The Sunday Oregonian., January 19, 1902, Page 6, Image 6

THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN,- PORTLAND, JANUARY 19, 1902.
NO HELP TO DALTON
Gov. Geer's View of the Con
fession of Wade.
WILL EXTEND NO CLEMENCY
The Law Hold Both Men Equally
Guilty, and the Executive Falls
to See Any Ucnuon "Why He
Should Interfere
SALEM, Or., Jan. 18. Governor Geer
was asked today whether Jack Wade's
confession would make any difference In
his attitude towards Dalton. The Gov
ernor replied that he failed to see any
reason yet why he should change his re
cently announced intention to let the mur
derers hang. "The law holds an ac
complice equally guilty with the princi
pal," he continued, "and unless some suf
ficient reason is shown -why I should in
terfere I shall let the law take Its course.
I will not say definitely at this time that
I will not commute Dalton's sentence, but
the fact that Wade confessed that he fired
the shot that killed Morrow does not
seem to me to be anything in Dalton's
favor under the law. No attempt has
been made to show any reason why the
two criminals should not hang together."
TO .ASK MERCY FOR DALTON.
Attorney Veazie Will Appeal to Gov
ernor for Commutation.
Before Clarence R. Veazie, attorney for
"W. M. Dalton, applies to Governor Geer
for a commutation of sentence to life im
prisonment, petitions may be circulated in
Portland and the surrounding country re
questing that such action be taken. An
expression of public opinion In this man
ner might possibly serve to help Dalton.
Mr. Veazie, when asked what his plans
are, gave out the following written state
ment: "The circumstances under which Dalton
confessed, the fact that he is not the
actual murderer of Morrow, but that his
guilt is technical, and that he performed a
very substantial public service in dis
closing his own guilt and that of Wade,
will be the basis of the application to the
.Governor for the commutation of Dalton's
sentence to life imprisonment."
The point is that the knowledge pos
sessed by King, added even to that of
Martin, without the confession made by
Dalton to the District Attorney, would
not have been sufficient to have obtained
a conviction.
The District Attorney frequently prom
ises a defendant lesser punishment in the
event of a confession which assists the
state, and Mr. Veazie thinks this un
written law should be observed. He has
not yet decided altogether how he will
proceed. Dalton has stated that prom
ises were held out to him by the officials,
but at his trial Detective Joe Day testi
fied to the contrary. He was present
when the confession was made by Dalton.
Wade made seeral confessions before
the one he made to Mr. Veazie, which ho
subsequently signed. He denies that he
confessed to Mrs. Boltz, but there is no
doubt that he did so, because immediate
ly after this event occurred, he told his
attorney, John F. Logan, that he would
confess, but said he thought he would
do so on the scaffold. '
On Friday morning about 2 o'clock he
informed James Kelly, the night watch,
that he fired the fatal shot, and also stat
ed to Dalton that he was ready to ad
mit it, and shook hands through the bars
with .his companion In the crime.
Wade was reading the Bible when Mr.
Kelly came on at midnight and when he
lay down to sleap, he was restless and
finally got up again. He called Kelly and
said he was willing to tell all. and did
so. He then stated that he would make
a public confession to Mr. Veazie when
he called. Dalton was overjoyed and
danced with delight, and the two men re
mained up for some time afterwards.
Dalton commends Wade's generosity
and says that when they traveled togeth
er Jack was liberal with his friends, and
spent his money like a Prince.
SUED BY HIS FORMER WIFE.
Portland Woman Asks 910,000 Dam
nj?en A p;nl nut a Benverton Man.
HILLSBORO, Or., Jan. 18. Mrs. Minnie
Sprecht, of Portland, today brought a suit
against C E. Sprecht, in the Circuit Court
of this county, in which she asks that
she be awarded damages In the sum of
$10,000. The plaintiff alleges that 6he was
married to Sprecht at Portland, In Jan
uary, 1S99. and that they lived at Wood
lawn for some time thereafter. She states
that his children by a former wife joined
with the husband in making life miser
able, and charges that he treated her
brutally, choking her and bestowing other
indignities. She states that upon his con
sent she went to California, and that he
met her there afterward. He then re
turned to this state, and when the wife
followed, a year or so later, she found
that he had procured a divorce. Sprecht
she says, denied that a divorce had been
procured, and persuaded her to again live
with him for a short time. Because or
his treatment of her, together with the
fact that he misinformed her and suc
ceeded In persuading her to live with him
after a divorce had been granted, the
plaintiff alleges that she has become 111
and unable to care for herself. The com
plaint represents that Sprecht is- worth
about $30,000. The defendant now resides
near Beaverton.
