JllZ Or.rGOIl DAILY J0U7.IJAL, -POHTLAKD, VVCDKZSPAY HV7 1 IlrlO. 'SSPTXI .TTs 1: 1
..I
oo;; Fnori ct ic
J.V Taken to Potter .Field
znd Unceremoniously Dumped
Into'Vawninj Hole. :f;
.ICORDS ARE KEPT IN
APPARENTLY CARELESS WAY
Superintendent Jackson of Poor Farm
.' Tell How He Buried Five Unfor
' " nutates (or WboM t Funeral Ex
penaee Couaty Would Not Pay. -7-
' Wanent development regarding th
death and burial of th 0v little waifs
from th Portland Baby torn, wnon
oodles war burled In the Potter's fleld
at tbe poor farm laat week arid of which
Incomplete records were sent to the city
health office, show that 'little attention
i old to the manner in -.which - the
children "are hurled. from all reports
any person can go to the Institution,
ake a dead body, and make such dts--onltlon
of It as ha sees fit. and the off
crisis at- the .horn hold . nobody, re-
ponalbl for the -proper . Interment . af
the child. . .. . - .
In the 'canes ' under discussion F. 8.
"Dunning, was. given 'the oodles. '.After
ie found that "he could -not get me
county to pay for their burial It la said
he turned them -Over to Superintendent
. Jat-.kson of the poor farm. '
Superintendent Jackson stated today
that on Augustai be was called to the
telephone by Dunning, who stated that
he bodies of , five 'children from the
3iby homo were at his establishment
nd for htm to go after them and take
hem to the poof farm" for burial; -
"After arranging for.th boxes.'? aatd
Tackson today, "1 sent Fred Watson to
.-ortland Tor th hodles,' but told MiH
i sore, to-(St the. names -and Aha KiaaXtt
certificates of all, five. When Watson
reached Dunning', there were only two
certificates and no names. The driver
eraonstrated with Dunning;, but the htt-
er told Mm that It; was none-of his
ulness; thst he had turned them over
.o as and we-owuld do as we pleased,,
,7 Wasted to Bead Bodies ak.
"When" Watson' Toached home and '7
teamed that he had not the proper cer
tificates and names, I felt like sending
the. bodies back to Portland. I tele
phoned to County Health Officer Evans
iind he told-me not to be Impatient, and
ih"t,iuld "cur
"hext' day He telephoned me to bury the
b Miles. --aa.sb had secured permission
.from the city health of fleer. ' I burled
the bodies, although I was averse . to
doing so under the circumstances. '
; It is said that Dunning has been' In
the habit of taking th bodies from the
home, and upon him devolved the duty
of hunting up "the parents or relatives
of the children whq would pay for th
burial. A body has- been in his estab
lishment sine February and th others
J wo to four weeks. ' Not findjnganyl
relative who would be willing to pay
Tor the burials he is said to. have at
tempted to get the' county- to pay him
.for burying the bodies. , ".
i Health Officer Matso declared this
morning that when Evans telephoned to
' him he did not know that the cases were
children from th Baby home. He
.'.stated that Evan iold him he hsd three
.cases which had to b burled imroedt
' stcly and aaked his permission -to da
this, which he, granted . ever, th tele,
'phone.-." . -( '- ,-.'. . ..
OIr ITeelth Offltet MISt)pr-nrlPti,T '
Health -Ofllcer TCmney. ar at th Port-,
land Bajc Tiftm this afternoon making
an. investigation of th food, and aanl
' tary conditions. . . .' ' .' ', -t-y
' "The Inquiry was brought about by th
disclosures made yesterday that . four
, Infants had died at th Institution In
August from stomach trouble after hav
ing been 111 from 11 to 41 hours, that
the bodies had been carted to th poor
,farm and burled In the trotter' field
, without burial permits and that th
dath certificate had not been prop
'erly filled out and returned to th health
' OfflC.- t. ,.,' ,-L, l,,!!...' '" '
). As soon as the, matter ram to th
attention of Health Ofllcer Matson ye
tterday h reported to Mayor Lane and
.it. was decided to make a thorough In
. vest I gat Ion into th apparent negligence
4 of the authorities, at .th home... The
''-stat health board discussed th mat'
ter at the meeting In the afternoon.and
derided -that It would leave the Investi-
R&uun cuimj io tiw fiiy trvmrti. ut i
, T.uiy wmseitwd. on infanojn ofi
-- Mayor tOTevtoaefompany Ttr. Mat-
son In his investigation this afternoon.,
' '. Dr. Matson - will also make an in-
' oulry Into the reasons why the proper
"bitriaT-permlt- wer ' noflecured 'and
why the proper death certificates Were
not returned to th health, authorities.
, ' vryedy Demies Bverytkiag. :
- 'Every one connected with th burial
ot th children is attempting to shift
the responsibility. The sttendlng phy-
; slrians say they filled-out the reports
as far aa they could and that th re
maining blanks should have been mad
out by th undertaker In charge.
F. 8.' Dunning, th undertaker.' aay
' be did not bury the bodies of the babies;
' that h turned them over to Superin
tendent Jackson of th poor farm wbe
sent a man after them.
Mr. H. Blackball, th matron of the
' home, was surprised yesterday- whes
told that th bablea had been burled in
the potter's Held at th poor farm. II
- appears that rafter the , bodies of the
. children' .wer Ukea from the home ihs
officials of tb Institution lost all trsce
of them and apparently did -not - ear
-rhat became-of the bodies so long a
they, got rid of them.
