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THE SUNDAY OKEGOtflAN, PORTLANB, 'JANUARY 28, 1900.
WILSON IS THE ISSU
He Will Make a Fight in Wash
ington Politics.
TWP fjAGTlONS OF REPUBLICANS
The First Convention May Go to Spo-
kffno Washington Democrats and
Populists Are Stirring.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Jan. 27. The repub
lican state central committee offers the
first official reminder of the approaching
presidential campaign by issuing a. call
for a. meeting la this city "Wednesday,
January 31. Its purpose is to fix a date
and name a place lor holding the conven
tion to elect delegates to the national re
publican convention in Philadelphia June
19. An early day will doubtless be named,
because McKinley -wants it, and "what Mc
Kinley wants goes -with the republican
leaders in this state. There is nothing In
It to -oppose him or his -wishes. Some
where In the neighborhood of April 13
will therefore probably be chosen. The
convention city is" uncertain. Spokane, El
lenQyrg and Olympia axe- all .anxious to
be named, but there is no perceptible
drift '-of sentiment In the direction of any
place. Tacoma had the last state con
vention, and Seattle expects to bid for
thehonor of the fall convention, so that
neither of these cities is likely to be a
candidate. Probably Spokane will get it
If It makes an earnest effort.
There are no separate ..cpngressjofiaijdls
tricfei ,.ln jyasbington, and the entire eight
delegates will be chosen at large. Geog
raphy cuts a. most poten't 'figure' in the
politics of this state, and the delegates
are likely to be named with careful regard
to their respective places of residence.
It may, be taken for granted that 'Spo
kane, Pierce, King and Walla Walla boun
ties will eaph secure one delegate, and the
remaining 3our will come from counties
that' canrjoi now beisac easily named. That
there wUPbe a struggljSor'the control of
the dsligaljlon betwmrrtne Wilson, and ,
antT-SttlTfdn factions obvious. IbSx. VL
sonrjilmself wants to. C9 to Philadelphia,
and lie expects to 3iave hehlnd him., the
solid Spokane delegationi In the Wilson
lexicon them's no such word as a split
Spokane' dolegation-io a republican con
vention. He'either has 'em or he hasn't
If he hasn't, it will be no -use for him this
time to uncover his aspirations, for they
will not be successful. And if he has
Spokane in his pocket the prospects of a
sharp fight on him are still elegant There
is an Invincible purpose on the part of a
certain portion of Washington republi
cans to "down" Mr. Wilson. Having ac
complished its design once in a most sat
isfactory manner, it is not hopeless of do
ing it again. This is not written with
any wish to dwarf Mr. Wilson in the es
timation of the public, or in his own esti
mation, hut merely to give a faint no
tion of the irreconcilability and undying
determination of the opposition te him,
and his well-known ambitions.
It is supposed that- the ex-senator de
sires not only to be at the head of the
Washington delegation, hut to be select
ed as the national committeeman. It may
be remembered in Oregon it will never
be forgotten in Washington that for the
first two years -of Mr. McKinley's admin
istration Senator Wilson was the sole
republican congressman for this state. Un
der the -delectable McKinley method of
parceling out the spoils . to the victors,
Senator Wilson dispensed the entire fed
eral patronage for the state of Washing
ion. 2o other person was permitted a
voice in their distribution. The county
and state organizations were coolly Ig
nored, and great pains were taken to
show the national republican committee
man Mr. P, C. Sullivan, of Tacoma that
his recommendations vfere of no value.
It atfper'ea to be the. policy of the sen
ator to build up a strong personal ma
chine. .But wretched, judgment was- shown
In the selection of many of the appointees.
It is not necessary to mention names, but
it is notorious in Washington that a
large part of the important federal officers
are men of small political influence. The
public might easily forgive the senator
for selecting small-fry politicians for
prominent positions if they had otherwise
any sojt of special fitness -as a recom
mendation; "but as a rule' they" have not
It was not wonderful, therefore, that the
federal migade which assembled at Olym
pia last winter to promote their maker's
candidacy not only failed to accomplish
anything, but was indeed a source of de
cision to the opposition. There were few
efficient workers among them. A major
ity perfectly realized their own impo
tence, -and merely stood around, looked
wise and tried to do nothing. It is not
surprising- that the Wilson method of ig
noring the state and county organizations
-greatly offanded and angered them; and
the result was that the federal 'brigade,
instead of being a foundation for future
successes, was a leading factor in the
senator's defeat
All this is a digression, hut it explains
why the republican party of Washington
was, ahd is, divided into Wilson and anti
Wilson factions, the latter made, up of
elements united by the one common bond
of -opposition A.o him. They are, broadly
epeaking, the followers of Foster, Ankeny
and fiumes. It" is to be expected that
they will do their utmost to thwart the
Wilson enterprise of capturing control of
the delegation to Philadelphia. It Is a
foregone conclusion. that Senator Foster
"will-hetput forward by Pierce county, or
a candidate named by him, and It is like
ly, too." that MrTArikeny will have no
great trouble in securing the hacking of
Walla Walla county. In King county
there is a more troublesome situation. It
Js well understood that Mr. E. CHughes,
one of the -associates of Mr. Wilson in
the purchase of the Post-Intelligencer, ex
peote to-be the Seattledelegate. He can
not avoid possibly he "does not desire to
avoid bomg deemed, the Wilson candi
date, and It is certain that the lines will
be drawn in this county on that issue. Mr.
