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G4 . - " : . . ' - " , . . r . . i " - . . ; : ; . .. , , j " ,-" . . . . . . . i. . i r r ' " j ' T ornAvn crPTinv V.TfUIT PAGES. EVroEBJCE UNCOVERED BY GI&A1W JURY Norman Williams Indicted For Forgery of Signature io "' .' Relinquishment COLD Of Mrs. Nesbett and Her Daughter Is "'' Indicated Started From Hood River In the Night Seen no More PORTLAND, Oct. 29. An Indict ment, returned today .-by -"the. .'United States grand Jury against Norman Wil liams on the charge of ; forging- the name of Alma. Nesbett to homestead relinquishment brings to light the de tails cif what Was probably a. double murder in Wasco county. In March. 1900. William met Mrs. Nes bett and her daughter at Hood River and started to drive them to their homestead some- twenty miles'dlstant. After leaving Hood River the women ere never seen a sain. Williams Is a fugitive, supposed to be somewhere on Canadian soil. 1 Known details of the supposed trag edy go to show that years ago Norman Williams and Miss Alma Nesbett were friends at Omaha, Neb., and came West together. They took up home-; REMAINS MAY GO TO LONDON Body of Mrs. Emma Booth- Tucker Arrives In Chicago WAS INJURED IN WRECK At Dean Lake, Missouri, and Died While Enroute to Marceline V . Hl'XliflKDS OF MEMBERS, OF ARMY MKT CORPSE AT STATION WILL. LIE IN STATE UNTIL. TO NIOHT FATHER'S TRIBUTE TO IMS DAUGHTER. CHICAGO. Oct. 29. The. body of Mrs. Emma Booth-Tucker," who died this morning at 3 o'clock. Just as the train bearing her from the scene of the wreck at Dean Lake. Missouri, was drawing Into Macceiine. Missouri, reached Chicago tonight on a Santa re train. ' I " c ; ':, "' Several hundred ;members of the Army; were at the station when the train arrived. Tomorrow morning the biKiy will be removed to , the Princess Rink, where it will lie Ip state until tomorrow night. , w hen It will be re nwvd to New York, and later It may te sent to London for burial. " , Loss la Irreparable. London, 0-t. 29. In a message to the Salvationists. General William Booth Pays the following tribute to his daugh ter. Mrs. Emma Booth-Tucker, who as killed last night In a Santa Fe w-wk: "My daughter was., after her fltAtku f 1 t Kn & m stir, XT fh VTllt II V ""lii-i, tin? iiiei - pin"11 . "oble and consecrated women I have known during the fifty years of my Public life. Her loss is Irreparable." 4 To Attend Funeral. Pittsburg, Pa tct. 29l General Bai-Hngton- Booth who Js here In attend-nc- on the Grand Field Council rally f the Volunteers of America, will leave . Wtorrow morning for New York, and V.. . . ... . . . . . . Y . . n r" 1 ia nis wue win siienu mc his sister. "fO RETIRE R0M SERVICE PTAIN STEL1-MACHER RESIGNS COMMAND OF ALBANY MILI- TIA COMPANY. , I-BAN.Y. Or, Oct. 23.--After ten of almost continuous service as 8mber of the Oregon National "4rd. including fifteen months' ser as an Oregon volunteer in the nUh-American war. Captain Frank Siellmacher. commanding officer of Jfspany G. Third Infantry,. O. N. O., Albany, has resigned his commission '"I will retire from the service. The J that he has resigned has not yet rn . nle public, but CnpUln Stell- et't 7 aM yeftwday that he. had br,' m designation as captain to tUit i" . s"luarrs at Portland, and tvelved uutke to turn the oe: FQUIL MURDER I ; t . steads In j Wasco county and lived on adjoining claims for about a year. Then Mrs Nesbett, - mother of Alma Jfesbett, came out from the East. The two came to Portland and took up their residence in the city for a while,r Finally both returned to the home steads. ' y . , - . . . - ' " One dark, stormy n'ght In March of' 1900 Williams engaged a rig at Hood River fori the purpose of driving- Mrs. .Nesbett and her daughter to their homesteads, about twenty miles from ton. The trio 1 disappeared In the dask with as little evidence of the ysteriotis senuence to the ride as the circumstances attending the famous -ide of Dr. Patrick Henry" Cronin, vic tim of the celebrated Chicago murder. That was the last ever seen of them. Williams returned,' but of the two wo men who' rode away with him in the wfl4 -night no one has seen or heard the slightest thing to indicate what their fate may have been. That they were murdered there is in the minds of the