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V THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. AUGUST 28. 1904. PENCE EXPLAINS SALT LAKE DEBT Says Threat of Arrest k Inspired and That Kenyon Hotel People Are Content to Wait His Convenience. New received yesterday from Salt Lake that Lafe Penco waa sought by the authorities there on A warrant charging him with obtaining; miney by fulso pretenses tilled the ex-congress-man and his friends with Indignation The warrant was Issued at the request oT the Jtenyon hotel, managed by Sam Porter. The complaint allege that July 13 I't nee presented a draft on the Lew lston. Idaho, National bank for ISO. which Porter cashed. The draft was returned, marked "no funds." Porter al leges that he then tried to locate Pence by wlie, Dut failed until he read of the Idaho i kiii . i part In the late mining cr iigrea. Thereupon he took uteps to wards his prosecution. To Request Reach Mere. It was stated in the dispatch that the chief of police of Portland had bn re quested to arrest Pence, but as yet no such request has been received. The friends of the ex-congressman de clare that the whole affair is the i-esult of Bait Lake's defeat for the perma nent headquarters of the congros. while delegates from Salt Lake cry down thla accusation aa "unworthy and shameful." Mr. Pence, when he heard of the war rant issued at Salt Lake, dictated the following statement: "All there is to it Is this: I had the Kenyon hotel accommodate me as I came through Salt Lake on my way to Lcwlston by caahlng a draft for $90. I drew this draft on myself, payable at Lewlston. I did not draw It on the bank, nor did I pretend that there waa nomy to my credit In the bank at Low Ihton. But I expected to be in ample tni.it when I . reached Lewlston and therefore made a draft upon myself, at 1 have stated. "Upon arriving at my destination I was disappointed in receiving payments that I had expected and when the draft in lived u was returned. I then tele grcched the Kenyon hotel, expressing my regret and saying I w.iuld remit shortly, with Interest and any costs. It Is all rot about them not knowing my whereabouts, for in answer to my telegram they mailed me a statement, showing the principal and the expense they had incurred. "I have hurried the surveys to secure water rights "and the closing of options on lands at Lewlston as rapidly as pos sible, and the purpose of my trip to Portland was to meet parties with whom T am dealing and from whom I expect to receive considerable payments within a few days. Then I shall, of course, remit not only this, but such amounts aa may be necessary to pay such other obligations as I may have. "It ought to be perfectly plain aa to what prompted this action. Salt Lake City seems to be hit hard by its failure to secure the permanent home of the mining congress and they seem to be especially venomous towards me because I hsd a hand in defeating them. This la trll I have to say on the subject. Ba, It Is " Spite W org." The threatened arrest of Mr. Penes was the main topic of conversation last evening around the Portland hotel lobby. His friends expressed their feelings in no uncertain terms and called the war rant "spite work." This view of the PIANO FOUND DOWN DEEP IN EXCAVATION While excavating on the sits of a building to be erected for the Council ot Jewish Women, at First and Hall streets, yesterday, workmen were as tonished to unearth part of a large plana How the Instrument came there Is a mystery and has excited lively speculation. The dlscejvery was at once reported "To Edgar M. Lasarus, the architect. The news spread rapidly and In a short time the spot was the scene of an animated discussion on the part of wondering ob THIS BLONDE WOMAN NOT "BADLY USED" Ten seconds made a difference of $1,000 In the fortunes of a pretty llttlo blonde woman at the Irvlngton park track Friday afternoon. With only that margin of time allowed her before the books closed, as the horses went to the post, she managed to have 120 placed for her on Badly Used at odds of 60 to 1. The odds on the horse opened at 60 to 1 and went to 76 to one, one of the "bookies" giving odds of even 80 to 1. The play was heavier than expected, and as the horses went to the post the odds dropped bock to 60. It was at this juncture that the woman placed her wager on Badly ITSed. Rather than allow profane eyes to game on revelations he asserts were made to him by Ood, Edmund Creffleld. the chief of the Holy Rollers, tore the fly leaves out of his well thumbed bible and destroyed them. - On these lesves. written In a fine hand with a lesd pencil, were the so-called revela tions. "I have them all in mind now. any how." Crefneld explained, "and If It Is aecesary can write them down again." County Jailer Oragtoo learned that Creffleld had placed these 'revelations" on the fly leaves In the back of his bible, which is sn Oxford edition, with levant cover and red -under -go Id edges. 