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I I , - 4 - I THE 3I0RXIXG OREGOXIAy. FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1909. i : 1 1 i DROWNS IN WIFE'S SIGHT Woman Then Keeps Lone Vigil Through Night at Scene of Tragedy in Clackamas. LEADS SEARCH NEXT DAY Edward Clerlnger, of Oregon City, Swept Away With Pack Animal Xear Caiadero While Try ing to Ford Stream. ESTACADA. O.. July . SpclaI.) Caught In the swift current of the Clack amas Rivef. ten miles ea-st of Estacada, Kdward Clevenger. of Oregon City, was swept off his feet along with a pack horse he was leading, and drowned, at 1 o'clock. Weednesday afternoon. His wife, who had crossed the river on a saddle horse and was awaiting him on the other side, saw the accident, power lejs to aid. All night she stayed there, watching- the stream that had swept away her hus band. Next morning, summoning her courage, she recrossed with the Intention of retting help to find the body. She met a tire warden. Ray Kshelman. who went with her to Cnaadero, where J. Hewitt and Earl Wagner joined the party to return to the scene of the drown' Ing with giappllng hooks. Late tonight no word had come as to finding the body Mr. and Mrs. Clevenger were on their war to the Hot Springs on the Clack a mas and lost the trail. With the hope of finding the right way. Clevenner sent his wife across on the saddle horse and attempted to ford the river, leading the packhorse. It is not known whether he lost his footing and was swept away, or whether the borse fell, dragging blm with It. The brave woman. In spite of her lone ly, all-night vigil on the bank of the stream, was nat overcome by the disas ter tnaf had overtaken her. and bravely went with the searching party back to seek for her husband's body. COLUMBIA LIFE EXPANDS the engagement of their daughter. Jose phine, to Abe Friedman. At home Sun day. Augnst 1, from ! to 1 P. M. Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Gilbert, of this city, who left three months ago o visit a number of the principal cities from CHlcago eastward to the Atlantic Ocean, returned late last week. A. C. Jackson, advertising manager for the Harrtman lines at Portland, because of Illness, has been obliged temporarily to give up his work. Accompanied by Mrs. Jackson, he left yesterday for Paso Roble9, Cal. 3eth Rlggs. bis slste Emma and niece. Miss Clara Poppleton. started to Yellow stone Park last night. : From that point . they will go to Spokane, and then to Seattle, and while at tne latter cny ui take In the A.-Y.-P. Exposition. The friends of Miss Alpha L. Dlmlck. principal of the Brooklyn school, whose health was so seriously impaired the last few weeks of school, will be glad to hear that she Is greatly Improved. flss Dim ick has a tent at Rhododendron, where the high altitude is working wonders for her. She expects to stay in the moun tains through August. CHICAGO. July 39. (Special.) Port land people at Chicago hotels: Congress. W. C. Slattery: Stratford, Lenora Carkel man; Palmer House. J. C. Edwards, GQNBOY ASKS JOB Bay City Police Captain Who Shot Man Fights Removal. MAKES APPEAL TO COURT IS GEO OIL IS SPREAD OVER PAVEMENT OF HAS SAM COMPANY. Local Life Insurance Company In creases Capital Stock to $200,000. At a special meeting of the stock holders of the Columbia Life & Trust Company, held at the company's of fices In the Lumber Exch&ngs building yesterday, the capital stock of the company wm Increased from 100,000 to $200,000. This Increase In capital stock was made in order that the com pany mljrht continue to do business In the .State of Washington, as the last Legislature of that state passed a law requiring that companies of other states operating In Washington must have $200,000 capital stock. When the president of the company, Mr. W. M. Ladd. reported to the board of directors the pass pre of this law In the State of Washington, the directors immediately decided to Increase the company's stock, and It Is understood that the entire new Issue of stock will be taken by the present stockholders. The company Is now dotnft business In Oregon. Washington and Idaho, and It expects soon to enter California and other states, also. C. S. ROGERS NOT GIVEN UP Improvement la Reported in Condi tion of Newspaper Man. Charles S. Rogers, telegraph editor of the Evening Telejrram, who has been dangerously ill at St. Vincent's Hospital, was reported as slightly improved last night hy the attending physician. Dr. J. r. Fenton. Mr. Rogers is well known among the newspaper fraternity of the Pacific Coast. He Is the victim of Mood poisoning, which developed from an ab scess In the Jaw. Hs underwent an oper ation for the abscess, having It lanced, hut It was found then that the operation had been deferred a little too long. Fnr several dava Mr. Rorira was In delirium and his chances for recovery were considered