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v t!laaicii:.i of cisai Pinkirton Ajpncy Unearths a Plot to Ctcura Money From Covtmonof Chto WOMAN WHO LEO DOUBLED t vtlFE H2AD3 CONSPIRACY J Mrs.- Marl Iver Lawrence 'Alia .v Madame "Minnie: Leg, Under the Name of Helea Butler, Claims Eair cutJva Is Fsthar Child, I ; "t f-.-r-.. ; . J. , . V W l& (SjUDUattck taUaa4 Wire t The Joeriul) Chicago, Sept. f. Joseph. H. Scbumak . , er, general superintendent of th Pinker ' : ton detective agency. disclosed tonight ' - - the senaatloeaf details of ' what' is de V. eorlbed a a fruatrated plot to blackmail Myron T. Herrick of Cleveland, th mil- Uonaire governor, of Ohio. n. -:. A Chicago woman, who " maintain a .'. : private residence a Mrs. . Marie Ivor ' Lawrence, tug Warren avenue, and tnln . ' glee with a- fashionable set, -whit paying clandestine ylalta to the red light "mlr4 ' Tn parlor' at U3 Wait "Randolph street, "' la named as the plotting point. At the T mirror parlor" aha was once known as Madame Minnie Lee. "j The spaclflo charge mad by Detective Bchomakar is that Mrs. Lawrenoa, ua- der the name of Helen Butler, has .- i sought for years-to aecure large earns .- of money from Ohio's muueaairs gov- - ernor by assarting that h was the V father of a child which she claimed was her own. born la Iondon. Mrs. Lawrence is th mother of Nellie roster. wUe of William T. roster, the -millionaire aeeretanr ofth,-united Statee Deooratora' Supply oompany. t:s - i Caaal street , Mr. Foster 4s a snember ol the Chicago Athletlo club and tha aar v- elualve Westend Mencken. . . ; Mrs. Lewrenoe has a younger dauglv- tar, Helen Ivors, who is declared to have aeeepted tha veil In. Denver. ShS baa a brother in London, and it Is asserted by thi Pinkerton chief that the child V named is his 1 daughter aad not, Mrs. ,i Irenfe'a. ' - , ' 11 li probable that suits will he brought In Columbus, Cleveland or Cln- clnnatt soon that will, air , tha whole affair. . . :. I MYSTERY .SHROUDS CASE; .;.- ,- mm .... .- .- i : Wee nailer's Attorney Ylstte piaersaasl . raparaory to Srtnglag alt. ' (apeetal tMapatc br lamt Wire U The Josraal) - Cincinnati. Sept . The nit ting into ' town of Colonel Tbomae F. Shay, a law : yer of this city, today from Chicago ,:' with several private detectives on. his trail and his leaving for New York after - V- hasty tripe to his office- and home at . Otfton, brought out intimations of a ' mystsiiouo' legal case in which be baa I','' been retained by lae Helen Butler of ;....-Chicago.:v,..,..,.-. .-. ..' .It is a matter Involving' the right of 'f a young girl to property of immense , ' valua The scene involved in the case, , .; His known, are laid In Cincinnati, Chl ' cag and New Tork end some points in ."-J- Europe. Colonel Shay went to Chicago I oir 'Wednesday evening. and Would have . gone direct to New York but for some - ( important-papers In connection with the -,: caa which wars in Cincinnati. t ' Governor Deneen's office, it is said, ; has been consented aleraHn regard to th matter.L Colonel Bhay'e trips are ' i . expected as an effort toJring about a "- asttlemant before th matter is entered r. in the Cincinnati courts. Shsy said on arrival this morning that in this case . hie lips had been sealed tighter than in r y any other case he ever had la hie long career as a lawyer. He declared he was : being hounded by detaotlvee hired by . those opposing Mis Butlsr. AUTOPSY SURGEONS FIND K EDIJ9R yvAS POISONED ' 8tal Dlapatdl by Uarwd Wit t The loaraai) New Yorlc efft-,f. Coroner Bcholer . today performed" en autopsy on the body , of Jacob H. Thompson, tha exchange editor of the New York Tribune, who ' wee found dying la his apartment In the St. Jam hotel on Friday and died , ', later in the hospital, and announced that .; be was undoubtedly murdered. The coroner and the coroner's physl elan completely reversed their view -- held late on Friday night that he had died aa tne result of an apoplectlo stroke The police were immediately notified of the result of the autopsy and began an investigation of the case. Which proved to be one of the most mystifying that the police havs ever had to deaJ with. v T,he management oi the St. James hotel, where - Mr. Thompson has been living for the Isst three yesrs, still In sists that tt was apoplexy that cauaed his death-. They 'Were subjected to the moat rigid examination by both the police and tha coroner. ; rope add foe 13 Oeota, (Special Otapatoh to The JooraaL) ' Salem, Or., Sept. t. It is reported to. night that Jamee Wlnatanley, a ' mem ber of Kreba' hop pool, ha sold his 1(04 holdings for II cent to T. A Llvesley ,Co; i . . y v. ' - ii i i ii iii - Th Arabian declares: "Words are women; deeds are men." -y ''' ' i " T5a WINTER - Dunlap'; 1 90 5 Mr,r 1 - C5QJO , aa VV Hat Comfort Mat Style Hat Dnrakinty I Robinson C& Co., Hotel Perkins Bldg GOODFElLOll (Continued from Pag On) . 