Jivsoftlje
northwest
"Erin Good Prices. '
' thousand eases of prunes were
-a irom. Mosier, Or., recently by
nningsen to The Dalles, where be
I 42-tents' ease for them.
I runes were grown bv Mr. Hen-
ra and other fruit growers 'of
place. This will about wind up
?reen prune season, as the fruit is
ripe now and ready for the dry
Mr. llenningsen will begin to
rate within a. few days. The di.
ution oC the $2125 received for the
. carloads of prunes will help some
pay groceries and otner etor bills,
s the glacier'-, V. t
Business Willi Pleasure. '
Reaches are being 'picked for war
ing in. all parts of fbe Willamette
ley now wherever peaeh orchards
kept, and on of the prettiest and
st profitable of these in this section
; the state is the one owned by. Dr.
C. Hawk of Jefferson on the ftan
km river a few miles above Jeffer
s. ' This orenard -of a few acres is
ated at one of Hhe . most beautiful
ts along the justly celebrated pretty
ream, the north fork of the Santiam
srr; Here Dr. and Mrs. Hawk and
nily are- encamped during the pick
'X of the' fruit, and they combine
lnes with pleasure, for their camp
one of the most pleasant . of outing
'ices' in the Willamette valley. The
v acres covered by the orchard are
Ming the owner rich returns for bis
.vestment. . Over 500 t bushels of
achs na,ve""already been pieked, and
III nearly seventy-five bushels ar yet
be gathered from the trees. The
it has been sold as" fast as pieked,
-1 people from all parts of the nur
mding eountry come to the orchard
J secure their fruit for canning. Dr.i
iwk and family derive great pleas-
e from their place, which is said to
one of the best kept orcnards in the
illey Albany Herald.
Tree Win Net Him $10 Each.
On the farm - of L. Hilliman, seven
.lea out on the east side, there ts an
i kard of seven-year-old trees which
W easily yield ilO worth of apples
I the free. The varieties in the or
jard Cre Yellow Newtown, Ben Davis
id . Black Twig. Mr. Silliman has
Grayed thoroughly, and not a worm Is
be foand in the orchard. He is a
tactical Horticulturist. He has learned
am experience, and is a great man to
penment with his orenara. lie be
ves' sow he has discovered a secret
r driving' the sap into the fruit in
ead of so- mucft superfluous wood
rowth in a young orchard. He prunes
i Jane', and has the largest apples to
Rftiad in any orchard in the valley
-Hood Eiver (Or.) Glacier.
I Corrallla aad Benton Ccnnty.
1 Boad work baa been going on in the
Ulomalh drrri for the past six
'eeks wTni considerable energy as a
reparation for the coming winter. The
oad fund for that district nas an neen
itdied. ' '''' ' ,.
One ; of the best crops reported is
hat of Don Ionebottom in Alsea. - The
ield of tV n was forty-five bush
Is per acre for oats and thirty bushels
. . . ., . n.. .i
or wneat. f or rarms generally me
ilsea the crop is below the average.
Benton eonnty is practically on a
ash basin This year' the county paid
ash for everything from March 29 to
June 8. -The same eoadlfiba prevailed
hst year. IVnton Is the only debtless
founty in, the'state.'
i Mr. Melvin, who was so roughly
iandled by a bull last week, is rapidly
covering from the many bruises be
sustained in the mixup.
It took a dozen men to arrest flames
that ran along a fence and spread in
: very direction on the McElroy farm
ear Monroe last HunVy afternoon. It
swept over the majoiportion of a stub
,Ie: ffld, and Tinder the? impulse of a
ighl wind threatened' for a time to
row beyond the control of the fire
Igbters. By dint, howeverof extreme
jxertlons, (ad trouble- was 'finally ar
rest ' but not until $100 worth of
fence had been reduced to' ashes.
' v To TJsa a Tan.
It. DvQsborn and W. N. Simon will
run as engine at the liorst hop yard for
irivinga large 4x7-foot fan which they
have installed in three hop kilns. It
is intended to lessen the time oi drying
about oft half. AUhongh it is an ex
periment with Mr. Horst, it will be
watched with considerable interest j
Enterprise.
. --" - - ....
. Flower Show at Saattle.
j The Seattle Florists' Association has
! determined to give a chrysanthemum
and flower show every fall, the first to
,take place between November 10. and
j November 20 this year. The exact dates
land the premiums for chrysanthemums
and ether pot plants and shrubs will be
' decided later. One of the largest halls
. IH av eiiy win in reuveu niiu twuijirn
ttnn will twt nnn t nrafunnil and
amateur flower erowers all over the
cuvairr, ...
