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EUGENE, OREGON, FEBRUARY 13, 1900.
TUESDAY EVENING
NO. 37.
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argest Circulation.
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
Bryan Wants the Democrats to
Meet First.
SMALLPOX REPORT
Special for this week
Ribbon-Ribbon
35ct values
for 19 cts.
DON'T MISS THIS SALE
Hampton
Bros....
L C. SKEELS.
SUCCESSOR TO J. O- RHINEHART.
Jlodern Grocery House
Fancy and Staple Groceries, Fruits, Country
Produce, fresh canned and bottled goods,
china and glassware. All the delicacies and
substantial goods of the season.
NINTH STREET, EUGENE, OREGON.
alen tines...
Finest stock; most complete and up-to-date
ever brought to Eugene. Models of artistic
beauty and dainty design. See window and
decorated tables inside.
DIVERSITY BOOKSTORE,
H. G. MILLER, Proprietor.
V.
11900.,
jices: $45 and $40.
fitted with G
& J Tires and
Morrow Hub
' Coaster and
Brake is the best Bicycle ever built . . .
899 Ramblers $35.
1900 Ideals $30, $35 and $30.
1900 Clipper Chalnless $60.
SECOND HAND WHEELS TAKEN IN TRADE.
SICYCLI REPAIRING, SUNDRIES, ETC
British May Give Up Rensbnrg
Any Hour.
THE KIMBERLY BOMBARDMENT.
SpwM tothe UUABD. --
Berlin, Feb. 13. Report on the
Bourse state that it Is expected hourly
that Rensburg will surrender, and tbat
the British are prepared to evaouate If
the strata on their position continues.
London, Feb. 13. Another heavy
bombardment at Kimberly la reported.
It is further stated tbat projectiles for
tbe big guns are getting short in the
Boer camp, and it is thought they
will be unable to procure more easily.
London, Feb. 13. Advices received
by tbe war department state that Gen
eral Wood has seized and holds Sou-
pans Drift. Regarding Kimberly the
report says that the Bo ra bombarded
that city all day February 8, but with
out any appreciable damage resulting.
Rensboro, Feb. 13. The British
outposts at Basiards Neu, Hobkirk,
and other points alone the line of
battle have been driven back by the
Boers, the BritiBh retiring to Maeders
Farm. Tbe Boers continued ou the
aggressive and are pressing around
Rensburg.
Tbe BritiBh force at Blingerfonteln
has also been compelled to fall back,
before the active fighting of the Boers.
Speoial to the Guard,
Frankfort, Feb. 13. The feeling
that Kentucky trouble has ended is
not yery strong, in spite of the fact
tbat this report has gone out from
prominent men of both parties. Tay
lor's refusal to withdraw troops Indi
cates a smouldering feeling which may
be fanned to a flame at any moment,
by any event which may appear to
have siulster motives back of It.
CCJallock,
i V. EUGENE, OREGON.
t
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More Trouble.
HOTEL EUGENE.
SUBSIDY SHIPPING BILL LOST.
8pocliltotheGunl.
Washington, Feb. IS. In a con
ference of demooratio leaders held In
this city today it was developed tbat
W. J. Bryan wauts the demooratio
national convention held prior to that
of tbe republican and populist parties,
believing that sucb a course will tend
to thoroughly outline Important Issues
in an unequivooal manner. -
Work In congress Is of a desultory
nature. Routine business and oomT
mittee reports occupy moat of the time
in sessions. The public ownership
feature of the faciflo cable bill has
been shelved and it is thought will not
be again brought up In connection
with the matter. It is generally con
ceded tbat there is no hope for the
passage of tbe Payne-Uanna BUbsldy
shipping bill, as the opposition proves
to be very strong and well organized.
.
TRANSFERS OF KKAIjTt, ETC
Items Gathered About
House.
tbe Court
Real estate mortgage 400 00
Real estate mortgage 1,700 00
RKAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Mary Weber to John Klzer, "0.42
acres in tp 17 s r 2 w; 1040.
Nancy J Stowel) to Hattie ASlowell,
lot4blok 7 Scott's addition, Eugene,
grantor reserving life estate in said
premises; .
PROBATE.
Isaac Carson, appellant, vs. E. H.
Lauer, et al, respondents; ordered on
motion that respondents' time to serve
and file their brief be extended twenty
days.
DECLARATION OP INTENTION.
Paul Sorenson, a native of Norway,
filed his declaration to become a citi
zen of the United States.
LOO BRAND.
Log brand of Booth-Kelly filed,
77."
Medical Gentlemen
Opinion.
Property Will Be Improved
Tbis Spring.
Early
8. Smeed, of Walteivllle, owner Of
tbe Hotel Eugene property in tblB oity,
bus made arrangements to bave tbe
property improved, and was in town
today arranging details. To a Guard
reporter Mr. Bmced stated tbat imme
diately after tbe March term of oourt,
he would have a new ground floor put
Id, tome new partitions ea tabllshed
tbe front finished in better style and
tbe foundation strengthened. After
ward Mr. Smeed also Intends building
back to tbe next street, making the
building 114 feet in length. Tbe new
addition will be three stories blgb,
and the frontage on the park street
will be as nicely constructed as tbe
one on Willamette street, giving two
main entrances to tbe hotel. A small
oourt nicely arranged will adjoin this
new addition and the building will be
modern In every particular.
