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WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN, FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1900: AID SEYMOUR A Russian tiecrral la Ccrnrnand - cf international forces. HASTENS THE WORK Of REUff Chinese Government Report to Hi Minister la Washington, the Departure of Legations. t LONDON, June: 2S. The composite brigade at 'XX men who raise-d the In .rertmcxit of Tien 'rsin and pushed on to lielp Admiral JSeymour, has prob ably saved him, but ha not yet reach ed Che Foo, the ne-arest railroad point. Hi. it Bteann-r arriving at Che Foo from Taku 4rouht this iiease, dated Tien Tsln, Monday, June 2TOi: - "The Russian general In command of tbe relief force had decided, in view of Saturday's heavy fighting and march ing, that one day's rtt forctbe trois was essential, and that the advance ehould not be ft-snmfJ until today. Me-anwhllo came Admiral Seymour's heliograph that hi iosition was des gierate, and that ha could only hold out two elays. The n-llef started at dawn today eMeuiday). ; ; - j Saturday fighting began ' at day- . - . a " " . i ' w.S . . fljivaK. lne anieu iorees opeue-vi h.iu -several of the Terrible's 4.7 naral guns, six field guns and numerous machine Miiij 'thu fiJn Jailmr nt fin mn-'ir Tliey continued to advance atead'.Iy, rtbe ' Chinese artillery replying. The gun of the allies were more skilfully haud4d awl put the gun of the Chi- nese retreating alsout nooii. Tlie Russduns stormed the arsenal, thereby sustaining the largest losws.j Several thousand Japanese have Ceft .Taku for Tien Tuln, and altogether l.l,OU Japanese have, landed. The In ternational troops now aggregate ncir ly 20,ou, and Japan I preparing to mml 2M more. With the l?rit;.4h. American and other troops ordernl to go'; probably meu will In avail-: able in a tuonth. The Ton Shan re-tu-Kit'K and the foreign engiuefT at 4be Jn the field, as 2.i,r) drlled troops. at Lu Tat, 2o,om at Shan llai Wan, 1.1,0H0 driven from T.vn Tsin, and VMflOO at Ftkln. .-.. ' , , A h I'KKl X UKPCHtTS. I j ' Wnishingroiv Juny 27. T1k )inege . 1 1 . f 1 . t . ; . t -. iu iiiiii.ivr vamti i iiR'iuiiii; uu uir Secretary of State and communicated to him the contents of a dispatch which he hal received from the Txung; li Yamen, at I'ekin, daUxl on '1he !tb lnt. The diiatcii Ktated that the for eign ministers had Aeforv this iate flsketl iernii.sion for the kgation guards to enter tbe city, which fKr miMha had been granted; that tfiey md?iuntly aktd that thei? guards le reinforced, which the Chinese gov ernment was not disposetl to permit. The dispatch then gxs on to tate that the consul general at Tien "f sin (sup posed to iie the French coueul-guera!) had k'aianled the -surrender of the Takue fort and that the foreLrn min ister were Jjortly to leave Fekin for Tien Tin with their guards. FEKLIX IX WASIlIXtlTOXi VashingYoa. Jnue 27. Tlie devc4ot- Vmenta.of toilay respecting China wer? Imiwrtant aud Interesting. The Chl tiese nilnliterg report of the departure "I 1 1" lUIt'lU UUlllSlvTS. IIIK1 IllCir guards from I'ekiu greatly relieveil the olttclal here, who took it'o tbe tlrit "tangiille evidence that the Imperial Ohini'e trnvemntent luid n full rHilirn- tiou the t'ttortuity of nerutit tins' tbe mmisters to come to personal harm. nnd were thus undertaking, a far as Liv In their lrtwir. : ti- nltaorrn l th aiiM'-nllies of intt-rnatlonal exchange. The keenest interest 1 uliown by the ifl1elaU-to learn the condition! under which the minister left I'eklu. Min ister Wn' dispatch was ominously si lent on that point. nd tliougb tbe min tstrr Uimelt ia!naln Almost obsti nately, his coutldenee In .the non existence f a tate : of war, Ik Is generally admitted that lit will Jm difficult to accept hi conclu wiojLf It shall transpire that the Fekin government Itself lias sent tbe minis ters away with their passports, r, what may come to the same thing, with a guard as a safe conduct. At the state department it L said that, if it shall e explained that the imperial sovernmcnt did this, not with the purpost,of rupturing the di plomat io relations, ibut simply to Insure the safety of tbe mini,. trrs which they were una '.e to guaran tee as long as tlvey remained in Fekin. tlten there Is till ground for an under standing.'