The Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, October 05, 1894, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text'fix . b '. y V V. ' -..V If0 i-'rx .... ; jN03i; CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1894. VOL. XXXI. mtje TRANSPORTATION. EAST AND SOUTH VIA The Shasta Route OF THE Southern Pacific Co. EXPRESS TRAINS BUM DAILY. 6:16 pm Leave Portland Arrive 8:20 am 9:06 pm Leave Salem Leave 5:39 am 10:15 am Arrive 8. Francisco Leave 7:00 pm Above trainB atop at all stations from Port land to Albany, also at Tangent. Hhedris, Hal Bey, Harrisburg, Junction City, Irvine, Eugene and all stations from Roseburg to Ashland, in clusive. BOSEBUBQ MAIL, DAILY 8:30 am Leave Portland Arrive 4:30 p M 11 :17 A M Leave 8alem Leave 1:40 pm bJrOr u Arrive Roseburg Leave 7 KM) am Pullman Bnffet Sleeper and second-class Bleeping cars attached to all through trains. WEST SIDE DIVISION. BETWEEN PORTLAND AND CORVALLIS. MAIL TRAIN DAILY (EXCEPT SUNDAY). 7:30am I Leave Portland Arrive 5:35pm 12:15 P m Arrive Corvallis Leave 1:00 p M . At Albany and Corvallis connect with trains of the Oregon Pacific railroad. I TRAIN DAILY (EXCEPT SUNDAY). I4:40pm Leave Portland Arrive i 8:25 am 7 :25pm Arrive McMinnville Leave 1 5:50 am Through tickets to all points in the Eastern states, Canada and Europe can be obtained at lowest rate irom w. w. Bicinner. agent, saiem. 4mUChVl. A. V. J3. Ut X ..A.. Portland Or 0. R. & N: Co. E. MCNEILL, Receiver. TO THE ERST GIVING T,HE CHOICE OF TWO TRANSCONTINENTAL. R O UTES VIA VIA SPOKANE, DENVER, MINNEAPOLIS OMAHA AND AND ST. PAUL KANSAS CITY LOW RATES TO ALL EASTERN CITIES. OCEAN STEAMERS LEAVE PORTLAND EVERY 5 DAYS - - -FOR- - - SAN FRANCISCO. For full details call on or a ldress W. n. HURLBl'RT, i General 1'asHenger Agent, 1'ortlnnd, Or. OREGON PACIFIC RAILROAD CO Chas. Clark Receiver. Connecting with Str. "HOMER" be tween Taquina and San Francisco. Str. leaves San Francisco July 18th and. about every 10 days later. Leaves Yaquina July 23rd. About every 10 days later. 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Convey ancinjg; , ., I ARKANSAS IS VISIIEDl Her Capital Is Swept by a Cyclone. The Amount of Damage Is Incalculable. The City in Darkness, aud the Scene of Bain, Death and Desolation Desperate. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Oct. 2. -A ter rible cyclone struck this city at 7:30 this evening and almost devastated the business portion of the city. Sev eral people are known to have been killed and many! are injured. The main portion of the business center, bounded ou the south by Railroad street, on the north by th,e river front, on the west by Center street aud on the eaxt by Commercial street, is prac tically in ruins aud the amount of damage is incalculable. The prop erty loss will probably approximate a half million dollars. The cyclone was accompanied by a terrific storm and the stocks of goods in those business houses that were unroofed, though not otherwise wrecked, are destroyed by water. The storm struck tue state penitentiary, which stands ou a bill in the western part of the city, with fearful force, destroying the dining room, tearing down the stable and shops, unroofing the main cell building and demolish ing the warden's office. Several con victs were seriously injured, one of whom died an hour afterwards. Down town the lightning struck the Martin block, totally wreckiug the third floor. A man named Eaton was fatally injured there. The most dam age, however, was done to property or. Markham and Commercial streets. Nearly every building in that district is unroofed and many are- totally wrecked. The streets are filled with tin roofs, electric wires and other wreckage and it will be several days before the extent of the damage cau be known. A large cotton warehouse at Second and Scott streets owned by J. H. Baehum Avas wrecked. It fell on the Western Union telegraph office next door and wrecked it, cutting off all communication with the outside. The city is in densest darkness. A list of the casualties is unobtainable. All kinds of rumors are afloat, one to the effect that the insane asylum, in which some (iOO patients are confined had been blown down and many patients injured, but as the as ylum is situated one mile from the city the rumor cannot be confirmed. A number of escaped lunatics have been- captured near the union depot acd this fact gives color to the rumor. TEURIBLK DETAILS. The loss to property alone it is es timatcd at midnight will amount to at least $1,000,000. The damage to the insane asylum will reach $100,000. The offices and main buildings of the penitentiary were torn away aud com pletely demolished. A stampede took place among