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A TiikRiBLii Pj"AjTY.
frUonfn Sentenced to Solitary Con
finment In France Not Allowed
to Speak, Head or Work.
The Law Times makes the following
comment on the sentence passed on
the Humberts, the notorious French
swindlers: "Some of the comments in
the press on the sentence passed on
Mme. Humbert and her husband (the
. other pair of culprits came off more
. lightly) betray a very imperfect appre
v elation of its nature. Five years' re
clusion, or solitary confinement as it
is understood in France, is not only a
rigorous but a terrible penalty. Our
own code offers no parallel to it and it
is probable that a life sentence of penal
servitude in this country would be far
mors easily endured. The solitude of
the prisoner in reclusion is all but ab
rwjiute. The strictest silence is enforced.
Presumably the consolations of religion
whatever that may amount to in so
dreadful a situation are not entirely
withheld; otherwise the prisoner is for
bidden to speak, even to his guardian.
Books are denied and (which must be
almost the worst infliction of all) the
most complete idleness is enforced; no
employment of any description may
mitigate the appalling vacancy of days,
weeks and years. Half an hour's ex
ercise is allowed daily, In a hood which
covers everything except the eye. This
horrible life in death may end in the
tomb, but it is more likely to end in
the padded cell of the maniac."
4
WHAT IS A FLAT?
Tired Woman DAna It and AUo Tails
How It la Distinguished from
an Apartment.
"Won't some one please enlighten me
as to the difference between a fiat and
an apartment?" plaintively inquired a
woman who had just moved to the city
at an afternoon tea. Everybody was
willing to enlighten her, says the Chi-
c&go Tribune.
"Why, of course," said one, with an
experienced air; "the flat has a set of
speaking tubes and whistles and bells
and things. When you want to get in
you ring the bJl and the door clacks,
and you go in before the clacking stops.
At an apartment house there is a hall
boy to let you in, and usually an ele
vator and telephone besides "
"No, you're wrong," came from a
tired-looking little woman in a corner.
"Those are only mere surface differ
ences. A fiat and an apartment may
both have none or all of those things.
The only real, heartrending difference
is this: In a fiat, Jt is not considered
a heinous crime to have children; In
an apartment H is. That's all. I've
been hunting tIms and fig trees late
ly myself, and I know. None of the
fig trees I looked at would tolerate my
olive branches; guess they don't grow In
the same gardens any more outside of
. the Bible."
Bather a Qimt Dos;.
"Dagonet," in the Referee; tells a
: story of two little girls who were trying
to explain what sort of a dog it was they
had seen, reports Public Opinion. Said
one little girl: "It was one of those fun
ny dogs you know, the ones that are
. a dog and a half long and half a dog
hlgh." Said the otht-r: "You must know
the sort. It's a dog that only has four
legs, but looks as if it ought to have
.six." It may interest "Dagonet" to hear
-of a fairly apt definition that a Public
Opinion man once heard applied to the
dachshund "the dog with we Louis
JXIV. legs."
DOWN WITH SHIP.
Two Hundred Russians Lost 011
the Varlajf.
New York, Feb. 12. About 200 of the
Variag'a crew lost their Uvea when the
vessel was destroyed Monday by Japan
ese off Chemulpo, according to a World
dispatch from Tokio. The crew of the
Russian cruiser numbered 570. Many
lost their lives under fire, but a laoje
number were drowned in attempting to
escape.
The men loyally aided their officers,
and it is said not one of the latter was
drowned in petting ashore. Many swam
not to the shore, but to the foreign men
of war in the harbor, which promptly
lowered boats and went to their rescue.
Besides the French cruiser Pascal, the
Italian cruiser Elba and the British
cruiser Talbot aided the refugees. One
hundred and fifty, many of them wound
ed, reached the Talbot.
Sir Cyprian Bridge, the British Ad
miral in command of the station, has
ordered that the wounded Russians shall
not be handed overto the Japanese un
ess they so desire.
The Japanese did not lose a man.
Nona of the fleet, which is known to
have been in overwhelming force, was
damaged. The engagement was watchea
by four foreign warships, including the
United States gunboat Vicksburg. Thev
all saluted the Japanese flag Thursday,
it being the great national festival of
Kigenetsu, the anniversary of theacces
Bion of the Emperor Jimmu to the
throne, and the foundation of the pres
ent imperial line, 2564 years ago.
iood Faith Not Evident.
Oregon City, Or., Feb. 11. The offi
cers ot the Oregon City Land Office to
day handed down four important decis
ions by which the entries to an entire
section of valuable timber land in Ben
ton county are cancelled. The cases
decided are :
Morse Burnap vs. Edna N. Spalding,
Henry Ambler vs. Charles W. Spalding
Charles W. Davis vs. Lillian E. Spalding
and William D. Mack vs. Charles A.
