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6 THE SUmAX OJSJEGOIXA2J;-pOSTIiANDvs FEBBTTARX 10, 1895. SHOTATLW.HELUIAH A FUTILE ATTEMPT OX THE BAJTK PRDSIDEXT'S LIFE. William Holland, Who Bid the Fir ing', Afterward Put . Ballet Through. His Ovrn Brain. SAX FRANCISCO. Feb. 2. An attempt upon the life of I. W. Hellnian, president of the Nevada bank, and one of the lead ing financiers of the city, was made at 9:15 o'clock this morning;. William Hol land fired two shots at the banker near the tatter's residence, on California street, and then shot himself, inflicting a mortal wound. The shots fired at-Hellman went wide of the mark. Hellnian was on his way to the Nevada bank at the time. He had started down California street toward Folk, and was between Van Ness avenue and Polk when the shooting: occurred. Holland sprang out of a doorway and fired the two shots, when Hellman ran across California and turned into Polk street. The man looked after Hellman for a mo ment and then shot himself, the bullet passing through his forehead. He was taken to the receiving hospital. The po lice say '.he Xevada bank refused to cash one of Holland's checks. Hellman re firned home after the shooting. , Mr. Hellman was seen shortly after the Bhooting by a representative of the United Press, and made the following statement: "A man came up to me and said, 'You have ruined my life, and I intend to have yours I was determined not to give up without a struggle, so I raised my cane to strike him. He seized the cane and at tempted to wrestle with me. Being a much more powerful man than I am, I concluded to run away, and did so. He fired two shots, both of which missed me. After a moment I heard the third shot, w hich was the one with which he took his life." Upon Holland's arrival at the receiving hospital, his wound was examined, and it was found that the bullet had entered in the middle of the forehead, passing into the brain cavity and lodging at the base of the skull near the right car. Holland died from the effects of his wound at 1:30 P. M., without regaining consciousness. In his pockets a memorandum book was found, containing drafts of letters writ ten to beveral friends. There were also some memoranda relating to his arrest for forgers', written in a disconnected manner, the greater portion being unin telligible. From these memoranda it is apparent the man was mentally unsound. Holland was a curbstone stock broker, who was arrested about six weeks ago, charged with presenting a forged check at the Nevada bank. When taken to the bank for identification, the teller was at first doubtful, but finally said Holland was uot the forger. Hellman also failed to Identify him, but Holland considered the arrest, although made without pub licity, a reflection upon his integrity, and, brooding over his fancied disgrace, finally determined to be revenged on Hellman and then end his own life. One of the letters found on Holland was addressed to President Hellman. It was as fol lows: "I intend to call at your bank, in re sponse to the charge of forgery. I fully believe that you were consulted before Mr. Brooks Identified me to be the man presenting the check. Now. Mr. Hellman. you told me In plain English a He when ou stated that the bank had made no charge against me. Mr. Hern is my wit ness to that, and I fail to see why you thould not tell me the truth. This Is a charge so foul, so monstrous, that I can find r.o words for censure. There Is no satisfaction for a poor man against a rich corporation when the law has too many loopholes' to crawl through. To take the law in my own hands seems to me my only way. Now, to do this, I would fall into the meshes of the law, and, further, I will not say what might hap pen. My life is a misery, charged with a crime I am as innocent of as you are. Now, I pray you, Mr. Hellman, to apolo gize to me: a few words to that effect will be sufficient, and I promise you on my oath that no man on earth will hear of it, not even my good wife. I further state I will leave San Francisco for Chi cago, and no more you, will hear of me. My God, I promise you that apology will Tiever be revealed." Holland came here from Klmberley, South Africa, three years ago. He was thought at that time to be worth about 530,000. He began speculating in stocks, and soon lost his money, as well as about $12,000 belonging to his wife. After dis posing of all the money he could get his hands on. Holland attempted to poison himself, but did not succeed. He after ward undertook to raise money by vari ous methods. He bought 1000 shares of stock from a broker on margin and made $100 by a sudden turn without hav ing a cent. When this became known, it made it difficult for him to operate. A friend, who was slow about paying him a few hundred dollars that he owed, was threatened by Holland until he paid him. Holland met this gentleman the other day and said he wanted to borrow $50. When told that he could not have it, he said he would call for the money at 10 this morning, and, if he did not get it. thoro would be trouble. He frequently said that some one In the Nevada bank had to be killed. When his friends re monstrated with him and told him that he had invested his money of his own accord, he replied that It made no difference. He had lost his money and would make some one suffer for it. Among those who knew him best, be was thought to be insane. Holland, who was a German, was in Ills days of prosperity a very fine dresser and a high liver. He represented that he had been a large diamond operator in Africa and that he had made a fortune out of the stones. His wife stated re cently to some of her friends that her hus band had changed and she feared that something was wrong with his mind. ABOUT ALLIGATORS, Something: of Their Interesting- and Curious HnMts. Alligators are interesting animals, or birds, or reptiles, whichever you choose to call them, says a writer in the Jackson ville (Fla.) Citizen. A great many tour ists who come to Florida buy live alliga tors for pets, but the best kind for a pet. if you want a good one. Is a stuffed alliga tor. When alive they have a habit of growing very rapidly and of taking to a good convenient swamp some fine day. Occasionally other pets, dogs, rabbits and the like, have been known to disappear mysteriously. There are several men In Jacksonville who make a specialty of alligators; there are lets of alligators in Florida who make a specialty f men. This story is about the men who make a specialty of alliga tors. One of them is Mr. Jack Hewitt. He has probably stuffed more alligators than any other man !n Florida. The other year his record was 7442. "The best way to get young alligators." he said the other day, "Is