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TUESDAY AU FRIDAY.
VOL. 49. NO. 44.
li ;fffillTIVE SESSION
The Senate Discusses the llay-Pauncefote Treaty
Behind Closed Doors.
Indian Appropriation Bill Provides f flr , the 4 Electric Uoht ' Plant at
Chemawa-The Siletz Aoency to Be Dis-
pensed With.
WASIIINCJTON, IW. n.Tlie J.n.
ate watt in iwfr hpxkIoh onJy for nu
.hour. be i-inalmlr nt tlx h-gislailvo
Jay U'ins nnt in fxeoutlre seiou
uiKHi. Hay-Pauw'ftjt treat r.
i haiullcr N. Untreated a littk flurry
niiu st routine, ; wa traiacKHi.
Mom r. speaking to a question of jer
soiial iritH'g Wreetel the Heuate'.H
all; ii I Jon to a WHler iubIWation
of iMi;ir. In wliich tin ateincnt wa
nial that A-eomlrinatRxi or Senntori
hail Uvn - formed to prew -er4aia
elaiiiiH now pending be fore the Senate.
Tiie iui!!Uaiioii a;-rtel- that a eom
mi!ion had lt rnkhnnl. ujwn passing
lie clalriis. even though au extra sen
Mon -of Congre was fonnnl In tba
effort. Money declared that, so far
HURLED TO
ins death
Ralph E. Bowerman Killed by a South
ern Pacific Train
NEAR TURNER ON SUNDAY NIGHT
Attempted Jo Cross tha Tratk with
Tram and Wagon When the A1
baoy Loeal Btrnek Bim.
Iialjih E. Bowerman i who has for
some ti:n? Teslded , on the old Ollle
lt-cves firrm about three miles south
east of Turner, i was killed at G:40
oMo k. fiumlay eveulug. ly thesotith-
lMMind AllKiuy loctd passenger train.
at a -rois!ng one and a. half mllea
east of Turner, while attempting to
drive across the track In front of the
-train.
I .
.Mr. BoweiTnan spent Sunday with
hU DaTents. Mr. and Mrs. David Bow
erman, on the farm 'four miles east of
thin city, and in the evening, after
bringing his sister to Salem where
she Is atteudlngUchool, lie started for
his home the other side of Turner.
He drove a spirited team to a neavy
wagon, which contained a cook tove
and a numinT of otner artk'ie intewl
ed for use on the pltw where he was
Ilvinir. At Wm. IIlHeaTy'a farm the
wagon 4 fond crowe the railroad
diagonally, but for some distance from
this "point the roads are Iwth clear or
inrush or ttmler. as they run through
open fields. The railroad 1 stralglit
and the ground lelns level, trains us
ually run at a great sieea over this
tiou of track.
4nt how Mr. Bowerman's team
catne Into collision with the train will
ni --iv nmiin a nivMpn. Il wore a
hravv duck coat with the large collar
tied up about his head, and as the
wind was blowing quite briskly from
lmve txen poiie
ti.. -k. ,ha nnt linnr the traiti as It
till V 111 ' , , .
nranHht from almost behind him
Tiw. n-t.iatia i it claimed was not
-wtumletl for. the crossing. . But it !
Iitlictilt to ee how the; headliglu
could have failed to give warning of
s 11k amroachInjr danger. Hie eiuii
..u,. .. ...i (ir.oiio n ,n-hn nw the team
in .Itni in .. -
niMt un?nn lust uef ore the fatal coi-
ii .i .. i. ..ixu. ii.i rtp it was too
uiMiiu fii iwir
late to top the train. ay that tne
horses tecame frightened and unman
ageable and plunged, with tneir trriY
"er, In front of the engine Into Instant
death. - ; i -''.' ' . .
The englnef rrnck the wagon Just
bmk of the 1 front wheels. The box
au l rear wheels were thrown on the
e sUlo of the trak while the front
wtie4s with the horses f ell " on -' tha
west aide.- Mr. Bowerman was thrown
itiHttt t he pilot of the engine, where
he traa found fylus o Iwirk. death
-having evidently come to ' hint m
fctantly. ; . :f '' ";
The train wa brought to a stop as
sixin as possible and with Lanterns
V the trainmen and passenger begaivto
- look for the man and team. -t
readilr fouwl by tne
side of the track, near the road. Frag
th wasroiL could lie found
. , iAriut n Liflr the track. Tlte shat
tered l.ox lay against t lie fence die
. n-i.ir.ii wn fouml a dog. killed in
the collision. It wa ome irrae
. t be lHsly rould loeated.