It was proved today that the bodies
or tn rour cnimren who died last month
wit h that of another .child r wbe died
some time before, wer all burled at th
sum time. Undertaker : Dunning had
iakavo 4ne-
as-an ewommodatlon, eeording-ro tht
matron, but wbeo be found that he
could not tndncaHhe) county tOTXTot
their bur tat h refused to handle them
and turned them over to Superintendent
r;av cases of cholera
DISCOVERED IN GERMANY
(Jesraai SpseUl Semes. , :. i
Hamburg, Sept. S. Th third casetiW
cholera was discovered in tb heart of
the buinem district todsr. Dr. Mc-
lAushlln of the United State marine
hoopltal smrvlc today began an in vest !
tton of emigrants -about to Ball for
A merles. Berlin reports it new
snd t deaths. Three esse of death
are reported In Mariestercr. Death ar
reported in two other places
Vsjtst etva rat Joh.
. (Jeanal tusUl niln,r
New Tork. Sept. . Ex .Judge 'Alton
S. Parker . haa been appointed chief
foiisert of th Brooklyn Rapid Trsnsll
-i- ny at an annual salary of 10,-
,. .-..VU-, ,;v.", '
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ntmihiwwm
Igorrotes Consume With Signs
V of Satisfaction an Unfor
tunate Black Pup.
Th Igorroteo are already a senaatlon
at the exposition. - Hundreds of-visitors
crowded Into their little vllaga at the
head or the Trail laat evening to . wit
ness the firtt dog feaat,' and although
the sight was not exactly, a relish - It
was watched with eager Interest
A fin black puppy had' been secured
Land., at a given signal from the chief,
one .or , the younger . members ox . tn
tribe approached the canine, lifted him
by the hind legs and deftly dlapatched
him. and after a few trifling detail
had been attended to th : body, was
thrown into boiling water. After cook
ing for half an hour or .more, th meat
was ready to serve, Th chief had hi
first choice and devoured, without argu.
aent or - hesitation on . of - the dog's
quarters.' The other parts were distrib
uted, aa equally as possible. , '
These dog feasts will take place two
iir three times a 'week, from -now- pa
and will doubtless prove of great Inter
est to exposition patrons. If only as an
example of th educational qualifica
tions of our. brethren la the archipelago
of the Philippine. -,: ; ;
GOVERNOR REMOVES & l
il y - COUNTY OFFICIALS
1-ltWBII epCIsU MfTNI.1 .
Albuquerque. N. M.. Sept. Mat
ters have reached -a, crisis aa th result
of th removal by Governor Clero of
County Treasurer F. A. Hubbell. Sheriff
8. Hubbell and County Superintendent
Vigil, and the appointment of Perfecto
ArmlJo -as sherifT; Justo R. Arm! Jo,
treasurer,' and F. B. Stroup. ' county
school superintendent.- Th ousted offi
cial have absolutely refused to vacate.
Today Judg Abbott. In th district
court, approved th bond and recognised
the- governor's commission appointing
th new sheriff. Attorney for Hubbell
brought mandam nav proceedings , to com
pel th clerk to recognise Hubbell, who
refuse to turn orer th. omcorAn
fja - - ins - rumbred the" new sheriff will
attempt t tak the office by' foros of
arms Both aides have an immense fol
lowing snd an outbreak Is feared.
TO PROMOmrRAILROAD
' r 8peelal Dispatch t TVs Zaarssl.r - ' 'i
- Tillamook.. Or., Sept. . 0; I Lives-
ley and R. McDonald of Portland, Or-
endeavoring to Interest people lit a new
railroad 'project. BeVeral meetings of
th citizens hsv heen held, at which
thee men have presented th " matter.
"Their proposition, a near as can be as
certained. Is that th cltlsens should
furnish them fre a preliminary sur
rey, the right of way and a subsidy, th
amount to be flxed hereafter. The said
promoters promts to endeavor to inter
est eastern- capital' in th enterprise. ; '
Th meetings have not' been well at-
shown is th matter.
ROCKEFELLER WEARING
-'--A BRAND NEW WIG
' f jewaap special semea. i
- Cleveland. Sept S. Th American hu
morists viatted John D. Rockefeler to
day. Rockefeller responded readily to.
th humorists' requests to drive through
th grounds In automobiles. Led by
Mayor Johnson they proceeded to Forest
HHlr"where--th-coachmair-gu1da"them
through th labyrinth of shade-covered
roads to the golf links where Rockefel
ler was plsying with Dr. Blggar.. Rock
efeller wore a gray suit and a new gray
wig, . ' He stepped lightly across th
grass .t meet the visitors. His eyes
were ..bright and his cheeks rosy. He
bad only a slight stoop. - ;
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SUSPECTED MURDERER -r 1
T-CAUGHT IN LOUISIANA
l I
SeatiJe. Sept.. . Sheriff Smith this
afternoon received a wlr that "Sunny"
Gaston, the men suspected of murder
ing Philip Ross and his wife at Keris
ton. ha been arrested -at . Whitecsstle,
Louisiana. . He .boarded at the . Ross
house-snd knew where the saloonman
kept hi money. ; -; ''':
OVER SIX TONS 0 V ":
J ALFALFA ON ONE ACRE
. . (Speelst Diseatek to Ts' JearaaL ,
Corvallls, Or, Sept. . Six and a half
tons of alfalfa an acre Is whst a fleld
on th Agricultural college farm yielded
thin resr. For the'post four years the
average yield has been 4 hi tons an sere.
