The Sunday Oregonian., May 22, 1904, PART TWO, Image 13

TH3 SUNDAY OKEGCXNIAS, PORTLAND, &AY 22, 1904.
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WILL THE MURDER TRIAL
Strange Disappsarattce of the
ON Tuesday. May 24, there -will begin
at The Dalles a murder trial which
only lacks a capable press agent to
attain fame. Against the defendant there
has been brought a charge of luring two ;
defenseless women thousands of miles
from their home only to kill them and
then obtain their homesteads. The case
has all the necessary elements of mystery-
The blackness and noise of a
stormy night veiled the disappearance of
the -women. Tales of love and Intrigue
are woven Into the mesh of crime, and
were the trial to take place in a great
city it would be a feature of the week in
the news of a continent
Prior to his arrest for the murder of
Mrs Lu J. Nesbitt and her daughter.
Alma, little had been known of Norman
Williams, or Daniel Norman "vVllliams,
as his name appears properly to be, in this
city, although he spent some months in
and about The Dalles. Early in 1899
Williams appeared in the Hood River
"Valley, where he located a homestead
claim, returning to Omaha, Neb., his for
mer residence, before filing on the same.
In May he returned, bringing with
him Miss Alma Nesbitt, whom he had
persuaded to come to Oregon, where she
could take up land and make a home for
herself. Before leaving Omaha Miss
Nesbitt had told her relatives of her en
gagement to Williams, announcing to
them her intention to come to Oregon and
secure her homestead before their mar
riage so that their adjoining claims could
be made Into a desirable home; all of
which Williams had set forth to her.
Boon after his return from Omaha Will
lams filed on his homestead claim in the
Upper Hood River Valley, Miss Nesbitt
filing on hers June 10, 1E99. After estab
lishing her residence on the claim she
then sought employment, and was en
gaged as a domestic in the family of Hon.
A. S. Bennett, of this city, -where she re
mained all the following Summer and un
til the arrival of her mother in October.
Mrs. Nesbltt's trip to Oregon was taken j
with a -view of staying with her daughter
on her claim until she should be married
to Williams and have it as her permanent
home. During this time Williams was
employed in a sawmill near his home
stead and on his claim.
Women Worked in Portland.
Upon Mrs. Nesbltt's arrival in Oregon
the two women went to the daughter's
claim and remained there until February,
when they together went to Portland,
where employment could be found by the
daughter for a while. Upon reaching
Portland they secured rooms at the
Winters block, on the East Side, where
Williams visited them.
On March 8, 1900, both women left the
Winters block In company with Williams
for Hood River. They had told Mr. Win
ters, proprietor of the block, that they
were going to Miss Nesbltt's homestead
and should return after a while, and at
the same time Miss Nesbitt wrote to her
brother, Homer E. Nesbitt, of Omaha,
that they were starting that day for her
claim -with the Intention of getting her
land matters settled up, and were then
coming home to Omaha. This led the
family to believe that her engagement
with Williams had been broken off, as
she gave definite directions concerning
household furniture and different posses
sions belonging to her mother which were
in storage, ordering them to be sent to
an address enclosed where they would be
waiting when the two should arrive from
the West, designating that date as about
April 1, less than three weeks from the
date of her letter. Apparently they had
plenty of money for their needs, as the
mottier gave no directions about sending
her funds, which her son anticipated she
would do. This letter, giving directions
about their future home and their lov
ing anticipation of soon seeing the fam
ily at Omaha, Is the last ever heard from
' the mother and daughter.
With Williams the two women arrived
in Hood River on the afternoon of March
8, and went to the boarding-house of
William Thompson to await the arrival
of Williams with a team to take them
out to their claim. The afternoon was
so stormy, with so threatening a pros
pect for a bad night, that H. D. Langille,
at whose livery stable Williams hired a
team for the journey, remonstrated with
him for starting on a 20-mlle drive in
such weather, on so dark a night. Will
lams, however, stated that It was an
urgent matter, and drove to the Thomp
son house. Feeling apprehensive about
their welfare, Mr. Langlllo secured a car
riage lamp and tried to Induce Williams
to take It It was declined, Williams
Baying that he knew the road well and
could drive better without it Mr. Lan
glllo saw the two women get Into the
wagon and drhe away with Williams.
