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Z'VZ'. OREGON DAILY JOUr.II LV TCTLATD, ID :a . Aur.u .::c:i;:LLEii.lViOii:Oi(Dilltij "r HOT r.iUnDEff.:SAY POLICE - Oetectives . Believe , He Merely . .Took Advantage of Occasion ': !to Terrify Kaspar Van Dran." 8TILL SEEK ONE WHO-, s v - ';..;: SET THE DEADLY TRAP ' V: ' Youth' Who Sent . Threatening Let : Vtm Regarded Innocent of Real .- Knowledge of " Blacker Crime . Many Witnesses but No Real Clues ' Evidence of ft plot to blackmail Kae- ?tr Van Dran by George Marshall, aged I years, la said to have been discov ered last night tor the police when ha . was srrssted by Dstsctlvs Joe Day, In : hia pocket was found a book from which had ben torn a letter addressed to Van jran. aasertlng that the poison given his wlfa was meant for him and that ... he would meet the same fate' as aha If ha did not pay the writer $500. ' One letter waa prevlouelyLaent Van Dran. and was shown Deputy DlatrleJ Attorney Moser this morning. ' ' r; , s! y -.. A former Inmate of the county jail wrote Detective Day a letter' telling what he knew of the affair and Inclosed a. Blip of paper" which ha said had been dropped by Mara hall at the postofflce. No credence is given by the police to . the theory that Marahall and con federate In crime had anything to' do with the murder. It Is believed that the two men merely took advantage of , the circumstances - snd sent the. letter to Van Draa In the hope of frightening him into ft vine them money. , Tea 9taa Cats Trap -- : .. Van Dran went to Albany, where his - wife was buried, Wednesday morning, and returned yeaterday. He received the threatening letter on bis arrival. In It he waa told that If ha did not de . ' poalt an envelope containing $500 in cur rency. In the - mailbox of . the Central lodging bouse.- IS Sixth; street, he would meet the same fate as hia wife. Uoder the. direction of a detective Van' Dran wrote an answer ,. and ad dressed It to the "Q. V. B. A.. Co" ss specified. - A detective then watched the box, but before the writer appeared he waa captured by Detective Day. The letter received by Detective -Day yeaterday states that whUe the writer was confined In the county jail, he had made the acquaintance of a man whose . first name was Percy, and another man, . both being "trusties." ; Recently they Shad asked him to become a party to a - scheme by which the least amount to " be. expected waa $10. . He refused, and s few days later saw one of them tear a leaf out of a note book at the post- ' office. This nots was dropped and se- cured by the detective's Informant,, who inclosed It la his communication. Mysterious Telephone Pall. While the' search" Waa being made for etwoTnirTmennoned'lhlTiTs"Tiote . Detective Dsy was telephoned that one of the men wanted was standing in front of a lunch counter on Burnslde street. neap Second. ' He hurried lhereand ar- usiad Msisliall. Psj uiclsies' lie dee not know the nsme of his informant - : Id are hall was arrested sbout 10 months ago by Dsy on suspicion of committing a larceny at the Hotel Morton, xweirm -and Morrison streets. - He denied com plicity in the blackmailing plot. On him. however, was. found a nots ad dressed to "O." asserting that detectives were watching them and they had better , leave town and meet In Ban Franclaeorf A number of damaging admiaslons are . aaid to have been made by Marshall this morning. - ' - ... ' ..; .', k ; I, ? Amethsr Wamlaf atta. '. ' . ' The letter picked up by the police In- formant. i which was 'intended to . be - 'mailed Van Dran,reada as follows: ' ? "Mr. Van Dran Dear - Sir: As I . wrote a note a couple of days ago to ' you. atating that the liquid in the bot tles waa prepared for you and not fori your wire, it was saia eaturaay nigni that yoa .would take a good aum of ' money home with you, and that was " ' what we were after. It was also stated In the letter thst we atill -wanted the ' money, and for fear you did not get the J ' note wa will state agsln that unices $600 - la placed In the mall box of S8H Sixth . street today, between 1 I." you will have more trouble. Tours truly." . it " The letter- waa written -In Ink on a . blank page of a notebook. The book "from which It Is ssld to have been torn 'was found in Marahall's pocket. ; , !, - STew Olnes aum&.',:J v: " :, ' Vss Dran appeared , before Deputy District Attorney Moser this morning, r but nothing came ta light. It Is reported, jwhioh will aid the auLhorltles. . . P. X Maher, the district attorney's U office detective, who- la working1 on "l various features of the murder of. Mrs. Van Dran, has subpoenaed Minerva . t : Monteltb, .her sister, to appear before : ; Mr. Moser this afternoon. . Three , witnesses who wars examined ' -yesterday, includln Mra. J. M. Qoar, rv testined that so tar as Jhey knew the relations between -Van Dran and his wrfe and between Mrs. Van Dran and v s her alster bad been harmonious. .