SWINDLER SMITH IX ILLINOIS.
He Flimflams People There Just
as He Did in Oregon.
ALBANY, Jan. 18. On December 26
particulars were given of a flimflam
game at this city In which a stranger
under the name of A. B. Smith secured of
Mrs. Harding, of this city, $1000 on a
forged deed to property belonging to Mr.
Nussleman, of near Lebanon. Sheriff Mc
Hargue, of this city, has traced Smith to
Lewlston, 111., where he succeeded In se
curing $2000 in about the same way, rind
escaped without detection. At that place
he used the name of George Shafer.
Feet of Man Who Was Lost Frozen.
Ed Davies, a stranger. Is In the city,
with frozen feet, a rare thing In this part
of Oregon. He was at the front on the
Corvallls & Eastern, when a man In a
cabin near Detroit informed him that there
was another town 40 miles further up In
the mountains, and, knowing nothing
about the country, started to find It. He
lost his way and his feet were frozen.
OFFICIALS "WILL FIGHT TO LAST.
Ao ChanKe In the Hot Controversy at
Pendleton.
PENDLETON. Or., Jan. 18. Argument
in the injunction cases begun on behalf
of John M. Heathman, Chief of Police,
and John E. Beam, Recorder, has been
postponed until Monday, when the mat
ter will be gone over before Judge Ellis.
Otherwise there Is no change in the
status' of the fight that has engrossed the
attention of the people of this town fur
the past weeks. Upon the surface, there
Is no indication that compromise will be
effected between the opposing factions.
It Is even asserted that criminal prose
cutions will bo begun against the Chief
of Police and Recorder for their alleged
taking of money contrary to the state
statute providing penalties for an officer
convicted of accepting anything of value
for the Influencing of any act of his that
may come to him in the performance of
his official duties.
On tbp other hand, retaliatory measures
are promised. In the event the prosecu
tions begin, the Heathman men being de
termined, if accessary, to flght to the last
ditch. At present, under the injunctions,
they hold their ground, and occupy the
city offices o'er which the battle has
waged.
.Special School Meeting;.
A special school meeting has been called
for Tuesday to vote upon the question
oJ erecting two new school buildings of
four rooms each.
Xo McKinley Memorial Subscriptions
Although several weeks have elapsed
since the blanks were received at the
First National Bank here for the recep
tion of subscriptions to the McKinley
Memorial fund of Canton, not one sub
scription has been received.
BOOMIXG DAIRYING IN A NEW WAY.
Salem Creamery Advances Money to
Farmers to Br Cows.
SALEM, Jan. 18. A Salem creamery
operator has entered upon a new plan
for the development of the dairying In
dustry In this section of the Valley.
Whenever he finds an Industrious farmer I
who desires to purchase cows for a dairy
herd but who has not sufficient capital, j
the creameryman buys the necessary
cows and then sells them to the farmer,
.Hi- B DR W J MAY OF BAKER
JHHEp- M CITY.
oSKHBHf VEfjH BAKER. CITY, Jan. 18. W. J.
VNvt H been elected president of the East-
pyHHBSplBBB, H em Oregon District Medical Aso-
9g3Bfe U elation, which perfected permanent
HSBffiWHJMBHBjlM organization at Pendleton Thursday,
VHM Is a resident of this city, where he '
HBEbEBJTVjH has resided for the past two years.
sJBBttJBJHJgjUM Dr. May Is a graduate of the Mis-
sBKPipJlBB court Medical College, of St. Louis.
k Kvtps SJibbbbbbbbbbI After graduating he practiced med-
dlHiBK BEfcs JBHIbbbb! iclne In Iowa for a few years, and
UHk Hapr ,9fl then moved to Tillamook. Or., where
HSV; JM he remalned t0T years, before
RefRKmJKJJKtPBM coming to this May Is
IHBK BH fifll rery popular with the medical men
' fe jHfcjH 3? Baker and they oil heartily
jHB&jgBdjH appreciate the honor has been
BsHBHIsIsIsBbIIHHHbHBHHH conferred upen
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taking a mortgage for the purchase price.
