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r f A TRAGEDY Af "JEFFERSON r.liss LuIuJones, a Pupil in the Public School, Telled With an Ax. - The Clow Struck by Clyde Yaaghny the Janitor, Who at Gnu Disappeared The Criminal Captcrcd at a Late Hoar Last Night Confessed Ills Crime to Ills Captor. (From Daily Statesman. Oct. 21.) Miss Lulu Jones, aged .13 year, a pnpll in 4 be Jefferson schools, and youngest sister of ex-Co. Supt. Geo. W. Jones and Prof. C. II. Jones, was the victim of a deadly assault yeer-v- day mora I ok at tin hand f Clyihs Vaughn, a pupil and Jtaitor of tlie Kame K'bnol, srmI 3t years, who 1 snpiiosed to .have at rack. her with the Imck of an ax on the forehead, frae nrlng 4be frontat fame and Inflictin? a wound ifrom whk-h the brains onxed forth and wbk-h left little hojte oi her recovery for to. Tlic jiartk--ulars of the terrible affair, whk-ti has thrown' all Jefferson and the south end of the comity into tfa UHWt Inleuse excitement and horror. MISS LULU JONES are thus given to 4he Statesman by one Who was on tlie roiml huI knows nil tin immediate circumstances: The Particulars. "Tmsday morning about :: l. Clyde Vaughn, the student janitor of tbe Jefferson school bif'.ldiug, stepped out "of tb principal's room, treum ably to look after tin-.furnace., lie bad.seari-ely closed the'd-or when If again opened it and annomi'-od that iome one wished to icak to I.ulu Joii'-s. The. girl left the room, and a neither nor rhe janitor returned, in afatut fifteen minifies n friend of Lulu's, wiio knew of - Mome trouble fad ween these parties, requested th principal, I H. Wiley, to ascertain the inn.se ( Lulu's prolonged hIk neiKe. fearing MitimtlHu; na wronc Mr. Wiley h-ft .-the room immediately and began scarrlung for 4. ho girl, lie wa found fanr in the faiseim-tit, Kit ting lit in opriirht jMitioii on -tltr KroumJ-floor. wMi n gliaiy wound nlMive the rijilit eye. She wan In n henii-conHoious 4tate of mind and jravo no satisfactory answer "to 4 lie tpieijtionH f lli. borror-sliiekeii tertch rs. -Tin b.ts'imnt in- xrvll tilb-il with' wood and i not usol as a pjay-; smund, pupils jum iH'injr allowed to center without iertn lesion, littddo ll" Kirl was found n lie w at, 4h l!oiy tmer of w Intso nH tore evllea-e of lKinr tlie weapon n.ed by the lien j lah would iey a slants! n, who evidently .left tbe girl for dead. j "Lulu- waa a- bright. - weHdtehaved irlrl. 13 years of aire an I a favorite with all her Hchoolmati-w. She lr l!v?. ilantrbter of Mr. Euium Jonei, t( .lefrer?4on."and a a;ater of tleo. W. ami Charles Jooet of Hie S.il-m States man. Teacher .ami Hebooltunt as wV-teil hr to the home of Mrs. Wil liams, where .her injury warf exa,n inefl by Ir. Hawk, who iiiimeiliattl trb-phon for Itf. Walla.-v. of Al lany. t;eo; W. Join. Ir. Itynl and Slieriflf Itnrbiu. a renin; on tin mnrt Inc overland from Salem. The esrit of the injury 'i uot yet fully known. Ix-yoint a severe fp.ietirre - of ; the Kkull anl .quite a -?ut usl,u of tls brain. . . . j '; "The janHor, Clyde Vaiurhiu "a yonu man IS year of as:e. t mjHInsf. ami a pos.e- of men are Mtmrinsf the ; woodi for him. As a student and :i n janitor, younj VnttKiiii'.H work wan very suitlsf-tovy. If th? strong ttijit :elon atrainst him tnves ittmt. no reason is known for hi' counirittin thin horrible deed javo rejected love. T1m whole iiuumuuity niotirm a -I the afflleteil family and !odsatl4ti aealiisf .ithe perietrator of thU norrl- r ble crlnte is thoroughly around on every hand. "Hope s eutertainetl for tlie jiirlV , nvovery until the doctors lune mad a tluwouph examination, yet. her cn cMtkw is feared to Ik qod -riUcal. Tle forecoinsr was wrrtteu e?iclc yesfertlay aftermxin nd iei.