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HEADY FOR
AH EMERGENCY
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TRANSPORTS SHERMAN. BUTFORD
AND CBOOX BEING PREPARED
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Alii -tt-Wtv-W I w MA1' - I .
Jntetuledfo Manila Service, but Will
fSnt lo Panama U
Needed.
2ftra' That British OoYerome&t 1U
cgxLze4 Ui Xew BptibUc CaoM,
" Great BejolcUc ia tLc Xsthiacui
KattTM Ban "Ood Satt tLe Kic"
and Paraded. t I , . '. "'Vr'-
': Washington; n. 25,-Th war
Xep&rtmebt omeiala lutnuit that , i the.!
transporta Shermaa, Itofford and Crool
. niw.'-at Han Fraactsco, arc beiatc madej
twj l&r M-a, j-rtmanir theae vewln
e intended for tho Man'tln service, but
the otQeiala tnakff no eoneealmeat of the
faet that they waat to b ready tor
y mjeaey which may ariw, and
bould the Govrrameat deidre t. Uit
any of them for tha trantp.rt!tioo jot
troop to I 'ana ma, the will ' "be
nvatlable for .'that ' &t.- The still
jative nAaertion in (uade that no or
der hare br-n refired by the -quarter
joaxtef'a office with thi"ead ia view,
it ia fcimplr, it i atated, a i-ae of being
prepared If the oeaiuun ariaen. !
; Panamaiana Are Happy. , '
. Colon, Dee. W.Oa the , receipt of
(k new here that-the liritiih Govera
Jiuial had reefraiet th Itpublic of
t 1'Hiiama, there ww great rejowuoif. A
torchlight proieaaiont headd by Gover
Tfr Melendez, marched the atreets aB(
inn "God Hve the King.' halted ia
-' root of tb iintinU eonHuiate, cheeriajfj
and Hlaging eotbotnatjekijyi.
New MlaUter ArrlTea.
Ia.nama, !. 25. W. I. Iiueiiaoau,
t'slted iStatMi minister to the IEfpuNie
V.f Panama, presented hia eredentiaN tanoiuallv Bemfortable on thro.-chout
i the iroisnal Kvernment today, liw
.
leeeption wartnt rBthnsiaptie.
AN ALBINO DUCK.
A Freak .Mallard, Shot tn British
Ooltunhla, Ia ' Being
;'.; .. Mounted. .
v.vNmirvER, , ive. sv
firttnen here are iaterVated in an al
bino mallard dack which a trii.brmin
U mount iajr.' The bird waa ah'ot .by II
Kerr Hnlgate, maiam of the Yrk'-
ahlrw 'Gnarantee t'ompany, near 'hilli-
tyae.k. AeeordJhii ta nat uraltM, freaks
ke thU duek lea.f a mterade rnt-
l i . . . '. . .
.ae al uic without a ehanee to p-r-petaat
"their liad. Ia eaaea f tu ks
iofa different cvlr than th eouunon
Jt is aaid that they are e.mteHed to
jiy ebind the fl.jk. Air. Iloutate did
not olarve whether thi was the eae
wlth tb majlard't in tho Chilliweek
marahea. W- wfs oat ! -"tin jr. for
fnn, not knowlelge.
f : Tbe-tasMermist. haa al an albino
itear to monrit. : It waa shot on Trinee
Ifov&l IMahl. The bear is the nerond
of jta kind to faU to the hunter 'a rifle
rn that inland. Mr. Jl..Fadley aeente.
n short time ago. The miners up
there, aay there i a e.dy of the
t.inos. '
WISH TAXES REDUCED.
Booth KUy lo'iabw Company ana A.
. . D. Ilyland Appear Before the -
1 1 j: 1 -'- - Oonnty Board; . .
V.VGF.NE, t)r De-. 23. The iV-dh-Uelly
Lmbr Comiaay and A. Ib Hy
land, the lHrjrt holdera - of timbr
Ihb.Is ia Lane county,, tbroujrb their
ttoruyv A. V. Wwlotkjtad I. Hil
.'ytni, ! tirt ly, yesterday appeared
-Wfore the eouaty rnard of 4unliatin
VkM that the asaeiment on thrt-Im-t
lania be lowere-U I
., The "rouaty aSr-.r this yehr fixed
tbe aMeanineat en timber lunU at an
nvetage of 3 an aerv, wh-r-as lat
vir if rangef from 1X0-to $2. " The
Hwth-Kelir Compaay and Mr. Ilylaud
uk 4 hat tS-aiHwmfat be re-need
that it " will areiag 2 n r ae.re intcd
it 5. The board took th matter wa
der consideration, and If any reduction
is made,' net ion will be taken Saturday,
the .last 1ay of the pr-ent wion ot
th board. :
MRS. CALLOWAY DEAD.
rioncer Woman of Lane County Xx
v. " plrea After . Lotuf
''"" X hlne -
: FIGENF4 Or, IW. U5.-Mra. Elwa
i "Wtb J. Oalhway, ja ptoocer wwiian f
' 'Iao ounty, die.u at h-r home ia Ku
ft no, iWemi-er 23, atrr a long illna
from ' pneumonia.' Klizaleth J. Ware
Waa Iwwn inv Clark eouBty. Keatueky,
Mas15, 127. She .was married to
Dories t atiway, Apru i., ivn, ani
they moved to tVvgop in 1C.1, eyniiag
aets the plains. They eettle1 on
f Kpctjeer Vf,. nestr Eugene, and lived
there until a short time ags whn tbey
came ta I'ugeie t resi.le.
Mrs. CaHrtwayi. wa the mother e-t
eight children, si, f whom are now
living. Tbey are: Mrs. Mary Retierts.
