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TIIS OREGON DAILX JOURNAL. PORTLAND I.IONDAY LVZIIINQ, ' AUCftJST U, I SUITED rMnn fin CnneluBiv Raff&rd " . . . Ina: Officer .Recent Jaunt to 1 nai ne musi uo. HIS EXPLANATIONS ARE . r , NOT WELL REGARDED Commission Consider His Prolonged Absence Not Sufficiently Well Ex- cuscd and Suspension Order Will I Be Changed to Expulsion Decree. While City Detective L. C Hartman -was merely suspended from the police ' force -the action taken by the police commission amounts practically to ex - pulsion, and within a few days, it Is sift, th records will be amended so to read. The reason for suspension at the last meeting. Instead of expulsion, was In order to permit the accused man to gather - some ' evidence which he says will tend to mitigate "the offense with which-he la .charged but It was au thoritatively stated at police headquar ters this morning that nothing the de tective can do will save him. from ex- 'pulsion. - -.' ""' Portland from his trip east, lasting two weeks, he asserted positively that he had not gone near the home of his father In Nebraska. Before tha .commis sion he was obliged to admit that he had been to , see his father and had also stayed sv while at" Kansas City. Missouri, where he assisted In settling the eetato oi nia granaiainer. d,rr r.rv.oetr. uim"u. ", . . w tUn; hTm that the man VoV whom he waa going to Chicago had .been released on habeas corpus pro- ceedlngs, the conductor sent the police wire sarins tde message had been de-1 llvered. ' i The most damsaing fact In connection -with the InvestlgaUoa was the asser- lioa of tha detective that he had not wired Chief Orttxmacber after reaching I Chicago because the police Judges in- -formed hlm-tiiaWhe lawyers employed I hv tha man for whom he nent were Ir I league with Western Union and Postal I relegraph operators ana wouia learn I of everything he told the chief. , "Bow," asked one of the commission ers, "could It matter If the lawyers did know what word was sent to ths chief , by you,; Mr. Hartman. when ths man had already secured bis release and left the state of Illinois before your arrival at Chicago? All they oould have done would have been to send word to the released man that you had come to Chi cago after him, and doubtless that wss don e anyhow, Detective HarTman VaimMctoex-f plain the apparent Inconsistency In his atatements. The commissioners frank ly asserted that they did net believe Western Union or Postal Telegraph op wrators would risk their positions and lay themselves liable to criminal prose cution by divulging the contents of tele grams." It was allsgd - by "Hartman that he mule his wife and Ohm Oi'llsuiuli from Chicago. Mrs. Hartman received a letter, but none came to ths chlelp PROGRAM OF EXERCISES i FOR ST. LOUIS FAIR DAY The following progrsm has been, ar ranged for the Louisiana Purchase day at the exposition tomorrow, to - take place In the Auditorium at 4 o'clock: Music, Administration band; address of welcome, to exposition. President H. W. Ooode; address, of welcome to Ore gon. Governor George B' Chamberlain: address by President R. H. Kerens bf . Missouri state commission; vocal sola, "When Our Friends Are Near." Mrs. : Frank Eberle; address, David R. Fran cis, president Louisiana Purchase ex- imposition; .music. Administration band. . Public reception by the Missouri state commission follows in ths - Missouri state building. gonxmallatg Tram California. - Thlrtr-llve members of ths press as . , soclaUon of southern California 'arrived 1n Portland Sunday .and will spend sev eral , days viewing the exposition- ss guests of the general press bureau. The visitors sre living In their private car nearths fair grounds. aVrt Gallery In FOR DISqiSSAL ''.,,".- jl ....... ; -v v . . ' ; ' . - ... . , i mw ... 1 '' f "J.