to get them be fore they are hatched. The female alliga tor, when she wants to lay her eggs, clears out a place by sweeping her ts.il around until she has a hole about three or four feet In depth and some six feet or so in circumference. Then she lays her eggs, and goes around and collects a lot of moss and leaves and all the decayed vegetable matter she can find. This she piles on top of the eggs, and her nest then looks like a great mound, some M or 12 feet high. The mound Is built quite near the edge of the river or the pond in which she lives. Aftr the eggs have been wall covered up. she leaves them, and stays around within easy reach to protect them. You s. the male alligator gets hungry sometimes, and when in that condition he is not averse to a great mound of eggs. The mother stays around to keep him from eating them. She lays generally about SO eggs, but in one nest a little while ago we found no less than 73 eggs. f imagine that this alligator must have been a very large one. The eggs axe laid In June and July, and are hatched during the latter pa.1 of August or early in September. As soon .as the young ones are hatched the mother generally leaves them to proride for themselves, though sometimes they keep close to her for some months after their birth. The young ones are about six Inches long when Just born. They grow very rapidly. "In taking the egg3 from the mounds we have to be very careful, as then the fe male alligator will often attack us. Alli gators are taken, too, when they are young In age, anywhere from a week to a year. They are always to be found In the winter time sunning themeslves on the shores of a pond or the banks of a river. One has to be very quick in his actions then to take, them, and the easiest way to capture them Is to get them before they are born. We hatch them tmt then by building an artificial nest for them. We put a great deal of decayed vegetable mat ter on top of them. The decayed vegeta ble matter, you see, keeps the eggs very warm. "The young alligator Is generally very hardy. We feed them on raw meat. Thousands of the young ones are killed every year and stuffed. I send them to curiosity dealers all over the world. They sell anywhere from 60 cents to 51. The young ones sell for from 23 to 50 cents each, while we realize very good prices for the larger ones. The largest one I ever stuffed and sold was 12 feet 8 Inches long. The old alligators are generally from nine to ten feet long. "Old alligators are rarely caught alive. They are only good for killing. To kill them, generally we go out at night with a bull's-eye lantern, and flash the light over the surface of the water. The alli gator Is attracted by the glare of .the light, and comes out to see what the trouble Is all about. Then you see his two eyes shining like two little balls of -fire, and you let him have some cold lead just halfway between the eyes. You can al ways fish for him with a line, using fish or raw meat for bait. "You can tell the age of an alligator by his head. The older he is the thicker and wider Is his head. Alligators live to be at least 100 year if we don't catch him and stuff him. The one I had that was 12 feet long must have been at least 300 years eld. The male alligator has a very long head. The female alligator has a stumpier head. "I never heard of an alligator being tamed. They seem to retain all their vi clousness and to repel all the advant ages that civilization offers them. They don't take kindly to captivity at all. Many alligators In captivity, though, will live to be quite ancient. The alligator dead and stuffed seems to be more popular with the collectors of curiosities that his very much alive brothers and sisters. We ship them all over the world to circuses and museums. "There Is no one particular place to go fishing or shooting for alligators. Every pond In Florida either has Its alligator or has had it at some time or other. The alligator spends its nights in a hole it builds for Itself in the banks along the river or near Its pond. Here you may find the mother surrounded at times by her offspring of many generations and of all ages. "The only part of the alligator that is fit to. eat Is Its tall. That is made into a chowder or boiled. It tastes very much like fresh codfish. "The selling of alligators is quite a good business. We ship thousands of stuffed ones every year, and the tourists who come here during the winter generally go away with a lot of them, either live ones or dead and stuffed ones. We have two men out at present collecting the young ones." YESTERDAY'S MARKETS. Condition of Local, Eastern and For eign IJnlne.is. There was but little done In the local produce markets 3-esterday. and no changes of import ance -were recorded. Eggs were again quoted firm at He, with accumulations, rapidly rtow ing less. A fair business was done In merchan dise and groceries at steady quotations. The wheat market was quiet and steady at the old range. -40c per bushel for Walla Walla, andTSQTTHc per cental for Valley. At Chicago, wheat started firm under the Influence of encour aging cablegrams, but weakened on the small export clearances end apparently slow rate in the increase and heavy stocks in sight. Chi cago received only 4 cars today, and Minne apolis and Duluth got 17S. Primary market receipts today were.138,000 bushels, against 426, 000 bushels on the corresponding day last year. The weck'3 exports of wheat and flour from both coasts amounted to 2,220,201 bushels, as compared with 2.4S3.000 bushels the previous week. Export clearances of wheat and flour for 24 hours summed up 194,000 bushels. Guesses on the probable amount of the decreased visible this week run from 730,000 to 1.000.000 bushels. The bulls had a little the best for half an hour or so. after which the short sellers held most of the Influence for an hour and a half, but In the final half of the session the buying orders were again in excess of those to sell, hich was then the phase of the trading. May opened at 53o and K5"Ji633c. against yesterday's closing price of 53KiC. After keeping around 53sc and 539iC for halt an hour, it gradually sagged until it was offered at 53Vc. but finally became in better request and w ent to 53sc, with 53?ic bid at the close. February closed at 50ic San Francisco reported a better outlook, and quoted S2I.tS3Xc per cental for good No. 1 to choice shipping; milling. S7Vig32Vsc: Walla Walla was quotable at 75c for average quality, 77S0c for blue-stem, and 67'.$c for damp. Beerbohm's Liverpool report was as follows. Wheat Firm; J cargoes on passage, per steamer, rio. rea wheat (4S0 pounds), 20s 9d; cargoes. Walla Walla (500 pounds), 22s 6d. for January and February shipments; No. 1 standard California (500 pounds). 