The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, July 06, 1905, Image 8

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Newspaper Page Text' THE OREGON - DAILY JOUltlJAL, ' FCirTLAlID.lTIIURSDAY EVENIHG. JULY 8. 1CCJ. .HOIEJS f' j )' I T"J " """" ' t cj's c? tin ESCAPED COilVICTS AF?lA0DEi :-T0lRDCDE Board of Trade Commends Ac tion of President Roosevelt ; r In Relaxing Rules. - : STATE LC:.:C?ATyS Uiitr t i i- t i (r l. . CZiilhD TOr OARS BOAFIS-LOCATED " Ll.AfihllAL .'EETIiiG ay....;-. 'crp Lee.' Matter of Mischief, Vessel IhVVhlch' Prisoner: Left Big Gathering From Oregon Is Augmented by Visitors From . Sister Commonwealths.- ,; Colonel Ray, With Millions Be hind Him, Is Preparing Plans V s 'for Railroad' Building. ' Judge Frazer Proposes to Duifd . . Two More Cuch Places for -. ;:r. Dusty Voutht.-;':.7; ;y. -V --. , ; DONATIONS ALREADY - ; -v PLEDGED FOR WORK Police Ctart Crusade ' Against v Men - Who " Subsist , on -- Worrjen's Depravity. v - v vj- - - - ." . ' .,.,...i;v ATTEMPT TO STOP - Comes to Grief Through Hie ;i Impish Pranks. . McNeill's Island "Found at Steilacbom.' c rATHSR OISOWNS AND . ' .1 .WORLD ADOPTS HIM SIX SHERIFFS POSSES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE . - W - ALSO VERY LIBERAL ROUTINE WORK AT THE ; v. MORNING'S SESSION WESTERN PACinC IS , - ! 1 , THEIR CHIEF CONCERN .:? engage in manhunt SYSTEMATIC THIEVINQ Jwps Under Trees and Makes . Life a Burden .to; Booth. ; Keepers and Watchmen. JV Fugitives Not Seen Frightened Latter Body 7Seems'to Favor Ta Change of Law That Wilfi "Z ", Make Entry Easier. ' Theory and Practice amTPedia- May Build" Steam and Electric Children -at. Massmeetinj - WiU Experienced Officers Returned to , : u Beats There and Brazen In- ; Campers . Fleeing - From ?" - ; : the Forests. "... ' tries Discussed at the After- V noon Meeting.' - A? . I lL . kfonnecuons i nrougn oouui , ; ern Oregon to New Line.' ( Decide Where the Sheds ' Shall Be Placed.. ,: -..i decency Checked. . , mam Tom Lee. the wicked sprit of China town. th Mongolian elf whoH deviltry Ja harassed concessionaire sine th opening of the exposition, has been cap . tured. Safe behind large Iron bara the tiny, bunch .of .oriental mischief la -1 waiting a hearing in. the. Juvenile court, -where efforts will -be made to secure Ma commitment to in pojrs' and Glrla" jd society. ." ; ' l ; rtT. Tom lit Is an ' t-year-old 'XSilna hoy." born In Fortland,-t.tord to all thing a heathen lad ahould know. And educated after the most approved faah i mi of Second street. Hla aeqnalntanoe ahtp Is unlimited among Chinese; It is r anelve amdng the whites, and i n . of hU aequalntanoeship with ' occidentals ha haa learned to swear. . One the opening- of the ezpoaltlon fe haa been the one bane of Its exist ence. Tiroes . Innumerable be has a.ipped through cracks In the fence and .uat-aa often haa he been ejected from vha grounds. Recently he has confined his operations largely to the amusement houses, that have been erected near the entrance. -.. '-'-O-' ' Across Yrom the main entrance there Is a monkey shew, where a band of monkey ar kept . In a cage In plain view of all who paaar. Tom made friends 'with the monkeys early in the season fey feeding them peanuts. Then when e had won their friendship and when t manager was not looking ha fed .there peppermint loaengea. Peppermint lsenge according to those acquainted with monkeys, cause them arrange pains rod protracted Illness.- It -was a week tvefore the manager of the monkeys dls- - covered the cause of the ailment of his warda. -..'.-"tj- -7-.:i.f-'-.'- Another source, of great amusement to the Chinese boy was dogs with bushy talis. There are many -dogs In -the vicinity of the. fair grounds and many have bushy tails. Tom Lee has become - m expert-in catching them, and when ever one Is caught the ushy tall ls-eet a fire. t'- - : r ' " ' - There sre also many restaursnts hear t-- entrance to the fair grounds. Tom frequently amused himself by tossing . V upon the rows of plea that were i. -jed in the open windows. When the yroprtatora learned arhy- ao much dust -accumulated -poiloe neaoquartera was overwhelmed" with demands . that the oH-ntsJ Imp be apprehended. - r ' Jlcers of the Upshur street station were instructed 'to- catch th boy In -. some choloa acta of deviltry, if possi ble but ha -wea-too canning. - Yesterday Sergeant Blorer Issued In structions that the boy must do taken, lie was soon picked up Jiy a pollea oX- " Acer and lodged In. the .Upshur street Station, 'where be spent the night. This morning 4e was transferred to the cerv. ' tral station, where - he la awaiting A hearing In the juvenile court. - - -' Tom Le's rather Is a laundryman at SI North Third street. Bo declared to . .the officers that be would not assist the lad. for long ago the precocious young' ster passed beyond his- guidance., 8lnoe the opening of the fair the boy baa slept under trees In vacant Jots near the fair and waiters In restaurants have given him meala. : . .r,s CUESTSJNTERTAINED BY THE NURSERYMEN Music, Papers and Refreshments V Are the Features of ThisJ r 7T"Afterh6on Session. - A. Eckert of Taeoma'J the new presl dent of the, Pacific Coast Association of Nurserymen, having been chosen to - that office at the election yesterday aft ,. ernoon.