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TIIE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, JtJNE 1. 1903,;
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DOMESTIC
DM1 IS
SPOILED
True Story of the Vanishing
Babe and the Beautiful Plot
That Failed All to Regain
a Lost Husband
Landlady, Cast For Thinking
Part, Speaks Lines Not in
Play and Leading Lady is
Thereby Confused.
told mo eh was a mother. I was
greatly surprised and accused her of
fibbing. I asked where the baby was
and Pr. Risen told me ho had taken
the Child to a ntfrae across the street
"I don't know whether there was
ever a baby in the house or not; I
didn't nee It. anyway. A nurse was en
gaged for Mrs. White, or Mrs. Arnold
but she war 'told by the woman up
stairs that she was hot needed."
A Mysterious Caller.
While the panic .over the vanishing
babe was at Its height, Dr. Eisen re
ceived a call from a mysterious
stranger whom he believes was the
husband of his strange ratlent
"He secmpd to take a great Interest
In the case." said the physician. "He
told me that the woman's .husband had
formerly worked for him and that he
was a goon man. 1 am satmnea rrom
his manner that he was the husband
himself. tie asked many questions.
and when I told him the woman had a
bank book ho started and asked me to
repeat the statement, and Inquired upon
what bank it was. This I could not
tell him. Then the man told me that
the woman's husband had been forced
to leave her; that he was in fear of his
life; that the woman, while in Chi
cago, had fired two bullets Into her
breast in an attempt to commit sui
cide and that the bullets were still
TREMENDOUS DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY
AND HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE FROM FLOODS
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(Continued From First Page.)
Governor Bailey will be asked to appeal for help. All neighboring towns
have been asked' to hurry provisions, as a famine threatens.
Heavy ralna fell last night and the river again shows signs of rising even
higher. A cold north wind adds to the misery of the refugees. ,
at. I.ois la Danger.
8T. LOUIS, June 1. Rapidly rising water cause grave apprehension
here, as the river Js already at the danger point. At noon today the water la
several Inches deep on the main street of East St. Louis.
. wH.Tb4 '
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Dummy; Infant That Did Not
Materialize and Then Caused
a Police Panic For Fear of Its
Safety
An unexpected move on the part of
a remale lodging v house keeper has re
suited in frustrating a pretty little
plot to regain a lost husband by means
of a dummy baby.
The lodging house Is at 206 Market
Street, where dwelt for the past week
tns principal character, a Mrs. White.
or Mrs. Arnold. Some time ago the
husband of this lady, for reasons best
known to himself, left his wife.
In a desire to bring about his return
Mrs. White, or Mrs. Arnold, bethought
ner or the paternal Instinct supposed
to be latent In every masculine breast
and decided to use this Instinct to
bring' ner recreant spouse to her side.
me wnues, or Arnolds, up to time
of their separation had no children, but
but this was a small difficulty easily
overcome. A babe was necessary and a
. babe, must ba procured.. With this
human property the husband would be
. forced to assume the role of the proud
father, affection for its mother would
be reawakened and they'd ail live hap
pily ever after.
Tha riot Thickens.
This wss the plot of what was de
signed to be a domestic drama with a
happy ! ending. Circumstances. In the
shape of the landlady 'referred to,
. turned It Into a farce comedy.
T It appears that Mrs. White, or Mrs.
Arnold, has a sister In Denver who
, . . Jiaa .been -blessed with a plentiful sup.
ply Of little ones. She could easily
spare one of them the youngest two
" weeks old-j-and, this child was to do
the Infant 'phenomenon stunt In the
drama. Just how far negotiations for
. the baby Star progressed has not de-
yeloped, but -apparently the matter was
, arranged satisfactorily for all con
i:,.' .earned -woep.,' possibly, the new fath
. . " er, and he didn't know. The scheme
worked out beautifully up to a cer
tain point
', But In casting her characters for the
play Mrs. Arnold, or Mrs. White, neg
- , Elected to give proper place to the land-
, lady. This person was cast merely
for ' s thinking part, and at the last
, moment kicked over the traces and
- - . . pok e her p4eee-l her- w -way. - to- t h
utter confusion of the leading, lady and
the total demolition of the show.
In anticipation of the happy event.
.. . . Mrs. White, or Mrs. Arnold, engaged a
room at 205 .Market street. She told
the landlady, so the latter- says, that-
she. Mrs;' White, or Mrs. Arnold, was
lek, . A. JTew, flays latejr the lodger re-.
ouested her hostess to telephone to Dr.
William Eisen. whose office are In . the
Washington Building, and request him
to call. He did.
there. He added that her husband wa
afraid that, as his wife was of un
sound mind, she might attempt to kill
him."
.appears and Disappears.
