i Till: .MORNING ASTORIA N. WKDNI-SDAY. AVCUST 31. 1001. TUNNEL OVER FIVE MILES LONG Harriman's Plan to Bore Through the Sierras. WOULD SHORTEN SERVICE Trains Would .Hake Ckkip in To tti t Half Days-Will livolrt Oatlsy of From Taret to Five Millioi Dollsrs. SAX FRAXCISCO. Aug. The longest riilroaJ tunnel In the 1'nlteJ States, ani ne that will b numteml among the four longest in t!ie world, will be built through the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, if '.he present plan of E. H. Harrlman are carried cut, siyt the Chronicle. Chief Engi neer Htv4 has sent out a corps of fif teen men to mAe prel;mi-iiy surveys, and their rlt is eipected to be com plied In a.x weeks. The tunnel pro ject. whL'h will involve an ou'.lay of from J3.000.000 to r.OtX,s0. contemplates the b.iring of a hole S7.000 feet, or some thin over five mil; in lepg:h. through the heart of the Sierras. Beslieaaaviagt climb of 1500 fee;, the tunnel will short en the roil abou; seven miles, and Is expected to effee: a greit saving In oper at'ng expenses. It is stated that with the Sierra tun nel built ani the ether plans of the com pany for the straightening of the curvet and reducing of gradvs. In Nevada and Vtah completed, passenger trains could be run between San Francisco and Chl ago easily In two and a half days. This means tn average speed for the whole distance of not more than 40 miles an hour. HOPI SNAKE DANCE. PHOHNIX. Aril.. Aug. 2.-During the last three or four days scores of tourists have departed for the Hopl In dian villages to witness the annual snake dances which commence today. The villages are located on a desolate desert near the rim of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. The nearest railroad sta tion is Holbrook, from which point there Is a four-days' ride over seventy-five miles of desert KENTUCKY SUNDAY SCHOOLS. DANVILLE, Ky.. Aug. 20. Between K and 600 earnest and progressive Sun day school workers are assembled in Danville for the 36:h annual convention of the Kentucky Sunday School Asso ciation, which commenced a three-days' session today. Among the leading spir its of the convention are Marion Law rence, of Toledo, O.. international gen eral secretary; George O. Baebman. of Tennessee, and Ribert Bonsall.'of Cin cinnati. ? MERCANTILE AGENCY FAILS. CHICAGO, Aug. 20.-A. R. Martin, lo cal manager of the Mutual Mercantile agency, has Issued a circular to sub scribers, notifying them of the com pany's suspension, because of financial difficulties, siys the Louisville, Ky., cor resjionJent of the Tribune. The com pany was organise! In New Jersey In IS!, with $2,000,000 capital. SUBMARINE BOAT LAUNCHED. NEW YORK, Aug. 20. The second ..f the new submarine boa's for the navy was launched at Ellzabetth, N. J., to day. The vessel was named the M cafin by Miss Grace Day, of Vlrg.si i, sister-in-law of Senator Martin, of that state. TALKING TO SHIPS AT SEA. NEW YORK, Aug. 20.-The N rth German Lloyd steamship Kai.vr Wll helm der Gro.'se, from Bremen for New York, was spoken this mornin? by wlre-1-ss telegraphy from the Nantucket light-hip. DEMOCRATS TO MEET. VF.-t MOINES. Ia., Aus. 20. The Democratic state convention will m'-'-t t"mrro'.v for the nomination of candi dates for governor, llru'.enint govern r, judge of the supreme four', railway ;m;niis-'ioner and superinteni-nt of public institutions. NEW RECORDS MADE. SALT LAKE, Aug. 20.-EJ lie Smi'i, of Silt Lake City, broke the world"! amateur rnile biejvle re'-nri touight. Tim, 1:57. In the ten-mile m 'tor paced n-.