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WEEKLY. OREGON - STATESMAN, FR I DAY,- MARCH j iOf; 1900. .'r r V SijWliiiill Loi;d Roberts Occupies Bloenifonte in, I Capiml of the Orango Free State. a i !;''-.'; J : : 7 I' . - " i More Heavy Fighting Is ExpectedAIauy Citizens of the Captured Capital Greet tluv British Troops With Enthusiasm. f LONDON, 'March i5--r(ThursIay, 4 50 x m.. The first half of the cam paign is over. Lord Roberts arrived at Modder . river February oth. , lie entered BloemforKein-on March 13th. Thus, in a little over a month, he has effected the relief of Kimberley and .'Ladysmith, the capture of General Cronje's force and hoisted the flag in the capital of the free State. AH this, has been accomplished with compara tively triflng losses. r r ; - i It is small wonder that he is the hero f the hour in England, All the news papers 'eulogize him and congratulate he country. They talk of the Free State as having passed out of existence, as being now one of the shadows of' .history. " ' ' " '" -r j n ' . It is not doubted that there may be heavy fighting, but the genius of Lord Roberts is looked to for a victory over all difficulties. His grim reference to the "late" President Steyn is understood to show that there shall be no ambigu ity as to the position assumed toward' the republics. . 1 ' The fact (hat Mr. Fraser. late chair man of the Free State raad and leader of the opposition to Steyn, came with a deputation to surrender the keys, is regarded as extremely significant of a considerable difference of opinion among the" Free Staters regarding the war. t 2 ' " ' i ' ' r V It is said that President Kruger hates Fraser oil account of hia sympathy with the Uhlanders. The demonstrations of the Bloemfoutem inhabitants are also : regarded 4s a good augury for the fu ture of British supremacy. I It is interesting, in connection with the rapid advance of Lord ! Robert?, to learn that the Russian military attache with the Boers, who, was 'captured by the British, seat the following telegram to the czar: ' f j 7 "I am perfectly amazed at the energy in action ! and the endurance of the British infantry; I need say no more." The British continue pressing their. aavance on ine vjrange river. ' 1 . r '- ROBERTS' REPORT. - jt l ' . .1 Ti r. London March 14. Following is the text of i Lord "Roberts' dispatch to the war office, announcing his occupation of Bloemfontein: i "Bloemfontein. March 13, 8 p. j m. Bpr the, help of God, and by the bravery 01 Her Majesty's soldiers, the troops under my command have taken posses-: sior of Bloemfontein. The British flass now flies over the presidency, evacu- V ;Ked -last evening by Mr. Steyn, late -president of the Orange Free State. Mr. Fraser, a member of the late exeq utive government, the mayor, the sec retary of the late governor, the jland rost and other officials met me two miles from the town and presented me with the keys of the public offices. "The enemy has withdrawn from the neighborhood and all seems quiet. The inhabitants of Bloemfontein gave the troops a cordial welcome." j The above dispatch, though 'dated Tuesday, did not reach the war office until 7:30 p. m. Wedne?day. It was ; made public a few minutes before 9 o'clock. The delay is attributed to the. field telegraphs, not being connected with Bloemfontein on Tuesday jeven- FROM KRUGER. I '- New York, March 14. -A dispatch from President Kruger to the Evening Journal, dated Pretoria, March5 13th, at 8 p. m.,i via (Berlin, says: 1 "The burghars will only cease: fight ing with death. Our forces are return ing in good order to our line of de fense on bur own soiL The j Natal campaign was longer in our favor than we expected. The British will never reach Pretoria. The burghers, Steyn Jottbert and myself, as well as all oth ers, are united. There are no 'differ ences. God help us.' THE BITTER END. 