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THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX. WEDNESDAY. JULY S8, 1900, i JUDGEWEBSTER'S TIE BUSES SUIT Attorney H. C. King Alleges Magistrate Wastes Coun ty's Days by Absence.' COMPLAINT TO BE FILED Lawyer Aver Jurist Devotes Tax payers' Honrs to Private Practice. He Demands Accounting to Auditor and Salary Keturn Attorney H. C. Kins will file a peti tion in mandamus in th Circuit Court today to compel County Judge Web ster to make a statement to the County Auditor citing the periods he has been absent from his office on private busi ness since his election in 1906. The attorney charges neglect of duty on the part of Judge Webster, and complains that the magistrate has drawn money from the county fund for services he has not rendered. Attorney King states that in the event of Judge Webster not returning to the county money which, he says, has been drawn illegally, the District Attorney will be asked to institute pro ceedings to compel its return. The complainant recites that the laws uf Oregon provide that each county officer shall, at the close or eacn month's business, make a sworn state ment of the time he has spent in the county's service. This, says the com plainant. Judge Webster has not done, and it is alleged the Jurist has been ab sent from his office on private business about half of his term of office. After the preliminary recitations, the petition alleges: That durine all of said time from the ftrt day of July. It, until thf data of Aline this 'petition, defendant Has raila ana n lertrd his duty ns surh County Judse and officer of said Multnomah County. Oregon in not rendering-, at the close of business inch and every mnth during all of said time, a verified statement to the County Auditor of said Multnomah County. Ore- pon. h " wins; the amount due him for terv- rendered during the month, ana eacn nd every month, and ha failed and neg lected to make auch statement or any utitf ment. filed with said County Auditor or at all. showing the time, or times, he wa absent from his said office during said time on the performance of his private duties, and when he va aben: from his said office for any reasons other than the performance of his offlcal duties as County Judse of Multnomah County. Oregon, and has wholly failed and neglected to comply with the law of the State of Oregon aa set forth in section 214 of Bellinger and Cotton's Annotated Codes and Statutes of Oreeon. That during said time defendant haa been out of the County of Multnomah. State of Oregon, a great many times and for a considerable length of time, the exact num ber of which and the duration thereof be ing unknown to relator, on his own private buKlnesa and not In the performance of hla official duties as county Judge or saia M uitnomah Jounty, State of Oregon, and that the time he was thus absent from his off ice and not on the performance of his official duties amounts. In the estimation and belief of relator, to about half of said time between the said date of the first day of July. lfto. and the date of filing this petition. That defendant was absent from hi office and not in the performance of his official duties from May lfA0, t Mv '26. Ho9, and that he failed and neg lected to file a statement of this with the County Auditor of said Multnomah County, as required by law. and that the taxpayers of Multnomah County. Oregon, paid said defendant during all of said time, and that defendant made no reduction or rebate In his salary for time consumed In attending to his own private business and law prje tice in other parts of the state and outside of Multnomah County, while he was absent therefrom. A BIT OF OLD MEXICO Live Canal Scenes la Maxcaltatan, the Mexican Venice. Dillon Wallace in Outing. At the end of an hour our canoe en tered a maze of beautiful lagunas. With tropical foliage rising high above our heads on either aide, we wound our way In and nut amongst them until Anally we burst through Into a wider space to be hold La, Lagtma de las Slete Cielos the Lake of the Seven Heavens. The banks were lined with beautiful lavender-hued water hi lea. small Islands of them float ing loose, and th. air charred with their delicate perfume. This Illy Is known as I.a Kelna del Agtia (the queen of the watrr. and certainly deserves Its name. From this point It lined our way with a profusion of blossoms. The lilies are brought down In masses by the rivers f-o:n interior lakes during the rainy sea son flood chiefly through the Santiago T::o and Lake Chapala and floated thr-iush tie laguma when the miasma is submerged. reeling into the clear waters of La La gun.! i d? Ins Slete Cielos. you se at the bottom what Is apparently an Immense pile of silver money, and gravely our cn.