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CHURCH MEETS IN
54TH CONFERENCE
Annual Assembly of Oregon
Methodists Begins at
Sunnyside.
SESSIONS HELD IN TENT
Bishop Warren Presides and Nota
bles From All Over State Par
ticipate District Mis
sionaries Report.
FEATURES OF TODAY'S SESSIONS.
At 8 30 A. M. devotional service and
an address by Rev. C. E. Cline on
"The Immanent God."
At 9:30 A. M. business session.
At 2:30 P. M. observation of the
20th anniversary of the Woman's Home
Missionary Society of the Oregon con
ference. Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mrs. J. D. Lee. secretary, presiding.
Reports of the year's work: address by
Dr. E L. . Willis, of the National
Training School. San Francisco, and
an address by Miss Eva Lund, dea
coness, attached to the Eugene
charge; Mrs. A. M. Smith and Miss
Inez Cummlng will sing.
At 4 P. M.. Kev. C. M. Beckman
will preach.
At 7:30 P. M. Rev. TV. H. Se'.leck.
pastor of the Fit Methodist Episco
pal Church of Salem, will conduct
vesper services.
At 8 F. M. Charles M Boswell. D.
D.. assistant corresponding secretary
of the board of church extension, will
deliver an address.
With Bishop Henry V?. Warren presid
ing an exceptionally large number pres
ent' from each district and the sun shining
forth In all the beauty of an Oregon Fall
morning, the oith annual session of the
Oregon Conference of the Methodist Epis
copal Church opened auspiciously in 9un
nvsido yesterday.
Bishop Warren was in a most happy
frame of mind, the ministers were
weathed in smiles, and throughout the
flret day's sessions of the conference all
was harmony and good cheer. Save for
the announcement of the serious condi
tion of Rev. D. L. Rader, editor of the
Pacific Christian Advocate, and the intro
duction of aged and infirm pioneers of
Methodism in Oregon, no shadows were
cast over the gathering.
Always in a happy frame of mind, be
ing a born optimist. Bishop Warren in
his opening address to the conference
bade the assembled ministers and their
wives cast aside care and worry for a
season and exhorted each to make of the
occasion a time of rest, reflection and ob
servation, that they might be the better
fitted to administer to the needs of their
flocks in the coming year.
Sale of Liquor to Savages.
A notable feature of the business ses
sion was the adoption of a resolution by
the conference calling upon President
Roosevelt to invite the British Govern
ment to join with the United States in
an international treaty forbidding the sale
of Intoxicating liquors and opium to all
uncivilized races. The resolution was in
troduced by Rev. G. L. Tufts, who moved
its adoption. There were so many sec
onds to his motion that Elshop Warren
called only for the affirmative vote.
"There Is no one here who is against
the adoption of that resoltuion. and I
shall not call for a negative vote." he
declared, amid applause.
"May God speed the day when this shall
occur." concluded Bishop Warren, as he
handed the resolution to Secretary Cyrus
Lewis to be forwarded to the President.
There was a spontaneous outburst of
applause when Rev. C. E. Cline arose and
addressed Bishop Warren concerning two
aged campaigners, pioneers of Methodism,
and before the scene shifted to the rou
tine of business tears were shed by many.
"Bishop, there are two men in this
house, aged and enfeebled campaigners,
who, in all probability, are attending
their last earthly conference." said Rev.
Mr Cline. "I refer to T. F. Royal and
J. Flinn. and move you that they be ex
tended the honor of seats on the platform
whenever they choose to occupy them
during the sessions of this conference."
Both aged ministers are so widely
known that the mention of their names
and the memory of their brilliant careers
in the frontier service of the church
brought forth loud applause.
Pioneer Ministers Honored.
"Come forward, brethren." said Bishop
Warren to T. F. Royal and J. Flinn. vet-
PASSED BY M. E. CONFERENCE.
Without a dissenting vote and with
the expressed approval of Bishop .
Warren, presiding, the Oregon Confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, in session at Sunnyside yes
terday morning, adopted the following
resolution, which will be forwarded
to President Roosevelt Immediately:
To the President of the United
States: Inasmuch a many great na
tions will hold, on October 16. 1908.
a third conference at Brussels to re
strict ths selling of spirituous liquors
to savages in Africa, the undersigned
earnestly petition that you will seize
thl favorable time to renew the ln
' vliation sent through Secretary Hay at
a less favorable time 1901 to the
British government, asking that gov
ernment to Join with ours in a uni
versal treaty, proposed In the Senate
resolution of January 4. 1901. to for
bid the sale of all intoxicants and
opium to all uncivilised races.
