THE OIM5GOET " DAILY JOT7KNA1V FOHTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1903.
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PAWNSHOPS FAIL
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URGED TO
HASTEN
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Several bills presented by
tendent Anna, R, Rlggs of the . Florence
Crlttenton borne, that the atato commis
sioners have, refused to allow, and. a let
ter irom wy'0 mphatJcaUy declared that ordera of tha
he counsels strict economy, were before a v a
It Is avldent to tha most casual ob
server that tha recent ordera of Chief
Hunt to close all second-hand stores and
pawn ahopa on Sunday bava either been I
privately countermanded or tha , mer
chants in these, lines of business have
little rear of the police.
Yesterday aeveral of the stores which
were plaoed unden. the ban were 'open
for buslnesa aa uauaL Soma of tha deal-
era In second-hand roods observed the
Sabbath, but the majority of the North
End places wars transacting , business.
Whether tha ordera have been rescinded
la not known, but It la understood that
tha officers were told not to molest any
who wished to keep open.
Tht ' order 1 was Issued about ' three
weeks, ago, and Chief Hunt at tha time
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Probable that X Will Urge Bteps to
soars luck Belief to Shipping as
Kay Ba Olven by Dredging at tie Bar,
Daring tha Two Tear that Vast
Zlapse Before tha Oomplatloa, of the
Book Contract.."',
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FLEET RACERS WILL
BECOME POLICEMEN
Applicants for Plxs and Police Jobs Baa.
oessfally Performed XCairBaia.
las; Climbs and Jumps
Yesterday, '
Baby Show Where Jollies Youngsters I waves Boiled Over tha Backs, bat Bo
WU1 Beoclve Prises Zs Bobedaled for
Weoaesday "When Xnlghthood Was
la Plower" Will be Olvea oa Tuesday
and rrlday Sights "Kangaroo Sort"
Will Continue to Thrive.
Damage Was Done Tew Passengers
Brought Over oa Aeooaat of Difficulty
Experienced la tending Them Large
Cargo of Tarioaa Xlada of Ooods,
Among Which Are 17,415 Oaaea of Tea.
the Joint meeting at Mrs. A. H. Brey-
man's home, of the managers and the
commissioners of. the Refuse, this after,
noon. i
Mrs. Rlggs maintains a down town of
fice for which ths rental Is 111.60 a
month. In addition to this there is a
telephone . bill - of 12.60 and her own sal
ary of (50. All . this and more tha com-
mtssloners have refuaed to pay. Then,
too, other back bills such ss tbs ' nurse
hire claimed by Eva Sargent and Flor
ence Wolf, Inmates Of the home, who
, have been caring fbr some of the bablea,
the commissioners refused to allow, and
even hinted . that ' Mrs. Rlggs give up
her position aa superintendent of. the
refuge. According to . the original con
stitution and by-laws of ths Crlttenton
home no provision was made for any
paid official other than a matron. But
after the establishment of ' tha state
commission at the last session of ths
legislature end Its refusal to pay
Rlggs' salary, section 9, which reads
follows, -was amended so asMo Include
a superintendent and "what other as
sistants are deemed necessary'
"The local board shall employ a ma:
tron, who shall have the general super
intendence of the refuge home under the
direction of the board."
Other Causes of Objection,
police department were never changed,!
and that the regulation in question was
not temporary. Tha day following but
one North End second-hand dealer kept
his doors open. Ha was duatlng off hla
Today the report of tha Chamber of
Commerce navigation committee was
handed to Assistant Secretary Moses.
sohn. and will come up for action by the
chamber at tha next meeting. The com
mlttee haa investigated tha conditions
surrounding work on tha Jatty at tha
mouth of the river, tha contract for de
livery of rock, and haa called oa Major
Langfltt, engineer officer In charge for
the federal government. It haa also
stock when a policeman told him to lock looked Into tha atatua of tha Transport
me aoora or suner arrest nm imme- Grant, which Is to ba made over Into
dlately complied with tha order.
A week ago. yesterday tha order was
disregarded, aa It waa yeaterday. What
haa caused tha change of front on ths
part of Chief Hunt baa not been an.
nounced. 1 When tha order' went forth
aoma merchants threatened, If they were
compelled to close, that they- would
cloae every other Una of buslnesa They
asserted that clothing stores were not
molested.
When an attentat was mads to secure
an explanation of hla change of front
on the question Saturday, Chief Hunt
refuaed to talk.
."s NEGRO EXQUISITE IS
HELD AS A VAGRANT
aea dredge, for use on tha bar of tha
Columbia.
What the report will ba cannot ba
ascertained from any member of the
committee. Each one refuses to Inti
mate the character of tha recommenda
tions that will ba made to tha Chamber
of Commerce.
However, It la believed, that tha com
mittee will not reflet upon any of tha
army officers, and may not incorporate
in Its statement matter especially bear-
intg upon the rock contracts,
The dredge Grant and Ita refitting by
the government will in all probability be
referred to at length, and further In
qulry wll be instituted relating to th
time when It will be available.
