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WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN, TUESDAY, MARCH 27) 1900. A C3AQ1 TALE Ite Kentccky Conspiracy Trials Ceccse Sessatlsnaki A KOtOTAN MAN O.N TKE STAND In plicate Mmbj Promls-eat Men la the Plot to Kill Gocbct-fAa Oliglaal ; . ' " Politics! ma. FRANKFORT March 24. ''John Powers told me be had two negroes here to kill GoebcL They werej Her ker Smith and Dick Combs." 1 This statement was "mad today by Wharton Golden, a frail, consumptive looking Kentucky mountaineer, whrle oi the w itness stand m the preliminary exam ination of Secretary of State Caleb Towers, charged with a conspiracy jto kill Goebel. Golden told a story 01 the events leading tip to the imurder that, if substantiated will, in the minds of those' connected with the prosecu tion, at least, probably go far toward proving the contentions of the com monwealth, that the -murder was the result of, a plan in which several proof inent men were involved, j! J: "Whether the deiense will seek to im pctch Golden's testimony in this pre liminary; examination is not. known, .as the attorneys for the defence will not talk cm the subject, but unless such at tempt is made, the commonwealth will rest its : case, 3oth County Attorney 1'olsgrore and Attorney Campbell be ing satisfied that enough evidence has been presented to hold the defendants on the chargcs. Golden, who claim ro 'have! been a friend to Secretary Powers and his brother, John Powers, for years, gave testimony that was par ticularly, damaging 'to John Powers, inir he 'also brought-" tn tHe name of many otiicrs, tncjuumg vnaries I'inicy, W. H.. Coulton and Governor Taylor, in his story of the hringing f (lie mountaineers to Frankfort previous : to the assassination- Governor Taylor, however, -was not directly implicated, arnd the attorneys for the common wealth intimated today that they do not expect to have" his name brought: forth prominently in the theory of the alleged conspiracy. - Golden became so weak tinier "the strain of tlie examination, in the after noon that he -begged to be allowed a respite. 5 Golden's testimony tendril to show l-ltat a plan was made to bring to Frankfrt several hundred "rcK't'ar iiKwntain- feudists" w I would, if ne cessary,! as Golden expressed it, "go in to the legislative hall and kill off enough democrats to -make it our way." r ' t 1 . r fl .1 . '' ajoiuch lesimeu rnai ijuu or itm nnumtainecrs were brought to Frank fort. The5-' were fed tack of the Uie house. Captain Davis and Charles Fin ley provided provisions. Continuing, Golden ;said: ' "We 'sent most of them back that night, illy 'we' I mean myself. Powers, Davis. Conlton and "Governor Taylor. Finleyilay lor. and Powers decided- to send lrack all except ten or fifteen from each county. I selected twelve; armed men tof be kept from Knox county. Deputy Marshal George Thomas se lected nn from Laurel county. About 175 mcni'of the mountaineers brought to Frankfort, remained here to $cc that we got justice." i , The teistimony did not show that the alleged plot to kill Goebel was a part of the original plan, nor did itcontain the nams of "those who conceived that idea. IJft the commonwealth sought to show 1y Golden's conversations with various perple, that not only John and Caleb Poyf. but others, as" well. had a fill knowledge :dge cm the j alleged plarr of assassination The crossx'aYuination- of Golden will begin on Monday. DOUBLF. LYNCHING. South Carolina 'Mobs Hang Two Men lor Murder. i ; Richmond., Va., March 24. A series of exciting events in Greenville" county the past Week, culminated' today in a double lynching at Euiporta. liob Cot ton, a negro, who. according to j his own cpnfcsaibn. killed. Sanders and Wellcr. anil O'Grady, a white man who was with hint in the cabin when; the murder occurred,- were hanged by a iwb. j 1 I '; . The sheriff of the. county discharged the military. . The militia commander notified Gverno Tyler, stating at . the same time, that he thought, it the pris oners were left unprotected by the mil itary. 