THE MOROTNG OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, OCTOBEB 20, 1903.
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Bandits Attempt to Rob
Bank of NeWberg.
USE DYNAMITE ON VAULT
Safe Resists Several As
saults Made Upon It.
CITIZENS WATCH MEN AT WORK
Afraid-to Give tbe Alarm, Tliey Keep
Quiet Until the "Robber, Disgust
ed With, the Job, Take to '
the Woods.
JJTTWBERG, Or., Oct. 19.- (Special.) A
bold and tfortunately unsuccessful at-:'
tempt was made between 3 and 3:30
o'clock this morning to rbb the vault of
tho Bank of Newberg. It Is known that
at least three men were Implicated In
the affair. Several charges of dynamite
were exploded against the vault, but It
resisted the assault. Finding all their
efforts foiled, the -toandlts made their
escape from town on horseback. "While
the attempted safe-cracking was In prog
ress, a number of persons were aware
of what was going on but did not dare
to give the alarm, as the robbers had
guards posted about the bank.
At 3 o'clock the citizens of the town
"tt-ere rudely awakened by a series of muf
fled explosions, the vigorous ringing of
tie town fire bell and occasional rifle re
ports. Almost to a man they turned out
to see what was the cause of the dis
turbance, fearing that their homes were
la danger from the Are fiend. It was soon
learned that robbers had taken possession
of the bank, and the mob turned Its at
tention In that direction. By the time the
people reached the scene, however, the
bandits had succeeded In getting away.
Watched Bandit at Worlc
Persons in the Immediate "vicinity of the
"bank had been watching the proceedings
since shortly after midnight, but, covered
by two men with rifles, they dared not
glye the alarm. Occupants of the bank
building were compelled to remain in
their quarters while the walls threatened
to go down with every explosion, and they
did not dare venture a call for help, as
such a move might have meant Instant
Ttleath. Belated residents returning to
their homes were warned to remain silent
on the penalty of death and cowed into
submission, they obeyed the orders of the
bandits, y
The first general alarm was given at
S:30 o'clock by the ringing of the city fire,
Cashier 3s C. Colcord was soon on
ground and entered the building at
side ooor, wnen tne working plan or
le safe wreckers was disclosed. They
.had laboriously cut an opening through,
the brick wall, by which they gained ac-.
cesr, to the safe. Evidences of a terrific
bombardment were at hand. Great pieces
of steel had been wrenched loose, and
hurled against the vault door, bursting
It open. But the safe, a steel chest, re
sisted all the attempts of the burglars,
and the funds of the bank were un
touched. Nine charges were exploded,
all In the course of a halt hour.
Intimidated by Guards.
Vhlle the bombarding of the chest was
In progress, two men stood guard on tho
outslde,one on the northeast corner and
te on tltf south. These guards effectu-
v lntinilated those living in the im
itate vicinity of the bank, who feared
give 4 the "alarm. Isaac "Vinson, a
mg nian who stays a,t the .Newberg
fciljivas somewhat belated in getting
and came along the street at the time
la work was going on. One of the bur
sars on guard roughly hailed him, "Get
of this, you . or I'll blow vnur
lad off," and fired in his direction. Vln-
a "got," and notified tho people at the
hotel.
Professor R. W. Kirk, principal of the
public school, lives across- the street from
the bank and took in the situation from
the time of the first explosion.
He could tell the location of the
guards, but did not know how many
more there were stationed about, and
did not risk Interference. He says that
after preparing for each explosion, the
burglar who had it In charge came out
and carefully closed the door behind him.
After the last attempt ho heard one
speak to another, saying: "Come on.
Bob," and they disappeared around the
rear of the building.
JVerve-Itacking; Ordeal.
The closest and most wide-awake spec
tators of the attempted robbery were
three young people named Uaxfield, two
.brothers and a sister, from Washington,
who are students of the Pacific College,
and who have rooms over the bank
vault They were awakened at the first
attempt to enter the building, which they
say was made a little after midnight,
when the - vttrlc lights were turned off.
-Syey aros- and dressed, and listened to
the 'work going on below them for over
two hours, but had no means of escape
except by way of the front of the build
ing, and that was guarded. Miss Max
field, in speaking of the nerve-racking
ordeal to which she had been made a vic
tim, said:
"We heard the men enter tho bank
shortly after midnight. They worked
along and "we knew that they were in the
act of breaking Into the vault Booking
out over the street, however, we discov
ered the men standing guarjl, and as they
were armed we saw It would be folly to
attempt to raise an alarm. All we could
do was to remain in our apartments and
take chances with fate. At 3 o'clock, I
should say, there was a loud explosion,
and we could plainly feel the building
tremble. , A little later there was another
shock and still another. Wo thought the
bandits would completely wnck the
building, so jjerslstent were they In their
efforts to open the vault They certainly
were trying moments, and wo felt great
ly relieved when certain that the .bandits
had abandoned the task."
Plrcbell Alarms Citizens.
