HONORS MEMORY
OP ORE
Torpedo-8oat Destroyer Is
Named for Late Captain
Roswell H. Lamson.
WELL KNOWN IN PORTLAND
Distinguished XaTal Officer In Civil
War, With Brilliant Career, for
Many Tears Clerk of Fed
eral Court Here.
The late Captain Roswell H. Lamson,
In whose honor one of the torpedoboat
destroyers under construction has been
named by order of President Roosevelt,
was the father of R- B. Lamson, mem
ber of the Portland Water Board. The
only surviving daughter of the distin
guished naval fighter. Mrs. Helen Lam
son Crary. reaides at Mayfield. CaL Fol
lowing the close of the Civil War, Cap
tain Lamson resigned from the Navy and
removed to Oregon, locating in this city,
where for many years he was clerk of the
United States Court. He iled in this city
In 130.
The honor that has been bestowed on
the deceased veteran was in recognition
of his services at the battle of Port
Royal and the subsequent capture of Port
Walker. Entering the service as a pri
vate, Mr. Lamson early in the war was
promoted to Lieutenant and was ad
vanced to Captain late in 1S63. Aside from
the battle of Port Royal and the capture
of Port Walker. Captain Lamson partici
pated In many important engagements
which had much to do with turniRg the
tide eventually In favor of the Union
forces.
Command or Tug Flotilla.
Captain Lamson'a most distinguished
services, however, were rendered during
the year 1S63 while he was in command
of a flotilla of tugs, equipped as gun
boats, on the Nausemond River in con
nection with the determined efforts of
the Confederates under General Lonff
street to surround the Federal troops at
Suffolk and subsequently to conduct a
general movement against Williamsburg,
Va. At the beginning of these operations.
Captain Lamson. who was then commls
mlsloned as Lieutenant, was assigned to
duty on the Nausemond River.
At the time there were urgent de
mands from the Union forces In all quar
ters for gunboats and the department
was unable to supply the needs. As a
result. Lieutenant Lamson was furnished
with an equipment which consisted of
four boats and comprised remodeled tugs
and ferryboats. The fleet consisted of
Mount Washington, a river steamer; the
tugs Cohasset and Alert and Stepping
Stones a. light ferryboat. Lieutenant
Lamson personally superintended the
arming of these diminutive warships, and
that he did the work well was demon
strated by the remarkable record of the
flotU'a before the war ended.
Capture of Tort Walker. ;
It was In the capture of Port vt aiaer,
on the Nausemond River, that Lieuten
ant Lamswn achieved a notable victory
over th Confederacy. At that time his
particular mission was to keep the Union
troops in communication, and. from his
station across the river, to harass the
enemy In Its occupancy or the fort. Fi
nally he resolved on the capture of the
fort. After carefully screening the sides
of bis boats so as to fool the enemy as
to the number of men he had, the fear
less commander of the squadron feigned
several attempts to pass the fort. Sus
pecting that the Union boats eventually
would breaJt past the fort, the Confeder
ates found It necessary to readjust their
guns in order to reach effectually the
boats as they passed the point Lieuten
ant Lamson evidently had been striv
ing to gain.
When the time arrived. Lieutenant
Lamson in the meantime having satisfied
himself that the men in the fort had
been misled, the little fleet of four ves
sels started deliberately down the river
as before. Just before coming into
range of the guns in the fort, the boats
wheeled about and were run to the fort
ride of the river and Just below the fort.
Before the guns could be trained on the
squadron, the Union forces hod landed,
made a detour of the fort, and. attacking
' it from the unprotected rear, forced the
complete surrender of the fort and its
occupants
Called on General Loiigstreet.
Only a few years before Captain
Lamson died. General Longstreet
visited this city, and while here the
Union veterans called on -him at his
hotel.
"I believe I have had the pleasure
of meeting you. or rather some of your
men before," replied Captain Lamson
upon being presented to "the South
erner. Tea? And where was that?" re
torted General Longetreet.
"During the naval operations on
Nausemond River in 1863," answered
Captain Lamson.
"you don't mean to say that it was
you who organized that expedition
against Fort Walker?"
"Tea air."
"Well, It was done handsomely," was
all the Southern General had to say.
Tribute In Xaval History.
