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CtVN ' Y'CX . 1 ' if WWI W I ' TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. " ' ' " ' '" -;" '" '' - rboOOQOOOOOOOOOOOOQOO ' T; SALKf . ORRfiOM TIIFilhAY MlY s inin wintrr ciWinw prntiT Tvihrq Hk : - ' : : : ' - J l ': ; " " : " '"" ! ! U ' , ---. r - - - BOERS RETIRE They Withdraw ! to their Inner Defences at Kroonstad. ROBERTS IS ADVANCING STEADILY Mafektnr to B ' Relieved Rooa Free Staters Gather Hard of Stock LONDON. Mayj 8. The Boers are eery where retiring before the British, except on the 'Natal irhntier and at fMateking, to the inner circle of ttieir dtfenses.. They appear determined not to fiht until the Krx)ntad hills are reached. I-ord Robert's is expeclexl to do an other forty or fifty 1 uesi and then watt for time in order o bring up supplies and to repair the failway. There are one or two liints ui the dispatches that he may rest for a fw daji at Smaldcel. General Frcnch$ 10.000 cavalry has nitlM'lll mi-ntli n l in tVi tin-it-Vioe f(r four days. , j It. is by no' means likely that he is idle, ami the conjecture is that he is either detoiirihg toward (Kroonstad. or raking the Lady bra ml district. Fifteen thousand 'British are now operating on the western fronticjr of the Free State. As the deadlock jat Wfarrentown has brkcn. and the JBoers are retiring, there is nothing formidable except the distance between Warrentnn and Mafc kintj. The most hopeful jedvices from tMafeking. on April 22d; were that the garrison would bef barely able to hold out fo a month, j At that time the fever was spreading. : i1 According to adtices from Maseru. BastitolaruL. several thousaml Free Staters are nortli f LadybranJ. where they have collected great herds. The district is rich in food for .the men and horses, and the Boers seem resolve! not to move northward but to be pre pared to resist w here .they are. Lord Roberts and Ixrd Kitchener personally directed, the artillery in the Vet river engagement, i , Six thousand four hundred and. fifty eight 'troop are now at sea on the way to South Africa. (No others are under ottlers to go. except as recruits to fill up rhe losses of regiment at the front. FOR TIIF. CVN'.tL Washington. My 7.The Senate coTumiitee on InterfMreanic Canal held a nireting tcnlay antl discussed the Nic aragua Canal biH, which passed the House last weclc No action was taken, and the committee will meet again Wednesday. i . NO NEWt RESERVES. Washington, May, 7- 'Represent!--tive Jones, of Washington, today intro duced a bill providing that no new for t reservations shall be created, and that additions to the existing reserves slt.i'l be made hereafter only by act of congress. OFFICERS FOR HAWAII. Washington. Mav 7.4-It' is understood the President has practically decide! upon John C- Blatr, of yoming. as I'nited States attorney for Hawaii, and Daniel A. Key, of Illinois, as United States marshal. WILL SEND HELP. A. lllnttt.ri War 7rnland ' M.1V 7. ."- j I he government 01 isew .eaianuj .lecidr.! to forward .5000 in aid ol 1 iifTcrcs from the Ottawa fire. S.LVERTON ELECTION. ,,, 1 , . Silverton. Or.i May 7 The city election lure today, was a most excit ing one. The if me wa the closing of stores on Sunday. The ; anti-closing force? on the day by a small majority. T P. Hibbard . elected mayor.- Locomotives Run With Oil.) One of the largest railroads on the Pacific Coast has decided to substitute oil in place of coal as fuel on its en ginesT But whether ' ih experiment will prove a success remains to be . seen. In this respect it -differs from The famous Hostetter's Stomach Utt ters. which has made a decided ""ce" in its fifty years of cures of stomach illy such as dyspepsia, indigestion and K;i;,.tcii nut eroeriment with unknown remedies when this safe and rrliahle medicine can' be had of any t rtt O ir let Trv a linttle and be vinced. ; It will build up your debili tated system, strengthen your weak stomach and make it capable of di- catinu the food taken into It, when this is done health must natur ally follow. j , CSE .ON. SUITED The replev in case of C &L ElsnaSs yS. Mienn r W. DurbJn. was yesterday non-suitccj !n r., rniirt iiMin motion Ot counsel f.,- jf.,imt In an action for Itri ttiv viviii , moving suit to recover $316 brought ' by .Hildebrandt Tosner & Co.. of San Krant-io asrainst lames Maguire. Sheriff Dttrbin attached t2$ eords ot twhnonttr to ?: the ': detenaant. Elspass then appeared and sought to replevin the hu, claiming 10 uc . owner. He demanded the possession of the wood or in "lieu thereof, ' $i75- I - . 