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6 THjS MORNING ORBGOKlAy, ffSEIDAY, JTOY: 2S, 1905. NEW MINING TOWN Borealis Falls Established at End of Calapooia Road. THIRTEEtflTIZENS - NOW Ulch Strikes Have ,lfcpccntly Been Made in the Blue River District, and the Camp Is Bound to Reacif Importance. BROWNSVILLE, Or., July r 7. (Spe cial.) Borealis Falls 1k the name of a new mining town which ha- Just sprung Into xlstence on the Calapoola nlde cf the Blue River mining: district. 40 miles southeast of Brownsille. The camp consists at present of four log: houses and boasts a population of 13 souls, but this -will be added to soon by the addition of at least ten more people The town Is located practical ly in the heart of the district, on the south bank of the Calapoola River, near the falls of the Calapoola, and Is an Ideal site for a modern mining- town. The site is at the end of the Calapoola River wagon road, now building Into the district from Brownsville, from which Joint roads will branch off to the many mines of the district. This road is now under construction by Linn County, and when finished will give access to the district by a direct route of considerably less distance than any other. Already the road is completed 28 miles above Brownsville, and the county is lending even' effort to com plete it this year.. A small portion of the road passes through a section of Lane County, and this will be built by the citizens of Linn County and mine owners. There Js a great demand for the. Cala poola wagon road, because It will short en the distance from the railroad to the mines hy, at least 12 miles, and then. again, it is being constructed on an.. even grade with practically no heavy hills, to haul heavy machinery and freight over. When completed, the dis trict, especially the Calapoola side, which comprises .a large portion., will take on a very lively air, as it will en able the owners of property on that side" to put in mills on the several valu able properties already well developed. Borealis Falls- will take on -Ife when the road Is completed that -will astonish mining circles. The town Is located adjacent to the Hercules mines, ojwhich, a recent very rich strike was TKaev it Is surrounded by known valu able properties on all sides, which only await the adx'ent of a road to become gold-producers. At this time an effort Is being made to secure a postofflco and a telephone line in from this city. Several rich strikes have been made in this portion of the district this sea son and many prospectors are hunting for the gold-laden ores. Timber and water are plentiful, a thing which a mining camp cannot dispense with. This means that the cost of mining will be greatly reduced, and low-grade ores can be marketed at a profit. The ores are all free-milling, a thing tha has been the wonderment of all old miners and experts who have looked the dis trict over. The Lucky Boy 40-stamp mill is run ning night and day. and a large crew of men are employed. The Great North ern mill is shut down at present while new machinery is being installed, and the new mill building for ttye Treasure mine Is assuming shape. The Treasure mUI will be of about 30-stamp capac ity. Several small mills are running in the district and hundreds of men are employed in development work in all parts of the camp. The Blue River district gives promise of a most prosperous future. It s vir tually a new mining camp. Thousands ot acres have not yet been thoroughly prospected. It Is Just now attracting the attention of the outside mining world as never before, and valuable properties are being bought up by for eign capital. ADVISED NOT TO RESIGN. Dr. Wlthycombe Says He First Con sulted Several Regents. CORVALLIS. Or.. July 27. (Special.) Wide attention -was attracted here this afternoon by the article in this morning's Oregonlan. giving the purport of a reso lution voted on at the recent meeting of the Board of Regents of the Agricultural College, which resolution had reference to Dr. Wlthycombe. It called upon Dr. Wlthycombe to withdraw from his can didacy or resign his position and proposed that if he did neither within ten days his position as director of the ex periment station should be declared va cant. Speaking this evening of the reso lution. Dr. Wlthycombe said: "The statement In the article that the resolution was not a personal matter is not correct. The matter set forth In the resolution is of a kind with many char acterizations of the sort brought for e ward in the past three years.- in the board - and out of 1U by Mr. Daly and Mr. Keady. all of which have been In the nature of personal attacks upon myself." "The proposed resolution. I have heard. - carried with it the suggestion that I should resign trom the college or with draw from my candidacy. Before I con sented to allow the use of my name for ' office. I personally consulted with several members of the cojlege board, proposing to. resign. In each instance, these regents advised -me not? to -do so. I consented to i remain in the college solely and onlv on " their advice." , HIT COWS ON" XEWAUIvUM-HILL Puget Sound limited Has a Narrow Es-ape -From ""Wreck. CHEHALIS. Wash.. July 27. (Special. Train No. 14. Puget Sound Limited, for Seattle, had a very narrow escape from a terrible wreck at Newaukum station, three miles south of here, tonight. A bunch of cattle was struck, killing, three 'Cows. One cow was caught beneath the