1 they would lc lynched. The gocrnor replied as follows: i "The responsibility is on the! sheriff. If he orders. you to withdraw you can do .nothing', but obey. Wc have done everything possible '.to uphold the law and prevent mob violence, and arc still prepared to render every aid neces sary." . . '"!. - -Hardly was the train 4earing ithe militia ut of siht when a rmobf en tered the jail, ttok Cotton, hanged htm to a tree and fired forty bullets inio hi', body. -Later, despite the protests oi cooler heads who claimed that the guilt of the white man had not been established, - another crowd, cowiposed largely of negroes, entered the jail, took kj Grady, and hanged htm also. I j. IN THE TRANSVAAL, j African War Situation as Viewed by a Military Expert. , I i ) London. March 24.- Spencer Wilk inson, reviewing the situation at; the seat of war for hc Associated Press at tiwdnigbt. says: i i VThc two points of acute interest are just now Mafcking and the Boer col umn trekking north from Smtthficli and Rouxvil'o, along live Basuto bor der. About "Mafeking we are; in the dark. -Colonel Plumer has but a Itand ful of men. and is net strong! enough to attack Commandant Snyman. j and raise the siege. . Commandant Snyman, 4hcrefore, has attacked him and Colo net Plumer -has prudently retired ex pecting, no doilbt. to return - after Commandant Snyman whenever 1 the latter goes back. ' J . f . - ' i Lord Roberta never forgets small thines while attending to crcal thtnes. It may be taken as certain that he knows how and when he shall have M-af eking relived., supposing the gar rison can hold out, but he dfes not disclose his plans in advance. The dc- m'ilit it (it Gtncral Duller in the next advance will'move simul taneously with Lord Roberts. , Gener al Baiter perhaps is not ready. : Lord Roberts will then have in his own bends 70,000 men, and General Buller will nave 40,000. Lord Roberts may be looked for north of the Vaal at the end of April, and "before Pretoria, if the Boers fall back to that place, in the first half of May." iA dispatch -from Bkoemfontein says: "The Boers are reported retiriivg fron Kroonstad, after having blown vp the bridge." ! PASSED OGDEN. ' i Ogdcn, Uuh, March 24. Col. Wm. J.: Bryan was greeted by, a large and enthusiastic crowd when he reached Ogdcn today in company with ex Senator Dubois, of Idaho. After an address, the party left ior the North west. PRIMARIES HELD. Spokane, March 24 The republican primaries- were held today,, in every precinct in Spokane county. It wis a i three-cornered fight between C. B. Hopkins, Alonzo M. Murphy and; P Stern. Hopkins, who is candiiitc for delegate to the national convention, claims a victory. , i WI LL RESIGN. r : If chairman of the democratic siate cen tral committee, who js in the cuy, ,an-fimmri-; nnsitivrlv that he ' will resicrn. t(jt go. to Cape Nome, within a few w ecjvs. t AMERICANS WON. i-London, March 24. The interna-t-ional chess match bctween.the Eng lish and American teams resulted in fevor of the Americans by a score of six to four. A RECEPTION. Jacksonville. Fla., March 24. Ad miral and Mrs. Dewey were given a reception here today. SHOT BY BOERS. General Roberts Reports the Wound ing of Several Officers. .. London. March. 24. At a late hour the war ofiice posted the following dis patch from General Roberts: ! "Bloemfontein. larch 24. Yesterday Lieutenant-Colonel CraHbe, Captain Trotter and Lieutenant Thes Von Ely gon, of the Grenadier guards, and Lieutenant Codcrington, of the Cold stream guards, rode eight or nines be yond their camps on iModder river without escort, except one trooper. They were fired upon by a party of Boers, and Lieutenant Elygon was killed ami Lieutenant Crabbe. Lieutenant-Colonel Codcrington and Captain TroMer were seriously wounded; the trooper also was wounded. One of the wounded officers held up a white handkcrclnef and the Boers came to their assistance, and did all they pos sibly could in attending to their wound v. The Boers then conveyed the wounded to the nearest farm house where they were taken care of." A GRANT MEMORIAL. ! Washington, March 24. An import ant bill passed by the senate today, appropriated $10,000 for designs for a suitable memorial" in Washington, to General U. S. Grant, this being the first itcp in a movement to secure an arch similar to the arch of tritmph in Paris, commemorating the ilhistriotis so!