the convicts but Supt. ' McCouuell and assistants succeeded in quieting them. Fortunately 450 of the convicts had been taken to Sunuyside plantation some days ago. At the insane asylum was found the greatest wreck. The roofs of the BENTON COUNTY Abstract : Company COMPLETE SET OF ABSTRACTS OF BENTON COUNTY. Conveyancing and Perfecting Titles a Specialty. MDney to Loan on Improved City and Country Property. J, B, MARKLEY k CO,, Proprietors. Main Street, Corvallis. BOWEN LESTER DENTIST. Office upstairs over First National bank. Strictly First-class Work Guaranteed. Corvallis. Oregon. Farra& Wilson, Physicians, Surgeons and Accoucheurs. wasi nnn r nnstairs in Farra and Allen's brick. Office hours from 8 to 9 A. M. and from 1 to 2 and 7 to 8 P. M. Calls promptly attended to at all hours, either aay or nignt. DR. L. G. ALTMAN, HOlfOEOPATHIST. Diseases of women and children and sreneral practice. Office over Allen & Wooward's drug store. Office hours S 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. CASKEY & OTTERSTEDT, Blacfemittiing, - Horse-Shoeing AND WAGON MAKING, Knight's Old Stand, CORVALLIS, - - OREGON All work in the line done promptly and satisfaction guaranteed. main building were completely demol ished and several wards caved in, destroying everything in sight Sev eral patieuts made their escape but were captured. . It is not known how many inmates were killed or injured, as many are supposed to be buried in Hie ruins. The confusion is too great to Jearu tonight POLITICS IS BUSINESS. KANSAS CITY, Oct 2 Governor McKinley reached this city this morn ing. Mayor Barnes of Kansas City, Ks., came from St Louis with him and the reception committee met him a few miles out of the city. This morning .was spent in receiving callers at the hotel aud driving about the city. When Governor McKinley went to the stage entrance of the auditorium at 2:30 o'clock, the crowd in front of the door was so tightly packed to gether that such a thing as making room was out of the question. The stage, too, was jammed, and he had to fairly force his way through, as sisted by several strong armed men, and when he finally reached the foot lights he looked out upon a throng that filled all the seats and aisles and even utilized the ventilating openings around the dome as places of observa tion, while farther out into the street stood a struggling mass of people who strove in vain to secure admission into the building. A great roar of welcome went up from thousands of throats. The women waved their handkerchiefs and tho men howled, and those outside took up the cry and echoed it through the streets. Governor McKinley was given a sample of genuine Western cordial ity. Senator JDavis introduced the governor, saying: "That unless the signs of the times were wrong, the governor would, two years hence, be the leader of the re publican hosts. This sentiment was vigorously applauded. In his first sen tence Governor McKinley struck re sponsive chord. "Proud as I am," lie began, "to be an Ohioan, I am prouder yet to be an American." "Politics this year is business and business is politics." The governor found subject for re flection in the fact that Wilson had to go to a foreign country to get con gratulations for the passage of the tariff law which bears his name, and when some one in the audience sang out that the or.ly industry which had been called into existence by the Wil son law was that of free soup houses. McKinley resiouded, "there Is not an American citizen but would rather earn his own soup than to beg it of others; and under the policy of re publicans we never had to have free soup house, for everyone who was willing to work had work, and he had his own soup at his own table. Some inquisitive individual asked "what's the matter with the A. P. A?" The interruption was not well re ceived and there came cries from all parts of the theater, "put him out." Governor McKinley paused for a moment before replying, then said: "Tho question we have to settle now is. what is the matter with the coun try." A burst of applause followed that j At tho close of his address in the theater, Governor McKinley spoke for a few minutes to the large crowd out side, then crossed the river to Kansas City. Kansas, where another large crowd was 'gathered. lie leaves to morrow morning for Topeka and Hutchison. WADE HAMPTON'S VIEWS. Says a Government Like Ours Cannot Operate Railroads. Washington, Oct 2. Genl. Wade Hampton, commissioner of railroads, returned today from an extended trip over the government roads which -ire under his supervision. The commis sionec Bays he encountered in Cali fornia a great deal of clamor for gov ernment control of not only the Union nd Central