It is also agreed that the farmer shall
deliver all his cream at the creamery,
receiving therefor a stated price vary
ing with the highest market quotation
in The Morning Oregonian. The farmer
Is thus enabled to pay for the cows out
of his cream produced, and the creamery-
man has the advantage of Increased cus
tom. The farmer who gets cows under !
this plan can pay off the mortgage at j
any time he wishes and is then at liberty
to sell his cream at some other dairy.
In the last 15 days 100 cows have been
added to the number furnishing cream to
the creamery in question, by means of
this plan, and other Oregon creameries
may find if of advantage to them as well
as to the dairying industry to adopt sim
ilar methods.
BABY SMOTHERED TO DEATH.
Crlminnl Carelessness on Part of
Mother, Sayif Jury.
BAKER CITY. Jan. IS. County Coroner
Snow was called to Huntington yester
day, to Investigate a case of supposed in
fanticide. Mrs. Minnie Och got up
about 5 o'clock, leaving her babe, about
1 year old, in bed. She did not return
until about noon, when sho found the
child dead. Everything went to show that
the infant had died from suffocation.
Some of the neighbors became suspicious,
however, and decided to call the Coroner.
Mrs. Och said she left the child asleep
and well when she went away, but in
sisted that it had crawled down under the
covers and suffocated. The Coroner's jury
decided that the child's death was due
to suffocation, the result of criminal care
lessness on the part of the mother, who
left It alone so long.
Pioneer Woman Found Dead In Bed.
OREGON CITY. Or., Jan. 18. Mrs. Hen
rietta Harrington was found dead in bed
at her home In Ely this morning, aged S6
years. Death was due to heart failure.
She was in almost perfect health yester
day, and retired last night in her cus
tomary good spirits. She was a pioneer
and leaves several grown children. The
funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon.
INDIGESTION
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many physicians and druggists throughout the country and a fair
trial will certainly convince you that it is the best in. the world.
N. F. HOGAN, M. D., BROOKLYN, N. Y says: "For twenty years I have prescribed your Bit
ters In cases of Indlgestlen and Dyspepsia, and the result has always been satisfactory.
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beneficial for stomach trouble asd for promoting the appetite. The weakest stomach can retain It.
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LAND BOARD UNDER FIRE
CHARGED WITH BREAKING ITS
RULES IN MAKING A LOAN.
Some Hold That the Tract in Ques
tion Is Not Worth Amount
of the Mortgrage.
SALEM, Or.. Jan. 18. The main topic
for political discussion in Salem at present
is a charge made by the Salem Sentinel
that the State Land Board recently made
a loan of $2500 on security which lacks
much of 'having the cash value required
by the rules of the board. The acknowl
edged purpose of the Sentinel is to defeat
Governor Geer for renomlnatlon, and for
this reason the public has given little at
tention to its agitation of this particular
subject until today, when the Sentinel pub
lished what purports to be a statement
of all the facts surrounding the transac
tion. Now general interest has been
aroused, and people are watching to see
what the next developments will be.
Briefly stated, the charge made by the
Sentinel is that H. A. Johnson, of this
city, applied for a loan of $2500 from the
school funds upon 43.28 acres of land situ
ated near the fair grounds. The attorney
for the board, M. W. Hunt, refused to rcc
otnmcnd the loan, and it was rejected.
Afterward another application was made
and was granted. The loan of 52500 was
made upon the recommendation of Attor
ney Hunt, who certified that the actual
cash value of the land was 57500, which
would be about 5175 per acre. If the land
contained 43.28 acres. It is a rale of the
board to loan only one-third of the actual
cash value. The land is assessed at only
5S37.
The Sentinel now publishes an affidavit j
made by a farmer living near the land, to
the effect that a fair valuation of the land
would be only 525 per acre, and also an
affidavit by County Surveyor Herrlck to
the effect that 'the land described in the
mortgage contains only 3L28 acres of land.