'Prctoria.uMaTch i2.Lord Salisbury 'm reply to Presidents Kruger and Steyn) cause bitter disappointment, and State Secretary Keitz says it means that the war will be fought, to the bitter end. ' IN NATAL Ladysmith. March 14. The ! Boers have been located in several stronjg positions near the junction of j Drak ensberg au4 Biggersberg.ranges. They have heavy guns in position on Pong wont kop, at lilatikula. and t, in the Ompati mountains, as well as at Gib son's farm, near Cundj-cletigh pass. General Hunter now commands the division. Both men and. horses; of the relief column are completely recovered and now irr the pink ot condition. KIPLING COMPLAINS New York, March 4. The first aord from Rudrard Kipling, since lie went to , South Africa, will be printed ia this week's issue of Harper's s Week ly. Kipling cables a long account of disloyalty, which he calls the "sin of witchcraft," The burden of his com plaint is that the Brtish civil authori tici in Cape -Town wink at semi- trea sonable acts and to quote his own words "the government will take care it does not pay. any one to be loyal." I , 7 A BOER REPORT, j Pretoria, Tuesday. Commander De-, lareys report of the fight at Abraham Kraal Saturday, says: "The British were estimated to nam ber 40,000 men. Their first assaalt was repulsed. Only two Boers were wounded. - The - secontl assault was made on the hills to the Irk of our po sition. , These hills were of great .strat egic importance. Appreciating , this, I and 300 men defended the position from 9 in the mOming until sundown. ? The burghers fought like heroes and three times repulsed masses of the British who kept relieving their tired men.' Lvery attempt to storm was defeated. At sundown there was not fifty yards letwer us The British lost heavily. No accurate Returns of our losses are available, i ' , ; JAMESON WAS SICK. New York, March 14. A dispatch to the Tribune from London says: Dr. Jameson was down with enteric fever and I critically ill when Ladysmith was relieved. A: private dispatch received here by a prominent South ,' African states that he has rallied and is likely to recover, j Dr. Jameson was anxious to have a military command m the campaign; -ttyt.as the leader of the raid he was excluded from the service for political reasons, and was not welcomed when he arrived at Ladysmith a few days before the investment of the town Hs opportunity came. "When the gar rison was f ever-stricken, he reverted to medical ; practice, and did ten men's work in caring for the fever patients and wounded soldiers. - "-': DISLIKE THE QUEEN. An Irishman' Opinion of the Feelings of His Countrymen. "New York, March 14. Patrick . Eg an. 'ex-minister to Chile, and ex-presi dent of the; Irish National Federation, has written a letter, itr. which he says: "I think 1 know the Irish people as a whole and in detail at home and also abroad, as well as any other living man, and I caniiot conscientiously sav that outside of jhe immediate place-holders and 'hangers-on of the 'British govern ment, the Orange fraternity, the land lords and; jcastlc shopkeepers, ; and a mere handful of the society people. known as "Cawstle Cawtholics,' making a grand total of not over 15 per cent of the entire population, there are none in Ireland jwho want Victoria as their queen, or who have any other feeling for; ner than one of the coldest indiffer ence, if not actual hatred. "The prejsent momentous occasion is one that demands dignified, but un flnching manhood on the part of lead ers of the Irish people. Let us hope L-.. i:it .. i- t .1 .: mai nit win iivJi uc iuuiiu warning. MUTE WITNESSES. . - r f i ! Accused Klondike Murderer Had V j 'Blood on His Clothing. . Seattle, ilarch 14- Human hairs, blood stainjs and hidden money have been . found; by a Pinkerton detective about the bossessions of O'Brien, the prisoner held by the mounted police on suspicion of the murder of Relfe, Clay son and jlsen. Klondike! on ;their wav out Trom Dawson.; CJ P. Stne, on arrival at Skagway from Dawson, tens" of discoveries which he regards jas most ianpbrtant. A round indentation on the Yukon sled owned by O'Brieii attracted ' the attention of the detectivje. The wood indicated that the sled had been repaired, but the Pinkerton man, on examining more closely, found a plug, which he forced out, revealilng a cavity in which were three $100 "Canadian bills. Next he found blood stains and human hairs clinging toithe framework of the sled, mute evidejnee, perhaps, of a terrible traeedy enicted on the Dawson trail. Two $50 Canadian bills were found secreted in 1 the ring plate of O'Brien's revolver. SULZERS INQUIRY. i Washi ngtion. March 14. In the meet ing of the house committee on military jaffairs today. , Sulzer called up his resol ution dixecfii ing the secretary of waf to inform the house what fortifications iGreat B ntain is erecting along the I northern frontier of the United States. especially Northwest Puget sound and in the border country. An amend tnent was aftadc striking out the refer ence of Great Britain and making it refer "to say foreign power." A mo tion to postpone consideration of the matter for i week prevailed , in a party vote of sixjto five, and the resolution went over without action. 