THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1903.
TAKES LUMBER ;
TO WEST- COAST
JBEITISH EHtP AJTCAXOXB BEACHED
,yOT THIS ATTEBirOOW TOJ
,, 'SAH r Ajr CISCO -BAJtX A1TO0
SnrHA, THI MAMMOTH SAHJEa,
.'at mouth: or btvxk.
'.The German ship Arthur Fltger has
cleared for the west coast of South
America with 1,200,000 feet of lumber at
the rlnman-Poulsen i milt As soon ss
a tugboat can be secured the vessel will
proceed down the river to the sea. The
KHger arrivgd here from Antwerp with
a general cargo on October 2 S. ,
The British ship Ancalols reached
port this afternoon from San Francisco,
Her ballast will be discharged at -the
sand dock. , She is under charter to Liv
erpool shippers to load for Cape Town
The Portland Flouring mills will furnish
the cargo. " It is understood that no time
wlll be lost 'in preparing' her for the
outward voyage, v
Another sailing vessel has reached As
toria from the Bay City. It Is the
British bark Andorinha, which is the
biggest windjammer in the world that
files the union Jack. She is of 3.187 net
register tons. having almost twice as
great a. carrying capacity as' has the
Ancalols, or any other average-slsed
railing vessel. She is under charter to
Balfour, Guthrie & Co.
' SATES SESTOBEB.
The steamer Bailey Ga'tzert has been
withdrawn from The Dalles run, and the
passenger rates have been restored .to
32.60 for the round trip, or 11.50 one
way.' The Gatsert will be taken on the
ways and given a thorough overhaul
ing. It is probable that she will be sup
plied with an ollburning plant.
BOSECBAITS SUE.
, Today the oil . carrier Rosecrans is
due from San Francisco. She is bring
ing a cargo of oil which will be dis
charged In the new tank recently erected
nt Linton by the National Oil & Western
Transportation company.
MABXITB VOTES.
Astoria. Dec 21. Arrived at 8:15 and
loft up at 10:15 a. m.( steamer Columbia,
from San Francisco, i
Arrived at 8:30 and left up at 10:15
. m., steamer Aberdeen, from Ban
Francisco. -
' Arrived down at 9:15 a. m., schooner
Andy Mahoney.
, Steamer Whtttter Is reported outside.
St. Helens, Dec. 21. Passed at 9:15 a.
in.. British, ship Ancalos. r -
San Francisco, Dec 21. Arrived at 2
a. m., steamer Despatch, from Portland.
Astoria, Dec, . 20. Arrived down at
2:39 a. m., steamer Nome City. -
' Arrived down at 3 a. m., steamer
Navarro. ' '
Arrived down at 9:45 a.; m., British
ship Port Patrick.
Arrived at 10 a. m., steamer Elmore,
from San Francisco. " . -
- Left up at 1 p. m., British ship An
calos. Outside, at 1 p. m, British bark An
dorinha. from San Francisco, .
Astoria, Dec. 19. -Sailed at noon,
steamer George W. Elder, for San Fran
cisco. " ' , :,
7 Astoria, Dec. 21,--Condltlori of the bar
nt Si, m.( rough; wind southeast; light
rain.' . - - "
Astoria, Dee. 21. Barkentlne Compeer
arrived from San Francisco. .
- Ahturla. Dec. " 21. Schooner Tam
O'Slianter arrived from . San Francises).
Astoria, Dec, 21. Steam schooner G.
C. Llndauer sailed for San Francisco.
. Two steamers sailed Saturday, cargo
lAden, for San Francisco They were
the, Nome City and the Navarro. The
former was -loaded by the O.- R.-& Nw
and carried 1.300. tons ot barley, wheat
and flour. The latter took out 300,000
feet of lumber. This will be the last
trip of the Navarro from Portland.
From now on she will be operated be
tween San Francisco and southern coast
ports. ,.
STATE BUILDING
SOON STARTED
The state commission of the 190S fair
will build the state building at St. Louis
themselves, The building committee of
the commission held a meeting Saturday
afternoon and decided that the most eco
nomical method would be to purchase the
material here, ship it to St Louis and
there hire the materials assembled and
the building and stockade constructed.
Though the commission bad asked for
bids, state firms seemed uninterested and
only one partial bid was received. The
commission had already given it all fin
ishing material and flooring, with about
all the 'other manufactured lumber need
ed. The - chief thing lacking was un
milled scuff,-logs, piles, etc The firm
of Broughton & Wiggins submitted a
bid to supply this material on board cars
for tl,446 and their bid was accepted
by the commission. E. P. Sheldon was
appointed superintendent to assemble
this snd the donated material. - The com'
mission expects to have all the neces
sary material on the site In 30 days.
