VOL. XVII. GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5. 1901. No. 41 I ' s t -f p Li i 1. 00,000 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 10 cts. on the Dollar or 10 cts. a Share. This money will be used in drilling an Oil well on lands that are controlled by this company, which Is in the center of the Oil uisinci Known as me norm urants Pass Oil district. This company has contracts on the following well known ranches in this District. r They have all signed a card similar $ to this, I Mrs Mary L Jordon, J James Deveny, - G M Savage, s J J Fryer, John Deveny, f B B Ochiltree, : W J Savage, Mrs Jessie Deveny, ' B B Ocheltree, Dr W H Flanagan, W M Bishop, f J G Dotson, J S Harvey, i J N Carter, 'i The above ranches embrace f several thousand acres of land of I the best indications for Oil that our agents could find on the Pacific f Coast and they have been from . Washington to Mexico. t You know that if Oil, Natural ' Gas or Artesian Water is found in ; Josephine county it will more than i double the value of all property and for that purpose alone you can i encourage the prospecting for - Oil, or Artesian Water by taking a I few shares of stock. Cat Hi it oat and tend it, with $2.50 to Scott Griffin. Oregon Nature,! Gee, Oil and Mining Company. To Scott Griffin, Secretary, Grants Pass, Oregon. Enclosed please find the sum of $2.50 to secure option on loosbares of stock in the Oregon Natural Gas, Oil and Mining Company, of Grants Pass, Oregon, of the par value of $1 per share, I to have the option of paying a 5 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 $1 par value until a well is completed to the depth of 1000 feet; the amount paid herein is to be credited on the stocks accepted. It is expressly understood that you are to commence drilling on or be fore six months from date or refund to me the amount pid. . Please forward receipt for amount en closed. Dated this day of too - Name of Sender - P. 0. Address - A Gain ot 240 to 1. Th following teble exhibit tba in create in tba market value ol the oil stocks of ten different eompsoiee: Prices of Stock Before drilling ..$ 80 .. 1.00 .. 1 00 .. SO .. 20 .. S0O .. 35 .. 25 .. 100 Alter o rilling $ 200.00 151.00 37 50 16 00 8.62 118 00 13 60 340 2 15 26.00 New York Oil Co Union Oil Co., Kern Oil Co., Sao Joaquin Peerless Haoford.. Thirty Three Oil Co.,. Sterling Oil Co , Twenty Eight Oil Co., Kern River, 8.00 12S.17 Each o( these compsnlee was organ, aed leaf than two J ears ago. $8 00 inveated in these ten companies would have realised a net tarn ol 11025. 17, a gain ol over 20 to 1. Bay elocis in the Oregon Natural Gaa, I lil nil Minimi Com nan v at 10 cent a! bare tor 11.00 shares, non assessable stock. Bay before they drill. For iurtber information call on SCOTT GRIFFIN, Secretary, The Mural Gas, Oil Ilining 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 and quality with a neatness and perfection of fit that will DECEIVE E 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. GRANTS PASS J)R. R. E. SMITH, PHYSICIAN and SURGEON Oillce, Room 2 over Post Office. Residence Booth House, 7th & A. OKANT8 PASS. - ORKOON. )R. CLIVE MAJOR. General Practitioner of Mkdicini and Surqkby. Office iu Williams Block C. HOUGH, ATTORN EY-AT-LAW, Practices in all State and Federal Court Office over First National Bank. Grants Pass, - - Obioo. pj C. PERKINS, U. S. DEPUTY MINERAL SURVEYOR, (J rant Pass, Obcoon. Willis Kramer manufacturer or Myrtle Creek Extra Family Floui And Everything that goea with First- Claea Milling. For sale by Chiles, Dklematkr, Wade and Cornell. Call (or it; tune price as other brandt QEORGE H. BINNS, ASSAYER, Office opposite Hotel Josephine Grant Pass, - - Orkuon. N. E. McGREW, PIONEER TRUCK and DELIVERY Furniture and Piano Moving. GRANTS PASS, OREGON. The popular barber shop. Get your tonsorial work done at IRA TOMPKINS' On Sixth Street Three chairs Haiti room in connection