THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL .PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING. JANUARY 18, 1904.
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WANT EXPOSITION
.. CLOSED ON -SUNDAYS
i Ministerial Association
I raandmg ot Congress lhat Lewis and Clark
j;: Fair Be Shut Up Tight.
if
f ' A Joint meeting: of the Presbyterian
, 1 and Methodist Ministerial association!
j i' wu held this morning in the assembly
J I room of the T- M. C. A.
i Dr. Sharp read a paper wiowtng tne
r stand taken by the ministers wun re
i erence to tha closing of the Lewis and
? ' Mark fair on Sunday. The pKper was
J I approved by the following resolution:
' i "Resolved, That the paper Just read
t J. be adopted as an expression or the con
' eviction of this association; that it be
signed by our president and secretary,
: Sand forwarded to Rev. Dr. Crafts, su-
" . i TJerlntendent International reform bu
i reau, 208 Pennsylvania avenue, 8. E.,
Washington. D. C, to be used In argu-
ment before the exposition committee of
f congress: and that Dr. Crafts be re
'- - quested to acquaint Senators Pulton and
Mitchell of this our action." The paper
t c rads as follows:;,,: .; .1 (..'. z,
i; Whereas, We have : learned through
f - the public press ihat ,r-report has been
j made -to the senate, of the United States
! ry its committee on the f Lewis and
Clark -exposition .with the following
recommendation: . . ., .
"That' the. machinery, shall' not" he
nnoratAd nn RiirTrtnv for- nv tmrnosa
5 of display: that' all places or amuse
i menta on, the. grounds shall b closed
$ I n all' Sundays; but that the grounds
' J shall be opened to the public, and' an
( f opportunity be given to hold devotional
i exercises and sacred concerts."
Therefore, Resolved, That we, as pas
I t tors and ministers of the gospel of
I Portland, Or., convened In general asso
I elation, ' do ; hereby enter our earnest
"c 1 protest against such action as 1s con-
T templated, and do so for the following
i . reason a: ' . '
? 1. If the partial opening of the expo-
I ait ion be confined strictly to such an
.'.; fj opening aa appeared on a first reading
to h" dsrlh(l in this recommendation.
it will; not 'Satisfy those who offer the
"soundest reasons tor opening tha expo-
; tit ion on Sunday.' The strongest reason
offered for the opening' of the exposl-
tion on Sunday is that which Is urged In
f t the interest of the large class of the
? J community known as employed, whose
' time on other days ia not their own.
; This recommendation, however, if
:' strictly enforced, would 'not afford the
; opportunity sought for them, for the
reason that what they would see under
-'..these restrictions would not be the real
' -" exposition, ' -
' 2, , The unsatisfactory character of
the exposition -as opened on Sunday,
under a strict interpretation -. of this
. recommendation, wijl inevitably lead to
: . efforts on the part of those who favor
.. : full opening of the exposition on 8un
v,' day to press for the most liberal inter
pretation of the restricting clauses pos
sible. This, will -lead to . contentions.
. divisions and possibly to legal complica
tions, if not In the end to results other
' than those contemplated by congress In
. enacting the restrictions. . These results,
subversive of harmony in the manage
'' ment of the exposition and in the senti
, ment of the community, are the more
likely to follow because of the fact that
i the terms of the reatrictlons as given
i in the recommendation are susceptible
of widely different Interpretations.
, . J. We believe that the rights and
, Interest cf all concerned would be bet
ter conserved by such action on the
. part of congress as would put the expo
- sit Ion -under the same law of Sunday
closing as holds In respect to the ordin
ary business of the government and of ,
. most states of the union. In particular,
we believ that the following rights and
fUSILLADE OF SHOTS
(Gil
- t What is supposed" to have been a row
in the Italian settlement In Marquam
qulch, near Fifth street, .-occurred be
tween r and o'clock this morning
1 . People residing In the neighborhood
heard a fusillade of shots and the dls
: turbanca caused some apprehension, as
no one knew the cause of the outbreak.
It is said that from 20 to 25 shots were
- heard. .. (,..'.,
Th maTUr was reported to the police
"n'nd detectives are now working on the
!;case. - : - , a. ...:.
