FRIDAY, MAY 10.
There was quite a heavy frost thin
uiorniug.
Silt Bessie Day weut t Indcpund
,nce tiKluy.
Mr. Espey, o I'ortluuJ, came up on
the local today.
ii g. McKlnlcy l now at Went Sa-
lew, Wisconsin.
llou. J. M. Staflord, of Mohawk,
was in town toiluv.
Mi"i Iluttie .-itewart ol Springfield
visited Eugene today.
Mrs- Vaughan and cliild, of L'oburg,
are visit., g at Albany.
V It. WI'Us and wife returned to
Eugene this afternoon.
Mrs. Frank AnderHon came up from
Junction tliln afternoon.
W. W. Chessman, the Springfield
grocer, wan lu town today.
A large crowd wan out to welcome
tliti Eugene last evening.
Rose are now blooming quite plenti
fully In the yardn about town.
A P Churchill in upending a few
days among lilt Eugene friends.
Mrs. J. H. MeClung visited at Cres-
well veslerday, returning today
Mrs. Annie Millard, of Junction, is
visiting iu l-.ugeue lora lew uay.
The Daily Htai of this city Is now de
funct, baviug breathed IU last today.
H. It. Miller is moving luto the
Luckey house which he recently pur
chased. The time of pny lug taxes in Mult
nomah county has been extended to
June 3rd.
President Chapman went to Inde
pendence today and will lecture there
tonight.
The examination ol a. pllcaiits for
ttachers' cerliUcatc was .completed
this afternoon.
II. Qarrisou has been placed in
charge of the gentlemen's department
ef the university dormitory.
A movement is on foot lu Portland
to secure an early closing of business
houses on Saturday afternoons.
Some of the small boys of the town
have organized a new baud, and se
cured John Christian as instructor.
Mrs. Heal op, who is at a Portland
hospital receiving treatment for ty
phoid fever, Is Improving nicely.
Mrs. W. Sanders left on the overland
train last night for Han Francisco,
where she will visit for some time.
The wheat acreage of Eastern Wash
ington this year is placed at about SO
per cent of the customary acreage.
Commissioner' court adjourned last
evening until 4 o'clock this afternoon
out of reopeot to the late W. B. Pen
gra. Work on the foundation of the mill
is progressing favorably and several
teams are engaged lu delivering lum
ber. Fatalities occur almost dally among
the tlshernioii at the mouth nf the Co
lumbia river through the capsizing of
boats.
Jacob Kchrueder, committed to the
Insane asylum from this couuty, has
been discharged. His home is near
Florence.
J. Ii. Mitchell, of Salem, has been
held for the grand Jury on a charge of
embezzling i-DO ef a lailroad company
of which ho was ageut.
While eoming through the draw of
the bridge at flarrisburg yesterday the
steamer Eugene siruck one of the piers,
tearing oil a corner of the cabin, p
The bicycle track on the univeisity
campus is now lu excellent condition
and a number of cyclists may be found
there each evening.
Kit Whiteaker met with an accident
at Thurston recently. While loading
a shot gun it was discharged, badly
lacerating the fingers of his right
hand.
O. C. Purkepile, the Springfield sta
tion ageut, accompanied by his wife,
left on the overland train' last night
for Central Paint, where they will vis
It for a while.
We understand A. E. Gallagher,
forn. 'rl of this city but now of Sim
kane is "attorney for a mortgage loan
company at a good salary, and devotes
his entire time to that business.
W. W. Brannin, of Pendleton,
Grand Master Workman of the A O U
W of Oregon, will pay the lodge in
this city an official visit next Monday
evening,and also deliver a public lec
ture. Independence West Hide: J. S.
Kelluy, brother of L. Kelley, has gone
back to Pleasant Hill to return in
about a week with his mother and
sister and take up their residence In
this city.
J. J. Truax, of Alexander, Minneso
ta, has arrived in Eugene and associa
ted himself in the second hand busi
ness on Ninth street with his brother,
W. O. Truax. His family will arrive
in the near future.
The Missoulan. of Missoula, says of
E. L. Bonuer, who had just returned
to that city: Mr. Bonner stated that
he had withdrawn from the Astoria
railroad enterprise, but had retained
his Interest in the Oregon Pacific. It
was the Intention to do considerable
building on that line tills summer, but
it had not yet been decided exactly to
wnat points the roau wouiu ue extenu-
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ed.
l lier WUUM1 illuming oinmwo
the main line, and would build one or
more branches.
