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! " VirEtlCLt 'OREGON STATESMAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, i)5o. FOR THE MONUMENT ALARM WAS EALSE FOR THE MILITIA OPiABOfi QUESTION t '-"'.- - - I .. , j?" PILGRIM "ilKOTHEUHOOD FAKTICI FATES IN A DEBATE. GRAND JURY WORK TWO ARGUED STAVTOX ' FIRE COMPANY CALLED UT FOK A Ill'S. I TITLE TO POIJS COCXTT PKOPF.RTT I &VoiA'Et ' ' ADJCTAJiT GENERAL TO VISIT THE NATION'S CAPITAL ESUEU FOK THIS TEBM ASD SfK3t- . bebs Abe discuakced. j THKfL'ND WILL II E INCKKASED BALE OF BUTTONS. ' To Be Manufactured from the Surplu Ironic of tba 6panUh Caanoa Uen-J . Natlre Sooa to Give a Ball la That I'Ure Item of Interet from tlie ' - Maeleajr . KohuoU. . And Cr a Vmwgkr AppropriatUa t tha pekjfe Contended th Cswraiant Shoal FarnUh Work for ta fa- employed. Foor Iodic ted Mea Arraigned Yetxlay ' A iteinaff Salt W Uerd : ' mjul Decided. la an Appeal la the Saprcma Court A Wheat Case Appealed frotm Clalrk i kiMfCvaiilr. aUul Gaant Bttr A rata Eaipat. . . . eral Kanimen' Flai . " (From Daily, Feb. 15th.) . Gov. T; T. Geer yesterday received a letter from Col. C E. Bleyer, or Chi cago, secretary and - treasurer of ? the Interstate National Guard Association, urging- the attendance of the adjutant general of Oregon at a meeting of tfje adjntant-geneHfls of .the various states in Washington, for the purpose off te xturing favorable action, on the part of congress, on a bill to increase the ap- wooriation for the militia. The e text tel'Na- of the letter is as follows: "1 am directed by the Interstat tional Guard Association to correspond with yon. At the Indianapolis conven tion held on the twenty-fourth dayj of January, 1000, at whieb over twenty different staes were represented, it was unanimously resolved to ask con gress to increase the present federal appropriation of $400,000 annually, to $2,000,600.; and a resolution was passed rhat wt would call upon all the govern ors, requesting them to send the adju-t tant-general of their respective states to meet in Washington the 'end of this month or fore part of 'March, to! take i'p this important question with1 the committee on militia in congress 7 I trust that you will see the import--ance of this step and the great advan tage it will be to you, as commander-in-chief of the national guard of your state. ' . ; - . I . : "We ask this increase from the gov ernment for the purpose -of providing our national guard with the same arms and equipment supplied 'the United States army, as per regulations,! and which we believe ourselves o be jusly entitled to. j "I have a 'communication from Col. Benj. F. Marsh, chairman of the mili- tia committee, house of representatives, in which he advises me he will bejonly ion glad to receive the adjutant gener al of the various states, and co-operate J with them in the interest of this bill. "It is unnecessary for me to take up your time any further on the great amount of work done in the past two years in the interest of favorable legis lation for the national guard. 1 be lieve you will be glad to lend a helping hand. I know no opoosition to our bill, consequently there ought to be no serious difficulties to overcome. J "If you will consent to allow your adjutant-general to represent lyour state at this proposed meeting, I will correspond with) bim direct, advising him just when such meeting will take place. j . : Gov. Geer said, in regard to the pro posed meeting at Washington, that he . had discussed the matter with Adju tant General C. U, Gantenbein, and that the latter would probably go to the national capital to take part in the work of the gathered officers from the other states, in the. hope of securing the in creased appropriations, and thereby have the national guard placed upon the Mme footing as the regular army, similarly equipped, and in case of ne cessity, ready to take the field at a moment's; notice. A strong effort is being made by all the states toward securing this improvement in the na tional guard, and if it is crowned with success, the militia force of the various states will be one of the best equipped armies in the