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THE OREGON. DAILY JOURNAL, POTTTIAHD, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY C, 1903. ThomaS -McCusker Re 1 ceives Many Letters. Farmers Not the. Only Ones Taking; Advantage of the Low Rates. TIioko wlio are seeking business loca tions a well on tni'ti In near eh of farms Hi- coming to the Wettt. Thomas Mo-Oiit-Ui'i. president of the Civic Improve ment A;kocIuUoii of Portland, and con trail In freight agent for the Southern l'n'llii- lli'n In Oregon, receives many l-tt'T from residents of the Bust and -( iI'i i r. W'c:t inquiring Into conditions n I'jrtMn.l and vicinity with regard to iMmin ventures nnd occupation of rtl) kinds. These letter sre being given 'ioript i nutrition and It Is hoped they f.- ll remilt In bringing to Oregon large Vu-iilir. of nun with capital a well as rumpcM nt workmcR. "0:ic would lie surprised nt the quan t'tv nT Icttf-rf that find their way to me Fcliitf for information.", said Mr. Mc- iU r. The variety1 of subjects In diiired into 1 another point that could r.r .er l, rtn lerntood by the uninitiated. Wot Tanners Only. "Th" liomesecker movement Ih looked nr.-:i bv inii-iy a lielng composed exclu Mvlv f fnrmc;. Thla In In no sense t-ii". tf eoury there are farmers com ing ! tin" West, nnd plenty of them, but tiirro nlFo thoro who follow other pursnlta an 1 occuputlona In life, both good nnd hart. Of course we do not want the brtif kind, but we have to ac cept a limited number with the good. Many of the letters received ask what opening there u In Oregon for a man with u stated amount of money, the business or trade he prefers to follow bring. Indicated. Mr. MoCusker at onre . j-js&t to work, tystenv of, inv.wtigntJ'" . wHTrti W fiha perreetelf and' VifTiih 1i ahort time I able to reply to the letter, Imparting the desired knowledge. Mr. McCusker Is very well known along the entire line of the Southern Pacific in this 8tte and is thus enabled to ao qUalnt himself with openings, needs and requirements in every city and town touched by that railroad. ' Corporations Com Also. Not only do individuals make appli cation for Information eoncernlnfl' l ora tion's and suitable business points, but WiyeS of OrCOTniafl CofllDOSitOrS fuctutfng Arms would like to install H1VC Sad EzpCfiCfiCC hmnitli nlunta In tli PaMlln Nnpthwnsl I and have asked for pointers concerning locations, - power, concessions and the availability and quantity of such ma- The police are still searching for tertals as would be- required. Among Charles Fry. the clever photograph so- thece is a flax mill, a wagon factory and lloltor who la 'said to have purloined a FRENCH SWINDLERS ARE NOW :: 1 FACING THEIR RETRIBUTION jWimrm 111 Baltimore Woman Re calls Happy Days PARIS. Ma i.-i-The tlumbert family, which defrauded French bankers and merchants for many years by means of the tale Of a mythical legacy of large proportions, are almost face to face with the punishment that TRUSTED STRANGE ESCORT TOO FAR tiihneroua others. A site has been chosen for the flax U1 i the- .Willamette Valley. The property " Jnw .been guaranteed to the company' 'free of " all cost and it Is claimed Indications point to the propo sition being accepted. .ate Sporting 311 int HI LAWS POLICE ARREST ALLEGED THIEF purse containing $17.60 and a wedding ring belonging to Mrs. Marie Savage last Saturday night. No trace of him has been discovered, and it is doubtful if he is ever brought to justice, r The theft came about in a strange , manner, and as related by the police makes an interesting story. Mrs. Sav age, wife of James Savage, a compositor on the Oregonian, and Mrs. McCully, wife I of Paul P. McCully, anothet compositor on the Oregonian, are very friendly and go together in society a great deal. It seems they chanced to meet the pleasant Mr. Fry, and on several occasions per mitted him .to escort tbem to dancing i parties, as their husbands work at night. ' Im;. U r;,n OT...4- L&tl Saturday nigm me oniiging jut. LeWlS me ImCagO Murderer, Fry accompanied Mrs. Savage and Mrs. McCully to a dance. On the way Mr. Eugene Sports Have En countered Trouble. A BEQUEST OF INSANE BLOOD Elders, Deacons aod Preachers Attend Contest on Sunday and ' Swear to Complaints. v Makes That His Defense. (Journal Special Service.) EUGENE, Ore., May 6. This city Is Cfaimed Frank "Martin Has Been Stealing Wire From Bridge. (Journal Special Service.) CHICAGO, May . The burden that heredity