Oregon City Enterprise: 'onslder
ahle has been said in the papers about
the Indictments against Miss Mary
Kerger, for sending slanderous matter
through the U. . mall. The facts are
she was allowed to go on her own rec
ognizance, aud when 11500 bail was
required for appearance in June, she
readily furnished the amount with
Mis. Ditehbiim of Portland and an
Oregon City party as sureties. Miss
Kerger wn a former resident of this
city.
David Home came Into Pendleton
from Upper McKay creek Tuesday
evening. Stock buyers, he says, are
iuite numerous In tiie Long creek and
John Day country They are offering
$25 for 3 year old ' steers, f 15 for cows,
and from fS to $12 for yearlings. All
the stockmen of tin t region have
formed a pool and stand out for higher
prices. Pendleton bnvers have recent
ly ticen In that neighborhood, and hrve
paid as high as 18 for ordinary weight
.cows, i lb-cent rains have put a diiler
ent complexion on the livestock fi,
K)ltloii, and owners are feeling gtC.it
ly encouraged.
rMTCKDAV.MAYll.
Gnoseberrle are now in the market.
The street sprinkler was doing duty
again today
Farmers are busy plant.'.ig eorn and
gardens.
will hold a May Duy
'
Junction City
picnic May 1U.
A civil ease, when u u board bill i.
involved, is U-iiil' l.inhl m .1 lllli'l Inn I
today. ;
Fronts of the past week hav.' greatly 1
Injured the fruit down the alley. I
A large number oi Cottage (irnveites '
t.uc uomii iuu,v io auciiu uie tool
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goods which will bo opeued tlio
There are about 50 1 delegates lu at- l,l of June,
tendance at the C. E. convention at The Soutluru Pacific' He preserv-blxWlu-
lug ptuni is limning night and day at
A boy renrcseiitinLr tu U. itimf un.l Latham. About 3nou Hi's urn 'nut
dumb was kgging on the street last
M. O. Warner Is at Ashland.
Leo. (ierh..d. of Corvallis, is iu
town.
II. 1$. Millard, of Cottage Grove, is
In town.
Mrs T M Jackson ha Uh-ii visiting
in town several days.
Nate Wiiidom returned to his home
near Hurrisburg today.
Mrs. Haw ley returned home to Cot
tage Grove this afternoon.
Prof. E. 11. McElroy left ou the ear
ly train this morning for Salciu.
J oil II Diamond, of l'oburg, has been
visiting at Brownsville this week.
C. L. Scott and wife went toCrcswell
this afternoon to visit over Sunday.
Mr. St. Clair, formerly of the Kick
apoo Medicine Company, is iu Eugene
S II Edwards has returned to town
after spending several weeks at High
liuuk. o o
Mrs. Jennie Higgl ns is assisting in
J. D. Matlock & C'o.'s store fur a few-
days.
Elder Skaggs is conducting a suc
cessful meeting at Fern Kidge school
house.
Mr. Dunham bs'ay purchased
J O. Kelley property, corner 5th
Jcfl'ersou streets.
Portland papers are agitating
the
and
the
question of moving t lie Sachs gun fac
lory from tills place to run land. 0
A dance was billtd to take place last
night at Lane's hall, but failed to ma
terialize, only a few people being pres
ent.
The (i Alt Post of Cottage Grove
Ins perfected arrangements for a suit-1!
able observance of memorial day ii'o
that city.
One of (he large circular saw s iu the
mill at Elmiru was broken Friday,
which will necessitate a delay of sever
al days.
Miss EM il Preston went to Cot
tage drove this afternoo!: to visit a
few days.
Mrs. J. 11. Harris suffered another
attack of heart trouble last night about
IZ o clock.
Misses Genevieve Major and Lillian
McKee, of Junction City, are In at
tendance al the Endeavor convention
at Salem.
Drain Herald: G. W. Moore has
pone to Eugene to go Into husincss.
His family will reinaiu here until-
school is out.
The Brownsville Times is running a
serial story on pioneer days ou I lie
Long Tom. Four chapters have
already been published.
Congressman Silbey, of Pennsyl
vania, ami den. Warner, of Ohio, are
announced to discuss tim silver ques
tion at Lebanon next Monday after
noon. J. It. Harris, was over at Clear
Lake yesterday lo visit ISeii Mulkey,
w ho hasU-en unite 111 with la grippe,
but is now improving.
P. J. Baughman, of Monmouth, for
merly of Lane comity, has returned
from California, w here lie has bieu for
the benefit of his health.
At a boarding house lire iu Chicago
early this morning one person was
burned to death ami ten others seri
ously injured
Miss Madeline Pollard lias been eri
gagrd as a companion by a wealthy
and charitable New York lady to ac
company her on her trip around the
world.
