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THE MORNIXO OREGOMAN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL, 15. 100S.
EXTORTIDN
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JENNINGS IN CELL
Demands $275 of William
Beckett for Stealing His
Wife's Affections.
POLICE THEN TAKE HAND
!r). A lie McClonry Found In
C huroh With Fire Empty Whis
ky Flanks Nily Arrftnjd
Before the Altar.
Painful and humiliating n the procew
must have hocn, Wfiiam Boekett, had of
a family rosidin at Vernon, wont to the
IHcfl stayon early yonrftay morninir
n.i caused th arrest of Elmer Jennings,
with whose wife Beckett had been car
rvtnjr on a desperat flirtation for some
Reeks past. By occasioning Jenntrtjrs ar
tyM Peckett sot out of payinr which
ho had rromiscd Jonntnffs aa compensa
tion for stolen affection. Attempting to
extort money by means of blackmail wm
the ohanpe preferred ny the Vernon Lo
thario nsainst the husband of the woman i
b admired. j
The arrofit of the husband came aa the i
ctimaic to a clwndeptine romance which
bjtan at the Baltimore restaurant three i
weeks ago and nil but led to a traeedy at
(Heron City on Monday niffht. Ixn-ated In
that thriving- if somewhat quiet place by I
the irate husband. Beckett and Mrs. Jen-
mnprs were threateneni with all manner of '
1Ire calamity until Beckett finally sijrni- j
tied a willinmesa to settle In cash and
Jennings aocrpted the ofTer with no little ;
alacrity. He had only Jlf in caah with
Mm. This was taken (creedily, after
which Beekett siffned an agreement to pay i
a balanee of at 11 A. M. Tuesday. j
Beckett met the woman in the Balti- !
more restaurant, where she was working;
as & waitrossi. He was tn the habit of
taking hts lunvh m thfi place, and, being
struck by the appearance of Mrs. Jen
nings, Beekett began tipping her liberaJly
and eventually Invited her to go out with
Mm, tto the police have learned.
Both parties to the romance being" duly
married. Oregon City waa selected a the
most secure destination for little after
noon trolley rides. Now. whether Mrs.
Jenninps Informed her husband of the af
fair and collaborated with him to entrap
Beckett or whether the husband became
nspictous and followed them of his own
aoeord nothing- is known by the police.
The husband found them tog-ether late
Monday ntght at Oregon City, and he
made Beckett fee! he wae lucky In get
ting off alive.
Beckett says the husband rifled his
pockets, taking H. and then forced him
to sign an agreement to pay hut
this Jennlng-s denies, saying- the offer was
voluntary. Ho was out of employment on
account of an injured hand, and needed
the money badly. Beckett is reputed to
he quite well-to-flo.
Sixth and Washington atreets van the
point named for delivering: the black
mail money, and 11 A. M. was settled on
as the hour for delivery, Unless Beckett
produced at that hour ho was to be se
verely deaJt with, so he was told. Ho
promised to meet the husband and a
friend and pay up. He kept the appoint
ment promptly enough, hut Ji75 is quite a
sim to part with because of a flirtation,
so Beckett must have fl cured, for in
stead of the money he took Patrolman
Craddock along:. Jennings was arrested
while hoidin the sack."
"I should have killed the gentleman."
said Jenn1nrs when taken to the station,
only instead of nstmr the term gentleman
he substituted a, series of descriptive
rhrases which cannot possibly be re
produced here. I gave him a chance and
this is the result. He Is" And Jennings
again lapsed into futile vituperation.
A few minutes later Mrs. Jennings was
located by Detectives Price and Hyde,
and she, too. was taken in, a charge of
vagrancy being placed against her. since
It could only be surmised that she had
r-layed other than an innocent part In
her husband's demand for a monetary
settlement. Both were locked up In de
fault of bail to awo.it a hearing.
Sitting- In profound contemplation before
the altar of St. Joseph's Church, at
Fifteenth and Couch streets, late yester
day afternoon. Mrs. Alice MeCleury re
flected upon her many sins for a brief
half hour when her period of remorse
was broken by the entrance of the
polios,
Mrs. MeCleury was so drunk that she
wabbled even as she sat. She was so
drunk that her prayers fell in thickened
meaningless stammering. She was as
drunk, tn fact, as the contents of five
flasks of whisky could make her and
oddly enough she had them arranged be
fore the altar.
It was only a drunken fancy, this action
of the woman's. She must have been
attracted by the open doors of an edifice
once known to her but now quite strange.