- In. four cuttings of alfalfa the varo-
acr tract on the college farm field the
highest yMd ever obtained , heretofore
was H.iii pounds. - ---
DEATH IS PENALTY FOR ;
CRIME OF THIS INDIAN
... - , .
The federal' grands Jnry returned, .an
n d Ic t men t y e terda agalnsL-i. A n ton
Wheeler, aa Indian, from th Grand
Bond - reservation, -charging -him . with
assault on Llxxl Robertson. - Under th
federal statute the crime Is punishable
Pr.,nrsta.uiils the, jury eeoeenmsna
-that the sentence be changed to life lm
prisonment.
TORY oil ,
JAPS WIN VICTORY
COAST OF SAKHALIN
(JoersU SpeeUl Borrlre.)
Toklo, Sept. .r-Th .official report
announces . th complete . snd' crushing
defeat of the remnant of the Russian
forces after five, hours of fighting at
Nalbutu, on the' west coast of Sakhalin.
One hundred and thirty Russlsns wer
killed. The Jspape losses wer slight.
COUNCIL PASSES HULME
i OROINANCEOyERVETrj
Th ordinana orpouitlns Thomsa a
Hulme plumbing tnspector.jand H. W.
Wood house deputy Inspector! which was
vetoed by Mayor Lane, was today passed
rvr nis vsio oy a vot 01 it to L,
as
Combination Gas and Electric
s Fixture Blamed for Latest
-V:., Fatality.'." v -f :-
ALL WHO HAVE DIED f x
HAVE BEEN VISITORS
They Have All - Died in Booming
Houses and in Two - Case Open'
Windows, -Have" Not Prevented
7; Asphyxiation. , , Z-X WV -; ,
4 W. R. , Holmes la th fourth . 4
q persoa to fall a victim te eecap- -q
Ing gas In 'Portland sine th fair 4
e , aeason opened.- On the night of d
June Zl Mrs, Mary K. Myers and )
Mrs. Zo M. Jones of Jefferson.
q ' Qregon. met - death from this q
cause in a room at lt( Eleventh - e
street On the night of August '
0 Edith M. Kesterson. a young
girt of Monteaano, Washington.
l blew ouj th gas n her room at t 4
v TT1 Qulmby street and was
round the next morning by her
'atbr....;,.. ... -;, -i,,,..
William R- Holmea of Missouri was
found dead this-morning in his room at
the Tourists home. ZOS North Twenty
third street; asphyxiation was th cause.
He cam here. about two weeks ago-in
rather poor health, spent a. wsek here,
then ' went to Oregon City to visit his
cousins. Miss Holmes and. Mrs. O'Neill
Monday ha returned to 1ls room at the
hotel' In apparent good spirits. . ,
Thia. mornlnn- he did not come down
to breakfast and Mrs, A. C Docker, the
landlady, fearing he might be 111, went
to his room. At the-door she waa met
with s- atrong -odor of ge -and -going
In found Holmes dead on the- floor. Dr.
Irving, th house doctor at the Good
Samaritan - hospital. ' and ' th - coroner
were ' called. The. eoronr thinks it
purely An accidental cas. ' There is
combination chandelier with a gas
Jet and an electric connection In the
room. Th absence of matches Indicate
that he liad not been using th gas, and
It la believed that while turning on th
electric light he also turned on the gas.
LThetsiwoTrtndowg - JwtJff "whC one
of which was closed. The other was
open : about 'eight Inches, making tb
motive of suicide an improbable one.
Miss Holmes arrived down from Ore
gon City this afternoon. Th body J
being held .for ahipment,. ,
SALOONKEEPER BOWEN i v
- - HELD TO GRAND JURY
Harry Bowen. proprietor of El Ry
saloon, 27 Taylor street, charged with
selling liquor to a glrj under 21 years,
waa held to th grand jury this morn
ing: SIM bonds wer given; r
Belle Rowley, proprietress of th so
called lodging-house over th saloon, was
fownd guilty of conducting a-disorderly
establishment and fined 159.
Zoe St. Johns, on of. th 17-year-old
girls found in th house when It' was
raided -by; Acting Detectives Ksy and
Jones, was given Into the custody of
the Boys' snd Girls' Aid society. Marv
Wlgilland'"wgs-'TeTea"ed-bh her own'
recognisance, and a bond of $! was fur
nished by Bertha Swain. ', s
WASHINGTON COMPANY ,
: .: ;W1NS NATIONAL SHOOT
rr-'' (Jesrsal Bpsdal'sjervtes.) .,-'
Seagirt, N. J Sept... The company
team . match . ahoot - has been won by
Company E, Second Washington Na
tional guard, with a total score of SOI
CompanjfI. Secon4 .District, of Coium
blav was 'second, and a Maryland com
pany third, , Th. revolver team match
waa won by Squadron-K, New York Na
tional guard, with a total of Bfl. the
second - troop, " Philadelphia, scored (71.