- Secretary Tooneeon of Tacoma was' reelected. - -. ' Howard Chass of Chase Bros., perhaps the eldest nursery firm In the United Statea, waa chosen an honorary member, because of ills Interest In the work and long Journey to attend this meeting. W. K. Newell of this state was also made - - an honorary member. ' : ' There -was .no morning kesslenV but this afternoon the members assembles In Elks' hall, Marquam building, and listened 4o . the-addresses, arranged yes ; ,i terday and the papers of members. Music was Interspersed through the program, and the many guests were treated with fruit refreshments. ' The enure afternoon was devoted to the . exercises .and social entertainment. v - The nurserymen had no -spedai busi ness .for this session, but found the - convention highly 'Instructive -and on- tertalnlng. By mingling and giving 1 expression to individual conclusions in the work, " the members And they are helped wonderfully- la, their, work, aid note with -pleasure - the-growing -spirit of enthusiasm -'among -.U engaged 1 . ' the industry, i ; .V ; , f ,;,- CHINAMAN SENTENCED V r AND YOUTH RELEASED I, ' (Sseeisi ntepatea ts The losrsal.) rTalla Walla, Wash, July . Wong Tung - Hee. convicted of msnslaughter . , at the Is st term of the superior court. was sentenced to saves years , In the penitentiary by Judge Brents this after noon. Wong shot and killed Eng Chung, 1 a Chinese barber, in a fearful right twa months ago.. la the oaae of Harry Schonleber, con- wietsd, of rmsnsliiightsr,..lha nourl, sua- ! ponded gentenoe snd the youth wlll - Ws , m ILIN bonds smaranteelns releeaad on ILOO bonds guaranteeing .bis good behavior for a period of flv ..." ir ' ' - ' .J- ' N XitlHOt4itoOili(. " - On Asgsst It, the greater number of t txirs ist the Chemawa Indian school will arrire at the fair and pitch their .tents for a two-weeks' encampment on tae . .. exposition grounds. . During this en ' r mpment the-boys will be under the -- nirU-tsst mlliUry discipline. Nearly every Indian tribe In the Pacific north ,',Vft U represented at the Cbemawa i hool. - kmnr Charles BuUedeaux, aged IT years, and Onsr Boyd, sged . 1 .years, Indians, who ran away from the Indian school at Chemawa yesterday, were captured here this eft ernoon a rid-will he held at city tail pending Instructions from ' v. - ; " (Special Dlapatek Tse lanil) Taflnmi Waih.: - JulT l.-n of the boats in which the eight ' eorfvlcts es caped ' from McNeill's island .Tuesday morning after cutting their, way out of prison, was located today near. Stella- COomi?Qmesfronv thg 11L 8i oosaea are now. on -.the mahhunfand there are rumors tbst the men have been seen In various localities, but' the fugittvesKbaye- thus far eluded the of ficers. Occaalonat -earn peri scattered throughout the Puget sound country are fleeing ..to 'the -city fearing to remain la- the woods as long a tha convicts are at large. ."" '.v '7.' .The searchera-for-4Jeconviotar handles ped by the dense woods that surrounds the locality and by the fact that there Is no telephone or telegraph communication In the ' aparaely t settled region. The penitentiary la remote from the cities and -ratlroaoa in the midst of thick timber which offers an ideal place for convicts to blde."J"rlend -of -the men could have camped -concealed . In the woods at almoat any point secure from' detection, ready-to aid the fleeing criminals by. providing them . with" a change of clothing and helping them on their way toward the sound or toward Portland., r - - The cleared- -ereeaJn thls-4parsely net tled Tea-ton ars-Owned -by small -fruit and truck farmers, many of whom are ill-disposed toward- the offlolala., - HUGCET THIEF IS JAH Of JEALTII liquor Caused New Orleans Cap italist to Take Cold From ' T Trait Attraction. V HIS WIFE IS DYINQ -TH SAM .OSE, CALIFORNIA He Swears Off and Hurries to Her Bedside Can't. Under stand His Impulse. -.It wag discovered "in the police court ' this afternoon that F. T.. Sprague, ac cused of stealing . a nugget .