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Newspaper Page TextWEEKLY ORCuON STATESMAN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 31. 1900. HOW-TO' DISPOSE Of CIMNA That Is the Question Now Agitatino the Civilized Governments. President McKinley and Cabinet Meld a Consultation ThrooghoBt Yester dayA Policy Will Be Adopted Speedily IIs Hong Chang's LONDON, Aug. 29 --William St. John Broderick, under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,, speaking this evening at Thornicombe, said: j "We cannot, undertake to govern China ourselves, or with the assistance of the other Poweis." 5 1 JIONti KONG, Aug. 29.- It is rumored at Ainoy that 12,000 Japanese troops are coming there from Formosa. ; Hpeel.il WASHINGTON'. An;. -t. , ' . . , - ., it i. meeting of the cabinet, -lasting H ui il broken onlv by a short recess tor recess iir . luncheon, marked the intense iiiHrest'! the Administration feels in the Chinese problem. - It was tin longest cabinet session of the present Adniinisi rai ion. The diplomat ic and not the miiit-try phase of the situation in Cboia under consideration, and this account ed for the presence of Acting Secie tray Adec, 'auf uuusual happeu'nig at a 'cabinet- un-eiing. It is tuidersTo.ni that the cabinet today completed the preparation of a plan for clearing' a way much of the uncertainty thar now exists as to future iii Chiui. and outlined It vit.mvs in writing. " Most of llie objects had. in view 1' the President when"1 he niade his aitsyver 1o tin Chinese . I ovcmio-iit s appcui and began the 'campaign njmii Pefciii. have lieen achieved. JTwu others re main to 1m- ecu red. namely. I 5m if guarding id American intere.-ds ior the t (it ill", and nte r p-r fiiiaraiilec fur tlie iiidnniiitj;tion fir the er;H'iis- f the recent iH-nM foils ;iinl I lie losses of American citixen5. "Jmiip plan by whidi these objeets can be attain h! by the I'nited States, ill common' wtit similar iJiJct-ls li.v .lhc tt!ier I'owers ciitfarretl in China is ihousht feasible. Incidental t tl'H main pnipowe rral several phas;s of th problem are attnctlux fpc!al. attention. Thus the Mifhciener of t.i II nn t'iianir's -red-- iiiia!! : a peace envoy, or nillier of the abiliiy tf tiie Kmperer -of J'hhia 1o nccrrdit any one thus, is a matter of international consider it ion. It w; tin general timlcrsta,i:diii that tin .nicmeof tiHlay's cabinet lo'-eiins M'oitld be the adoption of :i jM'licy by the Admiiiislr.ilioti tliat 'W-otdd tend ti simplify I h's' issues, and at least tbrin to a fiKiH the viryin a-spira tiont of tin ' Pmvers. If tiiis.camiot 1m tlone then the tpiestioli to In' del"" inincil Is whether or not the I'nited States shall prtweed fnrliier. hnel in liatul with tin' allied forces. It is b lie.vcd that lliis ioint I very near a decision, ur determination dcpeiniin moj-e iimiii the response made hy tiie Kitroc:i!i nations 'to our iieptiries. The Murkest ion that a confcreine Im held, ut the naTioHS rcreseut d iu China, is azani revived as an accom panymcDt of thU ptiro?,. and it Is poinletl out that, .with SMfiaI Coni inissiotier HccUhiSI Jast ;iUm! arriving n Chinese soil; with Minimi vou S-! w arlzeiisfein, the t.erman siicccs or to Itat'oii Voq Kettcler. already in China; with Ministers resident at Pekln. and with Idh military and naval ottlcials Iri the Pel Ho valley; the material Is already' at hit a-1 -forth Hatherinjr of a conned., fully t''UtpM) t dtitil with even ctimplev and tlif fieult n problem as Is pres'tittil in the scttlcint ut of China's future. KNCl.AMiS PtSlTItX. . lAudm. Aiitf. Amid