Mrs. Sole Vo.is, Jrha, Ilcurv. Jatnc
and Thomas Callewsy. , Her " hwKban.f
alo surtivs her.
MUST VACCINATE.
Children of Dowteite Cannot Attend
. Chicago Public School Unless
X' ?. .' ""; Tbey Are.-.
1llCAna Dee. S.WThe lard of
hihU has rderel that the children of
the I to iei tea J. expelle.1 from the pub
lic school if cannot prtxtucejeer
tiheates of vaeeiaation. Powie teaches
his foUoBricra that vaccination lacks the
virtue accredited it br the meieal pro
feiiin ia general.
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SAID TO BE SHORT IN ACCOUNTS,
t VLKTOX, Or,- Iee. S. John
:7"' "St1 -3 of a wealthy
bt apriag. has ski
1. Ii t r' irg. it is al
WtVsiJ the name of Chureh, of
f t a check for .1M, na't
jftW$l!0(; f-Lort ia jU account of his
father esfadf. . .
suspect foul play.
I ST. JOSFJ'H, Mo- lee. 25-The d.ad
i "ly of iUUu P. Wenz. seeret.trr of
tbe Wea Sao- Company, of Su Joaeph,
: m f&urrd" banging by a wire from the
ifoof m rtnjdy bos car in the rail war
!ys.rd here day, LVUtitr think foul
j MA.v possible. a there wttc'-a number
1 01 w" iiD Ui Vfttym lie ws4 pro in-L
i ' . LETT TOR BERLIN.
iStlt
Jl4 WA ffTHIltH AD au4iAC With
Uft for Iterlio later in the nighW
HAVE COKTIDEKCE AT LEAST.
HT. I'KTElCS'il KO, 23. The
conffln" .than -'vr ia aa ultimate
paefol arraojjemeat lctwe-n Kimia
aaJ Japan.1.:.t :..
FIERCE STORM
IN THE EAST
BLINDING SNOW STORM. ZERO
WEATHER AND HIOH WIND.
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IS THE CONDITION O EN E RALLY
Huge New Building in Washington, D.
C, Collapses Before the Terrific
' ' Oale.
8upo4ed to Have Been Some People
in the Builidng Bat They All Madejuamed Cronlof, struek in the "faee by
Their Escape Buckltgham Hotel
and Exposition
Loui.4 Damaged.
Building at St.
CHICAtrtl. Ikt. wind jortn,
rer weath-r sod SMow'made totay an
. . .. ; . , -. . , ...
1 f he rimlitW' The wind did trreat
damajre in :som section and the freet-
ittjj w'eathf.r eaus-d int"ne uffering.
inrn ry leaa to fall early io the dsy
until tonight be! ero temperature' ia
rer.rb-t .with in'tiations of ebl-r
w-jther bfure ntorntuir, the. m-rcury
1r'pp-t .more than forty d'gref-s ia
nome jweti4iin. The e.f ir' are prostrat
ed1 in many direeticn1 ' and (he esaet
area eov-n-.l by i"h Ktortu eaan-'t le,
aerta'iud. In thi.- eitv the tre-t
ear rt crippled by th- dnftinit aw.
. . They All Escaped.
Wa-hintfuit lee. 2p.The most ter
rill; wind ilorm that aver jnmv-1 ovr
this vieiijity stnirk Washinjrton this
afterutMiu. j T,h.rrv was mm-a damaftc
and piible fatalities. ,Th n-w tiv--xtory
-building of the "ini-inonti Heat
injf 'nt4uiy wan W'V-I-T to-1 ground
and it i.K'wibb' that li-ves-re bwt in
the debriKj '' us marfy, visitor were in
dorni km i siud.lrn It is probal.lo that
the iHliidiog dirui the ait.rn.Hn. The
the joplei rrnaied in the building for
protettk-ni ;Th less to the buildinjf. is
f'jil,", aad oth'r Umai4e resultel.
T:r-ph;ne aad 4b:(tiaph "wires are-jros-trafi.
I ." j
. Watdiingtoij, iK-e. 23. A eareful
s.-arh of the demolished building re
VeaU the fact that all who were inside
eMaMsl. j .
Expo tit Ion Grounds Damaged.
St. 'Louis.' IW..V I hiring storru
this aftetaon the wind atsined'a if
b'ity f forty mib-is-and the partially
eouipb-ted; Huckirtiaiu Hotel, eoetiag
one million, was dsittiagd to the amount
of 4 .",' ".' The w'iud wrought ,!ime
damage to the KtMsition grinl. ,
. I . ii 1 1 m
Cvlttmbai, fHijo, IW. ". A tUuling
snow storm, rero "weather :m;l the wind
wen! In rendition .here toulght.
at fifty miles an hour, fnimmarizes r?.e
Indianapolis Iee. '"-"- The worst j the ilintrict,- for the purpose of raising
storm of the sea.. is raging here and J niucy with which to defray ffhe FX
revrt from ther places in ln.liaita telljpense of such Hji-eial initrove"ment. The
of an untsl el.wity of the wind and j levy shall be laHeduiMtn the valuation
t h-rte?M y at yer. i of the taxable proirty as shown bv
INCREASING STRAWBERRY ACRE
AOE. ' "
JACKSNVIJ.I.l Or.,. Dec. 26.
Peter Applegste, the genial county rer
eorder, has addl another industry t
his numerous avocations by setting out
411 strawberry plants on his jdacc in
the s.nthera part of town, and next'
spring jntcnds to s-t -out as. many
more, .these alrj-ady set out are mak:
iwg a fine growth; and .are of the best
varieties,! There ?are Init few straw
berry growers in thW 'icinity. and they
have -always made gwd money from
their patches.
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TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.
