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Newspaper Page TextuiiliLLILtLuS. :. .fflStti Lord Roberts Has Criticized His Action In Battle ! IN THE CAMPAIGN ON TKEHCEU Tb HrltWh Csnimaadr Expect tm Ton the Bar foaittoee and Croak tbe TnutMlfarrti. LONDON. April 18. (Wednesday, 4 a. in.. -The government has chosen this a I"he momtnt to publish a dir patch from Lord Roberts, pronouncing a cenntre upon Sir Rcdvers Duller and Sir Charles -AVarrejv, two of his mot important subordinate commander. Tlii dispatdhi written February 1.1th.. has l)een in Uie hands of -the war office tor. five weeks. . . lJfrI Roberts' deals severely -with General Warren and some others. Even General Duller docs not escape. Ird Roberts complain tbat the plan of operations is not clearly described in the dipatche. Lord Roberts point out that General Warren seems to have concluded, after a consultation with hti officers, that the flanking movement or dered by General Duller was imprac ticable, ami therefore 'so changed the plan -of advance as ta necessitate jihe capture and retention 01 Spion . Kop. Ixird Robert continue: "A Warren considered it impossible to make a wide Hanking movement, whidh was recom- mended 5 not actually prescribed in the secret instructions, he should forthwith have acquainted Duller with the coarse he proposed to adopt. There is noth ing to show whether he did so or not. ; Rut it is only fair to W'arrer to point out tbat Duller appears throughout to have been aware of what was happen ng. i HALF-HEARTED ATTACK. London. April 17. The war office has received - the following dispatch from Ixrd Robert, dated Rloemfontein Tesday. April 17th: "Our force at Wepener is still" surrounded. but it i reported that the enemy are attacking in a very half-hearted manner, ami arc anxious about their communications hearing that ; force are approaching W.cpcner irom two directions one Wi der General Rundle' via Reddersburg and anorher under General Brabant with Genera! Hart's brigade in sup- jort, via Kouxvil!c. TO HIS LONG REST FRANK 8. DEARUOBX PA8SCU A WAV YESTEKDAV HURMXU. Kcualii Hrnaitht t Thli City Last Sight Fenerel Tomorrow We A Mem br of Several Lodfe. (From Daily Statesman. April i8th. Frank Stratton Dearborn, one of Salem s most prominent and popular young business men. passed awav at 6 - 1 . 1 . - . - . t ciock- yesteruay morning, at: 111; Good Samaritan hospital, in Portland, after an-illness of five months, aged 37 years, 2 months ami 6 days. ; Deceased u-as stricken with typlioiijl fever In November of .last year, sirree which time he has steadily failed. Sev eral weeks sgq ttpon the advice 0 nis piiysicians. -his family decided to transfer -him. from the bome on South Commercial street in this city. -to the Good Samaritan hospital in Portland, and he was removed to the latter place on April 4th. The fever had left him too weak, however, that all efforts to save his Hfe were unavailing, and he continued lo fail, until he calmly breathed his last a-t the bour indicat ed above, surronndetl by those, who loved him best his mother, his aunt Mrs. E. S. Kearney, and his two is?cfs who reside in Portland. i The remains were brought , to this city on last evening's Albany kcal. and taken to the family home. .Mrs. af. A Dearborn. Mrs. 'A j L. .MeCullv iark Mrs. E. Shelley iM organ accompanied the remains home- , i i-rann o. uearDorn was born iu Eugene, on February 12. 1863, 1 One year later the famiU- moved to Salem, and here he spent his entire life, with the exception of twj years, dnrkig -which he was employed as salesman in the bookstore of J. K. Gil! & Co. of Portland. He was ctfucatcd in. Wil lamctte University, was for a time em ployed in the T. McF. Patron book store, and abont to years ago engaged in book and (Stationery trade in this city, succeeding to the business of J, Benson Starr. Under his careful man agement the business prospered, until, at the time of hi demise, it -was one of the most flourishing bouses in the City. ' ; ' " - - J- 4 , Deceased was a business man of ex cellent ability. Quiet and unassuming, his strict integrity was unquestioned, and be was considered one of the en terprising citizen of - Salem, i ile was a' devoted son. and his widowed mother wiH sadly, miss him.j ' lie leaves, besides bis mother. Mrs. ;IteIn A. Dearborn. tone brother iand5 three sisters Richard 11. Dearborn, who is attending Cornell University, at Ithaca. N. Y.; Mrs, Scott iBozorfb. of