23s lOd. The New York stock market opened Irregular, but eoon developed weakness. London bought a. few stocks in the first half hour of business, and some of the leading issues advanced USj per cent. Northwestern, however, was pressed for &ale, and on liberal offerings for the short account the price dropped from t5s to 945s- The statement submitted for 1S04 was unfavorable, showing a decerase la the gross earnings of 53.352.S57, and In net of 51.711.237. Fixed charges Increased 51.021.177. making the deficit for the year 51.65C.09S. against a 'surplus in 1S93 of 5SS0.154. The bears were also active In the general list, and they were Inclined to think that the good effect of the bond Issue has been discounted. Unusually well-informed bankers do not take this view of the case, and assert that when the bond matter is rally understood it will be found to be of great bencflt to the finances of the country- The CammacU-Well contingent was aetive throughout, and succeed ed in bringins about a decline of 141i per cent. Sugar. St. Taul. Rock Island. Baltimore Sz Ohio. Pacific Mall. Missouri Pacific Western Union and Chicago Gas were the geratest sufferers outside of Northwestern. The market closed weak. The net changes show losses of 1'4 per cent. Delaware & Hudson and Manhattan gained per cent. The sales were C3.S04 shares. Closing prices were: Atchison 4 North Am 3i Burlington 70TNerthern Pacific ... 3 Can. Southern.... SV do pref 15H Can. Pacific SIVajNorthwestern 94?i Central Pacific .... 13 Oregon Nav IS CCC.4SI. L... 37 (Oregon Imp 9H D.. L. & W. lMPadftc Mail 20 Ertf lOU'Reading 9 Wellf-Fargo Ex... 104 (Bock If land 62 Gr. North, pref.. .100 .St. Paul 55Vi LakeShore 127 (Texas Pacific Sl. Louis. & Nash... 52W Union Pacific .... N. Y. Central WHlWestern Union ... S7& N. Y. & N. Ens- nV The official closing quotations for mining stocks at San Francisco were as follows: Alta 50 36!Julla 50 02 Alpha. Con. SUustfoe Axtde Be)cfcr Beat & Belcher... 2MCentuck Con..... 35Mexican 72 Mono Bsdie Con. SSMt. Dlabto 18 HuUten 11 Occidental Con Duller Con 13'Ophir 1 48 Catedenia CiOverman IB Challenge Con.... 30Petosl 50 ChoH&r 51Savagc 40 Confidence 1 "OOlSlem Nevada. ... 37 Con. CaL 4 Va.. TOlSHver HHl Coo. Imperial ... Crown Point ..... Exchequer Gould & Currv.... title & Norcrosa.. ltSifter King 10 40tUnion Con.... 45 2tUtah Con 2a'Ycllow Jacket .... 5 SO' IN SOUTHERN OREGOK HOW; THAT FAB.T OF THE STATE LOOKED IX 1S51. Reminiscences of Adventure Re called, and Talked Over by Pioneers. There is particular charm In whatever revives the memories of long ago. Tc meet some one who formed part of one's early- experiences especially who partici pated in the early life of this region, those years that were equally full of hardship and romance, when we were full of the pride of life, young, hopeful and ripe for adventure though both may now be old and sere Is like putting new wine into old bottles. The other day. at Roseburg, I met J. H. Hartln, who lives on Looking Glass, and was one of the early settler? of that beautiful region. Comparing notes, we discovered that in the spring of 1851 we formed part of the same company of 73 men who went southward prospecting the Rogue river, and finally disbanding at Shasta Butte City a city of tents and shanties that formed the first settlement of Yreka. Comparing notes, we remembered that no settler occupied the South Umpqua in May or early June, when we went through there. There was a ferry at Winchester, and the Applegates and Estes, with per haps one or two more, lived in the roman tic regions of Yoncalla and North Ump qua. Southward, to the California line, for over one hundred miles, there was no settler. Through the Rogue river country Indians were hostile, and we stood guard and were always ready for battle. Within four months, before we returned north ward, the wave of settlement had passed through there, and scarce a single good land claim was left. All through there the settler had made his beginning, and the work of progress was commenced. To say no settlement existed does Injus tice to the enterprise of Joe Knott, fo we found him at the foot of the Umpqua mountains, where Canyonvllle now stands. It was comforting to find a square meal obtainable in the commodious log structures that made the Knott home so pleasant for wayfarers. Mr. Hartin re members that the Knott boys asked them as they came up if they saw the carcass of a horse a mile or so back, and told them that at daylight a monster grizzly came regularly to make his matin meal thereof. That was enough for these fron tiersmen; they resolved to be up and stir ring at daybreak. So the others were, but Hartin overslept, and was much cha grined to be waked at daybreak by the sound of shots, and to find his companions had killed the bear a grizzly sure enough. Hartin came from some point in the Wil lamette valley, and his companions were men well known and some quite promi nent In early times. The Bailey boys lived in Lane county, and Joe and Zeke went for the bear. They got there just in time, for Mr. Bruin had breakfasted and dined, too, proDably and was starting away for the day, when Zeke drew a bead on him. Joe had no rifle, but as the bear turned when Zeke's shot took effect, Joe ran in close and finished him with a small "pepper-box" revolver, that was in use in those days. It was risky, but Joe was recklessly brave, and finished the bear In good shape. There were a few grizzlies about at that time, but as a rule they were but few, none being found north of the Umpqua. My own small company had gone over the Umpqua mountains, and were camped beyond, on Cow creek, when this larger company crossed over. We waited there to make up a respectable force, for the Rogue Rivers were hostile. We elected Pleasant Armstrong, of Yamhill county, captain, and Joe Bailey, lieutenant. Arm strong was a man of substance and char acter, a man among men, older than most of us, and a veteran among Indians. He was one of those who built the schooner in the Willamette in the '40s, and took her to San Francjsco or rather to Yerba Buena, as it was then called and made a trade for Spanish cattle to stock the abun dant Oregon pastures. He drove with others those cattle to Oregon, and after ward made a business of such trips over land, driving stock and trading with the Californians, so was well used to the mountain roads, and also to the fierce In dians who occupied the south land. From the first the Rogue Rivers had Deen hos tile, and he had learned to fight them. Joe Bailey had also been experienced with In dian wars There were three Baileys Zeke, Ike and Joe I think the last being the youngest. They were all brave as could be