Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (July 26, 1901)
THE MOKNING OREGONIAtf FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1901. TWENTY BLOCKS BURNED FIRE. CAUSES LOSS OF $700,000 AT t DAVENPORT, IOWA. Large Lumber Yard and Forty Resi dences Destrovred One Hundred 'People Are Homeless. DAVENPORT, la.. July 25. Fire laid waste an area of sawmill and residence property here tonight equal to 20 or dinary city blocks, and caused a loss of $700,000 The" flames started In some big piles of kindling wood belonging to the Rock Island Fuel Company, on the levee. A brisk breeze carried the flames direct ly across the immense lumber yard of "Weyerhauser & Denkmann, which were soon seething masses of flames. The spread of the Are was so rapid that the workmen barely had time to leave the yard, some losing their coats and dinner palls. The flames pushed their way into the adjoining residence district, closely settled with middle-class homes of an average value of a few thousand dollars each, from) which the occupants es caped only with their lives and the cloth ing on their backs. Over 40 homes were thus burned, some of them tenements, re sulting in a: hundred families being ren dered homeless. The Are was fought heroically by the Are departments of Davenport and Rock Island and Molinc, 111., the latter cities responding promptly to an appeal for aid from here. The efforts" to check the flames were un availing, until they spread on the north to the spacious grounds of St. Cather ine's Hall, a boarding school for young ladies, which was eaved after the -first story was 'burned. Gradually the flames made their way to the less-thlckly pop ulated portions of the city and by 10 o'clock the conflagration was under con trol. The mill and yards of the Weyerhauser & Denkmann Company were totally de stroyed. Loss, $400,000. The loss on resi dences and other property is $300,000 more. MOTHER SPOKE FOR SON. Hrs. Foslmrg Says He Did Xot Kill His Sister. PITTSFIELD, Mass., July 25. In the Fosburgb manslaughter case today, Mrs. R. T. Fosburgh, the gray-haired mother, went upon the witness-stand and told in simple words how her daughter was killed, as she believed, by burglars. Her etory was given with frequently uncon trolled emotion. Her voice failed her and she shed tears. Miss Bertha Sheldon, a guqst in the Fosburgh home on the night of the tragedy, was another important -witness. By her testimony the defense wished' to show that there were burglars In the house, and that they wer eseen by little Beatrice Fosburgh. Miss Sheldon testified that May Fos burgh sang "The Holy City" Sunday night, and th emembers of the family kisse dand bada pne another good-night, as was 'their custom. Shortly after mid. night, the witness was awakened by a piercing 6cream, and then she heard a pistol shot. She got up, opened the door and asked what was the matter. She saw May upon the floor, and she saw young Robert Fosburgh near his room. She also saw Batrlce, Mr. Fosburgh, Sr and his wife. She called Beatrice to her and again asked what had hap pened. Beatrice replied, "Burglars have entered the house and shot May." Miss Sheldon said she sat up the rest of the night. She went away next day, as she knew she would be in the way if she stayed. The witness believed that all the members of the Fosburgh family were much devoted to each other. Mrs. B. E. Bullard, now of Madison, Wis., another witness, declared that on the fatal night about "midnight she heard two men talk ing loudly in front of her house, and after they had "been gone about an hour she heard pistol shots far off. Mrs. Nellie Besterly, of East Cheshire, who lived In Plttsfleld. testified that her husband was sick on the night of August 20, and she said ho was disturbed by the loud breathing- of two men who had stopped running when opposite her house. She opened the blind and told one of the men who was "standing by a tree to so away. j Mrs Fosburgh was the last witness for the defense, and Immediately after her testimony was concluded the defense rested. Some rebuttal testimony closed the case, with the understanding that the Government would have an opportunity of placing Colonel Whitney, the state de tective, on the stand in the morning. TWO OUTLAWS CAPTURED. Members of a Gnng Which Operated In Kansas and Oklahoma. LEAVENWORTH, Kan., July 25. Sol Temple, a member of the old Ellsworth gang of outlaws, which several years ago operated extensively Southern Kansas and Oklahoma, was" captured, together with William Jones, alias William Hensley, by two detectives near Fort Leavenworth In the "Klondike," a saloon district outside the Army reservation. They had, it is alleged, planned a raid on the saloons,, and had cut the telegraph and telephone wires to Leavenworth to make escape easier. Jones snapped his revolver twice at the officer who covered him, but it failed to Are, and the officer shot him in the neck. The wound is serious, but not fatal. Temple will be taken to Pond Creek. O. T., -where he is wanted on sev eral' charges. BROWN RELEASED FROM JAIL. "Convicted of Conspiracy in the Fa mous Defcnbach Case. CHICAGO. July 