THE MORNING OREGONIAX, TUESDAY, aiAIlCI 190-5. OFFICERS TO BLAME Coroner's Jury Returns Strong Verdict in Jensen Inquest. HATCH PROVED UNSAFE Thwartshlp Sprung: "When long shoreman Removed Beam Car rying Arter Section of Hatch nnd Fall Followed. After carefully InvpsttKatlnR the cir cumstance FurroundlnR the fatal acci dent which befell Frederick Jensen, a longshoreman. Saturday afternoon on tho British steamship Cambrian King, the Coroner's Jury found the master and offi cers of the vessel jrullty of criminal caxe Jeesnejss and held them Indlrpctly respon se for the man'R death. Mrs. Jensen, tho widow, will bring suit for damages, nd In view of the Coroner's verdict, jmeone will undoubtedly have to finan cially atone for th sad breaking up of the little home at 376 Rose street. Coroner Flnley had looked Into the caw pretty thoroughly, and the findings of the Juror supported his suspicion that proper caution had not been observed for tho protection of tho men engaged to handle the cargo. The witnesses at the Inquest yesterday afternoon agreed on this point, nnd thore was no one to contradict their tacmontf, although Captain Carter, master of the vessel, was among those caamlned. The testimony showed that Jensen was on tfce forward section of hatch No. 1. as flyctlng In removing the fore-and-afters of the hatch, when the thwarthlp sprung, precipitating the section upon which he whs standing into the hold to a depth of .nbit 3t feet. It was shown that If tho JSTIvA.MEK INTEL LI G EN CK. Due to Arrive. A RfRin'r From. Date. .Arabia. Orient .Mar. 27 Itr-dende. Sun Francisco.... Olumbln, San FrancUoo. .. AlMance. Eureka nnd way., .Mar. 29 .Mar. 30 .Mar. 30 F. A. Kilburn, Snn Francisco. April 3 4 Senator, Fan Francisco April Aragonla, Orient April 18 Due to Depart. Steamer Destination. Date. Senater, San FranclHOO Mar. 27 Northland. San Francisco.... Max. 29 Keanoke. ls Angeles Mar. 29 Redondo, San Francisco Mar. 31 Columbia. San Francises April 1 F. A. Kilburn. San Francisco. April 5 Arabia. Orient April 10 Aragenlfc, Orient April 30 Carrying mall. hatches of the lower decks had not been left open a fall through tho upper hatch wauhl not have resulted so disastrously. John Knox, foreman of the stevedore gang employed on the Cambrian King, testified that Jensen was an experienced longshoreman. He had been told to assist let removing the fore-and-afters from hatch No. 1, and went about It In the usual way. As the big iron beam wad lifted from Its sockets, the cross-bar or thwartshlp sprung and shot Into the hold. followed by tho forward, section of the hatch, upon which Jensen was standing. R. M. Clark. C. Markstrom and William Lemon, fellow-omployas of the deceased, corroborated the foreman's testimony. "William Icmon was the man detailed with Jensen to remove the hatch, and It makes him shudder to think how narrow ly he escaped from the fate that befell Ms partner. The accident occurred shortly after noon Saturday, while the steamer was at the flour milk preparing to receive cargo, and JoHPon expired half an hour after having removed to St. Vincent's Hospital. Tho funeral will bo held at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon from Finley's Chap el. Jenson was 31 years of age, and leaves & wife and one child. Following Is the verdict of the Coroner's jury: That deceased came to bis death at St. Vincent's Hospital In Portland, Oregon, on March 21. 100G. by a fall through a hatch vv en the British steamship Cambrian King, lying at Portland Flouring Mills. In mM City or Portland. Oregon That the Araed at the time wok ntuilstlng in re lieving a. fore-and-after of the after section nf the hatch. That the thwartshlp beam wu eprung at the time and there wer no side fre-nnd-afters on the hatchway, whloh was U direct cause of the death of deceased. 4 removing the hatches In the usual and ourtomary manner, and we find that there wm criminal nogllgcncA and carelessness on the part of the master nnd officers of the tteamshlp in not properly protecting the batch and Informing the deceased of the vntafc and dangerous condition or tho same. A. B. STUART. It. LEMON. F. B. HARRINGTON. C. 8. SILVER. FRED B. CANDE. HARRY EMDE. J. P. FINLET. STEAM KR VERMONT IS SEIZED Owners of tho Bark Harry Morse Seek Recovery of Damages. ASTORIA. Or.. March 26. (Special.) The steamship Vermont, which arrived flown tho river yesterday with a cargo of lumber for Shanghai, was seized last night by a Deputy United States Marshal on a libel milt for J500 for damages to the bark Karry Morse, sustained In a collision between the two vessels In Portland har bor, as tho Vermont was coming down tho river. A few stanchions on the Ver mont were carried away, but tho damage done was not sufficient to delay the ves mL The Vermont was released on bonds this evening, nnd. weather conditions permit ting, she will go to sea tomorrow. Oriental lAner Arabia Overdue. Evidently, the Portland & Asiatic liner Arabia must have encountered bad weath er on her way across the Pacific, for, al though fully due at the mouth of tho river