From that time no trace has ever been
found of them, except the ghastly locks
of hair found and Identified by George
Nesbitt son and brother of the missing
-women, in his search of the Williams
premises last February, and upon which
evidence for his arrest was based.
Livery Team Returned.
At S o'clock on the morning of March
9, Williams returned the livery team to
the stable. The horses were covered
with mud and jaded. He turned them
over to a stable-hand, paid the bill and
hurried away, saying ho must go at once
to the depot It is now proved that he
went from there to another stable, where
he hired a saddle horse and went directly
back to the sawmill near his claim, where
he had been employed, and where he had
hired a man to do his work while he
should be gono a day or two. There he
left the horse, with the direction that It
should be sent back to Hood River by
the mallcarrler, saying that he should
have to spend a day or two on his home
stead.
Williams now denies all knowledge of
this trip and claims to have made two
other trips back and forth with the women
during the Winter; of having packed up
their effects for them and shipped their
boxes of clothing, etc, to the Winters
block, where he afterward visited them
In Portland. Two large boxes were In his
possession for some time after the disap
pearance of the women, and were seen
Ly a neighbor to contain women's cloth
irg. On March 14, six days after the disap
pearance of the Nesbltts, a surveying
party, consisting of six men. stopped on
the Williams claim and got dinner at his
cabn. resting there the noon hour. Near
Ms house was a large pile of sacked
grain ard feed, upon whlcn some of the
survejors sat down to wait
The pile extended over a strip of
ground now covered by tho henhouse,
unier which the grave was found In No
vember. It was noticed at the time that
Wi.l ams behav lor was v ery peculiar
and that he continued to walk around the
rile of sacks, watching and ejelng tho
men suspiciously, nor did he at any time
go away from tnem. They also noticed
that the ground about the pile had been
broken, but thought it was caused by tho
leveling for the roof which was being
erected over tho grain. These surveyors
gave evidence that there was at that time
no excavation or sign of building on this
s-pot where Williams claims a closet and
cesspool were located at the time and into
which he had thrown the hair of some
iogs and some sacks wet with, blood of a
orse.
No Search Made for Women.
No Ma i was ever made bv the set
tlers in the valley for the missing women.
bJ though their absence was commented
n; in fact so pronounced wore tie sus
picions expressed that Williams had In
timidated or driven them off, that tne
story came to bis ears, causing him. to
deny any knowledge of their where-
Nesfcitts, Mother and Daughter, Results in Norman Williams Facing Jury
rv-y.
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the Hood River Glacier offering $50 re
ward for news of them.
During the Summer of 1900, Williams
cleared a portion of his land and with
the help of a neighbor piled the brusn
and fallen timber into an Immense pile.
On this Isolated claim the burning of
even a large quantity of brush might
not. attract attention, and late in the
Fall of that year It was noticed by the
same neighbor that the pile was burned.
It Is now believed that Williams at this
time exhumed tne bodies of his victims
and burned their remains.
On June 23, 1S00, a relinquishment of
Alma Nesbltt's homestead claim was
filed In the local land office here by Will
iams, who applied to .so amend his own
claim as to embrace a portion of the
Nesbitt tract The relinquishment was
acknowledged before a notary public, of
this city, and witnessed by a well-known
resident Some months later a letter of
inquiry was received from Miss Nesbltt's
relatives by the local land officers for
any Information of her whereabouts. This
letter, together with the suspicious stories
current In Hood River, led the officers to
have the relinquishment returned from
Washington, D. C, where It had been sent
In the due course of business, and the
forgery of Miss Nesbltt's name was dls
cov ered.