108 SIXTH nan, situation was strongly deplored and de nied by the Salt Luke delegation, which is represented now by Harry 8. Joseph. ."Any statement to the effect that' We Instigated or inspired the proceedings against Mr. Pence," said he, "Is abso lutely false. I do not see how an idea of that kind could be harbored in any fair mind. As secretary of the delega tion. I handled every communication that went from Salt Lake's headquarters to Utah, and the first any of us ever heard of Mr. Pence owing the Kenyon or being wanted was after the afternoon papers were on the street. I regret that the thing should have happened just at this time. Salt Lake Not - Kard Hit." "And tho assertion that Salt Lake.' being 'hard hit.' took tMstnothod of revenge Is extremely unfair. As a mat ter of fact, Don H. Portsr. proprietor of the Kenyon, Is no longer evenjjfu resident of Salt Lake. He has nuffed to Los Angeles with his family, and what Interest he could have in the contest for permanent headquarters la certainly not apparent to me. I don't know that it Is a positive fact, but the circumstances surely indicate that until Mr. Pence's name appeared In the dis patches concerning the mining congress, the Kenyon did not know exactly where to address him. Denverltes Satisfied. C. E. Colbreath of Denver, and three of his fellow delegates to the Mining congress, sat In the lobby of she fort- land hotel last evening, saying parting words to those who were leaving ior their homes in Other cities. "We will go home feeling well satis fied, and ssylng very little about the troubles that have cropped out at this congress, said Mr. Colbreosh. "The thing that worried Salt Lake most wss the fact that Judge Powers came down here as the star orator, and met his match from Denver. We reslly did not expect to ask the congress for the per manent headquarters unless che pref erence for our city came in a clean and proper manner. We think it came that way, and we are well satisfied. We will go home and make preparations for opening the permanent headquarters. which will be done within sixty days." . Secretary Must Be Good Man. Speaking of the probable secretary, Mr. Colbreath said that the question would be considered very seriously, for upon the secretary will depend the future success of the American Mining con gress. "He need not necessarily be a Denver man, but he will have to make his resi dence In Denver," he said. "He must be a man who stands high with the min ing men of the country, and who Is care ful and unbiased In all his actions." He said that the Denver people, believe the tVah men are responsible for the re port from Salt Lake to the effect that a warrant has been Issued for the arrest of Lafe Pence for obtaining money, on. false pretense from a hotel man., and that although Salt Lake denies the re sponsibility hey will have to prove it. Mr. PCnce spent the evening In the hotel lobby chatting with friends and apparently at his ease. servers. Some of them were inclined to the opinion that perhaps a second Fompell wss to be unearthed. It has been commonly believed that the site on which the building is to be located Is solid, but one old man, who has lived In the neighborhood for many years. Informed William Stanley that It was filled in many years ago. water once covertng the site. The only tan gible theory la that In filling the land the piano was dumped In as a filler along with the debris. It Is in a tolerably fair state of preservation. The money she sent by an escort, who had a margin of about 10 seconds to spare. He managed to hand in hla money, shout the name of the horse on which it was placed and get his ticket Just ss the figures were erased from the board and the books closed. When the ticket was cashed the winner fairly danced In glee. Nobody who witnessed the Incident knew either her or her escort. It Is said that 8. Hlrsch and' Ed O'Brien placed $30 each on Badly Used, while a number of smaller amounts were placed. The poolssllers sre said to have lost more than 17.000 by this race. HIS REVELATIONS He asked Crefneld to let him look at the book. The "apostle" offered to let him take another bible, with calfskin covers, but Grafton asnwered that he wanted to see the other book, where upon Creffleld stood for a moment in a state of hesitation, and then delib erately tore all the fly leaves contain ing the "revelations" out of the volume and with a sigh handed It to the Jailer. He afterword destroyed the leaves. Lately Creffleld has expressed a de sire to "go. home." Asked where his home Is. he remains silent. For a num ber of reasons, his language Is taken to Indicate that he means he is tired of life and is ready to go to heaven. $) FREE! FREE! The box ot money on exhibition In our show window. 