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s nfrra OREGON DAHiY JOimitAIir POKTIiACT TODNEDAY ETEJOyG. OOXOBEB 8, 1903. 5 66 NEWS OF THE STATE CAPITAL Hatters of Interest of and to Salem and Marion Cotuity . (Journal Special Service.) SALEM, Oct (.Upon the request of Harrison Allen, District Attorney of the Fifth Judicial District, yeaterday. Gov ernor T. T. Oeer issued a requisition on Governor McBrtde of Washington for the delivery to the agent of ha State of Oregon of one Edward Glesy, wanted in Clackamas County on the charge oX lar ceny MO tn gold from H. G. Zleg er, residing near Barlow. Glesy is under arrest In Olympla and Constable H. L. Moody, agent of the State of Oregon, left last evening for that place to secure his man. Edward Glesy and his brother, AMa Glesy, are accused of having stolen the money from their grandparents, while oa a visit to the latter, from the Glesys' home on Shoal water Bay, Wash. TOR ADaJSSION TO THE BAR. In the Supreme Court yesterday after noon the semi-annual examination of ap pUoantavfqr admission to the bar was held. The olass was the smallest one la years, only six candidates appearing to take the examination. They are A. M. Kirchelner, Prairie City, Grant County; SJur Ness, Eugene; John J. Boyle, Portland; J. B. Godfrey, 8t Helens; Howard M. Brow- K Oregon City; Otis Patterson, The es. BRIEF PETITION FOR PARDON. Governor T. T. Geer Is In receipt of a petition for the pardon of two men serv ing life sentences from Malheur County f ohn Bailey and William Bailey. The petition is brief and to the point and reads as follows: "We, the undersigned citizens of Mal heur County, State of Oregon, most re spectfully ask that you grant pardons to John Bailey and William Bailey, sen tenced from Malheur County. to..life im prisonment In the Oregon penitentiary for murder In the second degree. This re quest iamad beoausa we deem justice has been fully vindicated, and further pun ishment la Impossible,", WALTER VINTON DISCHARGED. In Justice of the Peace BJ. D. Horgan's Coart yesterday afternoon the case of Walter Vaston. charged with taking away a female child under the age of 16 from under the protection of her parents o guardian for the purposes of prostitu tion, was called. The mother of the girl brought the charge, but as the girl could not be found to be used as a witness the District Attorney dismissed the case for Mvant of sufficient evidence. SIDEWALKS TO BE REPAIRED. The City Counoll last night discussed ltveet, road and bridge matters at length. and gave the Street Commissioner orders fto $av all de lapidated sidewalks repaired M. soon. a, notified of their condition, If the Owners would not do the work them selves. This order is hailed with delight by most of the cititena, as the old wooden Sidewalks in a few places have become so bad as to be a menace to pedestrians. The Counoll also passed a resolution ordering the ordinance committee to draft amend Inents to the license ordinance increasing the licenses on certain classes of shows and street fakirs. DEATH OF MRS. MANNING. Mrs. Eugene Manning, wife of one of the prominent hop growers residing near Gervals, in this oounty, died late Monday bight, aged 32 years, of peritonitis, after an lllnesa of but two or three weeks. Mrs. Manning was not considered in danger until within the last few days, when she suddenly took a bad turn and she 'sank rapidly until she succumbed Monday night. In spite of the best medical care. She leaves a husband and two daughters, aged 13 and 6 years respectively. The funeral la being held this afternoon at the farm home near Gervals. A NEW CHURCH BUILDING. The Second Churoh of Christ Scientist, recently purchased a lot Immediately west mt the City Hall and the contract for a fine 15000 church has been let. The ex cavation work commences this morning . uad the wjwJb will be pushed- to a conclu sion a rapidly as possible. POLTEICIANS IN SALEM. During the past few days a number of leading Republican members of the Leg islature have been in the olty and there appears to be "something doing," but the gentlemen in question are very retl- Booth and W. Kuykendail of Eugenesuid C. W. Fulton of Astoria were here and closely closeted a good portion of the day. fXesterday Senator Fulton met here Sen ator. George C Brownell of Oregon City, Who was accompanied by Hon. A. S. Dres OREGON BRIEFS. I There Is one case of smallpox In 'As toria, William Warnstuff, of Astoria, be ing afflicted wltn the dread disease. Lisale