THE" MORXJJSG OREGONIAN, THTJRSDAY, 3IARCH 1, 1906. HIS FEET MISSED FIRST TRRP LI Ex-Governor of Idaho Stepped Over Wire Attached to Hidden Bomb. THREE MEN WERE IN PLOT Orchard Spent Much Time In Spying on Steuncnbcrg's Habits Before Third Attempt at Murder Was Successful. HOT OK SIMJ'KINS TRAIL. BOISB. Idaho. Feb. 2S. (Special.) It is reported here tonight that Jack tampkin!". who la so badly wanted In connection with the assassination of ox-Governor i-teunenberg, is surround ed by detectives near the dividing line of Washington and Idaho. He was Fern in the vicinity of the Cocur dAlones, but was lost In the brush. He Is evidently trying to -Ret into the State of -Washington. IJY -U". G. MAC BAE. ROISE. Idaho. Feb. 2S. (Staff Corrc- pondenca)-B!t by bit the full story of the prearranged plans for the assassins tion of cx-Govcrnor Steunenberg Is sift uv from beneath the Hd. The story of the murder by the bomb has been told so lias the story of the plan to shoot him on Christmas eve. In all there were three efforts to murder Idaho's ex-Governor, and the story of the first attempt leaked out today for the first time, as told by Ham- Orchard in his confession. Orchard first arrived in Caldwell early In November, and stayed there for two weeks. During this visit he boarded with a mun named W. II. Schcnck. out near the Stcunonberg home. For the first .itmio of daw he had no -visitors. Each morning when Orchard left Ids boarding noticed that he turned toward ex-Governor Stcuncnberg's rest donee and scouted around the country, gottlng information about the ex-Governor t habits and taking In the topography of the country. First Attempt at Murder. After Orchard had been living with the Schcncks about a week a couple of men answering the description of Jack Simp kins and Steve Adams began calling upon him in the evenings. Sometimes they came together and sometimes only one would call. Orchard began boarding with Sohonck November 7, and romained there until November 22. and it was between these dates that the first attempt to as sassinate cx-Govcrnor Stcuncnborg was made. According to Orchard's confession, the . same bomb which finally accomplished its floudlsh purpose was made by the three men between these dates, and it was placed across a path which the murderers know the cx-Govcrnor was wont to travel, going to and from his home to the bank in Caldwell. By spying upon Stcuncn berg's habits. Orchard learned that Steuncnberg. when he reached the end of the sidewalk, took a certain path to his rosidoncc. Lantern for n Signal. With this knowledge in their possession, the assassins waited in Caldwell until the cx-Governor started home. The man who was to place the bomb across the path hurried after his victim and ob tained a lead of some 200 yards. The otb or murderers kept a safe distance behind He carried a lantern, and at a given pig nal the man. who had gone in front stopped, placed the bomb on one side of the trail. ! The bomb had a piece of wire attached to It. and this wire was fastened to a 4ake which was pushed into the soft ground on the other side of the trail. Unconscious of the terrible fate which awaited him, cx-Govcrnor Steunenbcrg walked over the path, and Instead of striking the wire and setting off the bomb lie stepped over It. Off in the distance waited the two men who had planned this diabolical crime. When It failed they carefully removed the bomb and wont back to Caldwell. JEither Slmpklns or Adams. It was impossible to learn today wheth er It was Jack SSmpklns or Steve Adams who that night was Orchard's -companion. It Is believed, It was Adams, for a detec tive dropped a few words, which were to the effect that while they were anx ious to get hold of Slmpklns, they had Adams, who was just as important This fact has not lessened the efforts to get Slmpklns. Today a man named W. Russell came from Two Rivers, for thje purpose of tell .ing Governor Gooding that he had played cards with a man whom he believed to be Slmpklns. at Two Rivers. Russell says that tne man appeared to have Just shaved off a heavy mustache and the scars jon his face answered the descrip tion of those on Slmpklns (ace. During the card game, Russell