I
Sittmday Nii'll Thoughts
Toe accident iu Ma attach ueette iowh ch
tbe President was a party, and whuh
resulted in tue death ol one mm', i a
probably atirac ed tbe in o B t
attention tie ill ti-l on ec
Count of the prominent: of the inen con
cerned iu ii. It is the interest ol every
good eaizen ti sse tin ebe-E ee
GUtive of toi-country protected botb
bis personal and official rights, but it ie
also just as completely tbe interest ol
everybody to see every citizen protectee
in such a way that it will be eafe to
travel anywhere when done with day
care. It ie to be hoped tbe accidsnt re
suite in more stringent laws lor tbe gov
ernment of all kinda of vehicles, electric,
motor etc.. eo that all people will have
equal rights on the public thoroughfares
of tbe country. Ot course we must lojk
out for the care wl en we come to the
Orossiug, for it would he impractical for
trains to stop at every road crossing, but
' it ie possible 'or,wav cars like etreet cine
to tue uucotiiinpn care on account of the
places in which they travel and this
Should be instated upon.
The President's trip through the New
England slates has beon given promi
nence, as the trip of the President ol the
United States, or the head of any nation
always is and always should be. Such
trips tliould bo devoid of par'.izanship
And yet all around us are narrow-minded
. men who push politics into everything I
and can hardly make a motion lor ad
joommeiit or cut a slice of bread without
being political. Mosfof our Presidents
have made good impressions on thsir
presidential trips, as a rule speaking
along lines ol good citizenship and faith
fulness to our country, which is right.
A democratic president would do it jurjt
as consistently us a republican president.
That is what we all aant, good citizen
ship, and the more the people and not
the truxte rule, the closer we will get to
it. A government by the people and not
by tho bossra is the great need of ttiia
country.
The people of the country this week
have been educated up in the line of war
through tbe instrumentality of a mimic
warlaro along. the Atlantio ciaet. This
Boems to be tho spirit of the present ad
IDiuietration. Somt day the spirit of tbe
Head of all people will prevail and these
guns and big iron IniUlerjhipB and BWordB
Bhall.be beaten into plowshares and ii
atruniints ol peace and there will be
Bpirlt of harmony aud not of war in the
land, and professing Christian men will
SOt De lauding won whoBe only ambition
Seems to bo war, but will look up to thi
tivll andllterary beroeBnnd tbe educab
ore of the land. May tho time Boon
come.
Not Democratic.
President Rio.evelt in ooi ol bin NW
Eng and epeerhe eald :
Tlie stain ratuiot t'Hrr anyone. The
-tate i-aori' i io a- mneii lor you as you
an do i n it. Under no circumstance!.
il it he popstoi.- l.y law lo ebupe con'
lit ous so trial euch OISII Shall succeed
If the man has uo goi in him the stuff
out ol which l-e nan work success In
naie i-annot euplv it. Ii he tails 1 am
sorry for him . I will help him aB lar a
oosBK'le. I will nil nim up it he scam
hies, but I won t try to carry him, lor
ihat is neither helping bun or beipin:
me."
Ihe Oregoman in commenting npon
Ibis says:
"No man who baa heard democrats
doctrine expounded Irom tbe atnmp by
Bayard, Vnas, Carlisle or Watterson need
to be reminded that this is the historic
denocriitic position."
Tnis statement of the Oregonian is far
from the irntli, Roosevelt Bays the
State can hot carry any oue, while the
oft-fepaeted d-miaratio faith is
that tho etato Mioi'LO not carry any
One.
This ifl an era of street carnivals. All
Overjthe United Statos they are frequent.
Thoyldrawjbig crowds. Tbuy have the
Bttract'.orYk with which to do it. Some of
them are of a creditable character and
Jome are violotie and as a single entei
tainineut would not bo permitted. Most
anything can pas muster in a crowd.
Of all classes of people tho farmer
Heeds to keon his eyes o?on the widest.