-during washup at the Klondike exhibit on the fair 4( rounds is a. wealthy - resident- ef New Orleans. .Word waa received bera by officials of the ..Merchsnts . Na tional bank from a Nsw Orleans bank that the Louisiana Institution would be responsible' for', any amount . of, coin drawn-by Sprsgue. - ' On being informed that Sprague was under the influence of liquor at the time be took the nugget and that hla wife la now lying seriously 111 at San Jose. California, a telegram being received by her husband this morning to coma there at once. Manager Oeorge Ames of the KlottdlkVexhlblt agreed to dismiss the ease on . being remunerated for the trouble and expenae he had Incurred In filing tha charge. "This is ths last drink I will ever take," said Sprague when the charge was dismissed. , "I don't know what actuated 'me to do such a thing. If I had gone to prison It would have been awful. - I was bringing my wire to Port land ; when she fell 11 and t had to leave her at Ban Jose. If her Illness should, terminate fstallyl Just think of my being In prison and unable to get to her bedside before, she passed awayP i . i - THE WOOD PUSSIES OF . ' , INSECT WORLD RETURN ' BAsamsBBBsSMSsassasM ' A year ago the visit of a. "stink" bug msde the business houses of half doxen big Portland firms places of tor ment, for clerks and patrons. The dis may of a business man on .Morrison street may be imagined but not ado- 0. lately expressed when It Is known that yesterday - bla . Janitor . discovered . a stink" bug en the floor. "It was Just . a year ago . yesterday that- the first bug .appeared," walled the head of the firm thla morning, "and I suppose ws ars In for another siege." The first bug was tenderly removed lo the stove and Incinerated. Lsat year the Janitor made the almoat fatal mistake of stepping on onl of the In sects, and be learned caution... ' - V It la not known wnere -ins insects come from, - or why they arrive soon -after the Fourth; or why they choose Morrison street stores, or even why they smell like a mixture of ancient eggs and shop-worn limburger, but ths sad, sad- fact of their - existence - and -the penetrating scent they emit When dis turbed la well known, and If humaa precaution can prevent another epldemU It will be warded orr. . V. i . i .... : BERT HUFFMAN'S GREAT ' ; - POEM ON SACAJAWEA The poem ."Bacajawea."- published on the first Tge of today's Issue and read at the fair celebration today. Is by Bert Huffman, editor of the Pendleton East - it described by Joaquin Miller ss by I .w. . - ... . ..... on ibis subject. Buys for Canal Commission. V. H. Haraden, who - haa- ; been ap pointed assistant purchasing agent for the Panama canal commission, will visit Portland wtthln a few-day - He will divide hla time between Portland end the sound cities and all blank proposals for. bids for canal . supplies will be mailed by the commission to him Instead of to the chamber of commerce, a hss heretofore been the rule. - , t. I i it. mn ti. i- t ' - -r f frr -lr so Uclag-Wtthoat TMcense. Louis Bohlaflnger wa arrested -this afternoon on complaint, or Emily Hev erin charging him with practicing as a physician at 141 Fifth street without a license. It Is alleged that Echleflnger sold medicine to her for which he aekod 110. and while In a discussion over the price be became angry and best bar. - Portland's board of trads Is anxious that there be no further disturbance of commercial relations 'existing between the United States and China through al tering existing immigration laws, Portland s chamber-or commerce aid not take action upon this subject last evening.- although It. 1( reportedthat a resolutloa has been formulated, asking for modification of present laws In such manner as to Insure .greater cordiality between' this country and China. Ths statement ia made that such a-resolution will be submitted to the board pf directors at the recent meeting. -,tt At the meeting last evening the board of trade-' adopted a- resolution upholding the. course -of the president snd - com, mending the certificate of minister or consul in-China i. sufficient evidence of the gentlemanly quality of Chinese Further,--this -resolution expressed un alterable opposition to sny change In ex isting laws, while asking, for miiaei rulsa-,of . enforcement, snd empnastses the opposition- to an undesirable," -Unas-slmllatlve alien population, Th!s reso lution' (Sosed with a blanket Indorse ment of the .recent action of the chief executive of the nation and a vote of confidence in his general wisdom. But five of the nlna directors of the chamber of commerce responded to the usual meeting call. Owing to thla lim ited attendance final action on the Chi nese . subject waa.. deferred- but- U1 probably be in order at the next meet. Ing. . Secretary Jlltner did not hesitate to express his- opposition to coolies, but Lsaid personally he favored rules cf en forcing .the law which would not subject Chinese exempt under Its provisions to Indignities and insult when they sought to enter the United