The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, August 05, 1904, Image 10

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Newspaper Page Text.A i THE ' OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY.- EVENINO, AUGUST 5, 1804. " AO COACH : BANDITS er ' ' . r - ' TO BE TRIED HERE two mv lumortn or tm bob- i XX AT OT m CAWTOsT CITT Mill. VtA-T tVMMAMM AMIITIO AT rOCATXUQ AJTX Movan .xz xx. , .wiij. . J.-RHaneon mad It." J. Ledford. Alleged to have held up apd robbed the United tates mall, between Whitney and Can. yon City last June, have been captured nd will be brought to Portland, where they will be tried before the Federal ' . court Inepecter Parr arrested the men yesterday et Focalello, Idaho. . The robbery occurred June Jt, about t o'clock In the afternoon, while, the . stage we on Ita way from. Whitney to Canyon City. In tie vicinity, of the .Burnt river mountains, near Tipton. , In a, ee- ' 'eluded apot two masked men suddenly stepped from behind a clump of buahea, covered the driver with rifle, ordered 1 him to throw up hla bands and to keep . hie feet on the brake;-, -. ; ; The eacka- were seised and thrown out and the . paaaengers were line with their handa raised over their heada. Thia they did with alacrity, and then the driver waa ordered to dismount ' and Join the line. . i- While one robber covered the driver . and paaaencera with a. rifle, the other looted .their pockets. . relieving them of several hundred dollar In money, valua bles and email articles, After they had completed their .work, ;the robbers ordered the driver, and pae . sangers Into the stuns and told them to . drive on. They-had carefully planned . the deed and made everything; safe for their aaeape, fpr they had cut the tele . -"phone wires; so as to prevent communl . cation, ' ,- ' i Recently warrant was Issued by United State District Attorney Hall for the arrest of the robbers, and Postal In spector Carr waa detailed on the case, resulting In the arrest yesterday at Po Vatello. After examination at Pocatello ibefore Commissioner Caldwell, the men will be brought to thla city for trial (MOTHER UNCERTAIN ' ABOUT CHILD'S FATE ' 'Whether or not her little boy la llv In a; or dead is unknown to Mrs. Sarah M. Beyer. Her testimony and that of other witnesses, given before Circuit 'Judge George thia morning in a, ault for divorce, brought agalnat Benjamin F. Boyer, waa that the husband kidnaped the boy January -1. 100. and has alnce ''declared that ha la dead. She proved ; her charge of cruelty and a decree was granted. . . c Mrs, Boyer swore that her husband 'had beaten- and-cursed her, at tber home In Deuel county. Kobraska, and r once struck hereon tn J bead": with a heavy rope and threatened to ,klll hsr. He took the boy. then aged two yours. ! and disappeared January 1, 1900. R : turning ' a few month afterward be -said the child had taken suddenly. Ill : and died. Mrs.Mlnnl Krvers of Deuel county. Nebraska. In a deposition, aald Boyer Intimated that hla mother - had hla eon. He would never tell where ' the boy had died or waa burled. Boyer la supposed to be at Glen Rock, . Wyo. lira.-Boyer waa perraittea to re ' aume her maiden name of Collin., Suit for divorce waa filed yesterday by Mrs. I M. F. Benedict against Lafayette ' W. Benedict. She chargoa that he has? called her vile names and threatened to kill her.' Mrs. Benedict wanta the custody of a minor child. IMPORTANT ARREST-. IS MADE QUIETLY tbttecttv Dan- Campbell of Vanoou r, B. C, captured David C. McHarg, wanted In Vancouver In connection with the death ef Hattle Bowell, in this city last Tuesday. The arrest was made quietly near the Union depot and Me- Hsrg waa Immediately taken aboard the tram and returned to Vancouver. The man who waa arrested In Portland la wanted aa a material wltneaa In the eaae of the crown against Dr. Robert Telford, who la on trial for the murder of Mia Bowel!. The young woman's death la said to have resulted from an operation performed by the physician at the solicitation of McHarg. Mlaa Bowell wealth daughter of the collector of customs at Vancouver, and the grand-daughter of Sir MacKsnsle Bowell. at one time premier of Canada. Her death and the arrest of the two mea have caused' a great aensatlon In the Canadian town. . McHarg made no resistance to arrest when approached by the officer In this city and readily accompanied him to the train. " . NEWSBOYS'. TRIBUTE r . TO VICTOR GOODMAN Funeral services over the body of the i late Vlcter Goodman who died Wednes day at Good Samaritan from a pistol -1 wound, self-inflicted, were held at Fin J ley's undertaking parlor at I o'clock thla afternoon,. Burial was In Los Fir cemetery.. Mualo waa furnished by the Royal , Julian band which volunteered Its v services In behalf of the newsboy' ; union. Goodman waa a newaboy In San ; Francisco 10 years ago and becauee tit , his former occupation the newsboys of this city, through their president. Otto t Prsg, sent flowers to - Mr. Goodman. 