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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, AUGUST 19, 1906. S OWNER OP PALACE LIS IN COTTAGE Richest Man in Baker City Is Loath to Leave His Old Home. BUYS MANSION AT BARGAIN Months Ago Billy Pollman, Self Made Man, Rushed Home With the News, but Great Apart ments Yet Untenanted. BAKER CITT, Or., Aug. IS. (Special.) Billy Pollman, the richest man in Ba ker City, having two homes, Is worse off than if he had but one. Mr. Pollman Is in a predicament. He cannot decide In which he shall reside. On one hand, the modest little cottage set In a broad lawn and surrounded by trees, on the other, a handsome, big residence, finished elegantly throughout, and the most thor oughly appointed In Baker. It Is be tween these he must choose. Mrs. Pollman refuses to help In the choosing. Across the street from Ihe big. empty residence which her husband proudly purchased lives Mrs. Pollman's mother. Not even that fact can move the family from their modest little cot tage on Court street. It is months since the question first perplexed them. Meantime, the hand unme big home has stood empty, with drawn drab curtains, in silent repose. Re ligiously each day the lawn is watered and cared for. AVhen first the home was purchased the Pollmans planted flowers. These are tenderly nurtured. Everything Is In readiness for moving In. But the moving wagon never stops at the door. When Bela Kadlsh built his handsome residence on Second street Baker City wondered. The smelterman planned for a permanent home and spared no ex pense. The house inside was elegantly finished, paneled in hard woods. Bela Kadlsh -left Baker and sold his home. He offered it as a sacrifice and failed to sell. When he quoted the price to Mr. Pollman the latter took it as a Joke, but he gobbled up the bargain. Then he rushed home and told his wife at dinner that he had bought a hand some new home, just across the street from her mother. Mrs. Pollman is said to have spent the night crying at the very thought of leav ing the little white cottage hedged In by poplars. And she is not yet recon ciled. The little home in which their early married life was spent is too dear. It is associated with Mr. Pollman's early struggles with fortune. And so they keep it and the little Pollman children play under the great big trees in the great big lot. The big house still stands empty. MISS NELSON IS RELEASED Criminal Charge Against Kendrlck ex-Treasurer Is Dismissed, MOSCOW', Idaho., Aug. . 18. (Special.) Criminal action charging Miss Anna B. Nelson with a misdemeanor for her al leged refusal to turn over the books used by her during her term of office as City Treasurer of Kendrtck was dismissed this afternoon on motion of Prosecuting At torney 9ttllinger, after Justice Cummlngs had sustained two of the three points mentioned in a demurrer. Mr. Htlllinger announced that the town of Kgndrick would apply to Judge Steele in the imme diate future, for a. writ of mandate to compel Miss Nelson to turn over the books. Justice Cummlngs' decision was as follows: "The court holds that it has Jurisdiction In the case, but sustains the demurrer on the other two allegations, one being that the complaint does not state facts suffi cient to constitute a crime against the laws of Idaho and the other that more than one offense Is charged In the com plaint.1' CLYDE WHEAT POOL IS SOLD Farmers Dispose of 40,0 00 Sacks at 62 Cents. WALLA. WALLA. Wash., Aug. 18. (Special.) J. Z. Smith, agent for Kerr, Gifford & Co., today bought a pool of 40,000 sacks of wheat from Clyde farmers at 62 cents. The chief members of the pool were Grote Bros., George Bradbury, John Webb, Sam Smith, John Lamb. This la the biggest deal of the season so far. Government's Neglect of Alaska. SEATTLE, Aug. 18. (Special.) Major J. F. A. Strong, a newspaper man who went to Dawson with the first rush and later established the Nome Nugget, de clares that Government neglect of Alaska was responsible for the election of the miners' candidates, Cale and Waskey, by an overwhelming majority over the Re publican nominees. Major Strong char acterizes the result as a protest against the administration. Lack of proper appropriations for Alaa. kan service is Major Strong's principal criticism. In many camps he saya the miners have been compelled to contribute from their own funds to keep the post offices open. Safes Cracked at Ashland. ASHLAND, Or., Aug. 18. Safecrackers operated in Ashland some time during last night, blowing open the safe in Holmes Bros.' grocery and taking about $100 