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ANOUIEB KATAL ACCIDENT. C. M. Martin Accidentally HWol Wlille Huutluif. linllf Oiunl, Fvbrusrj 1. Mr H C Hmlth, Thurston, cam to town Itixt ullit ami rcpnrud llio fuels of a fatal accident which Nrfisll CM Mortlo yrsU-riiay afternoon. Mr Hmlth state that Mr Murtlu Lm I....... vi.lrlmr l.llil lit Ilia llOllie llfUf irv-l nn M - Thurston. Yesterday afternoon while slain I" th houw Mr Hmlth pro jioaed that thy go over and call on a couple of nuiiflioors, Mr Hubbard ami J im Martin, who wr engaiced In buildlriK a fuiiuo not far dimunt. Mr Martin Mild lit would go, and would tnke lliu gun with him, he might ace aomegani". The gun was a muwlo loader and Mr Hinllli advised Martin to be careiul with It, an It had gone ell accldsntallv wltli him a few day Je fore. Mr Martin iauirliod and itaid he would bo carsful. Tliuy went dowu to where tholr nvlghborf were building the fnca, and afu-r talking a ahort time, Mr Martin said he weuldgoon across the alough in March of game, lie had been gone but a few minute When the report of a gun wa heard not fur distant, and Hmlth remarked that Martin had shot aomethlng. per bapt himself; speaking In a joking way, Mr Hmllli returned to hit home Id a few inluutoa. As evening aiipnauhwd aud Martin did not return lie Ix-eaine uueaiiy about him. Hie boy Frank went over in the botiom alter the coe, and he remarked to hie wife that Martin would prohahly re'urn with the boy. Hut tho boy r. turned without teeing any traee of him. Mr Smith and Prank then muted In arch of the nilwlng man. They went down In tho vlelulty of where the report of the gun waa hrnrd, Mr Kuillli going one aide of the fence ami the boy the other. In a few minutes Frank railed to hli fulhur that he had found him, and he wat ilea I. Truo enough, for he waa lying near the fence, ou III back, hi feet tow ard the fence, and hla gun by hi ni l . As tlmauce waa ohtiilned aud Mr Martin conveyed to Mr Hmlth' houtv. The clothing waa not removed, l.ut It could be seen that the chaise had taken ell act In the heart. It win durk when the body wa found, uinl a couple of houi after the shot wa lieard. It U not known how the ucoldriit occurred, but Mr Hmlth think thin Martin had climbed tkroiuli tho fence and wa drawing hi gun through or elm It caught lu the rose bushes mid wa discharged. Mr Martin wa about 37 your of ate, and h resided In l.ano county about live year. Ho own a farm near Creswell, and ha sneut the Rum mer working for Jl F DorrN on hi mining claim In the Hlue liiverdi trlot. He wa unmarried, and had one brother somewhere In California, a brother In Tacema, another lu Kos aouth, Kansas, and a sister at the Name place. They have been notlll.'.l of hie death A dispatch wm received llil noon from Mr Martin' brother at Tacoma to prapere tho body for shipment, and It will l brought to town mid em balmed. Mr Martin Is on hi way from Taooma, and w ill probably tnke the body to tho deceased' o'd home lu Kamni, A Mountain Will-o'-Tue-Wlsp. Nearly everyone of the 25 or more men employed In Oley Johnson's log- f lnn camp up the Urand llonde river iav wltueiwed on various occasions a atrange light, which appears In the inornlnK aud evening Just above the lioime where the logger have their winter abode, ni the La (Iramle Chronicle. Thl peculiar illumination resemble a lighted lantern, alnnit three feet aliove the ground, and dome time It shift around as If it wvio guided ay au unseen hand. Tho aver age lofusr I not the mau to hiirhor a uienitillou notion, and when this phenomenon wa first reporle I there were many men lu the ramp who be ' lieved that It wa nothing more thau Imagination, but nearly every one In turn ha had thooporlunlly to nee the atrango Unlit for himself. The thing that interests thtni -nw I to find soiuesolsntillosxiilaniiliiiu of the phenomenon. Mnay of tin in haee seen and all of them have heard of the halls of pale Unlit that hover over marshy ground aud over places w here there Is oVeaylng vegetation, which are aclcntlll -ady accounted fur and whloh are known a "Jack-o-'-lan-tenia'' and "wIllo'-thu-wlNps." Hut up In the mountains there Is no marshy ground, and a far a known, there 'are no other condition that would produce an