"WEEKLY OBEGON STATESMAN, FSIDAT, JAJJUAST 8,. 1301. c ; rHTT ALL SEEM OF ONE OPINION SITUATION IN FAB EAST LOOKS GLOOMY ALL AROUND. UNITED STATES - MARINES Are Landed at Seoul, Corea, to Afford Protection to American . : Legation. Japanese Troop3 Lying Off Masainpho Beady to Land at a Moment's No tice Russian? Troops Also Active, Bat their Location Is Kept Secret Neither Country Can Yield. LONDON', Jan. 6.-r"jXobody Will KUfiV' the captain . ' of an American inanC-war of being a. scheming alarm ist' says the, Standard editorially this morning. 3 j " ' .'.:'' This sentence 1 expresses the ;;Vieww taken by the press of Great Britain of the grave condition of thing in the far East as' revealed,1 by the fact that; the United StatesT finds it necessary to send marines to Seoul' f or the protection of American interests. While it is still hoped a ieaceful issue may be found this action is held to indicate the view .of the situation taken at Washington is that the crisis is drifting rapidly to the danger point. The action; of the United States is generally' approved. 'The' Morning Post says editorially: "The landing of American marines provtr that the' United States is not watching the far Eastern imbroglio without irrt exigent interests. " The Daily ' Telegraph's Tokin cprre jMttiiUnt says: '"The outlook i very war-like. . The people are CQmnienting on the. absence of Hsuon De Kosen, the. ikiissiaiti Minister to Japan, from public function for the last few days. ; .v Cores Is Anxious. ... f -Seoul, Corea, Jan. 4. A detachment of thirty-five marines from the United States steamer Vicksburg, now lying at 'hinilpo,; arrived here 'yesterday as a gu,arl for the American. legation. An other body of seventy marines will ar rive . tomorrow." The ""United States transport Zaphiro is also- at Chemypo, where Russia, Japan and (Treat Britain have each one man-of-war. Quiet pre vails -here, but the patace is heavily . -guanlfd -by the I'oJcsn army. The inovenScnts of the Japanese 'troops and fleet are unknown here. The attitude of the'orean goyjoiimcnt is unchanged. Solicitude is shown sin to what may happen on the arrival ef the Japaileso ; troops. . Troops Are Moving . Paris, Jan. G. The hefoo corre spondent of the Herald cables as fol lows: Eight thousand of Japanese troops are ready to land at Massampho and their Ian. ling will probably mean war. A regiment of Cossacks isexpeet ed at Port Arthur. ' Reserves are leing remoyed from. I5!agovechen?k, the cap' ital of lAinur province inj Kastern Sibe ria to jTsitsehiar (ia Manchnria) and tho, position of the.troopKjn Manchui is beiiig re arranged, tat theirloeati una ion js Kept secret. ' May Get Into Trouble. St. Petersburg. Jan. . A semi-ofli- . rial tdispatch to the Sewn Agency from Vjadivoxtock, and irivato information frotf Mnkden state that owing to the disturbances twccn the ("oreans and Japanese in Corea, the Russian second rifle regiment, nt its full strength, has lee dispatcher to (Wea in order to protect the Russian interests there. Die Must Be Cast. lleriinV "Jan. 6. The semi-official Koelenisehe Zeitnng in publishing the hews that the Crruun far Kastern ftquadrori ha- been ordered to ernccn- trate t Tsinchou, ; says: 'The vital political interests of Russia and Japan are clashing so sharply the yielding of either country would mean tl aban donment of those " interests. The die must: soon, be east.'! ' ... Sos SHE MUST OSECUTE. Mrs. A. II. Ames, ot Marshjpeld, Must Face the Man Charged With Hex Assault. - SAX FRANCISCO, Jan. 5. An . at tachment was issuel by the-Unite. States attorney today tor Mrs. A. II. Ames, of Marsh field, Oregon, thewoiB an who claims she was brutally assault ed while rm the steamer Alliance Kni few'months ago. She will be bre;ught to this city to appear agaiiist Thomas i Davis, to prosecute him for . he heinous rrime wbich it is alleged he committed. ' f CUT DOWN DIVIDEND. NKW YORK. Jan. .'