regular frontiersmen but Joe was a pearl among men, naturally en dowea, correct In speech, and with a man liners that all respected. Born on the frontier, he had little schooling, but was a great reader, and acquired knowledge and manners that commanded universal appreciation from educated men. We proceeded on our journey, and I look with regret back at that muster roll, for It counted some who have gone to the un known that I afterwards knew well and had much occasion to care for. There was old Billy Greenwood, of Howell prai rie, as delightful a man as Western prai ries ever knew; Lewis Cannon, who had a claim on the prairie near Turner; Michael Cosgrove, of French prairie, and and an Irish mickey who came with him, typical of the Emerald isle. My own companions were with me from Port land, but none ever returned to Oregon. The Umpqua was represented by Hartin and Dlllard, who have resided there now for over 40 years. Dlllard was a first class wagon-maker and Hartin a car penter, good at tools for almost any job. and had worked at wagon-making with Dlllard. They had a wagon they built together In Missouri. As a traveling caravan we possessed abundant resources. On Umpqua moun tain Greenwood's wagon met with dis aster, for in a tremendous chuck, hole one wheel collapsed. He looked-on in despair, for every spoke was broken. Dlllard said not to worry, for he and Hartin could make a new wheel in two hours, and sure enough, they did. On the mountain were fine white oaks. One of these was felled, chopped In lengths, split and the heart used for new spokes. A roaring fire was made, and as the new spokes were in shape they were put so the heat made the sap boil out of them, and while at the highest possible heat they were driven In th hub. They had tools Dlllard had a full outfit, and before the oxen who were turned to graze with their yokes on had well filled themselves, the wagon was In running order. It Is worth saying that that wheel held up for the trip and for all summer, and my informant says it was whole when he saw it two years later. This Incident is worth recalling to show the present age how successful their fathers were. The name of Dlllard is preserved in the Umpqua and will be hand ed down by the locality that bears the name. Just such incidents as this show how bravely these old-timers met and overcame all obstacles. I remember that my own small party had camped by a beautiful creek and turned our horses and cattle out to crop the rank grass that covered the valley. Our tents were pftched and fires made to cook a .meal, for the mountain travel had been .wearisome. Canyon creek came down its deep ravine for weary miles and had to be crossed over 90 times. At one place it leaped a rocky ledge with the greatest ease. It was a delightful little waterfall, or cascade, but it chanced that our only way up was to lift our wagons bodily over that same ledge, which was useful as teaching a lesson In the law of gravitation- It was easy enough to de scend the south side, and It seems we were closely followed by another party, wherein were some young fellows who celebrated their climb through the canyon by firing guns and pistols, and uttering all sorts of whoops and yells. Down In the valley below their discordant sounds told of i war. We Imagined that some party fol lowing us was ambushed on the mountain and fighting for ltfe,.so we all rushed to arms, and were 'trying ace tne uiusic as bravely as possible when the advance guard came In sight and relieved our fears. We stood guard many a night, through rain and by light of friendly stars; passed by "new"-made graves where Lieutenant Stewart, of the regulars, and others had been killed In battle only a few days before, and I called to mind a story" I had heard in Charleston, where I had lived two years before. Stewart, pere, was a talented writer and man. of decided genius. He had one weak ness that frequently overcame him, but his friends all knew that he was very proud of this son In the army, and I thought the news of his death would grieve that father so far away. One day Mr. Stewart was calling at a friend's house, and Charity, a much-valued house servant, was admitting him, when he stumbled and fell, catching hold pf the negro woman, who also fell. His native wit was equal to the occasion; tipsy and unbalanced as he was, he stammered: "Ch Charity, th thow cov overeth a m multitude of sins." There, in that pine forest, on the farthest verge of the continent, recalling the past and sad with the present issue, this Inci dent came to mind. We missed actual war by a hair's breadth, as it were, kept up discipline and werea lways ready, but the speck of war under the base of Umpqua mountain never became more than a threatening cloud. Armstrong had SO head of fat cat tle he was driving to the mines. We found a long string of teams, wagons, carts, pack and saddle animals and of teams, and the savages could have had us at disadvantage had they attacked us among the chapparal and pine forests of those interminable- hills. They were a brave set of savages, for we heard of a battle that preceded our coming but a few days and hardly reached Yreka when word came of a fight with regulars near where Phoenix now stands. They were too proud to ambush common travel, but sought battle with the regulars whenever they could find them. Volunteers were called for, and Arm strong and the Bailey boys raised a com pany of 100 men, who took the war path. They were gone but a few days and came back covered with glory. It Is pitiful to read the story of battle between those red men, who fought in their native heath, armed only with bows and arrows, and whites, who hunted them with arms of precision loaded with powder and ball. The Indians began It, no doubt of that, but they labored under a foolish prejudice that the land was theirs and that these white men were trespassers. When Arm strong's volunteers came up they found the Indians corralled under the bluff of Table mountain, close to which the rlver ran. They were In the heavy woods, that filled the river bottom, while the regulars were drawn up In military array, firing volleys into the woods. Captain Armstrong told the commander that they were not fighting as he would advise. The answer was: "Go in and fight your own way, then." Armstrong said he wouldn't like to be between tw6 fires, so the regulars were drawn off and the volunteers went at It. They were dismounted and formed in line and charged right through the heavy timber. Neither Armstrong or the Bailey boys were capable of fear; they crowded the Indians so that they ran, and pursued by regulars as well as volun teers, they plunged Into the river, where many of them were killed. The river ran