-tier-statesnian. 'A resolution was fiassed. asking the secretary of state or information on thc "open-door" negotiations concerning China. MAHOMET. i For the persrnal appearance and private hfe of 'Mahomet, we must rely on the 'Arabian writers, who dwell with fond and proud satisfaction on (he graces ami intellectual gifts with which nature had endowed him. He was of a" middle stature, of a clear, fal skin, and ruddy complexion. 'Hished and features, though large, were well rtportioned: he had a prominent orehcad. large, dark brown eyes, an aumlrne nose and a thick, bushy beard. His mouth, though rather wide, was handsomely formed, and adorned with teeth white as pearls, the upper, row tit closely set. but in regular order which appeared when he smiled, and gave an agreeable expression to his countenance. He had a quick ear, and a fine sonorous voice. 'His dark eye brows approached each other witlmut meeting. His hair fell partly in ring lets about his temples, and partly hung down between his shoulders. To pre vent whiteness, the supposed effect of Satanic influence, he stained it,, as Araos often do still, of- a shining, red dish color. His frame was muscular and compact robust rather than cor pulent. When he walked, lie carried a staff, in imitation of the other proph ets, ami had a singular affectation of being thought to resemble Abraham. The assertion of the Greeks and Chris tians, that, he was subject to epilepsy, must be ascribed to ignorance or mal ice. - . . '. . .:.-..;, OLD STORY IN A NEW DRESS. ! Words and DeedsOne of the old time Southern negroes went to Boston to make his fortune. After a week of walking up and .down 4ie found him self penniless, and no work in sight. Then he went from house to house, i EJ you please, sub." he began. When .-.bis ring at the front door was answered, "can't you give a po cullnd man work ter do. or somepin to eat?" j Ami the polite answer invariably was. "No. mister very ' sorry, but have nothing for you." . I 'Every one who answered his ring addressed him as "Mr., but shut their doors and hearts against him.; . I Finally he rang the bell at a brown stone front. , ; I A gentleman appeared and the old man began: ;4 ; "Bos. I is starvin. Can't you gim me some vittles?" i ,Yori darned, black, kinky-headed racal!" exclaimed the gentleman "dlow dare you ring the bell at my front door? Go round the back-yam way to the: kitchen, and the cook'l give yiMt something you black ', . (But just there the old man fell on his knees, exclaiming: "Thank de Lawd, I Joun my own white folks at las'! .Thank de Lawd, I foun' em I loun' cm 1" 'Atlanta Constitution. Fine printing. Statesman Job Office. WILL DETAIN IT omiON BT THE ATTOBSEI AL OS IJlTEBEST t . . raid by FarcbjMer of 8tat Land, "Who j Ask fo Return of thi XCoaeys raid sad Returned Tbem. . In response to a question by M. L. Chambcrlin, clerk of the state land board, AUorncy General D. R. N. Blackburn yesterday rendered an- opin ion regarding the liability -.of the land board to repay interest, collected on deferred payments on land sales-, where, on account of the staic being unab!e to give fitle. the principal so collected was repaid to the purchasers of land. The opinion is asfollows: It appears from a letter, submitted to me by you, that Doughs' Belts and Ellen Belts contracted 10 purchase of the fstate land) board, several years .ago. a tract of land, claimed at the time to be school land, but the state never acquired any title to this land and can not convey it to said parties for this reason. It further appears that the Belts paid, at the time of the contract ior its purchase, a part only, of the amount agreed upon as t'he purchase price thereof, and executed their notes, bearing interest, for the payment of the unpaid i portion of said agreed sum. They paid to the 4oard interest on rhese notes in the sum of about $140, and, for the reason that the stale land board can not convey said land to them, they have now applied to said board for the repayment of the amount