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8 THE SUNDAY OBEGONIAN, PORTLAND, APRIL" 19, 1903. KNOX YIELDS NOT Will Grant No Indulgence to Railroad Merger. IT CANT GET THAT DIVIDEND Be Xlesenta Imputation That Instruc tions to Ilaupt Were Only for Ef fectPenal Statute Was Violat ed and Decree Mast Stand. "WASHINGTON, April It The Depart ment of Justice today gave out the fol lowing: "The intimation in a dispatch from St. Paul made by one of counsel for the Northern Securities Company that the Attorney-General privately expressed himself as willing to have the decree In the Northern Securities case modified tem porarily or suspended, and Instructed the United States Attorney to the contrary merely for public effect. Is utterly with out foundation. The Attorney-General has consistently and unalterably held that the decree enjoins the violation ot a penai ntatute, and that to mitigate or suspend It In any respect would amount to a li cense to continue to violate .the law. The Instruction to the United States Attorney reflects on Its face the posltlve ness and earnestness with which this view will be maintained before the court, and the reported statement by counsel for de fendants Is beyond all the facts and pro prieties of the case." OXLY WANTS THE MOJCBY. Northern Securities Asks Xothlns; lut Leave to Itecelve Dividend. ST. PAUL, Minn.. April IS. Up to a late hour this afternoon. United 'States Attorney C C Haupt had received no word from Attorney-General Knox Indi cating any change from his Intention to resist every attempt to suspend any part of the decree against the Northern Se curities Company. "Although the United States has no financial Interest," said Mr. Ilaupt today, "it Is -the desire of the Attorney-General to have the decree made by the Circuit Court remain In force until the Supreme Court finally passes on the matter. There is undoubtedly a large number of lnno cent Investors In' the "stock of tho North ern Securities Company, and these people may suffer If the dividend Is not paid May 1. but It Is my opinion that the Gov ernment will either Instruct me to con tinue to resist the application of the mer- ger counsel, or else ask that the hearing or tne application do continued until the other Judges meet In St. Paul to sit with the Circuit Court of Appeals in Hay." Mr. Ilaupt has forwarded to "Washing ton an account of the proceedings before Judge Sanborn, when the appeal for mod ification of the decree was made by the attorneys for the Northern Securities Company. He also distinctly stated In his message to the Attorney-General that all the Northern Securities Company Want nt nrMnt la n.rmlelnn tn nnv t Via quarterly dividend to the persons to whom I the money must. In any event, eventually I go. This, promise was given by Mr. Haupt at the hearing yesterday, at the request of G W. Bunn. who stated that at this stage of the proceedings all other provisions of the decree were of compar atively little Importance, as tbey did not Involve the payment to or tlcing "up of money Belonging to investors. If the Government decides not to resist 1 the application of the merger counsel, an order may be granted suspending the de cree to the extent desired. In the event of the hearing being continued until the other Judges of the Circuit Court reach St Paul. May i Is the earliest date on which the application can be' disposed of. and In that case the stockowners will be compelled to wait a week for their divi dends. HE SURPRISES BURGLARS Wounds One and Scares Others From Their Work. WAMPUM. Pa- April 18. In a battle following an unsuccessful attempt to rob the .First National Bank of this place earl ytoday, one man was killed and an other seriously wounded. The dead- man was one of the burglars, and. he has not yet been Identified. The wounded man is Henry Wllloughby, a baker, who sur prised the burglars while at work. His in juries are serious. Wllloughby was passing the bank at an early hour, on nis way to work, when he was suddenly confronted by a man who. at the point of a revolver, ordered him to throw up his hands and be quiet. He did co. but In uls right had was a' revolver. end a moment later both men fired at eacu other. At the report of the revolvers two other men rushed from the bank and took a band In the shooting. The fight aroused some of the people in the vicin ity of tho bank and tbey were soon at the Hceno of the -battle, but before their ar rival the burglars fled. While the men bad broken Into the bank- lng-rooms they had not completed the drilling of the safe, and their attempt at robbery was unsuccessful. This morning the body of one of the burglars was dls or hmb htnb hmb hmb hmb hmb hmb hmh of town As the bullet wound was near his heart. It Is presumed that his compan ions had to drag or drive their dying com lade from the bank to where he was found. While he was shabbily dressed. on his ho&y was found a gold watch and 511 In cosh. Wllloughby was shot In both legs and It is supposed he Bred the shot that killed the burglar. Great excitement prevails In the town, and a posse has organized to pursue the burglars. NEGRO KILLS PREJUDICE. Southerner. Object to Playing Ball