' - -, WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN FRiDAYiWAKITARY'o in , ". .;
IN JSTAlTOiN TOWN
SANTIAM RITEK.l'M)RMES, THE
BIG COl'JiTY 11BIIHJE.
Will B Rpid Vfhe- the W-ttr Kf
Keptlc Club Electa Its -Stat
Delegates.
STAYTON, Jan. 17. Special reviy
al services arc being held at the Bap
tist church this week.
Dr. A. L. j Derbyshire, of Portland,
has been recalled to the bedside of lit
tle Clarence Derbyshire, who has ,suf-
itn-j nu"U5 nupc ui lypnoMi lofver.
Mrs. C CJ Bilyeu, who has been an
cmiloye at the Mail ofiice for the past
three months, has J returned to her
home ui bcio.-
A.. D. Gardner, one of Stayton's
most active business men, is confined
at Jiis home j with all the symptoms of
'typhoid fever. fA ;....';.: : .. 1 ,i . : r .
,Miss Edyth Caspell returned to her
home in the Waldo hills Saturday, af
ter having spent the former part of the
winter in this city. Miss Caspell has
many friends here who will regret her
departure. - ,:. ?;'. .-,'
Mrs. Geo.! Ashby, of this city, had
the misfortune to fall Friday morning
in such a manner as to. dislocate . her
wrist. It was thought for a while the,
bone-j was broken, upon examina
tion it was found to be nothing more
serious ithan ; a diskication. v i
.. Saturday: and Sunday the Santiam
river at this .point was very high, with
driftwood running freely. The heavy
current undermined two ot the piers
which support the approach" Of the big
bridge on the Marion county side, al
lowing it to settle considerably; A
force of men will be se to work to
repair, the 'damage as soon as the wa
ters recede sufliciently "to permit it.
The sad news of the' death of Mrs
John Potdce reached this city today;
the cause off the demise being a com
plication of diseases, from which she
has been a patient sufferer for several
years. She lived with her husband and
two children on a fam some four
miles south of l Stayton, and besides
being a fond mother and a" devoted
wife, she was a kind neighbor and a
trusted friend to everyone. Mrs. L.
A. Thomas, of this city, is a sister !
the deceased.
: A meeting of the S'ayton republican
club was held in the city hall last ev
ening, and the following delegates
were elected' t attend the state repub
lican meeting at Portland on February
6. Kjoo: A. L. Shreve, V." S. Watters,
L. Ilobson, Lee Brown and W. II.
. Cooper. ; j . - . j
BY. RAIL TO BUENOS AYRES.
Chicago Inter-Ocean: .- -4
The surveys of the Pan-American
railway, made by a special federal
commission,; are at last receiving care
ful attention not only in the United
States but in Mexico and Central and
South America. A ; few years ago the
proposition to , construct a railway
from New York city, by way ot Mex
ico and Central America through the
entire length, of South America was
regarded a chimerical: but since Rus
sia has pushed her Siberian railway
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arross vxsia to i on Annur, ana unic
the I ape to Cairo railway has become
a definite project in Africa, the Pan
Amo'rican, scheme has been discussed
jrum the viewpoint of the practical
taihvay man and, the American trader.
The engineering difficulties are -great,
but. according to the engineers' re
lort, not greater than those already!
overcome in South America and in our
own Rocky i mountain region.
The length of the proposed railway
from New York city to Buenos Ayres
will be 10,221. miles, and it is estimated
that it willi cost $200,000,000 to finish
and equip the line. The railways; al
ready built which may be made a part
..f cvdom uit! moaMire' ..12 miles.
The line from New York to he Mexi-.
can frontier ; is already duiu, ana meas
ures 2.094 miles. Of the line in Mexi
co 1, 183 miles are built, and 461 miles
are to be f constructed. In . 'Central
America 2rri miles of the railroad, have
been built and 829 miles are to be con
structed. ' In South America hicither
Colombia nor EciiadOr has any rail
way that can be utilized as part of the
system. There will have to be built
1354 iiilcs 6f railway, in Colombia and
f.S in1 Ecuador. Peril has 151 miles
of' the. railway' built and 1.633.. to be
contracted.? Bolivia has 195 miles of
railway that can be utilized, with 392
miles to' be constructed. Argentina
has )yt miles of the railway built, and
will have to construct only 125 miles.