paid when the -contract was entered in to t'ogot'licr with the aftriount paid as in-terc-ft oni the notes given for ihe de ferred payments. . ; Based on this state of fact-s, you ask whether or not the board shall issue a warrant in their favor for the amount so paid by them as interest on said notes as well as for the principal sum paid at the lime of the contract. In this case interest Troir the ilcle of payments, made to the board by the Belts, to the date of the warrant for rejinyimcnt is not asked for; therefore, in answering the question- propounded, it will not be necessary to take in'o consideration section 18 of the act of 1899, approved February 18, 1809, ('Session Laws of 1809. p. 1O1) being senate bill, 126, and which provides for the payment of interest at the rivic of 5 per cent, per annum under cer tain circumstances, but it will be nec essary to ooustruc only section- 17 of said act. which. 50 far as it has any application to the uuestion. reads as foi-fws: I "Where lartxls have been sold which the loard couM not and can not convey to ihe ptirchaser.jibut whkh have been bought and paid or under a misappre hension of the dondition of the sair.'c, the -board, upon the production of sat is factory proofs of such facts, and tht reconveyance toy duly executed and re corded quit claim deed of whatever ti tle or color of title was received from the slate, s'hall order the . amount paid to the board in the purchase of said land to be repaid to such purchaser, his heirs or assigns, from the fund or funds which received' the payments made in the purchase of said lands, and transmit to the next legislature a report o'f s'xrh transaction." In order to determine the true mean ing of this provision, it is at least prop er to accrtain: First, the law upon this subject as it stood at the time of this enactment: and, secondly, the mischief intended to be remedied, or the purpose of, -or object to be at tained by making, the change in the provisions of the statute. In 1878 a statute was enacted, and by the provisions of section 15 thereof, (being section .3600 f II ill's Annotated Laws of Oregon, 1887), this authority was conferred .upon the board: "And where , lands have been sold as school, university, or agricultural college lands which had not and could not be set tled as cither, but which have been bou;5tt and paid for under a misap prehension ot the condition of the same, the board, upon tjie production of sai- tsiaxrtory proofs 01 such facts by the purchaser or' his legal representatives, may order the amount 01 the purchase price to be repaid to such purchaser." This section was amended in 1891 and. as amended, is section 3609 of Hills Annotated Laws ot Oregon, 1892, and 1 hen read: "And where any lands have been sold which did not belong to the state or to which the board can. not give ti tle, but whici have been bought and paid for wholly or in part, the board, upon ! the production of satisfactory -proofs- of S'.rCh facts by the pnreh'aer 01 is Icgat representatives, may order the amount of the purchase price to be ri iniid to such purchaser, and interest thereon at 8 per cent, per annum," b'rt thrs interest was not to be allowed if it appeared "that the purchaser" had "derived-any benefit from the use of the land." The difference bet ween the provis ions of section 3609, as 'it is presented in Hill's Ann. Laws of 1887, and said section as it was amended in 1891 and appears in a:d Hill s Ann. Laws of 1892, Is plainly apparent. Section 3O09, as it is published, in said Hill's Laws of 1887, will hereinafter bef referred to a.4 "original section 3609," and the amended section, as it is in said Laws of 1892. will be referred to as "amend ed section 3609." " Original section 3609 applied, only to school, university and agricultural college lands. It did not include swamp lands; tout amended section. 