Messrs Hollenbeck Bras, Brlstow,
the present lessees, are doing an ex
oellont business, wblcb Justifies this
Improvement In the popular hostelry,
A Runaway Steamer.
W Urfew
Ca pea-jackets,
Mackintoshes
Bova' Suits and
Overcoats
"UlcWontAt
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good..)
. Frank & Son.
Hotlce to Contractors.
Nntlm la hereov aiven, tbat the
board of directois of school district No,
137 (Gate Creek Dlst.), Lane county,
Oregon, will receive sealed bids, until
March 3. 1900. for tbe ereotlon of
school house In said district, said house
o be 28x21 feet in the clear.
Plans and specifications may be seen
at the office of the oounty scnooi super
intendent, at Shumate's store at Wai
tervllle, or at tbe Vlda poelomce.
Th hn.ni raaorvea the right to re
ject any and all bids.
Chairman Board of Directors,
B. B. MayukO,
Clerk Dlatrlot No. 137.
Florooos Wot Fab. 9.
It is often said tbat minks are sly
creatures and John I. Butterfield real
ized tbe truth of the saying Tuesday
morning, when be searched an hour
or two for the steamer Mink, which
drifted away in the darkness when Mr,
Butterfield left it for a few minutes
without being securely fastened. The
boat bad been beached In tbe upper
part of town a day or two before for
repairs and Mr. Butterfield went out
about 4 o'clock in the morning to get
It off and bring it to Kurd's wharf.
Having got it afloat he left it inse
curely tied, and returning in a few
minutes lound the Mink has disap
peared. Mr. Butterfield obtained a
rowboat and with a companion stanea
out In search of the runaway. They
found it above Rose Hill cannery,
floating down tbe stream, as tbe tide
had turned. He will probably keep
close watch hereafter when bets nandl
log minks.
rKUSONAL.
W. A. Teutscb is In Eugene.
R. R. Hayes is back from bis hop
ranch.
Clint Davis, of Halsey, has returned
home.
K. K. Kubll, of Jacksonville, Is in
tbe oity.
O. O. McClelland went to Salem Ibis
afternoon.
Mrs. S. F. Kerns arrived home this
afternoon.
E. J. McClanaban went to Portland
this afternoon.
Dr. Bundy and Frank Rankin went
to Junction today.
Mrs. Emma Thompson is home
from Cottage Grove.
Judge Potter was a passenger to
Irving tbis afternoon.
Tbos Wheeler, of Saginaw, was In
Eugene today on business.
D. B. Murray came borne from Cot'
tage Grove this afternoon.
R. B. Houston, of Roseburg, wsb in
Eugene today visiting friends.
Miss Pearl Stafford arrived home to
day from a visit with relatives at Al
bany.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Peter are borne
rom a vlBlt with relatives in Linn
county.
F. C. Sharkey arrived from Portland
last night and left for Blue River this
afternoon.
Attorney I. N. Harbaugh arrived
home tbis afternoon from a trip to
points north.
Rev. M. L. Rose is home from a
trip to Ashla id, where he dedicated a
church Sunday.
Miss Birdie Day, of Albany, who
has been visiting Dr. Illddle and faml
lly, returned borne this afternoon.
Rev. (?. Calveit Hmoot has gone to
Oakland, Cal., to wait on bis father,
who Is very ill from a paralytio stroke,
and Is not expected to recover.
Attorneys A. C. SVoodcock and H
W. Thompson ars In Salem, where
they appear before the supreme court
today In the case of Jennie Hmllson
vs the Southern Pacific Company,
being attorneys for the respondent.
Hops Bold. W. P. Cheshire today
sold to Horst Bros., E. C. Smith,
I agent, bis crop of bops, 202 bales,
Terms, private.
Steamer Euok.vk. The steamer
Eugene arrived at Harrlaburg last
night, unloading Its freight at that
rjolnt. it received several tons of
freight there for down tbe river points
and started on the return trip this
morning.
THE DOCUMENT.
The following official report to the
oounty court speaks for itself:
Eoqenb, Ore., Feb. 12, '00,
To the Hon. County Court of Lane Co.
Gentlemen: Having been requested
by your honorable body to determine
the nature of the eruptive disease now
prevalent In the vicinity of Crow, Pan
titer, Mound and Hadleyvtlle, and ad
vise you regarding the nature of the
same, beg to submit tbe following
report:
On Sunday, Feb. 11th, 1000, we vis
ited the neighborhood of the epidemlo,
examined several cases In different
stages of tbe disease, andenqulred into
tbe history and nature of the epidemic.
Altogether about 100 persons have been
affected. Although none, with one
possible exception, bave died with tbe
disease. It being in a mild form,
several bave been seriously ill. At
present time there are one or two cases
tbat are orttioal.