II. II. BARTON, WATCHMAKER and "JEWELER. Full assortment of Watches, Clocks, Bil verwear and Jewelry. A Good Awortmeut of Bracelets and Heart Dangles, Clemens' Drug Store. J.M.CH1LES GROCERIES HARDWARE TABLEWARE Fine Butter a Specialty FRONT and FOURTH STS. SWEETLAND & CO. FRESH and SALT MEATS, 'Puohi 21 G. 0. FISHER ;Sever Connections j Metal Roofing Gas Fitting Plumbing ...Pipe work of all kinds- Bids furnished (or all work. Iave orders with Cramer Bros. Hardware Hau-Kidul Hardware 1 FIRST NATIONAL OP SOUTHERN OREGON. Capital Stock, - - $50,000, Receivedeposita subject to check or on certificate payable on demand. Sellssight drafts on Mew York, San Fran cisco, and Portland. Telegraphic transfers sold on all points in we unneu owes. Special Attention given to Collections an) general brbunese of our customers. Collections made throughout Boutberp Oregon, and on all accessible points. K. A. BOOTH, President. J. C. CAMPBELL, Vice President. II. L. OILKEY, 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 every consideration con sistent with sound banking principles. J. Fkank Watson, Tree. Ecus PoLLtcK, Vice-Pres. L. L. Jewill, Cashier. DIRECTORS. J. Frank Watson, J. S. Moore, J.J. Ilonck, Eclus Pollock, HerbertSuiith, Scott Urifliin, A. E. Bheehao. WHAT SHALL WE HAVE FOR DESSERT? This question arises In the family very day. Let ns answer it to-day. Try Jell-O, a delicious and healthful dessert. Prepared in two minutes. No boiling! no baking 1 simply add boiling water and set to coql. Flavors: Lam on, Orange, Rasberry and Strawberry. Uet a package at your giocers to day 10 cts. Use Allen'a Foot Ease, A powderto be shaken into the shoes Your feet feel swollen, nervous and bol, and get tired easily. If you have smart ing feet or tight shoes, try Allen's Foot Ease. It cools the leet and makes walking easv. Cures swollen, sweaty feet, ingrowing nails,blisters and callous spots. Relieves corns and bunions of all pain and gives rest and comfort. Try it to-day. Bold by all druggists and shoe stores for 25c. Trial package Free. Address, Allen S. Oluistead, L Roy. N. Y. OREGON State Fair SALEM, September 23-28, 1301, Great Agricultural AND Industrial Fair. BIG LIVE STOCK SHOW Good Racing in the Af ternoons. Latest Attraction in New Auditorium Building, Every Evening, with good music. Beautiful Camp Grounds Free. Special Rates on Campers' Tickets. Come and bring your families. Rtdurtd fokiH til Fuilroidi For lurlheriaTticalari, address M. D- WISDOM, Partitas. Better far the Bleed lhaa Wasparlllt. For Tboae Living in tbs Malaria Pie ricta. Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic OUR. MINERAL OPERATIONS. Letto Discoveries .rd Enter prises in Gold and Copper, Probability ot Oil. People of Grants Pass as well aa else where, are gettiug, or possibly many of them already have, the oil craze. Two companies have been boring south of here for several weeks past and a third, organised in Grants Pats, are about ready to begin operationi soon. Ex perts who have examined tbia district claim that it is possessed of better indi catioua for oil than Arizona or Califor nia; but the truth of this statement is yet to be proved. Oil men have desig nated a territory here which is known as the North Grants Pass Oil District. It embraces some 6000 scree, and the ex perts say that thia land contains oil. It la on this land .that the Natural Gas, Oil & Mining Company are going to be gin boring soon, for better or for worse, for oil or hot water. The company will not bore for oil alone, but for artesian hot or cold water, mineral water, gas, oil, 01 mineral vein. Situated as Grants Pass is in the midst of a vast mineral belt, it is moat probable that this com pany will strike one of the saveral things for which they will bore. The gold dredger which has been at work for some time on the Waldo dredg ing grounds along the Illinois River, has been obliged to cease operations for a time to