Phe was drunk when she took advantage
of the temporary absence of the janitor
and church attendants and slipped inside:
rather staggered inside. Judging from
her condition. The attendant found her
very shortly In a most devout posture,
although she was not kneeling, "With
her bleared eyes concentrated on the
handsome altar, she was muttering her
drunken prayers. She paid no attention
to the efforts of an attendant to interrupt
her.
Finding it Impossible to remove Mrs.
MeCleury from the place of worship
without force, the attendant telephoned
to the police station and Patrolman Evans
was sent out. He found the woman in
the same attitude In which she had been
discovered half an hour earlier. The at
tendant told him Mrs. MeCleury had
moved but once In all that time and that
was for the purpose of sipping a little
whisky from a bottle that was not quite
emnty.
"Come on; you will have to leave here.
the officer said to the unwelcome
worshipper.
"I stay right here until the service is
over." Mrs. MeCleury protested, rising
above her stupor but decorating her
sneeoh with drunken accent. "The spirit
brought me here and I must stay. But
touch me and God will strike you dead."
The officer gazed meaningly at the five
bottles of spirit hut refrained from levity
on Mrs, MeCleury s suggestion. And
braving her threat of wrath he la!d hold
of her and. as gently as possible, as
sisted her from the church to a nice., com
fortable and unbegrudged pew in the
city patrol wagon.
It was really a shame to take her
out." Captain Moore suggested when the
procession reached the station. "It was
the first time, no doubt, that poor old
Mrs. MeCleury has been to chureh since
he was" a little girl and very likely the
Ipst time."
The wildest Indian that ever ran amuck
n firewater in Portland was routed yes
terday afternoon by a small and seeming
ly harmless individual who was in coM
Morage at the City Jail following his
initiation Into a local lodge.
It took five policemen to quell the red
skin, Abe Logan, from the filets reserva
tion. In order to jet him into a cell
one officer was h:tched to each leg, one
to each arm, while another held his head.
Once inside he tried to kick the place to
pieces and failing in that set out to
gnaw the three-inch steel bars.
Several hours lAter Henry Heisenbotel,
who had Just escaped from the Turkish
baths after a night spent at a certain
lodge, which had initiated him. was
brought along for staggering up Wash
ington street. The arresting officer.
O'Brien, took the victim into the jail and
unwittingly put him In the "drunk cor
ridor" with the bellicose Indian.
Patrolman O'Brien then reported his ar
rest to Captain Moore out In the station
and at the same moment there was a
loud commotion In the Jail.
"You didn't put your man In with that
man-eating Indian?1 exclaimed the Cap
tain, turning pal.
O'Brien admitted that he had and there
was a simultaneous rush of station offi
cers for the jail, where the commotion
was momentarily growing louder.
Fearing that they would have to call
the Coroner to remove Heisen hotel's
mangled remains from the Indian's cell,
the officers were not prepared for the
scene that met their view. As thev
rushed Into the Jail It was to behold the
wild Indian hanging in abject fear from
the top of the cell, monkey like, while
Heisenbotel, spluttering with rage and
pride of conquest, was flaring the Indian
to venture down for Just one minute.
"I'm a ' the officers heard him
hiss, exploiting the name of his lodge,
"and we eat fellows like you every day."
MISSION-BOARD TO MEET
SOCIETT OF PRESBYTERIAN"
W OMEN CON VENES.
Representatives of Organization
From Pacific Northwest Gather
for Two-Pny Session.
Bf (Tinning tins momlnsr at 9:.1fl
o clock, the 20th annual mcctlnR of the
Woman's North Pacific TreshytPrian
Board of Missions will convene In the
KIrst Presbyterian Church. Ttip orsan
Ization Is composed of 150 societies, lo
cated In various parts of the Pacific
Northwest. There will be BO or more
delpjrate in attendance from Wash
ington. Alaska. Idaho and Eastern Ore
gon. At this morning's session. Rev.
Charles E. Bradt. of Chicago, will de
liver an address. Reports will be ren
flefed by the recording secretary and
the treasurer. The officers of the board
are:
President. Mrs. W. S. L,add: associate
president. Mrs. E. P. Mossman: associ
ate secretaries. Mrs. H. C. Campbell,
Mrs. J. W. Goss. Mrs. J. V. Milllsran.
Miss Caroline Strong, Miss Mary Ixniise
McGaw. Mrs. W. S. Holt. Mrs. E. C.
Proliman. Mr. M. R. Andrews. Mrs. C.
R. Templeton, Mrs. E. P. Geary, Miss
Mabel Goss. Mrs. W. J. Honeyman. Mrs.