Pacific roads, but of all roads. Both of these propositions are oppered by the commissioner. He said: A government such as ours can not operate railroads. In autocratic governments it is possible, but not in this. The demand for the foreclosure of the Pacific roads does not conva iuuj me ucni luiuruieu people oi tne Pacific coast although it has got to lie a very popular movement in the West THE DIFFERENT MARTS. .rotations Telegraphed from All 'arts or the World. San Francisco, Oct 2. Wheat The market is weak and unsatisfactory. Offerings are rather free, but trading is slow. Quotations are 77c 01 7Sc for No. 1 shipping and 80c for choice article. i Milling wheat 8&A Gtt&tV. Walla AValla wheat 07V4 for fair av erage, 55cGGc for No. 2 and 40c 50c for off grade. Boston. The wool market is ex tremely quiet tending iu the buyers' favor. Buyers are holding back look ing for lower figures. Oregon wools, eastern fair, 9c10c; choice do., lie m 13c. Liverpool. Hops at London, Pacific coast steady; new crop 2 10s 2 los. New York. Hops quiet. Liverpool. Wheat .steady: demand poor; No. 2 red winter 4s 2d; do. spring 4s 5d. Portland. Wheat Valley 70c; Wal la waifa iSiyjp G4c. London, Oct 2. At the wool auction sales today 13,923 bales were offered. German buyers took the good scoured and greasy. Not much was offered suitable for America and the buyers oerefrom paid extreme rates. IOWA'S FAVORITE SON. Tipton, la., Oct 2. At the county convention today a magnificent au- dieuce assembled to listen to United States Senator Allison. L. H. Brother- lini presidents who introduced the speaker, said Iowa would be proud to follow him as a presidential candi date two years hence. The senator responded happily. FRUIT GOING EAST. San Francisco, Oct 2. During the season to the end of September 7,000 carloads of fruits and vegetables have been shipped to the eastern market frow this state. AN ABLE STATESMAN. Such Said to Be the Character of China's New Leader. Washington, Oct 2. Prince Kung, who has been recalled to imjierial favor in China and placed at the head of the privy council, is said by diplo mats who have known him personally to be one of the ablest and most adroit statesmen in the Chinese empire. He has behind him a long record of dis tinguished service, beginning in 1S50. and running until 1884, when he fell into disgrace. During his retirement from office he had always opposed Li Hung Chang, the viceroy, and his restoration is taken here to mean the ascendency of his party over Li Hung Chang, and it is also believed that be stands committed to u. vigorous war policy and will endeavor to force the fighting with the Japanese instead of following the fabian policy of Li Hung t'hang, who must give place to Kung in the direction of affairs. STILL AT LARG E. The Murderer of Constable Jeffery at Puyallup not Caught Tacoma, Oct 2. A special to the Ledger from Carbonado says that the incessant rain today has rendered a search for the murderer of Win. Jeffery extremely difficult, and noth ing definite was accomplished. Sheriff Matthews and his posse' have walked more iliau twenty miles since day light McGrath and his bloodhounds with six deputies have tramped equal ly as far. The guards at every possi ble poiut of escape have been strength ened. The officers believe he is se creted in some cabin not far from Wilkosou. All Puyallup turned out today to the funeral of Jeffery, the murdered constable. CRIMINAL NEGLECT. Moscow, Idaho, Oct. : 2. A horrible butchery occurred at the county jail last evening. Joe Robeits. a United States insane criminal, literally cut to pieces with a knife John Wit to, another United States' pris-mor await ing trial for selling liquor to Indians. Roberts killed a fellow soldier at Fort Sherman two years ago, was adjudged insane and the United States marshal left wilh Roberts for a Washington, D. C, insane asylum this morning. LOST A HAND. Ventura, Cal., Oct. 2. While firing a salute of welcome to Budd, the demo cratic candidate for governor, tonight. Andrew Jackson ' Harrington, an old soldier, had his hand blwn off by a dynamite bomb. NOT QUITE COMPLETE COLONEL JEFF SHOULD BE THERE AS DIRECTOR. An Immense Assemblage of Indians to Celebrate the Ending of the Hop Season. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Oct. 2. It is estimated that six thousand In dians are encamped in and about North Yakima awaiting the morrow, which will inaugurate the three days of barbecue, dancing and horse racing with which the hop picking season is terminated. The state fair grounds have been tun.ed over to the Yakima Hop Groweis' association and the citizens have made attractive contri butions for race purses. Indians are here from Umatilla, Lapwai, Puyallup, Warm Springs and Moses reservations as well as from British Columbia, and much interest has been incited. Many chieftains are here and one from Umatilla is ready with coin to wager $5,000 on his favorite pony. Twelve beeves and thirty-six sheep have been killed for the first day's barbecue and bakers have In-en kept busy turning out six thousand loaves of bread. The city is full of strangers attracted by the announcement that all tho dances of the various tribes from the time of tradition will be given. A GREAT FIGHTING OFFER. BOSTON, Oct 2. Jim Corbett, the champion pugilist tonight gave out his ultimatu n. He says: "Let these men who are seeking notoriety at my expense get together all the fighters in the world who have $10,000 to wag er that I cannot defeat them, no weight or color barred. I will deposit $10,000 with David Blanchard of Bos ton as evidence of my good faith, and I will devote any one week after July 1st, next to fighting one of them each night during that week. 'I mean this and this will be the last time I will ever train for a pugi listic encounter. Now, you would-be champions, Robert Fitzsimmous, Peter Jackson, Ed Smith or Peter Maher, here is your chance. I will take Fitzsi.iui'.ons Monday, and after him first come, first served. I will fight for the club offering the largest purse. I bar no one." FAVORS THE GOVERNMENT. San Francisco, Oct 2. The United States circuit court of appeals opened today. In the case of John H. Stone, plaintiff in error vs. the United States, defendants in error, the judg ment of the circuit court was affirmed. This was an action brought by the government to recover the value of the timber taken from the public lands along the route of the Northern Pacific railroad. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of the government for $19,000. A BIG SUIT. San Francisco, Oct 2. After fifty years of strife and twenty-seven vears of litigation, the famous Alvar- ado ranch case has virtually passed out; of the courts. The cost of the suit was $102,000 and was paid toaay The ranch consists of 17,000 acres of land lying between San Francisco and San Pablo bay and its estimated value is $1,700,000. wnoTsHE? St Louis, Oct 2. The Mound City's patron saint, the veiled prophet made his annTU appearance here tonight fore a throng of nearly half a million home and visitinr neople. CHEERS Among the Children of Missouri. Noble Sentiments Worth Cheers Anywhere. Senator Vest Opens the Campaign for the Democrats in a Strong Speech. ST. LOUIS, Oct 1. While Senator Vest was opening the democratic cam paign in Missouri at Kansas City to night, Gov, McKinley, facing a vo ciferous -crowd in a large, hall here, made ' the opening address of the re publican campaign. It was the third state campaign which he has opened in a week. The committee of recep tion met Gov. McKinley. at the depot and escorted him to the Planters' ho tel, where he held a public reception. The governor visited the Merchants' exchange and W. G. Boyd, president of the exchange, introduced him in a feeling speech. Governor McKinley said: ' . . - "Mr. President and gentlemen of the Merchants' exchange: 1 consider it a great honor to be presented to the Merchants' exchange of the city of St. Louis, composed as it is of repre sentative business men of a strong and progressive city. I bring to you the good will of the "state of Ohio, assum ing that whatever differences we may have, you are all. for the city of St. Louis and for the state of Missouri. What we want in this, country, no matter to what political party we may belong is business prosperity, aud whatever will bring that about we mean to have. "This country is too great, its re sources too mighty, to permit of any thing permanently standing in the way of its progress - and prosperity, and whatever stands in the way must get out of the way, for whatever else we may be, Ohioans and Missourians, we all of us are for our own country first, last aud all the time." Governor McKinley next was taken to the fair grounds, where children's day was being celebrated. . Soane r0,0O0 youngsters were ou the grounds and they all cheered lustily for "McKinley." A GRAND OVATION. At Suburban hall tonight, the chair man mentioned Gov. McKinley. as his choice for the presidency in 1896. The cheering of the great audience became almost cyclonic when Gov. McKinley arose, and it continued for several minutes. With an expression of amazement on his face, the speaker began: "Your chairman said that this was the opening of the republican cam paign in Missouri; I wonder in my heart what its close will be. "The truth is," continued the govern or, "that no hall is large enough for republican meetings this year. A contrast was made between the industrial conditions that existed un der the republican tariff law and those existing at present the result, it was charged, of democratic legislation, and he inquired whether the audience thought it the business of congress to legislate for the business of the United States or for foreign nations. 