AVEEKIA' OREGON STATESMAN, y TUESDAY, AUGUST 7. I9-
THE REPORT
Of CIIAffEE
American Genera! Criticizes Some
foreign Commanders.
fflS YIEWSCSENT TO WASHINGTON
European Governments -Would Be
Dissatisfied If Made Poblie
' JJovements Kept Secret,
WASIIIXC'TOX. Aiiff. 4.-Sorae fea
tures of a -dispatch, received from
General ChnffHj yesterday, and which
the War Department' refused to uiake
public., became known today. The
first 'dispatch received, by the War
Iepartmenf from I'cneral Chaffee;
closed wrth the ;'" fduteflienjt that he
was jrolxig forward to Tfen Tsin, ami
would pi ve his vhws. That I wlat
.he has done. ; f ' j
Hi views, as cabled jn the dis
patch of yesterday, wuhl Ik far 'from
palatable to several, foreign "overn-j
meat, and that Is one reason why;
the dVpateh was not ruade public.
This much is asserted: ;eneral Chaf-j
fee- aud the United States forces avail
able under his command, have gon.
forward toward Pekin with the Brit
Ish-Jaianese forces. The troops of
other nations assembled at Tien Tsin
y , ( v v
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f : - . ! 84' 1 .; f
coxsll ;i:.EKAL ;oorxow, AT siiaxuiiai.
t
Tlie brave Miiinesotan. mm- standing iet ween his uouutrymen at Shanj
hal and the fury of the bloodthirsty Boxer. , -
did not juin hi the movements, but
he jeasons givn ly tJeueral CiiaO'e
could not Ik learned. It is jnilerstoKl
the criticism of the sanitary: coiidi-J
tlon existing at .Tien Tseii is I:nu
out In (JHieral t'liafree's dispatch, but
in disvusisiug tlw matter with the Wat
lliartnieut lie has leen more specitiu
aud names of - ttMunianders. are given
which failed to take proier nrecaii
tloti for the liea hh of the International
forces. The international question
Involved make it lnisiblc to gve
the dispatch tothe public, and it Is
furl Iter -.desired that tli proiw-l
movement of trps - sliouhl not . !e
heralded to tl World for the advan
tago of the Chinese nrces. J,
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BAnniivHS i:kh!ti:d.
Loudon. '.Aug. r tSnndayi. I-nst
night's dispatches add nothuiu: to' rite
general lufrinatiii coiu'emfng h'
progress, -of events in China. Al
though the agents of the cable csu
pany at Tien Tsen. on July r.Mh. ;as
sorted that .the censorship lf the pre
UlsjMtlM' had lKen altUsinnl. it, is
evident that trrespndents are jit
allowed to .cable any account of it ho
advain-e In rhe direction of I'ekiB.
Accordim; to a dispatch from Shang
hai, dated August TmI, the principal op-INisltion-
will - !k met twenty mJl s
west of Tien Tsen, wlwfe It Is staled
the Chinese have erected extensive
harriers, ! and obstructions . Iiave 1mjj
idacetl- in the river. Mines are said
to have lwi'n hentel under the rail
way, aud t!te line Is apparently Jeft
intact. Shcng. administrator of tle
- graphs and railways. objeMel to the
tneasures taken for the defense f the
foreign-settlements, tlie enrollment' of
volunteers ami the jtresenee of nmner
ous warships and asked the foreign
consuls to suspend tltes meastres.
The British consul rlliel by p.tinting
out that the measnres were onlj Im--tendetl
to strengthen the hands Jhe
.lawful Chinese antltorltles. '
A dispatch from St. IVtersl f.t.tr.
datel August 4th. says General Mjs
covskv reorts fmm t'hita that r rt
of tJcitenil OrlofTs forces attack Land
drove back the Chinese - rogouent
Julv TJMh. capturing one gun -mid a
innldHT of flags and killing the t'hf-nese-cimitiKinder
and iH men. 'rThe
Kiisslan loss was seven killed f and
t went v wmindeil.
TvnOKKX TULi CAXAI i
Tien Tsin, Aug. It is report eI
the Chinese rmve broken the ean-il
bank, tttvxliug the country let ween
Tien Tsin and IVkin. - Thirty thou-
- wind Boxers are eight-miles north of
Tien Tsin, and a battle Is iutniinent.