red with blood that day. We cannot but feel compassion for these sons of the for est, fighting for their homes, but they had! attacked the troops and killed Lieutenant Stewart and two privates, and Armstrong remembered that on every trading trip he made to California' they had fought him for years past so all were animated by a feeling to avenge these wrongs. Zeke found an .arrow hole through his hat, but no white map was wounded. Hartin remembers that Armstrong told this story aftertriSiPreturn, as they gath ered around the-evening camp fires. I re member that airt!i& time we traveled to gether It was Interesting to listen those evenings when varied, experience was told by these campaigners Th the wilderness, especially interesting to one whose life had been spent in greak.cltles. Armstrong came to Fort Hall with teams in '42, got norses there and came through to the Willamette. Both he and Jo Bailey were afterwards killed In battles with Indians. Each in his way was re markable, and a natural leader of men. Armstrong, who had a look of sturdy manhood, was much older. Joe was tall, handsome, winning in his way and brave as a Paladin. Each of them was actu ally incapable of fear The years have swept on and left them behind, but It Is a satisfaction, sd long after, to give the impression their conduct made on me, that has never been forgotten. Each of them "gave the world assurance of a man!" Ten years later Joe Bailey was killed In battle with the Indians on Pitt river. His rash courage may have led him to undervalue a foe he had so often conquered. By that time they had found guns to war with and were more danger ous. We did not find gold In paying quantity on Rogue river, or any of fts tributaries, nor did, we find hostile Indians In our way. As we approached the Klamath we met an Oregonlan, named Carter Wright, who had taken out considerable gold, includ ing one ragged- mass that he afterward sold for $2200, weighing over seven pounds, of the precious metal. Some of our people knew him, and he stopped to enable us to look at this treasure trove. He took It out of his saddle bags and we all passed It around a rough conglomera tion of quartz, dirt and yellow dullness that was envious to behold. It Is safe to say that we never saw the like again. This man Carter Wright made quite a little raise at Shasta that summer, took this chunk and his other gold to Salem, where he sold it to Riley & Kendall, who were dealers on "The Island" at Sa lem, In the pioneer epoch. Kendall gave him somewhat of a premium for his nug get, as it had become historic The fame of it had met us half way to the diggings. The digger proved to be not much better than an ordinary "digger," for he took his winnings back to Missouri and exchanged them by a gradual, but sure process to whisky straight, and became so straight ened that he never could accumulatcTne 1 ! , .- . i i-k .1 1-1 that was the ambition of his fruitless life?' It Is thus that fortune squanders her favors on the unworthy and her successes on the unsuccessful. I remember that the boys, and some of ther'men, of our expedi tion seemed to look on that poor devil with envious thoughts of his prodigious success, but it is doubtful if any one of them made so pitiful an ending as lid this spoiled favorite of fortune. v We also met Dr. McBrlde, Barlow and Jesse Barlow, well-known old-timersi. who were with a company that had fought the Rogue river Indians at Willow Springs, near Jacksonville, earlier that year. Like Achilles, In that respect. Bar low got a shot In the heel from an arrow. The Indians attacked them in the early morning, and as they survived In pretty fair shape and hadn't lost any Indians, the party were on their way back from Yreka, homeward bsund. There is no doubt that the Rogue river Indians were troublesome and dangerous fellows from very early days, but It Is a question If they were not "more sinned against than sinning" from the beginning. They were a high-spirited race, and there was cer tainly something patriotic In their resent ment of intrusion and defense of their land and homes. Not long ago I told the story howEwIng Young and parry, in '34. murdered two young hunters on Rogue River, from a mistaken fear that their own safety was compromised by the presence of these young men in their camp. Mr. Hartin was one of those who could see that a native had some rights, and should at least have been treated with kindness. He told of two desperadoes named Brown and Ballard or Red who were cowardly j and infamous ruffians, the sort who have 1 nucreniuiai u return iu uieSun, muhi, v-vl rilrtn't onft. when his ov.n erandfather caused the massacre of the innocents through all American history. As early as "53 these miscreants went to the Indian camps and shot them down promiscuously. It Is satisfactory to know that they were hanged comfortably together In the up per country in '63, but their infamy had to be dearly compensated for by the un happy settlers of Southern Oregon. Mr. Hartin related his own remem brances of that fearful time when the wars of '53-56 were raging and the trouble among the Umpquas. These were not dis posed to be troublesome. Mr. Arrlsgton had them all camped In the bend, of Look ing Glass creek, near his own home, and had but little fear of them. Every winter morning Mr. Arrlngton went there and called the roll and found them all present, for he had them under good dis cipline One day these fellows Brown and Ballard came and said they heard a lot of Rogue Rivers were secreted In the Umpquas' camp. Arrlngton went with them, called his roll, identified them all, and supposed there could be no trouble. But these ruffians went back and report ed to people of Rogue river that a lot of hostlles were on Looking Glass, got up a company to exterminate them, and early one morning attacked them sleeping, n the most cowardly manner. At least five were killed, including one woman and one blind old man, and a number were "wound ed. This lot of friendly Indians were driven to the mountains and scattered; some joined the hostiles, and, with their neighbors from Cow creek and Rogue river spread firebrand and tomahawk through the settlements and mining camps, and burned houses and barns on Ten Mile in the Umpqua. In a battle on Ten Mile P. F. Castleman was wounded and seven Umpquas were killed. Thus It will be seen that very- much of the trouble with these desperate Indians was caused by white men who were miscre ants and enemies of humanity. Not long after meeting Mr. Hartin I also met Mr. Castleman, just alluded to, who spoke with considerable respect of the Rogue Rivers, and especially Old John, their war chief, who, as I stated in a late sketch, was. taken to Benlcla to