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VOL. XIAIII NO. 14,838.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 13, 1908.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
BIDDER PLEDGES
BRYAN SUPPORT
TOY-PISTOLS CAUSE
DEATH THREE BOYS
BRYAN GRILLED
BY TOM WATS 0 N
POLICE MISTAKE
NATURE OF NOISE
SI KILLING OF
BENDER FAMILY
WOUNDS DRUNKEN
FATHER TO DEATH
IS
CHILD
SAVES TWO
IXJCRIES RECEIVED JULY 4 RE
SCLT IX LOCKJAW.
SOUXDS LIKE AXARCHISTS, BUT
IS PEACEFUL DISCUSSION".
ROBERT E. MOREY DIES FROM
BLOOD POISOX.
DUE
DROWNED
New York Editor Wi
Work for Ticket.
JOHNSON MEN MAKE CAU
Governor's Cohorts Ready to
Fight for Nebraskan.
WILL STAY AT FA1RVIEW
Friends Crge Bryan to Take Rest at
Summer Resort, but He Prefers
to Remain With His Chick
ens and Alfalfa.
FAIRVIEW, Lincoln, Neb., July 12
'Tou may rely on the sincere and ear
nest support of the New York Staats
Zeltung.
"(Signed) HERMAN RIDDER." .
This telegram, sent by the New York
editor from some Kansas town, the
name of which could not be deciphered,
was received by Mr. Bryan at Fair
view today, and although Mr. Bryan
made no comment his pleasure was evi
dent In the buoyant tone in which he
read the statement.
It was Mr. Rldder who, before the
Denver convention, called here with the
announced intention of asking Mr.
Bryan to withdraw from the field, on
the ground, in Mr. Ridder's opinion,
that Mr. Bryan could not win In No
vember. Lincoln Democrats declare
that Mr. Rldder did not press this
point, however, upon visiting Fairview.
He departed from Lincoln in a. happy
frame of mind, with-Mr, Bryan's O. K.
on his free wood-pulp plank.
. Bryan . to Pick Chairman.
Dr. P. L.'Hall, Nebraska's new mem
ber of the National Committee, dis
cussed with Mr. Bryan today arrange
ments for Mr. Bryan's meeting with the
committee here Tuesday. The qualifi
cations of a number of men for the po
sition of chairman of the committee
were talked over informally, but their
names were not to be learned, either
from Mr. Bryan or Dr.' Hall. There is
a disposition to leave the final selection
to Mr. Bryan. Dr. Hall admitted that
he had In mind a man who he thought
would best fill the office, and that Mr.
Bryan had another. However, It is pre
dicted that the end of the meeting here
will see the chairmanship a settled fact
and much of the campaign mapped out.
Later Mr. Hall thought it safe to say the
new chairman would be one of the follow
ing: D. J. Campau, Michigan; J. E,
Lamb, Indiana: OUIe James, Kentucky,
and J. H. Atwood, Kansas. All save Cam
pau are members of the National com
mittee. Mr. Bryan has received numerous ten
ders of the services of speakers. Nearly
all of them, if their letters are given
full credit, are spellbinders of resistless
appeal. Musicians also have been early
on the ground, and the men who make
banners and buttons and get out print
ing and pictures. Such of these matters
as deserve attention will be turned over
to the National committee Tuesday.
Greetings From Johnson's Men.
Among Mr. Bryan's supporters whose
activities will be given the widest range
possible is Governor Johnson, of Minne
sota. This word was given when some
40 or 60 of the Johnson corporals who
went from Minneapolis to Denver to
light for the Governor called at Fair
view today. In token of surrender of
the Johnson forces, Lester Ellwood gave
up his flag with Johnson's name on it
to Mr. Bryan, the latter declaring that
It should have a conspicuous place among
the trophies'of Fairview.
"The fight is over, and we're with you
now." was the assurance given Mr. Bryan
by Congressman Hammond, who placed
Governor Johnson In nomination.
