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JlJILJ ...LLlJ a.! C::rs Hastily Leave Tfcc Trenches Cn Hc-crts frcst. C-ITIS3 MADE AflAMC MOVEMENT XklcTblr EmbIm' DfaW Werka . XTataaUI A Umm mmA If act Eqalp ' f natWulbudoud. i LONDON. March a (Thursday. S a. m.). Lord Roberts wired yester lay morning, from Osfonteiiv and in the evening from Poplar Grore. four teen miles eastward. By the applica tion of strategy, fthe Boer positions, fifteen milet long across his path, have Wen mntied and their holders have teen obliged to retire in confusion. consequent noon the tiasty withdrawal. Nothing was done by Lord. Roberts to disturb the symmetry ot the deadly inecnuitv of the Boer trenches in front of him. lie marched out the infantry, estimated from the commands named. at 30,000 men, and sent 10,000 horsemen and horse artillery in a bow sweep around the Boer let, whereupon! the Boer center and right became unten able. Fifty British fell when the cav alry came into contact with the Boers. Corretpondents differ as to S the 'en emy, strength. The Daily Mail cor respondent thinks the Boers i number something more than 4000. the Uauy News estimates them at, 10.000. ; ! As these figures come from observers at headquarters, it is clear that Lord Roberts force was overwhelmingly su perior. He can scarcely have fewer than 45.000. immediately available, as the Guards brigade reached him from Lord Metbuen - Tuesday. Lord Meth uen now commands only volunteers and the local forces at Kimbdrley, some of whom have gone toward Mafc king. The Boers do not yet appear to appreciate the -mobility " of Lord Rob erts' corps, which was able to strike so swiftly in this affair that the enemy had to abandon a gun. much forage and a large . quantity of camp equii- ment. - - s ROBERTS REPORTS. :, London, March'?. -( Midnight). -The war office has just posted the follow ing advices from Lord Roberts: rPopjkr Grove, 'March 7. -f Eve re in g). We had a very successful day. and have completely routed the enemy. who are-in full retreat. The' position which they occupy is extremely strong , and cunningly arranged, with a second line of entrenchments. t which would have caused us heavy losses had a di rect attack been made. The tnming movement was necessarily difficult, ow ing to the nature of the ground, and the cavalry and horse artillery horses are much done up. The fighting; was practically confined to the cavalry di vision, which, as usual, did exceedingly well, and General French reports that 'the horse artillery batteries did great execution among the enemy. Our casualties are- about fifty. I regret to say that Lieutenant Keswick was! kill- ru aim orcunn Lieutenant tsaney wa.i severely wounded, both of the Twelfth Lancers. Lieutenant De Crespigny, of the Second Life Guards. Was se verely wounded. Generals Dt wet i and' De I-acey commanded I the Boer forces." . . ' 1 i l THE ENEMY PURSUED, i Osfontein, 'March 7- Lord J Roberts forces attacked early this morning. General ; French turned the southern part of the position of the Boers, jwho fled, leaving "a gun and a large quan tity of forage and their tents. He is now in pursuit. The Boers on the north bank y are also evacuating (their position. , i CRONJE'S PRISON, i London. March 7. The Dufrh ris- ings in the northwestern: tittri- -tj Cape Colony are the only clouds f vis ible in the sky of .British prospects. The military authorities havl decided that General Cronje and the'othcr Boer prisoners shall be sent immediately to the island of St. Helena, there to re main until the end of the war. j FUTURE MOVEMENTS.! London. March 7. The' Dutch forces will now probably! fall back upon Winsburg, and the high hills between Venorsburg and Senekal, between; the Vet and the Valsch rivers. This is de scribed by South Afrtcansas the most formidable defensive ; position in i the Free State, and lateral railroads 1 lead up behind it at Bethlehem and Kron-ta4.