Hughes is an .able lawyer, a fine speaker,
and personally a most likable gentleman;
hut that he can succeed In carrying the
republican primaries, weighted down by
the Wilson handicap, is doubtful. Fif
teen months since, In the somewhat cel
ebrated contest between Humes and the
Spokane senator for control of the King
couaty legislative delegation, the latter
was overwhelmingly beaten. Despite the
supposed advantage the x-senator has
now secured by his great financial feat
of borrowing enough money from an un
known source to buy the Fost-Intelli-Uencer,
the situation is not much altered.
To oppose Mr. Hughes the anti-Wilson re
publicans have brought forth Mr. E. C.
JCeufelder, a prominent business man and
a very influential member of the- party.
Mr. Neufelder is now in the- East, tiut-he
Is said to have consented to stand.
Just why the Wilson machine is so tre
mendously anxious to name the Phila
delphia delegates, and to that end sur
render entirely the Seattle municipal Qr-
ganlzatlon to the opposition, is not clear
to the lay mind. The certain effect of
a fight of that nature Is to widen the,'
breach between the ex-senator and his
successor, to whose election he contrib
uted such valuable aid. -The friends of
Poster bitterly resent the Wilson assump
tion that the latter still speaks for
Washington in the national eounells of
the party, and they are sure to do all
they can to prevent "Wilson making that
assumption good. The ex-senator's mo
tives may lie deeper than in his natural
desire to regain his hold on the party.
He may have his own reasons for demon
strating that the assistance given him In
buying up the leading republican organ
in the state was wisely placed. .
The struggle for the honor of repre
senting the Washington democracy in the
national democratic convention has not
yet been precipitated, except that there
are distinct signs of a purpose to wage
war on National Committeeman W. H.
White. Mr. White is an expansionist and
a patriot, and he is among the few of
his party who have dared to raise their
voices against its suicidal policy of op
posing the war in the Philippines. Mr.
White's warnings have been frequent and
pointed, but they appear to have served
only to make himself Ja special object of
the wrath of tha orthodox Bryanites. A
determined effort wHl he made to defeat
Mr. White, who wants to be re-elected,
and, in the present temper of the de
mocracy, It is likely to succeed. There is
n5 place in the party for the masculine
Cassandra who tries to prevent its making
a fopl of Itself. As It is, the attitude of
the democracy toward Mr. Bryan Is one
of sullen loyalty, and there is no serious
thought on the part of any one that a
delegation opposed to him can be elected.
It Is realized that, unless he amends his
course, the party will not stand a ghost
of a show, but for all that, they feel
that their only course is to follow his
flag to certain disaster.
The populists of the state,- too, accept
Bryan under strong mental protest The
party is tired of sliver; and more than
that ifcr is'for expansion., Leaders llke
OwyernorlRpgera and Judge Winson, who
.'have agreed in littleelse, are united on
... .. -r
that point That Bryan's Tenomlnation
means the practical disappearance of
populism as an entity Is riot to be dis
puted. A feeble effort is being made to
hold the organization together on the is
sue of direct legislation, but it is arous
ing only languid Interest, and will avail
little.
CIRCUIT COURT AT HILLSBORO.
Polygram! Pleaded Guilty and "Was
Sentenced 4or One Year. .
HILX.SBORO, Or., Jan. 27. At an ad
journed sitting of the circuit court today,
Frank M. Gardner, charged with polygamy
In having wedded Mrs. Foord, of this
county, while having a wife living in Sa
lem, pleaded guilty and was sentenced
to one year in th"e' penitentiary.
An order was made requiring James M.
Thompson, of Forest Grove, to pay $30
on or before March 1, and ?25 on or before
March 20, to the attorneys for the defense
In the divorce case against his wife.
J. W. Canon was ordered to pay 5100 to"
the attorney of his wife before the next
regular term of court, to enable her to
defend suit for divorce.
The divorce case of Llllle Meyor vs.
Dewis Meyer, Cornelius parties, was dis
missed. Julius Miller, who broke jail In 1S3D,
and was only recently apprehended, today
pleaded guilty to larceny of bacon from
"the storehouse of P. M. Jackson, a HIIls
boro rancher, and was fined $50. Miller
hadw already made restitution to Jackson,
and? as the- only witness for "the state Is
dead; the light sentence was imposed-he-caus
of the plea of guilty. The defendant
paid his fine and was released.
The case of E. W. Haines vs. E. P. Cad
well, an appeal from justice court, was
decided in favor of Haines on a plea in
abatement Cadwell asks to file a plea to
the merits.
EXHIBIT FOR PARIS FAIR.
aiosaes to He Used to Portray Ore
gon's Scenery and Industries.
MILLWOOD, Dougias County, Or., Jan.
28. A unique exhibit far the world's fair,
at Paris, is being arranged by Miss M.
