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THE MOBNING OREGONIAN, SATUKDAY. DECEMBER 21', 190r.
LAST FIGHT FOR DALTON
ATTORNEY VEAZIE ARGUES OS" MO
TION FOR NEW TRIAL.
If Tliis Is Denied, Jadgrxaent "Will Bo
Pronounced Dalton Still Pro
fesses IaBOcenee.
Arguments on the motion for & new
trial In the Dalton murder case "were
heard yesterday by Judges Cleland and
Sears, and a decision will soon be reached.
If the motion Is denied, Dalton and "Wade
will be immediately sentenced to be
hanged.
Dalton was present in court during the
argument, but there were few spectators,
because the fact was not publicly known
that the proceeding was to occur.
Clarence "Veazie, defendant's attorney,
devoted considerable time in attacking
the court's instructions to the Jury, par
ticularly the instruction that only one
of two verdicts could be returned mur
der in the first degree or acquittal.
Counsel also argued that the confes
sion of Dalton introduced in evidence
-was Inadmissible, because it was pro
cured by promises. It was also argued
that Wade could not legally testify.
The indictment was alleged to be de
fective. It was urged that it does not
properly charge an attempt to rob, and
for that reason does not charge murder
in the first degree.
Dalton was tried under the section of
the statute which provides that if in the
commission of the crime of robbery, etc,
a killing results, it is murder in the first
degree. The indictment sets forth that Dal
ton and "Wade did feloniously make an
assault on James B. Morrow, with Intent
to take his personal property.
Mr. Veazie contended that this Is not
a statement of the facts constituting the
attempt to rob, as it does not say what
was done. It does not say they put their
irands on him, nor describe what their
actions were. He said the jury should
2iave found two counts; that the defend
ant was attempting to commit robbery
and committed murder.
The answer of District Attorney Cham
berlain to the argument was short. He
said the tendency of the courts Is to in
struct juries as In this case, and it was
done to prevent juries from letting a man
escape hanging by returning a life-Imprisonment
verdict where a man might have
keen guilty of murder In the first degree.
He admitted that the information might
have been changed, but declared the time
to make the objection was at the opening
of the trial by demurrer. Both attorneys
have filed briefs.
Dalton seems to bear up well, but he
fully realizes what Is before him. As he
was being returned to the County Jail
yesterday by Deputy Sheriffs Matthews
and McMillan, he raised his hand in the
air and swore before God that "Wade had
sworn his life away by false testimony,
and that "Wade fired the fatal shot. Dal
ton also asserted in a dramatic manner
that District Attorney Chamberlain and
Detective Day both promised him that If
he would make a complete confession they
would ?ee' that he was not punished ac
cording to the full extent of the law. Dal
ton appears to have received religious
consolation, as he frequently made bib
lical references while talking.
LOGAN'S LITTLE DISCOVERY.
Code Has No Provision for Judg
ments "When Plea Is Not Guilty.
Attorney John F. Logan says that he
has discovered a startling and serious de
fect in the criminal code, which is noth
ing less than that where a person pleads
not guilty, and Is tried and convicted,
there is no provision in the law for pass
ing judgment upon him.
Men have pleaded not guilty and have
been tried and convicted, hundreds of
them, and judgments of sentences pro
nounced upon them, but the attorney al
leges that there is no statute to war
rant it, and that the fatal omission has
heretofore and for many years passed by
unnoticed.
The only statute on the subject, he con
tends, is the following:
Aftor a plea of guilty, or after a verdict
against the defendant on a plea of former con
viction or acquittal. It the Judgment be not
arrested or r new trial granted, the court must
appoint a time for pronouncing judgment.
It will be observed that this refers to "a
plea of guilty, or after a verdict against
the defendant on a plea of former convic
tion or acquittal." The latter means that
the accused, at the trial, as a defense,
pleads former conviction or acquittal on
xhe charge, and falls to establish the fact,
and is Instead convicted.
There Is nothing contained In this stat
ute relative to a plea of not guilty, and a
verdict of guilty following that plea. The
rest of the section states "if the judgment
he not arrested or a motion for a new
trial granted, the court must appoint a
time for pronouncing Judgment." Mr.
