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TIIL'IWIIAV.MAYSH. ! FRIDAY, MAY 20. i ItoutU Kt-UiiiK dunty. J M L'ptoD U again la tu. city. Clumle Ulttlr U U.cU from Mntilati. Dr D A I'aiii. l vlHltiutf In Euitenn. v Ji HukIi wm in ( city My. Uci FUiiden, nf PortluittJ. I In Hil city. Klim-r Uobch.cf Cohurir, U vUitlng In the city. It (J Smith, Hie OfKiilK Pum politi cian, I in Kujj'Mie. Frank Itrown ha returned from a vhlt to Hun FrmiulMci,. Thelitilo f uiikI' "f MmiiilMn : J lluuuiil i quite III. Pri-tilth-nl C II Cliumnm went to Portland on lliia inortiluf ' train. Waller tirirrin returned Irotn Coi laH (irove and Leniatl thli forenoon. All Hit lmrler oln.p ;. remained clowd ihlaflerrnMii from I until 0, n account of lh rcei A evclone iru'!lt Bt LouU yenterdny killinif and liiluriiitf V) people.' The lot of propel ly wu very heavy. It in now Hinted ilml l'rvalilt-nt Cleveland will vtln IIih Ii arbor and river bill. ConitreHi. will .u. It over the veto. II H Ti-iunlrtou. winner of the North wet Intercollegiate prize, will return from Keuttte tomorrow alter noon. II II Ktlfknev. who In now conduct Iiik a IhiwIIiik in Corvalliit, retunxd to I hat city on Him uppity louiiy auer a hhort Viait at home. The candidate cpoko at Junction ti i very Inrite audiencf ymti-rday afternoon. Au extra crowd wan gath ered on account ot a plcnlu given by the citizen Mitchell Monitor: Hnow fell here on tliu tijornltift of the 10th to the depth of three Incite, but It melted uluiimt a fuat on It fell and by noon hail entirely diHupeared. Prof Kriedul returned from Cortallis thl uf'.eriKMiu. He addrvsaed the pulillc nt-hool KniduatitiK claaa at that pluce yeaterduy afternoon. Mr (IN Pouter went ti Junction City tliis morning to organize a ltellef Ci rp. Medmiie Taylor, Andeiaon, I.awrcnca and WilloUKhhy occoin pun led her to aaaUt In the work. Uur old tlmo friend John O'llrlen dropped In for a few nioiiient today. He had been noil th for a week on a ra I Inm' I worn train and had but a hhort time to apiire with old ctjutiltit unce until hi train wu due. WedncHdny'a Allmny Herald: Mr J It Wyatt, the well known attorney, wai taken Htiddeiily ill taut evening from heurt dlm-nHe, and fell to the Midi-walk In front of I)r MnMlon' nttlee. He wu taken to hi boarding lioune at Mr ItriilKi-ford't and I much better today.. Fun at ilo-tll'-tl. The (ioHhen aehool will Join In a picnic on June 12, It being the hint (lay of Him Kpriuir term of school. The picnic will be held In a mnall Krove near the achool hotiHe. The following 1 the program brlelly atated: MOK.NINtl KXUHCIHK4. A Hhort lulu on education. Souk by the school. Dinner on the Kround. AnKHNOON KXKKCIBK8. School program. Siiek race, Kok) JumpiuK by thenlrl. Fool raw by hoyg under 10. Foot ruce 'y boy under 12. Foot raee by boy tinder 15. Potato race' for lioy or girl. .schoolchildren July will be admit ted In the fonvolttg races and a hiiihII itne will be given to each winner. No charge w ill be made to enter the content. A name of bate ball will be the next on the proKiam In whloh the aide w ill be chimin from the crowd. Hoys, ining your bane ball outfit. A good lime I expected. Come all and enjoy ihenport of the day, Sellout children eaiieuiuily Invited to Jul u us. W L Mm.i.kk, Teacher. Pally (luird, JH. PtlACTICK llY'N(ITI8M. Prof Tyu (lull cloned hi performance In this oily Inst night by the practice of hyp notlmii. )! nlwi gate another street exhibition hint evening. Thl time the carriage was not lined, the prorYwtor ami thi committee going on fiMt, lit htciid of taking hi aubjecl by the hnud a wire was lined, the profi yaor holding one end and theaubjeutlheothei. The pioleaaoreKperieuoed mi ilitltoully In lending his suliject' inlnd aloun the wire, and noon fnund the hidden object. At the performance hiat night, he gave the usuul uumber of teat hi