Some Scientific News.
Wherever Uie Romans penetrated they
were lure to ereot great batbi. Recent
excavations on an eatate la Scotland
have revealed the foundations ol an iin
menso bath with concrete floors and
walls, lead-pipe connection, bypocaust
and stoke-hole with a flue extending
from it, says The Architect. The foun
dations ol tbe piers ol the hypocaust are
now displayed. Tbe walls of the rooms
are formed of stone and lime covered
with etrong concrete, with a polished
surface aDd painted a biick-red color.
Tbe floors are all of concrete.
Tbe study of language! by those who
are nut able to obtain actual instruction
from the professor has always been bam
pered by the fact that notwithstanding
the grammar might be maBtered tberel
was alwayB trouble with pronuuciatian.
This phonetic difficulty has been over
come by the International Correspond
ence Schools of Scranton, Pa. The eye.
tern employed 1b highly interesting, f I
each student in the language courses is
furnished with a phonograph. The ii.
etruetion proper Is given by mail. Tbe
essons are dictated by the profeeaora at
Bcranton, and tbe phonograph cylinders
are sent to the Btudenle. The cylinders
are not copies but "master records," so
that tbev are so clear tbat the students
are easily taught the correct pronun
ciation. Tbe courses in tbe foreign lan
guages are under the direction of Prof
David Petrie-Palmeda, who will give in
struction in German: Prof. Eaonard
Lamaze, who will teach French, and by
Prof, Antonio Llano, who will tearb
Spanish.
An attempt is to be made by tbe Brit
ish authorities in Uganda to utilize the
zebra for transport purposes in that
country. It is contended tbat tbe char
acteristics of tbe animal render specially
suited to that district, since it ia natnr
ally immune againBt the ravages of the
tsetse fly and horee slcknees. The plan
suggested is 'the domestication of tbe
adult animal. Tbe young zebra cannot
be reared apart from ite mother and it is
considered that if tbe animal were ao
CUBtomed to the presence of man from
its birtb, in tbe course of a few years a
large supply of zebras will be available
for work.
Here is tbe way one inau in New York
would use Garnegies' millions:
"If I bad 275,000.000 to glye away I
would convert it into a fund tbe inoome
to be used for tbe benefit of the aged
and indigent men and woineu of Greater
New York over sixty years of age who
bavdno means of support, Many of
these could and would support them-
selveB if every avenue of employment,
with few exceptions, were not closed to
them becnufo of their ago. There are a
multitude of men who in their younger
davs have by intelligence and faithful
ness helped others along tho road ti
Biiccosa who are now penniless, many
having wives, depondunt upon them.
There are many widows of that class of
men who are in need ; also many women
who have nover married but who have
lived tho moet unaoltiah. lives, helping
others through sorrow aud trouble, who
in their old ago are led without moans
lor their support.
It is true thora are several homos for
the aged, yet there are hui tltuda who
cannot, by reason of souio clause in their
bv-laws, Kaiu admission to any one of
them and there are mauy nuw waiting
until there is a vacancy in some home
for them, suffering iu tho meantime. For
various reasons too uumorous to meution
bore I would not build almshouses,
chlolly because I tlunk the majority of
men and women would be happier if
they could draw a stipulated sum of
money monthly and be at liberty tn live
whore auu with whom they choio. Tho
kindly, thoughtful man who died in
Philadelphia last week aud left 2,0OO,O00
lor the benefit of the womeu teachers of
that city left it for a moat northy causo
but he did not stipulate that a home
should be built for them. What n chance
for Androw Carnegie, who does not wish
toldie rich, to give 25,000 aged poor peo
ple tbe sum of W00 annually and still
have plenty to give for other worthy
purposes, if it be true that his Income ie
$15,000,000 yearly.
The extra Bryan convention in Ohio
should not havo been held. Even
though the rogular convention failed to
recngmie tbe Kausas City and Chicago
conevntions the platlorm presented iB a
good one, full ol important issues, one all
democrats in that state should be able to
uuiteon. Just now there is enough in
the tariff, of which the trust is an out'
growth, lor all democrats and reformers
geuorally to pull together ou. It la time
that this flying off the tangent every time
something ie doue that does not just suit
was stopped.