TO PROTECT StIIAXGlIAlj -Indon.
Aug. 4. The Tieeroy of
Nankin has agreel to ; Limllng Sum)
British troops for the defense of
Shanghai. . ' i --
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MORE iMEN READY. 1 .
Berlin, Aug. 4. The IndkTition are
is nrenarinjr another
army corps of 10,000 men for China.
RICH FIND MADE. , 1
. :.
Fan Francisco, Aug. 4. The ralae-
ontological expedition of the Univer
sity or California, which has. Just re
turned from the John Day fossil fields
in Kat-ru Oregon, reports the discov
ery of a number of pew sieeies of ex
tinct auimAl. '
rw -found fossil remains of a tapir
said Prof. Jos. (. Merriam. the .head
of the exiedition. "an animal whose
presence In t the Oregon basin In an
cient times wa never sustectcd. Also
anion;; our fluds were loues .of the
rhinoceros. peccary, an extinct species
of the horse, sn extinct eat. and many
other mammals, the modern' relatives
of which are today found only in the
tropical countries. We found aLso fos
sil remains othe mastodon. ' -.-
WILL. FOLLOW SLTIT.
Atlanta. :a.. Aug. 4. Owing to the
result of the recent election In North
Carolina, and .1 white -.-supremacy, en
grafts! oil that state. Bepresemalive
Hard wick will Inrrodirce. at the next
Mission of the .Georgia legislature, a
bill provMinjr for the practical disfran
chisement of the negro.
WANTS OHO A X I Z ATI OX.
Atlantic City. X. J-. Au;r. 4. At the
Eml-orkatlon Day Jteunion of the
Knights of Celutubri. here. today, the
principal address ; ifas delivered by
Right Uev. James A. MeFaulk. Bishop
of Trenton, on "The- Influence of Or
ganizatiou." The Bishop discussed, at
ome length the duties of Catholics in
political affairs, and urged them to
organize. t Bishop MeFaulk asked:
('an any nian for a moment snp
HHe that if we were united -thaf sev
eral re-eentative Catholics would-not
have tieen selected to investigate- and
report ttion the affairs so intimately
connected with the welfare of the
Catbollc relisWin in the -countries over
which the flag of our country has re
cently leeu unfnrled?" , I ;
A FAST RACE.
Xew York. - Aug. 4. Ethellert, held
at 1 to 2, won the Brighton Cup at
two "aud a quarter miles at Brighton
Beach thiy. a scant length lef ore
ImiV In the fast time of y:4'J 1-5.
FADS OF .BRITISH CYCLISTS.
The L'nglish rider's fondness for
loading, down his .machine with every
conceivable a"! lias lnen reieat:
edly commented on. His idea seems
to be to get as mucli as poss'dle at
taeued to. his bitcle. and tlie more. he
outshines his fellows in tills respect
t he I iter lie is pleased. There Is lit
tle doubt .-that the palm for such pro
liiency must lo awanled to the rkler
dcWcrilnil in an English cmitcuiMrary.
and! who. by the way. roile a machine
of American inauufnctun. It was
bctrateI with., tlie following --choice
assortment: , Three Ih-IIs. ne on each
ami ( f thv? hamlle imr and one a-ruat
ed j 13 the tire; four brakes cm
tl'ej back and another on the front
wluel. fiKt -brake c.n the front wheel,
and b.tck ixd.iling brake: two lamp
Iitackets allixed to the front forks, two
fiMt n-sts. a 'cycle wati-h and elij. a
cyclometer. A cluiin brush in contact
with the chain.: a luggage laltel (steel
frame', an eh-ctro-plated ninie-platc
on the steering intst. felt saddle cover,
mud guards. eight-Inch cranks.-, large
tool ftag.-and a very ample step. The
machine is alleged to 'lie a light road
ster. : - - ;
STOCK AT STATE f AIR.
Oregonian Says This Icpartment
. Will tie Well --Represented at
the Exiiosition This Fall. ! .