Xgan urges that this is the only statute
which pertains to "pronouncing of Juag
znent." and that there is certainly noth
ing In It about pronouncing Judgment,
where a verdict of gulltv has been se
cured, when the defendant pleaded not
guilty.
If this is true, it is a serious matter, and
might result in a hasty call for an Imme
aiate session of the Legislature, as was
recently done in the State of Washington.
The statute concerning an arrest of
Judgment reads as follows:
A motion for an arrest of Judgment Is an ap
plication on the part of the defendant that no
Judgment be rendered on a plea or verdict of
guilty, or on a verdict apaint the defendant
on the plea of former conviction or acquittal.
FIVE DIVOUCES GRANTED.
Decrees of Scpxirntion Issued by
Judjco George.
Yesterday was divorce day, and Judge
George legally separated five couples.
Mrs. Emma Wlgman, in her sult against
TIjs Wlgman, a druggist, testified that
their natures did not agree, and that they
were unable to get along well together.
Bhe stated that her husband falsely ac
cused her of unfaithfulness, followed her,
and endeavored to secure the service of
a friend to watch her. She said he was
extremely jealous and put a detective In a
room next to where they lived. R. West
enfelder testified that Wlgman wanted
him to watch Mrs. Wlgman and inform
him concerning tier act'ons. The plaintirr
was granted a divorce. and also given
permission to resume her maiden name.
Daniel S. McLean was granted a divorce
from Delia McLean, because his wife was
found guilty of the crime of robbery in
the Superior Court of Suffolk County,
Mass., and sent to prison. This occurred
on January 2S, 1901. McLean submitted
depositions and other satisfactory proof
of the conviction of the defendant of the
crime. The parties were married in New
York in 1890, and have no children.
Carrie B. Locke testified that her hus
band, Charles W. Locke, drinks to excess
and failed to supply her with the neces
saries of life. A decree dissolving the
matrimonial bonds was pronounced. She
stated that there are .no children as the
issue of the union, and that the marriage
was solemnized in September, 1S9.1.
Because of desertion, continuing from
July, 1900, Charles F. Adams was divorced
from Amanda C. Adams, to whom he was
married in San Francisco In April, 1S93.
Sophia Everson was divorced from John
Everson on account of desertion. Mrs.
Everson testified that they were married
In Minneapolis in 1SSS, and that her hus
band wilfully abandoned her a little more
than a year subsequent, compelling her to
work for a living for herself and child.
She was granted the legal custody of the
child.
Nora Berry, in answer to the suit for a
divorce filed by her husband, Charles K.
Berry, denies that she has been guilty or
cruel treatment towards him, and denies
his allegation that she Is not a proper
person to have control of their two chil
dren. She charges him with having struck
end abused her and of spending money
which she inherited, and says on one oc
casion ho forced her out of the house into
the rain. She avers that he has an in
come of from 52 50 to H per day from his
business, and asks the court to order him
to pay her J7 50 per week alimony.
TAX ROLL FOR 1001 READY.
It Will Be Turned Over to the Tax
Collecting: Department.
The work of copying tho tax roll of 1901
for use in the tax-collecting department
of the Sheriff's office has been completed
under the direction of David Mackle, and
in a few days the sheets will go to the
bindery, to be made up in book form.
The new roll Is a ponderous affair, ag
gregating over CO00 pages, 44x18 inches in
size, and, under requirements of the new
law governing the collection of taxes, it
will entail considerable additional work
to that heretofore required when the roll
is open for payment of taxes. The copy
ing of the roll has been pushed to comple
tion with commendable speed, and the
recapitulation of values and their segre
gation by districts, kept fully abreast with
the work, that no time might be lost in
ascertaining the exact value of property
in the school districts of the county, and
the various boards of directors have tbe
necessary figures In ample time to base
their special levies for school purposes.
While the work of copying the tax roll
has necessarily required a large clerical
force, it will be satisfactory to the tax
payers to know that it has been done at
a considerably less expense than on for
mer occasions, County Clerk Swctland In
structing Mr. Mackle to keep a watchful
eye on the progress of the work, and In
sisting that all engaged In copying the
roll make diligent effort to keep the cost
of Its completion down to a minimum.