be out oil reach, so his Influence could not work on his people. I told how Old John captured the steamer on the way to San Francisco and held the deck, leaving the wheelsman at the helm unharmed until they brought so many gleaming barrels to bear on him from surrounding points of vantage, that resistance was useless, so he surrendered. The story proves to be that Old John and his son a chip of the old block acted together. They had roamed the wilds and hunted and fished mountains and streams from the summits of the Cascade range to the very ocean shore. As the steamer was passing the father and son recognized the headlands of their native shore, and the impulse of patriotism was too much for ordinary prudence. There sprang up .a hope in their hearts that they might succeed once more in reaching, that native illthee and again roam that mountain wilderness. In the affray on the ship the son's leg was shot, and amputation be came necessary. Years after the longing for return became so great that he was allowed to go back to see the Rogue river1 hills once more. He stumped about there with his wooden leg for awhile; finally crossed the Cascades with the Klamaths, and the last known of him was making him home, in a wooden-legged way, with them. Old John, too, returned to his peo ple after many days, when wars and ru mors of Indian wars were over. It is to bq hoped they had some happy years as the wind-up of their fitful lives. Whatever may be said of the savages of that early time. It should never be forgotten that ther Indians who lived among these romantic scenes suffered and endured much at tho hands of human fiends as white men, and! that they fought like brave men, long and well, and were fighting for their native land! The vales they loved so well are full of homes; villages nestle through them, churches Tlnd schools adorn them, the very mountain tops are becoming home like and fruitful'; the records and memo ries of half a century ago. when the red men lived and loved when they hunted those mountains and fished these streams, and their women dug the camas and gath ered' the fruits of H'alley and mountain seem as evanescent as the mists that to day shroud these valleys and curl about these grand old hills, but to me there re mains the romance and fragrance of a past we did not know, and of a people who were driven forth by a civilization they could not understand whose dregs stifled them and whose outcasts violated their rights as well as desolated their homes. "What we call progress has the trail of.a serpent too often as Its residuum. The whole story of Indian life and early his tory is made up of such episodes as we read here, as well as of lofty ideals ac "compllshed and civilization achieved. It is a pity we cannot do better grace to the patriotism and worth of a race that pro duced such heroes and sages as we know in history, and such hard" fighting patriots as old Chief John. S. A. CLARKE. Their Idea of the Deluge. "That was an Interesting story In your col umn last Saturday about the Idea of hell cher ished by the Ute Indians," said S. It'. Barker, of Helena, at the Arlington the other night to a Washington Star reporter. "The belief in the deluge is Just as strong among the Shoshones, and they tell you about It wifh much detail if you take the pains to lead them up to it. Some years ago I was living in the Shoshone country, near Salmon City, , Idaho. The formation out there is In many respects remarkable. At fre quent places in the mountains, apparently high above the possible water line of any former sea or bay that might have existed in prehis toric times, you will come across basin-like sinks In the solid rock filled with sand that has been worked by time into almost solid rock itself. This sandstone, when broken in two. will be found to contain numerous fossils of fishes and animals. "The eld Shoshone Indians will quickly tell you how they got there if you ask them. I knew an old' fellow at Lemhi, whose name In English was Two Black Bears. He said that when his grandfather was a very young brave the whole country, mountains and all, was cov ered by a great flood, that lasted many moon3 and drowned everything that didn't have a canoe or -didn't manage to hang on to floating trees and timber. When the water went down, said Two Black Bears, the fish and animals and the sand and mud It had stirred up were caught In. the basins mentioned. When I asked him how such a thing could have occurred in his grandfather's time, be explained by saying that IS' was alive, but way back as many grandfathers as there were needles on a big pine tree. It 1s such legends scattered through all tribes and races of men which convinces me of a common origin, or aC least of a common starting place, where the innate belief of mankind became ia solred by a series of remarkable events." healthy flesh nature never burdens the bodv with too S much sound flesh. Loss of flesh usually indicates poor as similation, which" causes the loss of the best that's in food, the fat-forming element. of pure cod liver oil with hypo phosphites contains the. very essence of all foods. In no oth er form can so much nutrition be taken and assimilated. Its range of usefulness has no limita tion where weakness exists. Pneartd br Seett & Sffirss. Chemists, aw r on. mu or &u aracjisa. WE CAPJWOT SPARE I0MES FOR Fawns iotr the Bargains Following Is a list of our city property which Is also to be included In our new circular, which we are dally publishing and which Is 10 be republished for East ern clrculaUonr Block No. 4, in Kingston addition, on the Milwaukie road, near the Midway school. The block Is unimproved, but In a very desirable location. Price, $2700. Half down and balance can run. Will trade equity for small place near Portland. 