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Newspaper Page Text-tl -v- -f (,- !;y . " ' ' .Vy ' ' ' '. .y ' V. ,.; v ' ' ' r . THE OREGON DAILY . JOURNAL. PORTLAND. THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 18, 1904. r .... 1 TWENTY THOUSAND ACRES i; A Land Project Organized in the Nick -of Time Which Will Greatly Add to Crook's : . ; Taxable Wealth. " ' : (Snerlal Dtaoatck U The Journal.) V Plnevllle. Or Aug. 18. Twenty j thousand mora acrea of Crook county's thirsty soil tra to feW In the near f utur ..in prouucuve minwi -which will be taken from Squaw creek to Irrigate this tract of land, which He :,! the vicinity ot Slstera if The .selection, which . embrace por- rtlona of thr ' different township. 'namely, townships 11, 14 and 15 south j, of ranges 10. 11 and 12. nnd upon which v surveyors have been working for the . 'past month,.' was completed the first ; of the week, and speoial messenger detailed to carry the maps and filings to, the stats land board at Salem. The ' latter move' was made necessary owing ' to the fact that the provisions of the J Carey sot, as they r apply to the arid 'lands In this state, expire on August It, i and it was not deemed advisable to In cur the risk of losing out on the pro- : ZiJect through a miscarriage of the mail i; The messenger left her Monday and 'reached Salem yesterday, one day be- fore - the law became void. It . Is ez i pected that th lands embraced in the , tiling will be withdrawn from entry t sometime next week. . - f The territory Included In the appro i ' p Hat Ion mad by th Squaw Creek Irrl ' gatkra company Is a level, open tract . : and is covered with gag brush and some 'Juniper. The extreme eastern portion lot the selection adjoin the northweat irn portion Pf the Columbia Jouthern T Irrigation company's segregation, so ' that a continuous stretch of land over Jit mile in length will, b under Irrt- gallon when the nw ' company' work t la completed. . Immediate Coastroetlom. A soon as the map .and filing re '; calve th approval : of the state land , board active construction work will be- i gin on the canal lines. - ', The water to be used in reclaiming .'the arid tract will be taken from a main 'canal drawing it supply from Squaw 3 creek and will be carried through two main - lateral ditches aggregating 25 miles In length. This main canal was 'constructed several year ago and' al ii ready carries an abundance of water to cover th entire segregation. . It also 'partly cover, the new company' e ..lection. -. . " ' " '-' --v-v i . There 1 some wast territory in ths .district embraced, but this was nee , eerily Included in order to secure the '. good land surrounding. But little diffi culty, however, will be encountered In HER HOME MAY BE TAKEN FOR $5, DEBT t - With hair as whit snow far atrik-i Ing contrast to her dusky complexion, bent And Infirm, and tottsrlng under the burden of her 71 years, Mrs. Anna, New some, a colored woman with a grievance, haa mad thing interesting for th clerks In th courthouse for th last few day a. She object to bar property being sold for a mortgage tax. and ha cre ated so much sympathy that it Is prob able the authorities will do what they can to alleviate her condition. . Mrs. Newsom own a small house and lot In Caruthers addition. ' She Wa for merly in what is called th "baby farm Ing" business; that Is, she took car of PATTERSON s LEAVES ; "Bob" Patterson, after several month of quiet, la again brought Into th pub- 'lie gase by reason of a warrant Issued out of the municipal court today for his arrest, and ths arrest of J. B. Moor, .hi partner In the Favorite aaloon. Fourth and Couch streets. They are charged with the destruction ot property belonging to Octave Burgeant. Patterson I not supposed t hav an Interest In the place at Fourth and HORSES THAT WILL ' ': RACE TOMORROW Official entries for tomorrow's race at Irvlngtoa are: First race, 4 furlongs. 1-year-olds and up. selling T170. Nell Holton. 107; 7168, Bsdly Used. 101; 71l, McAIbert, 109 '7177. Hercule. 10; 71K1, Constansa, ; 102: 7142. Sunday. 112; 511. Eva IX, 7; .7182. Roseleaf, ill , Bequel, 107. Second race. ( furlo.'.gs. for t-year- old, selling 7143, Vaughan, 100; 7172, Llxxl Ward, 101; 7182, Nervatrlx, 103; 7182. Quest. 