Wr-ei summoned before the grand jary
lasz November regarding this allegM
forpery. Williams admitted having signed
the relinquishment but contended taat
he did not know he was doing wrong
since Miss Nesbitt had written him to
sign it for her, but her letter had been
stolen from nlm. He also claimed that
he could produce the Nesbltts or find
their whereabouts whenever it -was
necessary, which he has failed to do.
At this time Anna Zlveney, a friend of
Wlllams", testified that she had seen a
letter from Alma Nesbitt In which she
told Williams to sign her land papers
for ner.
Williams Leaves the Country.
In 1901, Williams apparently became
seriously disturbed by the rumors of foul
play attending the cisappearance of the
Nesbltts and relinquished his homestead,
saying that he would leave this communi
ty and hunt for the women.
After locating several persons on his
own, the Nesbitt and neignboring tracts,
he left the country going to Victoria,
British Columbia, and finally to Belllng
ham. where he was apprehended.
The arrival in Oregon last February
of George Nesbitt his determined search
of the Willams' premises at Hood River
without revealing his Identity to even
the men who prosecuted the searcn with
him, and his systematic, quiet investiga
tion of Williams' reputation and stand
ing In every community where he could
hear of him, has brought a mass of in
criminating evidence against the accused
man. It has brought to light first and
foremost, his prison record wherein ne
served a sentence of nearly four years
for attempted rape on the wife of one of
his neighbors at Chadron. Neb. Evi
dence was brought out at the trial which
convicted him of a similar crime against
his young slster-ln-law. Ho was sen
tenced to serve eight years, his time be
ing commuted to four on account Of good
behavior and expert workmanship. His
crime was one of the most atrocious in
the history of Chadron. After his assault
on the -woman he threw her Into a well,
and waiting until he felt convinced she
was drowned, he rushed Into the street
summoning help, saving she had fallen
Into the -well. Fortunately, as she fell, the
woman grasped a piece of. rope, and by
its aid, together with some broken curb
ing, she neld her head above the water
until rescued But for the prompt action
of the Sheriff In removing Williams be
yond the county limits, his list of crimes
would have terminated then and there
when the outrage became known to the
infuriated citizens.
Williams Has Many Wives.
Williams has been much married. On
April 16, 1900, about one month after the
disappearance of Alma Nesbitt Williams
filed suit for divorce In Wasco County
from Katie E. Williams, then living near
Dufur. Tnls decree was granted in No
vember of the same year. Williams
claims that they were married in Omaha,
Neb.. November 25, 1SSS, at the residence
of Mrs. Williams' father. That he had
arranged to move to Oregon in the
early Spring of 1S99 and had started her
on the Journey with her brother, intend
ing to follow as soon as some necessary
business should bo completed tnere. That
she Joined some relatives In the town of
Dufur awaiting his arrival. A month
later when he, too, reached Dufur, he
claimed that his wife's affections had
been alienated from him and that she
refused to live with him or nave anv
thlng to do with him. In her answer,
Mrs. Williams, then In Malheur County,
declared that she had been shamefully
and willfully deceived into a mock
marriage by Wlllams, and that since
this fact had been proved to her she
would no longer tolerato his presence.
She asserted that a man purporting- to
SOLVE THE
(ALMA NESBITT.
be a minister had been brought to her
Invalid father's house by Williams, who
told her be had all tho necessary legal
papers for their marriage and that the
ceremony was then performed. She nad
since learned that the marriage was
not on record, nor was the person per
forming the ceremony a minister. She
was then 18 years of age. She also as
serted that Williams has never seen or
made any effort to see their child, which
was born In November, 199. The decree
secured granted Williams tne custody of
this child, but there Is no evidence of
his ever asserting thl3 right Record
evidence shows that while his wife was
sent to Dufur to await his coming, he
was persuading Alma Nesbitt under
promise of marriage, to accompany bira
to Hood River, where they should make
tnelr future home.
The death of another wife last Decem
ber at Falrhaven, Wash., from strlch-
TALES OF THE STREET
OW many people of this city and
county have ever taken an extended
trip on the "Beautiful Willamette"
and thereby come to know how well the
adjective fits the river? We've all been
down tho Columbia, but coming down the
"Valley" on a steamboat is a horse of
another color.
