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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, rRIDAY,rDECBMBE)B 2B ,1904; GUT IFF GRAFT! Sheriffs' Methods Too Costly With insane. STATE PAYS HEAVY BILLS Asylum Attendants Could Ac company Patients, REFORM ALWAYS SHUT OFF If Each County Paid Transportation to Salem, County Courts Would Soon Reduce Present High Expenses of Officers. SALEM. Or., Dec. 22. (Special.) How to break-up -what 1b known as the "Sheriffs' graft" by providing1 a better and more economical plan of transport ing Insane patients to the state insane asylum, is one of the problems -with which some of the members of the Leg islature arc now grappling. Many efforts with the same object have been made in the past, not so much as a measure of economy as for the establishment of a system that will insure better cafe to patients. vIn every case the effort has failed because Sher iffs have sent to Salem a strong lobby that has had influence enough to de feat the desired legislation. In cost 530 000 to transport patients to the state insane asylum In the past two years and it is estimated that an appropriation of $22,500 will be neces sary for the nest two years, under the present system. As there were about S40 patients brought to the asylum, th average cost of transportation was about $35.70 each. As the greater number of the patients came from Northwestern Oregon counties, where the population Is most dense, and the distance to the capital is not great the cost is consideren unnecessarily large. New Plan Advocated. The plan of those who believe a change should be made is to enact a law prolding that when a porson has been committed to the insane asylum the committing officer shall at once telegraph the superintendent of the state insane asylum, who shall at one send a trained attendant to bring the patient to Salem. How much could be saved by thiB plan cannot be de termined definitely until tried. Those favoring a reform in this particular do not base their arguments so much upon the matter of economy as upon the advantage to be gained in placing the patients as early as possible In the care of persons who understand hand ling the insane and know what reme dies to employ to, quiet and control them without exciting them. It has been asserted by the advocates of re form legislation that Insane persons should not be given into the care of Sheriffs or.-othia" persons who have had no special training for such work and very little experience. The cost of transpbrting the insane is made up of three items, the actual xpendltures for railway, stage or car riage fare, the expenditures for meals and beds during the trip, and the per liem of Sheriffs and guards. Sheriffs are not allowed stated mileage, but re ceive reimbursement for the sums ac tually paid by them. Sheriffs receive J3 and guards $2.50 for each day or fraction of a day spent on the trip to Salem and return. From midnight to midnight is counted a day, and a Sheriff leaving home one hour before midnight receives $3 for the day upon which he started. If his train on the return trip reaches his county seat at 1 c clock in the morning, he receives $3 for that day. Under former administrations It was the practice for Sheriffs to file their claims for reimbursement without giv ing itemized accounts, and it was com monly reported that "grafts" were fre quently worked through the Secretary of State's office in that way. Secretary of State Dunbar has -required that all claims shall be fully itemized and the items are closely inspected for anj ir regularities. During the early part of his" administration Mr. Dunbar rejected many claims until they were modified, but the Sheriffs now understand what will be allowed and few charges are found Improper. Many Expensive Items. What are the items of expense in transporting a patient to the asylum may be seen from the following Item ised claim for bringing a patient from La Grande last month. The Sheriff and one guard performed the service: Nov. CS To three fares from La Grande to Portland $27.30 Jvov. 24 To throe meals In Portland, breakfast 1.50 To three fares Portland to Salem 4.05 To hack hire; Salem depot to Atrium , 2.50 To two meals In Salem, dinner. 1.00 T6 two fares. Salem to Portland 3.0 iCo two meals In Portland. Mippcr 1.00 To two farce, Portland to La Qr&nir S.0 To two beds on train ,2.00 Nov. 2ft To two meals on train, breakfast ' 1,."0 To threeday' time of Sheriff.. 9.0 To tnrte days time of guard... 7.50 Total .- .'....