100; 7145, Cinnabar, 105 7188, Evermore, lot; 7188, Rlceful, (8; 7170, Lost Baby, 100; 7181, Jerry Flan . nlgan, 100; 7000, Virginia Boy. 100. Third race, 4tt furlongs 4-yesrs-old and up, selling 7178, B. C. Oreen. 108; ! 717. Snark. 112; 7178. Llnl Bice. 7; 7188, Montoya, 104; 7182, Judge Napton, ' 104; 7167, Estado, 104; 7172, Karabel, , 108. ; Fourth race, I furlongs, 4-year-old and up.'selllng 7178. Th Pride, 118; , Oypsy Belle, 117; 7185. Tltu. 114; 4546. Doublet. 114; 7178, Vlnce. 118; 7176. Educate. 117; 7042, Addle P., 108; 7118. Albemarle, 114. 1 Fifth rc. 7 furlongs, 8-year-olds and , up, aelllng 7172, Handsome Florry. 82; 7184, Goldflnder, 102; 7101. Estrasa, 100; 7121. Chief Aloha, 102; 8815, Bcherso, 87; 7158. Sir DougaU 107. Sixth race, on mil, 4-year-old and up. , selling 187. Dr. long, 110; 7178, Skip Me, 105; 7182, Claudator, 107; 7168, 3. H. Bennett, 107; 7188, Crosby. 1071 7167, Homsge, 100: 7118, Invlctus. 101; 7188, Budd Wade, 102; 7180, J. V. Klrby. 167. . - v - '- ' Preferred Stook Oaaned Oood. Allen Lwls' Beet Brand. : TIACH THE CHILDREN , A delicious dentifrice makes th tooth trueh lexeon easy.. HOZOIONT is a fragrant liquid cleanser, pen'trstlng the ' little crevice of th teeth It purine tham, ' .. SO ZO DO NT TOOTH POWDER polishes h delicate enamel, but doe not scratch, thus It prevent th c camulatlon f tartar, without injuring th" enamel, a property found only in t fcoZOlaJNT, , . . . " '-. , FOAMS: LIQUID, POWDER, PASTE. REDE1EED getting water to every acre of th lection. and It' is expected that when work on the canals one begins It will be but a short time before th 25 mile of laterals are completed. The new company i composed of prominent stockmen of Crook county, among whom are: Mayor Wursweller of Prlnevllle. A. Thompson. E.T.- Slay ton, J.' W. Howard and Z..' M. Brown, and the members are abundantly supplied with the necessary fonds to carry ths work to a successful close. The appro priation Is th last which will be mads In this "state under the provisions of th Carey act, unleea that meaaure should again be placed In fore on the statute at some later date. ' There are Quite a number of settlers already in the district, whose lands are surrounded by the approprialon,. "and these people will profit materially . by the reclaiming of the. arid district In th Immediate vicinity. , Ths unoccu pied land when water is one on It will not stand vacant for a very considerable' length of time, a Inquiries are already being' made . regarding th time ot dis position and terms of sals. On of the member of the company stated today that If the contracts were signed they 1 could dispose of 14,000 acres Inside of a fortnight. Th fart, too. that the se lection has been made in a territory whos alfalfa and clover and grain fields furnish abundant evidence of It pro ductiveness," snd thst it adjoin the Columbia. Southern's segregation7 of which nearly 18.000 acres, out of their total " appropriation - of 27.000 acres, have been sold, make th district on of th most desirable of the Irrigated section in th county. Th district has been widely adver tised by th Deschutes Irrigation Power company . and 'th Columbia Southern people and It Is expected that a great Influx of settler will greet the opening of the first tract either this fall or early In the spring. Total of 300,000 Aore. This final appropriation of th Squaw Creek company mnkea a total of over 100,000 acres which have been selected by various companies for - reclamation purposes In Crook county. In other words, about one-twentieth part of th area of th county will soon be under process of Irrigation, a fact that will make th district on of th richest in th state once th soil la turned and th famished earth made productive by th unstinted us of water. babies for other people whose social or buslnsss duties required a large amount of time and attention. Her property be came encumbered through, mortgage taxes years ago. th sum total of the Indebtedness being1 about 85. "I have no money," shs assert, "and that 5 looks a big a a mountain to me." . ' Jay , Upton, .court clerk, and Fred Prasp, chief deputy In Mr. Field' office, spent an hour this morning In poring over th record In the case,- They have reached th conclusion that th mort gage tax should hav been assessed against somebody else. HERMITAGE Couch, but It I commonly reported that he own th business, and that Moore' nam wa used