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THK MUKJfllfU uitKUUiSlAiy. AVJUJJJN'HJlSDAr,, FULY 20, 1903.
MAKE IT MONOPOLY
Shippers' . Remedy for Sail
ors' Boarding-House. ,
WHY SMITH. AND WHITE LOST
Commissioners Say Shipping Firms
Opposed Them Boren Kidnaping
Case Caused Refusal of License
Weaknesses of the Sailors.
Considerable testimony relative to the
Bailor boarding-house business was Intro
duced in the State Circuit Court yesterday
at the trial o the mandamus suit of
Harry "White and Billy Smith against E.
TV. Wright, S. M. Hears and Herbert Hol
man, comprising the board of commis
sioners for licensing sailor boarding
houses. Smith, and Wright ask the court
to order the Doard to issue them a- li
cense. The commissioners declined to
grant the license on the ground that
Smith and White are not respectable and
also were unable to obtain recommenda
tions from the Arms representing "the
shipping Interests in Portland. Judges
Cleland, Sears and George presided at
the hearing.
One of the main objection."? urged
against Harry White and Billy Smith was
that they were jointly charged with James
White with kidnaping William Buren, a
sailor on the ship Riverdale. James White
was tried and convicted, and the case
against the others was compromised. They
were allowed to plead guilty to a minor
charge, that of enticing seamen to desert.
and were lined $250 each, which tney -paid.
The attorney for Smith and White en
deavored to draw Sullivan & Grant, a
rival sailor boarding-house firm, into the
case, and to show that Sullivan enticed
sailors from the same vessel, the Rlver-
dale, and was. fined $50. The point was
also made that Sullivan & Grant enjoy a
monopoly of the sailor boarding-house
business. It was admitted on the other
side that at present that is so, and evi
dence from shippers and others was of
fered to show that a sailor boarding-house
monopoly is a good thing for the port!
Theodore Wilcox, of the Portland Flour
ing Mills Company, testified that the for
eign shipments of the company aggre
gated more than those of any other firm
In Portland; Balfour, Guthrie &. Co. came
next as shippers, and Kerr, Glfford & Co.
-were the third largest foreign shippers.
The three firms combined did SO per cent
of the foreign shipping business from
Portland. The witness said he suggested
regarding the enforcement of the sailor
boarding-house law that the business be
confined to one firm as the better way to
obtain seamen for ships promptly and
reasonably, but recommended no one par
ticularly. E. W. Wright, president of the Doard of
commissioners for licensing sailor boarding-houses,
testified that a license was re
fused by the board to White and Smith
for the reason that the commissioners
adopted a rule that no license would be
issued to a sailor boarding-house firm
unless it was satisfactory to the firms
which did the majority of the shipping
business. The commissioners took the
Buren kidnaping case into account and
were unanimous in refusing the license.
They told Harry "White his firm, was not
satisfactory to the shipping interest and,
If he obtained a recommendation frtfm
the shipping men or even part of them,
the board would issue the license.
By request of Attorney Henry E.
McGinn, the witness produced newspaper
clippings pertaining to the Buren case,
which were introduced in evidence.
On cross-examination by the attprney
for Smith and White, Mr. Wright was
asked what criterion the board adopted
for determining a sailor boarding-house
man's respectability. Mr. Wright returned
to the proposition that the board made a
rule to grant a license to no person not
satisfactory to the men in the shipping
business. Mr. Wright was asked if Larry
Sullivan, who has a license, had not been
complained of recently by the captain of
the Dumbarton as trying to exact $1150
apiece on some sailors the captain had
shipped. The witness answered that it
was not just that way. He had been in
formed that Sullivan was going to do so
and so, and he advised Sullivan, if "he
wanted to keep his license, to let the ship
alone. The witness testified that Sulli-
' van and Grant .when they were granted
a license, were the only applicants.
J. Couch Flanders, whose firm has acted
as attorney for the majority of the ship
ping firms for years, testified that his ex
perience had taught him that there is
less expense and more satisfaction given
all around when there is only one sailor
boarding-house. When there are less men
in the business, the rate is less for ship
ping sailors. Mr. Flanders stated 'that.
when Smith & White started in business.
he wrote to England to ship-owners that
opposition ought not to be encouraged, be
cause it would cause rates to advance, but
the opposition was encouraged and rates
did go up. The more men had to make a
living out of the business, the more the
ships had to stand. The witness said he
thought the Grants were a little above
the men generally engaged in the sailor
boarding-house business. He thought well
of them and believed the reputation of
Larry Sullivan was better than that of
Harry White; "but," said Mr. Flanders,
"perhaps that is because I know him bet
ter than I do White."
C. E. S. Wood testified that he had had
a. great deal to dQ with the sailor board'
ing-house business in his capacity as at
torney for shippers. He stated that in his
opinion, based on nvich experience, if
there was no way to preverit taking men
from one ship to be handled on another.
then the best way to operate the business
was through one boarding-house firm.
Sailors would leave a vessel for the sake
of a few dollars and come ashore for
recreation. They were tired of the ship.
