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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1901)
MM -'fc . , "IT'S A COLD DAY WHEN WE GET UEPT." HOOD 11IVEK, OREGON, FRIDAY, MA1CCJI 8, 1901. VOL. XII. NO. 42. HOOD RIVER GLACIER J'ubllshed Kverjr Friday by H. F. lil.YTIIK. Term, of ubncrlplioli-1.iU a year when In advance. TIIK MAILS. The mll arrives from Ml. Hood at 10 o'clock . m. Wednesday and Katiirda) i; departs tii same days at noon. hxr ( lieiioweth, leaves at a. in. Tuesday), Tli unil ii vii and SHtiinlHv n; arrl vf at ft p. m, ' Kit tt hllc halinnn (W ah.) learVn daily at :44 . in.: arrlvin at 7:l."i p. m. from While Salmon leaves for Kulda, lilliner. Trout l ake and lilenwood dally at l A. M. For Hitmen (Math.) leaves at iii'i p. in.; ar riven at 2 p. in. HIXIKTIK4. Al KKI, KKIIKKAH IiKlKKK l.dliiiK No i 17, i. (I. (I. K, Meets Hint and third Moo ds) s In each monlh. Mix Kat Pavknpokt, N. O. II. J. Ilininn. a.-, re i arv. 1ANBY I'OST, No. 16, O. A. K. -Meets at A. (I. ('. W. Hall second and fourth hatnrdavs lit each in i n t ti at 1 o do k p. in. All U. A. U. meinour) Invited lo meet with iib. T. J. I u.nmnu, Commander. J. W. Kk.by, Adjutant. 1ASHY W. R. C, No. 16-Meet) first Hatur V) day of each month in A. O. V. W. hall at 1 p. m. Mks. B K. Hhokmakkb, I'retident. Mm. I'lifl l A In K ks, Secretary. JIOOI) KIVKR I.OIXiK, No. A. r. and A. J I M. Mecis Saturday evening onorbefoie uch full moon. A hi. Haiim, W. M. A. I' Hatkham, Secretary. HOOD K1VKK CIIAI'TKK, No. 'J7, K. A. M Meet) third Friday n i K 1 1 1 of each month, r. 0. Ubcsici, II. p. H. F. Daviiukin, Secreiair. II 0(H) KIVKR CHAHTKR, No. '2.5, O. E. 8. X 1 Meets second and fourth Tuesday even ings oi eacu month. Isitors co.dially wel comed. Mm. Kva B. 11 a vms, VV. M. Jl. F. DAViDoy, Secretary. OI.KTA AS8KMBI.Y, No. Ntt, Inlted Artisans. Meels second Tuesday of each month at Fraternal IihII. . C. rlKueilis, M. A. I). McDonald, fiecrclary. 'Al't'OMA 1.0 1)1 IK, No. , K. of P. Meets in A. O. I . v. hall every I neaday iilphu DOHRANCK htlllU, L, C. Frank L. Davimiom, K. of It. i 8. 1 IVKKSIfiK 1.01)1 iK. No. BH. A. O. V. W. Jt Meeu lirtt and third Ha (unlay of each iiionth. N. C. Evans. M. VV. J. F. Watt, Financier. ' 11. 1,, down, Recorder. IDI.KWII.IIK 1.0IH1K, No. 11)7, I. O 0. F. Meet) in Fralernal hull every Thursday Bight. A. U. (iKTt'HCL, N.U. J. K. Hanna, Hecratarr. II OOD HIVKR TKNT. No. 19 K . O. T. M.. mci'U at A. O. V. V. hall oil the timt and third Friduya of each month. J. K. Rand, Commander. I1VKRSIDK LODliK NO. 40. DEGREE OF HONOR. A. (). U. W.-Meeta Hrsl and third Saturdays at 8 P. M. M 8. i.korc.ia Rand, C. of H, Mrs. ( has Clarke, Recorder. CJUN8H1NE HOOIETY Meet lecond and n fourth SutunUyi of each month at St o'clock. Mimi I.kna Snkll, President. Misa C'arrik Mi ti.kr, Secrctai) . JJ F. SHAW, M. I). Telephone No. 81. All Calls Promptly Attended Offlca upstairs over Everhart's store. All rails left at the ottlce or residence will ba promptly attended to, JOHN LELAND IIKNDERSON ATTORNKY-ATHW, ABSTRACTOR, NO TARY Pt l'.LIC and REAL, ESTATE AUENT. For 23 years a resident of Oieitonand Wash ington, lias hud many yearn experience in Real EstRle matiers, as abft actor, searcher nl titles and tigem. Salinfiiction Karanieed or Do charge. J. F. WATT, M. D. Surgeon for O. R. A N. Co. Is especially equipped to treat catarrh of nose and throat and diseases of women. Sjiecial terms for oilice treatment of chronic caxes. Telephone, office, 123, residence, 43. J J. FREDERICK CARPENTER AND BUILDER. Estimate! furnished for all kinds of work. Repairine a specialty. All kinds of shop work. Shop on State Street, between First and Second. pAPERUANOINO, KALS0MI.V1NU, ETC. If your walls are sick or mutilated, call oa K. L. ROOD, Consultation free. No charge for prescrip tions. No cure no pay. Offlca hours frj'n 6 A. M. till 8. P. M., and all night If necessary. JTCONOMY SHOE SHOP. PRICK LIST. Men's half soles, hand (ticked, $1; nailed, heat, 75c ; eecond 50e ; third, 40c. Ladies' hand stitched, 75c; nailed, beet, fiOc; second, 35. Best stock and work in Hood River. C. WELDS, Prop. JHE KLONDIKE CONFECTIONERY Is the place to get the latest and best in Confectioneries, Candies, Nuts, Tobacco, Cigars, etc. ICE CREAM PARLORS.... COLE & GRAHAM, Props. p C. BROSiUS, M. D. " PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. 