The Corvallis gazette., November 30, 1894, Image 1

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VOL. XXXI.j
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1894.
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TRANSPORTATION.
EAST AND SOUTH
VIA
The Shasta Route
OF THE
Southern Pacific Co.
EXPRESS TRAINS RUN DAILY.
7:15 p MM Leave Portland Arrive I 8:20 am
10:20 P Ml leave Albany Leave I 4:25 A M
10:41AM Arrive 8. Francisco' Leave 7:00 pm
Above trains stop at all stations from Port
land to Albanv. also at Tangent. Shedds. Hal-
sey. HarrigbuiK. Junction City, Irving, Eugene,
Corns took, Drain and all stations from Kose-
Durg to Asniana, inclusive.
ROSEBURG MAIL, DAILY
8:80 A M
Jeave
Leave
Arrive
"Portland
Albany
Roseburg
A rrive I 4:30 pm
Leave! 12:30 PM
Leaxe 7 ; 0 A M
12:45 p M
5:50 PM
Pullman Buffet sleepers and second-class
leaping cars atiacnea to au inrougn trains,
WEST SIDE DIVISION.
Between Portland and Corvallis. Mail
train daily (except Sunday).
7:30 A M I Leave Portland Arrive I 5 :35 P M
12;1S P M ( Arrive Corvallis Leave 1 :00 p m
At Albany and Corvallis connect with trains
f tne Oregon racinc railroad.
EXPRESS TRAINS DAILY (Except
Sunday).
"4:40 p M I Leave Portland Arrive I 8:25 a m
7:25 p m I Arrive Mc Minn vine Leave 5:50 A M
Through tickets to all points in the Eastern
states, Canada and Europe can be obtained at
luwni rait- irum a. a.. jnuiiKr. agifni, i iirvauis.
R. KOEHLER, E. P. ROGERS,
; Manager. A. G. F. & P. A.
Portland, Oregon.
0. R.& N. Co.
E. MoNEILL. Receiver.
TO THE
ERST
GIVING THE CHOICE OF
TWO TRANSCONTINENTAL.
ROUTES
VIA VIA
SPOKANE, DENVER,
MINNEAPOLIS . OMAHA
AND AND
ST. PAUL KANSAS CITY
LOW RATES TO ALL
EASTERN CITIES.
OCEAN STEAMERS
t-JAVE PORTLAND EVERY 6 DAYS
- - -FOR
SAN FRANCISCO.
Tor full details call on Geo. F. El
fin, Corvallis, Or., or address
W. H. HURLBURT,
General Passenger Agent,
Portland, Or.
Oil PACIFIC RAILROAD CO
Chas. Clark
Roelvr.
Connecting with Str. "HOMER'
be-
ween Yaquina and San Francisco.
Str. leaves-San Francisco July 18tb
and about every 10 days later.
Leaves Yaquina July 23rd. About
every 10 days later. Rights reserved
to change sailing dates without notice.
For freight and passenger rate ap
ply to any agent.
CHAS. 3. HENDRYS, SON A CO.,
Nob. z to 8 Market St.
San Framclsco, Calif.
(TELA 8. CLARK, Receiver,
Corvallis. Oregon.
Farra & Wilson,
Physicians, Surgeons
Accoucheurs.
and
-Office nnstairs in Farra and Allen's
trick. 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 day or night.
DR. L. G. ALTMAN,
HOMOBOPATHIST.
Diseases of women and children and
jeneral practice.
Office over Allen & Wooward's drug
tore.
Office hours 8 to 12 a. m., 2 to 5 and
T to 8 p. m.
At residence Fifth street, near the
eourt house, after hours and on Sun
lays. BOWEN LESTER
DENTIST.
Office npstairs over First National hank.
Strictly First-class Work Guaranteed.
Corvallis. Oregon.
F. M. JOHNSON.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
. CORVALLIS; OREGON.'
Does a general practice in all the
uourts. Also agent for all the first-
olass insurance companies.
NOTARY PUBLIC. JUSTICE PEACE.
E. E. WILSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office in Zelrolt building, opposite
poetofflce.
M. O. WILKINS,
Stenographer and Notary Public
Court reporting and referee sittings
made specialties, as well as type
writing and other reporting.
