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THE SUNDAY OKEGONIAN, POBTLAND, DECEMBER 2, 190Q. SUFFERING IN GUAM Recent Typhoon the Worst In Forty Years. ' FOOD CONTRIBUTIONS NEEDED Twelve Hundred Bolomen Surren dered to Captain Green at ViEran Friday. MANILA, Dec. L Rear-Admlral Remey In his official report of the recent ty phoon -which visited the Island of Guam states that the storm was the severest In 40 years. The palace at Agana and the Government buildings were unroofed and wrecked. The sea reached the plaza. Many of the homeless sought refuge in the school and JalL No one is reported to have been killed at Agana, but the mortality, caused by the recent epidemic of la grippe, has been much increased by exposure. Most of the dwellings have been destroyed. The town of Mara J an was leveled and 28 persons were killed. Several persons were killed and several small coasters are missing. No reports have been received from some localities. All crops are destroyed and food is be ing distributed to the sufferers. Admiral Remey has ordered the Arethusa, from Cavite, with food supplies. Flour, corn and meats are needed, and It is sug gested that contributions be sen,t from the United States. The Brutua, from Cavite, and the Solace, from San Fran cisco, due at Guam, will relieve imme diate needs. Lieutenant-Colonel Goodsell, command ing the Sixth Marine Battalion, with 100 marines, has gone to Subig to relieve the troops there. He will land tomor row. The rebels in that vicinity have been active of late. Director of Posts "Vaille sailed on the United States transport Grant. A detachment of the Twenty-fifth In fantry in the mountains near Iba found the camp of the guerrilla leader Joaquin, forsaken. Suspended from the trees near the camp were the bodies of three ami goes and proof was found that the rebels had tortured other captives. Twelvo hundred bolomen entered Vlgan, Island. of Luzon, yesterday afternoon and surrendered to Captain Green, of the Thirty-third Infantry. This is the larg est number of men who have surrendered in Luzon at one time. General Tinlo has been keeping a swarm of bolomen along the mountains and they have impover ished the food supply. Lopes Still Talking. N5W YORK, Dec L Slxto Lopex, ex private secretary of Agoncillo, who was the Philippine Commissioner to the United States, is in the city. Lopez has had sev eral conferences with prominent men since his arrival from Boston concerning the situation in the Philippines. "The war in the Philippines will con tinue," he said last night, "until some declaration of definite policy looking to wards an independent government for the Islands Is made In the United States. The condition of the people In the Philippines is deplorable. It Is as miserable as that of the Cubans before the United States went to their rescue." Philippine Civil Service. WASHINGTON, Dec. L President Mc Klnley has issued an executive order di recting the United States Civil Service Commission to render such assistance as may be practicable to the civil service board created by the Philippine Commis sion to establish and maintain "an hon est and efficient civil service" In the PniL. lpplnes. The commission Is Instructed to conduct civil service examinations there on the request of the board under regu lations hereafter to be agreed upon be tween the two bodies. ITS OWN WORST ENEMY. Hot Sectlonnl But National Sentiment the Need of the South. New York Sun. "We print elsewhere a letter from a citizen of South Carolina concerning the pilltlcal course expedient for the "solid South" to pursue in future elections for President. It presents a project similar to that put forth by a Georgia paper, to which we referred the other day; the pro ject that the states of the old secession Confederacy should act Independently in politics by choosing Electors who would give their votes only to the party making with them tho most satisfactory terms. At least, that Is our understanding of our South Carolina friend's proposition. He starts out with the conflicting dec larations that the "solid South" cannot support the Republican party under any circumstances, because of Its Irreconcila ble hatred of the fundamental Republican policies and principles, yet acknowledges that the common sense and Interests of the South are in agreement with the pres ent distinguishing Republican policies, or maintenance of the gold standard and of protection. "What, then, are the "fundamental" Re publican principles so hateful to the "solid south"? Its opposition surely can not be one of hostility to the principle which