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CZZCZ'J DAILY JOUrJIAU ronTLAND. FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21. 1SC3.
iijl3.';UAS. SCID 3
lSS!Afl:H3ra;
AGAIil Oil STIIIKE
MUSIC IN THE HOME
I he Way ', Is Now Open for
". A i-' -. - r ' p ...
"In ancient tiroes the coach snd four" la
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Manager 'McCresdis Refutes
; 'Statement of Mr. Agnew of
: the Seattle Club.
DEAL MADE WITH HALL
, AND NOT WITH ACNEW
i- Buck Keith Says Cillpatrick Will
; j ; Prove One of the Star Pitch
"; '.' ' 'juol the League. - -
' A Eeatt4 gaper ol yesterday contains
. ? flat denial from -Business Manager
V Agnew of the Seattls baseball team rele-
tlve
my Hughes .bavin keen ei
leased to-prrtland. " - - v ; V
M Miunr aiww uri;. 1 ;
. . . im rumor mat riucncs su eignsa
'.-: .'J "with Portland- it 'without 'foundation.
The Seattle club ha, not at any tlms
:: '.' thought of dropping Hughes, and that
'; means that ha will b with us nest 'mm
aon.' Jl reported conoaotlcm with- the
Portland club and hia alanine with ate
'V r-l .11 i K...' MAim '
rwwia WW ui W , hub iunw.,
i . Whj asked. about the article in quss-
tR this mornirtg TManagar MoCreedis
stated: i-ldld not bur Hughes from
. . Agnew, r made the deal with Rues-Halt
'.V where Hughes has beerr sold to mi
I end thst Is ail there la to IL l. km
' r - -been dealing with the manager Of the 8i
o attie team and not with Mr. Agnew.
'Secretary Kly bad the following xe-
. ; gardlng the Hughee deal; "Manager
, , MeCreedle -purchased Jay Hughes from
..; the Seattle team, and the deal was made
.with Msneger-Hall as--was- enmnmeod
. ' - laat week." I believe that la; mil that IS
necessary on the subject. 'tr .
' auk' wmV ' nniiitiiiii
' .! A, bunch of fans were discussing he
. -relative merits of the eurht Portland
,' 7 pitchers who have signed with MeCreedle
' and the majority favored Hughes and
r uarvin as being the stars of the bunch.
liealcit, Jones snd French came in: for
. , ome praise, but as Jones was the only
. one Known to the fans and as be pitched
for Oakland, this, trio was pot discussed
,to any extent . . "..,.';,, -v v i
; ' A couple of the fans-had commenced
an argument as to which wss the better
- pitcher Hughes or. Garvin when , Buck
... Keith happened along and his tmlnion
., was asked. Buck shifted; his cigar to
..... ........ .uw uw mm uu MiUi
- - "Vou want to know my idee, as te who u
the best pitcher Hughes or. Oarvln, eh?
'wen l u tell yen I am out of baSebali
; " , and I am .not going ja knock any on,
. . but if you want to dope up the best
pitcher on the Portland team. Just keep
, , ur Xs on George GUIpatrick."
'T am confident," continued -Keith,
V "that you have the star jtrtcher of the
league right in old Gill, snd MeCreedle
(1 .. MHm wii.il urn iiinm mm.
, y Here one of his audience cut In with
"e remsrs, "But be has-beea'out of the
game for several years." , ..
.- i Spply to this case. .Joe Corbett was out
"'.of the gams for five years; Gill has only
.; been out-two," snd the man who spoke
. u Shut ullke a clam, V , .
g 'Oon'l overlook this man, for he is
mi run, mmiu neim, as ns
kmbled oft to one ot the dime shows.' v
; ' '..' 1 Kike risks ktsposed.
Ben Ely, the secreUry of .the Port
w -T land baseball club has nnearthed m. little
r- S piece of double dealing on the part of
- v saise risner wnicn may have apme ln-
T. fluence, with President Bert relative to
. the Bakersfleld eontroversy. la s. letter
dent Bert states that Manager Fisher
. trtM htm tHmrt thmt . h. I.IK.
