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Oregon. 10 THE MORNING ,OREGONIAN. SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1901. Portland, ALL FINES MAY STOP Air-Is Full of Rumors About Gambling. PETITIONS SECURE HANYNAHES City Authorities Lean Toward Aban doning the System of Fines, Pro vided a Majority of Citizen "Wish, the Change. It is likely that gambling In Portland "will soon he ""unlicensed." The air vras full of rumors yesterday that the present system of fining gam blers would be abandoned. Investigation by half a dozen reporters failed to con firm these rumors, but It -was learned that the matter has been under serious discus sion by the city and the county authori ties, without definite result. This Is the situation, so far as the city authorities are concerned: If there were assurance that the Legislature would af ford relief to the city from its present crippled financial condition, and a major ity of men of affairs would petition for such a change, the fining of boss gam blers would stop and the lawbreakers would be indicted without the courtesy of an hour's notice. But there is no such assurance, and no such expression of wish. Rev. J. E. Snyder and his co workers are busy circulating petitions against the present method and against gambling In every form, but petitions do not have the force of personal appeal, reasoning or threats. Another rumor, apparently well found ed. Is that the gamblers Intend to pull up stakes and move their tents elsewhere. This they deny, but it is known In the fraternity that several gambling-houses have not been paying expenses, which in clude the fines, and that they will be obliged to shut up whether they wish to or not. SIGNATURES TO PETITIONS. Rev. J. E. Snyder Tells of Progress in the Movement. Rev. J. E. Snyder said last evening about 30 petitions are now being circu lated in the city and that the number of business men and taxpayers signing is very large. Some who decline to sign say that the ofHdals know their duty In re gard to the suppression, of gambling, and to say to these officials, "Please do your duty," would seem ridiculous. "One man thought gambling should be licensed, and that the licence should be so high that only a few could afford, to engage In the business," said Mr. Snyder. "A number of citizens have signified their willingness to contributo toward the expense of im peaching the officials who are derelict In their duty." Mr. Snyder sans those who are circulat ing the petitions have no desire to return to the old systam of grafting practiced by the police, -srho for a consideration permitted the gambling to go on, while the money so obtained from the gamblers went down Into the private pockets of the officials or into a campaign fund. The desire Is to suppress gambling and thus remove the temptation from the reach of the old and young of Portland. "I am told," he said, "that If we persist In this we will kill the city, as gamblers make things lively. I do not see the force of this argument, as a man might keep, on burning houses down, and when remonstrated with say I am making business for the city.' " He finds that the masses of respectable people are Indifferent to the practice of condoning crime, because they are Ig norant of the true state of affairs. "I have never seen gambling going on; I never go about those places; I haven't been in the North End for years," some well-meaning people say, and it is only when some boy or young man of their acquaintance goes wrong that the subject comes home to them In its reality. The petitions are not addressed to any particular official, and those signing are merely asking the proper authorities to discontinue the present practice of regu larly fining, and to suppress the gambling. Before whom the petitions will be placed when, completed he did not say. The object of the petitions is to acquaint tlie authorities with the sentiment of the law abiding and taxpaying citizens on the subject. The petitions have been out four days, and will be circulated a sufficient length of time to obtain a full representation of the citizens. He thinks the number of signatures already secured aggregate sev eral hundred, though he had not seen any but his own, which was signed by quite a number of prominent business men. "This work will not stop here," Mr. Snyder concluded, "but we must also sup preps the open prostitution so glaringly paraded In some quarters of the city. "When the hotter class of citizens become awake to what is going on In this line, they will make themselves heard In sucb a way that the officials will know thej have ample backing In the matter of sup prosslnc vice." Public Offlcerit Talk. Mayor Rowe I advocated the system of fining the gamblers, believing that It would do awaj w ith the system of private grafting, which I considered as great an evil as gambling Itself, If not greater. I also had an idea that placing the gam blers under police regulations in this way would have a tendency, in