The morning was cool and dewy wh?n
w& signaled the steamboat at a little
landing this side of Salem last Monday.
Four passengers and two milk cans got
aboard. Two of the passengers were
worklngmen from a neighboring ranch.
"We hain't got no money," said one
to the purser, "but we got an order."
"Been working up to Macintosh's?"
"Yes."
"Oh, John's all right, I'll cash It for
you."
With a queer little hoarse "toot" the
ste'amboat drew away from the bank and
swept down the placid current. Around
the next bend a square white canvas an
nounced another milk can. The gang
plank was run out and almost ere the
boat's nose had touched the bank two
deck-nands were ashore and hustling back
with a few more gallons for Portland
babies, coffee-drlnkera and breakfast-food
consumers. Another "toot" and on again.
So for hours 'round bend after bend, while
the sun shot up gloriously over the east
ern slopes.
The shores are so surpassingly lovely
that one cannot tire of gazing. Fresh
growths of sweetbrlar and cottonwood
lade the air with such fragrance that you
must perforce fill your lungs deep with
it again and again and exclaim to your
self: "God made tne country, man made the
town."
The deck-hands seem a happy lot of
fellows, with some little leisure for a
smoke and a bit of "Joshing" now and
then between milk cans. Occasionally a
few passengers and other kinds of freight
than milk are taken on. When some
dainty Valley girl, dressed in her best
for a visit to Portland, essays to walk
up tho narrow plank, the pilot, or the
purser, gallantly meets her half-way, ex
tending a hand to aid ner. Sometimes
something funny happens, as at a little
place about an bour's run above Oregon
City. Here was a warehouse on the high
bank with a long, steep chute to chute
freight aboard the boat. A man In shirt
sleeves on the bank waved his nat. The
pilot "tooted" his whistle and turned the
boat shoreward.
" tVhat you got?" queried the captain as
the man in shirtsleeves made fast the
line.
"Thirty-four sacks o' spuds."
"All right; "run 'em down."
In a moment a short section of chute
was shoved up from tne boat, and the
connection being complete, the "spuds"
shot down and were hustled aft by deck
hands with trucks. The purser stood by
and "checked off."
Presently a diffident-seeming old fanner
with long whiskers appeared on the ban'c,
with a carpetbag in one hand and a bun
dle done up in a red bandana In the other.
"You can slide down the plank after the
sacks are run down," called out the cap
tain to the old man.
"All right." returned the latter. "Reck
on I can make it."
Tne purser checked off the 34 sacks and
cried out:
"Thirty-four! Get aboard there, Mis
ter. Hurry up!"
The old man rather gingerly climbed
upon the chute and started to work tils
way down the sleep incline, very mindful
of nls bag and the red bandana. Sudden
ly the man In shirtsleeves made outcry. It
wa& tco late. The thirty-fifth sack of
spuds came down at express speed, strid
ing the old farmer In the rear and bunt
ing him down and into the arms of the
1 deckhands, with such velocity that his
MYSTERY?
With His Life in Jeopardy.
nlne poisoning, was the second death
from similar cause among Williams'
wives, one having died thus in Omaha
some years previously.
Judge Henry McGinn, of Portland, has
assumed charge of Williams' case and
will defend blm at hl3 trial on May 2S.
It Is expected that George Nesbitt will
return to Oregon shortly, bringing with
him further evidence which has not yet
been given to the public.
Mr. Winters, proprietor of the Winters
block, says tnat shortly before the Nes
bltts started for their last trip to Hood
River, he heard a quarrel between Alma
Nesbitt and Williams concerning "her
homestead claim. Williams was trying
to persuade her to dispose of It in some
way, and she was resisting the Idea. He
thinks they compromised the matter by
her agreeing to go up to the claim- and
stay awhile. ,
There Is also some evidence to show
trousers almost smoked with the friction
of it.
"Gosh?" was all he said.