This delegation and one which wae re
turning to Cleveland were the only formal
visitors at Fairview today, both being
shown through the Bryan home and chat
ting informally with the candidate.
Mr. Bryan smiled at the story of his
offer to share the White House with his
running mate. Mr. Kern. He admitted
the facts in the case but said that the
matter had been merely considered a
Jest brought about by Mr. Kern's in
elstance that he was too poor to uphold
the social responsibilities of the office.
Prefers to Stay With Chickens.
Mr. Bryan has been urged by soma
of his friends to spend the remainder
of the Summer at some resort where he
could rest and gather strength for the
Fall campaign, but he much prefers to
remain among his chickens and alfalfa.
He is accustomed to the climate which,
though hot In Summer. Is not burdened
with debilitating humidity. The candi
date is in perfect health and believe
he can rest better in his country home
than anywhere else on earth. At a Sum
mer resort he would be the firey of the
autograph souvenir hunters and the Idly
curious to a greater extent than Is pos
sible at Fairview.
The following from a North Carolina
editor was received at Fairview today:
"Tom Watson quotes you as saying
you would never vote for a Confederate
veteran. Does this misrepresent you?"
In reply. Mr. Bryan telegraphed that
he never made any such statement: that
h had voted for a Confederate veteran
(Concluded on rasa
Powder Wounds Cause Blood-Poisoning
and Intense Suffering
to Youthful Victims.
ELMA, Wash., July 12. (Special.) Two
deaths -from lockjaw end a third boy
dying as the result of toy pistol wounds
on the Fourth of July is the- record of
a week in the State of Washington.
The dead:
ARTHUR BAUER, of Ritzville, 8 years
old.
HAROLD SLORAH, of North Yakima,
10 years old.
Dying: ' Ten-year-old son of W. B.
Moores, of this city.
On July 4 the Moores boy injured his
.v, -1 rr - n
Thorn E. Watson, Populist
Nominee for President, Who
Scathe Bryan With High
Words.
hand In shooting a toy pistol. The burn
occasioned no anxiety, as It was very
slight and nothing serious was thought
of it until Friday, when symptoms of
lockjaw became manifest Doctors In
attendance have given up all hope of
saving the boy's life,', and he is suffering
intense agony that nothing but death
can relieve.
In the case of Arthur Bauer, of Ritz
ville, the lad received a powder burn
from a blank .cartridge. The next day he
became ill. suffcrod from lockjaw, and
on the third day was dead.
Harold Slorah, of North Yakima, lived
11 days after wadding was fired Into the
palm of his hand by a toy pistol. On
the tenth day he was taken sick, was
seized with lockjaw and In a few hours
was dead.
CUT WAGES OR RAISE RATES
How Chairman Knapp Views Rail
road Situation.
WASHINGTON, July 12. (Special.)
Martin A. Knapp, chairman Interstate
Commerce Commission, was asked today
about the statement of E. P. Ripley,
president of the Santa Fe, to the effect
that railroad rates would have to be ad
vanced. Knapp said he did not see how
it could be avoided and remarked that
railroads did not : seem to have had their
share in the prosperity that had attended
the country fluting the past- two years.
"Railroads In the West," said he, "have
been considering the question of Increase
In freight rates. I am in thorough ac
cord with the position of W. C Brown,
of the New . York Central, that wages
will have to come down or rates be in
creased." BOAT BLOWSUP; FOUR DEAD
Outing Party Meets Death When
- Launch Explodes. -
MARION. Mass., July. 12. Four promi
nent Summer residents of this town and
Falmouth met death through an explos
ion on board a . 47-foot launch off here
last night. Two survivors were picked
up today after having been in the water
for 12 hours. The deed:
Roland Worthlngton, Boston.
John T. Trull, Woburn.
Joseph S. Beal, Milton.
George Savory, Marblehead, captain of
the launch.
The saved: A. P. Tarbell, Marblehead.
Edward Tucker, Boston.
