PART TWO
PAGES 13 TO 24
VOL. XXV.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 23, 1906.
NO. 29.
The Happiest
Child in Port
land has a
Roosevelt Bear
Headquarters
for Artistic
PictureFraming
By Expert
Framers
Good Merchandise Only Quality Considered Our Prices Are Always the Lowest
Aug. Butterick
Patterns and
Latest Metro
politan Fashion
Book Now on
Sale.
The New Col
lege Blouses
Hare Smart
Colored Collars
Cuffs and Ties
Great Clean-Up Sale of Summer Silks
Below Their Present
Actual Cost
Absolute clearance of the
most desirable Summer
silks at price-concessions
which establish new re-
cords for wonderful val
ues in our establishment.
All of these Silks are stan
dard qualities, the finest
weaves, the most exclus
ive patterns every yard
new this season. Absolute
ly the best silk value of
the year.
$4.50 Shirtwaists $2.75
fZQrioT $1.25 and $1.50 Foulard Silks,
UiCof the best quality, in dress pat
terns of 15 and 16 yard lengths; a won
derful value.
Qfor $1.25 Plain and Embroidered
OiCpot Pongees for shirtwaist suits
and College Blouses; a remarkable price,
even for a clearance sale.
ry ( a yard for our entire stock of best
-JW quality Wash Silks, for shirtwaist
suits and 'separate waists; a wide range
of colorings in choicest weaves, always
selling at 50c a yard.
CA - for regular $1 Shirtwaist Suit
ijJKf Silks in a . wide assortment of
colorings, all this season's styles. A spe
cial lot regularly selling at $1 a yard.
$20.00 Demi Made Robes $9.75
A few of this season's best effects in
Bmbroidered Batiste Demi-Made Robes,
which are to be closed out at remarkably
low figures. Come in white, champagne,
pink, blue and lavender.
$20 Demi Made Robes $9.75
$25 Demi Made Robes $11.75
The New Polka Dot Ribbons
Just received a full line of the popular large
. embroidered Dotted Taffeta Ribbon, full 4
inches wide, in a vast variety of combina
tions, such as navy, black, blue, pink, red
with white dots, white, pink, blue, red with
black dots, and many others 35
Lace Clearance Prices
Here are new proofs of the absolute su
premacy of our bargain Lace store. We
uniformly, week after week, sell three
times as many laces and at lower prices
than any other Portland store.
12V2C Torchon Lace 5c a Yard
A large selection of pretty patterns in 2 to
3Vi-ineh extra quality cotton Torchon Lace
with insertion to match; worth and 10c
a yard in the regular way.
12V2C Wash Lace at 7c a Yard
Many ,new and dainty Wash Laces and In
sertions iu widths from 22 to 5 inches wide
are to be found in this lot. Good values to
12c a yard.
35c Wash Lace at 15c a Yard
Extra fine quality Wash Lace in many nov
elty designs,, never sold for less than 35c and
25c yard ; to insure quick selling will be closed
out at very low price the yard 15.
$1.25 Embroideries 68c a Strip
Thousands of the manufacturer's 6-yard-strip
end samples have been secured by us and will
be placed on sale Monday morning. These are
all the very latest designs ranging in widths
from 5 to 10 inches wide, in nainsook and cam
bric. . Extra good values to $1.26 the strip of
6 yards.. , ,
35c Embroideries 12c a Yard
A most exquisite display of this season's
best patterns, in the now popular embroidered
bands and insertions 2 to 32 inches wide;
regular price 35c and 25c a yard.
75c Plain Net at 47c per Yard
Full 72-inch plain bobbinet in white, cream,
pink and ecru.
50c Appliques, Special at 17c
Novelty Venise Appliques in many new and
pretty designs; worth 50c a yard.
31.00 Alio vers at 57c per Yard
( 3ti-inck wide Baby Irish Allover; this sea
son's prettiest patterns.
A General Clearance of Allovers
AH of our lS-inch Net, Venise . and Baby
Irish Allovers, are greatly reduced. Now is the
time to supply your wants.
$1.50 Allovers S .98 $2.00 Allovers $1.27
$1.75 Allovers $1.17 $2.50 Allovers $1.9S
$3.50 Allovers $2.47
A splendid spe
cial lot of $3-75.