yesterday, no sign of her was seen. She will likely turn up this morning, how vr. and her tardiness Is giving no cause Tor anxiety. Overdue Steamer Arrives. NEW YORK. March 36. A cable dis patch to the Herald from Buenos Ayres, Argentina, says: The steamship Austral, Jong overdue, has arrived at Ushuala from the South Orkay Islands. The ves sel was delayed by flerco gales. Transport Thomas Departs. SAN FRANCISCO, March 36. The United States Army transport Thomas lled today for Manila. She carried, many cabin passengers and a number of marines, but bo regular troops. Her car go consisted of 4000 tons of Army sup plies. Marine Notes. Tke eteeJM-r. Cha& R. Speacer left for The Dalles yesterday on .her first trip of the season. The schooners Polaris, Schome and. John A. Campbell arrived at Astoria yesterday to load lumber at Portland. Kerr, Gilford & Co. yesterday char tered tho British ship Cawdor to load wheat on Puget Bound for the United Kingdom. She arrived recently at San Francisco with general cargo from Ant werp. The steamor Aysgarth will finish her lumber cargo at the North Pacific Mills this morning, and Is expected to sail for Port Plrle, Australia, at noon today. She will probably return for a second cargo for the same destination. The steamer Roanoke will be at Co lumbia dock early this morning from San Francisco via Eureka. She reached As toria at noon yesterday, after a fast run from Eureka, but was delayed there by taking on several hundred tons of south bound freight. VESSELS IN TOUT. Grain. JuleK Go mm en. French ship. Ilft2 ten, loading at Oceanic dockor United Kingdom. Lumber.' Sutherland, British steamer, 2275 tons, at dolphins, loading for Tsingtail and Manila. Clackmannanshire, British ship, 1482 ton, at Portland Lumber Mills, loading' for Port Plrle, Australia. Harry Mors. American bark. 1241 tons, at Portland Lumber Mills, loading for Bos ton. Koko Head. American barkcntlne, 1011 tons, at Montgomery No. 2, loading for Shanghai. Balmore. British bark. 1388 tons, at North Pacific Lumber Mills, loading for Genoa, Italy. Crescent, American schooner, 1334 tons, at lnman. Poulsen & Co.'s mills, loading for Shanghai. Amaranth, American barkentine. 1032 tons, loading at Eastern &. Western mills for Shanghai. Ayegarth. British steamer. 2002 tons, at North Pacific mills, loading for Australia. Mabel Gale, C10 tons, loading ut lnman, Poulsen & Co.'a siIUk for San Pedro. W. F. Jewett, schooner. 452 tons, loading at Stella for Son Francisco. Northland, steamer, loading at lnman, Poulsen & Co.'a mills for San Francisco. Portland, schooner, 468 tons, loading at lnman, Poulsen & Co.'e mills. Mary Wlnkleman, barkentine. 4P2 tons, will reach the harbor today le discharge ballast. MIceJlaneous. Brabloch, British ship, 2000 tens, dis engaged, at Astoria. Crillon, French khlp. 1731 tons, discharg ing cement at Mersey dock. Cambrian King. British steamor. 2315 tons, loading flour at flour mills for Vladivostok. Roanoke, steamer, discharging freight at Columbia dock. General Neumayer. French bark. 1464 tons, will be at Columbia dock tomorrow to discharge cement. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA. March 26. Condition of the bar at ." P. M.. smooth; wind southeast; weather clear. Left up at C A M., barken tines Portland and Mary Wlnkleman. Ar rived at 8.10 A. M.. schooner Polaris, from San Pedro; arrived at 8:30 A. M., schooners John A. Campbell, from San Francisco, and Sohome, from San Pedro; sailed at S:20 A. M., United Stntes steamer Perry, for Gray's Harbor; arrived at 12:30 and left up at 4 P. M., steamer Roanoke, from Port Lob Angeles and way port; sailed at 4 P. M.. schoonrr A. M. Campbell, for San Pedro. San Pedro. March 21. Arrived Schooner Prosper, from Columbia River. Hongkong. March 24. Soiled German steamer Nlcomedla, for Portland. San Francisco, March 20. Sailed U. S. transport Thomas, for Manila; Moamer Umatilla, for Victoria; schooner Queen, for Port Gamble. Arrlvod Germnn steamer Itaurl. from Hamburg; steamers Cascade and Newburg. from Gray's Harbor; at 0 A. M.. steamer F. A. Kilburn. from Portland. Olympla. March 20. Arrived- Steamer Betisle Dollar, from Muklltee. Belllngham, March 2C Arrived Steam ers Ralnlur and Shasta, from San Francisco. LEASE RESERVOIR SITES Aid to Both Settlers and Government In Irrigation Work. ORDGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, March 2. Tho Secretary of the Interior recently promulgated a decision that will prove of Immense Importance to every state and torritory In which the Reclamation Service Is building or will hereafter build Government irrigation projects. The decision. In brief, holds that the Reclamation Service may lease land in Government reservoir sites during the tlmo projects are in course of construction and in fact from tho time such land may 1m? withdrawn from entry or purchased by the Government, clear up to the time the engineers aro ready to turn water Into tho reservoirs. This decision is more Important than appears on its face, for it actually means a considerable revenue to the Government