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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1894)
o 0 o T A DASrABDLY ACT. Louis JuIiu.oii Serloisljr Injured ulfrrltif From lonrutsiea uf ilielirstn nd Hplnal t ulum ii. Wera ef tli- Olliei-rs. lUltj liu.nl, Tell. I". Our usually quiel city was Uimwii Into a Mule of excitement tliut lunru lug liy the rumor that an attempt had lieeii made to rob the First iati kmJ liaiik. 1mii investigation, however. U u learned thai the work wu that of acoinuinu t liu evidently wltU no other motive tliau tliut uf petty rub bcry. I I if fact aa gleaued i jiortcr of t lit) tit a ho are m folio wu Loula JoliiiMiii, for several yean, a Wwkkif H-r at the First National Hank has .lecplng sarttueuts ou the gruuud fliN.r In the rear of the Isxuk building, lie i usually awakened iu the early morning by William Coleman, aud thin proceeds with tho work of warm Ing ami dusting the lauk. This morning about 8 o'clock L. II. l'otter, another lkkecicr, arrived at the bank unJ found Johnson lying mi the floor unconscious. Thinking au acci dent hud happened lie baatlly called assistance I v and the prostrated inau waa aooii iiluccd oil lilt) be -til aiid duel on and nurses summoned. It waa nearly 10 o'clock before even partial consciousness waa restored aud for several hours the Injured man waa unable to talk but could writ what Information he ioiHjaed regarding the affair. Wheu found an aalt pau waa on the floor near Klin, alao a alick of round oak stove wood about the aire of a billy. Lew la writes that be an? and dressed aa usual this morn ing Just after lie waa awakened at 6 o'cliM k. The outside door to bis room and the outside door to tba rear offloe of the biink were thrown open t air the rooiuH. lie then proceeded to build a Are In the bank office and while there the electric lights ware turned otr. W hen pamlng out through his romn witb the ashce be waa struck twice by a man standing behind the door Just as he was passing from the rear ollhv Into bis room. One of the blown hit hi in over the left eye aud the other crosswise ou the back and right aides of his neck. ills gold watch and chain ate the ouly articles know ii to be miming. The physicians, Drs. Paine aud Brown, Mute tliut the mtleut la In a very serious condition, su tiering from concussion both of the brain aud spinal Column. The motive could hardly have been a rohiiery of the bank for 12 in money on the cashier's desk In the bauk prois-r, waa unmolested, the vllllail evidently not having entered that room. The het description Mr. Johnson could give of the man who committed the assault waa that he m a short, heavy act man with the collar of bis overcoat, or maclutosh, turneil up around his neck and muffler over the lower part of his face. In the durk lies after the ligbu were turned oil' he could not see the man's face well enough to give a niiuute description. W hut he could give was Immediately humlcd to the oillcvrs aud a search for the roblier began. Sherill Nolund and bis deputies and the city police fori have been steadily at work. One suect, a stranger In this city, waa at rested about 10 o'clock. He answer the description very well but hud no watch in bis possession. For various reaMins doubts are enter taiiied as to bis being the man. The bank has ollereil a reward of 100 for the urnut of the guilty party. As the unconscious man lay In tba chilling cold nearly If not tjutto two hours before he was discovered, bis condition In rendered the more serious. It is a "ad ull'alr but one which might have hapteiicd anywhere on the street if a N-rmni were overtaken by a com mon thug. Kven bad the intention been to rob the bauk the attempt would have been futile for the time lock on the vault cannot be unlocked before H o'clock and at that time near ly all the attaches of the bauk are In the building. The town must have Imd a goodly supply of vicious visitors last night as the olllciala are convinced that one attempted "hold