- Condactor'a Sodden Death.
' On last Sunday afternoon . as the
freight; train on the Sumpter Valley
imlled into Tipton two of the ' em
ployes made the shocking discovery
that E. M. Ford, the conductor, bad
died In an empty freight ear on route
between . Whitney and that point. He
batl been feeling ill for some days, but
undertook his run. At Sumpter and
Whitney be was unable to ,. do any
work and. at - the latter place entered
the car and rested upon some soft ma
terial ifoinic through as freignt. Though
his fellow employes recognized that he
was dead, Dr. Knuth of Tipton was bur
riedlr called and verified their eonelu
feiona.: He was brought to this city
during the afternoon, and yesterday
Coroner Dr. T. N. Snow empanelled a
trv .ml held aa inquest which deter
mined that death bad been occasioned
bv'a disease of the neart Baker City
Democrat.-. ' '-' -' - ;;-'
Iral Blanks at Statesman Job Office.
ztzzS do tzzl 25 yccrte Avcrco Arszzzl Cdc3 over Ona cJ a liZILZZzn
CC3 ts rcccra ci en to yc?
r!gJ tvJi every fccte l Ta Ccst tkcta- cTCrovVa
The prune market is attracting eon
aider able, attention tbronffh Its r re sent
firmness and the rapitj .'advance of quo-
ids siiuHioB us cauzoraia in
this line, is ,eTtainly extremely' firm
this season and stows indubitable signs
of advancing quotations, even above
present high figures. - A careful inspee-
'v buihuub iB oanva viara val
ley reveals the f aet that the erop there
is going to be quite' a , little abort of
even the short estimates of a couple of
weeks ago. j Present estimates range
from 32,000,000 to 40,000,000 pounds
ior eanta Clara valley, with about 18,
000,000 pounds of outside prunes, mak
ing the probable output of the state
somewhere around 55,000,000 pounds.
Figuring the . consumption of California
prunes in the United States at 100,000,
000 pounds a year and taking into con
sideration the fact (bat the carry-over
from last season, most of ; which will
probably be shipped jnsf prior to new
erop goods, is only in the neighborhood
of about. 6,000,000' pounds to add to
tnis year's erop, it ean be seen that
even without export orders, prunes must
go out cjeaa and, as tfiere are no heavy
foreign eropsf at good prices.
- The exports of prunes from' the Unit
ed .States tor the. twelve months ended
June 30 last were 54,993,849 pounds, as
compared wrth a little over 73,000,000
pounds the previous twelve months, and
66,385,000 pounds for the season 1902
03. The crop of the Paeifie Northwesc
will cut very little- figure this year,
which adds to the strength of the situ
ation. It is, however, difficult to get
buyers' views to advance as rapidly as
sellers have ; been obliged to advance
their quotations of late, so that there is
not a great deal of new business pass
ing at the moment. Some prunes which
were sold early in the season at low fig
ures have been covered by purchases at
much higher, priees. - There are proba
bly not to exceed 20 per cent of the
prunes in Santa Clara valley left in the
growers' bands available for-commer
cial packers to purchase, and these, are
scarcely obtainable at any price at the
present, growers preferring to wait on
the situations-' - In view of all these con
ditions, the market ia pretty well nom
inal at the moment, although a price on
Santa Clara stock of 3 is asked, with
outside Me leas. The ,e premium on
40s is more, eeaerally asked, now. than
oreviouslv. andtVje premium on, 30s
Some are asking e on 80s and e on
90s and smaller, and others-a premium
on 90s and smaller only.
When packers come to figure out
their sales, some may be surprised to
find that they have done more business
in proportion to the size of the erop
than they have thought. Nearly every
one has sold a few ears, but figuring on
the number of cars sold last year, they
consider that they have done very little
business. But it does not take muen
figuring to see that it is only necessary
for each of the various packers to sell
a small number of cars to'elean up the
entire holdings at present in packers'
hands. The crop is coming on a mtie
earlier than nsual this year and will be
ready for shipment somewhat in ad
vance of the usual time. The fruit,
however,! is not going to average up as
large .in size as was anticipated earlier,
despite the small output, hot weatner
having bad some effect in this direction.
Home of toe prunes are not looking the
best, in quality either. ,
la old- cowl there in a question ,of
jut bow much they are. worth; as un
der present conditions in new prunes,
obi stock that will turn out in goou con
dition is certainly valuable property.
There are,! however, not sv great many
old prunes left unsold. Fruit Grower.
