood differently, although they
inougnt tnat ne would live up to the rules
ana jaws or this state while he was here.
at any rate.
LIEUTENANT IS RELEASED.
Knudson Was Convicted of Embezzle
ment of Government Funds.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Jan. 22. (Spe
cial.) First Lieutenant Knud Knudson.
who was recently convicted by a general
court-martial of embezzlement of Govern
ment funds In Alaska and sentenced to
one year's imprisonment and dishonorable
discharge from the Army, was today re
leased from confinement In his quarters in
compliance with telegraphic Instructions
reccivea irom tne ar JJepartment at
Y ashlngton. Secretary of war Root bar-
lng previously recommended the cancella
tion of the balance of the sentence.
There is a dlfference'of opinion in Army
circles as to whether Lieutenant Knud
son will be discharged from the service
since the recommendation of the Secre
tary of War cancels the balance of the
sentence, of which Lieutenant Knudson's
discharge is the most important part. The
matter will, however, be settled within a
week when complete advices, which have
been mailed from the War Department,
will have been received.
Liu tenant Knudson's release is general
ly approved by the many friends he has
made since coming to Vancouver. He is
very popular both in the city and Bar
racks and the final settlement of the case
is looked forward to with much Inter
est.
TYPHOID WAS RAMPANT.
Fourteen Hundred Cases In Wash
ington In Nine Months.
OLTMPIA, Wash.. Jan. 22. (Special.)
The report of the State Board of Health,
which was received today by Governor
McBrlde, estimates the number of cases
of typhoid fever that occurred In the ;
state 'during the last nine months of 1903
at 1400. The board recommends that the
Legislature make a special appropriation
for the purpose of stamping out this dis
ease. '
It is estimated that 500 of the typhoid
cases occurred in Yakima County during
the epidemic of August, September, Octo
ber and November. Not that many cases
were reported to the board from Yakima
County, but It is believed that there were
a good many cases of typhoid that were
not reported. The epidemic claimed 23
deaths In that county during tne months
named.
Tynboid statistics are based almost en
tirely on estimates, county health offi
cers in nearly all counties being under
the Impression during most of the year
that reports of typhoid cases were not re
quired. A circular letter sent to all the
counties about October 1 required reports
to be made thereon.
In other contagious diseases the re
ports to the State Board began April 1,
at which time the appropriation by the
last Legislature became available.
The report shows the benefits of organ
ized work in .stamping out smallpox. The
cases of smallpox in the state for the sev
eral months were as follows: April, 202;
May, 70; June, 115; July, 56; August, 34;
September, 44; October, 42; November, 2S;
December, 29.
The board had trouble in getting the
local authorities to act in accordance with
their Instructions in Whatcom and Clark
Counties. In the latter county smallpox
had existed more or less for a period of
two years, but the board claims tha tafter
systematic efforts were made the disease
was stamped out in six weeks.
The following smallpox epidemics were
reported during the year: Walla Walla
County, 144 cases In March and April,
7 In May, 36 in June and July and occa
sional cases since then; Okanogan County,
14 cases In April and May, 3 deaths; Cow
litz County, 18 cases in July and August;
Island County, 14 cases In August and
September; Snohomish County, 13 cases
In May and June; Whitman County, 19
cases In August. September and October;
Lewis County, 16 cases In September, Ste
vens County. 12 cases In October, 2 deaths;
Skagit County, 15 cases In November:
Klickitat County, 10 cases in November
and December.
All these epidemics, it is claimed by the
report, were effectively controlled by the
County Health Boards.
The City of Seattle had a good many
cases of smallpox early in the year but
was free later. In Spokane tht early part
of the year was free from smallpox but
there have been 25 cases with five deaths
since September L Tacoma has been
free from the disease all year.
There are no records of previous years
with which to compare the smallpox sta
tistics of 1903, but when compared with es
timates based on the records of the ma
rine hospitals. a marked Improvement is
shown. o"!er'190CL
The following shows the total number of
contagious diseases reported to the State
Board for the nine months.
Disease Cases. Deaths.
Smallpox 620 n
Scarlet fever S59 27
Diphtheria 293 52
Typhoid fever 663 S7
FIGHT FOR FAIR MONEY.
Depositions Being Taken for 'Mrs.
Nelson and Her Sons.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 22 The taking
of depositions in the case of Mrs. Nelson
and her sons against the Fair heirs over
the estates of the late Charles L. Fair
and his wife, Caroline Fair, was resumed
"this afternoon. The line of questions
was aimed at finding the truth of the
post-mortem examination in this city on
the bodies of Charles Fair and his wife,
and also to trace the bodies to the grave.