the growing tlitlltridtles of tiie t-'Uinesnimbroi:ll, Tr. ItToderi'-U's -emphatic tjjciaral ion. at Thorn I com lc last eveninp;. proves tlistitlle I'ritisli ISorernuieut lints not any 4-atisc to l--part from the liiu tf polh-y VrlKtnally dechl"d uiii. namely.., to lake no reimnsibility "for the ailministratlon of t'tiina. ItrtMler l k sahl he IioksI It would not 1m sny posetl that tiovcrnmetit was pusl lanltlHrus in this respect. Its object was lo liutiiitaiu Hritish interests. It was quite ready to take Its share of - the white man'' burden, but i-ould not admit that what the natnreof the bur den should le, should be dictated to by the yellow man. ; , nrssiA'S: oa me. Washington, Xw. ?X- S,t. Petcrn burff dispatch to lioudoii, coiitaiuins the assertion that Ititssia will al:nt Immetriatcly intify the Powers tliat Me cnsifers the relief .of the Pek In I nations as the final acctmiplislnueat of the military task of ih" allied forct. It was learmtl late tonight. Is tht" phase of the Chines situation which I attracting: the most attention from this (lovertitnent at this time. This as fertlon Inferentially earrle ' with It the Imprcssitm that the Russian tjov erument ls;,f the opinion that, as tbc I.atious had been reliwTett, this tlov ernment rfionld withdraV its military forces from Pekhi. and thinks the - oth ec allies ehonld do likewise. ! ' - . i.. - A (JFJIMAN VIEW. 1 Herlln. Ajf. 2I. With reference to the future administration of China a hth othcial f tin Oerman foreign of fice said today: v - j - "It Is premature to talk of the form of government that will be set tip In China, twit the prolyl. ili tie point to vartl a condoininluui of some kind. In- Credentials. VJVAV.VA - ... asmm h as tin- powers will nor trust Chin-ve t Jovci nnunt, .,,. ri f.,ni!S 1)i; 1Uay i,t tt t arry otit I greed upon i... .i,. Japan's action at Amov is followed with iutcrest by tier many. It is deem ed advisabl-.' tliat (Jeruiany should be Mroitirly repieyciiteil at .inuy in ciie the sjitiativii should thicken. The cr inflii yunlRvit Tier, which with ttie lust ilci'iiiiiii iroticlad tlivisioii reccutiy jui td.-.i llunir Kon'jr. lias been order ed to Amoy. The rest of lite tli vision will be held" ill re.-idlicss ;it llini; Ki'it. A ITI'.Mi S- IKHI. t.'hc I'tto, Aug. 'JIK-- Vu. i lie (iovernor of the province of Sheii Si. is r.'iHirteU t have iiivii-tl the foieigm-rs in lite' prei iiice tt come to his ' protection. Abnit Anyusi "'l-t fifty acceptetl. the iin i.afinii, and all w ere massacred. MISSinXAKIKS KKT.rilX, Vaii"uvT, i. C. Aug. 'J'.K '--Seventy u!sitiitari's from t hma rti!riiel t- dav v the Kii p"css of China. Mauy liad abuost miraculous escaoes. tii p.i'kn siia.:hai. I ei i in. Aug. M'.t. The Frankfurter Zeiturg lias received a lii.-pati-h from Shanghai, say'mg a plot lias Imh-h iis co : red there to burn the whoh? city. The Kuropeaus consith-r the si tents un tjit afi-i- u;h'lall, aiid the general siti-atkMi is critical. I'Oi'Mi l't)K PKIvIN. Ti'i Tsin, Aug. 'S',. tine- tiiotisand Russians left Tien Tsiu for Pekin to day. OREGON HOT SPRINGS NKW lipil.TM KKSOKT fE.IC LA (iK.lXI)K ATTRACTS ATTENTION. Ur.Mlnthurnaiiit H N. Cook. Writ Kboitb Ih Thin City, Am the Proprietors. The twti .ilispatches coMel below, from -'the Spokane atwl Walla "Walla Mpcrj, ha"c ep't-ial interest in West ern Oregon, from the fact that Dr. Mint horn and I-. S. Cisik, I lie proprie trs of the springs are well" known 111 this section. The tregnu Hot Springs ; bet tcr prices, which will come during are on the O. 11. &, N. line eight miles . 