3609 ap plied to all -state lands whnch had been sold by the board and to which title could not be given. The original sec tion applied only to sucfh of the lands mentioned therein as had been "pur chased and pa'id for," the amended sec tion applied to all lands which . had been purchased and paid for wholly or in part." The original section did not authorize the payment of interest under any circumstances, nor did it, directly at least, authorize the repay ment of interest which had been paid to the stale; the araerrded1 section pro vided for the allowance by the; board of interest on the purchase price paid for the land, tout, likewise, d.d not di rectly authorize the repayment of in terest which had been received by the state on notes given lor deterred pay ments. ;. J' ' : - 1 Therefore, the law. as it stood ' at the time the act ot 1899 went into ef fect, was-appl'kable to the repayment of the purctfnse money paid to the tooard for any land sold by the state. wnctner the laird had tocen paid for wholly, or in part only; and fn addi tion to ordering the repayment of the purchase price that had been paid in, the law also authorized the payment of interest at the fate ot e per cent, per anmAn on the said purchase money, whenever it appeared 'to- the i satisfac tion .of the board that the purchaser had not "derived any benefit trom tne use of the land; but . neither sard original section ior said amended sec tion reouired a ' reconveyance by the purchaser to the state "by duly execot- cd ana reporctea quit ciaim uecu 01 whaterer title or color of tiUe rwas, re ceived from the state." ' It would seem reasonable, therefore. to (conclude that he principal object and purpose df the act of 1899 were to reduce -thfe rate of irrtcrest to be al lowed by the. hoard' from 8 per cent, pcrianmtfn to 5 pcy cent, per annum, to require the reconveyance i by the purchaser of the title or color of title received (mm the state and in all prob ability to repeal thaf portion of: amend ed section 5609 which provided for the repayment of the purtfiiase money, when it had been paid in part only.. It w ill be noticed that by the provis ions of the original section 3601) the purchaser was required to furnish to the board satisfactory evidence that the land had been "purchased and paid for under a. j misapprehension of the condition of the same," while un der the amended -section 3609 the pur chaser was required to, furnish satisfac tory proof that it had been "purchased and paid for wholly or in part" under such misapprehension; and the act of 1809 restores and rcadopts the pro visions of the original section in this respect; so that it, might be question able whether the board authorized to rcpav aciy money paid in, unless the purchase price has been paid in 'full; for the land, is not "paid for" so long as any part oi the purclrase price re mains unpaid. Yet in equity and jrs tcc the purchaser is entitled to the re turn of the i full amount of -the pur chase price which he had paid without V.ie repayment of any interest which he had paid to the board on account of the deferred payments, and especially, so far as interest is concerned, where he had had the possession and use of the land contracted ,for. It will be further ' noted that rhcre is not in either of tCicse acts any provision for the repayment, to the purchaser by the board, df any -sum or sums ot mon ey w'hich may have been paid to it as interest on tmpaid installments of the: purchase price of. the land under the contract. - . But it is claimed that, under and by virtue of the- provisions of said section .17 of the act of 1899, w hen the purchas er has furnished the hoard -satisfactory proof" that he purchased said land and paid for. it "under misapprehension of .he same," and he has reconveyed "by duly executed and recorded quit-claim deed wihatevcr title oir color of title was received from the state," then the board "shall order tlie amount paid to the board in' the purchase of said land to be repaid to such purchaser." - This is true; but the question then arises: "What is the amount which is paid in the purchase of the land? Is it only the- original sum agreed to be poj as the purchase price of the land, ot docs it include arso interest which the purchaser contracts to pay for the use of that portion of the; purchase money which the purchaser retains while he lias .the possession and use of the land as well?" If interest can be consid