After a thorough examination we
unqualifiedly pronounce the disease to
be smallpox In the discreet, or mild
form, with no symptom lacking to
make the diagnosis absolutely certain.
Respectfully submitted,
W. L. Cheshire, M. D.,
D. A. Paine, M. D.
For months a skin eruption disease
has been prevalent throughout Lane
county, and the Guard from timn to
time has given notice of the same.
SPRINGFIELD.
In the neighborhood of bpringfleld
from 51) to 75 cases ooourred last sum
mer and fall, the first known in the
county. Dr. John Harris, an able
practitioner, examined the disease by
order of tbe Commissioners Court and
pronounced it a low order of obicken
pox. No fatalities resulted and the
disease seems to have at last "run out"
In that vicinity. Sovetal of those
afllloted picked bops under a glaring
sun.
IN EUOENE.
It Is known that 15 or 20 oases of the
sume disease has ooourred in tbis oity,
and three families were placed under
quarantine. Dre. Prentice, T. W.
Harris and Koykendali pronounced
tbe disease a mild form of smalloox.
wnne ur. u, w. Brown said It was
ehlckenpox. In tbe last case here,
(Lee Hoeelton.) Dr. A. I. Nlokliu also
pronounced It smallpox of a mild type.
AT HOUND.
The next place of attack was In
Mound precinct, about 20 miles west
of Eugene. A gentleman residing In
that product, a few days ago Informed
us that there bad been about 70 cases
of what they termed ohlokenpox with
no fatalities. No dootora were called
and a great many of those afflicted
never went to bed.
CROW VICINITY.
Some 30 cases have ooourred in the
Crow neighborhood, and tbe Gates'
settlement, but most of them are now
well. Mrs. Frank Hadley, of Hadley
vllle, has the disease, but not seriously .
Tbe school teaober In tbat neighbor
hood, Mr. Jordan, is said to bave
taught school right along while be had
tbe disease.
SHOULD BE QUARANTINED,
Undoubtedly a quarantine should be
established and muob care taken to
prevent the spread of even a mild form
of smallpox, or a low order of oblck-
enpox, for that matter. Still we do
not believe people should become un
ouiy exoiteu over a disease with no
fatalities.
Schools should not be stopped, as
some people on tbe streets have sug
gee ted. More people have died from
colds, ten times over, this winter.
than from this disease, and nothing
has been said about it, either.
VACCINATION,
Compulsory vaccination la advocated
by aome people. It is estimated that
at least three-fourths of those attend
ing schools in Eugene have never been
vaccinated. This Is a large per
centage, but probably Is nearly correct
NOT VARIOLOID.
This not varioloid, as hardly any of
these patients were ever vaccinated or
were inocculated with tbe smallpox
previously. It seems strange tbat In
no many cases generally without
medical treatment, and with very
little care, no fatalities should occur.
In smallpox epidemics a large per
centage of deaths Is tbe result,
200 CASES.
At a low estimate at least 200 cases of
this disease bave ooourred In tbis
county since beginning at Springfield,
July 1, iwu.
ACTS QCRERLY.
George Holland, who resides near
Crow says that vaccination does not
keen a man from having the disease
and several who have previously bad
the smallpox take It also.
NO ACTION TAKEN.
ThA School Hoard has taken
am lmi In Ibe matter and probably will
not,
Our closing out salo will
continue on all
Pen's Glothing
Boots
and Shoes
until all are sold.
J. V.lfaaffmw
Removal and
Consolidation
Having dosed nut nearly nil of my former stock of
goods, 1 nave removed to Hth Btreet. where in con
nection with I. K. PeterV Feed and Grocery, Vaints
and Oils, we are adding a complete new atockof
Dry Goods, Furnishing Goods,
Boots and Shoes, Notions, Etc.
Doing buainefM aa formerly on a
C'aah baaia with prices to correspond.
YELLOW FRONT
STORE, 9th St.
A. V. Peters.
COMFORTS
See Day & Henderson's new line of
COMFORTS
Scientists Say
Sweet Brier
Tomatos
Tobacco is fattoniug. Wo don't recom
mend it on the table, but for a good smoke
the BANQUET CIGAR which is made of the
finest tobacco can't be beat.
10 cts a can
AT
tsl I
GEO. T. HALL & SON.
These are solid packed Tomatoes.
Saturday
10'
First Come-First Served....
Remnants we are going to sell.
We want your attention.
TOMORROW.
These are a few of the things wo will show you as we
cannot mention all. Eugene has never witnessed a large
sale of this kind.
HERE WE GO
Bed Ticking,
Ginghams,
Muellns,
Sheetings,
Outing Flannel,
Canton Flannel, Silks, I JJ1
Demlns,
Shoes always, remember the Shoe Bul- ? ,"s8
ness Is wide awake with us; as we mean tn, ,
make It that way with Quality and Prices. , .J
Sale will last until all those Hues are extlnot, ftJJO
Wrapper Goods,
All Wool Dress Goods'
Corsets, ,
Calicoes,
Purscoll, !
Silks, I
Underwear,!
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