preserved the Union and destroyed the ruinous doctrine of secession. That has been settled by the Civil "War for all time and both parties now agree in It. Is it due to rebellion against the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution and to desire and hope of forcing the repeal of that amendment? Really we cannot see any other reason for this Southern repugnance to the Re publican party except opposition to negro suffrage, but negro suffrage Is not Repub lican policy especially; It Is National pol icy. Outside of these Southern States no demand for the repeal of the fifteenth amendment and the constitutional with drawal of suffrage from the negro citi zens Is made by either party. It is not a question within the sphere of practical or practicable politics. Whatever the "solid South" may do or leave undone there is not a shade of possibility that this country will ever reverse its course by repealing the fifteenth amendment, whether the Democratic party or the Re publican party Is in power. Any such nuggestlon of disfranchisement would bring sure ruin to the party making It. for It would establish a precedent which would menace our whole system of pop ular suffrage and provoke the resentment x colors, races and parties. Neither of those grounds of opposition to the Republican party by the "solid South," therefore, has any support in rea son. Granting agreement with the cur rency and tariff policies of that party, theJ remains, then, nothing except prejudice created by passionate regret for the "lost cause" to explain the feel ing described by our South Carolina friend. .Th? "".tF0 -u?st-tn" is rapidly settling Itself. Negro domination" has no pres ent existence in the Southern States, and it is not a possible ialltv. It Is only a mere bugaboo kept alive for political pur poses purely-to produce political so'Jd ty. Those states have an indisputable consti tutional right to establish and enforce an educational qualification which would shut out from the suffrage the great ma jority of their negro citizens; and on the grounds of high policy It would be de fensible, nay, desirable. It would tend to cure the evil of illiteracy, deplorably great In the South, as compared with the rest of the Union and of civilization gen erally, by stimulating the Illiterate to relieve themselves of a disqualification for the franchise which is now disgrace ful. And colncidently it would incite those states to the provision of better school systems. Of course, such an educational qualification would have to apply to both whites and blacks to be Constitutional, but so also would its impartial applica tion be necessary to the welfare and good reputation of those states In the eyes of civilization. The "grandfather clause" and all other means of discrim inating in favor of the whites put a pre mium on white illiteracy disgraceful to any community and lnjurous to It. A fair and eaual law would encounter no opposition from any party in any part of the Union, lor, as we have said, ll would be strictly Constitutional. Neither party can or will sustain Southern States in a manifestly unconstitutional limita tion of the suffrage. Bryan, in the last campaign, avoided the subject whenever it was brought before him. A political party Is simply the embodi ment of certain principles and policies, and its support is defensible logically only on the ground of agreement with those policies and principles. What the party is, as our South Carolina friend himself explains. Is the question; not what it once was, but what it is at the present. The name it bears is nothing; its whole title to support lies in the poli cies It represents at the moment, and those furnish a reason for Its rejection by every Intelligent citizen who opposes them, whatever may have been his past political affiliation. If In 1S96 and 1900 tho case had been reversed and the Republi can party had gone over to silver and nominated a Populist candidate, and the Democratic party had sustained the gold standard and put up a'conservatlve can didate pledged to it, the supporters of gold and the enemies of Populism would now be Democrats instead of Republi cans. The establishment of the distinctly Southern party advised by our South Carolina friend would be a movement contrary to our political system and our political genius. So far from Imitation of the multiplication of parties and subdi visions of parties in France and Germany being desirable here, it would be wholly pernicious and opposed to the course so widely followed in this Republic from Its very foundation. Moreover, such