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PORTLAND. OREGON, MONDAY, . APRIL 35, 1910.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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LEADERS OF NEXT
CONGRESS, PUZZLE
Republicans in Quan
dary Over Situation.
SPEAKERSHIP IS REAL WORRY
Tawney Is Cannon's Only
Available Successor.
MANY WOULD LEAD SENATE
Xtetirement of Senators Aldrich and
Hale and Speaker "Joe" Cannon,
' Possibly, Leaves Majority Par
ty In Bad Predicament.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. April 24. When the Sixty-second
Congress organizes, the Republi
cans of both Senate and House of Rep
resentatives -will be called upon to
thoose new leaders, and the task will
be a difficult one.
The retirement of Senators Aldrich
ind Hale, and the certainty that "Uncle
foe" Cannon- can never again be elect
ed Speaker, will make reorganization
necessary, and the situation In the
House may be further complicated by
the defeat at the polls this Fall of
leveral of the prominent men identi
led with the existing organization.
Aldrich Is Born Leader.
It is unfortunate for the Republicans
if the Senate that no man among them
is pre-eminently qualified to succeed
Senator Aldrich as the leader of the
majority. The situation In the House
Is almost as serious, for the best quail
Bed of all the dominant members. Rep
resentative Tawney, of Minnesota, Is
rery likely to be defeated this Fall,
md no member, who will tie returned.
Is as well equipped as he to step into
the shoes that will- be put aside by
"Uncle Joe" Cannon.
Senator Aldrich is a man of rare at
tainments attainments that will be
fully appreciated now it is known he
proposes to retire to private life. As
an organizer and leader of men, as a
manager of affairs, as a director of
.legislation he has no equal in either
branch of Congress. The man near
est approaching him in qualifications
for leadership. Senator Hale, of Maine,
Is also to retire, but were he to re
main he could be no more than nomi
nal leader, for his years are so far ad
vanced and his health so impaired that
he has not the strength or virility to
take up a task that has broken down
i Aldrich, his marked superior in both
mind and body.
Perhaps Senator Crane, of Massa
chusetts, Is better qualified than any
other to succeed to the leadership, for
like Aldrich, Crane is an adroit poli
tician, level-headed and practical, and
is lacking only in ability to defend in
debate those things which he wishes
to promote.
If Senator Crane be not chosen, it
may be that Senator Penrose, of Penn
sylvania, will succeed Aldrich, 'but Pen
rose, like Crane, is no speaker, and is
less active and alert than the man from
Massachusetts. :
. Root to Step Upward.
The retirement of Aldrich and Hale
will, have one certain effect; it will ad
vance Senator Root to a high place in
the party councils of the Senate; he
will become at once a more prominent
figure than he would have done had he
continued to be overshadowed by those
two men. While Roofs ability has been
acknowledged, his reputation has rest
ed on his accomplishments prior to his
election to the Senate; not to anything
he has done since he entered that
body.
Western men, who have demonstrated
ability, will rise to the top, and be
closely identified with the work of the
new Senate as they have not been here
tofore. Senator Borah, of Idaho, will
become a greater factor than he has
been in times past; Senators Warren
and Clark, of Wyoming, and Carter of
Montana, if he is returned, will all
come more prominently intdhe lime
light, as will Perkins of California, If
his health permits.
No Chance Seen for Oregon.
But Oregon will be as inconspicuous
as it has been for the past two years.
There is no opening at the front of the
stage for her Senator, who has been
closely affiliated with Aldrich, and w.ill
blink-out as the great light fails.
Among the insurgents are many will
ing to assume the duties of leadership,
and all of them believe they are com
petent. Senator Beverldge. of Indiana,
thinks he is the one man who can take
hold and save the Republican party
from utter destruction. But, unfor
tunately for Beveridge, nobody agrees
with him. Senator La Follette enter
stains very similar views as to himself,
but not even his insurgent associates
are willing to concede his fitness for
leadership of the Senate. The same is
true of Cummins of Iowa and Bristow
of Kansas.
There Is one among the insurgents.
however, who is qualified: one who
(Concluded on Face .3.)
SPREAD OF RIOTING
IN HUNAN FEARED
STATE DEPARTMENT REALIZES
GRAVITY" OP SITUATION.
In Event of Serious Trouble, Na
tions Will Join asjn Boxer
Troubles, Is Belief.
WASHINGTON. April '24. (Special.)