Sew Vora. Dec t?. After nearly a
year's abeee from hi Joet at Caracas,
Vrnesoela, HerU-rt W. liowea. minis
ter to Veneruela. sailed for the Vrae
lau capital to-lay.
r. XddieC.sr.
San FrBeise, IVc
ney was loaigbt selected ta refer-e the
light aext ' Tuesday nighty t-si-t w een
Young Corbet t and Kddie llsnlen.
Chicago, Dee. it?. Sandy Ferguaon
and thej colored b.xer, Klondyke;"
met tonight for .a six-round contest.
Ferguson won in the sixth round.-";'
St. Ietettturg, Iee. A new rail
road 3.i miles long - from St. Peters
burg t( Vitb"k has lieen opene. to
Wflie. Xlt will be extended to Kieft
afed 0tesa.
X OFFERS f 1000 REWARD.
COLTMKrs, O IeC. .. General
Superintendent Paljdt IVters., f the
Panhandle . Kailroad, has offerel a re-
ward ofilfW) f,r the arTest and con-'.P3
..i .: . 1
sietion of persons who have attetnptel
to wreck; trains and the brbtge at Kilts
Station. n the Muskingum river. ' Sev-
JPtauon. n the Muskisg
eral attmpts have been
I wreck ly stretching a
made to causo
wire across tb-e
track m anchoret! that it will pull
a 111c oroijte. A ive purptme ij ih(
lindetstoivi by the railroad officials.
Igal blanks at Statesman Job Office.
WEEKLY OREGON
AS A RESULT
OF LIQUOR
ONE NEGRO KILLED
AKD FOUR
- OTHERS ARE INJURED.
I TWO NEGRO
WOMEN
FIGHTING J
i. X v - XX- ;,.:-'H r:' , -
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Precipitated a FreAR a Mining
CzmpTHghun Arrests
Made.
Innocent BrstJ.nder Killed at a Tln:
lander Dance Twe BroOiers Start a
: Row and Anether r Man Procnred a
Shot Oun-to Kill" One of Theai With
; Above Result" " '.
' COLOIIA-DO .Sl'ItlNGK, lc
Cwht between two aecro womea at th.
eoai Diinos north of "this city today,
xprea; to the negro miacra and resulted
InHlie death of George WksuinRton, a
negro, and the wounding of four other
negroes. Sixteen miners' and two w-
a, one the wife of the. deaJ man. -ere
arrt-ited p-ndin2 the coroner' inq:et.
The row starter thiouch the orer iudul-j
gene in liquor. 0
Killed Innocent Man.
' -l!urekn; Ctali, Iec. 2.V.-WsW two
brotherH uaraMt liarknut rained a row
at a FS n lander daaee,. a ' man iiuml
l'etenon ot-ured a hot . gun an I ..at
tempted to. kill one ot the ; Jtaekman
brothers, tUt. instead, killed an inno
fof bystan ler ''.."name J Kastman. One
of the Ha.-kmua brothers received a
.fhot in th hip and nift die. A "woman
beer Wttle thrown bv one of thi. Itnek
rxijin, is .aeriously .injured.' Peterson
arid -one It ok man were arrcsJ.
TO LEVY SPECIAL TAX.
Liberty Road District the First
Take Action Under New
Lsw.
to
(From Sunday's lhiily.)
In responne to a p-titUn of the tax
jvrs in roal district So. 2t, general
ly" called the Liberty district,, Road
Supervisor A. I. lVttyjouhn has called
a meeting of th taxpayers to be heid
at the Pettyjohn sehooi nous. u ThuM
day.'.Deeember 31, at , 2 o 'clm-k p.
for the purpose of,eonHilering the mat
tet' of tcrying a special road tas of 8'
mills, as provided "r by an act passed
at th la tt regular ssiou of the L-gis-latnre.
The petition : was' numeronsly
ignel by the taxpayers resi.Ung along
the river road, on which thoroughfare
important improvements, oCr peruian
rnt nature, a're -eont emptied.--
The lalerty distriet is thx first to
tak- aetiou un-ler ths new law,.whi--h
providt-H that whenever three freehold
ers of'any 'roat district shall petition
the road supt-rvisof of sneb'tlistriet"
eall n district road inetfng of the legal
voters of the district, antf 'shall. Vtate
in such jx'tition object' for Whieh
th meeting is dosirel, the sup-rvisr
shall, eausif written notiees' of such
meting, stating the object thereof. and
th time and plaeo of holding the same,
and signed by hiralf, to' be posted in
three public pl.i:es ia the district at
b-K.it ten days before the day apoint-ed-for
the meeting; and the supervisor
shall make due prooi of the giving of
ueh notice by ani.lavit, which togeth
er with the. petition,, shall be filed with
the MHretary of the meeting, and shall
become a pact n. 'the minutes thereof.
" The .meetings shall , have jower to
determine w hut, if any, county roads,
r portions thereof, of the road dis
trict shall le improved in any special
uaniicr, and to determine the esteut
and character of the. improvement:
Provided, however, that the manner ami
character of the. improvemeut shall
have first beeu sxibmitted to the county
court. The meetings shalH also have
power to jevy a secial fax, not to ex
ee.e.1 ten mills on 'the dollar, uixm ail
taxable real aut hrrwinnl nmiurtr i t
tne last e-ert-iHcate of the county clerk
next preeeding the district road meet
iag at which the tax is levied.
The special .road taxes shall" be col
lected in the sji me manner and at the
nam time. as taxes f for einty pur
poses are collect e.f. and shall lie paid
to the - count y treamirer, to be kept in
w-imie iiiii.i lor scr roud ilistriet-
TO STOP RATE-CUTTING.