a di vision must have some justification other than mere sectional spirit to be made tol erable. The states of the "solid South" have no interests peculiar to them and opposed to those of the rest of the Union. So far from that, they are now closer to the rest in identity of interest than ever before In our history. The old "free trade South" Is becoming thoroughly pro tectionist because of the rapid develop ment of its manufacturing, and not im probably the time may come when, the protectionist policy having served its pur pose in other parts of the Union, the South may be found resisting tariff re ductions favored by protected- interests elsewhere. As to the gold standard, all Southern intelligence recognizes that it is as essential to Southern prosperity as it is to that of the North, and West. As to expansion, the "imperialism" talked about by demagogues and eccentrics in the last campaign, there is no part of the Union more earnestly in Its favor than is the South. Where, then, is there any reason, any excuse, for tho political solidification of the South as an independent political force? Such a force could only be main tained and wielded in a spirit of sectional hostility, bred by prejudice and resent ment because of the "lost cause," against which all the Union sentiment of the Na tion would necessarily array Itself for self-preservation. In other words, its In dependence would be merely a disunion sentiment which would be all the more Intolerable because it would seek to gain Its hostile ends by a policy of offering the bribo of Its support to tho National party which would grant Its terms. Such a bargain would be sure to bring ruin and Infamy to the party making it. Jho South, as its wise men are begin ning to see very clearly, is suffering mor ally and Intellectually, and materially also, from the abnormal condition of its politics for many years past. Healthy political discussion has ceased. The old respect for the South has gone from the rest of the Union. It has lost its old and rightful relative Influence in politics. Bryan and his party treated it with contempt In the last campaign be cause of Its political servility. Freedom of opinion and of speech has been crushed under the weight of the policy of sec tional solidity for itself alone. So far, then, from acting independently as our South Carolina friend proposes, they South needs most of all to put Itself In the current of advancement and in harmony with the enlightenment and pro gressive National sentiment of the rest of the Union to look ahead on the glo rious future possible for it and not back with unavailing lamentations upon its past and its "lost cause." Actually, there is no "lost cause." in the sense that tho South lost anything valuable to win. It was victorious in remaining in the Union to share in the advantages of the uprising of a new National sentiment, which will bring to it pecularly power and riches and a foremost place In modern civilization. WOMAN'S PART IN DIPLOMACY Importance of the Social Side of In ternational Politics. London Express. The wives of Ambassadors and Ministers often fulfill very delicate diplomatic du ties. It is not too much to say that many Ambassadors are far more valuable to their country through the social and in tellectual gifts of their wives than are the Ambassadors themselves." Moreover, the foreign Minister and his wife should be in such a position by birth and fortune that they can meet on equal terms the most powerful men and women foreign nations can send to represent them. Some may think there is some snobbery about the cxclusiveness of caste, but that does not alter the fact that diffi cult negotiations are rendered infinitely more difficult unless they are carried on between persons who stand on absolutely equal ground as to character and position. These considerations may perhaps help to account for the selection of Lord Lans downe, who Is one of the greatest and most accomplished of our nobility, and who Is fortunate In possessing a Mar chioness fully qualified for all the exact ing, responsibilities of her exalted rank. Polite to the Last. New York World. "The coolest man I ever saw," said a fireman, "I met at a fire In a dwelling-house. We found him In an up stairs front room, dressing to go out. The fire by this time was surging up through the house at a great rate. " 'Hello, there!' we yelled &t him when we looked in at the door, 'the house is afire! " "Would It disturb you If I should re main while you put It out? he said, lifting the comb from his hair and look ing round at us. He had on a