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OREGON
THE FIELD OF APPOMATOX.
Movement to Secure the Site for a Na­
tional Park.
W ashington , February 8.—Corporal
James Tanner yesterday issued general
order No. 4 to the Union Veteran Le­
gion of the United States, and it will be
sent to the commanding officer of every
encampment as speedily as possible, but
it is hoped they will act without waiting
to receive the order officialy. The order
is as follows:
“The National Commander desires to
call the attention of every encampment
of the Union Veterans’ Legion to the
fact that a movement is now on foot to
have the government secure for a na­
tional park the battlefield of Appomat­
tox. This is a project that should re­
ceive the hearty co-operation of all sur-
vivng veterans of both armies. The
ground on which Grant and Lee met for
the last time in opposition; the ground
on which they terminated the awful
struggle of four years’ duration, on
terms magnanimous on the side of one
and honorable on both sides; the
ground on which their hitherto warring
legions laid aside forever their character
as enemies and turned their hopeful
faces from the dark valley of internecine
war toward the shining uplands of
peace, may well be held sacred by future
generations. This ground should belong
in fact, as it does in sentiment, to all
the people, and its physical conforma­
tion be preserved as near as possible as
it was in the days when it was the stage
which commanded the attention of the
civilized world, and on which was set
the mightiest tragedy of centuries. Be­
lieving this, the National Commander
earnestly commands that each encamp­
ment of the Union Veterans’ Legion
express by resolution its views upon the
matter and through the representative
from its district communicate the same
to Congress.”
OF HOUSE
Life-Like Pictures of Thirty
Oregon Representatives.
John C. Young, Representative from
Baker county, was born in Salt Lake
City, U. T., in 1851. He was engaged
in the newspaper business for ten years,
but is now engaged in mining. Polit­
ically Mr. Young is a Populist and an
ardent believer in free coinage of silver.
S. I.. MOORHEAD.
S. L. Moorhead, Representative from
Lane county, is a jolly good fellow of a
jocular disposition and editor of thè
Junction City Times. He was born in
Pennsylvania, and has since gravitated
all over the continent and almost al-
1848. His early education was received
in that State. Six years ago Mr. Stan­
ley came to Oregon, locating in New­
berg, which has been his home ever
since. He is engaged in the mercantile
business. Mr. Stanley has been a life­
long believer in Republican doctrines.
G. O. RINEARSON.
G. O. Rinearson, Representative from
Clackamas county, is a lawyer by pro­
fession, and is 24 years old. He was
elected to the Legislature from his coun­
ty last June by a large majority. He
was born and raised in Clackamas coun--
ty. Mr. Rinearson is recognized as one
of the ablest parliamentarians and most
forcible speakers in the House.
CHRIS P. YATES.
Chris P. Yates, Representative from
Washington county, was born in the
State of New York in 1835. He gradu­
ated from a medical college, but his life
has been devoted chiefly to newspaper
work. He has traveled as special corre­
spondent through Mexico, South Amer­
ica and Europe and the Western States.
Mr. Yates served in the army during
land. He was then transferred to the Umatilla county, was' born in New York tive from Coos and Curry counties, was
navy and served three years under Por­ State in 1848, and owing to the death of I born in Illinois in 1843. He crossed the
ter. Mr. Thompson came to Oregon in his parents was obliged to struggle for plains in Oregon with his parents in
1882, and soon after his arrival associ­ himself from the age of 8. He enlisted 1854. Mr. Stewart resided fur three
ated himself with Andrew Clark and in the Ninth Illinois in 1864, and was years at Dallas, receiving an education
established the Portland Iron Works. mustered out at the close of the war in at the La Creole academy, afterward
He sold his interest in the latter con- i 1865. Alter temporary residence in sev­ (teaching school in Marion county, and
cern seven years ago, sincfe which time eral States Mr. Shutrum came to Ore­ following the same profession later at
he has been engaged in the lumber busi­ gon in 1876, and settled in Umatilla Gold Beach. During his busy life Mr.
ness at Brower, where he now resides. county without money or friends. He Stewart has been Treasurer of his
engaged in farming on a small scale in county; School Superintendent, joint
t . h . m ' greer .