In his Naval Hiatory of the Civil
War, Admiral David D. Porter makes
the . following- reference to Captain
Lamson, who was associated for the
greater part of the war with Lieuten
ant W. B. Cushing, who distinguished
himself by sinking the Albemarle, one
of the most brilliant naval achiev
ments of the Civil War:
Iuring the demonstration Jy the enemy
on this occlon (attempt of Confederate to
surround Vnlon forces at S ufTolk) there was
much hard service performed, frequent at
tacks from and repulses of the enemy. Some
clever yoaag officers were employed In this
service, among them Lieutenant Lamson.
and the indomitable Cushinjr both brave,
energetic men Lamton with the capacity
of one older and more experienced, and
Cuihing with dash and visor never exceed
ed. Lamson especially distinguished himself
by planning, and with the co-operation of
troops under Brigadier-General Getty, ef
fecting the capture of five guns and 130
men on Hill's Point. Tbls position com
manded the communication between the
Vpper and the Lower Nausemond and the
Confederate had from It greatly harassed
the flotilla. Here Lamson captured a 21
pound howitzer and the sword of the Con
federate commander.
KING COUNTY TAXES CUT
Board of Equalization Reduces Val
uations 20 Per Cent.
SEATTLE Wa.h., Auc 23. (Special.)
The County Board of Equalization
made a flat reduction of 20 per cent
on the assessed valuation of real estate
improvements, franchises and all other
GO
MAN
classes of personal property through-
out ine county, st a sessiuu -
f, r 'j! h r d at a late hour last night. County
Assessor Thomas A. Parish made a
motion for the reduction and It was
unanimously adopted by the Board. The
assessment rolls a returned by As
sessor Parish were approved by the
taxation committee of the Chamber of
Commerce, yet that committee had
strongly urged upon Mr. Parish a re
duction of 25 per cent. The executive
committee of the general taxation
committee of the Chamber of Com
merce, which consists of John H. .Mc
Graw. C J. Smith. L. J. Coleman and
Judge Alfred Battle, spent a busy day
with the Equalization Board yester
day. It attended the sessions during
the day and returned again last night
and remained until the reduction was
made.
TRAINS TOWN'S TROUBLE
Residents of Newport Divided, on
Railroad Schedule Question.
NEWPORT. Or., Aug. 23. fSpecial.)
The people here are puzzling themselves
over the question of accepting the South
ern Pacific Company's offer of a noon
train as a substitute for the present serv
ice. Those in favor of the change point
out that the new schedule will enable
them to spend the evenings at home, as
under the arrangement by which the
train arrived at night many went to
town for the mail. The business men
who are anxious for a resumption of the
former night sen-ice say that the pe
cuniary gain is greater than any social
detriment due to boys and girls having
no home life and being on the street till
late. The Newport and Lincoln County
Commercial Club is divided on the mat
ter. Waldport Is anxious for the noon
service from Albany. Toledo is equally
anxious for the old early morning and
late at night service, while Newport itself
la divided on the question.
LINN HAS TALL HUNTERS
Of 458 Who Take Out Licenses 60
Are Six Feet In Height.
ALBANY, Or., Aug. 23. (Special.) Linn
County boasts more tall hunters than any
county In the state. Of 458 who have
secured hunting licenses here this year, 60
are over six feet In height. T. J. Crab
tree, of Shelburn. is 6 feet 44 inches in
height, and A. H. Steingrandt, of Foster,
is 6 feet 44 Inches. Others over six feet
are W. O. McClaln. of Lebanon. 6 feet 24
Inches; Roy L. Ellis, of Albany. Ira St.
John, of Albany; G. L. Porter, of Shedds;
C. M. Kendall, of Albany, and J. A.
Walker, of Stayton, each 6 feet 2 inches;
R. R. Templeton, of Brownsville, 6 feet
H4 Inches; Peter Ruettner. of Albany;
George Welsner. of Lebanon; Mirvle
Looney, of Tangent; J. W. South, of Al
bany, and Fred Hochspeler, of Albany, 6
feet 1 inch; and W. D. Porter, of Shedds.
6 feet H Inch. Forty-five others are ex
actly ( feet In height. Mirvle Looney, of
Tangent who Is S feet 1 inch, la only 16
years old.
WINDFALL FOR BELLBOY
Wife Inherits $20,000 and Sedley
W. Percy Quits Job.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 23. (Special.)
Sedley W. Percy was a bellboy at the
St. Francis yesterday. Today he is rich.
at least his wife Is. The Percys live in
a flat at 1S00 McAllister street. Yesterday
the wife received news that a relative In
New York had died and left her $20,000.