Upon this area the entire valuation of
57500 would be at the rate of about 5240
per acre.
The State Land Board loaned 52500 upon
21.28 acres of land, or about 5S0 per acre.
The Sentinel charges that the entire tract
of 43.28 acres was sold in 1ES9, in boom
times, at 573 per acre.
Public Interest In the subject Is not so
much because of a fear that the stale
school fund will lose a part of the 52500,
but because there is an implied charge of
neglect upon the part of the State Land
Board or Its attorney, M. W. Hunt, in
loaning money upon a 43.2S-acre tract
which in fact contained but three-quarters
of that area. The Sentinel exnlalns the
change In Mr. Hunt's recommendation
upon the loan by the charge that he was
Instructed to report favorably.
It will readily appear that this Is a mat
ter which concerns the whole board and
Its attorney rather than any single mem
ber of the board. An attempt was made
today by The Oregonian correspondent to
interview the members of the board upon
the subject of the charges made by the
Sentinel In Its Issue of this date. Secre
tary of State Dunbar and Treasurer
Moore wero out of the city. Governor
Geer said that If any statement were made
it should come from the board, and not
from any single member of It, and he
AND
DYSPEPSIA
Are caused by the stomach being too weak to digest
the food taken into it, and if not promptly attended
to may become chronic and result fatally. This
need not be, however, as there is a remedy, dis
covered over SO years ago, that will strengthen
your stomach and cure these diseases. We refer to
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would therefore have nothing to say at
this time.
TO PAVE BAKER CITY STREETS.
Proposition-"Wh'loh the. Council "Will
Seen Pass Upon.
BAKER CITY," Jan. 18. Howard Whit
ing, of Portland,. 'Is -in the city, trying to
Induce, the members of the street com
mittee of the Citr Council to commend a
proposition which he makes to the City
Council to pave certain streets with wood
en blocks, chemically preserved. Mr.
Whiting offers to do the paving and wait
10 years for the final payment, during
which time he will guarantee the pave
ment to last. He will require an annual
payment of 10 per cent of the coat.of do
ing the paving, until, the full amount is
paid. Hl3 estimate is that It will cost
each property-owner -about $35 per 50-foot
frontage every year, or 5350 for each 60
foot lot, to be paid in 10 installments.
The proposition wiirbe submitted to the
Council at a meeting to be held next Tues
day evening. There Is a strong sentiment
In favor of paving some of the principal
streets In this city, but both the members
of the Council and the people realUe that
it will not be possible to do anything In
that line unless it can be done on the In
stallment plan, as has been proposed. A
sewage system and a distribution system
for the new water works, also a street
lighting system, must be provided at
once, which will take all the money to be
realized from the sale of the bonds voted
at last Spring's election.
Offers Twenty Acres for a. Park.
The Hot Springs Loan & Improvement
Company has offered to donate 20 acres
of land to the city, for park purposes,
near the Hot Springs Addition, provided
the Park Commission will agree to im
prove and keep the grounds in good con
dition for park purposes. It Is moro than
probable that the proposition will be ac
cepted. Asrainst Parchase of Light Plant.
The members of the Council committee
to whom the proposition to purchase the
plant owned by the Baker City Gas &
Electric Light Company have, It Is said,
decided to report that the proposition be
rejected.
CAN SOON "WIRE VALDES.
United States Making Good Headway
on Its Telegraph Line.
SEATTLE. Jan. IS. The United States
military telegraph system In Alaska will
be complete from the International bound
ary on the Yukon, a short distance north
of Dawson, to Eagle City, .and thence
overland 400 miles to Valdes, early In
March. Lieutenant William Mitchell, of
the United States Signal Corps, arrived
in Dawson early this month to receive
a shipment of light wire on Its way up
the river from White Horse. This wire,
weighing about 16 pounds to the mile,
will be used for the immediate connec
tion between Valdes and Eagle, and at
that time Lieutenant Mitchell said he
would have It in place within 60 days.
