-WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN, FRIDAY. JANUARY 19. zgoo.
TO DISCUSS MINING
INTERNATIONAL COXURESS ASKS FOR
OKEUON DELCUATES.
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(From Daily, Jan- 17th.)
Gov. TV T. Geer -yesterday, received
a letter from the secretary of the In
ternationa! Mining -Congress j 'which
has Hs headquarters in Milwaukie.
f Wisconsin, askine that the executive
of Oregon appoint delegates, to re
present this Mate et the sessions of the
congress, which will be held June 19th
to 2?L The same organization asked
; for the appointment of the delegates
from this state several -weeks ro, but
at that time no action was taken, uov
ernor Geer. in shaking of matter
yesterday, said that he would maetne
appointments of delegates, if ; repre
sentative mining mea. who desired at
4 tendinff the congress, would .notify the
executive office of their desire to be
so appointed. The letter from the nth
rial of the an in in ir consrress is as fol
lows: - - '. . i. ; : : ; ;.
'Some tme ago we addressed a
communication to you to the effect that
the International Mining Congress is
to beheld in this city June ioHV to
23d, at the same time requesting you to
appoint thirty delegates at large irom
your states Many of the governors
have already forwarded their lists of
delegates, hut we , have not up to the
present date received the names ami
addresses of those appointed from your
- state. -
"For vr.tir information I wish to sav
jute and were consequently coarse and
had not been bleached, but they had
the characteristic appearance of on
bleached linen. It is proving to be a
very difficult matter to get the flax
fiber, industry established here on a
commercial basis, but we are confident
that eventually the production of flax
for fiber and the manufacture of linen
goods wilt be among our leading in-
drftnes,
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FELL, THREE INCHES. -The
waters of the turbulent Willamette are
not subsiding very rapidly and with a
continuation of yesterday's rain, it will
be some time , before the stream re
sumes its normal stage. The stage of
the river "fell only (three inches at Sa
lem yesterdays and last (evening regis
tered 20 feet 7 inches above low water
mark. The several river steamers are
running as per schedule. ...The O. R.
& N. Company's teamer Gypsy has
been chartered by merchant of Mon-1 gon Telephone & Telegraph company
roe. ana win, prooapiy . run reguiariy i and his last tnn was made m the n
on the Long Tom so long as the stage l0r his duty. The hicrh water throueh-
01 me river wui permit. - lout that portion of the valley had
I railed snmr rfirnrhanre to thf im
PETITION HEARD. The petir land Mr tturhee was -nt out on horse-
tion of Mrs.. Margaret lieck. lor the back to make the necessary repairs.
removal of L. Schott, the executor ot I Later it was discovered that the re-
the last .will and testament of S. Beclc, fnair had not been made and it was
j deceased, came up lor hearing in the I surmised that some accident had be
probate court yesterday. I he petition I laien him, so another man was sent
was argued at length by attorneys forout to investigate. This man found
the: executor ana lor tne petitioner, ithe horse Burbee had been ridine. with
and at the close County Judge G. P. bridle and saddle and 'Burbee' topis
A SALEM LINEMAN
; (From Daily, Jan. 17th.)
William Borbee, an electrician who
has lived and worked in Salem severa;
years, was drowned, some, time last
Monday between Junction City and
Monroe, and his body will be brought
home to his sorrowing family this
morning. ; . ; 1 . .-
Mr. Burbee has been employed (or
some time as tine repairer by the Ore-
Terrell took the matter under advise
inent until tomorrow (Thursday) at to
a. m... ..The final account of C li.
Ross, administrator of the estate of Al-
vin Briggs, deceased, was filed, and
Judge Terrell fixed the time for hear-
st rapped "to the latter. The horse be
ing 'completely drenched, disclosed the
sad fate of the rider.