1 A DEMONSTRATION. 1 j Naval Squadron to Go China as a Warning to Russia, i I 1 ': -.:' - : New York, March 14- A special to the Journal jand Advertiser from Wash ington says: The German Ambassa dor. Dr. Vfon Holleben, had a long conference Iwith Acting Secretary of States I fill, n which the latter was pre sumably informed that a demonstration in China might be expected from Rus sia shortly. The chief of the bureau of navigation, Rear-iAdnriral Crownin shield, sought Secretary of State Hay and found him at the Hay residence, after which the- navy department an nounced that a 'Chinese squadron will be established and that Rear-Admiral Kempff. nowcotnmahdant at the Mare Island Navy Yard.. will be sent to Ma nila to take this squadron for cruising the Chinese and Japanese coasts; lso that Rear-Admiral Remey. in charge of the Asiatic station, will maintain the naval base at Manila. T It is understood that Rear-Admiral KernptTa squadron will consist ol the Oregon and Baltimore, now at Manila, the Iowa, Philadelphia and Marblchead, ow on the Pacific coast, and the Mont gomery, now attached to the South Atlantic station. 1 17 is believed here that the formation of " the: Chinese squadron by the United States is to be a spectacular warning to Russia and France that American interests are in volved in any change in the conditions m China. Presumably Germany will make a similar demonstration. IDAHO REPUBLICANS. ! 'Boise, Idaho, March 14. The state republican central committee today de- cidedrto,bold the state- convention, to select delegates loathe national con vention, at Lewiston, on May 8th,' and the state nominating convention at Boise ,on July 17th.: . ,7 WAS A FAILURE. Last Year's Peace Conference Is Not Yet Ratified. A Washinjon. March 14. -In diplo matic circles here fan unpleasant sug gestion been thrown ont, to the effect that Tile Hague conference has result ed in a complete failure, and that cvtn the limited program agreed upon 13 never to be perlectled. : 1 he basis lor this belief; is the fact that, up to this moment, it is not known officially that a single one of t'.ie power represented in the conference has ratified the three conventions prepared thercJ T THE CANAL BILL. Kcm Y.rk, .March 14. The commer cial organizations cf Greater New York held a conference . at the New York Produce- Exchance today. The chief topics discussed were the bills that the State Canal Committee submitted, and the sieans of carrying out the recom mendations of that committee for the improvement of the canals. . J. WASHINGTON'S DEAD. Olynrpia, Wash.,, iMarch 14. Adjut ant Generaf Fox has telegraphed from San Francisco, that he had started for Olympia With nine bodies of unclaimed soldiers " belonging to the First Wash ington volunteers. The funeral will be held In Olympia Sunday March 18th. THE HOLLAND f BOAT. ' Washington Afarrh T A ti rtro rr- tgressional party, including members of xne senate . and house committees on naval affairs, today witnessed the per formance of the .Holland submarine torpedo boat. ;? 1 . J FAVORS ASTORIA. Washington, 7March 14. The ways and means committee today ordered a favorable report on the bill to extend to Astoria, Oregon, the privilege of immediate transportation- on dutiable goods. .7 . 