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THE MORNING OREGOXIAX, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1908.
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BOOM ROOSEVELT
BOURN
SPLANTD
Will Open Third-Term Bureau
and Distribute Litera
ture to Press.
MAY STIR UP PRESIDENT
; Senator's Activity Likely to Evoke
,ew Declaration Prize Essay
Scheme a Fizzle Mulkcy
Flirting With Bourne.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Feb. 25. Senator Bourne, on his
own responsibility and without the sanc
tion of the President, is preparing to
open an elaborate press bureau In Wash
ington "to boost Roosevelt and bust
Talt." He proposes to send broadcast
over the. country daily . letters accom
panied by cartoons, telling the dear peo
ple why they should demand Mr. Roose
velt's renominatlon and why, above all
else, they should never permit the nomi
nation of Mr. Taft.
Since he began his clamor for Mr.
Roosevelt's renominatlon, Mr. Bourne
has spent considerable money, but this
latest propaganda will be far more ex
pensive than anything he has heretofore
undertaken. His other schemes have
come to naught, and this is his last hope
of turning the tide towards Mr. Roose
velt. . Mr. Bourne's bureau will begin
operations as soon as he can secure the
services af an experienced newspaper
man and cartoonist. He is negotiating
for quarters in the same building in
which the Taft headquarters are lo
cated. Mr. Bourne's daily "dope" for
the country papers will be distributed
free of cost,, as he will personally bear
all the expense of preparation and dis
tribution. It will be surprising if this latest move
of Oregon's junior Senator does not call
for some further declaration from the
White House. Mr. Bourne's lavish use
of money In his effort to inject life into
the third-term movement has already
caused considerable comment in Wash
ington, particularly among Senators, and
there is a very widespread opinion that
his prime object Is not to boom Mr.
"Roosevelt, but to advertise Mr. Bourne.
Only today a Washington paper
prints a story about Mr. Bourne's
display of wealth. He met Sen
ator Elkins at the White House
yesterday and had an argument over the
nomination of President Roosevelt, ending
by Senator Bourne saying: "I will bet you
$10,000 Roosevelt is nominated by the Chi
cago convention."
"I won't bet," said Mr. Elkins, "but if I
thought you had that much money on you
I would throw you down and take it away
from you."
SIl'LKKY IXIRTS WITH BOURNE
May Run Against Fulton on State
ment No. 1 Platform.
ORBGONIAN NEWS PUREAU, Wash
ington, Feb. 25. Fred Mulkey Is still in
rlosa conference with Senator Bourne.
He has not yet declared himself a candi
date for Senator Fulton's seat, but little
rumors that, leak out of Mr. Bourne's
sanctum tend to confirm suspicion that
"Handsome Fred" is making overtures to
"Foxy Jonathan," and that these over
tures are at least partially satisfactory.
Mr. Mulkey, should he decide to re-enter
the race, will go down the line for
Statement No. 1, and in Mr. Bourne's
eyes that is the first qualification of a
Senatorial candidate. While H. M. Cake
Is equally willing, Mr. Bourne does not
regard Mr. Cake as a winner, and has
never warmed up to his candidacy.
It can now be stated for the first time
that Mr. Bourne has flatly refused to turn
his hand over to aid Mr. Fulton, though
he is not yet openly opposing his col
league. It is not believed that Mr. Bourne
and Mr. Mulkey have yet reached a final
understanding, and in any event Mr. Mul
key Is : not expected to make an an
nouncement before he returns to Oregon.
ESSAY CONTEST A FIZZLE
Bourne's $1000 Fails to Evoke Any
Third-Term Enthusiasm.
ORHGONLAN N1SWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Feb. 25. Senator Bourne's $1000
Roosevelt essay contest has proven a dis
mal failure. When it was inaugurated
the Senator believed it would excite the
widest Interest, and predicted that there
would be BOO.OuO contestants striving for
the prize. The publishers of the maguzlne
til rough which tho, offer was made
thought the Senator's estimate was too
liberal, but assured him he would easily
get 00,000 responses. '
When the contest closed, February 15,
only a little over 600 essays had been re
ceived, and many of these were trivial
letters which cannot be seriously consid
ered. If, as the Senator contended, this
contest truly indicates Interest in the
third-term movement, that movement can
not be very strong. The winner of the
'$1000 prize will be announced March 15.