The manner of his death can only be
conjectured from existing ! circum
tances. In crossing Lancaster slouprh
ing the same for February 17th, at lojacross the river south of Harrisbunr.
a. m. : i Ion the road from function to 'Monro
there is a hnricre from nrhi-h e-v-tonrie
CIRCUIT COURT Judge R. P. a Ion cr crraHrf Trip rA crrrkA. -w e
Boise held a brief session of his de-J swept out some years ago and a hew
A Ut Y Mil I I I I I V IH4.'i M -mm 91 J . " t " . . -.. . - I ' J mm m TV
that it would be a personal" favor to us partment -of the circuit court yester- one has been constructed upon a differ-
TJ-' ,,, ,C . -V j'-.icm line, oui cannot oe seen in tne' sea
plaintifL vs. W. D. Mohney, et al., de-l0f water which at present envefops
fendants, an action for an accounting I that region, though the further
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01 tne anairs 01 me aaiem irucit oc tne 0id grade could be seen from1 the
Dray Company, came up for hearing bridge in the distance. It is supposed
The case was argued and submitted I -hat Rnrhee role off the hri-r. in
by the attorneys, and was taken under I line? for that old crade and incten.l of
1 - . I 1 . T- 1 t o , .
aavisemenr y me conn. .. . i ne case hndine the expected solid footinc
if" you would name them at once and
notify us accordingly, for "the. reason
that we wish to communicate with each
v and; every one tf them extending to
them a personal invitation .from thjs
organization, at the same time urging
them to attend the congress. We also
extend to you personally a hearty in-
J vi ration to be present at this biir arlatr
at -which hundreds have assured us of
their intention to be present
The governor olso received a letter
from Gov. DeForrest ' Richards, .of
Wyoming, who some time ago called
a convention of the jgovefnors of the
states west of the Missouri-river, to be
heW in Salt Iake City, for the purpose
of devising ways and aneans for the
.reclamation 01 aria tanas. 1 ne letter,
which is self-exflanatory says: ;
"I. regret fo rejKrt that, because so
few governors promised attendance on
the Svdf Iake conference, called for the
17th inst.. I have thounht it hest to
indefinitely postpone the. meeting. T
do fhis. however, feeling that fclile gov
ernors of our western states arid to
ritories are sleeping on their opportu
nities when they. fail to assemble to dis
cuss some ipropvr poKcy. to te "adopted
by those of. us living in the 'arid nnd
semiarid region, "lieariitg tptrt this
momentous -'questions,-- and trust that
, enough interest may le a-wakened at
an earlv date, concerning this matter,
vi that it may be thought best for some
of us, at, least, to get together and trv
vtnd fiml a common ground ujion which
we can stand fof mir fe interest.."
of Chas. II. Lowe, plaintiff, vs. Carrie
If. Lowe, defendant, a suit for divorce.
was heard, and Judge Boise .granted
the divorce, decreeing that neither
party should recover costs.
DIDN'T FIND THEM .--I. F. Tobey
state superintendent of the Oregon
Children's Aid Society, is in. the -city.
A Sn4em lady told him of a family' of
plunged into fifteen feet of water.
The telephone people yesterday
morning sent out a number of men to
search for the body and notified Man
ager VV. ti, Uancy of this city, of the
Kcurrence. Mr. Liancy made some
inquiry as to' Burbee's lodge connec
tions and ascertained that he Was a
member of Protection lodge No! 2,
A. U. U. W.. which fact he communi
me cnnuren jn ?aiem m uestrtute -a,ed to l1Iw.n -r; -
cumstances. Mr. Tobey came to Sa- lu "7 171 lul " l J
lem to -kok up the matter, and furnish
whatever relief he -might find necessary.
But he has not been able to locate the
family. Mr. Tobey is stopping at the
Motel Nalem, and tie will return to
Portland on the afternoon train. If
there is such as family here as the one
he is seeking , some friend, or some
member Of the family. wuld do well to
see Mr. Tobey todav.
short time there were some thirty or
forty brothers of that order" out with
boats, hooks and other appliances to
recover the body. The search was
prosecuted to success at about 5 o'clock
yesterday; atternoon, when the ; body
was found in the swirlincr waters in
the vicinity of his awful plunge.
; The master workman of; Protection
lodge was notified bv teleeraoh of the
drowning and he- immediately pro-
AA-l..-i.t A iL . S a a. .