STABBED IN SIDE, MAY DIE
Two Yakima Miners Quarrel; Fight
Ensues One In Jail.
NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., July 12.
(Special. Following a heated argument
about the size of a piece of mining ma
chinery, William King and Charles Ed
wards, employes In the Government con
struction camp on the Tieton, last night
got into a fight resulting in the stabbing
of King In the side three times with the
sharp point of a miner's candle-holder.
King Is seriously hurt and may die, and
Edwards was brought here this morning
by Deputy Sheriff Grant and lodged in
the county Jail. i.
MAY BE GOING TO MEET
Sultan and Usurper oBth Headed
Same Way.
RABAT. July 12. Sultan Abdul Aziz
has left Rabat for Morocco City.
FEZ, July 12 It is rumored that Mulai
Hand, the usurping Sultan, will depart
from Fez shortly for Morocco City or
Rabat.
Has Turned Traitor,
Latter's Charge.
NOW SEEKS FAVORS OF RICH
Sacrifices Cause and Friends
of 1896 for Ambition.
ANYTHING FOR PRESIDENT
Ex-Running-Mate on Populist
Tic'-i. Avers That Nebraskan Has
. Insulted South In Effort to
Gain Jiegro Vote.
NEW YORK. July 12. (Special.)
Thomas B. Watson, nominee of the
People's party for President, and once
nominated . by that party for Vice
President on the same ticket with
Bryan, in a long telegram to the World
makes a bitter attack on William J.
Bryan, the Democratic candidate, in the
course of which he says:
"To cater to the financiers, to dis
arm the hostility of the National bank
ers, to court favor from the rich and
the great, Mr. Bryan becomes a de
serter from the cause of the unpriv
ileged masses, into whose champion
ship he rushed in 1896 with a boldness
which captured applause, and with a
fervor of lip which seemed to flow
from honesty of heart. Quoting with
out credit the words of another, he
sprang into fame on a phrase, and was
followed with passionate zeal by the
millions who did not want to be cruci
fied upon 'a cross of gold.' The Con
stitution of this country is still the
same that it was when Bryan thrilling
ly promised the people immunity from
a 'crown of thorns.' The money sys
tem which he denounced is just the
same infernal thing that U was in
1896; its victims, the financially dead
and the financially wounded, still litter
the fields over which swept the deso
lating panic of last year, but Bryan
has changed.
Sacrifices Duty for Ambition.
"No longer the enthusiastic tribune
of the people, he is a truckler to power,
a recreant from pledge and promise, a
calculating, selfishly ambitious poli
tician, who would betray any friend
and apostatize from any people to win
the prize. It is in Bryan that t'ie
change has taken place: It is in Bryan
that there has been a falling away; it
is in Bryan that we find the unclean
spirit. Instead of standing to his col
ors like a man, putting devotion to
duty above every other sarthly- con
sideration, thereby winning a place In
the loving admiration- of the people
more splendid than the highest office,
he has taken the broad and well-trod
path of political prostitution.
"It I is simply monstrous that W. J.
Bryan's burning ambition for office
should drag the historic party of Jef
ferson and Jackson into the mire ot
such political shame. '
Appeals to Classes and Masses.
"Was Bryan a Democrat in 1896? If
so. he is not a Democrat now. Was the
(Concluded on Page 8.)
MIDSUMMER DULLNESS? NONSENSE, FOR
THERE IS NO SUGH THING-
Healthy Evidences of Prosperity Throughout the "Entire Pacific Northwest.
