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WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN, TUESDAY, MARCH 6,1900. 1 - 1 sofietiinq, ! "Interesting Siale or trade' 160 acres in Josephine county, not far from Grants Pass; two miles west of Merlin station on S. P. railroad; on good county road, Quartz creek runs through place; good 8-room house; large frame barn, chicken house, woodsh ed, etc, Five acres of orchard; ten acres bottom land; balance high red land, principally in oak tim ber. -A fine, stock farm with a range that cannot be shut off. Will be sold cheap or traded for Salem property. Sale or trade A beautiful residence property in Ashland will be sold at a low fig ure or traded for Salem property. Sale or trade A. lo-aere tract near Salem v.aniorma property. Sale or trade A fmc stork farm of 300 acres; near Willamina, with good improve ments, will be sold at a sacrifice or traded for a smaller olace in the viciniiy 01 oaicm. If you want to buy, fell or ! lamette valley or Western Oregon, give us 'a' call. We will do the square thing by you. ! . Salem Land 1 i - Up Stairs in the Statesman Building, GREAT EXCITEMENT. "New ork, March. 5-rThere war great excitement on tho cotton ex change this morning, when the call opened with prices showing an advance ol 11 to 23 points. I Is an ef ardar tf yon liar tha symptom taamcratad n thli chart. Yoa eaa bo cared without th ill ot Cibnel, B!n Mas r Qulnlna. Ther are nlnerala and arc apt to potion tha blootv Why not add your naaia to tha already larjra list ol perl eorvf by HCDT1NI IltD YAM baa cared 20.000 oth ra and I will cure yon. MITOTAN la tha greatest vtgetabla remedy ot tha century and Will rellere all tha foltowlag ayvptoma 1 f , H IDT AN eaa b had ol all drugfbU tot M eenta per package. : . ' POINTS OF WEAKNESS: x. bixiotjs KSAD- AOHB-Relleyad by HUUTAN. s-sL JAtrircica or TUB E7ES. HUD YAN wlU eanaa tha rat lowaeta; to disappear and the normal, healthy oolor ta return. ' V y,' . COATED TON OWE. TOKTID BSEATS, HUDTAN will dear tha tongue had atlt'Ui breath par and sweet. .... r .-' j -5. TurDKEuraur Akb TAtat itn TBS BTOKACH, SXTB TO IKDIQES TION. HUOYAN will clear tha etomaca ol tha txceaa ot bile, reUavo the pain and caaee Ua food to bo perfectly dictated. :- j e. xvxjhJtaxacxsT 07 tub lavjH. HUOYAN 1U loeaoa tha co&ceatloa aa te Cue tho llTor to Ita aoraal alio. " ntDTAM vfll caro all tha ahoTO tyma. toaaand make yoa well. Do not delay lancer. ' Go to yoar draggtet at owe and ro aare a pecaaaa or nCDTAN lot 60 eenta ot ' packages tor 120. XI yoar dnnjUt doee aot keep It, Bead direct to tho HUDTAN RK3X EDT t OMPANT, Baa Francisco, California. XX yon are aot aatlafled with tho effceta. re tarn the empty ni'DTAX box and wa will tetnra yoar money. - Beaamber that yoa eaa consult tho KDDTAN' DOCTQItl CRICK. Call and eee tho doctor. Yoa may eU and aeo the a. or write, aa yoa desire. Addreaa ' . "i . HUDYAN -REHEDY COIIpAlfT, Car. SWefc., Market aad Cilia fta, ; ' tea Fraaeteoe, Cat - f:1 OPTICA UP TO DATE We hare just received the instm merit represented by the accompanying cut This ts a wonderful machine With k we can test eyes without ask- in? the patient a single question and it docs the work accurate, ; No guess work with us when you have your eyes tested by this wonderful instrnrntnt-' i Call and' see us even if you don't -want glascs, try the new instrument and sec our new optical artor. ! HERMAN W. BARR, tl3 State St. Sclemtme Optlclma will be sold at a bargain or traded for trade property in aViv Dart of the Wil SPOILED BY MOLD HASV HALES AKK UBEATLY J AGED ALREADY. 4 DAM Prompt Treatment fllven the AfTected Hope In tho Salem Warehouse When '- t the might Appears. (From Daily, March 6th.) cvcral bales of badly damaged hops were received for storage at the South ern. Pacific Company's warehouse in this city yesterday. 