When the several levies have been made
by the school districts and the tax rate
established the roll will be extended, and
then turned over to tho tax-collecting de
partment. The law requires the school district to
levy In the month of January, and tho
county,' city and state also decide upon a.
levy In this month. The taxes cannot be
figured out until it is known what the to
tal levy will amount to. The tax roll will
probably not be received by the Sheriff
until March L Under the new law all who
pay taxes In full by March 15 receive 3
per cent reduction, so there will probably
be a rush at the beginning.
FILES SUIT TO RECOVER ?r,550.
Anltmnn & Taylor Machinery Com
pany Attaches Hushes' Property.
The Aultman & Taylor Machinery Com
pany, of Mansfield, O., yesterday filed an
attachment suit in the State Circuit Court
against Edward Hughes, dealer In agricul
tural implements, to recover J3550. The
store of the defendant, on Front and
MadLon streets, was levied upon, and $490
cash In the London & San Franclsoo Bank
was attached.
The complaint of the Aultman & Taylor
Machinery Company sets out the copy ot
an agreement entered into by the com
pany and Hughes on November 1. 1300,
under which Hughes was to 6ell on com
mission threshing machines, horsepower,
portable and traction engines, sawmills
and other goods, until November, 1D03. It
is alleged that during the period of one
year Hughes sold goods to the value or
$77C5,- and that his Just charges for com
mission and expenses were 54025, leaving
53741 due plaintiff.
Within the same time It is said that
Hughes made time sales and received se
curity of the face value of $G32.". Hughes
was, it is alleged, entitled to 51159 of these
securities, and the defendant received
$3025. On these transactions a balance of
54S1 cash Is said to be due under the con
tract, and upon freight charges which It
is averred Hughes has failed to repay,
51328 Is alleged to be due.
Hughes. It is stated, has refused to
make a settlement In conformity with
plaintiffs' domands, J. J. Fitzgerald and
John F. Logan appear as attorneys In tbe
case.
Articles of Incorporation.
Articles of Incorporation of the Abbott
& Church Company were filed In the Coun
ty Clerk's office yesterday by Louis G.
Clarke. T. K. Abbott and W. D. Fenton.
The capital stock is 510.000. The objects
are to manufacture and sell woven-wlre
mattresses. Mary L. Church, administra
trix of the estate of Samuel W. Church,
deceased, was authorized to sell the woven-wlre
mattress business of Abbott &
Church, of which the deceased was the
sole owner, for 53X5.
Petition In Bankruptcy.
Mrs. Mabel C. Hanson, of Multnomah
County, yesterday filed a petition In
bankruptcy in the United States Court.
The petition does not state what busi
ness petitioner has been engaged In, but
her liabilities amount to 517.59S 9L Her
assets are 5250. exempt under the law.
LOOSE FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
College Students Make a Great Noise
on "Way From Corvallls.
Forty-six students of the Oregon Agri
cultural College, accompanied as far as
Salem by popular Professor Chamberlln,
woke the echoes along the Willamette
yesterday morning, on board the river
steamer Pomona. The boat left Corvallls
at 6 A M., with Its load of live students,
Just turned loose from "exams," and.
judging from the fun on board, one might
well believe that each student was cele
brating t)ver a long list of "passes."
The weikln rang with the old slogan,
"Zip! Boom! Bee!" given with the anima
tion that betokens pride In one's college,
all of which goes to prove that the "hay
seed school" this year is by no means far
from the top. A number of Monmouth
students boarded the boat at Independence
and their "yell" was completely drowned
by the lusty Oregon Agricultural College
lads and lassies, with the help of tne
captain, who merrily kept time with the
whistle.
Among those on board for various points
were:
IIIfs Bates.
Miss Cummlngn.
Miss Thompson.
Miss Ethel Smith.
Miss Ray Smith.
Miss Mae Smith.
Miss Byerlec
Miss Anderson.
Miss Berthold.
Miss Koerner.
Miss Teager.
Miss Allspaugh.
A. M. Allspaugh.
J. W. Allspaugh.
E. L. Allspaugh.
C E. Cummlngs.