'Phone Central, or 121. Office Hours: 10 to 11 A. M. ; 2 to 3 and 6 to 7 P. M. JT. HOOD SAW MILLS Tomlisson Bros, Props. FIR AND PINE LUMBER Of the best quality alwas on band at prices to suit the times. gUTLER A CO., BANKERS. Do a general banking business. HOOD RIVER, e OREGON. Jj" A. COOK CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER Hood Rivkb, Oregon. Estimate Furnished. Plans Draws ' Q J. HAYES, J. P. j Offlca with Geo. T. Prattler. Bnslneaa will b attended to at any time. Colleetlona mada. and any business jiven to lis will t attended to speedily and resulta made promptly. W ill locate on (tood government lands, either tim ber or tarming. Wa are in to-.icU with tha U. B-UndOttoealThaDallaa. UivausaaaU. From All Parts of Ihe New World and the Old. DP INTEREST TO Ol'H MANY READERS Comprehensive Review of the Important Hap pentngi of the Put Week In Condensed Form. The northwest woolgrowers' con vention opened at Pendleton. A Cuban agitator stirred up tin antl - American demonstration in Santiago. Carman, arrested at Manila for aid ing the rebels, says he was not alone In the work. A new course of study for Oregon high Bchools has been adopted by the state board of education. Senator Carter, of Montana, talked the river and harbor bill to death, speaking 13 consecutive hours. II. G. Van Dusen, of Astoria, has been appointed fish warden for Ore gon, and Lewis Bean, of Roseburg, deputy. A robber smashed In a Grand Forks, B. C, Jewelry Btore window and es caped with $1000 worth of jewelry. No clue to the burglar. Russia has withdrawn a portion of the Russo-Chinese agreement regard ing Manchuria, and 'China has ap pealed to the powers In the mutter. A crowd of 40,000 people witnessed the ceremonies attending the inaugu ration of McKlnlcy and Roosevelt. A heavy rain fell during the entire day. Oil is reported as having been dis covered near the Oregon-Idaho line on the Snake river. A Seattle eyndi cate has secured 1800 acres of land there. The fifty-sixth session of congress has closed and the fifty-seventh ses sion opened. Vice-President Roose velt presided at the opening of the new seslon. T. Dletderlck's sawmill at Manor, Wash., about eight miles from Van couver, was burned. The mill was practically new, and had been In op eration about a year. It was valued at $2500; no insurance. The Boers have crossed the Orange river. Outlook is good for Oregon prune and hop crop. Volunteers defeated a band of rebels In Leyte. Dewet and the bulk of his commando have eluded the British. British official's do not believe the Boer war is near an end. It is rumored in Berlin that Am basasdor White will retire. Provincial governments will be es tablished In southern Philippine Islands. Spokane capitalists will build a $60,000 brewery and ice plant at Baker City, Or. American preparations for depart ure from China are practically completed. Cuban conservatives want to dis cuss the senate amendments with Americans. The La Grande, Or., sugar factory will buy lands and engage in the raising of beets. Great Britain is anxious about the report that France Intends to station a force at Hankow, China. . Count von Waldersee has issued re newed orders to0allied force to b ready for a possible expedition. All the appropriation measures save the river and harbor and sundry civil bills have been acted upon by con gress. The river and harbor bill, as agreed upon in conference, carries $70,000 for the improvement of the Willam ette and Yamhill rivers above Port land. Judge Elbridge Hanecy was nomi nated for mayor of Chicago by repub licans. At Grioe, Tes., 12 women with hatchets, axes aud rocks went to tha postoflice and stoie run by J. J. Grice, in which bitters are pold, aud taking the bottles outside, broke them all. The bodies of Louis Buroh and Addie Taylor, both 18 years of age, were fouud ia a deserted house in La Junta, Colo, A revolver lying between them told the story. Young Uurch's father forbade their niniTiau'e, anil this waa the cause of the double suicide. American machinery is being shipped to evety part of the world. Railway track elevation in