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THE MORNING OReAoNIAN, SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1903. STOP. TAX DODGING State land Board Orders Delinquents to Pay. HAS DISCOVERED THEIR GAME Rather TkRa PaUp, Talce.Title anil Pay Taxen, They Pay Interest oa Small'.Snms and Make Work for State Officials. SALEM, Or., July . 10. (Special.) The State Land Board has made an order re quiring6 that all: purchasers of state land who have. $50 or less due upon their cer tificates of sale shall pay the balance and take -deeds to the land. This Js done pri marily for the purpose of clearing up the records and saving: work In the Land De partment. Incidentally it -will have the effect of making a large number of tracts of land subject to taxation for state and county purposes. At the request of the Board, Clerk G. G. Brown has prepared a list of those to whom this order will ap ply, and the list will be presented at the next meeting of the board. About 600 purchasers will then be notified to' make their final payments. State land held under certificates of sale is not subject to taxation. Because of this a large number of purchasers haye paid all but a small balance of the amount due, and then pay interest upon this bal ance. It is cheaper to pay interest on a small balance than to pay taxes on the whole tract of land. As a result of the practice which has grown up, there are a large number pf certificates outstand ing, upon which small payments of inter est are made annually or semi-annually. Some of the payments are less .than $1. Every payment requires the issuance of receipts in duplicate, the entry of the payments in the records, the indorsement of the payment on the duplicate certifi cate, the writing of a letter and the mail ing of the receipt All this takes time and costs money. The board was of the opinion that it will be better to get all these old certificates off the state records. The order will not, of course, apply to those who have remaining unpaid Install ments of less than $50, where the install ments are not due. The order will only apply where the final payment Is due and the purchaser Is entitled to a deed upon completing the payment. When the deeds are issued County As sessors can ascertain from the clerk of the board the tracts of land conveyed and the persons to whom conveyed, and the land can then be taxed. As .many of the purchasers will not record their deeds, the county records will not disclose the own ership of the land. The next meeting of the board will be held next Tuesday, and the order direct ing that notices be sent Out will probably be made at that time." STATE BUILDINGS INSPECTED. Sew Reform School Strncturc im provements at Anrlnm. SALEM, Or., July 10. Governor Cham berlain, Secretary of State Dunbar and State Treasurer Moore, constituting the State Board of Building Commissioners, yesterday made a tour of Inspection of the different state institutions, particu larly those where building and improve ments are being conducted. At the Insane asylum they found that the frames of the new horse and cattle barns were almost completed and that the work was progressing quite satis factorily in every way under Contractor ,F. B. Southwlck. At the asylum farm Contractor H. N. Ely has finished the work of excavation 'for the new closed cottage and the -cement work In the basement and for tho base of the foundation. Brick and other material are being hauled to the site and the laying of the brick foundation will begin this week. At the mute school the board found that the pupils, during the school year just closed, at the instance and under the su pervision of Superintendent Clarke, had constructed many new and serviceable fencee and had laid new floors in the cor ridors of the main building adding greatly to the Improvements of that institution. At the Reform School Contractor C. A. Gray has everything in readiness for the reconstruction of the old industrial build ing, which was destroyed by fire in De cember, 1901, and this work Is already well nncter way. The fire only consumed the "woodwork of the interior of the structure and left the walls standing as they were, and with the exception of a few places "where the walla were cracked by the heat, undamaged. The building as It now stands is In the form of an upright triangle, the main por tion of the structure being 100 feet in length and only one story in height, while at the rear a tower sir