It aometimos seems as if Ihero were mote
men in the world who make it a business
to getjahead ol them than any others,
All manner ol schemes are kept going to
make them pay dear for their whistle or
to rope them into something they don't
want. There is a good rule ou this point.
Don't be bulldozed into anything.
Prof. I'.'. V. Hiiffcut, of Cornell Uni
versity, dclivo.ed nil address in which
hoeuid:
When it is considered that the last
census disclosed that there were already
in 1000 over lll.OHO lawyers in tho United
States more tliau in any other prolei
Bion save medicine and teachlin it will
bo Been with astonishment, and perhaps
disomy, that the schools Inst year had in
course o! preparation about one-eighth
US many more. Ncw York City is cred
ited with about 8,000 lawyeis, and yet
the New York City Schools bad 2,01)0
law studoulB In altondaueo Inst year.
Star ling as these figures may seem, it
must be remembered thai, assuming that
8,500 students, or one-fourth f I the total
enrollment, were graduated each year, it
would take about thirty three years, or a
lull generation, to replace tho more than
114,000 lawyer now credited to the pro
fession. Tbe accident iu Mooracnu.-elte, which
rcBuliod in the death ol one man and a
very close call for tho President aud h e
privato secretary was undoubtedly due
3 carelessness on the part of the electric
motor man. II this proves true it will
hi a g iod case for making a striking ox
mple of the perBon responsible. In
the large citioa the tlsctno car service
has reached Hint, point, where the
elecric car appears to bo the whole
thing, and no oiie oUe lias any rights
Ab a matter ol fai t street cars of nil kinds
have no mure rig it t i the road than a
private carriage or a mini on font, and
the lights of all niii-t bo ro'pect l.
Democrats bel'eve, and have, duiing
all the years of the party's life, believed
that the government can carry, and does
carry, a lew at the expense of the many
The triir.ii and soundness of this poBiilon
la cleuny Bhown in the protected in
terests of the country that have grown
up into vast monopolies by tho aid of the
government.
No, a glimmering light is breaking In
npon the perverted intellects of many
men in tbe republican party, and it Is to
hoped that lheyill see the true policy
as found in democratic expression, but
these men have not yet grasped the
truth, not even the President, It ie to
be earnestly hoped that be will continue
to follow the light abed by patriarchal
democrats Uuti! he merges into a perfect
democrat, modeled alter ouch illustrious
democrats as Jefferson, Monroe, Jackson,
Tilden and others.
The great maBB of tbe people believe
that the government as administered by
republican leadora hae carried tho trust
magnates of the country to a point al
most beyond the governments control,
and yet Roosevelt Bays "tbe government
cannot carry any one "
Herein ie the difforence between the
President and democrats. Democrats
arenotwillingtoconcede that tbe gov
ernment has the coastitutioial right to
tax all the people by menne of a protec
tive soheine of tariff rates for the benefit
of tbe few, but this has been done by
the republican leaders lor years, and
hence they Bay it should not tie done,
while tho preBideut contradicts current
truth and fads by saying that "tbe gov
eminent cannot carry any one.1'
The mass of tho people know who ie
right and who is wrong.
National A Hairs
Wahuinoton, Sept. 1, 1902.
President R uev.oi". eermoumng ie
can mg much auiu-eiuent to tbe demo
crane leader iu vaaiiiogion, They sav
that it wili do li'tlrt barm and probably
m lib good, that men wno m.iy never
hae beeu toehtircb wi'l receivlarge in
stalments of m ural and etlrcal instruct
ion 'roffl the vigorous yooug man whu
haopeni to occupy the presidential ehair.