The plan adopted by the commission
will probably result in the saving of
several thousand dollars " In - the con
struction of the building. ' The present
estimate is M5 for needed and unpro
vided material, $2,400 for freight, and
perhaps iz.&oo for v construction. - To
this, will be added ths cost of electric,
wiring and plumbing, and In all the
building committee believes (7,500 will
be expended. This will leave a balance
of 12.600 for maintenance out of the
110,000 appropriated for the construction
of the building. - ' "
HOLY NAME PUPILS '
TO GIVE PROGAM
The pupils of 'the Holy Name academy
will give, a Christmas entertainment at
Academy hall,, Twelfth and Oak streets.
Tuesday, evening, r December 22. The
program will be commenced at 8 o clock.
BOUTS TWO BOBBEBS.
A pair of thugs attempted to hold up
and rob Frank .Gilford, proprietor of
"Our Place, a saloon at Second and
Flsnders, at five minutes to 1 o'clock
this morning. . , i
Gilford was sitting in a chair. Sud
denly two men entered, one of whom he
thinks he recognised..
"Well, how's business 'over Sunday?1
ho was asked.
As 5lfTord was about to answer, -the
man struck htm a terrific blow In the
mouth, knocking him to the floor. A
cndi blow on tlie right cheek followed
Gifford was game, however, and he
jumped up to protect himself. As hs
f!il so. 'tb' two hold-ups ran out the
front door aud escaped,
MRS. RIGGS MAY
GO TO WASHINGTON
MBS. SCATS WUUB BABBETT SATS
SHB ZS HOT ATEBSB TO TAXTNO
SUPEBnTTEITQEBT Or X.OCA&
CBZTTXHTOV " BOKS WITH HEB
CHRISTMAS CKEEB TO OZBLS.
It is more than likely that Mrs. Anna
R. Riggs will not be retained as super
intendent of the Florence Crlttentoh
Rescue home of Portland, or in any way
connected with the, institution, and It Is
highly probable that, she may be taken
to -Washington, D. C. by Mrs. Kate Wal-
ler Barrett, the national superintendent,
and given some kind of employment-
perhaps of a clerical natures-there.
Mrs. Barrett and the ministerial board
Invited by her to confer regarding the
new officers of the local institution, met
this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Mrs Bar
rett was asked if Mrs. Riggs would be
retained in any way In the Portland
home, and replied:-. -. ',
"If I told you that I would have to let
you know the nature of the new board.
But I will say this much, the new ex
ecutive body will be non-partisan, t -I
would not be averse to taking Mr
Riggs to Washington with me, for some
of her suggestions and ideas have shown
me that she Is a capable woman. ,"
"One woman said to me that if Mrs.
Riggs were retained it Would withdraw
the Florence Crlttenton mission from
publto favor and place It in disgrace, and
I told hex that it was not the policy of
the Florence Crlttenton mission to keep
any one from honest work, and any time
it -did it would be in disgrace.
Mrs. Barrett went before the meeting
of the Methodist. Ministerial association
this morning and requested that a com
mittee, be ' appointed by that body to
join the conference" this af ternon. Dr.
H. J. Talbott, Bev, J. R.. T. Lathrop and
Rev. Mr. Memlnger were named.
Wednesday Mrs.-' Barrett will hold a
pubbllo reception at the home from 10
o'clock In the morning until 5 o'clock in
the afternoon. Christmas donations will
b asked for.' The r Seeley-Mason com
pany will receive gifts for the Inmates.
The Woodmen of the World yesterday
afternoon arranged for active participa
tion' in the campaign for a fraternal
building at the 1905 fair. Nine of the
13 lodges in the city were represented
at this meeting, the nine delegates rep
resenting 4,000 . Woodmen, the-total
membership of the W. O. W. in the city
being 6,000. The - following committee
was appointed to represent the Wood
men of the World and to confer with
other like committees from other fra
ternal orders concerning the building:
A. B. Ferrera, H. , L. Day and J. W.
Thompson. ' The ' permanent organisa
tion of the ' 12 lodges was completed
with the: following officers: r D. J.
Beakey, president: , W. W. Mcintosh,
vice-president; A. I Barbour, secretary,
and It. Schnade, treasurer. - ' "
The proposed fraternal building will
cost $50,000, and. will be similar to ths
one erected at the St. Louis fair. '
FOR LIVE STOCK
W AT FAIR
The Oregon Livestock association held
i meeting Saturday in the Hamilton
huiMinv with about SO "'members pres
ent from all parts of the state to djs-
cuas the livestock snow,, at tne ucwis
and Clark fair. Henry W. Goods, director-general
of the exposition, stated
before the assembled members of the
association that the board of directors
lh. avnnaltfnn WOUld ' Slve CSSU
awards for the best stock exhibited. In
stead of the gold ana stiver meaais mey
had previously decided upon, for they
consider that a. better grade of stock
will be shown if good cash prises are
awarded. - :
A resolution was passed to appolnfa
committee to report the dates suitable
to the fair, but owing to not being able
to ascertain the authorised time permis
sion was given the preseldent to select
the time to hold the livestock exhibit
which will be in the last of September,
A committee on legislation was ap
pointed, consisting of D. H. Looney,
chairman, JWv-H. Wehrung and, Charles
Cleveland,- to- tak up such matters as
are of interest to livestock men. The
annual dues are raised from $1 per an
num to $2.60. A resolution was passed
to encourage the Multnomah Fair asso
ciation to give large premiums for live
stock at the fair in 1904. ;
Richard Scott, president, and M. D.