Spalding.
Much interest attaches to the decisions
for the contests were warmly fought from
the start, prominent attorneys of the
state being employed by the contesting
parties.
The land involved in the contests is
section 24, townH'.ip 13, south ranee 7
west, and is valued for it remarkable
growth of timber. Contestants alleges
nonre8idenoe, noncultivation of the land
and contended that the original settler
filed on the lands solely for the timber.
In deciding for the contestants, the local
office says in part, all of the cases beiig
decided on the same points:
"A fair and reasonable interpretation
of the evidence leads to the belief that
the entryman never esiablished his ac
tual residence on the land with the in
tention of making it hiB permanenthome
to the exclusion of any othar home else
where, and that his few trips to the land
were only occasional visits designed to
show a compliance with the letter of the
law. His improvements on said land
are meagre and have scarcely beensutfi
cient to fit it for habitation. His real
home appears to have been in Corvallis.'
"It uppearing to us that the entryman
has not complied with the homestead
law as to residence, cultivation and im
provements, and that his sets do not evi
dence good faith in making said land his
permanent home, we therefore recom
mend the cancellation of the entry in
volved therein."
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Wool Clip Smaller.
A comprehensive review of the wool
trade for the yea-- 1903 as given by the
National Association of Wool Manu
facturers in their annual report just
issued. The report says:
"The estimates of the best informed
dealers vary greatly as to the quantity
of wool produced this year, as compared
with the preceding one. Nearly all
claim a shortage of 30.000,000 to 40.000,-
000 pounds, while some estimate it to be
a much greater amount.
"All agree that the wools in general
are lighter, poorer growth and more un
even than last year, owing to lack of
forage and severe weather. These con
ditions are reflected in our estimate of
average weight of fleeces and shrink
age. The average weight for the whole
country shows a reduction from 6.50
pounds in 1902 to 15.25 pounds in 1903.
This falling off is most noticeable in the
territorial states, and it influences, in
some degree, the quantity produced in
most of the states and territories.
"On the basis of 39,284,000 sheep, the
quantity of wool produced, not includ
ing pulled or butchers' wool, is 245,450,
000 pounds.as against 274,341,032 pounds
last year a decrease of 28,891,032
pounds."
ICaia on Uanies.
Pendleton, Or., Feb. 12. Quietly and
without any warning whatever District
Attorney Thomas G. Hailey, in com
pany with Sheriff T. D. Tayler and
Deputy Sheriff C. P. Davis, armed with
54 warrants, swooped down on the
gambling houses this afternoon and
closed every game in the city. The raid
was thorough and tonight there is not a
single back room or little game Jof any
kind going on in the gambling houses.
Up to a late hour tonight the Sheriff
had succeeded in placing 34 of the
gamblers under arrest, all of them put
ting up $150 cash bond for their appear
ance in the Circuit Court. The coup
was one of the biggest surprises ever
perpetrated on the knights of the green
cloth in this city.
Cigarette users seldom expector
ate. It is because the glands se
creting salivia become atrophied
and refuse to do business. But
most people would as lief be spit
in the face as to be infested with
second hand cigarette smoke.
Albert Beckman, who killed his
sweetheart, He!eu Kelly, at Butte,
last October, admits his guilt and
says he wants to hang.
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CONTEST NOTICE.
Department of the Interior, United States
Land Office, The Dalles, Oregon, January 15,
im- ,
A sufficient contest affidavit having been filed
in this office by Richard E.Crewdson.contestai.t.
against homestead entry No. 902 made Octo
ber 7, 1U01. for the sw sw4 sec. 12 and b Mfc
awl seH swH sec. 11. tp. 5 b, range 26 e, by Rice
L Taylor, con testee , in which it is alleged that
said Klce L. Taylor has wholly abandoned said
tract for more than a year last past and has
never made any residence thereon as an actual
settler under the homestead laws of the United
States; and that said alleged absence was not
due to employment in the army, navy or ma
rine corps of the United States during time
of war. Baid parties are hereby notified
to appear, respond and oiler evidence
.nuiinn nt 111 o'clock a. III., on
February 29, 1904, before Vawter Crawford,
County Clerk, at his office at Heppner, Oregon,
and that final hearing will beheld at 10 o clock
a. m , on March 14, 1904, before the Register
and Receiver at the United States Land Office in
The Dalles, Oregon.
The said contestant having, In a proper affi
davit filed Dec. 21. 1903, set forth facts which
show that after due diligence personal service
of this notice can not be made, it is hereby or
dered and directed that such notice be given by
due and proper publication.
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