. rnllWf:'Tn nBnr.nvc,M J,- l.Tru uic oereavea nousenoid m
c. -...t. T.t. ..t- 1. : , uiiMiiru as icnueriy as DOSSiD e anti
.-Huin uukoiu, wno nave oeen nerei..i, .,1 .1 " - . - r
ookiiwr at the count rv left for Iheir 7"-- v.lc uic oiuh imensc gn.U
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lom-iuvc nomes rouav- i nev sav
they intend selling out in Dakota and
mpanyine the bearer of the sor
rowful tidings was Mr.- Dancy. who
removimr to Oregon Thev think- T" ' . . .u,c PMomce - a reKls-,
, ,n.i Tt,-, " '.J ' :"a :. " " ,ww ,e"er "om deceased with
r - - - - in iv ait 1 1 1 1 1 1. J I , . w,. . . .1 . . u-
Gov. T. T. Geer yesterday received
the report of Dr.. E. Mingns, the state
health officer at Marhfield. for the
quarter ending December .ir, ift),
showing the following statistics: Num
ber of domestic vessels entered at the
port during the quarter. 68: number f
dcie5jic vessels departed. Co
HUGH PATTER.V)N IN ALBANY.
Says the AJhany Herald (A vesterday:
. "fiporgf Patterson, falher of Hush Pat
terson, who is accused of complicity in
the allegeil anault noon the Thome girl
on the , Southern ' Pacific freight train
near I-atham. desi res the Herald to say
that his son i4 at his home in Albany,
and w ill remain here, .and is nxH trying
to secrete himself from-'-the '. officers.
-Young. Patterson 5avs that no assault
was made by the train hand upon the
fMrl. and that thev. did not know that
she was on the train until they accident
ally discovered her hi a -box car on go
ing uo Ri'e MiH.'tlut thev endeavored
to induce her to eel off there, and on
arriving in Rosebiirg tlie conductor ad
vised her to -go to a hotel. Young Pat
terson has been in the enf.)lojr of-the
Southern Pacific fr two years, and his
.good standing s attesteil by the fat
that he has heen advanced to the head
brakeman. He was born and- raised in
Albany. His parents are among the
most respected residents of A!bany
There have 4een a cowl manv confli.-t
ing stories about the affair and the lecal
invrMiKaiion wnen it is n-ii wWl po
doubt throw some light on the subject'
uniry. i nere are inoica
tions of a heavy immisrratron- into Ore
gon from several of the states east of
us.
a
money order representing lis month's
arnings. Besides the wife, there are
three small children, the oldest; onlv 8
years oidtand tne youngest a baby be
!ween one. and two vears.
WILL FORECLOSE. The state I Deceased was .t8 vears old. a native'
scnooi land board vesterdav ordered lot Canada, but had lived nearl all hi"
its attorney for Marion county, M. W. I hie in the United States. He came to
Hunt, to foreclose two mortgages held I Salem eleven jpears ago and worked
oy .tne .board., on proierly in this I some years with the Llectnc Lieht &
counry. ; i ne mortgages to be lore-I t ower company, later Komir to work
ice is, according to the latest census,
ih the neighborhood of 30,600 men.
The disproportion to the liumber i. of
the whole population is explained ' by
the numerical superiority . of women,
great number of children in individual
families! (8 to 14 years), the ripe 'J jold
age to which the Boer attain, etc
From the age of 5 the Boer child is
accustomed to feel at home on horse
back. At a very early age tne boy is
taught to handle his rifle. The -constant
Kaffir fights, encounters with jthe
Zulus. Bechuanas - and . Basutos have
made the Boer proficient ; in the arts
of war. A great deal of his time the
Boer expends on horseback or in ithe
ox ' wagon trekking from one part of
the country to the other.1 His nomadic
habits oblige him to get his ; dinner
with his rifle. This is one of the rea
sons' for his excellent marksmanship.
The hiorh price of bullets have taught
him not to miss a shot.: When a Boer
has three bullets he can reckon on
three meals.
AT v WOOLEN MILLS';ii
8TOCKHOLDFB8 HELD ANNUAL MEET,
i 13fQ TESTKBDAT.
A BIG TIME.
The Salvation "Army Camp Meeting
Two of. Salem s Leading Mm
isters Take' Part. s
at
closed are: James Aitken. Saw: II
O. Proebstel. $4000. This is the first
order of the kind made this 'year.
UP TO HIM NOW. 3he follow irfx
special dispatch from-itt Washington
correspondent appeared in the Orcsron
ian of. yesterday: Representative Ton-
V gue today called on the attorney-general
to hasten action looking toward the
construction of Salem's postoffice build
ing amhorij!el by the last congress. lie
learned that title to the site has been ap
proved and that payment wilt be made
in a few days The supervising archi
tect; is about to firepare plans for the
new building, and Mr. Tongue is using
his best efforts to have provision' made
in Mhe specifications for Oregon ma
terial.! brick or stone. Thi$ matter has
not yet been fully determined on. but
it is expected local bidders mill be given
the preference." This shows that the
proposition is now .fairly up to" the
office of the supervising architect.
