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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 190. S DROPS NINETY FEET Unknown Leaps From Oregon City Suspension Bridge, THEN TRIES TO SWIM ASHORE Sinks After a Few Strokes, and New Hat Left Floating on Water is t'he Only Clew to His Identity. OREGON' CITY. Or.. Dec 11. (Special.) An unknown man Jumped from the Wil lamette River suspension bridge at 10 o'clock this morning and was drowned. The body has not been recovered. He was a short, heavy-set man. with two weeks growth of beard on his face. When noticed by passersby he was roll ing a cigarette. Suddenly he mounted the bridge rall grasped an Iron support tand dropped 90 'feet to the water below. The would-be suicide evidently changed his mind after getting wet and tried to swim, but after a few strokes he sank and never rose ,to the surface. The., man apparently was -well dressed and wore a new hat. which was recovered, and which had been purchased of a local merchant. This is the only clew at present. Butcher Cuts His Throat. SEATTLE, Dec. 11. Dan Gallagher, a butcher, who has been out of employ ment, committed suicide in his room on Third avenue this afternoon. He cut his throat from ear to ear, severed the veins in his wrists and then turned on the gas. This is the second attempt at suicide. He had been drinking hard for some days. Despondent Farmer's Suicide. CHEHAL.IS. Wash.. Dec. 11. (Special.) Today at 4 o'clock Edson Tlmerman. a highly respected farmer living four miles wouthwest of Chehalis, committed suicide fey shooting himself. He was about 50 years old and married. Despondency was The cause. COUNTY ROAD ENGINEER. Lane County Meeting Indorses Pro posal Made by Professor Hyde. EUGENE, Or.. Dec. 11. (Special.) A meeting of Importance to this county was held yesterday in the Courthouse by the Lane County Good Roads Association. The main object of the meeting was to agpoint delegates to the Good Roads Con vention and to discuss points in regard to legislation that will probably be brought up in the Legislature next month. Dele gates were appointed to the Salem meet ing as follows: G. W. Griffln. I. H. Bingham. I. X. Ed wards. P. L. Campbell. J. II. Hyde. F. M. Wilkins. M. Svarvorud, G. R. Chrlsman, H. D. Edwards, H. M. Price and W. G. Gflstrnp. The necessity of general effort in the direction of good roads was the theme of a number of earnefit speeches and the result was greater awakening to the needs of the county in connection with its trans portation lines. Professor Hyde, who takes great In terest in road engineering, in the course of.hjs remarks mnde some argument for changes in the system -of improving pub lic 'highways. These changes would have to be accomplished by legislation, and met general approval of those present at tho nzociing. Jn brief, th plan proposed Sb l slih?ljfhthe office-of- road supervisor that is. tho district officer. In lieu of the scores of supervisors he would have a colnty road engineer, whose duty it would be to inspect the roads of the coun ty, determine points where work should be done, lay out and draw plans for each piece - of improvement, superintend the work when in progress under contract, and in all details have supervision of all Toads in the county. This, of course, im plies the payment of all road taxes in cash, and all work to be done under the contract system: The following resolution was adopted: Received. That the Lane County Good Roads A.vroclattan approves the passag of a law by the Legislature of the State of Oregon, pro vttlns for the placing of the work of con Ftrucrins: nnd maintaining public roads in the hands of a competent road engineer in each county, rach engineer being chosen from a list of eligible candidates, whose eligibility has been established ' by a properly constituted board of examiner?. Itesolvcd. That the Lan County Good Roads Association Is in favor of the enactment of a law by the IOgislaturc of the State of Oregon requiring use of wide tires on all wagons hauling heavy loads. IMPROVEMENTS AT HOOD RIVER Railroad Expends $10,000 in New Passenger and Freight Depots. HOOD RIVER, Or.. Dec. 11. (Special.) It is estimated , that the O. R. & X. Co. is expending $10,000 in improvements to the depot grounds and track yards at this point. The passenger depot Is being re modeled and enlarged, and a freight depot and warehouse has been erected three blocks west of the present location. The facilities for handling freight at this point have afforded very poor ac commodations for the last three years, and the improvements now being made