THE SUNDAY OREGOKJAN, PORTUAND;. JUKE 1, 1902:
SUIT FOR SCHOOL LANDS
LEGALITY OP RCLK OP OREGON
BOARD IS QUESTIONED.
Allovrn Delinquent 30 Pnys In "Which
to Settle After Final Notice
Im Given.
$S00; to maintain a place of -worship; Her-
SABM, May SL Mandamus proceed-j
mgs were instituted today against the
Oregon State Land Board by J. S. Fish
end T. J, Seufert, of The Dalles, as the
result of the refusal of the board to ac
cept their applications for a section of
-fcchool land In Wasco County. The suits
have been, begun separately and each ac
tion Involves 320 acres of land, part tim
ber, in Eastern Oregon. Circuit Judge R.
P. Boise Issued to the members of the
"board an alternative writ of mandamus,
requiring the board to accept the filing
end applications and istue the proper cer
tificates for the land to the plaintiffs, "or
appear in court and show why the same
should not be done. The writ of man
damus is made returnable June 30.
The complaint or petition of J. S. Fish
?or the issuance of the writ sets forth
that J. W. Fleming purchased from the
state in May, 3000. the north half of section
36, township 1 south, range 11 east, con
taining S28 acres, at $125 per acre, and
paid down one-fifth of the purchase
money, amounting to $S0; that said Flem
ing failed to pay the remainder of the
?um due the state; that on May 19, 1902,
IJlaintlff filed application for purchase of
tile north half, section 10. township 1 south,
range 11 east, containing 320 acres, and
deposited the requisite ?S0 of the purchase
price; that at a meeting of the State Land
Board on May 27. 1902. the clerk of said
? oard was ordered to refuse the filing and
rpHcatlon of plaintiff. The complaint
farther alleges that the board ordered the
rrk to notify the delinquent party of his
delinquency and that if he failed to make
the payment of the balance due the state
tlthln 30 days that the certificate wouki
ne held for cancellation, that such had
been the custom established by the board.
The comp"alnt of Seufert is identical
with that of Fish, save that it deals with
the north half of section 16, township 1
south, range 11 cast, Fleming having pur
chased tin: entire sectjon.
The only Issue in the suit Is the scope
cf the authority of the State Land Board I
in making rules for the government and I
control of its official business transac
tions. Tu statute is silent on the ques
tion of granting extension of time for the
settlement of delinquencies, from which the
members of the board understood the
granting of a period of grace was within
the scope of thejr jurisdiction, and this
rule v,'as adopted and always bas been
adhered to by the board in the sale of
tchool lands.
The statute governing the action of the
board in dealing with school land that
lias beep sold and upon which payments
nre allowed to become dollnquont is as
follows:
Section 14, pase 160, General Laws of Ore
son "If any installment of the purchase pr.lco
of landc, principal or internet, should remain
unpaid for one year after the same becomes
due, the sale and certificate shall become void,
and all payments thereon shall be fb'-felted,
and tbe land shall be deemed vacant, and
shall be subject to sale as If I had not before
been old."
A case involving the same question Is
now pending in the Supreme Court, where
Jn Dr. C. H. Robertson, of this city, is
plaintiff, in a similar proceeding. The
decision in this case- will determine the
ones begun today. In passing uppn the
case in the lower court. Circuit Judge
Boise held that in the absence of any stat
ute covering the subject It was within the
jurisdiction of the board to make such
reasonable rules for the government and
transaction of its business as the members
might deem expedient. Section 6. of the-J
same act. prescribes the duties of the
board and the opening sentence is as fol
lows: "The State Land Board may make
rules for the transaction of business under
this act." This Is the only part of a sec
tion that deals with the authority of the
board to act, and It is under this section
that the rule providing for 30 days grace"
in which to liquidate delinquent payments
was formulated.
man Schulze, Samuel Schulzer and C G.
Brlsco.
Chlco Nursery Company, Saipm. Or.;
$50,000; Malcolm McDonald, Archie MoQHl
and Leon Glrod; general nursery business,
etc
The Oregon Freegold Mining Company,
Baker City. Or.; $150,000; general mining
business; W. J. Hughes, John Water
man and H. C. Innls.
Lucky Boy Gold Mining Co,, Sumpter,
Or.: 11,000.000; gold and silver mining and
(milling business; Al P. Jones, E. E. Mc-
wramon ana Sam R. Stott
The Brown Loose-Leaf Binder Company,
Portland, Or.; 110,000; -to acquire and
own letters patent and manufacture all
kind of patent devices and articled, etc.;
Willard J. Brown, Lucius E. Gotshall and
George I- Smith.