Of the whole railway 3,73$ miles will
lw in North America, 1,039 in Central
America, and J5.444 miles m South
America. ! ,. . ,
The main l:ne of the Canadian 1 a
cific railway from i Quebec to lort
Moody on the Pacific ocean is:f 3.023
miles in length. This was constructed
for $f.ooo.ooa The length .of . the
Northern Pacific railroad from Ash
land. Wis., or Duluth. Minn., to beat
tie or to Portland, Or, is 2,137 miles.
The distancp from i New ork to San
Francisco by -way of the Union 1 a
cific is 3.35 miles. The distance from
Cairo to Cape Town to be covered by
the 'proposed African railway is 0.000
miles. i " - ' , '
It is evident that a railway connect
ing North and South America would
develop trade which has not been
tor.clred or i influenced by, ocean com
merce! It is evident also that, what
ever we mav do to enlarge our,;ocean
trader we shall not be able to develop
or control the great interior trade, ot
A merica tinless the Pan-American
railway be built. - s
Care of House Tlants.
House plants require j constant leaf e
at this Fcason, especial! jr - when there
are so many changes of weather as
they must be guarded against, sudden
alterations In the moisture of the room
and ,the rise or fall in temperature. Un
cloudy andi windy days the location in
the room should be selected with the
view of protecting against the winos.
Tepid water should be tised and the
earht in ihh pots should not be satu
rated, as too much water is as injuri-
niie a too little. ' '
Kissing and Hugging take iimc.
jit's aUvery iwelr for you and Nellie
!"5'fc!5 J0.Un.ite i" tnilhons of huH;
, . - . millions Ot DUf?
ft 1 ;,SMS' lm P,ease insider the time
busv uri-rCrPy7nri Wld vey
Uc- ffy hugging .axvi kissinJ
I don' fv rinUt?Ly the :at a"d
th, V hmu manage' it more
UZJC a -tter of
CAHBOLINEUM AVENARIUS. :
The most raJical reratdr 'against
chicken , lie and the best wood-preserving
paint la Carbollneum Avenarl
011 manufactured la Germany only.
The farmers all over tha country
count amongst their heaviest expenses
to run the farm, the lumber till. All
are undoubtedly Interested to karn of
a medium to reduce the same at least
to half its former cost. This medium
Is Carbolineum Avenarioua, a wood
preserving paint based on 25 years' ex
perience. Many are of the opinion that
paint, tar and linseed oil will preserve
the wood against rot and decay. These
coatings only form an air-tight cover,
but do not; destroy the albuminum
parts of the wood, which always start
the rot. The coatings with above men
tioned materials prevent the evapora
tion of the wood and, the consequence
la dry rot. Carbollneum Avenarius, on
the contrary, penetrates deeply Into
the wood and destroys 'all present de,
cay matters. The Carbollneum Avena
rius is applied with a brush and im
parts, a nice nut brown color to the
wood. It is used on the farm for paint
ing barns, granaries,; shingles, silos
posts, bridges, chicken coops, etc.,, and
all woodwork above and below the
ground. Carbollneum. Avenarius is al
so tha moat radical remedy against
chicken lice. If you want plenty of
eggs and healthy chicken., the chick
ens must be free from lice and mi tea
Carboiineunv Avenarius will keep your
henhouse free from this plague. One
coat applied to the l.iside of the chick
en coop will keep it clean from vermin.
Kerosenlng and whitewashing. w"hlch
has to be repeated- every month, is
done away with and expenses for sul
phur and Insect powder are saved.
Whoever d is ires further Information
about Carbolineum Avenarius should
write to
.- IL M. WADE & CO., Agents,
tf. Salem, Oregon.
llffi'S ME -BEGINS
WITH FRUIT GROWERS
NORTHWEST STATES ORGAN
IZED FOR PROTECTION.
A Packers Union May Be Established
to Control the Output of the
Northwest Prunes.
