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RESERVES
OWNWOODYARD
' ' The .Jurors for the January term of
1 fthe state circuit court were drawn bft
i fort Judge Cleland by Deputy County
: Clerks -Smith and Johnson this after
noon. Nearly all the jurors are business
men, and all of them will probably have
to serve during the term, for before the
drawing ; took place Judge Cleland an-
nounced that the section of Bellinger
and Cotton's Code deflningtlie explana
tion which will have to be given as an
excuse from service will be followed to
the letter, : This Is the first time the
' section will be effective In Multnomah
county.- Heretofore Hill's Code has been
' followed, and under ,it a "man might be
excused for almost any causa, The: sec
tions of the two codes are as follows:
Section 851, Hill's Code, states: "A
person may be excused from acting as
Juror when, for, any reason. Tils In
terests or those of the public will be ma
terially injured by hie attendance, - of
when his own health or the health of
'- Hickness of a member of his family re
quires hie) absence; but no person shall
be excused on account of the causes In
' this section mentioned unless it appear
that after be was summoned he could
not, by reasonable precaution, have pro
vlded against ,them." y f, " t -i c
' Section 969, Bellinger and ' Cotton's
code, tatca:v:.';V'v',t'--4.''''i.-1';.; 'i-'f '!'.'..-':
"A person may be excused from act
ing as Juror when his own health, or
the death, or sickness of a member of
his family require his absence, but no
person ahallbe required to serve-as -a
petit Juror at any one tern of . the
court foe more than four weeks, and
, ' shall upon application be entitled to be
discharged from further attendance upon
the court as such Juror at auch- term,
after he has served for such period of
four weeks, as aforesaid." ? ... .
, The list follows: , ; , ..-- ;
A. W. Allen, druggist. 173 Eighteenth
street. North; G. H, Andrews," O.. 6V C.
R. R. Co., West avenue, Mt Tabor: M.
, C. Banfleld, manager fuel company, Pat
ton Road; 8. J. Barber, capitalist SOS
Yamhill street; William Barnes, market,
252 Chapman street; Harry Beat,, hard
ware, 551 Lovejoy street; H. A. Belding,
jeweler, 90 Nebraska street; B. H. Bollch,
foreman. 61 North Sixth street; M. F.
Brady, machinist 810 Commercial street;
- J. B. Bridges, : builder, 48 , Columbia
. street; H., 8. Butterfield. Jeweler, 811
Kaarney street; Charles J. Cook, contrac-
tor, SS6H Washington street; Adolph
A. Dekum, hardware, 171 Thirteenth
street; i J. Donneberg, 'capitalist, ' 841
. Tillamook street; Thomas Elllngham,
T blacksmith. Mount Tabor; H. Ger-
non. cigars. 262 Thirtenth street;
Frank R Glbbs, farmer, GreSham; F.
' "F. Gilham, civil engineer, ,731-. Hood
Ktrcet; Martin fiillihan, farmer, Colum
bia; Thomas , Greene, , farmer, Monta-
villa; B. C Johnson, t seedman, 201
Front street; Jv J, Kadderly, hardware,
434 East Pine street; Isaac Kay, mer
chant. Mt. Tabor; J. J. Kelly. ?. clerk.
Portland; A. H. Kerr, wholesale grocer,
91 East Twelfth street; Thomas Kin-
; dred, foreman H. C. Breeden, 64 Elgh-
teenth street north! ."Anton r Labhc,
Labbe Bros., 682 Myrtle street; Charles
R. Levy.i commission merchant, ; 770
, Overton street; Leon H. Lewis, capital-
iKt, 21 North Sixth street; William
- Llnd, contractor, 416, Brasee street; B.
: ' E. Llppencott broker, 442 East Elgh-
4 tecnth street north; M. C. Mace, fish
t market, 132 Union avenue; W, H. Mae-
; Kensie. accountant, 252 King street; W,
5 H. Mall, real ettate, 398 Easf Burnslde;
Joints Mallett, meat market, 640 Uma
tilla avenue; i W. H. , Markeil, dry
goods; 63 0 East Oak; F. II. Martin,
plumber,; Portland; Frank Wj Miller,
aalesman, 307 1 Twentieth street;
.; A. L. Miner, farmer. St, Johns; Carl Nell
son. farmsr, Troutdale; ,J. S. Ordway,
lumber, 800 Crosby street; I G. Pfunder,
florist. Hunter's Station; Ed Quecken
bush, insurance, 249 Thirteenth street;
Charles Reynolds, farmer, section 11,
. 'township 1 south, range 3. east; W. . J.
Riley, hardware. 683J4 Northrup street;
If; SrROWftafenT"C,7Tr& Bt P., ; 448
Holllday; W. 8. filboon, commission mer-
chant. Riverside;. J. H. Small, clerk,
Montavllla; James Steel, bookkeeper, 26S
sixth street; C. u. Storey, insurance. 701
. Irving; H- 3. Tarr, electrician, 348 Grant
sh-eet; A. P vail, farmer, Palestine; T.
A. Wood, commander, 660 East Twenty
eighth; James Toung. grocer, 434 Jeffer
son street; J. B. Zeigler, grocer. Slf Jef
ferson street. . .