James W. Bollen, an undertaker, test!
fled that he was present when the physl
clans examined the bodies and assjsted
In the funeral. In the course of his
testimony, Bollen stated that while the
caskets containing the remains of Fair
and his wife were exactly alike and the
conditions the same, the head and neck
of Mrs. Fair was in a bad condition, the
upper and lower jaws were broken and
dislocated and the face disfigured so as
to make it impossible to recognize It.
while the .body was In an advanced state
of decomposition.
In the course of the inquiry it developed
that the face and head of Charles Fair
were less Injured and no bones broken.
that Bollen recognized the features at a
glance, and the body was In a better state
of preservation.
NOW AFTER MRS. SUTTON.
Believed She Can Be Convicted for
Complicity In Bowers Murder.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 22. (Special.)
District Attorney Byington has decided to
present to the grand Jury the facts in
hand as to the part played by Mrs.
Zylphla Sutton in the murtTer of Martin
Bowers, of which his wife. Martha
Bowers, has Just been convicted.
She was Jointly charged with Mrs
Bowers, but at the conclusion of the pre-
limlnary examination before Police Judge
Cabani&s was discharged. However. In
view of the quick conviction of Mrs.
Bowers, and the further fact that Mrs.
Sutton got arsenic on a forged order, it
Is believed a case can be made out.
Mrs. Sutton has been with her sister.
Mrs. Bowers, constantly, and has been
endeavoring to comfort her since the
verdict of the Jury was rendered.
Mrs. Bowers will appear on Saturday,
January 30, to be formally sentenced to
Imprisonment for life.
M'CARTNEY IS RICH IN ALASKA
Newspaperman Disappeared Myster
iously From Ashland Or.
LA PORTE. Ind.. Jan. 22. Cyrus R. Mc
Cartney, a newspaper man. who disap
peared several years ago and was sup
posed to have been murdered, has been
heard from m a telegram dated at Daw.
son. Alaska. McCartney says he is well
and rich.
The last Information about him was
that his clothing and papers had been
found In a forest near Ashland, Or.
Russian Invasion of Alaska.
VICTORIA, B. C Jan. 22. A letter
from Valdes tells of Russian priests dom
lnating a large portion of the population
of Western Alaska, forbidding the teach
ing of the English language to those
under their control and generally endeav
oring to Russianize the natives of that
section of Alaska,
IXOATTXG SPOTS BEFORE EXES.
Dimness of vision and weak eyes, cured
by Murine Eye Remedies. A home cure
for eyes that need care. Sold everywhere.
DROWNS IN HORSETROUGH
WILLOW CREEK FARMER HAD
BEEN DRINKING FREELY.
Believed to Have Lo$t His Balance
While Stooping Over to Get Water
Was Too Drunk to Get Qui.
COLFAX. Wash., Jan. 22. (Special.)
Alexander Snyder, a. farmer aged 55 years,
was found drowned In a water trough on
his farm on Willow Creek. 20 miles south
west of here, this morning.
A neighbor of Snyder's came to Colfax
yesterday and secured a lot of liquor. Last
night Snyder visited this neighbor and
drank heavily. He started home at a late
hour and this morning his dead body was
found in the horse trough. It Is not known
wherether he committed suicide or tried to
drink from the trough and fell in and
was too drunk to get out. The latter the
ory is accepted by the relatives.
Snyder has lived in this county a long
time. He worked as teamster for Codd's
bwbuu in v-oiuu. many jears, om inr
me past nve years nas Deen on me larm :
where Ills death occurred. He leaves
son and four grown daughters. His wife
died several years ago. Snyder was an
industrious citizen -and bore an excellent
reputation.
Republican Joliy-Up at Brooks.
SALEM. Or.. Jan. 22. (Special.) A most
enthusiastic gathering of Republicans took
place at Brooks Station, this evening.
eight miles north of this city, upon the
occasion of the organization of a Young
Men's Republican Club. There was a large
attendance at the meeting and the organ
ization was effected with a membership,
of 18.
Brief addresses were delivered by E.
Hofer, L. R. Stinson, E. W. Richardson.
G. Graham, J. C. Goodale, Jr.. Alvln
Jones and E. W. Chapman, all except the
latter being from this city, who went
down to assist In the organization of the
club. Officers of the new club, which is
known as the Young Men's Republican
Club of Brooks, Ho- 3, follow:
Bruce T. Jones, president; G. T. Molsan,
vice-president; Clyde Harris, secretary,
and Brltt Aspinwall, treasurer. The ex
ecutive committee will be named at the
next meeting.
Labor-Saving Logging Tools.
