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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 1896)
TWO LOVKBS HfcLD LP. An Angry Father Pursues An Elop ing" Couple With A Wiu ch'ster iUfle. Th Sluslaw Is the scene of another sensational love alluir, which though It carue near en Jlutr disastrously will probably wo:k out all right lu lu the end. Charles Russell a youug fm hut m ho resides a ahort distance west of thl city. Emma Herring li a young lady who previously to lust Thursday night resided with her parent at Northfork, ulue miles above Florence. Young Kusscll and M1h Herring formed an acquaintance. The ac quaintance giew Into a friendship and being thrown muoli la each other' way the friendship rlpeued Into love Hut tier the difficulty arose. 1 lie Iri s lather did not take kindlv to tussell, and opposed hi tlaiicliter's marriage to the young mini. I.ove usually rinds a way though, over the biggest obstacles. The father claimed that his daughter was not yet of age aud exercised his parental authority toDreventthe marriage. The voutnr couple did not hesitate to curry Into effect any sort of practice to accnmpliHh their purpose, and Johu H Weddle signed his name as a witness to an affidavit made In the presence of Joseph A. Morris, notary public for Oregou, aud stating that Emma tier ring was above the age of IS year. The affidavit was Issued on the Him dv of November, and was sent to the county clerk in this city who, upon the authority It contained, issued a marrlaire lloeuse to diaries Huwtell aud Emma Herring. Owing to the storms at mat time h was over two weeks before tlie couple received the license. 11 came at last, and they planued for a wedding. Last Thurs day night Russell procured a boat and rowed to the home of his sweetheart. According to plans prearranged lbs girl made tier exit from tlie house at about the midnight hour without dis covery by her parents. The couple rowad noiselessly uown tlie ttiusiaw and into Florenoe. There at S o'clock Friday morning they were married by an omoial of the law. The same morn ing they boarded tlie steamer for tlie Head ot line and tbat afternoon look passage on Bangs' Hluslaw stage, drlveu by Tom Murphey, for the groom's home In the valley. The next morning after the elope ment the father discovered that the girl was gone. He auruilssd the plans of the young people aud immediately determined to Intercept them aud bring the proceeding to a veryforcl ahle bait. Arming himself with a Winchester ride and a six shooter, he set out to station himself at a point which he knew the outbound Suslaw stage must pass Baltirday afternoon. About 2 o'clock In the afteruoon as the stage was slowly attending a hill on Its journey to the vulley a deter mined look lu ir man suddenly loomed up In front of It and covering the out fit with a Winchester ritlo culled a halt, "Walt 'till I get to the top ot the hill," cried plucky Tom Murphy, who was driving. He was allowed to proceed to the top when be halted. f'Is Charlie Ilussel inside?" demand ed the man with the Winchester. After some hesitancy the driver re plied tbat he was. Itussell aud his bride wtre the only passengers. The angry father stepped up to the side door ot the stage aud covering the eloplug couple with the Winchester ordered them to dismount. At this Murphy, who did not want to be a witness to a murder case, Instruct ed the couple to remain Inside, at the same time remonstrating with the Irate father and advising him not to shoot. Torn became eloquent, lie pleaded with the man aud reasoned with him, telling him he had already laid himself liable, to Imprisonment for holding up United States mail. "Besides," said Tom, "Its all oft. The couple are already married and anything you can do will not help matters." Tom tried to impress his mind how serious It would result to him should be commit murder and finally per suaded him to hand over the gun. Thinking