States. . - At. the board of trade meeting Presi dent Allen was authorised to appoint a committee of flva to act upon matters relating to good roads. This committee -consists of the following members: J. E. Msgers, O. Evart - Baker, R. H. Dunn, Thomas , Oulnean and -Alva Wing. At the same time H. E. Magera and I A, Greenlee were chosen members of the executive committee. The following nton and flrma were voted Into the or - ganlsatlon: Stevenson. Brown A Co., F. H. Stow,Purdln Brothers, , MsgarsaV Hosford. C A. Foster. Andy Frits, West ern Electrio Works, Wards at Ritxlnger. M. B. Bosarth, O. W. Gordon, C F. Pear son, Hols Krause, Flnnlgan Brothers, Raymond A. Chaptn. Pacific Metal Ex traction company, Albert T. Wing, Gar vin Cyanide Extraction company, M. E. Worrell, W. M. - Gregory,' Northwest Electric Engineering company, Portland Engraving company and W. F. Paine.. ROBBERS ACTIVE i'-i-- - . AND PEOPLE SUFFER Many Reports Are Made to Police . , of ? Petty Thefts - by -' Pickpockets. While Mrs. Oeorge McMillan of 450 Market street was riding into town from ths Osks yesterday , evening she wss robbed of tit in coin and some Jewelry, Including ' gold bar clasp pin studded with a diamond," a similar pin set with a sapphire and a round gold locket Samuel Hartley complained to ths police that f 100 had been stolen from. him. He does not know whether, the theft occurred here or at Eugene. - He received 1247 from - the - Chambera- Biistow Banking company-at- Eugene. The money Is supposed to havs been placed In an envelope. ' Whether this amount waa placed. In the envelope or whether a bill waa extracted at the or flee of a local railway company is some thing he wishes the police to fathom. J. F. Smith, sn Oregon Railroad Navigation car Repairer, notified - the police that he lost two f to checks In a resort at H North Third street. He thinks women with whom he was drink ing commuted tne inert. A.aegreas, so K. Kawand, a Syrian. asserts, Jield him up-and took 1170 from hire at Park and -Flanders streets lest night On his description Mary Jsffry wss arrested, aed was taken Into the poiloe coart thla afternoon and the oas against her continued until tomorrow. ; The police are looking for W. E. Gel more, - who is accused of stealing I J from W. A. Pratt, the proprietor of s lunchroom at Kelso, Washington, , xCrs. Bodgsom to Be Bailed Xere. '. The body of Thomas J. Dodgson..who was shot and killed by his wife on the morning of July 4, waa taken to Seattle- last night . for burial by hla brother. Before leaving the city the brother told Coroner Flnley to give Mrs. Dodgson. who committed suicide after murdering her husband, a decent burial, and that be would pay the expenses; the funeral of the sulfide will be held tomorrow Afternoon at t o'clock at the chapel of Flniey'B undertaking ' establishment. Third and Madison -streets. The re mains will be burled at Ine Fir. . American Apples a Anstralaaia. TTnited Btates Consul James Wortmsn, at ThrseRlvera. Quebec reporting Infor mation relative to . trade - opportunities for Americana In Australasia, aays there will be a market there for about t.OOt caaea of apples for Novemberand De cember delivery this year. On the last steamer arriving In Australasia two esses of ' Northern Spy. Baldwin and Wagner apples were received In perfect condition from Vancouver, B. C, netting -I the shippers at Vancouver 11.11 to $1.7 per bnahel. , They were shipped In cold storage.. . .. Tom Blckardfoa's Mother XS,' -Tom Richardson, manager of the Com mercial club, leaves tonight for Welling ton, Kansas, to see bis mother, (1 years old, who If ill at bar home there.- . "-, - Mirm He lteasmre. '. "I wsnt a lady's belt," said a recently married man. ' i ' ' " "Tea, sir.", said the polite shop girl. "What site A blush mantled h customer's brow: then be aaid. M don't exactly knowJLet me have a tspe-measure,, please," And as he placed It along the inside of his arm from shoulder to wrist the- shop girl remsrked softly to her companion; "He isn't the fool he looks - is he, Jenny r" - - , ' The Homeopathic Medical society of the state- of Oregon Is in twenty-nmiu annual "session In .Knights otPythJas nail.