officers who have worked on the case no room for doubt, and that their murder, was deliberately - planned by Williams to gain possession of . the homestead "adjoining his own is their theory. The daughter, if she was mur dered, was murdered f or her property the officers think, and the mother to cover upj the plot of forging : the re linquishment to the homestead. The case attracted much attention locally. Searching parties were organ command of the company over to First Lieutenant C. W. Wallace, pend ing the acceptance of the resignation. The news of his resignation will be received with great regret by the mem bers of Company, O, as Captain Stell macher was yery" pCpular as -well as efficient commander. There has been some trouble of a partisan nature in the company, recently and . although he was supported by the great majority Of the local militiamen. Captain Stell macher thought there would be more harmony with perhaps a better com pany If he should retire from the ser vice. J ..j ' Captain Stellmacher enlisted, in old Company F, Second Regiment. O. N. O., in 1833. He served as private, cor poral and sergeant in Company F, and when the 'Spanish-American 'war broke out he enlisted In the Second Oregon Volunteers, ; serving throughout t the war as. . a sergeant in Company L When Company Q was organized in this city. April IV J900, Captain Stell macher was elected first lieutenant and was promoted to the captaincy by the unanimous vote of the . company June 2. 1901. j , 1 CORPSES WERE MIXED i :- ' FUNERAL INTERRUPTED BY DIS- COVERY.THAT WKU.M tnJii WAS IN COFFIN. CHICAGO, Oct. 29. A dispatch to the Chronicle from . Sioux City. Iowa, says: , . Somewhere in Iowa lies the corpse of William Rogers, but where his friends do not ; know. A runerai concourse listened to the rites over the body and afterward passed before the coffin, j When , Mrs. James Ferguson Rogers.! the mother-in-law,; saw the rXK r.r (Via AlaA ho Pried nUt: "Wllff it r: v. . v . w. - i that Is 'not Mr. Rogers!" The body iij the coffin. was sent from Independence at the same time that another . Was transported. and it is supposed the labels were accidentally exchanged. , CHINESE GAMBLERS FINED- j ' CORVALLTS, " Or Oct. 29. Five Chinanien were fined $3 ach this week for gambling. A raid was made by officers, upon the Chinese wasti house, in an attempt to arrest some profes sional Chinese gamblers who make It a point to come to Corvallis and fleece the local Celestials out of their cash, but they could iot pet found. No gam bling is allowed in this city. WORKED CHECK SWINDLE NEW j "YORK GANG ... VICTIMIZES - MERCHANTS TO EXTENT . j OF (25 000. . : . ' . NEW YORK, Oct. 29. Fully 1000 business men in the upper section of Brooklyn and on the east side of Man hattan have been victimised -to the probable extent of 25.000 by a gan of clever check swindlers. . One- of them opened a small account with a Brooklyn bank. By some .'means they 6tt hold of a certification stamp. Checks! were then cashed at every small shop that would accept them and the gang disappeared. ?.- I 1 ' ' - ; ' , THIEVING OFFICER SENTENCED. MANILA, Oct. 29. Lieu tenant James W. Walsh. Jr constabulary supply officer, stationed at Masbate, In the Province of Viscayas, Military Depart ment of' Luzon, convicted recently of embezzling $13,000 of Government funds, has. been sentenced to ten years luiprUotuue'ut. - . IL-.LL . GRIME' ized, -the county - was scoured, . but never-a trace' of the missing women came to light." Officers took the mat ter In hand, attempted to work up the case, but their " efforts, too, were un successful.. A peculiar circumstance In connection with ihe disappearance of the women, as-far as can be learned. Is that the fact of their probable mur der never became known outside of -the local community, but It has ever slrce been regarded, as one of the mysteries of the Hood River country, ' Williams is supposed to be in Canada at this time, and an effort will be made to effect his arrest; and return for trial on the forgery charge. " If this Is done, : the charge of 'murder probably will be worked up against him in con nection with it, under the jurisdiction of the state courts )' : , The fact of the forgery came to the notice of the officers in the summer of 