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BIG MILL - : l WILL BE,; REBUILT ' Contract Let at Astoria ' Today Good News: iFor the -Town.;:-" : (Journal Special Service.) ' c- ASTORIA. April li-Contracts were let ' .today f pr rebuilding- the Clatsop jnlil. . Tha illl was burned about two years TtatwwUiw Wive aoapaowy f KLOOO feet daily, t - '-' ' . : ' The rebuilding will Jegln Immediately, V'ind Astoriaaa,SJfe pleased. fba , the men behind Kb project have- abundance of - - capital jto iarry lf to av successful con- Bluaton. , - K , ' : Log contracts tor supplying ? the t mill ' "Will ialso be let eooo, and altogether this . Ul beAhe meana ot disbursing large, um of Inoney 1b .this" city,rnow7'"ana In gh future. , ' 5 . OOP'S BUSINESS, ; t TO BE ADVERTISED OMAHA,Neb.. April 14.MI believe 1 Oods builnew houl4 beddvertlaed ut like any- ether. - TJie newspapers . hav "been very" kind to us. all of lhem. -bit I know that we have lmposod -upon their good nature at times. We will carry d- . vertisements In all the local papers here. after." ' " v, . iJ ' vV; ' This was the statement of the pastor of ' the North Side Christian Church, one of ih i.di. . churches of- the city. The church has adopted resolutions providing for funds to pay lor aavertuung we jsw ' lar And special services wlth;dtsRlajri.:Adt whef necessary, to bo paid for at the m- I'M- ,:;... 9 : FEARFUL? DEHGii'l (acrrpps-McRae NewAssoclattof tXXNDON, April " M.-he : flijancWl statement made In . the Bouse Se Com. moal toda shows deficit for the year af CCXS24.000. - -'vT. FOR THE HOUSEWIFE. . r, ; - . ' , V A Stpsswbsrrlet 60 Cft. Box Cucumbars The local retail markets are fairly bafo -' nrwith delloactea for- the housewife ' Home fine-tooktog trawherrlesjhave ar rived from the South .and, are- Doing . kacerlr. bought at M oents. a bo ' AU1--rator pears from ;th HawaUaa . Islands an aellias; at; cents each. , Asparagus- Is beginning tt f rrtw in targe eittaattrlesi snd- thetdeatera -ara, re .. dlln ttisM!a:c WlifWWl ln'i'tf't"' are-to-the-raarkett tat al the price. B-cents each, they are faM la general demand. "' : f . ' The largest grape fruit seen la the local snarkets are ea sal around town today. me FIELD - Th Mnltnemah, Bod and. dim Club had Its first shoot In its handicap trophy series at Its ranga at : Irvrngtoa; tester- ' day;; Prom now on a shoot will bo. held every Sunday.' weather permltunr. untU September.' The contest is at 2S targets at Uhkaown angles and are for three trophies which become the permanent ' property of the winners. ; . Following Is the score made yesterday: Long1,' 21 i Carlon, IB; Bills, 18; IL-Schade, IS; Montelth, 18; Bateman.' U; C. Culley, 15; Peters, U; O. Bchade, $1 -r-P- - ' Conslderbale pracUdngr-beisaUme . by club members who, expect-to partlcl- ' patee In the Northwest shoot which takes place June tt, 27 and 28. ; ' "H. H. Herdman, Jr., commissioner of the Paolflo Athletlo Association for the ' Northwest, is endeavoring- to enroll all the athletic elnbs of this region on the membership list of the P, A. A. At pres ent' the Multnomah Amateur, Athletic Club Is thwtmly-tastltutlott in the North '. west that belongs to the P. A. A. ,; Jacob' Schaefer has been' matched, to play Maurice Vlgnaux, the French bill iard expert, for the championship of the world lb May. Over Xt People at Walla Walla Wlt wltnessed. the. homo club's, defeat by Athena yesterday in one of the best played amateur garnet ever seen in the Northwest. r The score wasle A ; ' The Fidelity team of Portland won v front' the Hillsboro- boys at the . latter place yesterday by a score of f to T. ' 1 .By. the smallest score In the history of Intercollegiate baseball on the Pacific Coast, and before the largest crowd ever gathered- about a college diamond. In the Golden 8tata, California won from Stan ford, on the Berkeley campus, yesterday afternoon, at the end of the. .11th inning, v y getting a tun and breaking the, 1 to 1 tie that hadiicontlnued with varying In tensity ;,from-the' earliest stages of the ," match. l,k , . ( t. 1 Secretary - Fraklln, c- of ' th Kentucky . -Trotting 'Horse, Breeders' Association, ' has closed, the Kentucky Futurity with - 115 entries from 38 states and Canada. California sends' M. t iThe annual Intercollegiate' field .' meet between Stanford and the tfnlversttx of Our Work lis First-class PORTLAND I ,' ' ' ' Ml I HI 111 III ll'l ' 1' Some. of i tbo fruit weighs, nearly fAw pounds, each." ' .." ?r! ' CI v. ..At nearlyvall Jhe butcher shops the price "of beef had not advanced today. Tomorrow, prices will go " up 1 cent pound on all kinds of fresh meats. .