THE MORNING OREGONIAN. MONDAY, NOVEMBER, 19, 1906.
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MISTER BELOW
TAK1NGTHE FARES
Mate on the Dix Runs His Boat
Across the Bows of the
Jeanie.
NIGHT WAS VERY CLEAR
Hall in Warning From the Deck of
the Jeanie Was Distinctly
Heard by Persons on
Board the Dix..
TEE VESSELS.
The Dix was a small propeller
steamer of less than 100 tons and
during- the Bummer ran between Se
attle and jUkl Point, a nearby Sum
mer retort.
The Jeanie la a large steam
schooner well known along- the
Coast and In northern waters. For
the past eight years she has been
engaged In the Alaska trad.
SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. IS. (Special.)
The steamer rix vae run down and sunk
off Alki Point tonight by the Steamer
Jeanie, and 41 persons, including all but
two members of the Dix crew, were lost.
Tug Bahiti is cruising over the scene of
the wreck, searching for bodies. The-
Jeanie and the steamer Florence K. are
also out.
The siteamer Dix, bound from Seattle to
Port Blakely, attempted to cut across the
lows of the steamer Jeanie, bound for
Tacoma, when the steamers were off Alki
Point. The steamer Dix does not carry
a purser, and Captain Percy Lermond
placed Mate Charles Dennisen in charge
and was going through the boat collect
ing fares. The Survivors of the wreck
say the night was clear and that they
could fee the Jeanie bearing down on
their starboard side, but the mate gave no
indication that he saw the danger.
The Jeanie drew so close to the Dix
that Captain Mason made himself
heard to men on the upper deck of the
Dix as he called the warning: "Where
in hell are you going?"
Dix Staggered by Blow.
Mate Dennison might possibly have
saved his vessel then if he had turned
off. but he attempted to clear the Jeanie.
A moment later the crash came that
knocked passengers to the floor and
staggered both steamers. Panic-stricken
passengers on the Dix rushed to the
port side and she turned partially
over, then righted herself and came
up. Then the Dix slowly began to fill
tnrough the gaping hole in her star
board side and slowly went down aft.
The nose of the Dix stuck clear out of
the water and held there for five minutes.
Passengers on the Dix fought like mad
men and women to reach the decks and
plunge overboard. From the cabin men
smashed window lights and dragged
themselves out into the water. Those on
the decks jumped, panic-stricken, into the
Sound, while those on the lower decks
and the men of the engine-room were
caught like rats in a trap and were un
able to help themselves.
Captain Leaps Overboard.
Captain Lemond, busied in counting his
cash, was seated in an upper cabin, and
he leaped overboard. A deckhand fol
lowed from the Dix. Both were saved
later, but all the other members of the
steamer's crew were lost.
Only one girl, of a half dozen or more
women aboard, was saved. She is 15-year-
old Alice Simpson, of Port Blakeley, who
wae picked up by a lifeboat sent out from
the Jeanie.
Numbed by Icy Water.
As soon as the Jeanie had struck the
steamer Dix, Captain Mason stopped his
vessel and lowered two lifeboats. They
picked up about 35 men struggling in the
water. For three hours the Jeanie
cruised about the spot, using her search
light to aid in the life-saving work. The
tide was running out and the men and
women struggling in the water were rap
idly carried out toward the open sea.
The water of the Sound is bitter cold and
the people in the water slowly gave way
to numbness and sank before help could
reach them.
A few pieces of wreckage and some life
belts from the Dix, as well as life-belts
thrown overboard from the Jeanie, floated
near the people in the wj,er, but only a
few of the Dix passengers could reach
them.
That the Dix was solely responsible
for the accident is the story told by the
survivors and the officers of the steamer
Jeanie. Captain Mason insists that the
Dix persisted in trying to cross his bows
and this is not disputed by Captain Ler
mond. He was not at the wheel when the
collision occurred, and is not in a posi
tion to explain the wreck.
Passengers on deck say that for ten
minutes the lights of the Jeanie could
be seen and that the night was clear
enough to have enabled Mate Dennison
to 'nave seen his danger clearly. That
he paid no attention to the Jeanie Is
insisted on from both steamers.- All
versions of the wreck coincide in the
statement that no signals were given.