.. ; j ;V;' , - j " j , t kEMFFFUKTOnTS. 1 If "Washington, Jane 27. The following cablegram was received at the Xavy Department. late.this afternoon: i f "Che Foo, Jane 27. Secretary of the favy, Washington: Fekin force and aid minlssters reiorted with the Fekin rlief - exped'.tjon. entrvnchel- Hsht miles from Tlen'Tsin. Kempff. ' v: " a rfmor. ; ;"? 'Sijanghal, June 27. A tJerman paper has an uncrelitei statement to tbe ef fect, that Admiral iSeymour - 1s eight utiles from Tien Tsin. with sixty-two killed and 200 mounded. ; r , i A COXFIItMATIOX. Berlin. June 27. Tlie German consul at Clio Foo confirms the contents of the nit fvrn 1ce-Adsnfral Sejnxwr, which reached Tien Tsia Moml.iy, say ini be was then eight miles westward t tlmt city, terribly harassed.' could only bold out another two day, and had sixty-three men killed ad orrr 'jnt wounded, and add that the ad miral akel for the dispatch of a relief .lii!un of,2ix men. lhU column left Tien Trin during the nkirniug f June 2."th, nrnkr Hosdan eojtiHuawL i THE GRA0tATla RICITAL Testerdny Was a Rl Letter"; Ihty With the X. W. ol Atnsic, and Art Six tiraduates. From Daily Statesman Jum? 2S.) The annual graduating exercises of the Xortbwest Xonnal Colhgo of Mu sic and Art were held in the UnJtar tin church last evening. There was good, .attendance and much appre ciation of the work of t lie performers was shown by tbe audience. J ' I I A "program j of' unusual iiierlt ias presented by the roembers of the grad uating class assisted by, Mis Oslwrne. Miss Chandler. Mrs. J. X. Brown, Miss Jeanette Wadrvarth-, Miss Ferry and Miss Conover. The Instrumenta tion of John Clyde Voxi ft lad Of 19 years, was remarkably good and.be was warmly awlauied. Ills inter pretation of Chopin'Si, "Berceuse, in Dp. Op. 37" was very, fine and- receiv7 ed an encore to which "be. respondeil with the lieautlful. and popular 'se lection; "The Last IIoie," with varia tions. Miss Grace Mae- Draper, of this city, very creditably-" executed Pethoven's "Sonata op.. 2.".". Miss Draper's performance was artistic and the rending of .the; famous: au thor's production was far ,alove the average. Miss Sedgwick and Miss Smick were heard in vocal selections, dltflcult arias being sung. . i The musical iwirt of the program was unpplemented by a brief and veryap propriate address by llev. W. E. Cope Lind on "Music As a Frophecy.. In awarding the . diplomas, , Dr. Farvin lriefly, reviewwl the work of the. in stitution during the itst year, speak ing in very complimentary terms of the work and attainments! of the nemlKrs of the class,; thus concluding the evening's program. . Diplomas were awarded tho six graduates as follows: Fost graduate conrse-John Clyde Fox. Ilelejn Coil wln Smick and Jennie OhlingJ all of Albany: Graduates Grace Mae Dra leri of Salem: LIHie May Parsons, of Albany; I-izzie Sedgwick, Albany. Yesterday afternoon. John' Clyde Fox, Albany's phenomenal "oung pianist, 'assisted by the members of the class,, gave a very successful re cital In the same church. The program as published yesterday morning was rendered. in which the work of Mr. Fox, Miss Wndsworth. Miss I.uln Conover, and Miss Delia Osliorn was particularly deserving of men tion, i I l- AG AIXST .ICE TitUST. Albany. 