u 1 .ft. C1 iiKutiiALLY nieAnd o German fleet Seizes Teir vmzuela l ;ar .vessels and Destroys : Several Uniierno ino Repairs ia the llarborPrisoners Relieved ,Bt!v S"rc asf i a orear patriotic Dtrnl 1 0EStrat!oa!l!ob Paraded Streets, Stoned Geraaa Embassy and el! German and English Subjects. Were Arrested-Tbe People Called to Arms. . , ? LAGUAYRA, Venczuelcr, . Dtc. 10. Ten Cfrraan iitul'fnir w.i t . w. iciinurim. K.nrn ms wnereaDouts. inigaaJe nas len. oerman and four British cutters t. opposite the Island of Trinidad. 'also disappeared. -and the natural pre captured the. Venezuelan flftet yestfr- i. 11,0 B" torpedo.? boat t destroyer sumption is that they are having a u j. a ey went - alongside' the Ve'ne- xuetan vessel n a .w ' , " " xo sur gagea m blockading the mouth of the render, nwl without a. shot being fired Orinoco. The entire- coast of Vene tho .British and Germ a n forces seized ZUfc,a from the Orinoco river to La the-vessels in the name of th- German P"? w,1 be blockaded from twlay Emnc-ror and th vl. ,rTOan.y the British war vessels, while the Kmpcror and the King; of England. .Venezuelan coast from La Guayra t Two of five vessels which were under the Colombian frontier will be blocked going repairs were broken Sip. The German cruUer Panther steamed into the harbor during- these proceedings with her kecks cleared for action. Th Venezuelan steamers were taken side of the barbor and eariv thl mrn.l ing the General N ; Cfespo, ; Tutmo and ... . u,, OAKLAND,' ' Cat, Deo. 10 .-The the only Vessel spared, in. view of a. .--.'- , . .nwitchmen In the employ of the South- 7"; thfr Fr?h Char8 ern Pacific Company have been given who notiie the commodore of tha a ww we scale, which establishes a allied fleet that the Ossun is the prop- straight rate per hour, instead of the erty of Fraike. rij- ; 7 v j farmer wage rat of $75 per month for At 10.-2O1 last night 130 German pallors iy men and S8 and 90 per month for were landed and proceeded to Cardo- hight- men. The new rate 1$ us fol ll. a sufcorb:-of 1 1a euiWra: Jn.' which lows.'.. Day helpers; 28 .cents an hour: is the Ifatf;d residence of German Consul Lentz. -who, with his family, wero esrrted to La Guayra and placed on bi:ird .the warship Vihcteu On their way back to this port, the '.German sail ors met ai party of Venezuelan soldiers but no collision took place. t - At 5 o'clock this morning a landing parly of IJrhish sea men, went to the J Sritish Consulate and conducted Brit ish Consul II, hu nek and .his family on board, the Retribution. The Ger man awl Biltlsh residents: at L iuayra have all been arrested . with the exception of Messrs. Kieldwicii I'rincB aiid Lepaee,; the Knglish direc tors of the harbor corporations who barricaded themselves iii their .houses and later Were rescued by the forces - of the allied ! powers abd : taktn' or , board the .Retribution. . The . EngiTsh mena' houses were surrounded, '. by Venezuelan V policemen. but ij when party of '320 sailors w&a ! landed thio afternoon: and, marchetl J to 'their: .'relief -tUe policemen k made no;resItalice and the Inmates h were cmffuct6d to):.the RfrIbutlon without .troublejii hlfil -' JTlio Rritlsh and German wanships . however, in the tn'-antime, .had cleared ' Tpr actlch. No one her f j ca. explain ' the e tion of tbft;aJHelij?ferKinItak ing action without , giving v.Venezuela tme.to reply -to .their note.. - The ler- njum cruiser Falk has Sailed for Puerto Cabejlo to search for the'.remainder io the Venezuelan fleet. c The troops are expected-here from Caracas as, the Government is credited with thi Intent of repulsing any land ing by the Allied forces. ; , , V. WILLEMSTAt); Curaiao, Dec. 10. There were greaj patriofio demonstra tions In Caracas", l.iist night 4when , the news arrived th;ii: the British and v German warships had seized the Vejie-zu.