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10 THE SUNDAY OREGON1AN, PORTLAND, AUGUST 10, 1902. BRIDGE TRAFFIC LIGHT FEW VEHICLES CROSS 'MADISOX STREET STRUCTURE. V Morrison Bridge Will Benr Bnrilctt Until East Water Street Road Tray Is Built. 'Although the Madison-street bridge Tiatf been open to vehicles since Monday, traf fic has been Ifeht, many Btlll preferring to cross on Morrison, which is heavily crowded nearly every minute of. the day from early morning till, late at night. Foreman Richmond, of the" Morrlson etreet bridge, said yesterday that there had been some relief since the Madison street bridge was opened to teams, but that the main portion of the travel that had been using the Madison bridge before the flro was still crossing on the Morrison bridge. He attributes this to the destruc tion of the elevated roadway on East "Water street. Many teams, that formerly crossed the Madison-street bridge by way of East "Water street cannot do so now without going to Grand avenue and mak ing a wide circuit around by Hawthorne avenue, end this they will not do. Slab wood teams and farmers that have been accustomed to use Madison .street axe re tturnlng, as is other traffic tributary to It. However, the Madison-street bridge will not be used as generally as before 'the lire until a new elevated roadway or fill shall have been made on East- Water iBtreet The prospects are that it will be tfcome time before either improvement will -be made. The heavy travel across the river natur ally crosses on the Morrison-street bridge, as It is central to both West and East Bides. Next time it is repaired it will have to be widened to the width of the street. Every time the draw Is opened to permit the paesage of a boat, traffic congests at oth ends for many blocks. INJURED IS BICYCLE COLLISION. 2U. Went Rendered Unconscious for Half an Hour by Falling: on Curb. M. Went, a young man who lives on the corner of East Eleventh and EaSt Mill streets, was seriously injured in a bicycle collision Friday evening. He Went wheel ing south on Union avenue from Holla day's Addition, when a girl on a bicycle ran Into his wheel, causing him to fall with Kreat force on the side of his face. He was rendered unconscious by the fall,. and seemed to be very seriously injured. For over half an hour he remained to tally unconscious. A physician was called. It was found that no bones were broken. The side of his face and head received the force of his fall, as ho struck on the curb. There was some internal injury, and blood flowed from his mouth, but this did not prove to be serious. During the night he did not rest well, but yesterday there were no Berious developments in his condition. The girl escaped injury, but was much frightened over the accident. PIPE FOR KEW WATER MAIN. . First Steps Are Taken to Build. STcvr Line to Surmyside. Trucks yesterday commenced hauling 20-lnch water main for the pipe lino that is to be laid from Division street, on Mar guerite avenue, through Sunnyside. Resi dents of Sunnysldo will be glad, Indeed, to know that the first steps have been taken to put this main down. They are suffering from water shortage, mainly on the second floors of their dwellings, while the pressure on first floors is very light, especially In the evening, when many are using water for irrigation. This is not because there is no water, for there is an abundance, but because the supply pipes leading from the 21-lnch main for the East Side are not large enough to take the water-away for distribution. MILWAUKEE RURAL D ELI VERY. Route Inspected Officially Woman Wants to Be the Carrier. E. C. Clements, special agent for the United States rural free mll delivery visited Milwaukle and made an official examination of the route that had been fixed upon some time ago. It covers ter ritory m which there are 100 families to be served. The route covers 25 miles. Mr. ClementF went over the entire terri tory, and made a careful investigation into the advisability of establishing the service He seemed favorably impressed with tha practicability of the route. Mrs. Mary Winnie, Henry Stucky, C K. Ballard and Elmer Worthlngton made applications for the position of carrier in the district, should the service be 'ordered, and were examined jas to their qualifica tions to perform the duties. Residents are encouraged