await the arrival ol new buckets for the dip chain. Tbe old buckets were not adapted for the heavy work required in the coarse gravel and boulders of the Illinois snd soon wore out. Work will be resumed as soon as the new buckets arrive, se tbe grounds are paying well. Machines that are suited for the work of dredging California and other placer grounds of tbe coast, will not work in the Southern Oregon soil. Tbe Lucky Cuss mine of the Williams creek district, has been lately bonded by McCann A Strickland, of Shriupf Broth ers. This mine Is situated in the same district as the Exchequer, Rising Star, and Mountain. Lion. As its name in dicates it hss been the subject of various rich strikes snd discoveries, and hss been mainly worked for the gold in eight. The new company propose to conduct the mine on a thorough busi ness basis, and the Lucky Cusa, which is poseeised of good ledger will become a steady producer. Just at the present time the principal topic of discussion in mining circles is the copper seams snd copper fields of Waldo. W. A. Whipple, of the Whipple copper mines, arrived in the city last night bringing with him a bag of ore samples from bis property. Much of the ore is one-third pure copper while all of it contains from 12 to 38 per cent ol thia metal. Other samples of ore are on exhibition from the nearly-discovered field on Little Gray hack. - This rock, too, is ol first quslity, snd the ledges from which it is taken are astounding in heir immensity. Claims are being rapidly stsked snd development will proceed. Little Grayback, which has hitherto been nsught but a primeval forest to which the scattered hunter and campers infrequently visited in search of game, is destined to become tbe richest copper field of the Pacific Coast. The rich ore veins discovered in the Ramsey mine ot Mount Reuben, and the Mountain Lion, of Williams district, still exhibit the yellow graine as the miners remove the ore. For sise and general value these strikes eclise all others made in Southern Oregon this year. The Sterling hydraulic mine, have finished their annual clean-up. Their run this year extended over a period of ten months, and the output of gold Is 'reported larger than usual, Tbe Ster ling hydraulic is one of the big Southern Orrgoo placer propositions, equiuped with thorough water facalitiet, thus enabling them to operate long after the other mines have closed down. Train Runs Away. Tbirty-six lives were lust and 13 per sons were Injured in the wreck of the Great Northern psateniter train No. 3 at Nyu-k, 30 miles west of Kalispel, Mon tana, A ugust 30. None of tbe passengers were injured, tbe fatalities having been confined to the employes of the road. The wreck was caused by the breaking in two of s freight train on .the steep grsde of s Rocky Mountain foothill. The rear end of the freight tore loose from the head end, dashed backward down tbe mountain and crashed into tbe rear end of tbe passenger train just pulling out of the station at Nyack. The car attached to tbe rear end of Ibe paasenger was tbs private coach of Superintendent Downs. Us and bis Son Kirk and their cook, Henry Blair, were instantly killed. The car just ahead contained 46 Scandi navian laborers en route from Llululb, Minn., to Jennings, Mont. Tbey were killed by wholesale. Only 13 were taken from the debrie alive. Stats of Ohio, Citv or Toliuo,) Li t am Cot sty j ss. Fsaxk J. Ciiikst makes oatb that be is tbe senior partner of the firm of F. J. Chkxsy 4 Ce., doing business in the city of Toledo, County and Slate aforesaid and that said firm will pay the sum of 1100 for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cored by Hai l's Catasbh das. Fbane J.Chsnsy. Sworn to before me sod subscribed in any pretence, tbis Otb day of December, A. D. IBM, A. W. GLKAaoM (Hsat) Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure ia taken internal ly and acta directly ou the blood and mucous