states, something was said about detectives being in the country hunting for ex-Governor Steun enberg s assassins and as soon as the talk began the stranger got up and left the card table and Two Rivers. Prisoners Not to Go to Court. By consent of the attorneys for the dc fendants, neither Moyer. Haywood, Petti bonc ror St. John will be taken into the State Supreme Court tomorrow, the date ect for the return of the writs of habeas corpus. The prisoners will be represented by their attorneys. Special Prosecutor J. H. Hawley will present an answer to the charges made against Warden E. L. Whitney as to his right to hold the prisoners. He will con tend that tho prisoners were turned over to him by the Sheriff of Canyon County for safe keeping. The decision of the Supreme Court is anxiously awaited by the legal fraternity "throughout the state. Whichever way the decision gos It will establish a prece dent in that It will determine whether the officials ef the State Ifehe have the legal right te extradite Sieyer, Hayweed an Ftttbe6 tnm Oa4ra4e and riac them Idafee ea a special tr&ta. The question to be settled is -whether this Is legal and regular. Orchard Well Enough to Appear. The grand Jurymen at Caldwell cleaned up- the business before them today and -Kill, take up. the hearing of the evidence against the Federation officials tomorrow. Whether Orchard will be taken to Cald well in the morning cannot be learned to night. It is believed that the prosecution will present Orchard as Its first witness. He is still sick, but he is well enough to make the journey .according to the penl- -tentlary physician. Attorney Fred Miller, the Spokane nt- -torncy, who was dismissed oy urcnaro. had An interview with his former client afc this afternoon. He called at the pen itentiary, to, see Moyer, Haywood. Pcttl bono and St. John, and Informed Warden Whitney that Judge Smith had promised to Issue an order granting permission to see Orchard. Warden Whitney consented to allow Miller to sec Orchard, provided Orchard was willing. Orchard was willing and was brought from the hospital ward. Miller Sees Ills Former Client. I had a talk with Orchard," said Mil ler tonight. "He shows signs of his ill ness and appeared very weak and ex tremely nervous. I explained my position and told him that I had not withdrawn from Ills case. He said that he had read V CHINESE IMPERIAL COMMISSION ARRIVES IN SEATTLE rrlnr'c Tula Te. In the newspaper that I had done so and since had made other arrangements. I don't know what he meant by this. unless he has engaged other counsel, or Is going to stpnd by his confession. This Is one of the funniest cases 1 have ever been mixed up In. 1 was engaged by Harry Hognn and was dismissed by Har- l Orchard." The local labor unions here have passed resolutions promising moral and financial support to the Federation ofnclals. X committee was appointed to call upon Governor Gooding and take up the ques tion of Ill-treatment of the prisoners. Gov ernor Gooding was out of the city. MADE BOMB FOR ORCHARD V Denver Plumber Verifies Confcfeblon of Steunenbcrg Assassin. DENVER, Colo.. Feb. 28. According to Harry Orchard's alleged confession. It was 'learned here today, the bomb with which ex-Gov,nor Steunenbercr -was killed at Caldwell. Idaho, Decem ber SO last, was manufactured In Den ver. Orchard, It is said, confessed to "having secured the lead receptacle in which the explosives were placed from Charles T. Roach, a plumber, at 1C51 Court Place, diagonally across the street from the furniture store of George A. Pettlbone. one of the sus pects now under arrest In Idaho. Mr. Roach said today that he recol lected having made this lead recep tacle and gave a description or tne man wno ordered it which tallies with that of Orchard. STATE LAND IS FORFEITED HOLDERS OF CERTIFICATES DELINQUENT IN PAYMENTS. Fear of Implication in Fraud Is Be licved to Have Scaled Mouths of People Who Paid in Part. k atkm. Or.. Feb. 2S. Special.) After cancelling the De Lalttre school-land cer tificates vesterday. covering 15.000 acres of land the State lana ttosra maao nrdor cancelling about 40 certificates of sale of lieu lands, aggregating 12,000 acres. and