A
WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1000.
In the Philippine Islands Will Be
Opeii Scon
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El'BOMC PLAGIE AT HONOLULU
Said to I Controlled iy the Xoeal Author.
ttlea UrroM Were liroujch t
from Japaa.
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' WASH INGTON, Dec. 23. Assistant
Secretary Meiklejohn," of the war de
partment, has written a letter to (Rep
resentative -Long, of Kansas, denning
the (policy of the department regard
ing the commerce of the Philippines,
with special', reference to the opening
of the ports for the exportation! of
hemp; Mr. Meiklejohn' says: j'
The war department Is doing everything-
compatible with-' the require
ments of the military situation' to de
velop the trade of the Islands, and Is
confident the co-called 'hemp ports
wlil be opened to. trade In ample time
for the hemp to reach .this country,
and. be manufactured before the next
wheat harvest. i . i .
PLAGUE AT HONOLULU, i
San Francisco. Dec 28. iMai-1 ad
vices to the Associated Pms, received
late tonight from Honolulu, give ad
ditional. details' of the bubonic .plague
which has appeared, there, ,s!Td irvU
cate that the conditions are not very
alarming'. Five, deaths have occurred,
one flitlve and four Chiinpe. CCo
deaths have occurred sinee December
1 ? t.Y TV hn fh ,?!aaaa rts f n rtw
Chinatown, the teat of trouble, is now
undergoing a thorough cleaning, and, it
is believed, that the scourge has been
stamped out. . It is thought that the
Terms of the plague were brought
from Kobe, Japan, on the NorwesUn
steamer xnyra, wnicn arnivea at Hono
lulu Novenrber 28th with-"00 Japanese
immigrants. . -
WILL BE X R itOTT ED.
Ran Juan, Puerto Rico, Dec. 28. The
Suprfme .court" of Puerto Rico. ! at
Howe, has sentenced live men "to be
rarrotted. In October; 1898, twenty
imen, heavily arnWd with guns and
rjmachete s, robbed a Jiouse and mur
dered a man' named. Prude nclo Mend ez.
They also .danced aroutrtd. the body
with his daughter, who were. under
compulsion. The remainder of tbe
gang escaped. -
A RECIPROCITY TREATY. !
Washington, Dec. 28. 'The official
statement of the facta respecting the
Argentine convention is given ; out.
The Argentine tariff -system involves
not only a fixed and high rate i of
duties on imports, .but also .provides
for an aforo. or valuation which is, to
Jbe fixed from time' to time by execu
tive authority; , The convention, for
example, not only secures to the Unit
ed States exporters a. reduction on
Oregon ipine ...lumber'. . and southern
lumber, in fact all kinds of undressed
lumber, but flxei art aforo and on
Oregon and yellow pine reduces I it
over 40 -per cent. -Ther Argentine, gov
ernment demanded a" reciprocal1 con
cession on wool and 1 other articles'.
The American wool grower have ex
pressed fears that thljj woifld prove
Injurious to the .dia.iiestlo Interest.
The total import of wo.il into the
United States for 1899, from all coun
tries, was 76.673.otM) "(pounds. Of this
amount only" 7,937.000 pounds came
rfrom Argentine. The proposed reduc
tion for Argentine ' wools alone can
have no effect On our market prices.
.The majority of wool is of the coarsest
class (for carpets -etc). .;
y 1 1 '.
, CICANS ARE PLEASED
THE ISLAND ENTIRELY PEACE
FUL AVD SATISFIED.,
V--' ;:'";::;: ' I - - ' ' ;V '',! f;'
The President's Message anU General
Wood's -Appointment Have Settled
. Alii Uimcuiue i ;
WASHINGTON, Dec. , 28. Horatio
Xtudens, prominently Identified with
4. he Cuban cause, who was counsellor
the Cuban Junta during the revolution,
tind ls now I associated with Senor
QuesaJa In the Cuban representation
there, returned today 'from a visit to
Havana, Matansas and other points in
Cuba, where' he was accorded an en
thusiastic reception by" the Cubans.
Speaking of his observations he said:
"No country on earth is more at
geace -than Cuba Is. The president's
message, the declarations of the eec
retaary of war, fallowed by the procla
cnation of General Wood, who goes to
ftarry out the Ipolicy of the president,
ave been received with universal fa
vor.", j '
FOR THE PLAINTIFFS. f
Millions Involved In a Suit Decided In
Montana Yesterday.