1900. when clerks in the Land Office at The Dalles remarked on the dissimi larity between the signature of Miss Nesbett on the homestead application and the one purporting to be hers on the relinquishment-1 The matter was turned over to a special agent of the government located at Oregon City in the spring of 1901. but no steps were taken until the fall of that year. This agent is said to have rendered a very unsatisfactory report. This report is said to have been verbal and superfi cial.; It was then turned over to Spe cial Agent E. B. Xdnnen; but before he had been able to t accomplish much, promotion and removal took him avray The matter was then turned over " ; to Inspector Greene, who placed it before the grand jury. A pitiable circumstance in connec tion with the disappearance of Mrs. Nesbett and her daughter is that their relatives in Nebraska and Illinois wrote to them repeatedly, but received no answer, v Finally they despaired and wrote to ; the , postmaster at Mount Hood, who informed them of the dis appearance and the circumstances at tending it. ; HAVE FORMED ' ORGANIZATION National Federation of Em ployers Adopt Name For Association TO ASSIST IN MAINTAINING THE LAW; AND RIGHTS OF CITIZENS, TO RESIST ENCROACHMENTS ON " RIGHTS, AND TO PROMOTE HAR MONY, i CHICAGO, Oct. 29. A conference for the purpose of forming a National Federation of Employers Association to cope with the labor problems) voted tonight to adopt the name of "Citizen1 Industrial "Association f 'America, iThe' objects are to i assist in main taining the supremacy of the lav and the right of the citizen; to assist the people- of America In resisting the en croachments ; on their, ! constitutional rights; to promote' and encourage har monious t relations between the em ployers ; and ( employes, ; and . to . fostei freedom in . the management of indus try. . . i . ' . ; . ; - "KEEP OFF THE STEPS" SILVER-TONGUED ORATOR FIRED FROM POSTOFFICE BY THE - WATCHMAN. i TOLEDO. O.. Oct. 29. W. J.- Bry was tonight ornered onr tne steps oi i Toledo postofnee by the WRtchmin. Two thousand people, had gathered fc hear . Bryan speak when the watchman Informed him he could not speak from the steps. The meeting waa adjourned to the corner and the crowd followed. bloody; affray at Spokane. SPOKANE. Wn, Ott.;29.A proba bly fatal stabbing affray took place ait Republic, Wash, Jate yesterday after noon. ? Thomas Anderson , and James McCormlck became involved in a legal dispute over a tract Of land near Iron Creek. The case was decided in court yesterday, and as , the parties wer leaving the court Zoom they eigaged in a -war, of wrdl, which finally re solved Itself Into a fight. McCormlck was knocked down and ; he pulled knife from his pocket and stabbed An derson twice in the back, cutting gash es that are likely to prove fatal. Mc Cormlck was locked np. . . - PRESERVING PLANT CLOSES . DOWN . ASHLAND. Orl. Oct. 2.--The Asli larwl Preservins: Company, after a suc cessful run of : four months, dieses down for the season this week. During the season they havii canned and pre served ten car loads of goods, which hav been shipped tToints aton the line of the Southern PaclQC. nortn ana auth. between. It owe burn and .Redding. Cal. . There has .been a great . Increase of business in the preserving- oepan- mpnt. and the amounts -of jellies, ,am, fruit butters and tomato catup put up are largely 1" excess or any: previou - . ; The short a ee in .the peach and to'ma'tq crops has cut down the totals in the canning ; department., ;but , the .nninf umoiints ' are some ot th iUiua In foe c&nueU wJi Uue; , Thir teen thousand pounds 'of blackberries, 21 tons of peaches, 15 tons of Bartlett pears, and 10 tons : of string beans. During the four months, the average number of hands employed each day has been between 40 and 50. and the company has . expended each month for raw materal and labor f 3.500. ' ; CASE IS HOPELESS USELESS! FOR-CHALLENGERS, TO. 