OWNERSHIP OF
PUBLiC UTILITIES
Theme of Discussion at the
Closing Session of Civics
Conference.
TWO SIDES OF QUESTION
F. S, Monnett and John Graham
Brooks Advocate the Acquire
ment by Municipalities and
Thurber Opposes.
The final day of the Civic Conference
at the Lewis and Clark Fair yesterday
was taken up with a gonoral discussion
of the merits of the latest form of munici
pal improvement known as municipal
ownership. Several of the most promi
nent social economists in the country
participated in the conference and in well
rendered remarks, gave interesting ver
sions of the merits of the new system.
Among the speakers of the day wore ex-Attorney-General
F. S. Monnett, of Ohio;
F. B. Thurber, president of the Civic As
sociation of New York City; John Graham
Brooks, of Boston, and Professor Charles
Zucblln, of the University of Chicago.
Thomas N. Strong, of Portland, was
chosen as chairman for the day and
opened the meeting by introducing Mr.
Monnett, who presented statistics show
ing that approximately 2 per cent of the
gas plants in the United States had be
come municipalized, and about 15 per cent
of the electric light plants, and the ten
dency toward the municipal ownership of
public utilities was rapidly spreading
throughout the country.
Glasgow's Example Cited.
Mr. Monnett also dwelt at some length
on the advantages of municipal owner
ship as shown by the benefits accruing to
the City of Glasgow, Scotland, by owning
its public utilities. According to the
Ohio man that city has reduced the price
of gas alono some 170 per cent per annum,
which was, of itself, a vast help to the
poorer classes of that town. Streetcar
fares had been so arranged In Glasgow
that the passenger was charged in ac
cordance with the distance he was travel
ing. For Instance, a person desiring to
travel one mile or less was taxed a half
penny, and a proportionate Increase In
the amount of the fare according to the
further distance travorsed. "When the
fact that the great majority of people
travel on streetcar lines less than a
mile, the lessening of streetcar fare was
readily seen.
In conclusion Mr. Monnett said:
"Boodling and graft in municipal
affairs will be In evidence just as long as
there remains a source for the same.
When you remove the public franchise
you remove the source of graft, for as
long as there are choice plums In the
shape of franchises and other municipal
necessities at the mercy- of the office
holder. Just so long will you find this so
called grafting system in local politics.
Why you have a standard 5-cent fare on
the lines of the streetcar system of this
city is a surprise to me. Three
cents is enough for a city of this
size, with your hilltop line and all. Street
car fare is nothing less than the old toll
gate system in a modern form. I started
out as an exponent of municipal owner
ship, but after five years of .study of this
problem I am more than a convert."
F. B. Thurbar's Speech.
Chairman Strong then introduced F.
B. Thurbar. president of the Civic
Association of New York, who said "there
are two sides to most questions and mun
icipal ownership is no exception to this.
There are situations In countries hav
ing a different form of government from
ours, where graft is not an epidemic -disease,
and where public ownership and
operation may be successful, but even
there opinions differ. In Great Britain
it has run its course and there Is at
present a reaction in public opinion
against municipal trading, as it Is called
there, just at a time when many well
meaning persons in this country, as well
as the -professional socialists and the yel
low journals, are advocating it here.
"In a country with universal suffrage
It is desired to limit the number of public
officials to the smallest possible number
for political reasons, and there are also
economic reasons which apply especially
to lighting, traction and other public ser
vice corporations which are large buyers
of materials, employ large "numbers of
persons and require a high order of ad
ministrative ability; indeed, water, a nat
ural product, wlilch runs down hill and is
distributed with a minimum of labor and
expense, is about the only public neces
sity justifying public ownership In this
country, and even In this there are ex
ceptions. Against Socialistic Propaganda.
"Under public ownership, new inven
tions, improvements and extensions are
Ignored. Under private ownership the
best professional talent is employed at
salaries unheard of In public employment
and all these Improvements are at once
utilized, giving the public an up-to-date
service.
"Individual initiative and energy, coup
led with the co-operation of many small
partners in corporations, have made this
country great, and I cannot believe that
the socialistic propaganda will prevail
if the facts are properly presented to
the jury 6f American public opinion."
THIEF TAKEST0 YACHT
After Robbing Bank of $200,000
He Goes to Sea With Mistress.