this city; Mrs. JE. Shelley Morgan, and Mf. A. L. McCully, of Portland, besides j a large circle of warm and devoted friends to ntourn his untimely demise. S j - He was a charter member of Ore gon Cedar Camp Ko. 5a46 IModefn 'W'oodnwn of Americtria membet' ti' Salem lodge No. 3.6. B. P. O. Elks, and Dan Waldo's Cabin Xo. 3, , Na-. .live sons of Oregon. . t i , j . -. - , ;: is. ; I '. (From Daily Statesman. April 30.) The funeral of " Frank S. Dearborn, which was held at the1 First Methodist church, at 2:30 yesterday afternoon, was very largely attended. The larg? churcb euvtice was completely filled, including even the gallery. The. members, of the lodges, with which the deceased had affiliated, attended in bodies, making a ery cni.ieri.e jx.nin 01 ;.,c audi ence. Tiicy were: Oregon Ceuar Camp No. 5240. 'Modern Woodmen of tAmrrrcat balem - t-odge-o.- 330. H. r. J O. Elks, apd Dan, Waldo s Cabin, No. X. Native Sons ot Oregon. , - SN'eAly 1 every old Salem jamify was represented in the congregation.. .The .writer does nit yecall any absentees oi the names tha ire familiar in SaTemV ocial and business history. ? ' " ", ,: : ! The service were conducted by Rev. tohn Parsons. D. D., assisted by Rer. ieorge W. Xirannis. D D. The re marks of both were appropriate and el oquent of the "feelings of sympathy felt for the bereaved tamiiy, and of tbe los to the community on account or the death 01 the . citizen in early manhood. Mrs, H awe Hinges sang the solo, 'Meet Me in My "Angel. Home" in a very 5weet araJ tender manner in tact, so sweetly that nearly every eye of the large audience was moistened with tears before she concluded. The M. -E. Choir. Under the direction oi Dean Francesco Seley. ot the Willamette College of Mus.c. sang the hymns. Lead. Kindly LighL" and Hesns. Lwer of 'My SouL' artd the anthem. "Rock of Ages.": j The floral decorations were profuse land beautiful. There w-as a perfect wil derness of white flowers on the casket ind about ht altar. Many floral pieces were sent in by friends, andthe grave at ihe Rural cemetery, .where the inter ment took place in the family plot,wa lined with flowers. The pallbearets were: Douglas C. Minto and Charles S. Riely. represent ing the Elks; Henry W. Meyers and Jefferson Myers, of the iModern VVood ,men. and Dr. W. B. Morse and J. W. Bickford. chosen by the family. Among those attending the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Kearney, of Portland, uncle and aunt o the de ceased j Mr. and Mrs. E. Shelley Mor gan, brother-in-law and sister, and 'Mr. and Mrs. A. L. McColly, brother-in-law and sister, all of Portland; Mr. and Mrs. S- C. Flint, of Roseburg, uncle and aunt; Dr. and Mrs. B. F. Swick. of Dayton, uncle and aunt, accompanied by their daughter. Miss Faye; and Mr. and Mrs. L, G. Adair, of 'Eugene. and Mark. Gill, of Portland, life-long per sonal friends ot the deceased and the ber-aved family. v ILL 1 1. ir.. i lie ousiness of the late Frank S. Dearborn will probably be continued as of old. under the management ot William Evans who has long been in charge of the bookstore. Deceased left a life insur ance of $6000, in favor of hi mother. Mrs. II. A. Dearborn. tN OREGON SCOUT. Chief Quartermaster Iong, at San Francisco, yesterday notified Gov. T. T. Geer, of the arrival in that city from 'Manila, of the remains of James. Harrington, late chief of scouts in the Philippines, a member of Company G, Second Ore gon Volunteer anfantry. The remains were ordered shipped to Portland. where they will be interred in the state plot, by the side of the twelve who were given their last resting place sev eral weeks ago. - James Harrington was killed n action, at the bght oi Dalac bridg, May 16. 1899. A REPLEVIN SUIT. . suit wa filed, in the city recorders court last evening, in which; C. M. Elspass was plaintiff and F. V'- Durbin, defeidant. Ihe action is brought to replevin 12 cords of fir woods, attached bythe sher iff n a suit agamst James tMeGuwe- rer ccntly. J. A. Jeffrey is attorney for the plaintiff. ONE LICENSE. Levi McCracken and (Miss Mary Blanton were yester day granted a marriage license, upon t'he application and affidavit" of J. A. Taylor. Though Senator Depew is a profess ed believer in marriages of affection, he is not enthusiastic over the fact that hts favorite niece. Miss Anna Pauldine has become engaged " to "Lieutenant John "R. Edie of fbe Unifed States na vy, a young man wit'hout fortune. 