'Mold had appear ed upon' the burlap and, no measure having been taken to prevent its spread, the agent of destruction, had penetrated the bales from all sides to a depth of four inches. The hops com prising the outer1 layers of the bales were of a rusty color, dry and musty, while the natural flavor of the entire bale had beenlestroyed. It was not ascertained front what point the hops were received. I When mold first appears on the baled hops in the Salem -warehouse they are immediately treated and the further spread of the destructive, element pre vented. The bales are stripped of the burlap, thoroughly scraped and then sewed vtp again. The Oregon Hopgrowers' Associa tion had nothing to report - yesterday in the way of sales. Mr. Winstanley said regarding the offer the association received Saturday from a Portland buy-, cr for 700 bales, that he yesterday re ceived a telegram making an advance of one-half cent per pound above the original order, but the amended offer is: still one-half cent per pound below the association's price, and will prob ably not be entertained by the sales committee, unless-, the association's Price can be obtaintM SALE OF FRUIT TREES. The spring trade in the nursery business has ojcncd under most ! auspicious condi tions. The Oregon Wholesale Nursery Company, of this city, is already enjoy ing a big business, 'in fact it has been kept constantly busy throughout the "winter season filling orders. Apples ar-d prunes are, the principal varieties being sold, but many orders for pear and cherry trees, are being received. Locally, the sale of prune trees is the largest, many of the orchards that were damaged by the frost last year being replaced, while the increased sale of apple trees is substantial evidence of the fact that the Willamette valley farmer is devoting more attention to the culture of this fruit. VVhv is k that men are so an Ion to pull the bell on the back of a street Office car when they couldn't be hired to do inspiration and relief from a gentle rub" it for living P-rPhiladelphia Times. .ibing of his beard. The Austrian em THE ASYLUM BOARD XOXTIIXY KErOBT ! Of SCPT. J. CALBREATII AUDITED. A Terr SatUfaetory State ef Affalra Shown-Coat of Conducting tho Biff Inatltatloav. j (From Daily, March 6th.) The board of trustees of the Oregon hospital for the insane held j' the regular monthly meeting at the capitol yester day, for the purpose of acting on the monthly report of Supt. J. Fj Calbreath, and auditing ; bills against the institu tion. The report lor February shows a very satisfactory !. of affairs at the asylum; there being no escapes record-, ed durintr the twenty-eiirht days; the cost of keeping the patients- was 37 4 100 cents each: iftie cost er month, per capita, was $10.4995-100. The pay-roll for the month aareregates $S556.07- Following is the cost of conducting the asylum departments: j - : Kitchen and dining room. .4?i,043 30 Male department. 473 SO 30a 24 323 63 45 88 Female department.. .. 3akery ':,. Laundry..... ...... .... Engine room v ..... Farm; earden and dairy. 278 2t 40 64 9 50 Stable....! ... Repairs. .... .......... 79 I Miscellaneous..... ... .. Durg store. .. .. .... ... 155 7.1 200 00 227 40 80 88 Sewing room Center building. Office.. . SO 77 West Cottage. East . Cottaare. . . 2 60 3 17 1376 80 Stanley Farm. . Lxpense . . . Infirmary.. Caipenter shop Factory Tailor shop.... . Total..... .. 06 78 143 36 7 21 76 20 . 103 72 ...$6,719 75 The report showing the number of patients treated, those received, dis charged and died during the month, is as follows: . '- i No. Patients Jan. 31st No. ret'd escapes.... Total under care v. . No. died. , ..... ... , , No. discharged. ..... No. died.. ujscnargea and died. 10 ; 5 21 No. patients Feb. 28th 799 1368 1167 Average No. daily..; .i ;i 171 11-28 The statement showing the number of employees and "patients fed arid lodtrcd during February gives the following: no, officers and employees. .4 141 Ave. No. patients .1171 11-28 Total 3312 11-28 The cost of keeping the employes and patients is shown in the following sta tistics taken from the report 3 Cost, per capita, monthly .$10.4995-100 Cost, per .capita, daily.... 13742-100 ROBBED A WIDOW. The resi dence of Mrs. Adclia FrenchJ at Fruit land, was entered by burglars on the nignt of February 23d. (Mrs. French reports that all members of 4hc family were chloroformed, and the house was ransacked, with the result that $41 in casrti was -Secured bv thfc - nocturnal prowlers, the money belonging to her two sons. Wick and F. ,B. French, the tormer being at home on a visit to his mother at the time, while the latter is at present in San Francisco, attending school. ) 4: 1 WILIWED. The weddim? Af Mi Adcle Frances Harritt, of this city, and Mr. Harry W. Green! of '(Portland, will take place at the home of the bridc clect's father. Mr. J. WJ Harritt. on Church street, on Thursday next. The ceremony will be Derforfiwrl at 2 r. m by Rev. F. J. .Brown, of the Methodist Episcopal church of Yew Park. A LARCENIST. R. M. Thorn come up from Portland last ; evening, having in charge Ed. Flannigan. whom he delivered to the state penitentiary on a sentence from Multnomah county. Flannigan was convicted of grand lar ceny and sentenced to serve fifteen mbntli3. MORE SAVINGS. A total of $7.oa from the different schools was yester day added to the school savinlsrs bank deposits. The amount was contributed by the different schools as follows: Ea'st. $18.86: Central U7.7it Lincoln. -5.36; Park. $4-44; North, $1.67. MONARCHS AS ORATORS In our democratic age it is becoming more and more necessary .