merely to get a license from th city council. - Patterson and Moore, It 1 charged In the complaint, last night mad forcible entry Into Burgeant' premise, In which th dive Is located, for the purpose of taking possession of th tenement They refused to permit th owner or hi ten ant to enter. WILL EXHUME BODY IN POTTER'S FIELD (Speeial Dispatch te The Journal.) ' Seattle, Wash., Aug. 18. Th body of an unknown man, found floating on the waterfront July 81, and burled In th Potter' field, I believed to be that of Thomas Turney of Arlington. Friend of Turney, who arrived her July 80 with $3,000 cash in hi pocket, hav been unable to get any trace of him. and th suspicion I growing that he was mur dered for hi money and thrown into th bay. ' Friend ' wilt arrive from Arlington today, and Coroner Hoy will exhume th body, which. If decomposed, they ay they can Identify by the clothing. Turney wa a rancher at Arlington. He old hi farm during July and cam her looking for an Investment. ' . THROWN FROM MILK WAGON AND MAY DIE An unknown man, apparently 40 year of age, received serious and perhaps fatal injuries in an accident at Corbett and Oalnea street thl afternoon. He was thrown from a milk wagon and he sus tained a broken nose, beside Internal injuries. It Is said that, he wa truck by a street car; official of th company, however, deny that he wa In jured by one of It car. Th man was removed to the Children's horn and from there to St.- Vincent' hospital, where he I In an unconscious condition. 2)XBS) AT Ada OF BIQXTT-TXBJSa .(Special IMepateh to Tbt Journal.) Oervals, Or., Aug. 18. John McQrath. aged 88, and for 40 year a resident of th French prairie section, died sudden ly. Tuesday. H wa a native or Ire land. He leaves a Widow and seven children. Funeral and Interment was held today from th Catholic church of St. Paul, v , - JAMBS XaXLLAB KXSSXBO. , Tb police were today .requested to ascertain th whereabout of James Mil lar, aged 65 years, of heavy build, me dium height, and who wears a whit beard. Hi brother, John"M. Millar of San Krarttlaco, wish to' lm of blra. STRIKE ASSUMES AN ACUTE PHASE Ai7T.oxrnxa nil n. anao OUTIIUIl TBAT OOCVBJLBS- AT TOOK TABDS TB2S MOBBTBOI wiu aa rouowzo bt szbiotts TBOVBU VEOBO QOXS HTgAXTX. (Joaroal Special service.) Chicago. Aug. IS. Minor outbreaks oc curred at th stockyards early this morn ing and the police fear more serious trouble before night, ocorge K. Haiiey, an Englishman who arrived today to work in Swift's, . became frightened by the crowd surrounding the train and drew a revolver and fired Or shot. Ha mi arrested. ' Herbert Dawson of Nashville, a colored strike breaker became Insane this morn ing while at work and was taken to th detention hospital. The police detnlls In the district havs been Increased. Th re ceipts since yesterday morning have been l.ormal. ' Packer today allege to have 21 .000 men at work. They assert they have Instruct ed their foremen not, to employ union ntat when others can be had. ' ' Th situation among the -labor leader appear to be on a par with that of yes terday. ".Tit feeling seems, to prevail that the struggle now dn Is far from a settlement of an amicable nature and has to all appearances resolved itself Into a long drawn out struggle for victory be tween the. contesting sides. ' , uazoaxsTS naa or rriru. . Psjekara Aaaoono They Xav All Xely Mdd. . (Jenmat Bpeelal Kerrire.J Omaha, Aug. 1 S. Th packer an nounced today that they had nearly all th men they needed. Persistent re ports are a Host that a break In the ranks of the. striker will com Monday. Many unionist are . tired of th strike and want to return to work. The situation her 1 apparently quiet at all points, today. . NEW YORK SUBWAY IS READY TO OPEN (Jovnal Special grrYlce.) New Tork. Aug. 18. A secret test of th new underground railroad wa mad last night when a train was sent through for th first time. This morning th track were opened for a trial of th exprevs service. Four car mad th distance from th city hall to Harlem in II minute. Th testa were successful In every way. sAjroxaotr eou nr aaiDoa. . " Policeman Hoseley, for th twentieth time in th past six week, thl morning reported a defect in th Madison street bridge at First and Hawthorn. Ha ay several people hav been Injured there by being thrown from their wagon while driving past, and , that