4ut (highly eligible m every other wav Miss Paulding went to Washington fancy free to act as hostess in Iter un cle's home, but during the seasonlsur- rendercd her heart to the dashing jlieu tenant. Senator Depew i of the opinion1 that had there been- a successful national university at Washington 50 years ago mere wouia never Have been a war. i ri vil WILLING TO TAKE SOMETHING lA deaf woman figured as the plaintiff in a minor case recently tried at the Durham (England) assizes, and (after repeated failures o make her under stand the proceedings the itidee! sue gested that her counsel should get her to agree to a compromise. - v "Ask ber what she will take to set tie it." said the court. The lawyer thereupon shouted out very loudly to his client: "'His lordsbip wants to know; what you will take? "I thank his lordshio very kindlv and if it's no inconvenience to him I'll take a little warm ale. WILL NOT ACCEPT COISIT ASSES SOT J. VT. BOBARTDE CUSE8 THE OMIATiaX Offered Htm by th Cttlxona' CoBatloa on April ?th-rhaakfal to Rpabll cmna for Paat Hntrara. ; i - i-t:tor : cstatesman: r:ease. nermit me, through your valuable, columns, to respectfully decline to accept the nom ination for county assessor, as made by the citizens convention tbe 7th of April. -.As my name was used without my solicitation or? approval, I desire to thank those concerned for their kind consideration and the ; manifest confi dence they reposed in me. I also desire, in this connection, to sincerely thank the Republicans and people of 'Marion county for having twice nominated and elected me to the most intricate and-responsible position in the gift of the people of any county, that ot county assessor.. May the kind ly relations that have existed between the Republicans and myself continue to exist. Respectfully. 1 J. V. HOBART. ' Salem, Or April 7 igxxx f c 1 ELLTOX SHAW'S TRAVELS JX MOX- Th Country Aboand la Carlo Petri Hel i Wooi The drjfcai Sheep ladoatrr V . oa tbe PraJriea. lv DICKINSON,, North DakoU. April 8. I think I left yoa before at Uillmgs. Montana the end of the Yellowstone ocsiiwn-ff risirtn ' Tlhere is a.-crea: deal of alkali in this country, but I think I failed to tell you about the way they scftire water for cooking purposes and to drink. In Billings rhey have 'city water, pumped from Ae river by steam pumps. In Glendive ajid these other places they have cityv water, from the river also, but it is pumped into a tank by an "arm-strong" machine, composed oi a man and a tin bucket. It is hauled and peddled out to the people at from 15 to 25 cent per barrel. the price dif fering s in i different places, depending uoon the distance it must be hauled. The water for the. railroad engines is alo taken trom the Yellowstone, .even with all this,, they bave poor water: to me it taste as, though it bad soap in it. i is so sleek. The more of the sturf yoa drink the more .thirsty you become. Continuing on the way, after leaving . , !t ' Billings and stopping at .vine uj. we arrived ait Gkndivc. a place of about 1000 Deoole.' It is built on flat,' open ground, bet-een the river and the bills. The sod here s sandy ana ls . oiown and drifted in all directions by- the wind. , Tliere is cactus growing every place. 1 .This and sagebrush make - up the vegetable growth 1 of the country. Oh. yes, tfliere is fruit here, too; buftalo harries, coostberries and choke-cherrie V.-n of the above mentioned fruits irmw in any creat profusion, thoiigh In canninz the gooseberries they pick- off neirner the stems nor blossoms and in canning the ones used for pies, we had the other day. they bad left the small leaves in them, i They can their steins bloss.Dins. , small leaves and afl We have apricots quite regularly, and occasibnallv a dish of dried raspberries or blackberries. In towns of any size; you can see in the show windows boxe of apples, and on the sitie of fhe crates you see tlie words. "Oregon .-ppie-- These aonles sell at fronl s to 10 cents eaclv. depending upon the size and the; amount of. decayed matter they con tain. 1 v ; i The business portion of Glendive t strung along on one side of the main street. Nothing at all on the other side but ihe depot and railroad tracks. All through this country you can pick up curios. would like very much to be able to take with me a pair of elk horns and a buffal.