-5. The. dividend f United - States Steel, common, was assed at a quarterly meeting of directors today, but the regular Vas declared -tm preferred stock, the previous fiuarterly I meeting the 1 At the common dividend waa cut' from the 4 to the. 2 per cent JaKis. The statement of earnings for J 103 shows a shrinkage of f24,OtU,U0Qj ' V MRS. NELSON DEAD. Clstcr of Judge Biinett Passed Away ' at Eickreal Yesterday- : ; . Morning. Jidg Geo. II. iJurnett receivel word yesterday morDing that his sister. Mrs. Lurret ia It Kelson, aged M years, had nr I i i JAYNE'S TONIC ' VERMIFUGE, w u : " mr - T Hwiasxieai. lavrjcraior icr wofrllL, get rr moix,Toun M?ar Reitreal io Polk county, after an illness jof several years. Deceased crowwil 'h nl-in io. me of) four little girls ia the family! one mamea A. J. Nelson, and lived near McMinnville up to the time of his death, la few years ago, and has since made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Lucas. She was a member of the. Chris tian church at MeMinnville; and the retuaiok will be laid to rest at MeMinn ville, next Thursday, with funeral sei vicea a the' Christian chureh of that eity. - t t The following children survive the deceased, all of whom were at her bed side during the closing hours of her life: Mrs. Anna B. I lender eon, Salem; Mrs. .G. W Hnnsaker, Turner; Mrs. B. F. Lucas. ,RickreaI; . J.. II. and Ira G. "SCelsonj McMinnvillef F. F. Nelson, of Portland.. KEPT PROMISE CITIZENS OF CORVALLIS ADMINLS I TEE COAT OF TAB AND FEATH- . EES TO "HOLY ROLLERS." Joshua Crcffield, the Leader, and Chas, Brooks Get a Warm Reception at the Hands of Indignant Benton , County 1 ltes-jrCrefileld RemoTed Objectionable Costume and Married Miss Hurt. j-CORVALLIS, Or., Jan. 5. Joshua (.'refTicld and CharJes Sriooks, the Holy Rollers!, who have made the name of OorVallis. famous from the Pacific to the Atlantic, last night met the fato which Ithev long had been promised. 'Tar and feathers in unlimited UHntities and wuhout ) consideration as 10 ex pense were administered to the. two contoili9msts, and with. the I'dressing" went ajni order for the ajostb?s to neyV agaia.-etu4n to.the peaceful littre city in the (valley XX double climax was reached this morning when Creflleld, still bearing the obnoxious covering, at least ia spots, took Miss Maud Hurt to Albany and -married her 'there before anyone had lime to interfere. Corvallis ia Vi'.i-i n ir nvpr th tro-eedin2S ixf last JUght.jan.fJU t h e . cj tiijens are -ongr at ula t- ing themselves upon naying strompusn ed a 'good-- job. ( - ;. i . About'lO o'clock last night twenty determined and fearless citizens went across the river into- Linn county and too Crcffield and Brooks unaware at the Beach cottage, where theyf have leen fttaying'sinre oufrted from the llurt home. ! The apostles were brought ; to Corvallis and taken to the southern part of the eity, and there, out in the cold, damp air of the niid-winter night and under the ,bare canopy- of the heavens, stripped, tarred and feathered in the) style ador''1 KCS aS- Thc men could offer no resistance in view of th overwhelming majority, and accepted their penalty UJi U .possible grace, i When proeYiy t?rrel and feathered the men were turned f-one, and told that it they ever returned to this town r vicinity their doom would he quickly tcnled by hanging to the nearest tree. With Ithis admonition the apostles de parted and the mob dispersed. At nVlnKbt friends of the victims of thosurpri:-e party awakened Henry Wort ham, a drnggist, and procured tur inttne and oils for the purpose orrc inoving the sticky coats. That the vic tims worked hard all night is evident from the fact that shortly wftef lawn this morning Crcffield and Miss, Hurt secured a buggrand drove to Albany, a distance of twelve miles, and there, wero made husband and wife j at J o'clock.''' . . ' L' ": . O. V. Vllu rt. father of the, girl who had Income infatuated with the smooth pxiHjulnder of the principles bt his orig inal doctrine, this morning itated that he hud iu previous knolelge m the inten.Jel marriage, but thiol s that the plunsiwcro formulated during the night when it became certain to Crefiiebl that be wohld no longer be endurtd by the lictple of (this community. Kti-rlrA at rjnnrt TTonSC Albanv, Or.. Jan- 5.-Josln a Crcffield id ?Made Hurt, daughter of O. . am Hurt werelmarried in the Linn connty lr .nnv .Indire if. M. court 31.-30 o'clock this morning. The eoiiplp drove to Allany from ( or vallis, accomp tnied by Frank' Unrt. a brother pf the bride, and his rife. They left ihe city in the same conveyance in which they came at 1:3(1 o'clock, f re f fieblj refused to say anything j whatever about the marriage or his Lifet night's experience at 1'oryallis. ' " 'Were Tied Together.! 