world. j Gov. Geer also said that G-neral Gantenbein's visit in Washington would le of great benefit to this sta'e :n other ways. The state .of Oregon has claims against the war department, on account 1 of supplies. -arms, etc, furnished the federal government daring the Spanish-American war; aggregating $.15.000 1 and the department appears to be not quite clear on the justness of many of the items; the adjutant-general' of this Mate will Iw ihU fr cr!v it f !.i J planation of the entire claim, and wilt doubtless secure an earl adjudication of the same. : ' The meeting of the adjutant-generals of the arious states, as outlined in the above letter, will take pleace early in juarcn. AN ANSItTRSARY. Thirty-eight - Years Ago, Today, a Citizen of Salem Was Shot at Ft. Donelson, Tenn. j TodayFebruary 15th is the. jSth anniversary of the battle of Fort Donel son, Tennessee, when the, confederate forces and the union army met in bloody combat, which waged fiercely until the southern army, composed of as brave men as their opponents, sur rendered, to their antagonists. i One there is in Salem to -whom the day is a landmark D. V.. Matthews, of this city, was in that battle and was shot through the right thigh, while chargH ing the "boys in gray"' with hisiregi mrnt. the Eleventh Illinois volunteer infantry. . . iMr. Matthews, in speaking of the battle-yesterday, said that the ground was covered with snow, and the Union troops, at daylight were just beginning to stir, when the confederate forces , attacked them in a desperate effort to , break through the union lines, f All . day the battle 'waged fiercely, and at t 5 p. m. Mr. Matthews -was shot, j at 4 f.mc -when his command was retreating, The enemys forces had passed over ihi fallen union soldiers, when two strag glers. Virginian soldiers, following the pray brigade, stopped and made Mr. Matthews comfortable, supplying bim with water, and arranging a blanket wider him. so as to have, him nuffer as little asfKssible. - Here he remained until 8 p. m., seven weary hours, when the wounded were taken off the field and to the hospitals where medi .cal treatment and good care could be secured-. . ; . ' -j -j Mr. Matthews remembers with gratt- tude the Virginian soldiers -who i gave him aid, while he was lying wonnded on the field of battle. i 1 Broiled meats should be served ' as soon as cooked. J ' j (From Daily, Feb. isrii.) The Pifgrim Brotherhood of the First Congregational church held a very interesting meeting Tuesday even ing. J he subject lor discussion was: "What should the government do tor the unemployed" and it provoked a very thorough, and protracted debate ! The leaders for the evening were Guy M. Powers and A. W. Dennis both of -whom, by, a co-incidence, had pre pared papers favorable to the govern ment providing employment for all out of work. A majority of the speakers favored the government taking j some action looking to the employment of the unemployed. iMr.; Powers and Mr. Dennis both read papers - advocating this plan, and the same schemed was endorsed in brief talks by G. Sherwood, Mr. Howard, and N. J. Judah .while Rev. WJ C Kantner expressed hmself in sympathy with the papers of the eve ning and the general line of thought that ha4 been offered. " .. $ j i Speakers, who favored governmental assistance of the unemployed, recom hiended the organization of an indus trial army along the same lines asj those igoverning the army, the organization to include all of the unemployed; who hou4d be placed on a small salary. with a reasonable allowances of clothing. This army, it was argued, could be em ployed in' the construction - of public highways throughout the country. The speakers made capital out of this sug gestion, knowing that good roads are essential to, the general prosperity ; of a community. Another use -to which this . industrial artny . could be placed was-: th construction f artifical lakes in the mountains, the water supply from the mountains thus restrained to be used for irrigation purposes by which the government's hundreds of thousands acres of -desert and fertile, thouglfc un productive lands, could be