oyer the prospects of get ting free mail delivery. It has been about six months since an application was tiled with the department. This is the first route of which a woman desires to be the carrier. Mrs. Winnie, who made an application, is said to be fa miliar with the district, and will be given the same chance of securing the position as the other applicants. East Side Notes. E. B. Coman's family, living at 330 Weid ler street, will leave for an extended trip to the East this week. W. Jj. Abrams and family, living at C51 Schuyler street, left yosterday for Bull Run for an outing of several weeks. Miss Cora Pattee, of the Williams Avenue School, has returned from a vaca tion at Ocean Park, where she was a guest at the Kenworthy cottage. Dr. C. H. Reed, who lived for nearly 30 years at the foot of East Clay street, where his home was destroyed by fire; Is now on a farm near Mllwauklo taking a long rest. Mrs S. G. Richardson, who lives on the corner of East Caruthers and East Eighth streets, is at St Vincent's Hospital, under going treatment Her condition Is re garded as serious. She has been In the hospital for several weeks. The funeral of John Schacht, of Da mascus, who died Monday, was held yes terday from his home. He was a farmer and an old resident of that neighborhood. He left a wife .and seven children. He cad been in falling health for some time. The Grand avenue elevated roadway, be tween East Stark and East Oak streets, is again being repaired by the City & Subur ban Railway Company. This time weak ness was shown near East Stark, and a lot of timbers and braces were used in strengthening it. This is an bid struc ture, and is periodically out of order. Whenever a loaded truck or a street-car passes over It, it sways. - KROLL MARRIES TOO SOON HE TAKES A NE WIFE WHEN NOT QUITE DIVORCED. NATIVES MUST STILL BE !FED Filipinos in Trvo Provinces Destitute Condition. Are in WASHINGTON, May 9. Major B. K. West, of the ComnilBeary Department, writing from Manila to General Weston, Chief Commissary, has ho following to say concerning the feeding of natives In the Philippines: "I wag in hopes that the closing up of the campaign In Batangas and Laguna would end the feeding of the natives,, but such is not the case, although the camps have been brpken up. The natives were left In destitute condition; had been un able to plant new crops; all the old crops had been, destroyed In the military operations, and so the work has to go on. General Bell was in the city, and I asked him about, the number of natives he was feeding. He told me that in Ba tangas ho was feeding approximately 250, 000 people. In Laguna he could not tell the exact number, but I judge from the quantity that-we supply that there must be about half as many." SYNDICATE WHEAT FARM Americans Secure a Larjre Tract in Canada Tliolr Plans. : ST. PAUL, Aug. 9. A syndicate of Americans, led by T. B. Hoard, of Ne braska, a wealthy cattleman, will estab. llsh the first bonanza wheat farm In Can ada, between Cralk and Davidson, on the Prince Albert branch of the Canadian Pa cific Forty thousand acres of land have been purchased for 5200,000,' and another $100,000 has been set aside by the syndi cate for improvements. One whole town ship has been converted into a monster wheat field, and a greater portion of a township adjoining Is also to be arpart of the syndicate's Interest Mr. Hoard and his associates will in troduce steam plowB and other modern farm machinery. The syndicate will own its own elevators, two of which are to be built this Fall at Garvin, in the center of the new farm. It will also operate nine elevators at adjacent points. Kntr Oscar In Role of Llfe-Savcr. STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Aug. 9. While King Oscar was yachting today near the Marstrand bridge, which wjih crowded with women and children, the utrusture collapsed, throwing the occupants into the water. The King threw off his coat and assisted in the rescuo of 22 pereons, who were taken aboard tho yacht Ignorance of the Law and Failure to Par His Alimony Result in Arrest for Polygamy. When August Kroll, a stalwart boiler maker, employed at the Willamette Iron & Steel Work, and living at Highland,' awoko yesterday morning, he was con tented, apparently prosperous and happy in the possession . of - a wife and home. After dinner, he