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TiPcSy,0,N PROGRESS: m SUBURBAN NEWS OF NfiARBV , TOWNS' IN DRIEP, ;; k Bak VTf m m a "MAbi -.m . . : mtnJ a ip at 11 em S Jr CQMPACTSTYLE. MUCH GOLD Placer Output of South- ,v ern Oregon.; Fif Thousand Taken to Grants Pass In a Week. " t l f iV.V-.'j,.-., --, Uouraal BpMBl'Hr CHANTS PA)B, July L-Thi past week sa bNt M extraordinary one here la the natter ot plaoer gold being received tor the looal banking , houses and sold dust buyers. . At least .150.000 baa been brought tAtr plaseV'mwar ! this week for ex change. A larger share of tbia was par f Bat- clean-ups frqm ' several of the big hydraulic mines that are still in opera 'Bon, Beversi Jars t nugget end. dust wen brought infrom the Old Channel nines, of GeJloe, tne-Wlckstrom mine of Plesaaat CeeVtbe "WatU mlne.of the AppiegsAa, and the Johnson placers of Democrat Gulch;-"The blr Blmmdns Cameron hydrauHo mines of Waldo are cleaning up this-week. This last-named mine is one of the largest yielding p lac art ta Oregon, , "Dr. C. R. Bay, the well-known South ern Oregon capitalist and miner, has pur chased the Ourry quarts and placer mine Situated a taw miles oast of here and will thoroughly develop and prepare them for doing a good business. - A- ' ICoV T. Naln-Morgan Draper, chief en gineer of the proposed Oregon Faolflo railroad and manager ot the Waldo .Smelting Mining Co.'s mines, of Waldo, has moved, hi family to their elegant Summer residence at the new town of &aJtflms, which has sprung tip since the .boom in the Waldo -district - , , " A- McMINNVILLE "v (Journal 'BpedaL Bervlta) 'v " iiloMIN NVILLE, July l.-Walter MUler bM purchased 80,000 young trout,1 which ha has placed In Meadow Lake, a sum mer resort west of this city. Mr. and Mrs. 3. L. Rogers have gone for an outing along the banks, of the Columbia river In the hopes that Mr. Rogers' health may be benefited thereby. Miller Bros., of the Miller Mercantile Co., who will open tip a general merchan dise business In this clty July 7, are In Portland today purchasing goods. Jin. Toung, wife of Al. Young, of this etty, died Saturday. Interment at South aramhlU Cemetery Monday afternoon. EUGENE NOTES. Improvement of. Road to Blue ' River Mines Student Killed. V , -' , -f;''.,--.i '. - ii , .- '; (Journal. Special Service.) .EUOBNB, July L A peUUon will ba sent to the County Court at Its session tomorrow, asking that body to appropri ate a sum of money for the Improvement of that part of the road to tha Blue River mines and the Upper McKensie "between which lies the Thurston and the Blue River bridge. Tha cltisens of Eugene and along the road agree to donate a lib eral sum Cor this purpose, providing tha court acts favorably upon the matter.. A paper waa circulated among tha business men today and in a Very short time near ly , 13,000 waa raised. The, heavy freight traffic from Eugene to the mines and the logging camp make the road impassabla in the winter time. About three years - Ill -M-MIt Jein Bailey Mixes It il(tH Beveridge of Indiana. ! ' (Journal . Special Senrisa.) A8HINaTON July-LwAiSMSonal en counter ' between Senators Bailey, of Texas and Beverldge of . Indiana, Jfhlch occurred last evening, after the Senate bad adjourned, Is the topic of conversa tion in the capital today, and Railey la being freely censured for a course which baa put him. in, the same class as Till maa and McLaurin. ' At the close of the executive session while Beverldge waa smoking' a cigar Bailey crossed the House and demanded a retraction, of some words Beverldge had used; in a debate during . the day in which he accused the Texan of making an "unwarranted attack" on Mexican Ambassador Clayton and Judge Penfleld, solicitor of the department Beverldge refused to retract, on which Bailey seised him by the. throat and in the struggle tore away part of his neckwear. Before any further damage "was done . Bailey was dragged away by other Sen ators and the' attendants of the chamber. Beverldge will not 'resent the attack. - Mffi M IN s.i (Journal Special Bervloe.!'" .'' ..: PUEBLO. Colo., July 1 While the fire lepartment waa fighting a blaaa on Ban la Fe avenue in the second-hand store ,of I Kusslckv a bundle of cartridges was xpioded by. the heat and a lively Fourth f July effect was had. The