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Y G lilUilMlii AO. KSTlBLlSnEH VOR THE DIMEUUTIOft OF DESOCRiTin rilMIFLEI. AM TO UU 11 BMEITLIT1.10 BT TflflWElT OF OLE BROW .1)1,27 KUGKNK, OIU SATUUDAY. JULY 27. 1695. NO. 3-, ,1 IL 1L JJ J The Eugene City Guard. PUBLISHED EVKRV HATURD'vY. I. I,. CAMl'llKLL, I'liMWlier '.! Proprietor. ) i t'i ti 'l "f 'V'llUmutU .tfV '-Mi ::iii,f.s. :::::::: IS IHre in a-.-i- .teertiin'J H-ites Mii'h Known on Api'tit'tition. Tim.' alv.r:Uer will be charged '. tb fol- "rTliire months 3 00 ,),,,. ..iinmt mootli. 8 00 (Priiriw yenr.. ....li 00 Triiilent notice, in local o-.Inmn, 20 cent wr line tor iwertlon. UvertMiw JUU will In rendered quarterly. AH bworli inunt be taiu roBos pklivirt. j S. LUC KEY 0 DEALER IX Cbtks. batches, Chains. Jewelry, Etc. HEl'AHUNO PROMPTLY DONE. 111 Word Warranted L. W. BROWN, M. D. Physician nnil Surgeon. O.'fioe and residence over postnlnce. Hour.; 7 to 9 a. in,; 1-' to 2, 6 to 9 p. pi. 23. 0. XmjSLJSZJSL. GRANITE AND MARBLE WORKS. Sew LMigiu and New Prloe. III Foreign and lome:lc Murble and Granite, Monument, Headstones and Cemetery work of all kind, tor 18!fi. ALL WORK GUARANTEED ! Rlllamettc Street, uoar pnitofflce. Eugene, Or i. C. WOODCOCK, Attorney-at-Law. Office -One half block south of Chrlsman's Block. El'O.ESB, : OKEtiON. C. M. COLLIER, CIVIL ENGiNEERANO SURVEYOR. NOTARY PUBLIC. At resilience cor. 6th and Lincoln Sis EUGENE ABSTRACT COMPANY. W.UCARBORODGH, Manager. Office upstairs in McClarcn's build irlic, corner 8th oiul Willamette streets EUGENE. OREGON. T. G.Ui.inr.icu, 1'residt-nt, 8. B. Eaiik, Jr., Cashier Firat National Bank 01 Eugene. IY..1 up Usli Capital $50,000 Surplus and Profits, $50,000 Eugene - - Oregon. A on'rnl banking bu.inoaa done on reason terms. SiKht drafta on NEW YOKK, CHll'AUtl, 3AN FRANCISCO and POKT MXl), OUKGON. Hill, of cichange eold on foreign countries, Dtpoalta rxoelred nibjeot to check or osrtifi eat of default All collection, entrusted to ni will n oelv On oipt attention. J. F. FORD, (Evangelist,) Of Dm Moines. Iowa, writ under date ol March 2.1, 18U3: 8. B. Med. Mro. Co., Dufur, Oregon. Gentlemen: On arriving home last week, I found all well and anxiously waiting. Our little girl, eight and one half years old, wholiad wasted away to 38 (Miunds, Is now well, Btrong and vigorous, and well fleshed up. 8. B. Cough Cure has done its work well. Both of the children like it. Your 8. B. Cough Cure has cured and kept way all hoarsness from nie. Ho give it to every one, with greetings for all. Wishing you prosperity, we are Yours, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Ford. If you Winn to feel froth and eheerful, and 'any for the Spring", work, clean., the .y.tem with the Headache and Liver Cure, by Uklng two or thrvedoma week. Sold under a positive guarantee & cent, per bottle by all dructieis. J. L. PAGE, DEALER IN GaocsaiES IMVISOA LAROR AND COMPLETE STOCK I of staple and Fancy lirooerlee bought In the bH market Exclusively For Cash, I can offer the public better prion man any other house m EUGENE. : !'.- ; uv r all kimls taken at market MRS. J. H. HARRIS.?. FASHIONABLE MILLINERY. Spring and Summer of 1395. Newest Stock ani Lowest Prices. Bogijets, atsaijd Trimniggs, I? Catest Styles ai?d Shades. tC0 AND POULTRY TAKEN IN EXCHANGE. Weit Hide Willamette 8L, between 9th and loth. SPOKES KROM THE WHEEL. A Butch of Interesting BieyeU otes. Women cyclists are becoming very numerous in Portugal. In France there are far more female than male bicyclists. . v Two daughters of Heuator Gorman ride a tandem together. There Is a dim suspicion that Mrs. Cleveland Is iroiuir to learn blevelimr. Mrs. Emmons Blaine, widow of j aiiics u. jsiaine's ton, is now an en thusiastic bicyclist. Two-thirds of ihe riders who still wenr skirts on the wheel weitr knick erbockers under them. Chicago women, like tho of Purls, seem to favor bloomers. Skirst are deomed an inexcusable nuisance. The dealers who stll women's bicy cle costumes declare that more suits are sold without skirts than with them. There Is no question in bicycling be ing more discussed than that of ilrecs, and there is none perhups more iu need of discussion. An English woman cyclist advises her sisters of the wheel to pitrtake of tea while on a lengthy