PfflCft opposite postofflce, CoryftlHs, Or,
DAVo' SESSION!
The Congress at .the
Mound City.
Bryan Is the Chairman
on Kesolutions.
The Principal Business of the Con-
vention Seema to Be to Make
Silver More Valuable.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 27 It wns nearly
three-ouarters of an hour after the
appointed time when President White-
more called the trans-Mississippi con
gress to order today. The adoption of
the report of the committee on cre
dentials last night, which enrolled all
the appointed delegates properly ac
credited, without regard to their pres
ence, gave an especial point to the re
port of the committee on rules and
order of business, which provided for
a voting power for each state delega
tion of not to exceed 30 votes, if so
many delegates are present; all the
states to have a voting power of not
less than 10, no matter what the
smallness of the attending delegation.
The report was adopted.
Members of the committee on resolu
tions were announced as follows:
Arizona. T. B. Comstock, W. J.
Chaney; California D. Lubin, G. W.
Parsons; Colorado J. "S. Shaforth;
Idaho William Budge, B. E. Rich;
Indian Territory D. G. Denison, Field
ing Lewis; Iowa S. F. Smith, Bart
Lineman; Kansas W. H. Tothage,
Stephen Crane; Minnesoat Thomas
Sharp; Missouri E. O. Stannard, C.
Yeater; Nebraska W. J. Bryan, It.
W. Richardson; New Mexico G. R.
Gabel, L. B. Prince; Oklahoma Syd
ney Clark, J. A. McGuire; Oregon E.
Lodge; South Dakota S. E. Wil-
eon, J. R. Drennan; Texas Lewis
Hancock, E. A. Marshall; Utah F. J.
Cannon, C. C. Gooodwin; Washing
tonA. L. Black, D. F. Devine: Mon
tanaThomas G. Merrill, W. H.
Wheed; Alaska J. C. Greene; Wyom
ing, Louisiana, Nevada and North Da
kota are not represented In the con
vention. Among the resolutions submitted
were: indorsing Secretary Herbert s
tests and use of American coal, and
urging legislation to enjoin upon naval
officials the use always of American
products where it can be done with
out financial loss; favoring govern
mental investigation of forest fires on
public lands; urging the admission as
states Oklahoma, New Mexico and
Arizona; favoring federal encourage
ment of a cable from the Farralone
islands to Hawaii; favoring the im
provement of Oakland (Cal.) harbor;
opposing legislation to engraft the
BENTON COUNTY
Abstract : Company
COMPLETE SET OF ABSTRACTS OF
BENTON COUNTY.
Conveyancing and Perfecting Titles a
Specially.
Money to Loan on Improved City and
Country Property.
J, B. MARKLEY & CO., Proprietors,
Main Street, Corvallis.
E. HOLGATE,
Notary Publie
H. L. HOLGATE,
Jistlee of the Peace.
HOLGATE & SON,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Corvallis,
Oregon
W. E. YATES.
THE LAWYER.
CORVALLIS,
OREGON.
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
ancing.
, JEST PATENTS
WITH ELECTRO
HAC.NETIC
SUSPENSORY
BEST
IMPBOVIt.Et.TS.
Will erte Wltbest Vdlfetn Weafeefee nmltlna rrati
annexation of !reia, nerre fmneiMMH er tndieerellon.
HKiulnkiMliu, lrelaa, loaeee, Benoue debility, aleep
leaea. languor, rhevmatl.m. kiflncj, lleer and b!aal-l
eemplainta. eneWk. lambeco, eeiatiea, general Hi beal'e.
etc. Tale electric belt contain Waaeerlul 1piihm ot
others, tad e1e current tht U liutently felt b the
vcerer or we forfeit &,Ki. and will eare all ot the abevf
dlaeeeea or ae per. Tnoaaanda bar eea eared by inl. aarr
eeleue Invention after all otb emediea failed, end v
aire hundred, of tel1aKnia' .bla and J rerj other tete
Oar powerful Ull'KUVK" B1H' Slsl-KNSOIir, VDe
irea'-eHboeneTerouere- Aiii-.en,n:E WITH lLI.Bm.Ta
Health and eigoroai r jrthGtAIUHTIiEninllO to0 Days.