Chicago has cost tne companies - over $ 17,000, 000. Foreign diplomats expect the Uuited States to establish a protectorate over Cnba iu regard to foreign affairs. Troops in Pekin looted the roof of a Umldhi.st temple in the beliet that tha tiles were of gold, but they were only gold plated. DEWET HAS ESCAPED. Crossed Orange River With Bulk of His Commando. LONDON, March 6. General Dewet lost heavily In men and stores by his Incursion iuto Cape Colony, but he seems to have made a clever escape with the bulk of his commando. Ap parently Commandant Hertzog crossed the Orange river with him. General Hamilton, who was pursu ing, heard that General Dewet was surrounded at Phllllpstown, northwest of Colesburg. On arriving there be found the Boers had not been at Phllllpstown at all, but had doubled br.ck and were struggling across the river at Colesburg. ' Apparently this is another Instance of defective intel ligence regarding the doings of tha Boers. The Daily Telegraph has a dispatch from Colesburg dated yesterday, which says: "Numerous columns are still hunt ing for Dewet. This place Is in a hubbub, and the troops are marching off in various trains to press the pursuit further." CARRIED OUT ON LAKE ERIE. Twenty-one Men on Floating lea Seventeen Rescued. SILVER CREEK, N. Y March 5. Twenty-one fishermen were carried out on Lake Erie, off Silver Creek, to night on floating ice, but 17 of them were rescued. , The last seen of the four men they were still on the ice, but a high wind was blowing up a big sea, and the ice was fast breaking up. They were about four miles out, and there was a mile of open water between them and the shore. When it was found that the men were cut oft from shore this morning a message was sent to Dunkirk by the mayor asking for assistance. A special train was made up, and a party of rescuers brought a boat on a flat car. They worked heroically all day. The 17 who were rescued were taken off the floating fee with great difficulty. They said that their comrades probably perished, as they were in perilous positions. BUFFALO GETS THE MEET. Wheelmen Will Gather In the Pan handle City. At the annual meeting of the Na tional Assembly of the League of American Wheelmen held recently in Philadelphia, the invitation of Mayor Diehl to hold the annual summer meet of the league In Buffalo was accepted unanimously. This action meets the hearty ap proval of the entire membership of that organization. For this reason the biggest meet In the history of the league will be that held in Buffalo during the week commencing August 12. Fruit Man Alarmed Over Weathe VANCOUVER, Wash., March 4. Clark county fruit men are apprehen sive' lest the present warm weather continues long enough to endanger the fruit crop. There is some danger of the trees budulng out under the influence of continued warm weather to such an extent that a freeze ov a continued cold rain a month later would prove disastrous. Up to this time the winter has been most faovr able for the orchards, and the pros pects for a big crop the coming season were never better. California Town Threatened. Sacramento, Cal., March 5. The levee above the town of Washington, Yolo county, is in danger of breaking, owing to the wash caused by the high winds, and a large force of men is working to save It. If the levee breaks the town of Washington will be flooded and the railroad grade between this city and Davlsville will be nearly submerged. Boers Cross the Orange River. Colesburg, Cape Colony, Tuesday, March 5. Fifteen hundred Boers, with whom, it has been alleged, were General Dewet and former President Steyn, found a spot at Lllliefontein, near Colesburg bridge, where the Orange river widens, and the current is slow, and they crossed, both men and horses swimming. Mayas Defeated by Mexicans. MEXICO CITY, March 4. There has been another battle between the rebel Indians and the Federal troops near Tabi. The Mayas were found well entrenched, but the Mexican troops rushed their position and the Indians fled in panic. Declare-) a Dividend. The Standard Oil Company has de clared another 20,000,000 dividend. DAUGHTERS OF REVOLUTION. m Will Held Next Congreis in Buffalo June 14. The next continental congress of the Daughters of the