stories high Is sit uated. It Is now proposed to extend the length of the main structure GO feet and build it two stories in height so that there will be more room in the mechanical de partment and the second etory can be par titioned off into industrial rooms, whereas these latter departments were situated in the third and fourth stories of the tower in very cramped and unsatisfactory quar ters. The immense tank, which will occupy the extreme top of the 70-foot tower and is used to store the water supply of the institution, Instead of being supported by huge timbers as It formerly was, which when burned off by the fire allowed the tank to fall clear through to the ground, will now be supported by four Iron piers, erected Independent of the building and strong enough to hold the tank In its place In any event and Insure the Insti tution a sufficient supply of water to meet any emergency which might arise from a conflagration. DEEPEN VANCOUVER HARBOR. Property-Owners Will Vote on Forming Improvement Dlutrlct. VANCOUVER, Wash.. July 10. (Special.) An election has been called by the Coun ty Commissioners of Clark County for Saturday. August 1, to vote for or against a river Improvement district proposition in this city and vicinity, for the purpose of improving and deepening the channel of the Columbia and the mouth of the Willamette River. The bill authorizing this election was passed at the last Legisla ture, and was presented by Senator E. M Rands. The expectation is that the elec tion will be almost unanimous, for thn district to be formed, as it will be of vast uenent to Vancouver. It Is proposed to tax the property in the district 2& mills in order to make the improvements possible. This will raise about 2500. which will assist In tha tc-nr-v nntll more money can be raised. Tho umernraeni wm proDaojy give an appro priation, as the engineers have reported favorably on the scheme. The interest taken In this cltv shows thnt Senator Rands Is appreciated. For many icara a aeep cnannei nas Deen wanted here, but all efforts to get It have proved futile. VETERANS IN CAMP. Soldiers or! Three Wars Gnexts el Pnllman for Three Days. COLFAX. Wash.. July 10. (Special.) The seventh annual encampment of the Whitman County Veterans' Association closed a three daya' eneamnment at Pull man this evening, with a banquet to the veterans, their wives and the newspaper men of Whitman County. The encamp ment was tno most successful In the his tory of the association, about 100 veterans of the Civil. Mexican and Spanish-American wars being present. K. P. Allen. Postmaster of Pullman, is president, and selected as his secretary W. M. Priest, an ex-Confederato veteran. An interesting programme was rendered each forenoon; afternoon and evening. The encampment was held in Reaney's Park, a beautiful grove In the edge of Pullman, and camp fires were burning each night. Around these the veterans grouped and fought again the battles of the wars in which they served. , Congressman W. Lu Jones, ex-Senator Price and Hon. A. M. Baker, of Oregon; Judge S. J. Chadwick, of Whitman Coun ty, and Professor W. G. Beach, of the Washington Agricultural College, were among the speakers. A committee of 25 citizens cared for the visitors and enter tained them royally. While here they were the, guests of Pullman, and the city was virtually owned by them for three" days. BUSINESS IS - GROWING. Favorable Report of Yakima Pout office Water Sarvey of Valley. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., July 10. (Spe cialsPostmaster Lemon's quarterly re port, which has Just been completed, shows a good increase over the correspondlns period of a year ago. The stamp sales for June were ?lfi6.S7, an increase of $1SS over June a year ago. For the quarter Just ending they were $3872.64, an increase of 500 over the quarter of a year ago. The district Epworth League. Convention will be held in the M. E. Church of this city Friday and Saturday. Delegates from Kittitas and Yakima Counties will be present and a lengthy programme will be carried out. Professor O. L. Waller, of the State Ag ricultural College, Is here doing some im- Iportant work for the United States Agrlt cultural xjepartment maKing a waier sur vey of the Yakima Valley. His principal duties will be to determine the duty of water for Irrigation purposes; making a survey of the Yakima system, Including all the -water running in the river and the amount used for irrigation purposes; evi