Morning Oregonian., May 19, 1908, Page 7, Image 7

THE MORNING OKEGOXIAN, TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1908.
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III SINGLE NIGHT
Evidence Confirms Greening's
Story of Bella Gunness'
Death-House.
FEMALE CORPSE IS FOUND
Four Bodies Burled in One Hole Vic
tims of Poison "Watch Found
on Lamphcre Belonged
to Missing Man.
LA PORTE, Ind., May 18. The au
topsy held on the unidentified remains
of persons exhumed from Mrs. Belle
Gunness private burial-ground was com
" pleted this evening and revealed the fact
that one of the seven was a female.
This has aroused new - interest in the
story of Em 11 Greening, of Oklahoma
City, OkJa., who was employed by Mrs.
Gunness in the Fall of 1904.
Mr. Greening worked for Mrs. Gunness
at the time that Jennie Olsen disap
peared, and his story, was to the effect
" that on a Friday in September a man
and woman came to the house and that
that night Mrs. Gunness asked Mr.
Greening to sleep in the barn, as the
couple, who she said were the professor
and his wife from the Los Angeles col
lege which Jennie was attending, would
spend the night at the house and would
require Mr. Greening's bedroom. In the
morning Mr. Greening saw nothing of
Jennie nor the professor and his wife,
but he was informed by Mrs. Gunness
that they left on an early train, taking
Jennie along.
Three Murdered Same Night.
This body, which is now declared to
be that of a young woman, was taken
from the same hole as was that of
Jennie Olsen, and in that hole were
also the bodies of Ole . Budsburg, of
Tola, Wis., and the remains of a male
person. All the bodies were dismem
bered, but the trunks of the four were
such that it was possible to identify
the bodies of Jennie Olsen and Buds
burg, and it was also made possible by
today's autopsies to determine that one
of the other two was a female.
The theory now advanced i" that
Mrs. Gunness. on the same night that
Mr. Greening slept in ' the barn, may
have murdered not only Jennie Olsen
but also the man and woman. Coroner
Mack, Sheriff Smutzer and Prosecutor
Smith think this Is almost inconceiv
able, but, considered in the light of
recent developments, nothing appears
impossible for this arch-murderess.
The stomachs of the four victims in
this hole have been removed, and the
contents will be analyzed for poison.
The disappearance of Jennie Olsen, as
well as the couple, occurred in Septem
ber, 1906. while Budsburg was dis
posed of in May, 1907.
Stolen Watch Identified.
The mystery concerning the watch
fcund upon the person of Ray Lam
pnere when he was arrested was ac
counted for today, when J. G. Remnen,
of Slbux City, N. D.. who came here
yesterday to investigate the disappear
ance of his half-brother, Joe Moe. of
Klbow Lake, Minn., Identified the time
piece as the one owned by his brother
u nen he left home. The numbers of the
watch corresponded with the numbers in
, Mr. Remnen's possession. Lamp here
said Mrs. Gunness gave htm the watch.
The bodies of the seven, unidentified
dead will be buried tomorrow in the
potter's tield. Christian service will be
conducted over them and a small head
stone will be erected, with an inscrip
tion telling the circumstances of their
deaths. The body of Jennie Olsen has
been turned over to her relatives. Ole
Budsburg's body was today shipped to
lola. Wis., for burial.
Miner Seeking Evidence.
Early this morning Sheriff Smulzer and
Louis Schultz, the expert miner, re
Fumed sluicing at the Gunness farm.
The work of screening the debris was
finished Saturday evening, so that all
that remains of the mining work was to
run the ashes through the sluice-boxes
and thus pick out whatever gold might
be found. Mr. Sehults is positive that
he will find the teeth of the woman if
they are in the ruins,
Mr. Schultz expects that the sluicing
will take about two days. Following the
rompletlon of that work, he will under
take to turn over to a depth of three
feot the surface of the Inelosure which
Mrs. Gunness used as her private burial
ground and in which already ten bodies
have been dug up. The authorities be
lieve that more skeletons lie burled there
and in order to make the work complete,
It has been decided to dig over the en
tire lot at one operation. At the same
time the Sheriff announced today
he will start the dragging of the little
pond at the foot of the private cemetery.