Wisely, a woman who has mas queraded in men's clothes for years, was arrested in Oregon City Tuesday and taken to Salem. Jack Bartlott Burt Rogers and Fred Grtajff were arrested Monday morning at fWhstaey.'on the charge of selling whisky Iwlthln a mile of a quartz mllL Governor Geei has refused to lame a P8Cond warrant of extradition for Earl Hansen, wanted at North Yakima, to an a war a charge of horse-stealing. After paying all expense of the recent Harvest Festival and Veterans' Reunion at McMlnnvlIle, the treasurer's books Show a cash balance on hand of $78.74. Tha corner stone of the new Academy building -in Pendleton was laid Monday In the presence of a large crowd of en- thusiastlo witnesses. ; The building will cost 880,000k" - - - . The Red Boy Mining Company, at EUmpter, Is putting in' an extensive water system, the estimated expenditure on which will be 8150,000, with assurance of 1000 horse-power. Governor Geer has received a letter from District - Attorney. Chamberlain, recommending that . a pardon- be granted ta Lewis Level, eonvlcted of robbing a ser of that city. These gentlemen also were in consultation. ,They bad little to say except that their presence here had no political significance. ' They left Salem last evening. . Governor Geer also left last night on his way to Eastern Ore gon. ' '! NEWS NOTES. J. W. Wilcox, a resident of Highland, a suburb of Salem, was last night arrested, charged with beating his wife. He was arraigned before Justice of the. Peace Horgan and his trial set for today. His bonds were fixed at 1250, in default of which he was locked up In the County JalL State Treasurer Charles S. Moore is In receipt of $1261.60 from the Lowenberg tc. Going Company of Portland in payment of the convict labor in the prison foundry for the month of August Hattle L. Welch has brought a suit for divorce against her husband, L. L. Welch, giving as a ground that the defendant was convicted of a felony in Douglas County and sent to the penitentiary. The couple was married in Albany Novembel 24, 1800. PERDLETORe r (Journal Special Service.) PENDLETON, Oct , 8. Men who are willing to work ,on the railroad for $2 a day or on farms at $1 and $1.60 day are hard to find in Pendleton. This Is evidenced from fhe fact that the W. ft C. R, Railroad Company has had a sign In the window of Its local office for several days and has been unable to get the men; , , UMATILLA QUAIL. There are thousands of quail along the streams In Umatilla County. Deputy Game Warden T. B. Wells has ben over most of the country where these birds have been nron&jrated and be says that hthey are to be found on every stream for many miles around Pendleton. Only a few year -ago these game birds were Im ported to" Umatilla County by local sports men and turned loose to multiply. GONE BACK TO CHINA. James Guyer, the Chinese cook who has been employed at the Umatilla agency for several years, has gone back to China to visit his old home. This is the second trip Guyer has made to the Orient with in the past five years, and this time he took with him about 100 bars of fine toilet soap. COUNTY INSTITUTE. County School Superintendent J. F. Nowlin is making extensive preparations for the coming annual teachers insti tute, which is to be held at the court house In this city, October 29, 30 and 81. Umatilla County contains 150 teachers and they are all required to attend the institute. The school law provides that all schools In the county shall bo closed during .ths.lhreo days -of the holding of the Institutes. A NOTES AND PERSONALS. J Hazel, the five-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Lipscomb, died yes terday morning of diphtheria. 40 Jack Gebhart was arrested here Satur day evening by the police and will be taken back to Salem, where he was com mitted from Union County to the asylum. Gebhart is not apparently a very crazy man, but Is said to be slightly off. Austin Wells and Mart Boyd were brought to- town yesterday afternoon By Sheriff Taylor, charged with the theft of a watch. An extra freight train took five cars of fine cattle from the W. & C. R. yards Sunday afternoon. They were being shipped by Mr. Ball, who purchased them in the interior for the Frye, Bruhn Co., of Seattle. l D. Sloan and wife will leave in a few days for Albany, Ore., where they go to make their future home. y J. A. Baddeley and H. C. Xdams, proral nlnet citisens of Weston, are in town. Mrs. J. B. Catron, of Walla Walla, is In Pendleton, where she met her niece. Miss Viola-Groves, who is going to visit Mrs. Catron. They are the guests of Mrs. F. F. Wamsley. Mr. and" Mrs. ' Will Ingram and Miss Minnie Reno have gone to Portland and the valley to spend a week's vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Casper Van Dran have returned from Portland and Albany, where Mrs. Van Dran visited for the past month. An important land transaction is re ported from Eugene. The Booth-Kelly Lumber Company has purchased the holdings of A. D. 