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Anger is tha moat Impotent paaalon that accompanies th mind
of man; it effect nothing It goes about: and hurts tha man who la
possessed by It mora than any othar ta whom It la directed. Clarendon.
1 I A POLICY OF EVASION.
4 A local contemporary publishes a brace of editorials upon the general
toplo of ofllclal corruption, one of them called forth by the scandal In the
; Postofflce Department, and the other by the fraud In the land office at
Eugene. These two editorials afford as good an illustration aa could be
found of the culpable Iddifference which to In great measure responalble for
' ' the dishonesty so constantly coming to light In national, state and municipal
affairs. Public officials who have been guilty of wrong-doing would read our
Contemporary! utterances with keen satUfactlon and entire approval.
la the discussion of the postal frauds, our contemporary, after a series
f aimless Interrogations aa to tha extent of corruption lh national affairs.
Observes that Inasmuch as the people have always believed that the public
ervlce Is clean and efficient. "LET US CONTINUE 80 TO BELIEVE,
S. NOTWITHSTANDING. THESE 8HAMELE8S DISCLOSURES IN VARIOUS
DEPARTMENTS, HOPING THAT THEY ARE DUE TO A SEARCHING
HUNT FOR WHATEVER OFFICIAL CROOKEDNESS " AND -WICKED-
, MESS EXIST, AND THE DETERMINATION TO SUPPRESS THEM, AND
TO WEED THE SERVICE OF ALL DISHONEST MEN."
, Upon the subject of the land office frauds ,at Eugene, this newspaper
" apologist (or official corruption displays the same maudlin sentimentality
'Which Induce foolish women to send flowers and missives to the cell of the
. condemned murderer. Concerning the young woman who was formerly Land
Commissioner, and wbo Is now a fugitive from Justice, it is editorially re-
(narked: 'Tier delinquency is particularly to be regretted because it dispels
" the pretty Illusion we nearly all entertained that a woman In such a position
, could do no wrong. A disquisition follows upon the relative honesty of men
and women In public office. "Alas," sighs this milk and water exponent of
morality, "Miss Ware's caae to evidence that she X woman) Is as liable to
temptation aa man."
,. But there Is a audden rebound from this pessimism. "Nay, let ut still
'believe,'' eailh this preacher, "notwithstanding Miss Ware's lapse, that
women as a rule would be rather more conscientious, would yield rather
lea readily to such temptation aa that which caused her downfall. She
.. probably was told that 'they all did it, that these practices were common and
indeed universal; and In this she was not very much misinformed."
After this complete reversal of the opinion expressed In the previous
editorial., the sermon concludes; "Poor Miss Ware but let it be remembered
that at the worst she is no worse than a lot of men who hold or have held
. similar positions."
V Thus ends the flabby moralising. j
' It la precisely this spirit which encourages frauds . and dishonesty In
X public office. IT WAS PRECISELY THI8 ATTITUDE ON THE PART OF
THE LOCAL PRESS, IN THE DAYS WHEN PORTLAND'S NEWSPAPER
MONOPOLY REIGNED WITHOUT COMPETITION, WHICH FOSTERED
t THE 8HAMELE8S CORRUPTION THE JOURNAL IS NOW BRINGING
, TO LIGHT.
"Let us continue to believe that everything Is all right," said the editor.
as he closed his eyes, and the looting of the taxpayers went merrily on.
'"Possibly some delinquency or lapse has occurred, but let us hope that it
: Is. not serious," was the comment as the stealings grew greater and the
county's debt Increased.
Official dishonesty is indeed a regrettable thing. It Is all the more re
V grettable when the criminal to a woman. But when the public press, which
should be the most vigilant and most Jealous guardian of the rights of the
people, descends to the role of an abject apologist for the wrong doers and
seeks to minimize their offense, It deserves only contempt.
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atlia Wiltoa, Talantad riaaisi Oava
KplaadM Becltal WaAaeaday Ktgbt.
to open the aess Ion of that body. There
ia strong reunon to hope that Speuktr
Miller of the Ullnoia House of Repre
sentatives may also be snowed under
before toe present storm subsides at
Springfield.
