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THE OltEGON DAILY JOTmKAL. lOnTLAia. WEDNESDAY EVyiNG. NOVEMBEIt 25, 1003. 1KT0 Volunteers of America With Thanks- Food. Ready giving PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION Boston, horn secretary of tha American Baptist Missionary union, on "The Faith of the Fathers, and' Its Epooh Maklng Power." Mr. Belcher haa prs pared a musical program to b rendered by-e chorus of It volcea. Oraca Math odtat church will Join In tha aervlca and all the Bapttat churches or tha city ar expected to unite. Tha Prasbyterlan ohurchea of tha city will unlta in special services at tha Ft ret Presbyterian church at 10:0 a. m. Rev. Chas. W. Maya of Marahall church will deliver tha sermon. Mr. Coursen has arranged special music. Thanksgiving services will be held at the Taylor-Street M. E. THANKSGIVING AT THE WHITE HOUSE 10:10 a. m. Trinity. Centenary. Mt. Tabor and Sunnyalde churches will unite in tha servlcea. The-sermon will be preached by Rev. Mr. Memlnger of the Mt Tabor church. The choir, under tha direction of Mrs. Elian Kinsman Mann, will render special music, (Journal Special Service.) Waahington, P. C. Nov. 26. Tha ma chinery of fovemment In tha national capital will coma to a standstill to church at morrow, tha Panama affair, tha Cuban treaty and other momentous questions will be forgotten for the time being and every one from the president down will unite in the observance of that most characteristic of all American holidays Thanksgiving day. Tha day is usu- feature of which will ba an International lulet n " Washington, socially ode composed bv one of tha church mem- w omciauy, out congreaa peing h.rm in eelon this year, things may be dlt rerem. i ne turner dinners, ii ioa,ai. wilt ba more numerous than In previous Charitable Women Hard at Work Pre paring to Bring Joy to the Hearts of Inmates of Children's and Baby Homes. Systematic aid instead of promiscuous giving to all classes or hungry vagrants Is tha motto of tha volunteers or Amer lea in their Thanksgiving offering cru ' sade. As the Volunteers did Isst year, and as tha Salvation Army haa generally coma ta do, poor families will be pro , vlded with provisions, but no public dinner will be given to those who may ba attracted by the odora of horns rooking. Tha Salvation Army and tha Volun tears were both in the field last year at Thanksgiving time, and each strove to collect money for charity's sake. Tti result was that the field waa somewhst overworked, and this year Major Dub bins of the Army, and Captain Anderson of tha Volunteers agreed to divide the work, the Volunteers tsklng Thanks giving, the Army. Christmas. Money boxes have been left at all tha city schools and tha contenta or these will be usd to purchase groceries, tha boxes to ba opened tomorrow by the -. Volunteers at their hall at 21 North See and street. Three street contribution . boxes that have bean under tha care of . Volunteers for the past week, will pro vide funds enough to take Joy to several homes. Will Give Toad im Boxes. The entire aid distributed by the Volunteers will be In the shape of pro vision boxes, which will bs distributed tomorrow to worthy and needy families already Investigated and discovered to be deserving by the Volunteers. Each box will coat $4.60, and will contain 2 pounds of coffee, half a pound of tea, S of sugar, 6 of rolled oats, 1 of cheese, SB of potatoes, 10 of flour. of fruit. 2 of bacon, i of roast bsef, glass of Jelly, mixed fruits, 4 pieces of soap, 2 cana of cream and 4 loaves of bread. Among the homes that will be visited is one where a widow with six children is washing stray bundles of clothes for , a meager living. ' Another Is the home of a desolats father and mother, whose children have been carried away by dis ease, and the old people are too 111 to work. Another family to be helped re cently lost Its home under a burden of debt, and. others have helpless wage earners near death's door and needy children calling vainly for sufficient food. At the Children's Home. Subscriptions for the Children's home are being taken at the Woodard A Clarke drug store. The work Is in charge of Mesdames Plttock, Prescott and Mann. The home Is sltusted at . 