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jWEEKIOR MILS WASH! Gil LMBMROtAL. TAR LETS ; IN THE .MONUMENT MULTILATED. Only Seven, of the Large Number Have 4 Entirely Escaped Several From New York in the Damaged List -Cori-grcss to Be Asked to Provide Severe ' iPenalties. . . i Washington. April 7. A. bridegroom from Pennsylvania, in this, city on his jjuneymooir, --wielded ' his heavy cane a 5 lew days ago and smashed ithe head off I 3. miniature IHana. which is one of the ornaments of a memorial tablet in the Washington .Monument, t Then he picked up the fragment of stone, and handed it to his bridto take home. as a souvenir of Washington, i Just then ; a fark policeman took the vandal into i -uody, appropriated h!head of Di- ana. and marched ' ! bride? and bride groom off to the police station.; A k.cal jfmagistrate fined the man $1 for de stroying public property.! j The head cannot possibly be 'replaced.; -,. Such a flagrantcase :cdT varxlulisii i trnade Col. A. T. BingCiam,! superintend ent of public buildings and grounds, i very angry. In his annual reports Col. i'.ingham has, much to his regTet, been obliged to chronicle a number of cases !of vandalism at the j Washington Mon iomcot, but in case where the offender ifis caught, the police; magistrate usually !vjmposes a severe fine. The idea . of a I vandal deliberately ruining one of the " fine memorial stones in the monument. and then escaping- with a nominal fine caused Col. Bingham a bad half hour, Iwhich ended in his iwriting a letter to the police magi-rtrate which- caused t n'cone's hair to rise, and the issue 01 an order to Custf.cHan John. Hawkins t make an investigation apd report on he. actual condition of all the memorial stones in the monument. Col. Bing ham -will incorporate the informal ,t "-thus oJ-taned in a special rcjort to congress, recommending i that a severe penalty be im-josed for every act of vandalism hereafter; committed. The result of the investigation wis a surprise even to Col. Bingham. He had known in a general .way that a ; kul Mian v t. : 1 n 1.1111 iiaM uv: t it committed, but even, he j was no pre wired for the -sweeping statement of Custodian Htawkin that out of 177 ...memorial tablets only spven have es caped." These seven stones are plain tablets, with little.- Ictitering and n ornamentation, ami how; they escaped is a wonder. i -j "Here." said Col. Bngham' today, handling the list of memorial stones w !h the special report upon 'their con dition, "is a record which it is sor rowful to contemplate, j These stones, which nan never be; replaced, have; been ' Ttfthlesly injured and j smashed, and ytt our local police magistrates are Mich patrons f art fcb.rt they impose a fine of only $1 for dannages which will ).ive through all the ages, yo kng as .the WashitMrtocr Mimument reirains standing. Some magnificent stnes. finely carved and witlv intricate orna nicnMtion. iiaye been j smashed and nnnilated to s-uch an eixtent that they are eyesores and i4jcct.t o larugliter to '' visitor wl inHJect ttfic nHjitii.nent. l-'.veTy mmth there are one or two ca-s i4 vandalism; of this kind report ed, but those are only the exceptional instances when the offender-has been c.itiht. The great extent of territory to be protected makes 4t diflicu'.t prop - erly to police the oig nmrble shaft, with its riXo eps of winding sOircase. (ne feature aliout this vamlalism is that of the offenders caught, eight out -f ten prove to be ministers from small cities wl have come j to Washingtsai on excursions. Why ("ministers of all feople. s1)ju!1 smashj such -priceless stones for a few fragments f marble or granite, I don't pretend to know, but "the records of this office do . sltow l halt ministers predominate to the ex tent I lave mentioned.! There is need for --strong legislation properly fo pro tect the few stones which have been left untouched in the monnment. and I shall recxnMii end that a severe penalty k' imiHed on such cases in the lu ture. "-. I !-.