THE OKEGQN DAILY JOURNAIi. PORTLAND MONDAY EYENiyG, -DECEMBER . 28. 190S.
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"DRUNKEN LUCK"
: SAYS PARKER
costihttation 01 roboerxes ttjf
deb thb test kosb ot ptosu
' xho . xetectites pub to ' ho
; sull-ei is held ttitdeb 12,000
BAIL.
', A tall, well-built young man. dressed
s a rancher, but with features showing
J refinement, 'lighted from the O. R. &
-:,-N. train, at- the -Union-depot yesterday
, morning. Ills wrists were shackled and
,by his Bide walked Detective Joseph Pay,
The prisoner was Thnribw W. Parker,
alleged forger; who was captured at.Con
don, Or., and brought back from Arling
ton by the local -officer. .
. r. I'pon . reaching the .,, station Parker
. . .made the acquaintance of Chief Hunt.
: ' who smiled a the slippery prisoner and
t said: : .V
"Well, you've been giving us qujte a
. " chase,",
, Parker': only 1 smiled tn reply. The
- irons were unlocked and after taking
"7. a supply of tobacco and cigarette paper
- and a novel into the cell room Parker
- was locked up with the Unwashed.
., .-As told by-The Journal last Friday,
FBrker was caught by Sheriff T. O. John
son of Gilliam county, at Condon,' Thurs
day night about 10 o'clock. Earlier in
the evening a message was received
from Detective Day in Portland giving a
- description" of the -fugitive and asking
for his arrest. The sheriff made at our
of his town. 'And located Parker In the
. hotel. ;. Parker was greatly changed In
appearance, hoover, for he had shaved
. his RiMstache and his blonde dyed hair
was gone. He had discarded his cap for
a light colored cowboy hat and his red
sweater wai changed for one of blue.
' 'But the sheriff noticed the tattoo marks
. on his hands and was certain he had the
' right man. 1
' Kept ta Shaokles.
At first Parker pretended he did not
M-. know why be. was arrested but Christ
t . mas morning he did not deny his lden-
tlty. The sheriff brought him from Con
' vdon to Arlington. 40 miles by stage, Sat
urday night and turned him over to De-
F tectlva Jpay , at the latter -.town. After
supper at the. hotel, where Parker was
the center of observation, he was taken
to the. village Jail, a small frame build-
1 lng, hardly larger than a woodshed. But
., 'to prevent another escape tha prisoner,
. was Ironed hand and foot and was still
i there when the officers took him eutj
for the train at 3 o'clock Bunday morn
ing. : . .
On the way to Portland he fell asleep
In the train after Indulging In a few
, cigarettes. He was kept manacled dur
ing the journey but Detective Day was
constantly by tits side In case he should
- attempt again to escape. - ;
Before leaving Arlington Detective Day
paid Sheriff- Johnson the $25 reward ha
.,v had offered and the expenses inourred by!
'the sheriff In arresting Parker.,
: vV -: '. . Only as ZmpnlM. " --.
' : "It was on the impulse of the moment
that I decided to escape," said Parker to
X , The Journal at tli Arlington hotel after
,;.he completed his tiresome ride from
Condon, the county seat.,,When Detect
lve Day put the irons on roe, at the time
, 1 retired in the sleeper I found them too
. tight, especially about the Jeft ankle.
1 asked my-guard to unloosen them and
ha did. When the train stopped at Uma
tilla Junction. I awoke. I pulled tip thy
' underwear and noticed I could slip my
loft foot out of the Irons; . . ,
'"Here's a chance to get away. I
thought; and I concluded to do so at the
next stop. I began to get ready, I had
a cap. a pair of trousers and a sweater In
the little grip. The shoe were near the
berth. I dressed tn the berth and slipped
'the shackles up my right leg under my j
, , trousers' leg. When the train slowed
up for Arlington I walked to the vesti
' bule, nobody intercepting me.
i "I walked up town and asked a man
what village it was. Never having been
; - in this country before I asked another1
i man where other towns were so as to
get my bearings. I followed the road
. ' out of Arlington and when it got day
light I sat down, placed the shackle on a
rock and with a stone broke It off. I
carried it along for a time and then
threw It into a ditch. It waa between
and S a. m. when I left the train.
i "I regretted what I had done within
Jive minutes. At first I felt fresh and
did not mind the walk but tha roads
i were rough. I began to realize' there
wss little chance of making my escape
and that as my mother was going to
square matters up I was a fool, a con-
summate ass to run away."