A lotber beautv ol these little homilies,
as pointed out by the demeratB, is thar
they are so non ommlttal The people,
with a certain natural curiosity, desire
to learn something of tne President's
views io regard to tbe trusts, the tariff,
tbe Philippines, lo., but, in the large
majority of instance, that curiosity is
not gratified and instead, Mr. Roosevelt's
audiences receive neatly formed little
curtain lectureB on their duty to their
wives and children, Some ol tbe more
orthodox may criticise tbe lact that the
President fails to cite his text belore be
ginning bis little sermonet'.es, but tben
it must be remembered that be ha to
please all bearer, even those who reject
the Scriptures and to whom a biblical
text might prove offensive. Generally
Bpeaking, Bay the gentlemen referred to,
the President's little lectures will make
excolleot. subject for printing in the
childrenB Suday School papers, and will
doubtless win tbe parly the support o'
the bard worked editors of those euifying
little sheets.
RELIGIOUS.
'Presbyterian chorco: Morning wor
ship at 10:30, euhjeef nf sermon: Tin
Ministry for our ag-. Sabhath School
at 11:45, Senior Endeavor at 6:30.
Evening worship at 7:30, eubject of ser
mon : '"Called ihe (Sons of God"
(Notice the change of time of evening
services hick :o u ;30 and 7:30.
M. E. church sou h: Regular services
morning and evening. All are invited.
Baptist church : Keguiar services re--umed
Preaching at 10:30 a. in. ami
7:4-j p, m., Saboaih school at close m
morning service, Ii, Y. P. U. at A:45.
midweek prayer service at 7:45 d. m.
Tbur dae ev ning. All aie invited to
atioud these aervicea .
. U. P. church: Preaching by the pas
tor Rev. White at 10M0 and 7:45. Sab
bath school 11:45, Junior Eneayor,
3:10, Senior Endeavor 6:45.
M E church : Preaching by tho pastor
at 10:oO and 7:30 p in. Sunday school
at 11:1), Epworth League 6 :30. All are
inviled.
Result of an Advertisement.
The l'attcat Trust.
Cure ' .,,..'. i .-or .
Tnlt Mttenrels Cittelv t';it)i:trlle. lOn orvv
ti(XO. ' loll lo cure, tl rufouu u... -
The Chicago Journal says:
Moot gigantic and far reaching 'of all
the trusts yet projected will be the beef
combine. Notwithstanding repeated and
positive denials Irom Armour, Swift and
other local intorests, the proponed' com
bine is accepted as a certainty in the
East and apparently authentic and reli
able Information is plentilul theto.
One thing stands out more prominently
than anything else in the discussion ol
tho proposed cotnbino that the public
does not appreciate the effect this trust
is to have and tho tremendous profile It
cxpectB to reap
It overshadows the United Statos Steel
Corporation, otherwise tue bihien-dollar
Steel Trust, and where people now know
ol the Steel Tru?t merely as something ti'
read and wouder about, the bee! combine
or Food Trust, will be an actual every
day reality to every family iu tho nation.
Where one perBon iu a thousand comes
in contact with the Steel Trust, in the
matter of buviu its products, everv one
of the thousand must eat and buy meat
of smufl description overy day in, the
year.
It is announced in New Yo-k and Uoi
ton that (ho bastso! payment by the ue
trust, to bo kuown as Ihe United S'atei
Picking Company, (or the corporations
ami firm it in to absorb n ill oe twenty
five times tho earnings of the principal
Concern last year tlieroljro bacome a
manor ol great intoretl,
They are as follows:
Armour & Co., $8 000 000.
Swift & Co., KOOO.OOO.
Rcuwarzhild aud Sulzberger, 1 1,200,
000. Nelson MorriB & Co., $1,000,000.
Cudaliy & Co., f S00.00O.
The reported division ol capital among
the principal interests in the ("00,000,000
combine is as follows:
Armour A Co., ijL'OO.DOtl.OOO,
Swift A: Co., IOO,000,000,
Neisun Morris Co , $75 000,000.
Oodahy X Oj., .'5,000,C0O.
Sctiwarzchild A Su zbergor, $.15,000,.
000.
Others over the United States, 30,
000,01 A.
Miscellaneous expenses, imluiiliig cost
of promotion, etc., $J5, 000,000,
total, $:oo,ctv,ooo. .