Dayton Co-Operatjve Creamery; Dayton,
Or.; $2500; maintain and operate a cream
ery; T. P. Caugbiln, R, L Harris, F. J.
Wiefs, B. Gabriel, F. R. WUson and
F. M. Crabtreet,
Great Western Mining Company, Cor
vallls. Or.; $1,250,000; Lewis Hartley, Hor
ace Lilly. T. H. Weliaber, August W.
Fischer, W. W, CaJWns, George Lilly and
A. K. Mlllner.
Fulton United Artisans Building Asso
ciation, Portland, Or.; $1500; to construct
buildings to be used as lodgcrooms or
stores, etc.; H. M. Bush. W. A. Viscera.
and W. P. Courtney.
Proebstel United Artisans' Hall Associa
tion, Portland, Or.; $500; to construct
buildings for lodge purposes; Clara. Loulee
Marye, Emma Tscharncr and Nellie Chip-man.
10 00
STATE LAXD OFFICE RECEIPTS.
Oregon Took in 931,000 During the
Month of May.
SALEM, May 31. The receipts of the
State Land Office for the month of May
were $31,137 15, or about $10,000 less than
for the preceding months, when the re
ceipts were the largest far any one month
in the history of the Land Board organ
ization. The month's receipts were placed to the
credit of the following funds:
Common school fund principal,
payments on certificates -and
cash sales of school land $22,438 72
Common oehool fund principal,
payments on sales of lands ac
quired by deed or foreclosure.... 2.44S 85
Common school fund principal,
sales of tide land
Common school fund interest.
payments on certificates......... 3,522 55
Common school fund interest
rents and payments on sales of
land acquired by deed or fore
closure 1,950 37
University fund principal, pay
ments on certificates ana casn
sales of school land
University fund interest, pay
ments on certificates
Acrlcultural Collece fund princi
pal, payments on certificates
and cash sales of school land. 230 00
Agricultural College fund princi
pal, payments on sales of lands
acquired by deed or foreclosure.. 162 50
Agricultural College fund interest,
payments on certificates.., ,. 12416
Acrlcultural Collece fund interest.
rents and payments on sales of
lands acquired by deed or fore
closure , 12 50
Swamp land fund 160 00
LAID TO REST IN DOUBLE GRAVES.
Funeral of Four People Drowned at
Martin's Island,
KALAMA, May 3L The funeral of Her
bert Martin, Ivy Martin. Myrtle and Lil
He Durkee, the victims of Wednesday
nlghfs drowning accident at Martin's Is
land, was held at Martin's Bluff today.
CHICAGO OUT OF MEAT
TEAMSTERS'
STRIKE BRINGS ON A
FAMINE.
Bntcbcr
Hotcln. Reataara&ts and
Shops Are In a Bad "$vy Depar$,
tnent Stores Affected.
CHICAGO, May 3L Serious trouble be
gan for down-town hotels and restaurants
today, when members of the Ice Wagon
Drivers and Helpers Union refused to
deliver ice to tho Great Northern Hotel,
the Palmer' House, Kinsley's restaurant
and the Heusner Baking Company. The
management of the Auditorium Hotel and
Annex was also notified that no ice would
be delivered after today. If meat by pack
ers who had not signed the union agree
ment was used at the hotel.
At midnight the situation throughout
the city Is as follows: Proprietors of 40
per cent of the 1600 meat markets in the
city have entirely exhausted their sup
plies. Of the B55 restaurants in the city,
it is said, 70 per cent will be without
meat for their customers by Sunday
night. All the meat markets conducted
by Jews closed down tonight, and no at
tempt will be made to open them while
thfe strike lasts. This leaves S5.000 Jews
in Chicago without their regular meat
supply.
Tljc strike today spread to the depart
ment stores. Eighty-nine teamstera
working for the Fair struck. The effect,
it was said, would be practically to shut
off the delivery of goods to customers
and the bringing of new stock. The de
partment store teamsters' union was re
cently formed and is affiliated with the
National organization on the same foot
ing as the one at the yards. The men
the miners insist on a substantial Increase'
in the wages now paid The proposed
new scale will be submitted to the oper
ators at once, arid they wU be given
until Monday afternoon to decide wheth
er, or not they will grant the request of
the miners. If the operators decide ad
versely, the leaders of, the miners say a
strike will be ordered at once. The men
arc in good condition now for a strike,
having saved their money for some time
past with this end in vjew.
Preparing; for a. Straggle.