It took Mrs. Percy Just three minutes
to telephone her husband that he need no
longer wear a blue uniform and carry
suitcases out to the Streetcars for guests.
Percy hunted up the manager and re
signed so quickly that it made the heads
of the other boys swim. The blue uni
form was thrown off. the badge turned
in at the office and Percy strolled down
Powell street looking more like ready
money at every step.
Percy and his wife are busy packing.
They are going back to New York. Later,
Percy says he will drop into the Hotel
Cecil in London and see what class the
cockney bellboys can show.
DERELICT IN MID-PACIFC
Dismantled Vessel Believed to Be
Japanese Ship With Rich Cargo.
HONOLULU, Aug. 23. The steam
ship Asia which has arrived here
from Hongkong and Yokohama en
countered a derelict schooner in lati
tude 33:56 north, longitude 163:25 east.
It Is thought that the dismasted ves
sel was the Japanese schooner Kin
omoto Maru.
The Asia carries a cargo of silk
valued at two and one half million
dollars, to be landed at San Francisco,
August 2$. The steamer Aorangl en
route from Vancouver to Australia
arrived here today.
Earl Dudley, governor general of
Australia, was a passenger on the
Aorangl.
DENY STORY AWFUL CRIME
Officers at Camp Crawford Exoner
ate Soldiers of Charge.
CHEYENNE. Wyo.. Aug. 23. Officers at
Camp Crawford, the United States Army
maneuver grounds, over the long dis
tance telephone today emphatically de
clared there was no truth In the report
that a young Denver woman was mal
treated at that camp last Sunday night
by 32 artillery men and left in the under
brush unconscious and more dead than
alive.
The story was based on statements
made at Laramie by privates who said
26 of the 32 men alleged to be Implicated
had been locked up in the guardhouse.
NATHAN 0. MURPHY DEAD
Ex-Governor of Arizona Passes
Away in San Diego.
SAX DIEGO. Cal., Aug. 23. Ex-Governor
Nathan Oakes Murphy, of Ari
zona, died suddenly at the Coronado
Hotel yesterday. Mr. Murphy, who
had been in poor health for some time,
came here recently from Colorado
Springs, accompanied by his wife. The
immediate cause of his death was hem
orrhage of the stomach. ,
Governor Murphy was 68 years of
age. He was elected Delegate In Con
gress from Arizona in 1893 and was
Governor of the territory from 1898
to 1902.
COAL STRIKE IS ENDED
Indiana Operators Grant Demands
of 1000 union Miners.
TERRE HAUTE. Ind.. Aug. 23. The
strike in the bituminous coal field is
officially ended, by the announcement
that the Operators' Association had
agreed to the demands of the mine
workers of district 11, and today 1000
union miners were at work.
CRUEL LIE SAYS
DISCARDED WIFE
Mrs. Louise Powell Stevens
Declares She' Possesses
Marriage Certificate.
WOMAN NERVOUS WRECK
Gives Out Interview From Sick Bed
In Seattle Determined to Clear
Her Xante From Stain
of Scandal.
SEATTLE. Wash., Aug. 22. (Special)
Mrs. Louise Powell Stevens, the wife
of the Portland exporter and clubman,
who now denies his marriage to her,
is a nervous wreck. She is in se
clusion In this city and does not want
her address known, that the attorneys
for Mr. Stevens or his friends may not
find her. She to ill in bed, but gave
out the following statement of her
marital troubles:
"I first met Mr. Stevens In 1891 in
Portland and he wanted a quiet wed
ding and urged me to go with him to
Canada to be married, giving his rea
son that he was a British subject and
wanted to be wedded on British soil.
The minister who performed the cere
mony was a stranger to me as were
also the witnesses. They appeared to
be friends of Mr. Stevens. The follow
ing day we returned to Portland.
Early Hints at Flaw In Marriage.
"The first few years of our married
life were very happy. Later it seemed
to me that Mr. Stevens was drifting
away from me. One day after we had
been married a number of years, in
a fit of anger because I remonstrated
wi him for paying attention to other
women, he said there was some flaw
In our marriage and if I did not let
him do as he pleased he would die
grace me. That frightened me, but
the next day he said that his threat
was made in anger; that our marriage
was absolutely legal.