Tbe Bublime equanimity with which
Mr. Roosevelt sees fit to ignore tbe ap
peals made to him by tbe starving mi
neVe of the anthracite regions is apalling.
The leaders of biB party are Known to
oppose his inference in the roll of an ar
bitrator for they regard it as impossible
to take Bteps looking to an ending of the
strike without incurring the displeasure
of tbe operators and tbe great capitalists
wliOBelpocbetbooke are involved. It
well recognized that the position of lh
coal operators is based on their dtormi
nation to accomplish tbe final defeat ol
all attempts at organization on the part
of their employees. Under these cir
cu instances anything in the form of ar
bitration would defeat their end and
leave them in the same position they
were in before the Btrike commenced.
I Of courie, the tact that hundreds of mi
ners, familiss are Buffering aud that
many lives will be lost counts as nothing
by comparison with tbe riek of forfeiting
the support of the coal barons and tne
railway president for tne republican
party. Under the circumstances, eay
leading democrats, Mr. Roosevelt's words
about men that "do things" must come
back to him with unpleasant significance
in these days of his own masterly inactivity.
Ab tbe result of an advertisement in
an eastern matrimonial paper, A.
(joulding, a well-to-. o farmer reeiding
near Lebanon, and Mary E. Pebly, ol
Armourdale, lien., eevoral weeks ago
began a correspondence with matrimony
in view. It resulted in an engagement
and this mormon the bride arrived from
the east, and was met bere by Mr
Moulding. They left on the early train
for Lebanon, where the ceremony was to
take place today: Tbe groom IB about
forty-fiye or six and the nride about ten
yearB hie senior, a nice looking woman
of about cne hundred eighty pounds
weight.
A GOOD CAPTURE.
'i'lio officials ai tan Walla for over a
uiuuth have -teen tryiug to get hold of
oue D. E-trang Shepp-ra,oo two Ben.. us
charges, forgery and grand larceuv, tbe
"trii ruurs ol which the Democrat ie n
in posee-Bioit of. Sheriff Husiou was
oot lied that.it was thought the man tiau
c oue ibis way, and tbe Sheriff begao to
nunt, terminating -uceesefully last even
ing hv the placing ol -D Estrange Shep-
perd in tbe Linn coun y jtil. The
Sheriff located him at Gates, hut he had
ioav Imm there Differenr hop yards
wer visited going north until finally
Thursday nvening be found him in a
yard near Krverton. and he was brought
to Alhaoy to await the arrival of tbe
Sheriff d.l Waila 'alla. .Shepperd is a
man anout fifty years of age. tie de
oies the charges, but the officials at
WmIIu Walla do not eeem lo doubt that
he is gu'i y.
An Enormous llnby.
From the World.
Mrs. Maria Don way, of 481 Pearl
stroet, Manhattan, is he mother of nine
childreu, and each one of .them has be.-n
remarkable. Tbe first six won the envy
of tbe whole neighborhood for Mrs,
Conway because they were bo beauti
ful.
The seventh and eighth babies had re
markable eyes and teeth. Tbey were as
famous around the City flail place re
gion as the first comerB,
For weeks previous to the arrival of
the ninth baby on Wednesday night,
Mrs. C jiiwuy, who is a very religions
woman, has prayed that the baby should
be a girl and Bhould be as remarkable aB
the other children.
tier prayer was answered. Tho tnby
that the stoik brought on midnight on
Weduesday was a girl, and was remaak
able ahe weighed thir y pounds.
The physician who attended Mrs, Con
way pronounced the girl the healthiest
child that he had ever seeu. Some idea
of the extraordinary size of the babv
may be had comparing its weight' with
that of the average baby.