dence on the amount of acreage to bo watered and the amount possible will bo determined by the data he secures. The work will be carried out through the Sum mer. Miss Eva May, assistant principal of the Yakima High School, has resigned. She is attending a. Summer school at Ber keley, CaL, and her reasons for resigning are not known. Recent reports on the potato crop have stimulated outside buyers, and several -of them have been here this week looking over the situation. Farmers report that they have been offered from $13.50 to $15 a ton for their potatoes on contracts. Hay is also high, offers being now made at $7.25 a ton. MYSTERY OF RUSSIAN CHARLIE. Articles Found on Galtce Creek Which Give Slight Cle-iv. GRAN'TS PASS, Or., July 10. A few days ago a bag of clothes, pipe, re volver and other effects were found In a remote region of the Galice Creek country that are supposed to be the property of "Russian Charlie," who disappeared in September. 1901. He owned and worked a placer claim on Whisky Creek and did his trading at Leland. He came Into Lcland one day, got his usual supplies and departed, presumably for his cabin, but he never reached it. From the manner in which the articles lay when found It is thought that Rus sian Charlie had been drinking, as an empty "whisky bottle lay near by. He probably sat down to smoke and -while doing so took out his revolver to examine It- The weapon was discharged, acci dentally or otherwise, and the wounded man staggered off, half drunken as he undoubtedly was, and fell over one of the preclpltlous cliffs of the region. The officers here have made a diligent search of the neighborhood of the Bpot where the articles were found, but can find noth ing. Tho tragedy occurred so long ago that the body might have been carried off and devoured by wild beasts ere this time. The sack found contained a suit of un derclothing, an overshlrt, a piece of sole leather, three pairs of socks, a pair of gloves, two cans of sardines and an un opened bottle of -whisky. AGAINST HERESY CRY. Strong: Address to Friends' Church Convention Mission In Alaska. NEWBERG, Or., July 10. (Special.)-The Christian Endeavor Union of the Friends Church had charge cf last night's session of the yearly meeting in session here. The address was delivered by Professor R. W. Kelsey, upon the theme of "Lead ership." The trend of the discourse was that leadership must be characterized by both thougnt and action. He spoke in no uncertain manner against the common cry of heresy in the church, and strongly ad vocated higher education and progress, that the church may keep abreast of the times and fulfill Its mission. The attention of the meeting yesterday afternoon was given to the-subject of for eign missions. Reports were read from the Friends' Mission In Alaska, which the dregon yearly meeting Is supporting. and which gave evidence of successful work. The address of the day was ably delivered by Rev. L. D. Barr, of Los An geles, Cal. Yesterday morning the delegates to the Five Years Meeting, held last October in Indianapolis, the first National meeting of the Friends churches in America, gave an interesting report PENSION FOR CAYUSE WAR. Mrs. Shannon Receives Money Dne HerDeaa Hasband. EUGENE, Or., July 10. Mrs. Elizabeth Shannon, widow of the late Wesley Shan non, has received from the Pension De partment at Washington, a check for a pension on account of her husband's service In the Cayuse War. This is said to be the first pension granted to a widow on account of the Cayuse War, which be gun -with the massacre of the emigrant party headed by Dr. Whitman in 1817. Mr. Shannon has been dead a number of years and the .department Is late In recognlzlrfg his services. High Praise for Independence. INDEPENDENCE, Or., July 10. (Spe cial.) A. letter has been received by G. A. Hurley, secretary of the Independence Improvement League, from the Oregon Information Bureau, acknowledging the receipt of some fine specimens of English walnuts and "white figs. Much praise is given the display from this .section. It being pronounced the best exhibit, and the write-up the best, yet received from any county. Savrmill Rushed With Orders. VANCOUVER, Wash., July 10. (Special.) The sawmill business In this city is on the increase, and the Columbia River Lum ber Company has advertised for 100 addi tional men to work In its -mill and camps. This mill Is rushed with export orders, and finds It almost impossible to keep tip