THE MORXjCfG.'OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY, 3IARCH 17, 1908.
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AT FAIRBANKS
Deputy Sheriff Forced to Use
Gun to Quell Disturbing
Federationists.
NUMEROUS ARRESTS MADE
'onuirlon Men Molested on Their
Way to MinesMarshal Perry De
termined Laborers Seeking
Work Shall Be. Protected.
SEATTLE. Wash., March 16- A spe
cial cable to the Poet-Intelligencer
from Fairbanks; under date of March
l.i, nays: .
Member of the Western Federation
of Miners engaged In a riot this morn
ing;. They molested and threatened
men Rolna; out on tne train to the
creek to work and prevented railroad
men loading: baggage on the train.
The Deputy Marshal was hurriedly
called and found It necessary to club
the rioters In maintenance of the law.
"bouls Daazat toon five shots at
Deputv Phil North, who returned the
fire, but no one was Injured except a
number of Federationists, who were
clubbed.
Daaiat was arrested. Tom Ster
fnnsen, organizer ana leader of the
Western Federation: W. K. Preistley,
dltor of the miner's paper, and Frank
Cullen. secretary of the local union,
were arrested for harboring prisoners
In union headquarters after the shoot
ing. Their bonds were set at $5000
and they were sent to Jail, a bonds
were not furnished.
"Marshal Perry says he Is deter
mined that all men peaceably seeking
emplovment will be protected. AH
laborers sent out to work are reported
at destination safe. Later two fur
ther arrests were made for rioting."
DEAD OF TI1K XtfRTHWEST
John Buchanan, Who located In
Lewis County In 1853.
CENTRA LI A. Wash., March 16. (Spe
cial.) John Buchanan, pioneer, died here
Sunday at the age fo T6, death being due
lo cancer of the stomach. Mr. Buchanan
was born in Henderson County. 111., in
TC2. In 1853. with his parents and broth
ers, he came West, settling at Bolstfort,
this county. Six years later Mr. Buchan
an returned to Illinois to be married, re
turning to this county. Both trips
across the plains were made by wason
over the old Oregon trail, in 1R84 he set
tled in this city and was engaged In the
mercantile business. Mr. Buchanan was
married three times, his last wife, with
whom he has not lived for several years,
surviving htm. He leaves two adopted
children, Fred Buchanan and Mrs. O. W.
Null, both of this city, and two brothers
and one sister residing in Tacoma.
OREGON' CITY GETS WICKED
Chinamen F.nRBged in Fanlan and
Are Gathered In In Raid.
OREGON CITT. Or.. March 16. (Spe
cial.) The insidious amusement of the
Chinese gamblers has reached out to
this city, and In a raid tonight Special
Officer F. A. Miles gathered in seven
Chinamen from the Quong Sing laun
dry, where a full-fledged fantan game
was In progress.
The men, who gave their names as
Quong Sing, Wong Chew. Yen King, Ah
Hook. Quong Lee. Quong Sam and Ah
Hee, were allowed to go on their prom
ise to appear In Justice Court tomorrow
to stand trial. The sum of was
found on the table, and this was taken
as evidence.
Brick Block for Chehalis.
C1IEHAL.IS. Wash.. March lfi. (Spe
cial.) Dan W. Bush and J. C. Bush have
awarded a contract to F. K. Getsman, of
this city, for the erection of a two-story
brick block on Market street, to be oOxWS
feet in size. The building will be modern
in every way, equipped with hot water
heating plant and other conveniences,
and will cost, when completed. $16,000.
Emll Kruger, contractor, is completing a
two-story brick block on Chehalis avenue
for John Garbe at a cost of 1!,000.
Benjamin Athey.
OREGON CITY. Or., March 16. (Spe
cial.) Benjamin Athey died yesterday at
Ms home near Stafford, in his 76th year.
He was an Oregon pioneer and is sur
vived by a widow Rnd four children. Mrs.
Eva Borland. Mrs. Clara DeNeui. Mrs.
Flora DeNeui. of Clackamas County, and
Mrs. Dora Borland, of Clark County,
Wash.