and a great saving to contractors who un dertake the construction of Government projects. In a vast majority of Instances the Government storage reservoirs em brace land that Is already partly or en tirely under cultivation. Many reservoirs will embruce small, fertile and productive valleys, lying along streams whose water is to be Impounded. The ruling of the Secretary will permit the cultivation of these productive tracts until It becomes necessary to flood them in filling the completed reservoirs. Tho revenue will be of some benefit, but the greatest benefit will accrue to contractors and Indirectly to the Government, because the continued cultivation of land in reser voirs will permit the purchase of food for workmen and for animals close to where the work Is being done. Most of the Government projects are remote from markets, nnd the cost of getting food Into the working camps Is heavy, reducing the profits of contractors and likewise In creasing the cost of construction. Under the Secretary's decision It will be posslblo for farmers whose land Is pur chased by tho Government for reservoir purposes to continue In possession two, three and sometimes four years after the title passes to the Government, and dur ing that time they will find a market right at hand for all the products they can raise, vegetables, poultry, meat and fodder. Iargo forces of workmen ''and many horses are employed on these big works, and enormous quantities of sup plies are required to feed them. Until this decision was rendered there was no authority whereby productive land in reservoir sites could be leased or utll lzod after It wns acquired by the Govern ment and before It was flooded. Particular benefit will result from this decision In the reservoir sites of the Boise Payette project In Idaho and In connec tion with some of the projects of Taklma Valley, Washington. VERDICT ON ADOBE WRECK Sleepy Operator Caused It, hut Xo Prosecutions Proposed. CANON CITY, Col.. March 26. The Cor oner's Jury, "which has been incstlgatlng the Denver & Rio Grande wreck at Adobe on. March 16, ended Its deliberations today and returned a verdict which. In Its es sential points, is as follows: That tho collision was due to the care lessness and ncgllgenco of S. F. Lively. operator at Swallows. That said negli gence was not wmui or malicious. That said S. F. Lively was asleep when No, 3 passed his station, and fa Hod to report when asked by the dispatcher. Condemns tho action of Night Operator Van Dusen In deserting his post of duty That no criminal prosecution should be brought against Lively or the railroad by reason of said collision. Recommends that a change In signal methods bo adopted requiring trains to remain at message stations until stop signals aro changed and the engineer has ascertained from the agent that there aro no orders for hira. Recommends that a block signal system be Installed ,or that the Denver & Rio Grande system double-track Its roadway. SUIT IN WRONG COUNTY WASHINGTON' SUPREME COURT IiAYS DOWN A PRINCIPLE. Action Against Foreign Corporation Must Be Brought "Where Agent's Legal Residence Is. OLYMPIA. Wash.. March 26.-(Special.) The Supreme Court today laid down the principle that a suit against a foreign corporation can bo maintained In this state only In the county where the legally designated agent of the corporation re sides. The Superior Court of Snohomish County gave J. E. Hammcl judgment against the Fidelity Mutual Aid Associa tion on an accident policy. The case Is reversed and the Judgment ordered va cated because the resident agent of tho association lives In King County, where tho suit should have been Instituted. Other decisions handed down today wore: John Service, appellant, vs. A. F. McMa hon ct aL. respondents, from Spokane County; affirmed. This was a suit to foreclose a lien for lumber and materials furnished. Tho lien was filed May 25. 1KH. and the complaint In the suit was not filed until January 3. 1S6- The court finds that although the complaint was served on so mo of the defendants within tho timi limit, it was not filed until after tho expiration of olght months, and that tho 'statute of limitations had run. State of Washington, respondent, vs. Joo Butts, appellant, from Okanogan County; affirmed. Defendant wan con victed of tho crime of grand larceny for having stolen 150 fence posts. Appeal was taken by an attack on the Information. SUICIDE OP TRAVELING MAX J. li. Thrall Drinks Carbolic Acid at Dunsmuir. DUNSMUIR. Cal.. March Sx (Special.) J. L. Thrall, a travelor of the Colonial Packing Company, of San Francisco, ar rived from Hornbrook last night nnd com mitted suicide In the Weed Hotel by swallowing carbolic add. Thrall had been gambling and losing money, hundreds of dollars. It is said. He retired late to his room at the hotel. At 7 o'clock in tho morning an attendant took his crip to the room and at 8 o'clock groaning was heard. Manager McAmls went to tho room, and upon entering smelled carbolic acid and saw an empty ounce bottle on the bed. Thrall was expiring at that time