WASHINGTON ST. CLEAR
AFTER 17 DAYS
The Washington" street crossing of
the Portland Hallway company was
, , opened yesterday aad the cars made
thelpi first through trip for more than
: '. two weaki. i There were 60 men km-
, ployed on the -work from November 30
to December 17, the approximate coat
' being 18,000. It is a full grooved rail
,t crossing of very heavy steel, weighing
ioi pounds to tne yara. it is the most
endurable type of steel crossing made,
having renewable chrome steel -centers.
The steel ' was to have been delivered
the latter part of August, but owing to
; labor troubles in Chicago the firm was
v unable to send the crossing until the
. lsst of . November. The next work, the
railroad company will undertake will
' be the Albliia extension, the date o'f
commencing work not having been de
cldcd yet.. ,v - .'.,....., ,. '
KAKZinS HOTX&
The steamer Aberdeen arrived Mon
day night from San Francisco, and is
now 'taking ; on lumber at the North
Puclflc mill for the return trip. The
Alllr.nce of the same line sailed Mat
.-night for the Bay City and way ports.
Work of enlarging the steamer Bpen
rer was begun today at "the Portlsnd
. shipyards. . : . . -
Antoria. Dec, 23. The steamer Alil-
k arrived down at 1 o'clock this af
ternpon, the German ship Arthur Fltger
at p. m., ana tue schooner W. F.
Gains at 1:30 p. m. '
nrsvscrrss kaiil
Ir'spr cturs Edwards and Fuller In
spected the steamer Maria yesterday
sftcrnorm. The Maria is owned by the
Jom Tranxporlatlon company. She Is
lying at the Portland shipyards, where
sue lias i) a a tier bun rebuilt.
DISPOSES Or XHTEBESTS.
. Tnpt-.J. N -Graham' has disposed of
t his iiiaret in the Oregon City Trans-
partition company, which operates the
'-Altrnia anrl Ramonai en the vpper Wll
Inmeue. lie 1m haviiig' a 'boat built at
tills plc, which he will place in coni
nillon s a freight currier on the Kla
. roatk -'rlvcb , -i. . . ;f . t ,' ,
' In tw'4 decisions rendered this morn
Ing, Circuit Judge Frasef held 'that the
fees for i witnesses outside , of the
county, as established by the county
court in - criminal cases, should apply
to civil cases In the higher court.':. The
decision was the result of objections to
the cost bills tiled In the cases of
Wadhams & Kerr Bros, against Allen
A Lewis and Gardner K. Wilder against
W. J. Reed. In the . Wadhams case
several witnesses had been summoned
from Southern Oregon and refused to
come unless allowed double fees and
double mileage. . They .charged 20 cents
a , mile, or four times the chf.rge in
Multnomah , county, but as the sub
poena, had been regularly served and
accepted, the objections ; were . dented.
In the Wilder case it was shown that
one witness from Rainier, had charged
only 10 cents a mile but he had ob
tained an order for appearance at
double 'fees. Two witnesses from As
toria had made a like charge for mile
age and double fees.V but had not re
ceived an , order. Objections to the
claim' of . the Rainier witness were de
nied but those to the claim of the As
torlans were allowed. ; "
In passing -upon the two bills the
court said that in the summoning of
witnesses -t rom outside of the county
the rule established by the county
court In criminal cases should be fol
lowed. - The court allowed mileage at
the rate of; 10 cents up to the county
line and 6 cents within the county.
The case of Thomas Slinger against
ET Z.7yergusoii was decided upon its
merits and the court found for Slinger
in the'sum of 1100. Slinger aued
Ferguson for 82,260 for commissions
for the sale of timber lands. It was
shown that he had been paid 3419, but
he alleged that the rest was due him.
Ferguson said he had agreed to pay
Slinger a commission only on the sale
of specified lands. The evidence showed
that Slinger was entitled to 3100 more
than he had been paid and the court
gave findings for tjiat amount. ,
SANDWICH OF
: ' LONDON DINED
- Journal Spettl Brrrlre.) '
London. Dee. . 28. The " annual free
dinner given this afternoon by the well
known organ, of the radical and labor
element, Reynold's newspaper, to the
sand wichmen men who parade the
thoroughfares of the metropolis bear
ing advertising sign boards formed vntt
of the most picturesque demonstrations
in London's observanoe of the Christmas
holidays. Long before the festivities
began crowds gathered In the streets ad
jacent to the Lambeth baths, Kennlngton
road, which was gaily decorated without
and within." More than 2,000 friendless
and tor the most part homeless desti
tutes partook of the Christmas fare.
w It Was a motly crowd of all sorts and
conditions of men,, the flotsam and Jet-,
earn of a' great city. There were some
wlsened, mean, puny, apart , men who
looked as If they had no marrow in
their bones. - - There were others who
had plenty of sinew, but who had upon
their face the dismal mark of failure,
men who betrayed the possession of de
spair and ' were hall-marked ' by the
canker of ' despondency, ' Professional
men, clergymen, lawyers, Journalists and
others who might point if they would
to Oxford or Cambridge as their alma
mater sat at the table side by side with
men to whore literature was an un
known land, and who only spoke the
Jargon of Wapplng. v r
Two thousand victims of their own
folly, victims of circumstances, or vic
tims of fate. Whatever might be as
signed as to the cause. It wss apparent
to the observer that the most., of them
were, human wrecks beyond redemption.
