Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, August 21, 1901, Page 4, Image 4

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    THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1901.
W NEW UGH! ON WRECK
SURVIVORS ADD XOTHISG TO THE
ISLAADER DISASTER.
Captain Did A'ot Know of Opening;
of Wnter-Tieht Compartment
"When Kc Gave Order to Go On.
VICTORIA, B. C. Aug. 20. Interviews
tr:ih the survivors of the steamer Islander
u: reached here last night and this
vrring railed -to throw any further light
pa the disaster, and .none were able to
jive eny additional names, Mitchell Jack
ind Norman Law, son of H. S. Law. of
tV"bertlr.I waiters, who some reports say
r- tD dp added to the list of dead, having
-en reported in the first Instance. The
;urrtcrmasters who were at the wheel
it the time corroborate the statement of
?Ict Lcblanc as to Ice having been seen.
ind also as to the condition of the wcath-
a;d they reiterate the statements so
liften made of the coolness of the officers
inJ crew, and of the efforts to save the
g:assengers at the risk of their own lives.
Second Slate Powell has modified his
Statement that a man on a raft drew a
(Tvolver and threatened him and Captain
oote in his efforts to get them to leave
the raft. He now says the man simply
threatened them, and did not draw a re-
:Ivcr. But the man accused, A. C.
Jeach, a. member of the first Canadian
?crtingent, has come forward and says
ie was the man who threatened to shoot
iry ne who attempted to board the raft,
baylr.g in justification that the raft was
ilready overloaded, and he did not have,
:fe preserver on. while the others dm.
Ie admits having- tried to throw a China--.an
off the raft because he was rolling
from side to side, and causing the raft
p capsize. He says Captain Foote was
fitting on the raft smoking a pipe, which
had handed him when the raft cap-
fclzed, and he (the captain) swam away
o a spar.
Stowaway Locked In.
Captain Ferry, one of the quartermas-
jcrs, says that when the doors of the
iiur.kers were closed to prevent the in
law of water, there were 11 stowaways
an there passing coai, ano tney were
taken down in the ship. The chief engi
neer, who ordered the bunkers closed, did
foot knew that these men were still in
she bunkers. The women, the captain
rays, acted splendidly, and after they
reached shore worked to restore those who
rare brought in after them.
Captain Harris, an ex-sealing captain,
Lr.d latterly on one of the Tukon steam-
rrs. was coming down as a passenger.
lie was with Captain Foote in the dining
tall when the ship struck, and says that
he report that Captain Foote was drunk,
r that anybody was the worse for liquor.
absolutely false. He was on the bridge
up to 12:30 with captain jucmanc, ana
ferifies the pilot's statements as to the
londitlon of the weather. When the ship
Struck he went on the bridge with the
iptain, and heard him give his orders
the coolest possible manner. when
le boats were lowered, uaptam iiarns
rent to the port side, as the second mate
Sad net yet been called, and he says ever''
person who was in sight was taking to
ie boat?, he being the last one to leave.
k.s to what iiappened on the starhoara
Hide, he is unable to say. Every life
lat it was possible to save, he says, was
laved. The stewards did their utmost
awaken the passengers. Second Steward
cvrler giving up his life in the effort;
fut the captain thinks many did not real-
the danger, and went down as they
glept. Had others presented themselves
ifcere was room for them in the port
loats.
I S. Applebaum, of Dawson, says he does
Bet think all the passengers were aroused,
ind he adds that there was lack of disci
pline.
Andrew Keating and his two sons, of
3S Angeles and this city, were not seen
liter the ship struck, and it Is believed
h y slept through it all.
Tie Islander was Insured for 100,000,
the company estimates that it lost
p 090 by the disaster" and, besides, lost
Ihe'r best steamer just as business is
getting good.
I The census of the North will have to be
Sakcn over, as the list was lost in the
reck.
check, was arraigned in the Justice Court
this afternoon on an information charg
ing him with obtaining money under
false pretenses. He was committed to
the county jail to await his preliminary
hearing, which was set for Friday.
3Iana(?er of Sawmill Resign.
F. D. Butzer, who has been connected
with the Clatsop Mill Company as man
ager, has severed his connection with
the company, and will devote his atten
tion to his lumber Interests on Puget
Sound.
MUCK INTEREST IX STREET FAIR.
Committees at Baker City Report
Good Progrress.
BAKER CITY, Aug. 20. The commit
tees in charge of the Baker City street
far and carnival are making excellent
progress, according to reports submitted
at a mass meeting of citizens last evening.