Mrs. Julia Lawlor, Aged 9 7.
MARSHFlFiLD, Or.. March 1. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Julia Ijawlor, aged 97, and
one of the oldest Coos Bay pioneers, died
today at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
John Kronholm. In this city. She was
a native of Ireland and had lived in Ore
ton since 1R76. She was the oldest white
resident of Coos County.
ASKS TO BE LEFT ALONE
Jere Knode Cooke Confesses and
Excuses Hi Illicit Lore.-
SAN FRANCISCO. March 16 Jere
Knodo Cooke, tha unfrocked pastor of
St. George's Church, Hempstead, L. I.,
who eloped about a year ago with
Floret:a Whaley and who under the
nnme of "Balcom" is now occupying a
flnt on the outskirts of this city, with
the girl and their baby, told the fol
lowing story of his life today:
"My parents died when I was very
younjr. but. young as I was. I remem
ber distinctly my mother making me
promise to enter tho ministry. As I
grew older the calling appealed to me
more and more, and 1 decided to enter
the church. I was adopted by a man
named Cooke, whom I look upon as an
uncle, and attended the public schools.
When I was 16 years of age I was
apprenticed to a painter and decorator
lind there I learned the trade I am
now following. The little I earned 1
saved, and eventually I had enough to
allow me to enter Yale. Life was an
uphill struggle then. I had to work
my way through college, and on grad
uation was appointed curate of a
church In Baltimore.
"While there 1 met and married the
woman the law calls my wife. There I
made my first big mistake. Physical
reasons forbade her marrying, and
when, three days after our wedding,
she coldly Informed me that she had
married me simply as a stepping stone
to social success, and that she saw in
me one who was going to rise. I recog-
ntied the bitterness of my lot.
"From Baltimore I waa appointed
nn RirDP
rector of St. George's Church In Hemp
stead. L. I. The position was a good
one and one that highly pleased my
wife. Sha had there an opportunity to
further her social aims, and it was
pleasing to me also, inasmuch as it was
in accord with my personal ambition to
succeed.
"As rector of St. George's I met Flor
etta whaley. She was a mere child
then, and grew under- my eyes. I al
ways regarded her as a child until one
day I awoke to the fact that she was a
woman, and that I loved her. At this
stage I might say that, though 16 years
of age. Floretta Whaley was one of
the type that matures early. Her or
phan life and surroundings had made
her remarkably precocious even as a
child, and at 18 she was in her worn-,
anhood. I say this in the face of the
criticism heaped on me in regard to
eloping with one so young.
"I wish it to be remembered that at
this time I was at the height of my
success. The near future promised for
me all the sacerdotal world had to
offer. I threw aside everything and
took the girt
"I knew exactly what the payment
would be. I knew the storm that would
follow. 1 knew I became a criminal.
I knew it all. and I did it.
"Here in San Francisco I learned the
difference between the East and West.
In the East I would have been stoned
and put in jail; in the West people
came to my aid to help me out. They
understood that I had only. one course
to pursue, which was to stick to the
mother of my child. I expected a
hounding, and instead 1 received noth
ing but kindness and offers.
"And now all I ask is to be allowed
to live my life, not as Jere Knode
Cooke, unfrocked pastor of St George's
Church, but as Jere Balcom, painter
and decorator, who draws a week's
wages for a week's work."
PUBLIC PRINTER RESIGNS
Charles S. Stlllings Quit Will Give
No Reasons.
WASHINGTON. March 16. Public
Printer Charles S. Stlllings today ten
dered his resignation to the President,
and it has been accepted.
Mr. Stlllings' successor has not yet
been named. Mr. Stlllings declined to
night to discuss the matter for pub
lication. Welcome in Australia. .
MELBOURNE, March 16. Preparations
already .have been begun to welcome the
American battleship fleet next Winter
and a royal reception is assured.
The Federal Ministers are planning en
tertainments and the state governments
have promised to co-operate.
HOBART, Tasmania, March 16. The
legislative council has adopted a resolu
tion asking the Tasmanian government to
Invite the American fleet to visit Tas
mania. Indictments Are Cpheld.