firemen' were andaunted by the frying bulleta however, sad made abort work of the flames. . V Tbe introduction of an ordinance la New York will occur shortly making it 1 misdemeanor for' any person to use for , lay other purpose the bottles or cans ' seed ia dlapsaslnf tallk. t ago tha court appropriated a libera), sum for this .same .purpose, but'onjy s pert of tha read, could be improved -with the money given, " ' -' , Mrs.' A B. Kauffman died at ber home la this city yesterday. "She was aged 17 years and IS days, and leave a busband and two smalt eons. ' ,V" . Word has1, been received here - that Luther M. Fisher, a graduate of the Unl-eralty,-former student 'Of Ann , Arbor college, Michigan, and a Philippine war. veteran, .had been killed at Seattle yes terday afternoon. No particulars are ob tainabla The young ma f ormerly lived here, being a son of Mrs. W. P.. Fisher, now reel ding in Portland. Bis' father died several months ago. 4 - , ; '. ; , SALEM BRIEFS t ' ' - ' ' ; (Journal , Special Service.) SALEM. 'July L-District Attorney J. N. Hart yesterday filed an information In the first department of the State-Circuit Court, charging J. F. Markley, the Champoeg merchant, with the murder of bis former' .partner, J. X. Fain, on last .'Wedneadayfr.t-,;v"riu,;':-x ' The Salem Woman's , Club last night gave a reception to a number of ..their frienda; attd ' a most . enjoyable, evening was spent"The reception was held in the Governor's offices,-, and about . 800 ladles and 'gentlemen were present ,.The Governor's v"blue" room, waa used at a reception room,, and refreshmenta .were served In the Governor's office.. The suite of offices was beautifully and tastefully decorated ? and Salem's society ; people were out fa full forca ' " - 4 . The Marlon County Court, acting Joint ly with the Folk- County Court,'- wlir this week let the contract for the repair-of the west approach of the bridge across the -Willamette River, T It is' proposed to close the bridge to travel from July 10th to August let. during which time the -repairs are to be made. During that time ferry -will be operated between this .city and tbe Polk County aide of the river. ! A hqree and buggy, hired by a stranger at the Favorite stable, lb this city last Tburaday, are-belng ougJit by the own ers. -.The, rig was hired, by a weil-dressed young, man for a short drive into the country, on Wednesday afternoon, and whem aft,er a ew dayi-the Hg failed to return, I a'. laarcit ''tout JttsUtuted; and ft waa found the stranger had gone through Turner, south of here, going in the direc tion of Mebama. ' . , V1 Chief , Clerk . M. L. Ctjamberlln, of . the SUte Land Board, has; collected S3S.240.M during the month of une, on accpunt of aeveral funds In the hand of the board, Hud. thie sum, was, yesterday transferred to State Treasurer Chaa, S. Moore. ' . The Misses Beth and Fleeta Nortbup, of McMlnnvUle. who have been visiting Mrs; Frank L. Purvlne, near Salem, returned to their home on Thursday. ' ' Professor E. Northup. dean of McMlnn vUle College, expects to preach at the Spring Valley church next Saturday and Sunday, JBth and: tb ffjujyy., l;;iBAl!NE.v: To Be Opened Up by Capitalists " Near Salem. (Journal' Special Service. ' SALEM, July L A strong company of Now Tore ' capitalists has commenced prospecting for coal on the Blair Forward farm. U vaim east of this city, and a diamond drill, the first to be operated lb Marlon County, is engaged la sinking the first prospect hole, ;lt being the com pany's intention to drill to a depth of J,000 feet ; 1 The work is being prosecuted at a point NEW SYSTEM ; . OF MILEAGE t (Journal Special Service:.) OMAHA, Neb., July L The system "of Inter-changeable mileage recently agreed upon by general passenger agents .of prominent Western rajroads was put into effect today. 