white even ing waistcoat, and his dress coat lay across a chair. "Seeing us staring at him. he dropped his comb Into his hair again and went on combing. But, as a matter of fact, he was about ready. He put down the comb, put on his coat and bat and picked up his overcoat. " 'Now Pm ready, gentlemen,' he said. "We started, but the stairway had now been closed up by fire. We turned to the windows. The boys had got a ladder up to the front of the house. " 'Now then,' we said to him. when we came to the window. " "After you, gentlemen.' he said, stand ing back. And I'm blessed if we didn't have to go down the ladder first." A'ot So Simple. New York Evening- Sun. -A number of Chinamen worn amxtni yesterday on the charge of tamDerinr- with the electric meters in their stores. it is clear from this that the Orientals no.T. s0 sltrw In aculrIngr the habits of civilization aa feome would have us bellovr MINER BADLY INJURED HE "WAS THAWUTG GIAST POWDER ON A STOVE. The Explosion Broke His Lefc, Near ly Blew Off His Hands, and Blinded Hint. BAKER CITY, Or., Dec. 1. Morris Cushman, a miner, was the victim of a shocking explosion accident In Sumpter today. He had laid some sticks of giant powder on the stove to thaw, when the exp.oslve went off. His eyes were com pletely blinded, both hands .were nearly blown off, and both legs broken. When picked up and carried to the hospital he was in a semi-conscious condition, but is not expected to live. Cushman Is 25 years old, and the son of M. N. Cushman, of The Dalles. SEC 3IEX WERE DROWSED. Latest Report of the Spokane Ferry Boat Disaster. SPOKANE, Dec. L It developed today that six men were drowned by the cap sizing of a cable ferry-boat on the Spo kane River, last evening. The first re ports placed the number at four. None ot the bodies has been recovered. Accidentally Shot Himself. ALBANY. Or., Dec L Roy Crawford, son of W. W. Crawford, of Tallman, was hunting yesterday near that place, when his gun was accidentally discharged, the contents taking effect Jn one of his legs. A bad but not dangerous wound resulted. Oregon crnr affairs. Nearly $5000 Paid on Sevrer Bids Aslfed for $12,000 In Bonds. OREGON CITY, Dec L At a special meeting of the Council held this after noon, the report of the engineer concern, lng the construction of the city sewer was read, and a warrant for $4S57 21 was ordered paid to Mitchell & Hard, con. tractors. It was also ordered that the Recorder advertise In the two city papers that, at a meeting of the Council to be held De cember 20, bids will be opened for the sale of $12,000 bonds, and that such bonds will be sold to the highest resident bidder In lots not exceeding $500 to any one per son. The report of the sewer engineer states that, owing to the Inclemency of the weather, and delay in receiving pipe, the completion of the sewer system In dis trict No. 2 has been delayed, but that the engineer is Informed by the con tractors that pipe will be on hand today, and that wori will probably be com pleted by December 10. The report fur ther states that the sewers on Fifth and Sixth streets are not yet completed, but ar some work has been done on Seventh street, which Is not Included In the accom panying estimate. It would compensate for the Incompleted portion of Fifth and Sixth streets. In order to avoid. If pos sible, all controversy, the engineer states that liberal prices on extra work were made where, In the opinion of the engi neer, the contractors were entitled to it, and, owing to the fact that the contract was let before detailed plans and profiles were drawn, it was necessary to make many changes as the work progressed, the changes being necessarily unavoida ble, and while they have Increased the cost, the result has been vastly to Im prove the system. Th statement shows the- total amount of money expended upon the sewer at the present date. Including sundry extras of 1411 43, amounts to $12,077 57, and that $4100 9 has been paid thereon, leaving the amount due, $7976 GO. STEADT INCREASE IN LAND SALES. Situation Shown to Exist in Clark County by Records. VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec L The rec ords in the Auditor's officer for Clark County show a steady Increase In the number of real estate transfers this year over last. The transactions recorded dur ing November, as compared with the cor responding months last year, are as fol lows: 1S99. 1900. Deeds, patents, bonds for deed, etc. 63 56 Mortgage liens, etc 29 27 Satisfactions of mortgage 8 10 Miscellaneous instruments.....'. 