RENO, Nev.. March 16. Judge Lan
sran In the District Court at Carson to
day upheld all the Indictments against
T. B. Rickey, ex-president of the State
Bank Trust Company.- The derenst
has made a motion to quash tne
charges because it was alleged that
some members of the grand jury were
depositors in the bank. The defense has
now put in a demurrer which comes up
for argument. '
FEARS PREMATURE BURIAL
Boston Physician Has Been Engaged
" to Make Tests.
Boston Dispatch to New York World.
That the fear of being burled alive
is not confined to the Ignorant is as
serted by Dr. John Dixwell, of this
city, who says that he has been en
gaged by high court officers, said to
be United States Supreme Court
Judges, to make certain that each of
these men is dead before his casket
is sealed. Dr. Dixwell says that he
himself was once pronounced, dead by
several physicians in consultation.
This fear has crystallized Into a bill
now before the General Court of Mass
achusetts which, if it passes, will com
pel all bodies pronounced dead to be
submitted to no less than ten tests,
the most certain known to medical sci
ence, at the hands of no less than two
practicing physicians, before final dis
position can be made.
The startling assertion is made at
the legislative hearing that no less
than two persons in every 1000 pro
nounced dead are burled alive, and
when the opponents of Dr. Dixwell's
theory declare that embalming ends all
such possibilities, the doctor replies
that such measures are nothing short
of murder when applied to persons not
really dead.
Dr. Dixwell makes the following
statement regarding his own experi
ence In this matter: "I myself came
near being buried alive about 85 years
ago, for I was pronounced dead after
a consultation of which no less expert
a phj-eiclan than the late Dr. Henry
L. Bowdltch was the head, and It was
only because I decided not to die that
I am here today. There were six men
who agreed that life was extinct, and
I defy any one to get together six
more eminent doctors in this city or
Cambridge than the men who served
on the board that made that error.
The horror of death in this form
is universal as -to the classes, and once
It takes hold of a man or a woman it
cause worry that cannot be estimated
in its results. Worry kills as certainly
as does disease, and is worse than dis
ease In that it cannot be checked in its
inroads by medicines. Its only cure Is
by the removal of Its cause. That can
and should be done in the case of fear
of burial alive. The remedy that is
sure is to wait, and there is no reason
tor haste In burying a body.
Fighting Men In Congress.
Baltimore Sun.
Ought those who suffer disappoint
ments to solace themselves with a
chastisement of the minority leader?
If that is to be the rule, the minority
leader of the House ought to be cho
sen with regard principally to his
ability to meet all comers. Marquis
of Queensberry style. If this plan
should not be advisable, the minority
leader ought to secure the servlcea of
some broad-shouldered, heavily mus
cled man to act as his bodyguard.
Congress makes no appropriation for
this purpose, but the contingent fund
might be utilized. If Senators, as was
shown not long ago, can buy out of
the Senate's contingent fund horse
feed, opera glasses, pomade, and face
powder, the house might provide a
low-browed, square-shouldered, heavy
Jawed man of action to a?t as "boun
cer" for statesmen who control com
mittee assignments. We do not know
to what extent the impetuosity and
pugnacity of statesmen are stimulated
by the fighting man in the White
House. The Influence is doubtless felt
In some degree. But we think men
past middle age ought to be men of
peace. As a rule, they are not in phy
sical trim. They do not know how to
fight with grace and dash. They are
not irladlators. but mushy and awk
ward. Let them refer their controver
sies to The Hague conference. Then
they will . lose neither beauty, nor
temper, nor godliness.
TURNS ON SCREWS
Mayor Miller Issues "Blue
Law" Orders to Police.
RED LIGHTS ALL PUT OUT
Illuminating Signs Removed From
Restricted District City' Ordi
nances Will Be Enforced
Against Gambling.
SEATTLE. Wash.. March 16. (Special.)
Mayor Miller on the day of his inau
guration ordered the removal of all lights
and illuminated signs in the restricted
district. Captain Irving Ward was ap
pointed acting Chief of Police- and In
structed to order all lights and illu
minating signs In the tenderloin removed.