-: The Vaal river is a long) dis tance behind these commanding kopjes and the Witwatersrand ridge,! of which Johannesburg i the key lies to the north. If Lord Roberts has sent a strong body of infantry toward Vrv- burg and Mafeking. it will; naturally be reinforced and converted fin due time into a turning column against that strong position. j j j -, The, results of the Dutch concentra tion are disclosed in the facility iwith which the district south of the Orange river ha been cleared. General Gat acres army is not strong, since an en tire brigade was called back to rein force Lord Roberts corps. -yet he has been able to take possession of Storm berg without a struggle. The Boers had retreated from that natural for tress to Rooikop, and left the toad open to Burgersdorp. The occupation of Stormberg gives General Gatacre the w"!"!?1, ot -the' ra!y westward to Mtddleburg. and enables him to ad vance northward toward the Orance river. -. i .. -i i CIVIL WAR. Cliina Will Be Involved in a War Russia May Help. ! Chicago, March 7. A special to the Record from Victoria. -LT. C, says; Ac cording to Asiatic advices by the steam er Empress of India, the recent coup P" etat of the empress, dowager i of China, in. which the emperor Kwang Su. was dethroned and the 6-vear-old son of Prince Tuan named as his! sue cessor, bids fair to embroil the celestial empire in civil war. At Swatow the Chinese are already in revolt, and in many other parts of the Empire they are taking up arms against the empress and tnanchus. The reform party, which at the head of the movement to fo ment rebellion, is in receipt of a tele gram front Kaug Ya -Wei. sent from Singapore, in which he says he can raise jm army of 40,000. - The China Gazette says the empress dowager and her advisers, being afraid of a revolution n I'tKing, nave -Tr-AA -, ti Russian vftvrrnmfnt for herp, and that the Japanese government has protested, telegrams irom -eicing m limnrcr naMrs saV.it is reoorted that Russia has sent warships to the rocuth ot the xam river. SOME FRICTION. Bachelor Officers in the Navy Com plain of Admiral Watson. . . .New York. Marhc 7 A special to the Herald from Washington says: It is said that there has been some fric tion between R ear-Admiral Watson and officials- of his fleet. . Commander E. D. Taussig was summarily detach ed from the command of the Ben--nington and ordered home for alleged criticism of the ' commander-in-chief, hough it is sakf that Commander Taussig was not insubordinate. There has also been friction between the rear-admiral and the bureau of navigation relative to his chief ;ef staff. Rear Admiral Watson several months ago desired Commander C C Corn wall to act as his chiesof staff and as signed him to the duty, but the depart ment -disapproved his action, i Only recently the department ordered Cap tain Charles M. Thomas to command the Brooklyn.: Rear-Admiral Watson transferred . Captain James M. For sythe from the Baltimore to the Brook lyn, and it is said gave an explanation as to bis action in compliance with a request made by the department.,' i The bachelor officers of the fleet have already complained because the "mar ried officers, whose . wires were in Ma nila, were allowed to remain on shore without procuring permission from the commander-in-chief, one or two nights a week, while the order of the rear admiral required the younger unmar ried men tO be on their ships after 7 or 8 o'clock at night, and not to remain on shore without written permission. A DEEP GLOOM. Cast Over Congress by the Death of " Representative Harmer. ; I : jf Washington, March 7.- The death of Representative dlarmer, . of Permf -vania. "the , father of the.house" cast a deep gloom over the proceedings to day;. He was the oldest. member of the house, both in length of service and in conitmuons service. As such. it was his duty to swjear in the incoming speaker at the opening of each con gress llis only appearance in the house this session was when he made a special trip from Philadelphia, at the oien4ng session in December, to ad minister the oath to' Speaker Hender son. Harmer served 27 years. ' His death makes General Henry Bingham, of Pennsylvania, the "father of the house. A BIG PENSION. Ex-Queep Litiuokalani to Receive 1. $10,000 per Annum. WashinglonIarch 7. The senate comittee jon" foreign relations today authorized the reporting of an amend- ment tothe -diplomatic appropriation bill, appropriating $ jo. 000 to be paid to ex-Queen LFnuokalam, and provid ing for an annual donation of $10,000 to her as long as she may hve. Washington, (, March 7. The senate committee on appropriations