despite th fact that It haa been re ported many time by him. th place la till allowed to go unrepaired. This morning two men were hurt there. There I a hoi In th planking that catohe th wheel and overturn th vehicle. , 8TOLI toa nmwD. On a charge of th larceny of 11 watehefx(Mn W. H. Ish, R. J) Mc Darllng was today held to th grand Jury by Municipal' Judge Hogue. Th defendant was represented in court by Attorney Charles J, Lord, and waived preliminary hearing. H ' claim ha pawned th watches to get money with which to purchase ornament for women admirers. , (Special Dispatch te The Journal.) . Pendleton, Or- Aug. 18. Pendleton and Umatilla county sheepmen declars that th recent order of . George S. Hlckok, government agent in charge of th bureau of animal Inspection at Salt Lake, requiring that all sheep shipped Into other states must be dipped, will mean a loss ot 25 per cent in the value of each animal ' Th process of dipping, the stockmen say, weakens th animal and causes them to lose flesh and there by decreases their value. aVABOB BOSS EBU. . fjooraal Special Berne.) New Tork. Aug. 17. Th grand Jury thl afternoon returned an Indictment charging Philip Welnslmer. the labor boss, with being reeponslbls for the building trade' lockout and th ex tortion of 12.700. He wa granted ball In 82,(00 and will plead to th indict ment Tuesedsy next. SATS WATCB. WAS OF BBASS. Sherwood Mahlon today procured ' a warrant for ths arrest of Samuel Maaou rouskl, a north end second-hand dealer, charging him with larceny by falsa pre tenses. H sold th young man a watch, alleged to be solid gold and of 21 Jewel, for $18.. Aa many cent la what th watch proved to be worth. BOT FIOBTS BBAB- . (Special Dirpatcs to Tbe Journal.) Post Fall, Idaho, Aug.- 18. A nine-year-old boy engaged In a fight with a bear near her yesterday until neighbors Interfered. He then ssld: "Huh. I would hav knocked that old bear's head off if h had tried to bit me." Th ani mal escaped to th timber. TBBBW A BOTTtB OF ZBX. (Special IMapatck ts Tb Journal.) Rltsvlll. Wash.. Aug. 18 C L. Hol comb. city attorney, yetrday threw a bottle of Ink at Jo Morgan, -attorney for the defense In a cas being tried In the courtroom. -. No action wa taken arid th matter will be settled out of, court; CATTX.B fiU FBOK FBBGXPXCB, (Special IMapatck te Th Jonrnal. . II o, Idaho, Aug. 18. Eleven head of cattle, belonging to C W. Dickens, fell to their death over a bluff 200 feet high near her yesterday. They atampeded from some unknown cause and rushed blindly over the precipice. . araBomaBX bz.aoxbxbbixb. (Special Dlepat.-k to Tte Joaroal.) Gervsls, Or, Aug. 18. A local dealer I shipping hundreds of gallons of Ever green blackberries to Portland dally. Many persons her ar picking larg quantities. They ar vary plentiful thl year and bring t .cent per pound at th store her. . , rvnmAx, of w. btxbsob. Th funeral of William T. Evcrson was held this afternoon, with service at I o'clock st th family residence, 461 East Twelfth street The body wag burled at Oreen weed-cemetery, . "OLD FOLKS" MEET AT BAKER CITY (Bp-trial DUpaten tc The Journal.) , Baker City. Or.,- Aug. 18. This I th dst set for the convention or reunion In Baker City of the "old folks" of Baker and Union counties, and hundreds of pioneer, their families end friend hav arrived on regular and Incoming excur sion trains and are' renewing old sc qualntances and recounting experiences of early day a Tb city present an animated appear ance, business house and residences are decorated In honor of th occasion and each and every cltisen Is doing every thing possible to make thl a day to be remembered with thrills of pleasure by tb visitors. ( At .today's gathering man than 400 old people of the eg of 66 year and upward, from Baker and Union coun ties, are present a th guest of Bakor City. , , , . Governor Chamberlain la present and made a short address. A; Andrew Lohr Is th oldest man present, being nearly 101 years old. Several pioneer made sty)rt talks, telling of their trip across th plain and hardship of' the early settlers. Th first of the gathering was In 1201,' when th Sumpter Valley railway Inaugurated a series of "old folks" ex cursion from Baker City. The railroad service wss donated and committee of Baker, City people furnished th enter tainment. It was the object to gather together annually old-timer and pio neers of eastern . Oregon In an outing Which 'they' could remember. In 1901 and 108 excursion were run by the Sumpter Valley road to Sumpter, where visitor of CO year of age and upward were entertained by the com mittee and th cltlsena In .1801 th old folk" of Sumpter, Baker City and urroundlng territory made an excur sion to La Grande. 