Adopted by the Oregon Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, Sep
tember 26.
The Oregon conference has a mem
bership of 107 ministers, representing
a constituency of 13.000 members.
CYRUS LEWIS. Secretary.
The resolution was introduced by
Rev. C. L. Tufts.
erans broken and bent in figure, but
strong in faith and spirit, as he extended
to them his right hand and formally in
troduced them Proudly they tottered to
seats beside the bishop's chair, a most
coveted position and an honor most. high.
Hardly had the two ministers taken
their seats when Rev. T. B. Ford was
seen to escort an aged woman, her
hair a silvery white, her form bent
and her footsteps faltering, through
the aisle to the pulpit. Her face was
full of the sunshine of love, and be
fore a word was said it was evident
she was extremely happy.
"I want to introduce Mrs. Nehemiah
Doane. highly honored and beloved by
Oregon Methodists widow of one of
our most distinguished and illustrious
missionaries who crossed the plains to
our shores with her husband when
they were young," announced Rev. Mr.
Ford, and the conference arose and
applauded loudly.
'I'm so happy to be here," said the
little old woman, in a voice trembling
with emotion, but heard to the four
corners of the church, because of the
deep silence. "Yes, I'm so happy to
be at a conference. I've been ill, am
not very well now, but I prayed so
hard to be allowed to come to confer
ence, and I'm so happy. You know of
my husband; he went home to his re
ward, you know, and I'm so happy to
be at conferenceto see you ay and
represent him. It was said 1 crossed
the plains, but I cams to Oreson by
the Isthmus. I'm so happy to be at
conference."
"God bless you, my sister," said
Bishop Warren, as he gave her a good
old Methodist handshake; "you remem
ber Paul was in perils oft. and you
have been in perils oft, too, especially
on the Isthmus. Oh, how much we
owe to these faithful pioneers."
Dr. Carroll Introduced.
Dr. H. K. Carroll, of the Missionary
Board; was Introduced by Bishop War
ren, and gave a brief address, in which
he explained the large scope of his
field the world and expressed his be
lief that the Oregon conference should'
have a larger appropriation from the
general missionary fund to carry on
the work of extending the church in
this rapidly-growing country. He
stated that he expected the board
would this year be able to apportion
a larger sum.
Reports by presiding elders of the
four conference districts were then
read, each showing advancement, but
all making clear the great need for
men and money" for the fields of op
portunity ever opening in the great
'Oregon country," and especially In the
mountain regions and territory of 15.
500 square miles embraced in the
Klamath mission district, in charge of
Rev. R. E- Dunlap.
Presiding Elder Dunlap s report was
a notable feature of the day's session.
it being his first annual report. In this
vast area, he reported, when he took
charge last year he found but one min
ister to help him, but three churches
and but a handful of members. After
traveling on horseback, by stage and
on foot 4300 miles, spending every hour
of his time in earnest endeavor to im
prove the field, he reported a gain of
92 members for the 12 months of his
stewardship, and ended by pleading
for missionary money with which to
extend the work.
Rev. M. C. Wire, presiding Elder of
Eugene district, reported great progress
In his field, but implored the missionary
board to come to the rescue with funds
for campaigning In the mountain regions.
He praised the faithfulness of his minis
ters, paying tribute to their loyalty in the
face of hardships and frequent financial
straits.
Wilderness AVithout Churches.
Rev. B. ' F. Rowland, presiding Elder
of East Portland district, pleaded for
funds for entering the fields that are
awaiting the church in Benton and
Lincoln Counties, where. In a radius of
20.000 square miles, he declared, there is
hardly a house of worship and the peo
ple are without the gospel or Sunday
schools for their children. He had a year
WHAT CONFERENCE DID YESTER
DAY. Following the opening address by
Bishop Warren, the conference was or
ganized at 9:30 o'clock, committees
were named, recording secretary, sta
tistical secretary, treasurer and post
master were elected.
Visitors were introduced by Bishop
Warren, among them enfeebled veter
ans of pioneer Methodism and notables
from abroad.