PITTSTON, Pa., May 3L The Erie.'
Railroad Company today brought a trafn-
load of cots,, bedding' and provisions hers."
and distributed them at the various col
lieries located irk and around the city.
Several colored cooks accompanied thee
goods, and a number of strange men also
appeared. Many engineers, firemen and
pumpmen, whose night shift ended this
morning, took their working clothes away
from, the mines. '
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NORTH DAKOTA TORNADO
1 Another Day
"T"
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Are You Going to
Rebuke the President
Discredit the Army
Discourage Immigration
Stop Pacific Expansion
Join the Solid South
Rehabilitate Simon
For the Sake of
Personal Friendship
or
Private Revenge?
If not, vote for Furnish for Governor.
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Spscial trains were run from Kalama and
Woodland over the Washington & Oregon
Railroad, and carried about 1000 people
to the funeral. The United Artisans, of
Kalama, of which order Nellie Durkee
was a member, was present, and led the
0ong procession to the family cemetery.
The Durkee sisters were burled in one
double grave, and the Martin children
were laid side by side in another double
grave, beside their father and grand
father. .The graves wre literally burled
under the most beautiful floral pieces that
the florists of Portland could furnish.
Rev. W. E. Young, of Kalama, delivered
tbe funeral address.
OLD VETERANS TO 3IEET.
Annual Encampment of Orepcon G. A.
R. nt Axtorln Tuesday.
ASTORIA, May 31. The annual encamp
ment of the Grand Army of the Republic
of Oregon will meet in this city beginning
make the same demand as the packers"
teamsters for better hours, higher wages
and recognition of the union. Police were
called to guard the Fair. 1
Jacob Kessner, manager of the estab
lishment, attempted to address the team
sters this morning. Their business agent,
however, told Mr. Kessner that he would
have to talk to the men's agent, and that
he could not talk to the men.
"I do not,recognIze you," said Mr. Kess
ner. At this the business agent blew a whis
tle, and the teamsters to a man quit
work, leaving large guards of pickets,
however, to look after their interests.
Three Persons InjHred smd Proper
ty Damaged at Lead.
LEAD, N. D., May 31. A email tornado
struck this city at 1 o'clock this after
noon, demolishing about 20 buildings and
injuring three persons, none of .whom,
however, is fatally hurt. The Injured
are: -. ' "
William Attains: both -legs' broken and
badly' bruised) serious-j" ,
Adams' daughter, aged 9, badly bruised
and internally Injured. v
Evart Peterson, arm., brdken .and other
wise hurt "
Tho storm struck the town at tbe north
east corner and swept everything in its
path. Adams' batcher shop was among
tho buildings hi the- path of- the .wind, and
was blown to pieces. Adams and his lit
tle girl were In the, building at thje time.
Peterson was In an adjoining building,
which was torn to splinters. The- prop
erty damage in this city Is estimated at
$150,000.
From here the storm passed on to Ter
revllle, a few miles distant, where It de
molished five buildings, four of which were
residences. The storm then yeercd across
the country and blew down a number of
Bmall buildings and struck Central City,
where a great deal of damage was done,
two buildings being blown down and a
number of others unroofed. There was a
general storm of wind and rain through
out the Black Hills country during the
day.
Of Great Bargains
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0 FEDERATION OF MINERS.
Affiliation With the Western Labor
Union Is Urpred.
DENVER, May 31. Vice-President
Thomas I. Kidd and Secretary Frank
Morrison, of the American Federation of
next Tuesday. The programme for the 1 ndarMSCd the Western Federation
first evening's session has been arranged J . , ,, A a , Mnmna
as follows: The address ot Je. tion of the two' bodies. They were ap
UU iiiqUC Vy .UlJVi OUlJitCUtiUI. m.v. 4 -
sponded to by Judge Northup, of Port-
Hand. For the Woman's Relief Corps. Mrs.
J. A. Fastaband will deliver the address
of welcome and it will be responded to
by Mrs. Galloway, of McMlnnvIlle. Hon.
Thomas Deabey will welcome the Ladles
of the G. A. R. and this address will be
responded to by Mrs. Elizabeth Wands, of
Salem, the department commander. The
musical portion of the programme will be
under the direction of Mrs. J. T. Ross.
50 00
27 30
Total $31,137 15
DEATH IN RUNAWAY ACCIDENT.
Team Takes Fricht Golnic Through
Gate nnd Woman Is Killed.