-emen Informed us that It was In fact real money, but lying In a place encanta-d- lenchanted). It was transformed Into shells when brought to the surface, or. ly those who possess tha proper charm can bring the silver up un changed. Lone long ago. it was lost there by a Spanish boat, and the spirits of the water enchanted tha place and no man ever learned the secret and necessary charm to enable him to re cover the silver unchanged. It Ilea there still. In and out we turned amongst the entrancing lagunas, one passing throuah a lor arch of green, called by the natives "El Canon." No one canoeman knows all of these water ways, and it could easily be imagined how a stranger might become hope lessly entangled and lost amongst them. Fach has Its Individual name, like the street of a city, and Is called a "calle" (street!. Trained from early youth, the native boatman learns one section only, and never ventures beyond his known l.tgunas unattended. Soon we saw the "clmaron" (shrimp nets. some, of twisted reeds, some of twine, and then suddenly swung Into a lake in the center of which. lying l'w In the water, appeared the village of Mrxraltafan. Mexcaltatan Is built In the form of a cartwheel, with the plaxa for a hub. and canals lined with huts of reeds and poles reaching up to It, like spokes, from the outer rim of water. Very picturesque and entrancing the little town looked as we approached. The sun was Just dropplr behind the lagunas to the westward, lighting the tops of graceful cocoanut palnie. which rose Mgh above the plaza, and setting on fire the red-tiled roofs of the gray huts below, while the murky canals beneath lay In deep and somber shadow. A bit of old Mexico, solitary and alone, un touched and unmarred by tha march of civilization. It seemed to breathe something of the mystery of tha for gotten days of its founders. It was o'clock when we landed. The tide waa out. and the canals were row naked black mud and mire. Under the guidance of the canoemen, we p.cked our war along a footpath that followed one of the canals of the plaza, and to the store of Kaiser's friend. Senor Fortunato Martin. Senor Martin aaw us coming, and met us at the door with a most sincere welcome. He and Kaiser fell upon each other's necks and embraced before our formal Intro duction took place. When we were final ly made acquainted with our host, we deposited our artillery under his counter, as a mark of confidence in him and to show the world in general that we were not afraid even without the protecting influence of firearms. Then we took our way across town to a hut where supper had been engaged for us. Our arrival had been heralded broad cast. Before we had gone a block our progress resembled a circus bandwagon parade, and I believe every. child In the town was at our heels. They had never seen a white man before, nor peo ple attired so strangely, and we were veritable curiosities. We might have gone on exhibition and charged an ad mission fee. with profitable results. At the hut where we were to eat supper, a talkative iron-gray senora received us. and bade us In Spanish, "Sit down supper will be ready soon." She was quite puffed up with pride that she should have the honor of entertaining us, and was plainly the envy of two or three neighbor women, who were with her when we came, but hurried away upon our entrance, doubt less to notify the folk at home to come and have a peep at the curious-looking strangers. We had hardly seated our selves when we discovered the place surrounded on all sides by a crowd of men. women and children, old and young, large and small, peering in at us through the cracks, or rather bars, of the hut. for it waa unplastered and resembled more of a cage than a house. I realized then how menagerie monkeys must feel if they feel or think at all. when on exhibition before gaping crowds. Presently supper was served, con sisting of three kinds of fish, the local names of which are "robolo." "llza mocho." and "Constantino." The fish was exceedingly well cqoked, and ac companied by tortillas and coffee. We used our fingers In lieu of knives an forks, appendages of civilization not yet introduced into this quiet corner of the world. Fish is naturally the food staple here, and. Indeed,- but few of the people eat meat at all. and many of them have never learnd its taste, excepting perhaps the flesh of water fowl, which are usually so plentiful and tame they can be had for the killing. We dallied over our meal, and when at length we arose to go, our crowd of spectators