Masters would sometimes cause sailors
to leave through the influence of land
sharks to obtain forfeitures of wages. It
was unquestionably better for the ship
owners and public to put the sailor board
Ing-house business In the hands of one
man and hold him responsible. Mr. Wood
explained at length the facts relating to
the troubles between ships and boarding
house men that had come under his ob
servation. He told of an agreement made
with Larry Sullivan some years ago to
ship sailors for $55 each, every man to
be supplied with a humane kit, and capa
ble seamen to be furnished. Mr. Wood
stated that Sullivan & Grant lived up to
everything they promised. They never
brolte a contract, but lived up to it to
the letter. Concluding, tfie witness said:
"If I had my. way, I -would make it
monopoly, but make it a monopoly under
control."
Herbert Holman, one of the. sailor boarding-house
commissioners, testified that
the Buren case was taken into considera
tion in refusing Harry White and Smith
a license. The board was unanimous
against it.
In behalf of Smith and White N. O'Hara
testified to an acquaintance of 17 years
with Harry White, and said he knew-Billy
mlth. They were both respectable men
and -conducted a first-class house.
J. J. Fitzgerald, yardmaster for the O.
R. & N. Co., gave the two men a. good
name and commended the .manner in
which they run the boarding-house.
J. J. Byrne, ex-harbormaster, testified
that the only trouble Smith and White
were ever engaged in was the Buren case.
Harry White testified that he offered "to
obtain recommendations from -business
firms and the signatures of a majority xt
the members of the Legislature who
passed the sailor boarding-house bill, but
this did not suit the sailor boarding-house
commissioners. He contended that they
acted arbitrarily. He said the Buren case
was the only criminal case in connection
with which (his name was ever mentioned,
and said his reputation had always been
of. the best.
.The case was taken Under advisement.
TO CAXCEL LAND PATENTS.
United States Brings Suit 'in Marie
Wa.re Cases.
The United States, by Henry M. Hoyt
its acting Attorney-General, filed suit
Kagainst G. B. McLeod and William H.
Watklns to have cancelled a patent to
160 acres of land known as southwest
quarter of section, 12, township 24 S., range
1 E. An application was made for the
land on May 18, 1901, at the "United States
Land Office, Roseburg, by a person pre
tending to be Watkins, whose true name,
so the complainant recites, Is unknown.
Watkins, it is alleged or the person as
suming to be Watkins, made a nonmln
eral affidavit regarding the land at Eu
gene, stating that he first settled on the
land in 1S92, and made improvements on
the same, and also that he would make
final proof with two of the following wit
nesses, Samuel L. Carson, Frank H.
Herne, James E. Warwick and Robert
Simpson, all of Cottage Grove. The final
proof was made with Warwick and Herne
as alleged witnesses, who are fictitious
persons with no existence. The patent
was executed by the Government, and Mc
Leod now claims title to the land, which
is asked, to be declared void.
This is one of the cases in which Marie
L. Ware, former "United States Commis
sioner at Eugene figured, she receiving
the affidavits of the fictitious settler and
witnesses.
A similar suit to cancel a patent to 160
acres of land executed in favor of James
E. Warwick and transferred to McLeod,
was filed yesterday. In this case William
H. Watkins and Samuel L- Carson were
the names used for tne fictitious wit
nesses. Still another suit of a like character
was filed yesterday against Samuel L.
Carson and G. B. McLeod to recover a
tract of 160 acres of land and Watkins
and Warwick were the names used for the
fictitious persons. These two cases were
Also sworn to before Marie L. Ware as
United States Commissioner, and Wtklns,
Carson, and Warwick are all said to be
people existing only in the imagination.
and McLeod and Miss Ware, so far as
these complaints show, were the only real
live perso'ns in the transactions.
District Attorney John H. Hall will ap
pear as counsel in these cases for the
Government.
L. Q. Stvetland Sned.
Suit by Multnomah County against ex-
County Clerk L. Q. Swetland to recover
$507 shortages alleged due during his term
of office, was filed in the State Circuit
Court- A summary of the alleged delin
quent Items of fees is as follows: Ar
ticles of incorporation, $14.50; road' peti
tions, $10; road vacations, $2.50; -Probate
Court fees. $15.30; .declarations of inten
tions, $S; citizenships, $760; notarial com
missions, $1; taxes, $401.84; certificates of
sale, $16.50.
Petition in Bankruptcy.
Benjamin H. Fisher, a dentist, filed a
petition in bankruptcy in the United
States District Court yesterday. The lia
bilities abount to $4142, of which $2700 is
due to persons in Ogden and Salt Lake.
The assets are valued at $705 and are
claimed to be exempt.
BID FOR LETTER CARRIERS
Mrs. Edyth Tozler Wcatherred
"Works for 1005 Convention.