meager. His Improved condition offers some hope for his ulti mate recovery although he is still very low. Mr. Rogers is an officer of the Washington Chapter of Royal Arch Ma sons and Is the worshipful master of Hawthorne Lodgo of A. F. and A. M. HENEY OFF FOR INTERIOR Starts Overland via Skagvvay for Yukon Territory. SEATTLE. July J9. The steamer Ohio, from " Alaska today, brought news that Francis J. Heney. the San Francisco prosecutor who left Cordova on the Ohio, went ashore at Juneau and started overlnnd via Ekagway for White Horse. Yukon Territory, on tho Yukon River. He will return to Seattle In a few days. General J. Franklin Bell. Chief of Staff. U. a A., also left the steamer at Juneau and started on a short trip to Interior Alaska. The steamer Cottage City, which ar rived from Alaska last night, brought (240.000 in geld bullion. FRUIT LANDS ARE VISITED Railroad Men Spend Day in Whlto Salmon Orchards. WHITB SALMON. Wash.. July .- Special.) Among the visitors here this week were J. Russell, superintendent of the Spokane. Portland Seattle Rallwiy: K. D. Northam. claim agent, and Alfred a Patten, counsel for the Chicago, Burllrton Qulncy Road. These men came up to look at the country, and spent a day driving out over tlie valley and among the orchards. They were all most favorably Impressed with the resources, opportunities and: pros pects of the White Salmon Valley as a fruit sei-tlon and a place for Investment. PERSONALMENTION. Martin Rohrraan. Mayor of New Or leans, accompanied by his family. Is reg istered at the Fortland. Tr. and Mrs. Wallace C. Shearer have returned from a ten days' visit to the Seattle Exposition and British Columbia. Miss Evelyn Pincus. sifter of Ralph Plncus. a well-known theatrical manager of Skjn Francisco, is visiting her cousin. Mrs. H. C. Brandes. Mr. and Mrs. I. Gevurti and Miss Lil lian Gevurti have returned from a two weeks' sojourn at the A-T-P exposition and Puget Sound cities. Mr. and Mrs. L Gumbert announce Manager Hyland Says Deliberate At tempt Was Made to Ruin His. Company's Reputation. . Strife between rival paving companies for the city's extensive paving business was stirred to renewed bitterness yester day when a foreman for the Hassam Paving Company. . preparing to treat a quantity of crushed rock on Grand ave nue, between Hawthorne avenue and Bast Clay street, with the patent ce ment mixture which binds It firmly to gether and makes the Hassam pave ment, discovered on the west side of the thoroughfare for 160 feet some one had saturated the rock with oil. apparently with the deliberate purpose of preventing the cement from sdhering, and thus ruin ing the pavement. Charles Byers, the foreman, noticing the layer of rock was not quite level, ordered his workmen to smooth it over, when he thought he detected a peculiar substance on some of the bits of stone. He picked one up and discovered It was covered with oil. Further examination revealed the fact that for lfiO feet on the west side of the avenue, from cartrack to curb, the rocks were soaked. In some places the oil had been thrown on so thickly that In spots beneath the pave ment the ground was saturated with It to the depth of an Inch. It was spread on as though someone had walked along the curbing with a bucketful and dashed It on the rocks. George M. Hyland, manager of the Has sam company. Immediately gave direc tions for the rock to be taken up and carted away and a fresh foundation laid. It was found necessary for the work men to shovel away an Inch of the un derlying earth so that no trace of the oil might be left. In case the oil had not been discovered and the cement grouting had been spread over the rock, officials of the company and' cement experts said yesterday the oil would certainly have prevented the cement from binding the stone. The re sult would have been the early disinte gration of the pavement. The malicious motives of those who spread the oil seem to be further made apparent by the fact that they chose what will probably be the business portion of Grand avenue for their operations, for much of the traffic over the new Madison bridge will swing Into the west side of Grand ave nue at Hawthorne. This Includes such heavy teams as the lumber wagons of Inman & Poulsen. If the pavement dis integrated under this travel, enemies of the Hassam company would be in posi tion to say the pavement could not stand heavy traffic. Though he named no names and made no direct Inferences yesterday. Manager Hyland Intimated an enemy of the Has sam Company, and one which would profit If this pavement had disintegrated, might bo at the bottom of the matter. "We thought we had gone up against every possible obstacle a paving com pany trying to break Into the field here would have to undergo," said Mr. Hyland, "and when we had finally got the contract for paving Grand avenue and were actually carrying