With Colored Harvard Man. WASHINGTON, April IS. Today's base ball game between Harvard and George town Universities wan marred by a squab ble, having Its origin In race prejudice. Harvard put on a negro named Matthews to play shortstop, and In consequence Catcher Apperous and Manager Miller, of the Georgetown team, who are bouin- crners. withdrew from the game. There was some mild demonstration and dls nleasure at the negro's appearance on the field, hut Matthews finally won the crowd by brilliant work In accepting a few chances that came his way. Lightning; SJrikes Down a Family. WEST POINT. Neb.. April IS. During a thunderstorm near here today lightning struck the farmhouse of Fred SendlgrllT. All the occupants, father, mother and four children, were badly burned and ren dered unconscious. When SendlgrifC par tially recovered, he found the house in flames. He managed to drag his helpless wife and three children out. but was un able to rescue one child, whose charred body was later found in the ruins of the home. May Hiss or Applaud at Will. BOSTON. April IS. A decision has been rendered In the Municipal Court here that a snec lator has a right to express conaenv nation of a theatrical performance by hiss ing. In discharging a defendant, the Just- Ice remarked that hissing in a tneater is not a crime any more than applauding. The defendant in the case visited a West 1 End playhouse. He did not like the per formance, according: to the policeman who arrested him. and hissed so loudly as to disturb the persons on the stage. He had a witness to show that he did not hiss. out tne justice sua there was no need of entering a defense, as he did no harm It be did bin. cooed, groaned or said sar castic things. ART OF BULLET CATCHING Explanations and Ufatory of an Old Trick of the Magicians. - Rochester Poat-ExnrM.. BenjamlnR. Watts, for many rears the assistant of Harry Kellar. once told the writer tne history of bullet-catching. Tne trick." said Mr. Watts, "was Invented by Philip Astley. the manager of a travel ing show. Before going Into this busi ness he was an American soldier. During h!a term of service two of his comrades had a quarrel and be was asked to act as second to one of them. This led to the Invention of the trick. Having suc ceeded In winning over the other second, Astley obtained two blank tin tubes, closed at one end and Just the right shape and color to fit on the end of the wooden ramrods without being conspicu ous. Powder and wadding were rammed Into the old-fashioned pistols, and, while me antagonist were selecting the bul lets the seconds dropped the tubes Into the barrels. When the bullets were dropped In they fell Into the tin tubes, the rods were rammed In, the tubes stuck on the ends, and out tbey came with the bullets Inside of them. Of course, neither prin cipal was injured, and the affair was amicably adjusted. On-turning showman Astley decided to moke use of the Idea in a somewhat different form. A spec- tator was to fire a pistol loaded with ball, and Astley was to catch the bullet In an apple held on a fork. The trick was enormously successful, but It would not pass under muster now, because the method was clumsy and necessitated Ash ley's going off the stage with the ramrod and faking the apple. The trick 'was adopted by other conjurers and here be gins the trail of blood. The first fatality." -continued Mr. Watts, ''was the killing of a showman in Berlin by the Accidental substitution o a loaded pistol for the one with the biil let extracted. The next appeared at Strasburg In a sketch called The Son of .William Tell.' The boy held the apple in nis mourn wniie nis rather shot at It. The bullet was supposed to lodge miraculously In the fruit, which had, of course, been manipulated. The trick bullet was mads of a composition which crumbled on being rammed nome, but by mischance a real bullet was used and the boy was killed on the spot A more tragic case was that of a murder brought about by the bullet tncic jt occurred about 15 years ago In a then unsettled portion, of Australia. A conjurer was announced to give an en tertainment one evening, the crest turn being the bullet trick. The bullet was selected and marked by one of the rough men of the audience, dropped Into the pistol and extracted by means of the ramrod In the usual way. The audience waited breathlessly while one of their number, a dead shot, took aim and fired. When the smoke cleared away the ma gician was seen rmlllnc with the marked bullet between his teeth. Just as he was vowing in aexnowjeegment of the ap plause a man jumped on the atage and pointed a pistol at the conjurer's bead. ii you are so good at catchln' bullets. catch this.' he cried as he pulled the trig ger, ine man fell dead." Mr. Watts also told of a case of deliber ate suicide. A man named Sar telle loaded the pistol himself with a real bullet and k hIs stand at tne end of the stage r one of the audience to fire at him. He asked that his mother should be informed of what had happened If. he were killed, which the audience regarded as a good Joke, but the significance of which they naturally understood when he fell dead. A narrow escape from death