Mrs. Edytb, Tozler Weath erred, the "well-
known Exposition worker, is spending a
lew days in Hartford City, Ind., visiting
her sister before starting on her return
trip to Portland. Mrs. Weatherred has
started a movement to brine the National
Letter-Carriers' Association to Portland in
ISOo. This year's gathering: will be held in
Syracuse, N. Y., August 31 to September C.
Mrs. Weatherreu" has taken ud the work
with the New York delegates while In that
city, and also with those of Brooklyn and
Phllaoelphla, with, favorable results. The
convention, if secured, will bring many
hundreds of people to Portland during the
Centennial. The following letter has been
sent to the National Association by Mrs.
Weatherred:
"PORTLAND, Or., July 20.
Greeting to the Delegates to the National Let-
tcr-Carriers' Association, Syracuse, N. Y,
August, 1803:
Among the galaxy of beautiful and interest
ing cities that will invite you to visit them.
in 1005. Portland, the Queen of the Northwest,
comes in all her rose-bedecked jglory and open-
hearted hospitality, to cordially invite you here
to dwell for a while amid God's greatest of
National art galleries. Come to the land of
wide rivers and gaze on the many lofty sen
tinels of perpetual snow-capped mountains
which pierce the heavens. Drive throutrn
mighty forests, where trees of tremendous mac
nuuue ana extensive neignt make one wonder
and admire. Come and let us take you for a
hundred miles up the lordly Columbia, that
surpasser European grandeur, then sail with
us for a day down this picturesque and sub
lime river, whose garlanded shores and craggy
peaks rival all Switzerland, on to the Pacific,
where bathing, salmon barbecues, clam bakes
and all the delicacies of the sea are served in
palatable abundance.
Come and go with us far into the mountains.
to the anglers' and the hunters' paradise. .Catch
the large, speckled trout, and ell the fatted
pheasant. Come and let us take you througa
miles of orchards, where you may feast to
your fill on delicious "fruits and berries.
Portland, the beautiful Summer resort of the
Northwest! Fine, water from the springs ot
Mount Hood-excellent hotels perfect trans
portation service from all parts of the globe.
with rates to the convenience of ail. No true
American wilfully slights any portion of hu
own country which God created for his enjoy
ment. The Oregon country Is for you as wel
as for us.
Portland has entertained many National con
ventions. AVe have every facility for your eu
Joyment. It Is due your own education to know
your own country.
In 1005 Oregon will celebrate the centennial
of the Lewis and Clark expedition which was
sent out by Thomas Jefferson to explore the
Northwest. At this time we will have from
May 1 to November 1 a grandly beautiful and
Interesting exposition of International charac
ter. Many "Western features of an unusual na
ture will be seen Indian life, the Chinese and
other characteristics. There the wide and
varied resources In grand and artistic display
gold mines In full blast, salmon conning and
many other interesting sights, so common in
the "West. Acres of magnificent roses and car
nations, with hundreds ot unique and Instruct
ive attractions. But best of all. the warm
greetings of the people.
The Women's Department of the Lewis and
Clark Centennial extend to you this invitation,
with the. co-operation of the Board of DIrec
tors, whomever stand ready to assist the tvorneu
of Oregon in their undertaking. "Ve earnestly
ask you to give 'our city consideration and we
even now feel assured of your coming. You
can not regret it, but will ever look back on
your visit to our up-to-fiate, progressive and
beautiful city as the one most enjoyed of any
past conventions.
Trusting, hoping and praying for your favor
able, decision, we are yours ror 1803.
EDYTF TOZIEB WEATHERRED.
President Portland Women's Department Lewis
and Clark Centennial and Chairman Convo
cation Committee.
VISITORS TO PORTLAND.
Should Not Miss the Trips Up
Down the Colaxahla Iliver.
and
The beauties of the upper Columbia are
best enjoyed from the O. R. & N. Com
pany's "Portland-Chicago Special," which
leaves the Union Station at 9:20 every
forenoon, arriving at The Dalles at 12:33
(noon). Returning the train leaves The
Dalles at 1 P. M., arrivinc at Portland at
4:30 P. M. If desired, return can be made
from the Dalles by boat.
The T. J. Potter queen of river boats-
leaves Portland daily (except Sunday ana
Monday) for Astoria and North Beach.
the popular reoort of the North Pacific
Coast. For particulars about delightful
side trips out. oi .roruana asic at u, H. I
N. city ticket office, Third and Washing-
ton.
MORE SUBSCRIBE TO FAIR
.THOSE WHO.WERE OVERLOOKED
ARE TAKING STOCK.
Saccess of Second Gaavass .Exceeds
Hopes, Though Many Soreheads
Make All Sorts of Excuses
C, H. Mclsaac is meeting with much bet
ter success than the Fair directors expect
ed in soliciting new subscriptions to the
stock of the Exposition. A good many
persons were passed over by the original
subscription committees, cither because
they were out of the city when- the first
canvass was made or because the work
of the committees was Incomplete. A
man who keeps a store took five shares of
stock yesterday.
"I would have taken the shares before,"
he explained, "but nobody came around
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PHILIP B. WILLIS, OP(MILW'AUKEK.