There is concern at the State Department
over the Chinese riots' In Hunan Province
because of the possibility that the trou
ble may ppread rapidly at any moment.
Official advices received Friday do not
picture the danger as being great as do
the last press reports. Nevertheless, even
official advices indicate that chances of
rioting being suppressed without serious
consequences are not more than half
way encouraging.
It Is realized here that information in
the Chinese provinces travels with llglit-ning-like
"rapidity from mouth to mouth.
So, with flaming anti-foreign posters be
ing posted in the stree'.s of Changstaa,
It is readily understood what the effect
may be on the neighboring districts.
If the riots spread it is 'believed that
the foreign nations will stand together
with the Chinese government to help
bring about order and prevent bloodshed,
as during the Boxer troubles.
Effective naval vessels in the vicinity
appear to be the United States cruiser
Cleveland, the Japanese gunboat UJI, and
the British river gunboat Snipe.
CROP DAMAGE IS RELIEVED
Middle West Loss Great, but Wind
Shifts to Better Quarter.
CHICAGO, April 24. Despite the el
most unprecedented storm that swept
over a dozen states in the last 48 hours
and Government prediction of more cold
and snow, the shifting of the wind to
the northeast promises to mitigate ex
tensive crop damage in the Middle West.
'A canvass of the situation shows1 the
greatest damage has resulted In Iowa,
Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. Greatly re
duced fruit crops and loss of early corn
are certain.. Reports from, the North
west indicate that barley, oats, rye and
corn were badly damaged by cold. The
soil, however, is still in. fine condition
for plowing and it is not too late for re
seeding. In Kansas, Missouri and Kentucky
snow is expected to protect small fruits
and lessen the loss on apples. Mississippi,
Tennessee, and Arkansas report consid
erable damage has been done by the
coldest late April weather on record in
those states. Information from Wiscon
sin and Michigan indicates the fruit crop
will not be much more than one-half the
usual size.
RACING AUT01ST INJURED
Wheel Collapses, Sending Machine
Through Fence, In Shriners Event.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 24. When
rounding the far turn of the Ingleside
race course in the third event of the
Mystic Shriners' automobile speed
tournament today, William Nelson, with
A. B. Bright, his machinist, was sent
crashing through the outer fence and
over a low embankment Into a ditch
when a wheel collapsed. -
Nelson suffers from laceration of the
face and scalp and from a possible
fracture of the skull.
Ben Kirscher, driving the 100-horse-power
Darracq, lost control of his ma
chine when the steering knuckle
snapped and the racer plowed through
the fence at the back stretch. He was
uninjured.
Oldfield lopped another second off his
Coast record for the mile on a circular
track when he made the distance to
day In the 200-horsepower Benz in
51.66 seconds.
GRAND JURY NOTES STOLEN
Accusation Is Made by Prosecutor In
Hyde Case,
KANSAS CITY, April 24. Prosecutor
Virgil Conkling is satisfied the grand
jury notes which Dr. Hyde's counsel
produced in court last Wednesday were
stolen from Ruby B. Garret, an assist
ant prosecutor.
What Mr. Conkling is going to do
about the case is a mystery. He gives
assurance that he will take some action,
but, following a long conference with his
legal associates today, he was unable., to
tell just what his first move would be.
Judge Latshaw said tonight lie in
tended to leave to the prosecutor the
whole investigation of the loss of the
notes.
Attorney Frank P. Walsh, representing
Dr. Hyde, will resume his cross-examination
of Miss Anna Houlihan, a nurse,
when the trial is resumed tomorrow.
BABE DRINKS KEROSENE
Weston Councilman's Daughter Dies
in Convulsions
WESTON. Or.. April 24. (Special.) The
infant daughter. 18 months old, of Coun
cilman Frank Snider, is dead from the
effects of drinking kerosene which she
found In a cup on a table.
A physician labored with the child all
day, but was unable to save her life. She
had a cold, and the oil caused edema of
the lungs, followed by convulsions.
TENNESSEE HAS SNOWFALL
Flurries Are Intermittent at Nash
ville During Day.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 24. Flur
ries of snow were intermittent here all
day.
So far the damage in Tennessee from
the present cold snap ha been slight.
PREACHER REGARDS
OLIVER AS MENAGE
Indignation in Ashland
Finds Spokesman.