From a source not official it is stated
that the Grant may not be ready for
use even October 21, the date mentioned
as the earliest possible, in the telegram
to The Journal from Capt. J. C. Banford,
tha officer In charge of her refitting. It
has even been Intimated in Portland that
Willie Jones, colored, waa In tha po
lice COUrt thle morning Charged With tha mnpMnnrv needed for the Grant tnav
vagrancy. The young colored maa had not n.v been shlDoed from the Bast so
of unsound mind st the Refuge waa also
a matter for discussion snd difference
of opinion at today'a meeting. It is said
by the commissioners and some of tha
board of managers that the home is
merely a refuge for women and should
act-ba-turned- into--an- insane-aaylum 4
an lnfant'a home.
The matter of keeping babies and girls P"6"1 AV'0!!!;-! la-?!! I thmt the dredge may not h readjr 'or
t .,.., n .v,. b. . .!. natty fall overooat and an alto- uge untll next ea
gether proaperous appearanoe. It WM October VS. 1902, that the aec-
Hla arrest followed the theft of $80 reUry of war or(Jered tne transport
from a stranger in lower Everett atreet 0rant equipped a ,ea dredge, with tha
rnw, niUk i iiic wuu iu.- promise that the work would be hur
the woman suspected, but arrested Hwi . h. .hi .,.m k nrk
Jones bwsusa ha was supposed to havs baa aariy during 1908. - -
. a , 7 v ' , . i-I a Th arrival of the dredge aa late aa
f"""-" ,,T tijj . "'" October a would not be a relief, for the
reason that the winter aeaa would have
. ch places sre maintained by prUonel. t0X1Bi the ,g0 hidden under the
ths state and county," declared ona of
the conclave.
t. The Old atory of one. of Capt. Rlggs'
cows being fed at the home waa also
mentioned In a casual way. It appears
that one of tha Bills the commission' re
fused to allow was 154 for the feeding
mst leading to hia room. The woman
sent up $60 to ball Jonea out,
When ha took the stand Willie said
he waa a "professor." He waa-a. per
former and did' a buck and wing turn
at the Majestic Cafe in Third atreet
"Oft and on" for a week he had worked
of the home's cows for a period of three M waiter In a restaurant
months. Investigation waa made and
it is alleged that three cowa were, dis
covered in the paddock Instead of two.
The third cow, which Is said to have
begun to roll and bar work would be
Impossible.
' Baarly Two Tears Tat.
Furthermore, the work on tha Jetty
will not 'be continued much later, the
heavy seas rendering it impossible. A
report coming to this paper from As
toria asserts that already have the aeaa
begun to roll in ao heavily that an en
gineer on one of the rock tralna waa
nearly washed from bis seat in tha cab
Judge Hogue said that It waa a ques
tlon whether the man waa guilty of vag.
rancy under the ordinance. The court
Id that ha had auarareated to the mavnr
been the property Of Capt. Rlggs, the and council the enactment of a law tolof the locomotive, while the train was
superintendent s husband, was re- reach tha men who live on tha earn- on the Jetty unloading rock.
moved. - . lngs of' depraved women. Figuring then that the longer rock
Then one of the board of managers re- "if the evidence shows that thia man contract calls for the delivery of 475,000
marked that the "commission must ba worked mora than hal- the time In Port- tons of rock at about 2,000 tons a day,
undergoing a streak of economy, when land at a lawful occupation, I cannot
alt even shut off the newspapers from find him guilty,-' said tha Judge. The
case was continued until tomorrow.
the home,
The governor's letter is the same that
was written at the conference of the
commission and hla excellency a week
ago, . It states that the $6,000 fund ,1a
- to be held in sacred trust by the board
and to ba disbursed only as it sees fit.
At . the joint meeting this afternoon
the board of managera stated it was
preparing a report of ita side of ths
case, which it will present in a day or
two. " - ,
Soma Conflicting Statements.
Except In cases where , there la con
tagion at the home or the condition of
the women la auch that they cannot be
removed ths expectant mothera are
taken to the Good Samaritan hospital
during their confinement Dr. S. E.
Josephl, in charge of the maternity ward
at the hospital and dean of tha medical
branch of the state university, said this
morning that all Refuge Home cases
were attended free of charge.
"Not a single, penny do we receive
from either the patients or the home,"
he said.-
It haa been charged that the women
were expoaed to clinics at the hospital,
but this was denied by both Dr. Josephl
and Matron Wakeman. 1
. "An undergraduate from the medical
School sometimes assists the
NOTORIOUS TRAMP
HURRIED FROM CITY
Half a dosen tramps, were rounded up
in the . Eaat Side railroad yarda by
Patrolman Stuart and Special Officer nave been "completed.
It would require not less than 23S con-:
tlnuous days to turn over the rock.
after the beginning of the life of the
contract on October 10. But 160 daya at
least must be allowed for gundays and
storms of winter, with two winters In
tervening before the contract can be
ended and some delay In addition inevi
table, bringing' the completion of thv
jetty work well Into 1906, not earlier
than the first of June with a likelihood
that It might be considerably later than
that It will therefore approximate two
years before the work on the Jetty will
Andrews last night Being unable -to
give a good account of themselves they
were sent to tha station. Thia morning
they were all ordered to leave the city
after Chief Hunt had questioned them:
Among the number waa a man giving
the name of George Smith, but who waa
recognised by the officers as a previous
offender. The fellow's right name Is
said to be Riphard O'Brien, alias Allle
Bhamus. Detectives Kerrigan and
Snow arrested him some time ago with
S. W. Roberts for stealing eight boxes
of tea . from a . freight car. O'Brien
served six months in the county Jail for
this offense.