'TRY j FOR. CUP UNDER1 PREeS : ENT RULE. LONDON, Oct. 29. George IL Wat son ihaa declined this commission of a prominent Clyde yachtsman previously referred to as contemplating challeng ing for the America's cup., to design a cup challenger, on the ground taat it was hopeless for the British or other callengers to .continue trying for ;the trophy under the measurement rule by whjch the challengers ave been rated. QUESTION IS A HARD ONE Who Has Power to Act as Governor In His , Absence? : HABEAS CORPUS PROCEEDING'S BROUGHT BY LEWIS DALTON BRINGS UP .MANY QUESTIONS OF INTEREST TO PUBLIC DUE TO GOVERNOR'S ABSENCE - ... y. . N v ;;:--.r "Who is the Govtrnor r of. Oregon, since Governor Chamberlain is out of the state, and who, if anybody, has the power to act In his capacity during his absence 'When the emergency arises? Such will probably be the perplexing question with which, the Multnomah county Circuit Court'will be confronted in case the habeas corpus proceedings, which were instituted in the Circuit Court for that county by Lewis Dalton to prevent the issuance of extradition papers for his return to California, are sustained by the court today. . There Is no knowing what the court will decide in the case, neither does it have any bearing upon the question, only in that, if the court sustains the habeas corpus proceedings and dis misses me prisoner it may De put to, a test straight away, but, on the other hand, if the proceedings are dismissed, the question still remains and will have to be decided at some future dat,e. . ( On Saturday, of last week P. R. Veal, agent for the state of California, ap peared in the Governor's office with requisition papers from Governor Par dee,! of California, demanding extradi tion papers for the . return of Lewis Dalton, who was held by , the Portland authorities and was wanted in Marti na, California, to answer to the charge of seduction under the promise of tnarriage. Upon the request of W. T. Hume, counsel for the defendant, action upon the matter was stayed until he could be heard and show w hy extradition papers , should not issue. Upon" Monday, however, a warrant was issued from the Governor's office and placed in the hands of Mr. Veal and habeas corpus proceedings were brought by Dal ton's counsel to Kecurg his release, ostensibly upon the feround that one con Id not bb extradited upon the Information of a-district attorney, but, when the case came up for hear ing, the question of the legality of the action of Governor Chamberlain, in signing up ' some blank extradition warrants before Toe, left for the East and leaving them to be filled in and IsHued .by-his private secretary, was brought up a the primary issue in the case, and this, as ."well as the other question, w ill be decided by the court today. , , . -. ; . s. If. the-Circuit Court qt Multnomah county, sustains, the. habeas corpus proceedings and turns the prtaoner loose, the state of .' California has al ready frne to considerable expense in locating Dalton and now that he is within reach, it ii not probable that he will be allowed to slip now and the only way that this can be prevent ed is to . secure another warrant, and. If that already Issue,! from the Gover nor? office1 cannpt be made to stick, the. only course left for the agents to pursue is to apply to the Secretary of State." and there is ,wherethe .question arises. If the Secretary of State issues & warrant for Dalton's extradition the legality of it will no doubt likewise be attacked. : The Constitution of the state of Cali fornia provides, in this relation, that': "In case of the impeachment of the Governor,; or his removal from office, death,, inability to discharge the pow ers and duties of his office, resignation or absence from the state, the powers and duties of his office shall devolve upon the Lieutenant Governor, eteV but the- Constitution of Oregon states that, in-case of the Governor's death, resignation. Inability to discharge the powers and, duties of the office, the vacancy must be filled by. the, 'Secretary of State, or. in case of the latter'a ab sence, upon- the president of the Senate,- but no, provision whatever ii made for the Governor's absence from thetate, and It would remain, for the court to , decide v whether or . not the Governor was able to act in his official capacity while off upon a trip, to some other state id the Union.;; ; - " Officer Veal was in the city yesterday upon business, i but at is not, known whether or not he applied for, or se cured a warrant from the Secretary of State. f .