$4, $4.50 and $5
new shirt
waists, made of
the daintiest
white lawn and
pearline mull ;
short sleeves
only; trimmed
with fine open
work embroid
ery, clusters of
pin tucking,
Valencie nnes
lace, yokes and
trimmings, etc
Very special at
2.75
Monday Bargain Sale of Petticoats
TO WEAR WITH SUMMER DRESSES
The wrong petticoat will spoil the prettiest gown, you know.
If you can buy the right one for little, why not do so? For
tunate purchases have enabled us to congregate a splendid
lot of spic-span new styles, designed especially for wear with
the thin, lingerie dresses. All are of splendid materials, beau
tifully trimmed and finished. And just look at the prices ! .
Qq For Petticoats of Cambric, full ruffle, with insertings and
fOt ruffles of torchon or val. lace sells here every day for $1.35.
n C For Petticoats of very fine white materials; umbrella
4pXZ& ruffles, trimmed with lace and tucks or fine Hamburg
made to sell at $2.00.
$2
A Q For Petticoats of fine Cambric; trimmed with Hamburg
or lace in a variety of styles. A splendid value at $3.00
the regular price.
C For' Heatherbloom Taffeta Petticoats in light gray,
X ij reseda and Alice blue, deep flounce, tucked and trimmed
with wide ruffle, shirred with cord.
$2
C"VFor Heatherbloom Taffeta Petticoats in dark green,
black, reseda, Alice blue and gray made with graduated
side plaited flounce ; trimmed with two wide ruffles.
$7.50 Petticoats $4.35
Made of Extra Quality Taffeta Silk
Another shipment of just 100 splendid
$7.50 extra quality taffeta silk petticoats,
in black, . white, silver gray and navy ;
made with full three-section flounce, and
shirring above each section; sold regu
larly at $7.50. Special price. ,. .$4-35
Covert Cloth 12'2C Yd
A splendid fabric for women's wear, chil
dren's suits, etc. Just the thing for Sum
mer out-of-doors wear strong and dur
able ; colors navy, "green, red, tan, gray.
A very special value.
Misses' 17cHose 2lAc
Misses' ribbed black cotton Stockings, either
medium or light weight, warranted fast and
made with double toes, heels, and knees.
17 or noses' '25c ribbed black cotton
Stockings, medium weight, double
heels, toes and knees.
We always have a full line of the celebrated
"Wearwell" Stockings for misses; also the
''Nomend" heavier in weight and made with
double heels and toes and double linen knees.
25c a pair and worth more.
Monday Linen Bar g'ns
A good linen value is indeed a bargain
it doesn't come often. Be sure to get
these Monday.
Bleached Hemstitched Huck Towels, size 19x38
inches, Monday 15
Bleached Turkish Bath Towels, 20x45 inches,
with or without fringe; exceptional value
at 25
Hemstitched and Drawn Linen Squares, Mon
day prices:
7x 7 inches,... 5 24x24 inches. ..25
12x12 inches... 10 30x30 inches... 35
20x20 inches... 20 1Sx50 inches... 35
$1.25 Hair Brushes 50c
A special sale of fine Imported Hair
Brushes, with hand-drawn bristles ; better
made than the average and always sold
at $i and $1.25.
1J00 Imported Tooth Brushes...... 12
S5o and 50c Nail Brushes, special 25c
Borated Baby Talcum, can 4
EfH Shampoo, ideal for the hair.. lOO
Spiro Perspiration Powder, cut to 1S
"Modene," for removing superfluous hair.. 89
Bulb Syringe of (rood quality rubber 35
98c Fountain Syringe. 2-quart sixe 6S
2-quart White Rubber Hot Water Bottle 4S
Sale 35c Silk Belts, 10c
A very special Monday bargain regular 35c
Silk Belts .....lO-;
S5c Gray Leather Belts .35
White Lace Belts, pearl buckle 50
New style White Wash Belts, clasp in back, em
broidered or plain tailor-made, pearl and gilt -
buckles 35
White Kid Belts, with large gilt buckle, a new
fad,' In pink, blue and white ; 65
White Wash Bags, special values
at 35. 50. 65
39c Pillow Tops 25c
Pillow Tops for couching and outlining, very
easy to work: special 25
Regular 50c PiJlow Tops In floral and conven-
v tional depifrns: sale price 39
Largest line of Stamped Linens for fancy work. .
Best $1.18 Fiction 50c
Here are the latest and best stories of the
most popular authors of today. Stories
that possess the master touch and carry
you entranced from page to page. Only
a few of the titles are :
To Have and to Hold,
Prodigal Son, Caine.