- - - . . . , - . - : A few minutes after 10 o'clock the session was called to order by Pr. Os- Dr.1 Osmon'Roys.1, President. mon Royal of . JPortland, president of the society. Besides the members from varioua parte of the state, there -Were a number 6f visitors from sister com-i mon weal tha -The convention will -be In session for ' ths remainder ,of the week. ; - - -. -. "r--. ' : : t . The work waa of kToutllle nature, and-conslsted of the reading of -min utes of the. previous meeting, the ro Lpprta of committees, ths report of the board of censors , and the election of Thla afternoon President "Royal made the annual address, - and tha program 4 . I" - - i gVaJin a ilfciiftfaMsW-iiti V Dr. Ells K. Dearborn, Secretin. was divided Into two sections theory and practice. Dr. P. L. McKenxle, chair man, and pediatrics, Dr. A. 8. Nichols. chairman. The program follows:' ' . Theory and Practice John-F. Edgar, M. D.,' of El Paso, Texas, "Truths"; P. U McKenxle, M. D., Portland, "Theo retical Medicine." V - Pediatrics B'lora CL'-Brown, M. D-, Portland, "Cholera Infantum": A. B. Nichols, M. D., Portland, "The Feeding of New-Born Infanta." The women members-of the society entertained the visiting womsn today at luncheon. " Tomorrow, evening at 1:20 o'clock the annual banquet of the so ciety .will be held at the Commercial club. After the feasting tha party will enjoy - an - automobile ride about - the city. . ,, ....... . i . -. ;, MERCURY BUBBLING - f u. ; IN EAST. AND SOUTH While Portland was enjoying the de lightfully cool brasses of the past t4 hours, there were other places where the people sweltered under a tempera ture ranging as high aa II. Here the maximum waa ? and the minimum M, but down at Tuma and Phoenix, Arlxona. the thermometer registered 111 ajid at Sacramento, California, with 10, Red Bluff, ' California. 108; . Independence, California. 100; El Paso, Texas. 101, ths weather was J'golng some" before xeeivruay enavu, " ' Boise. Idaho, had a temperature of M. Boaton 80,.. Cairo, Illinois,' .; Charleaton, South Carolina. 84; St Louis 84, New .Tork .81. and KaliapeL Mon tana, 82. - ; ' ' -. ;,.."'..'-. Judging from the weather reports. Portland was the -roost charming sum mer resort in the United Statea la ths past 14 hours,' with both maximum and minimum temperatures wtthln tha limits of comfort- - wi The record of the paat day Is ranch the same aa that which Is msde' through out tne summer. Xorse Basils meads lasaalty. Having stolen-' Its horsss and admit' ting Ms guilt, J. Asbrought, alias John Smith, John Jones and McCarthy, was brought to the Multnomah county Jail today by Sheriff ; Fred Fisk of Lane county, and will, bo turned 'over, to Sheriff Smith ,of Crook county. As brought ' drove l the . horses .across .the mountains from the ranges of eastern Qregon and sold them in Cottage OrOve and Eugene. . He pleada Insanity, and saya that he 'has forgotten, his name and all that pertains to his psst, ex cepting that h stole the horses. - 0. M. Preecott XU a Seaside. C.H. Fraseotu: wrfo some months ago enffered a slight attack of paralysis, is 111 st Seaside. His condition Is not re garded as alarming:" He Is ons of the a very large circle of friends In the Ta clflo aorthwest. - V. - . - ' r : f-: r .- I.'-,.;1 i Y '-'r' ' I ' 'rV,:-" --- - V Backed by . group " of eastern men who are ftnsaclally rated, like himself, in the millionaire clsa Colonel Frank Ray of New Tork la looking over parU of Oregon, with a view to electrical and railroad davelopmentJUf came to Port' land. from, southern Oregon, a few-day a ago." and Is-quartered -at--the. American Inn, and seeing the exposition. - A' f , ' It Is understood that he and hla asso ciates ' are giving' particular attention to the-country lying between Portland and a connection with, the Wastern'Tat cif lc, via the Klamath, lake basin,, where the government is Inaugurating a 14. 560,- 000 irrigation project. Colonel Ray has long been a convert to the belief .that southern Oregon is ths future garden spot of the Pacific coast, and he 'haa already Invested heavily , In -the Rogue River valley.' He has made exhaustive Investigations elsewhti-e. - In the state. and is ons of the best posted men in Oregon '-on 'Its' soli' and resources.--He believes Ihe soil Of Ths Klamath country will, when watered, be tha moat fertile in the world. The extent of hla r- eanche is shown by . the comparisons he makes, between soils of Oregon and thoae of certain parte of ' Europe that have1 been Under constant cultivation hundreds of rears. , - - - - .--' It is known that these -men have sub scribed a large fund to be expended in explorations and surveys of ths wster powers of the country' between Fort? land and the -nearest available connec tion with the .Western Psolfio, and It TaJ believed their- plan la In some way related to that road, which la to be built bv the Gould system at an early data, tapping -Portland and -San Fran Cisco.," The Portland Una Is now being surveyed - through the Klamath region It la known' that Portland 1s-th-ob- Jectlve point of the Ray -party a project and that they have, been examining the terminal and lines of the Oregon water Power 4k Railway company.- Whether thev have made a definite-offer for the property cannot be learned. Officials of the company, when asked - ta. explain Colonel Ray's visit toPortland; dscllned to furnish th desired Information, but admitted that an examination of the Unea had been made. It la understood the men who control the property,' are unwilling. 