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Newspaper Page Text-V i THE OREGON DAILT JOXTRKAL, "PORTLAND THTJKSDAY EVENING, ATJGTTST 28. 1902. ; 1' "" r1" ; .' t . ", " ' I is "i . vWheir&R6It ASTORIA.1 Journal Special Service.) ' ASTORIA, Aug. Si Deputy , Gam Wat-den M, F. Hardesfy made a remark. able capture of lawbreaker at Seaside about 11 o'clock Monday night The law breakers -were four episcopal ministers of the leading- churches of Oregon,,, who ; had unknowingly violated, the law. The parsons were Ry, &' T.. Blmpeon, of AU :. Saints', Portland; Rev. , J... B. .Simpson, pastor of Bt, Mark's, Portland; Rev. C. H. Lake, pastor, 'of, BL', .Paul's, The ' Dalle. Mr. Hardesty found the preeeh- ers - on the Kecanloum ' bridge at 11 , o'clock. They had four fish, all having been caught by Rev. i, EJ. eimpson. . The deputy ; carried 4 on an . amusing oonver , sation with the offenders before revealing his mission and Informing- them that they had violated the law, and, after arresting them," permitted them to go on their own recognisance, , to appear the following morning for. trial As the men wer ig norant of the law, only on of them was . charged with the violation, and a fine of $ was taxed against htm.. Rev.. J." K. Slmpsoa was the defendant. The Oregon laws prohibit fishing1 for trout during that period Of the night from one hour after sundown to one hour before sun rise, - Mr. Bardesty regretted being com pelled to arrest them, but used his in fluence with Justice Young- to make their , . ftn as light as possible. The deputy ar , rested five men la all, the layman being t R. Kollock. . , John Deametre and B. Moro, the two , ItaUans who, were brought hack from . Ban Franclsoo, oharged with , having stolen $309 ' from - Qeorg Eleo, have brought suit for damages against XHeo, each asking 1250. The' men contend that the published reports following their ar rest have damaged them to the amount sued for. The esses will bo tried Sep tember 1st. before Justice Goodman. Deputy Ftsh Commissioner B jrton has elected a hatchery site on Grays River. The plant will bo located on the JBuxch ard ranch," where there la plenty of water for all the fish, that mar bo taken. The cost of building the hatchery will be - light, owing to the available location se-' lected. Uiri Burton will visit other trib utaries bf the Liowtr Columbia for the .purpose lot Selecting sites for four other . hatcheries which the , Washington fish commission, will establish, this fall. . ". G. W. Lounsborry, local agent of the O. R a H. Co., Is. in receipt of official notlfloation of the granting- of homeseek rs rates to Astoria At first the trans continental! declined, to extend these rates .to this city,' but JL iT Craig, if the i"'IGF'. tofiuanee t.ot swod, effect TTte fat- Wul be' in effect from Eastern: points durtrig' September and October,.. . :M i iv:ir,; " . At tWlast meeting of the Astoria lodge of Elks 14 new members were Initiated. The Elks committee, in charge of the coming trip to Portland,. September 4th, has chartered a, Apeoial train, which wtu leave Aston at 7:w a. m., and. re- turning, leave Portland at midnight The tug Wanderer, of the Bound, wll 0,C-00 capital; Chas. be In service, at the mouth of the rlvetlMUler, M. h. Lewis, while the Tatoosh is towing- the big raft to Ban Francisco. Captain Erie Johnson has gone over to the Sound to bring her around.. The Tatoosh will be assisted by the Holyoke in towing the boom south. It Is reported hero that the tug Samson will "bo engaged in the bar service during the busiest months of the grain season,. . which Will make the tug service, better than .ever Before.' '-' . The manner In, whiqh the, two huntaji. skulls came to be found near Eleventh street haa been explained. , The skulln were those of Indiana and were found on Clatsop Plains by 8. G. Trulllnget-, who gave them to A. B. Balgity, a med ical student Dalgity threw them away, and their, discovery by boys- caused some excitement for a time. There will be no formal observance of Labor Day in Astoria: The Unions of the city will hold