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THE MORNING OREGOXIAX. SATURDAY, MAY 9, I90S.
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KT. CO,
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MARTIN
MIL
HARRY
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INDICTED
DAY
Formal Charge of Murder of
Nathan Wolff to Be Filed by
the District Attorney.
NO PRELIMINARY HEARING
Prisoner Will Be Removed at Once
to County Jail to Await Trial.
Wife Calls on Suspect Again.
Her Sister to Be a Witness.
Edward H. Martin will be indicted to
day on a charge, of murdering Nathan
Wolff. An Information was prepared last
niKht by District Attorney Manning and
Is ready for filing with the State Circuit
Court the first thing this morning. Mar
tin wll! be held for trial without the for
mality of preliminary examination. As
soon as the Indictment is perfected he
will be taken to the County Jail to await
trial.
, After hearing the circumstances thus
far developed connecting Martin with the
murder, Mr. Manning decided at once
that the evidence was sufficiently com
plete and definite to warrant holding the
suspect. He expressed the opinion that,
barring unforeseen developments, convic
tion of Martin will be a certainty when
the case comes to trial.
Sarah Griffin. Martin's sister-in-law,
will be one of the most important wit
nesses for the state if present plans do
not miscarry. Inasmuch as the wife's
testimony could not be used without
Martin's consent, even should she be
minded to tell all she may know. Miss
Griffin's evidence would be quite as im
portant as that of Mrs. Martin's as
showing Martin's conduct on his arrival
home at midnight following the tragedy.
Heard Martin's Talk With Wife.
It developed yesterday that Miss Grif
fin has told the authorities in detail of
Martin's arrival home a few minutes be
fore 12 o'clock of the night In question.
She heard Mrs. Martin ask him what
had become of the clothes he wore away
earlier in the day and how he came by
the cuts and scratches on his face, head
and hands. She heard Martin's lurid
story of having been attacked by high
waymen and his later story of a fight
over a game of cards in which he
claimed to have been struck with a chair.
She has told of noting the smallest de
tails of his conduct. Mr. Manning caused
the Issuance of a subpena for Miss Grif
fin yesterday, and expects to use her
testimony. It Is doubted, however,
whether she can testify as to any con
versation which occurred between Mar
tin and Mrs. Martin.
Mrs. Martin visited her husband
again in his cell early yesterday after
noon, but as on the occasion of her
previous viBit, she remained only a
few minutes. She -was accompanied to
Martin's cell by Miss Griffin and by
J. P. Kavanaugh, who is acting tem
porarily as her legal adviser. The law
yers who will handle the case have not
yet been named. That is not likely to
he done until the elder Martin is defi
nitely heard from. It is sug-gested
that an Eastern lawyer may come here
to take charge of the case.
Father of Suspect located.
Hugh Martin, the father, was located
yesterday. Word to that effect was re
ceived early in the day by Mrs. Martin.
The message was from the elder Mar
tin's New York agent. It was not
stated where the father is located, al
though it is known he Is somewhere in
Europe on a pleasure trip. The tele
gram from New York advised Mrs. Mar
tin that the father would communicate
direct with the prisoner.
Mrs. Martin again reassured her hus
band that she would stand by him in
his trouble, when she visited the cell
yesterday. The police gave them no
opportunity to talk alone. Mrs. Mar
tin remained only long enough to as
sure the suspect that she believed him
Innocent and said competent counsel
would be provided.
Martin's defense, as stated yester
day, will be the establishment of an
alibi unless his counsel advises him
to the contrary. It Is learned that he
was about with five friends Friday aft
ernoon. His relatives are already tak
ing steps to find these men. Martin
expects to show that he was with them
until after 5 o'clock and that he reached
his home in Sellwood five minutes of
6 P. M. He says his wife will bear him
out In that contention and that he left
home about 7:30, returning at mid
night. Denies He Borrowed Revolver.
The statements of Mrs. Grubb, of 149
Pennoyer street, that Martin borrowed
a revolver from her the Friday of the
murder, is vigorously denied by Mar
tin. He says he can easily account for
his whereabouts at o'clock, when Mrs.