ride. The tea, she says, is an excellent thirst quench er. Ex-Presiileut Casimlr-Perier has joined the army of cyclists iu Purls, ana on nue mornings tukus a spin along the shady paths of the Rois ile Roulonge, The Kuglish statesman, Ilnlfotir, re cently used Ills cycling experience to illustrate a point, lie likened un op ponent to a novice learning to ride a wheel. It Is announced that President Sell) Low is going to make n tour of Eu rope on his bicycle. The European bunds will please pluy "Hall Coluui in!' when they sec the wheel com ing. One woman s:i,vs: "I didn't believe in bloomers until my skirts caught between my chain and sprocket wheel and threw me oil' an a railroad cross ing, but I do now. I didn't ride after that accident until I got bloomers." The How or It. When the breezy bloomers are the universal go, how will tailors press the creases into them, does anybody know? When the baby' head is nod ding and it wants to take a imp, how can mamma lull the dailing iu her bifurcated lap? When the chickens go a grubbing In the garden In the spring, how can .Bridget "shoo" the creatures with no skirts to Hop or lling? Orovllle Mercury. When the breezy bloomers are the universal go, no tailors need press creases, far they'll never show. There'll be no baby's head a-bobbing, none to take a nap, mamma will lull no darling In her bifurcated lap. An iucubator'll hold it, lull it fust asleep, no fretful raother'll scold It, no eye to tee it ween. When the chickens go a 5 rubbing In the garden iu the spring, trldget'il be out on the cyo le.for a flop and for a tling. A Child Killed. Ta hair. Inaf loarnl rtf A fulfil HP. aI.Ia.1. u.lil.il, rrait nn Kern ItiilLW. in the MsQitonlte settlement, three or four days ago, but are unable to le;im the name or the parents of the unfor tunate child. The circumstances of the case are that a man was engaged in hauling wood, and when passing his boms his children came out and told hlra of some hog being In the field near by. He left his team stand ing in the road while he went to drive out the hogs, and while he was gone the children got to climbing over the wagon. One llttla fellaw was climb lag up the wheel when the team start ad. He was thrown to the ground, and the wheel of the wagon, heavily loaded with wood, paBed over lilai, killing him almost instantly. Something About Nails. There has been quite a change in the nail market the past week. For years past the sixty penny nail ha bsen the baso, and the price on nails from the sixty penny down to the ten penny gradually advanced until tberewssa difference of fifty ceuts per hundred pounds between the sixty and ten pen ny nails. Last week a change was made in the East, and the base was made to include everything from teu to sixty, quite a material advance be ing made in the price. This change went into effect on this coast last Fri day. Now the price per hundred pounds Is the same on all sizes from ten to sixty penny inolusive, but an advance has been made on the smaller sizes, eight penny nails being advanc ed 10 cenU par hundred, six penny 25 cents, four penny 40 cents and three lenny 70 cents. Suit fob Divorce. Kate H. An derson has instituted suit Iu tut cir cuit court of Lane county to secure a divorce from Charles Anderson, tehe alleges that they were married at IVij burg June 9, mi, and that on July ifljihof that year he commenced a course of cruel and Inhuman treat rnent, which continued until June 4, IS!, when she left him. Bhe asks that her maiden name Kate H Jones be restored. Daily Uuard, July !. To Portland. Itegents T O Hen dricks, A O Ho vey and 8 II rriendlv and J J Walton, secretary of the board, have gone to Portland to attend a meeting of the board of regents of the University of Oregon, to be held In that city tomtrrow. Baseball A Newport correspon dent says: The Florene baseball club have chartered the BobarU and will be at Newport Saturday for a number of match game. They w.l Ipla. AI- bany.Corvallls inn piic - Chani0ouhlp of the bay. OUK ROUGH SEA VOYAU.t. The Edlters Make a Trip eut Orrr the Bar on the Steamer Farallou. The following interesting account of the trip uf the editors out over the bar tit Newnort last jSunduv was written by Webster Klncaid, aged II years: f Ocean IIoisk, New- i'oBT,Or.,July 