'to consider any offer that would mean the tying up of the road and restricting Its future development. -: Colonel Ray, when seen-at the Amt lean Inn, dscllned to say anything for publication regarding, his plana. He said he waa Id Portland to see tha exposition and enjoy a brief vacation. , ' In southern Oregon the Ray Brothers are -steadily-pushing the development of water power for the production or elec trical current and have completed their first plant on the Rogue 'river.-at Gold Ray. Recently they acquired extensive riparian rights and water power at the head of Rogue river, a point that Is con venient for - the transmission of elec trical current down the valley or over the divide and Into the Klamath coun try on the east slope of the Cascades. REWARD IS OFFERED -BY CITY AND COUNTY osssssasssBBassssBSBsaaMesaessna. "i'.-'v'' V--- Coroner's Jury Makes Sugges tions and Condemns Sale -. " of Fireworks. . -I, . j . - (Ipeetal Dt.Batca te The JeeraaLl Vancouver, Wash.,' July Ths county and city authorities havs Joined In offer ing a reward leading to information as to who Bred the shot that caused tht death of Ophelia Wei gel. aged years. on the night of July 4, each contribut ing the aum of $111. It Is reported that the citizens will Increase the amount to $1,000. ' The .verdict, of the coroner's Jury which wss empaneled yesterday Is prob ably one of the most notable verdicts, of Its kind sver rendered in this section of ths state. - Besides ex-Lleutenant-Gov ernor . Thurston Daniels of this state, who was selected foreman, ths Jury wss composed of the following Ave. business men of ths city: . J. T, Goes. Frank Wil cox, F. W. Marshall, "C. Englaman and Joseph MoGoldrlck. Following ia ths verdict: - - , - - - -. - ''We. the undersigned Jury empaneled to inquire .Into the death of. Ophelia We! gel, I years ,of sge. And that -the deceased came to her death as the re sult of a gunshot wound from the dis charge of a rsvolver In- the handa of a party unknown to this Jury; that aald Ophelia Welget received a! bullet wound ta the back of the head while she wss standing on- the aldtwalk.en ths' east side. of Main .street opposite Fourth street, in Vancouver, Washington, at about 10 p. m.; July 4, J0. and that as a result of said wound she subsequently died at about 11 o'olook. midnight, -on the said day at St. Joseph's hospital In Vancouver, Washington. . Having heard tha testimony of the numerous witnesses called before this Jury,, we And that the unknown party responsible for the death of this child Is guilty of a crtms which deserves the severest penalty provided 'We deplore and condemn the promts.. cuus and Indiscriminate use of firearms and demand the enforcement)! legisla tion which will prevent the recurrence of such a sad case awHhls ritnfM&tp us. We Insist that laws be enacted to PDrtalL-'ir not prohibit,-the sale and dis charge of all -dangerous explosives known aa flrscrackers." ; . . ' ' - Clarke Braves Attend. " '' . tlpeelal blip, tea The JoeraaLI ' Vancouver. Wash- July 8. This Is Red Men's day st the Lewis snd- Clsrk fair. This morning 14 Red Men braves embarked on the canoe Vancouyer to attend ha camf gathering on the Trail. Later In .the day other braves left for the scene' of tonight's festivities on the Trail, If Is thought fully 190-will be present from . Vsncouvsr and Clsrke county, ,.. ;. , ; v; , , .j ; ; . " . "I. ' . " f" ruaral of KM. Olaxtoa." ' . - : (Spertal ptatwU-h to The Jeeraal.) - Vanoosver.-Wash July The funeral of Mrs. John Claxton. who died st her horns resr Amboy, this county. on July 8. took place yesterday after noon. - interment was In tha Amboy cemetery. She had lived at Amboy for 10 years, and was well known la ihts - Public bathhouses In the north and south ends of the. city will-- be estab lished,: If ,th plana now being formu lated by Presiding Judge Fraser of the atate circuit court kre fulfilled.. The new houses will not be so elaborate aa that at the foot of East Yamhill street; In fact; -they will be "nothing more than sheds where- tlie .boys can. - don their bathing, clothes out of "the public rvtewr ine houses kre needed in the dis tricts named." said Judge Fraser this morning. ."Boys are being arrested every day for Srlolatlng the law, anil when, T question them they tell-me that the public, baths are too far from their home.