-lM t t U otli"e Jy mail. - ; - ; Dr. W.- 11. " Mynl and Slieriff 1 r -biii returned from the wene of t?ie 1rapeiy- on the afternoon overlaad. tle doctor haviu reudrel siH-h pro fessioual assistance as was in bii lHwer. lie dl not wnsWlr that, tlie wound was necessarily fatal, but that the rhauxvs were larcely acaiu-!t' a 'pompTele' recovery. The riybt lotnd .Mfe of t 1m fjrt-luad wa miiR!led iti. the boue teliijr lwtteret awl iM-ewied in upon the lrain. " T!ie physicians remove! . everal iiei-es of lone. re lieving: the pressure as. f:r. as iol ble mihI'iIwI eterjthiug; vossil for the restoration of the sufferer, but were compelled to await the develop ments of the .hours that must follv.y . tefore the etTet eould Ie aofiirately determined. AIkhU six oVlo-k Jn tht? cven'njr Hie la-amo sumciently . bcIous to rtitguize relatives and ac- i qiiainlauees. rail tliem ty name and answer pjestioiM by yes or jio, but could not. talk coherently, or evince any knowledge f the crime or. man ner 'of Its roniuihwion.- ,..-'-.-. . Sheriff Durbiu went there to look after the legal aK-Mi of the ease ami lu inform himself ' upon all the. fact and circunkstam-es , connected with it. After satisfying himself, .upoi all HHfits. .advising! wit h he leading iiN-n of the roiiimanity and apRint ing some Kcial devices to aid and direct lu the searvjh for 4he criminal, Mr. Durbin eiinie back to" Salem U M-iid out iioIm-m li all The feaee of leers 1141 and down the valley ami ;o otherwise prepare for developmen". From Jiim the Watrtiaan pHx-nrcd the following particular: The general conviction in "the neig' hortinl is tbaf thewful crime was rotmWitted by Clyde Vaughn and his own actions leave no iiouix m toe Subject.. lMirhin the euiire afiernoon aiiil evi'tiinu1. tbe country toward whioh he escajxi! fvas travcrseJ b, an exHtiil. iletermltted lot of ni"r who will "leave. no'efTort untried-to effect 14 rapture ' if 'he lie alive, but to. my -think ttat to founl a voluntary stra-' In .the be I of tlcv Sunt tarn 'river. ; , .. . r t - i Vaaghn's Movements. After the coinmisH'ou of . the crime Vauhii wiiit to bis home, only a .lort di-staiKi from tlie s-hoid Jiouse. tbl bis -mother ...there was trouble over at the srhool and then started away from the home, across the liehhc towanl 4hJ river aud bijr; tim-tn-r. . AVhen .be li:ol cone attoiit 13ti. yards, his father. Kli Vaughn.' came to the house and his wife reje:tted what the ly had said, whemipoi h." vtartwl after 4'lyde, ratlins him Tbe latter kept jriiir. flau'inj; over his f-boulder 4HTaskwiallj-. Inrt In cieajsine the distance, until he reachri a ii.it ch of willows through whiHi ht iwsscd ot:t of sight. Aliont this time, thi .father " met -a ly. who tobl h tlMt Lulu JoniM bad ln-eu kjlhnl . and it -wj?s only then b realizl what possiiily might he the trouble with the Im-. T p that 'time in says he thought Clyde wan goiir away in one of the tits of stuMtoru iiiclau cboly to "whirh he had teeu sub He then hurrid after him, trackitiir l.vni liiromrh th" willows and fartlir within a short distance of the .tank of tlie Santfeim , river, at a toitit where there Is an abrupt bend in tlH slrcatu ami where Mo-re are several deep holi s aivl whirlMKIs. TU-re all trace rf uhe fugitive, was lost. Itetweon -the patJi atr-1 the river is a strip of gniss, in whk-h rio.traekH apiartd. He rnlglit hare Juniel into the river at this point, but the bank showed uo breakage or other aigns. Tlie father climbed down 4h'. l iMik. but found . uo tracks, hough, as stated alxA-o, imejunip could hare earricd him into leep water. A rikkI oau.v insist -that lie nale Ids jiave at that "'-fioint. - lie- Was known a mnrh more liable to act ujou Impulsn than through pmhI rcasouiug and hi acquaintam-es mv it is. simply a mat ser of 'rha lice wlwther he i-oiu-linled to iyid Jiis jiiiserable existeiH-e then and -UK-re. or whether he hggedly de termined ; to elude his pursuers. .