Great Britain's national debt now
amounts to the tidy little sum of four
billions of dollars. The business of
annexing the earth Is very expensive.
The secret of the rainy weather' last
week has transpired. The weather
man didn't get a pass to the bull
games.
OIL ON ROADS
Portland Rye to Btrild
on Broadway
U Line Cannot Be Completed Before
Some Time fa Jane Rail
1 road Notes.
Work Is to begin within tha Best few
days ton the Broadway extenalon of the
i'urtland Street Railway Company, and
Ilea and other onstru'tton material are
being unloaded at the point of connec
tion with the Woodlawn Una To a re
porter for Tha Journal General Manager
Fuller this morning said: "
"It Is hardly probable we will com
plete tha Broadway road before June,
but we will do at leat a portion of the
work Within a month. Our present sup
ply of ateel rails rather short, but
we expect another ctirau from Antwerp
within a short time. In order to hold
our t inncahM -we munt build a portion
of the track In May and we haa all ar
rangement - made to eurry -out this
plan." ' :
The Broadway Uric will extend east
along, that street Into the suburbs at
Interior points. It has nut yet been de
termined the frequency of the service
that will be instituted, but aa that por
tion of the city ia rupidly building up
the management of Hie Portland Kail
way Company feels it will be Justified
In liberal treatment.
Tha Pacific Oil Reporter atatas that
arrangflmenta are now being -contem
plated for the laying of dust by means
of oil on most of the Colorado Tall road
n tha summer time. It has alrendy
been announced by the passenger depart
ment of the Colorado and Southern rail
road that thla movement would be In
augurated with the omtng tourist sea
son, or earlier, if possible. In conjunc
tion with the corresponding department
of tha Santa Fe Railroad towards
sprinkling oil on tha road bed between
Denver and Pueblo. i"
It la micgeated that It may come to
paaa that the Northern Pacific and O. R.
& N. will follow the example of the
Colorado roads and aprinkle aueh por
tions of their road beds as He In tha
"arid aectlona" of the Northwest or
where the duat and dirt needB to be laid
to Insure the comfort of their passen
gers, and thus offer further inducements
to the traveling public to make use of
theae lines of travel. .
MINISTERS SPEAK
ON LOCAL STRIKE
WORTHY OF ODD STEEL
, " It to interesting to observe the gen
eral expressions . of confidence, in the
English sporting Journals, that Sir
. Thomas Upton's Shamrock III is the
long-looked-for cup winner that Is to
wrest the coveted trophy from Amer-
teal The dismay excited by the chal-
lerujer'a recent catastrophe has been
' allayed by the assurances of her owner
that all damages will be repaired in
ample season to permit her to enter the
race at the scheduled time. English
; yachtsmen generally regard Shamrock
III aa the best and speediest boat that
has ever been entered as a competitor
for 'the America cup.
- The Yachtsman observes: "It really
eema that this time the cup is in real
Canger"
' The Yachting World comments as
' follows upon the appearjice of the
1 Challenger:
Every fresh etep taken in the develop
' ment of 81r Thomas Llpton s new chal
lenger, from the day when the bare hull
was slipped Into the water until her first
appearance under the whole cloud of her
fine weather racing canvas, has gone to
T confirm the impression that she is by
far the most beautiful boat ever built
bere for cup racing. The hull, with its
tair and easy curves and ship-like ehape, :
was modeled on lines exceptionally
pleasing to the eye; the spars liad none
of that top-heavy look which was the
moat characteristic feature of the early
para of steel, and the sail plan looks
both well balanced and likely to do ef
fective work. ,
' , So far as it is possible to judge at
this time,, Mr. Fife has surpassed all
his previous creations in the line of
.racing machines and if the American
defender Shall prove equal to expec
tations the coming international raceB
;, wlli be the most notable that have yet
occurred. The trial performances of
the Reliance are awaited with keenest
Interest.