This morning another chapter was
added to the story of the vanishing
babe. It developed that last night an
infant arrived from Denver, In care of
the railroad company and consigned to
Mrs. White or Arnold. There was $10
due as freight but this the lady could not
furnish and in despair of turning the
Infant into coin the railroad people
permitted the consignee to take thi
child.
Later in the evening Mrs. Arnold or
Mrs. White appeared at the residence of
Dr. Elsen with the babe which the phys
Iclan stales is about two weeks old. She
desired that Dr. Elsen authorise her to
place the child In an asylum and give
hie name. To this the dector demurred
and the woman finally left. What dls
position she made of the babe is un
known. When she appeared at Market
street house this morning she was
alone.
When Dr. Elsen reached his office
this morning he was astounded to find
the complete equipment of a very
young babe on one of his office chairs.
There was clothing, milk bottle and the
rest of the outfit. The collection is
still awaiting an owner.
Mrs. White, or Mrs. Arnold left 'tier
lodgings this afternoon after a sjormy
scene with the landlady. The police
Were summoned and ihe lodger took
refuge In her room from which directly
came groanlngs. When the door wss
forced Mrs. White of MrsArnold held
a bottle in her hand and the Impression
was at first that she had taken poison.
The physician who was brought to the
scene quickly, declared that the lady
had taken nothing worse thnn water.
She was escorted to the police station.
Chief Hunt talked with the woman
moment and then turned his back to
attend to some other "Ijusiness. Taking
advantage of- this opportunity, Mrs.
White or Mrs. Arnold ran out of the
roqm and down Second street. She had
not been seen since by the police.
The Whites, or Arnolds, up to the time
Of their separation, had no childrn, but
Arnold, has a sister In Denver whose
household has been blessed with a plent
iful supply of little ones. She could easily
LEADING SOCIAL EVENT
Kansas Olty, Missouri.
Kansas Olty, In Jackson County, Mis
souri, the seoond city In sise and Im
portance in the State, with a popula
tion of 180,000, Is situated on the rlg-ht
bank of the Missouri, immediately be
low the month of the Kansas Xlver,
83S miles west by north of St ouls,
Xt Is a large railroad center, several
important lines meeting- there, and glv
ins; the olty large facilities for com
manding Westers Missouri, Kansas,
Northern Texas and part ef Colorado
ana Hew Mexloo. The Missouri at this
point is crossed by a brldg-e 1,387 feet
long, resting on seven piers. The busi
ness la agricultural products la very
large and is constantly Increasing-, that
of packing beef and pork being especi
ally great, and is growing' with ts-
markable rapidity. The city was laid
ont in 1830, but Its growth, it Is said,
may date from 1880, when its popula
tion anmbered 4,418. In 1870 the popu-
lation had increased to 33,390, and 1880
it was S6.787.
Government Acts.
WASHINGTON. June 1. Adjt. Gen.
Corbln this morning ordered the com
mnndlng officer at Fort Leavenworth to
send XuO army tents to Kansas City
with which to provide shelter for the
flood sufferers.
The keenest apprehension Is felt here
for the flood-devastated districts. (Jen.
Corbln has been put in communication
with "President Roosevelt. who will
soon reacn the Mississippi River on
his homeward Journey. What the
President will order done to alleviate
the suffering Is not known, but word
from him is hourly expected. As. mat
ters st.md here, it Is believed that the
Government must come to the assist
ance oi the unfortunate thousands now
destitute In the valley of the Mis
souri.
Clinging- to Boofs.
LAWRENCE. Kan.. June 1. Three
thousand people are homeless in this
city today, thMr homes having been
swept away on-the North Side. SulTer-
ng Is most severe and lack of food
and shelter makes a grave situation.
Many portions of th North Side have
been swept clear of buildings of every
description. Last night two large two-
storied houses were seen sweeping
down the torrenfsnd on the roof of
he houses were discerned in the twl-
Ight r.lne terror-stricken people. It
has not b"en ascertained whether they
were rescued, but It Is believed that all
were lost.
7 Topeka, Kansas.
Topeka, the county seat of Shawns
County, and the capital of the State of
Kansas, bad a population Jnne , io,
of 38,000. Zt is situated 30 degrees 3
minutes north latitude and 95 degrees
39 mlnnts wt longitude, for fa
most part on th west bank of the
Kansas Or th Kaw River, upon a level
prairie bench considerably 'elevated
above the river. A portion, known
looaUy as Worth Topeka, lies npon the
north, aids of the river. Besides the
oapitol, which is an Imposing building
In the midst of an extensive park, th
city contains the State Asylum and the
Reform School. The Atchison, Topeka
It Santa Pe Ballroad Company has its
offices and Its workshops here and the
city is also Intersected by a branch of
the Union Paolflc line. In 1860 Topeka
had only 769 inhabitants. In 1870 the
number had risen to 8.790. In 1880 the
population was 18.433, 8,140 males and
7,303 females. In 1888 the number
was returned at 35,005, making . Topeka
then the seoond largest city in the
State. The assessed valuation of prop
erty is $9,980,000 and the debt of the
corporation about 8906,000.