'Highland. The trans fer involves between 15,000 and 20,050 acres, and the purchase price is said to be 1250,000. toolhouse In Portland in February, 1902. There is no doubt as to Level's guilt J. W. Howard, of Silver Lake, has his vaqueros on the trail now driving out the last bunch of 1000 head of fine beef cattle to Klamath Falls. Salem hop dealers report the hop ma" ket as firm, with only a few sales taking place. The Blosser crop on Howell Prairie has been purchased by Faber & Neis at 22H cents. The receipts of the Union postoffice for the past year amounted to 83,266, the receipts of the previous year being $2010, showing a substantial growth in the bus iness of the city. Articles of incorporation of the Black Butte Railroad and Coal Company have been filed- with th Secretary of State. The company controls about 2500 acres of land. The location of their holding u about 18 miles southwest of Heppner. FOR STEALING CLOTHES, (Journal Special Service.) INDEPENDENCE, Oct 8.-The officer here took in custody a young man who was wanted in Marlon County for steal ing several suits of clothes from the Hub bard hop ranch. The clothe were hld den,on this side of the river, and on be ing discovered, watch was -made for the guilty party and on his arrival to take them, wa arrested by local officer. - H was taken to Salem for a hearing. DOINGS IN OREGON an Clackamas County Items and Mat ters at the Big Falls. OREGON CITT, Oct 8.-Th paper and a' plat for a new town in. this county have been filed with Recofder Stevens. It is to be located in the Boring district, and is to be known as Boring Station. The electric road, now being constructed from Gresham to - Springwater, baa a 100-feet rtght-ofi-way through the place, with privilege of running any and all cars at such times as it might see fit In placing this new town before the peo ple and dedicating the streets u the pub lic as, open highways, J. W. Root and Eliza. Root reserve the right to lay rail road tracks, construct telephone and tel egraph lines and to put up poles and wires necessary for the operation of elec tric cars. With the exception of the street over which the O. W. P. Ry. Co. will operate cars, the streets are to be fifty feet wide in some parts of the town and hi other parts sixty feet wide. IMPORTANT LAND CONTESTS. On the ground that the land Is unsur veyed and that the contestants, have made settlements and improvements, Tom P. Randall, James W. Draper, James Marrs, O. A. Gen gel bach, Ed. Rlckner, Victor Erlckson, W. C. Holman, Wallace Cole, L. Houshu; R. H. Wallace, J. Kel ly and C. W. . Kelly, have filed contests in the land office against the Northern Pacific Ratroad Company. . asking that that company's lieu land selections on the Upper Clackamas be, cancelled and forfeited to the United States. Accord ing to the law the person who makes, an actual settlement on unsurveyed land has a preference right of entry after the land is surveyed and open for entry. The land In dispute Is located in the east ern part of this county and is covered with fine timber. The contestants are residents of tnis city. WOMAN IN MAN'8 CLOTHING. The woman who has been wandering over the state for some weeks pest and who was run out of Portland by the pt lice, because she wore men's clothing, was taken to the asylum last night by Sheriff Shaver. When she went to the farm of James Lovelace, near Sprlntr water, several days ago, he saw thnt she was a woman and that she was prob ably crazy, so brought her to town yes terday. When examined, she told the following concerning herself: She comrs here from the Last where she was em- j ployed as a cook, after being discharged j from a hospital. Since then she has tramped across the country, working at odd Jobs. It Is now her desire. ..to locate on some Tand between Molaila and Springwater, but her forced -journey to Salem will delay this plan for a time. She claims to have masqueraded in men's clothing for many years. ATTEMPTED HIGHWAY ROBBERY r It has Just been