He may also remove the barn this week,
for it is considered possible that under
the cement tloor which Mrs. Gunness
had built under the bam she may have
buried some , of her victims.
WILL IMPROVE STREETS
Jlllwaukle Town Council Passes a
General Ordinance qn Subject.
At the last meeting ot the Milwaukle
t'.unoil. a general ordinance was
passed providing for the Improvement
of streets. The ordinance provides that
the property-owners may petition lor
an Improvement of any street, and have
the work done by paying for It. A new
:t-year franchise for the Milwaukle
Water Company was introdured. but
owing to the absence of one member of
the Council, final action was postponed
until the next meeting. This franchise
has been pending for several years.
It is proposed to prohibit livestock
from running at large in Milwaukie,
and an ordinance was presented for the
consideration of the Council, and re
ferred to the street committee. This
ordinance, if passed, will take the place
ot the present ordinance, which allows
stock to run at large by day. Mayor
Shlndler objected to the new ordinance,
but the Council voted to consider it,
and It will come up the neit meeting.
The Council Instructed the Recorder
to advertise for bids for completing the
City Hall. Money is in the hands of
the Treasurer, and the contract will
probably be let at the next meeting.
NO BETTING NOR LIQUOR
Governor of Louisiana Takes Vp
Hughes AVarory.
BATON ROUGE. La.. May 18. Race
track gambling to be suppresed absolute
ly and local option, combined with high
license to regulate the liquor traffic,
were two of the most urgent resolutions
of Governor Sanderson's Inaugural mes
sage to the Legislature today. Of race
track gambling the message said:
"The manner and mode of conducting
racetracks in and around New Orleans
and the flagrant gambling carried on at
the tracks has deservedly aroused the
moral sense of the people against it. I
earnestly urge the general assembly to
enact legislation prohibiting and penal
izing gambling on horse-racing."
After noting local option as the consti
tutional policy of the state, the mes
sage says:
"Prohibition-has worked well In those
sections of the state where popular sen
timent is behind the law and some of
the most prosperous towns and villages
are those where prohibition has pre
vailed for a period long enough to af
ford fair tests of its merits. On the
other hand, obstacles In the way of en
forcing such a law in portions of the
state, where it is not demanded by pub
lic sentiment, are so great as to render
the task practically Impossible.
"A higher license for the state and a
minimum license f $500 for parishes and
municipalities would appear to be not
an unjust demand."
Condemnation was expressed of the
practices of combining saloon and groc
ery and of issuing new licenses to
women. The suppression was recom
mended of selling liquor in the same
places to negroes and whites. .
POIiTLAXO MERCHANTS OWE
BANKS LESS THAN EVER.
A. Ij. Mills, President of Iirst Na
tional, Says This Section of the
Country Is Doing Very "Well. -
"Merchants owe us less today than they
ever have' said A. L. Mills, president
of the First National Bank yesterday in
discussing the financial situation. "This
is satisfactory enough, and it is also
easily explained. The Jobbers are carry
ing smaller stocks than they did at this
season last year for the reason that they
can get supplies In faV shorter time than
they could then. Orders are executed
much more promptly because the manu
facturers are not overcrowded with or
ders, and also because the railroads have
plenty of cars to haul the freight out
here.
"Otherwise this section of the country
is doing very well. Things are moving
along quietly on a safe and conservative
basis. The news of good prospects is the
best thing for everybody in this territory
that has happened lately. Good crops
mean the return of public confidence more
certainly than almost anything else that
could happen in Oregon."
