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THE SUNDAY OREGOMAN, PORTLAND, JUNE 10, 1906,
DIRECT
STEAMERS
TO THE
Portland Will Have Line of
' Vessels Plying to
Honolulu.
MERCHANTS MUST HUSTLE
Given Same Advantages as San
Francisco Business Men, and if
They Want the Trade Must
Work to Oct It.
"The permanency of the line which will
be established between Portland and
Honolulu depends upon the merchants
and business Interests of this city. We
come here with the Idea of establishing
permanent steamship connections with
the Hawaiian Islands, and the burning of
San Francisco has had nothing to do with
It. We firmly believe that it will be a
good investment but it is up to Portland
to give us the necessary support."
This was the reply made by M. J.
Lindsay, representing the Matson Navi
gation Company, when questioned wheth
er the line would be permanent. Mr.
Lindsay represents the Matson Naviga
tion Company In this city and has brought
his family here with the Intention of re
maining permanently. He announced yes
terday that the Steamer HUonian would
leave Portland July 1 on. her Initial voy
age from this port to Honolulu.
Think Business Sufficient.
Mr. Lindsay brings most encouraging
news to Portland, and the general feeling
1h thut sufficient business can be worked
up with the Hawaiian Islands to Justify
the Matson Navigation Company keeping
up the. line. Mr. Lindsay stated yester
day that many of the big plantation own
ers of the inlands have long and persist
ently requested that they bo given the
preference of two markets and Portland
Is the second market.
San FYanclseo for years has monopolized
the trade of the Islands, the same as Se
attle has obtained practically all of the
Alaskan business?. But the business men
of the islands are said to be even more
insistent that they be given the advantage
of two markets than are the Alaskans.
Captain William Matson. president of the
company, respecting the wishes of the
husiuess interests of the islands, came to
the Northwest to see what could be done
in the establishment of a line f.om the
Northwest, and has come to the conclu
sion that Portland offers more than any
other port In this section df the country.
Scuttle Not Satisfactory.
Before deciding to come to Portland,
however. Seattle was given a show, but
it Is understood that conditions" there are
not as satisfactory as they promise to be
in Portland. The HUonian was brought
nut from the East and placed on the run
between Seattle and Honolulu. The vest-el
is now making its first trip from the
Sound, but it will be the last at least for
some time to come, as) when it returns to
the Coast it will anchor In Portland's har
bor. If business is as good as expected it is
understood that the Matson Navigation
Company will put a second steamer on
the line. If this is done a steamer will
leave Portland for Honolulu about twice
a month. The steamer Hilonlan has a
capacity of 4.VH) tons of freight, and will
carry about 40 first-class passengers. It
will run from Portland direct to Honolu
lu, then to HIIo. a large port on Hawaii,
and from there to San Francisco and then
up to Portland. It will take a month or
more to make the round trip.
Freight $3.50 a Ton.
Mr. Lindsay stated yesterdav that
for freight $3.50 a ton would be
charged which is the same rate made
San Francisco and Seattle, but the lat
ter city gets but little of the trade. Beginning-
with the first voyage from
Portland the company will make spe
cial rates for the inducement of tour
ists. For the round trip, which will
include all meals and accommodation,
J 1 40 for first-class passengers will be
charged.
The Matson Navigation Company will
endeavor to obtain a material part of
the coastwise traffic, both freight and
passenger. Most of the cargo from the
Islands will bo discharged at San
Francisco upon the return trip. There
another cargo will be secured If pos
sible to be brought to Portland.
Much refined sugar and tropical
fruits such as bananas and pineapples
will be unloaded at Portland. The car
goes from Portland to Honolulu are
expected to be miscellaneous as there
is market in the islands lor everything
from feed to hardware.
"About all they do in the islands is
to raise sugar and they get most of
their supplies and provisions from the
Coast, so that all linos of business will
be bcnetUed." said Mr. Lindsav yester
day afternoon. "Feed, flour, hardware,
fruits, poultry and dairy produce,
meats and many, many other things
have to be taken from the Coast.
"The Hilonlan has a large refrig
erating plant and we intend to carry
much meat and other perishable arti
cles. During the season several thou
sand boxes of apples alone are shipped
from San Francisco to Honolulu each
month and I understand that Oregon's
apples are unexcelled.
