The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899, January 13, 1900, Image 5

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Newspaper Page Text1 1 rro Batharvd Aboai Holla,'. Hi" I Mil Boers Victorious - In flicted Severe Punishment PORTUGAL DON'T ASK AID Belgians Want McKinley tn UK) ou 280 oo Intercede for Boers AMERICAN PRISONERS SAFE Harry Mown, to K c Potterr, loo acna III ti 17 h rOw; $1190. J A Kllege t t Hi to W M Renibaw et hI .1 Inier.-t :n Teiaa mining claim Bohemia; $nt. TO Mux well uid Wife to Lane coon. Iv, 1 90 Keren in 17 a r ;i w; $40. w withers, sbarlfl. to Eesmlth i i v i i.a, Jan 0 A large immlter ol i " acre in l p lb - r ft w; $2 40. Tax . i i, i pmpurcii niutiinii '"' irrlr here tonight. II,.. transport Victoria, vt -oii'iers ulioartl waa lOWHl (bin rt today willi a broken than. BOERS DF.FEAT THE BPITIBH. .). .-, to th (iuarJ. I...MM.N, Jan. . The British forces j BUOl a ueieriuiueu awn n Ufa A Yoder and J D S encer ; to recover Boeri near Mafeklng, but were repulsed money on a pmmis.'ory DOt; Judg- HhM (i m ri DM Kid K i i '. . i; Ol ot J .010 jli Hold ai.il Coiireii. trgJea front a Three Day's Run. Eugene, Jan. ft.Tbe owners t tna Lucky liny mine, in I lie BlMa Kivt r diatrittti cine io Rlllglllil Inlay Willi ihe result of the Hint ciean-up of the new lO-ebuup mill looratli started by Mieni i , .. , j i, ., h . work Of three .1 rye with the mill, ami is istl- mated to ba wurtti about iiuuo. This, "i ei urse, does not Inoluda the value ol D A Palna and wifa toRcisrk lots Iha concentrates! which are supposed I. biook lo, Beott'i addition to Eugene; ''"llt,li" ul""" twice as much, $40o. 'I OonslderabU Interest la taken In this W W li.,t.. in M v i l . . I. . clean-up, as it ia tha flnt real inilputirf ,. , V r"''1 " 1 strict. The work of this auiall Heath, undivided Interest In Tha mill la expected to establish, lieyond Badgtr mining olalm; Blue Rlvar;ftl, doubt, the value of the ore iu the dh- Gsoraa H Colter and wife to Fran- rtw;D,'wl'mel'0,D'',ty,,'wo,,,nl eh M 'lirliy't,.i.,f i... or. ,,. iiiiiaoemoiiMraieaili.lt ,' KWMNfl , I'.l S0, UI17CB 11 Qlanada; : 1 1, Henry (Jodard and wif- to Knnl aieyor, so aerea In tp 17 a i i w; $7.50. Itenl eatale mortgage , 1 raneler of mortgage Ih-ai aetale mortgage $ boii iki Satisfaction of mortgage 400 00 Heat eMain mortgage tOl 88 Heal estate mortgsge no 00 H-hI Bttata mortgage HO iki Heal eatate moitgage 4,000 00 KKAI. KM AIK I KANSACI ION loan yieut a gona prom In Mnrkluir, 11 will be tha meana of attractlcg turge I oaplul and the establishment of large mining worka. The wink thus far la very satlfac iry to the OWOera Of the Lucky Boy, T O Ms swell iii'd wife to Lane county, 1 IKIiicres in p 17 a r 3 w; $40 if) Amen- The grantors reserve 1 .ie growing II111- into her. Kred T Mill and Baliamau, one fourth naoaa and Eureka Bobamli district ; $56 J film Whiteaker to wife to Emma Intereel in Bo- milling claims, J D Mlehler, J (i. Imi'OKTa.NT DEAL. it. Uhrltman Belli Hia Inteieai Water company tor li 1 ,000. hi with n heavy loea. I.VIKKCESSION ASKED. Special to the Ul'ABO. Washington, Jan. 6 A popular novemeni throughout Belgium looks tolntereatlDg President McKinley in the interests of peace and InierceHah 11 willi (Heal Bntlau for arbitration of Hi, dlspUtS with Houth African repob- Its. NOBODY AHKED THEM. Special t" theUuard. Lisbon, Portugal, Jan. 6 Oermany IBd England have prollered their H"i-:niice In procuring a loan for Portugal. The little kingdom standa iiioii her arlda and declare that DO loan in needed. County l oiuiiiihmc re L'OOtt Mm N atl Tyne, care of Wilt and child 40 00 W K Winfry, uervlHor road district No67 -H 50 C W Powell, provisions for pau- per Powell 5 00 8 It Maybea, supervisor nad district No 20 00 I Slayter, aupplles for pauper Cantrell 6 90 W L Delauo, medicine for Wilt child 4 SO Fred Warner, road work 13 75 0 9 Knox, gravel 0 00 M U Dotaoii, repairs on ferry 20 60 W H Eaton, drawing Jury Hat Janper precinct 3 0,1 E L Zen, drawing Jury list, Ja a-r precinct Marlon Wallace, drawing Jury lint Jasper precinct 2 10 .1 M Ooldson & Bon, lumber 9 60 P Newcomb, gravel 2 60 M It Mct'auu, deputy assessor... 