4 She directed a letter to the boys thank i Ing them for their thnughtfulness. Ooodman was bartender-at the Lttg '.. Cabin saloon. Third near Morrison stre w, and committed suicide Wedneeday while ,. temporarily insane. TUG HITS A WHALE, BOTH ARE DAMAGED - (ieeelat-rxspetek te Tie Journal.) T scorn. Wash.,' Aug. ' 6. -The tug Favorite, towing the schooner Irene Into the harbor early thla morning, collided with a whale, which haa frequented the harbor the past few weeks. 'The stem of the tug waa bent by' the collision. The whale I believed to be injured. . BOOS SAT FX A I AJTD DEB. Iflperlat Dispatch to The Joaraat.) Amity, Or., Aug. I. Grant Allen, a prominent tarmer living east of town, met with a severe loss In a - peculiar manner Yueeday. He turned a band of hoe's Into a field of green pene-and upon going bark in about three hour found tt of them dead. , - The survivors when given water Im mediately recovered.- The hogs were vaued all",. . , WOMAN OF WEIGHT HELD AS VAGRANT Alice Davenport the mother, weighing 100 pounds, and Richard Anderson, the son, weighing lit, were both lodged In the city Jail late - thia afternoon by Policeman Kay on chargea of vagrancy, Kay found the Davenport woman In the Cadger saloon. Fourth and Davis streefH, and arrested her first. He ac companied her to th central station. Aa the two paaaed along Third atreet crowds of people gased at them, for al though the patrolman -making the ar rest Is a large specimen of the human race, and an awe-tnsplring officer, yet bis prisoner, while no . taller,- waj a FIRE PROTECTION IS ernxmr oabqpbku bats tiiu am MAaTT BESXDXBTT DISTBXCTfl TXAT MATS ' JTO JTYDBAaTTS VSAJa oood xvox Axon eatxi txkss XOTBZS. . lv',' "Fire protection is becoming a serlou matter," remarked .Chief Campbell of the fire department today. 'The - city la growing so rapidly that It la Impossible for ua with the mean's at our disposal to keep pace with the many improve ments being made, and especially Jo the residence sections. "Several localities are with little or no fire protection. There ar placea on the eaat side . where there ar large group of beautiful building and not a fire hydrant. within atrlklng distance.. If a fire ahould occur in one or these localities while a stilt breese Is blowing It would mean great loss. There are dosena of aurh place that I eould point out. most of - which are eaat of the river. The weet aide la better protected, yet there are places where the protec tion over here is very poor. I will refer more particularly to the Portland academy, which Is a splendid building and ha no fire hydrant near. - ' The department cannot do anything to relieve the situation until we get mora money. What w do need la fir hydrants They cost money, ana the way conditions are at present It Is impos sible to purchase any. It ia true the city water board haa' purchased. 100 for us,' but that I only a part of what w need. . Since people have heard that we are . to place some new nyaranta we have been awamped with petition from all parts of the city for these." The suburban district will get very few of these neeT hydrants, for the water board haa ordered that they be placed a far a poeelble eo as to protect the publio buddings and the business sec tion of th city. . DELAYS WEDDING TO SAVE TROUBLE Rather 'than ae a young coupl get started off in life wrong. County Judge Webster delayed a marriage ceremony about it minute yeaterday" afternoon. There .were defect In th marriage li cense, and th court inaisted that they be remedied before he would marry the young people. ' The parties to the marriage contract were J. D. Slma and Edith Phelps. Af ter securing a license from the county clerk they went into Judge Webster' office .to be united. He examined the license and found that the girl' first name and Sims' residence had , been omitted. The license was returned to the county clerk and corrected. ' With County Health Officer Evan and a dep uty clerk aa wltneases th ceremony was then performed. "Trouble should be avoided, anyhow until after the ceremony," said the Judge. HARRIMAN CHIEFS VISIT PORTLAND Two official high In th eonncll of the Haniman railway eervlce, Julius KrutUcbnitt, director of - maintenance and operation, and B. O. McCormlck. as sistant, train director, were visitors in Portlsnd yesterday and departed over the Northern Paclflo late laat night af ter conferring with leading officials here and dining with them at the Arlington club. At the local headquarter of th Har- rlman lines it Is denied