21. ISM. Well to begin with mv siorv we tret up, Hress, wash, oomb our hair and get reauy iwr breakfast, some were talking about the steamer, w hlch would soon make a trip over the bar and ruu up and down the coust. Pana and 1 got through breakfast and I commenced hunting for atate rocks. Prettv soon the big steamer Farallou attracts our attention by whistling 3 times which .Mr W 8 Morrill. niuiniL-cr of the Ocean Heuse, aaid meant that the slsamur would stait in 30 minutes. I told papa we had belter go to we started down to commence our rough sea voyage which we knew nolhlim about. When we reached the steamer the w harf was crowded like a swarm of bees. Well we got on bourd and I met Mr Moorhead, who had a lishing outfit. I usked lilin where he got it and he directed me to the first candy shop, w here they had fishing lines to lent for i) ce.it. a set. t tried to get one too, but they had all been rented. Well 1 got buck on the eteumur by the time she whistled 2 times. Mr 'i'ozier editor of the Pythian, was standing on the wharf with some others and I laid MrTe.ler, not knowing what would come, that lie was afraid to come. Mr Tozler not wanting to be backed out came on board. Pretty soon the big sttamcr whistled 1 time then ' or H times in quick succession. The cap tain gave orders .to pull aloard the gang plunk, and the steamer started ou her rough sea voyage. We noticed oa the beach Hie clam buke getting ready and waved our handkerchiefs and hands at the beach. The people did not not notice when tliers came suddenly a big swell, but eveiyltody laughed st It when there came another one more lively than the first. It soon became interest ing. The sailors sung out words which nobody but their mates could understand. Geo Fountain said that it wouldn't take but a little of that to do him up. I supposed the roughness only lasted while you go over the bar. The wind had been idowing and the sea wtat prutty rough. After a while I liegun to feel like I didn't want to fish, not because I was sick, but that I was very much scared with the ship rolling around like a ball. But it didn't ture over, which I thought it would short ly do. (Suddenly I heard some seoale laughing at somebody. I looked around and saw IraL Campbell, editer and owner of the Eugene Guard, calmly and sadly walking down the deck. I asked him what was the mat ter and he said that a lady had vo na ked on his trousers. I did not believa it till I looked at bis trousers and con vinced myself. I was sorry for Ira but it could not be helped. Pretty soan I became accustomed to it and began to enjoy myself. Most everybody was very sick and I tried to be but I couldn't. After a while we stopped and got ready to fish. The captain began to call out a goiu ineilal for the man or womin whocatchesthe first fish. I or nobody else was the lucky one so no i ue got the medal, though lots of people wanted it. It was too rough to llsh, so everybody quit. Among thoad who were sick that 1 would like to mention were ira L Campbell, Mr Patterson, Mr Tozier Mr Moorhead and most everybody else that I cannot remember, but these took a specially interesting part In the vomiting party. It being too rough to fish we went farther out at sea. 1 now became vcrv much scared at my sur roundings and the way the boat rolled over the big swells. Then I heard the mun soundinir and calling out the depth of the water, which I could not understand. .Mr Tozier said ho tnought Aewporl was a nrettv itood place and said he was tired of ihe job and would like to be iu Newport. All the women were sick but two. among- these two was the steward's wife, who wns enjoying her self very much as slit had setn rougher sous. 8he was walking up and down the deck with her baby who was perfectly contented, which was very different from the others. We drifted about an hour or so when snmebody saw the Jetty aud we started sea sick, scared and without any fish. When wo reached the lauding, of course everybody denied ever oeing ev ic or scared at all, but all the same wt nsd coiten back safe aud sound so we started for the clam bake Webster imncaip. Heliuhh's Excitement. We learn ii...... .... r.nliu n utlr In rellirlnus cir cles in the Llewellyn neighborhood last week. Our Informant states that a minister from this city was out there and preuehed one day, and in his ser mon scored the Catholics pretty strong ly 'l' l.i., .in m.r wi.ll received tiV I be Catholics iu the neighborhood, and they challenged the minister to meet Archbishop Oross ill a debate. The minister accepted, anu in tuiiiyi.iiy with two other minlsteis from this city went out there last Weduesday Archbishop Oioss was there, aud sev eral hundred people had guthered l hear the debate. Mr. Oross took tin plat form and prjached an able teriirii. for over au hour, and then dismissed the audience without giving any chance for reply. Will Ship Peach Pi.umh.