i:z gear czzczu simu:.vm rHb'Ub4 rj Troadar sn4 rrtday by tbe 8TJtTX83IAM FCBLISIIIXa COVPAST E. J. BTXBKICX. Kanaf tf... T. T. GfcXg, JCdltor. i SCBSCKIPTIOJf JLATX& fB Wf (B Sl Taj. . at-os f x MoeuM. ia fcdTtoo. ............. ...... .i9 1 arse moot a a, la MiTiaet - Uarr,ea tlmm... L2i Tb. BtatCBia ass bca eatabUsbed (fcrinf fftf-two 7c.r0, A ad It bM bob sabaeribcfs who bare received tt nearly that om;.an4 but vbo bar rd It for reparation. 80 ma o ' tkM bjae to banoff tee paper 61aoiiUDued M U Um of jxpiiios of lliMr ruharriptlott. for th bnfil of the, mod for other naMM hr codcI aled to'liacosUnne aaboriptioiia only when atflod to do ao. AH persons pay tor kn rafaacrlbnf , or payinf in adTor, w 1.1 bsratb benefit of tba dollar rale. But if tbey (Jooot par It st moatha, tbo rata will be 11.25 m jjc. Hsraalter wo wiu acud tbo pafr to:l roaponatblo persons who ofrtv it, though I bar nay Dotaeod tbo money, with Uie nnoeral no lo g tbbttbor arc to par 11-26 yea.r,iu com tbe lot bo .robaerJptloa aroount run over tlx saontns. la order that tboro May bo no mlsan ooratoadlna;. wo wiU keep tbla notice atacttng M this plAoe la tbo paper. CtRSULATION (SWORN) OVER 4000 Moot of na will be devout follower of tbo Simple Life. for a whil after the Christmas bills are liquidated. ' A Democratic , ' contemporary any Tbo estimate of tic secretary of etato ar covered with grift," nl add that "graft la written ill over the eoming nessicn of the Legisli: n re. " Gracious, what a nursery of undesir able fruit ihe wmirion eoTde iat roniz ia tbeir effort to select the best horticultural specimens! The Independence Enterprise says "the placing of a new loat on the ritn between Yaquina and Newport to take ' tbe place of tbe T. M. Richardson, will be welcome new to summer excursion ists to New port. A captain, confeder ate of tbo traveling public, to go with tbe new boat, the publie will expert, also,'.' La at Augiiat tbe Statesman railed attention to the necessity for a new boat to take the place of the old tnh, that baa been threatening tbe lives nf thousands who go to Newport every Mason. Owing to the increasing pop ularity of Newport ns a a o miner resort for so many of the residents of the Willamette valley, the placing of new and commodious transfer boat on beautiful Yaquina liar ia a matter that should not be longer neglected. -All Salem will go there next year. , While ibere undoubtedly have - been many violation a of the 'federal land lawa by those who were 'engaged in a ronspiraey fo'defraud the Government of a part of its , public . rtomain, and while we trust every mart tonncctod with them may be pnnUlyyJ the full et requirement df the lnwVswe "halj rejoice to we a mny as poasible of, those who have been indirectly aecuaed of complicity in them acquitted from any wrong doing. We 'aope the most aearrfTng examination of the facts may ahow Them to be innocent, since the ainaller the compass of suett work, ibe better it looks for the integrity of onr publie and other men. But - those who have bevn dabbJiug inf qiientionable metboila of gaining publie landa should be brought up with a- round turn. Any thing less would not be a "square deal." V ; One of the most important duties which Governor Chamberlain will b. called upon to perform during his term of office, t?Ml be the. appointment next month of a board of text book commis sioners. This body of men will meet in lt07 and aelect the school books for tbe children of Oregon for" the next six years thereafter, and its iinporta.uce will be appreciated when the xpvri- j ence in this line of business during former years is recalled. If fitness alone is desired, and fitness is to be de termined by experience whose results have been entirely beyond criticism from any quartor, the Governor cannot do better than to reapoint the present board, of commissioners. ' Politics should not enter info tbe consideration of the matter for a moment, and whik the board cannot be easily improved upon, its standing from evory desirable point of view could be manifestly low ered. ' Zona Ha tr "About a. year ago my hair was coming out very fast, so I bought a bottle ot Ayer's Hair Vigor. It stopped the falling and made my hair grow very