rear( h.,l ahMig each ide of the tntk
for ome ilistnuce without ;' nd
it was decfcleit toseart h nnder the ears
thinking tlutt possibly the body mlgftt
hare causht la the ringing tneath a
T1h seaiT-U resultCHt In- tlnd tng
the bly In tbe iosillon a telatetl
ti- ........ --
hv eiHhfitoriug agaio to get up a reo- anl" It can-lw aWu to, ooo.
liitUm reLtHng to tlM Moatana Sena- T1" nmnlier of iDdian agenclea U re-
i.rtJ . f fut,,f'- Nrt 1- KH1k: Xeah Bay. Was
h-irislatlvt lulnew,f aside from the Nevada. Xev.: QnaiMtw. Imluin Terri-
a he knetr, no mhIi rombiuation ex-
FOrt TUB INDIANS !
Wa.hinston. l?. IT. The Indian
anitroiH-lsitutn l.ili
-,'dav hr tin- HonHe t-ommUtee fn Inillau
iwti rxie-aiMi u- ox. Iowa: HUftz. rer
gon; Slsseton. Huuth Dakota; Tulalip.
Wash. The rxtlmatv niake no h-o-Tision
for eonrraet Indian school a. but
fJo.iNM) ii allowed for the Hampton
state echool. a thU 1 not considered
a ne-tariaii Mchool. ' ! f
In afhlition ll.ttnrt tot the Kalem.
Oreson. wlHol. for the eUetri' light
and tcaiH heating phttft. Im provhled.
A section was adilel to tht bill, ollow
Insr tiie SiVtz Indian of tregou to
4H)1 of lease a iortion of their reserva
tion. ; . .- - :
aliove with the sprinjc eat tielonsing
to the wagon, lying acroy It. Wlien
it was d-ovtT-l that the man was
deiid 11k. train backwl op to Turner
nd the dead man was removed from
the engine to tiie Soutliern Pacific d-
pot,a where tiie liotly remainet until
t'oronor I. V. iJiiie. who was bhiii
moned Suiwl.i.v evening. arrivel yes
terday morning.
T1m eoronor learned what lie could
of tiie accidenr and dwided It un
necessary to hohl an inquest. i The
immIv was ttrrnd over to Undertaker
W. T. Uigdon, who I nought It to thia
city. After a careful examination of
the -body. Mr. Uigdon declared that
tjiere was not a (Tatc-h or a . bruise
non it. Tle ne'k, Imwever ? was dis
locatetl at. the iolut of Its jaiu-tnre
with the head, and this wa evidently
the cause of death.Jf ; 5 ;if 1
D'iis4d was alMHit 27 years of age,
a young-man of sterling qualities, en
joying tin conlidetM'e of oil his friends
nud neighlior wlio was xhta-ked with
the news of his -Midden taking oft. " He
leaves.- to mourn hfc nntliiMly demise,
a father and mother. Sir. and Mrs.
David .Bowerman: a sister. Miss Mary
Itowerman. attending -"achool In this
city, ami one brother. Jay Bowerman.
an atffrt-ney. formerly of this city, but
now local ed. at Condon. J
- To Post pone Old Age.
Tiwr. la i4'st 1 1 wHirr is to a ipl y elec-
trlcity to the le of Hmv brain. The
hardening of the anterles the first
srmittom-is followel liy a crundling
away of Je brain ceils, 'inns mnT
proluces the mental charactertstica of
old age Not alone does thta treat-
ment restore the feelings or yowiu
nt nnxVores. tlve apnea ranee of it-
While hundrtRls or exiaenmeuis iw
iH-en nrep ntd. there Is bht one way
of prolonging yoitrn. .ami tum i y
the preservni Ion of iM-alth. For this
und for tle cure of eonstlpa-
tlon. Indigestion, yiqiciM.-i,
A-i.iir disorder. Hosteller's Stomach
Bitters was placed lierore tie pnout:
over flftv rears ago. Money rauuoi
bur a iMter remcly. Try It, and yon
will le conrlnceil.
APPLES FROM
OREGON SOIL
Their Value la the Markets of the
1 Entire World Shawn
BY THE HORTICIITIRAL BOARD
. Jt. 0-1 f tha State and
spienuw .o-v. - ---- - -
Espeelally f tiie Willamette
Valley In Demand.
,. Mrrtnrv or tbw
II. E. nocli. fir "
Col.