Larje Manufacturers of Patent Medi-
cines Will Establish Fixed
Retail Price. ,
NEW YORK. rW26.Xs,on after
the Ufcinuing of the jenr.' some of tbe
largest maua facturers of patent medi
cine will, it is stated, tMit intoJTeet is
this city a new ptaa l Ktp the cutting
of pricM, on such articles by druggists
attd deatiuent Mores. This will is?
the firt time fhaf the proprietors have
taken a direct interest in tlo.sobatioa
of the cut-rate , pibblenut Heretofore
they have snpportet moVernVnts eon
tucte.1 by others, notably the tNationtf!
Hetail "lmggists.. Assoc iation, to stop
the practice. It is the ihtentioo.to have
a fixed price list, below which the man
ufacturers will not allow their 'good to
be sold at retail. This ill apply te the
department stores as well as to all re
tail druggi.ts. .. . : I .' ,.
CUT HIS THROAT.
J. Porter, of Gaston, ' Attempts Sui
. cide Because of Family Trou
f ble May Die
JXREST C.POVK, Or IX-e, 2d.-D.
J.. porter, aged a hunt -M - years- who
has Iwb a resident of Ga.sjeo, for the
thirty, years, attempted suicide bv
' ...: . :.. v.... -1 .'
cut t mg hi throat yeat erda v -moBiag.
Tbe rei-ort is that, he i In a dviog con
dition ami- that Tr. J. P; Tami"ei ; has
beca snromone.1 to attend Itiia. lie has
ffveral children, i lis wit' oldnirte.1. a
divorce about a mouth ago.
ALL FOR A FEW DO
IU10WNaVIi:i,F TrtiBv Dee, dft.-Ia
an exchange of sh.M s here over a settle-
STATESMAN.- TCE:SrAY."
fBDt of a few .loDars, "; Tom TUing-
shot through the hxtt, &n-i John, Wal
twr 'aaH" Jleory Jackvn, aad Aadrew
lunk, tii likitef four agro". ir wr
wusly ia'jurKL"
CHRISTMAS BATH EK SUBr.'
. sax rr.Axem o, i.. e. -hrist-i
was ia tfci tuv waa one of tie finest I
lar-of the year. The ub shone from
it elotwilesft hk.S the thermometer . b-ia
about 60 degrees io the shade,' FiftT
meiibora of the " (iympic Club visitei
the'oecan tieaeh and' Golden Gate I'ark.
thronfred . all dar, lsaay f ami lien
picnicking on the gra(H. " J
. rBBIOHT TBAIKS COLLIDE.
HILLINGS, ' Moat, :ie. 2G.A
wreck occurred on the i5urlintoa Kail
road today at Alcrdeen, To freight
Uaui met teid on under' full steam;
A boot twenty freight 'ears and. two a
iac were"-: piled iir a: heap. A fireman
and neinr ' ,'!ninrw4 nith
fatally.
! WAS NOT LEGAL
6CHOOL LEVY- CANNOT BE MADE
for more than one year
At a ttmb.
May Be Entire Change of Inhabitants
During a Longer Period, and the New
People ' Axe Entitled ' to a Voice
"in the Amount of Tare They Shonld
; Pay- ; ' - .
' . (From. Saturday Daily.)
Atfirney General Crawford yester
day tendered an opinion- in which lie
hrdd. in, aobptnneej that a tax levy made
otherwise than onco every year, or for
a eriol of more than - one year at a
time is ill gal, and liar it mates no dif
ferewe ia which' month of the-year the
levy is made So long as the eourty
court of the county in which it is made
is duly notified upon tie first day of
l-,r,..,.rv .........1,1 ...
law. . 7 "
The iU stioii vt h:ch i rouglit out tho
opinion, and in wkicii Ihe'jue st n Was
- ' I
raised,- waa propounded by t.Vuntv
Se.hod Superintendent I. 11. Copeland,
01 i ojomijia county, in. which the fol
lowing example waa cited i...
"" A School 'meeting was held in a cer
tain district of .Columbia ,, . county in
.Tune of this year, at, which time five
mill tax levy was ma.le for three vears.
including lis3, and dne notice of the
same filed with the eounty clerk, but
the county clerk refused to accept the
levy, on the ground-that the levy could
io made only from one vear to another,
and that ' fher meting in' which the
levy, was made should be held in lK
cember and not in June. , .
i.:e Attorney Georral hobls that ii is
ineuitabh to. levy a tat lor more thrn
one year at a time'nn the. ground that
t here rn ight le need of a census, in
the district in which- u levy is made
for. any. greater length ol time-in that
period and there might be ninny new
people ih- the district wko wild' thus
re deprived of the "privilege of a voice
in the amount of taxes to le leviv.
He alo finds t bat' there is no law wh.ch
forldls a school district levying a tax
In June or nny (4 her time providing
the, meeting is regularly called. "The
only objection to votinga tax in June,"
says the opinion, "would le that tbe
same would not- bo crilleeted until tbe
following April, but the vote is just
as binding if taken ia June as if taken
in December or any. other time."
Ah to the. manner .of levying the tax
the Attorney jrJcBefrd.-.nay!S "Beetion 7,
of the'act of 13,-makes it the duty
of the school district, tof notify the
cleric sf tbe eouidy court of the rate
per cent of the .ax levy on or Ijefore
the first of Sedember, but that act not
being in elTeet'does not concern us at
this time. : ;
' Kalative , to . the levying of a tax
year, or more in Advance, would say
that I am of tire opinion that it is not
warranted by law. .Such power is not
delegated . to the respective , counties,
and the Legislature did not intend to
confer greater powera upon -the sebool
ditrlciH 4 ban pon the counties. Thejre
uiuHt rVe'an ?se!smcnt each yonrj.hei$ee
it follows. that there, must tc a levy
each yar, on that assessment and a
levy cannot le, made upon the assess
ment of any other year.
