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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 20, 1903)
3 10 ON A TECHNICALITY Mrs. Brown Is Acquitted of Assault on Baby. ITS TREATMENT NOT AN ISSUE Justice! R'eid Admit That, If It Had Been, Decision -Might Ilave Been Different Evidence of Baby's Pitiful Condition. . Had Justice Reld been considering the question of the treatment of Carrie Bow man's baby by the employes of the Crit--tenton Home, ' he might have expressed an opinion different from that he gave as to the Innocence of Frances Martin, the matron who escaped punishment on a charge of assault yesterday. Justice Reld held that the treatment of the child was not before the court In a judicial Investi gation. It might be considered as show ing a reason why Mrs. Brown would not permit the Infant to leave the home, but, even though the child was neglected, the charge could not lie -against the matrqn. Just what Justice Reld would have said had it been possible for him to go out side the case and discufs the' treatment of the Bowman child -at the home is a sealed question. The Justice himself did not tell the audience in his court, but he placed a peculiar emphasis on the word "if" when he suggested that, -were the treatment of the child up, another judg ment might be rendered. As the matter stands. Mrs. Frances Brown Is acquitted "of assault This techr rlcal charge was placed aagalnst her and the basis for the accusation was that she hud forcibly detained the Bowman child. wnen its mother sought to recover the infant. The court says she acted under the impression that the ,baby .should not be allowed to gofront the., home. .as a contagious diseases-might be spread by such action, and in the circumstances is" blameless. The question of the prevalence of an epidemic of scarlet fever or diphtheria was open when Mrs. Brown refused to allow the baby to leave the home, and po long as a doubt of the contagion exist ed, the magistrate holds Mrs. Brown act ed wisely. As to the baby's treatment, theretofore that is another storv and Justice Reld did not tell it. Methods nt the Home Witnesses produced by the home en tered an explanation of. the manner lri which the baby was given Its mother tht is interesting. It was explained that the Infant had been dressed in tho cloth ing belonging to thehome and, when its mother caned lor it, the nurse took away the home's clothing and wrapped the baby in a. blanket for delivery to the waiting mother, who had "her own clothes to provide the child. Coincident with the fact that the baby's mother, Carrie Bowman, had been paying the nurse $1 a week to care for the child, Mrs. RIggs told of the arrangements here tofore made with mothers of children left at the home. She safd money received for the support of children was divided between the home and the nurses at the ratio of four to one. And the Crlttenton Homo officials, one and all, declared tho Bowman baby "had be'en treated as well as any other child in the place. While she had the stand, Mrs. RIggs did a great deal of explaining, one way or another, of the manner in which the Crlttenton Home is conducted and its purposes. For instance, she asked the op portunity of .explaining that the institu tion did not care for homeless babies or errant women temporarily, but had at times furnisheil permanent homes to such. She recalled the cases of two girls, neither of whom, is endowed with much mentality, and "one of whom has been In the home four years and the other two years, where they are being shielded from harm. There was no . other place .to send them, Mrs. RIggs testified, and the Home is maintaining them. Bnby'ji.-ritlful 'Condition. . Despite the fact that the real issue in volved .was whether .or. not Mrs. Brown (had wrongfully refused to surrender the child, most of the testimony ran along the line of the treatment of Carrie Bow man's baby. The mother herself told the principal story, stating that she had made an arrangement to have the child cared for at the institution. She had called twice to see the. baby previous to the Sund'aywhen the trouble over Its pos session arose. Miss Bowman declared the ciimuaicu lurm unruciea ner at JUDGE WILLIAM W. MORROW. 