Here and there among the diners might
be -pTckedout one "whose" countenance
still bore traces of a spirit of hope and
who" might be expected. . to - face the
world again ' when opportunity pre
sented. But the great majority of them
were outcasts with no hope for the fu
ture but to "wear the boards", until
mercifully relieved Nf their burden by
the hand of death. . ' ' ; ' 1
' For the time being, however, their
hearts were attuned to the spirit ani
mating . the occasion the spirit .of
Chrlstmas.tlde; of merriness, of . happi
ness, of brotherhood. Inside the build
ing there were bands, vaudeville acts and
other forms of entertainment during the
dinner. - The dinner itself was a boun
teous one,: Included In the bill of fare
wera aoupr turkey. joaaCbeef, cranberry,
sauce and the plum ' pudding, without
which no English Christmas dinner
would be complete.
Though the dinner was promoted and
arranged for by a newspaper whose rad
ical propaganda is naturally opposed to
the beliefs of royalty and of the higher
element of society : in . ..general, it is
pleasing to note that among those who
contribute liberally- each year1, to ; the
dinner fund are man persons of wealth
and high station. The king and-the
Prince of Wales are regular subscribers
to the fuild, followed byother distin
guished personages.' i t. '. '
SLAP AND A FINE :
; HIS PUNISHMENT
For selling . tobacco to a minor -John
Spltser, keeper of a confectionery store
in North Third street was fined 86 by
Municipal Judge Hogue today. ' The
complainant whs Mrs. Belle Bales, whose
son confessed to purchasing the tobacco.
Attorney A. Walter Wolfe represented
the defendant and asked the court U be
lenient to his client because he said Mrs.
Bales slapped Spltser' s face when he
was pointed out by her son as the guilty
person. , . , :
J. Mato was In court yesterday on the
same charge but as the Bales boy said
he was not the right person, the charge
was dismissed, " ; ' ? ;
1 . ir r. . I
CHBI8TMAS MUSIC. -
There will be a Christmas service at
St, Luke's Episcopal church, on Friday
morning at 10 o'clock, when the follow
ing music will be rendered: ,
Hymn. '() Little Town of Bethle-
; hem" v ........... .
Kyrte i . . . ,... . ....... .. . . , . .'.Tours
Gloria Tlhl .. . . ....... ,i ..... .Garrett
Hymn, "Thou , Didst. Leave Thy
Throne"
Ortertory anthem, , TSIng O Heavena".
.,. .'....'.,....,., . . v Simper
Sanclus U..,,.,Wealey
Agnus - Del . , . . . r?..V.-..-.. . . .Eyre
Gloria In Excelsla .....Old chant
Nunc Dlntlttls .,. .....Barnby
Hymn, "It Came Upon ..the Midnight v
V Clear" . , , , , . .,, , ... . , .
Denied even heathen rites because of
their countrymen's superstitious fears,
the charred bodies of five of the six Chi
nese victims of Chinatown's last con
flagration were interred in Lone ' i Fir
cemetery today. : Scant ceremony attend
ed the burial, because the Chinese at
tribute the disaster- to the vengeance of
some enraged deity. : From the Stand-pothi-of
Chinese custom the burial of
the Are Victims this afternoon was chief
ly remarkable for its noticeable, lack of
mourners. Even the poorest and most
obscure Celestial usually may rest as
sured of pompous burial, for the last
rites will be attended by the society, of
which he Is a member."' v f-Kt
But in the cases of the victims of the
fire Identification was Impossible. None
of the lodges could claim its own, and
the expense was defrayed 'by popular
subscriptions )n Chinatown. Further,
me unmese oeueve mat as tne nre was
the vengeance of ' some angered god, to
accompany the -burial with the usual
festivities and solemn rites would be to
Invite a repetition of the disaster.
According to Chinese belief the great
est possible mishap that, can befall a
man . Is to die or be buried under igno
mlnlpus - circumstances. If pompous
burial and a long and happy life-are pot
both obtainable, : the Chinaman will
choose the former every time. ? A life of
misery is amply repaid by a magnificent
funeral, and an elaborate celebration, Is
the Chinese view. , ' ' ...
The bodies which were burled today
are supposed to be those of Jow Yick,
Muck -Yun, Muck Hong, . Lee Shoo jind
Chlng Bee. These . Chinese have not
been seen since the Are, but there are
three others . who lived In the building
who are missing, and Identification is
Impossible on account of the charred
condition of the bodies. - ,
A small blase in the Chinese lodging
house, 83 Second street, yesterday even
ing for a time threatened a repetition
of the receipt conflagration. An attempt
was being, made by a Chinaman to flu
a. gasoline lamp without first extin
guishing the, flame. Two Inmates of the
place were badly burned, but the flro
was extinguished without serious dam
age. Considerable excitement was caused
by the Incident. Some of the' devils
from the lire across the street, the Chi
namen declared, were to blame.
FRIARS WELL PAID
FOR THEIR LANDS
, (Joarnal Special Serrtce.)
Washington. D. C, Dec, 23. Governor
Taft's tentative agreement with tho
friars for the sale of their Philippine
lands to America has been approved by
the president. Tne price is i,sj,uuu.
A conference was held in the White
House thta morning between the presi
dent. Shaw and Root, for the purpose
of making arrangements for the issue
of bonds in payments for the lands. It
is the administration's plans to resell
the lands to the natives, who are now
holding them as' tenants, extending the
utmost liberality in long payments.