in I nil reading and then proceeded to hypuotlxe four ubeiU. In. tula he hucivoiIihI admirably. All. four sun. Jcct were plaited uudwr hi Intlueticu One of of. thene nuhJiH'U . was enH'elally mwoeptlhle to the pro-IVn-.nr' rnlliienee and danced around the hIhkc, fiiiinlit an lnm?itmry tly away fiom hi face, mivrBcny tried to catch an iiiuiRlunry bum rrty, quick ly jerked hi coat oil when he was made to think It wa on 11 nv shivered when he thought he was cold and eveu went no for a to forget his own name. The lei lornmnoe was very cleverly ekecul rd and greatly atu'iaed h audience. " Dm. Junction City TIium:' Mon day, May 'Joth, lS'.KI, at (:! a in, Nellie Wilma Vela-r, aged 4 months and II day, Infant daughter of Mrai'd Mr Win WcIht. Funeral aervleea were held ut the renldcnce by ' F.lder A D Hkagg Tuiwday inurulng. The re main wert taken .o the I U 0 F come lery for Interment, Fohkiun 1'aI'kkh We are placed tinder obligation to sir W A Peal m, of De Moliie, Iowa. . and general Hgeiit lur the Chaiulierlalai Mwliclne Company of that city, for a package of paper from nearly every foreign hind Mr. Pealrs will soon start for China and Japan. Krarlr Mli lalfc. lUKiii'Ku, Or., May 28. Wilson, a blind man In the French retlleuient, wa chopping wood this morning and cut his left hand with til sx, Inflicting a severe wound that may render ampu tation iiecewtury. He nearly bled to death while Mng brought to iioss hurg for medical aid. A Taylor vlsiud Junction City to day. Lark Uilyeu nw nans a half Inter est lu a "bike." Frank Campbell of Camp Creek was lu Eugene today. Arthur CiM.it gy has returned from a vinil In the co.iiilry. Fletcher Linn went to Portlund l day u a atxtil biiaiur trip. MH Marker and Fred Mulkey re turned from Ioraue this morning. The grand mount at the race track this afternoon wa a pretiy igui. Thaukslo F C Mattesoii, of Ana- eondu, for a Uliicli of Molilalia pern, TIik liiinllH raou IhU afternoon was one of the principal attractions i me raoe. II. . n (i Kmllh of flrant Pan ad rl rowed the republican of Hpili.glleld last night. Mlk.fJmif HlleV. of Halem, UvUlt log In thin city, the gutal of Mr and Mm J M ioe. Hon Kolierl Clow wa in the city today wiliieming the cloi ol I lie county t-ampalgii. MR darker and Fred Mulkey ud dressed Hie tenubllcnn at Iraue tenlay afternoon. J M Williams and II N Cockcrllno of this city addreitned the republic m oftJoihell lual tilglil. The Itiuhardaoii crew of 1 men beared IMi head of aheeii in J hour, near Heiipuer the other day. Leo Oerhard, of Corvalll, who has been vlnltlng In Kugeue for a few days went lo Junction this morning. Father Ulack went to Molina- on this inor.ilna's train, where he will il liver the Decoration Day addrens to morrow. J W Cherry left on the overland this morning for points In F-aatern Oregon and Idaho Where lie win apron the summer. The annual Stale Huuday School convention will Im held June 0-11 in the Centenary M K church, at Port land, Hum! side. I-s (ialbrulth ha purctiMred the running home Klack rriuce rrom llur- vey Mommerviiiu. liom! Ilrother' circus will exhibit at Halem Jui.e 10th. It will probably be lu hugelic tow day later. The Mclkm buys killed large liear on Wlmbeiry creek the llmt of tlie week. It weighed about 7UU pound. Salem Journal: What Oregon nec.l Is belter suniMirt of colleges,, and lea gambling and - home racing at state fairs. Almtit 4D0 iieraoim were killed In the Ht. Iuls cyclone Wednesday. The as to property in eatimateii i.t j-,- OUO.INIO. Independence bouals of a young man not yet 20 years ol age, whose height I 0 feet 0 Inches. Charlcb flicker in hi name. Harry llrintow fell from a truck load of trunks In front of H II Friendly 'a store this foreman!, severely oriiialng and spraining hi right ankle. Oregon teacher will meet In Eugene June )U anil 20, under Hie aunpiees f the University