up" aud an attempt at slorebreaklng were timely fru.itrut.il is-tween 11 aud 12 o'clock. TUB LATEST. Mr. A. J. Johnson was telegraphed f..r nnd arrived on the local train this forenoon. Lewis' mother will come down tomorrow. The pa tient l recovering consciousness slow ly, and at press time Is able to sleep Mome. The last Information written by him, he said: "I grabbed the man when first struck, becond time on head." n Iwllr uiisrd. rh. I. A r k kst ki . On a complaint charg ing ICev. K. 8. lU-ok with the crime of lureeiiy, Deputy Sheriff Croner amat eil tlie teverenif father this morning. The complaint alleges that the said F. S. Iteek did, on or about Feb. 6th, 1894, take, steal and carry away from Ht. Mary's Catholic church, In Eugene, the fnl low I ng described property, to wit: Ouestatuteofthe "Blessed Vir gin," of the probable value of fGO; four set of church vestments, $125; one monstrance, tt; two ajtar cloths, 3, contrary to the peace and dignity of the state of Oregon, In such cases made ami provided. louls Aya Is the pri vate prosecutor. The examination w ill take place before Justice Klnsey Home time tomorrow afternoon. Mr. Ilcck was released on his own recog nizance Hi j K.lVf.H .Staook. A Washing ton dispatch soys: "Napoleon Davis wants to be receiver of the Oregon Na tional hank, and has presented his application and para. He has also put In considerable evidence to show why f tagge should be removed and nie one else appointed. The comp troller has not had time to take up tbe yet, but will give the application of Da is consideration. He lias not fully determined what to do witb iMagge, and was ready to allow the matter to run along without taking 1 1 n tool late action, uuless it was stirred up again, and there was an insistence Uh.ii the removal of Htagge for the benefit of the bank." 0 iur ouaM, rt. is. Dim. Ill Kugene, Oregon, Febru ary 1, l'l. of pneumonia, Herls-rt J., infant sou of J. O. and Cora A. Kelley, aif 1 4 months and 6 days. The fun cm I took place from the family residence mi Wct Fifth street, f-tur-lay forenoon at 10 o'clock, to tbe I. O. . V. cemetery. Dr. lrlvr's Lrrtarr. 1 til iiuirvl. rh. 17. Itev. 1. 1). Irivel, I). II., lectured in Villad Hall last evening. His subject was, "Mliacles: Their lU latlou to iv l lic aud llellgloli." He ns'lied Lis ' lecture with I lie statement Prof, l.u ' CtMile'a di tin I lion of evolution, "Kvo-' ; lutiou la continuous and progressive 1 change resulting Irom the ilevelojc ' llient of universal energy in resilient 1 forces." Heieliee Is olily a collect un lerstaudlng of nature. Naliitul laws are but mixlcs of building. Miracle Is synonymous w Ith sign or token. Miracles although U yond hu man iower to K.-rforui, iiave been ex plained by human intellect. These explanations have many times, perhaps always been erroneous, home of the greatest mistakes ever made by humanity have been in con clusions drawn frjin facts. The con clusions being wrong does Hot ilisplovc the fact. What would have been beyond l.ti mail power in one age or wuliiry ha been mastered aud lievc loisd tiy iiiIikIi of succeeding ones. TliU lacts Were the same always; it Is only the evolution from mlsouuoepllon to correct under standing, from iguoraucc to euliglit einneul. It has beeu aaid that the seieiitv of tixlny is only 10 years old. The scien tific work published during this mt iod, are comprehensive revisions ol ull the sclelitillo kuowltilge ncorilnl dur lug ast ages. Some of the enoiieoiis conclusions havo beeu dlseoveml, cor rected and put to practical iw; still others have Utn discovered to Is. wrong but no correct solution yet evolved. But progressive munce is based on Ignorance. Without Ignor ance there can be no progress. Our knowledge of miracles is derived from history written by men who tried to mad tbe Ibollirhts of Uod. It has iieen ever thus for nearly tl.UXl years. Their conclusions l-elng unverilled would not disprove tho event from which these conclusions went