1 1. McMahan. counsel for the San Francisco firm and also for Sheriff Dur h;n crenred a non-suit on the grounds that the contract for the purchase of the wood was executory and the pro nrlri.uhnn in the ooa had never jtassed from Maguire to Elspass so as to, defeat the attachment , of the San Francisco firm. Bpnham & Martin. j. v. jettrey appeared for Mr. tl?pass. , bl'LCJAL RESERVF-LnM' fiAr. 5?.v.l,1ke- 15 recommended by A- P- O Bnen. JVL D., Captain and Sur- ffo; tho Wm- D- McCairty. M- D., ,t r.nY; furthermore, tjly the Board of Health of San Franciscolas the pur jest unadulterated for invalids, convaks cents and family use. Sold exclusively py J. P. Rogers, in Salemuj : dw tf WAS COMMITTED. Wiliie Brule., the young lad charged with chicken stealing, yesterdar morning pleaded guilty in oolice rnnrlt to fa City Recorder N. J. Judih imposed 3 fine .of $io and costs on the little fel low in default of which the lad was committed to the county jaij. but the sentence was suspended and the youth was committed to I the state He form school, to which institutionjhe was. last evening taken ty Superintendent H. E. Bickers.' ;''. i - :-i - KING REX. The Rex Studio. No. 243 Commercial street, next) door north of the Red Front drug store, has been established, in the old VAc by Miss Cora Suttoa, who has leen earnestly engaged in this work for sotne years' previous, and who. with the assistance of Prof. D.' H. Craven, pro. poses to furnish the publijc with first class work in the photorahic line; everything up to date, and (the latent ef fects produced, f . .;- jtd-itw. I consider it 'not only alpleasure but a duty I owe to my neighbors to tell about the wonderful cur effected in my case by the timelv nie a (hm- berlain's CoUc. Cholera arid Diarrhoea Remedy. I was tiken very badly with flux and procured a bottle of this re:n- edy. A few doses of it permanent cure. I take : effected a pleasure in recommending it to others suffering Irom that dreadtul disease. T. V Lynch. Dorr. W. Va. Thjis remedy is sold by F. G. Haas, Salem, Or.. TRUSTFjFS ELECTED. The an nual meeting of the Labish drainage district was held at Chemarwa yesterday afternoon. The principal (business be fore the meeting was the election of trustees to succeed thoe retiring, and the revision of the by-laws. The new trt'stees are A. Bush, V. M. Kaiser and John Knight." The vote ' being unanimous, the secretary was directed to cast the vote. By-Iavys were amend ed, by providing for special meetings upon ten days notice by the trustees. The trustees were requested to notify all owners of land in the 'district to clean out all obstructions, brush, etc., from ditches. The retiring directors were: II W. Cottle. J. H. Albert and Walter Morley. Among those attend-! ing the meeting from SaSem were: J. 'II. Albert. 'Walter' Morley and Tilmorf Ford. - - - ' . SAD NFAVS. Mrs. A. McGill ye; te'rday received news of the serious ill ness of her father. Egljert Irishj, of DresVlen. Ontario. iMr. i Irish is an el derly gentleman and has just received a second shock of paralysis and hus been in an unconscious state for four days. iMt. and Mrs. IrisH spent a year in Mkm recently anu circle of friends here. have Wl de STATE TAXES St: te i Treasurer Chas. lS. Moore is in receipt of two re mittances from county treasurers on account of state taxes. The Washing ton county officer sent in lto.715.72; be ing the balance due from that county for the year ifrf); and the Gilliam 4 Jimty treasurer, forwarded $4-.lU the balance due from that county. Victims to stomach, liver and kid ney troubles