887 Corbett street, and at preaent shel ters 49 children, which range In age from t to 12 years. Yesterday there was received 2116 In cash and many things for the preparation of the Thanksgiving dinner. At the Baby Home. For this Institution donations are be ing received at Park and Morrlaon streets by Mrs. O. M. Scott and Mrs. E. F. Riley, and at the Bkidmore drug store by Mrs. Sltton and Mrs. Robert son. The home is located at Waverly. Alblaa enureses to Unite. Tha tftiiireha nf Alhliia will hold union Thanksgiving services st ths ' Rodney-Avsnue Christian church, cor ner of Rodney avenue and Knott street. The sddress will be delivered by F. L Toung of ths Central Methodist church. Ministers of other Alblna churches will participate , in the services. At the Cathedral of the ImmaculaW Conception there wjll be apeclal Thanks giving services at 10 a. m. Rev. Father President Roosevelt believes in eels bratlng the holiday in the good, old- fashioned way, and consequently It is sure to be a Jolly Thanksgiving In tha White House. The Roosevelt children sre horns from school, and they are bound to have a romp, in which their father and mother will Join. fta busi ness whatever will be done at the'Viecu tlve mansion during the dsy. The clerks will not report for duty and all official will be postponed until Thompson will deliver the addraaa. Tlio miialM will tia mi nf tha arMMlal faat - - -.in k. i.i -., engagements in ci'Silo churrt JT -hfr f.mnv' T's? T. Darlahsa. prssldent snd his' fsmlly will go t Thanksgiving service, at All Saints urch and In the. ?fn Jh church, corner of Twenty-second and "ve "om to.r' ,n &?J": Reed streets, will be held st 10 o'clock JJ s. m. The offering will be for the Good frlena" wUI b vlte(1 t0 h" U' Samaritan hospital. sw Knew . The Thanksgiving services at St The president's steward gives hlro- Mark's, corner of Nineteenth snd self no concern regarding a Thanks Qulraby streets, on Thanksgiving dsy giving turkey for the executive table, will be aa follows: 1:10 a. m. and 7:30 For more than 26 years Horace Vose, of Westerly, R. I., has had the privilege of supplying ths president's - turkey. This is In pursuance of a custom which a. m., holy communiorrr I a. m., matins; 10:20 a. m.. holy cdmmunlon and service I ( p. m. There will be special Thanksgiving was established by 8enator Anthony when Prssldent Orsnt waa the chief ex- SUSPENDED FOR services at St. Stephen's chapel. Thir teenth, northeast comer of Clsy. st 10:20 a. m. Rev. T. N. Wilson will de liver the addreas. The Grand Avenue United Presbyte rian, Westminster Presbyterlsn snd Haasalo-Btreet Congregational churcher will unite in union Thanksgiving serv ices at the Westminster church at 11 m. Rev. Chase of the Hassalo-Streel church will preach. Marshall-Street Presbyterian church will hold special Thanksgiving aervlce In Ha auditorium this evening at 7:4 orrzezm nKrwOiTB tii raiT ociock. Tne members or the ciarx ecutlve. So long as ths senator lived he bought turkeys for ths presidents. snd when he died Mr. Vose kept up ths custom, and each year sent the best bird he could find In his horns county, Ths colonial fowl which will aatlsfy the sppetltes of the Roosevelt house hold tomorrow and fill the White Houss kitchen with Its frsgrsnt aroma weighs In the neighborhood of 20 pounds. Hs wss hatched last spring and aa tenderly reared as a young colt destined for the race track. A Simple afenn. The menu for the Thenksglvlng din ner Is always a simple one. Mr. Voss's turkey is the piece de resistance, and the other dishes served are typically American. The dinner Invariably be gins with Chesapeake oysters. Flaky rock fish from the Potomac, terrapin from the Eastern shors and cranberries from Cape Cod sre Included In the menu. All the members of the cabinet will est their Thanksgiving dinners st tbelr Washington homes. Secretary and Mrs. Hay will have a family party at their board. Secretary and Mrs. Shew will dine at their home In Maaaachusetts avenue, and will share the holiday feast with their children. The attorney-gen eral la fond of his own fireside and pre fers a simple hdme dinner to any of the feasts in which he must participate The secretary of agriculture hes littlt to buy for his thanksgiving dinner, as turkeys and other gifts come to him from all over the country. The secre- tary of the Interior, Mr. Hitchcock, and his family, will dine in their home In K street. The secretary of the nsvy. though the recipient of many Invita tions, will probably follow his usual custom and dine with hla bachelor cronies in the