Tide Carries Bodies to Sea.
With the rapid flow of the tide out
to sea the search for bodies will be
an exceedingly difficult one. There is
a fog hanging over parts of the Bound
and the bay is full of debris that has
floated down from the flooded rivers
of Western Washington." Navigation is
precarious and witn the rapid flow of
the tide many bodies will probably be
washed away before they can be re
covered.
Early this morning the tug Tyea
joined the search for missing bodies
and the fleet of vessels now out will
cruise down th Sound as far as Whid-
by Island and look for the lost. It
is not within reason to expect that any
more persons will be saved. Though
the collision between the Dix and the
Jeanie occurred at 7:20 o'clock it was
not reported in Seattle for nearly three
and a half hours.
The Jeanie remained at the scene to
search for survivors and stayed about the
wreck as long as it was reasonably cer
tain that any one lived in the water. Then
she put iu to Seattle to announce the
catastrophe.
- Little Time Given to Escape.
Passengers on the Dix agree that not
more than five minutes elapsed between
the time she was struck and her sinking.
In the meantime the boat had turned over
on her port side and then righted her
self before going down aft. The sinking
was so sudden that scarcely any time was
given the passengers and crew to save
themselves.
The suddenness of the sinking is shown
by the fact that no one escaped from
the engine-room and not even Mate Den
nison, in the pilot-house, had time to get
out and jump Into the water. Most of the
passengers on the deck were saved, for
they leaped overboard immediately. Those
in the upper cabin had a fair chance for
safety, but thope below were penned in
and drowned before they could make a
move toward safety.
Captain Lermond's collections from the
passengers showed TO travelers, in addi
tion to the six members of the crew, were
aboard the boat. Thirty-six persons were
saved. The list of saved and missing
collected tonight fails to account for six
persons. It is probable among these ire
the parents of Dan McEachren, but no
one elEe has reported their loss.
A brother of William Jones, one of the
most prominent stevedores on the Sound,
was said to have been aboard the boat,
but this cannot be confirmed.
List of the Survivors.
Those aboard the Dix who were saved
are:
Captain Lermond. Deckhand Albert Jack
son, of the steamer Dix: A. Borgland. first
mate schooner Ruth A. Godfrey, Lars Ol
son. Port Blakeley; A. Durrett. a Filipino:
William Jensen, Edward Engdahl. PorY
Blakeley; Jenia, an Italian: S. Meisehu.
Japanese, of Port. Blakeley: Y. Fukiu. Julian
Almertln, Port Blakeley; F. E. Emple, 1108
Thirty-seventh avenue, Seattle; R. T. OJaya,
pastor of the Japanese Church at Port
Blakeley; F. A. McPhee, P. W. Primrose.
Alice Simpson, aged 15. Port Blakeley; Fred
Sauer, Ballard, Marcus Otnes. Leonard Mas
ters. Harry Anderson, Lawrence Peters,
George W. Owens. James A. Jones. Port
Blakeley: A. W. Dickson, chief officer Brl
t'.th steamer Elleric: Charles Nelsons James
JIcBane. port Blakeley; John Blazen, car
penter schooner Ruth A. Godfrey; Dan Mc
Eachren, Part Blakeley; Charles Krunts, of
schooner Godfrey: Fred Geyer. Ordnance
Sergeant, Fort Ward; W. T. Ford, superin
tendent Port Blakeley mill; R. Brebner.
Port Blakeley; J. Ming. Chinese cS;. hotel
at Port Blakeley. Captain William Tobin.
ship Invincible; Pedro Pronda. Filipino, of
Port Blakeley; M Arataiki, Japanese, at
tending Wilson's Business College, at Se
attle: F. T. Durite. Filipino.
James Smith, who was drowned, was
the stepfather of Leonard Masters.
Toung Masters' mother was also among
the lost. Two years ago Masters' father
was drowned off a ship lying at the coal
bunkers in Seattle, and his body was not
recovered for seven weeks- Mrs. Masters
afterward married Smith and tonight was
drowned with her second husband and
son.