L. Sutton, .Millwood, Or., whose similar
work captured first-award diplomas rand
medals at the Portland and Omaha expo
sitions In -ISSS.-
TheParis-jexhiblt will consist of alealher
bound volume of ISO pages, 11x15 inches,
to contain a complete photographic repro
duction of Oregon's scenic, natural, in
dustrial and mechanical features, artistic
ally arranged with a complete collection
of Oregon wood mosses, and Information
executed in moss lettering.
The volume will be divided into several
departments, namely: State department,
with views of state buildings and state
maps, and seal drawn in moss; scenic de
partment and special pages devoted to
the interests of the various large cities,
and to lumbering, mining, agriculture,
etc.
To-assist In meeting the necessary ex
pense of this work, some pages are open to
enterprising advertisers, whose business In
terests exemplify -Oregon's possibilities.
Full credit will be given contributions
of photos, which are requested, and full
information may be had from Miss Sutton.
SPOKAXE DOESN'T FUMIGATE.
Says Epidemic Is Chi ctenp ox De
partment Reiterates Instructions.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. The postofflce
department has received reports from Spo
kane, Wash., showing that the order to
fumigate mall leaving that place for Brit
ish Columbia has not as yet been carried
out The reports are that neither the post
master nor health officials there believe it
necebsary to disinfect the mails, because
they think the smallpox scare to be un
warranted. The epidemic now In evidence
there, they say, Is chickenpox. The post
ofllce department has, however, reiterated
its Instructions directing the postal offi
cials there to disinfect the mails. The re
ports from Spokane state that Nelson, B.
C, is the only place that has declared
quarantine against Spokane. Rossland. B.
C, is willing to receive mall from Spo
kane without disinfection.
WATERWORKS FOR BAKER CITY.
Bonds for 100,000 Carried by a
BIgr Majority.
BAKER CITY, Or., Jan. '27. The tax
payers of Baker City today voted on a
proposition to issue, bonds for $100,000 to
purchase the Elk-creek water right and
to pipe water 10 miles t6 this city. Out
of 2500 men and women of legal age here,
about 600 were entitled to "vote. The total
vote cast was 456. iThree hundred and
eighty-four voted'forVThe bonds for the
gravity water system, and. 72, against it.
There is great rejoicing over the result.
Livestock Notes.
J. R. Douglas, of Lane county, sold 47
head of mutton sheep to a Eugene firm of
butchers for $G 55 per head. ' '
An Eastern 'Oregon" cattleman sold a
carload of steers right off the range that
averaged $48 per head None of these cat
tle had been fed a pound of hay or grain.
Jonn Cunningham, xt Arlington, has
sold half a carload of heavy horses to a
Portland buyer, at goo& flgureg,
FOUND THE MOTHER LODE
A TEN-FOOT VE3X THAT RUNS 40
TO THE TOX.
In Cascatle,r Mountains, 30 Miles
Southeast of The Dalles Pros
pectors Will Flock There.
THE DALLES, Or., Jan.
B.
Adams and F. H. Wakefield, who
ror a long time past Been iouoing
up gold prospects on the eastern slope of
the Cascade mountains, have at last come
upon ledges which are supposedto be. the
origin of the rich ore speclmehs'whlch have
been shown by the Indians in, recent years.
Tne discovery was maae noou .sy jauf
southeast of The Dalles. The velh Is re-
ported to be about 10 feet in width. The
walls are very well defined, in facts it is
a true fissure- vein. It is a contact be
tween porphyry and granite, and assays
evenly across the entire vein, with a uni
form value of about $40 per ion. The cap
rock showed $4 per ton, but a force of
men were at once put to work developing
and the rich strike Is the result.
This will be the signal for great num
bers of prospectors to leave for the re
gions as soon as the early spring opens
the passes sufficiently.
GOLD LEDGE NEAR LAKEVHirW.
Thought to Be Heavily Minernlized,
Though No Assay Has Been 3iade.
LAKEVIEW, 'Or.," Jan." 23. Gold was
discovered within a mile of Lakevlew
yesterday, and a claim filed on by 13. H.
Lofftus. He discovered a ledge of blue
quartz, near Dead Man canyon, having
both silver and gold. The royal metal
is plain to the naked eye, and there Is
considerable Interest manifested, and
there will be much anxiety as to' the re
sult of the assay, which vill have to
be made at some distant point, there be
ing no assayer nearer than the railroad.
The ledge Is about 40 yards wide, and
Its outcropplngs show for 200 yards before
dipping. The find Is pronounced by the
best judges here as a good one. It Is
thought also to contain iron, and the
weight indicates that it is heavily min
eralized. Sage Hen and Other Mines.
Mining Is all the talk In Lakevlew just
now. Besides the mines discovered at
our door yesterday, and the Chewaucan
mining district, reported yesterday, there
are the Sage Hen mines, which are con
sidered the most Important of ail. These
mines He out In the bald hills in a vol
canic country, about 25 miles " a "little
south of east of Lakevlew. They em
brace a territory of about two miles by
three, and are thought to be very rich.
They were first discovered by. J. W. Loff
tus, a rancher and stockman, about 20
yeacs ago, but no real excitement oc-
'curred until four years ago, when a
stampede was made to the Sage Hen
vmines. At that time more than 200 claims
were filed upon, but very little develop
ment was done. The claims have been
abandoned, one at a time, .nntll only
about 20 now are keep good"-by assess
ment work. A few houses and barns have
been erected there, and there-'are some
who have the utmost confidence In the
future of the mines and are staking their
all In the enterprise. A man by the name
of- Westlake Is persistently prospecting
and experimenting, and has perfect confi
dence""that he has already made a big'
strike and will make others.
