I i n.u.-iisnAY. JAXI AKT l. 1S. AET EAST RBOoMAN, PTOn, PACE fWO. i lVTr-rwr . Arrivals TWO STYLES t 'HIIJJREVS BIB1.E; LARGE, CLEAR TVPK 98c and $1.23 CHn-DREVS BIJkCKBOARD, FITE 6TYL.ES 48c to $2.95: Encourage tlie dilltl to study at home. The Blackboards have ailliiiv tun suhiecu. whiuli wakes II au Interesting work. 'LELUN MROU HISTORICAL SKETCH OK OLD VICTORIA. 1 - - - - YbUls tlie Vancouver , FREDERICK NOLF & CO. fi-, ' . i Th GENERAL NEWS. I matllla County Cltlaen Picturesque Place ol island Tells of Hudson Bay Days In llic Northwest Tlx Gold Rush lo Cariboo aud Eraser River Whaling Eket Ready lor tlie North lmcrrslhut Descriptive Ittrr. Victoria. B. C, Jan. 15. (To the Kant Oregonlun. A very pleasant I gull of four hour, among the tslunds and over the smooth waters of the ' Straits of Georgia briiiKS the voyag er to Victoria, the legislative capltul i of HrlliBh Columbia, and the duet J i town of Vancouver Island, with a 3 population of about 2u,000 people. j Victoria dates lis existence buck to ' about 60 years ago. when a benevo I lent corporation known as the Hud son Bay company, established a trud- in. nost here, and added to their ; J I revenues materially with the proceeds of the abundance of game found in woods of this island mid the I land adjoining. The discovery of gold in the Curl-1 ' boo district of British Columbia i brought here the motley population which that metal is always uble to' ' ..n..,.n., fritn nil nnmers ot the earth Elmer J. Burkett. tlie newly elected United States sen ator from Nebraska. The new arbitration treaty be tween the United States and Mexico has been signed and is in force. . ! i hA ftxtiuff MMt was suddenly republican. l r ..'" ... mtv irnnsiormeu uim or cump of 20.000 people. A tem porary shifting population to be sure, dwelling in tents mostly because houses could not be built quickly enough to meet the demands of the J. F. P. E. The Pacific Coast Retail Hardware i tellanta and the very- temperate ell Dealers association, is holding Its ma(e found here did not cull for very 5tih annual convention at Stockton, j sod (iWelliug; places anyway. tL ' The collapse of the mining boom The war has cost Russia in the 11 mn uft Victoria once more a trud-( months since It began. S31U.5OO.0uU, I inf! ,lollti with, however, a materially according to the finance minister's jncreused population, because nuin- j figures. : hers of the people w no came nei The Paiih.mdlr- Koi-d." (Ohio. ! and Invested their little capltul In West Virginia & Pennsylvania. 1 has holes In the ground from which the rdered 4UU0 new steel cars, to cost ! elusive metul refused lo be extracted. M.aOii.ucio. were stranded, and remained herV ... . . .... . i . .. .1.., ........ r,.,il rn.innn that thev in lsiHl Mlclugun. Wisconsin anu j iui inr - , Minnesota produced 36 per cent of ull , could not get away, to eke out a pre llie lumber in the United Slates thut ! carious existence hunting, trapping. war- in 1S00 the three states produc- fishing and farming, because it soon ed -6 per cent developed that the benevolent cor-, The republicans of both houses of ; poration before mentioned the Hud the Nevada legislature caucused and , company, hud been doing ! .greed upon George 8. Xlxon. a Win- j their best to verify the asser on o f, emucca banker, to succeed William the psultn st w hen he suh i I In I The selec- wratn, ai men aie u.ko. . i their own interests mce un...t ! ,tflv filtered the idea thut In a railroad wieck ot Derby. Kan.. coumry ,VHB barren and useless West and Shafer. express messeu- . 0.-hlll ,,, mn, wi,en In real- I i Hy parts of it proved lo be among i the garden spots of the eurtn. gruw- lng almost anything that was put In ' tho crnunil and in the museum here I There are Indication, that J. P. j , tnuni a ciieclion of grains. v,.