'I The ' territory covered by the-agreinent extends from the Missis sippi and Missouri rivers west to the Rocky Mountains and from the Can adian line south to the Gulf of Mexico. (Journal Special Service.) CHICAGO,"Xn., July L-The Central Trust Company, 1 recently organised by former Comptroller of , the Currency Charles GDawea with leading financiers of New 'fork and Chicago as his asso clates, ' began lousiness today. The , con cern baa a capital of $4,000,000 and a sur plus of n.000.000. '. ; GROUND' TO PULP (Journal Soeclal Service.) LEADV1LLS, Oolo.. July l.AJohn Sev ers, an employe at. the Arkansas Valley smelter, has been horribly and, probably fatally injured In some manner be be came oatfght 1n the elevator, shaft at the smelter and both legs-werelflrushed to a pula frthei knees 'dowiif Severe re sides with his wife and children at No. 321 Elm street . He was removed to the Sisters' ?hospttI. Both . tegs will lave to be arapuUted below the knee. His condition Is considered critical. i canAdun immigrahom ' (Journal Speciai Service) ' ' vf OTTAWA. Ont- July t Figures given out by. the Canadian .Department Of Im migration show that the arrivals of Im migrants for the year ending today were 5,000,, an Increase of more -than 15.000 over 'last year. ''The Increase Is prlncl. pally from Great Britain and the United State. . ' V W near the mouth of .atunael, rua 'tno a hillside on the 'Blair; Forward "farm, 11 years ago' by? its former owner,' now de ceased, who SO years, ago waa Sheriff, of Marion County. ' Some-time In 1891. one of the owner's sons, found a piece of coal float on the bank of a little creek on the farm." Mr." Forward tnvesUgated and de-. elded that the. two hUls between whloh the creek ran, contained coal, andven-i gaging a coal tDlner. vhe tHnneled. Jnto the hllV after, prospecting along the creek and finding shale at a depth of six, feet, below the surface.. The tunnel was run into the hill 16b feet, when a six-foot vein, ot coal and shale was found; This coal, waa tested and found to be a-superior quality, -.. ; "-. -. .'.:-,' -, v : Since then Mr. Forward dle and the farm, of. aecesslty, passed ' into other bands, but bis son, and L. X& KcMahan, of this city, have Interested Eastern cap italists, and these gentleman have taken bold of the matter; secured machinery,, and are now prospecting. ,t THE DALLES Hot Time in the Council and Courts Over Lower As- sessment. ."S." (Journal Special Service' ' ,THB DALLES, July L-The Palles Is In a turmoil on account of the ordinance passed; by the .Council for the; construc tion of -the Union street sewer and the tapping of the same by the sewer leading from Court street. .The , cltisens , living on Union street above the bluff filed, a, motion for an order restraining .proceed ings with the assessments, last, week, and In the absence of Judge Bradshaw. Judge Fraser, of, the '-Fourth; district,, occupied the .bench-1 Me granted, th f estralnlng order aod-also a temporary Injunction against. 1470 of the ''assessments accruing for printing, superintending and attor ney's -fees. , He averred that these bills could net be Included as part of a sewer assessment. This temporary 'victory for , the petitioners,-gave Union new Impetus, and When the old council met last, night fori its last time there was "something doing." - . j , . CouncUpaa, Tumle brough , grave , changes i against other members of : the Council and challenges them, to face their accusers, who were present.' ,-He de-. clared with vehemence, when, ruled opt of order by the Mayor, that he would not sit down and that he would raise the ques tion until it was settled by a division of the votes. The chair declared that curb stone talks could not -be dragged Into the Council chambers, and Mr. Tumll ap pealed from the decision. He was voted down unanimously. He then averred ,ihe gag-rule: had been, put into operation, and- said .that he could produce. evidence that Councilman Pletsel had. said that the Council bad made up Its mind in regard to -sewer matters, and. that peti tions would avail the petitioners, naught. This quickly brought the accused to his feet, and the lie was passed. Deltsel is considered one ot the' rhdsWeonbervatlve councilmen of that bodyT ' V- Other councilmen, seeing trouble was brewing, brought up other matters and the municipal fathers settled down to quiet work. John Morse, representing the taxpayers in the Injunction suit against the city, was culled on and addressed the Council. He plead for harmony, no law suits and equitable assessments. Mayor Parley, whose term of office plred with this meeting, declared' that the sewers must and would be constructed If he had to do it as a private dtisen. He showed that the retiring Council durJ lng the past