was that of a magician named BUUy. He had pre pared the pistol and had asked a stupid ,?ok,n8T J0"" man to come up on the stage and fire at him. He walked to the end and took up his position: all was ready when a man cried out. "Ston!" and Jumped on the stage In an excited state. lie declared that be had seen the voune man drop something Into the barrel. An examination revealed a brass button, which would have done the work as dead ly as any leaden bullet. The most sensational shootlne trlrV In the history of magic was introduced h Alexander Herrmann a year or two be fore his death. He had a corooral'a guard of four soldiers march Into the hall to thoot at him. Four bullets were se lected and marked; the guns were in spected and found to be in good order. The bullets were placed on a tray and canoed to the men. It seemed that deception was onlte im possible. "When the smoke cleared away Herrmann stood sxnlllne- nn th aioo holding" the four bullets In his hand. While una is a simple rest. It Is nevertheless an extremely foolhardy one. and has within the last five years caused the death -of at least seven performers. In the novel method employed by Herrmann the result of the experiment depended en tirely upon the cartridges containing the solid pullets being exchanged for part ridges containing Imitation bullets. These imitation Dullets were made, as In Hou. din's feat, of wax coated with nlumbam. The officer In command of the file of sol diers was a confederate. He would take tne cartridges that had been examined by the audience and exchange them for the dummies, which were the ones after ward loaded Into the rifles. The Penn ine cartridges were handed to an assist ant, who extracted the- bullets and -gave mcsn iu me penormer. wno, wnen the soldiers nad tired at him. would allow them to drop on a plate that he held In his hand?. The danrer In this ihriM of performing the great shooting trick lies in tne uaouity of the officer whn handles the cartridges not changing a suf- ucient numoer, or getting them mixed, and It has been known that even the soldiers would substitute a real cartridge iui & uuuimy. CASTRO PAYS GERMANY. Carries Out Ills .iirmnent More Promptly Tlian Allies. CARACAS. April IS. Venezuela, carry. lng out the provisions of the protocols signea oy aumster Bowen with the allies, has met the payment due to Germany on March 15. Thirty per cent of the customs will be delivered to the Caracas branch of the Bank of England, and the payment due to Italy on April 1 Is ready. This Is In tlte of the fact that all the Venezuelan merchant vessels have not yet been re turned, and that those that had been re turned had no cargo aboard. Stable Dinners. New Tork Press. I hear that Frank Gould Is going to give a dinner to CO of his friends In his stable. Good Mrs. W. E. D. Stokes cave stable dinner to her white and black neighbors down in Kentucky, and now she is the wife of Phil Lydlg. One of the biggest and best dinners ever given In New xork was under the stewardship of William aiarcn xweea. it was one of series given in Butt's stable, at Bayard and Elizabeth streets. It was a rare feast on plunder. Over $00 quarts of champagne were drunk and so were all the feasters. The first sign of the weakening mind of Corporation Counsel Clark was detected on the night he gave his famous stable dinner. Grip Remedies In Great Demand. When colds and rriD are nrevalent th nulrkest and surest remedies are in mat demand. Mr. Joseph D. Williams, of Mo DuXX. v a., says inai ce was curea oz a very deep ana lasting aiuci; ot la grippe by using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy after trying several other preparations with no effect. This remedy has become famous xor iu cures oi cuius ana a. grippe tw1 nan be depended upon with lmnllrlt confidence. It prevents any tendency of those diseases toward pneumonia. For sola by all cruggisis. HOT TIME IN PORTO RICO BOODLE SCAJTDAL UREA ICS REPUB LICAN MACHINE. Mayor of Mayasniez -Only First of Many Municipal Officials Who Are Under Fire. SAN JUAN, April 18. A special meet ing of .the Executive Council was" called tonight to consider the Mayaguez matter. Serious dissensions ore reported in the Republican party, resulting from the pros ecutions in Mayaguez, as well as from the recent prosecutions here. Jose Barbos. leader of the Republican party, telegraphed today and Intercepted Mayor Pajardo. who was on his way to this -city. Pajardo thereupon returned tovj Mayaguez. Pending further Investigation he was not removed from office today. Robert O. Todd his been named Mayor of San Juan, vice Ramon "K. Latimer who has resigned the office. Senator Latimer was made Mayor last February, vice Senor Egozxue. who was removed by the Governor. Although Senor Todd MAJOR WILLIAM HANCOCK CAPTAIN CLARK, BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBsltSBBBVBBBBBBlSBSBBBBBBBBBSBBBSBBBBBBBBBl BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBSBSSr1' SBBbBSSIBSBBBBbIIBBBBBBBBb! BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBS -BBBRSwIhHSBBBIBBBBBBBBBBBB issslsssssHiifVi fiH bsssssssssHbbbOBH TOr'-t' lsss"'1 tSH JDHHflB9HBB fiHSHBsssssssssssssssssH WHO AVILL