-- . The list of the damage ts -an mipos ing indictment of the j government for nxft -properly protectinji the shaft reared to the -memory of George Va5hmgt0n. The jnost notable case is that ot trie elalmratrfy carved sorte reiresenting a loconiotive. and earing the m-senp-ion: "Presented by the Employees ot R. Norris & Sonl Locomotive Works Phiiaderphta. February- d." 1856. TIh 9twt Mro s the most minute fea tures of a locomotive yet successve vandaJs Imve broken put spokes from the -wheels, part of j the engine cab. scvtlocift of it lie bc.lerj and the -wherts. viniile the sn4estncki has entirely dis appeared. - The carved engine was ap proximately two feet lonr. It was one A the most beautiful and costly stones placed in the .monument, -and its pres ent condilcon is pitiful. A npie stone, -bcarm -the words -Nevada" in large letter? of silver, in dented rrt the stone, has ahw been th biert of thf wmbl. wo have Ifked ot bv anas4iimr the i stone, hvc of the six silver letters.' each wcjghing about eight minces. The opJ-y renaimn let ter tSie "" hai been dug out by or der of CoL" Bingham, and now rests tilw his desk, f Tfie letters in the stone set by the silver city will be painted in sarver paint, so that tne stone may look preventable. ". There,, arc six , stones n Jie first lamling. at a height of th.rty (ert. and tUr of these are! in fairly good cendir tionwilh only ati oJcaMottot chip ims: ing from the corner.! ine tmcu several parts of the engine chpped o As.thi 4atduTg;i- hut. thirty feet from the policeatMrr on the tnoin mw. is surprising that any one srtoMHl rave vemured to chip ott; tue soncs. -. Thr IT- ivi 'stonM on the $e otiu iamling. which 1 i $ j. forty feet alove jrrour.d. ' The one moft mutila'ted bears the insertion:! "Association of J-r-nevman Stotte CiKters of Plmladelphi. InW oth "iK?o.k Uniied We Stand. It originaltv bore! devices of a hammer tend a chise. tit .those ave oeen ihjped off. On ! the -third landing, fu'tv feet uo. there is a badSv mutaated sttine presented by the. Washington Light Infantry,1 Oct. 10, 1850. It is a stjuare stone, with a raised border. wKioh ha been knocked off in iacesw The stents, of 'Ufir.Pss. Gtorgia and this ntatform. are of sim ple, design, yet fras2jmerts,of the jeKert iave Jk-co ctopieo: on witn a cjnsta, and all three look very unsightly. On the next landingY the stone of Sjouth "Presented to V the iranxnw rue .w panv oi Washingn V, C. Irrstitifced A. D. 1H27." ornamented wih. an- olu- S,uT. I ... .nmnr it. relief. SHOW irolWijsKgTkfyt';.- i.ilew 'iInRl)Snre is almost cmtre-Iy o r w a lKrdter- 'A stone, presented yertmoteiand County. Virginia, ft-ti E,Tith53ac? ff. WashiniWi.- is , S la.rly opd condition. The hext stone. xxo 22 in -the catalogue, ha been so badly chrpped that the inscription has 7VfceT,cfcd-;It. U a Krimie, and the faceof the torte ba4 been can ned -away. .-.-There, is no record to tell itre this stone rame from. H ' i r. fiLth Ending, the) stone (A Connecticut ts been bady chipped that the inscription is losing it dis tinction. . The stone of Massachusetts is ecu pped some and that d New Jer sey is tn a very bad condition). A stone l01",- e Grand 'Kvision, S. IT.; North Carolina, is chipped so badly that the msxrr-ption i almost illegible. , . . . 4.,9n .t!le landinff. the kone irun Virginia, Who Gave Washington to America. Gives lhis Grange for His "Monument." has. been a I prominent mark lor the' vaodals, and ihot of the ornamentaJ -work is badly Jcui. The stone from Maryland on this landing has been defaced somewhat. While three others from societies have their edges cut off. The stone from "The City of Washington to Its Founder" is seri ously mutilated. - j m On the seventh ilandinjri. the stone 11 om the mechanics of Raleigh is cm and defaced, and the one irom th '0ld Fellows of Ohio." shows marks of decay, especially .wiher the water courses over its surface, j The stone from Lutle Rock. Ark., is chipped and battered, while i those of I Mississippi arwt Ohio are! but partially broken. The stone bearing the words. "The Tribute of Missouri to. the; Memory of Washington and- a Pledge1 of Her Fi delity to the Union of the States." is in -worse comHtion than jmus of the other stones from the states. Stone No. 43, on the eighth landing. 100 feet bove ground, irom the Inde pendent Order of United! Brothers of Maryland. 1851, is in a deplorable con dition, most of the raised lettering and the ornamental parts beijng mutilated and disfigured. t. figure! representing iMercy is cracked and broken. An unusually beautiful stone, presented by the Grand Lodge of Odd FeHows of Virginia, 1831, with varifus symbolic devices carved in the stone, is very badly mutilated. The stories of Rhode Island. North Carolina and Wisconsin have the edges- chipped off, but are otherwise in good condition.. On the nimh landing; a Masonic stone from the Grand Loilge 'of, Ohio is chipiK'd and scarred. 