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VOL. XVII.
GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST i. 1901.
No. 37
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50,000 Shares
Ot $1 per share, or
$50,000 of the Capital
Stock of the Oregon Nat
ural Gas, Oil & Mining
Company, is now offered
for sale to the general
public for
This money will be used in
drilling an Oil well on lands tbat
are controlled by this company,
which is in the center of the Oil
District known as the North Grants
Pass Oil district. This company
has contracts on the following well
known ranches in this District.
They have all signed a card similar
to this,
Mrs Mary L Jordon,
James Deveny,
G M Savage,
J J Fryer,
John Deveny,
B B Ochiltree,
W J Savage,
Mrs Jessie Deveny,
B B Ocheltree,
Dr V H Flanagan,
W M Bishop,
J G Dotson,
J S Harvey,
J N Carter,
The above ranches embrace
several thousand acres of land of
the best indications for Oil that our
agents could find on the Pacific
Coast and they have been from
Washington to Mexico.
You know that if Oil, Natural
Gas or Artesian Water is found in
Josephiue county it will more than
double the value of all property
and for that purpose alone you can
encourage the prospecting for
Oil, or Artesian Water by taking a
few shares of stock.
Cat Litis oat nd it-nil it, with $2.60 to
Scott Griffin
Oregon Natural Ge.s, Oil and
' Mining Company.
To Scott Griffin, Secretary, Grants
Pass, Oregon.
Enclosed please find the sum of
$2.50 to secure option on 100 shares
of stock in the Oregon Natural
Gas, Oil and Mining Company, of
Grants Pass, Oregon, of the par
value of $t per share, I to have the
option of paying 25 cents a share
on or before you begin drilling; or
50 cents a share on or before 500
feet depth has been reached; or
thereafter $1 par value until a well
is completed to the depth of iooo
feet; the amount paid herein is to
be credited on the stocks accepted.
It is expressly understood that you
are to commence drilling on or be
fore six mouths from date or refund
to me the amount piid. Please
forward receipt for amount en
closed. Dated this day of
190 '
Name of Sender -
P. O. Address.
A Gain ot 240 to 1.
The following table exhibits the in
crease in the market value nf the oil
stocks of ten different companies :
Prices of Stock
Belore After
drilling drilling
New York Oil Co., 50 200 00.
Union Oil Co., 1.00 1600.00 1
Kern Oil Co 1 00 37 AO 1
San Joaquin 50 16 00
Peerless 20 8.62!
Hanford . 3 00 118 00
Thiny Three Oil Co 35 13 50
Sterling Oil Co 25 3 40,
Twenty Eight Oil Co., .. W 2 16,
Kern River, 100 26 00
8.00 1S25.17J
Each of these companies was organ-1
led leas than two years ago. $8 ;
00 in rested in these ten companies1
would have realised a net sum of 111125.-1
17, a gain of over 240 to 1. I
Buy stocks in the Oregon Natural Gaa, i
Oil and Mining Company at 10 cents a;
share for $1.00 shares, non-assessable j
stock. Buy before tbey drill.
For further information call on !
SCOTT GRIFFIN, Secretary,
The Natural Gas, Oil
Mining Company.
Grants Pass, Ore.
..,.A SUDDEN CHANGE....
A sudden quirk in the weather need not catch you
napping. We can furnish you instantly the best of style
aud quality with, a neatness and perfection of fit that will
DECEIVE 6 DEVOTEE
of custom made wearing apparel. Our suits are worn by
many who have a reputation as dressers.
CLOSING OUT LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S SHOES.
WELCHS' CLOTHING STORE
NEXT TO P. O.
J)R. R. E. SMITH,
PHYSICIAN and BURGEON
OlHce, Room 2 over Post Office. Residence
Kine House, oppo. lb. Western.
GRANTS PASS. - - OREGON.
)R. CLIVE MAJOR,
General Practitioner of
Medicine avd Sukukky.