tender and dragged some; distance before the train was stopped. The train was going about SO miles an hour down Newaukum Hill, near the scene of the Elks' excursion wreck of August, 1503. After 15 minutes delay and the uncoupling of the engine, the animal's carcass was extricated and the train came on. RAILROAD WINS SMOKE CASE Xolse From Trains Must Be Ex pected In City. OLTMPIA, Was.h.. July 27. (Special.) The noted "smoke case" from Spo kane, inx-olvlng the right of the owner of property not adjacent to a railway right of way to recover damages on account of smoke or .noises incident to the running ot trains has resulted in tne Supreme Court In what Is consid ered a victors for the Great Northern Railroad Company. The Supreme Court holds In effect mat ni right f recovery exists only where the property has bees physical ly damaged, a by deposits of soot or by Jarring of earth or -when the emis sions of smoke-and noise are the result of negligence on the part of the com pany. But the ringing of bells, found ing of (whistles, rumbling of trains and. .other usual noises and the emission of smoke, gas, fumes and odors inci- dent to the proper operation . of the road are such consequential injuries as must be held to have been anticipated by any one acquiring property In a city. The "court also 'holds that damage1 cannot be recovered on account ot pb-; .; t ructions to a street not adjacent to' the property alleged to have been lam aged. The rulings of the lower court, hav ing been Inconsistent with the Views of the Supreme Court and prejudicial to the,icoropany. the case la remanded for new triaL The opinion ipnsMered one of far reaching importance. affirmance of the lower oourt wouiWiave resulted In endless litigation, not only In Spo--kane, where nearly a mile Ot city lots is involved, but in all the cities of the state where railroads or manufacturing , Industries aro operated. Tried to Drown "In Shallow Water. WALLA KALLA. Wash.. July 23. Crazed by drink. William Elstcn, an in surance agent, attempted to commit sui cide last night by Jumping into Mill Creek. The water was so shallow that he had to lie down and put his face under water In the attempt to drown himself. Several persons who witnessed the act succeeded in getting him out. About three months ago Elsten pur chased a. revolver at a local hardware store, placed the muzzle tp his head and was in the act of pulling the trigger when he was prevented by the interfer ece of a clerk. Elsten's mother resides In Colfax. T TWO PLACES 3fOW RUNNING IN FOREST GROVE. Temperance People Said to Be Pre paring for Great Effprt to Close Them. FOREST GROVE, Or., July 27. Spe cial.) The long-continued fight to sup press the sale of intoxicating beverages in this city, which has been dropped during the past few months, was re sumed last night when Deputy Sheriff Kane, ot Billsboro, served a warrant upon A. G. Watson, charging him with contempt of court In falling to obey the injunction against him, granted by Judge McBride. It is rumored that this Is only the first step In a campaign Which will be waged by the temperance people with the intention of entirely stopping the liquor business In E6rest Grove. The situation at present is unsatis factory to the license and prohibition elements alike. After Judge McBride sustained the injunction which prevent ed the issuing of liquor licenses, the City Council repealed all ordinances re straining the sale of liquor. Immedia ately two establishments opened, which have been dispensing intoxicants open ly, and have not paid one cent into the city treasury. Watson's saloons occu pied the building which was erected for a saloon when the Injunction was pend ing and has been run with less restric tion than it would have met under the proposed license ordinance. In addition to the two establish ments already in operation. It is re ported that a third is to be -opened this week by Chowning, who owned a "Jolnf which burned at DIUey -Sunday night, and temperance people are. joud in their protests. They have been quietly gathering evidence for several weeks and developments are awaited with Interest. BUSINESS COLLEGE IN TROUBLE Woman Proprietor Goes East and Has N'ot Returned to Aberdeen. ABERDEEN, Wash., July 27. (Special.) Mrs. O. E. FJowcrs, who came here from Everett several months ago and started the Gray's Harbor Commercial College, left suddenly a few days ago for Wisconsin, as she alleged, called by the death of her father. Numerous creditors today became alarmed, and students who had paid tuition in advance were frantic over the belief that they had been duped. The Remington Typewriter Company, from whom typewriters "were rented, came here to take charge of their prop erty, which Is threatened with attach ments. Several attachments were Issued and hurried to officers In Tacoma. In the hope of finding Mrs. Flowers and taking personal service. Professor Cawthorn, who says several months' salary is due, attached all the property and placed the papers In the hands of the Sheriff, but trouble l likely to follow, as several business men allege most of the stuff was secured on con tracts and little has been paid on It. Fined for Removing Placard. OLYMPIA, Wash., July 27. (Special.) T. G. Whittaker. a young roan resid ing near Oyster Bay. was today fined $50 and costs for removing a posted placard prepared by the State Fire Warden under the directions of the new foro-st protection law. This Is the first arrest to be mado In the state under the new law. The defendant gave no tice of appeal to the Superior Court Charges Habitual Drunkenness. OREGON CITY, Or., July 27. (Special.) Morton N. Whiting is charged with habitual drunkenness and failure to pro vide In a divorce proceeding brought against him today by Margaret EL Whit ing, who asks not only for an absolute divorce, but the privilege of resuming her maiden name. Margaret EL Stratum. The parties were married in the state of Washington In February. 