During the coming Summer It will be
replaced with the heavier wire, weighing
about 320 pounds to the mile. Only 600
miles remain to be covered to complete
the connection of Nome with Seattle. The
line has been completed from Nome via
St. Michael to Rampart, on the Lower
Yukon. The gap from Rampart to Eagle
will be finished during the coming Sum.
men By transfer at Dawson to the re
cently completed Canadian line, Nome
and all lower river points will have com
munication with the outside world when
Behring Sea navigation Is closed in the
Fall of 1902. The permanent heavy wire
on the Valdee-Eaglc division Is completed
107 miles from Valdes to Copper Center.
Valdes Is also connected by 14 miles of
wire with Fort Liscum, the Army head
quarters on the coast.
IN BEHALF OF SETTLERS.
Washington Delegation Asked
to
Take Up "Overlap" Case.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 6. State
Senator E. M. Ran&s has addressed a let
ter to Senator Foster and Representatives
Cushman and Jones, requesting them, on
behalf of numerous settlers on Northern
Pacific Railroad lands In Clark County,
to use their influence with the Attorney
General to have the case of the United
States vs. the Northern Pacific Railway
Company appealed to the Supreme Court
of the United States. The case was re
cently decided by Judge Hanford, of the
United States Circuit Court, District of
Washington, In favor of the railroad. The
decision of Judge Hanford affects every
settler on the odd-number sections In the
extensive territory known as the "over
lap." which includes nearly the whole of
Clark County. It also annuls the decis
ion In the Spiulding case, which declared
the company's right to lands In the "over
lap" region forfeited.
Paying Dividend of Suspended Bank.
Receiver A. B. Eastham, of the sus
pended First National Bank of Vancou-
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Popular-Price Clothiers
THIRD AND MORRISON STREETS
ver, today commenced paying depositors
the second dividend declared since the
bank's failure, last May. The dividend
amounts to 25 per cent, or $55,833. The
first dividend paid was 50 per cent, thua
leaving but 25 per cent of the deposits
unpaid.
SEW OREGON' COUPORATIOXS.
Articles Filed at Snlera Daring: the
Pant Week.
SALEM, Jan. 18 Articles of Incorpora
tion were filed In the office of the Secre
tary of State this week as follows:
Hockensmlth & Marks Drug Company,
Halsey, Linn County; J1S00; G. T. Hock
lnsmlth, Dalpha Hocklnsmith, T. I.
Marks.
Mount "Vernon Hall Company, Mount
Vernon, Grant County; JG00; H. H. Cum
mlngs, Sidney Green. W. T. McKern.
Oregon Pine Company, Astoria; $50,000;
F. D. Butzer. "W. W. Whipple. Frank J.
Taylor.
Germanla Verein Social Club. Middle
Cold Spring. Umatilla County; no capital;
Herman Suhl. G. C. Schroder, Jurgen
Mumm.
I. Gevurtz & Sons, Portland; J50.V);
Isaac Gevurtz, Philip Gevurtz, Alexander
Gevurtz and Matthew Gevurtz; object,
general merchandise.
Interstate Petroleum Oil Company..
Huntington: $1,000,000; J. M. Calhoun, G.
W. Calhoun. C. E. Winter, W. K. Loof
bourrow, A. L. White, W. E. White, J.
B. White, O. W. Porter, H. A. Duffy,
L. Stultz.
Ophir Coal Mining Company. Portland;
5100.000; F. F. Glltner, L. Hansen, F.
Gibson.
Alaska Telephone Construction Com
pany. Portland; $100,000; J. B. Hammond,
E. B. McFarland, H. E. Cowgill.
Pacific Mutual Home Society, Portland:
$2000; C. F. Welgand, P. Chappell Browne,
Alex Campbell.
The Stlnson-Gralnger Company, Sump
ter; $10,000; William Stinson. A. J. Stin
son, James A. Grainger; object, hotel
keeping. Pacific Mining & Reduction Company,
Portland; $1,500,000; C. J. Allen, W. A.
Campbell, C. F. Candlani.
Wasco Lumber Company. Wasco, $10,
000; E. O. McCoy, George M. Crossfleld.
E. C. Atwood, H. P. Dlsher, J. P. Yates.
Poplar Farm Telephone Company, Con
don; $500; F. B. Stevens, Lillian R. Stev
ens, John Mager.