R. W. Simeral.
M. D. McAllister.
B. Bower.
H. Watkins.
W. Henry.
C L. Proebstel.
L. W. Mack.
V. A. Cochran.
Guy Smith.
M. P. Bridges.
C. W. Short.
M. B. Moores.
P. Redaway.
J. C. Clark.
A- E. McGilllTray.
W. Weeks.
F. E. Hall.
P. S. Brians.
A A- Post.
H. H. Brians.
J. Emily.
A. Kraus.
J. Wlthycombe.
S. Fawk.
C Abrams.
H. Lusted.
W. B. Stokes.
W. A. Randall.
A. V'. Lemerle.
W. Klssllng.
TREASURES OF NATURE
For Christmas presents. A host of
beautiful plants and flowers now on dis
play at Clarke Bros.', 289 Morrison street.
Pakne, ferns, fern-dishes, decorative and
flowering plants in large variety. Orders
for Christmas cut flowers now being tak
en. Our fine roses, carnations, violets,
chrysanthemums, etc., will tickle the
hearts of your lady friends. They love
them quite as well as you do.
PRESENTATION WATCHES.
We are displaying some very bcautirul
watches suitable for ladles or gentlemen.
Exclusive designs and all the leading
makers. An Inspection of our lines will
prove profitable and enable you to se
cure a permanent keepsake for a holi
day gift. The G. Heltkemptr Co., Jew
elers, 2S6 Morrison street.
Are as small as homoeopathic 'pellets,
and as easy to taU-.i as sugar. Everybody
likes them. Carter Little Liver Pills.
Try them.
NO ZERO WEATHER HERE
THIS IS THE BEST COUNTRY ON
EARTH, SAYS MR. CRAIG.
Just Let People Go Against Blizzards
anil Snowbanks of East, and They
Will Appreciate Oregon More.
General Passenger Agent Craig, of the
O. R. & N., arrived home from the East
yesterday morning, after an absence of six
weeks. Most of this time was spent In
St. Louis. Chicago and St. Paul. Ho at
tended the meeting of tho Transconti
nental Passenger Association in SL Louis
last week, where the decision was reached
to put In one-way settlers' rates to the
Pacific Coast next Spring. He found
temperature in St. Louis 10 degrees below
zero. In Chicago It was 15 below, and In
Wyoming the train got stuck In a snow
bank several hours. But In Oregon he
found everything green, with the sun
shining brightly and the air balmy. He
found the contrast decidedly In favor of
his Oregon home, and it made him feel
like booming the country more than ever.
He cannot quite understand how people
can be- content living elsewhere.
"I was walking down State street. In
Chicago, several days ago," said Mr.
Craig, "and I noticed on a bulletin board
In front of a prominent railroad office
the temperature of Los Angeles and San
Francisco. It drew considerable attention
in face of tho biting cold of the Chicago
temperature. I stepped Inside and asked
the agent why he didn't advertise the
temperature of Portland, Or., too. Ho
readily agreed to do so, and I noticed that
after that he gave the dally temperature
of Portland with that of the other Pacific
Coast points on his bulletin board.
"I think the people of this country talk
too much about the rain. It may be well
enough to talk about our rain to the peo
ple of California, Nevada, New Mexico or
Arizona, where they are nearly always
parched to a greater or less, degree, but
tho people of the East have very gener
ally got the Impression that It rains 'con
tinually in Oregon from the first of Au
gust to the first of June, and they imag
ine our rains to be very disagreeable. This
mistaken Impression, I am sure, deters
many from looking over the state for
homes. They will not be convinced that
our wet season Is not perfectly Intoler
able. Our own people encourage this be
lief by talking too much about the moist
ure here. Appreciating the blessing of
the rain, and knowing well that we have
much fine weather In the rainy season,
they can afford to carry on the Joke about
Oregon's climate. But people who do not
understand the real conditions here are
misled by this talk, and It does the state
a great deal of harm. We should give
more of the accurate facts of our climate
and not talk so much about 13 months'
rain' and 'webfeet' and "mosbacks.'
"A good many people of the East are
looking to the Pacific Coast for new
homes, and I expect a notable movement
In this direction In the Spring."