60 00 E 8 l alll, gravel i W 1 P Barton, asseesor 76 00 H J WlUon, deputy asseasor 50 00 W 11 Kanoff, road supervisor dlatrlct No 85 M SO E Banga, livery " "0 A J Henfro. supervisor road db- trlct No 80 18 00 H H Tilton, road suporvlaor dla trlct No 66 24 00 T B Creed, work on crusher 83 16 W H Lincoln, road supervisor diatriot No 14 00 00 Gets Even. Junction City Times: The Eugene Guard Jumped on the Times "once upon a time" because an error was made In our date. Not iu a spirit of revenge but merely as a re minder that the manager of the UtTABD I, 181)9 lows: "Monday, January We'll take oysters Inour'n, Hoi's. Tolay's Balem Statesman: "Notwithstanding the inactivity of the hop market, locally, the Salem ofllce of the Oregon Hopgrowers' As sociation, Is a place ot considerable business life. Yesterday approximate ly 800 bales were formally transferred by Individual growers and placed In the association's pool. Alleqkd Smallpox. A number of people Iu Spencer and Mound preclude have been and are sick with what ti.ey term "smallpox." They break out, are sick a few days and then recover. No fatalities have occurred. It Is a skin disease and Is commonly thought to be cblckenpox. Odi ljr (iuanl .111 1 This afternoon G. H. Chrism an s-.ld hu interest in the Eugene Water 1 'om pauy for $11,000 to T.G Hendricks, K. L. Chamberd and George MnUley, each taking one-third of 1 lie lot hI amount, This is one ol the must valuable franchises In Lai; mil y. OKI V1T1KN llnlly Ouaitl, Jan 11 Mayor Harris la visiting in Califor nia. H K Bilker went to JUUOl ion to spend Sunday. Geo T Hull sr antved home from Balem today Mt. P. V. Ostium la home from a vis t at Balem, Mrs. M. H. Barker andoblldien weut to Creawell imiay. H. O, Brady is driver ol Wells, Far go exprena wagon again. I'lie store of Joy .V Ni tl, of Oukland, has l.een closed by the abend. Prof or riiomas Condon arrived borne Pom Nulcm this afternoon. Jonn llnnsdiiker went to Lancaster today where he will preach tomorrow. Mr, Carnegie's benefactors for public purposes iu tha year 1899 amounted to $5,166,000. Miss Rebecca Haloes has been visit ing friends at independence and Mon mouth this week. Judge Lowell, of Peudleton, In ud vance aunouuees that he will not he a candidate for re-election. J W Kays made a trip to Juuollon today to prepare t lie body of the late Robert Clow for interment. A butcher shop has been started ut Eleventh and Keny streets, Uoodmaii aud Galloway, pioprletora. Mrs J R Wetherlee arrived trom Philadelphia today to visit her parents, Ho 1 and Mis J H McClung. L. T. Buigg and wife, who have been the guests of Mr. aud Mrs. Win. Preston have started home. Jutictiou City Times: John Harm son brought us in some beets the other day that are hard to beat. One of them weighed 14 pounds and another 10 pounds. David 1'. Hall leiurned home this afiernooii from a visit toSin Francisco. He n porta having had a pleasant visit. The weather in the Bay City has been rainy for some lime. David Olesou and wife, of Port Townsetid, Wash., are living in t lie Holloway house, Twelfth and Patter son streets. Mr. Oleson will attend the Divinity school. H. VV. B, Smith, ofneatllej and two other men, bought u claim in the Granite district, Grant county, last fall, paying therefor the small sum of $1500. They prospected it and are now ollered $40,000 for it by Eastern parties. They are having a hot