, Drunken Becjclesraess.
Continuing hM' narnulvs Parker eon-
firmed the stories already published in
The Journal regarding his , stopping at
night, he got a, ride a part of the dls
tilght. He got .a ride a part of th dis-
tance and no one seemed curious about
.-.hi appearance. , He reached Condon at
5:80 o'clock Christmas eve and five hours
("lalter'h was u"P''ted when the sheriff
"Wpped him on the shoulder and took him
' to Jail: .
' - "I realized tire utter uselessness of re
t stating and so 1 submitted quietly to
arrest," he said. "The-sherlff treated me
ij like any other prisoner."
"How did you manage to elude the de
- i''" nA continue to pass checks In
f . Portland last month when every officer
was en your trallT' was asked,
"It was Just luck that I escaped," he
' replied. "Really I did not know what
, I was. doing. I wus drinking heavily.
1 Of course when I regained my enen I
made every effort to escape, as waa'nat
" uraL"
' Parker feels very grateful to his
mother who has promised to meet his
'.-obligations to get him out of trouble.
' . Parker appeared before Municipal
Judge Hogue this morning, being ar
. ralgned upon a charge of forgery pre
f erred by Manager Gaylord of the Port-
land hotel. : I'pon waiving examination
he was held to the grand Jury In $2 000
' ., 1 BAIL ' . -
AH OFPOBTVKZBT.
: ' From the Youth's Companion.
The late Prof. O. C. Marsh, who for
, JO years, occupied the chair of paleon-
tology at Yale, and who at his death left
a scientific collection of great value to
' : tha university, used to delight in telling
the following story:
! One morning he was walking down a
New Haven street when, he met a negro
; driving ,a horse which had a curiously
-. malformed hoof.
-i 'TVhen your horse dleiV tfald the pro
feesor U the old darky, "I will give you
; fl for that hoof, if you will cut it off
nd bring it to me." -"'ery
well, aah." waa tha reply, and
, horse and driver disappeared.
, Two jiours later,, when the professor
- reached home, he found the negro, who
had been impatiently awaiting him for
.an hour, Handing a carefully wraped
package to the professor, the darky
. .said, "De hosa is dald, sah." , ,
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' ' komethlng Heavy and Hard,
FYom the St, Ixule OIobe-Democrat
Cleveland's mantle has not fallen on
"David B. Jlill. i The object that fell on
David was harder and heavier than a
mantle,, end it is still on him. , , , '
A OrABAsTTEZD CXTBB TOB rtZ.Zg.
- iclln. Bllkd, Blwdlng or PnHrudlnf piles.
T ur ilruitirlat will rrfu4 mon It I'AZO 01 M
Klt.NI rlU to cure 7uu in 0 to 14 das. 60c
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KILLS FOR
(Continued from Page One.)
Several days ago Yan Houten called
upon District attorney Manning and his
deputy, A. C. Spencer. lie told them
that he could prove improper conduct
on his-wife'a part, but that witnesses
refused to testify. Thereupon the at
torneys-told him -that they could un
dertake no criminal action under the
circumstances.. .
He asserted that he had evidence of
his wife's . misbehavior at Aberdeen
Wash,, where Young formerly lived, but
Mr. Manning Bald that if that were cor
rect, the action J would have to be
brought at Aberdeen, at the time Van
Houten left the office. He is quoted as
saying: 1
"If T. can't get justice through the
law I will get even in another way.
V ' fired While Wrestting.
In Young's saloon at the time of the
shooting were Young, who with F. M.
JtfcNaraara, owned the place, John Sor
enson and B. A. Powers. Van Houten
ALBERT YOUNO.
- The Dead Man.
entered by the rear door and passing
Into the barroom between the rooms at
the back, looked down Into Young's face,
saying:' -
"You will be monkeying with mine,
Will youT" or words to that effect.
Tounff had been sitting in a chair with
his back to the entrance. Van Houten
wore a short overcoat and he had his
hand in the outside- pocket. When Van
Houten drew the revolver Young leaped
to his feet, and clinched with the dea
perate intruder. When the two were
less than two feet apart Van Houten
fired the first shot striking Young in
the abdomen. Both of them fell to the
floor, struggling, Van ' Houten holding
the smoking weapon In his hand. Van
Houten raised himself and stooping over
Young fired the second time, this -bullet
breaking his right arm, below the
shoulder.