Worden House. ENTERING SALOONS M. E. church will unite In the meeting and all residents In ths northwest part of the city are cordially invited to Join in this service. There will be special music and short addresses by Rev. H. Atkinson of the M. E. church and Rev. Charles W. Hays of ths Presby terian church. Xnslo at Beth Xsrasl. Thanksgiving day exerclaes will be beld st Temple Beth Israel tomorrow t 10:30 a. m. Beth Israel unite. to nxrmn vbdex exxzr nvwr'u BSASTZO OBDBB XXS OASB ABT TMAT Or K01ZLIT GO TO TOUCZ comas szoxr. The first officer to suffer suspension for Infraction of Chief Hunt's memor sble order of some time ago under The congregations of which officers ware prohibited from and Ahaval Hholom will going Into restaurants or saloons while on duty Is Patrolman F. W. Hemsworth. Organ Prelude Andante Religoso He received formal notice last night Horatio Parker and his case will be considered as soon Reading of the President's Proclamation as the police, commission meets. The Hvm Th L nm Tl' c" ot Patrolman Jacob Hoseley. sus- Hymn Thy Way, Not Ours ... ,,,. . Naumbourg 'v., r V . "" ' - , Will IW IBKm Up HI 111V BUUIC lllIIV. Chief Hunt is anxious to have the Hellsloua Schools. Psalm.... The Rev. Robert Abrahamaon Poem America. Our Own America. Carolyn Friendly, Anthem O Lord, How Manifold Choir. i Address Rev. David Levlne, Ph Anthem Jubilate Deo, . t Choir. Olenu. Kaddlnh. ' My Country, 'TIs of Thee." Organ Postlude Festival March.... Lermanr. Benediction. cases disponed of as soon ss possible, but this morning he did not know when ,)''''h the commissioners could meet, utirnoy T .i i.,.j v... Ill Lite lui UIBI 1 1 vi l iv cr v;v. v, i v: v, k j Hemsworth hs is sccused of remaining Dudley Buck from one moment to an hour in various saloons and restaurants without report ing the fact to his csptaln. Ten differ ent dates during the present month are SEVERAL VESSELS READY TO SAIL BOI-XSSOB KOCH, STXAMSZXV XiTTTOH AMD SCZOOHXB 8AJCAB SATB COBrJrXSTXD TZX OA2t- ooes othxb BKirrnros irsws AMD afOTZMZHTS XV KAXBOB. i- A Perpetual Delight in the Home aBBaBSSBBPBBBBSBmisaaSSSSSBSaSSSammBSBBaBBBBBBiBB . , -y AT AIX SEASONS OF THB TEAR, BUT ESPECIALLY NOW. WHEN THE CHILDREN AND THE GROWN UPS ARB LOOKINO TORWAJID TO RECEIV-' ING THEIR HOLIDAT GIFTS AND . . CHRISTMAS Ik y v IS DRAWING NEAR IS THAT UNFAILING SOURCE OF MORE KINDS OF ENTERTAINMENT THAN CN BE EXTRACTED FROM ANY DOZEN OTHER INSTRUMENTS COMBINED, NAMELY, -,, . We The Professor Koch .completed her grain cargo this morning. The vessel Is being dispatched by the Portland Grain company. Thla afternoon the British steamship Lytton will complete her flour cargo for the Orient. It will consist of 39.600 bar rels, which will bring the flour ship ments from Portland during the past five months up to more than 600,000 barrels. The schooner Samar will complete her lumber cargo today at the Inman-Poul-sen mill. Her destination is Shanghai, China. The steamer Melville Dollar reached port at 5 o'clock last evening from San Francisco, bringing a cargo of general merchandise. She will make the return trip with wheat, barley and lumber. The steam schooner Linhauer also ar rived last night from the Bav Cllv. At present there are 22 children there, aged from 1 week to 1 years. Last year the donation amounted to over 2200, and it Is anticipated that this year there will be more. The Eastern Outfitting company, 2(0 Washington street, are giving away SO sacks of flour to the needy. They have a box Into which can be Inserted I the name and address of any destitute family, and to them will be delivered to . morrow morning a sack of flour. Wool Suck for Bach Man. At the county Jail the most enliven lug feature on the program will be f S sleek, roast ducks one for each prls oner and plenty of other things. The rockplle prisoners will take a day off, and all hands, including the trusties and the guards, will appear In their neatest apparel. Sheriff Storey spent the greater part of today making preparations for the feast, evidently intending to Impress on the minds of the prisoners the fact that he appreciates their patronage, and the 23.60 per week which the county pays on their behalf. Oa the Waterfront, Too. All day tomorrow the waterfront will nave a deserted appearance. The docks will be closed, and not a vessel In port will be working. The O. R. N. com pany has issued a circular stating that