as well as women, and all feel the results in loss of ippetite, fKis ons in the blooL backaehe. nervous tipftnrhe ami tirctl. listless, rim- A.'n Wlinir. Rut there no need iere'l no need to to J. W. Gird le says: "Kicc- fet like that. Listen illr 'Indt He say trie Bitters arc just rue- u. my. Bitters arc just rneinpng ior a hum t ,0 , 4irt.vn. and don t care Vhfr he lives or dies.) It did more o give me new strengtn i.nno gxi can now eat anything atwl have a new lease on lite. , vmy s tf 4 t -. tr cents, at JJr STONE'S drug . stores. Every bottle guarantecti. - 4 fivai ACCOUNT. The final account of O. T. Storaadi. executor of the last will. and testament 01 rvnuu w. Smraasli. deceased, yesterday filed his final account in the proiiate court, and County Judge G. P. Terrell fixed the time for hearing the report for June 1 1 th, at 10 a. m. , rnnstire to a sudden climatic .i,- nmrlnrrq cold in flie head an catarrh is apt to follow. Provided with Ely's Cream Balm vou arc armed .ifr.nnst Nasal tatarrn Price cents at Druggists, or Ely Brothers, 56 Wrarren Street, New it. The Balm cures w York, will mail thout oain. does nnt irritate or catt!le sneezing. It spreads itself overn cry surt'ace. relieving irritated, and. an- immediatciy. the painful inflammation nires. Cream Balm o cleanses and uickly. cures the cold. i ; . Large ocean-going v essels can go up the St. Lawrence r 1 vc as far as 'Mon treal. over 1000 mnes ocean, from the Atlantic Next to the virtucj mc iun 1 .1 - Agnes Strickland. Force is alT-eonquering' but its tones are coin. 0 short-lived braham Utx BEECHAM'S PILLS will dispe the, "blues. fiMrataa cf Tacific Homestead. Salem, Or, Best farm paper. Issued weekly- ?i a year J a i l - 1 . . - - i i i i i i i -1 ' 111 11 ' THE STATE TICKET SECRETARY DISBAR HAS MADE- W " THE OrrtCIAt 'BAlXOT. ? Aad rorwarded tbe to tao Karvr- l Coosty Cle rka A ma tmn t ot Nsmea of Candidate. , Secretary of State F. I. Dunbar ha? made up and sent t othe several county clerks in the state, the form ot official ballot for the Jnne election, showing the names of tliecandidatei for the of fices, to be filled by the electors of tH state at large, and for member of Con gress, whose certificates, tttitions sand ceptances have - been received" and filed with the secretary of state, togeth er with a statement showing the resi dences and uolitica! designations 01 such candidates as are renrired by law to be placed on t-he ollicial ballot, for the general election to be held m the state of Oregon, on Monday, the fourth day of June. A. D., hjoo, as follows: For Crngress 1st District. Bernard Daly, of Lake county. Dem ocratic, People's. f r V. 'P. Lunore. oi Linn county. Pro hibition. v, James K. Sears, 01 Polk county. Reg- tiiar I'eople s. Thomas II. Tongue, of Washington county. Republican. For Congress. 2d District. I-esli Butler, of 'Wasco county. Pro hibition. Malco!m Moody, of Wasco county. Republican. . " J. I'-. Simmons, of Multnomah coun ty.. Independent Democrat. William Smith, of Baker county. Democratic, People's. 'For Justice of Supreme Court, C, J. Bright, of Sherni3" county, Prohibition. Thomas G. Greene, of Multnomah county, t)emcrat. ; Cliarles E. W olverton. of. Linn coun ty. Republican.. j I Dairy and Food Commissioner j J. W. Bailey, of 'Multnomah county. Republican. P. L. Kcnady, ot Alanon county. Prohibition. ' W. Schulmench. of Washington county, Democratic, l oople s. Dr. Bernard Daly, of Lakeview, the Democratic candidate for Congressman from the First district, is mi thecuy. ooking after hij political fences., and visiting with Demi Mine leaders. 