- that i princes and, kings should have something to say and know how to say it. The speeches ; of European rulers are scanned with the closest scrutiny, for, although "the king's mouth" no longer orders peace or war, men are prone to look to their words for an index', of the trend 1 of . events. In the case of the German emperor, that most eloquent of monarchs, statesman and journalists nave Itfng recognized that, although his orations arc often overladen with the ornaments of rhetoric, he general ly knows when to speak and j what impression to make. His speeches' arc of his own composition, usually spoken on the-spur of the moment.- His; voice is clear, every syllable correctly enun ciated. ,In his speeches he uses! what are. known as "head notes" as opposed to chest netes." His grandfather the old emperor, was a silent man. j The Germans say he conquered the Ffench with his steel cannon, but his gyand aon will conquer them with his iilver tongue. ' Queen Victoria always reads any speech more than a sentence! or two long, but her voice is a beautiful one, carrying far. The Queen' of Spain is always, nervously trembling when she reads her speeches; Moemi says she never raise9 her eyes from I the manuscript in her shaking hand. iThc young Queen of Holland has a child ish, clear voice; each word comes clear as a bclL Ferdinand of Bulgaria is no orator. . He hurries over the first few j sentences, only to pause in the middle of his speech. He evidently obtains 800 364 1 164 1 1 815 373 "88 .-..k ...... yriy 6 1 3 9 10 3 9 1 ksj ssx vtzti expected. He memorizes hii addresses after they are written for him in large letters on sheets of . white foolscap. King Humbert nasi an excellent voice, but is a most s indifferent speaker. Anything- over a Sentence or tw;d is mem orized from a manuscript supplied by his secretary. The . Qdeen of Italy is a brilliant speaker, fluent, ' eloquent, tactful. Unfortunately her gifts as an orator are seldom in request Leisure Hour. ' SERIOUS TROUBLE S AMONG SUFFRAGISTS. Mrs. Blake's Followers Say j That She Was Beaten by the Personal Efforts of Aunt Susan. iNew York, February aa--There is every likelihood of a division in the National .VVoman Suffrage Association. The election at the annual convention in AVashingtofl last , week of iMrs. Car rie Chapman: Catt "as president has aroused) a strong feeling throughout the country among the friends of Mrs. Lillie Devereux .Blake, who was also a candidate for the office, and who, it was said, was defeated through the per sonal opposition of the retiring pres ident, Miss Susan B. Anthony. Mrs. Blake's friends maintain that she is by experience far better qualified for the post, but that Miss Anthony aided Mrs. Catt because she could control the latter and, still direct every move ment of the association, while iMrs. Blake would have submitted to the dictation' of no one. I Mrs. Blake?s frienda say Uhat Miss Anthony has made it a rules for years to. suppress every able -Wortian in the association. They say, also,; that Mrs. Catt is altogether too youric: for the presidency, as she is only 42 years old. while for Miss Anthony to f (have said that -Mrs. Blake, at 60, is too old, is absurd in the face of the iact that Miss Anthony was 72 when first she was elected. There is talk of a rival organ-; ization. and Mrs. iBIake confirms the existence of a plan m the; following statement: i "The efforts of the association have for years been to orijanize 1 in towns and villages, particularly ' t-h rough out the. West, oly own view of the best method (for securing better conditions for women includes the securing of na tional and state legislation. JThis part of the work has been et aside and neglected entirely during the last year In view of these circumstances, and that it is impossible to secure the oc- opcration of the national association. it s possible that those in favor of that branch of our work may (form a new association devoted