-. head. A short dis tance from Glendive is a place where the,re are large logs petrified. ; At this same place is a cord ot 4-foot wood, and a little heap of wood cut nd spin ready foritlie stove, all turned to stone: I saw some of the sticks tbat have beet, brought down to the town. tAlong what is called Cannon Ball" river arc found round balls ranging in size from marbles up to a foot, in diameter. Thej are. many of tliem, perfectly round and look; -like a piece of rusty casting. Theories as .to their formation differ. The one generally accepted is chat t!uy fell -from the skies starting as molten matter from some meteor and assum-j ng their spherical form as they felll These are carried by the ice down, to the Yellowstone during the spring break-up, and may be picked up along the river any place. I bave some per-j feet specimens of the smaller bails There are a great many beautiful mos agates picked up along the Yelowstohtj here. Mr. Twrcbell, a Fargo harhesr man, and I took a stroll down a grave! bar, looking for agates. 'Neither one of 11$ is an expert in detecting precious stones, but we secured some fine speci- mens. The agates are. many of them, larger than a fist- and have to be brok en open to show the quality of the stone. The sun and sand' togetrer, chang; th outside until they koolc fikc arty rock to an inexperienced eye. We met a 'Mr. Hurst, the ferryman, who is a brotb?r to the murderer Hurst wbo was hanged in Glendive a few days ago. He has been gathering agates for sixteen years, and 'has a collection ot beautiful stones, many of them dressed and some n the rough-. Petrified wcod in large pieces is a very common sight even here in Dickinson. I mnst say a few words about some queer looking houses I have seen. They arc built by standing railroad ties up oh end. side by side, and then daubing the cracks with mud. For 3 roof they put cn rough boards or brush to hold the dirt, whicb is placed upon this to a deptb of five or six inches; around the edge is placed a board to keep the dirt front crumbling away. They are almost flat on top. but for years a dirt roof will turn all the ram that fall in this country. These houses are not a rare sight fnrough bere. I have sem hundreds of them. Many of them are handsomely furnish ed. ; Some of them arc plastered .all (ovtr with mud. making them look like a concrete building. - Glendive is on the edge of the "Bad !Lark3." One who "has never setn them can scarcely realize the meaning of these words. They look just like the dumping ground from some .huge "fur nace where the red ashes and slag have been carried out and piled up in heaps all over a once level country.. j There is no vegetation on these Immps at all. They arc all colors of the rainbow. Down between the buttes. at times, you see a little grassland once in a wjiil a small spring. : ; Leaving Glendive, we went to Dick inson. a distance of 106 miles. Until the Bad Lands are . passed everjthing woks a;iiC At. or a little distancel west of Beach, we crossed, the line into North Dakota.: Here the railroad fare changes from 4 cents to 3 cent per m:Ac. litre I saw a pile of baled hay as big jas the whole town i Brooks. Every Httle station bas its stock yard: Some of 'them are quite large. At Medora we crossed the Little Mis souri. Up on ahigh bluff, right along the track, stands - the fellow known a Bad -Lands Oiarlie. a man cut ont of stone. ;It is a perfect image and the people tell a tenderfoot, as they call us. inai 11 is a pexrinea inoian., jf litiungs, .Montana, and m fact al! over thi country, the sheep industry is an important item. You hear peo ple talking about .this., man having i5.ooo head, and that man 50.000 head, and o on up. They drive them to the railroad to shear, and then drive , then il. TiiE BAD LAai); illy ill ti.e xv . Lf,-.t . llut tae snet i) ran y tht - - . m 11 T . f, m. greatest itnng trt an. inesc rr w-ieels. -iiv likfk- the- heep ir-i,.rs liv'durii the summer, iney build ,a bed JectaHj;c6i!structecI in wagon; coverrtljeiowwiin 5 n$ est ducki jmtjn; 3 btd,pboafd slid ing table--in fact. I a batching outfit nixk-Zwrni .a 1 tn ; rifree months rations, men ecuxe ; nc man dog. (The orber day? bne randher tot nut nine of these wagons, coupled on. . .. . . - J! 1 r I f . , behind the other. ,4 riey are scattereu ' ' n . , over the range mnes ana jimu. In time, when the grass i eaten down, thi- famos are nulled by train to a new 4pLt and, perhaps, for a month more the lonely fteraers yrm nor see anum-i buman person: 1 Thfc season over, the herders come to town, and in a week