had dwindled away to a few stragglers. This was a great relief, for modest men. such as our party waa composed of. could not but feel em barrassed with so much popularity thus unexpectedly thrust upon them, and without attendance we quietly sto". back to Senor Martin's. Here we we-e introduced to his bosom friend, the Jefe. or mayor, who also, I believe, in this Instance, acted as perfecto. The Jefe. like Senor Martin, was a native of Teplc, and, like him, of Indian des scent. He Is the ruler of Mexcaltatan, while Senor Martin, his adjoining neighbor. Is proprietor of a general store and gambling resort. Thus the two are the great men or tne piace. GIRL BREAKS PONIES. ChlM of 1 1 Trains Shetlands, Shows Perfect Mastery of Steeds. London Cor. Chicago Inter Ocean. Near the picturesque Elizabethan farm house in Buckinghamshire, which is her home, a little English lassie named Gwennle Thompson may be seen on any fine day Just now breaking in her mother's Shetland ponies. Mrs. Thompson occupies tne is innings farm at the top of a hill a mile from Chalfont St. Peter, and two miles from Gerrards Cross Station. She and her two daughters milk cows and perform the miscellaneous tasks of a farmstead, which to them are pleasures, with the minimum of hired assistance. But the stud of "Sheltles" is the pride of the Nlnnlngs. and has become famous. "People sometimes come here." said Mrs. Thompson, "and say they want a cheap pony 'anything will do." I never like doing business with them. I remem ber how angry my husband was the first time this happened, for he" started the stud. People ought to want the best they can get for their children. A common pony may be vicious and really dangerous. "We make friends of all our ponies. One little foal romps with Gwen on the grass, sits on her lap and plays with her like a kitten. Another used to come In regularly for his bottle of milk when it was due, and walk into the sitting-room, plainly asking for it." ' It was delightful to see the perfect mastery Miss Gwennle showed over the potnes. which she rode barebacked. About the farm she generally goes bare foot. She Is 11 years old. "Gwennle first walks the ponies about the lanes," said Mrs. Thompson, "and then rides them. She seldom has a fall, and doesn't mind a tumble if the pony Is not hurt. It Is because the Sheltle has such a perfect temper that he is the ideal child's pony." "I love the ponies best of all," said Gwennle. her fair curls flying in the wind from beneath her bonnet. "I don't think I could be happy away from the farm, but I couldn't bear to leave the ponies. The little ones have to go away as they -p r- PRESENT HOME OF BOYS' AND GIRLS' AID SOCIETY IN PORTLAND. t : " rf -Ji! 4 til l ! r p f- 'rU p !(-"'"- c eT,?.n ,--r-'-"'' f : mi s W ' IS w : .: hrBn Rbb - I II h 4 NEW ANNEX TO NORTH WING grow up, but only one at a time. I make them all est out of my hand, and I am sure they all lov. me aa I love them." Smallpox Germ Discovered. Rio de Janeiro Corr. New York Sun. Dr. Oswaldo Crua, Director-General of the Sanitary Service, makes announce ment to the Rio de Janeiro Academy of Medicine that the microbe of smallpox. w:ilch is of animal origin, had been dis covered 'urtns bacteriological researches at the Oswaldo Cruz Institute by Drs. Henrique Beaurepaire de Arago an J Prowasek BIG SCORES IDE By Fourth Regiment Riflemen Are Making Fine Record at Practice. FIELD PROBLEM TODAY While Half of Southern Oregon Reg iment Continues Target Practice, Others Will Take Vp Mimic Warfare About Clackamas. " Several of the most remarkable Indi vidual scores In marksmanship made during the present target season were effected by the Fourth Oregon Infantry riflemen at the Clackamas range yes terday. The most unusual were In skirm ish firing, several runs being made that registered better than 90 and one total ing 97. Private Mooney, qf Cottage Grove, waa the marksman to roll up a total of 97 points out of 100 possible. When it Is taken Into consideration that the Tiring Is at a small target and that shots are fired at six different distances, the score of 97 is one to be remembered. The riflemen to total 90 In their skirmish runs were Sergeant Snodgrass and Ser geant Potts, of Cottage Grove. Private Stingley. of McMinnville. made 89; Pri vate Bennett, of McMinnville. 