Wisdom, secretary, were Instructed to
receive applications for membership for
delegates to the National Stock conven
tion in tn Tammr 1A at the office of the
Rural Spirit, Hamilton building. The
officers elected for the coming year are:
President Richard Scott ; vloe-presldent
George Chandler; secretary, M. D. Wis
dom, and Charles Cleveland," treasurer.
PUBLIC AROUSED '
OVER NON-BURIALS
(Journal Special Service.) .
Chicago, Dec, 21. -The grand Jury to
day began Its. investigation of local
labor 'troubles, with the object of In
dicting persons-- who incited riots or
appeared In. them. Fuwic inaignation
la aroused by the attempts of union
pickets to prevent the burial of the
dead because of the strike or nearse
and carriage drivers, and has demanded
some effective measures ' against such
scenes as have been enacted during the
past four days. United States Attorney
PXneen caused summons to be issued to
day for members - of the ' pressmenr
and street carmen's union and - others
accused of inciting riots and an effort
-will be made to get union records be
fore ' the grand Jury. If the minutes
of meetings show resolutions to employ
lugging committees, every person at
such meetings is liable to an Indictment
for criminal conspiracy, and the unions
are liable to pay heavy fines for the
acts of Its members while acting as
pickets. Publishers and - railway offi
cials will appear and give testimony.
WASHlirOTOK-BTBEET LUTE.
Through service on the -Washington
and Fifth-street cars will be resumed to
morrow, The Installation-of new cross
tracks at the corner of Washington and
Fifth streets has seriously handicapped
the service and necessitated a double
service, : The repalr.'. work . was com
tnenced December 1.
WOODMEN TOK
FOR BUILDING
DEMOCRATS TO KEEP
JACKSON'S; BIRTHDAY
All the Democrats of Multnomah coun
ty and the city vf Portland are looking
forward to the birthday of Andrew
Jackson with a great deal' of Interest;
pot only because Jie -was a good Demo
crat, but "because that -date has been
set aside for a grand banquet In his
honor and to the betterment of man.
This morning Mr. Alex 8 week, the chair
man of the Democratic county central
committee said: . ' ...'
' "We intend to give a banquet to the
Democrats of the county of Multnomah
and the city of Portland on January 8,
the birthday of 'Old Hickory The cost
MATCHES IN AIR GUN,
, - , . FIRE A HOUSE
' A . fire, of unusual origin -frightened
a year's growth out of three or four
small boys who were making merry,
at the home of Mrs.? E,iB." Walker; 41
East Burnside street, Sunday - after-i
noon. ; ";.iw'.;:',:,.i,i.'
Mrs. Walker was away from borne
and left her 11-year-old ' son In the
house. ; Life became tiresome for .' him
so three or four of his playmates Jollied
him . In whirling away - the, time.- . The
lads finally -secured an airgun and be
gan to try their, marksmanship v
L
IN THE FAR EAST
TUau orricxax soubces nr toxxo
COMBS TXB BEPOBT TXAT XO
'BBAW FABT OT JAVAir-BUSSIAlf
POBTBOTEBST ZS FBACTICAX.Z.T
BE TTU S JAP AH MAXES SEKAJTO
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'. '' (Jourml Special Serrlce.) ; v ;
Toklo, 'Dec 2t.It Is ' learned from
official sources ' today that the Korean
part of the controversy between Japan
and Russia has been -practically settled
by Russia acknowledging Japan's pre
dominating Influence over the whole of
that country. This fact however, is
somewhat offset' by Japan demanding
that Russia give her a written obliga
tion that-Manchuria ta. not. to , become
Russian territory. ' The peacei. parcy is
hopeful that the latter demand be made
subject to reduction .' ana that. .peaceful
relations will be restored, --
' London, De& 3l-Th Exchange Tele
graph company today states, that : the
Japanese embassy at London' guardedly
admits that the situation in the Far
East Is unimproved, v The Exchange
adds Jjt Is probable thai Japaq Is asking
Russia to reconsider hsr reply. v ' -
VETERAN QUARTETTE'S
GIFT TO C. W. TRACY
' C. W. Tracy, retiring secretary and
treasurer of i the Veteran male double
quartet, received cane, the gift of his
fellows of the quartet at the rehearsal
last Tuesday evening. Mr. Tracy re
signed to go to Utah. When his resig
nation was presented at the meeting in
the home of Miss E. C. Felt, accom
panist of the quartet. No. 91 H Grand
avenue, It was voted to retain his name
on the rolls as an honorary member.
Judge Bullock presented a gold-headed
cane to Mr. Tracy, and these resolutions
were adopted; .- - , .,.. -;
"We rtve reminded tonight that one of
our oldest and most beloved members is
about to leave us, to take up his residence
In another part of our country. Brother
Tracy, with his wife and family, will
leave for Salt Lake City on Monday
next, where they will hereafter reside.