-Saturday's Oregonlan, liad 'the fol
Kiwing K'ernlng the exhibits of live
stock to 1h nHle at the annual state
fair this fall:. ,
""Livestock interests, will' , Ih given
due prominence at tlfttState Fair this
year, as the State Board of Agricul
ture Is making a great effort to have
a full representation from each coun
ty. Tlu raising of heef and dairy
cattle, of sheep which Will .yield the
largest carcasses f mutton a well
as; tlie finest th-ese of wool, are enter
prises which will Interest a, larger
proportion ; of Oregon iMitple each
sric-HiIng'yeflr. while the lHst breeds
of hogs adapted to the various section
o? the state will; also come in for a
large share of atteutlon.
sTIie exhilnts of horses will enlight
en tlie visitors In the points most
iMHessary to rlng out. as regards
si7a, weight, nses ami sjeetl. and the
farmers - and stockmen, of the state
w ill t hereby i - lie iHneft t ed . th rou gh
tbeir attendance and exhibits - at . Sa
lem. The livestock from each county
will le dnly credited to the proiHT lo
cality and the prizes awarded will be
gcssl advertisements for the winning
sections.- ' --
"As wheat raising In certain sec
tions is on the decline, farmers are
going Into . something that . promises
iietter prodts.' and nothing at present
presents greater - inducements than
stoekraising." The fair this year will
encourage and 4nstrnet along the best
llnis in the livestock Industry ' -
A fiZfJD IfJ
HUMAN . fORM
Ed Sutherland Assaults and Stabs
a Young Girl
THE OUTSKIRTS Of WALLA WALLA
Tlie Bin to Arrested and Saved With
mffiealty from the Fury of the ' -Enraged
Populaee. 1 '
WALIV WALU, Wisk; An. 4.
Emma Khlwell, a 15-year-oM glri, was
brutally assaulted by an ( unknown
man5 at' 3 o'clock this afternoon, in
the suburbs -'of' "Walla Walla. The
man threw her upon the ground and
when she gereanied, he iulledut-'a'
IMM-ket knife and stabbed her several
times in the region of the heart and
ran away. The girl is in a critical
condition Late tonight a man an
swering tlie' description given of the
assailant I was arrested by the police.
He was taken to the county Jail, and
soon the? news spread that the brute
had been captured. A crowd gathered
a nd ma iy murmurlngs were heard.
The authorities took the prisoner to
the neniteutiarv. where he can lie
guarded S safely. The feeling is In
tense, anil it is feared, if the right
man is caught he will have trouble
in escaping the vengeance of the peo
ple.. ' ' :' ' i 5 - ;'
HE IS IDENTIFIED..
Walhi WaUa. Wash Aug. 4. The
Mlice are now: conlident that the man
arrested is the right- man. He gives
the naiiH of Va SutlMrland. Blood
was found on his clothes, and he was
identified by lioth tlie girl and Tlmnia
. ielaiid. who saw the man following
the girl. Sutherland was arrested
while attempting to commit an assault
on Mrs. Durkee In the brush. The wo
man says Sutherland grablsMl her as
she was passing along lite -street ami
spirited her away to a secluded place
where lie .threatened to kill her if she
"made a noise. , .
JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE. t
Walla Walla. Wash.,! Aug. 4. An
inquest was held this afternoon oveif
the remains of Will I. Ruejiauaii,
who was shot and killed last night
by .Tas. M. Simmons. A verdict of
"Justitiabk? homicide" was returned,
Simmons has not leen found yet and
some think he suicided.
LORD j ROBERTS REPORTS.
ONE COMMAND OF BOERS iH
STILLr ANXIOUS TO FIGHT.'.
The Transvaal Army- Said to - Usi
OnJy. Soft-nosed isullets in -Their
Operations.
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LOXDOX, Aug. 4. The war offin?
has retived a disjtateh from- Irl
Rolierts, hi ted Pretoria, August 4th,
which says:
"Iord Algermon Lennox ha lie'n
releasetl bv tlie Boers. Oulv two of 4
ticers are, prisoners. Comniandaui
Oliver has managed to escape to tlie
hills in the ' vicinity of ItdbliMieiU,
with l.VD men. lie has ; Inf-onnt'd
t.eneral Bruce Hamilton that he thtc.t
not consider himself Itound by t Jen
eral Frinsloo's offer to surrender, nnd
that his force intends to cntinne the
war. lie has taken a iosiU n lM'twen
Harrlsjnith and the Xewmarket roaL
Lieutenant timeral Bundle is now
following him.