-If the latter. - he --delved into the ; thick lir UuiIht. s vine maple and other I beay growlli of ndrriruiih. which iteglns at the iHint just desfrilwl. and through wh:eh for a time at least It" could -HtH-ceeil in hiding ; AVith this view, in mind, the search of that region ; was; in progress ; last eveiMng and is not Kkely -ease until eithe the river givey np 1t dead or, tit' trth its living criminal. Vaaghn Is Captorrd. ; After the foregoing was ju type. Sheriff urtiin received a iness.-e to Um etfect that Clyde Vanghn. the sus IKe:ed crininal. bad lieen captured ami brought ItUo 4cfferin by Frank Iibby. a farmer who resides: alsoit two . miles . uortbeat of the town in the direct kn of 31 anion. Vatighu had made his way ti rough tlie tinils-r and ; aronml toward the railroad where the faruwr sav him and tok Mm in rliarge. It Is said v Uia: Vaughn confessed hi, rrime .to U'.. captor, but after reaching Jeffersait he refuseil to 4alk and Would jpive do infoi ui:llii either way. . Sheriff iMirl.in took List night's Ia4e train for Jefferson. so as to he qu l and in case he might Ih neoe.1 anl w.ll luiug Vaughu to the couuty jail. The Man and KIs Crlnrr. This" U one of those blooil-corllln-' crimes that make a comainnIty?.rf ui bl; ue of-'tlrotH? which a peaceable farming commuuity has no reaaon to fer or . expect and when it comes, it startUs! like an earthuak or a ry cloiie tamething against which there s no guard ;- - A ' "' r ' - "-"- Here was a i bright, aweet. intelli gent and ioukir yonng girl, enjoying the Innocence of her happy sHiod days, her mother feeling no fear or' alarm in her coming aud going, lit tle dreaming of the ilanger tliat was lurking In Uie Insane love of this youth who was constantly in her way. It now transpires that for two years Vaughu 4ias been In. love with a child and : ha Itn adeavoring to make her present!! nad otherwise at tract her . good graces, i but she has refns-Ml to notk-e him or ai-cei: 1hvs enta from him, and has told friends that he did no Jike. to lie alone lu his presence. Not long ago. he wrak' her n note, in which he told her alie would be sorry some day. if ahe did not come to like frim. No attention was paid jto these advam-es, as they were stijosed to 'be lioyish freak of mind. 'Hie result show how his evil heart was working. Yanghn Finally Confesses. At a Lite hourr last night, after-lie had been some ' time in Jeffersou, Vaughn; practically, inadeTa full, coiit festiiojt f the crime. to an ofticer. He Maid that when he called IjuIu out of ttK- M-liooihouse, lie endeavored to en tice her into the lasruKMit. but she refuseiL whereuion he struck bc-r a blow with his fist, stunning Srer,: then iii.wl. up hin mind to kill lier, so h Iraggiil her. into' the basement and struck her, with theax. ' Vaughn's 'father ' i and mothers ex press gt-!i grief and horror at i their sms crime and say they are wilUng he should suffer the penalty. ' Has Diseased Mind. Clyde Vsiujjhu ; has not di-splayed a very healthy state of mind for .some years. lie has twice jnmiiod into the river with jan : intent preten-deil. at lea.wt to commit suicide, and he lias hal several Kpells of mejaneholy, dur ing wlak-h lie did., not -wish -o se:ik or associate with anyliody. lie makes no friends or lntiiuate. has no social iualit!.?s aud talks v.