rapidly, until now it l 45 inches in length." Mrs. A. Boydston, Atchison, Kans. 1 There's another hunger than that of the stomach. Hair hunger, for instance. Hungry hair needs food, needs hair vigor Aytrs. This is why we say that Ayer s Hair Vigor always restores color, and makes the hair grow long and heavy. , M -rmWfc 1 your Oriirit cacKOtTnnTTr' 1 i yo.isbouw. . j. ,urs ad riVa tbVSIS . . . . osiM, fi (lilrf ; THE zJbo ZSZtATUSS. :t For twenty year, or longer, it has been the pleasurable pastime of a g'eat many people to feast lings at the x- f traragance, eeruption and general; in- jeompeteney of ) tbe legislature, -but these unfriendly and uncomplimentary aasan AAsa Vaak '-- netta Mw kaan AailaAl until after the adjournment of set-1 aion and particular nets or tbe result 1 of their labors in the aggregate made tbe subject and object of serious at- j tack or of searching ridicule. t But tbe session to convene here nvxt ' month appears! to be doomed in ad-' vanee. Many f the paper are already censuring it in .theHstrongest terms for! what tbey are certain it intends to do. j Tbey have east a horoscope . of coming j legislative events and the result re-1 veals a season of revelling in the state's J funds that 'makes the taxpayer shndder, as he reads of (he shameful and shame-., Um rnids the j alleged representatives ' of the people have tip their sleeves. . It has Ixrn rrdlctcil that nn ' af-' - . j ? count- of the ats!nco ot a Senatorial j I contest, which would in n measure di-1 jvert the attention of the unscrupulous! ' leeches and plunderers from the possi-J jbilitierof the trr asuty 'vault, the im- finding Hf aaion will " a record- breaker in tbe matter of grafts." .Men arc selected from the various counties by the peoide, and these very j papers which are now throwing a fit as (they view the prospective raid on the j treasury in the fortherauce of grafts, urged their election and the duty of every voter to "stand by this most ex cellent ticket.'" Tbe voters did , but now, that the advice was tnken and the men so chosen are to assemble as our duly accredited lawmakers, they are to I tc ecnsurcq in auvance as an aggrrga ition of vultures whose labors are cer tain to be influenced, not by the peo ple's interests, but by tbe importunities of unconscionable "grafters." And yet, if. one of the men voting for the largest number of appropria tions were re-nominated two years hence, bis party friends would probably, stand by him to a man. . Who will point out some important appropriation that will not be defended by practically all tbe peopb of every party in the locality where its benefits j arc to be prineinally mirp One pa per ; which sees many places where saving may be effected, one week pointed out that by "equalizing the Normal Bchoois," 20,000 might be saved, and the next week it doubles the amount to be thus, saved and puts it at $40,000. Hut few men could bo found in any county where a Normal School is lo cated, of any party, who do not believe their section of the state is "entitled to some recognition." There are, no donbt, manr places where more economy might be prof itably practised. Perhaps it will be. We hope it may, but it is not at all fair to brand injidvanec the legislators soon to assemble in Salem as a gather ing of grafters who can only be "held down" by constantly holding lK-fore their unsettled visions the spectral form of a Democratic Governor who has his oars to the ground for political pur poses, s Let us at least not utterly discourage our Kepublican representatives in ad vance by. notifying them that our only hope for rational work lies in the knowledge'that a Democratic snag rears Its threatening ontlines in tbe sea of legislation soon to be traversed. ; Who knows but that some really good men managed to get into the leg islative ranks last June? Several of us assured the peotde tbey could trusted. Maylte we were right, least, let ns'wit fln4-see. AN OPEN RIVER. be At During the last yrat the Statesman has frequently directed attention to the ncccssitv of government improvements upon the j Willamette river which will result in its navigation from Portland to Corvallis, if not further south, ihir ing the entire year. The term "An Open River," should not flpply; exclusively to the Columbia. The Willamette is not an open river in the sense it nhould be. Even the locks nt Oregon City aro not free, for ship pers are compelled to pay toll for every pound of produce sent through- them. Hut this is not so bad a feature of the river; transportation probitm as the neglect' of the gravel bars that not only interfere! wtih easy navigation to Sa lent during the summer months, but pre vent it altogether for several months each year to all points south of this city. '. " ; , , If our Congressional delegation had given tbU matter half the attention its importance deserves, this difficulty would long since have been removed. Millions; have been secured for the im provement of other rivers, as well as our harbors, all of whka was tbe result of commendable efforts, but the princi pal inland river of the state should also have been a Lcoeficiarv of the. munificent appropriations. Nav'igVi-m of ttt Willamette rivt is not obetrncted by roelty impediments wUoee removal would be an excusjvo undertaking. Only a few gravel bars are in tne way, turougu wb.th narrower channels eould b easii- and ehcaidr maintained throughout the slimmer months, by a avstem of dredsintr and the result would be unbroken naviaa tion the year around as far south asitBat Indians made tdcir way nny CorvalUs, at least, and perhaps farther, j where through this entire country by We are pleased to seo this question fntelns of trails that bad answered every discussed in a vigorous manner by 4ke purpose for a thousand yrrtiand ir Albany. Commercial .Clob; and. teaoia-! erwebt back on tberoi--iLtJ tlona adopted urging our delegation in I Notwithstanding this, however, it - Ml ; f T' One Night Treatment with Soak the feet or bands on tttirinz in a strong, hot, 'creamy lather of CUTICURA SOAP. Dry, and anoint freely vrith CUTICURA OINTMENT, the great Skin Cure and purest of ; emollients. Bandage lightly in old, soft cotton or linen For itching, burning, and scaling eciema, rashes, in flammation, and chafing, for red ness, roughness, cracks, and fissures, with brittle, shapeless nails, this treatment is simply wonderful, frequently curing In one night. " CcmpUf Rumor Care. comMIhv of Ct'TKTKA Snap. Mt., ulm. Mr. (is torn n4 ChU Cmm4 ' PU1. Ste. pn Tlalof Oiiatmrn(. BtK. Uhmui LmdM, t7 CHatinhtmtm k.i Pari. Hi, dm la Pmtwi Hvtm- j 1S7 Csinaiba Art. ToiUx Drug Cbew. Cof,., oim ' Trry. . ..' w Maa tot " how 10 (-art ercry uaator. - . ---; -: Congress to take the matter up and j push it to a sueccti.td con?jnjon. There is an abundance of vat-r in tbe Willamette river at its lowest stag to accommodate boats with much deeper draft than those which run to Salem in the stimmer, if it wore confined within a narrower channel. This effect can be easily accomplished 'by a system of dredging when needed. , The Nalem Commercial Club should make it a part of its duty to join handi with the people of Albany in this mat ter and never let up until our delega tion in Congress gives it whatever at tention is necessary to seciye an open river for uninterrupted navigation i the interest of the people of this grnit valW. AS TO OUR STREETS. A corrcsjtondent of lhf Hta&sman eigning himself "Almtter," s opposed to the immediate improvement of our trcets, evidently, but' admits thnft tf ey ar. muddy, though . a degreeT of con solation is derived from the fWt t'nat " lAndouers say they have mud even toere." But that very fact should stir us to better things, .for haven't we been taught to hold in aversion every thing that smacks of "aping the Mrit Wiersf" Indeed, !.ondon mud is no nstificntion for Knlem mud. This esteemed- corrcsiwnd-.'nt also says " complaint is made that onr streets e.inn it le crosaci in wintry by footmen without muddying' MoeS, except St crosswalks. Why i1s .ii necessary to cross elsewhere I I live early a half mile from my shop, and walk daily to anrfrom borne nnti the ehop nnd have never 'found it necessary to eros in the middle of a Hoek.' But what if this correspondent irotks in a shop that is on the ame side of tbe street a bis 1ione; tthicli is like ly, then what! ' ' This, though, is not4impoctant. If for a month in the winter