a meas ure, to suppress gambling. I do not con sider that gambling can be entirely abol ished In any place where it has existed as long as It has in Portland, and where the conditions are the same. If the taxpayers and business men of the city express the opinion that the sys tem of fining gamblers is a bad one, I shall certainly try to have It dispensed with. If church people and business peo ple want this system of fining abolished, we must have their hearty assistance and co-aperation In preventing the graft ing that has been In operation heretofore, ana In trying to suppress gambling al together. Police Commissioner G. "W. Bates did not oare to discuss the matter, as he had no personal Interest in It. He said that if a majority of the taxpayers and business men of the city expressed themselves as in favor of abandoning the system of fining gamblers, he would be in favor of this being done. Representative James E. Hunt. ex-Po-llce Commissioner Rev. J. E. Snyder pre sented & petition to me asking the ad ministration to do away with the system of fining gamblers, and I signed it. It Is to show the administration that the real business men of the city are not In favor of this system My opinion is that the business men whom the Mayor and Po lice Commissioners quote as being In favor of It are parties who are directly or lndlrectlly connected with gambling or kindred vices. I was convinced of that fact at the time a petition was presented to the Board of Police Commissioners when I was a member, asking for prac tically the same regulations as are in effect now. For more than a year during my Incumbency of the office the t gam bling fraternity sought to have such an arrangement entered Into, but they were never successful until the present admin istration was Installed. My idea is that the system was adopted partly to pay ante-election pledges juid partly on account of the needs of the city In the way of finances. If the relief desired by the city in this matter be granted, there wilt be no excuse for con tinuing the system any longer, and I think we will have a charter which will do away with any necessity for such Il licit revenues. I presume It is possible to have Police Commissioners who will conform to the laws, and police officers who will not "stand In." It is highly probable that we can find such officers. If we have the right kind of Commission ers, the police will have to obey their instructions. After all is done, there will no doubt be a little private gambling here and there in the city, but, grant that, it is no excuse for the city being overrun, as it is now, with gambling hells and gambling devices. If we have a Police Commission com mitted to this policy of closing gambling houses, it would be sustained in its efforts in that direction not only by the church people, but by thousands of good, mora people who seldom see the Inside of a church, and I am firmly convinced from my experience and the observations that I have made that a very large majority of our people object to gambling being allowed under any guise whatever. District Attorney "Will Prosecute. District Attorney Chamberlain was having an audience with a number of persons in his private office when a re porter of The Oregonian called, but whether the gambling question was being discussed was not ascertained. Mr. Chamberlain, when asked If the present plan of collecting monthly fines was to be declared off, said: "I haven't heard anything about it. I have no power to declare it off. I have not entered into any arrangement about anything. I am ready to prosecute them at any time a complaint is made." Some Scattering Opinions. Some officials who do not care to be quoted are still of the opinion that the system of fining the gamblers Is much better for all concerned than having things going on as 'they were before this system was adopted, when the police were debauched and their protection ex tended to those who would pay for it, while gamblers not In the ring were har assed and prevented from running games. Others say that if the entire suppression of gambling is undertaken, there is noth ing to prevent the gamblers from raising sufficient funds to maintain a lobby at Sa lem and secure such legislation as may serve their purposes. Others say that many who congratulat ed city officials on the success of the system of fining gamblers, and told them that this was the proper course to pur sue, and this was the way to handle gamblers and restrict gambling, when a petition Is presented for them to sign asking the administration to do away with this system of fining, sign it at once, although aware that the gamblers find It cheaper to buy protection from the police. The allegations of the church people that young boys are allowed to visit gambling-houses and to play at the games, if proven, would at onee settle the ques tion of gambling being tolerated under any circumstances. No city official nor private citizen can be found who would tolerate this