The government alter a very long de
lay has begun proceedings to get the
230,000 Captain Carter stole .
Watering stock should be made a
orlme. It is a crime against the people,
a murdering ol their iutereets. Talk ol
fiat money, watering stock creates weallii
by a mere stroke ol the pen. Recently a
fen truit magnates made thirty or forty
million dollars by simply changing the
capital stock of a concern from f.'W.OOO,'
000 to 170,000,000.
Our Timber.
Washington, July 27: Stirred up by
tbe assertions of tbe agricultural depart
ment tbat a large part of tbe bot wave
now prevailing in tbe west ia due, direct
ly or indirectly, to tbe destruction of tbe
forests in that part or tne country and
to the north, it is probable that the peo
pie there will urge upon Contrme at iie
next session advanced steps to preserve
what forests are left and to plant others.
This whole subject was fought over
towards the close of President Cleveland's
term, not on account ol the beat but on
account of the floods and droughts that
have always been charged up to the de
struction of the forests. Mr. Cleveland
realized tbe danger of tbe forest destruc
tion and issued; an order withdrawing
from entry and ealej 21,379,gl0 acies of
timberlaudB in thn west and northwest
ThiB order waBmade upon tbe recm
mendation of tbe American Foresfy as
sociation and tbe National Association
for tbe Advancement of Science in order
to preserve tbe forests from destruction
and to secure a permanent supply of
water for irrigation and manufacturing
purposes in the arid regions.
For twenty-five or thirty years before,
every secretary ;of the interior, (very
commissioner of public lands, every for
estry association, every irrigation con
vention 'and every scientist, economist
and philanthropist, who has studied the
greatquestion of water supply has urged
Congress to enact some law to spare and
protect the trees in the western moun
tains, but it was not until 1891 that any
attention was Jpaid to their appeals.
Tnrouab the influence of 'he American
Forestry association a new policy wbb
then adopted authorizing the president
to reserve and set apart any portion of
the public lands as a forest cover npon
slopes and mountains to hold back the
snow and rainfalls, to provent rapid
evaporation and to encourage tbe de
velopment of tbe timber eupply. For
many years the cultivation of artificial
groves bad been encouraged by a liberal
bounty in lands, but no effective meas
ures had been taken to protect the vast
natural forests that clothed the mountains
and sheltered the water courses of tbe
west. Thousands of square miles of
magnificent timber had been destroyed
by unchecked fires and thousands more
had been denuded by tbieyes, without
any compensation to the government or
a single thought of tho consequence to
future generations.
An appropriation of 525,000 was placed
at tbe disposal of tbe Association for tbe
advancement of Science to enable experts
to select tbe tracta to be reserved, and
upon itB recommendation President
Harrison issued a proclamation with
drawing from entry and sale some 13,
000,000 acres of lands.
Shortly after President Cleveland came
into power he issued an order reserving
tho Cascade range in Washington, em
bracing 4,492,800;ucroj, and Inter lis is
sued the other order referred to above.
At onco.tho settlers and especially the
lumber speculators of the northwest
begau an assault on the law, based upon
Bliort-eighted, temporary loyal interest.
The strongest objuctore were tho railway
companies, the tniner6 and local lumber
men, who were enjoying the bonetit of
these timber tracts both lawfully and un
lawfully, and who complninud that the
president's order would paralyze in
dustry, retard immigration, and deprive
tho inhabitants of the regions adjacent
to these reservations of the building
Itiniuor and fuel that they needed. In
response to their demand Congress
adopted an ameudment to the suudry
civil hill, suspending President Cleve
land's proclamation for some nine
mouths, at tho end of which time Presi
dent McKinley wits to Bay what parlB
should be withdrawn und what restored.