State
itrtrml of i Horticaltuie had an
Installment of bi splendid re
othen
port In the band of the printer yeetcr
Ilar. In thl iwrtton of it 1 devote
rokleral z1K,h. to U.e O.t.gon ap
ple ami the apple rtardt ; of the
ti.. Qt-itsjimn is iermltteti to
make the following cxfens from ft
Ttln ara contimwlly receive.! at
thh office from dealer abroad, trsking
. 'nMenf. In contmnnk-ation with
erower and Mhlpin-m of Oregon frnlt,
r which hare been
the super'"' ; ,
oroven time and agaln. ns
Nmsumer
t discriminaiv am lT
ticfflntilng l tliscrimiua --
are lginu ' at the Colum-
rtUtlan Flilcago. andVlh
LH".i.rihml Itposltioa at Jua-
iran..T-::-v -f .j, fmit were
r7limU o visitors. The
ntai-ard- on fruitstaml la targe ea.
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11000 ;
. ... . "
iti -ltIe.. wljer frtnerl,r iKne were
cfn, now" rnl: - "Ch'ejtHU Ailrt.
Orejrou IVar. Oregou CberrietJ,
"Oregon ' I'eacUe. tt- wlilt-b eautt
le?u Imt lie Kratifyinar to uur fruit
srrowern. '
, It Iras la my ata' continually
enlarge - tlte uf ulnexs f thfc ottvi,
rt.'H-hiu? out in all direction for eXz
paniun of our fruit lmhiwtry: y Tea
ftnt trf ' thrs. a - isinnln;r of fruit
Liimienta to the Orktit toa teen
iualiv . TlmMijsli orreiionkiK-ef wltU
-nuln anl oSealer. It hit Iteen learn-
et that tlnrre i rinit a tieUl fr orera-
tlon in Wlmnffhal. 'ilftn; Koiiz. eml
I tler-large 'ltii of China, a well a
Naxttsaki. Toklo. Japan, and evan Sl-Ix-ri.i.
A lihlpiiKut -f niilfH was re
itntlr, made' to Vfcnlivotockv' Saeria,
which. founl a Tory jympa tingle
niarket among tlw litian lnbalt-
itjinh. wiHt ery proniie of xian-
ftiffon. ' One firm In 'Nasaiakl nsktd
tne' to have Khipied to them, last year I
a a trial order. on hundred iHxej of I
applet by ftnt samer. atwl a like
qnantlty on lite following teiwiMT.
imyins -ah for tlmn. Tiiejie onhn
were nirn.it over toa com mi k-a iora?
In Portland, whhh filkxl iIkui with
-ridcnt aatlsf action, as the tnnle since
then has steadily increased. A1ii!e I
h mit to rejieat myself, tliese Or
iental m:nk are of w much imior
tanee that' I cannot l.lp talking aliout
it. snut rwoimnend the closest Investi
gation of It. a j it will give tut an out
let for all iun'lus fniits. We cannot:
always -expect failures in -some of tm
eastern or-l-Juropean fruit centers for
the marketing. of our tti plus. There
nre yesirs wwn au sections nave an
irndant fruit crtqs. and then tlte Becaa
slty of a market to tlr. wet of t will
lie very apiiarent: a this Is UaWe to
ctw at any time. It b well to J pr.-pane-.r.
.BenuanlH-r the o'.d ad-age. -In
tiu of i-ice prt pare frr war." '
, .V fVMMF.nriAI FIHTIT.
Striking of apiJes o -ontiuaily re
ferred to by all -4uiils and tktil rs
from- every forHau , iwvrt. . ' we ta nd
bead ami shoulder a'liove ir nelsh-
lioi as prolnirs f fine apples. Otea.
.u 4135 acinir"l'tiie sdrhruet4f Tiie
Ijtind if Iil Apple-." am justly ro.
ever since that halthy fruit was first
introhiced bv Mr. 'Knelling in tiie
vttrit forth s. ;
: AVhile-.april'B! are grown , to pr rTt-'
tion all over our state, yet ceitaiii r
t ions are InHter adaptetl for apple cul-
tre- tluin oiIhts. I n our Willa met te
Ynllcv aindes eiow evt-ryWin re In
gicat prifus:on.4mt tly have'tlot tin
kt-4-piug .qualities of those either. In
Southern trregon or 1'a'tern Oregon.
tliough tiuall.v line tktvorctl and Uigh-
Iv'coloicil. Apile tt'M -standtag on
mv grounds near Portland, ami plant
ed nirlv tifty yars ag lvTwins.