I ; The Shooting caused such a loud re
port thsit It awoke sleeping citlsens for
b!ocks ground, but those wha ruaued to
tlylr wipdows could see no cause for the
; noise. It was stated this morning, that
( the disturbance came from the Italian
, colony beyond Sheridan street, but as
far as can be learned no one was hurt
i At Fifth and Carruthers streets many
' people, awoke from their sleep. ' ;
I : Tho same thing happened In the same
1 neighborhood " some time ago and the
' causo was never explained to the satis
faction of the neighbors.
SEVEN FROM ONE.
AWAKEHSHE
BORS
? 1 j It has been shown that one
Jj bottle ot Scott's Emulsion is
capable of building seven
times - its : weight J of solid,
- healthy flesh.
I How is this possible?
. Because Scott's Emulsion
, I is bn.cpf.the richest and most
' t digestible of foods.
Because Scott's Emulsion
j makes all good food do good.
i I Nothing of value to the body
is allowed to go to waste.
. Because Scott's Emulsion
1 '4
j makes1 the stomach strong,
the appetite keen and the
I digestion perfect.
' Because Scott's Emulsion
! adds", new flesh to the bod)
; puts new blood in the veins
, and'feds the fires ot life
called .vitality; - , .... . K '
I We'll send row a sample free upoa request
SCOTT ft BOWMB, ' 409 Pearl Street, !,T,
Adopts Resolution ;De-
interests wouiu . be thus better con
served: .
(1.) The right of the churches and
of the Christian people generally In this
community where the exposition is to be
held to the quiet enjoyment of Sunday
as a Sabbath of rest and worship, free
from, any unusual Intrusion or annoy
ance. .,... .. !i.
, (2.) The -Ight of al' employes, 01
rectly or indirectly connected with, the
exposition, to the enjoyment, so far as
consistent with the necessities of the
case of Sunday as a day of worship, or
at least a day of rest and Which shall
be free from 'care and toll.
(8.) The interest cf this community,
of our commonwealth, and of our nation
at. large in the preservation of Sunday
as the one day In seven secured by law
to all men as a day of release from the
toll, care and exactions of dally life.
Furthermore, We believe that we- are
acting not -only in accordance with our
belief In the will of God, but In ac
oordance as well with the highest
principles of patriotism in making this
protest and in urging upon congress, as
we' earnestly do, to set the. seal of its
sanction in this case, as it has done in
other rases, on the observance of Sun
day as a day of cessation from toil and
the ordinary business of life. In par
ticular, we beiieva we are acting In thia
matter in accordance with the prlnci
pies of an enlightened patriotism, for
the reason that the day so set apart
1 eminently in the interest of the
church and the home, and of the culti
vation on the .part. of the community
generally Of those principles, virtues
and faiths of religion and domestic life
which are acknowledged to be essential
to the well being of the whole com
munity and to the security and per
petuity ot our free institutions.
X F. GHORMLET, President
H. Si. SHARP, Secretary.
Portland, Or Jan. 18, 190 ; -
V&ATT 7ATOBI VK8AY C&OSXV(.
Is trod no as Amendment to Zewis and
V ; , Clark Appropriation BUL , :
( ' Wadtlngtos Bnreaa of The Journal.
Washington, Jan. 18. Senator Piatt
of Connecticut today Introduced for
Senator Hawley an amendment to the
Lewis and Clark exposition bill, pro
viding that as a condition of a prece
dent tq. the - payment of the appropria
tion the corporation in charge of the
exposition shall contract to keep the
gates closed Sundays during the entire
period of the exposition.
Oregon Ministers' Petition.
Petitions were received today by the
Oregon delegation from the pastors of
seven churches In Portland asking con-,
gress to Insert a provision in the Lewjs
and Clark bill to have the gates. of the
exposition closed on Sundays'durlng the
full continuance of the fair.
The churches " that petition are the
English, Evangelical, the Second Pres
byterian, the Baptist;, Centenary Methodist.-
Cumberland Presbyterian, Graoe
Methodist, and the Marshall-Street Pres
byterian. , . . ,
Members of the delegation state that
the amendment to the original bill, pro
viding that the machinery of the fair
shall not be operated Sundays, and that
devotional exercises will be conducted
on the grounds on Sundays, Vlll serve
to meet the views of the Sabbath peti
tioners, who are sending in the petition
for Sunday closing.