- Some Jive as far as. four miles from the baths' and they do not tike to walk that distance. Mora than 40 have appeared before me and all tell the santa Story,' ... ; Judge Fraser aays ths two bathhouses will cost about $(00. . Edward Holman. who started .a. subscript Ion toward the fund for the building of the first bath house In ""Portland, told Judge Fraser that h ,woulJ donate 1 50 toward -a fund ror the. new bathhouses; L. Baauel,- who haa .been an . active . worker for public baths for children, - hss also agreed to maker a donation. Other sub scriptions are promised. ' Just where the bathhouses will be - located la not known. The location will be left to the decision of the boys, whoa will have a meeting at the . foot! of' Seventeenth etreet some afternoon this week. Judge Fraser will attend the meeting. - Steps toward ths organisation of Juvenile aid society on. the plsn of the aid aoclety of Denver will be taken by Judge Fraser this - week.- - The- object of the aoclety will be to relieve dis tressed children -and to-secure work for those who might have appeared be fore the. Juvenile cour . .. , ,. PATROLMAN CRITICISES - -ACTION OF HIS CHIEF - Tatrolman Scallen denies emphatical ly the state of Chief of Police Hunt that John Henryt tht Kansas farmer bunkoed of $44 on the O. R.. H.traiiester day, refused to prosecute the crook. He and the chief had a warm'aeaaten in the latter, private office this morning, following which the b.lef asked that Scallen Wake a full report In writing of the entire proceeding. "Two-bunko men robbed three-people on the train, coming nere from Utah,' said Scallen.: "I could not arrest them until they got within the city limits. One left the train before then In order to avoid arrest and . tile' other was about to get off on the east side when I nabbed him. -They wanted; thelr victim to. help them rob another 'man, saying thsy would 'dlvy with him. Each eteerer also returned Henry fg,.-.-.-. . "Henry told me he would prosecute the man. Tha. fellow-could easily -have been held on another charge . I think the chief made a big blunder ahd X told him aa I saw two bunko men in a sa loon after the chief let one go and they were laughing over their adventure with the police. Doubtless both are nowin town." . i , ,r. -'; BLOWN INTO LAKE BY ; STRONG GUST OF WIND " (Jimraal Special Sotrke.) - ; New Tork. July 4. Anton Brandon, -the 1-year-old grandson of Anton O. Hupfel, a millionaire brewer of this city, waa drowned yesterday afternoon under the moat peculiar circumstances at JohnsvUl. near Uewburgh... The, boy waa a son of Mr, and Mra. Frank-Brandon,-who are spending tho eummer oj Hupfel's beautiful country estate. Mra. .Brandon "dressed her son and left him In charge, of a nurse while -she went automoblllag. " The nurse wheeled the baby In a carriage about the paths sur rounding a private lake on the Hupfel estate. She left the baby two minutes while she went into the house to sip with the laundress. The child securely strapped In the . carriages in her Absence a .heavy gust of wind blew the carriage and occupant down the In cline Into the lake. When the nurse returned there was no sign of the car riage. " Tracka ahowed the ' direction taken, however. Grappling Irons were procured and the carriage was soon lo cated, but the baby waa dead." .' CIIDftCnitfC Tfl cl CPT dunubvug iu "mL-sw i i OFFICERS TOMORROW V ."vl fJeerasl Special Service.) . Ban Francisco, July .Today's ses sion of ths aanual meeting of the Amer ican Surgical association was given over to redding' papers dealing wJth surgery and lessons of. the spins! cord. . Tomor row Ahg-meetttig plsoa for 'next year and officers 'will be chosen. Washington, District of Columbia, will probably be selected ay the place of the next meet- SAILORS' STRIKE IS : : DECLARED AT 'FRISCO , ,i ( Jderaal Sserlal- Serles,$----'-'---'r San Francisco, July (.Through refu sal on the part of the Pacific Coaat, Pa cific Mall, -Occidental - and Oriental stesmahlp companies to accede (to the demands of 18 , cents .Increase 'In the dally wage of sail ore tha union today I - - - - , . - Tew Yorkers BooolvM - - - Members of the New -.Tork . society enjoyed a pleassnt trna Jasb evening In Elks' hsll, where they were1 enter tained by a program of much Interest. Mrs.- B. A. Dean gave an" Interesting reading, solos wer. sung by Miss Rams dell, and the ceclllan waa played by Me Smith, - The members of the society sr Invited by the New Tork stiJto commis sion to attend a reception Friday even ing. July 7, at o'clock. In the New Tork building on the exposition grounda Nsw. Yorkers are asked to wear then badges... Families of .members, msy als attend..";' .. . .: . , t , , , ,;"'..' - -r- OolnxablA Xeaved aVMorls. - " 1 Ths? steamer Columbia sailed from Astoria at 1:11 o'clock this afternoon bound for Ban Francisco- with a . full passenger list snd her freight 'compart mnts snd decks crowded, .'