or Oregon, to consider educutiotinl subject. Superintendent Irwin will lie chairmun of Ihu conven tion. A number of Interesting ptper will lie read. II 8 Temtdetnu, of the U of O. win ner of the Northwest luleroolleglato oratorical prize, returned from Seattle on the local this afternoon. He wa met at the dexil by a delegation of students who marched dowu the street occasionally giving the college jell. The prohlbltioiilnta yesterday at Pittsburg, Pa, nominated Joshua H. Levering, of Maryland, lor president, and Hale Johnson, of Illinois, for vice president. The silver and women nuttrage plank were rejected. The broad guage dftlegntcs then bolted and formed the "Nation party." There was a waterspout at McKay, In Umatilla county, Wednenday of last week, and another two day later. They did much damage, wanhlng out potatoes that were planted and doing other damage to crop. There waa al so a waterspout at Fosnil la.nl Friday, and one at Trail Fork, In Cllliaiu oouuty. Albany iHmiocrat: "Card arc out for the marriage of Mr C F Scalcy, the skillful superintendent of the Albany Creamery, and Minn Frrknen, of Orleans precinct. U w ill take place on Wednenday, June A." Mr. Henley wan employed for several years w ith the Douglas dairy and creamery In biprlngtleld precinct. Daylight now commence at 3 o'clock atidthCHofi morning air wuldcetii to Indicate that Oregon's own weather has come back again. It may he a little wet out here during a nart of the the year, but when one read of the horrible cyclone and letrihle snow storms of the east, he may well be thanklul that his lot is cant In Oregon, Will Tltiuan, a young man 22 years old, who worked at the Alexander llent placer on Oalic creek, in Jone phlue, was killed by a falling lock and hi body washed some distance down a Hume carrying 4.HU0 thousand inches of water, alaiut 6 o'clock Inst Saturday morning. He was on the night shift and wa endeavoring to clear the race of boulders limt before being relieved by the day force, when ha waa struck. The humls at the mine recovered the luidy. nttj Uusnl, Mny JS A Woktiiv OHJKCT. Cativasfeia are about the city today asking for subscriptions for the purpose of pur chasing a lot for the Ihvloity schoo'. It U proposed to erect the ' building by outside aid. Our citizen should subscribe liberally to thin fund a It Is a worthy obeci and will add to the educational and religion Interest of our beautiful city The educational center of the Northwest. Listkn Mk. Hokkr Last year the Wlllaiin I c Athlello club gave an In-ter-collegiate athletl-j content. They ottered a ftIO silver cup to the win ning team. Each contesting team paid its own expenses. The Salem club pocketed about $:t00 proceed of the meet, with no suggestion of pay ing any one's expenm-a but their own and with no meutlon of a "divv." IXin'l let your angry pasnlon rise lutt watt calmly until June Oth. SATURDAY, MAY 80. W II Abrum came up from Salem today. J M Hiidth, of Criswell, wa lu Eu gene today, Mr E W Spencer went to urenweo thl afternoon. The county clerk's ofTlec rcmnlned closed thl afternoon. P J Jeiinliig and wife, of Cottuie Grove, arc in the city. Iniereolleilate field day meet at Sa lem one week from today. Now for the Fourth of July celebra Hon Firemen's I ournatueiit. Hon 8 M Yoran was a passenger on the local train this forenoon. Si-cretary of H'ate II R Klncald came up from Salem thl aiteruooa. Hon Wallace Me-amant, of Port land arrived here this afternoou. MinLena Goldsmith went to Ore gon City hxlay on a short visit. Hon C K Wilkinson U borne from Portland lo spend two or three days. Mr and Mr E C Smith arrived home thl afternoon from I heir Eastern trip. M Volk, of Portland, road matter of the S 1' it K, spent lanl mgni in r.u gene. J W Shumate, the Walterville mer chant ami postiniistcr, was In Eugene louuy. Capt W 8 Moon enme down