sort of thing for a moment, and the general sentiment is that if the gamblers have so far transgressed, their places 'should be closed. "What the Gamblers Say. There is a rumor that the gamblers will pull up stakes and leave town, but n number of them seen yesterday by on Oregonian reporter made no reference to anything of the kind. None of them had heard that any change in the present system of fines was likely to occur. Frank Hellen, of the Portland Club, con tended that there was one virtue In open gambling it was conducted on the square. John E. Blazler could not be seen, but his manager. Ell B. Davis, said the fines had been paid as usual, and he had not heard that anything was about to hap. pen. Isaac Gratton said he thought things ought to be permitted to continue in their present Bhape, and the money from fines used to pay the police. Fred Fritz said: "If the preachers would attend to their own business and lot business men alone It would be all right. If a man does not contribute to a church he is not a welcome guest. Men hang around my saloon and make a home of it all Winter, and keep warm. We feed more people than half a dozen churches put together. I am a church member myself, but my church never Interferes with outside business. Only last week Erickson's house and mine buried two men who died at the poor farm. The church does not pick thern up and bury them when they die at the poor farm. Then there are collections for the Chil dren's Home and things of that sort, and the churches even come around. They are never turned away." BACK FROM THE PHILIPPINES Oregon Boy With the Thirty-flfth Has Had Enough. Among the returning members of the Thirty-fifth regiment United States Vol unteers arriving in Portland is Glenn Jack, an Albany boy, who reached here yesterday by sea from San Francisco. He had been discharged for disability and so did not quite serve his two years out. He got all he wanted of the Philippines, however, and will content himself at his Willamette "Valley home for the future, unless he changes his mind very mate rially. The Thirty-fifth, he said, saw consid erable service In the Interior of Luzon, but no regular engagement, as the Fili pinos won't stand and fight. Their meth ods consist merely In ambushing, and so the war has settled down to the question of ambush or be ambushed, and the American boys have long since ".caught on." Surprises are therefore frequent, and when the boys of the Thirty-fifth creep upon a squad of Filipinos it is bad for the "niggers." The Macabebes, native Philippine sol diers, have rendered great service In cap turing the roving bands of murdering la dones, and the latter don't have things their own way, as they used to. The native allies are recruited from the peace ably disposed Filipinos, who are anxious to have the fighting ended, but the rov ing robber bands were never suppressed during the Spanish occupancy and it will take a long time for the Americans to ac complish their utter defeat. There are probably a thousand of these ladrone bands scattered over the Island of Luzon alone, said Mr. Jack, and they are as much at war on their own people as on the Americans. The only way to clean these ladrones out, according to young Jack, is to ex terminate them, and this could be accom plished In short order If the American troops were given their own way, but the boys are restrained by General McAr thur. who does not wish to adopt a cruel policy. The ladrones are poor shots and seem to have a hard time learning the use of the rifle, and so the casualties on the American side are not at all large, in pro portion to those of the Insurgents. Ho thinks It will be a long time, however, before the Island of Luzon is pacified, as skirmishes are of frequent occurrence within IS miles of Manila. The ladrones terrify the inhabitants Into giving them refuge and assisting In their concealment, so that after a sharp skirmish the treach erous ladrones hide their weapons and mingle with the rest of the inhabitants, even visiting Manila to have a good time with the money taken from the bodies of townspeople, whom they have mur dered. Nearly a Catastrophe. VANCOUVER, B C, Jan. 1L The City of New Westminster escaped a catastro phe last night The accumulated weight of snow caused the roof of the opera house to collapse during a performance. The audience bolted, but no serious in juries resulted from the crush. COMPULSORY PILOTAGE MERCANTILE AND SHIPPING rNTEK ESTS OPPOSE RESTORATION. Proposed Bill of Multnomah Delega tion Will Be Combated by Port land Chamber of Commerce. Portland merchants were greatly sur prised yesterday to read in The Ore gonian that the Multnomah delega tion would introduce a bill restoring compulsory pilotage between Portland and Astoria. Many years of con stant endeavor were required to re move this unnecessary tax from ship ping and if the scheme of the pilots to put it back again succeeds it will be In the face of the protest of the mercantile and shipping