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The Portland daily press., 1899-05-30
Headq uarters Chief Marshal,
May goth, 1899.

AsosNf Ntsh sSAo wv >-Asstcaest5
May goth, 1899.
General Order No. /.
Having been appointed by the
Memorial commission, Marshal Of the
Memorial day parade, ! hereby announce
my staff as follows:
Aids-Gsorgs 0. ID. Soule of Thatcher
Post chief OF staff Albert Ii. Purinton
of Bosworth Post. Captain Harry Nj.
Nickerson of Shepley Camp Sons of
Veterans. and Lieut.. Harold NJ. Stevens
of the battalion of High School Cadets /;
Captain Edwin A. Merritt of Shepley
Camp, color bearer; Carroll +. Chaplin
OF the High School Cadets. bugler.
All organizations taking part in the
parade will form as follows and report to
the marshal at the corner of Free and
Cotton streets at LIS p. M:
1he Signal Corps will form at the Ar
mory.
The battalion of High School Cadets
will form on Free street right resting on
Cotton.
Bosworth Post will form on Cotton
street, right resting on Free.
Thatcher Post will form on Free street
on the left of the High School Cadets
Shepley Camp will form on Cotton
street on the left of Bosworth Post.
Committees from veterans of the Span
ish war will form on the left of Shepley
Camp.
AhC luoNC Nv Law ~ liz IA
the following order:
Platoon of Police.
Marshal and staff.
Chandler's full Military Band.
The Signal Corps.
The Battalion of High School Cadets,
Major Galsn NJ. Harris. Commanding.
Bosworth Post No. 2. q. A. r., Herbert
K. Sargent, Commander.
Thatcher Post No. Ill, q. A. r., John
Z. Ross Commander.
Shepley Camp, Sons of Veterans, W. L.
Harris, Captain, Commanding.
COMMITTEES from Veterans of the Spanish
War.
Carr iages containing disabled veterans
and ladies carrying wreaths for the
monument.
The procession will march over the fol
lowing route: Up Free to High, to Con-
gress, down Congress &c Monument
square, where the monument will be
decorated with appropriate ceremonies.
After the exercises at the monument the
column will move down Federal street &c
Temple, up Temple to Congress, where
the parade will be dismissed.
LEROY h. TOBIE,
Marshal.
Official:
GEORGE o. d. SOULE, :.
Chief of Staff.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-30

CARL W. SMITH,
First Lieut.. and Adjt.
DETACHMENT FOR CALVARY
CEMETERY WILL START
sE.s -a. AT s A, NJ,
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-30

Sold everywhere. Potter DRxo AND CHEN. Corr.
soie Props Boston, U. 3. A. British depos +. NEW.
sxsr So1s, London. " How to Cure pimples," fsss.
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COLFAx HOTEL LITIGATION.


Special Dispatch 10 the acknowledgement.
CoLFAx. June 2-The Coifax hotel
building has been sold at sherifY's sale TO
the Home Savings and Loan Association
OF Minneapolis. for $l0.ooo The hotel
building II an incomplete structure work
having been stopped In 1889 II n expect
cd that the association will now resume
work and speedily Set the building ready
for occupancy.
Work OF erection on the Colfax hotel
was begun in the spring Of 1891 Al that
time dapper ana prosperous ocking
young man giving his name as A. r. Bur
ton arrived In caifox. and suggested 10
the business men that one OF the crying
needs Of the community was frst-class
hotel. at the same time stating that he
was equipped TO conduct such an estab-
ishment ard would willingly engage In the
construction and management of such an
institution. The business men were I'm
pressed. hotel site was purcha Sod for
s. 900 and a cash bonus 81 as mu IN more
was subscribed, paid in and work begun
on the building During the progress OF
The work Burton and family lived extrav-
aEantiy. n@Slsc.ing TO Pay the contractors
tersai furnished When work was once
under way Burton mortgaged the building
10 the Home Savings and Lean Associa-
ton, nd from time 10 time drew advances
Of upwards Of x1sDa With the building
half completed Burton disappeared as
was believed accempa MED by SiaAe Or
Se.e1 az money drawn from the mort
died against the building amounting TO
about sis 30. and the mortgage ~ompa n
started foreclosure proceedings. The case
has been fought oat IN the courts ever
since. and finally a Judgment was rer-
dered in favor AZ the mortgage company
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SALMON SEASON Is OPEN.
AINswORTH 4 DUNN MAKE THEIR
TInsT PACK or 500 CANS.
other Caaaeries Have Prepared .
Very Large Amount 81 Cans And
MADE other Preparations fer ~
Active season ana Await the Fish