PARIS, Aug. 19. (Special.) The Comp
tolr d'Escompte announces the disappear
ance of an absconding bank clerk, who, it
!s alleged, embezzled over 1.000,000 francs.
In his stealing it is alleged he was aided
by women, who established small ac
;ounts at the bank, to which the clerk
transferred sums from other clients. Two
men then withdrew the money.
It has been ascertained that the ab
sconding clerk went to Havre with his
mistress and purchased a yacht, for which
ae paid 150,000 francs. The pair then sailed
iway, and their destination is not known.
French cruisers have been ordered to keep
s. strict watch for the yacht and take
into custodv those found aboard of it.
PERS0NALMENT!0N.
Prof. W. Li. Murray resumed his duties
yesterday, as swimming instructor at the
Multnomah Club.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bray, of Stockton,
CaX, are visiting relatives in Portland
and will remain until the 29th.
H. M. Adams, assistant traffic manager
of the Great Northern Railway, came to
Portland yesterday and will remain over
today.
Frank Estabrook of Nampa, Idaho, one
of the attorneys of that state, arrived
In the city yesterday en route to Cal
ifornia. Rer. and ilr. Roland. EL-CLuuit n
Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Faulkner and daugh
ter, all of Vancouver, B. C, are at the
Portland.
W. A. Iaifllaw and J. D. lo have
been appointed to represent the Portland
Board of Trade at the Irrigation Con
gress, -which holds its first session to
morrow. W. W. Painter and wife. Mrs. E. M.
Farriger, Miss Maud Painter and F.
Painter, of Oklahoma, have returned
home after visiting relatives and the
Exposition.
Mr. and Mrs. X. S. Blaknoy announce
the engagement of their daughter, Eliza
beth Rachel, of this city, to Earl B. Stark,
of Seattle. The wedding will take place
Jn September.
Mr. and Mrs. Carey W. Thompson re
cently gave a musicale, attended by 50
people, in honor of their guest. Miss Elsie
Lincoln, the noted Boston soprano, at
their home, 83 North Twenty-first street.
Mark Johns and family, of Arizona, ar
rived at the home of the former's broth
er, Fairview this week. They loft Ari
zona by their own conveyances, but pro
gress was too slow and they s61d out
their outfit and came through by cars.
CHICAGO. Aug. 19. (Special.) Orcgoni
ans registered today as follows:
From Portland C. C. Kent, at the Audi
torium; G. H. Barker and wife, at the
Great Northern; L. B. Greene and wife,
at the Windsor-Clifton.
From Salem R. T. Root, at tho Audi
torium. From Oregon li. H. Sutter, at the Mor
rison. OF MAMMALS OF OREGON
DR. M. W. ITON, OP SMITITSONIAX
INSTITUTE, READS PAPER.
Many Queries Are Presented and nn In
teresting; DIsctiMsion on Animals
Takes Place.
The monthly meoting of the Oregon
State Academy of Science last night in
the City Hall was a notable one. An
interesting paper on tho "Reproductive
Organs of the Oregon' Grape" -was read
by Miss Ada R. Walker, of the Univer
sity of Nebraska. Dr. Marcus W. Lyon,
in charge of the Smithsonian Institu
tion exhibit at tho Exposition, deliv
ered a very entertaining lecture on the
mammals of Oregon.
The lecturer prefaced his remarks by
saying that this state .was particularly
rich in mammals, by reason of its phy
sical conditions, and enumerated the
various species common to the region,
including elk, three different types of
deer, mountain sheep, antelope, several
varieties of the squirrel family, moun
tain Hon, mace, wolf, coyote,- red and
gray fox, black boar, raccoon, badger,
two varieties of skunk, beaver, rats and
mice, muskrats, six varieties of pocket
gophers, porcupines four different
types of rabbits, three species of wea
zel, mink, ottor, several species of
shrews, moles, bats, lynx, -wildcats,
whales, seals, sea lions and soa otters.
In the discussion following Dr.
Lyon's remarks, it -was shown that the
antelope was distinctive in type, and
had no relative in any other portion of.
the globe. The mountain sheep, or
Rocky Mountain goat, is in no sense a
goat of any kind, but a member of the
antelope family, and has no -near rela
tives anywhere elso except In portion?
of Asia.
There is an Eastern superstition that
when the groundhog emerges from hi?
hole on February 2 and then goes back
again, the Wintor will last six weeks
l&nger.