The Young Men's Christian Association has called as boys' t ecrctary, to take
charge of the large boys' department and work of the association in this city, Mr.
Philip B. Willis, of Milwaukee, "Wis. Mr. Willis comes of perhaps the most
conspicuous family of association workers In America. His father has for the
past 20 years been general- secretary of the association at Milwaukee, "Wis.,
and is one of the best-known association men In the country. He has three uncles
in the work, one as general secretary at Omaha, Neb.; another holding a similar
position vat South Bend, Ind., and still another being one ot the International
secretaries at New York City.
Mr. Willis Is a young man, '23 years of age,. of attractive personality, has been
employed as assistant secretary for the past two years by the Milwaukee Asso
ciation, and this Summer received calls as boys' secretary to New York City,
Scranton. Pa., and Minneapolis, Minn. He decided to come to Portland, feeling
that here was the possibility of a greater undeveloped field than coUttt be found
in these other places. He will have general supervision of all the boys' work
carried on by thef association In this city, both at the central building, corner
Fourth and Yamhill streets, where special rooms are bejng equipped, and in
the outlying branches as well. Mr. Willis will be accompanied by his wife.
to see mo about it, and I had no oppor
tunity to subscribe."
"Put me down for ten shares." said a
lawyer. "I was back East when the com- '
mittees were canvassing." ,
Last year a number of firms which have
headquarters in the East bunched together
and refused to give to the Fair. Among
them were Implement and packing-houses
which have branches here.
"We're going to put it up to them this
time," said Mr. Mclsaac, "and if they
refuse to contribute to the enterprise to
which all Portland Is bending its energies,
they will go on record."
The excuses and pretexts to which per
sons occasionally resort in order to avoid
helping the Fair are quite amusing. The
proprietor of a hotel refused to give even
a nickel because his house was doing all
the business it could without the Exposi
tion, and the Exposition would only bring
more hotels and competition. A storc,
keeper said that the Fair was raising
rents. "Two years ago, he said, "I paid
$100 a month, for my store. Next year I
paid $125. Now the rent has gone up to
$175." Another citizen had a particular
grudge against the City of Portland be
cause he had been in business here 30
years and had grown poorer every year;
therefore he'd be hanged if he'd give any
thing to the Fair. A man who owns a
one-story brick building on Sixth street.
and who is going to put up a $30,000 struc
ture adjoining, declared that he wouldn't
give a cent.
"Two years ago," he lamented, "I had a
frame building there. Fire got into ltand
the city compelled me to replace it with
brick. The brick building cost mo $7000.
whereas $2000 would havo been sufficient
for a wooden structure. Now the brick
building is in the way of my larger build
ing. If the city hadn't cinched me the
way it did, I would have given $500 to the
Fair."
' 'T don't approve of the Fair," remarked
a worthy citizen who once ran for As
sessor but didn't get the office. "How
ever," he continued extenuatlngly, "I
won't knock. I spent $1000 trying to be
elected Assessor. If I had been elected, I
would have given gladly. Now
give a cent."
I won't
An rstwhlte memhpr of th Tnrf nf
Portland Commission, an expert on "spud
gear," by the "way. wouldn't give a nickel,
"But," said he, "if you call the-Fair off
I'll give $100."
Exposition Notes.
Jefferson Myers, president of the Lewis
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Manuel Robles. the native Filipino who
was mascot of the Second Oregon Regl-
mont hn arVa wvoirtf Mv fn r, .
sltlon. Manuel is now 19 years old. After
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Chemawa.
Sew Farms at Pleanaat Home.
- Between Pleasant Home -''and. Revenue
at Sandy all the roads wonderful im
provements may be seen. Many hun
dreds of acres of land have been cleared
and placed under cultivation. New and
comfortable farmhouses are springing up
at short Intervals. This territory Is east
of the route of the Springwater branch of
the Oregon Water Power & Railway
Company, but Is reached practically -by
that line.
The development of this district be-
m.,lrTT. Tr,..,
tween Pleashnt Home and Revenue may
be attributed to the excellent plank roads
wmcn were built several years, ago, and
have been maintained since. These roads a. iL, faundays 3 a. jl; returning ar
cave access to the farms. live 7 P.M. Music and excellent dinner.
One can count between SO and 40 new
structures by going to Revenue on one
roao anc oacK on tne otner. uio larm-
uouaca buki iiiTi ucuijf reouut ana mauc
more comfortable. Evidence4 of great
prosperity Is seen on every side. There
is going 10 be a great crop of oats and
other grains. Owing to the altitude of
the district, the grain is yet green, and
is very rank and heavy. Since the rall
Way was built to Boring, which Is 5
miles from Revenue, there has been a
great travel out there. Many newcomers
go-there to look for land.
ALL SORTS OF PESTJS.
Fruit, of All Kinds Infested jand
Owners Want to Know Why.
Insect pests, which .damage plants,
fruits and almost everything which grows
on or in the earth, are so numerous that
one can hardly look at leaf, fruit or flow
er Without observing some species of
them or the effects ql their operations.