Senator Fulton Serves Salmon.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Feb. 23. Senator Fulton was host
at luncheon today to the entire member
ship of the Senate, Representatives Ellis,
Hawley, Landls, Overstreet and a num
ber of Western newspapermen being his
guests. Two Oregon Chinook salmon
were served and were sufficient for the
multitude, with much left over. .
MORGAN WILL GO ABROAD
Ability to Be Absent Is Favorable
Financial Weather Sign.
NEW YORK. Feb. 25. J. P. Morgan
will sail for Europe tomorrow on the
Adriatic. He will go directly to Lon
don. The fact that Mr. Morgan re
gards the financial situation as suffi
ciently cleared to permit him. to go
abroad was interpreted as a favorable
Indication In Wall street and in bank
ing circles genrally
MORSE WITHDRAWS HIS PLEA
Enters . Dtmurrer Instead of Not
Guilty In Perjury Case.
NEW YORK. Feb. 25. Charles Morse
today In the Supreme Court withdrew his
plea of not guilty to the indictment
charging perjury which was recently re
turned against him and in its place filed
a demurrer to the indictment. ArgU'
nients on the demurrer will be beard on
March 3. .'
In the argument over the withdrawal
of the plea, portions of an affidavit
which bad been filed by counsel for
Mr. Morse were read to the court. The af
fidavit declared that Mr. Morse bad gone
abroad to-look after some financial inter
ests there and when he reached the other
side he found messages-ordering him to
return on the ground that he had been
indcted and that he was considered, in
some quarters, a fugitive from Justice.
He had immediately returned, calling up
on and communicating with each and ev
ery one of the witnesses who had given
testimony before the grand Jury. upon
which the Indictment was based,' and
each one of the four, the affidavit said,
had sunDorted Morse's contention that
the checks and money referred to in the
indictment, belonged to Mr. Morse and
that he had not committed larceny or
misappropriation or been guilty of false
pretenses. The affidavit declared also
that each of the- four had stated that
they had not given any testimony before
the. grand jury that was sufficient basis
for an indictment. The men who so went
before the grand Jury, it was declared.
were F. Augustus Heinze, ex-Justice
Morgan J. O'Brien, Miles O'Brien, vice-
president ' of the Mercantile National
Bank, and Edward B. Ware, cashier of
the defunct National Bank of North
America.
Justice Dowling announced later that a
time would be fixed for argument on the
motion to inspect the minutes.
Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement.
BENTON, 111., Feb. 25. Ransom A.
Youngblood, until six weeks ago presi
dent of the Coal Belt National Bank of
Benton and the Salem Bank, of Salem,
Ark., pleaded guilty yesterday before the
Circuit Court of embezzlement of $17,000
of the funds o the Coal 'elt Bank and
was Immediately sentenced and taken to
the Chester Penitentiary to serve an In
determinate sentence of from one to 14
years.
DISPROVE GRAFT CHARGE
LIBEL SUIT PUTS BURDEN OK
WATER COMPANY.
Trial of Crothers and Older for Ac
cusing Tevls of Offering Ruef
$1,000,000 Bribe.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25. Rapid
progress was made today in the era
panelment of a jury for the trial of
R. A. Crothers, proprietor, and Fremont
Older, managing editor, of the San
Francisco Evenng Bulletin, on the
charge of .criminally libeling William
S. Tevls, president of the Bay Cities
Water Company. The trial began this
morning before Judge M. T. Dooling,
of San Benito County, sitting for Judge
Frank H. Dunne in Department 6 of
the Superior Court. When court ad
journed at 5 o'clock this afternoon un
til 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, the
prosecution had exercised four of its
peremptory challenges, the' defense
five, and eight jurors had been accepted
and sworn in.
The article on which the charge was
based was published on January 14,
1908, and deals with the water' supply
for this city, in effect- charging Mr.
Tevls, who is one of the wealthiest
men in the state, with having conspired
with ex-Mayor Schmltz and Abraham
Ruef to sell the Bay Cities Water Com
pany and its supply to the city for $10,-
000,000, and making the allegation that
Ruef was to receive" $1,000,000 for the
deal.
The complaint charging Mr. Crothers
and Mr. Older with criminal libel was
sworn to by E. P. E. Troy, an attorney
of this city, who, however, has declared
that he did not act for Mr. Tevls in the
matter. The matter grew out of the
bribery-graft, prosecution, in which
Mr. Older has been closely identified
with District Attorney Langdon, Fran
cis J. Heney and Rudolph Spreckels.