-e Clem and Charles Turvil!, of Philadelphia, established a new world"! reco-d on an eight-lap track. Time. 14:23 4-5. JEFFRIES AND RUHLIN MATCHED SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 20.-Jim Jef fries and Gus. Ruhiin -igned an agree ment this afternoon ti fight for the heavyweight championship of the world, the match t :ake p'.a-e In either No vember or Decemb-r before the club offering the Urges; jiiir?. POLICEMEN IN TROUBLE. NEW YORK. Aug. 20. -Warrants for the arrest of three persons of promi nence In the police department will In all probability be issued WednesJay, as result of the seore; Inquiry Ju;io Jerome lias be.-n conduct Ink In :h,' .im of The Peop!.- of the State rf X.-w York against Klward O. ;i,v iion and others," .wording to the Times. Ju t i-e Jerom,. has practically concluded tlii' stvtvt sessions In this i-. al though he unnoutve.l ;h.j he w 'uid cntinue to V.ear any witnesses that th;-Jiscl.-t tttorney wishetl cxaml te N' fore him In any matter relating to Ed gar A. Wh!lm" cenf-'sslon. It EX PER FAMILY CRIMES. Notorious Murdotvrj Who rim.lT-M ani Robbed for Years. Cherry v!e. Kan. The notorious Hon dvr family of murd.rers have been run to erth. Their victims arv numbonM by the score. Their hiding places for :hir:y years ha bevn a mystery. lUi: at last four of the greatest crm i: als of the West are- In the clutche of :h- law and 'hesr fate will soon be set tled. Govern r W. E. Stanley has Issu ed v riHiuisltlon for them, and they are beitic returned from their hiding place in Colorado to ss.n i tr.al at this place. Hang.tig. If not lynching, will end the existemv of tiis family of slayers. The bloody chapter of Kansas hUtotj is (hat which chronicles the events which occurred In :h:s tLibtevti county !etvvevn the cl-we of the civil war and 1S75. N more brutal or daring' crimes were committed In the who! .West, for th i: matter. Men and women were murdered by the wholesale. Their bel ies could never be found. They would start out along th,. public highway and the earth seemeil to swallow them up. The Bender family are comprise 1 of William Bender and wife, his son Jtvi aird daughter Kate. The children were by a former wife of old man Bender. They were of German descent. Early in 1S70 the Bendsr came to Kinsas and took possession of a quarter section of land, the title of which was clouded. It was Wcated near here and in thick woods. It fronted the public road, iheo a maha trail' to the West. Home seekers from the East were forcd to pass alornr this trail In their search of unoccupied land oul West further. If this road had not been such a public one the crimes of thts noted fami'.v would bav been less. But It is suppose! that murder "was contem plated when they erected a rude log hut along the trail, at the top of hill. Their plans were well laid. Travellers arriving at this rude log hut were told that It was a tavern for their accommodation. Kate Bender, then a yaong. woman of thirty, qutte good looking for a farmer's daughter of the hardy West, used to beguile the weary travellers to stopv over night. That was the last ever seen of them by tbeir Iriends. Once having entered the Bender tavern a man's fate was sealed. The dining room of the Bender plsce was built orer a cellar Into which the victims were thrown, after having been murdered. It is claimed that ome were buried alive, the first blow not having betn fatal. No attention was paid by the blood-thirsty murderers to a mat ter like rhat. The method generally employed by the Benders In killing their victims was to hit them