According to Dr. Lyon, all birds and
animals along the Coast have a 'ten
dency to be dark in color, and ho dlnjr
nosed the continued moisture as the
cause.
Colonel L. L. Hawkins stated that he
had iist come across a' -wonderful dis
covery in Lincoln County, IS miles in
land, in the shape of seven wagonloads
of -whalebones, and thought they were
fossil remains.
Chairman Edmund P. Sheldon said
that he had seen the carcasses of griz
zly and cinnamon bear in Eastern Ore
gon, but nobody seemed to know
whether there had ever been any of
them In the Willamette Valley.
Dr. Lyon stated that. there -were un
doubtedly buffalo in Oregon at one
time, although the entire species was
now almost extinct. He said also th"t
the mountain lion, puma and cougar
were one and the same.
One of the members spoke of tho
large gray timber -wolf as being quite
common in tho Cascades, and referred
also to the "bulldog" of Southern Ore
gon, which Dr. Lyon found difficult to
classify.
A young lady present asked for In
formation relative to the Kangaroo rat.
which nobody present seemed able to
supply, although the animal is un
doubtedly of the same species common
to Southern California, particularly in
Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties,
where It is claimed that the original
stock was brought from Australia on
sailing vessels that came to the South
ern Coast In early days after cargoes of
hides and tallow. They are known in
that region to build their nests from
dried mustard stalks, and also Inhabit
the ground. Their name is derived
from the fact that their front logs are
much shorter than the hind ones, and
also because of largo ears and a pen
chant to spring in the air In their ef
forts to escape from danger. It Is a
mistaken idea that they carry their
young on their backs.
ALASKA EXCURSION.
August 21 $00.
Steamer Cottage City, calling Sitka.
Indian villages and all ports of Interest,
viewing glaciers and snow-capped moun
tains, eleven days out, fGO. For full in
formation and tickets. Pacific Coast
Steamship Company, 249 Washington SL
Tel. Main 229.
New Division of the Maccabees.
Portland Division No. 1, Uniform Rank
Knights of the Maccabees, was mustered
in at Elks' Hair In the Marquam build
ing, last evening by Supreme Chaplain
Sherwood, of this city. Twenty-eight Sir
Knights, Including the officers, were
obligated, and the division presented a
very impressive appearance in their ele
gant uniforms. The officers of the new
dlvison are: Captain, E. M. Lance; first
lieutenant, P. C. Anderson; second lieu
tenant. D. Ewing; R. K.. F. Robinson;
F. K., S. H. Cooper; chaplain, C. Arlsman.
This is the first division Instituted in
Oregon," and Its first public appearance
will be to welcome Seattle Division No. L
which will arrive at 3 P. M., over the
N. P. R. R. on Monday, August 21. and
escort it to the "Model Camp" In the
Exposition grounds, where it will camp for
one week. Seattle Division will give an
exhibition drill on Maccabee day, August
24, at 3 P. M-, in front of the Oregon
building directly after the exercises la
the Auditorium. Many of the Seattle
Sir Knights are accompanied by their
wives and every effort will be made to
enhance the pleasure of their visit.
SPECIAL EXCURSION RATES.
Vt 3w Nlarty-Dar Tickets East Offered
by O. K. N.
August 24, 23. September IC. 17. the O.
R. & N. sells 90-day spealal excursion
tickets to Eastern points; stopovers grant
ed going and returning. Particulars of
C. w. Stinger, city ticket agent O. R. &
N. Co- Third and "Washington streets.
Portland.
S OF unit USE
Upshur Station Dctes Not Pro
duce Results.
IT MAY BE -ABANDONED
Police Said to Be Seldom In Reach
of Call and Yesterday Morn-
Ing's Fire Is Cited as
Example.
Why is the Upshur-street police station
maintained?
This question is a live topic of discussion
in police circles at present, and the more
it is talked over, the'more difficult seems
to be the answer. The station is located
at the head of Upshur street, three blocks
from the main entrance to the Lewis and
Clark Exposition grounds.
For reasons unknown, much trouble
among the policemen attached to the sub
station has beon the rule since it was
opened in June. The latest officer to join
the ranks of the trouble-breeders is Pa
trolman Ellis, who was suspended yester
day for falling to report at the fatal fire
that occurred yesterday morning at 2:39
o'clock. Others of the branch office force
have been In serious trouble.
Twenty Policemen, Few Arrests.
