CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1894.
VOL. XXXI. j
jNO. 30,
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REBELS
Ezeta's Comrades Off
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on San Salvador.
Recruiting: Ezeta Does
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SAX FRANCISCO, Sept. 25. When
the steamer St Paul sailed for Mex
ican ports today, she carried, as
steerage passengers, General Rolanow
and Captain liustamente, the han
Salvadorean refugees.
When Kzeta left the two here last
Sunday, it was with the promise to
meet them again on the Salvadorean
front ier. Bustamente received $4
from his chief, with instructions tn
meet him in .Mexico. To Bolanos was
intrusted over $,i00. His destination
is Guatemala. With that sum it is
said Bolanos is to begin to raise an
army and lie prepared to co-operate
witli his chief.
They took passage in the steerage
in order to save as much money as
possible. Instead of being put Into
the steerage however, they wen;
given a cabin on the upper deck by
the captain.
BENTON COUNTY
Abstract : Company
COMPLETE SET OF ABSTRACTS OF
BENTON COUNTY.
Conveyancing and Perfecting Titles a
Specialty.
Money to Loan on Improved City and
Country Property.
J, B, MARKLEY & CO,, Proprietors,
Main Street, Corvallis.
BOWEN LESTER
DENTIST.
Ollk-e upstairs over First National bank.
Strictly First-class Work Guaranteed.
Corvallis. Oregon.
Farra & Wilson,
Physicians, Surgeons and
Accoucheurs.
Office upstairs in Farra and Allen's
brick. Office hours from IS to 9 A. M. and from
1 to 2 and 7 to t V. M. Calls promptly attended
to at an nours, eitner nay or nignt.
DR. L. G. ALTMAN,
HOMOEOPATHIST.
Diseases of women and children and
general practice.
Ottlce over Allen & Wooward's drug
store.
Office hours 8 to 12 a. m., 2 to 5 and
7 to 8 p. m.
At residence Fifth street, near the
court house, after hours and on Sun
days. F. M. JOHNSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CORVALLIS, OREGON.
Does a general practice in all the
courts. Also agent for all the first
class insurance companies.
NOTARY PUBLIC. JUSTICE PEACE.
E. E. WILSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office in Ze'.roff building, opposite
postofflce.
M. O. WILKINS,
Stenographer and Notary Public,
Court reporting and referee sittings
made specialties, as well as type
writing and other reporting.
Office, opposite postoffic?, Corvallis, Or.
JOS. H. WILSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office over First National Bank, Cor
vallis, Or. Will practice in all the
state and federal courts. Abstracting,
collections. Notary .public. Convey
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HILL AT SARATOGA.
SARATOGA, Sept. 23. Senator Mur
phy called the democratic state .con
vention to order at 1:20 p. m. Senator
Hill was named for temporary chair
man amid intense enthusiasm. Miss
Susan B. Anthony and other woman
suffragists are here to urge the adop
tion of a plank in favor of extending
the ballot to women.
Hill said: "The unterrifled demoo
racy of the Empire state assemble
here today undismayed at the prema
ture boasts and assumed confidence
of our adversaries. We are not unac
customed to their annual and moss
covered game of political bluff, re
newed this year with extraordinav
vehemence and unblushing effrontery."
Hill said: "The McKinley law has
gone where the woodbine twineth,
gone to stay; never to be re-enacted
again by any political party.
"Without retracting a single word
which I have uttered in the senate in
criticism of the measure while on
gaged In the effort to perfect and
render it more acceptable, now that it
has been passed, and become a law.
It must be considered as whole, treated
largely as a party measure and con
trasted with the McKinley law. Unin
fluenced by any personal disappoint
ments or any pride of opinion, I may
be permitted to speak of the measure
as it is nothing extenuate, nor set
down aught in malice. Of its strictly
tariff features it may truthfully be
urged that it is a vast improvement
over the McKinley law and will
clearly demonstrate its superiority as
time rolls on and business in this
country shall adjust itself to its pro
visions. w
"Fellow democrats of the Empire
state and of the country, the duty of
tins hour is not rash criticism of dem
ocratic lenders nor democratic meas
ures, not mutual recriminations nor
conflicting counsels, but it is fime
for conciliation, for unity of purpose,
for an aggressive campaign Control
of both legislative departments of
the government is at stake in the
coming election. Inter-party strife
must now cease and our attacks be
reserved for foes who already are
forming their lines of battle against
us.