As the result of this order, the district
was practically in darkness tonight, the
only lights allowed being inside the
houses. Mayor Miller stated that this
was the first nova in cleaning up Seat
tle's tenderloin.
The police department' were also In
structed to enforce state laws and
city ordinances against gambling and
gambling devices. These orders are
the most - sweeping; ever issued
by a chief executive in this city and it
is announced iy Mayor Miller that his
first instructions are to be followed with
in a short time by orders removing the
tenderloin entirely from its present loca
tion. RAWHIDE WANTS BCRNS FIGHT
Offers $20,000 fc-r Match on Rail
road Day in Four Months.
RENO. Nev., March 16. Joe Eagan,
formerly private secretary of Jim Cor
bett and now a wealthy mineowner of
Fairvlew. this state, nas organized a
club at Rawhide and has cabled an of
fer of $21,000 to Tommy Burns to fight
there on Railroad Day, within four
months. He says this is business ana
that the fight will be a go.
QUEER DISAPPEARANCES
Men Who Incur Wrath of Govern
ments or Secret Societies.
London Answers.
Wild as the theory may seem, it is by
no means Improbable that Individuals who
have Incurred the ban of foreign govern
ments or secret organizations . who have
sought shelter in the metropolis have
been kidnaped practically in open day
light in London and "suitably dealt with."
Only a few years ago Dr. Sun-Yet-Sen,
a prominent member of the now powerful
"Young China" party, was seized in
broad daylight in Portland Place by two
of his compatriots and hustled Into the
Chinese Embassy. He had incurred" the
enmity of the Empress, and he had been
kidnaped according to her instructions
and conveyed to the embassy, with the
ultimate Intention of placing him on
board a ship in the Thames and trans
porting Aim to China, where he would in
evitably have been beheaded had he not,
after some days' incarceration, been suc
cessful in throwing a letter out of a win
dow which caused the British authorities
to demand his release.
The numerous Russian refugees many
of whom are famous in science and liter
ature who have made London their home,
live in constant dread of being drugged
by emissaries of the Czar and smuggled
back to the solitudes of Siberia. To this
day the compatriots of Serglus Stepniak,
the Russian author, smile at the coroner's
tury who returned a verdict of "accident
al death" when Stepnlak's mangled body
was found on a level crossing on tne rail
way line. They argue that a power like
Russia can find emissaries who will do
strange deeds for gold, even in the heart
of London. a
Take the case of the distinguished scien
tist. Prince Peter Kropotkln, for instance.
After his escape from the prison fortress
of St. Peter and Paul, he settled In h.ng
land, but frequently had to visit the con
tinent, where he was employed, as corre
spondent for the Times. While In Geneva
a high-placed official warned Kropotkln
who, by the way, is first cousin to tne
present Czar that he was shadowed with
a view to being surreptitiously seized and
conveyed to St. Petersburg.
MAKING OVER A CITY
Leavenworth, Kan., Is to Try Gov
ernment by Commission,
x Kansas City Star.
When the business men of Leavenworth
paraded the streets in the rain to the
noisy salute of whistles and bells, they
were celebrating the downfall of the old
order the advent of the modern city.
For the adoption of the commission
form of government at the election yes
terday means or should mean the sub
stitution of efficient administration for
government by liquor agents through a
circumlocution office.
The election waa of much more than
local significance. It gave expression to
grievances that are felt In every growing
American city. Moreover, the remedy
that Leavenworth chose city government
by a board of directors instead of by
ward Aldermen is commending itself to
an increasing number of cities from Bos
ton to Galveston.
Leavenworth has been governed after
the fashion of cities of the first class in
Kansas by a council elected by wards
Each of the six wards elected one Alder
man every Spring for a two-year term.
With ward interests to be subserved and
with ward politics to be played it was
difficult to persuade . representative men
to become Aldermantc candidates.
Consequently the Council fell under the
control of the special Interests, espe
cially of the liquor agents. The govern
ment became increasingly extravagant
and inefficient. Offices were not kept
within the city's income. The streets
were not cleaned and the tax levy went
above 6 per cent.