'A, similar one fmrffthe Grand Lodge of Kentucky shows signs of decay. Th stone from the Grand Lodge of 'the State of New York, with Masonic emblems carved out of the stone", is very I badly muti latcd. (Canes and chisels litave knocked off every "projection. The stone of Iowa is in fairiv g(d comlition, while one from the Postmasters and Assist ant 1h: masters m Indiana is chitmcd in a numlwr of places. ; Stones lrtiii Kill Cot t '.Mills. Md.. i?i2: lOermantown. Pa.; Sons of Temiierancf if KIh'kIc Island, and Roxbury, Mass.. are chipped in a nutnler on places and show signs of decay, the stone fin California has been badly chipped, and is in uanger ot destruction iv water Mowing over its- surfaice. TVi interior of the monument is very damp, and though this stone 120 fejet aflxive the ground, it is constantly in fa very damp condition. The stone from the city ti Frederick, Md.. has betni chiptel so much that the king insertion cannot be decipherel. j A bl(ck of marble from! Mount l.t-l- anon i.oige iNo. 23). -A. x. 'ai.. 01 Libanon. dated is in fair onli- " . ' . if I ' I. tion. l-lie heaut'tui stone trom vvasn- ngton Lodge. No. 2t. f the city of New York, shows signs of .mutiiation The stone from the Marjyland (rand LKlge of Masons .is chi jiet and mu tilated. The staite from the Corpora- t:-on ot the Uty ot rew! iorK. a handsomely ornamented stone. ha 1 x-en very tiadiy nacKeo arotmn mt- at 1 I iL.. edges. The !tone trom the Aniencna Institute of the City ot New or i is in a condition whidi j woaild canst regret it the original nonors oi in'. :one ct;till see it mvv. sety deli cately carved stone from "the Ajiierifan Whig Society ot l'nncetim cmversiiy is in very bad shape. ont side oi the ornamental frame being broken entire ly off. 1 he stones on the twel It'th landing. 140 feet high, are aW chipped in sxrts that ot the Masonic Orandl l.odgc ot liu- .... . . ! - ' nois, eing in t-ne most serious conui- ticn. A stone trom f ort ureene iki tletrround of Ionsr Island. "A Tribute Ivn. 1854." has one sid The stone from the city e uroken on. of Baltimore on this landing lias been hacked around the inscriDtion. and many raised letters have been Bitrtrlated. There arc no memorial stones on the thirteenth landing, rxiss'.bly because t a superstttious behef ot the -monumen. commission in ttte omen 01 mc runikr thirteerv, wnicti mar caused if not tn honor! or trust this landing with any of the monuments On the next landing, tne most touiy mutilated stone is that (from Newark. W I., the ornamentaJ wkk of which ss . ... . ... ,...;. bai!y broken. On the ! fifteenth tamt irg. stones from Salem. Mass.. Cha-les-t own. Mass., amliN'ew pedford. Mass:, have chips taken off, but are otherwise in -goKod coiKtitkin. The Pennsylyawa stite stone is in tatrty gxxi conuio u. -whh only two corners missing, wh ie the stone "Conration 01 tne-i-.y ; Philade'oh a. is quite presentaoie. The Gran! Lodge Kf Pejnnsvania Ma sonic stone is badly nliuhlatea. imi of the Sons of Temperance of Pennsyl vania ii 4a iairVy good iconaxian Odd FeMowV stone. No. or tm the rcster. has been chi-ped to much -rn more of the inscription fhaw thd "I. O. O. F." cannot be deciphered. Most oi the stones on I the seven teenth landing are from! foreign coun tries, but the vandtd has not spared these cither. The stoned trom Switzer land and from Greece nave men uacKeu aronnd tle edges. Sihm i! sutler tox h-le that of Brazil. 1878. deplorable. The stone from the ,city of Bremen. Germany.' has not suffeiTed nuch. The Tnrk sh stone and the one f-om the islands of Paro and Nasm. Grecian Archipefago. Aug. 1 3. i835. a in good ccKtion. ': 1 j : ?.':" ." The ornamental stonp frcjn the na tional "Tennar of I Unor ami ; Tem-!-,J--i mutilated. The state stone frontal iWWgati. which nce bore a cmt of arms, is it.w oniy a .uv . ... 1 n,;n. Wanhir a lenirthy m- sriotion ir Chinese's beetv attacked ntfii. That ot Fapan, oe- ng singer, has escaned h one or two scars. The iettermg on tlie stone & tne M'asom.- Grand Lodge of i-nt"iK-kY has 4een nace . i-t.- crmhhlicar figures on the scene -.from the American Medical Association have been utterly rumed X e from ie Fire Departrnent o PhiladeJphia. 