Butte. Montj Deo. 28. Judge Clancy.
In the district! court today, banded
Mown his decision .in the suit of the
OVIontana Ore Purchasing. Company
aagainst the Boston & Montana Mining
Company, ra settle, the ownership to
certain veins of copper under the
Itarus and Johnson claims, owned by
ithe plaintiff, ahd the Pennsylvania,
waea dj me ueieuuanu iae urcuuuu
Is in fswor of the plaintiff. ;
It is vsald the trial ankl preparation
for trial In development work repre
sented an expenditure of over $300,000.
The ease will be carried to- the su
preme court -of the state and probably
zo the supreme court of the United
States. The attorneys for the plaintiff
ay the decision will be followed at
race by suits for about $1,500,000 dam
ages for losses sustained by reason of
work being stopped.
Sesrstis
vgastars
A Xzi Yjb Haw htn Eosi
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
To Be Deposited in National Banks by
- the Federal Government.
Washington, Dec. 28. The secretary
of the treasury today designated sev-.
eral, additional nationaIfeaks, as gov
ernment depositories, .to receive inters
nal revenuei receipts, and, it Ls sail he
will continue to do.so until the total
sum so deposited amounts to $30,000,000
or $40;0O0,O0O. Any national bank own
ing or controlling United States bonds,
willing to deposit the same In the
treasury as security, including those
now receiving deposits,: Is entitled to
participate in this distribution of the
internal revenue receipts.
THE BANK LOOTED.
Stahl & Straub, the New Tork Brokers,
Made a Clean Sweep.'
Philadelphia, Dec. 28. The commit
tee, appointed by the creditor to in
vestigate the accounts of t Stahl &
Straub, .brokers, who failed on Novem
ber 29th, report that not a dollar's
worth of . available resources was
fourrd. The total liabilities amount to
$1,221,308. and the total assets to $927,
478; leaving a deficiency -of $293,829.
There Lb ,, $387,364 due depositors and
customers. '
Charles I. Vollum, the expert ac
countant In, charge of the brokers
books, said today: 'This is the clear
est case of looting I have met with: in
thirty years." . , i
DOUTLLLE IS INSANE
MIND OF MAINE'S DISTINGUISH
EJ SON HAS FAILED.
The Leader In Congress Is Confined In
an Asylum Said to Be Suffer
ing from Paresis,
NEW TORK, Dec. 28. A special to
the World from Boston says: Con
gressman Boutelle'is now in 4be Me
Lean hospital for Insane at Waverley,
seven miles cut of Boston. When he
was brought to Boston last 1 Monday
night it was the Intention of the at
, CAOOTfcLLt
tending (doctors-to place him In the
Chanulng sanitarium at Brookline, a
private (institution. He was refused
admktance there, . the Inference being
that this case was a more desperate
one than' the management cared 4ob
responsible for. From a "thoroughly
reliable source It was reported that the
congressman Is suffering from" paresis.
A PERJURED WITNESS
TESTIMONY . IN THE WELLCOME
CASE WAS PURCHASED.
A Montana Lawyer Driven by Hunger
to Sell (Manufactured Evidence
; In the Clark Investigation."
HELENA, Dec. .28. Zachary T. Ca
son. a lawyer of Butte, who testified
In i the Wellcome disbarment case,' that
United States Senator W. A. Clark
told, him that he would pay for votes
tfor blmeelf as senator, lias recanted.
A signed statement is in. the hands of
Clark's friends, in which Cason says
bis evidence was untruthful,, and that
he gave It for $400, that his family
(was starving and he had to have
money.
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TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS.
The body of M. Dinger, of Smith
field, Nebraska, was discovered In the
Columbia river, opposite Vancouver,
about 8:30 o'clock yesterday morning.
lie was a member of ; the Mtodern-I
Woodmen of America.
The Doyen, of the diplomatic corps
at ; Pekin,' . China, has teliegraphed tof
-the senior consul here that the decis
ion reached in the matter of extension
of the ' foreign settlement has been
ratified!. . .