' Milton Commercial and Social Club,
Milton. Umatilla County: no capital;
Herman Hessel. Ernest Hessel, Charles
Cokes.
Dlndlnger. Wilson & Co., Pendleton;
$10,000; W. H. Dlndlnger. J. V. Wilson.
E. C. Gulllford; object, conducting boot
and shoe store.
DISEASE WHICH CLAIMED SO MAXV.
Doctor Saya Malignant Form of
Pneumonia Prevail at Tonopah.
CARSON. Nev.. Jan. IS. Dr. Lee. of
this city, who went to Tonopah as a
member of the State Board of Health
to investigate the cause of the many
deaths in that place, has filed a report
with the Governor. The doctor made a
careful examination of the conditions as
well as of the disease Itself. The latter
he diagnosed as a malignant form of
pneumonia, complicated with congestion
of the liver and weakness of the heart.
The disease is similar to that epidemic
In Bodle, Candelaria and Hamilton dur
ing the first years of their existence, and
Is undoubtedly largely Influenced by the
extreme dry atmosphere and high alti
tude. He found great extremes In tem
perature at Tonopah within a short space
of time. During the day the mercury
would register above SO, and at night
drop to S and 7 below zero. Miners more
than any other claes were affected, and
those of Tonopah, like others, were not
careful at all, subjecting themselves to
exppsure that might have been less dan
gerous in a more uniform climate, but
which was oftener fatal In Tonopah.
Again, as In all new camps, worklngmen
congregate around barrooms and other
hot fires in the evening and go out into
the cold without overcoats and without
protection at all against the extreme cold.
BIG WOODMEX RALLY.
Eleven Hundred and Fourteen to Be
Initiated at Pendleton April 21.
PENDLETON, Jan. IS. Woodmen of
Eastern Oregon have organized for a big
log-rolling to be held here April 21-23,
when it Is expected that 1114 candidates
will be initiated. J. E. Krause is chair
man of the committee, and Mrs. A. D.
Stlllman secretary, both of Pendleton,
with A. A. Urquahart, of The Dalles, as
treasurer. Both the Woodmen camps and
Women of Woodcraft circles will partici
pate. F. A. Falkenburg, head consul, will
be present.
Officers of Verein Elntracht.
The Verein Elntracht. perhaps the rep
resentative German society of Eastern Or
egon, has elected the following officers
for the coming year: President, Joseph
Basler: vice-president, V. Stroble; secre
tary. O. HamJsch; financial secretary, N.
Joerger; treasurer, H. Schultz; trustees,
J. J. Balleray, A. Stangler, C. Kohler.
Finance of Salem School District.
SALEM, Jan. IS. Clerk Joseph Baum
gartner, of the Salem School Board, to
night presented a very complete report,
showing the financial condition of the dis
trict. The total receipts for the past year
were $31,311, disbursements $19,812, leav
ing a balance .of $11,493. pci; of which wHL
be used to carry' the district untll-Marqh,
EXCEPTIONAL
VALUE
Is found in all the merchandise
we carry. Our clothing is se
lected with the greatest care,
always keeping QUALITY, not
profit our watchword. Each sea
son brings new customers, more
people satisfied,which assures us
that our purchases must be
heavier.
The merchandise bought for
the coming season needs room
there is but one way to get it
clear out all Fall weights.
For the next week all profits will
be sacrificed. Broken lots of
$14.00, $15.00, $16.50 and $18.00
SUITS
10.50
COCyhiomt
when tne year will be completed. Debts
to the amount of $2100 were paid on dur
ing the past year, leaving a total debt at
nrppnt nf $55,550. Hereafter the school
year begins July 1. The revenue for the
coming year will be $6,50u, or wnicn w io jaw m ueiuun. oi ivw uu. nw m
will be necessary to carry the district to dlctment alleges that Mrs. Yates opened
July 1, leaving $23,000 for the next year. I a correspondence with Mrs. Cordelia L.
A 7-mlll levy will be necessary, and It Is i Common, of Cleveland, O.. and represent
proposed that taxpayers levy an additional ! ed to her that through certain spirits sho
mill for paying off the debt. There are i (Mrs. Yates) knew of real estate and
1430 nuDlls in the Salem schools. I money In thl3 city which legally belonged
Eocapci From Alcatraz on a Finnic.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 18. Alfred J.