$70.75 The cost In this Instance was less than usual, as the Secretary's biennial report shows that the usual cost of bringing av patient from Union County 13 $65 to 5SiJ. The Items of expense that could be jsaved by sending an attendant after the patient would vary according to conditions. In a- great many cases one skilled attendant could manage a pa tient where two unskilled persons are required, but where the, trip requires night travel two attendants -would usually be needed. By sending an at tendant a part of the per diem expense Would be saved, for the attendant would be working for a salary of $40 a month, whereas tho Sheriff Is paid $3 per day. Superintendent Calbreath says that If patients were brought to the asylum by attendants, the driver and carriage team now employed could be used in conveying the patients from the depot to the asylum, so that there would be no additional expense in that part of the service, and the present charge of $2.50 for each patient would be saved. Portland Patients Come High. It is in the transportation of patients from Multnomah and other counties near the capital that the greatest sav ing could be made. The usual cost of transporting patients from Portland is $16.95. if an additional guard is not employed", and $26.75 If a guard is re quired The trip always takes two days, the patient being brought up on the evening train and the officer and guard returning to Portland the next morning. In nearly every instance one trained attendant could bring the pa tient from Portland and make, the' trip in one day. at a total cost of $7.45. This would mean a saving of $S to JlS on each patient from Multnomah County, which county sends more patients than any other. Similar savings could be made .in several other Western Oregon counties. It has been suggested as a means of solving this problem that the several counties "be required to pay the ex penses of transporting their insane to the asylum, under which plan the Sheriffs would be allowed no per diem expenses and the County Courts would take care that all expenses be kept as low as possible. In many Instances the traveling expenses buld not-- be re duced, but In such cases as those men tioned In Multnomah County the of ficer could make the trip in one day instead of taking, two. . DEEPEN THE WILLAMETTE. Commercial Club Want More Open River During Entire. Year. . ALBANY. Or.. Dec. 22.w(Special.) The Albany Commercial Club at Its session Jast night discussed the question of an tJben river between Albany and Portland the year round, instead of a few months each year, as prevails at predent, and de cided to memorialize Congress for an open river. A committee was appointed to take charge of tho work and impress upon the Oregon Congressional delegation the necessity of an open river. Captain A. B. Graham, of Portland, one of the managers of the Oregon City Trans portation Company, which operates boats on the upper Willamette, addressed the meeting regarding the Improvements that are necessary to make the Willamette navigable by good-sized boats all the year. He emphasized the necessity of dredging the upper river to remove some of the bars that are the greatest hindrance to navigation, of building revetments oppo site Albany, Corvallis and Independence; to keep the river in its channel and deepen the same, and in general indorsed v MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS The buildings, preparation of grounds and the 2500 individual exhibits of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition that will be opened In Port land on June 1, next, will represent the investment of many millions of dollars. The Government, exhibit will be one of the mo3t creditable ever made at any of the National Expositions. Every building at the great Fair will be shown by handsome illustration in the New Year's Oregonian that will be published on January 2, next. The engravings of the details of these "buildings will be made especially attractive. The New Year's num "ber -will bo sent to any address In the United States or Canada, postage prepaid, for 10 CENTS A COPY. Address THE OREGONIAN, Portland, Or. the recommendations of Major Langfitt, who recently examined the river on be half of the Government and whose rec ommendations are now embodied In the river and harbor appropriation bill pend ing befbre Congress. It was further rec ommended that the War Department be encouraged to purchase the locks at Ore gon City, thus removing that obstruction to upper-river traffic These locks add 60 cents per ton to freight rates between all lower and upper-river points. The