In money and valuable papers, also breaking into the cash drawer of a large cash register used in the store. The bur glars gained entrance into the store by breaking a lock on the back door. The robbery was not discovered until the opening hour this morning. The robbers drilled a hole In the top of the safe, which had an ordinary combination lock. Halibut Are Working North. SEATTLE. Wash., Aug IT. (Special.) Four halibut schooners returning to port yesterday from Cape Flattery banks, an nounce the halibut are deserting Flattery and working toward Alas kan waters. Port Angeles is of fering inducements to the halibut fleet which numbers 32 vessels, to withdraw from Seattle and make Port Angeles the headquarters. There has been trouble all Summer in securing Ice here and the vessels in the fleet have been losing much time. Speed of Autos In Oregon City. OREGON CITY, Or., Aug. 18. (Spe cial.) The speed of automobiles with in the corporate limits of Oregon City is restricted to eight miles an hour under an ordinance that 'Was unani mously passed by the City Council last night. Syndicate to Rebuild Bay City. VICTORIA. B. C, Aug. 18. A syndicate was formed here today with the stated object of entering Into the rebuilding of San Francisco. Members of the syndicate control recently discovered marble quar ries on Nootka Sound, sandstone quarriee on Saturna and Haddington Islands. Laborers Unloading the Coronado. SAN PEDRO. Cal.. Aug. 18. Forty la boring men were brought to San Pedro this morning by the managers of the Crescent Wharf Company and the lumber-yard manufacturers, and the work of unloading the steam schooner Coronado proceeded during the day without inter ference from the union men. Deputy Mar shals from Long Beach are patrolling the wharves at San Pedro and keeping per sons who have no business off the wharves. Many union men employed in the lumber-yards have been notified that their services are no longer required, on ac count of their refusal to unload the Coro nado. It is said that a Citizens' Alliance is being organized. Mrs. Pauline Phillips. WALLA "WALLA, Wash., Aug. 18. (Special.) Mrs. Pauline Phillips, one of Walla. Walla's oldest pioneer women, died In this city this morning of typhoid fever, after an illness of two weeks. Mrs. Phil lips was 70 years of age and a native of Illinois. She came to Walla Walla in 1S6L CARRIED THROUGH CHUTE IX LOS ANGELES MILL. Langs Are Filled With Dnit and Joba Clanssen Expires Soon After the Accident. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18. (Special.) John Claussen, aged 18, of Pasa dena, is dead as a result of a fright ful descent through a sawdust chute at the Brand Company's factory. Claussen was working- in the upper Btory, keeping clear the sawdust pipes leading from all parts of the building LUMBERMAN A CA-NDTDATE FOR STATE SENATOR. Xv! 'iu.''::':'&--: .V Wf ' . ? s v Alexander Poison. ABERDEEN. 'Wash., Aug. 18. (Special.) The county conven tion hag been called to meet in this city September 12. Of chief Importance is the nomination of State Senator. Up to last week there were three rivals for the place, but the resignation of County Commissioner Davis leaves the field to the present incumbent. Senator O'Donnell, of Elma. and Alexander Poison, of Hoqulam. Mr. Davis' withdraw al in favor of Polspn will help .Mr. Poison materially in the caucuses and primaries, and on account of his representing the largest end of the county, it is reasonablo to expect that he will win out in the contest, although Mr. O'Donnell is a shrewd poli tician and a worker. Mr. Poison has never before engaged in politics and has always devoted himself to logging. He is a type of the self-made men and has made himself prosperous and popular through his own exer tions. Mr. Poison is a large man with large interests on Gray's Harbor. He is a member of the logging firm of Poison Bros., of Hoquiam. r to the immense chute, which Is fed by compressed air with the shavings and dust from all the machines. The chute was nearly full and .Pro prietor Brand went to the basement and arranged for the sawdust wagon to drive under the mouth of the chute. Then he hurried to the upper floor to inform Claussen, so that the young man might get out of the bin. Through some misunderstanding the mouth of the chute was immediately opened. Claussen's body was carried through the chute and dropped into the wait ing wagon. The face was black and the lungs nearly filled with dust. Claussen died in a few hours. " . LEAVE TWO PORTS OPEN Railway Officials Close Conference on Enforcement of Rate Bill. ATLANTIC