19 THE MORNING OEEGONIAN, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1903, Ministers Oppose Li censing Gambling. MAYOR'S POLIGY ATTACKED "He Deliberately Authorizes Violation of Law." "FINING SYSTEM VICIOUS " Pulpits ot -the City Are to Unite in Flsrhtinjr Open Gnmbling; While Opposing: Slayor, Ministers Say They Esteem Him Personally. MINISTERS OX THE MAYOR'S POLICY. Although the Mayor announces him self as opposed to gambling, and though the law forbids gambling, yet he deliberately authorizes the open violation of the law and announces such authorisation as a part of his public policy. "We believe this policy (of licensing .gambling) to be -wrong in principle, vicious in Us results, and in tendency utterly subversive of lawful authority. "We consider the policy of avowedly ac cepting a license bribe from lawbreak ers, and of glvlns them protection therefor In their open violation of law as so vicious and so utterly opposed to good morals and to government that It has not a single redeeming feature that can commend It to the unbiased judgment of an intelligent public We do not understand that it is the province of the Mayor to make law or to modify law, but that it is his duty to enforce law. "We must declare our open and steady opposition to Mayor "Williams' an nounced public policy toward gambling-houses. After Intensifying: in some degree the language of Its committee, the Ministerial Association yesterday adopted a statement regarding the municipal' policy under which gambling is practically licensed by the city. The committee, composed of Hew E. L. House, Rev. E. P. Hill. Rev. J. R. Lathrop, Rev. Albyn Esson and Rev. H. J. Talbott, which was appointed by the association to Investigate and report on the matter, pre sented its findings to a general meeting of the ministers yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The committee's report was pre pared by Dr. H. J. Talbott at the request of Dr. House, and was concurred in by all the members. The association, however, desired that the language of the report should be even more pointed than that used by the com mittee, and Dr. House was accordingly in structed to make some changes in the doc ument before giving it out for publication. The report makes no recommendations as to what the ministers or the public should do, but confines Itself to condemn ing the present policy on various counts. Nor will the ministers themselves give any indication of whit suppressive action they contemplate taking in the future. Pnlpits to Rlns With Attacks. At the close of the meeting yesterday afternoon a motion was adopted request ing attVthe ministers of the city to attack the administration's policy from their pul pits on Sunday next, and It is possible that some scathing sermons will be the result. The report of the committee as finally adopted by the association reads as fol lows: From interviews with Mayor "Williams and from other sources of Information we have ascertained certain facts which we wish to lay before the public concerning the attitude and policy of the present city administration toward gambling-houses In the city. It is claimed that the present adminis tration found at the beginning of Its term of office that, contrary to law, gambling was being permitted and protected. Also that the proprietors of gambling establishments purchased such protection by the payment of money to officials whose duty it was to suppress gambling and close the gambling-houses. It is stated that the present adminis tration attempted to enforce the law by prohibiting gambling and closing the gambling-houses; but that all such attempts failed because juries could not be secured that would convict the proprietors of gambling-houses for their violation of law. It was shown that the regular revenues of the city were insufficient to meet the necessary expenses of the municipal gov ernment and the administration was badly In need of funds for that purpose. As a result, the administration, know ing that the proprietors of gambling houses were regularly paying money for protectionIn their business, which money was going Into the hands of persons (for their personal benefit) whose positions en abled them to furnish Fiich protection: and believing it impossible to suppress gambling; and believing that, not Individ uate, but the city, should have the benefit of these license fines, the present admin istration determined to divert such money from private pockets and turn It into the city coffers to the end that reve nue might thus be secured for the ex penses of the city government. It was again stated that in accordance with such a policy a number of gain-bllng-houses are being openly