Grubb says he was at her place. He
pays he was talking with Municipal
Judge Cameron at 3:30 o'clock, in front
of me Chamber of Commerce building,
although Judge Cameron says he can
remember no such meeting.
Mrs. Grubb declares that she was not
mistaken. Martin told her he was a
military man and as such was greatly
interested In target practice. He asked
her for her revolver for a few days,
nnd she gave it to him, together with a
number of cartridges, so she says.
Martin ate the first food since his
errest last night. During the four days
of confinement he had minced at the
coarse Jail food, but was not able to eat.
Chief Grltzmacher consented to let Mar
tin have fresh milk and cookies, last
night, as he had asked for them re
peatedly. When they were given him,
he ate half a dozen cookies and drank
a bottle of milk.
SAY THEY KECOGXIZE MARTIN
Raker City People Declare He Went
by Name of Major Adams There.
BAKER CITY, Or., May S. (Special.)
There seems to be little doubt in the
minds of the people of this city that
ES. H. Martin, who is under arrest In
Portland, on suspicion of being the mur
derer of Nathan Wolff, is none other
than Major Adams, who gained con
siderable notoriety in this city last Sum
mer by his queer actions.
The der-Tiptions of the men tally ex
actly and the Major's bearing plainly
indicated that he had been a member of
the Army. He usually carried a large
cane with which he was doing all kinds
of tricks and was continually quoting
Shakespeare or making a flowery speech.
He appeared to be a brilliant and ac
complished man and always had money.
He was taken in by the police twice for
being a nuisance, but never created any
trouble.
Major Adams did not drink much but
appeared 'to be under the Influence of
morphine. He said that his father was
a multi-millionaire and that he was out
BY LIL.IAN TINGLE.
WITH the early Summer fruits and
vegetables coming in, on by one,
the housekeeper's visits to the
market Increase in interest and pleasure;
though the pleasure for any woman who
is at all dainty and fastidious in regard
to her food supplies is at times marred
by the carelessness of. those dealers who
prefer to keep fruit and vegetables low
down on the sidewalk. Probably, how
ever, this would quickly be changed if
even half a dozen good customers' would
draw attention to the matter and point
out its obvious undesirabillty.
California strawberries seem to be
plentiful and fairly good, costing from
12,4 to 15 cents a box, or three boxes for
a quarter, in the smaller size. Oregon
berries cost 25 cents as yet. The cherries
to be seen are still small and lacking in
certain attributes of the cherry "wot
is a cherry"; but they are Improving in
appearance, and cost now from 10 to 2
cents a pound. Loquats. at 20 cents a
pound; mangoes, at M cents a dozen;
aligator pears, at 50 cents each, and pine
apples, at 40 to 60 cents, give variety to
the fruit stalls, while the new season s
nuts, "from Brazil" dike "Charleys
Aunt"), add another tropic touch, be
sides being "good eating" when properly
treated.
Green lima beans are to be seen now
as well as the wax and string beans that
have been in for the last few weeks. Tiny
French carrots, pearly-skinned ydung
turnips and fine "Telephone" teas sug
gest various dainty "macedoines ana
"Russian" salads. Good artichokes are
again to be had at three for 25 cents.
Asparagus costs 10 to 12'4 cents a pound
and new Oregon peas 20 cents. There
are plump and handsome green peppers
at 10 cents each and attractive cucum
bers for 15, 25 and 35 cents and plenty of
nice head lettuce, endive, watercress and
radishes. Rhubarb Is large and plenti
ful and you get from four to six pounds
for 25 cents.
Spring ducks are $1 each and Spring
chickens at 50 and 75 cents are very
charming, but hardly the thing for large
and hungry families. Substantial (some
times too substantial) "chickens" at 18
to 20 cents (with plenty of gravy and old
fashioned dumplings or biscuits) are more
suitable for such cases. Turkeys are
of course quite out of season, such as
there are being 25 cents a pound and
inclined to "scrawniness" in outline,
Fish is very good and various in kind
this week. Shad is very cheap at pres
ent (15 to. 30 cents each), and striped
bass is cheaper than usual. Sea trout
are plentiful at 20 to 40 cents each.