"Tliie 'administration of President
Cleveland has been economical, pains
taking and patriotic. Sinking every
prejudice, subordinating every selfish
consideration, only animated by
higher and patriotic motives, realizing
how much is at stake to be won or
lost, knowing united democracy in
this state means an old fashioned
democratic triumph, let us buckle on
our armor and together march "like a
Macedonia phalanx of old, with locked
shields and measured tread," to con
test that which awaits us. with cour
age, with resolution, with confidence,
bellevlnjj our cause is just and that
God and the right will surely give us
victory."
A STARTLING STORY
THE REMAINS OF GEORGE COL
GATE ARE FOUND AT LAST.
Proof That the Carlin Party Did
the Cowardly Act of
Desertion.
MISSOULA. Sept. 25. The Mis
soulian tomorrow will contain a sensa
tional story of the recovery and burial
of the remains of Geo. Colgate, the
deserted cook of the notorious hunting
party headed by Wm. E. Carlin, son
of General Carlin, late commander of
the department of the Columbia.
The discovery was made on August
23d by Lieutenant Elliott eight miles
below the spot where the desertion
occurred on Clearwater river. All that
remained of Colgate's body was a
thigh bone and one leg, and these were
mangled and gnawed by wild beasts.
At the same spot was found a match
box, fishing lines and other articles
identified as Colgate's property. Lieu
tenant Elliott was seut out on this
mission by General Otis, the present
commander of the department of -the
Columbia, to which official he makes
a full reiort, there being many points
tending to prove that Colgate's deser
tion by the Carlin party was cowardly.
ANOTHER DRAW.
Everhart of New Orleans and Abbott
of England Make a Good Match.
New Orleans, Sept, 25. The enter
tainment tonight commenced with a
friendly exhibition bout of four rounds
between Young Griffo, th-3 Australian,
and Mike Dunn. The audience num
bered about 5,000. The event of the
evening was then announced and Jack
Everhardt of New Orleans, and Stan
ton Abbott of England, entered the
ring to fight for the purse of $1,500.
After giving a fine exhibition of
sparring for twenty-five rounds, the
light was declared a draw. Both men
seemed strong at the end.
MYSTERIOUS DEATH.
Salinas, Cal., Sept 25. The body of
Edward Coy, a much respected young
man, was found in some willows be
tween this city and Castroville this
morning. Ccy and his brother owned
the city livery stables in this city.
About a week ago, Edward told -his
friends that he was going to San
Jose on business. That was the last
seen of him until his body was dis
covered this morning. The coroner
will hold an inquest tomorrow, and
there promises to be some - develop
ments for officers to work on, as the
crime was not committed for the pur
pose of robbery, as his valuables were
left untouched..
BOLD ASSASSINATION.
Cleveland, Sept. 25. James B. Co
ven, general freight agent of the Val
ley railroad (the Baltimore & Ohio),
was shot and killed in the street by
an unknown person last night. Five
bullets pierced the body. Parties liv
ing near; the scene of the murder
heard shots and a woman scream. The
police have not secured the slightest
clew. Coven was a widower, 50
years old, and resided with a daughter
in Kennard street. , He was a man of
exemplary habits as far as is known.
The coroner decided that robbery was
the motive for the murder, as every
thing of value had been taken from
the dead man's pockets.
THE NATIONAL AFFAIRS
Questions of Recipro
city Raised.
Important Ruling on
Indian Lands.