When tho time was up, President Mc
Kinley undid a good deal of the work of
his predecetsor, although he allowed the
larger part to aland. If he had etood by
President's order and extended it, in
stead of fielding to the demands of the
men who wore making fortuues by cut
ting tho timber on which tho prosperity
of the country depended, it is probable
that the present hot spoil would not have
been as widespread and disastrous as it
has been. O. M,
An eastern hoise, Cresceus, recently
trotted a mile iu 2:2V the fastest trot
ting on record, mid pretty close to tbe 2
minute gait, which has often beon pre
dicted. A few years ago when Flo
1'emple trotted a mile in 2:lo and a
fraction It was thought a marvellous
feat, ii; "i if In mihI iiwi-teen
seconds to this and the bottom ia not yet
reached.
A prominent New Yorker aays tbat to
be really and trnly happy a man must
have money. Toat is good, for a man
without money will either have to starve
or beg, either of which ia misery. As
intended though, that a man must have
millions, tbe statement is not correct, for
everything goes to show that the great
est trouble exists among the rich. Peo
ple in moderate circumstances are the
:iappiest.
Uotore yon mention the beat here just
talk with some one who has recently
bseu In the east, and onr warm weather
here will feel lice a cool lephyr from the
Pacific.
Saturday Night Thoughts.
A very pleasing decision tbis week was
oe by a judge who declared tbat when
Hawaii became a part of tbe United
States it was at once subject to the con
stitution ol this country and Biiouid be
governed by its provi-iors. It doesn't
seem as if any sane man could think
o'herwiEe, and yet po'.'ticiaoa are claim
ing all manner of things ju-t for political
purposes. It is as plain as the Three
Sisters oo a sunBhinev day.
The papers are about full of talk
about Admiral Schley's investigation.
The investigation ie not to take place
until the weather. shall be suitable for
tbe leader cutice of the committee. In
the meantime it is not too hot for the
public to give its opinion ou tbe subject
and tbis is being done in an emphatic
manner. The result is that Admiral
Schley ib being thoroughly vindicated
without any investigation, so much so
that whentbe committee meets tbs in
vestigation will be a tarce.
The hot weather in tbe middle weBt
baa bo affected the corn crop that the
papers there are calling npon farmers to
oonsider tbe propriety of more diversifi
ed farming. In short, corn has been
king there and other things have be"en
neglected. They are being advised to
raise wheat and more fruit etc, things
not affected by tbe beat. That has a
familiar ring, only out here tbe farmers
are being advice! to raise more corn and
cows and sheep and goats etc , instead
of so much wheat. The lesson becomes
the more emphatic in favor of diversified
farming. The farmer should turn hiB
attention to all things possible."
V
Over in Austria tbey are refusing ad
mission to American merchants Kho wish
to start Borne stores there. Well, now
suppose in the United States we should
refnee admission to Austrian and German
and other merchants who wish to go in
to bus'ness bere wouldn't there be a
stir. Instead of tbat everybody from a
celestial up on do business anywhere in
tbis country without any fear of disturb
ance. Tbe truth is (other countries are
afraid of the enterprising Yankee,
V
Nothing displays tbe diversity of taste
any more than tbe different places select
ed by people for tbeir summer outing.
One eays there is no place quite tbe
equal of the seashore. Another poohooes
the great briney ocean with its continual
growl and speaks for the ;iofly mountain
with its frieky deers and feetive trout.
Another wishes to sit down beside some
mineral spring aud drink and drink.
Another prefers to go off to some big city
and Bee the sights, and as well get a
change and part with lots of change
After all wherever one goes it ia the
change tbat does the business if it is
done.
The automobile lean aristocratic con
cern, the machine of the millionaire,
with monoy to burn, One on the streets
of Albany would be as lonesome as a
dude iu a desert.
