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THE ' OREGON DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND. Fit I DAY EVENING, JANUARY 22, 1 904. CITY HALL CLERKS FAIL IN ARITHMETIC CCmSTEBH ATIOZT OTXB QVESTZOHS UT CXTXL SERVICE EXIHIlitlOK -DErABTMEHTS MAT BE ISM with xhsutpxcxebt clsbical HELP. - Tha employes of the clerical and - deputy auditor's departments at the city hall are up In arms over the examination to which they were submitted yesterday by the civil service commission, and there are already the signs of an impend- ' ing conflict between the municipal ser vices.. Out of the 15 or more who took the examination, ! about two, It Is claimed, will pass, and 1f that statement Is correct the condition It will leave severs! of the city offices in: can easily be surmised.. if, f'-r'z'f-J' Hot Tight May ' Mads. Any further action is now waiting on the grading of the-applicants after the papers are marked by the commission. If the fears of a general failure are found to be true. Mayor Williams will be appealed to and' hot fight will be Instituted by the unlucky ones' who, do rot reach the 'percentage required for the eligible list. . ' '. The principal contention 1s that the examination was too hard and that many of .the questions are put In the form of catch phrases. Ten of the question re lated to a general knowledge of duties required of the employe and the' re maining six were taken from a standard book , on arithmetic, ; It was In artth metie that the greatest havoc Was raised among the applicants. With one or two exceptions tjiey fell down like chaff be fore the wind, and the majority simply left blank spaces where the . answers should have been. Grammar School Questions. ' On behalf of, tho commission, Secre tary Stowell contends that the' examina tion was not unusually hard, and that the questions at Issue are such as should be familiar to every grammar school graduate. To this the trembling-ln-fear applicants reply that a man in busi ness, after he Is away from school for 10 or 80 years, does not'usually remem ber the formulas by which to work out the problems found in the school, books, and they feel that their - examination should have been more of a practical nature. Clock Problem a Deep One. "What earthly good would It do me to be able to tell Just what minute the two hands of a clock would form a straight line between the hours of 4 : o'clock and 6 o'clock?" insisted one of the unfortunates today. "Here I am em ployed to do a special line of work and - my duties never extend beyond that par ticular field. I do the work satisfac torily, otherwise I would not be re tained, and is It Just that I should be left out simply because I happen to fall down on a catch problem in fractions or cube root, or something like that?" Employes Are Indignant So for the heads of the various de partments In: which" the men that took the examination are employed will not discuss the question for publication, but the employes are outspoken In their In dignation. Neither would the commis sioners talk, but they will hold a meet ing soon to mark the papers and the " proposition will ' -be thoroughly aired then. The mayor is apprised of tha cir cumstances surrounding the examina tion, but has not revealed what Una of action, if any, he will take. . Sympathy In tha Corridor. Whether the examination was just or rot. there is an undercurrent of sym l,thy for the men who took It around the municipal corridors. .They have all hold their positions during the present administration and several for a rum- j ber of years previous.-1 The only ones excepted were those who had been em ployed continuously six. years or longer.! This let out City Auditor Devlin, Deputy i Auditor,. Groutse, Deputy Auditor Hea ahaw and City Treasurer Werleln, Of :the remainder It Is the belief that two r three will pass, although there Is a chance that more may work in under the special allotment of 20 credits for hand- ' writing and time. Says They Oot Battled. Secretary Stowell of the commission explains that the majority of the men .were rattled yesterday and that they 'were given plenty of time in which to complete the tests. Some of the men did , :Jiot answer any -of tn last six. or what :they term the "catch" questions, and some. It is said further, were so flurried and anxious that they did not answer a question on .their official slips that they bad really .worked right, as was proven In the case of a piece of waste psper that was picked