RECEIVER'S SAlE
Pianos and Organs to GcTat
50c on the Dollar.
refuge In this city. The weather Is
cold and disagreeable. Rain Is fre
Muently falling.
Suffering at Hannibal.
HANNIBAL. M. June 1 The great
rise in the' Mississippi River at this
point has caused Incalculable loss to
Inhabitants of the bottom lands. mous-
amis of acrt-s of corn and other crops
ire ruined, bv being submerged. Hun
dreds of dwellings are reported to have
been swept away, and thousands of
cattle are said to hftve been drowned.
A relief committee from this city has
gone to the aid of sufferers in the
uodod- district. The actual damage
don and the loss of life cannot be
stlmatod at this time.
. .. . . Xtr.-JElsan's . Torsion.
As to what transpired Immediately
thereafter there are two slightly differ
ent versions. Here, first. Is that of
Dr. Elsen:
"When I reached the house at 205
Market street;' said the doctor, "I
found this lady in bed. She unfolded
her story and really aroused my sym
pathy. After telling me that her hus
band had left her, she told of a plan
he had conceived to bring him tack.
It was,' briefly, to make him believe
that he was a father and to use one of
her sister's children as the means. Her
Slmpje request to me waa that I should
Issue a certificate of birth, have it pub
lished in the newspapers and If her
husband called on me to tell him that
a babe had been born.
"Of course I couldn't make myself
a party to a game of that sort, but I
assured the woman that I would do
anything consistent with professional
ethics to reunite herself and her hus
band. I was prepared to do this in a
negative sort of Way. Just to restore
domestic happiness. I could have done
this without making a false certificate
or otherwise doing anything that could
Injure my professional reputation.''
Enter the Landlady.
It was at this Interesting .scene of
the play that the landlady suddenly ap
peared before receiving her cue, and
Instead of looking motherly and abso
lutely quiet, broke rlfcht In with lines
that were not in the piny :il all.
"While we wer- talking." continued
Dr. Elsen. "in purse the .landlady.
'What's going pn,. !u here?' she de
manded. --"'-Thank Heaven: I'm a mother:" sa id
the woman In bed, softly and fer
vently." This exclamation had a most aston
ishing t-fTect.
"This seemed to greatly agitata the i
landlady. You pay me. you give me i
money.' sue said ejn-ltedly. Then she
went on: 'What did you do with that
baby? I want to know where the '
baby Is!'
"Here was a fix. Of course the
babe was not there. The
Spitiner's Pupils Will Assist at th
Blind letter Carrier' Benefit on
f Wednesday.
i The music-loving- pwbilc Jfc. r-ity
will be given an opportunity Wed
nesday evening at the blind letter
carrier's benefit at. the Maro.uam.to
again hear, the pupils of K. .
Spltiner. who acquitted themselves
-with BTich credit- at the recital last
week. 'The Holy City" violin chorus
of 44 pieces that closed the entertain
ment of Wednesday, will bp the num
ber rendered at the coming benefit. A
number of the younger pupils will be
dropped from the chorus, and the se
lect Ion... promise.. to .be even, better .than
before.
The entertainment will be, numbered
as one of the leading social events of
the season. All the boxes at the Mar
quant have been sold to leading society
people, who desire to not only enjoy a
pleasant evening, but to assist as well
in a worthy cause.
Fanlc Stricken People.
MTTSCOOKK, I. T.. June 1. The
Arkansas River is today out of Its
banks and the situation is very serious.
Ml the low lands' are flooded and -hun
dreds of panic-stricken people are rusti
ng Into the city. half clothed and
hungry. It has bepn raining for the
last 24 hours and the water Is con
stantly raiding.
Kaes Meeting- .at St. Joseph.
ST. JOSEPH. Mo.. June 1. A mar-is
(Journal Special 8ervice.)
DES MOINKS. June 1 The river is
falling here at the rate of an Inch an
hour. Suffering here Is etlll very
acute.
More Trouble at Kansas City.
KANSAS CITY. Mo.. June 1. Th
Burlington Railroad system's big oil
tanks near the L'nion Depot caught fire
near noon today. There was Imminent
danger of the fire communicating with
the big buildings now partially sub
merged by water. The Fourth-street
viaduct was swept away by the floods
this forenoon.
WASHINGTON. June 1. The Na
tional Weather Bureau sent a warning
this morning to St. Louis, where a 32
foot stage' in expected.