The ladies' auxiliary committee has made
arrangements for an exhibit of fancy
work and all things pertaining to the do
mestic arts, which will be one of the
features of the fair. Prizes will be
awarded for the best exhblts.
At the suggestion of the women there
wil be a baby show one afternoon. The
committee on carnival queen announced
an Informal ballot commencing tmorrow
and continuing for two days. At the
close of the informal ballot the committee
will select the three women having the
highest number of votes as the candi
dates to be voted for formally. Formal
votes for queen will cost 5 cents each.
The horticultural and agricultural com
mittee reported that It had received as
surances from a number of farmers that
they would be on hand with fruits and
grains and make as fine a showing as
possible.
The arch on Main street, at the entrance
of the fair, will be a handsome piece of
work. The contract for painting and dec
orating it has beeen awarded to Ernest
Miller, of Portland, who will begin work
next Monday.
SHADOWED HiM FOR MILES
accomplices' sawed through three Iron
doors. He wag arrested Monday in Portland.
OFFICER THEN SEIZED BAGGAGE
OF FRAAIC .M'BRIDE.
He Is Snid to Boj Wanted for Com
plicity in Robbery of Snlt Lake
Poatofilce.
BAKER CITY, Or., Aug. 20. Frank Mc
Brlde, son of ex-Judge McBride, of the
Supreme Court of Utah, now a practicing
attorney of Spokane, and a nephew of
ex-Senator George "W. McBride, of this
state, accompanied by a woman named
Claypool, who says she is his wife, and
has a child about 7 years old, which she
says is theirs, got off the train from the
East at S:30 last evening, and took rooms
at Mrs. Stewart's boarding-house, near
the depot. Unbeknown to them they
were followed by Inspector Bennett, of
the United States Department of Utah,
who has been tracing them from place to
place for some time by intercepting their
mail. McBride left behind hbii in Utah
a wife and two small children, and it is
supposed the woman now with him, who
WORTHLESS fiOTES PASSED.
Tliree Men Alleged to Have Much
Paper of a Brtnlc Long? Defunct.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20-Secret
service officers have arrested in this city
three men accused of passing bank notes
purporting to be issued by the State Bank
of New Brunswick, N. J., an institution
long defunct. The plates had never been
destroyed, and in the hands of some
criminals have furnished about 1,000,000
notes in denominations from $1 to ?20,
which have been distributed all over the
"United States. On Information furnished
by Frank J. Ferry, who was captured a
week ago, the officers have just taken
Into custody William Hogan and E. W.
Smith. The latter, who, according to
Perry, Is the leader of the gang, has
been for eight years chief clerk of the
Federal Life Savings service In this city.
He has been released on bail, but the
other two men are in jail. Other arrests
are expected to follow.
FEDERAL BUILDING SITE
GOVERNMENT PAYS 517-1,450 FOR
GROUND IN SEATTLE.
license ordinance in certain particulars,
tne chief Item changed to be that relating
to licensing merry-go-rounds. It was or
dered that the fee for such attractions be
lscreased to $30 per week.
Notes Were Genuinely Printed.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20. Government se
cret service officers tonight visited New
Brunswick, N. J., and obtained possession I
Structure Will Be on Union Street
and Third Avenue Bid Ac
cepted Not the Lowest.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. The Secretary
of the Treasury today accepted the offer
of Crawford & Conover of a site at the
southeast corner of Union street and Third
avenue, Seattle, for the location of the
Federal building to be erected In that
city. The accepted site Is 181 by 210 feet
in dimensions and costs $174,750. While
not the cheapest site offered, it is con
sidered to have the best location f any,
being well up toward the docks- of for
eign steamship lines, and In line of the
probable growth of the city. It will event
ually be in the center of population, as
well as in Seattle's business center. It is
at this time north of the center of popu.
REWARD FOR ROBBERS.
Sheriff of Clackamas County Wants
Men "Who Entered a. Store.
OREGON CITY, Aug. 20. Sheriff Cooke
has offered a reward of $25 for the ar
rest and identification of the men who
robbed C. Wang & Co.'s store at Canby
on August 3. The thieves entered the
store by means of a pass key and car
ried away shoes and gloves to the value
of $30. A portion of the stolen, goods
was sold at Hubbard and the authorities
think they have the men spotted. Infor
mation blanks and descriptions of the
suspects have been sent to officers all
over the state, and the arrest of the
thieves will probably follow within a few
days.
Slot Machines Closed.