-lnn war vessels at La Guayrs. v Crowds quickly gathered and paraded the streets of the capital. The popu lace marched to the palace of Presi dent' Castro, i. who addressel It. The mob then moved on to the German Legation, shouting "Death to the Ger ' mans." The windows were shattered with stones.' The police made n ef Vfort to disperse the demonstration. At 10 o'clock at night the Govern ment ordered the arrest of all jQerman and Knglish residents. . 0 hmir latr 1?5 persons, prominent in social and commercial life, were crowded togeth er in the 'police station. Ninety-seven German re sidents were arrested, a mons; hem German Consul, Galentlne Dlohm .and th tlclgiah Charge, F. S.'GoITan was arrested by mistake and.tahen ta the police station, but was release J ten minutes later. ! r - United States Minister Bowen . went 0t once to Prisident Castro and suc ceeded In obtaining the reAne of Dr. Koehlcr and Consul Valentine Plohm. The Hritlsh and. German flags have been publicly burned. ; Castro Appea's To People. ,, - Paris..! Dee. lt,-?A Venesnela ov emmont com m a aivmt Ion Is Issued here stating thit PrMluent Castro bar nr pealed to the .Vchexuela people to take up' tirms ngalnst German , jnd Great Drlluln. ) . Forces LsM3 Msrines. t nnaVM. DOC. iv. Anglo-German fleet Ms entering hn rbor nnd th Ar ?na r.t from ths Custom J0ue. the rot The landing of marines has begun. , , Action Without FroeseUr.i. WAPHrXGTON. Detfie-lirwasMj- St the mitlsh .-Te';; totlay thU th e ac t ion Castro in ordering te , r "V, . subjects of the PrRi'-h arvT J j Go'ernments in Caracas as countries sups' -- - each oinr. a in v nA .. . r r t Sill II be regarded s the" dcclar-itlon of war. ,,-' ' The numbers of the J her, indeed, .regard It ns iSJl ' declaration in Itself. MIR u r 1 k-w prompt ction in ?nf' fdx n dent Castro the rele5.-e of the G and Rrlilsh subjects. :rtett In. j cs yesterday, is in ftn S.r-' .. . a between tnc -r man and r.ritisrf Ambasiad.,. Secretary Hay. - ' - Formlna B!oo!;ad. -PO'lT OF FPAIN. Trinidad. Dec. 10 -KelTIrtr;Lhruiserhry the Venezuelan gunboat "Y' th this harbor .last night.. Fh t-..,i t.. r.'a r,mAM ntTn. "- crew. of the . a trt took tha t ' BEGUN " 1 ' ' ' ' ' iuayro, situated on Jthe Venezuelan wu.H! nas receivea. instructions to cap c . r"riua" ture a Venezuelan War vessel now en- tne V!".'. - war i vessels. SWITCHMEN 5 GAIN POINT f,OUTnEnN' PACIFIC! COMPANY ADOPT A NKW FREIGHT RATJC WAGB SCALE. aay foremen, 31 cents an hour; night foremen, 33 cents an hour. . The scheltile provides for "no Suri days on," but 1. the figures will allow the men to raJte two Sundays off month and will still be an appreciable Increase over the former figures. The new wage schedule as fixed by the Southern Pacific L known as the Chicago schedule. ; ' There . is a rumor at the West Oak land yards that the switchmen will, through their foremen, endeavor to have the company allow them to have the two Hurdays a month, with full pay .added. . - v ?,; - .. : : The enfineers and fir emert have pre sented a demand for increase of pay and It U reported that the men will be given an incremHe of 8 per cent, i m : - , ':-!, - ' : i.. t.-ii'.i' L0RENZ WORK TO CONTINUE -II iuiyijui uiA.i riU'rr: sail Ij' j a . t zr Frederick ;M"Mfer,' ', aiilstant t4t j i l- tepsor; Aypw l-ortwfe' tr ria mpBS; AM-1-trlan urgwn;whoiyteit4i P0 ;4ty iib 0ay,' confirmed the reports" tfjom 'yhl csgo'thaf an-orthopedic hospital s to be estsabllshedln this couhtry and that he (Mueller) would be at the head xf thf Institution, 'Prof. Lorcnz was ask ed if 4he hospital was ,to lfc endowed bjr Mry , 'Armour; r '" ;Cftifgofwho brintght the eminent' surgeon ' here to treat his daughter, In, tp?y Professor Lorrns said:. - v-? 