ADVOCATES EXTRA SESSION.
Senator Turner Against New Trnst,
nnd "Would Invoke Legislature.
OLYMPIA. Wash., Dec 20. A short
time ago Governor Rogers sent Senator
Turner a telegram Inviting an expression
of his views as to the best course to be
pursued in the State of Washington with
reference to the consolidation of owner
ship of the Northern Pacific and Great
Northern Raijroads in the new Northern
Securities Company. Senator Turner's
reply has Just been received. It discusses
the subject to the extent of more than
3000 words, saying, among other things:
Tho act of consolidation referred to cannot
but be Injurious to the Interests of the people
of our state. Whatever specious reasoning In
terested persons may employ to soften or Justi
fy such action. It is true, as it always has
been, and always will be. that competition Is
the life of commerce. Without it, transporta
tion and trafllc are not commerce, but monop
oly. And while monopoly may sometimes alg
nallzn its virtues by the decency and modera
tion of its exactions, and invariably does so
when struFeHng to gain or maintain a foot
hold. It has the samo power to wither and de
stroy that It has to foster, and such is the
extreme selfishness of man that it will be
found pursuing the former rather than the lat
ter course in the end.
Besides, if the fact were otherwise, who Is
there In this country that would hold his pros
perity and happiness as a benefaction at tha
hands of a Tew Individuals, rather than as an
lr.violable inheritance from the Government his
fathers framed. and he Inherited.
Therefore, If there be any power In the Fed
eral and state governments to destroy this at
tempt to fasten a monopoly In transportation
on the Pacific Northwest, a monopoly so power
ful and drastic that it can build up or destroy
at pleasure, and. therefore, control the fortune
of every Individual living under its sway, that
power ought to bo exercised. Such a monop
oly. If It once gain recognition and a foothold,
will not only be powerful to affect the material
fortunes of our citizens, but It will be so pow
erful In Its Influence that If It do not usurp
governmental functions it will be because of Its
ability to utilize and control at will and for
Its own purposes the governmental Institutions
now already established, and which the people
Imagined they were establishing for themselves
and their posterity alone.
This monopoly Is akin to and supplements
tho steel trust, the Standard Oil trust, the
sugar trust, and the countless other manufac
turing trusts which have established monopolies
In all tho necessaries of life. A more helpless,
dependent community than ours, when all these
combinations shall have gotten under full
swing, does not exist on the face of the earth.
The killing effect of such paralyzing instru
mentalities cannot be overestimated. They will
deaden energy, stifle enterprise, blot out In
dividuality and destroy public spirit. A people
contented under such a regime will be devoid
of patriotism, and will sink deper and deeper
Into the slough of despond, nnd In the end will
be the victims of some tyrant on horseback
who covets the liberties which they have neither
the Intelligence to comprehend nor the virtue
to preserve.
Our people are not such a people. They will
never consent to live under such conditions.
You are their Chief Magistrate. They will look
to you. and have a right to look to you. for
protection, and. so far as you are clothed with
power, it It your duty to give them that pro
tection. If the power be In the state, but not
vcEted In ycni or In some other department of
the government which you can set In motion
In other words, if It be dormant then It seems
to me the gravity of the situation Is such that
tho lawmakers ought to be called together, the
situation explained to them, and their action
invoked In the shape of proper and necessary
legislation.
NEW TRANSCONTINENTAL PROJECT
Colorado Roads to Join Forces and
Get Outlet on This Const.
DENVER. Dec 20. The News this
morning says:
Denver Is to be placed directly on the
route of a transcontinental railroad. The
Denver & Southwestern and the Colorado
& Southern Railroad Companies have en
tered Into a compact by which the much
discussed South Park cut-off Is to be con
structed, giving Denver a direct route to
Grand Junction. From that point it Is
Intended, if satisfactory arrangements
cannot be made with George Gould rela
tive to traffic arrangements from Grand
Junction to Salt Lake City, to build an In
dependent road.
Arrangements have been made with Sen
ators Clark, Kearns and others Interest
ed In the new Salt Lake-Los Angeles
road, which will Insure direct railroad
connection with the Pacific Coast. The
project Is one of the most gigantic rail
road schemes developed In the West since
the construction of the first overland
roads.