Chief of Police Burns this afternoon
closed all of the nickle-in-the-slot ma
chines, that pay money, In the city. .The
order affects eight machines in as many
saloons. The robbery of a slot machine
in Rambo's saloon last Saturday morning
brought about the order, Deputy Dis
trict Attorney Compbell taking the
ground that the robbery would not have
occurred If the machine had Hot been in
operation. It is not expected that the
order will be enforced after the temporary
agitation ceases.
THE STEAMER ISLANDER.
IN FAVOR OF THE CAPTAIN.
Sle Did Not Kaon- of Opening: of
"Water Tight Compartment.
SEATTLE, Aug. 20. J. T. Snyder, of
euneau, who was on the wrecked steamer
s.anacr, but returned to Juneau after
Iscaping a watery grave, arrived on the
Steamer Farallon today from Juneau. He
ras in the water three hours, clinging to
raft, -and was finally picked up in an
Inconscious condition. He left the boat
ist half a minute after the captain
imped overboard, and they held on to
:e same raft for fully half an hour, and
conversation the captain said he could
lot understand why the boat went down
go quickly. The captain finally said:
"Boys, I cannot stand it any longer,"
Jnd, casting his life preserver away, at
Ince went down. At the inquest held at
Suneau, which Mr. Snyder attended, evi
dences developed which may tend to ex
fuse the capialn-for not beaching the ves-
el at once. Mr. Snyder said:
The pilot testified that he was
an the bridge, and as soon as
ie vessel struck he told the cap-
.n he was going to beach here, but the
iptain said, 'No, there is a better place
ibout three miles from here, and she will
asl y float thalong
; "The testimony showed that there was
stowaway in the forward water-tight
iempartment, and when the vessel struck
water rushed in on him, and he set
p a big howl, and being immediately
tr.dcr the sailors' quarters, they thought-
?ssly rushed down and opened the com
partment, which allowed the sea to come
Jlllng into the hold, carrying the body of
:e stowaway and a sailor with it. This
tcs done without the captain's know-
huge, and, I think, excused him for thlnk-
ig the vessel would float several hours,
h'"h It would have done had the water
tight compartment not been opened, and
e cou!d have beached her in a small bay
ibcut three miles away.
TRUSTEE OF WOOLEN MILLS.
Albany Mflln Will Take Charge of
Brownsville Concern.
ALBANY, Or., Aug. 20 A meeting of
the creditors of the Eagle Woolen Mills,
of Brownsville, was held in the office
of Referee Bryant, in this city, this after
noon. The creditors being unable to
agree upon a trustee, the referee ap
pointed R. W. FiBher, of Albany, and
placed his bonds at $25,000. The assets
of the company amount to about $25,000,
consisting of the mill at Brownsville and
a stock of goods at Portland, while the
liabilities will be somewhere between $160,
000 and $200,000, of which $127,496 27 is due
Hugh Fields, whose large fortune has
nearly all been placed in this mill. It is
the Intention to dispose of all the prop
erty for the benefit of the creditors.
ALASKA TELEGRAPH LINE.
Valdes-Eagrle City Wire Is Up to
Copper Center.
VALDES, Alaska, Aug. 13, via Seattle,
Aug. 20. The telegraph line building from
this place to Eagle City, on the Yukon,
has been completed to Copper Center,
while the government trail Is finished as
far as the mouth of the Chestochlna
River, 50 miles further inland. Both tele
graph line and trail will in all probability
be completed to Eagle before Winter.
A permanent telegraph office has been
established at Copper Center, which will
be of great convenience to the military
authorities, as well as mining men. The
Government, Millard and Glacier trails
all center at this place, which Is the only
town between Valdes and Eagle. The
government has a military reservation at
this point, with barracks, warehouses, of
fices and barns, while It is a central point
for miners and prospectors going to or
coming from the Copper country or the
Chesna districts
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Advices From Sttkn.
SEATTLE, Aug. 20. According to late
advices from Sitka, the United States
cutter Rush arrived In that port at 6
o'clock on the evening of August S. On
the following day, while Investigating
some alleged troubles, eight natives were
placed under arrest for fighting and
threatening to cut the seines belonging to
white fishermen.
Frank Lawton, a white man, wns also
arrested and charged with adultery and
selling liquor to Indians. He was held to
appear at the October term of court in
Sitka.
A. general round-up was made of all
white men who were living with squaws,
and they were taken before the court and
compelled to marry.
"What suffering frequently results
from a mother's ignorance ; or more
frequently from a mother's neglect to
properly instruct her daughter t
Tradition says "woman must suf
fer," and young women are so taught.