Work j ought to be commenced the
coming spring, and nothing but 0-e-i
Sfon materials should be used. It would
be gratifyinjr to have a local man
superintend the job. " .
O F COURSE IT WI LL.
Oregon Agriculturist.,
Gradaal progress is being made in
the direction of the establishment , of
the flax-fiber industry in Oregon. A
recent exhibition in Portland of goods
Imanitfactrired from Oregonrown
fiber at the California penitentiary at
tracted much attention. The goods
exhibited were made on machinery in
tended for making bag material out of
DANGEROUSLY ILL. The sad
news has been received by Mrs. H. I.
Brown.) of North Salem. that her
motherj Mrs, M. C Penter. is lying
oangennusiy ill at her home in the Lit
tle ISieastucca country ' in
county Mrs. Penter is a pioneer of
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WAY DOWN EAST FOLK.
A man in Corinna, who is now very
poor, will go down to the grave re
grettinjar that he did not seize the one
opportunity in his life to become rich.
It is a fact that during the mining
rraze.'in Maine he received an offer
ot $145,000 in csh for a rocky field
in which it was thought a rich trold
iine jexisted. He held out for $150,
nno. and while he was holding out the
dropped out of the boom, and
touay me held isn t worth .so cents.
; A woman 6s vears old. liviniy in YVie
casset,Me.i recently deserted her fifth
husband 1ecause. as she told the
court, if-he wasn t her style. The hus
band testified that for eight years he
had been obliged to Ret all his meals
and do the family washing besides and
thereupon Chief Tustice Peer rnnt.i
ine uvorce asked tor.
' A barn in , Aroostook county has
long gone . tinshingled because - the
larmer who owned it was too infirm
to climb the roof, while one of bis two
sons had gone to the war m the Phil
ippines and the other to the Ktnrut.t.
The other day, however, the farmer's
only daughter came home from the
normal school, shingled ; the barn as
well as - any man . in the town could
have done, and she didrvt once pound
her fingers with the hammer, either.
.At fhe bedside of their dying father
in iiouison two brothers, ouarreled
over the division of the estate, and one
kicked the other in the spine, render-J
ing mm a hopeless paralytic. ,
A. lobster trust has been formed in
Maine, with the obiect of remilatincr
the price of the fish. At present lob
sters ire selling at nine cents aniere.
and at the principal ports of delivery
at eleven cents. Last winter. . in the
stormy; weather, such was the ereat
scarcity of lobsters and the dancrer of
catching them that the price rose to
twenty-seven cents each.
A foxy Maine fisherman, taking ad
vantage; of the- different bountv laws
of two states, cut off the noses of seals
and collects $1 each on them in Maine,
after which he takes the tails to Mas
sachusetts, where he srets another
bounty, j Then he works up the skins
into gloves and hats. New York, Sun.
. 1 'I- 1 1 . jr- -. .
iiie nicpnone vompanv. lie was
an industrious, hard worker, i reliable
and popular. lie was married here
about ten years ago to Miss Forkner.
whose father lives at Fruitland.
In acocrdance with the wishes of the
Workman hdc:e here, the Workmen
of Junction City had the bodv proper
ly taken care of and it will arrive on the
Tillamook 2.!r ',a nd. nm h morning when it
ire iu uic unaerxaKing par
lors of Rigdon & Olineer and thence
to the home later. The A. O. U. W.
lodges here will conduct the funeral.
MOBILITY OF BOER TROOPS.
.
1 heir Military System Has ; Brought
U to 1'erfection. f
The celerity with which rhe 'Rnm
mobilized their army in the beginning
of the present war excited the admira
tion and wonder of the whole rivilied
world. Their preparedness for the
conflict showed that they had been
arming and hoarding ammunition and
supplies tor some time back. The dis
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paicn wun wrucn tneir troops were
mobilized and brought-to the front
will be more readily understood when
the conditions tinder which j they live
are taken into consideration. When
in 1848 the Boers trek kA into the
present country to escape the oppres
sion of their foes they found them
selves: face to face with hostile horde
of savages, ever on the alert to cut off
stragglers and to attack isolated farms
Then was laid the foundation of , the
present miliary svstem of the Rnm
To understand it one must bear in
mind, first, that the Boers do not live
m towns, onlv a few of them have
made, cities their residence and these
are mostly officials; the rest of the
town population are foreigners. ' .
