THE MORNING- OBEGONTAN, THURSDAY. SALARY 2fi, 190&
f
CHOPS OFF HIS HEAD
Mayor Schrnitz Removes a
Police Commissioner.
SAYS HUJTON IS IMMORAL
Appointee of the Executive Has Re
cently Been Very Active In a
Crusade In the Bay City
Tende'rloln.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan- 25. Mayor
Schmltz caused a sensation in the police
department this afternoon by summarily
removing from office Police Commissioner
H. W. Hutton. The . Mayor In his com
munication to the Police Commissioners
assigns as his reasons for removing Com
missioner Hutton grossly Immoral con
duct and improper practices as a .public
official.
The Mayor gives minute details of al
leged improper conduct by Hutton, and
mentions the name of a girl, whom, he
declares, was but recently In short
dresses.
Hutton had recently been active In the
matter of suppressing public vice. He
was foremost In the campaign against
certain sections of the tenderloin dis
trict and some months ago had himself
appointed "special chief of police" to
arrest Inmates of a notorious nlace which
had secured an Injunction against Chief
wittman. Hutton. when seen tonight,
denied the truth of the Mayor's alloca
tions. Hutton was appointed to office by
ayor bcnmitz.
JUDGE SCORES A SNAPSHOTTER
Tar and Feathers Good for a Man
Who Dogs Steps of Others.
OREGON CITY. Or., Jan. 23. (Special.)
Judge McBrlde today In the divorce suit
of Dr. Clayton S. Seamann against Mrs.
Blanche Seamann awarded tho dlvnm tn
"Mrs,, Seamann, who may resume her
maiden name, Blanche Byland. Each Is
to pay his own costs and the custody of
the child, which Is a charge of a San
Francisco foundling asylum. Is to be
vested with Irs. Seamann.
In reviewing the testimony. Judge Mc
Brlde rpmnrkpfl tho thnra Y,aA Vosn of
fered evidence to substnht!nt oh
infidelity that had been made one against
wie owicr ana neia mat airs. Beamann
was IndlBCreet In conduct!
spondence with one W. I Page, of Port
land, although the offense did not involve
the commission of adultery, the charge
tjiai was sougnt to Be proven.
Judge McBrlde made some pertinent re
marks as to th testimony nf a a urnK
ler. a local Thatncrnir
the case as a witness for the plaintiff and
testified that he observed Mrs. Seamann
tnd an unknown man In a comnromisintr
position in a Dark near his hnmo
"I would not believe under oath," stated
lUdce Mr'RrMp "anv mnr nrVin n4.L.
xnat ne seeics to procure snapshot photo
graphs of persons whom he finds In i
comnromislncr noaltinn. Such n mon
moral pervert." In concluding his re
marks thn JudsrA intimate tVint tha (n.
diclous use of tar and feathers or a horse-
wnip properly appllea could but prov
beneficial treatment for any roan who en
gages In such business.
COLFAX ELEVATOR BURNED.
Company and Farmers Lose Thou-
y sands of Bushels of Wheat.
"COLFAX. Wash., Jan. 25. (Special.)
Fire destroyed the Pacific Coast Elevator
Company's grain warehouse and elevator
at Diamond, nlno miles west of here, last
night. The building contained 25.000 bush
els of wheat, of which 20.000 bushels were
owned by the company and the remain
der by farmers. The names of the farm
ers and amount of Insurance, If any,
cannot be learned here. The elevator
company carries Its own insurance.
The fire Is supposed to haVe originated
from lis office stove, in which a Are was
burning when the agent. Charles Tor
rance, lft the building at 6 o'clock. The
total loss Is placed at $30,000 on the ware
house and contents. Six boxcars on the
O. R. & N. track were destroyed.
The company will rebuild the warehouse
before next harvest. Rain had fallen for
two days and was still falling when the
fire occurred. This enabled citizens to
save other buildings close by.
ARRANGE FOR A SETTLEMENT
Eppinger Creditors Will Confer With
Lawyers of Grain Firm.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 25. In the midst
of the proceedings today before Judge Mu
raskey relative to the apportionment of
the $102,000 received for grain found in the
Eppinger warehouse at Crockett after the
collapse of the Arm, the court was asked
by Attorney Powers, representing the Ne
vada Bank, that an adjournment be ta
ken while the attorneys Interested discuss
a compromise of the matter.