-Hc fnr.,H lr rwnrMwntatlva of the Na tional Fruit Association, is In the el'v and lias quarters at Norton fc Klnae.v a office. Mr Morrell now has two C K & Frefrlgerator cars standing . at tl " dcimt which he will load with h-i.cii plums and will ship about Wednes day. Another Crank. Chas Bchmld.. the deaf mute who Is walking under a wager of f'i.000, from Minneapolis. Minn., to Houston Texas, by way of Portlaud and the S P company's lines, arieat last night In Eugene. He started out peuniless and is to have $iii0 when he reaches hie destination, which he is to beg from people altng (be route. Ho Is required to make the trip in nine mouths, aud must regis ter at every telegraph station euroute. He was soliciting funds this morning. It Is rumored that another paper will I e started at Condon. IT E DA Y.JULY 23. Farmers art busy harvesting Mathews Bros started their thresher at Pleasant Hill today. Julius Goldsmith has a neat new ad In today's Guard. Bead It. Frank Johnson Is having a serious lime witu a re Ion on his hand. The steel bridge at Springfield Is be lug tightened. Bev M C Wire and family have gone to Mi Kenzle Bridge. Dr C M Slayback, of Florence, came in on the stage tsatuniay evening. The thermometer stood at 83 degrees ai a o'clock this arteruoon. frotty warm. L Bavis and family went to Soda vllle today fhr a sojourn at the springs. People still continue to leave for the mountains and coast In large numbers daily. Dr I) A Paine and family will 'prob ably remove to Salem the first of next week. Three-fourths of the cottagers and summer vl.itors at Newport are Salem people. Guy Huff is manipulating the razor In the 10 cent barber shop In the Hale block. Several persons from Eugene will at tend the funeral of the late Jud,) Strahau at Portland tomorrow. The funerul services of Bruce attack, tho I kv who waa drowned in the river Saturday, were held at Falrmount yesterday. James Clrcey shot and killed a man nauied lirown and seriously wounded Joseph Mcyert holes at kXilser city Sat urday. District Attorney Brown puwsed through on the IimsJ this morning on bis way to Lincoln county to attest court. Jack Smith and Let Bailey will start their thrasher aiiout two inifca west of Iowa Fritbty. Tboy eiaect to have about twenty days work. M S Marker Iirh labotit completed the finishing of lis. new dwelling hoase oa North Pearl street aad will sntve Into the saaie ia a few tktys. The voters of the Junctiou school district will hold a meeting this eves ing to discuss the matter of levying a tax to cany ou the school. JW West returned yVoia his clalas on tho Coast Fork this morning. He says he has all tho rails Made he will need for the present. The machinery for the Eugene louring mill is expected to arrive to morrow. One car contains 24,OMi pounds and another 14,0C3. II II Gilfrey, legislative clerk af tbe seaate, Washington, D C, accompan ied by Ids fumlly, arrived heae this nf temooa on a ta visit frieads mid rela tives. The International coaventloa of the Baptist Young People's Uulnn of America will be held In Milwaukee la U90 and In Brooklyn In 1817. A E Morris, John Thomas aud John W Travis were released from the pen itentiary at Salem yesterday, having served out their terms. Oregon Ian: Prof D V 8 Bald, of the nubile schools of Eupeae, Is In tbe city for a few days, aud is a guest at the Oilman. Sidney Scott has carpenters at work raising the ceiling of Ins meat market building on Wlllamotte street, and otherwise Improving the building. Miss Emma Lewis, formerly of this city, but now a resident of Seattle, sr rivod here on the local this afttruoou on a visit to relatives. Mr. Dalson, wht was burned