Is one of the gravest Importance, and
the course pursued by President
Roosevelt has aroused the most Intense
feeling. In Northern and Western
states the issue will be comparatively
unimportant, but in the South it XM
be the great pivotal feature of the"
coming campaign. Southern Demo
crats and Southern Republicans alike
believe that the President is resolved
to trample under foot the racial pre
Judice which Is more than a religion
to the white population, of that section,
President Roosevelt has made the
blunder natural to a man Of head
strong and Imperious temperament
He has undertaken to eradicate by an
edict the deep-rooted sentiment which
is universal among the people of the
South. He has fancied that by the
mere exercise of his authority he can
wipe out a prejudice which has existed
for generations and which only the
lapse of time and the gradual uplifting
of the colored race can eliminate. It
Is the clash of theory with condition
and the condition must triumph.
Grover Cleveland was right when he
said let the South alone. Intelligent
men must deprecate her prejudice
against the colored race and must ear
nestly hope for the day of race equal
lty, but they must realize that coer
cion win not overcome the one nor
hasten the coming- of the other.
ThltW.
fror
the
fcoosEvars race policy.
It is noticeable that President Roose
velt has thus far said nothing during
his western trip upon the race question
and his policy of appointing negroes to
office in fhe .Southern state. Ii la a
toplo which he can scarcely afford to
overlook If he proposes to continue to
give to the public his views upon the
Important issues of the day. J-
Fortunately in. this part. of the
Union, race prejudice -to ai Its min
imum, fcut in other atatas the problem
Marriage, according to one of the
delegates to the recent old maids' con
vention, ia the Siberia of womanhood.
This is quite at variance with the con
clusions' of that other student of the
subject, who observed; nt all the
women In the world w ere -on one side
of a wide river and ajl the men were on
the other side, how wet the poor
women would get." "
A gentle sephyr from Chinook. Wash.
wafts the intelligence that an Anti
Treatlng League has been formed In
that town. There have been many
similar organisations, and as a rule
they a'e composed of teetotalers, men
who never have the price Or men Who
never treat. The seductive invitation
to "have one with me" will probably beJ
heard Just as frequently aa ever In
the social gathering places of Chinook.
The president of the German Reich -stag
ww snowbound while on Ms way
Local labor difficulties were the subject
of comment by the ministers of the gos
pel yesterday, the prevailing opinion
being In favor of arbitration, although
the clergy la not in absolute harmony on
the question. Following are extracts
from aome of the aermona:
Rev. William E. Randall, Independent
Baptist Church, aaid that It waa paradox
ical that a feeling of prosperity in the
commercial world, and amid utmost har
mony In the political world, should be
attended by fierce struggles In the In
dustrial departments. He took tba ground
that tha present conditions of industrial
unrest here are Indicative of the general
feeling elsewhere. However, he thought
that the existence of labor troubles was
an evidence of race progress, holding It
to be the duty and right of men to lm
prove their conditions.
Rev. Randall advised arbitration.
Rev. Jerome McQlade, Uispab Presby
terian Church, held that arbitration was
more Justifiable now than ever before.
Hla toplo waa, "Tha Principle of Media
tion In Its Social and Religious Bear
Inga," taken from the biblical text, "Nei
ther Ia There Any Daysman Betwixt Us
That Might Lay His Hands Upon Us
Bath." Rev. McGlade quoted General
Grant aa once havlna aald: "Thousrh I
have bean trained aa a soldier and have
participated in many battles, there never
waa a time 1q my opinion when soma
reaaon could not have been found for
preventing the drawing- of the sword.
I look forward to an npch when a court
recognised by all nation will settle In
ternational differences." Ray. McGlade
held that no matter how conflicting the
contentions, these principles would not
surfer by mediation.
Rev. Andrew J. Montgomery.
Presbyterian Church, Impresses the pub
lic with the obligation of furthering
arbitration In the present crisis. The
positive injury resulting to all oltlsens
alike by the continuance of the strike
waa referred to forcibly, and no matter
what the outcome might be the loss ln
lnfticted would be appalling.
Rev. E. L. House. First Congregational
Church, Bald that It was not right that
the unions should dictate to the non
union workmen what he shall and shall
not do. He believed that workmen
should be classified as skilled and un
skilled, and lamented the fact that many
employee were not worth what they were
demanding. Rev. House thou ant that
arbitration as a means of settling labor
and capital contentions was the only
proper method. A further tie-up of
business would, in his opinion, handicap
the 1906 Kalr.