Scores of former residents of Port
Blakeley swarmed about the offices at
Pier 1ft. where the Jeanie lay, urging a
steamer be sent out to recover the miss
ing bodies. Yielding to their importuni
ties, the Puget Sound Tugboat Company
ordered out the tugs Bahada and Tyee,
the only boats of the fleet in Seattle, and
will send others to join the search as soon
as possible.
REVENGE DP DRUG CLERK
SHOOTS BILLINGS PROPRIETOR
AXD FELLOW EMPLOYE.
Daniel F. Watts, Formerly of Ore
gon, Had Been Discharged for
Having Robbed Cash Register.
HELENA, Mont., Nov. 18 Charles S.
Smith, proprietor of a drug store in Bill
ings, is in a critical condition as a result
of being shot through the shoulder and
groin by Daniel F. Watts, Saturday even
ing. Watts shot Oscar Colburn. the pre
scription clerk, in the back of the head.
He will recover.
Watts had been discharged for short
changing the register. After the shoot
ing he gave himself up. He came to Bill
ings from Marehfield. Or., but says his
home is in Springfield. Mo.
MYSTERY AT IVANHOE.
J. W. Dallam Goes Into Brush With
Roll of Money and Disappears.
Mrs. J. TV. Dallam, living in a tent
in North Ivanhoe, on the Mount Scott
car line, just outside the city limits, re
ported to the police at 2 o'clock this
morning that her husband had left
home at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon
with $200 on hia person. He also had
a 44-caliber revolver, and when he left
the tent he went directly to a thicket
about half a mile away. A few mo
ments after Dallam disappeared in the
thicket his wife heard two revolver
shots ring out. She sent two little
boys to investigate, but they returned
without any information.
The husband's continued absence
leads his wife to believe that he has
met with foul play. It is also possible
that he may have committed suicide,
although, so far. as known, he had no
reason for such an act. As the cars
had stopped running and the suburb is
outside of the city limits, the police
could make no investigation. The
Sheriff was notified, and if the man
does not show up today the affair will
be investigated.
Leg Broken in Row.
John Travere was taken to the Good
Samaritan Hospital early yesterday morn
ing with a broken leg. He was hurt, it
is alleged, in being thrown out of an
Italian saloon at the corner of Second and
Davis streets. Travers was too drunk
to give any account of the affair.
Death of Prize Collie.
WASHINGTON. Nov. IS The collie.
The Commodore, exhibited at many ken
nel shows in the United States, a son of
the tngnsn (jnampion Finnsburv-Pilot.
and grandson of J. Pierpont Morgan's
international winner. KODert Ormonde,
died here today. He was S years old.
Verdict in Second Degree.
BOISE, Idaho. Nov. IS. In the District
Court a. Hailey. this morning, a verdict
of murder in the second degree was re
turned against Arthur W. McCoy for the
killing of Herbert Foster July 4 at that
place. Foster was manager of a theatri
cal company known as the "Ideal."
Secretary Tart Goes to Yale.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 18 Secretary
Tart lett here today ror New Haven,
Conn., to attend a meeting of Yale Corpo
ration, of which he is a member.
POLICE SCEIIT PLOT
King George of Greece Doomed
by the Anarchists.
SOON TO VISIT ROME
Mysterious Persona Have Tried to
Rent Entire Rooms Facing on
the Route He. Would Take
Through the City.
L ROME. Nov. 18. The local pol'c bave
been Informed that several people wuu
were in the habit of renting windows
along the route usuaJly taken by royal
processions have been approached by
mysterious persons who wish to rent not
only windows, but entire rooms for the
day when the King . of Greece arrives
here. The police believe this is evidence
of an Anarchist plot, like the one at
Madrid on the occasion of the marriage of
King Alfonso, against King Victor Em
manuel and the King of Greece.
King George of Greece is expected here
November 23 on a visit to the King of
Italy.
DEFEXDS THE BRITISH DRAMA
Beerbohm Tree Talks Before Notable
Company at Hotel Cecil Banquet.