7 .; I: "If war make the little ones Walk, their parents will see that our hospital does not suffer for support." RECIPROCITY TREATY RETWEEN CANADA AND UNITED STATES SUBJECT OF DETROIT DINNER SEECHS. DETROIT. Mich.. Dec. 10. Recl- provdty between the United States and Canada wa the keynote in the speech- tonisrht .t a dinner tendered thel delegates to the .- national reciprocity corfvehtlon by .the Detroit Cbamoer or Commerce and the arguroentJn favor of, it. was presented by John Chaylton a member of the Canadfctn Parliament- QUICK HAS JUMPED. SPOKANE, Wash.. Dec 10. The lo cal fans are fueling a trifle out ot hu mor, just now over " the news that Pitcher Quick has jumped from Spo kane and is now under contract to wear a Toledo, uniform next sea son. Quick Is onr of the finds made by Grim during the latter part of be season recently finished, and he proved . be or a quality that' insured' him n warm welcome here next seasan. The hcie that he would help. Spokane to n-.ake a fight for the top next summer has been dispelled, however, and Manr ager Andrews will have to hurry to fill his pLsce. 'S ; ' . . ' rt, ii.h Frarv. who did Spokane s back stop ork last season, will in all prob-J ability not De seen aa yum kane club's hired men next summer. The apathy of the- big fellow has caus ed him to be disliked by the fans, and Hutchinson, one of the present owners of the club, is authority .for the state ment that some one else will taw the honors behind the bat next season. i 3 r"N : . ; THETS IS r:3 SUBSTITUTE Manager Andrews is now in the East and Is said to be on the track of sev eral likely ones v. ha will htlp make hi team something besides a tail-e'rder. HOLD-UP .NEAR GRESIIAM. GRESIIAM, Or, De. 1ft. Last Sat urday evening as Thomas Ginder" was returning from Portland, be was . ac costed and held up by a masked man near the home of Joe Boyd, , several Wile west of town. Mr. Ginder, Was relieved of his watch, but be had 'the forethought on leaving town, to put hts money In a secure place on hla eerson, which he did, and consequently he was . successful In savin it. - H greatly; ife- j grets the loss of his timepif e, as it J was an old keepsake. HARRIS IS NOT IN SIGHT. FEATTLE. Dec 19. Henry Harris, the California baseball magnate, ar- irlved here this moraine from Portland. (but either purposely or otherwise fall- j d to regitter at th hotels or make known his whereabouts. .Dugdale has quiet chat away from, all outsiders.? Raseball prophets predict that Har ris will succeed in pulling Seattle south. . INSANE OVER FOOTRALlI . j NEW YORK, Dec. 10. G. B. Wesch- k-r, who, during last season, played j Mi halfback ; on the ; University : of Pennsylvania Coot ball team, is In the J University Hospital In a state of, de ! lirlum, says a World dispatch . from! Philadelphia. Weschler was not hurt while playing football in . any . way" which would account for his condition. Two football players are constantly sitting at bis bedside to soothe , his mlndi when he becomes excited, and to hold him down when he tries to get up and fight. When delirious he broods over' football -until he rises up and tries to play the game on the hospital floor! The doctors diagnose his case as acute mania, but are much puzzled to account for. it, , ; His temperature is normal. ; f ; WHOLE FAMILY IS ASSAULTED In California by a Fiendish Tramp HIS RETURN FOR KINDNESS Husband and Wife Seriously Injured and Man and - Boy Fatally OVERPOWERED YOUNG ROY ON 1 THE WAY TO BARN. SECURED A ' HATCHET AND THEN ATTACK ED JURED MAN AND OLI ' COU PLEHE ESCAPED. '! J it s '''' j '-'h " '. 