was hot sure whether he had a wife or hot as he was arrested for polygamy and, to crown hi3 miseries, he found that hla waees for the. week had been attached to satisfy a lawyer's I bill for 515. Kroll was allowed to go on J his own recognizance, after he had been served with a few legal papers Issued from the office of Justice of the Peace Reld, who will give a hearing In the case tomorrow morning at 9:30 o'clock. Kroll la about 40 years old, and during his career he has been married three times twice to the same woman. His first wife died and left h'lm with two boys. Then fate In the person of Miss Genoveva Kublk crossed his path. In those days Kroll was a preacher, fand was much looked up to by Miss Kublk so much so that she married him. But their married life was not one of honey and rcses,- and two years afterward there was a divorce. They lived apart for some little time, but the flame of love in Krcll's heart for Genoveva Kublk was still burning, and he again married her. During January of the preset year, Mrs. Kioll visited Lawyer William Reld, now Justice of the Peace Rcid. and said that her married life was eo unhappy that she wished to apply for a divorce. "My husband prays one minute, and swears the next and I can't stand it" she stated. The case was tried before Judge Sears -January 31, and after the Judge heard "both parties to the suit he lasued a de cree of divorce In favor of Mrs. Krplf now Miss Genoveva Kublk February 17. "I'll have nothing more to do with men," said Miss Kublk, reviewing her decree of divorce. wHch awarded her $150 alimony, payable at the rate Qf $10 per month. Now, under the law" -of Oregon, both parties to a divorce .suit have tho right lo appeal within six months from the granting of the decree of divorce, and should either one marry again within six months, he Or she is liable to be ar rested for polygamy. , Miss Kublk was happy when she col lected hr little $10 monthly from Lawyer Reld, who received the jnoney from her divorced husband, but she was deeply grieved about the first of the present .month when her lawyer. Who had re cently blossomed Into Justice of the Peace Reld, announced that he had no $10 to hand her, as Kroll had hot paid his month's alimony. "He must be sick," ventured Miss Kublk. But a dreadful rumor reached her: that her divorced ljuBband had mar ried again, in defiance of the statutes of Oregon. Proof was received that Kroll had married one Lena Tinker, August 2. "And that is not all," announced Miss Kublk, who was very angry by this time. "His marriage certificate stated that he Is younger than he really is." So that was why papers charging Kroll with polygamy were served on him yesterday. Late in the afternoon, when ho thought he had met with enough trouble for one day, an attachment for $15 was placed against his wages by Lawyer N. D. Simon. The latter had been Kroll's coun sel in the divorce suit and the $15 is the balance owing for his legal' services. It Is understood that KrolL thought he was at liberty to take' a new wife within six months after the hearing of his di vorce suit which began January SL If he had waited 15 days longer, he prob ably would not have been arrested. FILL MAIL ORDERS WITH CARE AND SATISFACTION TO OUT-OF-TOWN TRADE FIFTH ANDNYAMHILL STREETS NEW STORE, NEW BUILD ING, Third and Morrison streets 20,000 feet of floor space. The Wind-Up ..Grand Finale THE ENDING SALE OF THE SUMMER OF 1902. Every dollar's worth of reserve or sample stock has been taken from our storage warerooms and put on our counters at a positive average sacrifice of OK f Qf rfv f seasonable prices. Complete bolts, entire case lots, full dozens, late orders--all tO OkL pCI LCllL Summer goods of every description owned by Roberts Bros, are on our counters, and in the grand wind-up of the Summer of 1902. $15,000 for About 70 per Cent of Value Charged With Attempt to Kill. There were sounds of distress last night about 7:39 o'clock In a rooming-house on Morrison street near Park, and the mat ter ended in the arrcstof M. M. Buffman, charged with attempt to kill, on the com plaint of Miss Mlnnlo Rice. "Word that a policeman was wanted at the house in question came by telephone to the po lice station, and Driver Johnson and Po liceman Kitzmiiler were sent with, the patrol wagon. Buffman violently protest ed against his