Items of News from the Nation's
Headquarters by Wire Last
Nhjht.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.-Besides
reciprocity with Brazil, which will
lapse entirely ou Jan. 1st, next, in ac
cordance with the notice given by Bra
zil, the United States has entered into
nine similar arrangements with other
nations, under the authority conferred
by the McKinley act The arrange
ments are with Spain and Cuba and
Portico, with the Dominican republic.
with Guatemala, with Germany, Nic
aragua, Honduras, Anstro-Hungary,
Salvador and Great Britain. The
last named, in the British colonies of
Trinidad, Barbadoes, the Leeward
islands, Nevos, Dominica the Wind
ward islands, British Guiana and Ja
maica. It is expected that Brazil's ex
ample will be followed by all other
nations concerned, with the possible
exception of Spain.
Attorney General Hall, of the inter
ior department, has rendered a decis
ion, approved by the secretary, which
will enable the Puyallup Indian com
mission to conclude its work and dis
pose of the lands.t The attorney gener
al holds that all lands patented to an
Indian family are jointly owned by
all members of that family and the
written consent of each must be ob
tained in order to sell the land. These
lands adjoin the city of Tacoma, Wash.,
and are very valuable. They are to
be sold for the benefit of the Indians.
Washington. Sept. 25. The Brazil
ian government has given notice that
the reciprocity treaty between the
United States and Brazil will be abro
gated by Brazil January 1st This
treaty is the principal one negotiated
by Secretary Blaine.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
North Yakima, Wash.. Sept. 25. Del
egations of democrats arrived this
morning from Tacoma, Seattle, Spo
kane, Walla Walla and other points,
to attend . the state cowvention which
convenes tomorrow, and every train
is adding to the number. The leaders
of the party are all here and have
been caucusing most of the day. The
congressional possibilities have excited
the main interest, but nothing has been
settled as yet Col. James Hamilton
Lewis, of Seattle, says- he is not a
candidate but it is understood he will
accept if there is no opposition. George
Hazzard is also willing, under like
conditions. The King county delega
tion has offered to put in nomination
and support Hugh C. Wallace, of Ta
coma, but Wallace positively declines
and sentiment is concentrating on B.
F. Heuston, also of Tacoma. Congres
sional timber from the .east side of
the mountains is backward, but the
indications are that H. S. Blandford,
of Walla Walla, will be chosen. For
chairman, J. T. Eshelman is favorably
spoken of.
The state fair labored under the
disadvantages of a windy day today
and the attendance was not large.
Funny won the quarter mile dash in
24, beating Powder, Monte Christo,
Free Coinage and Blue Jay.
Security won the roadster race, tak
ing the three last of five heats in
2:45 3-4.
THE JAPANESE WAR SCHEME.
Victoria, B. C, Sept 25. The steam
er Empress of India, arrived tonight
from the Orient, bringing the follow
ing advices:
Yokohama, Sept. 14. No one doubts
that the long delay in Japanese mili
tary movements is to allow for the
completion of a great plan of inva
sion. Any day may bring news of a
battle in northern Corea and the sail
ing of 50,000 troops for some point
on the inner coast of the Gulf of Pe
chili, but as the decisive day ap
proaches the Japanese authorities
grow more deaf to appeals for infor
mation. They frankry declare that
secrecy is one of their chief condi
tions of success.
ALTGELD VS. PULLMAN.
Springfield, 111., Sept 25. Governor
Altgeld today addressed the state
board of equalization on the assess
ment of the Pullman Palace Car com
pany's property. He showed many
figures and facts concerning the com
pany's manner of escaping taxation
in this aud other states, and in Cana
da. The company, for instance, gave
in $30,000,000 as its capital stock,
when it should be $01,000,000. The
governor begged the board to make
a proper and just assessment of the
property, in justice to the people and
the state.
THEY DID NOT STEAL.
San Francisco, Sept 25. The chargeB
of grand larceny against John Hawk
and his sister, Mrs. Nettie Jones, for
appropriating $500 belong! iij; t.. Charles
Perry, of Loyalton, Sierra county, have
been dismissed at the request of the
prosecuting attorney, who stated that
the money had been returned to IVr
ry, and that the accused were not
guilty of grand larceny, as Perry had
voluntarily given the money, to Mrs.
Jones for safe keeping.
MONTANA DEMOCRATS.
Helena, Mont, Sept 25. The state
democratic convention nominated H.