15)03. Ranchers Shc Coal Company. ASTORIA. July. 27. (Speclal.)-Two Ktiltn ii'r fl1d In lh fir-mitt rv,- tJl by Charles Robltsch and Frederick Ro-I bltpch nealnst the Nehalem rvi rvmN pany. The plaintiffs are ranchers living near the mouth of the Nehalem River. They allege that they gave deeds to 4S0 acres of coal land to the coal ,com pany under false representations, and ask that the deeds be set aside. Railroad Rectifies Error. OLYMPIA, Wash.. July 27. (Special.) A complaint filed recently with the Rail road Commission by a. shipper of cascara, at Chehalls has, been withdrawn. The shipper- notifies the commission that the raise in rates complained of was a cleri cal error on the part of the railroad com pany and has been adjusted satisfac torily. ChnmberkOa'a CeHe. CheJera &4 JMarrkeea Reaey The Beet hi ExlHesee. T. M. Woo, manager of the White County News, Beebe. Ark-, is . represen tative Southern business -man. who does not hesitate In expressing his good opin ion of a well-known remedy. He f-ays: "it gives pleasure to reconesd Cham berlain's Cellc. Cholera and Diarrhoea. Remedy, having ued It myself In r family with the best results. In fact, I believe it le he the sect ttmt&y of Um Wad in extottftct." SoM or all rhrK4sts. DEFENSE IT CITIZEN Mrs. Hidden Is 'Said to Have , "Been Donenjustice. CASE. "TO BE APPEALED Rer. T. E. " Elliott, of Vancouver Methodist Church, Will Probablr Face Charges to Be Pre ferred at Conference VANCOUVER. TVish.. July 27. To the Ed itor.) The mrtay frlendsotMr. M- L. T. Hid den fl th.t the result of tb recent church "trial la thla city and the bluwd reports ct which have appeared in the PortUad press hare cone her crest lnJujlc- and Injury. H It, therefore, the purpwe of this coaununlc Uon. mj. briefly as powlhle. to clre the essen tial fact In thli case Just the cold fact, the naked truth. ' It appears xht Rev. Thorn ji E. Elliott, P" tor ot the Methodist Church of Vancouver, had uttered J rem his own pulpit, as well as at a public tuner! service tn thU city, doc trine of euch a liberal character that hU ad herence to the Methodist creed was called Into question. It le a well-known fact that at the funeral service referred to, Pastor Elliott's remark were no very liberal as to cast widespread comment In the community. It Is declared also that from hit own pulpit be said, I do nocare whether you believe la the atonement of Jesus Christ or not.' Now, Sir. Hidden I a member of the Meth. oil! Church, and she criticised this utterance and declared that Mr. Elliott was a Unitarian. The prayer meetings at the church had also been seen of discord and Inkaraoay. and Mrs. Hidden had remarked that "they were like cl reuses." The rearrangement of the seats tn the auditorium of the church recently made had Increased the actual seatlnc capac ity by not over SO. yet Pastor Elliott had declared from the pulpit, waving his hand to the north end of the building. "Alt these are extra,"-and. he circulated In the official print ed church bulletin the statement that 400 peo ple could now b eated with more comfort than 300 people as formerly. Mrs, Hidden then declared that the pastor had "twisted and perverted the truth." and had lied from the pulpit, and knew he was lylnr. Enemies of Mrs. Hidden la Vancouver nd the has them here proceeded acaln. her with the Intention of securing her dltmlstal fmm the church. A paper extensively circu lated and numerously signed and is Ud to have bitterly arraigned Mrs. Hidden. Thta was pta-nJ in the hands of Mr. Elliott and later sV'en over to the preridlns; elder of the dletrlct. In the meantime charge were form ally preferred against Mrs. Hidden by El M. Thorooghman. which charges were further at tested by Mrs. H. "U. Arnold, which Utter person admitted on the wltnete stand that ah had circulated the "round robin" letter against Mrs. Hidden. In due course of time a church trial was called for the 23th lnst. Mr. H. IV. Arnold appearing tor the prosecu tion of the charges, assisted by Rev. Dr. Short, of Portland. Mrs. Hidden had secured the services of the Rev. Charles El dine and Rev. D. Toung. of Portland, while Rev. N. M. Temple, of the Kalama Church, presided. The charges against Mrs. Hidden were that of "lying and bearing fsW witness," In that she had said Pastor Elliott had declared. ' I do not care whether you believe In the atone ment ot Jesua Christ or not": that she had "defamed" the pastor by declaring that he was a Unitarian; that rhe had said he "twitt ed and perverted the truth"; that "hlw prajer tneettngs were like clrcutes," and that he had "lied from the pulpit and knew he was lying." Accordingly. Mrs. Hidden appeared for triaL Through her attorney, Mr. Cline, she promptly pleaded "not guilty" to the charge of lying, but did plead guilty to all of the specifications, -ralf they were the truth and cot -lies.