23. F. Wayland Brown, who, with Dr. August M. Unger, was con victed of conspiracy to defraud an in surance company in the famous Defen bach case, was today released from Jail here and thej verdict sentencing him to penitentiary vacated, and an order impos ing a fine of $2000 substituted. Judge Tuley, upon the announcement of the verdipt, said he would have been satisfied with . a fine, believing that Brown was slightly to blame in the conspiracy. Brown paid $1300 of the fine today, and his wife, the daughter of a wealthy Cleveland steel manufacturer, became security for the remainder Men Shot by Lnnatic "Will Recover. LEAVENWORTH, Kan., July 25. Dr. Charles McGee and Sergeant of Ppllce Dodge, the two most serloupsly wounded in yesterday's attack of Michael Kelly, the crazy man, were somewhat Improved today, and It Is believed that they will recover. They are both still very low, however. The three others wounded by Kelly are In good condition. Alleged Mnrdcrcr Acquitted. BLACKFOOT. Idaho. July 25. Billy Trapp, who shot and killed Tom CalTan last night, after Callan had badly cut Trapp's bartender with a knife, was com pletely exonerated today, after a prelim inary hearing on a charge of manslaugh. ter. Robber .Visited GnmblinK-Honse. TUCSON, Ariz., July 25. A lone robber secured several thousand dollars from the "Big Adobe" gambling-house tonight. The robber escaped. Will Meet the Congressmen. VANCOUVER, Wash., July 25. State Senator E. M. Rands, A. B. Eastham and H. J. BIddle, the committee appoint ed by the Vancouver Commercial Club to meet and accompany the Congressional rivers and harbors committee on their trip down the Columbia to this city, left by steamer for The Dalles this morning. The committee is expected to arrive here ,some time tomorrow to inspect the Gov ernment work at the head of Shaw's Island, opposite this city, also tho chan nel of the Columbia between Vancouver and the mouth of the Willamette River. LANGUAGE OF THEIR OWN. Peculiar Slansr Used by the Tramp Fraternity. Walla Walla (Wash.) Letter la Spokane Spokesman-Review. One hears some queer expressions when he goes down. Main street past the long line of harvesters. They have virtually a dialect of their own. The uninitiated knows not whether they are discussing the weather, differential calculus, pros pective wages or the exact nature of the "idea" in Plato. Each of the 1000-odd harvest hands now in town forms one of a peculiar class, with customs, traditions and a language as distinct from other classes around them as the trusts are from Mr. Dooley. Yesterday the Spokesman-Review corre spondent, in a vain endeavor to extract something tangible from a Cripple Creek hobo, who had evidently Just struck town, resolved to go to the "Jungles" and com pile a dictionary of the hobo vernacular. The resolve was induced by the following lucid explanation from the hobo of his presence and intentions in Walla Walla: "You see, I left de Creek wit a white liner and a yeg about midnight on de drag, and took de gunnels to Florence. Dere I caught de rods of de high-stepper and de shacks didn't savvy. See? Ven I hit de desert dey took to fanning me so hard I took de tops, and de eagle eye STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF ()-.-----v---s--------s-w----- First. Resources National. Loans and discounts $1,694,820 39 United States bonds 1.100,000 00 Other bonds and stocks 2,368,959 61 Real estate, furniture and fixtures 89,757 9S Cash and exchange 2.358.5S9 37 Totals $7,612,127 33 Liabilities Capital stock $ 500,000 00 Surplus and undivided profits '. 711.229 45 Deposits 5,924,317 90 Circulation : 476.5S0 00 Totals .' .$7,612,127 35 queered me at Mlnturn and de con ditched me at a wet boiler. I mooched round an hour and got a pair of dookeys from a sky pilot who didn't do a ting but trow In a spiel about de Lord. I hit de drag for Ogden and bagged de gunnels to Walla "I'm goln' to be a slave a month or two to get a stake: then I'll pull out for Cal." The hobo in question was too old to come down to his mother tongue for ex planations, but from younger members of the "frat" along the creek bottoms some definitions were obtained. Hobo Definitions. They have divided harvest hands Into four classes "white-liners," "yegs," "dingbats" and "dynoblns," or, as the latter are more familiarly known, "dy nos." The white-liner is the top-notcher, judged by the tramp standard. He is the honor graduate of trampdom. The white, liner gets his name from the hobo name for whisky (white-line), and he represents a type which does no work whatever, begs constantly, generally through the medium of a little boy, and drinks liquor all the time. Next in order of merit are John Yegs. John Yeg works once a year in harvest and then only to get a small "stake." He accounts toll a disgrace. The dingbat is the hobo with a trade who beats his way over the country and works wherever he can get a Job. He Is a barber or a printer, perhaps, but Is not at his trade because he has lost his pos sltlon, or from choice. He is apt to rise later into a yeg, or even a white-liner. The. lowest Is the dynobin. This speci