Office iu Williams Block
C. HOUGH,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Practice! in all State and Federal Courts
Office over First National Bank.
(j RANTS PASS, - ObEOOH.
JJ C. PERKINS,
U. 8. DEPUTY
MINERAL SURVEYOR,
Uhant Pahs, Obkoom.
Willis Kramer
HANUrAOTUBKB OF
Myrtle Creek
Extra Family Flow
And Everything tbat goes witb First-
Class Milling.
For sale by Chiles, Dklkmatkr,
Wadk and Cornell.
Call for it; tame pries aa other brand.
QEORGE II. BINNS,
ASSAYER,
Office opposite Hotel Josephine
(Hants Pars, - - Ohkuon.
N. E. McGREW,
PIONEER
TRUCK and DELIVERY
Furniture aud Piano
Moving.
GRANTS PASS, OREGON
The popular barber shop
Get your tonsorial work done at
IRA TOMPKINS
On Sixth Street Three chairs
Bath room in connection
II. II. BARTON,
WATCHMAKER tnd
"JEWELER.
Full assortment of Watches, Clocks, Bil
verwemr and Jewelry. A Good
Assortment of Bracelets and
Heart Bangles,
Clemens' Orug Store.
J.M.CHILES
GROCER IE
HARDWARE
TABLEWARE
Fine Butter a Specialty
FRONT and FOURTH STS.
SWEETLAND & CO.
FRESH and SALT
MEATS. crT
'Phoxi 21
0. 0. FISHER
Sewer Connections
H Metal Roofing
Gas Fitting
Plumbing
...Pipe work of all kinds.
Bids furnished for all work.
Leave orders with
Cramer Bros. Hani ware
Hail-Kiddie Hardware
GRANTS PASS
Doea it Pav to Buy Cheap?
A cheap remedy for coughs and colds
is all right, but you want something
tbat will relieve and cure the more
severe and dangerous results of throat
and lung troubles. What shall you doT
Uo to a warmer and more regular
climate? Yes, if possible; if not possible
for you, then iu either case take the
only remedy tbat has been introduced
in all civilised countries with success in
severe throat and lung troubles, "Bos
chee's German Syrup." It not only
heals and stimulates the tissues to des
troy the germ disease, but allays in
flammation, causes easy expectoration,
gives a good night's rist, and cures the
patient. Try one bottle. Recommended
many years by all druggists in tba
world. (Jet Green's Prize Almanac.
Dr. Kremer.
County Treasurers Notice.
Notice is hereby given tbat there are
funds in the county treasuery for the
redemption of the following warrants
protested to January 2d, 1803. Interest
on same will cease from this date, July
3d 1001.
No. No. No. No.
9 104 103 153
200 210 277 11
S mi 127 201
246 272 2 14
69 172 l'JO 151
283 3 112 10
107 193 144 S00
4 17 4119 185
233 15 170 6
102 68 192 100
251 319 20 89
285 2ii6 222 249
1 17 88 133
191 173 254 31
003 134 179 240
31 tXi3 134 179
274 2112 I 115
174 199 183 85
J. T. Taylor,
Treasurer Josephine County, Ore.
FIRST NATIONAL
B J. IsT K '
OF
SOUTHERN OREGON.
Capital Stock, - - $50,000,
Receive deposits subject to check or on
certificate payable on demand.
Sells sight drafts on flew York, Ban Frac
Cisco, and Portland.
Telegraphic transfer sold on all points In
the United States.
Special Attention given to Collections and
general business of our customers.
Collections made throughout Southern
Oregon, and on all accessible points.
R. A. BOOTH, President.
J. C. CAMPBK.LL, Vice President,
if. L.GILKEY, Cashier.
E. E. DUNBAR, Asst. Cashier.
Grants Pass
Banking and Trost Co.
CAPITAL STOCK $50,000. '
Transacts a general Banking business.
Receives deposits subject to check or
on demand certificates.
Our customers are assured of courteous
treatment and eveiy consideration con
sistent with sound banking principles.