that Mr. Krutt schnltt's visit here had anything to do with th possible retirement of Rich ard Koehler, and it Is aald hi presence In Portland waa nothing more than an Incident In hi trip of Inspection over the great railway system. He return from her direct to Chicago. . JUDGE MORELAND REPLIES TO CHARGE Judg'Mortsnd filed a 'motion tn the circuit court thla afternoon to strike out certain part of the reply made by Orvllle Jennings to th answer of Helen Cynthia Jennlnga In the ault brought against her for the reconveyance, of property valued at 17.000. On or the clause Judg Moreland wishes atrlcken out 1 th allegation that he assisted in the attempt to manufacture evidence for hla client after ault waa filed. "Aa to -manufacturing evidence," said th lawyer, "the charge la entirely and positively an untruth and made out of whole cloth. Attorney Jerry Bronaugh is young and will learn In time. The facts will all come out when th motion 1 argued.". i m i ' ' ABBS FOB BICZITXB. . U Nelsehl asked the circuit court to ippolnt a receiver for th Portland Steel . Vault Manufacturing company this morning. In the complaint he filed against hla partner, W. W, Waits, be aaserta that the latter haa violated a verbal . agreement.' neglected hi dutiee a partner and procured the sinning of a bill of sale of Nelschl'a Interest by fraudulent methods. - He ask th count to eell the property and divide the proceeds, Walte to bear the costs. The amount at laeue 1 about tt.100. The plant of the company I located on Front street. OALCHAM IS OTSB9VS. ..... Dltpal Taccma, Wah., Aug. I. The eteam- ship Calchsa, of the Bluefunnel line, la now -out .it days from Tacoma to Yokohama and unreported. She left Ta- coma a week before tn steamship flhawmut which waa reported today ae having arrived at Tokomaha yesterday without nouaUnnavjA Russia fJeet, NOT ADEQUATE great deal broader and attracted the moat attention. Arriving at the station, the woman waa booked and placed In Jail. Juat aa the door closed behind her, in walked a little fellow. In atyllah attire, and an nounced that he waa her son. He said he had rome to hand- her the purse he left in the saloon. " "I'll make a complaint agalnat him, too." aald Policeman Kay to Captain Qritsmacher. So in the city Jail both are Incarcer ated, and both will be arraigned before Municipal Judge Hogue. tomorrow on vagrancy chargea,' LINCOLN SCORES DENTAL BOARD BOOTOB rzXZS AMWWVM TO V9TT of", tmm xxaxxitxbs wmo wan TO MJLYM km OPTBP AI.I0S TXAT SOAJU MAM VXaUCtSD e BUT I. " In answer i the milt brought t oust him from the. state board of dental ex aminers. . by Dr. Mark Hayter; presi dent, and Dr, E. O. Clark, eecretary of that body. . Dr. Jhv I LJncoin aeciaree that they negleoted to perform their duties a required by law. HI answer wa filed yesterday afternoon. By rea son of this alleged failure tq conform to the law, be asserts, hi appointment made by Governor Chamberlain, 1 valid. Attention la drawn by Dr. Lincoln to the fact that the Oregon Stat Dental asaoclatlon waa formed prior to- Decem ber 11. 100, and adopted a constitution on that date. - The legislature passed an act In February. lSf, providing for th appointment of a state board of dentel examiner and regulating tn practice of dentistry In this state. He saserta that under the terma or the act it waa obligatory on the association to hold a meeting In ISO J and select three name of dentists, from which list the gov., ernor' should choose member- of th stat board. - He says the association failed to do this, but that the executive committee of the association held a meeting and usurped the prerogative of the major body, naming three denttat for appointment. Vf. Lincoln waa appointed In Feb ruary, 1(04. took the oath of offloa, and received hla commission April 1. ' H claim that by virtu of the alleged fail ure of the association to follow the law, It has no cause for suit and hi appoint ment by Governor Chamberlain cannot be tjuestloned. He asks that th suit be dismissed and th association assessed th cot. . ; -- . ', BOUND OYER TO - CIRCUIT- COURT FBOSUOZO AT. FBBTiTM- . ZBABT BABIjrCI OF JOBB BOOTT, BIOimT ABBXBTXD- BBOWSTSTZXUI, BZBTr&TB XM Bsara nu to abbwbb oxAmaa (pedal Dispatch to The Joanul.) Albany. Aug. . 6. "Sandy Scott," or John Boott, to give him hla right nam, th youth who waa on Wedneeday ar rested by Rev. J. E. Snyder, . near Brownsville, while attempting to leave the country when a warrant was out for hi arrest on a criminal charge, was yesterday afternoon bound over to the circuit ; court to ' answer the charge agalnat him. He wa released on furn ishing !fMi bait for hla appearance at the October term' of the court In th city. . Thl action wa taken after a prelimi nary hearing wa held In the Juatlc court In Brownsville, at which It de veloped that th chargea were evidently true. -- ' 'Th famllle of the two principal tn the affair llv la the country, 10 mile from Brownvllle, and for a time the parenta of th lltU girl did not think It expedient to make a complaint, but the warrant was finally Issued and the youth apprehended. There la a good deal of feeling agalnat him In the section wher be reside. ' . 