They appear in so many forms and go
through so many transformations in
their first covers,, that the study of them
and the unraveling of the intricate rela
tionships existing" between the various
groups or families, is a labor of years.
SECRETARY AT Y. M. C. A.
and this study must be pursued with the
greatest care and discrimination, to ar
rive at direct conclusions. Before such in
vestigations are completed they make
demands upon not only the entomologist
and ichthyologists, but the botanist and
the zoologist using the latter term in a
very general sense arc called upon to
assist in solving some of these interesting
and difficult problems.
The number of persons who devote
their attention to such studies is small,
and as may therefdre be Imagined are not
to be found connected with any but sci
entific and special journals. It is there
fore impracticable for The Oregonian to
furnish offhand all the information on
such pests asked for. Within the past few
days, communications have been received
containing requests for information in re
gard to bats, smut In wheat, the proper
weight and price of the loaf of bread,
etc., and there are now on hand several
similar communications, some of which it
appears Impossible to answer satisfacto
rily. A box containing .clippings of a
grape vine Infested with certain insects,
more heavily coated with "wool" than a
Cotswold sheep, has been submitted to
several experts, without any Information
being obtained, as the things have
changed so materially during the night
-that" their own parents would not be able
to recognize them, and some of them
have disappeared entirely.
A resident of the East Side has sent in
samples of pears, scarified all over by
what is probably San Jose scale, with
which he complains that orchards all
over the East Side are infested. Samples
of apples are also sent In which "appear
to be simply "wormy," and others a par
tlon of the surface of which appears to
have been bruised apparently from con
tact with limbs of the tree on which they
grow, probably during a heavy wind.
There are remdles or preventives for
many insect pests with which all fruit
growers should be familiar, and which
are used by most orchardlsts at the pro
per season. People who have only a few
unpruned and uncovered fruit trees need
not be surprised if they .are infested and
! their fruit ruined by pests, and generally
! speaking the best remedy in such cases
: Is to destrony the trees, as tney tend to
harbor and Increase all sorts of vermin
f ;
I'CHCU riHBis .iul u ucuibuu.
A farmer was peddling a whole wagon-
load of peach plums about the city yes
terday, offering to" sell them by the box
for a cent a pound. These plums In boxes
sell 'on Front street for a higher price.
but they are not in much demand. -When
! the peach plum was Introduced here, years
. aK0. it was considered a fine fruit, being
n?lZTSLLui
?ualJ"f 2Cht,(?
. as vtus alleged at that time. Many of
Sre T,6 ffljlfi? Etitl
of the fruit is still produced, but it has
never co me Into general favor, and there
4 Is never much demand for 4L Some use
Jl 1.1X1 liUiUUUS U.I1U iJICSCl Vllljj Ul UljTlMK,
but they are few in number. When 'really
' ripe It is quite sweet, but it generally
has a tart taste, and now. Instead of com
bining the good qualities of the peach and
the plum, it is considered by many as
devoid of the good qualities of either, and
so the sale, of peach plums is not large.
COLUMBIA RIVER SCEXERY.
Seen to advantage only from the deck
rouna nip -up tne uoiumDia" to cas
cade Locks, affording an excellent oDDor-
tunlty for visitors and others to view tho
marvelous anu oeaumui sceenry. and also
enioy lhe exhilarating ride through the
famous Cascades. The palatial steamer
Bailey uatzert .leaves Aiaer-street wharf
yare- nmnamp, $lso. km Main 914.
PaxUeutarly at this season Hood's Sar.
saparllla sustains the strength and pre-
vents luuesfc
TRAGIC FIGHT FOR A BABY
TRUE MOTHER IS COLD, FALSE!
MOTHER SHOWS -LOVE. -
- .
Remarkable Coatest Between Mrs.
Ungglni and Mrs. Willis 'lor a
Daaghter Who Dies in Infancy..
TJurinc the 20 vears that I have soent !
as superintendent of Lone Fir cemetery," :
remarked Wilson' Beneflel to an Oregonian
reporter last week, "I have never known
a more remarkable case than the Willis- .
Haggin tragedy-for to my mind It was a i
tragedy. It occurred just 11 years ago. I
I suppose the facts have passed out of tho
memory of the public, although at the !
time there were extended reports in the
newspapers of the court trial. It was the i
case where two mothers claimed to have
given birth to the same child. The decis-
Ion was rendered by Judge Stearns, which
ave the child, which was but 7 months
old. Into the possession of Mrs. EttarHag-
gin, wife of J. T. Haggin, and yet to my
mind the most singular cart of the whole
aftalr was that, while the evidence ad-
duced In the court showed that Mrs. Hag
gin was the actual motherNot the child,
yet she never displayed the slightest love
lor it, while the other woman Mrs. Minnie
Willis who claimed to be the mother, but
against whom the court decided, displayed
all the maternal love any mother could
have for her own baby. After the court
had decided and before an appeal could be
taken, the baby died and was buried In
this cemetery by an order of the County
Court, the body sealed In a zinc coffin so
it might be taken up should further liti
gation ever arise. I have n3t been to the
little grave for a long time. If you care,
we will walk Qver to the rpot."