There is a little truth and a great deal
of exaggeration in this. If a youag
woman suffers severely she needs treat
ment, and her mother should see that
she gets it.
Many mothers hesitate to take their
daughters to a physician for examina
tion : but no mother need hesitate to
write freely about her daughter or
herself to Mrs. Pinkham's Laboratory
at Lynn. Mass., and secure fromf a
woman the most efficient advice with
out charge.
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SALOON LICENSE RAISED.
Walla Walla Will Chnrgc $0GG Per
Year After October.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Aug. 20. By
unanimous vote the City Council tonight
passed an ordinance increasing the license
fee for the sale of liquors, in quantities
less than one gallon, to $666 a year, pay
able In one lump sum, in advance. It
prohibits the sale of liquor on Sunday.
All liquor licenses heretofore Issued for
a fee of $350 each are revoked, and the
holders are given credit, if they desire,
for the amount of the unearned fee, upon
new licenses. The ordinance goes into
effect October 1, 1901.
The new ordinance Is very comprehen
sive and radical, as compared to the one
fixing the fee at $C0O, vetoed last Spring
by Jacob Betz, then Mayor.
WHICH, WITH 43 OF HER PASS ENGERS, WENT DOWN OFF DOUGLAS ISLAND, ALASKA, THURSDAY'.
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NORTHWEST DEAD.
Hon. J. L. Ferguson.
FOREST GROVE, Or., Aug. 20. Hon. J.
L. Ferguson, an Oregon pioneer, aged
about 75 years, died today at his home
at La Fayette, where he had lived for
about 50 years. Death was due to a
stroke of paralysis. A widow, three sons
and a daughter survive him. He had
served in the Oregon Legislature.
Captain E. D. Dixon.
DAWSON, Aug. 6, via Seattle, Aug. 20.
A telegram from Eagle today announces
that Captain E. D. Dixon, master of the
steamer Louise, died at Circle August 5,
of heart disease. The Louise is en route
up the river with four barges. The
heavy tows make her progress slow, but
she will be here In a day or two. Cap
tain Dixon left a wife, a daughter and a
son in Oakland, Cal. He was formerly
in the service of the Diamond Joe Com
pany, on the Mississippi River, between
Keokuk and St, Louis.
Comment of London Newspapers.
i LONDON. Aug. 20. The disaster to the
sanadian Pacific steamer Islander is com
peted upon by nearly all of the news
papers. In some particulars the tragedy
ra.is the loss of the Iorth German
"& steamer Elbe, which sank off the
thcast coast of England in January,
j. On that occasion 3S5 lives were lost,
lut the circumstances of both collisions
-cre curiously similar.
2 Bnshels of Oats to the Acre.
M'COY, Aug. 20. E. E. Robbins has just
finished threshing a field of 15 acres of
Clydesdale Spring cats that yielded 13S0
bushels, or an average of 92 bushels per
acre. They are a plump, white oat, grow
tall, and have a good, stiff straw, which
keeps them from falling. The grain
weighs 44 pounds per bushel from .the
machine. Mr. Robbins imported the seed
from England two years ago at a cost of
$2 50 per bushel, and it weighed 50 pounds"
per bushel at that time, but was extra
well cleaned.
Old Soldier Attempted Snicide.
ROSEBURG, Or., Aug. 20. An Inmate of
the Soldiers' Home of the name of John
H. Parent, recently from The Dalles,
attempted suicide this morning by cutting
his throat with a razor. He cut into his
windpipe, but did not sever It, and it is
believed he will recover. He Is a consump
tive, and probably made the attempt upon
his life while despondent. It Is stated
he ehot himself at The Dalles two years
ago with suicidal attempt.
LITTLE FALL FISHING TALK.
Lstorla Canneryaen Undecided as to
What They "Will Do.
ASTORIA, Or.. Aug-. 20. There is little
uk of Fall fishing on the Columbia as
let. In fact, the market is so unset-
Ecd on account of the great run on
fuget Sound, Fraser River and Alaskan
latcrs that nothing will he decided upon
intU the extent of these packs is known
ind some estimate of the future demand
in be made. The cold-storage people
ill take steelheads and probably some
ilmon, but none of the cannerymen have
leered what they will do.
Case Was Dismissed.
The case against Ed Lewellyn, driver
hose wagon No. 1, on the charge of
Jumping sawdust into the waters of the
lolumbia River, was called before a Jury
the Justice Court today. Lewellyn
ras arrested by the late Water Bailiff
packman, and on account of the latter's
Seath there was no prosecuting witness.
iter hearing the testimony of the prose-
f-ition the case was dismissed by the
aurt for want of proof sufficient to sus-
un a verdict.
