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Subscribe for The Independent $1 Per Year Republican in Politics JOB PR1XT1XG Is Our Spt cialtij Gic3 us a trial lyLLSBOUO, WASHINGTON' COUNTY, OKKOON, FRIDAY Nl'MKF.K f2 Vol. CM K 'M MAY 13, 1001 phe Independent. 1SY D. W. BATH. ON K IXII.I.AK rK.lt YKA It IS ADVASfV Republican in Politics. Auvkktisinu Rwks: Display, 00 cent? an inch, single column, for four inser tions; read i n g uotice, one cent a woid e.uh insertion (nothing lew than 15 cents) i professional earl, one inch, f 1 a month ; lodge cards, 5 a year, pay a Me quarterly, (notices ami resolutions free to advertising lodges). PROFESSIONAL CARDS. E. B. TONGUE ATTOltXEY-AT UW Hillsboro, Oregon. Office: Rooms 3, 4 ami 5, Morgan Blk W. N. BARRETT ATTOUN EY-AT-I-AW Hillsboro, Oregon. Office: Central Block. Rooms 6 and 7. BENTON BOWMAN ATTOUX EY-AT LAW Hillsboro, Oregon. Office, in Cnion lilk., with S. B. Huston TlTosT 1 1. TO NCI UK J R. ATTOKNKY-AT-I.AW NOTARY 1TBUC Office: Rooms II, I ami ft, Morgan Block Hillsboro, Oregon. 8. T. LINKLATER. M. B. C. M. PHYSICIAN AND SURC.EON. Hillsboro, Oregon. Office, upstairs, over The Helta Drug Htore. Office hours 8 to 1-'; I to (i, and in the evening from 7 to ! o'clock. ' J. P. TAMIESIE, M. D. S. P. R. R. SURGEON Hillsboro, Oregon. B Orrlce nnd Hddence, corner Third and Main streets. Office hours, 8:30 to 12 A. M.. 1 to 5 and 7 to 8 P. M. Telephone to residence from Brock & Sels' drugstore nt all hours. All calls promptly attended, night or day. F. A. BAILEY, M. O. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Hillsboro, Oregon. Office: Morgan-Bailey block, np stairs, rooms U', 13 and 15. Residence S. W. cor. Base Line and Second sts. Both 'phones. F. J. BAILEY, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Hillsboro, Oregon. Office: Morgan-Bnlley block, up stairs with F. A. Bailey. Residence, N. E. coiner Third and Oak Bta, LODGE DIRECTORY. (Cards, $5 a year: Resolutions and Meeting Notices free to advertis ing Ixidges.) RTBY-ASSEMBLY NO. 20, UNITED ARTISANS. Hillsboro, Oregon. Regular meeting on Monday evening cf each week at Odd Fellows' Hall, Hillsboro. Mem hers nlease attend. The Central Meat .Market sells Fresh and Cured Meats, and Lard Prices Reasonable V. II MILKY, I np, Beavcrton GREEN HOUSE. W. II. Morton, prop. We f'iriiNh rut Flower for Fun rtln. CuroMHnii!), Hones and CaUe LHIIes hIwhjs "in hand. Vegetabb pHnM for i r implanting, 6e per doz DR. W. E. !A RR KTSON Wil t. FIT Vol It F.VKft With glasses that are alolutely correct. He don't have to exieriment on you, us bin modern instrument detect the smallest en or. No pain, no medicine or "drops" Heed, lie does hot charge fancy prices. I 'all and see him at 1' Fifth street. Corner Alder, Portland Or. Don't Ue To M. I.oult Till you rail al or write to tin ClilcMgo, Militike and H. Paul Itiilroad. Office 131 Third Hired, Portland, Oregon. L-w ril to all point Eft, In connection wiith nil transcontinental ; II. s.UOWK, Oetieritl Agn', I'.nland, Or FOrV SALE.. Thirty acre ( Ui d two Mock noutli of (he di pot. O mmI building npot. .'OoO stratUrry, plants It. U-nnne. Lnd suitable for pardrc Ing N-ar fh rondenmr. Inquire pf NV. K TIIOUNK, t'uutu tud ui .Sict nil Hintd. REPUBLICAN RALLY Meetings Scheduled for Washington County. Uood Speaker Will lie Ire- ent Keiiieruber the littys and Ittte. The Washington county Republican campaign is now on in dead earnest and from now until election day candidates will be on the move. The following meetings have Wen scheduled and first class speakers have been secured to de liver addresses on the political Issue, t is hoped each gathering w ill be largely attended. Remetnlier the day and date The evening meetings will commence promptly at 8 o'clock and the afternoon meetings at 2 o'clock. Gales Creek, Saturday afternoon, May 21. Rcedville, Saturday evening, May 21. Buxton, Monday afternoon, May 23, Greenville, Monday evening, May 23. Scholia, Tuesday evening, May 24. Cornelius, Wednesday afternoon, May 2ft. Gaston, Thursday evening, May 21. Bethany, Friday evening, May 27. Beaverton, Saturday evening, May Tigardville, Tuesday evening, May 31. Tualatin, Wednesday evening, June 1st. Sherwood, Thursday evening, June 2nd. Forest Grove, Friday evening, June 3rd. Hillsboro, Saturday evening, June 4. Two iiuii'f Holly