This will be the last time he can meet
with us at a regular rehearsal (at least
for some time).. We shall all miss his
cheerful countenance and hla sweet
voice, which has mingled with ours so
many times in the years that have
passed. He has been a most faithful
attendant at, nearly every rehearsal and
on all other occasions. Ha has filled the
office of secretary and treasurer most
satisfactorily from the organization of
the quartet and la now about to sever
his connection. Brothers, we are loath
to part with him, but ws sincerely hope
that our loss will be gain to him, nil
beloved wife and family, that he may
live long and that he may keep his
sweet voice In tune to cheer many of
his friends In years to come. -
"I nowwlsh to present for your con
sideration -the following: r
"Resolved. That the thanks of this or
ganisation are due and are tendered to
our esteemed brother, C, W. Tracy, for
services rendered ss secretary and treas
urer during a period of six months.
. "Resolved, That In the resignation of
our beloved brother from these offices
the Veteran Male Double quartet has
lost one of its most valuable and faith
ful members.
- "Resolved, That' the best wishes of
every member of this quartet go and re
main with brother Tracy, his wife and
family In , their new t homei , and that
these resolutions be' spread--upon our
records and a copy be delivered to
brother Tracy before his departure." '
The resolutions are signed by 8. Bul
lock, leader; W. S. Powell, R. V. Pratt
H. R. Littlefleld, George A. Buchanan,
H. A. Kelnath, C C. Pratt, A. M. Cum
mlng and Miss E. C. Felt
SHORTEST DAY
OF THE YEAR
This Is the shortest day of the year.
There are only 8 hours and, 2.3 minutes
of actual ' daylight The .-sun rose at
T:65 a. m. and set at 4:18 p. m. It Is the
season when the milkman reminds one
of a' midnight prowler, and everybody
else Imagines he Is working overtime.
On this day the, sun is further south
of the equator thap at any other period.
June 21 is the summer solstice, and Is
the longest day of the year. Tonight
will be the exact length of the day-
June zi. ; v." i .".'"'
From now on the days will Increase
in length at a trifle less than one min
ute for about a week. After- that time
they, will lengthen out more rapidly,.
' TOTED "PXOATEBS."
Chicago,' DeerZI.Alderman Brennari,
also two others, were 'this morning sen
tenced for voting "floaters' ' using; ,;the
names of dead men at the recent' city
election. Brennan was given one year's
Imprisonment the others six months.
HnMiS oX apnea! wsra immediately filed,
IIOPEFO
OUTLOOK
s
Of this banquet we will make as low as
posible, so as to be in the reach of every
one regradless of their financial position
and the entire affair may be free. The
names of the committee who have the
matter In charge will be given to the
public at a later date. All the Demo
crats of the state will be invited, but
as there are to be other banquets in va
rious counties on that date we fear many
will be unable to attend. We are, how
ever,: positive - that there will be a large
gathering of Democrats at the banquet.
The country at large has never seemed
so bright to the Democratic party as
It does this year."
' But the youngsters had no ammunition-
Finally they decided that the
heads of parlor matches were Just the
thing. , The heads worked' to perfection
until, one hit the wall with such force
that it Ignited." The "flames flew Into
the lace curtains about the window and
fn "a second a Wt fire was raging. '..,
f The -: lads rushed out for help and
neighbors kept the flames In check until
the fire department arrived. - The dam
age -was very, slight
ASLEEP IN TUB
FULL OF WATER
ITBAVaEB WHO TKOtraXT SB WAS
AT XOUE OITES TXB FBOPBEE
TOB . Or TSB OCXLET BOOMTBC1
, HOTTSB A SHOCK WAX SITES BT
A rOXICBMAV.
Placidly , sleeping .In a bath tub full
of water,' with -a neat .suit of clothes
hung on a chair beside him, a strange
man, whose name is unknown, ' was
roused by Policeman Phillips, who was
called to the Ockley rooming - house
at , Tenth and Morrison streets, at , 4
o'clock 'yesterday afternoon.
For three : hours Proprietor Crocker
had tried to gain entrance to the bath
room. Looking over the transom he
saw the ' Intruder slumbering. Unable
to arouse him, he called the patrol
man. A well-aimed bar of soap awoke
the stranger. , 1
"What do you mean by acting like
this in a strange house." demanded the
officer, -- ; - . ."
"Haven't I a right to take a bath lp
my own house?" demanded the stranger.
It took some, time to convince : the
stranger of his mistake. He . dressed
and was very profuse in his apologies.
He said that he -had been up Saturday
night and decided- to rest In- the bath
tub when he reached his home.. --
METEOR TRAIN 1$
WRECKEDjJANY DEAD
Disastrous Accident at aa Early Hour
This Morning to a rast-Bunnlag
Train la Xansas Spreading
.. Balls th Causa, ' ' ..
(Journal gpectil Scrtlpe.")
Ft Scott, Kan., Dec.21. The St Louis
and, San Francisco meteor train was
ditched by spreading rails near God
frey, Kan., at :S0 o'clock this morning.