O'Brien is also said to have served
a terra in tha San Quentln penitentiary
and in March, 1901 he was sentenced t
regular 30 days in the San Francisco city jail
for larceny. In June of the same year
he put in 90 days In the 'Frisco county
Jail for petty larceny. The man Is rec
ognlied as an old offender and the po
lice thought It best to hurry him out of
the city.
ARRESTED GAMBLERS
WHO HAD PAID UP
physician," remarked the doctor, "but
never la there more than one." Mrs.
i Wakeman- made a similar statement She
also declared that the hospital received
no money from the home.
Mrs. Rlggs stated that the girls upon
entering the refuge were expected to pay
$20. ' ' .
"However," ehe continued. "If they
haven't the means they are received
Just the same."
This money, she said, went into the
general fund. Asked If the attending
pnysicians received pay ror tnetr services
fthi rnlloH "Vnf mm m ii1a "
Three very indignant Chinamen ap-
Aa ontalds Enemy." peared In the police court clerk's office
The Crlttenton homo was established this morning, wondering what waa the
In Portland more than 15 years ago," trouble In their handa they excitedly
saia aira. k. jr. Kanxm, memoer or me waved reeeipta Issued to them by Clerk
board of managers; "and up to the oian laat Frldav. showing: that each had
present time there haa neve been any deposited bail after being arrested for
itouojo. i nave Known iara nigKa lor gambling. Each declared that police Of-
$6 ye&ra and can vouch forher honesty noera nad ordAred them to appear again
and Integrity. During thS tlma.. the thta morning. They were Indignant be-
; home has been In existence. It haa cared they thought that one monthly
mtjm. A-.AU. AAA fla1i JkM J 1l,AaWAaaa OA A J flit
jut over ouu auia oiiu rcvirwn cu anu I flne was Sufficient.
per cent or uiobo once inmates or mj- Arter . 1Htle tlme the matter waa ex
place are reformed women."
As to tha cause of the present dlffl-
plalned and the almond-eyed gamblers
wera told it was all right and that their
culty. Mrs. .Rankin would noV state pleca of paper would protect them for
other than that It waa "an outside en
my."
T do not blame the commissioners,"
the said.'
UM PbnVftt mntA hnwAVftf t Vi a t until
the last session of 'tha atate' legislature! wron' o"ea'
'created tha board of commissioners all
home affairs and the state fund were
handled by the board of managers alone,
and everything was peaceful and serene.
a month. Chief Hunt said that it was
all a mistake. Some of the proprietors
of gambling-houses had been slow In ap
pearing and tha officers had notified the
TSS9EBXOX8 GIBBS DBAS.
PUEBLO, COLO., BOY
FOUND IN SLUMS
Bert Muse, a 14-year-old boy,' was ar-
i (Journal Special Service.)
1,1 Aahdrv Park. Sent 11. Fredericks
Olbbs of. the Republlian national1 com- rested In the heart of the aluma last
rhittee from New York, who has been n'sht on a charge of begging. He was
01 at his summer home hers for some found In a crib at 73 north Fourth street
time, died suddendly at noon today, the wnere ne naa asaea ior mroimn u
end being' unexpected. . Gibbs was 6S t. Patrolmen Gibson and Baty took
yeara old, waa a state senator and an him to tha police station. The poller
unsuccessful candidate for tbs mayor- court today turned him over to Officer
mUv nf vw -rnrW in oil He wa a Hawlet of the Boya' and Girls Aid So-
member st tha national committee sines clsty who learned that he had run away
irora nu - parents at jtubuiu, wiu.,
where his father la employed by an ex-
cress company. Word was sent- to his
parents and Burt la being held awaiting
aus- W fron them
These conditions are not susceptible
of alteration, for the complete fulfill
ment of the contract according to terma
of specifications must carry the matter
over Into 1905 at the very best
It is aald that the committee will nrob-
ably -recommend that the efforts of the
chamber be concentrated upon the
dredging, and that relief from undesir
able conditions at the bar be sought
through the dredge during the almost
two years that must elapse before the
Jetty rock work can be ended.
It. Is -cited that Liverpool haa made
her great harbor by use of the dredge.
And It is said that while thia region Is
awaiting the completion of the Jetty
work the dredge offers the only measure
of betterment for shipping conditions at
the mouth of the Columbia. Further
more. It is Intimated that the relief thus
hoped for may be very great; that the
proper use of the dredge will remove ob
structions from the channel so that
ships may come and go with vastly in
creased facility.
Vestures of Carnival.
Confetti All the time.
,"When Knighthood' Waa in Flower,'
Tuesday and Friday ntgnta.
Athletic events Monday and Wednes
day nights.
Baby show Wednesday afternoon.
Concerta twice dally by Brown's band.
Drill of school children by Professor
Krohn.