Rollers have lieen taken to Salem since our last issue. Rose Seelcy age 2S and Attie Bray age 22, Imth of Corvallis. There are now sis of the religious fanatics in the asy lum. The Oregon Christian Missionary Con vention will be held at the camp grounds in Turner, June 24 to July 3. Rev. W. F. Richardson, of Kanscs City, Mo., a leader in the church, will" be the chief speaker. Accommodations may be bad on the grounds for families. John Seymour was Tuesday released from the state prison at Salem, upon completing his term and was immediate ly taken into custody by Federal offic ials who will take him to 'Washington, D. C, for trial on a burglary charge. Seymour was received from Multnomah County on an IS months' sentence for larceny The Women's Lewis and Clark Club, of Oregon City, is to entertain the pio neers of Clackamas county (those who came to Oregon fief ore February 14, ISftti) Friday, May 20, from 2 to 5 o'clock p. in. at Willamette Hall in Oregon City. An interesting programme Is liv ing prepared and a short talk will lie ex vted from each of the attending pio neers. Refreshments will be served and the pioneers of the county are in vited. Sunday's quiet in Indeiendenee was ilisturlifd by an encounter in the saloon of L. Smith, that for a time created con siderable excitement, and resulted in the injuring of Edw in Nichols, one of the participants. Oliver Smith drew a pistol and struck Nichols over the head repeatedly, inflctiug severe wounds. In the struggle the weaisin was discharged and the bullet imlicdilcd itself in the wall. Smith stated that he saw Nichols put his hand in his Hn ket and thought robliery was the motive. Nichols, how ever, claims he was merely reaching his hand into his jiocket to get jieanuts. The funeral of Jonathan A. Young, of McMinnville, who was second lieuten ant in Company A, of the Second Ore gon, U. S. V., held Sunday, was one of the largest in the history of the county. He was a memlier of the Maccals-es, the A. O. I. W., the I. O. O. F. and the Knights of Pythias, and the services at the court house were conducted by the Knights, while the Odd Fellows had charge at the grave. Remarks were iiiad"' by Rev. Joseph Huberg, II. S. Maloncy and Charles Grisscii, on liehalf of the Knights of Pythias. About 20 f the mriiiliers uf Company A were pres ent and "tas" was blown at the con clusion of the services by ( ieorge Curtis I .ee Snyder. Col. Owen Summers, the commander of the ( Ircgon regiment, was also present. According to information furnished by a native, a lly of Russian infantry 2000 strong, occupying a hill near Toiig shangllot on Sunday mistook a de tachment of their own infantry, alsmt 200 stroiiif, w hich was retiring, for Ja anese troos, and e,' . .ged it in battle. In the lighting 110 were killed and 70 wounded and the Russian carts were staiiiN-dfd, leaving their loads of stores la-hind. According to the story told by a captured Russian officer, w ho sirtici pated in the battle on Sunday last, only five or six battalion of Rii'siau infant ry and t w battalions of artillery were able til retire in order. The other tnsips ran aw av in a t.'.ate of entire coiifuMoii. Circuit Court. Circuit Judge Mclb ide came out Mon day morning and held a short session of court. The following orders and de crees were made: J. A. MeCune vs. Gaston Co-operative Milling Company. Decree made fore closing mortgage on mill property. Patterson vs. Xorthrup. Sale con tinued. Shevlin vs. Samuelson. Judgment for plaintiff and debt, allowed oO days in which to tile bill of exceptions. Win. Lyda vs. B. 11. Laughlin. De murrer overruled and answer Hied. Christina Meler et al vs. Adelheit Luhmann et al. Referee's report of sale continued. Anna Witt vs. John Witt. Decree of divorce granted. Demurrer overruled and answ er tiled in re. case of llellman vs. Borchers. Answer tiled in re. Win. Spenee vs. K. II. Jeter. Fair Dealing. The mighty magic of fair dealing and 'low prices for good goods Is drawing the purchasing public to our salesrooms and it is not to lie wondered at when we are selling the very liest gmids at the lowest prices. L. M. Hovt&Co. PORTLAND AND RETURN 85c. The Southern Pacific is now selling round tripMickets to Portland from Hillsboro for 85 cents, good going Saturday T. M., or any train of Sun day, returning Sunday and Monday, giving all day Sunday and Monday in Portland. The same arrangement applies from Portland, giving all Port land people a chance to visit valley points at grca'ly reduced rates. WOMAN'S LEWIS MILLSaOIIO. 