The farms of the Boers "ri'e scattered
over the whole: of the country., Trans
vaal itself is larger than Great Britain
and Ireland, and the population does
not exceed now 289.000 whiteZbureh-
ers. the foreign born odSulation
not counted.? The country is' divided
into field cornetshios: that is. militarv
districts tinder the command of a
field cornet. These stand in the clos-.
est 'communication with- rvrrr ;ncr
farm in the country. In times i?one
by a messenger from a farm would in
form the field cornet of an attack by
natives, and even then the mobilize
tion system was so perfect that n,itK-
tne greatest ot dispatch the pppulation
of the whole district was alarmed and
came to the rescue. As to the consti
tution of the Boer army, everv ml.
from t6 to 60 years of age is liable to
military service. In the Transvaal the
male population liable to military serv-
. (From Daily,-Jan. 17th.)
. They are having a grand tim
the Salvation Army camp meeting,
being held at the hall of the Army in
this city.1' Last night there was a
crowded house, who felt 1 the Spirit) of
bod was present. After a lively meet
ing of testimony and song. Rev. Kant-
ner preached on "How (jod Raised one
Man from the Mire into the Choir.
Many were convicted, and one knelt at
the cross and was happily saved. To
night there -will be a grand voJleyi of
workers. Rev. Ketchutri;. pastor of the
Presbyterian church, will preach! a
Blood and Fire sermon. Mr. Thomas,
of the Y. M- C A-. will be present to
help. Last, but not'least, Capt. James,
of Corvalhs, will take part with music
and song. j
Rev. Kantner's Address.
Following are some notes! taken on
the address of Rev. W. C. Kantner last
evening: f
A Oiapter Out of One Mail s Salva
tion Experience PsaVms 40, 1-3. I
One of the strongest proofs of the
isupernaturaj cburacter and universal
adaptability of the Bible is the .fact
that it echoes universal ex-penencei It
finds men at greater depths than any
other book. It lifts men to greater
heights than any other book.
1 here are chapters m the Bible that
seem almost like chapters out of tV
ite of each one of us. so accurately do
they picture, spiritual experience, and
so vwith . all our differences 'there? is
much of similarity in the story of our
religious' life. The language that" con
stitutes any text seems like one of those
chapters out of every Christian's life
history. In figurative laneuace it tells
the story of one man's salvation, arid
n it there is the echo -of the story of
every man s salvation. i
The Lord finds men in strange places
sometimes, but lie finds them. -, I have
known ot men beiTwr saved in a saloon
in a gambling den. and in -other equally
strange places. The Holv'Soirit is not
coofii ed to a Single place in savins
men. in the text the man who ncM
divine, help is in a horrible pjt. in Ithe
miry clay, that s where -the Lord
hnds many of us. In the mire nf isin
in the ure of unbelief, in the miri of
seii-nghteousnesSi or in the mire of! in
difference. Some men are there and
are not conscious )of it, but when they
come to the consciousness bf their for
lorn and . helpless condition the Christ
stands by to help them. Their great
need and His great love causes Him
to lend a listening ear to the cry for
help, and so intensely is He interested
in the men in the mre that die inclines,
bends down, to thm. as--we behold in
the incarnation tha He'raay save them
Then notice the progressive charact
er of the help. He brings them up.
places their feet on the rock, puts a
new song in their mouth, establishes
their goings, and Uses them as inslru
mentahties in leading others into the
sa"'c hfe of trust and blessedness.
..Tnf.Go! who savd this sinner of
the olden time is the, same in His pow
er, and wilhngness today, and so is
man in his condition of . ta it-
m vv sa. 11 ir
nd
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Bord of Dlietora mm OOlecrs XTmrw K.
elected Proaperou Yra Boil- ,
BCU DOM. - I !