Tb Leech cup wss captured by Lieu tern
at W. II Richard of Ohio, with a to
tal score of 1 out of a posalbl 101. ,
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LEGISLATORSCOME
TO SEE THE BUILDING
A party of Californla'a, distinguished
I iesnsMiter -arrfvee - tnie -mw mng- ana
will for th next three days ma a a
careful Inspection' of the 'California
tale' bulldlna. in order to report how
th big appropriation for th Lwla and
Clark exposition was expended, - and
what benefits th stat may have ' re
ceived from it .. : rA-a..,.-:, r ? -
, Aasa at Pull Talnatioa, ; ;
fJearsal aseetsl gervlee.t ',T'-
; Olympla, Wash., Bept.; . Assessors
attending the stat board of quajlxa
tion and members of the tax comrols
slonTimve indorsed a plan abandoning
th present system of assessing proper
ty in this stat at a fraction of Its vain
snd hereafter placing the full value on
every piece of taxable, property. This
would doubt the assessed valuation and
dcras tax values accordingly. -V.
,m Ttait atsteo. -t--
"""T ": (Joejrasl SpseUl ervlee.t '
Kelso, Wash., Sept. S. Senators 'An
keny and' Piles wr given a publle re
ception at Kalama yeaterday and es
corted to this city la the launch Ethel,
giving ' them an opportunity to watch
the ; action ' of th government dredge
TIO w"tPfrartng- tn the Cowllts. ' ; ' Th
Business Men's club' oF"lhls place als
gare them a reception.
Maagsd Himself ta Sara.''
ortisJwaHrBetrc.f
Pendleton, Or Se?t. John Dor
rs,, a sbeepherder, erased from drink,
committed suicide yesterday by hanging
himself In a stable after hsvlng vainly
attempted to drown himself In th Uma
tilla river that was so shallow that h
waa-nnabl to hold himself under the
surface. . r.. ; - ::':
, 4 Bishop SpeJolag Better. ."- '
Uoersal Special Semea. -
' Lebanon, Ky., Sept. . -Bishop Spald
ing Of Peoria I much better today.
' i i " i j i wi ;
Th amlnant rgon. Dr. Nlcholaa
Sepn, afte.r eieveral voyage around th
world, pronounced hi trip to Tahiti th
lest of all.' That passsge was a smooth
on. lherwre beautiful riverignd.
mountalna and unsurpassed tropical
sotnery, and the natives kind and friend
ly, .The Mariposa sails for Tahiti Sep
tember 11. Reduced rate--for thl voy
age. I11S round trip.- tU Market street,
San Francisco, i -. v ; - - :
liillE ISSUE Ljjir
C1USE SPLIT
Letter-Carriei? Not Pleased With
Proposal to Increase In- "
V-. .':surance-Rate." x I ;
SHARP DEBATE IS ONLY -'K
AVOIDED BY ADJOURNMENT
Federation of Labor Urges Carriers
: to - Affiliate With It Newly.
Formed Woman's . Auxiliary Is
" Recognixed. v f- s V -, . j
Strife was Imminent at tba close of
this morning's session of th National
Aaaoclation of ' letter-Carriers, when
members of the insurance committee
were attempting to explain ' the neces
sity of Increased rates and advocating
Vf-1 J.- D.' Holland. C i; '.f vv
tb adoption of aa annuity plan of in
surance. Adjournment at noon," hpy-
vr. prevented ' whatever outbreak . th
dissenters may hava planned, but it was
snnounced -thst ' opposition to a change
would b renewed a soon as th ques
tion Svaa aubmltted to th convention. .
The .incipient, dissension, followed, the
report of John X Goodwin, president of
the board of directors of th. retirement
association. It contained a number of
recommendations and waa th most im
portant feature of today's session. , Th
report embodied a change in the Insur
ance plan, providing for annuities 'rather
than th old plan.
'"The-existing plan lain fallty"fra-
ternal." he Be Id, "in that th principle
was intended to he csrried out ot hsv
lng the younger brother help th older
I 1 I
one to '. unhsrn-- tb v load f rora hla-Uh bail for that also being $260.
back ' and to rest for tb remainder of
his days, and while he, in tarn.-would
enjoy, the same comfort when he be
came old." '.-.1". L'-i-.'" 1' "
There waa a general discussion of the
plaa and it was during the discussion
that .the weaagls sstui'rea
-The- disc US'
slon la, In progress during th afternoon
session. . v
Secretary : Ed J.' Cantwell received an
ovation "when be arose to.pubmlt hla
biennial report. - The report covers the
period . from ' ' September 1, If 03, - to
August tl, 10S, giving In detail th en
tire transaetlons of tb association.
Treasurer Butterfleld also submitted
his biennial reports. It showed that th
total . expenditures for - the ,ptst two
years amounted to 5.28.2S, and that
there is a balance on hand of tli,740.S.
, Mail ClArks Sand Oreetlags. . ,
Atelegrm " war read" by ' President
Keller from the Rsllwav Mall Clerks-
association, expressing greetings Tele
grams wer also read from various com
mercial bodies of Canton, Ohio, Inviting
tb association to hold itenext cdnven
tlon in that city. President Keller an
nounced th following commute on dis
tribution: . A..' B. "Tren. Detroit; George
8. Fornoff,-. Bloomfleld, N. J.; B..F.
rTTTiri.il Dr'nYf- M " --" -r-l ,
Wis., and James C Murphy, San Fran
cisco. V j .';' r -j'. .y t .
'.Representatlyea of. the Federation of
Labor that la now In session visited
th convention and, extended an Invitation-
to the letter-carriers . to become
affiliated with th labor federation. - J.
