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24 TIIE SUNDAY OREGON! A.rORTLAND SEPTEMBER ...8, 11)00. HOLMAN GOES FREE Ontario Pastor Released on Writ of Habeas Corpus. AFFIDAVIT WAS FAULTY Nothing to Show lie Had Been Asked to Fay Board Bill or That He Icft City of Ontario Surreptitiously. Rev. E. H. H. Holman, who was ar rested a week ngo on a warrant Issued in the Justice Court at Ontario, Or., for defrauding Charles Goddard and George Patterson, hotelkeepers, out of a $39 board till, was released by Judge Gantenbeln yesterday on a writ .of habeas corpus. Rev. Mr. Holman was pastor of the Con gregational Church at Ontario, and Is at present agent of a life insurance com pany In Portland. The head office of the company is Dps Moines, where Rev. Mr. Holman formerly lived. The warrant for the arrest of the ac cused was based on an affidavit sub scribed to by Charles Goddard. Jut'J o Gantenbeln, In issuing the writ of habeas corpus and releasing the petitioner, de cided that there was nothing in the affi davit to show that Holman had not paid the bill, or that any demand had ever been made upon him for payment. After leaving the hotel, Holman stayed at a private boarding-house at Ontario for some time, and did not leave the place aurreptitiously. A peculiar circumstance connected with the case Is that two telegrams were sent to Holman from Ontario to Portland, one offering to dismiss the case on payment of $400. and the other offering to settle for $197. Why so much money was de manded has not been explained. It Is stated that Mr. Holman owed the On tario Bank $100 and that this may have been Included In the telegrams, and also the expense of the trip of the Sheriff to Portland and return. MUSICAL THIEF GETS 3 YEARS George Taylor Stole Saxophone and Six Cornets. George Taylor, who stole $250 worth r musical instruments from the store of Charles E. York, pleaded guilty In the State Circuit Court yesterday, when ar raigned by Deputy District Attorney Gus C. Moser, and was sentenced by Judge Gantenbeln to three years in the peniten tiary. On the night of August 2, Taylor broke Into Mr. York's store at 67 First street, and carried away a saxaphone and six cornets. He pawned some of the in struments in Portland and then went to Tacoma. Taylor made a statement In court. Baying that he delivered himself up to the Tacoma officers, and also sur rendered the pawn tickets to the officers, and Informed them where to obtain the rest of the property, which he had not disposed of. Taylor said he was a car penter by trade, and recently followed the Forepaugh & Sells Bros." Circus. The maximum penalty for the crime he com mitted Is seven years. SUES FOR $15,000 DAMAGES Bertha Crosby Alleges Permanent Injuries From Live Wire. Bertha F. Crosby says that on the morning of July 1U last she left her' home at 209 Grand Avenue to go to work when a trolley wire, heavily charged with elec tricity, fell and struck her, knocking her down. She alleges that she received a shock sufficiently violent to cause her nervous system to be shattered and her health permanently Impaired. 'She avers that she expended a large sum for medi cal treatment and yesterday in the State Circuit Court she filed suit against the Portland Railway Company for $15,000 damages. She Is represented by Henry E. McGinn. Articles of Incorporation. Incorporation articles of the Portland "Wire & Iron "Works were filed in the County Clerk's office yesterday by C. W. Boost. Eugene C, Comstock and Richard V. Montague: capital stock, $25,000. The objects are to manufacture 'products of wire and iron and other metals, etc. Articles of Incorporation of the Oregon Spray & Gas Company were filed yester day by F. A. Fraxler, R. A. Lamberson and William Murdock; capital stock, $25. 000. The enterprise and business of the company shall be to manufacture and sell spray pumps, spraying materials, fertilir ers. poultry, food, sheep dip, etc. Edna O'Connor, J. F. Barrett and R. W. Wilbur filed articles of incorporation of the Barrett Manufactures Agency, capital stock $5000. Demurrer In Selhvood Frauds. Demurrers were filed yesterday to the Informations of employes of the Oregon Water Power & Railway Company charged with participating in the Sell wood election frauds. The aefendants are B. F. Boynton, assistant superintendent of the company; J. W. Reed, Mayor f Estacada; A. R. Dlmick. T. R. Baldwin, F. C. Holland. Merton Bell, Alfred Bell, A. E. French and W. P. Jacks. The grounds of the demurrer are that the informations do not