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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAIS, PORTIAStt), NOVEMBER 22, 1903- LONG CONTEST SURE Armstrong Case Will Likely Go to Supreme Court THE HEARING IN BAKER CITY District Attorney White Will Move for an Order Fixing Date of the Execution The Plan of the Defense. BAKER CITY. Or., Nov. 2L (Special.) Great Interest centers in the Armstrong murder case, which -was to have come tip before Judge Eakln Monday on mo tion of District Attorney "Wblte, for an order of court fixing the day of execu tion In accordance with the mandate of the Supreme Court. Mr. "White holds that all that Is required is the fixing of the day of execution, the death warrant Issued last Spring, according to Mr. "White, still being in force. County Clerk Combs received a tele gram from the Attorney-General at Salem tonight, directing him to return the writ of mandate issued by the Su preme Court In the case at once. The document was mailed tonight by special delivery mall. No explanation was given for the recall of the mandate. The case will not come up In court Monday as expected, but will be postponed pending the return of the mandate. The attorneys for Armstrong will un doubtedly Insist that the first sentence and death warrant -were voided by the appeal, and that the confirmation of the verdict of the Jury by the Supreme Court will require a resentence and a new death warrant by Judge Eakin, and this they will also insist Is not possible under the present law. Judge Eakln will, of course, have to make a ruling in regard to the place of execution when the matter comes before him, and while he has evidently come to a conclusion, his view of the -matter will not be known until he announces Ms decision In open court. It Is not known Just what course the attorneys for the defense will pursue, although it Is anticipated that they will object to the court passing sentence on their client or fxlng the date of execution, but whether they will raise all the points cf law at once or take them up one at a time as the matter proceeds is a ques tion yet to be determined. It Is very evident, however, that there will be a Jong legal contest over the matter, and that it will go to the Supreme Court again. LAW MAY BE AMENDED. Probability of Action at the Special Session. SAL.EM. Nov., 2L (Special.) Before Pleasant Armstrong can bo hanged for the murder of Minnie Enswlnger, the law passed by the last legislature providing for executions at the penitentiary, must be amended. This Is the opinion of Attorney-General Crawford and of other attorneys who have looked Into the ques tion. In all probability the Legislature at Its special session next month will be asked to cure a defect in one more of its acts of the regular session last "Winter. The facts in the matter, briefly stated, are these: Pleasant Armstrong mur dered Minnie Enswlnger and was tried and convicted and a warrant Issued or dering his execution. Thereafter, the legislature of 1P03 passed an act chang ing the place of hanging from the county rc.it to the state penitentiary, but pro Aid d that warrants Issued prior to the taking effect of that act shall be executed -" the Sheriff. Armstrong appealed to the Supreme Court and proceedings under the warrant were stopped. The judgment of death was affirmed by the Supreme Court, and a new warrant will be issued by Judge Eakln. The situation now Is that under the general rules of law a man must be pun ished according to the provisions of laws In force at the time the crime was com mitted. Since Armstrong's crime was committed prior to the change in the law, lie cannot be hanged at the penitentiary. But the statute prescribing the manner cf execution provides that he shall be hanged at the penitentiary if the death warrants Issues after the law takes ef fect, which it will in this case. There fore, there is no law authorizing his execution at Baker City. If Armstrong can be kept In custody that long, the Legislature may amend the act passed last "Winter so as to pro Aide that the act shall not affect crimes committed prior to the taking effect of the law. In order to put the new amend ment into effect Immediately, the Legis lature would have to declare that the preservation of the public peace, health or safety required that It go into effect at onco. Such an emergency might be considered to exist when a condemned murderer Is about to be turned loose because of a defect In the law regarding executions. NORMAL SCHOOL EXHIBIT. Educational Showing to Be Made at St. Louis Exposition. MONMOUTH. Or.. Nov. 