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r WEEKLY OREOT STATESMAN, TUESDAY, JANUARY i6f 1900. ritw uuAiaUtiis Aiit rtiv OSW OXE PRISONER RECEIVED AT rEXITEJTTIAKT THI9MOXTU. Sapc-riateiidrat i. D. Lee Hakes Award of Contract for Supplies for En-. 1 alar Six Months. (From I Daily, Jan. 13th.) v .There were yesterday incarcerated in the state penitentiary in this city, 315 prisoners serving sentences for various crimes. In tact, the; number !of uris oners has practically not varied in the least at any time thus far thisv month. Since the first of the year, one pris oner omy nas ocen received, at the penal institution, while not a sinele nan lias been (discharged, having com pleted -his sentence- Ihis is rather an fiinsnal record, for generally ihc' num ber of boarders changes from day to day by the "reception of new men or the release bf prisoners upon expiration of sentences. The diminution of! business in thi3 regard at this time is attribut able to the fact that the circuit courts are not in scsison, hence no criminals arc being sentenced, ' ? ;.... The only prisoner that has.' been re ccived this. month is Cliarles Lawrence who was committed from , Multnomah county under en cightecn-monthsTsen- tence, having; been convicted - of the crime 01 larceny. Lawrence was rear istercd at the penitentiary last Monday Superintendent J. D. Lee has award ed tne contracts for supplies ito be fur tushed he penitentiary for the ensuing six mo.it as. Ihc bids were opened on Monday afternoon. ; They i were not cunsidered in the. aggregate, but by clas sification, the: minimum quotation for each article being favorably considered. A$ a consequence no one firm received the contract in its entirety for a single line ot goods or supplies 1 his system though it is a tedious task, devolving much additional clerical work on the Mate ofiicialsj results in; aj substantia! saving to tne; state in the purchase ot s";plie. i - j 1 it will he observed : that no award was made for 'fish, although the Stcintr market, oi this city, was the only hrm that submitted a bid. Superintendent Lee .concluded that fish, under the ex iling market i quotations, was too ex pensive, w ben beef coitkl j be had at ... per hundred. lie decided not to award the contract for this article. The only bid that was submitted for a tewing machine for the tailoring etc pail merit was also rejected ; for the rea son that the figure asked was considered greater than the need of the machine warranted the! expenditure of.' A Port? land parly offered the machine for $60 ca-n or S70 on the installment plan. The award1 ntadV by Superintendent I -c vrc as follows: Beef E. C. Cross, , $8.35 per- 100 po'-nds. : " Groceries Divided between, ITasritt .- I-awrencc. John Hughes "and Weller Bros., all Salem hnm. I'ish -Nr award made. f-' . Flour Red Star Flouring; Mills. Rob cn.ton Bros.,!" proprietors, of Turner, at $.Mtf per liarrcl. j. j Leather and Shoe Shop- Supplies Urryman Leather Company,, of Port- Woo'en Goods T. Kay Wooien Mill, of Salem. , I lilcksmith i Supplies R. M. Wade, Erigusecr Supplies Knox & Mur- phv. f t Dry G-wwl- - Meier & Frank Com laiv, of Portland. .Drugs Divided between D. J. Fry, f Snlem. and- the Blumaucr Frank Company, 'of ; Portland. j THE MONTANA CASE INVESTIGATION tNTO BRIBERY CHARGES CONTINUES. A ITtah Legislator Testifies Against Senator Clark., Alleging a Con-, tension Made by Him. WASHINGTON. Jan. 13 In the case of Senator, Clark, of Montana, the first regular witness was M. L. Hewitt, a miner, who was in Helena! during tine session of. the legislature in ifrw lie aid that Charley Clark, son of Sen.