J. FaAKK WATSIUfjfffJ
Ecu s Pollock, Vice-Free.
L. I.. Jewell, Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
J. Frank Watson, J. S. Moore,
J.J. Houck, Eclus Pollock,
HerberlSmith, Scott Griffiin ,
A. E. Sheeban.
A FEW FACTS.
Tennyson could take a worthless sheet of
paper, write on it a iioeiu north se,otiu
Vandsrl.llt ran write a few words on a
sheet of peier and make It worth
angsju.isu-j MM S CAPITA I..
Tbe I'nited States can take 1'; ounce, of
p.ia. iimp an eagle on it worth 130
T U A T a. ll.tk.'ll'
. . a A .7 '-s r. a
A mechanic can take material worth f 10
make it Into wati b spring worth 1UU,-
wu irlAl BBIWI.l..
A man works ten hours a dav and handles
several tons of dirt lor fi.is-Til AT 8
LABOH.
A lady can purchase a hat for $7 hut pre
fers on lor s.i-iiiAt a ruui.irii
S ESS.
We could sign our check for ll'O.Wi.W
but it would I N. CJ.-lllAT.fc
TOlOH.
W aire our rustnmers the lt Insect
fjinorf and tly papsron earth THAT'S
KITH.
M. Clemens,
PRESCRIPTION DRUGGIST
ORANGE FRONT.
OP. OPERA MOUSE
OUR. INDIAN WAR. '
Fr&gmertt of Southern Oregon
History Regarding the Indian
Troubles of the Fifties.
Following closely upon the hardships
of that bleak winter of 1853 came the
outbreaks of tbe Indian. During tbe
summer of '64 Louis tialice, white
miner, was murdered by tbe redskins
and war was at once declared. Tbe
Indiana were not altogether to blame, as
many of them were wantonly killed by
the whites. Tbe copper-skinned savages
soon acquired tbe love of gold, as tbey
were not slow to learn that tbey could
exchange tbe metal for guns, pistols and
ammunition. Tbe sacks of gold entic
ingly exhibited by tbe miners excited
the redman's cupidity, and led him to
acts of treacherous assult. Chief Taylor,
who led the piratical band of Indians
that invaded the Rogue River Valley,
was banged in tbe Summer of '64, for
the murder of Louis Galice. Tbe hang
ing occured at Vannoy'a Ferry, six miles
below Grants Pass.
For three years war raged between
the miners and Indians. Forts wsre
erected by whites, into which they
would often crowd for protection. Much
blood was spilled, and not until the In
dians were completely subdued did the
war come to an end. During these three
years but little mining was done. Be
sides the outbreaks, the rainfall was
light and no water could be bad to run
the sluice. Hard times reigned over
the valleys of Southern Or.-gon, and when
reports came of rich strikes bring made
in Britieh Columbia, a stampede to tbe
new diggings occured. The camps along
the Rogue and Illinois were soon desert
ed. Furniture, camp fixtures of all de
scriptions, could be picked up anywhere.
aa tbe owners of the property had Joined
the rushing caravan for the north.
What bad been scenes of the busiest ac
tivity during those brief years of gold
excitement settled once more into the
silence of the time before tbe white man
came.
A year after the white man departed
the Chinaman en'ered the Southern
Oregon country, and during the next
few years took out many tuns of gold
from the various districts. These mul
titudes of Orientals made no improve
ments at all in the country, and at pie-
sent it Is impossible to find the leant
veslige of the many thousands who once
worked the Southern Oregon streams.
The Celestials, being aliens, witb no
legal right whatever to mine on tbe pub
lic domain, were finally driven out by
the returning white men.
Who Is th Fslh.r ol It?