out the work, we supposed we would not be hindered any more. However, we never supposed anything like this would happen. "We realized also we were In competi tion against a paving combination that has operated In nearly every eny in we country and has been outlawed In most of them but In no city does It. control matters so absolutely and have such a foothold as here In Portland. The com bination has done everything possible to prevent us from getting contracts, even to the extent of having representatives bid In work against us. And only yes terday aa agent of a paving company In this city was Inquiring If any assess ments on this same Grand-avenue paving were due. thus trying as a last resort to hold us up there when every thing else had failed. There la a close connection or events all around in this matter. The spreading of the oil was a miserable piece of work. that is all that ran be said about it. However, we are going to the bottom of the Incident We have placed it in the hands of a local detective agency and will run down the perpetrator If we can do so." CONDENSED NEWS BY WIRE New York. Mrs. Anna Bnt. president of tha Theoeophleal Society, at eipted to arrlva In this citT Baturdar to atart a tour of the oonntrjr delivering lectures on theosophy. Ohlcaeo. Chicago will hava a population of B.ouO.OO In the year 1MO. according to an es timate by Cltv Statistician Francia A. Ea--t- tr.an. In his city manual for tha current year. Rammwt Pa. Horatrkaa la said to hava prompted Private Brl-kr. of trie Isth Ragl niMt Pennavlvana National Guard, now In Summer camp here, to attempt suicide Wednes day by slashing his throat with a sharpened bayonet. Denver. The body of Molden Bledeoe. said ba tha last survivor of General Kwmont'l rtrt fioMlitlun to California, was rouna We4nedav. kxlcrd la a flytata to tba Archer Lke Canal. In this city. It Is beileved h eon;mttt:ed aulclde. Roma. Tha Kirs has Informed rhe Minis try that ha intends to aend Prlirca I'dlne. son cf the Dnka of Genoa, to visit tile Italian col onies la South America. Another prlnca, probably the Duke of AbraiiU will go later on a mission to North America. Stockton. Cal. Fred M. West, president of (he Stockton Savlnra Loan Society Bank, died Thursday, ared 0 yeara. Death was duo to a complication of troubles duo to old as-. West was a memhor of tha original board f directors of tha Weaiern Faclflo Ball way Company. Pittsburg. Threa women who went out aarly to pick berries on a farm about three miles from Latroba. Pa.. ware rescued Wednesday by farmera after having been burled in an abandoned coal mine for flve hmira, during which they fought contlaaally with a nest of huso snakeav. Tipton Ind. William H. Marker, cashier of the First National Bank, brother of Noah B Marker, the missing aaetetant cashier, who k charged with tha defalcation of more thaa jino ooO. has resigned., Noah Marker bor rowed money from many friends and was pre paring . for his departure for a week before he left tha city. New Tork. The largest number of war ships aver brought together on this side of the Atlantic and the largest International fleet ever assembled aaywbera will take part In the Hudson -Fultro oelebratlon next Fall. Not lees than so warshrrei will take part In tha peasant OB tho HuaB Btver. pifty-on vee Sj wtU lapses set the tDtted States Navy. Officer Declares Dismissal Is Too Great Punishment for Offense, and Questions Rights of His Superior Officers. - SAN FRANCISCO, July 29. While his victim still Is in a critical condition in a hospital. Michael J. Conboy. former captain of police, asserts that dismissal from the force Is too severe punishment for the shooting of Bernard Lagan, and in a writ of review granted today by Judge Van Nostrand, Conboy questions the power of the Police Commission to dismiss him or to appoint another In his place. The shooting of Lagan, for which Con bov was dismissed from the force., oc curred June 23. Conboy, according to witnesses. was intoxicated. Lagan picked him up when he fell In the gut ter, and his reward was a fusillade of bullets, one of which lodged near his spine. According to physicians. Lagan prob ably will never walk again, even If he does not succumb to his wound. LAND TO BE IMPROVED Government Provides, for Stocking Yakima Reservation. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. July 28. (Special.) Interested people In this local ity are Jubilant over the following tele gram which was received by Indian Chief Clerke Hauke, of the Indian Department, today: "Give assurance to Indian allottees that neooeeHa of sales of SUFDlllS allotments. after deducting cost of water, will be paid to allottees for expenditure in Im provements on retained allotments, pur chases of stock and farming Implements and for other investment purposes, under most liberal departmental supervision. "R. G. VALENTINE, Commissioner." Chief Clerk Hauke is here trying to in fluence Indians on the Yakima Indian Reservation to sell a part of their allotted lands and permit the reclaiming of arid wastes on the reservation with the Wa-. pato project. This assurance, give by the department, it is held, will straighten out the tangle which has been holding up the Wapato project for some time. cuban' cabinet resigns Action Taken to Save Embarrass ment of Removing Officials. HAVANA, July 29. The Cabinet crisis, which for some time has been Impending, reached a climax today, when all the Ministers and the Presidential Secretary resigned. The action of the Cabinet was taken after a conference with the avowed purpose of expressing loyalty to the President and relieving him of the em barrassment of making removals. According to rumor, .Luis Octavo Dlvino, of the Department of Justice, will be suc ceeded by Ramlrlo Cabrera: Nicolas Al berdl. Secretary of the Interior, by Gen eral Machado, now Inspector-General of the armed forces; Dr. Mathlaa Duque, Secretary of Sanitation, by Senor Alberdl, and Postmaster-General Nodarst by Senor Morua del Gado. LAST REID DINNER GIVEN American Ambassador Entertains Swedish Royalty. LONDON. July 29. Ambassador and Mrs. Whinr-law Reld gave a dinner and dance tonight In honor of the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Sweden. This was the last Dorchester house en tertainment of the season, and concluded a series which m number and magnifi cence has never been equalled In London by any diplomat. The dinner guests included the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, Paul Cambon, the French Ambassador; the Swedish Minister and Countess Wrangel: Mrs. Frederick W. Vanderbllt, Mrs. Potter Palmer, Major-General Thomas H. Barry and Rear-Admiral Washington L. Capps, U. S. N. NORDICA WEDS IN GLORY American Diva Becomes Wife of New York Banker. LONDON, July 29. The wedding dress of Lillian Nordics, who was married to day to George W. Young, the New York banker, is described as one of the most beautiful ever seen. It is of priceless duchesse lace over whits chiffon. She wore neither a hat nor veil. Her only or nament was a string of pearls. The ceremony was performed in the presence of a number of friends, most of whom are well known in American and English society. The couple left for Southampton to embark on Mr. Young's yacht for a month's cruise. GALE MAY DELAY ROYALTY Czar and Family on Way to Visit French President. ' KIEL. July 29. The Russian Imperial yacht Standart. with Emperor Nicholas and Empress Alexandra and their chil dren on board, started through the Kiel Canal today. A storm Irl the North Sea now pre vailing probably will delay the voyage to Cherbourg, whither Emperor Nicholas is going to pay a visit to President Fal-leries. RUSH FOR LAND STILL ON Applications Continue to Pour .in for Indian Reservations. SPOKANE. July 2. Applications for registration for reservation lands were officially received up to 4 o'clock P. M. today as follows: Spokane 4720; Coeur d'Alene 5334; Kallepell 1S40; Missoula 8174. REVOLT NEAR IN COLOMBIA Report That Reyes) Looted Treasury Angers Populace. CHICAGO, July 29. A special cable from Boot, to the Tribune says: Angered by a report that President Reyes, when he fled Colombia for Eu rope, took with bim $20,000,000 in (old and a bag containing; millions of dol lars' worth of Jewels as his plunder from the govern! .ent, the people of the republic are on the verge of a sen- . ous revolution. Only the lack of a forceful and daring1 leader seems to be t lrAAntno. eha mnvmmnt frnm hrealf Inff 1 into a civil war against the govern ment. , In Cartagena martial law has been declared, and the port is closed to all vessels. No newspapers are ad mitted to the country from any other country, and no meeting of more than three persons Is allowed on the streets or elsewhere If the authorities can prevent It. REYES TO ENTER BUSINESS Ex-President of Colombia to Re main In Europe. LONDON. July 29 General Rafael Reyes has Informed Mis friends here by telegraph that he has received official notification of the acceptance by the Co lombian Congress yesterday of his res ignation aa President of the Republic. He declares that he will not return to Colombia. His friends say he la expected to en gage in a commercial partnership in .Europe. NOTED CAREER IS ENDED General' Henry C. Worthington Dies in Washington. WASHINGTON. July 29. General Henry C. Worthington, formerly member of the California Legislature, delegate In Congress from Nevada, diplomat and. Jurist, died at the Garfield Hospital here today from cerebral hemorrhage. He was 81 years old. " General Worthington had been col lector of the port of Charleston, S. C, headed a vigilance committee in Cali fornia, had been Minister to Uruguay. Judge of a United States Court. Major General of Militia, and is