1 '. 7H"?iH' ' n ' S AETNA S, Ca4 l Dec! 19 ?imo: GraVes, a prominent farmer' 'anj hl wife," togetlicr . with .Georgi A:ien, a 14year-bldE boV ah'd George; H. f A'; brigbt, a farm Jiand, werj bruUlly as saulted by a tramp last Moalar mcl I George Allen nd Albright will dt. ' The physi'-ians say tli.'re s . little hope for tha lecovery of Mr. Graves and that the" condition of Mr. Graves is various serious. On Monday evening a tram? apjtar- ed at Mrs. Ojavcs' door and ked for food and fo. iermlsslon to stop in Vmm barn. i Graves sent younr; Alien w.ift him to the barn. The boy earner a light. When outside, the tramp grasp ed his arm, look the llsht from h'si and threw hlrr. down, after which h bound and r-KKed Mm wtlfe.rope. Arming Mmself with a jft'?ief: tho tramp went to the barn nd atack- AlbrlghtT fracturing hU skuM. Tfte tramp then tetumed to theibjy ae had bound and, inflicted woun.ls llfi , tlw haU-het. R.nt.rnlng to.tts hfU- th. tramp attacked Graves wuc, was armc J with a revolver, which he, firrd twIC.t at the tramp missing, him bath times. The tramp wrenched the ;iUd ifrom Graves and f red one shot Into hts back. When Graves fell . the , irarop boun him ami struck him Iwj heavy bliarsrs on the heat witn tne ntcn-r, reader- ing him uncwtieclous. - Mrs. Graves came to th? rescue of her husband, and the tramp M'.tA her with a blow irom the hatcht snJ ben her into unconsciousness. The mur derer ransacktdthe hou.4 securing $!i and flecl. Tli'i injured people wei not found untfl tct'ay. SKILLED LABOR NEEDED COMMERCIAL DELEGATE; FROM THE PHILIPPINES URGES SPECIAL LEGISLATION. SAN .FRANCISCO, Dec. 10. A num ber of representatives of labor organ iKatlons and several city officials gath oied at a meeting at the mayor's office to meetBrewster Cameron, a merchant of Manila, and commercial delegate to the Cnlted States Congress, who ar rived in the Doric List week, Cameron rc presents" the Allied Chamber of Com- atlon are holding a special meeting morce of the Phiilprlne lKl.in.ls and he. behind closed doors to authorise the In presented the Imrwdiai necessity for crease of the capital stock and bonded Philippine lr!sbUlon on iabor. ; cur-. Indebtedness of $39,000,006. This In icncy, tariff, lard laws an ) railroad. I ter.se Is to provide for the payment He addressed his hearers on tlie nwfo of skilled labor abot- thru can lire In th I tropics, and I saw jnat-j.cB ,aM , choice between the Chinese and, thesjwovlde for the extensive terminal "im- J.ipanese. The Japanese would . re- j picvements made necessary by the main and forever compete swlth the;romlng World's Fair. Filipinos and the Chines -would agree ; , to 'reiurn to China, which should - Foils a Deadly Attack. eiate In favor of selectliijt Chinese for r -My wife Ws so ill that g.v1 physl- tho work. He sail: s : : i irlans wre unable to beta her," writes ' There Is on unwi1tte statute x- dulling Chinese m-Mttftlgir.g in Phi!- Irpine agriculture, and therefore the Chinese skilled labor, which It is de, Sired to Jmpert. will n ver enter into rorr.petincn wun ine i.-iruirs jh.i it producers of the t-nited ttates. . DIAMOND ROBBERY. CHICAGO. Ill, D-. 