' Tha second week of the csrnlvsl
sponsored by the Multnomah Athletlo
olub started out today with aeveral Im
portant changes of program announced
and a week'a success to give it added
attractiveness.
The confetti throwers will be given
free play each - night this week, since
no trouble arose from the license al
lowed on two nlghta last week, snd if
this action doea not sufficiently add to
the Joyousness of ths nightly gatherings
on ths big field other Jolllflers will be
introduced.
Tha members of the club and Chief
Hunt are at outa over the police ques
tion. Four policemen were detailed for
duty on the grounds and reported. As
this waa extra duty they demanded $2.60
for each man's services, snd this the
club refused to pay. The officers, were
offered 25 cents an hour, but they re
fused to accept thia amount, and the
grounds have been patroled by special
An unusually strong gale of wind en
countered on September 9 and continuing
several days waa the cause of the In
drapura's long paaaage from the Orient
The gale waa a nor'wester, but on the
second day It shifted to ths south and
southeast, snd blew practically until the
15th before spending Its forqe. Heavy
seaa swept over the decks of the big
liner, but no damage waa done further
than causing a delay. She ploughed
through the waves laboriously, but
never deviated her course.
The Indrapura, Captain , Holllnga-
worth, sailed from Hong Kong on Aug
ust 22 and four days later arrived at
Moll, where she took on 600 tona of
cement. From there she went to Kotw
snd Yokohama and after receiving ad
ditional cargo aalled from the latter
port on September 1 for Portland,
Fine weather was experienced untll
September 9. Two days previou
to this data tha Amerioan whaling bark
Wanderer waa spoken in latitude 43 de
grees 37 minutes north snd longitude 168
degrees east The bark reported all well
on board. A few daya later the Italian
ship Costcllo Mare was also spoken.
Few ' Vasssngsrs.
The Indrapura reached Portland Satur
day night at 10:30 o'clock. On thia trip
she only brought three Chinese and nine
Japanese passengers, ona of the smallest
police employed by the club. Chief J lists since the line was established. The
UNKNOWN HANGS
HIMSELF TO TREE
Roseburg, Sept. 21. At Olalla, this
county, Sunday morning . an unknown.
man hanged himself to a tree. Nothing
waa found on the body by the coroner's
jury to identify him except a newspaper
addressed to Houdas Mill, Treka, Cal.
He waa dreased like a laboring man and
carried a traveling outfit
The coroner's Jary found that Harmon
Synder came to his death from exposure
and exhaustion while wandering' In the
mountains. This practically exonerates
Bagshaw, who waa the last to see him
alive.
MILITIA WILL BRING
THfe MEN INTO COURT
Cripple Creek, Colo, Sepit II. The
habeas corpus proceedings were resumed
In the district court this morning. The
judge gave the military authorities until
o'clock this afternoon to bring the
petitioners from the bull pen to court
General Chase announced that he would
bring tha prisoners, but under a heavy
detachment of soldiers, who would be
Instructed to. resist any attempt of the
civil authorities to take charge of the
men. . r-
Hunt agreea with his men in saying that
26 cents an hour Is not enough for a
policeman, and he also falls to see that
-he haa any imperative call to detail
officers to patrol a private enterprise.
The program for the week is an
nounced by the directors to Include two
offerings of the spectacle, " hen
Knighthood Waa In Flower." these being
given on Tuesday and Friday evenings.
Brown's band will give two dally con
certa In the Industrial street. The sev
eral picturesque leaps and rides for life
will be as Interesting aa ever, accord
ing to the word of Mr. Jabour. Mr.
Jabour expects to give several street
parades this week .in order that his
numerous performers may be seen by
everyone.
The entries for the field meet of the
club have been completed and clubmen
say that the best athletic contests ever
given In the city will be shown the
crowds that witness the various events.
The officers of the meet will be:
Referee. F. E. Watklns; announcer, R.
Farrell; starter, F. J. Raley; field
Judgea, Tom Farrell, H. E. Judge, George
Eastman and George F. wlllett; judgea
of finish, Phil Ward, Fred Andrews;
clerks of course. Mr. Applegate, A. 8.
Arnold, P. W. Blanchard; measurers. A,
O. Jones, R. Fisher, H. Montgomery, A.
Kerrigan; timers, William Fecheimer,
Joe Smith, Jack King.
The entries sre: Bert Kerrigan, M. A.
C; Ed Murphy. M. A. A. C; George
Gamine, M. A. A. C; Oscar Kerrigan, M.
A. C; Lee Connell. Y. M. C. A.; Smith-
son, T. M. C. A.; R. Peterson, Pacific
University and M. A. A. C. ; J. Duggan.
76-yard dash George Gamine, M. A.
C; Oscar Kerrigan, M. A. A. C; E.
Murphy. M. A. A. C; R. Peterson, Pa
ciflc University and M. A. A. C; L. Con
nell. Y. M. C. A.; Smithson, Y. M. C. A.:
J. Duggan.
100-yard dash Rollana Peterson, M.
A. C; George Gamine, M. A. A. C
Oscar Kerrigan, M. A. A. C; R. Peter
son. Pacific University and M. A. A. C;
L. Connell. Y. M. C. A; Smithson, Y. M.
A.