- ' " PUTS AN END TO EXISTENCE Man Who Murdered His Sister Has Committed Suicide IN THE POLICE STATION Thomas Bechtel Who Dealt r Girl a Death Blow With Fist SISTER HAD BEEN AWAY FROM HOME- AND , WAS MET UPON her return home by angry brother tried to cover up - crime!? - -- ALLENTOWN, Pa, Oct. 2?. Thomas Bechtel, held on the charge of murder ing his sister, Mabel Bechtel, at their home a few days ago, committed su'.- clde this afternoon at the central po lice station. The police tonight: gave out the story of the killing. Miss Bechtel wenf to Philadelphia with Eckstein, -who left- her there. Weisenberg returned to AHentown with her . and went to a certain place. On her return home at midnight she was met by Thomas Bechtel. 'who felled her with a blow of the fist., from which she died.7 : In order to divert suspicion another brother hit her -with a hatchet and the body was placed in an alley, where it was found, the family, giving out a fictitious story. Salonica Oct! 29 Further small fights are reported to have taken place In acedonia. The Turkish troopswere victorious in every case. ARE BOTH IN JAIL NO BOND OFFERED FOR THOMAS . BECHTEL AND ALFRED ECKSTEIN. ALLENTOWN, Pa, Oct. 29. No bond has been offered yet for Thomas Bechtel and Alfred Eckstein, brother and sweetheart of Mabel Eckstein. -Mho was murdered last Monday. The young men . were committed . to prison in- de fault of bail. . Neither Is charged with the murder cf the girl, but both are detained as witnesses. Mayor Lewis said today: "One of these two men is the mur derer of Mabel Bechtel. Of that I am morally certain. As far as the police are concerned, the case. s ready for presentation to the coroner and the grand jury." -i The coroner's inquest will be held to night. The funeral of the dead girl took place this afternopn. Eckstein was the girl's accepted lov er, though she also received attentions from Weisenberg. Eckstein and the girl were to hae been married next month, but the date was postponed un til Christmas. They had frequent quar rels over Welsenbergs attentions, Eck stein being Jealous of him. He had ex pressed threats to several person s say ing that he would kill both. 'The Bech tel family sided with Eckstein, prefer ring him to Weisenberg as a prospec tive, member of the family. , . W'elsenberg. who was also arrested, gave a straightforward story of his movements and was admitted to $500 bail. Thomas Bechtel was arrested be cause of bloodstains found on his clothing,,-. . , .... i- , ' . .. FOR CITIZENS TICKET ASTORIANS ISSUE CALL FOR MASS MEETING TO PREPARE FOR ELECTION. ASTORIA. Or., Oct. 29. A call for a asembly cf a l.tbe electors f.rlif efty of Astoria. reard!e.n4 of party f filiation,') has been issued by the citi lens' committee. JThe.call states that kl who believe In a non-partisan, bus iness-like administration of municipal government are requested to meet at the court house on Saturday evening, October 31, for the purpose of nominat ing a non-partisan citizens' ticket for the coming municipal election whlch Is to be held ort December 9. "The nor mal ponricar complexion of the' Voters of Astoria in a Presidential election la about ' 2 - to 1 1 Republican, but during the past ten 'years the city has beVn governed, or at least. controlled, by a citisens party that has 7 been Demo cratic really. ' but gave those opposed to the local, Republican leaders oppor tunity to vote without having to vofe ACCUSED OF HORSE STEALING. ASHLAND Or Oct. 27. Walter WyIand,.who figured In a gun 'play at the. Hotel Nash at Medford. about two weeks ago, and who . Is now in .the county jail, will be surrendered by the Jackson county officials to officers from Lewiston, Idaho., next Wednesday, Wy land, has an unsavory record in Idaho. He broke out 'of jail In Lewiston while doing tlme and is now "wanted .there on the charge of horse steal'ng. ' The Idaho sheriff 'says 'he has ample' evi dence to send Wyland up for a term of years. -.. . .. ... -. . ,-A IS MAKING HISTORY. ALBANY. Or Oct- 29. George H. Hlmesr of Portland, assistant secretary and curator "of the Oregon Historical Society. Is In. Albany In .the .interests of the society. He is endeavoring, to coilett information regarding tarly Oregon history,' and especially regard lug Oregou pioneers, and Js alao yn the lookout