THE 3IOBNIKO OREGONI AN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 17. 1912.
f lllFICAIIOfl ACT
! TO UNITE CHURCHES
Move of Quarterly Conference
of Taylor-Street Body Now
Necessary.
BISHOP BACKS UNION
. Question or Pastor to- Be Selected
Yet Vndetermlned Grace Meth
odist Folk Favor Plan.
Meeting Held.
All that remains to perfect th unit
ing ' of the Taylor-street ' and Grace
Methodist Episcopal Churches under the
name, - "First Methodist Episcopal
' Church of Portland." is for the quar
terly conference of Taylor-street church
to take action, ratifying its commit
tee's report, for the Joint conference
to elect officers, and for District Super
intendent McDougall to declare the
churches one. Bishop Cooke will then
name the pastor for the United Church.
He has not yet intimated whether he
will choose Dr. Benjamin Toungr, of
Taylor-street church. Dr. J. H. Cudllpp,
of Grace Church, or a new pastor.
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, at
its quarterly conference last night rati
fied the action of the Joint committee
of the two churches, recommending
union, and the erection of a magnifi
cent edifice on the site of Grace Church,
at the northwest corner of Twelfth and
Taylor streets, ten seat at least 2000
persons, or the remodeling of the pres
ent structure. Bishop Cooke presided
at last night's meeting. Dr. Cudllpp
was not present.
. The committee recommended "that
the old church property at the corner
of Third and Taylor streets, be kept
separate and leased or improved so as
to be made as productive as possible
the entire net revenue from this prop
erty to be used under the direction of
the board of trustees of the consolidat
ed church for church purposes.
Charity to Get Aid.
"After five years' time, from date of
consolidation, unless the consolidated
church requires the full income in pay
ment of its improved obligations, the
board of trustees Is directed to dis
tribute at least half the net income for
city church extension and either mis
sionary or charitable work in the Meth
odist Episcopal Church."
It was also recommended that the
parsonage at Eleventh and Salmon
streets, now occupied by Dr. Young and
bis family, be sold, and the proceeds
applied on the building fund of the
consolidated church.
The reasons given by the committee
for the consolidation were that "the
resident population tributary to each
church is becoming farther and farther
removed from the respective churches,
and the territory surrounding each
churcn i3 gradually being changed into
business, hotel or apartment-houses,
causing the surrounding population to
be more or less transient." This, it is
pointed out, causes difficulty in iDhurch
operation, diminishing the Income for
rurrent church expense. The commit
tee says two churches "are in con
liderable degree, responsible for the
.-hurching of this city on the part of
Methodism."
Dr. McDougall has called a meeting
of the quarterly conference of Taylor
street church for Monday night. He al
sj called both Grace and Taylor-street
rhurch conferences to meet in joint ses
sion at 9 P. M., after the Taylor-street
conference meeting. A committee prob
ably will be named to nominate of
ficers. This may be left in the hands
of the joint committee on union. All
oiTicers elected will begin to serve with
the beginning of the conference year.
Half-Blocks Condi 914.000.
J. K. Gill, at last night's meeting,
said only $14,000 was paid for the half
block on which Grace Church and the
pi.rsonacre stand.
Dr. McDougall pointed to the White
Temple, known everywhere, he said, as
a great central Baptist Church. The
Methodist Church in Oregon, he said,
is almost i.s large in membership as
ar.y other t iro Protestant churches, and
should have a large, influential, rep
resentative church.
Bishop Cooke also favored union. He
said great stone edifices without con
gregations -.remind him of old hulks left
ot the rocks. He cautioned the mem
bars against selling their property.
"There is tot a foot of land in Port
land that will not double in value
within the next 10 years." he said.
"I want to see Methodism move out on
the big lines in this city. -
"We ougit to have a large, repre
sentative church. Put a tiny church on
the corner, and surround it with a
great undigested mass of iniquity, and
the vice will swamp It. The men who
mike for civic misgovernment will
scorn it; defy it, and it will exert no
moral influence except for that upon
the scattering few who enter Its doors.
PENSION BILL IS PASSED
Oliccks for Sums Due Veterans
Ready to Mail it Taft Approves.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 16. After a
month-of delay a bill providing funds
for the payment of pensions was sent
to the President yesterday after passing
both House of Congress. The Senate
aciopted a report accepting the House
amendment to the measure.