1854. has been mdated L " ' nnmr of nbces. Another most lit & . j elaborate stone," apparently presented by the various volunteer fire companies of the tctwns near Philadelphia, and in eastern Pennsylvania, has been completely- broken in. pieces, the elaborate framework having been carried away. ioane of the letters in the centre have fleeti broken- off also. .Few -stones have been so completely wrecked as his one. ,A stone from the Fire Department f the city of New York has beer robbed of ornamental figures carved ion the sides of the tablet. -A stone from "The Sabbadi School Children of the Meth odjst Episcopal Church in the City and Districts of Philadelphia. 41 July. io53- with a Biblical quotation has wen very oaiiy mutiiated. A stonei irom the pubnc school pupils of Balti more has been so "badly hacked that the full inscription cannot be made out. A stone from "the Olosophie Society. Nassau Hall, N. J., has lost most of the figures -w'hich once made it very beautiful. 1 ( Stone No. 167 in Custodian1 Hawkin's list is a block of brown marble, which has been mutilated so much that the inscription carcnoi be made out. -A stone from the citizens of .Alexandria. a. has been badly cut and chjpped. These are the most flagrant cases. It is easier to give a list of jthe stones that have not been touched ty the van dal's hand than It is to print a com pete list of those which have suffered. The seven stones which do not betray marks' cf violence are: The marble block on the fifty-eighth landing, with the inscription: "Top of Statue on Capitol;" a stone on the twlentv-sixth .landing "From the Ladies and Gentle men of the Dramatic Profession of America:" from Honesdale. Wayn! county. Pa.; from the First Regiment of Lisrht Infantryf Boston. 185.: from the Hibernian Society cf Baltimore: a stone from "two disciples of Da-guerrc;" and a stone "From the Jeffersornan Society of the University of Virginia to the National Washington Monu ment, Jan. 7, 1850." WITCHCRAFT SCHOOL IN PARIS Three Years. Required to Ijearn Secrets of the Black Art. the A school 01" a very curious order is to be ojKriicd in Paris. Its founders offer to initiate whoever is possessed of the necessary doe of patience, and per baps, of credulity, into the myste rits of occultism into the arena of .black magic. There are persons, they" opine, even 111 these latter ami scepti-j cal days, who would like to follow in 1 the footstep-, of a Paracelsus or a Tris mvgistus., and for the benefit of jhosc iiKjuiring souls tltcy have started a complete conr-e of sorcery and witch craft, of astrology an.l the other her metic "sciences." An inscription on the -wall 01 the occulist school. 4 Rue. de Savoi. sets forth that "the initiated in 'virtue of the powers transmitted to '.hem by the masters, reign in heaven, command n earth and are feared .in hale.-." The programme of sttwlies at the oc-uhit -ichool gives full detail of the three -years course. During the first year the student is made to acquire a much J I threw as "will enable him to understand the' books of the old, alche mists." He begins, too. the study "of :h-.- constitution of man and of his hid-" den forces." In his second year ' Ik dips " into Sanscrit, exercises hinist-jLt in ..hypnotism ?nd somnanro:iii'H. takes a close look at spirit phenornen and learns, doubtless with growing in terest and profit, "the practical adap tations of the various arts of. divina tion'.' Finally, in his third year, he studies' "the action of human thought on the invisible." and many other ob scure matters, his ' comprehension of which is aided, it may be presumed, by his previous training. These suc cessive stages accomplished.' it is his own fault if he is not a full-fledged wizard. Fall Mall Gazette. A 'REOUISITION'. Gov. T. T. Geer. yesterday issued a requisition1 .up- n (ov. Ilm K. Rogers, ot WaslMarg- tor, for the' apprehension of S. C. Her- rttt, warrte! in t'oniami ior- (.'inairauj; money, under failse pretenses. The act co:nplaimd -'ot is tlie givaog ot a.-wortn- ess check ir $15. to 1'nrl -.Metscivao. wl "securing- Uiereoln. the amomtt of the face of the docium-nt. Tire check was drawn on the 'Moscow Llaho) 4.tnk. and when sent, to that institution frr collection, payment wx refused. The man has gone to the state of Washangton, where he -will be aprelienled. Ietective John Cord&no. o the Portland police lorce, was ap pemted the agent .of the 5-tate of Ore gon, to secire and Tcturn the man for trial. AN INSANE FA RIMER Martin Smith, a farmer, aged 50 years, resti ng near Silverton. was yesterday com mitted to the asylum ss'or treatment. Smith has been in the asylum once bc ore. After he was examined, and be fore he could be taken to the asylum, he undertook to leave the officers at ihe court house, and a struggle rcscuk ed. which terminated in the patient be ing thoroughly s-trapped. ' Sympathetic friend Your health ap pears to have improved greatly oi late. Convalescent Y-e-s, I've been off among strangers who didn't eternal'y talk to me aiout. it. New York Week- it.