there should be a foot of running water in Commercial strer, and raised foot walks provided at intervals, thU argu ment , would juMify opposition fo tbe necessary steps looking to tine divorsion of e water elsewhere on the ground thatIopIe could go to the footw.ilks if tiie desired to ' cron j the street. Whit does it matter of what the streets are composed so we can get across them safely by hunting tbe place provided for that purposet ? ' ; , Tbe property owners along either side of four or five block in the business center of Salem shoo Id be willing to bear the expense of paving that n.ccb Of our streets, or at least a great ptrt of Jt. , It is not claimed that people can hot cross our! streets at intervils of distance without endangering their lives. Not at all. Men do it every day, and so do women. In fact, farm ers came to Salem forty years ago through the muddiest roads that ever 1 . . 'rrorwe,i an abused team and lived !orr ' , " Bul la that an argument against cvcr navinZ 8o roads? Even before SOME ill 1 has beea supposed t'oat in tho begin ning of the twentieth century, and af ter SaU'ni has seen owr fifty- years of business life, it has become "ger mane" to discus the propriety of having a block ot two of paved streets, ft may, be That w are wrong,however, and it ia freely admitted that, speaking of mud, and taking It fore and aft, we have about tbe beat, quality to be bad ia this Wiole eoontry. It is no quitter.-'. . .. ., . . AN IRIDESCENT DREAM - The Pendleton Tribune is not far wrong, if wrong at all, when it sug gests that a session of the coming Leg islature lasting but one week, eould easily enact all the -legislation the state needs at this time, bat admits that when it meets , it will probably "stav oiet?' for the full term of forty days. , But this eould be said at almost any period in the state's history within tbe past twenty years. At this time, for instance, there is no crying need for any kind of legislation. The people are not demanding any sort of relief that ;an come from legislative enactment. About the only thing tbe people ask is Jess legislation along tbe line of ap propriation bills. y- But when pur law-making body meets and the presiding officers announce that it is in order to introduce bills, the air will be full of waving bands and about in voices frantically asking for. rec ognition. The calendar will be filled with propositions, new and amendatory, to look after tbe interests of tbe people who don't want ttey looking after. .This is the one fault to bo always expected of the Legislature. -We are already ove4urdened with legislation. Our people arc getting along splendidly in every respect and are not ' making complaints" of any character, .at least, such defects as they have sometimes named, might beeured with the min imum of legislation. . A legislator is not necessarily obliged to legislate in order to prove himself capable of legislating. Ills whole duty is performed wben be looks into the condition of the state and decides bow little, not how much, legislation will inswer the purpose. It is to be hoped," and expected, that the. members soon "to" come together will take this view of tbeir duties and keep their hands off, a far a is "eoin patible with the publie interests," our existing statutes. We. have ewry rea son to believe they will be as econom ical as possible and cut the -expenses of the state down to the Idwest reason able point, but the fault of excessive general legislation is quite likely to prevail. -r LET ECHO ANSWER. , While the streets of the Capital City of Oregon we mean all its streets ire covered with a coating of mud that renders thorn impossible of crossing by footmen, save tm the crosswalks, the little town of Kcho, in Umatilla coun ty with a population- of scarcely DOO, has decided to apply crude petroleum to three blocks of its streets as a means of subduing both mud in winter and dust in summer. - As town after town in Oregon is grappling with this question of paving or resort, to other means of street im provement, we ron tent ourselves with hauling a few loads of dirt and gravel tod dumping them on the worst part of onr streets solely as a means of de ceiving ourselves into tbe