It is a blind pereon who cannot Bee
that something is wrong when American
manufactured articles are sent to Europe
and sold at a good profit for about half
what they are sold for in 'the United
States, made possible bv the Bo-called
protective tftriiT, which tnBtead of being
a protection to the people is an oppress
or. Bishop Henry L. Burkley relumed to
Oregon last Monday from attending the
Goueral Conference of his church In
the State of Now York. Ho was reelect
ed Bishop of the Pacific Coast States for
another four year?, having declined to
accept a more populous and lucrative
district In the East, on the ground that
he preferred the Wept whero the people
are more civilized and the climate is
better. Ue'made a speech for Golden
Rule JoneB who was roelected Mayor for
a third term by 3300 plurality over the
thoroughly organized Republican and
Democratic parties, to the great disap
pointment of Uanna and his manager,
who scored the Bishop severely in (belr
newspaper organs for participating in
politicB. I'hoy never feel the baiter
draw with good op'niou of the law.
There are few if any better political
speakers in the United States time
Bishop Berkley. He goes to California
this month to preside over the annual
conference in that Slate, Eugene
Journal.
The folio .v i MR tells of a great disadvan
tuge of the automobile :
Charles Woedmi of Isleworth, stated
that he saw the prisoner's motor car com
lug along the road, not at a very quick
pace but to carelessly steered and driven
th.it it went in zigzag fashion. The rea
pn for this was to be found in the fact
that the prisoner had his arm a-ound a
young lady who was sitting beside him,
and was kissing her. Accordingly he
had only one arm to aleer and drive with
his left. Witness saw the car dash In
to the baca of tbe youth Cobbler, wbe
had been walking slowly behind a bak
er's cart. Cobbler was knocked under
the cart and the young lady was pitched
out on top of him.
Diversified Farming.
Suggested by Ihe ruin of the great
oorn crop, the Sr. Louis Republic talks
diversified farming as follows:
If tbe drought drills oae needed lesson
Into the mindr and hearts of the farm
ers, it will not have been in vaiD. If it
succeeds iu teaching the owner ot every
qoarter-fention the value of the 'eide
products, "' Missouri will be the gainer
in tin: end .
And Ihere is good rsaaon to hel'eve
that t r 1 1 - will be oua of the results of the
long continued dry weather. Better
than all the elaborah arguments of years
are the comparative facts tbat tbe
drought is bringing forth. The man
wiih an early berry crop, a wheat crop,
an orchard, with a few hives of bees
next a clover field, and with a barn yard
full of chickens on frieediy terms v.itb
the pigs and calves is the man who has
every cause to thank hiB foreBigbteJness
for not being in the fix of his lees provi
dent neighbor.
For the year 1901 wilt be remembered
as tbe year wben the "side-products"
kept many a householder from feeling
tbe effects of one of tbe severest droughts
in tbe history of tbe Btate. Last year
tbe value of the eggs and poultry
shipped out of Missouri was about twelve
and a'balf million dollars. If the lessons
of tbis year are remembered, tbe yalue
of exports from the chicken industry
should be donbled.
This year will be remembered, in Miss
ouri and in every western state, as the
year when the man wbo diversified bis
crops could close tbe season'B acconnt to
thegocd. Tbe day has passed wben a
farmer is accounted the beBt because
he van raise the best corn in the county,
iu spite of ttie fact that be can raise
nothing else with profit in a good year.
Iustead of one vast field, there should'
be two or three, each bearing a different
crop and coming to Imitation at differ
ent times, Instead of a herd of 2-year-olris,
there should be stock ranging from
the new-born calf to the fattened feeef.
While raising chickens 'or table use,
there is "velvet'' in raising three times
as many more for eity markets. If tbis
lesson ia learned, the drought losses may
be turned into cash.
ine jcugena journal getB warmed up
on tbe subject of Oregon weather as to!
lows:
Tbe people of the Willamette valley
are just now enjoying their usual quota
of genuine summer weather; such as can
be found only in Old Webfoot. We do
not except even California. Yet, withal
in onr rambles around we meet all
classes of people. " The weather-crank
is ever present, winter and summer. He
s designated by the face be wears, In
summer time he haB the Bun-grine and
feels and looks uncomfortable; in winter
the sun-grins are displaced and a digni
fied cloudy expression ie noticeable.