lllumlnntiou of thl kind. There evidently Is a natural cause for It, however, and that cause will undoubtedly become known In time, a every man lu the ramp has become deeply Interested lu the mat ter, aad w 111 do all In his power to probe the mystery to the bottom. Ileal F.stato Transactions. Ksuortr.1 iUUy tlm Kimi iie Ahitrnrt pom psiiy. oSUmIii Huii bkx'k oiwlt llo(linu llom. COl' ST BY, The state of Oregon to M Wllklns lots 6, 0, 7, 8 and It, see 10, tp 10, r 3 W, 45 acres; con $'.M. Louis K Fiscal to Blanche M l'legal lota 2, 8, A and a part ofsl'fnw section 4 tp 17 a r 1 w, So acre; f-"lH J It Nettleton to Konalla H hrttleton lot S w blk 8, Chrlstlau second add; can $200. m Kl'OKNK. F M Wllklns to Kmma Galtra Wll klu lot , 4, U, 7 blk 1, Mulligans add ou west; (1. . i i Psilr Itusnt, Jnirjl. Chakukii N n it KioT. As a result of a row at a school meeting In the Dlok Hayes neighborhood, over levy ing a school tax, Dick Have and his sons, Uichurdsou and Anderson, aud John Howe a have been arrested on a charge of riot. Thev appeared Iwfor Justice Wheeler thl morning, aud their trial was set for next Thursday all p ui. Marhikp. Mr Alex Katou and Jane Savage were married at Crvswell January ird, by U H Miller, J 1'. Mahkikiv Januaiy Mh, by Ue I (I Knotts, Mr L li Johusou and Mis 1-uulsa A. l.audscliooft. Km T Vtj llerrjo Mutt at Karcne. Exchange: Away back in the fall of IH-'A, lust when the Indians, ucdur the leadership of that crafty old Jtogue I'.lver Chief John, were making prep aration for the angulnury war of '66 uu i.'jCi, a band of CllcklluU and Cala itoolaa, about 800 in number, il eum I wd on Hncer c reek, about eight mile HOtllUwesi oi l-.ugRne. iieir.r ;wen,wirielime culled "(saint Owen," but more recently known as "Bwump Angel," lived adjolnlug farm to Henry Hadley; these two ineu were much alike in their make up. they were foxy and cuuu'ng, aud could drive a bargain in early day to the fUuen' taste. Hadley owned a race horse called Ulucher; he wa sired by Tom Tiger and out of Haw Mill, aud was a speedy animal: hu could measure oil a ouartcr In 'iZ seconds, heri'ie wa regarded a a dangerous antagonist, in a race. The "Hwamp Angel" hupjifned along where the Indians were camped and noticed that the Indian had a rucu horxe that they placed great store by. Tho Indian said their horse was a "skookum ouitau," that he could "hlack clatawa". "Hack cola." Owen saw an opportunity to relieve the Indians of some of their horses, which by the way commanded a good price in looite days, tslde buckskin aud all their loose cofch, and accord ingly he proposed to make tuvm a race with tlm Hadley horse. The liidian accepted the banter with great eager ness. A forfeit waa at once put up and the next day was fixed for the race. In the meantime the Indians through the machination of some bad white men procured JO or 15 gallons of whlskv. When the hour arrived for the race the Hlwashes by reason of their hilarious intoxicated condition were In a tlx to wager their all on their "skookum cultan." They would put up their d-r skins against almost any thing. Hadley became excited aud pulled off hie coat, vest aud panta loon aud bet them agalnat a half doz en buckskins. Hub Hadley, w ho was afterwards shot and killed by Marshal l-'elch lu Eugene, was selected to rid ltlucher. A little bit of an old iu&Jg uillcuut, drld up Indian named Crooked Finger John, jnounttd the "iikookuiu cultan." Jty thl time the Indian were In a ferment of excitement. At u glveu sigiuil the horses started. ImUcIut ebot nut two or three lengths in Uie irue. Young Hadley concluded to pull In llhicliur and not boat the race too easy. H.ucher did not take kindly to this; ho Kiit mini and coinmuuced to uueK, ana threw hi rider. The "skookum cultan" shot by Illuchrr; In the eau- time, the Hiwashe commenced to Jump up and dowu aud shout "close, close, cloee." When the raco wa over Hadley becged of the Indian to loan him hi pant to ride home in, but Mr Indian ang out: "Toako tlckey, culm waw waw." The result was poor Hadley had to ride home III hi shirt lull. His wife, who was one of the nuwt amia ble and kind hearted ladies In that con u try, was much shocked and mor tified at her husband's unusual ap (lenrance. In the meniilime the "Swamp An irel" wii using nil hi persua-lve ixw- ers to brln if about another race, but hi little came wouldn't work; the ludlaiik emellvd a certain amount of mice. Tho Angel wended lit way home in a somewhat ill natured rraine of mind. University Items. I'lly Gusrd, Kedrutrj 1. The C A C's will give an entertain nient lu the gymnasium in the near future. The program for the oratorical con test will lie published next week. The student aro sadly longing for a new piano aud a musical director. Miss Ada Hendricks assisted by Miss ltelle Itrown will entertain the senior aud Junior classes Ibis evening. Many new and valuable books have been nceived at the library lately, willed greatly Increase it valuo. No lietti-t proof of atudent loyalty and love for. the college could be had than the Intense disgust and loath inn which the traitorous actions or one or their number has excited In the stu ('outs as a body. Tho senior have hauded In the first chapter of the aerial oiatlon whloh will Uu continued at Interval until commencement, when the public will he Intlicted with the conclusions. Howsoever a (vuopsl will tie ui volt and it is hoped that all will end hp- py- Hhown'k Oi'N Found. Thursday' Iltwohurg 1'laiudealersavs: Fd Combs, driver of the Cooe ltay Stage line, came lu from Myrtle 1'oint last ulght and report that. Sam ltrown'e gun had lon tound In the river at the place where the last traces of his tracks were found by tho o nicer In pursuit. Thl faot lead to the almost certainty that Hrowu wa drowned there last Saturday ns reported by the otllclals who were on hi trail. If true, and there I soarcely a doubt eflt, it clours the drama and shows that the way of the transgressor Is hard, and Is a warning to all evil dorrs. They will eventually close au Ignominious life In an Iguoble way. On tiir rivnK. A correspondent writing from that place to tho Albany Democrat say: l'avld Kby and wife are now at Undo 1'reston Hurger'e making arrangements for moving Tiliu and III aged wife to live with them in the future at their heme near (loehen, In Lane county. Mr ai.d Mrs ltarger's many friend will he very sorry to part 'with them, though all will agree In thinking It a very wiso decision, as they have long been too feeble to live alone. CiirvrriNrt Hkh. Eugeue ramp, Wooduieu of the World, lias received an Invitation to atteud a chopping bee ! to tie given by Albany ramp February ' 2-Jud. A prize of 7.60 Is given to the bt chopper, aud 2.50 to the next best, Tho Allany neighbor are pre-,' parlug tor a royal time, and nearly! every cauip In the valley will Jolu j liivtu in ttieirgooa time. Horn-. In th's city Aatimlav morn ing, Febiuary 1st, to the wife of Ueo Crouur, a sen. Call for, Dniiociaiie Convention. A democratic- convention for Lane county Oregon is hereby called to meet at the court house In Kugene the iSlh day ot March I8D0 at 10 o'clock a ru. Huld convention Is called for tne pur pose of electing 12 delegate to tne State liemocratlo Convention wnicn convenes at 1'ortlaud April win, iw". and tlso to nominate a ticket to oe voU-d for at the election to bo held June next and to transact any othur busi ness pro)H!rly coming before the eon veutlon. Democratic voter i f the various precinct in the county arc advised U) hold their election for del egate to said convention naiuruuy, March 21st, lH'M, at 1 o'clock p m. The several pre dnctof the county are entitled to representation lu the convention as follow to-wit: North Eugene No 1 J North Eugene No 2 North P:ugeneNo 3 ' Houlh Eugene No 1 J Houth Eug, no No 2 8 Mouth Eugeue No 8 ' V 1 1 lamella " Hprlngdeld. Irving '. Thurston Crvswtll West Cottage Orove. East Cottage Grove .. I'leasant Hill. Ooslieli Hlchurdaon .... Caiup Creek... Mohawk Spencer Coyote linir Tom (late Creek J McKeuzie Maliel Cl:sher ' Fall Creek Oleotetia 1 Middle Fork 1 Houth Junction - North Junction s Florence ttiuslaw J Lost Volley Hermann J Elmlra ' Wulton Mound 1 T..ih1 09 Ail union aim favor tsxinir luturies highest rather than the necessaries of tile and favor tne lowest iax popsnne for tho efllcient administration of gov eminent both state and county and payment of constitutional salaries only to all state and ci.unty olllcers and abolition of all useless offices are