"The prisoners captured by General
Ian Hamilton say that only soft-hosed
bullets are riow served out to the
Boers, hem-o the wounds of our men
are very serlons. I am presenting
this matter and protesting hi General
Botha." - - -.,:
fOR A WINTER CAMPAIGN
THE AM ERICAX ARMY IX CIIIXA
. MAKES l'REI'ARATIONS.
Will lV Ready, for All EmergenHest
Stores Firwardel to the Gulf
. of Pi Chi LL :
NEW YtRK, Aug. 4. Preparation
lieiug made by the War and Navy De
partments to facilitate the operations of
the American forces in China, not only
in tlie advance against Pekin. but also
for a. winter campaign, indicate that
the administration, while hoping that
a condition of avowed war may le
avoided. Intends to le prepared for It,
saj s a Washington special to the Her
ald.? J ."';: v - -,' v ;'
; In antlclimtion of the northern part
of the gulf of PI Chi Li freezing In
Xoveniln-r, ;Qnarteriuaster-Ueiieral Lu
diiisiou is making a strenuous effort to
land at least six months supplies at
Taku. At this moment Nagasaki is the
base of operations, hnt this base, must
be transferred to Taku, 'which cau be
reaclieil by L-uhU General Lndlngton
L arraugiug for the.tranikirtation' if
tons of fiuH fo Taku. Thous-
nml of small campaign, stoves, have
been wait to that point, 4 llertvj1 Witt-J
ter ciot 11 111 g luis also gone, llie tran
IMtrts ' will lie withdrawn, before tlie
gulf freexes, and additional -supptlea to
the trxiis must g via Che Foo.
Brigalier. tJeneral Weston, Commli
sary ttem'ral :of Subsistence.' is also
preparing to dispatch six months' sun
piles' to Taku. The Hancock, whih
recently sailed for China, carrying U73
men and twentv;six officers, cunreyed
sixty days rations for these troops,
and this supply' will be ' greally-aug
mented.' ' General Weston has In. conJ
temptation! the simplification of the
commissary supplies sent to -Takn.
He has called attention fc the'fnadtls-
ability of -sending -canned oysters, 'lob-H
sters, mushrooms, peaches, pears, sax
diues, etc., to China, and 1f his .wishes
are carried out the supplies will be
limited to wholesome . rations of the
army, , with few extras for, sale to the
ofiicers and men desiring to purcuasts
them. ., , ." .-- ;- '"-- " r.:.'"- '
TtiU ts a list of the. articles selected
supplies carried by the Hancock:
Itacoiu. 21..i7. isninds;- corueu Deci,
canned, tTTou pounds; flour, 18,'JOO
Itotiuds; hard bread, "S,4iw pounus;
beans. ."4l) iouuds; rlceiiX ioatnds;
hominy. ."sn iounds: potatoes, fresh.
TTimi twiim.ts- tmtfltoes. dessicated. 1700
IKiunds; ioratoes, sliced. 17oO pounds;
onions. ws pounus; mut. canneu, si
iwunds; macaroni, 17tK pounds; sugar,
;vjt oouds; butter. Bun) jtounds; corn
incnus, 4ssJ pounds; tomatoes In cans.
iii nhlitWku to these articles were an-
pleSi apricots, etieese, chocolate, cralts.
prunes, preserves, jetties, olives, piet
ies, etc. 'v.vV,,:';.,.,:.:.:.;. v., :.- :-.f X
ieiieral Weston, holds that In view
of the ditlU-ulties In tlie way.vf prouipt
transitortatiou, u is aavisaoie to scihj
so many articles which nre,oId to of
ficer and men, and he favors limiting
the number of articles as much as pos
sible. ......
HSU COMMISSION! ITS RfPCRT.
Collections Made From Fishermen
and Lealer During the Mouth.
- ; of June. '
In the state treasury deiKirtmeut.
yestertlay. FJsh C4mmisiouer F. U.
Reed filed his monthly report of col
lections for June, aiwl deositel t he
funds - collected neeorditig - to the rP
nort. as follows: . i s
ludivhlual licenses. ........ . . . .$311
Drag seine licenses. . . .
GIU net licenses. I. . . .... .. .. . -0
Set net licenses, . . . i. . . . t.. ; '--J
l'ound net, etc.... ..... . . l"
Dealers.... ...... 20
Total. .