"Afterward when we were on a visit
to hie Kome in Chicago he made similar
threats and In my fright and confusion
I told hi mother. She then told me
about his former marriage and that he
denied to her that he had married his
first wife.- She seemed much concerned
and said that Mr. Stevens was untrust
worthy where women were concerned.
His mother, seemingly fearing that Mr.
Stevens might have played eome trick
upon me. Insisted upon my husband sign
ing with me a marriage agreement under
the laws of Illinois, which she had a
lawyer prepare.
Tears Up Marriage Contract.
"About three years ago Mr. Stevens
asked me to let him see the contract
signed in Chicago, which was signed by
his mother as witness, giving as his ex
cuse that he wanted to compare his
mother's writing with a letter he had
from her. to see whether her writing
showed that she was getting old. I got
the paper from the safety deposit box
and gave it to him that evening, and he
tore it up before my eyes and when I
tried to stop him he struck me in the
face so that it was swollen for several
days and I had to tell some friends who
saw me that I had the toothache. The
next day I made a copy from memory,
which I now have.
"Several times during the last three or
four years he has asked to see our mar
riage certificate, giving one excuse and
another, but something always kept me
from giving it to him.
"I don't like to talk about the last
couple of years. They seem like some
horrible nightmare, In which everything
is confused. He used to tell me about
his misconduct and show me affectionate
letters from other women-and bring home
their pictures and force me to look at
them, and then one or two of them used
to call me up over the telephone and
taunt me with the fact that they could
take him away from me any time they
wished.
"Finally we agreed to separate and a
contract was signed by which he was
to turn me over some money and prop
erty and pay me a certain sum each
month.
"Well, he then wanted me to go away
and get a divorce on the grounds of de
sertion. I could of course have gotten
a divorce on the ground of cruelty or his
infidelity, but ho pleaded with me not
to brir.g a divorce action on such
grounds, because it would injure him in
Portland. 1 told him that if he would
wait for a year from July, when the
contract was made. I would get a divorce
because of desertion. I have the certifi
cate now and will produce it in court
upon the trial of my case.
Forgets Enmity In Pain.
"In regard to criminal charges against
him, I suppose he ought to be punished
and made to suffer for what he has
done and is doing, and I will probably
have him prosecuted, but I have suffered
so much myself that it seems to have
taken away from me the desire to make
any one else suffer.
"Mr. Stevens' statement that he was
never married to me was a cruel lie. He.
was married to me and for 16 years I
lived for him alone and gave him every
thing I had to give. I am sick now and
my nerves are so shattered I can hardly
stand it. But I must not give vp till my
good name is cleared."
VALUE OF RAINIER LAND
Mr. Backns Again Complains of As
sessor's Decisions.
RAINIER. Or.. Aug. 23. (To the Ed
itor.) In The Oregonian of August 8
there appeared a report from a St.
Helens correspondent announcing a de
cision of the Circuic Court in favor of
the county in the timber-tax cases, and
incidentally he complains that certain
wicked timber-owners who reside in
Portland massed their forces against
Mr. Laws, who he asserts assessed all
property excepting: "errors of judg
ment" at full cash value. Those "errors
of Judgment" are altogether too com
mon, as I propose to show. .
For instance. I have been offering
to sell my property, which is partly
timber, at 20 per cent below the as
sessed value since the assessment was
made, with no takers, and I doubt if
I could find a buyer at 50 per cent off.
Now, my nearest neighbor's selling
price for his property is $15,000, it is
assessed at J2990. and he paid 13000
for it 20 years ago. I have made some
inquiry as to realty values and assess
ment of eight different properties. They
are not selected, but are taken at ran
dom contain no timber, and with one
exception, they are all assessed away
below their true value. One residence,
including furniture, is Insured for $2000
and Is assessed at $$40, including the lots
it stands on.
I have, on a former occasion, called
attention to a tract of land in Rainier
containing 32 acres, assessed at 8600,
and a piece of the same ground 100x300
feet was recently sold for 81345. This
land is easily worth twice as much as
mine, and mine is assessed for more
thousands than the other is hundreds.
I challenge The Oregonian's corre
spondent or Assessor Laws to give any
explanation of these inequalities of the
assessment that does not involve neg
lect of duty, favoritism or Incompe
tence on the part of the As
sessor, and I call special attention
to the 32 acres mentioned above.
The Oregonian's correspondent asserts
that It was the timbermen who caused
the defeat of Mr. Laws this is mere
speculation, and he offers no proof.
There may be other causes that he has
failed to notice. .