year had placed over 6O0O In the sinking fund and built three new sewers, establishing In both case a precedent. Stage Presentation Turned From to Earnest. , Journal Special, Service.) A TjETROllV-.Mich-Jull f closing exercises at St Vincent's -f school-came to a most spectacular f. finish during the production of the 4. drama "Althea" by the pupil of f this school. Miss Annie MoMahon. f was playing the title role, and the audience was closely following, the f lines telling of the persecution of f the Chrstlans by the Greeks, the f heroine in the closing .soene ot -f the last act was burned .at the f . stake In the midst of wild excite ment. Miss McMahon as Althea wits f dressed in a Grecian gown of f flimsy material, and when she was f tied to the stake and the fire start- 4- ed her dress caught ia the flames. and the next instant she was wrlth- 4- lng In agony and her fiesh was 4- burned and blistered. She may not 4-- recover. ' r . . .' BIRTHS. X..;.-f:i HENWOOD Mrs. Joseph Henwood, 254 East Thirty-fifth street, on Jun XT. a 'boyi '':.: :''.. ' !,:'. t'iK;r:.r'iiv.fe-f. HADDEN-Mra Geo. W. Haddea, East Thlrty-flfth and Belmont streets, on June 80, a boy. r'- . "?t-U ;:,. 1 BECKER Mrs. Hlrarlch Becker; Penin sular, on. June IS, a glrL.v '1 RIVER8 Mrs. Charles RjVers; East Tenth and Stephenson, on June 1. a girl. TATES Mrs. Jbnn M. .Tates, f58 : Sec ond street on June 6, a glrb- . HATES Mrs Bert Hayes, Twelfth street on June K a boyl.i!ri Poring the riota at Atloae,'. Ireland, the police were compelled, to escort soldiers of the garrison to their barracks to save them from .the attacks of the towaspeo The bid of ;.' R.Brown and O.' W. Reno for the construction of the Union street sewer was accepted, the figures being 2UC The bid of James J. Flynn 4b Co. waa 12885-7 " . -! Application was" made by John H. Hud son for the loan of WOO, offering as se curity first -mortgage on tio banks and grounds on Third street , G0LDENDALE New Brick Hotel Plaoned - New Railroad. -The (Journal Special Bervloe.) ' , GOLDENDALE, ' Wash., July L-The Influx - of1,, Immigration into Klickitat County continues without abatement One day the past week there arrived at Qold- endale U families and it is estimated the county's ' population has been in creased within the last 60 days more than 800. Fortunately for this section, the peo ple coming are of the best class. It U said the local bank's deposits have In creased wonderfully over what they were at this time lest year. This week there will be the founda tion started for an . Immense brick hotel to be located on four lots recently pur chased front John T. Oolden end very near, the center, of .the town and near the railroad company's depot grounds. .The construction of the railroad Is go ing forward very satisfactorily and sev eral miles are now. ready tor ties and rails. Judge Nelson B. Brooksright of way agent, sayis the right of way to Lyle has practically .been secured. Contractor Newport is vigorously pushing the grad ing down Bwajle CanOn; white Axtel An derson Is now wdrklng through the grain fields about Centervtlle nd Cory Bros. A Alden. contractors.- are pushing up Klic kitat Rlvef from Lyle Landing. Dally representatives' Of the centraotora are looking f or moremen and' teams. OREGON BRIEFS. 1 1 " . ; RALEM. The Supreme Court Jn a de cision handed down yesterday in the case of O. D. Simmons vs. .the O. R. ft N. Railroad Company, says that a railroad company Is liable-for injuries received by an employe riding on a train while off duty. ';J -if MALHEURvrThree foot veins of rldh ore have been struck on the Sunset Min ing ' Company's properties on Malheur River. : a , ASTORIA The .run of fish In the Co lumbia Is much Improved In the last few days. Many large 'fish are being taken. , BOWAN-oita'Brumer, a miner, was found dead here among the ashes of his burned tent yesterday. Foul play Is suspected. :'' '-"'f '. 8T. HELENS. A" petition to commute the sentence of. August Schlevle to life fmorlsonment has been denied by Gover nor Goer. ' Bchievle' will bang tomorrow. SALEM. A peHtlon asking for the par don of John H.y (Gates, who is serving a term for the forgery Of H. C. Corbett's name, has been, filed in Governor Geer's office. BAKER CITT.