The German-American Bank is" making
splendid progress In paying off the obli
gations of the old Oregon Trust & Sav-
ings Bank, which It assumed when it took
over the accounts of the defunct estab
lishment. Up to May 12, the German
American Bank had paid off 91,455,535 of
the liabilities of the old institution. This
showing has been made in three months
and Is one that the officials of the bank
are proud of. This leaves J734.000 yet to
meet, although tnis figure has been cut
down some since May 12. There are
bonds to the value of $175,000 yet to be
delivered, and these are now on hand,
and will be given to depositors In the
old Institution who subscribed for tele
phone bonds In lieu of a portion of their
balances In the closed bank. Claims
against the Oregon Trust of $50 and less
are still being paid by the bank, although
nearly all of this class of creditors have
appeared and been paid off.
Weekly Concert for Seamen.
The sailors in port were given a
great treat last night at the Portland
Seaman's Friend Society, corner Third
and Flanders streets. The large con
cert hall was crowded with sailors and
friends of the institute. Each num
ber of the programme was .excellent
and the sailors showed their appre
ciation by hearty applause, and; al
though the singers responded several
times in answer to the sailors' per
sistent encores, they felt repaid by
seeing those enthusiastic, grateful
SETTLED IN LINN COUNTY IN
The Late Caleb Gray.
HALSEY. Or.. May 19. CSpeclal.)
Caleb Gray, who died at Cottage
Grove in his Rth year, Wednesday.
May 13, was one of the well-known
men of Linn County, having emi
grated from Indian In the Pall of
a with an ox team. With other
sturdy pioneers of his Indomitable
pluck and kind he had much to do
with the- development and upbuilding
of the Willamette Valley and Unn
County, which has emerged from the.
wilderness of then to what It Is to-
f oar.
f Mr. Gray was in nia 85H n year and
was the direct descendant .of pure
Irish stock, his grandparents emi
grating from Ireland in the year
1700. In the Revolutionary War his
family took part In the Battle of
Ixms Island, besides such other
battle service as our fathers of free
dom then fought for.
Mr. Gray was ever a loyal and
staunch Republican, and many now
high In that party in Oregon can
recollect him as sacrificing time and
money for the organisation of that
party.
He Is survived, by a widow, two
daughters, Mrs. J, C. Cozier, of Bel
llngham. Wash.; Mrs. H. K. Metcalf,
of Cottage Grove, and A. U. Gray,
a son. of Saltese, Mont.
men enjoy themselves to such a de
gree. The programme: Solo, Mr.
Hoolroyd; reading", Mrs. O. A. B over
man; solo. Miss Suza Jones; Violin
solo. Miss L. Barton; song, Andrew
lraffin. British ship Ley land Bros.;
solo. Miss vlice Justin; reading, Mrs.
Bosserman; solo, Mme. d'Auria.
Tomorrow. Wednesday, will positively
be the last day for discount on Kast Side
iu bills. iPORTLAMD GAS CO.
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FACES JURY TODAY
Nathan Suitter on Trial for
Killing Henry Shaffer. '
ELEVEN JURORS SELECTED
Rapid Progress Made in Case of Ex
Pol iceman. Charged With Using
Revolver Too Quickly in
Fight With Prisoner.
The trial of Nathan H. Suitter,
charged -with" the murder of Henry
Shaffer on the night of March 1, was
commenced before Judge Cleland in the
Circuit Court yesterday morning. When
court adjourned at 6 o'clock last night
11 jurors had been accepted, and it
is probable that the first testimony will
be taken this afternoon, after the at
torneys have made their opening state
ments. The charge is murder in the
second degree.
Suitter, who was at that time a po
liceman, went to Shaffer's home, at'
Mallory avenue and Failing street, on
tho East Side, on the night of the
f hooting to make arrests on account
of the noise incident to a ' birthday
patrolman Nathaa H. 8uitter, on
Trial for the Murder of Henry
Shaffer.
party which was in progress there.
Suitter was not on duty at the time.
The owner of the dwelling, who lived
next door, had been endeavoring for
some time to get Shaffer to move. He
made the complaint to the police that
nis neighbors were too hilarious.