News has been received at Victoria,
B. C, by the steamer Aorangi of a
toloody fcivll war which ias' been rag
ing among the natives of Kirkwina,
New Guinea. In the fighting the head
chief was defeated, and It villages In
all were destroyed, with heavy (slaugh
ter. , ;.-.. . , ,i ! ' .
RETURNS TO BOSTON.
President Cole of the Globe National
Bank Is a Prisoner..
Los Angeles. 'Dec. 29. A warrant for
arrest for Charles H. Cole, formerly
president of the Globe National Bank
of Boston, on th charge of embezzling
$900,000; arrived today. The United
States marshal also received a tele
gram from the attorney general of the
United Stated, directing Mm to. con
duct Cole to Boston -under guard.
Cole waived a preliminary examina
tion here, axid r the start for Boston
will be made tomorrow. '
FACTORIES REOPEN.
Cincinnati, Dec. 29. iA special from
Hartford City, Ind.. says: Tonight at
midnight forty-four window glass fac
tories, representing 1700 pots capacity,
of the American Window Glass Com
pany, go Into , operation. The plants
have been Idle since last June, and'will
furnish employment - to 15,000 glass
workers In the state. -
SURRENDERED HIMSELF.
(New York, Dec. 29. Lewis E. Gold
smith', . assistant cashier of the Port
JatvIs National Bank, of Port Jarvis.
X. Y., who Is alleged to have robbed
that institution of $54,000 on November
24th. today surrendered himself.
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LA'
A State of Inrest Throughout
Great Britain
THE GOVERNMENT IS' CRITICIZED
Boers, 1b Constant Dread f an English
adniBc American Consul Fe
euiiar tloni ',
LONDOX. Dec. 29. (Friday, .4:45 'a.
m.).-?-Daring the continued lull In mil
itary operations In South Africa the
papers are filled with letters and arti
cles criticizing the government and the
campaign, and suggesting remedies
and Improvements of alterations in the
plans, and the like. The Times: com-'
plains of the "needless censorship and
concealment, ' '
The dispatches from the front all
represent th- Boers as In a nervous
condition and In constant dread of a'
British ad vane?, but this is probably
ant: exaggeration, f The i Modder river
correspondent of the Dally Chronicle
gives an explanation of the sudden
rifle fire which inexplicjbly opened from
tfie Boer trenches; He says: ' ' t
"The Boers have wires stretched
along the entire front of their trenches
and .connected with lamps. If a wire
be touched a lamp is extinguished, thus
giving warning, s One night a high
wind extinguished a lamp, which re
sulted in a fatse warning. The firing
ceased when the Boers' discovered that
the alarm was false." r
It Is now estimated that the war will
cost at least 60,OO0,C00 ($300,000,000).
The British government now evinces a
marked change from its attitude in the
early stages of the war, and shows a
'disposition to accept assistance from
any quarter. The Imperial yeomanry
committee has Issued a statement to
the effect that the 'government con
siders: the formation and dispatch of
yeomanry as one of the most pressing
needs of the situation, and has inti
mated that itv is now prepared to ae
cepjj from1 8000 to 10,000 .yeomen, In
stead of the 3000 originally asked for.
i HE MUST EXPLAIN, i
Washington, Dec. 28. The case of
Consul Charles E. Macrum, the United
States representative at Pretoria, who
insisted on being relieved at the tims
the South African crisis became most
acute,;; is assuming additional import
ance The j understanding at the state
department Is that he is not coming
by way of English ports, but is on a
German ship which comes through the.
Mediterranean a.l -thence direct to
this country. In the present aspect of
the case there is little doubt that,-unless
the consul presents an ample ex
planation for his course, he ; will not
continue in the consular service.
: WILL INVESTIGATE
Newi York, Dec. 8. The ascertain
ment of the facts connected with the
seizure of American flour by . British
warships off the coast of Portuguese,
East Africa, has been confided; to the
United States consular agent at- Lo
renzo .Marquez. The department" of
state Is determined to vlo everything
proper; to maintain American rights in
the matter of neutral trade' in this
case., s . 1 ;
LONDON, Dec. 30. (Saturday, 6 a.
m.). The latest special i dispatches
from Chievely camp hint 1 darkly at
some important movement7 as immi
nent. This in interpreted, with some
misgivings; to mean that General Dul
ler contemplates a renewal of his at
tempt to relieve Ladysmith. It is ' re
ported by the same dispatches, that the
Boers have now retired to the north
hanlr nf the Tnirfla holnr ntraift that
the swollen river may bar, their re-I
treat, s They are also moving their
laagers nearer Ladysmith, probably
with tbe intention of putting a further
pressure on-i the garrison which now
seems to be suffering pretty heavily
from the bombardment. '
The number of members of the house
of commons,' who have volunteered for
the front, threaten seriously to reduce
the -government' majority when par
liament reassembles. .