J. B. Easrleson, Mrs. C. W. Hays; treas
urer. Mrs. J. W. Goss; auditor, W. It.
Mackenzie.
The following missionaries are sup
ported by the board: Mrs. W. S. Holt,
Portland. Or.; Mrs. Eva Ballis PouitIhs,
Rcsht. Persia; Miss Elizabeth Carruth
ers, Lakawn. Laos: Miss Eula Van
Vranken, Lskawn, Laos; Miss Maud E.
Allen, M. P., Ferofcopore, India; Miss
Eliza E. Ieonard, M. D., Pekin. China;
Miss J. ,T. Gudfrer, Walnut Spring (P. O.
Marshall. N. C): Miss Helen W. Clark,
Noah Bay. Wash.; Rev. J. A. Savage.
Frankllnton, N. C: Rev. Albert Reed.
Rteeville. N. C: Misa Laura B'. Stum
baugrh. Ferron, Utah.
Following Is the programme for to
day's sessions:
Morning. 9:30 to U Opening devo
tion, topic, "Lord. Teach Vs How to
Pray," led by Mrs. W. H. Foulkes, of
Portland: meeting called to order by
the president, Mrs. W. S. Ladd; ap
pointment of committees. Reports:
Recording: secretary. Mrs. f. C. Camp
bell; box secretary: secretary for unit
ed study. Miss Mabel Goss: secretary
for literature, Mrs. E. C. Protzman; ad
dress. Rev. Charles E. Bradt. Ph. D., of
Chicago: treasurer's report, Mrs. J. W.
Goss; reading of minutes.
Afternoon. 1:30 to 4 o'clock Opening
devotions, topic. "The Voice of the
Lord." led by Mrs. J. F. Main, of Seat
tle. Reports: Secretary for the Y. P.
S. C. E.. Juniors and bands, Miss Mary
Louise McGaw; secretary for women's
societies. Mrs. J. V". Mllligan; secretary
for correspondence wlth missionaries,
Miss Caroltne Strong: address. Pacific
Coast field secretary, Miss Julia Frazer;
open parliament, topic, "Methods of
Auxiliary Work," led by Miss Julia
Hatch; reading of minutes: prayer.
Popular meeting, 8 o'clock. Rev. E. M.
Sharp, D. D., presiding: prelude, E. E.
Coursen: Scripture reading and prayer:
solo. "Nearer, My God, to Thee," Mrs.
Rose Coursen Reed; address. Rev. W.
H. Foulkes, D. V.f benediction.
Thursday morning. 9:30 to 1! o'clock
Oevotions. led by Mrs. A. N. Pmtth. of
Spokane. Reports: Traveling library
committee. Mrs. M. R. Andrews; secre
tary for magazines, Mrs. C. R, Temple
ton; Westminster guild, Mrs. E. P.
Geary: address. Miss Helen Clark, of
Neah Bay; reports, committee on place
of meeting; committee on nominations;
election of officers; reading of minutes;
prayer.
Thursday afternoon, 1:30 to 4 o'clock
Devotions, topic, "Be Approved
Workmen," led by Mrs. Charles A.
Park, of Salem; anniversary hour;
"Glimpses of Twenty Years," Mrs. J. V.
Milligan: solo, Mrs. Fletcher Ltnn;
greeting from early members of ths
board; review of work of Chinese
Home. Ah Won (Mrs. Edward Kan);
address. Rev. W. S. Holt. D. D.; song,
by Chinese children; offering: report,
committee on resolutions: summary,
Mrs. E. P. Mossman; closing remarks,
Mrs. W. S. Ladd; benediction.
LAY CORNER-STONE TODAY
T. W. C. A. Exercises at 5:S0 This
Afternoon.
The cornerstone of the new Y. W. C. A.
building, at Sixth and Taylor streets, will
be laid this afternoon at B:3P o'clock,
with appropriate ceremonies. It is de
sired by those in charge that all the
women In the city who are Interested in
the institution assemble at the headquar
ters at Sixth and Oak streets and march
in a body to the site on Sixth and Taylor
streets. Dr. William Hiram Foulkes will
preside.
The following short programme will be
rendered: Prayer. Dr. J. Whitcomb
Brougher; addTess. Bishop Charles Scad
d.ng; placing of the box. Mrs. W. S. Kin
ney: laying of the cornerstone. Mrs. W.
J. Honeyman: benediction, Ir. Luther R.
Pyott. Music will be furnished by a
chorus choir of voices, under the di
rection of William Wilder.