1877 and to-day owns and farms 2,000 Representative in 1882, Deputy Collec­
T. H. McGreer, Representative from acres of land near Pendleton. Mr. tor and ^Collector of Customs for South­
Wasco county, was born in California, Shutrum is a Republican.
ern Oregon, and in 1894 was elected
his parents having emigrated from Ken­
joint Representative from Coos and
tucky to that State. After receiving an
Curry counties as a Populist.
D. L. KEYT.
education at the public schools of San
J. A. WRIGHT,
Francisco and Oakland College, Mr. Mc­
D. L. Keyt, representative from Polk A prominent and successful merchant of
Greer at the age of 19 engaged in stock- county, is a native son of Oregon, hav­ Sparta, Unión county, Oregon, was born
raising. He came to Oregon in 1878 ing been born near Perrydale in 1862. in Bourbon county, Kentucky, October
and settled at Antelope, his present I He was engaged in farming until 1890, 23, 1855, and is the second son of ex­
home. After devoting a few years to since which time he has been a member Governor James A. Wright of Indiana,
mercantile pursuits Mr. McGreer has I of the general merchandise firm of Wise who was a native of Pennsylvania, born
returned to his original pursuit of stock- j & Keyt at Perrydale. Mr. Keyt was in 1810 and came to Indiana at an early
raising. ’
He was
married to Miss
Harriett
nominated as a Republican for State . dav.
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ROBERT GLENN SMITH.
Senator in 1892 and defeated with the B. Burbridge in Bourbon county, Ken-
Robert Glenn Smith, Representative! rest of his ticket, but was returned as a tucky. Mr. Wright was elected twice
I Governor
State
J.C
jsr .., ----- of
- Indiana, served bis "lit;
from Josephine county, is a native son Representative in 1894.
J. H. SCOTT.1
J. H. Scott, Representative from Linn
county, was born in Iowa in 1850, emi­
grating to Oregon with his parents in
1853. The family settled in Douglas
county where they remained until 1866.
In that year they removed to Linn
county where Mr. Scott has since re­
sided. All his life he has been a farmer
and his interests are all identified with
the tillers of the soil He was elected to
the Legislature as a Republican in 1894.
C. A. SEHLBBEDB.,
C. A. Sehlbrede, Representative from
Douglas county, wras born in Louisville,
Ky., in 1851, of German parentage. His
early life was passed on a farm in Indi­
ana and he later studied law and was
admitted to practice in 1874. Mr. Sehl­
brede came to Oregon in 1877 and has re­
sided in Douglas county for the past ten
years. He is a consistent Republican,
but has never before held office,
although always active in political work.
S. M. NEALON.
S. M. Nealon, Representative from
Jackson county, was born in Connecti-
cut in 1841. He went to Georgia with
an uncle at the age of 15, where he re­
mained clerking until 1862. Then to
avoid conscription into the Confederate
army he made his escape on foot and
reached the Union army in Tennessee,
ragged and hungry. He served in- the
Connecticut volunteers until the close of
the war. Mr. Nealon came to Oregon in
1883 and has since resided in Jackson
county. Originally a Republican, Mr.
Nealon joined the Populists in 1891. He
was defeated as Representative in 1892,
but elected in 1894.
C. F. TIGARD.
C. F. Tigard, Representative from
Washington county, is a native son of
Oregon, having been born on the same
farm in ‘Washington county in 1862
where he now resides—on the Tigard
donation land claim. Mr. Tigard is now
engaged in hop-raising and also in the
general merchandise business at Tigard-
ville. He expresses himself as a firm
believer in the free coinage of silver.
A KENTUCKY TRAGEDY.
A Physician Found Dead in a Widow's
House.
L exington , Kv., February 8. — Dr.
John E. Rader, a mountain physician
and of shooting notoriety, was found
dead yesterday in the house of Mrs.