Maryland soft-shell crabs, three for tl,
will be welcomed by some people; others
will be glad to see New York clams in
addition to our own ordinary clams, at
10 cents a .dozen. Shad roe and frog
legs are both lower in price this week,
the former 25 cents a pound, the latter
three dozen for $1. Sturgeon and crop
pies tend to be a little higher, being
about 20 cents a pound, while perch, hali
but, salmon, catfish, flounaer, salmon,
crabs and shrimps are all about the
same as last week.
here to buy a mine. He left here the
latter part of the Summer and went to
Spokane. '
MARKET WIRE 'TO RESUME
Direct Service From East to Be Re
established to Portland.
A direct ' market service over a leased
wire is promised Portland by R. W. Mc
Kinnon, of the firm of Logan & Bryan,
grain and stock brokers of Chicago and
New York, who was in the city yesterday.
Mr. McKinnon came to Portland about
six years ago, and established the busi
ness now conducted by the Overbeck &
Cooke Company, but since the dull pe
riod following the financial crisis last Fall
the leased wire service has been sus
pended. Now that times are improving,
and the demand for stocks and bonds is
steadily increasing, Mr. McKinnon be
lieves his firm is Justified In again estab
lishing a leased wire service.
While in Portland yesterday Mr. Mc
Kinnon interviewed a number of promi
nent bankers and grain dealers and with
out exception they assured him that the
Portland business is of sufficient Im
portance to warrant facilities equal
to those of any other city in the
West. During the telegraphers' strike
last Summer, the Logan . & Bryan
operators remained at their post through
out the trouble, and for a number of days
the only market reports received at Port
land were those which came over the
Logan & Bryan wire to the Overbeck u;
Cooke Company.
It has been three years since Mr. Mc
Klnnon's previous visit to Portland, and,
like all others who return after a pro
longed absence, he was astonished at the
growth of the city, especially In the down
town business districts. He left last, night
for San Francisco and will return East
from there. Unless unforeseen obstacles
arise the leased wire service will start
June 1.
WORK FOR EARLY CLOSING
Woman's Club Favors Policy for
Business Houses.
At the meeting of the Woman's Club
yesterday afternoon it was resolved that
support -be given to the movement to
close stores and business houses at 6
o'clock. Delegates were appointed to
attend the forthcoming meeting of the
Consumers' League and the associated
organizations which are working for this
end. and the club members pledged them
selves to do all possible for its accom
plishment and establishment as a per
manent custom.
It was also resolved to present a pe
tition to the Board of Education, to be
submitted at the next election of school
directors, urging the establishment of
free kindergartens, for children under 4
years old. as part of the common school
system of this district.- in connection
with the movement displacing women in
railroad offices, the club protested against
any, attempt at discrimination against
women who have proved themselves
equally faithful and efficient with men,
in the fields of labor they have entered.
Arrangements were completed for the
annual election of officers, which takes
place May 22. the result of the ballot
for nominations, held at the last meet
ing being as follows: President. ' Mrs.
Robert Lutke, Mrs. Grace Watt Ross;
first vice-president, Mrs. J. W. Alex
ander and Mrs. Nina Larowe; second
vice-president, Mrs. J. P. Moffatt, Mrs.
J. W. Tifft; recording secretary, Mrs.
T. P. Wise, Mrs. M. L. T. Hidden; cor
responding secretary, Mrs. H. A. Moore,
Miss A. S. Monroe; financial secretary,
Mrs. Charles B. Runyon, Mrs. R. L.
Scott; treasurer, Mrs. C. N. Rankin, Mrs.
E. J. Jaeger; auditor, Mrs. O. P. M.
Jamison, Mrs. C. C. Chapman: directors,
(two) Mrs. A. Staiger, Mrs. G. M.