SiifEciilergs., IaII FIppnwM iloria
Mundl.'PMhiir-btar as tine fruit
txkiv as they ever did.
The total acreage -planted tf apices
at tM-e'iit in Oregon is a'xMit ixtyen-
thouUMt rive fliundred aotvs. bnt now
that it has Inn-onie apparent that the
aiH"' s the cccntmTt-lal fruit, many
new phintui.es ar iMng -maur, nota
bly In SmUhern Or gon. llool Ilirtr
Valley, and tire higlicr plateau region
of .Knstern' )rigon. wliere appCew ctin
lie crown to prrf 'tion commerctarly
Mr olservf.tlor : at the .sluimian
Exikosition. ht'W at fliUago in 1SJ13,
nnd"m:a- rweutly at tiie Tras-Mw-
sbisionl KxiKxsiton at Oinaha,led" me
to the conclusion -tnat t iie . nppio .ts
Mm- cmni'rcial fruit par exHIk nce
of the whole wotU as a fresh fruit.
f4lowe1 bv our tint- prunes as an ev
aporated prtsluct. We only ieed to
kei track of nrodnetion ami con-
snmntlon to 1 coiiwa eonvrm-eii soon
tliat such Is the casv. as- wople iH-cotie
more educated or civilized so to speak.
if roil will allow me to tifesueh a terse
exTirestdon, th mwe they li'arn thai
fruit. eiHciallv aimk. U the let
food for arwri.
In INK! Ainerlea nan one or tne larg
est apple crops- up to that 'tinw, and
he err came from every tiuartcr
"ovnrodnctlon." yet thfc year crop,
which Is eoua i!y as hirg
If not larger
finds that prices are very flrni-pples
wihhi sold In'lK-Ntmt New ork at w
etnts jor oarei are qmnet iu isij. v
f l.5d jxr barrel.: and the market in
Ore2on is very firm in synuintny wttn
the!e conditons. First claTs four-tier
anolcs are now selling at from 85
cents to $1.25 wr lox; for shipment
Fitst and to Europe,' and in a Khort
time will roach a higher figure,
What does all this mib? Jirst mm-
nlr thfcr That the mark Is liettet
organIzel. -Tiie grower and dealer
have come Into closer touch witn -raen
other Tor ineir mntnai neneut. .MPK"
Jrave Irecome further dUtrdute.l than
Ikt-retofore. and Eitrope lias Icarued
it he value of Amerh-an apple as a fooil
to iUiistrate. I-it spring-a wmmi-
ion Isinso et one tarload of New
ton PippiuH of Soutlkcrn Oregon grow
ing to Hamburg, m tiermany, wnicn
were sold for fifteen marks, or $3.tr
, AlMut a month ago a gen-
tlemau came, itno my oiTlce awl l"e-
Kented his eanl: 'he proved to be a
comndsisim mercliant frm Hamburg,
He said to ne that he wa present
when this car of aiples was auctioned
I oft, and was one f the bkkler; lie was
U impresl with the fine, quality of
tiwxi.. ai.nlivt . Uiat be "ame overs In
person to make arrangement for 'I hi
winter suppiy
Tlte outlook for tb,apple in tbe? fn
ture. as a eotanK-relal fruit. 1 certain
ly a most irn!nilng one. - r , .
A eommerrlal apple otcliinl, located
wltere climatic ami soil comlitions are
umst - coneetrfal t- their trf-ctfn. is
one of the twst-paying rropo1tkn f
tbhr day. From tdiHerratioa 1 nmi
that the demand ami onKUmption of
apple Im-reasei. ifroni year to year, to
tt exclusion or nKi. oiur irnus in
tbe fresh state. folJowetl closely by oar
fim rtrun an eraporatad prwlaet.
The a pi lie r h ' 1 e iruir wui -Mi.itn
is tff he reeetalJe line whett-
I ever ? ou-e lntrolm-el. It 1 Mmiv- to
at ay.
; OBEflON APPI-B OTICHARD (
' TiJi-re I ilfi4ians.no more faseinat
log or ennobling pursuit .In life, and
pissil4y twuie wore profitable. tliaa tiie
srowiu'jf of Mlej Tu lnet who Ua
wieletl athl raveil over tin leveot
Betu of ik-auriful girl lwrty into
lutiiilen nutl, ; ulthnate wt.ioauho.Hl
will fin) it oun(eriidrt in au Oregon
cuttle on-ltartl. To jiinl aifl w.itrh
in early 8ring tiie im-ktniu? of tiie
apM tfri-e . tue gratHtal -leveloiaji:'nt
of Utif ami lithl. sitkl the jft Mk. I i m ui
oieuiug , Vf - il liewitehiujr lilixsotn.
filling "i the air with its iuuixo ating
fragrance:" Mie" liual fruitage of the
iagnifuet rel jaiple for'whieh Oro-
tion ha become fauiou i a mm-iii iu
.'setr. . ..