- Detective Maber has.vtslted about to --dnig'Storea to ascertain the purchas- - J ers of cranlde of potasalum In the last lfew weeks, but without Tesult . ' Prom hotel employes who worked for r ,"Vaa Dran- at- Pendleton It 1s learned ; that family affaire ran smoothly. No quarrel waa known to the employes. GERMAN WARSHIP IS ; - 4C0MING TO PORTLAND .'...,: ('.' ' r,- . i. - ' (Special Meostck ta The JaenaLV e Salem. Or., Aug. is. The sec- e e retary. of the navy has aotifled - e Governor Chamberlain that the 4 German warsnip rum win be In 4 Portland September IS. 4 e The governor has wired the 4. e secretary of the navy, urging e e the presence of a warship during the regstts. A. e . e - .' " - ;" e e e KING OF KOnWAY ISrr i PROTESTED DY AMERICANS iJesraal Special gerrlee t t ' Lros Asgeles. Aug.- lS.-t-Kerwsgians of this city have formed aa associa tion and cabled the premier protesting a cn tost the continuance of the monarchy and urging ths establishment of a re public. They will send a representative to urge such astlon. ,. , ... 't , ;.v ' ' ' troe,aeis Wlaa the Cap. , ' . . tJeersal gpeetel Berries.) ReeheeUr. K. T., Aug. IS. Iroquois wen the flrtk race art ths Canada's 1 1 T. I jasper Van ' Dran. Photograph by V r r Wheeler, Pendleton. ; IS CHARGED WITH ROBBImS HIS BOSOM FRIEKD Detective Vaughn Arrests Wil liam Thurman at Oregon $ .'" (Special. Dispatch ta The lesraaL) Oregon City.. Or.,' Aug. IS. Detective Vaughn of the Portland , police force came to Oregon City yesterday ' after-. auun uu k i uuika-si .iiw duu viidi u Psclflc depot arrested WllUam ' Thur man of Vou Angeles, ; California, who is charged with stealing a gold watch and chain from 3. 11. Ransom, a racing man. The watch and chain are aaid to be valued at 1171. - Thurman had al ready pawned the . watch for $60, and when arrested had' loose In his pockets fSMO. He also had In a buckskin bag in an Inside pocket of his . vest sbout Thurman f, appeared at the depot to purchase a ticket to Los. Angeles. ' He arrested and handcuff ad. He at once confessed, but said -he had a part per who was the actual thief, and that he only pawned the watch. . Thurman is said to .have a wife at Los Angeles and bis home address is SIS Jackson street. . Thurman, who was arrested, and Ran som, the victim pt his thefts, were fast friends before the crime was committed. 1 xbyn &ndboth were anxious - to leave the city when racing was prohibited here by. order of the oourW-, t- '".. - '. - When ' Thurman ; waa. arrested his friend was reluctant about proBecutlng MB1 ' HowlTef,'Tii-d6niJitW'any'To" make the ehargea and Thurman will be vigorously prosecuted. . . . LOVERS OF CHILDREN WILL MEET TONIGHT .-Blk.' 'S.- V MbBBBJBJBSHbbbsbbBs) "f"'sr"'"--v V" If rsyrsderlck ' Schaff, president of the National congress or Moinera, win sddreas a meeting of all persons Inter ested In chlld-llfs st the First Presby terian church at f:4S o'clock this even ing. An organ recital will ua given and Mlsa Mary Adella Case wUl sing. THREE PORTLAND MEN ., ' NAMED BY GOVERNOR -9 j (Special Dispatch to Ite Soeraslf - Salem, Or., Aug. IS. Governor Cham berlain this morning sppolnted 'John Dellnr, X-ouls Kraus and M. Barde of Portland delegates to ths ; Irrigation 'congress. : ; - " : . easnrtng ha Silver. District Forecaster Bests -was ' "at Salem yeaterdajr to- leara . whether or not the river gauge at that point ' Is properly placed for measuring the exact stags of ths stream, but found thst be fore the matter saa ,bs definitely deter mined it will be necessary to make a survey of a new line -of levels,' A dock wss built there a few months sgo, when It wss necessary to movs the gauge, and. U is not - known whether-4t was properly replaced. The boats operating In. those waters have been greatly de layed by low water, which la said to be st sero, 7;" 4v. ,.. ,- .',, . ells Mla-h, Bays Jm. -' Selling business locations and buying property a little farther out. which may be utilised for either business or resi dence, distinguishes the confident tone of -local people In realty. MissA. . L. Dlmickrwho sold three weeks sgo a lot at Tenth and Morrison, on ths weet side. for $15,000, has just purchased a half block between East Twelfth and East Thirteenth on East Burnatde. bavins for It $7,000. Joseph Buchtel made the sale, announcing It yesterday afternoon. Buildings will be erected at once for residences snd business purposes, . 