At the J, Pierpolnt Horgan Lviug- In
Hosptal it waB 8id that tbe weight of
t'le average baby is seven and ooe-lialf
potiuds or just one I urih of Mrs. Con
way's latost off-priug. The measure
ments of the Conway baby are aB fol
lows :
Circumference of the head at the fore
head, IU inches; ol head around cheeks,
17'i inches; of arm, 7 inches ; of thigh,
luches; of che.u, 22's' inches; length
ot the baby, '28 inches. The longtb o'
the averrge baby is 21, 'J inches, ;
Mrs. Conway was sitting up in her
b. d yesterday, poking the new baby with
a feather and laughing as tbe child
Kicked. her lat heels. The mother, who
weighs 2.10 pounds herself, is doing
finely. The father of the child, Mr.
Thomas Conway, averred that he is not
discouraged at the s;ze of this girl, for be
dues rot believe that her appetite will be
in proportion.
A Tip Over.
It .was reported yesterday afternoon
that an old gentleman had been struck
by the cars on Ferry street as the 3:16
overlaid came in and killed. It v
only a report. Mr, James Thomas, who
resides in jMkins addition, was going
home with a baleot hay in hlB buggy
and did not discover the train until be
waB on the track. His horse became
frightened and ran off the Bide of the
road about oue hundred feet bevond tbe
tract as the train paeeed, tipping tbe
Duggy over and tne hay on Mr. momae,
who was not seriously injured, and is
now all right.
AT THE UOTKLB.
J G Blake, Seattle.
Mrs O G Hiuhesoa and son, Portland
Mrs J MoBher Or. On -.
Walter Wado, Portland.
H K CroBB, St Louis.
A N Smith, ? .rtl .nil.
O W Mummery, Salem.
Chile GouU, Portland.
G P TeriOll, Mehama.
J S Gurnee, Portlaud,
f R Hunt and wf, S F.
R w Wall, Portland.
L V Kiddle, N Y.
Mrs G Girard, Independence.
N L Ireland Monmouth.
E I Pnrrisb, N Y.
N S O'Connor, Fondulae Wia.
D D Bump, ForeBt Grove.
May Eliza Pebly, Kansas City.
P J Mulkey, McCoy.
Vtda Mulkey, "
Fied Rico, Brownsville.
Mrs R 8 Smith, Mi- 'lord.
Iila Bocth, Grants Pass.
Chas Skillmaa, Brownsville.
W B Blanchard, "
Spike Van Cleve, Arizona.
It U Martin, timber locator Cottage
urovo.
Mrs L Grusing, Sodaville.
Mrs Jennie Jones, Sodaville.
Ii B Bnudy, Niagara.
Neil Sullivan, Mill City.
Coll Van Clove, Seattle.
S I1' Harvey, Jefferson.
Edwin St.arp, Tacoma.
Mrs P R Careall, Portland,
There arc too many people around
waiting for an earthquake to shake the
potatoes out of tho ground.
Anout 300 on tbe Eugene telephone
exchange, about 400 on the Albany ex
change. Well, thai is about the right
proportion.
The name of Dusty, Benton county,
has been changed to Bell ioiintair,
From dry to wet, always proper in the
Willamette vallev.
The Eugene papers were recently
boasting of having a razor works. Al
ready the temper is out of it and the
proprietor is strapped.
The President's Accident.
Lenox. &ase., SepT. 3. A terrible ac"
ci lent overtook the President's coach 8
short dietanc- fro n PittBfield about 10
oYluck Ibis morning. After a short visit
io toe h me of ex Sena o- Dawes, the
President started on the long drive to
Ltnjx. He- h-id not gone far when an
t-lectric car ran into his velrcle, throw
ing every ono to tbe grouud and badly
damaging tbe coach. The President re
ceived a cut on the head. Secretary Cor
telvou was bru Bed and his bead cut.
Governor Crane was bruieed. William
Ciaig, Secret Service Agent, and was in
stantly killed. D. J. Pratt, the driver
of the coach, was badly injured but not
killed.
Motocoian Arrested.