SOUTH BEND. Wash.. Jan. 22. (Spe
cial.) George Myers has gone to Portland,
wnere ne and J. G. Owens are to engage
In the manufacture of a patent logging
jack and other logging tools.
EXPLORER STARVED TO DEATH
Remains of Hubbard Are Now on the
Way to Quebec.
QUEBEC, Jan. 22. Word was received
here tonight from Chateau Bay, Lab
rador, that a courier had arrived there
yesterday from Northwest River with the
Information that Leonidas Hubbard. Jr.,
of the exploring party sent out by the
magazine Outing, of New York, had died
from starvation In the wilds of Labrador
onvOctober 14.
The remains are on their way to Que
bec, so the report say's, by dog train,
with the other members of the expedition,
which Is expected to reach Chateau Bay
some time in March.
History of the Expedition.
NEW YORK, Jan. 22. Mr. Hubbard,
who was assistant editor of Outing, was
sent out by the magazine to explore the
interior of Labrador. In his party were
Dillon Wallace, a New York lawyer, and
two Cree Indians. The explorers left
RIgolette about the beginning of July last
the settlement of the Nascaujlpes In- If BO 8nd their names to the Denver &
dlans, where, so far as known, no white ri0 Grande office. 124 Third street. Port
man has ever been. Mr. Hubbard and land. Or.
IN TOMORROWS OREGONIAN
ON TRIAL FOR HIS LIFE.
How Chad Buford defended his best friend, charged
with murder; one of the best chapters from "The Lit
tle Shepherd of Kingdom Come," and a complete story
in itself.
FIGHTING LEADERS OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY.
A special correspondent tells of General TCouropatkin,
Minister of "War, who was schooled under the great
Skobeleff, and of other noted fighters in the Czar's
army.
TOM FITCH'S ESTIMATE OF BRIGHAM YOUNG.
The brilliant lawyer pictures xhe powerful personality
of the great Mormon leader and throws bright side
lights on the character of that unique autocrat.
JEROME K. JEROME'S WIT AND HUMOR.
The author of "Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow,"
"Three Men in a Boat," etc., is now a regular contribu
tor to The Sunday Oregonian. Tomorrow's offering is
on "Modern Literary Methods."
ORGANIZED LABOR'S ARCH ENEMY.
Frank G. Carpenter contributes an interview with
David M. Parry, of Indianapolis, president of the Manu
facturers' Association of America.
OPTIMISTIC SERMON BY REV. ROBERT COLLYER.
This famous Unitarian minister, "The Scotch Black
smith," takes for his text, "There Is Still Right in the
Land Wait," and preaches hopefully to the American
people.
HOW DUTCH PETE KILLED THE DEER.
A hunting story of the Cascade Mountains, in which im
pending tragedy turns to comedy; by Hugh Herdman.
TO SPARTANIZE UNCLE SAM'S FIGHTERS.
A Washington correspondent outlines a system of physi
cal cutlure adopted for every army post in the country.
NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE SAILOR AND THE
CRIMP.
An intelligent man, well vouched for, relates the experi
ence of a seaman with his boarding-house boss.
PERSONAL SIDE OF THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN.
Romantic story of friendship formed years ago between
the Czar and the Mikado.
HOW TO PROTECT THEATER AUDIENCES FROM
DANGER.
Professor Charles L. Norton, of the. Massachusetts Insti
tute of Technology, shows how interiors may be made
fireproof. ,
THE GRIT OF A WOMAN. L-
One of Jack London's Alaska stories in his best vein.
ADVENTURE WITH A CABMAN.
One of John Kendrick Bangs' quaint and entirely origi
nal inventions in which cabby is outwitted.
ALT, THE NEWS AND THE
his party traveled, very light, mindful of
the fact that other similar expeditions
had gone overloaded with impediments
and they trusted to their prowess with
rod and rifle to obtain food on the "trip.
It was the plan of Mr. Hubbard to work
Inland into Labrador, a distance of 300
miles. Oh August 26. reports came from
Labrador, that the Hubbard party was
progressing satisfactorily, but two months
later, nothing having been heard from
them, apprehensions were expressed of
their probable late, especially as there
was extreme destitution in Labrador,
owing to the shortage of the fishery
Catch. Mr. Hubbard's wife has been
waiting for him at Quebec
THE PERKY UTILE JAPS.
Not Only Ready but Eager to Fight
for the National Welfare.
Washington Evening Star.
There Is a widespread Impression that
the Jananese are too game for their
webrht. Emphasis Is laid oh their small
stature and on their number. They are
little men, and there are only 40.000,000
peonla In the kingdom. But they are
hardy, very Dlucky and are full of endurr
ance. The army and navy are thoroughly
drf,W fl admlrably equipped for war.