Just Look at the July Statistics for Portland, for Example
"Midsummer dullness" has become a stock phrase in commercial and financial circles, but there is
nothing in the statistics for the first few days of July .that indicate dullness in this city. The building
industry was so active in June that Portland approached within 3 per cent of the high mark that was
reached when we were on the crest of the wave of good times in June, 1907. .It is perhaps too early in the
month to estimate accurately what proportion the July figures will bear to those of June, but, for the first
nine business days of the month, the showing is remarkable and most emphatically disposes of any inti
mation of a midsummer dullness in real estate or building operations. The twelve days of July ending
yesterday included three holidays, and, during the nine business days, there were issued building permits
to the extent of $504,375, compared with $225,000 for the first nine days in June. Real estate transfers
for the same period this month were $607,227, compared with $347,450 for the same period in June. Ac
tivity in building is always reflected to a certain extent in statistics on mortgages, and in this feature
July makes a much more favorable showing than June. Mortgages placed on record for the first nine
days of July were $269,986, and mortgage releases filed amounted to $193,443, showing a balance against
the borrowers of but $76,543. For the first nine days in June, the mortgages placed on record amounted
to $265,390, and the releases were but $157,182, .the balance against the borrowers thus being $108,208,
or more than $40,000 greater than in July, on practically the same amount involved. This upward trend
is not unexpected, for there has been unmistakable evidence of returning prosperity in the East.
Portland suffered less from the financial strain of last Fall than-any of the Eastern cities, and it
is accordingly quite natural that return of better times in other -qrts of the country would meet with lib
eral response here. The amount of building already planned for the latter half of the year makes it
almost a certainty that within the next three months we shall have recovered fully all lost ground, and,
in spite of the much lower cost of materials and labor, the totals will reach, and may exceed, those of
last year at corresponding periods. By the time this "midsummer dullness" which we have become ac
customed to expect wears off, we shall be in the midst of another great harvest. Prospects for the crop
are not as bright as they were last year, but. the most conservative authorities do not place the crop of
the Northwest below 40,000,000 bushels of wheat, which, with from 10,000,000 to 15,OOQ,000 bushels of
oats and barley, will at present prices distribute, more than $40,000,000 in a territory nearly all tribu
tary to Portland. This, .with the gradual improvement in the lumber trade, a good crop of fruit, large
salmon pack, hops, wool, dairy products and a few other resources that have made Oregon famous, will
soon make It very difficult for the chronic pessimists to secure a hearing.
Armenians at Chicago Commons
Talking Over Library Club Call
Forth Armed Ratd.
CHICAGO, July 12. (Special.) A squad
of police with drawn revolvers charged
on a riotous Armenian meeting at Chi
cago Commons this afternoon, intent
upon making a wholesale arrest of a
band of Armenians said to be anarchists
and revolutionists. A desperate battle
was being waged in the little hall when
the police entered.- ,
At the sight of the revolvers the men
broke into a wild flight. They tumbled
over each other in an effort to reach the
stairs and get away from the police.
A count of the prisoners showed only
two and they were later released.
The Armenians denied emphatically
that they were anarchists and revolu
tionists. They said they were harmless,
Inoffensive members of the Armenian
Library Club and that the riot was not
caused by an outburst of anger against
a Turk or crowned head, but was an
effort on their p"art to straighten out the
books of the club, to ascertain its finan
cial standing.
The discussion, whatever it was about,
grew so heated) that several of the mem
bers of the society broke away from their
moorings and began to hurl things just
as the police charge took place.
TAFT WALKS TO CHURCH
Talks Politics Later With Senator
Warner, of Missouri.
HOT SPRINGS, Va., July 12. William
H. Taft, RepubHcan nominee for the
Presidency, enjoyed a rest from his usual
occupations today. In the morning he
walked to St. Luke's Episcopal church,
only a stone's throw from his rooms in
the hotel, accompanied by Mrs. Taft and
listened to a doctrinal discourse by Rev.
John G. Scott, the rector. There' was
the same small assemblage that charac
terized the services last Sunday morning,
less than 100 people being present. Up
on leaving the little edifice Mr. and Mrs.