club appointed a committee consist ing of F. J. Miller, Dr. W. H. Davis and E. D. Cusick to confer with like commit tees from tho commercial clubs of Salem, Independence and Corvallis, and to draft resolutions favoring the Immediate im provement of the river, according to the recommendations of Major Langfitt, and to secure a visit to the upper river from Senator J. H. Mitchell and Congressman Binger Hermann during their stay In Portland this month. FAREWELL TO BATTERIES. Two Mountain Batteries Now in Phil ippines Ordered to Post. VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash., Dec 22. (SpectaL) The Officers' Club of Vancbuver Barracks gav'e a ladies evening last night at the clubrooms as a farewell to the officers of the de parting batteries. The evening was spent In conversation, music and sup per. The departure of the batteries is re gretted by all the officers of this post, as it breaks up the Eleventh battalion of field artillery, -an organization which, us was exprosscd by a distinguished of ficer today, "will always warm the heart of any soldier." The Eleventh Battalion was organ ized at this post and comprises the Eighth and Twenty-sixth light field batteries. The Twenty-sixth Battery was organized from Battery F, of the Fourth Battalion of field artillery. The batteries will be replaced by the Seventeenth and Eighteenth moun tain batteries, now in the Philippines. Major Alexander B. Deyer, commander of the Eleventh Battalion, will still remain at this post, and will command the Thirteenth Battalion when it ar rives. Clark County's Exhibit. VANCOUVER, Wash., pec. .-(Special.) Arrangements are being'' made by the Vancouver Commercial Club to have Clark County represented by an exhibit at the Lewis and Clark Fair. A com mittee has been appointed to act in be half of the Commercial Club for the in terests of the county. An effort will first be put forth to secure aid from the state. It is believed that in consequence of the fact that Clark County? so closely asso ciated with Portland, that every citizen of the county wjll be unanimously In favor of the very best exhibit that can be secured. The sentiment stems to be so strong in favor of this action that the county will probably arrange for an ex hibit whether help is secured from the state or not. Light Artillery on ftoad. VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash Dec 22. (Special.) The order Tor the transportation of the Twenty-eighth Light Artillery has been supplemented so that the Twenty-eighth will leave for Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and ar rive at San Francisco about December 27. Such men of thU battery as have been transferred to the Eighteenth Mountain Batter-.-, with stitnTi -it -vr couVer Barracks, will come direci toJ this place under charge of an officer of the Twenty-eighth. - Insane Suspect Discharged. OREGON CITY, Or., Doc. 22. (Spe cial.) A. Grlesshaber, who was arrest ed yesterday on an Insanity charge, was released on parole today by the examining board. Mr. Grlesshaber's impaired mental condition is due to an excessive indulgence in liquors and remorse over the death of his wife about three years ago. Grlesshaber owns one of the best farms in "Clacka mas County. To Collect Salmon Eggs. ALBANY. Or.. Dec. 22. (Special.)-C. Walllch, superintendent of the Clackamas fish hatchery, went through to the Ya quina coast today in .search of- a suitable place for a collection station for steel head and sllvcrslde salmon eggs. Man ager Edwin Stone stated that there are a number of places on the Yaquina River which are suited to such purposes, and it Is likely a station will .be established there. New Razor Manufactory. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Dec. 22. (Special.) Weston & Graham, , of Repub lic, Wash., will remove their factory for the manufacture of razors and other edged tools to Walla Walla in the near future. Their plant will be enlarged and the output of razors increased. The "firm has Just patented a, process for tempering steel to a hlgty degrere. This new process will be employed in the goods turned out GOT SUGAR PRICES Independents Will Fight Trust Refineries. r BIG CARGO FROM HONOLULU Oxnard Is One of Seven.Rich Refiners Who Compose the Coast Combine, 'Which Includes the La Grande, Or.; Plant. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 22. (Special.) Oregon and California have united to form the Coast sugar trust. This came out today as a result of further Inquiry into the affairs of the Pacific Traffic and Commercial Association. It now develops that Henry T. Oxnard is one of seven refiners who are in tho combination. The others are said to be Claus Spreckels. the Western Sugar Re finery, of San Francisco; the Union Re finery, of Santa Maria; the Alamitos Re finery, of Los Angeles; the Amalgamated Refineries, of La Grande, Or., and tho Alameda Refinery, of Alvarado. 'The real 'reason for the withdrawal of Haas Bros.. Hussman, Worm3er .& Co.. Tillman & BcndcV and Lewln & Meyer Is that a large cargo or rennea sugar is ex pected in January from Honolulu. The accusation that some of the mem bers broke the agreement regarding the selling price Is said to be meroly an ex cuse to withdraw. The firms that have withdrawn and others are interested In the Honolulu Plantation Company. This company has shipped raw sugor to San Francisco for the last four years, but It Is said has made no profits. Now a refinery has been built in Hono lulu, and the company will be able to ship about 22.000 tons of refined sugar a year, to compete with the local refineries. That amount Is about one-severith of the consumption in this market, and it will be Increased every year. The company has 7500 acres, of which 6400 acres are pro ducing. It is said that $7,000,000 has al ready been Invested In the enterprise. The directors of the Honolulu Plantation Company are: John A. Black, president; Nicholas Ohlandt, Samuel Sussman. M. Ehrman. John Koster. .illiam G. Irwin and Captain Matson. Among the large stockholders are Frederick Tillman and William Haas. Sugar War Coming. Whether there will be -a freight war be tween the plantation companies and the local refineries remains to .be seen, but that a sugar-rate war is imminent Is gen erally conceded. Manager Loveland reiterates today that the withdrawal of the four big firms, while it was to bo deplored, would not cause the association to discontinue bus!, ness. It also develops that out or all the wholesalers on the Cast, the only two that were not whipped Into line by th Loveland combine are the Benham-Grif nth Company, of Spokane, and B. L. Gor don, of the name city. Gordon's refinery In Spokane Is a refining industry which also remained outside the fold. Sugar frdm Spokane. Hawaii. Central America and China Is depended upon to fight the sugar trust. United States District Attorney Wood worth Is still away frdm the city, and no legal steps will be taken until he re turns. While H. D. Loveland, manager, and other members of the association scout the idea that their methods have acted in restraint of trade, it Is not im probable that the organization will be proceeJed against under the Shorman act PRICE CHANGES NOT EXPECTED Portland Jobbers Minimize San Fran cisco Row. Wholesale grocers of Portland do not think there will bo any change in the price of sugar as a result of the trouble In the Pacific Traffic & Commercial As sociation. They declare that the price for the Pacific Coast la Axed by the Western .Refinery and the jobbers' association has nothing to do with it Should the entire assoclatibn come to an end, the trust will still dictate the price as it has the sugar to sell. As to the part the Hawaiian company will play in the case, opinions differ. Well-informed sugar men, however, do not place much faith In Its promises,' be lieving It was organized by Island planters merely for use as. a club In making their regular contracts with the trust. The Ha waiian company has no refinery. Its out put being a wash sugar, refined after tho primitive method. On the other, hand, the withdrawal of a number of large San Francisco Arms from the association, ostensibly so they may handle the Island tffdauct, Would indicate that Hawaiian sugar, even If not refined by the' modern process. Is going to cut some figure In the trade, n Sugar prices on this, coast, while acknowledged to be high, are governed by prices in New York which, in turn, are controlled by world-wide conditions. At present quotation here are above a parity with. the East, which fact would not hold out much promise of a decline in the regular order of things. At the same time, the coming of island sugar, from an Indel pendent source, may cause an aleration in tho Western Refinery's schedule. At least It will serve further to complicate the situation. The price of refined sugar is based on raw sugar values in the world's markets. This year supplies are light and "raws" are consequently high in values. The situ ation Is expressed In the circular of a New York sugar dealer, just received, which says: Refined eugar, compared with last year's