Italian Yn Ht Unjt Bangt
Scratch, scratch, scratch; unable to
attend to business during the day or
sleep during the night. Itching piles,
horrible plague. Doan's Ointment cures.
Never fails. At any drug store, 50c.
TO CUBE A COLD IN ONE DAY
rake LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE
fablets. All druggists refund the mon-
y if it fails to cure.
K. w. u rove's signature is on eaen
box. 25 cents.
CROPS ARE GOOD.
Government Reports Show This to Be
General Condition Throughout .
' j the Country. -, ,
WASH I NGTON,leT.t. 7-(Special.)
Crop conditions generally are report
ed by the government to be good.
Though the report .on-the apple crop
from almost all oyer : the country is
quite discouraging, that from Maryland
and -Virginia is 'excellent, And if one
might judge from the quality and price
of those now offered in Washington local-
markets, they are both fine and
cheap. In some northeastern counties
in Texas, in Arkansas, and in portions
of Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia,
improvement In the condition of cot
ton is indicated, and-in Indian Terri
tory, Oklahoma and Mssourl, the crop
Is in fair condition. Elsewhere the
crop' has n6t made favorable progress.
Complaints 'of shedding are received
from every state, rust from the eastern
districts, premature opening from Tex4
as, Arkansas and North Carolina, and
of rotting of bolls from South Caro
lina, Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama.
The bolls are opening rapidly through
out the cotton belt, and picking is in
progress generally, except In the most
northern districts. :-. " v,
TO GET BETTER SEBVICE.'
. EUGENE. Or.. Sept. 6.A. Welch,
manager , of tb Salem electric plant,
and representative of the I'biladeipbia
syndicate which owns that plant and
the one. at Springfield, which furnishes
light for Engene, was In Eugene today
and made -toe final payment on the
latter plant. ; He announced that the
new owneis will, In. October, begin
twenty-four-hour .service, furnishing
light and power for Efgcne at all hours
of the tJay and night.. Heretofore the
piant was run only at nights.
Legal Blanks at Ststesron Job Office.
Bssrttks '
RfsWflsiifxM
soldiersire:
of no Avail
UNABLE TO COPE WITH TBS SIT
UATION IN CAUCASUS. '
THEY AXE FORCED TO WITHDBAW
And the Tartars Are ia Full Possession
' o'f the Suburbs of Bala
5 khan. '
Although Belnf orcements Are Dispatch
cd Troops Are Still Outnumbered
Oil Industry Is Being Destroyed in
the Begion of Baku. , t - '
ST. PETERSBURO. Sept. News
front Baku-is of the gloomiest charae
ter. The Armenian 'and Tartar warring
factions appear to be entirely beyond
control. The troops nave been forced
to withdraw from the suburbs of Bala
khan, where Tuesday the rioters set
nre to the oil works, and that plaee is
now in the hands of the Tartars, who,
it is said, massacred' the inhabitants
who did not accompany the troops in
retirement.. : h
The viecroy of Caucasus disptaehed
reinforcements from Tif lis, but owing
to the conditions throughout the south
ern part of Caucasus with the reinforce
ment the troops will be inadequate to
cope with the situation.' in tne subur
ban region the fight is desperate and
the soldiers are using artillery.
Representatives -of the oil industry
are utterly despondent and declare that
on the basis of the telegrams received
more than half the industry in the .isaka
region has been wiped out and that the
fire is making rapid inroads into the
remainder of the oil terntory. ' ;
IS WITHIN LAW
ATTORNEY GENEBAI. " HOLDS
- PORTLAND CONSOLIDATED DID
NOT VIOLATE LAW.
Has a Bight to Exact Certain Reason
able Requirements i and . Qualifica
- tions From Its Employes in Protec
tion of Its Property . Interests.