LONDON, Nov. 18. The Duke of
Argyle presided at a dinner at the
Hotel Cecil tonight to celebrate the
passage of Mr. O'Connor's music play
wright act. There was a notable com
pany of more than 200 persons pres
ent, including several members of the
House of Lords and House of Com
mons and representatives of all
branches of the musical profession and
of literature and the drama. All the
speakers praisej Mr. O'Connor's energy
and skill in pushing a measure that
will prove beneficial to the musicians
of all lands whose works for so long
have been praised in the United King
dom. An interesting incident of the eve
ning was Beerbohm Tree's reference
to Henry Arthur Jones' pessimistic
utterance on the British drama in New
York November 13. "With all respect
to Mr. JOnes," said Mr. Tree, ' I . feel
that on this subject he talked arrant
nonsense. If Mr. Jones could devote
some of the wondrous energy which he
expends at present in attacking con
temporaries to writing a new play he
would outshine his previous master
pieces." Mr. Tree said Mr. Jones took a less
despondent view of the position on the
other side of the Atlantic, adding:
But then, he is on the other side of
the Atlantic, and there is always a
temptation to unfurl the Star-spangled
.Banner.
Hsnrw ArtVtllT- .Trtnee C9ta a ji..w
last Thursday night at the Hotel St.
Regis in New Tork City to the drama-
iota jl Lne umcea Btates. in a speech
ia encoura e-e.- American 3tni,FffK,.
declaring that while their efforts were
ei a rmie cruae. mere was no
!oubt of their nneitivA iHtaii..
that America was within measurable
ifciance or a great American drama
With reference (a i-nnHitinn.
Britain as against those in America,
nr. jones said that the American
Irama was more lusty, healthy and
ively than in England. It might be
cruder, but vitality was better than
ityle. Vitality was the virtue of style
tnd the virtue of old age.
OCTOBERIST PARTY GROWIXG
Enthusiastic Meeting Is Held at St.
Petersburg.
ST. PETERSBURG; ic i t
Guchkoff. presiding today at a general
meetine of the fwnherici-e x...
- ....... CTHCHUCU UV
50c0 members of this party, said the ap-
ipiuviiu:6 elections or members of Par
liament would disclose a -ii,..
hension and more mature views of the
"Let those who want tn Ah,9jn 4..;i
risrhts bv revolutionary- meane u-
destruction of the fatherland vote for
mo oiiHtuuiionai uemocrats and other
members of the T.eft " C9irf 1
iun Bjjcdw-r.
As for the memhere nf th niaht ,h.i.
n.i! rcsarainj tne agrarian, labor and
educational questions are progressive and
democratic."
The political cry of the Octoberists 1s
that the monarchical nrinrir,i v
uiauuani-u. dui constitutional in form,
while democratic in its operation.
Optimistic speeches were made at to
day's meeting- wHih :
- .-c,. ..as, iiiuev CIIU1US1-
astic. It is declared that the membership
vciuoeriFi party nas more than
ireuiea during me past tew months.
OPEXIXG OF CHIXESE PORTS
Governor Yuan Asks for Money to Be
Spent on Public Work.
PEKIN. Nov. IS. In connection with th
opening of Mukden. Antung and Ta Tung
Kao. Yuan Shi Kai, Governor of Chi Li
and commander-in-chief of the forces, has
memorialized the throne, asking for funds
lor me construction of needed public
work, which he declares China ought to
carry out m oraer to maintain her sov
ereignty. The board of revenue has rec
ommended that the necessary money be
raised in the provinces affected and paid
back from the revenue collected therein.
It is given out that Mukden and Antune
are opened by treaty with the United
states, and that Mukden and Ta Tung
Kao are opened by a treaty with Japan,
and that these treaties stipulate, when
setting aside areas for foreign settlement
ana determining regulations, that China
must recognize the powers.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONGO
Rockefeller and Ryan Said to Be In.
terested in Concessions.