C, McArthur of San Francisco, repre
senting the American Federation - of
Labor, spoke briefly, as did J. H. Jones
and R- McDonald, representing tb Ore
gon State Fedefstlon." ,-'"
. Th report of 8. C." Graham, of the
board of trustees of th Mutual Benefit
association, was also submitted this
morning. It showed that the death -rat
in th order had Increased at th rate
of t per 1,000 slnce th Syracuse con
vention, and that th growth of the
benefit sasocistlorf - hsd - been unsstls
fsctory for a number of reasons. It also
showed that th average age of members
wss 40 years. lis advocated the abolish
ment of extra assessments. . . s
I y ' --' - AaxIUai-y Xe Organised. ; "'
At this afternoon' session a 'com
mittee from th Ladle' auxiliary visited
the j convention and asked for official
recognition of th national auxiliary, -tn-
ganlsailon ot which was. completed this
morning. Th requeat was . readily
granted. ""!-"' "
, Tb National Ladies' auxiliary became
an organisation this morning when, th
final., details . were completed.-"Mrs.
Bernard Curtln of Lynn, Massachusetts,
waa elected treasurer andMTr"McGd
of Pittsburg sergeant-at-arms. Other
offlcera were elected yesterday, aa fol. J
lows: Mrs. Fred HenTelflnger, Los An
s-eleav -preaidentMrs. Carl Toledo, sriee-
njrasldent., and -M.rs,. W, . C. ., AVJieeier,
Portland,, secretary. , - , '
-At this morning's session ' of - the
auxiliary committees wre appointed.
as -follows: . :
Executlv Mrs.i El well, . Portland;
Mrs. Neslen. Bait . Lake; Mr. McFar
land. Des Moines: Mrs. Schmidt.- Quln-
cy, Illinois, and Mra Ileffelflngcr,. Lo
Angeies. y i --,''- ' v '
Constitution and by-law Mrs. San
born, Los Angeles; Mrs, Johnston, Co
lumbus; Mrs. Hartley, Seattle: Mrs.
Davie, Kansas City, and Mrs. But tor
fleld, Bay City, Mlchlgsn. ; . .
The. members of the suxlllary ar vis
iting .the Oaks this ' afternoon and ar
rangements have been.mde tor a trip
through Chinatown this .evening.
' Program' of Bead Ooaoert. '
Th St. 'pP"1' lif? rna'b'ock "TimTliji
th courthouse Thursday evening,, at t
o'clock. . Th prosrsm follow.- -.1
TWO step, '-.:"Belle - of - ; Mlssotirl"
(Hobbs); fsjitasla. "Mungsrlan" (To.
bnen); "Gem of ; t Stephen Foster"
(Mosea)t solo for B clarionet, ."The
:..
Motor and Frame of On Airship
Floated by Gasbag of Another
: '!?-. Circle Fair.; ';;' ' H''
MONGREL DOES BETTER .1
WORK THAN TWO OTHERS
Perfect birigibility Demonstrated by
"Aeronaut Beech? in Flight to Va
rious Pans :, of the Exposition
j Grounds.' ;
g The attendance at th exposl-: e)
g-tion -this morning, up to- tl:3e
g o'clock, waa S.I64, which Is an
e ' unusual- showing. In view of th
w't'fact that no speclsl events wer
programmed for toaay. The total
g admissions yesterday wer IT.tlt.
Lincoln ' Beech y .' mad ' another ' phe
nomenal flight in an airship thl .morn
ing at th expoaltlou. . It was a machine
consisting of the motor and the frame
work of th "City of Portland" and th
gasbag Of "The Gelatine," a combina
tion which' caused th aaronaatle fane
to dub the vehicle "ThMongrel.H
At 11 o'clock th ascent began. ; At a
height of less than SOS feet th machine
skirted th. fair grounds on the weal
side and then,' : with ' perfect "ease, de
scribed a figure 8 above tb, towers of
th Government building.1 Steering then
for th mainland. Beechy encircled th
dome of - th i Agricultural building,
mad 'a tour of th main ' plaxa and
Lewis and Clark- boulevard, finally
working back to . th ' starting' point
where th airship landed, within flvs
feet of - the liors" from which -it
ascended, .
Th flight lasted SI minutes and very
moment of th time "The Mongrel" waa
onder perfect control; it did-not -leave
th fair ground at all. ;' ; , f ! '. , . .
Th fact that th "City of -Portland-
ran into a post several days. Ago and
was rent was responsible for the com
bination ship which; proved so success
ful today. , ;;.'.; '-';;' .-.-..':
OMNKfimNDrm
PRESTON WAS FALSE
Whst Is charged by the authorities
as a plan to blacken th reputation ol
-year-old Ftsnkle Mericle of Pendle
ton In order that-Jam Preston snight
esoap responsibility was nipped in the
bud this morning by City-Detective H.
IL . Hawley, detention . officer, of t th
Juvenile court,. " -.-.f ' .,, :
Preston wss held to the grand jury
on a statutory charge and his bond fixed
at 1260, and when Judge Cameron heard
of hls alleged plaa. to Injure the girl
In order to escape punishment himself
he promptly held Preston to th grand
Jury on a second and similar charge,
-Several day -ago Preston,, who was
employed " as r cook - at the ' Imperial
restaurant in Pendleton, where Miss
Mericle worked aa waitress, induced her
to leav there and come to Portland with
him. :.- ' '"' : ';; 1;
-MTK mtm HeVfcTe. . Ui mother.
whose hands are calloused, with toil, ar
rived Sunday and was given the ouslodj
of her daughter, who saya'sbe is very
sorry ehe-truated in Preston. ' ' .,
GERMAN METHODISTS : :M
IN CONFERENCE HERE
v '-'-, - - r,.w-C.,
' Phe Northern Paclno conference of
th German "M. E. church will meet thl
week at th First German M. B. church,
at Fifteenth' and. Hoyt etreeta - Th
board-of -xaminers for proapautlve UrtB
Isters and member of th conference
met th students this morning In pri
vate session. ,Th1s afternoon Rev. G.