In the head with an axe. Kate Bender ani her brother John, being young and strong, took their positions behinJ heavy curtains when the guwrs sat dwn to their meals. The old peo ple engaged the visitors In conversation. Wh'n the time was opportune, a signal was giver, the axe descended an 1 th guests fell with a broken skull. A trap door was sprung, their bodies fell into a o-llar. where the remains were burled. Victim Mlowed victim so rapidly that the B-nd'rs then b-gan burying their the B-nders then begin burying ;h-ir lctim? In the corn field. Of course, everything valuable waj removed 'r m the bodies beforehand. Horses and wagon belonging to the travellers w-r,. driven into the Indhn territory by acomplic-s and soli :i the Indians, who, if they remembered their sellers. r-fuel to give any information 1 1 onVers as to their identity m where abouts. If the time was not opportune that is, if the gut-st did not place himself in a handy pla'.-e for being slauifh'.er-d dur ing the meal he was attended to lat-r n in the night. The beds were ea h t'lced over a trap door, ani. after hav ing retired, the Benders -drop-d 'he trip, and when their victim fell into ; darkness of the cellar he was killed it; hand-to-hand battle. No on -' ever visited th Ren Jer horn and e.-v-ap-l t t--l! the tal--. Lik.. i ;i-'n galiows, every man who .vt l..s foil I-side was doomed from ha: v--y moment. Tv,.- horrors of the 'Times Ahl'h ha.---been comniitte In the B-n 1 r hoirn have so Instilled the pe 'I'1J of this sec tion with fear that even todjy th- ;i!i'- s--i ds idle, gradually rolling away. Tin store building, whk-h tvas ts-d t)- the Benders as a meana of get -iris P- i'ile to stop at their place more than for 'he profits they made in -elliry K od-, has ben bur.ed, but the ; ,g l.u: stands back In a clump of, -re's 'jiim -;--sted. Once In a while a t'aveller .lines along, and, not knowing .ho 'a' that followed his previous teliowv. s'. jis over nlghr, camping In tbe hut, he r.'.xt l.iy carrying away a rart 'f it f' kin-lilng wool. In a few in ire yejt. tn.-re will be nothing left of it. When the Benders first startnl on their murderous mission they founl t.v surrounding country well adapt -1 :o making a murdor trap out of the horr. -. The country had but lately been va-a -ed by the Osage Indians and the to--punchers and greasers ran at large ki.l lng any one who they thought ).., money. That Is why suspicion wi- n t cent-red upon the Benders for s-im time. The Benders sjaw the society in to which they had fallen, and plann-d to make a murder trap of their place for y-Mrs. To 'Ms end they set out an oivh.ir.l and ivintcd crops, miking a bluff st farm' UK Aft.'r they l--Tin their work of slaunhte',. co!ii:n.- . :f in 1S71, ninny plans were used u decoy strnngers In ,o thc.r :.n:n. Kite Bender Inserted an a Ivettl.-enicnt ;i the Thayer Head light, th.-n a week?) piper of this pi to', in wM-h she called licrs'lf a profe ir, and a"' to cure all kinds of dlsvase. She is.' :.e:ovl in advertisement In the eh. i vale l.a ner stating that she would N liing t. marry any young i man who :i,hvm n's aoiiuy to worn land care (or her. Miuiy a young man who S'Unh. this young iurderej to we.l her f u:l Ins pate at the end of an axe han I o. A pc. il:ir thing about the mur-Wrs oimMl' .d it the lender home every ono of the n w as d .ie with an axe. No drug was ever ued. The axe was con sidered surer. Mitn --ivple at lndepnderK and Cof f.yv.llo rflivinXr some of the victims. One was S.umi 1 ilarber. a storeket-per .