surfaces ol tbs system. Send for testimonials, free. K. J, CnxxxT Co., Toledo, O. hold by drugvista, Tic, Hall's Family Pills are th Lett. NEWS OF THE WORLD. HAPPENINGS OP THE PAST FEW DAYS FROM ALL QUARTERS. CwatoNM Pratt ea the Mealeaa, Beaa. dar AlUimpt to 8wla the Easll,b Chaanel EiBoalttoa Will 0a at 81, I-onll Is 1S03. The death it announced of Miaa Maude Coleman Woods of Charlottesville, Va. Misa Wood i was pronounced the moat beautiful woman ia America by a com mittee from the Pan-American exposi tion, and ber profile adorns all the medals iasned by the board of awards. Governor Lougino of Mississippi hat issued a ttatemeut of the condition of the state treasury showing that on. Aug. IS be found a short c of $107,621. The publication of thu statement created great excitement. Mr. 8 towers, the treasurer, declined to make a statement. A Chicago dispatch says that James A. Fleming, reputed to be a wealthy mine owner of Phoenix, A. T., has been sued tor $50,000 damages by Miss Jessie M. Gmhiim, who alleges thai Fleming promised to marry her in 1800, and has fulled to do so. Miss Graham formerly livud in But to, Mont. Au El Pnso (Tex.) dispatch says that Jose Kttiiiediua Valdespino, tbe leader ot a gang of bandits that haa terrorized the entire state of Duraugo (Mexico) for throe yeurs, was killed by the rural guards. Frederick H. Porter, the haudsomo, stalwart son of Juines F. Porter, a mil llonnire real estate dealer of Brooklyn, killed himself with carbolic acid beoanse his father had disinherited him to pre vent his marriage to his sweetheart, Anna Josephine Gibson. ' Porter mot the girl and they weut ta a cafe and had refreshments. He told thejrirl his troubles, and suddenly took a bottle from his pocket and swallowed the con touts before Misa Gibson could inter fere. He died in hia sweetheart's arms. The parents were summoned, aud their grief was putlietlo. An exposition in commemoration of the purchase of the Louisiaua territory will be opened at St. Louis on May 1, V.m, and will close Deo. 1. President McKiuley has issued a proclamation in viting nil the uatious of the earth to seud such exhibits to the Louisiana Pur chase exposition as will most fitly and fully illustrate their resources, their industries and their progress in civiliza tion. The Press-Post printers of Columbus, O., refused to "set" newt furulshed by a local news bureau and the paper ap peared filled with miscellany. The newt department of the paper having been abolished, the Newt Writers' nuion de clared a lockout, aud the prlntera de cided that hereafter they will set noth ing bnt editorials and advertisements until the trouble between the proprietor aud the News Writers' onion it settled. The aotion of the printers is approved by the local typographical uulou. . A dispatch from Copenhagen says Dr. Sophnt Hung of that city, manager of the laboratory belonging to Professor Flnaen, the inventor of the light-cure for lupus, hat constructed a tpooial electric lump giving a feeble light, bnt which is extremely rich in chemical rays. Metal instead of carbon poles are used. Tbe bacteria-killing power of this lamp it ten times as great as that of au ordinary are lamp, and a Input patient requiring 75 minutes' treatment with the aro lamp will require only from three to five minutes' treatment with the new one. In response to a largely signed peti tion recently forwarded to the British home ollloe asking for the release of Earl Russell, now serving a sentence of three mouths imprisonment for bigamy, Home Secretary Ritchie writes that be can see no reason why be ahnnld inter. fere, and that the health of the prisoner ia satisfactory. The third death from yollow fever re sulting from the bile of a mosquito bos occurred at Havana. The victim was Miss Clara Muas of Hew Jersey, who died on the seventh day after she was taken ill. Of the six persons bitten In the oourso of the yellow fever commis sion's