(Fromf Daily, Jan. 17th.) j;
The stockholders of the Salem Wool
en Mills held their annual business
meeting in the office, of the mill com
pany yesterday afternoon, for the pur-
1 j j: . - -IIJC
and transacting other business- .... h . SgL iZX 'utLJ.
me old board of directors was! re- ': 1 .ui Jl - tl-:
gates chosen are: G P. Terrell J. W,
Irvine and Marion Lskew.
The : Jefferson youiig men's repuNi-
can club has selectedjthe following for
its representatives: Jj. II. Roland. N.
II. Looney, F. B. SackettJ J. F. Steiw
er, Bennett Pierson, W . LL Jones,
!f MaNY VOTIBS 'jlBC LISTf 0.
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Fifty-four Were Placed Upon the
Registration Books by County
- Oerk Hall yesterday, .
j (From Daily, Jan. 17th.)
Thef-work. of registering voters at
the coutt house goes imernly on, fifty-
V
Ju -r .nvakesf a total registrati - n to
ishop, and f. of f 1 1
rl'-yyll!! I There are a few reports comi
elected as follows: Thomas
Squire Farrar, C. P. Bi
B. Kay, all of Salem, and
erford, . of Albany. The directors
' entered ' on the clerk'
records. This
to. date,
reports coming in
forthwith held an election of offifcers i" notaries :puotic ; ana jusi ices 101
. t i HC VCfllC, UUl III 111111 V .
for the company, resulting in the
election of the present officers as
lows : resident. T bomas Kav : 1
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- imi Mdvc 1 ini, aim. o i "C-
" Iheved 'tliey are registejring voters and
ice-, . : 1... 1
iniuiiiug i-vniipiry ,s law ir
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manager and salesman, T. B, Kay: Isec- ICM: ' n?;lI?1Ln.J "!es
retaryand treasurer. R. H. CoshoW:' . "C,"U,1"" T UMJlcs VUil re
president, "squire rarrarj assistant
' . .j .1 .1 i i 1
The board is well satisfied with the 2u a f i XT V -Ti P r
ar's business of thU .nl.nl .the. cwnpletion of the registration of
stitutien, the output of which was never n voter'. so a? ,o cn?tKi .V,e CT T
surpassed m the history of the plant.
which was j operated contimibsly
throughout the year, both night and
day. The outlook is gool for a pros
perous yearns business during the! en
suing twelve months, he institution
naving on. nana orders, the hlling
wnich wil consume the product of
mill for several months. '
of
the
man in nis condition of - need. .Hi
-.vould take men out of the mire, am
pur them into His choir. Whrf wil
cam upon Jfrm now?
YOUTHFUL MURDERERS.
Sent to Pn'cnn r t
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Keiative.
During the afternoon the ' directors
inspected the system for extinguish
ing fire that has recently been installed
in the milling i plant, with which Jhey
expressed themselves t highly pleased.
They pronounced it the most effect
ive apparatus for fighting fire that they
had ever witnessed and the beautv of
the system is that it works iitomatic-
ally. A detailed explanation of ( the
plant and its operation appeared in1 the
statesman aoout a week ago. fine
plant is now all attached and is ready
jor tne tirst hre. there is pressure
of 65I pounds in the numerous pipes
which distribute the water about the
building. The pipes "have two con
nections, being primarily attached to a
city hydrant; the secondary connec
tion's made with a tank of 35,000 gal
lon capacity that has been stationed on
3 scaffolding at an elevation of fV feet
(This tank is Supplied with water from
the city hydrant and furnishes a press
ure of 35 pounds.' However, it is held
in reserve and will only be used in
event the supply from the hydrant fails
or in case of an emergencey when the
combined pressure could be more ef
fectively utilized in fhe fighting of fire.
Each,, of the 600 sprinklers - that are
scattered about .the building, being sta
tioned eight feet apart, when the valve
have been released, throw Water in
every direction for a distance of fif
teen feet, so the failure of some of the
valves to emit' a stream would not ne
cessanly . prove disastrous, for the
neighboring sprinkler "would distribute
the water over the territory that would
omerwise be without protection.
H is a remarkable institution and a
most formidable 'factor in fighting the
areaa element, it should find its way
into all manufacturing institutions the
protection that it affords and the re
duced rate of insurance that it brings
10 tne concern employing the system.
many times offsets the original cost of
LJ 11 fit.