The president today appointed Lau
rence Murray of Chicago secretary of
commerce and labor,, .
BIG OIL CARRIER
DOES RAPID WORK
After discharging .10,000 barrels of
crude oil at the gas dock the steamer
Whlttler, Captain McDonald, sailed this
morning for San Francisco. The Whlt
tler Is operated by the Union Oil com
pany and will return In about a month
with another supply of the fluid fuel.
A portion of the cargo brought this
time was discharged on the barge Santa
Paula, which is Jy ing at the gas dock.
It is the supply point from' which the
river steamers get their ifuek The
Santa Paula is owned by the same com
pany and jgrlU remain in Portland for
some time' to come. She wll) serve tne
purpose of an oil. repository until other
arrangements are made.
The Whlttler is equipped with mod
ern appliances for doing rapid work in
discharging. - It only required six
hours for her' to unload her cargo of
10,000 , barrels. , '
EXPENSIVE COMPASS
SOLD TOO CHEAPLY
Charles Henry, a sailor who recently
arrived in port on a San Francisco
boat, was' arrested this afternon on the
charge of stealing a 3260 compass from
the ship East African. Henry was ar
rested by Pallcenmn Grlf Roberts, the
complaint . being sworn to by Harbor
master Ben Blglen, The , compass . was
sold by Henry to a local pawnbroker
for 82. Henry was arrested yesterday
on the charge of being drunk and was
released this morning. - Shortly after
his release he was arrested on the
larceny charge by Officer Roberts.
BARBER LAWS ARE
BEING ENFORGED
-rThe barbers of the -city-are determined
to enforce the law governing the shops
in this city and have caused the arrest of
Frank Sandell, who keeps a shop near
First and Jefferson streets. - Bandell is
accused of breaking the state law by
keeping his shop open after 7 p: m. 'The
complaining witness Is Joseph Weiss
of the state board. Sandell entered a
plea of not guilty before. Municipal
Judge Hogue. 'today and the' case was
continued until Saturday. .
RATI BCB WAS BOBBEO.
After robbing him of 817," John Mor
ris, living near Bridal Veil, Or., says
that he -was -assaulted rby Louise -Le-haver
In a north, end dive last night.
This was the story told by Morris ori
the witness , Stand today when the
woman was on trial for larceny from
the person.' Morris' face was , badly
bruised. - The case was continued. The
defense will endeavor to show that Mor
ris lost his money during a scuffle which
followed, which he began by his abusive
conduct .. ', ' ,.
ABKOBT BUIX.DX.ira COLLAPSES.
- ' (Journal Bptcal Borrke.) ' , "T"
, New Tork, Dec, -s 23. The . WalU and
roof of the old Thirteenth regiment arm
ory in Brooklyn collapsed at 1:16 o'clock
this afternoon and five laborers were
killed and many, others Injure . v
I '-rrK.J""Af"l':;.:-'y,r:
; :i j -i x'ilS.;it. J 'i.i. t .-. XI.! 1 ,
More than 1,200 registered packages.
or almost six times the number that
ordinarily passes out of the office, left
the Portland postofflce yesterday Mon
day more than. 1,000 registered pack
ages were sent," and Sunday saw the
mailing of a like number. Last Satur
day 760 packages were registered. The
ordinary business of the local office is
about', 825 .packages a day. Today
Postmaster Bancroft does not expect
quite so neavy a run af during the
early part of the Week. .vv.,WV., .
. "Tomorrow will be a heavy day for
Incoming mall matter." lie said, "and
the clerk and carriers will have their
hands full, v Every one is Working over
time The men in the registry depart
ment are on duty 16 hours. There are
six extra clerks 1 In thltf department
There ara two helpers in the mailing
room, three in ' the delivery, 10 extra
carriers and one In the money Order de
partment The regular force consists
of 7 2 clerks, 73 carriers, five special
delivery messengers- and 19- employes
In the substations. ' '( - ' ,
'Of the ordinary mall matter, the In
crease Is about 60 per cent It doesn't
look much like, snow, but if we were to
have a white Christmaa, I fear it would
choke 4jp the railroads and place us in
a bad position. Last year we were de
layed for four days on account of snow
bound' trains - ( -,. -
Chief Clerk "Frank Whitney of the
railway mall service said this morn
ing: "The mails are keeping us busy
and we " are sending out extra clerks
everyJday. But we -have baen able to
handle tho heavy business so far, and
believe we will get through without
any trouble." ..i : , . .j.i... . ... -,,
FRANK DAVEY IS
IN BAKER CITY
(Journal Special BftTlre.)
Baker City, Of., Deo. 23. Representa
tive Frank Davey Is here, and has been
here for about two weeks. '.; - r . '
President McPherson of the Order of
Lions, Davey's employer, said on receiv
ing news that Davey had been located:
"Mall In still waiting for Davey at Baker
City, and we have been unable so far to
locate him thre." - . ?
ANOTHER BOGUS CO.
BARRED FROM MAILS
(Journal Special Service.)-
Washington, Deo'. 23. A fraud order
was issued by the postal department to
day against the Golden Thoughts Pub
lishing Company,, of Mansfield, O.. , for
bidding 'It to use the malls., The bogus
concern promised 840,000 , In prises - for
guesses qn the Ohio state election. It
published a list of winners which was
largely fictitious. Whan called by the
attorney-general to . explain, . the . man
ager of, the publishing company admit
ted he did not have the money to pay
the prises, but thought he would get it
from Increased subscriptions to-, his
paper. . . : -
TURKEY. APOLOGIZES
FQR DAVIS INSULT
(Jouraal Special fterrlee.)