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WILL DINE AND -ELECT
OFFICERS
.Officers will be elected. at. .the annual
meeting of the Portland chamber of
commerce to be held in tha Commercial
club's ',: rooms," chamber of commerce
building, Wednesday evening. Aside,
from the business session, which will
include officers' reports for the preced
ing year, speeches on the commercial
Importance of Portland and Oregon In
general will - be. made. A banquet will
be served during the evening.
The final action of , the nominating
committee was taken at a meeting this
afternoon, but the recommendations
which it has decided to make will not be
made public until the meeting Wednes
day night , From unofficial jiources,
however, the probable personnel of a
part of the list has become known,.'
. Considerable doubt exists as to who
hall serve aa president for the com
lng term. The committee Is purported
to have eftered the honor of a second
term to the present incumbent R. Liv
lngston, but It is doubtful If he will
accept. He refused to talk on the sub
ject today. Samuel Cpnnell. secretary,
and W. 3. Burns, ; vice-president will
proDabiy be reelected.
Tha board of directors will be com
posed largely of new members this term.
U A. Lewis has had two terms and will
probably retire, and H. W. Ooode Is
expected to decline reelection on account
of his dutlfs aa dlrector.general of the
Lewis, and Clark fair., William F. Wood
ward Alfred Tucker and A. F. Biles will
probably succeed , themselves. :, .
Gov. George K. Chamberlain will be
present and speak' on "Tbe1 Commercial
Importance of Oregon." Mayor George
H. Williams will take on "Commercial
Portland of tha Past" and William D.
Wheelwright will' speak of "Commercial
roruana or tne ruture.'' .
MISS CAROTHERS TO
BE A MISSIONARY
Mies Elisabeth Carothers, whose por
trait as a member of the Warren Bible
class appeared In The Journal last Sat
urday, is a volunteer. for missionary ser
vice under , the Presbyterian board of
missions. She expects to resign her po
sition in tht public. schools and take up
studies preparatory to the required ex
amination as soon as she has received
notification of the field to which she will
be assigned. Probably the school select
ed for her preparatory work will be the
Moody Bible Institute at Chicago.
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l CZAX Ell A TOICB.
(Journal Special Service.)
Berlin, Jan. 18. A dispatch from St
Petersburg says that the Japanese min
ister had a special audience with the
csar today.' The latter is believed to
be willing to arrange . for - peace and
desires to discuss the ways and means
in person, going over the heads ot tht
ministers. ".
FIREMEN HAVE
; NARROW ESCAPE
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Battalion, Chief liolden and several of
his firemen narrowly escaped death fit
fire which almost demolished a story and
a half dwelling house on Mississippi
avenue,, between Russell and Goldsmith
streets, at 6 o'clock last night
While extinguishing the fire in the up
per portion of the burning building tne
structure left its foundation and shifted
about six' feet to the south with A ter
rific noise. The firemen expected to be
precipitated over a bank on the east
which is at least 40 feet high. The
dwelling rested on posts at the edge of
the Dreclnrce,
Battalion Chief Holden was In the attic
and several other firemen were working
on the . roof. Perry Sllvey, a member of
engine company No. 8, was on the grpuhd
floor when the building began to move.
In his mad rush for a place of safety he
ran against a wall and was knocked
senseless,, but was soon revived.
The most distressing accident occurred
to Thomas Miller, a plpeman 'with hose
company No. 1, who ran Into the end ot a
ladder on chemical No. 3, driving the.
spike at tha end into his left eyeball.
He was taken to St Vincent's hospital,
where he was attended by Dr. J. 8. Stott
and Dr. Hicks C. Fenton, Dr. Fenton
said this morning that the sight could not
be saved, although It la possible that the
eye will not have to be taken out On
account of Miller's condition the surgeon
will not operate for a -few days.
The damage done by the fire amounted
to about 11.200. The dwelling is owned
by J. N. Tomllnson and occupied by
August - Buschke. - Mr. Buschke's aged
mother waa home alone at the time. The
fire started from a lamp explosion.. Mrs.
Buschke has been In feeble health. She
screamed for help. She was carried out
by two brothers named Deery and taken
to the Alblna hotel.
While .attempting to extinguish a (Ire
In the Kingston lodging-house, 180H
Third street At 7 o'clock last night A.
Lundry, a roomer, had' his hands se
verely burned. The blase started in the
apartments occupied by Lundry. A
spark from a match lodged in the fringe
of a lounge and in an instant the couch
was in names, una loss wm amount to
about $50.' )';'
A-defective flue 'in A residence at lit
East Park street caused a personal serv
ice alarm last night. No damage was
done. ' .