- and proposed to prove every word she had said. This the defense proceeded to do. summoning numerous witnesses to sustain what she had said. Among them were; C. C. Grldley, chairman of the board of trustees and superintendent of the Sunday school; Mrc C. C Grldley, president of the tV. C. T- C; Rufus Firestone, member board ot trustees; S. Bin! sell, member board of stewards: Mrc S., Blrdnell. superintendent Junior Epworth league; Mrs. R. C. Jones, teacher In the Sunday school; Mrs. Mary Man ning. Mr. II. Tu. Roes, Mrs. H. L. Roes. Mrs. M. Carr and Mr. Torgerzxm. the latter Janitor or the church for four years. Mr. Grldley tes-" tlSed that he had head the pastor say that It waa not neceasery to believe la the divinity of Jemia Christ. Mr. Grldley and seVera others alto testified moat positively that th pastor was In error regarding the supposed Increased seating ca pacity in the church. tVbtle certain witnesses brought by the prosecution testified that they had "not" heard the pastor ray, "I do not care whether you believe la the atonement of Jesus Christ or not.' the testimony of Mrs. Hldden's witnesses was positive that they had Individually heard him say to. The testimony was likewise conclusive that the prayer meet ings had been like circuses, for It was related that on a certain occasion the pastor, being In great anger, shook his fist and said. "If Father Flynn was not an old man, 1 would hit him. and hit him hard.' The- charitable Inference is that the paKor meant that he would give the axed and pious old man not a beating, but a tonrue-laahlng. n'ltneiises testified that they had left the prayer meetings time and again tn an agi tated frame ot mind as a result of the proceed lag there. The examination of witnesses consumed the entire day, and the proceedings were at times of a very warm character. Mr.' Cllae. for the defense, tndeavored to get Pastor Elliott to take th; witness and to Identify the printed official church bulletin, but he declined to do so. The proecutlcn advised him not to answer any .questions, and Mr. Arnold referred to the printed bulletins, sought to bt Introduced as evidence, as "trash." Prosecutor Arnold ye'lea at Mr. Cline. called him an Irlahrsan and told him to "lt down." Mr. Cline retorted that Arnold waa a bulldozer, and had "run things" so long that he now Imagined he was the "whole -rush." Mr. Cline said Mrs. Hidden was a brave, .good woman, of spotless purity, courageous for the truth, and that she was not to be "killed like a cat and tested Into the alley." He ncid he waa of the opinion that those prayer meeUngs were "like circuses," and. continuing, he said. "I ssy this court here Is a circus, and now bring on your charges and try me' Mr. Arnold referred to Mrs. Hidden as belonging to that class of people who were driven from the teraple when "Christ made his famous raid on the "money-changers." Inas much as the motto. "What Would Jesus Do?" occupied a prominent place la the room on this occasion. I wondered and am wondering still what Jesus would really do oa aa occa sion like this. The defense waa required to and practically did assume the attitude of the prosecution, al though the presiding officer had decided that the regular order could not be reversed. To an cnblased. Impartial onlooker. It certainly appeared that Mrs. Hidden had woa out, for she surely proved by numerous unimpeachable witnesses, ot high staadlns In the church that she had told the truth and had not lied. So satlefled was Mr. Cline with the everwhelralng evidence brought out in the examination of the witnesses for the defense that he told Xra, Hidden that It was not necessary for her to take the stand In her own behalf, as the case, was surely won for her. But, mark the great surprise ot all when the Jury of fire brought In a verdict of Gailty.' The Jury was la deliberation for sosne tine, and the very nat ural Inference Is jbat they were confroBied with the poasbSe co&dltiea In the chtrrch which might result ce the acqalttal ot Mm. Hidden. Either ofce or the pastor had to tiu The estssie of Mrs. Hidden, la Mtlr aeal to destroy her, h4 forced -their sinister daager. ously cteee to the aria lte, threateatsc the v-y existence of the chares oraalssUon. A versMet sJt Mrs. Htsttc w ajspartntly. their eely alterMtlre. That there im saere is th. uiummsiu t etesly a stre t tctaiAe Mr. HM; 1st al)e4 tofsaetssm of eaareft m, H HMr a mm tfcat Mr. r. t )wr.-rMil tbt had retttBltal wttk Paster Stttott- in. the hfe that this chare trial zalgat fee avsMetf sad Tsar, atoay aad gwd feelteg rests rta la tfc church. He said that these eadeavofs had Tsvea barrea ot results, for Mr. Kltott bad ald that the parties Jbehlnd the prosecaUca had declared that there should be no cosBpromUf. Mrs. Hidden will take aa appeal to the triers ef appeals of Oa trail district, aad have the case there reviewed. Charges against. sjKcr Elllott, it is said, will corae cp at the annual conference, poem to be held, embracing' the very points against him as set out' by the de fease In the trial Just closed. CITIZEN. Saltoa Sink CaBses Trouble. SAX FRANCISCO. July 7. Owing to the Inundation of tracks at Salton Sink, the Southern Pacific trains are constantly being held up, and conditions In the over flowed area are becoming more and more zerioua. An emergency call was made on Lob Angeles yesterday for assistance, and It will require the hardest kind of work tb save J10Q.COJ worth of Imperiled prop erty. A party of Southern Pacific offi cials