NORTH YAKIMA, May 31. Mrs. Ellen
Hudson, wife of Peter Hudt-on, a pros
perous rancher near the head of the We
nas Valley, was almost Instantly killed
last evenintr as a result of a runaway ac
cident. Mr. and Mrs. Hudson had been-l the mountain forest.
visiting during the day, and on their re
turn home the husband alighted from
the carriage to open a gate. Mrs. Hud
son drove the team through, but the trace
caught In the fence-post. The animals
were frightened and dashed across a
bridge before Mrs. Hudson gained con
trol of them. Then she seemed to pull
them back too strongly. They com
menced backing up until the carriage
dashed into the Wenas Creek, which was
swollen. It is believed that Mrs. Hud-
who has been a sufferer from heart
Mining Stock Quotations.
Yesterday's quotations at the Oregon
Mining Stock exchange were:
Bid. Askeu.
Alaska M. & M 9
Bronse Monarch .174
Caribou 6
Copperopolls 22
Crystal Consolidated v1?
Chicago V Wb
Cascade Calumet 2
Gold Hill & Bohemia .10s
Huronlan 6
Lost Horse
Sumpter Consolidated rjk
Sweden Copper (Gtd.) 87
Winnipeg (Ltd.) 10
plauded heartily, and the request was re
ferred to the committee on welfare of the
order for consideration.
A report was received from the commit
tee on the President's address, in favor
of adopting a socialist platform and af
filiating with the National Social Democ
racy. Arrangements will also be made for
spreading the federatlon-propaganda. The
proposIUon to establish a home for in
digent, maimed and disabled miners will
be unfavorably reported, on the ground
' that the time is not ripe for It. It has
1 been practically decided that President
J Boyce will be re-elected President . and
j iven SO -daj's vacation durinsr the year
.' with full pay. A resolution was adopted
11 I In favor of ensracrlne In minlntr n.t Altman.
lfV4 1 Colo. It was presented by the Altman
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SPOKANE, Wash., May 31. The closing
"bids for mining stocks today were as
follows:
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Black Tail. .11
Butte & Bos 1
Deer Trail.. 1
Gold Ledge. 1
L. P. Surp... 5
Mtn. Llon...22V
Morn. Glory 2
Prin. Maud. 24
Quilp 2S&
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torn Thumb.21
San Poll ....21
Trade Dol... 9 11
2 Jm Blaine,. 1 ihk
i Fish. Maid... 5 6V5
Ben Hur .... 9,' 13
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Mistakes Brother for a Deer.
GRANTS PASS, May 3L Albert Teal, a
farmer of Leland, was shot -yesterday by
his brother, William. The 'shooting was
accidental. William mislaklng his brother
for a deer. The unfortunate man is seri
ously wounded, his recovery being doubt
ful. Albert Teal was brought to Grant's
Pass thl morning, Tbe two brothers were
out hunting yesterday. They separated
and were walking through the pine woods,
one on each side of a deep gulch. Will
iam saw an object moving up the oppo
site mountainside that he. supposed to be
a deer. He fired at It with his Winchester
and was horrified to hear his brother
scream in pain. The" bullet passed through
his right hip. It was'several miles to tho
nearest house. After much difficulty aid
Ti-ns secured and the wounded man was
carried on a stretcher lor six miles through
He suffered much
from loss of blood
trouble, may have fallen from the car
riage through a sudden stroke superin
duced by the excitement The decoased
was 5 years of age, and highly respected.
NEW OREGON CORPORATIONS.
Lrtlcles Filed at Salem Daring: the
Week Jut Cloned.
SALEM, May SL The following articles1
jf Incorporation were filed In the Secre-
lry of State's office during the past
reek:
The Greater Salem Commercial Club,
Salem. Or.: $538; commercial development
f the City of Salem; Henry B. Thlelsen,
A. PJ6rce, J. H. Albert and.N. J.
fudah.
The Glide Building Association, Glide,
5500: construction of buildings; S. D.
Chapman, H. A. Blakely, E. F. Living
ston John Alexander, u. w. Shrum and
C. Livingston.
The Pacific Railway Amusement Com
pany, Portland, ur.; $suuo: to manufacture'
ilniature locomotives, etc.: George W.
3imons. Herman Moeller and Frank Fen-
rick.
Bethany Free Methodist, "Bethany, Or.;
Lnthernn Snndny School Convention.
OREGON CITY, May 2L A Lutheran
Sunday school convention was held In
this city this afternoon under the auspices
of the Pacific synod pf the Evangelical
Lutheran church, the second annual meet
ing of which Is being held here. Tomorrow
morning Rew A. Schoenberg. of Macks
burg, will preach to the synod, and In the
afternoon there -will be a league conven
tion. In the evenlQS two sermons will
be preached by Rev. William Roehmer. of
Nchalem. and by Student Schoenberg, of
the Chicago Lutheran Seminary.