imposes was graphically illus trated in the murder case of William T. l.eis before Judge McBwan. Detectives Kerrigan and Snow this morning arrested a man wno gave his name as Frank Martin. He Is believed to be a clever wire thief, and If the suspicions of the offlcers are correct he Ih the man who has Of late been stealing the large capper MWtply wire from under the M:dlsun-street. bridge. The arrt-Ft was madn shortly after S o'clock, at the coiner of East I'nlon and Eaet Oak streets. Martin had nothing incriminating in his possession at the time, but he tallies, it is said, with the description of the man who has been seen recently hanging around the bridge. He utated when placed under arrest that he never stole any of the wire, but gave the names of two men who he said were the guilty parties. The detectives state that the wire stolen frm the bridge has been dis posed of at a Junk store somewhere on the KA.it Side. It is thought that Mar tin is gullly of the theft of many tools from Eist Side residences and shops. Ho Is locked in a city Jail cell and a churge of grand larceny will probably be placed ngalnst him today. to killing his housekeeper, Mrs. Stell Wright, with a hatchet. His lawyers st up the plea of Insanity, and estab . lished the fact that he hud been sub ject to epilepsy since boyhood. In court a sister of the prisoner was taken with an epileptic fit, Immediately after leaVing the witness stand, where she had testified that her father was an epileptic, and was insane for the two years preceding his death. The sister was Mrs," Elisabeth Hake, Fry informed Mrs. 8avage that there were mnnv thieves In Portland and that she had best put her ring and cash In having quite a stir over the action of her purse. After the dance, as they were the ministers of the city agaliibt the .returning home. Mr Fry offered to carry Eutfene BaseDall Corporation, which was Mrs. Savage schawl, fan and purse. Ar- , , . rived at home, Mrs. Savage supposed ' '-ugene a u w wee ago. -- - her valuables were laid on the drawing- te determination of the mihlsters ,,erome ,u.cllmaU.d and et into Dr0Der room table. However, she has never to stop iMl III Sal Sunday opening of I to become .u Ulmaud and get Into proper Lewi, pleaded guilty, several days ago Bf" the purse money or ring since. amusement Action ha. been I ,pft nn Twentetn Centurv r, i ..i- n.. ..i, i ij,., i, , n.. Flyer and goes direct to San Francisco the police to look into the matter, which is now being done. MYSTERY IN A CHICAGO DEATH nam Miw, AllKiOetll JiaKe, r,,, w , m tT i i T l 4GS3 SUte street. Shri had not reached OUICide Tried tiard tO DCSirOy ner seat arter leaving tne stand when she topped, groped blindly in the air and would have fallen had she not been caught In the arms of several of her relatives, who lowered her to a chair, un conscious and uttering guttural sounds. Sua was carried out, while another sis ter of the defendant was supported from the court room in a fainting condition. - Disease la Inherited. Identity. CHIGAQO, May 6. The police are wondering wliv Louis G. Loisson, a New York clothiiyr I salesman who committed the other league cities. suicide at the wmasor-uiirion jiotei Saturday, was so anxious that no inves. ; day crowds for patronage, the effect will tlgation be made Into his death. In a 1 almost be life and death with the league. latter to tha coroner, the Victim Was The nana come, nn fni. o i..n,. I,,-., Today's session of the trial, which is particular to say that his death- was ! trial Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. W. F. (Jllstrap, P. E. Yoran and Calvin M- Young, directors and officers of the I club, for conducting the game Between j Springfield and Eugene on the Eleventh 1 street grounds last Sunday afternoon. The preuchers had agents, who Were elders and deacons of the various churches, at the game. They paid their way and enjoyed the game. I The gentlemen proceeded against are all business men of the city and well ' thought of. The case Is arousing great interest. It will be watched frcm the whole valley, because it will serve as a test case for the Willamette League. If the preachers win this case other pro ceedings will no doubt be commenced in And as the leagues depend largely upon their Sun and is accompanied by his wife, who will look after his diet while he is training. Yank Kenny, the big heavyweight, ac companied Corbett on his weBtern trip, to act as sparring partner. When