Rev. D. L. Rader. editor of the
Pacific Christian Advocate, was re
ported to have been very 111 from a
stroke of apoplexy, necessitating com
plete rest from his labors, and the
conference passed ' a resolution of
sympathy and regret, pledging hjm
support.
The presiding elders of the East and
West Portland. Eugene ajid Klamath
mission districts, comprising the) Ore
gon conference, read' their reports of
the , year's work, showing advance
ment. 'Organization of the standing com
mittees was perfected at 2 P. M.
The anniversary of the Sunday
School Union and Tract Society was
observed at 2:30 P. M.
At 4 P. M. Dr. I. D. Driver, of
Eugene, a pioneer minister of the de
nomination, now holding a superan
nuate relation, preached on "God Man
ifest In the Flesh." this being the first
service held in the big tent.
At 7:30 P. M. Dr. Francla Burgette
Short, of Taylor-Street Church, con
ducted a vesper service, followed by
an addrees by H. K. Carroll, of the
general missionary board. In the tent.
of great success on his district and was
particularly enthusiastic over the fact
that Willamette University, under Presi
dent J. H. Coleman, had made rapid
strides, he said, and the debt that
amounted to $45,000 one year ago. is
wiped out. He also enthused, as did the
entire conference, over the fact that Rev.
G. P. Bennett, an aged superannuate, had
succeeded, in the face of great opposi
tion, in organizing a fine church at Lents.
"When Bennett went to Lents they told
him he was not wanted, that they did not
need his presence and he was advised to
leave, but he is here today to present to
this conference a fully-organized church
METHODIST LAYMEN TO MEET
TOMORROW IN ANNUAL SESSION
MORE money for Willamette Uni
versity and larger salaries for
pastors of the church will be the
battle cry of the hosts that will gather
in Sunnyside tomorrow afternoon at
third annual session of the Methodist
Laymen's Association, of the Oregon
conference. In point of numbers, this
organization far outranks the minis
terial body, and as for importance, it is
acknowledged by the pulpit men to be
fully equal to their own.
The laymen organized at Eugene two
years ago, and from the start the min
isters warmly sympathized with them
and encouraged their efforts to assist
in the betterment of the church. No
fixed programme is arranged for its
sessions, extending over Friday and
Saturday, but its business is to discuss
problems of vital importance to the
church, and to act as deemed best in
all cases.
Delegates are elected from each
charge in the Oregon conference, and
they are expected to give an account
of the work of their churches during
the past year and to recommend ways
and means to help conditions.
The first session of the association
will convene at Sunnyside at 2 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon, with B. Lee Paget
presiding. There will be a roll call
of charges, after which the laymen
will take up the discussion of endow
ments for Willamette University, the
denominational school at Salem, and
better pay for the preachers. The aim
of the organization is to make certain
the full payment, at least, of the sal
aries agreed upon for pastors by the
members of the various charges, and to
increase those that are so small as to
make life miserable for the struggling
preacher and his wife and family.
That the salaries of many of the
Methodist ministers are very small was
shown by the reports of the presiding
elders of the four districts comprising
the Oregon conference, read at yester
day's business session. The amounts
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PRESIDING BISHOP
there, with 34 members," said Rev. Mr.
Rowland.
Dr. Hollingshead, Fishing Minister.
Rev. W. B. Hollingshead. presiding
elder of West Portland district, caused
much laughter when he began reading
his report.
"I spent all of the year, with the ex
ception of a - few hours, in the work of
my mission," said Rev. Mr. Hollings
head. "Those few hours I spent in fish
ing for trout. I may say with success."
"You'll have to show me," called out
Dr. Short, of Taylor-street Church, and
there was more laughter.
Rev. Mr. Hollingshead's report showed
great progress in the work of the church
in West Portland district.
Among the prominent visitors was a
delegation from the Puget Sound confer
ence, comprising B. F. Brooks, presiding
Elder of Tacoma district; W. S. Harring
ton, presiding elder of Seattle district; S.
S. Sulliger. presiding elder of Bellingham
district; and Rev. A. J. Joslyn. pastor of
Madison-street Church. Seattle.
Last night Dr. H. K. Carroll preached
the first sermon of the conference in the
large tent that was erected for special
occasions, a large number being present.