HAS GREAT GROWTH
; . IT . 1 , 1 ec.":':-t r f ,
Tha growth of the Portland Dubllc-41-
brary,' as shown In rti 'annual report
for 1803, filed today at the city hall by
President, G, A. Dolph of -the .board of
directors, Is steady, .and wholesome
About 85,000 more books ' were loaned
during the year than during 1902, and
50.000 more. people used the circulating
departments, aa compared with the pre-
iVloua twelve months. The- reference
room Is part of the delivery room, so it
was Impossible to keep . separate sta
tistics, but tha report explains that "it
ia safe to say that the educational work
of the library carried on in this depart
ment haa almost doubled. :
"Tha newepaper room Is in the base
ment without, supervision, therefore no
statistics of it are kept It Is com
fortably filled most of the time. Tha
work of the children's department haa
beed particularly noticeable. There are
now- 2,4 M children- using . the library,
and 1,067 of these Joined 'in 1803."
.The statistical portion of the report
shows receipt to have aggregated 123,
171, of which 117,8(8.86- came from the
publlo library tax, both city and county.
The disbursements aggregated $20,
840.94, leaving a balance of mora than
13,000, ,.V a ' 7 ::rr
The number of books on hand on De
cember 31, 1903, aggregated 37,715 and there
were added to the library during the year
8,144 volumes. The lost volumes num
bered 746. There were 40,118 oooks and
files of periodicals on hand On December
31. i-. -v . - 1. ,v
The circulation department ahows many
Interesting facts. The greatest number of
book loaned were fiction, 89, 188; history
and travel volumes were borrowed by 12,
426 persons, and the class of books least
popular was language. Only 178 volumes
In that class left the library.
: During the year 227,773 people availed
themselves of the Use of the library, and
the busiest month on record was October,
when the visitors numbered 26,570.
DR. HICKMAN KICKED
M HIS LEG BROKEN
Dr, J, H. Hickman, one of the well
known physicians of East Portland, ia
confined at' Good Samaritan hospital,
where he was taken yesterday, after two
bones in his right lower leg immediately
above the ankle were broken In an ac
cident. '''.- -v
Yesterday morning Dr. Hickman was
called to attend a patient living some
distance beyond Lents. He rode on the
streetcar to the station, where a vehicle
was waiting for him. After riding but
9. ahort distance tha horse became frac
tious and the driver was unable to con
trol him. A small board served as a
dash. The frisky horse kicked over the
dashboard, his hoof striking Dr. Hick
man's leg, breaking both bones and splin
tering them somewhat
The injured Wan waa brought to Port
land, and at tha hospital Dr. E. H. Par
ker attended him. , '
The Injury ia regarded as serlpua, and
Dr. Hickman will be confined fbr aome
time. He resides at Eaat Taylor and
Twenty-fifth streets.
WINTER GARDEN
'UP AGAINST IT
.Warrants were issued "out of the po
lice ccJhrt this norning for the arrest
of J. P. Kennedy and Fiskey Barnett
proprietors of the Winter Garden,
charging them with keeping open after
hours. Tha complaints were signed by
Patroimah William Jones, who reported
the alleged infraction of the law to hia
superior, Captain Bailey, It is stated
that the place was foundasvith the doors
wide' open at 1:46 o'clock this morning,
Mrv Kennedy wa in court two 'weeks
ago charged with the same violation,
and after a trial he was found guilty and
fined 25. The police state that they
will permit no. further violation fit tbe
closing ordinance, and are -determined
to prosecute all whg do not comply with
the order.
PORTLAND LIBRARY
SHORTEST
TRIAL
Within an hour and 10 minutes this
morning Fatrlok McGurgan learned that
rthe course of law is very swift t times.
At 10 o'clock lie stood before Clrouit
Judge George; accused of assault with
intent to rob George Cugy. At 11:10 he
stepped out of the courtroom a free man..
It took only 48 minutes to Impanel a
Jury and to Introduce all the testimony
for and against him. Tha arguments
of the attorneys, J. Ev Tracey, for Mc
Gurgan, and District Attorney .Manning
for tha state,' occupied only ,15 minutes,
COUNTY TAX LEVY
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The county board has reconsidered
the much vexed question of the appor
tlonment of the . tax levy, and Instead
of reducing the state school tax., as waa
decided Saturday, . the. reduction is to
fall on the general county fund.. This
decision waa reached with reluctance, for
some , extraordinary expenses must be
met by the county during tne coming
year, and with a smaller levy the mat
ter of freeing the oounty from debt
must of course be delayed.