MEET TUB PRESIDENT IX rOHTLAJSD. is a Republican, the party machine pro tested against nis nonunauuu am re manded that he withdraw. Governor Hunt, however, appointed him to the post and he will assume bis duties on Monday. The recent prosecution lor iraua ana mo ronseauent removals from office have been a .great blow to the Republican ma chine. When the present investigations at Miyaguez are completed, similar in vestigations will be made at other cities and it Is expected that frauds equal to those at Mayaguez will be disclosed. Accused Mayor Out on Ball. MAYAGUEZ. Porto Rico, April 18. Vitm Fatardo. the Mayor of Mayaguez, who was arrested yesterday, charged with municipal frauds, was released today on bail. He started Immediately for San Juan. EIGHT IXDICTSIECVTS AT SAX JCAX. Severn! Xary Oflicers aMrnt ana Some Have Settled Claims. RAN JUAN. P. R-. April IS. As a re sult of the action ot the grand Jury yes terday in finding eight indictments, ioi lowlng the investigation of the smug gling charges, it Is unofficially reported that warrants have been Issued for the arrest of Captain (Surgeon) Lowndes, U. S. N.: CaDtaln Crabbs. u. . A.: Kooerc Giles, an engineer; Benjamin Butler, for mer supervisor of elections, ana paymas ter Merritt. Mr. Butler demanded in open court to know whether he was Indicted and the Judge replied Inrthe affirmative. He furnished Slow bail. tvi i-nnil Itirv failed to find bills against Rear-Admiral Stirling (who held" the rank of captain ana was commanuant of the naval station In San Juan last year) and C B. Howard. The indictment against Paymaster Merritt charges him with violation of the law In bringing into Porto Rico eleht cases of liquor from St. Tknnnn on board the naval tug Uncos: that aratrwt Giles charges him wltn viol ation or the same law in onnging in icn cases of llauor. Butler. Crabbe and Lowndes are also charged wltn violations of the law. Giles was Indicted on the testimony of a driver, who swore to hav ing taken the. ten cases ot liquor in ques tion to Giles home. Crabbe and Giles were arraigned at S o'clock this afternoon: Butler was ar ralrned this morning. They all pieaaea not guilty and each was held under 11000 bonds. Among other tnings tne aeiense urged that the revenue Jaws do not ap ply to Porto Rico. iir. rettingiu toaay cabled Attorney-General Knox asking for further Instructions. Cantatn Lowndes and Paymaster Mer- lit are In the United States and the Phil iDnlnes. respectively. They will be sum moned through the Navy Department. Of ficers are at present searching for Cap tain Crabbe, who is connected with tne Quartermaster's Department In San Juan, and Robert Giles. These men will be ar raigned and bound over. No bill was found against Lieutenant- Commander Mentz. as he had effected a settlement "with the United States Treas ury. It Is reported that others suspected of complicity in the smuggling escaped Indictments on the same ground. It is said here that. If District Attorney Pettlngill refuses to prosecute those against whom indictments have been found, the Judge will appoint a substitute for Mr. Pettln gill. SMCGGLIXG IX THE ARMY. Quartermaster Chamberlain at Ma nila Accused of Crime. WASHINGTON. April 18. Captain Har ry B. Chamberlain, of the Quartermaster's Department. Is on trial 'in Manila -on a charge of smuggling silks and curios Into Manila. When the Army transport Sew ard returned to Manila from Hong Kong March 19. Collector of customs snuster. having been Informed by a seaman that there would bea quantity of goods cn the transnort not declared, made an investi gation, and It Is alleged he found some articles tn what appeared to be a false locker about the smokestack and In the nan try. Some of the boxes. It is said. were addressed to Captain Chamberlain. the Quartermaster of the vessel, and otn era to other officers, the remainder being addressed to the "wife of an Army officer on duty In Manila. Collector Shuster and Captain Chamber lain were taken before the Court of Cus toms Appeals, trial "being set for March 12. the result of which has not been learned here. Captain Chamberlain was relieved from duty. It Is stated that the goods alleged to have been brought Is on the Seward, which were discovered by the customs otBdals were Intended tor the private use of Army officers, and not for the purpose of sale. To Recuperate In Philippines. WASHINGTON. April It With the ap proval of the War Department. General Davis, commanding the Division of the Philippines, has arranged for the erection of a large modern hospital and recupera tion station In the mountains of the Phil ippines near Mariveles, at an elevation of about 3000 feet. It Is Intended to provide a general station where officers and men suffering from the effects of tropical serv ice may be sent to recuperate. Snrvrr of Philippines Wanted. BALTIMORE, April IS. The American Oriental Society closed Its annual conven tion "here today. A committee was ap pointed to memorialize the Government for an extensive geographical, geological and ethnographic may of the Philippine Islands. Daniel C Oilman was elected president. The society ,wlll meet next year in Washington on April 7. To