--.S- . r J,?.:-- ;f i ' . ' . - 'r', IMFFIC ISOD 01) THE mit - 1 Steamer Mountain Gam Wi!l Plw I . - . . . Between flparia and W Lewiston. GENERAL REJOICING--; AMONG FRUIT GROWERS I No . Passengers or Grain to ' Be Carried, But All Efforts Will Be . Concentrated to Save Crops of the ' Big Orchardsvi--V"" (Special Dispatch to Tha Joarsal. ) Colfax. Wash, Aug. If .After four I days. In which no boats raa between: 1 Rlparla and Lewiston. because of low I water, traffic, was resumed n Snake river yesterday with the Mountain Gem. a smaller boat than ths sfeamera which plied this run, and there la general re joicing among -fruit growers, who were panic-stricken byv the prospect of loalng 100 carloads of fruit for want of trans portation facilities; The steamer Spo kane was taken off the Rlparla-Le wiston run more than a week ago, because of tne low stage or water, which is eight I inches below the previous low water I i mark of the past 10 years. The steamer I Lewiston made several trips after the Spokane ' ( which drew more . water than ths Lewiston) was taken off., but she. too. was forced . to tie 'up, being unable to make the run since four days ago. . jtuu . growers were in a panic and frantic appeals were made to the Ore- - xcri;, I succor. TM comnir rssnondad Kv Mring' ths Mountain Oem. a asaallsVI boat than the Lewiston and Spokane. which has been used In running the I I rapids above Lewiston, to take the ruBMeo uwn wera-ine sraouni ni wages below Lewiston The -boat made Its I drawn-by their father, the number of I rst trip down ths river Saturday and f took four carloads of fruit to Rlnarla. I where it was shipped by rail to eastern I markets. Ths boat will make ree-ular trlpa between Rlparla and Kelly's or-1 cbard, eight miles above Wawawai. as I long as the water will permit, or until the fruit rroo la moved. . No affort win I be made to handle passenger or grain business. -All efforts will be turned to I saving the fruit crop, which Is estimated at 100 carloads on both banks of the river. This means at least 1100,000 saved to the fruit growers of that sec tion, many of whom would have been practically ruined If transportation had not been furnished.' W. L. La Follette of Wawawai, with ISO seres - in fruit is the heaviest grower on the river, and Mr. Kelly, with IS acres,. Is ths second largest grower In the district, ilr. La Follette hss fully Is canoads left . In big rctt been enormous had traffic on ths river been permanently suspended. Tha'frult cron waa badlv In lured hvlln ths Intense heat of the Utter part of I July, and-frult growers estlmats thai! I he yield has been reduced SO per cent. Prices are some higher than last year, however. , . . , .'. '- v-V NEW PIAN-IU SAVE- i -' BULL RUN WATER A plan hss been suggested whereby the Bull Run water supply could be made adequate to meet all the demands of ths city, which Is ths districting of ths city and allowing the residents of only a certain district to use water tot Irrigating during certain hours of the day. - During the hours allotted to a cerjajn-sectlon for Irrigating, water for the sums purpose would not .. be ased In any other ajstrict. . .. ' This plsn has been auggested to the water board and It may be given con sideration. It Is thought that ths pro posed plan would be highly satisfactory aa ths entire city could be given suffi cient wster for domestic purposes at all eours or tne nay. . under ths present plsn all ths sprinklers In the city are running at the asms hours and ths sup ply to residences on ths higher eleva tions Is cut off.' -. Severs! Instances'- of extravagant waste of water ' have recently been brought to the attention of the authori ties snd Investigations will be. mads. Ths report came to - ths mayor this morning that In a Japaness yard on Becond - street a pipe had been broken for months snd a large stream of water -had-been-flowing from It .continuously. vik. !t44,M 4&wt4 tht Missouri feuUdint. tha Mecca of MUsouriari' for' their Great CelebraUon f.:AYOR LANE'RETUmJS'""' BIG BUNCH OF PASSES , . -Mayor1 Lane has, refused to 4 4 " accept, peases of any sort. He 4 declares that he wui par his way 4 aa ldmr"-as he Is mayor or the e City of Portland, for If he se- wpm paaees no - wui oe unaer obllgstions to cater to ths 4 - wishes of the aivera. and he die- 4 approve of having string of 4 any nature on1 hlra while he Is 4 chlsf executive of the city.. .... .