F v Power, company of Bakersfleld, the own-
ere of the new perk, refused -to sllow
Kisher to break from his contract with
" ' them. - r .. .... j. ,
' ! Manageip MeCreedle received a letter
'3 1. rrm ' atr Goodwin of - the Light and
i Power company' In which they stats
- ' that Mlks iriaber is 4he one As-ho Is re-
fusing so cancel the contract. '
v This morning Mr; Ely sent Mr. Oood
, wfn's letter to President Bert snd the
- iurt irvni omrx iu air. uwuwin, ana in
; .Mm few dftW BOmMthln I muobi n
' . drop on ons Michael Angeh Fisher.
. '-The Tacoma -hot air merchant will
" "find that he is up against the real thin
-..i-whn he 4riea to run the whole league
; J for his own benefit. . -i.
W. H. CIIAPIN CHOSEN ,
CHIEF OF CLUBMEN
f The Multnomah Amateur Ath
letic dub Chosee Official
for the Coming Year.
A - At the meeting of the board of direc
tors of the Multnoman Amateur Athletlo
.club .last .evening. W. H. Chspln was
chosen as president for the ensuing
-year; T.-Morris Dunne wash-selected as
vice-president, knd W. AJRobh and A.
, O. Jones were re-elected tJ the 'positions
, of secretary end treasurer, which' had
. been held by them, respectively, during
the past year.'' . ., , j " . ; .. . .
. Mr. Ch'apln, the new president, is one
V.i of the charter members of the .dub,
and was one of the first athletes to. bat
tle for the club s r supremacy. In theJ
early days of she club he wss a mem
ber of ; the football and track teams,
-and was also aennls player of cote.
. The selection 'of the Ofdcsrs chosen
' last evening is pleasing to ail fne clubr
Tnemoer, who express themselves as
, being well satisfied. r-
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, BL,niK r, sttrrr,
, HARRY B. SCOTT,
6C9. 610. 611. 61? and 613 Cham,
A ' i . ) AT V J j A
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W. H. Dispin, Charter Member of
V; , H Onb, Who Was Chosen
(esSssssVsskssss,messss
JAPANESE PLAYERS h
TO MEET STANFORD
Baseball Team From the Orient
; Is Coming to' Cross Bats
; With Americans.
- (JenresJ 8peel Serviee.) .
Stanford University, Feb. .24. Ar-
rssgtaaents have been completed for two
sees., between the Stanford 'Varsity
baseball nine snd a team representing
the Waseda, University of Japan, which
will ross the Paciflo to play the first
Japanese-American. Intercollegiate base
ball match. - The Waseda team won- the
championship of Japan last year, 'and
this season .has team that is expected
to make the youmr Americans husUe,.
The visitors wilt leave Japan during
March and "corns' directly to Stanford,
where"? they wIH "be entertained - by the
Japanese Students' association, r if pos
sible one of the games will be played In
Sen Francisco, as It !t expected 'such s
match, would draw a large attendance.
" .The .Japanese, pay all .their own" ex
penses and will receive two thirds of the
gats receipts from the" games. It is
probable that after reaching this country
the Jspsnese manager . wilt arrange
games with other teams on the coast.
He has been negotiating with the Unl
versity of California, and will probably
play s number or games mere.
FRANK COTCII MEETS
i.
JIM PARR TONIGHT
'.'w.f.-..
Wrestling. Match Between the
Two Start Is Scheduled for
. "New York This Evening.
T- (Jeenal Special Service.) v
New Tork, reb. Jt. Great Interest Is
manifested in the wrestling match to
night between Frank Ootch, the cham
pion eatcb-es-catch-can wrestler,' s,nd
Jim" Parr, who holds the, English cham
pionship title.' The articles call for a
handicap match. Qotch agreeing. to throw
the British champion twice in an hour or
forfeit .the match. . . .
That Ootch is a wrestling marvel is
ooneedeli by Mew York's sporting fra
ternity. - It will be Gotch's debut in New
Tork and the occasion is looked upon ss
one of the biggest sporting events of the
year in the metropolis..
It 4a generally conceded that lie will
have to be at his best to best Parr, who
is himself a, .champion. Parr, is the most
spectacular wrestler In the game today
and is regarded as worthy opponent for
the American champion. '
HERMIS SAID TO BE ; '
-1 N PERFL-CTONDITION
(Jnenal Speeisl service.)
