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FROM FRDA Y'S DAILY IVlLLOVfl COUNTY PROPERTY LOA53 APPEOVED. By tha State Board A List of the . Clerks In the Land Office - " In 11m Past. " The state board of school lan J com missioners held a brief sendon at the state house yrsterdey for the purpose of pcsfins; upon a number cf applica tions for loans from the state school - fund. Twenty implications were acted tpcn, of which number seventeen were approved, aggregating $19,550, - and three, amounting; to $2,700, were re heeled. The appKcatlcns for loans are not as plentiful as they were during tbo cummer, though tnany applications are still being received. ; ment for $227.50 and Interest at 8 per cent. ' from June 1st, and coats and issued on property owned by defend- The Assessment Eoll Has ants in this county. R. J. Fleming is attorney for the plaintiff. Been Eeceived. VALUATIONS HAVE INCREASED TO INSPECT BRIDGES. County Judge G. P. Terrell has gone; to the Northern portion of the county to in spect two bridges, which - were re ported In bad condition, the result. It is said, of running traction; engines over them. The Judge will take steps toward having the damaged structures I A Comparative Statement of Taxable promptly repaired, ana e irons win ne made to have the violators of , the law, who have damaged the bridges by running' engines over them, dealt with according' to law. Property and State Taxes Paid in Twelve Years. The recent i election of M. L. Cham berHn ft r efceif clerk cf the state land - board will make that gentleman the seventh occupant j of : that position since the board has had a permanent clerk, the beard having existed for a number of years before a permanent clerk was employed i to look af ter the affairs of the cTlce, the business prior to that timehavlng been largely trans acted by the county school superin tendent. Following are the clerks who have served the board, and the terms of each: i L R. Moore of Salem, 1864 to 1S70. - Thomas H. Cann, of The lialles, No vember, 1W0, to November, UTS. - K. P. McCernack, of Salem, Novem be, 178, to March. 1U7. Napoleon Davis, of Hlllsboio. March 1887, to August 1, lfcfL George W. Davis, of Drain, August 1, ISJd. -to August 1, li:95. W. II. Odell, of Salem, August 1, ISM to December 21, ls0. (From Daily Sept. 15th.) MYRTLE CREEK ITEMS. Rcscburg Review, Tha grain in this precinct is all HOP KILN BURNED. One of the Wins belonging to D. C Minto & Co. situated on the John Minto hop farm I In the state department .yesterday. on tne island adjoining the city was I th tax rcll of Wallowa county was re burned about X o'clock - yesterday I eclved, "this being the second one re- mornuig, tne are originating above the I ported for the year it&9. The rollis furnace. Hops from 180 boxes were on I certified to as being correct, by County lu" hoot m-x. me iime un were. ; or r eyerie J. .A. Burleigh, and course, consumed. 1 ne uin was Known as the southwest one and was Insured for $400; there was 1200 insurance on the hops also. . the sum- SALEM MAN IN COURT. mary Is as follows: 3S.517 acres tillable land.... ..$ 12i.6S9 nor-tiHable land....... Imp. on deeded rands,.,.....; Value, of town lots.... Imp. on town lots............. Imp. on undeeded lands..... J. M. Huber Attempts to Collect $2000 Engine, .machinery, etc:.. ur tnuu. ; MdM mil (tni.lr In irnAm - Firm ImnlmiMli . st J I fc. M , M - , I - ' 7 1'. . . rT'"' .' ""T I Notes and fmunU w . t ine circJ"M Shares of etrck .... court for,, Multnomah county , on that I Hft,1-Uhi f,..i,,... j .. . . 1 .. on which iwu men, weu-inowo l" I . C7? v.--- uh2 i.aj"u vii-y, ngurai prominently one being J. M. Huber, proprietor of a bakery in this city, who is making an effort to collect a debt of $2000 : due him, the other being C. M. Idle man, formerly attorney-general for Oregon, taino! now & practicing attorney 4n 16, rS cattla 9512 sheep and goats.....'. 