21. (Special.) At a meeting of the Monmouth Lewis and Clark Women's Club, held at the residence of Mrs. H. B. Buckman, the following resolutions were passed: "Whereas, a large part of the respon sibility for the educational exhibit of the State of Oregon at the St. Louis Exposi tion rests with the showing of the Nor mal Schools, and since this exhibit will form a nucleus for the display at the Lewis and Clark Exposition of 1303, be it "Resolved, that we, the Monmouth di vision of the Lewis and Clark "Women's Club, shall undertake to prepare an edu cational exhibit for the St. Louis Exposi tion of 1904. and that wc ask the Oregon State Normal authorities to assist in this by providing the specified 'exposition pa per and other necessary aid. "ANNIE G. ROBINSON, Chairman; "ELLEN M. PENNELL, "LORETTA SMITH." ACCUSED OF CHANGING BRANDS Arrest of Wealthy Sheepman Causes a Sensation. "WEISER, Idaho, Nov. 2L (Special.) The case of the State of Idaho vs. Timothy Drlscolt and Robert Nyfoam, charged with the stealing and changing of brands on sheep belonging to Newton Griffith, came on for a preliminary hearing before Pro bate Judge Jeffreys today. Driscoll Is a wealthy man, a largo Sheep and property owner at Payette, near this city. Nyfoam Is his herder. Griffith found and identified SS of his sheep In the possession of Dris coll on which the brands had been changed. Driscoll claimed the sheep and refused to give them up. Driscoll was released on J509 bond to appear for trial. There are a number of witnesses to examine and the cape will occupy two or three days. The arrest of Driscoll created a decided sen sation. A warrant was also issued for "William Palmer, another herder, but he has escaped. MAY BE LOST IN MOUNTAINS. Fears for a Party of Six Who Tried to Cross the Cascades. LEBANON. Or., Nov. 2L (Special.) Some fears art; entertained for the safety of Henry Faulkner and wife, Irank Foster and wife. Thomas Davy and Mies-Pearl York, who left this place early in the month for their homes at Paulino, Crook County. They went via ' the McKcnzle route, leaving Waltenille on the 7th, and three days afterward there was a heavy fall of snow in the mountains. They have not been heard from since leaving "Walter vllle. POLITICS AT PENDLETON. Fight On for Councilman and Water Commissioner. PENDLETON, Or.. Nov. 21. Special.); The coming city election, which promised to be one of the hottest for many years and which suddenly died out, has been given new life by the fight which is now on for Councllmen and Water Commis sioner. The Mayorship furnished all the excitement up to a few days ago when Dr. W. G. Cole suddenly withdrew from the race, leaving the field clear for W. F. Matlock. The fight here has been and will be again on gambling, whether or not the town shall be run wide open. In the matter of Councllmen, there is promise of very lively times in the First Ward. E. J. Sommerville has resigned and there are two men, D. J. Ferguson and W. P. Temple, out after his job. This ward is about even. Democrats and Republicans. In the other wards the election will be very quiet. E. J. Murphy is the candidate in the second to succeed Judge G. A. Hartman, and has no oppo sition. B. F. Renn Is out in the Third to succeed Ed Switzler and he has no oppo sition, n the Fourth, there are two Councllmen to be elected and only two candidates, T. J. Howard and E. A. Sewall. Clint Roosevelt is running for Water Commissioner in opposition to E. Jones and this promises some little ex citement. NO' RIVAL FOR THE OFFICE. Grant B. Dimick Will Be Re-Elected Mayor of Oregon City. OREGON CITY, Or., Nov. 21. (Special.) Mayor Grant B. Dimick will not be op posed for re-election as the official head of the Oregon City municipal government at the election of city officers on December 7 next. The statutory 15 days preceding the date of the election in which nomina tions by petitions may be made expired today and Mayor Dimick is the only can didate for the office of Mayor. Ho will be re-elocted to succeed himself for the third time. F. J. Meyer, the present City Treasurer, has also been nominated by petition and will have no rival for the office he holds. There will be lively contests in the elec tion of Aldermen from the First and Sec ond Wards. In the First Ward Walter L. Little and Hiram R Straight are the nominees, to succeed Dr. J. W. Powell, the retiring member of the Council. There are four nominees who aspire to become Councllmen from the Second Ward.. Mark Chapman and Henry Miley will oppose each other for election to fill the unex pired term of two