BRUSSELS. Nov. IS It is announced
that great strides have been -made in the
development of the Congo Independent
State. Concessions have been granted to
three companies, one of which is to con
struct a railroad, a second to conduct
mining operations and the third to ex
ploit indiarubber resources.
One of the principal promoters of the
mining and indiarubber companies is
declared to be Thomas F. Ryan, while
the name of John D. Rockefeller is men
tioned in connection with them. There
probably will be an Important debate in
Parliament in regard to the Congo State
this week.
MASSACRES BY BRIGANDS.
Men, Women and Children Butch
ered in the Salonika District.
ATHENS. Nov. IS Reports are being
received here constantly concerning the
activity of brigands In the Salonika, dis.
trict. It is declared that a number of
men, women and children have been mas
sacred at Kossiuco and Rameli, and that
a band killed 15 Greeks In the neighbor
hood of Niacusta and carried their muti
lated bodies into that town.
SALUTED BY AX IRONCLAD
Captain Amundsen and Companion
Arrive at Cbristiania.
CHRISTIANIA. Nov. 18. Captain
Raold Amundsen and his companion
explorers arrived here this, afternoon
on board the steamer Helig- Olaf. They
were transferred to the coast defense
Ironclad Norge. A salute of 15 guns
was fired from the fortress and the ex
plorers were welcomed by a number of
officials and prominent citizens. A
banquet was given this evening in their
honor.
Raisull Stops Land Sales.
LONDON. Nov. 19. According ' to the
Times correspondent at Tangier, Raisuli
has warned the Cadi against legalizing
documents for' the purchase or sale of
land which do not bear his authoriza
tions, and he openly threatened notaries
who draw up such . documents. As the
local authorities do not recognize
Raisuli's authority in these matters, this
notification absolutely stops the sale of
land anywhere outside the walls of the
town just at the moment when, by the
Algeciras protocol, new facilities for its
purchase are being introduced.
Demonstration Made in Brussels.
BRUSSELS. Nov. 1?. There was a
great popular demonstration today in
favor of obligatory education, which
hitherto has never been insisted on in
Belgium. Not less than 60,000 persons
marched in procession to the City Hall
and presented a petition to the Mayor
voicing their demand. This petition has
200,000 signatures. The Mayor promised
to bring the matter to the attention or
Parliament.
' Frederick Start for Berlin.
COPENHAGEN. Nov. IS. King
Frederick and Queen Louise left here
tonight for Berlin.
Argentine Minister Resigns.
BUENOS AYRES. Nov. 18. Quirino
Cobta, Minister of the Interior, has re
signed.
DIX SUNK IN COLLISION
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wrong and rushed forward to see what
was up. Just as I got on deck, on the
starboard side, I saw the bow of a vessel
loom up. Almost instantly she struck us.
"The jib boom crashed through just aft
of amidships and heeled the Dix over like
a top. She careened like a flash on her
port bow and lay there for a minute or
two with the water rushing in and all
over.
Terrible Sounds From Below.
"I was thrown against the deck
house. For an Instant the wind was
knocked out of me and I was almost
paralyzed. The steamer lay for al
most two minutes on her port beam.
This was, exactly at 7:24 o'clock, as
my watch stopped then. In a moment
I recovered my breath and sprang up
on the house-.
"Just then the steamer heeled back
to starboard. There was another rush
of water, cries and screams of men.
women and children. From below came
sounds such as human ears have sel
dom heard. Many of the passengers
were penned below and could not pos
sibly escape. Then the steamer turned
her bow up. She filled and her stern
went slowly down, until the bow was
standing straight half out of water.
For an instant I clung to the railing.
The sight fascinated me by Its horror.
Lights were still burning and I could see
people inside of the cabin. The expres
sions on the faces were of indescribable
despair.
'People on deck slid off into the water
and went down shrieking and desperately
clutching at the water or at the Jeanie,
which still loomed only a few yards away.
Within the sinking steamer pandemonium
reigned. There were cries, prayers and
groans from men and' women, and the
wail of a child and the shouts of those
who were fighting dasperatley to gain the
deck.
Dix Standing on End.