Catherine McQuinn, a widow, four
miles from Jackson, Breathitt county.
Two bullets had been fired through his
breast, each one of which would have
been fatal. Mrs. McQuinn said she did
the shooting and surrendered. She re­
fused to assign any reason for commit­
ting the deed. T. M. Smith, her para­
mour, is suspected of having been the
real murderer, and the officers are look­
ing for him. Rader was 35 years old
and leaves a widow and three little
children without a dollar. Rader is the
man who created a sensation in Lexing­
ton by going to the grocery of John
Hurst, on Ellerslie avenue, and filling
him full of bullets. Hurst was shot five
times, but recovered. Rader was sent
to the penitentiary for two years, but
was released a month ago. Hurst then
left Lexington for a while, fearing Ra­
der would again try to kill him. Hurst
killed Rader’s brother six years ago, and
the doctor swore he would avenge his
brother’s death.
PORTLAND
MARKETS.
All grades of sugar declined % to
special points in Eastern Oregon. Local
quotations are not changed. A large lot
of California vegetables were brought
up on the steamer, but a considerable
portion of it was in bad condition.
Eggs are still lower, weak and difficult
to sell. Dealers cannot explain the lack
of demand. Grocery, merchandise and
provision quotations are without change.
Wheat Market.
The market is quiet and featureless.
Quotations given to-day are the same as
those* of the few preceding days: 40c
per bushel for Walla Walla, and 75@
77^c per cental for Valley.
Produce Market.
Wishes Contract Modified.
S t . L ouis , Februaiy 8.—Judge Cald­
well in the United States Court yester­
day listened to arguments for and
against the modification of the contract
between the Atchison & Topeka railroad
system and the Wells-Fargo Express
Company. The express company has a
five-year contract with the Atchison &
Topeka, on which it claims to be losing
$150,000 yearly. Attorneys for the Mer­
cantile Trust Company, the Central
Trust Company and the Union Trust
Company of New York, trustees under
the various mortgages for the stock and
bondholders, resisted the application
for a modified contract claiming incom­
petent jurisdiction of the court. Judge
Caldwell asserted the authority of the
court to modify the contract, and he in­
structed the receivers to investigate and
make a recommendation to him. The
receivers will present a new contract for
the court’s approval.
Affairs in Mexico Less Turbulent.
C ity of ‘M exico , February 8.—Public
affairs are comparitively tranquil and
the turbulence of a few days ago has al­
most ceased. This morning’s news­
papers said confidently that Guatemala
was giving way, even on the question of
indemnity, although it is believed Mex­
ico will abate her claim, mainly on the
ground of Guatemala’s poverty and
President Barrios’ difficulties at home.
The Diaro officialy says that no news­
paper is inspired by the government,
and that when ministers have commun­
ications to make they will make the
same through the official organ of the
government.
Insurance Company Won.
A bilene , Kan., February 8.— A. long-
fought case resulted to-day in Referee
Hurd, appointed by the United States
Circuit Court, finding a judgment of
$40,000 against the Union Pacific Rail-
way Co., in favor of the Travelers’ In­
surance Company. The Travelers’ owns
the Pacific Hotel here, which was built
by T. C. Henry and taken from him by
foreclosure. Henry entered into a con­
tract with the railroad that trains should
be stopped for meals. About six years
ago the road put on dining cars and
ceased stopping for meals. The Travel­
ers’ claimed the property was ruined
and sued for its value.
its development and advertisement. His
efforts in the cause of silver are well
known, which he has expressed with his
well-known vigor and candor. He has
served as Commissioner on the World’s
(Oregon) Fair Commission, Governor
Pennoyer having resigned in his favor
with great credit. He ’was chairman
of the Committee on Mines in the House
in 1891 and chairman of the Committee
on Ways and Means in 1893, and was
prominently mentioned for the speaker­
ship in the same session. He has a
great many friends in Eastern Oregon
where he has become one of its repre­
sentative men. -
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THIRTY MEMBERS OF THE OREGON
ways been an inkslinger. Mr. Moor­ the war, and was promoted. In 1872 he
head established the Junction City came to Oregon, and has been connected
Times in 1891, and the paper is as wide­ with the Telegram, Daily News and Ore­
awake as the editor, which is saying a gonian. He now lives on a farm, is . a
whole lot. Mr. Moorhead is a stalwart Republican and a stanch friend of sil­
Republican, and has held two important ver.