.....i$73i
A BOLD ROBBERY.
Hotel Clerk in Eugeu4 Held Up, by
. , Foot 1 Kids, -, : ;
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Eugene, Dr.. Aug. 4.-4This morning,
at .1 o'clock. Walter SheileyJ flight
clerk at a local hotel, was held up by
two footnads near tin SoutlicrtiiPa
cilie station and roirtieil of $!CJ. lie at
ome notified the otiicers. but no trace
of tlie nien was , found. . Au enveloiH
containing a $2l bill. part of: the
money taken, was found near the
scene, evident lj- lost by the -thieves.
The otiicers have a cine, and arrests
may follow.
THE r0-YEAR-OLD MAN.
A statistician has estimated that, a
man io jears old has worketl 6.ri00
days, has slept J.OOO. has amused him
self 4.MK. has walked J2.tn miles, lias
lieeu HI ."00 days, has partaken of 3V
ooti meals, eaten l.",Ut'Xl iound of meat
aud 4.000 of fish,, eggs, and vegetables,
and drunk 7.1 XH) gallons of fluid.
DYNAMITE IH IT.
"Wallace, Idaho. Ang 4. A miner by
the name of MeCraeken sulcidel tohiy
by exploding a stick of dynamite In his
mouth. . -j-: ... . -
A RIO TOOTII.-', J. Culver and
H. I. Minto, who reently returned
from the Klondike and Cape Nouns
brought with them a rclice of the cold
Northland ,that. will find a permanent
resting place In the. Capital City.
Wliile at work In a placer mine near
Dawson. Mr. Culver, dwp down in tlie
iwrpetual ice of that fftissen region,
found tiw tooth of a prehistoric Mas
todon. The molar was in a good state
of preservatkin, though It had proJ
ably been eucasHl in the ice for thous
ands of. years. Through all their suit
sequent travels, Messrs. Culver and
Mluto carried the tooth, and last even
ing, being both loyal memliers of Olivo,
Lodge No. ia L O. O. f .. of this city,
they -took it up to tlie lodge room, and
there presented it to tlieir lodge. When
the. relic was placed in. the museum
department of the Odd Fellows' Li
brary Association, after lteing suitably
labelled aud catalogued. Some of tlie
hK-al brethren of the B. P. O. Elks or
der yesterday claimed, the. tooth was
that of a baby elk. v:
ATTACHMENT RALE.-Sheriff F.
W. iMtrbin yesterday sold under exe
cution. -the proierty . involved in the
case of J. II. Mas'her.- plaintiff, vs.
Olevla A. Yeatch. defeudant The
land was attaclnsl in the 1; .act rou
brought to collet .!OI.10. The land
consists of 12it acres in I 7 . 2 1 w..
Pisitlntiff purchased : the property fir
.jt. -. j- - - - J
FOR THE GUARD. Governor T. T.
tieer yesterday received from the Wa
tcrvllet arsenal. West Troy. New York,
two prhnlng wires aud two-, vent
punelies for the 3.2 Inch bre-ch load
Ir? rifles (cannon) nioilcl 1SSJ7. - These
rifles are part of the equipment of Bat-
tery A.. Portland, of the Oregon Na
tional Gnard. ...: -. . -:;),
The soothing ami healing prcqwrties
of Cha mlierla In Cough Remedy, its
pleasant taste and prompt and per-:
lrirent cuies, have made It a great
favorite with the jteople everywhere,
For sale by F. CS. Haas, druggist,a
lcm. or. - ' . -- ; ; :." -'
FREAKS OF CLOUD BURSTS.
Rocky Mountain Campers Caught In
-;.-.'. -- " V; One. i "..
From Anslee's Mngaxlne.. . i, .
CIowlbursts are sometimes very d
strucjtive of life as well as of property.
They come up so suddenly that It is
almost inqiosslble to escape If the way
farer Is caught In the bed of the creek.
Campers in the mountain reglonsV us
ually select the high' ground above the
creek, rather than jiitch theiri tents
4ose beside the gently rippling: water;
which may become "a roaring ;torrent
while they sleep, sweeping them to de
struction before they know that dan
ger Is near,; , It wa from nglect of
this "precaution that; many lives were
lost In a cloudburst near Morrison,
Colo- In tlie spring of 1807.; Some peo
ple were camping along the borders of
the stream, and. it was just after
dark, and had been, raialng heavily,
they sought the shelter of .their tents.