1 Sued for S6,000. ' 8pdl Dtspstefc to Tee 7erul.) Roseburg. Or., Aug. IK JT. C Bloomer, the owner of ths McClallen honne hers, and ths Hotel Revere st Albany, is facing four suits In- ths clr- k!ult court here, amounting In the aggre gate a .vuo. rne nrst Is that of John R. Sutberltn to foreclose ths hotel. Tws are to collect promissory notes held by the Douglas county bank and H. Marks ft Co., and the last is one for work, brought by Chan His, who for a year was cner. , ' ' Store Zs Attached. ". (SpeU Dlsastdl to Tse JoemsL) Albany. Or , Aug. 1$. The stors of James Harbin of Waterloo, In this county, was yesterday afternoon at l.br.8h"'"T R 'vi'nlte i ,utt brought br Nathan A wMk.i I1."t Wa" brought fnr thai. ..., . account tor $10.$, for goods sold. In addition to ths 'strfra Th. LlnlT, ttaVV whtckTyrr t,m - -'-- Sneaty of Caaal Tnads. " Kew Tork, Aug. 1$. Chairman Bhonts .""JLi""'.- Ut1t nri;the au leged ahoruge of funda for Panama C"i.,r.?rlt by.,th """"on of the ap preprtatloa. He sutes there Is plenty of money on band tor the prosecution of iJITTE IS EiGiiLfl OVER DELED timltation ; of , V Russia's Navy Arouses Anger or cnier.' Plenipotentiary. -v -.Um-. PLAIN TALKING OCCURS - - . W IN PEACE CONFERENCE Statesrnan Protests Against Unneces sary Humiliation and Declares That ."Russia' Is Defeated but Not Van- ' quished." ) . '. i i v "S ' : X (Joorul Bpedsl Berlea.r -Portsmouth, , Aug. lS--The Japaness proposal to restrict . Russia a ruture naval armament in the Pacldc whloh ra. under diaouaalon today. Is a -questlonM Russia considers especially Humiliating. News from the conference Indicates that th arrument far exceeded in earnest ness snd plain talking that of any pre vious session. Witts was partlculsriy rigorous in nis denunciation of the Japanese attitude on this point He em p has lied his words by gestures, frequently bringing his flat down upon ths table and at -times would rise from his chair and walk up and dowa the. room, so as to give him more freedom of expression and enable him In a measure to suppress the In tense feelings under which he wss la boring. " -v. - .tit It Is understood thst he cnaraoter- Ixed the demand as unreasonable.-ana particularly humiliating. In view of the recent disastrous battle on the Japanese sea by which ths flower of the Busslan navy wss sent to the bottom. - - -Wltte's voice broke ss he pointed out hv it naiM ranulra mri for RUSSlS to build ber navy to ft position anywhere near the - position occupied oeiore - ine war, v He acknbwledged the unimpor tance of Russia as a naval power at the present time end declared that tier construction of warships for use In the Psclfle could scarcely in ft generation prove ft menace to Japan- M . "Russia la aereatea, ne aeciarea, -out not vanquished. She la bowed down, but can contlnus her military operations for rears if necessary, not suing for peace, and If peace la to come out of these ne gotiations. Japan must respect ner aa versary as Russia respects, Japan.? ; Komura listened . wltb stoical silence and Impassive countenance, and in re sponse denied that Japan naa any oe slre to humiliate. Russia or to exact terms that the. world would consider unreasonable. ' . ' " . SUIT OVER WATER RIGHTS. BEGUN AT BAKER CITY .1 : I , - (SpeelU Dlasatek te Ts Seeraalt Baker City. Or.. Aug. 1$. A suit for the poeaesston of water rights, wherein ths irrl cation of more than -S.000 acres bf land Is Involved,' waa brought In the circuit court here today by F. A. Phil ltpS and SO others against D B. Flak and John Waterman. The plaintiffs In the ease are all prominent farmsrs llv Baker City. Their lands ars irrigated by four ditches, which were constructed st a total cost of $(2,000. 1 All together they carry 1,200 Inches of water snd ag gregate 47 mllea In length. It is alleged that ties defendents. whose land is located above that of the plalntiffa. have taken out all tha watsr now- flowing in ths river at that point, by means of their ditch, known as ths Mitchell dlteh, snd used It for watering their property, contrary to their right. . STEAMER HASSAL0 BLOWS .:SP- OUT CYLINDER HEAD r !.'.;,.; 'mi iv'-- t . i. While sut her wsy up from Astoria this morning the.O. R.ft N. steamer Hassalo blsw out a cyllndsrhesd Just ss ths boat. was passing Rainier. It Is supposed the accident happened about noon, although Captain Conway waa not notified until 1:30 this afternoon.