-, , , ,, snl.K.u uu.I Morgan and J. J. Hill are In a com- ! RraisS. ,1Ui,s nd vegetables not to. ,w" Bro """" I binatlon to bring E. H. Harriman and j be despised by the agriculturist from Twenty Men. John D. Rockefeller to grief. They ' an. cme on earth. i Seattle. Jan. 19. Colored bandits are secretly buying up. It is said, all j victoria has long been one of the ' ,1(.f jed lnt. police within two blocks of the floating Union Pucific stock they ; 0Ut)0,lB f the British empire, one of j the polit e station last night about 10 can get hold of. and 111 soon open j ,he paC)N, where the "morning drum- ( 0-l.,1L.C ,tnd entered the lied. White a bushwhacking campaign In then(,a,.. )B neard. following the sun onu1(, Hlu, hj,,,,,,,, b Main street resort, stock market. ; ltg march around the world. A gar- 1 UI) tn(. motley crowd gathered Byrum Seward, of Hamilton, O.. ' rlson and naval station with usually jn t)lr ,,iace at that hour, robbed the was stricken with paralysis so sud- : one or two men-of-war in the narnor : caHi! register of about $:lu. flreu two deniy 30 years ugo thut he died un- is maintained here, the latter is lo be j slnlil as they departed, escaped up able to tell anyone where he hid the abandoned In the near future: a fact ;a liark aey und with revolvers drawn munev he was known to have. Chas. ! hi. h the Victorians are Inclined to i Jnwn Yesler way past the police Smith bought the Seward farm yea- take as a personal grievance against t11(nll where a bunch of detectives next senator, avenue south 1L Stewart in the senute. lion Is equivalent to an election. gera. were badly injured by a casket containing a corpse coming down on them broadside, when the car they , were In ended over. HOTEL ARRIVALS. HMei W. Gearge. George M Culbert. New York. J. B. Smallea, Portland. O. B. Hill. Colfax. T. O. Aubrey. Portland. J. H. Tryon, Joseph. S. H. Hiittcum, New York. M. K Ulmer, New York. C. A. Bringolf, Denver. W. A. Weller, Olympla. F. A. Bailey, olympla. Max M. Shlllock, Portland. J. A. Allison. Portland. F. J. Gardner. Portland. O. C. Harper. La Grande. M. H. Splro. St. Louis. Col. R. C. Judson. John F. Parrott. J. H. Punlop. Cascade Locks. A. W. Robinson. Echo. O. W. Thompson. Cascade Locks. E. M. Shutt, Heppner. C. O. Halney, Tacoma. Mrs. Ella Porter. Baker City. H. Connell. Umatilla. M. J. Ice. Portland. Hotel Bickers. E. H. Thompson. Portland. Mrs. Frank Walman. Echo. Mary Denlng. Echo. William M. Fraker. city. J. E. Taylor. Walla Walla. Mrs. Taylor, Walla Walla. T. D. Taylor, Helix. Harry Conner, St. LoulB. S. A. Frans. Spokane. E. Costello. Starbuck. James McCarty. Echo. Miss Rue. Pendleton. J. D. Burns, Umatilla. O. H. Sanders. Athena. Miss Kate Hurst. La Grande. U. Willis. Spokane. W. W. Brlstow. Portland. Mrs. C. A. Andrews, St. Louis. C. A. Andrews, St. Louis. Mrs. C. Lempesty. St .Louis. P. Mullenger, Butte. Andrew Smith, Kearney. E. H. Hunt. city. W. A. Fellows, city. Jack O'Conner. Baltimore. Tlie Pendleton. J. Skogland. Portland. A. H. Canton. Spokane. H. G. Taylor. Philadelphia. o. I). Bloom. Portland. p. K. Purkhurst. L. A. Crulckshank. Itert Wheeler. Greaham. II. W. Emery. Greaham. G. M. Gudmumlsen. Tacoma. B. Crossfield. L. Harrow. San Francisco. M. Newvls. Seuttle. A. Mitchell. Cleveland. William Mutter. Portland. r. M. Smith, Portland. E. B. Carr, Spokane. S. G. Dunn. Portland. J. F. Fisher. Spoknne. George Stevens. Spokane. George Stevens. Spokane. L. Hawiey. New York. We Are Making Cut Prices on All WintrgQ Wluicr Is here now, and you Have the cliai.ee to get warm clothing JttW whe,, prices. Our Ioss U Your Gain. Clothing of all kinds, 20 per cent off. I-adles- coats at two-third, or tlie regular price. Mies' coats at tuo-tldrds ol tlie regular price. Dresa goods oi au See our BIG AD In Wediu-sday's and Friday's Dally East OregotUan (or prlees, SEATTLE'S EVENING PIMKillAM lerday. and today began tearing down the