and was soon dead. Thrall was about DO years of age and belonged to a good family living In San Francisco. He had been traveling In the north for 15 years. A year ago he had trouble in Oregon over the collection of money. A woman's picture was found on tho dresser In the dead man's room. Thrall was well known In every city on tho Coast from Portland to San Fran cisco. ASKS ENTRANCE TO SEATTLE Washington XorUiem Indicates tho Route to City Council. SEATTLE, Wash.. March 25. Special.) The Washington Northern Railroad, the Harrlman corporation building north from Portland to Seattle, applied tonight for a franchise to enter Seattle. Requests for tracks along the waterfront to roach dockage property In the South and North Ends, and for a line up Fourth avonuc to the depot holdings, were submitted. The Harrlman line copied the St- Paul fran chise on tho question of overhead bridges and joint ownership. A franchise granting permission to build a tunnel paralleling the Hill tunnol will be submitted later. St. Paul Granted Franchisee. SEATTLE. March 35. At the regular meeting of the City Council tonight ac tion was taken finally to dispose of the application of the Chicago. Milwaukee & Su Paul Railway for a franchise to enter this city, which has been pending for more than three months. The bill was ordered to publication, and by a unanimous vote the Council agreed to pass the ordinance after the time required for official publi cation has expired. According to the statement given out by the Milwaukee officials, construction of the Washington division of the new trans continental road will be started, with this city as the base of constrpctlon supplies, within the next two weeks. Sued for More Damages. WALLA WALLA. Wash., March X. (Special.) A second suit for damages against the Evening Statesman was filed In the Superior Court by the Warren Con struction Company, that has been doing some paving in tho city the past year. The company alleges an article In an Is sue of that paper of September 12 last was libelous, and has Injured Its busi ness. The company asks 510,000 damages. which. In conjunction with the suit filed a few days ago, makes a total of J30.OW they are asking from the paper. Advance Price of Raisins. FRESNO. Cal.. March SC. The Callfor nia Canners Association, which has en tered the raisin field in active competl tlon with the Mercantile Packing Com bination, has advanced the prieo of rals ins to 2 cents a pound. The Mercantile people announced that 3 cents was all they would pay. The canners say they will build packing-houses of sufficient capac ity to handle the entire raisin crop. Says Ills AVlfo Has Left Illm. OREGON CITY. Or.. March 26. (Spe cial.) On the grounds of desertion, Joseph A. Plechnty has brought suit for a di vorce from Emma Plechaty. whom he married In New York In December, lfc?f Signs Statement Xo. 1. ROSEBURG. Or., March 25. (Special.) R. I Winniford. of Oakland, has an nounccd himself a candidate for the Dem ocratic nomination for Representative to the Legislature, and signs Statement No. 1. Harris Held to Circuit Court. SALEM. Or.. March 25. (Special.) Charles Harris was arrested last night for attempting to procure gins for an As toria dancehall and was today hold to answer in tne circuit court. Buck to Be Hanged. LOS ANGELES. March 2C Morris Buck, who shot and killed Mrs. Canficld. the wife of the oil millionaire, was today sentenced to be hanged June 1. Convict Labor Offered Free. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. March 26. (Special.) The state Board of Control hue authorized Warden Kees. of the ntntn penitentiary, to meet with the Board of Commissioners or waua uana county at their April session and offer any rcason nhln number of convicts to the countr for use In building macadam roads. Ho is authorized to rurnisn tne convicts without any charge for their labor, the county to pay for the guards, board and transporta tion. Tahltatal o-nitt I nation rtiriA anA Vm bowels strengthened by the regular use of Carter's Little Liver Pills la snail Royal Baking Powcte Saves Health and Saves Money. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO NEW YORK IN DEFENSE OP THE CROW HE SHOULD XOT BE BLA3IED FOR 3rAX'S 3IISDEEDS. Ai Pioneer of the MOs Gives His Observations on (lie Wanton Killing of Birds. DIL.LAP.D. Or.. March 28. tTo th KlUor.) In a recent number of The OregonUn was an article on lb crow. In which the. writer state that he baa ieen many female of the Chlnece. pheaxant congregated together In flrw-v. fn. vmna-r at tlm when the V ahould have befn followed br young onus which. b- caue of their- abtcne. he inrero me crown tad dtrord. He also mentions otner oirus. Including the rootfc. the exK and young of which he aays are being destroyed by them, and hence, be argue, the crow should be exterminated. Havlnc lived In OreEon hn crowa were much more numeroua than they are at the nrvtont tlm which iru before there waa ever a Chinese pheawnt In its territory, and having been a pretir cww onmrt i -hirrii anri thlr vt(. I trust that I may be