left Las Angeles last night for the fcene of trouble. Hundreds of men are being rushed to the scene, and a "shoo fly." 12 miles long, has been decided on as a means for heading off the rush of water that is a danger to the railway company's tracks. By the construction of a jetty 3000 feet long, extending Into the Colorado River at a. point a mile above the Intake of the Colorado Development Company's Irriga tion canal. Southern Pacific engineers will attempt to divert the flow of the river to the east side of the channel, away from the canal Intake on the west side. Buildings Destroyed at Fcrnle. VICTORIA, B. a. July 27. A disas trous fire occurred this morning at Fernie. B. C, destroying many of the" buildings of the town. Including the Fernie Free Press office and the North ern Pacific office. The loss is $50,000. PRODUCT GOBS FROJI 20 CENTS DOWX TO 3 CENTS. Market Was Swamped Last Tear, When Hundreds Invaded the Woods. AI.3ANT. Or.. July 27.-(Speclal.)-ThIs Is an off year with tbe'ehittam bark peo ple. For the last two years a great amount of money has been put In circu lation through the medium of this medi cinal bark, hundreds of people spending their outing' In the woods oeellng the bark. The price ot the commodity soared up past the 39-cent mark, and those who were fortunate enough to secure a valu able belt of chlttara timber netted a neat income. Little boys who had never earned a dollar In their life lined their pockets last year and the year before at the rate of from S3 to J7 per day. As a result ot the great increase In price, many tons of the cascara. or chit lam, bark were gathered and sacked, only to lie in some warehouse unsold. This overproduction caused a slump In the market, and this year the bark Is going for 3 to 3U cents per pound. The bark that was peeled last year Is more valuable than this year's bark. The stuff Increases In value with age. The big drug firms that purchase tons of the bark have to dry nnd season it before use. Representatives of these firms state that they cannot use all the bark that Is offered them this year, .and that comparatively few people are engaged In the chittam woods this year. Last sea son, when the excitement over the bark was nt its height, many husiness men se cured leasts on tracts of land contain ing many of the cascara trees, with per mission to peel the bark from the trees. Oregon and Washington are the heavy producers of this bark, the medicinal properties of which have caused it to be valuable for many years. W. F. Pollock, of Albany, one "of the heaviest buyers of the bark, stated today that Oregon sold about $00 tons of the bark last year, and Washington as much. This year not more than one-third that amount will be purchased, and there are many hundred tons of it on hand. Prior to the last two years, the. chittam bark market had not had a boom since 1S. At that time those who had quantities of the bark reaped a rich harvest. FREIGHT TRAIN GOES IX DITCH Engineer and Fireman Are Killed, Brakcman and Tramp Injured. FORSYTH, Mont,t July 77. Four peo ple are dead and two seriousCy Injured as a result of an eastbound Northern Pa cific freight wreck between Myers and Rancher. 30 miles west of Forsyth. High water had carried away a small concrete bridge, and the freight. In charge of En gineer James Wilson and Conductor Peter Emge. plunged into the opening. The en gine and five cars were plied into the ditch. The dead: JAMES "WILSON, engineer. Forsyth. Mont, EDWARD LUCIFER, fireman, Forsyth. Mont TWO UNKNOWN TKAMPS. Injured: John Campbell, brake man of For syth; cae unknown tramp. The injured have been brought here. The bodies of the killed have not been recovered from the wreckage. The freight had orders to run from Rancher to Myers to meet the westbound passenger train. Luckily the freight struck the washout before the passenger, or there would have been terrible- loss of life. The passenger was flagged a short distance from the wreck. The company Is making heroic efforts to clear the track. Squaw's Body Found In River. SKAGWAT. Alaska, July 24. Evidence of a grim double tragedy, perpetrated by one of the numerous "squaw men" of the North, has Just come to- light at Chilkat with the discover' of the body of Mary Moses, an Indian woman, who has .been living with James Hansen at Chilkat. Her remains were floating on the water. Hanson's boat "waa discovered upside down with one oar In the rowlock, Hansen Is supposed to have drowned Mary Moses last July 5. and then com mitted suicide. It is said he threatened to murder her If she left him. His body has not been found. Salt Against Marlon Coanty. OREGON CITY. Or July 27. (Special.) The suit for dassages of H. P. Ridings against Marlon. County was today filed In the Circuit Court here on a change of venue from Marie County, and will be heard at the regular terra ot court that will be convened In November. Ridings allege that while crossing a bridge over the Padding River near Woodburn. in Oc tober. 