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FORM FEDERATION OREGON BRIEFLETS 4.HKAT IU1V UM'lfKkTIVG OVKII JVOO,mm ltlll.lto.tll icmi'Lovkm. A., of EU(B, bu toward IA0.0OO OrgllilaaUon o IW Kiiowm ay Kiiilye' Ifc-partNieiit of I he AiiH-rJrnii Federal inn. Urnver, Nov. ZJ.--H haa been an Mounted Id the convention f h American Federation of l-alor that there wti born lit lenvnr Saturday a powerful railway employes' organ! ihIIcjii to be known at Ilia Hallway Kmployes' Department of the Amrl- an Federation, with ten affiliated orKHUltatloim ai members. Th ob ject la to drliiK nbout a cloaer union of all rallroud employes and to aeek to affiliate all railroad organUatlons with th Federation of Labor. Tlio firm convention la to be held Jn Denver and over 600,000 employe will liu represented by thi officers of their organization!, which are aa fol Iowa: Order of Railroad Telegraphers, Brotherhood of Boilermaker & Iron hlpltillriera of America, Inurnatlon I Frelghthandlera' I'nlon. Interna- tlonul Association of MachlrlHta, In ternatloniil Association of Carwork (th. International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths, Brotherhood of Railway Clerks. Switchmen's I'nlon of North Amerlcn. Internatlonnl Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Kmployes, In tertiutlonal Association of Steam Klt- tera of America. Samuel Gomnera wan re-elected president of the American Federation of Labor wlihout opposition. ji.mghtkk tiiiuhgii piukmm MK'.ATKS LOST PATIIKR Ixs Angeles. Nov. 22. For more -than 20 yeara mourning her father as dead, Miss Marguerite Kggleston, aa ahe termed herself, haa discov ered her parent In Dertolt, Mich., and la preparing to ko to him. Her father In Matthew J. A. Gll niour, an ofllclal of the Michigan Cen tral railroad and la prosperous. HU wife obtained a divorce from him 21 yeara ago, taking with her the year-old daughter and a aon six yeara older. Later, in Chicago, ahe mar ried a musician named Eggleaton and the family went to Seattle where a few yeara ago the woman got a di vorce. The daughter went to work here aa a bookkeeper. After a family row over a suitor, the girl left home and orrestondonce with friends In the East located her own father. INDIANS FORM SOCIETY Will He liotli Political and Mortal in Character. Lewlston, Idaho, Nov. 22 Lead ers of the Nez Perces Indian tribe will meet in Kamlah November 26 to .organize an Indian society for social and political purposes. The move ment has the approval of Chief Moses and Is expected to grow into a large and powerful organization. It will be the only one of Its kind In the Northwest. If not In the United States. Corbett Lawyers, secretary to Su perintendent Llpps, a Carlisle grad uate, and James Stewart, of Kooskla, a Government civil engineer, will or ganize the association and draft the constitution. While It will have a social side, the association will have considerable political significance, as the Indians will devise plans, for tribe protection, which will be sought through the mediations of the asso ciation with the Indian Department. Tb. Y. M. 0. II 1.000 pledod Uildibtf. Math Janrlga was sentenced to t banged for the murder of ll-yecr old Mary Hnimkar In Omgon City July II last. Ills attorney's will ask for a new trial Thr haa been th largest acreage of fall wheat sown In Wurman coun ty during the past few weeks In the history of the county. Th weather haa been Ideal for seeding, and the grain has taken on wonderful growth. About it tons or turkeys ware Douglas county's thanksgiving con tribution thla year. The prices ranged from 17 to 21 cents. These figures do nut Include the other poultry which was shipped In large numbers The postal authorities have closed the postorflce at Crook, Or. This poatofflce has been the distributing point for at least 75 ranch famllle for many years and Its abolition will make It . neceskary for the ranchers themselves to Journey the 62 miles to I'rliievllle after their mall. The Government Iteclamatlon Ber vIch has announced that tlio t'l.intllta Irrigation project Is now 82 per cent completed. Water right applications have been made for 3700 acres, 2600 of which have actually received water. There Is no unentered land In the HerinlHton unit After a deliberation of about two hours the Jury In the Harry Tabor manslaughter case, at Eugene last week, returned a verdict of not guilty. Tabor shot and kllli-d Harry Bluckey a few weeka ago near the Alpha purftofllcu In the Slualaw roun try. He clulmed that he shot In self defenne. The Portlund General Klectrlc Company haa notified Attorney-Gen eral Crawford that It will appeal to the