- Sacramento River salmon la very plentir ful at 35 cents 'a pound. The salmon season opens In Oregon tonight at mltf night and the best fish on earth, can be purchased tomorrow, , : f 4-kv' New potatoes have arrived and are sell ing at I 'eent':iiounA'-i-vv?ji. . TV P. A. Committees Meelv ; Plana for the entertainment of tha.del. agates t the coming oonventloa of , the Travelers; Protective. Association to be held in this city June J to T." were on) sldered at he Hotel ,portUnd Saturday nlghCv Thee,'Were present Caridi M. Punne. chairman: Hermann 'Wittenberg, A." N. Smtta. George ,W, Cdllins, Charles RoenfelJt,'Frapl P. King, John V. eU, 8. Julius Meier, L. W. Carnahan and, A, . Reports f various r committees submitted to - the eKecutiva committee. The;commltte o, transportaUon, report-, ed that all .arrangements for. the Astoria trip wmuW be completed soon. The 'pro gram ; committee j desires i to - raise 4 tm more In subscriptions to give the visitors entertainment while here. From' the re port of the lodal committee It was shown that the"VlsItorI' wouW W provided with accommodations., ? O'he . sale ? of a large number of Tv P. A. flags was reported by the committee on decorations. , .. . v.. On account of Otto Guthman's leaving the city. Judge , W.JW. jCaH was.appolnt ed to All his Vacancy , on. the executive committee? ? V., foUVM V Secretary Hi. Shelley Morgaft of the T. P. A. is l1! w,th pneumonia, but it Is be lieved that ht will soon be about again usual, "4 j POLO TOUIillAIIHIT ' 1 .i'ii :.',;' .sf k" 7.TntiinaI Soeclal Service.) NKW YORK, April H-lAkewood. N. Xi U Just' now the Mecca: itt .polo-players and admirers of the game,- the attraction $eing the annual tournament of the Lake- TOOd'.0lO;-Club.T J . 1 1 th;toUrnahnent was opened today and W-iii' Mhtinn until Thursday. Jtntertst.itljthe ffalr Is heightened by the fact -that the; ,patlcipants Included tWtwn Waterburvs and Cowdin, whwlll go abroad two week hencS to represent America In -the. nte4iiatiau -poio tour, nantent at HurllnghAm. . , ILLEGAL SALMON. FISHING. a .u.irnnsm aiMmHt man said this morning that safmon fishing has been go- inc on aiKaloifg the coiumoia ror some time pasfc. The fisheraen kre very braaen and conduct 4helr Illicit vocation With lm M..nir , a-hen mini down the river the other day on a steamboat! he says, that a lone fisherman appeared on he bank and shouted to. the pilot to steer, to the right and not 'run; Into hi nets. . Many other steamboat men have been hailed In the same manner1 by theses fearless law breakers: and .their mossta are good naturedlrTranted. tf'A election, la eom K now,?Vsaid tha treah-water navi gator. ' "and Ue fish v and-aua warden is perhaps ' too polite and, busy to look jnta such trivial matters as unlawful sal mon llshm." ' i' ' ; OF Calif ornla Witt be held at Palo Alto next Saturday.1 T " ' ' r Trouble, "Which has been brewing for a Ions; time between the athletes of the Washington Agricultural College and the University of Idaho baa reached a climax and now, neither will have anything to do with-the other. Charges of unfair ness on both aides, are at, the bottom of the split-up. , . .:.. ' The baseball gsmo scheduled for yes terday afternoon between the Portlands and Monograms waa. postponed on ac count of the inclement weather, A lot of good practice was Indulged in how over. iVan.JBurea arrived yesterday and waa 00, the diamond with the rest. The only one now missing; Is Pitcher Whit beck and he' Is expeetd oday. ; The Portland Hunt Club-Is arranging for a field day to ba held In June. It is Intended to have a steeplechase of 2Vs miles this season,, r : The Seattle professionals defeated lh Ifhlveralty Washington Saturday by a score of 18 to 0. . B ' - l-. P Compe'tlUon for the Good-Snow golf cup will begin next Saturday on the Waverly Jinks." The first qualifying round will be open only to those whose scores are less than 111. 