0'c winter. The creamery is now from and the first stopping place east'u"km- !,1""t .1 "' pound weekly f . ,. , land finds a rcadv sale for the whle tit ii i.iantie. amount. This is the largest creamery Th lemNrature of the water as it , in the state ami its splendid, success comes from the springs is Or.) degrees will tend to encourage tiie establish Fahrenheit' j mcnt of 'creameries all over the Wil ..,, ,, ,,., , , , " llainette valley. The weekly output (M.I Kill Anderson and wife, of Sa-(Tf lhig vrPtimc-j foP Mi past month, Icm. are now at the Hot Springs. j in pounds, is as follows: Following are the despatches refer ret 1 ' AnsriHti ft to Tth 7,'. to: TKKLS OF OUKtiON HOT SPUI.f;s. Y alia U alia Man Savs Cures Are Walla Man Says Numerous. Walla Walla. Aug. ls.-W. K. tTrif lield has retuttietl from a three weeks ojouru at )regon Hot Springs, nine miles lsow la (;raiitle. where his health was much Isncfii ted. Of that wonderful water and the almost mira ulous cures Mr. Critlichl saitl: "Those who are there fronr Walla W.-UIa at present, and who art4 improv ing .very day, are CJ. ..I SWezea, Jeo. Cameron, son of the ex-Cougresstiiau; Mrs.:W .M. Kly. Mrs. f. I Kobiuson ami Mrs. Harry harthiwu. Tbat is the greatest place I ever saw or heard of for relieving jn-ople of rheumatism. Iioti" t jou know. I saw IeopIe wht had7 leen broiijilit In there on stretcher and after going through the Imilihg process for three days would be walking all alum, the grounds. There was one man In par ticnhir. T2, years of age, who had lost the use of bis limbs for. many months. In a few days he was up and alnnit. "The m.-nner of treatment at tie spring varies according .to the patient. Some go thromrli the steaming process; others drink the water, w Idle many take the bathing. As a leverage tiie hot water is not bad at all. ' n fact, with the addition of salt ami pepper, it will lieat the thicken brotb f tl average hostelry. Vou may take an egg ; and place it In the water as U bubbles up st the spring ami iu seven minutes it will be done to a nicety, whllt In nine niiuutes time the egg will be cooked ha rd. There were 7U guests at the springs hotel. last Sui-j ilay. and the patrtmage is constantly Increasing, The spriugs amlrbotel are! owned an'l managed by Cook & SMia thoro. IMspatch ' iy Spokane SiHkes--man-Review. k ' ' ,.- . HOT LAKE IIOTKL. ;.- Hoi Knke. Or.. Aug. JO, 15. At Hot Lake the new bolH is uearing comple tion a Toug distance telephone lias lawn putTn ami liu-re are, fifty regular Niarder ami as many transient com ing ami going, ou the train. Dispatch In Walla WallaxUuion. flARVf STIXG CBIITIM B48K. Ijirgo uan titles Are Annually ilath t ered iu Oregon ami Shipied to i the World a Markets. I'otir nii-i hare for the p-asi two nouths been peeling barfer front the batbary trc's which jrrow In jrreat uundcrs on the ist bank of, the Wil lamette, near IJnctdn. In this timed iK'sirly -eTente'ii tons of it have ben. taken from the tree, placed in burlap sacks and hanled to this city, to await shipment to the markets of the world. This bark, known to the medical pro fession as j casc:tra cejsraila (chittim barkt is used, in great quantities for icctlicinal jmilHises. t)rcp.n has Iss-n supplying: e. rrcat tleal of -it -for the past three or four years. Iist year I.inctdn county sliipissl over .Tim ions and this year there;; will probably Ie ulsu.it I'tni toiis scut dut from that see tkui. I'esides IJucoln county's supply, there have leen l.trre amounts-coining from l.inn.i I-tue, Benton. Coos, and other eounties on the coastv As lt;is sells in the