earnestly requested to participate lu the election or delegates to the conven tion. J. P. ItASISKY, Chairman Central Com. F. C Maiteson, Sec. Brevities. Snlem has a city tax levy of 8 mills, Mr Wm (lulloway has been mp pointed receiver of tho land office at Oregon City. C J Ehrman has been chosen conn oilman at Oregon City to succeed Ja cob iluft, irslgnad. Farmer In Polk county have pooled their wheat, and have been ottered 52 cent a bushel for It. "Man is somewhat like a sausage, Fair enough upon the skin; Hut you never know exactly, How much hog there 1 within." The Colonial Entertainment to be fflven by l'rof Haricht and Miss Do LasliTiiutt, for the benefit of the Free Ituadiuir lomni on the tiluiit or tne 2l'd of February will, without doubt, be the bt st of the kind ever presented in thl city. The Dalle Times-Mountaineer aays the construction work on tho lock Is so nearly completed that the cm tractors have been able to dispense with the services of 150 hands that have been employed on the works. Ashland Kecord: J M Martin, the Silver lake stockman, came lu Monday en route to Cottage Grove. He will return with hi family In June. Mr Mai tin's brother and several other rel atives were victim of tho terrible Sil ver lake holocaust. He Uanuucle of Mr. Gard Van Ilipcr, of this city. Iloppner now ha a speed aisocla tion, with Oeorue Couser president and A W Patterson secretary. The director are: E G Sporry, D A Mc- Atee, George Harrington, E L Mat lock aud Henry Heppner. The sulso tion of a track and the date fni the spring races were left in the hand of toe iliivctor. 1 lie name cnosen wn the Heppner Hreed Assoctutiou. Independence West Side: Judne Warreu Truitt. late Judge of Alaska, epentafew day thl week in Inde pendence visiting old irieail. tie inform utthat ho will make a perms uent residence in some town near the Wllluuiette river. The ludee looks hale and hearty. There Is considera ble talk among Ills friends that lie would be a wise selection for congress rroni the llrst district, bliould tne Judge conclude to have his uams used, uid I'oik would give 111 111 ner nearly support. The Koeelmrg Review refers to the accident to the presiding elder of the MF1 church for the Grant Pas dis trict a follows: Key T L Jones met with a painful accident Friday night, by slipping aud railing while attempt' Ing to remove tho overalls he wore wlilie rldlni 10 towu. A uadiy sprained ankle was the result and he wa carried to the Mcl iaiien Mouse, where Dr Hiadley attended him. Mr Jones' tuany friends sympathize with aim. Paltf Qusrd, Frkiusrr 3. I.ivu Ai.Ua tor8. I L Campbell sent 111 Kenshaw three llvealllKat or which he obtained while In Flori da. They are little fellow about nine Inches long. They came by express, lu a lx aWut 44x1) inches, with an air hole in each end. When they reached here they apeard to be dried up aud dead, aud Mr Kenshaw was going to throw them away, but was induced to place tlivm in water and they soon soaked up and became quite lively. He now has them in a tub of water, and they have revel ved many callers during the day. With them cauie instructions not to feed them before the tint of May. EEFKKEE'M KfiPORT. Woodcock HIM HI li-pjrt the 0. P. U. It. t ase. lu Mr. . ,i. 1 u lt runort OU validity and priority of claims "S"'0! the 1100,000 purchase money for wnitu tho Oregon Pacillo-ralhosd was sold to Honuer 4 Hummoud last spring, hat tiled his report. ,.,,, ,n. ,. ...hi 1 . 1 ..f i,iu ,'n prion for 11 Will UC UCIWIW 0 upprovttl ut Corvalhs, February 5, at 2 1. m. Mr Woodcock, anlst d b I. . it, in I. .u i urtfiit Hteuogritpner nn. , labor und pains sirted the million or dollar of claim presented and hi findings are given below: AProKTlONMBST OP CLAIMS. . Allowed. Material and upplle. claimed J.m.r ana . ; Laborer (or recr., clulmed 1 18 lira 44 and luter t 138,013 43 Hledlebeck, asslgued Ibr., claimed tw.ooo and inwr- Mi 48,JJ 03 Insurance certificates, eld. I3,8U7.7Uanuinirv io,uii i Hcuton county taxisoiaim .! 11 iilft 113 and interest. 19,408 C3 423 00 530 45 City of Corvalhs taxes School district No taxe. clulmed JoHO.70 Lincoln county taxes, old., ! 