Recent news from California brings
.ne iniormation that 1 homas Kav
president of the milling company, who
went to Saii Jose -several weeks since
lor the benefit . of his health, was
steadily improving. This is welcome
I'meUcKencc1 to ; Mr. Kav's numerous
friends in the Capital City.
TO THE STATE LEAGUE.
St. Louis. Ta 10. A nnM' . iL
Tx . - f VV lilt
Post Dispatch, from Taylorville. Illl
says: '
FreI Sibley was today -convicted of
v..iipiicy m tne murder of Mrs. Jane
Bronot. near Paris, last summer -and
was sentenced to the penitentiary for
life. Henry Brunot. a nephew of the
mururrra woman, has 3 n Kn
fenced to prison for life. Neither of
jrie yomns is over 19 . years of age.
The crime was committed by the young
...v.. i Kiure auumonai monM' mH
property owned by Mrs. Brunot.
PRESS ERSONALS.
Contractor Pueh went, to Q,t 1
terday. Eugene Register. '
Attorneys J. C. Fullerton. F. W.
Benson. O. P. Coshow -,a a u
Crawford are 111 Salem toHav
case before the supreme court
burg Review.
Thos. Gilbert, who Mc :
f-. . unit:
nI VMgcne a.9 salesman for Kransse &
Klein, the shoe men, but for the past
few years ; with Egger( & Young, of
tortland. is in the citv loolr.nrr - -
location. Eugene Guard.
TOO MUCH RACING, i
River Steamer Strikes an Obstruc-
non and Sinks.
Republican Clubs Will Elect Delegates
to-the tate Convention to
Meet in Portland.
(From Daily, Jan. J7th.)
The Salem republican -club has been
called" to meet on tomorrow 1 evening
to elect delegates to the state conven-
;ion. and a large attendance of the
members is expected at this gatherings
me greatest or enthusiasm prevails
among the club members, and the state
convention promises to be one of the
most enthusiastic ever held in Oregon.
From all portions of the state the elec
tion of delegates, by the clubs, is re
ported, and everywhere the same cheer
.ul spirit is manifest in the ranks of the
party workers.
, at once enter them trjxjn the . records.
Yesterday s registrations -were:
Aumsville Harry jBruer. i.
Brooks A. L. Beckner, J. C. Bair,
2. " v - . j. . '-- -
Englewood Cliarle Calvert. M. S.
Fuller,: N. M. Learned, W M. Learned,
4. ' - i ! ! - '
Horeb Bendey T. fGeorge. t.
Ilowell Grover Sitrunons, Fred" J."
Rice. i. " . . .".. ' " .
Jefferson Frank Pirrish. 1. - l
"Prospect Thomas jA. Jones, R. B.
Conover, 2. j 1 ' . ! '
Salem -No. ,i- JohniMoir, George G.
Swart. ,2. I .,.
Salem No. 2. T. K.' Ford. George;
5. Reid, II. M. Branspn. L G. Mitchell.
4- ' !- -H
Salem No. 3 Wi F. Skiff. G. B.
Gray. Russell Catlin.jA. A. Jessup. 4.
Salem No.-4 JohniC Schtilz. Henry
II. Watson, M. Klinjger. 1. t-rav,
E. P. Kyle. H. A. Thbmasl M. A.' Bud
long.' Mark Montgomery, J: W. Mere
dith, o. ' j j
North. Salem CT. Oouser. M. I
KfcppFrank Webetj. E. V. Ryden. F.
A. Minzemcier, Asberry'P. Siarr, J. N.
SmithJ a- . . j '; - J' .:' . " . ..
South Salem J: A- Cotgan. ' 1:
Sidney G. W' Jorjy,' Geo.; M. Elgin,
2. " -. : v -J... it:. -s '
' Stayton J.. II. Porter, 1. t
Turner O. I.' Mdrris, J. B. Ar'ien
felter, B. E. Robertson. G. Wr. ifun
saker, 4. - . j - . ! -
Woodburn T- ' 4' Johnson, Fred
Dose. A. Q Walker: k
Yew Parle JE. iRbss, W. J. Irwin,
Frank Morrisort. 3. i I
f rr ;. ;i
CHORAL UNION The z-um
Choral Sooirty held a meeting inthe
University chapel, last evening ulin r.
large number of mejtnlers were present.