CITY. N. J., Aug. 18. The conference of the lawyers .and officials representing jailroads east of the Mis sissippi and south of the New England States, which has been in session here five days studying the provisions of the railroad rate bill which goes into efTeot August 29, adjourned tonight. The principal points concerning tha operation of the new bill were dis cussed from all points of view, and a disposition to observe the law was generally expressed. One of the points which failed of an agreement concerned the routing of freight by the Interstate Commerce Commission in' favor of the shipper. The general difference of opin ion in this matter left it open and the courts probably will be called upon to settle both the constitutionality of this section and that relating to placing of damages for injury to freight on the initial shipper. The anti-pass section of the law was also left open for settlement by the railroads individually. FINE A3 SILK. That Is What a Little Girl Says of Cham berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar rhoea Rriredr. I am a little girl eight years of age. do not know very much, but one thing 1 do know, and that is that Cnamber laln's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem edy is fine as silk for anyone with a stomach ache. I had a very severe pain last night, took a dose of it and was re lieved at once. Maude Ellen Wood, Clif ton. Va. This remedy Is for sale by all &rugisU. WALLA WALLA RATE Northern Pacific and 0. R. & N. Make Shippers Offer.. RESULT OF CONFERENCE Washington Railroad Commission Declares That It Will Not Lower , Long Distance Rates More Than 20 Per Cent. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 18. (Special.) The Northern Pacific 'nd O. R. & N. have agreed to give Walla Walla jobbers dis tributing rates based approximately on a 12b per cent advance over the Spokane Jobbing rates. The Spokane tariff is not evenly balanced, and the two roads har monized the rates that will be given out of Walla Walla, guaranteeing to 'that city protection to a Jobbing trade south of the Snake River and enabling- Walla Wal la to reach out about BO miles toward Portland and Puget Bound. The Walla Walla delegation that has been here for two days, urging rate con cessions, will refer the rates to the Walla Walla Chamber of Commerce Monday. They will probably he approved. The State Railroad Commission used its distance tariff club on the two roads to day to force an agreement with the Walla Walla Jobbers. The Commission threat ened to put into effect a general distance tariff that involved reductions running between 30 and 35 per cent. In consideration of the roads agreeing to Rive Walla Walla distributing rates which the Commission cannot order with out discriminating against other locali ties, the Commission agreed tha. general distance tariff should not reduce existing rates more than 20 per cent. The order for the distance tariff will not be issued until' Commissioners Falrchild and Law rence return from St. Paul, about the first of September. In the meantime the Walla Walla rates are to be worked out In detail. Commissioners Lawrence and Fairehild leave for St. Paul tomorrow night. They will spend at least a week going over the records in the offices of the Hill roads and directing their New York engineer, H. P. Gillette, along the lines of Investi gation the commission has determined upon. There are a dozen Western engi neers and contractors identified with the construction of the roads in this state who were ignored in the selection of Gil lette. H. S. Huson, of Portland, was in charge of Northern Pacific construction in this state. Nelson Bennett, of Tacoma. had the contract for building the Northern Pacific west of Missoula. C. S. Bihler. who retired from the Northern Pacific as assistant chief engineer and is now in the contracting business with Joe McCabe, formerly general manager of the Wash ington & Columbia River, was with the Northern Pacific during construction. So. were ex-Governor George E. Cole, of Spokane: George F. Cotterill, a Seattle engineer; Mr. Lavarre, of Chelan; Joseph Snow, now State Highway Commissioner, and James M. Ashton, of Tacoma. M. P. Martin, of Tacoma, has been in the audit ing department since the '70s. Peter Sims, of the contracting firm that is building the North aBnk road, was the contractor who built tne Great Northern, and H. P. Shelby, of Boise, was with the roadfin construction days here. So was W. Ij. Benham. now building irrigation ditches in Eastern Washington. With this list of men familiar with the