Cor bett reaches the coast he will be Joined by Joe Kennedy, tlie California heavy weight, who will assist Kenny. Her Own Career as Sad as That of the Unfortunate Genius. (Journal Special Service.) BALTIMORE. Md., Muy 6. Mrs. Kate Henderson of 403 North Fulton avenue la one of the little handful of people still living who knew Edgar Allan Poe in his student days. Mrs. Hender son celebrated her eighty-seventh birth day reoently, and, though more than three score years and 1U have passed since young Poe was one of the callers at her father's house and a member of the circle of young people to which she belonged, the recollection of her ac quaintance with the brilliant genius Is a source of the keenest pleasure to her. Though bent and frail looking. Mrs. Henderson still bears the marks of what in her earlier years must have been a strong and extremely uttractlve personality. 'She has reached the point now wh,en, owing to falling eyesight and to hands crippled with rheumatism she has little fo occupy her attention, but she brightens Invariably when the name of her poet friend is mentioned. She was an aunt of the late Col Charles Itnphun. and now makes her home with Mrs. Estelle V. Kaphun. find when asked by Mrs. Raphun the other day If she had not been a sweetheart of Poe she assented with a Hash of what In a debutante might have been called vanity. She relapsed Into silence again, but In a mthute or two looked up again and said: "Oh, no, not a sweetheart: only a friend. He was- never a beau of mine only a friend." When asked whern h mt tho or-i' ,nVfeodrfrwFiri? ir?ar d.glfltV. ?t1 my father s house." Then, little by lit tle, she told the rest of the story how, when she was a yours girl of 15 and the poet was seven or eight years older, he was brought to her father's house to call. She could not remember with whom he came, but thought it probable that It was with his brother, who was employed In the city. Youn Poe was then a student at West Point, she said, and came to Baltimore during vacation time, especially to Bee an aunt who lived somewhere In the neighborhood of Bond street. Matthew Bleakley, Mrs. Henderson's father, and his family lived not far off-TJr recol lection was that it was fh Plowman street that their home was at the time. Soon the young people became acquainted. Poe a Very Pretty Kan. In thoe days it seems that military uniforms were as greatly admired as now, and the Impression made by the young West Pointer in his cadet finery lias remained during all these years with nt lecst one of his fair admirers. Asked to describe him, the old lady leaned for ward in her chair and tapped her cane lightly on the floor she supports her self with a cane now as slie moves YOU CAN SEE HAIR-GROW , after washing the scalp with rirtt,' WITCH unyons hazel It makea the hair grow thick It makea the hair grow atrong It makea tha hair grow beaatifal Soap Munyon's Witch Hue I Soap Is truly a blessing to those who are toaiay; their hair and becoming bald. This soap is a food and vitaliser; it stimulates and acta as a gentle tonic to the weak and sick roots, and fives them new life and rigor. It promptly removes dandruff, scales, humors and all sores of the scalp. Don't use any more hair tonics or decoctions that are advertised to make hair now oa bald heads. Give this soap a fair trial, and If there is a particle at lite in the roots, this soap will stimulate and Invigorate them Into new life and healthy growth. Of course, you know that Munyon's Witch Hotel Soap for the com plexion and for the toilet Is superior to any high-priced French soap made It makes the skin soft as velvet, and keeps one free from pimples, blotches and most skin eruptions. If your blood is out of order, take Munyon's Blood Cure. It will drive all lm purities from the system and make food, rich, red blood. If your liver Is sluggish and you have a sallow complexion, use Munyon's Liver Cure. These two remedies tsken in alternation, will soon rid tha blood and system of all Impurities, and five life and vigor to the whole body, and, wbtt used In conjunction with the soap, makes tha skin flow with youthful freshness, SOLD EVERYWHERE. T f I B PO RT L 7WD F01TUX9, OBSOOV. AKEKXOA FX-. 