Newsrk, N. 'J., Feb. 14. According to
"Tom" Shields. Hermls Is tit perfect con
ditlon at Bound Brook, N. J. His lgr":
are in good shape snd there is no doogt
that he trill stand training. 8 Lei wart is
also in fine sbsne snd Is expected to give
a rood account of himself tbtstvtnmer.
Despite the rset trial ne is canea on to
carry top Weight in the big handicaps
Hermls is favorite in the winter betting
with Beldsms a close second. ' In the
Brooklyn the odds are 1) to 1 against the
Thomas 'horse with II to 1 against the-
Belmont mare.' . Ort wells, Delhi lsd
Stalwart are close up.' , -'
up
YORK.
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T . . - . f '
uenerai Mansger.
Agency Director. V '
of Com. Bldg, Portland. Ore.
the Multnomah Amsteur Athletic
Presldrat Lest Evening. "V
BANKERS OUTBOWLED,
BY ALL STAR TEAM
Losing Team Handicapped by
. the Loss ofTwo of Their
.r:- Bestlvie,n.
.Ths All-Strs took the Bankers ints
camp or.,three- straight games on the
Portland alleys last evening. The All
Stars rolled a steady game and deserved
to win. Ths Banksrs wens handicapped
somewhat bjr. having tw-of their men
absent. They were compelled to take
their averages. Withers was the star
of the evening and came through with
the high average. 1 1-. He rolled a
very steady gams. Captain Hanson had,
ths second highest average, 110. Han
son hsd ths highest single game, com
ing through in his first with .'
Yesterday wss ladles' day at the al
leys and there, were a number of ladles
took advantage, of It Among thoss
present -were the following: Mrs. Keat
Ing, Miss Keating; Miss Udwell. Miss
Kelly, Miss Gertie Church ley; Miss Amy
Churchley. - Mrs. . McManatny, Mrs.
Kllnger, Mrs. Peterson. Mrs. Lege and
.Miss Emery. They ,all bowled and
some of. tbem made A very creditable
scores. Miss Keating- won the prise for
high score.- rolling the good score bf
i' Manager Keating of the Baker5 thea
tre and wife-and Frank Leake of The
Journal, and wife visited the alleys last
evening : and bowled some interesting
games..:-.'..' j.- -
The second set of Ave games to qua!
ify for the sll-sfar. team will begin., this
evening st o clock sharp.
The-- result of .last evening's games
was as follows:
All-Stars' 1) '. fS) . (I) Ava
Lamond, ......161 :1SS
Withers . ..... .-.1S1
161 - lf 1K 1-3
20Z-il 1-1
Boulanger . .....IS 144VJ6I 14SS--I
Hague . 174 117 . ' 10 171 1-1
Hanson . .......210 111 l-r-lB
Totals
.17 l( tSt
Bankers.
ikers (li m. (I) Ave.
. ..........151 lS 1 let-I
tsge 1 10 l7 146 1-1
Case . ..
Armltage
Capen ......
Ballln . .,,..
Jones .j.i-fn.
,..164
11
Jel lit l-i
.14R
.140
14S ,
1 .
140 14S
io ie
Totals
77 7T0 . I4S
MIDWINTER CARNIVAL -
r AN ATHLETIC EVENT
....
(Joarnal SptHsi Ssrvlee.)
.CinclnnatL O.. Veb. 14. The-TM.-C.
A. midwinter carnival, to beheld at the
armory tonight, promises to be the
largest indoor athletlo event held here
this season, snd the number and quality
of the entries Indicate that new records
will be made. Several hundred athletes
have entered, and they represent a large
number of the prominent colleges and
athletlo organisations of Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois snd Kentucky. Chicago bss sent
a large' delegation, ss have also Louis
vllle, Columbus snd several other cities.
RACING RESULTS ON
1THE SEVERAL TRACKS
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,-, 1 (Journal Special service.)
Los Angeles, Feb. it. The book
makers; were hit rather hard yesterday
when three favorites and two well played
second choices won handily. Gens Hand
Ion. an -outsider quoted at I to 1, cap
tured the second race, nummary; .
Four furlongs Sliver Sue won. Search
Me second. Daisy Brouck third; time,
t:4fl. J . ,
' Blauson coarseGene Hand on won.
Our Pride second, Nsnoar third; time.
1:1.. - ..