The proposed forest reserve iu South
ern Oregon is looking for an originator
or some one willing to take that respon
sibility. Attorney K. J. Smith seut the
following letter to the Oregonlan, the
reply being also g'.7?s. The people of
thia county don't want any forest re
serve. Grants Pass. Or., July, 18. (To the
editor.) The information in Monday's
Oregon inn concerning the proposition to
create a forest reserve of parts ot Jose
phine, Curry and Douglas counties
comes as a revelation to the people of
tli is county. Can the Oregonian give
the origin of this proposition? To those
who know the country, it seems appar
ent that the only object would be to en
able speculators to ecijuire scrip through
the settlers. The reserve as proposed
would cover the largest part of the min
eral zone of Southern Oregon and retard
the development of the mining resources
very seriously. The southern part of it
would cover tbe timber belt from which
this country must draw its supply of
lumber, but the northern part comprises
in the main a timberless range, valuable
only for its mines. The Oregonian can
perform no greater service for this vicin
ity than opposing this scheme.
RunEiiT G. Smith.
It does not yet appear who is at the
bottom of the project for a large new
forest reserve in Southern Oregon. It is
certain that Commissioner Hermann fa
vored a reserve there and a report by
Secretary Hitchcock to the House of
Representatives last year named the
generous boundaries indicated in the
Oregonian. People living in the vicinity
of the proposed reserve ought to be able
to give the origin of this move.
DIST CLERKS CHAIRMAN TO BF.RVE 2 YEAKH TO RKRVK 3 YEARS I'. (). ADIIRKHH
1 Will Anderson C W Craig- J G Hintt O I) Sargent Helms
2 J M Sroock (n o It'Wm Kd Holland J Mi Uougal Holland
3 F W Sawyer JKKtith H H liratton (i.io Floyd Kurby
4 W J Wimer Goo W Wlmor W Whipple W J Strong- Waldo " "
5 JCKMeCann Geo W Creed C Lovelace G W I-ewl Wlldervlllo
MrsWHHuell M D L Crooks H L Toiin Kd V Hathaway Drydon
7 J A Jennings TP Cramer J A Klovt-r It Thomas Grants I'ass
It J T f'rinco K N I'rovolt f. W Kmith J Livthdoin l'rovolt
U J T Cook I, Clluxye K J Kn 1)11 Geo W. Meek Kulili
1(1 A A Hyde .1 Lindsay Irfw Sill K Swindon Murphy
11 AAl'orter H.-nry WalU-rs :KKowl-y K M Light Inland'
12 C N Hathaway K J Gibson Wm Ktringor 1 McC olm Grants I'ass
13 C M Chapman Wm MitcJiell K M Tryer A L Uvelaco Williams
14 A IX.'ustur Thos Leitb Win Hunch fi L Koed Murphy
1.1 Ij N Browning A J lionimtt I'aul Hhi-aringson l L Browning- l'lar
1(1 W CHUtes J It Halley II II Hparlin Jos Turvey Williams
17 A C Ford I) G Kooertson T J Kverton A J Hussey Grants I'ass
Id C A Ilervey It I' George J L Howell I Houck Waldo
HI J Christie G K Walker A N Hullx-rt J M Johnson Grants f 'ass
20 Sherman Jess C H Johnson W T McAllister C'has Agiv Wildervllle
21 Goorgo Wells Geo II Linton John Wells II M Gamer Kerby
2J G Crockett C I Sexton L Strong- W C Henry Hugo
23 W J Savage (! M Suva ire, I) I. Itolx-rts J II Croxton Grants I'ass
24 W A Masslo M Iti-ynolds ' WO Fry H AIh-I Merlin
J A McColm J F Garllck II A Corliss W W Helms Grants I'ass
2l Claude La Croix M Miner J W Johnson W II Simmons Grants I'ass
27 A S Itosenbaura W J Hay II (irons J T Tuffs Wolf Creek
2H J M Brig? J M Minefield A M Huston J W Heston Grants I'ass
2M Mrs II M Gorham H Harris If M Corhara . Mrs J Barrett Winona