6.25 swine .. .., Cross value .. ...... 158,420 193.525 12.010 62.205 l'i.530 7.1' 39.30 ?65 '117.S19 52.025 . 60.535 i73.!-21 112,583 11.S60 Ihrehhed. The rain 9 did but little "iaoa, wno is alleged to De one of damage, but thei average vield ner.lfle oeotors in jur. HuDera case: j tcre was low. wheat Koln about twelve "Th case of J. M. Huber agatast bushed: oats twitv buahdn. nH hir. Charles WY Miller continued to occupy 1r v twentv-flvtP. hKii ti. vii.i the attention of department No. 1 of this piecdnct of the entire cereal crop ' circui omft today'' Huler Exemptions,. .....$1.233,S . 1 7?.155 ws betveen 20,W5 and 35.0 0 bushels. being on the etand all the forenoon. Large shipments of green fruit are ZZZJr, ,1, . w ZT Kr iLffi r-vr Miller is legally responsible to Huber s;;;z ; v;r, ? $2000 loaned m m2. and interest. peaches prtrcjT j "Huber 19 a comparatively poor man. .IC kS',. ,,.-nd the loss of thU $2000 has kept him , . . , . In straitened circumstances for years, " "v" , ' V- . - . - He testifies that he entrusted the fired up but w,:,k wi:.. not commence money to mer wham he know lui.jr. pi long, and whom he trusted implicitly the rliK-filng of the fruit to a consider- 'to c. M. idleman afterwards attorney- FarnVr.g Implements A I A A tfV MUk f.Mll 4 fcft 4 it M m n 4 I A M AVIS' "I -"' f W.IWHU4 I i ii. general of the state. The other $1000 steamboats.. ior a unori time wtn sian ne prunes wa- loaned to the Home Guilders A- Mcncv.. to falling heavily. The fruit is larger ocIatlon. a comDanv that went down Notes and accounts.... thaai usual and the yMd will equal if nk many others, during the hard Shares cf ttck... ,.,... not exreed that of lat vMr. Th nut. '. i I it v.i , ; uiiicn. i nuuiisiiuri g'.vua put or an-a prunes atout Myrtle Creek ' nfanv Jt wt. t Tfva JaJ 7 817 horses and mules Taxable taxable property v..$L0f0,63 No. polls. 1124. .' Compared with lf.st year the roll how an increase in the valuation cf taxable property, as well as exemptions the lridicaTioijs bring that timts in Walk w a county are better, and the citizens somewhat more prosperous: 35,175 acres tillable lar.d..: $ 156,972 112,6)7 acres non-tillable land. Imp. deeded land.-. ...... Town lots i . ' Imp. town lots. Imp. unde?ded lands .......... 40 miks tk graph.. .. ........ M jrchandiee.. ., will not ba prunes atout Myrtle Creek j ' -Many letters written by iar I'Ora j .nwwu iMnniU. ' r tu. n.. t. . j - ,j i nce?4 .i.i. ... . - . . wv-ii? .IIIUUUUCU.W VJT I 4tf.O0 uvue ........... eitfter way. which means a distribu-; the defense. In which he kept- urging 8f,559 sheep and goats..... tion cf btwe;n MS.Wt and $50,000 Miller to collect from Idleman and the! S.5S1 swlni imorg tho people of this precinct. HOME HOC! 'MEAT. Home Builders. ! the object being to show that Huber considered these par ties and not .Miller his debtors. Huber went to State Treasurer Metschan to see If Idleman's salary could: not be withheld for his benefit. In I explana tion of this he says he did an this at 1S2.045 94.915 11.445 43,660 1S.5S3 600 45.7C5 27,230 16.350 9,223 74.665 43 97 17,175 M.109 19.1,0'U 134,X5 Crews vtua. Exemptions.. .$1,147,715 . 161.296 Corvsllls Times. The Corvallis market is practically bare of country hams and bacon. Most of the lard displayed for sale, like the the request of Miller, who had loaned jiu luum, cvmc i win me can, me money io xnese parties. He was Borne of It comes from Omaha, some wilKng to apply anywhere so that he from Kansas city and some from tne 'could get his money. big padding houses at Chicago. None It was a case, he said, of Good Che eastern wholesaler. packer, to the eastern to the railroad company vi ii uii me ittsie ui me average j luura, gooa aevil, Wltn me. I was Webfoot as well as does the bacon ' afraid of a rupture with Miller, as be made at home. All of It is hauled by had my money and I had no notes, I rail two thousand ; miles or more, and ? said and wrote things I ought not to toll is paid to the eastern farmer, to have said and written, because I didn't know better, M I do now.' "Some of Itaber'a letters are falrlv ana to me local oeaier. Mams oring pathetic. He had gone into business about 164 and bacon about 1214 cents; In Salem and needed money to develop per pound. Benton county wheat for j it and make improvements.