Attorney General Crawford rend
ered aa opinion yesterday, in reply to
a querry from Labor Commissioner
Hon, bearing upon the dispute be
tween the Street Car -Men 'a union in
Portland and the Portland Consolidat
ed Company, in which he holds that
the recent action of the company, in
requiring the employes to sign a con
tract or agreement to the effect that
they did not nor would not become
members of the union is not in viola
tion of the state law, which provides
that ' no intimidation or coercion
should bo used to prevent or. compel
a" " man from belonging to any organ
ization of that character,. He also
holds the act ia question not in viola
tion of the state constitution in that
it does not interfere with the rights
of a person to 'protect bis property or
the right of any person or persons to
terminate a contract. : The text of the
attorney general 's opinion follows:
Replying to yours of the 2d inst.,
in which you ask my opinion as to
whether the Portland Consolidated
Railway Company in ' requiring the
signing of certain blanks by applicants
for employment, in which blanks ap
pears the following:- 'I-am not now
member of the amalgamated Asso
ciation of Street Railway Employes of
America.' and I agree that during the
time I am in , your employ I will not
become a member of the said associa
tion,' is violating house uill 148, laws
of 1903, page 137, entitled 'an act to
protect employes and guarantee their
rights to belong to labor organiza
tions,' and which reads: .'Section 1:
'It shall be unlawful for any per
son by threats, intimidation . or coer
cion to prevent, or attempt to prevent,
or to compel, or attempt to compel
another to join, belong to, or refrain
from belonging tor any labor or. other
lawful organization. Any person vio
lating any of . the provisions or mis
aet shall be deemed guilty of a mis
demeanor,' nd npon conviction' therepf
shall be punished by a fine or npt more
than $100 or by imprisonment in the
county jail not exceeding six months,
or .by both sucn nne anu imprison
ment,' permit mo to say that I am
' ooinion that requiring sucn a .prom
ise in writing from the applicant for
labor and refusal to employ an ap
plicant solely on the ground that he
would not promise ! to ; refrain from
joining such association is not a vio
lation or nam act ana tne company
would not be liable , to the penalty,
even if said aet is constitutional. '.
But there is a very serious ques
tion as to the constitutionality of the
act, and concerning that . matter, I
would refeT you- to the case of the
state of Ohio vs. La Monte Bateman,
10 Ohio Superior and Common . Pleas
lfeports 68, in which the court holds
a similar aet unconstitutional on the
ground that it violates section 1 of thrt
Ohio constitution.'; providing- that an
men are by nature free and independ
ent and have certain inalienable
rights,' among which lire those' of 'en
joying and defending life and prop
erty, acquiring, possessing ana pro
tecting property,' and section 19fc arti
cle 1, of the Ohio constitution,' pro
viding: 'Private property shall ever
be held inviolate, but subservient to
pnblie welfare, and the ' court ' there
fore hold the art to be invalid,' and
the court also holds that a discharge,
or threat to discharge, or refusal to
employ, is no coercion, nor ah attempt
to coerce. Kansas and some other
states are in accord with the Ohio
courts and some of them add another
Cure, tlo Psy. 50c
Click ILoet. Livnr rzX
frounfi.upon which. ta. base iieir .deci
sion of invalidity. to wit: That the
iet violates the righf to-contract. " In
ease of Coffeeville iVItiified Brick &
Tile Company s. Perry, T0 Pae. Bep.
848, tbe supreme eourt of - Kansas
holds. A statute which makes it un
lawful Ito discharge ' an employ be
cause he belongs to a4awful laboT or
ganization and whieh protides for the
recovery of damages ror sucn dis
charge is void." The right' to termin
ate a contract ia within the, , protec
tion of the state and federal eonstitu
tions, whieh guarantee to every' citi
zen the protection . of life, liberty anq
property, and many eases are cited n
support of the contention.
"Missouri has also held to-tbe-aame
effect. See State vs. Julow, 129. Mis
souri 163, and Illinois in the ease of
Gillispie vs. the,' People, 182' 11L 176,
where the court holds that a statute
making it unlawful to 'prevent, or at
tempt to prevent, an employe from
joining any unlawful "Jabor .organiza
tion or .to discharge an employe be
cause of his connection, with such an
organization and providing' the pen
alty therefor is voiij, since the right to
terminate a .contract,' subject to lia
bility to" respond in, a civil action for
an unwarranted termination, is with
in the protection of the provisions of
the, 1 state and) fedj-kal; constitutions,
whieh guarantee that '' no person shall
be deprived " of life, liberty or prop-
witfinnf iIha nrocpfw of law. and
imj ..mww. v j- - - 7 ;
the same case also holds that it is an
unconstitutional discrimination in fav
or of the union workman.' ' '?.
"From the limited time I have had
to examine this matter I have been un
able to find authority holding such a
law constitutional and the" -authorities
have examined :.-are", unanimous' in
holding such hw contravenes the 'eon
stitutions both of the state and the
federal governments..' Therefore, I am
of - opinion that the courts will " hold
the .act under consideration is. not, vio
lated by requiring an applicant to sign
the application agreeing (not . tov'sjoin
or belong - to any lawful, 'organization
during the term jpt. their employment,'
or if held to violate the statutes that
the statute is pneonsttutionaL"
HE CREATED SENSATION.