years of Mr. Pheister, now held by H. L. Kelly, C. G. Huntley retires as Councilman from this ward and A. Knapp and W. A. White will contest for his chair. In the Third Ward Mat Justin has been nominated to succeed E. W. Scott, whose term has expired. Justin will have no opposition. TWENTY YEARS IN PRISON. Gardner Given Maximum Sentence for Mayhem. OREGON CITY, Or., Nov. 21. (Special.) Robert Gardner was this morning given the maximum sentence of 20 years in state's prison by Judge McBrlde for the crime of mayhem. Gardner was taken to Salem by Sheriff Shaver tonight. Gardner's trial was conducted in the Circuit Court Friday. G. B. Dimick and Howard M. Brownell, having been ap pointed by the court to defend the ac cused man. District Attorney Harrison Allen and his deputy, J. U. Campbell, conducted the prosecution- The case was submitted to the Jury at 4:30 o'clock Fri day afternoon and the jurors deliberated until 7 o'clock this morning before ar- riving at a verdict, which was sealed and returned to the court where it was opened at 10 o'clock. Guilty of the crime of mayhem as charged in the information, was the verdict. Counsel for the defen dant declined to take up the time of the court further in considering the case. "I have only to say that I am innocent of the crime," said Gardner, when asked If he desired to make a statement before sentence was pronounced. N The crime of which Gardner was con victed is mayhem committed while at tempting criminal assault on Martha An drews, an Indian woman of this city. The specific offense consisted of gouging out with his hand the woman's one remaining eye and leaving her entirely blind. Pease Fish-Ladder Suit. OREGON CITY, Or., Nov. 21. (Special.) All Is not smooth sailing with Archie L. Pease et al. In the suit recently brought against Contractor H. P. Rands for dam ages and to prevent the state from In stalling a fish ladder at the Willamette Falls near this city. Judge McBrlde to day sustained a demurrer to the com plaint and gave the pdaintlffs five days' time In which to file an amended com plaint. In arguing the demurrer for the state. District Attorney Allen alleged that the original complaint did not state sufficient facts upon which to base a damage or an injunction suit of the na ture proposed. Work of constructing the fish way has been abandoned because of the high water, but the state expects to win out in the litigation that has been started and have the suit finally decided in time to resume work on the fish ladder In the Spring. Articles of Incorporation. SALEM, Or., Nov. 2L (Special.) Arti cles of incorporation were filed In the office of Seceretary of State Dunbar to day as follows: Oregon Traction Company, Portland, $1,000,000; J. M. Long, Alex. Sweek. E. T. O'Keane. The object of this corporation is to acquire rights of way and construct a railway from Portland to Hillsboro and Forest Grove. Hotel Monopole, Incorporated. Jordan Valley, $15,000; Jacob A. Schas, Jasper S. Duncan, Britta C Williams. Western Oregon Conference Association of Seventh Day Adventists, Salem, Or., $10,000; F. M. Burg, W. R. Simmons, J. M. Cole, F. S. Bunch, Albert Carey. Brewer Drug Company, Slayton, $10,000; J. H. Brewer, Sr., J. H. Brewer, Jr., C. H. Brewer. Registration at Astoria. ASTORIA. Or., Nov. 2L (Special.) The acceptance of Leander Lebeck as citizens' nominee as Councilman from the First Ward was filed in the City Auditor's office this afternoon. This completes the list of candidates on both the Republican and Citizens' tickets. There have been thus far 630 registrations for the city election on December 9. For the city election held last December, there were 1057 registrations and 1027 votes were cast. The indications are that those figures will be greatly exceeded this year. From Prison to Asylum. SALEM, Or., Nov. 2L (Speclal.)-J. Cornelius, who has served ten years of a 20-year sentence for rape, was transferred from the penitentiary to the asylum to day. He came from Portland. John Bradley, who has served one month of a two-year sentence for burglary com mitted In Yamhill County, was also trans ferred to the asylum thl3 morning. Steam Schooner Launched. ABERDEEN, Wash., Nov. 21. (Special.) The steam schooner Crescent City was launched today at Lindstrom's ship-yard. The vessel is 175 feet over all and SS feet beam. She is owned by Beadle Brothers of San Francisco and coat STO.OOft- PUN FOR SHINGLE TRUST PROPOSAL MADE TO WHATCOM - MANUFACTURERS, One Selling Agency Contemplated for All the Mills Ninety-Day Close Down. .WHATCOM, Wash., Nov. 21. The shingle manufacturers