an exoursion to Beaalde on the previous day, and it has been deemed Impraoticable to endeavor to get the la boring men together on two successive days. "' . : " - V PERSONAL MENTION. A. A Johnson,; the government fores try expert, has been at Seaside for a few " ( days.'' ' ' .''' ''p Howard Winter, the Portland; cannerv man, was In the city yesterday. Fish Warden Van Dusen is in "Port land on official business. He will short 't j ly visit "the Eastern Oregon hatcheries. A. 8. Reed leaves In a day or two for Pittsburg, Pa., to visit relatives. . J. N. Oriffln and .family have returned from their summer outffig at Cannon ' ' Beach. - '...:,y. Steward H. W. Dean, of the.Commer - olal Club, la at Seaside. 'DETROIT f fJournal Special Service.) c DETROIT, Or: Aug. S8.H. Jacobs, who for some, time has been proprietor of the Santlam Hotel and store, has sold his Interests to-C. E. Short and today left for Sprlngfleld. where ha expects to engage In similar business. ' 1 Judge EL C Glltner, son and" daughter, of Balem, have puaf returned to this place from Marlon Lake,, bringing with them several trophies of the finny tribe, some speckled beauties - weighing elx 'pounds., v The shingle mills are running full blast as Is Smith's sawmill, and Detroit has not a. vacant house. The" Brelten Bush Hot Springs have had more visitors this season than ever ' . SCHOONER ROUTE All tic Way : From Arkansas to r.' Connccticote ' .''.: (Journal Special 'Service.) , " . D ANBURY,'' Conn.. Aug. 28.-John . W. ' Black, an - Arkansas- planter, and hla Wife, daughter and " twe sons, have i . reached this city after a Journe.of three) - mourns, caving covered th- eutiro, dia X Unoe of Marls' LSOO miles between Ben- before, an.d the pack A trains haveKre qulred M horses dally to conveysthe crowd from "this place, the railroad ter minal . 'T'- ' .. v v. ; . t , . , "j. ; The Curtis, iiumbcr Company are dally shipping from :. 19 to 20 cars of logs to MIU City, where their extensive mills are located, . , SALEM. 8AXIM.T" Aug. .--The new Federal building," to, be used for a postofflee In Salem, is Bearing completion. . Employes of the Salem postofflee are discussing an illustrated historical souvenir of the evo lutloii of Uncle, Ram's mull "ervlce hersj the same to contain a series of views oj the-old buildings used here for the post office In past years, . also views of the new building and Its various interior 1 partments, - together - with pictures of present and . past poet masters and em ployes ot the Salem postal and; mail ser vice. . - : - On complaint of-JIrs. Mary Lai-sea,-' W. S. Larsenwho lives near Jeffeson, waa arraigned yesterday Befors Justice of the Peace Horgan, on asf charge definable as iolyamy. The complaining Witness ul ieg to be the tfte of th defendant, wh3 la known to have Wen sunMKinently ma rled to and llv.ng with iiiolhr wo man. Larson waived examination and was placed under bonds to' answer to the Circuit Court on a charge of polyg amy. '. Qlen Schaefer, proprietor of the Bchae fer Printing Company, has- shipped his printing plant to ' Dayton.- Wash . and with his wtfs1 and little one left yester day for that thriving burg. ' Olen has ac cepied a position with a firm who will early establish ' a dally paper In Dayton, and he will havii supervision of the me chanical department of the newspaper work, as well as conduct the lob printing establishment. The principal spirit in the new publication will be Mr. WlllUnia. the late genial and wide-awake brginlxer for the Woodmen of the World, who U also well known among Salem choppers A new rural mall Voute, to be known as Route No. 9. will be in operation from the 'ifli?. The route extends to the Lake La- blsh Country, will be about 23 nines in length, and wilt serve BOO' people. J. W. Co, will be ;the carrier, Oc. Ha yden, former carrier for Route No. 2, has een succeeded by W."H. Squire. A very enjoyable and altogether sue cessful affair was the concert given in Eastwood park last rilght A hinetoscpe or moving picture machine" nd t ne, Donular Stalwart Quartet weri the orln- clttat features