WORST IN FIFTEEN YEARS.
Washita. River "iUses 10 Feet In
Three JJonrs.
ANADARKO, O. ,T., May 3L In three
hours last night the Washita River, at
this point, rose nearly 1G feet, carrying
dozens of tents and outbuildings on the
low lands and flooding the town to a
depth pf four feet or more. People In the
bottoms barely had time to escape to
high ground, and a number were forced
to climb trees. Boats were secured and
several people In perilous positions were
rescued, one woman with a three-weeks-old
baby being taken from the branches
of a tree. It Is believed no Uvea were
lost, though many people are homeless.
Today the water is receding. The flood
is tho worst In 15 years. The river north
of Anadarko Is a mile Wide, and com
pletely covers the Government cornfield.
Practically all of Caddo County is under
water.
union. This is the first action of the body
towards carrying out the socialistic idea 1
as recommended by President Boyce, and
is significant of the policy of the conven
tion during this fsssion.
The Western Labor Union convention
today received over a score of resolu
tions which were referred to the resolution
committee. This afternoon Messrs. Kidd
and Morrison addressed the convention.
WHY HE HOLDS ON.
George Chamberlain 'is Prosecuting
Attorney for the Fourth Judicial Dis
trict. He is likewise the Democratic
candidate for Governor. While seeking
one otneo be has taken sreat care to
hold on to the other. WljyT Well, he
does not want to, take chances on log
ins' one good job while bunting- for an
other. He expects to resign to himself
as Governor and appoint his own suc
cessor, unless, of course, he xan before
hand make arr&ngemenu with bis
friend, Governor Geer. If he is beaten,
he will have lost nothing-. If he is
elected, he will g"et tbe usufruct ot the
otnoe from now till next January.
Chamberlain never loses if he can help
It. And he sever glvia the other fel
low a "ehance for his white alley."
Fourteen Cents for Wool.
JUNCTION CITY, Or., May 3L A wool
deal has just been closed here whereby
the Hurlburt-NJcklln Mercantile Company
secures 25,000 pounds of high-grade val
ley wool. The price paid was 14 cents
per pound, the best figure paid In this
section this season. There will be in the
neighborhood of 20,000 pounds yet to be
placed on the market
After Requisition Papers.
OLYMPIA, May 3L Philip Reltz, Chief
of Police of Jollet, I1L, is hero to secure
requisition papers for Charles White, a
mulatto, who is wanted for the murder
of a woman in that city two years ago.
White is a desperate criminal, and is
under arrest at Roslyn.
Vote for Earrc Bronaugh for City At
torney, No. 156 on the official ballot.
Vote for D. W. Taylor lor City Enginebr.
No. 1W on the official ballot .
STILL AN OPEN QUESTION.
No Call Yet for Meeting ot.Hnrd ahd
Soft Coal Miner.
WILKESBARRE, Pa May 3L Presi
dent Mitchell, of the United Mlneworkers.
returned to this city today after a. week's
absence in the West Mr. Mitchell said
his trip to the WeBt had nothing to do
with bringing about a settlement of the
strike in the anthracite region. He said
the plan of holding a convention of hard
and soft coal miners to decide what action
the bituminous men should take in the
anthracite strike was still an open ques
tion. x ,
The engineers, firemen and pumpmei.
froraAskley and vicinity held a meeting
today, and indorsed the strike by a two
thirds vote. At a meeting of engineers,
firemen and pumpmen employed at the
Plymouth collieries, the strike order was
indorsed by a vote of 92 to 0. The 400 en
gineers, firemen and pumpmen of he
Lackawanna collieries have refuied to
strike, .Numerous special officer ore being
sworn in for guard duty at the various
pines.
Hotel and Restaurant Employes.
V DENVER, May 31. The United Associa
tion of Hotel and Restaurant Employes
concluded'lts convention today. Resolu
tions were adopted Indorsing the strike
of the building trades in this city. Sec
retary J. B. Armstrong was made gen
eral organizer, and it was voted to pub
lish the official journal quarterly. A
proposition to Increase the' per capita
tax was voted down.
In Good Condition for a Strike.
PITTSBURG, Pa., May L At the
meeting of the3'is&ouxi and 'Kansas Min
ers' Association this afternoon, the report
of the scale committee was received and
accepted. The -teems of the scale areot
made public, hut it is understood that
BrldKes May Be Carried Away.