market for from -! t cents a.ptfnud, it will be reatlily seen that this is no insignificant source of income lio the pctiple who have it for sale. For seveial years past it has lccoue tpiitc an industry iiii'ci'g the -: people tf I.incidn oimty, bt't ifi is saw I , by those who are famil iar with the county, thai the supply if li. thiit is easily aeccssiMi. is uImhU exluuistetl. The ma-rkets lor this pro- it'rtt art' in San Fram-isco jiml , .s, v,..,r siiplo.id was sent is-o jiud Chicago. to sup- ply the markets of Kurope, THE CHEAMERIES KSCKIXKNT IlKSrtT ATTAtSF.I IN HASCKACTI'KlNtt RCTTEK. I- it no rn K.-n 11 .ti m llindtom I'rufit vu I lirtr I?uttr Knt-1 h-ir l'roduct Uarlng August. The Salem creameries have Ihmmi do ing great thing for the farmers and owners f cows in the vicinity of Sa lem. There tic -v was a ti.me in the history of this county when so much Interest has iieeti aroused, in the iiu portaut iudtistry, as at the present lime. Farmers are beginning to realize that it tv'll tod d to rely u; i uhcai raising for a livi.t:g. Wheat has b"en raisisl on the that if no .longer return -r: :irnf tli price of land so long s ;i proiit.'itdo cereals is so low. that even a good yield brings in little reward for the effort put forth in its production. It has, therefore, ieeu easy to iieiuee the farui'-rs io look to something besides wheal -raising for 'profitable returns. 'for their in ditstry. The creameries established plants here for inauufacturing belter early last spring and -have had the pit run age o( the faniu'irs from the begiu ning. The price of butter fat Increas ed as the season advanced, an I uow cents per fsiuiKl is Is-ing paid, llerettifore farmers realized but littl. for tlieir butler for the reason that it was not . prepared for shipiic'iit to the markets of . the world. The-butler was thrown tipon the local market and as a natural result, at this seaso.i of tl" year, btiMer sold at from S to 15 cents per pound' in the lion!" mar ket. The farmers do not try to maim factnte butter now, but it is inade at the creamery and prepared for ship ment to distant markets. The Salem Creamery Company, dur ing May and June, nniuufactured '2K (XM pounds of butter moro than it was able to dispose of at remunerative Jirices. The Company., instead of Ihmii'mr' this nil uixei lln m il Li'l 1 liu i.I ii .l lr In ....I. I .... .-. tit .Misiisf sin to i-.iii ir:;:i August ic.th to 'llt ...... 1 L'STi Angnst 2Tid tO''2!th t:iln The White Mover fJreamerv, locatetl 'here, hastoen no less successful than ice .-sail in i reamery: it is manurar-tiir-ing almnt tif pounds of butter tlaily or nlmttt OOO er week. I Miring the jiast month nearly. ."iiKift pounds was stihl at a very satisfalcory price from this creamery. ANOTIIKI: MASrOT.-Rtiv. T. T. fleer yesterday received a letter from Pendleton, from imemlters of the late Comiany l. Second Oregon Volun teers, asking for a medal for Hum mer," the mnseot or Company V u Mastiff dog that went through the Philippines campaign, and -was "hon orably discharge.!" by Oeneral J.K Sunitiier'i. The tlovertior is dispisc.! to grant Hie reqtiest provitIl sonn little meft.il can be designed that wlil bear the state's seal ami in inscriji tion s-howirig the dog's record of. ser vice, although there is a disposition to make these dog medals or a different form fnm those presented t the vol nnter soldiers. It, Iielng consMlered bai taste t make the lolunteers medals o common as to attach them to dog collars. ? , : At Bed Time I take a peasant hcrf drink, th next morning J Ut bright and my com- ; plcxion