of the enter telnmoritA A large number bf people werc ?wsent Articles "of IncorporaUbn "Were yester day filed by the following companies: Rio Tlnto' Gold and BUve.r Mining Com pany, Bumpter; ' capital stoe'e $1.000.fti0; Fred Turcotte, John Loughur. Chas. H. Chance, v Incorporators. Acme Safety Snap Manufacturing Co., Hlll!oro: $20,000 capital; W, H. Wehrung. John W. Wall, A. C. Shute, S. T. Llnklatt". W. V. Wiley, Incorporators. Home . Telephone nd Telegraph Company, B irns. Or.; E. Kinynn, R. A. incorporators Be nevolent League of Oregon -4 Washfrngv ton Travelers- Portland; J. W. Curran, J. S. Beall, B. F. "Slnshelmer, O. F. Roberts, A. King, J. S. King, incorporators. Free Methodist Church, Forest Gru"t; H. Kreider, j. W. Sherwood, Jacob Irixon. Incorporators. H. Sheldon yesterday procure 1 a license ,to wed' Mrs. ; Kva Gilbert, ' 1 V George C. Rlt'chey, for' some lime pas tor of the First Christian Church af this city, and who had accepted a call from a' " Roaeburg " congregation, f. has,' at .the unanimous request ' of the church here, reconsidered his realgnatlon, and will re main 'm Salem. A.' D. Sherwln and P. V. Delsell, with their families, are recent arrivals from Colorado now stopping In the city. The latter has decided to locate here perma nently. - '; - ' ' ' ; ' Horace Mann, editor and proprietor of yie Medford Enquirer,' was a Salem vis itor yesterday. He was on hla return from an extended eastern tour. ' Sheriff Llnvllle of Astoria-' was in Sa lem yesterday.' :- '';'" ('. The big Wild West show came to ton h this morning, and numerous Salem ciM sens assembled under , the canvas today to see the sights. Quite a number of the people were present from the rural pre cincts, having bees attracted by the large colored posters announcing the show. In all, it ha been a gala day. . Yesterday Arthur W. Bramlet wns married to Miss Edana Belle Hedrtck by the Rev John Parsons of the First Mehodist Church. v ; ' Martin Bruer and Miss Carrie Heath, both of Yamhill County, were Malted in marriage yesterday -by E. D. Horgan, Justice of .the Peace. . , -4Ss D, M. Wllvon, or the firm of D. M. Wilson & Son, locators pf timber claims, homesteads and mining properties of this city, has just returned from a six-day's trip in the region of the' Big Sandy, In Multnomah County, where he fiad bean employed tc estimate timber for the flrni of W. .Jf '' Jewett ' A Sons, of Minnesota, with a view .to the purchase by said firm Of the timber estimated. Mr. Wilson report lots of work In the line of locat lng claims, and oay be has aj this time seven persons in Marlon County, nine in Salem and four In Portland, waiting to be located .upon . suitable claims. , J. P. Spencer, a laborer who f of several weeks has, worked for .the Salem Kursery Company,-attempted to : kill hlmeelt Tuesday night In a Salem, saloon, by cut ting himself with a new pocket knife. After having inflicted several " bloody wounds, the bartender In charge succeed- tonvlllei Ark., and Connecticut In a lum bering canvas-topped "prairie schooner.r Black, who is Independently wealthy, conceived, the Idea of visiting bis rela tives In Soutbburr, pear here, and driv ing the . entire distance, living a gypsy life en route. The, family left home in May and' headed for St Louis, traveling from there to Terra Haute, and then to Indianapolis, - front which" point . they Journeyed to Wheeling, and then struck straight across tho country to the Hud son River. ' .t . - The travelers covered about 15 miles a day, and camped at night v Beds, cook ing Ui tonsils and supply of provisions were carried. Tho whole, party were in ed in preventing him from, doing further' injury to himself until bo could summon assistance. Sheriff B. B. Calbath- arrived and took charge of the maa and after ha.vlng hla wounds dreased ho com muted him to Jail until yesterday morn ing, when he was committed to the In sane asylum.' ; ' " ; - A. L. Brown and wife left Tuesday for Boston, Mr, Brown being the delegate from Oregon to the National 'Asoolatlon of Civil Engineers. ; They expect , to ex tend their