BOQNEVILLE., dlo.i Jurrfe 1. A
steamer has gone to attempt the rescue
of people on Uoodman-Llggett. Island,
.lust west of here. The. situation
throughout this section is desperate.
NEW H WEN. Mo.. June 1 .The
steamer Dauntless succeeded In rescu-j
meeting was held here thin mornlrg j lnfr tno refugees off Liggett Island Jhls
unf"r the auspices of the Commercial
Club for the purpose of securing men.
money, boats end other needs for
rs-tie work -in the--desttute- -flooded
districts. At South St. Joseph there Is
grave danger of . the. six .big -Piicklwj.
houses being swept away. Many per
sons living Ofl the" low lands h.tvp de
serted their homes and have sought
afternoon.
LINCOLN. Neb.. June 1. There is a
sltght Improvement In the- flood situa
tion reported from the Interior of Ne
bwifcka,. today, -T-he. Missouri is now
great menace, and la gradually rising.
It has alre.-.dy reached the danger point
below the mouth of thp Platte.
ROD AND GUN CLUB
HOLD WEEKLY SHOOT
RAILROAD PERSONALS
The Multnomah Rod and Gun Club i
held their regular weekly shoot yester
day at Irvington Park, and many good
scores were made.
Jack Fanning was a guest of the club
yesterday and gave an exhibition of
fancy shooting. Mr. Fanning held the
world's championship In 1901, and holds
the world's recofd for the longest run
i rif lilts made In a tournament. Next
l Sunday the club Will have the second
i Khoot for the Inman diamond medal.
The scores of yesterday's shoot are
as follows:
Shot at Broke Per Ct.
Abraham ' 100
LIVES WITHOUT
FOOD A MONTH
Jack
Ellis
Storey .
Caldwell
Culllson
Conloi .
Shaw
W'usley
Klippel
Will In mi
Hardy
Fanning
J. A. Clark. local passenger and
freight argent for the Wisconsin Cen
tral, lines, left last night for Spokane.
Wash., to look after business ' -Interests
of the company. He will be away sev
eral days.
C. J. Grey, traveling passenger and
freight agent for thp Northwestern
lines, returned Saturday from a busi
ness trip to Walla Walla. Pendleton,
The Dalles, Hood River and other
points. He reports prosperity among
the farmers.
General Passenger and Freight Agent
W. K Coman of the Southern Pacific
Railroad, has departed for Ashlnnil.
Ore., where he will meet the party of ! Motifeith
German scientists" and agriculturalists j Hudson
who are touring the Pacific Northwest, j Mimjer
The delegation is scheduled to reach Wasjey
Portland at 7:30 p. m. June 3.
J. H. Wallace of San Francisco, engi
neer or tne maintenance or way Tor j jjHtcmnn nO
the Southern Pacific Railroad. Is ex -; Wheeler 2f
pected to he In Portland nnv dav on a I Ktihauka r0
business trio. He intended to rcrn-h ! Jiu kson
here today but some delay below
caused a postponement of the trip.
ANACONDA. Mont.. June 1. Word
has been received from Frank. N. W. T.,
that a horse baried in a mine, at the
time of the great rock slide was found
alive today and in such, a condition that
it may live. The animal was 5.000 feet
below the surface, with no" food, but
plenty of water. The horse had lived
thus jnore than a month. - .
Tie stock of OObert Brothers, bank
ers, wbo recently want Into bankruptcy.
to be sold by E tiers Piano Sous tola
week. Bale duly Authorised and" con
firmed by the Oiroult Court A bit of
plaqy history, prices and payments.
sr
awake buyers a veritable bargain har
vest in tlanos.and organs, both new and
second-hand. Mr. Claude Gatch. the
receiver for the firm of Gilbert Brothers,
bankers, who recently went into bank
ruptcy, has turned over to Ellers Piano
House the entire stock of ulanos and
organs, part of the assets of the defunct
bank. &very instrument is to be sold
at onoe. The stock includes quite a
number of instruments that were for
merly held and sold by C. A. Whale for
as much as $550. and even more. They
can now be obtained for a great deal
less man, nan loose prices.
How the Bank Came by Them
As an explanation of how the bankers
came into possession of these pianos and
organs. It should be stated that appar
ently the bankers .-bought the Instru
ments from, the makers. The bank In
turn sent them to a dealer, who at one
time made some very great claims and
pretensions in ine piano ousiness, Dom
at Salem and here, on Sixth- street, in
Portland. This dealer agreed to pay the
bank for the pianos when sold, at a sub
stantial advance. - But the story of this
transaction Is too complicated to be re
peated In detail here. Suffice it to say
there have been a great many people
whose confidence was unwittingly or
otherwise sorely abused rexactly "as -we
predicted several years ago It would be.