- Tires at the Slayer.
-r John Sorenson, - who worked as bar
tender for Young when the latter kept a
saloon at Aberdeen, was sitting in the
barroom talking to the proprietor, when
Van Houten appeared. Instead of run
ning away he remained to help Yonng if
possible. - He tells substantially the
story Just related and saya the two men
were not more than two feet apart when
the first shot rang out.
-"After jtha second shot' I shoved my
right hand over Van Houten's back and
took the gun from him," said Sorenson
this morning. "As I did so, both men,
who had been struggling. Jumped to
their feet, but I dared not shoot for fear
of hitting AI. Then Van Houten ran
around the corner of the rear partition
and rushed out the same way that he
eame in. He left the back door open
and I fired at him but missed. As he
ran down the street I aimed again and
pulled the trigger, but the cartridge only
snapped and would not explode. He
continued to run down ' to Thurman
street on Twenty-third and I went back
Into the saloon. '
"Al was not unconscious and he asked
me to attend to him and to try to save
his life, He also requested me to take
charge of the bar until his partner
came."
Yonng Told of Threats. v
The police were notified at once and
the patrol wagon Was hastily dispatched
with a load of officers. But Van Houten
was not in Bight. The injured man was
hurried to Good Samaritan hospital
where Dr. Giesy performed ' an opera
tion in the vain op Of saving his life.
Young died unoonscious, however, at 11
o'clock. . Prior to taking the anaesthetic
Deputy District Attorney Spencer got
his ante-mortem statement In which
Young accused Van Houten of killing
him. He told Mr. Spencer that his mur
derer had threatened at Aberdeen to kill
him. but he refused to talk of Mrs. Van
Houten.
The Capture.
During the scuffle Van Houten lost
his hat and his -first stop was at tin
home of C. C. Caples, Nineteenth and
I'pahur streets, where he secured a hut.
The police found no further trace of
him until after midnight, when Police
man Price learned that he had crossed
one of the bridges over the .Willamette.
Captain Bailey immediately dispatchel
Acting Detective Vaughn and Hoge
boom to Montavilla, where Van Houten
had been living. The detectives rode
out on horseback and hid in the hay
loft of the barn, where Van Houten
stabled his horse. From 8:45 a. m. to 7
o'clock they kept watch. At the latter
hour Van Houten entered with four
other men. Officer Hogeboom informed
him he was under arrest at the time
Policemen Price and Connor arrived.
The prisoner had no weapons, and after
being handcuffed, Hogeboora took him
to the city Jail.
The barn is two blocks west of th?
Mpntavllla car line, near the Bandy
roRd.
The officers secured a good descrip
tion of tbelr man and kept every avenue
of escape guarded. Sergeant Carpenter
and Patrolman Relsing had a photograph
or van Houten, while Hogeboom , and
Vaughn traced him through the north
end of the city, watching- all the outgo
ing trains. One of the freight trains
on the O. R. N. was held by the con
ductor until the officers BatHgfled them
selves that Van Houten was not In hid
ing. When arrested Van Houten said In
reply to the statement that he was
under arrest:
"I thought I would be." .
Comes Trorn Canada.
Young was unmarried, 27 years of age
and a native of Shagawake, province of
Quebec, Canada, where Ms brother Will
iam now lives. His- only -relatives in
this part of - the country are cousins
John Miller of this city and William
Miller of Vancouver, Wash.
For about 16 years Young lived in
Minneapolis, where he was employed as
a teamster by one of the largest whole
sale dry goods bouses in the Northwest,
Three years ago .he came West and
started a-saloon with his brother at
Fifth and Irving streets, known it
Young's JUflce. He Continued In 'busi
ness for two, year,; and a year ago went
to Aberdeen, Wasb..' where he purchased
a ealooo. He sold out three months ago,
v
lust Drlor to the fire at Aberdeen, and
returning to Bortland entered into. part
nership with -F. M. McNamara at tne
place where the murder occurred. While,
word" has been sent to his brothef in
Canada, no arrangements for the funeral
have yet peen. made.-,..
