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3 io.mmissioseim tutitr. Met In regular session Wednesday May 8th. Present, J udge Fink, Ctnii misHlmicrs Perkins and Callison aud Clerk Jen nines. la the mailer of xtltfon fur fret- fur rv acrn-s the Willamette river hi j,ow fll; action wa deferred until the June teitu. In I lie ii alter of the McKi.-nzie toll road tin iH'titlon of A ( llovey and (J A Dorrls fur a renew" I of the rule of toll allowed to Ikj unarmed last year heard. After having made u s-rsnul examination oltliu roai himI tin t)rl'!iji'H I'Imtc i, the eourt deems that tlx: ..dyesure unxufo bimI the road In very bad condition. It i therefore or do ed that the prayer of the s-titioiicrs Or Uenleii. A m-litlou of iJOO citizens utklnif that 1 the court refuse a license to Hie above Mad conipuny to istublUh a toll gate was presented. After consideration of Hie matter mid a tx-r nnal examlna- tlou of the road It wuh ordered that the prayer of the UtinnerH he granted. l,has KlHsliigcr ami OS ( ier aniN-ar ed hy iietltloii and asked the court to reduce the legal loll heretofore iliiirit ed of 15 cent per 1000 feet on logs huh liiK through the full creek Ihkiiii The mutter was continued until f-ri day. J M Kitchen presented IiIh rosigria- lion a supervisor of roui district ;So. 8J, which wan not granted. In the matter of ttm taxes of the () A C It It Co the slu-rill wan authorized that In case wild couiiiatiy make liu mediate payment of mild luxe to linike Mettlenienl with tliein forluxeii on road lied on the basis of t.'i'iiM per mile on main line, and on rulling stock on the Uiihih or MI.W) imt mile. i'elition for bridge across the Wit lamctte river at Shurtridge's ford In township 1!:! Mouth, range 3 wcit uua grunted. In the mutter of the Cohurg road the pctlHou for review unil re-Incut Ion wa grunted, and W II Harlow, Jr., C W inung ami J i; Mushm-ll were a pointed view -rs, to meet May 17th. At thin time the court considered and allowed the following bills: j J Cornelluii, road siJhcrvUor road dlHtrict No ItU 2 26 J It Keeuey, rebate on erroneous mortgage tax assessment 0 75 Andrew Stevens, witness, state vsJCruig .'. 2 10 C IlllelllUII, W IlllfSS, HtlllO VS J Craig 2 00 In the matter of Mathews road in I'leuNiiiii Hilt precinct, motion of A HharplcN t.i have petition for location of mail distillled wuh heard, Sharpie appearing liy hin alloriiey, I.I, Hlev ens, anil the petitioners by Ililytu A lining. It wax ordered that the prayer of Hie petitioiieiN lie not ((runted l ne mailer oi tlio uiwhc n ruail cmiie nn for hearing on the reiKtrt of the viewer, aud tin i.hjcctlous upm-srlug, the report wan approved and the road ordered established a a public lii.li way. In tln mutter of the Walker mud on Moy Crick, 'lie report of the viewer wum ufproved ami road ordereil open niiti iNiauiinhco hh a punilu highway. Ill the mutleroftliullickathlernmd, prayer of iK'tiliAnem wuh md granted Mr tlio reiiwni the petition and notice were uot dated. Clias KlsHlugcr and others, who ih tllioiiiHl for lex rate of toll than I j cents H-r lOUII feet for I ok passing iniougu me i nn v avK boom, wlth diew I he pet 1 1 Ion. A Wheeler, agent for tliu Fall Creek Iuiproveineut Co. tiled n ih-I it inn ask lug that the toll for booming logs by aid company tie fixed at the rule of 't cent per KKMi feet for the year lsu.y A croH iietillon and aflldav t wan III. ed, asking that the rate ! Ilxud at leu than ." cents K-r PKNl fi-ct, and the matter wu defern d uiitll Jni.e 7th A C Woodcock, aduilnlHtrator of the rotate of Sarah M Mecks, deceased, asked that time for puymeiit of tuxes on km Id entitle be continued until Octo ber 1st, a there are no lumls now In III hand for payment of raid tuxes. 