at the fire Saturday evening, returned to Portland yesterday. His bands aud face are badly burued, and wort tied up in cloths. Frank Conover. Itocky Bryson and another young man from Corvallis passed through the cMy yesterday on their wheels. They are going to Prlno. ville, and back hoaie by the Santiain route. Mrs Geo Melsou aud children, who have been visiting here some time, left this morning for their hon e at Vancouver Wash They were accom panied by Mrs nelson s mother, .Mrs Howe, and Ed Howe's little Isiy. Emma Merrill, ated 2U. and unmar ried, was reoelved at the aylum yes terday from Columbia county. C N. ilvss, or the same county, was return ed. He ha been committed three times. The horse raot arranged to takt place on tht Harris track last Saturday afternoon did not materialize. There was some dissatisfaction wltn the ar rangement!, and the race was declared off. Will McClurt la reporting on tht Journal during John Jiarger't absence in the mountains. Will is an old printer, but quit the trada in trderto persue his studies In the university, lie is a bright lad and will soon catch onto the ways ol tht pencil pusher. Telegram: Frederick H. Dunn, whose home is in Eugene, returned f; em the East today, and is registered nt the Perkins, lit has Just complet ed his course at one of the large East ern colleges, having graduated with honors. He Is one of the boys of whom Oregon Is proud. Frank Conover, of Corvtllls, was In the city yesterday securing some ar ticles for a long trip over tht McKtn t ia road to Prinevlllt which lie and Itocky Bryson of that city intend tak ing and will start Sunday. They will lu. i.l,..il aavarftl davs and will return by way of the Sanliam wagon road. ; Albany Horald. Cattle thieve have become extreme ly bold In the mountains above Milton iu l .astern Oru'on. In a Dumber of iiiKtances lately fut stock havtU-en klll i .1 on the ranue. a small portion of the i ham taken and the balance of tht meat left ftr the coyotes. Fletcher Linn and W B Gilbert and thtlr wives, with two or three other parties, expect to leave Inaooupleef weeks on a trip to tht famous Crater lake in Klamam ctuniy. ineywui cross the mountiant by tht military wagon road. Corvallis Times: Another part J t loin the blir crowd of camper at New port, for a several weeks outing, Is E ftl-raiiK ana rsmiiy oi r.ur one, buu V O lh-rry and family or Corvallis. They left this city by private oonvey- anoe 1 nursoay moruing. DNITERSITYC3ANGES. Five New Professors .ppiitiit,il.-.-Pruf. IWors Eiilfjf aiid dllicr EWed Professors Emeritus. Slew lllaat In the lacu'ly Stwlal lolheOi'AKU. Portland, July 23, 2:05 p. m. At a meeting or the regents or the I Diver sity of Oregon held today the follow. ing additions to the faculty wore made: Prof Narrigan, IVnn of the I'reimr atory Department; Prof Letcher, Mat hematic: Prof Frlsdel of leliiio, Physics; Prof Washburue, Biology; I'rorioung, ivonoinist. Profa Hallcy and Collier were eUcted profasir emerl t u s. These pavilion may entitle those honored with tht name to continue their regular work at such a salary a the regonts may allow, or may be only honorary In effect. the a RAPE. It was voted lo raise the grade of work tn the I diversity work one year. This will entitle graduates who wish to enter Eastern universities to the benefit of one year's time. TIIK l-KK-SONNEL. All of the new men are ofmid- dle ago and have attained merltvr- loua standing iu educational circles of me state. Narrigan has been principal of the Medford public schools for some time. Washhtiruo and Letcher coaie from the Oregon State Agricultural College at CiSrvallls and have attained state reputations In their rvsaeetive work of biology aud mathematics. loung has bceu president nf Albany cellcuo and has a prominent standing as an edueator. Frledel coiaut (ross tho German university of I.elpsss, and has a high reautajtioa In Ids chaste, profession. The regents have acted conservative ly and cautiously In the setuttlon of aew aieaibuni or tLo Biciillv. audit canr.ot be gainsaid that tho Universi ty of Oreprn lias a corps of pntfussars equal to any nn the 1'iiciso coast. 