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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, TUESDAY EVENING, NO
FOR
THANKSGIVING
We have many useful things to
consider all of quality's bast,
from the hands of expert work
manship. Carving Sets
Buckhorn or silver handles.
Fruit Knives
Mother of -pearl or silver handlea.
Table Knives
Medium or dessert slses. la
mother-of-pearl, sliver or ivory
handles.
AO of the above are of
Heavy Damascus Steel
Blades. Silver Flats.
Silver Flatware
An endless variety of spoons and
forks for all purposes. All of
heavy weight, finished in French
Cray or polished, and In patterns
that are the best of the design
er a art.
Ae&CFddenheimer
J Cor. Third and Washington
Jewelers. Silversmiths.
NELDRUM'S TRIAL
FOR LAND FRAUDS
Cam of Ex-State Surveyor-General
Will Be Heard Tomor
row or Thursday.
INDICTMENT CHARGES
TWENTY FORGERIES
Allegations . Made That He Had
Sanction of General Land
Office for Offenses.
Henry Meldrum, formerly surveyor
general for the state of Oregon, will be
placed on trial In the federal court be
fore Judge BellingeEatoinorrow or Thurs-
The indictment' charges that for the
purpose of defrauding the United States
Meldrum "feloniously did make and
forge" certain affidavits of pretended
settlers upon unsurveyed public lands.
The lndictmvat sets forth upward of SO
specific cases In which affidavits alleged
to be spurious and fraudulent were thus
weed.
IT" is the theory of the government
that, having manufactured these ficti
tious affidavits, Meldrum used them as
a-Uasta to obtain authority from the gen
eral land office to survey the lands In
question. This authority being granted,
contracts for the surveying were let by
Meldrum. the cost, of course, falling
upon the government. Ostensibly, at
least, the surveys' were then made. It
Is alleged, however, that in many cases
the surveyors never actually went on
the ground. The loss to the government
In consequence of the alleged frauds was
very great, and It is asserted that the
profits of those engaged In the conspir
acy were over 160.000.
Meldrum Is indicted -under section
141 1, United States revised statutes,
which makes it a crime to make or utter
forged affidavits or other papers for the
purpose of defrauding the government,
and Imposes a penalty of Imprisonment
at hard labor for not exceeding 10 years,
fine not exceeding 11,000, or both.
Henry Meldrum was surveyor-general
during Blnger Hermann's administration
of the general land office. The surveys
made by Meldrum war expressly au
thorised by Commissioner Hermann. It
is the practice for the land commissioner
to give authorisation for surveys by
mall, but in several Instances Commis
sioner Hermann resorted to telegrams.
It has bean stated repeatedly that the
frauds with which Meldrum Is charged
could not have been perpetrated without
the sanction and connivance of some one
high In the general land of floe.
A part of the evidence which the gov
ernment expected to use In the prosecu
tion of Meldrum was contained In the
exhibits attached to the famous report
of Colonel Oreene, which caused Her
mann's removal from the land office.
Those exhibits afterward mysteriously
disappeared, having been stolen while
the report was in the land office, just
before Hermann's forced resignation.
How far they are material to the gov
ernment's ease Is not known.
FREE LOVE OPPOSED
BY REV. S. C LAPHAM
Baptist Preacher Makes a Spirited Answer from the Pulpit to the
Editorial Attack on His Position on the Sub
ject of Divorce, and Quotes Scripture.
REPLIES TO CRITICISM OF THE CATHOLIC SENTINEL
He Says the Church That Seeks to Perpetuate Unholy Marriages
Is Criminal in Spirit Even Though It Should
Claim the Letter of the Word.
Rev. S. C. Lspham. of the Second
Baptist church. Bast Seventh and
Ankeny streets, is accused by the
Catholic Sentinel" of preaching -Tree
love.' He denied It and bitterly ar
ralgned the paper In his sermon Sunday
night.
Mr. Lapham preached a sermon on
October to in which, he expressed new
ideas with regard to divorces. Among
other things he said:
"There are divorces and divorces, and
notwithstanding the wholesale and in
discriminate condemnation of divorce sa
the 'greatest evil of our day,' I believe
Christianity would be doubly cursed II
there ware no divorce courts, and men
and women were not permitted to re
marry."