- On the the past year averaged farmers about , strength of getting this money back fifty cents per bushel. There would ; he bought a place, going In debt $850 seem to be a margin here out of which ;and giving a bond for a deed. He kent a packing house, or the farmers pleading almost piteously with Miller themselves, ought to ie able to turn .to get the money from Idleman and many an honest penny. It takes many a dollar to pay for the eastern bacon annually brought Into Webfoot. Ought we not to be sellers of hog meat, rather than buyers? Txtal taxable values Taxable Property. $ 621,477 756,567" 725.41 769,42) 8TA202 1,128,57 880.S98 S77.508 7.r,,622 869.951 983,431 Tear 1SS.... lxJ.... 190..-. ISii. .. 192.... 1893.... 1894.... l&Jo.. .. 1894.... 1S97.... 1898.... ; ii Rate in " Mills.' 4 - 4 12-55-4 -7 4S-10 3 1 4 -10 " 4 3' 6 7-10 .$ J 3.4?9 State Tax. ' $2,485 90 4.529 40 .15u ti 3,M7 13 5.9S1 42 4.852 88 2.643 69 4.212 04 3,028 03 3,041 Si 5.0C5 60 TILLAilOOK PROSPEROUS Weekly Herald. The dairy business is on the boom, and every man In Tillamook county who has a few cows is a plutocrat. He always has money, and while the herds are Increasing, prices are doing likewise. T. S. Townsend, we under stand, fs now paying 25 cents for but ter fat. which Is more, probably, than the farmers have ever received be fore, and more than they could poest tne Home Builders. Once he waited a month after making such an appeal without receiving any reply from Mil ler, of which he complains in his next letter. "But he never got his $2000 back. It was swallowed up in the maelstrom of speculation, as many other thousands were about that time. "it is admitted on both sides that Miller did not personally have the use j or benefit of this money. But accord ing to Huber's testimony he looked wholly to Miller for repayment. 1 not- wunstaiKiing his frequent appeals to Miller to collect the money from Idle man and the Home Builders. WAR IS II1 ONLY III ITS IIICIPiCY Lieutenant Colonel Smith of the St. Louis Regiment Writes Need This from the Philippines of a Greater Army He re- clares That It Will Take One Hue dred Thousand Men to Put Down the Trouble Widespread Sickness. ' The United States must understand . TMr. idleman objects to any infer, ence that he was mnmtl 'wth )h. bly make by manufacturer it them-1Hm Builders; says he had nothlna . ... . . .... fA Aj with . . , . I selves. At mis rate a common oia vuii.uuh, rays- ina i that w r,nlv in th wtnnin. . i.l . , i 'he borrowed iiftno r trh.. I we re niy in tne Deginning of syv i u w w m r ivi j w w Pivcracu caw, - v s. uucvii, while a first class dairy animal would and haj since paid him directly , at seem to be a veritable Klondike. $100. and owes and wtU pay the Twenty-five cents' for butter fat! Mv. frest. It would seem that a cheese factory ! "Th Jury In the former trial decided that could afford to pay that amount against Miller but there is new evl- wouia oe arownea out in a utile time. . "'i " ia a rebel captain. His oil portrait, well as his wife's, hangs in one of the rooms. . - "The American array In the Philip pines Is not by any means wb.it it was when we started : on the spamsn- Americsn war." fantry. a recent pie i Jt has a little over 13 per cent of sick,, .Disease hurt us worse than inswgtnt bullets, t The tried veterans are gune. We are loaded down with a lot of young officers who are green horns. - "Mtn-h has teen written of life In the trocics. and ta some it may stem a threadbare ubj ct. However, to those on the scene there- ,1s always sotne- thli.g stitklng. Interesting and trigi nal to be met with in this climate. "It requires J considerable literary tiste and lnspitatlon to do full jusUce to a subject bearing c-n the life and manners cf any people, and It Is. with this object in iew that I endeavor to give a sketch cf life In the 'sland of Luzon. 