visit to. their friends and re la Uvea in Iowa. . ? s . The difficulty betwen the firm of War iwr oe wympxiy, puinicm, ana us rmini- ers Union, now bids . fair ; to bo flulte serious. : Hopes were entertained by. both the unions and the citizens, in general rthat an amicable settlement j would be reached the first of this week, on-the re turn to . the city of the principal mem bers of the firm, but theae hopes were not realised. ,; The unions maintain that everything within their, power has been done to effect an amicable settlement with the Warners, but alt to no purpose. VANCOUVER. (Journal Special Service) . .VANCOUVER, Aug. J8.TTho Clark County Republican convention, held hero yesterday, , Indorsed . the administration of President Roosevelt 7 and especially commends his stand against trusts,,, and in favor of reciprocity with Cuba. The admlnlstdatlon of Governor McBrlde is Indorsed, and ha Ir commended for the fearless and independent f policy which has characterised . his administration. Delegates to the state convention to vote as unit for Congressmen Jones ; and Cushmah, declared for a railroad com missioner, and for the election of Sen ators by direct vote. Other resolutions were In favor of a direct primary law. and the limiting of the session of the state Legislature to W days: Delegates to the state .convention Were selected by. a committee 'appointed by the cnair, as follows:" A. 8. Miller, I G. Allea, John Elwell, John Anderson, James A.; Snod- grass, W. H. Metcalf, James Crowley, Gus Dumdl, C. D. Bowles, A. H. Farcell, A. D. Elwell, A J. Bingham, M. Boulster, L B Clough, Donald McMaater, Harry Smith, W. W. Sparks. " ? There was a sharb contest for nearlv every nomination and resulted a fol lows: ' - ir- Representatives, A. S.'-' urcell, Glenn Ranch; auditor, W. H. Brewster; treas urer, Arthur Fletcher; county clerk, vE. I M. Scanlon; prosecuting ttomeyPon aiq MCMaster; assessor, A. r. -Davis; sheriff, E. 8. Btesecker; school superin tendent, Milton Prltchard; surveyor, F. A. Bally; coroner, Dr. Burk; commis sioners First district, Robt. Lowe; third, district, A. Swarnburg; Justice of the peace, Geo. Houcke, and G. H. Steward; constables, John Shepard . and J. B. Smith. , m E. A. McArthur, of Amboy, who has been visiting friends in this city for the past two days, left this morning for The Dalles, Or, to visit his: uncle, J. J Mc Arthur. Mrs. J. H. Jaggy and children, Winfield and Sydney, returned yesterday from a two-weeks' outing at Seaside, J. A. Smith and family of La Center, are In the city today. They have Just returned from a ' nlne-montha' trip through' Kansas, and Southern California. J. J. Harrington and wife, returned to their home at Washougal yesterday. aftera short stay In this city, ''. F. G. . Eichenlaub. Jr., left last nlgbt for Oakland, Cal., where, he will attend college. . Mr. Philip Christ" the popular " cream ery man, of Clark County, was In the city yesterday, to meet hla, wife, who re turned form a two-weeks sojourn at the Coast. Contractor Pete Swansoh's familiar face was seen on the streets yesterday. Hank Wilson and "Maggie" Scroder, of Portland, were visiting the city yester day, as the guests of Seargant McClel. land and Corporal Hursh man-.- They each Mceivod 6 package from T the :Fhlllp Pines. . . Jud??p Cnplps, of Portland, , was a. visit-, or'in the city yesterday,; . . ,, ,' t . Jerome A. Wolf, representing the Star Union cigar factory ,f ls( in the city today on business. ; ' ' , , '- ' Lieutenant Arthur Cranston, and C. J. Nelson visited Portland yesterday "" Marriage licenses wore Issued yester day to Frank Scherupp and Marguerite Conlgan, of Pendleton, Or, ond ,W. H. Moody and Miss J. Julian, : of Stockton,. Cal. . Otto Kapell, who. has been taking in-4 the races at Seattle, returned to Van couver Sunday. - jXra. C. E. Howard, of Portland, Is In the city visiting friends. A. HV Lesley and J.) V. Strand are In the city on business connected with the land office. , . , C.,B. Smith, rof Butte, Mont., Is In the city fr a fewdays. ', :" ,, ,. : " H. W. Williams, of Salem, arrived