for historical relics. He re cently secured two relics from Linn county. One wu an ox yoke used by a party in crossing-the plains to Ore gon in and the other-wa a rifle carried In the Indian wars in Southern Oregon in 1853, CALLED NO DOCTOR MRS. C. L. MARIxATT DEPENDS ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND DIES. WASHINGTON, Oct. 29. MrsA Flor ence L. Marlatt. wife of C. 7U Marlatt. assistant entomologist of the Depart ment of. Agriculture died here yester day' after a long illness. Coroner Ne ville gave a certificate of death from, inflammation of the stomach. Accord ing to the explanation given to the coroner, Mrs. Marlatt was a Christian Scientist, and refused to have a physi cian called. PARK'S CROWD CARRIED DAY Bridge and Iron Workers Or- der Strike All Over the Country TO ENFORCE RECOGNITION OF EMPLOYERS PRESIDENT MIT CHELL UNABLE TO ARBITRATE WITH COLORADO OPERATORS STRIKE WILL BE ORDERED. NEW YORK, Oct. 29. The Interna tionadl Bridge and Iron Workers, to force recognition of Local No. 2 by the Employers Association, today ordered a strike all over the country, to go into effect on Saturday. President Buchan an was in favor of atpeaceable settle ment, but the Parks element thought thin slow and carried the majority with them. ' 'Will Call Strike, Trinidad. Colo., Oct- 29. President Ho wells, of District No. 15 of the Unit ed Mine Workers of America, today re ceived a statement from President John Mitchell, notifying him that the efforts to reach an understanding with the op erators of . the 'Colorado Fuel & Iron Company and the Victor Fuel Com pany have failed and directions that a strike be inaugurated November 9. MAY CAUSE DEATH DR. PARSON SUFFERING FROM PTOMAINE POISONING ATE CANNED ROAST BEEF. ASHLAND, Or.. Oct. 29--Dr? J. S. Parsons, of this city, one of the most prominent physicians of Southern Oregon and surgeon for the 'Southern Pacific Company, is lying seriously ill at his home today as the - result of ptomaine poisoning. Last night he partook of some canned roast beef for supper, and at 9 o'clock he became ill. During; the' night his illness increased, and at Intervals he has been uncon scious ever- since. Other physicians were called in and everything is being done to counteract the poison, but his condition is stll' alarming. Mrs. Par son is in Portland. LOWER THEIR PRICE FRIARS HOPE5 FOR EARLY SET TLEMENT OF PHILIPPINES , , . LAND QUESTION. - MANILA. Oct. 29. Monsignor Ouldi, the Roman prelate sent to Manila as apostolic delegate to conduct negotia tions between the Vatican and the United States Government ' regarding the sale ot land held in the Philippines by the friars, is urging a settlement of the matter before Governor Taft leaves for 'America.- The Governor upon his part says he hopes the sale' will be concluded before his departure, from the fact that the friars have reduced their price considerably. BY A LUCKY BLOW : HERRERATHE MEXIGAN, KNOCK ED SANTRY OUT IN THE ' V THIRTEENTH. ANACONDA Mont., Oct. 29. Au rella Ilerrera. the light-weight Mexican pugilist, tonight knocked out "Eddie San try, of Chicago, in the thirteenth mnnrl . of what was to have been a twenty-round go. Santry had the best of the' fight up to the last rounov Tout while mixing it fiercely In the thir teenth, Santry received a terrific short -arm jolt behind the ear and went down and put. '.'.----.-.' ... - y LEFT OWING $121,000. I . NEW YORK. Oct. 27. Ado! phi Fried T man, -whose arrest has just been re ported at Budapest, at the instance of the United 'States authorities n the charge of fraudulent - bankruptcy in New York, formerly ', conducted . the business of a dry goods auctioneer in this city. : He disapreared In Decem ber, 19S, leaving creditors, it is aliag ed, for $126,000. In 1900. action was commenced against him. Before going away he drew" $19,000 from various banks where he had deposits. V f r - " ..