After an hour's delay the lawyers an
nounced that they had arranged a sched
ule of settlement which would be sub
mitted to their clients, the various banks
of the state which lost when the Eppin
ger house fell. Next Saturday officials
of the banks will meet and consider the
allotment proposed by the attorneys, and
Tuesday the settlement. If accepted and
adopted, will be ratified in court.
The attorneys stated that those banks
holding warehouse receipts would be the
preferred creditors.
BURIED JEWELS RECOVERED.
Supposed to Have Been Stolen From
Pasadena Hotel.
PASADENA, Cal., Jan. 25. Another
large lot of jewelry, valued at $5000, sup
posed to have been stolen by the trio of
hotel thieves now in the Pasadena Jail,
has been recovered by the local police. It
was found in a secluded spot a short dis
tance from the clubhouse of the Pasa
dena Country Club, on South Lako ave
nue, by Captain of Police Austin.
The Information on which the find was
made was given to the police by John
Morgan, one of the young men now in
jail, who was frightened by statements
made by another of the bellboys at the
hotel., who had In some way obtained
knowledge of the matter. Morgan ad
mitted that he had burled the jewelry,
and told the police where it could be
found. Morgan refused to tell where It
came from.
PRICE OF LOGS ADVANCES.
Demand for Timber on Lower Colum
bia Is Increasing.
ASTORIA. Or., Jan. 25. (Special.)
Tho best grades of yellow fir logs In the
Lower Columbia River district are selling
at about $7.50 per 1000 feet, an advance of
50 cents within a few months, and the In
dications are there will be another similar
advance before Spring. The demand for
lumber Is good. Some of the. mills are
said to have sufficient orders to keep them
running for three or four months. As a
result the demand for logs, especially' of
the best Quality, Is constantly Increasing.
None of the big logging camps have as
yet resumed operations and as near as can
be learned few if any of them will start
up before the latter part of next month
or the 'first of March. It is estimated that
between 20,060.010 and 25.090.090 feet of. Iocs
are still tied up at the headwaters of the
se'eral streams In this 'vicinity, ori ac
count of the lack of freshets sufficiently
heavy to bring them out. These are dis
tributed among the various streams about
as follows:
WashougaL 10.OD0.OM feet: Gray's River,
10,000,000 feet, mostly the property of the
Willamette Pulp & Paper Company;
Klatskanlne, 2.003,000 feet; Lewis and
Clark, 2.000,000 feet.
JUNKET FOR IDAHO MEMBERS
Legislature Proposes to Adjourn for a
Four-Days' Trip North.
BOISE. Idaho. Jan. 25. (Special.)-The
question of a legislative trip through
Northern Idaho was up In both Houses
today. Nine-tenths of the solons and ten
tenths of the attaches want to make the
trip, but nobody has heard from the con
stituency and there may not be time for
correspondence on the subject.
The plan to take a four-day trip to Jorth
Idaho, visiting Moscow and Lewlston, and
swing through the Cocur D Alenes. has
been discussed among members for sev
eral days. Yesterday It became public
property through ' the receipt by loth
Houses of Invitations. The Senate re
ceived Invitations from Moscow and Lew
lston. Senator Lewis, of Latah, moved accept
ance of the invitations and that a confer
ence committee be named to make ar-
ONE OF THE EARLIEST
ife
Hiram Lodge, No. 7, of - Iowa, being
raised In that lodge April 12. 1845..
The Late William Thomas Osburn, Just before starting across the plains.
At the time of the first Masonic gathering In the state he was present, and he was
one of the signers ot the first petition for a charter from the Grand Lodge of Mis
souri to organize a lodge In this state, which was later organized as Multnomah.
No. 1.
rangements, the Legislature to adjourn
for four days and the members to draw no
pay during their absence. After some dis
cussion as to whether the salary could
be waived, during which members gen
erally assented to a proposal to remain
over the 60-day limit long enough to make
up for the time spent on the trip, a sub
stitute motion was adopted referring the
invitations to a committee of three. The
president named Senators Hart, "Wayman
and Lewis.
The House received only one invitation.
That was from Moscow. Representative
Mullaley, of Latah, moved acceptance of
the invitation and that a conference com
mittee be named. Adklson of Idaho, Ma
gill of Nez Peroe. Turner of Bingham and
Richards of Ada opposed the proposed trip
so vigorously that the motion was with
drawn In order that the members might
be given opportunity to confer beforo act
ing finally.