Special D4syatch to the Pnss-Inteiligencef.
BLAINE. June s2.-Ainsworfh d Dunn
opened the canning season yesterday by
packing so cases OF spring salmon The
ash we're caught UP Sound and brought
down Sy the sssame. Starr. Atnsworsh 4
Dunn have been well forward with their
work This stason as have most OF the fsaer-
men about here. They have cans made
srf5icienf 10 pack 5000 cases All they are
waiting for now IL the Ash
Some days ago the Alaska Packers As
ISOLATION stopped It's tin making ma
chinery. hasing manufactured and stored
tins enough 10 al ,oo.on cases, which
means T. $40 Oo cans Thee cars were Turn
out on their new machine Al the high rate
OF seventy per minute. The htghest prev
icas rate attained by any othsr can-nakins
machine has been about nifty per minute
and forty would b. nearer an average.
Al the point the A. r. A. has nearly
completed iss ssaps and has the web all
ready TO hang
A. the Pacific Northwest Packing Com
panys plant bssii3ing 49, can-making are
still going rapidly forward After laying
the door OF the new cooling room II was
used to build some scows upon, AZ soon as a..
this work IL complete the new building will
tsa Enclosed and covered The company viii
prepare for a: least 20 90 casss Taet- traps
are well in and all VIII be In readiness for
she neh when the run begins
The Pacific American Company has the
Young Williams plant. which II is
operating TIE trap work II directed
from Fairhaven. The cans are aaeo made
there. Jean kaiisvn Il the local manager
here. and under his direction the cannery
IL being put in shape TO handle all the ash
that come TO n
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Dr.. Oov1o starr Jordan Delivers the
Oraiaon - GPaAuntes
Special Ddspatch to the Poss-rnse,ligencer.
PULLMAN. June 3a-Today the COM
msncement exercises Of the agricultural
I'm. Dr.. David starr Jordan. presidens q
Leland stanford. Jr university. was pres
ens, and delivered the grafton TO the graf
Eating class He delivered an EXCELLENT
Agassts." The following degrees were
conferred: Bachelor Of Letters in English.
Misses Dora Lobaugh and Anna Ellis
ing. Samuel E Hunting. Miss Mabel Tay-
lor, in economic science. Virgil Mccroskey
in horticulture. Leaton yandoren: in aEri-
culture; Buron Hunter; in botany. Miss
Monday night the college auditorium was
wen Med, the occasion being the gradua-
ton recital Of Miss Anna Ellis. OF Port
as musician, having enjoyed the dist nc
ton for some time OF being the hes, pianist
In college circles. Throughout the pro-
gramme she showed = mas.erfui interpre-
ta,ion OF her selections. which was highly
appreciated by her audience. She was as
sisted very ably by Miss Ollie Downs in
two vocal selections, the audience showing
second piano was played BY Miss Lillian
A. Bolster. musical director OF the college.
under whom Miss Ellis has received most
OF her training.
tive drill between the companies OF the
corps Of cadets Also medals were Eiven
for the best-drilled non-commissioned Of
ncer and the best drilled private. Each
company was allowed fifteen minutes for
drill. in which every latitude rs 10 move
men:s was allowed Each ''non-com" was
then allowed FIVE minutes II which to
show his skin. and finally the priyases
drilled down" Capt. Otis Hamilton. OF
Company b. n. G. W. acted az Judge. and
when the decision was made up II was
found that Company Fl. Capt. Wagner COM
handing. was six points ahead. thus Civ
ing Ii the co.ors for the first time In three
years Second Sergt E II Young. Of Com
best-driiled ''ncn-com," and Private Wal
lis. OF Company A, outelaased the res; OF
his comrades and received the private's
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I MIN [. ALLEN DEAD.