1 BLOCKADE RAISED. Vancouver, .B. C, March 14. The blockade on the Canadian Pacific since last Saturday was raised today. Over 400 Japanese arrived today, on the steamer Glenogle from Yokohama. ' "3 Bridge of Spain, Crossing (From "Our New 7- i -artr ti . ' - : i Remains of the Castilla, (Fjpm "Our New Possessions.") PREPAKED FOR SPRING TRADE. E. M, Croisan, the Reliable Implement Dealer, Has a Complete Stock of Standard "Machinery. The theory of expansion is practically illustrated on every band in this pro gressive age. and E. M. Croisan, Sa lem's reliable and up-to-date imple ment merchant, is keeping abreast of the times. -He has recently had his of fice enlarged by the addition of a pri vate office, all oi which is very com pletely lurnished foe. both the conveni ence of the proprietor and the accom- modation of the patron. Mr. Croisan business has assumed such orODortions tnat ne louna it necessary to enlarge nis oiuce Quarters, j i ; Mr. i Croisan is amplyi prepared for the spring trade and has a lull and complete; stock. His machinery busi ness is- well established at Nos. 255-257 Liberty street in' the Gray block.- He makes a specialty of sawmill and thresh ing machinery, carrying a full line of the Russell goods. A complete assort ment of standard buggies and wagons is also carried and a carload of each is expected to arrive daily. ; 1 7 the exclusive agency tor the genu ine Eagle bicvele one of the highest grade wheels in the market is held by Mr. Croisan. SThe Eagle is the only wheel having the famous "Quad-Stay frameabsolutely th strongest frame made." Besides, it Js the only wheel shown in the city that, has the two point bearings.- prices range from $33 to $05 and it has the distinction of being the "lightest and easiest running wheel in the world."' Another claim of su periority for the Eagle is the combina tion aluminum-wood rim. which has excited the admiration of all . wheel men. It is one of the sterling Qualities of the- wheel. Intending purchasers will do well to ,call and inspect the Eagle before; making a purchase, dw. THE RACE TRACK. I. C Mosh- er, farmer at the state fair grounds, yesterday worked the track, putting it in excellent condition, and it will todav be ready tor the use of fcorssmen in be ginning the work of ; training their" colts. , ; . i . v HELD A CAUCUS The Senate Eepublican HaveAgreied I On ilie Puerto Eican Measure. ! The Temper of tlift Debate Was Much Milder Teller and Tamer v Hold Different Views. ! WASHINGTON. March 14! The republican senators, ia caucus ftcday, reached a partial agreement on tive Puerto Rican legislation. The i liouse Lill, appropriating $2,oooooo, isjto be taken up and passed immediately. The bill for the civil government of .the is land is to be taken up and disposed c4 as soon asf possible, and the tariff bill is to be delayed for the present while a committee of seven senators may be selected by Chairman Allison to try to compromisei the differences cn the rev enue bill, and secure a measure which the republican -senators generally can support. This, partial agreement was reached after a. caucus lasting from 2 o'clock until 5:30. The temper 701 the debate ttkray - was much milder than that of yesterday. i I Two arguments were presented v to the senate today, in? which almosst- anti podical positions were taken by two senators. ; Teller, silver republican of Colorado, in a brief speech,; maintained that the constitution could inotj extend over the territory acquired by he Unit ed States, while Turner, democrat of Washington, elaborately contended that the constitution embraced the ac quired territory the-very moment the United States took possession of it. Teller said that this government could -make the outlying territory into states or could hold it as colonies as: it saw fit, while -Turner maintained that the United States could not hold Colonies . Pasay Riverat 'Manila. Possessions.") or1 dependencies. Aside from It he con stitutional question, the two senators were in practical agreement. Bqh were opposed to the pending bill, and both objected to any of the insular territory becoming a part of the Unit ed States.' or any ol its inhabitants, citnens of the United States.' ; PENSIONS APPROVED. Washington, March 14. The house committee .on pensions today! ordered bills reported, granting" pensions to the wiaow ot coionci stotsenoerg, ot the First Nebraska regiment, killed in the Philippines, at $40 per month; to the widow of'Captam Allan-Capron. killed in Cuba, at $jrper month, and to the widow of Captain Allan Capron Sr., at $25 per month. .The distinction in the rate in the Capron cases is doe to the propertr owined by iSIrs. Capron Sr. TRIBUTE TO BRAVERY. New South Wales .Horrors the .Irish Troops Fighting in Africa. ; Sydney, N. S. March! 