The desire to visit Northern Idaho Is al
most universal among the southern mem
bers. The only debatable question has to
do with the possible effects of the trip oa
legislation.
Wordy War Over County Division.
BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 23. (Special.) The
Senate commit teo on county lines and
boundaries held a spicy meeting this after
noon. It was a continuation of the hear
ing on the bill to create Clark County out
of the northern part of Kootenai. At
torney C. L. Hcltxnan, opposing division,
and Senator Taylor, of Kootenai, author
of the bill, and its principal advocate at
the meeting, clashed several times, the
retorts occasionally being decidedly pun
gent. At the opening of the session Heltman
filed a protesting petition from Hope and
said another was on the way from Bon
ner's Ferry. A letter from K. Wana
maker, a merchant ot Hope, vigorously
protesting against division, was read and
filed. State Auditor Rragaw appeared and
entered his protest against division. He
said it would be disastrous from a coun
ty financial standpoint. Representative
Sage, of Kootenai, added his protest.
Heltman, continuing his argument be
gun Monday, declared division would
1 work a great hardship on the county.
Senator Taylor opened his presentation
of the case of the divlsionists. Referring
to the claim that Heltman represented
the people of Kootenai County, Senator
Taylor said If he did he also represented
the railroad corporations and the Hum
bird Lumber Company, for which he had
been counsel In actions to avoid payment
of county taxes, a series of litigation that
ho claimed was responsible for county
warrants going below par.
Taylor had not concluded when the com
mittee adjourned subject to the call of the
chairman. Heltman frequently Interrupt
ed him with denial and biting sarcasm.
The exchanges were not always ot a
complimentary nature.
NORTHWEST DEAD.
James Trickness.
SHERWOOD, Or.. Jan. 25. tSpeclal.
James Trickness, an old and highly re
spected pioneer of Yamhill County, died
at the home of his daughter. Mrs. Lizzie
Bailey, January 30. Mr. Trickness was
born in Jiles County, Tennessee, March 3,
1STS. From Missouri he crossed the plains
to Oregon in 1SS3 and took up a donation
land claim on Parrott Mountain, in Yam
hill County, in 1S54. where ho lived until
a short time before his death. An aged
wife and three daughters survive. They
are: Mrs. Lizzie Bailey, TVllsonviHe, Or.;
Mrs. James -JJonncy, Colton. Or., and Mrs.
Sophronla Jones, of Sherwood, Or. He had
26 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
C. A. Robertson.
LA GRANDE. Or., Jan. 25. (Special.)
C A. Robertson, one of the early settlers
of Union County, died In La Grande this
morning from the effects of a Mroke of
paralysis, aged 55 years. He was sick
only a short time. Mr. Robertson leaves
a wife and several sons in this section.
Injunction Against Council Dissolved.
OREGON CITY, Or.. Jan. 25. (Special.)
In a decision rendered this morning,
Judge McBrlde dissolved tho injunction
that was brought against the members of
the Oregon City Council restraining them
from entering Into a perpetual franchise
nvlth. the Southern Pacific Company, cov
ering Railroad avenue.
Sacramento Sees tto Rise.
SACRAMENTO. Cal.. Jan. 25. Although
there has been a heavy fall of rain In the
upper -part of the Sacramento Valley dur
ing the past few days, there has been no
perceptible rise in the Sacramento River
at this point, where the river is 10 feet
below high-water mark.
TO LENGTHEN LINES
Street-Car Stockholders Plan
Year's Work,
WILL TAP THE WEST SIDE
Portland Consolidated Company De
cides on Many Improvements Dur
ing Coming Year Enlarge
in Several Respects.
The annual meeting of the stockhold
ers of the Portland Consolidated Rail
way Company was held yesterday aft
ernon in the offices of Vice-President
C F. Swlgert. A full quota of the
stockholders was present and listened
to the reports of the president and
OREGON PIONEERS
EUGENE. Or., Jan. 2. (Special.)