-, No one la reported Injured. . Ths Elmore will be sent down to tow ths disabled boat to this city. Captain Anderson Is In command of ths Hassalo. Km Jessie Smith Dies. (Speeisl Dlspatek to The Joeraat.) . Klamath Falls. - Or., Aug. 1$. Mrs. Jessie Smith, wife of Wesley O. Smith, editor snd. proprietor of ths Klamath Republican, died Tuesdsy afternoon. Mrs. - Smith wss the daughter of Mr. end Mrs. I. D. Applegate, who ars smong tbs oldest pioneers of Klamath county. She leaves a son three flays old. "7 ' r Aberdeen Schools. V " tSpedst Dtspatck to Tse JonraaLl' Aberdeen, Wash., Aug. 1 $. According to ths annual report of County Super intendent P. A. Williams, which has Just been turned in, the total enroll ment for Aberdeen la 1,105 children of school sgs, with an attendance of 880. The total for the county is 7,S57en r oiled, with art attendance of 1,J2. ' , wf 1 -v -. " . Zadlaai Band Comes SConday. j : Ths Indian band from the United States government school st Chants wa, Oregon, will come to the exposition next Monday and will givs two concerts dally. There ars SS pieces In ths organisation. Ths first concert will be at ths Ameri can Inn at ths opening session of ths Indian Affairs conference on Tuesday, August XI. st a. m. ' ' k-' i, v : . r . ' c , ,- msospttom tow. & Ourtls. ' An Informal dinner, at which local newspaper men and others will attend, will be given at tbs' Commercial - club Wednesday evening i tot .. William ,E. Curtis, of the Chicago Record-Herald, who will arrive In Portland early next week to attend ths National Irritation congress.1 ..'-. . . , . TFU1 Pseuss Oregon Itammals. At the regular monthly meeting of the Oregon State Academy of Science, which will be held at tha City hall tomorrow evening. Dr. Marcus W. Lyon, who has chsrgs of the Smithsonian exhibit st ths flf grounds,' will deliver an sddress on The Mammals of Oregon." Mors Trouble for Anai """ETC Johnson hss begun suit against the Multnomah County Fair assoclstlon for $1,000. ths value of ths forty shares of capital stock which be holds In the association, and which, so he alleges, the'eseoclatton agreed to purchase from him August 19. Stoidy Ooes to Fealtentiary. ' Richard Reldy, who pleaded guilt to a charge of forgery and who was sen tenced to two years In the penitentiary, waa taken to Salem this mornlnf.i He raised a check for $$ to $$0. and passed A" on a saloonkeeper. , , t, . - faillOLdiii'ij.- Fi?nnz josef T .,' V... 1 'l 1 . I' Anniversary of Austrian Monarch ' ; Celebrated With Pomp ( ' : Throughout Empire.:, : CEREMONIES ARE LARGELY OF .RELIGIOUS CHARACTER , . 11 1 1 11 ,("'. ' ' . t - '-v Thanksgiving Services at v Various Churches Largely; Attended For eign Ministers and Diplomats Pay Respects Holiday In Empire. ' ' (Jearaal gpeelal Berries.) ' Vienna. Aug. IS. The , spontaneous snd snthuslastlo manner In which the whole Austrlsn monarchy celebrated the seventy-flfth Wrthdsy of, Emperor Francis Joseph todsy gave ths ; most conclusive proof of ths love and affec tion which ths people or tne-empire-kingdom bear their venerable ruler. There, la probably no mors populsr ruler In -the world thnn hs, and It msy truth fully bs said that svsr since the second dsy of December. -1118. when. .he suc ceeded to ths throne after the abdica tion of his uncle, Ferdinand I, bis popu larity hss increased from year to year. His uniform generosity snd kindness won. him ths hearts of thoss even who st one time stood in ths- rsnks of the revolutionists, snd tbs 1 fortitude and dignity with which be met kuoh severe vlsltatlone as tha death Of hia only eon snd of ths empress strongly tended to tighten the bonds of sympathy and lovs existing between him and his people. In former rears, whert'the emperor wss younger,' snd both ths empress and the Ill-fated crown prince wss living, ths demonstration eeof popular lovs of ten assumed a rather boisterous char acter, especially In Vienna and other clarge eltlee wltb a predominant Ton tonlo population. Tha death of ths crown prince, which shsttered so many ford hopes, put a damper upon tha sub sequent celebrations of the emperor's birthday, and this condition , naturally became even more scuts after tha death of Empress Elisabeth. ' Ths character of tha celebrations became mora sub dued snd dignified, but far more ex pressive of the universal feeling of lovs and sympathy for ths eruslly bereaved monarch. ..,..' . ' Thaaksglvlaa Servtoes. Aside from Hs purely official feature the celebration today bora- little: resem blance to -former celebrations, although popular sentiment, for tha kaiser waa probably t stronger . then evsr. : Special thanksgiving services were held this morning In every church In ths mon archy. Hera. In Vienna, the -pontifical high maae at St Stephen's attracted the largest crowds, smong