Interests of Portland. There is no doubt of the action, of the Chamber of Commerce. The Indorsement of the annual address of Mr. Taylor, the retiring president, shows that It Is satisfied with present conditions and will oppose a change. "I am decidedly opposed to pilot age" being made compulsory on the river, or for moving In port," said Mr. Taylor. "Shipowners are now accustomed to the present plan, and as all the masters of tugboats are pilots there Is no necessity for extra pilots." Long after compulsory pilotage had been abolished, German vessels came to the Columbia River with instructions to hire pilots between Portland and Astoria If it was possible to get them. As this expense added materially to the ship's charges in port the Chamber of Commerce deemed it advisable to inform shipowners in all parts of the world that there was no necessity for it. Accordingly tne ioi lowlng letter was sent to the Liverpool Journal of Commerce, London Falrplay, Hamburg Bosen Halle, Bremen Weser Zeltung, and to the Liverpool Shipowners' Association: We beg to call your attention to the fact that during the last session of the Oregon State Legislature compulsory pilotage on the Columbia River was abolished, and that there Is no longer any reason why sailing vessels should pay fees for that sen-ice. Some notice to shipowners seems to be necessary, for the reason that many of the masters that are em ploying pilots, at the expense of the ship, in some cases, no doubt, acting upon the general order from owners not to sail without pilots, and It seems proper, therefore, to point out that the towboats of the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company are supplied with licensed pilots, who have precisely the same commis sion from the state authorities as those em ployed by the ships. It should be added that in case of disaster arising from the fault or negligence of the towboat, the O. R. & N. Co. Is responsible, whereas it Is naturally disposed to deny and evade responsibility when the ship is in charge of a pilot who is not In its em ploy. It will be seen, therefore, that the Interests of the ship, apart from the question of econ omy, are better served by relying on the tow boat Company, and we trust that you will make these facts known to the shipowners, so that they may instruct their captains accord ingly. In response, the German shipowners withdrew the Instructions to their cap tains to hire pilots. Many English and German shipowners have written to con gratulate Portland for abolishing compul sory pilotage, which they had always re garded as a "graft." Ex-President Taylor, of the Chamber of Commerce, who has always been actively Identified with the navigation interests of Portland, says that restoration of com pulsory pilotage would disgrace the port In the eyes of the shipping world, "and that foreign shipowners would undoubt edly retaliate by enforcing the arbitrary differential of Is 3d in favor of Puget Sound. GAMBLING AND CIGARETTES City Federation of W. C. T. V. Passes Strong Resolutions. At a meeting yesterday afternoon held by the City Federation of the Portland W. C. T. U., under the auspices of the Sunnyslde Union, In their headquarters, action was taken on gambling and the cigarette evil. Mrs. Flshburn, correspond ing secretary of the federation, presided. After a discussion of various means for suppression of gambling In this city, in the course of which mothers and fathers were urged to know where their children were at night, the following resolution was drawn up and adopted: "Resolved. That we, the Citv Federa tion of the W. C. T. U., of Portland, urge The Oregonian to publish the name of every person found frequenting gambling resorts, as suggested in The Oregonian of January 9." Mrs. Monroe stated, In connection with the resolution, that the same plan had been tried by Mayor Weir, of Lincoln, Neb., and had absolutely suppressed gam bling and houses of prostitution in that city. In a discussion of the cigarette habit & member stated that, If talking had ever done any good, the town would have been rendered pure and clean years ago, but action and personal work were required; also the co-operation of business men. In accordance with this expression, the fol lowing resolutions, drawn up by a Port land business man, were read and adopted: "Whereas, The fearful evils resulting from smoking cigarettes among the ex treme youth of this country seems rather to be growing, It calls for the exercise of extraordinary measures to rescue the youth from this most debasing and bane ful habit It is an evil that is prevalent everywhere. In spite of the efforts put forth to check it Mere, children are seen puffing vile cigarettes, even on the plat forms of street-cars, on the streets and other public places, with an effrontery that is appalling as well as disgusting to decency. We must believe that pa rents are blind to the debasing habit their boys are acquiring, or they would make an effort to break up the influence