Waasa of Rlchfleld, "Washington,
preached a sermon, and ' this evening
Rev. J. Durbahn of Spokane will speak.
Tomorrow night Dr. King of Philadel
phia .will glv th .aermon, and the-reg-ular
business sessions will -open -with
nishnn Mrnnw.ll praldiaahhrw
Ing morning.
NO MERCY FOR MEN WHO
SELLLIQUORTOPOYS
Circuit Judg A. L. Fraxer told'James
Kenney what he thought -of th offense
of sailing liquor to minors, this after
noon. Kenney ' conducts m saloon -' at
East Morrison and Union avenue and
was charged with the taM of liquor to
minor. H expressed, his - desire to
plesd guilty and on learning this Judge
Fraxer Informed Kenney that h could
expect no mercy bees us of such a plea
and after characterising th offense In
strong terms the court stated that if
guilt was admitted the limit In the way
of a penalty might be expected. Oh
learning this Kenney changed his plea
to not guilty and his trial will; be held
Friday.. -..; .;..-;..;.'';!;,.,',-.'-.-:'
:. , . ' . .' Tf", '
The Tavern's Breakfast . '
Is the best to be had in th city. Tak
brakfaat.at tha-Tavrn -an you'll be
happy all day.f After th theatre go
there for supper. Concert by Thiol
horn's orchestra every evening. Opposite
Oregontan building.. Ladles' annex, lot
Alder. - ' - '-- ' - -
Warbler" (Grlswold), ' T. Poets; (4)
"Com vei;:on"WyrVeTa7iI5''' (Kltn
(hi "In th Shade Of the Old APT1
Tres" Van Alstyne);xcerpta.: ; "Da.
hemlan Girl'
(Balfe); medley,
"Gleam
...
ft! S1I
4 Van -Till
ypteaaanVJeama ', , 4-Rlpiey U.; UlnaU,
"Star Spangled Banner."
' ; - Xas Vew Baglaad'S Support, .;'',
On of th most prominent delegates
I J. B. Holland of Boston, president of
branch S4. He is a candldat for . the
presidency Of th association. -
He la distinctively th Nw England
candidate, for he I well known throughout-that
section, whose -delegate ar
giving him enthusiastic support. : ' ' '
His friends at home are so lnterted
In his candldaoy that . telegrams and
letters are received Irom them dally.
He received the following letter ffom
Georg"A, HIbbard. potmaater at Bos
ton: , ' .
"It 1 my slncerest -wlah that you
com back to Boston th national presi
dent of th assoclstlon, and I feel In
eying thhrthat-ytm sr a matt TUlIy
competent to satisfactorily fill such a
place, and feel 'very aure that th d-
Lpsrtment would-cognls' your appro
priate way or aaKing ror matters iici
Ing th carriers In a large sense, as I
hav recognised It la a local sens."
5 i o
('- eaisBSSBSBsaassissaasawassBsSswaja -
Jeffries States .That He Will
Referee If Wanted--Leavee
:7for !Frlco Thursday)
(Joaraal Special Servlcat '
Lbe Angeles, Sept. . Champion
James J. Jeffries , stated this morning
that the attitude of Nelson on th ref
eree question would make no difference
aa to bis intention to referee th fight,
and that h would start for San Fran
cisco, Thursday morning, and. rfr
if wanted. He said:' ,
"I hav agreed to referee, and will
keep my word. There's too much money
Involved to call th fight -off now.
Eddie Hanlon, who won from Willi
Fltigerald her laat night on a . foul,
says that "h will tak Nelson's place
In th ring with Brltt Saturday if th
Nelson-Brltt fight Is declared off.
Hanlon Is in good snap and weighs
exactly 111 pounds He will start for
Ban . Francisco . Thursday morning.
PUBLIC PRINTER PALMER it
IS REQUESTED TO RESIGN
OJ . '.- (Joaraal Special Service.) - -
Washington. Sept. '.President Roose
velt has demanded the resignation of
Public .Printer F, w.-- Palmer,' as a re
sult of th scandaja in th printing of
fice, to tak effect September H.--The
demand for Palmer'a resignation is th
result -of the investigation mad by th
Kep committee which disclosed a bad
condition of affairs tn the offlc. which
waa divided Into cliques, Much Bitter
feeling exists among -th men-holding
high position in the offlc. Aa a re
sult Pslmer demanded th resigns ttos
of Foreman 'Oscar J. -Pickets" and - L.
C flay, .who appealed to th president.
with the result that Palmar, la practic
ally ousted. -( : :-, ,-:t'.?; '
ENJOINS TILLAMOOK CITY ,
FROM USING WATERWORKS
(Sseclat Dkwatrk te Tse JoaraaL) '
''Tillamook, Or., Sept .. W. 'C.