The office is provided with about 20 po
licemen, including Acting Captain Stover
ind Acting Sergeants Baty and Oelsner.
U was opened for business June 1, and
rlnce that time all of the officers con
nected with It have not made as many as
50 arrests. It is claimed by many that to
maintain this sub-station with so many
officers is absolutely needless, and that it
works an injustice upon other portions
of the city that arc left without police
protection, because the officers have been
taken from certain districts that they
might be stationed at the sub-office.
It is said to be a fact that Portland
Is not yet so large that It needs a branch
station anywhere near the Fair grounds;
that it requires one on the East Side, is
said to be true, but not on the West Side
Sufficient policemen to maintain order or
to act in emergencies could be detailed
to the vicinity of the Fair grounds day
or night from headquarters, it Is said.
There arc large districts on the East
Side where residents never see an officer,
except It be occasionally when a mounted
policeman passes. Especially Is this true
during the hours when the second relief is
on duty 11 P. M. to 7:15 A. M.
Residence DIstrlctnspcctQd.
When the city government provided ad
ditional policemen, about four months ago,
ex-Chief Hunt was directing the affairs
of the department. He created several
new boats, placing patrolmen where the
people never before had been provided
with protection. Then the Upshur-street
sub-station was conceived, and it became
necessary for Chief Hunt to tako those
patrolmen Trom residence districts and at
tach them to the branch office. Many
thought the new Chief would remedy this,
hut it goes on the same as before his ap
pointment. Only last week. Chief Gritz
machor named Policeman Hlllycr to work
as a detective in plain clothes from the
sub-station.
In view of the unexpected quiet that
has prevailed In the vicinity of the Fair
grounds, and the exceedingly few arrests
made by tho Upshur-street staff, many
claim thn, In order to do Justice to the
entire city. Mayor Lane and his police ad
ministration should abolish this branch
station and distribute Its 20 policemen
where they are badly needed.
Has Enough Men.
Chief Donahae, who is at the head of
the Fair police department, has a suf
ficient number of men to care for those
inside the grounds, and it Is known to
be a fact that outside of a sensational
hold-up of two men In one of the sa
loons In the vicinity of the Fair, not a
crime of importance has beon committed
in that section, and at that time the
affair was not handled by the officers
at the Upshur-street station, but bj of
ficers under Captain Bailey at the Cen
tral station.
The Upshur-street station has become
notorious for its lack of efficiency and
lack of discipline. After midnight it is
almost impossible to find an officer at
the station. One Is supposed to be con
stantly oh hand to answer nnd receive
calls over the telephone, but rarely If
ever Is there an officer, present.
Xcgllgcnce Is Reported.
The disastrous fire near the Fair
grounds yesterday morning is an In
stance of tho complete demoralization of
the Upshur-street force. When the alarm
was turned in by Special Policeman Roy
repeated efforts were made to call up
the Upshur-street station to learn the na
ture of the fire, and twice before the
alarm was sounded Sergeant Taylor at
headquarters made an effort to raise an
officer to send on special detail. It was
necessary for Sergeant Taylor to call the
police department officials inside the Fair
grounds to go look up an officer before
one could be found to answer his call.
On more than one occasion the same tac
tics have been employed.
It was only through the heroic efforts
of Patrol Driver Price and Jailor Wilson,
assisted by firemen, that any material
aid was rendered the burned and injured
occupants of the State House Inn. Within
six blocks of the fire an officer stood
Idly twirling his stick, and made no
move to get in the patrol wagon when
asked to do so by Driver Price.
Tho injured persons were removed to
a rickety platform and not an officer was
present to keep back the crowd of cu
rious onlookers. Patrolman R. N. Ellis
was reported burned in the "fire, but after
it was extinguished he strolled down from
the hill where he said he had been watch
ing tho conflagration. He was suspended
yesterday from the force for neglect of
duty.
Baker's Control Passes.
The control of the Bakor Theater as
a vaudeville house passes from the hands
of Keating & Flood tomorrow. In the
future Stair & Havlln plays will be
shown there. It is said. Keating. & Flood
leave at the expiration of a year's lease.
The management has devolved upon L.
C. Keating, who has made a wonderful
success of the place, taking hold of it
when business was not turning heavily
In that direction. Mr. Keating has made
no end of friends during the time of his
management of the place and has proven
himself a decided success as a vaude
ville manager.
.Death of Mrs. Xldlette.