belief that we have been ."improving" them. When paving is mentioned, the objee lion is raised that it will anwer tbe purpose precisely us well if we soould macadamize, but the trouble is we neither pave nor macadamize. If it should be seriously proposed to maead smize the strei ts, there would immedi ately arhe a group of men who would emphatically oppose the idea with iht contention that gravel can be had for the bnuling. ' Ho, between the clashing of the dif ferent propositions, ,we eontinuo to point with ride to the beauties of onr Cnpital City ns wo send abroad glowing accounts of its inducements to new comer. In the meantime, while the little vil lage of Kcho can afford to adopt the California system of oil roadways, Sa fem consoles itself with the reflection that the Willamette river year by year continues i to deposit tbe very finest quality of gravel and sand at its very doors, which can be easily and c'aeapJy obtained and this r an -advantage over Echo- which in the long run wiU decide the contest , between us in our favor, nnd then where will our - rival bet .' Let Echo answer. " ' A STATE FAIR 7 OT COURSE. Tbe, 8tate Board of Agrienlture hits acted wisely' in its decision to hold Stated Fair next yee.r witbvat ref-srenee to tbe Lewis and Clark Exposition.' The Fair is a permanent; state institution, having been here, and doing a good business longer 'than most of the- peo ple of Oregon can remember.. Inci dentally, the. Portland. Fair has eome alonr. and. while its , benefits to the' state at Urge will be far-reachieg, the annual 8Ute Fair is in no wiseunder obligations, to retire, even temporarily. - Besides, the Fair wilt not injure the Lewis and Clark Exposition in any manner. : The attendance in .Portland will 'not be lessened in any particular and the 8tat Fair will be an addition- WHAT IS THERE . IN IT? : Stotts Emulsion is a care ful - blend of the purest ' cod liver oil, hypophosphites of lime and soda, glycerine and a' dash of flavoring. The com bination of these- valuable ingredients emulsified as in Scott's Emulsion represents the greatest remedy yet dis covered for weak lungs, poor blood, 1 o w vital! t y, child weakness and all wasting diseases. ; ' . WU1 acaJ ym a aaaple, fee SCOTT & BOW NIC, 9 Peart Strast, NawVerk al inducement for Eastern people to make a "trip irto the central part erf the state, ,a they should, if the expc toil benefits to le derived from that $.00,fKMl . appropriation are resslized in fact. Just what niotivp he been behind the few suggestions which have been made looking toward abandoning the Fair next year, is not clear,, but certain it is that the proposition should not be seriously considered. Kvery effort should be made, and will be, for the greatest sireeess.of the Portia ind Expo sition, but. every man, wom.in and child who comes from fli"rli?rc an a visitor there should make a trip'to the sn.mu. nMarH,.,..v ""'smashing several plates and so injur he state. We do not want m the, Warshi that she will have to go j settle in Portland. Kven into ilrr-dock. v- interior of t everybody to that city doesn't expect i tnwiiy object to the State Vnir lest it attract some visitors from Portland into the state" at large, where they belong, for one week .out of four months? Let the Legislature d4 its duty to ward the State Fair, as usual, and wf nope it will nave the unanimous, sup port of all loyal Oregcnians, especially of the managers of the Lewis and Clark Exposition. It is believed, however, that tbey have offered'no objection t holding a tstnte Fair in ll03. The remarksvf the Oregonian, pub lished yesterday morning, upon the re cessity for providing a se'iiool for de fective youfh are worthy of more tkan a parsing notice. Under our present tfstem and facilities eveiy man,, wo man and child in the state who is little wrong mentally and some whose complaints ar. more physical than ctb erwise, is trundled off to the asylnm for the insane. The result in, as might be expected, an aggregation of really insane people, the idotic, the feeble minded, morphine victims, many who are merely destitute and. should lie in the eouniy poor houe, and. others who, apparently, ere not wanted iSt . home, anyway. . There should