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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."
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WE CAPJWOT
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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
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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