16 26 Total 106 119 The fees collected and turned Into the county treasury by the different county officers during November amounted to $326 25, divided as follows: Auditor, $208 25; CITIZENS' NOMINEE FOR MAYOR OF SALEM. a F. BISHOP. SAL.EM. Dec. 1. C P. Bishop, who has been nominated to succeed himself as Mayor of Salem by the citizens' organization, is a -prominent business man of this city. He la a son of "ft". R. Bishop, of Portland, and was bom In Contra Costa County. California, In 1S34. In 1E50 ho moved with his parents to I4nn County, Oregon, where h resided until 18S4. In that year he moved to Mcitlnnvllle. where ho llTed six years. In 1600 Mr. Bishop cam to Salem, where be has since resided. He took part In the organization of the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill Company, and Is sUll aa active member of tho company. He Is a Republican In politics. His education was obtained In the public schools. Clerk. $7S 60; Sheriff. $3S 40. This shows a slight falling off from the collections for the same month last year, which werei Auditor. 521125; Clerk, $124 65; Sheriff, $4S25; total, $33415. HELD FOR CASTLE ROCK MURDER. Ff'herman la Kalaaia Jail Charged "With Killing of Aged Couple. KALAMA, "Wash., Bee. L Martin Stickles, a fisherman living near CUitlln. was arrested by Sheriff Kirby today and I brought to thu city tonight, charred with the killing of Mr. and Mrs. Corne lius Knapp, the aged Castle Rock couple, who were murdered Wednesday while eat ing uupper. The evidence against the man is not known. The accused is about 3 years old, and ls considered a "tough" man. TOVGH5 MADE TO LEAVE NOME. People Made Ronnil-Bp and Shipped 20 on Last Steamer. PORT TOWNSEND, Dec L The steam er Centennial, towing the Santa Ana, ar rived from Nome this morning with 200 passengers. Before the Centennial sailed from Nome the officials made a round-up of the tough characters and succeeded In capturing 20. whom they put aboard the Centennial, fearing this gang of outlaws might create trouble. On the way down two United .States Deputy Marshals ac companied them. A few days out from Nome, one of the toughs, a negro prizefighter, attempted to create a disturbance and take posses sion of the ship, but was overpowered and kept in Irons the balance of the voyage. The Centennial and Santa Ana make the last of the Nome fleet for the season. AGAINST THE NEGRO. Decision Which Greatly Affects His Liberty la Washington. SPOKANE, Wash., Dec L The jury in the suit of Emmett H. Holmes vs. the Washington Water Power Company re turned a verdict this morning In favor of the defendant. Holmes was refused food at a restaurant owned by the company because he was a colored man. He de manded $3000 damages. It is claimed that by this decision colored men can be ex cluded from any restaurant or saloon. NeiT Oregon Corporations. SALEM, Or., Dec. L Only five new companies filed articles of incorporation in the office of the Secretary of State this week. They are as follows: The JolLs Candy Company, Portland, $5000; G. W. Jolls. George W. Weathe.-ly. B. E. Gates; object, to manufacture candy. Dundee Cemetery Association. Dundee, Yamhill County; Jay Ryan, B. 6. Hunter, T. R. Warner, J. H. Conlee, H. L. Hagy, N.TV. Wall, L. Ryan, John Llnengood, G. W. Byers, Sr., C. H. Parrett, S. L. Parrett, G. W. Byers, Jr., Flemon Linen good. Portland Monthly Meeting of Friends, Portland, $1000; Samuel E. Gardner, Judith H. Hlmmans, Joseph A. Cook, John W. Thomas, Orlando J. Sherman. Mac's Luck Gold Mining Company, Sumpter, $160,000; J. H. MacCallum, Wal ter R. Allen, F. A. E. Starr. Carnes Bros. Mercantile Company, Pilot Rock, Umatilla County, $5000; George P. Skelton, George E. Carnes, Owen T. Carnes. Unitarians May Enter Vancouver. VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec L Rev. William Eliot, of Milwaukee, Wis., a son of the Rev. T. L. Eliot, of Portland, was In this city yesterday, looking over the field with a view of organizing a Uni tarian Church Society. While there are a number of adherents of the Unitarian faith here, no regular organization has, up to this time, been attempted, and the chances for organizing such a church Jn the near future arc thought by some to be good. While here, Rev. Mr. Eliot was the guest of Lieutenant-Governor Daniels. Tax Levy for Clark Connty. VANCOUVER, Dec L The complete tax levy for 1S00 In Clark County, includ ing special school and road property tax, outside of this city, is 27.04 mills, as against 22.45 mills last year. The Increase Is due to the action of the State Board of Equalization, which nearly doubled the valuations returned by the County