that the man was now in position to do no harm he was about to drive on when the determined father suddenly drew a big six shooter ml called another halt. Aiiotherelnqueni plea for peace followed from Tom: and so earnestly and persuoslvsly did ho apply his argument that the angry father was pacified to such an extent that he finally desisted from hlsnt tack and allowed the stage to proceed with the couple, who during the fif teen minutes that the hold-up lasted had sat shivering Inside, the groom grasping a big revolver but mud a uo effort to use It. Duly Guard, NoTSmber .10. Died. Mrs Nancy Eakin, oged SO years, died at 11:30 o'clock last night, Sunday November 20, 1800, from the effects of a paralytio stroke received only a few days ago. Deceased whs born In Ireland 1810. She was tuarrhd to 8 B Eakin. Sr., iu this city lu 1S70, being his ,sveond wife and a step mother to HB Eakin, Jr., Mrs Calvin Hanna. Mrs Marv Ouinn. of this city; Kobert Eakin, of Uuion; Herbeit Ka Bin, or Cottage Urove; James .iikiu of Astoria, and Wulter Eakin, of Eu gene. Her maiden name was Bates and she was a sister to Jimmy Bates who formerly resided iu Eugene. The funeral will be held at 1 o'clock to morrow from the residence of Calvin Hanna on Hilyard street to the Ma son io cemeteiy, where interment will take place. Virginia Wheat. Prof U J Haw thorne, of the University of Oregon, has left a sample of Virginia wheat at this office. The grain was grown at South Hill, Virginia, and was sent here by II Hawthorne. The kernel Is small, very flinty and dark colored. While It may be as good In quality, it certainly does not compare with Wil lamette valley wheat In size and beau tj. Dally OusrJ. Korember 2'. Closed Up. Nearly every buslno-s uous m tue city ciosea us um" promptly t 12 o'clock yesterday, giv ing iU sojployes a chaucj to eat Thanksgiving turkey aud enjoy u proper holiday. This is tlie prnjr course to pursue and It is hoped, as the Christmas holiday la not tar away that It will again b put lutoeftectai that time. tl'KlOl's CASK OK l'lllM)NIXi. Canned by I'slng lu mpsum InsUuu of Sage iu l ouklug. l'i- CuirJ, Kim-mber ;w Last afternoon a curious cae of poisoning incurred hi this cliy at the residence of Mr 11 K Anketiv on North IVarl street, but fortunately without fatal enVi-l. Mrs Ankenv and her two datight.i, Mln Nannie and Gladys, mid l,er k'Ws. Mrs N K Praxerand her daughter, Mm Kva, -at down about Liu 0v;,)CU (.jU.r,,lV afternoon to dinner Shortly after eating lb.. iue:il oil the parties exe. pl little Evii Fr.-r, who had not p:,r lukeu of the ili'rstliig, wm. overcome with a stupor and tiit.tr throats ami tonsils (oiiiiiieticul swelling. Mrs AnKeny at once sustected that they nail been txiisoned from sonictliiiii? they had cat. u and iiutncdinu.lv called 1 tue servant ami ipie,tione I her con-: cerilltig the Hiatilier In which she hud prepared the meal. At ltaC the gill aid she hud used sage In the prep - arutioti of the dreeing for the incut order. At once Mrs Ankcny came to uie conclusion ttial the girl had gotten i uunn nit: g iiipniiiii uag in anotlier room liixt.ud of the sage, at.d uimiii In-1 vesication this was found to lie cor- reel. A doctor was Immediately sent for and iu the uieautlme Mrs Ankei y prepared some simple antidotes and the satnu were litierally pnrtkeu of by I oil the portles alllicted. llul this did noi stay nils narcotic poison, and all incllon u overcome by Mr Hunt' the parties wore rapidly Mnn over- invention and thechaln and Hiirm-kni come. About this time Dr Kuvken-jare entitely done away with. The dall arrived and administered his j motive power is obtained from a patient with the antidotes used iu I treadle on either side In tlie came po suchcuKc. Later Dr Prentice also I sltloti as the ordinary pedu'., ami has came li ticsist I)r Kuykctidull, us the : J',1" a seven Inch stroke up and down, residence lor a short time reemblcd a ! The axle of the rear wheel continues hospital. The doctor rem lined until ! 