"William Thomas Osburn. one of the
earliest pioneer of this state, died at
his home. In this city, at a late hour
Saturday night, a red 81 years. He
was raised In Iowa, the son of pioneer
stock, and spent hli youth on a farm
In the southern part of that rtate. As
soon as the earliest movement of emi
grants to Oregon began be was one ot
those to sresa his way through the
difficulties irtilch beset those who
croued the continent with ox teams at
an early day. On his arrival here In
the Autumn ot 1S45 he settled near
Chain poet, which was at that time a
sort of center of population, where
he remained for about a year, when
he went to California and spent sev
eral years during the earliest gold ex
citement, atter which he returned to
Oregon and settled. He was one of the
oldest residents of this county.
Mr. Osburn was. without doubt, the
senior Mason In the State of Oregon,
In point of time served. He took great
pride in this fact, and was always one
of the most active members of his
lodge. He received the degrees in
other officers and the outlining of plana
for the year to come.
The same board of directors was
elected for 1905 which as been serving
the company during the past year, or
since the organization of the new com
pany out of the Portland Street Rail
way Company and the City and Sub
urban. The new board of directors for
the year will be: A. L. Mills, president;
C. F. Swlgert. vice-president; J. C
Ainsworth, treasurer; F. L Fuller, gen
eral manager, w. A. "White, of New
York, being the fifth director.
At the conclusion of the stockholders'
meeting; the members of the newly
elected board met and elected officers
no changes" .being made In the list over
that of last year.
The coming year will be one of prog
ress In the history of the Portland Con
solidated Company, though not so many
or so great changes or extensions will
be made as are probable In the futuro
after the extra work incident to the
Lewis and Clark Fair has been done.
New Cars for Summer.
There are now 20 cars under course
of construction in the shops of the con
solidated company, all of which will be
ready to put on the road by the early
Spring. Besides these, other cars will
be remodeled, new motors will be
placed under the Summer cars in place
of transferring- the motors from under
the Winter cars, as has been the case In
the past, and many extensions will be
made in the service to mete the de
mands of Exposition travel.
One thousand tons of steel arc now
on the road to Portland for use in ex
tension work which will be rushed
to completion during the first part of
the year. This is in excess of the ma
terlal required for the Improvement
work now being- done on the Twenty-third-street
line, from Thurman to
Washington streets. The rails and
other material for this Improvement
are now on the ground and ready for
use. This work on Twenty-third street
is the result of the general plan now
being carried out ot Improving the sys
tem from end to end. The light rails
are being taken out and heavy grooved
steel rails put In the place of the old
tracks. This work, which Is now Just
begun, will be finished In a couple of
months.
Line to Hillsboro.
The only big extension which will be
undertaken during the next busy year
wll be the construction of the Portland
Hilsboro line, now under consideration
by the raangement of the .Poriiana con
solidated. The preliminary survey for
the line up the Balch Canon, near Wil
lamette Heights has practically been
completed, but other surveying; parties
are now at work fqr the company. One
line is being run up tho Fulton road
and another up the Canon road. These
surveys will all have been completed In
a short time and then the actual work
of construction win be begun Just as
soon as the management of the com
cany is able to decide, through the ad
vice of its engineers, which Is the best
route to take. As. soon as that question
Is settled the right of way will be se
cured and the bids asked for the con
structlon work. It Is the intention of
the company, not only to take the best
route available, but to begin construe
.tlon by the middle of the Summer at
the latest.
PLACING THE BALL-PLAYEBS.
Gosslo Concerning the Placing of
Various Players Runs Wild.
There Is certainly a bright lot of young
men writing baseball news on the San
Francisco papers. In a recent issue of an
afternoon paper of that city, a young man
who has been wearing his gray matter
to a frazzle in a rain endeavor to get Jim
Jeffries to fight the negro. Jack Johnson,
comes out with the statement that Cal
Ewlnr. owner of the Oakland team, trad
ed Second Baseman Schlafley. to Seattle
for Ham Iberg.
Shades ot the original man who mad
mistakes! This Is screamingly funny.
Manager McCreedle traded the "teasing
pitcher, Ibcrg, to Oakland for Schlafley
but just how Seattle butts Into the deal
Is not known. Iberg has placed a top
notch limit to his salary, a limit that Cal
Ewlng does not want to meet, and now
the Commuter magnate, who believes he
knows Just what Iberg Is worth, is willln;
to trade him to any club, or anybody.
Had Iberg been a negro, the Bulletin
man's mistake could have been overlooked.
but Ham Is the whitest kind of a white
man.