made j very rich and productive, to be subsequently sold in small tracts to individuals at actual cost, thus encouraging the j agri cultural levelopme.nt of the country. K. B. Duncan and A. X- Gilbert, however, argued that this system was inexpedient and would not afford the relief for which it had been prescribed. They doubted the propriety of the gov ernment attempting to furnish work for j the unemployed, a percentage of whom, it was alleged, would not fwork even though an opportunity be afford ed theni. They also argued thait the plan proposed would destroy the in dividuality of the workman. The subject for discussion at the next meeting, to be held two weeks hence, will be: "Is the influence of ledges detrimental to the interests of the churches." The leaders are John Bayne and A. T. Gilbert. A PROFITABLE SESSION.--G. W. Weeks, of this city, and Tfv S. Townsend, the Portland creamery man who will establish a plant'in Salem, re turned yesterday morning from Albany where they had been attending the an nual meeting of the Oregon State Dairy Association. They speak in very flatering terms of the hospitality of the Albany people and pronounce file dairy meet a grand success, ex pressing confidence that it would do much towards advancing that industry in the Willamette valley. When ques tioned by a Statesman reporter' regard ing the proposed creamery to be es tablished in this chy, Mr, Townsend said everything Vas favorable to his Elans and that he would without doubt ajve his. plant in operation by April 1st. He will return to Salem again wilthin a few days, when he expects to complete final arrangements for locat ing a plant in this community. ) A DECIDED IMPROVEMENT. -4)n Monday and Tuesday the condi tion of K. L. Ilibbard, who last week underwent an operation at the hospi tal, was considered alarming. , but his condition is better. Inquiry at' "the hospital last evening elicited the infor mation from, the attending physician that there was! a decided improvement in Mr, Hibbard's condition over Jhat of the preceding two days. DIED. A telephone message from Portland at 3 o'clock this (Thursday) morning, brought the sad intelligence that Mrs.' -Jennie Julien, nee Miss Jen nie Martin, passed away at that hour, after a lingering illness of "several months' duration. "Mrs. 'Julien ; is a daughter of Mrs. Mary Martin, an at tendant at the "asylum, and has many friends in this cityi who will sympathize with the bereaved family. v The French fashion of keeping a va nilla bean in !a sugar box is worth fol lowing because of the delicious flavor the sugar attains. OREGON DAIRYMEN. ; Successful Convention Held at Albany r ' f This Week. Albany (Or.) Feb. 14. The second lay of the convention of the Oregon Dairymen's Association was no less a success ; than that of the first. ' ' The meeting was presided over tyy President Thomas Paulsen. Resolutions were adopted, thanking the various persons to whose efforts the association owed the success of the convention. A resolution was adopted favoring the early passage of the Gault bill, and motion was passed instructing the secretary to draw a warrant for $35. to be tiscd in furthering the passage of the Gault bill, which provides for the levying of 10 cents per pound on all oleomargarine or bull-butter, v A committee was named to draft res orations1 of respect and sorow at the death of Hon. .Warren Cranston, re :enty 'deceased, an honored , member of the association. At the afternoon session President Paulsen read his annual address. All the old officers were re-elected. , I (From Daily, Feb. 15th.) In the circuit court, yesterday morn ing, the men indicted by the grand jury were arraigned, and the time was fixed for pleading, as follows: William and Orvie Smith, accused of assault with a dangerous weapon;. 1 p. m. today. .1, ".- , George Gray,-indecent exposure, and carrying concealed weapons; . 