Feed Is in Demand.
"Then there are thousands of mules
and horses worked upon the planta
tions that must he fed and enoj-mous
quantities of feed must necessarily be
shipped in. There is no place on the
Coast that can compete with Portland
for flour, feed of all kinds and dairy
and poultry produce and for all these
a splendid market is offered. ' Upon
practically everything else Portland
ought to make as good prices as San
Francisco.
"Our company lias contracts with
many of the plantation companies to
carry their supplies. Captain Matson
himself is Interested in the Honolulu
"Plantation Company, which Is the only
company that exports refined sugar.
For this company alone about 7O.0J0
tons of freight is carried by our line
to and from the Islands. Part of that
business will come to Portland.
Buyers Will Come Here.
"I represent the Hllo Mercantile
Company, which is a large concern and
T will do much of Its purchasing here.
The companies with which we have
contracts have long asked that they
be given a preference of two markets
and we are simply carrying out their
wisnes in the matter. In San Francisco
the large plantation owners have sta
tioned representatives and buyers and
I would not be the least bit surprised
If representatives and buyers were
sent here after the steamer has been on
the line for a month or so.
Portland Merchants Must Hustle.
"But do not misunderstand me as
the Portland merchants will have to
do their share if they are desirous of
holding the line and I know that they
ISLANDS
. ' if.;,
are. They will have to reach out and
get the trade as It won't come for the
mere asking and it will take some hus
tling on their part. But there Is no
reason why the Portland merchants
cannot make prices as low as can San
Francisco and upon some things you
can go away below the Bay City."
Mr. Lindsay nas cabled to Honolulu
a notification that the HUonian would
Kail from Portland July 1. The Portland
Chamber of Commerce will shortlv in
sert in the daily newspapers of Hono
lulu large advertisements of that fact
and will also call attention to the many
advantages offered the buyers in this
city. Portland merchants are very en
thusiastic over the new line and are
making preparations to get in and
hustle for business, when the line is
started.
KKASMO HA1 THE PLAGUE
Italian Bark Arriving Experienced
Many Troubles En Route.
While en route to Nagasaki from Phila
delphia with a cargo of petroleum, the
Italian ship Erasmo, which arrived in
Portland early yesterday morning, was
afflicted .with the dread plague known In
the East Indies as beri-berl from the ef
fects of which one of the seamen died
in terrible agony, and others were In
capacitated for regular duty for long
periods.
Among those afTected by the disease
was Captain Ameglio. who was rendered
violently insane by the malady, and had
to be placed In irons for several weeks,
during which time First Officer Antonio
Marceilles. who Is at present in charge
of the vessel, took command.
Captain Ameglio was taken to an asy
lum at Nagasaki, and several of the af
flicted crew are being taken care of at a
sanitarium.
The Erasmo will load lumber for Genoa,
Italy, as soon as she discharges her cargo
of ballast at the Banfleld dock In North
Portland.
MAY LENGTHEN THE ELDER
l'ETKRSOX MAY DECIDE TO
CREASE CRAFT'S CAPACITY.
She la Hardly Large Enough at Prearnt
to Accommodate Present
Frclsrht Demand.
The matter of repairing the steamer
Geo. W. Elder will occupy the atten
tion of J. II. Peterson during the next
few days, for the cement bulkhead
placed in the vessel at the time of her
raising has practically been removed,
and she will soon be ready for removal
from the drydock.
Experienced steamship men of this
port are inclined to think that the
owner would do well to have the vessel
lengthened some SO feet providing he
decides to repair her at all. for in their
opinion the vessel will hardly prove a
profitable Investment unless some such
action is taken to fit her for the pres
ent' trade demands. The vessel as she
stands today is not large enough to
accommodate enough freight to war
rant her being operated at a profit and
the advice offered by experts may in
fluence the owner to decide to have
the vessel made larger, for in this
event the cost of repairing her would
be but . slightly increased and would
make her a much more desirable craft.
The principal reason advanced for the
proposed lengthening of the Elder is
the fact that she will have to be prac
tically cut in two anyway in order to
repair her on account of the large
break in her hull, and the piecing in
of about 35 or 40 feet would not entail
any greater added expenditure than
has already been incurred in the effort
to raise and repair the vessel.