- 4 4 -It was-oarr a few days after he took his oath of office when 4 the posses began to arrive. They 4 were from the Portland . Con- , 4 aolldated Railway company, the Oregon Railroad Navigation 4 j company, the California at Ore- 1 son rauway ana otner lines ana 4 various steamship companies. He also received passes to the 4 Irving-ton race course. . ' "I can't stand for that,", said 4 tha mayor,, and - lhatructed his e clerk to return them all. ' 4 Accompanying each returned 4 pass was a courteous communl- 4 cation atatlng that owing, to his 4 official capacity as the msyoe of - the City of Portland . he 4 could not accept the passes. v : MANY BOYS PLEAD TO JOIN EXCURSION Sixty-three boyatthder the sge of II f years crowded Info .the juvenile court this mornlngind , filed their a Jlpltca tlons for membership ' In the Hat of the 10 wM will be sent down to Ocean Park tomorrow morning. -The sges of PW ranged from 7 to 16. and their copuuci wnen oui ox mi eyes -os. me court ranged . from that of s wlasomo Willie to a tough Johnny of the . slab flats. Borne .of' them, especially the younger ones, came to .court - in t their bare feet. Others csnje In their best shlned. r were examined, bifore Circuit Judge , rraser ss Judge . of the Juvenile court. The principal Questions children In ths family and If they -had ever been to the coast before. ' The children of fathers bf large families and received small wages. , that Is. It wr alven the preference o tne tin, ana tne cnuaren wno naa nevsr oeen to me ooasi came eeconu. The conditions applied to the two classes wr practically the same., for In but ew ca naa jne coiioron Tr sssn me see. t After selections bad . been made from these classes the - list was com t plated by 'additions from smaller fsm Hies, the heads of .which - were . better able to care for their children. The children., while. at the osst,. will be' under the charge of W. O. Nisley, who has looked after the psst two out ings. Mr. Nisley hss , been appointed special bailiff of the. Juvenile court and will receiva a-sslary of til a month while serving In tha. capacity.; 'he present encampment of tha-fcoya at ths beach 'will break up tomorrow morning and the boys will return home the evening. Judge Fraser visited the boys yeaterday. and says he found them all healthy.4 tanned and enjoying them- selves hugely, t 0LYMPIA DAY WILL Bt WOTABtTHAIfft'S , Tomorrow will be Olympic day at the exposition and Mrs. A. H. Chambers will be hostess at ths Wsshington building. She will also preslds for the remainder of the week. Tomorrow Governor Mead and Mayor P; H. Carlyon of OiymplarwIU be at the fair with (00 residents of thst town snd ths "'program will be: Music eAn-1A m m ia II o'alfwlr DMin bv the Hungariannbend, music by the Admin istration band In the afternoon from 1:10 to 1:10 o'clock and by the United States Tenth Infantry band, from I to 4 o clock. . Party Vomtm xvm Wallet,' " T. H. Pu'rdr. a Chicago' traveling man. reported the theft of a poeketbook con taining 111 and a number of papers of great value to tbs owner. The wallet was carried In a htp pocket and was stolen while Mr. Purdy wss on a csr bound from ths Osks to town. - Bur glars broke Into the home of Owen Allen, 0 East Eleventh street, through a rear window last night and stole a pocket- book containing 11.10. , Vs. DaSois Xajnted,',, , . .(Journal Special Berries.) Manila. Aug. -14. Mrs. Fred DuBoIs wlfs of the Idsho senator, was Injured In a runaway yesterday and her condi tion Is serious.." . V SIR fjra 18 il REPEATER , Regales Lenox ; Country Club With Story Told at Moth-' : ' ,ers' Congress. ' v MARBLE PALACE WILL J. , . SOON BE COMPLETED Opening of Home o.f Mr. 