'nrvalliis tr., Jan. 5. It is nnder 8toxll that some ef "thtwe who were lcad ers in the tar anl feather epixle last night are peisons who have relatives or friends .in- the sect. When taken front the Reach lime, the "apistles were tied together, and marched in the middle of the crowd. - j- ; - . p ' ; " ij. . IS SEVERE LOSS. - Capitol Building of Iowa Catches Fire ( and Is Badly Dam- : ' . ced- IKS MOINKS, la., Jan. 5,-Fire ..n.l tlx. nnrthnrest winff'llf the Stat capitol vesterday, cansing an PI,r"i- mate-loss f natt minion o"i"- chamler of tftV Ilonse f Kepresenta tives. is a charre.1 mass of debria and cannot be repaired in "time for the ap proaching session of , the legislature. The supposition is that the fire started either from a lighted candle carelessly leffcburning ordwm an electrie light wire." The Iowa capitol is one of ; the moat' beautiful in the United States. It as erected at a cost of $.0fuyHXl and r a? uppoed to be fire prof. druggist. MANY CLOSED PERMANENTLY ONE-THIRD OF CHICAGO THEAT ERS MAY NEVES OPEN AGAIN FOUR MORE ; ARRESTS MADE . i r- Erployen of Construction Comply Accused of Breaking In the Theater Skylights. Masonry Foreman Jones Acknowledges That He and Three Assistants Gained Roof of Building and Destroyed the Evidence Agtlnst the Company Cor oner's Inquest Opens Tomorrow. ... CHICAGO. Jan.' 5. The committee composed ofj mehibers of the city coun cil, appointed last night to investigate jthe Condition of the local theaters, held its first meeting today. According to a statement of Alderman Friested, one of the members of the committee, it is lnnl.tfit if ii iur r-Atit nf th-.theatcra" ever will reonen their doors. Late, this afternoon. the attorneys the fire department caused the arrest of four employes of the Fuller Con struction Company, David Jones, mas onry foremanj and Angus McKay, Otto Rausch and John "Kingston, iron work ers. It had 'been chargel Jones and his men broke the . sky-lights on ; the theater after! the fire in order to; de stroy possible evidence. 'It developed today, the skv-iights were blocked by scantlings and tied with wire to pre vent their opening. Jones, in making his statement; to the fire, department, said: ... ; . : j "I took three iron workers with me up through an adjoining building. .First I removel the wooden IscaritlinffiSj which" blocked the 'sk'jj -lights Then I found the lights tTelj'with jsrire ' ipsidd and broke two panes" of7 glass to 'get at the Wires to untie them. .1 finally' got: the wires oft and opened the lights. Jones was aked why he went to the root of tneuiDcal?r,anu rcpyr1 ue,nau been toldthai'f ' th'e,. ndrttt..jral. had erscked in Ifae fire an& went to see if it was tru. "Why did you take jfehree Iron work ers with1 you .' to inspect the brick walll" ksked Attorney Fulkerson of the fire department- Jones was con fused, but fitfally answered that jthe men went with him through curiosity. Numerous witnesses Who were in the adjoining buildings overlooking j the theater testified the sky-lights were not otku during the fire. Coroner Traeger ! said tonight ihe was almost ready for the inquest,: whicn will 'commence Thorsday morning. "I wish it understoo1," he anl, "this is not trial, but simply an in vestigation to determine the facts of the Jire. The coroner's jufy will not attempt to fix the blame, nor wili it recommend the 'punishment . of any body." ; !; . ' NEW OFFICERS INSTALLED. Chadwick Chapter Order of Easicrn Star Performs an ImpreEsive .,' Ceremony. v , Th installation of the new officers of Chadwick' Chapter, Oregon Eastern Star, took; place in the Masonic hall last night with appropriate ceremonies. Worthy Grand Matron Helen P. Gatch acted as installing officer, and Cook M. j Jones as marshal. ' . Those installed were: . Claud Gatch, worthy patron; Alice Meyers,. associate matron; Irmine , Bnshnell, secretary; Waiula Laughcad, treasurer; France? Otten, conductress; Ruby Lacy, asso ciate conductress; Anna Karitner, chap lain ; Cella'latton, marshal; Lelia C'av anagh. Adah; Lena Cavanngh, Ruth; Ruth Brown Esther; Sally Dyer, MSr tha; Florence Wilson. Elceta; Mabel Rhnmaker, warder j. Henry Shumakcr, sentinel, j J Following the installation was a ban quet given in honor of the Worthy Itiraud Matron, llelea I. Gatch.-A num ber of toiists were respondel to and a very delightfnl musical and literary program was4 rendered. -, FOB BETTER SERVICE. t -Bo Four More Oriental Steamers to , Placed on thi Line Out of ; - Portland. . j ' I'ORTLAXIV Or Jan. ."