3Denie..Any Scandal.
Friends of Young resent the imputa
tion that he was responsible for break
ing up Van Houten's home. Mr. McNa-
mara said that Young was a quiet, in
dustrious fellow, and he waa. deeply
grieved at the death of his partner.
Strice coming to Portland his former em
ployers in Minneapolis asked him to re
turn, but hd determined: to remain here,
as he was making more, money. McNa
mara atated that he never saw Mrs. Van
Houten at the saloon, and could not see
where Young had time to meet her, as
he worked, nights and remained in his
room over the saloon nearly all day... He
characterized "Van Houten as Jealous
without cause- .
In his cell at the city Jail Van Houten
paced Impatiently up and down the cor
rldor. However, he did not appear to .be
unusually ill at ease after killing a
man. . During the morning he consulted
his attorney Dan Malarkey, who in
formed him that Young was dead, the
police withholding this information from
him. To The Journal Van Houten re
fused to talk except to say that he had
been married nearly nine years, had two
children and came to Portland from Ne
braska about IS years ago.
Van HoUten is 30 years old and Is well
known throughout the state, JHe has
worked as a teamster In Portland and
has also been in the horse business. He
Is said to own the property on which
he waa arrested.
Children at E-ayton, Or.
The Van Houtena were married about
11 years ago, according to a friend who
knows both. , Mrs. Van HOuten's mother,
Mrs. Hastings, Dayton. Or., where the
twe children of the couple are living:
Both are girls, the oldest aged 10 years.
Mrs. Van Houten, a small, quiet woman
of, about 80, has been employed as
housekeeper in a downtown rooming
house for the past two months. Her
employer speaks in the highest terms of
her. She is prostrated today at tne
tragic turn of events. Friends state
that she very seldom left her place of
employment, never received caller ex
cept her husband who called two or three
times, but waa ordered away oy tne
proprietor..
When living in Portland the Van
Houtens resided near First and Jefferson
streets. Their home life was unhappy,
it is said. Two years ago they separated.
Mrs. Van Houten went to Marshfleld,
Or.. Where, for more than a year she
worked aa a seamstress for Mrs. Mas
ters. Two months ago she came to Port
land to take the position she now holds.
Another tory.
Another story in- circulation la that
she went to Aberdeen some time ago to
see Young, but Van Houten followed
her. He told the district attorney that
at that time he secured the evidence
of improper . conduct, showing that the
couptr had been living as man and wife.
Then the husband followed his wife to
Marshfleld and there, it is said, came into
possession of an affectionate letter writ'
ten by Young to his wife. This caused
him to decide to have the couple ar
rested. aFiling in this he took the law
into his own hands.
CONTRACT IS LET
FOR POWER HOUSE
LUCKY BX9SEB IS JAMES X MAB
SXAXL, WHO AOBEES TO BO THB
WOBX TOM $3,396 IBCItrDrHO E.
CATATIOH TO BEOXH WOBX XH
riVB DATS.
James I. Marshall will erect the
building for: the power house at the
drydock. The contract was awarded to
him this morning by Engineer Locknood
of the port of Portland commission.
Mr. Marshall agrees to do the work for
$3,396, including an excavation of about
1,000 cubic yards. The contract calls
for the completion of the work by March
1. The building la to be a corrugated
Iron structure 38 by 4$ feet in dimen
sions. .
There were four other bidders, but
Marshall's figures were more than $200
lower than those of his competitors. The
others were as follows: J. E. Bennett,
$3,600, including excavation; Joseph
Paquet, $4,000: Robert Wakefield, $3,880,
and Hoffman Bros., $3,607.20.
Work on the structure Is to begin
within five days from the signing of the
contract. The contracts for furnishing
the tanks and pumps have not yet been
let, but probably will be very shortly.
There are to be two tanks, a wooden
one and a steel structure.
A special meeting of the port of Port
land commission will be held thil af
ternoon. REGISTRY BUSINESS
35 PER CENT BIGGER
"The registry business this Christmas
hns been fully 35 per cent above that of
last year," said Postmaster F. A. Ban
croft this. morning. "The-other business
was fully 20 per cent better than it was
a year ago."
Although the Christmas rush Is over,
the carriers of the local office went out
this morning laden with belated pack
ages, and it will be several days yet be
fore Christmas presents are all distrib
uted. .