ered as part of the purchase price of the land, then it must toe repaid. - Interest is defined in the Century Dictionary! and; Cyclopedia as "pay ment , or a turn paid. for the use of moiK-y, or; for forbearance of a debt." In cases Ot this character now under consideration it .might-be defined to be simply liquadatcd damages stipulated to be paid toy the purchaser, not as part of the amount paid m the purchase money not paid at the time of the pur chase; or, -in other words,, the pur chaser has the tocneficial use of the land when he takes possession, and the s'iatc board gets the irrtcrest, when it is paid at all. solely as the considera tion for such use. The interest off sets the n?se of thc land,' and, if the in terest paid by the purchaser be re turned to him, he, not only has the use of the land, free of rent and of taxes, but he has returned to him also "that which the board had . received in part payment for its use and occupation. A simple contract to "purchase land does not carry the right to the posses sion o fthc land. That right remains in the vendor, and.. if the vcfldec enter into possession, he holds 'under his vendor as a tenant docs under a land lrd, and can not dispute his vendor's title. (I Warvcllc on Vendors p. 196, Set. .10.) The interest paid by the ven dee; to the vendbr4s, therefore, in my cjpinSon, t!hc coiKide ration passing to the vendor for the! possession and use of the land in-lieu of rerrt and is no part of the amountpaid in the purcliasc of the land. There is another consideration which is tertainly cut it led to somewcight in arriving at a definite opinion- in this matter. It is reasonable to . suppose that the legislature' intended to detrnal and impartial jitstice' as between pur chasers who paid in full for their land aird thosc'jwho paid in part only and paid interest on the unpairl portion of the porchase money. Such justice would 'not be meted out rt the former receive from the board only the princi pal sum paid in toy them, and the latter receive also the interest , w'hich they have paid. It is clear that those who pay in full get , back no interest, yet interest is received by the . board whether- the rand, purchased be wholly pajd for at the time of' the contract and the purchase money loaned to others, or only a part of the purchase price is paid at the time of the purciiase and the purchaser pays interest on tlie de ferred payments. If the con struct ron contended for is fhe true one. then rhe man who purchases' land, djpes not pay the purchase prkc but only inter est thereon. Will have that interest re turned to him, although he has had the use not only of fhe lard purchased, but of the money also whfich he agreed to pay rhcrefor, while the one who paid in full, will be out of the use of his fnoney and get back only the principal sum paid in. In the rmc case, the state will get and retain j the interest which accrues on the purchase money while in the other instance it would get ths interest but would retain iL I 1 ; lt seenrs to be a' settled rule of law that "where a contract for Ihe Sale of land, w'hich the purchaser 5;as paid for and was put in possession of, s rescind ed for causes free ot iraud. the use of the money and the use of the land" will balance each oihcr; (1 Warrelle in Vendors, p. 195 Sec. 7.) and I can see no -good and vali'd reason why one, w-ho does not pay "the purchase ' pritct should have the use of the land and. the use of the noney asd. To- refund thi interest would be neither 'euuitv nor justice, and I can not think,; under all the circumstances, that the legislature intended that it should be law. v It is, therefore, my opinion' that in terest paid by the purchaser on notes given lor the unpaid portion of the Eurchase price of rand contracted for ut to which the board can not give a good title? by deed, is not money paid to the board in the purchase ot land, that it is n.ot part of the purchase price o'f such land,' and that the board can not repay such interest. LORD ROBERTS' Cy C B. A number of girls k at a Sto-ckvvcll school recently were disctsng the meaning of the letters G. C. B. after Lord Roberts' name." One girl