-Two horse thieves who stole a team from O.' R, 4c N. contractors near Durkee last Friday night are being hotly pursued near Rye Valley. EUGENE. Mrs. Andrew McCormack. a pioneer of '83, died' here on Monday morn ing ot apoplexy. PENDLETON. John Cox, a Camas prairie stockman, waa thrown from a wagon near Uktah on Sunday and fatally injured His back was broken. He was a brother ot Richard I. Cox of Port land. A PROGRESS OF THE STRIKES OMAHA. Neb. Seventeen hundred men are out in the Strike of . Union Pacific boilermakers and machinists here. The strikers demand a 10 per cent increase of ' wages and the abandonment of the piecework system, -. ,. CHICAQO.-Ten thousand freight handlers will strike, here if the rail road officials do not recede.' from their position of making a new scale of wages. Pay for overtime and recognition ot the union are the men's demands. WILKESBARRE, Pa. The Cltisens' AKinnce here bas posted offers of reward aggregating, $5000 for the arrest and con viction ot boy cotter or those hanging fig ures In effigy. The ranks Of the -strikers are, as firm, as ever, ., - CHICAGO.-President Mitchell, of the Mineworkers, in an Interview, says the Illinois and Iowa miners' conference, now being held here, has no connection with the anthracite strike, : , " . BIRMINGHAM, Ala Over 12,000 miners went out today in this district , They demand an eight-hour ' day and an in crease of 6 cents per ton on mined coaL KEYSTONE, W. Vav-Elghty-flve per cent of the United Mineworkers, who have been on strike here have returned to work and the strike ia the Norfolk st Western fields is practically at an end. ; v- ;:v . NORTHWEST NEWS DENVER. George Sperling and George Bates were Instantly killed by a bolt of lightning on a ranch hear Arvada yester day, Their bodies were badly burned. BOISE, Ida. The first Thunder Moun tain mall left Idaho City for the mining camp yesterday. There was 709 pounds. CRIPPLE ' CREEK. Ernest Gray, a mining man, shot himself here yester day. He was In financial dlffloultlea - ' - DENVER. Proceedings to dissolve the smelter trust have been Instituted, fa the Supreme Court on behalf of the State of ..Colorado. " ; raiCAGO.-Ff teen thousand dollars ia bogus currency and a complete counter feiter's outfit have been .discovered ia tn abandoned building berlV.. Police - were caUed to prevent a mob taking the coun terfeit money v f ' v BOIBli1 Ida. Ucvernor' Hunt- ba re' f V r ' tw " , i AlyU til tKHKIbt Ramier's Industries L land Road Darnell Mine Mayger f ?: Shingle Plant. : . r: ' , v , , .I 1 4 ." B T. Smith, one of Rainier' s leading merchants, arrived In the city yes- 4 terday evening. Mr. Smith says that Rainier Is certainly the busiest 4 place on the Columbia River between Portland and Astoria. With two 4; 4 large sawmills and a sash and door factory now la operation, besides the 4 4; wood and fishing industries, the cedar pole . and piling Industry and the 4 4 immense -logging business conducted Just back of the town by the' Star Log- 4 4 ' gls': Company, yet another enterprise, which. in point of Commercial bene- 4 4 fit to the town will be almost equal to all the others, combined, is now be- 4 . 4 lng promoted by a wealthy company of sawmill operators. who have pur- 4 4 chased the Blanchard mill, together with several hundred feet of river front, 4 4 Just above Cedar Landing, and will establish a mill there with a capacity 4 4 Of . 100.000 feet per da, meaeing tbe employment of at least 100 more 4 4 men in the. town. , ; ; . 4 .. ;' - . .-4. 4, , ;. p ' SHINGLE INDUSTRY AT MATGER.- 4 4 ' ,' F. Flubrer of Mayger was. In the city yesterday evening on 'business 4 4 connected with his Immense shingle manufacturing Industry at that place. 4 4, Mr. Fluhrer has been In the shingle business at Mayger for a great many 4 4 years', and to him la due the distinction of making the best grade ot 4 4 shingles manufactured on the Coast his product the famous "A" brand, 4 4 . having' been awarded the first prise at the Pan-American Exposition. Mr. 4 e- Fluhrer is also Interested In another shingle manufacturing enterprise at 4 4 Runyon, on the A. & C. road, but the plant at that place baa not been 4 4 In operation for some time. However, it will resume about the 10th of 4 4 the month. .J1,..M.' ..ji . 4- ' "Shingles now bring a pretty good price," said Mr, Fluhrer, "my pro- 4 4, duct netting me 11.65 per thousand on the wharf at Mayger." 