today au khorized a favorable report on the house bill, jwovidmg that the revenues collected Irom f uerto Kico be expend od in that island. MANY NATIONAL BANKS. WILL BE STARTED THROUGH , OUT HIE COUNTRY. When the New Ciirrency -Bill Becomes , ; , a Law and Present Restnc 1 tions. Are iModified. I N E W YO R K. March 7. Ad vices. received by local banking interests to day, from the smaM towns and villaees throughout the United States, indicate that state banks in all sections of the country art preparing to take out char ters under the national system, as soon a- the currency bill becomes a law The New York banks are alreadv mak ing efforts to secure the business- of these institutions, one bank in this city alone receiving today more than thirty inquires upon the subject. One man from a Western town told a bank of ficer that he expected to start eight banks with a capital of $.25,000 each, i Reports of similar preparations, in other sections of the country, led to the prediction bv an officer of on r,f the best known banks, that fully 20 do nanonai cnarters would be applied for after the existing restrictions were modified. . IN KENTUCKY. Frankfort. Kv Marrh t Tl,- Ur.c today passed the .ir-flnrA r-,;ir,A ar.u-extortion fcill. by a vote of ;6 to j Piii autnorues the state rail road COmmissSrm In 4itc imnvimiun . , .v la freight rates; and to punish for discrim- ixiiun ma extortion, rrom a party MjnupoiiK s passage was the carrying put of the principal planks in the plat form, on which th. lit )MArni; Governor Goebel was -nominated. The republicans in a body opposed the bill. The GoeJeI ascaccin Yur-irH Kill ftr $100,000. became a law today, by the arovai ot the democratic Governor oecKnam. . ONE NOTTDENTIFtED. San -Fran-irn iXfarrh . T iVio hundreds of bodies of dead soliders re ceived at the Presidio from the Philip pines, one remains unidentified. - It is supposed to 1 be that ot Irrivate Thomas Bryant, of Comnanv I?. Fir Cfnr. nia Regiment, and if his mother can be found, it is believed she can make this surmise a certainty. GEORGIA REPUBLICANS. vVtlanta, March 7. The republican state convention opened here today for the purpose of choosing delegates to the National -Republican convention. and transacting other business. A res olution indorsing the administration of President McKinley was adopted, as was also one regretting the death of Vice-President Ifobart. f 9J,M9SmmJ,mmmm'mmmmmJmmm''mmSJ'-9-j. 1 UACHINHTDN' " . t nnwuu.w. -.. -I- CORRESPONDENCE, J "? i wwyvwwww www -WASHINGTON. D. C February B 3S40, to enlarge the Sold post office 28 Confess has been occupied with -building at Portland appropriating.; all other subjects. These are the to- diligently pressed it as member of the J nar.c'iaj bill and the Puerto Rica meas- committee on public .buildings. With- j ure the last one of the mOst interest- in a few days he secured favorable ac- j . V'' nf th. nresent time It tion and the bAl is r now before the ,ng subjects of the present t.me It housfc Xhough thcrt. i$ disposition to seems fhat this favored isle had been mafce no new appropriations for public more gently treated by Spain than any v buildings, Senator Sirort. hopes that other of her insular dominions. Since ihey will consent to improve build-! the American occupation it has been jng so necessary, especially, when he ravaged by storm and had no market can show that it has been pronounced for her products. Its people are uffer- unsafe for years past tyj engineers, and ing great hardships and the determina-, the Portland bar hasi presented the tion is to offer them good terms, to need of the addition asked ?or. Sena make their lots as comfortable as we tor Simon has work to ;d on the judi can. . tt . ciary committee that is bnporiant and ; ' ; . i Representative Moody is working to get favora'ble consideration in the house for Senator Simon's bill that passed the senate, providing for the enlareement of the old post office building at Portland. The committee on public buildings had determined not to pass any new bills of that char- acter this session, but it is understood they may report favorably for increase of some appropriations ; already ; made to enable construction to proceed where work has been- delayed by in- creased cost ot labor ana materials over the first estimate.. 