At noon the members of the conference
and their wives, led by Bishop Warren,
marched to the Brigade hall, where the
women of Sunnyside Church served lunch
eon. The women were formed into circles
of 40 each to handle the dining room,
one of the hardest tasks of the con
ference. Standing Committees.
The standing committees announced
yesterday morning are as follows:
Public worship T. B. Ford, F. B. Short,
James Moore.
Resolutions W. H. Selleck, D. A. Wat
ters. A. J. Hollingsworth.
Postoffice C. A. Honsel, C. E. Crandall,
D. L. Field.
Aggressive evangelism C. J. Hamilton,
A. D. Wagner. J. H. Skidmore. .
Books and periodicals W. M. Erskine,
H. Gould. W. T. Kerr.
Indian missions Sanford Snyder. A.
Thompson, H. G. Kemp, W. T. Kerr, J.
L. Beatty.
Epworth League M. T. "Wire, J. J. Pat
ton. C. F. McPherson.
Deaconess work T. B. Ford. D. A.
Watters. H. Oberg, S. H. Dewart, E. F.
Zimmerman, A. J. Armstrong.
Missions A. C. Brackenbury, C. E.
Crandall. J. K. Hawkins, ,A. J. Hollings
worth, W. H. Myers, Asa Sleeth.
Domestic missions Presiding elders and
J. T. Abbott. J. W. McDougall C. O.
Beckman. Sanford Snyder.
Memoirs J. L. Stratford. E. Gittlns, M.
P. Dixon.
Auditing S. F. Belknap, W. B. Moore,
B. A. Bristol.
Church extension W. H. Selleck. F. L
Young. W. B. Pepper.
Temperance C. T. Wilson, W. H. Sel
leck. H. G. Kemp. W. H. Heppe, A. J.
Hollingsworth, E. F. Zimmerman.
Conference relations H. Gould, Joseph
B. Lew Paget, no Will Preside at
Methodist Laymen's Conference.
pledged in many cases are as low as
$250 a year, and, it was shown, in
some instances this amount is not fully
paid, and there are declarations that
donations of salt, pumpkins and water
melons form part of the payment of
the salary of the pastor in some places.
The laymen purpose to change this, and
make the salaries sufficient to main
tain in dignity the pastor and his
family.
Saturday, at 10:30 A. M. the laymen
wHi hold a joint session with the ministers.
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HENRY W. WARREN'.
Moore. F. B. Short. J. W. McDougall, J.
T. Abbott, G. H. Fesse. W. S. Gordon, N.
J. Harbit, Sanford Snyder.
Conference stewards T. L. Jones, S. E.
Memmemger, R. C. Blackwell, C. L.
Hamilton, J. H. Skidmore. L. F. Belknap.
Education J. W. McDougall. F. B.
Short. C. C. Rorich, James Moore, A. N.
Fisher, J. C. Gregory, L. E. Rockwell, C.
O. Bockman, H. J. Van Fossen, C. T.
Wilson.
Children's day N. J. Harbit. R. B. Wil
kins, H. J. Adams.
Sunday schools D. L. Shrade, Thomas
Maxwell. W. F. Rogers.
Bible and tracts W. R. F. Browne, G.
F. Round, Harry Speiss.
F. A. and S- F. George Clark, "W. S.
Holcomb. D. H. Leech, F. L. Young.
Episcopal C. A. Stockwell, F. S.
Clews, W. C- Reuter.
Chinese work Chin Ling Kai. C. C.
Rarick, W. H. Myers, W. T. Kerr, San
ford Snyder.
MEETINGS TO BE RESUMED
People's Forum Plans Educational
Campaign for Winter.
PORTLAND, Sept. 26 (To the Editor.)
After three months of vacation the
Forum will resume its sessions Sunday
evening, September 30, in the Selling
Hirsch building on Washington street.
The topic for discussion will be "Re
solved. That Labor and Capital Are Nec
essarily Antagonistic." The regular
meetings will be held every Sunday even
ing thereafter.
The executive committee has selected
END OF PROCRASTINATION IX
CrVTKG FOR Y. M.-Y. W. C. A-
BUILDING FOD URGED.
The period of 18 days wherein
$350,000 Is to be raised for a new
Y. M. C. A.-Y. W. C. A. building Is
half gone. Half tha amount needed
for the purpose was not at hand last
evening. The sum of $154,301.50 had
been subscribed, leaving a balance
of $195,698 50 to be secured during
the nine days that intervene between
ths closing day of the campaign.