experiments three have died, aud tbe doctors say the other three are suf fering from light attacks of the disease. Miss Msas was a nurse at Las Animal and desired to become immune. Reports from Zapata county, Tex., confirm the news that the poorer clasaei there axe facing starvation. They most have immediate help iu the way of food or the resulta will be terrible. Range wuter hat failed and cattle are too weak to travel aud are dying rapidly. The country it llUirully burned up by drought. There it not a green thing to be aevn eicept csotus plauta. Zapata county is IK) miles from the nearest rail road and whatever In the way of food is tent to the farmers iu Ilia famine stricken place must be hauled from La redo, a two days' trip at best. Mr. Holbelu started from Cape Oris. Kex (between Houlogue-sur-Mer and Calais) iu an attempt to swim to Dover, sud uarrowly tscaped drowning. He covered the course to a point within aix miles of Dover and then collapsed, after having been Iu tbe water 13 honra and 40 minutes. The tng that accompanied biin brought him to Dover, where be was carried to a hotel In a somi-oon. scions condition, bnt oltlmstely reoov- ered. Ite says be will try again next year. A Washington dlspatoh says the en tire customs snd Chinese inspection ser vice of the Culled States along tbe Mexican boundary is honeycombed with fraud. Discoveries made by ofllolals of the secret service show that at almost any point Chinese not entitled to ad mission to the United States can come in. All that bat been necessary has been that each Chinese shonld pay from 160 to IWO to the men in Ibe corrupt ring. Several arrests have been made. A Tew Pointers. The recent stat ittics ol the number of oeatbt show thst the large majority die with consumption. This disease may commence witb an apparently harmless cough which can be cured instantly by Kemp's Balsam for tbe Throat and Longs, which is guaranteed to cure and relieve all raw. Price ZjC. and bOc. For ssle by sll druggists. Yon cannot spend s more pleasing va cation than with a camera. A. K. Voor biee can fit yon out with everything necessary in that line. IN THE PHILIPPINES. Word was received August SI thai the b snrgent, Colonel Lorel, with 17 officers snd 13 men, surrendered August 14 to Oaptain Brown of the Fourteenth In fantry , at Talisa. The surrender of numerous other smaller ooutingenta brings the total to more than 100. In the oity of Manila there are now less than 1,000 effective soldiers, and it haa been decided to increase this num ber by four eompauics of infantry. The tfttoial reaaou for the increase ia that Die guard doty is too heavy for the preseut force. As a matter of foot, however, there is a feeling that, although there is no apparent prospect of trouble, nevertheless, iu the event ot an upris ing in the future, such as is always possiblo araoug the Malaya, it wonld be better to have a sufficient body ot troops available. Geueral Chaffee says he con siders the city of Manila to be perfectly orderly aud lie can see no prospect ot an uprising. Many army offioera say they are grati fied at the increase in the military force. Thoy think that, with the military guard withdrawn from the prison, an other uprising there might result In the release of about 1,800 prisoners. This possibility is regarded as a menace to the oity by those who take that view of the case, as they regard the white guard aa insufficient. City oflioiala look upon this eontingenoy as unlikely, inasmuch aa the 000 white police could mobilize at the prison before any of the prisoners could escape aud become dispersed throughout the disaffected district THE TROUBLE IN CHINA. "Immeuse quantities of arms aud am munition are being manufactured in the arsenals of China," sayt the Peking correspondent of tbe London Times, "and immeuse quantities are also boiug imported, mainly by way of the Yang-tao-Elaug." A ditpatoh to the Loudon Morning Post, dated