'lie- has also been giving careful ! at- terrtion to two other tills of importance to his district, that Senator .McBride lias passed in the senate: S. B. 045, for launch for Astoria customs service; and S. B. 359. making Astoria a port to and from wh-ch dutiable goods. can be shipped in bond. ' I die has also been impressing on: the public lands commute of -which he is a member another important bill (of Senator iMcBride's) that passed the senate, a short .while ago, for repay- men t of $1.25 per acte to settlers on iortesteu railroad lands, who had paid $2.50 per acre trader former laws, i 1 i : 1 Representative Tongue is one of the busiest men in congress. When I saw him last he had two type-writers at work and tells me that it requires that many experts to do h:s correspondence. He lets no business go unanswered but all letters are replied to immediately, The work of a congressman is drudgery -if he attends to the wants of his con stituents. There are -no more hard working men in this city than the Ore gon delegation. , , ' ; 'Mr. Tongue has. leen drawing up a list of the new po.st offices he has had created and we counted 62 fourteen of them in Lare county. During the three years he has been in congress there has been much improvement in postal service in the first district, many weekly routes having been increased to semi-weekly, tri-weekly or daily, .- so that the mail facilities have greatly ii!", creased. ' j s During that time he has secured 275! original pensions, or increase of pen-; sions before granted. These have added to his district revenue of . overr $2,000 per month. He has now in his hands: fully a thousand other pension claims that will receive his attention .as fast as he can find time. ... . , . s j j j He has taken firm attitude and made speeches on the gold standard. .One of these was on he Teller resolution to pay bonds in silver, When the republican congressional committee two years ago got up a campaign document, they quoted from; speeches made by five distinguished men and used that made by Mr. Tongue. ! lie has taken strong ground for exi pansion and made a plea for annexa tion ' of Hawaii. He advocate ';fh election of United States senators by n.ino members, there are lut three sen vote of the people; while he made no' ; . atqxs 'Proctor of Vecmont, formerly speeches on the tariff, he worked sue- secrertary- of war. and Ga'linger of ccssfully to secure protection for the fruits and products of the Pacific coast ! Appropriations for the Willamette and Y'amhill rivers for the 26 yeafs from 1871 to 1S97 the time of Hs coming to congress were $288,500. curing tne last tnree years they aggr gated $160,000 or five times the annual sum of the procedin-g 26 years. Expei-- n . 1 r . ... r me Mitans mum ior ine constituents of a congressman. For he has if c deserves promotion been placed 4n important committees. If really influ ential he may be chairman of some committee. 'Mr. Tongue belongs ito one very important committee and isf a committee chairman. Much to have accomplished within three years. S "The irresistable logic of events": is received as proof positive. There was no influence to secure for Oregon member such promotion save person al desert. ; i t (Membership of important commit tees ; commands friendship from many who desire to pass measures pending. The success of a congressman re dounds to the advantage of his consti tuents. Our congressmen occupy good MISS A'MALIA KUESSNR TALK OF HER IMPRES- f SIONS OF CECIL RHODES. New York, Feb. 23. Miss Amalia Kuessner. whose success in New York as a painter of miniature portraits was followed by even greater success j in Europe, where she painted the Czar, the Duchess of 'Marlborough, anrmany other celebrities, arrived here yester day on the White Star steamship Teu tonic, i she asked lor-tne latest news concerning the Boer war, saying ffhat she left South Africa just before fthe fighting began. - ; "I went to South Africa." she faid" "for the purpose of paintintr a portrait ofCecil Rhodes. I was there about three months. I left before the breaking Out of hostilities. Things were - just f get ting troublesome when I lefu But Mr. Rhodes did not believe .that there would be any such trouble as there re ally has been. He never thought that the matter would result in war al though he is something of a ;: warrior himself. . - '', T .''; "lie gave me daily sittinss. and 1 had a good opportunity to study the man. I found him to be an entirely different sort of a man from the Czar of Russia. and this is about the best way that I can describe him. He is a man of War. The czar is a man of peace. A least that is how these men struck me. Each gave me daily sittings for a month, afid L was in a position to observe their fiecB-f uaruics. 