4iile sad an eighth Hough Rider won.
Iras second. Huapala third; time. 1J4
Slatrson course Dod Anderson won,
Rublana second, Joe Kelley third i time,
1:11. r ' ' -
Six furlongs Golden Sunrise won,
Huckster Hodis second. Skeptic third;
time. l:l"a.
MUe The Burs boo won. Straggler
second. Bronse wins third; time, 1:41 )g.
"'. a ' aptimgn.'
Hot Springs, Ark. Feb. 14. Oak Lawn
results: - . . : . - ,
Five snd a naif furlongs Annlsqaem
won. Dixon's Test second,: Cop la Opera
third; time, 1:1$. . .
Six furlongs Hamueison won. Temer
ity second, Tribes third; tlms, 1:2 -e.
Sis furlongs Simon Kent won, vales-
ques second, Mordello third; time, 1:2.
Five snd one hair furlongs voltage
won, Voltao second, Bravery third; time,
Three end" one naif furlonmM-Fert
Worth won, Qulnn Brady seoosd. Rose
Croix third; time, :$ 4-s. -
Mile Compass won. Applaud second.
Dawson third; time, 1;1 J-.
. ' At Vew OrlseV--------New'
Orleans, FebV..J4. Crescent City
results: ,
Sis furlongs John Doyle won, Bag
gerly sevnd. Ponca third, time. 1:17 4-t.
nve zur tonga Liny sreoR won, rre-
Fifty Thousand Men Go Out in
;X StPetersbufjj;-Regn of
;. . Terror In Interldr,;.."'-
RAILROADS ALL TIED UP
- CAUCASUS IN REBELLION
j...
Bombardment of : Vladivostok
' Feared-Big Battle Ap- ,
proaching. ' . .:'.'"
"i.. : '(Joersal Ipselal Servles.) .'
Sv Petersburg. Feb, 24. Fifty, thou-
employes of flvs St. 'Petersburg
factories sre today again out oo strike,
including the employes of the Putlloff
Iron works. ' ' ' ''-
Many cities throughout Russia are in
a ' condition .of complete disorder. The
strikers sre marching from shop to shop
and forcing out every workman. Half
of the workmen of Llbaa are on a strike
seriously Interrupting . tho msnufactuts
of mllltsry -supplies. ;-..',.,.
Tbs order of ths day lssaed by the
Grand Duke Vladimir directs the trial
by court martial of Captain DaVidoS and
three other officers in connection with
the ajlslr of January It. when a charge
of. grape shot was fired in ths direction
of the emperor while attending the cere
mony or Diessing ue neva. . -At
Klshirieff tbs trials of II Christians
charged wUh the murder bf Jews during
the riots here last year were completed
today. Nine prisoners were acquitted
and 3 sentenced-to a month's Imprison-
ment each. Under the csauiamnesty
aaanuesio, won 4 eacapvo? punisnmenu
At Warsaw a strike ef the police Is
threatened, i They, receive bat a
month and their . uniforms. All rail
roads are tied up and alarming reports
are curent regarding the Intentions snd
plans of the revolutionary party. War
saw la threatened- with a coal famine
and great - quantities of perishable
freight are being utterly spoiled by de
lay. The strikers are resorting to vio
lence and have destroyed the ' great
switchboard station outside the olty and
cut a number of telegraph wires.' .'
In s fight st the Vienna- station at
Warsaw, this morning., a police officer
was killed by t student. -Ali railway
lines are practically tied up- and the
strike is spreading. Ths students of
the Kharkoff university technical school
at Moscow 'struck today. - .
.Ths entire Caucasus is In rebellion.
troops sre besieged snd provisional gov
ernment declared by the revolutionists.
After three days of .fearful bloodshed
Bakue la quiet today. All the shops sre
closed, but the banka are doing bus!
ness under military protection. . -
ABXaTfll TO MA'
- Jearol Special Barries.) u
Tokio. Feb. 4. Oyama reports shell
Ing at points in the vicinity of the 8 ha
river. Collisions between scouting par
ties continued on February 22 and 23. On
February 2 a Russian battery ef heavy
guns began shelling Lapatal and vlcln-
itv.