85, and Private McClellan, of Ashland, 75. The First Battalion, in command of Major Hamlin, of Roseburg, spent the forenoon on the short and mid-ranges. One of the best scores of the week in slow fire was made by Lieutenant Comp ton. of McMinnville. At 600 yards he made the exceptional score of 47 out of 50. at 600 yards 42, at 300 yards 44 and at 200 yards 41. Private Stingley, of the same company, made 46 at duO yards and 44 at 600. After completing his record skirmish run. Private Mooney, of Cottage Urove, made effective scores at slow fire, scor ing 47 at 500 yards, 42 at 300, 41 at 200 and 40 at 600 yards. Captain Johnson, of the same company, made 43 at 200 and 600 yards. An interesting team tryout occurred early. In the afternoon when four selected marksmen fired over the 1000-yard range under adverse weather conditions. Al though they had not been allowed prelim inary practice over the range, three of the Southern Oregon riflemen shot very close to the 40 mark. The four men were: Private Marquam. of Albany; Lieutenant Cunningham, of McMinnville, and Sergeant Potts and Private Mooney, of Cottage Grove. Firing ten shots, each shot of a possible value of 6, Marquam got 5. 0. 3, 6. S. 3. 4s 4, 0, 0. Total. 25. Lieutenant Cunningham, 4, 8, 4, 5, 4, 4, 3, 3, 5, 4. Total 39. Potts. 0, 5, 6, 6, 4. 4. 3, 4. 5, 3. Total 38. Mooney, 4. i. i. 8, 3, 3, 5, 4. 3, 3. Total 36. Company and battalion drills occupied the battalion commanded by Major Ham mond, of Eugene. At 7 P. M. Major To- ran assembled his regiment and gave a review for Adjutant-General Flnzer. who expressed himself aa highly pleased with the showing made by the command. Today blank ammunition will be issued and problems In reconnoissancs and ad vance and rear guard maneuvers will be taken up. The First Battalion will be di vided against Itself for the morning prob lem, while the Second Battalion occupies the rifle range. In the afternoon it la possible the two battalions will be pitted agalnat each other. In the three days that remain the regi ment will continue with hard work In the various branches of Instruction. Colonel Toran and his officers being determined to get all possible out of the stay under canvas. Invaluable assistance Is being rendered by Captain King and Lieuten ants Jewett and Davis, of the regular es tablishment, who are in camp on duty with the regiment. Immediately upon the departure of the Fourth for home at the end of the week, the state rifle competition will be taken up. Teams of riflemen from all parts of Oregon will begin arriving Friday which, with Saturday, will be devoted to prelim inary practice, the first event in the an nual competition being taken up early Sunday morning: RAIN SETS COAL ON FIRE Flames Break Out Afresh in Bunk ers at La Grande. LA GRANDE. Or., July 27 (Special.) Although it was thought for a time WILL BE; ERECTED AT COST Or 700. that the fire which broka-out over a week aRO In the O. R. & N. coal bunk ers in this city had been practically ex tlnRuished, smoke burst forth at half a dozen places today after the rain had been falling? for a few hours. The company Is having th. coal load ed on cars aa rapidly aa possible, and are shipping- it out to Umatilla and other places. About 2000 tons have been shipped out of the yards. Whlla there is no way at present toi estimate the loss, it is practically certain that over 20U0 tons have been damaged. For trunks so to th. Harris Trunk Co. MEN RANGE Neanog 1 pranvrvuovuiv mr 4r4 iwi lMlfi9' 11173 ffMi46 f;i KsW A-Vr m&m w si$a Bp mf:- ifN B$m FUND NEARLY COMPLETE ANNEX TO RECEIVING HOME TO BE ERECTED. Enlarged Quarters Will Give Boys and Girls' Aid Society Ad equate Facilities. The Boys' and Glrta' Aid Society will erect a north wing to its present building, at a total eost of about $7000. - Two thou sand dollars of this amount was appro priated by the Legislature at its laal ses sion, and about $4700 collected from phil anthropic citizens of Portland. The bal ance will be made up by outside counties. Besides the cost of the building, it will have to be furnished, and subscriptions are desired by the society for this pur pose. It is thought that, with the aid from the different counties and private subscriptions, the goal will be reached. The building committee consists of F. E. Beach, J. C. Alnsworth and Robert S. Farrell. Richard Martin, Jr., the archi tect, has procured eight bids on the car penter work, nine bids on the plumbing, five blda on the heatinsr and five bids on the electric wiring. The successful bid ders are: Frank C. Strigl. for the wood work, cement, brick work and painting; Otto Wackrow, for the plumbing: J. J. Kadderly, for heating the new building, and the Main Electric Company for the wiring. The accompanying Bketch shows the building as it is now. The addition will be on the north side, and the exterior will correspond with the south wing. The new wing will consist of about 17 rooms. In the basement the present laundry ""ill be extended. There will also be a boys dining-room, a large bathroom fitted with wash trough, shower and tub baths, toi let, boys' locker-room and reading-room. The first floor will have a reception-room, assembly-room. two. bedrooms and store room and the offices. The second floor will consist of two dormitories, attend ants' room and linen closet. The attic floor will contain a hospital for the boya, dormitory and attendants' room. In addition to the extensions of the main building, the society has erected a large playhouse for the boys during tha Winter. It consists of a large room down stairs. 