-ry little in fact, is altojreilier a comiMsitiou which is of liHIe gsil use to Hie. woi'kl and which is always dangerous to its Mitce ami IiapiMiies5. TLe one re deeming feature of this awful trag edy is tliat no iudeccut assault was att-iiited. IMstric -Vitm-uey Hart, who was at Albany yesterday c'a uie to Ji-fTerstui on the afternoon ; train and last eve ning filed'- a complaint in Justit-e .lohn.sou's curt ; chargoij; him with murder and a prelmnary hcari'ig w-ill ls had this iiKkrning. the result of wiki'li will dis.inl etrtirely uion tli' condition of his victim. : There Is Still Hope. At midnight, her broHirr, ex-County Superintendent Joins. wJw. Is sharing rlie . iteci grief and anxiety of his uotlKr and . other m-.'inliers of the family at the bedside of tlie Itclovcd ,laty fif tlie housch'vld, who has iHich 4hn ruthb-Msly strh-keu, teleirfion.il tliat Lulu wa resting as-well as clr cuinstati'i's could give them resison to exrect, lut tluft of course there was still a dread uiKiTtainty."":. If she sur vives and i-ontiaiues -to improve until 21 hours shall have elapsed, there will thru Ih strong hop-s for her re-overy, fm- which all ficoiruiitaiwcs of tlie family Will earnestly pray. , CLYDE The vrMJthful, self-confessed, would-be murderer of Miss Jones. (From Daily Statesman, Oct. 25.) Miss Lnlu Jones, the victim of Clyde Vaughn, JanHor of tlie public -hixI at Jefferson, is still lying In a critical "comlition at tlie . home of a friend in that city, though there arc some hopes for her ultimate rcovery. Her physkians and relative are con stantly! a the tedsidv of the unfor tunate young lady, amji everything that -medKMl science, carefol nursHig and loving ami devoted care can do ro save; the threa tened life, aud bring the wtrkken lack to health, is being doue.,. t ;".' . .1 ; .'.'". - ' man. She had regained f nlf- conscious- Her cond i t Ion last ! evening ' was alntut the sjune as reporteil lu yesterr day morning's Statesman. She had te- ?a incd t full consciousness, a nl , reeog- UiZe l Ill6SrSUrTOUUd!u her SIH-skin - to them and auswerimr oTt4-Miio:is liritr, ly: and at times, in sea king, her voh-e "rawn aimosi-as rtieermi when, a sunny-faced child, she played with her rom'pauiouH. A iKrtion of the tlay ahe ; lay In . a stupor, however. rrwiM whb h she i-miikm! Tlie patknt a intra rel to not lie mtrl ferlng excrciatlng ialn, until lat last evening w lieu , her features were badly swollen, and k1m t evlden-e of intense, suffering. i n rou in jo n I her Mufferings she has been able to recognize relatives and frauds by tlM-ir voltes t her eyes be ing too badly . swollen to permit of sight . but -all efforts at jt-ouversatiou are extremely limited, and slie has Ijeeu' unable to s.iy , anj'thing regard !ug tiie awful tragedy, her mi ad le ng apiKireiHly a lilank on this snl ect. - --.'., i- - : ' ' - - " Itr. W. If. Ityrd, of this city, went to Jefferson on last nlght'a i over hind train, and spent the night in-the sick-. room, aiding tlie other -physicians by, bis counsel; during the erltk-al stag of the ath-nfa condition. Miss rbeill, a professional nnrse , from t,his eitv. is also in attendance; mi the case. lrof. . W. Jones, brother : of ho yottnjr lady,' ret urnetl from 'Jefferson "last i evening. He reiwrfs the patient in a erhical comlition, 'but lias none for her ultimate recovery, aqd that everything possible is being doue for the sufferer. Tbe. ieoiIe , of Jef ferstm feel fr the juifTerer as a mem ber of their own families, and. doing everything in their iower, ahllng In eery way possible, and the warm svmita thy" expressed by all of . them show the deep feeling in the matter, and the love and respect la which the strieketf girl and her. family, are held in that place. s- ' "CIvde '.Vaaghn,. the yoaifg criminal whos cruel, inhuman act has plunged two families into the deaths of grief. and whose -foul hand has lrlven one of the fairest of Marion county's vonug daughters to the brink of 4he if rave, tw-cupies the manlerer's cell In the Marion county jail. where he will probably remain until iried at the iieit. term of court. In r'ebruary-next. unless he should relieve the county. of -the expense of this by asing le- fore a higher judgment bar. lie was arraigned in Justice of tlte Peace S T, , Johnson's court, at, Jefferson, yes terday morning, oif -the cnarge of as sault witli a deadly wcaivon with In tent to kill. He waived a preliminary examination.-' and ; was IJouiid over to aph'ar befon the (Jrand Jury at the February. 1901, term or he circuit -otirt. Ids lmif being.-fixed at $TiH)U. lie was unable to give bail, though his parents made deierate efforts to SCI so tire it for the young criminal, as to save him from the jail serv I Hiring tin forenoon Constable " J. 1 Dlackwell. District Attorney J. N. Hart aud W. 1, Jom-s (wIh. by Hk wav, is no relation to the injured girl i, . loaded the young would-lie iiHtidcttr in a hack and brought hijii to talern, delivering, him to Sberin '-F. W. Durbiia. who at ou-e placed the young desperado in th in tirdiTer's , cell. - Vaughn nrokj', ilowu when he en tered the cell, but was curtly informed tliat this would six? his habitation for tlie present. letter in the afternoon while Sheriff Dnrbin was away from tile court hottse,; th prisoner asked to se the sheriff, and last oveuing Mr. I Mii-bin and lrj W. II. Byrd entered th jail. The j fellow was "playing crazy, but gained little sympathy by Nns a.-r. . ! -. jLnr:ng tne nay, wnue on the way to alem. lie retold . the storv of his crime with variations, asserting at one time tliat he first choked the girl Into insensibility,' before he seized the ax to brain her, and that when he l?f t her for dead, he went horn told his mother tha-t he hud killed Lulu Jones, and then left for the brush. This story he retold to t" sheriff and Ir.' Byrd last night, add ing some minor details to i m oil lished story of the. . tragedy. He - Is evidently in great fear of the results of Jiis awful crime. AMEIilCA'S riACE IN TUB EX FOIST I BON TKAUE. . So far as figures go. America will doubtless remain for some years to VAUGHN, J come the largest iroluc'r of Iron'- and steel. " But something more than quan tity and cheapness of product i re quired, and that Is. -that these things shall be obtained with a general well jlming'.on the jiart of the workers eu 1 gageiL Amongst other things to the crtHli-t of. America. let It Ik said that her mechanical genius and f industrial Wmrage aie nwiking Enroll understand that there Is a dignity attaching to human la lior. that man js worth some thing better than to act as a la-a.st ot burden, and where mechanical ilerices can 4e employed to dispense with th use of men muscular energy, siirh aids fit men for higher ami nobler ptu iows, haipier aud more nstf ul lives.' ' '''"..."', .""'?.. : ,. -Ameriran mechanical genius and cheap steel will not only raise; the standard f comfort, but will multiply the wants of civilized mankind, which consumes more Iron per head of pop ulation year by year. But in seeking to create ami sustain an exiort trade In steel. America 'Will find B?l-;!uii ami tieriuany, her most , formidably cmietitors partk-ularly '", Germaay, wlnise mannfac4urerH thoroughly un det st anil : tiie; art of-"? combination to iusm-e immunity from external eoin etitkn. , v----":-'::-s;;- . - - American competition will' t more surresKfu! In British colonies, deieu ilencies. and In neutral markets