operated in this city, not only In flagrant violation of law, but having the protection and en couragement of the city administration In such open violation. It was also clearly stated to the com mittee that such protection and encour agement in law-breaking are afforded in consideration of the regular payment of certain understood amounts Into the city treasury. That the "Mayor understands that he has full authority to order the closing of all gambling-houses and to use the full power of the city government in the enforcement of such order. Opposes Gambling?, Yet Allows It. And although the Mayor announces him self as opposed to gambling, and though the law forbids gambling, yet he deliber ately authorizes the open violation of the law and announces such authosizatlon as a part of his public policy in the conduct of municipal affairs, a policy which he declares it his determination to pursue un til such time as he sees fit to change It. We find that in pursuance of such pol icy the- proprietors of certain gambling houses understand either from express stipulation, written or oral, or by tacit agreement that they are to conduct their unlawful business without fear of disturb ance on the part of the city authorities. We have sought to ascertain the exact truth In regard to the matter, under re view, and we have no motive or disposition to exaggerate or distort the facts in the slightest degree or In any particular. We shall rejoice to find that any statement more favorable to the city administration .than the foregoing would be admissable under existing conditions. We make no-attack upon the Mayor per sonally. His well-known public services, his eminent ability, and his personal char acter we respect a respect which we mo3t heartily join our fcllow-cltlzens In accord ing him. But we must condemn' that part of his public policy which deals wlththe gambling-houses. We believe It tobo wrong In principle, vicious in Its results, and in tendency utterly subversive of law ful authority. We consider' the policy of avowedly accepting a license bribe from lawbreakers, and of giving them protec tion therefor in their open violation of law, as so vicious and so utterly opposed to good morals and to government that It has not a single redeeming feature that can commend it to the unbiased judgment of an Intelligent public. We are aston ished and grieved that in this community the taking of a "license fine" to commit crime in exchange for public revenue should be boldly announced as a public policy. The fact that the bribe for Im munity In lawlessness goes into the public coffers rather than Into private pockets does not lessen, but rather increases, the enormity of the crime against morals and against civil order. MayorVt Duty to Enforce Law. We do not understand that it Is the province of the Mayor to make law, or to modify law, or to suspend law, but that It Is his duty to enforce law. We believe that men can be found In this city competent to serve on Juries who will convict criminals on proper evidence. We do not believe that it Is better for the city to receive and profit by a bribe for lawlessness than for individuals to thus barter away their Integrity. We do not believe that It Is better for the city to ac cept the price for immunity in crime than it is for the authorities to drive the crim inals to cover at whatever cost. We be lieve that officers can be found In this city whose integrity would be proof against private bribes, and who would make a "determined effort and a ceaseless one to enforce the law. We do not be lieve that a majority of the business men of the city are- in favor of the present policy; or that. If they are, they have any more right to be heeded in this matter than other classes of men. With the foregoing facts before us, and holding the views above expressed, we must declare our open and steady opposi tion to Mayor Williams' announced public policy toward gambling-houses. Our op position Is not based In this instance upon religious conviction, but It is based upon those fundamental principles universally recognized as essential to the strength and stability of any government. SEEK A MISSING LASSIE. Drs. E. P. Tucker Y'enncy on and Robert l Hunt. C. Somewhere In South Portland a lady of high degree Is wandering homeless, mas terless and probably foodless. She Is an Airedale terrier, and answered "the cal of the wild" a few days after arriving from England. Had the professional eth ics of a hackman allowed him to halt a funeral procession, she would probably have been captured, but not even the thought of the large reward offered could Induce the driver at the head of the cor tege to commit such an act. Dr. Robert