20x37, and an attic, used as a storeroom, above. The seat ars mad. the End! - Fair-Warning! The biggest occasion in the way of littlest prices and littlest pay ments for really fine warranted high-grade PIANOS ever wit nessed in Portland and one that will never come again. Delayed Cars Are Here Now and All Will Be Sold in a Few Days. Sale Ends Saturday! Bring $5 or $6 and Get a Nice New Pi ano Now. Prices $138, $162, $146, Etc Never heretofore was it possible to secure so much genuine piano value for the money. Probably never again. Come right away. All of the Pianos included in this sale are now on display at our Re tail Salesrooms, "the always busy corner," on Washington at Park (8th) The prices are $138, $162,-8146. Pay $5 cash and $5 a month. There are eighteen $300 and $350 styles reduced, $127, $164 and $154. On these, terms are $6 cash and $6 a month. If you wish to pay cash, an extraordinary and altogether unusual premium of 4 per cent goes to anyone wishing to pay in full within 30 days. See these pianos, note the reductions; no such occasion for securing a piano so tremendously under price will be presented again in several years, at least. There is an awakening to prosperity throughout the East. We found two well-known piano manufacturers with a large stock of finished pianos. They were terribly anxious to realize. We secured these latest high-grade pianos at a most extraordinary reduction. We pass this advantage along to wideawake midsummer buyers. Bear to mind, we guarantee every instrument as to quality, and also as to price. Your money back if at any time within six months you can buy the same grade of pianos elsewhere, East or West, at anywhere near such low price. Should you later on want the best in the world, the Chickering or the Kimball, or that beautiful art piano, the Weber, or the Pianola Piano, we will any time within two years allow total price paid for these pianos in exchange toward the former. . box-shape, and the covers can be raised and used aa receptacles for books or playthings. The new playhouse will have electric lights and a stove for Winter. The beautiful grounds back of the re ceiving home cannot be surpassed for the purpose for which they are used. They consist of a good-sized grove, which is divided by a fence into boys' and girls' playgrounds. In the boys' playground there are swings and a baseball field, and on the girls' side there is a tennis court, croquet lawn and swings, and It is the intention of the superintendent soon to put in a sand court. When the building and the grounds are completed Superin In response to numer ous requests for the repetition of the inter esting COCOA FACTS which we have printed as parts of our adver tisements, we shall re peat the series of 30 Facts, beginning with No. 1, which will ap pear in an early issue of this paper. D. Ghirardeili Co. THE HOME FOB FINE PIANOS BIGGEST, BUSIEST AND BEST 353 WASHINGTON STREET tendent Gardner says that he believes the institution will be unsurpassed by any home of its size in the Northwest. HIS WRATH COSTS HIM $5 Man Who Donates $60,000 to Bible School Is Fined for Cursing. EUGENE, July 27. John B. Coleman, a capitalist-philanthropist of Eugene, who two yeara ago donated $50,000 of city property to the Eugene Bible University. You cannot make a good cup of cocoa out of poor cocoa; a poor cook couldn't spoil iMfaFiillll COCOA in the making. Fragrant, delicious, nourishing. Less than one cent a cup. Don't ask merely for cocoa ask for GhirardellPs. Mis 138 1 a Christian theological school here, was fined $5 yesterday in the city Police Court for profanity on the street. Coleman, who Is over f0 years of age, was missed a foot or so by a speeding automobile. Immediately there burst from his lips a flood of profanity that was heard a block by Chief of Police Far rington. who at once arrested him. Cole man is the owner of much property in Eugene and some in California. He has made many bequests. This was the first time in his life he had been under ar rest. Trunks, suitcases and bags. Largest variety at Harris Trunk Co. i i