9 a. m. Thomas F. Monahan, larceny in a store; 9 -a. m. today. ,r':"'"L' W. M. Kaiser has been retainejl to defend the Smith Bros; A. W. Prescott will defend George .Gray on the jtwo charges against him, and R. J. Fleming will look after the -interests of Thomas F. Monahan. Monahan and Gray i are in jail pending the hearing of their cases; the two , Smith brothers, .vho were arrested on Tuesday evening and locked up succeeded in givng bonds yesterday, afternoon, and are now at liberty, pending the trial of their case. The grand jury reported yesterday forenoon that all matters coming be fore ft? had been investigated and that no further business, demanded its at tention, and Judge Burnett dismissed the ' members and excused them from further service. The grand jury was iin sessions Jess tnan two days, aunng which- time about forty witnesses were examined. The' only , case tried In the circuiit court yesterday was the suit for dank ages brought by Mrs. Susan Tucker against - Gus Heyden. The case weit to trial before the following named jurors: John Kennedy, M. R. Settle mier, Wm. Staiger, J. A. Shafer, Pter Curtwright, J. R. Jackson. A. Sauvine, W. A. Taylor. R. II. Kenady. John Williams, Fred Hurst. J. A. McCann. The taking of testimony consumed tle greater part of the day, and the case did not go to the jury until about 4:30 p. m. After deliberating for about jo minutes the jury returned into court with a verdict for the defendant. ,'; , , The action was brought by, plaintiff against Mr.;Heyden for $550 damages, alleged to be justly due the plaintiff n account of injuries- received in a cdl lision on the highway, the defendants horses and wagon, driven by defendant, having run into and damaged the plain tiffs buggy, and thrown the plaintiff into the road. After the . introduction of a mass of testimony the case Was Jeft to the jury with the result as stated above. I .J A. Jeffrey appeared as jat tomcy for the plaintiff; and. Carbon and Adams represented the defendint. At the present term of court, every case tried thus far has been decided in favor o,f the defense. f Aside from the cases mentioned above the case'of W. P. Babcock, plaintiff! vs. Ida M. Babcock, defendant, an action for money, was disposed of, it haVing been settled. At 5 p. m. the court adjourned? to 9 a. m. today, when the case of Amos Strong, plaintiff, vs. W'estacott $c Ir win, defendants, jan action for jnioney, will come up for hearing. ! A FINE POINT. Pendleton E.-O.: I A question has been recently? raised as to whether or not the mixed; bloods holding lands on the reservations are entitled to register and. vote, i It is held by a great many that they cannot, because they are practically govern ment charges and do not pay taxes up on their lands. On the other band, it is claimed that the law giving them lands in severalty practically made citi zens of them, and while, if they do not now pay taxes on their, lands, they could be taxed the same as any other landholder, if they registered and voted. No authorities at law have yet given any opinion on the question, but it has been pretty generally understood that they would be registered if they made application 1 to be. Registrar Frazier was asked whether he would register them, and he replied in the aflirmative. He said several had $poken to him about the matter, but as yet none had been registered.1 j A MILITARY FUNERAL. Eugene Guard. 12th: . Yesterdav afternoon the remains of the late Charles A. -Horn, private in Company C. Second .Oregon volun teers, were laid to resl! tn the I. O. O. F. cemetery, by his comrades. The funeral services were military in char acter, Willard A. Elkins,of the com pany,, acting as chaplain, and the vol unteers, as pallbearers, escort and guard, performing the last rites in mem ory of one whose life had gone out on the altar of humanity. The attendance was large, and a large number of peo ple escorted the procession from Armory hall to the cemetery. The G. A. R., and Company C. Third regiment, were in fhe line as a tribute of soldier ly respect, t flORSES WILL NOT pTsAPPEAR The automobile still i continues to forge ahead, to the displacement of the horse on paper but nobody, who is interested in the horse seems to be at all disturbed. The horse has been rel egated to the shades, so often by the railroads,' the bicycle and electricity and has so steadily refused to disap pear and become a memory, that peo ple are not moved by pronhecies of the animal's disappearance. The horse will be with us long after the man who is riding across the continent, in a horse less carriage, except when he is walk ing while his carriage is being repaired, has been forgotten. Agricultural Epi tomist. : ' " " - - To remove grease from carpets cover the spots with flour or dry corn meal, and pin a paper over it.