S. Corbett of Missoula, for congress
today and Judge L. A. Luce, of Boze
man, for associate justice of the su
preme court The platform declares
for free coinage of silver at a ratio of
10 to 1.
DEPARTRMENT SHOOTING.
Vancouver, Wash., Sept 25. Today
the competitors from the departments
of the Columbia and California finished
the known distance shooting match.
Unfavorable atmospheric conditions
prevailing yesterday and today resulted
in comparatively poor firing, the high
est of all competitors, Corporal Charles
R. Lauterjug, Co. A fourth infantry,
securing a total of but 321, being one
point above eighty per cent of possible;
the second was Private Grim, Co. G
fourth infantry, 315. Among the dis
tinguished marksmen, Corporal J. II.
Vascoike, Co. G fourteenth infantry.
heads the list with 320, exactly eighiy
per cent, followed by Sergeant Frank
D. Powell, Co. D fourteenth infantry,
an expert on skirmish range, with 3o9
to his credit.
Tomorrow the competitors start on
skirmish range shooting.
FOUR DAYS TO NEW YORK.
San Francisco, Sept 25. The an
nouncement that the Southern Pacific
would run a flyer with superior ac
commodations ibetween San . Fran
cisco and New Orleans after Novem
ber 1st has stimulated rival compa
nies to lessen their schedule time
between this city and New York. The
Union Pacific is arranging to reduoe
its time and a new schedule of four
days .between San Francisco and New
York will probably be the result
THE LOST BANKER FOUND.
Astoria, Sept. 25. Word has been
received from the missing Ilwaeo
Wash., banker, J. R. Morrison. This
morning Mrs. Morrison received two
letters from her husband from Sacra
mento, Cal., the contents of which
it was impossible to obtain. It is
thought that it is a case of mental
aberration, as Mr. Morrison's bank
accounts, as far as known, are in good
condition. .
A CABLE CAR PANIC.
Chicago, Sept. 25. A panic occurred
among cable-car passengers today
when four heavily loaded trains loos
ened by a slip of the cable, dashed
down an incline in the Van Buren-
street tunnel and crashed into each
other at the bottom. The passengers
were hurled in all directions, but
none were seriously hurt.
THE BIG GAMES.
Louisville, Sept ' 25. New York 15.
Louisville 3.
Cincinnati. Cincinnati 9, Boston 7.
Second game, Cincinnati 5, Boston 1.
St Louis. St. Louis 14, Philadelphia
7.
Pittsburg. Pittsburg 10, Brooklyn?.
Cleveland. Baltimore 14, Cleveland
9.
A WT1FE ON TRIAL.
San Francisco, Sept 25. The trial
of Mrs. Ada L. Werner, charged with
shooting and killing her husband, while
he slept because of his ill-treatment
was today continued tmtil tomorrow.
The defense was taken by surprise-
yesterday in the sudden close of the
prosecution, and was not ready to go
on today.
KICKED TO DEATH.
San Francisco, Sept. 25. James Ry
an, an old contractor, was knocked
down and kicked by Conrad Hilde-
brand during a quarrel last Saturday
night and died today from the effects
of his injuries. A warrant will be
sworn out for Hildebrand's arrest
AN OPEN CONFESSION.
Jackson, Cal., Sept 25. Andrew Pe
terson has been arrested, and confessed
having attempted bridge-burning and
train wrecking near San Pablo during
the strike. He implicates four other
strikers, including one who is in jail
at Martinez.
PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENT.
Washington, Sept 25. The presi
dent today appointed General William
Ward Duffleld, of Detroit, superin
tendent of the coast and geodetic sur
vey, to succeed Professor T. C. Men-
denhall, resigned.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Portland, Sept 26. Flour Portland.
Salem, Cascadia and Dayton, $2.40
per barrel; Walla Walla, $2.85; Gold-
drop, $2.75; Snowflake, $2.45; graham,
$2.15 to $2.40; superfine, $2.
Oats The market is quiet and weak
at figures: No. 1, white feed oats at
30c ou track, and good winter gray,
from 25c to 28c. Rolled oats are now
quoted as follows: Bags, $5.75 to $0;
barrels, $ to $6.25; cases, $3.75.