'he crank and Is connected with the midnight, when nil were considered 'fendle with a shall on either side, out of danger. 'h treadle has a great leveraits mak- Today all the ladles are up and ; hill ulimbiiig comparatively easy, around and uo very bud ellects are ' ' he frame, whrluii I handic burs a' e pecerptlble, excepting their vision to be the satne us our coniiuoti safi-ty. seems to be scmewl at injured. ; W'lth a higher speed gear attachment but tlie physicians ui v this will vanish : lllt model is complete and no doubt a lu a few days. ; grtat siicc. ss. (Jvuisiiin Is a weed and is ued by j many lor external application o fslly liusrd. Soiember'js. wound anil its medical i ronert lc for LaI'Iikan Notes. The Laurenn such ailments are highly re.-omuieii- ! ded by UiilliV of our people; but ill turually taken it is a di adiy poison. In the above ca-cs the parties only ate spatingly of the dressing or else fatal rem I Is niight have followed. Those part a king of it said It tasted somewhat like scorched sue. UeligtutH N'oUs. I'illy Oimpt, NuTemWr The Y P S C K of the Christian church held a suurisn prayer meeting at ti o'clock yesterday morning. Not withstanding the cold wcatin ra good ly nunitu r was pre-M-i.t Thecolleuc V M and Y W " A are taking teps to procure u good mis sionary library lor tlw iie of the as sociations. EaKt week the t-nllege YM1' A re ceived four sustaining iih iuIh rs. The local (' E iiiilon meclH lo xt Sunday at 6 p m at (in CiimU-iland Presbyleriiin cliuicli. The Y V H V E of the Cli-i.ti.u: church of this city lias adopted u child widow lu tlie .M.iliah.i, Iii liii, orphan age. The society w ill luniish the IM per year necessary for its bod, cl itli ing and medical attend n.f. Too society liii" also taken it share in the Heathen liuilding Fund. T.tis c.i-ts $10 and the uniotii.t w ill be applied by the Forti-'ii (,'hrl-tlati Missimciry So ciety to the building of a hispitid in Lu fu, I hina, a place i -tini.oiNi in habltaii's w ithout n siniile oii-vloimry The above mi ins, ai ulsci f i") for home missions w 111 be laistd i-.v feo wi I monthly oilerings from the uiemheis and friend of the society. ASofiAL Paktv. A most enjoy, vblo time was ha i at a putty given by 1 ton a and Lulu Amilcgate Saturday evening, November S, at tlie home of their mother s. The party was given in the honor of Miss Currie Paine, of Salem, who is sieudlng tlie holiday here, and was very well attended for the weather being so unfavor able. The evening was principally sMjnt in card-pliiyiug and dancing, though (lancing stained to be the most attractive. Miss Paine looked very beatltilul olid made it pleasant for all present, everyone expressing their opinion as having never spent n more enjoyable evening. After refre-h-incuts wereseived the program was curried out until 12 o'clock wheli the guests departed for their homes, wish ing Miss Value a happy time while in Eugene and expressing their wishes, If the evening was only longer. Those present were: Misses Ciurie Paine, Ermine Thompson, Ermine Church, Nettie Burr, Maud and Laura Bonnie, Florence Iturnett, Pearl Uobcrts, Agutis Harris, Kena and Lulu Appicuate. Mcs-is (ieorge, Dick and Clare Will oiighh' , (oiie and John Newsome, Charle- Urillln, Henry, Frank and Pintle Bon- Is, George and Arthur Frser, Fred Applegate and Jcs.o Lawrence. ' i .-.i - l.uoi, aoYeiniwr PfBLU ItEtiTAL. Mrs UsyinoniUM Brooks, thecliarmlng VocillUt, and Prof, Marie Louise Bsriglit of the university, ii. nnnniHr reader. irHVe a nubile re cital lu the Congregational church last night for the benefit of the church. The house was well filled with lovers of good tuunio and good reading. The urogram opened with an overture, "Trois Marches Militaircs," by Schu bert, which whs rendered by Mrs Do Lanoand Miss May Hull lu faultless ti.o ri.maiiidsr of the urogram w as taken up by Mrs Brooks and Prof j Barlght. .Mrs uei.auo nirurn-i- letit accomiilanmeui to Mr HronKS i tinging Mrs Brooks sang "Hear Ye .'slniiiv lla kes. 