Mr. Peterson would not state any
thing as to the nature of the repairing
plans he has under consideration, ex
cept that she would be placed in ex
cellent condition.
As the boat stands at present the
owner will be able to realize on the
amount he has invested in her even
though he should sell her for junk. The
machinery in the vessel is worth con
siderable money and the iron of her
construction always finds a ready mar
ket. Willamette Rises at Albany.
ALBANY. Or.. June 9. (Special.) Rams
of the past three weeks have caused the
waters of the Willamette River to rise
until a good boating stage has again been
attained. This means much to shippers
of Valley towns, for the water competi
tion with the railroad is an Important
factor.
Manifest of the Omega.
ASTORIA, Or., June 9. (Special.) The
manifest of the schooner Omega, which
sailed yesterday for San Francisco, was
filed at the Custom-House today. The
vessel carries a cargo of 700.000 feet of
lumber, loaded at the Knappton mill.
FIRST STEAMER OF THE
Siltr f
STEAMER HILOMAN, WHICH LEAVES THIS
WILL START WORK
United Railways Ready to Be
gin Construction.
THIS WEEK FIXED AS DATE
Willamette Valley Traction Coni
fpany Will Also Begin Soon on
Its Lines Into Portland
and on Its Bridge.
Work will be begun this week by
the United Railways Compay on its
Front street line. Materials and men
are being assembled as rapidly as pos
sible and once started the work will
be rushed with all possible speed. By
late Summer or early Fall, electric
cars will be running along Front
street from Hoyt street to the city
limits on the south.
Formal acceptance of the franchise
granted it by the city will probably
be made by the United Railways Com
pany within the next few days, and
the required bond will be filed to guar
antee the city that the Front street
line will be built as proposed by the
company in asking for the franchise.
The Willamette Valley Traction Com
pany will probably file its acceptance
of the joint franchise granted it by
the city within a short time. The ac
ceptance and the accompanying bond
are now waiting upon the necessary
arrangements in the East.
Will Start on Macadam Road.
Work will be started by the United
Railways at some point on Macadam
road, near the south line of the cjty.
The work will then proceed south to
Front street, and down that thorough
fare to Hoyt street, where connecting
tracks will be laid into the grounds
of the Union Depot, providing for the
interchange of traffic with other rail
ways entering Portland. This plan of
starting the work is in order to get
the track-laying going well before the
construction crews reach Front street,
which as a paved thoroughfare offers
difficulties that will not be met on the
Macadam road.
"We are taking steps to get a large
force of men that will be available
immediately.'- said M. H. French, pres
ident and general manager of the Los
Angeles Railroad Construction Com
pany, the organization that will build
the electric railways to be later oper
ated by the United Railways Company.
"We will put on as large a force as
we can get," he continued, "and we
are now getting our outfit and mate
rials together to commence work dur
ing the coming week. Unless some
thing entirely unforeseen takes place,
we ought to have cars running by
Fall."'
Night Work on Front Street.
After the construction crews reach
the busy section of the city on Front
street they will work only at nght,
so as to offer the least possible - ob
struction to the large wholesale traffic
handled In that section of the city.
During the daytime the street will be
given up wholly to the business that
now makes it one of the busiest dis
tricts in Portland. Sundays and holi
days may be utilized by the work
men and at night they will build
grades and lay tracks under the glare
of strings of electric arc lights.
J. W. E. Taylor, executive engineer
of the United Railways, plans to com
mence construction work on the other
projects of the United Railways Com
pany within a short time, and proba
bly several different tentacles of the
system backed by the Los Angeles
capitalists will be undergoing con
struction at the same time.
The Willamette Valley Traction
Company is also laying plans for be
ginning construction before the season
is much further advanced. The pur
chase of a steam shovel and usual
construction cars was made yesterday.
These will be used for the heavy
grading just south of the city, where
it is said the greatest engineering dif
ficulties of the whole line will be met.
The machinery is now in the East and
Jt will be some time before It reaches
Portland. Other construction imple
ments are being secured and will be
on hand when work is begun in earn
est. Work awaits the arrival of a
quantity of steel rails, which were pur
chased in the East and the first con
signment is expected to reach Port
land soon.
Willamette Company's Plans.