1 was more impressed .with the personality of Mr. Rhodes Ithan that of any public man I ever me positions and Oregon is favefed. No v oian can fill such j positions until he has earned them: the man who has realized -ncces.haertamly far. great-, er success in the future.; Clmnn f-ic4p.t ThitlfifSt'. fIll usrr;i.r w s nCe-s. takes much time; ne nas ome- com mittee work and devotes himsell tn ad vancing all measures meedful to Ore gon. , ! : Thi following list of Senator He Bride's bills that have passed during the'last thirty days, shoyfrs that his in- dustry in getting early reports frOm committees on his bills has borne good 4 fruit: s. B. :35Q Designating Astoria as a port to and from which dutiable goods . may be shipped in bond' without delay for navmtnt 01 duties at tne port 01 first entrv. ! ' S. B. 945 appropriating $5000 to buy a launch for the use of custom house officials at Astoria in 4xarding ves sels. - . , ; ! p . ; . . 1 S ' R. -Lit errant in cr : a pension to Mrs. Marv L Freeman of Portland Oregon, passed he senate on January 2oth. t . j ' S. B. 354 granting a pension of $12 a month to Catherine I Nixon, a sol- rfUr's widow nassed the senate on February 20th. S. ' B. Xl6 eranting a pension to "Mrs Arethusa Wright, of Sheridan, Oregon passed the senate On January" 30U1. ! S. R. iio erantincr. a pension to Tames H. Coventon. of.- Hood river Oregon passed the senate on Janu- ary 29th. S. B.: 354 granting; a pension to Vincent De Frietas. ; oi Portland, Ore- gon passed tne senaie pn January yui t the bill in which the senator is most interested is S. B. '340. to pension Indian war veterans ot Oregon an other states, chiefly in! the interest pioneer soldiers-of Oregon and Wash- ingion. jfvrier wonting iKiru gti an early favorable rcport; on this foul which interests so many old Oregonians Mr. McBride -made an effort on the 1st of February to take .'the bill out of its place on the calendar, and pass it by unanimous consent. A half dozen or more senators seem to want to amend the bill so as to take in soldiers of later Indian wars, and finally it had to be laid aside for regular order. Since that time the senator has explained the bill to the objecting senators, so that when it came up a few days ago not a single obiection was made and the bill passed. Senator McBride is high ly gratified over this j result and has called on the speaker of the house to induce fum to favor, the bill. Repre sentatives Tongue and Moody are al readv- doing active work for the bill and will urge! early "jacttan by the com mittee 01 pensions.4 1 The passage of eight, of Senator Mc .Bride s bills during the last thirty days evknee his industry and his in- fluence in the senate. Other proof, if any were needed, of his high standing among republican leaders, is found in his-recent appointment on the execu tive committee of the republican con gressional committee which consists o one member of congress - from each state. On thisTexecutive committee of New Hampshire, and Senator McBride of Oregon. To be one of ihree sena tors selected to manage a great cam paign, is no small compliment to senator, of less than tlvo' years service in congress. j ..