Dulted States Courts from the decision of the state supreme court establishing the right of the state to receive 10 per cent of the net profits of the operation of the Oregon City locks. Suit has been filed by Harry K. Graham, of Freewater, against Daisy Strom. The couple married In Pen dleton two weeks ago and Graham alleges that Miss Strom told him she was a divorced woman, but fiat since marriage he has discovered she never had a divorce and that her husband la still alive, After trying to murder Mrs. Car rie 8wofford, a Portland waitress, be cause she had transferred her tranls tory affections to another, William Grandjean, a painter SO years old last week, aelzed a bottle of carbolic acid from the woman s dresser. drank It, and In ten minutes was corpse. Monday, November 23, the passen ger rare on tne steamers operated between Portland and points on the Upper Willamette river by the Ore gon City Transportation Company were cut close to 60 per cent, which la likely to have the effect of lead ing up to one of the biggest rate tus .ununited by a local navigation concern In recent years. A verdict of manslaughter with a recommendation to the mercy of the court, was returned last week by the Jury n the case of Alexander Dal rymple, convicted of killing Lee Put nam In The Dalles on June 12 last. The Jury was out about eight hours. Upon learning the verdict, Dalrym pie collapsed and has been In a seri !l0 COMPLETE JETTY CEMJUI, MIUMIAMX ItKftmT ihgi.s niHHiTAxcK k mu IMUUTAKIXCii. Government anil Male of Washing Ion lu Improve Columbia and hnake llivrra. Washington. Nov. II It Is evi dent from the annual report of Gen eral Marshall. Chief of Army Engin eers, in which he dlscunsea river and harbor Improvements In the North west, that In his opinion the Celilo canal and the Columbia river Jetty must be completed before the other large and Important Improvements are undertaken on a large scale. Moreover, he considers these projects of am h value aa to justify Congress In making such appropriations aa will enable the Government to complete these works In the near future. The report, from a practical standpoint, Is one that will be satisfying to the people of the entire Northwest, and tlio plan only needs Congressional sanction to carry It to completion. This report will form the basis for (he river and harbor bill to be p aimed at the coming session. Hi-cause of the Increase In cost of materials and the higher cost of la bor, the estimate of cost of The Dallea CVIIIo canal haa been revised. and Inateud of being 14,126,000, as originally estimated. It Is now set at I4.U00.000. Congress has athorlzed the total expenditure of $400,000 In the Im provement of the Columbia river be tween Celilo Falls and the mouth of the Snake river. The State of Wash Ington has appropriated $26,000 ad ditlonal for the Improvement of I'm tllla Rapid. Part of the Govern ment money Is being apent on steamboat equipped for drilling and removing ledges, and raking gravel bars, which are the two forma obstruction In this portion of the river. KOHllKIt HOLD AT ItAV WIIOLK .NEVADA TOWN Keno, Nev., Nov. 22 Detected as he was holding up the Court saloon In Hattle Mountain late last night, Mexican broke through the door an running Into Night Policeman W. f Coon, shot the officer In the Jaw then held up the gathering crowd as it collected. Cowboys and miners called for assistance, and rushing the robber, were repulsed by hla Ore. The Mexican backed down the street, forcing everybody In sight to follow him. When he drew away from the saloons he ducked Into the darkness. The town, aroused by the outrages, started on a man-hunt; and farmers hearing the shooting, came Into town with their lanterns. They carried these lights about with them seek Ing the robber, and several times shot at each other when they thought they had found the dare-devil Mexl can. Annapolis 200 Vears of Age. Annapolis, Nov. 22. The most ambitious observance in the history of Annapolis opened yesterday when thla ancient city by the Severn be- ous condition, it becoming necessary gan the celebration of the 200th an- to remove nl ni rrom tna county jau nlversary of the granting of her char Cost of Taft's Campaign Told. Albany, N. Y., Nov. 23. George B. Sheldon, treasurer of the Repub lican National Committee, today pub lished the list of contributions for the recent National committee. It shows 12,330 contributors, many of them covering a number of lesser to a hospital. Before a crowd of 10,000 people, the largest that ever saw a football game In the Pacific Northwest, the University of Oregon eleven demon strated Its superiority over the Ore gon