C. Yenney is a dog fancier, with a hobby for Airedale terriers. At considerable expense he imported a beau tiful female straight from the bonny braes of Airedale. Highly disgusted by the long, tiresome passage. Miss Lassie arrived In Portland while Dr. Yenney was absent from the city. Her advent had been ex pected, however, and Dr. E. F. Tucker received- her with all the honors due her station, her pedigree, and incidentally, her price. Lassie took one look at the climate and decided she didn't like it. She was home sick, and the American accent bored her to death. The Idea of a high-toned Scotch lady being traded in such a manner was very disagreeable to her sensibilities. She turned her delicate nose to the heavens and moaned aloud for Scotland. Portland made her tired. Dr. Tucker did what he could to recon cile Lassie to her new surroundings. Med ical advice she treated with scorn, and the worthy doctor was turned do'wn cold. After she had been In the city about three days he thought a carriage drive about the city would help to while away the time until Dr. Yenney returned and Lassie was off his hands. She Is off his hands now, but that Is the worst of all. With Lassie tucked away In a hamper behind his trap. Dr. Tucker drove out to some fiiqnds on Fourteenth street. His horse trotted along at a lively gait, and In turning a sharp corner Mss Lassie, that Scotch lady of high degree, was shot out upon the asphalt In a most undigni fied manner. Oh, but Lassie was mad! Dr. Tucker made an examination of her dainty body and found that she had received no In juries. So he thoughf she would follow the trap to his friend's. Dissusted to the very end of her tail. Lassie trailed along behind the trap. The trap was hitched up and the front door closed. Lassie was left to her own resources. "Just fawncy me staying with that mon after he has treated me In such a beastly way," said Lassie to herself, and she trotted off down the street. Dr. Tucker had been confident that Lassie would stay by the trap until he returned. But no Lassie was there. It was up to Dr. Tucker to find the dog before her rightful owner returned. He told every one he knew, and advertised In the papers, but Lassie Is still on the missing list. It was a hackdrlver employed by the United Carriage Company who first saw Lassie after her indignant leave-taking of Dr. Tucker. He was leading a long funeral procession to Riverview cemetery, when near Fulton he spied a dog of Lassie's description by the road. He had read the description and remembered the reward. But he couldn't stop the funeral proces sion to catch a dog, and though Lassie was In sight for several minutes ho had to forego the chance of that nice big re ward. She has been seen several times since, and was hanging around Day's mill at Fulton. Now she has disappeared. Lassie Is a rough-coated female Airedale terrier, with black body and tan head and legs. She wore a light leather collar with brass fittings. Both Dr. Tucker and Dr. Yenney will joyfully receive any news of the aristocratic canine. DON'T PAY POLICEMEN. Money lor Tbelr Services Should Go to the Chief. Regarding the action of policemen Jn de manding money for their services at the street carnival, Mayor Williams said yes terday that the officers have a risht to charge for extra services, under the char ter, although the money should be paid to the chief and not to the patrolmen. "Any corporation or person wishing to employ a policeman for services outside the regular line of duty should make the fact known to the chief," said Mayor Williams. "The chief will collect the charges. Issue a receipt and turn the cash over to the credit of the police and fire men's relief fund. However, no policeman Is allowed to make any such collection, and hereafter If I learn of any policeman taking money or remuneration of any sort for any kind of public service I will file charges of malfeasance In office against him." 1 Summer weakness can be avoided If the blood is purified by Hood's Sarsa-parllla. NEWSCHOOLRECORD Opening Day Shows Attend- an'ce of 11,045. INCREASE OF 1205 IN A YEAR Prolonged Vacation Brings In c Ituah of Students Within a Few -Veelca an Enrollment of 12,000 Is Expected. School opened yesterday morning, and more than 11,000 pupils .were enrolled at the various schools of the city. The day was a record-breaker In the matter of at tendance, which was the largest for open- PUPILS AT ing day In the history of Portland. To be Placerville agency in 1S63. and was trans exact, 11,047 students were enrolled, an in- I ferred to Boise City in 1S65. In 1866 Wells, crease of 1205 over last year, despite the Fargo & Co. bought out Tracy & Co.'s fact