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12 THE MORNING OREGONIAN. SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1900. A SPLENDID SHOWING vI New Ready-to-Wear Hats "Very attractive Gtyles, braids and trimmings. Just right for early spring wear. Better see them today. You'll probably need one tomorrow. Fancy Hosiery For Men and Women The proper things for correct dress ers. An elegant variety of lace-striped Richelieu-ribbed, flowered, figured, polka-dotted, etc, In cotton, lisle and silk-plated. Black and all colors appropriate for spring. Prices, 25c to $1.75 pair Women's Kid Gloves For Spring Are here, comprising all the latest tints, newest stitchlngs and most relia ble fits and finishings. Dressed or un dressed kid, prices, $1.00 to $2.00 pair Princess $3.00 Shoes "With heavy or medium soles, are just the thing for spring wear. We charge you nothing for the name and save you 50c on every pair. "Women's Princess Shoes, for dress, street or out- C3 ft ft ing, pair J0W OLDS & KING LANDSWINDLERARRESTED OltDGOX EX-CONVICT IS WASTED IS SEATTLE. Thlrty-nino Indictments Hanerinar Over John "Wood, Alias Moyalt A Daring: Operator. John "Wood, alias Henry Moyalt, a no torious operator in the way of locating persons on timber-land claims and well known to officials of the United States courts here, has been arrested at Van couver, and will be taken to Seattle for trial, where there are some 39 Indictments against him to be answered to. "Wood was tried before Judge Bellinger In 1893 on a charge of suborning persons to commit perjury In connection with taking up tim ber claims, and was sentenced to one year In the Penitentiary, and served out his term. He served a term In the Pen itentiary in 1892 for a similar offense, and also served a term before that in the Penitentiary of North Dakota. His business Is to find persons who will pay him $50 to locate them a good claim. He then takes them to some place where there are good claims and allows them to make selections, and, being provided with maps and plats, gives them the num ber of the township, section, etc. In which the claim selected Is located to enable them to file thereon. Very often he shows them, lands already taken up and gives them the description of entirely different lands, in one instance locating a man somewhere near the summit of Mount Hood. "Wood, alias Moyalt, Is a very daring operator and hardened offender. He Is a Grand Army man and about CO yeaTs of age. He has been very fortunate in escaping the clutches of the law when his victims have Invoked its aid to punish him, and has a guide, in the shape of a legal advice, showing him how far ho can go without laying himself liable, which he says he procured from, tho Judge who sentenced him in Dakota. After he served out his term in the Ore gon Penitentiary in 1895-96. he had busi ness In the State of "Washington, and his success can be Judged of by the number of indictments hanging over him there. Last June he was arrested here at the Instance of the "Washington authorl'lcs, who hoped to secure an order of removal enabling them to get him into that state for trial. He had some $5000 in cash and employed counsel to defend him. A plea was set up that "he had not been Identified as the man charrod with the offense, and also that the offense charged did not con stitute a crime, or, at least, did not Justlfj an order for his removal being granted, and secured his dismissal. Of late he has had his residence on North Fifth street, where he kept a wagon and four ponies for use In his business. A few days ago he started with a party of "locators" for Hood River, and went from there across to "White Salmon, In Washington. Special Agent E. "W. Dixon, of the Land Depart ment, had been In the city for a week and was evidently Informed as to hla movements, and probably George Hum phrey had been keeping an eye on the old man, for when the party came down from "White Salmon yesterday on a boat to Vancouver, where his victims were to file on their locations, "Wood was arrested, and if nothing goes wrong he will. In a short time, be safe In jail In Seattle, and will doubtless soon be made to answer to some of the 39 Indictments pending there. If he receives Justice he is not likely to locate any more people on timber claims for a. long time. JOAQUIN MILLER IN TOWN. He Is Very Checrfnl and Wears Clothing: of Clviltzntion. "Joaq. Miller, Cal.," is the way tho Poet of the Sierras registered him self at the Imperial yesterday. He has been traveling northward, through the Willamette valley, by easy stages, stop ping at the larger towns to lecture, and he says his trip has been a