In case the find Is a success, the facili
ties for mining will be the very best. Deep
creek runs right through the center of the
district, and the flow of water is never less
than 2000 Inches. Pine timber runs up to
It from one side. The mines He among, the
bald hills, and are surrounded by rinf'rocks
about 12 feet in thickness. The elevation
of the mines above sea level Is about 6000
feet
While there have been considerable sums
of money spent on these mines, most of it
has been spent in having assays made
from the outcropplngs. Twenty feet Is
as deep as any shaft has yet "been sunk.
There have been a great number of assays
made, butmost"6f them have been made
by "free-milling" assayers. Fourteen dol
lar to the tori ls"as hlgh'as reliable free
mlUing assayers have fqund any of the
ore to contain, and It runs as low as $4 41
to the ton, $2 96 of this being gold and $1 45
silver. The ore Is dlroride gouche with
sulphurets. The sulphurets, are very heavy
and can be shoveled up like sand In the bed
of the .creek, that -runs through the dis
trict. The assays that have been made by base
metal assayors show., a much different .re
sult .They find as'nigh as $1000 to the
ton in this ore. This was from ore taken
from a prospect hole 18 feet deep. The
value of the ore has grown at a rapid
rate as the prospector proceeded in depth.
.. SJUTSLTER NEEDED AT BOHEMIA.
Suggestion That Portland Be Inter
- estcd in the Matter.
Cottage Grove Nugget.
A smelter Is one of the most necessary
Institutions -to any successful mining camp,
providing, of course, the camp is in the
true sense of the word a success. Recent
developments in the Bohemia district prove
beyond all reasonable doubt the absolute
need of a smelter, and also demonstrate
that if a smelter will pay anywhere it will
pay here. Take, for, instance, the recent
great strike at the Mustek. Here a mam
moth chute of ore, going 40 per cent lead
and running high in silver and gold abso
lutely a clear shipping ore has been so
extensively developed that the manage
ment feel free to say that from this mine
alone 50 tons of this ore a day can be
furnished a smelter for three years at
least 'As development work" goes on, tho
chute widens, and those supposed to know
are perfectly confident' In Its lasting quali
ties. The strike was made In level No. 4,
and considerable stoplng, with exceedingly!
flattering results, has already been done.
Level No. C is now being driven west, al
ready with a full1 face of ore, to tap the
big strike. A smelter in the district is, of
course, the thing desired, but if it cannot
be attained, Portland surely should set
about Interesting capitalists In the con
struction of one there, as no safer invest
ment for capital can be found.
WAS LEGALLY MARRIED.
Six Months' Limit of Washington
Not Operative In Other States.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 27. A decision
was handed down today by the supreme
court affirming judgment In the case of
Mary C. Willey vs. Philander- L. Willey,
in an appeal from an order granting plain
tiff suit money and attorney's fees-in an
action for divorce.
In this case, Willey contended he was
never legally married to the respondent,'
the facts of the case being that the couple
were married under the common marriage
law of California within a few weeks after
Willey had been divorced from his first
wife, living In Olympia, and before the
six months' limitation prescribed by the
Washington law had expired. The Willeys
afterwards returned to Olympia, and when
Willey sought to obtain a divorce from
his second wife, his attorneys set up the
cjialm that he was not legally married un
der the laws of this state.
The supreme court states-, that the gen
eral rule is that the lex loci, contractus
controls all adjudication involving, the va
lidity of marriage. Jn consequence, the
six months' prohibition of marriage after
divorce was granted does not extend to
states having no such law, and Willey's
second marriage was valid. Judgment
wan therefore afflrmd.
Promising Claim in Bohemia. District
Cottage Grove Nugget.
The Ophlr mine, owned by O. P. Adams,
Cathcart Bros., et al., which lacks iSO feet
of Joining the well-known Mustek, on the
game ledge, and on the south and east of
Bohemia-jnountaln,". IshTghly spoken of
a3 one of the coming dividend payers In
the camp. This property was located by
O. P. Adams, In 1S92, and since then con
siderable development work has been done
each year, within the means of the own
ers. The work gives Indlcatloa of two par
allel ledges. Both ledges have been cut
nearly six feet from the hanging walls, and
still show ore on, the foot walls. The ore
is a mixture o.free arid -base, almost a
facsimile of the Mustek oreT The assays
have run as high as $4,0 gold to the ton.
The property has1 sm excellent mlllslte on
the companion claim? tne Royal.