, This, healthful frnlt. ha onlr recent
ly , received iiroiwr ref-ogtiitk8 in a
k-onmiereial way in, Oregou. uce we
lenrmri that ajjles crow to uneh x r-
feetlon a to ize. etilor. parat:ihk'iies,
quantity ami. iong-k-Hng nnalitles.
making It in exi ra line artu I. not
lalooe for luime eomwnption. but for
export trade. .-, ,
in Oregon th pbtnter cannot onlv
tltwl the locaihtie het Miit-1 to tiie
Idiffcrem rarieth ,t fruit, but in ad-
dltkn,im hfc chh a to climato.
war ct Kasteru Oriaou. with
its cxirime titm. tin arid lands of
tills vast inland empire, s local, d east
of tlie't f a-ade Uange of nioitntains.
cvfiecially along th anyms ami Hat
areas of tlM Sunke ltlr-r. which were
mrrtofore i.nsiUtvd only tit to trrow
sagebrtrsh and greasewnl. jk! the
home of the jackrabbit and toad, has
proves,! woiHlirfuIIy , fertik uu1t ir
rlgation. 4ind uml'.'r tle mauagcincn'.'.
of irogrfssive and ui-lo-ilate frult-
growers. The lM-autifiU vallevn that
lie scattered 1-irriHiglioiit tlw - higher
plateaus nud Blue Mouiciins. a, well
as tl now famotiM II.mhI lilver valVy.
along tue t.oiuinlii.1 river, oud wljl.-li
U not dvp.Mid tijsm irrigation, are
most ferlilp spots for the fruitgrower:
r.crhap.v nowhere do apples grow . to
art '.iter rierfct!on as to lr.e. flavor ami
color than In Hk-sc valleys.
Southern Oregon tempt him with its
enchanting, valleys.". -lear nkis ami
liahey air. The 1:hhiim,scJ granite
soils. -as fourwl in the Uoguf Blver and
rmiMiua vai;?-s, offer tire sanK- ad
vantages t.) the lMriiciiltiu-t. The
comuM ri'fal apple orchards In this k-
ion.. wliU-ai -iulH-ac- froai oiw- Ihui-
Ired to one hruMlrel and sixty acres.
ship tlis-r apples mostly to Kuglaml
land tlermany. when- tltrey Ikivc found
ft snqitlwtic market at go:wI figuns.
Tlen then is our own Willamette
valley of two -huihlrnl miles r mAre
In lengtlu with cntab climate
UiroughtMit tiie year, 'w'hh-h 1m,s. and
always did .grow line apk.-i. True,
Ibey luive Ht the keiiiiug qualities.
owing to our humid climate, of those
raised in tin- more dry localithc and
higlier . altltmles. But for sire, eokir
ami tlavor they are not "excelled any
where. Apple -growing Is no longer au
cxih riment in Oivfon. . The liif-i'ssaut
drudgery, the tiuiiKrons and kei'n dis
appointment which aie HciiIlar to all
rew utcrprlse and from which horti
culture" in Oregon did not esiape, are
things ivf the past. We have readied
the ra of sch-ntiric managetiMnt of
the oichard1 and r-mnncrattvi price
for the product. The apple onwards
of Orcgtm are coudmtsl along bnsi-
neH Unc am wlentitic basts. They
are ihtuimhI coclr wasmn, jlowI and
cuMivattd from thno to tins', as n-
onirel. and tlioronghiy sprayed with
tho pioiH r coiiiihiuihIs live or six times
aeh vear to coinlhir and ;nltue fung
ous dlsasTe ami1 Insect js'Kts, notably
the cMlling iiMith, ami liLcouwequcnco
are enabhsl to market from ninety-
tlTe to ninety-eight 'r cent f goinl,
c an. wholesome appbs. . While ap-
tilt are now wiling in the 'Mltfclla
West and Fast at fl..s per barrel, our
apples bring readily r ccnlat to ?1.2-"i
lxr iox of fifty io.ds ea1", or more
than double, n-s one twrrcl Is MpiaI to
IhuN- Itoxes. Many1 cars of firs-t -class
four-tier apples for ex iort trad. were
sohl thN week at t box.