93.00 Per Bar aad TTpward. XEADQUABTXBS FOB VOTTBXSTS AID OOMXZSCZAi TBATEUBB& Special rates made to families; and single gentlsmsn. ' The uanagemsat will be pleased at all times to show rooms and givs prloes. A, modsra Turkish bath establishment in the hotel. K. O. BOWSBS, Manafstv Hay Dismantle America. (Journal Special Service.) UOSTON. May iJ The America, the famous o'd yacht that won the cup from the best boats in Kngland 52 years ago, will probably be broken up this summer. She Is now in the harbor at Boston, and 't few of the thousands of people who pass her every day realize that the boat is other than n old schooner that has outlived its usefulness. Congressman Butler owns the historic boat now. He has about decided to have her broken up nnd sold for old Junk. A tlon. proceeding without a Jury Because oj the "Just a plain case of suicide, and needed i Lark Bilyeu and II. V. iv iuuijt, uroagoi out with somber no Investigation." That the salesmaQ's : attorneys for the defense and I, T , Yi n ZZ distinctness the heritage of, disease that motive in destroying himself has not i Hrrls conducting the prosecution for y", "3 " vrZTLr7:,Z7 a parent can leave on his itasramiont. nh, tha The defendant was carried into court fled. I Other Plans. Ifck'to0 walk Ht.hV.,21r V00 The letter left by the suicide wa. read ; It l8 the ,ntenon of the ministers Sick, to walk. His black-bearded face at the oDenin of the coroner's Inquest , lr, r.,oH ...i.i i. .,.v., ZhLtJlrf hl8rf, head rested at Rolston's undertaking establishment , Clu of tne cB,ty. The nks' eld " - v""' ""' ' eyes mis morning, n was as ioiiows: be places of amdaement and me nwrt.,!,,. opened and closed at intervals, as 1 "To the Coroner-Dear Sir: This Is Z IZ.l " r"',. ... ""Ll"T tha drowalnesa nt ,hlh l, ... , . "v:" "'c ii.ubi popu- wV. i V i m i w..,j.. Bwiipiy a maw ui hum " jar day of the week for golfers was almost irresistible. The mother of the defendant. Mrs. William Lewis of Baltimore, made the first link in the heredity claim. She testified that the defendant's father suf- poor health, and bears no further inves tigation. I have neither friends nor kin. I desire that my body be cremated. By disposing of my effects, wlich con sist of three trunks, an electric battery, fered from epilepsy, and when attacked two valises, and a dressing case, and with such seizures was often violent, their contents, J am sure there will be ao that the children had to be sent out sufficient to cover all expenses, Jnoludlng of the house. hotel bill, which I should want to be The aged woman, over 70 years, came paid above, everything else. Thanking from Baltimore to testify for her son. you for the trouble I have caused you, and she was so much overcome by her I am, most respectfully, JU Q. L." motions that she spoke with difficulty. On leaving, the stand she came so near Death boaf Premeditated. The police are satisfied that the man's , ( . . , i , . . A IIC VVIKV iniKIKCUIiai UiQ limn B . . 1","t0 act was premeditated. . The date and sig- to a chair, where she la back, white and trembling, while water was brought ner. The Old ladv was helDed from the nature of the letter were in a different shade of Ink, indicating that they were written after the body of the letter. Half the. people living In New York move one or more times a year. court room to the women's waiting ... ..... ,. t. i ,u a,..,v i a. . - . , I A no Diiiaiui nap uiiiacu in a, nuui toil- room Just before Mrs. Hake went on I, w . .v.- the Stand I me mice niuiais BAVtrimijig imu Loisson had been a guest at the hotel three months. He was 140 behind in his board bill. The hotel employes were not attracted by the shot which ended the man's life, and his body was not discovered until several hours afterward. He had shot himself above the heart Among the man's effects the police found a card bearing the name Vl line. Chris tine Piloquin. 160 West Fifty-lghth street. New York City. Loipson was 60 years old. The coroner's Jury fourtd a verdict of suicide, leaving the mov - the act open. CASTOR I A . For Infants and Children. TTie Kind You Hars Always Bongbt The ministers will almost certainly make the move extremely unpopular if they insist on this course. Sunday opening of the Commercial Club bowling alleys and card rooms will aho be forbidden If the ministers rule. Cigar stores will all be shutand the rear doors of saloons will bo sealed us they are now supposed to be. The members of the various socli clubs are confident that the movement will not be long sustained, - , Gardner, Wants to Box. George Gardner, the Lowell, Mass., lightweight boxer, writes the Portland Pastime Club from Boston as to meet ing any man in his division under