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THE MORNING OJREGONIA1T, WEDNESDAY, Mg; Zi, lmjg. 6FEANGE IN SESSION StateFBody Is Addressed by . Master. Leedy." v FOREST GROVE ENTERTAINS Hundreds of Delegates.ana Members' - i - -. - . . of the Order Are Present From Various Counties. of the . State. ' - t FOREST GROVE. Or.. May 23. (Spe cial.) The 22d annual session of the Ore- gem State Grange. met in convention this forenoon, with 82- .Granges represented. State Master B. G. Leedy and all the other state officers were present- .Nearly all the delegates were in their seats, and the opening session, which consumed the best part of the forenoon, found tho Grange ready for business. Immediately upon organization, the com- mittee on credentials reported " the fol- lowing delegates cntltIedlto-5eatsin tho convention! Benton County M. S. Durbin and wife. Dr. dairies Withycombc and wife. -CUckamaF County W. W. Jeue and wife, J. U". Thomas .and wife, C E. Hilton, J. A. Davis snd wlf. J. T. Appereon and wife. Columbia County I. II. Copeland and wtfe. . . j one? ar.a wuc, j. w. Armstrong. Coos County priec Robinson and wife. Gilliam Count) J. W. TownsBd-jl. !jnr Counrv II. J HnmnJilllVfi.i XL-ti Linn County A W. B4rin and wife. Bu pene rainier and wife. G, JJ. ll&rris and wife. - Marlon Count I.. F. Lan'ibo'ri. and .wife, G 1'. Bonney anS wife. . . lu:tnomar. County -XajwWn Davis" and v;fe J. J. Johnson and K. W. Snashaii . and wife. .... Polk County L. A.. AYJIllanison and wife. Tillamook Countj U-. AV. Vaughn and uife. Umatilla. County K. I. Jensen and wife. Union County t'. R. Golden and wife. Washington Co.unty AV. n. . Ht and wife. .Tt. B. Marback and wife. Edwin J. Smith and wir. . . - A asco County -A". H, 11. Dufur and wife Yamhill Cuur.t-J ' W. Cook and. wife. The principal event of the afternoon session was the reading of his annual ad dress by State Master B. G. Lepdy. In It he recounted the past achievements of the order and Its condition to the present time. It was referred" to the committee joti division of labpr. V Reports were received from other offl tfers during the afternoon session. Fol-'Jowlng'-ls- State Treasurer Hlrschbcrg's report for the "month ending May 22, 1903, which was. referred to the finance com mittee: ah on-hand. May 22. IKW.. deceived -from secretary' ..... .Jt21J.25 . 434!). 1 .81 rf D.sbursn . .o Cah on hand May 22. 1!"0. . ...?SG47 ... 3277." . .$5361.70 Tho Grange adopted a resolution fixing meeting hours as follows: Morning ses- parole. In that possibility lies his onlv slons, 9:20;. afternoon scssions.lrtO;. eve- gjeam of hope. -ning sessions S o'clock ' " re was no frtend to comfort A pleasing Incident of the session today Smith when ne vas scntcnced. Xeithcr was mc prs.uiiuiuuii ox many uoiai m- blcms to Mrs. Clara H. Waldo, state lec turer, the occasion being the commemo ration of her i7th birthday anniversary. The presentations wore made by ladies of Jhc State Grange, and were accepted by Irs. Waldo ln a fitting response, .i. A public -reception and entertainment was arranged for the evening at the Col lege Chapel, presided ovvr by H. J.t Bux- master of the Forest Grove' Grange. r "There "were appropriate musical selec tions, and addresses of welcome bx.-State 2enator E. .W. Haines and W. N. Ferrin, president 6 the Pacific University. Re sponses were made by Mrs. Clara H. Waldo and Dr. James Withycombc. repre senting the State Grange. The attend- sance was very large, the people of Forest Grove being very cordial and enthusiastic 4n their reception to all visitors, of which there are several hundred already 'ort hand and many more coming. Tomorrow evening has been designated for a contest between subordinate degree .teams for the prize of J50 offered by the "" State Grange for the best work In the .first four degrees. Thursday evening the fifth and sixth degrees will be conferred by the officer's of the State Grange. Sev- t-eral hundred candidates will . be .given - these degrees. Numerous important matters affecting the Grange will be hrought up during the s session, among them being work for the legislative committee, which exercises a supervision over matters .brought up In the State Legislature. The executive com- e mittee will also have some important work cut out looking toward an enlarge- ? ment of the growth of the order through out the state. Farmers Institute at Mllytnuklc. OREGON CITY. Or.. May 23. (Spoqial.) 5-Th second of a scries of -Farmers' In stitutes being held under the auspices of Mljwaukle Grange, at their hall.,aj. Mil waukie. will be held Friday a'fternodn. June 2! Dr. James Withycombe,"6f the State Agricultural College, will- be the principal speaker and will di.cui3 "In. fnslfled Farming." Other speakers and heir topics will be: JProfessor A. B. qrdlfy. 