'June 27. Justice AT-ten Chester tolay handel down his deel ska In the IVmerican lee Company -ase. wlucn Was against the company nn: all points, and vacates' and 'sets aside the writ of prohibition issued by Justice D.' Cady Herrick, which re strains Itef eree Meyer Xebn nm from examining the offl-ers of that com pany In the - proceedings institutel! against them before Justice -Chase. I'nder this decision, Ieftree Xess linum can go ou with his investigation of the company a affairs. WILL SAIL SUXDAY. ? ' Washington. June 27. General Chaf- iee. who nas ieen orierel to com Dliind the Amerlenn trnnna In Chin left Washington at 10:4r o'clock to day Tor San Fransisco, necompanierl by Lieutenant Ilariier, his aid. lie is due at San Franeiseo at 5 o'cloek, Sunday morning and sails for Xaga sakl on the transiort Grant, with the Sixth Cavalry, the same day. A CHAPLAIN NAMED PRIVATE II. X. PRATT, OF COMPANY r, 1 4th REGIMENT O. X. O. Appointed to th I'oaitlon He a I'npnlar with All CUuwes aad Will Give ' (From Daily Statesman, June 28.) ' Ttie appointment of Jievtl. L. Fratt, pastor.of tb FniI.Evang'lical elmrcli of this city, and an eulisled man In Comianyi Fourth Itegiment, Oregon XatVonal Giuwxt, as cOiaplain of the teg liiKnt,' with the rank of Captain, was yesterday announced 4y Capt. Walter Lj on, commanding the local company, . lids apiointnient by Colonel . Yoran will doubtless Iwa most pleasing one to everyone in tlie Capital City, .where Rev. Fratt Is very popular among a large circle of friend. limitel only by the population of tbl city, and wihore he Is kuowji. He has long Jbad a great love for military ' life and discipline, and last spring be enlisted In Company (then Company K.) and since that time he has been a constant attendant at drill and otlicr. meetUigs. winning the , friendship and admiration of hl tomiades-m-arms. and tbe entire cou ndence of the company officers, ta tid of whom this apiintmcnt Is esitcially pleasing. -.s, ,, .... --., TImj quarterly . inspection- - of " the Fourth Regiment, O. X. will be bcM tomorrow 4 Friday) evening Jane 2Uth, ami at SiJO p. m. toiuotraw, Company wUI be, inspected at its armory in the city halL Ti this Jnpectktn the .public is admitted aixl Invited, and tl? friend or the O. X. G. In Uiiacity will doubtless be present la large numbers to witness this ceremony. The com pany is in excellent conditkn. and the .ys are eagtr for a call by tbe Presi dent, for volunteer regiments to go to China, as they believe that well-trained ami thoroughly equipped Pacific coart rcgimknts woukl secure the preference, and they are all anxious to Iwlp sab due tbe riotous Boxers in tbe Flowery , -1 1 Kingdom. CSCCBS MACE 1.1 PECSATL Froui Daily Statesman,. June 28.) In the Marlon county probate court, yesterday,1 several tninor orders' were made, as follows: " ' ."" ' John 1L ttcott, guardian of the per- luiuur, rd-d'lds fiuaTH iort. and afLed to ! disk barired from furtber serviee. tjnjl1Jr Judge G. P. Terrell ordered that the petit L.Ui r prayer ie grautvl. after he has pa'd tht amount of the es tate to tlu ccuBty"ierk ; In tb u.ttter of the estate of Helen Mire, ji niinnr. John, II. Scott, the guardian, fi-'ed- Jds lLnal .account, and tlie same was keard and the etitioner onlercd n-Ieasei from further liability, after placing the notes and money, be longing to tlie estate, in iim nanus 01 the county " clerk. In the matter of the estate of K. J. ThurnRin, leceavil. R. C. Rams.by, S. T. Ilohart and FJiilin HkkS. the atv praisers for the Marion county prop el t.r; riled, their report, -sIjow Lug the prrperty to Ik vaiuei at n.i 1. 1 ne appraisers of the same estate in M'ult nomnh county Sampson J. Jones, W J. McKinmy and A. Cf Brush, filed their retKH-t, 'blowing .'the property In volved to 9e valued at $1000. JUDGES AXD DISTRICT ATTOBKEYS. ": ;v'-: ;'-.' ' " ' Chosen at the Recent Diction in the ? , Several Districts Returns. " . v Xot All In. . , Reports are now in from the county clerks of all tlie counties, exrept Curry, giving tbe; official returns of. the elec tion held on June 4tJ, and SKrelarj- of 4tate F.' 1. puikbar expects to retelve tbe Curry county reiort, when he will canvass the returns officially, and make out Jiis reiwrt, at the same ;t hue issuing cvrtiticates of elections to those cho'n. The figures thus far received show thJ election of the following circuit; judges aud district attorneys In '.their, respect ive districts: - . ;. , i JUDGES. i Fourth district A. F. Sears Jr., M. C. George. . . , Sixth W. .11. Ellis 1 1 ' ' DISTinct ATTORXEYS. ' ' First A!' E. Reames. ' ' Si-cond -George M. Brown. ' - Third J. iX.Hart. . -. '.' ;'.. . Fourth