Ex-Confederate - Soldier Wears Grey
. Uaiform at O. A. B. Beuslon
: and Waves Flag. .
DENVER, Sept. C -The Grand Army
of th Beoublie procession' today con
sumed three hours in passing the grand
stand. It is estimated that-J5,000 mem
bers of the Grand . Army, participated!
Kansas carried off the honors, having
2500 men in line. General Donaldson of
St. Louis was stricken with heart fail
ure, and his recovery is doubtfuL
Tbe feature of tbe parade was the
appearance of an ex-eonfederaTe" soldier
in a grey uniform 'of his fighting days.
He received a tremendous ovation va
he stood in a carriage waving the stars
and stripes. ; , 5 i
WILL NOT INVADE AMEBICA.
Hamburg-American ' Steamship. Com
pany Is Taking Due Precautions ; ,
td Prevent Thin. -
HAMBURG, Sept. 6sDi. VeLaugb-
in today said1: fJTbe methods of the
Hamburg-American Steamship . Com
pany are very thorough, anu. there, is
do danger of cholera sprsidjng to ; the
United States. -The Aca-icaiwcgJil
tions require the detention . of emi
grants from an infected .country .vw
days, while the company here detains
emigrants bound .for the United States
six davs. I shall eie a-eJean.biU of
health to the Graf Walderse. for 1000
emigrants now detained at. Hamburg."
IS DEAD BY OWN HAND.
Craied Herder nrrt Trier Drowning,
, but Finally Mas Recourse to
..; ;. Rope.- . " ! "
PENDLETON. Or- rVpt 6.-Ulobn
Doras, a sheep herder, Who1' has been
spending somet time ' in town,-committed
' suicide yesterday ; afternoon by
hancinc himself to a beam n a stable
on the bank of the .Umatilla river. ,
He first tried to drown bimself in the
ITmntUla "but the soot selected was too
shallow, as the river is very low, and
he could not hold himselt nnuer water.
Tie was lound by two boys while trying
to drown himself, and fearing his mo
tive would be learned, be -repaired to a
nearbv barn, where he carried out his
sinister design by banging himself.
Doras bec.arae insane from the lone
some life of herding sheep and drink
ing to excess. His actions while in
town have been queer. He was a native
of England and for a long time served
as a sailor. . ,
FLUES BULLET THROUGH BRAIN.
Alleged Brother-in-Law of Senator
Cockrell of Montana Becomes
- : Desperate.
BUTTE. Mont., Sept. 6.E. B. Ew
ing, claiming to be a brother-in-law of
Senator Cockrell of Missouri",' shot him
self through tbe head at a Butte. hos
pital here yesterday -afternoon. I He
arrived three ' days ago from Yellow
stone National park, and was ill. He
had drawn a check on the Clark Bros.'
bank of Butte for $100, in part pay
ment for a board bill in the Park, lie
was not known there, and had no funds
in the bank. Ewing was 45 years old.
The coroner will bold an inquest.
ARE OPPOSED TO NEGRO.
Republicans of Maryland Do Not Be
lieve In His Domination Over
. tbe Wbite .Mas.-,
BALTIMORE, Sept. e.tje'Bepnb
lican state convention today , was pre
sided over by Secretsry of the Navy
Charles J. Bonaparte. - The f disfran
chisement amendment" of ihA- state
eonstitntion was . denounced -,is the
platform,: whieh also said: "The Bo-
publican party of the state of. Mary
land favors no social equality among
races, and favors nq' negro domination
SHOOTS GIRL AND SUICIDES. 7,
ST.' PETERSBURG, Sept. 6. A sen
sation has been caused in Moscow by
tbe suiicde of Mme. Witte's nephew, M.
Khotlnsky, who shot, a girl through the
heart 'Sad turned the revolver on him
self,, inflicting a wound from which he
died after be had been taken to the
hospital. Khotinsky Was a voTtinteer in
a Dragoon regiment. Four of bis broth
ers died under somewhat tragic circum
stances. ' ( i - - . . J
OFFICERS HOT
AFTER CROWE
OMAHA POLICEMAN INJURED IN
TIGHT WITH TWO FUGITIVES."
THEY MAKE TEMPORARY ESCAPU
Believed to Be Kidnaper Pat Crowe,
Whose Capture Ia so Anx-.
. iously. Sought.
Two Men Located In Sixteenth Street
Saloon but Win Out in Running right
With Police Special Detail Placed
upon Trail of tie fugitives.;.