. w,, n elapse and
t conditions. National pride and real pa-
triotism are not found in greater degree
in any country. Her people love Japan,
and regard her as destined to take a place
among the foremost of nations. It Is this
feeling- that is astir In their bosoms now,
as they view the encroachments of Rus
sia, which, to them, indicate a purpose on
her part to cripple Japanese Influence and
stunt Japanese growth. They don't propose-
to die. If they can help it. In the
agony of the great bear's friendly em
brace. They would rather die fighting the
animal at a little distance.
This martial spirit Is developed in the
'school days. Lads in the primary depart
ments are drilled and-jtaycht the arts of
attack and defense. The little fellows
divide up Into companies and fight sham
battles with great zest. They are like
wise taught, as American schoolboys are,
great reverence for the natlonal colors.
At the proper time comes the regular
army service, when the young men are
well trained in camp life, and get a thor
ough seasoning for the duties of a soldier.
It Is as true of Japan as of any -country,
that she Is a nation of men not only ca
pable of fighting, but eager to fight, for
the national welfare. ,
The national heroes are of the martial
order. Memories most reverenced are
those of men who have died for the coun
try. All the people from highest to low
est, bow down before the fame obtained
while fighting Japan's battles. The glo
rious death Is the soldier's death. That
Insures lasting honor and remembrance.
These are the men then small of stat
ure, but well knit and well trained; not
as numerous as the sands of the sea
shore, but all of them available for the
country's purposes; game as death, and
full of the feeling that they are being
unjustly treated and crowded who seem
to be on the eve of going up against the
hordes of Russia's giants. That they will,
If called upon, give a good account of
themselves there can be no doubt; and
should they triumph and check Russia's
game of grab fh that quarter of the
world, real progress and civilization
would undoubtedly profit.
Receivers for Printing Concerns.
SPRINGFIELD, O., Jan. 22. Receivers
have been appointed for the Home Pub
lishing Company and the New Era Pub
lishing Company, upon suits filed by
creditors. The total liabilities of the two
concerns aggregate $150,000, while the as
sets are placed- at 175,000. The Home Pub
lishing Company, which publishes the
Chautauquan on lease, Is the principal
1 factor In the failure. The Chautanquan
Whii h ihHshed as heretofore, a com-
pany having been incorporated to con
tinue its publication.
CUSTOMARY DEPARTMENTS.
IS BONANZA QUEEN
Millionaire Mining Woman
From Nome in Town.
CANT ESTIMATE HER WEALTH
Once a Dressmaker, Now She Owns
Gold and Tin Mines in Far North
-Portland Has Best Machin
ery and Great Opportunity.
The richest woman in Alaska, and the
one who bids fair to succeed Hetty Green
as the wealthiest of her sex. Miss Lena S.
Walton, of Nome, came to Portland yes
terday for the purpose of closing a con
tract with I. B. Hammond, of the Ham
mond Manufacturing Company, for a $40,
000 dredge, which she will install next
Summer at her placer properties on tha
Muklux.
The Item of the dredge is but an Inci
dent in the business trip which brought
Miss Walton out of the frozen north for
the first time In six years. She arrived
here yesterday morning and occupied a
flrat-floor suite at the Portland Hotel.
made the deal for a piece of mining ma
chinery costing a fortune with less dick-
erlng and fuss than an ordinary "mere
woman" devotes to a Spring- bonnet, and
returned to Tacoma last night. From Ta
coma she leaves Immediately for Wash
ington, where she has a suit Involving
from $500,000 to $1,000,000, now pending in
the Supreme Court. In Washington she
expects to meet the picturesque James
Hamilton Lewis and retain him to argue
her case, which she expects to win bands
down. This is the second Incident of her
mission to "the States." Incident No. 3 Is
a stay of a week in New York, where she
will confer with her bankers, andNo. 4 is
a quick run across to London, where she
will conclude negotiations for the sale of
her Alaska tin holdings, which represent
figures, the naming of which made the
Interviewer dizzy. For the accomplishing
of these things she has allotted herself six
weeks, and before the middle of March she
expects to be in Portland, and In her first
floor suite again.
Business From the Word "Go."
This bonanza queen, who sat In her par
lor last evening and talkod business on
a superlative scale with the directness and
rapidity of machine-gun fire, is still young.
She is more than 30, but not much more.
A brunette with a slight, girlish figure and
a personality.
A woman who thinks business, talks
business and dreams business. Business
which stops nowhere short of empire build
ing and requires for Its expression dol
lars by the million. A woman who has
driven a dog-sledge from Nome to Ram
part in the dead of Winter, when hard
ened veterans of the North feared to go.