Geo.; E. CJiamberlaln. Fifth Harrison Allen. U , Sixth T. G. 1 1 alley. ' : f Sev.ebrh Frank Menefee. I s EirfJitlv ?aiuel White !;':.,: Xlutli WiUiam Miller. .Tlw figures thus far tabulated show the following pluralities for the Re publican ticket: fWolverton. justice of the supreme court. KMI7; Bailey, food and dairy commissioner, :. Congressmen-Toirgue, 'MVJ; Moody, MX. I i ' ' H UTIGANTS SECIBE TIML Suptems Court Grants Ilxtension for the Filing of Briefs. . (From Daily Statesman, June 2S.) The Suprtuie Court yesterLiy grant ed time to litigants to Ilk lrrs, . in case's now ix,-uUins on. appeal, as )W lows:.. v , . ' . . ... . State of "Oregon, i respondent, vs. Al pha Knighton, r apps'llaut; ; ordered on stipulation that, appellant's, time ti M'rve and .file lus lirief herein le ex tended t August lt. .... ... .. e, ., .Mary, lOJliott. svt aL, irefiMMidents; ys.' C, K. liloyd,,et aL. appellants; ordered on stipulation that .respondents, have until August Jt to serve and file..tbeir brief.'.., '..,; ,. ' . .;. . . . TAKEN TO ASYLUM. T. II. Shaw, agetl abaut ."." years, recently of Grants Pass, aud a .baker by profcsin, ,was ycstcKlay t-ommitted to the tate. hos pital for the jn.sa.ne, after an examina tion conducted at tl? city hall building by County Jude 1. P. Terrell anl Dr. J.- X JrUnith. Shaw .came, to Satein about a month ago from Grants liss. He worked ' for a . f ew weeks at&is trade jiikI upon losing bis tosition, t? eame KsKiM!ent and began excessive drinking. u last Saturday evening he was arrested, in a helpless state of intoxication, by tlie ialetn police -and was placed in the city jaiL On Sun day he, was seized with an attack of dclitium trentens, which left his mind a blank, and his commitment to the asylum followed yesterday. AT THE CAXXERY. The Allen Packing Company has a force of nearly 1(H) .persons employed at its cannery on 1 Twelfth street. .The strawberry crop is -. about exhausted ami the company is turning its atten tion to cherries. 'Large quantities of the Royal Ann and Black Republican varieties are leing canned daily. ThUs for about IOOO cases or.24.x) quart's of ; strawberries have leett preserve!. The' work of canning peas will begin tomorrow ami inasmuch as there is a large-crop of that vegetable, the cau nery will probably lie engaged on the jhmi crop for sevCralweeks; ' 'PROM POLK H. L. Fenton, the re tiring treasurer of Polk county, was in Sjflem. yestenlay, and while here he called at State Treasurer Charles S. Mooro'H oflue anl paid to that official $7724., the ba1iKe due from Polk county 1 on account of . state taxes for tlie year 1R). Tlie total state tax of Polk county for last year was f 27,72 4. tO, and of this amount f 20,tXK was paid several months ago, in two payments of $10,0uu each. MiAXY LICEXSES.-'Fonr marriage licenses wero yesterday Issuetl ly the county clerk, as follows: H. O. Winter mantel and Mis Emnia Wenzer; Henry Wenger witness; Elmer E. Tanner and Miss I..11iri ItAlilllSOn Y'tintt TTiir witness; John R, Allen and Ml r.iai!"ne jsawn. i. . samier witness; 'W. II. Trm n3!Uh and; Miss .EIlcc M Murphy, jLL J. Arnold witness. , " Tt. SERVE TW YliVRS-Sherlff W. W, Withers came, down from Eu gene, yesterday afternoon with Andrew Tayiur, uiler commitment from , tlie lAir.v county circuit .court to serve a two years sentence la tlie state peni tentiary for the crime of burglary. Kljeriff Withers returned to Eugene on tbe California express last nigbt. IS. CHIEF. Gns C. Morris br, now chief train dispatcher at Ashland, for the Southern Pnrlfie rnmruinr If a formerlv nsidd In Sntem nnI la n tiephew of A. I. Palmer a, resident uere. : , . FIREWORKS Closing ont n imnMi cheap. Wiggins ad. page 8. dw. Ex-President Harrison I nn a -rirft to Minnesota and is the .guest of. bis wife's i: Fister, Mrs. S. Vj Morris, at MinncapDlLs, Ck'neral Harrison's last visit to tile, state was made 30 "years ago.