It - waa deemed of great importance
tnat tne total levy snouia not exceea v
mills, and to bring it down to this fig
ure it was necessary to make a cut of
three-tenths of a mill in the apportion
ment for soma denartment After much
discussion the board decided on Satur
day to cut the atate school tax from 6
mills to 4.7 mills, finding it Impossible
to make any reduction in the appor
tionments for county roads or the port
of Portland and believing that the state
school fund might' better ,ba reduced
than the county general fund.
But this opinion haa been changed.
Tha board decided today to leave the
state school rata as it was originally
and to lop off the three-tenths of a mill
from the general county tax. The lat
ter will therefore be (.4 mills, as against
6.7 last year.
. Owing to the increase in the assessed
valuation of property, tha county will
realise from tha .reduoed tax rata about
tha same sum as last year. Had the
rate remained at 1.7, mills the county's
revenue would have been increased about
816,000. -
Tha county board waa very desirous
of increasing the revenue, both because
this would hasten the payment of the
present heavy indebtedness and because
of the unusual expenses which must be
met this year. Extensive repair must
be made on the Burnside street bridge
which, it Is said, may aggregate 820,000.
New planking must ; oa iaid-oa the
bridge and tha 'approaches are in such
condition , that a large expenditure will
Tje necessary to put, them in order.
Tha county must .pay the expenaea or
registration and the primary elections
this spring, of the state election in June
and of the national election in November.
Elections are expensive and the total
cost to the county may approximate
820.000.
It Is possible, too, that the board may
find It necessary, to make some altera
tions in the oounty Jail, tnougn mis
will not bS done if it can be avoided.
However, by careful economy the board
expects to maka the reduced levy pro
vide for all necessary expenditures and
at the same time effect some further re
duction in the county debt.
A statement complied by County Clerk
Felds shows that the school levies in
the several districts are as follows, and
any person who knows the valuation of
his property can computa nia lax mere
IMstricti- MUls.i
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1 40.0
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34
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2 37.5
24.0
30.0
24.0
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23.2
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In Port of Portland. Outside Port
of Portland. In Port of Portland
and in St Johna.4 ; .
.The road . tax of 2.1 mills will bt
levied on the following valuations: -.,
Road District Valuations.
City .of St Johns.,......,..f : 205.731
District
District
Dl strict
District
District
Bistrlct
(strict
District
District
District
District
District
800.991
275,200
228.895
468,76
44 ,
m f i j 4 4
760,233
415.774
y p - ,a -
778.828
9 C 308
10 1, ...... ,,....,. 836
11 ..M.. : 208
12, ,. , 117
8S0
,995
293
885
District 13
390.105
District 14 (Portland)
.46,984,634
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Astoria, Jam 17. Arrived down at
1:80 p. m., schooner Alvena.
Arrived at 1:80 p. m., British ship
Cromartyshire, from Newcastle, N. 8. W,
Arrived down t 3 p. xtL, steamer
Aurelia. : . . . , ..
Arrived, down at 4:30 p. m., American
park Haydfr Brown. --rr,-
Arrived down at 1. 10 p. m., ateamer
Aberdeen. i ' . ,
San Francisco, ' Jan. 17. Sailed,
schoontr Maria E. Smith, for Portland.
San Francisco, Jan. IS. Sailed at 1 p.
m., ateamer Oregon for Portland.
Arrived, schooner Joseph Kuss, from
Columbia river; , . ,
Aetoria, Jan, 18. No bar report; cape
line down.
Astoria, Jan. J.8. Wheather cloudy;
wind northeast and bar moderate.
Elder arrived down yesterday at I
o'clock and sailed at 7:30 this morning.
- Stoamer Prentiss arrived down at 10
nad sailed at 10:30 for San Francisco.
Schooners B. B. Jackson and W. F.
Jewett arrived down at 10:30.
Aberdeen salted at 11:41' a. m.
French bark Marechal de Noavllles
arrived at 11 .from Hamburg by way ot
Port Lies Angeles. ' .
Arrived at noon, barkentlne Ethel,
from San Francisco.