s time the gamblers land saloon, keepers have tbe herder's i last . cent; still he never complains, b6t? next season does the same tbing over again. . ?iv.:' . ELLTON SWAW. THE MINISTERIAL DEAD-LINE. There comes a tilme when a man can neitber stav in tbe ministry nor get; out of it. He Cannot stay in it, because at -the age 'of fortyfnve:or fiftyy he -has reached the -ministerial J dead-line. Churches prefer j youthful preachers. They like She young face, .the erect fig ure, the spirited delivery, and the viva cious rbougbt of aj boy. Another par r.doxl They ought to prefer the learn- mcr thc'exDerience. the insignt, tne ri pened character, and the chastened spir- ituahty 01 a man past mmaie Jite ior only be 'can best minister to their real needs. Yet ive are confronted with Ian Maclaren's pathetic query. "ShaM tbe old minister be sHiot?" And what- vfr aViswer we. inlake to that query, it remains mourrrfulllv true that tbe old minister is either Removed by methfids more or less heajr tjess. or deceived into imagining that another parish will af ford him an opportunity for continued usefulness. Let vliSnr resign, and seek that other parish,, and he learn? bis mis take. A mere stripling succeeds to his pulpit, while hehjnrself remains unem- nloved. . 5 . But it must uot !be imagined that this rnemployed clergyman has; left tn( ministry. The .ministry cannot be left It sticks, to a miaih. whether (he will or notr He is regarded as 'a monarcb w ho has ignomjhjiously abdicated bis throne, as a monik .who ha-s profanely discarded bis ctvtl. as a soldier who has disloyally repudiated .hi military title. He cannot become fa layman; He cannot enter any othertcalling save that to whidh he has given bis life, be cause the clerical! routine has unfitted him for successful endeavor in other directions Some time we shall evolve a system of eleemosynary support for our professionally disabled spiritual ad visers. 1 What name. -then. shalPjwe give to the ministerial calling? I insist that it is a mere butterlly existence. A man has not served i'h s apprenticeship init until he has reached thirty or thirty five, and "his cler cal Hie is isnuffed- oat at forty-five or fit" y. This is well known. Would it not be natural ;to suppose that so'dishearteriing A condition would serve as a very effective deterrent for youthful .aspirants toward holy orders? Yet at the very j time when the dead line is drawn with cruelest. stringency, heboid our tjieological seminaries throngetl wkh j ambitious; students! What can possibly tempt them to hazard their all in so perilous a vent ure as the ministerial career? "The Paradoxical Profession," by Henry J. , Barrymorc. m tHe April Forum.. "BEiR AND FOR BEAR Grizzly bears are becoming scarce in California; stiTT Ithex arc occasionally found in tbe mountains, and when found, their grjeat size and strength make tbem tdrmidable ' antagonists. Experienced hunters fear tbem accord ingly. while the i novice, rashly seeks an encounter. In f'Sketche lof Life in the Golden State." Coli Albert S. Evans narrates the rash, exploit of an oversangujine hunter. 1 , A venturesomi Yankee came to San-! ta Barbara some years ago, and. soon; became an adept at throwing the lasso. Hearing tbe Mexican cowboys talk of lassoing the grizjzly bear, he decided to show them wh.iit he could do in thaj line if bej ever, got a chance. One day he came upon a grizzly in a favorab'e locality. He threw the laso with skilful ainj. and reined back his trembling hors to give itbe bear an astonislier, wheh the reata 'which i always Attached i to the pommel of the saddle krame tant. , i Judge of tbei man's 1 astonishment when that bear! quietiy asjsumed a sit ting 'posture. tok hold pf the lassq, and began to draw it in , band over hand! ': j ' : The ihapless (descendant of the Pit grim Fathers stuck to trie horse and saddle until he jsaw the slack all drawn in. and the bear and horsefcoming rap idly together. Then, i" a panic, he de scended and faiji for a tree, abandoning the horse to itrifate. . ' Two! skilful if en. operating from ojv posite; ides. can master a bear and cbokej bim-between them:. but with on-" ly one man. 'inp horse and one fear, it is andther stoy. , ' ' t , . 