While confident that the money will
be raised, soliciting committees re
port that their work Is greatly Im
peded by continued delays. They are
continually being put off by those
from whom subscriptions are expected
and who have promised aid. Ths ne
cessity for prompt and liberal dona
tions Is urged as one of the essentials
of success. Rich man and poor man
alike is expected to contribute to ths
success of the campaign and to avoid
delay.
Within the past year similar cam
paigns have been conducted ' In 25
cities of the United States. Failure
has yet to be recorded In a single in
stance. Those directing the present
campaign do not believe for a minute
that Portland Is to be tha first to fall
short. .
with great care a large number of ex
ceptionally interesting questions for
treatment during the coming Winter,
among which are the following: "Should
Public Utilities Be Owned and Operated
by the Government?" "Should Republics
Have Colonies?" "Should Immigration
Be Further Restricted?" "Should iabor
Unions Control All Branches of Labor?'
"Does Centralization and Paternalism
Lead to Despotism?" "Is Suffrage a Right
or a Privilege? Eminent Domain vs.
Vested Rights." "Should Individual Ac
quisition of Wealth Be Limited by Legis
lation?" "Co-operation or Competition
Which?"
The Forum is a place where social, eco
nomic and other questions of public in
terest are discussed freely. It has no
creed, and is bound to no special theory
of economics. The speakers are responsi
ble to themselves alone for the views
they advocate. The discussions are wicn
out personalities or recriminations. The
one object sought is the truth, and the
Forum welcomes to its meetings all lov
ers of and seekers after the truth.
Dr. Stephen S. Wise, the founder of
the Forum, will deliver the address on
Sunday evening, October 7; subject, "Man
the Social Creator," with special refer
ence to a book of the same title by Mr
Lloyd. This will probably be Dr. Wise's
last address before the Forum. It will
be an occasion of more than passing in
terest. ri'.s many friends will, we are
sure, be pleased to hear him ' on this
timely subject. All are cordially invited
The Forum meets at 7:30 o'clock.
E. S. J. M'ALLISTER, President.
LOW RATES TO SEW ORLEANS.
Account National Convention Knights
of Pythias to be held at New Oreleans In
October, the fO. R. & N. Co. will on
October 7 and 8 sell round trip tickets
irom rornaiiu si rate or or fur
ther Information In regard to limits, stop
overs, etc.. call on, or address C. W.
stinger, iity ticket Agent, O. R. & N,
Co.. Portland.'
FRAZER REFUSES
TO DISMISS CASE
Isakson's Suit to Oust Captain
Bruin Must Go to the
Supreme Court.'
LAWYER QUOTES OLD VERSE
Nursery Rhyme, "He Digged a Pit"
Csed With Telling Effect
Against Plaintiff by Attor
ney Thomas G. Greene.
George S. Shepherd, Councilman from
the Fourth Ward, appeared as special
counsel for Oscar F. Isakson before Judge
Frazer yesterday forenoon in the effort to
Induce the court to dismiss the quo war
ranto proceedings brought by his client to
oust Patrick Bruin, captain of police,
from the department. Judge Frazer over
ruled his motion, however, and the case
will now be taken to the State Supreme
Court on appeal from Judge Frazer's re
cent decision declaring that Bruin is hold
ing his position illegally. Later Judge
Frazer stated that he would sign the
findings in the case as soon as counsel for
both sides reached an agreement as to
what they should be.
"They want to be heard In the matter."
continued the Judge, "and I will accom
modate them before settling. I think it
will not take longer than a day or so."
At the opening of court Mr. Shepherd
asked that the proceedings be dismissed,
declaring that judge Frazer's ruling in
the matter had Jeopardized the titles of
177 city employes to their positions, and
if the case were dismissed it would
straighten things out and place everybody
in the same shape they were before the
suit was brought. Shepherd compared
himself to a man who . had hold of a
dog's tail and wanted assistance to let go.
"I came into the case for the purpose
of aiding in letting go," said he. "The
decision of Your Honor affects several
hundred people, and if we dismiss the suit
now it would put the defendant just
where he was found, and I fail to under
stand the reason for not wishing to let
go. There is no affirmative relief asked
for. The plaintiff is the only one that
asks for any relief whatever. It can
serve no good purpose to continue the-
case, and a dismissal now would leave
everything In the same condition It was
at the outset. They have no rights that,
would be jeopardized by the dismissal of
this case. In fact it gives them the rights
they contended for all the way through."