While speaking of Seattle, it might be
well to mention that Rubs Hall, who Is
having his own troubles getting together
a team that will suit the Slwash fans,
fires his reasons -for not reslfaug- Carlos
Smith. When the Seattle fans learned
Smith was not to be a member of the i
1985 team, there was a loud "holler."
Smith was the rightflelder that Jack Mar
shall traded to Seattle because he was
not good enough for Portland. Parke Wil
son made a crack player out of the South
erner and he became a prime favorite in
the Sound city. Hall says he did not
sign Smith because Smith, on account of
his wife's health, wanted to stay In the
South. The truth ot the matter Is that
Smith refused -to play with Seattle be
cause, like Charley Shields, there was a
nice slice of salary cut off his monthly
check.
Toledo and Little Rock aro having a
monkey-and-?arrot time over the services
of Bill Hurley. Hurley Is one of Dug
dale's pets, and for a time was a member
of the Portland team. The way these
two minor league cities are fighting over
this ordinary player and to tell the truth.
he Is hardly that fans would be led to
believe he has Frank Chance, Fred Tenny
and Harry Davis backed off the board as
a nrstbaseman. No matter what Hurley
might have been, the truth is, at the
present writing, that Bill Hurley Is not
even a fair ballplayer.
It now develops that Jack Sheridan, the
much-touted American League umpire.
who wrote to President Bert for a berth
on the Coast League, was only bluffing.
Sheridan was not unlike Eastern ball
players, who broke out in print that he
wanted to join the Pacific Coast League.
When those fellows want more money
they threaten to come to the Coast. This
was Sheridan's lay. He wanted more
money from Ban Johnson, so he sent his
terms to Mr. Bert. Johnson heard ot It
and had a talk with Sheridan, and it
must have been something like this: "Ban.
If you don't Rive me more money, I'll go
to the Coast." Johnson evidently replied:
All right. Sheridan' you re a good um
pire, and some times a good fellow; I'll
give you more money to stick with the
American League." Sheridan stuck. Now
perhaps there's a chance for J. Ira (Slats)
Davis.
Detroit will not let Pitcher Siovall go.
so Rues Hall has another disappointment
in store for him. Stovall would have
made Seattle a good man, as he is popu
lar there, and has always been successful
with the minor league world. He won
few games for Detroit last year, but
he may de better this season. His ad
mlrers claim he was the victim ot hard
luck and poor support.
LACROSSE CLUB MEETS
Plans Are Discussed for Having a
Whirlwind Team.
Plans for 1905 were talked over at a
largely-attended and enthusiastic
meeting of the Portland Lacrosse Club
held last night at the Multnomah Club.
Dr. Walter B. Braden presided. After
discussing the lacrosse outlook and
taking into account that the athletic
programme at the Lewis and Clark
Exposition had not yet been completed.
it was decided not to elect officers for
the ensuing year, until a meeting: to be
called early in March.
It was reported that tne annual
meeting of the British Columbia la
crosse league, including clubs from
"Vancouver, Victoria and New West
minster, and probably Seattle, will bo
held at Vancouver, B. C, Saturday, and
while It Is not at all possible that
Portland will join this league, because
of the distance between the rival cities,
Charles A. Stewart, of the Portland
Lacrosse Club, may attend to canvass
the lacrosse situation and report. Sev
eral of the members said last night
that a game might not be played this
season between Portland and Seattle,
as the latter club usually wanted gilt
edged terms and the lion's share of the
gate receipts. The general opinion
was, however, that. If Seattle can be
induced to play In this city. Seattle
will not be in it with Portland, as tne
latter club, expects to have an eleven
that will be second to none on tho Pa
clfic Coast. Many experienced lacrosse
players in British Columbia have al
ready expressed a wish to join the
Portlands in order to be In this city
during the Lewis and Clark Expos!
tlon.
The meeting also looked into flnan
cial matters and appointed a commit
tee of three to attend to this part of
tho subject. A letter was read from
Macdonald Potts resigning as secre
tary and treasurer, but the meeting
refused to accept Mr. Potts resigna
tlon ns nlB services are neia in nign
esteem, and It will be difficult to re
place such a willln? worker.
PAPER CHASE SATURDAY.
Hunt Club Will Take a Cross-Country
Ride.