220-yard run R. Peterson, Pacific
University and M. A. A. C; O. Gamine,
M. A. A. C; L. C. Hosford. Y. M. C. A.;
Connell, Y. M. C. a.; Smithson, Y.
M. C. A.
One mil! Connell, O'Connor.
021-yard hur F. Fletcher, Pacific
University; Ed Murphy, M. A. A. C: Os
car Kerrigan, M. A. A. C. ; A. B. Coatea,
Albany college and M. A. A. C; Bert
Kerrigan, M. A. A. C.
220-yard hurdle A. B. Coates, Al
bany college and M. A. A. C; Oscar Ker
rigan. M A. A. C; F. Fletcher. Paclflo
University and M. A. A, C; Ed Murphy,
M. A. A. C.
Running high Jump Ed Backus, Y. M.
C. A.:Oscar Kerrigan, M. A. A. C; Ed
Murphy, M. A. A. C; Smithson. Y. M. C,
A.; Bert Kerrigan, M. A. A. C; J. Tru-
delle, Michigan University.
Pole vault Ed Murphy, M. A. A. C;
Ed Tidcombe, M. A. A. C; A. Gilbert. P.
U,; J. Trudelle. Michigan University,
Broad Jump Connell. Y. M. C. A.: E,
Backus, Y. M. C. A.; Oscar Kerrigan, M.
A. A. C; Ed Murphy, M. A. A. C: Smith-
son, Y. M. C. A.; Bert Kerrigan. M. A. A,
C; Barnet, Pacific University.
Tonight at 8 o clock the rehearsal for
the production of "When Knighthood
Was in Flower" will be held. There
was one given by the young women of
the spectacle at the club rooms this
afternoon and the members will have
their chance tonight, as the rehearsal
is to drill them In their parts.
reason Is said to be on account of the
aevere examinations to which they have
recently been subjected by United States
government Inspectors, and the trans
portation company does not care to run
any risks of being obliged to carry them
back free of charge,-
All told, the cargo consists of 3,220
tons, one of the principal items on the
steamer's manifest being tea. An item
ised list of the cargo is aa follows:
Gunnies, 176 tons; ooffss, 13 tons; pre
serves, 60 tons; pineapplea, 70 tons; tapi
oca, 10 tons; Chinese merchandise, 61
tons; cement. 2,500 barrels; tea, 17,416
cases; matting, 4,697 rolls; straw braid.
26 tons; lily bulbs, 1,073 caaes; curios,
134 cases; sulphur, 663 bags. The tea is
among one of the largest shipments ever
brought to Portland. About 3.000 cases
are consigned to local merchants, and
the balance gaca to Inland cities and
other coast points.
aSAJaOTB BOTZS.
Astoria, Sept. 19. Left up at 6 a m.
British ship County of Inverness.
St. Helens, Sept. 19. Passed at 8:80
p. m. British ship County of Inver
ness.
The applicants for police and firs po
sitions were given a physical examina
tion on Multnomah field yesterday, and
to the uninitiated It was Ilka nothing
mora than a lot of performers practicing
tor me circus ring;
Forty-three men went through tha
various requirements perspiring but trl
umphant, and when the final reaults
were known it was snnounced that there
had not been a single failure. -All wera
up to the required average and a num.
ber gave remarkably good performances,
It would take a fleet-footed thief to
outrun the majority of the policemen.
sleet The a vera Re for tha 80-yard
sprint was about 11 seconds, and one
man, A. Smith, went the dlatance In I 3-6
seconds. This is about the world'a rec
ord for professionals In the 100-yard
dash. AW of the applicants were exceed
lngly fast on their feet
When It came to climbing the 76-foot
ladder, swaying fearfully when a man
reached the top, there were several who
looked askance. It waa one of the re
quirements, however, and by clinching
their teeth and calling Into use all of
their reserve nerve the more timid man
aged to perform the task successfully.
It waa another one of those nerve-try
Ins ordeala to lums from a Mh level
Pinto a life-net, and several men were
shaken up considerably in performing
the feat but they all went through it
without undue hesitation.
The namea of those who sucessfully
passed tha tests sre:
For firs positions:
W. A. Sltton, F. H. Livingston, J.
O'Connor, R. Heath. A. Smith, C. L. Dun
can, . M. Ransdell, J. Morrow, L. M.
Laaley, W. Phillips, a S. Wlckline, A.
C. Brysnt, W. A, Frasee, C. W. Howard.
E. Harr and G. Baldwin.
For police positions:
F. Seymour, L. A. Harwas, e. E. But
termore, C. 8. Burch, I. B. Beard, H. W.
Spooner, H. Smith, E. L. Perkins, J. Pal
mer, J. Keller, C. H. TIchenor, W. J. Bul
lens, H. Wilson. O. Franklin, E. M.
French, S. A. Young, R. L. Henlger, W.
E. Vinson, E. L. Crate, M. E. Llllls,
Alex Mclnntsr F. H. Burns, O. F. Felton,
C. Porter, J. McCann, H. Ford and L. A.
Fears.
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ARRESTING OFFICER
San Francisco, Sept 19. Salled-
Steamer Alliance and German steamer
Eva, for Portland.