Let me specify the Nehalem precinct
for instance. It is a wooded country, but
too far from market for the Portland
timber owners to have any large gangs
of workmen on the ground, and Harri
son received 34 votes and Laws 9. Then
turn to Rainier Precinct where there is
some pretty lively logging operations
when times are good. Laws received 44
votes and Harrison 17. Perhaps your
correspondent alludes to Clatskanie where
Harrison gets 92 votes and Laws 62, but
if there was the universal desire for Mr.
Laws' continuance in office as some seem
to tftink, he ought to be able to over
come a little matter of 92 votes in a
county where his party has a normal ma
jority of 700.
But there is still another side to the
matter. There are probably a large num
ber of victims to those "errors of Judg
ment" like myself scattered over the
county that have been assessed at 50 per
cent more . than their property would
bring in the market. I met one of them
In the Assessor's office when I was there
to register a protest in my own case,
and he was probably turned down like
myself. I should think he would hardly
care to support the man who refused to
redress his wrongs. JOHN BACKUS.
RAILROAD COMPANY HACXS
BOXCARS TO SEATTLE.
Italian Strikers Refuse to Vacate
Quarters for Japanese
Section Hands.
SEATTLE. Wash., Aug. 23.-(SpecIal.)
The Northern Pacific yesterday for
cibly brought to Seattle nearly 100 of the
striking section hands who have been
threatening trouble with the. Japanese
who have replaced them at Auburn. The
Italians lived in 10 old boxcars fitted up
with beds and cookstoves. They refused
to leave these quarters while the Japan
ese were on the ground. When the Jap
anese went to work yesterday the Ital
ians made a rush upon them, but were
driven back by special officers with re
volvers. This morning a locomotive was
coupled on the boxcars and the cars
and the strikers were brought to Seattle.
The Italians protested that they de
sired to go to Tacoma, but as an offer
to take them to Tacoma had been made
yesterday and refused. the company
brought them to this city. Others of the
strikers are expected at Auburn from
surrounding points and 15 deputy sheriffs
are still on the scene.
ITALIAN'S ASD HINDUS ARM
Rival Forces at Tacoma Invest in
Guns and Revolvers.
TACOMA, Wash.. Aug. 23. It is be
lieved that yesterday's strike riots be
tween Hindus and Italians will be re
newed tonight. Hardware dealers and
pawnbrokers report a heavy sale of re
volvers and guns last night, mostly to
the Italians. The Hindu leader, or fore
man, employed by the Northern Pacific,
walks among his men today carrying a
rifle on his shoulder, and all the Hindu
laborers are armed. Brush was cut away
from the tracks, where the Hindus are
living In box cars, last night, for fear of
dynamiters.
SELL FILBUSTER CRAFT
Steamer Goldsboro In Mobile Un
able to Reach Xew York.
NEW YORK, Aug. 23. The last chap
ter of the steamship Goldsboro's career
as a filibuster is nearing an end and in
a few days the vessel will be sold to the
highest bidder in the port of Mobile. Ala.
The receiver for the bankrupt Export
Shipping Company, which Alfred W. and
F. G. Bailey, of this city, operated, has
decided to sell the vessel for what he can
get. The Goldsboro, upon reaching Mo
bile from Puerto Cortez, Honduras, a
few days ago, was found to be in such
a leaky condition that she could not
complete the voyage to New York.
The cargo, consisting of arm3 and am
munition, machinery, stores and many
other things, suitable for the equipment
of a colony the Bailey brothers intended
to establish In Honduras, will be brought
to New York and probably will be sold at
public auction. It is valued at J750.000.
NOT JEALOUS OF ENGLAND
Official Review Says' Germany Has
Xo Xaval Ambitions.
BERLIN, Aug. 23. Die Grenzboten
whose weekly review of foreign affairs
is written by a person whose state
ments are guided by the foreign office,
disavows this week that the German
government has even thought of con
testing Great Britain's position as a
sea power. Continuing, the writer says
that inasmuch as Germany's commer
cial marine has been developed In com
plete independence of that of Great Bri
tain, in the same manner Germany is
building a- navy commensurate with her
oversea interests and her mercantile
fleet.
If Great Britain considers that her
position has been rendered in any way
insecure, Germany can not object to
Great Britain's building two warships
for everyone that Germany lays down.