4 4- . . ; ' ... 4' 4 s ; VISITOR FROM KALAMA , f , V 4, J- S, Clonlnger, a general merchant and one or the foremost cltisens of 4 4 Kalama, Was in the city yesterday evening. Mr. Clonlnger is very enthu- 4 4 elastic over the prospects ot the Darnell mine becoming one of the most val 4-4- uable minerll producers on the Northwest Coast He says that within -the . past six months mineral to the extent of several thousand dollars has been tsken out of the mine, but that amount and a great deal more. has been Invested for machinery and other operating expenses. - 4 4 'While the force of men," says Mr. 4 duced on the construction work of the Oregon oV Washington - Railroad ' -v-4- line from Kalama toward Vancouver, owing to the company's inability to 4 4 get all the iron delivered promptly for the superstructure of tbe araw- 4 4 4 bridge across Lewis River, yet there IS being rushed with all possible haste 4- Just as soon as the bridge Is completed trains will run regularly, mak 4' lng two trips daily between Kalama NEW COUNTY COMMISSIONER H. L. Colvln, one of the most extensive loggers on the Lower Colunv 4 bta, and County Commissioner-elect 4 business In the city an day, departed last evening for his home at Marsh-' 4 4 land. Mr. Colvln Is employing over SO men in his camp this year, and 4 4- expects to put In about 5.000,000 feet this summer. His mission to the city 4 4 yesterday was principally to arrange to pay off ws" logging ctew tor the 4 4 Fourth. Mr. Colvln will assume the duties of his office next Monday. 4 I: - - - . -.- , - r 4- GOBLE. NEHALEM eV PORTLAND ROAD. 4- 4 C. E. Hunter of Goble, who had been doing business in the city for a 4 4 day, left for home yesterday morning. In answer to a Journal reporter's 4 4 question as to what was being done on the G., N. e P. Railroad at that 4 4- Place he said: "I have heard the rumor recently that the company would 4 4 begin at once to extend the line through to Nehalem, but I do not think -4 there Is much foundation to such a report. However, there is to be a 4 4 crew of graders put to work next week, and the line will be extended Into 4 4 the Interior about four miles, where there Is a very large body of timber, 4 4 whloh the company will log immediately. How much more the line will be 4 4- extended this summer I am not in a position to say, but I do not antlcl- 4 4 pate tbe immediate construction ot the line to Nehalem." 44444t4444444444444t 4- 4- f 4- 4 4-4- 4- 4- 4- THE BOYCOTT IS SUSPENDED i - Building Will Now Be Resumed Workmen Are Phased. The Building Trades Council met last night and decided to remove the boycott which had been placed sometime ago against the produot of the planing mills. There are several reasons why this ac tion was taken. A considerable work was tied up all over the city, and it was deemed advisable to relieve the strain by declaring the material fair. Then some thing bad to be done to preserve harmony among the different unions. Many of ths carpenters were dissatisfied with the ex isting conditions, believing that they should not have been thrown out of em ployment by taking up someone else's fight,. Other unions began to murmur their discontent, and taken as a whole tbe boycott was riot popular with them. The followic notice was drawn up and or dered published: "To Orgaelted Labor: The . boycott against the unfair planing mills was de oelved information that the threatened Indian outbreak at PocateUo ia not of a grave character. WEI8ER, Ida. Dan Cotter, a Thunder Mountain pioneer, has arrived here yes terday. He says the camp la a winner, and brought samples literally covered with gold. VANCOUVER. Wssh. C. W. Blavelt chief clerk in the medical department office, District of tbe Columbia, died here yesterday of Bright' s disease. VICTORIA B. v. Arrivals here from Dawson on the steamer Ameer report the Klondike metropolis full of idle men, who went in expecting to secure work on the new Klondike creek railway. DEATHS. Ike Davitt M North Second street on June 18. ot peritonitis, aged SO years. Earl Dickens, ' Union svenue and East Alder street on June , drowned, aged t years. ' '.'"'