The Rothschilds, have donated 2000'
to the - Buckinghamshire volunteer
fund. It is estimated that 200,000 will
be contributed privately to the volun
teer funds throughout the country.
Already. the fund for the relief of the
families of soldiers exceeds 500,000. :
t A KAFFIR. OUTBREAK.
Pretoria, ; . Dec. 26th, via Lorenzo
Marquez, Dec 28. Commandant Swart
reports from the laager at Alowyn-
skop, near Zeorust,. that he had en en
gagement on Friday, December 2 2d,
with Kaffirs In the neighborhood of
Derdorpoort- i The Kaffirs occupied a
strongly fortified ridge and were well
prepared for emergencies. After heavy
fighting the i , burghers captured the
Kaffir position, losing three killed ahd
five wounded.
FIGHTING AT MAFEKING.
Pretoria, Dec 26, via Lorenzo MaM.
quez, -Dec 2S. Commandant Snyman
reports as follows from Molopo:
"Monday morning the enemy from
Mafeklng attacked one of our forts In
forcet with cannon and an armored
train, and so persistently that there
was fighting right on the walls of th
forts, but we have retained our forts.
The British loss Is reported as fifty-
five." - "'1
LADYSMITH HARD PRESSED.
Lady-smith. Dec 24. via PietprmArits.
burg. The Boer, shelly fire has been
very damaging recently. ' On Friday
one shell -killed six men and wounded
nine. The same missile killed fourteen
horses.. Another Just missed the Fifth
lancers lines, slightly wounding six
officers. Several shells have fallen
close to General White's house, corn-
pelling the removal of the headquar
ters to another point, '' v
THE PRINCE A COLONEL.
London, Dec. 29 The Prince of
Wales has accepted the chief colonelcy
of the London yeomanry, and bass con
tributed 105 for use M Hie organisation.:---
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COAL FOR 'FRISCO.
San Francisco, Dec. 28. The Exam
iner says: There are over sixty ves
sels, each carrylcy from a few .hun
dred to- over 2000 tons of coal, bound
from Newcastle, Australia, to .the Ha
waiian Islands. From the aame' Aus
tralian port o San Francisco there are
but twenty vessels bound with", similar
cargoes, f The coal destined for Ha
waii 13 chiefly for use of tbe sugar
plantations, but the diversion of th
supply from this port has caused .a
scarcity of fuel and. a consequent In
crease In price.
THROUGH A URIDGE.
A Freight Drops Into a Cfeek Bed,
.and Is Burned: i
San Bernardino, ; Cat Dec. 28. As
the westbound freight train! over the
Sante Fe route was crossing j the Cajon
creek bridge, toiday, about; twelve miles
north of i this city, nine cars' went
through the bridge Into the creek bot
tom.! The cars caught fire and made
a terrible conflagration. No one was
killed- --v.,M .'
AT CONTRACTORS' TRIAL
THE GOLDS BOROUGH j MADE AN
EXCELLENT RECORD.
New Torpedo-toat Destroyer; Built In
, Portland. akes a Slxtyj-fplle
1 Preliminary Spin.
PbRTLAND, ;Or., Dec. 28,-At ber
first contractors' trial, 1 which was
made today, the torpedo-boat destroy
er Goldsborough made a i performance
which was little short of wonderful;
steaming sixty miles at ; naif speed,
without heating a bearing or making
a single stop on account of any part
of her machinery getting but of order.
The highest number of; revolutions
made wast' 172, which Is practically
half speed, 360 being the number she
will be required to make on her official
trial. The Goldsborough; will, be W
quirad to make thirty knots per hour
on her official trial. ! "
HEAVY MAIL TO SANTA CLAUS.
More' Than 1,000 Missive Received at
the Dead Letter-OflSee.