American Rev olution will be held in Buffalo June 14. The invitation was extended by Mrs. John Miller Horton at the meet ing of the D. A. R. in Washington, D. C, recently, and was accepted by a rising vo'e. 0- 81(l(ll Large Number of the Acts of the . Oregon Legislature. WITH AND WITHOUT HIS SIGNATURE Bills That Were Pissed by Both Houses. But Which Did Not Receive His Approval Until After Adjournment. Governor Geer has filed the follow ing acts of the Oregon legislature. While some of tht-Di were allowed to become laws Wuhout his signing them, most of them contain his sig nature: Senate bill No. 75, to require street railways to provide vestibules or weather guards on street cars. House bill No. 12C, to punish kid napping. House bill No. 183, to provide for recording chattel mortgages. House bill No. 237, to fix the bound aries of Columbia county. House bill No. 88, to require bids for furnishing public supplies. House bill No. 122, to punish tres pass by cattle in certain counties. House bill No. 177, to define loca tion of natural oyster beds in Netarts bay. House bill No. 229, to fit weight of standard bushel of oats at 32 pounds. House bill No. 346, to prescribe du ties of Attorney General. House bill No. 225, governing re ports of administrators. House bill No. 19, to regulate con struction of telegraph and telephone lines along public highways. House bill No. 292, to authorize construction of Sluslaw and Eastern railroad. House bill No. 179, to fix time for salmon fishing in Alsea bay, river and tributaries, and to prohibit fish traps and wheels therein. House bid No. 313, to fix salary of county Judge In Baker county. House bill No. 172, to amend the law relating to the appropriation of water from lakes and running streams. House bill No. 97, to prohibit pub lic contracts in counties of 50.000 in habitants, except after public bidding. House bill No. 1, to amend the law relating to mining claims. House bill No. 39, to fix place of as sessment of personal property. Senate bill No. 13, to fix place of as sessment of personal property. House bill No. 200, to increase com pensation of deputy county clerk in Malheur county and to provide assist ance for clerk in Gilliam county. . House bill No. 44, to aid Oregon Historical Society. Senate bill No. 112, to provide bounty for scalps of seals, sea lions, etc. House bill No. 65, to authorize ap pointment of clerks in state treas urer's office. House bill No. 59, to punish poison ing of domestic animals. House bill No. 121, to authorize is suance of diplomas to certain grad uates of normal schools. House bill No. 102, to prevent coer cion of voters. Senate bill No. 137, to create office of county auditor in Multnomah county. Senate bill No. 203, to incorporate Milton City. House bill No. 100, to protect union labels. House bill No. 5, to fix time and place of holding circuit court in sec ond district. House bill No. 144, relating to pub lic presentation of dramatic plays. House bill No. 20, making legal cer tain marriages. House bill No. 311, to fix salary of county judge of Malheur county. House bill No. 249, to fix salaries of county treasurers. House bill No. 146, making it a crime to Interfere with boundary marks of mining claims. House bill No. 68, to prescribe method of apportioning state taxes. I House bill No. 24, to provide for relief of indigent soldiers, sailors, etc. House bill No. 26, new military code. House bill No. 110, protection of game, forests, wild flowers, etc. Senate bill No. 201, to provide more 'efficient method of assessment and taxation. Senate bill No. 177, to Incorporate City of Wasco. Senate bill No. 193, to incorporate City of Grass Valley. Senate bill No. 63, to regulate sale of adulterated food, drinks, etc., and define duties of dairy and food com missioner. 