1SC he sustalaed injaries by which he was damaged In the sum of fUm. He asks Judgment, however, for the sum of Mrs. Church to Be Matron. EUGENE. Or.. July 27. The comasittee from, the Board of Resents of the Ualrer sity of Orege which had la ha ad the se lection of Matron of the dormitory at last decided tipoc Mrs. S. C Church, of Sax Fnefrco. She has aceected. a4 will MHM her datle early In.Ocffcer. The reet aaatrsv. Mfaur Xlha. WtlUasas. wii! ope the dccsaUory at Um toicfcmtcK of the school Tear and conduct It mttit Xra, Church's arrival. . SaWtsml cosssttMtkMi cvrad aad 5,r fsfthd W tfce rtffissar bh oC FLUSH RED tlGHT Mazamas Signal From the Top of Mount Rainier. SUN SOFTENS THE SNOW Those Who Have'RctHrned Say the Trip Was Quito ArdaoBS, hut the Danger Was 2fot Very Great. ASHFORD. Wash.. July 77. Special.) The red light flashed on the mountain top last night by the Mazamas was plain ly seen from Longmlre Springs, even though that place Is on the opposite side of the crater from that where the lire was Ignited Those who have made the climb and are resting here and those who are In camp gathered round a huge log fire and waited for the signal. The Klser party of men. who slept all night In the crater, returned this morn ing. They say that while there they experienced little or no discomfort. All yesterday and today those who have made the ascent and are compelled to hasten back to business and the haunts of men. have been arriving at Longmlre. They unite in declaring that the soft snow makes the ascent difficult, yet they Insist the danger Is not great. FARMER'S HOUSE IS ROBBED Isaac Allen, of Rcedvhle, Loses SI 145 In Hard Cash. HILLSBORO. Or., July 27. (Special.) While Isaac Allen was assisting bis son, Scott Allen. In the field on. his farm near ReedvIHe. north of this place; his house was entered and J1145 In gold, silver and currency was stolen; valu able papers are also missing. When Mr. Allen returned he found his housekeeper and her husband ab sent, the doors locked and one window on the first floor open. No clew of any description was left by the thieves. Mr. and Mrs. Portlga. have lived on the place for a number of years and are said to have Mr. Alien's full confidence. They soon after returned from a neighbors, where they ha; beencall Ing when tho robbery took place. They had a woman visitor from Portland with them anJ she became so hysterical over the robbery that she was com pelled to return home. Mr. Allen came to this county and took up his farm In the early '60s. For 15 years the place was in litigation, the present owner finally being successful. Mr. Allen was also defendant some years ago In a J10.00D suit for criminal libel. T. J. Bramel. a Mexican War vet eran, now an inmate of tho Roseburg Soldiers' Home, was one of the plain tiffs. The case was nonsuited. Mr. Allen Is a Scotchman, about 76 years of age. One of his eccentricities consists In keeping his money and val uables in his own house, through a dis belief In banks. He has been -robbed two or three times before OX TRIAL FOR STAGE-ROBBERY John Gideon Has Hearing Before United StatesCommlssIoncr. BOISE. Idaho. Jdly 27J (Special.) Today's preliminary examlnatfon of John Gideon, for stage robbery, was begun before tho United States. Com missioner. Gideon Is charged with holding up the Warren stage between Resort and Meadows. July 7, and secur ing $1200 In gold dust and $330 In cash. He was arrested at Ontario, Or., and stands charged with robbing the United States mail. ' Postmaster George Patterson, ot Warren, was on the stage. He eat with the driver at the time of the hold-up. Patterson described the behavior of the robber and the gun he carried. The robber had his face covered with a veil. When the robber told the driver to throw down tho sack the latter threw off a sack of bottles, whereupon the robber commanded him sharply to throw of the mail. While the two were engaged In that manner Patterson tried to drive off and the robber swung his large gun on him and wnmed him to desist, James Con roy, tfo driver also testified thdt the guns and the clothing of Gideon looked like those of the robber. PAYS UP ALL HIS DEBTS. Alex Waters Gives Bay City Traffic Men a Pleasant Surprise. SAN FRANCISCO. July 27. (Special.) A pleasant bit of news was furnished the railroad traffic men along the street today In the announcement that Alex Wa ters, the former city ticket agent of the Pacific; Coast Steamship Company, who absconded four years ago, after a reck less night career In the tenderloin, had settled in full bis shortage with the steamship company and had properly atoned for a number of breaches of trust among the railroad men who had re garded him as a friend. Waters sudden disappearance from this city was a great surprise to his many friends, who had welcomed him as an. as sociate and worthy of every confidence. The fact that he had stolen his employ ers money and then, on the eve of his Tight, borrowed money from his .most In timate friends upon misrepresentations, for a time caused the erring young fel low to be bitferly condemned. Waters went to New "fork, secured a good posi tion, repented of his folly and' has squared himself with the world. FOREST RESERVE IS BURNING Fire in Idaho Blamed to Carelessness of Shcepherder. COUNCIL. Idaho. July 27. A large for est Are Is raging la the recently created forest reserve a few miles east of this place. The country affected is on the headwaters of the East Fork. MkUIe Fork, Cottonwood Creek and Mill Creek. A large portion of the timber land within the fire area was proven upon by claits aats under the timber and atone act. but much is still Government property. There Is an immense body of Usber there and unless the fire Is checked much dam age will be done. That section is filled with sheep, aad there seesss llttlp doubt that the Are origisated froaa some neglected caaapfirs ef a herder- GOOD