Committed to Jail.
Henry Cameron, the man who was ar--
ested yesterday for passing a bogus
Portland 3Inn Slated for the Place.
BAKER CITY. Aug. 20. Chairman Sam
White, of the Democratic state central
committee, will name a secretary of the
state committee In a few days. It is un
derstood that he has decided on a man
for the place and rumor has it that he is
a young Democrat of Portland, who has
been active in Democratic circles for
some time past.
Cnlifornin "Winery Bnrncd.
SANTA ROSALIA. Cal., Aug. 20. The
winery of W. H. Hotchklss & Co. was
destroyed by fire today, entailing a loss
of $150,000.
is quite handsome, is the one who caused
him to desert his wife some time ago.
Early this morning Bennett obtained a
search warrant from Justice Meslck, and,
with Officer Hammersley, proceeded to
the Stewart house, arrested McBride and
took possession of the baggage of the
couple, the examination of which has
not yet been completed. The couple has
been released, but are under surveillance.
Inspector Sharpe is expected tomorrow
with additional evidence. McBride is
said to be wanted for complicity in the
postofiice robberies at Salt Lake on July
14 and July 31. He says he is innocent.
The inspector, says there is no doubt he
is the man, but the conclusive evidence
has not yet been found.
When searched, on the person of Mc
Bride and the woman, and in the differ
ent articles of baggage, were found a
lot of letters, Identifying his whereabouts
at various times just before and after
the postoffice robberies "in Salt Lake last
July, a great many postoffice keys, chlo
roform, knock-out drops, etc. When ar
rested and searched McBride was cool and
acted as though he had expected It. The
woman was agitated and persisted in his
Innocpnce. It is evident from the con
versation of the couple, and their talk
with the officers, that McBride plays a
lone hand, and makes no one his con
fidant. He is posing here, as he has in
other places he has visited, as the agent
of Collier's Weekly and other publica
tions, but the home office has denounced
him as a fraud, so It Is reported. A more
thorough examination of the letters and
papers found in the baggage of the couple
will be made tomorrow, and after the ar
rival of the other inspector It will be de
cided whether to take McBride back this
time or wait for more evidence. Mr.
Bennett says they can get him within
two weeks whenever they want him.
McBride said tonight, when interviewed,
that he could establish beyond the ques
tion of a doubt that he was not In Salt
Lake City on either date when the post
office was robbed, and that he had not
been there since July 4. On July 14 he
was at Dingle, Idaho, and for two days
previous to July 31 he says he was at
Logan, Utah, and left there on the night
of July 31 and came north to Shoshone,
Idaho, where he says his name will be
found on the hotel register of August 1.
He says a woman and her daughter from
Logan were on the train with him, and
can establish the truth of his statement.
Ho says he Is a duly authorized agent of
Collier's Weekly, and Is working under
the direction of Mr. Magulre, the North
west agent of the publication, who has
an office In the Oregonlan building. He
says Magulre sends him a check every
week, and that the head office has writ
ten him frequently congratulating him on
his work.
The keys found in his possession, he
says, are time-keeper's keys, which he
had when he was time-keeper at the
Bunker Hill mine, and that he carried
them away accidentally, but that they
were rot needed, as there were duplicate
kej's at the mine. He said he wrapped
them up, Intending to return them to his
brother, who succeeded him. and is now
the time-keener, but forgot to do so. The
inspector, however, insists that they are
postoffice keys.
The inspector .laid he did not expect
to find the registered mall, but expected
to find evidence of the fact that Mc
Bride was in Salt Lake on the dates men
tioned; but thero was nothing In the bag
gage of cither McBride or the woman to
establish that fact. McBride says he Is
on his wav to Portland, rd that he will
canvass all the principal towns between
here and there. Ho expects to remain
here several days.
of the plates and" pearly $200,000 (face
value) of the notes of the old State Bank
of New Brunswick. The notes were not
reprinted from the old plates. They were
genuinely printed 30 years or more ago
by the bank Itself, but were never signed
by the president and cashier. Lax meth
ods in winding up the affairs of the bank,
26 years ago, seem to have been responsi
ble for the alleged big swindle in other
states with the bank notes as a basis.
The bank went into liquidation some
years ago. Colonel John A. Newell was at
that time appointed receiver, and wound
up the affairs of the institution. He has
since died. In the course of his operations
lallon, and even farther north of the
business center. Twenty sites were offered.
SOLDIERS' LITERARY" CLUB.