1 he court granted the praver of the petition an condition that the admin istrator pay all ex pen of transfer rl up from original to delinquent roll. I'ollowlnif hill were allowed, and w arrant ordered In payment of name: A 11 I'lsk county Judge aahtry Ir April i(i (I,', A J Johnson Hherltt Mil t." ' Ii Neotl (lepuly khcrllt 7'i tK) W T Fukiii deputy Hherill' fill nil J (1 htcvcnitnii hcIiooI miperill- tendent ft) Otl A C JennliiK clerk ltiit tfi V I. tJlhb, deputy clerk 100 0U J M Willlnmdputy district at' torney 4S 70 J tl Uray treanur'r 41 Vt J (I tSteveliHou MMtitK'o & IKI A C JcnnliiHH (MiHtno and ex t prcHHiiKo 4 40 V M Itow hind deputy Hherill 10(H) F Ii Clianitvcin hurdwure 22 20 Ira McFiiilund lunltor April - 1 tto i:uiretie Water t'o nervlcv Junu- ary, Fi bruarv and Murch IS 00 Kugene i:iecirlc Light Co ir- vice for April 2S 00 M I. NeveiiH, re' ato on 1M4 tax- e on double aMiiiieut ..... ... 0 1" In the matter of tlio Chaito road, the report of Hie viewer being fuvurablu It I o deled that too prayer of the petl duller be granted and that Urn miier vlnor In wIiimi diHirlct mild road I KlUlalod I ordered to open laid road to I lie ptiblbi. In the matter of the (llctimla roiul. the pier U'lng lucoiuplete no action wu taken by theivurt. Keigiu.tiu of C M St plieii a miiervlor of road ditiict No. no wan actvpied and 8 S ,stetcii wa ( Milnted In Id ntead. T M KeiiNhnw tiled Id rHrt as iitervlir of rtiad dis'rlct No 21 for the year I sit 1 which wa uppmved and account allowed al The (Mil rl then pHlnted J It ParUt upervlor of wild dint riot for the re luainder of the year. At till time It I ordered bv the ooort that (leo M Itmwn, district ut tornev, iiHslsted by W K Scarborough, ho directed to bring an action In the circuit curt to ipiict the title to huoU belougiiu to I.aue nmnty, railed the "public Kpiiiie." At ltd lime the ix tltlou lor bridge acio Mixtby Crvek and Itow ltiver at liu Ford erv continued until June term. Following bill wen- allowed aud warrants ordered drawn for Hie rv. peetive amount. Jos K-m-Ii deputy tJ-itf tiijday ou l J: C UHm-sMiicnl '. f .' OJ J F Calhiou, dui:v assessor 111 dav "o- 'i W J II Yatea, deputy fihfttMor 154 day M 75 II C Itani, di puty oaseoHor 8 du'i 20 00 U V uooiiuge, deputy Heaor 43J day, claimed 1118.76 108 76 K Kchwar.H0liild, utatlonery 2 16 (leo Alldgluy, one cauinet and pulley for ferry 6 00 It Jt Kincald, lOnO luttei head. rial mud lu.60; allowed 6 60 J W lally, moving and hauling wood, Mr Brown, pauper, claimed U 60; allowed 2 00 The Kdirutloual lonveutlon. The Kducutioual Convention to held at Kugene today, Halurday, after noon and evening will be ttueoflhe remarkable event In the educational history of the atute. It will bring to gel her representative of the liiont prominent achool aid oolleife. and their paier and di:UMiont will be of a high order of excellence. ) It I likely that alxiut about fifty of the leading teacher of the Htate will be prem-nt, and the people ofEuxene w 111 be Hked by a commute to provide entertainment f'-r them. Thf they will gludly do for many reason. The more Muuurour city bt come among educational it n the more likely thry wnl be to aeiid anpiriug youth to the Mitue univerHiiy; ami the choice which a Nluoeul make of a college frequently ueieniiM on in teacher a preterence, WeuiUHtuot forget that the very ex iNience of the (date university de Mndwon the feeling of the people to ward It. If they regard the unlvemlty and Kugene ai Inditlereiit to the pub lic, careicKii oi outnlile citizen anil cun leiiiptuou Uiwuril the aentiiuent of the Ntute at large, the deom of the In Htitutloii 1 Healed. No etlort should be enured to hIiow that the uuiventilv has the public good at heart and that every proicamir in the InMltutlou de lre to bring It advantage home to every citizen in the stale. Teacher and uitueii aliould unite to welcome the guifiU who will lie prevent next Saturday. I bo city of Kugene hhould net forget It reputation for liopitality every door aliould atutid wide otx-n and every hand aliould be extended in coruiul greeting. The Newport Coufermct. The conference of tuo buslne men of the valley towa