Barley Feed barley is quoted at
65c per cental as the extreme. Brew
ing is worth 80c per cental, according
to quality
Millstuffs Bran, $13; shorts, $13;
chop feed, $15 to $17; middlings, none
in the market; chicken wheat 60c to
65c per cental.
Hay Good, $10 to $11 per ton.
Butter Fancy creamery, 25c to 27 1-2
cents per pound; fancy dairy, 20c to
221-2c; fair to good, 15c to 171-2c;
common, 12 l-2c.
Cheese Oregon, fair, 8c to 10c per
pound; fancy, 10c to 121-2c; young
American, 9c to 10c; Swiss imported,
30c to 32c; domestic, 14c to 15c.
Onions Oregon, lc per pound; yel
low, 1 l-4c.
Poultry Old chickens are quoted at
from $3 to $3.50; young, $1.50 to $3;
young ducks are nominal at $2 to $3;
there Is some demand for fat young
geese at $6.50 to $7, and good, turkeys
are in fair request at 13c to 15c per
pound.
Eggs The egg dealers are fighting
again. Firms handling Oregon stock
quoted a variety of prices. Most of
the houses gave 22 l-2c as the figuro,
yet a considerable was known to have
been sold at 20c. Eastern are quoted
at 22c with 21c for round lots. An
other Eastern dealer gave 20c as the
quotation. It is probable that no more
Eastern eggs will be brought here for
the present Today's receipts of Or
egon will be the largest of the week,
and the market will doubtless adjust
itself to the quantity coming in.
.Wool Valley, 7c to 9c, according to
quality; Umpqua, 7c to 9c; Eastern
Oregon, 6e to 7c.
Hops Dull and nominal at 4c to 7c,
according to quality. ;
A STRANGE SOUVENIR.
SAN FRANCISCoTsept 25. Dur
ing the battle at Pine Ridge, S. !., .
some years ago between the soldiers
of the United States army and the
Sioux Indians, Lieut Casey was
killed. At the time he was mountI
on a handsome black horse, leading
a small army of men.
Lieut Casey was engaged to be
married to the daughter of Col
Hunt U. S. A., now a resident of
Los Angeles.
It was decided by the military offi
cials to dispatch the charger to Miss
nunt and arrangements were coin
pleted for the transfer of the animal,
from Fort Keogh, Mont The North
era Pacific railroad company deliv
ered the animal to the steamer Pue
blo, and, in turn, he was landed here
today and will be turned over to Miss
Hunt
since tne aay ljieut. Casey was
killed not a single person has ever
mounted the charger. Transportation
was given gratuitously by the rail
roaa ana steamship companies.
HOPS AND GRAIN.
New York, Sept. 25. Hops, weak
state common to choice 39; Pacific
coast vfis l-z.
Liverpool Wheat, dull, demand
poor; No. 2 red winter 4s 2 l-2d; do
spring 4sa.
iops at London Pacific coast,
steady; demand moderate; 22 10s.
San Francisco. Wheat for strictly
No. 1 shipping wheat full quotable
figure Is 80c, though some parties
M ill not go above 77 l-2e. Fancy lot
would bring 81 l-4c. Millers are also
toning down their bids, none being
inclined to give over 87 1-2 for select
ed stock, while 85c is limit of most
buyers. Walla Walla wheat at 70
for fair average, 6065 for No. 2 and
40j0 for off grade.
FUSION IN NEBRASKA.
Omaha, Sept 25. The state demo
cratic convention convenes here
tomorrow. The plan which will be
undoubtedly carried out is as follows
Endorsement of the populist ticket;
coinage of silver at 16 to 1 and an
endorsement of Mr. Bryan for the
United States senate. The fight has
been between Bryan aud the element
Known us aumimsTrauon men oe-
cause they desired that the convention
should support the administration.
Governor Crounse has decided to
arrange a system of relief for the
sufferers from drought
A $10 '.RESOLUTION.