them many hun dreds of foreigners. .. Tha services -at-St Augustine's were ettended by sev eral thousand ' persons' smong them msny high officials snd dignitaries of the court. There waa also a special servos st ths chapel la ths Hofburge - During ths early hours of ths fors- jusJbBjBsassuBSaaUlHHBea of ths foreign- diplomatk) corps Im ths throne room - of ths Hofburg, and re ceived many autograph letters from tha other European culera, besides thous ands of telegrsphlo messsgea of con gratulstlon from all parts of the world. Later In ths .day ths emperor received ths members of ths imperial household, the ministers of ths cabinet,"; ths pre-, siding officers and delegations from ths Imperial parliament, the relchetag and ths Austrlsn and Hungarian diets. Hs slso gavs ' audience to numerous dele gallons and -deputations of ctvlo organ izations from all Vsrtai of tha mon archy. - i ';'' ! ' ' -' 'v i - Holiday Throng out Bmpirs. . The dsy was generally observed as a holiday. . All tbs government - offices snd nesrly . all places of business In Vienna and other cities' - werev dosed sll day, and ths employes were gven an ' opportunity to - Join tha popular fetes. Thoussnds of people crowded ths Rlngstrasss snd tha streets leading to -the Hofburg, Un the hops of catch ing a glimpse of ths smperor. - The mil itary parade in tha afternoon, which was reviewed by tha emperor, attracted many thoussnds of . sightseers, but ths populsr celebration In ths Prater waa undoubtedly ths most populsr event of the day. All kinds of smusements were provldod for ths pleasure-loving multi tude, military bands furnished muslo snd ths seemingly endless procession of carriages filled with elegantly dressed men and women, passing up and down tha broad avenues of the Prater, offered aomethlng upon which ' the splendor-loving Viennese ' could fesst their eyes. A magnificent display of fireworks In the evening wound op the popular festivities of tbs dsy. v . There were no other celebrations out 01 respect to the speeisl request of ths em peror not to spend money on such cele brations, but devote It to charitable pur poses. As usual, tha emperor himself msfle liberal donations - for chsrltabls purposes In honor of his brlthdsy, - m ii m . ' Dallas Woman Injured.. ' ' (Spedsl thipateb to The JearaaL) - - DaJlas. Or.. Am. '.IS. Miss - Ethel Gynn of Dallas fell from s buggy, Wednesday afternoon, on Msln street snd broke her leg. . Ths fall was caused by turning the buggy too quickly snd Miss Oynn fell under ths horse. , j : Salem Bsstaasaas iTOa-- , (Speeisl Dispatch to The losraaL) Salem. Or.. Aug. 18. Firs last night damaged 'the restaurant on Stats Street conducted by C E. Lewis. The origin Is unknown tthe damage Is $1,000, with Insurance of $(00. , ; RE S. P. TRAFFIC r'oHead otjjisiPjuseri In Oregon and R. B. Miller Consolidation . . . ; - - - .' . " Consolidation of -'the : trafflo depart ments of the Harriman . railroads in Oregon la announced today in a Joint circular Issued by J. C Stubbs, traffls director., from his ofrtcs In Chicago. A. l Craig Is placed' st ths hesd of ths passenger department of ths combined lines In Oregon snd R. Miller Is mads general freight agent, with W, JC Comafl 0RG1IZATI0I ..A .' V Consldsft Orsfon Leflslaturo Did ; Much Good In Creating v ! Harmony. . SAYS LAND OWNERS ? - -; r- INCLINED. TO HOLD DAC5C Refuses to Pass Judgment on Prdjpd sition Made by C.E.S. Wood but Says Project in Klamath Is Pro- areasing Satisfactorily. " : ' - (Bpedsl Dispatch to Tbs Jearaal.) Pendleton. Or. Aug. 18. The Oregon legislature took a, great step st Its last session In doing so much towsrd making the stats Isws harmonious with those of the other ' states." aaid F. , H. Newell, chief 'of ths United Ststss reclamation service, who was In the city yesterday In conaultatton with the local, officers who have charge of ths eastern Oregon protects. .. . . TM grestest Dstacie sneounterea in sccomplishtng the Oregon projects,", hs continued, "Is In getting the land own era to realise what ths government Is willing to do for them. The owners ars Inclined to hold back add In doing so they naturally hold back ths project If we could get them to take concerted ac tion, that la. have them come as a whols snd assure us thst they are ready to do their share toward tha completion of the projects, all would be well and great actual progress could be accomplished. Instsad of this, they are Inclined ts corns as indlvlduala and try to explain why aoms sxoeptlons to the laws should bs msds In their case, not taking Into consideration that we are simply em ployee of ths government , and do not make ths laws. - v - 'Many owners coma to sos and tell me of opportunities they have to giavs their construction dons .. at a much lower figure than that asked by the government, which Is much cheaper In the end then those made by private cor porations sines no Interest is addsd to deferred payments. They also- fall to consider that ths construction dons by ths government ts not flimsy wooden work, but Is substantial concrete and is built to last for years. ,' "Regarding the proposition msds by C B. a Wood, ss agent for .