i fetter. My doctor says it acts gently on the stomarli, livrr and kidinryi. and is a pieaswit laxa tiv. ill is made form . herbs and is pTCpiretJ a easily z tea. Jt is called LaneV Medicine. AH drug gist s. sell it at 25c. and 50c, Lane i - Family Medicines moves the bowels each day. If you cannot get it,-s-nd for a bee sample. Address, Orator F. Woodward. Le Roy, N. Y. 5. fUSIONISTS 2 NAME ROGERS Washington's Govcrnar In Control ' of the Convention. THE USUAL PlATfORM ADOPTED National AJinlnistration Is Censttrrd 1 Howl Over Alaskan lku ml ary Direct Lfffslalioa. SKATTKK, Ang. .-tTUtirstlay. Al an early hour this inuruuig. John IL Itogcrs Was rcitomiiiatetl for (iovernor bv the I'usionists iu the Fnioii couvcu, tiou. The eighth ballot ?Svhich lauded his nomination siotid: liogcrs, .70 IVi; Fawcctt. JlUaVoorhees, 11; Neil Cheatham, 4o; Thurston lMniels, s . j great ! IS tigers nominatitm came as a suririse. lTiuui llut m.riii 1 v-i 1 ioti nf tin. I-,.. ... ......... - - ----- I thre inventions here on. Monday, tht? IieiiKK-rats ami Populists 'were, by gtMsl-sizcd majorities, opposed . to the (Joverimr's upnii nation, lingers, how ever , had a : splendid -organization which did not lose coal age. and ht Id 1 all its dele:r:.te. Momlay n'.gl.t thcyj I succecttcd in win.m.g Stevens tH.unly , ami this, with, seveial other small j changes in tlieir fa vor, cave lheui con trol of the Fuion cmivcni ion. which-; - . ! met vcstent:i- Tl.' Oovt-rtlors siociv went up cc.nsidvi altiy when, tut a test vote of .his 'strength. F. C. Robertson, Sokaie. was stiowu. to Ik- tiie couveii ! tiou's favorite for Coiigrc-siiiau. tJoveinor Rogers and his friends fim'tl Ronald. King county's candi date for Congress, to agree to a iiiiaui- j . , nious noiiiinatioii of Uonald jiml Hob-j MMan. Italy. Aug. ill -l!n si, the a 11 ertstin.'. liimaid fliil not hurk with favor ' an-l-ist win 'shot ami killed King Huni Umiii this, as Robert sou's iiominatioo i Ik-ti. of Italy, on July ".Mh, v;is con H'ca.ut the. climinatioii of Voorhees, ! vit tctl today and st-nlciicetl to life 1 1 1 Ribald's -candidate for (Joveinor. R.i- prisoumeiil. That sentence Is the most ad pre ferret I to go tlowji to deft-at, but se ere' which can 1m- imposed under the his delegation insisted that he accept laws of -Italy for murder. 011 which the ntVeiitsatitin. even though it ai'h-d charge the anarchist was tried. It was Rogers by disposing of Voorbees. The 'at tiist, believed that Rressl would be conimitfef aljouni'l after r.tuiiinaiiiig trietl oil a charge of treason, in which Kogeis. It will reconvene at 'J o'clock. I -!sc the is-nalty would have been ! tlcath. A F.MON t'ONVKXTlON. ! -...' 2 SKATTKK. Wash.. Aug. ' J5.- Th ciilference commit tees of the three' t ouventions -met earlv. this niorning. ; ami it was agreed thai the lieniersilsj should be allowed to have their name, at the head of the fusion ticket. This j - :. - .' -.. MRS. WM. was tlon" in response to a demand from the Democrats thai, unless they were given the name, they wouM not talk fusion. In addition !o ngiooing that the ticket should be called !un ocratic t h commit tee agreed Upon tin; following" ; That tiie I'nion convent hui shall oojjsist ' of iall delegates act-rtslitetl oji the several roll calls of the thre" con vent ions. That the two-thirds' rule shall prevail in the nomination of can ditlafes." .The I'nion convention - mot this af ternoon, ami Robert Jtridgcs was elect ed chairman. After i several confer ences F. C. RolH'rtson. f Spokane, and .1. T.; Ronald, of Seattle, were nominated: for congress. Th platform adopted by the 1 'nioii convent ion says: ;We still Js-lieve iui. the I ifcbtratiou of Intles'n(lence.