-iior Clark, asked hi m to sec Sena tor Myers and ofTer him SiooojrtVvotc tor Clark tor senator. : , Charles WJ Jackson, a newspaper man tesiding jn Salt'Ikje City, and a niendter of the- legislature of. that state, testified that lie met ; Senator Clark in Salt Lake City during the senatorial deadlock in that state, last ' February, and that Clark had tried to influence "him to vote for McCune. for United States senator from; Utah, intimating thai, in case he would do so, he would be paid for the act. I Jackson Raid he had declined, and that Clark had the proceeded to argue the point, paying iwas the custom of men of wealih to spend money to se cure an election to. the senate. Jack . son sakl Clark cited the. case of Sena tor Ilanna. o( Ohio, as iiij point He Mid-that Clark stated thai in j his own ca?e he had used money to secure his own election.! . ; - j., -. - ' ' '" ' "' j ; - ; 1 FIGHTING FILIPINOS. MANIIV Jan. 13. Advices from Cebu report a sharp fight 1 on January "8:h. between a battalion of the Nine teenth infantry and a body cu1 insurg ents occupying a strong position in tle Sudlon mountains- ' The enemy routed, the Americans capturing a smooth-bore cannon, , some ritles and destroying the fortifications. Four American! were wounded. ih , J The insurgent general, Florcs,' hav ing established a renderyous with; too men at Humingan, province of, Nueva Viscaya, Captain Benson. '( with two troops of the Fourth cavalry, was sent to di!odgc him. The insurgents were scattered, their horses captured, and Mho position was burned, the Ameri cans sustaining no loss. The American forces yesterday occu pied Magallanes, a province! of Cavite, capturing twenty insurgents! including a colonel.- - I FOR ELECTRIC LIGHTS. Woodburn's City Council Will Make a v-ontract. .- VOODBURN (Or.) Jan. it The residents of this; usually quiet and peace ' community ! have been considerably exercised during the past ten days by . ... w uigcs 01 corruption that nave been hiade in connr.-i r.n UoodburnV municipal affairs. nc trouble originated with the ef- i vi ins common council to provide the city with an electric street lighting 1- r "nwut January rst, A. B rvi iiz, lormcriy ot Portland, establish ed in thscitv an ele.-lr- i;!, .A 01 05 horse power capacity end at once began negotiations with th? citv coun cil lor lighting the streets. ? Severa propos-.tidns were made to the council but definite action in the matter was postponed from time to time until fin I'll 1 EilllanflJHnl -. . , --j niiiiuiui i:iori was circuiatec1 concernig one of the aldermen. He was openly charged with having ap nroached Mr. Kurtz, of whom he so licited a consideration ,of $50 for his voic ana support m awarding the c's sired contract to Mr. Kurtz, i lie re port wa3 widdy circulated and created most intense excitement, the' fit re-t being the seencs of unusual demonstra tions throughout the day. r ine tmpicasant ; factional ' quarrel, which threatened to nrove a! bitter .-in,! prolingcd conflict, very happilv ter minated at a special meeting of the council tonight, when Mr. Kurtz was awarded a two-years contract for light mg me streets wit ten 2oco candle power arc lamps, at $68 pcrf mon'Ji. payable monthly. The final adjustment 01 ine maiier gives general satisiac tion. ; . . i i i At tonight's meetintr the council de cided not to make a eeneral itax lew r ii. . ' t - . . J ! uic iy anu pniy levied a ispccial 2 mm tax lor bridge purposes. In Justice Hayes court today, before a 'lry, J. Ji. Kichards. -a local real estate man, obtained a verdict for $Tx ana costs, against J. l.lani ; Koss, the amount alleged to be ducias commis sion for selling a farm fofthe defend ant 1. G. Eby and J. C lohnson were attorneys for the plaintiff. E. P. Mor- com appearing for the defendant. There -is no extensive building going ill liumiuuill dl llie piCSCIIl IIIUC. In the spring John Lgan and J. If. rsctilemicr will construct two-story brick building on Main street on the properly south of the Oregon saloon. 