- ths French company, which owns a great deal of land In Malheur county, I can not pass Judgment upon them, although may aay that they ers not In ' ac cordance with . the precedents estab lished . by tha department --of ths ' in terior. . j v ';: Tha Klamatb project in - southern Oregon la progressing sstlsfactorily and tha plana for construction ars now be fore - ths department There ars legal matters which must be attended to be fore actual work can be commenced, but -hops to sec construction under way by fall or winter. .-. "In this portion of the stats are the Malheur jand East Umatilla projects, which now, you might say, reat in the balance, which will be tipped one way or the other only by the efforts of ths PffPlvimMlvra whn nwn land In tha different localities. - Most of ths pre paratory work la now finished snd It Ir for ths owners to say whether ws go ahead or stop where ws srer. . If -they com to the terms required by law, everything will be well snd 'we will fulfill our part of the) proposition,, but if they still refuse, ws will have, to wait udsflnlUly." . . . .. ; -..:'" BAKER DISSATISFIED -WITH CENSUS RETURNS ''.'V'v- .. 1 ' f ':,,- , (Special TMspstcb to The JosrssL) ' Baker City, Or,. Aug. IS. Partial re turns of Assessor Fleetwood on ths pop ulation of Baker county seem to show a f slung off la ths number of people In the county from the federal census of ftvs.yesrs ago. The revised figures of the assessor's snumerstlon gives Baker City a population of S.I47.- Tbla la con sidered 'fat below what the population really la, and there ta considerable com plaint over tha assessor's figures. . Ths last school census of Baker City gavs sn enrollment of 1,047., Figuring on the basis of 4.IS for esch school child would give this - city a population - of 8.711. whloh ta thought by many to be mors nssrly .correct - .-: - -far -'" Orsaa-a Meeting-. .V';' ' (Speeisl Dispatch to The Journal.) ' ' - Oregon City,' Aug. IS. At the August meeting of ths Harding grange. 4T mem bers responded to the roll-call, v When It Is considered thst. this Is ths busi est season-of the year an all the' firm ers sre rushed with work, , this interest Is remarkably favorable. . .'X . , - ; aqaaUaatlca JBoaed Btsssa. -. .-. . : ' Oregon City, :, Aug. 18. Aasesaor James F." Nelson hss celled a meeting of ths Clackamas County , Board of equalisation for . Monday, August"' t8. Tbs board will mast from day to day ''aT' .'v'as t. Mattes. . '?'-' .-7 ' Oregon City, Aug. IS. Leonard 01 sen wss tried before City Recorder Dim Ick this morning on , a charge of being drunk and disorderly. Hs wss fined $8, which bs paid, - ; eSaHeBaweafewSMMiaaBSsaaBMskasBasaaiaeSBBSSBSH f Wr Btyopse.'" -'v"- ' ' Roseburg, Or., "Aug. 18. Charles 'H. Bailey has filed suit hers for divorce from Nellie M. Bailey, alleging, abandon ment In I08,.; , ', ':-'. ;.: .'- .'...- e .. Bollda Coast Tslsphoas Una. , . 1 J. A. HowertoiTOf Ilwaco la building a telephone line connecting ' Ilwaco, Chinook, Seavlew and Long Beach. . for ons week. . -.1 .'. ''f.s t -,.-i-". - OF 0. R. & N. : ' - a - ' . DEFffllEOT Chief pf the Freight Division v for Economy's Sake. j" ',:rJl.,v: as first ssslatsnt general freight agent The new organisation is aa folowsi -, Oenersl passenger agant, A. V Craig. General freight agent. R. B. Miller. '' First assistant general freight agent, W. E. Coman. . ' - Assistant general-freight agents, Paul Shoup, W. D. Bklhner. The reorganisation will be eltsctlve September t, 4 I i-. . 1 a :Auvj. Clvlo Conf;r;nct CJt!on Today jr. Is Addr::jtJ fcy Csveral ; r 7 V' Men of Not. .