8 lOOt tUNKLAlifUTMX. Ting Itubart Narrewljr Ksoajie. Total De.tracilon by lire. The Florence West gives tbe follew- Ing actouut of tht tire ou the tin; Ito- barts: At nlno o'clock Sunday evening al most the entire population of tills city were startled by the violent Hanging of the lire ln-ll and in less lime than It lakes to tell It Main street was alive with people. No one seemed to know the location of the Ore until Wia. Saf ley who turned In the alarm, aniiear- edanda shout, "The tug Is on lire!" sent the crowd flying toward Kyle's wharf, where the boat lies. Dense clouds of amohv were pouring nut of the engine room and It looked as If the tug was doomed. But soon tho fire department arrived on the scene with numberless buckets of wa ter, which were dashed .onto the fire aud Immediately rellllud. It Is fortu- ualo that the boat carried a gistti pump, to which hose was attached and at tht peril of their lives men entered the engine room, disappearing in the smoke. The department and many volunteer worked like beavers, but for a time it looked as though they were making no progress, and the fate of the tug ltobart hung in tho bal ance. A bole was out In the deck on the starboard side, but this did not tend to decrease the fury of the (lames. Hut at length Hit constant and untir ing action of the brave firemen, aided by the plentiful supply of water, con quered, and the flru was under control. stream of water was played nn me flames unceasingly, until the last ves tige of the fire was extinguished. Various theories are expreueil con cerning the origin of tht tire, but Its true cause will psohabiy never ne known. Tho most plausible of the conjectures advanced Is that rats, scur rying aiound the lira reoin. sti oh miiio matches which were lying about, Hit damage will amounl tn nearly a thousand dollars. No insurance. In conversation with a reporter, Mr. Kyle stated that the rates on this river were higher than at any other coast point, and that the coat of insurance of the Itobarts would be $000 per year. He desires to thank Hie fire department for their prompt action, without which the boat would have burned to the water' edge. From Melbourne Spring!. Tht danoa on tht new platform Fri day night was a decided success, Mr Chas Blantan has returned from Bodavllle and Is at the springs. Miss Alice Blanton and Miss Agnes Calloway are spending a few weeks here. MrTroutttook a load of chlttem bark to Eugene this week. J F Amis' family are at the springs. MrTrouttand Holland caught 225 fish one day this week. Mr Close and wife and Mrs Zelgler and others of Eugene spent Sunday at tho springs. A child of Mr Lane's died of mom- braluous croup a few days ago. I'hort will be a school exhihltlou at the Panther Creek school house next Wednesdsy, being tho last day of Mr Day's school. Say that the springs do not restore health and youth. Uncle Oliver Burt mess, aged 70, was here Sunday and after a short stay lumped and cracneu his heels together and said he felt as young as a toy. Mr l.iwrcnetj Brown Is slopping at the springs and is slow ly improving, lit is resting easy at prveeiit. Accident. A Thkehhino Outeit. M Lavln geraold a complete threshing outfit, engine and separator, to Messra Itey- nolds and Itulli. yesterday, it Is to be shlpjed from Portland to Corvallis Friday, and will be hauled up from lUMLluam fl ti-.a rminft that It oould ba shipped from Portlaud to Cor vallis for $20, while the charge to Eu gene would I fl4, and the gentlemen wisely concluded insi iney com in imui It from Corvallis by team for the $44 difference. They will commence threshing west of town next week. sKl OM I EST. YfHer Bote Shown to In fur Sup I . ........ .... I t.'.... I.... iiT- or iv iii i in uurui Eugene was all astir again lust even. Ing to witness the second test of tin new chemical engine. Two tests were maiin Saturday night but were not satisfactory ami yesterday it was nn noiinoed through Ihe clt.y pniier that another test would take pliu-e lut evening at 0 o'clock Iu the Whitney held on rviutn iiiumelle street Two buildings, each 12 feet square, had Is-en erected during the day, out of old sidewalk lumber, and a contest was to take place lust evening ltweon the chemical engine and the water hose to see which would Is- the inure elllcleul iu controlling a tire, ltoih uulldluvs were .at united, each with 5 gallon ol kerosene; both were to be set en fire simultaneously