- Repeat the process every six hours until ie grease is drawn out, brushing the old flour off each time. 1 '(From Daily, Feb. 15th-) i ? - - . . i. ' , . . j ' v In the suprefne court, yesterday af ternoon, - two crises -were argued and submitted. Thi cases so heard are: Sanford S. Hiris,et al.. respondents, vs. Win. Sargeant, appellant; appeal from Polk county. A j brief statement of the casejs given below: ' I U v 'This is an action of ejectment;' the complaint alleges ,that 'on the fifteenth d3y of . November, 18S4, William; M. Harris -was the owner in fee and n possession, of an undivided cne-fourth of certain real property jdescribed iujthe complaint. ' William Sargeant made answer to the complaint in iwhicHi he denied all of ihe material allegations thereof and then alleged that he was the owner of , the property in the said complaint described in ! fee simple, and that he was in. possession thereof by his tenant William j Wells and al$o that he was entitled tot such possession. The cause was triedi before-thc court with out the intervention of a jury. The cause was plainly i and fairty presehted to the court upon a stiipulaton of! the parties. On the trial of the ;said cause which was had -before: Judge Burnett the respondent; 'offered to j introduce the testimony M Mrs. J Frances Kemp, who is the mother of "the plaintiffs herein, and bjf her testimony sol to overturn the certificate made by j,the sheriff of Bentciii county, as to the (ser vices made upon the plaintiffs in said cause two of wiiom are minors, anc all of them being fminors j at tle time the said service -was cnadei Tlie court ift making. its ifindings of fact! refused Jto consider the evidence introduced, and heard 03 the trial thereof, given by the sai-d Mrs. Kem as aforesaid sustaining thereby the contention of the appellant herein, to the effect that the tsaid offer of the evidence of the said witness was incompetent ; however.) the s evidence was held subject to theiobjeHion of the appellant as to the coniipotehcy and re levancy . That' on the day of the filiihg of the findings of fact land conclusions of law thecourt rendered its judgineni therein to the effect tli at the plaintiffs have and recover of apd from the re spondent the immediate possession of the lands in the complaint described and also that the said plaSntiffs havt and recover of and from the said de fendant the costsand disbursement of said action to be tked. j It is from that judgment iliat this appeal -was taken. ' . ; . ' ; : j J , J. F. Anderson, respondent, vs. Tht Portland flouring Mills Company, ap pellant; appeal from Clackamas coun ty. The statement of fhe case follows: The respondent herein, filed hb com plaint in the circuit court for Claikamar county, against the defendant upon cause of action,, which he iclaimed ac crued to him 00 account of! a shipment of wheat which ;he had -made to the de fendant at Oregon CHy- j There was also further and separate causes of action mentioned j in tlie same complaint,, which arose out of lik transactions between j the appellant herein, and other parties being friends and neighbors of the (respondent, anc who had assigned to .1 the; responden' their respective: claims against the. de- fendant. one 01 which is Stated in the complaint: That during the years 1891, 1892 and 1893, oie John Gash, z: the special instince and request of tht defendant, did fpm time to time durinp said years, through Loughmiller & Co. its agents, ship from; Switzerland in Marion county, and dfcliver to the de fendant, at said Oregon City, diverr quantities of wheat for istorage amottnt ing in the aggregate, after deducting therefrom sales of certain quantiticf there'of 2263 53-6o bushels. Tliat