'A mall Fir. A pile of boxes In the rear of th Tweedal lpt, adjoining the Stewart A Sox hardware store, took fire from some unknown cauae at 4 o'clock yesterday morning, and a good-slsed fir soon at tracted .th attention of th people put at that time of the night A fire alarm waa turned In and a hoe cart brought out.- A etreara of water eooa quenched th flames. , No property was endan gered by the - fire. A large portion of the population of Albany arose early In response to th fire alarm and the atreet at 4:1 o'clock presented, an ani mated appearance. Btaay Tak Outing. Th rush to th seacoaat and mount ain continues and more people are go ing to Newport and th Cascades than ever before. Thu far this week over l!l tents have gone In the baggage car of th Corvallia A Eastern railroad from thl elty te Newport for people who will ramp at the seaside for a sea son, and th rush ema to be but fairly beginning. ' More baggage ha been taken to New port thl season over the rsilroad than In any former season and more passen ger have been transported than ever before. Every train take from ISO to ISO piece of baggage and three to four car loaded - with passengers who ar going to th seaside. Other summer resorts, such a th Caarauia springs and th mountain on th Sent lam, ar securing their quota of summer guests and the railroads are crowded with thla class of travel. (perlal Dtepetrb to The Journal.) Amity, Or., Aug. C. Threshing is now In full blast and reports Indicate that th fall grain will be slightly better than vii anticipated, some yields of 16 bushels to the acre being reported. Spring grain will be poor, however, the oat crop especially, so Immense quantities of hay have been cut this yesr and 1 mostly of good qualfty. Hops will average about a two-thlrdi crop, but ar reported to be oft , In Duality. Aboat th Bis of It. ' When into life' mysteries you delve, The chances ar you'll discover That the small Taulta you have yourself Ar th big one you see In another. - i ; .7 -Puck, w COSSACK GUARD IS ESTABLISHED ooLom anrsTOaT natrsa oion roBBZDBura att souaa to BbTTBB MBIT AJTO U.srT CXABCS AX.OOK V1DIB FBVAXTT OF A WSBXjrO TO XXUTABY LAW. (Beettal PUpatca to The Joernal.) -.' Vancouver, Wash- Aug. . The Cos- ack guard ha again been established t th Seventh, atreet entrance to tne Vancouver barrack. In addition to the standing orders, that none of the sol dier ar permitted to enter the saloon- located eloa to that fate. Colonel Hus ton ha ordered that no soldiers be per mitted to pas through that entrance to and from town. Thla is to prevent even a temptation to lead them -Into trouble. an entrance Into the saloon at , that place might do. Any; soldier seen en tering that particular aaloon or leaving the asm will have to answer to the military authorities for th violation ef the post order. The- aloom as stated above, la com monly known as the First and Last Chance, and th post orders' to designate th place by that nam In It prohibition of soldier' entrance thereto. The aa loon haa paaaed under a new manage ment since th poet order referred to was first Issued, and yeaterday th sign on which First. Chanc wa written on on ' side and . Laat Chanc oa th op posite aide, waa removed by . th new manager. Even thl change : of name In the aaloon ha not had th effect of rescinding Colonel Huston's order. On of Colonel Huston' objections to th sa loon at that particular place . Is that It Is too near the government hospital and nightly carousals disturb the peace of the Invalid soldiers, and as the main -patronage of a saloon that cloae to the garrison. It Is claimed. Is rrora tne sol diers. Colonel Huston has a more pow erful way of eliminating the trouble than petitioning a city council to es tablish a prohibition line. Colonel Huston s action in this matter 1 much praised by msny of Vancou ver c1ttiens,-tr-tr saldrnm particularly so by the -management . and patron of St. Joseph's ' hospital, which stands about equidistant from the same aaloon aa the government hospital does. , ' Government Bid Opened. ' Bid for th supplying of forage and bedding for the posta of the Depart ment of Columbia were opened yeater day. These bids ar under consideration and as : yet no recommendation have been mad. - The amount' to be supplied at Van couver barracks alone, amounts to 1.100, 000 pounds of oats, J.36,000 pounds of bran, 1.700. 