Mrs. Mary E. NIdlette died last evening
at her residence, 6C5 East Stark. She had
been a resident of Portland for the past
16 years. She was formerly Mrs. Mc
Intyre. Mrs. NIdlette was about 40 years
of age and a prominent worker in the
Third Presbyterian Church.
James Bell Arrested.
Fearing that be was in danger of his
life, Herbert Wlrfs caused a warrant to
be sworn out yesterday for the arrest of
James Bell on a charge of assault. Two
weeks ago. it Is alleged. Bell broke two
ribs In Wlrft' side by throwing a stone
At him. BcU yon .axzeilcil Jaslxlrhl
Down -Town Piano Exhibit and Sale
at Eilers Piano House
No Home Complete Without the Pianola
WOTTF
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LftFE PENCE IS SUED
Man With Water-Right Plan
Made Defendant. -
LUMBER COMPANY'S CLAIM
It Files Action Against Ills Lease
hold, Also flakes Savings Bank
to ."Which Pence Assigned
aDefcndant.
Lafo Pence, who several months ago
began building a flume and pipe line at
Willamette Heights, and who suspended
operations because of financial embarrass
ment and continued opposition to his
scheme by certain parties, Is now involved
in litigation. Yesterday he was sued in
the State Circuit Court by the Washington
& Oregon Lumber Company for J130S due
for lumber furnished. The company has
also filed a lien against the leasehold
held by Pence to water rights in sections
36 and 31, township 1 north, range 1 cast.
The Oregon Savings Bank, to which Pence
assigned his lease. Is made a party de
fendant to the suit.
Pence, In his Willamette Heights proj
ect. Intended to use the waters of Balch
Creek, and said he could level the hills
and make land otherwise worth little,
available for desirable building sites.
A statute passed several years ago by
the Legislature allows the taking of water
rights by filing a record to that effect.
Mr. Pence, taking advantage of this stat
ute, filed on various streams In Multno
mah, Washington and otfcer counties.
When the fact became known, L. L. Haw
kins, and others protested, contending that
these water rights belonged to the people,
and that Mr. Pence should not take them
all. Mr. Pence defended his course, and
said his scheme was in the Interest of the
people, and that he and his associates
would distribute water for Irrigation, do
mestic and other valuable purposes. Mr.
Ponce came to Portland from Colorado.
Making Up Judgment Bolls.
Tho clerks In the State Circuit Court
are busily engaged In making up Judgment
rolls, and the work will have all been
completed before the September term be
gins, and everything will be In shape for
a now start. Judgment rolls are made up
during the vacation period, and as the
business of the State Circuit Court has In
creased a great deal of late, the clerks
have tholr hands full, and do not look
upon vacation time as one of ease.
Desertion Cause for Divorce.
Frank D. Van Meter has sued Evelyn A.
Van Meter for a divorce, because of de
sertion. They were married In Portland
In March, 1992, and he asserts In his com
plaint that she left him at Monterey, Cal.,
In February, 190 i.
TICKET SALES FOR CIRCUS
Arrangements Are Perfected for a
Downtown Office.
Charles Hutchinson, treasurer of Bar
num & Bailey's show, has announced
final arrangements for the sale of res
erved seats for the performances Mon
day and Tuesday, August 21 and 2. The
downtown ticket office' will be located
with Allen & Gllbert-Raroaker Company.
Sixth and Morrison, and will open
promptly at S:15 o'clock Monday morning.
The class of seats on sale- down-town
are of two kinds, reserved grandstand
chairs and arena-boxes. The grandstand
chairs are a new innovation In circus
seats, and are sold for $1 each, which In
cludes admission. The box seats are sold
at $1.50 and $2 each and also Include ad
mission, but nothing less than tt seats
arc sold at the down-town office. The
75 cents seats and SO cents admissions are
to be had only on the grounds. The
grandstand sections are the center scats
and the boxes are arranged In a very
desirable way, which has made them
greatly 1n demand In all- cities. All boxes
hold six seats; entire boxes on the grand
stand side selling for $12 and those on
the reserved side being 59.
The sale for afternoon tickets Is dis
continued each day at the down-town
office at 1:30 A. M.. and after that hour
all matinee seats are sold on the grounds.