Weister, Mrs. J. C. La Barre, Mrs. N.
Harris.
Mrs. J. H. Tifft had charge of the ex
cellent Art Day programme, which fol
lowed the business meeting. Miss
Georgiana Burns, formerly of the New
York Art Students' League, and well
known in connection with the Portland
Art Students' League, gave a most pleas
ing and instructive paper on Whistler's
"Ten O'clock Lectures." presenting the
study of pictures from the artist's stand
point. Mrs. Walter W. Bruce presented an
other form of art that of dramatic ex
pression, and gave a very effective read
ing of "The Priest's Vow," from "The
Going of the White Swan," by Sir Gil
bert Parker,. As' ah encore Mrs. Bruce
gave Kipling's well-known and beautiful
"L'Envoi," from "The Seven Seas."
SHOWS DIVIDE TERRITORY
Norris & Rowe Circus the Only One
to Play in Portland This Year.
The Barnum & Bailey circus played an
extended engagement at Madison Square
Garden New York City, this spring The
Ringling Brothers circus began their sea
son at the Coliseum, Chicago It is re
ported that their business was very large.
The Greater Norris & Rowe circus, mu
seum, menagerie, hippodrome and con
gress of nations, began their season in
San Francisco this year. . In 30 days the
big show played to 279,873 paid admis
sions. The press of the city were enthu
siastic in their praise of the new big
show.
By arrangement of the tyiree big cir
cuses, each of them opened' their season
in the metropolis of the various sections
of the country that tney will play. Bar
num & Baliey circus will play the New
England States; the Ringling Brothers
the Middle West and Southern States, and
the Greater Norris & Rowe circus the
territory west of the Rockies. Thus
each section of the country will have one
of the big shows this year.
It is estimated that with the three big
circuses of the country, the Ringling
Brothers, the Greater Norris & Rowe, and
the Barnum & Bailey shows, there
are 18O0 people, 1000 horses, 100 elephants,
175 cars, besides hundreds of other ani
mals used. It costs about $12,000 a day
to operate these shows. They are about
of equal size and importance this year.
It is estimated that the distance covered
by the three big shows this season will
exceed In the aggregate 45,000 miles. Each
show will travel on three special trains, it
is said.
The Greater Norris & Rowe circus will
exhibit at Portland, Monday and Tuesday,
May 11 and 12.
Prohibitionists Are Active.
FOREST GROVE, Or.. May g. (Spe
cial. The Prohlbtlonists are determined
to drive the saloons out of Cornelius and
Hlllsboro and petitions have been filed
with the County Clerk asking the County
FIRST AND ALDER, ON THE CORNER
We Can and Do Sell Meat Cheaper Than Any Other Market in the City
Our Saturday Specials
Pot Roast Beef, lb. .' . . 7c
Halibut Roast, lb. . ... . 5c
Shoulder Spring
Lamb, lb. ..... 12V2c
Butter, Any Brand, roll 50c
Leg Mutton, lb. . . . 12V2c
Veal Breast, lb. .... 10c
Veal Roast, lb. . . . 122c
Pork Roast, lb. .... . 10c
We carry a complete line of
Fresh and Smoked Meats
and Fish.
VEAL
Breast . . . 1
Chops ....... 12i,c5
Roast 1210.?
Leg ........ 12i2
Stew . 8, 10?
Sausage, 2 pounds for. .25
MUTTON
Chops 10
Stew ..: 5
Shoulder .;...10
Legs ; . . . . 12iJ,
BEEF
Pot Roast 7
Roast 7
Prime Ribs . . 10, 15
Soup Meat 3
Boiling 5, 6
Round Steak 10
Sirloin
Veal Sausage, 2 pounds 25
We have a very choice lot of
Milk-fed Veal.