Oliver Horn, Smith.
My Lady Peggy Goes to
Town, Matthews.
Soldiers of Fortune,
Davis.
The Grey Cloak, Mc-
Grath.
Toung April. Castle.
Cardinal's Snuff Box,
Harland.
The Cost. Phillips.
Peter Stirling. Ford.
Special sale of ioc
Adventures of Girard,
Doyle.
Trail of the Grand
Selgnieur, Lyman.
Jastle Craneycrow, Mc-
Cutcheon.
Dorothy Vernon, Major.
Little Shepherd of
Kingdom Come, Fox.
Millionaire Baby. Green.
Brewster's Millions. Mc-
Cutcheon.
A Chicago Princess,
Robert Barr.
St. Elmo, A. E. Wilson.
standard paper novels
6 for 25
$5 Couch Cover $3.89
Regular $5 Couch Covers of extra quality
reversible tapestry in a large variety of
different patterns in all of the best color
ings of the season; 3 yards long, 60 inches
wide.
Regular $6 Couch Covers $4.68
$4 Curtains at $3.15
Very special
midsummer
reduction sale
of Lace Cur
tains in Irish
Point, Renais
sance, Cable
Net, Cluny and
Nottingham
effects wide
variety of pat
terns, white or
Arabian color.
Curtains, special $3.15
Curtains, special $3.98
Curtains, special $4.79
Curtains, special $5.93
Curtains sold at startling
Regular $4.00 Lace
Regular $5.00 Lace
Regular $6.00 Lace
Regular $7.50 Lace
Odd pairs of Lace
reductions. .
Be Good to Your Feet
Allen's Foot-Ease - 21
Allcock's Bunion Plasters. ... . .21
Allcock's Corn Plasters 21
Bunion Pads. 8.. Corn Pads...Sc
Antiseptic Corn File
Milk of Magnesia 41C
Hostetter's Bitters 83
Lash's Bitters 83
Coke's Dandruff Cure.... 41. 83
Phenol Sodique. the great anti
septic 41
Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges 21
Wyeth Effervescing Kissingen.,41
Wyeth Vichy Salts 41
Clinical Thermometers, minute, 50c;
1 minute, 40c; a minute, 35c
Novelty Hat Pins 12'2C
Hatpins, mounted with amber, green, amethyst
and white stones; special for 12V4
Novelty Brooch Pins, special 50
Sterling Silver Belt Pins 75
Collar Supporters In pearl and gold filled, Sue
value, for 39
Beauty Pins, striking effects, pair 25
Beautiful Mounted Back Combs, special at. 59c
Bead Neck Chains m dainty colors, sale at. 48
COMPANY AN
ARTFUL DODGER
Pays Taxes on Valuation of
$857,685 When Plant is
Worth $2,250,000.
SAVING IS ABOUT $20,000
Largo Discrepancy Between Figures
Returned to Assessor and Those
Announced by President Adams
Before Council Investigation.
HOW PORTLAND GAS COMPANY
DODGES TAXES.
Value of company's plant '
and all other property.
. as stated by President
C. F. Adams before gas
committee of City
Council, February 2S
and March 2. 1904!
(equal to capital stock
and bonds) $2,250,000.00
Assessed value of this
same propeiyy on whlcn
. company pays taxes
(not including $115,000
for franchise, as this
was not contained in
Mr. Adams' figures)... 857.683.00
Difference, representing
property that escapes
taxation
.$1,392,315.00
Taxes paid this year by
comDany on property
in Mr. Adams' estimate. $ 12,694.30
Taxes which should be
paid on $2,250,000 valu
ation - 33.300.00
Taxes dodged, by the
company $ 20.603.70
The actual amount of taxes paid Is
(1702 more than the figure given
above, but it Is for a $115,000 fran
chise, which Mr. Adams did not In
clude In the assets of the company.
The only other sum paid by the com
pany to the public treasury is a $200
annual - occupation tax, levied by the
city, making the full total this year
$14,596.30.
Paying taxes on less than half the
value of Its property is one of the thrifty
methods of the Portland Gas Company
for imposing on property-owners, who
this 'year had to pay on full cash values.