men carries his blankets and Is out for work. He will work hard and faithfully. Perhaps it is unjust to class him as a hobo, but In the broad acceptation of the term he is called one. All year ne ioi lows work, herding sheep, harvesting, and in the Winter probably working on rail road construction or public works. All these classes except the dingbats go to the -"Jungles" In the suburbs or woods to sleep. Here they cook, get rid of ver min, and in the two former classes do petty thieving. The dingbat, who came of a respectable family and has a trade, holds up his head as long as he has a cent. He may be found at the cheap lodging-houses, preferring to He on a mattress and go hungry occasionally. Consequently he Is bitterly hated by the white-liner and the yeg, who drive him coldly from their campflre if he is forced to the shelter of the jungles. Really, none of the classes associate, though they are gregarious among themselves. The whlte-llner and the yeg are on speaking terms, but neither has any time for the dingbat or the dyno. The dingbat and the dynoblns do not associate at all. The former Is too proud. Life in the Jungles. The jungle classes live happily and In Gipsy style. They inhabit the railroad banks or the stream bottoms or old rail road houses. They pick up an occasional chicken and take to the neighboring fields for new potatoes and sweet corn if any Is available. Hand-outs are gathered up all day, and if some fortunate member is in a position to "rush the can," the little camp holds a carnival at night. They have peculiar titles for their viands. Chicken is "gump." bread is "punk," doughnuts are "sinkers," butter Is "smear." coffee Is "Java" or "mud." Other terms are "kickers" for shoes, "strides" for pants, "skyplece" for hat. or "lousecage" among the yegs, "warm ers" for blankets, "Missouri" for corn, "wackembos" for molasses, "shack" for hraVomnn. "airle eye for engineer, "slave" for a fireman or harvester, "high. stepper ior a passenger uii &"u "drag" for freight, especially a local, "gunnels" for brakebeam, "cow" for milk, "wet" for water. The hobo calls the average citizen a "human." The policeman Is a "bull," on tVio fhlpf nf Pnlloe the "klne bull." Similarly, a section hand Is a "snipe," and the section boss a -"king snipe." Their vernacular extends to almost every thing. The whlte-llners circle the United States. They Summer here and Winter in Califor nia and Mexico. The criminal classes are recruited from the yegs. . Tovrne's Rennnciation of Silver. Louisville Courier-Journal. Charles A. Towne, whose arguments for free sliver were considered the ablest pre sented on that side of the question in the campaign of 1896, has been interviewed by the New York Sun, and is thus reported: The free silver question is absolutely dead in the West. It will not only not be an issue in 1904, but I do not believe it will be men tioned In the Democratic platform or cam paign. Our position on free silver In 1896 and 1900 was misunderstood. We were not de manding more market and profit for the silver mines, but more money for the country to keep up prices. God In his wise providence has provided a vast increase In the supply of gold, and today there Is more money in the country than there would have been If the gold supply had remained stationary and the mints have been opened to the free coinage of silver. So long as the present condition con tinues or the supply of gold continues to In crease there can be no successful or serious demand for the free coinage of sliver. Cer tainly, that demand cannot again be made an issue in a National campaign until there is a big change in industrial or financial con dltlons. Mr. Towne's remarks are interesting because he has been the recognized leader of the free silver men, and not because they contain any news of a scoop value. Will positively cure sick headache and prevent its return. This is not talk, but truth. Carter's LI ttlo Liver Pills. One pill a dose. Try them. TO STOP TIMBER ABUSES FRAUDULENT ACQUISITION OF PUB LIC LANDS MUST CEASE. Commissioner Hermann Suspends All Proofs Made This Year Under the Timber and Stone Acts. WASHINGTON, July 25. On account of the timber land frauds discovered in Montana and Idaho, Commissioner Her mann, of the General Land Office, has suspended all proofs made during the present year under the timber and stone act, pending conclusion of the full In vestigation and inquiry begun some time ago. The suspension applies to all states where Government timber land is pur chased, and involves thousands of cases. Many large companies and speculators, it is alleged, have had "dummies" as agents, making purchases of these lands from the Government. Commissioner Hermann said today: "Owing to the act of Congress permit ting selections of valuable timber lands, as Indemnity for lands held by indi viduals and corporations within forest reserves, a speculation in so-called forest reserve scrip has developed. This is a means by which the owner of such lands within forest reserves may relinquish PORTLAND NATIONAL BANKS AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS, JULY 15, 