Astoria, Sept 20. Arrived at 9 a m.
Barkentine Addenda, from Lahalna,
Sailed at 9:15 a m. Steamer George
W. Elder, for San Francisco.
Arrived at 11:50 a. m. Schooner Mel- I saved
(Journal Special Service.)
Eugene, Or., Sept 21. Deputy Sheriff
H. L. Bown was held up by an arrested
man. caught aa a suspect of being the
thief who got away with' two sets of
harness and other valuablea in Eugene,
In Cottage Grove, Friday evening. The
man whipped out a pistol and ordered
the deputy to atand back while ha es
caped with hla plunder. The daring j)t
the man surprised tha officer and
aroused suspicion that ha was a more
dangerous character than was first sup
posed. Bown put in a call for help and
the fugitive was traced by Sheriff Flsk
of Lane county and Sherlj Parott of
Douglas county untll ha was rounded
up near Oakland, Sunday morning. He
ssw that there was no chance of escape
and gave up without resistance. He
waa brought to Eugene thia morning
and will atand trial before the fall term
of court on aeveral counts.
Iabs County Hope.
The sunshine of the past week has
the hop crop of Lane county.
i ...........
roUtloax BdnoatloaaL Industrial and So
clal Matters Talked Ovar Womsa
Bcaooltaaehsra Bsf sated la Their laar
rings mansSill Davery Will Ost Out
a . Dictionary Opposition to Tata
roiaay la tha Coming B taction. .
(Journal Special Service.)
New York. Sept. 21. In tha approach
ing municipal electlqn ex-Chief Davery
la an Interesting figure, because of hla
audacity. He, least of all of the people
of the city, hss sny expectation of be
ing elected. With him it ia simply a
purposs to get even with Tammany for
Its repudiation of him by completing
tha assurance of its defeat Tha moat
optimistic of hls-frlends do not claim
mora than 26,000 votes for him. It is
believed generally ' that what ha will
pull away from tha Democratic party
will more than offset tha defection from
ths fuslonlst rsnks.
Burglaries Scarce,
Manhattan enjoys singular exemption
from burglary and aneak-thlef opera
tlon. Thia Is due more probably to tha
abaence of allies than to tha efficiency
of the police. It requires mora courage
than Is possessed by tha ordinary crimi
nal to make forcible entry into a house
under the full glare of an electric light.
Referring to allies, people from other
cities And mora or less to comment!
upon In the almost continuous blockade
of sidewalks in ths business districts.
In most of the down-town streets on
nnas u necessary every Dioca ojv nra
to taks to the street in Order to eecapa
unloading and loading wagons. . An
other strange as well ss inartlatlo prac
tice Is that of having the garbaga cans
in front of palaces as well aa tenement
houses. Nor are tha contents of those
emptied so frequently as simple sani
tary lawa would suggest
Bew York Too Toung. ,
Cities Uks republics, but too often ar
ungrateful. Possibly New York la yes,
too young to have developed art suf
flciently to commend Itself to tha in
habltanta aa well as tha strangers
within Us gates. There are -comparatively
few atatues here and most of
these are counterfeit presentments ofl
aliena One will look in vain for si
marble or bronse figure of a single oner
of the great merchant princes or manu
facturers who have made great the
American metro Dolla. True, there 1st
one to William E. Dodge, but this Is due
to his philanthropy and not to hla busi
ness succesa Errtcsson, Greely, Ben
nett and Arthur are ao distinguished,
but none of these waa a native New
Yorker. From a patriotio point of view
thoae to Washington, Sherman, Worth,
Lafayette and Lincoln are moat com
mendable, but one finds It hard to ex
plain why one ahould aee statues oC
Burns, Mosart Garibaldi, Wagner, Scott.
Verdi, etc., and none of the men who
made New York what it is. If this
metropolis be not a commercial city and
the commercial city of the earth, then
it la nothing; and it is a crying shame
that confession of sense of obligation
Is not publicly made and often In t he
same manner as to foreign poets, novel-,
lsts and musicians of whom the majority
of people of the city have never heard.
Bo Marrlsd Women Taacaars.
Many of the schoolma'ams. and very;
mook.
rose, from Redondo. During the long hours of rood weather I man of them hftVA with Mfth fHm.
Arrived Steamer Elmore, from Tilla- the pickers and growers, made the moat I ing ear made it a practice to marry la
ui mo guuu conamons ana worsea wiin l tne montn or July. THIS, of course, i
mlcht and main to a-arner tha heat crnna I rmtmrm tn mnh mrm mlnul
nan trancucu, oepi. oauou of the countv. Their efforts ara shown I Intn thia at.t. Tn tht. h.- !..-.
m xne nuge loaoa or hodb wmcn are I been enabled to aeciira n fn
Ainvea ocnouner duio j. rium- aally now being stored In the city ware- months of July and August without
mer, from Portland. I houses. As was said in these columns. I arlvlnar anv enulvatant IK. rfnr a mt.tm.