Arthur Austin was the first to give the
general alarm. Having heard the shoot
ing he "started out and soon learned the
facts. '
With gun In hand he made his way to
f the City Hall to ring the fire bell; butv
found that the robbers had taken pre
caution, here too, by cutting away the
bell rope. Austin climbed up Into the
tower, and clanged the bell, and shot the
gun by turns until he had the town thor
oughly aroused. Nothing was heard at
the bank after the first bell tap. In fact,
it Is believed that tho burglars gave up
in despair of forcing the chest open and
left some 15 minutes before the bell rang.
City Marshal J. J. Woods tracked tho
men out north of town across the rail
road, and found where their horses had
been hitched a short distance beyond the
edge of town. After mounting, they
struck out' north.
The safe crackers were evidently pro
fessionals, and there Is no clew to their
Identity, and no reasonable hope of their
capture. Arthur Austin saw two strangers
standing by the bank after dark last
night but would hardly be able to iden
tify them. About the same time Cashier
Colcord and A. P. Oliver were sitting in
the telephone office, three blocks farther
down the street when a stranger jassed
twice in quick succession and looked In.
Oliver thinks he could Identify the, man.
However, there Is little prospect that an
opportunity will ever be given him.
The Chief of Police of Portland was
telephoned to and replied that he would
send a detective out at once.
The .steel chest Is so battered that it
OFFICERS OF AMERICAN BANKERS' ASSOCIATION
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F. C. Blgelovr, First Vice- EL F. Swinney, Chairman Caldw'ell Hardy, President James R. Branch, Secretary. George F. Ords, Treasurer.
President. Executive Committee.
cannot be opened and an expert was tel
ephoned for from Portland. Business of
tho bank was largely suspended today.
The loss lib the way of damage to the
building and the wrecking of the safe Is
covered by insurance. The bank also
carried a good Insurance on Its deposits.
XOTBOXA FIDE SETTJLE3IEXT.
Homestead Entries Cannot Be Made
for Other Purposes.
OREGON CITY. Or., Oct 19. (Special.)
In a recent decision the Commissioner of
the General Land Office has held that
when the evidence in making final proof
tends to show that tho person making a
homestead entry did so for the purpose
of making other use of the land than that
contemplated in the homestead act then
such entry Is liable to cancellation. J. R.
Draper, a local attorney, has just been
advised that the Oregon City land Office
has been reversed in a homestead contest
case Involving these questions. The case
decided is that of William N. Yeater
vs. Fred F. Prince, of Salem. Yeater con
tested the final proof of v Prince, alleging
that the latter did not maintain a resi
dence or make the required Improvements
on the land. The local Land Office decid
ed that the general land laws had been
compiled with and accepted Prince's
proof. Yeater appealed and J. H. Fimple,
Assistant Commissioner of the General
Land Office In a decision just handed
down, holds that Prince was in fault In
making proof and as a consequence the
department holds that the homestead
entry Is 'liable to cancellation.
In this case one of the witnesses for the
contestant testified that it would cost
$300 per acre to make the land Included
In the homestead entry suitable for agri
cultural purposes, "and from this repre
sentation the Assistant Commissioner
concluded that the land was desired be
cause of the timber thereon. In reversing
the local Land Office the Assistant Com
missioner says:
"While lands chiefly valued for timber
and stone and unfit for ordinary agricul
tural purposes are not excluded from
settlement by the act of June 3, 1S7S, yet
settlement of such lands should be care
fully scrutinized, as the exception In said
act Is In favor of tho bona fide settler.
A settlement for the purpose of securing
the timber on the land or for any other
purpose than establishing a home is not
a bona fide settlement within the meaning
of the said act"
STAXD BY THE REFERENDUM.
Clackamas County Grange ThinUs
Portland Court Decided Unvrisely. '
OREGON CITY, Or., October 19. (Spe
cial.) Clackamas ' District Pomona
Grange at its session at Molalla recent
ly adopted the following resolution on
"direct legislation":
"Whereas, The State Grange of Oregon
has for many years at Its annual sessions
Indorsed the Initiative and referendum and
the members have used their best en
deavors to secure Its adoption as a part
of the state constitution and believe its
maintenance a safeguard to the most
sacred rights of the people, we view with
alarm the recent decision of the Circuit
Court of Multnomah County declaring
said amendment void; and,
"Whereas, We believe the voters of Jthp
state fully understood the purport 'and
effect of such amendment when they vot
ed for its ratification; and,
"Whereas, We believe said Circuit
Court was not properly or well, advised In
considering said amendment when said
decision was rendered; therefore, be it
"Resolved, That it is the sense of this
Grange that said amendment should re
main a part of the constitution and that
the wishes Nand rights of the peopje should
not be sacrificed by strained and narrow
decisions and on technical questions."
Eighteen Grance organizations were
represented at the meeting, which elected
officers for the ensuing year as follows:
William Grisenthwalte, master; J. W
Thomas, overseer; George Workman, lec
turer; William Beam, steward; H. Glover,
assistant steward; O. A. Eaton, chaplain;
T. L. Turner, treasurer; C. H. Spence,
secretary; Edwin Bates, gatekeeper; Delia
Guttrldge, Ceres; M. A. Johnson, Po
mona; E. T. B. Thomas, Flora; Rose A.