Its employes will be given a full holl day. At the Seamen's Institute a Thanks giving dinner will be served in the af ternoon at f:20. Plates will be laid for 100 guests. The sailors from the various ships in port have been invited to partake of the sumptuous repast, . which will consist of turkey snd all other edibles usually seen on a typical Thanksgiving table. After the meal art informal program will be given. Every office In the custom house will be close, 120 officials sjid employes bav Ing a full holiday. City hall will be closed to all business tomorrow. A number of extra commit' tee meetings were held today In order that all business might be dispensed with until Friday. BteilM4 Ofloes Close. Portland railroad men will observe Thanksgiving; by generally closing their up to wo offices. The train service and depot workers never become acquainted with" the holiday season except as It brings sxtra work, but the ticket offices of all companies will be open only until it or 1 o'clock in tbe . afternoon; the headquarters of the Southern Pacific and O. R. N. will bs closed all day; the depot - ticket effloea wilt be opes s usual. 4 ;: . At the Charches. Special services will be beld in roost of the churches. j At the union service to.be held In the First Rsptist church tomorrow morning, the Thanksgiving, sermon ' will be rtaclea by Bar. Henry. C Mabie of J At tha Home. To the children under the care of ttv) I loons or restaurants while on duty ex Boys' and Girls' Aid society tomorrow, Cept on business. The men were told Thanksgiving dinner will be served to not to go Into eating houses for their aoout v cnuaren. ine company, win midnight meals. include ail those now confined at the Patrolman Hemsworth this morning home and the others under the guar-WOuld not talk for publication while oiananip oi me nomo. hi. - i, in the balance. He denies During the day the Officers Of thS SO- nrlnv r.otnnrnt wMl nn ililtv onrt ciety will visit the home to assist Super- av. ne never took a drinit whno 8t imenaeni uaraner in entenaining tne -,nrt cnuaren. The unfortunates st the police station will not fare on turkey, so Chief Hunt's advice la to keep out of trouble. Tho dally fare of pork and beans will ba served. But any of the prisoners may have turkey and other delicacies If their friends wish to send anything to them. Any of the patients at Good Samari tan hospital who can stand it are wel named on which the ohicer is charged I Sha is st the Inman-Poulsen mill load- with visiting oyster houses and sa- mg lumber for the return voyage. loons. The steamers Nome City, Acme and The order of Chief Hunt prohibited Navarro are expected to reach Portland ofllcers on night duty from entering sa- tonight. THINK BURKE WILL ADMIT HIS GUILT i . - Graphophone NOTHING IS TRUER THAN THAT WE LIVE AGAIN IN OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GREATEST HAPPINESS RESULTS FROM PROVIDING THE RIS ING GENERATION WITH UP-TO-DATE MEANS OF AMUSEMENT. IN NO WAY CAN WE CONTRIBUTE SO GENEROUSLY TO THEIR JOTS AS BT KEEPING THE MEMBERS OF OUR FAMILIES ENTERTAINED AND THE SUREST MEANS TO THAT END IS THE INTRODUCTION OF THE GRAPH OPHONE TO EVERY HOME IN THE LAND. We Furnish Every Kind & of Talking Machine RANGING IN PRICE- From $3.00 to $100.00 OUR NEW PROCESS HIGH SPEED MOULDED RECORDS FIT ALL MA'KES AND TYPES OF TALKING MACHINES USING CYLINDRICAL RECORDS 25 Gents Each $3.00 PER DOZEN COLOMBIA CLOSES PORT OF CARTAGENA (Journal Special Service.) HllJsboro.'Or.. Nov. 26. District At torney Allen filed informations this morning against James H. Burke for forgery. Lizzie J. Tromley for larcenv oy oanee. and John MeNamara for lar ceny in a store. Burke was arraigned ana give until Monday next to Dlead There is a rumor about the courthouse that he will plead guilty. Ho forsed th name of Walter Bernard to a promissory Columbia Phonograph Co. 128 Seventh St - PORTLAND, OR. ? OPENING UPPER COLUMBIA RIVER Wihlnrton Bureau of The Journal Wsshlngton, Nov. 2S. Consul Malm- nots with the date of AmriiHt 28 nrt nr come to turkey tomorrow, but many oflross of Colon telegraphed the state de-j sented It at the Haines bank at Forest tne sica ones can aigest nothing sa sub- partment the following: grove the next morning. Instesd of nnv stantial. But It will be a glad day fori "Steamboat agents here were informed 1 Ing the money on the note the banker me pauents, lor mere win De