4., v i fH , 4 4t -4 s f ' The Pendleton Indians' are making arrangementa to make a week's tour i.ln to Washington, during May and will prob ably leave about the tth' On. their trtp they will play at Walla Walla, Dayton, Korth Yakima, " Everett, Seattle, What com, Victoria,. Mt. Vernon ' and ther places. - f r - i - Negotiations bare been entered into with Manager tannery, of the Helena team, which arrived in Walla Walla last week, to do their early training; to get them in Pendleton for a couple of games during week after next and possibly one game wilt be played a 'week from last Saturday.' 1 X V ." " ' Freddie C. and his full brother, Direct C, have been sold by C. F Clancy, of Se-. attle, to J E. Sturgls, of New York.' The price paid by Sturgls' agent, H. H. Law rence. . was, ' It Is understood," 112,060. Freddie C. brought U.O08, and his brother H.000. This sale Is remarkable-in that it Is the first that has been made In the .Northwest in a number of years. .. FRANK Q. FREE. V To every person cutting presenting It at our office we Will SPORT DO ' M il Regular Nest of Them - . llnearthed ; i A regular nest of "boys revoTvera stub guns and rifles was unearthed at Kenil worth W Saturday and 8unda ' v Boy- No, 1, to Leslie Younger, aged 11 A bos of chattels had been 'left In tfie basemeot of his ", father's house by a friend for safe keeping, teslll i "Investl gated that box, i.wlth the result that a revolver and a "sawed-ir.,V rmiMle-loaoV lng gun. about two feet hg, "carpen ter's, plane, tc," werf appropriated. The sa wed-off weapon was sold to his neigh' r -chum, Walter Stump, aged 12, and ho, revolver to Ray Vtter, about ..the same age son of a widow,, for T$ cents and ys cents, respectively, r s Th Stump -and TJtter bpys were real Western heroes for a day . or two, and might have started out on the trail fit "injuns," if their ammunition had not given out To repleblsh this store for the musale-loader, Gilbert Plckord, a 17-year old cnap, who works down town, was in tt luted with 10 cents, which, he Invested In .powder for the Stump boy's buck horn, 'i'l' ,vt. :J)v!,liiJ: ;if'-:'r'--J'H: 9ut tieslie Younger ould not-endure the thought of his playmates being, "bad men -from GriMly; Gulch" all -alone by themselves, so he appropriated his pa pa's seven-shooter and a good supply of cartridges, and was I then prepared for the worst that might turn up." He car ried his armory5 with him to the Clin ton Kelley school, that he tmght protect himself .-from thieves and robbers, and between the school building and Ills home on Friday evening, discharged the weap on five times, one bullet entering a plank on the electric-railway trestle not more tha5n ' two feet from , ex-County ? Clerk Smith's S-year-old daughter Kathleen. v Saturday was to be held a grand carni val, of gunuery, but ' the boya were 'peached" on, parents were Informed, "rods of correction" were brought . Into action, and the three boys with the guns and the Durchaser of .the powder will not soon .forgot that life is sometimes at- tenae4flriwir--"sore- araicuona. . A fourth revolver, the property, of Mrs. Utter, worth m was stolen from her home, and recovered In Leslie Younger' basement H is not betleved," however, that he was the thief. That charge of laroeny seems to lean . very strongly toward Walter Stump, Who has been spending' much ' time about the Utter house "i-i . "'"-. A coterie of very reckless children hava received a check. It Is hoped In a ca reer that might have had a more serious ending. ABOUT PEOPLE. W. W. . Irwin, an Aurora hop-grower. I In the city. - v James Hemenway o'( Cottage, "ah be of the Legislature. Is iri 'towii.1' " Hon. . J. NcJWiiHamspn Bipubrtaii nominee for .Congress