A woman who has tramped over all the
gold fields from Atlln to the Arctic and
prospected a hundred creeks. A woman
who has beaten the hardiest men pros
pectors at their own game, living their
hardships and dangers, yet, after all, a
woman with womanliness. While she
talked last evening, she busied herself
with a lace handkerchief, which she held
in her lan and twisted around her fln-
I eers." A woman who also knows how to
dress, for In the days before she became
a millionairess she was a milliner and a
dreesmaker. All of which, the handker
chief, the dress and the former vocations,
are offered as corroborative evidence of
her womanliness.
Miss Walton was much In the public
eye a short time ago as a litigant against
the famous Wild Goose Mining Company,
in which Charles 'D. Lane, of Nome, Is
the controlling factor. She began suit
more than a year ago to recover title to
Ophir No. 19, perhaps the most valuable
claim on the rich Ophir Creek. She was
defeated in the courts of Nome and the
decision of the lower court was sustained
by the Court of Appeals, Judge Gilbert
presiding. According to Miss Walton,
justice was defeated in both courts
through the machinations of Lane, and
she took the case on appeal to the Su
preme Court of the United States. It will
come up before that tribunal inside of the
next two weeks and that Is the reason
she is hurrying to Washington. That is
the reason she is desirous of retaining the
picturesque James Hamilton Lewis.
Her Fight for a Gold Mine.
When asked to talk about her suit. Miss
Walton hesitated. She "did not like to
try her case in the newspapers, but" It
is needless to repeat the aphorism about
the woman who hesitates.
"The suit which has gone against me in
two lower courts, but which I expect to
win in the court of final resort involves
a claim known as Ophir 19. Some time
in 1S9S a man named B. S. Walker struck
Ophir Creek, which Is one of the richest
gold-bearing streams in Alaska, and filed
on claim 19, located 1500 feet up Ophir, a
parallelogram 700 feet long, but said to
be full 20 acres. He did not prospect It,
and, in fact, only set foot on It to drive
one stake. He viewed it from claim 18,
and went away without making any 1m
provements abandoned It without at
tempting to comply with the law. It, re
mained so for more than two years, when
I came to the Ophir, cut out a big bend
of the creek, lying in his claim, which
meandered the creek, and took a straight
claim, which lay .principally on the left
limit of the creek. This was known also
as Ophir No. 19, but did not cover the
same ground as Walker's. When I com
menced developing my claim and found It
to be rich, the Lanes produced this
Walker and commenced suit to get pos
session. In their petition they did not
correctly describe my claim at all. After
the riot case, which I won in the Nome
courts, and which I don t care to discuss.
they saw their mistake and filed a second
amended complaint describing the ground
claimed by them as running 1400 feet in
a southerly, direction, which is down
stream. Their judgment was gotten in
the lower court on ground Included in No.
18 Ophir, with fhlch I have nothing to
do, and so confirmed by the Court of Ap
peals. The decision don't apply to my
ground at all, and don't cover a foot of
ground which I claim. They succeeded
by the most outrageous tactics in per
verting the facts and getting a decree
-which covers Ophir 19, They changed the
transcript while It was In transit from
Nome to the Court of Appeals here in
the states. My. exhibits were purloined
and afterward found In San Francisco.
The Court of Appeals set the case aside
on the ground of diminution of the rec
ord. and we were given six months In
which to produce a complete record. We
sent the missing testimony to our attor
neys, who neglected to place It before the
Court of Appeals.
"In making up the transcript which we
will take to the Supreme Court, this is
Included, and on this I base my hopes of
winning.
"I .am also going before the Department
of Justice with charges against the Wild
Goose people, which Include riot, bribery.
perjury and tampering with the united
States mails. I am confident of proving
these charges, for they are absolutely
true.
Does Not Know Her Wealth.
"Now don't ask me how much I'm worth.
I don't know, and I'd make myself ridicu
lous by making an estimate: As the re
sult of seven years of hard work I have 14
20-acre and five 160-acre claims, all turn
lng out big pay. I am a one-third owner
of the Mexico mine on Douglas Island
and am Interested in a number of other
low-grade propositions. I am half owner
of St. John Island, In Southern Alaska,
where we have from 800 to 1000 silver gray-
"TRY SPENDING YOUR CASH WITH. US
PORTLAND PACKING COMPANY
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OTHER GOODS
foxes; I own city property in Nome, Seat
tle and Tacoma, and am In possession of
the greatest tin deposits in the world. I
went into the Atlln district In 1S37. ana
worked all over Alaska, but did not strike
it until 1S99. I have enough now for my
self, my father and mother, slaters, broth
ers and friends, and am going to have
many times over what I have now.