10$ Sixth street, will be given sway free to the holder of the key which unlocks the lock. One key given with each $0-cent pur chase. Only on key will unlock It. Full Measure House BRANCH tt NORTH SIXTH TROUBLE INSIGHT FOR FARMER HARMON FOR riKE MEAT TOLLOATE MAT BR PROSECUTED ranobrs WITH NECESSARY INFORMATION WEATHER AIDING FIQHT. Forest Rangers Anderson and Proutt, who have for two days been fighting a fierce Are started by . a farmer named Harmon near Tollgate. on the road to Mount Hood, did not reach the city yes terday In time to consult with United States District Attorney John Hall, from whom they will secure old In prosecut ing Harmon under the federal statutes. They are expected to meet the district attorney Monday and cause the Issuance of a warrant for the accused. District Attorney Hall said last night that offenses of this character commit ted on or resulting In damage to gov ernment land or timber will come under his Jurisdiction. "The federal laws are very strict on this subject." he said. "All persons sre prohibited from setting fires in such a manner or in Such localities as may be a menace to the public lands, and camp ers and hunters are strictly enjoined by the laws to extinguish any campflree they may have started. I think the laws cover adequately all esses, whether of fires started on government land or fires that have originated on private property and have been handled in a careless manner such as permitted them to spread to government timber. The pen alties are largely within the discretion of the court. The last man we had up on this kind of a charge was fined $100, but. the light fine was owing to the fact that but small damage had resulted from the fire for which he was responsible. Samp Weather Kelps. The fires reported In the last two days are -checked by the prevailing damp weather of the last 24 hours more than they are Impeded by the efforts of the Are fighters. When a flro gets a strong start, as did the Are around Tollgate Friday, it is impossible for men to do anything that will stop it unless there is a turn of the weather in their favor. The slight precipitation in, the neigh borhood of Portland yesterday did much to relieveVhe existing conditions, .tie fires four miles west of the city have burned themselves nearly out, and are smouldering around the edges of the large acreage burned. Weather Observer Besls is still hope ful that there will be rains before the weather changes again to clearing. He said last night: "The sprinkle yesterday waa confined to Portland and lasted three minutes. It is the only rain reported in our dis trict. We do not get regular reports from east of the mountains, but I know that there was rain about Baker City and in other places where there were thunder storms todsy. I still think we will get some rain out of this dsmp spell." Fire threatened Rock Point village and a quantity of. cord wood belonging tone C. R. Davis Fuel company yes terday and -burned a portion of a flume owned by the Benson Logging company. The village of Davis and a county bridge near by wore also in the path of the names, but were saved by the fire fighters. LOSS ABOUT $80,000. Fores Tires Hear Vancouver, Wash., Die Down. Special DJspatek to Tbe Journal.) Vancouver. Wash.. Aug. J7. Now that the smoke from the timber fires has In a large measure cleared away. It la be ginning to be possible to estimate the results of the blsxe which for a time created so much consternation in this vicinity. - 1 As each day improves the situation, it becomes more apparent that the damage waa at first overestimated. There are not so many of the green trees des troyed as was st first feared, because the dryness of the undergrowth rendered the fires rapid, thus passing through the timber that otherwiae would have suffered considerable loss. In the Immediate vicinity of Van couver, aside from the cord wood des troyed, the damage to forest alone does not reach beyond $26,000. To this must be added the destruction of several hundred cdVda of wood, many small outbuildings, a few farm houses and two saw mills. The damage on these latter con be es timated bv the owners only, but prob ably will add another $26,000, making the total loss approximately lau.uuu. While this loss la aerloua enough, there is a feeling of gratification and thankfulness prevalent that the loss did not reach aeverol hundreds of thou sands, which for a time seemed the only outcome. Tonight there wss a sprinkle or rain that for a time promised a heavy down fall. It brought the smoke to the ground and made the fires appear much heavier than they are. TOLLOATE FIRE RAQINO. Portland's Wats apply May Be Bn- , dangsred. i Special Dlspatrh to The Journal.) Oregon City. Or.. Aug. 27. A party of canfpers that returned to this city to night report that there is raging in tne vicinity of Tollgate. on the Mount Hood road, a