OMAHA. Neb" Sept; p-Doring a
running fight between, the police and a
man believed to be " Pat Crowe, tbe al
lejred kidnaper of Eddie Cudahy, and
companion, tonight. 1'atroiman aid"
Jackson was shot through tbe leg and
the two, men made . their escape. A
large detail of officers was immediately
sent to try to locate the. fugitives. -
Ever since Crowe returned to Omana
several weeks ago, Chief Donahue has
had a force of officers seeking to cap
ture him; The task was difficult because
none of the officers knew Crowe, Jack
son being an exception. . It was learned
yesterday that Crowe was in' Omaha and
extra efforts' were made to locate him.
Jackson and Officer Leahy were sent to
lower Sixteenth street, where Crowe
was believed to be.
. About 11 o'clock tonight ' Jackson
saw a man he recognized as Crowe with
a companion in a saloon. He sent- for
additional officers. The men left the
saloon and Jackson started to follow
them., The two men- opened fire on
Jackson' jone bullet breaking Jackson 'a
leg. The other officers .started in pur
suit, joining in the f ulliside of shots
sent after the fugitives. The latter,
however, made a temporary escape.
BOY IS A HERO
SEVEN-YEAR-OLD CHILD DISTIN
GUISHES HIMSELF IN FACE
1 OF DEATH.
Mother Burned to Death by Lamp Ex
plosion and Little. Fellow Drags In
fant Brother, Dying, out of Flames
and Then Tries to Put Out Fire.
PHOENIX, Ariz., Sept. 6. .News has
been received here of : a terrible aeei-
Uest ,at 'Gila Bend,' resulting in the
death of Airs. I). Wintermute and babe,
and the slight injury of the . seven-year-old
son, who proved a hero. The
lamp exploded and. Mrs. Wintermute
was burned so badly she died in a few
hours. The baby was on fire, when the
brother dragged her to the arms of res
cuers, though fatally burned. The 'boy
placed a small hose in action and
worked so desperately that lie narrowly
escaped death himself.
TYPOTHETAE STANDS FIRM.
Not Disposed to Grant Printers' De-
.: mand for Eight-Hour Day Un
' . . der the Circumstances.
' "NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., Sept. C
The United Typotlretae of America
continued in convention today. The
absorbing topic of discussion was tbe
demand of the printers for an eight-
hour day. Tbe convention is solidly
opposed to the demand. ' Toere seems
to be no sign or weakening in the po
sition the executive committee has ta
ken not to grant an. eight-hour day
under tbe present conditions.
HAWAIIAN BAND AT PORTLAND.
PORTLAND, Sept. 6. The Royal
Hawaiian band,, which came to' the
Lewis and Clark exposition direct from
Honolulu f of a two weeks' engagement,
has- made such a popular hit that' it
has been engaged for two Weeks more.
The band is tremendously popular, thou
sands of people crowding around the big
bandstand at every performance. The
musicians not only play, but they sing.
and some of their native Kanaka bal
lads are 'delightfully sentimental. A
Hawaiian girl is the soloist of the orga
nization. Her songs never fail to please.
Tbe .band plays several times a day.
GOVERNOR BLOCK IS COUNSEL
NEW YORK, Sept. 6. Ex-Governor
Frank Block appeared as counsel . for
the Equitable Life Assurance Society
before the joint legislative committee
today when it began taa investigation
of the life insurance conditions of the
state. . ;''..'''. '"".'
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SCHOONER STRIKES REEF.
SAN PEDRO, CaL, Sept. 6. Sunday
evening the : schooner J. M. Colman
struck a reef eighty-five miles north of
this port. She may prove a total loss.
The Colman was laden with 600,000 feet
of lumber from feverett,
Wash- , for
sail elro.
Tie Great Northern. .
Dr. Morse of Halem, a director of the
Great Northern Development Company,
went to Eugene this afternoon to look
after business -of. the company. The
September dividend Mas been delayed
until today, and will be sent Out this
evening or tomorrow, the directors
meeting tonight. ThJ recent cleanup
at the mines is reported good- consider
ing the shortage of water. J. C- Lee,
fiscal agent of the company, was .in
the eity tnis afternoon. He reports a
good sale; of stock at 50 cents. The
price goes to 75 cents on the 11th. His
company is also seeling Oriental stock,
a neighbor of the Great Northern," and
will be interested ia the Sterling Com
pany of Hornbrook, for which the -officers
of the new organization will soon
be elected in Albany Democrat. ,
Grays Harbor Shipping. , '
August was a banner month for car
go shipments,' forty-four sailing vessels
and twenty-six lumber steamers having
left Grays harbor,. Washington, in that
time, their combined cargoes totaling
J 330,000,000 feet. .