Euirene isn't iu it. At Lebanon an
ex-county olllcial and an old soldeir
Inula light over me uispuie ns in un
distance from Hull Itun to Washington
D. C.
Th.-GrAKi) todav printed posters
mi, oMiieiiiir two davs' races at Eugene
on May 31 and June 1, an account of
w hich has already been pubL.-'Ciid.
The Lebanon Express pays Prof. d.;
II. Wilkes, formerly of this city, a nice
tribute for his excellent services as
principal of the public schools of that
city.
TheS. P. has contracted with the
mill at Pokegama for between three
and four hundred carloads ef ties, to bo
delivered the coming summer.
The Wizard Oil company, with
twenty-four artists, are playing, al El
lensbtirg. Wash., and are ptobably
headed this way.
It U renorted that IteV. It 'x Jollt'S,
the well known Methodist minister, of
drauts Pass, has secured Hie iiowe
u few miles west
or jtoseuurg,
;,. , 'orllHinl real estate therefor.
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rpi.. iw.i.. nil ill I llH lunula
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01 tne supreme cuui i in wiv , -
Ciuccase. Aua i.i r-.... v ...
hearing tbe arguments I.. the same ami
the curt will render a prompt decs-
By a law of congress passed in Kd,
squatters on Ul't"'ry.-'ei
deposit money with ft rejor g.
. rui and havu t he ,. i Is """r'1-1
I his deposit aft.ir a time la tonus a
payment on the land.
j : M. Hanshruugh, D. L. Houston
and It. W. Jamison, three popular .
P. conductors, will leave in a short
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time for an extended trip tiimugn tne
Wi-.'i butter at 1-i cents per pound,
Hour, 2.40 per barrel, eggs 8 and 0
; cents tier dozen, and beef and 10
cents iter pound, Oregon ought t - oc
: the ideal home of the Kir man.
( MoliinnutU corre-lioudelit in Hide-Vn.feni-e
West Side: Mrs. i'riu.e
cousin of Mrs. J. L. Murphj . ; turned
to her home in Eugene th ilrst part
week, taking Miss l.Mine with
, her to remain during uie -m .
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ul.ll. I.. I.,. -I I - .... ,i . m .i , i
"inn inu,jiii uuupr a sH'it ui auuor
ration, K ft for Chicago lust week, aud
it ! said tiiat ho will not return alone.
We oiler our condolence.
Wills, Furyo A Co. will soon retire
from tbe busiiic i.f carrying letters
wiiuin uie i uited Mate. rue branch
business hasbeeu quite u source
of revenue to the company lu timet
pant, but the new special delivery
stamp has ruined it
The Lakcvlew Hustler says F. M.
Chrismaii. whose Silver Lake store
went up lu the terrible holocaust on
the liu-umrable Christmas eve, Is erect-
illtril lu.te tnii '11 v 1111 .iti.l I... ......a
' t mvuiv l' .1", Hllll IM Kill 1 17
to Portland to buy u new stock of
j through this iirescrving pioccs each
lay. About mi n m.d two locomo
lives are employed at the wurk.
An old gun barrel, unearthed In the
Buckingham swamps, near Monroe,
invites speculation. It is said to be
copper instead of steel. The arrel is
round iustvad f octagonal, and the
bore Is tbe si.e of the ordinary 44-cali-bre
ritle. It Is to be taken to Corvaliis
for examination.
Tbe latest to file article of incorpo
ratiiiii w ith the secretary of state is the
Oregon Pork Packing couipauy,of Port
land, with llollis Alger, It S. Howe,
S Buchanan aud S E Willard, lu
corporators; capital stock, rlJ.'siO;
object, to pack pork and all other
kinds of meat.
Second Lieutenant Milton F. Davis,
4th Cavalry, I'. S. A., has Is-cn de
tailed a recruiting ofllcerat the Presl
do, San Francisco. Lieutenant Davis
was appointed to West Point military
academy from Oregon. Ten years ago
he was a country schnol teacher in
Polk county. ."statesman.
T C Pcwell, of Portland, well known
in Eugene, turned the comer at Hotel
Portland at a lively rate yesterday
morning. His bicycle, w hich be was
riding, sliped aud he was thrown
violently lo Ihe pavement, Mug rend
ered uucoiiscious, In which condition
he remained some time.
Giand preparations for the coming
session of the I. O. O. F. grand lodge at
Salem are iu progress by the committee
of general arrangements and the mauy
details for an interesting and sucivss
fill couvfiiiiou are receiving careful
attention. A graud parade is to lie had
iu which twenty-two ledges will form
in matching order, headed by the
i..litia.