ALASKAN RAILWAY WRANGLE.
One Company Tryinj? to Prevent An
other's Indorsement.
SEATTLE, Dec. 20. Representatives of
the two great rival Alaskan railway
schemes are wrangling here The strug
gle Is a branch of that now' being carried
on in the United States Senate. The
Trans-Alaska Company, the originators
of the scheme to connect Cook Inlet and i
the Behring Sea country by railway, Is
working for the defeat of a Senate hill
Introduced for the great benefit of the re
cently organized rival -corporation. The
name of this latter corporation is the
Trans-Alaskan Company. Their bill In
the Senate calls for grants from the Gen
eral Government of thousands of acres
of valuable land along the proposed
course of railway. An effort has been
made by local representatives of this com
pany to secure the approval of the Se
attle Chamber of Commerce to the mo
tion for the land grants. Captain Lath
rop, representing the opposing company,
has circulated a petition among promi
nent business men, which asks that in
dorsement be refused the resolution laid
before the Chamber by the Trans-Alaskan
Company's representatives.
Increased Railroad Earnings. k
The earnings of 100 roads for 11 months
of this year have Increased about 563.
000,000, compared with an Increase of
555,500.000 In 1SS0. 552.000,000 in 1899. and
539.500,000 In 1S9S. Twenty roads out of 100
have Increased over 51.000.000 each In the
11 months. Only 12 have shown decreases,
four of the number being Mexican lines.
The percentage of Increase In gross earn
ings shown by 12 systems for 11 months
follows:
Per
Road. 190L Increase. cent-
Baltimore & Ohio ..545.330.767 54.245.461 9.2
Canadian Pacific ... 30.S92.593 "3.423.G64 11.0
C. M, & St. Paul ... 40.370.747 2.4G2.0S5 6.1
Illinois Central 35.677.830 4.257.S33 12.0
Missouri Pacific. .. 32.2S1.95S 4,392,762 13.0
New York Central .. 59.2S5.430 4.302.716 7 3
Northern Pacific .... 34,707,413 5.10LSSS 14.0
Quite a proportion of the roads in tho
list show a gain very close to the average
gain. Indicating that he forces which
have affected earnings have been general
over the country.
Railroad Taxes In Seventeen Statea.
In view of the suggestion that states
that have no other remedy against the
consolidation of their railroads Into trusts
may raise the rate of taxation, the fol
lowing partial statement of taxes per mile
paid In 17 of the states and territories Is
interesting, even if not entirely reliable.
It is tabulated by tho Auditor of State of
Washington, evidently for the purpose of
showing with pride that one of the newest
and least-developed of the states gets
more out of the railways than others in
which similar property Is far more valu
able and productive. Railroad taxes per
mile paid In 1900:
Washington ...5173 07j Mississippi ....$126 04
Nevada 105 11 New Mexico ... 124 63
Michigan 153 SO! Arkansas 120 71
Vermont 142 2IMontana Ill 63
South Carolina. 141 25,Texas ,. 103 58
Wyoming 13S 45iNorth Carolina.. 87 13
Arizona 137 OS South Dakota .. 72 17
Oregon 130 81)Indlan Territory 10 SO
Maine 128 76
Britishers Will Snpply Ralls.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 20. President
Stlllwell, of the Kansas City, Mexico &
Orient, has cabled the officers of that road
here that the contract by which a Euro
pean company Is td furnish rails for the
Orient In Mexico and take In payment
the Mexican Government subrldy has
been signed. The first shipment Is ex
pected to reach Port Stlllwell within 50
days, and the rails will be laid at once
to El Fuerto, the grade being ready.
The first part of the line to be opened
will be that already graded from An
thony, Kan., southwest Into Oklahoma,
and building will continue from either
end of this line as fast as the grade is
completed.
Trainmen Must Talk Spanish.
MEXICO CITY. Dec. 20. The govern
ment has issued the long-contemplated
order that all railway employes In contact
with the public shall be able to speak
Spanish in such manner as to be able to
deal directly with the passengers and the
public In general. The order will proba
bly affect Pullman Company employes.
