WEEKLY 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."
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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. !
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- 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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.