Aug. 83, says: "Apparently there is a movement on foot ou the part of Great Britain, Japan and the United States to force Russia to evacuate New ohwang." . - WA8HINQTON NOTES- Professor Atkinson, superintendent of publio Instruction in Manila, has cabled the division ot insular affairs that col leges having delegated authority to select teachers must complete their quotas prior to Sept. I, at whioh time the authority will terminate. The oensus buroaa has made publio the mortality stastlstics for the year 1000. There la shown to be a decrease in the general death rate in the regis tration era of 18 per 1,000 of population, a decrease of nearly 10 per cent, and the deoreasa in the rates from the par ticular diseases to whioh the general do- crease is due. Death from all the prin cipal diseases shows a decrease since 18U0, tbe most notable being in consump tion, whioh decreased 64.0 per 100,000. Rear-Admiral Schley will retire from the active list Oct. 10. Other retire ments are those of Oaptain Fareuholt, Sept. S; Captain Allen, within a few days; Daptalu Robinson, Sept. Si; Cap tain Forsyth, Sept. 29, aud Captain Ida, Sept. 17. As a result ot these retire ments 45 promotions in the naval scr- vioe will be made. Tbe retirement of Bear-Admiral Schley will promote two oaptolus to the grade of mar-sdmlraL They are Captaiu Frank Wildes aud Huury Glass. FOREIGN ITKM-t. The Frouoh sugar bounties having oc- castouod a duflclt of 14,000,000 francs, the minister of nuance has issued a de cree reduciug them by 5 per cunt, with a view to covering the deficit. King Edward arrived at Wllhelms boe, Prussia, sud was met at the rail road station by F.mperor William iu the uniform of a British admiral and the ofllcers of the headquarters' staff. King Edward wore tlui dragoon guards' uniform. The sovereigns eutered an open carriage drawn by four horses and were driven to the caatle, whore they had luncheon. The oeutcr of the table waa adorned with the epergue, do signed by Emperor William, as a pres ent for King Edward, W. St. V.nil.rlilll'i Views ea Wsalth. The Week's End, a Loudon publica tion of high character, prluts the fol lowing stuteineut made to its corre spondent by WilLiiun K. Vaudarbilt: "My life was never destined to be quite happy. It was laid on Hues which I could reeo almost from earliest ohildhood. It baa left me with nothing to hope for, with nothing definite to soek or strive for. Is great wealth a big handicap to happiness, yon askf In herited wealth, yes. It Is certain death to ambition as oocaiue is to morality. A man who makes lnouey, no matter how much, finds certain happiness in its pos session, for In the desire to Increase his business he has eoustaut use for it, but the man who Inherits it has nnue ot this. 'The first satisfaction and tbe great lt, the buildiug of the foundatloa of a lortuue, is deuied him. He niant labor. If he does labor, simply te add to what may be an ovorsuffloieucy. I try to gel sll the 1 uu I can out of life, aud I am quite pleased if other folks get some thing oat of it also." Commenting on tbe "fantastic idea of a commercial lKnd of tbs European nations against tho United States," tbe London Outlook ears: "One might as well try to hang a Venetian blind over lbs snn as to try to exclude the influ ence of American industries from tho world. Fur one thing, Great Britain wonld be no party to the bond. Fur tuother, the power of American re prisals would be terrible. Eveu now Germany is on tbs vorge of a struggle between classes oaosed by tbe proposed tariff. Under the German tariff Aus tria would suffer grievously." At Bed Time I take a pleasant herb driuk, tl.s next morning I feet bright and my complex ion It better. My doctor lays it acts gently on tbe stomach, liver snd kid neys, snd It a plesssnt Isxstlvs. It Is mads from herbs, and is prepared as easily as lea. It ia called Lane's Medi cine. All druggists sell it at ibe. and 60c. Lane's