14 The government has proclaimed St. Patrick's Day a public holiday, as a tribute to the bravery cf the Irish soldiers in South Africa. ' i ,,. ' V, , SURRENDERED HIMSELF, i 'Goldendate, Vash.rMarch 14. Geo. R. A. Frri.. a . FTIirlfital firtnr inr. rendered himself today to the sheriff, stating that on Monday afternoon at his farm in the Goodnoe hills, he sliot and killed a man by the name of W'ur- a v ... reu. in scu-cetensc VVurrelli an un married man from Missouri,! had the Ferris farm rented. THE MAJOR'S : STATISTICS. "Nuggets of Knowledge" Compiled for an Advertising Booklet. "7 ' - r : ' ,;:' "i "I never see fnf nf tV.co mrn,.: statistical bookleta." f- turning the page of the latest v est r-ocicet r -yciopeJU,' Wwithout recalling a enrioas -incident in the ca reeer of a veteran 'Bohemian once well known in the West at '-Major Mac. His real name was MacCarty, and he ISA : I IV was a highly educated, jovial Irishman, who bad taken honors once upon a tirte7 at Dublin J college. 4 -When I knew him he was on his last legs, drifting from one city to another and picking up a meager livelihood 1 doing whatever hack work came to his hand. In the course of these wanderings he landed in St. Louis", and somehow or other secured the job of getting up an advertising booklet 4or a big manufac turing concern. TThe idea 'of the head of the house was to begin with a glow ing description of the establishment and follow it up with- some matter of a general character which would - be sufficiently interesting to induce peo ple 16 .preserve the pamphlets The ma jor, drunk or sober, was a ready, grace ful vritcr. and the descriptive' work was play for him, but as lie happened tobe living in a lodginsr-bouse. with in? reference' library at-his coimnand. the miscellaneous matter, was a puzzler. When he i finally turned in - the copy the manufacturer j was " dissatisfied. "I want this booklet to wind up with a short, crisp" compilation of facts,' he said, 'that will make a chap keep it for 5 further reference. - Call 'eni "Things. Worth Remembering,", or scmethirrg like that. s "The major was '"feverishly anxious to Set .the.: pay for, his . work, and in defyperation ne rushed back to his den. grabbed pen and ink, and proceeded to compile jx remarkable collection of 'Tilings Worth Remembering.' I still recall a few. They ran about like this: - : ' The largest wienerwurst factory in the -world is in Leipsic The daily output is 62-3 miles " "Crush iats were invented in 1642 by a monk named Albertus.' "In 1730 the British parliament abolished the tax on glass eyes.' "tDeviled ham was first made in Persia during the sixteenth century.' ;' "."Parasols were introduced in China duringnhe -Shan dynasty, B.'C 460.' ; "These 'Nuggets of Knowledge,' as he called them, certainly ijiad a weird surface resemblance to the real thing, and the manufacturer - was ' highly pleased. He said he ound a great deal of information among them that he had never encountered in any similar collection, which, .By the way, was per fectly true, -and when he drew the check he made it $20 bigger thanie had originally intended. The major, grabbed the money, and lit out for the: West, to get under cover before the storm, but, strange to 4ay. it never broke. AltHongh. the pamphlet was! scattered broadcast .all through the; Middle states, the only really vocifer-S ous . kick that developed was from a man in Iowa, who had lost $50 betting that gum shoes were Invented l7 Sir Isaac Newton in 1700. 'He faid he ro1j his data from 'Nuggets' of Knowledge, and wanted to be reimbursed. New Orleans Times-Democrat THE BICYCLE TAX ASSESSMENT HAS KEEN LEVIED BT MARION COUNTY COURT. if Sheriff Darbln Hm Hot Yet Procorcd tlue Tag-b CaMUtaUmuUit j of Law Will Not Be Tested. r- The delightful weather- cf the p.at week has brought out bicycles in count less numbers. -Wheelmen yesterday abandoned the cement pavements for the more agreeable streets " which a?e thoroughly dry and even dusty an ujj- usual conainon 10 exist in Oregon in the sniddic of March. The wheel trade is opening up good and sales promise to surpass those of last season. j With the advent of -good wheel wea'U- er. the attention of cyclists is naturally directed to bicycle paths and prospective jaunts into the country. The MariJn county court has made the annual lcjy ot $1.2$ per wheel