BROTHER MINISTERS WARNED
Language Intemperate, Man
ner Called Dictatorial. e-
CONTRACT IS ONE-SIDED
Pastor of Christian Church Regrets
Evangelist Was Engaged False
Statements Repeated With
out Proof, He Declares.
ASHLAND. Or., April 24. (Special.)
Rev. French E. Oliver, the evangelist,
has concluded his meetings here, but
his work lives after him. Rev. G. K.
Berry, pastor of the First Christian
Church, called attention tonight to the
methods of vllliflcation and' abuse used
by Oliver in this city and completely
repudiated the revivalist.
Rev. Mr. Berry is one of the ministers
who joined in bringing Oliver to this
city. He declares that the revivalist
attacked citizens of Ashland on hear
say, tried to dictate what the clergy
men of this city themselves shall tlo
and made numerous statements that
the people of the churches cannot in
dorse. It is his conclusion that Oliver
"is a dangerous man to society." and
he says churcnes of other cities which
might engage the evangelist should
be warned so that "they will know
what they are getting." Oliver is now
conducting meetings in Medford.
Language Is Violent.
Oliver, according to Rev. Mr. Berry,
has said that President Taft is a dis
grace to the Nation and that Christ
was crucified at the ballot box at thee
last Presidential election. The re
vivalist also, says the pastor of the
Christian Church, "condemned the
preachers who had refused to submit
to his dictation by sayinj he would
not allow them to carry slop to his
hogs."
. These are only a few of the objec-.
ttonable assertions attributed to the
evangelist.
Seven of the Ashland preachers, de
clared Rev. Mr. Berry, engaged Oliver
to conduct the local meetings. They
believed that criticism of his methods
at Eugene must have been overdrawn,
and this opinion was strengthened on
March 20 when Oliver preached his first
sermon in this city. That discourse
contained nothing objectionable, but
the Ashland ministers were soon dis
illusioned as to the Oliver methods.
Good People Disgusted.
"It was not long, however, until he
began to make statements which dis
gusted many good people, both in and
out of the churches," continued Rev.
Mr. Berry. "He said he was not a
Democrat and had never been low
enough to be a Republican; that Taft
was a disgrace to the Nation and that
Christ was crucified at the ballot box
at the last Presidential election. He
said he cared for the souls of the peo
ple of Ashland, but did not care for
their feelings, or what they thought of
him. He made severe attacks upon the
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 85
degrees; minimum. 49.8 degrees.
TODAY'S Increasing cloudiness and cooler;
westerly winds.
National.
Republicans in quandary, over leaders of next
Congress. Page 1.
Senate losing in race with Hguse to pass
railroad bill; ball games blamed. Page 3.
Domestic.
W. J. Bryan ordained elder of Presbyterian
Church. Page 1.
Marie Twain's funeral simple, .as humorist
wished. Page 2.
Attempt to bolster up stock market falls;
i peoeple turn to farming Investments.
Page 3.
Gotham society all agog over Cavalieri's
no- love marriage with Robert Chahler.
"v Page 2.
Pacific Northwest.
Engineer sticks to derailed engine on North
ern Pacific and saves passengers at loss
of own life. Page 1.
Ashland minister denounces methods of
Evangelist Oliver, whom he regards as
menace. . Page 1.
Large attendance is expected at Open River
Congress at Oregon City. Page 5. .
any clerks will be cut off by new com
mission administration at Tacoma. page 5.
ie River pear orchard sells at $2373
.' acre. Page 5.
Sport.
Coast League scores: Portland 6,
d 2; Los Angeles 4-6, Vernon H-7;
. ranclsco S-G, Sacramento 8-2-
North -Van
J
Page V
League scores:
3; Seattle 5,
Spokane
Tacoma
7.
Beavers .n game of hard hitting and spec
tacular catches. Page 8.
Sam Serger satisfied with Jeff's work for
first time. Page 8.
Portland and Vicinity.
Census bureau finds great hostility toward
count among Umatilla Indians. Page 10.
Church congregations hear appeals for con
certed action in arresting spread of tuber
. culosis. Page 9.
Deputy Sheriff, wllh replevin papers, cap
' tures after long chase fishboat confis
cated by warden. Page 1.
Policemen on motorcyclea arrest twenty
seven speeding autolsts. Page 14.
Spellbinders of Commercial Club spend day
"numbering guns of orators for Southern
Oregon trip. Page 14.
Strengthening of Pacific Coast defenses ad
vocated by Dr. Dyott in Sunday sermon.
Page . . .