draw n. In this connection, too. wo uiust take iuto consideration the current value of words at the time uttered. It is claimed the only manner that some, at least, of the miracles could Ihj performed, would Le, eitner iw anro gate, or suspend, or control the natural law. natural law IS COIIiroimi nv me "universal energy of the resilient forces" of nature. To abrogate natural law would throw the world into chaot ic mass. To austtt-ud natural law Is Impossible without the same result. There Is one force that unifies this uni verse, and every other force Is couitt-ii. sated, overcome by a resisting force. Itegardlng one miracle spoken of In the old testament where the "earth stood still," recent scientific knowl edge ha discovered that this might be accomplished if there were some com neiisalW force for gravitation some resisting force against the gnat unify ing force uf the universe. (M-lcntinc knowledge has not discerned any such resisting force, but it may exist, aud the minds of a few years hence may discover IL Ho with all miracles the same principle applies. "If you have the facta you will never bo deceived." "A uspeusion of uatural law," us we Conceive it now, by oppoaing forces, i not a suspension uf the laws of nature, but a fulfillment uf one of the iius-t fundamental of them, tho law of uni versal comiMMisatinn. "Man's tusk will never be completed until every part of nature Is made subservient to bis uses orgraN.-d by the power ol his Intellect." The Steamer Hug-cue The Haieni Dally Independent pub lishes this: In about three week the new boat, Eugene, will be II ills I ml for the pur pose of operating on the Willamette river froui Portland to the city of Ku gene. It will depend, however, on the condition of trade aud if it 1 uupiucti cal she will ply on the Cowlitz and Columbia route, w here she will have an excelleut opHirtunlty to build a profitable trade. Hie i a very neat craft and la built for both pasm-ugers and freight. Her principal udvantugc Is being light draft, flttiug her forshal low water aud summer trade. The boilers are yet to be placed Into jmisI tlon and the boat painted before she will be ready to bailie the billow. Tbe boilers, engine aud cabin arc the same as those used by the Manzanillo which also belongs to the same com pauy as tbe Fiugeiie. The dimensions of this boat will be 13-" firt In length, SO feet beam, S feet depth of hold and 14 Inches draft, light, hhe will curry 3W tous and her eMd w ill l average. Her cylinders are UxW and carries a steam capacity of l.'U jNiunds to the suan inch. Kalt-ui and uii-river towns are badly In need of a craft that can at all times operate at auy stage of water on tbe river. There arc enough boats runulug at present to more than supply the demands of trade us freight, on lha average, Is light. There ii enough trade In the dry season to keep a boat busy aud a vesw-t that can steam over tbe shoal bars of tbe river at low water is just tbe thing for the valley tow us. Dally Quant. Ktb. in. FlNCO I-jO and Chats. Alva Sim mons, who lives on the McKeli.ie above Springfield, was arrested this morning, on a charge of killing a Mongolian pheasant ou the MeKcniic Stock Farm, during the month of Jan uary, the pnawcuting witness U-Ing Kate Wlnant. He was glveu au examination l-fore Justice Kinsey this afternoon. His attorney, Oeo. II. Dorris, lnterpsM-d a demurrer to the complaint claiming that said variety of pheasants could 13 killed at any lint , th vmip fns flMltfl llllt tllH tils tloe overruled the same, and fined the ' young man W nnd coats. Mr. Irri immediately gave notice that be would appeal the caw to the circuit court. ClIA.MlK OF STKAMKIW. Cof Vallis Times: Tbe steamer Ivl Norte urriv ed at Yaulna Satunlay nnd sailnl again Monday morning. She carm-d hence a full cargo of w heat and it w ill be ber last cargo out of Vaiiina har bor for tbe present. Her place is to be tsken by the steamer Honu r which sails ficMil San Francisco Felt. lAnh. The Off steamer is larger, more como dlousand better fitted for the Vuijutna route. The traffic arraiigement with the Homer is on the pro rata bais, and I lie connection sufllcieiy rmanciil that lUfciver Clark announce a n inul trip ticket gd for 1) day fort Is. The next sailing date out af Vaijulua will be Feb. ith, larrv Hrt!n Hart. I's.'