PlTToFIELD. MaBS.. Sent. S. Mntnr.
man Madden and Conductor Kelly re
mained in tire station from 10 o'clock
this morninc. when thev nem nnat
under arre,t, until 6:20 thia evening,
when bail was furnished. The clmreea
against them are manslaughter. Bail
for the motormanof $5000 was furnished
by ex-A.derman M. J. Madden, his
brother and Patrick H. Dilan. mananer
of tl-e Pi'tsfield Street Railway Com
pany. j.eny was bailed in the sum of
$2500 by Mr. Dolan.
Tom Johnson the Man.
Washington. Sent 3. Tom John.
son's victory in Ohio todav 19 eenerallv .
regarded in the East aa destroying the
met nope oi Harmonizing the democratic
party. The victory is a personal ono for
JohnBon, but it has Naiional as well as
local significance. It meanB that John
will become a Presidential candidate in
1904, and that Bryan will turn over to
him hia full sirengih in the East, should
he himself not be a candidate.
' Newspaper Man Shot.
San I'rancisco, Sept. 3. Fred Marri-
William C Whh.nv. who war novpr otr, publisher of the San Francisco Nrwh
able to be.piesident is now dubbed, ;i '," i J 5 7uTTn!1
,.. . , .u . . o and seriously wounded tonight by T. H.
I'king of the American turf.' Some Williams. Jr., president of the Califor-
'Ihere isstid to he an e. demtc of
fraud in Spain. Well, un't there prei y
close to an rpi letiiio of fraud iu ti e
I'nitetl Sutes ntit a'oog.
John G. Carlisle of New York, deliv
ered the annual address before the Amer
ican Bar Association, He Bpoke upon
the power of the United States to acquire
and govern territory. Uoless the Con
stitution is changed, which is hardiy
probable, said Mr. Carlisle, the law is
t' e same, whether the territory is located
In tho Kast'ru or Western Hemisphere,
The territory ai-qulred hr military ocen
pation, the spe tt;r uoc. it-1, is held by
the same uutil O Ingres cu meet and
substitute -tvii :or mi!i.iity government.
A new barber ehoojs to be started
a fe dais just east of thetP.evere House
oymj a. it. mnn
Jamos Cioley, of Brownsvillo, recently
Kiiieo iwo deer' with one shot, near
Ctscadia. Ihey were standing side by
aide.
The woods near Mehama caught fire
this weoK and they had quite a time
ugnting it. It tooR worK to extinguish
the llames.tlie ontire neighborhood joiu
ing iu tho light. Oue of the lire figuters,
Mrs. Ueorge SimB got caught too close
to the llauies and die was Boon ou lire
hen ell. tier clothes were badly burned
niul she was scnriched bouio, but her
friends came to her rescue aud the dam
ago is not dangerous.
MieB Stonevtbe kidnapped missionary,
will go back to Bulgaria. Evidently the
ie needed there, and Turkey should tee
that she is protected. The world is lar
enough along wtien kinnapping ehou'OI
be a dangerous business. A mau or wo
man ought to be safe any where in this
b'g world .
The committee of State Senators and
Representatives of Texas created by the
last Legislature to investigate the differ
ent Slnte institutions aid departments
made public their isport, which Bays:
"It is our conviction that the lease
system is a disgrace to the State and
ought to be abolished. As a rule the
imperialists think being king is ahead
ot that ot president.
The O. A. 0. and Corvallij are boast
ing loud over tbe coming foot ball team
of the O. A. O. That is correct, for tbey
never have an opportunity to boast after
tbe Beaeon is over.
A remarkable case has just been re
ported in Salem. The 4th of July com
mittee has just reported with a balance
of $386.50 on band. That committee
Bhould be put on exhibition.
Mattel 8 are interesting in Lincoln
countv. The News says :
If tbe Countv Judge had the verv
limited brain capacity of a gooBe he'd
Know tno "campaign ci iuie" was over.
Morgan and Mitchell have had a pri
vate consultation and now it is figured
tbe strike will end. It is known that
Morgan can end it any time he pleaseB
Then be ought to be booted if he doeBn't.