The superintendent conducted the re
porter to the little grave. It was covered
with grass and Ivy, and apparently there
was nothing to distinguish It; but, pulling
the ivy to one side, discovered a small
headboard on which were the words, "C.
A. WiUos, died April 2. 1S92." It was evi
dent that whoever wrote the inscription
Intended to write "Willis." but the singu
lar feature of the affair is that the board
that marks the last resting-place of this,
infant has come at last to bear the name
of the woman""wh, the court judged, was
not the mother of the child.
"This Is most singular," "remarked Su
perintendent Beneflel, is he mused for a
moment. "I have no recollection of that,
headboard being placed over that grave.
I know that the headboard was changed
a number of times first one of the, women
would place a headboard of her liking
over this grave and then the other woman
would remove it and plant another.
Through 'illl this changing- of the grave
markers, the Haggin woman was Inspired,
it seemed to me, with, the spirit of spite
and resentment against the Willis woman.
The latter, however, could not have shown
more tenderness had the dead baby been
her own flesh and blood. It has been a
long time since J saw either of the women
out here, but I now' recall that Mrs. Willis
came to me and paid to have the little
grave cared for. She visited It often for
a few years, and then dropped off. Mrs.
Haggin came a few times. She put up a
headboard bearing an inscription of an of
fensive character, I don't recall just what,
but I took It up.
"Now Is it not most wonderful that, af
ter all the years that have passed since
the case was closed and the baby burled
by order of the court, the little crave
should finally be marked by the name of
the woman who staked so much to get the
Infant and lost? Could It have been pos
sible that in spite of the logic of a chain
in which there was no missing link the
evidence adduced in court was wrong and
Mrs. Willis was the mother? I think not.
I Jbave never doubted that Mrs. Haggin
was the mother of the child, and further
more I have long since concluded from
what I saw of the two women that Mrs.
: Willis really believed the child was her
flesh and blood. In the face of- the court
decision that tore the Infant from her
grasp."
There are others familiar with the case
who came to the conclusion that Mrs. Wil
lis believed the child her own, and that
she had arrived at that Btate of mind by
her Intense desire to have a child, which
had been denied by nature. Just where
the two women In the controversy are
now, if they be living, is not known, but
the new Portland directory does not con
tain their names. Charles F. and Minnie
R. Willis lived at Mount Tabor, where
their home was surrounded by an orchard.
They were happy together, but no prat
tling Infant came to bless them ror nve
years, and Mrs. Willis was greatly de
spondent that motherhood should be de
nied her when her neighbors' quiver was
full." and she pondered long how she, too.
could possess a child which should pass
as her very own. In her mind a scheme
was formed, which circumstances favored.
and which was carried out with much
skill, unaided, as far as known, by any
one. Her object also was apparently to
deceive her husband Into believing that
he was the father of the child. This was
In September, 1S92.
About this time J. T. and Etta Haggin
came from Colorado to Portland. August
2, 1S32, Mrs. Haggin gave birth to a baby
boy, which she named Rignald Haggin.
Mrs. Haccin was in poor health and
the infant was placed in the Baby
Home for adoption. When Mrs. Willis
came to the Home, she at once took a
fancy to the Haggin infant, which was
but a few days old Just old ensugh
The Judges Decision
HeTsUUS OT -
'Xrjudf&cT Creed, V.," aimoances himself as a
'reformed coffee toper' aud' fives authority to make
the following public statement:
"Fcf-yttrs tfca cofic habit hd fcea growiaff o aa Kntil
xny condition wu getting eriott. I have codstdsrebi writing
to da and had become bo nervous that I had to depend aknoat
entirely-upoji my wife to do the writing. Sotos timet when it
was imperative that X sigh my name my hand trefthled to I
could scarce do it.
MX bad severe headaches, stomach trouble, heart troubJe,"aIeo soma
rceamatism. A. friend, Rev. ,one day seormeapackageofFoftum
Coffee, with request that I give up coffee and make a
fair trial of Postum.80
"I took the advice and the headaches ceased, also the
stomach trouble. X now have no heart trouble at all,
except when I use coffee for a time.1 Hy old nervousness
i to a thing of the past.
"My wife also suffered for years with heart trouble and
extreme nervousness. She
coffee and using Postum.
drink than either coffee or
cases that have been entirely cured or greatly benefited by
leaving off coffee and using the food beverage, Postum.'?
suit her purpose and schemes. She had
suffered an illness and had been confined
to ner home at Mount Tabor. Dr. Bot
kin and Dr. Cross wait both had attended
her. Having decided that she would take
the baby, "the point now was to get the
child from the Home without the pub
licity of adoption, and smuggle it into her
home and make her husband and neigh
bors believe she had given birth to a child.