cigarette-smoking is acquiring on them. The best of medical authority hold that the smoking of cigarettes and the habit of inhaling the fumes weaken both mind tnd body, and finally destroys all sense of moral responsibility, filling our pris ons with embezzlers and other classes of criminals. The first step toward ruin o- hundreds of young men is traceable to the first cigarette, and yet in the face of these examples, spread out on every hand, the evil still thrives, and we can not close our eyes to the fact Boys oth erwise good and pure, when outside the influence of the family circle are sur rounded by cigarette fiends, who teach them to smoke cigarettes. Alas! are the public schools free? How many of the principals of our public schols are free from the habit of smoking? and do they and their assistants warn the pupils un der their charge of the evils of the cigar ette? We are" glad to say that some ef fort has been made In the Portland pub lic schools to check the evil; but not enough has been done. Again, why Is It and how is It, that every child in this city, no matter of how young and tender age, can purchase cigarettes? and they do get them, and no arrests for violation of the law have ever been made. The fact that boys are seen smoking cigar ettes everywhere, openly and on the streets,, shows that no steps whatever are made to enforce the law, and that It is violated daily with Impunity In the City of Portland. Against this violation of law we enter our solemn protest and call en the fathers and mothers of Port land to aid In enforcing the law already enacted. With this view of the situation, be it "Resolved By the W. C. T. TJ- Federa tion, lhar we demand the enforcement of the law against the sale of cigarettes to minors, and that the authorities be urged to take action to prosecute every case that comes to their knowledge; that special effort be put forth, when boys are seen smoking cigarettes-, to ascertain where they obtained them, and then in flict the lull penalty ofthe law. "Resolved, That parents be urged to co-operate In aa effort to check the evil by ascertaining if their boys have al ready acquired the habit without their knowledge, and by a concert of action endeavor to break up the habit before It becomes fixed. "Resolved, That the teachers of the public schools of the country be urged to constantly set forth the evil of cigar-ete-smoking, and co-operate with parents In crushing It" In Mrs. Kinney's Memory. The following resolution of condolence was passed over the death of Mrs. Nar cissa White Kinney: "Resolved, That we, the officers and members of the City W. C. T. TJ. Fed eration of Portland, extend to the family of our departed sister our heartfelt sym pathy and condolence in this, their time of sorrow." WAS HE MINISTER'S SON? What Mr. Snyder Said About It nt -Ministers' Meeting. PORTLAND, Jan. H. (To the Editor.) The Oregonian has always been severe on the ministers when they have drawn in ferences that have seemed unwarranted, consequently, you can hardly blame us if we are tempted to retaliate. In your com ment upon the ministers' meeting of last Monday, you quote Mr. Snyder as saying that he had seen at the gaming table a "son of a brother minister," and then the next day you say, editorially: "Perhaps If the preacher whose son frequents gambling-houses kept him at home, or at work, the burdens of the community would not weigh heavily on his shoul ders." I have waited to see if a corrected statement would not appear by today, but as none has appeared I, as a minister and a father, want to enter my protest against the Injustice done us and our sons. I believe that my sons have been taught to respect themselves and their parents too much to frequent such places; and what I say of them I believe to be true of all the pastors' sons now residing In Portland. As a matter of fact, Mr. Sny der did not see the son of a minister at a gambling table, nor did he see any min ister's son in a gambling resort. Further, Mr. Snyder did not say that he saw a min ister's son in his rounds that night The hasty Inference was The Oregonlan's, and like the sin of David has "caused the ene mies of God to blaspheme." Justice to us and to our families, as well as to the cause which we represent, would reasonably permit this protest ROBERT M'LEAN. Pastor of Third Presbyterian Church. What Mr. Snyder said, the exact words he used, and which appeared In The Ore gonian report, were these: "And among those I saw there was a boy from the home of one of the mlnl ters here present." He was speaking of his visit to the gambling-houses of Portland, in company w 1th a private detective and other officers, and of what he saw there. He spoke of thu surprising number of reputable citizens he saw In the gambling resorts, men Usu ally regarded as above suspicion of such habits, and among them this boy from the home of the minister. Dr. McLean is splitting hairs, if he is not making a bald misstatement It Is possible that this "boy from the home or a minister" was not the son of a minister, and it is true that Mr. Snyder did not say that he saw the boy playing faro or stud poker. But there was no significance in Mr. Snyder's statement if the boy was merely a looker-on, as he himself was, and the statement was certainly regarded by the Ministerial Association as very sig nificant when it was made. And what dif ference does it make whether the boy was the son of the minister or not, if ho was from the home of the minister? Dr. Mc Lean's studiously disingenuous letter seeks to leave the Impression that Mr. Snyder was wrongly reported in The Ore gonian. If too much Importance has been given Mr. Snyder's statement, a correc tion from him would be much more to the point than this quibbling letter from Dr. McLean. But Mr. Snyder certainly made the statement attributed to him In The Oregonian report, and the context war ranted the Inference that has been drawn from it. EAST SIDE MATTERS. Earnest Workers nt the Williams Avenue Night School. The night school conducted In the WI1-Hams-avenue building, Alblna, under charge of Professor Downs, is in a pros perous condition. It is made up of young men who aro employed during the day and also attend for the purpose of learn ing. Several men from the terminal rail way shops have started, and others will attend this school. Mr. Downs Bays that at the opening of the school a few came to have a good time, but these have been weeded out and now he has a fine class of earnest and ambltous young men, numbering between 25 and 30. Patton Home Association. The women's board of manager of the Patton Home Association held Its an nual meeting at the Home, In Alblnn. Tuesday afternoon. The following offi cers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Mrs. W. O. Forbes; first vice president, Mrs. L. M. Davis; second vice president, Mrs. Nlcolai; treasurer, Mrs. H. C. Hamlin; recording secretary, Mr?. W. S. Cutler: corresponding secretary, Mrs. W. H. Fear The affairs of the, as sociation are In excellent condition, as shown by the reports. The year closed without debt Improvements to the prop erty costing about $500 were made during past year. The Mystic Shriners furnlsheo the sitting-room elegantly, and it Is tho pride of the Home. If the donors could see the pleasure the old gentlewomen take in that room they would be more than compensated for the outlay. A hand some double steel range, a new porcelain bath-tub and large reservoir, andi some other lavatory attachments have been se cured through William Wadhams and others. All the Inmates are In good health and happy in their surroundings. Much of the success of the institution is due to the careful management of Mrs. Cook, matron, and the devoted women of the association. For AH Ex-Soldiers. Gilbert Camp, No. 4. and Gilbert Aux iliary Camp, No. 1, extend an invitation to all ex-soldiers, young and old, to at tend a gathering at Central Hall, Union avenue and East Morrison streets. On that occasion there will be a candy-pull and other amusements. The gathering Is to get all the old soldiers together In a reunion. All will be welcome that evening. Joke of n Fool. At 1 o'clock yesterday some one sent in a telephone 41rc alarm to engine com pany No. 7, calling the company to Bel mont street and Grand avenue. The com pany responded promptly, supposing there was a fire, but there was none. It was simply the Joke of a fool. A policeman tried to find out who sent in the alarm, but could not locate him. East Side Notes. . The Alpha Archaeology Society, of Fair view, will hold its next regular meeting Monday evening. An interesting pro gramme has been prepared for that oc casion. Mrs. Jacob Dickenbech, who was in St Vincent's Hospital for several weeks, where she underwent a severe surgical operation, is now at her home on Grand avenue and East Morrison street Two families are quarantined in the Knott building at the foot of East Wash ington street from which Bex Harvey was taken a week ago to the pesthouse with smallpox. No other member of the family has contracted the disease. The petition for the planking of the Troutdale road from Powell Valley Post office has 112 signatures already. Strauss & Lonard. who own a sawmill, offer to furnish the lumber delivered along the road at U 50 per thousand feet The cost would be less than graveL VALUABLE RELICS ADDED. Oregon Historical Society Enriched by Gifts and Loans. Eighty-one visitors registered at the rooms of the Oregon Historical Society yesterday, and among them the follow ing: From Nebraska, 6; Colorado, 1; Min nesota, 1; Ohio, 4; Washington, 2; Mon tana, 3; Indiana, 2; Tennessee, 2; Illinois., 1; California, 1. These visitors were well pleased with what they saw, and all made inquiries concerning different parts of th. state, with a view of future settlement here. Among recent accessions, the following may be noted: A drawing-knife made In Missouri and brought to Oregon in 1850, by R. M. Wade. A trunk owned by