'tSpraying";. JProfessor F, L. Kent. "Dajrylng ,ona."5maU Earni." FILES ON THE KJAMATH-SftASIX Government Secures Itself ""Against Speculators in Irrigation Tract. SALEM. Or.. May 23.MSpecial.)-The . tilted States Government has filed in "tiie office of State Engineer John H. Lewis a notice of intention to appropriate '1 the unused waters of Malheur River id of the Klamath basin. This notice Is inen under the Irrigation act passed by t :c last Legislature, and Serves to prevent tin person from hereafter acquiring any -water rights which will conflict with the ijovcrnment's needs. The Government has jNhrcc years witihn which to file its plans and begin the construction of its irrigation system. The filing of the notice gives the Government protection against spec ulators during that timci A. R. Black, of Eugene, has filed in -the- office of the State Engineer a notice " f t his appropriation of the waters of Wakio Lake. In Lane County, for Irriga tion purposes. His-notice was filed In the o'flee of the County Clerk of Lane Coun ts but tinder -the new law' It must be fled In the office of - the State Engineer aho. v ANNUAL FAIR AT ROSEBURG ' rionecrs Arc Offered Two Days for Their Reunion. ROSEBURG, Or., May 23. (Special.) The annua fair for the Second Southern Oregon Agricultural district will be held irjpn the fair grounds one mile east of Roseburg, September 12 to 16. Inclusive. R Arrangements will also probably Jje made .for holding the annual ploneeV reunion Tor this county- at the district fair grounds - September 11 and 12. The board of trus tees has offered the pioneers free use of rjthe grounds during those '-two days for .he purpose named. ... The Roseburg Park and Fair Associa Mtlon. recently' organized here. has- prac tically completed. arrangements' for .'the purchase of the fair grounds. 'They will fee held, for-the exclusive purpose of hold- ing fair. celes-ratlos. -reunlesp. etc- X public park may gradually be developed there. , Drinking a. Cause for Divorces. OREGON CITY, Or.. May 23. (Special.) "Bumming around the streets and drinking booze" is a charge preferred by her husband to which Maud F. Davis takes exception. The wife today filed suit for divorce from Adclbsrt J. Davis, to whom she was wedded c Seattle In. August. 1S04. In the complaint the hus band is accused of failure to provide, be sides making himself generally disagree able. Mrs. X)avls wants to resume her maiden name, Maude F. Page Ida McNutt brought suit for divorce today from R. U. McNutt. on the grounds of habibtual and gross drunkenness that "was contracted subsequently to the mar riage of the parties, which took place at Glencoe. "Washington County, In 1SS0. Killed by Bolt on the Range. MILES CITY, Mont., May "23. The body of John Selby, a well-known woolgrower. was brought into town today. The corpse was found on the range yesterday by em ployes. Selby was evidently caught In a thunderstorm some time Sunday and killed bv the lichtninc. There werono j marks on the body other than, a slight abraslon on the nose, caused by -the fall after being struck. Selby"s horse was also killed. . . -- Selby was born In England and -was about 40 years old, and owned about loJOOO sheep. , ' Boise's Major Very III. BOISK. Idaho. Mav 32. fSneeiHl.l . Mayor J. -W. Hawley Is in the -hospital siin.enn.g irora an aDscess. xnc uoc tors fear they will have to operate on him, but the matter will not be decided until tomorrow. While hc-hs a very oick mm? trio" case is not con sidered critical. NSIW MHEUilS DJJI'AULTJXG TAX COLLECTOR C.VXXOT L1VK OUT TERM. Moral and Physical Wreck and With out Friends, He Stands Firmly to Receive Sentence. SAN .FRANCISCO. May 23. 1 J. Smith, San Francisco's Tax Collector, who fled from San Francisco to St. Louie, pleaded guilty to embezzlement today and was sentenced to ten years'- -imprison-ment; the maximum sentence Smith fled from the city in April, "leaving a shortage of $63,000 in .his accounts. He went first to New York and. then to Si. Louis, whore he was .arrested Just as he was leaving for San .Francisco. There remains no Jiopo for Smith. A j moral and physical wreck, his nerves t shattered almost to a point of insanity. he Js not expected to survive his toll in Folsom. As he was--locked up,, a felon under sentcnoe "to state's prison, his face was the picture of utter de spair. He must pay the- penalty of his betrayal of trust. Perhaps after two or three venr h ran h r.icri nn of hj8 brothers was tiMscnt. Ro.lriM the crowd of tenderloin habitues were 6nly the officers of the law, the news paper men and a dozen or so city offi cials. The man appeared absolutely friendless when taken from the room. Even his attorneys remained behind