'Nobody," said he, "lias heard of any industries being revived in the United States since the Wilson tariff law. If anybody in fhis audience knows of one let him name it On the other hand, they are being re vived in Europe. I would rather make it hard for foreign products to get into this country than to make it hard for American citizens to live in this country." SENATOR VEST SPEAKS. Kansas City, Oct 1. Senator Vest opened the democratic campaign here tonight He said: "If anyone is here with the expec tation that I will attack the president of the United States or any other dem ocrat, that expectation will not be realized. Whatever differences of opinion as to public questions may exist between the president and my self, they shall not interfere so far as I am concerned, with my duty in the hour of conflict and of danger. My contest is now with the enemy, not the democrats. No word; from me shall furnish an excuse for lukewann- ness or hesitation by democrats, nor for giving encouragement to our foes. The democratic party in 1892 pledged itself to certain reforms. First, the repeal of the federal election law; second, the repeal of the Sherman act; third, the reduction of tariff taxa tion to a revenue basis; fourth, the lessening of governmental expenses. "Governor McKinley in his recent speech at Bangor, Maine, made the statement that not a single pledge ot the democratic party had been re deemed. When we reflect that his speech, carefully prepared and made as a bid for the presidency, contains no allusions to his views on the two great isuses of silver coinage and the income tax, it is not surprising that he should add mendacity to coward ice. The democratic party has in fact repealed both the federal election law and the Sherman act while the op pressive provisions of the McKinley tariff have been entirely eliminated or greatly modified, and the govern mental expenses have been greatly decreased. If any differences of opinion on' the subject of the tariff exists between the president and my self, it Is that I am more extreme In my views and have long since dis carded the fallacy of the tariff for even incidental protection. The statement that there was any issue letween the president and me as to tariff reform is false. The statement that I sympathized with Gorman is i equally false. If the president bad contented him self with denouncing those who forced , the amendments upon us I would have ! said nothing, but when he attacked the whole senate indiscriminately for the action to which" he had given "his approval as absolutely necessary, 1 could not remain silent.' TRAIN ROBBED IN ARIZONA. The Robbers Captured After, a Hard Chase and Fight , ,- Denver, Oct 1. A special to the Times-Sun from Phoenix, Ariz.,-says: At 12:25 a. m. today the east-bound Southern Pacific train was held up by three men, a mile and a half east of Maricopa. One of the robbers rode ,out of Maricopa on the blind baggage to "a point where the other two flagged the train. The robber then climbed upon the engine, and at the point of two revolvers, compelled Engineer Holliday and Fireman Martin" to des cend, uncouple the engine and pull out three-quarters of a mile. One .of the robbers entered the express car and the other stood "guard outside. No shots were fired, and the passengers were not. alarmed. The engineer and fireman were forced to ..walk back to the scene of the robberCby the rob ber; who accompanied them; All three robbers mounted horses and rode away in the direction of the Mexican bound ary, 50 miles distant Sheriff Drais, of Pinal, and Murphy, of Maricopa county, with a posse, are iu pursuit. Wells-Fargo's ' messenger says the robbers got only $10, but it is cur rently, reported that, they got $20,000 in gold. ' Phoenix, Oct 1. The train robbers were overtaken about 18 miles east of Phoenix by the sheriff. A fight ensued in which one robber was fa tally wounded, another was captured and the third escaped. LATEST REPORT. Tucson, Ariz., Oct 1. The three rob bers who held up the Southern Pa cific passenger train this morning se cured -only about $160 aud a watch. One of the robbers was captured by a posse after being wounded. It is be lieved the others will be caught. 