Committee from South Portland Boosters to
ask Mayor to hasten In granting vaca
tions for East Side terminals. Page 14.
Mount McKlnley expedition departs today
for Seattle; sails Wednesday. Page 7.
HERMANN IS IMPROVING
Patient Converses With Family and
Rests More Comfortably.
ROSEBURG. Or., April 24. (Special.)
After spending a restful night, Blnger
Hermann awoke this morning show
ing evidence of slight Improvement.
Not only is he able to lie in bed com
fortably for the first time since his
severe illness began, but he is also
spending much of his time in convers
ing with members of his family, whom
he readily recognizes.
According to a bulletin issued by K.
L. Miller, the attending physician, late
this afternoon, the pr.tiant Is resting
easier than at any time since his ill
ness became serious. The only dis
couraging symptom noticeable at
present is a bloating condition in the
vicinity of the spleen. The physicians
entertain hope of avoiding further
spread of this swelling, however, inas
much as they believe it a local ailment
and not of such a serious nature as to
cause alarm.
PATRIOTIC ROSE PROMISED
Californian Expects to Produce Red,
Wrbite and Blue Flower.
LOS ANGE LES, April 247 (Specials
Having a rosebush which produces a red
and white flower. Park Superintendent
Lone, of Long Beach, thinks he can
make It add a blue shade also, and thus
he will have a National flower.
Last year a bush in Pacific Park bore
snow-white roses. This season the flow
ers are beautifully tinged with red. Long
attributes this fact to the proximity of
a red rose bush and says that by next
year, when the roots of the bushes min
gle, the red stripe will be even more pro
nounced. He Is now planning to force
the red 'and white bush to take on the
shade of 'blue.
THE "UPLIFTER."
DRIVER STAYS BY
DERAILED ENGINE
Life: Is Sacrificed for
Passengers.
BURLINGTON TRAIN DITCHED
Two Killed, Two Injured Near
Selah, Washington.
STOP MADE IN 400 FEET
Engineer Gordon and Fireman Mey
ers Crushed to Death Under Lo
comotive Mall Clerks
Pratt and Brogan Hurt.
SPOKANE, April 24. A special from
North Yakima says:
While running at a speed of 20 miles
an hour past Selah station, six miles
northwest of Nprth Yakima, the Burling
ton passenger train No. 41, over the
Northern Pacific Railroad, was wrecked,
Engineer William Gordon, of Ellensburg,
and Fireman Meyers, of Pasco, being In
stantly killed, and R. Pratt, of Seattle,
mail clerk, and William Brogan, of Seat
tie. mall weigher, slightly injured.
That many passengers, on the heavily
loaded train were not injured was due
to the presence of mind of Engineer Gor
don, who lost his life in the effort to
save those under his care, when he shut
off the steam, threw on the air brakes
and even placed the emergency brake
in the 400 feet the train ran from, the
time It struck an open or defective
switch.
Conductor Churchill, who was taking
tickets In the day coach, says when the
engine left the track the train was going
at the normal speed of 30 miles an hour.
Suddenly the air brakes were set, the
engine whistle gave the short distress
blasts and a second later the crash
came.
The engine. No. 280, pulling the train.
had left the main line, and one into the
switch just east of Selah, Jumped the
track and been dumped over an embank
ment about five feet in height. Forced
by the momentum of the heavy train, the
mail car had swept by the overturned
engine and been turned about a quarter
over, and the baggage car had followed.
Both cars were badly damaged. Ap
parently, after giving the warning signal.
Engineer Gordon had attempted to get
from the cab. for his body was found
between the boiler head and the tender.
The body of Myers was found pinned
under the tender, his arms outstretched.
LITTLE CHURCH-GOER HIT
Seattle Child Is Struck on Head by
Automobile.
SEATTLE, Wash., April 24. (Spe
cial.) Little Sarah Maidmorrt, 4 years
old, was run down today y an auto
mobile driven by Robert Anthony. The
tot was struck in the head by the ma
chine. She was carried to her home in
an unconscious condition.
Accompanied by other ' children, the
child was on her way to the Methodist
Church when the accident happened.
The physician attending believes the
little one will recover.
CHURCH ORDAINS
BRYAN AS ELDER
KEBRASKAX TAKES SERMON ON
MOCNT AS TEXT.
Life of Christ Held Up as Example
to Citizens Delegate to Ecu
menical Council, Also.