gen erally ttian In ;r-at Britain itself, wheie It will act as a health jnlii iug UHiic that England has wanted I for many a'day. U. J. Skelton. la Engineering Magazine for October. The bouse .nee owned ami occupied hr Washmgtou Irving at Irving ton, N. l ; has changed little in appearance since Irving occupied It, except that a three-story brick bouse has been' built on tbe premises,'; Tlie gronmls consist of nine acres, runirfug along the east side of the Crotou aqueduct. The Latest Vara" 7 tt ..I A .Pittsburg drummer ; tells this 'new yarn-. I always carry a bottle of Kemp's Balsam in my grip. 1 take i.cold easily and a. few doses of the Balsam' always makes me a well ; man. Everywhere 1 go I 'siKak a gootl Word for Kemp. I take hold i of my customers I take old men and young men .and tell them con fidently what 1 do when I take cold. At druggists, 25c and 5Uc. - - i A "CONTINGENT OUDER. Indetenden-e. Oct. 23.r-IIenderson Murphy, a . prominent farmer living near I ndependenee,,- recently W-eelved a letter from his sou-iu-law at Dayton, state of Washington, instructing l:im to purchase, some stock sheep. A. M. Iteyburn Is tbe uaniw of- t he son-ui- law, and be took .occasion to Kay to Mr. Murjdiy that 4f Mr.- Bryan is ckn-t-ed President next montli, Mr. Murphy was immediately to fatten the she p and sell them' for mutton. Air. Bey- burn would evidoutly rather lore f2 on each bead of sheep right away as mutton, than to liold them for wool and lose -the whole business Mr. Mur-t phy has secured a good fioek of sluei for Mr. Keytuiru and trusts that hq will not have to sacrifice them. NOM E'S. POSTOFF1CE. Sells an Enormous Amount of Money Orders. " Washington, Oct. 23. A letter, re ceived at the 'Post office Department toilay, from Nome t'ity. Alaska, shows that up to Scptcnilier 21st, the Nome jMistottici had S4jld 5NMt money orders. Tlie money orjler servk-e had licea in oiH-raliou then alKMit thri mouths, and the officials lk-re intimate the sales of money orders for the uuarter amounted to fiW,iW. THE ENOIIMOL'S INCI1EASE . COAL. CONSUMPTION. In spite of continued effort to In crease the enicieucy of engines aud boilers, tlu progress of luveiitioti fis such that coal Is IxH-om-ing e:uh year a more aud mom important article of commerce. So a- short time ago,' view ing tlie hlsfory of the world,. as 1S3I, the annual coal product iqn of Great Brilaba was 24,OW.tx0 tons; for the year 1001 tlie coal proiliK-tiou Iwll prob ably he 240,0UUIO tons, an Increase of 1,HW) nr cent.- In, 1831 tlie popula tion of Great Britain was 24.M,WKt, and "the next census, 1!X1. will proba bly ' show aliout4ti.iim.imo 5n that eouutry, an Increase of tit! 2-3 ier cent, in 70 years. Therefore the production of coal ha increased . from one ton ler capita to six tons, and the rate of increase has been 15 times as great as the rate cf increase in population. Iu 1840 the production of bituminous coal in the United States was bet wee-. 1.IXMUMH) aud 2.000,0KI tons, and the production of authracke was 1,000,000 tons say a total of the country was 17,110,000. so that there was proba bly less than one-sixth of a ton used ler capita. ComiKire 4liat witlr the present ton nage of insuwfo.ooo and a poinilatlon of aiHiroximately 75.' K 10,000, and it will be seen that America is now us ing iK.