serious forest fire. Henry Hur mand. a Herman rancher, who resides one mile north of Tollgate. Is said to be responsible for storting the fire and will be arrested by a United States marshal on a charge preferred by Assistant Chief Forest Ranger Milt. Anderson. Hor- mand is a Herman and hurst into tears when advised of the serious character of the offense for which his arrest will be made. Tho fears of the rangers and wood men now are that the firs will cross the Sandy river, and in that case It would have free progress to the Bull Run country and Portland's water supply property would be In greet danger. It Is Impossible to foretell the probable ex tent of the damage that will result from the fire that Is now raging, but hunters In the vicinity of tbe blase say that It will cover several thousand acres of rich timber lands before It can be ex tinguished. As it Is. smoke Is filling all the val leys today. At the government camp people complain that the smoke Is so dense that It disturbs their vision. At that point Mount Hood la usually vis ible, but the smoks Is now so thick that objects half s mile distant could scarcely be seen. BIO FLOW OT WATER. tgpectsl ntapatrb to Tbe Joarnal.) Oifford. Idaho. Aug. 27 The strik ing of a large vein of water In the new Oifford well has encouraged the farm ers of the Oifford country. The water was found at a depth of 1(0 feet and a flow. of 160 gallons sn hour hss been secured. WINC-TOwACCM TtnHAMtKTVt CUWDl ro run. MS.TKUIAR6 . raatHarmvTT,- p$.t.aw.ol $5.00 free Our expert optician's services are worth $6 (Dcullst fee) to anyone using glasses not properly adjusted or whose eyes require attention. Entire responsi bility IS assumed by us for esch case tested, thus doing away with the un necessary and often exorbitant charged for a prescription and the inconvenience of dealing with two parties. REMEMBER ALSO that this service implies no obligation of any sort. If you don't need glasses no charge. If you do neen and don't wish to buy no charge. If you do need and do buy no charge except for the glasses, and that moderate. Hundreds of testimonials ' from re liable people open to those who are Inter ested. ' Oregon Optical Co. 178 Fourth at. , T. M. O. A. Blag. WOOLD-BE DEPUTY SORRY HE SPOKE tlOAR MAR. DECRED WITH AU TEOBITY, AIDS OLDER SLEUTH IN HAND EI N Q CRAZED MAN WRESTLED AND 7UOOXO FOB HOURS. Clyde Evans, the cigar man. had an Insatiable desire to be made a specfa! deputy sheriff. Why. he wss unable to explain. It may have been, as Sheriff Word asserts,, a taint in hla blood. But everything Is all right now. It would take a club to Induce Evans to enter the field sacred to Old Sleuth and Sher lock Homles. A few days ago he went to the sheriff and asked to .be made a special deputy. He explained that he wanted to gain the' experience. "AM right," replied tne sherlfr, with that twinkle his eye acquired when he waa on the road and didn't know what it was to take life seriously. "We will give you .a little experience as a spe cial and then send you forth to con quer." Deputy Sheriff Qrussi was sent to Salem yesterday with Frans Johnson, who was arrested while preaching to telephone poles. He Is the man who, when aaked by' the police if he was a Holy Roller, answered: "No; I am a holy terror." Evans was going to Canby, and Sheriff Word let him ac company Oruasl as far as that point. Shortly after leaving the city the "holy terror" began to Justify the title he had given himself. Evans and Orussl had one long wrestling match with him ss far as Canby. where be was strapped to his seat. Grussl is something of a Joker himself, and did not suggest strapping the maniac down until Evans was about to leave the train. "That's enough for me." said the cigar man, as he wiped the perspiration from his brow. "You fellows can hare the fun of handling all the 'crssles' In the future. As for me, give me the life of peace and quiet, or give me chloro form." PLAYS POLICEMAN AND ARRESTS THIEF W. Pltchett played policeman last night and captured E. Middleton, whom he ac cuses of stealing a valuable gold watch from him. According to the story told by Pltchett, his watch, valued at $$0, was stolen from his room last May. Some time later he discovered It In a pawn shop, where he says it had been pawned by Middleton. The matter was reported to the police and Mtddleton was arrested. Not de siring to prosecute the man If he could get possession of his watch, with the consent of the district attorney, the prisoner was allowed his liberty under promise that he would return Pltchett his property. That was the last seen or heard of Middleton. according to Pltchett. until last night when he met him on the street. Pltchett grabbed Middleton and dragged him to the police station, al though the prisoner struggled violently. A charge of larceny was booked against him. REFRESHING RAINS