LINCOLN. Neb.. April 24. (Special.)
In the little Westminster Presby
terian Church, midway between Lln
colTi and Fairview. W. J. Bryan was for
mally ordained and installed today as
an elder of that denomination.
The ordination was conducted by" Rev.
H. B. Comln, the pastor, before an at
tendance of 300, practically the ca
pacity of the church building. The in
stallation and the acceptance address
of Mr. Bryan occupied the entire serv
ice. Mr. Bryan was .elected an elder
in March, but today was the first op
portunity tor his ordination.
"The Sermon on the Mount" formed
the basis of his remarks, following
his obligation. Mr. Bryan said that
he accepted the eldership because it
imposed obligations new to those which
he as a Christian heretofore had enter
tained. He dwelt on the life of Christ
and the duties imposed on citizens to
follow the Nazarene as an example.
Mr. ' Bryan, coincident with his in
stallation as an elder, was elected a
delegate from the Nebraska synod, of
which Lincoln is a part.
LOGGER SHOT BY OFFICER
One Wounded in Lively Scrimmage
at Castle Rock.
CASTLE ROCK, Wash., April 24.
(Special.) While resisting arrest last
night. Bob Graham, a logger, was shot
In the arm by the night Marshal. He
will recover.
With some companions, Graham was
in a lunch place, making a disturbance.
The' party had been warned by the Mar
shal to make less noise, but paid no
heed, Graham talking back to the of
ficer. Finally the Marshal put him un
der arrest and started with him to jail.
When the jail was reached, the door was
opened, but the prisoner, a veritable
young giant, braced himself and refused
to enter. Two of Graham's companions
then attacked the officer and a lively
scrimmage ensued, one of them striking
Hommel, the Marshal's assistant, in the)
face and staggering him. but the officer
quickly recovered and gave his antagon
ist. Edmund Tygley. a blow which cut
the fellow's forehead open, causing him
to quit. Meanwhile, Night Marshal Mc
cormick was having a time .with Gra
ham, who had backed him up against a
fence. The Marshal warned him to stop
or he would shoot, but the fellow kept
coming, and McCorraick fired.
ACTRESS TAKES OWN LIFE
Jennie Forast, Vaudeville and Vari
ety Actress, Drowns In Bay.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 24. Tbrougli
an acquaintance who had known her in
her poverty, the body of the woman,
found floating in San Ftranclsco Bay
yesterday off the sea-Wkll was Identified
today as that of Jennie Forast, who,
only a few years ago, was one of the
vaudeville stars of the country.
Miss Forast was known in the variety
houses of New York, and had appeared
in San Francisco at local vaudeville
theaters.
The man who made the identification
was located by the police by means of
a card found in Miss Forast's purse,
which was accidentally hooked out of the
bay this morning by a boy who was
fishing from Meigg's wharf.
Miss Forast's illness and despondency
are given as the reason for self-destruction.
MAN BURNED; SKIN WANTED
drafting Operation Alone Can Save
Vancouver Resident.
VANCOUVER, Wash., April 24.t-(Special.)
A skingraftlng operation will be
necessary before Otto Johnson will be
able to recover from the effects of a
burn which he suffered two weeks ago
when cooking breakfast for his mother
less children.
The burns on Johnson's leg may not
be healed for at least a year.
It will be some time before the graft
ing of new skin can take place as the
flesh was cooked to the bone.
IDLE MAN PREFERS DEATH
John Benson Could Not Afford to
Be Out of Work.
SEATTLE. April 24. John Benson,
aged 45, shot himself through the head
while in bed at his home in Ballard, a
manufacturing suburb, today, because
he believed that the closing of the
shingle mills by the manufacturers,
owing to hard times, would last for
some time.
He was taken to the city hospital,
where it is said that he cannot recover.
He could not afford to be out of work.""
ANGRY WIFE TAKES ACID
When Husband Comes Home Drunk,
She Fulfills Her Threat.
.WALLA WALLA, Wash., April 24.
(Special.) Because her husband came
home in an intoxicated condition at 10
o'clock at night. Mrs. William Hall, a
roomer in a lodging house here, swal
lowed the contents of a small bottle of
carbolic acid and may die.
. She is said to have remarked that she
would kill herself when her husband,
who is an electrician, staggered into the
room, whereupon he is reported to have
said, "All right, old girl, go to it."