000 pounds of hay and 100. 000 pounds of straw; and the bids for supplying this amount are a follows: Albers Milling; - company, hay ITH cents, oats II . bran M cents, straw It cents; W. ' W.- Robinson, hay 87 cents, straw 47 cent, oats It.JTH. bran IL10; Foster Hidden, hay 0 cents; D. E. Machaal. hay 111.10 per ton; . Kept A Daniels ft per hundred; oats f 1.40, straw 40 eents. - Two bid wer given for specified smaller amounts. One was from . Matt 4 Brown for 10a-tone of hay-at0-oent. 5r 100 pound, and th other from W. . Burn tor (00 tons of oats at $J pe ton. O. M. Hidden bid on hay alone at tU eents, -and J.-G-Haa gen St cent, for bay; Th Spokane Grain 'company mad a bid on. hay only agreeing to furnish the same at 11. and Georre SlmDSon bid was for oats at ll.il and straw 29 eents per hundred. Communion Services at St. XiakVs. Tomorrow being the Feast of the Transfiguration there will be a celebra tion of the holy communion at 10 o'clock In th morning- at St Lakes KptsoopsJ enure n. County School Superintendent Prlehard is in receipt or aavice or tne . dooks adopted by th state board of education for the Teachers' Reading circle work, together with th price of Wie sain. This part of the work of th teacher' begins September 1. The books adopted by th stats board of education are aa follow: "Th Art Study," Hinsdale (American Book company), II; 'The True Cltlaen." Marwtck A Smith (Ameri can Book company), 40 cent; "Nature Study and Life." Hodge (Glnn eV Co.). 11.(0; "Geographical Influence tn Ameri can History, Brtgham (Glnn tk Co.). 1. II. and "Reading: A Manual," Lalng (D. C. Heath A Co.), TI cents. . A social will b given by th young people at the Baptist church tonight A nicely pre-arranged musical and lit erary program will be . rendered after which' refreshments will be served. REPORTS OF COUNTY ' SCHOOLS RECEIVED (pedal ZHspatch t The JearaaL) Salem, Or, Aug. (. More report were yesterday received from counties which have heretofore been dellnouent In tending th th report of the, county school superintendent relating to th school statistics, as all reports- should have been tn th office of the superin tendent of publio Instruction a week earlier. Th reports are now complete. with th exception of on county Sher man which will likely be heard from today. Clackamas County Th report or County School Superintendent J. K. Zlnser of Clackamaa county wa yea terdsy received by Superintendent J. H. Ackerman, giving the number of per sons of school ag a T,7I, a com pared with 7.77T for th previous year. The sverage dally attendance at school waa 4. 030. OS, and toe number or persons not sttendtng any school 1,120. The amount of money spent during th year wae 1101.222.76, leaving on band lis,- 402.11. Columbia County Superintendent T. H. Copeland of Columbia county reports 2,102 as the number of persons of school sg In that county, a decrease or from Is st report Tne average attend ance I 1,204, 724 not attending any school. Disbursement for th year were 2M0.I8, as compared with $2I, 429.24. Lane County Th report of Lane county's school superintendent show marked progress in educational affairs in thatr-county for th past year. The report shews 1,415 . persons of school age in the county, while laat year ther were only I.20S person. Tn a vera go dally attendance 1 now 4.170, a com pared with 4,104 a year ago. Th total expenditures In the county for the year waa 1101. 122. 71. as against I74.41. tor the previous year... . Wallowa County Th report rrom Wallowa county shows a population of persons of sohool aire of 1,(17, Increased from 2.400 the previous year. Th total expenditures In the county for the year were 122,107.14, being a decrease of over 11,000. due to th fact that th previous year several new building wrj constructed , . ; , No such thins aa "summer complaint" where Dr. Fowler- Kxtract of Wild Strawberry la kept bandy. Nature' remedy for every looseness of th. bow- WILL EXHIBIT - - - . . . . "-. AT STATE FAIR MVOat . OBATZTZOATTOaT AXOSTO I AT AjrVOVBOaafXaTT OBSOQV - AABXCtrLXTmAX. OOLUOl WIU 1U wTTB KTUBDZB OOUbXOTIO .