1 - ifrcy the tewis &cwjmcrNrENmAuy 4T V pnaTiw"" The above is a picture of a cut the ladies of the Hillsboro Division of the Woman's Lewis and Clark Club have had made for their stationery. The Inde pendent has just printed 5,000 envelopes with this picture on the front and the re sources of Washington county on the reverse side, w hich the ladies are offering for sale at almost the cost of the bare envelopes. The cut is the same as used by the Lewis and Clark Club generally ; but note the rose bud and stem. This is an addition belonging entirely to the ladies of the Hillsboro Club and is a vast im provement. Xo family should send a letter without this beautiful picture printed on the envelope, especially when they cost no more than the ordinary kinds. Portland's Big Fair. Even at the very opening of the great Txmieiaua Purchase exposition the ener getic people of Portland, Ore., do not proHse to have it forgotten that there will soon lie another great fair for the consideration of Americans, and espe cially the Americans of the west. It is promised that the Iwis and Clark ex position in luoftwill lose nothing by fol lowing so closely on the heels of the St. Ixuiis fair, especially as the Portland show will in large measure lie devoted to a field which is peculiarly its own. St. Louis may lie said to be one gate way of the vast empire which Iw is and Clark o)iened to the world, and Portland is another. So vast was the territory covered by these intrepid explorers on their voyage up the Missouri and down the Columbia, that not one, but many expositions will lie needed to fully ex ploit the resources of the great domain they threw open to civilization. The Portland exposition will lie not able chiefly in that it will draw the at tention of the world to the possibilities of the expansion of American trade with the orient. For years far sighted men like J. J. Hill and other promoters of railway anil steamship lines, have real ized the jKssibilities of this trade, but it cannot lie said that the country in general has lieen fully alive to the real significance of our Pacific ports. The exposition at Portland will do more to open the eyes'of the American public to the advantages and possibilities of oriental trade than years of advertising through ordinary channels. If for no other reason than this one bit of educational influenc", the Ixwls and Clark exposition will be worthy of generous supjiort. . Probata Court. In the matter of the estate of (ieorge B. Day, deceased. Executor discharged and the estate closed of record. In the matter of guardianship of Har ry and Adelaide McDonald, minors. Petition by the American Bonding Co., filed for release as surety on the lond of Frank A. Bennett, as guardian of said minors. In the matter of the estate of M. A. Dauks, deceased. Petition filed by the A. B. Co., for release as surety on the bond of F. W. Cady, administrator of aid estate. In the matter of the guardianship of Mary J. Robinson, insane. Ordered DEATH OF STANLEY The(reat Explorer Pass es Away. The Deadly F.lectrlc Light Wire C'liiiiiia Anotiter Viet I in Xew Xotew. Death of Explorer Stanley. London, M-y li) Sir Henry M. Stan ley, the African explorer, died early t day. He passed awny peacefully shortly after i o'clock. He was quite conscious to the last and able to recognize his wife. Before he died Sir Henry expressed a wish to be buried at his county seat, Furze Hill, Pirbnght, Surrey. Thetpies tion, however, is U'ing discussed of bury ing him lieside Livingstone in Westmin ster Abbey. Mr. Stanley had been ill for two weeks of pleurisy. Since Sunday he had been in a semi-conseious condition, and while the doctors had no hope of his recovery, they did not expect the end to come so soon. Heart trouble complicated the case, however, and their famous 'patient dropped off almost liefore they knew it. Fred Olson, a streetcar conductor in the employ of the ( regou Water Power & Railway Company of Portland received an electric shook from a live wire at a point on the Oregon City line near Mil waukie, at 12 :45 Tuesday morning, anil died be fere he could be taken to the