1901. Merchants National. $1,0G0,959 00 50,000 00 210,316 08 59,791 51 498.689 53 $1,879,757 07 $ 250,000 00 76,718 16 1,503,638 91 49,400 00 $1,879,757 07 them to the Government and in lieu thereof take valuable lands out of the un appropriated public domain, or may con vey his holdings to another person seek ing to exercise the right of selection. "This provision has produced great riv alry among speculators and extensive mining companies In the acquirements of large tracts of timber lands. It has In duced many others, who are not owners of such scrip or exchangeable lands In side forest reserves, to avail themselves of an earlier act of Congress, approved June 3, 1878, the timber and stone act. "This limits each purchaser to 160 acres and expressly requires the applicant to swear that the purchase is not specu lative, but Is made In good faith for his own exclusive use, and that he has made no agreement whatsoever with any per son for transfer of his title. "For many years, particularly the past year, this law has been grossly violated and abused by persons who perjure them selves before the local land office. The General Land Office has directed its spe cial agents to report on any further cases that may be discovered and all land officers have been warned to exercise the utmost strictness In the examination of parties and witnesses. Many of the fraudulent proofs made must have been detected at the time had the registrars and officers at local land offices strictly applied the rules for scrutiny of proofs of applicants. After such proofs have passed the local officers, showing regu larity and apparent good faith of entries, it is impossible for the authorities here to detect an error or fraud." Prospectors and Timber Men. GRANT'S PASS, July 25. Last even ing 30 men arrived in this city from Michi gan. These men are here for the purpose of prospecting for gold and acquiring mining and timber claims. They say that many eyes In the East are turned toward Oregon, and that an unusually large im migration of people may be expected in this state during the coming year. CLATSOP COUNTY PROSPERING. Liabilities "Were Rednccd $31,000 in Past Six Months. ASTORIA, July 25. The reports of County Treasurer Thompson and County Clerk Wherlty for the six months ending June 30 were filed with the County Court today. The Treasurer's report shows the receipts and expenditures to be as follows: Cash on hand January 1, $4698 53; re ceipts, $147,898 86; expenditures, $124,112 17; balance on hand June 30, $28,435 22. The Clerk's report shows that the In debtedness of the county was reduced $31, 112 17. This reduction is due in a great measure to the large amount of delinquent taxes that have been paid. On January 1 the excess of liabilities over resources was $60,354 36, and on June 30 only $2S, 454 39. The liabilities and resources are as follows: LIABILITIES. Warrant's outstanding as per last report Warrants issued Warrants paid $ 64.567 78 Estimated accrued interest.' 3,800 00-$68,367 78 RESOURCES. Cash in General Fund $ 6,74S 03 Cash In Bridge Fund, No. 1 648 92 Cash In Special Road Fund 336 40 Cash in Nehalem Road Fund 172 96 Cash in Public Road Kund 20 00 Tax purchases (being balance of taxes and costs on property bid 1 in by County Judge and unredeemed) YearlSS9 $ 259 62 Year 1890 42136 Year xo91 t 3,659 72 YearlS92 13,301 12 Year 1&3 7,082 66 YearlS94 1 8.095 59 Year 1855 6,355 10 YearlS96 .-. 5,134 84 Year 1897 11,768 33 YearlS9S . 4,719 99 Year 1899 f 3,175 82 ' $63,974 15 Deduct 50 per cent for county school, roads, school dis tricts and city taxes included in above and erro neous assessments $31,9S7 07 $31,987 OS $39,913 39 Excess of liabilities. DEPARTMENT OF ALASKA CLOSED. Recent Orders Merge It in the De partment of the Columbia. WASHINGTON, July 25. The War De partment today issued the formal order closing the Department of Alaska, and merging It into the Department of the Co lumbia. General George M. Randall, with his personal and departmental staff. Is ordered to Vancouver Barracks, to take command of the Department of the "Co lumbia. He will leave St. Michael about September 15, when the change will take place. Some Additional Facts. SEATTLE, July 25. Some additional facts are brought down from the North today concerning the removal of Clerk George V. Borchsenlus at Nome by Judge Noyes. It is learned that Clerk Borch senlus did not resign as was reported, but that he was removed from office by an order from Judge Noyes. It seems that his resignation was requested several times by Judge Noyes and only afterClerk Borch senlus had refused to comply with his request, did the Judge take definite ac tion. On several occasions the Judge at tempted to hold a personal Interview with Clerk Borchsenlus, but the latter evaded it on the ground that he was afraid that anything which might be said would not be ' correctly reported afterwards. The removal followed. After the removal of Clerk Borchsenlus Judge Noyes appointed as Clerk of the Court, Harry C. Steel, formerly manager of the Nome Daily News. 4000 Tons of Oats for Manila. SEATTLE, July 25. Major George Ruh len, the local Quartermaster, acting under instructions from the Quartermaster-General, will tomorrow advertise for bids for the contract to furnish the Govern ment with 4000 tons of oats for shipment to Manila. Bids for the contract will be opened by Major Ruhlen on July 30. 