(pedal Dispatch te Tee JosraaL. . Salem, ' Or, : Aug. '. It 'will be peclally 1 good news to th many ' agrl culturtst - of Oregon who ar. tn th habit of studying thje exhibits of the Oregon Agricultural college t th state fair each fait tr loa ,n that- that tn-r- tltutlon will- be represented1 thl fall aa usual by A splendid exhibit It has for some: time been reported that no exhibit would be made by the agricultural college this year, and the fact cauaed general disappointment and dissatisfaction to the publio generally. Last night It was stated ty two mem bers - of the board of regents ef the In stitution, however, - that the college would make an xhlblt Some time ago the eecretary of th board. Hon. John IX. Daly of Portland, notified Secretary Wyll A. Moore of th slat board of agriculture that no exhibit would be mad- thla yer. and that th '.regular space In th pa vllloa would be given up. Acting . on thl Instruct ion, that space, which 1 th most advanUgeoua In th pavilion, waa given up to the agent of th Canadian. . Immigration bureau, for an exhibit of the resource bf that great country, and this tahlblt promises . te be on of th attractive feature of the fair. At ths last meeting of the board of regent- of th college, howvver, the faculty of the Oregon Agricultural ool lege waa ordered to prepare an exhibit ror th Tair. and although rather late and the axhlblt.wlll not be as ana as tormeriy on tnai aoeount. It . win neverthelesa be made, and the farmer will a gall have an opportu nity of studying; methods at th Or- gon experlmep , Oompesles Xaoorpeewted. Th Mount Hood Elsctrt company waa yeaterday Incorporated by O. w. Waterbury, C Vf. Miller and Edwin D. Whitney, with a capital stock of $1,000,- 000. The, company expect to be of perpetual duration, and . propose te engage tn numerou enterprlaea. Includ ing th carrying of, developing and selling electriq energy in all, Its forms. Including electrlo lights, heat and power. In Portland, Or.i . to aoaulr. 0 Derate and sell franchise and eleotrlo light plants, ditches, reservoirs and canals for developing the mineral resouroes of Oregon, The location of th plant will be in Clackamaa and Multnomah coun tlea on the Sandy river and Little Bandy river, the- principal canal and reservoir to be between the mouth of salmon river and th mouth of Bull Run river. . . - Th Bank .of Heopner was yesterday lncbrpo rated by 8. C Carr. R. M. Hart C H. Woodln, W. a - Wharton and Charles J. SchnabeL to do a a-eneral banking business, with 121.000 capital 'Q"'r. Oaptored tat ldah. Although th stat authorities wer not aware that auch man were wanted in Oregon, this stat having already naa enougn or tnem. Governor Chamber lain yeaterday received a telegram1 from C 8, Smith, ohlef of. polio of Foca- tella, Idaho, notifying him that two stage robber from Oregon had been apprehended by him, and wer - being held to be returned to thl atata. He also makes a formal claim for th re ward for capturing them, aa the stat utes of Oregon provide for a standing offer of ISO reward by the governor for th apprehension of train or stage robber. A there ar two of th prla--onre,'th reward will probably b 1400. The telegram 1 follow: . "I have under arreet John L. Lead ford and J. R. Hansen, stag robber, and hereby claim reward for getting them." Th record at th penitentiary show that the' men named ire ex-convlcts, having served terms In that institution for former Crimea Fetltloa for 2fardoas. - - During th paat year several petition have been presented to Governor Cham berlain asking for executive clemency on behalf - of certain convicts, whoss terms of Imprisonment are declared to be unreasonably severe for th crime of which they were convloted, or that they were falsely convicted and later developments . hav proved their Inno cence, - No action has so far been taken on any of theae cases, either to comply or to refuse to comply with the request made, and yesterday th goverfiOr" re ceived new petition in four of the case, supported by long affidavits, and long list of private cltisena, who ask for their pardon. So far Governor Chamberlain ha taken no action In th matter.. Th petition ask for th par don of th following person: . Phil MoGlnnel, convicted In ; Baker county la 1(01; and sentenced to six years' Imprisonment for robbery. James Crawford,- sentenced to sis years la the penitentiary from Douglas county In 1I0L - W. H. Sloan, serving sentence of five years, sent from Union county In 1901. Evan Carver, who Is serving a life sentence for murder, having been con victed in Union county In 1102. NO RUSH YET FOR GRAND RONOE LAND (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) Oregon City, Aug. I. Quit still reigns In the local land office and ther la lit tle evidence that ther 1 any sale of land In th district to th amount of 25,000. acres. The official have nothing to y .about th matter andTery' few blda are being received. A considerable number of bids is expected Saturday. ' Yeaterday waa th second day of the three days' session of .the Clackamas county court. In the matter of clerk hire for county officers the county court has .decided that when a clerk la needed by nny of the county offlolala a peti tion for such work must be filed with the -county clerk. In the petition the name of the person or persons must be given, what their service will ooneist of. how long they 'Will