Checks for all the back pensions are
ready for mailing at the agencies. As
soon as President Taft signs the bill,
all agencies will be notified by tele
graph to release the checks. Officials
estimate that every pensioner In the
1'n i ted States ought to have a check by
next Tuesdt.y at the latest.
UNCLE SAM AIDS BURBANK
Government Seeks to Further Spine
less Cacti Propagation.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 16. The Sen
ate today assed a bill placing at. the
disposal of Luther Burbank 12 sec
tions of lard In California, New Mex
ico. Arizona and Nevada for the prop
agation of spineless cacti.
The bill provides that if Burbank
suoceeds in KTowir.K on this semi-arid
land cacti suitable for animal food
for a period of two years the land shall
be sold to him for the regular i.ou
an acre Government land price. The
bill already has passed the Houe.
I Mr. Sparks f ttributed the shortage of
prunes to adverse climatic conditions,
as well as methods of cultivation. The
Italian prune, he said, requires a great
deal "of moisture. This variety is self
thinning and saves the . necessity of
labor in that direction. ' The fruit is
of excellent character and the Clark
County product, which has gained "a.
world-wide reputation, he valued in
normal years at 1.000.000.
"We think all interested fruit grow
ers could plant a. few seedlings to ad
vantage," continued Mr. Sparks, "and
to those who are especially interested
in the prune, we would suggest secur
ing some seed from the sugar prune
that has been grown in the Italian
prune orchard, where there might be a
chance of a cross polonizatlon from
the Italian. We might thus propagate
a prune with all the progressiveness of
the sugar prune, and all the desira
bility of the Italian. We would not ad
vise anyone to go Into this extensively,
but a row or two along the garden, or
field, planted quite thickly, and as they
grow, the weaker and undesirable ones
could be cut out. Thus by elimination
and selection a desirable prune would
be propagated.
"We have recently investigated the
work of C. A. Flint, who, several years
ago, grafted an Italian prune on a wild
plum root, with the result that he has
had extraordinary crops continuousij-.
since the tree began bearing, and the
fruit ripens 10 days to two weeks
earlier than other Italian prunes on
the peach root, in the same section."
THUGS GAG AGED W01N
ROBBERS BEAT AXD BIXD MRS.
C. J. THOMPSON" IX HOME.
PRUNE LECTURE IS HEARD
Recommendations Made as to Cul-
. ture of Different Varieties.
VANCOCA ER, Wash.. Aug. 16. (Spe
clal.) H. W. Sparks, supervisor of the
Washington State Demonstration Farm
at PuIImnn. who recently made an ex
amination t ) determine the cause of the
prune crop failure in Clark County,
artdres-jed s meeting of the Pomona
Gran;;e at the fairgrounds nere toaay.
While She Lies Unopnsclous for Two
Hours, House Is Looted Victim
Is 50 Years Old,
T3n,,r .trirsil. beaten and knocked
unconscious by two thugs who sprang
upon her as she entered the rear door
v at isi Twentv-thlrd
or ier ivaiucu. - - -
street North, Mrs. C. J. Thompson. 50
years old, is in a senouo i-vnun-'uu
a result of her experiences last night.
. to in Attendance and her
condition is regarded as serious. .
The two thugs robbed the house of
several hundred dollars' worth of valu
ables and about $30 money. They left
. ..... . V. a.. Vio1 rffleri trunks.
snoruy ni'i - .
bureaus and receptacles and were not
. . . . ,
found last nigni oy mo pum-c.
Mrs, Thompson had been at a neigh
bor's house in . the early part of the
.v.nlnir and about 8 o'clock came home.
Her husband, a teaming contractor,
was at a lodge meeting.
As she enterea tne awur m
chen, according to lier story told to
Acting Captain or Detectives aaaioney
and Detective Heppner, she was seized
from behind before she had a chance to
see her assailants. A dish towel was
. i ctnA a u t H n nf COttOU
pui o;i mi . ..-c.- 1- --
forced into her mouth as a gag. bne
was then covered by a skirt of hers.