"Never mind," said a deckhand, con
solingly. "This Is our private chute-the-chutes,
an' you got a free trip."
The old man extracted half a dollar
from a knot In the red bandana and paid
the purser, while the whistle tooted for
another start. ,
It's a fine trip, and when it's over one
has acquired a few unforgetable Impres
sions of beauty; farmhouses nestled coz
lly In yellow-green hillsides; placid
waters In tones- of deep, cool green;
banks of young fir and cottonwood and
sweet-briar thickets smelling, like great
heaps of apples, and you wonder why
people don't rave more than they do
about the "Beautiful Willamette."
EW cigars, however high priced, look
tempting to the average smoker af
ter being cast aside half smoked
by another. Still, the average smoker
may never have been reduced to the dire
misery of penury combined with appetite.
The following "snipe-shooting" Incident
was witnessed on Morrison street near
the Marquam entrance the other day. A
well-dressed man of rather refined face
paused at the curb and looked down at
the gutter. He suddenly began to brush
Imaginary dust off his trousers, at the
same time stepping Into the gutter. As he
brushed tho left trouser-leg with his right
hand he stooped gradually lower, until
he had flipped the last particle of dust
from the trousered extremities and his
fingers almost touched the pavement. In
fact they did touch it and closed upon a
dark brown cigar stub that had evi
dently seen better days. A moment later
he was seen to light the stub, and then
move, with a dignified" stride, across the
street into the entrance to the Portland
bar. Curiosity prompted the pair of by
standers who saw the Incident to follow
him. Wonder of wonders! He actually
PEES0NALMENTI0N.
A. J. Trimble, one of- the leading citi
zens of Sumpter, is at the Portland.
Charles H. Frye, the well-known Seat
tle meatpacker, is at the Portland.
William H. Gorham, a leading admiralty
lawyer of Seattle, Is at the Portland.
Dr. A. A. Finch, a well-known citizen
of Astoria, Is among the arrivals at the
Portland.
Among the arrivals at the Portland yes
terday was Mrs. F. I. Dunbar, wife of
the Secretary of State.
J. F. McNaught and Charles H. Clarke
of Seattle, who are interested in Irriga
tion enterprises in Oregon, are at the
Portland.
R. Burr White and Gregory Mc
Gregor, editor and manager respect
ively of the Rainier Gazette, were in
the city on business yesterday.
There Is a considerable party of well
known Salem people at the Imperial. It
Includes A. M. Cannon. Mr. and Mrs. C.
Ij. McNary, 3Ir. and Mrs. H. P. Boise,
Jr., and ex-Governor William R. Lord.
Mr. Henry J. Eilers, president of Eilers
Piano House, Is at his desk again, at the
Portland store, after a visit in California,
where important business connected with
his establishments there detained him for
some weeks.
BOSTON. Mass.. May 2L (Special.)
Among tho successful candidates for the
Bachelor Of Science degree at the Mas
sachusetts Institute ot Technology, ac
cording to the list given out today, was
Edna Greenwood Bailey, of Portland, who
completes a course In chemistry with hon
ors. She is the only woman graduate this
year and one of only six .representatives
of the Pacific Slope In the class.
BOSTON, Mass.. May 2L (Special.)
Successful candidates for degrees at Co
lumbia University commencement, to be
1 held June St include Frank Watson Wjial-
J
that the Zlveney woman has been pasrceL
off as Alma Nesbitt la one. or two la
stances. Wnen the relinquishment of
Miss Nesbltt's claim was aoKnswi-ea.
here. It was before a forgetful old aa&a
who cannot remember tne circumstances
well, but the man who witnessed the sig
nature was called Into tho room aftr
the wpmanVname wa on the. pper. He
says there was a woman present wita
Williams and there Is some reason to
think that this may nave been tfee
Zlveney woman. altHouxh William says
ne signed the relinquishment hlmaelf.
Suspected Attempt at Fattening.