She -was consumed with an overwhelming
desire to appear before the "world as a
mother and was ready and willing to re
sort to any scheme to make it so appear;
but the wonderful part of the whole trans-
action Is that apparently there were no
accomplices she seemed to have worked
out the whole plan alone from beginning ;
to end, and would probably have succeeded
had not Mrs. waggin suddenly come to me
conclusion that she wanted to again pos-
sew her infant. .
Mrs. wiuis .sencrae was to pass on tne-1
Haggin child as her own and give it out
tnst sne naa given Dirtn to an imam
daughter, ane dimcuuies and dangers oi
carrying out this scheme were very great.
The officials, of the Home were exceedingly
careful about the adoption of children.
Ben Selling was secretary and looked af-
ter tne auopuon papers ano saw mat tney
were in perlect legal form m every case,
Mrs. Willis called on Mr. Selling several
times on business in connection with the
adoption of the Haggin child. He caused
the necessary papers to be drawn up In
the office of Simon, Dolph & Bellinger,
Victor Bellinger typewriting the document.
This was August 14, 1S92. Mrs. Willis got
possession of the infant from the Home
on the representation that the papers had
been completed. She was driven to the
Home :i a hack from Logan's stable, on
East Washlncton street, Wilbur Kerns
beinK the t driver. She had him drive in , Portlana frIenus by ng-dlstaflec tele
a roundabout way to her home at Mount i phonu Thfi journey wa3 then continued to
Tabor. Here the hack was stopped tome PortIand and concluded without mishap
distance away from her house benlnd the at n,idnjght
orchard. ' She dismissed the hack and. Both youn' men ,ound Qn Mond that
making sure that she was not observ ed j they were bu(ly sunDurne( and since that
uumueu wie kick icni-r-, oiiiJj.wi iuiuu(,u
the orchard and entered her house with
out being seen. She went to bed and next
day gave out the news that she had a nice
baby girl at her house.
It rvas never definitely settled whether
she deceived her husband and ' father or
not At the trial Willis testified In favor
of his wife, as did her father, but neither
could say that they were present when
the child, was born. They could only say
that to the best of their knowledge the
child was born in the house. The family
disappeared as soon as Mrs. Willis was.
able to travel, but when Mrs. Haggin went
to the Home after her child the Willis
woman was traced and .brought into court.
She claimed and undertook to prove that
she gave birth to the Infant Ausust 22,
1S92, and denied that she ever saw Mrs.
xauggin. inc tauu neiuuiea uer uu-
record of birth and no physician had been
called to attend her through her sickness.
Drs. Crosswalt and Botkin had attended
her before, and to them she stated her
condition.
On the other hand, Mrs. Haggin showed
conclusively rnai ner cnna was oorn
August 2 1S92, and was placed in the Baby
"Tond.A1re . v, lei-uiu u their trip. The remainder jf the trip
the birth, the physician and nurse attend- provea moat peasant, and the canoeists
r Dr. Sutton was the physician and nnlshed wlth the advance party,
the birth took place in the house of H. C. Tho Tuin Is shallow In places and
Keck, Portland. Then came the testimony : full cf rocks and 3wlft ,a fal 10t
?5 Bea SeWnr to the effect that he saw") feet m a distance of slx mileSf but the ad
Mrs. Willis at thouime she came to see venturers came out without even a scratch
him about the adoption papers. Wilbur nn th, rnnp. cpvt,, nf tho .w
Kerns, who drove her with the baby to
Mount Tabor, also Identified her .? th
woxnan he took In the hack. The evidence
was overwhelmingly against her.
s Judge Stearns rendered the decision
which adjudged Mrs. Haggin the mother,
Mrs. Willis exclaimed:
"Oh, my darling child; I can't give you
up!"
She was led out of the courtroom with
the child in her arms. Pending an appeal,
the court remanded the child to the cus
tody of the Baby Home, where it died
May 2. 1833. On May 4, 1893, it was burled
by order of the court In a zlpc coffin by
Captain J. W. Kern, never to be removed
without order from tho court. Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Willis and Mr. and Mrs.
J T. Haggin the matron of the Home, i umt ine iaw3 were purcnasea xor tne pur
and Mrs. C. B. Barton and F. S. Dunning, j Vose of establishing a power plant,
the undertaker, were present. Not a word ' Two men came out here." said Mr.
was spoken. Mrs. Haggin looked upon the i F1Inn;l, two f100"13 aS and tramped
scene with perfect Indifference, but Mrs.
will! snhhM violently. Sllontlv the little
Willis sobbed violently- Silently the little
grave was filled Up, and the two women
" .
with their husbands
were driven away.
The Higher Court had decided the case In
Its own favor.
All who had anything to do with that
remarkable case said the court was right,
but that Mrs. Willis ought to have had the
child, as she alone displayed the mother
love.
It is a tribute to her motherly Instincts
that the grave of the baby bears her
name at the last.
Millions for Improvement of Road.