price, may seem high: but buyers must bear in mind that an altogether different state -of affairs exists this year, and that conclusions cannot bo based upon what has happened in other seasons.. The fact must be taken Into consideration that the price of raw sugar la not fixed in this country. Sugar Is a world prtduct, and our supplies are gleaned. from all parts of the earth. Crops are short this year, and only email increases will be made next year. Tie consumption of the world has in creaeed to such a point where every pound of sugar that can be raised will be needed, and we will have to pay the jrlce other nations are. willing to .give. Eleven million tons of sugar are needed for the world's consumption. and we jiroduce only 500.000 tons of it. while we consume 2.700.000 tons. The fact that speculators are in th market hould not be permitted to obstruct a. clear view of the basis upon which this advance is built. That those traders are In t the market is due to their realization of the changed con ditions in the Industry. Prices could not be kept tip upon- their operatlona. Their dealings may cstec temporary purt or reactions, but the upward march Is. nevertheless, borne on ward only by the healthy status of the indus try itself. Although prices have gone up, there Is room for still greater improvement, and the nug-ar business will return profit to thoeo- who . base their purchases upon world-wide conditions, and do not limit themselves to the narrow perspective presented by the United States. Prices here at times may so off tea points or to. due to a -lull In the demand or to active competition, but the United States exert only part of the influence upon the world' sugar markets, and until we shall have arrived at uch a point that we can raise all. or nearly all of the sugars we consume, we cannot afford to be independent of changes in consumption, crops, etc., in other countries. The Portland jobbers held a conference yesterday afternoon to discuss the situa tion, but what, if any, action was taken, they declined" to say. DATES SET FOR APPEALS. SupremeCourt Will Hear Number of Cases Pending. SALEM. Or.. Dec 22. (Special.) Having decided nearly all the cases heretofore tried and trfken under ad visement, tho Supremo Court is ready to try new cases pending an appeal, and has set cases for trial as follows: Tuesday. Jan. 3 Brockw'ay vs. City. of Roseburg and NSwcetland vs. Grant's Pass New Water, Light & Power Com pany. January A Gardner Brothers vs. Wyley, and Multnomah County vs. Title Guarantee & Trust Company. January 5 Hlldebrand vs. United Ar tisans, and' SIngstackon vs. McCormac- January 10 Thayer vs. Buchanan, and LaVio vs. Tooze. January 11 Groves vs. Osborn. and Young vs. Stlckney. January 12 David vs. Moore, and Nye vs. Bill Nye Gold Mining & Milling Company. DISCUSS FISH 'LAWS. Legislative Members Asked to Confer With Fishermen. ASTORIA. Or.. Dec 22. (Special.) A call was issued today Inviting the legis lative members from all the counties on both sides of the Columbia River, the can nerymen. cold-storage people, seiners, trappers, glllnetters, wheelmen and fisher ies officials of the States of Oregon and Washington to attend a meeting to be held In this city on next Tuesday for the purpose of discussing proposed changes In the fishing laws of the two states. Those calling the meeting believe that if representatives of all the different inter ests can be brought together a definite plan can be agreed upon and the passage of a joint bill will be an easy matter." MEDFORD'S NEW CANDIDATE. Four New Councilmen Nominated, but Present Mayor Holds Over. MEDFORD. Or., Dec 22. (Special.) A mass meeting of the citizens of Meflford was-held tonight, and the fol lowing candidates for city offices' In tho several wards were nominated: R. II. Whitehead, First Ward; D. E. Karnes and Ed Pottengcr. Second Ward; Ed Hafer, Third Ward; J. E. Toft. Recorder, and Charles Strong. Treasurer. The present layor, DrT E. B. Pickel, holds over another term. Farmers Hold Institute. EST ACADA, Dec. !22. The Farmers' Institute was held here today under the auspices of the Oregon Agricultural College. There was a largo attendance from the' surrounding distrlcL In the forenoon a stirring address of welcome was delivered by Major W. K. Havlland to the speakers and farmers to the new city of EBtacada. Tho speakers of the day were Dr. James Wlthycombe, Professor A. L. Knisely. William Holder, A. Lacey, Professor A. B. Cordloy, Professor L. F. Kent, John Stormer and others, who spoke or? topics pertaining to farming and