with tho rush. The new mill is cutting 150,000 feet dally. A box factory is now under contemplation by the company. Slgrn of Growing' Business. OREGON CITY, July 10. (Special.) The unprecedented increase of business in the local manufacturing Institutions, In addi tion to. the larxre natronasre of thin rm. munltyThas compelled the Western Union Telegraph Company to appoint an extra messenger in the local office. Ralph ureen, ot tnis city, nas Deen1 named as tho additional messenger. Salmon Running in the Fraser. NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C, July 10. (Special.) The first run of sockeyes en tered the Fraser River last evening, and 70 nonunion boats fishing in Canoo Pass got from 35 to 100 per boat. Very few have been causht In the Point Roberts traps. In the- Upper "Fraser the red Spring suimuu are pjeouiwu v OREGON AGAINST THE ,'4. ..... , HENRY BLACKMAX. OF HEPPXER, COLLECTS FLEECES FOR STATE EXHIBIT AT ST. LOUIS. " ''Oregon against the world for -wool," says Henry Blackman, who Is collecting samples of Oregon fleeces for the state exhibit at St. Louis and for the Lewis and Clark Exposition. "Our wool exhibit will excel any thing of the kind that the world has ever seen." Mr. Blackman nas scoured all over Eastern Oregon for samples and has received many assurances of co-operation from growers and dealers. "I find great enthusiasm for the Fair among all wool-producing districts," he says. Among the towns which have pledged him aid are Heppner. Shanlko, Elgin, Ontario, Baker City, Perxjleton and Huntington. Mr. Blackman' s pockets are bulging with specimens of fine woolen staples. Mr. Blackman -was the first Mayor of Heppner, and has- held that of fice four terms. He has also represented Morrow . County In the State Senate. The accompanying sketch was made by his son, Heppner; Black man, a young artist of promise, after a pencil, drawing by Lute Pease of . The, Oregontan. DIES OF BLIGHTED LOVE FAIR GIRL AT COLVILLE TAKES POISON TO CURE HER. Torn From Lover's Arms Immediate ly After Marriage, She Pines In Disappointment. SPOKANE. Wash., July 10. (Special.) A special from Colvllle, Wash., .says: Miss Philipi Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Smith, committed suicide yesterday afternoon by taking strychnine, presumably because of disappointment in love. Miss Smith was 19 years of age, a comely girl and popular with the young people in the community. Her parents are highly respected and Influential cit izens. Mr. Smith, until a few months ago, was superintendent of the poor farm four miles east ot Colvllle. While the family resided at tho poor farm about two years ago, this daughter contracted a marriage with Bert Blair, a young man living in the neighborhood. The young couple eloped as far as Meyers Falls, and were there overtaken -within a few minutes after the ceremony had been performed, afcd the girl was Immediately returned to the family roof. Soon after wards the marriage was annulled by a decree In the Superior Court upon the ground that the young lady was under age and had not the consent of her pa rents. Miss Smith had remained at home since, but It is said that her love for her former fiance had never been lessened, and It is presumed her mind had been un balanced through the long period of dis appointment. The tragedy took place at the home of her parents near Addy. The -funeral took place there today. TIME LIMIT ON APPEALS. Supreme Court Interprets New Lntv of Washington. OLYMPIA, Wash., July 10. (Special.) The Supreme Court today decided an Im portant point raised In regard to the scope of the act of -March 9, 1903, amend ing the act placing a limit of time for serving notice of appeal from judgments Tendered in the Superior Court. Tho former law gave six months, and the new law 30 days. In a Jeffersqn County case entitled Jerry S. Rogers, respondent, vs. John Trumbull, appellant, It was con tended that the amendatory, act Is retro active. The Supreme Court holds, how ever, that It is not; that. It applies only to Judgments rendered subsequently to the time the act took effect, or to those Vhere the right of appeal under the old law extended more than SO days from the time the act took effect. t In the case In question, judgment was rendered on September 8, 190 March 9, 1903 was the last day for serving notice of appeal under the old law, and it was also the day on which the new law took effect. The court decides that the appeal was taken