It was the emergency in city affairs
that made Leavenworth follow the ex
ample of Galveston, Houston, Dallas,
Fort Worth and Des Moines and turn to
the commision plan for relief.
Briefly, the purpose of the commission
plan is to concentrate authority and re
sponsibilityto give city officials power
to do things and then to hold them re
sponsible for results, to reduce the num
ber of elective officers bo that the voters
may select them Intelligently, and to get
rid of conflicting ward interests by elect
ing the governing board on a general
ticket.
Specifically a Kansas law modeled af
ter the successful Galveston charter and
enacted last year, provides that these re
sults may be attained as follows by
cities of the first class to which Leaven
worth belongs:
The Mayor and Ward Council are abol
ished. Their place is taken by a board
consisting; of a Mavox and four othar
Commissioners elected at large on the
first Tuesday In April of each odd num
bered year. The term of office Is two
years. Nominations are made by ballot
primaries or by petition and the names
of candidates are printed on the ballot,
not in party columns, but in alphabet
ical order.
In cities of between 15.000 and 30.000
population the salary of the Mayor Is not
to exceed J1500 a year; of Commissioners,
$1000. The Mayor presides at the week
ly meeting of the commission, but has
no veto power. He is ex-offlclo Commis
sioner of the police and fire -departments
and Is vested with a general supervision
of city affairs.
The Commissioners have practically
full control of the municipal business.
Their functions correspond to a degree
to those of the directors of a corpora
tion. By majority vote the board desig
nates one of Its members to the depart
ment of finance and revenue, another to
that of water works and street lighting.
a third to that of streets and public im
provements and the fourth to that of
parks and public property.
The Commissioner of Finance and Rev
enue has under his especial charge the
preparation of the annual budget, the
levy of taxes and the collection of all
city revenues.
The Commissioner of Water Works and
street lighting is responsible for the con
struction, maintenance and operation of
the water works owned by the city
where there Is municipal ownership, and
for any system of street lighting.
The Commissioner of streets and pub
lic improvements has charge of streets
and alleys and all public improvements
made in them, such as sidewalks, paving,
bridges and sewers. ' To him naturally
fallB the supervision of the engineering
department andof the manner In which
franchise gran are lived up to.
The Commissioner of Parks and Public
Property has charge also of the health
department and Is directed to see that
streets, alleys and public grounds are
kept In sanitary condition.
Any further assignment of city busi
ness is left to the commission as a whole.
In other cities that have adopted the
plan it has worked out on a business
basis. That is, every Commissioner has
been virtually in charge of his own de
partment and responsible to the people
for results. If some Important matter
should come up in some department re
quiring an ordinance to take care of it,
the Commissioner would briefly outline
his reasons for the ordinance, other mem
bers of the board .would discuss it and
then it would be approved.
Thus. James Smith, Street Commission
er, would have practically a free hand In
taking care of the streets. If he got re
sults people would know who was re
sponsible and they would say:
' Smith is a bully Street Commissioner.
We never had such clean streets before.
We want him again."
The fact that he hadn't given Bill Jones
of the First Ward, a Job as street-sweeper
would not count against him with
the voters at large.
The long list of elective city officers Is
abolished under the new plan. Experi
ence has shown that the more elective
officers there are, the less real choice
the voter has, for the simple reason
that he can know little about their rec
ord and qualifications.
By a majority vote the Commissioners
elect a City Attorney, Clerk. Treasurer,
Auditor, Engineer, Superintendent of
Streets, a Superintendent and Secretary
of Water Works, Fire Marshal, Chief of
Police, City Physician. Judge of the Po
lice Court, Superintendent of Parks, As
sessor, and such assistants and other offi
cers as may be deemed necessary.
Again, in other' cities, this plan has
worked out In permitting the Commis
sioner at tne head of a department to se
lect his subordinates subject to ratifica
tion by the board as a whole.
Franchises and the conduct of public
service corporations are. especially pro
vided for under the commission plan.