The prosecution is being conducted by
Assistant District Attorney William
Hoff Cook.
HENEY IS GIVEN MORE TIME
Delay In Ruef's Immunity Case No
Oral Testimony Yet.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25. At the re
quest of Assistant District Attorney
Francis J.- Heney, Superior Judge Iawlor
gave the prosecution until Friday morn
ing at 10 o'clock to file the counter
affidavits- in the counter showing to the
motion of Abraham Ruef for the vaca
tion of his arraignment. Mr. Heney
stated that he had been in attendance
upon a sick relative and later made the
funeral arrangements and that he had
not had time to prepare his own affi
davit or those of the other members of
the prosecution.
Dr. Jacob Nleto this morning made and
swore to an affidavit in court after his at
torney had reiterated that he did not
wish to appear as a voluntary witness for
either side. Wallace A. Wise, Dr. NIeto's
attorney, also "replied to some alleged re
flections made last week by F. J. Murphy,
associate counsel for Ruef, who was re
ported to have said that Mr. Wise, by
his advice to Dr. Nleto,, had shown him
self not to "be fit to practice law."
Henry Ach, leading counsel for Ruef,
attempted to call W. J. Burns, special
agent for the prosecution, to the witness
stand, to which Mr. Heney objected, say
ing that Mr. Burns would make an affi
davit on behalf of the prosecution.
"We will insist upon our right to call
Mr. Burns to the stand and interrogate
him," declared Mr. Ach.
"The court will not at this juncture
entertain oral testimony," ruled Judge
Lawlor.
"To which' the defense takes an ex
ception," replied Mr. Ach, "and let the
record also show that the defense at
tempted to call to the stand Francis J.
Heney, William H. Langdon, Rudolph
Spreckles, W. J. Burns, James L. Galla
gher and Andrew M. Wilson and that the
court refused to permit them to be
called."
Judge Lawlor intimated that he would
consider the matter of oral testimony
after the prosecution bad made its counter-showing.
"And may wo have the affidavit this
morning that your, honor promised us?"
asked Mr. Ach of the court.
"J understood you to say' that it would
be satisfactory if I made that affidavit
after the showing of both sides is in,"
replied Judge- Lawlor. ' .
"Very well," said Mr. Ach, with a smile.
Ex-Mayor James D. Phelan was among
those present in court this morning.
LETTERS THREATEN DEATH
Officers of Gold King Mine Warned
to Cease Prosecutions.
SILVERTON. Colo., Feb. 25. W. Z.
Kinney, of Denver, manager of the Gold
King mine; H. M. Soule, vice-president
of the company which owns that prop
erty; Sheriff William Palmquiat, and
two of his deputies today received let
ters, on each of which was sketched in
a crude manner a skull and cross-bones
and containing a warning of swift and
horrible deaths If they do not cease
their activity in arresting and punish
ing ore thieves.
Manager Kinney immediately ordered
the discharge of 65 Austrian, Montene
grin and Italian miners employed at
the Gold King.
Thirty-four Gold King, miners have
recently been arrested on charges of
stealing high-grade ore.
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OPEN
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Curtis-Scott Bill Meets With
Favor.
NO; ACTION THIS SESSION
HMD-TINTED SCENI& PHOTOS. .
Riser's Originals. 218 Alder at.
Administration Approves the Latest
Proposal, Terms of Which Give
Much Power to Cattle-Kaisers
in Regulating Conditions.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Feb., 25. The fact that the pub
lic lands committees of the Senate and
House have determined to give no hear
ings this session on the pending bills
providing for leasing public grazing
lands means that there -will be no legis
lation of this character before the short
session next Winter. A preliminary sur
vey of the field found a wide diversity
of opinion among Western men as to
the best method of controlling and regu
lating the public range, and it -was evi
dent that in face of this condition no
legislation could be put through before
adjournment. To push any one of the
grazing bills to the front at this time
would be to invite' protracted debate,
and it is a sure thing that no bill, en
tailing long discussion, can be passed
this session.