- . " :r " .:. . .or...t;n mnA tnrmntintr inflammation, out 000 .onWtmrelTTezeUble mwMm s- ,r t ",, 2 0f Aim neutralizes tne aoas ana cleanses uic uiuou, re ftZSSSk -fg&Z&- the skm relieved, an inflaxnmatKm !TK.i.i. tnd all siens of the disease disappear. J wSe4ytn iTtU- w,tlSg benefitted. ad hod wm Vl thsici to take S, S. U 8 followed bis sdncc and ber rercfor xl.ef l dilee ThUwu -re-tsrn year. febe ' - . . "ti Ucv;tc .nil wrneWtATsidansrullyab Send tro .rrf'sdTice wanted: We make no charge SALES OF. MOHAIR MA5Y FIXE IATS PLACED UPOS THE. MARKET. - Two Pools to Be Disposed cf: in Ben- on Coauty Tod ay -Splendid Shippinsr Accommodations. (i"rom Daily Statesman, Aoril ii.) Ghrat interest is beirig maniiested, thrdughout the Willamette I valley, ; in he Reports ot tae' sales oi moliair. The and -mohair, industry has-became quite importatit ! in some ot the va!hy counties. Te sale. ty the Polk Coun ty Mohair Assoc iationv tp Wxrk 'Brown & Co., of this city, of 4.000 pomnds oi mohair, the cip of about ixuo goats, wasj the first big deal made in this pro duct. This sa-le was madv last Tuesday, at 2f) cen't-s per pound, ami a portion- of t'he !pol is being recei ved thi week at Dalja On. - (Monday Mr. Brow rr will go to lonmckith to receive ? some at that point, whje on the following day (he j remainder. wr!l be received at Mc Coy. .Mr. -Brown had several cameri tor in bidding for this poo!;- Herman Meizger. of Portland, ntade an effort to secure it. while Theo. Berttheim anvl .V. j.'Ray. also of Portlaml. made offers $ir ithe kt. This mohair will beslripped to New York and Beacon. Tjotlay two pools of mobfir will Ie sold in Benton 'county.; j(ne at XDor valjis. contaEns; about 1 0.00& pounds. wnie anouer. at .ionroe -au nave abi mt 4000 pounds. t Scio one pfrl of 10.000 Vouni wa sold on lat Tuesday, a't 27 cents per; pound. I f ejrmasi -M etzger, of Port faml. beirrj; the; purchaser. These large lots of mohair brin$r-a In-ter jrice than is usually paid for small kts. the reason being that, where tlie! farmers pay close attention to the industry and make it a specially, as they ha)e 'done in Po'k votmty. thty grajde irj their herds of oats. aiuT thus secure a better-product,, profuing-to the 1 xMent of several cents per pound over aid above vljeir 'less interestel bretlu-en whi pay , little i a turn tion to jit. Wm. Br'iwn.:& 'Co. -have receive! -in "hci last jVw days a carload ut li-op ;wine. rom-UK nrills at Oakland. Cali-i't-rWa, and the same Is mm' being im '.taded. Ihis ifirm,;hal done considerable bus-...-j!'s in shipping hiriig the past few years, and during tin- past twelve ii.fiiths has not sWipjH-d a iitgk' pound iM ifreig'h. uvt'T any' oth-r line except :hej SotTtlu-tii Pacitk-. This sgK-aks 1 i;ntcs i" r i!tc acconrmo-ttalriotts furnish id jby that company V. its natrons. H0W LUCK RtTNS IN ALASKA. At firt sight it would seem that the likie giM.l hick might fall to any man. bilj !t the reality runs much the other way. Ike: man 01 quick intelligence. iudgme-fit and (decision is not the man wo or.tinariiy acjneves, tins suJ- wealth. It .is-the rtian who is too. stupid to know the risks he is tak ing, and it is the reckless" mail who plunges wildly and misses no desper ate chance, who ecni ''favorites of the g.d ! cftaiue. Nor do all good luck 'stiries have pleasant endings. Often f.ftjtt! the:'i3ie" is nvale. accKlertt. tli.-ic-alsc or death steps in to prevent its legitimate . enjoyment. One mm dropped, dead when at the weighing f.fj the first clean-up he found1 'himself a I rich man. There was something wjong with his heart.-, He had the ply.ical strength to make the fight against bad food and water, to enduro ilije back -breaking toil of developing arid working: ut. and jail the strain of the uncertainty that wpnt Ixt'ore.1. The "s'fpreihe moment of nccess was mor." 