hasxeturned. to George B. Small, the businesi", manager and one of the 'owners of. Jthe Morning Democrat of1 Baker City, la In town. ; r i F. P. Mays and family have returned from The Dalles, where they attended the , funeral of , Mr. Mays' father, Hon. Robert Maya. E. L. Bmlth, president of the State Board of Agriculture, is in the city from Hood River. - Captain H. E. Coke of the Thirty-fourth Coast Battery of Fort Stevens, left last night tor Fort Baker, Cat, W Join the Sixty-first Coast Battery.? L. L. Patterson, Collector of Customs spent Sunday at his home at Satem., Dr and Mrs. W. P. Smith of Turner, Marlon County, are in the city. Sbeneser- Wamec, who Is probably the oldest active printer in the country, cele brated his eighty-fourth birthday Saturr day by a visit to Portland. Mr. Waranr lives at Oregon City. , Among those passing through Portland yesterday was Dr. H. H. OllngeT of Sa lem.' He has Just completed a three months' Malt in Mexico, Cuba and some Of the cities of the East He attended bull fights and took life Just as he found It. He Is not Impressed with Mexico as a favorable place for either the American laborer or the professional man. j George C, Hyde is here front Baker City. D.j'E. Madden, a well-known mining man of Sumpter, Is In the city. .t . . M. F. Davis Is In town from Union. , ' Miss Twombley of Coos Bay is visiting friends In the eity. iv . - G. W. Bomaa of Baker City Is la Port land for a few days. s 4. Honl H. W. White, formerly Mayor Of Seattle, Is at the Perkins. , -t . William Eccles, a wealthy lumberman bt VJento, is registered at ihe Perkins 1 James M. Kyle, a prominent clthted ot Marlon County is in the lty today. Seymour H. Bell, ot Sumpter,. president ot the Sumpter Electric Company and the leading spirit in the Bak City Elec tiio Light Company. Is in Portland tor a few days, and will leave this week for an extended trip through, the East k ; , Walter M. Pearce and A. D. Btlllman left last night for Pendleton after spend ing a week In the city. . , - J. R. Baker7 Secretary and Treasurer of N. A. Noble ft Company, brokers and commission men. Chicago, Is In. the city. He la visiting this section tor the pur pose of securing; canned salmon for . his firm and also to look up shipments of dried prunes, etc., for -the Chicago mar ket - " ' ' ' ' FREEBUROERf D. n. D., Proprietor and flsnager. , -WAHINQTON BUILDING, FOURTH AND WASHINQTON out the Coupon and give one filling free. A new steamer Is to - be ' jur on the SeatUe-Everett run., , The license, of Captain J. F. Cattarnioh as a master of ocean vessels has been revoked at San :Frandsco. x'J";:i, The business dona 'at the Portland Custom House for the month of March amounted to 177,628.2. .. . ; v , The schooner Halcyon, which has ar rived at San Francisco from Gray's Har bor, reports that she passed a damaged vessel... lumber-laden, south bound, 10 aallM west of Point Gorda. 'rr 'The:' steam schooner Ijiimel which brought a cargo of general merchandise from San Franctoao the latter part, of last week, will return with lumber to the same point, v- '- .-''- ' ; The big 'Steel steamship.' St. PuL which' arrived at the. Sound Wednesday from San Francisco, sailed Saturday for unalaska by way of the Lynn .Canal and Cook Inlet. route, A bid for the -freight tramp , hitherto carried on by . the ocean and VukOA River steamers has been - made, by the -.White Pass and Yukoiv route. In conjunction with the Alaska Steamship AaocJalQn,' Its new Joint . tariff reduced ;; the Urates on alt commodities fromv 20 to 33 1-8. pier cent. - U,";J :, :. 4f: The British steamship Queen Maria Is due to arrive here In. a- short time from' Vancouver, B. C. to load for China and Japan'.