able to throw a little light upon thl nubJecU I have no doubt that the crow wui mall birds If the opportunity to do o U presented, and I nave nine oouui will also rob netn of their egg, providing, al ways that he can co o wunoui inwrriuk w.v f rttJns- his fine coat damaged; and I know that he will tometuaes catch young chicks, and yet. although I nave neara ,i several Instances of thin Kino. never ben but one which I have actually known. In this twtance. the cnls ran around In a grove of large oak trees, and the crows, alighting In the trees and seeing them there, naturally picked, them up. a they would have done eo many nuce. i . . mhfclnc the cesU of robins. It reetsti to me there mut be a mistake, for. althouxb I have never known a cro to at tempt It. I have more than once seen the white-breasted or California Jay do m. but It is safe to waser that no Jay will try the .t mnr than once, becauie the robin. though not usually a pugnacious bird, become a little bundle of furious wrain. iijms -ti-and swift to the attack whenever anything of which he ha reason to be suspicious ap proaches anywhere near the nest; and as there w always one or me nmr ui - nt while th mate Is usually In hailing distance, even the venturesome Jay. with all his fondness for egg. a no maica for them. . The writer has resided In Oregon aimom continuously since the year 1614. and at that .i mA fr minv years thereafter, the country was literally teeming with birds; and the grouse were so numerous that their pi llar grunt uttered by so many throats blended together in an almost continuous roar irora moraine till night. But now many of the native Diros are o"- .Ti,rmiiuiirL the grouse practically already so, and the Chinese pheasant, that wary bird that has ben looxea upon a oemn capable of taking care or nimseir unarr j and all conditions. Wi going along with them, and this In spit of the fact that those agencies which are destructive or Dims were ai inai time much greater In degree, if not more nu merous in kind, than at present. The country In some locamie nieraiir with nralrle owls, and I think It would be quite within bounds to say that a hundred of their nests migni nave Deen on covered In the Spring of the year on a 40- acre tract. They were conjnaeraoiy wrscr than the screech owl. and about their nests might have been found fragments of young A w nnimii. mice, molttt. snakes and jftf. - . - at one time the writer discovered a young lark In one of their nests, which had been ataa . mintitM? from which It would bo safe to infer that they would not havr ob jected to a young grouse whenever the oppor tunity to get It was preieni. In addition to these there were all of the enemlw of birds that we have at present, and all In greater abundance, many of which In fact are almost exterminated, some entirely so. that were numerous at that time. In view of which It seems wonderful that birds In any Mn.Mnht numbers could have existed at alt. while now. although protected (?) by law. most or them are rapimy approacmcK ex tinction. Where, then, shall we"plac the responsi bility for this state of affairs? Then the white man was only a recent arrival In a country teeming with animal life of all kind, many of which he has practically extermin ated, and yet, instead of profiting by the les son spread out before him like the pages of an open book, he attribute their disappear ance to an agency which has alway existed In the country, even when birds were most numerous. Once upon a time, a good many years ago. two rival parties of hunters sallied forth from the City of Dalian and vicinity with th aim and object to slaughter Indiscriminately as many birds as possible. Each bird after its kind was to score so many points, and the party scoring the greatest number of points was to be the victor. How many Innocent, not to say useful, bird they actually mur ArA T An nni Immr. hnt I do remember tha f according to a Dallas paper, they killed over 200 robins more robins. It would be afe. to say. than all of the crows In the land would destroy in nve years, am wis was oniy one Instance of many. Again, several years ago I read (In Thn nwrnnlin T thlnVl that dtirlnr a hraw ini storm the snow balled on the long tails of the Chinese pheasants to auch an extent that they were unable to fly. and while they were In mat helpless condition, men ana dots xnockea ihm nrr vlth club lllrrstlr br lh thnn. sand. The fact la that notwithstanding that tbtie are laws lor tneir protection, tney are Klnr n4a.tlv ulauchtered. not ooenlr. hut none the less sure, and because It Is not In the power of any living thing to make good tne cram, we enceavor id rur me responsi bility for. their disappearance, while contrib uting to that result more than all other agen cies combined. Thus far the Indian has not appeared In this article, for the reason that he was never a factor In bird economy. He used the feathen of certain birds, principally hawks and flick ers, to feather his arrows, and some he used for food. These, of oouree. he would capture in any manner that he