( lu.icpenJ n -e. who with his young wife set out .icro.-s the plains fur Cobv. rad . He was met on the road Just out s'.d th" Bender farm limits by friends. I; . t!vn griwi-g dusk. It Is sup I ;ha: they st pped over night. Wh n the prem.ss of the Bonders were searched in lO a ring worn by Mrs. Garbe- wis found In the pile of bne. A smin n-vklace worn by Miss Anna Koran, i young wanun of New Cr ieans, hi cau-e West to writ up Kansas In novel form, was also found beside the skeleton of a woman. She had d.sapoeired In September. 1S71. and it is suppose! that she was a victim. Although when a rai l was mide on the B-'nder premises in 1S73 over fifty skeletons were found In the csllar and the cornfields. The old cltuera of this place who took part in the digging Up of the bo-lies are of the opinion that ful ly one hundred people were murdered by the Benders 'n their two years of j slaughtering. Some of the known vie- i thn3 of the Benders are Dr. .William. I York. Independence, Kan.: W. F. Me-1 Crolley. SprV.gfleld. 111.; B-nJamln Brown. Cevlanale, Kan.; II. F. Mc-1 Kenxte. Xblesvllle, Ind.; O. W. Lan s ho re. Independenvv, Kan., and others whose Identity was never known. Hundreds of unknown travellers passed along the road by the Benders tavern. and undoubtedly many of them were beguiled into the place and killed for their money. But the undoing f the Benders com menced In the fall of 1S7J, when Dr. William York, a prominent physician of Independence, disappeared. York was also a nvmber of the state legislature and had a great many friends. His horse was found near the Benjler place, and a brother of ths doctor caused the report to- be circulated that the Benders had murdered him tor his money. This brother organlied a searching party, and they made a ral I on the Benders, but were repulsed at the point of shotguns. The posses retired to get more help. TT.Ull . . I- . t . Yl . I .nine ui-ry ere ii 7 uie r.-..u Immediately all the citlxens gave ehisei to the family they had so long auspected , of murder, but of which they were now quite certain. William O. Adkus, now an expert accountant In the Fisher building of Chicago, but for years a resi dent of this city, now claims that the Ben.derj were lynched. He says 'hat certain persons fnll.nvjd them 'town th-"' Verdigris riv-r into the Indian country I an! lynched the whole number. But this sto'y is denied by the Inllmjte fri-nls of Dr. York, who sayn that no atfmpt aa made to follow th Ren ders. Th-y lisappearej from sight om-t l... .... t- 1 t. ....Wll.. 1 l)if"-ty. :iiwe.-r, nn.i uiir au i'- i story le'cirne generally accredited that thev had .-maoed to Colorado and were iivlng there Under assume 1 nan)s. ij.iv-rn -r .tinley, of Kansas, has s-u- I warr-tnts for the arret of four per- .ns living near Fort Collins. Colo.. :i .rn h.- Ie-',ieve are the noted B-'nJ- ... m n a. H- has asked the Governor of Col i to if sue a reulfil;!on for their re- turn to th.- sne of the crimes ' e..' -Hints ,ir- Lssjed as follows: For J n Itenler, alias "Charles Real';" Mm Ti tder. alias "Mrs. Head;" John T! ti I r Jr.. ilia "William Baker," and l I' ' Ms '' :"!-r;:,a r'rjnt'" a,lM instigated' the .Itaym-n to break faith Av' r!'" wlih th- tenrns-eis. I'.emernte-r, I; Is iKh -he officials of this county ,h Km,,yvr4. Asocla .,:i that .'or i -lire that the Benders had Ien . I .- :-y rurnisnea money io niur -..".'oal to (ro to Fort Collins,, 1 1 ring back the suspects. ! i -n are E. L. Burton, j nd. (. F. Edwards and j ,i"T' , The, men are confll-nt the right parties. They ak-n while 'hey were 1 were I '.' I I K .. I .. .