TACOMA. Wash.. Jan. 17. At the
second day of the annual convention of
the Northwest Fruit Growers, Mon
tana was admitted to the association,
making the present membership Ore
gon, Washington, Montana and Brit
ish Columbia. , The association will
endeavor to secure new legislation,
making uniform the laws governing
fruit inspection and importation of dis
eased nursery stock for the entire ter
ritory represented by the organization.
Both the Great Northern and the North
ern Pacific, through their general
freight agents, presents agreed to. again
take up the request for a reduction of
the shedulc . for green fruit J eastern
terminals. The members today advo
cated the establishing of canneries and
evaporators, to handle the surplus fruit.
All members and railroad men spoke
in favor of organizing a packers., union
to control the entire output" of dried
prunes. Reports from different sec
tions of the Northwest show the crop
prospects for the coining j ear to be
Mattering. , ;
MORMON ROBERTS' CASE :
COMMITTEE DECIDES TO RE
PORT AGAINST HIM.'
Two Membe-s Favor Seating, Then
Expelling, the Congressman
from Utah.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 17 The spe
cial committee of thl house to investi
gate the case of Roberts, of Utah, today
reached a final conclusion. On the
polygamous status of Roberts the com
mittee was unanimous, and agreed up
on a formal statement of,-facts. On
the question of procedure to be adopt
ed the committee was divided.
The majority, consisting af all mem
lers except Littleficld and Dearmond,
favored exclusion at the outset. Little
field and Dearmond will make a mi
nority report favorable to seating Rob
erts on his prima facie rights and then
expelling him. ' . -
The committed, in its statements,
finds that about 878 Roberts married
Louisa Smith, his first and lawful wife,
by whom he had six children; that
almut 1885 he married as a plural wife
Celia Dibble, who had ever since lived
as such and has borne htm six child
ren, of which last were twins born on
August 1 1, 1897; that some years after
his marriage to Celia Dibble he con
tracted another plural marriage with
Margaret C Shipp, with whom he has
ever since lived in habit sTnd reputd of
marriage. - - ' ', . .,r,
Chairman Taylor was authorizeds
prepare the majority report- U wiH be
ready in a few days and prospects are
that the subject will be before the
house carry next week. . Dearmond
will submit the views of the minority.
The vote on the motion to exclude
Roberts was as follows: , A
Yeas Taylor, Freare, Morris and
McPherson, republicans; Lanham and
t Noes Littleficld, republican, and
Dearmond, democrat.
A TIMBER COMPANY.
Tacoma, Jan. 17. Articles of incor
poration were filed today by theAVey
erhauser Timber Co.. with a capital
sS of $6,ooo.ooa This isf thsjrrmV
cate that recently purchased, fronvthe
Northern Pacific Radrad Co., 900,000
acres of timber land. ; : - t '
EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGED, j
VnUc Ian 17. Geo. W. Lamor
x c eric and recorder of this county
"as today artested on the. charge of
eniUzzling $2,000, His bail was fixed
at $Tow wh'Kh he was unableto give.
The Boers 1 Were : Completely Surprised by tiie
. Movements of theiBritisli Army
Crossing af the Tagcla River by ; the Relieving CoIamn--Tfrt Com-
ciacding General's forces Are Concentrated and
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Moving With Great Rapidity.
LONDON, Jan. 18. (Thursday, 4:30,
a-'m.) General Buller completely sur-s
prised the Boers and occupied the hill
beyond Potgieter's Drift, fifteen mileaj
west of Colenso, on , Wednesday, Jan-s
uacry ' 10th. This intelligence ; is con-i
tained in an exclusive dispatch to the
Times, dated yesterday. IIe folio wed
up the movement by -shelling the Boer?
trenches. This news completely dis-?
poses of the statement that Sir. Charles!
Warren's force went in the direction
WeeneiH' and it tends greatly to re-t
store confidence in General Buller' si
tactics. The supposition that he ha
divided his forces into three column
had given cause to anxiety. It is nowi
seen that such view, was erroneous, a
General Butler's forces are concentrate
ed. ?