Quotations of Mining Stocks.
have-.LspoKjfr jan. 27. The closing bids for
mining stocks today were:
Blacktail $0 09 IMountaln l,ion...?0 04
Butte & Boston.. 8 Morrison 4
t? TBespa.-BhieJay.. Princess Maud... T
EDier Trail No. 2 12$ Qullp 22
uoia iiedge o iKepuDiic a w
JSolden, Harvest. 3 Sullivan 9
pnsurgent 2Tom Thumb ...... 16
Jifh Blaine 18 'Waterloo VVi
Lone Pine Surp. 13 "Palo Alto
SAN "FRANCISCO, Jan. 27. The official clos
ing quotations for mining stocks today were:
Alta ,....$0 02'Mesican $0 30
Andes TlOocidental Con ... 18
Belcher 9 Ophir 65
Best & Belcher. . . 22'Overman o
Bullion filPolosi 85
Caledonia 48'Savage 16
Challenr& Con ... 20!Scornion :. 2
Chollar 20 Seg. Belcher
Confidence
Con. Cal. & Va...
Crown Point .
Gould & Curry...
Hale & Norcross..
Lady "Wash. Con..
71 Sierra Nevada ... 44
1 40'Standard 2 40
llfUnion Con 23
23Utah Con 5
3SlYellow- Jacket .... 22
2
NDW YORK, Jan.
37; Mining stocks today
closed as follows:
Chollar ?0 22!OntarIo $7 50
Crown Point .' lOOplilr' 62
Con. CaL & Va.-., 1 ns'PIymoutu ..:.,... R
Deadwood C5 Quicksilver 1 u
Gould & Curry. . , 20' do pref . . . . 7 CO
Hale & Norcross.. 'SOiSierra Nevada. ... 43
Homestake 50 001 Standard . . . 2 CO
Iron Silver CSIUnion Con 5
Mexican 27J Yellow Jacket .... 20
BOSTON, Jan. 27. Closing- quotations:
Boston & Mont..2 C5 IParrott ..:.. $0 40
BuUe & Boston.. , 43 '
Good. Reports T"roin Blue River Mines
OREGON CITX, Jan. 27. W. L. Beck
ner, who Is extensively interested in the
Blue river mines, returned from there last
night, and reports the camp booming. He
was Informed that the Lucky'Boy Com
pany was cleaning up $250 per day, and it
wa3 believed that It was losing that much
more In the concentrates. However, it
expects to have apparatus in place within
a week or two that will save the con
centrates. The Brownsville Company has
begun a survey for a Wagon road up the
Calapoola river from that place, a short
and feasible route. Mr. Beckner and his
partner, J. E. McCauleyj of Portland, ex
pect to run long funnels jlnto their claims
at an early date, pne on the Calapoola side
of the mountain and orie on the Blue river
slope. ,'
N ' Oregon Notes.
Moro school district has levied a 6-mIU
tax.
Chicken thieves are operating at Wood
burn. Arlington has voted a special 10-mlll
school tax.
A sale of 52 bales of hops at Woodburn
Is reported at 6 cents per pound.
Editor Ira Campbell, of the Eugene
Guard, Is a happy father. The new
comer is a boy.
The Ontario Advocate reports the burn
ing of the Nyssa hotel. Loss, $1400; In
surance, $800. It will be rebuilt.
Harry C. Collins, charged with swin
dling by the use of sight drafts, Is In
the Jackson county Jail ih default of
bonds.(
The Jordan hoys, who recently beat a
Japanese-cook severely, are said b'y the
Dallas' Itemlzer to have recently finished
terms in the -penitentiary.
The Weston school district has levied
a 12-mllJ tax to pay interest on bonds
and meevt running expenses. The district
has reduced Its debt $1035 the past year. ,
Dr. Williamson, the oldest physician at
the asylum In point of service, says there
is no doubt as.to the Insanity of Matt
Hilstrom, of Clatsop county, who recent
ly killed Lake Moores.
The unusual winter In Sherman county
brings this notice from the Moro Ob
server: "Angus Kuks would be glad to
pasture all of -Jils. neighbors' cattle free
now, hlg wheat ia so rank."
A hunter jn the .Blue mountains east
of Weston, while hunting pheasants with
a 32-callber rifle, stumbled u,pon a full
grown cougar, which he was fortunate
enough to kill at the first shot.
Christopher Mustrala, one of the young
men arrested for disturbing a religious
meeting at MUton, was fined $40, and in
default of .payment -now languishes be
hind, tho bars of the Umatilla county jail.
Wo.Qdb.urn bids fair to have a contest
over licensing saloons at the coming mu
nicipal election. The charter requires
that tho matter shall be submitted to the
electors when 50 freeholders petition
for it
The expenses of Polk county for the
year beginning January 1, 1899, and end
ing December 31, 1S99, were: General ex
penses, $21,898 38; courthouse, $21,759 22;
aggregate of warrants drawn, $43,659 60.
The general expenses of the year were
much lower than usual.
The populist central committee of Uma
.tllla county met at Pendleton yesterday
for "reorganization of the central com
mittee and the discussion of plans for
the continued resistance to the political
evils which still Imperil our homes and
jeopardize our liberties."
At "Cottage Grove a number of people
who had been bilked by a fake electric
belt doctor undertook to punish him at
the railway depot with stale eggs, but
he drew a revblver and kept them off.
As the train moyed away he put his
head out the window and shouted:
"Good-bye, suckers!"
The Albany Democrat says that T. C.