regular pic nic and he halls the occasional showers with considerable delight, tn contrast with the monotony of sunshine which prevails the year round at his permanent home In the suburbs of Oakland, Cal. In speak ing of his home, he said he has 100 acres on hills so steep that a mortgage couldn't stick on them. On this tract, which was a portion of tho Peralta grant, he has built a cosy home and also erected a tomb for himself, though according to his present Intention as to the final disposition of his remains, the tomb will not mark their location. Ho has elected to have his body sent to the crematory, the resi due of ashes placed in an urn and this urn is to be smashed on the tomb, lib erating the ultimate fragments to the winds prevailing along the bay of San Francisco. He was asked yesterday If he Intended to visit tho Klondike again, and he said, "No, I've been there and know all I want about tho geography of that region-" Then h related how one man once asked another, "Going to camp this summer?" "I went camping last summer," was tho reply. "But are you going this summer?" "D n it. man, I told you I'd been camping last summer!" In regard to the report of his having lost an ear in the frozen wilds while Journeying by dog team from Circle City to Dawson, he said, "I did worso than that; I lost a year and 10 days. His ears do not Indicate any conflict with CO below, as they aire as srood a6 ever. The poet does not affect the grotesque in his apparel, on his present visit to Ore gon, though his long flowing gray hair and board give him a patriarchal appearance, and look as though he had no use what ever' for a razor or scissors. His suit is of plain black cloth, and a black slouch in Cloak Room Every day brings fresh additions to our new stock of spring garments. New Tailor-made Suits From $12.50 to $30.00 The very latest styles and best tailor ings. Prices extremely cheap for the Qualities. New Fancy Eton Jackets New Silk Wais.s and New Separate Skirts are well worthy of your atten tion. Standard Designer Magazine For April Just received, and contains a choice collection of late ideas for spring and summer costumes, waists, etc, for ladles' and children's- wear. Standard Designer, 10c copy Standard patterns ore standards of ex cellence. OLDS & KING hat srves as a kind of background for his profusion of hair and beard. He has recently been touring the state of Nevada, where the people were discour aged over lack of rain or snow and agri cultural and stock Interests are suffering as a result. He spoke of the long-continued drought In Southern California, where the people are trying all sorts of schemes to make rain. Ho said: "They even prayed for rain don't laugh with out breaking up the dry spell." Mr. Minor's route this time will follow the O. R. & N. to Spokane, thence west ward, over the Northern Pacific to Seattle, and then south to Oakland again, where ho hopes to be by April 2. He boasts that he is in perfect health, which his visit to the Northwest serves to stimulate, and that if he were only a youiur man he would go and "Join the Boers in their manly fight against the British." m READY TO RECEIVE TAXES. Sheriff's Office "Will Walt on Cus tomers Thin Morning. Tho doors of that department of the Sheriff's office where taxes are collected have been closed for three months, and ornamented with placards, bearing the legend. "Taxes Not Received." All this time taxpayers have been passing in front of these placards and must have been grieved because they could not enter in and get rid of their superfluous cash. Yes terday the tax roll was turned over to the Sheriff, and the nine handsomely bound folio volumes, aggregating -1275 pages and about 25,000 entries, were ranged In order along the desks, behind a strong Iron grat ing which Is Intended to prevent citizens from tumbling and climbing over each other In the eagerness of their mad rush to pay their taxes. This morning the annoying placard will be removed and the doors thrown open to the waiting1 public and all can have an opportunity to get rid of any money which may be burning holes in their pockets, or if they haven't any money-they can ascertain the amount of their taxes. Persons calling to pay taxes or to find out the amount of them will greatly facilitate the transactions of business by -bringing with them accurate lists of their property, and all who have no time to waste will do well to remem ber this. The new bicycle tags for 1900 have ar rived and have been turned over to the Sheriff, and as the levy was made on March 1, the Sheriff will open a side show for the collection of bicycle taxes on Mon day next. There are 