8hlly in his icetry has rsint- ed the sui-tets cf Italy in the most charmlug manner and with such a de gree cf perfection that when one reads it seen the Italian fckies loom through his verse. Now, if he had but only seen the glorlcua sunsets we had on board the Kheridan while sailing towards and into the Manila bay, he would have exclaimed with joy: 'How lovely! "Not one cf our regiment can ever forget the splendor f these sunsets, for as th ledies, officers and men thrci ged the decks one could hear nothing but exclamations of admir ation for their loveliness, as myriad colors crowded the distant mountains Very frequently, after sunset, : tho heavens wore lit up w 1th repeated ilasbe-s of lightning, wHch continued late into th night, often accompanied with heavy thunder. - "Although the air seemed somewhat opiwIve it is swtet with the rr f uroes of flowers and foliage. The pes presented as the Sheridan en tered Manila bay was one of supreme magnificence; warships on the water and mountains on all sides looked up In the c'stunce, while the city looked like one K.-en by Aladdin with his fa bled lamp, and while looking: at tho shore we couK: perceive that nature wore her brightest garb of green, in fact, the whole, scenery of Luzon needs but to be seen to be admired. "Certainly pleasureseekers and tour ists who go abroad would find the is land of Luzone all that could be de sire! while the most ardent lover of nature would find every charm fir which they longed, their ideal and their Edeu. Americans and Europ ean alike much admire the rural as pect cf the bamboo houses of the na tives, thry ere hady, cool and pleas ant and present a picturesque and se rene appearance, very humble, but in inany respects as clean inside as would be, desired by our Western people; yet their appearance from - the outside is all that the greatest. Idealist or dream er mctt adirire "To see verdant gardens, cr nestling in th 'bosom of the sylvan groves, full of ba nanas, manges, pineapples,, cocoanuts ISIl'SllEllID:: the boat, will rise slightly and sail out itrtugh the mists and away from . - - -V. . -MTV MliUilf Ii lurrenu x n navigator will allow some of the gas to escape from tha balloon, and it will begin to come Take the Twelfth In-iprjcfrni't inn ff WiflO flf .T?" H he wings on each side arrival, as an exam- I MiUblrULLlOIl Ol HJU dlf of the car will come into play. Ordi- . . m""" m u gas escaped from- tha tlie ASYlUm. ,balloon, the car would settle straight , :down and strike the water with a 'broadside1 dash. Wood intends to t I5 Jesrreea. This will cause the car to turn these wings at an auurle of about EXCELLENT PROGRESS MADE glide into . the water somewhat as I sled slides down hill. The air-tight car, buoyed up by the balloon, will 'Slide dmm th tnrhu1. -.-.I ... - '-"i luuin oe- The Brlek Yard at the Prison Maktnsf ,lowr be picked s im s a-, a s a f . s a a a . I im ine .llt, the little steamer which plies Niagara river. "wa nas lesiea zus invention with. Material -New Kitchen for the Penitentiary. fFrom Dally Sept. lth.) ' Gov. T. T. peer. State Secret as yl. T ' T)ittris " A rtsV - TS. siiirAi fK-aa Ct Moore, want to the asvlum yesterday n.!fulon' Wool. "I - - - will VL-nrlr All T afbernoon for the purpose cf making an lspecUon of the new wing now un der course , of construction. ; They found the wrrk progressing nicely. six-foot model, operated bv cloek. work.' The experiment, he says, was entirely uccessfuL StUl, Hh pJa presents more risks than moat neoni -1 would4 like to encounter. I ve spent about everything f could arn for the past