- ' ; "! -. ,!..;;.. ' - - .1 -: ' COiJVENW Advocates of Cold Water Ready for tbe Campaign I WILL fIGHT f Oft A SINGLE ISSUE Bryan WU1 . Consult Bosses Crokrr anasnlierbf SewTprk Sol- ' V' toX SeeonJ Place CIIICAflO, June 27. The Iroliibi tion party iwilJ make, Jts - Xational campaign this yearuiou the platform of a single issue, the liquor traffic, all other issues being suljordinated to this question. Upon this platform it is probable that either! Rev. 8. C. Swallow, the "fighting parson " of Harrisburg,r Pa., or John G. Wooley, of Chicago, Editor of the New Voice, the Prohibitionists Xatioual "organ will he nominated for President. ; The National Convention of the I'ro itibition ijarty, met bore today and. In three V sessions morning, , afternoon and evening cleared np all the busi ness except the nominations for; Pres ident and Vice President, w'hich will be ; made tomorrow - morning.; t The convention in point of v numbers : and enthusiasm shown W ' considered one of - theA greatest ; ever hehj by ; the at vocntes of cold water.- I - i- ' - -Thirty-seven states were represented when ' Chairman Stewart,' of the; Xa tional Committee, called the cbnvcn tion to onler at the First. Itegiment armory today, nearly 70(1 delegates mv lug present, while scores of others aire eXpecteF tomorrow, when the; party names its National candidates. Tho platform ; as adopttd by the convention bears solely upon the ques tion of the suppression of tbe liquor traffic. In .connection with this, how ever, the administration and President McKinley in particular are f bitterly arraignetl for the, position taken on the anti-canteen law, action- 00 this lieing denouncHl as "treasonable." A bitter fight took place in tlie cont' mitte on resolutions, before the plat form was finally : agreed j upon, inemlHTS leing sliariIy divided over the cpiestion of a single issue, on a "Itfond platform. The " advo'ates of Woman's Suffrage weiv narticularlj- emphatic in -dtiianling' a -sulfnige pLipl. it after a sewion,, lasting sey VViir hours, tli6 matft-r was compro mised by reporting a iseiHratej resolu tion favoring the, granting of a fran chise to woiiM'.n, and ijt tills fdrm tlie reiort of tbe ommitte. on resolutions i;as adopted by the .epnyentloq.- .; BRYANTS Rt'XXlG MATE. Kansas City, Mo., f June 27. Con gj CHKiua n ,T m. Sulzcr, who . H Ik-Iu Sboouietl for Vice I'resident'ou th? Dcjj oer'atle ticket, and Richard Croker, anl ex-Senator E. G. Murphy, of Xew York will have a conference at Lincoln, Xiiv. with .Wni.; J Bryan, 'before tliey come to Kansas City to attend the National Convention. Sterling Price, of; Texas, orienetl headquarter . hjere : for Sulzer today, received a telegram from that gentleman, sayins he had left Xew York for Lincoln at noon todiiy. An other telegram says that Messrs. Croier jind Murphy will le In the Xelraska capital Friday, nigbt j Sulzer Iioiks to lie ad tlie ticket with Bryan, and It is said the latter lias expressed la desire to confer with him, j l . IX A DEADLOCK, Grand Rapids, MicU., June 27. Tlie state Renuhlican convention settled fdown to business this afternoon, and legan balloting for'AJovernor this event ing, and at 10 o'clock. It leLng appar ent tliat tho convention was in; a deadi lock, tivljournuu'ut was, taken inntil to4 uwrrow. Six name were placed, 'in tiomiuation: Aaron T, Bliss, Saginaw; Dexter M. Ferry, Detroit: Justus S, Ster.ns. Ludington; Cbas. . F, jt lsliorne, tSault.St. Marie; Jas. O'Doniwll, aacfci son. and MHo l. Campliell, Coldwater Ferry was In the lea 011 the (last tal lot, having 294 : vote the aiuimber, ret quired, to nominate being 421. j . t WAR IN THE TRANSVAAL THE BOERS AGAIN ACTIVE ON THE BRITISH FRONT. Commandants DeWet am Botha Agree to Continue Fighting Mai- ; 1 feasance In Hospitals. ' IXXDON. June 2S. General Rnndle had. a sharp rifle skirmish near Sene kal, Friday, with a large force of en trenched Boers. He dclinetl to at tack them. This la the only, fresh fighting report ed. ; - !. Tbe Boer out posta northeast of Prtv toria are busy. The telegraph wires between Standerton 1 and New Castle were cut Sunilay, and Serf Relvers Bnlk-r had to reportlby heliograph. ' Commandant DeWeV with "a! men and thre