1 Dr. Daly will not make the campaign by speeCii makutg in the usual style., m courtesy to liis Republican opponent, lion . Thomas H. Tongue, who is un able to be 00 the ground, by reason of his dinks in 'Washington. Prof. J. J. Krapp's. who was nomin ated for county school superintendent by the petition to fill the vacancy on the ""Citizens'" ticket, has written County Clerk W. W. Hall, withdraw ing his name and requesting that it be not placed on the official ballot. Working Nignt ar.d Day The busiest and mightiest little thing hat ever was made is Dr. KiirgV New Lite Pills. Every pill is a sugar-coat - d globule of health, that changes weak ness into strength, listlessness into en ergy, brainfag into mental power. They re wonderlul in builiiing up tne health. Only 25c per box. Sold by DR. STONE, druggist. . . :. GRANT! D STATE PAPtRS. Number f Teachers Receive Di plomas and Certificates from the State oard of Education. The State Board of Education!-has is sued state papers to a number of teach ers as toiiows: Stai. ninlomas E. A. Muner. of Portland: Wr. t)tis Sims, Sheridan; J J. Krapps, Salem; based on examina tion. - State Certificates .Miss Grace Pium- mer. Portland; J. Q. W illets. Lakeview: W. Fordyce Fargo. Uora; basevl on examination. A Catherine Mauuox. Peachland. Cal.. on diploma of Caluor nia state board; Emma C- Warren. As toria, based on New York life diploma A twrmlt -has also been granted to L. A. Stocking, of Central 'Point, on South Dakota papers. The state board has authorized Snot. II. E. Bickers, of the Reform Schood to parole A. Hardman. Walter Hens lev. Richard Ely.- Frank Park, and William W'alker, during good behav ior. THE MAKER OF BIG BEN. The death has been announced at Stockton-on-Tees of Mr. Wril!iam Warren, head of the firm of founders who. in 1856, at the Norton biast tur naces, near Stockton-on-Tees, cast "ftisr Ben." "which strikes the' hours at Westminster. The firm executed the work for 3.300. but. owing to a de fect, the bell had to be recast, I at J cost of 750. and the weight was re duced from sixeen to thirteen and one half tons. - SI T AM R OCK ON G R A V ES IN AFRICA. Shamrock will be nlanted on the prar ol the Irish soldiers in South A fries The Duke of York has ac- ronixl thousand nackets of seed, and has forwarded them to the officers of the Irish brigade. u t:- tiv admiration. hore. and love And. even as these are -well and wisely fixed. "'-'"'' In dignity cf being -we ascend. W ordswortn. Slumber not in the tents of your fathers. The world is advancing. Ad vance with it! MazzinL , AN ANNUAL REPORT coevrr stpj1.; o. w. jones prepares A STATEMENT ; t" Showing thm CoodlUoa uf th Marioa Cooaty KobU foe rut Ymt-K-' j relpti ! DUbarMmrntt. Prof, teorge W. Jones, superintend ent oi schools for, (Marion comity, has compltetl j his annual report for -the yVr ending -Monday 1. March 5, iqori. and filed the same with State Snpt ria-K-ndent Ackerman yesterday-afternoon. The report is; replete with -useful, and valuable statistical information! pertain ing to rhe schools, and is as fLljiws: . GENERAL STATISTICS. Noj 6f perstwis between 4 j ar.d jo- years of age resid ing in the (County male 4i7!i. Icmale 4504......:. No, t , resident', pupils en rolled in public schools diiring" the - year Wtween bet.veett 4 ail Jo years of ayef-mak-s jov femaJes l'H L., ..... -Vver.iige daily s atlendaiice male s 2174. female 2yf. . No? of teach'trA employed in the public Kchools during the '.year e nding first Mon day, in; March. tArj 65 malt . 156 Semales. .i ..!... . No. of applicants examined for ; teacher's certificates during the year 16 males. 71 females. .1 No. tf applicants examined fiiliing-io olxtain certificates 5 jnales, jo .females. ..... No. ijif 1 teachers emphiyed holding first grade ceriifi-raies-47 males, 104 fe-. ntales. . . . I. Holding isecondlrade certif-icates-t-10 males, 22 fe-- males. . . . . Hailing third- grade: certifi cates 8 males. 30 females N. of permijs grarfted dur ing the year -6V males, 19 females.. .. .. .. .. No. of teichers employed in this county : taking an edu cational journal 00 males. Ii7 females. . . . No. of tiiildren not attend ing any school during the year between 4 an.l 20 yrs. of age 1133 males, iioj females. . .:. . . . No. of teaclicrs employed in 9775 6384 450O 221 38 25 187 235 2 private schools during the year, reported- 16 males, 26 females., Estimated value of. the school houses, itichiifirig' school j house ground. .. . . .