'J-.Very .Morn I Send Thee Violets." followed by an j encore to w hich she responded with "We Went a Gleaning;" -'Arm I.e.. Parlate D'Ariuor;" and "Madrigal,1 "Thoughts of Sunrise." She has a j full, rich voice, II i led with snarkl Ing ; melody, and highly cultured, lierj pleasing aptwarunce adds much to ner , singing and since coining to this city she ha won popular favor a a vora 1st. Prof Barlght recited the "Ballad of the Bevci'ge;" "Aodiey Del N.rto; and the "Court S-ene iroiu neoi VIII" She was twice encored, Inn each 'time graclou,ly decline.! to te spoml. Her res 'ing Is well know n to Fugene audisnci and si - Is a ways g'reeted with i husiastie upplau-. Her rendering ihk"' usual ple.i-". Junction City Item.' From the Times. Vnv nil i la , sjhi , j Wf Hay & Co., who have eondu. t ert u hardware tore In this citv for 'several months, paekel up their i i lougiMKs and moved them back to !jlaiiUburg hetwveu two Jay. The i Masonic fraternity is therefore short about seven mouths' rent, i W II llabcr sold bs w,ent I:it 1 when the market reached hi ivnt.-tlie top u,.teh. IU shipped his wheal to ".inland before Jliic net-Ill raise in freight rati s and lie r ally i r ceived a fraction over 7 mil for bis wheat. Mr llaber wlil uiNke some Phased to record luunrjr huh year, a lacl thai we are -Mr A M L.-e, Mrs Maguie ll.iiialnsi and Mr and Mrs M.x.rh.a I v.re the: guest ot llreelileaf Lmtjc X.i ) nf jH - . Albany, Wediictdav cvt 'tii ig. . Ureenleaf ha tlie banner' team ..f the ' 1 valley wlun it com. i, H,lor oik. A 1 osnipiei was n-rvcl alu r lody.. and it i ooe oi ine nnest II li:i l..cii.iir pleanure t i enjoy. V it aixi.kss iikki. -Mr W limit the photographer at Myrtltt Point, lint invented a chslules hicv.-le that promises to entirely revolullouUj tlie present standard "i.ike." A great .leal sooli-ty held one of the best meet Iocs of the year last night. Tlie question d. -bated was "Itesolved that ttio Pre, nt Jury System Should be Abolished." It was supimrted on the affirmative by (' Madtann Harris, E 1) Boone and .1 K Iliiriira, and tlie negative by John I.ooml, F L Wilkins, A I'levilatid and B It Itichards. After an intctest iug and hard fought debate, President Kuykendull decided In ravor of the negative. Mr liarhra dclivereil an ad dies on Concentrated Thought, and Mr Boone one on James Stuval Par iivll. The challenge for Joint debate from the PhiloloKian society was not accepted on aoeotint of the trouble that whs had last year when (lie Laureaiis clrilletiged the Plulologians. 1ij UurJ, N iTHMts-r .'7. The Weatheu. This weal her ought to make Easterner happy. It has been gradually growing colder for several days. Thanksgiving morning revealed a light covering of snow on tlie ground, mm) of which still re mains. The tempera' ure scarcely shove freezing at any time yesterday. This morning it marked only eighteen degrees above .eri', which is exits d ingly cold for Webloot. Tho water pipes were frozen, where the water Had not been tur.ied oil' and doubtless a great many puuiw were iu the same condition. Savh Let Them (lo. The Ho btiyers "f Salem have resolved to imike Portland their lieailiiiiirters, owing to lliu iiost lie ultiludw of ainne of the citizi'iis and the Mtatesinan, ami that paper says: "I'Iih Staiemmi hit no excuse nor apologies to oiler for its attitude in relation to the disvraeeful conduct of some uiemliers of the Hop Ituyers' association at the opera house Thanksgiving night. And the States man w ill rvoice witli all law abiding citizens in I lie removal of the buyers' ageuts associations to Portland, pro vided Thursday night's debauch Is a sample of tlie tilings iu store for us." Circuit Court. Convened in adjourned term this forer.ooii at 11:.'M) o'clock. Present: Judge J C Fullertou, Slieriir A J Johnson and Clerk A C Jennings. The follow ing proceedings were had: 05: J T Rule vs H D Norton; w rit of review. Argued and taken under advisement. Adjourned until January PI, IS7. Weather Prophets. Foster: Storm wave for the country west of tho Kockies, 2Sth. Cold ami stormy Deeeinlier. Hicks. Closing storm period of the mouth, 27th to 3Uth. Lsk for hard wltner storms, ending lu very cold weather, ce tuber. Prepare for a hard De- Loiter Ll-tt. Nov JC, IS(-8. 