1110 'K 15,941 (Ml Linn' county taxes 10,04) 60 Marion couuiy ixes - John P Fay, attorney fee, clulnnd f7,B03.oi RrouBUgh McA & F., attor- ney lee 'ov v" L FJinn, attorney fee eld. ! ILV. mid intereet 8,155 00 Johii Uiirnett, attorney fe.. 1,200 'X) J K I'elillleton, atioriirjr few claimed t3,wJ V"Z" Pflire & Kelley.attr mey fit 4,000 00 E C M Kami, expert fee clulmed $12,751,43 F L & T Co nod Attorney Turner, wet lutv nrysou claimed f38.27o.50 W L Law, recis. certificate claimed t41,(X)0 17,-'.t w D H Monlleili, recr. -er- tillcatcg claimed 7,000 . ..,,1 Inlurukt 8.8S0 00 W L Vance.recr certlllciites el.ilmed 10,ono and tnter- ent 12,400 00 L Fllnn, recr. certificates, claimed f7,000 and Inter imt ... 8,880 00 .Inlin A Crawford, recr. cer tificates, clsiuud fj.OOO and interest 6,240 00 J W Whalley.former referee rluimed ioW M O Wilkin, sten. fees Itimeburg H.'View, advertis ing Geo S Coo, trustee rente, claimed $ 1,021.78 Wm M Hoag, rent and O 1)( o.,chilmed f 15,041.78... T E Hone, receiver, claimed f 5,094 (jti Chas Clark, receiver, no claim; accouuts approved EW Hadley, receiver, eld. $10,000; account approved T E Hogg.receiver; account not approved; ahort 130, 0S4.27 Levi & Fer oison, ct cost... Amount of fund on hand Expenses of proceeding Itnlnnce for illMrlbl't Ion 59 i.5 55 00 3,000 00 403 .V 94.312 17 1,300 00 92,942 00 Hutu re- I l,tt i-tnrl aliniru Hint tlm celvershlp Is over $30 000 aliort, and Hint nn tairut ri.nnrt tearp mmlA to tho court for over eight mouths prior to his removal. Other claim not in the hands of the court are a follows: $25,00C, lees officer' fees of about $-5,000 deposited In Hamilton & Job' bank, which will pay a percentage. Also about $27,000 proceeds of tho sale nf AtAamihln Willftmettft. alnu attorney who are conversant with the facts say the report made hy Mr Woodcock Is very creditable to the ,rnt lartmn The labor and material men will get about 10 cent on the dollar and If any thins is realized on other fund the labor and material men will get It all. There is not iinieh probability of an appeal to the supreme court. - Commissioners Court. At the Commissioners' court Friday tue roiiowiuu; proceedings were hud: Resignation of L Flegal as supervi sor 01 read district 4!i was accepted and A F Post appointed to the place. The lollowlug bills were allowed and the elei k was ordered to draw war rant for the amounts: L Flegal, road supervisor road district 49 $12 00 ruler llarnolc, road supervisor district 39 8 00 II A llowers, piling for road 1 05 E F Chapman, lumber 2 33 Sweet Hros, lumber 11 00 Wheeler Hros, lumber 8 45 Jno Wingord, lumlier 5 55 A W Hohd, bridge stringers 1 20 J C Goodale, lumber 1 as Day & Henderson, coftlu and box for pauper 10 00 J H McNult, gravel 75 Jos Sharp, gravel 2 19 M J Harper, gravel 0 00 E 11 Hollenbeck, gravel 17 (14 Calvert estate, gravel 3 00 J C Jennings, gravel 3 60 C W Washburne, gravel 12 00 A C Jennings, stamps fur regis tering supervisors, appolut- ments, etc 12 20 Hond of Frank Itwisner as distribu tor of iudigeut soldier fund was ac cepted. Ordered that all road supervisors In Lane county be required to estimate the amount of gravel obtained from the premises of private parties for use on public highways, by the yard In stead of by the load as heretofore prac ticed. 1 Ordered allowed: W T Kayser, lumber 10 12 J P Zumwalt, lumber 0 00 Psily Utunl, Kbenisry 3. ('ANllIl)i Tl. i'h,. nreirmiUn (.,.! has the follow ing concerning two jtcn llemen well known In this city: The republican Judicial nominations in the r.itfiuu oisirici isaKer, in Ion and Wallowa counties seem to have been nctioslly nerved utsin. Mr Uatwrt F.-kiu will be nominated as circuit Judge, w hich place he ha Mled since tho resicnation or Judge James A Fee, and Mr Frank L Moore, of linker City, w ill have no opposition as can didate for the potitiou of prosecuting attorney. 1 .v.. Uingcr Hermann has entereu iu . 