Keed French Piano Mfg. Co.
Sixth and Burnside Sts.,
ers and Player Pianos,
to Player."
Pianos. Play
"From Maker
14 X CONGRESSMAN W. R. FI-IJS.
Is now working for deep water. It
takes time to learn the ropes at Wash
ington. Congressman Ellis has seven
years' experience. Vote to help him
continue effective work.
ROtiEK B. SINNOTT 14.
Kor Dltric Attorney.
"Indict by Grand Jury.
To Cure a Cold la Oae Day
Tk LAXATIVE BROMO Qulnlno Tablets.
Drusplsis lefund wonfj- if It fails to euro.
V W. GROVE'S siroacuro U as oc& box. 23o.
INDIANS 0ETL1QU0R
Federal Witnesses Too Drunk
to Testify.
MAY RESULT IN ARRESTS
.Tndjre Wolvrrfon Intimates That It
Saloonkeepers Who Sold Whisky j
Are Identified They Will
Be Pnr.lshed.
Portland saloonkeepers who are in
the habit of selling whisky to Indians
who are witnesses in cases on trial be
fore Judge Wolverton. In the United
States Court, are In a fair way of mak
ing lots of trouble for themselves.
During the trial of Larkey Logan, a
Siletz Indian. Attorney Mondenhall, who
is defending I.ogan, informed the court
that because several of the witnesses
for the defense were tn a state of In-
PARK BOARD WILL PETITION COUNCIL TO PURCHASE TWENTY ACRES
i
j JfACZfAT PARK
toxication. he was forced to ask to be
excused from calling them to the stand
until this morning.
Judge Wolverton refused to grant
the request, and inquired of the at
torneys If they knew where the In
dians were getting the liquor. He In
timated that if he could find who had
sold the Indians the whisky, he would
see that those who sold tt were pun
ished for obstructing Justice. United
States Attorney McCmirt, who is con
ducting the prosecution, held a whis
pered conference with deputies from
United States Marshal .Reed's office,
and the next saloonkeeper caught sell
ing whisky to Uncle Sam's wards will
be arrested.
Logan Is on trial charged with hav
ing stabbed William Gamier to death
on the night of March IS, last. Logan
has been In trouble frequently, and
once before was in Court on the charge
of stabbing another Indian. By the
testimony brought out by the Govern
ment. It seems that Logan was caught
In the act of breaking into Mrs. How
ard Garnier's trunk, and in a free-for-all
fight that followed, Logan had used
his knife on Garnler. who died several
days later. The Government rested Its
case during the afternoon, and when
Attorneys Mendenhall and Swope. of
Toledo, called their witnesses, they
found that several of them were so
drunk they could not testify Intelli
gently, and that one or two were In
the City Jail.
During the morning, while selecting
the Jury. Henry Wlngate, a retired
grocer, asked to be excused because
he informed Judge Wolverton that
should anything horrible be presented
during the trial he would faint. Mr.
Wingcte was summoned as one of the
Jurors He also informed the Court
that he was opposed to capital punish
ment and circumstantial evidence. He
was excused.
REFUSED TO TENTJ THE BABY
Besides. Wife Complains, Hnsband
Pinched and Kicked Her.
In a suit for divorce, filed in the Cir
cuit Court yesterday, Mrs. Anna Cahlll
says that Roscoe W. Cahill refused to
tend the baby when she asked him to,
and instead, pinched her until the blood
ran. When she cried, she says, he
kicked her, and told her to "Take that;
it is good enough for you." The pinch
ing episode occurred June 20, 1907. says
Mrs. Cahill. while she and her husband,
who is but 19 years old. were in the
yard of her parents' country home near
Newberg. She says they had gone to
Newberg to attend the commencement
exercises of the college there.
Mrs. Cahill says that in July, last
year, her husband was working as a
streetcar man. but that he Is now tak
ing a course In the medical department
of the University of Oregon at his
mother's expense. She says that she
and her husband lived for a time with
his mother In Yamhill County, and that
while there he threw her to the floor
and planted his foot on her stomach,
refusing to let her up. She also tells
of another time when he threw her to
the floor and kicked her. Mrs. Cahill
Is !0 years old.
In June. 1907. continues the com
plaint. Mrs. Cahill was telephoning to a
girl friend regarding a social function
which both were to attend. , She In
formed her friend, it is alleged, that
Roscoe would not accompany her. Dur
ing this time the husband was lying on
the sofa nearby. He is said to have
Jumped up and Jerked the receiver from
his wife, to tell the friend that what
his wife said was a lie.