4 rtnTZV , V ,u"6 uii iub oupriw Den-n 01 wamornia wnen he was appointed United States District Judge. for the Southern District of t President Cloveland. Congress created a socond Judgeshio for the Ninth Cirmilt ami Prr?,i,.nt . " 7J7 JT. I v juuke lwr le aoumcm .uisirict 01 9 Tllrrn. trilll- Itr ir ...1 r, -r," . . ' . . - w -IC IX KU JUill lO-inC UUS1UUU. - - . . . .... ! when in Semember ofCV" ETnV I? .of fourth nomination, In I cult Court In 1SS7 to become Attornev-General to President MoIvlnJnv .Tnl Vto '',Jr0" "n,-e ?eatn r Ja?e offmann. -When. Jud3e M9Kenna left' 1 j, - 0 " uvijuiuu.'ujuii Miij -v, 10 succeeu mm. j ' ....... : ; : . THE SU3SFDAY OKEG023ZA2C" PORTLAND, SPTESIBfiR 20, 1903. tention .and she resolved to rescue it. She stated that, when she had taken the baby from the-home, she carried Jt to Margaret Spangle, a trained nurse, who refused to,, accept the charge because of the baby's attenuated condition, and the' dangerous symptoms widen were apparent. Subse quently the nurse testified along the same line, but she was- not supported in the. statement that the hip bones protruded by Dr. Hamilton Meade, who visited the child in A professional capacity. Dr. Meade said he found the child suf fering from diarrhoea 'and that , he" dis covered excoriations or sores on the small of the back and between the thighs. The physician was inclined to believe the. child's clothing had not been changed as often as it should be. The testimony of Mrs. Brown, the ma tron, Mrs. RIggs and other Home jOfllclals showed that an epidemic of scarlet fever or diphtheria was feared, and this was the reason "the child was not surrendered to its parents. The home "officers all hfcld that proper care had been shown. Oddfellows Flock -to Baltimore. BALTIMORE. Sept. 19. All the incom ing trains and boats arriving today brought large crowds of Oddfellows, who came to attend the sessions of the Sovereign Grand Lodge, which begins here Monday next. UNITED STATES INDRAPURA IS IN PORT BIG LIXEn ARRIVES AFTER SLIGHT DELAY. . ' Encountered Three Days Of Souther ly Gales BrlnKH n Fair Cartfo' for Portland and the East. The. Portland and Asiatic liner Indrapura arrived up at 10:30 last night, and berthed at Alaska dock. She was expected Thurs day, .but the delay paused np uneasiness, asr it-was" 'thought' 'probable the steamer wpuld touch at Victoria. She came direct, however, the delay being caused by rough weather, From the 12th to the 13th southerly gales were encountered. No ac cidents occurred, but the vessels 'speed was retarded' somewhat. ' - " The Indrapura brings 2200 tons of gen eral Oriental cargo, the ,d!scriarglng of which will begin today. There were 12 steerage passengers', nine "Japanese and three Chinese. Three of the Asiatics w.ere landed at" Astoria, ' .." '. The log of the steamer show's" that two CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS JUDGE ERSKIXE M. ROSS. NEW CARPET ARRIVALS UR NEW Carpet Department is now the .latest rics. We have never before been supplied to show beautiful Carpets larger part of our handsome Second Floor is given jover to this department, and even so large a space will scarcely con tain the hundreds of new patterns we now Iiave ready for your approval. We haye mpre floor space, more carpets and more salesmen to wait upon you, This house has al ways had the reputation of carrying the handsomest carpets and rugs. We have enlarged upon that reputation and stock. Now isthe time ta;select y.our new Fall carpets. The pat terns are new-and nhmerous, the stock is full and weare ready to anticipate your wants. No one fits carpets as we do. That's, the main thing. TULlL. COMPLETE HOUSE vessels were" spoken on the passage. On September 7 shet-apoke the American whal ing ...bark Wanderer, of "New Bedford, Mass., In 47:10 north. 165:20 east, and brought a quantity of mall from her.. The whaler reported all well on board, and said she was meeting with good luck,- but gave no figures of her catch Friday the Indrapura spoke the Italian ship Ninfa a short distance off .the mouth of- the river,. xThe ..Ninfa Is,. 37 days, from Port Los Angeles for this tfdrt. ;', . " m A big .outward cargo Is waiting fbr'-the liner. .TJiero are ,nlr?ajly listed 5000 tons of- flour, 2CO.000 feet- of lumber and a quantity. . of tobacco: The steamer will get away on her scheduled date, Septem ber 2S. SHIPS AllE, CHARTERED. Steamer Mayol KInfc WIlUBfc KIrst of Xew Australian Line. . . ' ' TACOMA.-.Washi, Sept. 19. A cablegram from London armodnces that the British steamship, Mayol King will be the first of the new Australian; Canadian .and Pu"get Sound line to'.sail from the Cploniesv No vember 15, and Is scheduled to sail from this' coast oii her qiitward voyage Decem ber 20. There1 will be three other steam ships, the names of which are not;mhde" known. Tacoma will be the home port of the line on this side of the Pacific. R. A. Alley & Co... of Tacoma, will be general agents. The Mayol King js owned by the Fed eral Steam Navigation Company, Limit ed, which also has five other steamships, tile Cornwall, Devon, Kent, Surrey and OPENS MONDAY arrivals in new Fall designs in Floor Fab DON'T FORGET OUR GRAND OPENING NEXT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FURNISHERS 'Sussex. ..It Is possible, the other three stpamshlps chartered for the new line are of the same fleet. SIXTEEN LTJMnER SHIPS Busy Fleet in .Hurbor. Loading for Foreign untl California Ports. Sixteen vessels of various kinds, steam and sail, are In the river laoding lumber 'for foreign .and1 .Southern ports. Their cprnb.In,ei cargoes' vill amount to 16,035,000 'fefet, of which ' 7,210,000 feet goes foreign 'a'nd S.825.O0O domestic. This Is a good ishbwing, but no better than can be made at- almost 'ariy .time of year. Coming now, ihowever. In the dull . period of grain ex tporting, .the presence of these vessels In port makes things lively along the water .front. The lumber vessels now in the harbor are: ' . ' Feet. Teddo vr , 2.