be 'a general sifting proeew applied all along the line and tho real unfortunates classified according to their ailments. It would be less exfHti'sive in the long run and decidedly more humanitarian in its general effect. No, indeedy, the Statesman hai not intended to bo guilty of ''praising the next Legislature." It ha only tried (o givo its member a elwnce, and not adjudge them jis public grafters in Ad vance, of conviction. The Htatesmen is of opinion that when you" earnestly insist upon the people supporting n cer tain ticket during the campaign, in the interests of the country, and tho people do so, and the men composing that ticket are elected, it is altogether un fair to immediately begin to warn tbe people against the mort you huve ad vised them to select ns tbeir represent atif'es. tfeef Especially does this pa per object to censuring the men we have all supported at the polls, as dis honest derelicts before they have leen sworn into the offlees we wanted them to fill in advance of any public pet upon Ithelr part. The next Legislature may prove to lt. full of grn iters, brt tti$ only fair to wit hold censure until they actually b-gin to graft. ''Hufli- cient unto th day is the evil thereof," or words to that effect. FREIGHT CLERK ARRESTED. . ABERDEEN, Wash., Dee. 21. Sus pected of taking goods from freight consignments passing through his hands, Gus Lemke, a freight clerk at the Northern Faei fie depot here, has been arrested,-and at the preliminary arrested . yesterday and bound over at $500 to stand trial in the superior court. Lemke eould not furnish the $ji0Q, and is in the Chebalis county j.iii at Montesano. Associated with the freight eh-rk, it is alh-ged, i Edward Henry, an express driver, who was lo a rested yestedav and bound ove at $500 500 totlay.. Ilenry is in the Montes ano jail, too. The specific charge against Henry arises from the loss of clothes and other trti-Ies valued at ."S from consignment of gools from Nathan Wertbeimer, of. i'ortland, to A. Kar jelo, a local -tailor. Other' goods have been missed for some time past. " . Railrond detectives suspected the two men, and finally searched under the rooms "tbey occupied, finding goods val uetl at several hundred dollars. CT3t:ec3Ui3 tzzt 25 years. Avcmo Anntxl Sales over Ono end s Kdf r.Sc3 t?tu?5. Docs t2u3 record cf merit epical to you? No Ccreflo Pay. 50c BIG DERRICK ATTACKS NAVY BREAKS LOOSE rHOM MOORINGS AND RAMS BATTLESHIP. KROONLAND IIAS BAD VOYAGE Heavy Tidal Wave Almost Submerges Great Ship Patterson Trtal StiU on. Latter WU1 Co to the Jury This Morn ing Prosecutor Attacks .Miss Patter son as Murderess Attorney Levy I Sure of AccuittaL NEW YORK, Dee. 21. After stormy voyage, during which she was struck by a tidal wave, the steamship Kroon land arrived today from Antwerp. The vovage was the worst the vessel has ever experienced. Kothing , hut bad weather from tne time sae Wit Ant werp on the 10th, until she was almoftt in jort, was her report. Ob tbe second lay .out the stewardess went insane. One tbe morning of the 12th, she was strnek by a tidal wave, which brought her to a standstill and sent tons of watrr tumbling over, her decks. The officers of, tbe Krocraland say that when the wa-ye strnek the vessel the water dab$( higher than the funnels and swept the hurricane deck. ' : ' ' p Derrick Attacks Warship. Xew York, Iec. 'Jl. Breaking live freat cables ps if they were threads, the-10O-ton floating dry-dock Hercules brktt adrift in tbe navy vard basin in Wallabout Itay todayanil crashed into the stern of the battleship Texas, Tbe strain was caused by a fierce squall which eaiwcd the cablesxo break b4; !e- and tit derrick started up the bay to wards the" warthip. Two tugs were has tily dispatched to catch the fleeing der rick, which was making directly for the Tacoma and Minneapolis. One tug caught the Hercules, bnt before the derrick could be controlled she swung around and struck the Texas. Patterson Case Held Over. New York, Dee. 21. Judge Davis did not deliver the chnrgCiito the jury in the trial of Nan Patterson tonight, but sent the jurymen home to rest af ter a day spent in listening to argu merit of the counsel. Abraham Levy, chief counsel for the