Mrs. Cahill says that as her mother-in-law
Is worth $40,000, and is sending
Roscoe to school. Mrs. Cahill Is entitled
to tiO a month alimony while the suit
is pending, a reasonable sum as per
manent alimony when the divorce is
granted, besides $150 attorney's fees.
The couple were married in Portland,
October 21, 1906. The child. Otto Wil
liam Cahill, was born the following De
cember, and Mrs. Cahill says her hus
band began to mistreat her within six
months of the wedding day.
ADMITS HE ROBBED WOMAN
M. L. Taft Confesses to Crime at
Arleta Few Weeks Ago.
M. L. Taft. alias the "Dirty-Faced Kid."
has confessed to Sheriff Stevens that he
robbed Mrs. Fred Anderson at her home
In Arleta several weeks ago. Jack Tur
pin, who had been suspected of complic
ity in the crime, has also confessed.
Sheriff Stevens and Deputy Sheriff Archie
Leonard have been at work on the case
since the-hold-up. The loss of Taft's hat
In making his hurried escape led to his
capture.
The revolver used by Taft. an old
nickel-plated but rusty affair, with a
broken sight and high hammer, was
found in a drawer of Ruby Wilson's room
in a hotel at First and Madison streets.
It is 33-catiber. and every chamber was
loaded when it was found. Mrs. Fred
Anderson has positively Identified it as
the weapon used by the ho'.d-up man on
the night of March K.
When arrested. Taft was in the com
pany of the Wilson girl, who is but 17
years old. She secured a divorce In the
Circutt Court last Friday from FM Wilson.
Taft said the reason he maite the Arleta
hold-up was in order to obtain money
with which to take Mrs. Wilson's baby
from the home in which It had been
placed after being taken to the Bahy
Home. She has been held in the County
Jail as a witness against Taft. The lat
ter has served two terms tn the Oregon
Penitentiary, and a two years' term at
Aloatras Island. San Francisco Pay.
Turpin was also held as a witness, as
he told a rambling story of how Taft
confessed to him that he unsuccessfully
held up a residence in Arleta. The dis
connected way In which Turpin told his
story led the Sheriff to bjlleva that he
had a part in the hold-up.
Will Decide Barber Law.
When a decision is rendered In the
case of the state against M. E. Loss,
the constitutionality of the Oregon
barber license law will have been de
termined. The cas comes to trial to
day in the Circuit Court. Tt is the
contention of Loss that the police pow
er of the state does not extend to the
prevention of a person doing that
which tn no way interferes with the
public health or safety. Loss was tried
before a lower court for running a
barber shop on Sixth street, and fined
25. He appealed the case. A. E. Clark
Is hts attorney, while Deputy District
Attorney Stevenson Is prosecuting the
case.
Insurance Company Pays.
Mary Conway was awarded $857.20
damages yesterday by a Jury In Judge
TO ADD TO CITY PARK
MAP SHOWTNO f ITT PARK, AVI) TWF. FKOrOSm CITY PARK ADDI
TION, AND THEIR PROXIHITT TO MACIJ5AY PARK.
The Park Board has under consideration a magnificent undertaking, which
will eventually give the city a splendid park system. If the co-operation of
the Council can bo secured. A petition will be presented, perhaps at the next
meeting of the Council, seeking action by that body for the purchase of 20
acres, contained in the King estate, a tract near the CltT Park. It Is the
object of the board to acquire this ground, which l mostly open, and there
by to greatly enlarge the park.
Most of the grounds in the City Park are covered wtih trees, roses and
various kinds of shrubbery, so that the walks and drives are virtually the
only standing room to be had. A large crowd seeking pleasure and recrea
tion therein Is forced, therefore, to remain nearly all of the time on the
several cement or graded walks. . It is the intention of the Park Board,
should the 20-acre tract in the King estate be acquired, to add this largely
for accommodation to the vlsltlnr public so to relieve the frequently con
gested condition of the present park. Even now it Is hardly large' enough to
furnish JA-oper room for the large throngs, and in future years, it is argued,
the need for additional space will be felt many fold.
There are 40 acres of ground In the present City Park. The Water Board
owns 60 acres Juts south ot the south line of the Ctiy Park, and It Is be
lieved by the members of the Park Board that to acquire the additional 20
acres In the King estate would give to the city a great plenty of ground at
the site named. A system of boulevards, as shown in the accompanying map,
have been outlined by the board, and If the plans are realised, will give ac
cess to Macleay Park, to the north, thus connecting by these driveways two
of the principal parks of the city. It Is also designed to work out boulevards
running south, and by connection with the Barnes road, a continuous highway
will b formed from Macleay Park with points south to the County Hospital.