to legislation. b. r . CJironicle. I MONROE DOCTRINE FOR ASIA. The following editorial article from the Philadelphia - Times of 'February 23d refers to a matter of peculiar inter est to the people' of the Pacific coast. In order to give lopportunity for a study of the" address to which the editoral article refers, we print it on another page'of thi issue: h n"Those who will read the modest. wise and witty address of the Chinese minister, Wu Ting " Fang, before the student and faculty of the Unversity yesterday, will come to the conclusion that the Chinese government, however conservative arrd -behind this progressive age it may be in other matters, adopts t lie "very sensible up-toKlate ipolicy ' of Jdecting trained statesmen as foreign ambassadors. A more timely, com prehensive and appropriate address for the occasion could not have been mad by the foremosA statesman of our own country, and ihe fact that it was made by the Chinese minister shows that he has studied the history and institutions of the United States to excellent pur pose. . - "Sympathetic in its recognition of the new relations of ih United -States and China, established by otir acquisition of the Philippines, the address of . Wu Ting Fang at this juncture possesses an especial value because of timely ad vice offered regarding the difficulties of administering the governmental af fairs of a people with a language, bus ipcssand social methods, religion and hereditary cdstoms entirely different from ours. The advice to go slow, to strdy the customs and methods of the pcople of our new dependencies so that a just and ccimmon'ground of conduct- ing all transactions with these people may be found, is so delicately offered that it can give no offense to the most rabid anti-Chinese agitator, and it is so wise and timely that not to accept profit by and follow it would be an in excusable blunder. Best of all, the address, in its allusions to Washington and his care-jr. inc'nt.ling his farewn1 address, and to the consistent fjreign policy of the American government for more than 1 century, shows that the speaker ,has, practiced ( what he preached.- 4 "As the "Spanish war has resulted in the acquisition of important possesions contitruous to the Chinese "Empire, which must be administered in some way. we are extremely fortunate in having in the Chinese ambassador a man of such statesmanlike qualities as Wu Ting Fang. With his extensive knowledge of ;Oricntal affairs and the differences between Oriental customs and methods nd our own, he will be an excellent man for our state depart ment to consult often and long, for he catt certainly point out many ; dai gCT ousi pitfalls into J which inexperienced feet might easily and iunwittingly stray. 11 wm oe weii tor i tnnse who are clothed with the" responsibility of man aging the affairs of our new Philippine possessions to avoid the fatal mistake of supposing they, have nothing to learn in the discharge of their difficult duties. Modesty in this respect will be invaluable, and whh a humble teali zation that they do not know n all the officials of our state f department will find it well worth -while to take ;ome les sons in Oriental statesmanship jnd di plomacy of Wu Ting Fang.' !many orders made A DUST DAT I If JCDCIE R. F, I DEPARTMENT. BOISE'S Caaee Set fer Ueaarlsa: Tb Salt Over tho gilrer Dollar Mine Wu on Trial Yeaterday. i , . (From Daily, March 6th.) Tudcre R- P. Boise, at 0 o'clock yes terdav moraine, convened the -) second department of the' state circuit court for Marion county with a-large docket. Durinjr the lay a large number of cases were disposed of, some being continued indefinitely, -while others were set ior hearing during ihe coming ten days. ", The docket entries made during the dav are as follows: Mary Strong, plauntitt, vs. j ueorge Herren. defendant. . stipulation for dis missal; testimony to be taken 'March 6th. - . . E. F. Neff, insolvent, C. P. Bishop, assignee; assignment; settled and as sitrnee discharsred. - James ".McRae, plaintiff, vs. Neil Mc- Rae, defendant; equity J continued. Robert Schultze, plaintiff, vs. Ernest E. Ryan, et al., defendant; injunction; continued. J. F. Drake, plaintiff, vs. 1 V. Hick ev. defendant: injunction: continued. j. F. Ross, plaintiff, vs. Charles Rogers, defendant; injunction; continu ed. , ' f - ' A. L. Rankin, plaintiff, vs. Ambrose Strong, et al.. defendants; injunction; continued. IL T. Rankin, plaintiff, vs. Neil Wil- uamson, celendant; injunction; con