A meeting has been held by officials
of the Willamette Company and steam
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PORT UPON ITS INITIAL VOYAGE JULY
boat men. who ply on the upper Wil
lamette River, to determine the char
acter of the bridge that will be most
satisfactory to navigation. Plans are
being drawn for a high bridge that
will span the river near Butteville at
so great a height that it will not In
terfere with steamers paslng beneath.
Some negotiation with local govern
ment offieluls has been had in regard
to the type of bridge that will be most
satisfactory to the government. Plans
are now being made of the structure,
which will soon go forward to Wash
ington for the approval of the Secre
tary of War. If the bridge is satis
factory to the Government, orders will
immediately placed for structural ma
terial In the Eastern steel mills.
COST SEVEN DOLLARS A FOOT
Expensive Work in Doing Away
Willi Curves and Grades.
Rather expensive railroad building
will be the stretch of track from
Troutdale to Bonneville, on the O. R.
& N. main line, which will be rebuilt
during the Summer. Probably there
Is but little track of a similar length
in the state that proved so expensive
of construction. The company has set
aside J600.000 for rebuilding a little
less than 19 miles. For most of the
way, heavy blasting of rock cliffs and
big fills will be necessary.
With the new ties and rail, the re
building of the track will cost the
company about $7 a foot. Surveyors
are now out making definite locations
j me uiic, turn uiua win og asaea
within the next few weeks on the
work.
The new line will do away with a
number of grades, giving an almost
level track between the two points.
It-will also eliminate 1400 degrees of
curvature, or almost four complete
circles. The desirability of light grades
and easy curves is nowhere more strik
ingly shown than in the heavy ex
penditures the railroads are making
to rid their roads of these objectiona
ble features. In reduced cost of opera
tion, added safety and longer and fast
er trains, railroad men say the im
provements in the. roadbed pay good
interest on the heavy investment.
J. 1 Baker Goes to Oakland.
J. F. Baker, traveling agent for the
wells-targo hxpress Company, with 1
neaaquarters at Portland, has been
appointed general agent for the com
pany at Oakland, Cal., and his terri
tory includes all the sub-agencies in
that city, as well as Alameda and
Berkeley. Mr. Baker was formerly
depot agent here for the company be
fore becoming traveling representa
tive. He has been in the express busi
ness here for a number of years.
W. E. Carpenter, formerly agent for
the express company at Astoria, has
been appointed successor to Mr. Baker,
and has already entered on his new
duties. A. H. Peterson, rormerly a
messenger of the company, has suc
ceeded Mr. Carpenter as agent at As
toria. Road to Council CrcM.
Work will begin this week on the con
struction of the Council Crest extension
by the Portland Railway Company. Final
locations have been completed, arid deeds
are now being signed up for the right of
w-ay by the property-owners in favor of
the railroad. The extension will be about
a mile in length, and will be in the form
of a loop, circling. Council Crest, and will,
at Its highest point, be about 1000 feet
above the river. The line will branch on
from the Portland Heights loop, and for
most of the way will be a fairly straight
track, although some sharp curves will
be built on the north side of the Crest.
There will be a few stiff grades, but all
will be easier than those in the Heights
line. a
MERGER OF THE DISTRICTS
Suburban Schools Would Unite With
Those of Portland.
June 18 "a vote will be taken in school
district No. 1 to determine whether the
suburban districts Nos. 5. 44, 47 and 29
shall be made a part of district No. 1. At
the same time a vote will also be taken
in these four districts whether they want
to be consolidated with the Portland dis
trict. The districts are at Mount Tabor,
or that part of Mount Tabor that was
annexed to Portland some time ago, with
an especial provision that;it should not
affect the schools at South Mount Tabor,
Arleta and Woodstock. Notices of this
election have been posted. The Portland
Board of Education evidently considers
that the annexation of the northern por
tion of Mount Tabor district No. 5 and
Montavilla No. 18 brings that section into
the Portland district without any further
action, although there is some doubt on
this point.
South Mount Tabor has a six-room
building and five teachers, with a manual
training department. It has no debt.
Arleta, in district No. 47. was organized
two years ago with a small number of
pupils by taking slices from Lents. South
Mount Tabor and Woodstock. This year
1.
the school closed with an attendance of
390 pupils. It has no permanent building,
but occupies small class-rooms. The dis
trict owns a hlock of ground. It has no
debt. Woodstock, which is in district 29,
has a four-room building, and the at
tendance is about 150. Woodstock joins
on the Portland district, and several chil
dren from across the line attend the
Woodstock school.