Bend tor liliutrate aphtets, mailed, realed, free, addreat
No. 172 First Gt.. PORTLAND. ORH
Removed to Corner Third and Whjng-
m Strata Portland. Or,
Baltimore plan or. any other form of
national bank issues upon the nation-
currency system; favoring legisla-
lation to increase the price of cotton;
favoring further and greater govern
mental aid to Texas harbor and river
improvements.
Delegate W. J. Bryan, of Nebraska,
introduced a resolution favoring the
restoration of the free coinage of gold
and silver at the ratio of 16 to 1,
without the aid of any other nation.
Delegate Cahill, of Missouri, intro
duced a resolution favoring efforts by
tho government toward inducing other
governments to recognise silver mere
fully as a money metal. The commit
tee on permanent organization pre
sented Its report, naming George Q.
Cannon, of Utah, for permanent pre
siding officer, with one vice president
from each states to be named .by its
delegation. The present lecretary, M.
G. Butterfleld(, of Oregon, was re
quested to continue through fciis con
gress, the executive committee being
instructed to name his successor when
the next place shall be chosen, be to
reside therein. The report was adopt
ed, and President Cannon was escort
ed to the chair. After brief speeches
of congratulation and thanks to the
retiring officer, Mr. Whitemore, the
congress adjourned for dinner.
The developments of the second
day's, session of the trans-Mississippi
congress have not been without inter
est to the advocates of free eoinage of
silver, who have been anxious to se
cure definite expressions from the con
gress in favor of the white metal. The
organization of the committee on reso
lutions, with Congressman W. J. Bry
an of Nebraska as chairman, and E.
A. Marshall cf Texas as secretary, has
been highly delighting. Nevertheless,
there is as yet no certainty that the
matter will go beyond this. In the con
vention there is a strong element in
favor of international free coinage
only, and opposed to any expression
whatever upon the subject by congress.
Whether the bi-metallists will be strong
enough to overcome both these ele
ments cannot be told. Yet there is a
certainty that the main struggle will
be on this portion of the resolutions
committee report and the battle will
not be a brief one. "
BIG JOB MAPPED OUT.
St Louis, Nov. 27.--Gen. A. G. War
ner of Ohio, presided over a meeting
of the executive committee of the bi
metallic league, held behind closed
doors today. According to one of the
members, this committee is expected
to outline the policy of the silver fac
tion of the republican and democratic
parties, and the silver policy of the
people's party of tho rext two years.
This la thought .to be a preliminary
meeting called to outline the work of
the convention that will be held some
time later in the winter to form a sil
ver party by absorbing entirely the
populist party and drawing from the
two old parties and their free silver
advocates.
WILL NOT BE CALLED
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND CAN'T BE
SUBPOENAED
To Testify in the Strike Conspiracy
Cases He Resides Outside the
Judicial District.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 27. Neither
President Cleveland nor any of the
eastern railroad men comprising the
general managers' association will be
called to California to testify in the
strike conspiracy cases now on trial
here before United States District
Judge Morrow. The deSancd sought
to prove that the mails were not
stopped by the A. R. U. but through
a conspiMcy in which President Cleve
land and the general managers' asso
ciation figured and that the calling
out of troops was an outcome of the
jalleged conspiracy. Judge. Morrow
ruiea mat ne naa no autnority to sud
poena any witnesses from any point
outside of the judicial district In
which he presides.
NEWS FROM HAWAII.