in time. POINT GAINED FOR FUSION. Repuhlloans Yield at Boise, but May Contest if Beaten. BOISEf, Idaho, July 10. (Special.) The roceedlngs before Judge Stewart for a writ of mandate to compel the City Clerk to print on the official ballot in two places the names of candidates nominated by both the Union Labor and Democratic city conventions, come to an end, an agreement having been reached under which the names will be printed as de sired. The City Attorney gave the City Clerk an opinion to the effect that It was his duty to put the names on In both places, -holding that th new law is in- WORLD FOR WOOL. fiFTtfT tojut jkm & valid. The clerk got from tho chairmen of the 'Democratic and Labor parties re quests to have the names so printed, and the case was dismissed. After tho dis missal of the case, S. B. Kingsbury, who had represented the City Clerk, said he had been trying for two days to ge't the case Into such a position. When asked by Judge Quaries, of the other side, If it were the intention to .contest the elec tion of Mr. Hawley, Mr. Kingsbury re piled he did not expect to see Hawley elected, but. If he were, he- anticipated a contest would be inaugurated. It has been rumored for several days that such an outcome- would be reached and that the Republicans would depend upon a contest in the event of the elec tion of Hawley. The latter says such a contest would not be entertained, the Su preme Court of this state having Issued an opinion fully covering the points. The contest Is becoming -Interesting. The registration closed tonight, with by far the greatest number on the lists ever known In the city, the total being about 3500. H WILL GIVE BIRTH TO NEW TOWN. Projected New Railroad in South eastern Oregon Causes Speculation. BAKER CITY, July 10. (Special.) The construction of a railroad which will open up the rich mining district of Grant County and the agricultural and grazing lands of Harney and Malheur counties is bound to result in the founding of a new town somewhere In Grant County that will be a. thriving business center. Already It Is known, several men of a speculative turn of mind are on the lookout for a favorable site for such a town. Numerous railroad surveys are now be ing made In this new district, but it is not certain just where the new lines will be built The most likely proposition is the extension of the Sumpter Valley road from Whitney to Burns. It Is not a bad guess to say that the new town will be built somewhere on the. lino of this ex tension. The towns' already established will grow In Importance, but the distance is so great that the' necessity for a new city Is, apparent to alL Tho chances are that the mining Interests will dictate the location, because there will bo a demand for some convenient headquarters for the mining interest when the transportation question Is settled, as it will be when tho railroad is built. The most availablo townslte in Grant' County, along the line of the railroad, convenient to a ma jority of the producing mines -will be the Bite of this new city. SALOONS HAVE REOPENED. Bremerton Liquor Men Induce Court to Take Up Case. SEATTLE, Wash., July 10.-r-The saloons in Bremerton, the little town "near the .rugct aouna navy-yard, which were. closed by tho Council a few weeks ago because the Navy Department objected to them, have all reopened despite the protest of the Council. The keepers have sued in court to determine the right of the Council to revoke' their licenses and the courts have allowed the saloons to open until the case can be heard. More trouble Is now .expected from .the navy- yard, and It would. not be surprising If an order Issued directing all vessels, to leave there that are "n6w In dock for Tcpalr. Reports Against Epplnger. SAN FRANCISCO, July 10. The grand jury this afternoon heard additional evi dence regarding the recent failure of Ep-. pinger & Co. The two principal wit nesses were Alfred G. Piatt, the expert accountant, who has been examining the books of the firm, and Bookkeeper Mitch ell, formerly inthe employ of the firm, who Is now assisting Receiver.Wadsworth and the expert "la' straightening out the accounts. ATTACKS GAMBLING LAW SPOKANE SPORT DECLARES IT IS ' . .UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Washington Saprcme Court Hears Test Case Brought to Inval idate' Felony Law. OLYMPIA, Wash., July 10. (Special.) The Supreme Court today heard tho argu ments In the habeas corpus proceeding brought to