Suddenly they heard the awful and pe
culiar roar of the approaching cloud
burst, it grew - louder every - socomL
Realizing what had happened, the "un
fortunate campers men, women and
childrenrushed from their; tents and
tried to reach the higher ground. In
theonfuslon nd darkness , some
turned the wrong way, and were, soon
struggling In mad i torrents, battling
with tree trunks and wrecks of cabins
and Immense, masses of moving atone
In the. bosym of the flood. " Thirteen..
lives went put in that dire nlgld. ;T1h
bodiea found rater showed the marks
of . buffeting, with the" debris-, in , the:
flood. of water., and it is ludlevcd that'
few. if any, of the nufortuuates lost
their lives by actual drowning. ' ; i
, -Occ-aslonally tlie sudden downpour
of rnin;will le precipitated m n sifi
yielding sdiL and - Instead of , takiug
the fortu of a cloudburst, with a wave
of water carrying everything hef ore it,
wliole surface of the land will take on
the: consistency of molas.ss ami roll
softly but Jrresistably down hwn tlie
water courses. This . hapiMhcl In
Chalk-Canyon near Mount Princeton,
in . Colorado three j-ears ago. Chalk
cliffs are a peculiar formation at tlie
head of the Canyon, the so-called
'chalk, being of a lime nature, which,
after lieing dissolved In water .quickly
hardens, again like cement.. A . cloud
burst Itegan high up on the sides of
the mountain, washed away tons of
malerlal from the cliQs. and rolled the
mass slowly over the railroad tracks
like the pour of. la va from , Vesuvius.
The tracks were covered to a depth of
six feet. A gang of workmen. was put
to work on tlie deposit, but it oozed in
on the tracks as fast as the men shov
eled 4t out. Finally all work was sus
pended, nnd tlie overflow liardemtl so
quickly that a track; was built over It.
Within six liours of the ; breaking .of
tlie storm the, trains were run
ning ver, the deisshrj So hard did
the "chalk become ; that the railroad
has never peuetratcil to the old tracks,
and in the excavating that was done
In relaying the tracks Mrmaueutlj-,
dynamite had to lie used.
MR. BRYAX'S " SHARE OF PROS-
PERITY.'
A Striking Increase of AVorldly Goods
During Four Years of Republi
can Rule.
Lincoln, Neb., June 29, Mr. Bryan's
recent declaration n an interview at
Chicago that "we'll be willing to take
the votes of all the .people who have
not had their share of prosperity and
leave the Republicans the votes of the
lieople who have liad-their share" is
looked upon by those of his fellow citi
zens who are familiar with tlie facts
a indicating an intention, if not a de?
sire to vote for McKinley himself this
year : Cert a Idly, if Mr. Bryan were
correctly quoted and meant what he
Raid, he will be found In line with the
Republicans. A very fair measure of
v man's prosperity. is -the amount of
projerty he letmiis for puiiHjses of
taxation and, fortunately, a record of
Mr. lirj-an's returns can Le found in
this, his liome count-.
Seven years ago Mr. Bryan was Just
linishing his second term In Cougn-s.
Previous to tliat he had Itee'n one or a
nuiuUr of striiKgliug young lawyers
in the city, earning terhaps from !fl.
Z to !?2.i0i a yitir. He has resided
,ii the Fifth ward of Lincoln for seven
years, and the following statement
taken from, the schedule returned by
Mr. I!ryau each year since, shows his
Increase of tangible wealth aud pros
perity; Year,
1804
1MC
1S00
Value. ;
. . .$280
2tlO
.:. 3h
270
I
Year.
1S!7.
JNOS.
1I9.
P.KXI.
Value.
. 2.! 'SO
. 2.! ISO
Between 1S04. when his term In Con
gress ended. nudrlKlNL when he was
nominated for' President, lie was eii
jrajred in the practice of law. His
achievements as a Congressman had
won him a wider circle of friends and
more legal business, but since ISImj he
lias not liad n case in any court.; save'
when he appeared liofore the Supreme
Court of the L'nited States, as a rei
roWntative of the State of Nebraska,
to present one phas of tlie maximum
railroad freight rate case. ,
In four years of DemocVatie adiiilii
ist ration his average valuation was
?272.o) a year, while under four years
at ICeptiblican prosperity it rose to
$;.Ji!iS.7.V a nd his projK-rty tmlay. ac
cording to his own valuation, is worth
JM.2.SU more tlian before MeKmiey
took .office. In Nebraska personal prp
erty is Iistel at ouefifth of its value.