- She. Is In eommand of Captain Jean Blmpson, who was formerly master of the British ship Clan McKenzle, which met with disaster In - the- river near Kahtma -about 10 years ago. ' The steamshltf pregon, will soon come oft the drydock at Seattle after an over hauling covering a period, ot five months and which cost opproalmtitely 80.000. When the repairs are completed the Ore gon will to on' the Alaska route. .. The , French jark Erhest Le Gauve, which was detained at' Astoria several days by the sheriff ."ah, eccount of 'a libel suit preferred against : the owners of the vessel by Alexander' Gilbert, was released yesterday bonds being furnish ed by the; United Stares Fidelity Guar anty Company prtlsjEltv. - The following are changes In the aids to navigation In this district, whlh af fect the list of beacons and buoys of the ' Paclflo Coasts At Yaqulna ?ay, channel rock buoy No. . 0, u red. second class nun, has gone adrift from its sta tion. It will be 'replaced as eany as practicable. At WtllapaBey, the outer buoy, a black and white 'prtpendlcularty striped, first-class can, marked "W. B.'" In white, heretofore report id gone adrift frprt Its position, has been replaced on Its station on the outer edjru of the bar. Ths steamer Chioo jirrtved In from San Francisco this: mornih'Tr,,!l Quite a number, of men "fet here this - - 1 " '" 11 1 11 ROCK PILE RECRUITS Police Gather fa Many Vagrants vo !" ' and Drunks..; . .. .r y xw -?r: n-W' -"Chief of Police MpLaugTlan was very wrath to 'see the inacUvify ht the rock pile, but there has been a dearth of pris oners with which to keep it In operation. From the present outlook,': however, the rock pile will be a busy scene" tomorrow. There Will be more names' On the Police Court transcript this afternoon than there has been In six weeks. ""'There will be 81 defendants to face .JudffV Cameron thla afternoon, Of this number fully one-half are vagrants and Inebriates, who make good "Instruments" to crush the rocks. Officers Patton and Carr alone arrested seven men at Second and Burnslde streets foY' being drunk and' disorderly. Frank Dalton, Jack Hurley and- John McLaugh lan, whose sentences were suspended last ,week oil Condition that they leave town, did not keep their words and are back in Jail to serveTout their sentences. They Will go. to the rock pile for from 40 to 80 days each; ' : :;?vvlUUJAD NOTES.' Manager Koehler and f- Superintendent Fields ot the Southern Paclflo are out on the line making an Inspection, trip. They will probably be absent the- greater part of the week and, will proceed only as far as Dunsmulr. ' ' ' Ed Duffy,' traveling passenger agent ot the; Rio Grande lines, ta , back after a week's absence In Southern Oregon; w ' F, M. Stud ley, local manager at Seattle for the Nippon-Yusen KaishOi the Japan American Una of steamships operated m connection with the Great Northern Rail- 'wayi earns In today from Pan Francisco. During the week he spent there he says he noticed a surprisingly large number of big btrildlogs in process of erection. He declares that San Francisco was never more prosperous, and,-, for -that - matter, all Of California. The Gold.tt State feels the efteots of recent Immigration very dedddtyK-r: -r- ir.r !, f 'Trlveilng Freight and Passengei1 Agent Llndsey of the llllnohi Central returned yesterday from Eastern Oregon, "where he has" been for a week past, looking after livestock shipments. . Charles Rawlings I Albany, who Is agent there for the O. R. N. Company, and who also acts during the, summer months as traveling freight agent ht the Willamette Valley, Is in the city today. ' . Assistant General Passenger. Agent Charlton of the Northern VaeiAo has re turned from Puget Sound. ' James Clock., general agent of the Wis consin Central., flitted w in from Puget Bound yesterday. He says that the report that he had been oh the outlook for a BOWEN'S TRADING CHECK ' OOOD FOR ONE FILUNa - WHEN PRESENTED AT TtIEJORTLANO DENTAL PARLORS morning by steamer for McGowaa'e and Warren s canneries, on the Columbia Just this aide of the locksk to prepare for th fishing season which "opens tomorrow, f Many pleasure -parties from Portland are olng to The Dalles these fine days on eacnrsioB trips. - - ' Captain : Whltoomb has" chartered the towboat R?tubirl and left with It this morning for Martlnsdale, Wash., to take a raft of Cottonwood logs to St John for the Portland Manufacturing Company. i At Supple's boatyard the ways are now clear. Vi Tbe two big barges for the gov ernment and . (he steam ; launch Naiad, have ,been ,launched during: the ' post week.' The barges are now ' receiving their1 flnlahtng touches before being put Into service.