- and therefore, hold it aloft in preference, to the Imperialis tic iolicy of tiie ReHibtk-.ui pariy, "We oppose trusts ambeoiiibiuatioiM which etirner the products trf industry ami levy a tribute oil thy wtple, V"e are against monopolies of all kimlsuiud csisci5lr jvit-w with tiie grayest con cern tbaf iaftitmle of Republicfin ad ministration in c-rea flng th greatest if all motSosdies in its Iclegatiujr to the National Ranks the sovereign riaht to make and Issue the people's mettey. We witness with shame ami humil iation thei tiwarUy Hivl Inconsistent action of the rsejit Republican ad ministrafien In hauling down the American ill i g. that sfor a third of a century has floated 'tn htuNr and tin--chalb-ngetl over the Porcupine. Mining district- of Alaska.. . "We denounce tiios twin relics of barbarism lniieriali.siu and inilitar-Isni-wbether in forni of trusts at home or greed of, conquest abroad. We demnntl such. legislation as will Insure to the farmers and , prod twers of the state of -Washington a r.'diie tkn of the frelglit rates and fares Io a just basis. " - ' : - : .: - "We tlema nI the inauguration of such measures as shall give the eo ple the right to express themselves, when they so elect, upon all fuioort- ? i fit -. v v ' t f, p I ' a s I - Hp1 -f 't h" , a 1 u ?'j - - k i3t-v v5; x - r : V -i "r 1 - t Ji ; ' ' V Vy ti Ji : y:ts;s : ., ; is, M s' - ' : r -ivp'i ' ' d Ji - '"v-, n J. t . r it' ! ! . i t ant questions, by lhe system known as dirtn-t legislation. "We coniuienil the, official conduct of all our state officer, and the -course of Jlotu fJeorge Turner Jit the United States Senate." ; canxot A;ni:i, Itoise, Ida.. Aug. -!. The Populists and Ih'inncrats went to lie as far apart in the matter of the proiosed fusion as they were last night, and it tun lo said that the proifect of an ar rangement Iteing made is -'.distinctly less favorable than it was twenty-four boor ago. i Two of the Populist '.exe cutive coin ni it tee have lee!i absent uu til today. ; Till! OKI VKTKISANS. The tlramAmiy I IJusily Kngagetl in , ;KegisIative Work. Chicago, Aug. This was, for the (J. A. IS- as an organization,. strictly a tlay of lu.siiuss. Frtui moriiiiig until niglit the convention 'labored at its woik iu Stmlcbaker hall, lisfeniug to muiiet'tuis rcjMirt from otticers antl committee.' The rcconimcmlatiou of 'oinniander-in-Cbief Shaw, 'to. change the dale of Memorial Hay from May rttith to the last Sunday in May, was rejected.; It is expected the encauip irriit will be ver- by tomorrow imou. Vt opptisititiir has developed to Judge Kaisseur, of St. iouis. for coiiiniander- in-i nit 1. Hcnver ami Salt fake are the only isiints mentioiied for the next cica;ri'iii-f ut. TROOPS IX C11IXA. P-eiiin. Aug. IT.t. The German naval ctMiimantier at laktt iciegrapns tnai the following troops have Dec u tind.il ep to August ISth: Am(.(.;m ir- om.ors Jlll(1 , 470 liM,. prUbl) 180 officom an,, WK 1!1W1: r"n.nch, 115 olficers ami 'l.ivx: . men; Italian, thirlccit otticers and -77 men; 1. .. - ..i...... n,..i 1a r.nu t-.w.ii .1 ap;t ne?e, .no uiinnjiui-i,., on.., Russians. 275 oiucers and ll,rni mi'ii. j 1 'RKSSI ( 'ON ' I CTI : I . K'nk Htimberl's Mucderer Priso! lor Kife. Sent to A STEAM KR WRKCKKl. - - P.ritish X'cssel Comes to tirief .Twenty- live Miles from .Ittiieau. Fort Towusend, Wash., - Aug. It. f J:i BRYAN. The steamer Topeka arriv4'tl from the Xorlh tonight, with I.Vi passengers aid $Mki.mi in gohl dust. The of ficers of 'the Towka report the licit isb .st i inner Cutch ashore on Horseshoe Ret'f, in Steplicus passage, twenty-tive miles front .liine.