Suitter and another patrolman went to
the scene, and after taking a look at
the party Suitter was left on guard
while his companion went to ask for
reinforcements.
Suitter, it appears, took his stand at
the rear entrance to the house. Shaf
fer made an attempt to leave the
building. Suitter ordered him to re
main, the man refused,' and several
blows were struck. The officer pulled
his revolver and shot his antagonist,
who died almost Immediately.
Self-Defense Is Plea.
It will be the contention of the de
fense that the shooting was Justin-
able, as the offlcer was engaged in
the exercise of his duty. Shaffer, it
will be contended, was a large, power
ful man, a member of the Longshore
men's Union. It Is probable that an
attempt will be made to show that
Shaffer was making an attacK on th
officer, , and that Suitter was obliged
to shoot in self-defense. Many long
shoremen were present in the court
room yesterday, there being a large
number of spectators. Agent Kail, ot
the union, took his place beside the
prosecuting officers and offered sug
gestions from time to time regarding
the questioning of Jurors.
District Attorney Manning, assisted
by Deputy Adams, and Judge Henry B.
McGinn, as special prosecutor, con
ducted the examination of the tales
men. At the other end of the long
table sat Dan J. Malarkey, chief coun
sel for the . defendant, with Attorney
John Logan and John A. Jeffrey as
assistants. Directly behind them sat
Suitter.
Many Not Accepted.
A large number of would-be jurors
were excused by the defense, some of
hem for no apparent cause. When
the time for adjournment came the de
fense had used eight of its peremptory
challenges, while the prosecution had
used one, and four jurors had been
excused for cause. Among the jurors
excused by the court was C. A. Lind
gren, who had not been admitted to
citizenship. The others were excused
because they bad'fixed opinions in re
gard to the case. They were: Charles
Davidson, C. Bloom and H. W. Gar
land. William T. Hcnsley was excused by
the defense because he was- personally
acquainted with District Attorney
Manning. The others challenged by
the defense were: J. J. Walter, Jacob
Mann. William Crawford, G. F. Breith
arth, F. Bruhn and F- B. Hughes. The
prosecution challenged Robert F.
Dickerson.
The jurors accepted are: H. C. Hard-
man,' grocer; Thomas J. McNamee,
candidate at the primary election for
the office of Constable; L. H. Deardorf,
farmer; Robert Kennedy, commission
merchant: William Harder, railroad
man; Richard Hetmbach, formerly with
the City Board of Charities; H. E.
Clark, stair builder; A. J. Hayseth,
formerly a grocer, now with an Alblna
flour mill; Thomas E. Lewis, farmer;
H. L. Colvln, logger; H. L. Davenport,
collector for the Pacific Telephone
Company.
All Closely Questioned.
Mr. Malarkey, Suitter's attorney,
asked among other things if the jurors
were acquainted with a number of
Shaffer's friends. H'e named Jack
Spahn. Jack Staples, Elak Snyder, Jake
Fever, Paul Dodge, Gottlieb Meeker
and David Specker. He was especially
particular . about the last-named per
son, who is employed in a saloon at
234 Burnside street. Other questions
were: "Have you ever had a contro
versy with a policeman? Have you
any prejudice against the police? Are
yoj acquainted with any members of
the Longshoremen's Union?"
District Attorney Manning asked
among other things If the Jurors had
any objection to a man's having a
dance In his own home on a Sunday
night and having a little beer with it.
All of the Jurors were not examined
by the District Attorney, however,
some being accepted without question
ing after the defense had questioned
them at length.
When the case against the men who
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were attending the birthday party at
the Shaffer home came up in the Mu
nicipal Court, they were discharged,
there not being enough evidence to
hold them. A charge of disorderly
conduct had been filed against them.
This fact will be used by the prose
cution. ,
The trial will be continued this
morning at 9:30.
STATE CLAIMS VALUABLE LAXD
Attacks Title to Property on the
East Side.