The friends of the leasing proposition
have therefore agreed to enter upon a
campaign of education. They propose to
circulate throughout the West the Curtis
Scott bill, which carries out the policy,
outlined at the recent Denver conven
tion, with a view to soliciting criticism
and support from the stockmen of the
West. If the ' stock interests are suffi
ciently concerned and will confer, with
heir Senators and Congressmen during
the coming Summer, the contemplated
grazing policy can be much more Intel
ligently dealt with next Winter, and if
there is any general trend of sentiment
among the cattle and sheepmen, that
crystallization of sentiment will do much
to push through legislation next session.
The Curtis-Scott bill, which is under
stood to bo quite satisfactory to the ad
ministration, covers the following points:
The President is authorized to from
time to time establish by proclamation
grazing districts upon unreserved and un
appropriated public land, conforming as
far as practicable to state and territory
lines. The Secretary of Agriculture Is
then to appoint necessary officers of ad
ministration and protection, under whose
direction permits shall be issued tfor
grazing livestock for periods not exceed
ing ten years. Preference is to be given
to homesteaders and those who are pres
ent occupants of the public range who
have provided water for use of their
stock, and fencing Is permitted. Reason
able fees are to be charged, graded from
cent to 4 cents per acre, based on
grazing value of the land In each locality.
The users of the public lands shall se
lect from among themselves an executive
committee of four members from each
district to act with an officer represent
ing the department, which committee
shall determine whether permits shall be
granted upon acreage or per capita basis,
and shall divide the range between the dif
ferent kinds of stock and decide whether
the range shall be distributed by indi
vidual or community allotments. The
committee shall also determine the num
ber of animals to be grazed and adopt
special rules to meet local conditions and
to decide on rights of users In relation
to movement of stock across their allot
ment. This committee fixes the value of
Improvements and the use of .the same.
If the committee and officer in charge
cannot agree on any point H shall be
referred to the department.
Lands so apportioned shall be contin
ually subject to homestead entry or
other disposal under existing land laws
or future acts. A proviso allows use of
lands until end of grazing season, re
gardless of other appropriations. Another
proviso covers the payment to the owner
of improvements tnat may have been
made by a prior user In case of another
occupant, succeeding to the. grant.
Prospectors shall have the right of ex
amination of any of these lands In seek
ing for mineral deposits. Roads, school
houses, churches, etc., may be erected
on any of the lands under approval of
the Secretary. On a year's notice any
of these lands may be closed by order
of the Secretary.
Grazing land privileges are not to be
changed oftener than once every Ave
years, which shall be by proclamation
by the President.
MAY BE DUE TO FOUL PLAY
Stomach of Drowned Girl to Be Ex
amined by Chemist.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25. Murder
with the motive of robbery Is the set
tled theory of John R. Murphy to ac
count for the death of his sister, Hon
ora Murphy, who was found yesterday
half stripped and floating in the bay
at the foot of Broderick street. As
soon as he was notified of the tragedy
he hurried down from Stockton with
his brother-in-law, Peter Clark, and so
many significant facts in connection
with his sister's savings did he tell the
police that they were stirred to prompt
action.
Detectives Bailey and Cody are now
working on the case. The condition of
the body indicates that it was in the
water most of Sunday night. Autopsy
Surgeon Clark thought' at first that
death was due to drowning, but to
guard against error the stomach has
been removed and sent to the City
Chemist for analysis.
CZAR TO RECEIVE DOUMA
Requests Call Prom 2 60 Members
Loyal to Sovereign.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 23. For the
first time since the Institution of the
Russian Parliament a general audience of
the president and members of the Douma
will toe held tomorrow at Tsarskoe-Selo.
Deputies to the number of 260, represent
ing all parties except the Constitutional
Democrats, the Radicals and Poles, wilj
go to Tsarskoe-Selo by special train for
presentation to the Emperor and Em
press, at the personal request of Emperor
Nicholas himself.
Unless the Emperor chooses to raise the
subject of the rebuilding of the Navy or
similar questions, tho audience will be of
a nonpolitical nature. Any remarks by
the spokesman for the deputies, it Is
understood, will ' be confined to an ex
pression of devotion to His Majesty, a
desire to carry out their parliamentary
labors and loyal co-operation with the
Sovereign and his Ministers.
STORMS ARE AHEAD
Violent Struggle May Make
Portugal Republic.
LOADED DOWN WITH DEBT
OBJECT TO GOING HOME
Ftour Chinese Ordered Deported
Escape From Officer.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25. Four Chi
namen who were brought to this city
from El Paso, Tex., to bo deported,
escaped from the Deputy United States
Marshal today and have not yet been
apprehended. There were five In, the
group which was brought here over the
Southern Pacific route, but one was not
successful in evading the officer. The
other four took flight at Third and Mar
ket streets and the search for them
since noon today has been unavailing.