On May 1, I960, a German named. Barn
hart 'Buttlker, filed upon a homestead la
the Hood River Valley near the tracts
taken by Norman Williams and Ahaa
Nesbltfc Ho worked at times for Will
iams and in July of the same year, at
the instance bf Williams, changed his
filing so as to embrace a tract adjoining,
the Williams place. Iater in the year
ho told a neighbor that he had found oat
Some very suspicious facts about Will
iams and was very much, afraid of him,
expressing his intention of leaving hia
employ as soon as he could get work
elsewhere. A day or two before he was
to leave Williams empjoy, Buttlker com
plained of not feeling welL Williams at
once urged him to stay in his cabin, say
ing that he himaelf, was join to Hood
River for a flay or two, out tnai ne
wnniri iHva -Buttlker some medicine to I
dose himself with in his (Williams') ab
sence. Just before- leaving the house ha
insisted upon Buttlker's taking Bonte
whisky from a flask which he had pro
duced, v-rglng him. to take more should
he feel worse later. After seeing But
tlker drink tho whisky. Williams xode
away.
Buttlker's story la that Immediately
after swallowing the whisky he grew
very ill, suffering an agony of pain in
v.ia etnTTtnrVi anfl must have soon became
Unconscious, as he came to himself early
the next day lying on tne uoor 01 tne
iaMn arA nftrtiftllv T5ftralv2Cd. At first
he was unable to tnove at all, but after
repeated trials managed to rise, anu, re
membering Williams' instructions to take
more whisky In the event of feeling
worse, he started to do so.
The taste of the liquor instantly at
tracted his notice a3 being very bitter
and unlike whisky. He took some in
his mouth, whloli was at once burned
and excoriated. A panic of fear then
seized Buttlker that an attempt had
been made on his life and, weak and 111
as he was, he took the flask, gathered
up his few belongings and fled from'tho
homestead, reaching a neighbor's that
night where he asserted that he had
been poisoned and was in fear for his
life.
Files the Country In Terror.
Firmly convinced that he had barely
escaped death at the hands of his em
ployer, Buttlker left the community
and came to The Dalles, telling sev
eral persons that he was going to the
county authorities with his story and
with the whisky remaining in the flask
for chemical analysis. Owing to But
tlker's Ignorance of tne proper man
ner In which to make complaint, his
story reached no officer of -the county,
and the "flask was deposited by him In
one of the county offices, where It re
mained for some time and finally was
lost sight of. His belief In Williams'
having, attempted his life was so cer
tain, however, that he relinquished his
homestead and soon after left the coun
try. His whereabouts is now being
sought by the District Attorney.
Williams located several persons on
homestead claims in the. Hood River
Valley aside from the Nesbltts, and
sought to persuade several other per
sons In Omaha to come to -Oregon,
where he would locate them on claims.
AND TOWN
ordered a Scotch highball at the bar,
drank it with evident gusto, between
puffs at his stub, next paid for it with
three nickels, then walked away with an
expression of contentment on his face.
WO loafers were sprawled out on the
grass of tho Courthouse park yes
terday. ,
"Yes," said the cheerful-faced one," I
lost a snap when I lost my last Job."
"What was that?" asked his sad-eyed
companion.
"Drlvin' hearse for Blank, the under
taker." "Did he fire you?"
"Yes, he fired me because I can't help
lookjn' pleasant. I couldn't help seeln'
the sunny side of things, even- when I was
drrvln a stiff to the cemetery. So tho
boss, he says to me: 'Looky here, I don't
want no grlnnln clown, no bloomln
Dutch comedian, no walkln' dentl's ad,
drlvin' my hearse. It makes one of my
funerals look like a wedding procession.
You'll have to go.' "
JIM BURNS, purser of the Columbia,
is an old salt, said to be far more
used to life on the ocean wave than
to the conveniences of land travel. He
made a trip by train to San Francisco
recently and secured a Pullman sleeper
berth. Barely had he retired behind the
berth curtains the first night out when
the porter was startled by the racket
he began to make. The porter came
a-runnlng and found poor Mr. Burns agi
tated and indignant. He held out the
wreck of the little hammock used in
Pullman berths for the convenience of
passengers as a receptacle for clothing,
etc.