-iTlke. Port land : - Asiatic Steamship. Contnafty hav mad arraneeivcnts with the China Commercial Satam Navigation Company by which the Oriental service out of this port will be increased by the addi tion of four stemriers, making a total of seven vessels with a combined carry ing cafiacity of over 50,0)0 tons. : The increaseI aervice goes into effect next month 'and will give Portland a steam ship every thfc-tecn days. t " The Spirit of Winter. The spirit of winter U with us, mak ing its presence knowii in manydifTer rnt ways cornet inies by cheery ; sun saine and glistening snows,'" and som tiniejs by driving ' winds and blinding storms." To manyr people it jwems to take a delight ia ' making bad things worse. for ; rheumatism twists harler, twinges sharper, catarrh becomes more, annoying, and the maf' uyarptoats scrofula are; derelopetiHat aggravte"l There is not mach fiictry'in this, but there is truth, and it is a wonder that more people don't get rid of these ail ments. The medicin that enres them- Hood's Snrsparilla is ciilr obtained ,-.?' r-,-, ; --'irt ! ' f ?' ' : ' PRESIDENT WAS RIGHT SENATOR LODGE DEFENDS HIS ACTION IN PANAMA QUESTION RECOGNTTI0N OF NATION Was Within the Prerogative" of . the Ofice of- the Chief Executive. - Although General Reyes Would - Not Accept Candidacy He Will Not De cline .to Serve? as President of Co lombia State .Department Has Pre pared Answer io General Reyes Note WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. Practically the entire session of the Senate today was devoted to a speech by Lodge-on the situation on the Isthmus of Panama.' He discussed the abstract question of the right of the President .to recognize the independence of a new nation and concluded that , such a prerogative per tains exclusively to the office of i the chief executive. I Loilge argued that our intervention in Panama had been only in the interest of peaee and contentment and that the President -had not gone a tep beyond what propriety eaffisd for.. - In conclu sion' the sjev'h was devoted to the po litical aspect of th question, and in that connection he referred ' to the speeches made at the Democratic ban quet in New. York fast night. 1 ; Hay'a Resolution Lost. - Washington, Van. 5.' The prtvilegel resolution Proposed by Hay. of VirBjnia h.vid5ng for an iavestigaton of cer- ioffice report re(U5ttiflg oa th! roemLl)er. ship of the House, today was referred to the committee on-ppstoffiees and post roads, on motion of Pavne of! New York, the majority deader. T p ' -v , : Eight Eepublicans fc-oted with the minority and Hay's mixtion to order the previous question, wllch was lost, and three Republicans votl with the Demo cratic minority agaiist the motion ( to refer. .The PresTdents message relative to Panama and tk canal was read . in the Honscy receiving applause ,-.. the Republican side., e, - . Department's,, Answer Ready. Washington,- Jan.' 5 Although he declared under i-nii circumstances he should not be a fandidate for the Pres idency of Colombia,'-' General Rafael Reyes loes" not feel -he can decline to serve now be has been selected. ' ThA Rtte Dephrtmt-s,answer to-General Reyes formal note ' has been prepared at the department and will be trans mitted in a few days to General Reyes. Mosquito Fleet at Colon. Colon, Jan. j 5. The gunboat Topeka and the torpedo boat destroyers Dale and Stewart arrifed here today.. The Dixie is how alongside the dock disem barking store and. provisions prepara tory to land the marines, which prob ably will take place , tomorrow. Ordered te Guantanamo. Pensaeola, Flai, Jan) 5. The Atlantic training,! squadron, eomjtosed ,of the MinneaKlis, Colrmbus, Yankee "an Hartford,, received orders tolay to pro ceed to Goantanamo, where- further or ders would await its arrival. Croup; . The peculiar cough' which indicates croup, is, usually well known to the mothers of eroupy children. No time should be lost in the treatroeat of it, and for, this purpose, no medicine has received more universal approval than Chamberlain 'n Cough Remedy. " Do not waste valuable time, in , experimenting with untried remedies, no matter how highly they may be reeonrmended. but give this medicine as dircctel and all symptoms of. croun will quickly disap pear. For