The Hunt Club will hold a closed paper
chase on Saturday afternoon at 2:30. The
start will be at East Fourteenth street
and the finish on West avenue. At a re
cent meeting of the board of directors It
was decided that other than members of
the club could not participate In any of
the club events except by card of Invl
tat Ion.
Blow to Bookmakers.
LOS ANGELES. Cal., Jan. 25. Six well
played favorites won at Ascot today and
the books, suffered the severest shock of
the season. From Wee Gui, winner of
the first race, down to Montana Peeress,
which took the last, every winner was
backed for thousands. The unbeaten
3-year-old Descuento, added another
bracket to his list by taking the third
race in easy fashion In fast time. Emper
or of India beat a good field In the mile
and a sixteenth event, barely outstaying
Flo Bob. Weather clear; track fast.
Summary:
Three and a half furlongs Wee Girl
won. Father Catcham second, Dorothy
Frev third: time. 0:42U.
Brooks Course Position won, Ray sec
ond. Varro third: time. 1:33;. -
Slauson cours Descuento won. Witch
Hazel second, Bluecoat third; time.
Mile and a sixteenth, handicap Em
peror of India won, Flo Bob second, Prin
cess Tulane third: time, !:.
Six furlongs Dod Anderson won, Tyrol
Ian second, Aunt Polly third; time, 1:134
MJle, selling Montana Peeress won
Golden Light second. Bronze Wing third
time, 1:414.
Results at Oakland.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 25. W. R. Con
don won today at Oakland. Three favor
ites came "home first. Weather clear;
track sloppy. Results:
Six furlongs Educate won. Sir Preston
second. Hlpponax third; time, 1:154.
Futurity course Sol Ltchtensteln won,
Pickaway second, Dora I. third; time.
1144.
Five furlongs Misty'a Pride won, Albert
Fir Eecond, Tramotor third: time, 1:03.
Mile and an eighth, handicap W. R.
Condon won. Sals second. Captain Forsee
third; time. 1:554.
Mile tnd E0 yards Major Tenny won,
Clnclnnatus second. Anvil third; time.
1:50.
Mile and 50 yards Hooligan won, Sala
ble second. Mapowell third; time. 1504.
O. A. C. to Play Basket-Bali Here.
A fast game of basket-ball Is scheduled
for Friday night, when the Y. M. C. A.
first team will meet the Oregon Agricul
tural College team on the Association
floor.
The Y. M. C. A. team is composed of
picked players, and this will be their
second game of the season. As the Cor-
vallls players have a crack reputation
the Y. M. C. A. boys will have to put up
hard test. The line-up will be:
Y. M G. A. Foiitlcn. Corrallis.
Durrand ...F Swan. Capt
Thornton F Stokes
Llrlngstoa ..wC, Cato
Freeman. Cjt G Etelwer
Echrassm G Eiaehart
ONE
We want a thousand little girls in Portland tp have flower gardens next
Summer, so we've arranged to present that many little gardeners with
the necessary seeds to start a garden. All they have to do is come and ask
us for them next Saturday. ,
TO GROW FLOWERS IN EXT SPRING
YOORCKHaT
IS GOOD
WE WILL GIVE AWAY
1000 PACKAGES OF FLOWER SEEDS
Commencing next Saturday morning at 9 o'clock, we will present 1000 little
girls (under 14 years of age) with packages of assorted flower seeds and tell
them just 'how to grow them successfully. Wouldn't you like to have a
garden of your own this Spring ? Then have some grown person bring you
to our store and we will give you a fine start for a pretty garden. Better
come Saturday, sure. We've only an even thousand packages to give away.
COMMENCING SATURDAY NEXT AT 9 O'CLOCK
LULL BEFORE STORM
Developments on Horizon in
Land Frauds'.
PHELPS PLEADS ILLNESS
Juror Who Has Been Missing Says He
Has Been Sick, and Will Go Home
When He Is Able Many
Witnesses Examined.
The land-fraud investigations are
about to come to some kind of a climax.
if there is any truth In the old adage of
tho lull before the storm. Yesterday
Mr. Heney and the jurors were at work
all day. finishing the examination of
the remaining witnesses in the investi
gation of the Butte Creek Land and
Livestock Company. Several witnesses
were examined and the work was prac
tically closed up.