but tne snerin is nt yet prepared to receive the taxes. La$t vear the slieriff was allowed to retain 25 cents as his fee on each wheel, plat ing $1 in the bicycle fund. In levyifig the tax this year, the county court de- creed tnat tne snerin snouia . receive only 15 cents conmiission . on : each wheel and is obliged to furnisll his own tazs, receipts etc. i The construCiticn of new bicycle paths and the completion of those begun lait year, will be uruirrtaken as soon as tjhe weather conditions will permit aW when there are available funds wih whidi to carry on the. work. There nas aiways oeen more or less talk in Marion bounty of testing the constit utionality of the act creating the tax, but thus far tnere has been no resistance offered to the operation of the law. and it is not at all probable that the opposi- L a Ml - . iion iiierciQ win assume Tang:oie ironi this season. The general utiltiy and great convenience of cycle paths is too apparent to' the average wheelman to warrant a revolutionary course on" his parL, Consequently it may be expected that when the tax books have been placed in readiness, the response in -ih payment of this tax will be as general as it. was last year. - , 1 t IS A BUSY FACTCRY. The Kurtx Box-"Making Institution a ocene 01 uiutiing Activity Will: . i.r supply -Ail uemands. A Statesman renortr vz-itorAiv tun. pened in at the Kurtz Box Factory on Tr.,1. ...... I - ' 1 . . siuuv siii auu a virj bbsj place OC found h to be. The' nl.ml tia U.n ;n operation for a number of weeks and 'Mr. Kurtz exoects to beabl all demands for boxes. . A great quantity of lumber has been delivered at, the factory and will, be converted into boxes of, all kinds and shanes. -Mr. Khh i n take orders fbr strawberry boxes in anjr aanniy ana at very reasonable prices. Orders, will be reri vrA Inr all kinds of boxes and in any quantity: Farmers and frtlit trmivrr trcir!ncr boxes, are requested to call at the factory- on Trade street between Church and High streets, or address H.l A. Jvunz, saiem, Uregon. ; dw. THE OREGON DF.AD Gnir T T. Geer yesterdav received a teleeram from United States Quartermaster Long au riauciscu,.inionning linn inai the transport Duke of Fife, had arriv ed in San Francisco, and that, as soon as the list of the Oregon dead aboard . t. T. ?t t ." r. a iiic ticamcr was avanaoic, it wouia oc telegraphed to the governor. This telegram wis in reply to one sent by Governor Geer, asking for the names of the Oregon dead received by the ast transport. '' - Twice-a-week Statesman, Si a year. XAiiED, A . .TICKET MARION . COUNTY PROHIBITIONISTS SELECT CAN DID ATI-:). TmprDce Worker IIel- Connty Con- ventlon B Salisui Ycatrdr -Short -'' Vi , I'latfuroi Adopted. " ' I (FrtiYn Daiiy, March 15th.) 4 The- Marion County Prohibition party-held its county conventicn in the vv. C T.' U. room in this city yester day. About thirty delegates were in lrterniK .was. the' rrs.ult. A lull county ticket was named and a very brief plat- 3.rm was adopted. liarring a slight ii.troversy between., li. O. -jMilUr. ajgent Kr the Voice, ol Chicnga, and Kev. G.. W. Grannis, of Salcni, editor of the Oregon. SearchHght, as to the lefTicctivc claims of their temperance pufcicatiohs to the patron lge and sup port cf the temperance people oil Mar ipn county, the convention was a very rme afi'air and its jiroceedings merely f a formal character. , I j 'I3ie convention was ca!led4o! order 4t "1 1 o'clock by Chairman Oliver Jory, 6f South Salttn, and J. II. '-Batty, of Jicsedale, was made temporary secre tary. The convention was not cu.n prised of regularly appointed delegates Unas-much; as the party does not! maJn- tain.. an organization throughoiut the jvarious precincts of the county. Pledge (cards were distributed among the com pany assembled and all signing the Isame were considered delegates,. Upon motion, Committees were nam. ed as follows: L On platform and resolution.- Rev. J L. H. Peterson, of Brooks; Rev. V. K. WrnanSj Kosedale; H. N. Goode, Salem; C W. Dieckman, Salenji; Otto DuFuson. ... On nominations: P. L. Kenady, V.IK,., . a r T .1. C1 1 Ulig. Hubbardr E. Presnell, Highland; E. 