MAY DROWN FIRES For the first time during several weeks the Willamette valley was visited by a rain last night, and It is believed that it will be the means In a great measure of checking the forest fires which have been raging so fiercely of late. The rain was forecasted In the report prepared yesterday by the weath er bureau, which stated that the weather today would be unsettled and showery. The people have long been watting for a drenching rain, more for the reason that It would put a stop to the fires which are destroying valuable timber all along the weatern slope of the Pacific coast than for any beneficial effects It would have upon the growing crops and pasture lands. Every one Is also anx ious for the stmosphere to become cleared of the dense smoke which has hung over the valley for many weeks past. WASHINGTON MEN SCURRY TO COVER (Continued from Page One.) mlttee are getting from under the charge of complicity In Chairman Palmer's as sault upon the postmasters' salaries. Even Senator Wilson's organ, the Post Intelllgencer. to which Chairman Palmer has a right to look for support, declares there Is nothing libelous In the charge that Chairman Palmer has violated fed eral statutes. Spokane, Wash . Aug. 27. Six lota have been secured on Second avenue, between Bernard and McClellan streets, for terminal purposes of the Coeur d'Alene A Spokane railway. F. A. Black well, manager of the road, says thst the ground was bought for a freight terminal. HOTEL CHIMNEY PLAYS VESUVIUS i A FLUE OH PORTLAND HOTEL CATCHES FIRE AND BIO CROWDS GATHER TO WATCH ST SPUTTER NO DAMAGE IS DONE BY THE A burning chimney at the Portland hotel early laat evening called out a large crowd and the down-town fire de partments, but the guests of the hos telry wire not aware of the excitement until the belching chimney had subsided. The soot-filled flue caught fire and dense clouds of smoke and sparks poured forth for several minutes, the only damage done being the setting on fire of one or two awnings, which were torn down by firemen. The chemical engine quenched the ambitions chimney in the midst of Its eruption. At no time was there any danger to the occupants of tbe hotel, and employes of the place went about their routine du ties in the usual manner, most of them unaware that crowds were admiring the plnwheels the chimney was setting forth. While the excitement lasted the streets were thronged near the hotel with those who had j.eard the hotel was afire, and though there was out a thin thread of smoke and a sparse offering of dull-red sparks, the excitement-seeking crowd lingered until the laat sooty ember had ceased to hover over the black chlm ney, and then they departed to tell the hundreds who were headed for the "fire that It waa "all out" CITY REVENUES NOT SUFFICIENT (Continued from Page One.) made In expenses If the city is to come out even at the end of the year." The executive board Is expecting to have a conference with the ways and means committee of the city council, for the purpose of determining how the ex igency shall be met Rodney L. OUsan of che executive board Is confident that there will be no serious trouble in mak ing ends meet. "We shall be obliged to dispense with soma things," said Mr. Ollsan, "such, for Instance as the new engine house. Some reductions may also be necessary In cer tain departments, but they will not have to be so considerable as to Interfere with the efficiency of the service. There will probably be a reduction in the city engineer's department but It will be slight. So far as I know there is no authority for the statement that four of the engineering crews will be laid off." As Councilman Zimmerman, the chair man of the ways and means committee. Is out of the city and is not expected to return before Thursday, it is not likely that any action will be taken until the latter part of this week. Whore Axs Can Fall. The two departments In which reduc tions can be made most readily are the city engineer's and the street cleaning department The estimated expense of street cleaning and sprinkling for the year was $64,610. of which $$$,$$$.$$ was expended in the first five months. But this Included the purchase of a number of new horses, six new street sprinklers end other equipment, all of which Is now paid for. No such expense will be necessary during the remainder of the year, so chat it Is said that a material saving can be effected, possibly amounting to foor or five thousand dol lars. This would involve the postpone ment until after January 1 of some of the street cleaning that is ordinarily done In the fall, but It is not regarded as imperatively necessary. Csty Engineer Elliott declares that no material reduction can be made In hla force without greatly Interfering with the work of the office. He expects to lay orr one engineering crew st the end of this month, but. thst