up from the floor afterwards. ... i The clerks' examination included more 'of the arithmetical problems than that prepared for the deputy auditors. There were four questions touching directly upon their knowledge of present duties, and the remaining 12 Included problems In every department of arithmetic, from fraotions to Interest. '. . Mayor Williams Beeps Silent. " Just what form this ' will leave the status of the civil service commission in, or whether any protest will hold good, remains' to be seen, and (is the iuesttbn of vital Interest around the city hall today. A. number seem to think inai Mayor wimams will take some -very decided action after the results re known, as it would be rather a seri ous matter for the two departments principally affected to lose the majority of their employes at one fell swoop, so to sneak. The mayor, though, remains noncommittal, and any course of action . he may be considering will depend en ; 1 1 rely upon the commission's report and the attitude of the men who failed. GOVERNORS FOR COMMERCIAL CLUB The board of governors of the Com mercial ciub will be elected on Satur lay at 8 o'clock. The following have ren nominated: . H, Thatcher, Ed Khrman. K. Kennedy, L. Gerllnger. W. B. Olafke, Robert L. Stevens and W. H. wyman. As there Is no opposition party, it can safely beiaald that the foregolne nominees will be eleiieii. n J Stevens has served on this aboard for six years. -The coming election will make ills third term of service as governor of the club. , Those elected serve for three years. RECOVERS WATCH STOLEN A YEAR AGO Mra f. Gratton, residing on Milwaukie tret, had her gold watch, which cost tM, atolen a year ago. A seedy-looking man sold K recently at a pawn shop for It. Tha watch was recovered today by leectlves Dsy and Welmer and .re. turned to Mrs, Oraton, ELKS ALMOST READY ... FOR ENTERTAINMENT The Kiks entertainment at the. Mar quant Grand "next Friday night is looked forward to as an event where one can have the satisfaction of seeing a clever performance' of musical, dramatic and vaudeville numbers and at the same time contribute toward an order that has for Its fundamental principle love for its fel lowman. -:- Under the direction of I,eo Cooper the local artists who will appear- at the entertainment are fast perfecting their lines and there is little doubt but that the actors will be ready by next Friday. The box office of the Marquam will be open for the sale of tickets next Wednes day morning.": . - A feature will be three one-act piays S. N. DOUGHTY. COMKITTEES ACTOIJTTED BY THE CKAMBSB Or C COMMEBCB AND BO ABO 01 TBAJDE TO TAKE STTB- "scBiPnoBS xar fobtlajto aitd TKBOVOKOVT THE STATE. The chamber of commerce has ap pointed tne committee which Is to con fer with -the board of trade committee on the founding of a packing-house for Portland. The following comprise the committee: - R. Livingstone, chairman; J. C. Alnsworth. Jay-Smith, Col. R. C Judson, H. Hahn and I. N. Flelachner. The chamber and board of trade are both hopeful of having the - packing house established here, as it will be of great benefit to .Portland. The committee , appointed .... by tha board of trade are: E. M. Branntck, V. E. Beach, .A. H. Deyers, I, B, Hammond, P. W. Custer, B, Lee Paget and 8eneca Smith. Both committees think it in cumbent upon the city to have tha plant come here. , , . ,; r' 1 - R Livingstone, ex-president of the chamber of comnlerqe, said: I nave naa frequent consultations with the representatives ' of the Live stock association, and also with the packing-house directors. All that I havt seen have been favorably impressed with Portland, and. I think that with n little Judicious work we . can secure the packinghouse for Portland." The committees win start soliciting subscrlptlona for , the . stock in Port land, and the state In general. . OULD NOT FIND WORK AND STOLE Because he could not find employment and waa driven to desperation was tha reason advanced by August Bay why ho attempted to steal the brass fittings from a threshing machine. Municipal Judge Hogue lectured him and then sen tenced him to the couilty Jail for HO days; ' " ' Bay is 21 years of age and claims he comes from Michigan. About 19:30 o'clock last night Patrolman John Wen dorf caught him in the act of removing the whistle, nuts and brass parts of the engine which was standing at East Second and Belmont streets. The po-" llceman had Men watching Bay for soms time and saw him attempt to unscrew the parts