. ' The Edward Holmaa Undertake a f.m. H Meters siad toy palmare, 280 YasnbilL Phone 507. ; J. 9. Finley & 8on, Undertakers and EmbaUnerft, -corner Third and Jefferson streets, dd first-class work and deal .honorably with all. . c v r . 1 .. Otta Schumann, monumental . . nd buiMlrt-work, 204 Third St. Esti mates on first class workonly. ; Clsrka Bros, for Flowers, 289 Mor rison Street.- .... . ::.. , ;.- U 1 1. Poor Consolation. . Smith Did rott ever win", anything worth 'while at-Pokert Jones N,Oi" but I came within aa ace ef it several times Ram's Horn, v Goble, Nehalem & Port- 4 4- Clonlnger, "has bees greatly re- are many men employed and work under the circumstances." and Vancouver. for Columbia County, after doing 4 clared oil, and a notice to this effect or dered to be published.' "JOHN "K, CARR, President . J. E. LEWTON. Secretary," The Amalgamated Woodworkers are practically placed In the same position as they were before the Building Trades Council took up their fight J for them. They do not seem discouraged, however, and believe that they are able to handle the situation alone, if need be, although it is probable that substantial assistance will still be given them by the council. There are yet several jobs -in the city regarded as unfair. These are at build ings where non-union men are employed. At all such places union men will not be allowed to work ' The mlllmen feel jubilant this morning, believing that th- unions have openly confessed that they were unable to cope with the situation. Among . the unions, however, the matter Is hot regarded tn this light. OVER THE WIRES. LONDON. A conference of the pre miers of all the self-governing British colonies was held here yesterday in the colonial office' at which Joseph Cham berlain gave a statement of his policy In regard to Imperial defense. JAMESTOWN. St, Helena. General Cronje. the Boer general captured at Paardeburg, took the oath of allegiance to Great Britain here' yesterday. VIENNA Earthquakes have occurred in 20 towns In Asia Minor during the last few days. Many lives have been lost. WASHINGTON. Senator Foraker. of Ohio, who was attacked with peritonitis on Sunday while at the White House, has partially recovered. WICHITA, Kan. A flash of lightning here yesterday killed- Mrs. Dr. Clark,' of Duncan, 1. T., paralysed her husband and splintered the bed in jwhlch their two children were sleeping. ' . w NEW- YORK-The' return of General Caceres to Peru from Parish has caused a dread ot another revolution in Lima. COUNCIL BLUFFS, Ia.-6tt W. Brod erlck, at an inquest over the body ot Clark Moyer here yesterday, confessed that he and two companions had com mitted the murder. ,' .. t , A number of .Viennese . ladies , have started ,a dress reform league, with the object Of suppressing the corest and in troducing a new kind of divided skirt. MANN& ABBOTT mm. 92 SECOND STrXCT Eetweea Stark aal CJt ' FOR MANY YEARS J ; i Modern methods of merchandise ln and the products of ? over thirty leadlnj; American piano and organ factories, at Eileri5 Piano House LOWEST PRICES RESULTED 35 Washington Street, . Opposite Cordray's Tbeatr. Hair Mattress To order, flattresses made over, upnoisiennz mhkdcs ana uwnges. $ . A. HIRT, 309 4th St., bet. 5almon and Taylor. Phone Clay 706, , , t,.' A. J. Gill a Co. General MsrKmlste and Repairers Manufacturers of Sheaves, Pins and Loggers' Supplies. Pattern, and Model Making.. Laundry Machinery. Printers1 Machinery overhauled, rebuilt and re paired, fa per knife grinding. . 84 Second Street, Portland, Oregon) - lettpaone iojc eys. - - LEAVE IT TO US 1 r BEATT1E O, HOFMANN PMWTEItS FIFTH and WASMNCTON STREETS lay, O SPICES. COFFEE,TEAi DAinno POWDER, uriftrihr. Tlrwsr Flavor, CLOSSErQDZYnLS PORTLAND,ORCON. 2J C. GEE WO THE GREAT CHINESE DOCTOR Can It be wondered that he Is , called great, when bis won- : derf ul rtmediee cure and belp so many sick and sutterlng people, not only bare, but throughout - the United States? Many are given up to die: others told that operation was the only Jelp for them, yet toelr lives werw saved, ; without toe great sutterlng of aa operaUon. Cured by these powerful ChU V..K . t mats. buds, barks and vegetaWeaJhat W JJ country. Through the use of these harm less remedies h? treatt m-1 J&Z eases of men. women and childrea. famous doctor knows the action of over . 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