What took place in that cabin will
never be known, as no people were
saved from there. The boat heeled
back and went down by the stern. The
other boat was only a short distance
away from -us all this time. Some of
the passengers who had been on deck
jumped for her martingale (the lines
beneath the bowsprit), and in this way
clambered up to safety. By that time
the Dix was standing on her end, with
her bow way up in the air, and then
she started to go down.
"I leaped Into the water, and man
aged to keep myself afloat. Others
from the sunken steamer were floating
near me. Every, once in a while one
who had been swimming until his
strength gave out. would throw up his
hands, and. with a last despairing cry,
sink. This happened time after time.
Floating Heads Drop Out of Sight.
"All around were floating heads which
called for help and watched the Jeanie as
she slowly came towards us and dropped
boats, which moved here and there, pick
ing up men In every direction. Finally a
boat came to me. By that time I was
indifferent and didn't care whether I was
saved or not. It must have been at least
25 minutes from the time the Jeanie struck
us that the boats were got out, and I
guess I was in the water another ten min
utes. We were taken on board.
"There were 38 of our 79 people on the
steamship. The rest were drowned. There
was no sign of my little steamer. She
was gone completely, and before we left
there was not even a ripple on the surface
to mark the spot where the terrible trag
edy had occurred.
"I don't think the vessel was very
badly damaged by the collision. It
was the heeling over on her port beam
that caused her loss. She filled with
water as soon as she went over, and
this took her down.
"As to the cause of the accident, I
cannot say. I was no ton deck and don't
know how it happened. I heard my
mate signal either one or two whistles.
I am not sure which. I also heard him
ring a stop bell. v
No Explanation to Give.
T cannot understand, myself, how it
could have happened. The night was
almost as clear as day. and the sea
was smooth. This is the first accident
that has happened on any ship of mine
during the 13 years I have been run
ning on the Sound."
Captain Lermond is a well-known navi
gator and has the reputation of being
one of the ablest Sound pilots leaving
Seattle. He is a man of abftut 45 and
has been at sea since a boy. The Dix
sank in 100 fathoms of water. The Jeanie,
the Government launch Scout, and sev
eral tugs have gone to the scene of the
wreck to search for bodies.
FIGHT OVER II ROAD
Idaho Farmer Is Killed and
Brother-in-Law Wounded.
SLAYER HAS DISAPPEARED
August Stensger Attempts to Defend
Himself With a Pistol, but Falls
Before Rifle in Hands of a
Neighbor Named Simmons.
BOISE, Idaho, Nov. 18. (Special.)
August Stensger lies dead tonight at
Highland Valley in this county and
his brother-in-law, Louis Yaurnig, is
in a hospital seriously wounded, as a
result of a quarrel among several
neighbor farmers over a wood road.
They were both shot by a man named
Simmons.
The road had been closed by Sim
mons, and Stensger and Yaurnig opened
it and today they were driving along
it to get a load of wood. They met
Simmons and two boys, and Simmons
opened fire upon them with a rifle.
Stensger defended himself with a pis
tol, but fell with a ball through his
body. Yaurnig sought to get away,
but two shots brought iiim down. One
shot shattered his right leg near the
thigh and lodged near the knee, the
other inflicting a flesh wound in his
side.
Yaurnig suffered great loss of blood
before reaching the hospital. Stensger
was left for dead, but it was found
he was 6till alive by those who went
to the scene and he lived until this
evening. Simmons Has disappeared. He
said he was going to town to give him
self up.
Wishes pr Citizens Are Ignored.
JOSEPH. Or., Nov. 17. (Special.) Coun
cilmen Weber and Hall recently removed
from the city and over 60 citizens peti
tioned the members of the council re
maining to appoint Eh: -Councilman F F
McCully and Dr. J. H. Thompson to fill
the vacancies. When the petition was
presented, the council proceeded to elect
H. D. Akins, a merchant, and Frank
Stevenson, an ex-saloonkeeper and mer
chant. The petitioners were the leading
men of the town in social and business
circles, and much feeling has been
aroused against the councilmen in thus
ignoring the wishes of the people.