Robblns, L. A. S. -
Tussle With Thievlnff Gypsies. I
EUGENE, dr., Oct 18. (Special.) The '
gypsies who have been camped near
town left today and Policeman Stiles had
a lively tussle arresting a woman of the
crowd after they had gone as far as
Springfield. The gypsy was wanted on a ,
charge of stealing a J5 coin from a young '
man whose fortune she was telling. Af- j
ter the woman had been arrested the en
tire party turned back and made good the
amount asked by- the complaining -witness
and secured the damsel's release.
Quick Justice for Horsethicf.
COLFAX, Wash., Oct 19. (Special.)
Bert Taylor, aged 23 years, today- pleaded
guilty to the charge of horsestealing,
and was sentenced to three years In the
penitentiary. Taylor stole a horse one
night sold It next day at Pullman, and
was lodged in jail the next night He is
tho son of a farmer and had previously
borne a good reputation.
IN BRICK ANQ STONE
Contracts Let for Rebuilding
Aberdeen.
THE WORK WILL BE RUSHED
Cheap Shacks Only Permitted for
Temporary Purposes Insurance
Companies Affected, and the
Amounts Involved.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Oct 19. (SpeciaL)
So great was the rush to put up tempo
rary shacks today that the Council, un
der its new fire ordinance,- was compelled
to staK all. work unless permits agreeing
to take such buildings down when con
sidered advisable were signed. . The per
mits wer all signed and hereafter no
building will be 'permitted without In-
suranco of this properly signed Instru
ment Following the sale of the Kaufman
corner, Alvln Hemrlch, the Seattlo
brewer, signed a 15-year lease for a lot
ODDOsito Kaufman's. He will build a
stone and brick block. A lot on Heron
street wag purchased by Nimlre t Mor
gan. They will build a solid brick , hotel
of 65 rooms. Hayes & Hayes, the bank
ers, R. T. Dabney, the State Bank and
several others have let contracts for
brick blocks. The fire has brought here
a good many contractors from outside
'towns, and It Is believed they will get
contracts for buildings that must be
rushed.
' The total losses foot up 5527,400. The
insurance companies affected by losses
and the amounts are as follows:
Aetna of Hartford $17,000
London, Liverpool & Globe 10,700
Sun. of London 10.000
Connecticut 2,220
New Zealand 2,500
Hamburg-Bremen 1,(500
St Paul COO
Providence, of Washington 2.400
Royal Exchange 8,500
Atlas 800
Royal Liverpool : 11.000
Svea, of Hattanburg 1,000
Queen, of New York 6,250
Phoenix, of Brooklyn 400
British North America B.S00
Norwich Union 7,600
New York Underwriters , S50
Insurance Company of North
. America 2,650
Hartford, of Connecticut 6,250
Dutchess COO
Scottish Union National 2,700
Manchester 1,000
Phoenix, of London 2,500
Caledonian 3,000
London 2,600
Franklin . 1,000
Niagara , 4,400
Law. Union & Crown 1.S00
London & Lancashire 2.200
Home Mutual Fire 'Association 2,000
Firemen's Fund 650
London 1,500
British American 7,000
German Frankfort 2,000
Pacific Union 2.000
North Aberdeen, Scotland 1.500
British American, of Toronto 7,500
German, of Freeport, 111 2,500
Pacific Union, of San Francisco 2.000
Machen & Munich 1,000
Springfield, Mass 7,000
National, of Hartford- 7,000
Home Insurance Company, of New
York 10,400
Firemen's Fund, of San Francisco .. 1,000
Traders of Chicago 15,000
Philadelphia Underwriters 1,500
Williamsburg City 3.000
Orient 2,000
Netherlands 1.000
Transatlantic 2,100
FIND OF PnOXOLITE.
large Body of Ringrstone Located
South of Baker City.
BAKER CITY. Or., Oct 19. A large
body of phonollte. "said to bo as rich in
gold as that found in Cripple Creek. Colo.,
has been discovered on East Camp Creek,
55 miles south of this city. The discovery
was made some time ago by J. H. Gray
ham and J. W. Miller, but they were not
certain that It was phonollte until they
sent samples to Denver and to Washing
ton and had assays 'mado by the local as
say ers. They have received reports from
all sources confirming the fact that It Is
phpnollte. Samples of the ore range In
value from H to JS0O per ton. Phonollte.
or ringstone, as It Is called. Is said to
exist only In sections where there are
very rich gold ledges.
The discovery has caused a great deal
of excitement here and" a number of
prominent citizens and mining1 prospectors
will leave for the new gold field In the
morning. One specimen of float rock
was picked up on the ground near the
original discovery last week which only
weighed a few pounds, yet It yielded tho
1 owner $35- In free gold.
CRAZY ACTOR ESCAPES.
Insane Man Eludes His" Guard on
Train in California.