'and Mrs. ' Lara Anderson to' Be Great Event .In Society at Washington the' Com ing Seasopr JP'" (Wsshlngtea Boreas of The Joarsal. f Washington, D. C Aug. 14. Sir Mor timer ' Dursnd has been . regaling the Country club at Lenox with a delight ful anecdote about thS "cute way" of the small . negroes of Washington. , - It appears tbst Sir Mortimer and soms friends went picnicking and the task of preparing the baskets was given to a fat old mammy, who does odd Jobs about the embassy, and she farmed the task out to her grandson, a bright youth of IS summers. Champagne and the Inevitable brandy and soda, of course formed the principal feature of the re past, and to prove how. Intelligent andJ tactrui tne wasnington nsgro is. ura each bottle of brandy a package of peo- permlnt drops, whUe the cluCmpugn bottles - boasted of clover and sweet spice around their necka. This Is sn Interesting yarn and should elevate 'the British ambassador In "the esteem of every person in Washington, but last winter In making a speech be fore ths Mothers' congress In this city he told the same story, only 'twas the children of Teheran. Persia, who were so bright and observing. Sir Mortimer, In the Joke line. Is like ths reverend minis ter of ths gospeL who reached the end of his manuscript sermons and bsd t begin all over. x Mr. ad Mrs. - Lars -Anderson,- sfter a chapter -of disappointments, have re ceived word that -their marble palace on Massachusetts ' avenue will be : ready for- occupation during the coming sea son. ' The opening of this homo will msrk sn epoch In .Washington society, Mrs. Anderson' wss Isabella Perkins, granddaughter and heiress of the late commodore of : Boston..- She has pent nearly : $5,000,000 in building and gild fog this palace, obtaining art treaaures and curios, and it Is Ms finest msnslon erected here. The home Is next to the Patten residence, or whet is commonly known ss the Irish embassy. The young est Miss Patten is married to Adjutant General Corbin of ths Philippine Their home was. In their dsy, considered flne domicile, and Is Just opposite ths Florentine villa of Mrs. Mary Townsend. aaugUstottofErteirhe famous railroad man. Lars Anderson Is the son of Nlcho- las .Anderson of Cincinnati, and was under-secretsry of the American em bassy in Horns when-hs captured the Boston heiress, snd aelected the. design of their- mansion.- s fins reproduction of the, fsmous PalassorDoria of Genoa. t tie A tllller Kr4ll -rtf fim ssrtaKaaw ! vvsa. e , v ti g ( yusin Bg A V Ul the rocky heights of the Mediterranean. Bo situated Is ths Anderson residence theA It looks down on ths bumbls negro' innanitante or tls narrow . slds streets and the effect Is rather Incongruous. PORTLAND WOMAN GIVES TO LIBRARY FUND . (Special Ptspatrb to The loareaLI , Salem. Or.. Aug. 14. At a meeting of the stats library commission this after noon It waa announced that-Mrs. Hoff man of Portland had given 1500 for a traveling library fund. .The -meeting was held for the purpose of considering tne report ana tne recommendations of Secretary Marvin and ' to outline ths work of ths year..--.," .. . - , . Firs ai'aUbany. - . -(Special Utapaick The JeeraaLt - - Albany, Or.. Aug.- 14. Fire In Van Dyke's bakery thla afternoon did 11.000 damage. . The fire department confined ths blass to ths building. ; - Tafl Party at Bolls. . , ' 1 ' (Joarsal Special Sertrtee.t " ' Hollo, Aug. 14. The Tart party ar rived hers this, evening Aceremonlous reception wss accorded the members, t . Tomorrow." J :..... .-.-.-.. i m co;.;;.:znciAL clud gives TO LtfS. WERT FUNO - . Members of tbs Commercial ' club, through ths efforts of P. M. Collins, havs subscribed T . for the relief- of Mrs. Louise ' w Wert the victim of a confidence ; 4 man at the doors of the Mer- chants' National bank last Men- '' dsy, when she wss robbed of 1400, every dollar she had In tha ; world. Mr. Collins circulated a ; subscription list smong the club , members. ' Ths Journal fund 4 now amounts to 1104. as follows: 1; 4 Previously acknowledged. ..