-' .... . jAnomer nonor lately conterred on natof 'McBride,' was; his appointlnent on t tie republican committee to decide the order of business for the senate the other members being Senators Alli son. Aldrich, i I anna. Hale, Wolcott, j-. ,, " ... . uiiom, zjewaiL and spooner; tnts is callctl the "steering committee" and practically decides what bills shall have priority of consideration in the senate. Kepuiwican senatrs could give no stronger evidence of their confidence in Senator "Mc Bride than by placing him on ims important committee, among me vereran leaders ot the senate. These appointments ' show that republican senators consider .Mr. McBride worthy of the highest trusts for the party and the country. Oregon pught to be proud that her native son in the senate has attained such a standing in so short a time. ! -; t; . : . I ' S. A. CLARKE. struck me as a ma(i qf great 4ner-ous force a superabundance of it. I might say a man. of great vitality. The man ner -in which he was in the habit of "pacing up and down the studio gave me a good opportunity to study his' character. ; . : 4 ; j "Jle had previously posed for two ar tists who did not seem to please him. They permitted him to examine and criticise the portrait. before it had been completed. .lie did not see my minia ture until shortly before its completion. Then, in commenting Upon it. he said: 'Can't you make me look a little kind er? That was all he said about it. "Contrary to the common opinion that prevails of the man, he impressed me as .tot being one who would secret ly cause trouble or become involved in any sort of intrigue.!; As to his man ner of dealing with j the Boers he im- firessed me as a man who, by straight orward methods, would press toward success evn though it might lead hint through a granite wail. As fof the Boers, they are far be low what yoa might call our pet stand ard of civilization; but ;thcy are people of wonderfully rugged strength. There was a great deal of trouble talk when I was there in reference to the ; mat ters ; that brought on the war. I mean I decided to get out jaf Kimberley a orirklv a nnihlo 'frr( T inn,u... a my sell too wise to remain under the V - J .-....-t A Wli.llViVl ' circumstances." Chicago Inter Ocean. A BARRACK-ROOM STORY. When Maior Roberts was In com mand at Fort Weber during the early! part ofthe Eoer campaign, he paraded his forces, chiefly volunteers, the first Sunday they were in th t fort, for church service. Having only a Church of England chaplain the major desired all the Roman Catholics to iall out, as he had no priest to attend to their re ligious wants. On the next Sunday;, a number cf ingenious .volunteers in the hope of being also ordered to "fall out" together with the. Catholics, handed in their names as infide's. The major drew up the line and gave the word of command, "Infidels, fall out!" Where upon some five and twenty of the "boys" 'fell out." But the major promptly reformed them, and quietly addressed them thus: "Infide's, atten tion! As yoa have, of course., no re ligious scruples, you can't &ject to working on Sunday. You will there fore be told off in fatigue parties to clean the camp.' On the next Sunday there was not a single infidel in ; the fort. The major had converted them all to Christianity, r I 1 SILENCING GREELEY. After all. the "new woman" is not such a very now institution. Few ad vocates of woman's suffrage today have better jtrgtrments in reserve than that which on one occasion silenced Ilor ;c Greeley. The famous editor had thrashed over the question of woman's rights with an able representative of their sex, and wnind ud wjtn the contenwon mat in times of war women were quite : use less"" - . 'v ' "What would yoa do," he demanded i in the event of civri warr "lust what you would do. Mr. Gree lev." replied his opponent promptly "I should sit in my Office and ; write articles urging other people to go and figiit. Youth s Companion. PURE FOOD CONGRESS. Washington. March 7- The Pure Food and Drug Congress convenei here today. The convention adopted resolution seeking Congrssional action to provide penalties for adulteration MOVEMENT ON FOOT TO NOMINATE A CO KB ETT TICKET FOB THE LEUIHLATira- Salem Twlnct 'o. 3 Wants More Dele CmtcsTbe Road Supervisors la Coantry Precincts. i There is an active movement ort foot in the Salem precincts, and jpresumably throughout the county, to carrf he primaries tor 11.