Woolfe. an -employ of th Tillamook
Water company, ha secured a prelim
inary writ enjoining Tillamook City, th
Tillamook water commission an others
from connecting with th new . water
mains, from paying th Interest on th
bonds, from sailing water ajtd from pay
Ing the bonds., .a,'.- '-rt-,'.-,.-...;.'. ..
Th ground petitioned upon are Il
legality- in the proceedings' leading up
isati or tn bonda, tn contra ot
and th 'construction of works, which
ar finished and supply., through an
1-Inch pip four streams for Are. pur
poses, th pressure being 111 pounds.
PECULIAAGCiDENT -
- KILLS DEPUTY SHERIFF
- ' (SBeelal Dlanatek te Tea taatV t
Enterprise, Or- Sept I. Harvey 'Wil
son,, deputy- aharlff of Wallowa county;
eras accidentally hilled at 4 o'clock yes
terday. He waa sitting: in his office
with a revolver in hi hip pocket, hla
feet !rtvated--wn--'-tabl.-whrr-thei
volver fell from hla pocket and was dis
charged, th bullet ooterlng th body at
th left of the apln and pasalng through
th breast. Ieath was almost Instan
taneous. . Hs leaves a wife and child.
He wss a popular official and was much
esteemed.' - " ': . - ' " :.
pnTnppfMf-Mf-frorf
wwiwiiiva. Vkbiiitu v ,, , V
-v HOLDING CONVENT ON
-,'! t " -;"' 11 11 ' '", i 'i U
' - (Jswaal Special Servlbs.) i
"Cedar" Rapids, Iowa, Sept. I. Th
first session of th annual convention
of the National Association of Postof Ac
Clerks waa held her this morning. .The
delegates, representing every stat and
territory, - arrived her yesterday ' and
wer entertained by the local members.
Considerable Interest is manifested In
th selection, of a president of th or
ganisation for th coming year, and It
is bol le reel that-MrrThomaa P." Drls
coll of Buffalo, New ' York, has good
prospects of becoming th next presi
dent of th organisation, v ' , , ; . j
MAYOR JOHNS BEGINS
AN-ERA. 0F--REF0RM
Jesrsatt
Baker City, Sept. C Mayor C. A.
Johns of this city baa Instituted aa era
of reform In th regulation of th "Red
Light" district her,- and given Instruc
tions ' to the -chief of police to serve
notice oa all disreputable houses located
on First street that they must move out
within SO days. Previous to this the chief
had already notified those houses on
Auburn avenue to be vacated, and with
this additional order It will practically
confln th district to th Chines
quarter.' r-v.. ..w
LEGISLATURE BEGINS
' INSURANCE INQUIRY
" . , tJosraal Special Servlea.) ,w ''
New Tork. Sept. -. The legislative
commute which la to look Into " th
evils of life Insurance with a view of
finding a remedy for conditions uch aa
prevailed In th Equitable, began It
investigation her today. Th first open
session . wss held- In th aldermanlo
chamber of the city hall this morning.
Senator Armstrong presided and th ex
amination was conducted by Messrs.'
Hughes and - McKeen, th two legal ad
visor of th committee.
AGED MAN KNOCKED FROM '
FLATCAR AND KILLED
(Speclsl Dlspsteb to Tbe leeroel.)
-tCh-hRlte,-Wsh.TBrt.-. WTCT Lbnf.
a pioneer resident of Chqhwlls. was
Knocked rrom a natcar here this morn-
frig "ahdTmeorinsiantry.'TAng and J.
A. Bsker wer sitting on an unloaded
car on a sidetrack when a switch engine
bumped, Into a number of cars. He was
H years old and a native of Iowa. ' . -
' : Weston snore obbWL. .:
, ' (Special rtbpstek te Tii iMrnatt - -Weston.
Or., Bept t.-Q. " W. troeb
stel's hard war store was robbed Sunday
night, and about $100 worth of cutler
watche and revolver taken, beside
$11 from the cash register. Th build
ing la a brick, with" Iron doors, and n
tranc was effected by sawing through
th roof and celling. Th burglars have
made good their escape. .
' - Cactrflld' Wlf Saatoaood, ...
(Joeroal Special Scr-tes.
BeaiiT,' Bspt. Levlssa ChrTatopher,
th I -y ear-old wlf of th felon Jack
Chesterfield, who recently attempUd t
blow up th K!ng county ja It, was sen',
fenced .yesterday to serv a year in th
coanty. 1U- tor. smuggling, dynenvit .is.
to her husband, , '. , . ;
IhuJlfliuatiiiU 10
Captain McLean's Hunters Re
fused to Poach When They .
' Found Out ,Danrer. . '
SEAWOLPS SEALCXIN3
SEIZED AT VICTORIA
Men, 6lven Order on Fnrriers for
Pay and Money Is Refused Them
;;An0"Suram9!.J.MMterito
Surrender Immediately. ? ..; X-
'Victoria. R C (la i rAitua.. -
Customa. Nawbury has Mixed- U the
Malakltifl sint itnwn tvtm riawAn..A.
CCD tall! Aleit.tfVH.aF lIl-.a. M
- - e-.e-s-w va, sn,IIUUIJr
Cmrrancitiv H h also tslemphsd to
McLsan to com at one to Victoria to
UUWr frtP VinlAtlAN r aaa.a.a.
which h left Victoria on cruise.
Mciean consigned J65 skins to Hlthet
Co.. here, nnrl mmvm . i
.. - - rewsea a,v UUIliejrsj
on Rlthet aV Co. Th firm f.. -
hav anything, to do with th transac
imot ui xne crew nave placed
their caa In the hania e a t.
recover the .amount due them!..