San Francisco, Nov. 27. The steam
er Oceanic arrived this morning from
Yokohama via Honolulu. The Oceanic
brings no later Asiatic news than was
received on the Empress of China,
which arrived in Victoria; " November
20th. Ait Honolulm there was still
considerable excitement over the re
cent revolutionary plot Leaders of
the royalist faction were still declaring
trouble was sure to occur soon after
the sailing of the Oceanic Govern
ment officials, however, declared no
trouble need be feared. The conspir
acy, they said, though it did not at
any time threaten serious trsuble for
the government, had been completely
frustrated. As exposed in the Hono
lulu newspapers, the proposed upris
ing was planned by a man named
Katzer, formerly an officer in the Aus
trian army, and later a sergeant in
the Fifth United States infantry. It
was a plan to secretly arm - several
hundred royalist sympathizers, and by
concerted action to capture the gov
ernment executive building and the
three or four small steamers plying
among the islands, then to establish
a temporary government at Hilo. One
of the steamers was to be quickly dis
patched to Victoria, B. C, for arms,
ammunition and men who were to
have been previously enlisted by an
agent now in the United States. Sev
eral thousand dollars had been pledged
by wealthy royalists who were impli
cated. The plot was exposed to the
government, however, long before any
actual revolutionary preparations had
been made. Katzer fled to San Fran
cisco, and Wetmore, a newspaper
man who had been admitted to the
revolutionary circle, and who exposed
the plot to the government, was a
rtassenger n, the sarre steamer. Os
tensibly he was banl&ed, but it is
believed in Honolulu the government
officials sent him away as a ruse to
protect him from the wrath of . the
royalists.
November 15th Brit ish Commissioner
Hayes fomally presented to President
Dole an autograph letUT from Queen
Victoria recognizing thj Hawaiian
republic -The
United States gunboat York.
town arrived at Honolulu shortly be-
: fore flj Oceanic saijea,- ,
Quantity and Quality
of Money.
"An Essential Condition
of Prosperity,"
At Outlined by J H. Eckels, Comp
troller of the Currency
Some Sound Views.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 2T. R. E.
Preston, director of the mint, has sub
mitted to the treasury his report of
the mints and assay offices for the
fiscal year 1894. The total coinage
for the year is, gold $99,474,912; silver
$6,741,817, the gold coinage for the
year being the largest ever executed
at the mints of the United States, in
any one year. The highest price of
silver during the year was $0.7645 and
the lowest $0.5918. The estimated me
tallic stock of coin and bullion in the
United States on July 1, 1894, was:
Gold, $627,293,201; silver, $624,347,-
757; total, $1,251,840,958.
.The production of gold and silver
in the United States during the cal
endar year was. gold $35,955,000; sil
ver 60,000,000 fine ounces, the com
mercial value of the same being $43,-
800.000 and the coining value $77.-
576,000, Revised estimates of the
world's production of the precious
metals for th-j calendar year 1893
show the same to have been $157,-
228,100 in gold and $209,165,000 In
silver.
The director estimates the stock of
gold In the world for money purposes
$3,965,900,000, and silver $4,055,-
700,000.
SOME SOUND VIEWS.
New York, Nov, 27. In an article
entitled "An Essential Condition of
Prosperity," contributed to the De-
comber number cf the North American
Review, which will be published to
morrow, Hon. J. H. Eckels, comptrol
ler of the United States currency, says
thei can be no hope of an undis
turbed and substantial prosperity to
all classes until the whole eurrency
and banking system of the country is
formulated into one harmonious plan
in the principle and emolument of the
money science. There is scarcely a
single act upon the statute books af
fecting our currency system which has
not placed there to meet some emer
gency that confronted the country at
th time, in the belief that the difficulty
might be bridged over. The currency
system of the country resulting from
a coastant pasoing of experimental
laws has become so confused and un
sound that Eckels wonders not that
we have suffered much financial dis
aster during the years of its construc
tion, but -that we have suffered so
little.
MARKET REPORT.
San Francisco, Nov. 27. Shipping
wheat, 88o for No. 1 quality, with
90c for choice product Milling 92e
96i4c; Walla Walla wheat Is still on
the market at 80c 82c.
New York. Hops steady.
Liverpool. Close: Wheat Spot firm;
demand fair; No. 2, red winter, 4s
10d; No. 2, red spring, 5s 2d; No. 1,
hard, Manitoba, 5s 3d; No. 1, Cali
fornia, 5s 2y2d; futures closed strong;
November 3s 10d; December 4s lld;
January 4s llid; February 4s ll4d;
March 4s ll&d; April 4s lld.
THE ALABAMA TURMOIL.
Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 27. Several
hot-headed Kolbite leaders have issued
secret calls for armed men in com
panies of from 100 to 500 to volunteer
to go to Montgomery inauguration
next Saturday to -seat Kolb as gov
ernor. The call Is made to the Kolb
followers "to maintain their rights
and carry out the will of the people,"
and it is said that companies are being
organized. All the troops in the state
have, arranged to go to Montgomery,
and it is understood will carry their
guns loaded.
KILLED BY ELECTRICITY.
Oakland, Cal., Nov. 27. A team be
longing to the Osikland cream depot
was instantly killed this morning by
coming in contact with old telephone
wires blown down during the night
on the trolley line of the Alameda-
Oakland road. Lester M. Haden, the
driver, nanowly escaped instant
death, as the wire was only a foot
from him when first seen. A similar
accmeiii occurreu nere v , o wj
wxicil mtj unver was w.nuuijr iu;uni
by trying to release his team.
STILL HUNTING THE LOST.
San Francisco, Nov. 27. The revenue
cutter Rush has again left port to
search for the survivors of the wrecked
ship Ivanhoe. In view of the fact
that recent ' telegraphic dispatches
from Victoria, B. C, announce that
from the finding of life preservers and
other wreckage there is every likeli-
hood that some one remains alive to
tell the story of how theh Ivanhoe
went down. It is expected that the
search of the Rush will continue for
a full month.
A PIONEER KILLED.
Tacoma, Nov. 27. John S. Donnelly,
aged 78, a pioneer of the state of
Washington, was killed by the Ta
coma express on the Northern Pacific
at Puyallup today. Being partly
deaf and nearly blind, he dte not see
the approaching
train, nor hear its
warnings.
AGREEABLE TO ALL.
"
Portland, Nov. 27. It is understood
that all the railroads entering this city
nave signea an agreement: to mam-
tain rates, thus averting what a few
days ago threatened to become a ser-
Vm rate war, - .
THE KILLING OF SEALS.
Sir Charles Tupper. Speaks Upon Thin
Question.
I new xork, iov. z.. a special to ins
World, from Ottawa, Ontario, says:
Sir Charles Tupper, minister of marine
and fisheries, who was Canada's
agent at the Paris arbitration, dis
credits the report tthait the United
States government has asked Great
Britain to consent to the prohibition
of the killing of seals next season.
"Had the United States entertained a
reasonable proposal we made," says
Tupper, "the seal fisheries would have
suffered far less than they are likely
to do under the present regulations.
We saw 'the danger of what the close
seaisotn would! be. We said if tfcte
states would give us a good summer's
work we would agree to prohibit seal
ing during the winter and spring
months, when the seals are gravid and
when the great damage is done by
slaughtering. The United States re
jected this proposal and the danger of
depletion is multiplied. The Behring
sea catch of Canadian vessels this sea
son only" amounts to a little over 26,
000 skins, or 27 per cent of the total
catch. The whole number of females
taken in Behring sea was 55. per cent
of the catch, a fact that contradicts
the United States assertion that for
every male seal killed three females
are slaughtered.
COPPER ORE DISCOVERED.
Rich Deposit Situated
of Union.
Southeast
Union, Or., Nov. 27. A discovery
of what is claimed to be a rich deposit
of copper ore has Just been made by
Lon Simmons, southeast of Union, on
the headwaters of Tucker creek.
There is an immense ledge of quartz
rich in copper, also containing gold
and silver.
A BANK CLOSED.
Grand Island, Neb., Nov. 27. The
Security National bank closed Its
doors today. It Is held on good author
ity not to be so much a failure as a
disagreement between the officers. It
has a capital stock of $200,000. The
deposits are 150,000, of which $20,000
are county funds. Senator Vest of
Missouri, who Is largely Interested,
has arrived, and a directors' meeting
is being held. A. S. Vest Is cashier,
and H. W. Palmer, county treasurer,
is president
NO HOPE FOR JOHN.
Albany, N. Y.. Nov. 27. The court
of appeals has unanimously affirmed
the conviction of John Y. McKane.
The appeal was from the Judgment
of conviction for felony.
The crime of which McKane was
convicted was the procurement and
concealment of the registry lists for
the general election of -1893 in
Gravesend.
A GRANITE MONUMENT
OF AMERICAN PB0DUCT TO MARK
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHPLACE.