- V. tuorbett lorsuiwi ed States senator that is to elect dele gates IU uc vuuilljf iviivrnuuH, will support a legislative ticket tavor able to Mr. Corbett. Tlie names of i number of the active politicians of Sa lem are connected with this -movement more especially some of those who be longed to the Lord wing of the party two years ago. Some of the " republicans in Salem No. 3 are claiming that there was a mis take .made in the apportionment of delegates, by the county central com mittee : that this precinct- should: have been allowed at least touriecn ueieiraies instead of twelve which was the num hr allotted. Th'ev do not charee any intentional attemot to deprive tftem cf what they claim is their just share of delegates. They think is was -a cleri cal error. In order to have the matter corrected, they propose to petition the county convention to this encct. There is considerable activity, among the leading men in various country precincts, looking toward the nomina tion of candidates for road supervisors, to tbe named at the county convention, and in many cases efforts will be'jnade to select delegates to i the convention with a view solely to their position on the candidacy of certain aspirants tor the position of road supervisor, losing sight of the more important places to be tilled by the convention. This is liable to -have bad resiults. and itj has been suggested, that the choice- of can didates for road supervisors be made at the primaries, the delegates simply pledging themselves to abide ljf tne choice of the voters at the primaries in. their respective precincts, 1 r the precincts where open primaries are; held th'e matter can be easily adjusted, iy choosing the road supervisor first the candidates for delegates, chosen there after, pledging themselves to present the choice of . the primary to the coun ty convention lor ratification. In the precincts wnere ciosca primaries are held, it is suifgested that the voters, when preparing their ballots, write the name of their choice for road stincr visor on the ballot, the one receiving tne majority, or a plurality, to be pre sented to the convention, by the .dele- gates, as- the" precincts" s choice. Thi would take the road supervisors figljt out of the contest for delegates.! and would not embarrass the convention This procedure is pronounced legal by the best authorities, and is perfectly leasiaie. The friends of T. F. ' tne auctioneer, are urjrine that gentle man to become a candidate for thei leg islature, lie nas not yet fully derided to ao so, but it is understood that he considers the matter favorably.: i -:"'Hon. E. II. Flagg. ni his ;cityJwlD so ably represented Marion county in the last legislature, where he I irhinpj considerable prominence by his active worK in tne interest of the state fair; and other important measures, displaying great ability, is a candidate for re-eler- tion. He is a strone man ami bi a larire followiner. i,-h Hon. J. .iL Watson, who served Mar ino county as Commissioner frerm lRR to 1896. and one of the substantial farm ers ot the county, will be a candidate lor county judge before the republican convention. Mr. Watson is ooriular. and has a strong following. . T. B. Patton. of iMacleay. who has been mentioned as a candidate fori as sessor, writes the Statesman that lee is net. nor will he be. a teel-ee for office. i GONE TO ASHUVND T tike Me. Ginnis. who recently sold hi farm at Sublimity, has ourchased a home in Ashland, where himself and family will reside in future. His son. one cf the Isoldiers to the Philiitjoines. is an em- , . . " " "e.",e asyium. ."Can you understand anvthing that your baby says. Mrs. Tibbs?" ; j "No; but Bobby understands ihe faby, and ohnny understands Bobby, so we get along very nxely." Indian apolis Journal. , , Um W '.MfiARIIZE Oregon fruit Growers Hold Meeting in Portland. AN ASSOCIATION TO BE fORMED To llull tbt Carol Prod acta of th ' i SUiU'a Orchards Tly Will Hj X-'lftaca rJlracUr. . T PORTLAND, March- 7. Tlie grow ers of Oregon, 'Washingum, Idaho and British Columbia, met in conventwn here today, to organize the Cured Fruit Association of tlie Pacific Northwest. While the producers of various kinds of fruit are oresent it; is essentially a convention of prime growers. ! ' II. B. MiiTer, of Eugene, was chosen chamiian; and F. L. WUrejer, of North Yakima, secretary. A committee oi seven was appointed to formulate a plan of organization, and a report will ie made to , the convention tomorrow. The organization, it Is understood, will be modeled after the California Cured Fruit Association. Tlie com mittve will recommend that 1 centra! warehouse he located. probab"?y at Portland,- where ihe growers may ship their fruit, and have -it graded andi stampej with the association stamp. The fruit will be. sold by the association. land each grower will" receive '. the proceeds of th'e sale d his fruit after deducting a percentage fur handling. The com mittee will reconrmend that fifteen dir ectors 1c sl'lccted -frrmt the I various prune di.stricts."as fofTows:: I daho. 1 : Walla Walla. I ; Yakima. 