guns. Is moving northeast in : the Orange River Colony It is understood that hend Commandant General Botha entered into a compact, that neither would surrender, so long as- tbe other was in the fietJ. ' " Twelve thousand rifles all told have leen ' surrendered to' the I British. President Kruger is stUl at Machado dorp. :'. " . I The exposnres regarding the hospi tals In Sonth Africa have imade a great sensation In England.' A news agency dispatch, from Chim? ' Town, says: . - ; "Certain revelations point to mil' feasance in connection with tlie sui plies of comforts for the sick and wounded. , MAMMA'S FOOTSTEPS. A little New Orleans boy nine years old. who?e name Is Beverly. Carradlne Brown and who Is as good and band some as tbe princes we read about In the fairy stories, .has sent the Remark er a 'piece of iottry. . He' wrote it all by lilmtclf,' and as any One can see at a glan-e It I.-s a'tl-caiitlful "piece of jto- vtry !, all atut hi uiatntn. whieh makes It niore txautifnl: -still. It is ealied-"Following Mamma's - Foot i w" ami Jf -re. it is:- Foll-wluz 111a mma's footsteps Following to and fro. Th little" children follow - minima's ,;. fox)tste ' ' ' - ' Where ever she may go.-'" Following mamma's foot"stei Ikeausi we love lier Tlie Utile children follow maunuai fotst IaH Wliere ever she may go. . r- ' ' '" ' ':'' ' - -Following mamma's footsteps Foot-prints all In a row, . The little children' follow mamma's1 : footstot'S " I Where ever slie may go. 1 We play merry games with langhter - We sing soug sweet and low. But we always fellow mamma's foot- .!. Step- : ; Where ver she may go. - -- ' t Bessemer, Weekly. t ,;'-': r,r,". .1. ; ' ; HAD A PARDON. TTarlan Courthouse. Kr.. June 27. Captain John Powers, of Barlwmv vllle, Ky who was arrested here y terday .on the charge of complicity In tlie murder or Governor uoenei, was toflay releasel. His attorneys Insti tuted balsas corpus proceedings, and, after a. bearing before CoUnty Judge Cornett, Powers piwlueetl .a ' pa rdon. signtHl by Governor Taylor, on March 0, 19u0 offering it as a bar to prose cution aUd arrest. Judge Cornett hon ored the pardon, and Powers will be released. This Is the second , time Powers has leen arestwl on the same charge and released on Governor Tay lor's pardon. .','", DROVE OpT JAPS. . . TR&ftHnCal.Jano; dre miners-apd sineHeremployes of KeswicK arid vlcmity last night drove twehty-om 5 Japanese laborers out Of rownrtThe 4 JapaWse"tvbreptrt:n"a train for this place and at this islnt Jhe railroad conductor put them Off. There was nonviolence. . The miners object to the Japanes who were em ployed to take the places of white men. SHE SWALLOWED CARBOLIC ACID. Dh kie" Wotsls. a Former Resident of i itlie Salem Tenderloin IUtriet, , Takes Her Own Life.; iThe Dallas TImes-Mountalnr er, of lart Monday evening, publishes tbe fol lowing story of the suicide of "Dickie" Wood, who was. -for a number of years a inemlvrxof the Salem demi-monde. fcing, until recently, a resident ot th. MU'ii'lerloin -district in this city. She left there arxut six wks ago. lntenl iug to go t. Cap Xonse, but later. aban doned, that plan and locatel in Tin Da;ifs,vs-,Tlve TBtHl-Moimtalne'r ssys: "After lieinjr ou a druuk for several fdays.' Dlck3e: Woods.--awlnm-vfe of - a bawdy house ixzt ween Court and Liiio-i stieets.. ertdel lier life by taking an overdose of earixlic acll alwut 7 o'clock last evening. As soon as lKr conipau- ions aiscovered w3iat !: liardone, a .hyslcian was smiyiKmed. ut she was past buma'i akl when tlie doctor ar rived, and sue iiea ar t.vk tue wo man had lieen here only a few days, and had been drinking quite heavily'. ,lt is prcsuiKetl'She took tlie fatal dose after some disagreemnt with lier lover, a W'orthless' tieing -by the ' name of Canirlu 11. ' M la x. viuti 11 n a v a .aau -v m ' IIurtL and her ferim-r home was in Al bany. ' She bad I-cett married to a min who faileil to support her, and ' like many other an unfortunate, had been driven to a life of prostitution. ' TwO listers of t.be' deceasevl, Eva and Xettie Hun I. arrived be re ou th? 120- train, and took the body to Eu gene for bui ial." j WHEX LORD i WOLSELEY GOES. .