-- house of the Reads, n'-ar ''' '. m l sent It to the sli Tiff :-.' w-ro betraye-1 by i tr ( i ' Kat liender, whom, It : d 'o poison. His name is and he s-nt wotfl to the ; that his wif had given J rt .'k- tit drops last February i . u.- 1 her of telng the notorl Y .'tender. II left her and rt i. i this place and gathered '. ' 'i ugh to convince Governor - ' r the notorious murderers tad d Kate tried to encape v.'licn I that officers were at -Fort ns for hT. fib? is under survelli As soon as a rerptlsitlon is I':-.. -.(: t.lrn vl- '.ric .. iss.-d pi-ie-rd 'Ir.. -nil v y will be returned here and J-ill. I'-r of thf: oil citizens who dly some of the crimes li any- thing 1 u; n.i'.d, and the suspects may lyrethe-l if not well guarded. K'A'A HAII.3 FOR PANAMA. v.'A. fUNV.ToN,; Aug 21. The navy department has been Informed of tbe "a. ling of the battleship Iowa for Pan ar,a. The trip from San Francisco to I'i -iru will occupy about twelve days. SAN "FRANCISCO STRIKE IS STILL FAR FROM SETTLEMENT Apparently the Warring Pactions Cannot (id Together and Thou sands of Dollars Arc Lost DailyThe Situation to Date From Strikers' andEmploycrs' Standpoints. Kcprmentatives v'f the tini'Soyer gli the following I'.siinie of the i. ill ation, and c'n.Il.lon of business at the cloe of the ;lil:d week 'f the nk of the Oty Front Ff.lcra ion, and the fourth w.ek of the ;eii:er T.i.ne tUury have been secured, the employers Sly. liy'n eaivfu! mi . :Ib.i.ioii of all the docks on the 'ltv fro. t and by an limulry among tne ihl.--sal,, firms and moinbers o( the tray men's Asvlntion; Nunitvr of non-union ieainstets einployed and n: work .'17 NiiniWr of li-.uiw working T-'l Number of porters and packers at rk I. J' Numher of ong!hor .men at wi-rk l,;ii Number of vcsoU In hartr hampered 17S IVn-on; of luislnc- being done M l.ws rf strikers' w age, ivr day jr.o .vwt Number of new men put to work lis; week i I'oal vessel tulng utdoaded H Uibor leader say that the slalWti.x f the einploer ,. .! draw n, and that the true situation Is far fi m being as rosy as It l r -r. .. i:ed. They (tive the foliow.ng tlguren as tluir N:iina-e ..f the mtuili 'ii and wy tha; they la.v their flgurrii upon actual ohs-'ruitlon . Nunib.T of non-union teamsters at work : Number of teams working Vi Numb t of porter, an I packers at w ork Number of lotigshoremen at work ... i'.'i Value of work of Inexperienced Un;!ioi 'iii' ii iiual to . I'"' Number of vessel tirtl up In h.u-bor IT'. lVr cent of tiiHiness being don.- Number of men on strike In city I', mm Loss of wage ; str.kers per day i.ni. NunitUT ."f tie men put t. w ik las'. e'k .i Number of woiker I II tnK : nks . ".- il vessels tveing unload I .1 Woik on thee m's.-h'Ij iipi'l to o:u-h,ilf u-uil rate on i i Apparently the San Frands. 0 satke Is farther from an amicable s -ttl.'iiien: than It was the dix the member i f the t'lty Krcnj Federation (Irs; walked out. .Kf forts to brilw the lea l. rs of the labor unions have so Incensed th. strikers that thev have grown to view any nf- ! for of arbitration with suspicion and re l fuse to b.' bound by the findings of in II- vidua'. pMposei as media'ors. As will be irtti bv a labl published elsewhere the strikers and employers differ as to the number of non-union men w ho have fl'.led positions m le va cant by the walk ut. Th- laboring men say that 3i).0oo men are idle who would receive In wages $t."'