held by persons unnnown 10 mc Board. These latter cancellations were made because the holder oi tne certin MtPR -wan more than three years delin mipnt in his payments, and the money already paid, amounting to about ?6400, hPin forfeited to tne state. Presumably, these certincates were neia hv some man wno iouna nimseii uaoiv to prosecution for land frauds, and rather than disclose his Identity ne jet tne pay mfnts become delinquent and thus for felted his right to the land. This lieu land was selected In 1KC upon unsurveyed sections in the proposed Blue Mountain forest reserve. This reserve has not been created and the sections were not avail able as base at the time the selections n-erc made. Who. If anyone, got the money out of this base Is not known, for .there Is nothlnc In the records to show. The lieu lands were selected in -various parts of Eastern Oregon, chiefly In Klamath County. The only names In posscselon of the Board arc those of the original appll cants, who are: William Uau. F- J. Lo.wrnce. mlth Comb. Bleb Hutton, Oorre Brmi. Edwird Swar, Ames rites. T. stulweii, . m ww, J. W. Mrrrs. "W. E. Chittenden, MaijaU F. Myers. J. H. Tounc. J. I Thorn, Richard V. Beyaon. Den U. Upton, George ff. Duitln Jr.. "W. A. Oliver. G. W. Melrr, TVllUajn O. Braeee. Ofner Smith. Abe C .Btltec Minnie Smith. Martha. Hvster. Barney McGlrt, Bow. Oliver. Jam Di. Mary C Gee, E. EtelU Golas. Lot. Btecksaas. Aos Josat. Georr "WIUImsh. Mrs. M. E. Mwter. MUtara TJader- woofi, R. J. S-tOwe. fY. H. Adkhut, Samuel Cramp. John nyser. H. B. JM. It Is known- that la auy lastances the appWcaHls were mere awRHBie and had ae real iatcreet in the purchase ef the l&ad. The actual jHtrcfeaaer ks kept his name secret. HEARING AT COLFAX Washington Railroad Commis sion Fixes Date for June 6. 0. R. & N. PRESENTS A PLAN Absorption of Differential in Ocean Rates Between the Ports of Port land and Puget Sound Urged as Remedy to Whcatgrowcrs. OLTMPIA, Wash., Feb. 2S. SpedaL) 'The members of the Railroad Commission of Washington were In conference at Se attle nearly all day with railroad traffic officials, notably R. B. Miller, general freight agent of the O. R & K. Co., dis cussing the subject of Joint wheat rates. tattle. Mayor Ballragrr. of Seattle. Judge Burke. of At the conclusion of the conference It was year In cost of operation, not counting the announced by the commission that a hear- wear and tear on machinery which will be Ing would be begun at Colfax Tuesday, borne by the electric company. June 6, to consider and hear testimony on It is estimated that the new arrange the two complaints now on Tile before the ! ment will enable the city to furnish commission or. the subject of a joint rate water for Irrigation during the Summer at n TrVift.it rmn. nf f hi? Mmnlulnts bcinc : 15 cents a thousand instead of 25 cents as from the milling Interests of Puget Stmd and the oilier from the fanners and ship pers of the Palouse country. It Is understood that the hearing set for Colfax will be adjourned to the west side after taking the testimony of the wit nesses In Eastern Washington. Today's conference was held at the sug gestion and at the request of the O. R. fc X. officials, who arc endeavoring to find a way of avoiding a Joint-rate order. Their plan was fully explained to the commis sion by Mr. Miller. It being. In brief, for the O. R. & N. Co. to absorb the differ ential in ocean rates as between the ports of Portlandand Puget 3ound on foreign cargoes, jir. .Miner insistod to tne com mission at today's conference that this action on the part of his road would en tirely remove all cause for complain on the part of the farmers and millers, and the discrimination being thus removed. there would remain no further necessity for a Joint rate or for a hearing on the joint-rate question. It was agreed by the commission tlmt. If the prediction made by Mr. Miller nrovos true, and If the complainants are satisfied with conditions existing under the O. It. & cos plan of absorbing the differential on ocean freight rates, and withdraw their complaints, then the proposed joint-rate hearing at CbrTax Jcic 6 will be aban doned. It was pointed out to Mr. Miller br