'Iho specifications require that the oats shall be delivered at either Seattle or Tacoma at the option of the Quartermaster, on or before August 15. FOREST RESERVE DIMINISHED Presidential Proclamation Opens Some Olympic Lands. SEATTLE, July 25. By the proclamation of President McKlnley re-establishing the boundaries of the Olympic forest reserve, which has Just been received in this city, considerable lands are taken from the re serve. These lands, which have been re stored to the public domain, have been open for settlement from the date on which the proclamation was issued, July 15, but will not be subject to entry, filing or selection until after 90 days' notice has been given by- the Secretary of the In terior. In some cases additions have United States Ainsworth National. National. Totals. 627,230 81 $309,495 73 $ 3,692,506 83 51,800 00 25,000 00 1,226,800 00 34,701 Zo 2,613,76 94 130,556 00 321,403 25 203,288 90 3,550,620 71 41,302 76 490,052 83 $1,210,386 43 $703,041 88 $11,405,672 73 $ 250,000 00 33,20017 876,386 26 48,800 00 $100,000.00 34,759 16 543.2S2 72 25,000 00 $ 1,100,000 00 857,906 94 8,847,625 79 599,780 00 $1,210,3S6 43 $703,04188 $11,405,672 73 been made to the reserve, but they are more than counterbalanced by the lands eliminated. All lands which may have been em braced in any legal entry or covered by a filing of record in the Land Office, or upon which any valid settlement has been made, according to law, and the statutory period within which to make the entry or filing of record has not ex pired, are not included In the proclama tion. This exception to the new order, however, will not continue to apply to any tract of land unless the entryman, settler or claimant compiles with the law under which the land was taken up. The new proclamation amends the one Issued In 1897, under the law passed in 1891 by Congress, which gives the President power to set aside public forest-bearing lands. The power to modify an executive order was also given to the President in 1897. LYING AT POINT OF DEATH Ranch Manager Near Baker City Stabbed by Employe. BAKER CITY, July 25. Louis M. Gos. ney Is lying at the point of death to night, the result of a stabbing affray early this morning on a ranch six miles from town. He was cut in the stomach and neck by Madison Coffman, an em ploye of the ranch of which Gosney is manager. Coffman is 65 years old, an old soldier and pensioner, and had been repri manded by Gosney for- neglect of duty. Coffman claims he did tho cutting in self defense and tonight gave $500 cash bonds to appear before the Criminal Court, Cottage Grove Story Was a Fake. COTTAGE GROVE. Or., July 25. The charred bones and flesh, said to be the re mains of a human hand, discovered on a trail leading from the cabin of C. L. Fltchard to the river, three miles this side of the warehouse on the Noonday and Helena wagon road to Bohemia, proved to be only the left porepaw of a bear, skin ned out so as to leave the claws on the hide. Yukon Murderer to Hnngr August 23. OTTAWA. Ont., July 25. The case of George O'Brien, the Yukon murderer, was before the Cabinet today and an order in council was passed allowing the law to take Its course. He will be hanged August 23. EARLY MORNING BLAZE. Smith & "Watson Iron Works Suffer 0000 Loss. Fire broke out this morning at 1:29 o'clock at the the Smith & Watson Iron Works, Front and Hall streets, and the loss Is about $6000, fully covered by Insur- $90,895 20 22,137 3S $113,032 5S 48,464 80 $28,454 39 ance. The alarm was turned In from box No. 33, by Special Officer Putnam, and three engines, two fire trucks and one chemical responded, under the command of Chief Campbell and Assistant Chief Laudenklos. The building is well known as the old Penitentiary, used for this purpose fully 30 years ago. The fire be gan in the planing shop, and had gained a good headway before the firemen ar rived, but after considerable work the flames were confined to the planing shop. About 40 men are employed at the place. The origin of the fire Is supposed to have been from wood near the furnace. Ig niting. Advice From Afar. Philadelphia Ledger. How valuable the salmon Industry of the Pacific Is may be Inferred from the fact that the various canning factories have combined, with a capitalization of $25,000,000. Perhaps, now that these es tablishments have been formed into a trust for the future preservation of their capital, the owners will take some steps toward protecting the fish. It is a la mentable fact that a few years after the establishment of the first cannery in the Columbia River, the salmon began de creasing rapidly in numbers, on account of the destructive methods employed to catch them. Great as the industry is at the present time, it Is far below what it was 10 years ago. DEALS IN TIMBER LAND SOUTHERN PACIFIC SAID TO HAVE SOLD LARGE TRACTS. 