No franchise can be granted by the
commission for a term longer than 20
years. Further, no franchise can become
effective until the expiration of 60 days
from the date of passage. Within that
time a petition signed by 10 per cent of
the voters may compel the calling of a
special election, the expense of which
must be borne by the company asking
Show Up in Fine Form
Chances Are Good for the Portland Team Being Well Up in the Race for
the Pennant Some Comments on the Way the Players Work Out.
BY WILL G. MACRAE.
SANTA BARBARA, March 16. (Spe
cial.) Two games with the second teams
of the Chicago White 'Sox gave me a
good line on the ball tossers that M
Credie has surrounded himself with. It
is safe to predict at this time, barring
accidents, that the players who will wear
Portland uniforms will give a good ac
count of themselves. . We may not win
the Pacific Coast League pennant, that
Is a gamble, of course, but the fans can
depend upon it that the team will be up
in the race and fighting the leaders.
While it may be too early and not fair
to pass Judgment on the other teams in
the league, because I haven't seen them
In action, it will do no harm to tell the
home fans what the baseball critic of
the Chicago Record-Herald, . who is
traveling with the first White Sox team,
said after Thursday's game. After little
Bloomfield had pitched five innings and
the team behind him had worked like a
piece of well oiled machinery, he said:
"Portland Is stronger at the bat than
Los Angeles and your infield is by far
stronger than last season's pennant
winners. Judging from what 1 was told
at Los Angeles, that Berry has the
strongest team in your league, I must
confess I can't see how they can keep
Portland out of the leadership. Mc
Credie, it strikes me, has material around
him that will make a well balanced team.
Your boys, certainly look good to me.
They played a wonderful game consider
ing, as you tell me, that your men have
only been in training a little over a week.
What I saw of the Oakland team leads
me to believe they have the weakest
team in your league. San Francisco and
Los Angeles will have to go some to beat
the team I saw play this afternoon."
Catcher Sullivan, the Sox star back
stop, was also Of the same opinion. He
had played In the games against Los
Angeles and Oakland, and he also
thought we were faster and could hit the
ball harder. Of course with a streak of
bad luck, all these predictions may fade
away.
So far McCredle Is having a great
streak of luck. Every man on the team
has escaped serious hurt and it Is re
markable how well the pitchers are
rounding up. Lanky Bobby Groom, who
usualy suffers with a sore arm and
muscles for at least a month, could
Jump in right now and pitch a corking
game, and he has been here only about
a week. Casey is another player who
usually suffers with a sore arm and
but this Spring he Is having no trouble
at all and he never played faster ball
than he did In the two games against
the big leaguers.
What has rounded out the players so
well Is the delightful climate here and
the salt baths the men take twice a day.
I thought when I first saw McCredle
drilling his team that he was sending
them along too fast, and that he would
sure develop a hospital corps, but he
seems to know his business.
What has helped is the even tempera
ture. Every day is alike. The sun is
warm and there is no cold wind blowing
to stiffen up the boys after they break
out in a sweat. The best sample of
what this climate can do for an athlet.
In training is the showing of Danzig. He
Baking Powj
lb caly Baking Pewder made pgjpalgsip
H with Royal Grapa Crsaia of Tartar jp ' ' "j 1
1 ma&a bm grapes ltr
Insures healthful and f&
delicious food for every . f I
home every day I kds Ji
Safeguards jwr foci agatast
rr
the franchise. If a majority of the votes
cast at the election shall be in the nega
tive the franchise shall become null and
void.
Thus franchise grabs are effectually
blocked.
In dealing with public service corpora
tions the commission has the power
which was granted to Missouri Coun
cils by the enabling act, adopted at the
special session of the Legislature.
The commission may regulate the
charges and services of the public utili
ties; it may require railroads to build
and maintain viaducts and approaches
and pay the land damages when they
have been established by condemnation
proceedings.
The plan here outlined Is essentially
that which is being increasingly adopted.
The chief modifications in it are those
prwlded in the new Iowa law which is
to become effective In Des Moines next
month. That provides for the "recall"
of Commissioners by a special election
sheuld they prove derelict and also Insti
tutes a scheme for the Initiative and ref
erendum. But everywhere the idea Is to get sim
plicity and direct responsibility to cut
out the red tape.