For One Great Company.
JOHN A. JEFFREY.
R aleigh , N. C., February 8.—The Su­ offices in Junction City, that of Mayor
and Recorder, without seeking them.
John A. Jeffrey, Representative from
preme Council of the Farmers’ Alliance
M. J. HILLEGAS.
Jackson county, was born in Arkansas
took action to-day on the plan projected
M. J. Hillegas, Representative from in 1869. At the age of 5 years he started
by the National Federation of Farmers Lane county, was born in Ohio in 1841, for Oregon with his father, arriving after
for merging all farmers’ organizations and his early years were passed on a many adventures in 1874 by way of
into one great company. The council farm. He joined the Union army as a Sacramento. Mr. Jeffrey’s early educa­
indorsed the Phillips bill, introduced in private in 1862, serving through the tion was received at the public schools
the National House of Representatives, war, and was mustered out as a Lieu­ of Jacksonville and the State Agricul­
providing for the appointment by the tenant in 1865. Mr. Hillegas emigrated tural College. Mr. Jeffrey is an orator
President of a nonpartisan commission to Lane county, Or., in 1882, where he of the nnstilted variety, and was elected
to collect information and to consider has since pursued farming as avocation. to the Legislature in 1894 as a Populist
and recommend legislation to meet He has always been a stalwart Repub­ and silver man.
problems presented by labor, agriculture lican, but an opponent of the demone­
T. FLEMING SMITH.
and capital.
tization of silver.
ira s. smith . '
T. Fleming Smith, Representative
Lieutenant-General of the Army.
Ira S. Smith, Representative from from Linn county, was born in Illinois
W ashington , February 8.—The Presi­
Polk county, was born in the county he ■J54 years ago. In 1875 he came to Ore­
dent to-day signed the bill reviving the represents in 1859, and was educated at gon, where he has since made his home
rank of Lieutenant-General for the ben­ the La Creole Academy in Dallas, Or. in Linn county. Mr. Smith is a stalwart
efit of General Schofield, and subse­ After graduation he taught in this in­ Republican, but without bias where the
quently sent the nomination of Scho­ stitution for two years. For five years best interests of the State are concerned.
field to that grade to the Senate. There he was engaged in the mercantile busi­
E. H. THOMPSON.
will be no objection to his corffirmation. ness at Independence, and was later
E.
H.
Thompson,
a member from
No move can be made toward filling the elected Sheriff of Polk county. Mr. Multnomah county, was born in Kill-
vacancies that will ensue in grades of Smith was elected to the present Legis­ ingsworth, Conn., January 16, 1842.
Major-General and Brigadier-General lature as a Republican.
When 12 years of age he moved with his
until General Schofield’s nomination is
CALVIN STANLEY.
parents to Illinois. At the age of 16 he
confirmed, but already applicants are
Calvin Stanley, Representative from enlisted in the army and served for a
coming forward.
Yamhill county, was born in Indiana in brief period in the army of the Cumber-
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
of Southern Oregon. He was born in
Jacksonville in 1864. Mr. Smith was
admitted to the bar in 1889, and has
held the following offices at Grant’s
Pass: Police Judge, Deputy Prosecu­
ting Attorney and Corporation Counsel.
He was nominated for Representative
by the Republican County Convention
of 1894 and selected after a vigorous
campaign, in which his eloquence was
heard and felt.
CHARLES F. I.ESTEE.
Charles F. Lester, Representative
from Clatsop county, is 32 years of age.