city for medical attention. AND CLARK CLUB OREGON - laps that guardian lie discharged, hia bonds men released and that all the property in the hands of guardian be given to said Mary J. Robinson. In the matter of estate of John Graf, deceased. Ordered that citation be is sued and served iixin the heirs at law to appear before the court, June 13 and show cause why real estate should not be sold. In the matter of the estato of Wiley a Dennis. Ordered I hat sale of real estate be continued, and purchaser giv en a good and sufficient conveyance for the proierty sold. In the matter of the estate of Peter Harper, deceased. Ordered that Mon day, June 13, at 10 o'clock lie th" time set for hearing objections to account and reports and that administrator lie authorized to distribute balance of mon ey in his hands liclonging to said estate. In the matter of the guardianship of Neils J. Brow n, minor. Ordered that sale of real estate be confirmed. In the matter of guardianship of (iuitav Hartrampf, minor. Ordered that the kin and all interested apiear at the court house June 13, and show cause why license should not l granted to sell real estate. Fashions, fancywork and fiction are the strong p hits of The Designer for June. There are all kind of cool and dainty things in the apparel line, and a sjiecial article on "The Shirt Waist Cos tume," while anile from the regular "Ix-sson in Millinery" there are direc tionsfor"Makinga Raffia Hat." "Pillow Ijice." "Rugs, Cushion Tops and Buffet Spreads in Cross Stitch" "Stocks and Yokes in Fancy Fagotting," and "Baby Cap and Stock Collar" in tatting com prise the fancywork, and "Mothers' Hi gher FMneatioii." "A Morning Call," and "The Land of Wish-To lie" stipj.ly the fiction. The practical articles are Pet Stock Farming," "Club Rooms for ( iirls," "Mother Burleigh and I ler Rugs" ard "The Home Kindergarten," the en tertainment features Is-ing "A Rose Luncheon," "A Trip Around the World," and "Knots and Whatnots." A liberal supply of verse is given this month, and it is all of unusually good quality. for Sale or Trade. Alieiirhart Knitting Machine, pood as new. What have you to trade for it? J. A. Messinger. i "The 4 leorges" at the OjsTa House Tuesday evening, May 17th. World's Fair Notes. Nearly 5000 plates of apples, pears, oranges and loquots, embracing every known variety uf these fruits raised in America, are on exhibition in the pal ace of Horticulture. Under the direc tion of Prof. John T. Stinson, superin tendent of pomology, they have been carefully clanstied and are ready for the verdicts of the judges. California's ex hibit is especially notable. The capitol building at Sacramento, reproduced in almonds, is one of the features. The Igorrote, Boutoc, Tinganue and Suyoc tribes, which have been quarter ed in the Cuartel since their arrival at the Philippine section, moved to their village in the stockade just east of the Cuartel Sunday. Iu the village a mod ern house has lieen erected for the use of officers and headquarters of the Phil ippine hoard. Twenty-three Pawee and nineteen Wichita ladiaus arrived from Okla homa Sunday at the Indian reservation They are building their houses east of the school building. They will follow their native industries of making moc casins, bows and arrows and bead work. Exhibitions to demonstrate the prop erties of radium and radio-active miner als will begin within a week or more in a theater now being installed in the palace of Mines anil Metallurgy. Dr. (ieorge F. Knuz, an authority on the subject, will give the demonstration. Exhibit cars are now being unloaded at the rate of 200 a day. There wore iSOl cars in the Fair grounds at 7 o'clock Monday morning and over 2(H) have been unloaded. Ten states and two foreign countries have completed their exhibits in the palace of Education. The work on the remaining exhibits is progressing rapid ly aud Chief Rogers thinks it will be finished before the end of a week. The state i whose exhibits are complete are Colorado, Connecticut, Kentucky, Wis cousin, Iowa, Minnesota, New York, Tennessee, Virginia and Xew Jersey. The foreign exhibits completed are Great Britain and Sweedon. The Pasteur institute has become so successful in their experiments with microU'S for the destruction of rats and other rodents that destroy tarm crops that the French Minister