many I yesterday afternoon of the closure of held Burke until an officer was called, visitors. Cartagena harbor to vessels from or to Mrs. Tromley was arraigned and plead At St. Vincent's hospital an unusually Colon. Not closed to other isthmian j ed not guilty. Her trial is set for Mon Ana Minnas u -111 Via a iaI es IU - I it In w. uu uiiinc. " " i pons. i aay, jjecemoer . The defendant ap- tlents, and an effort will be made to President Roosevelt today ended the pears to be very frail and was not able make it a fine day. There will be many fight In the Republican ranka over the to stand the arraignment. Much of her visitors and the sick ones will enjoy appointment of a federal Judge, of the debility Is thought to be feigned. She Baker City. Nov. J5."The Oregonian mo irrai, im uiuci jiuBpiuM wm ioi- Kansas district bv taklnsr the matter I removed a. mortiraired tilnrin nnrt h renent lamiea nolnts Out the way tor low suit. ' I i-tn him own hinrin and namlns John from her reKlrlenc ituHnr h ,,iki I tha utatn nf Drecnn to secure the Dalles- i ne inmates oi tne lorence written- pollock for the place. The Kansas dele- time. At 6 o'clock the next mornlna the Celilo canal in five years' time," said ton Recsue home will be treated to a nation had Just taken its eighth onsuc- building took fire and burned. She Col. W. F. Butcher of the Cltlsens' Thanksgiving dinner. iMif nl ballot in the committee-room claimed that the nlnnn wan n tha fcnnaa I lea o-n ft vewterdav while conversing in Hotels and restaurants In Portland when the announcement was made that j but It was not, and its hiding-place was dry corner waiting for the rain to stop. will exert themselves tomorrow in pre- th nrident had decided on John Pol paring uuiiKBKi vniK dinners ior ineir Mock guests. Manager uowers or the Port- Chairman Cannon today said that the muu uuiei aiu hub morning inai special flr8t ar)(J Bec0nd sections Of the 58th music would be a feature of the day at conKregB would be merged into one, as his hostelry. The grills in connection kh, h. tr Mlnn will last wiin me imperial ana ceiviaere noieis will have extras In the way of turkey and its accompaniment, cranberry sauce. SEATS Or Idl. IDA WAITS. over. Senator Carmack declared the Cuban bill a miserable bargain with protected Interests In violation of solemn obliga tions and conceived In a spirit of hos found before noon the same day. TEN CHINAMEN BECOME METHODISTS And this part of the Inland empire Is naturally anxious to see the Upper Co lumbla river open to navigation. But the facts are these: The state has appropriated $166,000 for the building of a portage railroad around the rapids at Celllo, as a temporary relief to river transportation. Under present conditions and prospects it will be a long while be fore the state can build the road and the proposition was only a foolish make - (Journal Special Service.) Pendleton, Or., Nov. 25. Mrs. Ida Waite, wife of Frederick Walte of Pen dleton, Or., died at the home of Mr. Walte's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Watte, in Colfax, Monday, and was buried yesterday. Rev. Mr. Rodrick conducting the servlcea Mrs. Walte, nee Miss Ida Woodward, was well known in Colfax, where a good portion of her life was spent. For a number of years she taught the primary grsdes n the Colfax schools. She married Frederick Waite, traveling salesman for Portland hardware firm, about six years ago, and since thst time much of her time has been spent in Pendleton, where they had a comfortable home. Several months ago Mrs. Walte was Ten young Chinamen last night em Hllty to true reciprocity. He stigmatised brace rlstln.nit3r and received the ,hlft ,n ths flrit pIace. Xn open rlver it aa the last gasp, a dying groan ana " . H . ... I is the only solution of water transports " ... . i ninasn mioflinn ' ii i i mar arrAar m'ma . death rattle of Republican reciprocity. He declared it a case in which to ex ercise a Christian duty. CAPT. ANGERSTEIN WAS BURIED TODAY Chinese mission, 207 Alder street. The baptism was administered by the Rev. EX P. Rockwell, presiding elder of the Portland district, assisted by the Rev. Chang Sing Kal, superintendent of the mission, the Rev. C. E. Cllne, the Rev. C. A. Lewis and the Rev. Chang Yu Tan. The Rev. Lee To of the Episcopal mis sion addressed the young probationers and suggested that they return to their native country and preach the