'Dr. Chns. Stuart, formerly located ai Buena Vista, is now practicing medi cine m this city. n Dr. J. D. Shaw, of Salem, is expect ed soon to locate in th:s city. ' The ELM BRANCH. Scatile. Jan. 12. The British steam ship, L,lm Branch is on Cape v lattery with a broken propeller and two tugs have gone 4 her assistance. A dis- IKitch from Neah Bay stated that the steamer Ehhtt Ihompson had iut passed out. after having sighted the steamer rJm Br.aiKch disabled ind at anchor four mites, off Flattery rocks. The- Elihu Thompson, had given the rJm Uraftciif a hawser, but soon after parted it and came in to report her, ine r.mi urancn. captain I It it. is en route to 'Portland. Or. from Nagasaki and is twenty-five days out today. She 1 without a cargo. ii HIGH WATERS. Spokane, Wash., Jan. tz. Tonight a telephone message was received hen saying the business portion of Kend- rick. Idaho, was under water, the Pot- latch river having overflowed its banks I lie water wis said to ic three feet deep in the principal streets. The recent rains and warm '. weather have swollen he rivers of Northern Idaho. PEN PICTURE OF ROBERTS. There was a great crowd gathered to see the new congress come in. The corridors of the capitol were fdlcd with citizens and strangers as early as o o clock 111 the mortunc. : 'although the house did not meet uniil 12. Most oi them were women, and Roberts, tne man with three wives, : was t,hc first person they inquired xr wnen tncy got into the gallery. When he was pointed out to them they saw a perfect specimen of physical manhood, as dig nified and self-controlled as any Chris tian martyr that ever fought, the wild leasts at Fphcsus. Mr.: Roberts is a piandsomc man. His face is as fine as his figure. He is 6 feet 2 inches in height, and wll prooortioncd. His icad is large and intellectual. 1 1 is face, s intelligent, and shows force of cliar acter. His abundant hair is ruriy ana i wears a heavr m'jistache. ' His com plcxion is clear -and almost rosy. He h.-is a trsnk. clear eye, a periecr ret 01 arge white teeth, a nose of a held mar shal,, and a heavy chin, denoting firm ness an determination. Chicago Rec ord. ' A DEPARTMENT STORE. New York. Jan. 12. Charles Elwcrs aui Laura Sternberg, proprietors ot the Grand Bazaar, a Brooklyn-depart ment store, have made an a-iMgnment. Liabilities, $S'j'f assets, ?77W7- Loyalty to His Employer. That votinc man who had a. vein opened and a portion of his blood let o-it, so that-it might save the life of is employer, set a remarkable .exam- ! of heroism. The incident shows what power- there is in good blood. As oon as the broken down system re eeiveI the pure blood of this , young fellow, the .( patient , regained his Fircngth. . "Tire blood is the life. There is only one natural way to get tfood Idood. and that is from the stom ach ft it r.ceds assistance, bring Hos trtter Stomach Bitters " to the rescue. This wonderful medicine aids it in its igestion of food, ami rurmsne inc svstcm witn ncn " r Ms is done, health naturauy ioi:owa. ARTISTIC METHODS. t..: .f leeial method of nave yww;" ., . anging pictures lartisttcaUy. -v-c. 1 irv nik to hang theru tip-, iide down." Chicago Record. I n nihnn rm.- . fl UIKL 5 VtKT 3flU Fill siD5.irrcD BI . TKAIXMEX :A3tD LOCKED IX A FREIGHT CAR. Her Terrible Eiperirace Darlas Dm Jf Ijf h -rRrlcased the FoUowiaS Day ln f 1 f aa Awfal CondiUoo. i Ojttagc Grove, Or, Jan.! 10. (Fro m Koseburg , Review). Miss Winnie X horne, who disappeared Sunday night was . returned home on Tuesday morn- if ""'i wicitueu conuuion. Her sloryj and experience as told is oncf of the worst crimes ever perpe- "nu oi uic siaie. -.u. .' to Latham from church services here, the ) southbound freight tram was just this; side of Latham taking wood, j Just cfM-e the train started two men caught ""t tiiui S3 sne K3 on tur i.-w uvr anu put tier on a flat car, she not khtfwir.g what transpired until the train pot! nearly to Comstock, when she was put in a box car. 15et ween tlier mil Rqseburg four men shamefully misused net. ine uox car was locked and she was kept there until about noon the next day, when two strange men let her out. She went to a house and got something to eat and ascertained whqj-e T nncie liven, some two miles dis- tit IT : . 