Taft faced a camera as one of the inevit
able accompaniments of Presidential can
didacy. Senator Warner, of Missouri, chairman
of the notification committee, arrived
here today and talked with . Mr. Taft
for half an hour. They discussed con
ditions in Missouri in which Mr. Taft
showed interest. The fact, that during
the last five years many farmers have
sold their lands in Illinois and Iowa and
moved to Missouri and that these far
mers are Republicans, was referred to
as liable to play a part in the campaign.
RAILROAD UP CALAP00IA
New Enterprise Said to Be Ready to
Start Work.
ALBANY, Or., July 12. (Special.) A
railroad up the Calapoola Valley from
Brownsville seems assured. J. S. Talbot,
of Portland, and C. H. Warner, a capi
talist who is said to be backing the en
terprise, were in Brownsville this week
and Talbot, who has been the chief pro
moter of the new road, announced that
work would begin In 60 days.
The .proposed road will connect with
the Albany-Springfleld line at Browns
ville, and will follow the course of the
Calapoola River up past Crawfordsville
end Holley and tap one of the best tim
ber belts in the world. The proposed
road will also run through a good stock
and dairying country. A right of way
for the line is said to have been already
secured as far as Crawfordsville, the
deeds being placed in escrow to "become
the property of the company if the road
Is completed by August 1, 1909.
Dying Vigilante Tells
Thrilling Tale.
BREAKS COMPACT ON DEATHBED
George Downer Gives Story to
World After 35 Years.
SHOT IN RUNNING FIGHT
Pursued by Armed Posse, Fugitives
Open Fire First Father Falls,
Girl Escape, but Is Captured
and Makes Confession.
CHICAGO, July 13. (Special.) After 35
years the secret of the fate qf the Ben
der family of infamous memory has been
revealed. After they fled from their
blood-reeking shanty on the Kansas
prairie, they disappeared as completely
as if the earth had swallowed them.
Since" that time many '.minors of how
they got away to Mexico, to Canada, to
California, to Germany, and many other
places have been circulated.
Stories of their annihilation by sher
iffs and United States marshals have
been told only to be discredited. At fre
quent Intervals men and woman have
been accused of being members of the
family of murderers, several confessed
the charge was true, and two were
tried, on It, but In every case It was.
proved conclusively that the persons
were either unjustly accused, insane, or
notoriety-seeking cranks.
Eye-Witness of Tragedy.
The fate of the four of the most ter
rible criminals of modern times re
mained a mystery until the secret was
revealed yesterday by a man sick unto
death, who for over SO years has lived
the life of a respected and honored busi
ness man in a Chicago suburb.
The man who tells the wonderful story
gives nothing from hearsay, nothing from
rumor or "reasoning," but his is the
recital of an eye-witness, of a man who
watched the fiends at work, who helped
to organize the posse which pursued the
fleeing murderers, and was present, gun
in hand, until Kate Bender, fighting to
the last, plunged with a bullet in her
forehead, across the bodies of her moth
er, father and brother. .
Dying, He Relates Grew some Tale.
George Evans Downer, of Downer's
Grove, grandson of Pierce Downer, who
founded the settlement in 1833, told the
story, fully believing he Is on his death
bed and that it Is his duty to publish
the truth to the world. A compact en
tered Into by the members of the vigil
ance committee at the time had kept his
lips sealed all these years, but realiza
tion that if he did not speak the truth
might never be known. Induced him to
tell how he assisted In the extermination
of the fiendish family.
Fugitives Open Fire.
After going at great length to the
methods of the Benders and how suspi
cion finally centered upon them to 'such
(Concluded on page 2.)
Once Brilliant Man in Attempting to
Abuse Child Receives Scratch
That Ends Life.
CHICAGO. July 12. (Special.) Robert
E. Morey, alumnus of Columbia - Univer
sity, brilliant Latin and Greek scholar,
former principal of Poughkeepsie. N. T.,
High School, died in fearful agony yester
day at Cpok County Hospital from a
wound administered by his 15-year-old
daughter as she was defending herself
from his drunken fury.