-"It would be Inequitable. to permit
the voters jn a school district to make
a levy "for three "years in advance, as
there might- be art." entire, change of in
habitantstnring; that ' time, who, ia
such Case, sbouM Is? iven an opvrtn
ity to ejH-ak for .tbemselvea wbether or
not they want the tax; otherwise it
would be taxation "without an oppor
tunity t be heard in the matter, and
contrary to the real intent of the law.'
As to the valMity of the first levy
of live mills on the dollar, he. Says that
he is inclined to think it is valid and
may be axtended on the. roll and col
teteL , -' v '.'':"
Meet Have Certificate.
The Attorney Oeneral Las also ren
dered an opinion, in answer t a query
from -"af schKl' puperintenden't of a
fiontbern Orrgen county, holding that,
in cas4 a county school superintendent,
who is electedto I Sat office, duly qual
ified by the possession of a first grade
teacher's certificate, ', a provided by
law, and in ease that; certificate should
expire dnring his term of office, It would
be necessary for him to obtain another
certificate m pnlet ;to bold bis office,
t'ntil the law; is complied writh, bow
ever, the superintendent may hold his
office as acting superintendent until be
has seenrci bis certificate, but in ease
he ii unable to procure another eertift
eate, be is enbjeet ; to expulsion from
the office. - . ! , '
-A Victory to Be ProndOf :
is the final a ad alaolute cure of a eore
throat', in which 'the rawness land ten
derness ba ye reeB. spreading danger
ously near those guardians of life, 4 tbe
langs. The luxury. of a '. aoond throat
ant robnst lintgs iwaot keenly eajoyel
by pebfile, who, having suffered, all the
consequence .lvf t .- little cold, you
know,' have Jheen j-fseued from misery
and danger by Allen "m LuaKIkdara..
s.? ' .: - i .!
-Today, .tomocrow and - next -lay, and
then goodbye' to 1W3." " "X
... " . . - -.
nECfitfEfcll" lM3.-i '
WELL OBSERVED
WELL' FILLED POCKET BOOKS
MADE POSSIBLE--FULL ME AS-
UBE Or HAPPINESS.
Holiday Trade the Largoit Ever
Known In the History of the City and
Stock Were ; Greatly : - Deplet ed--
r Several Firms" Remember Their Em
ploye. : . - ;; r - ' '
(From Saturday 1 mily.)
Alb the world loves a lover, ' ' and
equally all the world loves a'.good. din
ner. jtarticularly . if that dinner ; hap
pens to be ou' Christinas day, and the
hungrv people'sit down to tardea fairly
groaning under 'the weight', of immense
roast turkeys and all of the other neces
sary perquisite which go to make cp
a y-uristmas dinner, not forgetting the
liberal wedges of minee pie, "the kind
hat mother wakes." - : - " !
Th people of Salem are ' not ' Un
mindful, of - the good ---cheer of the
Christmas, board, and .yesterday after
noon only an occasional lone wanderer
was to; lie; aeen upon tbo streets. . . The
1 day eould 'fcardlv have been raore dis
fog hanging ;0verth eitv, no -there was
nothing to f' tempt people- upon the
street, but Within the numerous homes
all was bright and ehoerfuL -the spirit
of 'Christmas 'aoVmiug to pervade' the
very aft-, the children happy "ln the
possession of numerous tors and books,
such a's-are -dear to the heart -of everyj
cnild. ana the hearts of the older peo
plo made glad by being the recipients
ot many choice gifts, usefhl in them
selves, and made doubly valuable W the
thought that with the gifts came the
love and good will of the donors. - :
One of the most importaut features
of Ihristraas day, the anniversary of
the uirth of the Savior, is the family
reunions. Many a home is made bright
and joyous by the gathering of loved
ones, who are seen at no other time of
the year, nud . the good- that e.omcs
from these annual home gatherings
bears fruit throughout the entire year
in the fond memories of the past and
'-ne fieugnirui
ntieipations of another
rr i t n Hurt Phtulmftu 4lv In thfl
prosperous condition in which the peo
ple of Oregon, and; especially Salem,
tano; themselves, there were more fam
ily reunions yesterday than has ever
been the case before, and consequently
more hearts nre glad than is common,
even on Christmas. .
Aeeonling to the renorts of tbe many
merchants of the 'Capital City, who of
fered holiday goods for sale, the Christ
mas - tree must have 'been laden almost
to the point of hreakiug with gifts,jas
Lthe sale of holidav goods was by. far
me jargest iu tue nistorj 01 iue -eitv, 1
nmifsome mercaauis-;ven neeiare inoir
rales for jChjtlnnj! ,'fs-eek excetded
the ofid!ifiiMitireioU4v trade in
foruief ft'MiXXJX; ; : ' :
Articlcef Upurcbasod for - Christmas
were not of . tbe f heap order, as is the
ease in stringent times ' .but holiday
shojj.ers-would accept nothing but the
oesiirhe -ruarket .nlTonifi, and. hCfcoodly
quanititifs, ( rttal" tho 'hiany 'stocks of
goots dok-l as though- they tlutd lxcn
struck by. Veycloue, by the time tbe
closing hour, arrived or. ChrJstmas eve.
A few f tores opened their tJoeys on
Christmas tnomtug for a few hours, bat
by noon the last man, eniploses and .ut
plovers "alike; had hurrieI to their
Domes'-. to spend the remainder of the
day with families and friends.
One of the most pleasing Christmas
remembrances made in Salem was by
the firm "of Brown & lebraan, projfie
tors of thW. Front, street aasb and door
factory. 'Hieir employes were nil given
a holiday on toth Christmas day . and
ijoday under full pay. - f
The Salem Water Company, too, in
accordance with an -.old' custom, gave
each of its employes ii per eent'of liiif
aunjal sal spy, ia some eases amounting
to almost $1 (in. J. P, Rogers also, ac
cording to his custom on this day, uiadc.
each of . his bartenders a present of a
bright and. shining 20 gold dece. .