30 K I) I-awson Jas Marsh B IHmmiik Hi' Crawford Grants I'ass
31 LL Hartley HTI'ieroe It Vineyard C II Stevens William
32 A M J.smj Orr Brown W U Nuton G.m Yonker WUilervlllo
33 J H Fleming Ors Smith Wm Hunt 11 M Yarbrough Kerby
34 J G Tur k W M Kutbtrford Al Lawlor C Hergllnd Wolf Creek
35 1' Flanagan Jas Overton Jas Nts-ly J Cochran Murlln
W if. V Meissner A J Adams G Morrison J It I'armonter Kerby
- 37 Adah Morrison M A Morrison H 8 Woodcock H A Carter Kerby
3d LK Miller U Miller Wm Hublo II C Mcintosh Golden
3tt J H Bush W J Matthew John Hitter J J Brown Wildervllle
40 CW Smith Kd Smith J A Connor J Hunter Helma
41 Mr G W. Baldwin GW Baldwin J 11 Barnott W N Gimmett Holland
42 J : McClun Clark Weon J O'Brien Mrs H Kggor Waldo
43 J W Harmon A T hhoemako J It Clark J llanscth Kelma
44 T Wallace J Anderson C W Thompson J Foreman i'laoer
Tho above Is a complete list
PACIFIC COAST NEWS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST PICKED FROM
THE WEEK'S DISPATCHES.
Largo Number of rrUouvra from sha
Philippines S5.0OO.000 to Bo Divide
Among tho Fair Children OYor-IeI-oaa
United Btatea Commlsalonar
"paper editor and printer, died at Pets
tuma, Cal from canoer of ths stomach.
Judge Hanford, in eth United Btatee
court at Taooma, Wash, decided in
favor of the Northern Paciflo railroad
in two sniU affectiufc title to lands be
tweou Tacoma aud Portland.
Captain Pntuara Bradlee Strong and
Lady Francis Hope, who were recently
ordered out of a San Fraucisjo hotel,
took passage on tho Nippon Marn aud
sailed for Japan.
The army transport Iuiliana arrived
at Sun Francisco from Manila, and
among her passengers woro 1R8 general
prisoners. This is the largest number
of prisoners ever brought from the Phil
ippines. The men, under the charge of
Lieutenant E. Kimmol, were handcuffed
in pairs on the lower dock. There
were four niurderor among the pris
oners, all of whom wore sentenced to
life imprisonment, aud were, with the
other prisoners, taken to Alcatrna
islaud. Among tho prisoners were
three commissary sergeants of the army
who were implicated in the frauds at
Manila lust March.
The Alaska Packers' association bos
purchased the Auacortos (Wash,) Pack
lug company's property, consisting of
the cannery at Auacortos, with Ush
traps aud a number of steam vessels.
It is understood thut f500,000 was the
price paid.
The body of Snmuol Curtson, rancher,
residing nt the Natural Corral, 20 miles
from Cody, Wyo., was found soms dis
tance from his cabin with a bullet
wound in the shoulder. The face was
crushed aud beaten. In his cabin evi
dences of a strngttlo were found. A
considerable amount of money which
Curtson was known to possess is miss
ing. Carlson had not beeu soeu alive
for two weeks.
The barkentine Mary Wiuklcman ar
rived at San Fraucisoo, and reports that
ou July 14, iu latitude 87 degrees 8 min
utes north, longitude 137 degrees 67
tuiiinles west, an Indian oauoe about 80
feet long was spokeu. This is the craft
iu which two youiiK men of British
Columbia are going to make a tour of
the sou h seus. They requested the
Wiiiklemun to report them well.
The Ukiiili (Cul.) Game Protective
association obtained a oouviotion against
W. N. Dutton, who was liued $40 for
killing deer. E. Browu and L. Leube
of Moudocino wero oonvictod of simi
lar offeusos aud iiuud '-'5 each.