Agricultural College team at Portland Saturday afternoon. The final score was 8 to 0. The total re ceipts were $8105, which Is the larg est amount ever paid In at a football game In the Pacific Northwest. Each team received $3364.15, out of which they were required to pay hotel bills In Portland. . The Chemawa Indian school Is making many improvement? which will complete the efficiency of the Institution. A $16,000 addition to ter from her namesake, Queen Anne. The historic old Senate chamber la the state house, the famous old treaty tree on St. John's college campus and the ancient Treasury building, on State House Hill, all come in for their share of the return to olden times. The last two are both said to date from far before Revolution ary times. There are now standing In Annapolis more than 30 houses which were erected and possibly oc cupied at the time the charter was granted the town. : , at rkTkTr 27 The tne engineering department Is nearly trllmted was 11.655,518.7. 1 tie , . ,, . - names of Individual contributors are given without specifying address or inr.a.nt.v. this being the method of entering them when received, but ad dresses have been Inserted as far as available. - s Repair Gunboat Bennington. Mare Island Navy-Yard, Cal., Nov. 23. In accordance with orders re ceived from the Navy Department, work will be taken up immediately .on the gunboat Bennington, on which an explosion occurred In San Diego harbor four years ago, wrecking the engine room and killing 67 men. A laree sum will be expended in re pairing the vessel. King Peter Moves Much Gold. Belgrade, Servla, Nov. 23. Seven teen carloads of coin and the arch ives of the National Bank were today removed from this city to the fort at Nlsh. This step waa taken because 'the government fears that Austria win make a raid on Belgrade, the capital. . It is rumored that the gov ernment also will be moved to Nish. Arrest Gang of Counterfeiters. Chicago. Nov. 23. With the arrest In Memphis, Tenn., yesterday of two scheduled at $97,980 while hla assets completed. There ,are over 40 In dian young men taking the course at the school of electrical and steam en gineering. The institution has sent many young Indians out who have taken this course and are holding their own with their white brothers. Several graduates hold chief en gineer licenses on Vessels paying in Puget Sound and Alaskan waters. In LaQrande, where the Conley- Williams episode originated, there Is nothing to Indicate that Conley Is on the face of the earth. Rumors break out anew that the old wheat king and millionaire banker lies in close seciuBlon on one of his ranches at Cove, where he owns nearly 1500 acres of the best wheat land In the valley. Farmers in that section have watched the place hut to no avail. It is almost safe to say that Conley la not in the Grand Konde valley. Creditors of J. W. Scrlber. the de faulting and bankrupt cashier of a bankrupt bank, met last week at La Grande with Referee in Bankruptcy Hodgln and elected Frank Phy, a local accountant, trustee. Phy was placed under bonda of $10,000 with a proviso that the referee may in crease the sum at any time, Scribsr's liabilities, exclusive of the bank, are Felled and Robbed. Wallace, Idaho, Nov. 22. Another railroad worker has been discovered near Mullan with the top of his head crushed in. Beside the body was found a new hammer oovered with blood, with the handle broken, snow ing that the blow which crushed the skull must have been terrinc. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Track prices: Club, 90c; red Russian, 88c; bluestem, 96c; Valley, 91c. Barley Feed, $26.50; rolled, $27.5028.50. Oats No. 1 white, $31; gray, $30. Hay Timothy, Willamette Valley, fancy, $15; do. ordinary, $12; East ern Oregon, mixed, $16; do. fancy. $17.50; alfalfa, $12; clover, $12. Butter Extra, a&c; iancy, 8 3 c; choice, 27c; store, 18c. Eggg Extra, 3 7 He. Hops-:-1908, choice, 88c; prime, 77Vsc; meaium, 546c; 1907, 34c. Wool Valley I4iec; n; Eastern Oregon, stcyxoc, aa to shrinkage. Mohair Choice, 18 190. more alleged counterfeiters, the se cret service operatives believe tney have captured all of the gang which Jiad been making bogus $5 bills and ..circulating them la Chicago ror mt .aral months. are given as vt,sua. mat is ac cording to Scrlbor's schedule, but new claims have appeared that will bring the liabilities to a point con siderably higher, though how much Is not announced. SEATTLE MARKETS. Wheat Bluestem, 9 6 Vic. Oats $30 34. Barley $26. Hay Eastern Washington timo thy, $16 Per ton: P" Sound hay, $10 11 per ton; wheat hay, $12 per ton; aliaiia, is.&o(bi per ton. Butter Washington creamery. 