when the Deputy Sheriff took him In charge. Smith held himseff In wonderful con trol as he stood up for sentence. His eyes were sunken, his face haggard and colorless,- but he .kept a firm grip upon himself for the awful ordeal into -which his wild life had led him. The courtroom was crowded almost to sufilocation. Spectators blocked the Aisles, climbod on the Window sills, filled the Jury box .and oven covered the platform- at the foot of the bench. Hundreds gained admission, but with Deputy Sheriffs at the doorway -shouting that there was no more-Topm -still men tried to Jam and elbow their way into the chamber. BY EX TEAM TO NEBRASKA EZRA MEEKEU WILL RETRACE THE TRIAL OF 18o2. Aged Pioneer and Historian Xow at ' Tumwatcr Prcparinjr..;for ills I - "J. " . i 1 Long Journey.-. f OLYMPIA, Wash.. May 25. (Spe cial.) Ezra Meeker, the widely-known pioneer. 7s years old, who will retrace with an ox team the Oregon trail cov ered by him i2 years ago. arrived in Olympia today tcpreparc for his"Jo.ur ney. Tumwatcr, the earliest settle ment in the state and now a suburb of Olympia,. will b,fcisstartlng point, and he f xpects to "reach. Portland in timo for the pioneers rcpnlon at theLov,is "sdOlark Exposition, June It, 15 and "Wlthny iKfeatn "ani? outfit T 'am -going -totart from', the very -spot where,! camped inTumwater wbe'n I reached Pugct Sound for. the, first time," he said, "but bcforcNI go t want to getvthe photographs of -all the pl ncers wribwt?To in'Oiytrfpla then. -MS' photographer, who will accompany me, will photograph them In their homes if It Is desired. I also want a photo rraph of tne old territorial Capitol and of tne nev Capitol with as many people in front 'of it as well pose before rtho camera. "I do not expect to complete my jour ney at Portland. I shall only be fairly f-tnrted by that time. After a stay In Oregon I want to retrace my -steps ovpr the old Oregon trail to Cainsville, a vll lige six miles below Omaha. . from which I started In 4S52." NORTHWEST DEAD. Janics Davlin. ROSEBURG. Or., May 23. (SpeciaU James Davlin. an Oregon pioneer of 1E32. died at his home, nine miles southwest of here, Sunday evening, at the age of 77 years. He is survived by two daughters. Mrs. I. B. Nichols and Miss' LlIHe Davlin, of this county. Mrs. Emily Thomas. FOREST GROVE. Or May 23.r-Spe-cial.) Mrs. Emily Thomas died' at her home in this city last night, aged 9 years. She was born in Adams, N. T.. where at 19 she was married to Myron O. Thomas. In 1902 she came to Forest Grove. -Mrs. Thomas lived -an-extremely active and useful life. Addressed by Grand Army' Men, EUGENE. Or.. May 23. (Spcclal.)-Ap-proprlate ' memorial exercises' were held this afternoon at all the schools of .the .11 oawi wi I til. sitvvia - i CfJlaciJUtllVC membcrsfth Grand.. Army were present , and -TOaaea44raiww"4W'P.tHotlc tatE. TATE LAND SUE School Sections Will Go to Highest Bidders. NEAR 10,000 ACRES IN ALL Tr.acts.in Warner Mountain Reserve U Were Withdrawn "When Govern ment Was Making Reserve in Klamath and'Lakc- SALEM. Or., May 23. (Special.) the State Land Board today decided t6' sell to the highest bidder all the school section In the portion or tho "Warner Mountain reserve that were recently restored to entry. There are S720 acre's of school land An the tracts restored. Scaled bids tpr the land will be re ceived by ice State Land Board at Its meeting on the second Tuesday in July When the Government withdrew lu lauds from entry for the purpose of creating forest reserves In Klamath and Lake Counties the state withdrew from sale all state 'school lands in tho same tract. When the Government maae a restoratlpn, the -state restored Its lands to-sale, but instead of placing tnem on sale at the flxcd'prico of 52.30 per acre, wll sell -to-rrcTi"lghst bid- tier, no bid being accepted at less th; anT 52.S0. No person will be pormittCiT"to purchase more than 320 acres. ?he lands are located in the follow ing townships and ranges, all south and jeast: 19-1".. 19-14. 2S-11, 24-13. 23 13. 26-13. 24-14, 25-14. 26-14, 2S-14, 23 15, 27-13. 23-16, 10-17. 41-1S, 35-19. 36 20. 36-22. 37-52, 3S-22. 