actual construction costs of both lines and the topography of the country, the employment of a New York engineer has disappointed former railroad men here, and is criticised by the Hill lines. TURNVEREIN AIDS MOVE Societies Will Join In Demand for Postal Savings Banks. CHICAGO,' Aug. 18. The North Side Turners' Association (Chicago Turnver eln) has inaugurated a movement for the establishment of postal savings banks by the United States Government. Act ing upon the suggestion of ex-Congressman Julius Goldzier, it is proposed to enlist the National Turners' Association, which numbers 327 societies distributed all over the country, with a membership of about 40.000. in this agitation. It is proposed with the assistance of these so cieties to compile a petition to Congress demanding the installation of postal sav ings banks and it is expected that this petition will be the largest ever pre sented to that body. In addition to this, it Is contemplated urging all political parties and candi dates for Congress to declare In favor of postal savings banks. A special meet ing of all the Turners in Chicago has been called to take up this question for August 22. SUED BY AN EX-CONVICT Defaulting Treasurer of Illinois Uni versity Asks Accounting. CHICAGO. Aug. 18. Suit for an account ing with the University of Illinois was filed here today by Charles W. Spaulding, ex-treasurer of ths institution, and wboj servea some seven years in tne state Penitentiary at Jollet on the charge of having misappropriated funds of the school. The amount of the peculations Spaulding, in his bill, " relates that ten days before his arrest in April, 1887, he gave to the university trustees real estate and notes, bonds and mortgages valued at J416.000. He declares that it is the duty of the university trustees to refund to him the difference between his indebted ness and the proceeds from the sale,- if such has been made, and asks the court to so adjudicate his claim. LONG WALK KILLS YOUTH Rnna Short of Food In Excursion Over the High Sierras. BERKELEY, Cal., Aug. 18. Chester M. Parsons, a student 'of the University of California, son of Rev. A. S. Parsons, of this city, is dead as the result of illness following exposure in the High Sierras. With Woodworth Ryder, city electrician of Berkeley, Parsons attempted a few weeks ago to walk from the Yosemite Valley to a lumbering camp in Mono County. The young men ran short of provisions, and nearly starved to death during ths trip. Parsons once laid down to die. but was urged along by Ryder. Parsons became mortally ill when they reached' the lum ber camp, and was brought to a hospital in this city, where he died. He was a robust young man when he left for the camping trip Fire In East St. Louis. EAST ST. LOI'IS. 111.. Aug. 18. The plant of the Baxter Molding Co. was de stroyed by fire today. Loss 1130,000. A ititumn. Announcement ." .5 j';V?,-... 11Z- ' '..yi f Secret Service Men Will De stroy Power on Sound. SEVEN CASES OF SHANGHAI Victims Are to Be Brought Back to Seattle to Testify Against the Men Who Sent Them to Sea Against Their Will. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 18. (Special.) United States 8ecret Service agents are Investigating the operations of crimps on Puget Sound, and evidence Is expected to be laid before the United States grand Jury by District Attorney Potter Charles Sullivan that -will in volve -at least four prominent Puget Sound Mjoardlng-house masters. Seven distinct cases of Shanghaiing are said to have been proven by the Secret Service agents and the victims of the crimps will be brought back hers to testify. One sailor shipped on ths Cresslng ton. which sailed with lumber from Port Hallock, Is to be brought back at ones and another alleged case of Shanghai involves Pete Mclntyre. A meeting of boarding-house men was held hers a few days ago, at which Dave Evans, of Tacoma, is said to have announced his withdrawal from the business, leaving Mclntyre, Ed Sims and Max Levy, of Port Townsend, in charge of the big Puget Sound houses. Shipping men think the meet ing was prompted by an Intimation that Secret Service men were bent on breaking up the crimps' organization. The Investigation of the Government will be made thorough enough to dem onstrate whether any masters of sail ing ships have been parties to the il legal shipment of sailors. If they'are, the masters will be hunted down. The Government ofTIclals declare ths pres ent crusade is Intended to break up the Puget Sound crimp practice entirely. Wisconsin Boy Induced to Ship. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 18. (Special.) Johan Christiansen, the son of a La Crosse, Wis., physician. Is believed by his father's business partner and local shipping men to have been signed on tha ship Henry Failing and sent to sea. Dr. Gunderson, a partner of Dr. Chris tiansen, has been here for several days Investigating the lad's disappearance and he is satisfied the boy was pre vailed uoon to go to sea. Young- Christiansen cashed an ex press order sent him by his father and immediately drifted into the company of sallArs about the Labor Exchange. Later he was seen to go to Port Town send in company with Tommy Wilson, a boarding-house runner. Shipping records show the lad's name in the crew of the Failing. The last young Christiansen's par ents heard of him was on June 10, and Dr. Gunderson came West to investi gate. Carmenctta Tnder New Name. SAN DIEGO, Cal., Aug.x 18. (Special.) San Diego is soon to become the home port of the schooner Carmenclta. lately under command of Captain Alex McBean, who, with his vessel, was made famous by Jack London's stories of the "Sea Wolf." Not so many weeks ago the Car menclta was turned into a respectable p ; ; - . r : . - '".v v it. -.- -' x I ' lAiJ Li! : : I I IKS jf ;.?.;.;-.- -..-.-.... ; . t rV 4 :! ' ;" i :' hi ' "'V Hi mK.: pi ON THE GB MPS A iZL JLsJ ILs? craft and is now known as the Acapulco, and is to be used In the guano buslneM by George C. Boermaker, a San Dlegan, who is the owner of the Mexican conces sion to take ths guano from all the islands of the West Coast. MISS HARNED IS CHOSEN Succeeds Mrs. Carter as Belasco's Star In Sardou Play. NEW YORK. Aug. 18. It is announced that Mrs. Leslie Carter's position as the leading feature in Belasco'e attractlons recently vacated by her, has been filled by Virginia Harned. The play in which Miss Harned will star has practically been decided upon. It. is an adaptation of Sardou's "La Piste." Miss Haxned is under contract with the Shuberts to ap pear in a new play, to make arrange ments for which she had gone to Eng land, and in preparation for which she had already purchased her dresses. The arrangement between Miss Harned and the Shuberts will be disposed of ami cably by an arrangement between Belasco and the firm of Shuberts, inasmuch as the two firms have a working agreement whereby they make use of the same cir cuit of theaters. SEA SNAKE FROM SKIES Marine Monster Falls During Rain Storm at Suffolk. SUFFOLK. Va., Aug. IS. (Special.) During a heavy shower early today there fell from the clouds a species -of sea ser pent. It landed in Main street, almost directly in front of the City Hall. H. E. Smith managed to get the visitor into a large box and hundreds of people have Inspected it. The serpent is still alive and bites at rlubs or sticks poked within its reach. The serpent is very much like an eel, only five times as large. Big Hat Factory Is Burned. .ORANGE, N. J.. 'Aug. 18. A Are that followed a violent explosion today de stroyed the hat factory of Frederick Cummlngs, Sons & Co.. causing a loss of $300,000. and throwing 600 persons out of employment. MORPHINA CURA A TWO-DOLLAR CURE FOR DRUG HABITS OF All KINDS ON SALE IN THIS CITY Re'ad what a well-known citizen of Richmond. Ark., says of this greatest product of modern science: Delta Chemical Co., St. Louis, Mo.: Money could not buy what It has done for me, as poor as I am, and the good Fart of it is you feel better from the very irst dose. Gentlemen. If anyone doubts your medi cine, tell them to write to me. I can refer them to two very good, substantial doctors whom I bought my dope from, who know all about my case. If need be. I will swear that your medicine cured me of the Morphine Habit, after I had lost all hope of ever being cured. More over. I have half of a two-ounce bottle of Morphina-Cura left over, which I will give to anyone to try if they doubt it. I am vour lifelong friend, Richmond. Ark . C. J. LEWIS. As an evidence of our faith in' Morphina-Cura we have supplied Woodard, Clarke & Co.. 2S0 Washington street, Portland Druggists, with a limited num ber of free trial treatments, which they will cheenuily give to applicants. Per sons who cannot call at the druggists are requested to write in confidence to the Delta Chemical Co., Colonial-Security Building, St. Ixiuis, Mo., for a free trial treatment, which will be sent in plain cover postpaid. CARD From Ben Selling Advance Autumn styles in Gentlemen's Clothing are now displayed at this store. Months of preparation and careful selection of the newest and best ideas enables us to show an assortment unequalled