The gag was pulled so tight that it
hurt her mouth and she tried to scream
a protest.
rr.i aa.-e fin a nf thft men
lien. '-" ---- "
struck her over the head and shoulders
with some neavy nut sou "
was knocked unconscious, and awoke,
two hours later, to find herself alone
i . i. AIAnA linuan T n ff 1 P li hv the
111 UIO u i i m.i" ' " " - -
rags in her mouth, her cries were not
heard by neigiiuurs, wu "
feet of the house on the north side and
who were sitting in a room next to the
Thompson home.
rr j .nA..alf hiiir. after .hit had
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been seized and a half hour after she
recovered consciousness, i. v. uuiuen,
i .(., Ha ThrnnnnnnL came
wnu Utca ni.it ..... .. 1 .
home and. entering the hall, heard her
cries, bne naa neen cm?n wnr un
conscious, into the parlor. He removed
the gag and, with the help of neigh
bor women whom lie summoned, had
. - i - i i nA -i n ,! sent fnr ft nhvsi-
ner piaicu m " " - ' -
elan and the police. She was unable to
talk coneremiy wnen mo
rived and raved for several hours. It
thought ner rignt snouiaer uuuo
broken.
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A lie UUlKiaia . " - - - -
door in the side of the house, which
leads to both the basement and the
first floor and which was found open
by the police. They left no trace.
That It works as well as a (taollns torch
Is the claim for a new Kerosene torcn iu.
plumbers that an Illinois man has patented.
SGHEPPS
ARRIVAL
WAITED IN GOTHAM
Indictments in Murder Car
Case Withheld Pending Fu
gitive's Testimony.
REPORT OF CLASH DENIED
District Attorney Declares Grand
Jury Is in Full Accord With
Him Gaynor Talks of Huge
Graft Taken by Police.
NEW TORI?. Aug. 16. At the re
quest of District Attorney Whitman the
grand' Jury withheld today the filing of
indictments against the murderers of
Herman Rosenthal In order to hear the
testimony of Sam Schepps, now on his
way here from Hot Springs, Ark., in
custody of Assistant -District Attorney
Rubin.
The District ' Attorney expects
Schepps, who is said to have been a
passenger in the "assassination car,
will add interesting details to the man-
i ... I u . k mn.ar wan- nlanned
which will strengthen the true bills
contemplated against -uyp me i,
"Dago Frank" Ciroflro. "Whitey" Lewis
and "Lefty Louie." the alleged murder
crew. Schepps is expected here Sat
. i .. A 4 n.iit o-n hefnrA the grand
Jury Tuesday as a material .witness,
unless in the meantime he disappoints
the expectations of the state by refus
ing to tell his story. In that event it
was intimated tonignt oy me
lri he indicted for
complicity in the murder.
. Clash of Jurors -Rumored.
News that the grand Jury had "failed
. A nTt-n 4t evr.eteri IndiptrtientS
1I111U w n . . f
today gave rise to reports t'nat there
7 . .3 l. a nlnch amnno--- the IlirOrS
growing out of doUbts-expressed by
several wnetner tne .stories ui nu,
Webber and Vallon were to be cred
ited.
"Any statement as to a clash or a dis
agreement in the grand Jury room is
unfounded," said Mr. Whitman tonight.
"The grand Jury and the District At
torney are in entire acc'ord.".
Detective W. J. Burns saw the Dis
trict Attnrnev todav. but has turned up
no evidence of importance. He told
the prosecutor ne was on a trail uui
would lead to a high city official in
connection with police corruption.
Burns on Trail of Three.
u. ,lcr saiH he exnerted to "Cef
jl MA Irnmvm -i "the rfisfirrffrrlV
house triumvirate," one a lawyer, one
a police inspector and the other a hotel-
iteeper.
Corporation counsel vt atson iaie iu-
I l. . initeH the nnndlntTTlPnt Of
William McMurtie Speer ' as special
counsel to represent the city in the al
dermauic investigation into police con
ditions. In an address tonight before news-
nrntAet asrairtRt A new
ordinance curtailing the number of
street news stanas, aiajor uaium ex
pressed the belief that probably $1,500.
rtnn in (rmft waft collected annually
from newsdealers of the city.
"Oniy a year ago it was caiieu iu u
. . . i .. i j .KA ItavAi "thiit Oil
-11L!111-H!11. D.IU hue ... j - , - -1 - -
over the city men and women could not
get licenses tor news sianus muwui
paying middlemen or Aldermen or
omeooay else. i toon uie inau.- uy
,t once and tried to do what I could to
m nwsv with that trr a ft. I confess I
have beei baffled up to now."