39-22, 40-22. The land is all in sections 16 and 36 of the townships above mentioned, hough In a number of instances less than the whole section is for sale. The sale will be advertised. Speculators Arc Shut Out. SALEM, Or., May 23. (Special.) State land officials are exceedingly well pleased by the decision of tiie Secretary of the Interior, announced by dispatches in today's Oregonian, to the effect that the state can select in demnity land for all state school lauds Inside forest reserves. While the de partment has neld that the state may select indemnity land for both sur veyed and unsurveyed sections, the state will have little opportunity to select Indemnity on surveyed sec tions for the reason that these sec tions were bought up by speculators before tho State land Board learned that the Government proposed to cre ate the reserves. This decision gives the state 40.000 acres of valid forest reserve base In the Wallowa reserve, and o far as known, this is available for use at once. The state's price for indemnity lands Is $3 per acre. While the dispatch from Washing ton did not so state. It is assumed that school sections cannot be used as base by anyone except the state, so that those who bought up the school sec tions In tho proposed Blue Mountain reserve will fall In their plan to use those sections as base. There Is some question whether the state ouM use these sold -sections as base If--.Uie. sales should be canceled. The reason wpy the state can .use school sections as base while Individ uals cannot, is that the act admitting Oregon to the Union secures to tho state the 16h and 36h sections of land or indemnity therefor if these sections have been disposed of. but the lieu land act. under .which individuals have used school lands as base, has been repealed. Offer Money and Demand Land. SALEM. Or.. May 23. (Special.) A number of persons holding certificates of sale of state land, which certificates the Marlon County grnud. jury de clared were secured fraudulently, arc coming forward with money to make payme-nts and are strongly protesting that there vas no fraud In the transac tion. Some of the certificates are still In the hands of first purchasers while others are held by assignees. In all cases where payments are of fered, tho State Land Board notified -the holder of the certificate that the grand Jury has reported the certifi cate as having been obtained by fraud, and asking for a showing of good faith. Thus far the showings made have been satisfactory. The board will, at an adjourned meet ing to be held in a few days, decide -upon a policy to be pursued In the case of certificates now In the hands of Innocent purchasers, though orig inally obtained by fraud. Warner Case to Supreme Court. SALEM. Or.. May 23. (Special.) Attorney-General Crawford returned today from Lake County, where he tried tho ca"ee for the Warner Valley settlers ag?ilnt the Warner A'alley Stock Company. The trial court sus tained a demurrer to the Attorney General's complaint anTJxettorneyj, General appleStbth.e'SuprmV.tfqU where thcjfcfuestion wlli 'be settled weather, the Warnor Valley settlers have, a spoQ. .case, against the -company for title to their lnndY." GUILTY OF PEDDLING STOVES Oregon Mnu Is Fined Under Law In Vogue lu Idaho. BOISE, -Idaho. May 23.-(SpcciaI.)-Ly-man C. Hill, representative of an On tario, Or., stovo concern, was arrested to day on the charge of peddling without a license, and was found guilty by Probato Judge Brown, and fined 550 and costs, that being the minimum penalty. This is the first case tried in Ada County of violation of the recently enacted peddler licenso law, and Is of added Interest because It Involves construction of the United States Interstate commerce law. Hill carried a sample range with him, but refused to part with it on any terms, confining his operations to taking orders for the future delivery of ranges by the firm he represented, whose headquarters were across the Oregon line. It was upon this point that an attorney who appeared on behalf of the defendant contended the arrest of Hill was in contravention of the interstate commerce law. but Judge Brown overruled his objections. PIONEER REUXI.OX IX Programme for Three Days Will At tract Hundreds. BROWNSVILLE. Or.. May 23. (Spe cial.) Extensive preparations are In prog ress to make the 17th annual reunion and picnic of the Linn County Pioneers' As sociation, which is to be held In Browns ville. June 7, S and 9. 1505. an occasion Ithat, shall long "be remembered In the hls- tory 'or the ssocIatlon-'and Linn County". . The annual reunion of the pioneers of counted the g&la occasion of the year for Linn County, when thousands of people gather to do honor to tha. honored state builders. The reunton this year promises to far eclipse anything of the "kind at tempted before by the association. Hon. W. E. Yates, of Corvallls. will deliver the annual address to the pioneers, Thursday. June S; and Hon. Walter L. Tooxc, o& Woodbum, will dell-er the annual address to the Sons and Daughters of Pioneers. Friday, June 9. Addresses by other per sons will be made, and" the occasion en livened by campfircs, sports and games of different kinds. ' TRIED TO KILL BENEFACTOR Hardened Roadster Attacks Compan ' Ion With a Club. EUGENE. Or.. May 2S--(Special.)