8 Marcust A Co, I f I tt..nfr lUYI oaitiui, Storrs, J I , A,.h,riIsof one rrnt will ts m1 on sll l,.tter given out. ivrxm cslllng (or U-tten wn uu. w.a-a s.ivus.i. M. Imiljr IliiarJ, NiiTeailwr it. Kki'oktei Insane. A girl, the daughter of Henry Laiioselnsill, w ho resides on the lower Miuslaw, has lieen reporteil insane and Is expected to ar rive on tonight's Siulaw stage to re ceive an examination. Tlie girl's in sanity Is ssid to be of an idiotic nature. No complaint lias neon euicreu againei ivr yet ItiHTllliAV t El.EIIUATEl) on Thursday (Tliaiiksniving) at the home ..f Kx-Coiintv Clerk Will Walker on liesrereek, (iraniliua ll-d as she Is familiarly called, agtd On years and her (laughter, Mrs Hugh Walker aged 71 year, celebrated their respective birthdays, to wlileii many of theli I'rieudi were Invited. Maiihiei. -NoveinU-r 2.'), IS'JO, by Bev J C Bichiirdsou, Mr Elmer A Zaekiirv aud Hiss Margaret May Uk'lt. At Cobiirg, NovemlsT in, is'.n i.e IliMinre llr'irv. iil-lii-e of the ieiic Mr Carl S Baker and Miss Laura C Iturns. UMNJfHIlK.-We b.ve Interviewed ...v..r.l 'ij.m.-i i-H'av and all t theiii ..r.. ..r il .. ooi.ilon that the Fall wheal 1, not Miioiisly lijuied U i ttUiC to this Alpha Item' Nov '1)3 Kl'QCNK lil'AHli: II J t... Kiank r.itt.rf SIltlalailLiHl I'.xit. brulue acMs iVudwood ercek on t! A loileifs r'liicli near t'l." pntollliV. i TnesiMin N hil f.i-i and the nnronsi ; atNiut ii fwt. The bridge Iihs King braii- and ix put loellur wuli Iron 1 rotln niul IhiI k. Oiliids puitlm cull-' not apprviMte th reil iwin ill nucIi a' tiiidge i to I he .'tiinmiiiiily. As near-! i.v tiNii ot i lie wtnt.r iolo ii :u here aim si Ixil.ilnl and i-..:i luithn send or r.icive mini or vi:t, or ivu aid ill time of lckl:t-s. Tile fionus in this (I irde'i of Eden hove . nii-M .1 a f, .,t,i tltt- ami tiimblr-i iniiny in-.-iTi ih roads. Vtt Like crrt-k ui ic )e t.mo ..I pot ioUl.v the road U wnstud out for nearly Soil f.H'l and will re-iiue much blast ; ing to gel a w uou cut to Kiu'i-ne. Tne cold.-i uiti:er In ri-xo fir this , lull was 3 dt'ri-i-. Tin- ;-n i trees ami Ho st of tin. .iiil.f i r.- lav.- their : leaves oil yet. Mi- Eiwlu I!: is on tho f!i k Hut, I ".u linw 1 1 1 t : wintering with ! (ieo I'i-II hii i is now "i.ytchliiit" while liisi Mr Pill ai VMilmg on I Noii. I (1 Luiidy went to Mao!. -to, i mi a "u""'s "P i--y- El Potterf was vi.Mtintf at Alpha last Sunday. Howard Pop" made business trip tins week. There I ipiito a run of Dcadwood creek. Heiiuunn a -alioou In X. A CfRioarrv. 1)- uty Shciitt C L Scott has received a piece of common ciysttl quartz from Catawba county, North Carolina, which Is a curiosity. The formation has safely nu wdde'd within it a small huhhio ot water, w Mi ll play about lu a cavily it a manner precisely the snuie I that of a water agate. The pleiv of .piaru must be very rare and its origin Is hsrdly explainable, as quart, is formed by gnat heat, Ii;ili:iii'i congressmen have noti fied all applicants for p islolli.-o po sitions in that slite that in every t i.vii ami precinct there must he a vote taken an! tho npplioi it re ceiving the highest vote will 15 tho one tney will eiiilorH for nppoint iiiint Why wouli'n'l that plan work in other states as well tie In diana? C A Pillsbury, tho Minneapolis miller, is positive that wheat will go higher, and gives the following reasons for his laith: "Wheat has advanced and will advance more. Tlie legitimate sittitation ii the strongest lever know it to lo; much stronger than il was when it Bold at $1.50 jut htislud. Every expor ting country in the world has a short crop, and stocks of wheat and Hour in hands of dealers all over the world arc down to a minimum. My opinion is that the advance has hutjtiHl commenced and all the combinations iu the world could no' have kept prices down, or can prevent them from giing higher." To a correspondent of tho Chi cig'i Ue.