10,000 of the new bi cycle tags, and they cost 3 cents each, as compared with 4.S5 cents last year. They are quite different in appearance from the tags of last year, being highly polished and having a star-shaped aperature cut In them, and can be easily distinguished from tho old ones at a considerable dis tance. Bicyclists will do well to pay tin tax and get a new tag as soon as possible. NOMINATIONS MADE. Ira Hill "Will Be Commodore of Ore. aron Yacht Club. The nomlnattog commitjee of the Oregon Yacht Club, composed of Messrs. Todd, Hill and "W. B. Beebe, have posted the following names as candidates for tho ensuing year: Commodore, Ira S. Hill; vice-commodore, Lewis V. Woodard; board of trustees, Ira S. Hill, Lewis V. Woodard, Seth Catlln. Walter B. Beebe, R. H. Aus tin, J. E. Wolff, H. F. Todd; port captain, R. H. Austin; regatta committee, Gil Dal glelsh chairman, W. A. Robb and W. L. Sutherland. These will be balloted for on the last Friday of March, in pursuance to the rules of the club. The yachtsmen are planning for a fine season of "sport, and arranging to provide for the Increase to the fleet. New and safe landings will be supplied, and moor ing ground for each .yacht apportioned off to avoid the confuslqn experienced last summer when trying to make landing through the maze of boats anchored indis criminately. A somewhat novel racing rule has been adopted that -wlli at least make a race more lnle.cttlng from a spectator's point of view. Three classes of boats have been made, dividing as Ji sl.y as possible, those about the same s'.?c. No time on water line lengrh or sa.l area will be given, so that the first boat over the line will be the winner, an 1 preclude all the possible com plications cf time nMowance, etc. and do away witn a big amount of work In meas uring the boa, wli cb, except In, -rare cases, is only fcalf dn a . HE SAVED HIS MONEY. Pioneer Xcwupnpcr Man "Who Bought Productive Property. Charles Besserer, a pioneer newspaper man of Walla Walla, Is registered at the Perkins on his return home after spend ing the Winter in California. He ac knowledges having gotten rich in tho newspaper business, which is considered a very unusual circumstance, and -be can now retire on the income he derives from Walla Walla rentals. "I have received over $4000 in rents from one piece of prop erty which cost me only $S0O." he says, "and the secret of my success Is I saved my money and put it Into real estate In a growing town." When Mr. Besserer first reached San Francisco, in 1859, he was a soldier in the regular army and was not permitted to go ashore for fear he would desert. He therefore spent the past Winter in the Bay City in the quiet satisfaction of be ing his own boss, and he gazed out on the waters where 41 years ago his trans port anchored, now a retired capitalist, as a result of thrift in Journalism. a Shake lato Your Shoes Allen's Toot-Ease, powder. It cunt psinfnl. isutrt. Sne. nerroa feet &d incrowin b&IU, and tait&ntir take tfae irlnr est of cent mnd bbnlons. It' the rreateit contort dleeorerr of the r. Allea'i Foot. Esm ra&ke tUbt or sew shoe feel es.17. It i a certain care for sweating, cation and hoi, tired, aehlae feet. Trr It TOtUT. Bold bj all drcrft And boe f teres. Br mall for 2&e. in itaapc Trial packare pHEE. Address, Allen 8. Olauted, e 07. . . Artistic Picture Frames made by expert framers. THREE FAMOUS KID GLOVES $1.50 Cariyle quality Trefousse 3-clasp, over seam dressed kid gloves, pearl, slate, tan, brown, white, black. $1.50 London quality Trefousse, 2-clasp Suede Pique, white, Beaver, Mode, ilate, pearl, black. $1.50 London quality Trefousse pique Jressed kid gloves, black, brown, mode, beaver, tan, white, pearl, slate. SEEDS Ounce package nasturtium Sc Ounco package sweet peas Sc Flower vegetable seeds 3c Gladlola and tube rose bulbs, doz..l3c HOUSE PAINTS 2. pint cans 13c Pint cans 25c Quart cans SSc FLOOR PAINTS Quarts v SSc Half gallons ! 50c Enamels in all colors. ART DEPARTMENT Silk Drops and Silk Tassels; - -ff regular price 35c to 75c doz; j C special, dozen x Children's Ice Cream Freezers; another lot Just received. 