Rev. John C. Hughes, St. Lawrence
Church, admitted that the Catholic
Churches leaned toward the working
man. The church is made up largely of
laboring men. said he, and it was no
wonder that the priests favored the toller
as long as his cause appeared to be Just.
Kev. Hugnea argued that since the cost
of living had advanced In this city
materially it was only Just that the
Wages oi working men should be raised
too.
Rev. John E. Simpson, St. Mark's
episcopal Church, urged arbitration as
the proper means of adjusting the differ
ences between capital and labor. He
observed that the coat of llvtng. house
rent, etc., had Increased considerably in
the past year and took that as an in
dication that wages must be raised ac
cordingly. ...
Rev. W. B. Hogan. St. Patrick's
Church, advised giving the laboring man
the benent or tne donbt. He certainly
needs it. Let the prices " of groceries
and rents go up. but let wages rise ac
cordingly was his idea. The unions were
referred to as being the salvation of the
laboring classes today and the trusts
were blamed for the existence of the
unions. Arbitration was recommended.
Rev. E. R. Hill. First Presbyterian
Church, spoke briefly on the present
strike and favored' arbitration immedi
ately. .....
W. B. JSSOia IS IS FOXTUItD.
Voted Railroad Official Comes to Opaa
STew Office.
General Western Agent W. B. Jerome,
of the New York Ontrel Railroad. Is
In Portland today, anil will remain dur
ing the opening of the new ottlces of
that company on Third street. Mr.
Jerome spent today In c jnsultation with
W. C. Beachrist, local agent for the
New York Central, and In auperlntend
lng the work of arranging the Interior
of the new offices.
"The New York Central does an" ex
tensive business out of the Northwest,"
aald Mr. Jerome to a reporter for The
Journal, "and Portland ia our depot at
the present time. We may decide to lo
cate an office in Seattle at a later date,
but It Will not be until Increased trade
there Justifies ifcr.i We have experienced
a gratifying growth of business here and
it la In the hope of doing still better In
future that we are Increasing our facil
ities."
J. O. Thomas, for some time assistant
to Advertising Agent R. M. Hall, of the
O. R & N. Company, has accepted a
position aa city ticket agent for the
New York Central and will begin hla
duties May 1. His successor with the
O. R. St N. Company has not yet been
appointed.
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Trromhiant Buslasra Kan of Portland, who Xaa Xa turned Troui a Trip to
Honolulu and the Hawaiian Islands.
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Hsw state on OoaL
From the general freight offices of
the Northern Pacific today waa an
nounced a new through rate on coal
$3.55 per ton being charged from Ros
lyn to Cul de Sac, the fuel to be shipped
in carload lots of not less than 40,000
pounds. The rate becomes effective
May 1. ,
CHARLES ROBB
SUCCEEDS TYNER
Appointment, However, Is Said to
to Be Temporary.
(Journal Special Service.)
WASHINGTON. April 27. Charles
Robb. Assistant Attorney-General of
Vermont, was this morning appointed
Assistant Attorney-General for the Post-
office Department, Vice General Tyner,
who was summarily dismissed on the
ground that his wife had abstracted offi
cial papers from the department
Robbs Is appointed temporarily. Payne
announces it will be- at least thirty days
before a permanent suocessor Is named.
Papers turned over to the Postofflce De
partment Saturday by Tyners attorneys
were this morning transmitted to the
Department of Justice. It will now be
the Attorney-General to decide whe
r or not action can . be - sustained
agamst Tyner or his wire, or ner sister.
Mrs. Barrett
j THEATRICAL OFFERINGS j
Mrs. Campbell at the atarquam.
Tonlkht Mrs. Patrick Campbell, tha
celebrated actress, will begin an engage
ment of two ulghU at The Marquam
with a special matinee tomorrow (Tues
day), presenting for her opening bill
this evening Hermann Sudermann'a great
play "Em Lebe daa Leben, which has
been translated by Edith Wliarton and
renamed The Joy of Living." The pro
duction of "The Joy of Living" Is the
first preaentation In the English lan
guage. It was originally produced In
Berlin a year ago at the Deutchea Thea
tre and created a veritable literary sen
sation and had a remarkable run of 100
nights, which la an unusual record in
Germany. It added greatly td the dis
tinguished author's fame and excited no
end of discussion. By many it is con
sidered the greatest play yet written by
the gifted author of "Magda." It Is
written on a very high plane, with evi
dent fine moral purpose in view.