arc a source of satisfaction to the ship ping interests. The passing track for freight trains has been lengthened, as has been the sidetrack for- freight cars. An industrial and fruit track has also been added, giving four tracks In front of the freight depot. With the large increase in fruit ship ments that will come next year, it will be necessary for the shipping concerns to erect larger warehouses, and several of them are in -contemplation by theshlp ping companies and associations of growers. . The new flouring- mill of the Hood River Milling Company is nearfng com pletion, and Manager J. P. Aplln expects to be grinding by next month. The mill will begin operations with an output of 100 barrels dally, but is supplied with machinery that will admit of an Increase In capacity of 250 barrels. Markets have already been secured for the sale of the mill products. UNITARIANS INSTALL MINISTER Rev. O. J. Nelson Formally Placed in Charge of Church at Hood River. HOOD RIVER, Or.. Dec 11. (Special.) Rer. O. J. Nelson, recently from North Dakota, was today formally installed as minister of the First Unitarian Society of this city. T. J. Cunning, president of the board of trustees, represented the congregation in the act of installation. Rev. T. L. Eliot, minister emeritus of the Church of Our Father. Portland, de livered the charge to the new minister and offered prayer. Rev. W. G. Eliot. Jr.. state superintendent of the American Unitarian Association, preached an able sermon, taking for his subject, "Greater Hood River." and delivered the charge to the congregation. The Unitarian Society in this city has a beautiful little church building erected last year, at a cost of $2500, is without a dollar of indebtedness, and starts the new minister without subsidy from the East Dr. Hill Very Much Alive. ALBANY, Or., Dec U. (Special.) What might fitly be headed "My Own Obituary" appeared In one of the' local papers last evening, and was very laugh able. Dr. J. L. Hill wrote the article from a, sick bed. The doctor has been ill with pneumonia for several days, and Friday the report was circulated that he was dead. The rapidity with which the report traveled was remarkable. Soon telephone messages were coming in from all quarters expressing sympathy, and asking for particulars. The doctor himself directed the answers to most of the telephone messages, and to the many callers who poured in ho seemed a very lively corpse. The fol lowing evening the above-mentioned arti cle appeared, in which the doctor stated that upon hearing of his demise com petent persons were detailed to investi gate and render an unbiased opinion, which resulted In the determination that he was not dead to an alarming extent, nor had he been recently. The article closed with the request that when the j doctor s death should occur, the editor would publish the article which the doc tor himself would write "in the most conspicuous place In the paper, along with notices of marriages, divorces, foot ball and social scandals, where It will i not be overlooked." I New Pastor at Forest Grove. FOREST GROVE. Or.. Dec 1L (Spe- j clal.) Rev. Herbert W. Boyd, the new pastor of the Congregational Church here, arrived from his former pastorate at Ashby. Mass.. yesterday, and preached his first sermon here today. Rev. Mr. Boyd succeeds Rev. Daniel Stoner, who has been acting pastor. OFFICERS RAID OPIUM DEN. John Day Citizens Are Determined to Drive Out Offensive Chinese. JOHN DAT. Or.. Doc 11. (Special.) The law-abiding citizens of this place have become so thoroughly aroused over revelations m'ade in connection with the Chinese dens of this town that they are making strenuous efforts to get rid of them. The officers and citizens made an other raid upon these opium joints this week, and capture fluite a supply of opium, pipes and other apparatus. A pretty thorough search was made of ad Joining houses; but not enough unlawful plunder was found to warrant more than one arrest. This time the victim of the law's ven geance was Ah Moon, whose rooms ad join those of Leon. Moore was taken be fore Justice White, where he plead guilty of having opium in his possession, and was fined in the sum of $50 and costs. The fine was promptly paid, and the stuff, with the exception of the opium, turned over to the Chinamen. Leon, who was fined in the Circuit Court, was brought before the city au thorities on the same complaint, but the case against him was continued for one month. He was released on his own re cognizance, evidently lnthe'hope that he would leave town. The half-price will be withdrawn