270,000 Acres Reported to Have Been Transferred to Lnmbermcn Who "Will Open Them Up. SAN FRANCISCO, July 25. The South ern Pacific Company has closed some timber land deals during the past few days that promise to pave the way for the opening up of vast tracts of timber coun try in the northern part of the state in the near future. It is announced that the company's negotiations with T. B. Walker, of Minneapolis, " for the sale of 100,000 acres of timber lands In the Mc Cloud River district have been consum mated. The company is closing a contract for the sale of 70,000 acres of timber land along the Pitt River and its tributaries, and It is announced that another set of purchasers has agreed to take 55,000 acres in Southern Oregon. A syndicate of Pennsylvania capitalists which recently purchased 45.000 acres of timber In the Klamath River district Is preparing to co-operate with other lum bering interests in the neighborhood for the building of a railroad that will con nect with the Southern Pacific and fur nish the facilities for the opening up of a vast forest of virgin timber. (The foregoing dispatch doubtless per tains to lands owned by the Oregon & California and the California & Oregon Railroad Companies, the former being the Oregon end and. the latter the California end of the same railroad enterprise. Both are In control of the Southern Pacific Com pany. However, George H. Andrews, sec retary and acting land agent of the Ore gon & California, says he knows nothing of the reported agreement for the sale of 55,000 acres of timber land In Southern Oregon. About 200,000 acres of the primary grant to the Oregon & California Railroad Com pany lies within areas, recommended to be included In forest reserves. In Cali fornia about 675,000 acres of the California & Oregon Railroad Company's primary grant He within boundaries for which the same recommendations have been made. The Indemnity grant to each company takes in a great deal more of the land proposed to be reserved In each state.) Rate to G. A. It- Encampment. ST. LOUIS, July 25. In general orders Issued today by Commander-in-Chief Leo Rasleur, of the Grand Army of the Re public, in regard to the 35th National en campment, to be held In Cleveland Sep tember 9-14, announcement Is made that the Central Passenger Association has made a rate of 1 cent a mile to and from Cleveland. All other passenger associa tions, East, South and West, have made rates from one fare for the round trip to a fare and a third, plus $2, which will apply through their respective territories, but when the Central Passenger terrl tnrv lo rffphpfl thft l-cent-a-mlle rate will be charged. Tickets will be good going only on date of sale. They will be made good for return passage up to and Includ ing October 8, provided tney are aeposueu with the joint agent on or before 12 o'clock noon, September 15. TRIED TO END HIS LIFE. New Yorker Boarded a Train and Then Stabbed Himself. BUTTE, Mont., July 25. A young man believed to be Henry H. Armsted, of New York, stabbed himself In the region of the heart and gashed his throat with a pocket-knife. In the toilet-room of a sleeping car of the South-bound Oregon Short Line express at the depot here this morning, and is now Jn a local hospital. He rested easily this afternoon, and the doctors at the hospital .say he will prob ably recover. He refused to give any reason for his attempted suicide. George W. Fletcher, his companion, declares money matters had nothing to do with the affair. Monday last Armsted and a companion arrived from the South and registered at a leading hotel as "Henry H. Armsted, New York, and George William Fletcher, Philadelphia." It Is said Armsted is manager of a mine In Idaho, of which Fletcher Is president and Fletcher's father owner. The young men called on some prominent mining man in this city yes terday, and this morning started for the depot In a carriage. While Fletcher was arranging his baggage In a seat Armsted staggered from the toilet-room In the sleeper, the blood streaming from his throat. Pointing dramatically at Fletcher he gasped: "Harry, I did this to save you," and fell unconscious. He was at once taken to a hospital. Fletcher re fuses to say a word, even declining to dis close his own Identity of that of his com panion. It Is said the young men are prominently connected In Philadelphia. "Who the Men Are. PHILADEx .xiA, July 25. George Wil liam Fletcher is a son of George A. Flet cher, of the firm of Mitchell, Fletcher & Co., wholesale grocers, of this city. He left this city several days ago on a six-weeks' vacation, which he Intended spending in studying several mines In the West in which his father Is a stock- A Baby's Birth is very much like the blossom ing of a flower. Its beautjr and perfection depends entirely upon the care bestowed upon us parent. Expectant motners should have the tenderest care. They should be spared all worry and anxiety. They should eat plenty of good nourishing food .and take gentle exercises. This will go a long way toward preserv ing their health and their beauty as well as that of the little one to come. But to be absolutely sure of a short