Ilortlcmtnre Is n Miwml wotk-an
artdh-d wlem-c. In It expectations are
never realijEtil withoitt painstaking
wnrt- nil trt-tnir lutttonc-. fliMiat rp.
suits i-ome turfy to those, even In 4hiThe tfoulds Claim New York Courts
favorer! state of ours, who go into the
blw,lww, nndcrstamlingly. give
I thph. !oj,t tllowntJl nnf B
to It
manage
Ibe apple orchard as fiiey would any1
other bnsincs renture, and -.keep
abreast of flic t Pines. ,
In -all siag? of Nasal Catarrh there
sliouhl tie cleanlinew. As experience
proves. Ely s 4 ream Balm Is a cleans
er, soother ami Iwaler of the dlseaw
membrane. If l not drying nor Hri
fating, and doe not prod oee sneezing.
Ittte Tit -ents at druggist or It will
hi malii-it lit" f'TIr ttrnl r: ..tVarrin
- Mreet New York. Vm lelng placed
, , nostril it snread over t lie
membrane and relief 1 immediate.
It
I an agreealrte cure.
A COOHTY JUDGK IS APPOINTED
Go v. T. T Gee r Fill tbe Vaeaney ia
fDoo;iai Conntj by Baminar
Hon. M. D. Thompson
dor. T.. T. Oeer yestemlay appoint
ed Hun. M. I). Thojopsoo of Boselmrg.
a -ounty Jwlge of T'ougla1 county.
lo ncecd Jndge Joseph Lyon , re
signed, to take effect , at one. Judge
I .yon, who retire from the 'ofilce
voluntarily to look after hi private
bnsines Interest, wa a Deniocrat.
lie wa elected in tSDS, and had near
ly two more year to rvv 15
r The newconnty jmlge of IXwtgla
county 1 at irent rvlng a one
of the county romoiUsioner. He I
a nennbllean. an awe and consxien
don omcer, a nian of affair and ha
the entire - confidence of hl people.
He tiad tle ctalonsement of tiie lie-
publiran tt?nrral committee or "l
-.wl rv,w,li.t-rrvL.tf tire
I..' "" J rZuJZ V. -t-Mi
andvlciBity. - - -
So declsioB ha tieen made a yet.
a to the'ux?e-sur to the position of
Z.tr mi.rrtJl hr Jnd?e
. 4h. -in
. r .
FinST.
A VANCOUVER
ISLAND WRECK
The Steamer Alpha Dashed to Pieces
In a fierce Sea.
SEVERAL OF HER CREW DROWNED
Heroic Work of One Member Savf d
ilauy Uvea Lowi If Partially
Covered b Insarane.
VANCOrVFlt. B. r.
Dec. IT. The
steanier Alpha Joumdertj
-l mi a rock on
the F.at -o;ist of . Vaiteoiiver ltdaud.
and I a' total wm-k.' The captain,
three engineers,- the managing owner,
the purser and three aneu were
drowned, v :
THE D FT A II
. Vancouver, B. TV i lee. 17. The
new of the dlsater was brought here
tonight' by the steamer f'Mrj front
Union Bay, on theast ekle of Van
totiver lslaml. The faiiioiv rteamer
Alpha whose tinauthoriiu1 trip to (Jape
Nome last May ltronght her Into con
tllct with the ? Treasury lK-partment
at Wnshfhglou was wwk-wl -ii tlw
reef near, the entrance to Fuiou Bay,
and not a vestige of theon thousand
ton stesiuier remains.
Nine persons were drowmnl. had the
reiaalnder of the crew of (thlrty-foirr
were sm veil by the pluck of an un
known memlHr of the ship's crew, who
swam 'in the raging n from - the
ivrwk to the light house with a line
around his waist. ,
The drowned are: Snuwicl BarlHr,
of .-Vancouver, managing owner: t'ai
tain F. X. Yorke. of Victoria, maxter;
Fnglneer Iiunn. .Victoria: SHnid As
sistant Fngineer Mtnray. Vau-ouver;
If. White, purser, Vancouver; Cros
by and Sullivan. aldo-lHMlled eamcu;
a stjowaway. unknown.
, The ship Alpha was valued at, $t..
tum. tiler cargo 'comprised 7T tons of
wait salmon, and X'rfl tns of coal con
slgmM to Yokohama, and rained at
f.HO.mit. The total Insnraiwe on the
ship and cargo wa $d.i.tio.