in the city today, for a short stay. , GRANTS PASS (Journal Special Service.) GRANTS PASS, Aug. 88. Nearly all of the. money required for the purchase of terminal yards arid grounds, for the Ore gon Pacific railroad which Is to be built from here to Crescent City, has been raised, and the deeds can soon be placed In ' escrow ; and delivered, to the Oregon Pacific Company, when the actual construction of the proposed line begins. excellent health ; and spirits when they reached the end of their Journey, and said that the experience was one worth re peating. I , ; ' NEW OREGON , CODE, . Bellinger and Cotton's new Oregon Code 1 being waited for anxiously by mem bers of the legal profession as this code will" consist of 8700 sections or 1S00 sec tions more than in HUl's Coda, the one in present use Bancroft Whitney 4 Com pany, of San Francisco, the publishers, expect to have, the coda ready for distri bution next month, i , . ? ' . " ; 1111 J' " TheTway the matter stands at the proa ent time, a nawrranroad for this section , - ' mmmmm seems a surety, i The preUmlnary survey has been completed and the final survey from hero to Waldo, about finished. The road Is to bo built through the" whole length of Josephine County, crossing the sute lino at Waldo, and following the north fork of Smith River to Crescent aty ;vs " ':". OREGON CITY. (Journal Special Service.) . OREGON CTTT, Aug. a.-C. K. Fox, pt Portland, train dispatcher for the South ern. Paciflo Railroad Company, accom panted by hla wife and daughter, were ylsltlns; T...W. Fouta and family yester day on their way home from Ban Fran cisco, , - , , . Wm. Barlow and ton Casslus U. Bar. lowBof Biarlowiif wer doing business in vowyetorojsy, ltf ' , r'BEIITOn T-milllnMI. m 1.1.-1. ml. muonj. r. xarless, a prominent farmer. were in from Molalla yesterday. David Eby. of Euaena and Ixula Bby, of Nebraska, are here visiting the lonnera aonxm U. Eby. - ins oook atoro of W..A. Huntley is terapocarlly moved to an adjoining room on acoountof repairs being done to the DUiioing now -occupied by Huntlev Bros. .A. Robertson has purchased the entire crop of peaches from the farm of E. F, jjeaman, or ' Clackamas. The crop con SlstS Of about 600 boxes of choice Craw. ford peaches and will be delivered at the lormers atoro In W-box lots each day. , A very, pleasant and InteresUna- time was had at the second day's session of the M-eocneja; institnte yesterday. Nine more teachers registered with the secretary. Miss Mefsger, who la very busy with de tails. After the session adjourned about iw teachers gathered on the court house steps and had. their pictures taken by raoiograpner snoograss. Following la the program for today, the last day of the session: Opening exercises t o'clock; The Human Hand, .Preston W. Search; Per centage, K. R. Steele; Importance of Motor Activity In the New Education, Nettle A Sawyer; The Life Element In Studies, Preston W. Search. Opening ex ercises 1:80 o'clock. Rules for the Study vi neory ana practice, K. K. Steele; f nmary aeorgraphy, Miss Sawyer'; The Scboolhouse as a Center, Preston W. Search. Mat Fallqulst was arrested yesterday on a cnarge of drunkenness and disorder ly conduct He was taken before City Recorder Bruce C.'. Curry and upon being arraigned, plead guilty and was fined S8 and costs.. In default of which he was placed In the city JalL The Oregon City Woolen Mills will doss on Labor Day. - A short run was made last night to make up for time which will be lost on that day. INDEPENDENCE. INDEPENDENCE, Aug. SS.