While the summer hoat is very oppres
sive to a great many, it is quite agree
able to others, and they seem to make
much of Old Sol's warm, genial emilee
while they last, for be doesn't Bmi b
much in winter and if he does it it a cold,
facial grin, or a tiny wink through some
rifllo in the clouds. We could not or
Bbould we expect or wish for more de
lightlul weather than these bright, sun
kissed days with the pleasant sea bteezeB
to cools your brow and temperate your
body and mind. Few places are so fa
vorable to the ever prevailing soft breezes
from the west and northwest in summer
as the Willametto valley. This breeze
is noticeable here during the afternoons.
Harvest hands in tbe fields do not notice
tho heat so much, although they always
have an agreeable expectancy of tb
usual afternoon breeze.
Admiial Schley will become a great
man before he gets through with thli. in
vestigation. It looks ae if he will be ac
quitted before the court of inquiry meets.
Whatever Grover Cleveland was as
president he undoubtedly la a great
fisherman and it is no small thing to
really know how 3 catch flab enough to
substantiate a fish story.
nether a mend ia a giod thing or
not depends entiiely who the friend ie
A high tariff haa built up the extor
tionate trust.
The following is not needed here, bnt
it ahowa the leading subject in the East
these days the thunder etorm ; and telle
how to act in case of one:
"If oat of doora keep away from trees
haystacks, houses, large sheets of water,
river banks, etc. If in an open plain,
where there are no trees or buildings,
you are eafer lying down than standing
np. II near a wood, stay there, and do
not go nearer. If near a single tall tree
you are pretty safe thirty yards away.
Indoors yon are safest of all if you adopt
Franklin's plan. Find the geometrical
center of the room. Bang np a ham
mock by silken cords, get in and stay
there, Failing a hammock, ait on one
chair in the middle of the room with
your feet on another, first placing be
neath them a feather bed or hair mat
tress. But do not sit under the gaa chan
delier. Whether out of doors or indoors
keep away from the chimney or from
metallic masses ol any kind,
And
pos-
sess your souls in patience
Oregon salmon Jbereafter will be run
by a New Jersey trust. Doesn't that jar
you.
The bot weather east has been partic
ularly hard on the potato crop and the
price ia already very high.
Tbe report tbat W. K. Hearst is to
Btart a oaperin Portland ia probably like
Saleu. 'e gas we 1.
The Salem papers claim that gas baa
been discovered at Salem. Tbis ien't
the first time gas has been discovered
mere.
For some reason or other the Boer war
has not ended for several days. What
is the matter of the newspaper corres
pondents. The dispatches say that the British
recently had to run from tthe Boers.
That has a revolutionary day sc und.
A big wheat crop will mean lowfprices ;
but a lagre crop in Oregon at even low
prices wilt mean a great deal for the
state.
. Admiral Schley will come out of the
investigation in a blaze of glory, with
his colors flying.
Just now Astoria is decidedly in the
swim from a financial standpoint, the
immense run of salmon filling the cof
fers of her sitizens.
The name of the yacht Constitu
tion is evidently a hoodoo. The manner
in which the present administration haa
treated tne constitution has evidently
been transmitted to the yacht.
Goasip is a very mean thing to do:
but people will talk about the current
events of the day and discUBS them, and
they have a right to do bo, Wrong
should be condemned and right com
mended, A man from the middle west ont here
sayB be doesn't need to look any further
than around Albany for a location. It
suits him, and the prospects of this place
are tbe best of any of the valley towns.
Ihere ie an immense field for investi
gation in the timber land frauds. Bight
in Linn county there is an onnnrtnnit.it
(for inquiry, a larve amount of timber
uaving oeen gouDteu up by companies
who have undoubtedly employed loca
tors. The valleya are wh . make this coun
try, not the big peaks like Shasta and
Hood. They are pleasing sight , but
the valleys make the hojies. It i. time
that the railroads appreciated this fact.
In Eugene the postmaster, by advice
ol the Bpecial agent, haa prohibited the
local papers from publishing advertise
ments of gifts given by merchants or the
date set for drawings or the winning
numbers. This has been the postal law
for years, and knowing it the Democrat
has refused to publish anything pertain
ing to such things. Full particulars
though of the governments big lottery in
Oklahoma may be given.