In Cape Colony General Methuen ha
madie a demonstration in force,' shelling
the Boer works. General Gatacre ii
skirmishing around Moheno.- and Gen-j
eral- French has thrown a few shells
at: the Boe,rs at 'Rensberg. Colonel
Plnmer is moving to the relief of Ma-?
ieking from Bechjuanaland. lie is now
in' command of less than 2.000 menj
Maf eking is in a bad way: the siege
is being pressed with determination, anq
theiKaflirs are deserting because, of the
pinched rations and tlve necessity of
eating horse meat. . i
The -Standard's vivid account of the
assault upon Ladsmith shows thai
the! garrison was surprised, and ; that
several times the situation was criticall
Out of a detachment of the Thirtieth
Gordon hrghla niters, ' who surrendered,1
every mati was wounded, says the cor
respondent. Curiously enough, this 14
the first iWntion of the capture of ths
Highlanders. The Boer repulse at
Ladysmith was the heaviest counter
stroke of the war. The government
is relaxing its cflorts to send cut rein
forcements. ?
CROSSING THE TUGELA. ; ;
Jjondon, Jan. 18. A disixitch to tin
Daily News, from Spearman's arm,
describes Lord Dundonald's advanJ.?
to -Swartzkop hill, commanding Pdt
gieter's Drift and says: . 4
"General Lj-ttleton's brigade was sent
to hold the position on Swartzkop 'hill?
Leaving a strong 4ody to .hold Colenso,
ami General Hildyard's ' brigade at
Springfield, our whole force .advance(
without delay. " - .... 1 -, ?
"After four days' halt ' on the south
side of the Tugcla. our advance nortM
ward be tran' Tuesday January 16th.
, "General Lyttleton's brigade crossed
the drift that evening, and MJ the
kopjes on our right. Sir Charles Warb
rtn's division has made an attack upon
the eue-my's left flank. The column is
now crossing the river." ' '
Tlie limes publishetl the following
dis-patch friwn Spearman's firm, dated
Janiiary 17th. 9:20 p. m.: . .' i -.
"The force marched westward ort
January 10th. Lord Dundonald. by t a
dashing riiovement. occupied the hill
about Potgieters Drift, fifteen miles wes-t
of Colenso, taking the Boers perfectly
by surprise. The snfhe, evening the in-?
fantry followed. . General Lyttleton's
brigade crossed the river yesterday, and
today shelled the lioers beyond witji
howitjzers. . . .
"General Warren's force is now cross
ing Trichardte's Drift five miles above,
lie is -not opposed, 'although the Boers
are holding a position five miles from
tle river."
The ' Daily Mail has the Ma'mf ,
dated yesterday, front Pietermaritzburg:
"News, has been received that General
Buller is making satisfactory progrcssi.'
I FAIR WARNING.
Sterkstroom. Jan. 17. General; Gatf
acre has warned the Boer commandant
that if the women are not removed they
must take their chances of being shot
"n the event of attack. ;
At modder river.
Modder River, Jan, !7.-There was
1 demonstration in force, under General
Mcthnen yesterday, the division , being
engaged with the object of ascertain-;
ing the strength , and disposition of the
Boer forces, and also in order, to try
to draw : the Boers from KimbeHev,
where lately they hav been active.,, The
British discovered the Boers in great
force, and had been reinforced from th
direction ; of Jacobsdahl. At 4:30 the
artillery opened fire, the shells .drp
ping in the Boer entrenchments with
great ; precision. The firing eontined
until sunset. -There were no casualties
among -the; British troops.
HOTEL MAN DROWNED .