Title to 140 acres of land on the East
Side, now platted as Cook's. Riverview,
Albina and Williams-Avenue additions. '
and valued at approximately $1,000,000,
is brought into dispute through a motion
filed in the State Circuit Court by Attorney-General
Crawford resisting an appli
cation filed by the owner of a part of the
land to register the title under the Tor
rens law. The Attorney-General's mo
tion, which was to make the application
more definite and certain was denied by
Judge Gantenbein yesterday, whereupon
the Attorney-General gave notice ot nis
intention to begin escheatment proceed
ings to secure for the state the entire
tract, which is a part of what was for
merly the Wendel Proebstel donation
claim. It is asserted that the original
owner of the land .died intestate and
without lawful heirs, and that the pres
ent claimants have no title.
When the wife of Wendel Proebstel
died, having no children, she left to her
heirs 320 acres of the land, her husband
holding the other 320 acres. The state
proceeded in January, 1875, to escheat
her half of the claim, on the claim that
she had no heirs. Then there appeared
people from Ireland who claimed rela
tionship. Later Proebstel married again and in
1883, his second wife, Mrs. Elizabeth
Proebstel began suit against jonn iamn
and H. A. Hogue. The latter were hold
ing the north 140 acres, the title to the
land having been secured by them from
Wendel Proebstel's first wife. The alle
gation of the second wife was that Wen
del Proebstel was the rightful heir.
The second Mrs. Proebstel lost her suit
Nevertheless, in 1893, she gave a deed
of the land to Frederick, Jacob and
Julius . Proebstel. The first owners then
sold the land, and it has since been
platted and sold as residence lots.
One of these is held by D. G. Leitch.
Last month Leitch filed an application
in the Circuit Court to register the title.
The three Proebstels contested his
right. Then Attorney-General Crawford,
through his assistant, filed the motion
that the claim to the land be made more
definite and certain, following this by
the assertion that the Irish heirs of 1875
were not rightfully Proebstel's heirs, but
had practiced fraud to secure the land.
It was asserted that affidavits secured
in Ireland justified this assertion.
If the court should decide that the
Irish heirs were not legal heirs and that
the property therefore belongs to the
state, a large number of small property
owners will find the title to their homes
clouded. ...
SAYS HUSBAND WAS CRUEL
Wife Denies Charges of W. O. Stitt
in His Suit for Divorce.
W. O. Stitt is suing before Judge O'Day,
ot the Circuit Court, to obtain a divorce
from Gertie Stitt on statutory grounds. In
volving John Katchner. He asserted yes
terdav that she often went to the vaude
vill shows, while he was at work as a
night watchman for the Willamette Iron
Works.
When placed on the witness stand yes-
terday afternoon, Mrs. Stitt denied many
of her husband's allegations, admitting,
however, that she sometimes toojk the
three children to the show. She said in
exnlanation that during all their married
life hri husband had only once taken her
out to sriend the evening. She was ac
cused by her husband of having visited
saloons, and to this replied tnat ner nus
band had sometimes brought liquor to the
house, and that they had had a social glass
together, but that she had never on any
occasion visited a saloon. She said her
husband had made her life miserable by
his cjuelty. Asked if she ever taught her
children to disrespect their father she
said that she had not.
he said further that her husband had
the telephone disconnected, so she could
not use it, and that he did not provide
her with necessary clothing. -She was
compelled, she said, to wear the cast-off
garments of the neighbors. In 15 years,
she asserted, she had had only one pair
of gloves.
She said that her husband once threat
ened to kill Katchner. and that fearing
he would do so, she put the man on his
guard.
The Stitts were married in Portland in
l&M. The case was continued until this
morning at 9:30.
WILL TEST CHILD LABOR LAW
District Attorney Orders the Arrest
of Theatrical Manager.
In order to test the. constitutionality of
the child-labor law as it stands on the
statute books of Oregon, Deputy District
Attorney Easterly, at the Instigation of
Mrs. Millie R. Trumbull, a member of
the Child-Labor Commission, will file an
information against Calvin Heilig, mana
ger of the Heilig Theater. Mr. Heilig is
to be charged with violating the child-labor
law by permitting children to take
part in "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage
Patch."