.j liusiil. ru K A telegram waa received hele late Inst night from Tulare, Cal., stating that ( an y F. Martin, had been serious ly Injured In an accident. A telegram was sent to his fiither, I'rof. T. M. Mar tin, at Florence, via liraiu. As llu mail left this morning Mr. Martin will gel the news ilmt wsy the ipllckol isn-sible. The disutch slated Unit Carey as not expected to live. Tele grams of Inquiry have Isi-n sent for particular as to hi condition but up to the hour of going to press no answer ha been lecclvcd. The young lourualist I well known here, having Just graduated from the I'lilversity of Oregon last year. The sad new s ha east a gliNiiu among his ninny near friend here. I.a 1 1 k: Telegram Just arrived state that w bile attempting to Is-ard a train w bleu was iu motion Carey fell and was struck over the left ce bv ll.e stciiM on the roach aud liis skull fractured. Drs. Kaggert ami Worthing 4-rformcd au uls rutinii and t.sik oul tliree piece of tin-skull. He pus-td tlimtii. li the oM.-ratiou ull right mill ul prisent 1J:1H p. m., resting easy Willi prosvt or recovery unless lli ternal bemorrliuge sets In. Hewnsou hi way to Bukersvllle finm Tulare. Ml ASK OK DK-SEUTIoX. A Father and llusliaud Who Is De sert lug uf secre Treat ment. While waiting for the mail to Is ehaiigtil at the Full Creek ss.tolllce, the carrier' attention was culletl to a a little Isiy that cuiiic to the store to si- if he could get u few turniM. He said his mother wu sick and Ihut they had nothing in the house to eat. The mail carrier, .Mr. Tihls-l, sympathy was arou-H-d so he callctl at the hmi-c and aseertainiil tlie family' Inline was Mulkey, consisiiug of Sir. Mill key and live children, running iu age 1mm In year old to an infant one duy old. All there wu in tlie house to eat wu ul-out two kii ii tin of flour and the tur nip the Imiv got at tho store. This is the family that wu deserted by the husband and fullur t if such ahiutc can claim tlie litlei after "blowing in" the money earned by himself and w ife picking Imps. A utck horse was sent from Spring Held well laden with provision for their relief Friday morning. The Kuiau Thistle. Telegram: Tort laud and many Mir tion of Oregou art badly overrun w ith the obnoxious Canadian thistle, aud all efforts thus fur made to exter minate the Wtiils have not tt-ll at tended with much success. Au ex change has this to uv regarding the Itussiun thistle: "It Is said that the Russian thistle which Is a great nui sance In the West, Is one of the best cros to plow under for gn-en cfuid lion, and the best way to get rid of it is to attempt to utilize it, for then In sects will attack it, aud ll will not grow without seeding. Some of our farmers need Just such weed to com pel them to cultivate their laud thor oughly." The exchange di- not say whul the dilli-rclice Is la-tweell the Canadian and Itusslaii thistle. What are the Kussiuu thistles anyway? Or egon farmers have Uitc enough to Ita lic with the ('hiihiIihii vnrlclv without giving much utteiition to otlier varie ties. Utter List, February I (I, IS9I. ! Iluscy, Oscar CoiirtwriKht, l'carl Darinegi-r, C tiibli, MisS N Hamilton, Mis D Arthur, Dr. ('has 1 CuuipMI, W !: Cummins, II It Kdwurd. A F Hart, Mrs Mamie Sampreclit, r L .-ii,iiti,t, . .... I'aulmiii. Mr M A I'etcisou. (line Mcllrecli, C K I'olaud, W W Kol.lnson, Klchnrd Stewart, Mrs II K Stone, Mr. M L Smith, I'll Smith, Oeo Smith, L M 1) Settle. Mrs J M Sanders, T Schufter, J M t larks. H IJ Thomiison, H H TliouiHMin, Harvey Waltner, J no J vt enver A Kiggs also ll, U J Whitsctt, llarvy. A rhsrn of on rent will be niwlx nn Mi'b l. tli r u, n out IVraom railing for U'tUirt will -U'w saf whrn trrrtla.'