be required to work and whst amount of money they will get. - After considering thla ths county court will pass upon the petition. This applies only to clerks who ar hired In the busy season to help th regular clerk. - - Th court ordered that gravel be put on tha'Mollala road at one. In Milk Creek precinct and that th Meadow Brook bridge b -repaired. B.OT SO HOT TODAY. ' Th weather bureau report th high est temperature In Portland today at .1 ae&reea, aa s o cioca. . . . MAN! WOMAN! The Story of Your Future Life ' Is Worth Something to You ,- MIsa Virginia Vardel Bora' with the power ef revealing the fature. can tell roe erery eoe of you life's secrets as eaa meal te yea wfcet te to transpire V the future rears. TOU MAT a MOW WHAT II 18 IN ITORB roa IOC, tf vol haee s dlre f.ir rack Uirnrsutloa. TOD MAT AVOID WkKCKS OK LIKE, If forewarned of the approaching storm, sod THkit 1 OKI FBR80N IN POKT- UAU WHU CAR so inruKu XOU. MUS Wsrdel has revealed elmller eveats te persons la sll parte ef the world and la NO Instance has she BUM her (Ilea tele. . , in xb rn vovdx or m cnmiiT. he see emaerd the people ef both Barepe end Awertea with her etapenaoaely seats Keble sowet, sad the people of Portland str re the sssm benaata that save bees bestowed apoa-1 eld aa ke must eelabratea parson, He well aa the new worl. Leo utrAAO. For her eeaal sarwbere. This stsadlng erfer has sever bee earaed hr any Mt. It la opes tn any reader of this Ti US CASH IB .HIRX TO MASS IT D. X TXOVBLB. (Vrnia aa aae what I ee de for re. Tbouaands kave'eosa so. - I heve tiemuht sqs- sbin oat of sloeex. I have (Uddeae hearte that were eorely tried. Urted herdeas 'it that were weighing the weaver down. Ijrt awl JOUI Duroene ror req, t via. w A IF XOU WILL UBT MS. , ' axloxb , tr Avs u, ootiroB smsrjiw. " , Vearth aaA aterrlesa. STATS BOAUI JJEKS MAJOB XOVO tlTI XF MM CAM PI TQ X TXAT KATX.VAT SOU MOT SsaTOmOAOX OH TaTS CAM 11VMMD TO OT OVTZ& - ;'.'"'.( , (Bpedal Die patch e The Journal.) Salem. Aug. I. Th state board of eanal commissioner ha addreased a letter to Major Langfltt of Portland, th engineer In charge of th government work la Oregon, relative to th building of th portage road from Th Dalle to Celllo, for Immediate use. Th letter calls attention to th meeting of the board with th Open River association In Portland, and to th fact that Major Langfltt 1 Quoted as saying he believed the plan to build a temporary railroad while the canal la under way to be prac ticable and was willing to reoomtoend thl plan of action. Th board akMjor ZAngfitt ror ex plicit lnatructlona and a confirmation of the. report mad to th board by th del egation from Th Dalle and for sugges tions with, reference to th survey of the proposed portage road. It says: "In case the board of portage oommls- sloners should smplor an engineer now to locate a line for a porta railway over th proposed eanal right Of way. Is your of flee in a. position to act In conjunction with suott engineer and point out to him wher the eonatrnetlon of a porta railway would least inter fere with th construction of th pro posed eanal, sd that the tin designated by such engineer would meet with the approval of your office and receive a recommendation therefrom to the proper Federal authoritlesr The board would be pleased to hear from you On th sub ject." . The board la tn Hearty accord with th proposition of building such a road, providing ft can be done and not Inter fere with th building of th canal., and o pledge Itself tin the foUo-wng ex tract from th letter: "Th people of eastern Oregon and Washington feel greaUy th need of im mediate reUef from what they claim to be extortionate transportation charge and assums that th Federal authorities will be glad to assist them tn obtaining relief. They feel, and the board agree with them, that th oonatruotlon of a portage railway 1 a matter of only a few months, whilst the construction of eanal must of necessity ; require a number of yesrs. "So ueeply interested In this matter ar th peopl of the section of ths country referred to that if the amount appropriated by the state for the con struction of a portage railway Is Insuf ficient In amount to complete the port age railway, they profess wiUlngness to pledge themselves to raise a sum to; be added thereto which will ' fully com plete and equip suffn a railway aa wlU meet the demands or lpper river com merc." - OOMaUTTIII) TO ABTXUM. ' ' (Special Dispatch te Ths Journal.) ' 1 Grand. Or., Aug. I. Miss Mary Heaverae, aged, about to years, waa pronounosd lneane yeaterday afternoon and county Sheriff Pennlncton imme diately took her to th asylum at Salem, Th patient haa speUs and Is not often In a violent condition and ths doctors think that a few months' treatment may cur her. Mis