with a monkey wrench, which is supposed also to have been stolen. The prisoner explained that he could not find work but he will have plenty of exercise on the county rock pile for the next two months. MANAGER POWERS - SHIFTS THE BLAME (Journal Special Berrtce.) Chicago, Jan. 22. William Powers, one of the managing proprietors of the fatal Irlquots theatre, was on the wit ness stand before the coroner's Jury this morning and threw the blame on his subordinates. lie said he believed until the fire that, all matters of protection had been complied with. He said he was only advisory manager. Davts, the witness this afternoon, said Powers would have to shoulder his share, of the blame as he should have had knowledge of his house. He was wiven strict ex amination as to his personal responsi bility. ' ELKS ACT IN THE CLALLAM WRECK (Journal Bpeclal Service.) Seattle, Waish., Jan. 22.- Impressed with the fact that the Clallam investl ration Is a farce as conducted by local Inspectors, the local lodge of Elks, that lost two members in the disaster, has wired Congressman Humphrey, asking him to take the matter ui with Secre tary Cortclyou and have the department review the whole proceedings of the in. vestlgatlon. ' 8EABCBXXO TOB LOST Mil., (Journal Rpeclsl Service.) -Ventura, Cal., Jan. 22. The search tor Harry Radford, the young hunter, lost in the mountains is still unavailing, Today forest rangers from Pine moun tain and Koon lake forest reservations were pressed into the hunt. Other par ties were organised .in Ventura. "It Is not believed Radford wU be found alive. Search will be continued until his bcty is louna. . ;v: " -'!::U ':MM MAKING PROGRESS FOR PACKING HOUSE y ,-$.,. v SIGNOR FERRARI, each of the highest order. The' musi cal numbers will be sung by Elgnor and Mme. Ferrari, Mrsj Millie Perkins and 8. N. Doughty. , Rea Irvln and A. Lin coln Hart who are well and favorably known on the amateur- vaudeville stage are perfecting a skit, entitled "At the Stage Door." The renowned McCracken and George Eastman will assist Messrs, Irvln and Hart by appearing as dash ing soubrettea. Eight young men and women in the costumes and dresses of the Second Empire, will dance the min uet from Don Glovanl. Mr. Cooper and Miss Ethel Hepburn will Interpret the clever playet from ; the French, en titled "On His Devoted fieaA," in which the woman does all the talking. , PREPARED TO FIGHT Ifl COWBOY STYLE BTTITAWAT BOT8 7BOK 8 BATTLE TOTBO TO POSSESS SHOTGUK, UTU ABB BET01VEBS- AXBEBT JOHBSOB SEBT BACK SOU TO BAT STEELS BvELD. That Willie Steele and Albert John son, the runaway boys . from Seattle, Were prepared to defend themselves In true cowboy fashion was made appar ent 'after 'the officers had rounded up all the weapons - they -brought with them from their homes. , The Steele lad told Officer Hawley, who arrested the fugitives, that he had broken' his revolver and had thrown It away.. But this was found 'to be un true this morning when the Jailer at the station, found the weapon lying in the waiting room of Chief Hunt's office. It had been thrown away when Steele waa first taken to headquarters. It is of 12 calibre. .... Li.- -.j. . :' In the barn in Alblna - where young Steele's horse was quartered, . Officer Hawley found a shotgun which the lads had brought. A rifle had -been sold, and this also was recovered.. That they were prepared to fight to the last ditch Is a certainty, Judging by, .their armament----- - - --- ' ' Toung Johnson's parents' this morn ing telegraphed money for a railroad ticket to Chief Hunt and the prodigal left this afternoon for Seattle. . - Steele is still being held ri til word is received from his father za to his wishes in the matter. Willie is not anxious to return to tha parental roof and wants, 'to go to California to work. He is 18 and Johnson 13, - The two rode on one horse from Seattle, reach ing Portland in eight days. They took turns riding and walking,' and some times both mounted their Jaded steed. At night they camped in deserted cabins along the road. : 1 Fred Doty, the 13-year-old lad from Salem, was sent home this afternoon, orders to this effect having come from his father. Fred has run away twice within "Sweek"nd had botirtlmes Deefi found in Portland. His parents now threaten to commit him to the reform school. ' MBS. KEABST'S MOTBEB . DBAS. (Journal Special Service.) San Jose, Jan. 22. Mrs. Randolph Ap- person, mother of Phoebe. Hearst, died at her home near Lawrence station this morning. ' ' . MAN WHO DEFEATS A GREAT NATION Baron Rothchlld,the famous English financier,, who it Is said Is preventing Ruxsla from securing war loans to fight Japtfn. Baron Rothschild Is an ardent sympathiser with the. persecuted Jews of Russia and has prevented all of the efforts made by ; Russian financiers to secure war loans to carry on the contem plated war. , ' ) ' M i-: . ,,: .. r . -t -,4 .