The seats for the night performances
are on sale down-town untll 5 o'clock
each afternoon; after which they are
taken to the grounds and the sale con
tinued there. All reserved scats are num
bered cQuaont jusijiadti: tbla Immense
OF FTT FR
Jrl JLdLi A aLXkJ
canvas a complete and perfect usher sys
tem of theatrical excellence Is introduced.
The matinees begin at 2 o'clock sharp
and night shows start promptly at S
o'clock.
Patrons are asked to beware of scalpers
or others charging more than the ad
vertised price, as all tickets sold at the
down-town ofslce are sold at the regular
prices. Carriages and automobiles should
be ordered for i o'clock for the afternoon
show or at 10 o'clock forHhe night per
formance. The Barnum & Bailey show
will give only four performances: two on
Monday and two on Tuesday. The down
town ticket office Is Allen & Gilbert
Ramaker Company, Sixth and Morrison
streets, nnd the circus grounds are lo
cated on the Goldsmith Addition, Twenty-fifth
and Qulmby streets. .
SAYS LIMIT IS TOO LOW
EXECUTIVE BOARD "WOULD RAISF.
AGE FOR FIREMEN.
Civil Service Commission May Raise
It From Thirty o Thirty
Five Yenrs.
Tho Osier theory received a serious
setback at meeting of the fire com
mittee of the Executive Bonr.l lust
night when Chairman John Montag
declared that he would not have an en
gineer In his employ under 30 years of
age. and he liked them better If they
were 45. That his sentiments found
an echo is shown by the fact that the
committee was a unit In recommendlntr
that the Civil Service Commislon b
requested to Inqrease the age limit from
30 to -io for engineers and from 30 to
35 for the rank and file of firemen
Tne matter was presented in th
shape of an Investigation Into the cas
nf Michael Rein, a lieutenant in tho fir
department, who had been suspended
by the Civil Service Commislon on ac
count of a discrepancy In his age, as
given upon several occasions when tak
ing the civil service examination as an
eligible and for promotion, together
with the record as it appeared on the
greut register of Multnomah County.
Relft In his own behalf testified Inst
night that he knew his blrthllay was
on November H, because his oldar
brothers had told him so, but never did
know the exact year, his Impresslor
being thai he was boin in 1S74.
The records of the Civil Service Com
mission were produced and showed
that wnen Re iff first made application
for a position in the flro department
on February 7, 1083, he gave his agt
at 33, stating that he was born in
Wisconsin in 1S7. On July 12, 1901,he
took an examination for promotion as
lieutenant, s-iying he was born in 1874.
The commission instructed Secretary
McPhersou to look Into tho matter,
with the result that County Clerk
Fields gave Information to the effec
that Relff s name appeared on tho great
register on three separate occasions:
March 13, 1D00, age 30; February 27.
1902, age 31. and March S. 1904. age 32
the other data in connection with his
registration being- similar.
Mayor Lane snld tho Civil Servlco
Commission was not satisfied with the
age limit as it stood now, and would
undoubtedly extend it at the next
meeting. He suggested that the fire
committee recomend tho 45-year limit
for engineers. In accordance with Mr.
Montag" s Ideas, anil 35 years for fire
men, and this was adopted, together
with a resolution requesting the Civil
Service Commission to allow 'RelfC to
take a new examination under th
amended rules.
Incidentally, Mr. Wilson, of the fire
committee, was of the opinion that a
man over 35 years would be more apt
to remain In the department than one
younger.
Funeral of Milton Brown.
This afternoon at 4 o'clock Rev. A. A.
Morrison will conduct the funeral serv
ices of the late Milton Brown. Mr.
Brown had. been stationed ' at the Fair
as special representative of the United
States Treasury Department. Masons
are requested to be present at the serv
ices as Mr. Brown was affiliated with
that order at Buffalo. N. Y.
Kobcrt Harris Missing.
Robert P. Harris, of the Princeton
class of 1895, was yesterday reported
to the police as missing. He was' last
seen in Tacoma, and last heard of at
that place June 26, at which time he
wrote a letter to a sister in the East.
Chinese With IiOttery Tickets.
Tong Yip, a Chinese, at 1S7& Second
street, was arrested last night by Sergeant
Hogeboom and Patrolman Craddock with
a number of Chinese lottery tickets in his
possession. Yip was locked up and the
Uclfts cl& as evi&ace
Grand Pianos
in Regal Splendor
Baby Grands, Quarter Grands,
and the Little Quarter Grands,
which, someone has termed the
Infant Grands.