The hillside, contained In the territory specified. Is said by experts to
afford opportunity for one of the most handsome park and boulevard syeteme
In America. In order that these natural resources may be developed and the
public be given the benefit of this, the Park Board desires to secure at once
the 20-acre tract tn the King estate.
Gantenbeln'a department of the Circuit
Court. She sued to recover $805 with
interest on .this amount from August,
1905, from Joseph E. Cronan. Father
T. E. McDevltt testified that he advised
Mrs. Conway to Invest her money
through Mr. Cronan In the Queen City
Insurance Company. Mrs. Conway said
that she put the money into Cronan's
hands for safe-keeping. The Queen
City Insurance Company went out of
business at the time of the San Fran
cisco earthquake and fire, in April,
1906.
Sealed Verdict Returned.
The case of Hattle Domsife against
L. O. Ralston went to the Jury In Judge
O'Day's department of the Circuit Court
yesterday afternoon and a sealed verdict
was returned last night. It will be read
this morning.
Mrs. Dornsife sued to recover $10.00(1
damages on the assertion that Ralston
threw her against a barbed wire. Testi
mony was to the effect that he was
placing the wire about a lot In which
he intended to pasture a cow. but that
he used no violence against the woman.
The arguments of the attorneys were
heard yesterday afternoon.
Sentence Is Withheld.
After a long argument with the at
torney for Roy Summers, Judge Bron
augh withheld sentence yesterday.
Summers was recently convicted of lar
ceny from a dwelling. He can be sen
tenced to the Penitentiary for from one
to seven years. It was the endeavor of
Summers' attorney to have his client
paroled, motion for a new trial having
been withdrawn. The District Attor
ney has dismissed another information
which charged Summers with theft.
Sues for $5000 Damages.
Gregory E. and Annie Louise Matlen
have filed suit in the Circuit Court
against B. E. Clements and S. V. David
or. and others, to recover $5000 dam
ages. It is alleged that three lots in
the Third Electric Addition to Portland
were verbally transferred to the Mat
lens. An Injunction is asked, which
will prevent the defendants from fur
ther transferring the property.
Says Pictures Are Indecent.
In Informations filed with the Circuit
Court yesterday. District Attorney
Manning alleges that Fred Fritz and J.
Rufful have been exhibiting indecent
pictures in the machines installed In
waiting-rooms of the Portland Rail
way, Light A Power Company, at First
and Alder streets. Their bond was fixed
at $500.
Sanaa shoes fit the feet. Rosenthal's.
TRAIN TO TOUGHET
Demonstration Special Leaves
Pullman May 5.
EDUCATE THE FARMERS
Agricultural College Instructors to
1,-ectnre on Diversification and
- Other Subject Interesting to
Agricultural Population.
Arrangements have been completed for
the farmers' demonstration train, that
will be run through the Walla Walla
and Touchet valleys, by the O. R. N.
Lectures and the demonstration of farm
ing methods will be given for the benefit
of the residents of the districts the train
will cover.
The train is being run under the direc
tion of R. B. Miller, general freight agent
for the Harriman lines in this territory.
Mr. Miller Is enthusiastic on the subject
of Introducing improved methods of farm
ing throughout the Inland Empire, where,
he contends, wasteful methods of Summer
fallow are tp vogue.
It is the purpose of Mr. Miller In run
ning these demonstration trains to in
troduce the diversification of crops and
to educate the farmers to the use of all
their land every season instead of leav
ing half of their fields idle each year as
they do under the Summer fallow system.
The demonstration train is being run
with the co-operation of the Washington
Agriculaural College at Pullman, whose
professors will accompany the train and
deliver lectures on the subject of im
proved farming.
The train will leave Pullman, Wash.;
May 5. at 8 A. M., arriving at Pomeroy,
at 1:30 P. M.. where the train will remain
two hours. Tuesday, May 6, the train will
arrive at Alto at 8:30 A. M., remaining
SO minutes. The train will reach Dayton,
at 10:15 o'clock, remaining 2 hours and
15 minutes; Huntsville. 12:50 P. M., re
maining one hour; Waitsburg, 2 P. M.,
remaining two hours; Prescott, 4:30 P. M..
remaining one hour: Walla Walla, 6:25
P. M. Walla Walla will be reached either
on the night of Tuesday, May 6, or on
the following morning and from Walla
Walla the train will go to Touchet. It
is probable that the train will run back
to Walla Walla after the trip to Touchet
but the details of the end of the trip
have not yet been worked out.