Members of Company II Form an
Organization at Vancouver.
VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash.,
Aug. 20. A meeting was held at Com
pany H's quarters yesterday for the pur
pose of establishing a literary club for
the benefit of the enlisted men. Ser
geant Hurley presided. After a great
deal of discussion pro and con it was de
NORDSTROM BROKE DOWN.
Ruliner of Court Makes It Almost
Sure That He Will linns Fridar-
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 20. Charles W.
Nordstrom will in all probability be
hanged In the garret of the King County
Courthouse Friday for the murder of
Willie Mason, nearly 10 years ago. James
Hamilton Lewis, counsel for the prisoner,
failed to secure a stay of proceedings frm
Judge W. R. Bell, of the Superior Court,
today, and the question Is not appealable.
Nordstrom, for the first time in his 10
years' ' imprisonment, broke down and
wept when In his cell.
nMoil -r oQtnViHah flia lii QnVs;rrfn.
he sold the old note plate to Adam Lud- tions were received and thn following
wig, a junk dealer of New Brunswick. permanent officers elected for the re-
The sale was as old metal. The junk
dealer also bought the waste paper and
all the junk out of the bank. In the
waste paper he found about $500,000 worth
of notes. These were in the original
sheets and uncut and unsigned. These
notes he sold or gave to Jacob Weigel,
who is a collector of coins and old notes.
He kept them some years and then be
gan to dispose of them to coin dealers.
Among others he sold some to Greenburg
& Smith, of San Francisco. This firm,
Mr. Weigel says, afterwards sent him
large orders for the notes, and In all pur
chased some $185,000 worth, counting their
face valued The plates remained In the
possession of the junk dealer.
Tonight secret service agents saw Mr.
Weigel. They were satisfied with his ex
planation, and he gave them what he
had remaining of the notes except those
he kept for his collection. He was not
arrested.
Ludwig, the junk man, turned over the
plates. They had never been used since
the bank last run off a lot of the bills.
CONCILIATION MOVE FAILED.
San Francisco Labor Council Ad
dresses Farmers on Strike.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20. The execu
tive committee of the labor council to
night issued a statement addressed to
the farmers of California, reviewing the
present labor situation in this city and
defending the cause of the locked-out men
and strikers. The address places the blame
for the transportation troubles with pre
venting the farmers for moving their
products on the Employers' Association,
which has forced the issue by
recognition to the unions, and has re
fused to treat for speedy settlement of
the trouble. Another attempt at con
ciliation has failed, the City Front Fed
eration having refused to modify, at the
solicitation of the committee of 100, of the
Federation of Improvement Clubs, Its last
draft of terms of peace.
A number of nonunion men were sent
to Port Costa today to assist In discharg
ing ships.
Thirty more men today applied for and
were given work at the Union Iron Works.
There were several clashes today between
union and nonunion men, but none of a
serious nature.'
malnder of the current year: President
Private John E. Kelley; vice-president,
Murray Kersey; treasurer, George T.
Lightly; secretary, Sergeant John J. Hur
ley; committee of management, Privates
Hal McCarthy, Elmer Creek, Niels Jen
sen, Frank A. Gharet, John M. Dennis.
The following papers and periodicals were
first ordered for a year: Dally Orego
nlan, Ainslle's, Collier's, Sunday World,
the Call. The club will be a boon and a
blessing to the men during the Winter
months, morally, socially and Intellect
ually. Military Orders.
Colonel Frank E. Nye, Assistant Com
missary General, arrived at Vancouver
Barracks yesterday, relieving Major
Charles R. Krauthoff.
An order has just been received here
from Washington that hereafter all ap
plications for enlistment or re-enlistment
of married men in the Artillery Corps
will have to be determined by the com
manding officer of that district, or where
organizations are detached or not serving
in artillery districts, by the commanding
artillery officer.
Lieutenant Wallace M. Cralgle, Seventh
Infantry, has been granted a leave of
absence for one month.
Peter Frost and Charles E. McClure,
enlisted at Portland, have been assigned
to the 10th battery of field artillery, sta
tioned at Fort Walla Walla, and will be
sent there at once.
New Rural Delivery Routes.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. The Postoffice
Department today authorized the estab
lishment of rural free delivery at Ellens
burg and Pullman, Wash., on October 1.
with Ashbury R. Williams and George W.
Hill as respective carriers. The former
route, 23 miles long, will serve a popula
tion of 600, while the latter, 25 miles long,
will serve 700 patrons.