Undoubtedly the commission plan will
not give efficient or honest government
If administered by incompetent or dis
honest men. But it will give the people
a chance to know which of their commis
sioners are especially efficient and to
recognize at once a worthless man or a
boodler. There can be none of the pres
ent dodging of responsibility.
Leavenworth has decided wisely to in
stitute its new era of efficiency by put
ting up & citizens' ticket under tho ril-
f rectlon of the Greater Leavenworth Club.
The Republicans, at least, have agreed
to make no nominations, so it ought to
be possible with the April election for the
city to start the new regime under the
best possible conditions.
This will be In keeping with the vote
In which the city adopted the new motto
of American municipalities
Efficiency!
arrived here Wednesday morning, put
on a uniform the same afternoon and the
next day played the full nine innings
against Chicago. He came out of the
meelee feelmg fit as a fiddle.
I like this big fellow and it is going to
be a pretty duel between him and Ken
nedy for the permanent position at first.
He may not be as fast on his fet as
Kennedy, but he seems to get over more
jrround and can reach farther. He
throws like a shot and is accurate, and
lere he has it on Kennedy a little. i
am glad that the task of choofcne- be
tween Danzig and Kennedy Is on Man
ager Mack's shoulders, for I am rather
sweet on the way Kennedy plays the
bag. '
McCredle is still anxiously awaiting the
arrival of Klnsella, Raftery, Madde.-i and
the Indian, Pinonce. Raftery has been
balking and did not leave Chicago until
Thursday. Madden Is with him. Mc
Credle Is not worrying aboutRaftcry, for
If he isn't a good dog, both Kennedy and
Malloy are ready to slip Into his uni
form. Little Red ' Walsh will do for one of
the caichers. I watched him closely In
two giiii-s and am convinced tl-it he is
all right. He has a wise Irish hjad on
his shDulders and Is In the game every
minute. Walsh will make good with the
Portland fans, because he is full of pep
per and Is always encouraging his
pitcher. He and Bloomfield will make
the smallest battery In the league and
they look as much alike as brothers.
Whalen. the other catcher, is lazy and I
doubt whether he will make the team.
He will have to ginger up a whole lot.
Carr will not be able to get Cooney's
place, although he Is a fair infielder.
Cooney Is lightning fast and is a
heady base-runner. He was the sorest of
the bunch, but Kennedy took him in
hand and has rubbed him until he is all
over it. Kennedy, by the way. has been
a Jewel. He spends several hours a day
rubbing the kinks out. of sore muscles
and Joints and he does It freely and will
ingly. Unless there should be a kickup with
Raftery. I have my doubts about Mal
loy wearing the letter. He is a swell
outfielder, but weak at the bat. Mc
Credle is trying to teach him the art of
lining them out. McCredie would like
to get a good third baseman out of his
crew. He would like to make a utility
man out of Ote Johnson, because John
son can play any position well and Is
better than the average pitcher. The
beauty of Johnson Is that he can sure
souse the ball.
Of the pitchers, of course the regulars
will be Groom, Klnsella. Bloomfield and
Marshall. The battle will be between
Pernoll, Lakaff and Harmon. Pernoll
and Lakaff are southpaws, while Har
mon is a right-hander. Lakaff seems to
have a better break to his curve ball
than Pernoll. He pitches with his whole
body, while the Grants Pass lad uses
his soupbone entirely. It is McCredie's
intention to carry two left-handers, so
both may make the team. Harmon will
have to go some to supplant Bloomfield
or Marshall.
Bassey, if he keeps up his start, will
be a fixture in the outfield. McCredle,
however, will not settle on his lineup
until he sees all of bis men in action.
BORDER FEUD'S MYSTERY
Contest of Race Elements at the Bot
tom of Many Crimes.
Chicago Tribune.