REDDING, Cat, Oct 13. J. J. Belladleu,
an Insane man, who was being taken
from Seattle to the home of his brother
In "San Francisco, escaped from- the Cali
fornia express train this morning some
where In the vicinity of Balrd Spur, In
this county, and has not yet been found.
Belladleu was. an actor. .He became in
sane four years ago and has since been
cared for by a friend In Seattle. He has
never been in an asylum. Belladleu"was
In charge of H. Welsh, of Seattle, who
acknowledges that he fell asleep for a
few minutes near Balrd Spur, where
Belladleu escaped. A. F. Mason, a second
Insane man In charge of Welsh, made no
effort to escape.
Races at Walla Walla.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Oct 19. The
results in today's races at the first an
nual" exhibition of the Walla Walla
County Fair Association wero as follows:
Pace, 2-year-olds, purse $200 Bessie R.
won, Lynn second, Dandy 'Frisco third.
The winners are all Walla Walla colts.
Luciel and Nellie S. were scratched In a
field of five. Time, 2:S5H.
Three-eighths of a mile, running, all
ages, graded weight for age, purse $150
Queen T. won, Barney Owens second;
Dlxlo third. Pat Tucker and Baby Mao
also statred. Time, 0:S5. Miss Miller, -Kho
was to run, pitched overboard in the pad
dock, slightly hurting Jockey McClces.
Five-eighths of a mile, running, selling,
S-year-olds and upwards, purse J150 Dr.
Sherman won, Modder second, Ellis Glen
third; field of six; time, 1:03. f
Seven-eighths of a mile, 3-year-olds and
upwards, purse . $S00 Gold Finder won.
Tourist second, Dunblane third;' time,
1:31.
W. C. T. U. OF OnEGOX.
Annual Convention Opens at Salem
This Evening
SALEM, Oct 19. (Special.') The twenty
first annual session of the W. C. T. U. of
Oregon will convene In this city tomor
row evening, when the welcoming exer
cises will bo held. The convention will
continue in session until Saturday. The
programme for Tuesday evening 13 as fol
lows: Song service, conducted by Professor Z.
M. Parvin; devotions. Rev. W. C. Kant
ner; duet, Mlos Johnson and Professor
Parvin; addresses of welcome (five min
utes each); for the city, N. J. Judah;
for the churches, Rev. F. W. CUffe; vocal
solo. "Mission of the Rom," Miss Byarsr
for the press, A. Hofer; for the Univer
sity, Professor W. C. Hawley; for tho
public school Superintendent Travers;
music; for the Woman's Club. Mrs. T. T.
Geer; lor the county W. C. T. U., Mrs.
R. M. Steele; for Salem W. C. T. IT.. Mrs.
E. C. Matheny; vocal solo. Professor Par
vin; response, Mrs. Eva C. Wheeler;
"Needs' of the Hour," Frances E. Gott
shall; song, "All Around the World." au-
WHICH CONVENES IN SAN FRANCISCO WEDNESDAY
dlence; benediction. Rev. John, Parson3. ,
The forenoon of Wednesday will be de
voted to business. The afternoon an,d even
ing programmes of that day are as fol
lows: Afternoon Solo, Mr. C. M. Charlton;
president's address, Mrs. R. M. Steele pre
siding; 'Watchman What of the Night?"
LIrs. Louise P. Round, Mrs. M. F. Fulli
love, Mrs. Jane B. Votaw, Mrs. Elizabeth
V. Wilson, Mrs. M. E. Hoxter; "Our Cabi
net and Its Contents Presented for Our
Inspection," Mrs. Ida Barkley, Mrs. Mary
M. Blair, Mrs. Sarah C. Roberts, Mrs.
Mary E. Aldrich, Mrs. Elizabeth P. Mar
com, Mrs. Jane H. Blair; Young Wo
man's Christian Temperance Union; Loyal
Temperance Legion.
Evening Music, congregation; devo
tions, Rev. Davis Erritt; duet Nellie Par
sons and Bessie Cornelius; address, Mls3
Lillian E. Rhelps, Canada; "The Old Old
Story,' Mrs.JennIe McPherson; solo, "It
Is God's Way," Mrs. Z. J. -Rlggs; bene
diction. Rev. H. A. Ketchum.
MARRIAGE IN A HOSPITAL.
Romance of Trro Typhoid Fever
Patients.
BAKER CITY, Or., Oct 19. (Special.)
C. B, Hall, of' thi3 city, and Miss Etta
Shepphard, of Portland, were, married at
St Elizabeth's Hospital In this city to
day by Rev. George T. Ellis, of the Bap
tist Church.
There Is a very pretty romance back of
this wedding. Recently Mr. jgall was
stricken with typhoid fever, and Miss
Shepphard came from Portland to care
for him. He was on the road to recov
ery when he had a relapse. In the mean
time Miss Shepphard was stricken with
the dread disease. Today she arose from
her sick bed, dressed and went to her
lover's room, where the ceremony was
performed. Mr. Hall was too sick to
leave his bed.
Miss Shepphard, who Is quite 111, left for
her home In Portland tonight The dis
ease has not advanced far enough In her
case to preclude -her traveling. The at
tending physicians have every reason to
hope for the final recovery of Mr. Hall.