Washington, D.i C Dec. 23. From
the increased number of j letters ad
dressed to Santa Claus received at the
dead letteri o ce this year iit is evident
that the popular Illusion . of childhood
has as strong a hold as ever, or that
the youngsters are . becoming accus
tomed to the letter writing. . Since De
cember 1st more than 1,000 of these
letters have reached the office, coming
.from every! state in the union and con
taining requests for almost everything
imaginable; Two articles, however,
dolls and Vjandy, seem to be In greater
demand than any others, the little boys
usually naming the sweets, together
with something else in connection wfth
the sportsu The patron saint is ad
dressed In j various ways, the destina
tion of soihe of- the' letters being ludi
crotis. Some are without stamps, some
witii 2-centj stamps whilef not a . few
this year boreS-cent stamps, the send
ers evidently laboring . under the im
pression that the supposed dispenser
of toys, resided in some foreign, coun
try wfii-cji was a member of the Inter
national postal union, Where the ad
dress of the sender is given, the letters
are returned, otherwise they are de
stroyed. ( . ' ' ! ' - ' V" '
TO PARIS EPOSinON.
Oregon Products Will Be 'Shown by
the Southern Pacific Co.
Portland, iDec. 29. Fifteen cases of
Oregon -products, to represent the state
at the Paris exposition; (Will, foe started
tomorrow. They . represent- Oregon
flour, manufactured cereals, Columbia
river salmon and Oregon grown seeds.
This exhibit! will be sent to San Fran
cisco, and Che Southern Pacific Com
pany will take it to Paris, and exhibit
it, together j with the products of all
states through which the line runs, i A
shipment . of grains and grasses has
already gone.
FROM THE ORIENT.
The Plague i Scare in Honolulu Has
.) Subsided Sanitary Measures.
San Francisco, Dec. 29. The steam
er Gaelic arrived this afternoon from
the OHent, via Honolulu. . The Gaelic
was sent to quarantine, owing to. the
plague scare, but her cabin passengers
were allowed to land. There had beeri
no neW case of plague, at Honolulu
since the last advices. On the nine
teenth the quarantine over Chinatown
was lifted, and business la now going
on as usual i in that district.
The council of state will be asked to
appropriate $100,000 at once, with
which to carry out the present plan of
altering and improving Chinatown Ip
conformity with; the sanitary program
of the board of health.
A BIG RUSH.
Expected to Be Witnessed in Alaska
- , More Troops Needed.
Washington, pee. 23. Reports reach
ing the department indicate that the
rush .next year, to Alaska, .'especially
to Cape Nome, will be large and that
more troops probably will be required.
It ; is likely ; one or more additional
posts will be established, one ; doubt
less at Cape Nome. j
GOLD SHIPMENTS, "
New York. 'Dec.
Montreal shipped
Canada today. .
29. The . iBank of
$500,000 In gold to
small mm
Of Rebel Bandits Terrorize the
Interior of Luzon
NATIVES AND CHINAMEN NEED HELP
Amerksa Garrisons Asked to Protect Them
1 - Prisonors ta the Hands of Intnr-.
J gents ArpMt Sight Of, ' . 1
"MAX LI A, Dec. 29. The Insurgents
who evacuated the coast towns
vacuated the coast towns be-
Dagupan and Visan, filing to
tween
the mountains before the advancing
Americans, are returning in small
bands to the - towns the Americans do
not' occupy, terrorizing the natives and
?hiinmen who ehowed friendship for
the Americans. The natives and Chlna-
, men are seeking the protection of the
American garrisons,
COlonel Weasel" ' cavalry while scout
ing in the vicinity of Trinidad, found
evidence "of Filipino soldiers being in
that vicinity, but it. was impossible to
bring- about an engagement. The re
cent increase in the garrison of Namac
pacan, against the threatened rebel at
tack on Christmas day, averted trouble.
Colonel Hare, of the Thirty-third ' In
fantry, who has been following! a party
of American prisoners, . lost the track
for three days about December 20th,
of such signs and' evidences of their
passage that they customarily left be
hind them. It Is thought the prisonerjipKM-rjo1tso"n. sadly and says he wash
were separated and conveyed 0 re
mote parts of the mountains, thus in
creasing, the difficulties i of General
Young's troops to effect a rescue.
! .DIED IN LUZON.