'where all wr de lightfully .entertained, . P1TIABLETST0RY OF AGED VETERAN (Special Plapateh to Tbe Jonrnal) ' Pendleton, Or.; f Aug. 18. Penniless and sick after a weary tramp from Portland, Or., George Westfall, a man 74 year of are, wearing the blu of the Grand Army of th Republic, was found. at tb Oregon 1 Railroad ex Navigation company depot yesterday. Th aged veteran with tear streaming from his eye declared that he was robbed of hi money while walking th street of Portland, and that h 1 trying to reach Boise, where he wa formerly an Inmate In th soldiers' horn. "I am In good standing at th home," he declared, "and went to Oregon City a few week ago on a visit. While In Portland on my way back to Boise I was set upon and robbed of flO, all the money I had. I have walked every step of th way. from Portland to Pendleton, and I hav received but little assistance along th way." Mayor W. F. Matlock took th old man In charg last night and secured for him meal and a bed. HI cas will be Investigated and an attempt mad to help him reach: Boise.-. RAILWAY; EMPLOYES' PICNIC AT MEACHAM (Special Dlapstch to Tbe Journal.) Pendleton, Or., Aug. 18. Th Oregon Railroad aV Navigation company train men are making elaborate preparations for their first annual picnic, to be held at Meacham station next Sunday. Ex cursion trains will be run from Elgin. La Grande and Pendleton, and several hundred person ar expected to be pres ent. Dancing, muslo and trap shooting will furnish amusement. . . Th plcnlo will be under th auspice of th order of engineer, conductors, firemen, brakemen and telegraphers, and th fund raised will be devoted to th maintenance of th Railroad Men' horn at . Highland Park, a suburb of Chicago. At this time every year train men in th United State and Canada ral fund for thl Institution. Gener ally ball and entertainment ar given, but the plcnlo plait I new in th west. GRANDE RONDE SUGAR- ' BEET CROP LARGE i (Special Dlapstch to Th Journal.) La Grande, Or, Aug. 18. Th La Grand sugar factory, on of th largest In ths northwest, will soon ba in opera tli for th fall run of beets. Ths hoe ing and thinning has been 'completed and th beet ar looking vary fin all over th valley. Th crop will be double what it was last yesr, and it Is esti mated that there will be 16,000 ton ground out at th factory. Digging and hauling will begin about September 1, and the factory will begin running September 15. A large number of Jap from th West and Indiana from Umatilla will be brought in to dig beets. FIRE DESTROYS FARM HOUSE NEAR COBURG (Journal Special Serrlee.) Eugene, Or., Aug. 18. The residence of Clarence Taylor, on his farm near Coburg, vii destroyed by fir Tuesday afternoon, together with all Us contents. Th fir atarted while the men folks were out in th harvest field and no one was present except Mr. Taylor, who wa powerless to av anything. The house wa built last summer at a cost of $1,500. Th Insurance was $900 on the building and furniture. TXAOXXBS SJCAXIBATIOV. - " . (Special Mepatea to Tbe JoernaL) - Pomeroy, Wash., . Aug. 18. School Superintendent Nellie Valten conducted teachers' examination laat week. There were five -who took, th complete ex amination snd thre for raise of grade. XDID : )) T BUG Aw : JAPAN ILL HOLD THE RVESIIITELIII OBXAT- BBZTAZB IB OFFICXAIX.Y QTXrnBl THAT TBB MXKASO'S GOTBBBMJBBT WZUt BOT QXTB UP TXB TOBPBDO BOAT DZSTKOTXB OAFTVXaa AT OXBFOO. ' ' , i (Joornal Special Barrio.) - ' London, Aug. 18.--Japan officially no tifies Great Britain that she does not propose to give up th Russian torpedo boat destroyer Ryeshltelnl that h cap tured in th harbor of Chefoo. It i feared her that complication may fol low. A dispatch received her thl after noon from St. Petersburg say: "A late official dispatch from Vladt voatok show that vry officer on th cruiser Rossla and Grombol, which reached that port after tb big battle with - the Urlu squadron, wa either killed or wounded.: . ' ' "Rear . Admiral Jessen narrowly escaped the fat ot Vic Admiral With oft. He was sUndlng on th bridge of th Rossla when shs wa wrecked by a Japanese shell. , . 