"I was a milliner and dressmaker in
Seattle In '97, when I concluded to try
Alaska, and I have succeeded beyond my
most extravagant dreams, but It has been
hard work, tell you, so hard that no one
who has not been through It can know.
Portland Machinery Is Best.
When I complete my work in Wash
ington and New York, I'm going to Lon
don, where I expect to organize a syndi
cate to operate my tin properties at York,
which I discovered In '99. I shall retain a
large personal Interest and expect to re
turn to Portland and let a contract to Mr.
Hammond for a complete smelting plant,
which we will ship from here. Portland
made machinery Is the best which has
ever been taken Into Alaska, and I come
here because I know I can depend on it to
do what Is promised by the makers. Mr.
Hammond made the Alpha, the first
dredge taken to Alaska. It was put in by
the De Sota Mining Company, and Is tha
only one which has worked from the first
day exactly as represented. It has taken
out as high as $300 an hour, and made $100
an hour from the start. The one I have
Just ordered Is an exact duplicate and will
be ready for use when the season opens.
The beach of the Alaskan coast is lined
with discarded machinery, like a shiftless
farmer's barnyard, but that made in Port
land carries Its own guarantee and Is far
and away ahead of anything made at
other points.
Portland Can Have Alaska Trade.
Srvukiner nf mnphlnerv reminds me that
If thn nponle of Portland- are wise thev
will not overlook the great opportunity
fhv hftv of irettlnsr the best nart of the
Alaskan trade. The plan to build a rail-.
road from Valdes to Eagle is the very
best proposIUon I know of. and the road
will be the biggest kino, or a money
maker. That CoDDer River Country is ab
solutely the richest In the world and .when
that road Is built and the country opened
m pnrmz-h wintier will be found to bank
rupt the Amalgamated Copper Company.
I have been over the ground and have
never seen anything like it for a veritable
bonanza. The road will not only open
up the copper regions, but it will supply
the entire Upper Yukon country witn
freight, and with a connecting line of
boats between here and Valdes, your Job
bers and manufacturers will simply have
the situation coralled. Portland, can yet
h the bier Alaska suddIv point, if she
will only act quickly and seize this op
portunity."
"NEW ATHLETICS" FOE WOMEN
Proper Exercise Only, and In Modera
tion, Should Be Encouraged.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Women students have been making, ath
letic records, of late. Lydia. Carpenter, of
the State Normal School, Plattsburg, N.
T., has raised the record for the running
high jump to 4 leet 3.3 mcnes. iieien
Wood, of Vassar, has jumped 14 feet &&
Inches In the running broad Jump, and 7
feet 6 inches in the standing broad jump.
Fannie James, Vassar, has made the 100-
yard dash in 13 vl-5 seconds. Daisy Car
penter, Northwestern University, has put
the 18-pound shot IS feet 6 mcnes.
The making of these records has moved
President Charles W. Eliot of Harvard
to come out strong In print against the
more violent sports for women.
In brief. Dr. Eliot says wopien should
not put the shot, nor play foot ball, nor
Indulge In sprinting, or hurdling, or Jump
ing. Rowing, as practiced in women's col
leges, he does not condemn. Basket-ball,
in his opinion. Is not a bad form of sport,
when played by mature women of sturdy
physique in moderation and under careful
supervision.
Dr. Eliot's objection is founded upon the
assumption that woman Is not built phys
ically for most of these forms of sport.
For instance, he does not consider it wom
anly for women to put the shot. As to
sprlnUng, hurdling and jumping he says:
"Woman was never intended by nature to
be an adept at either, and the less she at
tempts to Improve upon Nature the better
for her future health."
Dr. Eliot Is especially opposed to cham
pionship contests, even In basket-ball, for
the reason that the players are apt to be
carried away by excitement and overdo
themselves and Inflict injury upon their
opponents. The competitive phase he re
gards as the one most to be avoided in
sports for women. Flay that might not be
considered too rough between men be
comes very dangerous when the contest
ants are women.
Dr Eliot expresses the sentiments of
many who have the Interests of 'women's
athletics deeply at heart. And none are
more interested in this question than the
authorities of the women's colleges, where
the "new athletics" are making much
headway.
The platform of the "new athletics" Is
thus set forth by Lucille Eaton Hill, direc
tor of physical training in Wellesley Col
lege: ij'irsc pianK neaun or Doay and mind
the moving and governing principle. Sec
ond plank That all associated efforts must
secure the greatest good to the greatest
number. Third plank That competition
In organized athletic sports Is desirable so
far as It strengthens the first two planks
of this platform.