Washington, Dec. 29. -General Otis,
at Manila,; today- cabled the iwar 3e
partment that First Lieut. R. Taylor,
Twelfth Infantry, was run aver by
a train while crossing the' Agtvo river",
near Bautisa, on the 26th ! instant," and
died in a few hours.' j..Taylbr was born
In Illinois, jind was .appointed to the
army rfrom Idaho, In June. J889. He
was graduated at the military .academy
and assigned to the Twelfth infantry,
with which he served in South Dakota
arid (Nebraska up to the time of the
outbreak of the Spanish warj When he
accompanied! the expedition to Santi
ago de Cuba. -1.
. THE LAWTON FUXp.
Washington. Dec. 29. -Adjutant-General.
Corbin reports today that the conr
tributions of the- Lawton relief fund
amount to $30(&25. I
MINING NOTES
Colonel Evans, second Ini command
of j the next Canadian contingent to
Sonth Africa, bat Just returned) to
Winnipeg from the Yukon gold region.
He says the gold output next; year .will
(be heavy' Thawing apparatus is now
In use In the gold country. .
A senational strike was made on Dec.
28th, In A. Gefrser's Big Buffjil mine,
two miles west of Baker City. The
miners took several samples' 'of ore
from the tunnel, .which tapped tbe flo
foot ledge. By assays Just returned to
the owner of the mine, the samples all
show gold valuer ranging from $18 to
$102.75 in. gold and five ounces! of silver
to the tori. Mr. Jeiser, who was form
erly part o-wner of the Bonanza mine;
says j that If the values hold out
throughout the BiK Buffalo., the-property
will be equal to the Bonanza. The
Big Buffalo is within plain sight of
Baker City. ; ..
A large force of men are constantly
at work-in the Noonday mine, Bohemia
district, doing development work, under
ttse direction of Superintendent Mur
ray. Recently he had a 16-foot shaft
-driven down from one of the ifwer turf
nels. iThis unearthed a threefoot ledge
of remarkably finej rock that assays $77
per ton. The shaft is being driven
farther down and the ledge is widening
every day; i ,
Another strike has been 'made in the
Bohemia district, this time in the Mu
stek mine; vthe only one at present oper
ating a -stamp milL Letters received
In Eugene from B. E. Hawley. who is
working a force of men on the Anacon
da property, states the iMusick coim
pany has run Into a .fine -body' of ore
in, tunnel four, -being a continuation of
the good flndfrnade last year In tunnel
two; that the ore assays high and is
of apparently, unlimited quantity, as
suring a success for this property
greatly la I excess of anything .hereto
fore experienced. As this, mine has been
a remarkably good revenue produc
er this news Is received with satisfac
tion by Bohemia operators in general'.'
Air. : Hawley also, adds "that he' has
struck similar ore on the Anaconda at
a depth of 60 feet and wiM continue to'
push development I work on this prop
erty fast as. possible. Theodore Jen
nings, assayer of the "Mustek Company";
confirms the report of the Mustek sent
out 4y Mr. Hawley. Mr. Jennings says
the new find is about seven feet wideU
oreand that the quantity Is apparently
unlimited.. As this strike is made in a
mine operating 10 -staanrps constantly.
It will create a new enthusiasm regard
ing the Bohemia camp. ,
A BAiTERIOLOGIQAL EXPERT.
Trouble He Caused In the Cuisine of
; His Father's Family.
I have a eon who la taking a med
leal course, at Tulane," remarked a
member on the board' of trade floor
recently, "and he has ''been especially
Interested, In the study of bacterid
ology. I am sorry to say It has proved
a great affliction to the entire family)
Our troubles began about two months
ago, when he laid aside a . ew earn.
pies of his breakfast one morning and
remarked casually that he intended
to . put them 'under, the glass' (mean
ing- his new $12 microscope. Next,
day he told his mother that -vt'
have to change our milkman and gro
cer Immediately. He saU It was next
door to a mlracletbat any of us were
alive, and when be- gave me the Latin
names of the microbes he . had dis
covered I was Inclined to agree wljh
him. The , idea of absorbing that
many syllables at every mouthful was
enough to scare anybody: so to be on"
the safe, side we followed his sugges
tion ' ' . : . ! ... -
"A few days .afterward he saw ome
fish fbeing delivered at' the gate, and
immediately hacked oift a sample. In
less, than an hour he rushed down
and threw two "fine ponvpano rnto the
slop .barrel. 'You've had a narrow
escaT?ev father. be said, when I
a gentle protest, forfl am very fond
of pompano broiledi 'If you'd eate
that fish. he said ,'you'd have been
a dead man in a week.' , - ?