-ordVtt irney-tieneral Har mon tells tho following good story on himself. A few days after the election, while ho was coining back to Washington from Cincinnati on a ISahimor.' & Ohio train, he was informed thut Senator lY'lfor, of Kansas, was in the sleeping car, and, never having met liim the attorney-general, decided to intro duce hi'i self, and making tin) ac quaintance of it e long-whickered senator from the suntlower state. The train wits passing through tho Panhandle of West Virginia aa Mr llsrmon approached the Kansas senator and said in his pleasant way: "Sena' or Peffer, I beg the pleasure of your acquaintance. I atu attorney-general Harmon." "Ah" replied the setni'iir, with a gracious smile, as li i shoved nlong in his seat, "n hut name did you say?" Harmon; Attomoy-ticueral Harmon." The Kansas nodded pleasantly, and replied: "Ah, attorney-general of this state?" Bryan received votes in every precinct iu the state except in Blaine, Tillamook, where no friend apjieared to vote for him. In Wills burg, Multnomah county, ho re ceived but 1, and in Corrie pre cinct, Clalsii; , (lutl i'v, Harney, Lucky Queen, Josephine and Bar ren Valley, Malheur, ho recoivjd two each. McKinlny g it no vote or votes in Red Uulte, Malheur county, and in I'uthlo ami Pine Creek, precincts, Hart.ey cott.ity. He received but one vote in Klamath Lake precinct, Klamath county, in Divide precinct, Wallowa county, and in Mound, Lane county. In Cutlow b it 3 votes were cast 1 for M.'Ktnley and 2 for Bryau. This (Julio may be considered a "small out! ty ing precinct, not expected to chungo the estimate"," The precinct ilin. ing theijiggeBt vote for M rKml-iy was precinct 17, fourth ward Mult noni'ih, where 4"7 was cast for him to 36 for Bryan, 1 for proliiLiiimi and 'J for Palmer. Tho prciuc.t polling the largest vote w.n S.ili ni. No 3, Marion county, wh. i- I J7 were recorded, of which MrKiid-e received 3X), Bryan 62, Lever.. .g prohib'tion, 7, ond Palmer 8. L county did not poll a t-inglc pr !n- 1 bition vote, while .Marion county has 108 and Multnomah I.Vi, tiioogn i South N- a l r, Yamhill, hadoJ, an I N itlli NeWM-r;$ 1. total f r j the town 50. I 0IIM BY M.W IHNKKI. l ii'l' r theold system of open ballot, when men could bo marched 1 1 the polls and voted in blocks, they were effective voting nuichin- s, in that th y could be made to ex press the w ill of a th signing ma nipulator. The adoption of the Australian ballot system has, to a very great extent, removed this mechanical feature from our elec tions, and now inventive minds have gone to work creating a de vice whereby the elector can gek into a "stall" and rattle oil his choice for public servants by the aid of a m idline that faithfully re cords each vote cast, and tfheu the voting is ever has the totals all footed up. The new constitutions of New i. irk and .Ma-'s.icliuxsetis give per mission tor the use of these voting levie s in any cotintv or precinct tli.il may decree their employment. 1 his is the hrst year, says the St. Paul l'lonecr I'ns, iu which they have been tried in a presidential election. Worcester, Mass., a town somew hat smaller than St 1'uul, cist ils v.de bv tlie means of 48 of these ui.ic'iir.e. The apparatus is said t It sotneth'iig "which defies tlie tricks ana sorceries of the most depraved ballot-box slutler. Il is something that cannot be beaten, that registers certainly and secretly the will ol every voter. Tho apparatus is in principle the same us tlie cash register. 