Philippines and Around World. SAN FRANCISCO. April IS. The trans port Sumner. Captain Lathrop. leaves CLARK, DESCENDANT OF THE EXPLORER. here Monday for her Journey around the world. She sails for the Philippines, and from the Philippines she sails to New York by way of the Suez CanaL Oh her trip to the Islands the Sumner does -not carry any troops, taking only Army offi cers, their wives and civilian employes and IS recruits, but on her way to New York ehe takes the Fifth Infantry. NEW .ROUTE FOR CHINESE May Come to Xeiv Orleans and Mo- bUe From Costa nira. MOBILE. Ala.. April IS. The suspicion of Government officials has been aroused by the numerous arrivals here of late of Chinese from Bocas del Tore; Costa Rica and other sourthern ports, and an inves tigation has been ordered, several weeKs a co half a dozen Chinese arrived in Mo bile from Bocas del Toro, destined for New Orleans. They were promptly gath ered In by the customs officials and lodged In Jail pending a hearing before the local United States Commissioner. It Is the opinion of Government officials that there Is a company In New -Orleans engaged In bringing Chinese to this coun try from Bocas del Toro and that Mobile, as well as New Orleans, Is used as a port of entry. Within the past two months there have been no less than a dozen deported. IS FRANCIS A HERETIC? Head of Order of Atonement Will Have to Answer to the Charge. NEW YORK. April IS. It Is nowpoel- tlvely asserted that the Rev. Paul James Francis, minister-general of the Order of Atonement, with headquarters at Garri son. Is to be brought to trial. Bishop Coleman, of Delaware, wno brings the charges, says that Mr. Fran cis has for some years openly advocated opposition to the Episcopal church, ac knowledging the Roman obedience and procuring pardon for the sin of having denied, for some hundreds of years, the spiritual supremacy of the pope of Rome, Aleader of the Catholic party in the Episcopal church, resident In this city. Is quoted as saying: 'Catholics ot the church have no sym pathy with the position taken by the Rev. Mr. Francis and his Order of Atone ment. There is no element among us who desire union with the Church of Rome. Neither Is there agitation in this country similar to that which seems to have a hold in England. Indeed. Catholics de plore such teachings as Mr. Francis puts forth, even more than others." French Syndicate Buys OH Property, CHICAGO. April IS. A dispatch to the Record-Herald from Laporte, Ind.. says Oil properties Involving between 86.000.000 and 87,000.000 In the Trenton rock fields are to be transferred to a French syn dicate under a deal Just closed. The prop erty, thousands of acres of leases, hun dreds of wells and a production of thou sands of barrels, pipe lines, tank cars. refineries and all equipments. The nego tiations have been conducted by uilllam L. Russell, of Lima, O.. and Charles B. Russell, of Laporte, Ind. The syndicate will operate with the United States Petro leum Company and the National Consol ldated Oil Company, and will control most of the crude oil In Ohio and Indiana. The transaction makes the syndicate a formidable rival of the Standard Oil Com pany. Turf Sivlndler Sentenced. CINCINNATI. O., April IS. W. "W. O'Hara, who was convicted yesterday of using the mails for fraudulent purposes. today was sentenced to serve U months tn the penitentiary. An appeal was taken. and O'Hara was released on a bond of 86000, pending the hearing of the appeal by the United States Circuit Court of Ap peals. O'Hara conducted an enormous Dusmess nere aa a "tun commissioner. receiving money to be used In betting on race horses and promising large divi dends. President Out of Reach. CINNABAR, Mont.. April 18. Secretary Loeb received no word, today from the President, who Is at Norris. out of reach of communication. Unless the President should send a messenger over the snow bound trails to Fort Teuowitone. no word will received from him until his re turn from Geyser Lake next Wednesday, See that tuck? That's "Op la," mous hand-made 5c cigar. the fa- FRANK V. DRAKE RESIGNS LEAVES WORK OF INFORMATION BUREAU IX GOOD SHAPE. "Retiring Superintendent Reports on the Importance ot Advertising; . Oregon's Resources. In presenting his last quarterly report on, the Oregon Information Bureau. Colo nel Frank V. Drake, tho superintendent, tenders bis resignation. Colonel Drake has been In charge of the bureau since Its Inception, and the trustees must search diligently before they find another man so efficient as the late superintendent. The report presents the scope of the bureau, tells how the information and the' exhibits have been gathered, and explains how. from Its situation In the Union De pot, it Is a place of peculiar value to Oregon visitors. Every county In the stito will soon be represented In the in formation bureau. Colonel Drake states that a lively Interest Is raanlfested la the bureau by the citizens ot all the counties he has visited. A hearty co-operation in the upbuilding of the bureau was-extended by all approached, and the retiring super Inter dent belleVes that It is to become the most Important factor in the dissemina tion of Information