The Indian agent at the HI let z has
received olllcial notice from the Indian
department at Washington stating
that tbe dcpaitmeiit had recognized
the net ion of the county court iu ap
pointing Justice of the s aee and creat
ing road districts at the Siletz, aud
authorizing the agent to abolish the
Indian courts, as these Indians are
now citi.ens. The, Indian have all
been alloted their lands, aud there
reinaiu to be opened to settlers 81,000
acres.
The report ''mt "ie running time of
the S. P. overla .1 trains would be
changed, to admit of close connection
with the X. P. trains at Portland,
proves lo be without foundation.
Supt. Fields of the S. P., w hile in the
,'i . cy this week, said that no change
h" been contemplated, although
attempts had Ih-cii made to arrange fur
closer connection with the N. P.
The Daughters of c lie American
jit-volution have accepted au invita
tion to appoint speakers who will de
liver orations on patriotic subjects for
the 18th and 10th of October at the
Cotton Slates and International Expo
sition, where the organization will
hold Its annual meeting. The Presi
dent General Is to select the speakers.
Mrs. Hogg, llcgen t of Pennsylvania,
will bring all the local chanteis of that
state, and advices from diliereiit states
in the Union show great interest lu
the meeting to be held in Atlanta.
Dr. J. L. Hayes, of Lafayette, was
trou led wild cerebral hemorrhage
last week, but is now fully recovered.
The case was of much interest to the
medical frat rnlty.its peculiarity being
that the involuntary r.erves of respira
tion refused to uct.and that the patient
would drop into a deep sleep if left
alone for a s'riod of live seconds.
While awake every mental and physi
cal function was in proper work
ing order, but as wn a ho fell
asleep respiration censed and the face
Ix-came livid, and blood vessels largely
distended. The treatment pursued al
lowed ",: le patient to sleet for 15 sec
onds, wlieu he was roused by severe
shaking. The first night of the attack
ho was made to walk in ouler to keep
away sleep, the necessity of watchful-I-.'ss'slowly
growing less, the crisis le
ing passu! about 48 hours after the
first symptoms.
Oueuon'h Liku Lands. States
man: A Statesman reporter yesterday
saw a letter w ritten by the commis
sioner of the general land office at
Washington, S. W. Lamoreux, toSilalo
Land Agent Davenport from which
was gleaned the amount of land to
w hich the state will lieentitl'Kl In lieu
of sections 10 and 30 of the unsurvcyed
areas contained within governnu nt
forest anu oiineral reserves. The ci
missioner furnished the list at the i. -quest
of Senator Mitchell and Con
gressmau Hermann. The showing Is
as follows: Iu the Cascade reserve
s.-, sections; lu Bull Kun reserve nt'.e
section and In the Ashland reserve two
sections; total 2!H sections or 18!,0'K)
acres. This will form a tangible I s-N
from which Mr. Davenport ca". pro
eeed, the next step necessary being to
Haiti where suitable laud can
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ins.,! sections: in jiiii ituii ii-biic ii
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.ections; total sweuous ur ir,.,,., -,
, HCrM mis win lorm a inngiuiv i n -,.
, f wlllc Mr. 1)avenp,rt pro ;
A Dl.lt 8t,p nmssary being to :
0btalnel in lieu thereof.
Ami Bkokln.-A boy named H.n,-
, . ler haJ tlu. minfortune to sutler a st
vc.e fracture of one of his arms '1 bur.
evt.ni,1(f. He was thrown friii a
I horse about ten miles nortli of Eugene.
; Jn b(rj;injf u the ground his left ari:i
I WH8 (.r,,,, ut the end of the humerus,
, )n tl0 et,w Joint. The hone
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()lrUll.j froln tlL. nh about iw
inches. Dr. J. . Harris was eniien ,
and went ovr and reduced the fr.ic-
ture. The hoy is about ten yars of ,
ngv
t'allr liUiM MJ 11.
A l'l.KASANT Sl'BPKlSE. A nUUI;
her of friends gathered at the M E
parsonage last night bringing with
them many visible tokens of their re
gard for tbo pastor and bis wife. An
hour was spent iu delightful Inter--4iii
r. The w hole affair was a cum-
, ,!ete stirprl-e to
Soiue of Oar Export!).
Dally Ouard. May Id.
The harbor committee appointed by
tbe Eugene board ef trade to al tend
the open hearing granted by the L ull
d State board of engineer at New
tntrt toniorrow hat pn pared the fol
lowing statistical report uf the exports
of Lane county for the year 1S'.4,
which they will present to that honor
able body In the erlorl to stvure better
harbor Improvement at YHquina:
EfdKNK, Lane Co., Or., 1
May It, SM.