in ex tent and variety of patterns. The selections are the choi cestthe cream of the worlds best manufacturers. You are invited to see them. G LEADING CLOTHIER HILL LINES REDUCE RATES MAKE VOLUNTARY CUT OF 10 PER CENT TS GRAIN TARIFF. Means Savins; of From fl,000,000 to 1,500,000 to Minnesota Shippers on 10O6 Crops. ST. PAUL. Aug. 18. Ths Great Northern, Northern Paciflo and Soo Lines today filed with the State Grain awl Warehouse Commission notice of a 10 per cent reduction in grain rates. The three roads named made a propo sition recently to the Railroad and Warehouse Commission offering to re- While weiave the utmost confidence ia the curative powers of S. S. S. in all blood troubles, yet we realize that in some cases causes unknown to the patient often hinder the best effects of the medicine. For this reason we have maintained for many years a branch to our business known as "Our Consultation Department." This department is composed of regularly graduated and licensed physicians who have made blood and skin diseases their special study, and who are employed solely to advise and help, without charge, those who use S. S. S. Thousands of people have been cured of blood and skin diseases of every kind by the use of S. S. S., and many of those who, perhaps, at first did not find the results entirely satisfactory, wrote our physicians a full statement of their case, and a little advice has tened the cure. We have nothing to sell you, and the only reason for want ing you to write to us is that we may use every effort to see that you get tha best result from the medicine. You can then help us by advising your friends to use S. S. S., which you will know from Experience is all we claim for it. You can write with the assurance that all correspondence is held in Strictest confidence, and that our phvsicians will give you help'ful advice without charge. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, CAm WE NEVER DISAPPOINT OUR PATIENTS ST fyirfw tstaDiisnea we nna many weait ana fcuucuni? men, wnu i " t vitality, prematurely old, with loss of memory, no energy, whose cases in the beginning were simple ailments of some contracted disease which was poorly treated. These cases of simple Infection soon develop into deep-seated and chronic debility which sopn pass beyond the reach of medical aid unless properly treated. We Cure tals Class ol Cases. lS'o Failures. Why Lives Are Wrecked Many men whose cases were simple in the beginning were not able to pay the exorbitant fees charged by many Specialists on Men's Diseases, or who went to specialists who were not qualified to diagnose and prop erly treat these private diseases of men, from lack of knowledge and proper office equipment. The X-Ray-Static, Microscope, etc., are all nec essary office equipments that every up-to-date specialist must have in his office in order to make diagnosis of each and every case and for proper treatment of diseases. We have all these Equipments in Our Of fice, we know betore we undertake a case Just what treatment is nec essary to restore the patient to health. In this way we do not fail. We cure our patients. Write for symptom blank if you cannot call. HOURS A. M. to 6 P. M. Evenings. 7 to 8. Sundays, 9 A. M. to 12 M. ST.LOUIS Mel mi Surgical DISPENSARY CORNER SECOND AND VASIHILI, STREETS, PORTLAND, OREGON. J duce grain rates 10 per cent If the Commission would suspend the pend ing hearing on merchandise rates. The Commission, owing to opposition, de clined to accept the proposition and later on suggestion of Governor John son gave notice of an inquiry into the grain rates. The three roads then voluntarily filed their notice of a reduction. It is estimated that the lower rates will mean a saving of from II, 000,000 to $1,500,000 on this year's crops. Ten Mutineers Must Die. CRONSTADT, Aug. 18. Ten of the mu tineers who have been on trial here have been condemned to death, 15 were ac quitted and 122 sentenced to termB of Im prisonment at hard labor. A new speciei of rats has been dlacov rd In South America that have phos phorescent skins, which burn with a terri fying graenlah glare at night. In the Say tlmo they look Hka ordinary rata. OUR PHYSICIIMS- MEN'S DISEASES CURED No Pay Unless Cured M e euro Skin Diseases, Blood Poison, Varicocele, Stricture, Nervoue Decline, WeWen, Piles, Kl ula and Dlaenses of tho Kidaeya, Bladder and Prostate. Private Diseases Newly contracted and chronlo cases cured. All burning, itching and inflammation stopped in 24 hours; cures effected in seven days, v-.ii.i it . r i i i wenty-rive iears in rortiana