Before the investigating committee of
the City Council, February 28 and March
2, of this year. President Adams, of the
company, said that the total value of
the company's assets was $2,250,000
plant, coal, material on hand, accounts
and gas bills, stock in East Portland
Gas Light Company, cash on hand, and
accounts receivable, but not including
franchises on both sides of the river,
fixed by the assessor at $115,000 which
if one-fifth of their actual value, this
being practically the ratio at which the
14,000,000 franchise of the consolidated
car company was assessed for $600,000,
would be worth $500,000 more, bringing
the total assets of the company rip to
$2,750,000. The value of the franchises
he refused to state, so that the $116,000
figure for them is an arbitrary one of
the Assessor's.,
. Mr. Adams' Valuation.
When Mr. Adams gave his figures he
was spurred to put them up in order to
minimize the appearance of watered
stock. The value of the property, he as
serted, was that of the combined capital
stock of the company $1.500,000 and
bonded debt, $750,000 and the company
must charge high enough prices for gas
to enable it to pay dividends on . that
much stock and interest on that much
debt. If, then, Mr. Adams had put down
his property value, the stock watering
would have been plain, or else he would
have had to include something for the
franchise which he was clever enough
not to do. By putting up the property
value he has made a wide discrepancy
between it and the assessed valuation.
revealing that the company is dodging
taxes, as was charged in the complaint
made to the committee.
In the assets of the Portland Gas Com
pany are, included those of the East Port
land Gas Light Company, which the other
practically owns, and which is its East
Side department. According to the as
sessment roll, the assessed valuations of
the two companies and the taxes paid are
as follows:
PORTLAND OAS COMPANY.
ttiuc laxes.
Realty and improvements. .$222,625 $ 3.295.42
Machinery,' moneys, ac
counts, stocks and other
nemnnal Twmertv . QAA A Ml it
Franchise Iftn'ftfift l'jQjtV.ft
Occupation tax '20000
Total $762,565 $11,488.82
EAST PORTLAND GAS LIGHT COMPANY.
Realty and improvements. .$ 46,750 $ 091.90
Machinery, moneys, ac
counts, stocks and other
personal property 148.350 2.195.58
Franchise 15,000 222.00
Totals .. $210,100 $ 3. K. 48
Totals for both companies 972.6R5 14.596.30
Without franchises 857.665 12.094.30
Assessed Valuation Only $857,688.
The total assessment on which the two
companies pay taxes, without franchise
and occupation license, therefore, is $857,
685, and the difference between it and the
$2.250.00041,392,313 represents the sum on
which the company dodges taxes.
On a $2,250,000 assessed valuation, the
company -would pay this year, at a 14.8
mill levy, $33,500. If the Assessor had
taken two-thirds of that valuation for
taxes, or In round figures, $1,500,000. the
tax on the company this year would be
$22,220. or a little less than twice what it
actually paid.- It is to be borne in mind,
however, that the figures given by Mr.
Adams were for the end of last year,
whereas the last assessment was made in
the preceding March, and that the com
pany made some improvements after that
time. But those Improvements represent
but a small part of the discrepancy.
Adams' Testimony at Investigation.
At the gas Inquiry of the Council com
mittee on February 28, Mr. Adams gave
the $2,250,000 value in the following ex
amination, conducted by Mr. McGinn:
McGinn What do you deem the value
of your plant, Mr. Adams-
A. Well, that is a question of opinion,
Mr. McGinn.
Q. What Is your judgment about that?
A. I think the plant is worth . in
neighborhood of $1,500,000.
Q. Have you a revenue from any other
source?
A. That would include the distribution
system, too. And I might add that we
have ablock at Fourteenth and Couch
street fflso.
Q. What is that used for?
A. That is used for a holder and shop.
Q. It is a part of the plant?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. And Is actually in use?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Have you any other property as a
part of your plant, which U not in actual
use? t
A. Tes: some.
Q. Where Is that?
A. That is down at the works; some
machinery is all.
Q. What do you deem the value of
that to be, which is not in actual use?
A. Probably $12,000 or $15,000; something
like that.
Q. You value your plant at $1,500,
000? A. I think something likt 'that.
Q. What assets have you in addi
tion? ' A There s coal material on hand,
$106,910.82; accounts and gas bills,
$19,377.94. You must understand,
Judge (McGinn) that this statement
was of December 31. Stock in East
Portland Gas Light Company, $350,000.
Q. You have some stock in the East
Portland Gas Light Company?