COWBOY BAND IN DEMAND
Pendleton Organization Paid Large
Sum to Play at Calgary.
PENDLETON, Or.. . Aug. 16. (Spe
cial.) That the fame of the Pendleton
Round-Ip Cowboy Band has spread
like wildfire over the country is evi
denced by the closing of final negou-
MISS MARY EDGETT NOW
A SURE-ENOUGH ACTRESS
She Arrives at That Eminence by the Interview Route, After Doing
"Bits" With Great Credit to Herself.
BY LEONE CASS BAER. '
V ARY EDGETT WHO is .uaoei caicr
I I on her visiting cards, is a bona
fide actress this morning. She has been
interviewed" according to all t..e
laws and regulations laid down by the
Modes and Persians relative to the es
tablishing of an actress. The down sit
tings and uprisings of Mary Edgett s
career so far for she has only ca
reered about six weeks are herewith
set forth.
First; she Is the daughter of George
L. Baker sometime Acting Mayor, oc
casionally politician, and always theat
rical magnate. Papa G. L. B. has not
acted earlier in the matter of his lovely
daughter taking up his business as her
nrofsssion because as they both put it
you can't tell whether a liking for
things theatrical really betokens an
aptitude for the art or If it's some
other sound Mabel heard.
They Pa Baker and demure, saucer-
eyed Mabel Just sat around quiet like
and when the call came they both
heard its insistence. In pa's company
Mabel or Mary Edgett was given a
small role, that of Christine in "The
Deep Purple." How well she did it nas
become ancient history now and even
the young actress refers to it care
lessly as "my first role um let me
see if I remember it."
"Role?" I queried.
"Great heavens!" said Mary Edgett,
"did I say role? I meant to say part.
I've had only one really role. That is
the one I'm playing this week in Miss
Countiss' company. I m poor Maggie.
who has it handed to her Irom ever
source. Every night I try a different
way of making up my face. The stage
hands have made themselves my
friends forever by acting as lady's
maid. I send them out in front when
I'm rehearsing to help me try the ef
fect of various streaks and daubs. Then
I watch the other actors and learn the
fine, little points of shading and light
ing the features. Oh, I make lots of
mistakes. In my let me see my sec
ond role part I mean I played Madge
a naughty lady in "The Dawn of A
Tomorrow." I smoked my first ciga
rette and choked so badly I "most for
got my lines. And when -I was Hor
tense, the darky maid in "Wildfire." I
lapsed Into Northern Nebraska dialect
for Southern so often that 1 got des
perate. At first I had stage fright at
times but now I believe I could ad
dressvan audience for two hours hand
running." Suddenly, having delivered herself of
all this Miss Edgett stopped abruptly
and asked: "When does the interview
begin?"
"It's on now,"' sei I.
"My stars!" cried she. with actual
horror in her great big eyes. "Why I'm
not the last bit prepared."
'Prepared for what?" .
"Why, to talk for print. Don't ac
tresses brush up a great deal mentally,
and converse understanding?"
"They do not at least, the first some
times neither," I assured her. "Is this
your first?"
"My very first," she said, so solemn
ly I had to look twice to see if she
were still acting.
"Question number 99 then," I began,
"How old is Mabel?"
"Mabel is 19 on her very soon birth
day. But don't put me Mabel in the
papers any more. I want to be Mary
Edgett. That was my father's mother's
name. I think I will work better for
taking it. I chose it as a talisman. Be
sides father was pleased, because 1
preferred It.
"And. you know if I ever do the
'ever do' was wistful, with yearning
and seemed to cover a vast stretch of
years If I do achieve success I want
to do it through my own efforts and
not because I am my father's daugh
ter. I am so ambitious and while I
realize that I am only trying to find
my niche and fill it, still I want to
fill It well."
She looked so earnest as she said It,
her young face lighted with the out
ward radiance of an inner fire, her
great dusky eyes seeming to hold on
something away off in the distace of
years that I Involuntarily mentioned
the bumps ahead of the apple cart, she
had hitched to a star. "Oh, every down
means an up," she sulphided. "I learn
by knocks. And I believe that every
thing which helps to build and better
me in any way, no matter if It comet
in the guise of pain and heartache oi
trouble. Is for my ultimate good."
"You're a nice little optimistic fatal
ist," said I and she nodded acquiesc
ence. With one word she stepped from the
sublimity of a philosophy to the ri
diculousness of femnlty in general.