the Commission that as represented to the board ry the complainants In the Joint rate case, several other elements enter Into the question in addition to the dif ferential on foreign freight rates. It Is alleged by the complainants, that there Is often a difference of from 2 cents to cents a bushel In the price of wheat as. between Portland and Pucct Sound. whereas the difference Jn foreign freight rates is scarcely 1 cent a bushel. It Is alleged a large percentage of the differ encc In price Is accounted for by the so- called millers and exporters combina tion at Portland, which Is able to operate practically on Its own terms In O. R. & N. territory in Eastern Washington. Another advantage alleged for wheat buyers In Portland is the difference In grading as between Oregon and Wash lngton. there being an arbitrary standard of 69 pound? to the bushel maintained by the Portland exporters, while the Wash ington Stale Grain Commission has fixed the standard for this state at Zs pounds, The question of a hearing on the joint- rate complaint on wheat may now be said to be up to the complainants in the case, and the members of the Railroad Commission, while refusing to be quoted on the point directly, do not appear to think that the proposed move of the O. R. & X. will bring about a withdrawal of the complaints now on flic. ENGINEER SAVES 3IAX1T LIVES Sticks to Icvcr.of Runaway Loco mo tire Until the Last Minute. BUTTE, Mont., Feb. 2S. A light engine crashed into a passenger train on the heavy grade west of this place today, and that a large number of lives was not lost Js due to the heroism of Engineer Barker. of the light engine. wJio, when he realized he was rapidly running down the passen Kcr. stuck to his lever. Barker remained with his engine until he saw a collision was inevitable, when he and his fireman leaped for their lives, es caplng with nothing more serious than bruising. The engine was practically de mollshed and the coach wrecked. Thomas Conroy, a trainman, becoming confused in the snow storm, was run down and killed. MERGING OF BOISE BANKS. SU LohIs Capitalists Arc Interested in tho Enterprise. BOISE, Idaho. Feb. SS.-SpecIal.)-The Bank of Cenamerce of this dty Is to be merged with the Trust Company and Sav ings Bank, with a capital of tm.m. that l in process of organization br I. Ceate and associates. The final details of the matter will be arranged at a meet ing ef the dtrecters ef the "bask that has been called for temorraw. The deal Is for practically half ef the present capital steek f the hank, which ameuts te PM, CCO. It is understood to be made on the baris of a valuation of COO per share. Associated with local men In the enter prise are some well-known St. Louis cap italists, including H. C. Hllting, president of the Third National Bank of that city; J. C Van Riper, president of the Illinois State Trust Company, of. East Su Louis; G. L. Faulkner, of the Missouri-Lincoln Trust Company, of St. Louis, and John Nicholson, of the National Bank of Com merce of St. Louis. POWER FOR AVATER "WORKS Pendleton Board 3Iakcs Contract "Willi Electric Company. PENDLETON, Or.. Feb. S5. (Special.) The Pendleton Water Board today en tered Into a ten-year contract with the Northwestern Gas & Electric Company to furnish power for the city water works, at the rate of X0 for the first year and X for each succeeding year. In return for this amount of money the power company agrees to furnish and install a 75-horscpowcr motor and a pump capable of pumping !.). gallons of water a day Into the city reservoir. If before the end of the ten years the Water Commission desires to sell the plant, the contract will be void. At the present time the Water Commis sion Is paying approximately 5K a year for fuel used In pumping between CtO) and TO gallons of water a day. The new con tract will therefore save the city. J3C0 a AND HARRY MURPHY PICTURES SOME OF THE MEN WHO GREETED THE VISITORS Goon Dip. of Tortland. .ludce now. Tne new pump win oe in opvrauuu by June 1. SET ON FIRE RV MATCH "HEAD Two-Ycar-Ohl Eugene Boy Is Bndly Burned. piTr.rvp fir VnK . fSoeelal.) . . ,r ; i I Franklc. the 2-ycar-old son of Mr. and this morning. His older brother