$jo.i.8oo 00 Estimated value of school ; iuniiture belonging to the school house;. . . , 32.450 OO Estimated value of apparatus. including maps, globes 3ml charts. Jschbol table ts, etc. 6.J20 od moiint of insurance on the school houses and other school property.. Vverage amount of salary 150.000 no paid male teachers per month, in the public schools during the? year. 34 15 mount of salary paid the su perintendent. . . . 1,000 00 Whole number trganized dis- , tricts in this county...;.. fccragc number of months public rehools have been taught during the year. .. .l US T No. months- private schools have been taught during the year. . . . . i v. of private schools which; have -been taught during;: the year. .... 14 4 No. school houses built durr ing the yt-ar--4 frame.... No. of school houses in the county 1 log. 114 frame.. 115 No. of graderl schools in the county., fi ....... . .. Teachers employed Pupils attending. . .. .. . .; 40 110 4200 No. school ! rooms furnished with Webster's Unabridged Dictionaries. . .... . . . No. of legal voters in county for school purposes. , i , No. of schfois visited during the year by the county su perintendent.. ...... .. "5 433 120 FINANCIAL! STATEMENT. Receipts: 1 Ankount eif school fund.s in -. ; thc han ls cf elistrict clerk at the beginning of the school year, first Monday in. March. 1808. ........ 1.588 82 Amount raiseel by district on . . elistrict tax account eluring !the j?C4r. . . . ...i. 26.358 65 Amount of money apportion ed to i-hroI districts from ; S; the co'mtjr' school fund eluring the year 50.651 56 Anumnt of the cosnty apjMir- - . tionnicnt to schord dis- ! Met of the state'school : ' ' : i fund itw5 vemr. . . 14,847 83 Amount of money raised by , L jihe?! rate bills during the : ? year. . . -;.'. 294 6 Amonnt of school funds re- , . . ciyeel t jfrom ',; all other . ; sources daring the year;!.. 14,274 13 ; Total amount 01 receipts. .$108,013. 15 j' D isbu rlsem t n t s .;.-; ; ' j. '. ; ; - - L " : Amount paid out for teach ers wages during the year eadijig the first Monday in Marcii, iSj9.. .. 54-o83 91 Amount paid for rent f the , school iboms rdurine the year. . V . .. ... 836 go Amount paid oat during the ' year for repairs .on school ' ri - houses and premises.... . j 3jOJ3 04 Amount paiJ oat during 4he j year tor parebas of school ''!i furniture.;. ii.!'i :: f. 503 24 Amount paid for fuel and ; 1 other neceJsarjr incidenuls -; ' l ' ' j j.'-i 1 -' ;? " f" j- A ,. ..' .'--..--:' '' " during the year. ;. Amount paid out for clerks - ' services daring the year. . Amount paid out during the year for apparatus, globes, maps, -charts, school . tab lets, etc. , . . . . . . .... . , Amount paid ior building of school houses and out houses during the year.... Amount paid out tor school house sites.. .. .. .. .. .. Amount paid ior insurance 1 during the year... ., . . . : . ; "Amount paid out for all oth er school purposes during the year. . . . .. .. . . . .. 3 883 26 9-M 33 1 I.O49 24 6.3QJ 86 1.072 00 454 b 56.853 U Total amt. disbursements. .$ioo,i6t 09 Total amount of cash m hand of district clerks, March 1. 1899 . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7854 06 $108,015 15 Amount of the unapportion- i eel sch'Hd funds, in hanls of county treasurer at date of this report.. $ 5o 00 SHOULD BE REPRESENTED The Willamette Valley Chautautua As sfjeiation is this year planning for a delightful tournament of athletic games to be held in e-onnection with its annual meeting this summer, tor -which valuable prises' -will be awarded. One of the fea tures cemtcntplated is a basebalt tourn ament, and the manage-ment has provid ed a beautiful $5t trophy cup as a prize tor the successful team. It is learned that teams from Portland Chemawa. Eugene, and possibly Xlt. Angel will compete for the prize. Salem should hav e some' representation1 this year at ' the Chautuaqua. Or recent years the Cap ital City has net been regularly rep resented at Gladstone Park by an "er gahted -ttsam of athletes and 'should make arrangements this season to par-. ticipate in the athletic contests. There is ample material ii) Salem to form a strtmg