He came to the Pacific Coast from Ken­
tucky in 1884. Mr. Lester settled at
Astoria five years ago. He is a civil
engineer by profession, and has been
engaged in several Oregon railroad sur­
veys. In politics Mr. Lester has always
been a Republican.
W. 'A. TEMPLETON.
W. A. Templeton, Representative
from Linn county, was born in Missouri
in 1845, and crossed the plains, while an
infant, with his parents in 1847. Mr.
Templeton has lived on a farm most of
his life. He ran a pack train from
the Umatilla Landing to the Idaho
mines during the memorable year
1863-4. In 1890 Mr. Templeton was a
candidate for Representative on the Re­
publican ticket, and was defeated, only
to be triumphantly returned in 1894.
GEORGE SHUTBUM.
George Shutrum, Representative from
rtwice in the United States Senate and
ORIN L. PATTERSON.
Orin L. Patterson, Representative | was a United States Commissioner to
from Grant county, was born in Indiana the first great World’s Fair at Hamburg,
in 1867 of Virginia lineage. His early and in Pierce’s administration was ap-
life was divided between the school­ poin ed United States Minister to the
house and the farm, becoming a teacher Court of Prussia, and was returned
when duly qualified. In 1889 he came under Lincoln’s.administration and died
to Oregon, locating at Heppner, where in the city of Berlin in 1867. Our sub­
in partnership with his brother, Otis ject was educated in New York and New
Patterson, he established the Heppner England. He is a graduate of Yonker’s
Gazette, recognized to-day as a leading Military Institute, a graduate of Wil­
and influential journal of Eastern Ore­ braham Academy of Massachusetts, also
gon. In 1891 Mr. Patterson purchased a graduate of the Wesleyan University
the Long Creek Eagle, and this paper of Middletown, Conn., in 1879. He
and the Heppner Gazette were com­ then entered the Park National Bank in
bined under the ownership of the Pat­ New York city, and resigned an honora­
terson Publishing Company, composed ble position there to accept the position
of Otis, Alvan W. and Orin L. Patter­ of Treasurer and Secretary of the West
son. The latter gentleman is now India Manufacturing Company, which
editor and manager of the Eagle, which position he held until 1883, when he
under his auspicies has become an in­ came to Oregon to take care of a mining
fluential exponent of Republican prin­ company in Baker county, and has since
ciples. Mr. Patterson believes in ade­ engaged in the mining business, being
quate protection to American industries interested in some very prominent
mines, both quartz and placer, in Spar­
and the rehabilitation of silver.
ta, . Union' county, in connection with
CONELIUS B. SMITH.
which he conducts a large mercantile
Cornelius B. Smith, Representative enterprise. In 1890 Mr. Wright was
from Clackamas county, was born in elected to represent Union county in the
Seneca county, New York, in 1846. State Legislature on the Republican
After graduating from the Medical Col­ ticket, and was re-elected in 1892 on the
lege of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia he same ticket to fill the same office and
came to Oregon in 1880 and practiced again in 1894 received an overwhelming
medicine in East Portland until 1889. majority to represent again the interests
For the past five years Dr. Smith has of his constituents. Mr. Wright’s inter­
followed his profession at Eagle Creek. ests in the state are all identified with
FRANK A. STEWART.
the great mining resources of the state,
Frank A. Stewart, joint Represen ta- and he has worked assiduously to aid
F lour —Portland, Salem, Cascadia and
Dayton, are quoted at $2.30 per barrel;
Golddrop, $2.50; Snowflake, $2.30; Ben­
ton county, $2.30; graham, $2.15@2.30;
superfine, $1.90.
O ats —Good white oats quoted firm at
27@28c; milling, 29@30c; gray, 26@27c.
Rolled oats are quoted as follows: Bags
$5.75@6.00; barrels, $6.00@6.25; cases,
$3.75.
B arley — Feed barley, 63@65c per
cental; brewing, 80@85c per cental,
according to quality.
• M illstuffs — Bran, $12.00; shorts,
$13.50; chop feed, $12@15; middlings,
none in market; chicken wheat, 67-J^
@75c per cental.