5c per lb.; ranch, 21 23c per lb. Sgga Selected local, 4J44c lint t m u i I t 'i MORE NEW SUITS Received Saturday Blacks Blues .Reds Edisons Greens Browns Tau pes Novelties mm 4 1 otoctou lu4a;t Jjm UIT In offering these Suits to our trade we feel sure that they will find favor with the most critical purchaser. These cloths arc principally worsteds, serges and Herringbones ! and a few broadcloths. We will be glad to have anyone come and examine the line even if they do not purchase. Skinner's Satin Bias Bands We have Skinner's Satin cut in bias bands, continuous lengths, all widths for trimming Lace Sale 5 Cents a Yard New Torchon Laces In ex ceptionally good quality, worth up to 15c a yard. Cushion Tops, for Xmas Studies in colors in applique in fur,velvet,satln,etc, painted portraits, Roman stripes, etc I 1 petitais JL L Stockton skirts ss. State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas County. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he a senior partner of the firm of F J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the city of Toledo, County and state aforesaid, and that said firm vill pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case tf catarrh that cannot be cured by I'all's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY, Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of De cember, A. D. 1886. (SEAL.) A. W. GLEASON. Notary Public, Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken in ternally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys tem. Send for testimonials free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo.O, Sold by all druggists, 75c. Take Hall'r Family Pills for con- stii atlcn. Monmouth vs. Albany. On Saturday, Nov. 21st, the O., S. N. S. played Albany High School on the college gridiron at Monmouth. The game was one of the most even ly matched ever played on the grounds. During the first half nei ther side scored but the game stayed Hear the goal Albany was defending. The beginning of the second half, Monmouth having the wind in her favor, scored in a very few minutes by making several quarter-back punts. Albany then having the wind, scored after hard line bucking. Albany made the drop kick and Monmouth failed, thus the score was 6-5 in favor of the former. In the latter part of the game O. S. N. S. was handicapped by Captain Stump being disabled and carried from the field. Quarter-back A. Sacre also received a sprained an kle but played through to the finish. The lineup on the O. S. N. S. side was as follows: guards, Ground and Burkhead; tackles, Arant and Dun ham; ends, McNeill and E. Jsacre; halves, Phelps and Riddell; center, Montague; quarter, A. Sacre; " full back, Stump. Youth's Companion Club Rate The Youth's Companion and Inde pendence Enterprise will be sold to gether this Fall, the two for, $2.25. This is the best offer ever made in connection with the Youth's Com panion. Renewals to that paper will be accepted with this paper at that price. Dr. Allin. Dentist. Cooper Bldg. tf SALE WE WISH TO DISPOSE OF' OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF COOK STOVES, TINWARE, ENAMELED WARE AND HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS AT ONCE. WE QUOTE YOU AS FOLLOWS: Enameled Ware 10-qt. Enameled Dish Pan 35c. Sale price 25c 14-qt. Enameled Dish Pan 50c. Sale price ....35c 17-qt Enameled Dish Pan 60c. Sale price ....40c Tin Boilers, usual price 85c. Pale price 65c Galvanized Boilers, usual price $1.00. Sale price 75c Tin Boilers, copper bottom, usual price $1.00. Sale prloe 75c Tin Boilers, copper bottom, usual price $2.00. Sale price ....$1.50 Tin Boilers, large and heavy, usual price $2.25. Sale price $1-65 Tin Boilers, large and heavy, usual price $3.00. Sale price $2.20 Tin Boilers, large and heavy, usual price $3.50. Sale price $2.70 We have a. fine assortment of twenty kinds and sizes. Our stock is at present complete, but will not remain so very long at the above prices. 15c 17-qt. Tin Dish Pan, regular price 35c. Saie price .... 20c Granite Iron Pie Plates 10c. Sale price 5c No. 9 Granite Iron Jelly Cake Pans 10c. Sale price 5c No. 10 Granite Iron Jelly Cake Pans 15c. Sale price 10c We are wanting to dispose of everything. The above prices are only samples of what our whole stock is going at. We offer it all at prices which cannot be duplicated, including our imported high-grade Stransky & Wipperman good s. Spencer Hardware Co. 14-qt. Tin Dish Pan, regular price 25c. Sale Price No. 10 Enameled, Fry Pan, 30c, Sale price 20c 10-qt. Enameled Water Pail 50c. Sale price 35c Fine line of dairy pails at less than the cost of manufacture.