"I am more than pleased with the
way the holiday business was handled,"
continued Mr. Bancroft, "and the train
service was excellent There were no
delays and the work did not have an op
portunity to pile up. My clerks worked
from 16 to 18 hours a day." ,
TRAFFIC LIGHT ON
THE COAST-LINERS
The steamer Nome City will sail from
Ban Francisco this afternoon for Port
land. On the return trip she will take
out grain for the O. R. & N. Co.
Tonight thesteamer George W. Elder
sails for San Francisco with a shipment
of miscellaneous freight. She arrived In
port Saturday night from the Bay City
with one of the smallest cargoes she has
carried this season. " Usually full loads
are taken on the down trip, but very
little cargo is brought this way during
the winter months. The steamer Colum
bia will soon be taken off the run to un
dergo needed repairs: ' : During her -enforced
idleness the Oregon has been
chartered to take her place. ,
OBAZV E1BTATOB BET An.BE.
v (Journal Special Service.)
Peoria,' 111,, Dec. 28.Flre partially de
stroyed the elevator of the Corning Dis
tillery company this, morning,. It was
presumably of incendiary origin. The
loss will reach $50,000. ; f-
-- Preferred Stock canned floods.
Allen & Lewis' Best Brand.
J'lrerybody welcomed."
You Are
Invitejd
To the
Formal
Opening:
of
Portland's
Prettiest
Store
on
Wednesday
Next
No tore Is able to give as beau
tiful and entertaining an opening
as a music store and no music
store on the Pacific Coast Is more
beautifully situated or prepared
to give the people so genuine a
musical and social treat as await
them In our store on Wednesday
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IN THE
AFTERNOON
A promenade concert by the Ideal
Orchestra and free distribution
of handsome souvenirs.
IN THE
EVENING
A delightful musical program will
be rendered.
MRS. ROSE BL0CH BAUER
Will sing at 8:30 and 9:30
Mrs.' Bauer will be accompanied
on a KNABB concert grand by
Miss Fisher.
To all lovers of art our mag
nlflcent display of art treasures
scattered throughout the build
ing will prove a veritable feast.
Critics proclaim our main ware
room to be the most charming
on the Pacific Coast. We want
your opinion on It, so we invite
you to be our guest on next Wed
nesday afternoon or evening.
ALL PORTLAND
IS INVITED
And every man, i woman and
child will be heartily welcomed.
70,000
SOUVENIRS
Both beautiful and useful will be
distributed both In the afternoon
and evening. Plenty to go around
twice over. Again we say t -
COME
And enjoy a delightful musical
evening on Wednesday afternoon
or evening next.
AT THE SIQN OF
KNABE3
until ; Hiiro-MM (o.
OIO)EST, SABCrEIT, TBOBOXST
SIXTH AND MORRISON STS.
' Opposite rostoffloeT .
ANOTHER
HORROR
OF THE RAILROAD
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' (Journal' Special Sertice.) ' -,
Grand . Rapids, . Mich., : Dea 28. The
details attending the awful Collision
which , occui red near East ' Paris Satur
day night on the Pere Marquette system
are beginning to be known, and one hor
ror upon another Is recorded. . The death
list adds up to SI this morning with
40 seriously injured. ,i..-...-y
The t wo splendid ..passenger traina
came together while - running at more
than SO miles an hour.,. The scene that
followed beggars description.:; The wind
was blowing a fearful gale at the time
and it was due to this fact that the
accident happened, as the red signal
lights at McCord's' station. -were extin
guished and the east-bound train rushed
past the place where it was scheduled
that It should wait for the other. ,r , :
The cold was so Intense that many of
the injured were froien before aid could
be rendered. .,"..,... . '
- The list of the dead and, injured, so
far identified, is as follows: ;
V"l: . uU V The Jea&-"5;;-.!l'.;V.'. .:.', .':
F. M. GilletL Burr Oafc or Portland.
Mich.; Allen M. Wells. Big Rapids, Mich.;
FranK W. Wlerengo, . Grand Rapids:
George Palmer, Detroit, ' American Ex
press agent No. f; William Smtlh, Sara
nac, Mich.; one unidentified man; E. F.
Coykendall. Lake" Odessa, Mich.; A, F.
May, car repairer, Grand Rapids; ; .