tinued. ; ' 'H A. .Malcolm, plaintiff, vs Eliza beth vV'eeks, defendant; injunction; con tinued. S. T. Munkers, et al., plaintiff, vs. Benjamin F. Munkers, et al.,i defend ants; partition; continued. T. T. Burkhart. plaintiff, vs. Ambrose Strong, et al., defendants; injunction; continued. ' M. B. Rankin, plaintiff, vs. Frank D. Scott, defendant; injunction: continued. iMattie E. Eldriedge, plaintiff, vs. John berhard et al., defendant; par tition; settled and dismissed. Elizabeth Simms, plaintiff, vs. Louis H. Peterson,, et al., defendants; fore closure;, continued. J. F. T. B. Brcntano, plaintiff, vs. C. F. Brentano. -defendant : eauitv: at is- Fsue for trial. J. Q. Wilson, plaintiff, vs. Myrtle and V. F. Vaughn, defendants; confirma tion; continued. S. F. Northcutt, plaintiff, vs. J. I. Thompson, et al., defendants; confirm ation; confirmed. Vallier Wattier plaintiff, vs. Sarah A. Wattief, defendant; divorce; set .for Thursday, 2 p. m. , Ruben Davis, plaintiff, vs. Ida M. Triphagen, defendant; motion to dis miss; settled and dismissed. Walter L. Redman, plaintiff, vs. Em ily G. Redman, defendant: divorce; trial set for Tuesday, March r.?th, 10 a. m. Rosa J. Scribncr, plaintiff, vs. Orrie Scribner, defendant; divorce; default; trial. Wednesday, March 7th. 2 p.m. Canada Settlers' Loan & Trust Co.. (Ltd.), plaintiff, vs. Thos.1. Goldeii, et al.. defendants; Receivership; default and decree. i Salem .Building & IOan Association, plaintiff, vs. G. W. Harris, et al., de fendants; foreclosure; F. A. Turner ap pointed cuardian ad litem for Clyde and Arthur Harris Minors. Salem Building & iLoari Association, plaintiff, vs. II. W. Sutton, et al., de fendants; foreclosure; dismissed., In the matter of the last will and tes tament of Vercna Wichser-Booth, de ceased; appeal from county, court; trial ie for Monday, March 12th. at 16 a m. 1. 1. Geer, governor et al., plaintili, vs. tL-lien -bavaRe, detennant; conhrma- tion; objections to confirmation ; order ed that sale be set aside and new sale be made and that land be sold in parcels! Judge Geofge H. Burnett, held a brief session of his department of the circuit court yesterday morninjr. and the case of W. H: Fletcher, vs. George Applcyard et'al.. was tried. When the plaintiff's testimony has been sub mitted. a nonsuit -was eranted. The suit was over the .possession of the Sil ver Dollar mine in the Llkhorn coun try, formerly the property of Amos Strong. The following entries were also made when - court adjourned to Tuesday, June sth, at 9 a. m.: W. S. Lehman, vs. W. II. Holmes. action for money; settled. " - W. 3. bkiff, vs. lulcn savage et al., action for money; default and iud;- ment with order to sell attached prop el ty. Geo. W. Edgar, vs. David W. Jidgar, and T. L. Golden, suit in equity to set aside deed; Findings and decree for de fendant, dismissing suit with costs to each defendant. CHURCHILL'S ESCAPE. His Well-Told Story of a Thrilling J-- Adventure. ' Mr. ' Winston iChurohill's detailed story of -his daring escape from Pre toria and hi subsequent adventures fills thrr?e columns of the London Morning Post, and is a vivid piece of writing. On . the,, night of December 12th he had arranged to escape from the Model Schools with another officer. "Tuesday, the twelfth! (He writes.) Night came again. Again the dinner bell sounded. Choosing my oppor tunity; I strolled across the quadrangle and secreted' myself in one Sol the of fices. .Through a chink I watched the sentries. For half art hour they re mained stolid and obstructive. ; Then, all of a sudden, one turned and walked up to his comralde. and they began to talk :Their backs were turned. ."Nowor iwvcr. I darted out of my hiding place antj ran to the wall, seized the top with my hands, and drew my self tip. Twice I let mysctf down a Rain in sickly hesitation, and then, with a third resolve, scrambled up. The trip was flat. . Lying on it, I had one part ing glimpse of the sentries, still talking, still with their (backs turned; but I repeat, fifteen yards away. ; "Then I lowered myself silently down into the adjoining garden and crouched among he shrubs. I was free. The first step had been taken, and it was irrevocable. "It now remained to await the arrival of my comrade. The bushes of the garden gave a jrood deal of cover, and in the moonlight . their shadows lay black on the ground. Twenty yards, away was the house, and I had hot been five minutes in hiding before I ' perceived that it