The train consisted of seven coaches.
Including two sleepers. The number dead
is variously reported. One report says
six were killed and '.another says nine.
It la also reported that scarcely a pas
senger aboard the. train escaped Iniurv.
A relief train 'with surgeons and nurses
has been sent from here.
A later report from; the scene of the
wreck says that it took place at a switch
which was either spread or misplaced
and ths train, was running at full speed.
The engine was demolished and the bag
gage and mall cars are kindling wood.
The smoker telescoped and is on top of
the engine. The chair car, with every
seat run. sua zoo feet after the wreck.
The engineer and 5 conductor were in
stantly killed. Nine dead bodies were
taken out before relief arrived. The
Injured fireman lay beneath the trucks
of the smoker and : was taken out by
digging a trencn to him. . - -;.
The nine dead are as follows:
Conductor, ; George Hoyt; engineer,
Charles Dcweese; fireman, Theodore
Bishard; passengers, T. Wyner of Flem
Ing, Kan.; Asa Moreland, Lenexa. Kan.:
Lon Corbln of Besse, O. T.; - Joseph
Cornln of Besse, O. T.i Benjamin Gar
rows of Jonesboro, Ark.; unknown man.
Those fatally Injured are: ;
Sherman Noble of 'Cooperton, "0." T.i
John Brubaker of Kansas City; Mall
Clerk Adamson.
Sixty passengers were injured, of
whom four were seriously hurt.
The latest theory Is that a switch was
broken. The train was running at the
rate of 50 miles an hour when derailed.
The' freight crew turned the switch and
sent back a flagman, who has-not been
seen since. The engineer of the wrecked
train was found in the debris dead. His
hand was -tightly clinched . on the air
brake. The fire which followed was ex
tlngulshed by passengers.
THINKS CONSUMPTION
WILL BE CUREABLE
. : (Journal Special SeMlce.) .. '
'Glasgow. , Scotland, . Dec 21.-'perl
ments looking to the cure of consump
tion with radium are about to be
made here.' It is held by leading phy
sicians that the radium is a - certain
remedy for the dread disease, and the
belief is expressed that the results of
the experiments will prove this. It Is
known that the emanations from the
radium have the power to destroy the
bacteria, and as consumption is a germ
disease, the reasoning Is that If. the
emanations can be taken into the lungs
the effect will De a .quick killing off of
the parasites which prey upon those or
gans. - After this Is done the patient's
strength can be easily restored to him.
VEOBO BOBBEB BX.EASS GUn.TT,
Daniel Jackson and William Harris,
the two negroes who were Indicted for
assaulting Willard Willis with Intent to
rob," Were arraigned before Circuit Judge
Cleland'This" morning. " Jackson entered
a plea of guilty and will be Sentenced
tomorrow. Harris pleaded not guilty.
Frank Kuhn, accused of forging the
name of Louis Dalnbacker to a ccrtifl
cate.' of , deposit pleaded guilty. . Sen
tence Wft.l flUBpendcd until tomorrow.
EXCIirCIIASE
AFTER A BURGLAR
XESJDEJrCE Or.T. X BXLSOW STO
i CESSTUELT BOBBED EABI.T THIS
: MOBBXTCr BUBOIJIB ' 9BXBXS
BULK -, AJTD STEAES DIAMOND
BIBa A WD GOLD WATCH. '
A - burglnr , overlooked considerable
money In the residence of T. J. Nelson,
292 Caruthers , street, between 4 and 6
o'clock this morning.
Mr. Nelson, who Is an employe of the
Multnomah Trunk and Box Factory, at
the foot of Bancroft avenue, is by habit
an early riser. He awoke a little ahead
of time this morning and saw : a man
with a lighted match standing at the
foot -of the bed." . : ;.' , .'-.'vii.
'Thn first I knew About ft.''- said Mrs.
Nelson "this morning," "was when. I
heard my husband swear. He said to
the burglar: "What are you doing there?
and jumped out -of bed after - htm. ,4
jumped out of bed, too, and I screamed.
I guess. . . " K . : -.
"The burglar was going through Mr.
Nelson's working, clothes. He dropped
the clothes and the match, and' if the
match had not gone out my "husband
would have caught him. The burglar
darted out of the bedroom In the dining
room and then through the side door
outside, which he had purposely left
open and blocked the way of Mr. Nelson
by slamming both doors after him. As
he ran along the side of the house he
fell, but qufvkly picked himself up
a gala"
' Diamond Xing la Xltchen.
The burglar ; got Into the house
through a -kitchen -window,; which had
been left unfastened -the only unfast
ened window in the whole house. Mrs.
Nelson made bread yesterday and be
fore kneading -ths dough took off her
solitaire' diamond - ring and laid it on
the match shelf. -When the burglar
looked for matches in the kitchen- the
first' thing he stole .was "the diamond
ring. Proceeding to the bedroom he
secured Mr. - Nelson's gold watch and
chain and some sliver from the trous
ers of his working clothes and took an
other suit ' of clothes hanging in a
closet A new valise which ha had
stolen ' was found out of doors. The
milk can. empty, was - setting on it
The burglar had drank the milk: that
the milkman had left a few minutes be
fore.. V- ' .'-
- Bobber Overlooked $100.