from RoHi-burg to u'leiid Decoration Day excrclne. Tin, race men w ere an orderly crow I and have the good wUhes of the Eu gene people. Dr D A Paine returned to Salem this morning, lie will return to Eugene Monday to vote. Mrs J M Keeiiy, of Jarper, and Mrs W I, llrimow, of Pica-ant Hill, are visiting in Eugene. Attorney Curd well, of Roseburg, who ha been attend iug the races, re turned home thin afternoon. Deputy ProM'culliig Attorney J M Williams went to Cottage Grove oo legnl busiii! s thi afternoon. Dr Elliot, of Portland, will preach tin? Imcctiliiim nte sermon lor the Uni versity of Oregon on Sunday, June nth. George Irwin, of Salem, anlntnnt Urluteutluiit or nui.llo Instruction, wan (piite successful w ith hi homes at the lace lit le. The three bank of this city closed today at noon ami will not o-n again until Tu ndity morning, a Alonduy it u legal holiday. It I stated that the Salvation Armv cnptaln ami lieutenant now located here will stKiu ie transli-rrcd to new Ileitis, and :.e olllcer w ill benta lloned hele. Will Smith, an attache of the state iti.sttne osylum at Salem, accompaniel by hi w He, came up today and will visit with friend over Sunday. Mrs. G N Fnizcr wns ovorcome by fatigue and excitement at the cemeterv at the bci'innlng of the decoration ex ercise this forenoon and hail to be con vened home lu a carriage. Klamnth F.ill Express, Mtw 2Mb: "Prof C H Ciiapm iu, of the State Uni versity, and I'rof III Wonlen went up to the Ageuu Suiiduy and returned the next afternoon. The ktenmer Gviifv nrri veil hen, lid forenoon with u iight load of f rely lit. She will leave down the river in the morning with the race horses and a good loud of freight. Itrowusvllle Times: Mr I.nwler and three eXM-rt miner are In the lilue i;ivcr mines, examining the Lucky Hoy and other claim. Our citizens are ex-ctlng great thing from thete uilnea during the present season, for tlielr rlcli lies ha been tlioromrlil v demonstratetl. H Price, who etimo from Indinnntu Oregon in Is', J, brought with him at the time a 1 bill, w hich he exhibited tlio other day to a Dalles Chronicle reporter. It wa insuetl by the state from the Miami county bank at Trov. ami at the time wa good in Indiana, ,u. i.. 1 .. ,r ... i . 1 uiiiuuiiua poiuoii in ivciiiiiCKy, Tlie county inlge of Columbia oouuty has requested Gov Lord to or- let out the militia to quell the Culiim- u bin river fishermen. The Governor Is thinking of ordering them out. Col Yorau of this city has Issued orders to the tlitl'tr.uit coin pun it s to be ready to leave for the scene at a moment's no lle', so It is stated. Intleiieiidclico Went Side: Tue four teen year old daughter of W II Dur ham, living across tlio liver. Is Mata-I. a pretty, rosy cheeked black eyed girl. file ana a cousin of her. Ituhv Yauirhn. concluded last sHturilav i loi that things were too dull nt home and look a trio away by Ihemsclvea. They went to Eugene and staid Satunlav and Sunday night and on Monday went down to Stilem. The police were on their track anil Mr Durham went to Salem and brought them home Aiouiiay. Cotiiiir drove-I.eni.tl Items. Lender, May ,10. Mm L Lurch started to Philadelphia hint Sunday. That being her former home si e expects to make quite an ex tended visit, A telephone I being put up from L I.urchV store to J L Jones' taw mill eight it lies from here in tho moun tain. T'lis will In? very handy In the way ol business. The Catholic church in Cottage Grove ha been sided up, the roof placed on anil in ready for the paint brush. Tho building will be neat and pretty. It 1 with pleasure that we an nounce the re -engagement of Prof W H Powell, principal of the public school here again this venr, with the assistance of Mrs iwlle Sutton, and M lanes Rosa Hanson and Lottie White. Tho first load f l.rl.