-r capita eighteen times as much -oal as she dkl sixty years a go. In fact, since lWIO the ier capita-in-, crease has lieen 50 ht 1-etit. F. IZ. Seward, in he Engineering Magazlu-; for October. A GENEUOUS BOY. She had-stoinMil on the sider-tk and was admiring the Ix-autiful flow ers the ganh'it "D'v.aiit some?" asked tlie 'mild lu natic, who was leaning against the fence. , ' -; "Oil. bow good ""of youl" she cooed. "Yo live here, IhenV" ' ."Sime." he auswereil. ".list go right in nu help yourself. Tlie Ixnl msde flowers free fer evrybody. what I think, an' tey ain't uo hsc in being a. hog. is theyr ' , : She was still ecstatically tlir.nking him when she etrtervd the, gate, but be had started off. merrily wliistliug on his war. Two minutes later, she was trying to explain tO,the angry gatiVuiT why she was Ihere.l aud the angiy gardeur was giving her a de tailed story of "that cussed Jones kid tliat lives in the next block." IT WAS HIS WIFE.' There was a young man on a Liver pool train son-e days since who' had good leason to 1h a very'augry mau Indeed, says I-ondou Tit I'dts. Tlie train was crowded, wla-u a corp'jlent U'.tman, at-conipanh-d by an iHinally ivrpu'.i nt ' wife, elbowed his way in- Tbe wDDniu was not pretty or at trativi, ami most ot the niak- passeti- grs did not even re.-wt to a i.v of :!.e familiar tr'i-l s of ih ct,ericn.-cd pass4nger when lie ejnyonirnllr we.n-ts to overlojk the fact 'I bat. a lady is holding on to the lop tail while he enjoys a romforab Neat. 15u n we!l-dreseil young man arose anl tu-liing tin woman's arm to at tract her attention. jioHtely "raid: yiere is a seat for you. madam."' The woman start eil toward the va cant seat, when Jn-r obese male com lairiou. with - a sigh of.j satisfacti ju, settled down into h ls-for her. Thi young mail was Kttrorised. but his astonishment soon gave way to anger At first lie was IneKn -d to te lieva tliat teh. puffing old- Teuton Ik.i1 made -a ra .:sta ke. but he a t m 1hi a ne conviuced' that the action was inten tional. -.. ; . -i..,- -- --- - Tapping the old man on the shoul der, he said, qnietiy: - I lHg your pardon, sir, but I gave u my seat to this lady, and not to you." ;: . ..- ,-..'.. i "Oh. yaw, dot Is all right, mine! rrlendt," blurted out the old fellow; sle vos mine vife. ' ; . The young man graseil the top rail for support, and for a moment was too. full for utterance. A riot was lm-f mi unit, but at the next crossing ser- era! passengers alighted nud Moo I-j shed was averted. . ' i A CONTEST IS CERTAIN TWO ADMINIRTRtTOR API'OtNTKD " TOtt ONK K8TATK. Th On Kbb4 Mltiwiiih Coaily leks to Rcvok letters f J C V. WJutzougensle, of Portland yesterilay petitioned County Judge J. II -tcott. Melting out the fact that he (the ietitiouer) had been apioiutrd by the prolate Judge for; Mulfujmah county as administrator of the estate of Emanuel Frieilrich. deceasiil, after the letters of J. Si'tiofsky, fornierly actiug as. administrator had Iwen te voktHl : t ha t -1 r. D. F. 1 iu. the cor oner of Marion county,' had been ap pointed as administrator of t,he same estate by tlk Mai ion county court,, on SeptetuHr ISih two days after the death of the dewa-d, aud asking that the Ietrers of ailmmistratlou.. issud to Jr. Ijiuc, Ik revoiii, and Dr. I.ain lie ordered to deliver the keys to : safety dciosit box bclouging to the estate, to the pcUtioner. Judge Scott ordered tliat a citation Ik issued t Ir. D. r, Lane, orh-riug him to ap-I-.'ar In wt on November oil. at 10 a. in., and show cause, if any, why tbe pra.vrr of (he iKtitiouer blioutd l.'e granted. A COUUECTION. , MeKee, Or., l t. 22, lftoo. Editor Statesman: In your Jssue of Oct. Hith Is pub lished a report from Wood burn, dated Oct. 15th. which states that Johu A. Jeffrey, "Populist." had addressed a small uuuilK-r at that pacef on Satur day afternoon. The correction, as noted aliove. is this: All Poiudists want it umlerstotKl now and hence forth forever, tliat all 'men who an now drilling with the I enioera tic par ty for tlie success of Bryan and Ste venson are classed