that the Highland School, with its Express, about the same time acquiring several hundred pupils, remained closed. . Ben Holliday's overland stage lines, and The contractors have agreed to have the Mr. Atlee became that company's repre Hlghland School ready for occupancy fiext I sentatlve at Boise, handling both the ex Monday, j press and the stage business, and having Fortunately, the distribution of pupils . under his -supervision the traffic of 400 was such that none of the schools was j miles between Umatilla, Or., and Bear seriously overcrowded. The half-day class River Station, on the Salt Lake & Mon systcm will be necessary only at the Cen- tana stage road. In 1871 he was. as above tral and North Central Schools, and at , stated, made Wells, Fargo & Co.'s agent these only In two or three classes of the - at Portland, two years later resigning In lower grades. The attendance at these favor of colonel Dudley Evans, to engage schools was comparatively heavier than ln tne insurance business. Soon after this, in any other districts. Mr Atlee went to California, and since Just how heavy tho attendance was In then has served Well F & Co In the county schools -could not be ascer- , various capacitieSf notably at Bodle and talned. as the enrollment reports have not . Santa Barbarsu 0ff and on. his express yet reached the office of the County Su- . j fl rf d -f and iyjL tySn 1 hIs record th th companies he served 2?feS-?i fl"?"0" ?f? Wnr ! is untarnished. He was a man of kindly wl-To Z i'u ottl rJt 7" Reports of the attendance are expected to- day. City Superintendent Rigler attributes tho heavy city attendance of yesterday as much to the fact of the prolonged vaca tion as to the year's Increase In popula tion. If school had been opened on sched- l (!ononihof IS ti nttonnnoo would possibly have been much lighter. He came to Portland about two weeks Taking yesterday's Influx as a criterion, i s,lnce on a vslt DUt iP proved bur Superintendent Rigler believes the at- . densome, and soon, after his arrival he tendance will have reached 12,000 ln the 1 was Placed under a physician's care. Re course of a few weeks. cently, however, his condition showed The enrollment returns of the various sIBns of Improvement, and on two occa- schools showing the number of pupils en- tered at each during yesterday follows: Williams Ave. Holladay .... Fern wood . . . . Xorth Central ,693)Portsmoutn ISO l15 Peninsula 1.05 12IOckley Green 101 iKi-Hlghland .... (Closed i Central 73GiThompson G77 Stephens 4S4AlbIna Central 17U Brooklyn 3"20.Chapman 491 Clinton Kelly 301iCouch 6fc5 Midway 14 Atkinson 587 Sellwood 290iPark 723 ' Sunnvslde 4C7I Harrison 723 Alnsworth 124Falling 577 Marquam 9Soutn Portland 182 , High School 743jFulton 66 i Wood lawn 250; Nearly all the details of enrollment were ! completed yesterday, and today will be devoted to classifying new pupils; dls- trlbutlng classes, and assigning lessons. Before the end of the week all the pre- Hmlnaries will have been completed and the pupils will have settled down to hard work. Book and stationery stores were the scene of unusual activity during the after- T,nnn nfto the students had learned wh.it books they would require for their stud- ies. Many hundred books were sold, and the activity In school supplies Is expected to continue during the entire week. DO YOU WANT A DOG? Mayor Williams Allovrs Farmers to Take Their Pick in the Pound. The hapless canines that meet death In i the city estray pound simply because there is none of the human family that takes sufficient Interest ln them to pay a dog license have a friend In Mayor Williams. The Mayor admits that it Is necessary to keep the ranks of tho homeless curs thinned out, especially in the city, but he believes that death Is a penalty too severe for the mere fact of their existence on earth. By the Mayor's orders any one living ln the country may, henceforth, take his pick of the dogs ln the poundkeep-er's-cages, and the dogs may escape the executioner by being taken outside thef city limits to live. This order. It Is be lieved, will have the effect of saving the lives of many untaxed canines. There are many exceptionally fine dogs that get Into the poundkeeper's clutches, and It Is thought there will be no small number of farmers avail themselves of the Mayor's new order. Electric Rohds From Fresno. FRESNO, Cal.. Sept 21. Articles of In corporation are ready to be filed by the Fresno Traction Company. The capital stock of the new corporation will be $5,000, 000. It Is the outcome of -the coming to this valley of Henry E. Huntington with his electric line enterprises, although his name Is not mentioned In the papers of In corporation. The