Peterson (or Thompson), Sioux 1 City,
Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. li. J. Baldwin. Mulli
ken, Mich.; Louis Baldwin, their son,
Mulliken; Lester Williams,1" Lansing,
Mich.; Burt Myers. Grandville or Lake
Odessa, Mich.; Walter Jordan,' Grand
Rapids; Joseph Hulm (colored), Wind
sor, Ont; Austin I. Wager, baggagemen,
Detroit; Charles A. Stoddard, Detroit, en
gineer No. 6; Charles A. Devlne. Grand
Rapids; William Helmrich, Detroit, bag
gageman. ,. , , .
The Injured.
George . F. Crammond, Grand Rapids,
Injured about head and leg, and collar
bone broken; Andrew Sprague, Allegan,
Mich., injured about head; Claude Brown,
Grand Rapids, leg broken; Mrs. H. R.
Streeter, Grand Ledge,, Mich., arm
broken; Wi J. Barber, Muskegon, Mich.,
injured about head and face; Rev. James
Humphreys, pastor Church of Christ,
Lansing, badly cut about face; Timothy
Qualey, Grand Rapids, seriously injured
about back; J. T. Gould, Grand Rapids,
badly . cut about hands andshoulders;
John Ross Lansing, injured about legs
and arms; Henry T. Boles, Grand Rapids,
leg badly injured; Ada KeUer, Clarksi
ville; Miclw left leg Injured; J. Mlschick,.
Polander, address unknown; W. E. Rog
ers, Muskegon, Mich., brakeman; T. H.
Gorsenmier, Lansing, Mich., cabinet
maker; Thomas Draper, Dutton, Mich.,
blacksmith; Richard Douthett, Grand
Rapids; Andrew Gello, Muskegon, Mich.;
Milton 8. Crowell, Grand Rapids;, J, W.
Moore, Detroit; M. Meche, foreigner,
residence unknown; Gerrltt M. Mottman,
Grand Rapids; internal injury and hip
crushed, dying; Charles West, 8aranao,
Mich., both legs broken,' left hand torn
off, probably fatally Injured; John Clark,
Pottsville. Mich., skull fractured and
nose ' broken, - seriously Injured about
body and hips; Michael Maltburg, Hart,
Mich., badly burned about legs, hands
and breast; Charles T. Chambers, Ionia,
Mich., injured about head, face, body,
hands and legs; Frank Waterman, De
troit, engineer No. 5, seriously injured
about head, face lacerated and Internal
injuries; J. C Wood worth, Salem, Mich.,
Injured about head and body;' Edward
Weigel. Grand Rapids, conductor No.
5. left lea broken and badly injured
about body; B. E. Gay. Detroit, brake
man, head, body and right leg injured;
Harry Marcus, New York City, president
of the E. II. Marcus company, left leg
fractured and injured about shoulders;
E. B. Moon, Grand Rapids, fireman No. 6,
injured about head and body; Mrs. E. H.
Kent. Grand Rapids, injured Internally;
C. N. Botsford, Farmlngton, Mich., mail
clerk No. 8, badly cut about head; Mrs.
H. O. Gray, Grand Rapids, badly bruised
about head and hips; H. O. Branch, 8u.n-
Held, Mich., badly Injured about head
and shoulders.
CHANCE TO IMPROVE
THE MAIL SERVICE
"The suburban residents of Portland
are receiving a better mall service now
than if they 'were supplied with a regu
lar mall car," said Chief Clerk Frank E.
Whitney of the railway mail service, in
dlflcusftlng an bpen pouch system for the
substation " districts, "but what we do
need Is a car on the Oregon Water Power
ft Railway line to Casadero.' There are
33 stations along this route that should
be accommodated by a clerk,".-
TOXQtTB COUBBE E-XBHEB.
Wadhams & Kerr Bros., wholesale
grocer, gave a-dlnner at the Commer
cial club Saturday night to their sales
men. Ten courses were served, many of
them being dishes composed of the goods
the men had been selling. The dinner
was not only unique, but splendid. Those
present were: William Wadhams, Sam
uel C. Kerr, Alexander H. Kerr, Frank
R. Kerr, A. Thomas Warwick Kerr J, D.
Kenworthy. James Thompson, C. C.