Anderson, aged 86, who was granted a
divorce from his second wife about five
weeks, ago, applied for a license Wednes
day, to marry Mrs. Mary Brackett, aged
56, nd was refused, as the requisite six
months had not, passed. "He said he would
wait five montjis and then ,call for it
Ed Warren, a yauqg man who resides
on Elght-.MIle, in Gilliam county, is re
ported, by the Condon Globe to have
sworn QUt a warrant for the arrest of
William Pierce, a weU-to-do farmer of the
same neighborhood, the alleged crime
being rape, and the victim named as
Mary Pierce, his 14-year-old daughter.
The will of Perry Gordon Barrett, who
died three weeks ago at Hood River, has
been admitted to probate In Wasco
county. The estate, valued at $12,000, is
bequeathed to his wife, Almeda Hodge
Barrett, and at her death reverts to their
two grandsons, who have been adopted
by them, and the will signifies a desire
that the names of the boys be changed
from Howell to Barrett.
In Morrow county the O. R. & N. Co.
pays taxes on $265,000. The largest indi
vidual taxpayer is William Penland, who
is assessed at $57,000. Other prominent as
sessments are: Henry Heppner, $31,540;
Antone Vey, $21,000; Joseph Vey, $18,000;
Hugh Fields, $21,865; Thomas Quaid, $16,
200; A. E. Wright, $13,400; J. W. Morrow,
$12,000; James McHaley, $10,630.
Hood River papers report so much
trouble from big boys In the Franklin
school that Principal S. C. Sherrlll re
signed. It seemed that there was a pre
concerted, plan tor -worry the teachers and
break up the school. The directors have
engaged Rev. 'HriK.' -Benson as principal.
He is said to belong to the church mili
tant, and to "correct unruly pupils in sev
eral languages."
B. F. Wells tells the Roseburg Review
that the tres.tle Which fell at Olalla last
week vwas the main pne, carrying the
water of Olalla creek., ,The mining com
pany consequently have left but the
water o' Thompson and Byron creeks,
with which they will be fortunate if
able to clean up .their bedrock without
doing anything more this winter. Next
season the fallen 'flume will be replaced
With pipe to carry the water across the
canyon
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RUN OVER BY STREET-CAR
SIX-YKAR-OLD BOY FATALLY IX
' s t JITRED IN ASTORIA.
Was Playing, and Ran Directly In
Front of a Moving Car, Which
Mangled Him.
ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 27. Edgar Oswalt,
a fryear-old boy, was run over by a
street-car this afternoon, and will with
out doubt die before morning. He was
playing with another boy, and ran direct-
ly Inront .of 4he car, that was, moving
along i slowly. 4 'iBoth of the boy's legs
were horribly mangled, and the rear
wheels of, the" car stopped on his hodyViA
crowd Soon collected and lifted-the car
so that the body could be removed. No
blame is attached to the motorman, as the
passengers and several people on the side
walk saw the accident and exonerate
him from any lack'of care.
PLANS FOR FARMERS' CONGRESS.
The Official Programme Given Out
"Various Branches Represented.
SALEM, Or., Jan. 27. The farmers' con
gress, which will be held In this city Feb
ruary 7 and 8, under the auspices of the
state board of agriculture, assisted by the
Salem chamber of commerce, promises to
be one of the most notable gatherings In
the history of the state. Already a num
ber of men who for years have been
prominently identified with the agricultural,
pomolQglcal, horticultural, poultry, dairy
and livestock Interests, have written to
Secretary Thlelsen) of the chamber of com
merce, accepting Invitations to deliver ad
dresses, and others are expected to be
present, including Secretary Shields, of
the California state board of agriculture,
who will be one of the speakers. Besides
the congress, representatives of the vari
ous Interests will bold meetings, to discuss
matters relatingjto, themselves particularly.
The? congress wllbe held In the hall of
representatives, at the. state capitof, the
use of which was tendered by Secretary of
' State Dunbar. The programme, as pre
pared by Secretary Thlelsen, is as follows:
February 7, afternoon session, at 2 o'clock
Address of welcome; response (for state
agricultural and horticultural societies),
Hon. T. T. Geer, governor of Oregon:
"Horticulture In Oregon, and Markets for
Oregon Fruit," H. E. Dosch, secretary
state board of horticulture; "Swine Breed
ing," John 'Redmond, McMlnnvllle, Or.-;
"SoUing, and Its Advantages In Dairying,"
George W.aWeeks, of Salem; "Geat-Breed-Ing
In Oregon."
Evening session, at S o'clock "The" State
Fair, and Its Relations to Agriculture,"
W. H. Wehrung," president state board of
agriculture; "Transportation for Oregoi.
Products," C. H. Markham, general freight
and passenger agent, Southern Pacific
Company; "Future Outlook for Dairying in
Oregon," Thomas Paulsen, president State
Dairy Association; "Organization of Pro
ducers," H. B. Miller, president state
board of horticulture; "Animal Husbandry
as a Factor in Successful Agriculture,"
Dr. James WUhycombe, vice-director, Ore
gon agricultural" college; "Fair Circuits
and the Benefits Thereof," Peter J.
Shields, secretary California State Agri
cultural Society; "The Creamery as a Fac
tor In Agricultural Prosperity," George L.
Rees.