The "Sentinel" had a leading editorial
on the preacher's sermon headed
"Catholics aad Divorce." In part it
said: ;
"Attorney a E. S. Wood and Brother
Lap ham, of ths east side, have been
aroused In defense of this good old
American Institution. e e
"Brother Lapham stands alone. He
certainly does not belong to the Baptist
church of which he is nominally an
east side pasfbr. The Baptists rest
their belief on the Holy Scriptures.
But Mr. Lapham 1a certainly not In
harmony with the Scriptures.
"t have It on good authority that ad
vanced Socialists advocate free book,
free clothes, free food and free love,
but It remained for Mr. Lapham to
preach free love from a Christian pul
pit. Brother Lapham may have struck
a more popular chord than Or. Rader,
hut he Is far less a Christian, and more
offensive to better instincts.
"Canada, with ber millions of people,
gets along very well without divorce,
and so could America. If ministers
would preach the gospel, and men and
women learn to live decently."
The start Ci
Mr. Lapham answered the article from
his pulpit Sunday night. He chose for
his text the sixth verse of ths third
chapter of Second Corinthians. "The
Letter Kllleth, but the Spirit Maketh
Alive." He said, in part:
T would reply to the unwarranted
accusation of being an advocate of 'free
love' by saying that wbenthe state oi
matrimony is vicious, unnatural and
unholy, as In " many cases It Is, the
church or state which seeks to perpetu
ate such condition is repeating the In
tolerance and bigotry of bygone ages,
and Is criminal In spirit, though it
claim the letter of the word.
"Those who seejt divorce, not to pro
cure release from an unbearable bond
age but to remarry, are guilty of suc
cessive polygamy, tr It does not deserve
a worse name, and ought to be dealt
with as criminals. But the righteous
administration of divorce stands for the
sanctity of marriage and the honor and
purity of the home.
"The Christ said unto certain ones,
Ye are like unto whited sepulchres,
beautiful outwsrdly, but within of all
tuicleanness.' Ood, nature or humanity
does not want the marriage vow to
cover or continue under such conditions.
Teach righteousness, teach purity and
teach the moat honorable attitude of
manhood and womanhood which can
sanctify and make holy the marriage
state. No church form or legal permit
in themselves can maks two Uvea one."
The 'get isun That Osnsoa the Trouble.
Mr. Lapham, in the sermon which has
created so much discussion, said In part;
"Marriage snd divorce is a living
topic In church circles today. The great
church councils are deliberating upon
It at length. Some ministers deliver
themselves upon subjects tfcey have
studied but little, and dispose of tbem
according to oreads and the usages of
their church, rather than' the facts ss
they agist But It has remained for
Dr. M. A. Matthews of Seattle to solve
the problem of divorce for the people
of Portland in his unique but hopelessly
visionary lecture. The Undlvorceable
OlrL'
"That women are possessed today of a
low standard or Intelligence, industry,
tndependenoe or Inspiring qualities, and
that this is ths cause of divorce, I do
not believe. Therefore, the cure of the
divorce evil will not come by women
studying "politics,' 'economics' or hav
Ing more to do.' If the oauss of divorce
does not He mainly in this direction,
neither does its , cure. The facts are
that if woman were as pure and perfect
aa angels, the divorce courts would
grind on just the same.
The Cause of Divorce.
The Nigger In the woodpile.'
which the doctor spoke of, is more
often the moral character of the
man than the Intelligence or Industry
of the woman. One by one the self
righteous hypocrites went out when the
Christ replied, 'Let him that Is without
sin cast the first stone,' and a count of
the true culprits who disregard the
right of woman to herself, the sanctity
of tha marriage row, the responsibility
of fatherhood and the making of a home,
would not leave a large proportion of
divorced men to point to the woman as
ths cause of the divorce. As Christians
we believe marriage to be more than a
contract Pronouncing a few words
does not make a man and woman one,
any mora than repeating words con
stitutes prayer. If we believe the
marital relations to bo above all else
the union of Uvea In mutual confidence,
true affection and fidelity to each
other, why should we not formally de
clare separated those who were never
truly united T , Why perpetuate a
legalised Immorality? When marriage
ceases to be a holy relation It becomes
an Immoral relation. Let us deal with
It as such by a sane and Just adminis
tration of divorce. The women who
have been betrayed, abused and deserted
are a hundred to one aa compared with
the men who have to any degree suf
fered because of the lack of Intelligence
or Industry on the part of a woman.
Am Insinuating Out.