-Presldent . Ressler has taken up his perminent residence in Monmouth, and will take up active work In connection with uis "posi tion, at the Oregon State Normal school. a larger attendance is expected at the school than for several years past Another serious accident while work ing with th threshing, machine,, happened Monday near Buena Vista. Mr. Taylor Miller, an employe ot the Evans' thresh- Ing crew, had his foot run over by some of the machinery and It was mashed flat While the accident Is very serious. It is thought he will not loose his foot. Mr. Taylor was taken to, his home in King's Valley. J. H. Burton's team became frightened Tuesday while C McCaleb was driving them to town, and ran away. Young Mc Caleb was thrown out over the front of the wagon, back of the horses,-and re ceived some very painful if not danger- ous bruises. A few more days will close the thresh ing season in Polk County, and the har vest Is a groat disappointment. The gen eral average Is from 10 to 12 bushels to the - acre, with some few fields running to IS bushels. Throughout the harvest there has ben a scarcity of help, and some of the machines have not been Started up 'on this account EUGENE (Journal Special Service.) EUGENE. Aug. 28. T. G. Hendricks, president of the First National Bank of Eugene, and F. L. Chambers, a large hardware dealer of this place, have pur chased a valuable water power site at Hayden bridge;, on the McKensle River, six miles east of Eugene. The purchase Includes about GO acres of land on both sides of the river for some distance up and down the stream This Is considered to be one of the best water powers In the state. Messrs. Hendricks and Chambers have not given out for publication their plans In regard to the future disposition of ' 'their purchase, but It is understood here that they will form a big company for the erection of an-Immense electric power station for the transmission of power to Eugene and surrounding towns. Several cases of smallpox have appear ed at Falrmount a suburb of Eugene, but Just beyond the city limits. The Farmers' Rest Cottage, built on the plain by the Women's Patriotic League, was formally opened for use last night. The Fourth Regiment band fur nished music for the occasion. ; BIG SALMON CATCH, If the Alaska salmon crop is abort this season. It is not the case with some of the individual fishermen nearer Portland.. The record-breaker catch Is reported by the Miller's Sands Fishing Company on their seining. grounds, they having- taken 1U tons from August 11 to-IS. Tho largest single days caton was 18 tons on Au- gyjt U, the largest previous day's haul There Is to be a weekly Journal. 81 a year: a semi-week ty Journal, at- tl.BO a jtou oaoiua is vou oaa-a. ,! , OVER THE WIRES. a steamer and rowboat' collided on Lake : Oogua, near. Battle Creek, Mich yesterday, and resulted In the drowning bf five employes of the Battle Creek Ban itarium. Heavy rains" have damaged crops in V V J . m m.im T BS . eUIW'm " VtVyW JU. J Kansas, and in the.vidnlty of Burling ton hundreds of acres of corn have been destroyed and many - railroad bridges washed away. , , The machinists strike on . the Gulf, Colorado Santa Fe, has been declared off. The men In the company's shops at Cleburn, Tex have alK, gone ; back to work. There were aWut 70? of them.k. The Gate faction of the Colorado Fuel Iron Company, through Its attorneys, has filed a petition In the clerk's office of the Circuit Couriyln Denver; asking that an Injunction suit now pending be transfered to the United States Court. - A report comes from Florence, Colo. stating mat the heaviest rain In years visited the Arkansas Valley yesterday. The rain fell in sheets, and" the Arkan sas was soon running bank full and many houses in the lowlands were flood. ed. No clue has ben found regarding the death of tha two men whose bodies wereJ found near Beaumont Texas. The body of, the man found floating In the Nechea River Sunday has been exhumed and identified aa that of Jim Broderick, an Englishman, Becoming Jealous because of the pres. once of a rival in the room of the woman ha loved,. Christian Gans, a government tailor, ahot and killed Llssle Otto and Arthur Campbell In New York. He then turned the gun upon himself and fired bullet Into his own brain. The first serious . outbreak of earth. uakes to occur since the occupation of the. Philippines by the United States, has been reported to the war department by General Chaffee. On the Island of MIn danao 10 people Were killed by falling walla, all the victims being native Moros. " NORTHWEST NEWS. At Everett Wash., yesterday Frank Parsley, aged 