Christinas' was fittingly observed by
every 'church' in the city, cither .with
Christmas trees or other appropriate
exercises, most of which were, held
early, either, pn Wednesdav or. Thurs
day evening, .that the holiday might
be spent quietly in the. homes. Several
churches made the exercises a sort of
thank' offering, and ueful articles of
every description were douate-L the ar
ticles thus ontribuled being distribut
ed anmng needy families intho city on
Christmas morning. At one' chnrcb,
each jSerson attendiiig tbe entertain
ment was required to bring a large po
tato. and. those failing to do so were
provided with them at the door for five
cents each.; Uetddes this feature, splen-
Vlid urogtams ytre rendered, proclaim-'
Ing '"Policy on Karth, Gotnl Will to
Men.?' and tu joyful tidings of the
bitth. of the Savior.. ' ; 1 -X
lh occasion was also. olservel in a
fitting and highly entertaining manner
at all of tho ; state institutions, esje"
cially for the entertainment of the in
sane patients at the asylum, and 4bc.
prisonet at. tbe 'penitentiary.- "
' PAYS BIG PRICE.
Herbert Law Boys Building on Market
. Street, San Francisco, for .
Sl.000,000. :J;'X
KAN FRAXCJSCO, IVc. 2fi.-. Herbert
L. Law has bought the iltshop property
on .Market street, for l,0K,f"V . This
news will 1 excite much interest, i Iaw
pays about fJoOO per f rent foot,, s He
acquires one of tber best-known" bnild
ings -and sites in San Francisco? The
property-is nit the south line of Markef
street." It ia separatel from the 'Palaee
Hotel by Annie' street and almts on tbe
Hearst bmldiag,' at the eritr- of Mar
ket and Third. It rcna sbrorgh to
Stevenson street. 1 i
The rate paid for the MacKay prop
ertyr-at Market anI Fourth streets by
-syndieete was al-ont itftiVXi per front
foot. The site next to the Palaees Hotel
brings $4fs jer foot more, though cor
nerfng oa a stre-t of little commercial
importance. Tbe seller is Mrs. Mary
Cnnoingbam Pishop, of New York. It
is understood that the purchaser will
put up sky-scraper on the sit?.
WORKED IN OREGON.
Sleek and Dying Swindler - Is Bsl4
to
Have Operated In This '
r :X" Xh; r v BWt- .':' -" t X
; MTKAPOLTa' I)eec2.-J. J. Car--
lUle,-wh was rvently arrete.l in
for trlal. .'$-
swindler. The prisoner,' jkufferins? ' from
lapsed, and ia' nupposed U l'dyia.GIPT OIVINO EXERCISES HELD BY.
Siilerbur ,the iliee deelairjr-inteY- j . ,TTIE DIFFERENT SUNDAY
Prarton. the w York iriillioamrer 1
, km - '.-iV.y-'
NINE-FOOT -OUQAeV
. COt: V ALUS. f.0t-2fiLI.
DurWn. a itentomeoant darmetJiyin,?
aeross' the' river from Albany, aVju : 1S" Mon rrovisjon,, cioth
kiibd a eonga which-iiasureiidAe j in Other Everyday Necessities,
feet four inches fromHUo-tip."' Thej . '. . - X
stockmen inAthat ; vicinity hare becnj "''"''' " X
losing sheep and, VtnigttalVe lately,!, tom .tnrdiv'i iwitv v
and the cougiir had evidently been liv: .itnrday 1 .uIO
ing high, fore-wSsTafine. rVitiu. CUr-stma was generally, otrved.
"', - " ! throughout the city ' by the inoadnv
..'"; '. 'Thaakfnl-for .ThAt.; -: ;V'-..' Jacuoofe of the different churcnea bv
1 Hf-Tben you -tntrt v our. nxa j BOldi'i.ropriate .ntenammts nud
v::ru, Tx . .;;v n.
worse. Smart JeU
EASY VICtORY
CABLXSLE-INDIANS DEFEAT THE
J ALL-CALIFORNIA ELEVEN BfY J
DECISIVE SCORE. 1
Tbe Multnomah and University" Of Ore-
gon Teams Play a Scoreless Game
Both Teams Strong Astoria , Com
. mercials DeKat ' the Cbemawa In
r ltns by Only One Touchdown, r:
SAN FKANC.ISCO, 1V , 23. Super
ior team work, coupled with more thor
ough training, gave' the l-tfrUslc Indian
football team a; decisive? v1ctory over
the all-CaJuoriiia eleven .this afternoon
at ''one. of. the most speetaeular games
ever played ou the eousfr. : Score, ZTLto
IV Ideal wenther'onflittnns
Pldyed to Standstill.
, t l'ortland, Or., D!c.""5. A In n sc-orelcss
game, a repetition of the came played
a year ago today by the "same, teams,
the Multuomah 'f1uUf Port Wind, and
an eleven eomiosetl of the 'Varsitj' men
and st-r alumni players of the Univer
sity of Oregon, -struggled to -a stand
still in it! If oid ball - niPteh at the Mult
nomah field. The-defensive work of
the teams was hd strong that-tbe fierce
line playing of both sides was unavail-j
ing. The; game was characterized by a
the iuability of the backs of eilfier
eleven to; makeTindmns and-the e-m
stant fcenter playing reso
to was!
equally
gains. ;
linprixi Active vf
i . . ef ; -
coiiistent
'- . -
Runner Was Blocked.
a,' Or Pee. 25. -With a weak-
Astori
f-nt-d te;
m, the ivjmiuerciai i.iud eleven
ut out the Chemawa' Indians in
lest fo'ighfJ,fiamV:3UvAiM,H-
tolaV sh
the har
son. ' 1 he indinns : were out-piaviyi 111
eery singe and, but for theMpterfer
ene.e of ia sps-etator, who gotonto the
field and blocked Parker's' progreas, the
wore wOubl have 1k;ii 10 to 0 instead
of ' 5 to! t. i Tlay ' game- leaves 'the
Northw.est.championship Wt ween ,Mnlt
tiouinh and the'iAtoria CammcrciaR
I-. ' " r r--
FROM THE PRLSaDBNT.