six ,vean on f hi- know It aii i want now u o somebody who Will put up $200 to build the machine. and the Indications sre O-at the struc-i.v. , ' ZT .'"r"" rauner courts . ii k. if n-itvin th- in uanger. Ui y asa w vvaaiawwa w a asv contemplated befora January 1, 19M. The new fire escapes are rearly com pleted, and ample protection is thus given to tha inmate, from a possible conflagration. The new kitchen, recently commenc ed at that Institution, fa alo progress ing r icely, and Supt, E. A. Paine hopes to complete it in a few months. . This will t a great convenience, and a valuable addition to the Institution, as it will be the best equipped kitchen on the coast. The room now ccupled by that department will be trans-fc-md Into a dining rcom for those patients who are empkyed about tho building, stables and grourds. The danger from Are, as a result of the new arrangement. Will also be reduced to the minimum. .The-brick yard at the penitentiary, w litre the brick for the new buildings at the amyliim are made, is running in full blast, thirty-seven trusties being employed there. Two kilns of brick have thus far been made, of 3;l'.0O0 and 40C.0W0. respectively, and another kiln is to be burned soon. The larger ior tion of this material will be used in biiildurg the new additions to the asy lum, thre remaind to be uje?d in con structing a kitchen and dining room at ther penitentiary, provided for at tihe last session of the legislature. It has Kng been urged that the cul inary department at the prison wa a menace t6 the safety of that institu tion and to the lives of the prisoners, being situated, as It Is, directly under the chapel and the entrance to all the wards, and the plan to erect a build ing, tcparete and apart from the main ttructnre, for use as a kitchen. It is Jrfc.iVs.. 1C, believe. wU JessJthe danger fro- sii'iucu aicvis. -t7 . - j a. ,.,iit ., . . ! fire to a rreat extent. This work will ! liOi UCBUIUK ail - LII? ----- probably be ccmraenoed early next siring, end completed during next season. - vnat co you propose to accom plish by this Invention?" the youne fellow was asked. . "-Mr fortune." he confeased. candld- f'.. . 1 can onc o. over Niagara falls in my balloon bat J think I can sit still in a dime museum and draw $500 a week for Jlong the crowd to rubberneck at me." Inter Ocean. AMEKICAN AND ANTI-AMERICAN and ether Criental trees J gives a charm that can suit the most artistic eye. It takes ccc&iderable time, la bor and patience to get the bamboo to gether, for they are most always three or four feet from . the ground, the foundation, as well as framework and siding are built of bamboo stakes, which vary according to size of houses and the former are driven to some depth In the ground, while the latter are bound together Without the use of nails. The rcof locks like a western straw thatch, acttched by a tropical sun. , Twigs of bamboo act as win dows; and in more pretentious houses a sea shell is utilized for letting in light. "The natives have an edd way of cooking, using pottery stoves. It is i rude and lacks refinement. Art Li out of the question in the preparation of their food. When eating they ig nore tho existence of . table, knife or fork, and most always the luxury cf a seat, &s thfy always seem to sit on the!,- hoeia, a hard way of resting to one not accustomed to the style. Some of the native women look attractive, neat and picturesque, diessed in a costume i ecul arly Filipino, and which generally consists of a black or blue skirt wrapped closely around the waist tnd forn to the knees. This is worn over some bright material, either pink, red or yellow, which is always seen from below cr above the knees ans reaches about four inches from the feet, and la some instances not so far." . - .. WILL GO OVER rllAGARf! FflLL-S SPRAINED HER FOOT.