Sailed at noon, steamer Aurelia. for
San Francisco
CRIMINAL.: .
IN PORTLAND
and the Jury was out only 10 minutes,
when it returned verdict of acquit
tal. - t 1
McGurgan was accused ot having as
saulted and attempted to rob Cugy in
the Burnside street exchange. Manning
said that when McGurgan was accused
of the assault ha fled. Tracey showed
that when McGurgan was leaving the
saloon several men accused him of the
assault and pursued him and he had to
flee for safety. The trial, some old at'
torneys say, Is the briefest In the his
tory of the court for a criminal case.
SAYS MINISTER : :
JADE . THREATS
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PIT TO CAXB TQM TOM. OTK
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Fearful that her brother-in-law, Rev,
Guy H.- Phelps of Hlllsboro, would carry
out his threat of taking his child from
her, dead or alive, Mrs. 8. W, Ander
son of 786 East Madison street hid
with the baby until assured that she
was aafe. . Now she must appear In the
circuit court to show cause why Rev.
Mr. Phelps should not be given his lit
tie daughter. The minister has. served
Mrs. Anderson with a writ of habeas
corpus to produce the qhild In court
tomorrow afternoon at 2 o clock. . At
that time Mrs. Anderson, through her
attorney, A. F, Flegel. will answer Rev.
Mr. Phelps and endeavor to keep - the
baby, on tha ground that its health will
not permit of its' removal; that its 'fath
er's present condition renders him unfit
to care for it and . that he had pre
viously aajreed to allow the child to re
main with her - ' ?
Little Onneatta Naomi Phelps was
born at Hlllsboro, Or., May 16, 1902,
The following day her mother died, and
Mrs. Anderson and Mrs. Tatem,. sisters
of Mrs; Phelps, brought the Infant home
with - them to Portland. . The stricken
father was made welcome at the home
of Mrs.' Anderson and her husband, and
for a year and a half ha was a regular
visitor to the home where he would
see his child. .'
"Just before Christmas." said Mrs.
Tatem "this afternoon, "my sister and
I heard that Guy Phelps had been say
ing unkind things about us, and de
claring that we had been talking about
him. He had his trunk at Mrs. Ander
son's, and. about two weeks ago came
to Portland and sent out for It He did
not come himself, and my sister could
not Understand his actions. Tha next
day he wrote a letter declaring that his
daughter be turned over to him, and
my sister, knowing that he had 'the
lawful right to it prepared to do aa he
aald, although It almost broke her heart
""Phelps, however, wrote another let
ter, in which he accused Mrs. -Anderson
of things that she had never done, and
demanded that if tha child waa. not
turned over to him by Saturday night
he would have it dead or alive. Thia
frightened my sister, and she went to a
friend's home, where she remained until
the papers were served on her husband,
ordering that the baby be produced in
court tomorrow afternoon. She has at
no time attempted to go, beyond, the
law, and simply wUfhes to protect the
child."- '
' Phelps Is pastor of the United Evan
gellcal church at Hlllsboro. Anderson
Is a contractor. -
Two desperate highwaymen, one about
86 years of age, the other said to be a
tnere "kid," are creating terror among
the Chinese laundrymen of Portland.
At 9:30 o'clock Saturday night tha two
held up and robbed the Wing Chung
wash house at 248 Sixth street. .
. Masked and with drawn revolver they
were upon the Inoffensive Celeatlals be
fore the laundrymen realised it. .Tha
sum of 81r waa all. that was found.
Tha robbers evidently expected a big
haul after the Saturday night bills had
been collected. Detecttvea Day and
Weiner are working on tha case.
The police believe that the men who
did the holdup Saturday are the 'same
who held up - Sam Long's laundry - at
Front and Caruthers streets late Thurs
day night The men wear soft hats and
are poorly dressed. .As a result of the
two robberies there Is consternation
among the Chinese. . . ,
some years ago when there was ' a
crusade among the white citizens to
force the Chinese laundries out of the
resident aectiona of the city the Sixth
street srash house was dynamited. Sev
eral laundrymen were seriously hurt and
the building demolished.
CANAL BUILDING
' AGAIN DELAYED
Washington, Jan. II. The senata
committee on foreign relations . today
ordored a favorable report on the
Panama canal treaty. Several amend-
menta were adopted which were com
paratively unimportant but which necea-
sitate returning the treaty to Panama
ror concurrent action there- and la ex
pected to occupy from four to six weeks
and require at least a month to go to
Fanama and back for ratification. Hnnce
the payments aggregating 150,000,000
neea not De nnanced before ADril. .