A man named,.;Williams was arrested
at Walla Wella for rt.pe on a fifteen year
old girl, tried and convicted and Bent to
the peniteutiary four years, all within
an hour and a half. That was one time
wheo Justice took the bar.dage off her
eyea and waded in with Bleeves rolled
up.
The other day when the Pomona was
com iug up stream the other eido of Salem
Capt. Spong saw a cow stuck in the
mud. He stopped the boat and with hie
trew got the bovine out of the mud to a
safe place. Like o sponge full of water
Capt. Spong'a heart is full of kindness
for all be.ngs, and the man who treats a
dumb animal well may be depended up
on in the every day avenues of life.
Albany men aie laying for the X-Ray
man to poison or salmon him at tbe first
opportunity. He was got into the Alco
club the other day and generously treat
ed to a temperance drink called lemon
Bours from which he has not yet recov
ered. Hereafter he will travel m the
weat side whenever it is possible. Salem
Journal.
Good for the lemon-sour. We have
been in hopea something in Albany
would go for Hofer.
The following is one of the items that
is going the rounds of the papers: A
Lewiston girl named Jessie was sent to
a famous eastern school and after a
year's time wrote to her dad, signing
"JeBsica". Iu reply the old man wrote:
"Dear Jessica : Your welcome letter re
ceived. Mammica and papaica are well.
Aunt Maryica and Georgica started for
California yesterday. I have bought a
new horseica. It is a beautica. Its
name Is monoica. Your brother Tomica
iB doing finely, and tbe hired girlica ia a
peachica."
Here is the way the Chicago Inter
Ocean pictures life in Oregon: "Billy
Camp's great happinesa reminda me
that his brother Edward is living an
ideal life out in Oregon, He and hie
wife (who, aa you may rememoer, was
Miss Berenice Addison before her mar
riage, anu a reigning uette) are roughing
it near a place called Glendale, where
tbev have a nest that Ihev mil a i..k.
iu," but which is really a little fragment
of Belgrnvia in the wilderneea. Here,
with horsca and dogs for pets and the
rough-ond ready natives for eomnnnmn.
and the refinements of civilization tossed
in between, they are contriving, so they
confess, to find happiness, or something
very like it. With a couple so admirably
mated haDDiness should nnt ha u
seek, but their friends here claim that
they went a long wav to look far ii
they went a long way to look for
They havo been away nine months now
but may come back some time. You
can't tell.
A Revolution.
Willkmstad, Island of Curacoa, July
21. Dr. Rangel Gradiras, at the head of
5000 men, has revolted against President
Castro of Venezuela. The insurgents
are near Santonio de Tacheria, on the
Colombian -frontier. The Venezuelan
government has sent 10,000 troops to the
scene of the uprising. Other outbreaks
are expected.- The - whole country ie
ready to rise against President Castro.
Constitutional guarantees have been sus
pended aod complications with (.Colum
bia aro feared.
The Oklahoma Lottery.
El Rbso, July 31. Thousand one
hundred names were drawn from each
wheel iu the great United States land
lottery today, making a grand total of
8700. Tomorrow the list of prizewinners
will he completed. The drawing of
uumbers will continue on tho platform
north of the Irvinir school hnildi nt until
about 10,000 names for each land district
nave Deen drawn from the wheels, mak
iue a total of 20,000 names.
The Salmon Trust.
Portland. Auir. l.Over tzmnnnn
will be distributed by the Portland banks
in the next eight days in closing the deal
by which the Pacific Packine A
i.iuu vuuipauy HevureB control ol zo sal
canneries on Puget Sound and in Alaska,
K. Onffroy, who has succeeded in orga
nizing the trust after four years of steady
effort, arrived yesterday. Ais associates
in the final details of arrangements,
who will reach Portland this morning
will bring $3,000,000 in exchange.
Held Up.
Chicago, July'31 The Baltimore &
Ohio passenger train from the EaBt,
which was due to arrive at Grand Cent
ral Station, bere, at 9 p. m , was held up
by 5 maeked men at 8 o'clock tonight
uctneeu .ugemore ana It rand Calumet
Heights, Ind., 31 miles out from Chica
go. One of the mail cars which con
tained no money, was dynamited and
wrecked. Nothing was secured.