.ooo a day but for the strike order. Hut one-fourth of ;he Commerce of San Francisco Is be ing carried on. say the striker: the emtdovers estimate the jiecemag at twice that amount. A representative of Stewar. Mennes. the millionaire grain expirter, recently offered a suhs'a'itlal sum in considera tion of the strike of the grain handbTS at Port Costa being calif I off. In Sun day's Issue of the Fxamlnr th- direct charge Is made th 1 1 ChrU Ilm kley. the Mr Dolltlral boss, ha I offered to pay money If a certain designated Individual should be named a arbitrator sn.l the labor leaders would agrev to abide by Ms findings. The Kx imlner I enthu siastic in I persisted In Its loyalty to the strikers as against the Employers' A.o clatlon. .The other papers are keeping , ff , .hlllll.n ,.,w!Tnu,iv urt, . , , tnB..lhl.r ir , ,h ... ,,,-.,.,,, lr , ,unir , ,s.e Special pillmen to a numt'r .-xceed-ing a hunlrel h.iv teen sworn In to protect non-union laborers, hut to date very few Hah have occurred. A bat tle b'twe-.n union men and non-union workers to-.k place Saturday night In I which one striker wa seriously wound jed and passers-by were In Imminent I danger from the fusllade of bullets trom Ir volver hand!"d by the striker. The San Fran. Isco Iilmr Conn II ha . Me folowlrg ilr'-ulir denounc- . t-m, i in Hi'- 1 " ' !" rs' Asoi latloi and its principle; ( j "We would beg rf you to notice the fact tjat the Employers' Ass .a inn I which Is S i loudly claiming the right l to attend to Its own business and so pitifully protesting agiins: outli. In ' fluenr e exi'ts of Its very nature firr the 'purp'Se not un.y ..f Inierferlng with oth-'r pe-iple's business, but for the r.ti r. i.u. . ... ....!.. . . -.1 iui (.'me n ui'l '- nils. ' llll.UH 10 (lOV'n and bring rig to iiniixh- the liiisln. s , of men who ir. and sh. uld b,. entlr--I ly Independent nf ?h-m. rtemember, I It Wan the Mrnrilnver' Ass.K-tntlnn ih.it ItATK OK KXCHANOK IllSINU. COMiN, Colombia, Aug. 20.-Kx- ,ir-h.ing it Karranullla U rising by I leapii and hounds. The American dol . lar Is now equivalent to $11 Colombian paper mo'i'-y. ' . PrtlOl'IHT HHBDH Itl'ftNKI). OMAHA. N'.b. Aug. 20. The freight shuls and tw-n y-(lv InaiP'd iind twi-n ty-flv empty fr-ight ears .belonging to the ,'nion 1'afllb, burn'-d at the trans fer d"K,; in Coiiticll liluffs t ..lay. The loss Is nearly tl'iO.OOO. WIIBAT MAUKCT. PORTLAND, Aug. 2'). Wheat, Walla, 07; bluest -m, OS'i. Walla TAf.'OMA. Auk 5S; club, 57. 20. Wheat, bliKst'-rn, HAN FRAN'CI.-CO, Aug. 20,-Wheat, Iecemb'r, 101; r'ash, 'Jl'i. flHICAOO, Aug. 20. Wheat, Septem ber, opening 71 'A; closing, 70. HILVR't MARKET. NEW YORK, Aug. 20. Bllver, 58. The more w think of It the more firmly we ar convinced that Dewey ought to be pinched and sent to the workhouse for his pusillanimity In sink ing those defend-less Hpaolard without first going to Hong Kong to see if -here were any orders from the board of bids (he di iyni- n t c .m to ;.-ins w i.h the teamsters It.tiieinbe:-. that ;. I ttie Kmnloyers Aso.'i.i tl. 01 tli.r : n w parjling the w Mole tia.l.- of :h.. , ity and .nte. These ate Hi,- men tli.i: talk al.MUt Int-rfer ne .ml rtiim ng th.-lr wn business. wh:,. t; was t It.-v who be sail I: by Interfering an I are k -.-ping it up by prhibl;:. g other ! from minding an! managing their own jf. fairs "In addition we would !n you no tice thit this employers A.l.rl'n Is a secr.'t body. ;s memh.-t nr. afraid or ashame-l to have their name known. It hm no discoverable plaoe ,,f business Its tepre.-n:atv,. - . ity a mou;hple. with no r-sii i!iol y. no discretionary powvr-a mere org .in to make- vocal the mandate .f this dirk hrotherhood that like a my rious and ever to lie x M-rat.l nu n- l that .