Washington. D. C, Dec S3. Minister
Irishman cables from Constantinople
under yesterday's date that Consul
Davis arrived at Alexandetta on board
the Ban Francisco. The local" governor
made an abject apology, expressing the
regret of the Turkish government for
the assault on Mr. Davis, in a manner
thoroughly satisfactory to the American
representative.' The San Francisco has
returned to Beirut.
"JACK" HATTHBWS AOAXB.
Portland Alleged Boss Appears With
Paoullat Bill.
Salem, Or!, Dec. 23. A 'stir was oc
casioned here this afternoon by the ap
pearance of "Jack" Matthews of Port
land with a bill tucked In his vest
pocket. He at once began " lobbying
among the senators and soon it was re
porUMht the objact of the bill is the
removal of G. B. Thomas from the Port
of Portland Commission. '
Those who are wise to the alleged
boss Republican politician of Portland
say. that he desires the removal of Mr.
Thomas, that some one suggested by
Matthews max be appointed In his stead,
thus giving the majority of the board
Into the keeping of the Matthews ring.
... ' ' ' .V; .v, v; f- .
C. P, Adams, treasurer of the port of
Portland, when informed of the attempt
to remove G. B. Thomas, stated that he
had not heard of. such action, nor could
he give any reason why Mr, Matthews
should desire the removal of Mr.
Thomas. So far as Mr. Adams knew,
there was no cause fqr the removal.
D. Keliaher, the east side grocer, stat
ed this afternoon to a reporter for The
Journal that the bill' to ' remove Mr.
Thomas from the Port of Portland com
mission was..newslo hlm.jHa aald -he
knows nothing about it, and; could refer
to no one who did, with the exception
of Jack Matthews, who Is in Salem.
i'J:"',,,-A CBXBAKAB ACCUSES.
A:
That some of the thieving at the fire
In Chinatown last week was committed,
by Chinese seems likely since the ar
rest yesterday of Louie Chung,, who
was caught In the act of breaking open
a trunk stolen from one of the burned
buildings. . The trunk contained cloth
ing .and personal property and it is the
upposltlon that Chung was looking for
money. The property was identified by
Iee Lun g. w ho wore - ou t -a -com pla I ii t
against Chung. , The latter pleaded not
guilty and the case was continued until
tomorrow. , .
OBAOB M. B. CELEBBATIOSr.
' The Christmas feetivles of the Grace
Methodist Kplsi;opal 8unday School will
bo' held at the church, twelfth and Tay
lor streets, tomorrow evening, Instead of
Tuesday evening, as at first announced.
rr; BUBora oxbabs.
- The 'French bark Europe . has" cleared
for Uueenstown with 132.517 bushels of
wheat, valued at 8100,600. It is being
shipped by the Portland. Grain company.
The present policy of tha government
regarding forest reserves will ba dis
cussed- before' the coming convention of
the National Livestock association by
Governor Heber M. Wells of Utah.- T.he
stockmen in all parts of the Western
states, and more especially in Utah. Ari
zona, Wyoming and Oregon declare they
hayauffered greatlyecanse of tha pol
Icy of ; the government In segregating
vast tracts of agricultural and gracing
land as part of these reserves and ex
cluding from -gracing thereon sheep and
In , many Instances cattlei upon the
ground that tha livestock Injure forest
growth."
"It is not to be understood that stock
men are opposed to theprotection of for
ests, for they are among the staunch
supporters of any law of this character,
but they do require that these reserves
should be constituted only of lands cov
ered with forests,? said Charles F. Mar.
tin, secretary of the association. "One
of the most glaring evils of this charac
ter 1 in the Tellowstona forest reserve
In northwestern Wyoming. . This reserve
includes hundreds of thousands of acres
of the . finest graslng land In tha state."
ha continued, "and an Englishman who
is not a citlsen of the United State at
the instigation of Col. William F. Cody,
was appointed superintendent of this re
serve and all stock are excluded from It
the only purpose to which this reserve 4s
being used being for Buffalo Bill and a
coterie of New York frtenda to come to
Wyoming once a year to hunt deer and
elk,-Jn other words, the government is
holding this reserve for tha pleasure of
Eastern capitalists, greatly to. tha detri
ment of the cattlemen of that state. . .
"The mountainous dlstriota of Utah
have all been set aside- for reserves with
the exception of tha Uintah mountains
and tha government is contemplating the
withdrawal of these. ; The conditions .of
this state are unlike those of any other
state in the union, r The sheep grass
upon the deserts in the winter time when
there Is snow, and are obliged to go Into
the mountains In the summer. If these
mountains are set aside as reserves and
sheep excluded therefrom In the summer
time, it means the destruction of this
business In that state. .
"In Oregon Of the 83.000.000 acres of
land in it. some 33.00.0,000 have been
set aside as forest reserves or. withdrawn
from entry or public use. It la safe to
say that one-half of this is gracing or
agricultural land. In the Sierra forest
reservation In Southern California there
are 1,639 square miles. 'Of this lfis
square miles Is tlmberland, the balance;
being gracing and agricultural land from
which stock is excluded. - v. I
"The argument that the government ;
advances for excluding stock from these
reserves Is based upon false' premises.