1 : Itmatilia district. I; ! Cl-rkej county. Wash.. 3: Josephine county. :j Tack son; 1; Douglas. 1; l.anu :md l.inni 1: Mar ion., i; Polk and "Benton, I: Yamhill j; Clackamas. "Tahinstn jam! Mu'tno mah. I. ,.-'.:'. -;!-, '-.'-:j ';. - NO BUBONIC PLAGUE. , .; .' 1 .' i '; ... Illness on a -Japanese Steamer, at. Port Townsejjd. 1st i Beri-bcri. "' . . ..: " ! ' ( 1 .- 'I .. 1 Seattle,. March Z.-A special to the Post-.lrktelligencer, from j Port Town send, says: : , t Dr. Foster, in charge of the r"aran tine station, flatly denies the Irtimor in circulation, to the effect! that! bubonic plague and not beri-beri atlWtcd the crew of the Japanese steamship Narivo Marii. which has leen detained at Dia mond Poi-nt station, for som month past. The story is- pronounced a fake. SEATTLE'S ELECTION. Seattle. March 7. The! result of the municipal election, held j yesterday; is 1 its follows: ; - i i - Total registration, 10.900; total 'vote: c.tio. For mayor Htrrnes, republi can. 5244; Cotterill, democrat, 1364. The republicans elected the Controll er, corporation counsel, treasurer, ami cijrht councilmen. The de'tnocrats elected three councilmen. ' . RESCUE WORK CONTINUES. ENTOMBED MEN IN THE RED ASH MINE Are Nearly AH Ddad Five Injured vc. and Many Bodies Found I FIRE CREEK, W. Val, March 7.- Reciiine parties continued workiirR hard,: at the Red Ash mine today and tonight, removing debris and secur ing the bodies . ot" tne victims 01 inc cxplo!ion of yesterday. The most con servative estimates, of some of those connected with the mines, place the number killed at fi-fty-twor and there are others who insist that thernumber of victims will be found to reach sixty.- Six more bodies were recovered early this morning. ": i . llie report from the rescuers at tne mine, after 8 "o'clock tonight, -was that thirty-four bodies .had- been rescued. twenty-nine being dead and five ser iously injured. While the surviving miners and others estimate that there are at least thirty-nine miners still en- imfced. General Manager 1 lowell says there are only thirty-six: stillin the- mine. '- . j -" ...i ROOT IN HAVANA- Havana, March 7. Secretary Root ar rived this morning on board the ttans-. port Sedgewick. He was received with salute from the Cabanas . fortress-- General Ludlow was also abard the Sedgewick. Governor-General Wood and all of the division staff anj depart ment of Havana staff, escorted the party ashore. Pronrlnent I citizens wbo visited the steamer were the Chief Jus tice. Secretaries. Mayor, Civil Governor and the Chief of Police, f I SH E WAS THE CAPTAIN. - . ;. -- J .... j -"Yes, sir, I have come to ask you fof the hand of your daughter." j "For rsabcl s hand." i t -"Yes, sir. It is a mere formality, L know, but we thought it would be more pleasing to-you to have ( me go through with it." ! "What that?. A mere formahtyH . "That is what I said a mere forntal- ity. ;. . ' ! ! . "And mav'I inonlre who sutreested that asking my consent to my: daugh ter s marriage was only a mere Tlormai- iiy?" - . I ". ,-i .- 'It wa Isabers mother, sir." "Oh! Then I have i nothing more tJ say." Collier's Weekly. : j i WAS BOUND OVER. M. Craft. of Scio. was civen mreliminary ex amination before justice II. Ai John son yesterday on the charge of larceny. and he was bound over, to the; circflit Court in the sum of $1000. iBonds were urnished by John Craft, a brother ana BL B. Patton. The specific crime with which Craft is charged is that of driv ing away twenty-three head of goats tHe property of G. S. Downing, on November to, 1890. The case was ery warmly contested on legal poin ut irom the testimony adduced, jus tice Johnson concluded to have case turther examined in tne cirtu court at the June; term. Six witnesses gave testimony on 'ach side. District Attorney S. L. Havden and Geo. Downing, the private prosecutor, ap peared for the state, while John A Car son conducted the defense. ttj He