'The two orulser were literally rid dled, even their gun and engine being partially dismantled. "No confirmation or th report tnai th cruiser Pallada and Diana reached Vladivostok haa been received. .Th ad miralty ha no new bearing on tne whereabout of the Other vessel of Wlthoft'g squadron." NAMES COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATION (Special IMapatck to Tbe Joaroal.) Salem. Or.. Aug. 18. County Judg J. ! H. Scott, a president of th Oregon Oood Road association,' haa appointed as a commute on legislation to report at the next meeting of th association Senator M. A.Mlller of Lebanon. Linn oounty; Senator C. J. Smith, of Pendle ton; Hon; W. W .Stewart, of Fossil; Hon.. John H. Albert, of Salem, and Hon. M. A. Werts. of Grant Pas. Thl committee Is eppolnted in com-. pllance with a resolution of th Stat Good -Road association, which met last year, and the commute will report to the association at It regular meeting, which take place In thl city In Decem ber next. One of th subjects that th committee wa directed by th asso ciation to take up 1 that of road con struction by convict labor. Thl haa been broached ' to . th legislative as sembly before, but very lltU haa been dona, ' Theiopenlng wedge wa made to enter, however, laat year when th legislature ordered th construction by convict labor of th road to th tat reform school. Thl. it la thought, will no doubt stand a an object lesson to th next legislative assembly. Th committee will also hav th question of the enactment of a law permitting county court to condemn property for th purpose of straighten ing out road and th requiring of pe titioner for naw roads to pay ths cost of surveyor and viewing before It. . Judg Soott said yesterday that he expected?" to see- a rousing convention here thl year, and that he expected that there would be several hundred dele gates. ' In addition each county Judge and mayor ha th privilege of appoint ing ten delegate to th convention. . Of course while It i not thought that all of these delegate will attend. It la an ticipated there will be a very good at tendance. - Mis Estelle Real, national superin tendent of Indian school, I at Chem awa on a tour of Inspection. She ex pressed herself as being well pleased to find th schools at Chemawa In good shape and spok especially of th Im provement In th general appearanae of th- grounds, and also In th dlsclplln of th student. Mis Real has visited a great many of th school for tb Indian In all th west, including Montana, Idaho and Washington, and will go from Chemawa to th Pacific Coast Institute, which wlU oonven at Newport, Or., next weak, from August 22 to if. Thl Institute 1 th second largest meeting devoted to Indian educational work in th United States, ths largest gathering in that Interest, of course, be ing the National Institute, which was held this year at th Louisiana Purchase exposition at St Louis. Th institute to be held at Newport will be vary largely attended by th principal In dian educator of th Pacific coast, and many who ar connected with th other high educational Institution of th state, including President P. L. Camp bell of th Stat university. : Governor George SV Chamberlain will also be thera . - Mis Real haa been connected with th Indian achools for th past sevsu years, having been appointed from Wyo ming, where she had served aa county school superintendent, . then a stats superintendent of public instruction, and where h had already taken a great deal of Interest in th education of th Indian, .1 . ' - . Mayor' F. W. Water haa written to D. M. Ogden of th engineer corps. In charge. of river and, harbor work here. Inquiring a to the opportunity to se cure his services that aomathlng may be don with th matter of constructing a revetment on th Polk county aid of th river to prevent th change in th channel of th river.