time down at F'oiest drove over city altalrs. Some of the Mjuibs In the newspapers there are decidedly pointed and personal, other with power of attorney can take up a number , Out tney nave - - -" "' lrUJHti veil inn J ' ion j is gobbled up by one man: luruiy "" would expert from t'pl8 who ",ott" " liiierty, equality, fraternity. "There is another evil in NoBW, Many Alukaa and Klondike charaeteni luva .trilled ..rn,rtv u safe. Strict ilucipline necessary to keep unythinglike order." ment is uskeii for $540 and $30 attorney fei s. Llllie M Lawrence vs lCrnest A Law renee; suit for dlvoice. Detertlou Is alleged In the complutut. J B Harris and wife to C H Kentner, 13.5 8 acres; $1280. 0 W Washbuine In G L Gilbert, 100 acres in tp 17 s r 5 w; $l4iM). Johu T Michael and wife to James Hanuers, 100 acres in tp 10 s r 6 w; 1400 CIKCU1T tX)URT. William Kent va l'atrick J Jennings and Edward W Ferguson; foreclosure of mortgage. The mortgage covers Golden Star ladga located Nov 11, 1897, Bohemia mining district. Judgment Is asked for the sum of $5,1)00 with lu 'erest at 7 per ceut from Augjst 17, 1S90 and for sale of mortgaged prem ises. Clarence Thompson vs George Hill et al; foreclosure of Belauap McKenzle spriugs. Judguieut isnsked for $882.97, iulerest from Jan. 1, 1898, aud $100 at torney 'e fee. l'KOHATE COURT. BietataofEva Wilkinson, deceased; order approving llnal account. The administrator, h'rank Wilkinson, dis charged aud his bondsmen exonerated. MAKIUAUK LICENHK. County t lerk Lee today latutd marriage eei.se to Shelley Teter and Hatty M Vatischoiack. Johu M Williams' notarial com mission tiled. Writes From Nome. Thomas Garten has written a second in teresting letter on Nome, to 15. .Shelton, of Bkagwavi U ay: "Nome City is a big. dirty town, willi thousands of inhabitants. I think there is no doubt that the country is rich, and I believe a man there in the spring with provisions would stand a show to do well. ' The mining country is extensive. They are prospecting 60 miles from Nome northward and have found rich placers. "The climate during the summer will not lie bail, 1 should think, but the ground is very wet and baggy, and people would need to pre pare for lile In the h ,i "The weather is extreinly severe in the winter. Violent winds blow and it freezes in tensely. Uwasbad enough when we left there. The .'pen, "in.lv beach alfords the only laud ing place. A heavy surf rune wot of th time. "A great deal of the mining li.ts boen done on the beach. There is tine gold all along in uneven ipiautities. 1 was told men made from $10 to $100 a day on the beach. They do not dig deep; only a few feet some places. 'The beach is g iverment property, and any one can dig 00 it without staking or recording. "Tht mining laws of the country are very bad, as the claims are M" nig aim ' AGREE ON A JUDGE Oregon Delegation Indorses W. C. Hale for Alaska District. 0000 POSITION FOR a 0000 MAR Wash moron, Jan, B Menite-rs of tha Oregon dahrgation today united In i unaulotnoely reooni mending Iha ap j polntmeni id Judge W. i'. Bale, ol I'n gene, Or., as distil.'! j.nlge ol Alaska, 10 Oil the vacancy i iui-ed by the leslg- 1 nation oi Judge Johnson, Jodg Hale I waa once judye ol tba ilrst rllaiilet of Oregon, and has strong lodoraemenli from all Of the circuit udes of the state, aa well aa the Judgta ol Iha mk I p rlua OUUrt, and from priminenl re I pUblloana. He was a can Male Inr the offltf.1 ill Iha lime Johnson Mas np I pjduud, and was then supported by tha delegates ( the national sooven Hun si Louhi) Althoogb si pros lent IhlaJildgeSblpSOf'R bo $;l(KMI, there I are very good Iodic atlona that the iaj jary will ha increased to SI least $600(1 Moreover, should Jodge Hole fail to s'- iiie this appointment, lie will aland a eery good