These outside districts want to be part
of the Portland district, and there Is
hardly any doubt that annexation will
carry In all four. However. It must carry
in the city as well to be effective. If it
Carries, it means that all five suburban
districts bordering on Portland on the
eavt will be merged and will Increase
Portland's school population by about 2000.
St. Johns district will be the only sub
urban district left out.
DIRECT MAIL TO EUREKA
Portland .May Send Its Letters
Humboldt Buy Metropolis.
to
E. C. Giltner, secretary of the Cham
ber of Commerce, received a telegram
yesterday from Senator Fulton that the
Postoffice Department had made ar
rangements to carry mail from Port
land direct to Eureka, Cal. It is under
stood that a contract has been slgneJ
with the California & Oregon Coast
Steamship Company, the vessels of
which touch at Eureka. The Chamber
of Commerce has been endeavoring to
secure better mall service between Eu
reka and Portland for some time and
the officials of that organization are
highly elated over the success. Business
men called the attention of the Cham
ber of Commerce to the Injustice Port
land was subjected to and the officials
immediately took steps to remedy it.
Mail from Portland to Eureka now
goes to San Francisco and thence to
Eureka. Portland business men have
been greatly handicapped by this ar
rangement because of the delay In their
correspondence.
A French horticulturist has discovered that
roses and mignonettes can not live together.
Rose and mignonette, placed together In a
van.--, both wither within half an hour. -
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LOS ANGELES IS WORRIED
Prospect of Shipping Being Tied Up
Indefinitely Causes Unrest In
Southern City Confer
ence on Arbitration.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., June 9. Local rep
resentatives of the Pacific Coast and Ori
ental steamship lines that are tied up,
following the abrogation of their agree
ments with the Sailors' Union in San
Francisco, fear that unless the sailor men
and shipowners get together the trouble
will develop'lnto an absolute shipping tie
up. affecting the ocean front from San
Diego to San Francisco.
Los Angeles representatives have re
ceived official notice Informing them of
the situation, and notifying them to can
cel all steamer tickets and freight con
signments for the present.
F. Schaffer. local head of the Mer
chants Independent Steamship Company,
had the following to say of the situation
today : .
"I believe the trouble will be settled
soon, but If It Is not, I fear that. It will
develop into a most serious tie-up. The
steamer Coronado is lying at San Pedro
with S0.0D0 feet of lumber, and it would
take but half a day to unload her, but
hands are not available."
R. Perkins, manager of the Hugh B.
Rice Company, agents for all the big
steamship companies, said:
. "The steamship companies cannot afford
to hold the big mall steamers on account
of the Government mail contracts."
ARBITRATION IS LIKELY.
Prospects of Sailors and Owners
Getting Together Brighter.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 9. The pros
pects are better today than they have
been at any time since the sailors quit
work for a settlement of the dispute that
has been crippling shipping in the harbor.
It was manifest today at a meeting of
the United Shipping & Transportation
Association that the offer of Andrew
Furuseth, secretary of the Sailors' Union,
for a conference, would receive a cordial
response.
Before the meeting adjourned It was
agreed that a committee of the Associa
tion should meet with a committee of the
City Front Federation on Monday morn
ing. While none of the members of the Asso
ciation would predict the outcome of the
conference. It is generally understood that
there will be an agreement to arbitrate.
SERIOUS ASPECT OF STRIKE
Sailors' Lockout May Cause Suspen
sion of Lumber Mills.
ABERDEEN. Wash.. June 9. Several
local mlllmen declared today In interviews
that the strike of seamen of the Coast
would undoubtedly have the effect of ty
ing up all mills on Gray's Harbor. This
would throw 4000 men out of employment.
One of the mlllmen said that when ves
sels arrived at his mill he would proceed
to load them, even though he was com
pelled to employ non-union stevedores.
This would be followed by a strike of all
organizations In sympathy with the steve
dores? and result in shutting down the
plant.
Vessels arriving here with non-union
crews could not be loaded by union steve
dores, and all branches of labor would
thus be affected.