A. Yes, sir. Cash on hand. $33,
864.99; accounts receivable, $249,618.64;
making a total assec of $2,247,240.68,
as of December 31. That was repre
sented by a capital of $1,440,200; $750.-
000 of bonds, and $7,324.85 of amounts
due under what we call meter deposits;
undivided profits, $12,165.83; a credit
for coupon No. 9, dated February 1,
1906, $18,750; dividend No. 11. J.-Vi per
cent, due February 1, 1906, on $1,250.
000, amounting to $18,750; total liabil
ities, $2,247,240.68.
Says It Is Worth $2,250,000.
On March 2, on cross-examination by J.
N. Teal, attorney for the company, the
questions and answers were:
Mr. Teal: Mr. Adams. I would like to
ask you a few questions as to the value
of the plant of the Portland Gas Com
pany, as It stands today; and by the plant
1 mean everything that goes in to make
up the business of the Portland Gas Com
pany? A. Well, approximately, about $2,250,000.
Q. How much of that is plant that is,
actually used in the manufacture and
distribution of gas?
A. About a million and a half.
Q. Of what does the other property
consist generally?
A. It consists of materials and accounts.
SOLDIERS MURDER POLICE
BLOODY BATTLE OVEU ARREST
FOR TRIVIAL CRIME.
Portuguese Regiment Attempts to
Rescue Comrades at Lisbon.
Twelve Officers Killed.
LISBON, July 22. (Special.) In a battle
last night between men of the Fourth
Koyal Portuguese regiment and the police
of Lisbon, 12 police were killed and 35
wounded. The engagement resulted from
the arrest by the police of two infantry
men of the Fourth Regiment who were
taken into custody for having committed
a slight offense. The arrests were made
in the street, and the policemen, Instead
of turning the prisoners loose, tried to
lock them in the central police station.
When word had been received of what
had been done, the regiment to which
the men belonged turned out and double
quicked to the police station, carrying
rifles and cartridge belts. The soldiers,
from 'what shelter they could find in ad
jacent buildings, commenced firing Into
the police station, while the police re
sponded with revolvers. Unable to ob
tain the surrender of their comrades by
this means of attack, the soldiers attempt
ed to rush the police station. While thus
exposed many soldiers were shot and
killed and wounded.
Finding their efforts futile In forcing an
entrance, the attacking forces withdrew
and dispatched a portion of their number
to fetch artillery with which to bombard
the station. In the meantime a continu
ous rifle fire was kept up. The military
authorities were notified of the outbreak
and of the proposed use of artillery. Two
regiments of Infantry and a squadron of
cavalry were ordered to the scene. The
members of the Fourth Regiment were at
first disposed to Join battle with this con
tingent, but, finding themselves greatly
outnumbered, reluctantly . retreated to
their barracks.- "
The wounded were cared for in the mili
tary hospital and the bodies of the killed
placed In the station-house. The military
authorities wili make an Investigation.
TUMULTOUS CAREER ENDED
PRINCESS BE CHIMAV, WHO
WAS A DETROIT GIRL, DEAD.
Squandered Thousands of Francs on
Beauty Doctors in Her Later
Years Dies at 35.
LONDON, July 21. (Special.) The Even
ing News prints a report from its Paris
correspondent stating that Clara Ward,
formerly the Princess de Chlmay, is dead
in the French capital. It gives no details
as to where she died or the cause of
death. With the death of the Princess do
Chimay, formerly Clara Ward, of Detroit.
Mich., one of the most remarkable ca
reers in the history of the world comes to
an end.
Although only 35 years old, the Princess'
life was so tumultuous that In the last
five years she aged perceptibly. She
sqnadered thousands of francs on beauty
doctors, and once nearly ruined her face
by submitting to having a permanent
blush tattooed on each cheek.
In the last few months she had failed
steadily.'
IS XOT CONFIRMED IN" PARIS
Dead Princess Chimay Believed to
Be Another Person.
PARIS, July 22. (Special.) It Is impos
sible to confirm the report from New
York and London that Clara Ward is
dead here. The report is discredited by
persons who know the original Princess
de Chimay here. It is believed here that
the report originated from the death of
the Princes Pere Caraman-Chlmay, wife
of the Belgian Minister to Luxemburg,
who died here Saturday, but even this
cannot be confirmed this morning.
Charles Bliss, "Human Fly."
MADISON. Wis.. July 21. Charles Bliss,
known to circuB-goers a generation ago
as the "Human Fly," died here today,
aged 80 years.
PEOPLE REJECT
STAN DPATISM
Congressmen Have Change of
Heart on Hearing
. From Them.