: Russian prisoners in Japan number
44.0O0. of which? are officers
Dispatobes f rem the front 'state that
tha Russians have turned all villages on
the right flank into fortified places, with
redoubt surrounded sy wire entangle
ments. Both eldes are preparing for. an
early conflict. . . , ;
1 v Boniss rirrosTOX.
- - IJoarssl Bpeeial-serrke.)
St Petsrsburs. Feb. 24. Kuropatkin
reports that he has received word that
20 Japanese torpedo boats snd warships
have been sighted off Vladivostok.- It is
believed thst the presence of the boats
may presage the opening Of tne com
bardment of Vladivostok.
BTTSSXUr fTnsT2m-sTaTTVsUr
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ISpeelal BsrrW.) "
Copenhagen,
Feb. 24. Ths auxiliary
cruiser Russie ef the Russtsn third Bat
tle squadron, has returned to Llbau for
repairs. Her machinery broke down.
KILLS HIS NEIGHBOR
. AND COMMITS SUICIDE
(Jeenal Special Service.) .
: Pollock, Idaho, Feb. 14. Meager word
has been received here of a double trag
edy at Goff. Idaho, last night Fred
White shot snd instantly killed Tyson
Wright neighbor, and then turned the
weapon on himself with fatal result
The trouble srose over an old feud ss to
the ownership of land. Both men have
fsmllles snd are well known throughout
northern Idaho. The district Is so re4
mots, that it la Impossible, to, get de
tails. , . ..
. : airsuns t sxrtosioaT.. -"-
(ApeeAl' Mssetrh te Tse ifoerBsL)
Colfax.- Wash- Feb. 14- Charles Van
f Soehnen, Janitor at the courthouse here,
had his face and eras horribly burned
by the explosion ef the furnace while
he was stirring the Are.
sentiment second. Simplicity third; time;
1:04,
Six furlongs Dance Music won. Song
snd. Wine second, John Nolan third;
time. 1:10 -. ; ' - . - - -
'Six snd one half furlongs Ramahorn
won. Matador second. Augur third; time,
1:21 -.
fllxT - furlongs Maxer Moore wen.
Aulea second. National thlrdrtlm. lrl.
Mile Hussah won. Floral Wreath see.
ond, Gold Aga third; tlms, 1:41 -.
YueHyoBoda :
San Francisco, Feb. 14. Owing to the
death of the Infant: eon of Mrs. Charles
Dunphy, daughter of OoL Dan Burns, the
well-known turfman, yesterday, races st
Emeryville were postponed by the Oaii-1
fornla Jockey duo.
Bwrxm snuti atoimoa.
' (Jsaisal SpeFlal Service.)
AtUhta, Oa, Feb. It M.-J. Dwyer. a
local wrestler of note, after losing the
first fall In a eatab-es-eetch-can wrest
ling match, with Jack Monroe, the Butte
miner -and heavyweight pugilist t, isst
evening, woa the match rby taking the
last two falls in clever style. '.,,
B209 TO COACH
TABO:
(Jearsal il krrles.) -Cambridge,-
Mesa. Feb.' 24. It Is su-
ttrorltatlvely Stated here thst William T.
Reld.voi, of Belmont Cel., will accept
the position of heed coach of the Har
vard football team for the coming sea
son., . '''.". . ' -'-.
WBBST-tnro xsjatch wowtrowrnDt
The dust wrestling snd boxing tourna
ment thst wss srhedaled for this even
ing between the Multnomah, club of this
elty snd ths Seattle Athletlo club bas
been postponed until about March, 10,
Everyone to Enjoy It. :
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Wholesale Prices on Jlijhest
Orade Ptanps and Moderate
Terras "of Payment Co-operative
Plano-Buylnt; a Highroad
to Possession of tbe Finest In-
" strttmerit.'. --i '
."..',. ;-.;-"'J ,!. , '" "...',;
' Have you investigated this co-operative
plaso-buylng proposition; of hav
ing your piano delivered direct from the
factory to your home, with all the tre
mendous retailer's es Dense eliminated I
If you are without a piano and are ng-
muni inn opportunity, you are mas'
Ing a moat serious mistake. Kvery home
wants muslr. and every home should
have It Without It the ' family larks
the most elevating and refining Influence
in life. ..