Tripp. W. Frank Fisher. O. E. Balrd. F,
8. McMahon. T. o. coieman. E. A.
Thamer, D. t, 8weet, T. E. Oates, C. R.
Watson, J. D. Buell, C. "D. Fraser, Harry
Frltchman, Q. L. Lacy. M. L. Mourfleld,
T. A. Scheller,. R. 8. Hudson.
PCHOOX. TAX MEETXBO.
The meeting for levying taxes In the
ML Tabor school districts will be held
this week. No. S, the largest district,
will hold its . meeting December 31. Be
sides - a special .tax, provision will be
made for. refunding 14,000 Jn .bonds
which soon become due.
Montavilla taxpayers will meet on De
cember SO to levy a tax to provide for
bonded Interest and current expenses.
The question of providing another class
room will be considered, the sohool ac
commodations being, crowded. -
South Mt. Tabor taxpayer will meet
tomorrow evening to levy a special tax
for current expenses. . v - 1
, ' WOODSTOCK ZTBXS.
The Woodstock public school closed
for the holiday. Vacation Thursday. A
Christmas tree with appropriate - exer
cises pleased the children, The enroll
ment this year is over 160. In the ninth
grade there are seven phpils who will
take the state examination in January.
Ansel Clark, who has been attending
the agricultural college, is home for
vacation. . , , 1 ' i
Miss Rayof Washington, a slater of
Grace Ray, the intermediate teacher In
the Woodstock school, is visiting here.
Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Anna Read went
to Salem to attend the special 'session
of the legislature, '
OUR mm ANNUAL
CLEAN SWEEP SALE
OPENED THIS MORNING- WITH A RUSH I
IN VALUE GIVING WE STAND PARAMOUNT ABOVE THEM ALL
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Everything Is reduced, but the grea v' :
. ' - attraction is ,
Real $ 1 5.00 to $ 1 8.00 Suits
FOR.
IT WILL PAY YOU TO TRADE WITH A RELIABLE STORE
WELCH
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This offer good for fifteen days only. ,9
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The Grumiaux News & Sub. Co. m o"'
BIG FOREIGN FLEET
; OE LUMBER CARRIERS
. Two more lumber carriers have been
chartered Jo load at, Portland for for
eign parts. "They ' are the : American
barkentlne Georgtnla, taken by the Pa
cific Lumber company to load for the
Orient, and the schooner Matthew Tur
ner, which has been engaged by Eddy
Falk and the American Trading com
pany to carry lumber from Portland to
Sydney, Australia. , The Annie E. Smale
and W. F. Garms are also under char
terVto.the'Tacinc .Ewort Lumber com
pany to transport lumber to the Orient
The Italian ahlp Ninpa is taking on a
lumber cargo for a foreign port and
the British ship Glenesslln Is chartered
to load for South Africa. The latter
left up from Astoria, this morning in
tow of the Harvest Queen. She arrived
on December 6 from Fast London, South
Africa, and was held in quarantine a
couple of weeks. The barkentlne Emigh
is loading for Honolulu.
While the foreign '-lumber fleet is
larger than usual the. coasters have
diminished in number during the past
few weeks. The Virginia is the only
one In port. She is taking on lumber
for San Francisco. Th R. H. Bartlett
fs receiving cargo at St Helens, and
the Melrose is at Vancouver loaded, . She
Is unable' to get out of the harbor,
however, on account of the shoal water.
She is drawing 18 feet, and between her
and the channel Is a bar over which it
will be impossible for her to cross with
out lightering. ' ' .'
HORNE PROMOTED
TO A COMMANDER
.Particular etort is being made to have
the Indrapura -ready for sea by about
Thursday. She haa finished loading at
the Portland flouring mills and moved up
to the Alblna dock, where the cargo will
be completed. :' ,: ;: X
1 The vessel will go to the Orient this
trip In command of James T. Home, who
for the past several years has been first
officer on the Xndrasamha. Captain Hoi
llngsworth has secured a six months'
leave of absence, which he will spend in
England. - Afterward he will assume
command of ono of the other Indra lin
ers plying "between this port and the Ori
ent. It is stated to be very probable
that Mr. Home will retain the position to
whlclu he has been promoted perma
nently: . ,.; t ., . . '
No further , word has been received
concerning Captain Porter. Aside from
hl being in New York,' nothing of a defi
nite nature Is, known. Why he severed
his connection with the Indrawadl so ab
ruptly and tsappeared for several days
are still matters of mystery to hla Port
land friends, of whom he has many.