No class of stock will destroy young
trees, especially of the pine family, nor
do they destroy the vegetation, ' They
are on the reservation but one or two
months during the season, and while
there eat up tha grass arid underbrush
and thereby prevent forest-fires which
destroy , mora forests than, any other
agency known. '
"The condlttona In Amona are proba
bly worse than any other state. A letter
received from a prominent stockman in
that state a day or two ago, very thor
oughly discusses this subject, and says
In part: It Is unquestionably true that
the department of the Interior has been
unreasonable and arbitrary In its rulings
on this subject; that In more than one
case the secretary .of the interior has af
ter sending out the best scientific experts
the department has ever had, to make
investigations, and after they have made
their reports which were favorable to
the cttlsens and stockmen of their lo
calities, the secretary haa arbitrarily
and without giving any reason, therefor.
refused to follow their instructions and
advice and has made these arbitrary rul
ings, regulations and exclusions against
the interests of the stockmen and publte
generally. - .
7-I. -presume there will be Introduced
a bill providing for the transfer of the
management of forest reserves from' the
Interior to the agricultural department
This has been indorsed unanimously by
the National Livestock association at
Its last two conventions, and X hope it
will pass without opposition. There
have probably been; more frauds n a
large scale under the lieu land clause In
Arlxona. than any other portion of the
United States.' "i ,
russWapanese
matter unsettled
v (Journal f pedal Serrtce.) '
London, Dee, 28. Tha Japanese em
bassy here states that Russia' has not
replied to Japan's second note. No tint
limit was placed on the reply, but Rua
sla is given to understand that an early
answer will be welcomed. ' , v' . -w
A telegram from Vladivostok today
Says that Admiral AlexiefT, viceroy of
the Far East, Is authorised to settle on
the spot all questions concerning neigh
boring states, and to take all measures
which appear expedient to him. '
J4ABQUAK, OASB OOEI OTEB.
" , : ":'.' . ' 1 -' v : i . ' y
i The taking of testimony In the Mar
quam case wss completed yesterday af
ternoon, and a recess was taken until
January 4 when tha arguments will be
made. . The .last witness to be examined
was P. A. Marquam,, who repeated in
rebuttal the main parts of. the testimony
he gave on ' direct anamination." His
principal statement was that T. T. Burk
hart secretary of tie Title Guarantee A
Trust company, never told him prior to
the sale that it was possible to obtain a
loan to the extent of 3300,000.
BXO BBI35ES BOB TZBB BOSSES.
.' (Journal Special 8rrlee.)'
St Louis, Dec 23. The American
Percheron Horse Breeders and Import-'
ers association has issued a circular
calling attention to the 38,430 offered 'in
regular and spectaj prises for horses of
that breed at the world's fair. , The cir
cular says it will be the greatest exhibit
of livestock aver assembled, and that no
larger or better show will probably be
seen anywhere In the world for many
years to come. To the $8,208 offered
for Percherons by the exposition . the
association adds $2,226, and predicts
that the list will be swelled by liberal
individual prises, as much -Interest la
manifested In the movement to have the
breed fully and Strongly represented. ,
CO At
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TBXKB BBOKEB.
-. (Journal gpwlal Sorties.)
- Salt Lake City, Utah; Dec, 23. All Is
quiet st the coal camps. The governor
released two companies of the National
Guard to return home tonight. The
strike la broken- " - . S -
A self-sustaining woodyard where the
kuio-vuuibu BppiicaniB lor cnarity wno
are temporarily out' of. work and money,
can work enough to earn their, meals,
lodgings, baths and clothing, if neces
sary, is engaging the attention of the of
ficers comprising the city board of char
ities. 'The .scheme will be Inaugurated
as soon aa - possible and the - board of
trustees la now looking for a suitable
location. - It is hoped to have the place
secured by the first of the "year. ,'-
The general opinion Is that a wood
yard operated directly by tha board
would be a very advantageous proposi
tion. At 'presentthose asking for char
ity and able to work are sent to a private
woodyard, where for an hour's labor they
can secure either a meal or lodgings.
which Includes a free bath. Tha great
trouble has been in finding enough work
for the continually increasing number
of men who are needy and with Its own
WoodyarB the boardoould always have
such employment' on hand. ; There art
from 13 to 15 new applicants for work
every day, . . . : i r '.-.''
- This year the money expended by the
board in charitable work will aggregate
about 33,800, all of which la obtained by
subscription. Next year, the society
will need in the neighborhood of $7,000.
This must" come from the subscription
papers. - '
MRS. RIGGS HAS
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BOAXO IS BEEECTEO.
r Mrs. 'Anna R. Rlgga has accepted the
offer of Charles N. Crlttentoh and Mrs.
Kate Waller Barrett, superintendent of
the National Crlttenton mission; of a
position at Washington, D. C, but it is
doubtful when she can take up the work,
owing to the Condition of her husband,
Captain Rlggs, who has been ill for the
past 10 months. "I could not take my
son from school 'Just at the present
time," said Mrs. Rlggs, "as It would In
terfere with his studies."
