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
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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.
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