Aside from this, he has invested in the
past seven years about JM..Ho In rami
proix-rty.
A Republican iHlItar who loloked over
the", figures, remarked: "A lawyer
who can 'make more money doing
nothing under a Republican adminis
tration than herein in tlie tractice of
Ids prc.fessioii timLyr a DetntM-rat.'e ad
niii!trathii oi!ghinot to 1h ins, stent
upon his,deniamrTor a eli-ango."
DORSE BREEDINt I IN INDIA.
Natives Do Not Take Kindly to Meth-
oils of British Breeders.
It seems that hoie brccniing in all
laits ttf India Is attemhsl with a great
ntanydilliciillies. latterly the imper
ial ciivi'i-niiw iit tin Ium.ii irt-Imr 1,,
- . r ' --- - - - - .... ... -. 1 ,
CHintage pony .breeding in the Mani-
. . .. 1 it tt . . . .
pur siaie. inn uie oiucers who visitel
the country reported tliat there, were
cxtt cicely few din-ent- stallions to be
seen. It has Since lieen nwtri ! Innl
by some sympatlietie traveler, who
could Induce' the Manipuris to discuss
matters witn mm. tliat the people do
uot understand that the methrsls of
tti Ilritiali 1 2 r,-.r-n it, fr .urn. r.
... 11 uiij
those of their own chiefs who formerly
ruled them. The Rajah, it seems, used
to insist upon buying - any foal, -he
might fancy at his own price, and as
he liouirht throusrb a elite f vcUn I Wfl ) f
through some understra inter, it mavlt
easily conceived that the nrlce" r.
eel red by the owner of the foal was
small when It reachel him. Under
these circumstance! tlm ntnuM
gioil stallions keep, them, carefully"
HHien away- in the jongle: in short.
Manipur horse breeding has lieen h
regular hole-nnd-corner business which
knowledge ' of British
eveutnalljr change for the lx-l ter. :
THE SIZE OF CHINA.
China nroner is aliont hnlf ttio
of the Unitexl States, leaving out Alas
ka and the Indian Territory, and has
nliont five and one-hnlf times the in
habitants. Tlie Chinese
aliopt as big as the United States, in
cluding Alaska and adding Mexico. It
contains close to six times as many in
habitant as the United States. It Is
nearly l.ooo.noo square miles larger
than all Europe, and contains about
the same popuhition. Xew York Press.
GOOD REASON FOR OBEDIENCE.
. Mother (angrily) Did I see you play
ing pitch and toss with that little Dou
gall boy? .
Tommy Yes Ma.
Mother WelL don't do It again. Do
yon hear tne? '
Tommy Yes, Ma. I won't do it no
more. He hasn't a ha'penny , leftt
Glasgow Times. ; .-
WHERE THE S PANK WEED
GROWS.
There's a corner iu our garder-Uut
my nurse won t tell ine where.
That little lioys must never see. but'
.. always must Iteware.
And In tliat corner, all the year, in
' rows; and rows, aud rows,
A dreadful' little flower called the
simnkweed ,grows. '
. . -'...'. -
My nursie says that if a loy who
1 ri, doesn't wash his' face, " -Or
pulls his little sister's hair, should
; ever find that place.' .
The Piankwed just would jump at
him, and dust his little elo'es.
Oh. It's never safe for fellers where
the spa nk weed grows.
Some day I'll get the sickle fronj our
hlnsl man, ami then - . '
I'll go and ti ml that :ink wmI place
7 It's somewhere In the glen.
And when I get a swlngin' it an' put
tin in my Wows,
I bet there'll be excitement where the
, Spank weed grows!
V Paul West, In Lifo. ;
THE BUBAL MAIL DELIVERY
Inspector II. J. Ornisby Leaves Hit
Hotne for Salem This Week to
Lay Out the Ronte.