said to have come within two votes of being elected United States Senator from Nebraska General Worthington made his fortune as one of the "forty-niners" in Cali fornia's gold mines. A year later he joined the expedition of William Walker to seize the State of Sonora and wrest it from Mexico. Of late years he lived In Washing ton. It was while leaving the capitol early in July that he had a stroke of paralysis, and was removed to the hospital, blind and helpless. BULLET SHATTERS SKULL Bone Splinters and Portion of Bul ' let Removed From Boy's Head. ISTftRIA ftr .Inlv 29. tSDeclal.) Clen Carver, the six-year-old son of1 Mr. and Mrs. S. Carver of Westport, who was shot In the left temple a few daya ago, by the accidental discharge of a .22-calibre rifle, with which the lad's eight-year-old brother was play ing, was more seriously Injured than was .at first supposed. An examination made of the wound last evening showed that the bullet had split and the skull had been splintered. Several small pieces of skull, as well as a portion of the bullet were re moved, but the other part of the bullet has not been located. Today the bdy Is conscious and ap peared somewhat lmproed. but he Is still In a precarious condition. Thieves Get Good Haul. ' Thieves entered and robbed the rooms of Mrs. J. B. Scouce. who lives In a rooming-house at 62 Vi Grand avenue, yester day. Jewelry valued at more than $100 oecial Hart Schaffner & Marx Fine Suits 6 Sale Price Sale Prfce $20 Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits $25 Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits $30 Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits $35 Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits $14,50 $19.50 $22.50 $26.SO Sale pecial Boys' Knee Pants Suits Latest Styles in Plain and Fancy Patterns $5.00 Knee Pants Suits, Sale Price $5.50 Knee Pants Suits, Sale Price $7.50 Knee Pants Suits, Sale Price $10 Knee Pants Suits, Sale Price $3.35 3.70 $5.00 $6.65 Boys' Washable Suits V Off Sanvl R osenblatt 8 Go. Cor. Third & Morrison Sts. was missing. The list of stolen articles includes one lady's gold watch, a tur quoise and diamond stickpin, a pair of .,ifr huttrtna n tiirnuolse and pearl ring, a turquoise and dlamoijd ring. an amptnyst ana pean ring, ma eevmi plain gold rings. The case was referred to the detective department and an in vestigation is under way. ' Tom Richardson Visits Albany. ALBANY. Or., July 29. (Special.! Tom Richardson, maimer of the Portland Commercial Club, is in Albany tonight, whila on a trip through the Willamette Valley. He spent this afternoon driving about Albany in an automobile with Man ager Struble, of the Albany Commercial Club, and Postmaster Van 'Winkle, sec retary of the club. ' Agents for Fay Hosiery for Children MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED Agents for Henderson's Corsets REMEMBER SILVERFIELD'S ' FURS. MERIT MADE THEM FAMOUS. - WRITE FOR OUR NEW FUR STYLE BOOK FOR 1910. MAILED FREE. Cor. Fourth and Morrison Sta. Great Alteration and Expansion Sale Still Going On For Friday and Saturday the Offerings, on High-Grade Merchandise Will Be Phenomenal in the Way of Value-Giving and Price-Reductions NOTE THESE EXTRAORDINARY BARGAIN OFFERINGS 6losing out of balance of ladies' silk, linen and (jUSUAL HOSIERY SPECIALS pongee coats, for Summer wear, as well as evening Qf Qf hosiery tnat wear, actual values to $35 at the ridiculously low appeaj t0 gji economical buyers. Note these values: price of $7.85. Only a limited number of these coats jisie in piam arifi embroidered designs on hand; if you want one you must be here early.' in all colors, actual values to 75c cents, for 42. : : Ladies' Silk Hose at Less Than Cost Ladies' fine man-tailored wash suits in plain Special lot: All silk hosiery with garter top, and and fancy stripe materials. This season styles, val- others with lisle feet, at the following values and ues to $12.50, special price $2.89. prices. - . Silk hose, values $3.75, at ?2.1o Silk hose values $2 75 at $1.50 . Fine ladies'- wash suits, handsomely trimmed gUk hose' values $1;75' at ; 98 with lace and pearl buttons, values to $18, special Hosiery for all occasions, specially priced at 18 price at $6.89. A limited number of ladies' hose m black and tan, cotton and lisle, values 35c, only 18 ' owtocontore foSf1: win- Great Values Throughout AH Dep'ts dows we are unable to make any window displays, Closing out of -babies', wear, corsets, muslm un- but come and see and judge for yourself Jthe great derwear, kimonos, wrappers, etc., etc., all at sacrifice bargains offered throughout our entire establishment. prices. a Remodeling and Repairing of Furs at Summer Prices Don't neglect your furs over the Summer months, bring them in and let us care for them, have them remodeled into the latest styles for the coming season. Special prices now. ,