the country school. Local talent furnished pleasing music and recita tions. There was a genoral discussion of all the topics presented. In the evening Professor Kent gave an- illus trated lecture on the "Work of the Oregon Agricultural College." Says Timber Taxes Are High. ASTORIA, Or.. Dec. 22. (Special.) Judge McBrlde today set the argument of the motion for injunctions in tho suits brought by five timberland syndicates against Clatsop County and the Sheriff for hearing In the Circuit Court on De cember 30. and directed that the sale of the property for taxes be postponed until the further order of the court. The suits were brought by C. H. Wheeler, C. A. Rust et al., the Whitney Company, Blodg ett Company and John E. Du Bois. The amount of taxes owed by these is about $12,000. They alleged that their assess ments were too high, ask that their taxes be set aside and that Injunctions be is sued restraining the Sheriff from selling their property at the tax sale on Decem ber 2S. Will Light La Grande LA GRANDE". Or., Dec 22. (Special.) At a meeting, of the La Grande City Council held today it was decided that La Grande have a 13-mlll tax for. the year 1205. Another important question was brought before the Council, that of a franchise to the La Grande Water Stor age Company, to maintain and operate an electric light plant In La Grande, which was granted. This company has har nessed the famous old Morgan Lake, through which it will supply the city with 75,000,000 gallons per month. New Eugene. School. x EUGENE, Or.. Dec 22. (Special.)-At tho regular meeting of the Eugene Board of Education last night a resolution was passed recommending to the taxpayers that they take action looking to the pur chase of a site and tho erection of a school building In the extreme eastern part of the city, formerly called Fair- mount. The board finds the building in great demand, and believes now is the time to get it. The matter will be pre sented at the annual taxpayers' meeting December 20. Fall Breaks Collar-Bone. SALEM. Or.. Dec. 22. (Special.) Mrs. G. A. Bach was today sitting In a buggy while her husband was in a store, when the horse became frightened and ran to the corner of Commercial and State streets, where the" buggy was upset. throwing the womsm violently to the ground and breaking her collarbone. Dance Artist in Jail. SALEM, Or., Dec. 22. (Special.)-Ben Jarrett, a negro dance artist of tho Edison Theater since Monday last, was today caught in the possession of clothing stolen from Dr. W. Carleton Smith's office In this city, and a bicycle fromfHcnry Bosler. He Is In the City Jail awaiting examina tion tomorrow. Cannot Find Brother. EUGENE, Or., Dec 22. (Special.) W, W. Avery, who has been IrTPortland for several days trying to find some trace of his missing brother. L. B. Avery, has returned to. Eugene without having obtained the slightest clue to his brother's whereabouts. APPLES FOR PRESIDENT PICK OF HOOD RIVER GOES TO WHITE HOUSE. Five Boxes of Choice Fruit Are Sent by the Apple Growers' Associa tion in a Direct Shipment. HOOD RIVER, Or.. Dec. 22. (Special.) President Roosevelt will feast on Hood River apples. Five boxes of the finest apples that could be found in the Hood River Valley have been carefully packed anil Kpnl tn ?frw Vnrlr Pitv in a carload shipment. From there they will be sent' by express direct to the Executive Man sion at Washington. D. C. The aRples go from here with the good wishes and compliments of the Hood River Applo Growers' Union. W. H. Weber, Horticultural Commis sioner for the Fourth District, has com pleted his report for the State Board. In his report Commissioner Weber states that the value of the fruit produced In his district In the year 1901 will reach $500,000. Over half of his amount cams to the farmers of Hood River for their crops of apples and strawberries. The little town of Mosier. five miles east of here. Is rapidly coming forward as a fruit-producing community, and this year Is credited with producing $20,000 worth of apples, plums and other fruit. Tho Dalles, besides a large quantity of peaches and cherries, produced . over $40,000 worth of apples. Grapes and apri cots are also grown more extensively each year at The Dalles. UPHOLDS BARBER LAW. Licensing of Dentists Also Permissi ble, Says Supreme Court. OLYMPIA, Wash.. -Dec. 22. (Special.) The State Supreme Court. In opinions handed down today, sustained the validity of the law providing for the examining and licensing of dentists, and also the law regulating the operations, of barbers and barber