quicks ly settled. the difficulty toy saying thai the initials stood for "Generally Called Bobs." L,ondon Daily Chronicle. - ; j . The "good are' befriended; even by weakmrs and defect. Every man in Im lifetime needs to thank his faults. (Mre?hclpful than all wisdom is one draught of -simple human pity that will not forsake us. -George Eliot J -The perfection of moral character consists in this in passing every day as though it were the last. Aurelius. j Two hundred andi fseventy-five Amer ican colleges have offered to give fret education to Cuban students, on con dition that they return to -Cuba after they get .through college. j What reason would grope for iji I vain, spontaneous - rmpiiMc olttmtcs achieves at a stroke, with light and, Lnlcasurcful guidance. uoethe. j SOME HOP FIGURES KIHUEK BALES 1899 CttOl lit'--MAININO IN GROWERS QAVlfS, Ktliiute for the Thrre 1'ucllic Coaiit t-tate Director of ih II. ti. A. ' Hold Meeting. ; T ' i (From Daily, March 25th.) The Statesman yesterday received tluc VoMowing letter of inquiry concerning the hop crop of the Pegcific coast stau from John W. Lumsdoti, of New York, City, importer and wliolcsale dealer it foreign fruits: . J i '"Votdd you kindly jgive me ar idea as to the lSyy crop f Jiops on the l'af cific coast, the, ntfui-Wr of bales ia Oregon, Qflifornia ahd WaisliingtoiiS about how ma-ny bales remaining ii glowers hands at the present tim; thi prospect ,xtt red need acreage, and how many acres will probably be pioughc up? ' j ... "I would be plcasdtl to reciprocate with airy information' from this so tion." ; : j 'A representative of; the Statcsmas called upon II. fC)ttcnheimer, local reiircsentative for iJiitnthal & Co., foj the information. 'Mr.) Ottcnheimcr one of Salem's bcst informed and most reliable hop factors aind is capable up giving such lirtormation. Mr. Otten'heiiner estimates the coasjt crop for the season of i8yy as tollowsi: - :- liaies Califortiia.. . .. 56.00b Oregon ..., .. .... 80,000 Washington.. .. .. . L .. .. ... 34.00CI iiritish Columbia .............. 2,00$ 1 otai; i, .. .. . Iji.ooq pTumt)cr ot uales reinainir.g in grow-j Jcrs hands at the present time is givcit as lollows: ' Iialcd .. .. ... 2.75Q . .. .. ..17.500 . . . . ... 4.00a California. . Oregon.. .. Washington. , total., .. .. .. .. .. .. ..24,25a Of the 17,500 bales, remaining in tlid hands of Crcgon growers. 12.500 bales are controlled by the Oregon llop-j growers Association, i the rcmain-in- I5000 bales belonging to individual gro-j ers. . I Respecting the acreage, Mr. Ottcnt Hcimcr said: "A few yards arc bein, plowed up here and there, but not suN ficient to cut any figure. The amount pfenved uj) this year I will bo offset by .'hose yards coming j into .full bearing that were, set out iri 1X99. 4 A great many growers are renting their yards! to outsiders who are going to try their hai?d at the business, which accounts ior me tact tuat more varus arc not be Ittg plowed Aip." if The board Of directors of the Oregon Ilopgrowcrs Association held a meet ing yester lay at the. association ofiice in this city. Those present were: M. I.. Jones, Brooks: James WinstanleyJ jaicm; j. k. hooper, Hi'Kpcn-icncc; II. 1). Mont, Silvcrton: Francis Feller, Buttcvillc: -Geo. B. Hovcnden, Hub bard; Q. L. Barher, WoodUirn; T. l. Joipcs, Wheatland, and 11. 1. Bcntil B"ttcvil!c. 'Koutinc busincsi was transacted, in cltidinK the award 01" a contract i4r furniahing 25.000 yards ti (burlap, and other supplies for the association, .but nfchher the price nor the name of the firm to whom the award was nmde, was disclosed by the oflicers of the asso ciation. . The ofircers reported the sale yester d.iy of five lots of hops, bm refused to give the number of 4jales involved or the prke realized from the sale. f . , STATf TAX fAYMENTS MADf. . Jack sen County Sends in $4000 Sever al insurance compamcv tMake Their Annual Settlement. . , (From Daily. March 25th.) State Treasurer Gws. S. .Moore yes terday received a remittance from tbt jacKson county treasurer, amounting to $4000, to be applied on that county s stale taxes for 1899. Jackson county's quota is $21,242.13 thus leaving $17, 