sale by Dan J. Fry, Salem. By a new 'Dutch process it Is claimed that a moose hide can he turned into leather ready for the saddler's and shoemaker's use in from one to three lays, while by following the usual me thod of preparation it takes about six mouths, i I . ; . The annual meeting of the members of the Oregon Fire Relief ; AsHiatbm will be held at McMinnville on Tncn-lay, January 12,-10, o'clock a.' m. at Burns hall, for the purpose of electing, three trustees and the transaction of such other business as may be brought be fore it. ; " . , " Uncle Joe " Glasses. ' ' Uncle Jfoc ' f Cannon usually wears spectacles, but the other day he put on eye glasses. Tbey botherol him and he lahl them n the Sjakeir'a desk. Then he promptly forgot where thev were ami banged them with his gavel, smash ing thcra to small piece. ' . . ' ''ii- . .V TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets AH drugfg-ista refund the moocy If It fails to- cure. E. W. Grove's signature la on each. box. J5c THOMSON LEFT OUT. . WASHINGTON", Jan. 1 7. Secretary Hitchcock tmlay notifiel the Oregon Senators that As B. Thomson would not be reinstated at . La Grande,: and called on them to name some one else for the place. This action is taken by direction of the President. . " Scratch, scratch, scratch; unable to j attend to. buinps. during the day or sleep during the night. Itching Jiles horrifclo plague. lK.ins '-Ointment cures. .Never fails. At any drug store, 50 cents. : , V jyh '" E. J. " Arnold, of ; Ptland. rraprtr of jthe carnial hws which cempwsed t be i Greater Salem "arni vabt is ia i he city looking after repairs to bis merry-go-round at the Fair Grounds. The KBIi'h statute mil was fir-?t DETAILS ARE NOT KNOW TWO TRAINS MEET NEAR TOPEKA nIN HEAD-ON COLLISION wrrn YEBY SERIOUS RESULTS. The Engineers and Firemen of .l Trains Were Killed ' - j ! Outright. Both Reported That Many People Are Under the Wreckage and That Over a Dozen Passengers Are Fatally Hurt The Wreck Occurred Late and the Details Were' Not Obtainable. TOPEKA, Kan,. Jan., 5. A Rock Island passenger train collided with a tram two miles west of Topeka about I o'clock this morning. Reports say that many pec pie are caught in the wreckage. A special train with doc tors anjd the ofiieiels of the road has just let here for the wreck The gen eral superintendent V office reports that it is very serious. s: Engineers Reardon and Benjaniia were killed. Over a dozen' passengers are fatally hurt. All the , paswnirer coaches except the; last two Pullmans were piled up in a heap. The two trains unci squarely in a head-on collision. ine isuperintendent Ban to the Asso ciated Press: "We have no positive information about the wreck other than that bth engineers 1 and both firemen were killed. - .' - . . : ; fThe last report we got from Wil bard was that many -people were vet ander It ha wreckage, and" all cars were wrecked but two."'! . . I Month After Month - : a cidd jclings, to yeu. TIk; cough seems to tear hfleS in the delicate tisshes.of the throat j and lungs. Yb1oie weight and yeu wonder if you are threatened with a (ust'ase you scarcely uare to name. Are y)u aware that even,' -a stublforn and long;neglected cold is cured, with Allen'ii Lung Balsam ? 4)6 r not sjwmd moro of your life in coughing and wor rying. DIDN'T SALT MjlNE. I English ! Minfng Investors Lose Their Case Against the Stratton " Heirs.- . '.. v.. "DENVER, Jan. 5. In' the case of Stratton's' Independence?' MiningjCom pany, of Lo ndon, against the executors of the estate of flie'Iate Winfield S. Stratton, the Cripple Creek millionaire, claiming a,(MMMM)U damages .jtr the al leged ptalting of the nde)enU-nce wine lefoT Tts sale.to'.thci English! compeny, Judgfridlincr, in the'llTiitoil States Court this dftPrhoon, decided for tlie defend- IxintK. WHY NOT REASON? Ifl Osteipathy will do more fof you than drtigs what is the argument "for taking artificial ctmtounds into" j the system r SCIIGETTLE, BARR AND BARR,i , t j Osteopaths. Very Much i Crowded Thre patients were reccivel at! the insane asylum last evening, all; of them jfrom Multnomah county, as fol lows:! A. T. Kruhg, a native of Ger manyj aged 45 years; Charles W.. Paint er, a native of ,Iwa, 35 years, and Joe Deitrijch, a native of New York, -aged 30 years. These turee late arrivals brings the total number of patients now in . the. institution up to13.G and taxesj the capacity to the utmost to accommodate them. " When t the new closed cottage at the asylum farm is opened for use -it will make riwtm tot 80 mjire patients and will relieve the crowded condition of affairs until fur ther appropriation .are provided for th Itjiiilding of .additions onto, the in, (ititutpon. The state a contract with the fjovernment, fr the care of the Alaska insane, expires in the near futnrk' and as it will not be renewed the rit nation will be further relieved by the removal of about 50 patients to th state which secures the contract. Guardian Discharged j Henrietta HeidleWcJc yesterday ieU tioncd the Marion county probate cvurt for letter of guardianship of the ierson and estates of Estella Jleidlcbeck, ani in sane erson. According to the. wtition the estate of the unfortunate woman consints of real and ersrnai property of t hie probable value of $4.13. Judge Scoft fixcl January ; IlHjf, as; the time for ; hearing objections - to the granting of the ctitin. Elvira , C Matheny was ,lischarged as gnardiaa of the ersoB and estate of llattie A. Browia, an insane person, sat Ufactory evidence i having leeB furninheil the court to show that the ward had recov ered from her illness, and that a satis factory settlement: of the affairs of the estate had leen ' made lrtween Jthe ward and-the guardian. Went to SilTerton '.Several memler of IVntral flgcs No; 3 Knights of Pythias, of lht city, went tn Silverton yesterday aTter ncn, and last, night met with Home Lodgy of that city. Mmijt of thiMte-gt-iftg ire obi memWrs of Central Lodge, and iH!istel in organizing the Silvt-rtoii Iol4e,' .Among tho party was S. A. McFadden. Geo. C. Will", Otto Schrll Lergi II H, Turner and I R. Stinson. The'Hrst for 190- Ctwinty Clerk' Roland late: yesterday afternoon icsued a1 marriage License to David S. JIart. of Linn -oonty,' and Misaj'Attn' M. Wattcrs, cf Sfvton. This is t Lie first licrna issucl-.in the Marion county clerk's office during the present ycari. lis vet isi Pat klwm v). Wcndenhall, of Portland, was in the Icily, yesterday, having rxicd a raep: before the iiiiprn conrt. S i mJ &J w .!.:-- ' ' ' ' V , of the suffering and dinner in store for her, robs the ex; :i. r t J of all pleasant anticipations of the coming event, nr. J c-.: hi ' shadow of gloom wlach cannot be shaken oU. Tl:cu;.;r..! c f hare found that; the use of Mother's Friend during prr ---. Vti fnamn Af ra vX 9 a n r - m r(u tv V - T and child. Thi scientific liniment time of their most critical trial. . carry women safely through the gently prepares the system ifor the Sickness," and other dis comfort of this period. ; Rrdd bw-all ArritrrrKtm, -J oa"" - 11 $ijoo per bottle. Book containing . TsJuable information free. Tbe CradHeLI Ce;ctitor Co.t Atfeata, Ca. U L IN SANTA CRUZ PABTT OP SA1XMITE3 TAKE A .'.PLEASURE TRIP INTO HEART.. Or CALIFORNIA, j An Interesting Letter From lit. C. IL Chapman Describing the Scenery and the Climate of the Portions Passed Through Enroute to Santa Crox No '. Place tike Home-"'7 !. Mr. and Mrs. C. II. Chapinanr Mr. and Mrs." Eugene Brown and, Mr.', asd Mr3. A. Ureenwaid, all. of this city, left fi lcm'severai weeks ..agn for an ctitendc! i tour of California. The twllowihg Ict- ter to the Statesman from'Mr. 'hap-: niah gives a very intcristing and grajii-) ie , description of the scenery It ind ; the , climate -uf the country which thie -party' had passel through up to the dutc v't t the writiag, Jlecfmbero, 1SMJ3: Ed ii or Tjat esman : Aalurally,; as an Oregon tan, J am "kimlcr hankering" fof ,'i some news from Salem,! my -homo fr ' the'past twenty-seven years; and where, 1 am free to: say, it hat they have been ,so many years of-pleanrx as" well as profit and lots of lahor. Now, I am hero for the winter, at Santa iur a Iwantiful city, by the largest, quietest, and fmpst sheet of water, of any lay on the Pa- .cifie tVj(it. ! ' . : .'. This is' right fn the divide, letwcen the. North and South, where all kinds f tropical, aa Well as Nortlicrn fruits and vcgetaldf do w.-ll,'ant is noted as leii!g the original home of -t he -. Iogan berry. It is pract iesilly on t he SoiU hern end " of rtli rain belt the rioimtains, hills and plains are covered. with a cur pet of green grass, and evergreen trees and perjeti.ai-JJowers. s , ,.i ....".'