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Seattle, Jan- i7.Thomas A. Whitten;
pronrietor of the Goldht Ndrth hotel,
at Skagway fell from the deck ot the
steamer Farallon at that place on. Jan
uary, 11th. and was drowned. lie -'attempted
to jcross a freight gangplank
which was covered with a thin coating
of ice, and in doing so lost his footing
and fell into the bay. Jh was .tS year
old. and leaves a Widow and three
children. i. ; '
A PROMINENT ' DEMOCRATi
Ex-United States Marshaf Meyers Is
Dead in Portland. . . K i
Portland, Jan. I7.r-jnn Meyers, on
t ,- Kst known citizens oLOregon,
d'ved today, aged 70. He was United
States marshal during vieveiaim
term, iand w at: one time candidate
for congressman against Bmgef.Tler
mann. '"'
Fine Printing, Statesman Job OrTice,
LONDON. Jan. 19- (Friday. - 4. s
m.) The j military -critics,, inaMdiation
with the war oftice, consider ftiat the
expected battle along the wide arc
south and west of Ladysmith can hard
ly be delayed fccyond today. From
Durban it is reported the fighting has
already be?un. p ,
- General; Buller's lorcrsi engaged in. a
flanking operation across the1 Tugela,
are ome 13.000 or 14.000 bayonets;
1200 horses, and forty guns. The dis
position of his other t.S.ooo or 20,000
men is not known, although the, as
sumption Es that the wole army will be
in action w-ben the "hour for the com
bined' movement arrives. General Bul
ler has f)rMl)ably 3500 men and eighty
guns all told. . , 1
The estimates of how anany men and
guns the Boers -have to oppose him. are
guess work- in not replying to Gen
eral Lyttleton's shell fire they are us
ing the tactics that proved, so success--mul
in the battles of tMagersfontein and
Cok-nso lying low in their trenches;
and -thus hoping to conceal their precise
position until the .infantry advances.
The war office "announces 1 that next
week will be embarked 73 guns, 3.7o
men and 2.210 horses. Thfs is the larg
est coi:s:grtn;cnt of artillery ever sent
abroad. ! " '
The war ofiice has issued the follow
ing;. "From Buller Spearman's Camp.
January IS. One field artillery, howit
zer battery and Lyttleton's brigade are
across the; Tugela at Potgieters Drift.
The eneniys'-position is being bombard
ed iy us; Five miles higher up Wir
ren has crossed t'he river by a pontoon
bridge 8; yards long.; He hooes.his
force will by evening; have advanced
five mi We from the river to -his right
front. The enemy is busily entrench
ing" ' ,
great Enthusiasm. ,
Mount; Alice, Natal. .Ian. is (Monday,.)-
General Buller has issued a
spiriK-d appeal and instructions to his
forces beRinning:
"We are going to the relief of our
comrades in Ladysmith. There will be
no turning hack.r.
The order proceeds to advise the
men. when they charge, regarding crn
ditions under which thev should receive
the surrejnder of anv of an enemy. It
also warns them that the Boers are
treacherous in the use r.f the white flag.
This order has been received with opi
ihusiasm- T4ie march- was very trs'mcf
but the troops are now encamped .irniid
verv pleasant surrrmndinjs . Their
health is- excellent and all are confi
dent, i .
General Buller Iras i taken . no his
quarters! in a pleas.intily "situated farm
bouse belonging to Martinus Pretorius.
who ; has disappeared. On Friday a
loug explosion was heard. Subsequent
ly it was found the Boers had destroy
ed the bridxe lmder construction seven
miles above Potgieter's Drift.
i DRAWING NEAR. - v
London. Jan. 10.-A special dispatch
from Difrban. d.ited Wednesday, says:
"Advice from Potgieter's Drift, dated
"esterday (Tuesday), sav that Sir Oias.
Wirren has arrived within sevmteen;
miles of Ladysmith. and thatt the British
wounded ore arriving at the Mooi river
field hojtoital by -every tran from the
front, .indicating that there has already
been severe fizhting. ,' Neither report
has bee con firmed M i -
BOER MOVEMENTS .
Craddcck Cane Colony. Jan. tt-
The Borrs occupied Priestaa. a vill-iee
on the Orange river,' about ten miles
northwest, of Aar.
THE TAX LEVY CHANGED.
The Marion County I ; Commissioners
Haie Levied Five 'Mills Tor the
; Schools Bridge Work.
?