At the matinee tomorrow Pinero's
great society problem play, "The Second
Mrs, Tanqueray," will be the play. To
morrow night the last performance will
be given when "Aunt Jeannie" will be
the offering.
Seats are now selling for the three ,
performances.
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Former Porter in Mer
chant's Hotel Missing
His Sister Comes From San Fran
cisco and Reports Case to the
Local Police.
has m m
HaTOiian Situation Is
Rather Complicatede
Sugar Growers Want Orientals tot
Business Men Clamor for
White Workmen.
W. W. Woodard. of the firm fl
Woods rd ft Clarke, the celebrated Pet,
land Drugglata, today- appeared at hla
oeak for tha first time In several montha
Mr. Woodard has Just returned from
a trip to the Hawaiian Islands, where he
went In search of health. Mra Wood
ard accompanied her huaband and both
feel much benefited by tha aea voyage
and sojourn in the semi-tropical Islands.
According to Mr. Woodard there la
great difference of opinion regarding the
labor situation in the Hawallana.
"While the plantation owners want
Oriental workmen," he added, the mar
clianta and bualness men clamor for
white persons only. The reason for thla
ia that Orientals work so cheaply that
they cannot afford to spend their money
for luxuries, and when they are com
pelled to purchase necessities they do ae
from , their own kith and kin and do
not patronise American or European
ahop keepers. In this way the white
business men find trade very poor an4
Duaineas depressed.
Sugar Business Dull.
"On the other hand tha plantation
owners are unable to realise anything
from the sugar business, the only real
Industry on the islands, unless they get
their help dirt cheap. The native will
not work end has no Intelligence, even
If he would. For this reason sugar rais
ers declare Oriental workmen to be
necessity.
"Meantime there Is literally nothing
doing and money Is scarce. There ia
considerable wealth In the Islands, but
It- la In the. hands of a few and does not
gain circulation. The stores do a limit
ed amount or buslnesa with the rich, but
the wealthy prefer to send to the states
for most of their goods."
"What is the feeling of the natives
toward the Vnlted States!" was asked
of Mr. Woodard, and he replied that
the native reeling did not count.
"The average native Hawaiian la a
tiola-hater.' " he said. "By that is
meant that he hatea all foreigners. But
the average native Is worthless and
the race of Hawallana Is rapidly dying
out. Their death is due largely to their
gorging on masses of doughy paste
made from American flour and enten
raw. This is in Imitation of the "poI"
they ate years ago. but it is now prac
tically impossible to obtain their former
diet and they have fallen back on more
civilized fare, with fatal results."
Shields' Vaudeville.
Edward Shields' continuous vaudeville
WU11 be Introduced to Portland theatre
goers at Cordray's, commencing with a
Sunday matinee. May S. During Mr.
Shields' three-months' visit to Chicago
and New Tork last winter it is said he
booked enough acts to cover his entire
season. This imparts that al Of his peo-
pie will be new on the Pacific Coast
Mr. Shields announces that a full
quota of eight acts will appear at each
performance, and there will be no two
acts alike. . The show, as promised, will
be run continuously, or "pat," as the
stage phrase goes, and a 10-cent matinee
will be given ' every day. The season
runs for 15 weeks with an entire change
each week. Fowler Bros., European ac
robats; North-South and their singing
dog Dixie; musical comedians, Harvey
and Doana, and Sam Wood, the minstrel
comedian, are .among the big features.
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DEFmES-DUES :
OF MIL1WS DUTY
Pennsylvania faift Excoriates Man
Who Shot Striker. v
(Journal Special Service.)
PHILADELPHIA, Pav April 17. In
the Bupreme Court today Justice Mitch-
el fully exonerates and liberates Private
Wads worth for killing a miner while on
duty with his regiment during the an
thracite strike. The matter came up on
a writ of habeas corpus., The decision
is Important to national guardsmen,, as
It defines the linos Of his duty when
called out. lii ,
PRESIDENT IN, NEBRASKA.