-Odles Ka tie Godfrey, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Godfrey, of this city, met with a serious accident at the Dove A COLTS JUMP FTtOM A MOVING j y-- TRAIN. this war and that it will take 100.000 sciaitrs to pat down the troubles we are now beset with in the Philippines. Hie army he-re, which is minus the tried veterans, has a very al.irmlng amount of sk-k men and officers, ami them appears to be no letup, owing to our Having so many soft recruits." This statement of conditions In the Philippines is made by Lieutenant olonel Jacob II. fcmlth, commander of the Twelfth Infantry, in a letter to William li. Thomison, cashier of thi St. Louis. The writers regiment was stationed at the most Arkansas City. Kan.. Renti 4 -Ti. nop yaros in foi. county, nair way terday there c-cured an ar.i,lnt between Salem and Independence, on which is remarkable from the fact that I Boumen'i Bank at iicuursua utciiiuvii, m m- m ouicomc vat not serious. " Dr cspaoitate the young lady for several Morris has a blooded colt, which h San Fernando. Ln,nn on Shl . . Ut fr f hT hal lodM Ula . rght train advance line of tho American army e,e. rld,a' rturnlnf- waf in the to ship to Jcplin. Mo. The anlnal when the missive was penneTbyThi Aft Af llnin tin tine. vhn ihs rrui4l0 a t t ! J" u n y w , w as aivrva 111 a U I IltLUIff , CJT i IlI flS misstep, severely spraining ner anaie dxrs left partly cpen. About five Joint, and fracturing a small bone in ) mnes north of this city, tfhil the her foot. The young lady was quickly keei-er was hi aneUher pari of the cared for and a messenger dispatched train, the animal b-came untlel ar-d w iuupiwiuence wr a. uraysician, ur. i lumped tut Cf the door. The xvru uum services oeing securea. e at once attended to the Injured foot 28th and t last accounts the girl was do ing iscely. ; . ' j " , ', I...' I XI A NEW SUIT. In department No. L ' of the state , circuit court for .Marion county. yes terday, a new suit was filed, in which W. T. Jenks. la plaintiff, and James Cuslck and wife are defend ants. Ths plsaatlff aUegea that Dts. 8. R. Jesauo and R. Cartwright fur nished to the defendants, medical at- "aanc ana medicines, valued at gallant officer. The letter bears date of July and further eays: "The Twelfth Infantry left Manila on the 27th of June, and at this writ ing we are encamped thirty-six miles from that city, almost due north, on the most fciward line of the Ameri can army. The regiment is surround ed by S.0OC Insurgents, except on the south, where the railroad enters the town, it Is our salvation to k-n thd railtoad open, in order to get food. -ro the north cf t,s is a town raiva Tariae, where it is reported 'As-ei I warn this Infjmous demagogue." I headqaartesrs, with 1S.0OC sot- train was gcing a the rate of about twnty- flve miles an hour when ihe horse Jumped, but the animal was uninjured. A wllon man e aught the horsi and brrtipht It back to thi city. HC Louis J lobe-Democrat. ? IMPENDING IDES. ferv Idly exclaimed the orabr. "that a day of retribution is coming. - Ths i iecple will reckon with him at the Ills. Iet him bewsref ' The ides of $227.SO. prior to May II. 1S$7, and that November will- tha ides of Novnib-. Claim baa basn auim a n r.it vt , vi . JJiamuft. Tna plaintiff asks for Judg- Jelly :M Chicago Tribune. , aiers. we have a skirmish dally, and frequently an outpost attack at night, whffch keeps ua on the alert and busy. ....'