87, lngle, blew his brains out with a 8 -caliber Bmlth & Weston re volver. He was despondent over a can cer. - An effort will be made to bring 'the Wilson and McBrlde factions of the dele gates to the Washington Republican state convention together at a caucus to be held In Spokane tonight Information has been given out that Sheriff Gardner will not make a fight for the Tracy' reward, provided the Cres ton men will agree to share it with young Goldfinch, who gave the Informs tlon which led to the capture of the out law. A dynamite explosion destroyed the sporting house of Mrs, Annie Menslng, at- Colfax, Wash., early yesterday morn ing. The explosion was terrific and peo ple living half a mile away, were awak ened by the shock. Officers are making an investigation. ": Flovd Johnson, the tstecraDh operator at Creston, Wash., Who sent the message to the New York world describing tne end of Tracy's career," has been arrested on the charge of forgery. He Is charged with having sent the message over tho name of Charles Btraub, of Creston. The mills of the Cameroii Lumber Com pany, at Harrison, Ida., were destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon, together with nearly S, 000,000 feet of choice lum ber., The estimated loss la between (80,000 and (90,000, with but 120,000 tnsuranoe. A heavy west wind .threatened the entire town for a time. A man under arrest at Billings, Mont., la supposed to be the much-wanted Phil ip D. Watklns, who has been victim Iztng so many banks lh' several Western cities. He has with him a woman who la supposed to be the one with whom he created such a sensation . by marrying after an acquaintance of 14 hours. A confession has- been made by Oscar Bradshaw and BUI Kellett, the two men arrested on suspicion of .having mur dered Peter Nelson, . whose body was found near Pasco, Wash., Monday. Both men are In Jail at Walla Walla. Brad shaw declares that he did not intend to kill the Swede but that the revolver with which he" was trying to Intimidate him, was, accidentally discharged. Mrs.'Al Thornton, of Vancouver, who has been in Portland for the past three weeks, under a physician's care, was a passenger on the Dalles City yesterday. on her way to St. Martin's Hot Springs, She was accompanied by her sister-in- law, Mrs. Cpt. Burgy. of . Vancouver, and Mr. and Mrs. Dave Lasner. of Port land. Mr. Thornton Joined them at Van couver. OREGON BRIEFS. Near Ashland yesterday morplng fire destroyed the seoorator and threshing outfit belonging to Frank Clute, Two of the workmen, G. Inlow and B. Jacobc, were severely burned on tho hands and arms while trying to save the property. Henry Howe 'and Joseph Shannon, who hall from Arisona, are the owners of an old-time prospector's outfit which left Baker City for Thunder Mountain a few days ago. The outfit consists of a pack train of four burrows and two riding horses. ' The City officials of La Grande are rag-; Ing war osfcthe gambling houses of that city. Aa a result Jack Harris has been arrested but was released on $300 bonds. The Uncle Sam Mining Milling Com pany, at Springfield, has received a' new five-stamp mill, which will be erected on their property In the Blue River die-, trlct at once. : i George Dawson Here, George Dawson, the athletic Instructor Of the Chicago Athletic Association, and who trained and seconded Bob Fltssim- mons for bis recent contest with Jim Jeffries at San Francisco, stopped off In this city, today, and was tk guesfSrf Tom Denny, Tom Tracey, Nick Long and numerous other friends. " Dawson says that Bob Fittsimmons will visit this city within the nekt f eweelisi In his latest w'tr - JRVINGTON " 'Bids of contractors for building are now made on the Mm buls as they were before the strike. - - Parties desiring to build or to have me build for them this season should make early application and secure desirable locations. - . ' Houses will be built on plans furnished by purchasers, and sold ' on the Installment plan, whereby the monthly payment will hardly exceed the usual rental for a similar house. Deferred payments bear 6 percent Interest. The following statement shows the detail. Pay ments on the principal la excess of the monthly payments can be made at any time. . lore expensive bouses and more than one lot can be arranged for on proportionate terms. - . , y ; For a house costing... .2000 One lot land costing... 