The Disposition to Be Made of Money
Received for Indian Lands.
Allotted and Otherwise.
WASHINGTON, Nor. 27. Secretary
Gresfiam, who has charge of the mat
ter, has decided upon the erection of
monument of American granite as
the most suitable for marking the
birthplace of Washington at Wake
field, Va. The amount needed for the
construction of the monument is about
$11,000. .
The Puyallup commission now at
Tlacoma, Wash., ireeently t submitted
.to Secretary Smith an Inquiry as to
the disposition of the money from the
sale of Indian lands. The secretary
today decided that the money ' re
ceived for the allotted lands can be
paid to the Indians at any time in the
discretion of the secretary- The money
of the lands held, in common is to be
be placed In the treasury at four per
cent and the Interest and cue-tenth of
the principal is to be expended yearly
for their benefit
NO OLEW WHATEVER.
Six Masked Men at Baksr City 1U
a Hotel.
Baker City, Nov. 27. One of the
most daring robberies ei er committed
in this section occurred in this city
this morning at 2 o'clock. . A party of
six men, hearily masked, and armed
with . rifles, tJioteuns and revolvers,
entered the hotel Warshaner. The
employes and bystanders were
placed under cover of arms, while two
of the robbers relieved the saloon bar
till auaV faro game of about $1,100,
which they placed In a sack and de-
: parte(L A flre alarm wa8 tumed In
h
by an officer a few minutes after the
robbery, which drew out a large num
ber ,of people, but the robbers had
made good their escape, and have not
been seen. There is no clew what
ever.
ADVERTISING THE DIVES.
New York, Nov. 27. The crusade for
reforming the music halls and other
stages of this city Is, it is said, to be
inaugurated immediately by Miss
7ranc?s Willard and the ladies of the
W. C. T. U. Lady Somerset said to a
reporter today. "Miss "Willard. and
her associates feel that the living pic
tures as exhibited at present In the
theatres of this city are a terrible
menace to the young men and tend to
encourage immorality and evil think
ing, and are also ' an outrage . en
women."
RACING RESULTS.
San Francisco. Nov. 27.
-The races
today were as follows:
I About six furlongs, maidens, 2-year-I
olds Nellie Peyton won in 1:18 3-4.
I Seven furlongs, selling Braw Scott
won in 1:34.
About six furlongs, 2-year-olds
Mainstay won In 1:18.
Five furlongs, selling. Norlee won
in 1:05.
One mile,
in ;5Q,
3-year-olds Artist won
! PERHAPS WILLIAM HOAGi
May Capture the 0. 1.
Kailroad.
And It May Be Marcus
Daly.
Wallis Nash also a Possible Bnyer,
Presumably with the English Back
ing1 Formerly Behind Him.
PORTLAND, Nov. 27. As the time
draws near for the sale cf the Oregon
Pacific railroad at Corvallis there is
reason to believe that several bidders
will be present ready to buy the-prop-erty.
December 22nd is the day set
by the court for the sale. A. B.
Hammond of Missoula, Mont, has
been investigating the property and
ft Is said Be will put In a bid. It is
surmised that Hammond is working
in the Interest of Marcus Daly of
Anaconda, who it is reported is look
ing for an outlet to the coast for his
Butte and Anaconda road. It is also
said Wallis Nash of Corvallis has
backing for the purchase of the road.
W. M.- Hoag, former manager of the
road, has arrived from San Francisco
and may be a bidder.
PETITION DISMISSED.
Could Not Compel the Railroad Com
pany to Employ Them.
Philadelphia, Nov. 27. Judge Dallas
filed an opinion In the United States
circuit court today dismissing the pe
tition or Lievi JUicks and other mem
bers of the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen who desired to compel the
receivers of the Philadelphia & Read
ing Co. to retain them in their employ
and at the same time allow them to
remain members of the organization.
The court says Hicks promised to re
sign from the Brotherhood. "It Is at
least certain by making the promise.
Mr. Hicks acquired a better position
than he obtained before and without
it I am of the opinion that the re
ceivers would have been Justified in
dismissing him. It results that In the
petition Hicks btfTnoT made out a case
entitling him to the relief which he
A MODEST TRIFLE.