of Whatcom Coun ty, who produce more than one-fourth of all the shingles made In the United States, held a meeting here this afternoon to consider the proposition which has been advanced by the State Shinglemen's As sociation for the formation of a shingle men's trust, or selling pool, whereby the production can be curtailed at will and prices maintained. As this state, makes more than 50 per cent of all shingles man ufactured In the Union, It is reasoned that by a union of Its manufacturers they can dictate prices over the country- Letters from Eastern dealers read at today's meeting declared that the effect of such a movement as contemplated will ralso the price of shingles 25 per cent in six weeks. The scheme proposed contem- t- RE-ELECTED MASTER AAKON .... plates one firm of selling agents, through whom all orders must be placed, and this firm, will pro rata them among the various mills of the state. As a preliminary to tho effecting of organization, it is pro posed to close down all the mills of tho state for SO days. A final meeting is to be held Monday be tween the local manufacturers and the committee of the state association when a definite answer Is to be given. There is little doubt that the local men will enter the combination. KILLED BY LIVE WIRE. ' Oakland Man Stumbles on It in the Dark. OAKLAND, Cal., Nov. 21. Cjark Yer rlck, assistant superintendent of the new San Francisco, Oakland & San Jose Rail road, wag killed tonight by coming in contact with an electric wire, and Henry Hertz, an ironworker, who was with Yer rlck, was so badly burne.d that it is be lieved he will die. The men were returning home from the railroad station, and in the darkness failed to .see a broken telephone wire dangling In the air. It was lying across an electric power wire, and contained a current of 2000 volts. A third man, who was with them, narrowly escaped death, and when he tried to summon assistance, found all of the telephones In the neigh borhood out of order. Some people gath ered near, but were afraid to touch the stricken men on account of -the wire lying across one of them. It was nearly an hour before Hertz was rescued. Yer rlck was 2S years old, and only a few days ago was promoted In the railroad service. STREET-CAR HOLD UPS. Young Desperado at Work on San Francisco Lines. SAN FRA..CISCO, Nov. 2L There were two street-car hold-ups tonight In the Richmond district in the outskirts of town. Shortly after 10 o'clock a masked man boarded the rear of a McAllister Btreet car and presented a revolver at Conductor Mayfield, at the same time de manding money. The conductor gave-$lS to the robber, who left without disturbing the few passengers. A little later the same criminal stepped on a Geary-street car and tried to rob THE VALUE OP CHARCOAL Few People Know How Useful It Is In Preserving Health and Beauty. Nearly everybody knows that charcoal is the safest and most efficient disinfectant and purifier in nature, but few realizo its value when taken Into the human eystcm for the same cleansing: purpose. Charcoal is a. remedy that the more you take of it the better: it Is not a drusr at all, but simply absorbs the cases and impurities always present In the stomach and IntesUnes and car ries them out of the system. Charcoal sweetens the breath after smoking;, drinking; or after eating onions and other odor ous vegetables. Charcoal effectually clears and improves tho complexion, it whitens the teeth and further acts as a natural and eminently rafe cathar tic It absorbs tho injurious cases which collect In the stomach and bowels; It disinfects the mouth and throat from the poison of catarrh. All druKClsts sell charcoal In one form or another, but probably the best charcoal and tho most for tho money Is in Stuart's Absorbent Lozenges; they are composed of the finest pow dered 'Willow charcoal, and other harmless antiseptics in tablet form, or rather In the form of larce, pleasant tasting lozenges, the charcoal being mixed with honey. The dally use of these lozenges will soon tell in a much improved condition of the general health, better complexion, sweeter breath and purer blood, and the beauty of It Is, that so possible harm can. result from their continued use, but. on the contrary, great beneflt- A Buffalo physician,, in speaking of the bene fits of charcoal, says: VI advise Stuart's Ab sorbent Lozenges to all patients suffering from gas In stomach and bowels, and to clear the complexion and purify the breath, mouth and throat; I also believe the liver is greatly bene fited by the dally use of them; they cost but twenty-five