1... ill., neftr race for ro-tiection - rouU. He will begin IbiMcent of, gait creek in June or earlier. The etato government of Oregon i. unnecessarily expensive. Iho utt l.giHlaturo and the pret state olticials are reponwble for thin. Their promts Lave no been kept, and the people will retnemlKir this when they coin to tlm polls. States in: The Eugene mer chants can't get their lreight by boat becauso a new sandbar nas formed in the river near Junction, the stump puller i tied -up to a rtump, and the government has gone duck hunting.. Will lb great valley allow things to drift on this way for another twelve years? The people are paying $10,000 a year for a railroad commission which is not worth ono cent, and $3,000 lor un attorney general who does not earn one-tenth of that gum, besides half a dozen other uelcss eouauiiasiotis. No lees than $30,000 a year could be saved by doing away with lome of thoe useless commissions und getting electric lights and necessaries for r-tato institutions at Salem at whut they are worth. East Oregonian: If the people, tho tux payers, nould continue to demand in no uncertain tone less expenso ol government and partic ularly of courts, taxes would go down lo the minimum. The peo ple are paying too much for run tiinir court machinery for the bene fit of lawyers, litigants and court ollicers. And United Mates courts appear to be the uioet expensive to the people of any. The urgent de ficiency bill which has pusned the house of representatives at Wash ington curries 5.415.9J2. of which sura 3,212,.r82 is for expenses of the United Mutes courts. St-niitor Alley has read a great ilel of unfavorable comment on the extravagance of the lust legis luturo und tries to remove any burden of responsibility from hu shoulders in the following:' "The people begin to understand, too, since they ure lniormeu maw me expensos created by thirty mem- berg otthc lust legislature were less than one-third of that heaped upon the tax-payers by forty-two, and that the same nualogous relutions will folio in other expenses," An analysis of tho vote of the last leg islature, however, shows that Sena tor Alley voted for every appro priution bill coming before the senate, with one exception, when he was absent, and but for that absence would hare beaded the list of senators for amount of appro priations voted. His vote on ap propriations exceedod Senator Mc Clung's by $1,206,435,99. East Oregonian: Robert G. Smith, a member of "the late de mented" legislature, writes a long letter to the Oregonian in which he favors a special session of the legislature so the republican major ity and plurality of that body may have a chance to redeem the plat form pledges of their part and set themselTes right before the people, in order that they may bo entitled to renomination and re-election. That's ill A special session is only wan tod so that the reign of the most extravagant body of leg islators on earth mny he pro longed. . They will and should turn down every mombor of it be cause they failed to keep their solemn pledges on tho strength of which thev went into office the first time. The peoplo will not ho looted the second time by similar pledges frojj the same men. Never. Mrs. W J Burwell, of Oakland, California, has surprised the people oi mat city by appearing upon tiroa.iway cluu in bloomer costume. Mrs. Burivcll who stands high in society, has the very latest in winter costume, and proposes to try and . introduce the fashion among the women of Oakland. She desires it understood that she. is not a new woman, but is Rimnlv the advocate of a lashion which she believes will avail much, good to her sex. Daring a recent heavy snow storm Mrs. Durwell got her shirts wet and intruded a severe cold. It was then that sho made up her mind b abandon skirts during the winter and to wear bloomers. She laid tho mutter be fore her husband and explained to him the advantages to be derived by a.woman wearing bloomers over one wearing skirts. Mr. Burwell went out into the storm and ob served women dragging their dress es along in the mud and rain. Then he returned home and de ciled in favor nf bloomers, and Mrs. Burwell lost no time in pre paring a costume which t-he de signed herself. It consists of bloomers very full, and reaching to tl,o Irnn ." . ...v auu Mm legging, Wlllcll reach down over the shoes. The coat bu'tons up around the waist and hangs gracefully about the form. Lane county can find in Sao Francisco and other coast citie a .11 L. K .... a mantei ir an me iirsi-ciau poultry she can produce. Somttliing should be done i secure tho services of Capt Hutch and his snag boat. It is important that the river be kept open. The Associated Press