.l. llail 0urvl Fi b. 17. I'l.KASANT 1'AIITV. A number f friend met ut the residence of John H. (iray last evening to help him celebrate his -tli birthday. A pleasant lime was Indulged iu until 10 o'clock when all bauds repaired to the (lining-roolti, wtiere a sumptuous luucli was await ing them. Among those present were Mr. and Mr. S. F.. lirown, Mr. and Mr. A. O. Mathews, Mr. aud Mr. F. Fish, Mr. Ixiulsu Itusscll, Miss Idanchu Smith, Messrs. W . J. Darroch, II. llolleiibeik, Mr. and Mrs. J. 8. (iray. L. Dsllj Ousnl, Frb. 17. (iKX. Al'l-I.Kil ATK SlKD. Yester day's Portland Telegram has this con cerning a gentleman well known in Eugene and who Is one of the leading iNipulistsof Iheslute: Suit was filed iu the L'nited Stules court thl morn ing by the L'nited Stales against Klinlm L. AiiplegitU) and eight bonds men, for the recovery of i27.7, hlrh amount he la alleged to bo short in hi account a agent of the In dians of the Klamath Indian agency. Il.llf tiuanl. Feb. 1. Kri l um ii Mr. II. W. Holdeii has reiurniil from the Myrtle Creek mini's. He Inform un that the ditch was only slightly Injured by the storm, and the same ha been placed in good con dition. Piping at the mines was clfta.il down a few days at;o after a run of Is day. The piping wu done for the urjo-s of cleaning oil the ground o prospecting could I Indulip-d In. However, aoout wmth of gold was the result, notwithstanding nothing w as expected. Imiuktast v Tki k. AlUny Her aid: A -tltioii is Is-lng circulated and signed by many business men aud citizens in this city, asking Judge F'ul lerton Ui trftsne the sole of the Ore gon Pacific railnad until June I. by w hlrh time ll I said t1,0"O""U w ill be forthcoming to purchase the road, pay up it obligation, and pla; it on a basis that will l-al toexteii!W sensw the uiountuin. whereby the mul will l of great Is-nefll to Oregon. oLANL CUI'STV UE10UXUED. Tbe Trsus-Xisslsslppl Cuuiress Iu Kater of Uue Csuatj liuprovrwrnts. K. J. Frasler, delegate to tbe trulls Misaisaippi congress, now In se-slon at Sail FlaliclMxt, telegraphs Ihi (ll'AHli bHlay us follow s, which Is self explana tory: Sax Fiiam iiuxi, Feb. 17. After a hurd struggle have Just got resolutions Kasaed for the iN-riuanelil improve t of upper W 'Illume It river and comple tion at Olice Ol Wor, on oiuaiaw nar- bur. i:. j. fk asikii. ( arry Martin's Condition. l-sllj OusrO, Irk 17. Since yesterduy'i paper wa issued the follow lug te'lrgrains have been re ceived: Tri.AKK.Cal., Feb. HI. Daily it'AKi: Martin's condition serious. Kestlng easy. Koeclvlhg pnH-r care aud treatment. W. ll. (inrHAr. 1-uter last evening the following waa received by 11. It. Ki nca Id from the at tending surgeon: Martin in giHsl spirits, resting well. Skull crushed in, Utiles elevated. No bad symptoms. Cannot be removed under three week. W ill w ire you any Cbullges. 1K. C. r. 1 AHUAKT. Juuctlon I It r Items. Time s, Feb. 17. liulit. ItosM-riiian has oH-uel up a fresh stis'k ul gnxvric iu the liursile litillillug, west or Jacksoli s store. Ilom. to the wife of Mr. and Mrs. Sam MiMire, February 11, 1MM, a daughter. Mis Mlnnlo Slurr cuiiic up from Portlniid Sunday to sh ihI a week w ith In r parent iu thl city. The maiticruilc ball will l-o given at the oi-r:i house on the evening of the d, Washington's birthday. Mi-s I, aura Coleman, of Eugene, ssnt wvcral duys with friend iu this i Ity the past week. Helmet lslgi' No. 3.1, K. of P., of Eugene, ha extended au Invitation to I.iicuIIiim l.odirc of this city to attend a fis-eial liieetiug of the lodge next Monday evening, that date licing the v.h auiilversury of the order. The institute held here Friday ami Saturday was well at tended and much Inn-rest was manifested In educational mutter by our H-ople. The evening seshiou will held In tho Chrisiluu church and standing room was at a lirviuluui. Tim meeting was a very pr-illtulile one to tcuchcr w ti icli proves conclusively their Interest in educa tional matters. A Itomaiitic Kerelatlou. II there un two gentlemen named Alexander aud Oscar McClelland liv ing near Milton, or In any ot'ier part of I mulllla eouiil v, tbey should oir nisnid with Saioiicl I,. Dwlght, of Cinlralla, 111. 