WEST IN FAVOR OF REVISION
Plan of Campaign to Be Considered
by President, Speaker and
Chairman at Oyster Bay.
Landis Sees Light.
CHICAGO, July 21. (Special.) Th
Washington correspondent of the Dally
News says:
One of the first objects of the conference
at Oyster Bay Monday, among the Presi
dent, Speaker Cannon, . Chairman Sher
man, of the Republican Congressional
committee, and other leaders of the Con
gressional campaign, will be to consider
how to conduct the campaign with refer
ence to the tariff.
Word has reached here that some of the
Western members of Congress who went
home intending to conduct a "stand-pat"
campaign have become disturbed at the
sentiment for revision they have discov
ered in their districts. They have been
convinced that some concessions will have
to be made to the revisionists, and have
so apprised Mr. Cannon and others
Whether to stand rigidly by the tariff
or show much leniency towards the revis
ionists is therefore a large question before
the Oyster Bay conference. The revision
ists believe the President will align him
self before long In favor of a change In
the schedules.
A notable instance of a tariff change of
heart cited here is that of Representative
Fred Landis, of Indiana, who left Wash
ington recently a "stand-patter," but on
getting in touch with his district became
a convert to' revision.
HEARST-MTJRPHY COMBINATION
Democratic Editor Believes He Has
Cinch on Governorship.
NEW YORK. July 21. It Is reported
here that word has come from Bourke
Cockran, who has been for some time
In San Francisco and environs, that the
details of a Hearst-Murphy combination
are being satisfactorily worked out.
Hearst also has been in San Francisco.
This report was first heard in some of
the Murphy district clubs.
While the party foes of Hearst are
talking of uniting to defeat him in the
Democratic state convention, his party
friends are intimating that the political
situation in New York State Is being
shaped In such a way that Hearst's de
feat for Governor will be impossible.
WAGE SLAVES OF ALABAMA
IGNORANT FOREIGNERS IN LUM-
BER CAMPS ABUSED.
Starved and Beaten by Armed Des
peradoes Acting as Overseers.
Treated Like Dogs.
PENSACOLA, Fla., July 21. (Special.)
A harrowing story of inhumanity and
cruelty to ignorant foreigners In the
lumber camps of Alabama was brought
to this city today by Henry Rodenbeck,
a resident of Fort Wayne, Ind., who was
induced to seek employment at the camp
of the' Jackson Lumber Company at
LiOCkhart, through the misrepresentation
of a labor agency. He was a member of
a gang of 24 men engaged In New York
to work for the lumber company, It be
ing reported that wages were from $1.60
to $2.50 per day and the work agreeable.
R5jenbeck said:
"I hired out In New York to a man
named Gallagher, superintendent of the
Lockhart camp, who had a labor agent
with him. On being assured that wages
were good, I accepted. On reaching the
camp we found that the wages were only
$1 and board. There were eight or nine
immigrants there, most of them from
New York, who could not speak Eng
lish. They were made to eat after the
Americans and they got what was left.
When one reached for anything on the
table he was yelled at and I have seen
them thrown out of doors for trying to
get enough to eat. .
"In the woods they worked under men
who were desperadoes and who were al
ways armed. I saw two of them beaten
unmercifully with a harness strap, and
I was told that one man was stripped of
his clothing and beaten with a heavy
riveted strap. The beatings were given
because the men did not understand how
to do the work.
"They were nothing but green hands
fresh from the old country. Gun play
was a common thing. They are human
slaves and nre treated worse than dogs."
ELKS CAMP IN MOUNTAINS
Jollity Unimpaired by Breakdown of
Excursion Train.'
DENVER. July 21. Three Elks" excur
sion trains were detained all night In the
mountains near Tolland, on the Denver &
Northwestern Railroad, by the breaking
of a drlvewheel on a locomotive. Great
bonfires were built on the mountain sides
and 'the Jolly excursionists spent the
night in singing and dancing. They were
a tired but still good-natured crowd when
they finally reached Denver during the
forenoon today. .
Catholic Societies to Sleet.
. ST. LOUIS, July 21. (Special.) Anthony
Matre, of St. Louis, and National secre
tary of the American Federation of Cath
olic Societies, announces the programme
for the fifth annual convention of the
Catholic Federation, which convenes at
Buffalo, July 29 to August 1, has just been
completed. The convention will be opened
with pontifical high mass.