The Justice and other courts have
been full of contentions and lawsuits
over these piano deals, all of which goes
to show that abaolute safety for the
public lies only In dealing with a tnor
oughly established piano house respon
sible dealers, who have reputation to
sustain, and who must of necessity con
duct their business on above-board lines
and In Justice to all.
Prices to Close Them Out
But back to the instrument: Every
one of them is to be sold within the next
ten days, and in order to accomplish
this, every piano and organ In this stock
Is to go at less than what it cost the
dealer to get them heretofore.
The sale of this stock has been duly
authorised and confirmed bv the Circuit
Ceurt. so that title is absolutely perfect.
Further than this, Ellers Piano House
guarantees the pianos, with the further
warrant that money will be refunded to
the purchaser If the instrument is not
perfectly satisfactory and found as rep
resented after delivery.
I'nder these broad and comprehensive
warranties vou are safe in securing one
of these Instruments. Cash is preferred
in this transaction, and a special allow
ance ofr4 per cent from marked prices
will be made to those paying all cash.
About Time Payments
Rut those desiring to buy on time pay
ments may pay one-tenth of the amount
down and the balance in t4 equal month
ly Installments, deferred payment to
bear Interest at 8- per cent per annum.
Under these conditions, then. w offer
tomorrow, choice of the Everett, Schaef
fer. Hallett & Davis. Kranlch Bach.
J. & C. Wheeler. Schuls & Co., and other
makes of planoB, at exactly 50 cents on
the dollar that is to say, all 400 pianos
go now for exactly 1300; all $200 pianos
go for $100; all $300 pianos for $150.
An elegant Everett upright, standing
four feet eight Inches high, a piano that
has never been offered for less than $375
heretofore, goes durlag this sale for
$182.60.'
Somewhat used J. & C. Wheeler pianos,
worth at th least valuation $225, go
now for $112.60.
Choice walnut-cased upright Schiller
pianos. With three- pedals and all the
latest Improvements, standing four feet
nine Inches high, for $117.50.
Organs, Also, Are Included
Brand-new SchuU & Co. organs, val:
ued at from $85 to $95, are marked down
to $42.50 and $4s.
" Fancy oak-cased Needham organs, that
Have neretorore neen neia at to nu,
will go while they last for $45 to $55.
The famous Bently organs, that seem
to havi been wortn all tne way rrom
$75 to $150, will go while they last at
$38.
... In, this, w-are ..Included a. g.reat v.l
riety of chapel organs. I nese will all
be closed out at 60 per cent of their ac
tual value, which means 25 to 35 per
cent of the prices at which they were
at one time held by Wits now defunct
concern. It there is anv school, church
or lodge'ln'thls Trreat Western country
that Is in need of an organ of this kind
they surely cannot afford to overlook
an opportunity of this kind. The early
caller will have the best assortment to
select from.
Woodard,
Ciarke&Co.
Canadian money taken at
par. Free delivery by
. our special ? prescription
Messenger." For regis
trations, money orders and
tampi use our pot toffies.
JVoodariP'
Clarke 4 Co.
(j
The kind you may ' depend upon.
They get you. to work on time.
You never miss the excursion , boat
or train. They cost little; '
ONLY
98c
Regular
$1.35
Woodard,
Clarke&Co.
Largest Retail and
Wholesale Drug
Store in
America"
Woodardr
Clarke&Co.
OUTI SUITS I
MEN'S OUTING SUITS,
$5.00 to $12.00
MEN'S STRAW HATS,
25c to $2.00
MEN'S PANAMA HATS, $6.75,
WORTH $10.00
It pays to trade with
WELCH,
The American Clothier
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SPRUCE SAW LOGS
IN GREAT DEMAND
Mills at Portland and on the
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J. H. Slmmonp. State drputy of the
Mnfl'-rn Woodmen of America. 1? liusy
tnrlny irsmirins: trnnsportptlon for tin
lmlpi' delegates who will leave here
June ft. to attend the annual convention
at In'llnnnpolis. rommencinc June 16.
The 1 1 anpportatlon lines, are offerinsr
I special rates to the delegates, the ar-
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HUNDRED KILLED
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TORNADO
NEW PASSENGER AGENT
to a nurse: I kept still. That's all I
ex
pected that over 100 delegates will at
V ... -.t . 4 . 1. . . . i ..... I 1
. i. l"V"M"r l"r '""'re tend the convention
d'biuuw. neann w..Kt of Colorado. Those who will
cited, evidently thinking that the bnbe
had heen done away with. I told Mm
th whole sjtory."
A Vanishing- Bab.