--r TRAIN CREWS ARE VIOLATING RULES 8EOBET .'TEST MADB BXAB PORT XABB . BY OtriCIAL . SHOWED THAT TBAZB MEB BEOLECTEB TO OBSEBTB OBBEB8 OW SZOBAL LIGHTS MOST BB EHTOBCED. In view of the freauent train wrecks throughout the country, which In many cases are due to the violations of rules for the safety of its patrons, the North- em Pacific is making a test to learn whether the precautions, provided for in railroading are taken by the employes. An order was some time ago issued that men In the habit of' drinking liquor would not be retained,: and now an an nouncement has been made that even a minor Infraction of the rules will carry With --If the possibility of dismissal, v To test the efficiency of the employes and to see to "what extent rules are obeyed a Berles of secret tests are being made over the entire system. " Several nights ago Assistant Train Master Coyle of the Pacific division with headquarters in uacoma. came to Portland and made a test of the men running out of Portland. He stationed himself at Scappoose, to ascertain what attention the trainmen paid to the signal lights. His investi gation resulted in showing that the care lessness that had been demonstrated by similar tests on the eastern roads also existed In the west While running out of Portland on the Pacific division are some of the oldest and most careful Con ductors and engineers on the road,, the majority of them violated the rules ap plying , to the signals, -v Where- a ? white light is displayed at a station tha track is clear, Where a red light is in sight or where no light shows, it is the duty of the trainmen to await for a clearance. The only train that obeyed the signal wad the North Coast Limited in charge of Conductor Nlchol and Engineer Fos ter. - ,-- .'- -.. , Mr. Coyle's observations resulted as follows: : "Passenger train No 3, due In Portland at 7 o'clock, did not obey stand ing orders to await clearance when a sig nal light is out The conductor in charge that night was one of the oldest men in the service on the division. The train due In Portland at 0:20, and No. 4. leav ing Portland at 1.1:45 and due at Tacoma at 5:20 In the morning, also are said to have violated Instructions, as also did No. 54, through freight, which leaves Portland for St Paul at 8:30,, This train was late in - starting . out i The local freight, which leaves Portland at 1 a. m.. for Goble, is also said to have 'dis regarded the signals." u. JURY FINDS NEGRO GUILTY OF LARCENY Lynn Williams, a negro, explained to Jury -in Judge George's court this morning how It was that ha was before them for larceny -and how It happened that J. Hickman lost $35. Williams laid it all to a bit of string, in which ex planation he materially differed from Hickman. "yJ':- Tha state has the theory that Wil liams, on November 5, took from the person of Hickman this money, being aided by another negro named Richard son, the "work being done while Hick man was asleep. -" Hlcirman, a shrewd mulatto, was the state's chief witness. He testified that while sick with a fever and nartlsillv under the" Influence of drugs he went to sleep in his room, leaving Williams and Richardson in charge. ,, When Hickman woke up his purse was on the floor, empty, and the two had departed. Williams testified that while in Hick man's room, Richardson and Hickman had wagered $10 each on a string puszle; that Hickman had lost and the $20 was turned over to Richardson. Williams also testified that he had been asked to Hickman's room and that he received no part of the money, did not bet, and only acted as stake holder. He said he did not know that theft was charged un til he was arrested an hour later. Williams also explained that he- did not try t escape from the officer, as charged, but assaulted him because the officer swore' at htm and abused him, and that when he drew his gun he im mediately dropped it and threw up his hands before the officer had covered him with his own weapon. 