of Oregon. Tje report Is as follows; To the Board of Trustees. Oregon In formation Bureau Gentlemen: Soon af ter the organization of your body it was resolved that a report should be made quarterly for the Information of -Subscribers and others, and. inasmuch as It was not designated who should make this re port, I will submit as briefly as possible a statement ot what has been done since you selected me to act as superintendent of this endeavor. There has been almost an Infinitude of detail In accomplishing results so far at tained: It would be profitless to attempt to give these details here. In my four re ports heretofore made I have given them more fully than It will be possible toFdo In this general report- It Is well to say at the beginning that the foundation for the work of this organization has been well laid and the superstructure Is taking shape. It has taken time to outline plans' that would meet the approval and co-operation of all the counties: make neces sary excavation and lay foundations, and secure the active co-operation of the peo ple for whose benefit this organization -was effected. It was due to the counties and to all persons Interested In the cause, to make known to them precisely what was required and how to do It. Notwithstanding repeated urglngs by persons probably unfamiliar with the magnitude of the work, to "open the bu reau." I decllned,to employ men to sit In an empty room to supply disappoint ment -Instead of Information to callers. Until some Information could be gath ered on the plans adopted under your di rection, an exhibit begun and necessary co-operation ot counties assured, the dis tribution of trust funds In salaries did not seem Justifiable. The bureau Is now open and has practical, useful Information to present Inquirers and Is dally giving in struction to many visitors and strangers: but there Is very much yet to do, and on the lines which you first approved be fore full success will be attained. In a few days you will have new literature and exhibits from several counties, which will be of great service In the future and a source of pride to yourselves and to the people who look to you for a successful application of the money suhscnoea. I submit a brief resume or summar ized report of what has -been done since you called me to your assistance as su perintendent. Transportation of Exhibits. The first step was to secure a written lease of the rooms now occupied In the Union Depot at Portland for use of the bureau: also tables, cases and other fur niture for the" use of the bureau.- Also to procure concessions by the transporta tion companies to bring exhibits from the various localities In the state. This was accomplished after some delay and neces sary routine, and the O. R. & N. Co.. the Southern Pacific Company, the Astoria & Columbia River Railroad Company, the Corvallls & Eastern Railroad Company, the Oregon Water Power & Railway Company, the Columbia Southern Railway Company, the Columbia River & Puget Sound Navigation Company, the Van couver Transportation Company, and the Columbia River & Northern Railway Company, arranged to transport exhibits over their lines free of cost. Mr. Thomas McEwe-n. manager of a number of freight and stage lines running Into various sec tions of Eastern Oregon from Sumpter. granted like concessions for exhibits and myself. Probably the Sumpter Valley Railway Company will grant similar con cessions on application, when necessity arises. It has not been possible for me to reach that section of country to com plete arrangements or to organize all the Eastern counties: every minute of my time has been employed. As soon as these arrangements could be completed, so that definite assurances could be given, the first circular was Is sued and distributed to each subscriber to the fund, to all the newspapers In the state with request to reprint, to Coun ty Judges, Superintendents of Schools, County Assessors and other officers, and to all known commercial organizations in the various sections of the state. This circular, which contained a printed copy of the agreement, the names of the sub scribers; a history of the organization, and statement of the concessions granted. asked the citizens of each county to pre pare maps of their respective counties, designating streams, county roads, rail roads, navigable waters If any, harbors If any, cities with numbers of Inhabitants and schools, and by proper coloring de fining locations ot land suitable for the various products, minerals, timber lands and such as are available for irrigation, and to furnish concise statements In pamphlet form containing full data of the crops of all kinds, climate, mineral de posits, number and variety ot stock. manufactures, mines, mills and the like, and to send samples of their products for exhibition at bureau headquarters, and that furniture and space would be allot ted to each county 'desiring to participate In the movement. I think that every newspaper tn the state, published the whole or the substance of this circular, and this bureau Is under many obligations to them for the recognition they have given this endeavor; and I am under per sonal