test the new law making the conducting" of gambling resorts a felony, but it Is not expected that a decision will be handed down within less than 30 days." Arguments were presented by State Senator Will G. Graves, In behalf of the petitioner. Frits Dietrich, of Spokane, and by Attorney-General W. B. Stratton, and his assistant, E. ,W. Ross, for the state. Senator 5raves based his contention as to the illegality of the Imprisonment ot Dietrich entirely upon the claim that the new antl-gambllng law Is unconstitu tional, in that it is amendatory of the statute cf 1S79 covering the crime of gambling In this state, while It falls to set forth the subject matter of the old statute- it is designed to change. The court took the question under ad visement and. gave Senator Graves 15 days to file extended briefs in the case. Senator Graves also applied fori an order admitting Dietrich to bail, which the court also took "under advisement. It was announced that a decision would be givetv in the ball matter early next week. SEATTLE GAMBLER GUILTY. First Case Under New Felony Law Will Be Appcnled. . SEATTLE, July 10. The jury In the case of the State against Harry Smith, charged with violating the new law, w.hlch makes all forms of gambling a fel ony, returned a verdict of guilty In Su perior Judge Bell's Court tonight. The case was to test the constitutionality of the law. The verdict does not state whether the defendant is guilty of a felony or a mis demeanor, and the cas will have to go to the Supreme Court for final settlement. SLIPS AWAY IN THE FOG. Smith Surrounded by a. Posse Near Tacoma. OLYMPIA, Wash., July 10. (Special.) One of the po'sse3 out looking for the three men who held up Marshal Bcrner, of Auburn, struck the trail of J. Smith, murderer of Deputy Marshal Parsons, of Centralia, near South Tacoma last night, and succeeded in surrounding him in a clump of timber between two roads. Be fore It became light enough to close In on Smith, a dense fog settled over the Sound country, and he made his escape. Smith was forced to abandon the bi cycle stolen at Rainier from C. G. Mor ris, and the wheel has been Identified and returned to tho owner. The officers are confident that it was Smith who called at the Yelm store last Friday and secured provisions and that he has been between here and Tacoma ever since. The Identification of the man who was surrounded this morning as Smith Is complete, according to the offi cers n charge of the posse. Sheriff on a Still Hunt. CHEHALIS. Wash., July .10. Murderer Smith, of Centnalla, seems to have suc ceeded In giving the officers thfe slip. So far as known, no one has seen 'him since the evening he murdered Marshal Par sons, and his plan of quietly slipping away, together with the fact that scarce ly any one knew the man. has .evidently worked successfully. Sheriff Urquhart Is at present away on a still hunt after the man, but with what promise of success It is impossible to state, as his whereabouts have been kept quiet for several days. BIG SALE IS ENJOINED. Delinquent Buyer of Oregon Land Tries to Prevent Foreclosure. CORVALLIS, Or., July 10. (Special.) A sale by the Sheriff of 55,000 acres of land, that was to have occurred on the Courthouse steps at Corvallis tomorrow, has been stopped by a temporary Injunc tion. The sale was under foreclosure pro ceedlngs, and the amount of the judgment was $101,600. Of the lands, 23.000 He In Benton, about 2000 In Polk, and the re mainder in Lincoln Counties. They are what are known as the Coe lands, together with' the lands of the Ore gon Agricultural Company, limited, and were sold last August to the Oregon-Pacific Colonization Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Minnesota, with the principal office at Minneapolis. The seller was the Coast Land & Live stock Company. The buyer gave notes .secured by mortgage and defaulted In payment, both of principal and Interest, and the sellers brought suit to recover, securing Judgment at the April term of the Circuit Court for Benton County. The Injunction restrains the sale. In or der to give defendants opportunity to show cause why the service In the pro ceeding should be quashed and judgment be vacated. Judge Hamilton sets July 20 as the date and Corvallis as the place for hearing argument. PEARSON GETS A FRACTION. Claimed $1,000,000 Front Gtecat North ern, Awarded $500. ' ST. PAUL, July 10. The State Supreme Court In an opinion handed down today upholds the verdict of the lower court awarding to Herbert W. Pearson, of Du luth, $500 for services rendered to the Great Northern Railway In" the location of coal mines In Montana. Pearson sued for $1,000,000, alleging that by following a new and original geological formation he succeeded In locating vast coal fields for the railroad company. The company contended that the mines were known to exist before Pearson began his explora tion. The court awarded Pearson $500 for his services, and from this decision he appealed. FURNITURE STORE BURNED. Careless Workman Causes $7000 Blaze at North YJnUima. 