1L Mr. Chas. II. Blackman, a wealthy wilow resiJ- siJimBmmHmsTMA PR A Piano or Organ,,, a Sowing Macliino, fiiiitar, Banjo' or .Mandolin, Accoriloon, Harp, Set of Strings, very appropriate, Music Roll, Victor or Columbia Talking Machine, Several Pieces of Sheet Music. In fact a iuni for Christinas Presents is GEO & WILli'S MUSIC AND SEWING MACIlIIVIi. STOItIC ing in the Kenwood Hotel, has been robbed of J6.000 worth of diambnds In the -hotel in daylight, and while the parlor, a short'-distance away, was filled with people. There Is no clew to the thief. . ' CONFERENCE A SUCCESS NATIONAL CIVIC FEDERATION ADJOURNS AFTER AN INTER ESTING . ANNUAL SESSION. ; . NEW YORK. Dec. 10; The annual conference of the industrial depart ment of the National Civic Federation which has been in eexslon for three days, was brought to a close today. Interest to tb last waa unabated, the hall being crowded to Its utmost capac ity. The final subject of the discussion was "Industrial Agreements.' While no definite y results were reached, the executive committee, be ing empowered to appoint a special committee to review and report on Ji subjects discussed, it was the generally expressed opinion of the delegates that i the conference had been a great sue? Senator M. Al ,. llauna, chairman: Oscar S. Strauss, flrt vice prtsldept iJiniuel ' Gompers, . second vice 'presi dent; Cornelius N. Buss, ; treasurer: Ralph' MV Earley, general secretary. It was al80"declded that the confer ence will hold semi-annual ' meetings hereafter, 'and" loCal organisations' shall be-'' established ri all ib"el Ihrger cities ror tne purpose or carrying on tne eau- catloniil worl 4 of , the federation. , r LIEU LAND FRAUDS ' I i. ! . III , k . , ... jS ARK REPfiRTED FROM IDAHO r XND AJj AOENT WILL IN-'-' T a " IVEHTIG ATE. J " - WASHINGTON. Dec. 10. The Gen ern l Latnl Ofr ce has recosvta a mi imu- nlc-xtion from: the citisin livlnr l" Boise -Basin, Idaho, alleging that at tempts have been madestft ohtain min eral bearing lands under t1rFore54 Lieu Land law in violation of the; .lav A special agent has been ot.lered :o make en invotigation. r , . , JOIN PACIFIC LI-AGUE PORTLAND AND SEATTLE WITII- - DRAW FROM THE NORTH-. WEST BASEBALL LEAGUE. PORTLAND, Of.. Dec. 10. -The Port land and Seattle baseball clabs havo withdrawn from the. Northwest Leaau- and will join the Pacific Coast Leax4" with San Francisco, Oakland, Sacra mento and Los Angeles, Deafnscs Cannot Bs Cured . by local applications. as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There Is only one way to cure deafness. and that Is by constitutional remedies, Deafness is caused by an inflamed con dition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets 'Inflamed you hare a rumbling sound or imperrect hearing, and wnen It is entirely closed Deafness is the result, and unless the Inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be de stroyed forever; nine cases out of tn are caused by cstarrh, which is noth ing but an Inflamed condition of the mucous-surfaces.-: .. We will give One Hundred Dollar for any case of Deafness' (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars free. F. J. CHENEY CO, Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists. 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best." IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. ST. LOUIS, Mo, Dec 10. Stockhold ers of the RL. Louis Terminal Associ- the recently acquired rropertl AVIgglns Ferry, Interstate Car Trans-I t,er, iwi.um: urmn unvaw w lsf m. Austin, of Winchester. Ind.. "but -a, , r.,npletely cured by rr. King's Lif Pills" They work wonder n tmxrh ah l liver troubles. Cure comttipatl.y.-sick headache; 2Sc. at Dr. s;on).'s Irug Store. r ESENTS ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO Not Favored For Admission to Statehood MAJORITY MAKES REPORT Against Omnibus 5 Statehood Bill in Favor of Sub stitute RECOMMEND ADMISSION OF OK LAHOMA AXI INDIAN TEUItr TORY AH ONE STATE OBJECT - TO OTHKftH FOR SEVERAL REA ( - 450NSIN THE HOUSE. 7 ; : ' ,i . .