1 I ,, 1 I , , - ABUSIVE. . '; Mrsj Bingo-j-You must be careftjt what ybu say to the cook dear, or hc will leave. - Bingo AVbyj was I hard on her? J Mrs. Bingo-t-Were you! Why, any one would have thought ybu were talk Tbe fortune of the late 1 Baron Adpi phe do 1 Rotdhschild, 4smated at about joo,ooo.ofao francs, probably (has been . left lo bis wife. The collection of choice pictures, the painting of bis Swiii and Austrian estates, and the lovely gardensl andi immense green houses at Pregny, 'his Womain near Geneva; werel the' -occupations and amusements of the late? baron's tile: He cared nothing for general society, to wbicb) the baroress is also jndiffer en't, and the brtly great personages they troubled tbem eltes td entertain were the lae emprtss of Austria and ..her siste"r, the ex-queen of Naples, to whom ihey were most kind and, faithful sends. - . . ' - STATE -TAXES. State Treasurer harles ' S. M?oore yesterday received two payments jon account of state taxes. Jackson county forwarded $6x42.13. be ing the balance due on" acount of the 1899 . tax. and Coos county remitted $0,752.78 for jthe same year. 1! STEAM Kit CtTV tr KVUKSK WAft Mcl IJ5 POUTLAXDrTK-STKltOAY, TKIa Ooalaf ltlr Craft . Tiraijrb-. Oaly Wl M fkieb Would" Kraxrrty Pay .for Iti Machinery. v.. (From Daily -Statesman, April 18th.) Thefirr c1iapter -in the history of the independent Willamette river sieana cr. City of JEugenc was. concluded yes terday when that quaint craft was sold in Portland ' to satisfy " claims aggregating alout $4000 tbat; bad ben filed against tbe boat. The ale was made by the United States marshal, but the steamer brought only $1500. V The boat was built just a year ago and has had an eventful career. She has Been tied" up in Portland since Ftb- uiary last, pemiing an aujusimtm i rMMiHin claims. The Portland Tele gram last, evening contained the follow ing mention of the sate of the Eugenie nd the bistorv of its operations on tbe Wittanirlf -? t-Th sfernwheel siteamer City of Eu gene was sold by United States .Mar sJial Houser yesterday, to satisfy a large aggregation of claims-against her. and the- first chapter in tbe career of that orttuhllc nromisine river craft i closed. T-ii-4 cfi ras made near tbe foot ; of Iiffffsnn street, where tbe boat h now moored. Tbree Portland men. .B.1. f-nnW the hotel man: Tom Nordtby of the Shaver Transportation Com pany, and Ole CMseU. V.he orumtrier. were the purchasers and the price paid was $1500. - . . . ' f "Bat one other bidder was present at the sale, an asrenf of Jacob KammJ It was expected that there would bj lively contest for the possession of jfthe boat, but the opposition failed to ;cc- veloD. It was said previous to the sale that Jacob Kamm wouldybe willing to offer $jooo for her. "Claims aggregating over $4000 were lodzed aeainst the .boat. They were for labor performed, materia! furnished etc.. and ranged from a few cents acJi to as hiirh as $500 and over. The craii had leen tied up ince February, await ing a settlement of the suit. i ; "A stock company of about saxty persons, residents of Eugerac and vicin ity, owned the City of Eugene. She was built in 'March.. 1809, at Eugene and made her first trip from Portland to Et'gene April 15th. She was made of extraordinary light material. ; and only drew eleven inches when loaded. Her light draft enabled her to 3?cend the waters of the Upper "Willamette where the opposition boats were greai- ly disadvantaged. 'Her length is 131 feet and breadth twenty-seven leet. ans her cabin accommodations arc sufficient Tor thirty passengers. A common fire box loiler is provided for her. andi tier engines are 01 ordinary grade. enab'.:ng her to make the round trip from Port land to Rugene -in lour days. Her; or iginal cot Avas about "Silooo. "Josiah Bachelde'r designed the fcr!l alnd Captain; James L. Smith Com manded her. Isaac Gray Jr.. was en . gineer. and Al Kirkland was purser ior the first two months, when Isaac Gray Sr. succeeded luni. The crew consisted of seventeen men, when working the doble shirts. "The City of Eugene was built by a company of business men and farmers of Eugene and vicinity for the purpose of cheapening the passenger and freight rates between Portland and Eugene, and rah in opposition to the SoatTiern Pacific Company and , the O. R. & N. Company's river boats. .Rates were considerably lowered by the advent of the new. boat, and a large volume of busim-ss was done for a "while. The passenger fare was cut from $5 to $2.50. and freight rates were lowered from 20 to 90 cents per 100 pounds to 15 and 30 cents per hundred. "Bad business management and a streak of hard , luck combined to put the