To I H r IIONOUAIII.K COMMIITKK OK
Civil. Eniii.nkkkk:
We. a committee designated by the
Eugene board of trade to gather statis
tic of Lane county for the purpose, of
showing yeur the
great necessity of Improving Yaquiua
bay a a shipping port, so that ur
county may have a competitor for it
present large and lucreasing commer
cial business, which w ill naturally aid
iu securing a reduction from the exist
ing exhorbitaut freight charges now
forced on our cople, beg to submit
the following a the exports of Lano
cour.ty for 1MD4.
Wheat. 400,000 bushels; oats, S-JO.tXHJ
bushels; hay, &S0 tons; potatoes, -',5'.J,-Ooo
pounds'; hops, l.soil.ooo pounds;
livestock, 'S 10 head; hllt aud furs,
7U.IKSJ pouiids; leatiier, K",ooo Muuds;
wikI, isi.OoO iHiunds; flour aud feed,
3,(Ki0,0oO pounds; bacon and lard, 70,
IMMI H)inuls; butter aud cheese, 77, HX)
iouuds; eggs. 173,11' 4 dozeu; poultry,
li7 dozen; Cascara bark and grape
reot, -ttW.IKH) pounds; fruits, tl"2,av
pounds; dried aud green, from present
indli-ations, lS'.'j export will exceed
l.ooo.ooo Miinds; lumWr, 2Z car lomls;
of c rn, barley and rye, over 8."i,000
bnhels were raised for home consump
tion. In area, Lane county coutaias
a.MU.HW acres, aud has a piqiulatioii of
Si.uoo.
The sum of the above export pro
ducts amounts to 61,2l,,.,,7IO pounds, all
of which pays tribute to a railroad cor
poration for an excess of reasonable
freight charges. Merchant of Eugene
today pay but a very small per rent
age mora for 450 miles' haul from San
Francisco by steamer to Yaquiua, and
S3 miles by rail from Yaquiua to Al
bany, than they are fonvd to pay for
43 miles from Albany to Eugene. .The
freight charges from Alban v to Eugene
by rail are so high that dozens of car
loads have Is en hauled by wagon, and
most of the freight at the present writ
ing it hauled by teams, which earn
good wages ami save money for our
merchants. The great Imiwrtanee of
the improvements of Yaquiua bay as a
harbor, nut only to Lane county, but
to the whole Willamette valley and
Southern Oregon, cannot beuverosti
mated, while that great Inland empire
known as Eastern Oregon is hopefully
looking forward to the extension of
tho Oregon Pacific, railioad Hue into
Its territory, providing them with a
short and cheap route to seaboard for
its vast wealth of wool, stock and
grain. 'We look to the improvement
of Yaquiua bay as the prime factor in
the reduction of freight charges. The
buihlingof branch lilies up and down
this valley and iu developing and liu
uroviug the condition of our county
and its lvple. The benefits derived
apply equally as well to our imports
and to exiHirts; aud this committee,
representing Lane county, respectful
ly ask that tbe improvement of Ya
quina bar be proceeded with and car
ried forward as far as money and en
gliieering will permit.
Tiie Free Iteudlug K.ium.
Tbe annual renort of the Free Itead
ing Itoom shows a decided increase In
the attendance during the past year,
there being an average of thirty live
persons daily.
This number includes most all class
e of people, varying lu ago from ten to
seventy years of age. The literature
consist of a number of the very best
Riaimzincs. louruals. Eastern, South
em, middle, state, county and local
political aers, business, religious,
temnerance. scientific and other sieclal
naoera. There are also about three
hundred and seventy-five magaziues,
a large number of Journals and paers
mi 11 . In addition to inese is a
library of one hundred and sixty stan
dard books, belonging to the rooms, to
which readers have Iree access. These
rooms are oncn to the public from tt
in the morning to 9 iu the evening
plljr (itiurd, Ms; II.
Til k Jl-hy Diha(ikkei). 1 lie case
against Ueo. A. Dorris, charged with
assault and battery en A. C. Jennings,
was called up by Justice Wheeler last
evening. The following Jurors were
chosen: H. F. Kerns. m. Miller, J.
K. Mct.'ann. A. W. Haskell, H. 11.
Ktickiievmid (ieo. E. Ibswmai). The
evidence was soon ubmltted rud the
lurv retired. About 11 clock last
mgiii tney nan uoi ugrevu, u cm
excused until this morning. iney
met again at 8 o'clock this morning
and deliberated on the matter until af
ter 11 o'clock, and then reported to the
Justice that they could not agree If
iIipv .laved three weeks, ana were
thereupon discharged. Mr. Jennings
yesterday withdrew his plea of guilty
and entered a plea of not guilty. J.