1 .. . uihmi reaenmg mere she was gien some food and was brought back to; the station and furnished a tidket lor Cottage drove. -Marshal Miller -took her home from the station. Whert crossing the bridge she attempted to jump into the river, saying sue was uisgraccd and had noth iir; to live fors iShcriff Withers and Prosecutinc At torney Harris, of Eugene, came up and arc investigating the case. A physi cian states that the case is fully as bod as ivuoutu. iarce warrant were sworn out, and the sheriff and consta ble left on this afternoon's train for Uosebhrg. where further developments win ue made. ; i There has been so many rumors re garding this affair that the Review has probed the matter sufficiently td give the facts that are rcafiy material.' The dispatches from Cottage Grove, print ed in the Oregonian and other papers, arc m ipany resects incorrect, jn ma terial points. Miss Thorn says that as she was on her way to Latham from a temperance lecture at Cottage Grove. pi'tulay. the southbound freight train was just this side of Latham taking wood. Just before the train ; started two men caught her and put her on a flat car, she not' knownig what trans pired till the, train gotl nearly to Coin- stock, when she realized that she was in a box car and that a man, supposed to be U. 'Patterson, a' brakeman, .was with her. Later on. after he left her. another brakeman came into the car and gave her an overcoat; telling her that he could not take her into the ca fn.oe, because the conductor would f'cet "on to. it." When the .train reached Roseburg late at night a brake man ' put her into the caboose, telling her he would go and; find a room for per, after which he went away, locking the door, and did notjTctnrn. 1 he girl docs not accuse four men ot assaulting tier, 'arid the . rumors: that Conductor Bickett and Brakeman Brown were im plicated in any way are without a sha dow of foundation, and whatever of a criminal nature occurred Ihy had no knowledge of it at all. As to Miss Thome's character at Cottage Grove frhdj Iitham a thorough inquiry estab lishes it to have lccn without reproach or stain. The officers look with dis'- trust only upon her statement that she' was drugged. On Monday forenoon about 11 o'clock. Car I nspectoj Thomas 'JPat- tetfton and another employe of the company went into the yard to repair a broken winnow 111 the caboose where in Miss i horn was conlined as a pris oner. I here they lound The lonely. deserted girl, shivering with colli and fright, with her eyes swollen; and red from crying, zhc would not tell her story, so Mr. Patterson told her if she wished to get a place to work she might to and iiumire at Mrs. Currier's board ing house. This she consented to do. but , J'.oparcntly misunderstood his di rections and asked at other houses for work in order to buy a ticket. Cot- tngc Grove. Finally she came to the house of G. W.i Kruse, at. the corner of Jackson ami Lane streets, and was given dinner there. She talked little of her circumstances, but finnJiy told them that John Wiles, who lives near the soldiers', home, was her uncle., She was told how to go there and walked most of the way. Mr. Wiles had never seen hir, 'but received her kindly, but realizing that she was in trouble and would not talkx1?aTding it, brought her back b town. He, also, purchased her a ticket to Cottage Grove, telling her to go home and confide in her par ents, nd made arrangemntsr the Roseburg hotel to have her looked after and placed upon the train. The next heard r.bout the case was the pubiisned reports emanating from Cottage Grove. Miss Thorn is about 15 years old. District Attorney Brown thoroughly investigated the case yesterday, and one result of his inquiries will be the arrest of Brakeman U. Patterson, if he can be located. Probably getting wind of - '.. Ji roaiinR trotiuic, nc aisappcarcu at Hudson Wednesday ri1ght " and the trainmen retried him left while off the. train ib-ccine. but as he failed to report either to the Roseburgi or Portland railroad offices, his getting left was probably intentional. The following Inorning (Thursday) Constable Voatch of Cottage Grove, went north, along the roa'd on the same train, hoping Patterson would rejoin his crew, but Was disappointed. Officers kept the f-!, r.lione and teleirraph wires hot alt dav yesterday, but nothing was learn ed ot his whrrea!onts. Pateron is 24 years old and resides in Aibany. M4BI0W COIXTY VOTERS. Many'Appearcd in the Cotintr Ocrk's T Office Yesterday to Register From Outsfde ot City. 1 , . : ; In t-i rtffire of CountT Oerk W. Wi fall., yesterday, many voters appeared A. rvxier. most of thent being from outside of the city of Salem- Following ere" those' listed d uring the day :" - . AmsviHe R. W. Tucker. B. F. Tucker. ; ' . .1 " ; Brekcnb-.'sh-r-C- F. Elgin t B'ooks-i Noah Rosenbaum. I Girod. A. Girod, W. P. MasscT. N. E. Gani ard. :;.:."