'I lie former is alsiut US years old, the latter ). lhey are sni-iMssil to be entrnged Iu slut-n rais- inir. iH-rhnim under nssumiil names. Alexuudcr McCli-lluud formerly owuiil a f.irm ue.ir Centrulla. About two years api a party residing them iMiug'ht this far noviil upon It, and in cleaning up and fixing It, among other things cleaned up and ilees-ned an old Doud that bud Isvn on Die larm fur 'Si years; aud iu doing so foiiud two liiimuu skeletons, ah iniiici neing held, the evldciicc teudiil to prove thut thev corresnoiidcd with the two missing McClclfuud. and that they hud been ill the nond some 10 or I years. Itoth skeleton hud beeu staked dow n in the iMiiid. and boro every in dilution that the part lis had been mur dered. There Is an cllnrt being made to fasten the crime upon an older sou of Alexander McClelland, who resides there, so says the Weston Leader. Mr. Dwlght is counsel for the son ac cused of murder, and Is anxious to have the mutter clcurcd up. Cottage Ureva Item. Lender, F'ch. 17. J. I. Jones Is moving hi sawmill nearer to thl place, and fixing it to cut more lumU-r than ever. Mr. Harrison lias purchased a half Interest In the lmiicrlsoii siniigie nun ou ltow river. Oui enterprising merthaiit, Mr. lUn Lurch, left on the overland truin Wnl nelay night for a week's visit at the inldw inter fulr iu Sun Francisco. An uluriu of Iho was heard Satunlay at the elegnut residence of H. It. PlMr. The stove plisi In one nsim Isi-aine separatiil and the (lie came out of Isitb end somewhat more "numerous" than delightful. J. M. Sherwood, of the Sherwood House, show ul us Thursday a small piece of Iron and gold ouartx that was not more than ulsiul half the size of au eifg willed cost t-'W. It belongs to J. It. McOec, su rliitendeut of the Annie mine, and came down In a meteor In Cullforiihi. Dallf Guard, Prb. II llKI.MKT I-.IXIK K. K P. Oil Monilav the Kuights of Pythias of this city will observe the .'Kill anni versary of the founding of the order by appropriate exercises to which they have Issued Invitations to the capacity of their hall. The order is ono of the nroaitf-rous voutnr order of this city. and although It has been organized here only a few years it has had a prosper ous growth and embraces some of the brightest young men or tne city, its founder w as J. 11. lUthhone, of Wash ington, D. C, w ho instituted the first lislge iu 1 W4, the object l-irig to found an onh r devoted to friendship, charity and benevolence. From tbe start of thirty y-ars ago with Imi than ten niemWrs it ha Increased Iu member ship and influence till it now numbers over 4io,j member and U closed among the strong orders or tlie coun tiy while it exerts a conservative and salutary influence. DttlT liuanl, Feb. K .VMNAHII M Dri.Mli.-Mt l.f the new ni-r arai'i lias nrrivei arefii-li.du..d g mnastlc classes be-1 gnn ut the I'nlvi rMt v gymnasium yes- terday afterii'sm. 1 he classes areiin-i dcr the 'Hre.-fi.iii of Mr. J. 1C, Welter- j t..e' , by Ut. Alios II. ( hapman. tut, lu partment, 1M S WOOL 0AI?l BT l'BOTKf. "II0S. """"" . , Halem SUtcsman: Some-time Au examination of the pricc4 of ni ii. A. Massif, fdieriflT of C'olum wo.1 at Boiton, the controlling tl Comy, stul lcnly diapr?arel niaikctof the UuitcJ States, "ill from hi ollico ami homo at St. slioiv that tho best avcrago prices; Helens ami upon an investigation wne ohtained when wool waiprac-j0f tho afl'airs of his office it waa tkally free of duty. Previous toj ,liacovi-reil that ho was a heavy do 1S.i7 there was a Unir of thirty (ttUi,,T. Nothing was hcanlfrom er cent, but tie tantr act "f t't ; him until a few tlavs ago when a year admitted the lino wools of j it.lur wng tvcvVVi ' ty xrn .M,Mje South America, Auhtraha, and thoj from llic fLllfiti vo husbaml which CftJofUooil Homfree. irtual-1 inaioati-.l that ho was at Capo ly tho act of 1S')7 put wool on the Town, mi the extreme southern free list, and it there remained un- coat of AfTWlit What ho ig ,ioing til after tho war. In 185U wwl in tlmt flir o(, (.ui,i ia Ilot known brought sixty cents a pound in the . but i,c sUtoM tlrtt j10 cx,K.cu to JJoston market, and ofler duties srml i,iH wife ,nu!lcy jnu-i.