could, but In all of my acquaintance- with them. I never knew an Indian to wantonly kilt a bird or rob a nt. As an illustration of Indian character and as a contrast to th; incidents related above. I will relate one In which I. myself, was MincKbit mixed up. When a boy. while myself and a youager brother were one day knocking aboat after the manner of boys, we happened upon a flock of balf-grown grouse, and while we were trying to bag some of them with stones, a young Indian appeared upon the scene and at once proceeded to take a hand, with the result that every time he threw a stone he brought a bird, and he threw them thick and fast. We were so sunrise at Dm wst In wtileh h itnt tfcna ixroun t&at we J tut steed aaa razea ia oa- mouthed wonder, thinking, of coarse, that be would not desist until he bad killed them all. But lot when he had killed four or five, he picked them up and left the remainder of them unmolested. He bad gotten all of them that he wanted, then why kill more? Which shows that there aro some advantage in be ta r a savage. This article Is blng written, not in defense of the crow, but rather to point to the real cause of the trouble complained of by our writer, and after admitting that be does rob nests of their eggs, and that he also kills youns; birds, the above facts surely demonstrate conclusively that It is civilised man. aided by those conditions, that are Inseparable from civilization, who Is really responsible. I rresume that every ploughboy In the land is acquainted with the propensity of the crow for mice, by which he renders us a service not to be lightly regarded, while as a de stroyer of Insects he Is second to none, and if he do sometimes rob a bird's nest, he Is but fulfilling the mission for which Mother Nature Intended him that of assisting to hold In check those birds of various srecles, such as the California purple finch, which, without some restraining influense, would overrun the land. This bird Is a far greater nuisance In nwt respects than the crow ever is, besides pos sessing few of his 'virtues; and yet we make laws to protect It. while the crow bt tho legiti mate prey of anybody who can get In gunshot of him; and all because someone made the mistake of calling the finch a "songbird,' and also because there Is a suspicion that the crow may at some time have committed the highly commendable act of robbing th finch's nest. F. M. S EBBING. NEGRO 'CONVICT AT BAY Kills Gnnrd, Stubs Two Prisoners and Is Shot Dead. Trrijrncnv CITV Ho.. March 3. When the convicts at the penitentiary were called for breakfast this morning. Guard J. V Woods, o Macon, was rwtunw iirvin hv "Snnnv" Anderson, a colored convict, and stabbed three times. Woods died Instantly. Another guara killed the convict. let out this mornlntr with tho other prisoners, but soon after Guard Woods ordered mm put duck into tne ceu. Anitomnn rftiiiii to obov nnd when the guard nttempted to force him Into tne cell. Anderson drew a ktnrc ana staDoea the guard, killing lilm instantly. Other gunrds and Bevcral convicts rushed to the rescue. Anderson slashed riirht nnt left, and severely Injured two nt lint. fAnV ifttt. nn of ttiem William Sher idan, being so seriously wounded that he probably will die. William JtocKwcn was BtnVilwwl hut not KPrlntislV- Anderson then seized a hose and direct ed a stream of water on those who at tempted to capture htm. Dropping the hiirketa and anvthini; he could lay hands on and made his way Into the yard. It was found Impocslblo to cap ture him alive, and guards finally shot him to ucatn. n'MHc urn formerlv a Sheriff of Macon County and three months ago was ap pointed a prison guaro. Officers of Civic Federation. NEW YORK. March 26. The execu tive Minnrll of the National Civic Fed eration met hero today. The following; officers were clectea: President. August Belmont: first via.nriilint Samuel Gomoers: sec ond vice-president, O. S. Strauss: treas urer. Isaac Sellgman; cnairman oi con uintlnn rienartment. Seth Low: chair man of welfare department. Charles A. Moore: chairman of the executive coun cil. Ralph M. Easley; secretary of the executive council, Samuel B. Donnelly. With tho exception of Mr. Seligman. who takes tho place of Cornelius N. tine, nti.i rhnrles A Moore, who re places K. II- Vreeland. all tho officers were re-elected. Accused of larceny Embezzlement. Detective Mcars arrested C. R. Duncan .