scheme of the Incor porators . Is to construct four electric roads all .leading from Fresno to the ad- jacent country with a view of opening J that territory. The total length will be 1 196 miles, and It Is expected that all will be completed In two years. DEATH OF WILLI AM A. ATLEE Old-Tirac Employe of Wells, Fargo fc Co. Passes Avray. William A. Atlee. who died Sundav j morning at the residence of Mrs. J. H. Lucas, his sister, in this city, was well known to the pioneers of Portland, hav ing been agent for Wells, Fargo & Co. here, during the years 1S71-2, preceding Colonel Dudley Evans, now president of the company. Prior to this, he spent about six years in Eugene, going to that pofnt in .ibofi, serving as clerk In a store. About 1S62 he was made superintendent of Tracy & Co.'s Express, which had an extensive business between Portland and Northern Idaho, and which was soon afterward en larged by absorption of Rockafellow & Mossman's Express, which operated In the Boise Basin. The mining excitement which had srought Lewiston and the surrounding country Into prominence was short-lived, and the express business dwindled to small proportions, and was finally discontinued, the field of operation being transferred to Soutnern Idaho. Mr. Atlee was placed in charge of the WAITING FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL TO BEGIN ENTRANCE OP HARRIS OX-STREET I disposition, and Is known to have used up . cl ' - mnnav ,,,., ,otimo in charity, having in the kindness of his heart on various occasions made indorse ments for friends which cost him dearly. He never married, hence has no lmmedl.- ate family, though his sister In this city, rciuuves eisewucre, survive uiiu. i sions last week he called on the writer. j on both occasions expressing a lively interest in nis oiu acquaintances .in mis city, and hoping he would be afforded an opportunity to meet them. Among the names of those he remembered now liv ing were Colonel McCraken, B. G. White house, "John R. Foster, F. 'M. Warren and C. W. Knowles. A number concerning whom he Inquired have preceded him to the unknown. He was prominent in Ma sonic circles, and his funeral, which takes place at 3 P. M. today from Flnley's chapel, will be conducted under the aus pices of that order. EUGENE SHELBY". i ' J . T A . I AGAIN SPEAKS FOR CANADA i i Attorney-General FInlay Before the. j Alaska Boundary Commission. , T . 4. , ?NDOf'4 Sep 21.-Attorney-General FInlay, at today's session of the Alas- ! kan Boundary Commission, continued his argument ln behalf .of Canada, citing the utterances of American officials and pas sages ln the American case which he ar gued upheld Canadian contentions. The Attorney-General declared that the inlets of Alaska must be considered ter ritorial waters. J,n this connection. Lord Chief Justice Alverstone called the Attorney-General's attention to tho conten tion of the Norwegian Commissioners ln the Behrlng Sea arbitration, that the waters of the fjords of Norway were ter ritorial, and that the coast of that peninsula subsequently represented a line drawn from headland to headland. The Attorney-General said that this principle should be applied to Alaska. Lord Alverstone apparently was unwill ing to bind himself to such a sweeping application, and suggested that, owing to geopraphlcal peculiarities, it was Im possible to apply to Alaska some prin ciples applicable elsewhere. The Attorney-General quoted the con tention of the United States in" tho Behrlng Sea arbitration In support of tne Canadian view of territorial waters, out as the American contention did not pre vail on that occasion. Lord Alverstone said It could not now be used In favor of Canada. Attorney-General FInlay occu pied tho entire day. He will conclude hla argument tomorrow. Xorvrefjlnii-Dttiilsh Conference. TACOMA, Wash., Sept. 21. At the clos ing session of the Norwegian-Danish con ference of the M. E. Church today. Bish op Hamilton announced the appoint ments, which Include the following presid ing elders: California district. Elbert J. Lundegarde. of Oakland: Montana dis trict Ne'lls P. Hansen, of Butte: Oregon district. Chris L. Hansen, of Portland; Washington district, Joseph ' Olsen, of Tacoma. . . HE LEAPS TO DEATH PrisonerTakes DesperateRisk . to Regain Liberty. HAMBR00KCRUSHEDBY.WHSELS As Train Brings Swindler Back for TrIal,He Jumps From Window and Rolls Under "Wheels Had Robbed His Employers la Portland. Rather than face Inevitable disgrace, W. E. Hambrook, a prisoner In charge of Officer L". G. Carpenter, while attempting desperately to escape, leaped out of a SCHOOL. train window In the Portland yards last evening and was instantly killed. Hambrook was arrested ln North