A ' first-rlASS piano reliable in every
way, Is now within the reach of every
music-lovers The co-operative plan of
buying has solved the difficulty for ev.
cry one who- has been . hesitating; Tar
oegm witn, . tne cost or a piano is
greatly reduced to the club buyers. Kv
ery mske we carry Is involved In this
co-operative sale. Tha means sn op
portunity to secure" the peerless Cblcx
erlng. Weber and Kimball pianos, and
also the Lester, Crown, Hobart M. -Cable.
Hasel ton. Story Clark, HaddorfT,
Schumann, etc.. eta., end the saving to
club members is all the way from 7t
to I1S0. Think ef getting a piano that
s regularly priced at 1300 at a saving
of nearly a third! That brings the
price way down, and payments, too,
are exceedingly moderate. Ia Club "A.
an Initial payment bf It is all thst Is
required snd weekly payments sf 11.25
finishes the purchase, snd In this club,
which still has the largest member
ship of any of the six clubs, pianos that
are regularly priced all the way from
fCOO to 2300 are going st ptioee ranging
from 1117 to 1223.
Reductions in Clubs "B." C." "D."
"ST 'and
"r sre correspondingly sreat
There ere In all l.ooo niiiwii im-
eluded in
theee six clubs, not many for so large
s territory, as the Eilers Plane House
covers. People ere joining from all over
the country and every club Is filling
rapidly. If you want to be sure of cet
t(n ..a... piano at present prices- see. or
write US at once. Every instrument
fully guaranteed snd money back should
your purchase fall in any way to prove
exactly as represented. Kllere Piano
House, 161 Washington street corner
Park. Large stores also San Francisco,
Stockton and Oakland, Cel.; Spokane and
Seattle, Wash.; Boise and Lewlston,
Idaho. . ' -, t . 7
CARS AT ASTORIA
v
Well-Known f Portland' Railroad
Man Killed; While Cou- ;
. , ; pling Train. . ."v.
WIDOW AND CHILD -
. - RESIDE IN PORTLAND
Formerly Employed by Terminal
, Company But Resigned
Short .Time' Ago.
(SpedsU Dlspsteh te The JearsaL) .
Astoria, Or., Feb. 21. L. F. Roe of
Portland wss killed this taomtng St. tbe
Astoria railroad yards hers. He was em
ployed as a switchman. - Tbs Seaside
train wa being made up, and as4ee bag
gage Oar waa being backed onto a coach
Roe walked between the cars. Hs prob
ably detected something wrong with ths
coupling, although hs said nothing to the
yardmaater. who stood near by. When
the cars came together Roe threw up his
hands snd dropped. He died at the hos
pital sn hour later. Hs was 22 years
old. .
Two brothers live st Portland, working
as switchmen for the terminal company,
and his wife and infant baby-also live
there, The body will be taken, to Fort
land for burtat .. .
J$ne) became a father only ons week
ago. His wife lives at t( North Tenth
street He wss popular among; his fel
low employe and. well liked by his em
plovers.,. About two months ago he re
signed a position with the Terminal com'
pany' which hs hsd held for six years,
and applied for work at the Astoria A
Columbia --River railway offices. His
application was accepted immediately
and lie was sent to Astoria as a switch'
man. . . -
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RAGING FLAMES ARE.
-QUENCHED WITH MILK
(Special Dtspateh te Tse Joansl.) .
- Butte, Feb. 24. A bucket firs brigade
In which - mflk waa used - Instead of
water,- averting what Is believed might
have resulted In a disastrous blase
threatening tbe destruction of a home,
Is ths substance . of a etory coming
from Boulder, a 'small farming camp
north of here. Dairyman XX 8. Merrill
snd a hired man had Just completed
milking (0 cows when it was discovered
thst " the roof of Merrill's heme was
afire. '"'.. -
No water was. Immediately' available
and summoning the assistance of hie
wife, who with tbe hired man passed
the palls of, milk to him. the flames
were quenched, though not .before the
roof hsd burned througn. : 1
AGED MAN KILLED BY
TALLING FROM PORCH
(specUt Dtosates to-The JoensL)
Astoria, Feb. 24. Prank Webber, aged
about 10 years, war killed Wednesday
BlgTit In Brookfleld, Wash. Hs fell from
a porch at- the rear-of his home snd
struck -on a rock, his skull being crushed.