As sessor. But for this the rate this year would have been as much heavier as it Is now higher than last year. Northwest Pensions. WASHINGTON. Nov. 29. Pensions have been granted as follows: Oregon Original, Erwln C. Bulman, Portland. $6. Washington Original. William G. Crafts, Ma-ietta, $6; additional, William H. H. Shaffer, Seattle, $12. Idaho War with Spain, original. Par ley P. Dllle, American Falls, $12. Portland Educator to Go to Olympla. OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec L Professor C. W. Durrette, of the Mount Tabor school, has been elected principal of the Olym pla High School over E. B. Hawes, re signed. Professor Durrette will take charge of the school Monday, December 10. Injuries Proved Fatal. ASTORIA, Dec L-Qscar Lauri, the boy who was Injured a few days ago In the Clatsop mill by being caught In some shafting, died at the hospital this morn ing. His death was expected, as he was unable to recover from the shock. His funeral will take place tomorrow after noon, and the interment will be ln Green wood cemetery. "WaaHlHgtOH TTetea. The North Yakima new high school was dedicated Friday. A fanner's Institute will Tee held at Falrfeld December 7. Thlev broke lata the Maze alan, at Holiday Buying - ":U r Men's Suits Is a top-notch creation in fancy Scotch Cheviot, plain, quiet Twee'ds or Navy Blue Serge. Both styles round cut or double-breasted. Suits of quality at a moderate price. OVERCOATS Everything thaf s new Boxers, Raglans or Cravenettes, ' UP TO THE TIMES ALL THE TIME. JUST RECEIVED Men's plaited shirts, In solid colors blue, hello and oxblood; separata cuffs; very new, $1.50 Tacoma, Thursday night, and looted the money drawers. A teachers' meeting will bo held at Rockford, December 15. Building permits were Issued at Seattle to the value of $255,634 last month. Pulp of the "Waverly sugar factory will be used to fatten stock this Winter. Union Thanksgiving services were held at Olympla. A collection for Galveston amounted to $22 73. C. M. Matterson, of North Yakima, ac cidentally discharged a shotgun while out hunting Thursday. The load entered both his legs. The injuries are not se rious. It is said that the Pierce County Com missioners are favorable to raising the salaries of the county employes. The In creased salaries will go Into effect about the first of the year. The "Wenatchee roller mills are now running over time about four hours per day, and still And it impossible more than to keep up with their local orders for flour and mill feed. Sedro-Woolley, "Wash., has opened up. graded and sldewalked new streets and made other public Improvements to the extent of about $10,000 during the past Summer. The season's building operations by private individuals will amount to about $75,000. D. E. Lesh, cf North Yakima, has sold two bales ot very choice brewing hops to a Seattle firm for 18 cents per pound. It is reported that of 1500 crop there are now only 3700 bales left In the hands of the growers ln that country. The area under hops is now estimated at a little less than 2000 acres. Captain Nielsen, who was arrested sonvi time ago for dumping ballast Into Belllngham Bay, was discharged, the state being unable to make out a case. Captain Nellsen made answer to the com plaint, showing that he was unable to find the harbormaster. The Centennial Mill Company, of Spo kane, has bought the Sprague, Wash., flour mills from the Sprague Roller Mills Company. The price was $63,000 cash. The transfer carries five warehouses at Sprague. D. K. McPherson and H. W. Bonne were the owners of the stock. The mills have a dallycapaclty of 350 barrels and a warehouse capacity of 200,000 bush els. This will give the Centennial Com pany a dally capacity of about 3000 bar rels The fruit-shipping season at Walla Wal la has closed. Never before did the Walla Walla Valley produce such a crop, both in point of quantity and quality. The two commission-houses ln Walla Walla shipped out approximately 500 carloads of fruit. The majority of consignments were made to the Dakotas and Minnesota. Of this number, there were 350 carloads ot apples, the remainder being made up ot pears, prunes, plums and vegetables of all sorts. Isaac Bastlan, an aged Canadian, who will be a centenarian next March, has been taken to the Sisters' Hospital, at North Yakima, to spend the remainder ot his days. He says he is a nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte, and one of the royal family of France. His father came to Canada ln the early days of the French troubles with the Bonaparte family ana married a native of