M. W aim. the prosecuting auer
nev. has been at Jr i1
and nothing further will be done with
the matter until he returns.
r-.llr Ouard. May 11
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NO!llf.K ni"i
roiiuwav occurred this morning.
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i iiih uintf il won uii mniii bh,
-' : i.i,,1,,i i." IhM rsnn
-he tea.,, Mor ed 1 to A. 1 ti
s
i, frlghthened and started to
rl,M. They ran two blmk east on
Nluth street and turned nortli on
Vmi l making the turn into Peail
slrtl they swung in next to the fence
Ilt,ar Mr. Marx's residence aud ran
OVer a small maple tree. In the force
f t,e collisiou the tree was t rn out
uy the root and dragged a sliort dls-
tance but it had the etlect or stopping
lne horses, wtiK-h were soon aoer
,.aught w.-.u; bavm.t don", much
jtt,aBc.
Mkrcy Ci.fH Through i bo efforts
of Mrs. L'. 1'. Hounds, state uis-rin-tctidciil
(Jjpartmeut of mercy W. C.
T. I'., who was here the first nf the
week, a mercy club was organized In
tbe public schools of this city, with
Moxey Weidernan as president. The
object of tbe club I for tbe humane
I treatment of bird and animal".
I Second Ileglmeut t'btuitet.
I rllT liusrd, 11.
1 Iteglster: Some linportant changes
' are about to be made ia the ulluirs at
the headquarters lu the Second licgi
nietit, O. N. ti. Yesterday Colonel O.
'O. Yoran received the books and
records, w hich have been kept 'ii the
'adiulanl's ofllce at Salem. These
records will nereaiici ic kcpi ai un
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li.H.ioiiHrtwrsorilie hL'imciit III this
cite which have Ikcii taken up ie the ty H?r cent les than the charges would
armory of Compativ C. The ,- esent have been had this freight been
adjutant, Lieut. C. E. Kcthn, has brought by rail. One llrm iu this city
htvll tendered a pmiuoliol -o the po- received by this Unit 25 Ions of freight,
sltof of Judge advocate on llie brigade and they tisik the trouble to determlue
stall, to rank as major, of date 17, at , the (Inference between the freight
which lime Lieut. Itoblln w ill have j charges by the steamer and what they
completed a term of three years as ad-1 would have Ihsmi by rail, and found
jutant of ihe Second Kegln'ient. Some they had made a saving of betweou
appointment w ill ie made shortly ou j KiOaud Hi. At this rate the saving
the regimental stall' and luui-commis- to our uiercuatits ou the freight re
sioned stall', and it is understood that ceived this trip amounted to over f 100.
tbe follow ing appointments w ill he. ' The diHerencu l:i about ti'i cr car load
made as soon as ixissiHc: l or ail-
Jutatit, H. T. Condon; lor signal
olMecr, Lieut. K. H. Lealsi; for ser
geant major, D. E. Yoran; for quarter
master sergeant, L. H. Johnson; for
armorer, Geo. T. Hall, Jr. The only
one of the above apisiinlincuts now In
service is Lieut. Lealsi, who Is In Com
pany 11 lu Salem. The others named,
how'evtr, are all men who have served
honorably for one or more terms In
Company C, and are well equipped for
the performance of the duties w hich
w ill devolve upon them. The business
of the regiment w ill nearly all le per
formed at headquarters, and the col
inel and his stall' w ill meet one even
ing each week for regular work, as well
as for general instruction. Therv Is
one other stall" pwltion, that of chap
lain, which appointment may Is1 made
lu the uear future. It Is evident, from
the changes that have lieeii going ou
for the past few vears that the citleil
soldiery Is steadily advancing toward
the systematic and regular way of
business in vogue In the regular army,
nnd Ihe etllciency of the organization
Is now greater than ever Is forc.
School Report.
The follow Ing is a true report of the
I'nlou school district No. 41, tor month
ending May 3rd:
Number of days taught
Total number enrolled SI
Average daily attendance 1!7
Numberof days attendance by all
pupils -542
Number of limes tardy 3
Number of minutes lit by tardl-
lies "0
Number of visitors during month... Ift
Those w ho have neither been absent
nor tardy durlug Ihe month are:
China, Mabel and Arthur Sn.. Ih, Noia
and Clydu Wright, Mary and Fred
Itmiuett, I'.ennle and Albert Johns,
Julia Weeks ami Frank Morton.