HARRIMAX ROAD NAMES BOARD
Stockholders of Oregon & California
Hold Annnal Meeting.
Stockholders of the Oregon Jfc California
Railroad Company met in the directors'
room, of the Harriman lines. In the
Welts-Fargo building, yesterday, and re
elected the directors for another year.
The meeting was the regular annual one
and the only -matter taken up was the
election of directors. The following were
chosen: J. P. O'Brien, W. w. Cotton,
W. E. Coman. P. F. Dunne. W. D. Fen
ton, L. R. Fields, E. H. Harriman. H.
E. Huntington.
The directors will meet next' Monday
at the Portland headquarters and choose
officers. It Is regarded as settled that
the present officers will be re-elected.
They-are: President. E. H. Harriman:
first vice-president. J. P. O'Brien; second
vice-president, ft. Koehler: secretary, W.
W. Cotton; treasurer, A. K. Vandevanter;
assistant secretary. Alexander Millar, and
assistant treasurer. C. H. Redington.
Take Household CJoods.
Henry E. Roberts, charged with
stealing a cooking range worth $35, a
heating stove worth $5. a set of
springs and a mattress, $S. and nu
merous other household effects. en-
tered a plea of not guilty before Judge
Clelanrt. In the Circuit Court, yester
day. The date of his trial has not been
set. M. L. Crawford pleaded not guilty
to a charge of stealing a piano, worth
$225. from Martin Johnson. The theft
Is said to have occurred March t. The
case was set tor trlat May d. ,
MARQUAM CASE IS UP AGAIN
Former Owner of Property Still
Make Fight.
Whether or not P. A. Marquam can
file In the Circuit Court a second
amended complaint against the United
State Mortgage ft Trust Company, the
defunct Title Bank, and J. Thorhurn
Ross, will be decided this morning by
Judge Cleland. He will also pass upon
Marquam's answer to the petition of
the defendants that Marquam be en
joined from taking the depositions of
Ross and others. Marquam Is endeav
oring to obtain evidence upon which
the court can base a decision, giving
him the right to redeem a mortgage on
the Marquam building, which was fore
closed by the defendants. Marquam al
leges that this foreclosure was Illegal.
A full list of the cases In which
motions and demurrers are to be de
cided by Judge Cleland this morning. Is
as follows:
Anna Allshouse against Thomas
Grant, motion to strike out parts of
reply.
Thomas H. Brown against Lydta E.
Hlatt, motion to strike out parts of
answer. '
Emma Stanley against Joseph Ellis,
demurrer to amended complaint.
Modern Mining Machinery Company
against American Surety Company,
motion to make complaint more defi
nite and certain, and -to strike out
parts of complaint.
P. A. Marquam against the United
States Mortgage & Trust Company et
al., motion to file second amended
complaint; answer to petition.
Charles Du Bois against Suburban
Lumber Company, demurrer to com
plaint. Moy Bow Wong against Carrie Howe,
et al.. motion to make answer more
definite and certain.
Emma Godfrey against S. F. Sinclair,
demurrer to supplemental plea in
abatement.
Henrietta Magone against Portland
Manufacturing Company, demurrer to
four separate and two amended an
swers. Dan R. Murphy against C. D. Pana
her, demurrer to smended complaint.
Flour City Ornamental Iron Works
against Rothschild Brothers, demurrer
to complaint.
City Laundry against E. F. Smith,
motion to dissolve Injunction.
Halite Buoy against .lames M. Level,
et al., demurrer to complaint.
Minnie M. Kane against Joseph W.
W. Kane, motion to grant temporary
alimony.
Marshall Wells Hardware Company
against Multnomah County, demurrer
to amended complaint.
Lena J. Eaton against Garrett J.
Eaton, on the merits.
Becomes Presiding fudge.
Judge Oantenheln becomes presiding
Judge of the Circuit Court at 9:30 this
morning. For the past year JndgeCleland
has been the presiding Judge, but his
time expires this morning, and Judgo
Gantenheln is the next in nrd.er. He
will hold the place for a year. Judge
Gantenheln now has his Circuit Court
duties to attend to, besides those of the
Juvenile Court and the presiding Judge
ship. Judgo Cleland will be trial Judge
for tho remainder of his term.
Wants Large Interest.