A Ivew Party.
Columbus, July 31. The "Progressive
Democratic party" was organized hero
today. The attendanse was so small
that many doubted up to 1 p rn whether
any attempt would be made to hold a
state convention.
An Anarchist Arrested.
Zurich, Switzerland, July 31. An an
archist named Galliotti wbb arrested at
Viedikon last night by order of tbe Pros-ecutor-General
on information received
from Paterson, N. J, Many documents
were found at his lodgings. He had
been Belected to kill the Czar.
A Just Decision -
Honolulu, July 26, yia San Francisco,
Aug. 1, The Constitution of the United
States preceded the flag in Hawaii, ac
cording to a decision just rendered by
Circuit Judge George D. Gear of the
First;Circuit. He haa already released,
on habeaa corpus petitions, threelprison
era, sentenced for infamous crimes after
the resolution of annexation passed Con
gress and waas signed bo President Mc
Kinley, on;the ground that they were
not convicted bv a unanimnnn vpr.11, nt
12 jurors.
Afraid of the United States,
Vienna, Aug. 1. The; Fremdenblatt
publishes an interview with Hrr un
chairman of the Shoemekers Guild on
the project for opening American retail
Bhoe shops in Austria. Herj Bitza says
the Americans can sell 39 per cent
cheaper than the local makers. Tho
citemenljamong the latter increases and
violence is tauten ol tf the projected
BhopB are opened.
Maryland Democrats.
Baltimore. Au. 1 The
state convention, which met here today,
v....v .u..,, 1.1,11 purpose oi me party,
if successful in the election, ia to elimi
nate the negro from politics in Maryland
if such a thing be possible under the
constitution ot the state. Under this
paromount issue of the campaign will
stand the candidates nominated today
for Btate oflices. Gorman .dictated the
platform which ignores national isBuea.
HU Firm Suspended.
Chicago, Aug. 1, Board of Trade and
buainesg circles generally were Btartled
today by tho announcement that the
beorge A Phillips Co,, which became
famous through itB pool operations in
the Chicago corn pit duriBg the nast
year, had traneferredjall its open trades
to McReynold's & Co. It was at first
rumored that a large defalcation had
been discovered in; an examination of
the books but this proved untrue.
Morgan's Refusal.
Pittsburg, Aug. 1 The Commercial
Gazette will tomorrow say:
The Amalgamated executive board last
evening received by telegraph a flat re.
fusal from J. Pierpont Morgan to reopen
the wage conference where it was broken
off at the Hotel Lincoln, nearly three
weeks ago. This undoubtedly means
that the strike will go on.
Trust Style.
NkwJYork, Aug. l.-There was an
other advance to-day of 10 cents a ton in
the price of coal sold to the retail deal
ers. The advance has been made each
month in April, May, June and July.
IhiB means a total advance of 75 cents a
ton up to September 1.
A former Portland" teacher, aftejwarda
superintendent of theipublic schools ol
fi?it.nakf'Cjty,.hM been Promoted to
TnnTi'.ntendcjr of the "bool at
John Day .somewhere in eastern Oregon
A Eugene man in tbe city this morn
ing was throwing cold water on Albany,
but it fell off withont chilling any onr.
fny right without a $50,000 an
?i l f ?" ,ILom'h "'ate, and i, goin
ahead n a healthy way.' It i9 the mott
promising city in the valley, regaXja
of the prevarication, of the citizen, of
the jealous neighboring towns
Mr. Wilaon, secretary of agriculture,
thinks tbe reason of the drought in tbe
east is due to the .tripping ,f the laoi
imber and leaving large tracta of open
and. It Is claimed that the forest is
conducive to ram. But really Is this the
reason? Perhaps not. The . Uraw,
np what water it can get bold of and it
muat come down somewhere according
to atmoephe.-ic conditions Why ia
there twice., much rain at A.torla aa
here i, in places in this valley where
there is just as much timber?