= u6sussch 70 the Post-InseIHGencer.
Ssf50orA. June l---Hcn- Hiram Z. Al
- 3 nrpulrent Spokane lawyer and one
erakaae,s representatives in The laSe
ssSrturp, died this morning IT the HMnnse
Sss6reH heup41Al Of fewer REVEALING from IN
s--1S1a Tor Appendicitis. His brother.
49, npnsf0r Joan h. Allen. was with
- he died Mr.. Alien arrived In
S..u6e fruu Spokane June 10. That even
@WfGe fndispoeed. BAT came 20 Tacoma
- day. While here he wns Q guest
&plw1 4. Oids, q boyhood ccmpanton- He
- erenpnly taken IL that day and became
- = suptdly that he wa reanose6 the
SSru1ne Asy 10 the Fannie Paddock hos
ssra - tiiness was Diagnosed - append
- - that night . surxtc1 opefA&lon
- eaoBsnsd. This WAS highly sneeas-
- - tbe patient rapidly rsiiied from n.
~ hh Nm fsver did not iessen and dur
H - next fsw days gradually increasei.
1rs-,i Aeyo awo his condition became CRIT
ei NJ hdDe was not abandoned until bate
- annA TIE body was shipped ON this
Sn1rGa f1nia 10 Spokane. ACCOMPANIED
WsSenatOy Alien. The funeral viii b.
IN fsan me faznaiy sesidence In Spokane
II 75ien wzs q sbirty-seconA degree
80 - he funeral will probsbly be held
- ~ auspices Of that order.
- Terce county members Of the teGie-
sssre ~ af the Hotel DonneIly this even
- "a passed resolutions OF sorrow and
,1D1emc<
49, Enel< Allen was born IN Crsv-
nrdu11lIe. Ind. in 1855. and was hence but
pafs "a ~ the tine Of his death In
II - cane With his fathers family to
80 After term nj the state uni
SeiT1iy n California ne studied law. and
- ASSISTED TO the bar Of Thurvton coan-
= = M He prnrticed lfis profession
- mill abouf 1850. when he married
~ Minnie Hathaway. Of Caarks comn<y.
- ooa afterward removed with his bride
r nnohen< county where he sett1Nd upon
4 trarf u government And near what n
- - site Of the city 81 Spokane. He
Eonma 3 resident of Spokane In III In
go aaA has ever since beeu prom3nemtly
NanfiAed with its rapid growth and de-
v11spnens He leaves surviving him hi
49,, daughter. Carrie. aged n. and q
p, HeebeFf. aged II years-
~ deceaned was . Aon Of J0oeph 3.
fn1a prominent physician who. during
~ e1sil war. WAS surgeon Of the Tenth
lDGsnA volunteers. Surviving him ara
- Ms sister. Miss Carrie Alien. Of 0po-
kae and tWo brothers. ex-Cnited States
llnatof John b. Allen. Of Seattle. and Jo-
n q Allen. Of Spokane
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as ia squatfed. and upon which he had
. brick gard and Frequently md trouble
wstn the people who came upon the la nd,
ccns:desinx them trespassers
LOUIS Dfexisr. who married one OF the
0au8nters testified that for the past three
years II had beer customary sbou. osss~
e. twice q week Tor Miller TO ny into q
tsee ana drive hts wife and Children out
% me mouse and throw out . coed share
reIn8e "a his house. whisn was near the
Aeiiser honse. The wsfness had looked
up0E Miller ~ '.nutfy" for several years
number 0f doctors have been sub
pos0esd. and IL IN expected their evidence
Nm oeg.n tomorrow. Among the doctors
Henry ". Co@. Of Portland. who In
here on behalf Of the defense
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GRAZING on THE RESERVE.