Yakima, Wash., Saturday on a charge of grand larceny, preferred by the Morgan Com pany, a Portland advertising specialty firm. After he had been placed under ar rest, he made a desperate attempt to es cape by jumping from a window ln a hotel. He was fired upon by a large crowd, but gained his freedom for a time, though he was captured In a hayloft that evening. Officer Carpenter was sent by Chief Hunt to tying home the offending drum mer. Hambrook. after he had been cap tured, declared his willingness to travel with the officer to Portland without the formality of requisition papers. JHe re fused, however, to allow handcuffs to be placed upon him. Obedient to every order of the officer, Hambrook was brought in on the North ern Pacific. The train reached the Port land yards at 7 o'clock. Hambrook asked permission to enter the water closet. This was at first refused by Carpenter, but as tV" fain w.is alreadv slowlntr down as It The genuine IVm&SL m Tr cleanse tne 1 Dai mmmsmmk : . i 1 m fffiilElE one ll to SSM Always 3 printed on the front of every package. Price Fifty Cents per reached the yards, he finally permitted the prisoner to go to the end of the smoking car. In which they had been riding. Mind ful of his duty, however, Carpenter went with Hambrook and, as he entered the closet, kept the door ajar with his foot. The offhser also did not relax hl3 hold upon Hambrook's wrist for a moment. Jumps to Fall Under "Wheels. Just as the long train rolled past the watcrtank near the Alblna ferry slip. Car penter felt the wrist of his prisoner sud denly jerked out of his hand and. glancing Into the closet, he saw that Hambrook Was gone, with the only exit a window on the side of the car. Hambrook, as he entered the closet, had worked his feet through the window, which is of the regular car size and large enough to admit his body. Jerking hii hand from that of the officer, he hai slipped over the side of the car, only t meet Instant death under the wheels Jf the train which was bearing him a prs- oner to a court of justice. . Carpenter darted Into the vestlbileJ opened the door and, looking backw:rd saw that Hambrook had disappeared. BJ this time the long train had reached tbi trnln nlntfnrm nnrt was nrCDarlng tOflaf. Carpenter dropped off and ran back iloAg tho track. Tho Knu- nf Wnmhmnit lnv betwen tne ;nh rails, horribly mangled by the car vhls. The smoking-car, from which h. ,naa jumped, was next to the engine. auJ tne onllro trnln hnri 'Vinsspr! over his fc)dr or at least until his remains were tbrown j aside. J . The passengers poured from tig train unknowing that a tragedy had (fcurrea while they were looking forward A nieel: lngs with their friends. But theody ot Hambrook was borne to the morn6- . T.,o n-hnt xmlcnrl WnmhrOOk tO M OaCK under the train Is a mystery. Hiposition f In sliding feet first out of ttW wtnuow . half of thcse pianos. They are not secona 1 made him fall close to the side 0 the car. f hand, not even shop-worn, but time Is Either he was simply sucked tfderneath short and everything on our floor Is to be track and was thus thrown Pj5" I day u number of the highest grade of cab , His chest was crushed In and rfinj ounea i met rand upright pianos that retail everv- broken. J hi, srrindlln- Onernons. His svrinunn upernj Hambrook had been employ by ooa- nri riririf r.a. for several honths pre- vlous to his going upon the pad for the t them now. -vr foT,T- Th in:j k a quantity We said we would close out all of our Morgan Companv. The loss ?"7""n stock, and we're going to do it. We firmly of valuable drugs aroused 1c susp.cions beeve that nevep again w,n ,t be poggl ' of his employers, and It waslinauj aseer- bIe (jr you tQ buy pjanog ana organs on talncd that ne had for sometime been in t the terms at which we're now going to 1 the habit of stealing drugs tfom them and i close them out. ' selllne them to other drufclsts. To do ! If you are not quite ready to take ad ' this he represented hlmselftTs a drummer , vantage of this sale, come In and make I tnis ne represenieu mmsc , selection anyway. A small deposit I for a San Francisco housj Though cM- wm h()M thcm , dence was obtained agalrit him d tne j Remember. that a great many high i city detectives, the firmpllowed Ham- ' grade upright pianos, medium size, which brook to go without proscjutlon. Through ought to bring $350 and $400, are on hand ' a number of excellent refefences and some yei; they're, marked to; sell now for $1S6 Jr,oi frionrtc h nhtrfned a position 212 a'J Special terms to close out i p"f"?1 Z t nnd traveled Quickly. 