This platform Is ideal. Moderation and
womanly reserve are two necessities. As
to competition, it is necessary in modern
tion to bring out the ethical as well as -the
physical value of athletics, that, the young
woman may develop her character as she
expands her-muscles.
Novel New Year Baskets.
Paris Cable to the Chicago Chronicle.
New Tear's baskets of flowers, which
are de rigueur In Paris for the gallant
Frenchmen who make New Year calls.
OUR VALUES of yesterday are the
best advertisements for the morrow.
Quality and prices are interesting to
CASH buyers.
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est quality at the lowest price. The
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reached this year a charming development
the "buche," or log flower basket. This
consisted of an apparently substantial
log, with a great hole In the center, out
of which seemed" to grow like riotous
parasites such seasonable messengers as
holly, mistletoe, the broom flower, etc.
This was poised artistically on a basket
with a handle.
Another fetching effect, though the ma
terial was simple, was a symphony in red
and white with mistletoe and holly as the
constituents, worked up on a network of
red ribbon. The basket was of light ma
terial, hardly moro than a frame to sup
port the picturesquely blended greens. Tha
whole thing terminated with a little scar
let bird, bearing a silver greeting to soma
gracious lady.
AT THE HOTELS.
THE PORTLAND.
W H Kenna, S P
Mrs N Toklas
ft B Grant, Boston
P B Brae St Paul
E B Bird. S P
J B Wolff. So Bend
W H Breeding-, S P
I Louis, Kansas City
L A Lefevre, S P
"W Culberson, do
T F Bland. Tacoma
W J Reed. Oaklnd Ca
a. Tcompson. enp
J Werthelm. do
Vf J Durham, S P
Q T Williams, do
E H Wagner, N X
P Edmlston, S F
G L Corbln. Conn
J E Niles, S F
M Jj Cooper, do
G W Armsby, do
F I Towle, St Paul
T C Barnes, Chicago
H C Hempstead. N P
H B McEIroy, Olymp
R R Hlnton, Shamko
Mrs Barnes, ao
V McPherson. S F
Mrs Hlnton, do
P T "Wagner, Chgo
P J Ramos, Fhiladelp
R H Englehard,
Mannchcln
S Cohen, S F
J C Hunt, Spokane
Mrs Hunt, do
TV H Keating, do
C W Hlbbard, S P
G Bradley, Spokane
E Jensen, do
E E Wilson Louisville
H W Griffiths. N Y
P G Coale, wifo and
two children, USA
L S Walton, Nome
THE PERKINS.
J P McNaught. Seatl!
Mrs E Keyt, Perrydl
L P Bragg, Colfax
W H Woir. Salem
W G Arnold. S F
R J GInn. Moro
M Barrett, Washn
Mrs Barrett, do
J J Cox, Washn
Mrs R J Burns.
Coberly
S J Mosman. Tacoma
J Miller. Hlllsboro
P Davenport, Hd Rlv
M M Davenport, do
F E Newby, do
G O Warfleld, lone
E Morse, Boise
D Goodness, Ashland
A J Snrum, Ashland
Mrs P J Beckett
W Kenny, S F
Mrs Kenny, do
Salem
G T Prather, Hd Blv
R L Bybee, City
D S Kain, Alaska
H E Duncan. S F
J VT Browder, S F
E la shatt. Astoria
J Z Morris. Seattle
Mrs Shatt, do
C xMayger, Maygcr
E J Hammersmith.
Tacoma
W S McPhee, If Tak
C D Stanley. Spokane
F Merrill, washn
E Johnson. Washn
Mrs Hammersmith, do
.R C Bollnger, City
Q Mlnto. Salem
j u Aiaer, a b
C Blasll. Hlllsboro
A S Bennett, T Dalles
I H Clelone, City
S Kurason, Kelso "
Mrs Kurason. do
R C Thomas, Jefferan
Nellie Lang. Amity
C P Lester. Warrntn
W Devlne, Alaska
A Ouken. Spokane -C
O Chase. Valleio
Mrs J R zumualt,
West Port
N Brooks, City
Mrs Chase, do
C C Poppleton. Kans
J Mcintosh, Olympla
J F Sullivan. Alaska
A L MacLeod, Aberda
vv A Winder, Aurora
R Ii Morris, Mayvllla
Mrs Morris, do
Mrs Henderson, do
W L Moore. Greenvlll
Mrs Winder,' do
R Jones. Astoria
A McBeatt and fam
ily, Oswego
Mrs Moore, do
THE IMPERIAL.