- ' t j -.. t WASHINGTON. I)ecv !. Senator Bereridge, 'chairman , of the Senate Ct-mmlttee to Territories, . today pre sented the report of the. majority ; of the cm'mlttle? against' the Omnibus BIll; for the admission of -lOklahojjia, Arisona and New Mexico as States, ilrfd 'Irt support' of the substitute hill tor the admission of one Stal?, to .eta brace Oklahoma and the Int-i.m Tvril tory, ( ' ; ' " ' -. The admission of New Mexico ;,nd Arisona Is opposed on the ground 'that the population in both trritotI's Is sparse and' insuclrht In nnmbers; that the vast majority of the people In- New Mexico are of Spanish descent and speak the Spanish ianguage only; that many of the p-ople of txtth terri tories do not undTstand the American institutions. The assertion is m:tde that many of the people do not want statehood. Senator Quay presented his Individ ual report In favor of -the Omnibus Statehood Bill. He says the Republi can National Convention in 1900 adopt ed absolution favoring the early ad mission to statehood of New !."jc1ki, Arisona and Oklahoma. V An Interssting Session. ' Washington, 1mc. 10. The feature of the House proceedings today win a tl.ouKhtful sntech'by the venerable Mr. Grow, of Pennsylvania, on the re lations between labor and capital.: At the end of the present session he re tire at the age of 9, after a career in public life extending over htlf a cen tury. "HIj first speech In the i;tse was On "Manl Right to Sail." lie was the author of the Free Homestead. Act. His speech today was regarded as his valedictory to put. lie life, and was listened to with close at tention by his colleagues. 511s jronetu sion was that some sort of roSopra tion between labor and capital wa .he only solution of the lmiendlng prob lem. ' .''' A bill was passed designed to relieve the tea Importers from the effect he recent decision of the Circuit Court In New York, Imposing 10 per cent war duty on tea Imported In bond prior to the time tea was restored to the free list. January 1. 101. Another bill, to refund the duties collected on merchandise from Prto Rico and the Philippines during ths period between the ratification of the Treaty of Parts and the Congressional Revenue Acts for those Islands was also fassed. - - To Substitute "Jsffsrson." Waahington, Iec. 10. The action of Senator Nelson tcxlay In wlthdj!ng the substitute for the Omnibus TStste hood Bill, he says, was for the purpose of making some amendments needed k,..u it lisii itriiftlnr. Tt l ,fbe tn Bime j.rfer,n will be substitute for Oklahoma. The Who! Day Osvottd. Washington, Dec. IS. Almost the entire session of the Senate today was devoted to the discussion of th Omni bus RllL A FINAL ANN0UNCEIJENT.;west of town",.ud places "where d'r,, i i- i fill had been made were gre'itly In this lsn appears an snnounce- aged. One large fill was taken o'ut - i meat, thit will be of vital interest to tlrely and the space had to ti- brl -z many readers. It Is that of Dr. Dar- this xhas now been accompiihed,- ,i i rla, to the effect that he will continue It is stated . on gocxl authority thi hi itay In Woodburn to December 2L trains will be running and r,i.J- r.. After that date he expects to take an receive and dispatch freight by d extended tour to Los Angeles. CaL, :15th. of this month. stopping a t Iloilenbeck Hotel, where he j can be communicated with for borne S Violin, Frcucli ii regular e ni p o r- treatment. Dr. Drrln .has now l.nn at the I Intel Wcsnimirn. seven weens. during which tjme he has treated pa tients from the surrounding country and parta of Hie stale.