DENVER, Colo., July 28. The Post to
day says:
Two million dollars for the Improve
ment of the Denver & Rio Grande system
Is the figure now fixed by those who hold
the purse strings In the general offices of
that road. Manager J. A. Edson has
made trip over the road, and says
the system is being bettered fast. Bridges,
sidetracks, spurs and grades are being
improved or renewed.
Duty on Molasses to Be Abolished.
LONDON, July 2S. In the course of a
statement in the House of Commons to
day on the remaining business of the
session. Premier Balfour liiformed the
House that a customs bill would be in
troduced abolishing, among other things.
i the duty on raw molasse.
THBCOFFEE"CASB
has found relief by leaving oi
We now think it a much better
tea. Ibave known of a number ot
"
Name given by
Postfoa CcuTBtttle Creek, Mich,,
CANOE DOWN COLUMBIA
PLL'CKY "PORTLAND BOYS PADDLH
x FROM BONXEVILLeI
's.
They Falsify Croakers' Prediction
of Disaster Adventarous Trip
Up the Tualatin.
Probably the first canoe trip ever made.
by -white men from Bonneville toPortland
wasmade by Ber, Kerrlcan and Edcar
c" Ha tctn i ct
on. Sunday. The distance is 67
ana was covered by. tne canoemen
x-eieroorousn canoe in just
hours.
The canoeists left Portland for Bonne-
vine on tne sundty morning train and left
,jown the Columbia at 12 ribon When the
; fraI JluIe cockleshell craft was tnken to
the river and lhe intcntlon made kno,
severai 0id Hshermen tried to persuade
f tbe enthusiasts not to undertake the voy-
make It without being capsized. In spite
of this advice the canoe was launched and
j tne journey commenced.
The current at Bonneville runs at the
rate of 12 miles an hour, but so strong
was the north wind that with both men
paddling they courd not make'more than
wo miles an. hour for several hours.
Upon reaching Cape Horn a landing was
made, where lunch was had, and at S
o'clock the canoeists put In at Vancouver.
where they relieved the anxiety of their
time have been carrying cold cream In
their pockets In wholesale quantities.
Two weeks ago. Sunday, July 12. Robert
Lamberson and Bert Kerrigan had an
eventful canoe trip on the Taulatin River.
A party of canoemen started up the Wil
lamette on the previous Saturday after
noon at 4 o'clock, portaging their canoe3
a half-mile to Sucker Lake, thence pad
dling three miles up the lake and por
taging" two miles to the Tualatin and re
turning home by the river.
Kerrigan and Lamberson were unable to
leave until five hours after the party
started, and In order to make time rigged
a square sail on the canoe. All went well
until the little craft reached the head of
Ross Island, when the canoe capsized and
threw sailors. Blankets, lunch and all the
contents Into the water. More than an
hour wag consumed In reaching shore
with the blankets, lunch and boat, when It
was discovered that a paddle had been
lost In the wreck.
While Lamberson dried the water
soaked paraphernalia. Kerrigan paddled
nil tYiet. wan. ti tho hnathntioA o nrl nrn
-ur.d -nothp.r aillli. At 2 a. at th vnv.
agers turned ,n for some 8, But s,
came not and at 4 0.clock resumed
. tles were lesa fortunate. however, many
barkin their craft badly and one unfor-
barking their craft badly and one unfor
tunate knocking a hole In his canoe by
colliding with a hidden rock in the rapids.
PURCHASE OF SANDY FALLS
Power Plant and Electric Railway to
Mount Hood May Resnlt.
Some parties from Portland have pur
chased from an" Italian named Vcrattl tlu
falls in the Sandy River, Just beyond
Revenue's postofflce, including, about a
40-acre tract. The purchase price wai
$1000. N. A. Fllnn, of Revenue's, said yes
terday that he.was under the impression
" t" J. " i . , , """fi
then returned to Portland. and again
came out nere and completed the pur
I phasB ftf th tract nf lsinH nn wliloh ihooa
u. - - Vi.7"
lano kilt; utAluj aivcl txkxs lUCdlcu.
The transaction was completed here in
the hotel (where the stage stops at Rev
enue's). A portion of the money was paid,
and then it was agreed that the remain
der should b paid within 90 days. John
Revenue was the notary public. I don't
know who the men are who made the
purchase. One was a lawyer. From what
leaked out, I judge that the falls are to
be used for a power plant for an electric
line to Mount Hood. Mr. Revenue said
that a lot of money would be Invested
there as a result of the sale. Along the
Sandy and Salmon Rivers would be th
most feasible route for such a line. The
lan- is without any value outside of the
very fine waterpower at thispolnt. The
falls is about 15 feet high."
Finland Expel Writer and Speaker.
BERLIN, J.uly 2S. The National Zeltung
today printed the text of a letter received
from Finland, saying the expulsions have
been resumed and the government had
ordered the Rev. Magnus Rosendal, the
well-known writer, speaker and princi
pal of the Lyceum at Uleaborg, to leave
the country, after depriving him of his
position. Mr. Rosendal. who is a Pietls
tlc clergyman. Is going to the United
States, to work among- the Finnish im
migrants tlisrc.
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