(Journal Special Service,)
GRAND ISLAND, Neb.. April 3T.--Presldent
Roosevelt began a strenuous
day by turning the ' first sod for the
Carnegie library. He made an address
in front of the High School Building.
The President's special train left here
at 9:15 this morning. " "
HASTINGS. Neb., April 7 President
Roosevelt's speech here urged' a con
tinuance of tree-planting.. He paid a'
high compliment to J. Sterling Morton,
the Nebraskan, who was Secretary of
Agriculture in Cleveland's Cabinet, and
who, was the father of the Arbor Day
movement. He said ten millions of
school children through this were learn
ing the great lessons which center
around trees and XorestaV : .
POWERS SEEKING
TO COERCE TURKS
LONDON. April 2T. In the House of
Commons this afternoon Lord Cranborne,
replying to an Interpellation regarding
the Balkan situation, stated that fresh
and earnest representations urging prom
ised reforms in Macedonia had been
made in the last few days by Russian
and Austrian Ambassadors. The Ambas
sadors, supported by other powers, he
added, had also urged the appointment
of European officers to reorganise the
Gendarmerie.
BOGUS PRINCE IS
HELD FOR TRIAL
LONDON. April 27. William Brown,
the self-styled Prince Athrobold. who mar
ried the Countess Russell recently and
was arrested on the charge of making a
false assertion, was today remanded for
hearing at the June Assises. Further
testimony showed that Brown Informed
the Countess he wras the son of the Em
peror of Austria.
Brown says after the countess Be
lieved him to be a Prince he "was litef
ally dragged into marriage and had no
idea of committing an offense.
That a foul murder has been com
mitted in Portland, and that Edward
Carpenter is the victim, Is the firm be
lief of Miss Ida Carpenter, his sister.
She arrived in this city last night from
San Francisco, seeking to find her
brother, and discovered him to be among
the missing. Ha has been working aa
porter at the Merchant's Hotel for two
weeks, but has been missing for several
days.
This afternoon Miss Carpenter called
at the police station and Informed Chief
Hunt that her brother was missing, and
that she firmly believed he had been
killed. She stated that an enemy who
had been following him through the
East and Middle West, vowing vengeance,
had left San Francisco but a few days
ago for Portland. That the two men
have met and engaged in mortal combat
to. settle an old feud, is the theory of
Miss Carpenter.
To The Journal Miss Carpenter stated
that her brother and the man alluded to
an his enemy, had had trouble over a
woman in Kansas City. "I do not know
the name of the man my brother had
trouble with," stated Miss Carpenter,
"but I have heard Edward say that he
feared he weuld be murdered some day
by this man. Who he is, or what he
is, I do not know. I and my people
have worried greatly over the matter
for many months, and now I believe that
he has actually been murdered, as he
feared he would be.
"I went to see the proprietors of the
Merchant Hotel, but they cruelly told me
that my brdther had beeh arrested last
week by a man from some Eastern City
on a charge of murder. They would
give mo no satisfaction . whatever, so I
came to the police and told them my
fears. They have promised me oo-od-
eratlon In locating my brother if he Is
alive and have promised to bring the
murderer to Justice, If it develops he has
been murdered. So anxious am I over
this matter, that I have employed the
Plnkerton agency to help me. I feel
that my poor brother, is now lying
somewhere dead. This Is a most ter
rible experience, and I am almost dis
tracted over It"
Edward Carpenter Is 27 years of age,
and according to the declarations of his
sister, has no bad habits, She states
that he never drank, .to excess, never
gambled and had never been involved in
nny previous trouble.
"The matter will receive a full and
complete investigation," said Chief
Hunt. "I do not know what to think of
the woman's story. In some respects It
seems peculiar, but nevertheless, it will
be investigated immediately. Murder
may have been committed, and, again,
the man may be oft on some business
affair. , .