as soon as PWIli ESS the last set of the latest edition now ttplii flSISP coming from the presses is sold ItlPs Will secure IMMEDIATE POSSESSION of one of the sets of Our Last Edition ' . OF THE CENTURY DICTIONARY AND CYCLOPEDIA AND ATLAS GAMBLING-HOUSE IS ROBBED. Thief Crawls Under Building and Bores Hole Under Roulette Wheel. TONOPAH, Cal., Dec 1L The Tonopah Club gambling-house was robbed of $1000 last night while a large crowd was pres ent, by an unknown man. who crawled under the building and with a large augur bored a hole through the floor. The money from a roulette wheel was in a box under the lookout chair. The man reached his hand through, taking the money. The loss was" no discovered for hours. The man had crawled 300 feet. There Is no clue to the robber. Traps Twenty-Five Chicken-Thieves. HOOD RIVER. Or.. Dec 11. (Special.) W. O. Cox. of White Salmon, Klickitat County, has trapped in the last two months 12 coyotes. 12 skunks and one wildcat weighing 20 pounds. The White Salmon farmers arc rejoicing in the de struction of these pests, as their chicken coops .and henhouses have suffered much from raids this Fall from -these four footed poultry thieves. Two weeks ago a neighbor of Mr. Cox trapped a huge cou gar, whose hide measured over six feet in length. CANNERYMEN ARE CALLED. Will Discuss Salmon Fishing Legisla tion at Astoria Meeting. ASTORIA, Or.. Dec U. (Speclal.)-A call has been issued for a meeting of all the cannerymen and cold-storage people of the Lower Columbia, to be held In this city on next Tuesday afternoon. The announced purpose of the meeting is to discuss pro posed changes In the present fishing laws of the States of Oregon and Washington and to prepare a bill, If found feasible, to present to the Legislatures of the two states for passage at the coming sessions of their Legislatures. A call has also been issued for a meet ing of the seiners and trapmen for the same purpose, but it Is unlikely that the latter will develop on account of the meeting of the cannerymen and cold storage people. KILLED BY GAS EXPLOSION. Southern Pacific Tank Blows Up; Workman Struck by Piece of Iron. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 1L Frank J. Strub, assistant foreman of the cooper shop of the Southern Pacific shops of this city, was killed by the explosion of a gas tank near which he was working. A small piece of iron crushed through the skull just above the right eye and en tered the brain. The gas tank which blew up was ne used to furnish gas for locomotive headlights. NORTHWEST DEAD. Rev. Thomas A. Hyla'nd. ASTORIA. Or.. Dec 1L (Special.) Rev. Thomas A. Hyland, who was the first Episcopal Minister In Clatsop Coun ty, died at his residence here this even ing, after a long illness, with a com plication of diseases. Rev. Mr. Hyland was born. In Great Britain 70 years ago and came to New York City when a boy. ' Later he went to California and for several years was rector of the Episcopal Church in Los Angeles. He came to Astoria about 35 years ago and established the Grace Epis copal Church, remaining as Its rector for about 15 years when he went to New York City and for a short time conducted a seaman's mission there. Returning to Astoria- about 12 years ago. he retired from active ministerial duties and he has resided here since that time. Mr. Hyland was a man of high intellec tual attainments, an Indefatigable worker, and for years was one of the foremost ministers on the- Coast. He left a widow, but no children, and his only other living relative is a brother residing In Seattle. His funeral will be held on Wednesday morning, with the interment in the I. O. O. F. plot in Ocean View Cemetery. Back League With Their Money. ALBANY. Or.. Dec 11. (Special.)-The new development league started In Al bany recently under the supervision of Tom Richardson, manager of the Port land Commercial Club, gives promise of being the greatest thing of Its kind ever organized In Albany. Albany citizens, after learning just what the new com mercial organization would have for Its object, and realizing the importance of active work the coming year during the Lewis and Clark Centennial, have taken hold of the commercial organization with a will, and more money has been pledged for the work than for any 'organization of its nature in the history of Albany. The pledges are all for regular monthly payments, to be kept up Indefinitely, thus insuring means to advertise the county and work for Industries that will develop the county's unsurpassed resources. 