-rush ed out liberty and annihilate I e.mi- merce In Venice i now :r; mit to eruh ou: llbctty and annihilate comm-rc li Svn Fran.-n-o" Th" Call, of Sun lay. nay "A phiv of toe strike win ti hi not hitherto he-n though! of was br night to the attention of th' tip-reliant ani libor leader hs- night by the arrival in the harbor of the sailing h:p Santa Ci. ra. ths first vessel ,.f the salmon fleet to arrive. There are about fifty ve els In the fleet, and there ire about forty union men on Mi-h ve. alio are all SUbJei-t to the order .if City Front Feil-.ratlnn. The shl;.. now tint the (lrst ha arrived, wtll be romtng into port dally, ani with e.i.h arrival the army of strikers will be ltit-rv-. "The alm-n pi.k which the.. v sels ire biltig ng to this city Is me .f the large; made In years. The entire park is contracted for an I und-r the agreement ent-r-J In'o ' betwe-n the packers and the purchasers sti Mill In d' llvereil by a certain dale. The pres ent condition c f the hbor world p.nd ts th nccompllshment i-f the terms of the i -.intra, l alino: lm;ns:be. What net!, in will be taken by the men who hiv the Inini tisi. cpiantlty ..f canned fish on th-lr haiuls has n .t yet been d's i l.'d upo.i." Strennus efforts have lwi mad' to unload colliers and other ship In mrt and considerable headway has te-en ma!-, iiieim steamer carrying pass-tigers and I'lilteil S'ate malls have b.-"n able to sill but he hold w-re nearly empty and carg s-s f ir shipment to the Orient are accumulating rapidly, funsters and mean freighters ar' mov ing slow ly, deports from the h p M l Is ar ninil Sacramento say tha' a number of strikers ur employed there In harvesting th- crops The lirge or (iiards and vineyards are also funil'h lug employment p, hundred, of Hie !i I kern. fJOVEHNM RNT PROPOSALS. Office of C. Q M , Van" mver Harracks. Wash., Aug. , l'.tOI. Sealed proposals, in trlpllrate, will be received here until 11 o'clock u. in. August 21st. 1901, for furnishing and delivery at Vancouver Harracks, Wash., 12 standard artillery horses. Delivery to commence within 60 after award nf enntr,i,-t prefer tnce giv en to animals of domestic production, condition, and oualitv and price being equal. U. 8. reierves the right to reject any or nil bids or any part thereof. For further Information see circular to bidders or apply to this olllce. Envelope containing proposals should be marked: "Proposals fur Artillery Horses," and address .-d to the undersigned. J. W. .1 1 1 ' , ,H. , '. M. fJOVERNMBNT HIDS. Proposals for potatoes and onions, of fice Chief Commissary, Vancouver Par racks, Wash., Aug. IA, lWj. Healed pro posals for furnishing and delivering po tatoeH and onions for seven months, beginning Oct. 1, lltol, wm received here and at ofllevs of Commissaries ut Fort Stevens, Ore.; Poise Itarracks, Fort iJiwton, Wush., Koris Ctinby, Casey. Flagler, Walla Walla, Wright and Vancouver Ilarrncks, Wash., until 11 a. m Aug. 3'), ivn, and then open ed. Information furnlshel rn applica tion. Envelopes containing proposals should be endorsed "Proposals fur Pota toes and Onions," and addressed t0 Commissary nf pout to be Biipplled or to Col. F. E. Wye, A. C. Q., Chief Commissary. Sill TOEiTUSIS And efy Dllrssln IrrKatlort Of (he Skin anJ Scalp Instantly Relieved by Bath with And a tingle anointing with CUT! CURA Ointment, tha treat akin cure and purest of emolllenta. Thla trcatmant folio wad by medium doaca of CUTICURA RESOLVENT, to cool tha blood, la tha moat apeedy, permanent, and economical cure for t o r I u r I n g, disfiguring, Itching, burning, bleeding, scaly, cruated, and pimply akin and acalp humours, with lose of hair ever compounded. Mti.uo! I'd ctTti-uaa Soir.aMUtaKi by CuUeur iilntmrnt, lur irMrTliig, purifying and boaulltjlnc ths skin, fur clulo U.s ralp nil Uis i.iiiln of railing hair, K r nfv tnlng, whltrBlng. awl sotiuitng rwl, mugh, and wirs hn.ls, Air Ulr ruhm, rhlnS, and Irrtuuent, sod fur all Um purpOMt of Ilia lollrt, Ulli, aa nursery, .Million of Wom.n u Cieju.