struck match and the head new and ignited the clothing of the child. The mother. who was preparing breakfast, heard screams and hastened to the room, where she found her boy in flames, which she soon extinguished. A doctor was sum moned at once and he pronounced tne bums very serious. Development L.cnRuc at Cnnby. ORBGOX CITY. Or.. Feb. 25. (Special.) Permanent organization of the Canby Development League was c fleeted at a meeting of that organization last night, when the following officers were elected: W. II. Balr. president: W. A. Powers, vice-president; George W. Dixon, secre tary, and K. E. Bradtl. treasurer. The League begins Its life with a large membership, consisting largely of the en terprising and progressive young men oi rat dty. The rlub will Join the Oregon Development League. DEATH OF P. B. VETERAN NEWSPAPER MAN OF THE PACIFIC COAST. Succumbs to Operation in Hospital in Ills Home Town or Walla AValla. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Feb. 2S. rstfial.) Cantaln Pnrrlsh B. Johnson, a veteran newsDauer man and well-known pioneer of the States of Washington and California, was outietl tocay m tne ana. Walla Cemetery. He died yesterday afternoon aitcr oeing removed to the hospital for the purpose of undergoing an operation for cancer of the pancreas, expiring a few minutes after the anesthetic had been adminis tered. Cnntftln Johnson was born In Wadding- ion. X. T In 1S37. and after completing his studies in the public schools of that state took up the study of law, and was admitted to the bar In su louts, in isw. Durlnsr the time he was preparing- for ad mission to the bar ne was engagea in the newspaper business In Dubuque, la., and St. Louis. In 1SG0 he started forth Far est and In 1SS1 became a member f the staff of the San Francisco Times, l-atcr ne was editor of a naoer In"5llvcr City. Xey. In 1SS2 he became Captain of Company F. Second California Infantry. In ISM he was ordered to Walla Walla as Quarter master of the post. After being mustered out at tho closo of the Civil War he became a permanent resident of Walla Walla and has oecn identified with the progress and growth of the country. He has held many offices under both the state and general Gov ernment, among which are Clerk of tho District Court, a member of tho Lcglaia ture and Speaker of the State House of Representatives in 1557. In 1S70 Mr. Johnson was Deputy United States Marshal, later clerk la the United States Land Office and still later Regis ter of the same office. He then became a rain Interested In the newspaper bus! nese and up until ISM was editor of the Walla Walla Union. Since that time he has been on the staff of various local papers. Three yearn ago he was on the editorial staff of the Seattle Post-IntelH geacer. It is ae leger neeeeary te .take blue TILk let rwuee the Hver to action. Car ter's LKtle Liver Pitts are much .better. Dea't feryct thtc 5E OF VISIT Chinese Commissioners Will - See Portland on Return. TELL MR. WHEELWRIGHT Only Divergence From Accepted Plan Mapped Out by the Active Agents of the Great Northern Railroad. SEATTLE. Wash.. Feb. 2S. (Special.) W. D. Wheelwright secured from Prince Tal Tseh a promise today that his party would return by way of America and rtop at Portland before It returned to China. In an Informal Interview with the head of the Imperial commission Mr. Wheel- M Hanford. of Settle. Twin Wo Charlie. Portland. Sherwood GUIesffr.of Seattle wright was told that the Northern route delighted the Chinese and that the com missioners would come back to America. He pressed then for an answer to Port land's invitation to visit that city and was assured the Tsal Tseh party would call. Mr. Wheelwright, going to Port Town send today before tho boat arrived, se cured a recognition ir Portland no other movement had obtained. The Great Northern frame-up as outlined heretofore preented the commissioners from mak ing the trip. A slgnlllcant feature of Mr. Wheelwright's accomplishment Is that the Hill programme had gone through with out Interruption up to that time. Tne iniiuence or a. . osn uau m- Wed th frQm propoaed Call- The Influence of A. . Basn naa m- fornki-Portland trip to a straight run