Some person, perhaps .the landlady
not havine read the. play carefully,
thought that a few policemen, etc.. as
upernumerarlea, would add to the
dmniatlc fteet and o the Chiefs of
llc was notified that a babe had been
bora and had Immediately "and mys
teriously vanished.
Detective O'Day and one or two po
licemen were detailed on the -case and
oon solved Ihe t mystery. The "vnp
lahinf babe" waa no babe at all; the
child was a myth ..
Now, her . la the story of the land
lady: 'JMrs.- Whjte. or Mr. Arnold, ' cam
her Ut Monday. , A few day Zgn
ah told mo hv wits ufferln from a
tumor. I belH-vedjher. The mher-day
BH immj m telephone ror ur. tiseh. I
from the district
tfo
from here are: J. H. Simmons and
wife: W. T. 1 atiRhn. A. O. Hurkhnrdt.
Albanv; ,Jiidre fi. A Iowell. Pendle
ton: S. A. Hulin. Portland, and 11. A.
Nudham.
Deputy Simmons says that in nil
probability the next convention of the
Modern Woodmen of America will be
liehl at Portland. A strong movement
to brlnK this. about Is now on foot.
, K. H. Potter, formerly freight agent
for"" the Wisconsin Central lines in
Chicago, arrived in Portland last night
and Is today being InHiated Into hi
j nw dutl"S here as street passenger
been completed and freight solicitor for the company.
a conference of the
DEDUCED THBEE-DAT BATES TO
YAQtniTA AND MEWPOUT.
Commencing June 6. the Southern Pa
ctfic Company will place on sale Satur
dav-to-Monday excursion tickets to Y a
quiiia and Newport and return, at rate
of 13.00. This anurus an excellent od
portunlty to spend Sunday at this pop
ular seaside rori.
Season tickets to same points will be
placed on sale June 1. at rate or I8.00,
hajjpjit4 to goliitp the rood axld the j utea."
8 USE CUBE TO FIXES.
Itching piles produce moisture and
rause itching, this form,' as well as
Blind. Bleeding or .Protudfng Piles are
cured by Dr. Bo-san-ko's Pile Remedy.
Stops itching and bleeding. Absorbs tu
mors. 60o a Jar, at druggists, or sent
by. mall. Treatise free. Write me about
.your case,. Dr. Bosanke, Pbll'a., Pa.
"Strength and "Vigor come of good
food, duly digested. "Force.' a ready-to-serve-wheat
and barley food, adds no
burden, but sustains, nourishes, Snvtgor-
ATLANTA. June J. A message by
telephone says a terrific tornado at
Gainesville, (la., shortly after noon to
day; probably killed 100 people. Eight
victims are beneath the cotton mills.
Klchteen others were stricken toadeath
In the center of town, where they had
sought refuge In stores and, private
houses. There were 00 employes In
the mills W4K11 the atorm came.' The,
list of injured is very.great. The actual
number of ..dead, canno.t.'.be kjjQwn-Untii
the debris' of the mills is cleared away.
Special excursion rates have been
named by thp Northern Pacific Railway
Company to points East: For detailed
information call on or address ,A. X).
Charlton. , Assistant General Passenger
Agent, 255 Morrison street, corner of
Third.
NURSES TO MEET
The first annual' meeting of the
,Vlsltlng Nurse Association of Portland
Will oe held In the chapel of the First
Presbyterian Church,- Twelfth and.
Alder streets, tomorrow" afternphn at
S:3 o'clock. As business of Im
portance is to he transacted It Is urged
that a full membership, attend. ; The
publlo la also inylted, , , ,
Seattle Won. ,
SPOKANE. June 1. Seattle made a
garrison finish yesterday and landed oh
Billy Dammann for seven runs in the
last three Innings. Spokane had a bat
ting rally in the ninth, but finished one
run shy. Score:
R H 3
Spokane ...00021002 3 8 9 3
Seattle 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 8 19 12 8
Batteries Dammann and Zalusky;
Leltman and btanley. Umpire Patton.
Bellly'g "Hats" Shnt Out
LOS ANGELES. - June 1. "Chief
Borchers had. Rellly's ucas Leaguers
at his mercy .yesterday, and shut them
out. allowing them hut four hits. Score:
RHK
Los Angeles 0,000 0 0 00 0 0 4 8
San Francisco. ...11108 0 0 0 6 11 2
Batteries Stricklett. and Hanson;
Borchers and Baerwald. .
C'mpire Huston.
1 Butte Sefetita Helen.
BI'TTE. June 1. Butte won yester
day's game by timely batting. Helena
outbatted the Miners, but Dowling kept
them well scattered. Score: - y .