In opposing the motion to dismiss,
Thomas G. Greene, attorney for Patrick
Bruin, claimed that the court had no
power to dismiss, without the consent of
both sides.
"There can be a dismissal of an equita
ble proceeding." he gald, "but no such
thing as the dismissal of an action at
law. Judge Deady ruled in a Federal case
that after the trial has begun the suit
could not be dismissed without the con
sent of defendant. It is within the knowl
edge of everybody except Mr. Sheph'erd,
who came into the case lately, that this
relator Is dissatisfied because in trying to
oust Bruin he has fallen into his own
trap, and the whole thing reminds me of
the old nursery rhyme:
He digged a pit, he digged It deep
He digged it for his brother.
And for his sin he did fall In
The pit he digged for t'other.
Greene contended that other citizens
might have a grievance against other city
employes, and if the proceedings were dis
missed in the present status of the case it
would enable any disgruntled individual
to hold the court's ruling over their heads
indefinitely, and under the circumstances
he thought the matter ought to be carried
to the Supreme Court and decided once
for all.
"If these employes of the municipality
are not in office validly, we want to find
it out, and if necessary have them take
new civil service examinations," he said.
"so that spiteful proceedings cannot be
taken at any time in future by some dis
gruntled saloon-keeper against a police
man." After Judge Frazer had refused to dis
miss the proceedings. Attorney Shepherd
announced his intention of asking the
court for a stay of proceedings for three
days in which to submit a poem as an
offset for Lawyer Greene's effusion.
"It was .the verse that floored me," ex
plained the Councilman, mournfully, as
he accompanied Isakson downstairs. "I
could see the change come over Judge
Frazer at once after Greene got his muse
to working.
Sues for Breach ol Contract.
Dora D. McCutcheon. a local music
teacher, yesterday instituted' a suit in
the state courts claiming $2550 damages
from the International Conservatory of
Music, of this city, for discharging her
from their employ on February 16 last.
Plaintiff sets forth in her complaint that
she was engagea by the music company
as one of its teachers December 18, 1905,
at a monthly salary of $50 for a term of
one year. February 12, 1906, her employ
era entered into a new agreement with
the plaintiff, agreeing to pay her $100 a
month for one year from December 18,
1905. Four days later they are alleged
to have broken the contract by discharg
ing her without cause. Whitfield & Far
rington are her attorneys.
Action In Involuntary Bankruptcy.
Local creditors of the Estacada. Wood
Manufacturing Company yesterday peti-
YOUNG COUPLE WOULD BE
MARRIED IN AN AUTOMOBILE
Vancouver Pastors Object to Tying
Are Made One
THAT Leonard Becker. Jr., and Mrs.
Emma Blsner Smith were not
married in an automobile Tuesday
night, but had to have the knot tied
in the good, old-fashioned way, is not
the fault of either the bridegroom or
the bride. Could they have obtained
a willing minister the splice would
have been made in the machine. As it
was, after a long and diligent search,
the young couple took a minister
aboard their big machine at Vancouvcf
and had him perform the ceremony at
Lovespawn, on the Columbia River,
about six miles above Vancouver, the
home of the bride.
Of course, everything came out all
right. Young Becker has contemplated
the step for some time, and finally
Tuesday night, so the rumors say, pro
posed that the marriage be performed
in the automobile, thus fooling all his
friends, who were planning a charivari
for the young couple. With a marriage
license in his pocket and as happy as
a lark, Becker started for Vancouver
In his auto. There he met the bride,
and together they proceeded to find a
pastor willing to make them one with
out alighting from the machine. One
was out, another was indisposed and
tioned the United States District Court
to have the corporation declared an In
voluntary bankrupt. Their petition al
leges that they have provable claims
amounting in the aggregate to J2609.55 in
excess of the securities held by them, as
follows: Merchants' National Bank, of
Portland, J1679.SS: Oregon Water Power
& Railway Company. $316.67, ana G. W.
Morrow, for salary 'as general manager
of the corporation. $613. William T. Muir
is attorney for petitioners.
Suit to Enjoin Lafe Pence's Flume.