-o rmnt avrnrn out hv H. Baver. charging him with larceny by embezzle ment. Pacific Const TcIesraphlc'Brlefs. '. Or. Harrr Chausse. while on a protracted spree, shot himself Sunday morning and died almost lnsianuy. xie was about 3S years old. Vctnrnrfa Or. The boiler In Meyers' saw mill blew up about 5 o'clock In the after noon Sunday. The mill was damaged, but all the employes escaped unnurt. v.rwiiiv.r Wash. After two attempts. Mrs. Walter Qulgley ended her life with poison at her home near Vancouver Lake. Her husband, a Great Nortnern employe. V..H rMvii letters which caused him to accue Mrs. Qulgley of Infidelity. Qulgley's duties have kept him away xrom nome a H.nl nf the time. Mrs. Qulgley was 05 years of age and had been married for 10 years. Her reputation was nign in ino community. Seattle. Wash. SpeclaL Judge Hiram C. Bond, one of the best-known pioneers, attorneys and capitalists in Seattle, was thrown violently from a horse yesterday v. j.ff m nf his fare and left arm are temporarily paralyzed. Judg Bond was dragged about 100 feet by his horse before It could be stopped. Kttle. Wash. (SDeclaL) The student Wi- nf thai Stat Unlversltr has decided to incorporate. Dean Condon, of the law school, and President Hall, of the assocla iinn urf vU1 it the better to regulate af fairs In which the student-body Is inter ested. Ksttl. Wash. (SneclaL) After a three- months delay, waiting for the receipt of equipment, tne t-aciiic t-osi wmpanj- na installed electric motors, operated on a third-rail system, in Its Newcastle mines and Is Installing six more in tne uiacK uia- i nMin,rlr The motors will do the work of -10 mules. Ths third rail, charged with electricity. Is protected by a slot Seattle. Wash. (Special.) United States Senator S. 11. Piles' law firm of Plies, Don worth. Howe & Farrell has asked the Su perior Court to partition the John Sullivan ..,,. Vaintd at more than S300.000. clvlne Senator Piles one-half. Edward Corcoran a quarter and Charles warren, as adminis trator for Hannah Callaghan. another quar ter. Piles law firm took the case on a contingent fee. representing alleged Irish heirs of .the dead Seattle capitalist. A num ber of alleged heirs have appeared. The State of Washington lays claim to the es tate on tne grouna inai suuivan aietx witn out heirs. ye &treg. Seetbe Xr Fats. Dses&'t Saurt. We treat successfully all private nerv ous and chronic diseases of men. also blood, stomach, heart, liver, kidney and throat troubles. We cure SYPHILID (without mercury) to stay cured forever Wo remove STRICTURE without opera tion or pain. In 13 days. WE CURE GONORRHOEA IN A WEEK The doctors of this institute are all reg ular graduates, have had many years experience, have been known In Portland foe 15 years, have a reputation to main tain, and will undertake no case unless certain cure can be effected. We guarantee a cure in every case wo undertake or charge no fee. Consultation free. Letters confidential. Instructive BOOK FOR MEN mailed free in plain wrapper. If you cannot call at office, write for question blank. Home treatment success ful. All medicines free until cured. Offlco hours, 9 to 5 and 7 to 8. Sundays and holidays, 10 to IX Dr. W. Norton Davis & Co. Offices in Van Noy Hotel. 526 Third st. Corner fine. .Portland, or. (Established 1S79.) Carta Whll You SItep." WhoopIng-Cough, Croup, Bronchitis, Coughs, Diphtheria, Catarrh. Confidence can be placed in a rem edy, which for a cjuarter of a century has earned unqualified praise. Restful nights are assured at once. Cresolene is a. Boon to Asthmatics All Druggists Send icstal for de scriptive teakUt. Cresolene Antlsentic Throat Tablets for the Irritated, throat, of your druggist or from us. 10c. In stamps. The Yapo-Cresswii Co, 180 FaHoaSL.N.Y. SLr 6 is a Bon-solscnou ntnedy for Gonorrhoea. Gltet. S porta a t or r h a a, Whites, unnatural dir chargei, or any inflaaims tion of nneoai mem EET1J13 OhemWIlO. bran. Kon-Mtrlagent kCm:iATT,Q.I J! y Ursgxlsta, or tint In plain wrapper, by Jxpreia, prepaid, fot l.oo. or 3 bottlte. .73. wusomr mku rtesb TRAVELERS' GUIDE. 1 THE COMFORTABLE WAK. a Tunntnrpi anti td a inc. n 4tt v Tho ORIENTAL. LIMITED The IUst .Mall VIA SEATTLE OR SPOKANE. Dally. Leave. Portland Time Schedule. I Dally. ) Arrive. I To and from Spo nne. St. Paul. Mln H.iuyuimeapollj. Duluth and All Points East Via I Seattle. 7:00 am 0.30 pm To and from St. Paul. Minneapolis. 6:15 pmtDuluth and All Points East Via I Spokane. S:00 am1 Great Northern Steamship Co. Sailing from Seattle for Japan and China ports and Manila, carrying passengers and frelRht. S. S. Minnesota. April 29. S. 8. Dakota, June 7. NIPPON YUSEN KAISIIA (Japan Mall SteamBhlp Co.) 8. S. SHINANO MARU will sail from Seattle about May 15 for Ja pan and China ports, carrying: pas sengers and freight. For tickets, rates, berth reserva tions, etc. call on or address H. DICKSON. C. P. T. A. 122 Third St.. Portland. Or. Phoae Main 680. TIME CARD OF TRAINS PORTLAND DAILY. Deoart. Arrlvn. Yellowstone Park-Kansas , Clty-St. Louis Special for Cheballs. Centralla. Olympla. Gray's Harbor. South Bend. Tacoma. Seattle. Spokane. Lew lstcn. Butte. Billings. Denver. Omaha. Kan sas City. St- Louis and Southeast S:30 am 4:30 pm North Coast Limited, electric lighted, for Ta coma. Seattle. Spokane. Butte, Minneapolis. St. Paul and the East 2:00 pm 7:00 am Puget Sound Limited- for Cheballs. Centralla. Ta coma and Seattle only.. 4:30pm 10:53 pm Twin City Express for Ta coma. Seattle. Spokane. Helena. Butte, St. Paul. Minneapolis. Lincoln. Omaha. St- Joseph. St. Louis. Kansas City, without change of cars. Direct connections for all points East and South east 11:45 pm G:S0pm A. D. Charlton. Assistant General Passen ger Agent. 