" The hotel is a dangerous place for
a married woman,' is certainly a choice
sentence from Dr. Matthews lecture.
Why the hotel Is more dangerous to
married women .. than to unmarried
women, we are not Informed. The
thought is an .Insinuating cut to say- tha
least, at hotels and all women, whether
married or unmarried, who patronise the
hotel. A decent woman will behave
herself anywhere and will not be less
a lady and a true wife. In a hotel than
In the congregation of the doctor's
church next Sunday morning. The ho
tela where respectable people live for a
time are net - such 'fetid places of vice
or Immoral license aa to endanger a wo
man's purity, contaminate her chastity
or become a menace to the marriage re
lation. No! Nol The cause of divorce
Is deeper than that. It Is In ths woman
or man mors than the surroundings. If
hotels are dangerous places for married
women, what of the dangers to married
men In the many placea which men fre
quent but common decency forbids to
women?
"The undivorcable. man will be the
man who loves his wife, and Is loved by
her' In return. Love will forever de
stroy the abuse of divorce."
TRANSFERS ON THE
STREET RAILWAY
Information of Interest and Value
to People Who Use the
Street Cars.
COMPANY GIVES ALONG
RIDE FOR ONE NICKEL
Passengers Must Know Their
Destinations Ask for Trans
fers When You Pay.
COMMEMORATE THE
DEEDS OF YOUNG HERO
Spanish War Veterans Will Or
ganize Camp Under Name
of Venville No. One.
Ths esst side Spanish war veterans
will meet tonight In the Logus block.
Grand avenue and Beat Stark street, to
re -organize their camp under the provis
ions of the United Spanish War Veter
ans' association. The name to be taken
Is Venville camp No. 1.
In choosing the name, the veterans
sought to commemorate the name of the
young apprentice who lost his life In
the Philippines In such a trsglc manner,
and over whose fete tne whole state was
exercised for a period.
Arthur Venville was captured while
with a landing party of the gunboat
Yorktown on the east coast of Luaon,
and after recovering from wounds re
ceived while standing heroically by his
commanding officer, was kept in captiv
ity for a long period and ultimately mas
sacred when the Filipinos thought there
was prospect of his being recaptured.
Although a mere lad, the courage shown
while the boat was under murderous fire
commended him to the department for
favorable mention.
His mother at the time resided .in
Seliwood, and after she learned that
he had been captured alive, she pined
until a movement was begun to raise
a ransom fund. Before communication
could be had with the Filipino captors
the lad disappeared, and Is held to have
been murdered by the savage blacks.
Lovers of the Violin.
Or tha voice often call the piano a cold
Instrument How quickly they change
their mind when they hear the Kroeger
piano: such warmth or tone, such end
less shades of tone-color in fact, you
don't know the possibility of the piano
If you have not heard the Kroeger. For
sale by A. w. Meyer, 74 sixth street
Music Lessons Free
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General transfers on tha lines of ths
Portland Consolidated Railway company
are now issued to passengers who come
In on any ona of ths Unas and who
wish to change to any division running
out to sny part of tha olty, axoeptlng
the section from which the passsnger
started.
The Intention of tha management is
to facilitate travel to any part of the
city without giving round trips for one
fare. In some instances ths passenger
wishing to use two lines that do not
Intersect will have to walk a few blocks
to reach the line to which the transfer
has been given, but one faro will be suf
flclent In such casta. While nearly all
divisions can exchange transfers, all
connecting points are not transfer
points. i
Where a cross-town system of trans
fers Is available, aa between East Morri
son street and Union avenue on the east
aide, passengers on such- lines cannot
transfer from one" to tha other on the
wast side of the river. A special trans
fer oar will be run exclusively for east
side business, on Orand avenue, between
East Burnslda and Fast Morrison streets.
Passengers on the Bast Morrison bridge
.lines wishing to go to points north on
the east side will be transferred to that
Una, and will change to tha oar on
Union avenue thst will take them to
Vhelr destination. Passengers wishing to
go to ths north and of Williams avenue
or St Johns will take the Russell street
or Athlna car going north an Union ave
nue, and will receive another transfer
at the corner of Williams avenue and
Russell street to carry them on toward
St Johns. Conversely, passengers from
the Bt. Johns or Williams avenue linen
wishing to oontlnue south on ths east
side will transfer to the RuaseU street
oar and come. In on Un! o avenue, change
to the transfer car on Orand avenue,
which will transfer them In turn to any
of the eaat side lines at Beat Morrison
or Orand avenue. The special transfer
car will accept and Issue only east side
transfers.