-II 1 ; , cash. .i., .......... I Members of Commercial club, J. H. . Thatcher. .P. M. Collins, ,. W. E. Coman, K. Wilaon. J. F. Booths. F. a. Buffura. - W. J. e - Clemens, cash. 1. D. OoodselL J. e . P. Sharkey. H. &. Sargent, L. e emitn. u, w. Hodson. a. ac- w Nary. C. A, Bell, cash, W. N. Jones, cash. E. B. Deyoe, JO. W. Hasen, H. M. Cake. W, A. Cle- e land. Robert Kennedy. K. Ehr- e man, Oeorge E. Chamberlain, C w C, Chapman. . caah. W. H. Max well, W, Oadsby,. J. Al Hssel- tine, A. & Graham. R. L. Aid- e rich, B, J. Browne, C. Coopey, T. P. Thornton, B. J. Jeffries, L. Veysey, - J. w. Pratt, W. L. , Boise, B. D. Slgler, Roger 8lnr 4 nott. A. Crofton. A. Howard. C. e . ' ' A. McCargur, a W. Nottingham. w not Hart. M. C Banflold, I. A. Terex. R. D. Jnman. Woods Hut- ohlosoiv Puffen Burger, C. -8. 4 Rogers., D. Walksr. H. R. Biers- norr. m. B. Ferguson, gig eichel. A.- C. - SheMon, R. L, Stevens. e welter cook, cash, H. C Allen, Arthur" Tlfft and J. 8. Rogers, 11 each, Total. tl4. ,; ,-,t.- SUNNY. SOOTH. WILL :a jl"t ENTERTAIN AT FAIR joint exerclw.s for Louisiana day and Tennessee jdayat the Lewis snd Clark exposition will be held at the Oregon building Thursday . afternoon of ' this week. The program will open-at 1:10 o'clock, with Judge J. C Moreland, vlce-prealdcnt of the Dixie society for Tennessee, in the chair. - . C V. Porter, Louisiana commissioner to the exposition, i is cooperating with the local committee In arrangement of a nn program, and urges that every for mer - Louisianlan and . Tennesseearn-In Oregon attend ths exercises if possible. There will be musicsl numbers . snd othsr features. Including addresses by oovernor Oeorge E. Chamberlain. Preel dent Jefferson , Mvera af tha Onmn commission; President H. W. Goods of the - fair , corporation: Rev. J. W, Brougher and Tom . Richardson. Colonel R. C' Howard, for many years president of the New Orleans chamber of commerce, and now a resident of Portland, has taken speclsl Interest In msklng ths day's program a success, snd asks all , Loulaianlana to attend While Illinois day at the fair falls on for the three stater wtll-tn thjmw flict. as ths Illinois program occurs In ths forenoon, snd in the evening. -while that of the southern ststes le confined to tbs afternoon. ' . KLEIN WINS SUIT ' : r- An execution was Issued out of the United States circuit court this morn ing on a Judgment obtained at ths last term - of the - court by Otto Klein against the Southern PaciSo Railroad company for 11,111 and costs, amount ing In all to 11.000. Tnla case was tried last winter. Klein alleged that while he was a passenger on a train between San Francisco and Portland he was throws off a car at a station , on the Oregon division snd sustained perma nent Injuries. Ths contention " of the railroad company -.was that he was a brakebeam passenger, and the Injuries were ths rssult of bis own carelessness. Judgment for the sum named was given in December. A motion for a new trial was filed before Judge Bellinger, but owing to the death of that Juriat It was mawam A-iA-A ... ... NEW WIRELESS SYSTEM . PROVES SUCCESSFUL - . .. .. ,- Representatives of a Seattle wireless telegraph company gsve s demonstra tion of ths working of their system to day at ths office of the Burrell Invest ment company. The apparatus is simi lar to those of. ths Marconi and DeFor rest systems The- exhibition was- wit nessed by a party of. hslf a dosen local capitalists. . - . Messsges were sent through the walls of the room, snd read in the next room, with the door between the rooms closed. Those present were much interested In tha demonstration and regarded it as successful.'. The Sesttle company. Is erecting a station on Mount Tamalpela, near San Francisco, with ths Intention of operating between that city and Hon olulu, where another station Js th be erected. - - - - , ., FINAL SERVICES FOR v - BENNINGTON VICTIMS (Josrsal aneeta! aVrl.e.l . '-Ssn Dlegn, -Aug. '14. Final- memorial services . over the victims of the Ben nington disaster were held hers this morning snd .attended by all the Ben nington survivors and officers and crew of ths fiagsnrp-Chicago: Brief addresses were mads by Bishop Kendrlck, Episco pal bishop of Arlsons. nnd Chaplain Stons of the Chics go. Both the Bennington snd the Chicago leave this afternoon. On their way out of the harbor they will stop opposite the burial grounds on Point - Loma. where ' the victims sre burled, snd will Are s salute, snd s de tachment will go ashore and flowers will be strewn by the sailors. . Ths cere monies will be concluded by taps by the msrlne guard. - ,.',.., ...i i ... " MARSHAL OF OREGON; ( TOWN KILLS NEPHEW (Special Dltpetcs te The lolwesl. Ontario.