-l, on the ground for the new brick block ei r.MKin a iiristow on tholr lots in Cottage Grove, Tuesday. Thl is the beginning of a magnificent improvi ntent. May the gixd work continue. Married, at the residence of the bride's parents in Cottage Grove Or, Rev M o Brink ofllclatlng, William L Veatch and Miss Delilah I Mom,. tW'tl of ttlir tmwt Mllmalkla voung people, were on the 28th day of May, Iskw, united in the holy bond of wedlock. IiKCOKATION DAY OBHEttVEU. Ilnner. Mrrwa In Memory of tta Nation Dead. psiirGusrd.Msya. Iecoratlon Day was . erved in Eugene and flowers wer sT ewnln nn.f-.lon ou th. gr.vg, in honor of tlie memory ot the nation , J W Geary Pont, U A R, bad c!irge s.y . ..relet- and iui or ice oevuinn"" - , f iireviously arranged Ihe order of '.'.eirreniictive place ofUn S prepare for the march. t,r, stoned to enter Into the spirit of the Son and evidences of patflotl.ni were dinplayed on every hand. Ihe Mtiooalwlu'ra decorated most of the bunlne. houses and the ,-.r.and stries Uoatl proudly In the balmy bieezes from (be LofOand public wIkk.1 flag -taflu and a uum ar Kher place.. The big rr aon flag ot the aecoud regiment, 5 N O, waved from a rope .tretcbed acroa illam elte street from the top of tue 11 owl Kugene to the top of the Wilkin. bltK-kln whlob Hie regimental head quarter, are located. Leaner decora lion, were proiuse on every hand. Hlcycle., csrrlugea and horse-, were bedecked with the red, white ami blue. , , i .. The line of march was formed on Ninth street In frout of the opera house shortly before 10 o'clock as fol low." Euguue cornet band, city olll cer. in carriage, Col Yoran and stair olllcer. of Ihe second regiment, O N G, Co C, O N G, J W Geary Post, G A it, ex-Union oldler and sailor., W it U Son. ud Daughters of Veteran., and public children. The W R C, who had previously beeu to the cemetery, returned In time to Join the proces sion at Eleventh street. Most of the smaller school children dropped out of the procession before the outskirts of the city had been reached and return ed to their homes The processslon moved went from tlieoera house toOII ve street;theuee lo Seventh street; thence to Willamette street; thence to Eleventh street; thence to Mill street; thence to Twelllh fctrect; thence to Ferry street; thence to Fifteenth street; thence to A street and thence to the I OOF cemetery, where tho decora tion services were held Co C, the OAR and the WRC formed a hollow square around the grave, designated for the purpose, where ibe GAR held it ritualistic service and antdsted by the W R C, strewed flowers upon the graves in honor of the memory of their departed comrades The service wa inter aliened with uiuslo by the baud, and nt It clone a salute of three volleys was fired by Company C. This afternoon nt 2:30 o'clock appro nriate exercises in honor of the mem ory of the nation's dead were held at the Central school by the public school children. Tlio order of march was had from the opera limine and the ex ercise were attended by a large num ber of people. A plulform had been erected on the grounds east of the school building and on thi platform was placed a largo white monument at l tie ncati ol a moss-covered grave. Entwined about the monument was a wreath of flowers and evergreens. The school building was decorated with bunting and flag. Temporary seats had boon arranged about the stand. Nearly all the work of building the stage anil scnts wn. performed by the school children. A large crowd, numbering at least a thousand people, was present to wiu uen. the exercise.. During the after noon the scene was photographed by tho Eugene Photo Co. An organ had beeu placed upon the stage and the program consisted of songs, recitations and declamations. The part, were well rendeied, and the exercise, were highly enjoyed by the audience. KVKNINO FKOOKAMMK. Music Glee Club Invocatlou Rev M L Rose Music Glee Club Address Dr 0 