Concert Grands
Parlor Grands and
Semi Grands
Regular catalogue styles and
special art designs. Don't fail
to see these and the endless
variety of Uprights at the
351 Washington,
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HBFTDHY.THETHEME
Congress Will Have Session
in Portland.
SUBJECTS OF THE PAPERS
Xotccl Men of the Xntlon AY1II Ad
dress the Historical Congress
Upon Topics of the
Greatest Interest.
The opening session of the Historical
Congress, under the joint auspices of
the Committee on Congresses of the
Lewis and Clark Exposition, the Oregon
Historical Society and tho Pacific Coast
branch of the American Historical So
ciety, will be held In the First Presby
terian Church at 7:45 o'clock tomorrow
evening. The other sessions, of the con
gress, which will last from August 21 to
23. Inclusive, will take place at the Ameri
can Inn, .on the Exposition grounds, where
the headquarters have also been estab
lished. The assemblage will convene
from 10 to 12 and "2 to 4 o'clock each day,
the final session being held Wednesday
afternoon.
While some notable men are scheduled
to give the congress the benefit of their
views on timely topics, probably none
preiont will attract more attention or
be regarded with equal interest as Prof.
Reuben G. Thwnltes, LL. D., superin
tendent and secretary of the Wisconsin
State Historical Society, and the author
of recent works pertaining to the Lewis
and Clark explorations. He stands at the
head of his class as nn authority on
American historical subjects, and It I
claimed that no student of American In
stitutions from abroad can secure as much
information touching tho development of
this Nation at any other place in the
United States as he can at Madison, Wia.
a condition that has been brought about
through the indefatigable labors of Dr.
Thwaites, supplemented by the splendkl
support of the society he represents, and
by the people of Wisconsin through the
Legislature.
While the congress Is in session, there
will be a continuous exhibition of manu
script documents at the rooms of the
Historical Society in the City Hall, rela
tive to historical . events' in the Oregon
settlement.
The various committees will bo com
posed thus:
Lewis and Clark Committee on Con
gresses J. R. Wilson, chairman; W. G.
Eliot. Jr., secretary; W. L. Brewster. W.
W. Cotton, Edgar P. Hill. Richard A.
Montague. Stephen S. Wise,
Committee of the Oregon Historical So
ciety J. R. Robertson, J. R. Wilson, F.
G. Young.
Committee on the Pacific Coast Branch
of 'the American Historical Association
Clyde A. Dunlway, Joseph Schaffer, F. G.
Young.
Death of Old Railway Employe.
John Howe, an employe of the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company, at the car
shops, died at his home, 551 East Eigh
teenth sfreet, south. Friday evening. He
was 6S years okl, and had been In the
employ of this company for the past 33
years, 23 years- in Portland and th'e re
mainder in San Francisco, and was one
of the first men in the employ of the
company to be retired from service with a
pension. He had been retired about two
months. A native of Ireland, he came
to the United States nearly 50 years ago.
Ho Is survived by "his wife and the fol
lowing children: Mrs. John Wood, Mrs.
A. H. Murdorff. two sons and one un
married daughter. The funeral will take
place this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from
his late home and Interment will be In
Mount Calvary Cemetery.
Arrested on Charge of Iiarceny.
On the accusation of passengers and the
conductor of a Southern Pacific passenger
train. John Cain was arrested at the East
Side depot last night by Detective Vaughn
on a charge of robbing T. H. Lynn of JS0.
Both men are 'said to have been drunk.
No money was found on Cain when
searched, and as the men were scuffling
on the cars, little credence Is placed In
the supposition that an attempt at lar
ceny was made.
Schoolboy Murders Little Girl.
DETROIT. Aug. 19. John Goodson. an
11-year-old school boy, la under arrest,
charged with the murder of Hannah
McQuade. aged 7, In Greenfield town
ship. Just outside the west city limits
of Detroit, last night.
The little McQuade girl, the daugh-
corner park
STREET
ter of Peter McQuade. a gardener, was
driving townrd the McQuade home in
company with her two sisters, aged 10
and 12. Young- Goodson and three com
panions, boys about the same age. who
had been shooting sparrows along the
road, appeured. and attempted to climb
In the rear of the wagon. Tho girls
ordered them off. and whipped up tho
horse. Goodson. It Is charged, became
enraged and shot at the girls with the
rifle he was carrying.