I llf
Says He Will Live to
Shanghai the Offcer,
ASTORIA. April 27. Shackled to
gether, Paddy Lynch and Toblason. an
other convict were driven to the night's
train to bo taken to Salem. At the
station they were surrounded by a large
crowd, scores of persons shaking the
hands of Lynch and wishing him the
good fortune of success before the Su
preme Court
Bone one In the crowd placed a. copy
of- an evening paper In Lynch's hands
and his eye fell on the story of his
alleged ettempt to burn down the county
Jail. The little runner's eyes flushed fire
as he turned to Sheriff Llnvllle and do
ri'dunced him for giving out what lie
branded as an untrue story.
PALMER HELD TO ANSWER.
Charles Palmer, who recently shot
Patrolman Barnes in the cheek, inflict
ing a very painful wound, ' was this
morning arraigned In the Municipal
Court on a charge of attempted murder.
He waived preliminary! hearing, and was
held to await action of the grand Jury.
His bonds were fixed at 2,00, in lieu
Of which he was ordered remanded to
the county Jail.
NOT GUILTY OF ROBBERY.
F. Sullivan and John McDonald, who
were arrested last Friday on complaint
of John Durkln on a charge of larceny,
were this morning released br order of
Municipal Judge Hogue. - Durkln al
leged that Sullivan and McDonald
robbed him of tie in a North End sa
loon,' but he failed to appear in court
this morning to give testimony against
them. Durkln is a logger, and is said
to have had previous trouble In Fort
land galoonav ,-
me to the penitentiary ror eignt years r
exclalmed Lynch. "Why must you make
this dirty effort to damn me In the eyes
of my friends at home 7"
Then the convicted jnan assailed the
Sheriff from another side.
"You know why you have caused me
to be sent up. I know too much about
you to be allowed ray liberty," continued
Lynch.
"Well, you are at liberty to tell any
thing discreditable you know about
me," replied the Sheriff.
"No, I'm not:" exclaimed Lynch. "If
I were to tell what I know about you
I would Implicate some of my friends,
and that alone deters me," answered
Lynch. "I told you today vhat I know
of you," and tears came again to the
eyes of the condemned man.
Just aa the prisoners were boarding
the train Lynch turned to Sheriff Lln
vllle and said: "I II live to see the day
that I'll shanghai you."
, , Lynch is not more than five feet five
inchea in height. He has been ill of
iate arid the prediction is freely made
that he will never live out his term. He
is about 40 years of age.
SALEM BOYS HURT.
SALEM, April 27. Lee' Jacks, on in
mate of the Reform School, while try
ing t escape from a window of the
building by means of a rope, fell and
broke both legs. He is now in the hos
pital and will recover,
i Chester Willard. a lad living south of
Salem, while playing with a dynsmlte
cartridge at the county gravel pit Sun
day afternoon; was dgpgerously hurt, the
cartridge explodIng5n his hand. , Phy
sicians have amputated three fingers of
his right hand and one on t,he left v
NESTS IN ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
Lampmen of the Portland General
Electric Company have been bothered
considerably lately on account of the
large number of English sparrows which
persist in building he!r nests inside the
eleptrlc arc lamps.' he' of the .East
Side men found a nest containing- naif a
dozen eggs In theMa'mp at the corner of,
Grand avenue and East -Morrison streer
this morning, where they had probably
been for some time. - .:.
Pendleton Team
4.
R. P. Black, who was last year cap
tain of the La Grande baseball nine, la
expected In the city today from Seattle.
He will take Immediate cnarge oi the
Pendleton league team, assigning posi
tions and conducting practice games. The
first game of the season will be played
with Dayton In this" place on May Day.
Professional baseball has come to stay
with Pendleton for the season, the sub
scriptions for Its support being liberal.
, aid more expected. Seven hundred dol
lars has been subscribed in sums of $50
each, and smaller individual subscrip
tions are expected. East Oregonlan,
LOST PURSE AND $37. '
- Gtts Baurbine, a timber cruiser from
near Seappoose. Wash., loet his purse
and . 137 "this morning in the St. Paul
House; on Third street. Buurbiue Imme
diately reported hi loss to the polle
and Detectlyee Kerrigan and Snow -avro
sent out on thfM?aS"!. V is believed tho
purs? anJ tasU atiiirn r.itd S-iUiliIne
suspects a man wh-e name the police -decline
to make publio. .