with the engineer iwiit to Newport to make a Ihuiough examiiiutlou of the harbor, a to the tcuxlhility ol making further improve uieni ny exieniling the let tie sea ward, wa very nucccn.ifu ho far a known, but what their declion will l remain to be told wheu their re port I made, to the war dcparluicbt. i ne RiuiiHiicul report turiiished fn m the dillereut town no doubt made deep ImpriKMlon on the luiiid of the ei giue-r and will greatly lulluence llieui In favor or future imnrovement of Vuiiulua harbor. Onegreat drawbuck to mi fliterorlwi I the ainnll volume or water In the laouiua river which I iiicKiug hi lorce, to lo the Honoring of ine cnaiinei aner the ellv work oompleled, thl I the opinion private ly exprewwd by Mai. Font, but may not no coiiHldered In their Dual do. cIhIoii. The general iuiiireHtlon funned liy all who conversed with the emI lieer I that a favorablo renort will be imiuu to me war department. hlly Ounrcl, May 1 S A ahkant iSHt'Kii. A warraut wa ihhiiimI thl mnruiuir foi the arrest of H M Judkiu fur cairvlnir aeon- ivaled weuHin. It m-iu tlmt Judkiu ami hi wile m-parated. aud he hu retiirueil to the home of her imro'ita Sunday Judkiu went down toaeeher. .Mr I'owell, her father, ordered Jud kiu to keep out of the yard, but li walkid in and talked with hi wife, In-cuing hi hand III hi eoul pocket. Mr Towell claim he nv IheHhaiH) of a revolver In hi pockei and one f hi boy claim to have ncc.i a revolver in Judkiu' bund. The warrant un placed In Henry Dav'-t h unU. He went nut after JudkiiiN thl morning, hut Judkiu camu lo town. He wa here an hour or o. and asked Wld Mcliee, acting niHrshid. for uermisHloii to carry a revolver. Wld tliotnrht lie could keep him here until Day returned with the warrant, u'.d told him in a couple of hour he could tlx It up for him." in a few minute- Judkiu learn. ed a warrant hud bee i Issued for hi arrest and left town, and litis not yet it-en loliiul. Ht'l'I'osKh ( UoillKK v.- - A irelitlw mull Whose uuutii wu were unable In earn, came to town I.r nn ollhi-r sun. lav and stateil that he had I son nilw ld at the Cornelius pluca about 30 miles westof Kugene. lie stated tlmt he and hi wife mid been to town lib i hack anil inuilo a number of tuir huse. Thev stomied at the Cornel. In plme over night on their way home. Theladv slent In the bouso and the man In tlio barn, IcavlmMhe hack iiutsldo. The next morning a packuce of ko-hIi tlicv bud nureb.Hi ami a hand s.itchel ii.nl aln Imt a uum- ta r of articles, Including a lady's gold watch, were inlssliiir. and It t uiwi ed some o u stole them lurlinr the igllt. thoilL'll Kiev lusv linvu luwn lost out of the hack. An oftlocr ha gone out to Investignto tlio matter. II liunl, Mj III. Fl'NKKA I. SKItVH. The fuiiersl uf the late W. II. Fengni wa conduct ed ut his lute residence thl aftrrnoon. y the 1. II. I). F, lodir. of Snrinirllelil. asttril by the 1. 1). O. F. and to A. O. V. W. Indue of thl Pill'. Itava. II. 1.. Itoardinun and J. C. Hlchanlson oltlclnted Odd Fellow from (.oburg and Irving were In attendance, and the funeral wa the most largely at tendedof any heM In this city for many a day. The remain i z -ere con veyeil to the I. O. O. F. cemetery near Springtleld, their ilual rvsllag place. 1'Ai'KiNu Fiuia. S. Warshauer Is busy pin king vgg aud putting them away for next winter's market. He Itrst ill;. them In a solution he ha p.cpatvd, and then place them In cold storage. He ha already thus preparetl and put away over SiKH) dosen, and w ill iiicreae the number to SiWO doxen ori;;re. Last year be packeit a largo niimU-r by a dun-rent prooe.