- When the Clvlo .conference convened at the Lewis and Clark exposition this morning, with J. N. Teal as chairman. C R. Woodruff. there waa ft crowd In attendance which surpassed that or any prsvious aay. The genersl subject of ths session wss "Progress In Municipal Affairs. Interesting addreasea were made by Pro fessor Frank J. Ooodnow. a member of ths faculty of Columbia university of New - Tork: Amos Parker Wilder, the noted Wisconsin suthor, snd Clinton Rogers Woodruff of Philadelphia. Ths Administration band furjilahsd music for ths occasion ss usual. . , . At ths conclusion of ths last of the principal addresses there wss genersl discussion led by A. L. Mills and City Auditor T. C Devlin, both of Portland. Tomorrow there- will bs ft convention of delegates from sltles of ths north west, held In connection with ths con ferenos. i -.; :: , ':, v . ' THE WERTS GRATEFUL . FOR KINDNESS SHOWN ".".''," . ; i) i i ; ' 'I'- "My husband and I fsel very grateful to. all tha stood people who" so kindly ssslstsd us in our troubles," aaid Mra Wert, who waa robbed of $400 Auguat 7, after having drawn ths money from ths Msrcbanta' National bank to pay the mortgage on her home. . . - ... "Ws desire to sxtsnd our thanks more particularly, to . The ..Journal, . which started tne movement to secure for us ths smountf of ' money,' stolen, and ta Mlaa Cornwall, who has visited us so frequently and assisted us la - many way "'.''.' We have alwaya assisted people whenever It wss possible, but ws never expected to bs repaid In this way. When I 'the -kind friends be run to send ' us I money It waa w. rrarcIuclaScsHttoTw accepted It, because we were not used to any such thing.". . " Ths sum ralsesd.. for Mrs. Wsrt amounts to $421, or $21 mors thsn was stolen.- Mr. Wert, who hss been 111 for several weeks, is much better, ' - - COLONY WORK WILL ; ' -y 7 SOON , BEGIN HERE H. 8 Wallace, president of the Co operative Christian Federation. whose departure was delsysd by - preparation Of papers, left laat night for New Tork, to attend to matters relative to the pur chase of ths French-Glenn ranch, and for final approval of trust deeds snd othsr documents by ths New-York trust companies affiliated with ths - federa tion. - As soon' as these matters are disposed of ths federation will formally take over 1 10,000 acres lying along ths BUtsen river. In Harney county, snd other properties In central snd western Oregon, snd colonisation work will bs launched. -ij.'v v :' .., -t ' , , 1 ,' , 1 1 ' BOYS' MISCHIEF ALMOST V; CAUSES MAN'S DEATH M. ' J. -Themaa. an ': eastern capitalist visiting the fair, almost loot his life todsy under pecullsr circumstances. As-hs startsd to cross Washington street his foot csught In a long string tied through' a ring for hitching horses and drew taut as he reached ths car track,-throwing him directly In front of an sast bound csr. : Tbs motormaa stopped ths csr Just In time. - Mr." Tbomss was much bruised by ths fall. It Is believed the string wss arranged to trip somebody by a mischievous boy. YELLOW FEVER SCARE : . . REACHES CINCINNATI (JosrasI Bpeelal Servtcs.! Cincinnati, Aug. -1$. The report ' that ths steamer Spragus, direct, from New Orleans, had 'yellow fever aboard whlls coming up ths Ohio rlvsr, Is dented st ths landings of all towns, r Health of ficers of this city ars preparing to pre vent the coming hpre of ths steamer Dlnely and her crew of $0, who ars also undsr ths ban.; , . ( : .. , :. K, PELLITER NOMINATED . ? :T0 SUCCEED HIMSELF - yv. .' (JootbsI Spedsl Bervtes.) .. ' ,' :., Denver, Aug. IS. John F, Pelllter of Ksneas City was nominated to succeed himself as grand president of tbs Eagles against Henry Davis . of- Cleveland this morning. The vote coming from Wash ington, Oregon and California stood 8f to SS in fsvor of Pelllter, whose election Is conceded by 1,000 votes in ft total of s,soo. ... '., --'' :.. r .'..; - .y YUMA ELKSTO CRUISE PJiNJHEJSALTOIiSEA ' -v '". (Jesraal Special Berries. , Los Angeles, Aug. 1 S. The Elks' lodge at Tarns will undertake a unique cruise early In September.. It will sail down the Salton sea, recently formed in the desert by ths overflow of the Colorado river, 100 miles to Volcano springs, thence back to Turner . " - . ., font Blowa Mia Bsad Off. , .; ... IJoeraal Spelsl Bervtae.1 ' ' Marysvllls, Csl., Aug. H. John F. Hlxson. sged 17, son of & W. Hlxson of Frsnklln Corners, last night blew off ths top of hlB head With ft shotgun. NO cause is assigned, !'- ' ' - mm Li.:: -is ill! ,1 Preparation! for What Proirjlsesj to Cs Crjttstt Msstinj In C ' "V HIrtary cf Congress. ' ''V'- '"' ' , "' t s C O, BOOTHS COME3 TO " V 7 V LOO JC AFTER DETAILS ! Many of Nation's Best Speakers Will , Discuss Relation of Water to Land and - Kindred Topics at Opening Meeting wfondsy.' .; ","'-7-: - C Final touches sre being given to" the splendid program for ths Portland see slons of the ' National Irrigation .con f gress which opens next Monday morn ing at S o'clock at the Auditorium, In ths exposition grounds..' C B. Boothe, chairman of the .exeoutlve committee, arrived . and established , headquarters . at ths Amerlcsn Jnn todsy, , , ; , ; " Msny of ths delegstes to ths Trans- Mississippi congress sre' slsq members of ths trrlgatton congress, snd will re- main In Portland, another week. - Ths. congress Will meet. In- genersl. session " dally from S:S0 to 1S:80 o'clock. Mon . day evening a meeting will bs held In t ths Auditorium, when the Mormon choir', of too voices will render the Irrigation ode, ' Conferences of ths sngineers of. . ths reclamation service, and the ; seo- tlon on, engineering and mechanics, will -bs held st ths American Inn.