FBUXT IJXWS. .'
Gravensteia spplea are setTlngTer SO
cents to $1 at Hood River.
A. resident of Lane county, Oregon,
has peaches weighing 10 ounces each.
Clarke county, Wash., will ship about
125 ears oi dried Italian prunes this
year, each car containing twenty tons.
The crop this season is about one-third
of an average crpp,.whieh is 4 big im
provement, over last year.. Tbe evap
orators will soon begin operations. Last
year the evaporators were nearly all
elosed. ' .'.
The Boise (Idaho) Statesman says:
ine Desi .auinormrs on w u evic
tion of this section give it as their opin
ion that the yield this year will not be
more than 65 per cent of that of 1904,
although they believe the growers will
make fully as much money, if not more,
off their crops as they did the previous
season. .The estimate shipment of the
prunes and pears from this part of the
state is' 175 ears as against 278 last
year. To tnis estimate may e um-
the shipment of winter apples, bringing
the. total tor this season up to .some
thing over 200 ears. The fruit. pack
ing operations will be in full swings in
this eity in a short time. . .
TO UPLIFT HUMANITY
National Prison Association to Mee t
at Lincoln, Neb, Next
; " Month.
TH rwvet annual congress of the
National Prison Association will be
held in Lincoln, Nebw, October 21, to
26, inclusive, upon which occasion
delegates fromv all over the union,
who are interested in prison govern
ment and the solution of the convict
reform question will ' assemble. .
The delegates need not all be of
ficially -connected with tbe prisons or
reformatories, the only qualification
necessary being that . they hare an in
terest in the uplifting of humanity,
To attend this eonvention the govern
or has appointed the following list of
deleiates to represent , the atato 01
Oreeon: Mrs. Lou Hatch. Rev. K. I.
Murphy, Supt. Looney, or the reform
school, Rev. E. W. St. Pierre, Salem,
Rev. J. A. Levisoue, Woodburn, Jdrs
Millie R. Trumble. W. A. Mears, .V.
T. Gardner, IL II. Hawley, Dr. T. L.
Elliott, ' Ben Helling, Portland and J.
8. Hunt, Oakland. ,
LISTS SOMEWHAT PADDED.
At ojeast Forty-Eighv Thousand )Tames
Dropped from Philadelphia
Tax List.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. G. The as
sessors of 1104 election districts of the
city completed the revision of the lists
today. Unusual interest is taken in the
work because of the allegations that
more than 50,000 fraudulent names had
been placed on the lists. The secretary
of the city party tonight estimated that
at least 48,000 names -are been drop
ped. STABS WOMAN IN JEALOUSY.
Finds Her Walking With Rival. Draws
Knife and Inflicts Fatal
Wounds.
NEW KENSINGTON, Pa., Sept. 0.
Mack. Murray met Mrs. Mary Orris,
said to be a dissolute woman, at Sec
ond avenue and Eleventh street' last
niffht, in company with Wjlliam Hnler,
her alleged paramour anil the rival of
Murray, and in a jealous rage Mrew a.
knife and stabbed.. her twice in me
eft breast. Local officers quickly
ormed a posse and pursued Murray to
his home near Ilites station, where
hey arrested him, together with Ins
prothr, Harry. Murray, and Miss Susan
eterson, and the three prisoners were
laced in jail here about 3 o'clock this
morning, naicr has not yet won ap
prehended. The wounded woman died
shortly after the stabbing.
LOOKS GOOD FOR TRADE.
Interposition of American Authorities
in Peace Negotiations Will
Promote Friendship
CHICAGO, Sept. C The officers of a
ig railway system operating between
Chicago and the Pacific coast are en
thusiastic over the, prospects for an in-
reased trado between this eountry and
the Orient. The fact that the war is
settled through the interposition of
American authorities, they say, will
create a friendly teolmc toward this
country in the far east.
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Legal Blanks at Statesman Job Office.
5000
TELEGRAPHERS
NEEDED
Annually, to fl'l the new positions crea'ed by
Railroad and Telecmpta Companies. We want
Yowwft Mea and LWIe of good habit, to
LEARN TELEGRAPHY
AND RAILROAD ACCOUNTING
We furnish 75 per cent of the Operators and
Station A genu In America. Our ala schools are
tba large exclusive TeiegrapH aeivoois in im
woiia. . astsDiiaBsa zu vaar ana enaontea dt
all tcadlos Kail war Officials.
we execute a 1i-x) Bona to every stnoent to
forolah hltn or bar a position paying from t0
to S60 a month In states east
t of tba Kockr Hons-
tains, or from 75 to tl00 a month In statts waat
of the Kockles. lmmediatelv upon graduation.