ebanoe n bmuiIi g ous of the USW judgeships, as it is almost eer ilalutliat at leist one, and perhaps I threo, new dlatrtoia will be created 111 ! Alaska by I lie present coigns-. Seli lator McB'ide thinks it very likely j thai lite territory nmy be divided Into four districts, ss this number is really essential t an efficient Judicial system, and is reoommeuded hy Governor Brady. Unb the Oregon delegation n inn for Hale, his chauoet of success hi one ot three offlosa are very tirlght. Soldiers' HoBtataaa Ulghts. The following from tie Medford Mill may Internal some old soldier: 'F. M. Stewart recently Mid his cli im to additional government home stead. Mr. siewart filed a homestead right on so aoreo of government laud Iu Missouri in ISO!, tint under an hi l of congress all soldiers of the I'nlon army v ho li led Upon a lesssr amount of laud than UK) acre. prtOI lOjUnstti 1874, ara entitled to sell their right 10 this lesser amount, and It in this right which Mr. Stewart bus disposed of. This item may be of lot. rial to other soldiers who are situated similarly to Mr. Stewart. If there are any, they should see to it that their claims are established. Should Ihcy prefer lo locate upon thian.hllliunal land them selves they call do so, hiiiI make proof upon the same without the usually re ijulred residence." Salkm BTOBAOU. Todiy's States man: "The storage capacity of the Southern PaoJflo ( 'oinpany's warehouse in Ibie city is exhausted and a tew surplus hales have found shelter in the regular freight depot. On account of these conditions the company has dis continued receiving hops for storage. The warehouse contains 4,600 bales of hops and represents the proH;rty of local dealers who are very evidently holding for belter llgnn-s. However, several ihtpmeni 1 ' in mads recently, probaluy to li i ndvaooe orders. Last week seven carloads were sent, csst while yesterday morillog another lot 100 bales was started fir the eastern market. It ilth 1. 1 ( U)W UK A I). Was Prominent in Masonic Wnrg and 111 Pollussi UlnjsM HH-.-il in tin- oiiard. JOMOTMNI Citv, Jen. ft, 4 p in. Hoi . KoHfrl Utoa du d in 11. is ally of c nicer i f 1 he stomach thl afternoon at :t;4'i o'eb ok, Rob ri c.ow iis of Scutch parent age. He waa isim in Prothsblre, Hants land, Jllly IO, ISIT, and was In Ins tSd year at iiieiiiueoi nle death, Heeoih gr lad with hla parents m Ontatlo, Oansda, In llftt, Iu 1167 Im ewlgralau u. Iowa, thanes lo l laim bars to re sided seveia' veals, linn in Oregon In 1887, Waa married June 88 1888, to Miss Sears al Halias, OrSJMU. Hie wile survives bun. ami tWO sons and live ilaogbte.s. With his family he moved lo Junction City III INrMI, having puichas.il 1 be iteam Hoarlag mill at I tint place. Mr. flow was rnmincnt is Miisotuc tin 1 -. having no iv. 1 ti degrees In Inwa lb IS'i'i and IS10 In Oregon he advanced 10 tha thirty sesond degree nflbeBoottleh ritaaas kaM bmmij po sitions of honor at lb hands of the era ft, Was a member of the lagtelatars o Oregon in 1878 from Pnlfcooasty. W'rw ioi. 1 aeuaior from I'oik an 1 Benton m 18808, Superintendent of the Oregon p. lutein I TV III 1S7. Waa elected rail- road oommlaaloner tiy tin- legislature In isvi .,,,,1 re elected ill IS9I. Hold Clow was an honorable, up right oltti 11 w ho sstasmad pn cipie above mere personal prefsrrssnt. HI qoo lotions of right were strong and he 11 ads no oompromlss with what h deei I the wrong, Thoae who knew him best esteemed him most, "Mr, Clow was sleeted and served as grand master ol the Oregon Masonic grand lodge during Hie yi ara 1877-78. "At 1 lie 1 line of his death he was a member of Kugeiie halge, No. 367, B. P. O. Elks. ' He w as a member of Dallas lodgS, A 0. 