91.50 ench Headquarters Havo you seen the new Rumschunda "Squares? They make swell waists. On display at Silk Counter. IT IS NOT A COMPETITOR AMERICAN TOBACCO XOT 3IBXACED BY PUKR.TO RICA Local Dealers Sax the Island Crop Is Too Small to Affect the General Marlcet. Local tobacco dealers, while generally favoring absolute free trade with Puerto Rico, are Inclined to think that it will be some time before the output of that Island Is sufficiently great to bring it Into serious competition with the American or Cuban product. Cuba exports annually about 200,000 bales, moat of which is ex cellent tobacco. Puerto Rico exports in the same length of time 1000 bales, and the product is of a very Inferior quality. At present the Puerto Rlcan weed Is used to blend cigar stock, Its heavy qual ity making It useful for this purpose. It Is also used, according to the manufac turers of certain cheap cigars. In the manufacture of these goods, but the price for which such stock Is sold and the high duty on the Puerto Rlcan product ($1 53 per pound for wrapper and 50 cents per pound for filler) Indicates that it is used very sparingly if at all for this purpose. It will be seen, then, that, as far as entering into competition with American tobacco or lowering the price of Havana cigars, Puerto Rico tobacco will not cut much of a figure, even if the tariff on it Is removed, but it is believed now that In the island, under American control, the quality and quantity of the tobacco crop will be raised, and that It will become one of the important industries. In this event, It will have the effect chiefly of making Havana cigars cheaper. The American product Is devoted chiefly to the manufacture of chewing, smoking and cigarette tobacco and a cheap qual ity of cigars. It has been found impossi ble to grow any In this country that could be made Into cigars which could at all compare with those made of Cuban grown tobacco. The oi.ly effect of tha Importation of Puerto Rlcan tobacco free of duty will be the Improvement of the cheap American cigars with which it Is blended and the resulting decrease In cost of Cuban cigars of the same quality. Sig Slchel, when seen on this mattet yesterday, said: "Tobacco Is but a small part of the Puerto Rican exports, and it will Teally not make much difference with the Amer ican trade whether the duty Is removed or not. It will certainly rather be ben eficial than otherwise. I don't know that I have ever smoked a Puerto Rican cigar. I think the tobacco grown there Is chiefly used for blending, and It may be very good for that purpose. In time perhap3 the industry will grow, and then the ab sence of a duty will tend to cheapen the price of cigars, but the imported tobacco will not come Into any serious competi tion with American tobacco, which Is suited to an entirely different purpose." "J. D. Meyer said: "I do not see how the free admission of Puerto Rlcan to bacco can affect the American product. These cheap cigars which you see adver tised as Puerto Rlcan goods are made from tobacco grown In Wisconsin mostly. They may have a sprig or two of Puerto Rlcan tobacco in them, but that is all. There Is very little togacco grown In Puerto Rico now, not enough pr of a good enough quality to make any dif ference In the price of Cuban tobacco. If it Is found that the Industry can be made to grow, the free admission of the Puerto Rican tobacco may make Cuban cigars a little cheaper. It is not likely to affect American tobacco one way or the other." MONEY IN CHICKENS. Southern Pacific Is Koiteringr An other Industry. In addition to assisting In" tho develop ment of the dairy business in the "Willam ette "Valley, the Southern Pacific, through Its general freight and passenger agent, C H. Markham. Is no Interesting Itself In tho possibilities of the poultry Indus try. Mr. Markham is of the opinion that this branch of farming Is one which can be made most profitable, and thinks that It will pay farmers generally to take It up, either In connection with other branches of farming, or as a business by Itself. Oh this matter, he said to an Ore gonlan man yesterday: "Speaking of diversified farming, the raising o'f chickens for market Is one which ought to receive attention at the hands of our farmers. During the year 1S99 there were shipped from Kansas and Nebraslta to California over this com pany's lines 224 carloads of poultry. Tho handling of these shipments requires cars of special construction, for which a heavy rental Is charged In addition to the freight rate. The loss In transit Is considerable, as Is also the cost of feeding and ex penses of a man In charge. "The rate from Kansas and Nebraska to California is $1 75 per 100 pounds, or $350 per car. The average number of chickens to a car Is about 4000, weighing about four pounds each, but the freight charge is based on a minimum of 20,000 pounds. The cost of laying shipments down in California, therefore, is not less than 3 cents per pound, equal to 12 cents for each chicken, or $1 44 per dozen. "Chickens are selling In Portland to- Eyes Tested Free of Charge by competent optician. Japanese Cleaning Compound, for re moving grease spots, paint, etc, from Ul