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Your Last Christmas Opportunity to secure these ten magnificent volumes at our half-price now confronts you Call at Room 210, Fenton Building, where you may examine the books while learning the details of the club offer Or Write for the detailed information and one of the following booklets: No. 1. The Business Man No. 2. The Lawyer No. 3. The Clergyman No. 4. The Physician No. 7. The General Worker No. 5. The Teacher No. 6. The Technical Worker iJ OH N WANAMAKE R NEW YORK GLAD HE GAVE BOLO President's Present Was a Business Blade. THREE ENEMIES WERE SLAIN Filipino Datto, on the Way Home, Says He Is Assured Americans Are Friends of His People Would Come to Oregon. SEATTLE, Wash., Dec 11. (Special.) Datto Facunda, the Samal Moro, who presented his bolo and plra. or knife, to President Roosevelt, Is glad he did so and happy In the belief that friendship between his tribe and the 'American peo ple has been cemented. The datto arrived here today on a spe cial train carrying 143 other Samal Moros, Lanao Moros, Bagogos and Negritos, on the way from St. Louis to the Philippine Islands. Tomorrow morning Pedro and Mariano, two Lanao Moros. who attemt cd to escape at Wahpoton. X. D., will be brought here In Irons to join the Filipinos awaiting a boat to take them home. The two men were being brought westward under guard, but escaped while train crews were changing. "No one but President Roosevelt could have gotten my knife," said Datto Fa cunda today. "It had been my personal property through all our trouble. Three of our enemies were killed with It. The knife was not ornamented Itvwas a plain weapon of business. But President Roosevelt will be good to our people and the Americans are our friends. I have never regretted for a minute that I gave up the knife. All of my people arc en thusiastic over America and we are glad to be your friends." Datto Facundo spoke through an In terpreter, but others of his party who echoed the same sentiment of friendship spoke English. Mandae. of the vicious Lanao Moro tribe; Presldente Yamut, of the Negritos, and Datto Bulan. talking through Domingo Claver, for the Bago gos. all Insisted they would urge their people to receive American innovations with favor and American people with enthusiasm. More than a score of members of the four tribes were asked about the Lewis and Clark Fair. Among the' returning delegations there is a strong sentiment' in favor of returning next year and a unanimous belief that it would be well for their people to have a big represent ation at Portland. ' A party of railroad surveyors took the field Monday morning, and are at work in the rich agricultural country east of this place. A purvey is being- run along the foothills and over the mountains, and It Is rumored the new line will extend Into the rich Santa country, and also Into the white pine of the St. Maries country. It Is supposed to be a gang of men from the Northern Pacific or the O. R. & N., and it Is now rumored that the line will be extended from either Garfield or Farm ington, and that by next season the new Another Canadian Pacific. Philadelphia Ledger. Now that the Canadian electors have expressed thelc approval of the govern ment's arrangements with the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway for the building of the new Intercontinental line from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the active prosecu tion of the plans may be looked for. It is. In fact, not unlikely that an attempt will be made to Improve On the- record made 20 years ago by the Canadian Pa cific, when, with government aid. Its rails were laid across the Rockies to the Pa cific Tremendous as that operation was, a still greater task awaits the engineers, for the greater part of the new road, which is primarily designed to" open new territory to settlement, has still to be surveyed. It has yet to be determined by which of the available passes the great mountain barrier is to be traversed, and much of the country In the eastern as well as In the western division is almost un explored. When the Canadian Pacific was built, between 1SS1 and ISSo. the Dominion made an outright gift of J23.000.000 In cash, 25, 000.000 acres of land, and many miles of road already, constructed by the govern ment at a cost of $30,000,000. besides tax exemptions and guarantee of immunity from competition for 20 years. No such concessions are found In the plans of tho. jiew railway, but the patriotic character of the project has called for equally val uable help. From the Atlantic seaboard to Winnipeg the line 1E00 miles In length will be