The Eastern Investment Company
has brought suit for Rachel L. Haw
thorne, against Frist Heln, to recover
$1489.22 Interest on a $568 note made
June 9, 1891. It Is alleged that during
all this time nothing has been paid on
the note. Tho total amount sued for Is
$2205.22 and $150 attorney's fees.
Y. W. C. A. JJONTEST ENDS
Many New Members Bro tight I nto
the Association.
Perhaps the most enthusiastic gathArfng
that has ever been held at ths Young?
Women's Christian Association convened
there last nig-ht, closing the "nip and
tuck" contest. A musical programme was
rendered. Miss Bessie Bridwell played
Gregg's "SpMnfr Sonj." Miss Laura. Cle
land, accompanied by Misa Stone, sang.
Miss Mario Connor played the violin,
Misa Frances Gill being her accompanist.
Miss Zeta Hoi lister sang "A Chain of
Roses." Miss Inez Bushnell played a flute
sold.
Miss Prances Gage made a brief address
on the splendid work the association us
doing In the United. States In lifting the
standards of womanhood. Miss Helena
Saxton read a carefully prepared history
of the association which Is to go into the
cornerstone. Miss Saxton was chosen to
write this history because she Is the only
secretary who has been In the service of
the association since its beginning, seven
years ago.
The report of the contest, given by Miss
Chandler, the members-hip secretary, was
as follows: Nips, 166 members and 184
points. Tucks, 131 members and 143 points,
making a total of 297 members brought in
during the contest, which began April 1.
The total membership on the list for the
cornerstone now reaches 1712.
WARNS UNWARY VOTERS
Hints That Plutocrats Support Sin
gle Tax Agitation.
PORTLAND, April 13. To the Editor.)
Th sineletaxers are making a vigxroua
campaign in support of their assault upon
the unearned increment, and It will be well
for those who own that form ot property
to be duly on guard. They ooncede in
their argument that their purpose Is to
absorb with taxes all the earning power of
the land. leaving the proprietor merely a
tenant of the state- This of course leaps
the limit between "unearned increment"
and earned increment and takea it all. It
could hardly be expected that hobby-riders
displaying the utter recklessness of al!
facta opposing their position, and of the
common elemental axioms of equal Juetic.
should respect so fine a distinction as that
between "unearned increment" and earned
Increment- .
The Socialist takes no pains to hide his
snarl or sheathe his claws. The slnyle-taxer
is more artful, but while they acknowledge
no kin. they are both stalkinr th same
victim for the same purpose, and if that
victim falls, they will both Join In the
feast.
Has It occurred to any unwary voter
that there is more behind the pre-alenc of
the cult of the single tax than the mere
enthusiasm of the altruist? Has he thought
of the hundreds of thousands of dollars of
taxation that would be saved to wealthy
investors and the possibility that from this
source comes the prompt and energetic
campaigning that furnishes the weekly
leaflets of such wide diffusion, and the
dally arguments In the newspapers Spe
cial interests are always more, active, un
fortunately, than common interests.
Those who would fore the land-owner to
bear all the tax, are apparently well
financed. They have their publication bureau,
attorneys, pleaders; their argument appears
In the circular disseminated by the state;
but no one has taken the trouble to present
a negative.
If this is due to reliance en the conserva
tism of the Oregon voter. I would warn
them that is misplaced. Many voters are
angry at the new levies on personal prop
erty of the smaJl householder, caused by the
over-zeal of meddlesome servants of the
large taxpayers in the Legislature and some
fee-monger In Southern Oregon who forced
the Issue upon the Supreme Court. "As a
measure of poetto Justice the fellows who
The Spring fashions have
hatched out.
Our store is the incubator
for styles for men and boys.
Come in and see the new
things while the down is on.
Anything to wear that you
have in mind is here also
lots of ideas that you've not
r. thought up.
i? LION 3
CLOTH RiGCO
CusKuhnProp'
166-168 Third St.
engineered that folly should hsv the ulngl
tax. hut t hope that In tho lnrret of rom
rnon Justice nd those good citizens hnM
Independence rests on a generous ownership
of land, and thoe whope bright dream It Is
t become so nftuited that the tnx exemptton
moamire will fail for on thts class rents
the virtue and permanence nf our Btnt.
Prmnerats Hold Rally.
Tho. lOast Sidf Democratic Club will hold
a rally In th Oddfollows' Hnll at Grand
avenue and rfne strcts Thursday nifrht.
The meeting will be addreswed by the
Democratic candidates for Congress from
the First District and R. S. J. McAlllstnr,
president of the club, will preside.
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Vote for
W. H. HURLBUET
No. 23.
For Railroad Commissioner.
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