. . . "Tha rainy season Is on. ; The. r living in Nepa huts left fcy the in surgents. I live in a house owned h PARTT CONVE NTIOJS. In the presidential campaign cf 18SJ there were six party conventions. two democratic at Cnicsgo and In-li-i anapolis, two prohibitionist at Pitts burg, the republican Convention at SL Louis and th populist convention at the same city. Next year the pro hibitionists will hold only one con vention, the democrats will hold one only, and the republicans one as In IMC threa cenventions Instead of fix. The populists have vractlcally been absorbed into tha democratic party, and those of them w!k refuse to be absorbed have already held, at Cincinnati, a national convention for 1900, having put in nomination Whar ton Barker, of Pennsylvania, for pres ident and Ignatiu ronnelly, f Minn esota, for vice-president. ItANDOM NOTES. An ordei has leen receive 1 by an electric company of Ce.nnecUciit for fifty con-pie te sets of electric bells and fire alarm boxes for Windsor castle. The hanging of James M. Garlingtoa In Tfcxaa for train robbery; the first executlcn for the crime In that state Is commented on by Western papers M but salutsry punishment. A German fth breeder named Jaffe ha succeeded after several fruitless attempts, in transporting front Clora do to Germany thet eggs cf the purple trout (ealmo purpura U), and raising a large brood. ? - . " Sailing over Niagara falls in a bal loon boat looks tike a dangerous piece of business. Fred T. Wood a young sailor now In Chicago, has designed machine for this purpose, however. and proposes) to take his chances in the big whirlpool in the near future. "I've been a sailor on the lakes and the ocean all ny life," says Wood. "I don't know What it is to fear the air or the water. I'd Just as soon take my seat in this boat and start over the. terraces above the falls as to drive over Michigan avenue in cab." (Mr. Wood is absolutely sure? that his machine will work. "It is construct ed according to scientific principles," be says, "and science never faila" The balloon boat, as designated by Mr. Wood, consists of a cylindrical balloon, a car and a b.t. Th? balloon. from which the car and th boat ' are v suspended, is ten feet long, six feet in diameter. and pointed at tho ends. It is made of very stout materials, and Is capable of supporting 00 pounds of weight. The oar is as light aa it can be made with safety. The frame is of steel, although, the inventor believes that bamboo would be preferable It a suf ficient tough variety could be had in this country. uTour feet Ions; and two feet wide are the dimensions of the tfwi giving room ior me operator or ithe machine to be seated and to move about to directing the. course of the boat as it descends the rapids. It Is also impervious to water, and will float. Attached to this car by four isteel rods is a boat weighing 100 pounds, or a little less. The four rods are fastened to a footplate by bolts. These are arranged so that pressure on the footplates will withdraw the boats simultaneously, and in an in stant release the boat from, the car. At the end of the boat and also of the car is a rudder managed by a tiller connected with the car. The car also is provided with two air planes, or practically two Immense wings, one on each side. These are 20x7 feet, and cam do turned to stand at any angle irom me side ot It will be seen, pian of Maxim's machine, the aero plane. ; '- -- Wood's plan for sailing- over Niagara falls is this: The balloon-boat U to be anchored n midstream, about a thou sand feet above the falls. The water Is shallow there, and the bold naviga- ir proposes to walk out to his boat. He will take a seat In the car. cut the "The Hon. John Jacob Lentr. tho sonorous demr cral, who is the repre sentative In congress of the Twelfth Ohio district. Is dinsatisfWl with tho administration, lie fcaid so on Sun day at the meeting of ihe New Eng land Bimetallic League. The ques tion cf the hour.' cried John Jacob, is a brutal warfare against the inno cent pecple,' being those gentle Tagal Umbs that wanted to bum Manila and exterminate the foreigners I:, it. "An tmnoemt freedom-loving inofTenlvo le..ple on the ether side of the earth, Mr. Lents calls them. In hH view they are Areadian sheep and the Unit ed States is a ravening wclf. "Mr. Lentx is not content with tho American flap at, which the Inn.x-ent and Inoffensive feople are slutlng. Flying a'.x ve American forces en gaged in asserting th. richi of th Culled