Unfit to Care Tor Her Children.
ASTORIA, Or., Oct 19. (Special.) A
petition was. filed In the County Court
today by G. M. Grimes, son of C. C.
and Sarah A. Grimes, of Seaside, asking
that his two sisters, Cynthia and Bessie
Grimes, aged 14 and 12 years, respec
tively, be placed In the care of the Boys'
and Girls' 'Aid Society, of Portland. The
petition states that the father Is willing
the children should be given to the care
of the Aid Society and asserts that the
mother, Sarah A. Grimes'is a woman of
notoriously bad character and has grossly
abused her parental authority over the
said minors and is totally unfit to have
their care and custody." Tho petition
will be heard by the court Thursday.
Astoria May Have Nevr City Hall.
ASTORIA, Or., Oct 19. (SpeciaL) At
the session of the Council thi3 evening
a proposition was submitted through S.
S. Gordon offering 515,000 cash for the
City Hall property. -The matter was re
ferred to a committee, which was also
Instructed to advertise for sealed bids for
the property, as well as for offers of
sites for a new City Hall and an engine
house. While no vote was taken on the
question, a majority of the Council ex
pressed themselves as favoring the sell
ing of the property, providing the propo
sition of erecting a now City Hall can be
submitted to a vote of the people at tho
election in December.
Deaths at Ashland.
ASHLAND, Or., Oct. 19. (Special.) Dr.
H. T. Inlow, a pioneer physician of this
city, died here today, aged S3 years. Tho
funeral will be held Wednesday under
the auspices of the Oddfellows.
John H. Pratt, a Civil War veteran of
local prominence, and a resident here
for ten years, where- ho had been engaged
In the tailoring business, died at his
home in this city late last night aged
63 years. The funeral will be held Tues
day, under the auspices of the Grand
Army of the Republic
Doe&rBusincBS in Alaska.
ASTORIaT Oh. Oct 19. (SpeciaL)-Articles
of Incorporation of the Ross-HIggins
Company, Ltd., have been prepared and
will be filed with the Secretary of State
at once. The 'incorporators are J". T. Ross,
E. Z. Ferguson and Frank M. Gerdes, and
the capital stock Is $35,000. Tho object of
the company Is to conduct a grocery busi
ness at Juneau, Alaska,
New Cold-storage Plant.
ASTORIA, Or., Oct 19. (Special.) Work
kas commenced this morning on the con
struction of a cold-storage plant for the
Sanborn-Cuttlng Company, and It will be
ready for operation by the opening of the
coming fishing season. It will have a
capacity of about 500 tierces of pickled
fish.
Sent to. Reform SchooL
SALEM, Oct 19. (Special.) Edgar
Welch, aged 10 years, was committed to
the Reform School today by County Judgo
Scott
SEEKING OUR TRADE
Puget Sound Merchants Will
Invade Walla. Walla.
HIDDEN DANGER TO, PORTLAND
Real Purpose of Excursion to East
ern Washington Is to Rob This
Glty of Its Jabbing: Business
Arguments Advanced.
WALLi WALLA, . Wash., Oct 19.
(Special.) In the excursion of Seattlo
and Tacoma business men to Walla Walla
October 22 lies a hidden danger to the
extensive "wholesale and Jobbing business
which Portland now controls almost ex
clusively In this territory, for while the
nominal object of the unusual visit from
the Sound cities- Is to give the business
men an opportunity to see the races, the
real purpose is to bring Walla Walla
merchants and Sound Jobbers in contact
with the end In view of robbing Portland
of some of her present trade.
Whether this will be accomplished or
not remains to be seen from tho way
the Sound commission men turn out to
the excursion, and from the Inducements
they may offer here. The real object
In working up the excursion, however.
Is to divert O. R. & N. freight Into
Northern Pacific channels at the' same
time the Portland wholesale business Is
carried over to Walla Walla's home state.
Three hundred prominent business men
are expected from the two Sound cities.
Probably over twice this number will
take advantage of the trip, but the "300"
consists of those whose principal ob
ject In attending will be business more
than pleasure.
The argument that Walla Walla should
support her own state will be used on the
heavy buyers here, also that Just as
good concessions can be secured from
tho Washington jobbers and that the
competition which would spring up be
tween Portland and the Sound in turn
ing part of Portland's trade to the -rival
cities might result advantageously for
local buyers.
An unprecedentedly low round-trip rate
has been granted by the Northern Pa
cific and Washington & Columbia River
Railway, which would be beneficiaries
from the trade diversion. It will cost
the Sound people only $5 for what Is
approximately an SOO-mlle trip, practical
ly quartering the regular fare.
ENDS LIFE WITH ACID.
Jilted Lover Kills Himself In Pres
ence of His Sweetheart.
COLFAX, Wash., Oct 19. (Special.)