'Williams stated that he had known Richardson In Sc. Louis some years be fore. Is It not a fact," asked Prosecutor Spencer, "that you left St Louis be cause of a knife scrape and that you are wanted back there?" : WfUlams grinned expansively and said: . "I done left St Louis 'ca'une I wasjbroke,. I never done nothln" to get pull an for nowhere." . Hickman strongly resented 'the in sinuation that he had lost his money gambling. On tha witness stand he said:, ' ' .., , "I will give $20 to any man that can swear h.e ever saw me playing cards for money, or drinks, or gambling In any way. I save my money, I do. and I don't gamble or drink. Yes, those two were fooling with that string graft In my room that morning, but I was too sick to take any notice of it, and If I had been well I am sure I never would have bit . I don't gamble." 1 One circumstance dwelt on at length by the prosecution was the alleged dis covery of the keys belonging to -Wil liams in the door vof Hickman's room. the prosecution alleging that it was Wil liams' Intent to lock Hickman In his room after robbing him. ; . v "How do I know where he got thoss keys?" answered Williams, when ques tioned about this. "He was sore about losing 'that $10 and could have got those keys out of my room door, I don't know nothing about it." ' The Jury this afternoon found Wil liams guilty. . , : ,'. FRED FRITZ FINED: MORRILL WAS NOT Two" saloon-keepers were before Judge Hogue today charged with work ing overtime.. Kcott Morrill, proprietor of the Cactus saloon, was one of tha de fendants. Judge Hogua continued his case without a fine upon his promise to be good In the future. The complaint was signed by Patrolman H. L. Carl son. The second defendant was Fred Frits, of J&acond nnd Burnslde streets. He was complained against by Sergeant Slover, and as he failed to respond to his nnme his ball of $25 was declared forfeited.-' . Befletftlona of a Bachelor. Wljen a woman has twins her husband acts as if he had been the whole perfor mance. - It takes practice for. a girl to go up stairs In a way to make a man keen on what. Is going to happen, without It ever happening. . , . . .' -;. You 'can never tell from the look of horror on a woman's face whether she has Just received a telegram which she has not' opened, or thought she saw 'a mouse In the closet ...'.. OIL BURNERS IN V. .., . THE f IREBOAT ALTERATION IB , OBIGXNAL . PLANS BJBOOMMEBBEO TO "THE EZEOTT TITS BOABO AT ZT8 8ESSZ0B TBZ8 APTEBBOOB ' COMMITTEE BE. LXETSS UQUXB FUEL BEST. Portland's new. flreboat. the George H. Williams, will be fitted with oil-burning machinery if. the recommendations of the special flreboat committee to the executive board this afternoon are car ried out. The question, was thoroughly discussed at a special session of the committee yesterday and- it was tho unanimous, verdict that as a medium of supplying power the oil burners were far and away ahead 'Of the ordinary coal burner. -i .The proposition of substituting oil burning apparatus in, lieu, of depend ing upon the time honored coal-burning fireboxes Is , not ' entijely new on , this coast -but it will be the, first time that a local vessel, has" been changed In that respect It is claimed In support of the oil burners that' they are much more economical, cleaner to handle, give a greater heating power proportionately than coal, alrow more 'space for cargo purposes and saver lots of trouble and worry In the handling of the-fuel. "yes, we will report i favorably on the proposition to the executive . board at the session of that body: this after noon,": explained Mayor Williams today! '"but, of course,, as to1 what disposition they will make of the matter I cannot say. The committee was vervj much- in favor of the proposition and " decided from the statements advanced that It would be highly advisable to use it as a fuel instead of coal In our flreboat' : A number of the executive board are also known' to be In favor of the oil burning machinery, their reasons being enumerated among those already.' men tioned above. . r Oil has .supplanted coal to a con siderable extent as a fuel In the opera tion of vessels - on the Pacific., coast, particularly . steam schooners.