She was mending a dress and had a pair
of small scissors in her hand when her
father attempted to drag her from the
chair by her hair, and beat her as he
iV
Right Rev. Charles J. O'Reilly,
Bishop of Eastern Oregon Dio
erne, Who Is Seeking; Health In
CaMfornla.
frequently did. In attempting to shield
her face she put up her hands and the in
furiated man struck the scissors with
great force.
He gave the wound no attention and In
his wretched physical condition it rapidly
became worse. He was finally removed to
the hospital so far advanced with blood
poison that the case was hopeless. When
the police heard the facts of the attack
and the pitiful history of the family, they
sent the girl home and the death is offi
cially reported as an accident.
SEEKS HEALTH IN SOUTH
Bishop O'Reilly, of Oregon, Sojourn
ing in Northern California.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 12. (Special.)
The Right Rev. Charles J. O'Reilly, Cath
olic bishop of Oregon, arrived in this
city today. He has been in Northern Cal
ifornia for a time, resting at the springs,
and It is his intention to remain at St.
Patrick's Seminary, Menlo Park, with
the hope of Improving his health. Bishop
O'Reilly has been bishop of Oregon since
1903, and previous to that year he had
been consultor of the archbishop and
held other offices in the diocese while
a priest. He is compelled to seek rest
and recuperation in the milder climate
of California.
REBELS BEG FOR AMNESTY
Quail Before . Bombardment . : of
Kaehin Khan's Batteries.
LONDON. July 12. A special : to , the
Daily Mail from Teheran says that
Rachln Khan, who, In command of a
large force, including several batteries
of quick-firers, entered Tabriz a few days
ago, is now bombarding . the revolu-
tionists, who are massed in the Khiavana
quarter. The latter, the dispatch says,
have telegraphed to the Shah begging
that amnesty be granted.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTERDAT'S Maximum temperature, 87
degrees; minimum, 66 degrees.
TODAY'S Showers, possibly attended by
thunder; cooler; south, shifting to west
erly winds.
Domestic.
Dying vl gi l&nte tells story of killing of
Bender family. Page l.
Western Federation of Miners meet in con
vention at Denver today. Pag 3 6
Explosion on launch kills four persons, in
juring others. Page 1.
National Prohibition convention to be held
this week In Columbus, O. Page 2.
Political.
Editor Ritter pledges support 'to Bryan.
Page 1.
Taft walks to church, then talks politics
with Senator Warner of Missouri. Page 1.
Sports.
Many entries for Oregon state championship
tennis matches, which open Tuesday.
Page 9.
Wild pitch by Kfns4lla loses game for
Beavers by score of 5-4. Page 9.
Los Angeles takes two games from Oakland.
Page 9.
Pacifle Coaet.
Hololuhi gets Into wireless communication
with Atlantic fleet. Page 5.
Three deaths from lockjaw in week due. to
toy pistols. Page 1
Oregon City murderer in found after night's
search and Is saved from lynching.
Page 4.
Hot weather interferes with Wishing ton
politics. Page 5.
Portland and Vicinity.
Girl drowns and two men have narrow es
cape In Columbia. Page 1.
Tracey C. Becker declares there will be no
further delay in land cases. Page 7.
Reports from harvest fields Indicate dam
age to crops has not been so extensive as
was feared. Page 13.
Congressman Goulden, of New Tork, who
visits Portland, thinks Bryan will carry
Empire State. Page 7-
-East Side clubs suggest names for charter
revision board. Page 14.
Funeral of Professor Pratt will be held to
morrow. Page 14.
Real estate and building news. Page 13.
Pastor declares gospel needs no system of
f, i
r i s O
Mildred Long Loses
Life in Columbia.
CORA HOSFORD'S HEROIC DEED
Girl of 14 Bravely Rescues
Father and Uncle.