-A. warrant was Issued today for the arrest of a. tramp named Starr, who Is charged with assault upon his companion of tho road with intent to rob. A. Jackson, a laboring man, was making his way north, .but, unlike the ordinary tramp, he had blankets and a quantity of cash, for yes terday he had 515, which he was intending to -deposit In the bank. As Jackson was coming north he took up with a young hobo at Cottage Grove named Starr, whom he has since befriend ed in many ways. Last night they slept In a barn west of town, and this morn-inc- Jackson was awakened by a heavy blow and found Starr standing over him' ith a club." Starr struck another blow over Jackson's " head, but the club was rotten and failed of Its purpose. Starr then took to his heels and Jack son came down town and swore out a warrant for his arrest, but he has not yet been caught. Robbery was evidently the motive. British Consul Is Satisfied. OLYMPIA Wash., Mav. 23.-(SpecIai.)-A rcplx r.pofft'd fov te-Attoraey-Gca2ral today frW-MTcTTidla. Britlsli Vlc5C Consul at Portland, expresses satisfac tion with the Attorney-General s Investi gation of the complaint of William Smith, the British subject, who complained of conviction to the penitentiary on tho ground that he was Innocent and the Judge was drunk. Mr. -Laidlaw expressed the belief that Smith had a fair trial and is justly Incarcerated. .- Big Demand forGraln Sacks. OLYMPIA. Wash., May 23.-(Spccial.) The penitentiary jute mill could sell 3.000. 000 sacks this year, if It were possible to manufacture them, according to James H, Davis, of the Board of Control, who re turned from Walla Walla today. The or ders for sacks arc now In excess of the output by 230.000 sacks. The mill will turn out about 2.000.000, which are selling at 55-S5 per hundred. Hangs Himself With a Strap. HELENA, Mont.. May 23. A special to the Record from Clancy, Mont., says de spondency over his inability to leave off drinking Is believed to havo caused the suicide of John Olandcr, a Swede living 14 miles from Helena. He hanged himself yesterday afternoon In his room over the saloon where he worked, using a valise strap for a rope. SAYS FATHER IS UNFIT DIVORCED WIFE APPEALS TO THE SUPREME COURT. That Minor Sons, in Ills Care Will Be Corrupted Is the Pica of Seattle Woman. ? " OLYMPIA, Wash.. May 23. (Spe cial.) Because she, believes that even fix'e months custody by her former husband of their two minor sons will hopelessly corrupt their youthful minds, Ida Kane, formerly Ida Miller, has appealed to the Supreme Court to modify an order of the Superior Court of Walla Walla County giving Gustav Miller, the father, the care of the chil dren until August 25. So urgent docs the mother deem the case that her at torneys have nsked that the motion for modification of the order be sot for hearing In tne present term, and have given notice that they will call the matter up June 2. Mrs. Kane Is now the wife of Fran cis Kane, a prominent physician of Se attle! Her former husband. Miller, is a civil engineer, who Is married again and is now In Lewiston, Idaho. In nf fidHVits accompanying tho petition Mrs. Kane avers that Millec Is of low origin, is uneducated, coarse, vicious, scoffer of religion. Is responsible for the ruin and suicide of a young girl: that the stepmother abuses the children and that their present training will ruin their after lives. Among tho affidavits are two by tho children. In which they confirm flome of tho allegations made by Mrs. Kane. ENDEAVOR TO DETERMINE BEL LINGHAM'S MURDERER. Medium-Is Called In at Sweating of BELLINGHAM. Wash., May '23: (Spe cial.) Spiritualism and clalrvoyancy. to gether with the ingenuity of the Boiling ham police, may yet definitely Implicate Charles Davis and William Donnelly in tho murder of Frederick Dames, the butch er. For a long time this morning Mrs. Cory, one of the best-known spiritualistic mediums in the Northwest, was closeted with Chief of Police Woody and Donnelly. After the discussion Donnelly was sent back to his cell in a much agitated con;-, dition; and a confession Is looked for by the police at any time. Whether Donnelly or the police, or any one sent for tho medium is not known. Neither Is juat what took place at : the secret seance given to the public. In fact, the police refuse cither to deny or affirm that they sought the medium for the pur pose of solving the murder mystery, but It Is generally believed by the detectives that this was the real object of the wom an's visit. License Is Put at $2000. BOISE. Idaho. May 23. (Special.) The saloon men of the new town of Twin Falls propose to contest the right of the Town Council to charge them a license of 52000. The Council has sought to limit the number of sa loons by high license, but the pro prietors have refused to pay. Six of them have been -arrested and they will carry the matter up to the Supreme Court. . ' Burglars Raid Aberdeen Home. ABERDEEN. Wash., May 23. (Special.) Burglars broke Into thChouse of W. C 'Ennls last night, while the family was aosent. and earned oft Jewelry principal ly diamond rlrigs,i valued at 514)00. They also took a fine'ifGld watch 'prcsentM by Mr. Ennls. to his, son. who was grauate4 from the High School today. -N.