shops. The test of tho former law as made on an appeal from the judg ment of the board by E. G. Thompson, of Seattle. The law was attacked as in derogation of personal rights, as a dele gation of legislative power, and becauso it required applicants to be graduates of a reputable dental college. The state barber law was framed for the purpose of the examination and li censing of barbers, and the conduct of shops along sanitary lines. Robert L. Cheney, of Seattle, was arrested and fined for violation of the latter provision. and perfected an appeal to the Supreme Court, which upholds the law In every particular. The judgment of the Superior Court of Spokane County In granting a new trial in the damage case of Mark McClammy. respondent, vs. City pf Spokane, appel lant, has been affirmed by the Supreme Court. CRIME YEAR AGO UNAVENGED Third Jury Will Hear Trial of Rasor on Murder Charge. LA GRANDE, Or.. Dec 22. (Special.) The Circuit Court convened in this city this morning to try the case of the State of Oregon vs. Albert Rasor, charged with killing Ben Robs' at Elgin last January. The jury secured today, is the third Jury thnt has. been impanelled at different times for this case, and after two grand juries had failed to indict. The last jury at the October term found a "true bill, after which the case was continued until now, nearly one year since the time of the murder. The case will last three or four days, as about 50 witnesses have been ordered to appear. The state Is represented by District At torney Leroy Lomax. and Crawford & Crawford, of this city; the defendant by Samuel White, of Baker City, and Neal McLeod & Winnlfree. BESMIRCHED MAYOR'S NAME. Saloonkeeper in "Dry" Town Swore Candidate Was His Partner. ASHLAND. Or.. Dec. 22. (Special.) J. V. Robinson, who, according to his own admissions, has been engaged recently in running a "blind pig in Ashland, was bound over to answer to the Circuit Court to answer a charge of criminal libel pre ferred by Mayor H. S. Evans, with ball fixed at 5300 by Justice Berry, of the Jus tice. Court, who conducted the prelimi nary examination today. The case is an outgrowth of the recent heated municipal campaign. The defend ant is charged with making and circu lating an affidavit sotting forth "that he had certain business relations with Mayor Evans, and that the latter owned with him a "blind pig." Robinson made affi davit on the day before election, and was arrested on the same day. , STAUCH IS CAPTURED. Both Prisoners Who Escaped From Jaii Are Again in Custody. ASTORIA, Or., Dec. 22. (Special.) Fred Stauch. the leader of the two prisoners who escaped from the Clatsop County Jail on last Saturday night, was recap tured this morning by Sheriff White, of Columbia County, at the Johnson resi dence, near Vesper, in the southeastern part of .the county. Stauch had tramped through the Nchalem Valley and was making his way back to the Columbia River. He spent the night at the Johnson place, and was found by Sheriff White just as he had finished his, breakfast. Ho offered no resistance, and admitted his Identity. Stauch was brought here tonight and will probably be arraigned in tho Circuit Court tomorrow. He is the man accused of stealing freight from the O. R. & N. wharf, while he was employed by that company as a shipping clerk. CHIEF'S PRIVATE ORDERS. Report That WIttman Told Sergeant to Allow Chinese Gambling. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 22. In connec tion with the Investigation by the grand Jury of municipal matters, the statement was published today that Police- Sergeant Thomas P. Ellis, who was in charge of the Chinatown squad, had admitted to the police committee of tho grand jury that he had permitted gambling houses to run in Chinatown, but that in doing so he acted under private instructions from the Chief of Police. No confirmation of the published state ment could be obtained tonight. Sergeant Ellis refused to discuss the matter. Chief of Polico WIttman denied that he ever gave any private instructons to permit gambling. v TWO ARMIES WANT HIM. Deserter to Be Tried at Vancouver Sought by the English. VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash., Dec. 22.