arrest, and It became neces sary to convey him to the patrol wagon. By this time quite a crowd had collected, and several persons thought that, the po lice used more force than was necessary. .48c 89c Wrappers and Waists The Entire Reserve The last lot, the reserve stock. Be quick, they will go fast. Hardly needs mentioning. It has been the rule for buyers tosend theirfriends, sp they keep going fast. The best $1.50 wrappers. You ought to come. 40- Waists. This is a standard rSi. price, for we just keep on putting in small lots of waists worth tip to $1.00. QQa Is another waist price, but S7 w the values are great. The best $1.50 ones on "earth are to be found in this lot. Hosiery Ladies' and Children's. Just secured, all the sample jL line of B. & H. imported silk finished ladies' Hosiery, rlermsdorf dyes, lace, dropstitch, balbrig gan and lisle, cheap at 50c. A luxury and serviceable. 1f The standard Puritan, white foot, black body, seamless, foot-form, full shape Uppers. Wholesale in case lots a't more money. Ladies' special opportunity. Or 2 for 25c. Children's ex tra quality ribbed Hose, fast dye, limb and foot form. Great 15c wearer. Lace Embroidery Sale of the Entire 5c for all 10c Linen Lace, 50 styles. 8$c and lie for Embroidery worth up to 20c All-over Lace, newest shades, in Summer Veiling, Ribbon, No tions', etc., at prices such as Roberts Bros, make when they say bargains. Housekeepers' Carnival of Big Values. jZ p'for 60-inch white Table Dam- for 76 -inch Sheeting, white, 1 Ot heavy unbleached. for Bath or Huck Towels. Big. r for SoMnch dotted or figured 1UC Swiss. fc 1 1Q Bedspread, Marseilles pat- ptiic tern, hemstitched. patterns of chenille. about wholesale price. for $1.00 Table Spreads, new ' - pat 1 OC ace Curtains, full size, A J Comets TheTGo Pair two gross more of the queen of all corsets, the "R. & G." has no peer at 75c. Several other smaller lots of medium and high-grade Corsets will go in this sale of the reserve stock at less than whole sale cost. Leave it to us, on price. ' 43c Ladies' Regular, Not Reserve Stock Shoes Men will take a pair of Ladies' $3.00 NpZ.iiO Shoes not old or discarded styles but the latest lasts from the fashionable and most reliable makers of standard $3.00 shoes in the United States. v Men's Shoes. Will be seen usual (.511 lv at $3.50. Just in four new styles, in early Fall stock, at a no-profit price. Just to help on the big sale of reserve stock. $2. Note This sale offers many opportunities of securing the very freshest nnd most desirable of seasonable mer chandise, besides, the hundreds, yes, thousands, or articles that are to be found ali oyer the house at one third, one-halT"tind two-thirds value. Roberts Bros, never trifle with odd remnants or small lots. "We know how to sell them quick-Just put the price so low that people can't af ford to not buy. Depend on . us this week for phenomenal bargains. Men's and Boys' Fittings Seasonable and Fashionable Money-Savers 10c for 20c Bow Ties. 6c for 10c Sox. 9c for 15c Sox, 35c for 50c Underwear. $1.90 for S3.00 men's Pants. 50c for 75c Knee Pants. Men's and boys' needs, everything from the sole of your foot to fee crown of your head at prices only be found at Roberts Bros. Buffman called Kitzmiiler several names, but according to the police statement the prisoner was not injured. Ho refused to go into the patrol wagon and was pushed into It by Kitzmiiler, and in the struggle his hat fell off. Minnie Rico complained that Buffman came into her apartments, raised ' a disturbance, and ultimately threatened to kill her. The Case will be heard tomorrow before.Municipal Judge Hogue. Civic Improvement Party. The Clvlo Improvement Associa tion has sent out invitations to its members and the general pub lic, announcing a moonlight lawn fete to be given under the auspices of the ladles' auxiliary of Woodstock next Fri day evening, August 15. A literary and THREE MEMBERS PDSSE THAT DOWN CONVICT TRACY. OF musical programme has been arranged; the celebrated gypsy queen, Te-he-ha-ha will reveal the past, present and future to those who would like to know. Refresh ment booths will serve cooling drinks and other dainties. The Civic Improvement Association purposes giving a number of these entertainments during the Summer in the various suburbs of the city, nnd to show what has already been