their auspices. Gardner wants another chance at Jack Johnson, the colored Los Angeles boxer, who scored a win over hlra by a narrow margin at San Fran cisco, October 31, 1902. at the terminal of a SO-round contest. DIFFERENCE IN POLICE WEIGHT Two Applicants Pass When Re examined Yesterday. Corbett Off for 'Frisco. (Journal Special Service.) NEW YORK, May 6. James J. Cor bett. who Is matched to meet Jim Jeffries for the world's championship in San Francisco next August, has left for the Paotno Coasts Corbett is anxious to be on the battle ground as soon as possi ble, so mat he will have plenty of A number of applicants for positions on the police force, who had been exara- ed and tested by the Civil Service Com mission, yesterday took anotherphyslcal examination and the results showed that two mV Quinii'ii and Isaacson, were found toHre over heavy, as reported by the doctor wiw formerly weighed them. These men Uvr admitted to the Het of eligibles. Besides these two men, some half dozen others appeared before Sec retary Potter or the Y. M. C. A. and were examined. In every case a differ ence was found from former figures, generally In favor of the men, but, ex cept for the two already mentioned, not enoughf difference was found to pass an applicant. The chief trouble with former weights is said to have been that tha men were weighed In uniform, which made 12 or 15 pounds difference In their averages. ' "Neglocted colds make fat graveyards." Dr. Wood's Norway Fine (Syrup helps men and women to a happy, vigorous old ; '; -- Defalcated, shredded -and atAed itat toe are staple iooda In Qmrt&njir , ,- . jibout the house. "He was a very prett man. a very pretty man; sue said, em phnslslng the assertion with the light taps of her cane. Then she added that he always wa dressed in his uniform when he came to see her. and that he had dark eyes and dark curly hair. "We always called him Mr. Allan Poe," she said, "and I neve heard hlin called anything else, but In these days I hear people say Edga Allan Poe. Asked what the young people did to entertain themselves In those days, and especially what form of diversion she employed In the company of the young cadet, she raid: "We used to take long walks together." And that seemed to be the extent of the diversions, for she never remembered having gone to porty with the cadet, and neither did she recAll having seen him at church After his return to the military academy. Allan l'oe wrote to pretty lit tle Miss Kate Bleakley a number of times and sent her little poems on sev eral occasions. Poe was dismissed from West Point in 18S1. and went from there to Richmond, where he remained for some little time, and where he married his "cousin, Virginia Clemm. In 18S3. A few months before this Miss Bleakley. though less than 17, was married to Willlum H. Paine. The correspondence hnd ceased meanwhile, and, so far as f.ho could remember now. she never met Mr. Allan again. Troubles came fast and thick to pretty Kate Bleakley after her marriage. She was thrice widowed before she was 40. Her first husband, Mr. Paine, by whom Bhe had two children, was one of the party that made the trial trip on one of the first locomotives used on the road to EUlcott City. He died of hydro phobia from the bite of a pet Spits dog,. a rew years arter tne marriage. The widow subsequently married a Mr. SpangUr, who died of smallpox soon af terward. The third husband was named Henderson and, like the others, was a Baltimorean. After engaging In business here for some time Mr. Henderson found a de sirable opening In Philadelphia, and with his wife and family moved to that city. In a short time an epidemic of cholera broke out in the City of Brotherly Love, and Mr. Henderson, after an Illness of two or three hours, died, a victim of the scourge. Has Cherished B3s Letters. In the meantime through all the changes of these years the letters and poems from Foe to Kate Bleakley were cherished by that lady and her family. But to nobody had they greater charm than young Annie Paine. Mrs. Hender son's daughter by her first husband, a young girl who is said to have Inherited her mother's beauty and attractive qualities, who occasionally Indulged In verse writing herself. Tha young girl was Invited to New Orleans to visit relatives, - and the let ters and poems being among her choicest possessions, she carried them with her on the visit The time passed pleas antly, but one day, Just as the youi. girl had finished a letter to her mother, ah was stricken- with that dreadful malady ot the gulf cities, yellow fever, and another chapter of grief was added to the mother's strange succession of sad experiences. News of her daughter's death reached Mrs. Henderson first, and soon afterward the letter, with Its' glowing aooount of happy days, which had been posted Just before tha girl's Illness, arrived, ' Later she was Informed that all of her daugh ter's effects had been burned after bar orai win won ifsifii fllPIOffflIB Will Fight Law Against Such a Course Will Try to Replace Striking Coal Miners With Imported Celestials. (Journal Special Service.) VICTORIA, B. C May 6.