-i(SpeciaI.) Information was re ceived hero today that James Douglas, who deserted from Fort Lawtbn last month, has been arrested and is now Im prisoned there. It is reported that the English government has expended $10,000 In an effort to find Douglas, who Is re ported to have deserted from the Eng lish army. He Is also said to be wanted for forgerj. Douglas will be tried by court-martial at this post. Makes Charges Against W.ife. OREGON CITY, Or., Dec 22. (Spe cial.) Dr. Clayton S. Seamann, a phy sician of this city, today filed suit for divorce from Blanche Seamann, whom he married In this city about four years ago. The complaint, which is of a sensational character, charges the de fendant with contorting with other men. The parties to the suit after their marriage went to California, where they lived until about a year ago, when they returned to Oregon City, where Dr. Seamann resumed his medical prac tice. Found Money in Clothes. ASTORIA. Or., Dec 22. (Special.) C. O. Runyon, a solicitor employed by a local tailoring firm, was arestcd last night on the charge of stealing $70 from tho pockets of a suit of clothes that had been given him to be pressed. He was arraigned in the Justice Court this afternoon on an information charg ing him with larceny, but he waived examination and was committed to the County Jail to await the action of the Circuit Court. Time Limit Helps Letcher. SAN. FRANCISCO, Dec. 2l-George W. Letcher, the Santa Clara County capital ist whom the authorities of Ohio are en deavoring to have extradited on a charge of arson, has taken his case Into the United States Circuit Court. Today his attorney filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, basing the application on the grounds that the statute of limita tions has long since run against the al leged crime, which is charged to have been committed 21 years ago. Long Sentence for Robbers. ! WALLACE. Idaho. Dec 22. In the ; District Court today James Fry was given' a 20 years sentence and" William , Lewis 15 years upon a charge of rob- bery. They held up a saloon here sev eral months ago and obtained a small sum. This penalty Is the severest ever inflicted In the Coerr 5'Alenes for a. like crime. s BENSON MADE PRESIDENT. Tacoma Man Elected Head of Wash ington Livestock Association. SPOKANE. Wash., Dec. 22. E. F. Ben son, of Tacoma. was elected president of the "Washington Livestock Association tonight. The ' second annual convention was- attended by abqut 40 stockmen from all parts of tho state. Resolutions in favor of more power for the Interstate Commerce Commission, of a state regu lative railway commission, of a bounty on coyote scalps of $1 each, and better irrigation laws, were adopted. Other officers were elected as follows: Vice-president. A. J. Splawn, North Yak ima; secretary, F. M. Rofcbrock, Spokane; .treasurer, L. G. Monroe, Spokane. NORTHWEST DEAD. Victor Wilson.. WALLA WALLA. Wash., Dec. 32. (Special.) Victor Wilson, court stenog rapher here for the last 18 years, passed away early this morning. iHe has befen in poor health for several years, having suffered three strokes of paralysis In two years. Heart failure was the Immediate cause of death. Mr. Wilson came here when a boy S years old, from Mills Coun ty, Iowa, where he was born in 1861. He leaves a wife young daught6rand twd brothers, J. B. Wllspn, City Surveyor, and Lew Wilson, assistant. Mrs. Maggie E. Tozler. M'COY. Or., Doc 22. (Special.) Mag gie E. Tozler wife of A. R. Toiler, a merchant of McCoy, Is dead, after a long Illness. She was well known in Portland, having lived there several years while her husband operated a fish-wheel at the Cascades. The remains will be taken to Portland and cremated by her request. Dolbeer Will Sustained. ' SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 22. The will of Miss Bertha M. Dolbeer. who was killed by falling from an upper floor of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, In New York, was today sustained by a Jury In Judge Cof fey's department of tho Superior Court. In the will, which was contested by her near relatives. Miss Dolbeer gave the greater part of her $1,000,000 estate to her friend and traveling companion, Miss Etta M. Warren. Died on Transport. VANCOUVER. Wash., Dec. 22.-s-(Spe-cial.) The body of James Matthews, who died of pneumonia on a Govern ment transport on the way to San Francisco from Manila, arrived in Van couver today, and the funeral was held from the residence of his mother, Mrs. RIchtor, of this city. Matthews was a teamster in tho Rnvsrnminif omnirtv and was 24 years of age. New Po3t Storekeeper. VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash., Dec. 22. (Special.) The Quartermas ter of this post has been notified by the Civil Service Bureau that William N. Ruggle3, of Kansas City, has been appointed to the position of store keeper for this post. 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