February 8 The morning session, from
10 to 12 o'clock, will be devoted to meet
ings" of the Various- state boards and as
sociations. Tho rooms and quarters where
these meetings will be held will be an
nounced at the Wednesday evening session.
Afternoon session "The Dairy 'Cow," D.
H. Looney, Jefferson. Or.: "The Poultry
Industry," Professor R. F. Robinson, presi
dent State Poultry Association; "The Out
look for Hops in Oregon," M. L. Jones?
president Oregon Hopgrowers Association.
CliACKAMAS COUNTY TEACHERS.
Monthly Session Held Yesterday
Notes o Oregon City.
OREGON CITY, Jan. 27. The Clacka
mas County Teachers' Association held Its
regular monthly meeting at Clackamas to
day, with ah" attendance of about 50. Miss
Fannie. G. Porter, a teacher In the Port
land Central school, gave a report of the
National Teachers' Association, held at
Los Angeles, last summer. M. S. Shrock,
of Hubbard, read a paper on "The Nerv
ous System." O. H. Byland discussed the
work of John Qulncy Adams. Fred Melndl
responded to "Our Schools," and Rev. E.
S. Bollinger, Of Oregon, City, formerly
superintendent of tho blind school, at
Salem, presented the "Methods of Teach
ing tho Blind."
"Bert" Greenman, who Is connected with
the state fish commission, today proved
'that Chinook salmon gd above the falls.
Ho caught several small ones about a year
old this afternoon, which he will take
down to the state fish commission head
quarters in Portland.
J. W. Berrlam, superintendent of the
Rogue river hatchery, left today for that
place, to begin taking steelheads. That
hatchery was sucessf ul with chlnooks, and
it is expected that there will be a good
run"bf,steelheads.
Last night the local Y. M. C. A. team
defeated the Salem university team by a
score of 14 to 4 In a game of basket
ball. New Oregon Incorporations.
SALEM, Or., Jan. 27. Articles of incor
poration have been filed with the secre
tary of state, as follows:
Hammond Manufacturing Company,
Portland, by W. J. Bates, J. P. Wlldman
and W. M. Morris. Capital stock, $10,000.
Object, to manufacture, quartz mills, min
ing machinery, etc.
Khayyam Copper Company, Portland, by
C. H. Prescott, W. W. Catlln, Fred N.
Pendleton, Fred G. Buffum, J. E. Culllson,
F. A. Jones, R. J. Holmes and George Mc
Kenzle. Capital stock, $1,000,000. Object,
to mine in Alaska.
Pacific Coast Gold Mining Company,
Portland, by Charles V. Cooper, Thomas
McCusker and Henry C. Eckenberger.
Capital stock, $1,000,000.
Athena Light & Power Company, At
hena, by T. J. Kirk, C. A. Barrett, Joseph
France, H. C. Adams and J. W. Smith.
Capital stock, $30,000.
Knappa Coal Company, Astoria, by F. P.
Kendall, H. T. Findlay and J. D. McFar
lane. Capital stock, $100,000.
Oregon Bureau of Mines, Portland, by
L. B. Cox, J. Frank Watson, Henry
Hahn, Seneca Smith and J. F. Batchelder.
Capital stock, $10,000. Objects, to conduct
a mining stock exchange and to act as
broker and dealer in mining properties.
Jacobsen-Bade Company, Portland, by
W. P. Jacobsen, C. E. Bade and George
W. Hazen. Captain stock, $4000. Object,
to engage in plumbing business.
Black Belle Gold Mining & Milling Com
pany, Portland, by W- H. Harris. E. C.
Johnson and R. Prager. Capital stock,
S5Q,000. .
Coquilla Hlver & Alaska Mining Com
pany, Myrtle Point, Coos county, by B.
G. Lehmanowsky, M. H. Dement, George
P. Mullen and S. G. GUes. Capital stock.
$6000. Supplementary articles, allowing the
company to navigate a vessel between
Myrtle Point and the head of navigation
on the Yukon river, Alaska.
Oak Bar Mining Company, Portland, by
Francis Scaly, R. G. Morrow and B. B.
Beekman. Capital stock, $20,000.
Many Demands on the Governor.
SALEM, Or., Jan. 27. Governor Geer has
just been notified that he has been elected
one of the vice-presidents of the Cornelius
P. Bushnell National Memorial Associa
tion. The governor, who left for Astoria
yesterday to attend the native Sons' ban
quet, will accept the honor.
'Of late, Governor Geer has been Invited
to attend more banquets, make raon
speeches and write move papers of statt
and national interest than probably anj
I other governor to the country. To accept
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Is a money saver for the shrewd buyer.
Reductions will average 25 per cent to 35
per cent.
And sale will continue until our large
stock of heavyweight woolens is closed
out.
It will pay you to look through our
variety of bargains 1 They must be seen
to be appreciated.
Sec our line of Fancy Vestings.'
Full Dress Suits a specialty.
Garments to order in a day, if required.
Satisfaction guaranteed in all cases.
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all these invitations would leave him no
time for his official duties, and In an
cases, except where .Oregon Is concerned,
he has had to decline them with thanks.
"Washington Jfotes.
The work of numbering houses so as
to facilitate the delivery of mall Is pro
ceeding In "Walla "Walla.