empire. They are building their , hettlng on the lbe old house. In a chimney he ' hopes, however, on the Dominion gov- i tlirne dow n Second tomid a jug containing UOuu In gold. NORTHWEST NEWS. Albert Bradley, a young theological student, hus been acquitted of burg lary at Seattle, after the Jury' was cut SO hours. The new flouring mill Is in oper ation at Mohler. Idaho, near Lewis lon. and Is said to be turning out a superior product Street improvements have been planned und begun in Seattle that will cost 1 1,500.000 tunneling, grad ing and paving for the most part. The Washington state senate has eminent taking up the burden which 1 1U1(, Vunished Into thin air as fur ns the empire Is laying down, and It tle police are concerned. would seem likely that something of ; There were about i" loungers In the kind may be done, as there Is a j ,,aee. It Is now know n thut one good harbor here, also a dry dock. nf tn(. pair went through the saloon end Immense sums have been spent ' H.rtiy before the hold-up. and still others planned to be spent : j, ' believed thut there was a In fortifications and defensive works. , 8tai- n front. The shots were ami as Canada never has contributed i h,,rd at the police station and also by anything to the maintenance of the a umher of patrolmen In thut dls- Brilish navy although claiming to be i trlct. John King Is not the only bad her most Important colony. Bnd shar- ! i,undit the police huve to deal with. ! lng In its benefts. It seems reasona- , ni yet many crimes have been laid ble that she should bear the expense ; , nt ,00r. At the present time I of her own stations. I there are more desperate and experl- 1 Victoria has a railway running loo ; eced criminals working In this city miles or so north to the coal mines j tnan ever before. and Into the woods, and Northern i paused a concurrent resolution de- PaCifC Great Northern and Canadian umnding of congress the earliest pos- j pactflc trains are ferried from the Bible completion of the Celllo canal, j manan(i to unload In the city. George Garcelon. a sheepherder. Quite a large sealing fleet are In shot Harry Corwin, a bartender, at winter quarter, here, refitting for their cruise In northern waters next spring. At the ocean dock, aea-golng vessels find a safe anchorage and make their last call on their departure Boxeman, Mont., through the head, killing him, as the result of a quar rel. Tk-i. -is ol a KAO 104 bushels of wheat were shipped from Galveston, for, and their arrival from a trip and 2.709.871 bushel, from Portland, across the sea. On the waterfront, and l.m.550 bushel, from all Puget at the shipyards, fishing vessel, are A i.. being built, and big sawmills are con- Petition, .re In circulation .n the T V, ' f r i d-J P COMING EVENTS. January 23 Meeting of Oregon a sensors at Portland. February 7-9 Western Lumber men's Association, Spokane. February -ll Walla Walla Poul try show. February It 100th anniversary of the birth of Sacajewea'. baby at F6rt Mandan, with Lewi, and Clark', expedition. June 1. lvOS Opening Lewis ana western part of the state asking for the appointment of M. D. Wisdom a supervising head of the livestock exhibit at the Lewi, and Clark fair. T. P .Sheridan I. dead at Itoseburg. at which place he resided continuous rr Just E0 years. He was SI year, of age at the time of hi. death. One of his ion. I. president and another cashier of the First National BankJ f Roseburg, and a third I. managing editor of the Boise Capital-New.. 830 acre ranch. Four hundred acres on river bottom, 60 acre, set to alfalfa. Well Improved; good or chard: running water. One among the best In the county. Price 1. right We have other and .mailer proposition, equally good. E. T. WADE A SON. Office E. O. Building. part, of the! shipment to various world. On the James Bay flats, recently reclaimed from tidewater, the C. P. R. is