4 NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., July 10. (Special.) Fire In the basement of the large furniture store of Lombard & Horsley, of this place at 4 P. M. today caused a loss of about $7000 worth of prop erty. The fire department worked about two hours In saving tho building, and the greater, part of the damage was by water. The origin of the blaze is said to have been a lighted match dropped in ex celsior In the basement by one of the workmen. The damage Is fully covered by insurance. KILLED BY FAVORITE COLT. Sad Result of Little Girl's Having Dangcrons Playmate. WEISER, Idaho, July 10. (Special.) A 1 little girl 9 years old. the daughter ot W. C. Boyd, a rancher living about five miles west of town, was killed this morning by being kicked by a colt with which she was playing. The colt was a pet, which the children were In the habit of playing with. The hoofs of the animal struck the child In the head with such force that her neck was broken. The parents were away from home at the time. The fam ily Is very poor, so the accident Is doubly severe on it. GREAT BOOX TO ONTARIO. Contract Let. for Steel. Brldgrc Acresn Malheur River. ONTARIO. Or.. July 10. (Special.) The contract for building the new steel bridge across tho Malheur River, near where it empties into Snake River, about two miles below Ontario, was let today. The price Is $1100. This bridge will supply a long-felt need. It gives an opportunity for the people living on Dead Ox Flat oi coming to On tario to do their trading without going afiout ten miles above Ontario to the Halliday bridge. Heretoforo Dead Ox Flat has been shut in on one side from Weiser and Payette by the Snake River and from Ontario during the Winter and Spring by the Malheur River. Last Win ter some of the enterprising- citizens of Ontario and Dead Ox Flat circulated a petition to the County Court, which re sulted in the bridge being granted. Now. with a steel bridge across the Malheur on the west and a free ferry across the Snake River on the east, Ontario will draw trade from all points of the compass. HIS EXCUSE PLAYED OUT. Forger of Small Checks at Last Brought to , Account. NEW WESTMINSTER. B. C. July 10. (Special.) W. Marshal Cox, a young Eng lish school teacher here, was arrested yes terday for forging a number of checks while under the influence of Hquov. The forging seems to be a frequent occur rence, but in such small amounts that no one has -seen fit to push the charge until today, when all the Instances were rounded up and Cox was sent up for trial. The forging of checks under the pretense of being Intoxicated is played out, says the Judge. LOOKS LIKE MURDERER. Berry-Pickers Wear Tacoma Think They Have Seen Smith. TACOMA, Wash., July 10. Two women who were out berryplcklng near South Tacoma yesterday afternoon -saw a man In the bushes whose description answered that of Smith, the murderer ot Marshal Parsons, of Centralia. They Immediately gave alarm and a posse, made up of deputies from Lewis and Pierce Counties, spent the night in search of the man. The night men were relieved this morning by other deputies, and a continuous search Is being kept up for Smith. Fonnd Murdered on Street. SAN FRANCISCO. July 10. The pollcp are tonight confronted with a murder case that is shrouded in absolute mys tery. The body of a man was found on the street In an outlying residence dis trict? and a superficial examination dis closed a knife wound in the neck. The wound had been Inflicted with a small knife and In Itself was not suffi cient to have caused death. The autopsy surgeon made closer Inspection and found that the skull had been fractured and the vertebrae at the neck broken. The sur geon declares that the man could not have walked two feet after having re ceived his injury and that he had evi dently been murdered. The man was Identified as Joseph Hausel, a German