-' . A MATTER POWDi Absolutely Pure HAS HO SUBSTITUTE G' PLOT FOILED American-Born Chinese Widow Will Get Property. TOOK REMAINS TO CHINA Highbinders Attempted to Keep Her Out of Country in Order to Seize Her Interests In San Francisco. SEATTLE. Wash., May 23.-(Speca!.) Lee Fook. alleged leador of the famous Hip Sing Highbinder Tong in San Fran cisco's Chinatown, has been foiled in an attempt to cheat an AmcrIcai-born Chi nese girl out of her Interest in a wealthy California business concern and defraud the United States Government. U Toy Shing, the "intended victim of the highbinders, is now in Seattle, on her way to the California metropolis, where she goes to claim her valuable Interests. Since early in January the Woman has been refused admittance to the country on the failure of Fook and Chew Mon Hong, her uncie, to give testimony as to her identity and establish her claim to American citizenship as set forth in affi davits signed by the two Chinese. The highbinders hoped to swear to false statements before the immigration officers and keep Li Toy Shing out of the coun try. Had they succeeded, her Interest in a thriving business would have gone to Fook and her uncle. In May, 1003, her- husband. Lee Shee Guy, died. He was a member of the Hong Far Low Restaurant Company, and one of the wealthy Chinese residents of Sau Fralcosc May 26 of the same year she sailed for China on the steamer Siberia with the remains of her husband.- It had been his wish that she accompany his body to the Orient in case of his death. This she did. but on her return the high binders set up a claim that sc-was an alion, and until now they have prevented her re-cntrance. . EXHIBITS SHOWN AT DEPOT Ashland Will Have Building to Dis play County Products. ASHLAND, Or.. May 23. (Special.) Work Is under way oti the exhibit build ing at the Ashland depot of the Southern Pacific Company, for which arrangements have been making for some time by the Board of Trade of this city. It will cover a space 1SxC6 feet and will be located Just north of the passenger station, ih a beau tiful grass plot maintained by the rail road company. The four sides of -the building are largely glass frames, which can be opened or shut as desired, leaving the exhibit in good view in cither event and from all sides, and it' Is believed it will be made attractive enough to draw the attention of many EaBtcrn visitors to the Lewis and Clark Fair, who will pass this, way. to the varied resources of thl3 section of the state. Arrangements will be made by the Board of Trade to keep a nice supply of fresh fruits, on display during the season, and literature will be distributed devoted to descriptions of the city and county. The j. uuiiuiHs ttui uv 1 usut-u lu cumpieiiuii ana will bo finished In about two weeks, ft Is probable that It will be maintained as a J permanent exhibit building. it ts prooaoic tnat the bacramento- val ley Development League of Northern Cal ifornia, comprising Six counties; ' will in? stall an exhibit .somewhere on the depot grounusat Ashland during the Fair, as M2f;n?4V tfcW nA T.v,,-i. vnA j ne- l.os ngetcs L.nnmocr 01 uomiercc has, .recently installed an elaborate cx hrwt3lt.haja .Sprlhgs ibr the .purpose -or advertising the resources of Southern California to passers-by on the trains, and this Is believed to bo one of the rea sons that the Northern California people arc trying to get ahead of them and at tract the attention of visitors at Ashland, which Is a favorable location, on account of the time that passenger "trains stop here, from 31 to 30'minutes. RITCHIE WINS IN HIGH COURT a New Trial Will Be Had in BUI of Extras. OLYMPIA, Wash.. May 23. Spe clal.i W. A. Ritchie, the architect on the Stato Capitol, has secured a re versal in the Supreme Court of the judgment entered against him on the pleadings In the lower court in the case In which he brought suit for his percentage on extras und on the furni ture designed for the House and Sen ate, chambers. The effect of the decision is to remand the case for trial. Ritchie ued on four counts, but only two of them were pressed in the Supreme Court. One was for 51560 for furnishing plans and details for the furniture mentioned above: and the other for 51100 for. designing- floor beams castlron columns, expanded metal flooring and other extras. The Capitol Commission 'refused to allow the claims and Ritchie sued the state. Tho defense of the state was that tne law required contracts to be in writ ing: and that the contract with the archi tect also specified that agreements pro viding for extras should be in writ ing. The plaintiff -admitted that there were no, written agreements covering the'c.laims -sued on". : " The low.er coyrt on tnls showing dls-il.Attn'i-i ca9. -Th SusYe'mi.