1 he vo ting is doi.o by simply pushing in a knob for each ticket or each can didate voted for. A knob once pushed in does not return until the voter leaves the booth, so that re peating is impossible. The ma chine counts and records each vole as it is put in; and when the polls are close.!, the door on the bv k is oeucd and the total nutuncr of votes votes given for each candidate is at a glance. 1 here is no counting of ballots and no possibility ofdis turning the count as registered. Il reduces the cost of election to a minimum, insures absolute secrecy, and, in short, seems to have so much to recommend it that it will not be surprising if at the next presidential election it will be found in use in many of the states. Now that exjieriment has proved their success, it cannot he long la-fore the people ot the United States will be voting h) machinery. WAS IT loNOIUMET The Dalles T. M. says: Ever since the election, the Orcgouian unl a few like journals have been harping thai it was only the igt.o rant who east the'r vote for Bryan, and the intelligence of the nation voted for McKiuley. It is true that the greatest illiteracy exists in the South, and also that a majority of the Southern states voted for Bryan. Il is alike true that iu the Northern and Eastern states, Bry an received the latgest vote in tho stales wIkth the percent tgo of il literacy is the least, hence it is safe to conclude that only the illiterate and uneduculed voted for him is utterly false. A bulletin issued by the Univer sity of Oregon, under date of Nov. 17, l.V.Hl, shows the percentage of illiteracy iu a numlier of the North ern and Western states t be as follows: Nebraska 2.N Nevada 4 2 Kansas 2 U New Jersey.. .6 7 Oregon S 0 New York V4 Colorado 4H North Dakota 6 H Connecticut A.l Ohio 4 T Illluol 4.U l'eiinsylvsiila (14 Indiana A H Kiiode Island U 8 Iowa 3 6 Son Hi Dakota 4 I Massachusetts 8.1 Cisl ft I Michigan 4.7 Wisconsin 8.8 Minnesota 6.11 A comparison of these figures with the di ction returns will show that in the i talcs where the vote wa- very close the percentage of illiteracy is low, while in the states where McKinley's vote was the heaviest, New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania aud Rhode Island, for instance, the percentage of il literacy is very great. Also in Ne braska, Kansas, Colorado and No vaila, where Bryun received an overwhelming majority, the aver age illiteracy is less than 3.7 per cent. If all the educated people that is thmte who ran read and write voted for McKiuley, those four states should have given him an unusually large vote, but the election returns show directly the opposite. Predictions sometimes miscarry, ess'oially j-ndiotiotiB made just prior to an i l.-ctmn. Before the election we m i e told that foreign capilal ni.n'i not seek investment in city si iii that cast ils vote for Prynn or il.i-t rlei.tu-l a populist 1 i i-lai '.r- Washington did both, mid -inve "" the.- -00'Ji.l ; . i li f oi-ign capital is set-king r cr there, aim me n Llii.COUIIlV Sol'l T I 1 1,- i' Mill.ilV ..M 1 1 1 l.i. l- to a Denver firm, tanneries, l'JO Hour mils, 190 mis ' : ci.g -. linn took $1 19.000 eellaneous steam usets, 180 rusnu is cmio ly bonds at par. , factorers of banes and saddles; 9U iici-.ts of trust cotnnatiies , iilumhers and g is fitieis, li'.tll bar- 'H ha k- in eo I'tn.t 'tig it 'it i.'oiju'y tti ing on farm properly. all over Klick- to loan ojouey Xll'CHELLlN IttllDI.E. Dispatch: Sena or Mitchell sees trouble in the air. It is said that he had sufficient votes pledged to him for his re-election before he turned his hack upon his silver friends if he would take the stump for McKiuley. After he was thor oughly committed, complications arose as to the distribution of the patronage in case of McKinley's success, and here il is where his troubles begin. He cannot now get a single democratic or populist vote, and the auli-Mitchell