Schroeff, a United States military pris
oner, escaped from Alcatraz Island this
morning on a plank. After floating In
the bay several hours he was picked up
In an exhausted condition by two Italian
fishermen, who brought him ashore. Af
ter being revived, he told a plausible story
to the effect that while out duck-hunting
his boat had capsized. He had departed
In a uniform, and It was learned that
he was a United States prisoner.
Tnx to Continue School.
COTTAGE GROVE. Or.. Jan. IS. The
public school here was closed December
20. and has not reopened since for lack
of funds. A special election was held
here today to vote on a 5-mIll tax to con
tinue the school the remainder of the
term. The vote stood 152 for tax. and
44 against. This same question was
submitted' to the voters two weeks ago,
but was defeated on account of a mis
understanding. The school will be
opened again Monday.
Land Contents Dismissed.
OREGON CITY. Jan. IS. Register
Moores, of the United States Land Office,
made an order today dismissing 12 of the
cases In which Charles E. Hays contested
the claims of settlers in Tillamook Coun
ty. Following Is a list of the cases dis
missed: Annie Tone. John F. Watts,
Charles A. Bailey, Shelley M. Bayley,
Fred C. Baker, Alma Barker. William
Barker, Millie A. Coles, Henry Crenshaw,
William E. Easom, Erlck Erickson.
Teachers' Institute.
ROSEBURG, Or., Jan. IS. A very suc
cessful local teachers' institute was held
here today. The principal Instructors
were: State Superintendent Ackerman,
County Superintendent Hamlin, President
J. H. Orcutt, of the State Normal School
at Drain, and Professor C. T. Whittlesey,
of the Wilbur Academy. Professor Cor
nutt, of Myrtle. Creek, had charge of the
local arrangements.
Fire at La Grande.
LA GRANDE. Or., Jan. 18. Fire this
morning destroyed three small barns and
a cottage In the eastern part of town be
longing to D. M. Keltz. The tire was
started by a spark from an engine on a
work train. A high wind was blowing,
and only the quick work of the hose com
pany, which had to go half a mile, saved
the adjoining dwellings. The loss is about
$600: no Insurance. A horse wa3 burned to
death In one of the barns.
Xcw Decree of Honor Lodge.
MILTON, Jan. IS. Mrs. Mitchell Smith,
of Baker City, chief of the Degree of
Honor, instituted a lodge of that order
here this evening. Mrs. Smith will visit
Athena, Pendleton, La Grande. Weston
and several other places before return
ing home.
Robbed Ills Employer.
SALEM, Jan, IS. Brady Brady, a farm
hand employed by E. E. Shields, near
Brooks, ransacked his employer's house
yesterday during the absence of the fam
ily and skipped with about $20 worth of
property. He went to Portland.
McKinley Monument Contribution.
SALEM, Jan. IS. Governor Geer today
received three contributions, aggregating
$6 50, to the McKinley monument fund.
Not many contributions have yet been
received.
Given a- Position at Mjj-hthouse.
ASTORIA, Jan. IS. John Enquest. who
has been connected with the lighthouse
tender Manzanlta for a number of years,
has been appointed assistant keeper of the
Destruction Island light station.
A Clairvoyant Arrested.
DERTOIT, Jan. 18. Mrs. Rebecca
Yates, alias Eddy, a noted clairvoyant,
who wa3 arrested in Wheeling, a short
time ago, and who arrived from there
today In charge of a United States- Mar-
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Shakespeare an a Teacher.
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the Union, over TS.000,000 pounds passing
through Its factories.
Surprising Results.
A Simple Internal Remedy Makes Re.
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People who have used sprays, inhalers,
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throat, which causes coughing Is tempo
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Is no reason why any good physician
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found "
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets are especially
valuable for catarrhal colds In children,
because they are pleasant to taste, and
CTay be used freely to break up severe
colds and croup at the very beginning.
All druggists sell the remedy at 50 cents
for full-sized package.
A little book on cause and cure of ca
tarrh mailed free by addressing the F.
A. Stuart Co., Marshall, Mich. '