ascertained that an attempt at highway robbery was made on one of the roads leading Into this city on last Sunday night, but owing i.i th, tani thnt nnn nf fhn Pfntlemen w'l 7-4 is one of the most prominent men In th' city, often has occasion to drive into the country and for fear that his wife would hear of it, an effort was mode to keep the matter quiet. Accompanied . by a friend, this man was driving toward town late that evening, when two men hailed them and commanded them tc stop, which they did, taking the matter as a Joke. But when the two would-b robbers came up to the buggy, they tried to give more commands, but were too nervous to say much, but what they did say was enough to convince the two gen tlemen that they were about "to be robbed. The horse was struck a smart blow and the way that horse came down the road was anything but slow, so say the men. The last seen of the would-be robbers was their shadows, as they dove into the brush. ; THE WORK OF 1HIEVKS. For several years past at about this time horse owners and stablemen have missed articles belonging around bams, such as harnesses, , whips, spurs, robes, etc., and this year is no exception. Some time during Tuesday night a set of bug gy harness was stolen from Charles Al bright's barn, back of his meat market, and this morning the report comes tnat a portion of another harness vas stolen last nlgfu. Persons owning a horse will do well to keep their barn doors locked. Garden thieves are also doing a big business with the gardens in- and around Green Point. One or two people have NORTHWEST NEWS. A special from Waltsburg announces that J. W. Brown, formerly of Salem, Is shortly to establish a creamery plant at that place. The value of goods arriving at Daw son for the past three month was $. 311,346. Customs collected In September were 172,167. The City Council of Walla Walla, has appropriated 8500 to assist those rendered homeless by the recent forest fires. Hoi lon Parker donated a ton of flour, which was shipped Tuesday. A special from- Vancouver says fhat Higglns, the youthful murderer wi-j killed a boy named Doherty, will expiate his crime on the gallows December 1&. Higglns is only 16 fear of age. A. T. Johnson, a laborer, while worktrg on the Snohomish Logging Company's road near Everett, was killed in a tragi manner by a tree he was felling, which kicked him back and crushed Bis head and chest. Judge Chapman, of Taecvna, has sen tenced Tommy . Santiago Howard to 20 years In the Walla I Walla 'penitentiary. Howardls the young Indian convicted of manslaughter for the murder of . Kate Arquette, a nalfbreed woman. ' The Yakima Commercial Club Is draw ing plans for an extensive irrigation sys tem. It lm proposed U Up th XI tan . ' !... m--.a-ijl--"Il- - ... ' 99 had their whole lot of vegetables taken in on 1 night, and several other have suffered the loss of only a part of their truck. .;, f V ', MINOR NEWS NOTES.- Last evening a number, of the member of Mead Corp. W. R. C, and Mead Post G. A. XL. called 'Id a body on Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Martin at tnelr residence on Fourth and Washington streets.' Th occasion was th return of Mr. and Mr. Shadle after an absence of several month in Astoria, where they went after their marriage. In June. Among the many present was a cake dish, from the mem bers of the two organizations present The company dispersed after refresh ment had been served, all declaring that a splendid time had been enjoyed. Mr. Kate Pope left last evening for New York, to study vocal music, intend ing to t gone about a year. Mrs. Pope has received high compliments from crit ic who have heard her sing, and her friend- and admirers predict a great fu ture for her. EJJGENE. (Journal Special Serviced EUGENE, Oct. 8.-The Willamette Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church which 1 now In seslon here, la being largely attended, ministers Jjflng present from all over Orecon. FUNERAL OF I. W. POPE. The funeral of I. W. Pope, who died from, Injuries received from falling off a building one day lust week, was held today under the auspices of Vernon Company, Uniform Rank. Knights of Pythias, of which the deceased was a member. , WILL DEFEND HIS SON. ' A. J. Heaton, father of Bert Heaton, who . is now in the Lane County Jail, awaiting hi trial for the murder of Benton Tracey, at Junction City last May, arrived here today from Wyoming. He will remain' until after the trial, which occurs In November, and says lie will employ the best attorneys to defend his son. . Heaton' s wife Is also here, having come from Wells, Nev., shortly after her husband's aiTest at that place. SUIT FOR DIVORCE. William. M. Beaupra has sued his wife. Daisy Beaupra, in the Lane County Cir cuit Court, for divorce. Cruel and in human treatment and Infidelity are al leged as grounds for divorce. MYRTLE CREEK. (Journal Special Service.), MYRTLE CREEK. Oct. 8.