bascba-ll team and it erganizea in season and alhwing fer plenty of prac tice, would prove a lormidabie contest ant for the firize. At any rate, Salem should have a. baseball team. It is hop ed the boys will take hold at once and effect an erganizaticn. R INQUISITION II O NOR ED Up on requisition issued by Iov. II. T. Gage, ai California. Gov. T. T-'Geer yesterday issued the ' state's warrant for the arrest ana ociivery to tne ajitni 01 the state of , California, of one Jess MillisoiK wanted in Los Angeles, for the crime ef grand larceny. Millisou is accused of stealing, fmmone C C Thompson, thirty bags of prunes. He is under arrest in Peirlland. and the California officer, who receiveel Gov ernor Geer's warrant yesterday, went down by the afterneon train to secure his man. and take him to I-os .ng u for trial. : . HONESTY IN NEW YORK. "1 Knmrtif- fmir norketbooks. I put 80 cents in one pocketbook. a key, and my visiting card, witli my name aiM address printed on it. I walked along Grand street and dropped it purposely. In the secemd pocketiMtoK 1 u- ' cents, a pawn ticket, ana my vesiuni; card, and dropped it in a grana street store, 'in the third one I put $1.09. a n-rcnt st.imii. and mv visiting lard- This pocketbook I ds-oppedi in Gran 1 street, comer of Eldridgo street." In the fourth and last pocketbook: I put 42 ents, tyvo keys, a i-cent stanip. aii'l my caret. I then went home. . "About j an hemr later a tune gin 01 1 y vears returned the third pocketbook. I offered ! her 2? cents, and she said:- 'No. sir, 1 Hthank you; but my parents elon't -viish nie to be paid for being honest.' - .. "In about twenty mnnirtes a we.n dreed lady returned he first pocket- Ixok. I offered a reward to her ami she appeared to be insulted. A .nail hour later a young woman' returned the fourth pocketbook. I offered her all the money it contained for her hon esty, but she refused. I "The second pocketbook was re urned about two hours later by an Irish laborer. who ;aid he was walk ing along Grand street ami found it.' He refused' to accent any reward, but accepted an invitation to share a pint.' "I shall never doubt the honesty of New Yorkers again." Letter in New York Journal. THE CZAR'S MAP OF FRANCE. Car Nicholas II. has presented . to the French gevernment a mosaic map of France in nrecious stones, which will be exhibited at the Paris exposition. The map is one meter square, and is framed in slatc-cedored iasper. The sea is represented in light gray mar ble. the departments in jasper of yari otis colors " and the rivers in : platinum. The names are inlaid in gold, and tof towns are marked by gems. Pans be ing representee! by a diamond. A HALF HOLIDAY. Commenc ing tomorrow morning the working hours at the Salem "Woolen Mills will b slightly altered, to the extent that the 200 employes of that instituion will 011 Saturday of each week recti v half holiday. Beginning tomorrow and continuing throughout the summer, tre w-orking hours will be: f:jo.a. m. im til neon: 12:45 until 6 p. n. These working hours will be: 6:30 a. m..un hours will prevail every elay except Saturday, wlien work will eemtinue un til 2:x o clock noon. when the ma chinery "will be closed down fn- the day. .' . - -'. - : .' CHANGED 3IRMBERS.-C:6v. T. T. J,"eer has appointed (Miss Helen Harrington, Mrs. , Mary B. Knowle and LM"i j. U'ltineler, all ot l'ortt?nei to senre on the Paris Exposition com mittee, vice three members who re signed. The new members, and the o?her two of the old board, will1 attend the exposition. TO PA RI S Gov. T. T. Geer yes terday commissioned 'Hon. John II Albert and Miss Elizabeth McNarr both of this city, as commissioners to the Pans exposition, to rrpresent the state 01 Oregon at that big lair. FOR THE FIGHT Populisut Conventions to Be Held In Two Different States. DONUtLLY NAMf D TOR TftESIDf NT 11 laTAlkdor by th Mtddlr-tk.RMtd. n Others Favor Krjr Towm for Second llc. CINCINNATI. O.. May 7. Two Presidential candidates are talked of by the leading .Populists gathering in Cin cinnati tonight, for the Njational Con vention ot the Middle-of-the-Roaders." They are Ignatius Dnnelly. of' Minne seita. and Wharton' Barker; of Pennsyl vania. iEvervijiing is t in readiness 'for the Comentioii Wednesday afternoon. Ignatius Donnelly arrived, this even ing. Something of a'-sensation was sprung shortly alttrward. It became known that a definite movement was j erne, to place Donnelly before the con j vchtion as a 'President iaP nominee, in- j stead ef giving hint the second jnisition j ori the ticket, headed by".'