Hanna ia In his seat today after av.
era! weeks', absence and was warmly
arceiea oy eenatora Iodge, Spooner,
Hale. Proctor and other Republican
GOVERNOR APPOINTS
THREE DELEGATES
Salem, Or., Jan. 18. The governor this
morning appointed County Judge J, H.
Scott of Salem and Albert Tosler of
Portland delegates to attend the good
roads convention, called ta meet l- Wnrt.
ford, Conn., February II. - The governor
also appointed Game Warden J. W.
Baker of Cottage Grove delegate from
Oregon to attend the Leaaue of A marl.
can Sportsmen at4ts sixth annual con
vention, February 10.
PAXBTBS MAtCOtMVS OBTBAZT.
Richard Max Meyer is the painter of
the portrait of P. 8. Malcolm, .presented
to the Masonio tempi at laat Saturday
night a. session, by Cathedral Class No, X
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While walking through tha railroad
yard under the west approach .to the
steel bridge, at 8 o'clock this morning.
J. Schmlt, 66 years of age, was struck
by a switch angina and narrowly ea
caped instant death. 6chmit ia a tree
trimmer ana was oq bis way to work
In upper Alblna.. He resides at 808V4
First street. Being slightly deafhe
did not notice tha approach of tha en
gine. He attempted to cross tha track
in front of it Tha locomotive struck
him, throwing htm to the ground with
great violence, but tossing him outside
the aona of danger.
The engineer stopped his locomotive
aa soon as possible. The . old man was
able to rise unaided. The police took
him to the station, where he complained
of severe pain id hia right ahoulder and
arm, while there waa a long and deep
gash In his scalp. After keeping the
patient for A time Schmlt was sent ' to
Good Samaritan hospital, where Dr. H.
U Wilson, the railroad company's sur
geon, attended him. Whila tho aCalp
wound Is severe it Is not dangerous. It
waa also found that the shoulder was
not broken. but dislocated and the old
man will be abla toueave the hospital
shortly. Hia clothes were badly torn.
After,; the accident the police sent
word to Assistant City Physician 81o
cum, who suggested, upon seeing that
Schmlt waa not dangerously injured,
that the company's physician be called.
Thereupon he was removed to ,th,e hos
pital. But had the man been badly
hurt he might have died before he could
be given proper attention, since the city
tacKS an emergency noapitai. ..
TRYING TO REPLEVIN
CUTLERY FROM STEIN
The trial of tho replevin ease of H
bardy Spencer, Bartletl ft Co, of Chi'
cago against Philip Stein for the re
covery of pocket and butcher knives.
rasors and rifles of the value of 8(10
was begun before Circuit Judge Sears
and a jury this morning. . Argument for
tha plaintiff was made by Henry E. Mc
Ginn, and thia afternoon D, Soils Cohen
and Alex Bernstein will present Stein's
side of the case. -
Stein owns a clothing store on Wash
ington street between Fourth and Fifth
streets, It la charged that he purchased
a lot of goods which were stolen from
Hlbbard, Spencer, Bartlett aV Co.
A traveling salesman of tha firm, so
Stein alleges, called on him October 18
last and told him that he had been or
dered to sell his samples, consisting of
knives and rasors, aa new samples had
been sent to him. Stein purchased the
samples. And tha Arm, learning of tha
dishonesty of its salesman, began a re
plevin suit Tha trial will not be con
eluded before tomorrow, , , . .A
POSTOFFICE SCANDAL
DEMOCRATIC GAIN
'(Bin Francisco Bureau of Tbe Journal.)
Washington, Jan. 18. The most inter
esting development that has so far come
to light as & result of the trial of
Machen, . tha former superintendent ot
the free-delivery division of tbe postof-
floe department, and his co-defendants,
on the charge of conspiracy, la the tes
timony given 4yFlrst Assistant Poat
master Wynne and John J. Howie v. his
chief cleric while on the witness-stand,
and will probably have an Important
place In Democratic campaign literature
during the coming presidential canvagd.