Rev. Jason Lee when he was in Oregon, 1834-44, which was pre sented by F. D. Butterfleld, Derby Line, Vt. Colt's navy revolver, used In the pur suit and capture of Joaquin Murlata, a noted California bandit; grape-shot and bullets picked up on the battlefield of Pe tersburg, Va.; a piece of brick from Llbby Prison; all from J. A. Randall. Sharp's carbine, used during the Civil War by a private in the Eleventh Mis souri Cavalry, commanded by Captain P. F. Clark, an Oregon pioneer of 1850, and a grand-nephew of Captain William Clark, of the Lewis and Clark exploring party of 1804-6' from J. F. Clark, Oregon City. A German sliver spoon picked up on Bradford's Island, in April, 1856, near the place where 22 settlers were killed in March previous; from Napoleon McGllli vray, a pioneer of 183S. A bell weighing about 100 pound. It was made in Ghent, Belgium, in 1781, and taken to some of the Catholic missions In California at some later date. It bears a Latin inscription, which signifies "All Glory to God," and a Flemish Inscription which means "Irlc Llndeman made me"; also other words which mean "Awaken the eye," and that the bell was rung at 6 o'clock A. M. The bell was brought to As toria in 1854, from San Francisco, by Cap tain Paul Corno, on the bark Jane A. Falklnberg, for Job W. Ross, and used as a hotel bell for many years. Placed In the society's care by Mrs. Ross, now in Mon tana. NEGLECTED SIDEWALKS. Number of Well-ICnown Citizens Do Not Make Necessary Repairs. Following is a list of the property-own ers who, having failed to pay attention to notice duly served on them to repair sidewalks, are by order of the Board of Public Works to have their sidewalks In front of the property named repaired under the supervision of the City En gineer, and the cost of the repair made a lien on the property. , There is still time for them to attend to the matter themselves: Catherine A. Malarkey, lot 3, block 7, King's Second addition. P. L. Willis, lot 12, block 312, Balch ad dition. M. E. Robinson, lot 2, block 154. , P. A. Marquam, lot 4, block 120, city. Hannah Schuldermann, lots 2 and 3, block 13, Watson's addition. Anna B. Thompson, lots 3 and 4, block 257, city. Mary J. Nelmes, Nos. 500 and 502, block Z, city. Byron Cardwell, lots 5 and 6, block 153, city. S. G. Reed Estate, lot 1, block 264, city. Roman Catholic Archbishop, lot 1, block 152, city. Catholic Church, lots 1-8, block 240, East Portland. M. E. Olsen, lot 1, block 243,. East Port land. , Nancy J. McColla, lot 4, block 242, East Portland. Sarah Codson, east one-half lots 7-8, block 158. East Portland. F. J. Bailey, lots 3-4, block 146, Hol laday's addition. Oregon Real Estate Company, a large number of lots in Holladay's and Wheel er's additions. Spauldlng & Papworth, lot 3, block 74, Couch addition. Oregon Transfer Company, lot 7, block 55. Couch addition. ' C. E. Cook, north one-half lot 3, block 186, Couch addition. ORDER OF EASTERN STAR. Myrtle Chapter Has a Public Instal lation at Masonic Hall. The ninth annual Installation of officers of Myrte Chaptor, No. 15, Order of the Eastern Star, took place last night and was an Impressive occasion. About 250 guests were present The Installing offi cers were: Past Worthy Matron Mrs. Annie L. Stone; marshal. Past Worthy Matron Mrs. Rhoda L. Freedner; chap lain, Past Worthy Matron Mrs. Fannie Lounsbury: secretary, Mrs. Mary Seed; organist, Mrs. Etta L. Stone; master of ceremonies, Past Worthy Patron Dr. H. R. Littlefleld. The new officers Installed were: Worthy matron, Mrs. Mary T. Lit tlefleld; worthy patron, J. A. Wilson; as sociate matron, Mrs. Fannie Neppach; secretary, Miss Jennie Peterson; treas urer, Mrs. Lizzie Bailey; conductress, Mrs. Marie Wilson; associate conductress, Mrs. Alice Love; chaplain, Mrs. J. P. Gard ner; marshal, Mrs. Callie Marsden; Adah, Mrs. Belle Wendorf ; Ruth, Miss Marie Schollhorn; Esther, Miss Anna James; Martha, Mrs. Clara Bailey; Electa, Mrs. Elizabeth Aiken; warder, Mrs. Lillian HInkle; sentinel. Mr. Gustaf Wilson: or- j ganlst, Miss Hattie Sailor. The marshal, Mrs. Rhoda L. Freedner, was presented with an elegant badge as a mark of esteem, made by Dr. Little-fi-ld, and she returned thanks in a neat speech. The musical programme was an enjoyable one, and encores were frequent. DAILY CITY STATISTICS. Real Estate Transfers. Emma A. Tomllnson et al. to John R. Tomlinson, 100x100, block 1, Tomlin- son's Addition, Jan. 10 $ l John F. Lacy and wife to Fred Joss, lot 1, block 1, Hawthorne Place, Jan. 10 150 The Northern Counties Investment Company to James Blane, 25x100, Clay and Sixteenth streets, Jan. 10.. DOO George Gardner and wife to Joseph H. Walsh, lot 14, block 33, Alblna, Jan. 7 410 Axel Vester and wife to J. Allen Harrison and wife, lot 9, block 7, Sunnyside, Nov. 15 1,500 Sheriff for Isadore Morris to W. Kaufman, lots 1, 2, 3. 