The future developments of the jury
are becoming more interesting as the
days pass. The same .silence is main
tained at the headquarters of the in
vestigations. It is the general opin
ion that something is due and that the
end of the week will see what it is.
Carl Phelps, the juror whose disap
pearance caused -so much comment dur
ing the past few days, has explained
that he has been very sick and could
not therefore report for duty as he
should have done. As soon as he re
covers from his illners and Is able he
will return to his home.
Light Suit Against Centralla.
CENTRALIA. Wash., Jan, 23.-(SpedaI.)
-The Centralla. Electric 'Power Corn-
WE WANT
THOUSAND LITTLE GIRLS
pany, through its attorneys, George Dy
sart and Merritt &. Nudd, has served no
tice on the City Council of Centralla that
It has commenced proceedings against the
City of Centralla for the collection of
$773.91. claimed by the company to be due
for power furnished the glty to run the
electric light plant and not paid for. At
the meeting of the Council last week this
bill was rejected.
SEEKING THE BODIES.
Police Hope to Dig Up Bluebeard's
Wives His Method in Marrying.
CHICAGO. Jan. 23. Medical authorities
have been called to aid the police in de
termining whether an insidious pjison
could have prduced nephritis, to which all
but one of the six dead wives of "Blue
beard" Johann Hoch succumbed.
According to certificates signed by at
tending physicians, all of the women
whom Hoch Is alleged to have murdered
died of this complaint except Mrs. Mary
Steinbecker. Her case was diagnosed as
gastritis, or inflammation of the stomach.
Physicians gave the opinion that arsenic
might cause death In such a manner that
the symptoms could be confounded with
those of nephritis.
Tn the belief that Hoch may have con
cealed the bodies of murdered victims in
his house on Union avenue, where Mrs.
Marie Welker Hoch died, the police are
planning to dig up the cellar. They will
give the house a thorough ransacking
from cellar to garret and tear down walls
If necessary.
Police Inspector Shlppy was informed
today that, while Mrs. Marie Welker
Hoch was dying in her home, her hus
band was casting about for another wife.
Two, days before the death of his wife
an advertisement appeared in a German
newspaper for a. wife. Mrs. Emllie Fisch
er noticed the advertisement and," not
knowing tha.t the man was her sister's
husband, answered It.
Waiting for Cheaper Wool.
B.03BBUP.G, Or- Jan. 2a. (Special.)
Judge Hamilton today denied the petition
of the Simpson Lumber Company. Coos
County, for the. appointment of a receiver
for the Js'QTth. Bend Woolen Mills. The
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motion was opposed by T. W. dark,
manager of the mills. A custodian will
be placed In charge until wool Is cheaper,
when the mills will reopen.
Engineer Scalded to Death.
PORT ANGELES. Wash., Jan. 25.
(Special.) Oliver VanTassell, third engi
neer of the steamer Olympia, who was
scalded Friday night last by an explosion,
of the boiler on the steamer Olympia,
died at the hospital here last night.
MIGHT HAVE SAVED IT
A Lot of Trouble From Too Much
Starchy Food.
A little boy of 8 year's whose parents did
not feed him on the right kind of food was
always nervous and suffered from a weak
condition of the stomach and bowels.
Finally he was taken down with appendi
citis, and after the operation the doctor,
knowing that his Intestinal digestion was
very weak, put him on Grape-Nut3 twice
a day.
He rapidly recovered, and about two
months thereafter his father states: "Ifa
has grown to be strong, muscular, and
sleeps soundly, weighs 62 pounds, and
his whole system Is In a fine condition of
health." Name given by Po3tum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
It Is plain that if he had been put pn
Grape-Nuts at an earlier period in his
life, and kept from the use of foods that
he could not digest, he never would have
had appendicitis. That disease Is caused
by undigested food decaying In the.
stomach and bowels, causing irritation
and making for the growth of all kinds
of microbes, setting up a diseased condi
tion which is the active cause of appen
dicitis, and this Is more marked with
people who do not properly digest white
bread.
Grape-Nuts is made of the selected parts
of wheat and barley, and by the peculiar
processes of the cooking at the factpry,
all of the starch Is turned into sugar
ready for immediate digestion and the
more perfect nourishment of all parts of
the body, particularly the brain and
nerve centers.
Read the little book. "The Road to WU--ville,"
found, in each package.