It Is asserted that many accidents of
late have been due to the Inability ot
trainmen to speak Spanish, causing a
mistaking of orders.
Ronph Wcnther Delays Trains.
The Union Pacific and Northern Pacific
through trains have been several hours
behind time for two or three days on ac
count of rough weather, in the Rocky
Mountain region, deep snow and cold tem
perature. The Southern Pacific has been
entirely free from trouble of this nature
this year, there being no snow at all In
the Siskiyou Mountains. At one time there
was snow to a depth of seven Inches on
the summit, but It did not remain long.
Injunctions Granted.
VANCOUVER. B. C. Dec 20. Injunc
tions were granted by the Supreme Court
here today, restraining the Victoria, Van
couver & Eastern Railway from cross
ing the track of the Grand Forks &
Kettle Valley Railway: and also from
entering on or remaining In possession
of its lands or from taking expropriation
proceedings to acquire the same.
"-lonlst Rates.
CHICAC jcc 20. At a meeting to
day of the o.neral passenger agents of
the roads west of Chicago, colonist rates
for the rest of the Winter were agreed
to. They will be 535 from Chicago to
California one way, and 530 to Montana
points. Tickets will be sold on certain
dates.
SPOKANE TAKES ACTION.
Joins Portland In Work of Improv
ing Upper Columbia.
The Spokane Chamber of Commerce,
upon receipt of the resolutions recently
adopted by the Portland Chamber of
Commerce upon the question of Upper
Columbia navigation, adopted the fol
lowing preamble and resolution, and di
rected that they be sent to members of
the Washington delegation In Congress:
Whereas, The improvement of rivers and wa
terways will vastly Increase our population
and Industries, furnish the farmer a larger and
better home market for his products and great
ly benefit the merchant, manufacturer, farmer,
mechanic and laboring man.
Whereas, Its direct Influence upon the pros
perity of the state, and Its chief factor will
be to control and regulate freight rates; and.
Whereas, An all-water route Is essential to
the Interest, growth and prosperity of this in
land Empire; therefore, be It
Resolved. This Chamber of Commerce Is In
hearty accord with the alms and determina
tions of the Chamber of Commerce of Portland,
Or., In Its effort to secure the overcoming of the
obstructions between The Dalles and Cclllo and
the opening of the Upper Columbia and Snake
Rivers to navigation.
And we further request our Senators and
Representatives In Congress to urge the Im
proving of the Upper Columbia and Snake Riv
ers upon Congress In such method and man
ner as may to them seem advisable.
Tho Portland resolutions have been
printed In a neat pamphlet, with addi
tional explanatory matter, and are now
available for general distribution.
TOOK CARBOLIC ACID.
Miss Ida Bryant Kills Herself "While
Insane.
Miss Ida E. Bryant, aged 24 years, cdm
mltted suicide at her apartments, 107
Third street, yesterday afternoon, by tak
ing carbolic acid. She had been in poor
health for several years, and at times
was temporarily insane as a consequence.
Yesterday morning she went shopping
with a friend, Mrs. Mary A. Townsend,
and was apparently cheerful, but dis
appeared, and, It Is thought, purchased
the poison at a drug store before return
ing home. When found at 3 P. M. she
was lying on her bed unconscious, hav
ing drank fully half an ounce of the car
bolic acid an hour before. Medical aid
was summoned, and all that could be
done was done to restore her, but It
was too late. Miss Bryant was a native
of Nebraska, and leaves a mother and
sister in this city, who are heartbroken
over their bereavement. She was known
as a young woman of amiable dlsribsltlon.
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and had many friends among the best
people In the city. At the inquest last
evening the verdict rendered was "sui
cide while laboring under a temporary
fit of Insanity."
MANY WILL COME IN SPRING
Middle "Westerners at Last Learn of
the Attractiveness of Oregon.
James W. Blaln, of the firm of Grind
staff & Blaln, has Just returned from tbe
East, after a month's absence from this
city. He visited Chicago, St. Paul, Min
neapolis, Denver and other cities, and
found them all booming, he says, par
ticularly Denver, where business Is "red
hot." "Prosperity reigns throughout tho re
slon I visited," he said, "and land values
are tending rapidly upward as a result.