O. W. P. Co. shrqhasgas Transfers.
The Oregon Water Power Railway
company will continue to exchange
transfers with the Consolidated to any
point within the city limits. Transfers
will be issued by the Consolidated from
any of Its Unas to the O. W. P. lines,
excepting- from ths cars passing over
the Morrison street bridge.
At first and Sheridan streets trans
fers are given to Fulton cars to oontlnue
the ride south In the same direction,
and are aocepted from Fulton north
bound cars to continue tha ride north
on Fifth street entitling passengers to
a local transfer up Jefferson street, or
vice versa In returning, but entitling him
to no further transfer to other lines
from Fifth street
Passengers from Fifth street line, hav
ing transfers punched for tha Oregon
Water Power A Railway company, First
and Washington, and those from Third
street punched for the sams, and those
from the Oregon Water Power A Rail
way lines having transfers punched
Washington at First will be carried be
tween Fifth and First and Third and
First In the proper direction by any
car running on Washington street with
out giving up transfer, which will be
good on the line for which It was Is
sued. TsessilgaiS Must Exercise Oars.
Burnslde bridge cars will afcept trans
fers at Union avenue and Bast Russell
street from the Orand avenue transfer
car for passage northerly, but never
westerly. Cash or transfer passengers
sre entitled to transfers from East
Burnslde street cars .either outgoing
or Incoming, good at Williams avenue
and Russell street for passage on Wil
liams avenue north, but never south.
After getting on Russell street oar going
east passengers are entitled to trans
fer. Montavllla cars going east only
will accept at Orand avenue and East
Ankeny street transfers from Union
avsnue punched- Orand avenue south,
without waiting for exchange of trans
fers from Orand avenue transfer ear.
Morrison street bridge cars will accept
tansfsrs from the Orand avenue transfer
car only for passage easterly, never
westerly.
-Under the new regulations conductors
are not allowed to correct mistakes of
ng,unnri taklna? vronf car. bv iaaulna
transfers to proper cars at points of
divergence. .The passenger Is expected
in all cases to know his destination and
take the proper car to reach it All
transfers must be Issued at tha time
ths passenger pays his fare.
MAKE THANKSGIVING
HAPPY FOR THE TOTS
Donations Will Be Asked for by
the Boys' and Girls'
Aid Society.
Some Grand
Snaps
STEINWAT BABY ORAND Slightly
used, but la fine condition.
WEBER ORAND Rosewood case,
slightly used. In good condition.
GUILD ORAND Rosswood case, used
but In good order.
We shall offer these pianos for sals
at about ona third of the original price.
Eaay time payments accepted.
We are also offering special induce
ments In upright pianos, both new and
second-hand In now pianos wa have
some fifteen different makes, ranging
In price from 1200 up. Eaay time pay
ments accepted . f
Soule Bros. Piano Co.
379 and 374 Morrison St. cor W. Park.
MORE POLICEMEN;
NO MORE FIREMEN
City's Executive Board Makes
Big Cuts in Departmental
Estimates of Expenses.
BUT FUNDS FALL FAR
SHORT OF NECESSITIES
Council Will Probably Make Ma
terial Changes in Report of
the Committee.
After two hours' hard work, yester
day afternoon the city executive board
out 1157,812 from ths estimated ex
penses for 1905. This was not suffi
cient to bring these estimates below
the calculated receipts' from all sources.
The total of ths estimated expenses was
1573,102.25. while the total estimated re
ceipts was 31 9.500.
After going over the entire figures
and scanning every department vary
careruiiy. making cuts here and there.
it was round that the estimates were
reduced only 157,812, leaving a deficit
in the calculation of a very large sum.
The fire department was left without
any means for Improving the system,
the estimate being cut down to cover
bare running expense's, which amount
to Jlfi4,340. It was thought that tha
city could do without any further fire
protection. It la not at all likely that
more than ona of the engine companies
recommended by Chief Campbell will
be installed during the coming year.
On the other hand, allowance was
made In the estimate for 10 new police
men on January 1, and for six months
during fair time 50 additional men will
be put on. This glvea Chief Hunt an in
crease of over $86,000 with which to
carry on his department during the com
lng year, making a total of $126,800.