Jndge Cook of Sun Francisco, iu the
case of Mrs. Cordulia Botktn, charged
with murder, grunted the application
for a writ ot error, so that the United
busies supreme oourt may decide ou the
question of jurisdiction. The question
has never before arisen iu the history of
the country, aud should the supreme
pom decide that the crime is triable
only iu Delaware, whirr her allied
victims died, slits will be delivered into
the custody of that state.
Commissioner Whlpplo of Unalaska
got himsi-lf into trouble by ordering the
captain of the British steamer Ulunora
to haul down the Union Jack, which
the British steamer was Hying, along
with other bunting, In honor of Inde
pendence day. The cuptaln, after being
told by Whipple that he would be put
iu jail if he did not take down the flag,
oomplitd, but immediately lodged a
complaint with Captain Harry Knox of
the United Stales gunboat Concord, also
In the harbor. The result was that the
British Oak was soou flying at the Glen
ora's masthead iigum, and Captain Knox
r;iu up the Uulou Jack to the fore of
the Concord and fired s national salute.
The Crnndull frult-drior at Los Oatos,
Cal., together with the contents, 430
tons of dried fruit, wore dustroyed by
fire. The loss is f W.GOO and the Insur
ance $12,000. All tbe frnlt belonged to
II. D. Curtis, exonpt 1:10 tons of dried
prunes, the prnjierty of the California
Cured Fruit association. The fire is be
lieved to have been of incendiary origin.
The steamer Roanoke the famous
treasure ship of the north arrived at
Seattle with over 11,000,000 In gold on
board and 00 pusseugnrs. Most of tho
passengers were from Nome. The
treusuru was cousigtied to the North
American Trading and Trausnrtutlon
company, und nearly :i,6i0,000 waa
left at St. Michael for future shipment.
The coruer-stono of tho Sherman In.
stltn'e of the Southern California In
School Officers for Josephine County, Oregon
of School Officers of Josephine County.
dustrial Indian school at Riverside was
laid with impressive oeroruooles. The
institute is named in honor of Congress
man Sherman of New York, and the
stone was laid by Captaiu MoLachlan,
an old schoolmate ot Mr. Sherman, as
sisted by Captain A. O. Touner, assist
ant commissioner of Indian affairs at
Washington. President MoKinley sent
a congratulatory message. Tbe build
ings, which are to be 12 in number, are
of the missiou type, and are to be com
pleted by next March. The total eost
will be $150,000,
Ex-Policeman Wilson, who was an
noyed by ths firing of firecrackers by
some children on the evening of the
Fourth of July, at San Francisco, fired
his pistol among them aud killed little
Maggie Hartwell, was ordered held by
Judge Con lan to answer, without bail,
to th charge of murder before the su
perior court. The last words had hardly
passed the judge's lips when Mrs. Hart
wall, the mother ot the murdered girl,
cried out, "God bless yon, Judge Con
lan, for that I" and then fell back in a
swoon. She was soon restored to con
sciousness aud left the courtroom with
her friends.
IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Aguinaldo is irritated at his contin
ued surveillance by tho American au
thorities. Whenever he signs his name
he must add the word "prisoner." II
has refused the reqnest of his friends to
write the insurgent General Malvar,
still at large in Southern Luaon, advis
ing him to surrender. He consented to
sigu a copy ot his oath ot allegiance
with the understanding that it be for
warded to Malvar with the purpose of
influencing his surrendor, but under his
signature to thia oath he wrote "prisoner
iu Malacanan prison."
As fast as the insular constabulary is
organized the American troops will be
centered in fewer gorrisous, and their
number will be decreased.
After three months' trial of a provin
cial form of government in tbe islands
of Cebn and Bohol aud the province of
Butnugas, Luxon, control of those dis
tricts, owing to their Incomplete pacifi
cation, has beeu returned to the mili
tary authorities. The provinoiul and
civil officials of these designated dis
tricts will ooutinue their fuuotlons, but
are now under the authority of General
Chaffee, iustead of that of Civil Gover
nor Tuft, as heretofore. Several towns
in Oebu are still besieged by the insur
gents. The insurrection ou the island
of Bohol bus been renewed, and insur
gent sentiment iu the province of Ba
tangos is strong.