242.13 to be paid. The state treasurer also received re mittances from three insurance com panies on account of state ' taxes on the business done in Oregon, during the year 1807, by these, corporations. The statements" 1: filed, accompanying the payments. are: -.: .'" i: ", Scottish' Union National Insurance Company, of Edenburgh Gross re ceipts, $27476v26r premiums returned, $315860? losses paid, $6081.42; net re ceipts. $i8.y-24; ax paid, $364.72. Imperial Insurance Company, of London GrrJss receipts, $33,046.25; premiums ; returned, , $85.05; losses paid, $11,140.30: net receipts; $15,029.81; tax paid, $300.60. ' Lion Fire Insurance Company,'-of London Gross receipts, $20,380.60; premiums '; returned, $4007.82; losses paid. $1671.27; net receipts, $11,701.51; tax paid,-$234.03. . SENT SI ; BACK Puerto Rican Government Bill $ Recommitted. I HE SENATE WILL DIVIDE IT . . j m Tlx Iteller Mtuin rMMd by ths Vmw4 j Agreed Upon by the Joint Cob . fcrrnce Committee. i .uiscmvr.Tnv xtt, t7 kw minutes in the senate, tcday, a sur prise bordering almost on coris'jrna rion m some quarters wasj created by the request of Forakcr tha-jrthc Puerto Ivican jjovcrnment bill foe Jrccomniittcd to the Puerto Kico- committee. Tlie request precipitated a lively coiloquy, but it finally was developed that the bill Forakcr wanted recommitted was the government measure njw on calen dar and not unfinished business. Inur ing the elucidation of his. request, how ever, Foraker plainly indicated '.hat it was his purpose to separate the bills and press the Puerto Ricjan tariff bill to an early vote, his desire being to have the vote taken not later than next Thursday. .- i . . ! ; A measure was passed, providing! for the appointment, by the president of a -com miss ion to -invibstigitc the trade and commerce of the Orient, with a view to the extension of American commerce. , i After a brief and spirited debate the house today took the last congression al step in completing thej, Puerto Itico by a vote ejf IJ5 to 87. I The hill tarn ocr to the president, far use of Puerto Rico, alwut $Jf.opo.ono. bf cii.vtcms: re ceipts, collected on Puerto Rican gq-.d t'p'.o January 1st, last, arid .such amounts as may hereafter accrue until otherwise provide! ,by law. The de bate lasted hut an ho:.r. "but in this time., the whole range cf Puerto Kico legis lation was discussed. i A SOLEMN' CEREMONY. Sew York, March 24.AWith a silver sp.-jde. in tlie presence nf! thousand."- of people. Mayor Van Wyck today lined fruiin an (tpening '& t lie; "city ha") "srjijare a Jk'w pounds 'of earth, -wiich tormallr began the work of tne: t'lidcrsoround raised transit railway systpfn. TIw uh dergroun l railway tunnel will be twenty Oiil. miles in length, an j wiil ..involve, ah Expenditure by the city of New York of more than .$.$6,000,000. The con tract ior completing it is unlimited, aud about 1000 nun will be employed. VFjRY GOOD STUMP-trULLIXG. Utilizing tlie wind as a sfirmp-pullcr is an Oregon .innovation It was the idea of the farmer at the state oenitei- tiarv, whose task was to clear the fir timber from a sixteen acre tract. He was given the winter in which to clear six acres, but with the aid of the wind he cleared the whole tract in six weeks, although the timber was of a dense KTowtn, tlie.hrs measuring irom one foot to four in diameter, j The winds in that quarter blew s-trong from the south at this season. The farmer jnt his men at work on the north fide of the fir grove. They cut a log 'and tirapgetl, ii Close xoj4iie luirur -uic im the bases of. the fir trees, and then nu the surface-roots of the trefs that were to be felled. These preparations were made during the first day. and then the men went home and slept while the wind did the rest. , During the night a strong south wind blew the trees down, ami they in falling acvWs the losjs pulled up the tap-roots. The next day the men sawed up the fallen Urces, burned 4hc brush, ana !a:I tnci' logs for another lot of trees. 1 niey proceeded Tn this way -until the whole prove had disappcared.-i New 7 York Post- ' . . 1; . NERV f fetch V 17 Al. 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