' ''After that we had no peace. III .
Insisted on making! what he called 'a
superficial investigation' of all the
.pantry supplies. He jaid he was look
Ing for only three or four oft the wort
deadir forms of bacteria, anj t wwld
reserve the. 1 moderately dane-ernun
ones for a -future campaign. The re
sult was that he condemned nearly
everything we had on hand. Then ,he
wanted to, sterilize the kitchen uten
sils, and posted up a set .of sanitary
rules and regulations for the gull-
"Fortunately the! cook ; can, read.'
but the rest of us were beingrapldly
reduced to starvation, and day before
yesterday 1 headJ a revQlt and. or,
ganized- a Society if or, the Prevention,
of Cruelty to Microbes. Everybody
in the house Joined, except my son.
and I gave him solemn w.arning that
If I eVer caught ihim molesting any
bacilli, on the premises I- would' cut!
him off -with . a smlcroscops 1 Since
then we have gorged ourselve-swith
imipunity knd microbesand gained
twenty-six .jgotwdsrand total. My
es his "hands . of "it'be consequnesf I
told him he coulJ wash his hands as
much as he blamed! pleased, but he
mustn't wash any more skillets espe-i
cially with germicide fluids. 1 have'
hopes we will , survive unUl Mardi,
Gras," New. Orleans Times-J3emocrat.
THE WILL PUBLISHED.
Late Editor of. Youth's Companion
Leaves a Large Estate.
Cambridge, Masst, Dec. 28. The will
of the late Daniel Sharp FOrd, " pub
lisher of the Youth's Companion, filed
fori probate today; disposes of -an es
tate of about $2,500,000 The will be
queaths over $1,000,000 to charitable
ahd religious" institutions. 1 "
SOUSA'S BAND.
New Yorku Dec. . 28 Commissioner
General Ferdinand W. Peck, of the
United States commission to the Paris
exposition of net year, has appointed
Sousa's band as the official' i American;
band to play at the exposition. " ,'
iMTBTILE! CREEK MINES.
, E. F. Ward, of Salem, and? lbwo other
gentlemen from the Willamette maey
ere" prospecting In the Myrtle CA-eek,
mines this week. , It Is .understood,
that some kind of a deal on the com
pany' mines, Is In progress of consum
mation.' ; ' vi '
The Kind You Have Always Bocgtt
Farms for Sale
287 acres about one mile from aboVe.
All in cultivation. House and new
barn, orchard. Watered, v 1 -
1
.PRICE $6,500.
210 acres adjoining Sidney elevator
and mills on Willamette river, about
en miles south of Salem. All in culti
vation and has house and barn. 1
PRICK $17.50 PER ACHE.
150 acres of unimproved land about
two miles down the river from above.
All good land and light clearing. I
PRICE $6 PER ACRE.
t 160 acres of upland adjoining1 last
mentioned. All good red' loam. Aluut
one hundred acres ttn cultivation, bal
ance under timber; . Fenced and food
slTrkTrnTi at Tar atsf rii r ru rttidll I si .r I
ITS nVij (IV VUlKUilBSt
PRICE $20 PER ACRE.
60 acres about One mile . from the
above. Level" prairie iand, all cultiva
ted, .except fringe of brush -along creek. .
Good house and barn and young or
chard. - -
PRICE $20 PER ACRE'
624 acres about three miles sovtheust
from Woodburn. Good sol, onef half n
cultivation. Buildings, orchard mxA
running water. !
PRICE $1,250.
178 acres fn Willamette rlvef. about
nine miles below Salem, near jSlmon's
Landlng.V About sixty acres In cult,
vation. All fenced. Fair buildings.
PRICE $12 PER ACRE.
97 acres about two miles from Ge-v
vaia. Good prairie 'land all in.' cultlv
tlon. and we'I fenced, but no'buildnga.
. PRICE $15 PER "ACRE.
All the above lands can be
sold " on
further
particulars apply to Macmaster & Bir-
rell, dortiana, Oregon, or -.
B0Z0ETH BROTHERS
SALEM, OREGON.