This afternoon Mrs. Barrett, assisted
by Mrs. Rlggs and Mrs. R. T. Rankin,
secretary of the old board of managers,
is receiving friends of the Institution at
the refuge home, East Gllaan and East
Thirty-first streetet There are at pres
ent 10 girls and four babies at the home
land Ave girls temporarily n the Good
emmanian fiuspiiai. -. Mrs.- Barren anq
Mrs. Rlgga are hopeful of giving them
an Excellent Christmas dinner and dona
tions for that purpose are being received.
Y esterda y afternoon . Mrs. Barrett'
made known the decision regarding new
officers and managers of the local home.
The board of directors are as follows:
Mrs. J. C Moreland. Mrs. Helen Ladd
Corbett, Mrs. John Kern, Mrs.1 Johrt
Kloaterman. Mrs. Alexander Bernstein,
Mrs. Cleveland Rockwell, Charles EL
Ladd, Samuel Connell. M. G. Munly,
William ' Wadhams, - The names of one
woman and one man member of the
board have not yet been made public.
The members of tha' state commission
were elected ex-offlclo members of the
board with the privilege of voting.
The board met and perfected organ-
Icatlon yesterday ' mornlnf . with the
election of the following officers i Mrs.
J. C. Moreland, president: Mrs. Helen
Ladd Corbett first vice-president; Mrs.
Alexander Bernstein, second vice-presi
dent; Mrs. Cleveland Rockwell, record
ing aeeretarytMra. Johns: Kloaterman,
corresponding secretary; Charles E.
Ladd, treasurer, and Thomas N, Strong,
legal adviser . . - i-v,,.,,a,, t .
Miss, Mary Mullen of Washingljm, D.
C, recently sent here as matron of the
home; was reappointed to the position.
Mr. Breyman, Mr. Strong and Mrs, Bar
rett were - named as a committee to
draft constitution and by-laws, y '
' Miss Anna Cremen was elected chair
man of the flower committee. The board
of physicians will consist of Ara Mao
Cardwell, Esther Pohl nd Emma J.
Welty. Hereafter all board meetings
will be held at tha home on the second
Tuesday of each month. ' - -.' r A
The nominating committee appointed
by, Mrs. Barrett, to suggest the new
board of directors consisted of ; Judge
Henry. H. Northrup, Judge Alfred F.
Sears, Gen, D. W. Burke, Francis Sealy,
E. C- Bronaugh, Archblahop Alexander
Christie, Thomas N. Strong; Rev. J. R.
T. Lathrop, Rev. L. M. ''Boose r, Rev. E.
L. . House, Judge C. B, Bellinger, . Rev.
John H. Allen, Rev. A. A. Morrison,
Joseph Simon, Rev. T. L, Eliot, Ben
Selling and W, P. Olds.
" icf'. ot Bew Borne.
Mrs. Rlggs will Retire from the office
of superintendent on next Monday. Mra
Rankin, who has 'been actively engaged
In the work of tha home for a number
of years, said: '--
"Although I am no longer a merabor
of anyof tha boards, I shall always
take an interest In the Institution, and
will give it all the assistance I can.
"What is most, needed'' In a new
building? There is about $2,000 in the
oulldlng fund at the present time, and It
is the desire of Mr, Crlttenton that a
new. building be erected as soon as pos
sible. The plana approved call for tha
expenditure of about $20,000. A good
plan, 1 belleve,would be to 'construct
the building no that' storle or wings
could be added when funds were' suf
ficient. The present plans call for a
three-story and basement' structure of
briek and wood."
Improvements at Befogs. ' ;
Mrs. Rlggs ' during the past two
months has added much to the appear
ance of ti.e home. New paint and paper
have been put on. But , the . floors are
old and little can be done with them.
They are scrubbed dally, except Sunday.
"And I feel tempted : to have them
washed then," said Mrs. Rlggs. .".
; -"A cosy rag carpet adorns the floor
of one room and Mrs. Rlggs has another
at the weavers'.. ."I like Brussels very
much," she remarked, with a smile, "but
1 can get along with a rag carpet when
there Isn't any other .k.nd to be had."
As many as 30 persons have been ac
commodated' at the home at one time,
but this causes crowding. The upper
floor Is curtained off 'so that each girl
has some privacy. The kitchen, dining
room, nursery and dormitories appear
spotlessly 'clean and the girls are 'or
derly and neat in their appearance.
B. B. RICH TOBACCO POUCHES.
W hsve Vm from 26 cents to $1. At
any B. B. Rich clgap store, .' - ,
L. F. Wilson disappeared last Satur
day after drawing from the East Side
bank his whole deposit, $400, turned over
to his account by his wife, and $400 be
longing to lodge No. 828, United Garment
Workers of -America,' but- entrusted to
him as treasurer and deposited in his
name, then passing two checks each for
$10 on H. F. Lee, groc,erT at. Thirteenth
and Washington street, and Samuel.
Rosenblatt olothler, t Third and Wash
ington streets. ' 1
He left Portland last Saturday night
and has not since been -seen by his
friends.-'-' r- K- .
Wilson was employed by Neustadter
Bros, at their factory at prand avenue
and East Taylor streets. - " " '
. Bn Xeoeatly Harried. "
About fouc weeks ago Wilson married
Mrs. Luella M. ,'Blackburri, who was
prevusly employed at the factory till
her health broke down. It was at the
factory he met her. Mrs. Wilson resides
at 48S Alder street, wherev she keeps
a rooming house. Previous to her mar
riage with Wilson she was a widow..