Canada. When his brother Nnpoleon was made ruler, Joseph returned to France anil left hl3 family. Isaac was then adopted by a family named. Bastlan, from whom he received his present name. He was a prominent character In the early Indian troubles, and assisted very materially in making this country habitable by white men. The annual report of D. B. Ward, state immigration agent, has been filed with the Secretary of State. A striking fea ture is his estimate of the probable in crease of population In this state under the proper conduct of the office of Immi gration agent, with proper support of the -state Legislature. It is his opinion that. "there ought to be added to the popula tion of the slate during the next two years, at least 100,000 people: and this can be accomplished, provided the next legis lature will support, by wise and consld JLtrate legislation, the work ot tha bureau. This Is the best time t commence your Christ mas buying when care can be taken In the selec tion and the right thing be made sure of. Here you will find gift Ideas In abundance. Come in and feel at ease. Ask to see, and we will take pleasure in showing our swell line of high-grade Smoking Jackets, -; . Fancy Vests and Lounging Gowns Are all new and purchased under most advantageous circumstances and offered at prices that no one can resist when once they see them. Reversible golf effects in Smoking Jackets, Satin edging, $5, $7 and $9. Imported silk velvet and brocade Smoking Jackets from '-. $12 to $30. Fine Blanket Lounging Robes in navy and tan, $8. Fancy double-breasted Vests, small silk dots, $2.50. Large variety of fancy Vests in cloth, silk and velvet from $3 to $7. and Overcoats Every garment in this assembly is made of the newest and choic- est fabrics in vogue for Fall and Winter wear. The styles are such as the fashionable world abroad and at home have approved of. Our business suit At $15.00 RELIABLE CLOTHIER S. E. CORNER FOURTH AND MORRISON One hundred thousand people would mean 20.000 families. Should the 20,000 families bring with them an average (and it would probably bo more, rather than less) ot $1000, there would be brought Into the state the sum of $20,000,000. But this la placing the benefits of such an Increase in our population upon the lowest pos sible plane." Oregon TTotes. Circuit Court convenes at Moro Mon day. Keno, Klamath County, Is afflicted with mumps. The Luckiamute overflowed its banks early last week. Work has begun on the Cottage Grove new lighting plant. The Native Sons Band, of Brownsville, has disorganized. The Grass Valley Council has received plans for the nw City Jail. The Brownsville Gun Club is arrang ing for a shooting match Christmas day. The Dalles Council will try to refund the municipal debt of $2500 at a lower rato of Interest. Forty-four real-estate mortgages were recorded in Klamath County last week ln favor of the Oshkosh Land & Timber Company, of Wisconsin. A son of Montgomery Syron, of Balls ton, was seriously injured while helping put up wire fence. The wire broke while It was being stretched, and struck him on tho head. A Cottage Grovestore has a pickled frog. It was found In an old discarded pickle barrel which had formerly been used to preserve butter. The frog had fallen or Jumped In, and, not being able to get out, was pickled in salt. The game of football between the Wash ington Agricultural College, of Pullman, and The Dalles, Thanksgiving afternoon, ended In favor of The Dalles by a score of 6 to 5. It was a close game through out and was witnessed by a large number of people. Offers ot IS 1-2 Cents tor Hops. SALEM, Or., Dec 1. Hopgrowers ot this vicinity report today having received offers of 15& cents for choice hops. STATE PRESS COMMENT, Will some one kindly explainwhy Amer ica needs a duty of 75 cents a ton on coal, when It exports that valuable article to Germany and undersells both the Brit ish and German miners there? Independ ence West Side. The market for the products of the Oregon dairy exists every day In the week, and extends from the Mississippi River westward to the westward borders of Japan. With this view of the situa tion, no man need hesitate about con necting himself in a business way with the operation of a properly established creamery plant. McMlnnville Reporter. It is hoped the crusade against vice lately Inaugurated in New York will re sult ln something more permanently bene ficial than the transplanting of its dens of Infamy from one locality to some other, which has been about the only result of previous crusades. Salem Statesman. If some member of tho