accomplished to Interest the public in its work. There will bo no admission charge. Take the Woodstock car. FACES THE CHARGE. Labor Lender Gives Bond In Case of Alleged Delay of Malta. DENVER. Aug. 9. Thomas Devitt ap peared before United States Commissioner A. E. Capron today and gave bond for his appearance on August 21 to answer the charge of conspiracy to delay the United States niatl. Devitt Is a machinist and secretary of the Union, which is now out on a strike against ' the Union Pacific Railroad Company. It Is charged that Al exander Allison and James C. Wood got aboard the engine of a passenger train on the Union Pacific road at Deer Trail, Colo., August 6, and disarranged the machinery In such a manner as to cause the engine to break down. The two men were ar rested on complaint of James W. Penrose, an agent of the Union Pacific Company, and were charged with delaying the mails. j Today a complaint wxi sworn out against secretary uevitt. tie was accompanied to the court by Organizer J. D. Pierce, of the American Federation of Labor, and a number of Denver's labor leaders. They say that he knew nothing of the matter If any delay really occurred as described. GIVEXUP FIGHT ON MORMONS TJtnli Methodist "Will Hereafter Prcacli Only the Gospel. SALT LAKE CITYTAug. 9. The Mor mon church, as nn institution to be de tested and avoided, will no longer be preached by the ministers and laymen of the Methodist church In Utah. This decision has been arrived at during the executive session of the state conference. It was the generally expressed opinion of the ministers that bitter antagonism as shown by the Protestant churches only gains sympathy for the Mormons and ac complishes nothing. The Methodist church hereafter will, therefore, net denounce the Mormon church from the pulpit, but will atttmpt to make converts by quiet preaching and friendly missionary work, "preaching the Gospel and allowing Mor monlsm to take cure of Itself." heard from as early as 1613, was visited by NIcollett in 1631, and by Radlsson and Grosselller In 1659. The mission was found ed by1 Allouez In 1C69. It Is minutely de scribed by Dablon In 1670, and by Mar quette on his voyage of discovery with Jollet in 1673. Every descriptive sentence in the ancient documents referred to haa now been verified, and several other vil lage sites have been dlscoveredjncldental ly In --tfoe course of the investigation. Blfc 3Iontann Forest Fire. -KABISPELL. Mont.. Aug. 9. A fierce forest fire Is raging in the FIshbank country. Many thousands of feet of fine timber have afre,ady been destroyed and at the rate the flames are traveling. 'now threaten the destruction of many thou sand dollars more. The Government re serve, one of the finest tracts of timber in Montana. Is directly in the path of the flames, and unless the wind veers Is like ly to be burned.- Another Mysterious Death. CHICAGO, Aug. 9. Another mysterious death, which the police think may have connection with the supposed murder of Minnie Mitchell, was brought to light early today by the finding of tho dead body of an unidentified man In the wooda at Ninety-fourth street and Winchester avenue. The man evidently had shot him self in the mouth. The police are work ing on the theory that the body is that of William Barthollln, the fiance of Min nie .Mitchell, who disappeared with the young1 woman. Mrs. Barthollln. who dis appeared shortly before her son, has not as yet been found. Cause of Mine Disaster Unknown. TRINIDAD, Colo., Aug. 9. The Coro ner's jury that Investigated the Bowen accident of Thursday night returned a verdict that the victims whose bodies havo been recovered came to their deaths by an explosion, the cause of which cannot be determined. i - , Hill nnd.Mellen nt Everett. EVERETT. Wash.. Aug. 9. Presidmta Hill and Mellen, with a party of railroad officials, made a ehort stop here today, to Inspect the terminals and shops. CHEAP RATES EAST. The Rio Grande System announces greatly reduced excursion rates to East ern points via the world-famed "Scenla Line." For particulars, call at or address tha ticket office. 