TOPEKA. Kan., May 31. Serious floods
are threatened as, a result of the high
water in the Arkansas River. The rail
roads are closely watching their bridges
for fear they may be carried away. The
Arkansas River rose three feet in the
course of the afternoon, and tho last re
ports are that It is still rising. In Lamed
the water Is so high that the train on the
main Una of the Santa Fo cannot -enter
the town, and no mall has been received
there for three days. Most of the coun
try between Larnod and 6reat Bend is
under water", and as the Arkansas is con
stantly rising, the people are much wor
ried, over tho outcome.
Flood Feared at Wichita.
WICHITA, Kan., May 3L The Santa Fe
Tardmaster here received instructions by
wire this evening to keep all bridge and-
bulldlng men on nlgnt auty nna reaay
to move on a moment's notice. Similar
instructions have been sent to Arkansas
City. This is interpreted to mean that the
aspect of the flood coming down the Ar
kansas River and which i now not far
from this city Is serious. The street-car
company here is anchoring Its bridges, and
seems to think there is danger from the
flood.
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. Owing to the faet that Friday was Me-
y.jnorial Day,wawere enabled to give only .
?- one day of bargains last week. Inorder
to keep up our programme and give all
our eustomers an equal opportunity, we
will eontinue our
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Special Sale of
CHILDREN'S CLOTHING
Tomorrow
Monday, June 2d
How ean you do it? Was asked- of our
salesmen many times on Saturday. Our
answer is, we prefer to give the value
to our eustomers instead of giving it to
the newspapers. Tuesday these suits
will be $2.45, $2.95 and $3.00. Tomorrow
ONLY they are yours at $1.59.
These inelude BOYS5 SAILOR SUITS,
:"'a navy blue serge and cheviotsages 4
to 10 years, 3 years all sold. BOYS'
; VESTEES, ages 3 to 10. BOYS' SCHOOL
,: SUITS, ages 8 to 15. Come in the morn-
". "' ing'if you ean, but eome Monday sure.
. Tuesday will be too late.
SAMPLES OF THESE SUITS ARE SHOWN IN OUR WINDOW
LEADING
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from the spell of oratory and settled back
in his seat before notes tfegan arriving
from the Democratic side asking that ho
alter his canvass of the House 'and omit
the writer, from the poll of those favor
able to statehood.
FORBIDDEN NEGATIVES.
Clonilbarnt at St. Mary's.
ST. MART'S, Kan.. May 3L As a result
of a cloudburst here this afternoon there
Is from eight inches to two and a half
feet of water on the streets of the town
tonight It rained hard for an hour, and
when It ended the Union Pacific tracks
were found to be washed out and nearly
every store in the town flooded. The
basement In St. Mary's College contains
four feet of water. Considerable small
stock was drowned and much property destroyed.
AN UNLUCKY HANDSHAKE
l
How One Prevented
From Becoming
Ifew Mexico
a State.
St. ouls Globe-Democrat
Senator Patterson declares that a hand,
shake once prevented statehood for New
Mexico, -and he does not hesitate to tell
Just how and when. Senator Elkins ad
ministered the handshake and Senator
Burrows, of Michigan, was the possessor
of the band shaken. Elkins Is Senator
from "West Virginia and Burrows from
Michigan, but at the time they -were mem
bers of the House. It was in the Forty
third CongTesH. Elkins, though born In
Ohio, was reared and educated in Missouri,
and is a graduate of the State Univer
sity, After he graduated ha went -to- New
Mexico to practice law, and It was not so
very long before he was sent as the dele
gate in tbefCpngress of the territory.
Elkins was younger then than he Is now;
but he showed signs of that talent for
the management of men and affairs which
has since made him a wealthy man and
one of the quiet though powerful Influ
ences In the Senate, He got up a state,
hood bill and had great success with it
In the Senate end of the Capitol, He
felt gure he would be able to get It ap
proved in the Hquse of Representatives.