At the same session the council re
moved from office the miyshal, for ab
sence from the city for the period cov
ered by the charter.
After the local option law went into
effect, a marshal was deemed unneces
sary, and the council lowered the salary
from $50 to $15 monthly. The incumbent
was dissatisfied, and would not give up
the office as the council evidently hoped,
but found other employment. Removal is
the council's next move. J. D. - Walck
was appointed to the place temporarily.
It is unlikely that any permanent ap
pointment will be made, as under the
new charter now being drafted, the mar
shal will be elected by the council and
not by the people, as now.
Hoquiam Officers' Salary Raised.
HOQUIAM. Wash., Nov. 17. (Special )
At a meeting of the City Council the
salaries of various city officers were
raised as follows: Treasurer, $50: attor
ney,' $100; clerk, $100; marshal, $100; ser
geant of police, $55: patrolmen, $75; health
officer, $35. An ordinance was intro
duced for the opening of River street.
Saloon Licenses Are Revoked.
PENDLETON, Or.. Nov. 17.-(SpeciaI )
The saloon licenses of Roy Stewart, of
the Rainier beerhall, and of D. G. Smith,
of the Crescent Saloon, have been re
voked by order of the Council, and the
annual licenses of all other saloons in
the city raised from $550 to $900.
Stewart's license was revoked for the
part he played in the confidence game in
his saloon that robbed Dr. Biggers of
more than $1000, and for the trouble his
place of business has caused the police
during the last few weeks. Smith's li
cense was revoked because of his selling
liquor to Indians.
It is thought that the increasing of the
liquor license will have the desired effect
of ridding the city of a number of dis
reputable saloons without materially de
creasing the -amount of revenue derived
in this manner.
Asks Divorce and Bank Deposit.
OREGON CITY. Or.. Nov. 17. (Spe
cial.) Sarah E. Nelson today filed suit
for divorce from Charles J. Nelson and
secured an order of the court restrain
ing the defendant from interfering
with $1700 on deposit in the Bank of
Oregon City and in earning which
plaintiff claims to have done an equal
part. Drunkenness is alleged. The
Nelsons were married at Salem in
April. 189S, and afterwards removed
to Port land,, but they have been resi
dents of this city since October, 1903.
Divorces were granted by Judge Mc
Bride today as follows: Bessie M. Pit
man against James B. Pitman: Annie
McDonald against William McDonald;
B. L. Beal against Nellie E. Beal.
Typtioid Patient Cuts His Throat.
LEWISTON, Idaho, Nov. 17. (Spe
cial.) Suffering from typhoid fever
and believing he was going to die, al
though he had been confined in the
hospital but two days, Frank Merry
arose from his cot tonight and secured
a pocket knife with which he slashed
his neck, cutting the windpipe and
narrowly missing the jugulai; vein.
He returned to his bed and called the
nurse, who aroused the doctor and the
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in To-morrow's Papers
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TRUST COMPANY
That is conservative in its methods is an im
portant factor in the business Jif e and devel
opment of any community. Its scope is broad
and service effective.
Our Trust Company maintains a high stand
ard of efficiency, a thoroughly adequate equip
ment, and is modern, yet conservative in its
management. .
Trust Department
This is a special feature of our
business, for which appreciation is
shown by a generous patronage.
We act as trustees of estates and
individuals, of issues of municipal
and corporation bonds, and certifi
cation of their genuineness; title
holding of property pending settle
ment, litigation, division, disposi
tion or other adjustment; care for
escrows, and serve in any other
fiduciary capacity.
Savings Department
TVe pay interest on time and sav
, ings deposits consistent with safe
' banking, and issue special certifi
cates adapted to the needs of those
' uncertain as to vrhen their money
will be required.
Commercial Department
Deposits are recerved subject to
cheek, collections effected in . any
section of the country, exchange
furnished at current rates, and a
general banking business trans
acted. We also buy and sell substantial bond issues and
lend money on improved farm and city properties
Merchants' Investment 6 Trust Company
CAPITAL, $150,000 247 WASHINGTON ST.