- Th river haa been encroaching upon th Polk oounty Id for a number of years, and ha moved io th westwsrd nsarly 1,000 feet alnce 1861. . . . The gravel bar forming th lower end ot Mlnto' Island haa extended further down th river by 676 feet, and It will soon be necessary for steamers coming down th river to go below th bridge nd then back up In order to reach the dock. Th principal menace, however, I that th channel may cut through to th wast of th big bridg. . WARRANT IS ISSUED FOR "WOMAN MINER" (Journal 8pwclal Service.) - . Ban Francisco, Aug. 18. A warrant for th arrest of Lena Walton, Widely known as the . "Woman Miner," on th charg of swindling Max Gutter out of 86.000 In mining deals, was Issued, this morning. . . - The woman returned from Nome yes terday. Officer ar looking for her. , ; WOBXXjrO FOB OZTT. (Special Dtanetch to The Journal.) ' Rnseburg, Or.. Aug. 18. Robert Burns, a brak beam tourist, assaulted a tinker In th railway yards her who hsd fed him a short time before, but being In. a Stat of Intoxication did little damage, only to himself. He Is now working fer tb city manipulating f i K.' --'-'' ; We Cilave Moved : THE OLD RELIABLE HATTERS C.H.Meussdorffer&S6 All That's New and Good in Hats V For 38Veart in Portland .' ' Lata of 73 Third St V ' V: NEW. LOCATION ' : ' 349 Washington Street ' OPPOSITE CORDRAVS y,- y y ' -.-.v ; , ;- ;: .-.;. tiYOV AR 8 I NVITBD T O C JtLLi TANNER SEWER TO SOON BE FINISHED Work on th Tanner Creek sewer 1 now progressing unhampered. For sev eral daya R. M. Rlner, the contractor, wa on th verge of quitting th work owing to th great amount of overflow water which rushed down the tunnel two or thre time a day, washing every thing before it. Th gauge at the city reservoirs bay now been so arranged that there la no overflow down th sewer from this sourc. On hundred and fifty men ar era- ployed and they ar working on th big drain from every available) place where an opening can be made. - It was stated by City Engineer Elliott thl morning that If nothing else occur to hamper the work th sewer will be completed within three weeks. j: SHIVELY ELECTED SUPREME CHANCELLOR (Joornal Special Service.) Louisville, Ky., Aug. 18. Th supreme lodge of Knight of Pythias unanimous ly elected Charles E. Shlvely of Rich mond, Ind., as supreme chancellor. Tb drill of th uniform rank for th 810,000 prise took place today. Tb local committee refunded for th horse, becauaa ths steeds furnished were ao poor that th Knight did not rid them. ' Judg Charles A. Barne. or jaexson vllle. III., " wa elected supreme vice- chancellor. ,.i .. ., .'3- ..-.-''..-,',..; ,' BRITISH DESTROYER-: SUFFERS ACCIDENT (Joaraal Special Barries.) Portsmouth, Aug. 18. Th British de stroyer Zepher, whll moored at Ports mouth today, waa rammed by a torpedo boat below th water line. She waa Im mediately docked. Th torpedo boat was Injured. , Nona of th crew war hart' and th cans of th accident 1 unknown, but It I thought to hav been caused by a mlsundsrstandlng of order by th en gineer of th torpedo boat. : PRINCESS CHIMAY IS MARRIED TO RICARDO - (Special Dispatch to Tbe Joornal.) ' . ' London, Aug.- 18. Princes a Cnlmay, formerly Mis Clara .Ward of Detroit, was married In London yesterday to Gugllelmo Rloardo. Before th ceremony ah gav Rtgo, her violinist and former paramour, 28.000. ha signing paper and resigning all claim. After th oeramony th coupl left for Pari on a honeymoon, - TWELVE INJURED IN WRECK AT ALTAMONT f . , . ... wltorsal Special gervtea.) Altamont, Ma, Aug. 18. X wreck In which 11 person were Injured, and a a result of which Baggageman Bate and New Agent Brook will probably die, took plac on th Rock Island railway near hsr early, thl morning. A special train wa sent from Gallatin with physician and supplies to car for th Injured. , FIVE INJURED IN TROLLEY COLLISION Ueoraal Special Servlea.) Peebody. Mas.. Aug. 18. Flv par- ion were injured, on probably .fatally. In a collision of trolley -car between Lynnfleld and Peabody at an early hour thl morning. Herold Smith will prob ably die. Th ear cam together at a terrinc rat of speed and th escape of many I considered miraculous. BET OF $5,000 MADE ON NEW YORK STATE (Journal Special Berries.) Nw Tork, Aug. 18. A bet of 88,000 ven money that Roosevelt will carry New Tork state ha been placed by Fred crick H. Brooka A Chicago grain nous took Roosevelt and a Wall street house took Parksr. must Ajriwaa to xjiws. ( Special tHspetcb to rhe JoernaL ) Pendleton. Or.. Aug. 18. Charged with unlawful association with Lilll Frank lin, John'Stott, a young man, waa ar rested last night. Th charg of obtaining good under false pretense was also brought against Stott who la said to