Officers? were electjed for the ensuing
year, as follows, Pfof. J. W. Crawford,
president; Mrs... Efthcr Hall McNary,
vice president: II4 W. Swafford. sec
retary; J. W. Bickfiord. treasurer: Prof.
Calher, reporer; fcott Bozbrth. Miss
Lilian , Roblin .anl Miss. Genevieve
Hughes members 4f the executive com- ,
mittee. The duesj have been fixed at
$1 for the balance Jrf the season' '
- - i- - - .:
WAS. .FINED ALSO. Casper Mor
ris, of Turner, wa yesterday arraigned
before Justice II. A. Johnson, charged
wii.i vfiuiunK diiciiKious (meeting ;t
Battle Creek schqol house on Sunday"
evening.! Jf e wasf fined $10 ami costs.
ijporr reaching thje county jail, Morris
liquidated the amjount of his ffne'm.f
was released. Morris , is a couri of
Newt Morris. wJio was fined. $10 -in.t '
costs in Justice iolmson's deoanmont
on Monday evenfcig for a similar mis
demeanor, r I .. !
i' -A - ..:
TO THE DA!LLEST p r.r
the- state land agjmt. left vesterday for
The Dalles, where he will look after
the states interest in connection with
some farm lands.n that Vicinity. From '
that point he may go to Eastern Ore
gon, and will piobaW-v ie ahcent or
a week4or ten diys.
ONE LICENSE LrHn. r-i .1,
W. W. Hall wai vesterdav A
to make happy the hearts of two young
people of WoodBurn. bv granting them
a marriage licence. The happy couple
are Ammi q. Walker and Miss Nettie
.- Armes. j
-v f : 1 ! ,
ON THE EXPRESS.
son of Hon. Gej6rge-iW Davis, of i1m
fdy, .passed thfough Salem on the
anasta express f yesterday afternoon.
The t,h,, -i t- t. I' w"i.7a40n hreman m the
1 YZt 1 j T , ciuo nas engine cao. Walter has been oerman-
elected its delegates to the. state league ently assigned fo thiS tai?" P -
CARNEGIE KEEPS HIS PROMISE
In Carrino Oat His Hedge to Leave Ultle of His Riciej to Be Disposed of
by IVill, He Gave Away More Than five Million Dollars last Year.
Gallapohs, 0 Jan. ifi The fine
passenger steamer Ludington; owned
v7 theufarr ,,ne' of Charleston. I W.
I rac!ng with the opposition
packet Argand, struck the lock wall
near Scary, breaking in twain and sink
,n mmediately. The Argand went
to her assistance and took off the pas
sengers and crew. ; ' ,
Twice-a-week Sutesman, $r ' a year.
' - - . i .- .
A ff .. . ' - . " - -
diverted I to rJCES th is tb a considerable extent.
nrTvateeW. 6 be"efit Plic institutions of learning and to'public and
to leavetl l' 5u - intenl uPn '""K "isl promise, recehtly made.
tonTo -11 1 f h iches to be disposed of by Will. During- the , year
l( pracucany certain 01 oeing tvtudled:
-.Date..-,.,. , ; , Beneficiary, t j ' , J : .''
- December 1!. T-'
December 21 Public Library. Lincoln, Neb. . , . . . . .
November 16 Pofrteehr.: 1 :k-., i .,u..:m.
ovember JX.X.L Woman's Club. Denison Texas...:
oepicmoer. &iublic Library, Fort Worth, Texas. .1 ...j. ......
September 6-PubIic library. Oakland, Cal... V; -
lune 3 Stevens Institute, Hoboken, N. I........ L. "
May ii-Birmingham (Ala.) Universltv. ... I 'lil t "l'::'' '' "
Apr, 19-Library and Art Galleries, Pittsburg fc.Vv
April 5 Eleven thousand employes, wages raised . L . . . . -"- " '
February 8 Public Library, Atlanta,' Gi...... ' """"
January ao-State College, Belief on te, Pa. .. .. V V " '
lanuary 27 Zoological Gardens. New York " ,1 - 'f -"""'
Tanuary 13 Public Library, Washington, D C....,!
btal - . I.
Amount
of Gift.
028,000
100,000
75,ooo
125.000 -17.000
50,000
50,000
. 50,000
250,000
1,750.000
1,300,000 ,
100,000
'100,000
5.000
250,000
S5.tSS.ooo