In all probability tha action of ths
board In reamed to tha Ore department
and the police department will not be
aanctloned by tha .city council. Nearly
all of the councilman hava stated they
are In favor of Increasing the expenses
of ths fire department In preference to
that of the police department, and It Is
not likely that tha action of the execu
tive board will meat their approval-
Other estimates were fixed as fol
lows: Street lighting, $73,500; library
fund, $9,800; park fund, $25,000; bonded
lndebtedneas Interest, $140,760; Im
provement bond Interest fund, $16,000;
city engineer's department $75,792;
street repairs, $57,866; health depart
ment $24,390; street cleaning and
sprinkling fund $90,000; pound depart
ment, $3,767 ; civil service commission,
$1,600; harbormaster. $1,200; municipal
court $$.700; plumbing inspector, $$,-
896; museum, $2,600; auditor's depart
ment $?2.100; city treasurer's office.
$6,900; city attorney, $,800; mayors
office. $6,700; city council. $6,087; city
hall, $10,196; advertising $10,000; sta
tionery and hlnnks. $7,000; Insurance,
$300; relief fund $2,000; purchase of
license tags, $600; election, $4,000; codi
fied ordinances, $1,000; Improvement of
streets In front of city property, $10
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Phone Main 353 80 Third St., Cor. Oak
We sell Rubber Goods of known quality. Our stock Is
complete and our prices the most reasonable. Syringes
50 cento up, Laue-Davis Drug Company.
000; viewers on street extension. $1,000;
working prisoners, $1,$00; miscellan
eous, $3,600.
Estimated receipts of general fund
are as follows: Licenses, $146,000; ddg
licenses, $6,000; municipal court $15.
000; franchises. $6,800; rents, $1,600;
engineering, advertising, etc., $$0,000;
Morrison street bridge, $8,000; pound
fees. $1,300; building permits, $1,000;
premium on bonds, $6,000; Interest on
deposits. $4,000; delinquent taxes, $1,
000; miscellaneous, $5,000.
There waa some conjecture aa to
where tha city waa going to secure the.
necessary means to meat all tha ex
penses for the coming year.
"It la up to the city council now to
give as ths necessary funds with which
to run tha etty government," remarked
Big. Blchel.
'1 don't know what we are going to
do," said Mayor Williams. "Wa can't
tall what may happen. We don't know
bat what some angel will descend upon
ua and allow as to gat a little more
money from those gamblers."
These remarks produced laughter, but
no comment ,-
PORTLAND TEACHER
! WINS GREAT SUCCESS
Mtaa Eleanor B. Tabbetta, P. r.. form
erly a teacher In St Helen's hall of this
city. Is meeting with great success In
San Mateo, Cat., where aha has secured
control of tha St. Margaret's" Suburban
Home and Day School for GUrls. She Is
principal of the Institution and under her
are 16 instructors. The school fits young
women for entrance to colleges and uni
versities and also gives opportunities of
education In music and art Tha thir
teenth annual catalogue of tha school
has been Issued and la vary "neat and attractive.
Allen Lewis' Bast Brand.
Waifs under tha care of the Boys' and
Olrls' Aid society will not be overlooked
Thanksgiving day. The little ones will
be served a dinner, as usual. Superin
tendent Gardner is already laying plans
for the event and In a few days ha
will tsaua an appeal for aid. directing It
to the people in general, and to tbe pub
lic schools In particular.
'We want to give the little onaa a
fine dinner, so they will not have cause
to feel that they aye out off from the
blessings that the children who have
happy homes enjoy, said Mr. Gardner.
"Ths people always contribute bounti
fully toward a Thanksgiving feast for
our charges, and will doubtless do as
wsll or better this year."
Five children were received at tha
home yesterday afternoon. May Rose,
aged 14, waa received from Enterprise.
Her father Is blind, and bar mother is
said to be Incapable of giving her proper
care,
.From Florence, Or., cams Francla.
Elmer, Annie and Emma Jaoobson,
ranging In sga from 9 to 14 years. De
serted by their father, who la some
where In Alaska, their mother was un
able longer to continue tha struggle, and
surrendered them.
Dancing School.
Professor Eaton opened hla darclng
class Monday, October $, and will oon
tlnue Monday and Thureday evenings
for six months. Oentlamen $18, ladles
$8. Avion hall. Second and Oak. 'Phone
Wast 7$$.
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