th flrat lntm wr allvhtlv mlTtmtmA with I law aHI.. tk. mnlAMM. j . j
Astoria, oepi. tx. onaiuon oi in mnM h the. Inter artrfltlnna tn tha val. 1 wnman aa arhnnl t.h.n K
l . o unn.k. . ,1-A I - I - -.-, av
" " ". uable stores are up to the Lane stand- provlalon aa to determining when the
west, weatner clear. ard. the heat ther la Grower run fool I married aatata hoe-In a , mn.Mn.,
Arrived down at 6 a. m. Schooner J. that the Inaa on account nf tha rain la I ceases. A recant enactment nt tha
tjt t : - .. . - - - . - . -t -
j-miiauia.1111. I hut alla-nt tn what thav iTruutlaJ It I latiira (-nrranta thia an tha
Left up at 9 a. m. Schooner Melrose, -would be at tha hee-innlne- nt tha har- I those who marrv will rain nnthina tw.
oauea i a. m. oienmor tub- vest. Thev hava haen anahlari tn 1n DOatDOnement until tha flrat Amvm nt
tneir worn without the slightest hln
drance this laat week.
The change did much for the hops and
the result will soon be ready for the
The French bark Emelle Galllne has PUD"C- Many rards are Ju" finishing
John Stewart and A. J. Plckard, two
well-known stockmen of this county,
yesterday started for San Francisco with
a shipment of 2,600 lambs. . It Is tha
first hslf of a lot which is consigned to
burg, for Tillamook.
Newcaatle, Sept 19. Sailed British
bark East African, for Portland.
moved from the Gaa dock to Montgom
ery Na 2.
vacation.
POLITICIANS FROM
EASTERN OREGON
The steamer South Portland haa
cleared for San , Francisco with 1,160
sacks of wheat and 400 sacka of oats
Neither In nor out of politics is thai
which
A Co.
were ahipped by Kerr Glfford that cltjr ana tney wiu dwn with way William J. Furnish of Pendleton
upiuci ma yuBiiiuu. ttr ti years
Mr. Furnish has - been a - resident of!
Eastfrn Oregon and during a greater
part of that time has had more or less
to do with the politics of his state. As
republican candidate for governor at thai
last election he ran close to George E.j
Chamberlain, the successful asplrantt
Mr. Furnish is in Portland today giving
testimony In a civU suit and this lai
RADIUM POWER WILL
VASTLY INCREASE
the remainder inside of another month.
These men have ahipped hundreds of
head of stock to California, and And a
good market for Oregon stock In that
atate.
Got Money at Last,
The delayed payment of members of
the Eugene companlea of troopa which
wera in encampment at Roseburg recent
ly waa made to the boya Saturday. They
BACK YARD HUNTERS
SOUGHT BY POLICE
(Journal Special 8ervlce.)
New York. Sept. 21. Dr. George Kuns cash, but the state is slaw,
of the Museum of Natural History, to
gether with Dr. Charlea Baskervllle of
the University of North Carolina, who
have been experimenting with radium,
discovered that by mixing It with wills
mite the power of the former la in
creased a hundred fold and when an ln-
trument Is devlaed for meaaurlng
power It will probably greatly exceed
that. Dr. Kuns said:
had begun to get anxious about their I hi "rat visit to the western part of thai
siaie since tne ciose or tne campaign.)
ror two terms ne neia ue omce or
EUREKA HERALD MUST
DEFEND LIBEL SUIT
(Journal Special Service.)
Eureka, Cal., Sept. 21. J. F. Thomp
son, the receiver of the local land office.
"Radium has been only known three and Powell, his son-ln-law, have filed
years, yet great results have been ac- an action of criminal libel against th
complished. In one branch I predict I Evening Herald for matters published
great accomplishments
near future."
for even the
SXSAGBEEMTBBT IB BICOIAX OASB.
Mounted policemen acoured East
Portland from St. Johns to Sellwood
yesterday to arrest any person caught
shooting China pheasants. Consider
able complaint had been made to the
police about the practice of careless
nuniera wuu useu moir weapons mais- ktiii ,.nnrt4 tn tha onurt Bat.
crlmlnately Inside the city limits. Some urday nl(rnt that lt wa, unable t0 reach
, .... .y u,, tnr wg, agreement. Three stood for the plain-
in the vacant portions of the East Side . w rai. .in. h.
of the city. It Is said that Ue pheaa- defendant. Mrs. Hannah B. Nlcholai. It
ants are very plentiful The territory .... lr).cted this mornlna- that tha case
was thoroughly covered by three offl- ..i, r-.t f. tw.i
T f .. .v , ' . ' cuani no one moton In that direction waa made by the
viuit&iuia. uio Attno.
relative to Thompson's conduct In office.
It Is charged by the paper that Powell
failed to Comply with the homestead
lawa Many claims were held up by a
recent ruling aggregating nearly
afta- a nollharatlnn nf twn an ... !., a"" KullBieriunlon
half hours, the jury In the Davis- f"""f """' v""" waiwug
to prove up.
gbxat strrrEBxaxr.
WOBX BOH-TOTIOW MEB.
1896.
ponrr vox
SATAOB.
Judge Webster today
County
talned the damurrer to the petition Qf
8. Wnltehouse for the- removal 'f
DorarW, Savage aa the executrix of the
wlir .of ih lata -iBHambetto.. B. - - Foster.