was full of people; IIIC HlUUUnl ie.h "timiu . rooms, and within I could see figures moving about.. j lhis was a iresn compueaiion. we had always thought the house unoccu pied. Presently a man came out cf the door and walked across the garden in my nrccuon. pcarcciy cn varus away he stopped and stood still, look ing steadily toward me. I remained absolutely motionless. For a long time the man and I remained opposite each other, and every instant I expect ed him to spring forward. , I "After a spell another man came out of the liouse, lighted a cigar, and both Yt !n-t 4h otlir wn-lkrd off nirfliii No sooner had they turned than a cat .miirsiied bv -a doer rushed : into thp ;- bushes and collided with me. The startled animal uttered a Vniaul' of alarm and darted back again, making a diorrible rustlmg. iBoth' men stoppc.! - at once". But it was only a Cat, and" they passed into the town. T looked at my -watch. An hour hati. passed since I climiled the wall.- VVVa- ii-ie mar rrr ri A & X Qii!1nT xr ' T heird a, voice frbm within the quad rar(glea say. quite, loud, 'All up. I crawled back to the wall. The officers side jabbering Latin words, laughing, n nainiiiie . ul. anu -uv.nl, ,111. , 'ft 1 1 v 1 and talking all manner of nonsense aiiTiirt which T li-aiiirht mv in-m 1 I risked a cough. One of the of ficers nnmcaiateiy Dcgan to chatter aiione. the other said, slowly and clearly. cannot eet out. Th.. sentry suspects. It's all up. Can you get back again? But now all my. fears fell ' from me at once. To go back was impossible. I could not hope to climb the wall unnoticed. , I said to tne omcers: i snail ro on :aione. I "The gate, wliich led into the road was only a few yards from another sen ttyv I. strode into the middle of . the garden, walked past the windows of the house without aMy attempt at con cealment, and so went through the ' gate and turned to the left. . f .1 . 1 . i - .1 r i uasMru inc CIlly ai its liiuu live yards. Most of them knew me by sght. Whether he looked at me or not I do not know, for I never turned' nry head. But after walking a hundred yar.ds I knew that the second obstacle had been surmounted. I was at larne n Pretoria. ' ' . "I walked on leisurely through the nightv humming a tune and choosing the middle of the road. The streets were full of burghers, but thev paid no attention to nc. 'Gradually I reached tlie suburbs and on a little bridge I sat down to reflect and consider. "I was in the heart of -the enemy's country. I had .75 in nny pocket and four slabs of chocolate I formed a plan. I would, find the Dcl.iRoa Bav railway. Without mnp or cr.npass I must follow that in spite of, the pickets. ifter walking south for half a nine I struck the railroad." How Mr. Churchill boarded a pass ing train and eventually arrived at -Delagoa Bay Iras already been - re ported. . " CASTOR I A For Infants and Cbildxen. 1 112 Kind You Hare Always Bought Boars the Sinstore of NO. LO V E L I K E !M OT II E R LO V E. ' U 1 . . There is no love like the Sood old love The love that mother gave usL Vc arc old, old men, yet we' pine 'again For that precious grace- God s?ve us! S wc dream arrd dream of the good ' old times, A,nd o".r hearts grow tenderer; fend 1 er, - As those dear old dreams bring sooth ing gleams Of hcavtn away off yonder. - Eugene, Field. O Beantia Bigaatura .of ilia Rind Yea Ham Alwars Boarfl her Marriage contract. San Francisco. March 5. In the suit of Mrs. Nettie P. Craven, against the heirs" of the late Senator Fai.r today, Mrs. Margaret S. Cosac, a nirrsc by profession, proved to be one of the strdngest witnesses yet put forward by die Craven attorneys. Mrs. Cosac tes tified that in 1892 she nursed Mrs. Craven through a sickness, and that Mr. Craven showed her marriage cont tract. . . '- REBATE. "That doctor saved my life." "How grateful you must feel." "Yes: but he brags to " me about so much that I almost wish he hadn't Detroit -Free Press, Market Reports--- Th'e local market quotations yester day Tere as follows: Wheat 41 cents at the Salem Flour ing Mills Co.' office. Oats 28 and 30 cents (buying). Hay Chc-t, buying $8 to $S.So; timothy, $0 to $10. Flo'ir 75 and 80 cents per sack Mill feed Bran, $14; shorts,. $iS . Butter 171! and 20 cents, buying. Eggs 9 cents cash. . Poultry Chickens 8c. per pound., - Pork Fat, 4M gross, 5 net. Beef Steers, 44!4c; cows, $') 3)ic; good heifer, 4c. Mutton 'Sheep, 4c on foot. Veal 7c dressed. Potatoes--25(530 cents. 1 Apples 80 cents and $1.50.