It Js two wnks since the Alpha firnt
slar.teit;Troni; Vancouver for Japan.- Af
ter she-had 4teeu four daj's out nhe
returued toMctorla partly dlsablel.
ami ae,-usatlons of tainiMt ing with her
engines wtre nitade. Some of the
crew and neveral olKcers left tha
steamer, declaring that she had. Iteen
Inproerly loaibnl, and one of the of
ficers was trfevl and senteiK-eil to six
weeks' 1 Imprisonment' fr hscrtlon
Irfist Saturday the Alpha left Victoria
for.lTtiion. to replenish her coal supply.
A tcTrihc gale was raging, and late
Saturday night the Kteamer ran on n
rKk at liaytie's Sotiml, at the en
traiiee of I'nioii Bay.. She wa quick
ly dasheil to piece, and all would
have -perished bad not one of the crew
nwKle a le.iMrate and sueeesfnl effort
to swim with a Hue to the Hghlhouse.
on. Yellow Island. In a raging neaj
only a part of thos- on the lllfntcd
ship -ntanaged to reacii safety, the of
ficers and owners remaining on lioard
to the last, and failing to reach the
rock. The twetity-tlve survlvom re
mained of Yellow Island, whk-h Is a
rock .2no yanls wide, until Sunday
night. wIm'O the ea. moih-rateid son-e-,
what, and tiie sloop was aide to call
and take tliem to I'nlou.
NO JFHISIHCTION.
Must Dismiss Suit Against
Their Sister, the Countess.
NEW Yoniv Dee, 17. An answer
was made today, in. the suit of Anton
J. Dittuiar. against Oeorge J. Oonid,
lldwin Oouhl, Howard Oould auvl
-rnr.
a 1 i ; 1 r
iCOUNIY COURT IAS? OWE
To Engage a Special Collector to Enforce Pay
ments of Delinquent Taxes.
The Snrene Court yesrertla 7 band-
til down opinion In seven casa, re
cently heard on appeal from tb state
circuit court.-: The moat Important of
these are: " " ; . r-"'"''" '"!:'.
i Slate - of Oregon, ex. rel. Ierl
Ilerren, reiomle&t. , vs. ;W. W
IlaU, ennly clerk of Marion coun
ty ?lregon, a ml A. I lowning.
county 4reaurer of Ala Hon county, 1
Oregon, appellants; appeal from
Marlon tnnty, Hon, It. IV Bofse,
Judge; flffintiHl. ilnhn'liy;t,nfe JM-r t exidh nt to a4st a coiuity f
Justiee It. S. B-an. fleer la Ue dlstbarge of il duti j."
Tin wa a suit brought t- enjoin Tbe ; iys: "And kh can y tio
CIm delivery, by the clerk, ami the ay
mept by Ha tn-flsttrer of Marhm rotin-
tr. of a warrant onlered to In Issued
J by tbe county court to Oeorge O. Bing-
I ham, on a chilm resented by blm-for
- 1 ' " . . Z. .
D-ervke iu tiie eoUectiott of iMinqtient
laaea. Tlte plaintiff tae4 Ita right tt
rt lief nn groumf Uiat the ctmnty M-urt
bad no power or authority to enter In-
to a contract with Mr. BiDgharn to eot-
lb-cf. r tt assist in Ove cUeetloa of
idelimiuent taxes. The argument
SECTION EIGHT PAGES '
Il4eu Ml tmtld.' as trust! muler the
las will and testanwnt or the late Jay
OouM, .to- restrain them fivtn 'continu
ing to 'pay lis Fount an Omutes
Bul de Sastellaue money fnnii Hie es
tate of Jay tJoukt Tbe tWeudaut
allege' tliat the Supreme Court f thlj
tat-;ii.is no Jurisdicthrti vr tiie i-r-Stt
of the unt ounte Fastel
laue. Mm allegett h'tora: the defend
ant eay that previous actk.n- In the
xame ts was iH-guii in Frane, nud
that t lie pivHetit suit should not bold.
Among the tens or thousands who
have used Obamlierlain's (Nmgli Item
ed y for colds and ia grlins luriug the
last w years, to our knowledge, not
a single case has resulted In pneumo
nia. Thos. Whitfield & Co.. I'lO Wa
Uish avenue, Fhlcago, om of the inot
prominent retail druggist In that city,
iu siH'aklng of 'this, says: "We rexion
mend lhanlsrlaln' Cough RmHly
for hi grlil iu many cases, ns it not
only give prompt and tHnjl-te re
covery, but alo counteracts auy ten
tleiny of la gripin to ri'sult 1n pueu-
monia.' For Mile by F. . Haas, tirug
glst, Salem, iJregon.