It has been found by prosecutors that
the law docs not make the minor guilty
of an offense by accepting .employment,
and that therefore his employer cannot
be indicted for contributing to a delin
quency which does not .exist. Further
than this, the child-labor law is said to
be unconstitutional. Should Judge Ganten
bein find that it is constitutional, it will
mean that managers of Portland theaters
must eliminate the children's parts from
their plays.
Will Enjoin Closing Streets.
Asserting that if the streets of Plain
field, a town adjoining Portland, are
closed, all residents of the district will
be compelled to forego the right to have
sewers and water-pipes laid, A. Groner,
a property-owner, who lives on East
Forty-first Btreet, will ask the Court to
keep the streets open. The Pioneer Ed
ucational Society is seeking to have the
streets closed, the Jesuit fathers having
a 23-acre tract in the plat. They have
sought to purchase Groner's property for
S1700, this being a lot 50x100.
Jack La Rose Indicted.
Jack La Rose, the thug, who created a
reign of terror among second-hand deal
ers last week, was indicted on a charge
of first degree murder, yesterday. Dep
uty District Attorney Stevenson decided
after investigation that the evidence
clearly connected La Rose with the mur
der of H. Neuman. La 'Rose will now be
tried direct in the Circuit Court without
the formality of a preliminary examina
tion. Probate Court Xotes.
The estate of I. H. Hawley has been
appraised by El B. White, M. S. Brown
and A. R. White at 3500. . The report of
the appraisers was filed yesterday with
the County Court.
The County Court admitted the estate
of Peter Perry to probate yesterday. T.
J. Hannigan was appointed executor. The
estate is said to be worth about $1400.
OlymplaBeer. "It's the water." Brew
ery's own bottling. Phones,. Main 671.
A 2467. ,
Metsger, Jeweler, optician. 842 Wash.
ing you its many superior
or size of the "New Process" on easy-payment terms.
GO-CAETS AND
CARRIAGES
40 STYLES TO
CHOOSE FROM
. TERMS,
$1.00 DOWN
$1.00 WEEK
UNION NOTYET RIPE
Methodist Factions Not Ready
for Consolidation.
SERVICES IN MEMORIAM
General Conference Holds Memorial
for Those Dying In Past Quadren
nial Partial Federation With
Methodist Church South'.
BALTIMORE, May 18. Memorial ser
vices in honor of the bishops and offi
cers of the General Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, who have
died during the past quadrennial, occu
pied today's sitting of the General Con
ference. - These were: I. C. W. Joyce,
Charles C. McCabe, James N. Fitfcgerald,
Edward G. Andrews. Samuel M. Merrill
and Charles H. Fowler, and Rev. J3r.
James M. King. Secretary of the Board
of Home Missions and Church Exten
sion. . The time for organization between
the Methodist Episcopal Church and the
Methodist Episcopal Church South has
not yet fully come in the Judgment of
the committee on federation, as set
forth in a report today for submission
to the General Conference. The com
mittee, however, concurs in the recom
mendation of the joint commission for
a practical method of putting federa
tion in operation. This provides, in
brief, however, that where there are
two churches of the two branches of
the Episcopal Methodists they may
unite if a majority of the membership
of both branches -desire.
Appoint Ten More Bishops.
BALTIMORE, Md., May 17. (Special.)
The committee on episcopacy will re
port to the general conference tomorrow
form
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Of the many conveniences that facilitate the labors
of the kitchen, the gas cooking apparatus is without
doubt the foremost. The "New Process" Gas
Ranges are unequalled for quick work, economy and
efficiency, and for durability they are superior to
any other stove. Their construction is the result of
scientific test under the most exacting conditions,
and they have time and again conclusively demon
strated that almost double the amount of work is
obtained from the amount of fuel consumed. The
"New Process" is made in many styles and sizes,
the most practical and to meet the demands of any
kitchen. At any time you can see this range in oper
ation at our store, and we will take pleasure in show-
features. We offer to place
C0MPLETE:H0U5E-FURni5HER5
morning recommending the election of
ten additional bishops. This number is
thought necessary to meet the clamor
ous demands of the church and to save
the general superintendency from being
lost in a diocesan system.