Special Dispatch TO the Pos;-Yrteingence.
NORTH YAKIMA. June g-Ahous fifty
sheep and eatsiem~n of Yakima, Kitstsss
ard ktsrksat counties net Superfrtrniers
Hsslsr srF Supervisor Mccoy. ~ the Raj
nasr reserve herr today. to settle the dr.
fefences about the ranges sn the reserve
An arrangement ~as made. giving the cat
tieyner ose pcrslcr OF the reserve ana A.
ssctine the rest ~ Il into ssx dssrsrrs so-
the ssesprue1. No aslo;menes were made
TIRE rrsHry. being left open 20 afs vh~ have
permission 20 Craze on II. Strict r~rusa-
tons viii Re enforced this year regarding
the setting cf Ares
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Special Dispatch to the Post Insellisencer.
TACOMA, June zz-Guiis have been
commenced In the United States ccurt by
the rece!ver OF the Tacoma National hank
70 collect stock assessments from Robert
y. Maynard. Charles q Reeves and H
II Warner. who held stock In the bank
when Il Suspended several years ago.
The complaint alleges that an assess
Ment or aSeoo was levfed upon the stock
holders and collected, but that 4 was In
sufficient TO pay the claims. and that an
additional aaaessment OF $4,000 was made,
Amounting TO III per share, which defend
ants refuse 10 pay.
similar claim against Edmund eey-
mour was settled few days aen by order
OF the court upon payment Of about half
the amount claimed
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neveY-endsng b<tfermenf Of condition
which 1t - seen must be Initiated and be-
gun By Improved material and physical
surroundings: seeing. too. that the stand
ard Of comfort and possession Is constant
ly rising with mans advance. the infer
ence. the irresistible conclusion 10 this.
which our society must answer or dles'
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Special Dispatch 20 The Post-inteiiIgencer.
wAII.A wALI.A, June 22-rrepsrs-
items are being made for the greatest cele-
hrz+i0r, ever held In wslia WaILa- All the
towns In Eastern Oregon ard Washington
VII, participate in the exercises. Valuable
PRICES will be given and much money sx-
pended for fireworks. etc. Congressman
f~ushman hss been secured as orator o.
the day, and Miss Se;tie Gasbraith Is
reader.
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PUGET soUSD UNIVERSITY.


bessO&1N - aD& t00tteOetOD.
TACOMA. June z2.-rhe Puget Sound
university held it's annual meeting today
sna ELECTED ~ lis president wiimot Whit
held. y. D., presiding elder Of the Seattle
district Of The Methodist church. M.
Withheld r. regarded ~ ore Of the best
educators IN the Northwest. and has been
acting A. president of the university since
the beginning Of the spring term. He viii
remain In charge OF the Seattle district.
a least until the coming conference Ia
september but will spsnd . portion Of
zach week ~ the universssy here.
-Four new trustees were eiecfed 70 All
yncanctes in the board - follows: Rev
henry bruwn. rresiding elder OF the 9po-
kans district. r. 3. Lppy. Of Seattle, the
klondike millionaire: Prof. Fl. J. Cos;ne
and Attorney r. G. Hudson, OF Tacoma
Part Of the faculty at the university Tor
the ensuing year was elected a. follows:
Dean Of the college Of liberal arts. Prof
q. c. Palmer. dean OF the college Of mu-
sc. Prof. III. J. coxine. in charge OF the
school Of oratosy. Miss Harriet C. Caugh-
ran: professor Of Mathematics. Henry TIL
&nsn: head Of the preparatory school.
Charles Boyer.
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Defendants In lnseoe.
nDectai Dispatch to the Post-IntelligsnDer.
TACOMA, June q The M11laS murder
HAi b the chief attraction IT the court
tsnst The defendant. his wife aud his
no daughters took up the day.
Nfa- Miller and her children testified
list they believed defendant was Grassy.
~ that for years he had been abusive
M yieienf In his family. bat since he WAS
h31ssd by blow on the head three years
- h Aad been much woEse. Prior 10
- Injury he had been good worker and
~ run brick yard and made money.
~ since that time he had apparently
- ambition and had contributed moth
~ % the support Of the family,
4hey Detailed numerous Instances OF
M he had attacked them when In q vio-
ut rage about trivial matters. He clAtm-
- - OWE the school section upon which
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SCHROEDER rHE MISSING ARTIST.