-Lord Woleley's retirement from the position of commander in chief in a few months' tline Is not exciting- the ; amount of public interest which the inqiortance of thej position demands. I'nder the changes introduced Into the war offico? 'in lKKi the. period of office fixtd for ?ach holder of tlie post was live jvars. and this term expires in the ease, of Ixrd Wolseley next September. "Tlie appointment of his successor pre sents a favoralile oriKrtunity for the governnieiit to -place tlie : war office system on a thorough - and 1 sounder footing, and then is a widespread ini-. pTesslon that this will lie done. Man chester Dispatch. ' ; '' 1 V SCHOOL GARDENS IX EUROPE. In kitchen gardens the Swcles aim csix't-lallv" to promote .--'"-agriculture. while the-French seek to advance tlie culture of fruit,,. vegetables and flowers. The school gardens in the t-omitry iJaces of ; Swltrland are IntenleI to give theoretical training iu the growth of the most useful and inqiortant pLints and to iroinote a love for hor ticulture and rural embellishments. THE LIGHTED WIXDOWS. Dews fall at evening, f ben tbe night ; is ftiiiiug. f - , - ; When tlie cct are weary that walk ' d so far away. .:;' : r y--, -In the darkling windows yellow sparks t are calling. . . ; - .-, Waterfowl and skyfowl are waiting for the day. , - , . - . . V!f --.;.'';-fe."r"V .:';".'";; i Waterfowl and skyfowl In the grasses hiding. v - ' Every wee, woodsy thing is warm T- witJiiii Its nestli.. V;ij Just my .-little iamb is gone, from cheering and chiding. , SIIxpcd away to other lands and Into oth.r rest. , . '-, SUhwI away to other lands, while carta Is full of smiling. : ; All around ate touching hands and loving lips that kiss. , . f ; Every window means a home, rest and : heart's beguiling. And I mustvfep my little la bib and wonder where she Js! Post AVhcoIer In Aew York Press. - RECEXT IXVEXTlOXS. Liquids can lie automatically, uirai nre.1 by a new fa neet, which has ,' a bar pivoted on Its upper side, with ; a sliding weight on- the bar and a sup port for the vossel to ts? filled, the weight of the liquid tilting tlie liar and losing the outlet of jhv faucet. - . '. To protect an open carriage from rain an Improved cover i-i adapted to enelrcle the: neck of; tin drik-er and piojeet outward, to le-attached to the el.es of the wagon I1y, with a wa terproof cap connected to the Uet-k-!;:!iid of the cover by Haps. A Iriu'dy Lijii'ivtillln x - a t t.iclit rn f far oil cans Iwis a tulx extending 'frn tin Itottom of toucan ilirough an air -tight. cap.with a crook at the oiiterl end. seeotisl ihjs tiding T-shaped. wiOi aa air l ull on om ntl to force sir hit the top of thf can atvl drive the oil out Cushion will not fall out of a innviv designed hammock, which Is provlUd with ?ok'ts it either end. hiving a sireader to whieli tls enl ek.rds are. attached, wltli a roie on eit ier clge-' of the pocket to supinirt the 11 inn po nded !.y. tkuu thc,pockt -ls'ing ,sniK colds ls'twcen tlie ropes. . For gukling tlie rope In e on a well pulley j or other en eoil.s , winding srivriiig drum a Texan ha ivitimt n device, which Is fermed of a thn'.di bar lying paralHH with the d mm and geared to it by a! small wheJ at. on.) nd. It move a' gliding "slew e" along as tlie drnn revolves. , Vehick fliodies are maintaiiietl in a i'.nrljiontal iwwit ion.on a side liill by an itb'jtri, man's dwki'li. hicli: lhe iVnly is supiiorted on the axles by' four ver t!cal screws, which are provided at th'. upp.'r ends with wheels, to U grasjH-d. to revolve the screws and tut Hie Jnnlv at the desirel angle.- L'hicagf Xewfc 1 .1 TO DISCUSS PLANS HOP OBOWERS WILL. CONSIDEIt THE SCHEME OF JOINING INTRUESTS. Meeting Called by tbe O. II. V . A. to He- '.Held in Woodbura Touorro '".'