The tragic etxl of James Hargis at Jack
son, Ky., calls attention once again to the
peculiar .conditions of life which have
marked a state long known as "the dark
and bloody ground." That a man who had
taken several lives in the course of a bit
ter feud should die by the shots fired by
his own son only emphasizes the strange
ness of a social organization where life is
held so cheap and where the guilty so
often escape the punishment provided for
by law.
XOKTHWEST BREVITIES.
Salem, Or. The Railroad Commission has
ordered the Portland Railway Lig-ht &
Power Company to construct and maintain
at Milwa-ukle a frlsbt depot larre enougn
to afford shelter for a carload of freight.
This action was taken In response to pe
tition. Chehalis, Wash. Chairman Albert
Sehooley has called a meeting of the Lewis
County Democratic -Central Committee in
Chehalis, Saturday, March 21.
Salem, Or. Alexander Held, of Portland,
today filed notice of his candidaoy for Re
publican nomination for Food and Dairy
Commissioner. J. w. Bailey Is the other Re
publican aspirant for the office. -
ealefh. Or. F. A. Welch, secretary of the
State Fair Board, has received notice that
Marlon, Clatsop, lane and Columbia Coun
ties have already made appropriations to pay
the expense of county exhibits at the State
Fair this Fall. The appropriations will run ire
from .100 to .'.00. nie State Fair Board
offers olKht premiums, aggregatin f.1300 for
the county exhibits.
Ban Francisco The answer'of Thomas -T.
Ford, superintendent of malls In ttie San
Francisco poatofflce. to the charges preferred
a-Kalnst him by Postmaster Arthur Fink
were filed with the latter Monday. Mr. Ford
had been at the head of the mailing division
for 23 years. He became Involved in charges
against the Postmaster and eventually
charges were preferred by Mr. Flsk against
Mr. Ford and an order came from Washing
ton suspending the latter.
San Francisco Five thousand four hun
dred and sixty-one colonists is the total
number coming over the Southern Pacific
lines during the first 15 days of March. This
shows an average influx of 8H4 settlers a
day. These people are in search of farm
lands. It Is said over 2K.000 homeeeekera
will be here by the end of April.
Albany. Or. The final debate for the
championship of the Collegiate Debating
League of Oregon for this year will take
place between Albany College and the Ore
gon State Normal School, at Monmouth,
April 10. -The question for discussion Is:
"Resolved. That strikes on the whole haTe
been beneflda.ll" The Normal School ha the
affirmative and Albany College the nega
tive. Vancouver, Wash. The Warren Construc
tion Company resumed the work of the
paving of two miles of Vancouver streets
today, after a delay or several months.
Bttullthlc -pavement Is to be put down on
Main and Washington streets and the inter
secting cross streets from First to Twelfth
street.
La Grande, Or. The newly-eleoted Mayor
ana council iook cnarge of the city s ad
ministration tonight. Mayor Hall succeeds
lit. a. .Kicnarason.
Oregon City. Or. Albert Deakln w
burled this afternoon In Clackamas Cem
etery. He died Saturday night of eon
sumption, aged 29. Deakln was single and
is survived Dy xour Drotners and two sisters.
Oregon City. Or. President H. M. Crooks,
of Albany College, this morning delivered
the address at assembly to the students of
the .Barclay High bchool.
Pocatello, Idaho. District Judge Budge
yesterday sentenced ensries Evans, the ne
gro, found guilty of murder in the second
degree, to life imprisonment. Evans shot
and killed his employer, Robert Jackson, a
saloonkeeper, at McCammon. November 23.
1907. -
Albany, Or. W. B. Blanchard. of Browns
ville, today filed notice of candidacy for
the Legislature, being the first announced
legislative candidate in Linn County. He
signed no statements.
Dlverced Wife Answers His Ad.
New York 'World.
Deserted and divorced 20 years ago,
Mrs. Emma A. Baker, of South Norwalk,
Conn., answered a matrimonial adver
tisement recently to fall Into the arms
of her former husband. They were mar
ried within an hour, and are planning to
return to their old home in Norwalk to
live.
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as a remedy for diseases of the kid
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In thousands of even the most dis
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Swamp-Root la not recommended
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A Sworn Certificate of Purity is
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In order to prove what Swamp
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