built and owned by the state and leased to the operating company for 50 years, but without rental for the first seven years. The division from Winnipeg to the Pacific, about 1500 miles, will be built by the company, but the govern ment guarantees the Interest on the bonds to the amount of 75 per cent of the cost of construction, and agrees to pay the In terest for seven years on the bonds of the "muntaln section. Aside from the engineering problems to be solved In this vast undertaking, one of the most interesting features will be the working out of the experiment of .govern ment ownership on so large a scale. It was on this question that much of the dis cussion turned during the late election, some opposition opinion, leaning to the extension of government ownership to the entire road. Oregonians at Washington. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Dec. 11. Ed M. Stemmc and his sister. Mrs. J. McRobert. of Portland, have spent the last two days In Washing ton as guests of Mr. and Mra. Harry C. Robertson. They went to New York to day preparatory to returning to Portland. President H. W. Goode, of the Lewis and Clark Exposition, and Mrs. Goode arc in Washington for a few days. Another Saloon Man Caught. Captain Bailey, of the second relief, who has been making a tour of the city nights 'to learn what saloons have been keeping open after 1 o'clock, found the Totem, at West Park'' and Morrison streets, open at 1:20. two men having TO HANDLE MEiN To Do So Successfully One Must Ac quire Self-Control. A foreman in a great locomotive works tells how he acquired self-control after it had been lost through the coffee habit: "I find myself obliged to write you about Postum Coffee," he premises. "I have been a great tea and coffee drinker for over 40 years and can say that it made me almost a total wreck. I am a night foreman in the American Lo -emotive Co.. and have to take my dinner with me; also a bottle of tea or coffee. In time lb got to be so that there was not a night, for over a year, but that I would have a headache or heartburn or both. I went to the doctors almost every week to see If they could do something for me. They said It was the tobacco habit that did the mischief. "So I gave up tobacco, but it did not help me any. I got so nervous that the men under me did not like to work for me as I could not use them as men ought to be used. I was nerevous. irritable and would find fault all the time. "Two months ago I took dinner with some friends who gave me what I sup posed was a cup of coffee. They explain ed that It was Postum Coffee and my friend's wife said that she had used It about six months and that during that time had no headache such as she was formerly subject to. and that she felt so well all the time. That evening I took a package of Postum home with me and began using it. "The result proved that the doctors were wrong It was not tobacco, but tea and coffee that upset me so. During the two months that I have used Postum I have had neither headache or heartburn, my nerevousness has left me and I have galncd14 pounds In weight. "Use this If you want to, as I have got 24 families to drinking Postum instead of coffee. They saw what it had dono for me." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. been let out of the saloon at that time. At 1:30 o'clock, a woman was also let out, the door being locked immediately afterwards, as it had been before. The woman was arrested by Captain Bailey on the charge of drunkenness. She gave her name as Cecil Brachen. A warrant will be Issued, this morning for the ar rest of W. H. Close, the proprietor of the Totem. Boston Man's Dream. A well-known Instructor In mathemat ics In a Boston preparatory school awoke himself and his wife the other night with a fearful groan. When asked what the trouble was he said: "I dreamed that our little Tommy was a minute quantity under a radical sign and I couldn't get him out." Record. If You Are a Cigar Smoker Read This Jij 3 i charts: OF ?:wlK I A Messrs., Allen, Lewis, Portland, 0rgon.- ' Gentltraen: " . . Ws;wlsh to.notifjfeyou that tiereaf ter all sizes of oiw 'LaIhTTgridad" brand will be banded. This; we have been obliged, to 'do on account of the numerous copies of our sizes which im-: scrupulous dealers, are giving- their customers when Mntegridad1 ic called for... This Bspeciallylapplies to- "Apollo" and rMarquam1' Kizes, which, have heretofore not been banded. Kindly call this to the attention of your customer at onoYjj nd great lyjiblige, . ; "Very truiyyours, -0r-y' ALLEN & LEWIS, Distributers PORTLAND, OREGON