- : . BRUISED EACH OTHER IN A FRIENDLY WAY What appeared to be a fight to the death was said to be only, a friendly bout when J. II. Rader and Tom LaFIeur ex plained matters In the police court this morning. The men room at the Everett lodging house in North Second street Yester day afternoon r they : had a terrific , en' counter and the police found them some what bruised 'up as a result. ' J. H. Reardon, an employe of the house, said he tried to separate them but they threatened to brain him with chairs, two of which were broken during the fight The defendants admitted that "rush ing the growler" had been one of their chief pasttmea. But they said the scuf fle was only a matter of friendship and that Reardon was mistaken abqut their anger. :' .r -:.. In spite of their assertions. Judge Hogue found both men guilty and gave them until. February 1 to pay a fine of $5 each. '-r: .'..' '':' -.) "4;t-v-'.'':;-' '' DETECTIVES ARREST SUNSET ROBBERS (Journal Special Serrlce.) San Francisco, Jan. 22. Men believed by detectives to be tha Southern Pa cific robbers who broke into the Sunset Limited train early yesterday are In Jail at San Luis Obispo. So far four sus pects have been arrested and detectives are now out-along the railroad and in the mountains near San Luis - Obispo hunting for two more suspects who are said to have had a part in stealing the money. -. On one of the men in Jail was found money taken from, the looted safe. Detectives ara positive the right men are arrested. , DANCING .MASTER OF U. S. SERVICE to J .jm-.:S dm MM- A picture . of . Roosevelt's cotillon leader,. Major McCawley, of the marine corps. He has been officially designated as cotillon leader to the Roosevelt ad ministration. He has been relieved of all duties In the quartermaster's depart ment and attached permanently to Pres ident Roosevelt a staff of social experts. The promotion Is In the line of merit. Major McCawley has long been distln gulshed as the star dancing man of the uniform service. He biased into national prominence this season as the man who leads the cotillon with Miss Alice Roose velt. He was the president's select'on as her partner. M - t A 1 n mm held BY A LIBELED AT ASTOSZA BT CKABLES KEBBY, ACQUITTED OP BOBBIBO THE SA8T ATBXCAB KB.WAB DIS CHARGED WHILE IB JAIL AB9 BEMABBS BEZBSTATEMEBT. . A private telegram received this morn ing from Captain Gulllsor., master of the British . ship Ancalos, states that his vessel has been libeled' at Astoria by Charles Henry, the sailor who was ar rested recently and tried on the' charge of stealing a compass from the British ship Bast African. As a result the An calos will probably be unable to proceed to, sea for several days. She reached the mouth of the river yesterday and Was waiting for favorable, weather to cross the bar. , , . Henry came to ' Portland during the early part of December on the Ancalos in the capacity of a seaman. Shortly af ter his arrival a compass, valued at about $180 disappeared from the- British ship Bast African. - Henry was accused of the theft and his arrest soon followed. He was given a :: hearing . '-- In Judge George s court. The case .went to the Jury last Wednesday. . ,-- ; ' When the Jury had been closeted but 'short time a new witness appeared stating that he had important Informa tion bearing on the case. This person was Mr. McLaughlin of the Globe cloth ing house. He testified that he saw the compass in question in the possession of two men, neither of whom waa Henry. These men. he said,. Inquired of him where they could sell the Instrument Upon hearing this evidence District At torney Manning moved that the case be dismissed and the court instructed tha Jury to render a verdict of not! guilty. This was done and Henry was releosod. In the meantime he had been .discharged from the Ancalos and his personal be longings were gathered up and sent him. Immediately upon his release, through his attorney, J. F. Watta, Henry de manded that he be , reinstated on the ship explaining that he had signed to make the: round-trip voyage. : When It began to- look as though he would be convicted another sailor, for whom $55 waa paid, had been signed to take his place. There waa then a full crew and Captain Gulllson .r declined to permit Henry to continue on the payroll of the Ancalos. : The libel proceeding were then Instituted. - , 1 British Consul Laldlaw says there ara no grounds for a libel suit He states the plaintiff has no wages due him and none of his clothing is aboard tha ship. "Henry waa discharged," - ha con cluded,- "because he was In Jail. An other seaman had to be shipped in his place, because the vessel waa ready to leave down the river. ' I advised British vice-Consul Cherry of that - place to allow Henry to ship if he Insisted upon making the voyage. There la no causa for a libel.", 11 ' ; Every day that tha vessel is detained at the mouth of tha river means a big expense to the owners. She baa A cargo aboard -valued at $125,000. - FLIM-FLAM FORCED A. G. Hawkins, a grocer in business at Eighteenth and East Morrison streets, was caught by an old trick last Thursday evening and Is out of pocket Just $4 in consequence. -A stranger came into his store and asked for a box of matches. The price was 5 cents and the stranger handed Hawkina a five- dollar bill. - ' . "Hold en a moment," exclaimed tha customer, as Hawkins was about to make change, "You needn t break that bill after till. 