,Th crew U stUl somewhat rtlcnt,
keeping back ' nam s, apparently afraid
of consequences which may follow They
n..PT'
- Tb seal huntera hmi a.- wwI..
eay they went on board here and wer
unaereiana inat tn Norwegian
a would be carried, that Norway, not
belnr a party to the treat-.
abl to hunt any season of the year and
eaw jv w uvrta, ( . - i
. McLan told them that a th crw
would b brought aboard th ship off
Victoria. Thla was not dona. McLean
mad an' excuae and proceeded to Rac
rocka Again there waa no sign of them
and he then proceeded to Neah bay.
Again McLean had an xcUa and th
- vimi oay. i n
hunters, numbering only about 10, had
all th work to do and were tired out
wnen thy reached there. - . -
. A nondescript craw, w'a taken . ' on
ther. many knowing nothing about aall
In sr. " Thev came tn naviMiMi .
on provisions and headed north. Cap
tain Thomas, captain of th vessel, died
vii war avwn.
When t ha-ames J-wiTr mm-.kt . ..
Carmenclta. McLean, who was navlgat-
vuim, raierrva UI omoar to TDODIM
Member of th craw say no flag was
carried by ths Carmenclta. ' McLean apparently-fearing
trouble, kept on tb
watchout for approaching steamers', and
at th sight of amok dodged out of th
way. , . v... -' .. .. . i,; .
A nasslna schoonrrav tham a nanae
containing the account of th mystary
connected withth schooner, and. its
alleged illegal acta .On that informa
tion th hunter refused to do any mora
hunting and th schooner was forced to
com south. - -'- . '-?..' '. .
r,nt,lii. UmVamw k - - t -
Xor , Victoria -In- eompllanwith - orders
sent oy xvewoury, collector OX customs.
F.R. CHASE WILL FIGHT
EXTRADITION ATfRISCO
TjnontR,'lj;haaetgceuseO(jnjbu
sima aooas irom ivaspar van isran and.
making overdrafts amountin In tb aa
gregate to $108 whll employed aa night-
bartender at th Washington cafe, and .
suspected by the police of possessing - -
knowledge as to who la guilty of poison , J
ing Mrs. Minnie B. Van Xh-an. will fight
extradition at San Franoisco. . ., ;
The authorities her do hot believe .
that h will succeed In - winning and
say that hla action shows that he had a V
strong motlv tyt desiring to remain '
away,.' '. s ' i -v-:-:-Jk -tr f
Xtctlv Day reached San Francisco ' ,
thla morning whll Detective Vaughn ;
topped ae-Sacramento and la ngaged"
In perfecting, requisition papera. v.: - : , J
VANQUISHES ROBBER:-
WITH BUCKET 0F-WATER
r- (Ssislsl tMapateh a nt ianill
Eugene, Or, Sept. . A masked man
attempted -to hold tier and rob J. T.
Witter saloon at springneid Monday
night, but was frightened away by th
presence . of mina ot - tn proprietor -
son. "Fony witter, xn wouia-o roo
ber entered th saloon at midnight with
a pistol in hla hand and ordered Witter
and hla con, both of whom war behind
the bar, to throw up their hands. Th
mr Witter complied with the demand,
but the son reached bene th the bar. ;
and picking up a bucket of water, threw
It In the holdup's face. He ran. :
BODY FOUND IN ICE V
OF, ALPINE GLACIER
(Jneraal SpeeUl Servtea.1 V V
Orlndelwald, . Swltserland, Sept
A body that appear to hav been a long
tlm In th Ic has been found In' a
crevice of an upper glacier, by a party ,
of tourist, and it is supposed th 0043 "
1 that of Dr. Mailer of Bam, who; with
two guides, disappeared tt year ago,
and of whom nothing haa subsequently
been, heard...-. ; .; JL.'...u'---'
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LUMBER SCHOONER
WILL BE TOTAL LOSS
Jorasl gpselal Servlea.i ' .; - r
Ta' anaelea Sent S. "The schooner
BM-Colomajuiwund lor Sart D'se FitlL-
lumber.- lsrashor.r and watenoggea . ai
the southwest end ef San Miguel lalaod.
A tug hss been s-it to attempt t th -
1 off her cargo,
off her crgo. xn vessel wm .iui.t
nealoUl lossT A-BemtS
a'u'w:r,rT,,"
; - s ; t: Hor for Astoria. .
! Swift steamer Telegraph lava Alder
strt dock T:I0 a. m. dally except rn-
day . Bturnlng laves. arans m v- m..
arriving Portland I M P- m. . Wre
leaves Vortland S a. m., Astoria l;t p.
m. Arriving Portland t p. m.
.' - gpedal Bsamtwion Batee. '
' Very low IS-day ticket eat offered '
bv O. R. ; Ptmbr 1$, IT.
the O. R, N- aellt to-day spe
cial excursion ticket to eaetern points;
topovara granted going and returning.
Particulars of C W. Stinger, elty ticket
agent O. R. N Co., Third .and Wash
ington treete, Portland. ..
v Itter-Caxvler1 Sereaada. ,
Th Letter-Carrlr' band of Denver
serenaded the Administration building,,
newspaper row, the postofflc and th
Colorado building at th fair thl after
noon, The- music was -.highly appro
elated, V- . , 1 :, '
V.