-iu. At low tide ilie Cutch is high ami dry, ami Is badlv itliiinagc'l. The .Cutch struck on the night of August 1'lth, aiidsrrapitlly lilled with water. The .se.i was smooth at the time sivl tiie passcuters and crew snc- U-cedetl In reachill' . the. Iieneh wil ere they xycre canisti 'when the Topeka passed. The ToN-ka offerixl -'.. assist ance.' which was refused, but Ihe car go was Is-ing thrown ovcHmard. I, is thoiigiit . she wilK iH'conie a dotal wreck. AT A .ItAXQUKT. I Vhicazr. Aug. o1!, proininept men from' all parts of the country 'gather ed around the tables of the banquet hall of the Auditorium Hotel, tonight, to attend five feast given by the Ham ilton Club, the lbpu!il(aii organiza tion of this city. Shaker Henderson, td lbs. House. Senator Davis, of Min nesota, and Senator Dolliver, of Iowa, w.cre among the-.sieakers. ' YACHTS ARH ITOHTIXO San Francisco. Aug. T.h -The ste.mi- er Curacoft, from O nay mas. brings i news of the activity of the Vaqnis In jdians in Mexictt, "The Vaquis had another iiprislng alsutt two weeks Ih--fore we left f 2 nay mas." said a pa sen ger on the Curacoa. "and they were on the warpath when we left. They were on the Vaqueti Rivef, ami with in a few miles of Ouaynias. It Is tin dersttssl that an able Mexican Oeneral Is ; on lils way from Mexico Cily to. take comma ml of the Mexican forces and wipe out the Indians.".. PROMOTION FOIt CHAFFEI3 Washington. Aug. 2t).-Tbere I no doubt but that Central Chaffee will le ni'pointed a brigadier general Iu the regular army uism the retirement of Oeu. Jos. Wheeler, September 3d. FEATIIKRKD WAHIHOlt f ' SKT.S OX KtKiS. Came ISooster Contentetllj- Takes the IMaee of An Indifferent Hen. I-ike Miiltopae. .X V., Aug. 'St. A game rooster that can lick any wild cat is heavy as itself I ttslay excit ing the admiration of this town ly a display of ikmiesticity which is iVr haps without a iiarallcl in the history of fowltlom; ( (. - - He Is sitting on a nest of twelve eggs laid by. a hen Itelonging to Wil I'dni Find lay the proprietor of the Cole House. ' Them hen seems to be utterly 'imlif ferent as to the fate of her prospect ive brissL Auylssly who interferes with t liisi truly pjienpecketi warrior )u his great act of hatching runs the risk of having his eyes. pccktnl out. I GOLD FROM DAWSON SfLENOlO SI'F.CIMEX OF orARTZ BRUrUHT TO SAL EM. It Wan Takrn from Oa et ttie Kirh Ctslms In the Klondike UUtrlrt for R. L SnarU. .1 ' . v I -I tFrom Haiiy5 Statesmfin. Aug.' KM ISichard K. Swartz shosvetl to a jSlatesman refKirter yesterday: a sight , calculated to make him break one of Jthe ten ctnnmamlmeiits the one which t begins, "Thou shalt not covet." It j was a piece of white rock about the 'size of a baby's list, and seamed and serrated witli gold, 'There is ainsii fiftyjilollars worth of gold in thespec inicti, ami Mr. Swartz say it would sell j for $" in Xcw York. He has two jollier specimens of the same' kind, smaller, but fuller of ."pure gold. V Tliese sNcimeiis were presented to Mr.!Sw;trtz by Ids' niece, who has just ret lirned from Hawvon, ami a quart- cup full of who such i brought specimens, besides o7,(0 iu goM dusi. the .proceeds of w hich slie dc isisttetl iu a Seattle bank. His niece was formerly Miss Alice Wahhjss, tif Salem, but is now Mrs. AmilreKv Kronert, of Port la ml. Her husband will lie out from Dawson in abiuit' a lit.Hi-th. and he will brni:j $.V).nni worth of dust with him. lie has sold out his claim, and iiiey will hei- iortli remain in llie jdcasain haunts if civilization. The claim is on! llie side of a mountain, ami M7ir.' tKH worlii of tlut has been flktl'M from it. It is ai filacer claim, liioujjh" seciniens of i enormously rich piarlz are also found on -'it.. 