hav purchased groceries and had them charged to an other account- ... '.. . YOUNG BURGLAR CONFESSES CRIME BDTABJ ATOWS B3 , 0VVX.T Am ZMFUOATBS . TWO OTBCBB BOTS IB SBBXES OF UtM ' TTBBAJI TXBFTS FATKSB OF ' tottbo woosav . XBABTaaoxaav . Through th confession of Sidney Lad yard, ths sheriff' deputies secured evi dence yesterday afternoon which - re sulted In th arrest of Bert Foreman, who Is charged with being a member of th ycuthful gang-which I accused of a number of burglaries at Mt. Tabor and ths destruction of a ginseng patch owned by the Francis boys. Several other com plaints were lodged at th sheriff's offlcs' this -morning, leading the authorities to believe that In the 'arrest of Foreman. Ledyard and Roy. Wooden they hav se cured the person responsible for-a larg number of theft which hav annoyed the police for soms time. s .....;, Among those making complaint Is W. O. Ho wall. He declares that Easter morning a pair of pearl opera glasses. . Inlaid with gold, was stolen from hi dwalllng. . Th nam of hi wife waa en graved on th gold mounting of th glasses. It appear that on th asm day Brubaker'a grocery and a botcher shop -were entered and goods stolen from both place. , . - Young Wooden waa released on ball after a charg of larceny, had been pre ferred against him. He was again taken Into custody last night on a charge of burglary, preferred In Justice Seton't court and released at 10:80 o'clock last night on another bond being . furnished; with his father nd a friend as suretlea .Th father of tb Wooden boy, whoa age Is 1 years, had a good .railway po-' sltlon In southern Oregon and resigned In order to come to thl city and give his on an education. He l said to be heart broken over th plight In- which his boy la now placed. . , -i . . . - , WOMEN TAKE THEIR - : ' QUARREDTO COURT "MSnsSIBBBSSBSaBBBBB ' Mlnnl Haye la at -out with Loul and Pearl Sabtn. They don't Ilk her. either. - They told her to keep away from their hous. lit Russell street; but ah refused. As a result they had her arrestsd, charged with larceny and destroying personal property. Th cas wa heard by Municipal Judg Hogue thl morning, at which time th defend . ant wa held to the grand Jury under 8100 bonds. She' gave the amount. i . After court Mlnnl Hay went down stairs to Captain of Polio Orltsmacher and asked for a policeman to be sent to th Sabln residence to get a love letter shs left there, and her. reruest wa granted. 'I am afrsld If I go for th letter those people will put up a Job on me.? explained th woman to th captain. "They have Jobbed ma into court and. hav succeeded in having me held to th grand Jury, and If I go back they may try It again." , Mrs. Sabln has been before tb public previously. Thre month ago ah and a woman companion reported to th po lio that two men abducted them, took them to a room, choked them and forced . them to remain all night. No arrest ' were made although effort were mad to locate th alleged kidnapers, . REMODEL HOME IN , ABSENCE OF OWNER 1 " 7 '. t .- , 1 -.'..' The strike of th leatnerworkers' ( union continues to afford opportunity for th member to go out every daf and help ton th work of re-modeling? President E. M. Hogue' house In Lenta' addition. Mr. Hogue Is absent from th - city, and upon hi return it 1 hoped to show him practically a new - house In th plsc of th on that stood n hi ground there. . , , Recently Mr. Hogue lived In A com modious residence In on of th suburbs, but he waa dlssatlaf led and disposed of the property, purchasing a plac in Lents' addition; Ths hous there not being Urge enough to well accommodate hit family, he decided to build an ad dition. It was then that his brother unionists set to work to assist in Its en largement and remodeling, which work Is now nearly dona Whll Mr. Hogu Is, Ilk th great middle class, "not very rich, nor very poor, h will doubtless appreciate the fraternity so" actively shown by hi fellow, workmen.: MRS. MARY E. FULLER i SUDDENLY EXPIRES "f. (Joarsal Speetel Service.) ' Bar Harbor, Aug. 18. Mary Ellen Fuller, wife of Chief Justice Fuller ot the United Bute uprem court, died suddenly lsst night whils sitting on th : plsma of their summer cottage at Bor-' ronto. of heart disease. - , . Her death waa entirely unexepcted. a ah waa apparently in th best of haalUk - ...e... .,'j- .-i-S -r i; 1-, TP": .1 I 4 :