0 Senate bill No. 229, to amend As Large Wine Crop. Lyons, France, reporrs that the wine crop ol France for the year 1900 will exceed 1,721,000,000 gallons, a yield that has been surpassed bnt three times in history. Military and Navy Maneuvers. The war and navy departments are plannng for joint military and naval maneuvers in New York harbor next summer. toria charter. Senate bill No. 207, to amend Sea side charter. Senate bill No. 56, authorizing County Courts to declare unnavlgable streams highways for floating logs. Senate bill No. 174, to authorize ex penditure of money for hatcheries. Senate bill No. 189, relative to bi ennial reports. House bill No. 128, for distribution of laws and Journals. House bill No. 275, to amend act creating Smithern Oregon Agricul tural societies. Senate bill No. 138, making owners of vessels liable for damage to pro perty or hind. Senate bill No. 190, to amend SoldlerB' Home act. Senate bill No. 62, to fix time or meeting of regents of State Univer sity. Senate bill No. 29-, to authorize Portland to dispose of block 132. House bill No. 62, to consolidate of fices of Clerk of County Court, Clerk of Circuit Court and ' Recorder of Multnomah County. House bill No. 21, to punish des truction of records on publ: lands. House bill No. 286, to change com pensation of certain County Clerks. House bill No. 149, to punish dese cration of United States flag. House bill No. 76, to amend act for election of road supervisors. House bill No. 33, appropriating $1000 for Soda Springs. Senate bill No. 162, fixing .compen sation of prison Inspector. Senate bill No. 79, correcting boundary of Wheeler County. Senate bill No. 210, prohibiting sale of liquors within a mile of mines. Senate bill No. 126, regulating drawing of State warrants. Senate bill No. 216, fixing salaries of certain District Attorneys. Senate bill No. 72, to declare the jurisdiction of Justices' Courts. Senate bill No. 86, to create office of State Bacteriologist. Senate bill No. 221, to provide for board to draft a Portland charter bill. Senate bill No. 232, to rcgulata building branch lines to railroads. Senate bill No. 196, fixing salary of Superintendent of Wheeler County. Senate bill No. 23, amending school law. Senate bill No. 142, requiring state warrants paid to be deposited in of fice of Secretary of State. Senate bill No. 234, fixing salaries of County Treasurers. Senate bill No. 116, authorizing State Land Board to buy land at fore closure sale. Senate bill No. 44, fixing terms of Circuit Court in seventh district. Senate bill No. 114, defining elig ibility of directors of corporations. Senate bill No. 220, concerning sal aries of Baker, Malheur and Clatsop Counties. Senate bill No. 227, for construction of ditch to supply water at state in stitutions. Senate bill No. 87, to amend charter of North Yamhill. Senate bill No. 107, to Incorporate Yoncalla. Senate bill No. 176, amending char ter of Cornelius. Senate bill No. 191, for primary elections in cities of 10,000 inhabit ants. Senate bill No. 180, amending Aus tralian ballot law. Senate bill No. 202, accepting 1, 000,000 acres under Carey arid land act. Senate bill No. 10, amending law relating to Jury lists. Senate bill No. 161, Incorporating Hood River. Senate bill No. 209, prohibiting sa loons within 300 leet of schools. House bill No. 294, making Van couver avenue a county road. House bill No. 334, governing estrays. House bill No. 113, defining duties of surveyors. House bill No. 208, relating to es tablishment of public highways. House bill No. 295, prohibiting mu tilation of hides. House bill No. 54, amending Ban croft bonding act. House bill No. 61, relating to incor poration of cemeteries. House bill No. 187, for service of citations. Senate bill No. 171, the Port of Portland bill. House bill No. 280, to annex the panhandle of Union County to Baker County. Senate bill No. 139, the Orphans' Home bill, appropriating $50 per capita for Inmates. - Senate bill No. 73,' enacting the Torrens system of public land regis tration. Senate bill N. 188, the primary election bill. House bill No. 189, to construct the County Court of Multnomah County. Sons ol President John Tyler. Three sons of President John Tyler are now living. One is a member of the Virginia senate, and another is president of- William and Mary col lege. Present Method of Branding Cruel. Cattle men in 'outh Dakota are gen erally agreed that it is time to abandon a-U A v.vx&oAii S muKArl tt tiA nrf wtn An ttla ! as cruel. iib in kiii The Inauguration of President William McKinley DURING A HEAVY DOWNPOUR OP RAIN Crowd of 40,000 Persons Witnessed the Cere moniesOath Administered by the Chief