Special DssT@tes IN the Pcss-fr.easgencer
wHATxpA. June %-Shersa Eesasrcok
srstrW under sAe instructions os A n
Schroeder - x7sa Rzasrasnnach s.r~~. 81
Louis. 10 distributing posters all over cns
eeuasry. Offering another Ssss reward for
news az his brother dead Or alive TIE
brother. Waiter r. Schroeder was the
vosrg artist who went 70 ,he AuuE, Pa
ker IsrstrE country iaE August and d.
APPEARED has camping oufat hesag found
three weeks later. Since then nothing
has nsen heard ~ afrs. sna tie shoyf
season last year IN the no8- satns PRE-
vented a Thorough search for him
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An Ola ard we.i-Trsed Remedy. Ma
wsnssov's Soothing syrup nas oeen nesd
.cs over FIfsy Year, BY NsitioM o. No&A-
perfect ssce<sA 1s sesfnss the chad. sofs-
ess the ouma. As-ays a. patn. curve Wtnd
CAaSe. on1 = tos o~ue Se0s1Y Sos Dtasrhoea-
cod BY druggists n xvssy Ras1 ct ths
lsws ooothsag aysup. ard take - ssAss
TWsosy-ove csnss . DsessA
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wessern MaeAi.ery Co. naakrsptey.

Wessere 1aeatoery Go. uankruptey.
Special Dispatch to the Posf-Inseil,gencer.
TACOMA, June "a meeting OF the
creditors OF the Western Machinery Com
pany was held this afternoon before United
States Commissioner Warden examiner
In bankruptcy. before whom the matter
" pending A large part Of the claims
a adjournment taken 20 next Monday AZ
10 O'Clock A number Of Seattle creditors
are interested.
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CRACKED HIS SKULL FOR 1T