San Francisco, Sept 25. The mu
nicipai republican convention con
vened this afternoon. A. P. Van Duser
introduced a resolution providing for
adjournment until tomorrow evening,
when, after the convention shall have
received the reports of committees, it
shall receive the names of candidates
for each and every oflice to be filled
by the convention, including the sen
atorial and assembly district conven
tions, each name to be accompanied
by $10; the resolution was adopted.
A COSTLY BLAZE.
Watertown, N. Y., Sept 25. A seri
ous conflagration broke out in the
Jerome hotel, at Cape Vincent, at 2
o'clock this morning. The Jerome ho
tel, Hotel Algonquin, eight stories,
the telegraph oflice and postoflice
were consumed. Loss, $150,000.
THE BOSTON WOOL SALES.
Boston, Sept 25. The wool market
today shows Increased business" on
foreign wools, principally (Australia
grades. Prices were unchanged, with
perhaps an occasional concession by
buyers, on sales of territorial wools.
Oregon wools, western, fair, 9010c;
choice do ll13c.
IT WAS SUICIDE.
Albany, Or., Sept. 25. The coroner's
jury today in the case of the death of
E. H. Burnham, whose body was found
early this morning, found that de
ceased came to his death from a gun
shot wound inflicted by his own hands.
FAILED TO AGREE.
San Francisco, Sept 25. The long
drawn out Martin will case closed to
day. The jury was out only a few
hours, but failed to agree.
MILLIONS
FOR PENSIONS.
Washington, Sept. 25. Acting Sec
retary Sims today issued a requisi
tion on the treasury for $10,800,000 for
pas'ment of pensions.
THE FIRST POCKET.
At the Railway hotel. Paddock Wood
in the presence of many Kentish hop
growers, a handsome black marble
clock, inlaid with ormolu, was pre
sented to W. R. Tompsett as the
grower of the first pocket of hops this
season. W. IL Le May, in making
the presentation, referred to the great
importance of cultivating the earliest
kinds of hops to compete with the
foreigner. In this case the sort pro
duced was "Scale's Earlies," well cal
culated to compete with the earliest
Californians. Mr. Tompsett, in re
ply, hoped his brother hop growers
would get half as good a price for
their crops as he had for the first
pocket He agreed with Mr. Le May
that the great thin? was to produce
the hops that come to maturity first
because by that means they would get
the first of the market The Hop
Grower.
HOW STREET-CAR HORSES. ARE
FED.
A Chicago exchange says: The street
car horses of Chicago are usually fed
on ground corn and oats about one
pound of the former to two of the lat
ter in warm weather; and this is al
ways mixed with cut hay. They are
not allowed to gorge themselves with
hay, but only get about twelve pounds
each per day. - These horses do very
hard work, much harder than the av
erage farm horss, but are really fed
less. A farmer will not feed quite so
much in weight of grain all the year
round, but oats will usuiflKeigh a
pound to the quart and when work
ing the common food for a horse is
twelve quarts of graip and all the hay
thev will on. : This is an uncertain '
quantity, but no doubt is twice or three ly at the old chap, and frequently fa
times as much as he requires. vor him with a pleasant word." ;- ;. u
A PORTLAND LETTER
NEWSY RESUME OF RECENT
EVENTS IN THE METROPOLIS.
The Big Fire. The Goodwin Trial.-r
Athletics and the License
Ordinance.
Portland, Sept 23. As usual for a
few weeks, Sunday gave us a sensa
tion, this time in the form of a great
conflagration. About 4 o'clock In the
afternoon a fire broke out in the coal
bunkers on the east side of the river,
below" Albina, and before its progress
could be checked it had consumed the
Pacific coast elevator, the docks for
half a mile and a large number of
freight cars standing on the tracks ad
jacent to them. The fire department
was almost helpless, owing to the na
ture of the property on fire and the
surroundings, and the fire practically
burned itself out. Two large English
grain ships loading at the burned
docks were saved by casting off their
lines and being blown away from the
fire by the wind. The large ocean
steamer Willamette , was saved by
being towed away. A barge that
caught fire and drifted, out into the
stream threatened to set fire to ship
ping all along the river, but was at
great risk towed down stream and
grounded on Swan island by the
steamer Hoag. However the Willam
ette Chief caught and was burned.