Postmaster Edward II irsh yesterday
recelviNl a letter from II. J. Onusby,
lstal insiM-ctor for the Rural Mall I
routes, to the fffeet ' that the writer '
would start from ids home in Gret
Fails, Wisconsin, for the coast, here
to Inspect 'a numln'r of new routes.
He will .first stoi at B.oic ; Idaho, i
where a couple, of, routes have to Je;
insieeted; he will next go to North
Yakima, and Fninvab-r. )Yasliiugtou.:
and to Grcsham. .'Oregon, after vvhicli
lu will come to Salem, and bejiiu the
active. work of iusjiectiiig and arrang
ing the mail routes out of Salem.
'.-..Mr. Ornisby Is enthusiastic over tlie
prosoet of, lay ins: out the routes out
of Salem, ami he predicts tliat the
system, in 'connection '.-with tlie Salciu
office will be an unqualified success;,
It is cxMcted the. Rural - Mail route
out of Salem will probablj lie definite
ly arranged .in' the course of about"
three weeks, and will doubtless be iu
successful oiH-ratlon by OctolMT 1st. ;
A SALEM ORATOK.-Hoii. p. H.
D'Arcy, ex-mayor "f Salem, has Ih-cii
sekcted to deliver; the annual address
Ik foi-e a .meeting of' the So-uthern Ore
goli 'Pioneer Association, to be held at.
.Jacksonville. September lltli. Mr.
D'Arcy Ls. an attle and eloueut
sjicakcr atnl Mell VcixmI iu Hie piniii-er
histoiy of Oregon His address will
lie nmlele with iticideiils of iiiii--r
days iu Sidilliern Oregon, and illustra
tions from history, that will 1h cnteir
tniuhig and in.-tni tivi The people of
Southern' Oregon iire to be eongratti-.
latisl in seliK-t ing). Mr.- D'Arcy to de
liver this address.)
SEVERELY INJ PR ED.-Chief.- of
I'olicv D. W. Gibson went to I tide
K'udeiice j'esterday 'afiermnni. to see
his cousin. Douglas '.Gibson, of that
pLife. who was on Friday quite si-
veicly injured !by: "oing run over by
a horse. Mr. Gibson was standing in
the doorwav of a livery stable when
an .unharnessed horse d:thcd out t
'the building, colliding w'rih him and
knocking him down and tramping
uhh him. "Mr. Gfbson. who is about
.Vi years of age. suffeieil tli4 fracTurc
of the right arm just above tlie cIImcv
and was very severely bruised 4xt-r-nally
and internally. ' but his injuries
are not considered of a serious na
ture, f v ! -J '-"
GASTORIA
For Infants aoid Children.
The Kind You Haw Always Bough!
Bears the
Signature of
Cora How is It thy quarrel so ever
since they wnt to live in the subuihs?
Merritf He wants to keep chicken,
while she Insits j on having a flower
garden. Judge. ;
' The birssho ilu China, as well as
In other tcountrIes. Is lMkcd upon a
a harbinger of gisxl luck. For that
reason Ch!nes4 .mandarins, wlien
burled, have horsesjioe graves.
( :ntniMit will cure llliiij,
lllccdiiiif and Iu'jiii?
Pilrs. It ubNork" the tuiiKr.
fcllajm the llchiiiK at oute, OfU
Mun a nrmlLiro. elves iiiktaht r-
licf lr. WiHianiK' Imlian l'ilc UinV
tnpnt to nrtinsinHl fr.- nn(t ltct-
lit(r ot the private ptirts. Kvery-to
warranien. 11 y oriu'RiNts, ny innu on n
Celpt of prio 541 cent aoU 9I.OU. WILLI!
MANUFACTURINS CO.. i'rop. cuvelaud. out
.For aJ fey all druga-ita.
FORTUNE FROM BELGIAN HARES.
Better than poultry, ; i
. Produced Cheaper.
FOR SALE
Fine Backa, also Does bred and
unbred. : '" -:
BARGAINS :-: :-: 1
Does and litters for.
f20 00
18 00
lti 00
it
7
FS
i.
12 - vpvi
: All fine Litters. 4
If you know a bargain in Belgians you
will not hesitate, a flnesUrt
without waiting. '
Write tor prices or enquire mt Strttsm
; . .4- .... . ff office. .
. r. A. WELCH, 3ALEM. ORtGOX.