One of tbe strangeBt things conceiv
able is that farmers will pay $60 and $70
to strangers for a stove or range no bet'
ter than those of local dealers to ob Be
cured for $40. Why den't they keep
tneir eyes open
Some one from the east was recently
findiDg fault with tbe use of the word
bit. As a matter of fact this word is
gradually goinj out of use, rarely ap
pearing in tne papers ot the state. Ihe
Desiocuat has quit it entirely, in fact
never did have any use loi it.
An 82 j J mile military ride in contest
betweeu BrusselB and Ostend would be
disgrace to a barbarous country. Tbe
same horses were ridden the entire dis
tance, the winner making it iu C hours
20 minutes. Many fell by the wayside,
wrecKfl, an useless lor turt.her work.
lor shame on a country permitting it.
'An interesting fact:
The three leading candidate? for prcsi
dent of the Monmouth Normal school
were E. D. Ressier, B. F. Mulkey and
J. M. Mariindtile, piomincnt educatorB.
Kessler got Monmouth, tnen Mulkey
secured Ashland, and now Martindalo
has Weston, the three leading Normal
schools ol tne state.
From tho Bulletin:
A returning resortlst from Belknap
Springs reports the location of Dr.
Davis, Dr. Lanegar, Attorney Wyatt
and Recorder Vau Wink e, ol Albany, in
a ehacg on the roadeide up in that
region. It aeema that they were there
for an indefinite etay. Lr, Davis'e
shingle was up over tbe door, Attorney
Wyatt s over the window, Dr. Lanegar s
on ihe middle wail, with directions for
ladicB' entrance, and Recorder Van
Wiukle'e mention that he would do the
"vagging act" in the loft. This depon
ent expressed his deep regrets that Linn
county was to lo?e the services of these
true and tried mea. However, upon
mature deliberation, he made up bis
mind that it might be a huge joke per
petrated by some bibulous wag.
Theater Leased to Cordray.
Messrs. Shultz and Buggraf, of the
Albany theater, to lay made a five year
lease of the new theater at this city to
the well-known Portland theater man,
John F. Cordray, which places it in the
Inrfl and nnlnndiH Rrmrnnrl Han, tin Pi.
lile ol a convict is not as vai .able In tbe cuit.insuiiug to Albany some ol the best
eyes of tbe sergeants and guards and attractions that come to the Northwest,
contractors, with a tew exceptions, as TuiB circuit includes one hundred fiity
,,,,, , , ., , prominent cities irom tne Atlantic to tbe
that ol a dog. Io evidence the-enf we a,iuc, aod lt moaH9 maoy liral.Ca8e
find that ihe average life ol a convict ij attractions, such as Portland and Salem
seven yea s, Convicts are shot down under Mr. Cordray's ethuient manage-
upon the least prorogation ani wlitn
there IB absolutely no exeiue for it.
"Convicts are worked when they are
sii-k and dKtibted, and some have been
compelled lo woik until they dr.ip,,,d
lead in their trae-". 27otl.ii.tr. fo far as
wo know, ba been to remedy this evil."
The committee lecouimends remedial
legislation
ment. secure. C. 11 Bur,grat will be
the local manager, thoroughly competent
lor th - lo-ai work. Mr. Cordiay is well
pie tee I with the new building, neat, well
arranged ami Biitliciently commodious
t r tins city
Mr. Cordtav has named tiie new
building the Albany Grand Opera House,
wincn is su on antiady according to the
lire suggestion oi Dkmochat, particular
ly the Albany.
nia Jockey Club, andTruxton Beale, ex
uuiLtu otareg juinister to 1'ersla and
Greece, and a well-known clubman of
thia city.
A Prinevi'Ie Fire.
Pbineville, Or., Sept 1. About 9 a.
m. today fire destroyed the planing mill
of Ed Hurbin. Besides the building and
Lontente, tools be'onging to a number of
mechanics were destroyed.