In the closet from which the suit Of
clothes was taken there was a entail
Jar, open at the top, In which Mrs. Nel
son had placed 1100 In gold; silver and
greenbacks. - Then burglar overlooked
this. -; - ' ,
READS THE MESSAGE
Continued from Page One.)
Marlon county was elected sergeant at
arms.
Senator. Brownell then - introduced a
joint memorial to congress for a' Lewis
and Clark fair appropriation. He cov
ered the history of the proposition, and
his resolution was adopted unanimously.
8enator Brownell's memorial- to con
gress urged the enactment of the fair
bill at the earlieet moment - He eaid the
fair represented " the tremendous prog
ress and ; development 'marter-by .the
West He said ' ths Coast splayed
an Important part in the upbuilding
of the nation and , In making It
a great world power, and it had
never been favored with an appropriation
of this kind.. - Lewis and Clark gave a
foothold for all activities. lie said the
national domain had expanded from 827.
000 miles In 1783 to 1,727,000 and that
the Coast had discharged to the nation
every obligation, In war It ; had re
sponded to the call for defense,' and In
peace bad poured forth the wealth of its
mines, farm and. range for the general
welfare. ' The Coast asks congress for
a consideration for past service.
Representative Bilyeu of Linn county .a
Democrat, introduced a resolution ttat
the legislature confine its actions to the
and it was adopted. Representative Bur
leigh moved to adjourn sine die Wednes
day night This was also referred to the
resolution committee. The house con
vened and organized at the same time
and Under the same circumstances as the
senate and took a recess at 10:30 o'clock.
In the Joint assembly of both houses
at 11 o'clock Governor Chamberlain read
his message, which occupied 12 minutes.
Burleigh introduced a resolution in the
house to adjourn on account of Mr. Mur
phy's death, to 9 o'clock tomorrow. It
was adopted. The senate' adjourned for
the same reason, unttl 10 o'clock tomorrow-
Smith) of, Multnomah obected to
the - delay,; but the resolution was
adopted. -'..'. - - - -;
All - opposition against ' a . caucus Is
overcome and one is slated- for late this
afternoon, '
Bemsdlal Keasures Only.
At the Republican caucus this after
noon it was decided to introduce rem
edial ' legislation only, not, however,
conflrilng itself to tax legislation, ,
PORTLAND BOY SETS
FIRE TO BUILDING
Albany, Or., Dec. 21. Fire destroyed
several buildings at Lebanon this morn
Ing at an early hour. It was the work
of an incendiary, who was apprehended
a few hours afterward and confessed
to the crime. The firebug Is Oscar Rogo
way, a young man about - 23 years of
age, who has resided In this county
about three years. Rogoway and his
brother-in-law, A Gross, went to., Leb
anon about, two months ago with a
bankrupt stock of goods,. They lo
cated in the Guy building In the center
of town.' Gross was the owner of the
goods, but :' Rogoway was ; managor.
About 2:80 o'clock this morning Are
was discovered In the building, and in
spite of the bard work of the fire de
partment the flames spread to the ad
joining buildings, and Jennings Bro.'s
saloon, Smith s confectionery store and
Lutz's barber shop went up In the fire.
A mob put a rope around Rogoway's
neck and compelled him by threats of
lynching to confess.-" -
MINERS LOSE IN '
UTAH COAL FIELDS
" Castle date, Utah, Dee. 21. The mines
here started up this morning with 145
men, nearly all Mormon strike-breakers.
Beyond some . Jeering there was no
trouble. The militia and -40 armed
guards In the employ Of the Utah Fuel
company are guarding the property and
none are allowed to pass ' the deadline
established, ; These mines Jiupply , most
of the domestlo. coal of Utah and con
tiguous western states. Vice-President
Kramer la here, but declines to meet the
strikers ' committee and reaffirms his
statement that no union men need apply
at any ,, of the company mines.; , All
mines aro now bclng operated.
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NEW HAKES OF. '
HEALTH FOODS
A Big , Portland Enterprise of Which
But One In Ten Xnow Much About
',: New .Machinery Imported from Ger
many to Make Violet Oats Some Hew
' to America,"" .