(From Daily, Jan. 18th.) s
The! Marion county commissioners'
court "met irr called session at the court
house .yesterday to correct an error,
inadvertantly made at the regular Jan
uary term, when the tax levy for school
purposes was fixed at 4Vi mills. The
court changed the levy to 5 mills, thus
increasing the amount for the schools
by' about $4000. ! -
' The ?couTt then took a recess; and
Commissioner Davis went to Stayton
to examine the bridge at that porat
with ajyiew of providing immediate re
pairs, j Commissioner Miley, who had
alo iit?nded sroing to Stayton, wu
taken suddenly ill and was unable to goi
FROM MANILA, Gov. T. T. Geer
yeiterday received a box f twenty
five fine cigars, as a Chfistmas present
from Captain Percy Willis, command
ing ; company K, 'Forty-fifth United
States! infantry, now in Manila. The
cigars' are of the finest brand yet re
ceived! in this city from Luzon, wrapped
fo ; stiver and gold foil, enclosed in a
handsomely decorated box. r Governor
Geer ..appreciates the present very much
although not addicted to the use of the
weed.! A member of the Statesman
force 'received a similar present from
Captain Willis, and he, unlike the gov
ernor at once enveloped himself in a
cloud of Manila smoke, forgetting his
surroundings entirely in the enjoyment
of : the finely ; flavored cigars. He was
greatly envied b bis less fortunate asr
sociates last evenihg. ...
Fine Trinting, Statesman Job Ofike.
IXTO TEE DITCH.
' (From Daily, Jan. 18th.)
The southbound' California express,
which passed through Salem on Tnetr
dayevening, jumped the track yester
day afternoon wear Suleka. California,
and ran into the ditch.! One car was
badly demolished, but no one j was in
jured. , - - - j .' .
As a consequence of the accident,
both of the regular oierlandsj will be
delayed for several bjOurs. The! Oregon
express, due in this city at 6:44 o'clock
this morning, is. about 12 hours late,
and will hardly reach this city jbefore 7
o'clock this evening. In its stefcd, t'Ow
ever, a local train was Termed kt Rose
burg, which will reach Salem this
morning on the regular schedule of the
express.- It will consist of the Usual day
coaches, and will carry haggagef express
and through mail. j j
WANT AN ESTIMATE
(From Daily, Jan. iSthp
Several months ago a ptominent
state officer received a letter (rem the
New York World, asking orj various
statistics regarding this state! for use
in that paper's 1900 aldnanac. - . The aps
were; of the official incWided.am4ng oth
er items,, an estimated ipopulatron of the
state of 500,000. A few days iago this
gentleman received a letter frkn'Fred
H. Wines, of Washington D. C, an of
ficial of the certsus bureau, askisg upAn
what the estimate had been) based;
what percentage of csrror it finvolved,
and what confidence the ofheeti himself
placed in the estimatei adding jthat the
infon mation was desired for the pur
pose of aiding the Census bureau in
making its estirnates of the probable
population of thjj United States, next
June. The followingj answer was yes
terday sent the census oftieer j by the
Oregon- othcial. which will hk fonnd
self explanatory, and j the writei of the
letter asks several pertinent questions,
which many citizens of the statd woukl.
doubtless, like to see the census! bureau
answer: - ' - j. j . -
"You want to know: 'what I based, my
estimate on. what percentage of error
I think" it involves and what confulencc
I myself place in iti i j ' ?
"Now, wh jny dear sir, do you
imply, from the form of your question,
that I do wot have a full 100 percentT
age of confidence in i it? Whcni a wit
ness steps out of court where he has
testified to a certain thing.- do you
think it would be altogather colurteous
for a bystander to ask him whjit 'per
centage of confidence he had in what
he "had just sworn to? My" Estimate
was in round nunbcrs, and- Ihie the
full 100 percentage f eonfideiic.e in it.
If, for instance. I had had on'y joo pJr
cent of 'confidence j in my estimate, I
would have knockecK off 10' per ent of
it in the first placei see? .j
. "You say you wahx this estirjjate to
'aid the census office in estimating the
prolable 'population cf the lUnited
States in June, iqix. when the jtwejfth
federal census will be taken. I3ut why
does the census oflicc want toj ma"ke
an 'estimate of thc.f population in June
when its duty at thit time, as y'?u say.
is to ascertain the actual popkilatioo
itself? . How can in 'estimate' 'by men
who may have a very small 'percentage
of confidence in their own calciilattronr.