More Eruptions.
Castries, Island ol St. Lucia, Sept. 4.
The Royal Mail steamer Yaro arrived
here this evening from the Island of
Martinique. She brings the report that
a violent volcanio eruption occured there
last night, and that about 2000 perBons
are said to have perished. Large num
bers of people are leaving the island.
Indian War Veterans.
Washington, Sept. 4. Twelve claims
for pensions under the recent Indian
War veteran act have so far been al
lowed by the Pension office, although,
under the prevailing system, it is im
possible to ascertain tho
vored claimants. Claims are being filed
very rapidly, much faster than they can
iaijw.icu ut, anu ub yet only the un
complicated cases have been adjucated.
Ihere have been in all about 1500 claims
hied under this act.
A Wreck.
Missoula, Mont.. Sept. 4. Overland
passenger train No. 3. on tho Northern
Pacific, which left Minneapolis Monday
night, was wrecked at Trout Creek Stat
ion on the Idaho-Montana line today.
Lngineer Owens was instantly killed
and his fireman and a tramp Btealing a
ride, were badly injured. Officially, it
is said the rails spread, permitting the
engine and four cars to topple over.
A Salem Law School.
Salem, Sept. 4 The Oregon Law
school of this ci'y, today filed articles of
jncorromioD. The incorporators are:
S. 1. Richardson, P. H, D'Arcy and W.
bj. Richardson. The mnnnromn., s
the school intends to publish a periodi
cal to be known as the "Oregon Law
Journal." The school will be opened
this month, when classes will be organ
ized for the year.
On the Way to Sisters.
Another crowd of Albany people are
on their way across the mountains in
different kinds of conveyances and in
group of four or five,, more or lees, to
prove up on their timber claims before
U. S. Commiasion-r A. C. Palmer, at
Slaters. They are: Dr. Joe Stnrnltor
Ired Dawson and wife, Ben Clelan.
I'rancis J Tracev. H. C f!i..mli.i.i-
Judge Barton, E. D. Cueick. Mr. and
JlrB. Trontman and J. A. Finch, who wilt
prove upon the 8th, Jerome Williams
Peter Kiiey aud wife, Harry Schloeeer,
tienry Kirecb. Malcolm MoAlnin. .T if
Powell. Harrv ConnnwR.- u i,,.;
debsrry, J. S. Morgan, Goorge Heilnian,
t c ' '"arinan, L, viereck,
A. J. Scott and E.mer Conn, to prove
up on the 9th ; Lillian Case, Nettie J .
i.i, otttiua uraser, ttenzel Grasor,
Arthur W. Foshav, Kasper Kropp, E.
R. Case, E. R. Carlton, John R. Bray,
Mrs. Dr. Winnard, Mrs, Tim Wandell,
Mrs. Carrie Fankhnnxr. and ri,.. u.
Cusick. to prove up on tue 10th. Leo"
Cohen, Ed., Wiil, j0hu and Frank Bar
rett. Daniel McDonald ami Aliot,,,.! tt
Tracey are getting reat'y to start in'
order to be a.t Siaters oo the 15th.
Got Shot.
Frank Purdom this wesk among other
things placed four one hundred pound
sacks of shot on bis dray to be delivered
at Schmitt's. Oa his way down town
he went around by tbe way of Mr. Arm.
strong's on llib street. A bjy rode for
awaye. When ho got to Soiimitt'e two
sacks weregoe. Ongoing back one
was lound, Ihe ether cannoi he Inn,., I
Some one undoubtedly not hnt ohni
$IOwonn, which will come out of Mr.
Dr. H. E. Penland. nl tho n.i..,i,:.
flcm of Ramsey and PeoUud, will be in
Lebanon on Monday. Wuh eedav at d
Ir.ilafol each week with headoriarter
iu he olhce ol Dr. Lsmbersoo. Dr.
I.ambcrson is taking treatment from
him.