'than fie could stand, aijd the use of the jold passed from him with'its acquirc nknt; 'A ' certain James Meade lay djivvti with typhoid fever in an outly irig tamp jut as he .was starting for home with the accumulations' of the yoarl and he and his bag of dus? en tered Dawson together on a litter. It t(t six men to .bring him in alter nating fo"r to carry and two to rest i.r.d- he paid each man $15 a lay. Once tJawsrm juaue . seemeo o grow be titer, and when his sailing day came he; walked "to the boat. He reached 6e wharf and fell dead as he was about to go aboard. SUIT FOR DIVORCE The rfol lowing iteni! ajjoearcl in the Portland ( regocii an yesterday, umk-r tle hcad ijig "Divorce Cases": "Delia B. Keiv re dias sued ()ar D. Rcnnie for a diivorce because of desertion June is. ifS97. and asks t.j- le resgored to her inaiden namef .Cook, ? They were mar 1 6 id at IodcTVesi'Jenx-ei Or.. if i88f. This couple is well ktiowifSn this city, vihere they-! had- sone" irt-.e resting ex-: periences in iH7. which landed the wo man and a young male friend tn the courts on a tx-Vious charge, which, how ever, resulted -m a dismissal. The orarrer created quite a scandal in Salem ar rii times" illLLIONS FW E-DUCATION. I" ; 1 I A list of gifts ami lequests for edu cational' arnl philanthrotic purposes in he United States during ion. ctun u'led for Appleton's Annual .Cyclope of ail tkia diseases is caused by n acid tne 0100a, ana wuisi reuevcu uu wigu i iuniM.v of this acid poison ; reacne tne sun ana it uccomai rea uu uinuu. "-..... almost unbearable, especially when overheated from any cause. The akin seems on fire, sleep or rest tm imtxMsible. the desperate sufferer, regardless of consequences, scratches until strength m exhaasted. j TTiis burning, itching humor appears sometimes in little pustules, discharging a sticky fitud, which forma crusts and scales. Again the skin is dry, hard and fissured, itches intensely, bleeds and scab over. This is a painful and stubborn form of ithe disease. , . . , , . TuleEU3emaTTetter, Erysipelas, Salt Rheum and many like troubles ax spoken of as diseases of the skin, they are Really blood diseases, because v. there catl be no external irritation without an internal cause. If the blood is in si pure, healthy condition, no poisonous elements can reach tbelkin. ; : P,tt irlionaf wsihe. lotions and salves sometimes mitigate the .Itching and soothe tlx cannot reach the disease. Onlyl S. 8. . S. the v j ' remecly known, is a safe and permanent cure dia.; foots up thethe" enormous total of $62,550,000. As? this list recognizes cnly gilts of $5,000 or over, it docs not include the ordinary, contributions by '-which' most of the institutions con cerned are actually maintained. It ex cludes also all public appropriations, the object being to present only those distinct examples of "the 'devtJtrOT of private wealth to the jreneral advan tage that are matters of public record. AYhile the list includes a number of gifts and beqtiests to churches and de nominational interests. thee are fmall in number and amount when contpa.-ed with the large sums "devoted to S(one form of education, industrial, scientific or general. The largest single item in she list is Mrs. Stanford's great endow ment . for the Lei and Stanford Univer sity, dler girts are said to amount to at least $45,000,000, but tlie portion in cluded in this list is apiarently reck oned at $15,000,000, which is a consid erable part of thev year's total- Mr. Carnegie's pifts during 1809, chiefly to public libraries, are put Knwn at $5,000, 000. though not all of these are given in detail. The list includes. alonr with Mr. Widener's two nillicns for an indus trial school for crippled children Dr. Munyon'S plan for a school for girls at, a similar cost, together With . Mrs. Emmons Blaine's educational insritn tions at Chicago.- at an estimated cost of a million, and .Mrs. Bradley's million-dollar gift to her Peoria Institute.. Mr. Kockcfeller's various gifts fotm a large item in the aggregate, .is j also )Mr. Armour's endowment of the Ar mour Institute. There are several es tates reckoned at alxut a million each divided among various olects, but the most 'noteworthy thing about this ;who!e exhibit is the large proportion of the gifts recorded that are made during the lifetime of the givers. jf course any such record as this is only approximately correct. There are some gifts in. the pubis shed list that are certainly overstated and there doubtless have been. many others, that are not -recorded here. But the ap proximation .is sufficient for the pur pose, and as it is compared with -previous lists made up in the same way, it shows with sufficient emphasis the increasing disposition among our rich men to disjKse their lounty wjierc tliey can see the fruits of it. The greatest- sum which stlclr gift breached in -any pre inns year was; $45,000,000 in SJ7, In iXy8 the correspoiuliivg com pilation gave $.?S.otxj.oo. Last , year, as ha been said, the sum reached $6. 