informs the world that John L. Sullivan hai been on another epree. If trouble was taken to ascertain a time when he ii sober it might make a read, able item. Criminals who are now brought to justice find they have no 1'en.. noyer to help them out of their troubles, and that the law of tbi people is respected by their chief executive. Proper disposition has now been made of Lloyd MoutRomery, the triple murderer, and the authori ties of Linn county are entitled to credit for the manner in which tbey have carried out the law. X0 community is safe with such a person running at large, and when one of this character is apprehended do time should be lost in protec ting the people, whose lives have thi.s far been spared. All such persons begin their' work of des truction of human lifo at tho wrung end of the list, and spare their own lives until others have been sacri ficed. Those who have Impod the death penalty would be spared Montgomery because of his age, had not a proper realization of the enormity of the crime, and the danger to a community of allowing such persons their freedom. The people among whom he resided could be assured of the safety of their lives from tho hands of this monster in no other way than that practiced. Prison ,lars have been tried, but found to furnish only temporary restraint. Pity may be human, but justice is commcneu ale with the needs of humanity in general, and there is no justice to a community in exercising any bur the extreme penalty of the luw on criminals of this class. Perhaps the most "tochy" man around the state house, says the Salem Statesman, is Secretary of State Kincaid on the question of law suits involving his official actions. It has been his fortune, good or bad, to have made a party to several during his short time in tho position, and ho docs not enjoy the distinction which a court presence gives him, hence it is said, to have been tho heighth of amuse ment lesterduy to see his moods and tenses when Attorney Idleman suggested tho possibility of his be ginning another action- to enjoin the building of the Eastern Oregon insane asylum The suprcmt court in its decision of the day be fore said that the attorney -genera.' would lie the proper party to begin such an action, so that gentleman yesterday told Mr. Kincaid that l e was going to examine the decision thoroughly with a view to making up ' his mind whether to begin another suit or not. Mr. Kineaid's English is as vig orous as has been proverbially credited to Andrew Jackson and it is said that he gave the attorney genrr.il, :o understand he didn't imv t v. hoop how many law suits he commenced, but with such force a, tu c'lnu-y the idea that he nut enlir Iv si mid tired of suits and attorneys and courts generally. A Statesman reporter asked Secretary Kincaid yesterday what the program of the state board is in the relation of the proposed asy liim. He said if not ugain inter rupted by a law suit the board would proceed and have tho build iug put up in accordance with the acta of the legislature, in 1SD3, when it was first provided fur, und in lS9o, when the bill providirg funds for it was passed with very little opposition. He says of oour.-e the matter can "bo kept in V.io courts indefinitely, hut lie does not see the good purposes to hu served thereby. Mr. Kincaid says new buildings will be necessary next year some where; that the capacity of present accommodations is already over taxed and the number of patients is constantly increasing; that the institution under the re out ratio of incrensed demands, will nerd more money than has been n propriuted, notwithstanding th" fact that it is being conducted with the strictest economy consistent with good service. He Fays the main buildings received addition to this space last vear to the full extent possible, by enclosing open area at a slight cost and fixing up severul rooms in the addition thus built, but that this is not enough and is only u question of a short time until extensive addi tional hoiiee-ri-otii vll be necc sary. Ho tni ks under all the surrounding circumstances 1 1 1 o wisest tiling i do i to iiermit the erection ol the new structure m contemplated, with out the addi tional and annoying troubb and expenso of continuous lawing.