0. W. "He was the Lane county msmbsl of the democratic stale central com-initee." SOCIAL. isible Kree (mid. Loo Boom. Today's Oregonian; "J K Kelly, manager of the Booth-Kelly company's lumbering Interests at Co burg, Laue county, Is at tho Iuiarial, accompanied tiy George Catchiug, the npany millwright, They are on their way lo the Cowlitz to take noter of the Construction Of a new fashioned log boom in that river, with a view to I building one like it iu the McKeuzle liver at Coburg." Is human inn liable tn err like members of the family, we Will state of claims, so that large tract, of country are that Tuesdav's dally was dated aa fol CnM I'l.l M knt a ky . Salem Daily Journal: " I'nere seems to bn al least one College president In Oregon who can opeu his mouth without putting hia fool In It. He lives at BofSUS " mam issue. Kriinklln oorrsspondsnos in Junction City Tunes: Amos Herbert setded fif teen acres to wheat last week. Just ii.ul. ,.t It mo o u u I u r ii tfrionHu n . .-, there. snJ neither life nor'"""" - mere, .. ruln liuls ill (Ir.-t'.M wli. H u- I aiwiiii you sre having zero weather. The Issue of the Junction City Times WILL EXPAND. E. H. Ingham pU(j,Ble( a few hours beforellie death iDteuds expi.ii'ling, his quarters be-: of Robert Clow has this: "Hon coming loo itnall for his iucreasing Ilobert ciow is veiy low and lib death trade. A contract was let today to F. is ejpected atauy lime. He is uncon- XXt Uui.rlora . . . ii. B. Bellman by Hie owner, . hC,,,llg H, me enu is near av nanu rie whereby it Is "' bS extended on Hie wQtn hut little pain .and will peat-e- Ofeet. Hie present wan .... fuily pass away." rear : sou' I, will be lorn uwaj ..i., n,.nalderably more rha work will be Ins will floor room. lone at once. Eight Cents Refused. Edmund son JJroe. today refused eight cents per pouud for their crop ot hope. The ; rotary, market eeeme to be Retting etronger. Darwin Brlstow. RlFOBLICAN ( U B.-A republican dub WS8 organised at Cottage ( rove ti ntaht and elected tba follow A UHI'M" "O lnom(ra: PretideDt dent. C. H .. . itcukiirwr JamCI llemeuwaj, - C. J. Howard; Burkbolderi sec- IndepeDdence West Bide: Lake ; Dorris, formerly of Independence, bee resigoi d his position at Eugene and takes another in an implement house ID Stockton, Cat, Lake was in town Monday, Biirl Tuesday Mrs. Dorris Cams up from M Minnville and met him here lo bid him good bye. Ae Boon as he is settled Mrs. Dorris will I Join him at Stockton. H A St Eirle, a Montana mining man will go to Blue Ulver to prospect iu a few day- Ashland Beeord: Bev. K. A. Boss , leaves tonight on his northern trip, I Mr. and Mrs. H'xit having relumed to I Ashland sooner than expected. Mr. I and Mrs. Boss and his mother will have to give up their residence iu about ' a month, which may cause them to j take up their residence elsewhere, an evangelist's home being an unsettled raaidenoe here below. Ex-Uoveruor Win. P, Lord, the new United Slates minister to the Bepuhllc of Argentina, who has been in Wash ington for mme weeks past, sailed ' from New York city for Southampton, England, yesterdav, from which place he will lake the itoyal Mall Com 'paiiy's steamer direct for Buenos & .. ..... ,1... II. a lual I , 1,1 li . . I ' if 1 1 1. ii' 'it ..... ...n. .mi..,'. port las Ing for shout 80 days The ex governor is accompanied by Mrs. Lord, their ton William and daughter Bessie. I Cottage Orove, Jan ft,- J K Jennings just relumed from Bohemia, reports a ; v.rv rich stilke iu the While Ihar mine. Kree gold call laa seen in the nick quite easily by the unaided eye. RSCSmoa l'r.xin.Elos.K.O. llec.IU: Dur ing the afleiii.sm, nuiiits-re of ample have called at the Inane of Mr. K. ('. Nolf, where the reception of the V IKIIee ( 'tub was held. The reception cotntnittee was oumpOBBiaf Mrs Nolf, Cls . f '.HI, bring assisted In receiving by other HMinberaol