"Oh, I do so hope my pictures are
good in the paper not to flatter you
know but to look like me. Did you
know that I'm the very first new mem
ber signed up for the new Baker stock
company?"
"What! what! what!" I exclaimed.
"Yes, indeed. I'm to be a regular
member with a regular salary: at least
I hoDe it is to be regular. I will play
anything papa will let me. I don't
know whether he wants it known or
not, but he Isn't home and by the time
he gets back, it will be too. late to
mind then."
"Do you know any more of your
father's new players?" I wheedled in
my best and most flattering way.
. "Uh! . uh!" Miss Edgett shook ' her
head negatively. "If I did I'd sure tell
you," said this very bum business-manager-lady
and very lovely actress.
Selah, Mary Edgett is now a reg'lar
actress-
atlons today by Director C. Haines with
the management of the "Stampade," a
wild west show which will be held at
Calgary, Alberta, September 2 to 6 In
clusive. The cowboy band, with two
cara of homes, saddles and other ac
cessories will leave Pendleton August
30 for the scene of the big show.
It was at first doubted whether the
Calgary show could pay enough to
make the offer attractive. The amount
of money involved Is much more than
is paid professional bands, and ft is
understood close to J4000 will be re
quired to carry the deal through. Di
rector Haines is also hopeful of captur
ing some prizes while away, as there
will be band contests held every even
ing of the Stampede.
BOAT TILTS AT LAUNCHING
First American-Built Submarine of
Type Takes to Water.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 16. The Unit
ed States submarine "G-4," the first of
its type to be built in this country, was
Ia-unehed at the Cramp yards yesterday.
While leaving the. ways thejboat tilted
for'a moment and two of the 80 work
men on board were thrown into the
water. They were picked up by a boat.
The sponsor of the craft was Miss
Grace Anna Taussig, a grand-daughter
of William Cramp, founder of the
Cramp Company.
The craft has a displacement of 358
tons when in surface cruising condition
and 458 tons submerged. Her arma
ment consists of four torpedo tubes
and eight 18-inch torpedoes, having a
range of about 5000 yards. A surface
speed of 14 knots is calculated, with a
submerged speed of eight to nine
knots. - About 20 similar submarines
are now in use In the navies of Italy,
Sweden, Denmark and Portugal.
SUPREME COURT ADJOURNS
Justices Take Vacation After Seven
Months' Work.
SALEM, Or., Aug. 16. (Special.)
Closing up shop until October 5. the
Supreme Justices started on their vaca
tion today after one of the most stren
uous seven months in the history of
that tribunal, 216 cases having been
appealed to that cour.'. since January 1
of this year.
There were 185 cases disposed of by
written opinions, this not including all
of the . written opinions, however, as
there were 208 of this class of opinions,
including decisions on merits, motions,
rehearings and other cases. The opin
ions average 41 for each Justice.
The court starts on its vacation with
115 opinions on the trial docket ready
for hearing and 130 cases on file not
ready for hearing, or a total of 245
cases pending. There were 31 appeals
filed In excess of the cases decided.
CROP C0NDTI0NS PROBED
London Firm Sends Representative
Here for First Time.
TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 16. (Special.)
R. D. Rowbotham, of Bird & Co., London,
England, hop buyers, was in Puyallup
today, inspected the hop fields and in
quired into crop conditions. Although
engaged for years in buying Pacific
Coast hops, this is the first time the
firm has sent a representative here in
person to look into conditions. Said
Mr. Rowbotham:
"Puyallup Valley hops are of excel
lent quality this year and should bring
a good price. The crop in England and
Germany this year will not equal that
of the last few years. England's crop
would place at 4000 cwt. which is lower
than the average, and Germany s crop
at between 9000 and 9500 cwt.
"A hundred weight In our country
equals 112 American pounds."
MATCH CAUSE OF BLAZE
Vancouver Auto Damaged Through
Pedestrian's Carelessness.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 16. (Spe
cial.) A lighted match, thrown care
lessly Into the gutter in front of the
Royal Bakery on Main street today, ig
nited a stream of oil that had leaked
from an automobile and this in tqrn
set fire to gasoline and oil in the ma
chine. A. L. Miller, in passing, saw the ma
chine on fire, released the brake and,
with help, pushed the machine away
from the burning oil, thinking the au
tomobile safe. It was not long before
William Paul discovered a blaze in
the engine. He ran Into Coovert &
Carter's store and, grasping a fire-extinguisher,
played the part of a cool
headed fireman and put out the fire.