and the chemical engine, was to take one and tho hose teunt the other, each to begin Hral Ions at tliu same lime; the test being to eco w hich cotiid subdue Its fin llrst. Engine company had charge of the now chemical engine and Oregon aud Itrscue host! teams had tho water hose. Considerable strife bad risen between the two companies and sbm-cii-latlou wus rife yesterday and lust evening as to which would Will the contest. By 0 o'clock an Immense crowd ol sieelati)rs was present. A hurstud section of bos plH delayed the pro f ram for quite a bit, but at lust till wus n readiness, aud a lighted wisp of buy was thrown Inside, of each or the buildings. I he one designated for the chemical eimlnc cnuuht mine reuAilv than the other, but both were allowed to burn and in course of a few mlnuies arXMiird to be burning Shout tho same. I he oil added stlaiulus tho llames and tht two Utile bosses burned with a deret fsry. Wkea It begun to look as If the lluim-a must lie hcyoiid con trol, the word wiss give to "go." Issasllv lititk liaso were brought to bear each upo it roaietiivt lint. I he water hoo boys understood ineir business thoroughly. Several sturdy llreateu bore the ae.V to the doorand giving it a few swirls on tho Inside they had the dre under costrol iu a Jilty, ami in a lew adulates not a spark was left to brighten tho charred remain of the strut-lure. lite chemical did goed work hut the test Inst night showed conclusively that tho water how Is fursum-iior over the chumlcal emsino In putting out a fire. Tho latter worked heroically but it wns some time ls-fore it ujt lis lire under control ami then the flames wo ild keep breaking nut III new plates. When the water hose had their fire stiit out and the building waa thoroughly soaked down, they play fully turned a stream upon tht chum cal's building. The chemical did not get its fire entirely extinguished until a man cllmiiett to tho toa of mo si rue ture and sent a strensa down through the covering. When tbe sesult nf tbo contest be came apparent, tht crowd began to cheer terrllllcully ana a deateiilng hur rah arose. The actual time required by each company to get lis fire undur control after the water was timed on was as follows: Host team, 2:12; chemical en gine. 4:21. THE ENOINK PURCHASED. t The council held a meeting this morning, and iu accordance with the contract, which was tn purchase the engine if It came up to the recommen dations ui tho last, which ll (lid, in structed the mayor by motion to sign the check. Th check Is for fxo, and was slutted by Mayor Matlock and de livered to Mr Long, the niscnt of the company. The old hand engine is taken iu part payment, fiuo neiiyr ni lowed for It. Floeuce Items. The West, July 1!). Mrs J O Gray and Mr Hugh Gray, of Ktigene, arrived here Wednesday, and will remain several weeks, the guests nf Mr aud Nrs It F Alley. Nearly fiOOO ton of rock have been discharged at tho government Jetty, but lalsir Is Impeded somewliul this week by the sinking of a scow. Work will tie commenced In a short time nn a road leading from Gleuada to Wild Cat creek. After the clearing Is done a survey will be made. It Is J the Intention to place a force of ten men at euch end of the road. On Monday tho Mary Gilbert will bo launched hi tho A sea river. It will be remeu.bered that this vessel was wrecked some months ago. Mie has been re-constructed and will leave tbe A I sea for San Francisco with a cargo of lumber. The Itobarts will as sist at tht launching. Tho Itobarts leaves for Yaqulna bay Saturday afternoon. Her Injuries by lire consists mainly or uurui woou- work in tho engine risim ami the loss of steam gusges, which nro always kept on baud In case of emergencies. The tug will probably not return until the 24th., and during the interval will take the Oregon rress Association, which meets at Newmirt tomorrow, on Ashing excursions. .SIIHTINO I'KUIT EAST. Lively Scenes About, the Ebbert Warehouse. Himmhrcv nnil Keimr are preparing to start two car loads of peach plums to the East tomorrow. At the Enhert wan-house today where the packing of tho fruit Is in process, everything is lively. Furmers are bringing in the plums by me wugou mini aim there are thirty five to forty girls, women and boys busy wrapping the fruit aud packing it in