Fsinily Medicine moves the bowels each day. If you cannot get it, send for a free sample. Address, Orator f. Woodward, Le Hoy, N. V. We Don't Sell Second-Hand Furniture A Few Seasonable Hints We carry the very best of wares our patterns are from the finest artists and the colorings are perfect, soft and rich, suggestive of luxury and comfort prices down to ROCK BOTTOM. WALL PAPERS Tasty patterns, full of Rich Colorings and Artistic effects. You'll be pleased with the prices too. Some odds and ends to close out at 5c double roll. FURNITURE Suites iu great variety from the highest to the lowest. Nearly Yj car load received. All the new and tasty patterns in cheap and medium priced suites $13.75 to $40.00 HOUSE FURNISHING Is made easy here. We know how; been at it over 23 years, for the largest concerns iu the Uuitcd States. Why should'ut we save you money ? GRANITE AND TINWARES Are advancing. Frobably you have noticed it, but its no fault of the dealer. He's got to pay more for hi goods now, but we bought early and lots of It. We were looking for this, so lets save you some money. Tin milk pans 6 for 25c, coffee pots 12c, tea kettles 55c, preserve kettles 20c, granite dish pans 55c, Furniture ('arpets Mattings LaeeCurtains Tbe Wllllttt (Ual.) X R.iv, published by J. 8. Bartholemew at Willitts, Men docino county, bus suspeude publica tion. A Taooma dispatch tuys "Swlftwater Dill" Gates has eloped and married Lydia Boyln, his U-y.ar-old uieoe. The mother of the gijl, who isOatus't sister, haa tworn ont a warrant charging Gates with kiduapiug. In a fit of jealousy John A. Mnnn ot Portlaud, Or., about 60 years of age and S railroad employee aud longshoremau, shot aud severely wounded his sweet heart, Anuie Wilson, aud then com mittod suicide by thootlug himself in the bend. Mnun leaves a wife and family in Sweden. Iu an open stream half a mile wide the steamers Mary Ourrutt aud Daunt less, plying between 8au Frauclsoo and Stockton, came into collision near Santa Clara lauding, resulting in the sinking of the Dun nt less in about SO minutes after the collision. There were 74 pas seugert ou bourd the Dauntless, aud all were transferred safely to the Mary Gamut. The Dauutless now lies in 23 feet of water, with only her unokestuck and Texas deck visible. Princess Ilutafeldt, the adopted dangh tor of tbe late O. P, Huntlugton, has effected a compromise with the other heirs to the Huntington estate which makes her several millions better off aud forever settles all thought ot a contest of tho wlll of the deceased railroad bn Icier. Common Durbuuk potatoes ere suiting in rlacrameiilo al $1.60 per 100 pouuda. Last season at this time the same pota toes were slow st SS oeuts pur 100 pounds. Many ruuehurs on the river have lurge acroagos of potatoes this year sud all will share iu the sudden rise iu the market. Choice Baliuas po tatoes are going at 11.78 per 100 pounds. At the corresponding date but yuar thoy were quoted at 8i ceutt. There is a groat demand for potatoes from the east. Frod Hartman, a soldier in the Salva tion army at Astoria, Or., was arrested recently charged with fishing In the Colombia river without a lioeuse. Hart man refuses to do anything which does not conform to the dictates of his con science, aud when tried iu the justices' court he addressed the court and crowd of onlookers, declaring that he would not reoogulxe the Oregon law requiring fisherman to take ont a lioeuao, because it was in conflict with tba divine law made by God, who made the fish aud plnoad tlitin where bit people might ob tain them for food purposes. Hurt man fasted for Hve days rather than eat jail fool, aud it haa now been ar ranged that hia food shall be prepared by his fellow soldiers. Two masked men entered the Elk saloon at lUd Houth U street, Taooma, at au early hour Hunduy uiorulngaud or dered tlie ocenpnuts to throw up their bands. lroprletor llcrinaden treated the matter