E Ixxmiis Music Glee Club Recitation. Miss Ruby Hendricks Song "America.' Will Retire. Harrlsburg Rovlew: Uy a telegram from the OlUN Co., it is announced that the steamer Gypsy will be retired from the up-i I ver service after another trip, or two trip, nt most. This Intelligence I. a cause of regret lo Harrlsburg. Theaccominodatinir service of the Gypsy has beeu truly appre ciated by our shipHrs aud especially no mey express themselves an being delighted with the cour teous ami gentlemanly manners of Captain Gordon, his otllcers and crews at all limes sluce tlie advent of the Gypsy on the uoper river and it is i ne general nope or an mterested that when the conditions ol truffle w ill Justify that we may hear the ever welcome whistle of the plucky little Gypsy agalr At Bodavillk. The first amiuil commencement of Mineral Springs college ha been set for June 7th, 8th, Oth and 10th. The program for the dltlerent days I as follows: Sunday, June 7lh, 11 a m Raecalaureate ser mon by Iiev J A Longbottom of Eu gene; Monday, June Stli -Graduating exercise, of the business college, and cmferrlng of diplomas by president of board ol trustees; Tuesday June Oth Lecture by O M superintendent Irwin, of public Instruction, of Halem; Wed nesday, June loth Graduating, exer cise, of the normal department and conferring of degrees by Rev fj A Wooley, president board of trustee The exercises will be hold In tho col lege chapel, and all are cordially Q. vited to attend. htilj Uusnl, Usj . Tub Candidates. The county candidate, closed their cauvass lu thl city this afternoon, speaking to about 4n0 people. Hon E P Coleman acted a chairman. The meeting was held in the open air Just eat of the court house. The crowd was quite en Ihusiastla at times. No new matter wan talked. Dsl.j Ciunl.aUf !W. Markiaok Licknsk. A wantage ...v.., K.i,iCU ltt3l evening iiv Cllllltv I 'Itirlr Ik I ... f i ...r ........ j vwn rwiiiiiiii(ii i, josepti Ull- lennie. aiml 'ill ami Mi t O' t.l.n.l 1-' "u" 4,1 -7 niT)' sui" MA1EKIALIZE. Lieu Coxey Disappoints Our CRUen. py Mil iiui"Hj pi1)r Guard, M7 it itonulinU and 'other, gathered at the court house this arternooti expeciio i" 'i, 7. ..f .aeal fMinO Speak. The audience remalnetl untill 8:30 this afternoon, when jirjoimw unaouuu dismissed the gathering saying he had fu ed to arrive ror mmi ' , i ..-,...! i ,iinr,rvilnted as people Beciiii.- a large number of them had traveled many m es io see me K' " i " WrtS HIVWH IO "Jrrp Rv the Alliuny Jieruni iti imj u .i I... f lin uui A in Lebanon at 2 o'clock this afternoon so that precludes the Idea of hi. arriv ing Here mm c.v.."r. . The Oi'akd announced Ihe speak ing for to lav on account of a notice posted on tho court house bulletin board. r A Tt'W We learn Hint Cox'ey refused to come I. a um a iriinmntced S25 and ueto uiiiiM " p- . ; - . expenses, and nobody would guarantee the atnouui. WORDS OF WKAT11EKMEN. What We May Expect in June. In his last bulletin Prof Foster gave t.. ....... ui. nt ii,o utnrin wave to cross ihe continent from 2"th to 3lnt and the next be says w ill react) ine I acme coast altout June 1st, cross the west of Rockies country by clone of June -d, the great centrul valleys 8d to 6th Eastern state Oth. This disturbance will be or more than usual force, very considerable rains will accompany it in many places where drouths have been prevatling nt tliu u-oniber follow Iiil' will be cool er than tho averugo weather for this time or the year, 'ci.n u-i,ri uuve will cross the west of Rockies country about June 1st, great central valleys 3d, uasieru siaies oth. Cool wave w ill cross the west of i;,.l-i..u i.nmiirv iilxiiit June 4th. crcat central valleys (Jth, Eastern Btalcs 8th. The April anil way weuioer ruics ili irrnus iiatn. w heat and barley crops w hile June and July weather governs the com crop III lue greui corn oeu. 