-' : . Englcwood G. E. Hilton. J. E. M Coy. F. M. Howe. H. W. Savage. S'. II. Smith, Noah Wckh, Henry P. Chase. - , : ' ' . Scoits , Mil! Grant C Mills. ' ; Gcrjyals---E W. Manning.' Ho11 C. J. Arnold, -G. W. Stege. Macleay T. B. Paitpn, John Stongh. D. W. Early, F. II. Gcer. W. T. Rims den. : '"I."' . - ' V ' '" Mi. Angel Joerh Kirsch. Prospect W. W. Walker. G. T. Wcit.M L. Wilmot. George S, Down ing, Frank Shafcr, J, Harding. .A. 'A. Burton. -.- ' I-:. Salem No. 1 T.-T. Parker. J. C . Johnwm,1 - F. . C Pcrrine. Wcbst r Holmes. H: ;. . Salem No. 2 M. E. Goodell. Elbs Downs. S. T. Ricliardson.R. E. Moorcs. F. W, Hollis. Scr.tt A. Riggs. M, J. Connor, John H. McNary, D. W. In man. ' ;.. .,. ' ' - . ;.. . v Salem J. R. Linn. Salem 'No. 4 H. II. Vandcrvert. C. A. Bellinger. C. H. Mcrryman. W. 1 1. H. Darby. J. If. Howell. I. M. Flake. John E. Stanten, C2as. . McSorley. W. M. Stanton, ; , ' , East Safcni GilHam Giger. ' North Salem L. T. M.-rry, John Noren. J. IVuitt. B. W. King, J. 3. Coolev. II.; T- Bojwn. -, South Salem J. W. Reeves. Fred West: J. W Manlev. J. Pettyjohn, Bliss FiddlcrJ J. W. Hunt. J. B. ronton. E.1rl H. Jory Sidney I. C. Necdham. SirfHniity-W. II. Iowning, 7urnerRohert A. Witzel. W. A. Wltzcl. R. q. Witzel. Yew Park-HW. II. Simpson; Thos. Jory, F. A. Sutton MR. LOEWI'S IiOP REPORT. , The following is from the New York Producers" i'ricc-Current b( the Oth inst: " j 1 Receipts for week. ........ ., Receipts, from Sept. 1 Exports fo Europe for weel Exports from Sept. .I ...... , I mports for week . . . . ....... Imports from Sept. Bales. . 6.001 5..rs . 2.306 - 25.705 . , 241 3-2t Receipts have been pretty heavy this week but they ,includc about 4,870 bales in transit foii exjiort. tne straight lot of 2.005 bales arriving last Wednes day from the rPacific coast. Business here has moved along about as of late. A fair quantity of stock is selling to brewers, which keeps dealers' buying in the interior and there are fair in quiries from exports. The irregular quality of the hops make a wide range in-values, but the tone seems to be about steady, particularly on the more desirable grades. Really choice state or Pacific coast can be sold at the pres ent time equal to 14c; f. o. b. New York, and shippers would buy consid erable lots if they could find the qual ity, which is quite scarce. The next sirade. generally classed as prime, is offering at 12 cents and other sorts from 11 cents down to 6 cents for very bommon. So 'much of the slock is poor that our lower quotations trover a good share of the sales. Only small interest in yearlings, while old olds arc neglected audscarccly jruire than nom inal. Continued b"ying in the interior of this state is reported at (113 cents, only a few lots at. the latter jiricc; gen eral sales in range of 8r 11 cents. Most of the best hops out of growers' hands, and buyers are now taking many lots hat were passed by in the fall. SET FIRE TO KANSAS PRAIRIE. Prominent Federal Official Resfionsiblc for Great Conflagration. The greatest prairie fire known, in Kansas was in the year i860, and it was wantonly set by an agent of the United States irovernment. This of ficer is now in WasWngton. and during the Spanish -war his name was more frequently in the papers than any other, says the Kansas City Journal. He was, and is. one of the chiefs of the subsis tence department and in tbcbccf inros- tigattons he was very oromnietit-. One day 111 iSfwi he and a party ot olliccrs from Fort Ifays were returning from a wild-turkey hunt in 4hc canyons of .the Saline. Tlic wind -was blowing a hur ricane and when a stop was -made en a high prairie some ten miles north of Havs ihh officer deliberately totiched a nwtch to the dry, crisp grass in order to make a spectac!e. . , ' When the other