550.000, making the total recorded in' the seven years last past. $2.26.550.000. . By far the largest sums are given to universities; to Harvard. Yale. Co lumbia. Princeton.- Pcnnsly vania, - Chi cago and l-.eland Stanford. This- is as it should be. . since- the . i higher educa-. tion must depend on private aid. Next to this the money tfiveiv.for v.iricnus kinds of indnstrial training is a sign of the times that is gratifying. Libra ries, and galleries of art also claim and receive a large share of our ri-h. men's lkjunty. "" An interesting table might be compiled from this list showing the. various degrees in .which different fields of education , or of .philanlthryy i have apiealed llo different nittils," as wvl as the geographical distribution of the irifts nvordenl . But even in its broal outlines 4jtis statement is full .f interest and it makes an honorable record for Anit ican men d -wealth. QUEi;R BlCYCLf-; TRAGEDY. " A ettriotis-4icycle fatality is reported from VV'eriiiistfode. in -the Hart, mountains. A lawyer 'going to busi nes on hir wlikel kit la catch in his. neck after joumi ing over a gutter-, but paid no attention to it tin ne goi nnmc at night. He dlvd two days alter, and the autoiv. shoWtd that he has twisted the vertebrae of the neck. THE MAKING 01 BITTER. Salem's Two Creameries Are Both Do ing a 'Prosperous and Expand sive Business. (From Dai'v Statesman, April J'.) The Salem Creamery". which Geo. D. GoTMthue'is) hiarkagcr, las finally be come thoTouglify instaHed- in its new- quarters at No. 225 Commercial street Md its new machinery put in place, ami yesterday tlcy tjuriK-d oirt thier first-. 300 poimdis cf 4jutti-r at the new location .'ml with the mV nvachi-iwry. They are now prepared hot only to take butter fat in the granular form, but they arc also gathering (cream and milk. They have three outside routes al ready establislied and 'they vvill le pre pared to acconimoxlate their more .lis tarrt customers in alnnit ten days. Their thrtv teams arc gathering mrik witlvin a sltort distance of Salem ami cream a', farms, and stations a littile further tn'.. Tills bilwrne. 'has grown from its ex-IK-rimesKafl stages by slow and steady process urftd m.w it is a full-fledged a;ul firt class creamery plant, prepared to. handle butter fat in the three differ ent forms and thu9 conrer a wide terri trv. " . " . " '. Thus Salem has Two first class cream ery establishments wliere s1e lad- none no very many mowths ago and. both doing a prosperous and. expansive bus iness, Amoition has but one reward for all; a little power, a little transient fame, a grave to rest in, and a fading name! William Winter. condition of u u u3 ' uua .... , . rt . 1 J , n A d i was rety for this. Address, .m sm. Ca, Atlanta, Ca. rs rs rz rLITICAL. REPUBLIGHN TICKET, JUNE 4, 1900 CONGRRSSIOK'AL TICKET. For Conjrrcisman, frrst Oregon Dis trict Tho-s. II. Tongue, pf tWabinton county.' ,'.;'.- STATE TICKET. For Suprenve JulgeJCharles E. W'ol- verton, of'Liiin ownty. ; For Food" and- Dairy Comnnssioner J. W. Bailey, of Muhnom;ifh county. DISTRICT TICKET. " For Prosecuting I Attorney, Third District J. N. Hart, jof Polk county MARION COUNTY TICKET. Representatives J. M. Poornvan, of Woodbum: Henry Keene Sr., of; Stayton; C. D. Hartmaa. of Scott s ; MiWs; Dr. J. N. Snkith, otj Salem; Lot L. Pearce, of Salem. ; County Judge John II. Scott, of Salem Sheriff Chas. A. Murphy, fof Salem. 5 CTerk W. W .Han, of Wdodburn. Recorder T. II. Roland, of Jefferson., Treasurer A. L.Dovrwngj of Sublim-" ttty." - . t '..--.- r - .-'..- 'l Assessor Charle9 Lcmbcke; of Butte-j villt. ' . - : . ! ;-i Surveyor II.- U. Hcrrick Jr.. of Salem. Superint.erfclent . of Schotls E. T. Minirsi, of Snlverton. , - Ctmimassionvr I. C; Xeedham, of Sid ney. ... ! Coroner Dr. D. F. Lane, of Salem. -. . . i - Salem District Jusbice oi the Peace. ro-ijin V." Keyioids; Constable, -D.-C.-' Minto. "' -.'; 1 - THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM. Principles Adopted in Oregon State Convention for lyoo. Ttic Republicans of Oregon," in con- venion asseniblot. re-aflirm their leHef in and loyalty to the gold .standard. ive com meiir the Republican Congress hr rts recent lejg-isilationi makmic the gVrd stamlanf a Part of die statutory law of ihejfand. So long a either i.