'I think, I have a nickel." ine Din waa rrruniea 10 nira, ne crumpled it ua'nujRfiiut it In his pocket And then searcld for the nickel, j but it was not to b xouna. ' 5 t "Well, I guess you'll have to change the bill after all." the. stranger re marked, and threw the crumpled bill on the counter. Hawkins handed him $4.95 and the stranger departed with his change and hie matches. A moment later there waa a wild yell from Mr, Hawk Ins. -" - r r : r :; "HI there! Come back! That's only a one-dollar bill!" he shouted. But tha stranger, the matches and the change had disappeared. ZBDICT THE HABDBHAXXB. I- W. D. Nesblt in Chicago Tribune, (Professor Vincent suggests that con gress would do an excellent thing if it enacted a law regulating handshaking.) Some people grab at you; ' Some people Jab at you; Nab at you; stab at you; dab at you Yes! -. Some people shabbily, ' Limply and flabbily Flutter your fingers and cause you dis- tress..;-; X Some people dash at you; Some people smash at you: . Crash, at you, dash at you, . splash at you, then . .Spite of resisting It, . You feel tbem twisting it ' , Almost Uhwrlstlng It, time and again. Some people fall at you; . - ' ; ' Pull, tug, and haul at you, Mangle and maul at you, causing you pain; ,., 1 i Crushing your knuckles In Till each one buckles in They throw their -chuckles In If you complain. ? . v - I -v. ' Some people stonily, -Solemnly, bonlly, ' Give you a withering sort of a clasp; Others Judicially, Rather salt-flshlly, Give you a cut and dried, shadowy grarp. ( . Some people tear at yod, " r Come like a bear at you Better they'd swear at you than to do , that: . , Compress and crush your hand, Mold Into mush-your hand--- , After their rush your hand feebly falls '-flat,. . , Sure, you have heard of them , These aren't a third of them There's quite a herd of them roaming tne earth; ' ' ' Some of them squeete your hand; Some of them freexe your hand- When they release your hand, what is ; '-it worth? ; ' ..-''T i V'.. ; Get up a law for them: - . Fix something raw gor-them;' FllUlt with awe for them stop them some wsy. ',::,: , , -. Stop slj this shaking hands.- Rreaklna hands, auaklng hands Salva for our aching hands! Mix ' It SAILOR ON GROCER IAH today! . " BUT JAflE DOE WAS NOT THERE DISTRICT . ATTOBKBT MABBIBO, DETECTIVE WEXBEB ABD CLSBS OLSOH OP THTfl POLICE COUBT HAVE UKIQUB1 BXPEBSEBCB XB TBTZBO TO ABBE3T CHZBESE. The somewhat unusual spectacle of three : men climbing Into the police courtroom on a fire ladder might have been seen about b o'clock last night . It happened in this wise; Wong Hock, living - in California,' telegraphed ' to Wong' Hock that a Chinese woman had robbed him of a pair of gold earrings worth $50 and a stickpin worth $25. Ha asked; his friend to secure a warrant lor ner arrest, as ne -unaerstooa sua was in Portland, . Wong ' Hock Immedi ately : went to District Attorney Man nlng. whom he found rather lata In tha evening, after . some search. The dis trict attorney prepared a. warrant Charging Jane Doe, a .Chinese woman, with tha theft Then ha hunted up ue tectlve Welner. whom . ho wanted to serve the warrant. , and set out to find Police Clerk Olson, to get the warrant Issued. ' Olson was not at home. Ha was in, lodge meeting. ; So the pair went to-the lodge meeting. They found Oi-: son, but Olson did not have tha key to tha police courtroom. So they had' to get a ladder from Chemical wagon No 1, climb into tha courtroom window, issua . tha warrant, replace the ladder ana rush to the Southern Pacific train.1, They reached the train when it rolled In.' But the woman wasn't there. Tha. sheriff at Roseburg tried to take the suspect from the train at that city. but in soma way she eluded him. MAY RESCUE m OOBTXOT T, W. PAXKXB HAS HOP THAT SIS MOTHEB WILL 8ETTLB WITH PBOBBOVTZHCI WITS ESSES ABB THAT HE WXLL ESOAPB THB PEBXTEBTIABT. 