tht shipments were made and said- wheat dehvered to and received by defendant subject to the Conditions that defend-an was to have the first privilege of pur chasing the same for cash.! at any time the said Gash -should conclude to sel it: that it should be subject to storagt charges of 24r cents per; bushel anc7 freight charges from the said shipping pcint to said Oregon City, and that up nn demand of defendant, wotvld deliver to sand Gash sfiid quantity pr numlguj of 4u$hels of eood. mercnantaDie wnea- Lsacked upon payment ojf the above men tioned storage.) ireign cnarges nu cents per bitshel for the sacks furnish ed, in sacking the same. The plaintiff further alleged jthat afterwards, and on the third day of October, 1894, said Gash, for a valuable consideration, duly assigned and transferred to plaintiff, all his claim to said! twheat soj shipped and delivered to defendant, together with the' full right jto demand from defen dant a delivery to himself of such like quantity of good, merchantable wheat upon the said conditions aforesaid, and all ' his rights and detmands of every nature against i defendant growing out of the said transactions. ' INSURANCE TAX PAID. State School furd Elnrichcd by Fire 1 Underwriters ? Yesterday Four Companies .Paid. A number of insurance companies, doing business in Oregon, yesterday pajd the tax. oh their net ! business for theryear 1899,1 to the) state treasurer the money so received! being placed in tbe general school fundi j The com panies paying yrcre: I ' ! ' . l North British & Mercantile Gross premiums i received, $27.59-4S'.1 prem iums returned, $3S'4-5: 1 losses paid, $7216; net business, for tire year, $6, 789.30; ,tax paid. $335-79- f ' u; Ihsurance Company of North Amer Sca Cross - premiums. $16,041.72; re turned premiums, $2163.64; losses, $4, 794.32; net business, $9981.76 tax, $100.64. . ' , ;. Magdeburg , Fire Insurance Company- Gross premiums, $12,839.90; re turned premiums, $2632.75; losses, $4, 14965: net business, $6o5&io; tax, $121.16. ' ' : r : Fire .Association of Philadelphia Gross premiums, $34,087.67; returned premiums, $4188.43; losses. $848677; net business, $21, 412.47; tax, $428.25. (From Daily, Feb. 15th.) f ; As a result of the earnest and uWied efforts of the people of the entire state, a suitable monument in commemoira tion of Oregon's brave volunteers "vho tost their lives in the Spanish-Amerifan war and tUie subsequent Filipino insur recton, wiil be. erected in Portland- j j The movement to raise the ' neces sary funds for the erection of the mon ument, was instituted by Portland peo ple, and their appeal for subscriptions to the fund was very substantially j re sponded to by people from al! parti of the state.. Subscription to this fund now aggregate about $to,ooo, but ik is desired to swell the fund. To do his. General Summers has happily devised a plan that will produce additional Funds. Of fhe plan yesterdaj''s ij'rc gonian had the following: j "A substantial addition to the monu ment fund is promised from a project now being planned by : General Sum mers. After the manufacture of all tJre medals required for members of the Second Oregon volunteers and the batteries, there will toe several pounds of bronze left unused. I In boring; the Spanish cannon it was impossible' . to figure exactly the quantity of nietal that would be procured by enlarging it to a certain caliber. '! Til is has jpror duced the little surplus, which General Summers proposes to utilize fori the idvanccment of the nronument Tund.' His idea is to have 5000 small bronze buttons manufactured, which will not ;ost to exceed . 3 cents each fori the work, and sell them for 25 cents bach. There will be np other expense i con nected with the project, and it will be seen that the price obtained will be al most entirely net profit. General -Summers proposes to have a certain duan- Jtity of them sent to each county of the state, , where they will be placed in ;harge of some patriotic person, who will c'heerfully donate his time, to mak "ng sales. 