-nt to were removed mo price rangeu as ; follows: ltv7..., 1VS..., 1SV.I..., It)..., iNd... littC. .(10 cents .V) " .tk) " .00 " .47 " 1VV3... Mi4 . 115... 1MKI.., 1W17.., 70 estit : 7. " t .1 isJ Ul .67 Tlicse were tho best years known in the United States, wool was then virtually on free list. In 1S67, when ever and the wool commanded eixty-ono cents n 'might bo news to many to know jsjutid, Congress determined to , that several Orcgnnians are prcpar "protect" the wool growers, and j ing to immigrate to that distant imKscil a duty ranging ou diller- luiul with tlie ex'ctntion of there cut grades of tlccco from fifty to fnnling their fortunes. Of course, sixty tier cent with the following they will not go us mysteriously result: 1 as did the Mpulit shcrilf. Julian- mw 4.1 cents 1S70 35 cents Imiu h7ll IS7I Ih7-' 173 .40 ,..17 .40 .W .41 IS77.. 1M7H.. IhTll.. lKHI.. IhNl.. S!C.. i"na.. ....33 .....II .....) .....10 ....151 H74 40 K75 :n Iu 1883, when w mil, after fifteen years of high protection, had reached the lowest price in forty years, congress, at that time repub lican in both branches, and with a republican president, determined to try a different policy, and re duced tho tariff from 1 to '2 cents per lNiund, according to tleece. What was the result? The Huston market showed the following changes: 18M 2o cents 1SWI 32 cents IMS 1 2rt 1887 3'J " lSN 17 " Under our high McKinley tariff tod ty, wool is eighteen cents er pound. A Longer Lease for JUrjr. '1 he supreme court has decided thi' i Governor Lcwclling had no auMiority to remove Mrs. Mary K. Ix. se from the staU buard of char ities. Tho court ananitnous, the jiopulist meti.'Ura concurring with tho two rptjb3lcans. Tho court holds that the governor had no right to remove Mrs. Lease or apjxiint a successor, as she was a- Cointed for a year and confirmed y tho senate, unless charges were Preferred and sustained, and that reeborn, who has been acting as ber successor, is a usurper. Mrs. Lease says she intended to resign, as the salary is no object, but she learns that the governor has a plan to charge her with bribery in lett ing contracts for supplies to state institutions. These, she says, are false, and she proposes to remain in office and fight them. Klamath Falls Express: State Senator S. 13. Huston, of Hillsboro, is mentioned as a candidate for congress from the first district by tho democrats. Mr. Huston is a young but profound lawyer, who defeated republican warhorse Hon. Tom Tongue, in tho legislative race of 181)2. Mr. Tongne is one of the ablest members of bis party in Ore gon and lives in a republican dis trict, but he could not overcome his opponent. Thcs gentlemen are not of the ordinary cast of poli ticians. They are loth well read and educated. It is time that Ore gon sent men of their caliber to spoak for her in tho halls of con gress. Kusllcrsand wire punurs are well in their place, but they bring neither honor or respect to the states from which thev come. An Eastern dealer gives the fol lowing as the best method for growers to follow in order to get the top price for their fruit: Last foil some apples were shipped to him, which he readily sold for 15 rx r barrel, and some others equal ly as good from tho samo town w licit it waa bard to dispose of for I I. The reason waa that the first Io' was carefully packed and nice ly sorted while the others were (f .niped into the barrels as they w re picked. Apiearancts are so ue times deceptive, but they of te i count for much. The treasury officials at Wash i i. ton are much