boxes. Each plum Is wrttp.MMi in a piece or paper. Each car will hold about I2U0 boxes of iluma ami ent'li (mix bold ulsiut It ilf a bushel, so It will bo a shipment of no small proportions. Two largo reingtraior curs are on the track ready to loud. This morn ing they were filled with Ice, 6000 pounds of loo being placed In euch car. The euterprlsu Is not only providing il.. ruriimr. .ml fruit. ir,ijri.re with a gisid market for the fruit, but is also scattering considerable money through the oommuuity iu the way of wages to employes. Perhonal. Sundsy Oregoulan: Mias Stella Dorris, of F.ugoue, Is tht guest of Mr Dr K G Clarke, at 700 East Taylor street, ; ' f H E ' N qY i - - y.; . s 'M ' j' ''") V'fs i rTM'o Msy !: RG U LAT0R7 aW. 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Thonaiis JeMerson Evans;, an old and well-known resident of the Mohawk valley, dnped dead from heart fail ure at Ids home yesterday evening about H o'clock. Mr. Evans resldi nt his homo near Isabel uostolllce. about eighteen miles vast of this city. Lust evening Ilia diiuujiiter, Miss Minnie, In company Willi unoPher young lady hail crossed Ihe Mnhawk creek, whU'lruns closo by llicjhouse, to pick some berries. While there they were cuting up and play fully hallooed or screamed several times. Mr. Evans heard them from 'he house and, thinking some trouble had befell lliem. hurried tothcstvnc. greatly exerting himself In his efforts to reach them. Arriving, ho found tho girls all right, and sitting down on tho batik of tho creek, threw his hand to hi breust with au exclamation which Indicated that bo was suffering. great sln. Ho after wards got up, re marking ileal tboy had given him a terrible fright. The party then walked tn the house. lieaehlng the porch, Mr Evans stepie upon U, then sud denly throw ills haiids to his breast and fell to the floor tleml. Thoiiuts Jell'ersoii Evans was Isirn in Edgar county, Illinois, JurTo U, lH.'ID, and was then-lore aged ou years, l month aud 13 days at tho time of bis death. He resided in Unit slato until 15 years of age when ho removed with his parents to Nebraska, living In that state until the year lh-VI, when ho re moved to Un-gou. l ho trip was made across the plains on horseback In com- rnny with Jack iiughes and James 'arrlsh. He setved through tho Uoguo River Indian war under (' plain King and during the civil war was employed by tho United til alee government as In dian scout In Idaho and Montana. In lHtlH ho was married to Miss Kmina (Irosa. of I. Inn eotintv. i'hev settled at their homo on tho Mohawk, whero they have si need lived. His wife aud three children Miss Minnie, Charles W. and l.orum C are left to mourn his death. Tho fiwioral will be held tomorrow at 11a. in. to the Isabel cemetery where the remains will lie interred. GoiNti Turtle Hunting. Two men arrived hero tills morning from California on their way to tho Long Tom on a business venture entirely new to this section of tho United States, though not to somo localities. It Is no less than n turtle hunting ex pedition. They drove through from alifornlu with a light hack, bringing with them a camping o-.itllt and a light Isiat nttout twelve feet long. They expect to go over on the Long Tom, a slow, sluggish stream, and s.ieud some time catching turtle for shipment to San Frauclseo. Tbey state that there Is a good market for them in that city, and one of tho geu tlemon, who has been Iu this region before, thinks there Is no letter place to hunt turtles than Iu the Long Tom. This stream has always been looked upon a one of no consequence, but may now be brought Into prominence Iu a commercial way. Hand Cut. Last evening a little daughter of Mr Barrett, llvingacoupie of miles west of town, cut ono of her hands severely. Shu was letting down a window and in some manner broke a pane of glass. Her lingers were cut badly and she was brought to town for medical treatment and It was found several leaders In the lingers wero cut, and tbe physician thinks the little linger will be lea stilt. Ki'w An Ax ltlllv nf! he Dili street department store has a new ad In to day's Guard. Peruse It. Awarded Highest HonorsWorld's Fair, Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair. Da CREAM MEM mws& Most Perfect Made. 40 Years tht Standard.