Her first husband died in Crockett, Cel.,
where they resided,, about a year ago,
leaving her two small children. - She
has relatives living near Greshanv and
after! the settlement of Mr. Blackburn's
estate she had 31,400 In cash, and came
with her children to Portland. , ' ,
Mrs. Wilson's Statements " . ,
Mrs. Wilson said, when questioned:
''Mr. Wilson was employed by tha
Standard Sewings Machine compaay at
San- Francisco before -ha. ame - here. .
Laat Wednesday he told me he had been
telephoned by the company In San Fran
cisco, that they wanted him to go to
Seattle Baturday night to set - up a -
couple of machines for a man . named
Black. He said they offered him 313
and expenses. He asked me what I
thought about It. I said I thought that
would be a pretty easy way of making
$16, Saturday noon when he came home
hO told me that Prentice & Hart, local
agents of the Standard company had
given him $20 and he had made all ar
rangements to go. Saturday night when
he left me to catch the Il:4B train for
Seattle h kissed me fondly. ,
: He had not been gone five minutes be
fore a presentiment came over me that
ha would never come back. ..
?'.:.' 1 Wlfa watts la Tain.
"I went to the depot to meet him at "
T o'clock' Monday morning. , He was to .
So from the station to the factory. I
thought he would like to sea ma waiting
for him there. He didn't come. I went
to the two evening trains to meet him.
and again on Tuesday morning. Then I
went to tha factory and to the East Side
bank and the truth all came out. He
had told different stories at the factory
from what he told me about going away.
I went to the East Side bank where I
had my money, and Mr. Wilson had his
private account and the money-of the
lodge lji his own name. I told President
Newhan that I -wanted to Inquire' into
the condition of Mr.. .Wilson's account;.
He told me that Mr. Wilson had no ac
count 'there; that he had withdrawn
everyent en Saturday. , .- x -.. -'
V . .,;kea Wife's JCoiasv'?: 't V -;r
MrX Vlllson told me that the national
president of the Garment Workers was
coming out to Portland soon and that as
he was not under bonds as treasurer.
It Would look much, better for him If
ha were able to, show as . much money
to his personal credit as there was lodge
money in tha bank. , Bo to. help htm out
In this I gave him checks of $60, $7$.
$40 and $100 from, time to time. That
is how he got my money. I do not know
what I am going to do.1 I never had to
work for my living, and I do not think
I have $100 left .to my credit In the
bank." ,.. .... ... ..... .. .
1 v?- XoOga Trnstad Wilson. -
The officers of the local Lodge of
Garment Workers are: . President, Mrs.
L. . Lea; vice-president, Mra.. F. Ross;
recording aecretary.' William Kattel-
mann; financial secretary, Mlaa Mary
Bennetts treasurer, lir F. Wilson. - Mrs,
Lee, the president, said this morning:
Miss Bennett tells ma that there was
a few cents less than $400 In our treas
ury; ; The money was all in Wilson s
name in the bank.'- The national officers
are coming out soon 'to reorganise our ,
lodge. It seems we have never been
properly organised. Wa then .Intended
to require the - treasurer to give bond.
Wilson was put on a salary of $4 a
month not long ago, so as to make him -amenable
to the law if he did not do
right. .This was done as a precautionary
jneasure, on' the' advice of our attorney.
ana not Because we suspeciea w iison.
: Baattle Story Balsa. -
Manaaer J, tE.-Whitman of the lfac
tdrv. teleohoned yesterday to Mr. Black
at Seattle. He learned that Wilson had
never been there and that he had no
intention of setting up machines. . Mr.
Wlttman'said: - - '
Wa had great confidence In Wilson.
Ha was a good workman-and attended
strictly to his own business, About his
private life I know nothing, but J know
he-did not use tobacco and that he ab
hored intemperance. I never heard any- '
thing against him. I am somewhat
mystified by his conduct. Although his :
object seems clear enough.' , . '
At the factory it was said .that Wilson
had been married twice before His
second wife died at Oktona. Mies., about
four months ago, and he haa two chil
dren with friends in tha South or East
. Mrs. Wilson says she cannot possibly
account for hie deception, except that
he might have done something some
where else which compelled him to leave
Portland suddenly. . He seemed happy
with her. ",'
BT. JAMBS XV COVBT.
James St James, said to be an an '
convict, was arraigned on a charge of
burglary this mornltrg. Ha pleaded not -
guilty before Municipal Judge Hogue
and his case was continued until to
morrow. St. James was arrested on -suspicion
by Officers Hogeooom and'
Vaughn. Monday night- Today Detec
tive L. C, Hartman swore out a com
plaint charging him with breaking Into
the Cosmopolitan saloon, at Third and.
Davis streets, two weeks ago; At the
time several slot machines were broken
and their content! taken.,
BOT ACCUSED OB TKSBT. '
Hz Walker, 17 years old, was arrested
last night on a charge of burglary pre
ferred by William Feustal, keeper of a
lodging-house at Fourth and Gllaan
streets. Walker said he was not guilty
when he appeared before Judge Hogue,
and his hearing was set for tomorrow.
Walker was found, in- a room of tha '
house, and the complaining witness say
he caught Walker In the act of taking
articles not belonging to him. Walker '
says he was watting for a friend. Walker '
was recently arrested for creeling milk
from a residence several weeks ago, but
was released during good behavior,