officers saw what he was altou to do they made a ilepcF-jk-te effort to tor him. but the dccl lwd been done and the red flames were reel- inz across the prairie, hke a frightened antelope.' That fire 5wept from where it had lecn .Started cjear sreross K.1nas into' what is now Oklahoma. - The streams and road offered no' ohstaelcs to it, whatever. While going soitth it klso turned to the east and If ft a fail of ruin across Rice, -Reno. Kinsrman, Harper and other cowrties.' Thou sands 'of settlers were buriietl out. los ing not only their houses and thffr feed, but also their horses and cattle. If the tnan who set thst fire had leeii Inov.-n to the "settWs all the troops on the plain would not. have 'icfti enauaih to stay their vengeance. - Asit vas, he sufTctcd remorse beyond description. MOFFATT IS LOST. Canadian Search Party on Edmonton Trail Finds No Sufferers. Seattle, Jan. 12 -The Canadian gov- ernments expedition, sent to the re lief . c4 the Moffatt Fxlmonto'n trail party, has returned to Da wwn after an tbsence of fbur mnth. -with the ; re port that in all pfolability the three tren cpmprisimr it have pcrUhed. The infortinatcs were A. F. Moffatt,- of Pembroke. Canada: Phil TJclIoue. 'of Dnluth. 9nd a CalifornMn ' named Holmes, who had lived at Fresno. THE 1IOMLJEST MAN XX BAtMii As well as the handsomest, sad ethers MT9 invited to cUon any Arnggiwt snd Set free a trial bottl ef Kemp's Bal sam, tar the Throat sad Twangs. s rem edy that Is rusrsAteed to ear sua relieve ail Chronic sn-l Acute Coukds, Asthma, Bronchitis Goasorjption. Price Z9e sad boc. V- A- ALL TO CO-OPERATE I'OltTLAND'S COMMERCIAL BODY V- WILL ASSIST C. OK- C. j Plan of Salem Organization tof DbJ patch an Immisfratiun ipcut 1 ' li Enddrrttl. (From Daily, Jan. lOth.) A splendid spirit of co-operation cx ists among the various commercial organizations of the Willamette val ley. This condition will rrdoind i6 the benefit of every community find to the state at large, it is a verl laud able spirit and its efficiency will jbc evi denced 1 in many important natters that will com? up h?r considcrition. The" appended letter,; under pate of the 10th inst-, was yesterday ilcccived by Henry B. Thiclsen, secretary of the Salem Chamber of Coiiimcrcc, from the Portland commercial body: "At a meeting of fhe trusteef of the Chanibcr of Ccmmcrcf, Presidtipit Bee be reported having Had a conversation with you in which you expressed the desire that this Chamber of Ccttmmcrcc could;.sec its way clear to co-ojcrating with your chamber m matters f of pub lic interest to the state, and thp under signed was instructed to advise gyou that in every matter thatj comes is before the Salem Board-1 of: Trade, wliere co operation is desired and advisable, the Portland tiiamoer 01 commitrce win be only too glad t" hear fjom yutt and to act. as far as jt lies in its power, with you in any such public! matter. "It is the earnest ' dcsireJ of this chamber to co-ieratc will .alF the Chambers of Commerce or loards of Trade in the tate in any slich mat- We arc, sir, yours very truly, D. D. Oliphant, secretary." J - Tlic plan of the Jlocal Cllimber of Commerce, thro'ugh jits aggrssivc sec retarv. HeUrv B. Thiclsen. t provide the necessary funds w i:h whifh to dis patch -an iimniHralion agcnt to the eastern states, is recognzed Is' a most important undcrtakSng. Ii response to nersonal letters that were recently addressed by Secctiry Thklfccn to the presidents of the commercial organi zations, or, 'in the ifMciicc iff such, to some prominent citizen, of I the prin cipal ckics of Maridil and , o!k coui. ties, several replied have J been re ceived, v I ' ' J "'.' The scheme is encrall1 endorsed as an excellent one, $i1thong there ap pears to be some difficulty! for some of the tkwns to procure the necessary subscriptions to discharge jjhc assess ment that has jeen levied, fa'h town will be expected to I contribute to the projHf;ed funl of $ix in liroportion to its, population. ;Upon this appor ' .1' ...Ml I... ttonmetit alem s snare wui lie auoui lo per cent of the tptal amount. The following favorable Jlcttcr was