MONEY TO FIGHT PLAGUE
Government Will Give San Fran
cisco $3300 Month.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 23. Mayor
Taylor has been advised by the sec
retary of President Roosevelt that an
additional appropriation of $3300 a
month had been allowed for expendi
ture In San Francisco by the Federal
authorities in carrying on the rat cru
sade and preventing the Introduction
of foreign infections or contagious
diseases.
Death of Mrs. J. Kline, of Astoria.
ASTORIA. Or.. Aug. 23. (Special.)
Mrs. Jennie Kline, wife of Joseph L.
Kline, died here this morning following
an operation. The remains will be
taken to Portland tomorrow morning
for cremation. Mrs. Kline was a na
tive of New York, 40 years of age and
during the past thirteen years had
resided in this city. She leaves a hus
band. Mrs. Kline was one of the lead
ing members, of Gateway Rebekah
lodge, L O. O. F., of this city.
THAW PLAYING
No. Ulterior Motive in Bank
ruptcy Proceedings.
ONLY PROTECTS HIMSELF
Gross Overcharges, He Declares,
Forced This Action Prisoner
Says He Will Return If
Compelled toXeave State.
POUGHKEEPSLE, N. Y. Aug. 23.
Harry K. Thaw has made public
statement that is an answer to- various
reports regarding the financial dealings
that have occurred since he filed his pe
tition in bankruptcy. Thaw, in his state
ment, eays:
"I am able to say that a statement at
tributed to Mr. Semple waa not made by
him. Mr. Semple will assure any In
quirer that I have never signed a draft
of any kind upon my mother. At my re
quest my business attorney, Mr. Lyon,
obtained a loan for me on June 8, 1906,
from my mother, but that is very different
from drawing upon her. I have not drawn
upon her at any time.
Regarding the rumor that he has some
ulterior purpose in being adjudged a
bankrupt. Thaw enters a specific denial.
Gross overcharges, he says, forced him
to protect himself and his legitimate cred
itors by making application in bank
ruptcy. The bankruptcy proceedings, he
declares, was no subtle scheme of his
lawyers.
Thaw says he has no wish to go to
Pittsburg, as he believes that Receiver
O'Mara and Governor Stone will protect
his interests, but If his presence is re.
quired his counsel will add their word to
his that he will return, or if a bondsman
is needed here in Poughkeepsie, he has
friends who will put up 85000 or 810,000,
which he thinks is ample security for a
citizen charged with no crime whatever
and detained under a commitment which
no lawyer or authority considers to be
legal and constitutional.
FLANAGAN FOB SENATOR
INDORSED FOR OFFICE BY VE
VADA REPUBLICANS.
State Ticket Xominated at Gold'
field Law and Order Demand
ed in Mining Districts.
GOLD FIELD, Nev.. Aug. 23. The Re
publican state convention met yesterday.
H. N. Morehouse, of Goldfleld, was
elected chairman by acclamation.
The platform adopted Indorses the Chi
cago platform, the administration of
President Roosevelt and Senator Nixon's
work in Congress, and it also indorses
p. L. Flanagan for United States Senator
to succeed Newlands. and favors the
maintenance of law and order throughout
the state, without direct reference to the
state police bill.
H. G. Humphreys, of Washoe, was
elected chairman of the state central
committee.
The following ticket was nominated:
For United States Senator, P. L. Flana
gan, of Reno; Congressman, H. B. Max,
son, of Reno: Associate Justice. Supreme
Court, Hugh M. Brown, of Tonopah: Sur
veyor-General, Con Ahem, of Virginia
City: Presidential electors, H. A. Comins.
of White Pine: J. G. Thompson, of
meralda, and H. M. Lillls. of Lincoln.
PAY-TRAIN IS ROBBED
Discharged Employes of Hungarian
Road Use Wild West Methods.-
BUDAPEST, Aug. 23. (SpeciaU-Five
masked highwaymen one evening recent
ly attacked a carriage conveying money
for the payment of workmen engaged
upon the local railway near Vacz. The
chief engineer and the casmer were mor
tally wounded and i500 was stolen, une
coachman escaped and gave the alarm.
The robbers escaped to a neighboring
forest, where they were surrounded by
police gendarmes and hussars. After an
exciting man-hunt four of them were
captured early this afternoon. The rob
bers were dismissed employes, Servians
by origin, and executed their coup in the
most accepted Dick Turpm style on tne
main road and in broad daylight.
MOSQUITOS FROM TROPICS
Eggs Brought to London in Bunches
of Bananas.