cents a box at druir stores, and, although In some sense a patent preparation, yet I believe I cet more and better charcoal In Stuart's Absorbent Lozenges than in any cf the ordinary charcoal tablets." Conductor Crews, but the latter very em phatically refused to part with his coin. The thief, who appeared to be greatly agitated, beld his revolver at the con ductor's breast for a few moments, and then sprang on! the platform. In both cases his mask slipped from his face, and a good description was secured. He is about 19 years old. REFUSED TO FORGIVE. No "Farewell Blessing Over Long-Distance Line. SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 21. (Special.) While an angry Pullman woman was making the telephone wires smoke in an effort to prevent the marriage of her daughter in the neighboring town of Col fax, the young woman was taking the wedding vows which made her -Mrs. Fred Libby. Immediately after the ceremony, the bridegroom called up his mother-in-law, over the long-distance line, told of tho wedding and asked forgiveness. But instead of forgiveness ho got this mes sage: "You lie, you'ro not married; I'll never forgive you." Then 3Irs. Valk, mother of the bride, went to the brother of her new son and vented her feelings in forcible language, but was laughed at. The wedding followed an elopement. Miss Valk and Fred Libby had been-lovers NATIONAL GRANGE JONES. ...a. for somo time, but tho girl's parents forbade him in the house. The couple met clandestinely and planned the elopement which was carried out today. The Valk family are Catholics and the Llbby's are not. This fact is said to have accounted for the parental objection. Young Libby is a blacksmith. His bride, aged 19, is a handsome young woman. WHOLESALE CANCELLATIONS. Sensation in the Walla Walla Land Office District. WALL.A WALLA, Wash., Nov. 21. Wholesale cancellation of homestead en tries in the Walla Walla Land Office district by the Department of the Interior is in prospect, over 60 claims being now recommended for cancellation. Notices for several of these were served today, thus revealing the fact that a wide reaching Investigation has been in prog ress. Most of the claims Involved are in Franklin County, where a homestead rush two years ago drew out clerks, school teachers and all kinds of people, who had no Intention of living on the land. Complaint to the Federal department last Winter ended in a quiet Summer's work and a sensational denouement now appears to be at hand. The cancellations are in the hands of Special Agent Miller, of Lewlston. NORTHWEST DEAD. John Schramm. OREGON CIlx, Or., Nov. 21. (Special.) John Schramm, aged 65 years, and for 45 years a resident of Oregon City, died at his home In this city this morning of heart disease. The deceased was born at Wennussen, Austria, February 12, 1S3S. In 1S57 he came to Oregon City, and at the ago of 19 years ho started in the harness business in this city, where he had re sided continuously. Ho was for many years one of the most prominent and wealthy citizens of the community. Mr. Schramm leaves one daughter and three sons, all residents of this city. They are: Mrs. Joseph T. Lynch, A. H. Schramm and Charles Schramm. Mrs. Roselle Hellebuycke. HILLSBORO. Or., Nov. 2L (Special.) Mrs. Rosella Hellebuycke, of Farmington, died at the family home last night, from an attack of diabetes. Deceased was born at Wenggene, Belgium, December 15, 1827, and. In company- with her husband, who died seven years ago, came to Oregon, settling at Bay City, Tillamook County. Eight children survive her. Interment will .be at Verboort, Monday afternoon. One of deceased's uncles was a grenadier under Napoleon during his last campaign, and took part in the battle of Waterloo. Mildred Fuller Wallace. TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 21. (Special.) Mildred Fuller Wallace, daughter of Hugh C. Wallace, and. granddaughter of Chief Justice Fuller, died tonight of diabetes, after a three days' serious illness. Her father and mother were in Washington, where Mrs. Wallace Is seriously sick at the home of her father. Mr. Wallace was telegraphed Thursday, and is hurrying home, but cannot arrive before Tuesday. A. E. Donaldson. OREGON CITY, Nov. 2L (Special.) A. E. Donaldson, a native of New York State, died at his homo in this city last night. He was aged 77 years. The de ceased was born at Guilford, Chenango County, N. Y., October IS, 182C, and has resided In Oregon City for 13 years. Suicide of Harney County Pioneer. BURNS, Or., Nov. 1C (Special.) John Cardwell, who committed suicide here