-, but they spoiled en hi hand. llly Uutnl, M la Y. M. C. A. Kt.KiTioN. At the reg ular meeting of the Y. M. C. A. yester day afteritiiou the following officer were elected: Will K. McClure, pres. blent; tinnier Kivneyf vice pn-sldent; Stuart Manila. secieUrv: I.. K. Kr. j rlngton, treasurer, and Theodore Tyre, cvr rescinding secretary. BV I HK AIXOIIOLU; B0U IE. 5ormao E. Lewi UqOor Kureuiiib Huhlt. to the Dllr Guard, Hay II. About II o'clock Sunday ineruln Norman K. Lewi, who lias for some time been employed about the Miune sots Hotel In thl city, was found dead In hi bed. Tits coroner wa bii tided aud held an Inquest over the re main, winch brought out the follow log facts: Lewis ha been In the habit of drink lag excessively at time. Saturday evening about 8 o'clock he came down town. He began drinking, and about ll o'ciock at uigtit wa verr drunk aud wu led to the hotel by route of hi menu, wnoaa lueiuity wa uot learn ed. Mr. Heliuan testified that he wa brought to the hotel between 11 and 1 o'ciock, ana aixiut 3 o'clock humlav morning he (Ho. mail) put him ( bed, and he wa thea lu a helpless condi lion. About 8 o'clock Sunday morning' he wa seen in oeu, ana Wu then nrea til ing heavily, as though lu a sound sleep. He was next seen about 11 e'clock In the morning, and was theu cold In death. Mr. Itobt. JoliUHton, proprietor of the Hotel, testified as follows at the In quest : 1 am acquainted with lcct-acl. Ills name I Norman K. Lewi. Age aiHiut 03 year, dative of .Michigan Have known him aixiut 17 year, Saw him lust about H o'clock lust ulght. Was then In gissj heulth Said he wa going downtown. Wa fond of liquor. Wasdrunk frequently. would remain drunk ou some occit' slnn for 2 or 3 day, but on other o cusion would remain drunk only dor lug the night. Hu not drank u great dual ol late. My attention wa first called to the fact of hi death at about II o'clock a. in. this the ll'th day of .Muy, iN'io. wu on his back co d My opinion a to the cause of hi death i iiiai ne nau uruiiK ion niusn. Was afraid he would die lu one of his sprees. W as not surprised to dud him iieaii on account of hi being vor UIUIIK. Dr. Palne'a testimony wa as foi lows: Nothing peculiar about the bod v. Saw It at 2 o'clock p. in. No mark ol violence and no evidence, of any thing of the kind. From the appear- ance oi ine iKsiy 1 am of the opinion mat ne aivn irom too mucii alcohol. Three other witnesses testified in substauoe the same s.i these two. Af ter hearing the evidence the coroner's ury returueil the following verdict. jm'uknk, ur., May 12th, l. We the undersigned jury called to gether by Dr. J. W. Harris, oorom-r of Lane county, to enquire Into aud as certain the cause of death of the body before us, find from the testimony ad vanced that hi name wa Not man K. Lewi, Unit he wa about 63 years ol sge, that he came to hi death between ine nours oi o ami n o'clock a. iu. on the 12th day of May, 1896, and that hi death wu the direct result of ex cessive, alcoholic iudulirerce ami that he wa a native of Vassar, Michigan. I-.. J. r KAS1KR, W. V. Henkkkson, Fi.mHKK Linn, W. K. ViKOWN, . II. KMITII, H. K. ftKOWN. Mr. Lewis hast n livlnir In Kinrene about 6 years. Hi relative in Mich igan have been untitled ot hi" death. I lie funeral service will be conducted at 4 o'clock this aftermath, and his re- main will be buried lu the I. U. O. F. cemetery. I.ATKK. After discharging Ills lurv the cor- oner learned Hint several parties hud taken palm, to till Iewis up with w hisky, while they drank wuter and made him believe all were drinking the same. There is str-mir evidence of almost muideroua action in the matter, and the jury has lieen re- ulieil, to meet at 4 o'clock this after- noon and Investigate the matter. Sure uf Success. Lincoln County Iteoord: Messrs. Bonner & Hammond have coin. menced the expenditure of t.'O.OOO. in putting their new purchase, the ). C. Jt K It. It. iu llrst class order to no comodnte the rapidly increasing trallle. Aln-ady the freight over the road I more than can be handled bv the present line of steamers, and it Is roHirted that negotiations are ling made to Increase the number of ves sel between Iter and Man Francisco. It is evident that Messrs. Homier .1 Hammond are confident that the de cision of the court will sustain the pur