and painless labor they should use S regularly during the months of gesta- trvn Tfc?a le a nfmnt. liniment whiph is to be applied externally. It gives SklbUkUUUU VijtU. fc fcW Mw-u prevents all of the discomforts of preg nancy, which women used to think were absolutely necessary. When Mother's Friend is used there is no danger whatever. Get Mother' Friend at the drug I store, SI per bottle. THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO. ATI AVTA. (1A I Write for onr free book," Cfor Bby It Born." E. & W. TIOXA. E. & W. fjT p A Breakfast Tabic Triumph. It Breakfast Food The Popular Hot Weather Breakfast Dish. Malt Breakfast Food Is the greatest triumph amongst foods ever provided for the breakfast table. Its delicious flavor and great nutritive properties make it in valuable for well and healthy people, Invalids and convalescents. It builds up solid flesh and strengthens bones, muscles and tissues. Malt Breakfast Food is fast superseding oatmeal and other grain foods. At all grocers. holder. Henry H. Armsted is a close friend of young Fletcher. He Is a civil engineer and Is employed by the com pany which controls the mines In which the elder Mr. Fletcher Is interested. Armsted's home is in New York. Fletcher was unaccompanied when he left here, and It Is not known where the two young men met. NEW YORK, July 25. Henry H. Arm sted, Jr. lived with his father In Brooklyn. He left here a week ago to Inspect Fletcher's mines In Idaho. At the request of young Armsted's father, Willinm Fletcher, of Philadelphia, went with him. Snit for a Reedier. DAYTON, O.. July 25. The minority stockholders of the Miami Valley Gas & Fuel Company brought suit here today asking for the appointment of a receiver, and an Injunction to restrain the local banks from paying any money to the Central Contract & Finance Company. Their alleged cause of action Is that the late Calvin S. Brlce, acting with others, formed a conspiracy whereby the com pany was allowed to lose the ownership and control of gas wells and gas fields in Mercer County by allowing leases to expire, and by allowing the wells to de terloriate with the object In view of get ting hold of them themselves, under the name of the Central Contract & Finance Company. a Sj(500,000 In Gold Enprnpred. NEW YORK, July 25. The National City Bank has engaged $500,000 In gold at the assay office. Its destination Is not stated. TRAVELERS' GUIDE. Time Card of Trains PORTLAND Leaves. Arrives. "North Coast Limited" 2.00 P. M. 7:00 A. M. Twin City. St. Louis & Kan. City Special. 11:30 P. M. 8.00 P.M. Olympla, Tacoma, Seat tle. South Bend and Gray' Harbor Exp... 8:35 A. M. 0:15 P. M. Two trains dally to Spokane. Butte. Hel ena. Minneapolis, St. Paul and. the East. A. D. CHARLTON. AssU Geo'l Pass. AgL 233 Morrison St. Portland. Or. Tickt Office. 122 Third il ' Phoru 680 LEAVE J The Flyer, dally to and ARRIVH No 4 from St. Paul. Minna-1 v0 3 . u (spoils. Duluth. Chlcat-o L M . .. 0:00 P.M. ja,d a;; polnta East. 7:00 A. M Through Palace and Tourist Sleeptra. Dime and Buffet Smoklng-Llbrary Cars. JAPAN - AMERICAN LINE STEAMSHIP KAGA MARU For Japan. China and all Asiatic point will leave Seattle About July 23rd Pacific Coast Steamship Co. FOR NOME The magnificent new steel Steamship Senator will sail from Seattle and Tacoma direct. From Tacoma 12 m., Seattlo 4 p. m., Aug. 1st. For rates, restn atlons and other lnluiuiatlon apply to the company a agents rv-bio.N. -iJ Washington st., Portland. Or. Ticket Offlce 007 Pacific avenue, Tacoma. G. M. LEE. Ticket Agent. F. W. CARLETON. N. P. R. R. Dock. Ta coma, Wash. Ticket Otflce CIS First avenue. Seattle. M. TALBOT. Comm'l Agent. C. "W. MILLER. Asst. Gen'l Agent, Ocean Dock. Seattle. Wash. GOODALL. PERKINS & CO.. General Agenu, San Francisco. Pacific Coast Steamship Go. For South-Eastern Alaska Leave Seattle 9 P. M. Steamships QUEEN. COT TAGE CITY. CITY OF TO PEKA and AL-KI. July 5. U. 12. H. 10. 22. 24. 29. Aug. I, 3. 8. 13. 14. IS. 2J. 25. 2S. For further Information obtain company's folder. Thf company reserves tne rignt to change ateamers, calling dates and hours of Balling, without previous notice. AGENTS N. POSTON. 24'J Washington St., Portland. Or.: F. W CAKLETON N. P. R. R. Dock Tacoma: Ticket Olllce. G1S First ave.. Seattle. M. TALBOT. Comm'l Agt.. C. W. MIL LER Asst. Gen'l Agt Ocean Dock. Seattle; GOODALL. PERKINS & CO.. Gen'l Agents. San Francisco. WHITE COLLAR LINE STR. BAILEY GATZERT. DALLES ROUTE. Dally round trips. Leaes foot Alder street ery morning at 7 o'clock, except Monday. Arrive at The Dalles 3 P. M. Leave The Dalles 4 P. M. Arrive Portland 10 P. M. Landings Vancouver, Cascade Locks. St. Martin's Springs. Hood River, White Salmon, Lyle and The Dalles. ASTORIA ROUTE. STR. TAHOMA (Alder-street dock). Leaves Portland dally every morning at 7 o'clock, except Sunday. Returning, leaves As toria every night at 7 o'clock, except Sunday. Oregon phone Main 351. Columbia phone 351. BUSTUfl t L1VESP0JL i QUEEKSTOW.N New England. Twin Screw. 11.600. Aug. 14 Commonwealth. Twin Screw. 