The bullet struck the little girl In
the temple, killing her almost instant
ly. Goodson's companions; who are also
in custody, declare that the bullet
which struck the girl was aimed at a
sparrow on a near-b'y tolograph pole.
HOCH'S FIRST SIGHT OF SEA
Kansas Governor Swallows Salt
Water at Atlantic City.
TOPEKA. Kan., Aug. 19. A person who
has lived In sight of the ocean all his
life or who has had an opportunity to
see It occasionally, can have no idea or
tho thoughts that swelled the bosom of
Governor Hoch as he looked upon the sea
for the first time last week when h
went to Camden, X. J., to attend th
christening of the battleship Kansas.
That the ocean Impressed the Governor
he readily admits, and that the impres
sion will be a lasting one ho Is just a
ready to declare. He is willing to mak
affidavit that the water Is salty, be
cause he plunged into Its restless tide
and had a personal encounter with :i
mouthful of it. Regarding the experience
of his party at Atlantic City, Governor
Hoch said:
"I really enjoyed the trip to Atlantic
City as much If not more than any part
of the entire trip. Sea bathing is some
thing fine. I was fitted out in a bathina
suit which the people In chorge of th
bathhouse told me was new nnd gave U
to me for my first plunge. I understood
that the suit wns afterward set on ex
hibition with a tag attached, stating that
I had used" It."
DAYUG1IT MOWN COLUMBIA
On "T. J. Potter," Quet'n of River Boats.
Don't Miss It.
T. J. Potter sails for Astoria and North
Beaeh as follows: August 22. 9 A. M..
August 23, 9 A. M.; August 24. 9 A. M.;
Ausrust 25. 9:40 A. M.: August 26. 1 P. M.
Don't fall to see the Lower Columbia from
decks of this magnificent boat. Particu
lars and O. R. & N. Summer book br
asking C. W. Stinger, city ticket agent.
Third and Washington streets, Portland.
LOW EXCURSION" RATES TO THE EAST
On sale August 24 and 23, also Septem
ber 7, S. 9, 10, 16 and 17, tho Rock Island
Railway will sell round-trip tickets to
Eastern points at greatly reduced rates.
For full partlculas call on or address A.
H. McDonald, general agent. 140 Third
street. Portland. Or.
AMAZING TRIBUTE
San Francisco. Nov. 10. 1004.
This Is to certify to the following facts.
1 was In the oftice ot the John J. Fulton Co.
yesterday when a prominent old school phjsl
clan, of an adjoining city came In. He came
In to report In a friendly way to- the manager
of the Fulton Company the astonishing remit
he had gotten 'a two cases of Brighfs Disease
He stated that to his utter amazement tho
albumen disappeared in both thee cat-es with
in a week, and that there was later complcto
recoverj". He was wllllns for the facta to b
known, but for professional- reasvns didn't
want his name used.
The manager of the Fulton Company said he
was glad to have the facts, but woukl rather
state that the albumen had BEGUN to disap
pear the first week rather than that it had
totally disappeared, for It wan not only un
uwial but hard for people to believe, in view
or the belief that Brisht's Dtaeuse meant
death; awl he therefore thought the more con
servative statement would be the be.
The idea of results being so miraculous that
it wa best not to give them In their entirety
intl to temper them wa such an amazing
tribute to the astonishing results being ob
tained by the Fulton Compoundw In diseases
that rfire considered Incurable the world over
that upon being asked to certify the fact I
cheerfully comply, for these facts ought to be
known. H. W. KNOLL.
Manager L. P. Fisher & Co.. -125 Montgomery st.
Facts subscribed and sworn to before me by
H. W. Knoll this December 10. 1004. Attest
my hand and official seal.
THOS. S. BURNES,
Notary Public, 626 Montgomery St., San Fran
cisco. One reason we hesitated about stating the
real facts In the above cases Is that In moit
cases it takes weeks and months to get rid
of albumen, and patience Is ot the - utmost
Importance.
Brlght's Dlseaee' and DIabete?. heretofore In
curable, are now curable In 87 per cent of all
cases by Fulton's Compounds. Send for pamph
let, "Woodard, Clarke & Co.. Agents, Portland.
"When to suspect Brlght's Disease weakness
or Ioe of weight, puffy ankles, hands or eje
Hds; Kidney trouble after the third m..ntl;
urine may how sediment, falling vision,
drowrfness; one or more of these.
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