56500 for one of the nicest homes out on Nob Hill, 100 feet square of yard, per fectly level and about four feet above the sidewalk, an 4S-room 2-story house, modern in every particular and compara tively new. We have held this place at $7000 and have always regarded It as one of the cheapest pieces on the market, anil cannot understand what people want, when they leave such a bargain alone; we now, however, reduce the price to JCiOO and if it is not snapped up at that price we shall consider the people of this clty want educating, as they do not know a sood thing when they see it. The house will rent readily for $50 or tamper month and the property is between Twenty-third .and Twenty-fourth on the most sightly cross street in Nob Hill. Terms easy. Elegant 11-room house, bath, city water, sewerage and all modern Improvements, and three lots, on East Seventeenth and Division streets adjoining the Ladd tract on the south. Good barn on prop erty. The house was built bj a contrac tor and" builder for his own use, and Is first-class in every respect, with; the finest jjlumbmg and modern conveniences. In a good neighborhood, handy tc the street car and not too far out In case a man is caught by- a snow storm, and has to walk home. Our prich- for the place i3 JG500, which is not quite what the house cost, thps giving a man the lots for. noth ing. Of this price, $4500 can run for qjic, two or three years. Owner would trade his equity. Nice little home a good 5-room modern cottage, with large full basement, celled and can be made Into living rooms if so desired, thus giving a house of seven or eight rooms. The house is modern, has bath, city water, etc., and is located two blocks from the place where the car stops at Sunnyside. The lot is 33 1-3x66 2-3, and lies level, neither In a hole nor on a hill.. The price is $1500, which would hardly pay for the house Itself. It Is a small place, conveniently located and would make a comfortable and rieat home, and the price is such that nobody can find fault with it. We have 150x100 feet, with five houses on if, on East Sixteenth street, in the most desirable residence portion of the East Side convenient to the car lines, free ferry and free bridges. The houses are all new and four of them are one and a half story, seven rooms, full basement, city water, bath, sewer connections, pat ent closets and, in short, all modern im provements, and the other house is a trifle larger, having eight rooms, four of them are rented and. although they are bring ing a. reduced rental just at present, they pay the owner $63 per month, besides hav ing the use of the other IioUse, in which he himself lives. It Is really one of the most desirable residence corners over the river, and in such a situation and of such a style that they never stand idle, but rent quickly and readily. Our price Is $12,000, of which $S50O can run as long as a purchaser wishes to pay interest on it Would- like to Jiear from .you in. re gard to above. Four lots in block. '2, Terminus addi tion, for $1000 cash. These lots are high, cleared, set out to fruit trees, and only one block from the St. John's motor line. The owner would trade these lots at tho rate pf $300 apiece for a good farm on the Lewis river, and might as sume a few hundred dollars indebtedness in case the farm suited very well. This does not mean that they will trade for a timber claim or a mountain side, but means that they want a place on which they won't have to spend the balance of their lives digging stumps. One hundred feet square on East Tenth and' Broadway streets, one ojf, the nicest corners in Holladay's addition streets all improved, sidewalks laid, sewers in and shade-trees planted; in fact, all ready to build upon. The location is choice, the view Is magnificent, the lots lie just the right height above the street, and the price, '$2250, cannot be equaled by any property In that part of the city. We have advertised this property before, and have reduced the price from $3500 to our present figures. This property is well worth $3500, but in order to get hold of a little money the owner will let It go very cheap. This Is probably the best snap on our books today, and If It does not go off in very short order at this price, it will simply be withdrawn so hurry up or you won't be "in it." Lot 8, block 16, In Central Albina, faces the St. John's motor and centrally lo cated. It has a 16-foot alley on one side of it, and will sell for $300 cash, or will trade for any good proposition. This lot is not a wild-cat lot, but Is well located and really a good bargain. One hundred feet square, on East First and Wasco streets. The lots are all clear, streets Improved, sidewalks down, sewers in, and the property i3 planted In fruit and nut trees. It lies close to the river with a fine view of- the West Side, and would make a fine residence site or a business corner; cars are handy and the traffic is considerable, so that a business block, or stores, or factory of some kind could find no better place. Price, $5250. Terms, $1000 cash, balance in one or two years. One hundred feet square, on Eighth and Hancock streets, in Holladay's addition. These lots are in good location and our price, $2000, Is certainly cheap. Part of the lots He sloping, but the balance Is level and affords a good building site. For such a sum one cannot expect a three-story brick. Will give terms. One hundred feet square and good house on southwest ccrner of Eleventh and East Davis streets. The house is seven rooms, has good basement, bath, hot and cold water, electric lights, sewer connec tions and. In fact, all modern Improve ments. Davis street is improved and Eleventh street opened with sidewalks laid. Only three blocks from the Ankeny street car-line, and a very desirable pur chase. Price, $5250 cash. If time is de sired we would have to get more for it as we cannot afford to sacrifice such prop erty at any such figure unless there Is1 cash In It. This Is a bargain, so let us hear from you. One lot in block 9, In Woodlawn; corner lot right in the business portion of the suburb, rear the station on the main business street of the place, and just opposite the postoffice and brick build ings. Woodlawns one of the most thriv ing suburbs of Portland on the line of the Portland-Vancouver railway and the place where they have their carshops and where their employes reside; it Is now In the city limits, with improved streets lead ing direct to the place. Our price on the lot Is $000 cash, which Is cheap consider ing the locaUon. . Six lots In block 6, In Chicago addition on Mount Scott motor-line, and only two blocks from station, for $700 for the. whole. This is remarkably cheap, as you cannot buy many lots around Portland that are worth anything for any such price. The addition itself Is a good one, and as soon as there is any sale at all for property these lots will be worth double the money. DeLASHMUTT & SON, 209 STARK ST. IE 111 S Fatmless for Everybody -4 The owner would trade them off, If he "" could get a fair trade. Seventeen hundred dollars for a good one and a half story house and lot In Willamette, on Wilbur street, between PorUand Boulevard and Holman street, also on motor line. These houses are all built In good substantial manner for homes. This ono has four rooms down stairs, bath, and the upstairs can be fixed up to suit purchaser. Willamette Is just outside the three-mile "circle, and lies perfectly level, on the Peninsula, between the Willamette and Columbia rivers, and overlooking the river and city. The terms on this place are $250 down and balance in three years at 8 per cent. We also have another one in the