-.Mrs. C- B- Sbelton will go down to Portland this morning to attend to tome private business and to spend the ia.la.nce of the week la visiting friends. THE RECORDS WERE BROKEil Montana Appeal Cases Rushed Through In a Hurry ON ACCOUNT OF URGENCY Supreme Court May - Grant Motion to Advance Them on Calendar THE . CONDITIONS AND MAGNI TUDE OF INTERESTS DEMAND IMMEDIATE ACTION 'TRADES , ASSEMBLY CONSIDERS THE SIT UATION OF AFFAIRS. BUTTE, onU Oct. 29. The two ap-. peals to the supreme court in the Mac Oinniss : Injunction suits against th Boston & Montana Company hare been perfected in record-breaking? time. Th injunction orders were made byJudpe Clancy last Friday. It is believed, in view of the urgency of the situation and the magnitude of the interests in volved in this state and elsewhere, the supreme court, will grant a motion to advance the cases on its calendar. , "" To Consider Condition. . Butte,-; ont Oct. 29. A great mass meeting was held at ihe Auditorium to night under the auspices of the Silver Bow Trades and Labor Assembly, to consider the desperate condition of af fairs that confronts the working mei of this city. , . Will Meet Committee. - Helena. Mont, Oct. 29.-Goveruor J. K. Toole will leave tomorrow mornlna for Butte, where he will meet the othei members of the mediation committee. A GOOD STATE FOR NUTS. In response to a request rrom H. E. Dosch. a box of - very fine ' Spanish chestnuts were sent by J H. Settle mler, of .Woodburn, to the permanent exhibit yesterday. Some of the nuts are still in the burrs and others are husked, and Mr. Dosch says hand somer or better cannot be found any where. They are not to be eaten raw, like the little" sweet American chest nuts, but either boiled or roasted, are much jused in Germany, France. Spain and Italy, and are highly . vsteemed. They are practically the same as those seen in places about the city, usually called Italian chestnuts. None of the nut-producing trees are native to Ore gon, the only nuts found by. early Bet tiers being the hazelnut and chinkapin. Contrary to a very general opinion, this state is well adapted to growing most kinds of nut trees. Chestnut and black walnut trees are common and produce- well and there are several nourishing orchards of English wal nuts in Yamhill county. Pecans, but ternuts, filberts and almonds do well here and fine samples of all grown by IL E. Dosch are to be seen at the per manent exhibit. A few days ago a lot of hickory nuts as large and fine as are produced in Illinois were sent in by a man who found a hickory tree growing beside a street on the F-ast Side. There is a large tree in the cen ter, of the block on which Vincent Cook has his residence, which has been a source of wonderment to many. Sora-i said it was-a sycamore and others an ash. Mr. Cook did not know what it was, but said It produced some kind of nuts, but the boys always took care of them. Of late he has kept a lookout and a few. days ago found out that it was an English walnut and had a good many nuts on it. No one need be de terred from planting nut trees- from fear of the trouble of harvesting the crop, for the street boys will attend to that. Oregonlan. . - RUN OF SILVER SIDES. ASTORIA. Or., Oct. 27. There has been very little fall fishing in the Lower Columbia this year, and this 1 probably due to the fact that the fiah have been so scarce. There is a fair "run of silver sides In the river now, and the few traps in operation are do ing quite welh 8eaborgs Eagle CUff cannery and Llndenbergcr's cold ftor ag plant are the only ones receiving them, except the fresh fish dealers. The fish are bringing V3 cents per pound. ' OBJECT TO. RESERVES. SALIDA, Colo., Oct. 27. At a mass meeting of citizens of Chaffee county, resolutions were adopted protesting against the .general land office at Washington setting aside public land adjacent to this city as a part of the San Isabel! forest reserve. . The land In question Is rich in mineral and agri cultural kind, and the charge is mad that private interests are sec-king to have the land reserved . to their own gain. i LADRONB LEADER CONDEMNED, MANILA,- Oct.- .Faustlno Mtllr mo, leader of the band of ladronf3 which for months past has Deen raid ing the province or Rlzal. has ben sentenced to death. - Two of his officers hare been sentenced to imprisonment for life and two others to imprison ment fbr twenty-five years. -MRS. BOOTH-TUCKER KI LLED. KANSAS CITY, Oct. 2V-The SanU F passenger was wrecked .at D-an Lake, Missouri feeven were Injure J, and it is believed, some fatally. It is reported that Mr Uooth-Turkr-r, of the Salvation Army died cf inj-ri: s ie-celved.