"I've busted your blamed old ham
mock," he said, "now get me one I can
use. How d'you expect a 300-pound man
like me to get Into a little net like that
It wouldn't more'n hold a baby. What d"
you mean." LUTE PEASE.
ley, of Portland, Or., with the degree of
mining engineer from the School of Mines,
and Virgil Strother Ison, of Baker City,
Or. Ison will receive the M. D. degree
from the College of Physicians and Sur
geons. Coast Pioneers Visit Old Friends.
Marshall Short and James Brown, two
venerable old gentlemen from Yreka,
California, and Mansfield, Ohio, left for
their respective homes on the evening of
May 14. Marshall Short Is a pioneer of
Oregon and California, and also a veteran
of the early Indian Wars of these states;
while James Brown served his country
during the Rebellion. They are brother
and brother-in-law of R. V. Short of this
city, who Is a retired surveyor, and who
served his state In the Legislature. Among
the people whom they visited were: Grant
Brown, son of James Brown; Captains
W. P. and S. Y. Short, two well-known
steamboatmen of the Pacific Northwest;
Mrs. C. T. Tooze, of Wllsonville, and
Mrs. Harry Shaw, of Portland, the four
last named being nephews and nieces of
Marshall Short. After an enjoyable three
weeks' stay In Portland and the surround
ing territory, they left for their homes,
much pleased with the country and with
the Intention of returning next year for
the Fair.
Chittam Wood Bark In Demand.
The season for peeling chlttam bark has
arrived and the output this year prom
ises to be larger than usual, as scores of
men. women and children are hard at
work in the regions where the chlttam
wood trees abound. A special anl pecu
liar knife has been invented for peeling
this bark and is for sale by some dealers
in this city. It has a stout, straight
blade, with a broad, sharp end, which
greatly facilitates the starting of the
sheet of bark from the limbs, after It
has been slit down one side by a small
blade projecting r$ rljaj nsles from the
It -was Adelina Patti who first honored the Kimball Piano with
11 latter of indorsement, since which time she has purchased several
SiabftU Pianos for her personal use.
Our own threo great American singers, who each own and use
'Simaeil Pianof , hare also bestowed glowing tributes upon this great
piano, namely, Lillian Kordica, Emma Eames-and Zelie de Lussan.
TiTTiTJ&y NORDIC A said: "The more I use my Kimball Piano,
the better I like it."
EMMA BAMES words are: "I am charmed with .the beautiful
tone of the Kimball Piano," and
ZELIE De LTJSSAK "charmingly puts it: "The Kimball Piano
is a perfect instrument."
Among other great singers who use and indorse the Kimball .
Pianos are Edouard de Beszke, Emma Calve, Johanna Gadski, Lilli
Lehman, Pol Plancon, Emil Fischer, Maurice de Vries, Luigi ArditU
and hundreds of others.
Kimball Pianos are sold on the Pacific Coast by Eilers Piano
House, stores 349, 351 and 353 Washington street, Portland, Or. Also
Spokane, Wash.; San Francisco and Sacramento, Cal.
back of the main blade. The price to be
paid for chlttam bark this season Is 3
to 4 cents per pound, which is not so
much as ought to be paldV but 13 a slight
advance on the old price-of 3 cents, for
which tons have ben sold. A settler
who lives in the vicinity of a grove of
chlttam trees and has a large family can
make quite nn addition to his income by
gathering the bark, as all his family can
render assistance In peeling and drying
It. There is no diminution in. the demand
for the bark, which is an excellent physic
and still retains the good qualities which
Induced the Francescan Brothers ot eany
days to give It tho name of "cascara
sagrada," sacred bark. Probably some
day when the chlttam trees have become
scarcer the bark will bring a higher
price.
Shad Plentiful In Market.