- .'Cfturt m OF HEALTH holds that this was error. The law in requiring contracts to be In writing refers only to construction and mate rial. Whether the claim for extras was a part of the original contract with the architect, or was a new contract was a question of fact thaUsnouId have been submitted to tted totjie jury. rieWants Mill Says SALEM. Or.. Mav L'2. fSneoial.Y Governor Chamberlain today received alettcr. a copy of wiilch secnw to have been sent to the Governor of each of the otner states, in which the writer claims to be an heir of one Sosch, who Is reported 10 have died In the United States. ' leaving property . valued at 52;00O,0OD. The claimant is Frau Frau ziska Traubc. Konigshutte, Blucher platz. Germany, and she wants infor mation concerning the estate. She says that heirs were advertised for in Ger-., man papers. Bilked by a Stranger. ASHLAND, Or., May 23.-(Special.) After arranging with Mrs. A. H. Os borne, of the. Ashland Hotel, for board and lodging for an alleged gang of rail road laborers, a stranger representing himself as D- L. Marks cashed a check with her for 54-. The check was appar ently drawn by H. M. Marks on the First National of Albany. The stranger has disappeared. The check was refused paS ment In Albany. Signed Another's Name. ABERDEEN. Wash.. May 23. (Special.) David Gearey signed the name of David MaclatTerty. a business man, to six checks of 51S.50 each, and had them cashed SaturT day night at as many saloons. The forg ery was not discovered until Monday afternoon, and Gearey has fled. He Is believed to be the man wanted at Port land for the same offense. Looked Into Loaded Barrel. BIG TIMBER, Mont,, May 23. While S-year-old Fred Cross and his brother, together with a neighbor's boy, were look ins at a-gun supposed -to be "not loaded." today, the weapon was accidentally dis charged, and the bullet struck Fred In the head,, inflicting a wound from which he died in a few minutes. WHITE HOUSE IS BUBNED HUNDREDS ARE LEFT HOME LESS AND HUNGRY. Business Portion of Yukon Town Is Entirely Destroyed by Flames. Big Warehouses Saved. VANCOUVER, B. C. May 23. Fire to day practically wiped out the business portion of White Horse, entailing a losa of 520.000. The fire burned for six hours, destroying all the" hotels, restaurants and lodging-houses, so that hundreds of peo ple waiting for the opening of navigation to proceed to Dawson are left without food or shelter. The fire started In a small store on First avenue, between Elliott and Main streets, and destroyed every building within two blocks. The large warehouses of the AVhltc Pass & Yukon Company caught fire, several times, but the flames were extinguished. Victoria Firms Are Losers. VICTORIA. B. C, May 23. Victoria firms will lose considerably as a re sult of the fire at White Horse today. White Horse lies on the right bank of tho Yukon, near Us headwaters and the sheds of the White Pass & Yukon Railway Company, now stored with freight waiting: for the opening of rpy- igatT6nv.-Qccpjne side of tnfcwlde street. Upon the opvfloslte..sTde, a dis tance of 80. feet' awayywere the-destroyed . buildings, mostly wooden frame buildings, two and three stories high. Victoria firms were largely In terested In these and their contents. AVI 11 Reach Payette Lakes. WEISER, Idaho. May 23. (Special.) Arrangements being made for the extension of the Pacific & Idaho North ern Railroad to Meadows and Payette Lakes -are progressing satisfactorily and It will be but a shqrt time until the dirt will begin to fly on the grade. A new engine has been ordered and will arrive hero In a short time, also a new passenger coach. Freight cars are being constructed at the company's shops in this city, a new caboose being turned out today. The clerical force 13 being increased and everything points to the beginning of work at an early day. If possible the road will be extended to Payette Lakes this year If not to Meadows anyway. Fund to Entertain Visitors. at OTrnr t ttt-.u "vr-.. v Ciunlol 1 i At an informal meeting of the City Coun- I ell tonight ft was decided that at the next regular meeting the previous action, of the Council In refusing to appropriate funds for entertainment of visitors at the Lewis and Clark Fair during Olympia week at the Washington building would be reconsidered and an appropriation of $300 made. Mayor Carlyon