defendant, ocenpisd -the time of the morninr session, and Assistant Attor ney Kand took tin the afternoon. Both addresses -w re impassioned and elo ouent. Levy swayed his bearers to tears with references to his client an. the home-coming in Washington- she bad anticipated. Kami ' argument was a severe ar raignment of Miss Patterson, and when the prosecutor pit ireful condemned the woman as the murderer of Young she quailed under his invective. ; After Rand's speech' Levy sald:w'It was a most wonderful advoeaev of any enue, Jand the most masterful speech I have ever heard in a criminal case in twenty-five years.'' But in spite of that, be was confident that Miss Pat terson would be acquitted. . Half the ills thtt man Is heir to come from indigestion. Burdock Blood Bit' ters strengthens and tones the' stom ah; makes indigestion . impossible. ' ' CHAD WICK AND WirE INDICTED CLEVELAND. Dee. 22.Ir. Chad wick nnd wife were iointlv indicted by the county grand jury today on tbe Charge of a forged o,mio.ooo note sign ed bv Andrew t'arnegie. f'hadwick is now on his way to New York from Paris and is expected to land Wednes day. Mrs. (,'hadwick is In better health today than for some time. Nathan Loessor, the receiver, said today be had obtained information concerning the whereabouts of Mrs. f'hadwick 's miss ing trunks and satchel, lie expects to recover Them. Chadwick Coming to Trouble. Boston, Dec. 22. On '-behalf of Her bert D. Newton, it was stated tonight that civil proceedings will be instituted sgninaf Dr. f'hsdwick upon his return to this country. - ' owe laarttbs lnatara f Vt lati Yti i:r.'t ktnn toajM ' AFTER ERENCII CONSUL. TANVMKit. Dec. 22. A courier from .Mcnr.nr, ril-ont 1W miles northeast of Tnngur. states tht the lulHsmen have surrounded -.Mesr nnd threatened to sack the iotvit unless the French Con sol and one Brifish anbj.-ct aro banded iver to I hem. Toe Trench Minister lias demanded t'nat tlu Pultan take action for the pro tcefion i'f th Conul. A. .lrfarhmeat of imperial troops has lort Tangier probably for Alcazar. It it understood the , movement of the iiilstnen is prompted by revenge. DEATH REMAINS MYSTERY. NORTH' YAKIMA. Wash.. Dec. 21.- Mm. VordIiug of Wapato, shot herself ti-the t reantlnst night nnd died a few nintttinn afterward. It is not yet known Wbetlwr the a.-t was suicide or accident. Her bn-diand was sick in bed. Fhe went .into, the rof.Vn where be lav, took a revelvvr froio a bureau drawer, and ficr-d the shot a moment later, but the lmMmrvl ,,: not see her; do it. The cor oner ia mrj? i a vest i gat ing. ' i .. , HARD IN ACQUITTED. MANILA. Dee. 2l.-Mrtjor. Edward E. Hardin of the Seventh Infantry, was acquitted of the ehargi of neglect of duty. Major Hardin was charged with neglect of duty in riot placing a snffieunt guard in tbe Malate prison, front 'which thirty three native, prisoners-, escaped recently, killing three of the guards.; our or TOWN. - Philomath Items. Philomath, Or., Dee. 20. The present week is to be one, of special events in Philomath. Philomath College will en tertain audiences Mondav night in a musicnl recital by Mrs. Kthel White's claM; Tue1ay night in public rhetor ical exercise, rloain? the fall term: Friday night in a Chriatmas exercise. Tbe College of Philomath closes its fall rerm wun a puDiie rnetoricat to re giv en Thursday night, and the College Sunday school will render a program staturday night. ' Last Haturdav night six of Miss Lit itia Abram's elocution rlass crmteted ' for a Demorest silver medal in a con test that was well attended and much appreciated. The - contestants were Li via Bond, Grace Bennett, Lottie Covey. Bessie Stakeley, Amah Hall and Minnie Mason. The decision of the judges awarded the medal to Mias Bond. J Jj Elbert Thompson and wife of Salem, aro the guests of City. Recorder W, 11. Bales, during holidays. M iss Gertrude Weed, who since grad nating in the rlase of '04 in the Philo math College School of Music, has been teaching music at Hood River, is vis iting her parents and former college clnssinatrts, intending to resume teach ing after holidays. Lewisburg Notes. Lewisburg, Or Dec. 21. The revival mectinFS having closed tne darken pox has broken out in our neighborhood. A dozen