- Or., -Auev 14. Frank Cem- msron, a bartender, was shot snd killed st Westfnll at I .o'clock tast orenlng by City Marshal Asa Csrey. X crowd was drinking. In a saloon and causing a disturbance and Carey went In to arrest Csmmeron. The latter' drew a gua-a nd C i ey shot "h Ini , dead. Carey was a nephew to Csmmeron by mar- -4 .-; Ooloivd Baalasss Men Meet. (Joersal Special S-r1 - Kew 'tork. -Aug. 14. The National Business League of tha United States, an organisation of colored business men representing local business men's or ganlsatlona In ; the different states, opened Its annual convention here this morning. Ths sttendenre Is unusually lsrgs and particularly ths southern and sastera ststes are well represented. n'liO nnfi''inco Chairman of Canal Commltslon ; Returns From Tour, of In tpsction of Canal.' f COMPLETE COMMISSARY ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEN Refrigerator Plants Erected and Sup plies to B Handled . Promptly Mistake Made .In Making tha Dirt Fly Before Men Were Housed. - I . (Jouresl Special Berries.) New -Tork. Aug. 14. Theodore ft Shonts. chafrman,; and General Ernest, members of the Panama canal commis sion, returned this morning from Pan ama. : Chairman . Shonts statsd: - We found It necessary to house and dis tribute supplies for 10.000 men.- When the government first took hold -of ths cauaLa mistake waa made In trying to make the dirt fly before proper pro vision had been made for the employes. We bars bow established sub-commis sary stations to seek lower prices and glvs the laborers alMhey need In the line of supplies -snd comfortable quarters and seep tbs sanitary conditions apod. -"Trains are running from Colon daily, carrying auppllea . to every . laborers' camp. ; The steamer ' Mexico and the steamer Havana are being equipped with refrigerating plants . to take supplies from New York., - At Colon a refrigerat ing plant la being erected from which supplies will be Issued promptly, so that American employes will be able' to ob tain all that they could at home. "By applying modern railroad methods we could remedy In 10 days ths freight congestion. .-: -,-. , , . "People of the isthmus sre not fore hsnded With the lsrgs Influx of csnal laborers, supplies became exhausted end prices became exorbitant' We made ar rangements wKh the president of Pan ama thst, until prices become norms L our system of supplying the laborers will continue. . I believe there Is a treaty which will prevent . our entering Into competition- with the merchants." ". INCREASE FEVER DEATHS FROM THE SOUTH : Eighteen New Cases and Seven Fatalities at -Noon Nearly j Y a Thousand Cases. ; :l New Orl sens. La.. Aug. 14. Eighteen new cases of yellow fever snd seven deaths were reported -st noon, msklng ths total -number of desths 111 snd the total number of eases 181. , Twelve new cases were . reported . in , nine ouisias partihee.. . vf t-' j-h.-- ,j-; ; -r week - on i account of . the --large number . of new esses. The Increase la due partly to a full report being made by all physicians of ths number of eases, many or wmcn were -heretofore concealed. . The death rats Is II py cent. When during July It wss'10 per cent. - -v !- , Complaint Is . msde In many charges filed today that property owners, sre not - properly screening ' their cisterns. All complaints -sre st once followed up by Inspection resulting In ths street of thoee not complying with the sanitary laws recently enacted. Italians are still Inclined to run away and to -conceal Ill ness which develops In the fsmlly though barred from most localities In Louisiana, no matter how many health certificates they heve. - : .