obligations for courtesies extended on my own account. The Legislature of the state was In ses sion at the time of my appointment, and while these preliminary steps were being taken. I learned that a. bill had passed the Senate authorizing County Courts of each county to appropriate a sum not ex ceeding 81000 for the purposes of adver tising the resources of the several coun ties and exhibiting their products at state, county" and district fairs. I went to Sa lem, called on the Senator who had in troduced the bUL obtained his assent to amend the act by Inserting the words, "and at the Oregon Information Bureau at Portland." and with this assent I went to the House committee having charge of the bill and procured Its recommenda tion of the pazeage of the bill In the House with the amendments This was done, and the hill passed the House as amended. On Its return to the Senate the amendment was concurred in. and the law now authorizes County Courts to aid this endeavor as its worth may be made to appear to the courts. An' Engine of Cood. So that,. with obtaining free rent, free transportation and the assistance of the County Courts, the fund of 818,000 sub scribed by Portland's patriotic citizens can be made an engine of great good for accomplishing the purposes for which this organization was effected. Ot course, these preliminaries. Involved a vast deal ot detail labor and usual preliminary de lays, and but little could be accomplished Vertical fiUaz tz simply the etc on edze in folders, instead of Hat in the ordinary letter file. Knot acquainted like to explain Its advantages. If familiar with it, how ever, we want to show you the best Vertical Filing: Cabinet fitted with, the most for the system ever made. os for pamphlet containing; THE J. K. GILL CO. Corner Third and Alder 3 ts In the way of visiting the various coun ties and making known to them the ob jects sought until the month of March was at hand. I have personally visited the county seats and most ot the principal towns In the following counties: Benton. Clacka mas, Clatsop, Columbia, Douglas, Jack nn TripnhTY. lana Lincoln. Linn. Ma rlon, Polk, Umatilla. Union, Wasco, Wash ington and TamhUL In some locamies, by reason of local conditions or Inade quacy of notice ot my coming, i a necessary to go tne secona time, ana m two Instances the third time. In order to reach the citizens upon whom all such la bor necessarily falls. Every county vis ited so far has organizations which have Indorsed the movement and appomtea committees for the purpose of participat ing In It. In but one county could a rea sonably fair exhibit be rouna. nt ior a place In the bureau, and this, though not complete. Is most excellent and on display from Lane County. It Is Impos sible at this season of the year to gather exhibits which people are willing to place on display, whether of minerals, cereals or other products. However, they will come In due time and will overflow the quarters now occupied; meantime the peo ple are counting and puDiisning tne oe talied Information so. much more useful than exhibits for the purposes of this bureau. Many Towns Visited. Meetlncs have been called and I have. made addresses to various organizations at different places, as follows: At Salem, Albany, Ashland. HlUsboro, Medford, Jacksonville, Grant's Pass, Oregon City, Astoria, McMlonvllJe, Corvallls, Toledo, Roseburg. Hood River. The Dalies. Dai la. Pendleton. St. Helens. La Grande, Rainier, Eugene. Independence. At each of these- localities I received a vote of thanks for the visit, and In every In stance was assured of hearty co-opera tion on the part of the persons being made acquainted with the objects ana de tails ot the organization. In addition to the foregoing I was privileged to address the Institute of Oregon State Grange, Jn Portland, the Woolgrowers Association of Umatilla County, and the Farmers' Institute at La. Grande. At this place I made three addresses In one afternoon and evening at different meetings, and met with cordial Indorsement of the busi ness In which I was engaged. I have had Invitations to attend meetings of other similar organizations, but have been un- I Able tp reach them; and I have been in- vited to go Into Coos. Curry, Malheur, l Baker. Grant, Tillamook and Wallowa I Counties. The- people of all these coun- ' ties, when f uHy informed of the purposes of the bureau, will co-operate; but .It i seems Indispensable that meetings be held where conferences can be had, questions , asked and answered, and assurances given. The personal appeal seems most effective. The bureau- and myself personally are under obligations to the Secretary of Statev, state land officers, the officers of Agricultural College at Corvallls (partic ularly Dr. Wlthycombe) and of the State University nt Eugene especially Profes sor Condon and of the Experiment Sta tion at Union, for encouragement and offers of aid in amassing information re aulred. In making the visits above mentioned-. I have traveled a distance ot over miles. On some of these trips Mr. Kll llngsworth accompanied me, and On one Mr. Beharrell and Mr. Kllttngsworth went with me. These gentlemen have been of great