exercised over a r cnt decision of a Kansas local j', !ge, who naturalized a China man. Tbe case baa been called to tho attention of Attorney-General Mit or t'ioney, who will make a thorough I, the repair, , ... . veeugawou wiwj iu. u.iki. xju- dcr the law ol loJi Ibinamcn are prohibited from being naturalized by either utfl or faml courts, WrA the .cUon of the Kansas judge isegarded as inexplicable. THE POPl'LlST SHEBIIF. r.fiuui tie K)nd.nicn that were re- iiuired to put up for his tlinupar-aiu-c. It is to bo supposed that Mr. M.iHio lcnrncil of the new KI Dorado, in the Transvaal, South America, and turned his eyes in tliut di reel ton. This absent ollicial no doubt expects to becomo im iiicnecly rich by iligjjitiR tlie yel low stulV from the African soil. In connection with this item it ncsburg, tho I-ad ville of tho South j African republic, in inland about I UKH) miles, and it is the base of . supplies for an immenso stretch of i country, lis imortaiico can lie ' i mag' nod when it is known that I the city now has a resident )iulii ; t ion of" oO.(KX) whereas in 1SS7 it liiul only KMX). During the mst year the gold yield of the republic : ninountcil to 30,(MX),(.XH). In the Drakcu inouiitains, something sinii I lur to the CiiHcaJn lange, twenty I five miles east of Johannesburg, any miantity of all classes of min erals aro found. At present thero are only a few Americans in that mysterious country. Six of the present members of tho United States senato have serv ed in the cabinet. In the order of their ministerial service Don Cam eron is first. He was secretary of war under President Grant. John Sherman was secretary of tho treas ury in the Hayes administration. William E. Chandler, of New Hampshire, was secretary of tho navy in Arthur's administration and Henry M. Teller, of Colorado, was secretary of tho interior at the soino time. Senator Proctor, of Vermont, was secretary of war un der Harrison, and William E. Vilas, of Wisconsin, was both Post master General and Secretary of tho Interior at different jicriods in Mr. Cleveland's first administra tion. i Ashland Tidings: Jacksonville wags are having lots of fun over the docisiou in tho Illoomer case. Woollier s charged with embez zling $1)0 0 between tho dates of July C, 18J2,and August 5, 1893. Tho expert testimony advanced from the county records show that Illoomer turned over to tho county in that timo over 915,000. Now this clearly leaves a balance of f000 in Bloomer's favor, and the "boys" want to telegraph the good Mr. Illoomer (?) to conic- back or authorize somo of his pals to draw tho balance duo ou account. In the meantime the taxpayers of Jackson county can go right on "sawing wood'' to pay for tho mu sic. Stay ton Times: .Copt. MofTctt is no longer managing editor of the Portland Telegram, and from the tono of tho paper at present it is republican masnuerading as demo cratic. Capt. Moffctt is an ablo writer but ho has always been hampered in his management by the Oregoniiin Publishing Com pany, the present owners of the Telegram. There is a demand for California prunes in France, but the French want them in bulk, so that they can repack thciu under a French label. One San Jose pruno raiser recently refused to (ill a French or der for 130,000 worth because be would not be a party to such a fraud on California. If all coast fruit growers, ill bo erjually patri otic they will' profit by it. The city of London grew in pop ulation 3'J0,107 souls between 1881 and 18'Jl. This 10 per cent, the present population being 4,211,713. Tho population of all England incrcaed in tho same time Hi per cent. It is the first time in many years that the population of Lon don has not increasedprttiortion ately faster than that of the whole island. The Salctn Statesman names George Noland as a candidate on the democratic ticket for attorney general. Such a nomination would be an excelleut one. He would receive many republican votes in Lane county, his old home. o o o o