conform to cer tain requirements of the statute, and also that the facts alleged do not constitute a crime. The attorneys for the defense are W. T. Muir and George F. Martin. Three Boys Go to Reform School. Oscar Lund and Hyman Gordon, two lads who have been in trouble of a criminal nature before, were yesterday sent to the Reform School by Judge Frazer. Ernest Hutchins. arrested a week ago for attempted highway robbery, was also committed to the Reform School by Judge Frazer. He is 14 years old and is well developed for his age. His asso ciate, William Boyd, will be sentenced by Judge Sears on Tuesday probably to an Indeterminate sentence In the peniten tiary. Boyd Is 17 years of age, and has been in the Reform School in the State of Washington. Lad's Guardian Sues for $20,000. Max D. Neer. guardian ad litem of his son. David B. Neer, 14 years old, filed suit against the Portland Railway Com pany in the 8tate Circuit Court yester day for $20,000 damages. The complaint sets forth that on April 29 the boy board ed a car at Second and Washington streets which collided with another car, causing young Neer to be thrown off. Tf fa ATlpfrfH that IiIm vltrfet crushed and had to be amputated, and he Is now a cripple for life. Choked, So Wants Divorce. May Scabrough accuses her husband, Robert Scabrough. ot cruel treatment and began suit against him In the State Cir cuit Court yesterday for a divorce. They were married at Cathlamet In Septem ber, 1902, and have no children. Mr Scabrough avers that the defendant falsely accused her of Infidelity. She BEST DENTAL WORK Our Method There is no uncertainty when you come to this office with your tooth troubles. We give you a free examination, tell you exactly how much work has to be done, what it will cost, and how long it will take to perform the service. Then it is for you to decide wheth er you wish to avail yourself of our skill or not. You are not un der the slightest obligation to us, and you can feel -assured of being treated with the greatest consid eration. 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Not a true bill was returned In the State circuit Court yesterday by District Attorney Manning in the case of Louis Wessmantle, arrested for stealing two toilet sets belonging to C. A. Watson on May 20. RETURNS FROM EUROPE Mrs. Emma B. Carroll, Eminent Teacher of Music, Will Heopen - Studio on October 1. A letter has Just been received dated at parls from Mrs. Emma B. Carroll, the prominent music teacher of this city, stating that she will return to her home in this city to commence her winter's work about October 1. This will be welcome news to her many friends and pupils throughout the North west. Mrs. Carroll stands pre-eminently before the musical public and is recog nized as one of the foremost teachers in the Northwest, a feature of her work being the various recitals given from time to time by her pupils in order to overcome nervousness. Mrs. Carroll employs the modern Les chetizky method, and pupils anticipating the study of music can arrange for classes the first of next month. GIRL ACCIDENTALLY SHOT Miss Alice Dougherty Wounded by Klfle in Hands of Boy. Miss Alice Dougherty, daughter of Mrs. Edward Dougherty, of this city, was ac cidentally shot In the leg at Long Beach several days ago with a 22-caliber rifle In the hands of Oswald Marshall, a boy 13 years old. Miss Dougherty was enjoy ing a vacation at her mother's cottage, and young Marshall was toying with the rifle, when It was discharged. A painful wound was Inflicted by the bullet. Miss Dougherty is now at the home of her mother at Seventh and College streets. STEAMER CHAS. R. SPENCER leaves for The Dalles dally except Sun day at 1 A. M. Returning at 10 P. M. Berths and meals can be secured on board. Freight received for principal way landings. Landing foot of Oak street. Fhone Main 29i0. MR. LAWRENCE BOYS "APOLLO" INTERIOR PLAYER-PIANO Mr. J. M. 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The fenders rep resented yesterday were the "Eclipse," manufactured by the Consolidated Car Fender Company, of Providence, R. 1. ; the "Jordan automatic fender," the in vention of U. C. Jordan, of Portland, and the "controllable fender," also the de sign of a local man, M. L. Keizur. for merly of Baker, Or., being its originator. A famed scroll work, consisting of buttons Kn on a silk ground, has been sold by auction In North London. It was the work ot the wlf of a country parson, who thus util ised buttons found In the offertory bags in her husband's church.