fabrics. Regular, 5c Special, 17c bottle Carter's Swedish Hair Renewer, the best preparation for the hair, will Im mediately remove dandruff and restore hair to its natural color; regular, 75c. Special, 39c Extra large-size Housecleanlng and Carriage Sponges. Regular 10c Special, 7c Square metal-back stand mirrors, 3x5, Regular 15c. Special, 10c Dr. Raub's Cutaneous Medicated Soap for the toilet and nursery. Regular, Sc Special, 6c cake 200 assorted Hair Brushes, solid wood back, celluloid, real ebony, all real bristles, ladles' and gents'. Regular JL00 to 5L25. Special, 79c 300 assorted Coin Purses, seal, alli gator, morocco and snake Special, 7c 100 ladles Combination Pocketbooks. Lfancy leather, plain and trimmed, as sorted colors. Regular, SSc Special, 27c Ladies' unlaundered, all linen, hand embroidered Initial Handkerchiefs. Special, 13c for Pulley Belts day for from $4 50 to $5 per dozen, and I am informed that a coop of choice ones sold this morning for 56 50. This would seem to Indicate that our home market Is not being adequately supplied. "The freight from Oregon to San Fran cisco Is not one-half what it is from Kansas and Nebraska, and as a matter of fact express service can be obtained for as low as $1 50 per 100 pounds. "Climatic conditions are very much In favor of Oregon, and there Is no reason why Oregon chickens should not replace those from Kansas and Nebraska In tha California market. As Is well known, chickens do not thrive in California, there" being some adverse climatic condition. "We will always have at our very doors a market for our surplus poultry." Mr. Markham "learned ysterday from Traveling Freight Agent Lounsberry. who Is now working up the dairy busi ness In Southern Oregon, that the citi zens of Medford Jhad Indignantly rejected the proposal to start a skimming station there to supply the Ashland creamery. They believe that If Ashland can support a creamery, so can Medford, and they prefer to have an entire plant for but ter and cbeese-making to a separator which shall only serve to assist an en terprise in another town. WILL ENLARGE ITS FACTORY Ore&ron. Packing; Company GctsReady to Start Operation. A permit was Issued Thursday for tho erection of a building on East Yamhill between East Eighth and East Ninth streets for the Oregon Packing Company. The entire half block will be occupied. 1 tho rear portion fronting on East Ninth L to be occupied by the old building on East Seventh and Belmont streets and the now portion will take up tho rest of the ground. Tho Oregon Packing Company was or ganized and Incorporated November 17, 1SS7, by O. T. Scougall and A. H. Boscow. Mr. Scougall had been In the employ of the E. Shannon Canning Company, which had Its plant on East Water and East Yamhill streets, and It was mainly tnrough his efforts that the company was formed. It was organized and started by money subscribed In sums of about $100 for snares, which wer paid for in installments. Many women put money Into tho concern on the promise and expectation of secur ing work. The present building, on the corner of East Seventh and Belmont streets, was the result of the effort. The present management obtained possession by buying up tho stock. Quite a num ber never changed their subscriptions Into stock, and the money they subscribed was lost to them. This was the starting of tho present plant, which is soon to be operated on a largo scale at the new location, on Bast Yamhill street. It might not have been started but for the subscriptions that came from many people of moderate means, and the promise that was made that It would give many employment lias been verified. AMUSING COMEDY. IValtcr "Walker's Play "The Nom inee" at the Jlarqnam. A double bill of comedy entertained a good house at the Marquam last night. The principal play Is a three-act farccal skit, made for Nat Goodwin and designed for Goodwin humor alone. It Is "Tho Nominee," and although the well-known piece has been seen here before, the wel come given Mr. Walter Walker was flat tring. Mr. Walker's comedy succeeded In arousing the enthusiasm of the house, and, despite his Indifferent support, the play went well. Mr. Walker, who, at the least, has an expressive physiognomy fitted for "broad farce, is amply suited In the role of Jack Medford, the man of the world, who causes all the movement In the play. Ho goes to New Yorifon a "spree," while ho sends his private secretary on his cam paign tour just before the election. Mr. Walker Is not a grimacing Goodwin, but he is a good farceur. Miss Mildred St. Pierre la the one bright exception In the dull support. In a curtain-raiser preceding "The Nominee," and