same vicinity, with a one and a half story house near the above, which we will sell for $1300, terms the same as the fore going. Also a third one' one block from the above, same general plan. Price, $1250. Terms same as above. The streets in this addition are all graded, sidewalks down, city water and the houses well-equipped with bath, patent clcsets. etc. For a party deslring a home, these places arc nice and well-located, and the price is such that the poorest man can afford to buy and certainly ought to be pleased, as he can have his pick. It desired, the terms- can be arranged so that they will be even easier to handle than now. One hundred feet square in block 2. In Logan's addition, on East Twenty-sixth (f street, at its junction with the Sandy road. There is a fie-room, hard-finished house with both cistern and city water. The property is set out to fruit trees and is only four blocks from the East An keny street car-line, besides being in such a location that a man can walk out if he prefers. The price is $1550. of which ?1000 can run for three years at S per cent In terest. This is a comfortable home and the price places it in the reach of the man who docs not wish to Invest a small fortune In a place. One lot In Orchard Home addition for $350. Thi.s addition Hc3 just northwest of Mount Tabor, on the East Ankcny street car-line, and is In every respect a desir able location, being about three or four miles from the river and just north o the Base Line road. Street improvements all made. 150x100 East Seventh and Harrison streets,, one of the best and oldest-settled localities on the East Side. These lota are unimproved and would make a good building site for a home or for some small tenement house. The lots lie well, just above the street, convenient, to town and street cars, and we .will sell them sepa- ' rately at $1300 a piece, and $1500 for the ' corner, or will sell the whole three at an equitable price. . ' Three lots and house on the north slopa of Mount Tabor, In East Lynne addition, one and a half blocks from the station. These lots lie low and the house is not , very elaborate, but for $900, our price on the property, one cannot, expect very much. These lots are dirt cheap, and for such a small sum a man can get a com fortable place for almost nothing. By selling off one of the lots, a party can pay, for the place. It Is about three miles from the river. Four lots in block A, Dunlway's sub division, on the corner of Monroe and Mitchell streets. The lots lie high and unimproved. We well sell the whole for $2000 and give a man easy terms, or will sell therrr separately at-an equitable-advance. These- lots are weU-located and desirable In every respect, and we consld-; er them a very cheap proposition. They will make a very good building corner. Half-lot on East Washington street, be tween Ninth and Tenth streets, with a business building of two stores with rooms - upstairs. This is a good location and a good piece of property, and at our price of $2000 is certainly a good buy. For somebody wishing a good location for a . business, this Is just the thing. Let u3 hear from some of you grocery men. Small two-room house and lot In Brush's) addition, on East Twenty-fourth and Ells worth street. Will sell the whole place for $9C0. This piece is handy to the street car line, not too far out, and In such a location that a man can overlook tho whole city. The price is consistent with t the -present market and values, and cer tainly a good Investment. Business lot en L'nion avenue between Oak and Pine streets, right in the center of the business portion of the East Side. The improvements on the lot do not & amount to much, consisting of a small frame building, which, however, brings in $15 per month, paying taxes, interest, etc. It is, howeyer, a splendid location for a good business building, and, if so im proved, would bring in a good rental, as it would never stand idle in such a place. Price for the lot, $6300, and terms can prob ably be arranged to suit a purchaser. Two houses and one lot on corner Thir teenth and East Pine streets. One-of the houses is an 8-room. house, brick basement, i hot and cold water, sewer connections, etc., etc. The house brings in $20 per month, and the other, a 5-room cottage, , brings in $10 per month. This Is a very, convenient part of the city, being centrai ly located and within easy walking dis tance from the free ferry, bridges, etc., etc. As the property has a good prospect f of being foreclosed tipon by the mort gagee, we have put the price right down to bedrock, $1000, which would probably pay for building the house, but most assuredly; . would not pay for the lot. Business corner; 40x100, on Russell and Starr streets. A two-story frame building, with saloon and grocery downstairs and 0 living rooms upstairs The place Is rented for $50 per month. This is a prominent corner on the best business street In that portion of the city, and is a piece which will always rent readily. Price. $5000. Terms, to be arranged. The building Itself cost about $2500. A nice house and ccrner lot, 50x100. in Cloverdale, on Thirty-second street and Hawthorne avenue, within 10 minutes' ride of the business part of the city. The house Is neat and pleasant appearing, has 7 rooms, bath, and is comparatively new, costing probably $2S0O to build. The lot Is nicely fenced and has 10 or 15 fruit trees on it. It is, altogether, a choice piece of property, and in order to raise a certain sum by a stated time and insure a speedy n.l th owner has nut his nronertv risht "" down, and we are accordingly authorized . in a great while that a person has a chance to get such a place at any such; moderate sum. It Is well worth your while going to see the property. We have seen it, and can assure you that you will not be disappointed. It lies in a level district, and not in a hole nor on a sidehill. The Sunnyside sewer Is a short distance from. It, and the sewer assessment has been; paid. Terms. $1250 or maybe $1000 cash, and balance can run to suit purchaser. A nice residence in Irvington, 100 feet square, on Weidler street, between Seven teenth and Eighteenth, with a large house in an unfinished condition. It was started for a 12-room house, and the basement is all cemented and finished. The upper part o the house can be finished off to suit the purchaser's own taste. There Is city water, patent closets, etc, in the build ing. It is, in fact, a very fine residence, which was started over there on an ele gant building site, but, on account of pri vate reasons, he Is unable to complete it, and will sell at a sacrifice. Price, $7000. Terms, $4000 down and balance on time. Streets are all improved, sidewalks laid. 1 etc