J. FRAAK WATSON, Pres.
R. L. DIRHAM, Vlce-Prea.
would-be suicide's gapping neck was
bandaged without loss of much blood.
Although speechless he can make his
wants known by means of pencil and
paper.
Grand Master Is for Peace.
PEORIA. 111.. Nov. 18 Grand Master
John H. Hanrahan. of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen, who spent today in
Peoria, returned tonight to New l'ork to
again take in hand the demands of the
Brie switchmen for an increase in pay
and a uniform working day. The referen
dum vote of the members of the order of
the system will be canvassed when he
reaches New York on Tuesday.
Grand Master Hanrahan stated that he
is doing everything in his power to estab
lish peace between the railroad company
and employes.
Troops Guarrl Negro Murderer.
CENTER. Tex , Nov. IS. There has
been much excitement all day over the
killing of Dr. Paul by Dick Garrett, a
PI
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WILL
CURE
YOU
When I have accepted your case
for treatment you may look for
ward to a complete and perma
nent cure, and' with the very
first treatment the curlnsr will
besdn. This is pretty definite
talk upon what is commonly
regarded as an uncertain and
snpMiiativA matter. But I am in
a position to speak deiinitely and
positively. With me the cure of
men's diseases is not uncertain
or speculative at all.
MY
FEE
ONLY
I have treated so many cases that I know just what I can do and
what I cannot do, and I never promise or attempt too much. I accept
no. case in which I have doubt as to my ability to cure and f results are
always equal to the claims I make. Following are some of the diseases
I cure, and reasons why my cures are certain.
Contracted Disorders
In no other ailment . peculiar to
men is a prompt and thorough
cure so essential. Contracted dis
orders tend to work backward un
til the most vital nerve centers be
come involved in the Inflammation.
Then follows a chronic Btage tnat
stubbornly resists all ordinary
treatment. Safetv demands that
everv vesCijre of infection be
eradicated at the earliest possible
moment. My treatment is thor
ough. The remedies employed have
a more positive action than has
ever before been attained, and so
perfect is my method of applica
tion that even chronic cases yield
completely.
I also cure to stay cared
poison and all men's diseases.
Consultation
The DR. TAYLOR Co.
S:t44 MORRISON STREET.
' Cor. MorrinOn and Second Streets, Portland, Ores;oa
Honrs 9 A. M. to P. M. Sunday 10 to 1.
W. H. FEAR, Secy.
S. C. CATCHING, Asst. Secy.
negro, and the military company from
Tiamson has been on guard at the jail.
William Paul, brother of the dead man.
prevented a lynching iast night by an
address to the crowd gathered about the
jail. The grand jury will assemble to
morrow and Garrett will be given a
speedy trial.
May Revoke Ferry Franchise.
At the next meeting of the St. Johns
Council it is expected that the franchise
of the St. Johns Ferry Company will be
revoked and that a similar franchise
will be given the St. Johns Improvement
Company, represented by P. J. Peterson
and Henry Smith. The service given by
the present company has not been satis
factory, it is claimed. The new com
pany, it is asserted, will at Once take
steps to build a ferryboat adequate to
the growing demands: one that can
handle all traffic, including heavy ve
hicles. Gold to the value of 7T.17S. th 1arrt
consignment ever rr-celved from West Af
rica, arrived at Plvrnoijth tb othr iav.
The
DR. TAYLOR.
Leading Specialist.
WEAKNESS
LOSSES
GONORRHOEA
SYPHILIS
GLEET
PILES
Varicocele
This most prevalent of all dis
eases of men is also the most ne
glected, either through dread of
the harsh methods of treatment
commonly employed, or. through
ignorance of the grave dangers
that accompany the disease. As
varicocele interferes dlrectlv with
the circulation and process of
waste and repair throughout the
penerative organs, the necessity
of a prompt and thorough cure
cannot be too forcibly emphasized.
I cure varicocele In one week by
an absolutely painless process. Mv
cures are thorough and absolutely
permanent and are accomplished
without the use of knife, ligature
or caustic.
"weakness." hydrococele. Bnectnc blooA
,
and Advice Free
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You
Pay
When
Cured