The home of the Violet Oats in this
city is one of -the-most interesting of
Portland's manufactories. . To those un
acquainted with the treatment of oats
before the cereal is ready for the table,
a visit to the United States Mills Is a
real curiosity. . The numerous processes
mrougn wnicn the grain passes from
the time it starts on its Journey, from
the bins, perplexes the uninitiated. It
roams from the top to the bottom floor,
down into the basement back againato
the ground flour, u to the second, all
around , that - room, and again to the
top floor, where it appear hotter than
toast and ready! for .human consump
tion. And everywhere It tarries for a
single instant It passes through a mod
ern machine of one kind or another,- In-creasing-)
its -usefulness and value to
ine worm. This machihery -Js never
idle. It keeps up its grind, grind, grind
from the beginning to the ending of the
month.--' . -;- -r. :y., -
The United States Mills.' located at
240-242 Front street, corner of Main, ts
the property of Henry, Albers, who is
president of the company, Bernard Al
bers, vice-president, and George Albers,
who Is secretary and treasurer. The
brick mill building Is 60x120 feet, four
floors and basement, with a warehouse
extension of two floors racing the river
6 feet broad and extending from' the
dock to the mill 120 feet. The milling
capacity of the plant is, kiln drying and
sterilising, 400 barrels dally; oat roll
ing, 250 barrels dally, It manufactures.
besides Violet Oats (Its crack produc
tion, if any one of its products has
precedence over another), cracked wheat,
steel , cut; buckwheat, flour, s strictly I
pure", buckwheat flour; rExoelsiori gra
ham flour (hard wheat) coarse or fine;
wholewheat flour , (hard wheat): rye
flour, - rye meal, corn ' meal, hominy
(large), hominy (small), grits, split
peas, pearj barley, pastry- flour, tc. :,
The grain from which all these ce-:
real food products are made 'Is mostly
grown In Oregon, though Washington is
drawn upon for some of its best berries,
now and then. And it might here be in
cidentally mentioned that 'the 300 car
loads of farm products the Arm han
dles monthly represents large sums of
money paid to the agriculturists of this
region. . It is not an insignificant con
cern that turns 800 sacks of oats dally
into most healthful 'and " appetising
foods, and It is not small capital that
is employed la performing this service
to - the public. For, indeed, the enter
prise may ' quite gracefully be looked
upon as a general benefactor, . because
it dally adds "important sums to " the
wealth of the entire region from which
its supplies are drawn. And apart from
this. It places, subject , to our order, a
series of foods., that have been proven
to add greatly to human longevity,, be
cause resting the stomach from the ar
duous labors of digesting the proven
der of this latter-day invention. This
food .la fresh when it reaches the con
sumer. - There has - been found health
foods from the Eastern markets so aged
that the packages, were full of worms
that, had' found entry into them either
In the warehouses where stored before
shipment, or In transit across the con
tinent. These "health" f pods are cer
tainly , not conservative of. the appe
tite, once ,the facts are. known.: what
ever judgment we may pass upon them
In other respects. Violet Oats and thoso
other, products- from the United States
Mills are free from worms and insects
of every kind, because we have , them
fresh from the rollers, after a process
of cleaning and polishing that cannot bs
understood or explained except by one
perfectly versed in the technicalities of
modern milling.
, The United States Mills were con
sumed by Are two years ago. -An en
tirely new plant was purchased, part ot
It in Germany, and the machinery in
the most modern , that the markets of
the world afford. ' In fact, some of the
machinery has no counterpart in the
United States. - It came from the other
side of the ocean. Is there renowned, and
Its reputation here Is becoming every
bit as brilliant as in Germany, where
Arst set in motion. Its drying kiln, for
example. Is of that make which cookt
the -berry in such a manner as to retain
every atom of its oil in the food, the
hull being as devoid of that Ingredient
when separated from the meat of the
oat as-a-thistle-down Is free from
music. This, in fact, Is one of tho
strong points In favor of the home prod
uct Eastern mills have not yet
adopted this new Invention, largely be
cause of its extraordinary expense, but
more particularly because they are slow
to discard the obsolete kilns they have
had in use for so many years. If a per
son longs for a novel Turkish bath, he
would do well to arrange with Head Mil
ler Nelson for a three-minute dive into
that flery furnace. He'd get all be had
bargained for and more, too.
The oats from which the Violet Oats
food Is made Is Aaked between steam
rollers, and when placed In sacks or
paper cartons . each flake Is separate
from the other, and 1 so ' thoroughly
cooked and dried that there Is no ad
herence. This is Important T in. that
there is a ctrc'u'mtlo'ifrTif ttlr permitted
between the flakes, thus precluding the
possibility of ,' mold"; Consumers ' are
udged to make note of this. When Vio
let Oats mush is set upon the table
this will be - yery 'noticeable. ',
- Indeed, ' Portland has now the most
perfect health food manufactory in the
world. It Is not excelled anywhere on
earth, and when, our people once school
themselves to Insist on having tne
United States Mills pnpducts, they will
not only be treating themselves to -the
very best that, 1s to be had in any mar
ket, but will be building up a local In
dustry, that must of necessity be bene
ficial to this entire region of the West.
White House Cook Books are given
as prizes to users of Violet Oats, This
is done because It has become the fash
ion to give something for nothing, with
about everything that's sold. Notwith
standing, therefore,- that ' Violet Oats
food-excels that of any mills now rep
resented In this market, a coupon is
placed in every package and 20 of them
entitles the holder to one of these most
excellent . publications , free of charge.
W. H. Pearce, the traveling representa
tive of the miljs, says that the premium
is. one of the richest he ever saw, for
the amount of goods bought necessary
to procure It and he . ought to know.