The Roman Cathollo authorities at
Manila say they have no intention of
withdrawing the friars from the Phil
ippine islands When ike Filipinos are
assured that the frlarSwlll no longer
exercise temporal authority, they will
welcome them as tholr spiritual advisors.
Tho olerioala oharge the loaders of th
Federal party, themselves Catholics,
with inciting people against the clergy,
and say they would be willing to sub
stitute Amerlcau for Spanish friars, ex
cept for diflicnltios arising from the
Americans' ignorance of Spanish aud
the native dialects.
Brlx Haelturman, a Belgian, was sen
tenced to be haugod, having been found
guilty of delivering mouey and supplies
and othorwiso aiding and abetting the
Filipino Insurgents. Upon the reooin
meudutiou of General Wade Haelter
mau's scuiiee war "iutnd to life
iuiprisoumeiit. '
SOUTH AFRICAN WAR.
A dispatch from Kroonstedt, dated
July 21, says that Mujor flue-Coffin
surprised a Hour commando at Honing
apruit, July 10, capturing Commaudaut
Halting, two sous of General Prtusloo
and 24 others. There were 17 killed
and wounded.
Mrs. Krugur, wife of the former presi
dent of the late Trausvaul rtipublio, who
is now iu Europe, died ou July 20 at
Pretoria, after a short Illness. She waa
a little younger thuu her husband, and
wua his second wife, his first having
died nine months after hor marriage.
Lord Kitchener reports In a dispatch
from Eluudsfouteiu, dated July 1H, that
Cuptniu Charles Botha, sou of Philip
Botha, aud Fluid Cornets Hnmann and
Oliver have been killed iu tbe Orange
River Colony.
In the course of an inquiry conducted
under oath at Johannesburg vartons
non-commlssloued officers aud men of
the British army confirmed the state
ment that the Boers shot the British
wounded at Vlakfoutein.
Tho correspondence between Reits
aud Steyn that was captured with the
latter' biiggugo, near Dudley, July
lltli, has been published. Keltx, under
date of May loth, wrote Hleyn that a
meeting of the Trausvaal government
had been held, attended by General
for Year 1901.
Housefarnishing Made Easy When You Buy Here
...Midsummer Necessities...
8 qt. Retlnned Stewing Kettles.... '..10c
Glass Butter Dishes, pretty patterns. 10c
2 Oqt. Milk Pans for 10c
i worsted ( ream 1'itcnera 10c
' lb. Ink Tablets 10c
Another Lot Beautiful
i6xag in. Linen Towels, per pair 25c
Ait Sofa Pillow Covers beauties , . . j5c
r6 in. Linen Crash Toweling, per yard 10c
Brooms, regular 25c goods 20c
Squares, Iron 25c
Ant and Fly Troof Meat Sates ... ........ ....'..$2 75
Immense New Line Iron Beds,very latest.
Hammocks The Strong Kind-All Prices.
r mm ... d 1. as. .1- .1 1 . .
Remnewnt. Sale C&rpors
i peice 23 yds Brussels, regular 85c goods 60c yd
1 " 8 yds, 3 ply Ingrain reg. $i goods 80c "
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t " 7 yds Matting, reg. 30c goods 20c "
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Botha aud General Viljoen. On ao
count of the raauy difficulties with
which they had to contend, it was de
cided lo send a lueaaags to President
Kruger, pointing out the terrible condi
tions. Mr. Steyn, replying May 30th,
says Mr. Kelts is weak-hearted, urges a
ooutinnauce of the struggle, aud aaka
why they should not still trust in God.
He tipresses his belief that complica
tions in Europe will occur which will
secure their good fortune.
WASHINGTON NOTES-
' A bulletin issuod by the census office
shows that there has been a decease of
the Chinese population in the United
States siuce 18SR) of 17,008, the number
now here being 80,000. The Japanese
increased during the last ten years from
a,og to 81,300.