A number of prominent Democrats have
expressed themselves as of the opinion
that the testimony of Wynne and How
ley is the best possible evidence of the
ineff latency and negative virtue of the
present Republican administration, and
that as such can be used with telling ef
fect by Democratic orators on tha stump
next summer. -
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Chicago, Jan. 18. No additional lur-
ors for the carbarn murderers have been
secured, and the court expressed an opin
ion that many buainess men ara perjur
ing themselves to es&pe service, and
announced a strict prosecution of any
man likely to be convicted , of such
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In celebration of the semi-centennial
of its founding, the First Presbyterian
church. Twelfth and Alder streets, held
two services yesterday. "At: both the
building was crowded. '
Its first place of meeting was A small
rented room in an old hotel building
on Front street Now the church haa
a tulldln4 of its own, one of the hand-
nmrat In Portland. rirtt ait tha coat
of 1200,000, and the church Is entirely
free from debt At the time of organi
sation' there wera II members And two
elders. NoW the church has a member
shin of l.40.":t V, ',f.?.'iu Tie, -
Tha church was simply decorated for
tho ser.vlces yesterday. Tha organ loft
was banked with greena." A large vase
of calla lilies stood on the platfortnl
Thar waa special- music and five per
sons were' received into the church.
.RefV. Gi. F. -Whitman. ot.Beattla,- who
assisted Dr.1 Tantls in the organisation,
waa present at tha morning service. A
great, many people believe that the first
Presbyterian ' church in the Northwest
was at Clatsop Plains,, but Dr. Whitman
clearly showed that Marcus Whitman
had the first church at Walllatpu.
Wash. He also told of the four Indiana
who made the trip from St Louis to
find the white man's God and tha "big
book." ,.; " .. ,v.,;.: ''
. Dr. Hill waa to deliver an address on
tho history, of tha church, but post
poned it to a later day on account of
lack of time.
Ia the evening tha other Presbyterian
churches of the city Joined in a union
meeting at the First church. , The vari
ous ministers were seated on the pulpit
with the pastor. Rev. A. J. Montgom
ery, pastor of the Third Presbyterian
church," and Rev. H.H.- Pratt of tha
Forbes Presbyterian, and Rev. W. S.
Gilbert spoke.- Rer. Henry Marcotta of
Westminster church paid an eloquent
tribute to the memory 'of Rev A. U
Dindaley, pastor of First church from
1888 to 1888, and to that Of William S.
Ladd, two sealoua workers tor the wel
fare of the church."
Rev. C W. Hays sent, A letter of
greetingIn behalf of the members of
the Marshall-street church. "
There will be a Jubilee sociable to
morrow evening in tha parlors of tha
church. On tho afternoon of the same
day. there will be a publio reception.
Wedneaday evening there will be a fra
ternal meeting with addresses by rep
resentatives of tha local churches. A
"reminiscence meeting" will b held on
Thursday evening. : ; - . .;v. .
unhnrn nenni c uun '
CARRY INSURANCE
(Joaraal Special Servleev)
San -Francisco, Jan. ir.---E3vldenca so
cured by the police today, tends to show
that Leon Seeder was but. on of a band
of conspirators In this city who sought
to swindle Insurance ompanlea by foul
murder of victims whose Uvea had been
heavily -Insured. The police are said to
know of three men who tjre implicated
m a plot that led ta the slaughter of Jo
senh . Blalson on tha night of Sunday,
January jv, av inv iwi vi
and further arrests ara expected at any
time."'. '
Tha men susoected of being aocom-
plices of Seeder are known .to the po
lice. They ara thought to hava supplied
funds for him.' and testimony is beings
sought to prova that they forwarded
money to Seeder from New STork and
Europe. 0 It is known that tha police are
shadowing certain persons In this city,
and two, and possibly three, more arrests
may be made at any time In connection
with tha murder ot Blalson.
KANSAS CITY HAS .
. MORE DIFFICULTY
Kansas'Clty. Jan. 18. Three hundred
feet of the Kansas avenue wagon atreet
car bridge across "the Kansas river was
carried away by ica today. The belt Una
hridara still stands but Is Imperiled.
Communication with Armourdale Is prao
tloally stopped. - . . '
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4 "PABBBTS DAT, "
Prnt' flav at the T. M. ca. tomof;
jow will give fathers and mothers A
chance td see What tneir sons can 00 in
the gymnasium, the awlminlng pool and
tha work shoo. Tha rooms will be open
KEEPS
BIRTHDAY
to parents at 4 p. nv ,
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