1 " "What design will be adopted for the button has not been decided uporJ. It likely that a word or two. indicating Jie patriotic move, will be on the face. Tn their . manufacture, metal from the Spanish cannon alone will be r.sed, vhich should make fhe buttons attjract '.ve, without considering the end for which they arc sold: j These buttons will be- different from those manufac tured for the use of the-volunteers." "CONVERTS, TO ROME." According to the new edition of "Converts to Rome " no fewer. than 146 Anglican clergymen have "gone over" during the progress of the "Ox brd Movement." Next in number :ome "Members of the Nobility,'' 417 The army officers who have renounced he Protestant faith are set down at x5; authors, poetst and journalists at 62; legal profession at 129: publicof icials at co; medical profession at - 60; naval officers at 39; baronets at 32; arid eers at 27. Of the : "converts" 158 'lave become priests and 290 "secular -lergy." From Oxford there have jeen 445 "converts." Christ church roviding 55 of these. Exeter col ege 45, Oriel 33, Ball iol 30. Brasenose ind Magdalen each 22, and University X). The total from Cambridge 'uni versity is given as 2ij which is less han half that from Oxford. Of this JI3 no fcwei than 79 were from Trin ty college, St. John's coming :nex vith only 28. Trinity college, Dublin, provided 23, London university 11, Durham university and King's college. London, each 10, while only 9 came rom the four Scottish uhiversites. New York Tribune. ' . FAME'S FATHWAY. E. Charlton Black, the new . head of Boston university's English depart ment, was a ward of Dr. John Brown, the famous author of "Bob and His Friends;" a classmate of Barrie at Sdinburg, a friend of Stevenson and Crockett, and afterward a regular lect urer at Harvard. Prof. Todd bf Amherst college and Percival Lowell of Boston are making preparations for a trip to Africa to observe the eclipse of the' sun in May next Mr. Lowell's interest in astron omy began in an amateur way six or ;even years ago. He founded the Low ill observatory at Flagstaff. Ariz.. ' in t894. and since then has made some im portant observations. Royal guests are expected in France during the exoosition. and tht onvom. k1111 has rented and is fitting up the ,tePr.' EviJns' mansion in the Avenue au tjois ae uoulogne, as a residence ior foreign sovereigns and princes. It has been stated that the French gov ernment is assured of the visit in the course of the spring or summer of the hah of Persia, Emperor Menclik and t nnce Ferdinand oKRoumania. WINTER BARLEY. E-ugene Register: C. J. Dodd came in from Springfield yesterday and brought us samples of 5?,eT,,!,,,, hcad amI almost ripe. Mr. Uodd says the barley patch was pastured all winter., but the crop grew rapidly that the stock could not keep e down. Mr. Dodd is the official crop reporter for Lane county and rt will be remembered that the received fhe Yer-mdal and diPloma at the Omalu Jxhibition for his exhibit of grains and ?rasse$ from Lane county. THOUGHT IT WAS ALIVE. ; The Arabs of the Sudan, more imag inative thao the Matabele, aw in the fire Horses of the railway-one of "the Djinns of the "Arabian NiglUs." har nessed by the magic of the infidel to the long train of cars- The steam en gine was to them a living, sentient being. Of which belief there is i curi ous evidence in the fact hat on one occasion a shiek made an impassioned remonstrance against the cruelty of making so small an engine draw so Ituge a train. Windsor Magazine. (From Daily, .Feb. iGtfi.) STAYTON. (Or.); Feb. 15 T!ie !y run Tuesday evenings when the vig orous, ringing of the big ball announced" the . discovery of a fire-, The alarm however proved to be a false one. The home of V. II. Ilenline was seen from a distance and thought to be an fire, but upon' investigation the fire w located about a half mile out of town in a tump patch. A grand, ban at uie stayton tipera house is announced for the evening of February 22I, ' to be given under the auspices of The Native Sons of Ore gon. The ; members of fhe cahm are sparing no pains to make this the event of the season, and a lar;e crowd is expected. - About a score of merry voting peo ple left this city Monday evening. Jn