This 'means 'a temporary ending of the
B3CXXT 0OBB TO CXJBTXIAB1,
5 (Journal Special Service.) ., V
Cincinnati. Sept, " The , National
Joflg fight which has been waged against Baseball commission met here today.
Mrs." Savage aa executrix" of the estate Among the con tract a announced were
of her aunt Mrs Foster. It Is expected, Hlcky of Seattle with Cleveland. New
htnvever, that a new petition for : bar 1 York' gets Putnam of Helena ana Vuicg
temoval will be filed,
Cf Bill Lake,
Buffalo, N. Y.. Sept 21. The heaviest
marble dealers shut down today in com
pliance with a resolution paaaed by the
National Association of Marble Dealera
last March. They will all follow a gen
eral policy and resume work Thursday
with non-union help.
VOL GET ATTEB ATTOBBTTTS.
8an Francisco, Sept 21. Deputy Sher
iffs Burnett Dasha and Dempeey were
released -from- custody today on furnishing-12.000
bail. - The United Spates mar
shal , lotimatea that certain, attorneys
wilt be investigated la connection with
Chinea; leratlonV ' ' ? - r
NATIONAL TREASURY
WAS NEVER SO FULL
atorneys for either of the parties.
loses itrrr po damages.
(Journal Special Service.)
Washington, Sept 2t.-.Neveri in the
The Jury in the case of M. L. Duff, ad
ministrator of the estate of hla son.
James Duff, against .the Willamette . i,...
Iron A Steel Worka today brought in cotton ctod: amounting to nearlv a im-
000 bales, aa well aa Immense crops of
(Journal Special Service.)
8t Petersburg, Sept 21.-HQreat' suf
fering ia reported on account of drouth
In the provinces of Ostrog. In a recent
Are five hundred families were made
homeless, The villages of Sergaths and
Kokeelaharogoi were nearly destroyed
by tire. Four hundred houses were de
stroyed in the former, eight persons
wera killed and 80 houses with immense
stores of grain were burned. In Trana-
entlrely destroyed the
a verdict for the defendant after it had
been out three ' and a half hours.
Duff sued for 15.000 damages for "ths
history of the country has the national! death of hla son who was killed' by the
treasury had such a large cash balance, explosion of a cylinder head In the
Current receipts are, running 1 1.000.000 shops' of the Willamette Iron tk Steel
a week In exeeea of the expenditures. I company' on September 22, 1902.
The available balance shows an unpre
cedented amount 1261000,000 odd, and
if the amounts In the. hands of disburs
ing officers and. the gold reserve of
1160,000,000 were added the grand total
wduld show 6486,000,000. ,
BOOKXZZFZm TXXXB WTTK KOBXT.
: Preferred stock Canned deeds,
Wu tt LwJa JBest $mX
(Journal Special, Service.) -;
BuffaHo,- N. . Y.. Sept atLlewellyn
Smith, tha bookkeeper for the Eirtck
commission firm, who- ia alleged to b?
short in his accounts 120,000, haa fled
aad Ua whereabouts V9 upjtaowa, .
sheriff of Umatilla county.
T haven't laid down'" said Mr. Fur-
nish this morning. "I am neither In nor
out of politics at the present I ant fori
the welfare of my state, and like any
other cltisen. I will have my aay. Thai
next campaign is too rar away. ;
Roosevelt . Mr. Furnlah believes, . wilt !
receive the nomination " for president'
from the republican party. a.nLvI see
no reason why he shouldn't be elected.",
said he. "A majority appeara to be
satisfied with his administration and IV
belleve that he has done even better.
than many of the people expected. How-1
ever, as I say, I'm not concerned in ;
politics to any great extent just now;,
and base my opinions largely on what
I have read." J '
In spite of the fact that the wheat'
yield in Umatilla county was not over'
half a' crop this season, Mr. Furnish:
declared that business was exceptionally
good and except In cases where the ,
crops were a total failure, tha farmers
would lose but little because the in-i
creaae in prlcea would make up tha lost .
In quantity. 4 .
'I never saw such a poor wheat
yield in my 23 years' realdence In
Eastern Oregon," said ' Mr, Furnish. ,
'-Cattle prices are low, but we have . !.
plenty of both sheep and cattle and the-'
present outlook is not alarming,"
During the summer Mr. Furnish has
not been well and, spent most Of the'
hot days in the mountaina. He will
remain ia Portland two or three daya
growing wheat and ' rye.
fruit was destroyed.
Nearly all
XOCX OVT TJBTOB ltXBY
KAXBLI P&ABTS CIO BE. ,
(Journal Special Service.)
Chicago, Sept 21. Five of tha larf.
est marbla plants this, morning shut
down because, it lsiallegftd, that t-.
- (Journal Special Berviea).
Berlin. Sept 2 1. The . German matal
manufacturers ' today decided to crush
the strike of S.000 workers which has land are following the
been In progress for several days. by bio dealers' aeroemcnt.. T!:y
locking out the -remaining 7.000 am-(day they will resume end v,
ployes until all othera are ready to re-1 shops. - Four hundred mr
urns work.. Ona hundred and sevcaifeut snd the L-ul! :.. f U
Vctorlos are 141a, , .. ivolveo.
unions' havs broken . their