520 In cash and $10 a month. I wltn the Morgan Compa, and traveled Thc fmest ,anog ma(e are chlckerlng for It, selling advertising oveltles on com- of Boston. Weber of New York, and the mission. Pleading had btained for him j;cw Scale Kimball of Chicago. Besides an advance from his net employers, who these, there are Innumerable other tine ! wre lrnorant of his oratlons while at makes, such as the Vose, Decker & Son. 1 Ho lf, a. Jrltv he cave his Bush & Gerts Knabe. Stelnway. Brlnker- the drug store. As sefW i P . hoff Pease jester (Philadelphia's great trunk In a storehouse As he aid not plano) etc etc all of wnicn are on sale , make good the advanP, the trunK vvas here at leS1 tnan 3man dealers' wholesale I attached, when It wasfound that ne nau i previously borrowed mpey upon me same securltv. Other actlori convinced the ad vertlslng company thaflts drummer would I stand Investigation, did he was accord- I lngly arrested In Norm Yakima ! Had Bee Divorced. It Is believed thai Hambrook came orlg- lnally from St. fxuls. San iranctsco was given as hlsformer hpme when he came to Portlai last Winter. While there he had soldbncyclopedlcs for a book u J ohniit VMM of aire ' piucntiiny fuui unn puuea. concern. He wrf abou t 30 ears or. ae Remember, thla sale will not last for He had once bdn married, but his wife j cyer m fact lt would have been a thing obtained a dlvoie. , t of the past if lt had not been for various "Hambrook aid I got along very well 1 vexatious delays on the part of the con- together on ihf way down," said Onlcer Carpenter last evening. "He said that he would go qulff'y If I would not handcuff him, and I dli not. I followed him to the dining car. aid never let him get out of my sight. Wien he went Into the closet I had hold of his hand. He must have worked his 'feet through the window as soon as he went In, and when he was ready Jerke, his hand from mine and fell out of the tlndow." Snlmcn Are Coming Slovrly. The McGolan cannery in this city Is only handling tfout a ton and a half of salmon daily now oecause of the shortage ot fish L L. -o -v hpinp. n Shoalwjet Bay. No fish are blnS taken frod the mouth of Column a and Bakerfe Bay and the cannerj has to anxiouslywaiting for a larger run. A to tal of 600y cases were put up between July 20 and Algust 15. The Cat Came Back. Fifty piles ln two months was the rate at whirl a cat owned by Kev H. Sel- Effectually Gently; w There is only Genuine Syrup of Figs; get its buy the genuine S&n Francisco, Cal. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all first-class druggists. The run name ot the company amornia rig oyrup co. is always m company California Fig END S NOT YET Buttilers Piano House AI tfation Sale Is Rapidly Drawing to a Close. Choice Pianos and Organs at Factory Cost, And Some Even for Less If You Are interested You Cannot Afford to Put Off Investigating Be fore it's Too Late. Some Prices and Further Details. A Mce new and reliable upright piano One In mahocanv. $148. Several in regular walnut cases, double veneered, ivory keys and ebony sharps. 5156. 1 ' Still other styles, 5137. One-tenth of the amount down and SS or $S per month buys them. where for 450 to JboO. but they're going out of here by Saturday If we have to wo were going to say. split prices In two; but -we will take that back. However, we're going to make It worth your while to buy i prices. Some 50 or More Used Up- rights At practically your own prices. We guar antee them to be In good condition and will take them back at any time desired . our llberal Excnance Agreement nlan. $10 or j!5 casn and ?6 or ?s a month buy3 them. i The choicest parlor organs, such as JvimDaii. ourueit. aiso a numoer ot Jiason tractors., owing to Inability to get work done promptly at the mills. Eilers Piano House, corner Eighth (Park) and Wash ington streets, Nos. 351-353-355 Washington street. J leek, pastor of the Sunnyslde M. E. ' church, made Its way home from Salem, where It had been taken In the hopes that it would find a warmer welcome than In Portland. When Rev. Mr. Selleck sue ceeded Rev. H. B. Elworthy as pastoi of the church, he also fell heir to a home- loving tabbly left behind by the Elworthy family. Kittens came and were distributed I ng the par doners but bby stajed i y the Selleck family She was not v i ant- ; ed. so John R. Nash, a mall clerk oc j southern Pacific run. who lives next . Sellecks. took pussy In a sack droppcd her off at Salem, thinking Selleck residence. 1036 East Morrison street. She had been two months on the way, but there she way. If you are tired taking large old-fashioned griping pills, try Carter's Little Liver Pills and take some comfort. A man can t stand everytning. ions stipated; For men, women and children; on an aver Manufactured by the ewYork.Y. Syrup Co. is always bottle. TH