Lawrence Johnson, a farmer 23 years old,
committed suicide in the presence of his
betrothed and her mother by swallowing
carbolic acid Sunday. Johnson rented a
farm of Mrs. John Dickinson in Pleasant
Valley, 15 miles from Colfax, and lived
with Mrs. Dickinson and her daughter,
Miss Minnie Renshaw, aged 18 years,
whom he was engaged to marry. It Is
said they had quarreled and the wedding
had been postponed several times.
Sunday morning Johnson asked Miss
Renshaw to accompany him to Sunday
school, but she said she had rather wait
until evening and go to the Christian En
deavor meeting. Johnson went upstairs,
wrote a letter to his mother telling her
good-bye, asked her to kiss his baby
brother, gave directions for the disposi
tion of his personal property, including
$40 in his pocket, drank carbolic acid and
then coolly walked down stairs, laid
down on the sofa near which his sweet-,
heart was sitting and wont into convul
sions. Efforts to secure a physician from
Thornton proved unavailing, and Miss
Renshaw and her mother tried all home
remedies known to them, but Johnson
died in a few minutes.
The deceased was the oldest son of Bun
yan Johnson, a well-known farmer, and
was born and raised In Whitman County.
He was industrious and bore a splendid
reputation. No cause other than despond
ency over the love affair Is known. Miss
Renshaw I3 prostrated.
BURGLARS FRIGHTENTD AWAY.
Attempt to Open the Safe of a
Springfield Mill.
EUGENE, Or., Oct 19. (Special.)
Burglars made their appearance In
Springfield last night where they wero
foiled in two attempts at their trade. At
the flouring mill of Washburne & Son
they effected entrance and were evidently
In a fair way to open the safe when
Head Miller Humphrey came In and
frightened them away.
It was a mere accident that they were
foiled at this place. It was about 2
o'clock this morning and ordinarily at
that hour nobody Is about tho mill, but
on account of a rush of work the mill
has been grinding overtime and the mil
ler was coming at that early hour to
start the machinery. When he entered
the mill he at once noticed the office door
open and on Investigation found a steel
drill on the floor py the safe and three
small holes In the safe door near the
combination lock. But the burglars had
gone and although Humphrey at once
gave the alarm, nothing could be found
of them.
An attempt was also made last night
to enter the residence of James L. Clark.
Mrs. Clark heard a noise and awakened
Mr. Clark, who went to the window In
time to see some one leave the porch. In
the morning it was found one of the win
dows had been pried open.
WOULD OPEN NEW REGION.
Northern Pnclfle May Tap White Pine
Belt at Head of Pnlouse.
PALOUSE, Wash., Oct. 19. (Special.)
It Is thought here that the Northern Pa
cific Railroad Is to be extended from Pa
louse, up the Palouse River to tap the
white pine belt at the head of tho Pa
louse and Potlatch Rivers. A party of
surveyors, believed to be In the employ
of theNorthern Pacific Railroad, arrived
here recently, and hired teams to take
them up the river several miles, where a
camp was established, and reports from
thero say that they are running a line
ud the river toward Princeton. The party
came to Palouse on the Northern Pacific-
train from Spokane and secured teams to
take them to the place where the camp
was established. They communicated' to
no one the object of their visit nor would
any member of the party talk of their trip,
or give out any Information.
When the Weyer&aeuser syndicate
bought the saw mill and timber lands of
tho Palouso River Lumber Company at this
place. It was rumored that a branch road
of the Northern Pacific would be built Into
the timber belt at the headwaters of the.
Palouso and Potlatch Rivers, where this
syndicate has- bought hundreds. of thou
sands of acres of heavily-timbered lands.
Since purchasing the saw mill here and
100,000 acres of timber lands from the local
mill company, the capacity of the saw mill
here has been doubled and an electric
light plant added, so that the mill now
runs day and night thus quadrupling the
output for each 24 hours. It Is evidently
the Intention of the syndicate to make
Palouse the principal lumber point for Its
holdings, and to do this it will be neces
sary to have a railroad to bring the logs
to the mill, as much of the land controlled
by the company la too near the head of
tho river to permit of the logs being
floated down to the mill. A road built up
the Palouse River would have a water
grade for many miles and could follow one
of the many creeks which empty Into the
river and cross the divide to the head
waters of tho Potlatch River on an easy
grade. Such a road would open up a large
and fertile agricultural and dairy dis
trict, with rich meadows and extensive
bottoms, an Ideal region for dairying and
stockraislng;
GOOD ROADS CONVENTION.
Large Attendance Expected at the
Meeting: Friday. '
SALEM, Oct 19. (Special.) President J.
H. Scott, of the Oregon Good Roads Asso
ciation, expects a large -attendance of
property-owners from every part of the
state at the good roads convention which
will meet In Portland October 23. In
terest In the subject of good roads
Is general and people realize the good that
may be accomplished by meeting annually
to consider ways and means of securing
desired ends. A good programme is being
formed, but will not be completed for a
few days. Hon. J. U. Abbott and Hon.