The names of the escapes are given as
Lung Tee, Wah Chung. All Hung and
Chung Tow. They were to have gone on
the Korea, which sailed from this port
today.
WILL FIGHT JIM CROW LAW
Negro Attorney to Test Oklahoma
Statute After a Taste of It.
GUTHRIE, Okla.. Feb. 25. W. H.
Hart, a negro attorney of Washington,
D. C, arrived here today to act as a
special prosecutor in the suit of Okla
homa negroes to enjoin the Oklahoma
railroads from enforcing the "Jim
Crow" law.
On his way here he was ordered In
the "Jim Crow" car when the train
reached the Oklahoma lino. He left
the train at Fallis and drove to Guthrie
rather than ride In the separate coach.
The negroes say they will carry the
uit to the United States " Supreme
Court.
Young King Chooses Discredited
Leaders as Ministers, While Re
publicans Gain Allies Britain
Wouldn't Save Monarchy.
LISBON, Feb. 25. Whether or not a
republic is soon to supplant the mon
archy in Portugal, It is practically the
unanimous opinion here that the near
future will witness a violent political
struggle, in which the life of the mon
archy may be at stake. The compara
tive tranquillity since - the assassina
tions is simply a breathing spell, in
which the forces of the monarchy on
the one hand and of popular govern
ment on the other are being marshaled
for the fray..
Since the assassination of King Car
los and Crown Prince Luiz, the Repub
licans have been joined by the dissi
dent Progressists, and they intend to
make their campaign for a change of
regime openly In the coming electoral
contest. The exposure of political cor
ruption, the manner In which an army
of clients was maintained at the ex
pense of the public treasury and, above
all, the secret advances made to the
royal family, they claim, have de
stroyed forever the prestige of tho
monarchy. Disinterested opinion, how
ever, does not consider Portugal ripe
for a republic. It believes. In fact,
that the country under a popular
regime. In the present backward state
of the masses, would become a prey of
the ambitions of politicians and. like
'the Central American republics, would
be without stability.
Topheavy With. Splendor. '
' Under the present circumstances, the
course of the young King is most dan
gerous, as he has placed the destiny of
the throne in the hands of the leaders
of the two discredited old parties, men
whoso past prevents, them from meet
ing their adversaries in the open field
of political discussion and who, the
people will Insist, must be disciplined.
The real weakness of the monarchy In
Portugal seems to be that It Is top-heavy.
With its territory shrunken. Its wealth
withered, the people crushed down by
the taxes, the National credit bankrupt
15 years ago, the bureaucracy and the
court are maluntalned on a scale almost
as extensive as in the days of Portuguese
world dominion and splendor. Seven
magnifiecent royal palaces are kept up
with all the expense involved in the con
stant transfers of the large court from
one place to another. The court, itself a
hierarchy, has a ceremonial etiquette
second only to that of Russia and
Austria, and the personnel Is certainly
larger than that of Germany.
It Is here that the pruning hook must
be applied In the reorganization of a
country where half the taxes collected
go to pay the interest on the state debt.
Britain Would Not Interfere.
The students at the. universities, as
in Russia, and other countries where
revolution is being agitated, are playing a
considerable role in Portugal, and another
factor. In the situation, the church, may
become prominent. The people are Ca
tholic but not clerical.
Foreign Intervention to sustain the
monarchy is not anticipated, for both
Spain, the neighbor, and Great Britain,
which practically dominates the foreign
policies of Portugal, would undoubtedly
like to see the present regime sustained,
as would possibly other powers whose
subjects have business interests In this
country, but Great Britain, it is believed,
would not attempt to interfere with the
internal policies of the country.
ary 20, was condemned to death for the
surrender of the Port Arthur fortress
to the Japanese, has petitioned Emperor
Nicholas for a full pardon. The court
recommended that the death sentence be
commuted to 10 years' imprisonment in
a fortress, and that the General be ex
cluded from the service.
GREAT RUSH TO SIBERIA
Russia Will Send 180,000 Home
seekers to New Land.
ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. 25. The emi
gration to Siberia this year Is expected
to assume unprecedented proportions. The
colonization department of the Ministry
of Agriculture, whose agents through
out Russia have finished their preliminary
investigation of the. situation and are pre
paring to cope with a rush of 160,000 home
seekers, has elaborated, in co-operation
with the Ministry of Railroads, detailed
plans for the transportation of colonists
to their new homes on special trains.
The bulk of the emigrants will be for
warded between March 2 and May 2,
the last trainload leaving for the East
on June 28. Over 7,500,000 acres of land'
in all parts of Siberia have been sur
veyed and are. in readiness for the col
onists. The land has been divided into
120.000 individual allotments.
ed to wreck and rob tho fast Missouri
Paclflc-St. Louis-Kansas City train No.
4. which was due at Ottorvllle a few
minutes after the freight train was
wrecked.
He said he committed the deed alone
and had no accomplices. Cox Is 35
years of age and has a wife and child.
OREGON SOCIETY FORMED
KILLS FORMER EMPLOYER
Cnknown Man Shoots to Kill When
Told Ho Was Discharged.
. L09 ANGELES, Feb. 25. E. N. Crow
ley, proprietor of an employrafcnt agency
in this city, was shot today, probably
fatally, by a former employe, whose
name Is not known. Tho assailant, who
has not been captured, entered the of-
flee and asked if his place had been
tilled. Crowley replied In the affirmative
and the man shot him through tho stom
ach. Firing two shots at Mrs. Crowley,
who escaped uninjured, the man fled.
Stoeseel Petitions for Pardon.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 25. Lieu-tenant-General
Stoessel who, on Fcbru-
ADMITS WRECKING TRAIN
Intended to Derail Fast Express and
Rob It.
S ED ALIA. Mo., Feb. 25. Walter W.
Cox, a woodchopper whose home is at
Franklin Junction, Mo., confessed to
Missouri Pacific Railroad officials here
this afternoon that he removed the rail
from the track at the top of Otterville
Hill on Friday night last, which result
ed in the derailing of a freight train
from St. Louis. Cox said he had Intend-
Rcstdcnts of Southern California Re
call Land of Birth. .
DOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 26. (Special.)
With more than 200 members, the Oregon
Society, the youngest of the state organ
izations in this city. was formally
launched at Burhank Hall last night. The
officers expect to dpuble the membership
within a short time. The following offi
cers were elected:
President, Seymour W. Condon, of Pasa
dena; vice-presidents, Mrs. Nettie Olds
Haight, John II. Braly. Mrs. Fannie (',.
Dixon, II. W. Cottle, Pasadena; G. M.
Rice, Long Beach; secretary-treasurer,
Isaac Blum.
The auditing committee includes San
ford Watson, C. W. Oliver, Dr. Grace
Wycoff, B. P. Welsh and R. H. Norton.
The Dalles, Or. THiomaB Norell. a brake
man for the O. R. & N.. was exonerated
yesterday afternoon from any suspicion of
havlnjr been InBtrumentKl In the death of
Sadie Norell. a denizen of the red-Unlit dis
trict In thin city. The woman committed
suicide hy taking poison.
WEDDING
INVITATIONS
visrrrvG cards.
AND MONOGRAM STATIONERY.
W. G. SMITH & GO.
WasbuiKton Building,
Fourth and Wahlprton Street.
COFFEE
Poor coffee is commonly
sold in bulk, not in pack
ages; no good coffee should
be sold 'in' "bulk.
Tour rrorer returns your money 1f you
. , . . , c-.ulltl..1. THt - -mtm nAV him.
WHERE TO GET THE CAR
Q At Intersections of Lines Cars Will Stop to Tate on
Passengers Before Crossing Tracks.
Q STREET CARS will no longer stop at both sides of a street
at the intersection of two carlines, requiring passengers to take
the car on the NEAR side of the street that is, where the car
stops before crossing the track. Where cars swing into another
'street, AT INTERSECTIONS OF OTHER LINES, they will stop
for passengers only before making the turn.
J For example, westbound Washington-street cars will take on
passengers at Fifth street in front of the Perkins Hotel and will
not stop at the Northwest corner, as in the past.
Q At such intersections as Sixteenth and Washington streets,
west-bound passengers will board the car on the East side of Six
teenth street; casUbound passengers will board the Sixteenth
street car on Sixteenth street before rounding curve, or will
board the Portland Heights ear, or Twenty-third-street car, on the
West side of Sixteenth and Washington streets.