Since the shad have begun to come to
market, the price of the shad roe
has declined from 50 to 25 cent3 per pound,
and the demand for this luxury has In
creased accordingly. The shad is a dell
clous fish, white, tender, juicy and fat,
but many object to the bones, which are
really more numerous than seems neces
sary, but even these people esteem the
roe, because, as they say, there are no
bones In it. The shad had thrived and
increased wonderfully since It was trans
planted Into Oregon waters some 15 years
ago, the shad of the Columbia surpassing
In weight and plumpness those of the
Sacramento or even the Eastern shad,
and acquiring a weight sometimes of ten
pounds, while six pounds is considered a
good-sized shad in Eastern markets.
Three Babies Take a Ramble.
Eddie, Mollle and Honry Mozorovsky,
aged 3, 4 and 5 years, respectively.
wandered from the parental roof at
Third and Flanders streets, where the
rest of their brothers and sisters were
playing yesterday evening, and were
picked up at First and Taylor streets a
few hours later. The little tots have
deserted their home many times before,
although only infants, and know how
to get home when they are lost, and
Adams' Hair Brushes
New; patterns just received of the justly
, celebrated brand; military and traveling sets.
Non-Pa-Reil
Rubber Gloves
'Will save my lady's hands; light, elastic,
comfortable; just the thing for house and
garden, special 98c t
Pyrographic
The art delightful; complete $2.50, $3.00,
$3.50, $4.00, $5.00. "
Art Skins
A beautiful assortment at popular prices.
Views of Portland
Mounted and ready for framing; 5x7, each
15c; 6jx8, each 25c.
Postal Scales
Tell weight and postage re
quired at a glance, no ad
justing, no computing; 3
styles, all good; special
98c, $1.73, $2.95.
Family Scales
Weighs accurately
$1.49
The Passey
A marvel of lightness and strength; see it
in our photo department. A fresh stock of
Ansco Films and Paper just received.
WOODARD,
CANADIAN MONEY
MARCRU SEHBRICH'S TESTIMONY
. HerGIowIaf Iad'erseneatf
of the Fameaa v
Kimball
Piano
"The Kimball Plaas Raaks?
Wlth the Best Instrument
Before the World," She Says
as soon as they spied Officer Thompson
they besieged him and he took them to
the police station, where they were
called for shortly afterward.
Contractors Wait for New Wharf.
Contractors for suppljing rock for the
jetty at the mouth of the Columbia are
lying on their oars, waiting Impatiently
for the completion of the wharf being
built by the United States Engineers at
Fort Stevens, where the rock Is to be un
loaded from the barges and placed on cars
to be run out and dumped at the point
desired on the jetty. It Is promised that
the wharf will be completed by May 3,
and that the engineers will then 'be ready
to receive 1500 tons of rock dally, which
will soon make a nercentlble Increase n
hthe length and efficiency of the jetty.
Wisconsin Reaches Hong Kong.
WASHINGTON, May 21. Rear-Admiral
Cooper, commanding the Asiatic fleet, ar
rived at Hon? Kong today on his flagship
Wisconsin, and will be joined In a day or
two by other vessels of his command.
The battleship Oregon left Cavite yester
day for Hong Kong. It is said at the
Navy Department that there Is no politi
cal significance In the assembling of the
United States warships In Chinese waters
at this time.
Practiced Without a License.
OLYMPIA, Wash., May 21. (Special.)
Information was filed here charging T.
V. B. Crane and T. J. Piersal with prac
ticing medicine without a license. Crane
and Piersal have had offices at Tenlno
and Bucoda for some time, and recently
attempted to pass an examination before
the State Board. It is claimed they failed,
but continued to practice medicine.
To Work on Jennings Branch.
VANCOUVER, B. C, May 2L The sur
vivors and construction engineers of tne
Great Northern 'Railway are in Fernie,
B. C , with instructions to proceed at
once with the building of the extension of
the Jennings branch from Morrissey to
Fernie and Coal Creek.
Outfits
up to 24 pounds, special
Tripod
CLARKE & CO.
TAKEN AT FACE