He Writes to Little Constance KanttjCr
nd Sends Her His Pbo-
tograph
U'eeks ago, Count iin'c K;inlner,
the lit t lie daughter of Itev. and Mrs. .JV.
C. Kantner, d thi-j c.ltv., wrote a letter
to "President lb-ov(eltI', tilling him she
was thi-j little girl 'he siiyv in Sal cm and
got out of luw criage . Jo Speik to,
while she was leing wheeled :'AHut.iu
her
invliUd'-t -chair, Watch iixjr"! he pro-
in,f dtiring his visit to ShIciii, last
cesfi
summer, t .onstanee told tni" rreSLd-'iit
tnai wi? expectei to want in..Marcii.
esterdav little. onstnrtee
received
tlie iPresi -
'
the foltiwing'-, let t rr'rom
' Whl V House. ushihgton, , TWcrH
lr 10, jlvV)S.-My'-De'ar Ijittle' Friend:
I thahkj yiu so much'for1 your- letter.- 1
shall always remember you. -J uend you
my' pludograph. With nil good vishes,
l am, fjaithfullv viuirs - .
I " TH K.blSojli: HOOSF.VKLT.
"Miss Constance" Kantncr, Saleui,
Oregon." '. '',-..'.'
The lettej was necompnnie-d y u pjiu
tograph ofl he Pre?-identi' v.iih ,the fol
lowing words in his own- hand:' " W.itlr
a nicrrV Ninas from Theodore Hoose velt; 5
l)ec2nth, . , , .. X j
It gMs without saying that M is s Con
stance was a very happy littlj; girl'wbiu
he received the - answer to ler . letter
from the I'resident. There. is nb one of
Miss Constance '. thousands, ofirieuds
who d.K.s hot 'hope tthe may' be able to
make gool her' proqjise to Mr. loose-
velt.lo walk in MatPh. or soWer.5, '
- . .. .
HOPS ARE STRONGER.'
rew
Sales' Reported -in CbehJU Dls
trtet at -23V - Cents 4rv:-i'-,'
,' Poond.' XX ' 'X-, .:'
CHKHAL1S WnX Dee. 2tf.The bop
market' in the . Clw-hA'lbf -district has;
beeu on the npwarrf','"tendency.lluring,
the last ten ilays. ' Bui few wiles" have
been made fronVtW fact ttfat tbe-bnlk
of the crop has been disposed L- r.Jt
what sales have Inert yiade havf-leen
at good ptiees, j Tbe attersoii crop , o(
655 bales waa sold last week to McGow
an ii McNeff rf Puyrdlnp for the, fancy
price of 23 '3 eenta.whieh is tlio lugtr
est p.rice paid in this district since the
lump fwe: last fall. The - sal' was
made earlyV lat -e-kJ: ;feut4ke erias-
were kept private tvW ft c ypie of -ta-s
ago. D. -It. Moonr -soid iTI.V bales, this
wefk for t3 cental f This lea-.T less
than 35 uns.ld in fbef Cbebalia dis
trict, flioiee bops ar'vyry strnttg at
t hehalis at Present .
cboiee art ile-1
commanding an rrea 25 cents.
Dealers
are-offenng t contract the 11KVI crop. at
15 cents. No new contracts are -rWt-r
M ,,.-., T-J -.-
thus i.ir. ; - - - -
- m
' .-
SELECT DELEGATES.
PIKRRr; S. jCV iec. IV..-. At thi
meeting of the Missouri Rivr StM-k:
men's Association, at; Fort I'ierre. dele.
gates were selected to attend tho meet-
ing of the Natioaa'lfL"ivest - kJfsoeirt -
lion at l'ortland, Oregon. January 12,
ami each member l.eribed for 1ft nt-k
in the Independent laeking eoneeflsi. '
Statesman's classified ads bring quick
Jresiiltn.
v.." - . .
OW fcfcl: tH Al(l 1 X
1 ' " , ; . v
1 . - ,
t ''X'.' ' ' .' ..X
j-. liberal Donitions Made by Meiibert
j: .ww ,.mwi. ie uiMTiouira
- ! X"" iss annate- onenKs
' A ur T oe Vm. a a, ay ..
0, .u the form a
giv-
mg "tnsteaa or "receing'
The classes of the diiTerVnt, - Whool'a
brought oflering of varlois kinds, in.
udivg money, groeivies, provisioun,
otiVng, etc for distribution, umoni;
those less fortunate. Some donation
were made to individual children and
families amoug'the uufortunnte,. ljile
otner-onenngs were placed in the gen
eral " fund" to w distributed, by thu
joflieets of the Si'hoOls. The classes ia
! .11 .u .1 1., ..f .!:...,... 1 . 1.
nil. ihf wituiiw uiurxrut uuvDUui'
tions juade libeVal donations, autl!niany
fn . 1 . ... . 1 ..l.il.IvVk , 1. . . . . i. . .
would jkave Wen. denied the joys of
the glid Christmastide. were made hap
py nh' I comfortable, by the effort 'of '
those isiore fortjiate A novel feat nr..
of many of th ''giving', services ws
th'e adiiissioa charged at the'door, "The"
prim- o? ndmissom was one large jtato,
aud bj-. thia-novel scheme-many bushel
of this product were collected and di -tribute'
with the other offering.