over the Great Xorthern to St. Paul. This programme will still be carried out. but Mr. Wheelwright was tola mat tne two comml5fIoncn after a meeting m Switzerland and an agreement upon the" terms of the Chinese constitution, would separate again. The Tsal Tseh party will come back and go home by way of Port land and Seattle. Prince Tsal T;h. distantly related- to the Emperor and really entitled, under Chinese usage, only to the title of Duke. Is the court representative of the com mittee. He heads the party to give it the diplomatic standing In foreign countries that China wanted. The real work de volves upon Shang Chi Hong and LI Shengtc and the principal attaches of the party. The Prince was with the Empress Dow ager when she was compelled to flee from Pekin during the Boxer . troubles. He was at the head of the party which was ready to take a train at the Pekin depot several months ago. when a bomb was ex ploded by a radical faction and Killing the tool of the conspirators and Injuring Wu Ting Fang, former Minister to this country. Prince Tsal Tseh was slightly wounded In the forehead. Members of the committee said today that the Pekin dynamite outrage Is still a mystery, it nas uecn aaj uiliucu that the alleged servant who exploded tne bomb was really one of the conspirators disguised and smuggled aboard the train as a personal attendant or tne i-nnce. Though a rigorous investigation has been conducted no trace can be found of the lenders In the conspiracy. There Is a great deal of gossip among fellow passengers of the committee to the effect that Prince Tsal Tseh Is re garded as the successor of the present Emperor. According to the Chinese of the party, this Is merely a pleasing fic tion. He Is distantly related ana not in direct line. Moreover, the talk Is re garded by Chineso as an agitation against the present government, which they dis approve, and wnicn tne rnnce naturally discredits. But that he Is very close to the Empress Dowager w&s shown when he was chosen as one of her court to flee from Pekin. The membership of the Imperial high committee da: Irlnc Ten I Tseh, - mmber of the im perii! family: Ills Excellency Sbanc Chi Honr. formerly acting Governor of -S&uituns Province; RfcT Excellency 14 Shengte. oon to be made Minister to Belgium. Members of tne committee Tto Ping Luar, flntt ecreury; Cbo Shu Mow. censor; Cap-, tain Chen Xgen Tao. naral attache and sec retary: Xeng Kwoa. Sun. secretary; Po-Jul. necreury; Colonel Chi en Shea CJn and Mi Jor Ltu En Tuen. officer In tne newly or ranlzed paid army and military attaches; or. Kwan Chlnr Hacen. physician: Chow Wen Hwa. Tao Fu Kun, Chao Trung, Fin jr. Tanr Snon Tunc Tao Pou TuXJns Chung Llnr, Kwanff Shin Chi. Wanr Mo. Tao. Chlen Hsl Ltnr. Shang Chlan Chlng. Te Kwet, Pao Chun, On Yonr Chi, attache; Tung So en. Wa La Hfl Chun, attendant upon the Prince: JA Chi a Kwel. eon of CommiuloBer LI Shecg- te: Han Tiunr Tin. rrlerk: Xa Tilng. presl dent Sxechues Vnlveralty; Lee A! Sing, sec retary of the tama school: Jea Chuan Pong and Lin Chanr LI, students. A throng In which wax a large dele Katlon of local Chinese jrreeted the ar rival of the ship, and a band played Chinese music The Prince and party were driven to the Hotel Washington and during the afternoon were enter talned about the city and at the depot. The special train was met by a crowd of over 5000 people. The commission will leave for the East Friday morn The party is scheduled ta reach St. Paul at 10:39 o'clock the memlar of March 5. and to leave there at 9:43 P. M. arriving in Chicago at A. M.. Marea 6. Chicago will be left at S: A. M.. March S, for Ann Arbor, Mien., watch will be reached at Z'M P. M. Leaviaz; Ana Ar bor at 3: the commissioners will arrive at Niagara Falls at 6:02 A. M.. March 9. and will leave there at 2 P. M. for Buf falo. N. Y. At Buffalo a visit will be paid to the great car shops and the mam moth wheat elevators. The party will leave Buffalo at 9:15 P. M., for New York. Arriving there at S A. M.. March 10, the party will stop to rest and to re ceive calls. March 11 will be spent in New Tork visiting points of Interest, and In the evening a private dinner wlllbe given by representatives