1 , T. W. Parker will not go to tha pent tentlary for forgery, even though ha has been found guilty-by the circuit court, if his mother can save him, It was stated by tha boy'a frienda that hla parents had coma to his rescua before, and soma have expressed sur prise . that no message came from hla home at Deer Lodge. Mont, but Parker has not given up hope by- any means. His attorney,-. B. P. Welch, aald this morning that tha defense would take an appeal, and so delay the final passing of sentence until Mra Parker could ar rive in Portland. The boy's father la a man of means arid in the past has intervened to save , his son, but after the boy's arrest ' - for s ' the Portland forgeries his father refused to have any thing further to da with him,' it is said. Mr. Welch stated that, .the father would, about the end of - the - month, make a business trip to tha East' but Parker's mother -would coma to Portland and endeavor to arrange matters with tha prosecuting witnesses, so that they would be content to let the matter drop. By - securing an appeal the defense hopes to gain time, and by tha tlme-a new trial Is ordered the defense, hopes to have settled with the victims of Parker's forgeries, so that nq prosecu tion will be made snd tha case . will necessarily be dropped. , ' When the case was Called for trial yesterday morning the attorney for tha defense told the court that an lm-' portant witness was needed from a dis tance, but did not tell who that wltnesa WaS,,: ; ;,r.-''; vVV., V i-' ' " THXBQ8 JAPANESE. In a recently published book on Japan Douglas Sladen recounts tha things that tha - Japanese have not They have no bread, no beds, no boots and shoes, no trousers for tha men; no petticoats for tha women. - This sounds alarming, but but both sexes wear instead several dressing gowns, one over the other tha kimonos of commerce. . In their houses -they have no windows; no doors, no walls,, no ceilings, no chests of drawers, not even a washing stand, and the ward- ' robe is only a lot of boxes piled one on top of another. In the kitchens they have no range, no pots, no pans, na flour bins, no flour, no kitchen tables.- But then they have no tables or chairs In tho drawing room, and in the real : natlva house the drawing room Itself is 'only a,, lot of bedrooms with their walls taken down. There Is no reason why you should find anything In a Japanese house except mats and a charcoal stove for warming your fingers and tha teapot and committing suicide. Japan la full of cherry trees and plum trees, but they do without fruit. . The cherries ara used for the blossoms, and tha plums for hanging pqems on, Japanese ceremonlousness makes It a serious matter going to a Japanese shop, unless you are going to buy silk hand kerchiefsthe only ' things ' foreigners buy' often enough to: spoil the manners of tha shopkeeper. You get out of your rlkshs, and tha rlksha boy explains your hlgh-and-mightlness. : Then all the at tendants in the shop salaam till you' wish they would get up and let you catch their eye and explain what you want Whan they do get up the Japanese equiv alent of the shop-walker and three or four counter-jumpers in rotation ask you to repeat your order while they offer you five cups of tea. It is Japanese tea, and there is no milk or sugar; but you can have salted cherry blossoms if you want, If It is a good shop. This is the Japa nese way of offering the customer a drink. Good'. Japanese shops contain nothing except the attendants. When you have got as far as explaining what you want the proprietor gives orders to attendants Off they go at a run good servants always run and 'bring back the goods tied up in faded green silk ; handkerchiefs or . green cotton cloths. ',.-; .'..''' .-,'- . A Japanese banqdet Is especially try ing for a foreigner. Politeness demands that you should make a separate excuse for each dish that you cannot! eat. This Is. not the slightest use," for- as you are getting into your rlksha the mousma who has waited on you hands you a pile of white wooden boxes in "which she haa carefully packed everything that you could not eat for you to, take to your family, and etiquette demands that you should take them, though you give them to your rlksha boy as soon as you ara out of sight . ' ' . What One Pardon Bid. ' From the Memphis Commercial-Appeal. The. Hon.. Captain Wooten, who was pardoned from tha penitentiary by Gov ernor Frasler some time ago. on the ground that he was dying of consump tion, has recovered sufficiently to get marrlerti and Join a movement to. im prove the morals of tils town. FORGER S MOTHER