chase, as soon as me decision Is ren dered new extension will tie made and upward of (so,(HX) will he extend ed Immediately. This will nmke lively time along the line of the mad and especially at the ocean termiuu. Pallr liuanl, May II. Ckmknt Walk. The neecnaiy urn teriul Is U-Ing delivered for a cement walk In front of F.. C. Smith's store and the having Bank. The two reoms have a frontago of 5.1 feet. Work will commence the llrst of next week. This Is a good Improvement, and we would like to see It extended from the corner to comiMct with 'he other ce ment walk in tlist block. Patljriliianl. May 1C. Makimi Ciikksk. IVnigla A Iv I lifer today coiumenced makiug cheese at their dairy aeove Spilngtleld. Thev will turn out about one hundred pound perdny at prveut. They will uot manufacture butter during tlio Miimmeron account of the low prices of that product. p Pally lluan'J May in. Anothku $U. Although no etlort ha been made lo secure mi Inscriptions forlhe new tniat sltnv Monday, ou hundred dollar more was added to the lint yesterday, bringing the total amount sutiscrtianl up to f-.0i. ! liPii.iiNu Dkvkks. X. Humphrey. ttne of the iiiohI prominent prune grow I era oMhe county, Is buitdug twi drv I era al his place north of K..g ..e. They I will have a capacity of l.'.o biuhel's eai l per day, r lS.OOt) pounds of green I ' fruit. 0 j Win. Ixh-atk lli:itK.-Michir7l.lll, an extensive land owner of Andale, Kansas, cxH-t to rvmuve with his family to Oregon this fall and w ill lo cale lu or near Fugriie. G 1'erkoiial. I'allr Uuard, MJH. 8. Gilbert Is visiting in Ha Mi. W. lvfn. FATozlerU clerking In the racket store. J I Cheshire wa up frem Koduville today. M Levlnifer went to 1'oNland this morning. Mis Anna Craln visited at Junction nuer.Nil uduy Mr. Frazer wa a passenger below till morning. Secretary Kincald n 'urned to Salem thl morning. MrsCHUrwu returned home to Uuklund todu.j Mrs.T. O. Hondrlcks wsnttorort- lund yesterday. F. L. Chambers is sH-nding a few days in 1'ortluud Joe Lane was a passenger down this Mad thl morning. Itev. Curtis and wife of Portland are visiting in Kugene. Mrs. Anna Millerd returned home to Junction yesterday. ; Miss Bertha Ululr came up Irom 1'ortluud this afternoon. I'rc-sldcnt Chupmaii returned from Ii)dc-ndeuce yesterday, Dwight Hopkins and Mis Mamie lingers are visiting at Shc-dds. Arch Rice returned this morning from a visit at Cottage drove. Mis. F. Benson aud little son return ed bom to ltoseburg yesterday. Mr. and Mr. D. M. Dull of Thurs ton have gone to Wlnlock, Wa-li. Miss Ktta Trenton returned this morning from a visit at Cottage Grove. Dr. Cluipmun will preach at the First I'resbyteriau church next Sun day morning. Father Strove a h went to Cottage drove this afternoon to conduct ser vices there tonight. Mi Lliiua Murpiiy. of Monmouth, is visiting in Kuireue, the guest of Mr. and Mr. U. C. lecler. Mis Clara Teugra returned to Wulker station yesterday and resumed her duties a teacher there today. Itev. I. II. Burnett returned home toduy from Clear Lake where he has beeu holding a protracted meeting. M. U. Kiiwyers ha charue of M. Leviugcr's implement store during that gentleman's absence in 1'ortland. Col J A Straight of this city has been invited to deliver the address at the Decoration Duy exercises at Ixw ell. Dr. W. Kiivkendall went to Fort- laud this morning to assist In a surgi cal operatiou at a hospital iu that city. Hon. 8. L. Monrheud. C. W. Wash burn and Dr. N. L. Lee, of Junction City, went with the party to Yiiquinu I a i Su'.urday. Fresldent Hawlev and Prof A. K. Yerex, of Salem, will attead the edu cational meeting iu this city next fsnt- uruuv. J. S. Custis and wife, of Smithfic Id. left on the overland train Saturday night for Sacramento, California, ou a visit to their son Ira. W. K. Scai borough and wife left on the local yesterduy morning and will pay wregon i.ity ami Portland busi ness visit before returning. J. W. Cherrv. Will