M. O. Eldredge, of the Public Road3 Bu
reau of tho Department of Agriculture at
Washington, D. C, will be present and
will take part in the discussions. Illus
trated lectures will be given showing by
stereoptlcon pictures the road work that
has been done In this and foreign coun
tries. The pictures will show the condi
dltlon .of roads before and after improve
ment Dr. James Wlthycombe, director of tho
Agricultural experiment station at Cor
vallisr will apeak on "Tho Economy of
Good (Roads and Dean W. C. Hawley of
Willamette University will deliver an ad
dress on ."The Relations or Good Roads
to Education." President Samuel Hill, of
the Good Roads Association of Washing
ton, will be present The principal routine
business of thevassoctatlon will be the elec
tion: of officers, including a 'vice-president
from each county.
Escape From Poor Farm.
OREGON CITY, Or., Oct 19. (Special.)
Olof Nygren, aged 64 years, was to
day committed to the State Insane Asy
lum. Nygen was arrested Sunday evening
at Oswego, where he was found acting
strangely. He Is believed to be an es
caped charge of the Multnomah County
Poor Farm.
Fox Killed Near Oregon City.
OREGON CITY, Or., Oct 19. (Special.)
H. H. Eastman killed a half-grown fox
In Vonroy's pasture near this city Sun
day evening. These animals are very
scarce In this section of the WMametta
Valley, and It required five loads of shot
to kill this fox after he had put a hunt
ing dog to flight. The specimen will be
mounted.
.School Fund Disbursed.
OREGON CITY, October 19. (Special.)
County Schtiol Superintendent Zinser
today made the semi-annual apportion
ment of funds among the schools of
Clackamas County. The amount of money
disbursed at this time was $14,622.54, of
which $12,443.20 was from the state fund.
It amounted to $1.60 -per capita.'
Moroccans Refuse to Pay Taxes.
NEW YORK. Oct 19. Attempts to col
lect taxes In the South have resulted,
says, a Times' dispatch from Tangier, In
several tribes driving out th,e Governors
and. destroying and burning the official
residences. The army remains inactive.
IBy Associated Press.!
WHAT THE OLD DOCTOR SAID.
"Doctor," said I, "you say appendicitis
Is much more common than it was thirty
years ago."
"Indeed It is," replied the old doctor.
"That we encountered this disease then,
Is true, but not with such appalling fre
quency. Appendicitis, these days, is al
most as common as sore throat."'
"To what, doctor, doyou attribute this
increase of appendicitis?"
"To hasty eating and to the use of foods
which have a tendency to clog and fret
the intestines and deaden peristaltic ac
tion. The way to avoid appendicitis and
the surgeon's knife is to shun unnatural
foods that beget Intestinal torpor and con
stipation." People who eat Shredded Whole Wheat
Biscuit do not have constipation and
hence need not fear appendicitis. This
perfectly natural food preserves the tone
of the digestive tract and induces every
excretory gland to subserve the , body'3
iuterests. Have you tried this most de
licious of all cereal food3? i
"I have been eatlns your Bhredded "Wheat for
over a year and it has completely cured me of
constipation, with which I had been troubled
lor twenty years." Joseph Jessop, Beldoa
Hall, Coronado Beach, Cal.
CUTLERY
EVERY BLADE MANTE)
HAND
SAPOLIO
Is especially valuable during tho
Summer season, -when outdoor oc
cupations and sports are most lb
order.
GRASS STAINS, MUD STAINS
and CALLOUS SPOTS
yield to it, and It is particularly
agreeable when used in the bath
after violent exercise.
GROCERS AND DRUGGISTS
Scotfs 5antaI-Pepsin Capsules
A POSITIVE CURE
Tor Inflamnlaticn or Catarrh
of the Bladder and Diseased
Kidneys. No cure so pay.
Caret quickly and Perma
nently the TTorst cases cj
CionerrhoeA and Gleet,
no natter o f how los stand
Inr. Absolutely harmless.
Bold by druggists. Price
Sl.M, or by janil, postpaid,
31.00, 3 boxes; (2.75.
THE SAKTAL-PEPS1M Cu.,
BELLEFONTAINE. OHIO.
LXCX-DAVIS Drum CO.. Portland. Or.
ViiSOOSSfOMiri,
WHO VJUmOT MS tHKBh
So uniformly BBcceasfal has Dr. 5ireei
Favorite Prescription proven -in All foras
of Female "Weakness, frofepasa, or falling'
of Womb, aad Incorrhea, that, after over
a t&iru. of a cctitsry's experience in caring'
the worst cases of these distressing ana
de1iiitatinr; ailments, Dr. Pierce now feels
folly warranted in offering to pay $500 ia
cash for any case of these diseases whicHi
he cannot cure.
It Stands. Alone. The "Favorite Pre
scription" stands alone, as the one aad
pnly remedy for these dlstressinrly com
mon forms of weakness, possessed of ssch
positively specific curative properties as to
warrant its makers in proposing;, and
Tjindier themselves to forfeit, as we, the
underalsned proprietors of that wonderful
remedy hereby do, to pay the sum of $500
in lepU money of the united States in any
case of the above diseases in which after c
fair and reasonable trial of our treatment,
we fail to cure. No other medicine for
the cure of woman's peculiar ailments is
backed by such a remarkable ruarantee ;
no other medicine for woman's ills is pos
sessed of the unparalleled curative prop
erties that would wall ant its manufacturers
in making- such, an offer ; no other remedy
has such a record of cures on which to base
such a remarkable offer.