THE MONROE DOCTRINE.
MAY BH KNFOUCF.D A (J A INST
THIMtr.Pl'BUt OF FUANCE.
Terrlttry he Sonih Anerca llrceutly
Awarded to Brazil -May OaQso
lntermitioual lYtmble.
t-
NFW YOUK, D.i-. 17. Asielal to
the Tknes from Washington wiyntThe -territory
until recently In dispute te
tewen Braxll and France ami which
Ikis lMen lM-reef to Itclong to ,ltraxil
may shortly lui-ome an object of a
dispute U'tweeti France and, the
FpMed States, should the .Mourts
doctrine 1h violated. The territory
lying won tit of French Ouiaua In th
state of Para, ami containing loo.om
stpiare miles, was claliiMl by Brazil
and Pram -c. and Hwlizrlaiid- was
UMHle rblrrabr. Her tlecislon was in
favor or Brazil.' Ifrfs nw reiirtcd
that -some French financiers anticipat
ing that the decision would lie favor
able to France had already Invested
their capital In this territory. They
nr now. It Is afcd trying t engln- .
ht a d-ul by which the French gov
ernment will ldiy this land from
Brazil.
Tho state department has alsolutelj
no knowledgo .on tiie subject. It .
attention, however, ha lieeii called to
the matter, ami the attempt of the
French capitalist to s cure govern
ment aid in getting their money back
will be watched with Interest. There
l hardly any question, it I said at
the department, that uch action
rwbnh I bo a violation of the Blonris
doctrine anI W4iikl cull forth a pro
test from the Fnltel States.
As loiig a 1 ho claim was In It
original forui, France might haye
maintained! that she was wimply rec
tifying her lKMindarle, ami that the,
Fn If ed State cannot object to that.
Kveti In that ease u re-tlOctlou of
lHHimlarics which Involved au area of
l(NMMMnih-H would le closely examined
I'Tatu-e ha however, forf el tetl the rluht
to make that lalm by submltling the
matter to arbitration by Switzerland.
The!' territory Ikis in-en otnclally de--rtH'lil
by tho wis tribunal tn be
tmtslde the lKHiinlarieH of French
Ouiana.
Editor' Awul PHght.
M. Higgins, Editor Seneca, (111.')
News, was afflicted or years with Pilci
that n dr-ctor or retriedy flieJ-pcd until
he tried iBucklcn't Arnica Sake. lie
writes two boxes wJiolly cured Inm.
It's rlie surest INle cure on earth and
hc be it valve in the iworkl. Cure
guaranteed. Only 25 , cents. Sold by
DR. STONE. Druggist.
OEN. PABKH DEAD, -WASHINGTON.
Do-. 17. MaJVir
funeral John il. Parke (retlnd as n4
itm'li. dltshit his nt4lik'ue lMre yes
terday. Btarath
SifMtar
of
FIO)
that by law the sheriff 1 made th tax
collector of 4 tie county, and the comity
-ourt cannot Interfere yvlth hi dtitl,'.
But the court hold Hlhat, conceding
thM iss!rtlrti. "the contract In question
bc not attempt to InU-rfere with the
. dutle of the sisriff or auy other oflie
er. " Ttic "eotinty ftmrt by etatute 1
made tin general financial r Julnfs
agent of the county, charged with th
fane and manageiiK'nt of If btriine
'a ml fmnb (Hill's Ann. Jiws. Or.,
.- wli. ; and to timt end lr may,
Uiile twolilliHetl by law. hr;t ui li
iiM-ans a in It judgment mwiv 1s pro.
T-rsMavu wor iv nray wn, il hi 111 jims-
tnent necnsary, emiIiy some oiw o
eollect. or nlst In crJkvtlng fiom dc
linunent taxiMiyer from wliom pay
ment could not lie tlMrwlse- eiiffrrcril.
-. ln tlrt cas. tlw-re wa 110 at
leini-t. iu luimm- in 10.-.1111
tempt b Interfere wth the tlullcs of
lb4. KlM-riff. but rather Ao give him as-
slstam-e In order that something inlaht
le realizett on delinquent faxe wiiii ti
eonkt not. lie collected by ' lega I p.ro-
. The V-cie. f the court le!o4V
'h. thfTefore,. revtrd and the com-
im idalnt dltiils'.-d.