&0O.000 'Saxon 1.300,000 J. H. i-iuhsman i 1,300,000 -Almedla -v.' 1.260,000 Two" Brothers- 1,200.000 John- Cs -Meyer-.':; ...t.v.; .1,100,000 .Irene. 990.000 Alumna , 850,000 'Sehome 850,000 Virginia- ...?..:...;.'.....'. soo.ooo Andy Mahony 750.000 Luzon- . .- 750.000 Tarn O'Shanter 1.. 700.000 Despatch .j. 650,000 Olga 625.000 Zampa 500.000 Total 16.035.000 The foreign-bound fleet consists of the steamship" 'Teddo; "' loading at the Pacific Lumber Mills for Manila, the British ship JUDGE WILLIAM B. GILBERT. California in 1SSS by the Spring ." of 'im. the bench of the Clr- well stocked with so well equipped and Rugs. The Saxon, "loading at the North Pacific Mills for the West Coast, the Norwegian ship Almedia. which will take lumber to Syd ney, the barkentlne Alumna, loading at Knappton for Adelaide, and the schooner Luusman. which has Just completed her cargo at the Victoria dolphins and leaves down the river this morning bound for Shanghai. All the other vessels are loading for San Franciscq or Southern California Coast ports. The loading berths of the several vessels follow: Schooners Andy Ma honey and . Irene, rnman. Poulsen & Co.; Steamer Despatch and schooner Sehome. Eastern Lumber Company: barkentlne John C. Meyer, Portland Lumber Company; schooner Vir ginia. North Pacific Lumber Company: schooners Luzon and Olga, Kalama; bark entlne Tarn O'Shanter, Rainier; ship Two Brothers and schooner Zampa. Vancou ver. Captain's Suspension Reduced. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 19. Captain Jacob D. Jacobs, master of the steamer San Pedro, whoixj license was revoked for four years for failure to keep 'a proper log book and to exercise his crew at boat drill, has had the revocation reduced to 14 days by Supervising Inspector Ber mingham. Protet Goes North. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. ID. The French cruiser Protet, Captain Adigond commanding, sailed today for the North, after a two-months' stay in this port She will go first to Victoria and 'places on P.uget Sqund, after which she will sail South, spending the Winter in Central America and the South Pacific. Burned Whalebnck Built at Everett. EVERETT. Wash., Sept. 19. (Special.) The whaleback City of Everett burned yesterday at Beaumont, Tex., was built in this city in 1854. She was the only ves sel of her kind ever constructed on the Pacific Coast. . Foreign and Domestic Ports. ASTORIA. Or.. Sept. 10. Arrived down nt 4 and sailed at ll:2."i A. M. Steamer South Portland, for San Francisco. Left up at B A. M. British ship County of Inverness. Ar rived at 8 A. M. and left up at 12:30 P. M. British "steamer -Indrapura, from- Hong-' Kons "and way ports. Sailed at 11:15 A. M. Schooner "V P.- Garms. for- San Francisco. Outside at 5 P. II., four-masted barkentlne. Condition of the bar at 5 P. il., smooth; wind northwest: weather clear. St. Helens, Sept. 10. Passed at 3:30 P. M. Britl.vh ship County of Inverness. San Francisco, Sept. 10. Arrived Steam er Umatilla, from Victoria; brig Lurllne. from Gray's Harbor; steamer Kdlth. from Seattle; bark Levi G. Burgess, from Chlgnlk Bay. Sailed Steamer Protet. for Esquimau ; schoon er Sailor Boy, for Gray's Harbor; schooner Philippine, for Tacoma; schooner Dauntless, for Gray's Harbor; steamer Columbia, for As toria; steamer Eva, for Portland. New York, Sept. 10. Arrived Umbrla. from Liverpool. Sailed Vaderland. for Antwerp; La Gascogne. for Havre; Campania, for Liver pool; Graf Waldersee, for Hamburg, via Plym outh and Cherbourg; Columbia, for Glasgow; Mlnnetonka. for London. New l"ork, Sept. JO. Sailed St.. Louis, for Southampton. Havre. Sept. 10. Sailed La Lorraine, for New York; La Champagne, for New York. Antwerp, Sept. 19. Sailed Zeeland. for New York. Liverpool. Sept. 19. Sailed Lucanla and Ce vlc. for New York.' Arrived Mayflower, from Boston. Seattle, Sept. 19. Sailed Japanese steamer Iyo Maru, for Hong Kong; ISth. Danish steam er Manauense, for Siberia via Nome. Arrived Steamer Cottage City, from Skagway; steamer Rainier, from San Francisco. Hoqulam, Sept. 18. Arrived Steamer Cheha 11s, from San Francisco for Aberdeen; schooner Henry Wilson, from San Francisco for Abei deen; steamer Coronado. from San Francisco for Aberdeen; 17th. steamer Centralla. from 'San Francisco for Aberdeen. Sailed Schooner Sophia Christensen. from Aberdeen for San Pablo. Liverpool. Sept. 19. Arrived Cedric, from New York, via Queenstown. Rotterdam, Sept. 19. Arrived Potsdam, from New York. Tacoma. Sept. 19. Arrived Schooner Eldo rado, from Port Townsend; British ship Leicester Castle, from Seattle.