- The barges were both launched 'J. successfully,, one Thursday morning , and the ; other on Saturday, They, 4:'sa:th4,wer very gracefully showing uniform water lines. The gaso line schooner Copper Queen Is tied' up at the, dolphin5 awaiting an overhauling. The ; gasoline launch Hattie, which was laid hp at the yards, has been sold to the Oregon , Raff Companylby the Charles F. .Beebe , Company." The ''knockdown" ateamr tor the' Northern Commercial Company, which Is to be shipped to Alas ka. Is rearing completion. Mr. Supple says she win not draw over seven inches of water with, her machinery and equip ment on her. This draft for a boat 120 feet long by 24 feet beam Is something novel in steamboat, construction. " -The! steamer Dalles Cltyi which has been undergoing Repairs for. the past two months, is about ready to go on her run again. She. looks like a new boat., - Arrangements have, been made for all visitors to the Portland Association of the Congregational Churches. &hlch convenes at Hood;.Rlver' from April 16 -to 17. In clusive, to go by way of the Regulator Line at the foot of Oak street , 1L B. Parker of Astoria, owner of the rIVer steamer Astoria, -ejas In the city Saturday for the purpose of making ar rangements to. run his boat" this summer between Portland and the mouth of the river. It is reported that Us visit was attended With success, snd that the. As tdrian will be making regular runs here shortly. ,4, .- M. V. Harrison, local freight and pass enger agent of the D. P. ft A. N.. Com pany, takes a very opt ImUtlo View of the future outlook for river trafflo.. Said he today: "The river business is going to increase with rapid stride within the next few years. Several Wore boats are to be built soon to ply from this port. I know steamboat men In this city who have capital . to Invest, and they have expressed their Intentions ot building more vessels to meet the. growing trade, River .traffic is increasing all the time. and naturally these men of capital Intend to take advantage of It." - carload. of pestholes was in error. "I went to Seattle," salt int.. Clock this morning, "to see about a shipment ot feathers.. They were billed out from Po dunk Via, ,'Strlngtown on the Pike' , or some other Old point tor Portland. They were shipped oh a flat-car. uubaled. When they struck Chicago a sejihyr on the lake front off. Lake Michigan- diverted the shipment to various towns on the prairie of Northern Illinois. Noone of them has fluttered west yet" General ' Passenger Agent Fee of the Northern Paclflo Is expected to arrive In Portland some time during the latter part of April.; ; ; ' B. D! Beardaley, general agent of the Chicago Northwestern at Spokane, Wash., arrived hero this t ornlng from Seattle. He , was accompanied by Mrs. Beardsley. ' T. T. Strain of the Northern Pacific general freight department Is back at his desk again after a week's severe Illness. E. L. Shlnkle ot the O. It. A N. Com pany, who. was recently promoted to a position at Spokane, relinquished his duties In the general freight department Saturday night as keeper ot the car rec ords. He leaves for his new duties tomor row. Thad. S week, who 'succeeds htm, has been already Installed iu his duties. The vacancy left by Mr. 8eek has not yet been filled. LUMBER RATE ADVANCES. All the Chlcago-8t. Paul lines will issue a cancellation tomorrow- of the 8-cent lumber and shingle rate. This rate cov ers shipment from the North Paclflo Coast. -" ' ' ' . Announcement H'rnade that IBe lum ber and shingle rates, to, New Tork, Bos ton, Philadelphia, Baltimore, etc., are cancelled,, and that the sum of the locals will be utilised as the rate. The tariff applies from Minnesota Transfer) There is an advance of 2 cents effective today April 14 on lumber, making a rate to .New York on fir' lumber of 75 cents arid on cedar of 85 cents. The new rate to New