last night, was burled thi9 afternoon. Card well, who had lived In Harney County for 20 years or more, served the City of Burns as Marshal for three years. For some time past he had been in very poor health, and had become melancholy through brooding ovar his misfortune. Basket-Bail at Vancouver. VANCOUVER, Wash., Nov. 21. (Spe cial.) The Vanciruver High School basket ball team defeated a team from Company G, National Guard of Washington, last sight by a score of 20. to 10. HAVE CONTESTED WILL WALLA WALL A MAY NOT STUBBLEFIELD HOME. GET Relatives of the Late Philanthropist Say He Was in His Dotage When He Made the Bequest. WALLA WALLA, Wash., Nov. 21. The will 'of the late Joseph Stubblefleld, which bequeathed $125,000 for a home for the In digent widows and orphans of Oregon and Washington, was contested today by Henry White and Mary McElroy. of Ar kansas, children of Stubblefield's sister. They allege that the dead p hllanthroplst J was In his dotage and of unsound mind when he made the will and that the trus tees, C. N. Rader, R. M. Dorothy and B. Reser, all of Walla Walla, are given un limited discretion, as well as placed In virtual possession of the property. The contest causes a sensation a3 yes terday final arrangements were made to secure the home for this city by complet ing a $10,000 subscription as required by the will. SENSATION AT SPOKANE. Prominent Firm Alleges It Has Been Robbed in Systematic Manner. SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 2L Something of a sensation was sprung In this city jl day or so ago when the announcement was made that Henry H. Mllburn, cashier for the Jensen, King, Byrd Co., had resigned his position and would soon leave for Seattlo to take a more responsi ble one. Simultaneous with this announce ment came one from the firm stating that Mr. Mllburn's authority In any capacity with that company had been withdrawn. Subsequent events show that there has been something wrons with the books of the Jensen, King, Byrd Company for some time, and that an effort has been made to locate a considerable shortage. Shortly afterwards one night a number of books of the firm dlsanneared from tho vault and they are believed to have been stolen by some one who was responsi ble for the shortage, for tho purpose of covering up the crime. The members of the company have not openly charged Mr. Mllburn with the shortage, but his sum mary dismissal naturally attracts atten tion under the circumstances. The affair has been the talk of the town sinco it became public, largely on ac count of the high social position Mr. Mil burn holds. One of the members of the firm has stated that Mr. Mllburn drew a salary of $90 per month while his living expenses were in the neighborhood of $250 per month. Mr. Milburn is a son-in-law of Moritz Tomson, the well-known flour mill man of Seattle, and hLs wife is said to have considerable property in her own right. vThey were married about a year ago and have been Identified with the best society in the city. Today tho Jensen, King, Byrd Com pany offered a reward of $100 for the re turn of the books. FORAGE CONTRACTS. They Are Formally Approved by the War Department. VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash., Nov. 21. (Special.) The following contracts for forage for use in the posts under direc tion of the Department of the Columbia, have been formally approved and com pleted according 'to regulations and re turned to the department headquarters for filing: Robert H. Johnson, S00.000 pounds of oats at $1.35 per hundred; 400,000 pounds of oats at $1.37; 1,000,000 pounds of hay at 87 cents; 1,200,000 of hay at 93 cents, for Fort Walla Walla. Seward & McDanlel, 400,000 pounds of hay at 80 ce"nts per hundred; 360,000 pounds of hay at 90 cents; 300,000 pounds of straw at 31 cents: 500,000 pounds of straw at 32 cents; 400,000 pounds of oats at $L1S; 732, 000 pounds of oats at $1.24, for Voncouver Barracks. Israel Katz, 5000 popnds of bran at $1.15 per hundred, for Fort Casey, Wash; 16,000 pounds of bran at $L15 per hundred for Fort Flagler. John Lemp, 4000 pounds ofbran at $L40 per hundred; 102,000 pounds of oats at $1.50; 155,000 pounds of hay at 40 cents, for Boise Barracks. Huntington Invests In Lumber. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 21. H. E. Huntington has become heavily Interested in the great redwood timber district of Humboldt County. Mrs. C. P. Hunting ton, General Thomas H. Hubbard and Mill Then you'll feel better. It will also cure Beiching, Flatulency, indigestion, Dyspepsia, Nausea, Heartburn, Consti pation, Biliousness, or Malaria, Fever and Ague. We urge you to try a bottle, but beware of imitations or counterfeits. MR. W. A. CARSON, ALBION, NEB., says: "I was troubled with and was very r.estless at "night. Your Bitters promptly cured me." MR. JAS. D. SMITH, HERKIMER, KANS., says: "I suffered me to use your Bitters. I did so and now I feel like a new man." THE GENUINE HAS .OUR i this city, In a lumber company named af ter the latter. The foundation of the lat ter is the Vance railroad and lumber in terests In Humboldt County, together with a lot of new redwood acreage pur chased by the A. B. Hammond Lumber Company. The latter has invested about $2,000,000 in Humboldt County, and now controls about S3.000 acres of redwood. It Is the largest single holding of redwood timber in the world. Yakima Woman Held Up. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., Nov. 21. Miss Bertha Caldwell, daughter of J. A. Caldwell, of this city, was held up and robbed at 6:30 last night while on her -way from the store of the H. H. Schott Company, where she is employed In the dressmaking department. The robbery took place at the corner of A and Eighth streets, a dark lonely place. Miss Caldwell has been followed, and when she arrived the robber struck her a blow on the side with a club. She fell down and began to scream. The robber grabbed her by the throat, and was chok ing her when her outcries attracted peo ple living near by. The robber then toqk her pocketbook, which contained only $1.50, and disappeared in the darkness. Owing to the severe blow and the shock Miss Caldwell is not on duty today. Thayer Again Aground. HOQUIAM, Wash., Nov. 21. (Special.) The schooner C. A. Thayer, which went ashore inside of the entrance to Gray's Harbor November 8. was today hauled into deep water, and when about saved, four eight-Inch hawsers parted and she drifted back on the sand again. Captain Munson had the vessel all but saved, hav ing taken the Thayer about 1000 feet from where she lay on the beach, but the heavy surf was too powerful and tho hawsers snapped and she floated about 1500 feet up the beach from where she lay toward the harbor before grounding. Tho Thayer now lies in a good position in no danger of breaking up. insurance Companies Combine. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 2L A combine of all 'the plate-glas3 Insurance companies In this city has been formed, and as a' consequence, rates on this class of risks 1 will. It is said, be uniformly raised throughout the Pacific States. This ac- tion was taken with a view to forestalling a rate war, and it is understood that harmony between the rival Interests has been established. Although this branch of Insurance does not command the im mense volume of business of Are, marine and life, there is no less than $100,000 a year In premiums that is divided among the seven or eight agencies here. Reduction of Wages. EUGENE, Or., Nov. 2L (Special.) The employes of the Booth-Kelly Company have been notified of a new schedule of wages which will go Into effect December 1. The schedule makes a reduction of 23 cents per day on all men receiving $2 or less, and 50 cents per day on all re ceiving more than $2 per day. Rumor of Resignation. OLYMPIA. Wash.. Nov. 21. Dr. C. M. Parks, secretary of the Western Wash ington Asylum for the Insane, Is report ed to have tendered his resignation to Governor McBrlde. The reason Is not known. The Governor insists that thero has been no friction and Dr. Parks re fuses to discuss the matter. Boat Watchman Drowned. NEWBERG. Or., Nov. 21. (Special.) While the steamer Gray Eagle was laying at Mission Landing, a few miles above Newberg this morning, Earl M. Hard wick, the night watchman, fell overboard and was drowned. The body has not been recovered. Burglars at Woodburn. WOODBURN, Or., Nov. 21. (Special.) Burglars raided the stores of J. A. Austin, grocer, and Austin &. Flnzer, dealers In dry goods last night. The thieves looted the cash drawers of both stores securing only about $4. Citizens' Ticket Named. ABERDEEN, Wash., Nov. 21. (Special.) A citizens' ticket, headed, by Mayor West, was nominated last night. City Clerk Clark and City Treasurer Locke were renominated. A resolution was adopted opposing sale of the waterworks. Child Burned to Death. WHATCOM. Wash., Nov. 21. The 3-year-old daughter of John Cole, of Ever son, this county, was burned to death to day, her clothing catching from a fire in the yard. A Satisfying Portrait. Mr. Roxe This portrait doesn't look llkn my wife at all. Artist I know It doesn't, but it looks as she thinks she