would reduce the payroll only $320. We have all the work we can noa- sibly do," said the city engineer. "All of my men are busy, and we have a lot of work ahead of us that we have not touched yet" Donbt Need Of Fores. Mr. Elliott produced a number of petitions for street Improvements and said that upon the majority of them work had not yet been commenced ow ing to the fact that his force is al ready overtaxed. In spite, however, of these assertions by the city engineer, there Is a wide spread impression, which is shared by some members of tbe city council, that there Is a great deal of unnecessary expenditure In thla department and that the payroll Is out of proportion to the work done. Notwithstanding the fact that most of the engineering and street work is done In the summer season, the payroll is almost as large in midwinter as in midsummer. In January of this year It amounted to $6, $76.23 snd in July It was $$.$68.01. In July of laat year It was $6,034.75. or substantially the same as in January. The expendi tures for the first five months of this year, which Included most of the dull season, exceeded their proportion of the estimated expense for the year by $1,200. It Is notorious thst during the politi cal campaign last spring many of the city engineer's subordinates were put ting In practically all of their time do ing machine politics. The city paid them for their time, but did not get their services. The department was looked upon as an adjunct of the Re publican machine. The payroll waa loaded down with the names of men who owed their places to political pull and whose services to the city were of little value. Only a few months ago the city auditor declined to draw warrants for the city engineer's department until every man on the payroll bad verified his claim by affidavit. It was freely charged at that time that the payroll was stuffed. Loafing Is Charged. Complaints are made now that the work of the department Is carried on In a very loose manner. Many of tne out side men. It Is said, do not put In a full day's work and some of them sre said to be habitual frequenters of the Irv lngton track. Contractors assert that the work of the Inspectors Is often a farce. "Half of the Inspectors know nothing about their business. said one contractor, "and they do not attend to It at that Often an Inspector will spend only a few minutes a day upon a Job which he Is supposed to be watching all the time." During the three summer months the city hall offices sre closed on Saturday afternoons It Is said that all of the odsRIde men of the engineering depart ment take a half holiday on Saturdays, as well ss the office men. Street con tractors put In a full day's work on Saturdays as on other days, but no In spectors are on hand In the afternoon to supervise the work. The engineer ing crews all lay off srly on Satur days. In view of the fact that the summer Is the season when much of the outside work must ba done, it Is ob vious that the city is not getting the New Fall Woolens For gentlemen's garments to order: Latest novelties in fine foreign and domestic wool ens in all the latest weaves and colorings. Our well known cash methods saves you ten to twenty dollars on suit or overcoat, on prices asked by the credit giving tailor. Satisfaction guaranteed in all cases. Garments to order in a day if required. Samples mailed garments expressed. 108 THIRD results which might be obtained. Though paying for six days' work, it Is getting but five and one-half, if in deed It gets that. The opinion Is expressed thst there would be no stringency in the city's finances If the city engineer's depart ment had been economically and sys tematically administered. It Is doubt ful. however, whether any radical change will be brought about this year. The executive board may insist upon some reduction In expenditures, but It Is not likely to be extensive. One other opportunity for economy is afforded by the fund which is at the disposal of the city council for miscel laneous expenses. The balance in thla fund An June 1 was $1,272.60. It is said that at least $1,000 of this balance can be saved and turned back for use in meeting the threatened deficit. An estimate of the requirements of the fire department for the remainder of the year is being prepared and will probably be ready for submission next week. Until this estimate is presented. It Is Impossible to determine exactly the extent of the shortage. The fire depart ment fund Is now practically exhausted and a transfer must soon be made from the general fund. The bids on the Third street engine house so far exceeded the estimates that it is reasonably cer tain that the building will not be erected until another year. The engine house on the Macadam road Is regarded aa a more immediate necessity, as the dis trict in which It Is to be built Is greatly In need of