boat on the down run. All wen: well until July 1st 'of last year, when the crafe, ran on a sunken log between Al bany and Corvallis. and .sank. It cost $1000 to raise ber, and from then on ill luck met her at every turn. The water got so low that operations had to be ceased at times. aid business generally was no longer to be had. "Mesrs. M'c'Cauley. Nordby and Ol sen, the new owners, it is learned.; were offered $2000 for the 'Etfgene las?CrCcn ing before tlve cvose of the day on which the Sale was made. The offer was re--fused. Steamboat men stnte that the 'iniat went 'dirt' Cheap, as she is. new and with a little repairing can be put in first-class condition." - HE REMfMBtRtD A KINDNESS.! There are convicts incarcerated, at at the Oregon state penitentiary who are possessed "of rare inventive genius and the many hours of dreary soli tude through which they are obliged 40 pass, afford many opportunities for giving expression thereto. There is a diversity of scheme by which the.e convicts employ their time. Sorne have developed rare skill in the production of artistic walking sticks and it is to one of these prisoners that xhip item has reference. . "A curious box, resembling art elon gated coffin, w-as tlelivered o .Mayor (Moores this morning and caused com ment among attaches of the executive office, who surmised that it' might contain a bomb or a corpse," kays a recent issue of the Omaha iBee.i "In spector Tom Maharrjitt pried : open the lid somewhat 'cautiously and 'laid bare an object swatheid in the wrap pings -of an Egyptian mummy. 'After many folds bad been 'unwound there was brought to light a rare and curious cane. its. body, from handle to ferule, daintily -and- artistically arved. - -The theme of the carver was the Navy, and the likeness of every great ea fighter of the Spanisb-American -War, togeth er wth his battle-ship, was reproduced. First -of all was a perfect portrait of Devey, embossed on 4he white maple beside an etching of bis flagship. Down the body ; of the cane followed Sampson, Evans. Schley, Sigsbee, II ob sion, Wainwright and other historic names. ' - - "The origin -of the cane was -even more curious than the gift itself! A letter was enclosed written on the stationary of the peniteniaary at Sa lem, Or., and signed by C A. Combs, a long-termi convict. Combs said that the Mayor -bad "once -remembered him with a service which be has re membered with graditude until this day. The Mayor, on the contrary, can neither remember the favor, -nor it's HAS NEW OWNEItS beneficiary. The convict a'ul that the carving -was done with , a large m-t-dlc.- the point, being carved into a clu-HJ , shape. ,1 bis. was. the on 1 in strument which the gu;iru couu ny- trtit to tne convict- , 111c k,ccu- pieu aw ot wrnus. spare time ior luree jmmths. ,tlthough the workmanship IS 01 a proif!".iJiiut rtiamciri diiu 111c likenesses perfect, the convict apol ogizes on the ground thai he was obliged to work m a poor light and could only - secure poirly execute! newspaper portraits for tus inodU. Combs gives no particulars as tu hrs confinement, and ask no favors." Combs was sent up trom Marion county on February 15. )5 U 'tbree' charges ;of forgery and an ejight year tie TeCClVCil igur- jmh win;; oir charges of forgery and an erglit years sentence for assault. Coirrfis and a fellow prisoner, a few days before be ing lilKlH Ml V Mil V'.li, Jiiiir their sentences., assauiteit tae sin-ntf. jobn Knight, and came near tfTectitig their escape. A CHARGE BEf UTEU WATEMKKT BV W. M. HI SUE Y IN ANSWKU TO ACCt'HATlONS Hade ny a Naieu immmi iierore ine Late County Conveation Met An Old Fartaershlp Deal. : iMEHAiMA, Or., April 16, iqoo. To the Editor: One EpjjJey, who claims to be a deritost, circulate! a repirt among the delegates, a short time be fore the late Republican cr unity c n- Atntion, for the purpose' M . injuring mc. p the effect that his late i.ither-in-law-, .Mr. T. C. Shaw, was able t. obtain a surveying contract in ifyt. provided he could tret .a '-practical sur veyor to join with him: tbat the Unit ed States laws required the -contract tu' be taken in. the name of the person ex ecuting the work, and that" I went in with Mr- Shaw on' a surveying con tract . alxiut twenty-five miles Kal oi Cottage Grove in Lane county, and that -Mr. Shaw (furnished the money, and helped ito.do the work- to co.n- f . 