S. L. Elliott. W. E. Elliott and Ad-
die N. Elliott commenced separate ac
tions in the State Circuit Court late
yesterday afternoon to restrain tha
Pence Company from constructing its
riume across property owned by plain
tiffs in section 26, township 2 north,
range 2 west, Willamette Meridian.
Last Saturday Gossilor & Hamblet
brought similar proceedings against
the Pence Company to restrain it from
operating in the same vicinity, and
it Is understood that other property
owners thereabouts threaten to follow
suit unless the alleged trespass of the
Pence Company Is brought under Im
mediate control.
Coovert and Stapleton are attorneys
for the Elliotts in the proceedings.
Suit to Break Will of Jane Abraham.
Alleging that he was one of the princi
pal creditors of the estate of Jane Abra
ham, deceased, and that she was of un
sound mind, J. P. Finley yesterday filed
a petition with the County Court of Mult
nomah County, asking that a citation be
issued to the heirs of said estate to show
cause why the will of deceased, purport
ing to have been executed May 28. 1901,
should not be set aside. Incidentally, Mr.
Finley set forth in his petition that the
estate is indebted to him in the sum of
$175 for funeral expenses. In accordance
with the prayer of the petition. Judge
Webster set Monday. October 29, at 9:30
A. M., as the time for hearing same.
Court Notes.
Articles of incorporation of the Frank
L. Smith Meat Company were filed with
the County Clerk yesterday by Frank L.
Smith. N. K. Smith and W. L. Smith,
incorporators.
G. P. Clerln yesterday began suit in
the state courts to quiet title to prop
erty situated at East Sixteenth and East
Taylor streets In this city. Margaret J.
Robertson, John Robertson and the
County of Multnomah are named as de
fendants. Tom Buckley, who created a sensation
in a North End saloon last August by
shooting holes in the mirror and other
wise damaging property of the establish
ment, pleaded guilty to simple assault In
Judge Gantenbeln's court yesterday and
was sentenced to 90 days in the County
Jail.
Mrs. I. M. Thompson, of Portsmouth,
was yesterday adjudged insane by the
lunacy commission and ordered com
mitted to the State Insane Asylum at
Salem. She will be taken there this
morning. Mrs. Thompson is afflicted with
a religious mania and has also experi
enced considerable domestic trouble.
Judge Webster yesterday appointee! T.
Scott Brooke, C. R. Wlnslow and Whit
ney L. Boise appraisers of the estate of
O. F. Paxton, chief counsel for the Port
land Railway Company, who died here
last month. John H. Vogt has already
qualified as the executor of Paxton's
estate, which was valued at $20,000.
PERSONALMENTION.
Rev. A. A. Morrison, rector of Trinity
Church, and Colonel John McCraken have
gone to La Grange, 111., to attend the
consecration sen-ices of the Bishop-elect
Scadding.
E. W. Wright, of The Oregonlan
editorial staff, arrived yesterday in
New York City. He will sail Saturday
for Paris, where he will represent the
local grain exporters at the annual
meeting of- the International Sailing
Shipowners' association.
United States District Attorney Bristol
will leave this morning for San Francisco,
where he will represent the Government
in nine cases before the Circuit Court of
Appeals at its session early next month
four land-fraud cases, four customs suits
and one interstate commerce case. It was
his intention to defer starting until next
Sunday night, but yesterday Mr. Bristol
concluded to travel by easy stages, and
will make several stops while en route.
CHICAGO, Sept. 26. (Special.1) Ore
gonians registered today as follows:
From Portland S. F- Owens, at the
Auditorium; Mrs. W. D. Fenton and two
sons, at the Stratford; R. L. Darrow,
at the Kaiserhof.
From Salem J. Connor and wife, at
the Morrison.
HIGHEST BIDDER GETS 'EM.
A fine Chlckering. a Kimball, a Hobart
M. Cable, a Marshall & Wendell and a
genuine latest improved Metrostyle Piano
la have been donated to the committee by
Ellers Piano House and are to be sold to
the highest bidder. No bona fide offer,
no matter how small or how large, will
be refused. See announcement, ninth
page of this paper.
NEW ARRIVALS.
Ladles' tailor-made suits, coats and
skirts, every one up-to-date and a bar.
gain. Le Palais Royal, 3T5 Washington
street.