Mlllmen agree in saying that the situa
tion is one of the most serious ever aris-
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PRIVATE STAMP OVER THE
ing on the Coast. They declare that ship
owners are determined to refuse to acceda
to the demands of the Sailors' Union, and
that the crisis which has been threatened
for many months Is now about to ensue.
Even though no strike of mill workers
should result, the mills would be forcd
to close, as their product could not be
marketed.
It developed here today that a battle
took place in the lower harbor a few
nights ago, when a launch loaded with
men armed to the teeth went to the
schooner Fearless and demanded that the
union oook be delivered to them.
The master of the vessel threatened to
kill the first man who boarded his vessel,
and some one on the launch fired at him
On the vessel were a number pf armed
men. and when the first shot was fired, a
regular fusllade was begun. The vessel's
sails were shot full of holes and the sides
of the launch perforated, but no one was
injured.
Government officials are to make a thor
ough investigation. The names of men In
the boarding party have not been learned,
but they are supposed to have been union
sailorf.
Arrivals and Departures.
ASTORIA. June 9. Condition of the bar at
5 P. M.. smooth; wind, west, "tight; weather
clear. Arrived down at B A. M. and sailed
at 12:50 P. M. Steamer Alliance, for Eureka
and way ports. Arrived at T A. M. Schooner
San Beunaventura, from San Francisco. Ar
rived last night Brlgamtne Oeneva, from
Hllo. Arrived down at 8:30 P. M. Schoancr
Berwick. Sailed at 3:45 P. M. Schooner
Irene, for Redondo.
Redondo. June 0. Arrived Steamer Noma
City, from Portland.
San Francisco. June 9. Arrived Schooner
George W. Wataon, from Gray a Harbor;
steamer Prentiss, from Hueneme: steamer Del
Norte, from Crescent City. Sailed Steamer
Alameda, for Honolulu; steamer Tltanla. for
Kanalmo; steamer Newburg. for Gray's Har.
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FOUR FINE CHICKERINGS
If anyone has entertained any doubt as
to the genuineness of this sacrifice sale
and the conditions that compel It. the re
ceipt for the 10C0 forfeit by Mr. J. Couch
Flanders, attorney for the estate, pub
lished in the Eilers Piano House adver
tisement on page 13 of this issue w 111 fully
demonstrate the real conditions and what
Eilers Piano House is confronting.
The store must be vacant by 12 o'clock
Saturday night, and unless Eilers Piano
House is out of the premises at that time,
bag and baggage, the 1000 goes to the
trustee as a forfeit.
Six days more of the famous quarter
blocfc of fine pianos. Six days is a short
time In which to dispose of everything,
but it miLt't be done. Profit and terms
of payment cut no figure now. If you
want a piano, come and get it; we'll make
It possible for you to possess the very
best.
We desire particularly, through the col
umns of this paper, to reach four well-to-do
people, who can afford to own the four
remaining very choice Chlckerlng up
rights. In specially designed art cases.
The Chlckerlng stands today the oldest
make In America, the best In the world
a piano around which cluster all the
glorious triumphs and achievements of
American music.
These four pianos can be secured now
at actual factory cost, which is far be
low the usual retail or selling price.
One Is In beautiful dappled English wal
nut case: the rest of them are the most
superb mahogany cases ever shown li
Portland.
They must be sold. Any reasonable of
fer as to payments will be accepted. If
you are Interested come tomorrow or to
morrow night. We'll make it an object.
Eilers Piano House.
Charge Is Ordered Dismissed.
Investigation of the charge of larceny
preferred against J. Q. Adams, president
of the Omaha Hotel Supply Company, by
J. W. Thompson, a representative of a
business rival, convinced Deputy DIstrKt
Attorney Haney that the charge would
not hold. On his motion It was dismissed
yesterday morning by Police Judge Cam
eron. Adams was arrested at Spokane.
Wash., on telegraphic advices from Chief
of Police Grltzmacher. He gave a bond
of J750 for his appearance here on pre
liminary examination and came back to
Portland without a custodian. He was
accused of removing a cabinet belonging
to the American Hotel Supply Company
of Chicago from the Imperial Hotel and
substituting one of his own manufacture.
Crushed In Mill Machinery.
ABERDEEN. Wash.. June 9. (SpeciaJ.)
Claude Havllan, aged 20, is thought to
have been fatally injured in the American
mill today by being crushed between ma
chinery. NECK OF THE BOTTLE.