124 Third street. EGZEMM MAURICE S3IITIL C. A. STRAUS. DR. EL C. LAXTER. The three meA ehown in tho above picture yesterday turned over the body of the ded outlaw. Harry Tracy, to Superlatepdent J. D. Lee, of the Oregon State Penitentiary. The photograph was taken yesterday morning Jut befori the train on which Tracy's body was conveyed to Salem left the Union Depot. Straub, -who is Constable of Creston precinct, Lincoln County, Wash., Is holding Tracy's famous 3020 Winchester, which was turned over to Mr. Lee yesterday. Smith Is a lawyer, and Lanter a practicing physician. In company with two other residents of Craton. Straub, 'Smith and Lanter carried on the famous man hunt that brought about the last thrilling incidents of the wonderful outlaw's icareer. ' Miraculous Escape from Injury. NEW YORK, Aug 9. Falling 300 feet down the sheer side of a cliff In Engle wood, Robert Scott, 13 years old, reached the bottom with no greater Injuries than bruises. When he regained his senses. however, ho waa so weak that his cries J i for helo did not reach far beyond the lonoly spot In which he. had fallen. Scott lay in me outnes ui iiiu uuuuu; ui iuc cliff for nearly two days, being discovered finally by boys. They summoned aid. and .Scott was carried home. Two doctors were summoned. They found not a bone broken, and exprecs the belief that the boy will recover. Loner-Looked-For Village Located. CHICAGO, Aug. 9. Rev. Father Cos grove, of RIpon, U2ent yesterday under the guidance of Thomas Clithcro. of this city, says a Portage, Wis., dispatch to the Tribune, comparing ancient maps and doc uments with the historical Indian town sltcs near Port Hope,, in this county, which Mr. ClitherO has been for years Investigating. Father Cosgrove, on hl re turn to Rlpon WW report to Bishop Mess mer, of Green Bay, that the long-looked- for Mascoutens. the largest and most celebrated city In Indian history, and the site of the mission of St, James, has been covered near Governor's Bend, dn the i Fox River. The city is reported in 1675 j to havo had 20,600 inhabitants. It was is due to the retention in the system of Uric Acid or other inflammatory poisons which find their way into the blood, and are forced by the circulation through the glands and pores of the skin, causing it to burn like fire, and the incessant itching allows no rest night or day. Eczema appears in a great many different forms, beginning frequently as a mere redness of the skin, fol lowed by little blisters or pimples, from which a clear or straw colored matterobzes, forming into sores, scales if SfflfFiEBlM or scabs this is weeping Eczema, MM XWM commonly caHea Salt Rheum. These acid poisons sometimes dry up the natural ' oils arid the skin, becomes hard and dry, often cracking and bleeding and causing intense pain and fearful itching. This form of Eczema is known as Tetter, and oftenest attacks therliands and leet. unsigntiy eruptions in the shape of pimples and blackheads break out upon , the face, neck and shoulders as a result of this humiliating disease is called Acne. Local remedies afford but scant relief. The blood and system being saturated with the poison.the disease cannot be reached with washes, salves, A G SNISE! Powders or other local applications. S. S. S. restores the wwst deteriorated blood to its normal condition, stimulates the sluggish organs, and all the waste matter is eliminated through the proper channels. S. S. S. makes the blood rich and strong, and under its tonic and invigo rating effects the general health improves, and the skin becomes soft and smooth again. S. S. S. contains no minerals but is" guaranteed purely vegetable. Write us if you need medical advice; this will cost you nothing. Illustrated book- oil skin diseases sent free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga, TETTER polluted blood, and attc8tttco9eeooacetteo(o9acoosoo9C3ii6oeti9 STRICTLY RELIABLE XOT A DOLLAR TO BE PAID UNTIL CURED. TALCOTT & CO. Practice Confined to Con- tractcd and Functional DISORDERS OF MEN "WEAKNESS" It other physicians have treated you for so-called "weakness." you were helped only temporarily. If at all. and the reason is vciy apparent when the cause of Ios3 of power in man is. understood. "Weak ness Isn't a weakness at all. but Is merely a symptom of chronic Inflamma tion In the prostate gland, .brought on by parly dissipation cr some contracted dis order. Our sjstem of local treatment re moves this inllamniatlon. and Is the on!y treatment that has ever or ever can per manently restore strength and vigor. PORTLAND "OFFlfE, 250h ALDER STREET.