NEWPORT AXT TAQCTXA BAY.
Bummer Excursion Tickets Are 8 till on
Sale.
The dates of sale of Summer excursion
tickets to Newport and Yaquina Bay have
been extended to October 15 with a final
return limit of October 31, which will en
able those who have not already been to
this delightful resort to take the outing
at the reduced rate offered during the
Summer. Full particulars in regard to
rates etc. bv calling at City Ticket Office,
Third and W'ashington streets, Portland.
Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies the blood
and strengthens the whole system.
Knot in "Benzine Buggy," and Two
at Bride's. Home.
finally, after making the rounds of aii
the ministers In Vancouver, the couple
decided that it was probably the novel
plan of getting married in the choo
choo car that kept the ministers away.
So, willy-nilly, they decided to take
a pastor into their machine and dri-e
him to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bisner
and have the ceremony performed
there. Although their plans were
changed, the ceremony came off In a
fine shape, and after the young couple
was married in the presence of the
parents of the bride and Mrs. Rudolph
Becker, the mother of the bridegroom,
they were tendered a reception at
Claremont Tavern.
The rumor that young Becker had
been married spread among his numer
ous friends "and when the couple ar
rived in Portland they unsuspectingly
left their machine outside and went
to a hotel to register. When they came
out they saw what they thought must
have been once their machine. It was
covered with tin cans, old shoes, rice,
and bedecked with lovely green gar
lands. Then the Joke was on the
Beckers.
They are stopping at the Oregon, and
congratulations of their many friends
are with them on their honeymoon.
Charcoal Kills
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Bad Odor of Indigestion, Smoking,
Drinking or Eating Can Ba
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Sometimes your meals will reveal them
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That is why Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges
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massed together and which causes the
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Charcoal is now by far the best, most
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The Cheapest Form of
Health Insurance
Y
OU can buy Health Insurance now.
Several good "Accident"
Companies sell it.
Sixty dollars per year will
bring you $25.00 per week, for every week
you are sick.
But, your time alone may be worth far
more than that.
And $200 per week might not pay for
your suffering.
That's why "Cascaret" Insurance, which
prevents Sickness, is worth ten times as
much money as other "Health" insurance.
Yet "Cascaret" Insurance will cost you
less than Ten Cents a week.
That gives you a "Vest Pocket" Box to
carry constantly.
One tablet taken whenever you suspect
you need it will Insure you against 90 per
cent of all other ills likely to attack you.
Because 90 per cent of these Ills begin
In the Bowels, or exist through poor
Nutrition.
Cascarets don't purge, don't weaken,
don't Irritate, nor upset your stomach.
No, they act like Exercise on tha
Bowels, Instead.
They stimulate "the Bowel-Muscles to
contract and propel the Food naturally past
the little alves that mix Digestive Juicea
with Food.
The time to take a Cascarat Is the very
minute you suspect you need one. '
When you have a touch of Heart-burn,
Cas-belching, Acid-rislng-in-throat, or a
Comlng-on-Cold.
Carry the "Vest Pocket" Box ready for
business where it belongs, just as you
would your Watch, Pocket-knife or Lead
pencil. 1
It costs only JO cents. At any druggist.
Be sure you get the genuine, mads only
by the Sterling Remedy Company, and
never sold in bulk. Every tablet stamped
"CCC." 746
UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS 0?
C. QeeWo
The Great
Chinese
Doctor
At No. UZH First St. Cor. Morrison
So misleading statement, to th afflicted.
I guarant.tt a complete, safe and luting cur.
In the quickest possible time, and at th.
lowest cost possible for honest and success
ful treatment. I cure catarrh, asthma, lunc.
throat, rheumatism, nervousness, stomacb
liver, kidney and lost manhood.
FEMALE TROUBLES AND All. PRIVATE
DISEASES.
My remedies are harmless, composed of
roots, herbs, buds and barks' especially se
lected and Imported direct by us from tna
interior of China.
IF YOU ARE AFFLICTED DON'T DELAY.
DELAYS ARE DANGEROUS.
If you cannot call, write for symptom
blank and circular. Inclos. 4 cents in stamna.
COXSCETATITIOJf FREE.
The C. Gee Wo Chinese Medicine Co., 162V&
First St.. Cor. Morrison, Portland. Or.
Fl.as. Mention Tnls Faper.