F L Harron, Eugene IM D L Rhodes. McMn
W O Walker, do
Mrs Rhodes, do
L T Harris do
Mrs A L Walker,
F Albers. Tacoma
T Sandham. Mlchign
Everett
Mrs Sandham, do
C L Pitchard. Indapls
Miss M E Walker, do
J C Robinson. Ashwd
W B Scott. City
Mrs Robinson, do
W Meyer. S P
J T Apperson, Or Cty
r iinvuie, Astoria
Mrs LtnvlUe. do
E P Codwell, Eugene
R J Seeds, S F
G C Shaw, St Paul
G Crelghton, Wasco
C H Howe Tlnsrrtft
G N Lexan Eugene
J E Pennoyer, Chgo
fj M cole. S F
J J McLean. Chicago
J J Brosan, Antelope
U it Curtis. Tacoma
Miss Burns. Washn
J H Schlvefy, Olympla
Sirs K St Martin, do
v serwic. Seattle
Mrs Good, St Louis
J T Welch. So Bend
T O Packard, Taecma
J Hockett, Bak City
J E Edgerton. Garfldi
Dr Harmon. City
W 11 Campbell. City
E L Burns, Wlnlock
J C Twohy, Spokane
J Flnlayson, Astoria
J Flnlayson, Jr., Cal
R L Flnlayson, do
J K Weatherford, Al-
bany
G H Brown, lone
Mrs Brown do
H W Thielson, Hubbd
Mrs Flnlayson. do
W L Whitmore, Chgo
Mrs J Gleason, Wallce
Mrs J Cashln, Palusel
Mrs a xoomis. s F
w C Boatman, Lostn
w i Hayden. Eugene
u a. unisnoim, cngo
ur f c Rood, W W
THE ST. CHARLES,
J T Graham, H Lake
F Hunt. Willapa, Wni
C H Bolsvert, Clatskn
John Nevln
jj w uarranee, Wdbr
S J Shourds. Clatsk
N.H Kimsay, Shaw
C H Davok, Catlln
W M Castle. Phllmth
C H Carsner, Kalama
J Hayes, Seattle
Mrs Castle & son, do
G D. Goodhue, Salem
C C Avery, City
E G Ward, Halsey
C Sloper Rainier
P Wlest, Stella
Paul Corno
J W Simmons, S F
J W Gilbert
J L Peters
G H Claus, Or City
A Grelner. Condon
A Phillips, Sacramnto
Jennie Schomus,
Mt Angel
Henrietta Schomus,
Mt Angel
H Teater. Los An?
H A HecKer. Crabtrpo
B Scott, Sheldon, la
J Roeser
T Roeser
B L Wilson. Oak Pt
B Roeser
G Roeser
G M Farr. Goble
Mrs Farr, do
W T Farrlngton
N Wilson, do
J Richards. Butte Mt
Mrs S A Bowers,
Boise
W P Douglass, Stvnsn
Birdell Smith, Houltn
ijuttevnia
C A Souey, Woodland
Minnie Bailey, do
J- R Bozarth. do
J H Moore, Toledo W
G Tompkins. Glencoe
A Mather, Clackamas
L Urlch
D S Ewing, Phllomth
K R Roy. do
J H McDermott,
Hammond
N Wortmann. do
THE ESMOND,
H J Farrington,
Buttcvllle
A Peterson, Eofaula
A Anderson, flntngta
G Songer, Hd River
L Shattuck, Gresham
G W Kinney, do
R W. Emerr rlr
Mrs A Knowell, Tacm
N Colker, do
G A Taylor. Arthur
A Hamilton. Holley
3 Atchison, Mayger
C H LInderman.
Gresham
F Templeton,
Grangevllle
G L Beckman. Ark
J A Palmqulst. do
;u Harms, Mt Dale
IT fWitt. Sfnft. Hftl,
J G Jamleson, Seattle
Mrs jamieson do
T T ThntimMfi m.
R B Lawton, Mcdford
Mrs Thompson, do
N A Townsend. Iowal
I- uaiun, a.eiso
,C W Beason. Kann
G V Peterson, Eufaul
R F Laughlin, do
F Davis, do
W Richards, Rainier.
A C Sutton, do
W C Christenson.
Newburg
E B Lynn, do
J Massy, do
iC H Thomas, Cd Mills
J R Blaney. Skamoka
L Morrison, Chemawa
V. V Prlmnnlot n i
Mrs Morrison, do
Miss Morrison, do
G Bennett, Aurora
D S Burns, Colo City
H H Davis, Seattle
J Osborn, Catlln
g Gibbons, Mayvllla
u u uavioson, Ulenco
Mr D.avlr!rtTt An
Maude Davidson, do
a xv h-euogg, McMinv
Mrs Kellogg, do
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