Therefore, insist on having' Dr. Pierce'
Favorite Prescription and turn your back
on any- unscrupulous dealer who would
insult your intelligence by attemptiaj; to
foist upon you some inferior substitute,
under the plea that "it is just as good."
Insist on having: the article which has a
record of a third of a century of cures and
which is backed by those willing to forfeit
S500 if they cannot cure you.
In cases attended by a leucorrheal drain
a solution of Dr. Pierce's lotion Tablets
should be used conjointly with the use of
the "Favorite Prescription." They are sold
by all druggistSj or sent post-paid ta aay
address, on receipt of 35 cents in stamps.
Send 31 cents in stamps for Dr. Pierce's
Common Sense Medical Adviser. Address
World's Dispensary, Buffalo, N. T. t
"Weak and sick women are invited to
consult Dr. Pierce, by letter, frte. All
correspondence is held as strictly private
Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo. N. Y. I
Dr. Pierce's Pellets cure biliousneaa. I
"COLDS
Radway's Heady Belief cures and prevents
Colds. Coughs, Sore Throat. Influenza, Bron
chitis, Pneumonia. Swelling of the Joints,
Lumbago. Inflammations, .Rheumatism, Neu
ralgia, Headache. Toothache. Asthma, Dif
ficult Breathing. Radways Ready Relief Is
a Sure Cure for Every Pain, Sprain. Bruises.
Pains In the Back, Chest or Limbs. It vrza
the first and only Pain Remedy that in
stantly stops the most excruciating pains,
allays inflammations and cures congestion,
whether of the lungs, stomach, bowels or
other glands or organs, by one application.
FOR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL USE
A half to a teaspoonful in half a tumbler
of water will In a few minutes euro cramps,
spasms, sour stomach, heartburn, nervous
ness, sleeplessness, sick headache, diarrhea
dysentery, colic, flatulency and all internal
pains.
There Is not a remedial agent in the world
that will cure fever and ague and all other
malarious, bilious and other fevers, aided by
RADWAY'S PILLS, so quickly as RAD
WATS READY RELIEF. Sold by Drug
gists. RADWAY & CO., 55 Elm St., JJew
York.
C. GEE WO
The Great Chinese Doctor
Is called great because
his wonderful cures are
so well known through
out the United Stated,
and because so many
people are thankful ta
him for saving their
lives from
OPERATIONS
He treats any and all
diseases with powerful
Chinese herbs, roots,
buds, bark and vege
tables, that are entire
ly "unknown to medical
science in this- country.
r, iiirm.oii tiia use o these harmless reme
dies. This famous doctor knows the action ot
over 500 different remedies that he has suc
cessfully used in different diseases. He guar
antees to cure catarrh, asthma, lung troubles,
rheumatism, nervousness, atomach, liver, kid
neys, female trouble and all private diseases.
Hundreds of testimonials. Charges moderate.
Call and see h'.m.
CONSULTATION FREE
Patients out of the city write for blank and
circular. Inclose stamp. Addreso
THE C. GEE WO
CHINESE MEDICINE CO.
253 Alder sc. Portland, Or. Mention this
paper.
MUM 0
IT! LI 1 HO PAT
thr MODERN APPLIANCE A Dosltlvn
way to perfect manhood. The VACUUH
TREATMENT cures you without medicine ot
all nervous or diseases of the generative or
gam, such as lost manhood, exhaustive drains
varicocele, Impotency, etc Men are quickly
restored to perfect health and strength. Write
for circular. Correspondence confidential. THE
HEALTH APPLIANCE CO., rooms 4T-48 Safo
Deposit building. Seattle, "Wash.
Blood Poison
is the worst disease on earth, yet the easiest
Many have pimples, spots on the skin, sores la
me luuuui, u.ct, iui,ub uair, uone pains, ca
tarrh, don't know it is BLOOD POISON. Send
to DR. BROWN, 033 Arch sL, Philadelphla.
Pa., for BROWN'S BLOOD CURE. $2.00 per
bottle, lasts one month. For Bale only by
Frank Nau, Portland Hotel Pharmacy.
Biff 6 13 a non-Balsoaaoi
remedy for Gonorrheas,
Gleet. Spermatorrhoea,
! Whites, unnatural dl
charges, or any lan&mma
tion of mucous meat
HStYA.NSCHEW10JW.Co. branes. Jfon-aitrlngent
kGlKCimrt.Q.1 ' 1 SeMfcySranditi,
or sent in plain wrapper,
by express, prepaid, fol
$1.00. or a bottles. 13.73.
d tUreilar seaea zocMtfe
If Red Top jHLye R
If Yoor Dealer Does Not Handle II
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H Ferdinand Weatheimer and Seas, m
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JEr I modern up - ta - date book on mixed 1 ta
f 1 drink. VW pages. 120 redpoa bound S
M I in elotK. Of toIbo to all who zter i
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