Justice. WASHINGTON, March 4. William McKinley a second time Is president of the United States. He was ushered Into that office in a city ablaze with more and finer decorations than ever have graced the holiday loving na tional capital, whose streets re sounded to the tread of more march ing soldiers and sailors than ever have participated in a like function, and had as witnesses to the ceremon ies a vast multitude, who cheered fre quently whenever he or his vlce-pres-Identlal colleague was visible. There has been better weather on Inauguration days, and there has been much worse than that which attended today's ceremonies. The day in the early forenoon gave promise of being a golden spring day, but the weather was in a capricious mood, and by noon a slow drizzle had begun, which lasted with some intermissions and an oc casional lively downpour until late in the afternoon. The worst of the wet weather, unfortunately, came Just at the time that President McKinley was being Inducted Into office on the east front of the capltol, in the presence of a crowd estimated to number 40,000. But the air was mild and pleasant, and the day ended with dry weather. Roosevelt Sworn In. The brilliant and impressive scene In the senate, when the vice-presidentelect was inducted into office, was re served for a few hundred. The pub lic had no part in it. When the ceremony in the senate, a little tedious, despite its brilliancy, was over the floor and galleries emptied Into the corridors through which the people jostled and squeezed into the rotunda, and out on to the platform erected from the east por tico of the capitol building. The President Inaugurated. It was just 1 o'clock when the of ficial party came through the main doorway of the capitol. A deep hush fell upon the assemblage as the pres ident and the chief justice advanced to the center of the pavilion. The president removed his hat, and then raised his right hand. In the intense stillness faintly could be heard the solemn words of the chief justice and the measured response of the presi dent taking the oath to maintain in violate the constitution and laws of. the United States. He spoke in a strong voice, easily heard by those near the front of the stand. His face looked very grave as the oath was pronounced. "He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good; and who so trusteth in the Lord, happy is he. The wise In heart shall be called prudent; and the sweetness of the lips Increaseth the learning." Kissing these verses of the XVI Proverbs with bowed head, President McKinley, for the second time, passed completely Into the full honors of the presidency of the United States. The book had been opened at random by Clerk McKinney, of the supreme court, who long has made it a point to note as a matter of curious knowl edge the verse which chances to meet the lips of incoming presidents. Veteran of Civil War Dead. San Diego, Cal., March 6. Major Francis S. Earle, a prominent Grand Army man, is dead. In 1860 he was a member of a famous regiment of New York militia, but the next year, when the war broke out, he had moved to Michigan, when he was ap pointed adjutant of the Fourth regi ment, by Colonel Woodbury. He waa advanced to assistant adjutant on the staff of General Fitzjohn Porter. Officers Made Raid on House. Chehalis, Wash., March 6. Deputy Sheriff James Matson and a posse made a raid on a secluded house a mile and a half east of Centralla this morning, and surprised and arrested two men, who give their names as H. B. Miller and James Mulligan. Both men were armed with heavy re volvers, and in the house were found a number of articles which tended to connect them with the numerous bur glaries that have occurred in Cheha lis. Buy the Samoa. San Francisco, March 6. The big British transport steamer Samoa has been purchased by the government, and when she arrives in port $200,000 will be spent In fitting her up for the transport service. The Samoa Is on her way here from Hongkong, and is expected to arrive in about ten day She Is 445 feet long, 23 feet 8 Inches in depth, C3 feet in width. Her gross tonnage la 6396 tona. NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED. Al lea to Be Aiaittasrt Secretary of Treasury, With Several Others. WASHINGTON, March 6.