Hie Alumni AieiK-lalion, Miss Jennie lleatie, class of '!Ni; Miss Kate UaaAa, elaei el ''.ii; MissSadle llaum, elaas "f ''.is; Mi - i lara l'i ngra, i lau "f VJi and Miaa Laura lleatie claas of INI, who is in the city .luring the holiday season as a guest of her sister, Miss .1 entile lleatie, and he brother, Hr. All lleatie. The attalr waa de Hehttell lnfnrn.al, and adds one to the pleasant social events of the winter seos.ui. Lht refreshments were served .luring the hours of receiving, from - to 4 o'clock. The young collegians were cordially greeted hy the people of the town, and will doubtless liear pleasant memories of their vWt of a day. Ul'I'EK SIU8LAW LocilllNd Wlll- llamsand Crepplu's logging csmp at Mound, on the upper Sluslaw, Frank Wallace foreman, are prepared to put in 260,000 feet of logs a month. They have a chute of a quarter of a mile In length which carrlee the logs to the end lo ten seconds. Two good sawyere an Bad w irk at this camp. Oslljr Qnaid, 'an I Anotiikk Bow. The Carman family, who reside acroes the mlllrace, hud another general row last night and Ibis morning. The aid of Marshal Stiles was rough!, but he wisely refused to go unless a warrant was tssueu. Sauk Hkns.-Honi A I'alne received today two line specimens of sage hens, which have been placed on exhibition Willi the other feathered speclmeus In the show window or their store. Tha birds come from Ontario, Oregon. Born. Junction City Times: Jan uary 1, 1900, to Mr, and Mrs. Emery Barron, a s m. The liret born in the new ceiituty fur theso parts. Kx Secretary of the state II. K. Klncaid, the veteran editor of the Kugeue Journal, bee the following StUtoral comment in hia paper on the lieer riummer scandlo: 'I he attiilavit of Leiden B. QfMt will he found in this paier, concerning the alleged sale of the stiperliitendency of tho penitentiary by T. T. (leer t'i H. H. I'liiinmer for gl.Otai. For the ieople who furnisheil the 82.000 to keen (Jeer from BSMPtlng tin, Oregon City land ollice, any many others who are well acquainted with him, no atlidavita are needed They hae no doubt that he accepted the 1.1100, as alleged by I'lummer, and did not make the appointuient aa he hail agreed to, for the reason that he waa informed and Isj Ueved tha the receipt lor the money had been burnt im in the Polk county curt house when It was destroyed by lire. When another man had been apsiinte.l, the holder of the i cceipt became angry and showed it to many people including some politicians. The in dignant holder then refused to give it up, and if the money has been paid hack to liiin it was done in the hope of quieting the matter I as much aa otsuiihle aud to gain time to hx it up. tiaily uanl, Jau S DE ASH Ml.-, II I - U 1 III KNIkHTIB. Dr. and Mis. W. L. CtaeafctsM BgfcBJ lamed a number of frietMts bast swi ing al their hoiae imm rWulk WlkaantrSe itrsat. a nuiMbvcnr par tat aajaajai 8ja lilaheil BMttSBafeSBjt, pfoiaslutat kgajajtj Which wasf'K w I'im Kesa." A ekity lunch w its aervea' during tsui eveMa rimse BjaasajM M8M Mr. and Mae. J. W. Kaya, klr. and Mr- JuhN Oroy, Mr. and Mr. Bb hardOray, Mr. Med Mrs. II N. C.vketlluv, Mr. and Mrs. A. r. Ce.ekvfllne, Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Holk7iibiek, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. eels, Mr. and Mrs. W. I . Varan, Mr. and Mis V. B. Wetberbvv, Mr. and Mrs. Juliu Goldsmith, Mr. and Mre. 0, D. Una, Dr. and MM. W. Kuykeudall III" MWlSKa. HAMMOND MltRI'HISall. Mrs. r . A. lUukln very suceeeNfully inatigurnteil a surprise parly last even ing in ho.iorof her two nous. Creed ami J. QHmorS Hsmmsad. The evening waa replete with amilmments of van ous kinds, from the blindfolded ooutest in which I. A. lUnkln etcured lint prl.e and I'rof. Soapp the booby prize, in recitations