faction of the republican party is said to have a considerable majority in the legislature. Mitchell dare not risk his chances in caucus and he necessarily suspects the sincerity of his newly found associa'es. Ha is backed by a strong corHralion but on the other hand he is leing opposed by the moneyed interests of this city and the leading re pub- licatis. He cannot get the gold re publican vote without placing that faction in power, and he cannot do that without endangering the support of those who are regarded as his faithful toIlo.Ters. 1 he truth is thai Mitchell is in a box and it is going to trouble him terribly to gel hack again. While his friends claim that he has sufficient votes pledged to hiui to secure his elec tion, his opponents assert that his defeat is certain unless the demo crats and populists come to his aid which he cannot now expect. HIUT UOWM. Dktkoit, Nov 25 The big Michigan Car Company's Works have shut down indetinitely, and 1,500 men are out of employment, according to the workers' story. The works were reiiened early in October, working day aud it if hi. During last week hands were laid off, little by little until last night the climax came, and those were dimisd, and told they would be paid off tomorrow. It is learned from a number of men who worked in the shop that they were told by their foreman, prior to election day, that all hands would certainly work until Christinas, aud alter that the f ireo would lie increased to 4,000 men. Churles L Freer, the managing director, was asked to verify the report, but sent back word that ho was too busy to bed stcrhed. A written synopsis of what tho men had said was sent to Mr Freer with a request that he indorse or repudiate tho stalemuct. Mr Freer sunt the note back witliout indorse ment, but the porter said Mr Freer had told him that he would not be interviewed and would neither ad mit nor deny the statements. No cause for the shut down could he obtained, neither from Freer or his business colleagues. Portland Tribune: Dinger Her mann was beaten for re-nomination because he had voted lor sil ver. He now eulogises Cleveland and the gold democrats. Verily, "the ass knowoth his mauler's crib." Portland Welcome, gold dem: It was Multnomah county that furnished the big majority that carried the stale for McKiuley, overcoming uIhuiI 3,000 majority for Bryan in the reBt of the stale; and it is therefore to Multnomah county men that the spoils belong. Hungry republicans in other parts of the state should notexpect much; Portland can supply men fur all the olllc.es in the Northwest. Backward, turn backward, 0 time in thy flight; give us July again jusl for tonight, we are dis gusted with this snow and this rain, hear our rich warble and ease up our pain, turn back the clock, till it reads August one, give us tome dog days and give us the sun; give us mosquitoes and give us flies, but turn on the heat iefore everyone dies; bring back our straw hut and ice cream pants; give us a chance to live, O Jitird, give us a chance. Ex. 4 There are in Oregon 80U general stores, 100 ref il hardware dealers, fi:!0 retail groceries, li!8 retail dry goods stores, (VI retail boot and shoe dealera,l!4 retail clothiers, 2'J2 retail druggists, 21 . retail crockery stores, Hid retail cigar and tobacco dealers, 480 carjientt rs and build ers, 4 manufacturer of agricultural iin;il"mHiits, 300 dual rs in such im pit ments, i0 hicy. le dealers, 60 lotindries, 2(X)cnrri:e and wagon makers, b".)2 physic. .m and sur geons, 103 photographers, 480 real estate dealers, 148 I u:ih r dealers, (5 10 ministers, 4'JO li e stick breed ers, 4 10 investors, 110 paint and oil dealers, 110 priu'ing establish ments, 004 sawmills. 93 planing mills. '22 wood workers, 4 woolen IS IIU COIIOII mill", ov iirowrrit-a, iu ter shops, 1 120 saloons and billiard halls, 110 banks, 140 milliners aud 940 dealers in books and stationery. -r."": I t a i ill I Y