Mrs. August Pfalzgraf, of South
Byron, Wis., mother of the young lady
whose portrait we here publish, wrote
in January, 1899, saying her daughter
had suffered for two years with irreg
ular menstruation had headache all
the time, and pain in her side, feet
swelled, and was generally miserable
She received an answer promptly with
advice, and under date of March, 1890,
the mother writes again that Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured
her daughter of all pains and irregu
larity. Nothing in the world ecruals Lydia E.
Pinkham's great medicine for regu
lating woman's peculiar monthly
troubles.
away, covered with blood. A bullet had
penetrated Knudson's head and another
had struck him in the breast. He con
ducted a station house for travelers about
four miles from the scene of the killing
and was well-known. Last Fall an at
tempt was made to take his -life, when his
horse was shot and killed under htm. He
was not known to have an enemy, and the
crime Is clouded In mystery.
MORE PAY FORCITY OFFICIALS.
Vancouver Council Let Street Rail
way Franchise Go Over. -
refusing VANCOUVER. Wash., Aug. 20.-The
wiy uuuuuH just iiiK'ii- increased tne sal
aries of the City Marshal, night police
and driver of the fire engine from $45 to
$50 per month. The pay of the street
cleaner was also raised from $1 50 to $1 75
per dav. Homan street, laid out several
years ago along the right of way of the
Washington & Oregon Railway, but never
opened, was ordered to be opened to the
city limits north from Porter Brothers
Company's packing house.
The ordinance Introduced two weeks ago
granting to A. P. Plncus a franchise for
a street railway system was laid on the
table.
The City Attorney was Instructed to
draw an ordinance amending the general
Oregon Notes.
The first wheat sold in the open market
at Eugene was purchased by S. H.
Friendly from F. H. Miller, of Irving.
Monday. The price was 5014 cents per
bushel, or 44 cents net.
Clarence Simeral and John Short, of
Macleay, threshed 12,000 bushels of grain
in six days. Last Saturday they threshed
out 2200 bushels of wheat, besides mov
ing the machine three times. Thirty bush
els to the acre is the smallest yield they
have found.
J. I. Jones has let a contract for $1400
to Gover & Taplan. to run a cross-cut of
200 feet on the Winchester group in the
Bohemia district. The surface work al-.
Teady done proves the ledge to be about
100 feet wide. The cross-cut, when com
pleted, will tap the ore body at a depth of
200 feet.
You have tried and were pleased with
them. They stimulate the liver, regulate
rhe bowels, improve the complexion. Car
ter's .u.ttle Liver Pills.
M'Bride Much Like the Man "Wanted.
SALT LAKE, Aug. 20.-AThe description
of Frank McBride. who is under surveil
lance of postoffice Inspectors at Baker
City, tallies well with that of the man
seen in the rear of the postoffice In this
city on the night of the robbery last
month. It Is said McBride was seen in
Salt Lake on the day of the robbery, and
left for Seattle that night.
McBride, while assistant postmaster of
the Salt Lake postoffice, was arrested in
this city in 1S97, charged with embezzle
ment of postoffice funds to the amount
of over $4000. He was indicted by the
United States Court, and on May S, 1897,
was sentenced to four years In the state
prison. He was released on bond Feb
ruary 27, 1SS3, pending, action on a motion
for a new trial, and was pardoned by
the President December last. At the time
of his pardon McBride had a position as
time-keeper at the Bunker Hill & Sullvan
mine, In Idaho. He also worked as a
traveling man after he left the penitentiary.
Astoria Marine News.
ASTORIA, Aug. 20. When the thr.ee
kmasted schooner Lena Sweasy takes on
her cargo of box shooks and her deck
load of lumber, she will first proceed to
San Francisco, where she will discharge
the lumber and take on several tons of
giant powder and dynamite for the Mexi
can mines. She will stop In at nearly
all the ports on the Gulf of California.
Captain Ingram, the weil-known sea
captain, who has been living at Cathlamet
for several years, has decided to give up
the sea for good. He has purchased the
general merchandise store of E. R. Wat
kins & Son, at Cathlamet, and will per
sonally conduct it in the future.
Inspectors of Hullo and Boilers Edwards
and Fuller were In Astoria today inspect
ing the steamer Irene and the ocean-going
tug Samson.
Washington Notes.
J. O. Gllleland, of Portland, will be man
ager of the new clam cannery at South
Bend.
The barbers of Everett seriously con
template raising the prices for shaving
and haircutting.
A tax levy of 12& or 13 mills for city
purposes may be expected by the people
of Spokane. The levy last year was 15
mills.