various kinds of rigs., en route to the farm home of 'Mr. and Mrs. Ah-ah Smith, near Sublimity, v here a most enjoyable evening was spent in gatnes and other innocent amusements, until a late henir, when all departed wishing the time net far distant when JMr. and Mrs. Smith wouhL again throw open their doors, in the same genial, hosnit- - able; manner. Geo. Neibert and W. II.' "ueener, prominent business men of tltis chy, were business visitors in.' Saljm Mon day. - .. -; W. If. Cooper went to Salem Mon day to serve the county as juryman through the present tYm of court. Mr. and'MrsI R. S. fleiline enter tained a; few friends with a fard party. !.-..:'': 1 i-i...ij. - i-Mr. and . Mrs. Hnghes, of Boh'ver, Mo-, passed throup-h this 5ty Friday, en route to the home of tleir daugh ter, Mrs. J. G. Richardson pf j Mchama. Th ey e x pr e s sed 1 h e m t, e 1 v e s ' a s d e! i ght ed with Oregon thus far. f f- II. II. Cross how occupied t,he Kcene house on First street, formerly oc cupied by Eugene Quesnelj Some of Stayton's yountjf eopTe at tended the masquerade ball atj Mehama oh St. Valentine's 'cveninC. if jcnjoyable time is reported. ' . ' j Mrs. :Mattheux of the Lildo hills and little daughter. Theo, jre guests at the home of Mrs. Mattheu's parents, Mr. and -Mrs. Geo. Neilert. i AT MACLEAY. Macleay. (Or.), Feb. 15 the Mac- leay orchestra met at the honk of Mr. and Mrs. E E. Martirts on "Saturday evening." and a good time nas had. St. Valentine's? Day Was observed in the school. The students had! a good old fashioned time, and the lauth went- son. Homer Sanders. Elvin Tajor and Walter Dunlap had the Valentic b,x in charge. St. Valentines Day! recalls tlie thought of the Christinas Uvc-ex- oression.' )' " This is, a busy week in the Micleay school as oral and written exanma- week. 1 ne , anus on r nuay are en tirely new in arithmetic and geography. There are now two flourishing w'er- arv societies in the school. These so cieties haVe had several lively disoiiir siohs on leadirig topics. Tz n'pth grade and -high school -pupils are' to debate a very interesting question, on Friday, and an exciting time is bilk ed for. A great deal of interest is ta'icn' in education i here, the citizens bcfig always loyal to the school. The bo.-jrd of the district, is composed of actse men, who encourage all educational moves1 in this district. The vtieinlnts are: E. Wilson, chairman; J. T. Kui I. F. Ebcrsole. - . lhe pupils wall now enjoy a sn.jrt vacation, which they have undilfibteJy Bueritcd. -During vacation the boatl will have new curtains put up. Every thing will be in readiness for the re ooenirwi of school. One hunfdrc-d an fifteen visitors are on record since tht opening of the prcstnt vear. y STUDENT. YUKON VOLUNTEERS. Chicago, Feb. 1 5. A special to th Record from Victoria. . B. C. says: The editor of the Yukon Sun is fais-1 ing a corps of mounted ex-so!dierf who will be offered to the British au thorities for service in South Africa. The ITnfcfffr '' St-ates government. through its consul here, has announced that it will present gold medals fpr.life- saving to F. J. Cosban, storekeeper; r S. Fame, policeman; 'Nigel L. Camp bell, Thomas Carr and S. Torgonoit, all of I Clayoquat, on the west coast of Vancouver .island, for gallantry and heroism displayed by them in Noveffl- ' ber last, in rescuing five seamen from tlie burning American schooner lie- ! A LOW PRICE. New York, Feb. isThe laic Ro bert Bonner's, mare Sunol was sold at auction tolay, to Jonn II. Shuh 0' Brooklyn, for $4000. Bonner paid $4'" 000 for her, ' Market Reports. The local market quotations jester day vere as follows: " ' t .Wheat 42 cents at the Salem Flou" ing Mills Co.'s office. l Oats 28 and 30 cents (buying) Hay Cheat, buying $8 to &S timothy $9 to $10. ; Flour 75 and 80 cents per sack. Mill feed Braa. $14; shorts,. ?' Butter 1754 aifU 20 cents, buying. Eggs 15(0.162-3 cents. " 1 Poultry Hens, 7(g8c. per poond. Pork Fat, 4J4c gross, sViC net. Beefr-Steers. 33j4c; cow, 3& 3Mc; good heifer, zVxc. ! Mutton Sheep, 3J4c on foot.; VeaJ 70 dressed. j . . n Potatoes- 5(g;30 cents. I '. Apples 80 cents and $1.50. - 1