Thousands of persons lined the river
front to watch the dramatic specta
cle, and as the wind was blowing a
gale directly across the river many of
them were busy extinguishing the lit
tle blazes that continually broke out
on the west side from flying sparks.
A desperate effort was made to save
the freight cars, and a great many
were drawn out of the way, but the
fire ran along the docks so rapidly
that many were burned and some al
ready moved to a place considered
safe were also destroyed. The burned
cars contained wheat chiefly, but a
dozen or more contained the expensive
machinery of the Oregon City electric
works that has been a year in mak
ing, and the completion of that great
enterprise will be long postponed by
this loss. One of the greatest individ
ual losers waa Hon. George T. Mey
ers, who a few days ago brought over
from Puget sound a large lot of sal
mon, which was burned on the dock.
The elevator will probably be rebuilt
but the shipments for the remainder
of the present season ' must be made
in the old style from the docks. There
will be some delay in dispatching the
vessels now In port, and it will be
difficult to find warehouse room for
grain on the' way here from the in
terior, so that wheat may not be
brought in so fast for a few weeks.
The total loss is put at about a mil
lion dollars. It is an ill wind that
see'ms to do nobody any good.
As predicted the result of the court
martial of Captain Goodwin was a
verdict of acquittal, and he has been
released from arrest' in commenting
upon the evidence General- Otis dis
approves the verdict and reviews the
evidence to show that the weight of
the evidence proved the charge. The
papers have been forwarded to the
secretary of war through the general
in command of the army, and i may
be still further commented upon by
that official.
Portland is all torn up over a license
law passed by the council and almost
certain to be signed by the mayor. It
is a war measure to raise money to
carry on the city government which
promises to be $100,000 in the hole at
the end of the year, sometuing must
be done to keep the government
going. The mayor and council con
sider it a ground hog case, and have
therefore passed this general license
law. which nuts a tax on every kind
of business carried on in the city, ex
cept that of newspapers and profes
sional men. There is a general howl
from everybody because everybody Is
hit. The mayor is willing not to sign
the bill if he can be shown any bet
ter wav to raise the money. The root
of the difficulty is the poor assess
ment of property in this county ana
in the state generally. We have not
had a genuine assessment for four
years. The assessor nas simpiy uoyeu
one year's roll for the next making
a few changes where he has casually
observed a necessity for them, but has
not made a systematic assessment
The result is that a great deal of both
personal and real property Is omitted
from the roll and there is much ine
quality. There is considerable aiso
that, is wrongfully assessed, which
becomes delinquent and though the
county pays the state tax on this it
can collect nothing. Then the general
practice throughout the state of as
sessing property at about 25 per cent
of its actual value keeps down the
total valuation. As the city is limited
to 8 mills levy this low total valua-
tion does rot raise revenue enough. It
hoped our new assessor ww not ,
follow in the footsteps of his prede
cessor, but will spend some of the
money paid him to niaue a complete
assessment With this done ana tne
charter amended so as to allow a
levy of 10 mills to be made, this
forced loan may be dispensed with. If
assessors would follow the plain let
ter of the law and assess property at
Its actual cash value, Oregon, the
richer state of the two, would not
show a total assessment roll, less than
one-half that of Washington, a fact
that is quoted very much to the in
jury of the state by those who seek to
procure immigrants ana cupimi iw
Washington. P. P. B. -
BY MEANS OF HIS DOG.
Warden Davis, of the Jackson (Mich.)
prison, has a peculiar method of read
ing the nature of his prisoners, r "A
mean man hates a dog," saia waraen
Davis; you may put that down as mor- '
ally certain. I have stationed my old
family dog here good oia soui, never
had a mean thought in his life at the
gate as the convicts filed through, and -watched
their faces asHhey saw him.
The men whom we know to be wicked,
black-souled criminals, either looked
away from the dog or glare at him
with a look of wild ferocity, while the
better class of convicts smile pleasant-