assistance In furthering the move ment, particularly Mr. Kllllngsworth. who has been very earnest and very ac tive, to tho neglect of his own business. In a strong effort to awake the state to a comprehension of Its tremendous possi bilities. Man? of the circulars spoken ot have been sent to Individual persons in all parts of the state. In some of the counties the County Courts are taking a decided interest In the movement and aid ing It under the authority of the act passed at the last' session of the Legisla ture. I have been anxious to reach the out lying counties, but the severe weather and bad roads made It Impracticable, both for the purpose of traveling and for the assemblage of persons whom wa desired to meet; so the counties most easily reached have been visited first. Jn addition to the subscription iuna ana the concessions made by the transports tion lines, tho Blake-McFall Company has become a voluntary subscriber In all ar ticles dealt In by them to the extent ot 837.50. covering the rest of the yar, and the Irwin-Iiocson uompany win con tribute a first-class visitors' register printed to order; and other Institutions have expressed a willingness to assist the bureau when satisfied that it will be a success. - The plans for the furniture were sub mitted to Mr. Beharrell. who procured the filling of the order and all other fur niture In use by the bureau; and the work thus far conducted, with the bu reau now open and doing business, has been at an expense in round figures of 81330. leaving a balance of 8H.G0 of the funds subscribed for future use. Cautions Policy Follovred. I feel Justified In saying, that If any mistakes have occurred, it has been In the way ot too much caution In an en deavor to husband every dollar of the fund subscribed by the persons -who place their confidence In the management of the affairs of the bureau. I do not be lieve that more work was ever ac complished on a like sum of money than has been done in this Instance, and the problem will soon be to secure rooms ade quate to the demands made for space sufficient to make the display of the re sources ot this state, for It is a fact that very soon tlere win be material for ex amination from the -various parts of the state that will be a surprise to the peo ple who have not made a study of the wonderful resources of Oregon: The plan adopted and thus far followed and concurred In by organizations In the counties visited was to have each county prepare an up-to-date detail map as be fore, stated, new, complete, up-to-date. (- l c IN RIGHT flUns; of letters, papers, talk, whh the syitemVe would perfect Vertical Files If you can't call, write valuable information. printed description of all resources, with statements of lands and properties for sale, and an exhibit of samples ot prod ucts, all of which would be received. In stalled and maintained In Portland by the bureau, and the literature distributed without further expense to the county. The citizens of each county were ajked to form, or designate, local organizations to receive and attend to all persons sent them from the bureau. No favoritism was to bet allswed, business done, or fees or commissions permitted at or under cover of this bureau. Strict adherence to this plan, supported as It Is by the press of the state, all local organizations and leading citizens gen erally, will produce the results hoped for greater, grander Oregon. With most agreeable recollection of pleasant business relations with your com mittee and of the pleasing Individuality of its several members, I now beg to pre sent my resignation. FRANK V. DRAKE. Superintendent. WORK OF THE FLAMES. Implement Warehouse Darned. DALLAS, Tex, April IS. Fire at noon yesterday destroyed the branch buggy and Implement house of Parlln & OrendorTf, whone central office Is at Canton, 111. Loss, J130.6M. Hole Burned In Brownsville, Neb. BROWNSVILLE, Neb.. April 18. Three brick buildings occupied by several, stores, and the postoffice, hotel and opera-house were destroyed by fire today. Loss, 850,000. Foundry and Candy Factory Darned. CHICAGO, April 18. Fire early today damaged'the stock and property occupied by the Pyott Foundry Company and the Chicago Candy Company to the amount ot i Jfio.000. Steel nuts seven times as rapidly as iron. "The world goes up and the world goes down, and the sun shine follows the rain. Klngsley. This is the month of all kinds of weather and we have all Kinds of clothing at all kinds of prices. Don't court pneumonia. Don't invite doctor's bills. Don't tamper with health by running round without an overcoat. Come and look at the nobby Spring Overcoats which we are selling at $10.00. If you can't come, write for samples and self measurement blank. Lion Clothing Co. 165 THIRD ST.. near Morrison We will move to the new building across the street as soon as the stores are ready THE MOST NUTRITIOUS. An admirable food, with all Its natural qualities intact, atted to build up and maintain EPPS'S Gives Strength and Vigour. COCOA robust health, and to resist winter's extreme cold. It is a valuable diet for children. GRATEFUL-COMFORTING. CUTLERY EVM,llAImRRAKTED I...,.-;-.-.,.. I ,t ill.......