of the New York Chamber of Commerce at the Uni versity Club. Prince Tsal Tse and party tonight were th miests of the Asiatic Association, the Seattle Chamber of Commerce and other commercial bodies of Seattle, at a banquet. at the Hotel Washington, which was maac one of the most elaborate functions ever held in this city. Over ax guests were present. Including the most prominent Chinamen in tne rorinwesi. Tomorrow the commissioners and party wfllmake a tour of the educational, in dustrial and commercial Institutions of Seattle, which Is in line with the purpose of their visit to the United States. The Oriental visitors are noticeably gratified at the warmth of the reception accorded them here, and are not oacKwara about so exnrcsslne themselves. So well pleased Is Prince Tsal Tse with the treatment he has received on his trip on board the Dakota and In Seattle since his arrival that he has decided to return home bv thU city. He has stated em phatically that he has changed his plans and will avail himself of the steamship Dakota and the Great Northern Rallway train service to convey him and his party home, and that he has definitely decided on Seattle as the point of his departure from American shores. American Money Foments Boycott. SEATTLE. Wash.. Feb. 2S. (Special.) In, an Interview today Y. J. Allen, a mis sionary 30 years In Shanghai, once with the government and a publisher on his own account, said: "Had It not been for the money con tributed by the Chinese on this Coast and elsewhere in America, the boycott inaugurated by the merchants of China against American wares would have died out long ago. "Money from this country enabled the boycott committee to keep the agitation alive. "With money 'earned In America, placards were distributed and posted throughout China that fomented trouble. At first they were a plain statement of fact. Later they became libellous and Inaccurate. The boycott could probably have been stamped out by the government. The Viceroy at Tientsin took energetic steps to stamp out .the agitation, and ne suc ceeded. He recommended strongly that this be done. I believe It could have been done." Shot and Robbed by Thus. LOXG BEACH. Cal.. Feb. 2S. Arthur P. Wilson, a collector for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, of Long Beach, was held up, shot and robbed of $300 by hlghwaymcn on the tracks of the Salt Lake Railroad today. Watson was not seriously hurt. BEES MADE HEHALEM IK SPECCMKX FOUND BY COLOXEIi HAWKINS IS PITCH. Professor Bradley, of Pacific, Ar rives at These Conclusions as Re sult of Chemical Analysis. PACIFIC UXIVERSITY. Forest Grove. Feb. '2$. (Special.) At the last meeting of the Oregon State Academy of Science. the Xehalem beeswax controversy was a theme of discussion, and samples of the Xehalem wax and of the Peninsular find were given to Professor Bradley, of the department of chemistry at Pacific uni versity, for examination. The results tf his Investigation follow: So much haa been said and written about the Xehalem beeswax story that I hesitate to enter Into further discussion of the mat ter, hut from the trend of some articles which have appeared of late I belter there ar yet tome pdlnt of uncertainty In this V Marshall Field's Career The born commander, the mercantile genius :how did he rise, in one short lifetime, from obscure boyhood to greater riches and honor than any other merchant in the world? Everybody's (or March has an interesting article on this wonderful, far-seeing man written just before his last illness. 'body's 75 a copy il.m a year TORTURED BT ITCHING SCALP Eczema Broke Out Also on Hands and Limbs Suffering Intense Doctors Said Too Old to Be Cured -An Old Soldier of 80 Years Declares: - "CUTICURA TREATMENT IS A BLESSING" 'At all times and to all people I am willing to testify to the merits of Cu ticura. It saved me from worse than the tortures of hades, about the year 1900, with itching on my scalp and temples, and afterwards it commenced to break out on my hands. Then it broke out on my limbs. I was advised to use salt and water, which I did, to no effect. I then went to a Surgeon, who commenced treat in e me with a wash of borax. This treatment did me no good. but rather aggravated the disease. 