255 Morrison at., corner Third. Portland. Or. North Pacific S. S. Co's STEAMSHIP ROANOKE (2500 tons) Sails for Eureka, San Francisco and Los Angeles, March 29, April 12 and 26, from Columbia dock, No. 1, at S P. M. Ticket office, 132 Third street, near Alder. Phone Main 1314. H. Y0U2TCft Agent M jTeTasaTefk Mr J Osuisim y x v B..a. v. r TRAVELERS GUIDE. Oregon ShoptlinB iwo Union Pac?mc 3 TRAINS TO TEE EAST DAILY, Through Pullman standards and tourist sleeping-cars daily to Omaha. Chicago. Spo kane; tourist sleeping-car daily to Kansas City. Reclining chair-cars (seats free) to the East dally. UNION DEPOT. Leaves. Arrives. CHICAGO-PORTLAND SPECIAL for the East via Huntington. 0:15 A. M. Dally. 5:25 P. M. Dally. SPOKANE FLYER. G:" P. . M. 18:00 A. M. For Eastern "Washington. "Walla "Walla. Lewlston. Coeur dAIen and Great Northern points." ATLANTIC EXPRE8S g.,- p T-15 A. jr. for the East via Hunt- 'jjallV Dally. Ington. RIVER SCHEDULE. FOR ASTORIA and 8:00 P.M. 8:00 P.M. way points, connecting Dally. Dally, with steamer for Ilwa- except except co and North Beach. Sunday. Sunday, steamer Hassalo. Ash- Saturday st. dock 10:00 P. M. FOR DAYTON. Ore- 7:00 A.M. 5:S0 P. M. gron City and Yamhill Daily. Dally. River points. Ash-st- except except ock (water per.) Sunday. Sunday For Lewlston. Idaho, and way points from Rlparia. "Wash. . Leave. Rlparia 5:40 A. M. or upon arrival train No. 4. dally- except Saturday. Arrive Rlparia. 4 P. M, daily except Fri day. Ticket Office. Third arid Washington. Telephone Main 712. C. W. Stinger. City Ticket Agt.; A. L. Craig. Gen. Pass. Agt. EASTvla SOUTH Leaves. .UNION DEPOT. Arrives. OVERLAND EX PRESS TRAINS for Salem. Rose burg, Ashland. Sacramento. Og- P:45 P.M T:25 A. M . den. ean iran t clsco, Stockton, i Los Angeles. EI iPaso, New Or leans and tha East. Morning train connects at I"Woodburn dally except Sunday with trains for ' Mt, Angel. Sll verton. " Browns , vllle. Springfield. Wendling and Natron. 5:55 P. M 10:35 A. 24 8:50 P.M. 8:25 A. M. a 51:50 P- 4:15 P. M 7:80 A. M. 4:50 P.M. 510:45 P M. Eugene passenger connects at "Woodburn -with Mt, Angel and Silverton local Corvallls passen ger. Sheridan passen ger. Forest Grovs 1 Passenger. Dally. J Dally except Sunday. PORTLAND-OSWEGO SUBURBAN SERVICE AND YAMHILL DIVISION. Depot. Foot of Jefferson Street. Leave Portland dally for Oswego at 7:30 A. M.: 12:50. 2:05. 4. 5:20. 6:25. 8:30. 10:10. 11:30 P. M. Dally except Sunday. 5:30. 6:30. 8:35. 10:25 A. M. Sunday only. 0 A. M. Returning from Oswego, arrive Portland, dally. 8:30 A. M.. 1:53. 3:03. 5:05. 6:15. 7:35. 9:53. 11:10 P. M.: 12:25 A. M. Dally except Sunday. 6:25. 7:25. 0:30. 11:45 A. M. Sun day only. 10 A. M. Leave from same depot for Dallas and in termediate points dally. 4:15 P. M. Arrtva Portland. 10:15 A. M. The Independence-Monmouth Motor Line, operates dally to Monmouth and Alrlle. con necting with S. P. Co.'s trains at Dallas and Independence. First-class fare from Portland to Sacra mento and San Francisco. $20; berth. $5. Second-class fare. $15: second-clasa berth, "Tickets to Eastern points and Europr also Japan. China. Honolulu and Australla. CITY TICKET OFFICE. Corner Third and Washington Sts. l'hone Mam 713. C. W. STINGER. A. L. CRAIG. Cltr Ticket Agent. Gen. Pass. Agt. Astoria and Columbia River Railroad Co, Leaves. UNION DEPOT. Arrives. Daily. For Maygers. Rainier. Clatskanle, Westport, ( Clifton. Astoria, War 8:00 A. Mlrenton. Flavel. Ham mond. Fort Stevens, Oearbart Park. Sea tide. Astoria and Sea shore. 7:00 P.M Express Dally. Astoria Express. Dally. Dally. 11:20 A. M, 9:50 P. M a A. STEWART. J. C- MAYO. Comm'l Agt.. 248 Alder st. G. F. & P. A. Phone Main 90S. SAN FRANCISCO 6 PORTLAND STEAMSHIP COMPANY Operathuc the Only Passenger Steamers for San Francisco Direct. Sailing dates from Portland S. S. Colum bia. April 1. 11. 21: May 1. S. B. Senator. March 27; April 0. 16. 26. REDUCED ROUND-TRIP RATE. S23. Berths and Meals Included. JAS. H. DEWSON-. Agt. Phone Main 268. 248 Washington St. For South-Eastern Alaska M. S. S. City of Seattle. April 1. 11. 2L S. S. Hum boldt. April 3. 15. 25. S. S .rnti,ifi ritv Anrll A. 2ft. Through tickets to Dawson I City. For San Francisco direct: Queen. City of Topeka, Uma tilla. 9 A. M.. March 4. 9. 14. 19. zi. ;: Portland Office. 249 "Washington st. Main 223 G M. LEE, Pass. & Ft. Agt. C D. DUNANN. G. P. A-. 10 Market st. S. 3. WILLAMETTE RIVER ROUTE Steamers for Salem. Independence and Al bany leave 6:45' A. M. dally (ecept Sunday). Steamers for Corvallls and way points leave 6:45 A- M. Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday. OREGON CITY TRANSPORTATION CO.. Office and dock, foot Taylor St. ALASKA FAST AND POPULAR STEAMSHIPS LEAVE SEATTLE J P.M. "Jefferson. March 18. 28. 9 P. M.. via WrangeL -Dirigo," March 24. CHEAP EXCURSION BATES. On excursion trips steamer calls at Sitka. Metlakahtla. Glacier. Wrangel. etc. In addition to regular ports of call. Call or send for "Trip to "Wonder ful Alaska." "Indian Basketry," "Totem Poles." THE ALASKA 8. S. CO. Frank Woolsey Co.. Agents. 252 Oak St. PartlaBd. Or. u L E1R3 m EH