The general deportment of the scIkhiI
I good. Parents and guardians are
respectfully Invited to visit the school
at their leisure.
Cl.AHK STAKK(Htl),
' Teacher.
Theatrlrals at Waliervllle.
Flattering results attended tho pr -ductlon
nf "Down by the Sen" al Wal
iervllle on Saturday night, May 4, un
der the management of Mr. I. New-tan
U rev ne.
Notw ithstanding the Inclemency of
the weather the auditorium was taxed
lo Its utmost capacity. Eugene,
Kipringlleld, Coburg, Thurston, Camp
Creek aud pole's up the McKon.ie
were well represented to wit lies the
initial bow of Waltervillu's talent.
Tho members ;f the company de
serve hearty pralso for their rcaiistae
acting and artistic climaxes.
It would bodilllcult discriminate
tho U'st sustained character as all
parts were well taken and rendered
throughout, showing much hard
study.
Vociferous applause greeted the com
pany at the end of the play, and con
tinned until its member responded
with a "good night" bow.
In the near future tbe company will
stage a side splitting comedy.
OlISKKVKII,
lliily (JimrJ. May 111.
Foil Stkai.ino "uiwkrh. Tom
June, the colored lad who knock
about town, was arrested ysslerday
morning for stealing lloweis. lie was
taken before Kecorder Dorris yester
day afternoon who, on account of It lie
lug his first olt'euse, gave him a good
lecture ami allowed him to go with
the admonition that if the crime was
related the penally would be severe.
Jones had been lu tbe habit of getting
up about four o'clock in the morning
and going about the city stealing
flowers from the yards, and afterwards
disMwingof them. It Is also said that
other boys have been associated witli
him and If taught will Is? severely
dealt w ith.
I'nlljr (uril, Mjf lu.
A Jt KV Tkiai.. Last evening Mar
shal Day filed a coirmlaiut charging
A. C. Jennings and Geo. A. Dorris
with assault and battery. Both were
arrested and arraigned before Justice
Wheeler. Mr. Jennings first stated
the circumstances and pleaded guilty.
Mr. Dorris pleaded not guilty, ami his
hearing was set for 4 o'clock this after
noon, and lit will have a Jury trial.
! Justice Wheeler reserved his vtrdlct
in tho case of Mr. Jcuhinga until Mr.
iHtrris' case is heard.
01117 Guard, My II.
Banu Entkhtainmknt. The Eu
gene liana entertained their friends at
Armory Hall last evening. A musi
cal program was rendered, the baud
and orchestra taking part, and was
highly appreciated, A symphony or
gan was Iritroduceu to a Eugene au
dience for the first time. Itefresh
meiits were served, after which the
room was cleared nud an hour or two
siient In dancing. A very pleasant
time was had.
Kkhi ( KDhAI.AKlhH Salem's school
board held a nieellng Tuesday and
fixed tbe salaries for teachers, for tho
ensuiug year, making lilsirul reduc
tions. The superintendent' salary I
l . t frillit . ........ I. f..wt t.llwa
lixeo at fi'iu pii iiioiiiii ii iiiuM I
it. u lil.w.l..ula txt (In, ni.tiriiita I
IllOllllin. l I ,ll))"in in , iiu
from t"0 t"5. First year teachers,
KJ; second year, 10; others, K5.
Iially Ouard, Mar "
Bkixu Tkikk. The i-ast'at Junction
w herein (J M Juirkson and Dr Artman
got into an altercation and the former
was arn-stetl Is Is-lug heard at Juni.Mon
today, Deputy Attorney Williams nf
this city prisurcutlng the en1.
Something About Freight.
PMlyGiurd MTl
People w Im are not paying ireihl
charge regularly, or who have liladj
no comparisons 1s t .veeil rates by rail
and those by boat havo no Idea of
what a saving would lie made be r jiv
ing river service all tbe time.
The steamer Eugene on her last trip
brought up fifty-two tons of freight,
and Hie freight charges were fully llf-
In favor ol the merctiaui.
A reasonable estimate would place
the amount of freight received and
shipped from Eugene at an average of
(wo car load per day the year around.
This would tuako a t tal of 730 car
loads of freight handled here each year,
and the diltereuce between rail and
Isiat charges of f iri s r car load would
make a total saving cr year of (is, 250
if all the freight was shipped by boat
instead of by rail. '-
A glance at these llgures shows what
could ls saved each year by having a
small Isiat on tho upper Willamette
river, such a boat as is adapted to our
needs and lo the condition of the river.
We now have U-foie us a proposition
to plat such a boat on the river, and
have presented au opiHirlunlty lo ef
fect a saving of this large sum.