looks. Judge. HOSTETTER Stomach DUCES RESTFUL SLEEP You cannot expect to be strong and vigorous if you are unable to sleep. You get up feeling miserable, have severe headaches, nerves are unstrung, appetite's poor and life seems a burden. The trouble lies in the stomach, and you ought to take Hostetter's Stomach Bitters at once. It will restore your stomach to its normal condition, steady the nerves, stimulate the liver and kidneys and induce restful sleep. PRIVATE STAMP OVER THE settcBe9Ve99ai404tgit9499(99 BARRACKS ARE BURNED FIRE MAKES CLEAN SWEEP AT ' FORT GIBBON. Soldiers' Quarters, Warehouses and Shops Destroyed-Soldlers Loso Their Personal Effects- SEATTLE, Nov. 21. A special to the Post-In telllgencer from Dawson says: A special telegram from, Fort Gibbon to the Dawson News states that fire to day made a clean sweep of the military quarters there. The loss is not men tioned, but will probably run to $100,000 or more. The fire Is particularly unfor tunate at this time of the year, as the Arctic Winter Is now on In full rigor and will last five months longer. The fire broke out In an unknown manner in the smokehouse. Before an alarm could be given, the entire bar racks were ablaze. The soldiers had nothing with them to fight the flames but snow, which proved useless. The Are made a clean sweep ,of the barracks, warehouses and paint shops. The ware houses contained the supplies for the sol diers for the Winter and nothing was saved. All the soldiers lost their per sonal belongings. The Commandant is moving with great rapidity again to house the men and send up the Yukon for mere supplies. Fortunately, the stables and horses were not involved In the fire. Fort Gibbon belongs to the Department of the Colum bia, under command of General Funston. Resolutions on Race Problem. EVERETT. Wash.. Nov. 21. The negro Baptist ministers' and deacons' Institute of the State of Washington, now in ses sion here, passed resolutions on the race problem, urging- negro leaders to use every honorable endeavor to improve their race; to encourage immigration of negroes from the South to Puget Sound: Imploring em ployers to hire negroes; condemning crim inal assault, mob law, lynching and burn ing; condemning the practice of white fe males of the South "voluntarily cohabit ing with negroes and crying assault when detected by males of their own blood." The resolutions ask the Christian church and press to encourage and aid negroes in this perilous hour of persecution, and ask negroes to respect womanhood. End of His Spree. CHEHALI3. Wash., Nov. 21. (Special.) County Attorney Langhorne received word from Pe Ell this morning that the lifeless body of T. S. McClellan had been found near a gravel pit close to that place. A bullet hole was found In his forehead. juBt above the nose, and by his side -a revolver, with one empty chamber. McClellan very probably committed suicide. He formerly was engaged In the laundry business In Chehalis, and was an eccentric character. He was addicted to the drink habit, and his death comes at the end of a protracted spree. He left a wife with whom ho had not been living for some time, and two sons. Suicide of Wealthy Rancher. DILLON. Mont.. Nov. 21. Lars Hansen, one of the wealthiest and best-known ranchers of Southern Montana, commit ted suicide this morning at his ranch, two miles from Dillon. From all indi cations Hansen stood In front of a mir ror and placed the muzzle of a double barreled hammerless shotgun to his head. Just above, the right ear, fixed the butt on the floor and then reached over and pulled the trigger. Snow Discourages Stockmen. HEPPNER. Or., Nov. 21. (Special.) The first general snowfall of the season In Morrow County occurred last night, and the ground Is covered to a depth of from one inch on the lowlands to 30 Inches on the foothills and mountains. The unusu ally early appearance of snow on frozen ground causes rather a depressed feeling among stockmen. Light Snow at The Dalles. THE DALLES. Or., Nov. 21. (Special.) A light fall of snow began here Thursday and fell to the depth of two Inches that night. Sleet .and wind accompanied the snowfall, forming a crust on the snow, which melted very little today. The ther mometer, however, is at freezing point, with Indications of moderating. Delayed by Landslide. REDDING, Cal., Nov. 21. The passenger train from Portland to San Francisco, due here at 10:30 o'clock this morning was delayed by a landslide on the Central spur, two miles north of Keswick. Bitters Constipation and Biliousness, from Malaria and my doctor advised NECK OF THE BOTTLE. ?