drwen ami L. (). Heekw ith will go to Salem tomorrow morning to attend the grand encamp ment of the l O O F as dvleirates from the lodge in this city. Itev. W. 8. Gilbert will loin hi wife alCorvidlis tomorrow and spend m-v- ral days visiting there and at Philo math. He will muke the trip to Cor vallis on his wheel. Mis Hattle Thompson g the del- gate from the Cot turn (rove Iteliekah lodge to the convention at Salem this week, and Mrs. d. N. Frazer Is the Ii legato troni the lodge in this city. Whiskers Beaten. O The much talked of foot race be tween I rine lVhlnkersi of Henderson mid Whitney of Cottage drove took puce at the n..rri nice track west of town haturdav afternoon. A luree rowd, mostly Nportlng eople of this ity and Cottage drove, was present and excitement ran high, llettingwa indulged iu vilte freely and lurge sums of money changed bauds over the rcnult. A was prtvioulv stated a horse race w a also rua. 'l'he rui-e was oe Iwecii lt-d llird, owued by McKioney of Cottage drove and Hay Dick, own ed hy dilcrss of Crvswell. It whs a H it yard duhh and the latter won the race. The purse was a home. Considerable tlmo was lost In pre paring for the foot race and it wa not run until about half past four o'clock. The excitment was intense when the sprinters apH-ured on the truck and when the result was known the cheer ing became terrilllc. Whitney won lu a loo-yards run by ubout a foot and a half, and it was the Col t a u e droveitee who were making most of the l.oise. Vim result wa a coin (iete surprise to the F.Utfeheites, as they were con tldent "Whiskers" would' win the race aud had done some heavy betting on him. Hop Intki.uuknce. A hop dealer w ho does a very large nusliics iu the Northwest, write a follows At this time many New York yardsarcjust out from under the snow, w hile the hops of the Paritlo const are well up the aoles. We have reliable Informa tion that a full crop in Oregon this' season will meuu 70,000 to "o.tsJO bale that in any event It Is not llkelv to fall below Wl 000 bales. It, garding the Washiagton crop, we would nluce our capacity for a lull crop at 75,000 hale. r.veu ,iu me niscoumglug I eat u Ivor the present market continuing, we shall ex i ect to see at least 60,0uu bales picketl if our price Is as good as 8 cents qI h is fall. We doubt very mu h if we have less than M,IK bales In this state. Tkiai. FiKi.D Day. A trial Held day w ill be held at the university campus June 1. Al this time a team will ho chosen to represent the I'nl veiity of On goii iu the field dav ex-en-ists at Salem on June 8. Field day ol the V. tifO, mvurs ou June IS. Xo 1'ostm astkr. Yarieii l nw without a pontmaster, Sam Withniw havin rvxigneii.Q The eople of that vicinity now jjrt tluir mail at Hale BISlSEsH 1MPK0VEMEXTS jiolitical venders CnscrubuloUS of McKinlevite republicanisu have held there is no improvement in industrial affairs, but the truth there has been a return to work of hundreds of thousands of laborers and artisans and also u raising of the rate of wages. The New York Times hits taken nk-asure in furnishing & bill of particular. Among other advances recently made are the following, which are taken from tL paper: II. 0. Frick A t'o. I other Hrmsinthe western Pennsylvania coke district, 15 per cent, affecting 15,000 employes; M. 1. Stevens a Co., three woolen factories in New Hampshire; Thomas Dolun cfc Co., manufacturers of woolens in Phila delphia; Globe Iron Works, Cleve land. Ohio: Whol fender Shore fe Co., Cardington, Penii.; Washing ton mills. Lawrence, Mass, 4,000 employes; Fall Hiver Iron Works miUs,'(cotton goods), Fall Iliver, Mass., 1,800 employees; American Linen Mills. Fall Uiver, Mass.; Worumbo Mille, Lisbon Falls, Me., Willituvitio Linen company," uli mantii', Conn., Bc-lding Brothers it Co., silk mills. Kockville, Conn.; Groovenordale Cotton company, North Orosver.ordale, Conn., 1,300 employees; E. W. Chapin it Co., manufacturers of