Farm lands in Illinois and Iowa are worth
nearly double what they were a few
years ago. and all the farmers have mon
ey. The upward trend of prices Is caus
ing many landowners to sell out and
move further West, where farm acreage
may be obtained at lower prices. The
farmer of Northern Illinois can get $90 to
5100 an acre, and so sells to remove to
Iowa, where the lands can be bought for
$65. The Iowa farmer thinks that's a
good price, so sells and moves toward
the Pacific Coast.
"I look for a heavy Immigration to
Oregon next Spring, and many of the new
comers will have money to buy or go Into
business with. They have crown tired
of torrid Summers and frigid "Winters, and
they hear po much about Pacific Coast
climate and possibilities for Oriental trade
that they have determined to make the
move.
"Among the most anxious ones to move
hither are those to whom I mailed copies
of The Oregonlan Handbook the past Fall.
That little pamphlet opened the ycs of a
good many, and as soon as read they
are passed around among the neighbors."
Mr. Blaln attributes the prosperous
times East to the good prices farmers are
obtaining for their products and to the
demand abroad for American manufac
tures. Corn, he said, was selling at 60
cents a bushel, oats at 40 cents, and pota
toes at 51. He did not go south far enough
to witness the destruction caused by the
drouth last Summer, and so saw nothing
of Its evil results further than the ab
sence of cattle and sheep being fattened
on corn for the Chicago markets. Here
tofore many Oregon steers and wethers
havo been fed on corn for Winter beef
and mutton, but corn Is too high this
year to use In that way. What the
butchers of the Windy City will do for
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We have still ONE HUNDRED SMOKING and HOUSE
JACKETS in stock all of this season's purchase, which
we have determined to close out at a sacrifice. We have
made such
ENORMOUS
Price Reductions
That we expect to sell them all by Saturday night. This is
an opportunity to obtain -a handsome holiday present at a
price never approached in Portland. Note the prices
All our $5.00 Jackets reduced to $ 3,65
All our $8.00 Jackets reduced to $ 5,85
All our $10.00 Jackets reduced to $ 7,15
All our $15:00 Jackets reduced to S10.00
NO JACKETS RESERVED
NONE SENT ON APPROVAL
GERSON & HART
102 THIRD STREET, BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND STARK
Xmas Cigars and
Pipes
The most appropriate gifts for your
gentleman friends. But buy the right
kind. We can help you.
PIPES J BELOW VALUE
Genuine Meerschaum Pipes in plush lined cases'from $3.00 to $10.00
French Briar " " " " $1.00 to $6.00
Imported English " " " 75c to $5.00
These are Importations from the largest factories In Europe and the United
States. We can sell them cheap because we buy in large Quantities for our
wholesale and retail trade.
CIGARS ALL THE FAVORITES
Our Cigar Department contains all the best brands of Domestic and Havana
Cigars, put up especially for Christmas trade.
Prices per box from 50c to $25.00
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fat livestock this Winter he does not
know.
RARE FIND FOR CITY MUSEUM
Colonel Hawkins Hns Secured 400
Bristol Diamonds.
Colonel L. L. Hawkins haa made an
other addition to the City Museum, and
It is well worthy the Inspection by every
body, especially young people.
It comprises 400 Bristol diamonds, all but
one of which are In the rough state. One
has been cut, and Is a beautiful gem of
mammoth proportions, and all are as
clear as clearness Itself. These stones are
the collection of a lifetime, made by D.
C Gray, of Oregon City, who has kindly
loaned them to Colonel Hawkins for a
month. They have ben put Into a new
case, and are a special attraction among
I the beautiful productions of Nature
1 abounding In the museum,
j -These diamonds are double-headed
quartz crystals, of perfect form, and have
IS faces. Some of them are in the rough
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and Morrison 5(s.
surrounding rocks, with their sharp cor
ners' peering out, and some have cakes
of bitumen near them, as Nature formed
it. Colonel Hawkins will take pleasure
In showing the diamonds and explaining
the powerful yet delicate forces of Na
ture that formed them.
Suit CnMcs and Duks.
A fine line at the Harris Trunk Com
pany. Morrison, near Second.