Edward Sweagle, a, prosperous Colfax
farmer, has been missing from his home
for about three weeks. His friends fear
he has been murdered.
Colfax is to have a free reading-room
for ladles, and a free drinking fountain
for the convenience of country people.
The plan was recently originated, and
quiet hut diligent work has been going on
for some time, with the result that the
project is now assured.
A movement is on foot for the imme
diate erection of a cold-storage plant at
Tekoa, capable of handling all of the
fruits and farm produce raised in that
section of the country. E. W. Campbell,
of the O. R. & N. Co., and other Port
land men are back of the project.
If Waltsburg- will raise $5000 for the en
dowment fund of the Waltsburg Academy,
Mis9 Ina L. Robertson will add $15,000
to it The time limit is October 1, 1901,
an extension made by Miss Robertson,
whose munlllcent offer was made years
ago. Ten thousand dollars of this fund,
if raised, must go to the regular endow
ment fund, while the remainder will be de
voted to a dormitory, for which there Is
great need. The academy Is under the
government of the United Presbyterians.
.Suit to Determine Right.
SALEM, Aug. 20. A proceeding ww
commenced today which will determine th
relative rights of a trustee In the United
States Court In a bankruptcy case, and a
receiver in the Circuit Court of Oregon in
a partnership dissolution suit.
Werner Breyman, trustee of the bank
rupt firm of Rountree & Temple, filed a
petition In the Circuit Court, asking an
order directing H. T. Bruce, receiver of
the same firm, to turn over the property"
in his hands to the trustee. Bruce was
appointed receiver by Judge Bolae, and
took possession of the partnership prop
erty, selling a portion thereof. A few ilaya
ago Breyman was elected trustee of the
same firm in a bankruptcy proceeding,
and the1 question Is as to the pos
session of the property.
Xo Change In Name of Society.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20. The grand
council of the Young Men's Institute te
day defeated, by an overwhelming- ma
jority, the proposition to change the name
of the organization from the Youngr Men's
Institute to the Catholic Institute of
America. A resolution was adopted to
the effect that hereafter there shall be
voted from the fund of the grand coun
cil the sum of $2CO to the council or coun
cils in whose city the grand body shall
meet, to help defray the cost of entertain
ing the grand officers. Officers will bo
elected tomorrow.
AMBUSHED AND MURDERED.
Body of an Idaho Man Found Horse
Also Killed.
G'RANGEVILLE. Idaho. Aug. 20. The
dead body of Swan Knudson was found
today on the Salmon River trail near the
state bridge, In Idaho County. The man
had been ambushed and murdered, and
his pack horse was also killed. His sad
dle horse was found a short distance
Shot and Killed by a Politician.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 20 George D.
Gillespie, well-known as a Populist politi
cian, shot and killed William F. Griffin,,
a plumber's apprentice, tonight. Griffin,
who roomed In a lodging-house conducted
by Gillespie, was quarreling- with his wife,
when Gillespie entered their apartments
and endeavored to pacify the angry hus
band. According to Gillespie's statement.
Griffin made a move as though to secure
and use a knife, when he drew his pistol
and fired, with fatal result.
Wireless Telegraphy at Sen.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20. The North Ger
mnn Lloyd steamship Kaiser Wllhelm der
Grosse. from Bremen for New York, was
spoken this morning by wireless teleg
raphy from the Nantucket lightship.
A candy dealer of National .repute says;
"The American women eat more candy than
any feminine"? on th? faco.of the earth."
For Infanta and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bough!
Signature of CzyfcC
Man Who SawedL Out of Jail.
SALEM, Or., Aug. 20. Deputy Sheriff
Colbath returned to Salem this evening
with Peter Adams, one of the three men
who sawed out of jail here last June.
Adams was in jail awaiting trial for a
burglary at Woodburn, and with his two
Los Raft Still Stuck.
ASTORIA. Aug. 20. Reports received
from Westport today state that the dredge
has not yet begun work in digging the
Robertson log raft out of the mud at the
entrance to the Westport Slough. The
two tugs.-Tatoosh and Richard Holyoke,
are still standing by the raft, entailing a
very heavy expense, as much, It is re
ported, as 520 per hour. On the other
hand it Is said that the owners of these
tugs and the raft areAhe same, but even
If this is so the expense is very heavy.
It has always been understood here that
the Robertson Raft Company was but a
side company to the Southern Pacific system.
Drowned While Worlcinj
EVERETT, Wash., Aug.
With Logs.
20. Herbert
Tucker, an employe of Marshall's Mill,
at Machlns, was drowned In. the mill pond
today, while working with logs.
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