'I'l.o Aurll drouth tlid elletillff WOI k east of the Minsissippi and north of the onto. Si ate Sunday School Convention. The annual Stuto Sunday School Convention will be held June U ll at Portland, in the Centenary M E church, on the East Side. the pro gram Hi Is year has been prepared es pecially w ith a view to giving practicul assistance to every school represented. Thi is a mas convention to which nil Sunday school worker are invited. Tho number of delegates from each school in not limited, l-'rce entertain-rtit-nt will be lurnifched all who pro sent credentials us delegates from their superintendent or secretary, but names of all such must be mailed at once to the state secretary. Delegates paying full fure over the S P lilies will be returned at one-third rare. On the O R & N Willamette river boats a rate or ono fare for the round trip has lieen made. Rut note carefully, that lu every case the dele gate must take a receipt when paying fare tu Portland, showing that the holder Is a delegate to the Sunday school convention, and this receipt must be countersigned at the conven tion. Copies of the Oregon Sunday School Tidings, containing the program and further particulars, may be secured bv addressing the state secretary, Mr K R look, ni rortiumi. Dally Guar J Uuy2S. A Joke. Our populistio friend Tom Klllol t U'li Ilia ullliim.t. nf a nrantinul Joke this afternoon. On the arrival of . I. . t.. I. - .1 . . . m uie irain nu wus on me iookoui lor Gen Coxey. Ho accosted a drummer and asked him if he was Gen Coxey, when tho drummer replied "Yen, sir." Tom immediately spread the glad tidings. Afterwards Tom ngnin asked the geiitleninn the same OUCSlloll 111 R hll.fllPda linllsa Anil Drummer said "No." Then Elliott minted. The Victoria Disaster. Victohia, May 2S. The work or rescue nt the scene of the bridge disas ter was completed this afternoon, when tlie Inst nf Ilia luullua man eretl bv diver. Tim aWtl, r..ll i..i, ,.,, 53 mimes, and it Is Is feared that two or inree strangers may yet be missing. Evidence in iicrMimiiliitlniv al...... l.. grave negligence ou the part of the njr uiiuioriues, iney naving been warned the day before the accident that the bridge was unsafe. This af ternoon was given up to the funerals or the victims. Tu.-i.ntu fun arranged for tomorrow. The State Grange. McMinnvii.lk, May SS.-Tbe Ore gon State Grange elected the follow itig otllcers today: V M Mill..-.. f.., . .. ... ......;, maiion, mnsier; u H WV ""cor; J Costo, leclu.-er; G W Weeks, steward; Frank Wllsou assistant steward; J W Messenger ( haplatn; J R Stump, treasurer; J H Scott, secretary; J u u0th; gate keener Mrj M i t, " . v-Miiieu, romona: Mrs h rencli, Flora; Mrs Clark, Ceres Mrs W aldrou, lady assistant bteward. Wool Dull in Heppncr. Hf.ppxer, Or., May 28 Wool Is coming in lively nt present, but so fur only one lot of 18,000 pounds has been sold. 1 his was a heavy lot, and brought 5 cents per pound The pros pects are that the present season will ne the dullest ever experienced in Eastern Oregon. Pally Guard, May 2!'. Ml LL Accim-vT ..n.. j . , tSS Eugen" .,,,"" v 1,1,1 ntternoon. This will cause the mill to shut down for a few days A portion of the log drive now l the river will be ffl " .bout ten days, but the maTn drill will not l..untllJi;SVer'B tily Ciuartl, My Jnix AnsEST.