THEN TRIES TO AID COUSIN
Captain Pern Hosford and W. B,
Patterson Are Revived After Be
ing Dragged From River
Near WashougaL
Fourteen-year-old Mildred Lions, 448
East ABh street, lost her life by drown
ing in a slough connecting with the Co
lumbia River at Washougal, Wash., Sat
urday night, while her cousin, Cora Hos
ford, also 14 years old, proved herselt a
heroine, by rescuing her father, Captala
Pern Hosford, and her uncle, W. y.
Patterson, from drowning.
It was only with the greatest difficulty,
that the little girl succeeded in rescuing
the two men, and she risked her own.
life In frantic efforts to rescue her cou
sin. Having aided her uncle to reach tho
shore, she went back to the rescue of
the others. Her father was sinking when
she reached his side. Seising him ty
the hair, she held him up until she
reached shallow water, and her uncle,
having recovered sufficiently, aided in
removing him to the bank.
Swims Back for Cousin.
Then the girl swam back into the river
to aid her cousin. She succeeded in
bringing the body of Mildred Long to
shore, but not in time to save her life.
Physicians and experts from Washougal
were summoned by the crowd that gath
ered on the banks of the lagoon and
made desperate but vain efforts to re
vive Mildred long. However, they sud
ceedej in reviving Captain Hosford who
was unconscious for more than 20 min
utes. Mr. Patterson also required medi
cal assistance, but both he and Captain
Hosford will suffer no serious results. 1AU
tie Cora Hosford was uninjured.
Doctors Give Up Fight.
After vainly attempting to resuscitate:
Mildred Long for more than half an hour
the physicians abandoned their efforts.
The remains were brought to Portland
yesterday and the Xuneral will probably
be held Tuesday. The body Is at Fin
ley's establishment, where the funeral
will be held.
As a result of the death of the child,
the mother, Mrs. W. B. Patterson, Is
prostrated and physicians express serious
doubts of her recovery. She cannot weep.
It Is said, and her deep and silent grief
may have serious effects upon her heart;
Twice, almost within the year, have ths
waters of the Columbia exacted cruel
toll of ths woman. And with the death
Saturday evening she is childless, hav
ing paid the tribute of two children tot
the great river.
Another Child Was Drowned. !
June 13, last year, her 16-year-old son,
Harold Long, was drowned In the Coi
lumbia, and her grief is consequently,
two-fold. The boy was returning to
Portland from Washougal, He was mak
ing the trip in a canoe, when it over
turned and he was lost.
Harold Long's fate was not known at
the time of his disappearance and two
weeks elapsed before the river gave up
the secret of its dead. Meanwhile re
wards had been offered for a trace of
the boy, and searching parties patrolled
the shores for miles.
Finally an upturned canoe was found
in a cove, where it had been swept by
the current and eddies. The river at
that point was dragged and the body
of the boy recovered. He and the littla
girl who was drowned yesterday wera
the mother's only children.
Both Men Well Known.
Mr. Patterson, step-father of the sir!
who was drowned. Is chief weigher in
the Government Custom-House in this
city. On July 4 he and his wife and
daughter-in-law went to Washougal to
spend his vacation at the home of his;
brother-in-law. Captain Hosford. Captain
Hosford is well known in maritime circles
along the Columbia, and is now in com
mand of the steamer Jessie Harkins.
Almost every evening since their ar
rival at Washougal the two men have
taken the two girls swimming in a lagoon
which is caused by the high water of
the Columbia. Both men are good
swimmers, and the girls were also adepts
in that sport. It was 8 o'clock Saturday
evening when they went into the water.
Many times they have waded across the
lagoon, and on that evening they started
to swim across. Evidently they did not
follow the course they had followed in
wading, for when exhaustion overcame
them neither of the men could touch
bottom.
Two Swim to Safety.
In their course across the lagoon Mr.
Patterson was accompanying the Hosford
girl and Captain Hosford Mildred Long.
They were separated by only a short dis
tance. When they had reached the mid
dle of the Jagoon Cora Hosford called
to Mr. Patterson that she was tired. He
swam close to her and told her to place
her hands on his shoulders.' She did so