-.,-. . I will teihyo of our trip here. .We left Salem, Novcmter -4, for San Fran cisco.' We took a tourist jsleecr on the night train, in order to - travel through the nionntinsiby"dayight and the scenery was wonderful. ' - r Wo arrived- at Shasta Springs just after lark. but the uvilin and m1s wero all lighted- tip by elertriifityi, wo it was nearly as light as day. They re the grandist HMils and fountains of the most delc ions jnineral water that'. can lie f,ound, with thor sparkling" ice.'coM wnter. ' From, there we nler4 till daybreak, each one with a tower like that of a wind mill, and it is also- a great mining center. Fryfi it here down through the San Feritando valley, where olives and strawl erries are rai.ni'd in great abund ance. We abn issed the fatuous pig eon ran-h, ; where ' thousands, of piteous are raised for tho laaikct. I We now-arrived at the hind of the angel, but they aie not the Mind of angels that have wing or fly ihey dott'tfly unless yon get nut your mncy and want to. Ini'! something. LosIAm gelcs is a bcnitiful city, and is spread over a large territory.- it was very Hry and, dusty. The dys were-intenscly warm, -while the nights were very cool and very chilly. iSww and 'then there waa u s.-inl atorih'-.-, called tin? "Snnta Aonar" l-nHie it came from; that way. The -population'' is one hundred and twenty hyc thousand. ' At Clendora, twenty five miles out, wo found'Al Savnge, of Salrm, with his family, nicely bcatel among the orangw and lemon groves. Ho has a " nice home on a small ranch, and is happy and 'lin ing well and they all have good he tit h. lie took his horse and carriage and we drove, a long distance through orange and lemon groves. It is a grand and lieautiful sight, as well as a profitable uidetry. '- ! ' At Ornnge,' thirty' miles imulhsof Loft Angeles; we found Mr. AinswOrh, an when we found ourselves at Sac riHnentni anil arrived at H-in Franc iseo about .U o'clock of the i necond day's travel. Iler we rt-mained ten days, and ft ciirse,; lost nO time in looking over tho new and wonderfnt ilgids In the city -the mint, the t'lift" llot.', the;s'als, the parks, the chutes, the shipping, . tho famous Golden Gate. Ihit the grandest to me were the fortifications ahd pa ra' leu at the Presidio. We were trcati!! to a fine ride all over the grounds aal a walk through tho hospitals and wards by a former . steward, a Mr. Iw-rry, whotte former borne was on the Saniiain, noar Lyons, . ia Oregon. , lie is a line young , ma , and is doing a good busi-Bf-sa inthe city. ) r thir next move, that is. What m left of us, for we'were ncsiily blmllcss from the voracious ' flean, which never seem to tire of bleeding the tourists (all same land agents) was through the San Joaquin A-alley "to J'renno jnd Pakers- nell;. throngh some alkali and Whatsis ealled - b.og wallow laol, that is, land that is iist hard pan covered wfth cradle knolls, and t'ftally wort life ss. Put there is a large amount of fertile. land. fiakerrficld has thons.md.-i of oil wcll. other formef ;Kalemite, with h'to two sini and a;langrter. Thi'y have a lumber yardand a planing mill. They ar sett let t atay, and are prfpring. They Jiave better health than at anv other place they cmiM fiinl, MrsIea-T also lives at Ornge. . After forr w;cksf exploring ifi'! LoS" Angeles we tnoirs the r.rr "-..for Santa tlarbara.;. The cars run cb-e.t. thebeaeh for' about thirty mib-s, giving lis a rpicnui'i vi'w or on :. r;. At S ma l;-irl r; w fiMtn f a 1 mi- Ii en c r." women a-; in vIcscriLatl notl.in cc:: tl.2 f :in sr. cluia-birth. V . J r. 1 V.. eye is a god-send to all v. ci :a Not only doc Llztl.zr's I perils of child-birth, but i coming event, prevents M. I -a1", "a V SOME SELECTED Ori:iIO:.3. a m- . A Sad Bat NeeSd Lesson. Mayor Tarter Harri-in, it i Tepurlc.l, has not rested content with ord-riv'' the closing . of nineteen thcMrcs- in thieago, but has followed up that wi." sternness; by closing- also a number of the churches until ; they have nn.!. lcttcr provision for exit in case of :tu alarm. This is a salutary piece of ex ecutive rigor. It may srem to sojne t, sweepings and Jet when viewed in tl o light of tffe 'recent' catastrophe, it c m Kfarcely be deemet ."rsccrfive. S iu Jose Mercury. . ' No Flies On Uncle Sam. . . Your l"nele Sam is Johi'iny-oti-ttic-sjot.'' No sooner comes the rumor - of threatened trouble at Seoul than it i. followed by a dispatch atatingthst Atiicriean marines are at the scene. It isMhe aame in Panama, - or anywh -n 4 :c. The I'r.ited States ia rapidly be coming a World power and nppeoi'S. ready to land a' few 'marines wherever tllere is trouble. Evening Ttlcgraiii. I Too Much of a Good Thing, Our colleges and cdrtcat ioiwl institu tionsare turning out nmre profe's-ionil. linen thnn w have any uso for. TL boys and Jirls who shirk the schools in their youh lire' growing Into: the ei.in hion bilrcrs-'or tramjis of the future, and of tli is class we have more tlm i fnough. 