The damage to the machine was not
extensive.
EXPRESS CAR IS ROBBED
Messenger Locked in Chest After
$3000 Booty Is Secured.
ASHEVILLE. N. C, Aug. 16. A train
robber boarded the Southern Railway
train from Spartansburg last night at
Biltmore station and after covering the
express messenger with a revolver se
cured $3000 and escaped.
The robber, after securing the
money, bound the messenger's hands
and locked him in the rifled express
chest. It is supposed he left the train
as it .slowed up for the Asheville
yards.
At the Asheville station express em
ployes found the messenger in the
chest.
MOTHER'S RIGHTS UPHELD
Cruelty or Abandonment Sole Causes
For Taking Away Child, Is Ruling.
kav u-RANCISCO Aue. 16. A child
cannot be taken from its mother by
the Superior Court and an order grant
ed for its adoption without her consent
unless the evidence shows the mother
v,&o ahnrrir,ne;1 the chiM Or treilted it
cruelly, according to a ruling by the
Supreme Court.
The case in which the point was de
cided today had been in the courts for
four years.
COAST GALE COSTS LIVES
Total of 143 Fishermen Lost Off
Spanish Border.
SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain, Aug. 16.
Official returns show that altogether
143 fishermen were drowned in the
gale which for two days swept the
Spanish coast.
Piledrlver Is Recovering.
Inquiries at the Good Samaritan Hos
pital last night revealed the fact that
Charles Hopkins, who fell from a con
siderable height while pile-driving for
the Southern Pacific, had recovered
consciousness and was making favor
able progress towards recovery. Hop
kins was engaged out between Oregon
City and the paper mills driving piles
last Wednesday, when he lost his bal
ance, falling on his head. He was con
veyed. In an unconscious condition, to
Portland and.thence by Red Cross am
bulance to the Good Samaritan Hospi
tal, where he remained unconscious
until last night
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Repetition of Looting.
JUAREZZ, Mexico, Aug. 16. Prepara
tions for the evacuation of Juarez were
begun early last night and the first
train was dispatched over the Mexican
Central railway for the south. The last
train Is expected to leave at midright.
depopulating Juarez of rebel soldiers.
The citizens' vigilance committee is
ready to take charge until the arrival
of federal troops.
The last train will carry Gpneral
Pascual Orozco and staff officers.
It was said at Orozco's headquarters
late today that an attempt would be
made to enter Ponora by a flank move
ment behind the advancing federals.
RKBEL.S BKHKAD AMERICAN
CIVIl. ENOINEKR.
MEXICO CITY. Aug. 18 Be
headed by rebels after they had car
ried him away as a captive from a
point noar Merelia, capital of Mlchl
. coa. is the fate of Rowan Ayers, an
American civil engineer, according to
official reports given today by the
Minister of War to Ambassador Wilson.
who today reached Guzman, only (; 0
miles southwest of Juarez. This dar
ing movement on the- part of Orozco
is planned, it is asserted, to avert the
danger of -passing direct to the west
and connect with the rebel leaders in
Sonora and make for the west coast.
A brass band played a farewell con
cert In the plaza tonieht as the rebel
soldiers ran here and there packing
their belongings. The evacuation was
orderly. Fearing a repetition of the
looting and burning of the town, mer
chants closed their shops. The citizens'
vigilance committee, organized in El
Paso some weeks ago, is ready to take
charge of the town as soon as the last
of the rebels leave and to maintain
order until the arrival of the federals.
COUNCILMAN LOSES JOB
Weiiatelicr, Wash.. City Fathers Cut
Out Long Absent Member.
WENATCHEE, Wash.. Aug. 16. (Spe
cial.) Because he was absent for more
than three consecutive regular meet
ings of the City Council without asking
to be excused by his fellow members,
the City Council of this city exercised
its prerogative under the law and de
clared the scat occupied by W. K.Wil
son vacant and elected F. U. Bliss his
successor.
AVilson left this city six weeks ago
and his continued absence was deemed
by is fellow-members a hardship upon
the working force of the Council. This
is the first time in the history of the
city that a move of this kind has been
made hy the CounnlmaiMi- non.
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