building one of that company's famous tourist hotel Just across the way is the parliament building, a massive stone pile of Impressive ef fect and architectural skill, ileacon Hill park, and Oak Bay. .with Its two miles of sandy beach, furnish pleas ure ground, where the Victorians, or the traveler who finds his way nere. can wnue away a jitot June 22-Z8 National Woman. Suffrage Association, Portland. July 11-14 American Medical As sociation, Portland. A Grim Tragedy. is dallv enacted. In thousands of homes, as death claims; In each one. another victim of consumption or pneumonia. But when cough, and cold, are properly treated, the trag edy Is averted. F. G. Huntley, of Oklahoma. Ind., write.; "My wife had the consumption, and three doc- Finally .he took .i.... ah he.e nrove that Victoria i tors gave her up. hns' emerged very .uccessfully from Dr. King'. New Discovery tor Con ner trading post and mining enmp sumption. Cough, and cold., which davs. and taken her place as one of cured her and today .he is well and - ' . . . . almn," 1 1,111b , V a cna nf all nil. I., niuuni ah dins Places oi me earth. C. E. McLELLAN. ' Spoiled Her Beauty. Harriett Howard, at one time had her beauty .polled with .kin trouble. She write.: "I had Salt Rheum or Enema for years, but nothing would cure It, until I used Bucklen'. Arnica Salve." A quick' and sure healer for cuts, bum. and .orea. 25c at Tallman ft Co.'. drug .tore. ' Notice to Debtors. All person. Indebted to us will Dleue call and settle at once, a. we need the money to pay bill D. KEMLER ft SON. The grocer. strong." It kills the germ, of all dis eases. One dose relieve Guaran teed at EOc and tl.00 by Tallman & Co., druggists. Trial bottle free. Wynne as Consul General. Wushington, Jan. 18. Postmaster General Wynne has accepted the of fer of the president to appoint him consul general at London to succeed H. Clay Evans In March. The Humblrd Lumber company, at Sand Point Idaho, employs at that place In various capacities, from 7E0 to 1200 men, depending upon the sea son. The company', sawmill at Sand Point has a capacity of 100.000 feet of lumber per day. ClUldren'. Or, 20 ,, W rappers at So per cent n&vctu,. Kid glove, of all grade, at THE PHIR AGENTS FOR M 'CALLS PATTERNS. S"jT m pk -Jm'aSm A AnJ :5-t COiTt TeE a!5TrwisMi 7 snrW TtTT Delivered to m k rtav WmW S : : " S rWSp A. NOL : 'i v "p, ' Telephone Hit ' s' . ' iit ud atlinc h Mffl I Buildi -2 fM&&- : Mater B JT -I at X ri It 1 OF ALL DE8CIUT ,: 4c' Wy SASHm t: ffifJ ? I and WLNDC mm "iJl J'P Blade to Order Br itrsr rr ) f ,'5! -----sc- and Bwtslluigs . 6p yfT Rock Sprin .dinorttconol gel Reform is often wasted. Why? llLt'wKhr 1 , Although corruption vile be stormed. , -Mr-s PP "'s No man at breakfa.' can deny 5 JITcosl or fm, A bad egg cannot be reformed. u . , dw. p.,, of t Laatz B, t H ki . S F n mm mm .... tbs " 1 . ,hJ HIS TIP. " Sport Say. cull, do they let youse tuke tip. here? Com" tht I conJJ Walter (expectantly) Ye sir. 1 roe... , t" . t I Sport Well, bet on Getaway In the slxf race. .h. clim I Buying Clieap Horse C. M. Clay, who has been buying horses In this section for some time drove several bands out to Baker City this week, says the Prairie Citv Miner. Brulce Cameron, who has been buying for Mr. Clay, drove out about 100 head. Thirteen dollars was the price paid. The most of this band was bought In this immediate vicinity. Reno Aldrtch had about 2E head which he bought near Mt. Vernon. Fred Brun and Henry' Trowbridge also had about 25 head each. They were all driven to Baker City. It l ta,eal that the range horse I. pretty we" brought up In thl. country. Baker City Herald. . Henry Phlpps, formerly a 1?""' of Andrew Carnegie, will put 100': An, .... .i f "model uniu leep sf of phJT . Jd h. clim F.r-WW ,. per u w Bufalo. United BtM mDlDvr tak.nf tenement, for working men,' Tork City.