'wl. t the, country needs more f the practical men whiv krt w, how to do th"igs niro good frnn iH, rtiore maiiiifacturers, and morrt skill 'd liil.nr N'it hot modi thi mechahic 'rb'i is to' l .taught 1 hnndle tools and machinery, but the mcehmiic w.h.i knows why certain resulls always j'dI biw certain eau.ic. May the day be haatcaed when the technical'' will crowd -nut and take "the place nf the cless'cal, ami the seetarian eolleg.vi of the last hundred years be chstige I lo agriciilrurnj and teihoienl celleges th it ere doing no much to'Vhnpe and eonlrol the ln-tter. prouder c ili.ation of the fuiure. .Speed the lay. 0rvallis i!:i- reft.' ; j ' j' ' . f ' . . Vben -two void waves ciuue togrtlitr, That is wtint has ot-eurred at HM'n where a blizzard lyis come in cor'itart with' the iy air Jtfmt 'always 'surrounds tloj' exclusive Social circle of that lit;. Tl-erc is the rotter lloiisc, a milium dollar hotel, where, the oil kings mi l otaVr men of millions stop, jmd pny ."iiM a day for theiuscSve anl-. their ser;ints. We called on" Mrs. II. lb I'.nr nap ami her daughter Lo.i, who years ago live in the Garden lbeid in Hab-in. They owned tly old Stanton place, now the "property of ''!'. F. Lnnsing. The city hss bitt little tillable lund in it vicin ity and no ninnnfaetorics to wuj'port it. It is ai in ply a aenbt- resort for .wealthy tourists.'-- 'Tin permanent population n'toffly of fjoreign rn--a, lo di-ligld in the . languor of lin alHi'ut tropical li mate. , " ' OnSnorth to Ssn Luis Obipo, which is ten miles from tho en. There I found a fewi old-friends -with whom 1 lived over thirty-J cats ago. Strange to say 1 rce. ogidated them at first sight. It is a tin lit t!e citv,-very buy . .and pronperons, w ith'fiiof valleys and g'MKl water. Iciv ing Saif Luis the train begun to wind i!p I he mountains, '-"through ': scycral tuimeld,;' and " then throM.i lim ,met d-H'late chalk nndsand -hills. lry, olt, mt dry nnd barren;: po green thing but ID J self. " The valley from lie , moimlaiiiH fol lows many curve wntil it begins t widen out into the great Salinas volley, whero (here are. ninny potato fields, thousands f acres of sugar beets are. raised here, nnd Sprecklea Iish one f the largest suar factorien in-the worbl locateil not fr from the ruilro-t'd. lie has an army f men, of all, tribes and", grades, 'employed.' And they ;iy they have "a man for breakfast every nif'irning. (too much jdriink). The land Js irrigated mid Jhey raise imtnense-' -le-ts' which" bring $1.)M per tyo: ; .- . '. - On t-si'Pajaro. where we. chaiigf"! cars for Watson ville, t-. '.'VTatsonviile i a great apple country, and they-raie st great many , -strawberries vand '.' other troll. One lirm ship.el ear Io.kN of! appbs alone, j This is four mile,- from the itci'in. We hoh reaclied t!,i beautiful . l;ay of Monterey n'l landed iiXanta "rn where we fouml' ail serene and fair arid green. We ro-im the town and beach, go, fiwhing'' and watch the.thiHisamla of gulls. wlichMre protected by . Iswj an they are good seB'vengers. The mirf is Iijlif, snd genU iafthe confines of ; the bay. ,Siiij.pirl:r and fiKhing is carried on consider 1.1 v. The bla-kfishj or small whale, spoilt s coatinaally in tht baVj leaping nt liiticn nearly i,t of' tho' .water,, arid ".oiitin water and circling around in a j.Jay'f, t manaer. ) W lik j this pbieie the best of a-tv , ,. liavo:ee in every w ay, and .( e ;. to rernnin here until c vidi t;i rt-t ; to-the'city of peace, tcj-if-ij sk-I tr' I through b"g years and found faiiltl oer home, Salem, Oregon. ! '.1I. H PMAX, mbt fVnzM.'aln IlecJi, V.:;. , "P. O. Sch'ieking was n Port! . ! ' itor yesterday oir btjiue;s. Mra. t;corge i;. Waters i.Li i , j night "fnm Portland;-"- where f ' b-i ri vi-if in- lo r rm.' r. '!. vtr-r Wit .n rt 1 1 i : ' f