A public debate of the British-Boer
question at North Yakima Tuesday even
ing resulted in favor of the Boers.
The Tacoma Chamber of Commerce has
sent Senator Turner a telegram Indorsing
the bill to prevent rafting logs on the high
seas.
A number of Tacoma citizens are agi
tating the matter of organizing a ter
minal company to get possession of the
tide flats there and hold tho land so that
it would benefit the town rather than
merely for private speculation.
Ira Spoonemere, a minister's son, arrest
ed for arson, robbery, etc, a 'Walla
"Walla and "Waltsburg, in his confession
told how Jhe robbery of the O. R. & N.
freight cars was systematically carried
on. Climbing aboard the slow-going trains
on the Alto grade, the thieves would
break the seals of cars and throw out
merchandise, to be gathered up at their
leisure. Their plunder was cached away,
to be peddled out as opportunity offered.
Byron Zumwalt, George May, and prob
ably others, were associated with young
Spoonemere In this nefarious work.
THEORIES ABOUT FOOD.
Also a Few Facts on the Same Sub
ject. "We hear much nowadays about health
foods and hygienic living, about vegetar
ianism and many other fad3 along the
same line.
Restaurants may bo found In the larger
cities where no meat, pastry or coffee Is
served and tho food crank Is in his glory,
and arguments and theories galore ad
vanced to prove that meat was never in
tended for human stomachs, and almost
make us believe that our sturdy ances
tors who lived 'four-score years in ro
bust health on roast beef, pork" and mut
ton must have been grossly Ignorant of
the laws of health.
Our forefathers had other thlng3 to do
than formulate theories about the food
they ate. A warm welcome was extended
to any kind from bacon to acorns.
A healthy appetite and common sense
are excellent guides to follow in matters
of diet, and a mixed diet f grains, fruits
and meat3 is undoubtedly the best.
As compared with grains and -vegetables,
meat furnishes the most nutriment In a
highly concentrated form and is digested
and assimilated more quickly than veg
etables and grains.
Dr. Julius Remmson, on this subject,
says: "Nervous persons, people run down
In healtn and of low vitality, should eat
meat and plenty of it. If the digestion Is
too feeble at first It may be easily cor
rected by the regular use of Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets after each meal. Two
of these excellent tablets taken afiter
dinner will digest several thousand grains
of meat, eggs or other animal food in
three hours, and no matter how weal:
the stomach may be, no trouble will
be experienced If a regular practice Is
made of using Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
because they supply the pepsin and dias
taso necessary to perfect digestion, and
every form of Indigestion will be over
come by their use.
That large class of people who come
under the head of nervous dyspeptics
should eat plenty of meat and Insure; Its
proper digestion by the dally use df a
safe, harmless digestive medicine, like
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets composed of
the natural digestive principles, pepsin,
diastase, fruit acids and salts, which ac
tually perform the work of digestion.
Cheap cathartic medicines, masquerad
ing under the name of dyspepsia cures are
useless for Indigestion, as they have ab
solutely no effect upon the actual diges
tion of food.
Dyspepsia In all its many forms 13 simp
ly afallure of the stomach to digest food,
and the sensible way to solve the riddle
and cure the dyspepsia Is to make daily
use at meal time of a preparation like
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, which Is In
dorsed by the medical profession and
known to contain active digestive prin
clplcs All druggists sell Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets at 50c for full treatment.
A little booklet on cause and cure of
stomach trouble mailed free by address
ing F. A Stuart Co.. Marshall. Mich.
DR. SIMM'S SPECIPiC
FOR WHOOPING COUGH
A certain relief and cure.
50 cents at H druggists.
Woodard, Clarke & Co., Chemists
Areata, Portland, Or,
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body, but. unfortunately, youthful Indis
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etc.. are so prevalent that comparatively
few possess perfect health, strength anl
vigor.
Of course, when a man is -weak, naturo
Is constantly doing the utmost to brirg
about a change, but this is a cond.tlon in
which she requires aid. or. rather, a meam
of using her own remedy. I have treat d
weak men, and weak men onl for CO
years. During that time I have given a I
the drugs that are given today, anil fcjund
out what most doctors admit, that
Brags Do Not Core
These weaknesses, because they stimulate.
Electricity 13 the proper, the only common
sense remedy. You. reader, will live to
see the day when It will take the place o
all drugs In any debility of the system.
But they don't apply It right at present.
I found out how to apply it jeurs ago. It
Is the continuous flow which does the
work. That Is why my famous
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world over. It Is the only proper appli
cation of the galvanic current. It Is the
home self-treatment for weak men. You
put It around the waist upon retiring to
bed and take it off the next morning. Do
this for 60 or SO days and feel yourself
a new man. It takes all the weakness out
of your back, and gives you new vigor.
Remember. I guarantee my Belt to give a
current Instantly felt by the wearer, and
It may be made mild or strong by simply
turning regulator thumbscrew. Over 6000
men, young and old, were restored to
strength by Its use during 1S99.
Free Book and Consultation
Drop in and consult me free of charge, or
write for free book, which explains all.
Sent In plain, sealed envelope.
Russel BIdg., Cor. Fourth and Morrison Sb.
rORTXAND, OR.
Office nours: 9 to 9r Sundays, 9 to 1.
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