fire protection. The coot however, will not be heavy, probably not exceeding $$.600, ss much of the material Is already provided for. Can Transfer Funds. City Engineer Elliott Is credited with the suggestion that the strain upon the municipal treasury can be relieved by transferring to the general fund $30,000, which is in the street improve ment fund. The city auditor says that such a transfer Is Impossible, under the provisions of the charter. Money can not be transferred from other funds to the general fund, except to return ad vances made from the general fund. The money In the Improvement fund Is not available for the present emergency. Advocates of Mayor Williams' policy of deriving a revenue from the gambling houses by monthly fines have sought to create the Impression, that the present financial embarrassment of the city is duo to the loss of revenue from that source. This contention is but slightly borne out by the facta In the semi annual statement by City Auditor Dev lin, Issued July 1 of this year, the esti mated receipts from fines In the muni cipal court during the remaining six months were given as $20,000. This es timate was based upon the assumption that the city would continue to collect the lines from the gamblers. These fines were collected in July, and the city's receipts for that month from the municipal court were about $6,000. The gamblers ceased to con tribute to the city treasury when their places were closed by Sheriff Word, but there Is still s steady revenue from tbe municipal court as the result of fines Imposed upon misdemeanants and violators of the city ordinances. The total amount of fines collected and paid over to the city for the first 27 days of August according to information ob tained from Clerk Olsen of the muni cipal court, was $1,421. indicating that the city's receipts , from this source for the entire month will be In the neigh borhood of $1,600. If thla rate is main tained up to January. J, the city's re ceipts from fines for thlsTast half of the year. Including the $S,000 collected In July, will be about $13,000, or only $7,000 less than was estimated. (Xndet any circumstances and on the most con servative estimate the city will realise from fines during the second half of the year not less than $10,000. It Is apparent, therefore, thnt the loss of revenue from the gambling houses ts not the prime cause of the city's present Isck of funds. The shortage la to be at tributed In lsrge part to the Increased expenditures for tne fire department, and probably also the waste In the city engineer's depsrtment LINCOLN COUNTY FAIR. (SseeUI Pispstrh to The Journal.) Davenport, Wash. Aug. 27. Exten sive preparations are already being made for the Lincoln county fair, which la ro lie held about the middle of October. Tin display of horses and cattle will be greater than any heretofore, a number of prominent stockmen having already stalls. - STREET SEEKS DEATH BUT CHANGES HIS MIND CARL SCHLECTH. WITH MONET IN BANK, JUMPS INTO RITES BE CAUSE HE MAS ONLY A NICYLE IN HIS CLOTHES BATH A TRIFLE. He had $139 in a local bank amUi nlckle In his pocket end becausesffa could not draw sufficient funds to pro vide him food and shelter until Id o'clock Monday morning. Carl Bchlecth leaped from the Alder street dock last night with the Intention ot committing suicide. When he struck the water, however, he changed his mind and swam for a pile, to which he clung until Capt. L. C Weir, of the tug Cash, assisted him aboard the boat Police headquarters was notified snd an ambulance dispatched to the scene to bring the wet man to the station. When he arrived. In charge of Police men Robson and Isaacs, he seemed quite cheerful, and when asked why he tried to take his life, calmly replied that It was because he could not get Into the bank to draw money with which to buy food and shelter until Monday morn ing at banking hours. He is a German, and apeaks very lltle English, but hla words were Interpreted by Sergeant Carpenter. Bchlecth has been In the city for sev eral months and had been rooming at the Rhelnfals hotel. He Is $7 year old. While being searched before the captain's desk, a quart of water ran from his clothing. He hod to have a complete chsnge before going to bed. He will probably be released this morn ing. BIO LOO D (Special Dispatch -o The Joarnal.) Eugene, Or.. Aug. 17. Tho big drive of iocs consigned co the Booth Kelly compsny at Springfield is now safely stored In the mill pond at that place. The drive, besides the $.000,000 feet of logs. Includes about 800 cedar poles for the telephone and light companies. The contract was held by Jap Hills, who has done such work on the river for a long time. THE QUICK MEAL RANGE Is In more hom Hnnse In Ajnei I coal and k" e IIS . tne "l. I npai homtsfA of fuel. OMs, Wortra&n $1$ King PORTLAND. OB iMiT'irrN rtfli aiieied eei