:-'!-;'''py- uxmxxm votes.
Astoria, Dec, 28. -No bar report; cape
line down. .
Weather at Astoria at 8 a., m.,"" clear f
Wind east.'
Astoria. Deo. ' 27. Sailed at . noon
Steamer Aberdeen' for San Francisco.
Arrived down at 4 p. m. French bark
Europe. ,
San Francisco. Deo. 28. Balled at 9
a. m. Steamer Rosecrans for Columbia
river.
San- Francisco, Dec. 28. Arrived
Steam?'- Columbia from Portland and
steamer Uwaco from Astoria.
- Balled-Schooner - Laura Madsen for
Columbia iver. - ' - I ...;..
Passed Steamer Whlttler from Port
land. -
COST ALUS KAPVZimrOS. .
... (Journal Special Betflce.)' . i
i Corvallls, Or . Dec. .28. Gustave
Hodes. one of the oldest ami best-known
business, men of this city, died, Cijrlsl-
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THE AMERICAN CLOTHIER -'
First and Morrison Streetr
Our Big Line
Koch Harps
Hohner Accordeons
Bauer Guitars
Mayflower Mandolins ;
'; Stewart Banjos .
Everythlnjc in Sheet Music
Fisher Music Co.
BAJCZB nCBATBJB BlOOt.
190 Third Street
mas day, aged 75 year 11 montha and
twd days.' Mr. Hodea was a native of
Prussia, where he' waa born in
January, 1826) He first settled in San
Francisco after emigrating to America,
Later he resided for twe- years in Port
land,' coming to Corvallis in 185f. De
ceased was ill but a few days: He' leaves
many friends in this section. - The sur
vivors are a widow, Hubert Hodes; a son,
and, Mrs. ,G. W. Den man, all of Cor
vallis. A brother, Clem Hodes, 1 a
resident of Eugene. - f -
The marriage of Mr,, Wiley Llnvllle
of Portland and Miss Lennle Longer of
CnrvalllH occurred on Christmas eve at
the bride's home in thia city. .They will
reside in Portland.
KTOTZBS ZTZ.Ii STOCK.
"t Gresham, Or., Dec. ' 28. A' few , flaya
ago two cows belonging to A. C, Staggs,
whof lives, on the Section Line road west
of this placed were missing. No trace
of fhfixa touW be found tot tyo, or three
days and inquiry failed to And any one
who had seen the missing stock until
on going into the underbrush west of
the barn of Mr. Staggs' sons discov
ered the two cows lying dead. , Upon
investigation it was found that they
had been killed either intentionally or
accidentally by having been shot with
a rifle and the bullets were well aimed
and each found a vital spot. "
As yet no trace has been fount of
the one guilty of the outrage. -
TO ABOZJSK CASTS XV XVDX
Soamt Ram, M.' A.,, former professor
of mathematics in the Funjaub univers
ity, East India, after numerous lectures
delivered her in behalf of the emanci
pation of his countrymen of the caste
"curse." which prevail in India, left on
Christmas eve for Denver, Colo. 'An or
ganisation to assist Soamt Ram in the
raising of funda waa : formed last
Wednesday at the residence of Mrs. O. N.
Denny, 475 Sixteenth street, 'under- tha
name ot the Oregon Society ' for the
Emancipation of India from caste Slav
ery. The following officers were elected:
President,-Judge C B. Bellinger; vice
presidents, Judge Lionel R. Webster and
Mrs. O. N: Denny; treasurer, A. C. Going,
and secretary, William H. Galvanl.
Announcement
The Calumet Restaurant Is now open
and ready for business. The Calumet
Is strictly a family restaurant and
caters to family trade only. ' Every
thing -flrst class. No wines or liquors
sold or private rooms. y Parties desiring
quiet, home-like accommodations should
oome .to the Calumet,, corner Seventh
and Alder, for service. ., t)pen from 7 a.
m. to , p. m. dally. Special dinners
served from 8 to 8 p, m. Sundays and
holidays.. Special arrangements cam, be
made by telephone. . r.,. . ,
Preferred Stock Canned Oooda.
Allen & Lewis' Best Brand, -