He nilgai, if. Burrows, wbo was. then a
member and sat but a few seats away
from the then, delegate from- New Mexico','
had not maaVa speech. Burrows spoken
the force "bill. It was.,a nbtab7evcflprt
and the one which brought him into prpm
Inence, an effort wliteh, he has never
again equaled and perhaps .never will. Tho
subject under discussion was the conduct
of Southern elections. The 2lay before
Elkins had completed a canvass of the
Houso for his statehood measure and
found tho Democratic members disposed to
help him out with it He had pledges
from enough of them to assure favorable
action. He listened to the speech of
Burrows. Burrowa waxed eloquent EN
kins grew Interested. Burrows .grew a
theto in the pictures he drew ot negro
oppression in. the -South. Elkins waxed
sympathetic Elkins leaned forward in-hla
seat and devoured the Mlphigander wjth
I bis eyes. The MIchlgander, noting tho at
tention of his colleague, addressed him-,
self almost directly to Elkins In the briU
Han't poetic peroration. The chamber -was
silent and as the last words of Burrows
rang against its hlstoriq walls and Bur
rows had finished, EJkins jumped, to hla
feet and, grasping Burrow hand, shook
it with enthusiasm, congratulating him
on hla speedh. - Not a .member but saw
the action and' readied its spontaneous
sincerity. Not a Democrat but saw the.
action and determined not ta vote for
Elkins hlU. .He had hardly recovered
for discretion In applying- them; so that
each state, or. each institution, is more or
less compelled to work out certain prob
lems in Its own way, and thus to contrib
ute Its quota of careful observation and of
well-garncrcd experience to the ccmmoii
stock. Nothing promises to be a greater
help to the progress of the United States
than the care which is bestowed upon the
training cf her future citizens in whatever
station of life they -may bo placed; and
there are no questibns concerning which
we ourselves, and the older nations more
Immediately around us, have greater need
to be guided by all the light which science
and cibservatjon can supply than in those
which have relation to the preparation of
our children to retain, in the wcrld around
them, the places which have been won
by their fathers. The conditions of the
struggle for these places have changed In
many respects, and those who aro called
upon to take part In It must change with
their environment. If their position is to
be maintained.
The Itontine of Taking Photographs
of the Rulers of Europe.
Pearson's "Weekly.
The, routine of taking royal photo
graphs Is something like this: The pho
tographer. In the first place, must he a.
man of established reputation, and as
probably several are. waiting at once,
each gets a sitting In turn. The reply
makes a regular appointment, say at
Marlborough House, Sandrlngham or
"Windsor, and on the day appointed the
artist attends with his apparatus, and oho
or two assistants.
"After a few minutes' wait intan outer
room he is conducted Into the presence of
the royal personage, whose personal at
tendants have seen to it that everything
Is in readiness for the taking of the pho
tograph in the room.
Most royal personages are experienced
sitters, and the actual operation is .very
quickly over. Next comes the developing
of the negative, the "retouching"; and
when at last the proof is ready it is tak
en to the palace by the photographer for
royal sanction.
You would be amazed if you .knew the
number of condemned negatives, for the
slightest suspicion -of lack of dignity or
frivolous appearance is enough to con
demn the negative to the shelves of the
studio forever. Very rarely, Indeed, is
one of the royal family photographed
smiling, much less jaugmng, thougn tne l ciety. Tnus tne ncuon of "no unmar-well-known
portrait of her late majesty vrled women" is preserved in the domain
to be one of the only two landed .estates
in America where the law of entail will
provide for Its successor. The estate will
go to H. Carroll Brown, who a year ago
married Miss Margaret Daly, daughter of
the late Marcus Daly. A widow ahd eight
children survive Mr. Brown. He was
largely Interested in Baltimore financial
institutions, and Is credited with having
left a personal estate of several millions.
GEORGE E. WATKIMS
Queen Victoria was a very consplquous
exception to this rule. That, however,
was a snapshot taken by an amateur.
Some years ago a photograph was taken
of Princess Maud of Wales, who, just as
the exposure was being made, laughed
heartily at soma remark her sister had
made, and the resulting picture was In
stantly condemned by the present Queen.
Of course with royal children, the case
is quite different, and the more Innocent
fun there Is Jn the photograph the better.
ForwexampIe, there is the well-known set
taken by the blograph people showing the
children of the Prince and Princess df
Wales at play in the gardens ot Marlbqr
ough house. In this set little Prince Eddy
and others, are seen riding rocking horses
and drilling as soldiers.
Of course, there are special photographs
occasionally taken by professionals which
are not for public tale or circulation at
all, "but exclusively for private use and dis
tribution in royal circles, but such a com
mission as this Is only intrusted to the
most discreet of all royal photographers.
American Edncatlonal Methods.
Xrfmdon Times...