'The water 'fo sluicing purpttscs is jmiiiim i up jli.'t' or1 four hundred feci. j The claim is on (odd .Mountain, .ib.iit fifteen iciles. from 'Dawson. Mrs. Ivnuicrt s;.y.s the D.rwsoli li"s trict is very rich iii gold, and it wit! not be worked out for years and years, though her husband and hersulf .t ., willing 4n allow others llie task of do ing -j he future work in tiiat liif. DEMISE OK A I'lUSKKK LADY. Mrs Saucy C. Koff Passed Away at ilacleay Yesterday -A tireat Anut of Uov. Ueer. ' (From Tlaily Statesman,' Aug. .V Mrs. Nancy C. Koff, a pioneer tf 1S17. and one of the oldest resideuis of .SfariiMi ctiunty. : iliot.l at her home on the Ho ft homestead, near Maiieav. at an early hour' yesterday, iminiiit:. after a brief illness, aged 7 years, H months and 10 .days... 1 leeeased was Immii in ' Keuttn ky, Septeiulier 2). IS'liO. At an early age she removed with her parents to i Hi inois. wher;;. t.n January 7, 1S41. she bt?cauie tin; wife of Oeorge I-ioff. and timing the same year moved to Da vis county. . Iowa. Here the -couple' lived until the siiring of 1HI7, when Tli- cfossetl ihe plains ti Oregon, being of tiie party wntch Im-ludetl the grind fiit her or Oov. T. T. (Jeer, a brother-iil-law of the tlee;isctl. Arrived it Oregon, th.e family took a iIouatUu land claim in the Waldo Hills, hum here Mrs. KofT lived until her demise yesterday. - .."'.' I Mrs. Koff was a great aunt f Ior. T. T. Oeer, a cousin of Hon. Wuij II. Knglish. '.who was the - candidate j tf Ice president on thtr Democratie ticket in TSSO. and a' flieee of t'aiit. K. X. IVrglish. fauioits id the early Iii; lory of Marion county, Mrs. Ivti it a ves. no '-children, but a large nnm' ber of near relatives and ii'inicrotH close frlemls mourn her demise. J Slie was a life long, consistent and devoted member of the ' -Christian church, ami died. in lhat faitli. FOR TDK PLAINTIFF.--'Judge R. 1. Poise yeslcnlay licanl the aign ineiits iu the case of Ada Strong vs. Oeorgo H. Jones, et a4.. and tlecitl-l the acliuu. Ids judgment lwiug in 1 nature of a victory for tiie plainUnV I'l-e action was brought, to set aside certain deeds given by-tSetirge II. Joiiec ami wife to itlher parties, transferring property in Nob Hill addition to Sah iii; also one dcetl b ."-'( acres of timber and near Kyonv, Kinn county, ns-etitly llausferreil to O. J. Parker si ml wife, son in law ami tlaiighter, rcsiwctively, of the defcmlant Jones. The court tie-, flared, valid the deed to the Salem proiierty, but set aside the deed to the iKIuii conntr tiinlsT la ml. The plain-' tiff held a deficiency Judgincn against, defendants for over fiKsVniid as the Kfnii cotipty profwrty, which is now math' available ami subject to exeem tlon on this judgment, is vflluetl at f. ler acre, or Jp 1n. It will le anqtly f ficient to cancel this Indebtedness. al the -outcome was virl uajly. a victory for the plaintiff. AT SHAW. A retsirt from Shaw a station last evening said that the prune driers were all cleaned up yes terday, but that many of them are hav ing difficulty in getting a water "ri" A uw drier, erected by J- K. Petri, was started yesterday morning. The crop of Italian prunes is excellent. Tliere will lie Iweuty-live carloads or prunes In the Immediate vicinity Ml Shaw, half of each, Italians and If tites.