1 then told hima would go and see a phy sician in Erie. The reply was that I could go anywhere, but a case of ecaem&like mine could not be cured; that I was too old (80). I went to an eminent doctor in the city of Erie and treated with him for sis months, with like results. I had read of the Cu ticura Remedies often. I was strongly tempted to give them a trial, so I sent for the Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent and continued taking the Resolvent until I had taken six bottles, stopping it to take the Pills. T was now getting better. I took two baths a day, and at night I let the lather of the Soap dry on. I used the Ointment with great effect after washing in warm water, to stop the itching at once. I am now cured. "The Cuticura treatment is a blessing and should be used by every one who has itching of the skin. I can't say any more, and thank God that He has given the world such a curative. You can use this letter as you please. A very much befriended man. Wm. H. Gray, 3303 Mt. Vernon St., Philadelphia, Pa., August 2, 1905." Complete Extern! sad laltrnil Tmtmtat for ertry Huroor.frora Plrapk to Scrotals, from Infiney to Are, toiuwtUig of CutJ:nTx Vjp, 25c. Ointment. JOc. KeiotT tBt.Jte. (In form of Clceo!U Cotrd PCli.25e. per tiw sf e0),mjbe!dcf tlldnsggUi- X einjie ,rt often euret. Potter Drar A Chn. Corp., Sole Prop"-. Borton. Matt. VHaSed Trw, M Bow to Cor DUSgnrfrr Hnmort. . connection, and I am prompted to add a few notes to the already voluminous bees wax discussion. The late agitation of tH matter arises from the recent And by Colonel Hawkins of a sand nodule which was lm- oregnated with a waxlike substance that was mougnt 10 oe oi inc same iw"t' the Xehalem wax. I have within the last week examined a portion oC this specimen and nnd it to be o an entirely different nature from the Xehalem material. It has a characteristic resinous odor and yields turpentine on distillation, which stamps It as a pitch. The nodule was probably formed by a stream of molten pitch which poured from a burning log pile or stump, soaklne Into the sand beneath and cementing It Into the form In which it was found. The matter of the identification of bees wax or any other kind of wax la a chemical, not a geological, problem: and. furthermore, the distinction between beeswax and paraf flne or oxokerlte Is not one of great diffi culty. In the first place, beeswax haa .a characteristic honey-like odor which Is en tirely wanUng In the mineral waxes. A freshly cut sample of the Xehalem wax. has this characteristic aroma well pronounced. Furthermore, the color, specific gravity and melting point of the Xehalem wax are In close agreement with those of genuine bees wax, and it is plain. In so far as physical properties go, that tho Xehalem wax was made by the bee. From the chemical side the proof Is un mistakable. True beeswax contains a cer tain proportion of a fatty acid which Is capable of neutralizing alkali. In parafflne and ozokerite this acid is entirely wanting. I Again, true fceeswax contains a fat which Is capable of being saponified or converted Into a soap by an alkali. The mineral waxes do not admit of this saponification. I have analyzed a sample of the Xehalem wax side by side with genuine beeswax, and find they agree very closely in tne above properties. Professor Stafford, of the State University, examined the Xehalem material some years aro and pronounced It genuine beeswax. Dr. Dlllard. of the United States Geologlcat Survey, agrees that It is beeswax. In fact. have not found any opinion to the con trary that was based on an analysis of the substance. Tho origin of the wax on the Xehalem beach is an open question, but wnether washed from a wreck or carried thither from Inland it is certainly beeswax. Possibly the letters and hieroglyphics we find en graved upon It were carved by some ship- wrecked sailor., who waa traversing the beach, but, however this may be. they are Indisputably carved in beeswax. C. E. BKADLET. After typhoid fever, pneumonia and other prostrating diseases, take Hood's Sarsaparllla. 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