Th Railroad Company Wants $6,000
for Feeding Its Protectors.
Vallejo, Cal., Nov. 27. Representa
tives of the war department visited
the navy yard for the purpose of as
certaining from the officers at the
yard how their men were cared for
and provisioned during the recent rail
road strike. It was always under
stood that the United States soldiers.
marines and sailors were ordered out
on the request of the railroad com
pany. Word was passed along the
line of railroad eating stations to feed
the men with the best to be had. The
railroad has sent a bill to army head
quarters at San Francisco of $0,000
for edibles furnished the men.
FRIGHTENED TO DEATH.
Hartford, Conn., Not. 27. Lizzie
Carey and Carrie Daye, orphans 11
and 12 years old respectively, who
said they were from Pouehkeepsie,
arrived here yesterday and walked to
New Ingleton, where they were going
to work as milkmaids on a farm
owned by one Terry- They played
"hide and seek all the way to sew
Ingleton, and were seen to enter a
piece of woods near New Briton
which In parts is very dense. Several
farmers, knowing It to be a dangerous
place, followed them, In order to save
them from getting lost The nttie
girls saw their pursuers at a distance
and were afraid of them, and ran
screaming- Into the thickest parts of
the woods. Thoy were too quick for
the farmers and disappeared entirely.
Last night the male residents in the
vicinity banded themselves together
and instituted a search. Twelve men,
each carrying a lantern, divided them
selves into groups of three, and enter
ing the woods at the four points of
the compass, yelled and . whistled as
they made their way to tne center.
They found no signs of the children.
Today other parties have searched
for them. It is feared that if they
are not lifeless, when found, exposure
to the bitter cold will lead to their
death.
ADVANCE-ANTICIPATED.
Portland, Nov. 27. An advance In
the commodity rates from the east to
the North Pacific coast is anticipated
but just what the increase will be
and when it will go into effect is not
known. The advance will be to lnter-
L mediate points as well as to coast ter
minals the idea being to keep the
coast on the same basis as heretofore,
which will enable merchants here to
do a jobbing business with the in
terior points.
RESULT OF THE TARIFF.
Vancouver, B. C, Nov. 27. The
American schooner Bulah will leave
tomorrow for San Francisco with a
cargo of lumber from the Brunnett
inHls consisting of 330.445 feet of fir
and sprunce and 294,800 laths, valued
at $2,934. This is the third lumber
cargo shipped to the United States
since tho change in the tariff.
- THE TUG MAKES TIME.
Tacoma, Nov. 27. Tug Monarch tir
rived in port today having In tow the
ship Francis, which she towed from
San Francisco. 950 miles, making the
distance in five days and 15 hours.
The tug was engaged to save time.
THE ERIE'S REPORT,
New York, Nov. 27. The report of
the Erie Railway Co. for the year
ending September 30th, shows gross
baminsm. S25.204.429: decrease $4.-.
788,731; net earnings, $5,000,251; de
crease, $184,497; dencit i,iu.,w.,
affatast a surplus of f 917.438 in 883.
THE GAME OF GOLF.
What the Popular Sport Is and How
It Is Played.
Briefly stated. ; the game of golf
const.-ts 'i ?vsijr a B'-ui1! jrn!.-i-percha.
uuii aro.iJ a course piovtJHi
with a number of holes, generally
eighteen, from 100 to 500 yards apart,
by means of variously shaped clubs.
However tame this statement may
seem, the real game 1b brimming over
with life and Jollity and strong ex
citement The balls used In ancient days were
made of leather, and stuffed with
feathers until they were as hard as
stone; but the golfing ball in use to
day is of gutta-percha, painted white;
so that it may lie seen easily, with a
corrugated surface, and Its weight
varies from one and three-fourths to
two ounces.