-Wharton Har ker. of Pennsylvania. Donnelly had , only this to say: ' : , 1 "You know Uiat I never have, been j accusedof piivjiing myself I am in favor of the greatest gifod tor the great- j est number of j people. Whatever the J convention sees fit to do, in any mat-j ter, will be perfectly satisfactory to me. -j I believe that) -we should stick, to iJr motto middlei-of -the'-roael. These side issues . hive ' wriH'ke el the prospects of 'many bright politicians, . For instance, the 'silver question ! which, without a doubt, is of vital interest to every per son in this wiirl.l, ; has been cleverly siile-tracked aind Bryan has been shunt ed off into the issues of the late war with "Spain." ' On the fusion question. Donnelly wasj .extremely emlphatic! elcclaring that f u j sion was a thing that he hate-l beyond ' all 'others, and he ek-clared that there will be no fusion with the Social Labor party if he can do anything to prevent it. THE CONVENTION. iSioux Falls. S .!.. May 7. The del egates to thef (People's" Paart'y conve n tion, who h.ive already-flrrivetl,. -. spent the afternoon in informal conferences and in. visiting the tent in evhich the convention is to be held It was at first inte-nded to util'7e the city Auditorium building, fofi convention purposes, but the prospective , attendance grew so rapidly thnt lit was found necessary to secure larger quarters. ' Accordingly, . an enormousj tent,; under which Se.br lo.otxi 'pe'opU'. can be seated, was se cured, ailil it is' rapidly being put jin shipc for the convention. The con- veniion will be called' to order Wed nesday at 2 o'clock by National Chair man Butler. Fer temporary chairman. Governor J. R,- Kogt rs, of Washington.' was chosen, but he' announced today that he was unable to attend. Senator Heitfield, of Idaho, is expccted tomjir ro". " j The principal talk today lias been about the policy "to be pursued in election of a Vicei-l residenlial candi- late. By tHose already prespnt there is manifestee einite a noticeable friend ship for "CI Republican there are ship for Ch.jrles A. Townc, the Silver eader of Minnesota, luit there are some who contend that this lmnor shotil 1 go to a Populist. EARLY INTELLIGENCE Skinday School Teacher (finishing the narratioki)--tnl that is the story of Jonah am! the whale. . Johnny 1 sn t it strange they knew what a Jona 1 was that long ago? liar- lem Life.- AOCIDEN-TS TO SAILORS. J1 Twelve years ago one sailor out of every tof), on an average, lost 111 ue by accident Now the proportitm ihas been reduceid to 1 in 256. J ' - 4 J WOM EN'S BANK STOCK. The amount d national bank Mock held by . Women m America i esti- mateet at $1 vi.ooo.txx. and trie amiMint of -private and siafc bank stck at $137.- kxxj.otxi. ) - BICYCLE FwVCTORHLS IN CER AIANV. Germany lias thirty-six fewer bicycle factories than it bad last year. When Lieutenant K. K. Perry was a student at (Bowdoiu college he was; al ways fond1 ol emuioor winter sports an d was the champion snow-shoe run r o the college. ne Fix yourself upon the wealthy. In a word, takejlhis fora golden rule through life. Never; never have a friend that is poejrer than yoursell Dougla Jcr- Told. .'.;;'-'---j, Y . " j I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than to be crowd ed on a velvet cushiem. Thoreau. OAElTOniA! TOR SOLDIERS' -HOME-State Treasurer Chas. S. iMoore is in receipt of $1300 from the general treasurer of the National Home for Volunteers, in payment of the jrtiejn allowed the Or egon Soldiers Home, at Rosebirg. for the quarterfending December 3f. 1899, for fifty-two inmates. r