The committee on the state of the
church after more than two days of ani
mated discussion refused to comply with
the recommendation of the bishops on
the amusement question.
COXSOLIDATIOX IS CONSIDERED
Cnion of Methodists, Congrcgation-
alists and United Brcthcren.
PITTSBURG, May 18. Consolidation
with the Methodist Episcopal, Congre
gational and United Brethren churches
was considered at today's session of the
General Conference of the Methodist
Protestant Church. The committee ap
pointed by the General Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church held at
Baltimore, composed of Bishop H. W.
Warren, the Rev. Dr. J. S. Goucher.
president of the Woman's College at
Baltimore, and United States Senator J.
P. Dolliver, of Iowa, appeared before a
committee of 3S members of the Metho
dist Protestant General Conference,
bearing fraternal greetings and ap
pealed to the conference to send them
back with encouraging news.
DAMROSCH AS A PRODUCER
Orchestra Conductor Has Brought
Out, Notable Compositions.
No musician in the country is better
known than Walter Damrosch, who is to
be here June 3 and 4, with the famous
New York Symphony Orchestra. As an
Interpreter of Wagner he has no rival:
while his skill as an organizer has been
scarcely less pronounced than his musi
cianly abilities.
In addition to his work in the field of
opera, oratorio and symphonic work, Wal
ter Damrosch has given lecture recitals
on the Wagner music-dramas and kindred
subjects. Many important compositions
have received their first productions in
this country under his baton, notably
Cornelius' opera, "The Barber of Bag
dad," Goldmark's "Merlin," Saint-Saens'
"Samson at Delilah" and Paderewski's
"Manru."
The New York Symphony Orchestra and
its famous conductor will give three mag
in your home any style
FREE PHONE
AND OTHER
IN THE
LADIES' REST
ROOM ON THE
BALCONY
nificent programmes here at the Armory.
Wednesday, June 3, and Thursday after
noon and evening. June 4. under the di
rection of Lois-Steers-Wynn Coman.
EXCURSI0NCANCELED.
The excursion to Ilwaco and North
Head on the steamer Potter, that was
announced for tonight, for the purpose
of witnessing the fleet, has been called
off. Telegraphic advices from head
quarters report conditions as not alto
gether favorable at the other end of
the line, and rather than risk the com
fort and pleasure ot the excursionists,
it has been decided best not to attempt
the trip.
Sub-Ports or Entry.
WASHINGTON. May 18. Under sus-
nenslOn Of the mica tho T4nn.e tnAetir
passed a bill making Monterey and Port
narioru, vai., suD-ports or entry.
Tomorrow, Wednesday, will positively
be the last day for discount on East Side
gas bills. PORTLAND GAS CO.
A FEELING OF SECURITY
You naturally frel secure when you
know that the medicine you are about
to take Is absolutely pure and contains
no harmful or habit-producing .drujscs.
Such a medicine is Dr. Kilmer'
Swamp-Root, the groat Kidney, Liver
and Bladder Remedy.
The - same standard of purity,
strength and excellence Is maintained
in every bottle of Swamp-Root.
Swamp-Root Is scientifically com
pounded from vegetable herbs.
It is not a stimulant and is taken
in tcaspoonful doses.
It Is not recommended for every
thing. It Is nature's great helper in reliev
ing and curing kidney, liver and blad
der troubles.
A sworn statement of purity is with
every bottle, of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-"
Root.
SAMPLE BOTTLE FREE BY MAII
Send to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bingham
ton, N. Y., for a sample bottle, free by
mail it will convince anyone. You
will also receive a- book-let of valuable
Information, telling all about the kid
neys. When writing be sure and men
tion The Oregon ian.
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