entitled, "Barbara," Miss St. Pierre ex ploited to excellent advantage the humor and pathos of a little story by Jerome K Jerome. The curtain-raiser was a good forerunner for tho very laughable farce. In It appeared Miss St, Pierre, Irene Tim mons, Clayton Legge and Percy S. Sharpe. Miss Annie Mortimer strives to realize Mother-ln-Law Barclay. The same bill tonight concludes the en gagement. CHANGE OF BILL AT CORDRA Y'S "In Paradise," Sunday and Monday, by the Frnrrleys. Managers Cordray and Frawley have decided to put on. as the bill for Sunday and Monday nights, the lively comedy, "In Paradise," which the Frawleys pro duce most acceptably. The change from "Trilby" for these two n'ghts was made at the request of a number of patrons or the , theater who desired to see "In Paradise" I before the Frawleys leave Portland. "In 1 Paradise" Is a bright and laughable com , edy, and gives the members of the com pany splendid opportunity for their tal ents. It will be handsomely staged, and every attention will be given to complete ness of detail. . OUR SATURDAY Ribbon Fancy Plaid Silk Ribbon and E Iain-colored Taffeta Rib on, No. 50, per yard Liberty Siik Accordion-pleated Liberty Slllcfor ties and vesting3, all colors, per yard Ladles' Ties Bretonne Net. 1 yards, long, embroidered ends, cream or butter color, each Hosiery Ladles' fancy striped Lislo thread Hose, plain or Rlch-elleu-rlbbed, per pair Millinery Specials Violets, 3 lots, per bunch, 7c, Children's Cloth Caps, regu lar $1.25 and $1.50 lines, each Men's Lace Shoes Ten styles of Men's fine lace Shoes, hand-sewed. In box calf, vlcl kid, tan Russia, etc; all new and all regu lar ?4 shoes; per pair Six styles of Men's hand sewed lace Shoes, black and tan, London, opera and Chesterfield toes; regular $5 lines; per pair Men's plain and square too Shoes, lace and Congress; sizes 5 to 7. widths A, B and C; regular price $5; a pair Ladles' Shoes 250 pairs of Ladles fine lace Shoes, coin and Regent toes, black and tan; kid and vesting tops; sizes 2 to 6; regular $3 to 54 shoes; a pair 17c 43c 19c He and 23c. 99c $3.20 $3.85 $1.75 $2.15 MEIER IN THE SEVERAL COURTS PLAINTIFF "WINS SUIT FOR. FALSE IMPRIS OXMENT. O. W. Emnn Greta a Verdict of ?2175 Asalnst Dr. McLaughlin Several Tfertr Salts Besrux. C. W. Eman won his damage suit against Dr. Ml A. McLaughlin for false arrest and imprisonment, the jury return ing a verdict In his favor for $21io yester day afternoon at 5 o'clock. The charge of Judge Frazer to the Jury was almost entirely in favor of the plaintiff, the court holding that there woe no probable cause for his arrest. Judge Frazer reviewed the case care fully, and Instructed tho jury that as the defendant had not seen lit to take the wit ness stand and make a showing, the tes timony of the plaintiff must be accepted as substantially true. The court said: "Eman, when employed by the defend ant, did a business for him of about $20, 000. The method of keeping track of the business and cash account was a very crude and unusual one. There was no separate manner of keeping items of ex pense, no stock account was kept and there was no way of determining how mis takes were made by ordinarily going through tho books, and except by going through the correspondence. By this loose system mistakes might be made, and It seems some mistakes were made. "It also appears," the court said, "that prior to his arrest the plaintiff was charged with being short In his accounts; but this was afterwards Investigated and found to be unfounded. On February IS a young man named McCuIlom was placed In charge of the ofllce. and some time In March McCuIlom went to Eman and ac cused him of being short $340, and de manded an Immediate settlement. Eman asked permission to Investigate the mat ter, and this was denied him. He was Im mediately arrested, and was indicted, tried and acquitted. These facts do not constitute probable cause for arrest. There was want of probable cause. "It was complained that some of the Items do not appear In the cash book, but he made dally reports of cash received and monthly reports, and there was no complaint that these reports were not correct. It does not appear that the cash book was short as a whole or that these entries were not there under some other name or entered afterwards, or other disposition made. The entries were made from slips of paper. There was a large amount of business done, the plaintiff had very little help and the work had to be done hurriedly. "Any ordinarily prudent man would have given the plaintiff opportunity to explain. This was not done. His arrest followed a few hours after the charge was made. It appears