750 . TotaI cost... "Cash payment Deferred payment. Prin . cipal. ..112.38 Vis: 1st year., td yean ... u.u a year. ' 4th year. Cth year. (th year. i, Tth year. - 8th year. 9th i year. 10th year. 11th year. 12th year. .. 13 K ... 14.74 ... 16.6S ... 167 ... 17W ... 18.61 ... 19.78 ... .1 ... M.17 ... MM C. H. PRESCOTT, Trustee, N aiaoi3 Chamber of Commerce. Portland,' Oregon.' BELOW COST EDISON ELECTRIC LAMPS :: ; To conumerV( current from our mains we are now telling LAMPS AT 15o EACHi or $1.75 PER DOZEN. These are the tame lamps that we formerly told at 25c each, and are made expressly for us.. tN Buy Them If Vbu Want the Best. Delivered In Dozen Lots Free of Charge. : Portland General Electric Co. - Drink the Old and Reaowaed V - ' i ':.:' 1.'-v -.T ' Wi ' .''".,.'..;:i'-.' i "s .." ' . V . j: ..". Y : Gambrinus Lager Beer . Send orders for Bottled Beer to OFFICE, 793 WASHINGTON STREET . ; Telephone No, Main 49, Both Phones ! MeMeMeeeeM - T Banfield-Veysey Fuel Co.' SLAB Get your oHers fat early an4 give your wood e chance to dry. r J if- Offioe: N';8p'l1lllU, It Ore. Pboae, Mala 353; ColmnMe 3. f '- PORTLAND, OREGON " eeeeeeee44 1 OLD KENTUCKY HOME CLUB OiRS-WHISICOr . . Favorite American Whiskey , CLUMAUER. & HOCH, Sole DIstrCrtcra . Wholesale Uaanr aed Oxar Dealers, lOA-UOFowtli 8t FREIGHT ECONOMY Experiments Are. Being Made by the Illinois Central (Journal Special Service.) BUFFALO, N. T.. Aug-. 21-Kxperl- menta are being oonduoted by the Ilnols Central on a device, which la Ukeljr to revolutionise the economy of frelgtit car rying; business. The experiments ar be ing made with, a box car. the trucks ot which are fitted with ball-bearing- Jour nals, which make the car rod so easily that a single person Is able to move It. The fact was easily accomplished yester day by msoy persona who war examin ing tho -car.; fV,- .,''. .V The bearing ' consists of tour races ot three-Quarter balls. The latter are built to tike, the thrust of th car when going around a- curvi':';'Th.r',rei'.ia,'tlwi quarter , balls In. ; each journal, each, of whlcli will sustain a crushing strain, of 73,000 pounda The smaller balls will sus tain a crushing weight of 38,000 pounds. The car in question was loaded With 80,- 000 pounds of steel easting, and mad the trip in New Orleans, where It was loaded with co tree and returned to, Chicago. Jt Is stated, that the Journals have an anrag life or seven years, which is much longer than - the Journals now tn use. . xne1 moat important aavantage claimed for them is the great ease with which they can be mpved. If , practica ble, train load can easily be doubled and Itauled with th same power bow Used. This would mean tremendous economy in operation. ' . - i . , ,.2TO V f. ....IM75 or 124.75 month Total Total monthly yearly In- pay- : prln terest. ment. cipal. 111.37 I24.7& U4S.69 11 63 10.84 10.01 9.12 81s 7.19 6.14 6.02 2.84 2 58 L25 167.44 166.93 , v- 14.75 24.75 J4.75 M.75 1175 i 24.75 14.75 24.75 24.75 22.17 176 88 187 66 198.84 , 210 72 223 22 tM 7 250.92 i6 04 261.04 $2475.00 WOOD PALMISTRY! Have Your Hands Read , The Celebrated Palmist and Psychol , v ogtst has returned. 289 South Third St. Pboae North 424 Tour hands reveal all questions of L'a, pertaining to tnarriase, sicknesa, death, changes, travels, divorces, separations, lawsuits, . busineua transactions, wills, deals, mortgages, lost or absent friends mining: ventures, etc. ' v. ' Office- hours are 10 a. m. to 9 p. ci. dally and Sundays. Charges 504 and $1.00. 389 South Third Street, r Another View. ; Think ot the suffering' ' this e-I strik wUI bring to th very poor vri this wlntW." '..;" "Tea, but It will bring some t tlon to the very, vory poor." "Th Ideal Hor :.:;,ThVPopl ' who nev-r 1 buj' coal before t - Others In V 1 Standard t ' " wwwm j have your , )