He was for years grain inspector, for
the'state of Minnesota, stationed at tho
big Minneapolis, mills, and liad oppor
tunity to see all the premiums that
were used by these immense concerns.
Mr. Pearce also says' that Oregon and
Washington oats are the best he ever
saw in all his vast experience. , And it
Is of the selected grains of these states
that Violet Oats - breakfast foods are
made. . Violet Oats are excellent, for
cookies, and griddle cakes, also.
: It cost $15,000 to instal the machinery
necessary to produce Violet Oats alone.
There are many concerns In the country
doing quite a lucrative business . In
health foods with jtl.ffOb -plants.
Open Evenings,
The best Christmas store In Portland.
Olds, Wortman King's great Xmas
hop, Is open every, evening until Christmas.
SEEKS 'HOlir FOR
CANAL ROUTE
MALCOLM A. MOODY GOES TO SA
LEM TO ZJ3ND &IS AID Iff FBES-
Siva ros . an appbopbiatzoit
FOB THE GOVEBNMXNT ' WATER
WAY AT CELIIO.
' Former- Congressman Malcolm, A.
Moody of The Dalles went this morning
to Salem to attend the special session of .
the legislature for the purpose of work
ihg for a state appropriation with which
to secure right of way forthe govern
ment canal at Celllo, Mr, Moody be
lieves somewhat as the , man does who
prays for a good crop then goes to work
and weeds his garden. He says that if
the state Of Oregon desires national im
provements it ought to give some assist
ance. .
"I can't see where there can be the
least bit of objection to the approprla
tlon,".,sald Mr. Moodythls morning as he
waited for his train at the union depot,
"and I believe the measure will bs
passed without any trouble. It cannot
be called new legislation for it has been
before the public for a long time. '
"Congress is ready to spend $4,000,000
in the construction , of locks and a canal'
that will open navigation from the vast
Interior to the sea. The appropriation
Is in excess of the commercial develop-,
ment of the country, but the government
Is farseeing inasmuch as it feels that the
Improvements will cause the section ben
efited to forge ahead. The state, there
fore, should not object to -adding It 3
mlte. :-;::;-;i'ii-'--i-:-- -
"I believe the board -of engineers- that
said the canal could be built tor $4,t
000,000 did right In the report it sub
mitted. Had an appropriation of more
than 14.000,000 been asked for It would
probably have been refused. It Is high,
time the canal is built and the sooner
work is started the better.
"I believe there has been a misunder
standing concerning the portage road
being in opposition to the canal. The
fact is the road will be of no earthly use
were it not for the canal. Through lack
of knowledge as to the facts In the case,
when the matter first came up, the Ore
gonlan gave some senators and repre
sentatives a wrong impression of th
portage road. -But this has been thor
oughly explained now, I believe, and all
are lined up in favor of the canal right
of way." "
Mr. Moody does not consider it likely
that any matters other than the one that
prompted the governor to call the spe
cial session, and the right of way ap
propriation, will come befora the legis
lators. ,.. : : , - I '
"I do not know of any other ques
tion," he continued, "that Is of sufficient
moment." . .
Mr. Moody was a member of the fifty
seventh, congress, and was active In
work securing an open river. By rea
son of his knowledge of the subject ha
Indicated to the legislators of the east
ern part of the state his willingness to
lend them his aid in securing ths ap
propriation, and so explains his pres
ence at the capital.
SOWK IN MAUffE.
The Baby Home will come In for
portion of your - good cheer if you see
the attraction "Down ; In Maine", , on
Christmas- night at .the -Empire theatre.,.
A strong feature of this attraction is
the - musical ' specialties and .- -the .male -quartette
Introduced at the plcnlo scene
in the .second act The play Is pa the
order of the "Old Homestead." ,,,,
. ;-'::v:'jBLxs to meet. '
Antlers will be in evidence tonight on
the eighth -floor of . the Marquam build
ing. The Elks are billed to meet there
and hold a high jinks.
Auction Sales
For Christmas Week
3-SaIes Every Day-3
At 182 First Street
Tomorrow at 10 o'clock
Tomorrow at 7:30 o'clock
We' contlnne the Ml nf fiwr jxm1 at 182
Writ street. U. fOUI), Auctioneer.
Tomorrow at 2 o'clock
We Sell Christmas Goods
Tuesday at 7:30 o'clock
We Sell Small Wares
At 18a First Street '
H. FORD,' Auctioneer
AUCTION SALES
Wednesday at 10 o'clock
We Sell Furniture
Wednesday at 2 o'clock
We Sell Fancy Goods ,
Wednesday at 7:30 o'clock
We Sell Christmas Toys
(' Sale at i8a Fjrst Street
H. FORD. Auctioneer-
AUCTION SALES
r Thursday at 10 o'clock
We Sell Fancy Goods ',
Thursday at 2 o'clock ;
We Sell Christmas Goods .
Thursday at 7:30 o'clock
. We Sell Small Wares.
, ' . H. FORD, AUCTIONEER
B. W. will ilo Ot'll hKST to' hnln run
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