states to its own territory, th flag pains Mr. -Le ntx: if the flu l to stand for murder and repression, for the extinction of that liberty Which is tne icunaailon steno of this r-puh-lic, fo the denial of Justice and G'l- rlven lights to n struggling neoi.le th-n 1 nay down with such a flag, and make another which shall be more in keeping with the spirit of our repub lican inscit.utu.nv" ; ul'erhaiS he Wou!d :ibst((ti(e th.i white flag, an emblem upen which the innocent and inofrentlve peopl-3 are e. pee laily fond of practising mat kman ship. "Finally the war is an 'unj.ist war', and -will eventually result in the mur der of Agulnalrlo. who i ne of tho heroic figures of thfe reneiatIon.' "We have fallowed Mr. Lents In hi act! American maunde-rings simply be cause he is a specimen dern.icrat. As he talked in Rhode leljr.d, so -vill he. talk cn, the stump In Ohio.; So will the democrats tfclk in othor states. They will hold up Aguinaldo for ad i miration. They will denounce th Americans oa murderers and brutal eppreors. ; The clemecrafs have taken deliber ately the side of the armed enemies of their country. - They ore recognised oy AgulnaMo himelf ss lit: friends. So the -eoiitre-versy as t- Imperialism and anti-imperialism is sltrnle. Gn the one side ar ; the Americans who love the I'nited States; : on' the other side are the anti-Americans who love Agulnaldo. Do the democrat tellcvo that there are more Aguln.ildians than Americans r--New Ttirk Sun. The people f Crcgon are sllxhtlv nc- quainted arith this man L.nts. and thy know lim i-S a blackguard an.I a IJarfhersklte and a crack- brained ami loud-mouthed demagogue. It seems that to the above catesery he has ad ded the title of. traitor. It is a dis grace to.rOh!o or any congressional district thereof, as It would be to any otner state or district in the union leven to Texas), that such a man as Lents Represents a cectlon of the American peeple. It ought not to permissible for such -men to talk as he does In a free country that gives him protection--much less to talk as hs does In tho halls of the United States Kngrfcs, The American Aguinald it, amonr whom Lents Is a conspic uous tnd noisy figure, have exceeded the lin.its of patince. MISSIONARIES IN THIBET Have Been Driven Out,v and Native Christians Were Killed. o stand at any angle .k , , unY'n ou f the car. The whole! 'xlUr situated 13i , is modeled on the ! 1 the b?Tdr ln Audone Pror San PrancUco, Sept. ll.A special from Taeoma seiys.: Telegraphic ad vices have been .received at Shanghai announcing that several British mis sionaries have been driven out ot mil'a province. Thibet. Over "000 Lamas teidde there the ma jority of whom have Joined the antl foretgn demonstration and drove the missionaries out. The latter Included" Mr. and Mrs. Shields nd Mrs. Mac beth. For several weeks previous to the final riot the missionaries werv ccmrued to stay in doerrs. Governor Ro;sev elt while at hi. country some, takes - rorreaf on after the manner of Gladstone and has b. coma an expert at felling trees. Details ropes, and begin to shoot down the ' 17 !10t known fub-' than that the wa oesirovea ani in m i. river rapidly toward the movln cat. aract. The boat will descend so fast, owing to the buoyant force of the bal loon and the swift current, that steer ing will be child's play. Just as the boat - dashes over the - curve of the falls he will press the footplate In the bottom of the car and release - the boat from the car and the balloon. The boat win be dashed into - ti. lion pieces. Then, if, Wood's-cakrula-! reeved" 0,00" 1 75th olrthday cn July mission was destroveri: sConaries barely escaped by Joumey- mwrviiy a I IHgnt. Nar Ichang and Chun King an anti-Catholic uprising has been caused by Hdnspplng .f children by wander ing gypsies. A 1 umber of native Cath olics have been killed. Heifielberg's eminent historian and pr zefw f philosophy, Kuno Fischer. n