of Agriculture has asked for an appropriation of 3ft(), 000 francs to destroy field mice in cer tain districts aud also for a bill authoriz ing the formation of syndicates lor the purpose of destroying rodcuts, insects and other creatures which are injurious to agriculture, by means of the Pasteur microbe. We hope the experiments will prove all that Is claimed for them, as there are many sections of the North west wanting something of the kind. Pacific Farmer. A good story is told of a prominent Portlando r who is conspicuous for his extreme rotundity. The other morning he was struggling with a pair of la e shoes. "Confound these things, any how 1" he burst out. "I can't get into em!" "My dear," suggested his wife, "you should have a valet." " 'Avalet'l" grunted the portly in dividual, as he made a deserate effort to tie a bow knot. "Huh! If I had a valley where I now have a mountain, it might do some good." Pacific Monthly. Real Estate Transfers. Martin Neltoo est to Chu S B Cbant, lnlt 6, 7, ( lu block 22, W fortlsud height..! Oregon Conilanted Milk Co to th public aa a publlo park sw ror of H Vlu blk t part of blk lu John K Oolilberg to J II Coulee part of w 12iw MhcHIi 2 60 uu 1 uu 1 uu Win Klegl to II L Klegl a piece of land In a w cur of tec 31 1 2 r 1 R.X) no President aud Iruitee of Tualatin Acad emy and HVlolW Fucjua part of blk t or the original part of K drove 1UU0 UU Maria i Baker to Marr E Tlekner et at In 15 and IS Ladd'i add to Bearerton... D C Stewart lo John W Anderson part of the Horace dlo . . . uclae A Blodgetl to John W Blodgett It 4 ee 1 1 1 n r 6W. ...... Edward Lowe loJobo W Blodgett It 4eeo St 1 n r 6w. Louli Borchera to Jaa Beavert et al ' ac 1 on 1 uu 1 uu 1 uo lnw2Ut2 ir Iw 25 00 1 A Irubrle to Ford Wolff of original dou claim of Isaae Butler mc 25 aud 26 1 1 n r2 w I 00 I) C I-atourttte to Ha ml D jdeck part of bl k 6 In Walberi add to t drove :u) uo Honey man Hardware Co to i W Weacott lu M, 14, IS, IS, In blk 7 K U 2.,7 00 First Cong church of f (irore lo Kather J Thomaa a V, lot 119 Foreil O 7 50 (ieo K Baglejr to Oeo Hchulmerlch et al pt of nw corol It 4 blk 7 and in ft of the It Apon wblcb the barneaa shop la aim ated and W ft the north line blk 7 lno uo M b Markham lo John Baldwin I acre of laud In original plat of K Orore. 250 00 banlel Stover to Belle Milne 11 1 blk 17 F 7.j0 uo A I Mchola to K A Wolf all of It t blk I Thorue'aadd to lllllalxiro . 78 CO Chaa Wunderllck to Anna Ken aw ci of M Wren' die 1 1 n r w 2700 00 John Byroado to Anna Byroado lie 5, 0, 7, 1 blk Kore-t Orove I 00 MlloNeltey to Wllllm.na (line die of E Walker I2.M 00 Henrietta Pamechat lo Albert S Sbole Itil, 2, 1 blk SSIminotia' add .to 11111 boro .. , . ... l.l'o 00 It is laid in financial circles that ne gotiations are approaching a conclusion with financial houses in liiidon for the issue of a Japanese loan of $i'i,(HK),iMK) at till, the security being a first charge on the customs. Rusty Mike's Dairy, May 13, l'.H)4 F.ver notice Ihet when one feller runs every I sidy else ruu jest to see what the first feller es running fur getja few peo ple started lo your store en the rest will follow. Advertising will do it. ALL OVER THE STATE Items of Interest Culled from Our Exchanges. Mhurt ew Sotem for llasy People Xewety, Mliort Crisp. Instead of a carnival this fall, the business men of The Dalles have decid ed to hold a district fair and stock show. Really, a fair of this kind will lie of more benefit and interest than a carni val. The grand lodge I. O. O. F. will con vene in Astoria on May 17, 13 and 19. It is exiected that fully 000 delegates will la) present. As there will probably not lie sufficient accommodations for the delegates in Astoria, arrangements will lie made with the Seaside hotels to ac commodate them. The Wooulmrn city jail, built 12 years ago by Bob Morris, was destroyed by tire, which started at 11 o'clock Friday night. Marshal Beach had locked in a tramp who was intoxicated, and as the tire started inside the natural supposi tion is that the prisoner was the cause of the conflagration. He said he was awakened about morning by smoke when the marshal arrived and liberated him. An ahloliodied hall storm struck this vicinity on Tuesday afternoon. At Prineville only small hail fell, preced ing a fair-siiud cloudburst, but on the desert