Heaveme has been a resident of 1a Opande for a number of year. rA2is2AimiOAjr TXTxmAjrs. (Mpeelal IMapetrh 'to Ths J on rut 1.) TVardner, Idaho," Aug. . Th Idaho veteran of th Spanlah-Amerleah war Will meet her August It. When the veteran met at Lewlston last year Wallace wa chosen as this year's meet ing place, sine them a camp ha been organised at Wardner. and aal moat of the veterans .of th Coeur .d'Alenes re eld at Wardner, It wa deemed best to hav th annual meeting her, - CANAL COMMISSION -FOR PORTAGE ROAD CLAIRVOYANT PtlDAH BERNIQUE Corn With a Double Veil Ed . , ucated in Occult Science. . v . fi Egypt and India' ' y The VeHsd Prophetess $10 Lire READINGS $1 Ne eerena will m,11- mm. ... . - ' 'jedlng at thla low fee, as It U siade aa a atter of advertlalsf foe thla week eolri I,. ?u readlua will be at refuaU fee, t to alL Vos muat brin this ad. . Lmidoa'S Hioat famona palnilat and elatrvoy-, set is seksowledsed by pr.aa end pablle the greaUat Uln DkAO TRANCB MSIliDM. - She telle what , yeej raroe foe before yea otter a wurdi doe sot sak anastlona, ae Baal r T.hat' Tour trouble mr he ..Call,' and ebe will gnlile yoti with certainty blrher than hnnaa power. TelU ye ths train, good or bed. . Thla (KT.t I T Hvovnvw I- Mi.a i br hereelf towering bead and shoulders orar "T rlTsl. snd la recofiilard br the PRO- : rklsaiON as their RHIOHTKeT STAR. It mar be ef rltal Intareat tn yoai te ksww the eatrome of your preeMt oiatreae. Tbe happlnoas of your furore life mar de seed a pea the right solutkw snd proper ad vlee. There see so stlatakes la tb predlrtlaae ade by tbe sreat and wonderful Paeh lo. loo may wlah to know if it Is adrlaable pane eaanae la eaataeee. la tore, la 'rtaae. Shall I rnnrrmmA l u bl. i all - "Can I ootala bit honea. anv erlahaa. m amMtlonsr' - "Shall I ever enjoy tbe hirariee of wealth!" Tea I treat nr frleader' , "Hare I enemiest" Wbes shall I Boarryr Hew eftea ehall i marrrr" . v. " I "Shall I ever be Slmrr-edr" "Does saother share the loea that rlektfadle belonxs te sie T" if se. whomT" ' 'Am I loved In retnraT" '! there s rival In my lover ' 'whea . shall' mr lore affair bararfaata la auriutr' -wne soan my onmeene tronbiee ener' "ITow can I make my life and home nappy!" "Whea ehall my absent Mend rererar . "Why do I sot recHee a letterr' Mall. II. Dat of birth,- six Ontario ne. Boure 10 e. m. to e. aa.. aallr an4 Saa. day. . Permanently located. 334 YAMHILL STREET Core Seventh St. pppesM jTJPertlaad. rsrlars rirst riser. nee. s. a. , s. Prfr-ate. II Sia, Walk ta. CREATED A FURORE J T -1 . - - ..-. " . s 4 . .... A Swell Crowd ef People Celled Upon Prof. Vaa Cortland this Morning It was a swell crowd that called Prefsssar Tsa OsrtUad at his serlors at llili Wsehtngtoa street, this swrnlng. It conitsted ; of mea aod wosaes bssbsods snd wiree rial- tors te tb city oa pleasure. They had read The Journal last evening, and eesehided aaasng seaelves te see tbe gentle maa wke had eo plreaed the oslegatea te the Oress Imprsve- aaent lee fee the srertoas elfbt, sed for nearly tbre boar today tbe professor was aboat as basy as. anybody could well be. And he soe-' eesded la cosflaclng hi aller that hi ability ts peer Into the fitter ef their Sves, aa wsU -ss te portray their pest, bordered ea tbe Bitree- sloua. If he had charged IS reading Instead ef tbe paltry 80 eents which be did charge. they would have bees equally satisfied with fcls service. They went away se well pleased that they promised te eell arala ,pea their retara treat California. . Professor Tsa Oert land la rtalnly a most wonderful trofeglet, palmist sad elalrvoysnt. It esnaot be possible that mere are many like him in tk world. Screened Rock Springs Coal paolal Bate Darin- Aagast for thm Beat Mouse Coal 1-ton lota, delivered. .SIS.BO 1-ton lots, delivered. f8.28 la-ton lots or raor - fS.OO , Order Tom Winter's Goal MOW. Thorn Kel B77. . Vulcan Coal Co. 329 Burnside Street NEWS CAUSED SLUMP IN OLD SEPTEMBER ffpeelsl Dlspsteh te The Journal.) Chicago, Aug. i. The discovery this morning of whst waa Believed to be a movement agalnat th wheat market, by using xaKerated report of th con dition of the crops of the northwest, with th object of taking big profits on th rise,- caused a slump In September wheat this morning. rS9l CMILDS' Knock the Flies GET ONE-THIRD NO BE MILK Tee" Child's "So-Fine So KUfly" es year stock. It mesne money In jroor pocket, for eowy fire one-third njnre mltaTsni boreee de better an en lees fee whee protaeted from the Ilea. It requires only s few secende to apply lt It eeet leee tl.an H a oay per bead. To cas not afford te do without it. Aak youe I er wHte today for 0rfe book- Portland Seed Co. - Paelae Oeast Asents, PortUaa, Or. ' 11 ;''. .4, f K i,i ''; , wWn i V .-'.. .. 1 -i - .