cases are rerortcd. Crnndma Given, who had the misfor tune to fall nnd'brcak her hip a wrik or two.. ago, is doing rderlv. The doe tors think the chances ar-e favorable for Ler gaining the use of her limb agfiin. - Mrs. Bruce I a Bare i. recovering from a severe attack of grippe. There, will bo .1 Christ inns treo at the Victor Point school bouse on 'htfst mas evej Old Santa will b present in-person. A goxl time is anticipated. Al though the minister put a damper on the childish ent hiifcirxm of tho little fnlks two weeks ngo by calling their attention during the four-fo of bis ser mon, to the fact- that there was no Santa Clans;" and if tbeir fathers and mothers told them there wss, thev lied to them. (Hie.) The beautiful story of Santa Claus, has vxisted for ages and will continue to do so long after the memory even of all religious fanatics has been forgot ten, and all hail." we say, to the old Saint of our childhood days with th. sweet memories that cluster 'round' him the childish faith and belief, and the swet songs of peac on earth aid good will to men that attend him. ;Waldo Circle No. .r61 gave a bakel social last-Fridav evening which netted 31.'J.j. Adam Burns was auctioneer. The Grand Circle gave a moving pi ture show ou the 13th which was large Iv attended. ' ' From Stayton. Stayton, Or., pec. 21. Johnnie'Boise of Salem, was ia Stayton Saturday, en route to Jordan Valley where he will spend the holidays. Mrs. John Lake left on Saturday af ternoon's train for California, being called there by, the serious illness of her brother. , . .Miss .Ethel Onborne of Clackamis county, has been in this city severil davs. attending the bedside of her grandmother, Mrs. Holh-nleck. Mrs. More-Jon. and children arrived in this city Monday from the Fast, where tbey have been" spending the summer. Mr, Mordon is -pastor of the Christian church hfre. - Mr. Martin. Ub) has sold his farm one mile west of Stayton and with his wife will go to -C'dorado in a few weeks, where they will make their home. Mr. and Mr. W, II. tjiierner are ex- 1ec ing their daughter, Mrs. 1'ho. fiirgs, arid children from Condon today. John Spaniol nnd son Malt', John Goc dcrs nod Ernest Mntlhieu made a busi ness trip to the Capital Cit3' Tuesday. A traveling troupe presented perk's Bad Boy at the ofKTa Iwus. Iat night. Mrs. Mary llo!l-nbeck. n old resi dent of this part, died at the advanced Oge of "W years, on Sunday evening, of senile deeav. Funeral servioes were conducted Tuetvluy morning by Rev. Mr. Crnnd.ill at the Methodic church. A Costly Mistake. Blunders are sometimes very expen sive. -Occasionally life itself- is tbe price of a mistake, but you'll never bo wrong If yon take Dr. King's New Life Pills for dyspepsia, dizziness, headache, liver or bowel troubles. They aregen tie yet thorough. 23c, at J. J. Fry's drug store. SENATORS CRANE AND KN0Z. . Are Making Progress lo Senatorial Ways. , Senators Crane and. Knox, who gen erally go to lunch log t her, since their hungry experieno waiting for the Js4t of the President V-message, while near ly all the rest of the Senate cn.joved n satisfactory meal below, havy at la!' located a good corner of the lumh room. On the first visit there they were content to regale themselves 4n the pub lic room. Thither they went again yesterday,-entirely unaware that there ii a place set apart for Senators, where the "ulgar public may not enter. As it was getting along in the afternoon the table linen was not of the whitest nor the menu card as spotless as it might have been. Still-the two new Senators were-" making theibest of it when n wise committee clerk passed. 'Why, you can't eat here,' said he to Senator Crane. :"But, in heaven's name,, can 't f eat - anywhere I." asked the Massacbu sjtt Serittor. , Th two were tuditely led to the in ner room and were seated. They now feel that thev are actnallv making pro gress in learning the wavs of tbe Sen ate. "Washington Po?t. HOP MARKET IS ITRM. T.VCOMA. Wn.. Dec. -l.Isaae Pin- eus Sc fU,n have purchased -eighty-seven bales of hojs at Yakima for 29 12 cents, and a small lot -in ' Portland f 29 ,.1-4 eents. It is claimed the price paid in Taklrna U the iiigLest offered mere in many yeara. . - ' - ' ' "' .