A few nights previously Webber had told
hia friends thst bs hsd hsd trouble with
some young men snd. thst if anything
happened to blm these men eould be held
responsible. This led to a suspicion of
foul play,- but the coroner's Jury re
turned a verdict of sec I dental desth.
Webber was employed st a mill and
formerly lived here. Mrs. Webber snd
two children survive him.'
TOOK POISON TO SAyE
FEES IN DIVORCE SUIT
(Speeisl Mspsleb-ts Tbe JoersaL)
Butte, Mont., Feb. 24. Telling his
wife that it wss the easiest way to aave
Its. the fees In a divorce suit August
Malcbow.' formerly -of St. Paul, swal
lowed half an ounce of laudanum yes-
terdsy afternoon. As bs was careful to
let bis wife see him take the poison,
doctors were. called in time to resusci
tate him.
Too lets to' cure a cold after con sun-in-
tlnn has fastened Its deadly grip en the
Inns. Take Ir. Wood's Norway Pise
Syrup While yet there Is Una.
CRUSHED
BETWEEN
Double side doors, weight 1,350, 10-horsc power.' Pries.
$1,100. The. first side door car, in Portland. We also,,
have the agency for the Pierce Great. Arrow Cars,
swarded grand priie at St Louis. - v , . ,;:
1 V A DEMONSTRATOR WILL BE HERE MARCH 25. j ';
v ; ?, ".v . : Successors to Lee Auto' Company. ';
Selling, Livery; Storage and Repairs , ,
Telephone Main 5458 COR ALDER AND 15TH.
LAW MUST BE UPHELD
(Continued front Page Ona)
whose dnty it is to provide ths neces
sary arrangements, that the direct
primary nominating elections law, ss
enacted by the vote of the people last
June, shall bs put in operation for tbe
party primaries for 1 our approaching
city election, and that we most em
phatically discountenance any and all
altsmpts .to prevent its full, free snd
complete operation and trial, and to
thereby thwart the will of a great ma
jority or our electorate as. expressed
by their votes at the polls; and. be It
further - - . . ' . -..-',
"Resolved. Thst our president snd
secretary be, snd they sre hereby au
thorised and ' directed to - take such
necessary steps and use all honorable
means, to see that said law is upheld
andf put In . Immediate operation. In
order that the rank and. ill e of political
parties may have the opportunity of
making their party nominations . free
from the dictation or control ot sny
machine, ring or boss whatever. .
(Signed "Tyler Woodward, presi
dent: - W lilts nsherxlce-president;
Charles BS. Lockwood, - secretary ; A. U
Mills, treasurer; W. A. Storey, First
ward; John Q lit Second ward; . John
Ttrlscon, Third ward; H. H. Northup
Fourth ward; C . W, Nottlnghsm, Fifth
win; jb. r. jones, sixth ward: w. p.
Keedy, Seventh ward; H. H. Newhall,
Ktgbth ward; H. R. AJbee. Ninth ward;
N. D. Beuts-sn, Tenth ward,' . -
Te Oats a osm ta esse ay. ' j
LessMve Sn Qmistse TassHB. ell
Take
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Ths gospel evsagellsttd services at
the First Christian church continue with
Increasing interest A large audience
lsst night listened with close atteatton
to the chart sermon on '"Repentance.
A number of people are seriously think
ing. Tonight Mr. Muckley will preach
on "Confession-Unto Salvation." lis
-last year by
r
CVKRY .MAT.
$3.00
1.
Five thousand
$10,000 ;
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instead of paying $5.00:else
where for, the same quality
, with a $2.dO name tied to it
SPRING STYLES
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85-87 Third Zlrtzt, Tzk Cjzii crlC
Cz-Sr I"rVasee Oothirj ttare Kwth f tls C
$3650-
t Disappoint you if yoo come to
the . BehnksWaIker Bnsinewa
College. We know we can do
the right thing by yoo and fit
; you out to take "your place in
- the business . world. . Write for
peurtkulars. . j-
EiKTca-vALiir.;
BUSINESS
Corner Sixth and Morrison fits.
OPEN DAY AND NIQHT
will show thst, Christ contemplated no
such thins ss secret dlsctpleehlp; tkst
pubJio oonfesslon. Is a logins! necessity
of the human , soutu Special qnartst
this evening, -
wearing the
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ROW READY
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