4 and 5, block 25, Mount Tabor Villa, Jan. 9 7 Death Retnrns. January 7, Henrietta Fuller, 23 East Fourteenth street, 71 years; anuerism of an artery. January 8, Minnie Johnson, Good Sa maritan Hospital, 32 years; tubercular disease. January 10, Elsie Boy, foot of Ea3t Stark, 6 months; lung fever. January 8, Johanna Berven, corner East Eleventh and East Clay streets, 39 years; pulmonary tuberculosis. January 8, Adeline Andrews, 52 North Fifth street 69 years; cancer of stomach. January 10, Mary Rogers, 195 Thirteenth street 53 years; Bright' s disease. Contnglous Diseases. Mary Wilson, the Marquam building; typhoid fever. William Marshall's child. Fifteenth nad Kearney streets; measles. J. W. Hylton, St Vincent's Hospital; measles. pr DELICIOUS IN Coffee Tea & Chocolate SENDWD A Dl CCABOOKFOd FOR DADl3 MOTHERS. Bordeo Condensed Milk eo.,-N.Y & U 2M "Ko-Nut" A pure sterilized fat from the cocoanut for Shortening and Cookiug Clean liealthful sweet. Try egg plant or potato chips,fried with "Ko-Nut." They are great ! Ask your grocer or write India Refining Co. Philadelphia, Pa. is unconditionally superior to the foreign artidcVw ssve the. import duty cf5U5aftaftawlwn you buy it Punty above jvspt'eon. Driisb.Dtalerijcllit. The Blumauer-Frank Drug Co Portland, Or., DUtributer. lSE Ki,ik-rm-.3z! OF DRUNKENNESS CURED BY White Ribbon Remedy Can Be Given in Glass of Water, Ten or Coffee TVitliont Fatient's Knowledge. White Ribbon Remedy will cure or destroy the diseased appetite for alcoholic stimulants, -whether the patient Is a confirmed inebriate, "a tippler," social drinker or drunkard. Impossible for any one to have an appetite for alcoholic liquors after using "White Ribbon Remedy. Portland, Oregon ! Woodard, Clarke & Co , Fourth and Washington streets. By mail, $1. Trial package free by writing Mrs. T. C. MOORE. Supt. W. C. T. U.. Ventura. Cal. FALLING HAIR and BALDNESS Kill the Germ that b Destroying the Hair Root NEWBRO'S HERPICIDE IS THE SCIENTIFIC REMEDY THAT KILLS THESE PARASITIC GERMS. For Sale by Druggists. Price $1.00. lfldlctrjwltlil CONDENSED MLK 1 Philadelphia, Pa. M I It stands alone, V above, apart j t The Quality a ILER'5 1 l MALT !1 : i WiiSSffiY 538 ! I nZEM,UT.S2J. 3Jta"a!r SSBnn fn. m I .... -M .'III JL SXrJ.!t i!Jt. "j OF DANDRUFF jMaSMBagpaBBBIgmBggljMBMSMBMK '.IjThcmpsin'sEyaWator sore tjti, THE PALATIAL OHM BUILD Not a darlc office In the bulldln absolutely fireproof) electrlo Ugh and artesian Yvatert perfect sanita tion and tborongh -ventilation. Elc vators run day and. night. Rooms AINSLIE. DR. GEORGE. Physician.... 603-001 ANDERSON. GUSTAV. Attornev-at-Law...eil ASSOCIATED PRESS; E. L. Powell. Mgr.-Sdl AUSTEN. F. C. Manarer for Orecon and "Washington Bankers' Life Association, of Des Moines, la 302-50.1 BANKERS' LIFE ASSOCIATION. OF DE3 MOINES, IA.; F. C Austen, Manager.602-i BAYNTUN. GEO. R.. Manager for Chas. Scrlbners' Sons 013 BEALS, EDWARD A.. Forecast Official U. S. weather Bureau 01C BENJAMIN. R. W.. Dentist...- 314 BINSWANGER. DR. O. S., Phys. & Sur.410-11 BROOKE, DR. J. M.. Phys. & Surg....70S-7C BROWN. MYRA, M. D 313-314 BRUERE. DR. G. E., Physician... .412-413-414 CANNING, M. J C02-60 CAUKIN, G. E., District Agent Travelers' Insurance Co ....... 7131 CARDWELL, DR. J. R CHURCHILL. MRS. E. J 710-7171 COFFET, DR. R. C, Phys. & Surgeon 7001 COLUMBIA TELEPHONE COMPANY.. ... 604-005-600-607-013-614-0131 CORNELIUS. C. W.. Phys. and Surgeon... .2001 COVER, F. C. Cashier Equitable LIf 30)1 COLLIER. P. F.. Publisher; 8. P. McGulre. "Manager 413-4131 DAY. J. G. & I. N. 313 DAVIS. NAPOLEON. President Columbia Telephone Co C07 DICKSON. DR. J. F.. Physician 713-71 DRAKE. DR. H. B., Physician 512-513-5H DWYER, JOE F., Tobaccos ..402 EDITORIAL ROOMS Eighth flocr EQUITABLE LIFE INSUKANCE SOCIETY; L. Samuel. Mgr.; F. C. Cover, Cashier. ..3C3 EVENING TELEGRAM 323 Alder street FENTON, J. D., Physician and Surgeon.500-013 FENTON, DR. HICKS C; Eye and Ear... 511 FENTON. MATTHEW F., Dentist 312 GALVANL W. H., Engineer and Draughts man - .600 GAVIN. A., President Oregon Camera Club, 214-215-21U-217 GEARY, DR. EDWARD P., Physician and Surgeon - 212-213 GEBBIE PUB. CO., Ltd.. Fine -Art Pub lishers; M. 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Cashier Mutual Life of New York 408 WILSON. DR. EDWARD N., Physician and Surgeon .304-303 WILSON, DR. GEO. F.. Phys. St Surg 700-707 WILSON. DR. HOLT C. Phys. & Surg..507-508 WOOD. DR. W. L.. Physician 412-413-414 WILLAMETTE VALLEY TELEPH. CO..613 A few more elegant offices may be liad by 'applying to Portland Trust Company cf Oregon, 100 Third st., or tu xne rent cleric In the building. A LOCAL AND CLIMATIC DISEASE Nothing hut x local retnady or chsnge of climate will cure ca tarrh. Get a well-known 3PECWIC. ELY'S CREAM BALM It is oulckly Ab sorbed. Gives Relief at once. Opens and cleanses AllaylnflammaUon. COLD HEAD Heals and PrtlwU W UtmFlU tho Membrane Restores the Senses of Taito and Smell. No Mercury. No Injurious druff. Regular Size, 50 cents. Family Blie. fl.00 at Druffgtets' or by malL ELTt BROTHERS. CO Warren St. New York. If ftfiicted wio sen tjtt, om r0 m US $& W Hi b rMirEa CATARRH Thompson's Ey Water