. V EUsUsb Market. tFrom Dally StatesoKin, , Jbue 2H.) Tlie 'Ore'gori Hop O rower ..A W-Ia- tipii'lus eialled' a'iiaeetiiig of all of the growers of the state to 1 held ill ing at 10 nee? U t.) handling Wood burn tomorrow, con veil o'chxk iu tho morning. TTM'purii).i of the Miferir discuss the plan" pro'iwsed fo the lis s ero on a different basis from that of last year. The proj ositKm of looliug this year's crop with an agree .so that incut to restrict the acrea over-produetion inay not result, origin ated outsid-j-of the Oregon Hop Uro.v i-t -LlSKoyiation ami it will 4a deter-'., mined by the members of the Ass.H-ia-IkMi toiiKyrow w IwIIkt or not the p'nn shall Isi s.mctlonal by tlie prganlzatlua. During the 'past wcyk 1-JoO e pies of the agieeini'Ut lt wli'.lk Crowei s will 1 ake-I to sultscrfle, Jm WpKdistiilH" uted ill this state1, that II; tile, r j) seiiitin; the nunibeT of ixrons theie ui.;ug:Uv.d in thtv.growiug of.h-Lij this state. ; There are not or :t glowers in ; California; but tlie -acre'-, age grown to lnps in -ttat-state i greater in proirtim the ntnnlxr of srio'vtcfs'tlutn in this vtit.',' Tor (t.e n a- son t h 1 1 a y a r J of l k a c w erl an average-lze yardj is .VMlsid- III f.1(l. nearly all of the : C-vliforu cultivate annch large-r y.irdsi than tlM-y do in Orfgon.: Tlie following coihytiuii) tlie New York hop mark Is tab ti'froai tin' r.lw.ie STSl: Piysluers I'r Current, Bales.. Receipts fr Sveek ....... Iteceipts from S.'pt. l.. . Exprts to Europe fl Exiswts from Se-pt- 1 . . I nqnrts for ) week ....... Iirmorfs from Sept. 1..'.. S72 4S wk ML: , 1 J 1 1 s Again the receipts have Ix-e.n 'quite heavy; they have. 1 Ten nirtty of- Ia eUlct const hois and'UieadV-'iii'iirly. louo lales on through, bills o; lading for lyondon. Tlie movement Irom Oregon has continued so free tint stoeks in grower' - hands "there -have- Iwmmi cut down to between JXJ0 and 10,)UO bak-s and the" quantity In Wasliingtoii and aIifornia is small.- It Is! ostimatod that growers in Xew YcrtH state are holding not less than '15nll Iwdes, lis' lightest stock ever known at this sea son of year. Oce-aslonal purchase's arc reported In range of Jill y2c, and the feVlLng is firm,1". Crop reports are -irot materially -hangel. In soim 'sections the outhxdv is rt'asonaMy god, while I A others the j'atels have intber a rag ged and weak appearance. In the '.oiil market' Imsiness has' retrained qtil-i Brewers : 3iaT ca lied 1 for a moderate quantity of i hops on old contmcts. Imit WW. purchase have Ite-on mostly sinali and ratlier infrequent. ' Eiorters have made some iivptlrlesn but l.Iiey. hive not lid . to Important iHislrtefcs Tho, gradu al reel net ion of Stocks, however, 1e:ids to a steady, possibly firm holding, par ticularly of the;fiust grade's, but. quo tations are 'not materially chaiig'd. Ionelon mail advices art firmer; re ferring to the outlook fer the Englis,h crop late reports say that "from the hop plantations come complaints of" cokl winds clK'ck Ing the growth of Hh vine, ami crop jrospects j arc not s-.j cheerfuKas could be wlaliind." State. 1SP0. choice, per lb. . . . . A"ft State, 1SJ, good to prim e ll'I2 State, lKt, poor to fair State, vsys.,. , . . , . -it W :v,i PacitJe i-oast. -J8JW, choice rae. coast, !?., good to prlnn. .IViV2 Vac. coast, iXW common to fair 7lrt Pacific coast, 7M State and Pacilio coast, ojd olds, i&l, I S,LEM PRI'EIlTYrSiOLD.-A did was ; ycstenlay : fiietl in 4 he eilnty r-cm-t1nf$ otacd, lb? iiacb It lis S transfers to A. C Harold, lot No. 1, la block. No. 44, Salem, for jf 3Jt.' j d ' "The nialn. fight ra v 'the-' tn vrniwrn will I over the platform." "Yes; I suppose every lekgate will want a chance to mount it and make at least one spcech,"--PhilHklpbIa Xorth American. - : The Sultan of t Turkey pre-poscs to celebrate tlds ptinimr, te CT.th anni versary of Jiis aecession to. the thnsie by an official Jubilee, and llie foreign sovereigns have, been ' privately 1" proaebe! on the subject. . George W. Dart, a native of Attica.; X. Y.t and tlie man who first raised the stars and stripes over the confederate capitol at Columbia, S. C a rter Slier man's march, has just entered the soldiers' liome at Marshalltown, la. S(antia v.ta Kind Yaa fiaffl M'. Cst-y.. . Elga&tua sf