1 i A WICHITA' TWISTER. WICHITA, Kans., Oct. 1. For twenty years Wichita lias felt easy about cyclones on account of an In dian legend which said none ever vis ited or would visit it The legend as well as the popular source of security, were bursted tonight when a rain cloud from the west came in contact with a storm cloud from thi south, but which at once fused and pro ceeded to do business. The headquar ters was the Twelfth street depot of tho Missouri Pacific road, which was the first struck and it was demol ished, the roof of it striking the sta ble of Dr. Hupps, two blocks away, crushing it like an "egg-shell. Twelve men were in the building and strange to say none were hurt although they were thrown about some. Tho storm passed east about a mile, accomplish ing all its destruction in itss than two minutes. About 'thirty "'hotistis and barns were wrecked and probably 500 shade trees. The path of the cyclone was about fifty feet wide. It pro-i greesed with a fearful roar aud was a regular twister. Three children were hurt and two men were reported killed. Owing to the terrible rain which accompanied the storm and has lasted since, it is impossible to ascertain the full extent of the injuries. The lightning struck a little boy named Fitzgibbon rnd killed him. Lightning also struck the 15th street depot and car stable of the electric line and completely consumed it. The Fairrnouut electric railwjvy stables were completely destroyed. The loss in the city will be $50,000. NEEDS INVESTIGATION. Rather Suspicious Doings at the vMcNeil Island Prison. Tacoma, Oct. 1. It is learned that two prisoners escaped from the fed eral penitentiary on McNeil's island last Thursday. They were Wade and Brooks, both serving terms for smug gling. Thursday they were ordered to carry some garbage outside the prison walls. When outside they made a sudden dive for the brush and successfully escaped from the guard, Jack Keating. Wade was doing a second term and had once before es caped. Marshal Drake has men sta tioned at the boundary line to cap ture the fugitives in case they attempt to cress into British Columbia. Mar shal Drake denies the published story to the effect that four men escaped after poisoning the warden and all the guards. A resident of the island says the poisoning occurred later in the week and was partially successful, allowing two other prisoners to es cape. Some think an investigation of the penitentiary management will re sult NATIONAL BANK NOTES. Washington, Oct .1. A statement prepared by the comptroller of the currency shows the total amount of national bank notes outstanding Se tember 30, 1894, $207,471,501; decrease for the month, $27,477; circulation outstanding against bonds September 30, 1894, $180,251,065; decrease for the month, $1,035,915; total amount of lawful money on deposit to secure cir culation, $2-'7,220,436; increase during the month, $6,493,248; United States regular bonds on deposit September 30, 1894, to secure circulation, $200, 953,700; to secure public deposits, $14, 876,000. HOLIDAYS UNPOPULAR. San Francisco, Oct. 1. Although to dav is labor dav according to the laws of California, the trades unions of this city are not recognizing it as such,, preferring to celebrate on the i 1 .1 I generally recogmaeu uuj " ... ber. The federal offices, courts, banks. and rivost of the wholesale houses are closed. Reports from Oakland. Sac ramento, Los Angeles, San Jose and other large cities in the state also in dicate that there is no special ooserv ance of the day at those places. HOPS AND WHEAT. San Francisco, Oct 1. No markets, holiday. . New York. Hops, quiet Liverpool. Hops at London, Pacific coast steady; demand poor at 10s 2 lis. v , Wheat steady; demand moderate; No. 2 red winter 4s ll-2d; do spring 4s 5d. OftEOOJf'S MaCITY. A GOSSIPY LETTEk JFROM "THE ;-.-MByiPois.;-- How Portland Business Men Jumped from tJie Ffyirig Pan into J -the FireU V, Portland, Oct 2. The man w.-be; lieves it is the unexpected that.rhap-;' pens will have to record an exception 1 to his rule. John W. Minto has been. "api)inted chief of police of Portland, and a great many people have , been- pletfkM thereby.; By this I" mean a, great -many ' republicans. Minto's up- . hill fight for sheriff,-his defeat by a campaign of false pretense by a ren- egade republican and the manly .way in which he took' his medicine and" -abused nobody, raised him' high in the -esteem of these republicans, who "knew !. of , these things, and for.' this . reason : they are glad that his deserts have been recognized. He is in full per sonal and political harmony with the ' other city authorities and the leaders of the republican party, and being a -man possessing peculiar fitness . for . the position, there can be no question of the wisdom of the appointment A few! ' criticise the removal of