TIME WITH BAD CHECKS A. D. Craig Ha 2f Money Bask oa TCMea He Draws. SOUTH BXND DEPOT, Waah. Jly 27. (t-MekL) 11m TMHW-ekecrk asaa was S town a few days mmo from n the Urn aad loft t line rswrfadiru of. Mk ytott. Th saast's nan to A,X. Crahr naa Defesea 3aaks. at ClMhalls. So far, three checks have been returned here wlh aotlce that the drawer had as funds ea deposit to peiy them. Oae check, for J2t, was cashed by Fred Carter: one, for $15. by Fred Co peasplre. and another, for $10. In favor of Paul Fouataln, to whom Craig ga'e the check so Fountain could get out of town. Craig had been working at the iic Conaick mill for some time, and the belief among his victims Is that he really did not mean to swindle them, but intends to make good. Ho was having a gdbd time and seemed to have plenty of money. HIa present where abouts are unknown. Drowned at Mouth of River. ASTORIA, Or.. July 27. (Special.) Ti W. Lane, a, man employed on the Jetty construction at the mouth ot the Columbia River, was drowned this af ternoon at Fort Stevens, while assist ing in discharging a barge load of rock that is to be used on the Jetty exten sion. He slipped off the edge ot the barge Into the river and sank almost Immediately, although a number of men were close at hand and endeavored to rescue him. Lane had been at work on -the Jetty but a short time, and little Is known I of him, excepting that he was an American, 33 years ot age and unmar ried. Habeas Corpus lor Curtis. OREGON CITY. Or.. Jnly 27.-(SpecIal.) Attorneys for Jesse Curtis, who Is held in the County Jail here on a charge of Illegally selling liquor at his cabin on the Barlow road, tonight prepared the papers In a writ of habeas corpus .proceeding that will be instituted in the morning. Curtis was arrested Monday for selling liquor In quantities less than a gallon and without a Government license. E IS NOT PRESSED COLIiINS ALLEGED TO HAVE TAMPERED WITH WITNESS. Prosecution Intimates That the Mat ter May Come Up Later Before Justice Duff. VICTORIA. B. C. July 27. The charge made against George D. Collins, a fugi tive, whose extradition to San Francisco for perjury Is sought, of tampering with a witness for the prosecution, was not pressed when Judge Lampman resumed sitting today. Counsel explained circum stances under which Collins secured a statement from Notary" A. J. Henry, of San Francisco, and asked the Judge to J Inquire into the matter. jir. niggins. tor tne prosecution, saia he did not Intend to go Into the matter now, though proceedings might be taken to,, bring the matter before -Justice Duff. Mr. Helmckcn said the accusation against Collins was a grave one. and a reflection on the court. Judge Lampman The charge has not been .strongly pressed. Mr.vHelmcken said the charge against his client had been telegraphed to San Francisco, and the newspaper world, which was a self-constituted authority to try his client, would make reflec tions tending to prejudice him. Judge Lampman No facts constitut ing tampering have been shown here, have they? I don't think I need con sider the allegation further. Assistant District Attorney Whiting gave evidence before Judge Lampman today, testifying as to the law of Cali fornia relating to perjury. He read all the statutei bearing upon the offense. Collins cross-examined Whiting at length, questioning the Jurisdiction of the court of California, Whiting holding the court had Jurisdiction over the case in question. Assistant District Attorney Whiting, ot San Francisco, was again cross-examined by Colllifs when the court resumed this afternoon. Collins again went Into the question of the Jurisdiction of the San Francisco court, which the witness maintained had Jurisdiction, and' stated that the law ot California made Collins amenable to prosecution for perjury for making a false affidavit before Notary Henry In the maintenance suit. Collins questioned the witness at length, tending to show It an oath was Improp erly made It would not constitute per jury, and the witness read and explained the clauses of the California code bearing upon the offense of perjury. During the examination many discussions ensued-between Collins and the witness, In which Collins sought to belittle the Assistant District Attorney's knowledge of the law and value as an expert. Notary Public A. J. Henry, of San Francisco, when questioned regarding the Interview given by Collins regarding tho statement secured from him by the ac cused, circumstances on which the charge against Collins of tampering with wit ness was made, said Collins' statement was false. "It Is an Infamous lie." he said, "and the facts will be shown at the proper time." Threshing Begins in Linn. ALBANT. Or.. July 27. (Special.) Threshing has commenced In Linn Coun ty, and within a few days large quantities of new wheat will be flowing Into the mills and warehouses. Manager Bower sox. of the Red Crown Milts, in Albany, stated that yesterday he issued to farm ers over J1.0O) sacks to be used in hand ling their wheat. Most of the threshing machines began work thia week, and as the warm weather has brought all grain? out more rapidly than usual, work will not cease until the entire crop Is in the granary. In the past there has usually been a rest of a few days between the threshing of the Fall and Spring grain. Fall wheat Is usually a good crop. Engineers to Go to China. SEATTLE. Wash.. July 27.