-Tho sen ate in executive session made the fol lowing confirmations: Bradstreet S. Raclden, of Maine, to be consul of tit United States at Uu tavla, Java. Milton K. Ailes, of Ohio, to be as sistant secretary of the treasury. William A. Rublee, erf Wisconsin, to be consul general at Hong Kong. Naval Constructor Francis T. Bowles, to bo chief constructor and chief of the bureau of construction and repair, in the department of the navy. George D. Gear, to be second Judge of the circuit court of the first cir cuit of the territory of Hawail. Marshal B. Woonworth, to be at torney of the United States for the northern district of California. John H. Fesler, of Colorado, to be consul at Amoy, China. Edward H. Anderson, to be sur veyor general of Utah. Postmasters were confirmed as fol lows: Porto Rico Robert A. Miller, at Ponce. Oregon Robert H. Robinson, Ar lington; C. O. Coad, Dallas. To be mineral land commissioners in Montana George L. Wales, Mon tana; Daniel Arms, .Phllippsburg; John T. Ingram, J. M. Hartley, Wil liam H. Williams, P. T. Morris, Ed win A. Jones, Iowa; Edwin S. Hath away, Charles D. Curtis, Montana; Miles Vananagh, Montana; Watson Boyle, District of Columbia; George W. Garrett, Arkansas. VAN DUSEN NAMED. An Astoria Man Appointed Fish Warden for Oregon. SALEM, March 6. The state board of Ann commissioners, consisting of the governor, secretary of state and treasurer, today held its first meet ing, and appointed II. G. Van Dusen, of Astoria, master warden, and Lewis Bean, of Roseburg, Ceputy, The appointments were made by the unanimous action of the members. The name of Representative Talbert, of Clackamas county, was mentioned, but the board decided that he is not eligible under that section of the con stitution prohibiting .members of the legislature from holding an office created by a legislature of which they are members. F. C. Reed and Lewis Bean were also candidates for the office of master warden. There were two candidates from ABtorla for deputy warden D. H. Welch and Fred Wickman. The board decided that since the master warden had been chosen from Astoria, the deputy must be selected from some other section, and Bean was elected. LETTER FROM PAT CROWE. Similar to the One He Sent Mr. Cud ady Recently. OMAHA, Neb., March 6. Pat Crowe, one of the alleged abductors of Edward Cudahy, Jr., has written a letter to the World-Herald, post marked Denlson, la., March 2, touch ing the kidnaping and asserting his Innocence. The communication Is a long one and in . many respects is a duplicate of the letter written to Mr. Cudahy three weeks ago. Chief of Police Donahue says there Is no doubt in his mind as to the genuine ness of the letter, and of Its coming from Crowe. Chief Donahue gave out the contents of a letter he wrote Feb ruary 9 to Steve Crowe a brother of Pat, and which was written in an-. swer to the letter received by Mr. Cudahy at that time. The chief says: "If Pat Crowe will surrender him self to me personally, I will waive all my rights to the reward offered for his arrest; also to the reward offered for his arrest and conviction for the kidnaping of Edward Cudahy, Jr., the night of December 18, 1900. I will further agree to do everything in my power to protect him from any per sonal violence or mistreatment while he Is in my custody, and will aid him in every way to establish his Inno cence of the crtme." Dewet Headed but Not Captured. London, March 6. A dispatch from General Kitchener, dated Pretoria, March 4, says: "Dewet was moving on Philiopolls, but was headed by our troops, and is now marching on Fauresmlth. Bab ington has dug up a Krupp, a pom pom and some ammunition at Land fonteln. Sixteen men of the Victorian Rifles have captured 33 Boers and 50 horses at Seacow river. General Dart nell has captured a Hotchklss near Pletertieff. On the Retired List. Washington, March 6. Two promi nent naval officers were placed on the retired list today by operation of the law on account of age. They are Rear Admiral Philip C. Hlchborn, who has been chief of the bureau of con struction and repair for the past eight years, and Pay Inspector H. O. Colby, one of the ranking officers of the pay corps. - . , 1 ' i .'!