that many of these shortages wero apparent, but not real. There should have been an investigation ofi the cash book to allow him' to explain. I think there was want of probable cause." On the question of damages, the court instructed the Jury: "It you find from the evidence the arrest was made from any other motive than to punish him ac cording to criminal law for any crime ho may have committed, then he Is en titled to recover. Then you should assess as special damages the $175 attorneys' fees which he paid to defend the criminal charge, and ho Is al entitled to general damages. For any actual physical or mental sufferings, any anxiety, wrong or disgrace, or anything which caused him mental suffering, you should award him damages you think will compensate him. If you find the arrest was caused with wilful and wanton disregard of the rights of the plaintiff, recklessly and maliciously, then you are entitled to find compensatory damages and award what Is known as punitive damages as punishment of the defendant for his wanton disregard of the rights of the plaintiff." Concluding. Judge Frazer said: "If you find malice existed, then you should find for the plaintiff, otherwise you should find for the defendant." Dr. McLaughlin did not appear at the trial, but remained in San Francisco. Tho defense offered no evidence whatever, counsel relying on the law and an appeal to the Supreme Court. Mr. Eman Is manager of the Sandon Electric Belt Company In Portland, which business McLaughlin formerly conducted. Carlson Robbery Cnie. The testimony is all In in the Andrew Carlson robbery case, and the arguments of the attorneys will be made this morn ing. The defense offered was that Carl son came to Portland from Astoria on the morning of September 12, arriving hero at 11 o'clock, and therefore could not have been on the Bridgeport road and held up Mrs. Dickinson between 9 and 10 o'clock of that day. Carlson testified in his own behalf to that effect, and while he was on the witness-stand Attorney Glltner showed him the black mackin tosh which he Is said to have worn when robbing people. Carlson denied owning It, and Mr. Glltner told him to put It on. As he did so, the mackintosh split from the collar down the middle of the back, demonstrating that It was too small for the defendant and not his garment. Carl sen did not handle the mackintosh very gently, and the prosecuting officer tried to make It appear .that he purposely burst The following copyright cloth-bound books today at 59c Each The Damnation of Theron Ware Gloria Mundl. The Forest Lovers. The Continental Dragoon. The Road to Paris. The Honorable Peter Stirling. The Choir Invisible, The Adventures of Francois. The Sorrows of Satan. Soldiers of Fortune. A Lady of Quality. Dross, Tekla and Caleb West. Note Paper Hurd's Royal Linen Note Pa per, ruled or unruled, 24 sheets, with envelopes to match. In box Toilet Soap Dairy-made Soap, Butter- milk and Glycerin, box of lUC. 3 cakes V' Lace Curtains Manufacturers' samples, new lot, each 21c and 27c Basement Specials 5-quart Planished Tea or oc Coffee Pots, each ODZ 5-quart Scotch Granlte-Cov- C. ered Saucepan 3C Glass Fruit Dishes, assorted fo- styles, each Wrought-Iron Umbrella Stands, each $1.33 St FRHNK C t8tie(((titt4otatoeo9ttoeeo9tooo9 o Willamette Iron k Steel Works JAMES LOTAN, Manager. PORTLAND, OREGON IRONFOUNDERS, MACHINISTS, BOILERMAKERS AND STEAMBOAT BUILDERS Designers and builders of Marine Engines and Boilers, Mining and Dredging Machinery and General Mill and Iron Work, FIro Hydrjnts, Pulleys, Shafting, etc. Correspondence solicited. eoee0eeeeeaeoeoecGoo99eeo9eeeeocoooooGoQO$oo WEDDING VJ IT WEDDING AND CALLING CARD ENGRAVERS 22 and 23 Washington Building the garment, but there Is no doubt what ever that' It Is not large enough for the man, and If he ever wore it as a disguise It was certainly a misfit. John Kenny. Joseph Brown. John Anderson, Mrs. RUla Burgett and Patrick Maher were called as witnesses for Carlson. As to the alibi, the only point Is the certainty of the date. Maher, after testifying, reappeared on the stand and stated that a day he pre sumed to be September 12. when he saw Carlson In a saloon on Burnslde street, he had afterward ascertained to be Sep tember 16. He said he went there to col lect money for Dan Marx, and learned from the books of Marx that It was Sep tember 16. A number of prisoners In the County Jail were called to show that Mrs. Dickinson did not Identify Carlson when she looked for him among other prisoners. The witnesses called by the prosecution were Dan Welner. Henry Fcrd. John Cordano, C. H. Knudson and C. E. Harding. The latter are the conduc