At the bidding of the golfer, thifl
little ball, sometimes called the
"gutty," flies over bridges and streams
and sand-hills, through thickets of
gorse and, alas! sometimes Into sand
pits, or even amid gorse bushes, from
which It is recovered with great dif
ficulty, for these rules are inexorable,
and a ball must be hit exactly where
It lies. When a hole is "made," how
ever, and the ball has settled Into
the goal of the player's ambition, it
is cf course, impossible to play It for
the next hole until it has been re
moved. A tiny pile of sand or earth,
called a tee, is then made for It Just
outside the hole, and within -'certain
fixed limits called the teeing-ground,
and the little ball Is then ready to
set out on its next long Journey. ,Tha
player or side that wins the greatest
number of holes in the entire round
has the game; or, in medal play, tha
victor Is the side or the player making
the round in tho least number of
strokes; and as certain conditions
cause the loss of a stroke, one needs
to be very careful how he strikes.
Holes are punched out of the ground
with an iron especially made for this
purpose, are four or five Inches In
diameter, and lined with Iron. The
holes - on the outward Journey are
usually designated by white flags,
and those coming In with red flags.
The space In the Immediate vicinity
of a hole is a very interesting part
of the grounds, because, even if your
ball lies quite near enough or far be
yond, and so give that hole to your
opponent. This space Is called the
putting-green, and the process of
holing the ball from here Is called
putting.
Perhaps you may suppose that the
golfing-ground or links has been care
fully prepared for the convenience of
golfers, but no such consideration is
shown, and indeed the most impor
tant feature of the game, -and that
which adds its greatest Interest and
excitement, is the overcoming of the
various obstacles in the way of knolls,
hillocks; thickets, and sandpits to be
avoided, called by one general name,
hazards, which tax the player's skill
to the utmost .
But we have not yet skoken of two
very important ' matters connected
with golfing the clubs and the "cad
dies." Of clubs there must be a gen
erous variety, though the tendency of
later years is to discard many that
were once considered Indispensable.
the ball is capable of assuming so
many singular positions that the play
er must consider carefully what club
will best suit his purpose at the time.
A very important personage on the
links Is the caddie, the man or boy
who carries the stout holland case or
bag in which are kept the various
clubs, also balls to replace those which
may be lost; who bands the clubs
when needed, and who usually gives
advice whether it is needed or not
The ground best suited to golf is
a broad stretch of undulating land
with sandy soil, covered with short
turf and supplied with occasional
sand-holes and a fair amount of grow
ing bushes. The links of St Andrews
by the Sea, in Scotland, Is the most
famous of all golfing grounds, and
the town is not better known for its
ancient university than for its golfing.
St Nicholas.
GOOD ROADS COMING.
The era of reformation in roads ii
upon us, says the Hon. John Heming
way, of Iowa. The agitation has
reached every state in the Union, and -nearly
every county in the state. Let
me predict that the next generattan
will see all important points in this
county, yes, in this state, connected
by a system of smooth, hard roads
that will afford perfect footing
throughout the entire year.. The ac
tive, intelligent, aggressive energy of
this people will not for another full
generation tolerate a system of roads
which In spring and fall with unfail
ing regularity became beds of bottom
less filth, which bespatters your vehi
cle, yoar horse, your clothes, robs you
of your time and happiness and dis
graces tho very face of God's foot
stool. No, my faith Is too great in
the Industry, enterprise and intelli
gence of the people to believe that
another twenty years will pass by
without seeing a very large proportion
of our main highways so made (thai
they will present to sunshine and
storm, to frost and heat, a clean and
unruffled face throughout the year.
KEEP IT AT HOME. There is an
immensity ef Oregon money sent out
over the mountains and even across
the oceans that might and ought to bs
kept at home, where it will get b&ck
into and circulate through the various
channels of trade. One item alone
is a little surprising in Its magnitude.
Very few would think that over $300,
000 went out to foreign companies
last year in the shape of insurance
premiums, yet such is the fact, and
the proptsition at once suggests itself,
how much better It would be if this
money were kept at home. And to a
large extent It might be. There is n
necessity for sending out a dollar for
ordinary insurance so long as the people-
have an Oregon company of
strength and reliability to carry their
risks. This they have in the Stats
Insurance company, of Salem, com
posed of many of the strongest men
in the state, a company whose poli
cies are as good as a goldbearing bond
and whose every Interest Is to do a
clean, honest business with the neigh
bors and friends who are its patrons.
The proper thing to do for an Oregon
Ian who is seeking new insurance or
renewing old policies is to find an
agent of the State and Jeave his pre
nilums at heme,