-(SpecIaI.) Charles H. Baker, the promoter of a system of electric railways In China, -who has Interested prominent Wajl street financiers In the project, leaves for the East next week to organize a corps of engineers to examine the prop osition. They will sail from the Coast within six weeks, and will go over the country thoroughly, not only to examine the engineering questions involved In lay ing the tracks. ht also to look- Into the possibilities of electrical transmission. Traffic raea will be taken along, to look over the question of freights. Flshtraps Violating the La-tr. OLYMPIA. Was.. July 27. (Special.) In a letter to the Fish Commissioner, written today Goveraer Mead refers to aggravated violations oa Puget Sound of the new law requiring a cIoe of flahtrapa 3 hours each week. While cofflnaendlHg the ComlsIeter for his Mh-geace. he urges him tb use further efforts to pros ecute offenders aad te give detaM of each case, is his Wenatai re-sort. The services of the Att-sraey-Geseral or of oae of his asfitstaats are sjfared la the prdsecutlona. PACIFIC COAST DEAD. William Blair Duhefcs. VAHCOGVBR, Wasiu Ja?y 27. ( cJaD rtSaai Stair Dalrafe -J led n-expot-dty Him heart trow Me at o '-clock tfcja tm0nd$- Be sea-sad waa 71 rmn 1 M aa-fc --slx.saa, and "iagJrt-MV 'wmtyUtp - MM. ptr. Dmikmlt eara-e tm Vaa- ran ii tis P0LLQWS VAT.A7CTA. 002TTRAOTEDI5' SPA3TES5- A T7RT0 Aff "WAS. Vltlm Sad Becomo Helpless Whea Sa Tried Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, bat Was Cured la Four Mouths. Because he did not know that there is a remedy for ataxia, Mr. Ariel endured four years of -weakness, jain and the -misery of thinking his caseincurable. "At the outbreak of the Spanish American, war," ha says, "I-went with Company B, Eighth Regiment, M.Y.3L, into camp at Chicktunauga, and whila there my system became thoroughly poisoned with malaria. When I waa mustered out, I carried that disease home with me. After a while locomotor ataxia appeared." "How did the ataxia begin?" " I first noticed a pain in my ankles and knee joints. This was followed by a numb feeling in my legs. At times I had to drag myself around; my legs would shake or become perfectly dead. " I had constant trouble in getting about in the dark. X kept a light burning in my room at night as I could not balance myself in the darkness. Even with the aid of a light I wobbled, and would reach out and catch hold of chairs to prevent myself from falling?" " How long were you a sufferer?" "Four years in all. Daring the last three years I was confined to bed, some times for a week, again for three or four weeks at a time. When I was lying dewn the pain in my back was fre quently so severe that I had to be helped up and put in a chair to get a little re lief. I had considerable pain in my bowels and no control over my kidneys. The worst of all was that the, doc tea could give me no hope of recovery." "How were you cured?" "I read that Dr. Williams' Pin Fills had cured locomotor ataxia and one or two friends spoke to me about them. In the fall of 1908 1 began to take them for myself and I had not used more than one box before I found that the pains in my knees and ankles were greatly relieved. Four months after ward Ibecame a perfectly well man, and I am today enjoying the best of health." Mr. Edward H. Ariel lives at No. 43 Powow street Amesbury, Mass. Every sufferer from locomotor ataxia should try Dr. Williams' Pink.Pills without delay. Any druggist can supply them. which time he naabeen engaged iu the sawmill and lumber business. Ida Porter. OREGON CITY. Or.. Jnly 27.-(Speclal.) Ida. wife of James Porter, died last night at her home near Canby. Besides her husband, the deceased. Is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Mott, of Canby. Mrs. Porter was 43 years of age. Brush Fires Destroy Telegraph "Wires Brush fires between Cascade Locks and Hood River in Northern Oregon and in Cow Creek Canyon in Southern Oregon are playing havoc with the telegraph K-ire3, and causing the companies endless annoyance. As far as can be learned, the fires have not got Into any of the tim bered areas. Injured by Exploding Dynamite. MEDFORD, Orv July 27. At Pros pect, 47 miles from Medfbrd, where tho Condor "Water 5c Power Company is now developing a power ditch at Rogue River Falls, a dynamite accident yes terday evening resulted in serious in Jury to Ralph Bacon, Roy Hollowell and Fred Bean, all residents of Gold Hill, who are employed by the com pany at Prospect. "With a box of dy namite caps open before them while capping a fuse, a spark exploded the caps, fragments entering the bodies ot the young men- Bacon was perhaps very seriously Injured in the groin, ab domen and face, with one eye some what Injured. Hollowell and Bean each had a leg crippled, but It is thought each will recover its use. Bacon was brought to Medford In a buckboard I during the night, and iq resting easily now. Run Over hy a "Combine." PENDLETON, Or.. July 27. (Speclal.)-i John Rahley, a harvest hand employed on the farm ot Charles Campbell, near Helix, was run over by a combined har vester last evening and seriously injured. His right leg was fractured and his arms were badly torn. He received Internal Injuries which are considered serious. At the Cafes of the Exposition Taste and trial will recog nize the virtues of maturity, purity, quality, flavor in Hunter I Whiskey! and will -coniirm its World wide Worthy Fame. 4J5milBLVU Jtrst I I II I M'Mt lit MM M f MMr