- ' . . - - Bald Mr. Boothe: 'Wa are to hive soma of ths most noted experts snd some of ths best spssksrs 'in tbs lsnd to address -' us snd In my opinion ths session of 10S will bs of vast Importance to every re gion interested In Irrigation.' t -t, . SHJlliO GJI'iELER TRIES TO CLEAII OUT TI1E TOIViT Prompt Action of Authorities Pre-' vents Serious Trouble-r-Re-:. . form "Wave Hits Place. , 7 K i :v.'.'...fJ.V.'; V.r.--'S .V (' - (Spedsl DUpateh to The Jesraal) U Shanlko, Or., Aug. 1$. Serious trou bis wss avsrted st this -place this morning' by ths prompt action of city authorities In arresting J. O. Cobb, ft ' gambler. About S o'clock Cobb, who is a Isrgs man, startsd on a round cf vari ous saloons. Hs went into tbs Pslsca saloon, - owned by William Relnhart. tor whom he had been working,' and after breaking up the furniture and tores mads ft hunt for Relnhart. declar ing his intention to kill him. Relnhart telephoned the city marshal, who, after ' ft struggle, placed Cobb In. JalL -. Cobb was held In $500 bonds for trial by tha circuit court st Ths Dallas.': .' - A warrant la out for T. Henneghan. Three women were ordered out of town. Heretofore gambling haa been conducted openly here, but lately the cltlsens have It IS TiBt wanTea, snd tt will probably bs closed hereafter. -it SCARED BY-STEAM t: ALASKANS l,EAP TO DEATH . (SpeeUl Dispatch to The JearasL) Seattle, Wash.. Aug. lS.--Two halfe" breed sons of Henry Detrlch, msnsgss ' of the 'Alaska Commercial company at ' Bethel, Alaska, and fouf natives were . drowned by Jumping overboard from ft rlvsr steamer on the Kuskokwlm July: , t, according to advlcss received hers ' today. Ths steamer wss reloading the cargo of the Volants, wrecked the pre.r vlous dsy, snd wss to take It to the mission.. Nons of ths natives nor the" ' two Detrlch boys had any experience ? on steamers, snd when ths safety -vslve blew off, believing ths boat was about . to-'blow up, six natives and the - two -.-Detrlchs Jumped Into ths water. Cap : , tain Lsutsen of the -wrecked Volants -baa "been- take'n to Unalaska, ., DISCUSS GRADE AND ' ' i . ; WEIGHT OF GRAIM A -:v 7- , ,,; . To adjust matters in relation to grades and welgbta of grain per bushel snd sr. . rlvs at an understanding among the .: states, the grain committee of the Port land chamber f commerce Is In session v today with T. Cary Frlsdlsader. secre tary of . the . Sen Francisco Merchants ' Exohange. and Messrs. Reed and King, of the Washington grain commission. They will arrange a schedule by which) export : and - local '- business . msy j be - v carrlsd on mors expeditiously. - x . f in i V - -mm i . '., INDUSTRIAL WORKERS HAVE DAY TOMORROW , Tomorrow ' will bs Mschlnery. ' Eleo- trlcal and TranBoortatlon day at the sx pesition. ' Ths program for ths day, as . prepared by the M. E. T. club, the com i blnatlon of the units Cf ths Transports , . tlon building, baa aa Its features a mon . ster parade, representative of Industry, t : to bs held oa the fair grounds; luncheon u. In Mschlnery hall, to which ths publto Is Invited, end open house la the evening, JAPANESE POACHING m N AMERICAN WATERS . ' (Speeisl Slspatck to The JoornsL) -Seattle, Waah. Aug. !. The revenue n cutter Perry three weeks sgo csms aoroes four Japaness schooners fishing In ' American waters off Attn lsiana, la.WayTi antra eivan 14 hOUtS to depart after the outter hsd seised 10.000 ; salted salmon snd burned their camp' on the Island. ; Ths bosts . hsvs -been v' fishing In thees wsters aU eummer. LOWERING DEATH RATE" T-, ; AMONG FEVER VICTIMS '" . : (fournal Special Berries.) ' . :'. -"""." Kew Orleans Aug. IS. -Up to noon it Daw Cases ana una uwin wwc I ryui iTd,; making a total of deaths to dste of 181. and thatotsl number of cases I,27. Offlclals ars muan encouraged over tha low death rate, now less than el sny tlms since the epidemic started. GILES DEFEATED BY ; "-NEWTON OF; SEATTLE " Uearaat spetttl Ssrvtes.r ; Chlrsgo, Aug. lt.-Newton of Seattle' beat Giles, 4 up snd '3 to play, this -morning In ths Exmoor 'open tourna. ment. Giles ts the msn who beat Na ' Uoaal Champion Egan yeaterday. . . .A