-. Mnay of tlw-se sre smong the fading reoiIe, and they cheerfully testify that he has r.n- derod them great service. Th doctor b? enjoying his r.tay at .Woodburn int riensfly, but is ke:t so busy that ho cannot Ktt much rst. Patltnl- who ccrttmplat avnIUrig themselves of his serxlces ?urlng the remtllider of bis may, should be prompt 'atsitit com ing in, us many require the doctor's Pr4nal attention. 'His wotiderfui succe hr ts such Vs bus never ! achieved by a memler of his profesin In any cmtnunlty. ' 1 IN SUPREME COURT CALENDAR OP CASES TO HEARD IN NEXT TWO WEEK. bij Clerk J. J. Murphy, of the Supreme Court, yesterday arranged the calen dar of tis-S to be heard by that; tri burral 'during the next two wwka, be ginning 'Monday, Di-c;emler 15th, as follows: t't . 1 . ' ,Mandy, Iec. l.r, p-kra Hubert, et al. res.mndents, vs. .The WashinKtor National Building, Ian & Investment Assot-UtlAn.' .iaiTK:llant; ipieitl Irom Multnomah crunty; T2 m. '- i Twsljy, "Ifs'c. .16.. W. J. Irwin, re rpondent. vs. The Washington Nation al miMlVig. l.an;&- Irifestinent Axs' tiutlon, oppellant: ' uppco.1 from M J ri county; 12 m. ' ' WedTKsIa3V Dec: IT. Flftnnairan & Benocft Bank a corpoi'tloriT, 'spiH-l-lanl.'-vs! Jt.'A. GrultarrC et 1; rc'st.iii(l cnts; apiwal from tjiss cnty: 12 ra. Th.irs.lav, Dec.- IX; The KJfst 1 N'm, tlopial Bank of -'Portland, ct al, plain tiff, vsa Oregon Iulp & Paper Com pany, a corpoiiat ion, A. Neoph and J. I'. Stradtey. defendants. .Cud J. 1 Me Creary, reswrnl-nt; E. E. Merges and I E. Iwtourette, appellants; appeal from Multnomah county: 1 p. m. .Monday. Dec. 23: J. H. A lMrn Mi yH et ai. respondents, vs. Iri Orton, apix l lant; apical from Yamhill county; 12 tn. Joseph Fales, npp'llant. "vs. Kau flsrh Crtmery Co., et si. defendants; St. C. Banfleld.' resiwndent ; . apjl . frosn Multnomah county; 12 m. Ttisdayt I He 23. T. A. flat bade, et ul. aprelIan,U, vs. The Lirch Moiint;iln Investment Company, respondent; ap peal from Multnomah county; 12 m. Davkl l'.rand, res(ond m, vs. John D. and C. H. Baker, appellants; sptcuj rrom MultnoriMh bounty. 12 tn. Wcdnesdiy. 1W. 24. J. II. Ilium, ap-pell-.nL vs. Rainbow Mining. Mlltjnjr H Smelting Company, resiondnt(' np. peal from IfctutrJa county; IS rn. The Chs. K. Spauldlng Losgtng (Company, respondent, vs. Indeftendence F.ills City Lumber ft Improveme nt Company. iHPll3nt;i appoal from Polk county; is m. . Rev. John Held, Jr.. of Great Fail. Mont., Recommend'-d -Ely's -Cream. Hr.lm to me. I can emphasize bis statement, "ft Is a positive cure for catarrh If used as directed." R v. Francis W, Pole, Pastor Central Pres.' Church, Helena, Mont.'' After using Ely's Cream Balm six weeks I believe mysrlf cured of ca tarrh. Joseph Stewart. Grand Ave Buffalo. N. Y. The Bit Iml does not Irritate or cause sneeslng. Sold by drusRlsia-at to tts. or ma!l.-d by IHy Broth r. 6 Warren St., New York. WEATHER GOOD FOR RTOCK PH'OT ROCK, (tr.. U r. , 10 St1;- men or this section are greatly n- couraged over th favorable yS-mhr conditions eujoye! up to Ittfs lim. Utile snow has fallen so far and ihe winter rung was never In better' con dition. There has beon an sbiirtdanco of moisture, and alfalfa as well as Ih native grasses are growing nicely. Pt the neighborhood of L'klali arMl furlh. south to tha Grant county line sever. Inches of snow i reforte, but thl N welcomed by stockmen. fls all are w.-H sappliel with hay and the rnow r, iM give the grass t chance to Rrow. Innui 'Ing good rsriHe tor the summer. Tl.- outlook for. the stock Interests of t-rin-tllla county was never better. TO RUN CARS IN FIVE DAYS iiir-;?ii.i, iir.( uec. io. Ttie rcr heavy rains played havoc with a ":- lllnn nf th. D - W I " . . 1 t'..' I-.. . Legal B:anxs, statesman Job O". : : Vi i captured gunboat ,to the port of La