' ' RHK
Butte ,...08000110 0 R 7
Helena 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0V-.3 10
Batteries uowimjr
Helnman and Carlsch.
umpire Colgan ',
rom uAXAHTBE2 TTTtrS,
See Pacific Coaat-Abatract, Guaranty A
Trust Co., 204-8-8-7 Falling Building.
Oet your title Insurance and abstracts
to. real estate from the 1 tie Ouarantee
& Trust Co., -Chamber of Commerc.
and Swindells;
A Lal-ge Number of Others
as Well
Bear in mind that in addtlon to these
Instruments we want to clean out a
large variety of second-hand pianos,
some but very slightly used, that have
come to us as part payment ror new
Chit-kertng. Weber. Kimball and other
fine pianos that we sell regularly. In
this lot you will find I vera Pond. Math
ushek. Emerson. Knabe, Harvard.
Fischer. Kingsbury, A. B. Chaae. Vic
toria. Packard, 'Ludwlg. Royal. Steele.
Newby & Evans, and many others too
numerous to mention. These also must
be sold in -order to make room for the
enormous stocks of new pianos which
are now en route and due to arrive with
in the next two weeks..
A Tew Bargains in Square
Pianos
We, must also get put of the way at
pnee some 18 square pianos, among them
a Stelnway for $87; another for $96; a
Weber in excellent condition Tor 13;
another Weber for $126. Hardman for
$72, Haines for $73, Peter Lynch for
$65, and various otners ranging as low
as-jz.-. au on paymenis or it to i per
month, lr so desirea.
Who'll Take the Baby?
. A verv choice little baby grand. Just
the thing for a coiy corner, will go to
morrow for $526. This little beauty la
slightly damaged In case work, owing
to careless handling' by the railroad com-pany-v--
l t-la -Absolutely, perfect, however,
with the exception or these slight
bruises. Fanciest mahogany case, and
could not ordinarily be obtained for less
than $750. Here is a clean saving of
$226. Pay $75 down and $ZQ a month.
A beautiful, genuine English oak-
cased, style 6 Kimball, used two y ears,
but exactly like new. now $285. A fine
nearly new Knabe upright for $265.
No matter what you want In a piano,
you wfll find It here, and arrangements
for time payments will be made to suit
any reasonable buyer. .
Carloads of New Ones Com
ing Daily
Carloads'; yes." trainloads of fine pianos
are. now en route to the Pacific Coast
for Ellers Piano House. Seventeen car
loads have' thus far been reported along
the route of the O. R. & N. and N. P.
Railroads, and more are to follow.
Prominent' among these are the artlsto
WEBER, ' of New York; the oldnd al
ways reliable CHICKERING. of Boaton;
and the now famous and rapidly becom
ing; more famous KIMBALL, of Chicago;
the faultless HOHART M. CABLE, the
beautiful LESTER, of Philadelphia; the
superb VICTOR, the new but. ever-popular
HADDORFF, Bush & Uerls, Pease,
Ricca. etc., etc.
, Will Sell 3000 This Year .,
Ellers Piano House will sell at least
8,000 pianos-In the Northwest this year,"
and more than 6.000 altogether, includ
ing sales at San Francisco, Spokane and
Sacramento. We buy our Instruments
right and we are In a position to sell
them right to retail buyers, .The days
of exorbitant prices for pianos are gape,
EnvMttgate our methods and our pianos.
Xemembsr the tlsxew Monday mora .
biff Jon I, at 0 a, nu, ak& tb placa, -
CILERS PIANO HOUSE
WMlwctos. Btttet, Corner Ysik.
For the first time In the history of
the lumbering Industry of Wlllapa Har
bor (Shoalwater Bay), according to T,
H. Bell, a business man who arrived In
YHfs tttf'iYisrtffKett" section iast Satw
day, A. M. Simpson, the millionaire ship
owner and mlllman, Is shipping saw logs
from the bay across the peninsula Into
Baker's Bay, to be delivered to his mills
at Knaptorr. 'The haul-overland Is mads
by the Ilwaco Railway & Navigation
Company, a property recently acquired
by the O. R. & N. Co. The haul la
about 16 nilles. From the railroad ter
minus at Ilwaco the logs are towed
across the.Jjay and up the Columbia.
Since last fall loggers of Shoalwater
Bay have been delivering their logs
to Portland sawmills In this manner,
but this movement, which caused the
immediate rise in the price of logs, met
with bitter and determined opposition
from the lumber king.
Blockade Broken. ,
Simpson owns a large mill at South
Bend, the port of entry on Wlllapa Har
bor. The first delivery of logs Into
Baker's Bay caused the price of the
product to raise about $3 per 1,000.