Tork on shingles Is 88 cents. Rates to other points are advanced pro portionately. ',; - The cancellation of the 8-cent rate, had It been maintained, would uot have caus ed tho present advance in rates. . IS BANKRUPT. Henry p. .Thompson, ot Union County, filed a petition In bankruptcy today. He gives. his liabilities at 15.000, with assets valued at $162. . Wants a Small Fortune. A suit was filed In the United State Court today by James Wilson vs. Guy W. Holmes to recover 16.509 alleged to be due for services rendered in the sale of a certain boundary, of timber lands. HE1WY;.WEINHAUE 1 Proprietor QltX: DR.EWERY Bottled Beer a Specialty .. .. . ivj,et nd atoal complete brewery in the Nort,hwel . Established 1862' f" " Office, ThkrUentb. and Burnside SU. ' ? Toltphone No. 72 V , , , PORTLAND. OREGON AT THE BAKER. "By " Right. Of the Sword,";" a clever pftce 'presented by Ralph Stuart and bis excellent company, held the boards at the Baker, theater last Bight, and was witnessed by a targe and enthusiastic audience. . It will please the patrons of this popular playhouse to learn that the company .will play an en gagement hare ot 10 weeks. It Is a long time since a better company has visited Portland. Same bin for th entire-week. As to the Individual work of the play ers, it must be said that Mr. Stuart is a. versatile7 actor, of fine presence and just the sort of hero (In the play?hat the matinee girls like to see. Lansing Rowan has an opportunity to show her versatil ity and cleverness, andyrhe makes use ot (t to advantage. Others of the company whoso work well merits approval " Elisabeth Stewart, Frank Sheridan. Louis Morrison, - Robert , Lawrenos, ' Charles Clary and Louis Frohoff. Ernest Hope had a good character part and Catherine Countuw made a stunning; appearance. The piece Is well staged. In a word, the play Is good, the people first .olass. - PLEASED AT SEATTLE.' ' (Journal Special , Bervlca) 8EATTLB. AprU 4f -Tho newi 6t Ralph Stuart's success at the Baker the ater Is largely commented upon by all the papers here, where the aotor Is very popular "with a wide circle of friends. AT CORDRA'S.-Tho " Shlrljr Com pany opened a return engagement of a weea at Cordrajf'i Jast. night wtth the popular production entitled "Under Two Flags." It played to a full house and an appreciative one. , . , Ham mum Turkish and Russian baths. For ladle exclusively. , S00 Oregonlan Building, I a. m. to I p. m. Phone North m , , . j , HEALTH REPORT The Health Officer, reports tho' follow ing contagious diseases! Daughter of J. ; G. Manoi - Portland Heights,, scarlatina. . E. Anderson, m Commercial street. chicken pox. . ? - t ' ' , ' Mrs. Smith, M Mason street, erysipelas. Joseph Daniels. US Grant street scarlet fever.' ' -''; '. . John Gurell. Qulmby Hotel, smallpox; . H. Uray. grading camp, Upper Alblna, smallpox. .. COURT NOTES..; , Prudence Brouse, a girl 14 years old, applied to the County Cotlrt for tho ap pointment of a guardian for herself. H. C. Kinney was : requested to act in such capacity, and consented to do so. The appointment will bo confirmed after the bond has been secured. ; By a decree of tho United States court, Marshal Houser will destroy SSI copies of Barnes' readers that were eohAsoated because ot the violation of the copyright of the American Book Company Administration of the estate of Richard Hoyt, deceased, has been commenced by the son. Herbert Hoyt There Is an old claim of 110,000 against tho government of the united States, ot tlte probable value of S250, that has never been settled. Rich' ard Hoyt dled to 1868. W. T. $ Gardner has been appointed guardian of Prudenoe Brouse, U years old, who has an estate consisting of per sonal property valued at 4600, and aa in terest in an SO-aore farm In Ohio. Litigation over tho-ownership of a piece of- ground by tor jteet-:Jjs on id the State Circuit Court between . Theresa Fish and Lucrecla Nsst. Tho property lies on Hooker street, near Fourth, and has been stubbornly contested for the past 10 years. Twenty feet of space nee- essarf to fill out the three full lots Is