will soon de cide upon a hostess and It Is probable that a number of assistants will be selected. Fishing Near Willamette Ladder. OREGON CITY, Or., May 23. (Special.) Many Oregon City fishermen have been fishing for salmon within what Is gener- ladder at the falls ih this city, and this j is in violation of the fishing laws. The The Whiskey with a reputa tion. Awarded Gold Medal, St. Louis World's Fair, 1904 Always ' Uniform Always Pure Always Exquisite For sale at all leading bars, Ij cafes and drug S. H1RSCH & CO. authorities have refrained from prosecut ing the violators pending the settlement of a dispute as to the interpretation of the statute, which has been referred to District Attorney Harrison Allen for an opinion. It appears that, if measured diagonally across the inland, the men are fishing within the prescribed unlawful distance of the ladder, but if measured around -by the water line they arc fishing in public water and are not within the jurisdiction of the fish wardens. All Oregon City Will Come. OREGON CITY. Or., May 23.-(Special.) Oregon City will have its own individual exercises at the Lewis and Clark Fair Saturday. June 10. this day having been assigned Astoria. Salem and Oregon City. This was decided today, after a confer ence between Mayor Sommer and B. "D. Strauhal. representing the Exposition Commission. Mayor Sommer wilf tomor row announce a general committee and other committees that will be charged with the matter of arranging details. A patroness from Oregon City will also be appointed by Mayor Sommer within a few days. It is proposed to have all" of "the business-houses of the city close for a part of ' the day that the whole population may attend the exercises. Some plan will be considered for having the public school children visit the Fair in a body on Ore gon City day. - Road In Copper River Valley. SEATTLE. Wash.. May 23. To open the famoup Copper River Valley, reduce transportation rates and develop the cop per and coal mines of Alaska, the Copper River & Northwestern Railroad Company has been organized in this city. The first meeting of stockholders was held yester day at the office of the Northwestern Commercial Company. While Eastern capital has been interested vin the new company, the business will be carried on in this city with John Rosene, .Moritz Thomsen. D. H. Jarvis, J. D. Trenholme and Henry Bratnober as the board of directors. - John Rosene said this morning that the road . would run from Valdez to the Cop per River and would probably be extended to Eagle. Henry Deyo, chief engineer., and four assistants, have been in tho North since early in April making sur veys and mapping out a route for the Judge Will Delve in Mines. BUTTE, Mont.. May 23. A special from Helena to the Miner says: Just before the adjournment of court, Judge Hunt directed counsel to prepare a modifica tion of the injunction in the big Nipper Parrot case, which was done, and which was agreeable to both parties. This will probably be signed and made public to morrow. Judge Hunt, from the bench, expressed a desire to go to Butte and make an inspection of the mines', that he might become more familiar with the workings, especially in that he will .have -a. great deal of such matters before- him for adjudication. Both companies, through .their -o&npsel. -extended an ln vltaUontp. hrh to visit their properlies Thls Tflll be accepted lu the near future. Railroad Work at Roseburg-. ROSEBURG. Or., May 23.-(SpcciaI.) Work has been commenced on flv.e new sidetracks and the erection of coal bunk ers of 10,000 tons' capacity Ip the South ern Pacific Railroad yards in this city. Material Is here for a new standpipe for supplying locomotives with water, and blda are being asked for supplying ma terials with which to erect a commodious brick roundhouse at this place. A fine steel turntable was put in a few months ago as a nucleus -or the exten sive improvements now being made. Coming to Select a Camp. WALLA WALLA, Wash.. May 23. (Special.) Colonel Edgar S. Stever, com manding the Fourth Cavalry, and Cap tain E. T. Arnold. Adjutant. left for Port land, today to select camping grounds for troops who will participate 'in the' open ing of the Lewis and Clark Exposition. According to the present plans, Troops B and D, and band, fully mounted, and equipped for the field, will leave here next Saturday morning by special train for Portland. KtUt list sUa utt as pint, tairsm asr cMBtatea, Best sIhmhs autfi, Cam mest lite tnwNM!. Uocpa's Hair Infprafor m m 1 11 flstofes - . Hi ll II 11 KANSAS CITY. HO. ' M ems itoatoff, CUh biir fnm falf, Hths bait ffsv. H Jt han Bfwasla. ar aar Itar lmt, h Mtmt'i fwnw Plttt. la ewt EWwsam, CmtiHza iti ni all tewittM hem t.t Mm. iiLTXYOx- co., rwku-ra.