tor and motorman of the street-car held up by Carlson. Considerable time was taken up during the afternoon session by protests made by Charles J. Schnabel. defendant's attorney, to questions asked by the District Attorney and the rulings of the court, and several times the court peremptorily ordered the attorney to taku his seat. NeTT Snltn. Suits have been filed In the State Cir cuit Court as follows: Emma Sylvester vs. Phil Ransom and wife, to foreclose a mortgage for $1200 on lots 16, 17 and 18, block 23, Tremont Place. John Winters vs. George G. Golllnge and Jane Golllnge, to foreclose a mort gage for $300 on lots 1 and 2, block 4, Maegly Highland. Samaritan Lodge, No. 2, I. O. O. F., vs. W. H. Merrick, to recover $400 on a note, and, also $250 on a note assigned by W. Y. Masters. T. T. Burkhart has filed an action against J. M. and E. L. French to re cover $2309. It is alleged In the complaint that the defendants, as agents for the Stearns Fruit Land Company, between January. IS95, and January, 1897, collected $6563 and accounted for only $4253. The Stearns Fruit Land Company assigned the claim to the plaintiff. Rosa Rohse has sued Cora E. Walker, administratrix, and John Darney to re cover possession of a house and barn at 15S7 Macadam street, Fulton. The prop erty was leased to the husband of Mrs. Walker, now deceased, and the lease was transferred to Darney. The plaintiff aver3 that It was not subject to transfer. To Recover for Machinery. Tho trial of the suit of the Christen-sen-McMaster Machinery Company vs. One Dredge was begun In Judge Sears department yesterday, and will be con cluded today. The dredge belongs to the Portland Sand & Contract Company, and Is held for a claim of about $700 by the plaintiff. Tho dredge was originally a barge, and the plaintiff put in pumps, engines and an endless chain dredge. The Portland Sand & Contract Company contends that the dredge will not work, and declines to pay. The case was originally brought in the Federal Court under the maritime law, and Judge Bellinger decided that to change a barge to a dredge was a con struction, and not a repair, and was a land and not a marine contract. He dis missed the case, holding that It should be brought In the State Court. When the action was filed In the State Court, de fendant's attorney changed his position and argued that It was a repair, and not a construction, and ought to be remanded to the United States Court, but Judge Frazer denied the motion. Probate Matters. John Anderson was appointed adminis trator of the estate of Axel Lovenborg, deceased, valued at $400. The heirs are a father, mother and brother and sister of the deceased. E. J. Floyd was appointed administra trix of the estate of J. E. Floyd, her husband, who died at Atlln, Northwest Territory, April 14, 1S99. The estate Is valued at $124. Petition In Bankruptcy. John Leedy, of Linn County, yesterday 3r LVIrL.3 I Men's Suits Fine Csslmere In neat gray Herringbone stripes, a suit vDlLiOJ Men's Socks Men's Natural Socles, per pair. Worsted 21c Boys' Washable Suits Sizes 3 to 10 years, Blue and Brown Striped and Natural Crash, a Suit Same as above In Natural and Striped Crash, a suit.. 52c Same In Madras Cheviot or nrt Crash Combination; a suit 03C Boys' Underwear Boys' Cotton Ribbed Under- shirts and Drawers, per IC garment New Goods Received Yesterday Towoe's Gloves Full line of Walking Driving. Bicycling and Golf Gloves for men and women. A new line of Fish Net Shopping Bags, 25c to 65c each. New French Flannel Shirt Waists in fancy shades. Fourth and Washington Sts., over LItt's. filed a petition In bankruptcy in the United States Court. His liabilities amount to $2306. He used to be in the sawmill business, but about two years ago hla creditors took ail his property, including his sawmills, for the payment of thelt claims and the same was insufficient. Ho has no property whatever. Decisions Today. Judge Sears will announce decisions to day in the following cases: Fleckensteln, Mayer & Co. vs. Salenj Flouring Mills Company, motion to makq complaint more definite and certain. J. E. Smith vs. City & Suburban Rail way Company, motion for a new trial. George W. Downs vs. investment Com pany, motion for a new trial. Mark Mllas vs. P. Covacovlch, motion for new trial and for additional findings. Conrt XotcH. A. C. Froome. indicted for practicing dentistry without a license, yesterday, by his attorney, Henry E. McGinn, filed a demurrer, which was set for .hearing to day. Judge Cleland took further testimony yesterday In the suit of John Kiernan. trustee, against T. Patterson. J. C. 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