Blodenu can enter at any urns, do vacations.
tnt roll particulars recardlDK anv of our
schools write direct our xeetttive offios 1
Cincinnati, O. Catalogue free. -
Tba !.!orsa School of Telegraphy.
Ctaclnnatl. OM.
Buffalo. N. Y.
Atlanta. Oe.
UCmM, Wis.
Taarkana. Tax.
Saa Franc lac. Cel.
Ilswill RiYerviaw Academy
A Boarolnrand DavfWbool lor Bon and Toons
Men. MUUarf Training. 8lu)ent prepared for
any eatlins. N.K A. dlnlomas are re r I rod by
the Onlvniltle. fall Usrm beglna Hcpu labnr
2 nnic ror proMoecma ut a. (. Nawlll.
Princip! and frop. I0 to a Cor twit tn.
rot uanu. or. men auua zbra.
. Money to Loan
. On Improved farm and city property
at lowest rates. ... . ... . . '
THOMAS K. FORD,
. Over LadA A Bush's JUubbi.
Baiem. Orean. -' -
r
Value of
a Nia ine
You know the proverb of the
b of the
cbeV' I
id bave 7
-jom1 name and great rid
we are only a yr' eld am
a reputation to make; you miy
wager that we will try hard to
please our students.
Oookkeeplng
and Shorthand
with allied branches will be pre
sented In . the most interebtiug
and prartical manner.
Tha Multnomah Institute
M. A. AI.BIN, Mngr.
64 Sixth Street. . PortUnd, Orrfua
- Atk for catalog IV
Piano. Harmony,
Sight Singinfi
Miss Dorothea Nash, of Port
land, Kill establish a class in
these subjects in Sal era, com
mencing on and after Monday,
Sept. lltb, after 11 a. in, and
will be" glad to meet intending
students.
G. A. Wagoner's Book,
Stories of Old Oregon,
, flThieh is declared by competent
judges to be the most in cresting
sketch book that has ever appeared
in the west, is now oeing sold by
subscription, but it has also been
placed with G. W. Potman, druggist,
135 North Commercial street, who
will be pleased to show it to all who
desire to see th work
Price in Cloth, $1.50
WILKFS' STALLICK. "JfBOMEi"
It;
Will i tnl for mares the coming aMa at rot
Dcr of Kt-rrr aol Libert Street, r ut wIiiimi
and arUculars ca'l on .
DR. W. LONGr,
. ' Vciermerr Hurseon.
Phone 271 White. , Halem, Or.
hop: baskets i
Pla vnur orJer early ami
rure the bent liewket at lowest
price. Patented April 14, 11H.
Wlter Morley,
CO Court St., Salcm,Oro
8TAT1-SMAN f'lASHI Fl KI)
ADS UK I NO QUK'K KKHULTS.
DR. C. GEE WO
GREAT CKINCSE DOCTOR
Formerly Im-ateii aj
!55 Alilr Ktr(. cor
ner of Th I Til Mtrtet,
HAS
MOVED
to tha la rife l.rlrk Iml'd
lnit al H. f.. Cor. of Mitl
and tforrlaon KtrewlM.
Rntrancci IG2 f -2
FIRST STREET
iX. O. Geo Wo, the Great Chinese
Doctor, is well known and famous
throughout th-a U. H. because his won
derful and marvelous cures have bi'n
heralded broadcast throughout tho
length and breadth of this country.
He treats any and nil diseases with
powerful Chinese roots, herbs, budi,
barks and vegetables that are entirely
nnknown to medical science in this
country, and through tne; use of them
harmless remedies. He. guarantfes lo
cure catarrh, asthma, lung troubles,
Or. Stone's Druo Store
Does a strictly cash business; owes
no one, and no one owes it; carries a
large stock; its shelves, counters and
show eases are loaded with drugs, medi
cines, notions, toilet articles. Wines and
liquors, of all kinds for . medical pur
poses. Dr. Htone is a regular graduat
in medicine and has had many years of
experience in the practice. Consulta
tions are free. Prescriptions are free,'
and only regular prices for medicine.
Dr. Stone can be ' found at his drug
store, Halem, Oregon, from six in the
morning until nine at night.
Baskets
fvC
Hop
Placc . your orders
now, Patented and
improved 1905.
Star A Star Shingle,
$1.85 per M. '
Walter Morley
'60 Court St.. Salem