and music. The lunch eon waa thoroughly enjoyed. TIiisni present were: Mr. and Mre. W. E. Craig, Misses Kmina SalUmao, Karo Hue Thompson, Kthel Klueey, Jeaale l.ivennore, lone .elgler, Beua Apple gale, Ada.Mattiewa, Meaara. Kred Hik, It L. Wllloogbby, (live Cheshire, I'rof. L. P, Suapp, H. A. Vincent, OthO HobeHa. LECTURE ON I KM t'KKKNC'E. At the First Ctirlstlau church laat evening Mrs. L. K. Balley.or FmhtbU lion I'ark, New York, delivered au address on "The Home or Haloou, Which'.'" Mrs. Bailey Is oonoeded lo la- one of the inoal entertaining lectur ers In the temperanoe Held today, and by reamm of her loug experience Iu thle work Is able lo accurately state ooudl tlotie. A large audleuoe waa luattend ance and are eulbuslaatlc over the addrcse, and the proepeote for the oue to tie delivered tonight, on "The Hetiifdy." MraJ 11 Mc lung aoted as chairman of the meeting and Keve M L Hos. and USD Humbert aaslsted iu the services. UNION VETERANS UNION. The Union Veterans Union of thle city installed attoatl laat night aa fol lows: Colonel, Frank itelener; Lieu-tenant-colonel, W.F.Martin; major, John iogham; iuartermaster, A. Ysr- liiginn; .111 eer of the dsy, J. A. Bur llngame; chaplain, E. F. Chapman. State Oriiani.ation. The Bpan Ish War Veterana met In Pot Hand yes terday and perfected a elate organiza tion. Eugeue camp wae represented by L. E. Hooker with four proxies. Oeneral Hummere wae elected colonel of the etate organization and L. E. Hooker, of Kogene, flrat assistant sur geon; ltev W. B. Uilbert reg. chaplain. The delegatea from down the valley were apportioned tuto one dlatrlct for the election of battalion ofllcere, nod tin we iu Portland far the samepurpoee Lieutenant Kobert S. Huston was choaen major hy the former and Captain C. E. McDonell by the Port land members. TllIRTY-BlX. -The Oregon Slate Journal today Is thirly-alx years old, and has beeo owned aud controlled all this time by the same person, Hon. H. It. Klnoald. It baa been ooe of the moot honorable aud clean est journals In the state. The editorials in Iha pi per would be a credit to the New York World or Herald. Bli.ce 187H the pree- ent proprietors of the Ouahd bae been In the same Held for business, and can say truthfully that DO fairer aud houorable gentleman lives than Hairl son it. Klncaid. Astoria is a lively city. The receipts ot the police court during 1800 were $6,188.60, Few other cities of the site In the United States can show such a record. It uounds llshy, but Is appre ciated by the fact that fishermen have the money to liquidate with, and are aa well easily caught when on a a pee. Personal. State Journal "tao. M. Miller, the founder or F mence and Fairmount, and for many years the leading real estat broker of Laue uouuty, has returned to Eugene from Alaaka, aud expects to remain here a few weeks until his ml mug claims thaw out. He has sever n I placer claims about 26 mil. h from skagway. They are on the coast side of the mountaine and do not freeze to any considerable depth but the water for sluicing and washing out the gold treezea during the winter months. Queer Suit. Ueorge Carter has been sued by W. P. Wheeler, road supervisor ol district No. 20, In Justice Wluterineler's court for the sum of 88, "aa he refused to work ou the roade when warned out." L. T. Harris appears for plaint III. Ahrkhtiu. Policeman Crontr last night arrested a man named Cllos for stealing au overcoat from the railroad camp uear the McKen.ie river, 'the man Is io jail. The hearing will prob ably take place tomorrow. Died. Vesterdsy evening, at tba home of bis niece, Mre. W. B. Pengra, in this city, Mr. W. O. Stevene died of dropsy at the age of 79 yeara. Tha funeral will occur Sunday, January 7, at 1:30 p. m. to the Sprlngllehl I. O. O, F. cemetery.