with the Deinocrat; they are not reganhil as Poiulists by any means. The Populist National Convent ion wctr iit"1i iu Cincinnati. Ohio, and not in Sioux Fa lis ""as the 'd4-puties"would have us ln-lieve. ami Barker ami .Donnelly are the candi dates of the Populist party, ami every Populist will vote for them iu the. conring eUctlon. The TciniNst-in '-the--teaiot party. -omposcd if the Ore gon Iiidettemlent, J. A. Jeffrey. .1. V. j Itobrtsoii. John M. Payne, T. f.i Jory. G. W. Weeks & Co. wMl norj stux-eitl la their little game of -shoe-! Ing the Populist parly down the-Democratic throat. I't every Popiiti-o turn out to the election and vole th;! Populist ticket. O. W. VEDDK1L A NAPPY KIDDING. Two of Marion County's Youug Pe ple Made Man atid Wife. Wtslnesday evening at S o'clock, at the Evangelical parsonage, No. 34 IJberty street. Sahm Oivgou, ltev. H. E. Horuschuch. .'officiating.'-. Miss Nanua Fickliu to Mr. Walter W. Tay lor were; ms'.rrk-d. i . iMr. Taylor Is one of SaWm's rising j-oung men, and at present he is turti key at the State lVnlteutiary. Mist Taylor is 'the youngest daughter or Mr. and Mrs. Firklin. living near FruM hind. Oregon, and she Is one of KruHland's most estimable young la -d'e-. . ; . :. ..j - Promptly at 8 o'rlK-k the young couple, followed by Mr. J. Siei'Ihaui ner. - who - served as In-st inaii. aiid Miss-Ada Taylor, who served as bride's maid, mart-lull Into 41m iibi-ly decoratitl parlor, to the weilding j. . i . ... , . ,, ... iiian-u inajiti ii .nis. ii. iu. . iiorii srhuch. where' they were met by -the officiating minister, and iu a U w miii ules were pronouuceil. husband and wife, acconllng to 1he brief, but Int pressive ritual of the Evangelical chvrch. , i ' The bride was attirnl in a simple, but dainty white organdie and carried a lovely iNaniet of white Chrysanthe mums aed the brilt-siuald was most le-oieitigly attirerl lit white, carrying a Iicauiiful IxKiuet of I pink Chrysau tlieinums. Both ' the groom and groomsman wore the conventional black. ; i After Uie , ceremony was over, f" whole company repainnl fo Stroiijt -restaurant, wlien a sunituous fcasf had been prcpansl. to which each gues-it ul ample Justice, and at II o'clock the'happy i-ouple left for their"' home on Huh siieet, this city, follow ed by the iH-st wishes of all, wlio know 4 hem. Thus iascd a most pleasant evening for all who wefS present. ' - -- :, ' . SUCCUMBED TO 8MALLI OX. Ih Dorm Pottery of Tuner, a Vie tim of the Dread DJease-Dicd In Baker City. .Miss IHra Potter, of Turner, elde-rt da lighter of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Potter, of that place, who has raided 1 Baker City for some time, where shs was employeil In a private family, was taken violently ill w ith -"smallpox last week,, and in spite of the effort j or her pbyMlela ns sfie sank : rapidly, until she sikx-uuiIkhI at 4 a. m- on Tuisday. Her parents m-elveil a tel egram on Momlay evening, aiinouiie-. ing Jhe young lady's dangerous ill ness, and on the following morning a eond telegram auuoun-ed her sad demise. j"- Miss Potter had i many friend In this city and Seattle, in loh of which places she II veil, ami where the news of her death, will cause deep grief among those who knew her lsst. She was a young lady" of sterling worths highly respected by all who knew her. She was a member of the Presbyterian church and an enthusi ast ie worker lu the Christian Endear--or tSociety. , . ;; - Tlie remains were laid to rest in I'ak-r City on Tuesday afternmrn. A large circle of - friends sympathize w ith ' Mr. and Mrs. I'otterJ in their deep grief. ' . Every one can master a grief but b ' "that lias It; ' "Much Ado -About Nothing." .