southwest of here the hail stones were as big as hen's eggs. In the vicin ity of Powell Buttes, Walt Yandevert, who was bringing in the mail 'stage, had to drive to a sheltering juniper and unhitch his team, as the horses were terribly sc. rod by the hailstones and were liecoining unruly. Xo damage was done that we have heard of. Crook County Journal. Remember it was the desire of the people that the Lewis and Chirk appro priation bill was passed by the legisla ture and the lielief was then, and is now, tiiat the Fair would bo an advertisement for the stale and that as an investment it would repay the state (or every dol lar expended. Governor Chamberlain was an enthusiastic supporter of the bill, as was all of the leading men of the state, Isith Democrats and Republicans, Any attempt on the part of the iHimo crats to make campaign thunder out o( the Fair appropriation should fall flat. Lebanon Criterion, The year and a half old sou of Mr. aud Mrs. Prather, of Newberg. drank poison from a bottle he picked ui in the house, and expired in a few minutes, a day or two since. The Prathers had just moved luto a house in which some bottles had been left in the back room and had not examined or removed them. Tuesday evening the baby boy in play ing around got hold of a bottl", and when the mother reached him, the con tents had been drained. The little fel low exclaimed, "Oh, mamma, it burns," and was soon dead In his mother arms. It is not known just what the deadly Kison was, though It contained some carbolic acid. There is many a man who would lie willing to walk the road of life if some one would g ) ahead of him and 1U up the bad places and bridge the treacher ous streams that sometimes seem almost impossible to cross. The road to success often seems strewn with curjiet tacks and last vears blacklierry bushes, but therein lies a secret. If you are brave enough to walk over them barefooted, the victory is aurs. But if you are a tenderfoot and have no courage alsiut you, then the world at large will be afraid to risk you. It Is human nature topri.e highest that which is most difficult to win. Yamhill Co. Reporter. Over a year ago II. Hirschberg, ( f Independence, Polk County, snnk a well to a depth of about 1,000 feet bor ing for oil, on what is known as the Whiteaker place, lying six miles from Indejiendence. His machinery was in adequate to continue the lioring and the matter was droped lor the time being. They reported they had struck a How of salt, and that an investigation of the same had showed it to be a quantity sufficient to establish salt wells. Last week an incnriMiratlon was formed with the residence of the corporation at In dependence, the incorporators being II. Hirschberg, president of the Independ ence National bank at Ibis place, D. W. Sears, pres. lent of the Polk Ctunty Land company, also o! Independence, Judge J. K. Hibley of Dallas, Charles K. m Id, of the Merchants National bank of Portland, and A. I Mills, president of the first National bank of the saino Jilacn. The capital stock is fixed at 100,000. Shares at 1 1 each. The name of the company is the Polk County Salt, (ias and Oil company. Thus consider able excitement has been aroused by the n ws and much speculation is beiug Indulged in as lo the probabilities of oil being discovered. Those in teles ted and many who have looked over the terri tory state that they believe that oil will Iss found. i "Vbitc Clor" t Safe Blowers at Forest Grove. Robbers broke into the poetotllce at Forest Grove Monday nigtit and after dynamiting the safe, secured $1,000 in postage stamps and cash and two regis tered letters. Officers are trying to lo cate the midnight prowlers, but up to the time of going to press, no trace of them has been found. Postotlice in spectors believe that the work was done by two men who were seen hanging about town for a day or two. A rail mad velocipede was stolen from Cornel ius during the night and it is thought the burglars used this mode of convey ance to gel awav. Investigation show ed that entrance had Wen made by a window. Two holes had lieen drilled in the safe and the combination brokeu by a charge of nitroglycerin. From the thoroughness of the job it is evident that it is the work of experts. The robbers used a sledge-hammer and crowbar stolen from Cornelius. These were left