-u tour In Urn furtn Of bath for antwylng IrrlUUorn and wrak-nw-s Slid oianr aallMpUe purptMu. sM ISr-SfS-i-il IK, MH Helull P.M. f MtSN fist iCMnik-w-.Uil Mtm llNt.. ,u i umm Cor . B..M !Si Walter Did you order beef a la m.dc, sir? Whltty (who ha Isvn waiting an hour) Ves. What the inatt.T, been waiting for the style to change I'hll idelPbU I'res. PACIFIC COAST COMPANY For Steamer, Commercial and Family Use Orders Promptly Executed . . . DOCK FOOT OF SEVENTH ST Samuel Elmore & Co., Agts. FOUNDED SUN INSURANCE OFFICE Or LONDON THE OLIIEST PURELY FIRE OFFICE IN THE WORLD. Cah A . Cb Ami I n Unit C- A. HENRY t CO., 215 Sansome Street, SAMUEL ELMORE Of New Zealand W. P. THOMAS, Mgr., San Francisco. UNLIMITED LIABILITY SuWrik-J Capital, Pais -up Capital, Aasete, AaBata in United Statofl, Surplus to Policy Holders, Has been Underwriting on the SAMUEL ELMORE d CO. Iteflident Agents, Astoria, Or. HOTEL PORTLAND PORTLAND, OREGON TH Only Flrmtt-Clom Hotel In Portland BESTOF EVERYTHING la a word Cass trria of tht Paasiuir rVia vta f he Rorlhweslcrn fcios.. BMit TnWtM Daily btw-n IK. INtuI aad ChlcaiP, ooinprlataar Tlx laitaasl rmmnaii Rlnsfssra, Ptsarleaa Dining Can, Library a4 OiMsrsriraiimi Car. ri HanUnlaa CbaUr Caura. TtH) Mk OmMwtt Ttmln -Uooa Uay of Uw Tr, Th Fiant Train in th Worh Oartrto Ufbutf 9u Heattd TUB tUWftCU PTATK RXPIUMi tb inaran IkUtr Train nuanlnc bHvaa Jiul and Ctiioaafv v Um Hkort OMMsi-aata fraan tXi MWt via Bis MORTHBllM TtSSTlC. (JKrlAT MORTlimN aast CANADfAM FACiriC UTS. Tnts ki aaa 0. ItVT UtfV Ma , W. rHil a4 mmmptih. All MBata n llcksta vU The Northwestern Line r. It. ItFJLD. OoarwJ kmmH. m AkW KrSSl It. L. StSLOt. Trav. ArM. rsrtlana. Or-rm. NtrricK r.i iithucation. " I'nlKnl ftlala lnd Offlce. " July , 1MI l)rinn City, or. Notice i hrby avsn (hat tn CHitpll-so.- wllh th isruvlaaitui of tbi .- of Congress of Juus i, Itn. ntltlk1, "An ai't for th sal nf tlmrsr laml In lb Htale irf CaJIfoml, (.h-on. NersuU. anJ WuhliHitisa TrHtir)r." an eitmitl- to all th (Mibfle ktnd alatr by aH of August 4. IIH Win. It. (laV-an-l. of A si or l, (Viutity of tlansna. rctai of Orrsxiin. ha rbia day nll In this urMc his worn ilmimt Nil. M4. for tl ours'ha of th aouthnuri of swtkin .V.. Mil. In Tx No. Ill N , Itnng No. (ti W. aiKl wtll offer pnssf to j h( tk land Bought I mors swluabl Air it timber "T sbnisi tlwa f. 4trViinurl purixMi, ami to rtaMih hla claim t aid land brfor trs Hriatr aud rsrrr ot thla offdo at Orvsgtsa Ctty ThifTvdar th M day of tubT. IHil. II nsnwss a sltiswi: Ui. S.rf lait-1. of Clnr. Isr-Hitin; Aawust Aa-ph. at (tlas-y, ( JaaiSti Kurk. tsf ma. sld. Orni'sa, and Thcgnaa lllihxll, of Asturha, (tr-saim Any and a p-wain csahnlrHI advrtsM ly k abort daTtb4 kMala ar r. iiun(4 to Bl th0r ntaJnia In (hi oflV C1IAB. II. WismWH. R oa or baftjr assVl il day ( October. 1ML i t if TELEPHONE MAIN 661 A. B. I7IO JiLtacao mats, ,iA,.tS GENERAL AGENTS. San Francisco. Cal. & CO., AQENT3. OF SHAREHOLDERS 15,009,010 1,000,060 2,645,114 00,AOO 1,718,792 Pacific Const ovei twenty-two years.