. Decisive action Is to be taken by the - police to clear-the city of that clasa cf men who depend, for money on women with whom they are associated. . Id con- ' sequence of the order which baa been Iswued to patrolmen generally a feeling . of uneasiness prevails, particularly la the north end, where such persons '(re In ths habit of spending a large part of thslr.Alma,-i:;--s.-i - in coping with fh situation -which- haa developed Chief of Polio Hunt has made a number of changea aa regards the distribution of patrolmen on beats. Patrolman-Burke, who was given a-dty-beet on Third atreet at tha same time that his working mate. Patrolman Batyri was-placed on night duty at. the sta tion, haa been .returned to the north endt . He will wprk in conjunction with- P. trolman Craddock. . - - . ; . -JljOwlng to,poor,i health. - Patrolman : Courtney liaa bean given' a Sixth street beat, and Patrolman B. 8. Smith, who haa recently caused trouble for a num. v ber-of saloon men vlolatlog the 1 e'olock closing ordinance, baa been transferred to the north end On the second-night re lief. - " " '" '- . Burke and Craddock will work In tha north end under Captain Moore on, the' Brst night relief. - Pstrolmsn Peterson and Oalbralth have alao been placed in the north end district. - ' Included In ths order' Issued by the , chief arerlnatrtrctlons-to patrolmen to -take Into custody all women aeen stop- ; ping men on the streets. 'A number of such arrests have .already been made. - Police Judge Cameron haa signified" hla Intention of co-operating with the police In every way in their effort to -clear the city of undesirable characters.. Several colored worsen . havs recently, been arrested on vagrancy charges. They were fined $16 for the flrat offense. Llx sle Davenport, suspected of larceny, -p- J peered before Judge Cameron yesterday on a, second charge and was fined $10. The court hss -announced that be will double- the fine- every - time a woman of that class Is brought before htm who la suspected of larceny -until the limit " Is reached and Trill then Impose, JaU sen tences. ',L.-,..A' "This determination of the police to cause such -persona' To "leave town "l". likely to reault in some sensational die- . closures.' said an official thla morning. "Many young men supposed to have le- v gitlmat . Incomes may be exposed ss ' leading shameful lives. This Is not a flash In the pan, but the crusade will be -waged until definite results are accuro pllshed. .r-.: -.. , -. . , -j. DYED HIS JflUSTACHE ; t WITHOUT HIS CONSEN Barbers Have Much ' Pfeasur k VVith Windy City - Visitors t i J and May Pay for It. When Albert Katse. a Chicago ma chinist, reached - PortUnd thla morning, to- ss4 the fair, he was .the proud posse-, sor of a long gray mustache which he belfeved added to his appearance, ln eon. Junction with gray eyebrows and hair of the same shade. In fact, his friends Informed him, so be says, that he bore remarkable . resemblance . to .Kaiser WUhalm. :.-z Entering the barber-shop or Robert . Kline, under the Hood hotel. 4 North Sixth street, he assert that without hla knowledge or consent Edward' Soofleld, one of the employes, dyed bla mustache snd eyebrows black, thereby completely. transforming hie personal appearance... . At the same time J. Wals, a brother machinist from the Windy , City, wag shorn of his drooping mustache. Each man was then asked to pay $!.( for th Indignities to which he had been sub Jected. Katse paid but Wals had onlJt I cents, and, after relinquishing posses slon had to leave a part of hla clothing as security for the remaining $1. - The men hurried to the police court, where their tale of woe was told Deputy 1 City Attorney- Pltsgerald. -A warrant was Issued for Bcofleld and John Doe on the charge- of assault. - They were re -leased on depositing .$$ cssh bonds. The barbers say they gave the men. half tonics and other articles commensurate with the' price Charged them. In the room of . Frank Hennessy, -elerk of th court, Katie tried hard to wash the dye ofChts mustache. HI ef fort was a failure. ,- -.-': -,'.' "1 wash me him tree times alretty vunce, h exclaimed despairingly, "snd ho vtll no come off. I tlnk I vssh' him " off mit a rasor, and msybe Aot also cos $S$.'' -, - - - " ' . ' - i - , 1 ,, ' - ' . ' - .. ' .;-' - .-! Oacrlad as Slg tatlos. '. ' - - ;" ' Attorney It 11. Emmons hss filed suit for damages' In - Justice Rld's court : sgalnst the O. W. P. company. He ask for $lto. which amount fit) assert will be th proper antidote for the treatment accorded him by the company, - It 14 ' alleged by th lawyer that after paylni his far he wss carried past hla station, although h notified the conductor wher ' to let him off. and left at another sta tion In th cold and rain, which caused -him "great mental and physical dlaconn fort." .. V... ..' :' - . ., . 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