Yamhill dele gation will introduce and cause to be passed by th Legislature a bill pro hibiting the sale of cigarettes in the State of Oregon, he will receive the thanks of a very large constituency. No boy ought to be allowed to smoke the vile things, and the public is entitled to pro tection from being compelled to inhale the stink as it is puffed about in public places. Newbqrg Graphic. Any nation that will extend encourage ment to the Boers and lead them to ex pect material aid Is doing a great wrong. The Boers declare they will fight until all are dead or free. To encourage such a sentiment Is a crime. The sooner the Boers submit to the inevitable, tho bet ;$ JUST RECEIVED A line of exclusive novelties in ladles' neckwear. The new silk "croate" and the mercerized stock. with silk butterfly t DOW, STREETS ter they will be- off. It is senseless to continue a struggle the outcome of which is so plainly seen. The Boers' present action reflects on their intelligence. They have given good and sufficient evidence of their courage and patriotism; it Is now time to think of their homes and families. They are defeated, and should recognize the fact. A prolongation of the war means only increased misery. Woodburn Independent. Bryan erred ln expressing hi3 sympa thies for the Filipino rebels who are fir ing on our soldiers and our flag- in tha Philippines. The argument with which he - surrounded his "antl-imperialistio paramount" seemed solely to breathe compassion for the rebels and sorrowful apprehension for their future welfare. Few doubt that the Filipinos will be In finitely better off under the sovereignty of the United States than they ever hava Deen or ever could be under absolute self-government. Bryan could have made a better antl-expanslon cacj by showing the -possible danger to American charac ter in the permanent acquisition of a multitudinous mixture of '.semi-savages. Klamath Falls Republican. The time is opportune for beginning la unmistakable earnest the work of pro moting the Portland exposition for 1302. Urge it, push It, build It solidly and make it the greatest event ever organized and prosecuted to realization west of the Mis sissippi. Portland's growth was never more substantial than now. Its" opportu nity was never greater., Make the best of it. Portland New Age. Diversified agriculture Is here to stay. The test this year was enough. One year ago a half crop ot wheat, and this year almost a failure, was the record, while such an event east of tho mountains would have staggered that country, yet the Willamette Valley hardly feels Its effect. This Is the beauty of a higher agriculture and a great change from old time methods. Gervals Star. This has been the century of heroio fact-finding, the century of the emanci pation of thought from mystery and dog ma, and ot the yielding of precedent to experience. The people are more nearly the masters ot nature, and are more .at home in the universe than any predeces sorsa universe that Is better known, and for that reason the more wonderful and the more homelike. The keynote ot American life, as the century ends, is the note of joyful achievement; and Its faith is an evangelical faith ln a democ racy that broadens as fast as social growth invites. The Republic has been extended, held together, again extended, and it is still the harbor of refuge an the beacon of civilization. Its Influence has broadened the thought of the Old World, and Is now felt ln the oldest world. It Is liberalizing Kings toward their uncrowning, and softening class dis tinctions, and it is making all artificial authority obsolete. Its century of action and of social experiment has turned all formal philosophies into curiosities of literature. It has now yielded material for a new period of constructive thought. Heppner Gazette. "With a Xiight Sentence. Harry Barlow and James Cavanaugh were arraigned ln Judge Frazers court on the Jury verdict ot assault with Intent to rob, on account of complicity with Harry Riley in the robbery ot L. J. Patterson. Cavanaugh was sentenced to the peniten tiary for one year, the court announcing that it would give him an opportunity to reform by letting him off with the short est possible sentence. Barlow, who took Patterson's watch, according to the evk dence, while Riley held him up with a re volver, was granted 15 days to file a mm tion for a new trial. Pulled His "Whisker. An Irish-Hebrew altercation took place yesterday between I.' Luttach and H. A. Lauchlin, a hackdriver. Lauchlln was arrested, charged with assault In having pulled IiUttach's whiskers. fi