lightly, as he tbonght it was a joke, but shirts from a revolver con vinced III m lll.it the visitors meant bust ness. lieu Johnson, a smeller umpluyee, ou outoring the door, reoeivod a ball above the hift hip, aud he died in half an hour. Tlio rubbers took I "i0 out of the till aud relieved the proprietor of his watch sud chain. FictitreMold- T . IHO SIXTH STREET ...Southern Oregon State Normal School. AHHLAND, Strong Academic course, rrofesslooa1 training of the highest excellence. Well equipped labora tories, tirntcltss train ing department. De mand lor trained teach ers exceeds tbe supply. Grtdustes essily secure good positions. BssuIIIdI location . Moat delightful climate on tbe coast. Expenses $120 to $150 per year. Write for catalogue. CARPETS-Over 3000 Yds. Whenever you think of buying a Carpet, remem ber we're headquarters. Carpets are Carpets, but there is a difference in Carrrti litre rvrrathimr i- Wall Taper Crockery Ulaasware Lamps Tinware (Iranlteware Wooden ware Tools Mirrors Luther Burbnuk, the famous horticul turist, is suffering from netvons prostra tion brought on by overwork. His physician has ordered him absolute rest and quiet, aud as a result between 400,000 aud 600,000 specimen trees and plnuta being ruisod npou hit experiment farm near tiubastopol, Oal., for hybridi sation purposes probably will be wasted. Charles W. Nordstrom, the man who murdered William Mason nearly too years ago, was hanged at Koattle Fri day, Aug. Hi. Wbon he was taken to tho scaffold he broke down eutirely, and cried iu a childish manner thu! his life might be spared and fell to the floor. To keep him on his feet he had to be strapped to a board, and it re quired six men to hold him while this was being done. The six men with great effort succeeded iu getting him npou the fatal trap, which was almost immediately sprung. Thomas Feeley, tged 80 years, who bus bceu bogging from door to door and abusive wheu refused alius, was arrested lu Oakland, (Jul., ou the charge of beg ging and taken to the city prison. The following rocrly was found on his person! '1 ;- $1,000 United titates bonds; buiiK book continuing $1,160; silver, 3 .25; ring, knife, etc Feeley sitid be livid iu the Putrero lu Uau Fiuncisco. where ho bus a brother, and that he camu to Oakland to take walks tie his heulth, nud, when tired, would go to a houae nud ask forn liitlc refresh ment. The weit-bouud st.tgu from Ukiah to Meildociuo, (Jul., was held up by a soli tary road uguut in the nfturuoou of Aug. t6 st 1'epiHtrwood Flat, tun unlet from TJklnlt. Two passenger gave their purses to tlie bandit and Wells, Fargo & Co. 'a box was taken. The stage was being driven by Clay lteuiiiuk, a care ful anil courageous man, and the sceuo ot the hold-up, within hve miles of Orr's tiprings, is an opuu country, mid one of the lust places thut a highwayinau would have been expected to select. Duriug tho performance ot "A Trip to Cuba" in tlie Auditorium theatre at Spokane a thriek of ngouy was heard behind the scenes. William Harris, aa actor, had gnus too uniir a cage of lious thut are nsed lu n vandovtlto act. One of the uniinals seised lilm through the bar by the buck and tore a wouud in bis scalp four Inches iu length and otherwise louuutcd him. Physicians dressed Harris's wound and later the performance proceeded. Tbe actor will be luid up fur some time. The painters' strike in San Francisco Is ondeil, tho employers liaviug coil coded thu rut of wages demanded by tbe uulou.-- The strike of Mutul Worlu trt' Union No. 19, involving 260 men, wss also settled, the employer aocediug to tlio demnuds of the uulou. O. O. Duck, Betrne. Ark., sayt: I waa troubled witb constipation until I bought PeWitt's Little Early Hisers. Since then have been entirely cured of my old complaint. I commend them Dr. Kra mer. I (Xutfh tfiruo, TwiM In Itm. H-.Iri hv (Initrifl ORKOON. .ts. ir ...J. Carl -la. 1 - . , "t- rL. i s , b V. M. CLAYTON, Pres.