-R. Jennie, the county bridge carpenter, Is now en gaged with a crew of men In construct ing a bridge across the South fmpqua River, near the mouth of Elk Creek, at a point 25 miles above this place. .Tbia bridge Will safely prove a good invest ment for the county. When it is com pleted settler can live in the Elk Creek country with some degree of comfort. Heretofore those pioneers who ventured into that country were compelled to take In enough supplies during the summer to last during the winter, as the river is too high during the winter months to ford with safety. Notwithstanding this fact, lately the country has built up rap idly, until now there are a hundred peo ple, where tty years ago there were not a dozen. About 30 strangers got off the overland train this morning. Most of them were either looking for timber or mines. Some few were looking at the oil prospects. T. N. Humphreys, the miller, has Car penter Newman, of Canyonvllle, at work on a 1500 dwellS in Gabbeft's second ad dition. Four other dwellings have been built within the town during the presert. year. ALBANY. (Journal Special Service.) ALBANY, Ore., Oct. 8. News has been received here of the shooting of a well known man of Linn County., Edward Glenn, forty miles from Prinesvllle, near Mowry. Glenn and Charles. Roberts, who formerly lived in Crawfordsville, had a misunderstanding, the result of which was the death of Glenn. Mr. D. P. Mason has returned home from a trip to Missouri. Mr. A. M. Cannon, of Medford, Is In the city on legal business. B. F. Holman, of Portland, is In the city. Rev. H. L. Reed left today for Grants Pass to attend the synod of the First Presbyterian Church. Mrs. George Patterson Is visiting friends In Spokane. River far up the valley and construct an Irrigation oanal which would .bring under water about 61.500 acres of land. Two rural delivery routes, after long and patient waiting by the farmers of Columbia County, have been started out of Dayton wltfi William Sayles and M. Burks as carriers. The two routes take in the most thickly populated portion ct the county, and accommodate about ISO or 190 families, when working at full ca pacity. The Coroner's Jury Impaneled to Inves tigate the causes of the explosion at Lawson, last Wednesday, has returned a verdict declaring the miners were re sponsible for the accident The Jury, af t. a thorough investigation, came to the conclusion that some one had set off a shot against orders and the explosion followed. CELEBRATION AT OXFORD, LQSiDON. Oct . 8. Eminent- -educators and savants from many parts of the world are gathered at 0fm--UtHvrsHy fr the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the establishment of the Bodleian Li brary. The celebration commenced to day and will continue through the re mainder of the week. Prominent among those in attendance are James H. Can field, of. Columbia -University, and An drew D. White, the United States Am bassador to Germany, who is present a th representattlv of YI University. GREATER SALEM. Committee to Amead Charter Holds First Meeting, - (Journal Special Service.) SALEM, Oct I. Th special commit tee on amendment to the Salem charter appointed by th Greater Salem Com-, mercial Club last week, has held a pre liminary meeting and while nothing defi nite .has been don th committee ha discussed th needs of the city at length and Is now waiting for th appointment of a similar committee from the City Council, when preliminary step will be taken to carry out th wishes of the club and th Council. At the first meeting it was decided to amend the charter so as to enlarge the boundaries of the city, taking In th suburbs now so thickly set tled. It is proposed to draw straight lines and quadruple the size of the city, thus taking In much valuable property. Sani tary measures were also discussed and the committee was unanimously In favor of a Board of Health or a Sanitary Com mission, a sanitary plumbing Inspector and a system of reportng contagious dis eases, births, deaths ancother data by the physicians of the city. The "popular