-, '. An sppeal has been Issued by ths New Orleans Progressive union to all news papers requesting . them not . te make conditions appear wborsa than they are by tha publication of sensstlonsl stories. FEARS TO GIVE SECRET OF , P0IS0;i TO 170RL0 Compound So DadlyThat Widespread Calamity Would . 'Result From Sale. ' . '" (Joarasl Bperlsl arrrlcs.) Kalamasoo. Mich., Aug. 14. A poison so subtls In Its workings , that ths In ventor dsre not put It an the market lest widespread death might be the re sult,. Is in the hands of L. D. Cooley of this city. - Although hs cleims that it is powerful .enough to rid a house of sll vermin by a single application, Cooley will: not even tell -whether the poison Is powder, liquid or gss. . r - Recent experiments sttested to ny re putable business men show Its efficiency. A restaurant wss cleared of files In three hours. -, In preparing the death-dealing matter -Cooley was assisted by expert mentlng chemists of ths University of Michigan. Four ohemlcgls sre used, each harmless t" itself. - I will not put it on sais." sain cooisy. "for It might become a universal murder agency. It leaves no trace, . simply -a dead body. Such a thing Is too danger ous to permit of general handling." TAGGART SAYS DID NOT PROMISE DIAMOND RING (Joarsal Special Berrlcs.1 Wocater, O., Aug. 14-The cross-ex- emlnstton this afternoon In the Taggart fnae turned to-Mra Taggart' s visit to Washington.',,' Tsggart said he did not send his wife, to Washington to prevent hie detail from Port Thomas to Leavsn worth, although the detail waa pre vented. He said hs did not object to the change, but his wlfs did not want to leave Port Thomaa. He also bald that he did not promise to give her a diamond ring If she prevented ths detail. Stark Lelghter was appointed a mem ber of the police depsrtment this morn ing snd will report for duty this even ing. HS waa the only mart on ths civil service eligible list Three more are required as patrolmenand one .as "a detective. ' 1 ... I,' af 'i - ' Mrs. arastsd ttles. - . ' ; , " (Sped) masatri Is The leersal.1 ' Boise. Idaho. Aug.- 14. Mrs. It T. Htiatsd.' wife of a prominent merchant, died at 4 o'clock yesterdey mornlag of consumption. Ths funeral took njace at 1 o'clock today, . 01' rnn on ru lilu!Li!3il TIL V- National Congress Will Follow , Msetlnj of Trahs-Mlssis- KS.j . -pl Convention. v. V MOST IMPORTANT EVER 'i :, ' HELD IN This COUNTRY Prominent , Men In All Walka of Life Will ,. Attend, and Matters of Importance to Oregon Will B Dwelt. On:" . t" Ths nsxt grand meeting following the Trans-Mlsslsslppt congress will be that In the Interest of Irrigation, Ths results of the national Irrigation congress to be held In Portland August 11 to 24 Will, it is ssld. be tbs most far-reaching and Important to ths western states of any ever held in this country. Reasons for this statement are that tha government ' Irrigation fund has reached sn amount that warrants the projecting of large , Irrigation schemes. In ths various eta tea. ' and a number of these are .. being launched in the Pacific northwest"' - Local officers of the congress we-e-ndvised today thst C B. Boot he. chair- .' man of the executive committee, will leave Los Angeles tonight for Portland snd arrive Wednesday to take up tha work of preparing final detatla for the congress, . He will be ssststed by A. H. Uevers, vice-chairman; Tom Richardson. Judge Stephen A. Lowell, acting preaf. Jent of ths Oregon Btate .Irrigation aa- ,i soclatlon. and others who are Interested In th Irrigation movement In Oregon. It Is ssid the Portland congress la re ceiving extraordinary attention at Wsah. -Ington and that It will probably be at tended by. Secretary xjamea Wilson of the department of agriculture. Leslie It Shaw, secretary of the treasury : Victor . Metcalf, secretary ' of 'commerce a ad labor, and other officials. ; The states of Utah, Colorado,. Cstlfor- " nta. : Nevada. , Washington, .Idaho, Mon Una,Nbraska. Texas, New Mexico snd Artsona are specially Interested In thla congress snd will send large delegations. Msny of the delegates to the Trans-Mis. aisstppl congress heve credentials to ' both congresses. William K. r-urtla of Chicago will address the Irrigation con gress on '-irrigation in India."