Inside the wrecked safe. District Attorney Alton's Views. Attorney General Crawford ruled a few days ago that the registration liooka would have to lit; closed on the night of May 14, but his interpretation of the law does not meet the approval of Diet rid Attorney Allen, who has advised County Clerk Clinton to keep ojien the IsHiks until 5 o'clock on the night of May 10. The clerk will act upou this advice ami voters will therefore, have until Monday evening iu which to reg ister. Mr. Allen assumes the opposite view from Attorney General Crawford. Mr. Ciaw ford contended that the law pro vided for closing of the books on the night of the 15th, and that the liooks could not, except by act of the legisla ture, la) kept open after that date. His ruling was that the non-judicial day, Sunday, whicn falls oh the 15th, was not to be included within the time speci fied tor registrations. The district attorney takes just the . other view. Practically all of Oregon's laws make provision for non-judicial days, but the registration law is defi cient in this respect. Mr. Allen' says the supreme court has ruled on the matter, however, aud that; where a date' specUlcd in a law falls on Sunday, the following day Is to lie counted in the place of the non-judicial day. He has made thorough search into the proposi tion and is quite certain the attorney general's opinion is erroneous. Aator i'l attorneys all share Mr. Allen's opin ion, and County Clerk Clinton will be guided by it. Astoria Astorian. A Good Old Age. Thos.Corrigan, Sr., of Wilbur, Wash., celebrated his With birthday anniversary ' last Monday, Mr. Cot rigan, who is the oldest man in Eastern Washington, and possibly in the entire state, was born in Ireland and came to America with his parents when he was only 10 years old. In Baltimore, Md., at the age of 35 years, he was united in marriage to Miss Ellon Curry, then only 15 years old. Though now u her 7Hth year, she is hale and hearty and able to do a full day's work. Andrew Carnage is breaking into print with considerable regularity of late. A few days ago he was out with a state ment that he would contribute d, 000,000 to assist in electing Roosevelt, and now he is telling the Europeans how much gixsl he is to derive from his $5,000,000 fund for perpetuating the fame of heroes. Considering the manner iu which Mr. Carnegie's wealth was obtained, it would be more liecoining for him to pa rade it before the eyes of the world with a little more modesty, An exorbitant tariff tax which was levied on the Amer ican consumers enabled Mr. Carnegie t) pile up his vast wealth, and when he bilks alsmt contributions of $1,000,000 to a political fund, no matter how worthy the e didate be seeks to aid may be, he is certainly not displaying very good judg ment. If Mr. Carnegie will spend somo of his Ill-gotten gains in bringing about a revision of tarriff laws so that an Am erican citizen can buy American goods as cheaply in America as a European can buyjthe same gotsls in Europe, he will have accomplished more good than will result from his heroes' fund or his million-dollar political contributions. Ex, The May numls-r of the Pacific Month ly is the most profusely illustrated is sue of the magazine ever published. It contains just 07 pictures and they are full of interest, too. The article ou "The Battleground of the Russo-Japan War" is written by Dr. James Hunter Wells, who has just re turned from a ten-years' sojourn in Ko rea. He writes most entertainingly of the Koreans. The illustrations are from his prlvatecollectlnns, many of them lie ing without duplicates in the w hole world. The pictures of the I-ake Chelan region reveal some of the marvelous scenery of "the American Alps." "Fort Myer" tells of Uncle Sam's military city, near Washington. D. C, and is Illustrated by pictures of cavalry in their various skirm ishes and maneuvers. l)vers of flowers will be esjieclally in terested in the pictures of our common flowers, in the article "Pacific ('oast Wildings." Among the departments, "People, Places and Thing, is a veritable mine of unusual pictures and instructive read ing matter. Alt of the editorials are characterised by deep thought, and painstaking preparation. Three ex tremely clever short stories cap the cli max to a iniiulier of great variety and, uutailiug, Interest,