LONDON. Aug. 23. (Special.) Bananas
are thoueht to be responsible for the in
vasion of mosquitoes, which have made
life in London unbearable during the last
two weeks and caused the inhabitants to
seriously discuss the use of mosquito net
ting and screens such as are used in trop
ical countries. The eggs of the mosquito
are said to be imported by the banana
and to have been hatched out during the
recent warm weather.
Clapham mothejs have already learned
that common blueing is a good remedy
for mosquito bites, and many of them
send their children out with blue bags
for use as soon as the bite is felt.
RECEIVES TONS OF GOLD
y - -
Denver Mint Gets $5,000,000 From
San Francisco.
DENVER, Aug. 23. Gold bullion valued
at $5,000,000 was received at the Denver
Mint yesterday direct from the superin
tendent of the Mint at San Francisco.
This is said to be the largest single ship
ment of gold bullion ever received here.
It came from San Francisco over the
Santa Fe 'route in charge of the Govern
ment Treasury Department and six
armed express messengers.
The strictest secrecy was maintained
about the shipment, which weighs about
eight tons, and utmost precaution was
taken to prevent a robbery.
OHIO .LAW IS APPROVED
Xational Fraternal Congress Adopts
x Uniform Legislation Scheme.
PUT-IN-BAY. O.. Aug. 23. After a
stormy closing session of the National
Fraternal Congress last night the uni
form bill, which is modeled after the
fraternal insurance law of Ohio, was
finally passed and will be recommend
ed to the State Legislatures this Fall.
IE Pellard Tailored Suits !
Ti M Prices $50.00 to $200.00 M M
A Sole Portland Agents jjjj
PRIZE APPLES PRIZE PEARS
UNEXCELLED CLIMATE
Are among the things famed in the
ROGUE RIVER VALLEY
The soil and the climate in the Rogue River Valley, particularly
that part of it lying in Jackson County, Southern Oregon, is unex
celled in the world for the production of excellent fruit, vegetables
and dairying.
I have for sale within two miles of railroad
TWO SECTIONS IN A BODY
lying immediately upon the Rogue River, specially adapted for all
kinds of fruits and vegetables.
ALL DNDER IRRIGATION
Two irrigation ditches, an abundance of water, rich second-bottom
land.
I desire to meet a party who would consider the purchase of this
land, and if a deal can be made quick, a very low price compared to
values in the vicinity will be made, or I will cut it up into small tracts
and sell at a figure that will iusure a large profit to every buyer within
a year or two, should the purchasers not desire to make a home on
- the tracts.they purchase.
I am prepared to show any investor that here is an unusual op
portunity. Address or call on
E. TDCKER, Hotel Oregon, Ashland, Or.
NEWPOR
YAQUINA BAY
Oregon's Matchless Beach Resort
The Place to Go for Perfect Rest and All
Sorts of Healthful and Delightful Recreation.
ITS FACILITIES ARE COMPLETE Best of food
and an abundance of it. Fresh water from springs.
All modern necessities, such as telegraph, telephone,
markets freshly provided every day. Fuel in abund
ance. Cottages partly furnished or unfurnished to
be had cheaply. Strict municipal sanitary regula
tions. '
SUMMER EXCURSION RATES
From AH Points in the Northwest
NEWPORT is reached by way of the Southern Pacific to Albany or
Corvallis, thence Corvallis & Eastern R. R. Train service daily a ad
the trip a pleasure throughout. Leave Portland 8 :15 A. M., main line
via Albany, or 7 A. M. via West Side line.
RATES FROM PORTLAND
Season Tickets, on sala daily $6.00
Saturday-to-Monday Tickets $3.00
Call at the city ticket office of the Southern Pacific, Third and
Washington streets, in Portland, or at any S. P. agency elsewhere, for
complete information.
WM. McMURRAY,
General Passenger Agent, Southern Pacific Co. Lines in Oregon,
Portland, Or.
Cut out the "Blues" give the
liver and stomach a rest by eating
The dainty, delicious, malted corn flakes,
made of the best white flint corn com
bined with barley - malt. Crisp, tasty,
easily digested. Supplies more strength
than you can gain from any other food.
Ready-to-serve with cream or milk. Ask your grocer for It
The only Malted Corn Flakes.
ALWAYS
A. Santaella & Co., Makers, Tampa
The Hart Cigar Co., Distributors
UNIFORM