Chief Hunt -on ' the ground that he ; has made an' "excellent chief, but a suffi cient answer to this is that under our new charter the mayor is made re sponsible for the city government in every department, and should be given the unquestioned right to select officials for whose acts, he is to be responsible, and then be held to strict responsibility for tho result. . Some of our merchants have jumped , out of the frying pan into the fire When the general license . ordinance was passed they made such a fuss about the injury it would do the city that the mayor finally yetoed it with the understanding that our legislative delegation would endeavor to have amendments made to the charter pro- viding for more revenue. Now- comes the county equalizing , board and raises the assessment on stocks of merchandise from 10 to 10 per cent on the perfectly proper ground that the assessment was ridiculously low. They are now in a dilemma. They cannot oppose this on the same ground as the ordinance, for It is a benefit rather than an injury to have prop erty assessed more equitably. What tho board has done is but a begin ning, for the assessment roll is honey combed with errors and inequalities, hundreds 'having been already cor rected. Yet a complete remodeling of the list cannot be made until the new . assessment, when it is to be hoped an assessment de novo will be made. Wliia la tlio -arou.lr wlion the editors ' -ot-Qregon-assemble in Pendleton, for tho annual meeting ot uie uregon Press association. The exigencies of tho rn-fKKioii of course prevent a great many active newspaper work ers from attending, especially those employed upon daily papers. The economy and small working force necessary on weeklies in order to tide over the hard times also interferes with the attendance of many puo lishers of weekly naoers. Nevertheless a large number of neysiaaer men from all over tne state win enjoy ui hospitalities of the generous people of Pendleton. The first annual meeting of the Mn':ims wns held Monday night in tho lecture room of the First Baptist church. Changes were made in the constitution admitting of a more ex tended organization than the merely local one at first contemplpated. . r it it For the next two montus iootuan n-m io tlif nhsorbinc: tonic of Interest in athletic circles. Teams have been organized in Portland, Tacoma, Seat tle and other towns, and a series of contests for the championship of the Paeifie Northwest is being arranged. Tho various colleges of the state have also formed teams and will play for iio foiiiure clmmmonshin of Oregon. The lovers of this rough but exciting aud manly sport are numbered Dy tne thousands. No games of any kind played on Multnomah field draw out as large crowds and elicit such con tinuous yells of enthusiasm as foot ball. This week there is an eighteen hour bicycle contest in the expositiou building, under the auspices, of the Zig Zag Cycle club and managed by Prince, The world's long distance champion. The finest indoor track in the United States has been construct ed, only seven laps to a mile, and the partitions in the building -bave been removed, so that thousands of spec tators can view tho whole track. P. P. B. THE LIARS' CLUB. Just now almost all the liars are ag ricultural, and arise from bragging matches where the richness of dif ferent soils is compared. An inexper ienced liar will usually start off with some story about standing on a barrel to pick ears of corn. The experienced liar caps this at once with a tale of. corn ears so big that they had to be rolled into the creek" like logs and rafted down to market. Then an Oklahoma man tells the un doubted fact about the young man 'n Enid. Ixst a leg, this young man did; and the astute physician dressed the wound with Oklahoma prairie soil of such excellence that the leg began to elongate. At the present time it is eleven inches longer than the other, and the surgeons are planning to break the bone and turn it off at right angles for a new foot Even in stolid old Maine where peo ple go to church on Sundays, they tell about the late hot fall stimulating fruit to such an extent that a second crop of strawberries at Grafton grew in a pumpkin patch so big that they were fed to the cows with their negh bors. the mistake not being observed until they were cut up. Agriculture Is interferred with in the West by drorght A party of fish ermen in Winona, who had passed a very dry day, opened at night a new bottle of whisky, as supposed, only to find that the liquid element had entire ly evaporated leaving only three grains of wheat a little fusel oil and a bit of burnt leather in the bottom of the bottle. One of the party has since taken the pledge.