gospel The Rev. Chan Tu Tan, who has bees Capt. Louis E. Angerstein, who died making a tour of the coast missions, re st a hospltsl in Portland last Satur-1 ported them all doing excellent work day, had been a resident of Oregon 30 with the Chinese. Refreshments were years. During the greater part of that served after the ceremony. The mis time he was in the employ of the O. R. sion wss well filled with friends of the tn h ...frrin- with ,h..in.i. N- s s first officer and steamship cap- young men, .t,- K,h i v... tain. For the past year, until Jit pre- Those who received the bantfsm sre: steadily worse. Two weeks ago she u111' "ram , -nunnu i.vui i niy nay, tjam nuni, jjam ice, wong "ki""' i mi aave birth to a aon. who. with two othr " aiiaca oi apoplexy ana a airoKe oi un, HUle f ong, Held LSI. Lee Lum, I wnuio pruuiem, uu u wuuiu ua puning small children, survives her. Mrs. Ida Paralysis, ne uvea at nis rarm on co- Hule Wol, Alfred Lee and Lee Lung, tlon to the Inland empire. "The United States congress has ap propriated $4,125,000 for the building of the Celllo canal. This money Is available at once. The government engineers In charge say that the work can be com pleted within five years, but the appro priation for the canal carries no funds for the purchase of right of way and the Inference Is held out that if the state of Oregon will furnish the right of way work on the canal can begin Immediately. Way ot Vss It? Why should not Oregon utilise the $165,000 portage railroad fund in purchas ing the right of, way. for the canal and thus start the government wheels moving right off? To any sane man this would Woodward, mother of Mrs. Walte haa lumbla slough. He was first officer of hwn with her rnnatontiv and hi- .i.. the steamer Oregon for a number of ters, Mrs. Charles Lusher of Harrlng- yrs and neld a similar position on the ton. and Miss W. Frances Woodward Columbia. When she made her first of Pullman, were with her much of the triP to Alaska he was captain of the time. George w. Kiaer. C?pt. Angerstein was 63 years of age, ICQTIS TUB GOSS TO PUSOX, I He was a member of Fidelity lodge No. 4 and of the Ancient- Order of United (Journal Special gcrvlce.i I Workmen. The funeral was held at I Owensboro. kL Nov. 2B. Rev r-hariM o'clock this afternoon from Holman's HOSELEY AVPEAJUI TO UAYOX. Wathon. the Bantlat mlniatvr whn .. undertaking parlors. convicted In the federal court of raising Interred at Riverview cemetery, one dollar bills to 10 dollars and passing them on a woman, was today sentenced to two years In the penitentiary. mi A rAYOXXT.- Patrolman J. Hoseley, who was dls charged by Chief Hunt because he re. fused to purchase il nftwstyle winter cape, in accordance .with the regulations of the department, appealed his esse to Mayor Williams this morning. He in ftisted that his discharge was unjust and uncalled for. The mayor promised thai The remains were I the police commissioners would give him a chance to present his case at the ear liest possible date. . 4 the money of the people of Oregon, al ready appropriated. Into a permanent im provement that would soon bring the de sired results Instead of throwing our money away In a pothouse political scheme which cannot possibly benefit anyone. "It is useless to recite the well-known racts that the Brie canal and the im provements to. navigation in the Missis sippi river have been more or less fall Ures, because at present and for 10 years past tne people or Oregon and washing ton have demanded an open Columbia river and it Is proper that the general government should give It to them, even though it be only an experiment In trans portation, which probably never can sc- compllsh all that is so ardently expected of it. But let's have it and have quickly, and do with it the best we can Transportation by boats and barges these days is a step backward, but If In any rate-leveling process that may occur by reason of an open river there may bs left a little fraotion of additional profit to the producer In the Interior, Uncle Sam will feel justified In the outlay made for the same reason .that he pats him self on the back over the 2-cent postage stamp which for many years has cost him more than the revenue derived from the service." Oooa )Tws to Kaaehsrs. . Edward Whittaker, proprietor of the stage line operating between here and Cornucopia by way of Medical Springs, today closed a contract with the Cornu copia nilnes, formerly the big Searles property, to haul 1,000 tons of freight from Baker city to Cornucopia. It is re ported that the management of the mines will In a short time again operate the big mill and that the concentrates will be hauled out on the snow to Baker City by Mr. Whittaker. " ; This la good news to tbe supply-houses and ranchers in Eagle and Pine valleys who furnish the mines with all kinds of produce.. !