Our Saturday Night Special,
7:30 to 9:30 only:
Pot Roast Beef 6d
Boiling Beef 5
Mutton Stew 5
Sausage Meat 10
RED GROCERY
Saturday Specials
NOTE THESE PRICES FOR SATURDAY ONLY
Peas, 3 cans 25
Tomatoes, 3 cans.. 25
Corn, 3 cans 25
Minced Clams, 2 cans. . . . . .25?
Best Squash, 1 can . ,.15
Spices, 1 can .5?
Horse Radish, 1 jaV. 10
Monopole Asparagus, 1 can 25
Gold Leaf Baking Powder,
1-lb. can 15
Tea, y2-b. package 15
Golden Loaf Flour, sack. $1.35
Liberty Bell Flour, saek.$1.20
Laundry Soap, 12 bars....25fJ
Swift 's Washing Powder,
6 packages 25
Bread, 6 loaves 25
Try our special 2oc coffee. We
money-back all our coffee.
The Red Grocery
PHONES E. 4908. C 1838.
S48 WILLIAMS AVE.
Court to order on the ballot for the June
election that a vote be taken relative
to the sale of intoxicating liquors In two
subdivisions of Washington County. The
County Court has already decided that
In view of a petition presented at the
last term the local option questton should
be voted upon in June throughout the
county. Cornelius went "wet" at its
recent municipal election and . South
Forest Grove is considered a "dry" pre
cinct with sufficient votes to make Cor
nelius "dry." These two precincts have
been joined for a special vote. The other
subdivision consists of North and South
Hillsboro and South Tualatin and West
Butte precincts.
Cheaper Butter
Best Creamery Butter, roll 55
Choice Creamery Butter, roll 50
Dairy Butter, per roll 45
Best Tillamook Cheese (Satur
day only) 15
Stamped Eggs, per dozen., 20
Ranch Eggs, 2 dozen 35
16 lbst Sugar for $1.00
All kinds of Canned Goods at lowest
prices.
THE OREGON CHEESE CO.
86 Third Street.
Soda Crackers that crackle as good Soda
Crackers should
needa Biscuit
y
With meals for meals between meals
In dust tight.
Neeer sold in bulk.
NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
CHICKENS 18c
Best Butter, roll 50
Ranch Eggs, dozen 20?
Chinook Salmon, 2 lbs 25J
Halibut, 3 pounds 25
Large Shad, each 15
Milchner Herrings, keg.. $1.00
Deliveries for East Side daily' north
to Fremont st., east to 20th si.
Columbia Fish Co.
THIRD AND ANKENY.
Phones Main 5. A 5,w6.
All Vanilla and Lemon Flavoring Extracts
Sold at 25 or 20 Cents the 2-Ounce
Bbttle Are Very Dear.
One or two brands sold at 23 cents for 2
ounee bottle of Lemon and 35 cents for 2-
Dunce- bottle of Vanilla are moderately
good. The extraordinary high quality of
ISLOP'S
Lemon and Vanilla Extracts is not reached
by any manufacturer in any part of these
United States. They cost no more than
the moderately good.
Insist and Your Grocer Will Supply You.
FOR A FIRST-CLASS J
SUNDAY DINNER
Call on
G. COVAGH 8 CO.
They handle the best Poultry,
Fish, Crabs and Oysters in the
market. Always reliable.
Phone or call at
275 First.
Phones A 3535, Main 535.
BEST CREAMERY BUTTER
ROLL SOc
Eggs, 2 dozen 35
Ranch Eggs, strictly fresh, doz..20J
Dairy Butter 45 and 50
Full Cream Cheese, 2 lbs 35
Best Sugar-Cured Hams, pound. 14
Remember, Saturday is Chicken Day.
La Grande Creamery
264 Yamhill.
There's this difference between
the cocoa habit and the coffee
habit: Cocoa makes you healthier,
stronger, steadier, better able to
do your share. Does coffee?
LESS'THAN A CENTAXUP
Is made with scrupulous, con
scientious care and old-fashioned
attention to cleanliness, purity,
goodness and quality. No cocoa
at any price can be better or more
delicious. Your grocer sells and
recommends it.
D. Ghlr.rd.ni Company
San Francuco