The tendency of educational" activity in
the United States seems to 4je toward the
attainment of jevery end which can render
the children better fitted to be useful
members of the community to which they
belong, more capable at once ot acquiring
knowledge and of applying It cleaner and
more wholesome in their habits, stronger
and more shapely In their bodies, and with
all their powers and faculties fully and
harmoniously developed Among pur
selves there Is at least no Jack, of expendi
ture upon education, but we greatly fear
that the efforts of school vboards and of
school managers are less directed toward
ends than toward means, "less toward the
results of teaching than toward Its con
duct in some particular way, less toward
the- attainment of results than toward the
maintenance of shibboleths. The remedy
Is greatly in the hands ot parents, whose
duty it is, as lectors of the authorities by
which schools will be controlled, to select
candidates whose chief aim is efficiency
'in preference to those whose chief mm la
tho preservation or lormujanes. sus3
Ravenhlll's report contains much that is
Instructive, but nothing that Is more so
than her account pf -the way In which the
Americansystera combines "uniformity In
great principles- with the Videst latitude
Xo Old Maids In Russia.
Chicago Tribune.
The idea Is still allowed to prevail In
Russia that single life is a disgrace to
women, for there are no old maids except
in the religious orders. If the parents
cannot arrange a marriage for the daugh
ter she makes a journey, and is thus lost
to the gossiping cctnmunlty. Soon reports
are circulated of her marriage to a for
eigner. Long absence brings forgetful
ness, so that when the story Is' told of
the death of the foreign husband in a
strange land, there are few who caTe to
inquire further. Indeed, it Is a breach
of etiquette to suggest doubts under such
circumstances, and the woman Anally re
turns as a broken-hearted widow. She
has met the conditions of the country, and
she is no longer a single person In so-
of the Czar.
X.lfe Sentence for Sndlnn.
SPOKANJJ, May SL Basil Adrian, a.
Coeur d'Alene Indian, was sentenced to
day to life imprisonment in the Peniten
tiary for an atrocious criminal assault
on a young white woman. The crime,
which was shockingly brutal, was com
mitted a few miles east of Spokane. The
Indian has a wife and two children on
the Coeur d'Alene reservation. In passing
sentence.Judge Richardson expressed re
gret that the liw did not permit him to
impose the death penalty.
Revietv at Potsdam.
POTSDAM, May 3L The parade of the
Potsdam garrison took place In the L.ust
garten this morning. Emperor William,
accompanied by Prince Hnry of Prussia
and other Princes, took up a position op
posite the statue of King Frederick Will
lam I for the march past The Shah of
Persia witnessed the military display frorp
a windbw of the Stadt Schloss.
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Fieltf. Meet Postponed.
EUGENE, May 31. The field meet which
-was tn have been held here between the
Portland High School nnd Eugene High !
School today, was. Indefinitely postponed,
on account of unfavorable weather.
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REGULAR REPUBLICAN
NOMINEE FOR
sor
Official Ballot No. 126
Vote for the initiative and referen
dum amendment.
A Farmer Straightened Out.
"A man living on a farm near here came
in a short time ago completely doubled up
with rheumatism. I handed him a bottle
of Chamberlain's Pain Balm and told, him
to use It freely, and if not satisfied after
using it he need not pay a cent for it."
tays C. P. Rayder. of Pattens Mills, N.
Y. "A' few nays later he walked into the
store as straight as a string and handed
me a dollar, saying: "Give me another
bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm. I
want it In the house all the tim for it
cured me." For sale by All druggists.
A Mnrrlnnd Estate Entailed.
Philadelphia North American.
George Brown, one of the most extensive
landowners in Maryland, and famous
throughout the country for his unlimited
hospitality, died Saturday night at his
home. "Broiklandwood," near Baltimore.
Mr. Brown lived the' ideal life of a coun
try gentleman. His magnificent estate
of 2700 acres in the Green Spring Valley,
and one containing some of the finest
stock ever Imported1 to this country, is said
OF SIX WEEKS
Beginning Monday, June 30, will be con
ducted in one of the rooms of the Port
land. Business College, corner Park and
Washington streets. It will be strictly a
school of study, designed to aid teachera
to higher grades in the August examina
tion. Further particulars on application.
OPEN ALL THE YEA
The Portland Business College Is open all
the year. Students may enter at any
time, for special branches sjr a regular
course, and receive individual or class In
struction, as preferred. Call or send for
catalogue. Learn what and how we teach.
A. P. Armstrong:, L.L. II., Principal.
It is the Best Toikt tSoap made. A wonderful
skin curatiTe. Best for the complexjoa. Best
for tho Dath. Best- for Iho baby. Beat for tho
hair. Large cakes J 5c. Tral size 6c ; all drujr
gUta'. Munyon's Etrmedics are positive cures.
Advico acd Gnldo to Health freo by malL
Munyon, New York and Philadelphia.
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