Simpson set about to prevent any more
logs from going to Portland. He suc
ceeded in tying up every available
steamer or towboat on the bay. Bo
completely had he the situation in hand
that for quite a period It was absolutely
lmposslbe to move the rafts, across the
bay to the O. R. & Nl Company's north
ern terminus at Nahcotta. The Portland
mlllmen and Shoalwater Bay loggers
Combined to relieve the blockade. " Ne
gotiations were opened for a tow boat
on the Sound. Finally one was secured
and the situation was relieved. Subse
querttfj the blockade was broken at
ofh. points and the new enterprise
-went on uninterrupted. Many millions
of feet of -logs have since been deliv
ered to the mills at Portland, and the
loggers of the Coast have made a good
thing out of It.
-.A scarcity or- marketable spruce" on
the Columbia River 'and overwork In
Simpson's South Bend mill has caused
the owner to finally become himself an
exporter of logs. The situation was
forced upon him. Along with the Port
land sawmills, his own mill at Knap
ton Is so hard pressed for good spruce
timber that a matter of a few dollars
extra per 1,000 makes no difference.
"The name will beoome a fcosMhola word.1
T EE TH
Money, can buy no better
full sets of teeth $7,
We dm tb,Bt teeth and th beet
robber or vtitraalte that money cea
buy. Our cheapest grade can bis had
for $4.00. p
Gold Crowns, 22-k, $3
Thlf include 80-raags, relntoreM
on euttlng edge an; tooth in tba
mdtatn: J
No rharge for treatment ot any
kind where crowns or fillings are
ordered. '
fillings
- Gold,- small
other fllllnga
siren, Tfte.
All operations strictly modern.
11.00. law - M.ooi-
of any material de-
Alba Dentists
Over. Ellera Plane House, oppoalta)
rordray'a Theatre. Phone, Main 37M.
'The nam will beoome a henaahold word."
MORE ELECTRIC POWER '
The Portland General Electric Com
pany has decided to increase tho ca
pacity of Its power plant In this city
on account of the large Increase In the
ssUl -for electricity for lighting 'and
IiiaiiuiuviumiK purposes. ine com
pany Is adding five eOQt-horse-power
generators to its plant at Oregon City.
The company's station In North Port-'
land-will be 'equipped with two new
2,000rhorse-pbwer cross-compound ver
tical engine's which will be connected
With a 1.000-kilowatt direct current
generator. A 1.000-kilowatt alternator
will also be Installed. Four .boilers
capable pf steaming at 160-pounds
pressure will also be placed In , the
North Portland station. '
XOW BATES TO TKD BAIT.
O. X. H. Annonncts Low Tlgurs Wl
Ziong Tims Limit and Btop-oTar. .
Those who expect to go East this sum
mer will be Interested in the verv low
excursion rates offered by the Oregon
Railroad & Navigation Company, the
following figures covering the round
trip from Portland:, Chicago, $71. BO;
St. Louis, $67.60; Peoria, $69.25; Cairo
(III.), $72.16; Memphis (Tenn.), $78.60;
New Orleans. $86.36: Kansas Cltv. St.
Joseph, Atchison, Leavenworth, Omaha.
Council Bluffs, Sioux City, St. Paul,
Minneapolis, all, J HO. Dates of 8al: June
1, O, 24, no, zo, it, z, itv, u; July If,
16: August 25. 26. Limit: (loin ten
days from date of sale: return, nlhotv
days from date of sale. Stop-over priv
ileges w.111 be allowed within limit In
either direction west of Missouri River
or St. Paul. For particulars ask at O.
R. & N. ticket office, Third and Wash
ington streets. Portland.
FACTOR N -IMPROVEMENT
Miss Sadie' t. Orr, president - of the!
Multnomah County Teachers' Progress
Cluh, Is striving hwrd to makXtha
organisation a leading factor lirln
Improvement of schools. The obJecV
of the club are: To further the study
of school problems In management to '
promote social enjoyment among mem
bers and to work for mutual improve
ment. SL
Th Edward Holnaa TTnaertaklng Co.,
t tmeral directors and smbalmers. BRa
TaxniUl. Phone 607.
3. 9. rials? and Bon, funeral directors
and mbalmers, have removed to thall
new' establishment, corner Third and
Madison strsetsj Both, phones Bo.
Crematorium, on Oregon City eat
line, near Bull wood; modern, soientinc.
complete. Charges Adults, J38 chil
dren, gas, Visitors 9 to 6 p. m. Portland
Cremation Association, Portland. Or,
PUBXKAIi VOTXCB
VANDERHOOK-i-At his late residence,
- June 1, 1803. George L. Vanderhoof)
b iiiuiiiuji ana zu aays.
- Funeral will -take place on Wednes
day, June 3 at 2 p. m., from his lata
residence. 676 East Taylor street .
Friends invited. '
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BEERS
.Famous the World Orr Fully Matured.
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