. First "Congregational. X 1
Tlt First Congregational " Sunday,
school h-ld tts Cliristmas servi.Jn fu
Tueslay. eveuiug in the pniioiti-of ttie
church. -There was a large attendance
tion was provide! by the liberal dona
tions of the classes. A plensiug pro
gram of twenty-six numbers,- consist'
ing - of recitations, vo'l and instm
ment.nl music, was rendered during the
evening, nnllhe exercises as a hole
wefe' most approj'tiati; for the oeca .
sioiu ' .
The program rendered fill.iV:
rNO.ng- ome .111 . ie i whiw,
school. . ,
Jraver Rev.tW. C. Kaniner".
Ami hem "Oh, -"Holy :-Night, fhAt
In ro.bietorv remarks. ,
Uei-itat ion " Whfit " ltn " .'Chr"i.tiri:'L.t
v""a urrininr i uniiiunniii.
J Song The 1 irst liristmas, Pt1"'
,ary department. - -v . -
Keeitatiou onstance Kant ncr. .
Solo Mrs. W. Cnrlton Sniith.
Kxercise lrs. Morrinou's cm..
Song Miss Wheeler 'jf"class.
.. Lecitatio.n --"'The llent Trec.v l.uru
staliy; , ; . ;
. Inslruiuenlab duet Miss S'lelfori nn 1
Miss .Nina Hushncll.. - C
KxetciMe Mr, Partnah 's clns.
Sou?r "Iviiii anil Utuni? ai d rf'
feriiig, primary ifeparlnieiit. X X
Uecitation-" Lucille Stnlr-v.. :.
-Sorig- Mihs Uineman V class. .
' Scriplnre texts -Mis. llvde'seinM..
Recitation 'lorotliy ,1 kfli, '
Mildnil-vHsglev. -
: Kxerciw- - "The Mdlcrs."- Mi
Payne's class. "
iSong-r-"lt fame I'ixmi 'lie Mi'ljnpht
Clear." S4-h.Hd.
. Kcci'tntion-'- Sfarie l.-irtin.-
1 fee i t a t k n Mr . 1 on 1 ss. .
, Scripture texts Ml. Kantin r 's c! is-.
r'it.;Li,n. ..i.i,.." ru. w f i.'i.iA
ne:, , ,...'. .
Song "Hark, the llernll ,ngli.
Sing." school, . .
l!eiedicfi,ou , . "
First Methodist.. Episcopal,
The Christmas entertainment of tin
First, Methodist Sunday school-was lit bl
On Woduesday eve.ning. , An exeidleid
l'ff5nn, ' was rendered, ami the' ehun-h
I.A.I .-.. 1 nr., 1 1 '..
fiv ivcn. nere iw-flmiiiwiv i.itui i - v
the -occasion. . Many" practical gift
were donated by the member of. the
school, which served to ,hright.Wn mo
bomeHyesterday. The progrnin,'which had ' "been ni--rrtngM
by n'-committee eoniivriig "1
Miss McDonald, Mrs. Kay Farmer, MiV
J. Ti. AllismT. and MissV , Andrewasihn!"
onemvil. with a. ChriHtm.is c.an'tnt:i.
"Child of . the ChristmsiHtidr," in
which the rntiru primary " departiwent "f
the schiKd .took part.-f.- '. ' "
Aaothcr splendid nninbiT on the pro
"gram was "The Fairy tjneen's ;Reeej.;
t ion, "- an appropriate cantata for the
occasion, in which Snnta Clans, rather
Time, Aurora ' Porealis and other i'd
idjrities made their . nppenraace. The .
many different characters wci- ably
represented bv Professr.r "Irev, M i;
ChnrJer. Lottie'1 Knndall. Jennie Coy le.
(Vert nine Orny, Julia Field, .-KlizaWth
Stowcll, (luslena -Randall, -tJlive m i
Calf. Helena Smith, lone Fisher. '
Van Winkle, O. K. Wolf, II. II. Majckei,
William Rebhan. K. F.. Averill, H:ij
fhapler rkhd II. M. Avcrill.
The male quartet, " consisting "f
Messrs. Van Winkle, Market, Rebbaa
aud Wolf, rendered several pb-fioc
selections, and th. 1'irge" cngregaleu
was also 'favored" with select resdiagV
by Mrs. Chn pier, Kliza1eth Stmrell a-t.
Kdgar F. AvcrilL j! X
X ; First Frjyterian. X X.
i. The exerclesos, of the PresbvteiiS"
Snivtav sbool, which were held es
Christmas eve, also -.took the form
a giving." Here as at other churw
the otTerings of; the Sunday
classes were most liberal and servM
provide the everyday necessiti'"''
many widows and orphans ia
assistance...
An Appropriate program a
in enjorable- as well aj
Iielpfld
First Cbristi?n. '
Tbe members of the .Chrtian
L. ,, rxfr.ifers r,n Vedned:'.v
2? m rf t,u-
vfeBing. . Manv donations "., . .,
1 ... ,- , , . 1 . -,;.'-al fuwi
providing a mtuahle and praef-ai ,N(
for distribution amoug the poor- - "
program bad lieen prepared for the
nsion, but the evening was ilevoii
s.aial enjoyment, in" addition M
1 ' ' l . 1 J n
gift -giving, which made tne prr; -
happy o
j Cut io t
one, not only ror toe
he older peopleas wei'. .
. ' '' l . T" - . 'j
If von do-not order 'extra r '
iw .srir ri ,,,. ....... .h.n
nvin earlv, there mar be, none left
you' rtiake-tip yo&r mind that y
some of them. -.
"1