( our g-r'eax jmli-tical parties ad vt-ates the fice ciinage of silver, fju- mit?:enance of the gold tatiskird isl the mo-t important political, issue., a fleet in i& as it does: the value of flie .'farmer's crop and the. la- orer s wages. We can upon all who !eWeve in wininl', nwuiev! to unite wkl tlK- Republicans of Oregon u, in the ini- Iortant elections ot tins year, in order drat, a vicnury inciy 1h wm for tle gold staiMlard so decisive as forever to, ore- , elude .Tlie debacnKiii.' of our currency by die fret coinage, of silver.-" 'We 'lu.tirti.y t"Jdorc tljc iHtlicy .of tlie Administration and 'particularly in st- . curing ihe i'lvikppine ISlaimls. ami we tlemaml that they shall fc retainsd as inert can territory. We have confidence that the American people without depart ing from tlu-ir tradition, will give se curity to pirsMial ami proVerty rights,; ju.stitcv, J in rty arHi ruality ln fore the law. to all -w1k live beneath its llag. j Weimdorse the jwdicyjof the Admip- iswa'tion in uppressing flu- insumvtion in tlie PhilippiiKs headed by Agninaldo. We point.--with pride to the honorable part played ly flic Svtiid Oregon Reg- mxw mi tins war. 17ey inet with vic- fory in every conirat, and coveresl thtrir ate ant couirtry with glory on evetv field. We coinlole with flic fatnilies of flose members if the regitm trt vv'ttolost their livt-M in flie coiTtbct"a"n4 extend our congrptufatrtjriis to the survivors of tlw regimiit on theVbrilliaiit ami hon orable record they have blade.-. 1 We -pegartvl trale vvut'It- the' Orient ..as one of the irreat s-Hirces; of ou- NatiionaT. wi'ahji in the! future and n open orr i tJlinna is an important anl to t'lus grow"i:h" of iur trade in the Orient-, we commend -t.fee Ttucces.vful ef forts of the present Administration, und especially of the Secretary of State, to secure 4y treaty wri'lithe several Egrop-w-au 'powers -the rigflit! tt the free in troduction of America gvxrtds into this great empire. ilie Repubmcan party in Oregon rec ognizes the vital necessity ot con trol of t'he organization and curtail ment of the iowers f trust and om bi nations of . .caprral by the state within , -its lxrders and pletlges its support in Sive approaching Legislature to laws de fining and carrying out those object.' 'We are in favor of retrenchment and reform in tlj expeitjiture of public nwiney. Wo f lefge i the Republican party to 'favor, the eiKie?tment of all leg- - slation looking to art ecommwcal ad- minos'.ratfon of public affairs. I We favor tin xrnliftg Constitu iorral omendment ffr ar, increase in the Tmmer of Supreme Curt Jitilges from - roe to five. ; ,-. .-''''. - - ' ' j "' ' We oMit wirlt prklck' flie legislation adopted by. the fast legwaturc. It abol ished the .nil road cmmiMn. It: re duced lflie lejral rate jof interest to ft per cent. - It passed an act for five iiS) mission to -tlie peme tf a Constitution al amendment providing for the irwtia- ativo an! reaerenrlum. It enacted a registration - law for llie prftecton of tlie purity of tlie 1alhjt. i experience demonstrates this- last set to be cumber - somc.in sme particulars we pledge tlw ,v Republican Iegrslafure tr make effort for t amemlrnenl to tlvc etxkthat th- registration fif qualiftcHl voters may le -('. a . . y - . ' laronaien. , . W' are unalterably opposed to any meavirc hiking to 0ie k-assing of tlw ptf!Iic Kwnam. believ-rug that such a systeiri wotrfd 1iave" an imkubi-d len doncy 1o fhavu-n tlie; vncentratiunf land owncTMljip ir) " ihe hands of a few inkfividuals ami. ag.vnst the.xig estab- liIed Armricatr pw-cy of cncourag'ing 1iom-rtnIding. j . ' We favor an amttvlmenet of the Con st ft utirm of the United State so as t provide tor the election of United Sacs Senators by derect Vote vf the. people, ami we rrvstritct rwir (Senators ami Rp reserrtatives in Conre U us every cfNrt to secure such an 'amendment to tflw Con&itulton. L I We are in favot of the immediate con struction of a canal etween the Atlan tic nd the . Pacific at tlie IstSimus', and ; we instruct t3ne Oregon i dele gation in Omgressjto kdr earnestly and contimrally .for) the enactment of UH3h k'Ks'sIatkm as will lead to the con structioii and operabkm , of thc canal unkler f?fvernmeniali cfiKrol. We urgei3e imnw! iate passage of the biH now pending in Congress to pen sion Indian War Veteran, arwl we pledge the support of the Oregon dele gation in Congress to the same. We -heartily indorse the administra tion of' fWivernor (ieec and "the state ofrioials of Oregon, as econmcal, wise and creditable ta the. Utc : '. ', :