woolens, Chapii. ville, Mass.; United States Bunting company, Lowell, Mass.; Lakeside Mat-s.; United States Cotton com pany, Central Falls, It. I. The Times predicted that these would be followed by other ad vances. It was right. On April 1G there was a meeting of the Cotton Manufacturers association of Fall Uiver, and in six minutes an order was passed restoring the rate of wages paid before the reduc tion of August '20, IK'J4. I he in- crease, wlucu takes eiieci louay, is l'Jj per cent and v. i-ilccts 'Jo.OOO employees. This action was followed the next dav by a general restoration of the wages paid before last August by the cotton manufacturers of New Bedford, and here, it is reported, 25,000 operatives ar4 affected by the advance, and subsequently other (inns and mills followed these ex amples. Iliis condition of aflairs is a sijuelcher to calamity howlers. No one denies we have experienced a s?riod of great depression, but the hum of the republican howlers that there would be no return to prosperity under democratic ad ministration is given abundant proof of its falsity. The postmueter-gciu-ral has de cided to establish a marine mail service at Detroit for the free deliv ery and collection of mail matter ot vessels that pass up and down the Dct'oit river and carry a Heat ing population or 2oW to oOOO. More tonnuge passes Detroit than any other port in the world. Dur tho season of navigation on the lukes a vessel passes Detroit every seven minutes during the day The new, service will therefore be continuous and will be conducted by means of a steam launch, which will be used by the postal em ployes. The new service will be maintained through the free delivery appropriation iu the bureau of the first assistant postmaZk-r-neneral. Mail will be delivered to the vessels by carriers .just as it is to ordinary business houses. Fossil Journal: The editor tf the Cottage (irove Echo-Leader pt himself into trouble hy speaking of a local millinery store kept by a very istinvblo lady and saying "he was very lad to see her Rocking up." When the 'papr can'. out, Bro. Thorp was astonished (-hen the lady met him and struck him over liia think-dome with her um brella, at the f-anie time- telline him lie was a liar and hadn't seen any thing of tho kind. He doesn.t know yet what she was mad at, although ho has read the item over a hundred times to -tee if there wan anything spiteful in it. Telegram: Portland's orgarof populism opines that "one of thn issues of the state camtmian neTt year should be the abolition of the railroad commission, as it cods the state an enormous amount of money and no benefit is derive." That waf me of the issues of the state campaign last year, and the desire of the people then expressed was thwarted by the obstruction ists in tho late' legislature whose tactics the populist organ approved. It is a safe policy, however, toad vise a short-memoried people this year as to what they should do next vear. It is said that wlOn lU-keMler wants to build a new church or endow collegeQie simply marks up the price ofi.il. The consumer foots up the bill; Rockefeller gets the credit. Jasper Wllkins of Coburg Is nw manfacturiug cheese ipjlte extensively. o A monthly pay roll of some con. BBiueiii;e uiunco goou ilnies. F. tablish manufacturing industries While the people of Kugene are. talking divernified farming to the tillers of the soil, the said tiller. 