be of any aid" to ajbureau that s' sup
posed under the 'law to ascertain theJ
actual population - from the facts, and
not from "estimate i' "-
"I assure you. sir, that I hve' the'
full 100 'percentage ff confidence mi
thej ability of the census bureau to get
the results it needs from the f.ict4 with
out relying on me,re 'estim.ites.j' -
In this conn'ti0n it is found that
the supervisors ofi the ,census re rc
tjuired by the bureiu, to secure infort:n
ation j regarding tie estimates var
ious newspapers and officials n the
population and other statistics, jwhich.
under the law, are supposed to j-bc se
cured by the rensiis enumeratoris dur
ing the time they. arc in the' ficjld. in
stead of gathering the; estimates se
cured by correspondence. The super
visors are not meeting-with very! grwd
results, as people are chary of giving
estimates to a bureau which is-required,
as the above official states it in lis let
ter, t-a secure facts and figures by tactual
countv I .
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FOR THE iSnilOOLS
1- I HILLS AHC junriHU 111 . .
Staples in Cotto and Woole-ri Gioods
s Are Advancing Paper Stocli
, Also'In the Air.
. - 11 . - 1
The manufactqirers of cotton gKds
report sharp advances in all line of
staples such as sheetings, muslins, Cali
cos, ginghams; threads, -etc., wtiich
will immediately iafTect the retail pHcc
to .1 great extent; " ' V
Quotations arei given only on imne
diate shipments, and in all cases sub
ject to fluctuations. ' . - 1
This upward stride in prices is due; to
the shortage of the cotton crop,- ahd
the advance in wages in both field apd
mill. . .. " " ; . ;- ' i
Woolen gools also show a sharp ad
vance, and in many cases prices arc be
ing withheld by the manufacturers. f
The consumers will, of course,' feel
the cWect most,-and need hot lie
prised when they go, into a store to find
goods bringing jmuch' ' higher prices
than they . did a" month ago.
General Advance. s ,
Cotton and woolen goods are not
alone affected in the general advance
being made all along the line of the
staples and luxuries of life and the en
joyment thereof.) The newspapers and
printers are getting a taste of Ihe same
medicine. The prices of printing pa
pers, both in the finer and the coarser
grades, are. advancing, and there are
further advances rumored all along the
line. f Envelopet of all grades are about
twice as high as they were a couple of
years ago. Book, papers are much
higher. . i is- -
The Statesman "recently bought a car
load of news stock, and nearly a car of
book papers. Yesterday an order was
placed for another car of news stock,
for future delivery, on the "eve of an
advance of another quarter of a cent a
pound. '. -v . -! :
MISS GOULD'S CHARITY.
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New York. Jan. ' iTjrMiss Jlelen
Gould has contributed $50,000 to aid
in the building of the new home for
the naval , branch of the Young Men's
Christian Association in Brooklyn.
.-Fine Printing, Statesman Job Office.
COCHTY' .EDtCATIOXA- TCND HAS
BEEN Afl'OKTKlNF.U.
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Forth Qartr Kndlac I-uilxrr Slat
' Third Apportlonnvnt t'-dr tb
Prof. G..W., Jones, superintendent of
the Marion county schools has made his
to the districts in. the! county, for the
thre months,1 ending December 31,
tfVj. The sum as divided is $3,441.35.
and is apportionctl among ySjj persons
of sclitxd age in the countyi making a
ocr capita 01" 35 cents. This is the third
quarterly apportionment made under the
new law, passed , by the legislature . of
Ihou. the other two being ptade" for the
ouarters ending June 30th and Septem
ber"joth of last year, respectively. The
money is distributed among the various
districts in the following amounts:
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Fine Printing, Statesman JlOfTice.
WHEELER TO RETURN.
. , .
Florence, Al z.t Jan. 17. The first ab
solute news of the intended course of
Gertral Joe Wheeler, representative in
congress from this, the eighth district
of Alabama, came in. a private letter to
Hon; William J. Wood, state tax com--missioner,
and a personal friend of the
general. The letter was mailed in Ma
nila on December 2d. In it General
Wheeler states his intention to return
to- Washington, and referring to a bill
affecting the mineral lands of Alabama,
he says: "I expect to leave in a few
days for the United States, and will de
vote myself to getting the bill through,
which J think I can do. I could have
left here while the campaign was on
without being subjected to severe crit
icism. I Have resigned my position irt
the army." , .'..,