now used as an alley and it Is thla fea ture that throws the property lines out of balance. .;-: ;y', E. W. Thompson, who sued the Novelty Toilet and Supply Company' In the State Circuit Court recently to- collect tit.M al leged to- be due as compensation for over time, failed to prove that he H entitled to any -further pay. In the opinion of Judge Cleland. rendered this morning. Thomp son had received a Judgment for $15 in Justice KrSemer's court. ' Judge Cleland ordered a new trial In the case of Charles Adams vs. City Sub urban Railway Company in tho State Clr cult Court this morning, en the grounds of Insufficient evjdanbe to show the blame of the company. It was held, without going Into the merits of tho case to the prejudice ot a future trial, that the plain tiff may have been, guilty of contributory negligence. Adams was driving a batch er wagon and collided With a moving elec tor le oar at Tenth and Washington streets. He brought suit for S1.S18 damages. ' PARLQ RS , do not advertise Impossibilities. W are BHiTl F tllC GoilOOIl the oldest established dental parlors in Port- ' , . land and what wo say we do, we do do. Ill 1 0 111000 V7 t 1: 0: 11ACR (d 668 TKIIU) ST. Op. Chamber of Com. . Letter Carriers' Band. Tba-Portland. letter terrier' have or- ; ganised an excellent band -compoeed o tt members and are having frequent .re heareaia. . The band boys met t the post office yesterday morning and maroned ta a Waahington-street photograph gallery, where they had their pictures taken. Ths band will soon be In trim to give publla. conoert. . ' ".,' -J j AMUSEMENTS. o-RDR'At's' ffffiFetsz. 7 p every nigni mis weea ano ojinnuj matinee, Mias Jessie Shirley and ker 00m. pany in the hit ef the season , v , ; (Jessie Shirley as "Cigarette.") See "CiKarette's,r ride too life. Beo the . sandstorm in the desert An immense: east. Speelal soansry, elaborate mount toigs. ' - .- ' t . - ' ??' -. ' usual prices 10 cents suui w muvm. MARQUAM GRAND THEATER Calvin Heiiig, Mgr. Monaav, -1 uesaay r,q return engagement of HOWARD KXL.8 ana his aumnguisnea company. Monaay . and Tuesday nlchts. Clyde Fitch's his-. ; torioal play,' "NATHAN HALE." Wed. nesoay nigni, a grana may 01 tne piw ent period, "El. GRAN GALAQTO. ' by Jose Echertary. Tuesday night, testi monial benefit to Portland ''Centennial Troop of Rough Riders. " , , THE BAKER THE ATE R "' ' " - Georre L Baker. Manager. 1BV..... (W line. Cnt . sm Two Packed Houses Testerday. - ; A, positive Success Ralph Stuart and vompany m Jirxnur ircnni9ui "By Right ot Sword." , . W WIIUV. W. .;. ..... - Matinee ..,..............-.-.... lii-n Night ., lo-iso-oB-se Matinees eaiurusy n oununr. . . . . . . .1 TS-lk. .' fl.uAA . ..41 Company In HUB LQSTPARADISB.' FAMI LYIRO OMS Gentlemen's Resort Louis: Dammasch . .. Goodnough building, 168 and ' 170 6th street Opposite post office. 1 ' D-V .i' jr'-il.'Sft'' Cold Lunches. Schliti beef on draught SEE THEf GIANT Tho wonder of tho day tallest ' man llvlnz, stands 7 ft. 10K in.. weighs 367 the j . Oriental Shooting QaIIery No. t$ Third Street. South. COMTE DE ST. CIIARUS " s PALMIST CLAIRVOYANT ASTROLOGER 13 TEARS OF SUCV CE 8 B BKFUBM THE PTJBUC OF ' w.nwnpn and .AMERICA. , 'H He advises on all matters pertaining : to human welfare. KNOW THE SiS. . CRETS OF THQ - FUTURE. - FEB, to CENTS. ' Parlors 25-26-27 The Cosmos. Fourth- and Morrison. Entrance MlVi Morrison. Hours 10 a. m, to S. m. daily and Sun y. Mrs. 8tockt, 8cIentif5o Palmirt, No SOS Goodnough Building. . ; , , Larsen, the Palmist If you want your hand rwed go to Lar-. sen. He w ill tell you for We what the lines in your haad Indicate. Mr. Lavsea is an autbontv on palmlstryand Is ths author of 'lMaetleal Hand Reading," a book circulating all - over the : United States, of which the second edition Is nw exhausted. Mr. Larsen is no faker, but a student of human nature and a sclentiflo Eilmlst. Hi is located Hn the ; Ailsky uitdlng, corner Third snd Morrison streets. . O. H, Calkins 2l Co. - VVAII DADFn j it naa. ri sia -f PICTTJIUt MOULDS.. stTC Praetlcal PalnUng V&h Washington St. . . IXM''.I,4