'l'ti 1st proposition Is lo build a boat
Willi local capital, subscribed by men
Interested in the advancement of Eu
gene, and at a cost of only 11000.
There should lie no hesitancy In sub
scribing this amount and at once se
curing reduced freight rates. Good
progress Is Is'lng made lu the matter,
and about t1H) has Ihtii subscrils-d.
Many who are directly Interested in
tho matter have not yet subscrllM'd to
this enterprise, and if they Investigate
the merlin of the enterprise they w ill
lose no time lu giving It assistance.
lu New purl.
Pally Utiant, May 10.
The following members of th harbor
committee from this city lea ou the
local train for NewKirt Ibis morning:
Mayor Matlock, H... 1. Friendly, 8. M.
Yoran. F. M. Wkius, 11. N. Cocker
line, E. C. Smllh, J. 11 McClung and
J. W. Kays. T. G. Hendricks, a mem
ber of Ihe committee, w as unable to go
and J W Kays went In his stead. Yes
lerday President of the Board of Trade
Wilklna received a telegram Inviting
the mcinliers of lhe committee tobring
their wives nnd lady friends. Accord
ingly Mr. Friendly was accompanied
by ills daughter Kusnlle, Mayor Mat
lock by his sou J'H and daughter
Maud, and E. C. Smith by his two
daughters Maltle and Winnie. The
party started out w ith bright prospeeta
lor a pleasant as well as prolltablo trip.
They will reach Newqiorl this evening
and will return Sunday, arriving here
ou the afternoon lisinl.
eally t.uanl, Mar
Kaii.hoak Com mission kks. A
special car bearing the Oregon railroad
commissioners, w ho are now Insist
ing the Southern I'aclflj company's
lines ill Hits stale, passed through
Eugene about 5 o'clock yesterday even
ing. They sloptied alsiut live minutes
In this cily ami then went on to Al
bany, where they siet tho night, and
this morning crosst" over onto the
Woodhurn branch, and went up to Na
tron to insiMjct that Hue. The com
missioners were accompanied by Divi
sion Supt. L. It. Melds. Engineer
Grondahl and Division Bridge Supt.
M. Yolk, the latter slopping oil at this
station.
Pally Uuard, May II.
A Kki-LY. Thu' Eugene boys this
morning received from Cottage
O rove a reply to their acceptance '
Ihe challenge for a series of gn"ies of
baseball. The Cottage drove hoy do
pot want to play al Junction City, but
will play two garnet here aud one at
Cottage Grove, tht w inning team here
to take sixty per cent of the gale re
ceipts, but at Cottage drove they will
guarantee no gate receipts, as they
have uo luclosuro. The Eugene boys
are anxious to play at Junction Cily,
as there Is to be a picnic there and a
purse is lo bo oflcrcd for a game.
Further negotiations for games are
now pending.
Sci' oi. No rm. The public school
of this city will close for the summer
vacation on May 31. The graduating
class this year will lie large, composed
of from 40 to 60 boys and girls. Ap
propriate exercises will be held ou the
closing day. A new Ha polo has been
secured aud will Ih erected ou the
grounds at the Central t 'hool In a cou
ple of weeks. A spliced ixilu Is to be
put up, and will stand fully 100 feet
above the ground.
Pally Guard, May II.
. Kincaii) Cl.t'U. N. E. Markley
organized a republican club at Cret
well last evening with L'li members.
The club was christened the "Klucald
Club," In honor of Secretary of State
Klucald. It D Hawley and W W
Scott were elected delegates to attend
the inteting at Portland May TZ. This
is the second club In tills county
named in honor of Mr Khicald.
O Vallr liuanl, May HI.
A KUNAWAV.-Dr. T. W. Harris
had a runaway accident atmul three
miles east of town about 0 o'clock last
night. The breast str ip on one of his
horses broke, frlgb'.enli.g the horse,
which began to plunge about. In the
fracas the tugs 'oceanic uni'asteiied, and
the buggy vas thuu overturned and
tho Dr. thrown out. Tim horses theu
ran some distance, dragging the Dr..
who held to the Hues until he stopped
them. The buggy l now iu the sli
iopj
receiving repair.
fe Pally (iuard, May 10.
A Gool) I .oak. The steamer Eu
gene reached hero last evening alsuit 7
o'clock, bringing fifty-two ton of
freight for our merchants. F. M.
Blair, witli one horse, drew the entire
hue1 from . the steamer into tho ware
house In three- hours. The stvamer
lelton Ihe return trip early this morn
ing, taking iwu a small load.