loan" idea was. also brought up, and the Idea prevailed that the ' charter should provide for the funding of all city In debtedness In the same manner as has been done by the Salem school dlstrict: the borrowing of money at home at a low rate of interest, payable at the option of the city. The committee was quite en thusiastic in the matters' discussed and entirely harmonious and is only waiting for the five appointees of the Mayor to begin the work assigned them. ALBANY FOOTBALL College Team Compose of Men With Good Records. (Journal Special Service.) ALBANY, Ore., Oct. 8. Frank Temple ton has been elected captain of the Al bany College football team for the sea son '02. Templeton is one of the best tuckles In the state. In '99 he played right tackle on the Tamalpals Academy, San Rafael. Cul., which wffn second place In a league of seventeen teams. In 1!M0 he played on the University of Oregon Fregutnan team, also sub-tackle anu guard on the 'Varsity eleven, anu last year played tackle on Albany College's winning team. The team has begun its active training this week. The last year's men on the team are: Mack, center; Fran cis, guard; Coates. half back; Morrison, CAPTAIN FRANK TEMPLETON. full back; Templeton, tackle; Rumbaugh. guard. Following is the football schedule for Albany College: . October -5 Willamette University. November 10. O. C. November 8. O. S. N. S. November 1R Dallas. November 21. Pacific. . November 7 McMirmvlllP. A good town team Is also being organ ized, conhposed of men who have ex cellent football records. CTarles Stewart will be quarter on the team. rie was captain and quarter on the Albany College team last year. Carl Cooley, who played halfback ofi the Albany College team, will play half on this team. Frank Stellmacher, an excellent tackle, who has played on the College team, and also the teams of Company G, of this city. Rocky Mason ana Fred Weath erford will play ends. Both are former players on the Bishop Scott Academy team. Other good men in the team are Sam Hartsock, Ebert Robe, - Qlen. Stai macher, Albert Alexander and Percy Young. LEAGUE OF MUNICIPALITIES. IOWA CITY, Iowa, Oct. 8.Abouf 150 mayors and other officials of the chief cities of the state faced Mayor W. ii. Wray, of Oskaloosa, today when he called to order the annual convention of the Iowa League of Municipalities. After cordial greetings from Mayor Stebbins and President MacLean of the University of Iowa, the convention listened to the reports of the officers and committees. The papers presented at the opening ses sion were as foilows: "Street Paving in Iowa," Mayor F. M, Norrls, of Mason City; "Some Recant 8ewage Disposal Plants in Iowa." Prof. A. Marston, of Iowa State College; "Governing a Muni cipality," Mayor W. H. Schooley. of In dlanola; "Source of Artesian Water Sup ply for Iowa Cities," Prof. S. Calvin, of the University of Iowa. The convention will continue and con etud ita- aesaiona -tumaTXRW! WEDDED AT F0RT,HAEHLTOK NEW YORK, ct 8. A military wed ding of note today was that of Mia Louisa' Rodger, daughter of General John i. Rdgera U. S. A., and Lieutenant Har rison Hall, of the Artillery Corp. The ceremony was performed at the home of the bride's parents. Officers' Row, Fort Hamilton, and was attended by a njnnhex. of prominent military man." ., -. i.'-t'Kv '".V;- -i, :'.' THE PORTLAND portlaiItd, oreoon. AMERICAN PLAN HEADQUARTERS f OR TOURISTS AND COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS y Special rates made to families and single gentlemen. Tbe manage ment will be pleased at all times to show rooms and give prices. A modern Turkish batb establishment In the hotel. H.C. BOWERS, nanager. 1 as To consumers of current from Lamps at 15c Each, or $1.75 per Dozen. These are the same lamps that we formerly sold at 35c each, and are made expressly tor us. Buy them if you want the best. Delivered In dozen lots free of charge. PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. OVER THE WIRES. Veterday wound up th army maneu vers at Fort Riley, Kans. At attempt was made late last night between Chicksaw, O. T., and siding No. It Is reported that in an Interview yes terday President Roosevelt stated that he would not draw the color line. King Edward will entertain at luncheon In the liu( klnghara Palace next Friday, Generals Corbln, Young and Wood. The physicians in attendance on Russell Sage say that there is no danger what ever of any serious result from his 111 ness. A dispatch from Beaumont Texas, states that