'Brayles. . ' j. j , On order of business. J. Hi Batty, Rosedale; C. W. l)ieck:nati. Salem; 17 P. Kyle, -; II. S. Jory, Salem -f Mr. Frazier, -. -.7 Mrs. E. M. Vandevert wa$ con stituted a committee of one to solicit subscriptions for the Oregon j Search light, and upon -motion the county cen tral committee was authorized to fill any. vacancies that iijight occur on . the county ticket. j Adjournment was taken until I o?c!ck the ladies in the meantime serving lunch to the delegates. - I Upon reassenbling in the aliternoon, tio'n recommended that the temporary organization be made permanent and the report was adopted. ( The , committee on plattonm submit ted the folio win z reoort which .was adopted: .' 7 "Whereas the manufacture of and the traffic in intoxicating liqn.irs ..for--be v- riwniirnjeic - nA md nr. 1.,, n 1 wrecKs more nomes ana is tne means of ruining more lives than any other existing evil; and believing jthc best way of dealing with this cause (of erimc7 is by mcaius of the ballot, be it ' Resolved, that we the representa-f tives of the Prohibition sentiment in Marion county. Oregon, in conventicn. assembled in Salem, Oregon. March 14, iooo, do hereby affinm our allegi ance to the national and state; prohibi tion party; and declaring the abolition of the liquor evil the most jniiportant ..... 1 -f ., issue before the -American people to day, hereby invite alt sympathizers to vote the Prohibition ticket." j - The following report from the com mittee on nominations, was. also adopt ed: 7 - ' Representatives Fred P. Hurst. Ati- rorarj. R. Landon, Woodburn; L. II. Peterson. 11 rooks: J. H. ITattv. Rose- dale; Mat Brown. Silverton. f County Judge Oliver Jory. Salem, Sheriff S. B. Crocker, Turner. Ccimriissioner (Mat Small. Silverton. Clerk L. E. Gardner, Salem. Recorder B. G. Frazier. Salem. . Treasurer John Illig. Hubbard. Assessor J. A. Taylor, Salem. - , Scliool Superintendent AJ 1. Garr land. Salem. 7 Officers of the county organization. were elected as follows: Chairman, Oliver Jory. of South Salem. H re-elect ed): secreVsry. Mr. Reed. Salem: treas urer, Oavid -Bowerman, Salem. These I orhcers conduct the business of the party for the county as the i orcaniza- tion does not h-ave a sufficient reprc-l scntation in many of the precincts to: require , precinct committeejnen. ' i. Messrs.. Taylor. Kenady and Dteck- man were named as a committee to solicit subscriptions for campaign ex penses. 1 - Short add resses alone tfonnrranre lines were made by Oliver Jory, Mrs. Lucia Faxon Addition, national organis er tfor the W. C T. U., Mrs. E. M. Vandervert. Rev. G. W. Grannis, E. O. Miller and others. In addressing the convention E. O. Miller. 4he field acrent. said that 'at the last election, the Prohibition pjrty had a full ticket in only eight of the coun ties of the state while this year there wouia ue twenty-three: counties so rep resented. iEverv indication, said the speaker, points to a rplendid temper ance vote .atjthe June election. The number of members enrolled in the var ious clubs in joints throughout the state at the present time are from two to five trmes greater than was the vote polled by the Prohibition party two years ago, remarked Mr.-tMillcr, from which he concluded that the temperance cause , in xnis state was enjoving a most si stantial growth. - Mr. Miller -clainf that the prospects . of the Prohibition ists polling a large vote this year were never better. He argued that many republicans had been set adrift by the attitude of the administration, especi ally on the canteen Question: while in numerable populists and democrats had become dissatisfied with7 fusion ana would seek another nartv. and thought many would probably oin the ranks of the prohibitionists. '. LEFT THE CITY. "Hilda Hobsoti of livery rig fame, quitted Corvaliis on Saturday night," says the ; Corvalli Times. "During'the afternoon she had a preliminary bearing before justice Holssate7 but . the ., evidence was not deemed sufficient to warrant the deten tion of the prisoner to the grand jury. been taken to Harrisburg, and there eft for the Corvaliis owner to recover it as best he could.' This was not lar ceny enough to insure a conviction in court, and on motion of the deputy dis trict artornev the case was dropped. The woman was penniless, and after ber discharge wa given $6 of $8, con tributed by local symapthizers. She was at once driven to Albany, whence she declared she was going to Eugene.