Horatio J. Sprngue, United States
cousul ut Gibraltar siuce May 13, 1848,
aud the oldest consul iu the Amerlcau
service, i dead. His sou, Itlchard I.
Sprngue, is the vice aud deputy cousul
at Gibraltnr, and it Is announced at the
state department that he will be ap
pointed to fill the vacancy. The
Spraguea aro a Massachusetts family
and have held the Gibraltar cousulate
siuce 183D, when Andrew Jaoksou ap
pointed to the same oftloe tho father of
the niau who has just died.
Mother Its.eiiea Iter llsb. front Ksglss.
Mrs. Goldlug, the wife of tho tuge
koepor of Box S, a atitgu station, had
terrillo encounter with two engles on a
niountaiu betwoeu Victor and Kosomiuo,
about 40 utile north of Suu Bernardino,
Cal. She was sitting outside the stage
house by s orudle in which luy her lu
falte. six months old, whou suddenly s
large eagle svooped iluwu. nud seising
the child in Its lamns, twt 'lito the air
with it. - .
Mrs. Goldlug niouuted s mule and
gave chnso for u Ions; distance, whan
the eagle alighted ou Its nest high up lu
the mountains. Willi great diflluultj
he climbed tho cliff ami rescued the
child after a terrillo fight with two
eagles, In which one of the bird was
killed. Mrs, Goldlug arrived at the
tago-housu lute nt night iu a pitiable
state. The iiifunt wus uninjured.
The disj.i known 11s p nr blight is
ravugiugor. liar Is in thoS.tn Joa piin.
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FOREIGN ITEMS.
The bndget committee of the French
chamber of doputies has voted to abol
ish the embassy to the Vatican.
During operations with military
balloon ou an Islaud in the Nora, near
St. Peterabnrg, the balloon exploded
aud blazed up. Oue person was killed
aud 20 wero injured, several fatally.
"Count Gabriel Kepezey, a first lieu
touaut iu one of the hussar regiments,"
says a dispatuh to the London Daily
Mail from Bnda Pest, "has been form
ally degraded lu Szugedin bofore the
whole regiment. He made a bet thai
he would cnt off the right ear of one of
his best friends, Caspar Kanyo, with his
saber. Ha then approached the unsus
pecting Kanyo and slushed off the ear.
Kanyo shot at Kepezoy with his revol
ver, bat missed him. Then, turning to
the mirror and seeing himself without
the ear, be turned his revolver against
himself and fell dead. The oolonol in
degrading Kopesey warned the oQloers
of the regiment against debauchery and
druukeuuess."
Selilsj Aeenssd of t'owardlc
Much discussion ha been aroused on
account ot sevoro critloisms passed on
Roar-Adiniral Schley iu the third vol.
ome of Maolay's "History of the Navy."
Among the paragraphs in the chapter of
Maclay's book which describes the sea
battle of Santiago are thesei "Sohley,
on May S8, 1808, sullied the brightest of
Amerlcau mottoes by penulng, 'Much
to be regretted, cannot obey orders,' and
turned in oultlf flight from the danger
spot toward which duty, honor and the
whole Auiorioau people were most ear
neatly nrglug him.
"Viewed lu whatever light it may be,
the forogolng dispatch cannot be oha
sHj81 otherwise than as being, with.
'ot sxceyWiuss, too mo hnmuisttuH, ...
cowardly sad laawt-UMe repnt ever
pan ims 1 vj ss Ainvriuuu aaTM, umgr. r'
"Schley will perteuthr UUa MSAvll j
blanketing the tiro of ths other Ameri
can warships, even at the risk of a dis
astrous collision with the Texas, so long
as be oonld escape gottlng too close to
danger."
Secretary Long considers this lan
guage intemperate, and will exolnde the
volume from use as a toxt-book at the
aval academy. Legal proceedings will
rotably be taken by Schley.
OREGON,
CLAYTON, Pres.
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