-James Dunsmulr has announced his Intention of putting Chinese to work In his coal mines at Cumberland where a strike has been declared. This will lead to litigation, should he persist In the course. Hitherto he has had a number of Chinese employed as helpers, to the min ers. He says they know as much as the white miners and' can take the bat ter's places if they go out. On Monday the Lieutenant-Governor assented to a bill passed at this session making it unlawful for Chinese to be employed below ground In the coal mines. This precludes such a course as Dunsmulr proposes, and the law will be enforced to prevent him taking It. death, and with them the letters and poems from Poe. Mrs. Henderson had two other chil dren, one of them a son by her third husband, but they also have preceded her to the grave. Klght years ago she came to Baltimore to make her home with Col. Raphun, and now is cared for by Mrs. Raphun. The section of the city In which Mrs. Henderson lived in her girlhood days was the scene of many interesting hap penings. She remembers still the dem onstrations and the festivities in honor f Lafayette's visit In 1821. She says that with her sisters and other little companions she witnessed the parade from the old Christ Churcl then at Front and Baltimore streets, and that he saw the Marquis as he passed along Baltimore street in the procession In his honor. She remembers still, she says. the handsome arches along the way and the gala decorations. A Baltimore man claims to have the original death warrant of Charles I. of England. It is written on thin, parch ment, but has the misfortune to be dat ed January 24. 1648, whUe Charles I was not beheaded until January SO, 1649. LOd FMB Massachusetts Commit-, tee Makes Its ReporU , Recommends Laws Providing Pea-1 alty for Combinations Which Would Restrain Trade (Journal Special Seryloa.) BOSTON. May . tha report dered by the special committee to in vestigate the supply and distribution ot coal is followed out by ths Massachu setts Legislature, to which it has basil submitted, two laws will ba passed aod rigidly enforced. These laws are framed In the report. The first makes K a .crime for an person or corporation to- become a mean ber of a "coal club" or other organ uw tion formed for ths purpose of restrict. Ing trade, and ths second makes it com pulsory upon all coal dealers to carefully weigh all coal sold and to preserve s) record of such weight The report also favors submission ts) the people to be voted upon, ths propo sition of establishing municipal ooal yards, where fuel would be sold at th smallest possible margin of orofit and all patrons would be treated equally. Saf Prediction, T ' Governor Pennypecker of Penney!. vanla once said a certain popular move ment was sure to occur at a given time. Some one called h!a attention to ths danger of such precis predictions. In ; reply the Governor told of a Celtio eook who asked her mistress one Monday for leave of absence the following Monday to attend her brother's funeral. ' "Why," exclaimed the mistress, "this is only Monday! Surely nobody's going to keep v. a dead body a whole week!" "He's not dead yet, mum," explained the eook. No? well, he may dia today, or hr may live a month. Jio ddetor can safely say that a person will di at suoh a tlm , that a day may b set for th funeral "The doctor's aothin' to do wld it, mum." was ths further explanation. Ol'tn sur Sunday'll be all right; fr he's sentenced to be hung Friday." Buffalo Commercial. , Thirty-four houses In various. fjSr's at Qlasgow, Scotland, In slnglelay. have been closed as unfit for human habita tion. Thers wjre 111 parson living in them. . '. QHEfflm rHir,PaIaiidSparkans.' BottM Onry at tfc Brewery b SlLouh. v-: Order frtst rickittla Miytr Cwsmpaay . ,') I V Vs . - V