H ay —Good, $9@10 per ton.
B utter —Fancy creamery is quoted at
25@26J^c; fancy dairy, 20@22J^c; fair
to good, 15@17^c; common, 10@12c
per pound.
P otatoes —Quotations wholly nomi­
nal.
O nions — Good Oregon, 90c@$l per
cental.
P oultry — Chickens, old, $3.00@3.50
per dozen; young, $2.50@3.00 per dozen ;
ducks, firm at $4.00@5.00; geese, $6.00
@7.00; turkeys, live, nominal at 8@9c
per pound; dressed, about 10@12c per
pound.
E ggs —Oregon, plentiful and weak at
10@llc per dozen.
T ropical F ruit —California lemons,
$3.50@4.50; Sicily, $4.50@6.00; bananas,
$2.50@3.50; California navels, $2.50@3.25
per box; pineapples,- Honolulu, $3.00@
3.50; sugar loaf, $5. Figs, California
black, boxes, quoted at $1.25; sacks, 4@
5c; California white, 10-pound boxes,
90c@$1.00; 25-pound boxes, $2.50;
sacks, 6@8c; Turkish, boxes, 14@16c;
fancy large, 20@21c; bags, 10c.
F resh F ruit —Apples, good, $l@1.50
per box; common, 75e@$l.
O regon V egetables —Cabbage, l^c
per pound; squash, 65c per dozen.
C alifornia V egetables — Brussels
sprouts, $1.25 per 30-pound box; string
beans, 12@13c per pound; green peas,
12@13c per pound; artichokes, $1.00@
1.10 per dozen; cauliflower, 85c per
dozen; $2.50 per crate; sweet potatoes,
$2.25@3.00 per cental; cucumbers, hot­
house, $1.75@2.00; asparagus, 18c per
pound; garlic, 10c per pound; lettuce,
25c per dozen, $1 per box.
N uts —Almonds, soft shell, 9@llc
per pound; paper shell,12^@14c; new
crop California walnuts, soft shell,
ll@12^c; standard walnuts, 10X@Uc;
Italian chesnuts, 12J^@14c; pecans,
13@16c; Brazils, 12>£@13c; fiiberts,
14@15c; peanuts, raw, fancy, 5@7c;
roasted, 10c; hickory npts, 8@10c; co­
coanuts, 90c per dozen.
W ool —Valley, 8@10c, according to
quality; Umpqua, 7@9c; fall clip, 5@6c;
Eastern Oregon, 5@7c.
H ops — Choice, 7c; medium, 4@6c;
poor, 3c.
P rovisions —Eastern hams, medium,
ll^@12^c per pound; hams, picnic,
10@llc; breakfast bacon 12@13c;
short clear sides, 10@llc; dry salt
sides, '9@10c; dried beef hams, 13
@14c; lard, compound, in tins, 8^@
9|£c; lard, pure, in tins, 7H@U^c; pigs’
feet, 80s, $3.50; pigs’ feet, 40s, $3.25;
kits, $1.25.
Merchandise Market.
S almon .—Columbia, river No. 1, tails,
$1.25@1.60; No. 2, tails, $2.25@2.50;
fancy, No. 1, flats, $1.75@1.85; Alaska,
No. 1, tails, $1.20@1.30; No. 2, tails, $1.90
@2.25.
S ugar —D, 4^c; C, 4c; extra C, 4%c;
dry granulated, 5Xc; cube crushed and
powdered, 6%c per pound; %c per pound
discount on all grades' for prompt cash;
half barrels, %c more than barrels;
maple sugar, 15@16c per pound.
C offee —Costa Rica, 22@23J^c; Rio, 20
@22c; Salvador, 21@21^c; Mocha,
26^@28c; Padang Java, 31c; Palembang
Java, 26@28c; Lahat Java, 23@25c; Ar­
buckle’s Mokaska and Lion, $23.30 per
100-pound case; Columbia, $22.80 per
100-pound case.