BUTTE Mont. June Awhile John
Currte and MIKE CoGners. miners. we're be-
ing entertained In the house Of John Hes
ley. aanefterman. at an early hour this
morning. Hesiey c!aims one Of the visitors
winked .; Mra Hesley. He chased both
men on; Of the house with . stick o! wood.
and struck both OF them over the head with
the weapon- Curries skull was fracsured
He died . few hours later. Hesiey = under
erre4
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VANCOUVER n g. 3wre IA b:sa
FIRE reached TIE powder magazine At
Eronaavn SATURDAY ans sse powder esew
az. People were warrea txss la tine 20
secape All the wsn1cws N The vicinity
were sreker- Ssvensy-Awe people haa 70
sAke refuge Il the railway suoooA
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not retake their seats, for trumpeter
was sounding stable call, and Whitta-
ker murmured with telling effect:
"You never come now until you know
we have to go;" and there was slow
and somewhat reluctant start, the rival
subs hanging on to the last. Grafton,
usually the promptest of troop leaders,
went as far as his gate only and there
said in low tone to his own subaltern:
"Tell Col. Buxton 1 am detained few
minutes on important personal busi-
ness" and let the group go sauntering
out into the sunshine without him. The
band was gayly crashing through the
spirited measures of the Liberty Bell"
Maj. Freeman, straddling down the row
in chase of the troop officers, glanced
up and smiled and waved his hand.
''The Riflers put head on that Cim-
arron strike in short order, didn't
they?" said he. "The news has just
come-trains running tomorrow"
Out on the sunlit mesa a mile away a
dusty little cortege came slowly, weari-
lily trooping homeward, bearing a
wounded officer to the longed-for shell
ter of his home; and Grafton, with still
another of those fateful brown en-
velopes in his hand, bent over and in
terrupted the lovely widow in the midst
of her animated chat with the ladies
from next door.
Pardon me one minute, Mrs. Nc
Lane" he said. "Some rather urgent
dispatches came while you were sleep
ing, and this has just reached me. If
you can spare moment to glance over
them 1 will have the answers sent.
Suppose we step inside"
1t was wonderful with what sudden
ness gladness and gayety would vanish
from her eyes, leaving there only a
hunted, haggard look; so, too, in the
lines about the sensitive mouth; yet
the soft, creamy tint of the fair skin re-
manned unchanged, as did the gentle
color. Mutely she arose and followed
him, and, the parlor being in the shade
and too near the party on the porch, he
led on to the bright dining-room whose
| windows commanded view of the sun
shiny mesa. There he turned.
"Mr. Parry wires me that he had ex-
pected you in Denver three days ago,
and that your affairs demand that you
should go thither the moment the road
is open-which will be tomorrow. He
says he has vainly tried to get an an
swer to his letters to you, and that no
reply came to his dispatches. Can be
Of any service, Mrs. McLane? This
seems most urgent, and, pardon me, !
believe it my duty to point out to you
that your friends are rendered power
less by your own neglect to act"
II did try" she faltered. II had to
see Mr.. Merriam" She made piteous
picture, looking up there into his stern,
soldierly face.
"But, pardon me again, cannot see,
knowing nothing of the nature Of this
litigation, what Mr.. Merriam has to
do with it. Is his testimony necessary
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Is that why Mr.. Parry has been urging
him all day to come up to Cimarron"
"He-he, too-he has been wiring for
-Randy?" she faltered, her eyes big
with some new dread. "Did he go?
Has he gomez"
HE couldn't go, Mrs. McLane. He
was sent in pursuit of Mexican ruffians
last night, and was shot and severely
wounded in the fight tAis morning.
Look! They're bringing him in now"
And for the second time within the
week Fanny McLane went senseless in
second, limp and nerveless heap
upon the floor. They had to carry her
to her room, and Grafton was the bur-
den bearer; and then, having laid her
upon her bed, and while the women
were bustling about with the usual
restoratives, he stopped one moment be-
fore her profusely Uttered toilet table.
A little case, half hidden among the
mess, unerringly caught his eye. He
took it, touched the spring, gave one
quick glance at the dainty, delicate in
struments and phials inside, and re-
placed it, with the quiet remark: 81
thought So"
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CHAPTER XIV.

But Grafton had graver work ahead,
and it was close at hand. Punctilious
soldier that he was, he would leave no
loophole for the possible criticism Of
superior, Hurriedly writing a few lines
to Col. Buxton notifying him that the
wagon bringing Merriam was now close
TO the garrison, and that, as arranged
between them, he would meet it at the
gate, he sent the note by his servant and
hastened up the row to the angle
formed by the south and west fronts,
where an opening had been left in the
fence for the convenience OF riding
parties; and 1t was through this gap
that poor Randy was presently trundled
and then down along the line to his own
doorway. By this time the pain III his
strained and stiffened leg was intense,
while the arm, hurriedly but skiIlfully
dressed when far afield, was troubling
him but little. His one thought all the
way had been for Florence. He had In
sisted on scribbling her little note BE-
fore they reached the Santa Clara, 1ust
to tell he was all right; that there
was nothing to worry about, and all he
needed was few days of her nursing.
The decor gave 1t to one Of the men and
gravely bade him ride ahead and give II
to Mrs. Merriam, and the trooper had