yesterday-reccivel ly Sccrejary ' Thicl sen. ' from T. J. Craies, of cCoy: "I am in recciit f'f yoursi "of the 3d nst in reference to (the cmiioymcnt of an immigration agent for Marion and Polk counties. ,, . v "Vur plan meets my hearty approv al and. will intervicxi' such 4f the citi zens -of this Vicinity -as will! likely co ojerate and will -advise you .at an early 'fate of the result." f . By a concent rak-t effort o tne to talities interested ' in 1 this important plan, the funds could be readily pro vided and an agent be cnt y the first of .the coming month. In ifact, if an agent is to be tmph'ycd it is essential that a ctmtract he closed wjth hinr at once that he may reach his fifld of Ialor in time to influence Oregon's propor-l tionatc 'share of the spring imniigra tiotv v Petty jealoikre anl sectional differences should lc dropjft'd and all join bands to furtlt-r the proposition that has been iuaugiirated jy the Sa-. Jem. Chamlr of'Cobimcrccj and which m vitally concerns Uic cnljrc WiHam cttc valley. ,v j ' j V - v AN EXCUSE TklAT aIlED. Charles Miller, a Standald Oil mag nate, whose home is. in Frajhklin, Pcnn tylvan.ia, has a precocious soji less I ban ten years old Jn whofn hard bus lnc' sense and worldly - faution are. highly developed.? One dy Mr. Mil ler said o. his son:j -1 "My lxy, it's time for you to go to -bed; I want oit to g ft up bright and early tomorrow aiid ho to church wiih me." J -I don't think I care abiult going to J V,T c":,tV, i 1. church nomorrow; re, icd Slater Pistoiion" Vhv not? ! "fjist Sunday thrt prea ler said he w? ,mmT t0 prcac h V devil." , Well?" 'M know he. will things, about the things, about 'him." "Well?" say lots of , hard devifawfu hard ' "Don't yott think, papa that if we listened to that sermon it "would lc ratner unpleasant if we cfer met the devil some day?", . " i Bot the boy weni to chijrch in spite of his clever excifisc.i 3 SPORT AMONG THE Al-lhCANS. ' ""' i ,- 4 ' - ' Black Boys Take" Up thi Pastimes of the fnghsh.'! . ) 1 Long ago k was noted thft ntherevc Fnglshmen went 4hey toot their na tional pastime with?them: aed n a rc rent "off day" at Mrffckingj when the flocrs had for a few; hours c-acd bom' barding. a cricket s match 4 a crgn Ized 4y,'the beleaguered S garrison. There are other parts of the Park Con irnent in which civilization is accom panied 'and stimulated by athletics, and n interesting testimony is to lana upon that head frcTn St. Anifxcw's col lege. Kinngani. whk-h owes existence to the Universities 'Mission i' Central Africa. Of all the games- plafycd thee lv the boyv ome of whom j are freed slaves, football has the firstf place in popularity, thougljt a few lov have thown a desire toi learn a little- more aboat cricket, and the smaller cnes have a partial rty tjor rounderf. They had last season four "firit class", Von "and two Ihcy loU. ta (the first. " 1 her majesty ship Fox scored four goals to lieic one; in the second, the same ship scored one goal to thcir niJj in the third, against a combined team of Eurojieans Iroan the town, they scoired four goals to nil. and in the fourth, against her majesty's ship Philomel- they scored five goals to nil. Thcy would like . very much to have thin jerseys, with a badge of the col lege, to present to boys who win their "tokirs" by .playing in three "first clasls matches, and it will be no ivon derj if English friemls providc these, as well a the footballs, which are wanted for L30 villages in- Nyasa, and (lie tennis balls for Joy-s at Magila. MOTION IS DENIED tAsr. 1 8T1L1. AT l!8l f Suprrmtt'ourt lloltia That I.tclUll- Art Itrsalntlas: AppraU I Not Ke- ' . tnmrflio-OiilultMiit. (From Daily, Jan. ibih.) t . . . r '. Tl lie supreme court namteii mown seve 11 opinions yesieruay, in 1 rascs heretofore argued, Ajuong the rs.even cases is ouc from Marion county, as follor s: - - : - S. B. Catterlin, appellant, vs. A. Bush, resimndent; appeal from Marion county. Hon. Cicorge H. Burnett,. judrfe; on motion to dismiss the ap-. IH'alp motion -' denied. Opinion per . et.rijim. This" was a motion to dismiss the appeal because the transcript was not tiled in time. The 'question in-, vuived was whether the act of Febru ary 22. amending si'ction 5.JI of thelcHle, applied to appeals taken and perfected before it went into effect. The court holds that, wiiile the Fti-tut-1-. might be considered' retroactive, "we arc not disposed to give it such a construction. 