13.000, Aug. 28 PORTLAND t9 LIVERPOOL Cambroman ..Aug. 3 Dominion Aug. 10 Vancouver ...Aug 31 Vancouver Oct. 5 THOMAS COOK & SON, P. C. Gen'l Azents, 621 Market St.. Saa Francisco, Cal. occiiies..0 NEW TWIN SCREW 6000 MM L SIFRRA. SONOMA & VENTURA SS. SIERRA. Honolulu. Auckland and Syd ney Thursday. August 1. 10 A. M. SS. AUSTRALIA, for Tahiti Aug. C. 10 A. M. SS. MARIPOSA, for Honolulu, Saturday. Aug. 10. 2 P. M. i. D.5FRECXELS & BR3S. CO., BstKrai Agents. 327 HarMSt Gn'I Umw 012a, 643 Market SL, Fiir lo. I f aciSe St ( vrt (3fiREATH0RTHERW II 'KstaPll 1 rasM Record Voyage 6 Pats. 7 Hours. 22 Minutes. TRAVELERS' GUIDE. l-mii rtnirr ShojtLusE AMD THREE TRAINS DAILY FOR ALL POINTS EAST UNION DEPOT. Leave. CHICAGO-PORTLAND SPECIAL. For the East via Hunt ington. B.00 A.M. 4 -SO P. It. Dally Dally. SPOKANE FLYER. For Eastern Washing ton. Walla Walla, Lew lston. Coeur d' Alen and Gt. 'Northern Points. 6:00 P. M. Dally. 7:00 A. U. Dally. ATLANTIC EXPRESS. For the East via Hunt ington. 9:00 P.M. Dally. 8:10 A.M. Dally. OCEAN AD UIVER SCHEDULE. FOR SAN FRAN CISCO. Str. Columbia sails July G. 10. 2G; str. El der sails July 1, 11, 21, 31. S:00 P. M. 4:00 P. M. From Ainsworth Dock. FOR ASTORIA and way points, connecting with str. forllwaco and North Beach, str. Has salo. Ash-St. Dock. 3:00 P. M. Dally ex. Sunday. Sat. 10 P. M. 5: 00 P. it. Dally. Ex. Sua, Str. T. J. Potter, for Astoria and Hwaco, leaves Ash-street Dock dally except Sunday and Monday. For time of departure and ar rival see seaside schedule, to bo obtained from O. R. & N. agents. FOR SALEM and wayl6:45 A- M. points, str. Elmoru.iMon.. 3:00 P. it Tues., Ash-St. Dock. Wed.. Thur. Sat. 3.00 P. M. Mon.. Wed.. Frt. iFrL FOR DAYTON. Ore gon City and Yamhill River points, str. Mo doc. Ash-st. Dock. 7-00 A. M. Tues., Thurs., Sat. TICKET OFFICE, Third and Washington. Telephone Mala 712. PORTLAND & ASIATIC STEAMSHIP CO. For Yokohama and Hong Kong, calling at Kobe. Nagasaki and Shanghai, taking freight via connecting tenmers for Manila. Port AT thur and Vladlvostnck. INDRAVELLI SAILS JULY 23. For rates and full information call on O address officials or ageala of O. R. A N. Co. EAST m SOUTH Ueitot ! Kill una Lent r I Streets. Arrive OVERLAND EX PKKss XUAl.NC for balem, Koae burg. Ashland, sac- 8:30 P. M. 3:30 A. M. 7:43 A. M. 7:20 P. M. r a m o n to, ogdeu. ban rranclsco. Mo lave, Los Angelea. El Paso. New Or leans and the East. At W o o d b ura tdally except Sua iyj. morning train .onuects with train for lit. Accel, bll v r t o n. Brown rllle. b'pringu eld. and Natron, and Albany Local far ilU Angil and SU- ertoix lbany passenger.... orvallls passenger herldan passenger 4:00 P. M 7:30 A. M. ,14 so P M 10:10 A. M. '3:50 P. M. 3:23 A. M. , -3 Dally. HUaily except Sunday. Rebate tickets on sale between Portland. Bac ramento and San Francisco. Net rates $-1 "5 first class and $14 second class, lnchiuinif aleeper. a Rates and tickets to Eastern polnta and Eu-tovl--lir JAPAN. CHINA. HONOLULU an AUSTRALIA. Can be obtained from J. B, K1RKLAND. Ticket Agent. 140 Third atrttu YAMHILL DIVISION. Tasaenger Depot, foot of Jefferson tret Leave ror Oswego dally at 7.20, U.40 A. M. 12.JO. 1-53. 3.23. 4.40. 0.23, 8:30. 11:30 P. if.; and a .00 a. M. on Sundays only. Arrlv at 1'ortland dally at 0:J3. a.3v. lo.SO A. M.L 1:35. 3:10.. 4:30. 0:15, 7:40. 10.00 P. M.; 12.411 A. M. dally, except Monday, b.Ju and 10.04 jl. M. on Sundays oniy. m Leave for Dallas dally, except Sunday, at B.05 P. M. Arrive at Portland at 0:30 A. M. Passenger train leaves Dallas for Alrlls Mon days, Wednesdays and Fridays at 3.CO P. M, Returns Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturday, Except Sunday. R. KOEHLER. Manager. C. H. MARKHAM. Gen. Frt. & Pass. Agt. Northern Commercial Co. Nome St. Michael Yukon River Sailing dates approximate only. From From San Francisco. Seattle. St. Paul July23 Conemaugh July 23 Aug. 1 Portland Aug. 23" Connecting at St Michael for Dawson City and all Intermediate points. For rates of passage, freight and other par ticulars apply to Empire Transportation Co. Pujjet Sound Agent. Seattle, Wash. Astoria & Columbia River Railroad Co. LEAVES I Depot Fifth and ARRIVE3 -a pircciR. For Ma.ji.-ern. Katnler, Clatakanle. Wostport, Clifton. Astoria. War renton. Flavel. Him mono. Fort Steven. Gearhart Pic, Seaside. Astoria and Seuhort Expresa, Dally. Astoria Express. DIly. 8:00 A. M. 11:10 A.M. 0:40 P.M. Dally except Saturday. tSaturday only. Ticket otnee 235 Morrison st. and Union Depot. J. C. MAYO. Gtn. Pass. Act. Astoria. Or. COLUMBIA RIVER SCENERY The Dalle Route Steamers dally, except Sunday, between PORTLAND. CASCADE LOCKS. HOOD RIVER and THE DALLES. Leavo Oak-street dock night and day at T A. M. and 11 P. M. M. V. HARRISON. W. C. ALLAWAY. Agent. Portland. General Agent. For Oregon City, Salem Way Landings Steamers AUona and Pomona, for Salem and way landings, dally except Sunday, 0 43 AM. Steamer Leona. for Oregon City, leaves week: days S.30. 11 30 A. M 3 and 0.15 P M ; Sundays. leaves 8. 0:30. 11 A. M.. 1. 2.30. 4, 5:30. 7 P. M.. Oregon City, round trips 23c Offlce and dock foot 'Taylor t m 1m!uIc0p fJ SUNSET -Tl O OGCEN $ SHASTA il Vn rcJS3 Jnl XhegulatorX. R- LINE "u&ag.bb&J tVA.-.-trJ&fr.. ra,Jfcf&.ia "iJftjW JU'