1 . . .1. . - li -, . pieic Hie coiiiraix, i:iai .1 .r.icrwuiu collected the money from the Govern ment and robbed lMt: Shaw of his inr ICl CL III u. Eppley's statement, that Shaw fur nished mc the money -or 'helped to do tVi irk jr that 1 robbetl Mr. Sh:i cf his interest .in .the contract, is an ab solute and unqualified falsehood, and I have, -good reasons to believe that Eppley knew he was lying when lie made the statement, and tlun he did so solety - tor tne puripose ot lying me out of the nomination for County jue before the convention. I. therefore, ask space in your paper to give the facts: iMr. Sbavv'did represent to mc that be would furnish tbe money, to board and pay the hands, and help to di the wcrk, and go "halvers" with him ,i the contract, which was agreed- to. When I obtained the, contract Mr. Shaw found that he w:fs unable to fur nish me any bondsmen : neither could be furnish me any money to-complete the contract, and. I was compelled to et bondsmen and -also monev . else where among my friends, but as Mr. Shaw claimed that it was his great :rv fluence' that enabled me to get tin contract. I still told him that. . if lie would go along and assist an the work. I would' share the net profits -i he contract with hup. He did -go'. with' me lip to the place where the survey ing was to be done, but cwing tt Ull age and the . fact that he was crij'vl up with .rheumatisiii. he-was jmab'i t ' do any work, and did not attempt to- do any work, but returned to 1ms uo.tii' I' let him have S20 before starting i Cot taire Grove, and I als let If: Inv-p S21 niYrp when lie returi h-ome. I-copimenccd tb lis work, an.l first went up there almut J the 21st of June, 189 1. and found it to be one ni the most difficult townships to "survey that then remained unsurveyed in tin State cf Oregon; in fact, other survey ors haa rclusett to take tne contract. My first set of men quit the job on ac count of having to return to tne valley to harvest their crops. I returned again after irarvest. with another crew of men, but they found the wcrk ti severe upon them, and quit the jof. and i was compelled to return to tne whveh to. complete the work, -. which -.1 got through with about , the twenty second day of September. JrSi. I did not get any pay fron the Govern- ... ..-1 ,.1,t1 1. . . A r 1.,st . O ll'ill uiiiii aui a jctt aiii i afterwardsi and the Government paid me for this work $853.87. I. expect ed to get more than this, but the rec ord shows that this is all the Govern ment would allow, ami. including the money which I paid iXlr". Shaw, I lost just $0.30' on the contract. For labor and carrying supplies into the tovvri sbip 1 paid out $4.26.2.?:' Cost of sup plies at Salem and . Cottage Grove. $187.35: railroad and stage . fa re $(7-.?5". hotel bills, $31.50; interest on Jxirrowed nionev. Sn.Nn. ilav 18 lRrii advan.c l to T.rC. Shaw, $io; July 7, l8i, ad vanced to T. C. Shaw, $Jo; Septeinler 29. .1891, advanced to T. C. Shaw $10: March 5, 1891, advanced to T.C. ShawJ$io; December 19. i8)2; advanc ed to T. C Shaw in full settlement. $50. This inakes-a total expense of $860.. and vrhtn the Government finally paid mc, about a year and a half after the work was done, T received ' -$853.87, wlvich was $6.31 less than 1 1iad;p.iid out. including the money- that I! paid to Mr. Shaw. " ' .... ... . ... .- T..r When i setuca witn uir, Miaw x course thought that I would get morft for the work, because of the fact that this was such a difficult township Mo survey, and because of the grt'a' tlie boundary bnes of former attempted surveys. Ayhen I paid Mr. Shaw the la&t $50 I took has receipt in full, of all demands tb date, wbich I still have in my posession. " I paid him al together $110, and aside from his al leged influence in assisting m.e to get the contract, he was nver one' Particle cf benefit to me in'doinar that work. I was Mibsequently informed, by tne . surveyor general, iMr. Byars, that Mr. Shaw s influence bad nothing P " whatever in awarding the; contract t me. as I snbmrtted to the requited test, and proved to the satisfaction f tbe Government ofhr that s"was practical , surveyor, and thoroughly competent to do the work: so the pub lic can see that Eppley's iather-in-law received $uo for bis alleged influence in "procuring me the contract, and, 1 lost a little over $6 on tbe job. Please give this space in your paper, in order to correct an erroneous n pression circulated among the peop.e by said Eppley, and oblige. e?e' spectfullly, , W. M. JJUSHEY... 1 1 ;!.