6hould talk to the people of town of their need of diversified manu,. lactones, uuni are needed to sure prosperity. n- There is a forward movement frii.u the Atlantic to the Pacific ami the wave of leturning prnei ity is visible m all sides. Xjheer up, display some energy and help nasien me uuy wnen me cry of bard times will be heard no more. No longer will , the public school teacher of Neoton, Mass., have her ears tortured by the excrucia ting shriek of the slate pencil, as it traces its path across the surface ef the once harmless, necessary slate. The authorities of that city have ostracized these articles as being hotbeds of ba illi, sowing decease and contagion among their inno cent owners. . Salem Statesman: Yesterday man stepped from the state prison a free man, after having served the term for which he bad been com mitted for having given whiskey to Indians a thing, he cun do today with impunity, as the courts hae si nee decided that it is no crime. What kind of justice is this that causes tiiis man to go through life with the brand of "convict" upon him, while thousands of men ho commit the same ''crime" that he did go free? The decision in the courts came too late to do him any goou. Two indictments against the notorious Nat Blum have been dh missed by Judge Stephens at Port land, on motion of the prosecuting attorney.. Two important wit- nessess are not now obtainable, and conviction was considered impossi ble. Such is the result of the law's delay, and the delay was occasioned purposely to enable this criminal to escape justice because ha had once been a prominent man. Had he been less prominent he would have been punished promptly. Such fellows are to society the most dangerous of criminals, and yet the protection society asks through her courts is ignored. JJuch gossip is heard in London with regard to the queen's C'jtu birthday anniversary on May 24th. It is not so much the festivities which are to be connected with this event which form the subject of gossip as the fact that it is freely rumored that her maiestv will ahdicatoon that day, and after that Prince of ales will reign as King Kdward VMI. It is learned that the queen expressed her wish to abdicate at a meeting not long ago, at which the Prince of Vales. Lord Rosbury and at least two members of the cabinet were pres ent. If her majesty surrenders the crown on that day she will have re'gned 58 years, the lougest reign of any monarch of the 19th cen tu'y. The New Officers. At the state convention f the Chris tian Endeavor societies' at Salem last week the following oltlcera were elect ed for the ensuing year: First vice presideut, J. M Wend rutr, r Salem. Second vice president, Itev. F. O. Strange, of Ashland- Third vice president, Miss Maggie Hnyes, of La Grande. biecretary, W, I. Staley, of Salem. Treasurer, Harton Kigr,of Salem. State Sup't of Junior W c rk, Itev. J. C. Tenipleton, of Salem. tutu Sup't of. Missionary Work, IUv.JC. C. Poling, of La Fayette. Stu;e Fup't of Temperance '-Work, Mrs. Hubert MoMurphey, of Eugone, (re-elected). Sta'USup't of "Good Citizenship" Work, r. H. L. Barkley, ot Wood burn. Baseball Notes. Saturday after- j neon a game took place in this cl'.y be tweeu the ?nd Eugene team aud the Springfield team, resulting 2-5 to 24 in favor ef Springfield. Yesterday after- neon another game wa played at Springfield between the sumo teams with still wrse result for Eugene, the frame being 14 to 4 in favor of Spring Held. Badly Injured. The rendlelon East Oregonlun states that David Day has gone to Victoria, B C, having been Bumiimned by telegram to attend Ills brother, Ouerlti, whi has U-en badly Injured. His relative- In this city have received no information of the accident. J Dslly busrd,('. ty 11. Chittem Bakk. S. II. Friendly today bought a lot of chittem bark, the first of the season and the first brought to town this spring. J W deary Post Xo 7, (J A It assist ed by the W K C are lwrfectlug arraugements for the properoWrvance of this day, and will be able to an nounce the order of exorcl- i within a few days. The usual Sti;'iay service w ill be l"M iitnl the .rnion preached by Key Snyder assisted bv the neveral ministers of the city. Tlie s. rvh'es at the cemetery will h? cunductiHi bv the I ost ritual servirt-, snd ou the "even ing of Meiiiorld diy Past Deputy Commander McKl.nv'will d. liver the address. Miss Julia V. u.ie will reml a pem am,. patriotic music with noun will be rendered. O OU o O O O o n O Oc o