brewer who came to this city two days ago from Vallejo. He had previously lived in Los Angeles and prior to that time had been In Seattle. He was about 35 years of age. Hardware Men Elect Ofllcers. SANTA BARBARA, Cal., July 10. The eighth annual convention of the Pacific Coast Hardware and Metal As sociation, which has been in ses sion in this city for the past three days, came to a close tonight after electing officers and selecting Santa Bar bara as the next meeting place. The sessions were held behind closed doors. Following were elected officers fop the ensuing year: President, A. C. Rulof son, ot San Francisco; first vice-president. T. D. Honeyman, of Portland; second vice president, S. C. Schaller, of Lps Angeles; third vice-president, A. S. Bur well, of Seattle: treasurer, John S. Mer rill, of San Francisco; secretary, Hamil ton W. xJarnard. Addition to Ontario's Hotels, ONTARIO. On, July- 10. (Special.) Work has begun on J. M. Brown's three story addition to the Malheur Hotel. The addition will be of brick, on the lot north of the present building, and will be one of the handsomest buildings In the city, besides adding to the comfort of the trav eling public Although Ontario has three splendid hotels, and four restaurants, there are many occasions when all are taxed to their utmost capacity, as this Is the railroad center for all the country west beyond Burns. Will Improve Ontnrlo Streets. ONTARIO, Or., July 10.-(Speclal.) Bids are being received at the City Re corder's office for the grading and gravel ing of Oregon street, the main street north and south In Ontario. Tho work is to be completed in about 90 days. Last Summer a cross section of street was graveled as an experiment, and, as the experiment was highly satisfactory, the work will proceed until the principal streets have been graveled. Kicked in the Head by His Horse. AIRLIE, Or., July 10. (Special.) Frank Brown, a prominent farmer ot this place, was thrown from a horse while going In from the hay field yesterday and received a kick In the back of the head, which fractured the skull. By the advice of physicians, he was taken to the Salem Hospital for medical treatment. The Dalles Elects a Queen. THE DALLES. Or., July 11. (Special.) Miss Bessie Snipes was tonight elected Queen to represent The Dalles at the Pullman Woodmen of the World Carni val. The total vote cast was 4050. Miss Snipes had 25S0, and her nearest compet itor, Miss Elizabeth Sherer, 125S. Killed by a Cave-In. BOISE, Idaho, July 10. Charles Rother mel was killed today by a cave-in in a placer mine, in which he was working. The scene of tho accident was on the Boise River, about ten miles above Twin Springs, Robbers Still at Large. SEATTLE, July 10. 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This advice costs nothing, but it may mean life or happiness or both been holding a highly successful .carnival here the past three days. There has been a large attendance from near-by towns. The Arnold shows are given In connection with the carnival, and no end of amuse ment has been had by all who have at tended. Tonight at the opera-house a class Initiation was held, and, as a result of an active campaign, upwards of 100 new members were Initiated. Goes From Snlem to Tacoma. SALEM, Or.. July 10. Professor G. A. Warfield. A. M., has resigned the chair of Greek and Latin In the Willamette University, and Professor W. P. Drew, A. B., B. D., for several years a profes sor In the Willamette University, has been elected to that department- Pro fessor Drew has been teaching and tak ing advanced work In Latin and Greek at the University of California the past year, and is better qualified than ever to take up his work in the university, and will 'be a valuable addition to tho already efficient corps of teachers. Pro fessor Warfield will go to Tacoma, where he has an appointment. Tramps Barn Six Iloxcnrs. ELMA, Wash., July 10. (Special.) At the gravel pit east of town six boxcars were burned this morning at 9 o'clock. The lire was evidently started by tramps, as camp fires have been discovered several- times before In the cars. About 50 cars w.ere standing on the sidetrack, and all would have burned but for the presence of an engine, which was sent out with the cars not yet on fire. There was no way to extinguish tho flames, so the six cars were left to burn. Ho II Arrives at Penitentiary. SALEM. Or.. July 10. (Special.) 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