- Prince isnx.Tu Wei. a Chinese, will attend aait talk on what Irrigation baa dona for tha i celestial empire. . . . . i MANY BOOKS ON THE k . : -; MUNICIPAL' PROBLEM i - - ,,-r . ., 'The Portland library has been adding M J.;a -Collection. or hooka .on., ths nlclpal problem mnt 11 now - there - are many useful volumes on the circulating shelves discussing all phases of the question. ' The reference 'department will furnish more Information. Below is s Hat of books on the sub- Ject. which may be drawn for- home use: . v,:-.. v -.' , ' : .. . n-.. hm - a -rir u,.nii.i . lies: Blrd S. Coler. Municipal Haven. ment; Alfred R. Conkling. City Oevern-' ment:' ' Ieonard V Derwlri,,, Municipal Trade; '' Frederick 'Dolmen, Muotci- ; pslltles sfWork: Dorman B. -.Eaton. : Government of Municipalities; Rich-. srd Theodore -Ely. - Coming -City; John. Archibald Palrlle, Municipal Ad- -mnlstratlon; Washington Gladden. Cos- ' mopolia City Club; William F. -Ooodhue, Municipal Improvementa; Frank - John son- Ooodnow,, Municipal Home Rule; Frank Johnson Ooodnow, Compsrattvw . Administrative Law; Frank f Johnsiyi Ooodnow. Municipal Problems: .Alfred . I odder, Fight for the City; Qustavus Myers. History of Public Franchises In New Tork City; National Conference for Good City Government, Proceedings; ' Municipal Program, National Municipal ' league: Our Fight With Tammany) -Charles Henry Parkhurst; . City for the People, Frank Parsons; Improvement of ' Towns and Cities, Chsrles Mulford Rotw -Inson; Municipal Government In Conti nental Europe, Albert Shaw; Municipal Government In ;- Great- Britain, . Albert , Shaw; ' ; Mining i- lCampa.'' 1185, ' - Charles Howard ' ; Shinn; . Joseph Lincoln Steffena, ' Shame of ths . Cities; Joslsh Strong, Twentieth Century city: Anna Ferrln Weber, Growth- of Clt-. lee In the Nineteenth Century: Ssmuel Whinery, Municipal Public Works: Delos rrankUa-Wlleox, Study of the-City Oov. eminent: Delos-Franklin Wilcox, 'Amer ican City: Charles Zueblln, American Mu- . nlclpal Progress. .,, . .., CONGRESSMAN RHINOCK'S sVa aaa ansa a)aa, m saMsmsa. a atssiga. ,:i : f.".,- IJoaraal- Splal Serrle.. ' ;,' 4 New Tork, Aug. 14. Congressman ' Rhlnock of Kentucky sppeared- this morning to prosecute Robert Irving, as- , soclats editor of the New Yorker, on a chsrgS of alleged criminal libel In print ing a story' that Rhlnock Introduced Alice Roosevelt, when she waa visiting ' in Cincinnati, to persons of shsdy repu- , tatlon, such ss racehorse , men and gamblers. The.easewascontlnusd-. ts . August 1. . . i ii . - .- .f: ' , Sana Ivwsy ts the Pair. ,.;v Maggie Krandx, ; aged 14 years, of ' Independence, Oregon, who came to tha fair two weeka ago with her parents. Is missing snd ths police are looking for her. When her parenta were ready , to start for their home sfter the recent visit shs demurred, but went with them. Todsy ths police received a ' telegram from her fether saying that shs had, again come to thla Mty . and asking thst they make a search for her. So fsr they' hsvs been unsuccessful In their sesreh. ; ,: -t ... Ooveraoi Vames Delegate. ' -r . (Special Dltpateh te The Joarsal) ' , i Oregon City, Or- Aug. 14. Oovernor. Chamberlain has appointed County -Judge Thomas F. Ryan one of flvs del- egates from Oregon to attend the meet- ins of the American madmakera. to bs held st Detroit August 2, 10 snd II. Judgs Ryan will attend. ' . i Ohieage strike Indorsed. ' ' (leoraat Speelet Serrtee.) -: llsrteluhln. Aug. K. Ths tagmsti rVnventn unanimously Indorsed ths sc tlon of the executive board of the Chi cago strike this morning. ; r H 7 Taft Party at Xlofis. (Jesrssl SpHal Brrle.Ji Manila. . Aug. I4. Secretary "''Taft,"" Miss Roosevelt snd party sailed yester day cn the transport Logsn for Hollo, accompanied by Gover-General Wright and Mgjor-aeneral Corbin. - Half the Ills that man Is heir to rVne from Indigestion. Burdock Blood Bit ters strengthens and tones the stomach! makes Indigestion impossible s