1 he riglit to ait ap peal ii a" valuable one, and, while it is purely statutory and may be modified or perhaps entirely done away with by stattitCj a legislative intent to do so ought not to be interred ironi aoi;ut-i ful statutory 'provisions.". The' cases decided are: . . Leo Jlaniinerlynck. respondent, vs. Mi' C. Banliehl and Thomas Rand, ap pellants; appeal" from Multnomah county, Hon. p.. IJ? bhattuck, judge; artirnu-d. Opinion by Associate Jus tice C; V.. Wblvertou. f Conrad 1 oung, respondent, ys. 111, razur, ct al., apiH-liants; appeal Horn iilluomah county, Hon. I-.. I. Shil ck, .." -judge;, reversed. OpiiiicAi by ssociatc Jnstiee 1-. A. Mpre. T. A. Garbade. resiKindcnt. s. The Inarch Mountain Investment Coiniiany apiH-llant; appeal from Multnomah cu;nty, Hon. A. I Frazicr, judge; on motion to allirm judgineiil; ' motion overruled. ?Opiuion per curiam. J. 1. Osborn, jprsMmdcnt, vs. Ncw crg Orchard Association, appellant: appeal from Multnomah county, Hn. A. L. . I-ramer, judge; cm motuMi for affirmance - of' judgment; judguictit af firmed. : t Jpininn iht curiam. Otto Morh-11. vs. Otto Morrcll. I. f, Stoddard, et .al..! 'respondents;' v'. t.has. F. l-rd, ct al., apnllant$; tn- I'cal from - JMtiitnoumli county, Hon. v.- D, Shattutk, judge; aflirmed. Opinion by Associate Ju.stjcc F. A. ioore. 1 Minor orders were made a? billows: I- Willielm.- t-t al.. aiun ll.-mts. vs. R. C: Snijth, ct- al.t respondents; ordered on motion that respondents' time to serve and file their, brief be further ex tended thiry days, . FJla Rathbone, "administratrix, re spontlcnt. vs.' 'i'he t). K. He N. Col. appellants; rdcred on stipulation that ajipclkint's time to ; serve and lilc its brief herein be extended to February 101 11. . . 1 ,, j E. F. llaniinin, et al., re jont:iits, vs. C. 1 . Iirown. et al.. appellants: or- leml tin innlation that appellants have untiT February . 15th to ucrve and file 1 their brief. . - . David M, . Dunne, ct al., respond ents, vs. Portland -Street Railway Co., et vftl.. appellants; orlcivd on Mipnla tion that appellants I have until I'Vbrit ary 10th to rrvc aud fde their brief. teo. C Mcllolt. appcll.int. vs. F..-t). Downing, ct al., rcspotKlenls; motioir for rule'. on. clerk to supply omission in transcript allowed, j - : 1 Thomas Spencer, j respondent, vs. I. P. Carlson, appellant;', appeal from Clatsop county, Hon. T. A. McBrile. judge; t reversed and complaint dis missed. Opinion by Associate-Justice R. S. Bean. j-- E. B. AV'atsn, et al.. respondents, rcgou- t.onipaiiy, ap- lo dismiss appeal overruled. J. I- Iwis, respondent, vs. John .Craft, ct ah, appellants; motion to dis miss apjenil overruled. - A. G. Braucr, respondent, vs. City of Portland, appellant; appellant' jctition for a rehearing of the case de nied. ' . : -; - . ' t The Northwest Door Company, ap lcllanrs, vs. S; TomlinvW ei al., re-, spondeiits, and II. I- j. I'isher, ct al.f appellants, vi: S. Tomlinson, resfxuid cut; rule on clerk jto supply Omissirm in transcript allowed. The case of W. H. Saylor, respond ent,, vs. Christy Oakrs and Thomas Duffy, apiellant, j and the Dundee Mortgage & Trust ' Company, respond ent, vs. John II. Goodman," appellant, both apcals from IMuItnomh county, were arjp'ed and jsnbirtittcd. PRESS PL1RSOXALS. I Arsa (Cal.) Tomolropic; Edwarl Wilson aind family of Roa noke, Illinois, wcr visiting Mr. and Mrs. Kindig, last week.-. They . went i, from here to' Salens Oregon. San Bernardino, Cab: M. McDonald, of SaJcm, Orcgrm . arrived .yesterday from the- north and. is a guest at the Stewart. Las Vegas N M.)j Optic: .Dr. Pearl Hafip, cousin of V. A. Henry, and a relent graduate of the St. Louis medical university, stopjed over in thii city fori a few days visit. with Mr. .Henry and family, en route to her home, at Salem, . Oregon.