-The criminal Tulk ho w-9 tllrll0(, , . Sheriff John- mm. it is said he was seen bv a deputy .heritl last evening S5 Gil lpler. butte, across the river . UnivcrBity coro.uenctm cue. Lave been lost eight of i 1r public during the political J?'" They commence June 1 J Last week, two taemcn . transmitted by tt-legrunh L the globe in four minme,"0 prophecy of Morse has com., J lu fa century 8g0. he 3 will go ten miles without fan f make it g0 Miss Jane Stone, a 1. girl has gone hlto theoilbu.fi in the newly discovered iKtrl fields in Tennessee. HheEft own leases. It is her purrW drill ten wells before d has contracted for 100,000 fl lumber for her derricks. m Now tho election ja 0Ver citizens should make a united nul! for a successful Fourth of Jit celebration. The committee h funds enough to give unusual tertainment to those who attend but we want people here from,! portions of the county. Talk ii na with your outside friends and J! tomers. About 2,000 miles ol railwaytri under construction in Japan, the London Times gayj 'tQ(B are signs that American enijineerini and materials will be preferred to English hereafter by the Japane. Our Oriental neighbor will miit no mistuke when they order tK;. railway iron, locomotives and snips in mis country. The Pacific coast can furnish the latter, mj she has all the raw material it abundance for railway iron sndtU locomotives. The horrors of the St. Loui cj. clone increase as time gives oppor tunity for investigation. The St. Louis Republic, the leading pper of that city, but a few days befon the awful event published an arti cle on cyclonio disturbance! in which the following occurred: "It makes one shudder to think of the ruin that would be left in the trick of one of thoue storms cutting i snath through the thickly built portion of a city like St. Louis or Chicago." In the light of sub quent events it reads like a premo nition. The ruin is before th'ir eyes and is appalling. On account of the decision of tb Oregon supreme court, declaring it unconstitutional for a woman to hold the office of superintendent J Bchoola in this state, 17 candidal have had their names taken off the ticket. Some of tho vacancica hm been filled by husbands of the Id; candidates, and those that hire no husbands declined in favor of him one else. The political compkiioi of the candidates, whom the if prerap court finally declared wli not legally hold the office, bilor up pretty evenly. There wir republicans, five democrat, tot populists, and two prolubitiocift. A monopoly that puts up prices i the oil trust. Fifty million dol lars represents the value of the petroleum sent abroad during tbt past 10 months, an enormia in crease of $12,000,000 over a jeu ago, almost exclusively in refined burning oil. In bulk, however, list year's business was the greater. The increased value comes front the higher price, which in turn m largely the result of manipulate some months ago. The avers? export price of 573 million gallons was 6.8o against 4.4c a ytar ago; and yet some people insist, thil monopoly serves to reduce to price. A fourfold increase is the record ''n corn exports the past lOniontM These amounted to the enormooi total of 77,303,000 bushels against 18,270,000 bushels a year ago, the increase being due almost exclu sively to the very low prices. Then is some compensation, however. Tl.. I I l-J nnl Mil i no oig export iruuo u --- c offers support to home values but 3 it is to be hoped these moru";'" takings will more rapidly acquain western Europe with the meriU American maize and stimulate v legitimate trade in this for all tin to come. Exports of oats are even more rBmnrlrahle. amounting w 5.G39.000 bushels for 10 months, ot 13 times as as much asaj"1 earlier.- The political fight of the atate a finished so far as local affairs w concerned. We predict, no" that as a result ol the ag tion of the last two montw the issue of the national campM" will be for or. against free coinsf of silver. The result of tlie now' nating conventions will bea"""' with interest. McKinley wi nominated bv republicans on straddle platform. It mom the Uembcratic national u,v" . would be controlled by the sil element. If so, tho nominal such a man as Boic?, .f.Ioff;. Bland of Missouri, would cow date the friends of silver u the country. It would insure solid south, and probably enou?" western and middle states w his election.