FISHBOAT TAKEN,
THEN RECAPTURED
After Exciting Chase,
Sheriff Triumphs. :
WARDEN LOSES HUGE PRIZE
Fishermen Successful, for
, Present, in Salmon War.
DID RATHBUN PULL GdN?
McAllister Determined to Put Stop
to Catches Before May 1 Fort- "t
land Company Asserts That -Law
Is Not Now Valid.
After a stern chase that lasted all
afternoon and part of the evening," Dep
uty Sheriff Harry Bulger, of Multnomah
County, and Sheriff White, of Columbia
County, in the launch Traveler, over
hauled the state fisheries patrol launch
Astoria eight miles below St. Helens at
8 o'clock Saturday night and recaptured
the 16,000 pounds of Clackamas County
salmon confiscated Saturday by Master
Fish Warden McAllister.
The salmon, which were the property
of the Portland Fish Company when
seized, were found still in the launch
Bonnie and two fish boats, the three
craft being in tow of the Astoria.
The fish were taken from the custody
of Deputy Fish Warden Rathbun upon
service of the papers in a suit of replevin
and were brought back to Portland, the
Traveler with the three fish-laden boats
in tow reaching the city at 2 P. M. yes
terday. The salmon, which had been
exposed to the sun a great deal slnca
taken from the water, were in bad con
dition and will probably be a total loss.
Fish to Be Sold in Kalama.
Deputy Rathbun was taking the salmon
out of the jurisdiction of Oregon courts
and expected to sell them or place them
in cold storage at Kalama, Wash. A
few hours after being relieved of th
fish, Rathhun .in . the--Aatorla started
back for Portland and passed the Trav
eler and her two tows about 3 A. M..
reaching the city soon after daylight.
Deputy Rathbun and the Astoria's crew
set out again last night for Clackamas
County points to watch the fishermen
and prepare to ' seize any contraband
salmon found outside the Jurisdiction of
Clackamas County courts.
In conversation by long distance)
telephone from Salem yesterday War
den McAllister said that he would
continue to confiscate all salmon brought
Into Multnomah County until the ques
tion at issue has been definitely settled.
He is acting upon the advice of Attorney
General Crawford, who will be in Port
land today to follow the legal aspects
of the case and advise Mr. McAllister in
the steps he will take.
Patrols Established.
Patrols were established on the Wil
lamette River, along the boundary be
tween Multnomah and Clackamas Coun
ties, last night, the men In charge being
Instructed to seize all craft attempting
to bring fish into this county. Sensa
tional developments are expected, as the
feeling on both sides has risen to fevei
heat.
After confiscating the launch Bonnie
and the two fish boats laden with salmon
on Saturday, Deputy Fish Warden Rath
bun heard that an attempt would bo
made by the local wholesale dealers to
secure possession of them again through
service of a suit of replevin, this actions
having been filed in court by the dealers
as soon as their launch was seized. -
To escape this service, Rathbun started
down the river with the fish launch and
small boats in tow of the patrol boat
Astoria. Reaching a point within eight
miles of Kalama, the waters of the Co
lumbia became so rough that It was
necessary to hug the shore with the
heavily laden craft. ",,
An anchorage in a cove not far from
Deer Island Point was made, and Deputy
Warden Rathbun left there for Goble,
to get into communication with Warden
McAllister.
Hue and Cry Raised.
In the meantime there was a great hue
and cry In this city when it was discov
ered by the local fish dealers interested
that the Bonnie, with her finny load, had
disappeared. Deputy Sheriff Harry Bul
ger, in wliose hands the papers of the
replevin suit were placed for service, ac
companied by John F. Meehan, president
of the Portland Fish Company, and Jo
seph O'Connor, of Malarkey & Co., left
Portland early Saturday afternoon in the
launch Traveler, a speedy boat, with the
purpose of locating the Astoria and her
prize.
Every cove and possible hiding placs
along the Willamette and Columbia Riv
ers was investigated by the chasing par
ty. Arrangements had been made 'be
tween Sheriff Stevens of this county, and
Sheriff White -of Columbia, ami the lat
ter boarded the stern-chase launch al
St. Helens, the replevin complaint belny
given to him for service. 'r
Had it not been for the flying of ths
Stars and Stripes from the stern of th
patrol boat, it is probable that the fish,
dealer's launch, containing Sheriff Whits
and Deputy Sheriff Bulger, would have
entirely missed Its prey. The fish
launch was well hidden in a cove, and
It was only the glint of the folds of the,
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