-, ;. ENGINE NINE QUARTERS TO BE READY JAN. I wammraT kvtbmamo aybs dsab. (Journal Special Service.) San Francisco, Nov. 25. Fitzstmmons It Is expected by Chief Campbell of the fire department that by January 1 the hew quarters of engine company I will be ready for occupancy. The houss (Jordan, sewer inspector, who I is at E4st Thirty-fifth and Belmont OOmDOV X.OSES HZS CASS. New YorkNov. 25. Harriet Hubbard Ayre,' one ot the most celebrated news paper -womerr of 'the world, -died this morning of pneumonia She did her most famous work on the beautifying , of woman faces. M. E. is a decided -favorite by 10 to 8 in his was dismissed bv City Engineer Elliott. I AtVeeta. at nresent hoae comnanv s fight with Gardner tonight He waa failed in his attempt to secure re- In thjs building, but the upstairs portion in ii a v iiwiv. leaving ius,.i imriBierneni. wdon appeaieo to tne fs usea as a rooming nouse. t training quarters early this morning, civil service commission, which this ;Ths city has purchased the property Fits is over his cold and in the best of sftcmoon declared his dismissal nrooer. land, from now on the comnanv will nnul conaiuon. seats nave peen soia ana tie- was accused or- soliciting outside the entire house. Tenants w III be a-lven 8T4J I3f la HUa . IfcUsUMCS IV working bar " i J reasonable time to move, after why the building will be repaired. The new com- binatlon chemical engine and hose wagon, recently purchased, will be In stalled In this house. The engine to be placed here and the company will be known as No. 9. piiiijyi im ram fit. The brutal manner In which Visitors to the Paris house;' the notorious North End 'dive, are treated, waa exposed in the police court todsy during .the trial of James H. Phillips, the manager, charged . with assault ' anal' battery. Phillips was found guilty and fined til so that he cannot appeal the case. The complaining witness wss John Stuckley, who was thrown down the stairway. LIKE THE FAMOUS CHAS. FAIR CASE HAMT MATKVT IJrSTJA2fO POLICY Koavra oimnimoir vnnwon trrovr mmi kaitby os his TOl WAS ratST 10 811 IS nmn hood. The litigation over the life Insurance policy of Harry Hanby, the Heppner flood victim, about to be waged by Mb heirs in the state circuit court recalls to mind the famous Charles Fair case, which is very similar. Fair was a California mllllonni rA And with his wife lost his life In an auto mobile accident In France. A hitter le gal fight was waged by the heirs over the enormous estste. If ha diad the estate reverted to his wife, and then to her relatives. If she died first her relatives were not entitled to participate, but the whole fortune went to his near est kinsmen. The Hanby case is an exact nnroiioi with the exception that Hanby and his wife lost their lives In a flnnd lnt..d of by an automobile accident, while the amount to be divided among the heirs Is somewhst smaller. The principal asset Is the life Insurance policy of $3,000. STXAXBX XI SAJCAOSD. (Journal Special Service.) ' ' Victoria. B. C, Nov. 26. Aa tha steamer' Moana from Australia was com ing Into quarantine last night it was found necessary to maneuver in ordae allow the steamer Umatilla to steam out The Moana was caught by the tide and was carried onto a rocky point, damagf lng the machinery of her rudder. She will probably be docked here to ni.i. the damage. , , .. MX MAXXXT DBAS. ::S. Special Berries.) San Franclstk. Nov. 25. Bam T?ain. the former Demacratio boss, waa fn.md dead In bed this worntng, death having , been due to hearcV disease. -His death waa unexpected, ss he had been book making daily at the Oakland races. He waa very wealthy. . - -i'-. vovm nun nr xxnouxoix. " - (Jonraal Spselal Sarvtc.) Crown Point. Ind., Nor. 25. Five e ploysa of the Aetna Powder company. 1 T miles from here, are reported to have been blown to atoms by an explosion of nitroglycerin at 7 o'clock this momlna-. The explosion shook houses here until mail panic restated, .