another big fire is raging In the oil fields fhere and already the loss has reached $100,000. A loss of over 8200.000 was caused by the burning of the building occupied by the Pittsburg Plate Glass Company, In Chi cago, early this morning. It has become necessary for the Mayor of New Orleans to call for troops, owing to the ccvere riots caused by any at tempMo run thoitfreot cars. A special train will be used by the Crown 1-rinre of 81am in his tour of the United Stales. He will visit .Portland and other cities of the Northwest. The -latrrt statement issued by the United Plates- iSleel C'cmsswy shows that .tbe nut-aralngs-of-tmrt -exjrporatronfbr the last nine months amount to $101,142, 17 ' New York Congressional nominations were made yesterday at follows: Ninth liisti let Charles R. Ad!r, Repub ilenn; l-'uiirteenth District Charles J. Anderson, Republican. Colombia's new gunboat Dogota, with f n American crew on board, sailed from S.in" l-Ynncisco yesterday afternoon. The commanding ofilecr of the boat, H. H. Mannuilulu-, wus a captain in the Confed erate army. At a ofiblr.ot meeting held at the Elysee Pnlnc, Pari', yesterday. Foreign Minister Delcafpo" announced that a Franco Hinmcud convention, settling pending questions and defining the boundaries, etc., was signed today. A llf patch from Salt Lake City says that the vault In the offices of the Sierra Nevada Lumber Company was dynamited yesterday morning and J400 secured by the crackpnieii. The office was badly wrecked by the explosion. Oil cannot compete with coal for naval use. At Icastt that Is the conclusion reached by the board of naval engineers which for many weeks has been making a series of practical tests with various oil burners under a 2000-horsepower boilei in Washington. A telegram from General Jesse Le, at Manila, says the ladrones have been at tacking towns In ths Province of Leyte, where they killed a rfumber of the native constabulary .and levied contributions. The population of some of the towns fled to the mountains. The tlrBt sitting of the royal commis sion appointed to inquire into the con duct of the South African War was held yesterday in London, under the presi dency of Lord Klgin. Much dissatisfac tion was caused by the decision of the commission to -eicrude thepress. 1 to hold up the first Rock Island pas senger train, westbound. Shots were fired into the coaches, but no one was hurt. The train had just entered . the canyon where In 1895 a desperate train robbery was committed by the Jennings gang, when a number of shots were fired at It. A new way to put out a prairie fire was employed near Choteau, Mont, yes terday. The grass about the town was burning fiercely, and threatened the en tire outskirts. A large steer was killed and quickly skinned, and his wet and bloody hide dragged over the fire, which it smothered like a wet blanket Charles Lennox, confined at Butte, Mont., under sentence of death for "mur der, yesterday shot through the ars of the death cell and out of the Jail window an arrow, whton he had fashioned with his penknife, tied tp which was a message to the wife, of Sheriff Furey, of Silver Bow County. Lennox makes a polite re quest. In the not for some literature. R. Miller, a local capitalist of Omaha, yesterday applied to the District Court ioc-a.tecelYSj:f.ot ..the Kitchen Bros. Ho tel. Company,- which operates the Pakton Hotel one of ifcft largest Ju tha jelly Mr. Miller In his petition avers that he own one-third of the. stock of th company, valued at $157,000, and allege misman agement of the property. Another successful raid has been mad by Sheriff' Thompson, of Cadde County, Oklahoma, on the Bert Casey gang of outlaws. Hearing of a conference of th Caaoy ga. in Odar ("anyorl, " In " the Wichita Mountains, th Sheriff, with Xt t t t $3.00 Per Day and Upward our mains we are now selling PIANO LESSONS! W. Gilford Hash io Tenth Street, near Washington Phone Front 464. Piano lessons from ii per month up according to length of lesson. Mr. Nub ha been at the head" of the department of muala at th State University for th las six, year and ha been very successful as a teacner. Beginner taaen. MMMMIUMIIMMMMHt DRINK SF STAR. BREWERY COMPANY'S J . ' FAMOUS HOP GOLD ! TELEPHONES: Or. East 46. CoL 3190 g East 3d and Burnside Sts., PORTLAND, - ORJECON 2 HAVE YOUR HANDS READ PROf ES&OR STERLING 289 South Third street Th Celebrated Palmist and Psych ok) gist) A M 'PHONE, NORTH 4441. 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