8pokane Tuesday . at 10 o'clock . m., where, a atoD of aevaral houre will be med'&The Waahlngton Water Power company will give them a trolley ride" 10 Coeur d'Alene City, located on tha beautiful lake of that name. A luncheon wllj be served and returning the vis itor will be ehowo tha city of Spo kane and environs. The Spokane charn ber of oommerca will give them e wet? corns. The train will leave at I p. m., over the O. R. A N. for Portland. A The Dallea next morning they will leave the train and board the Steamer Bailey Oatsert, en which they will finish the trip to Portland, seeing the far-fsmed Columbia' by daylight. H . .-. - -Wednesday the time will be given to securing comfortable quarters, and In the evening from t to .11 o'clock- they will be given a-reception by the Tort land Commercial Club, ' ; v.r. ':( v'"'-:,. ' iiptnmC , tretoome. -- ;- ' A formal recaption at the Auditorium In the Lewis snd Clark fair grounds will be the Thursday feature. " Exercises wilt begin at 10 'clock. There, will b welcoming eddresses by Governor Cham W. Laudman; ScrcUrr-Tteaa- ' : -nrer A. A.' T P. A.' - berlaiiv. Mayor Lane, President H. J Wi uooae, oi m exposiuon; rreaiaent tt. M.. Cake, - of th Cemmarclal elub,, and responses by- members of 'the' assocla, tlon. ' , In the . evening a beet rid on ' Guild' lake .will enable them to via the exposition by night. -- Friday forenoon will b devoted to the trolley ride that ha become famous ss "Seeing Portland." The observation oars will start front their, downtown wait ing, point on Alder between Second and Third itrMta at S:ia o'clock. In the afternoon, -the Oregon. .Washington and California buildings will be given over to-' receptions in - fceii-- honor, and -a grand ball will' be gtvea In the .evening at tha American iniw- -. - v :i ' - IKete relley ldea':.- -' - Agate, Saturday forenoon, tha trodey rlde 'tleelng Portland" will be contin ued, and the visitors will not be per mitted to miss one of the interesting points about the "city. A fireworks die nlayat the expoaitlon around will be given or them Saturday evening. . The trolley cidea around Portland are as signed on two different daya, for the reason that tha party of delegates Is ee Urge that Manager F. I. Fuller, of the Portland Consolidated was unable to 'ar range for accommodating all of them at one trip. A portion of the visitors will be taken out on Friday and the remain der on Saturday. - i, v . Early Sunday morning the entire dele gation will sax a-ood-by to Portland and leave for Seaslds by special train. They will spend Saturday night in thsir berths on the train. Their rente will b via the Astoria aV Columbia Hiver rail road to the mouth of the Columbia, and by boat acrosa Young's bay, where they will secure their first glimpse or the Psclflo ocean through the Columbia river gateway, . Landlord Pan J. Moore of the Hotel Moore at Seaslds has arranged for a fish, oystsr. clam-Snd crab dinner. The dsy .will be spent bathing In the ocean and eeelrig tha sights at the beach. In the evening their train will leave for Tacoma, on. the return trip eastward. . ' FrogTasa oa tha Baa.? Doubling back ever the Astoria at Os4wmbta River road . tha jr-.wIll.-CEoa. the Kaiama terry via the Northern Pacific and reech Tacoma Monday morning. A day will be spent seeing the city. Tuesday they will tak In the sight of Seattle. The feature of the day will oe a luncneon given In their honor on the stsamahlp Dakota by W.-W. Kint general passenger agent of' the Orsat Northern steamship company. . r At midnight they will become the guests or Charles D. Dunn and tha Pa. clflo Coast Staamahlp company for a Irln oit'tht ittaiMir aik,n, in vi. tori and Vancouver, a program has been arranged thnT will enable them to see ne signts thoroughly In the vlcln Ity of both these cities. .. i . : . They will return east over the Can adlan Pacific. j- i i-- . . Th arrangements for the Portland convection nave been made bv a local committee composed of M. J. Roche, B. W. Trumbull and J. H. O'Neill. The Pa olflc Coset Association off Traffioj ALL . THE DRESSED WEAR THEM. SOL AGENTS . . . . A Arenta will have largs part in thslr entertainment i Portland commercial bodice recegniSe' the Importance to the elty and state of placing every possible maana of Information . concerning tne country at the disposal of the visitors. It Is the work of these men iasthe east that is one of the chief factors la the sdvertlslng of the Pacific, northwest to the tourist ' end the komeeeaker. Whan different part' of -the eeuatry are striving for the attention of . the traveling classes, the railroad passenger scant comes in with facts that often determine the destlnstlon of the pros pective passenger. .- - , teaaara the Aseeclatiea, The association 1 made up of the beat class - of railroad passenger men. Jay W. Adams, its prealdent, la, the Pacific . - coast representative of '. the Nickel Plate, with, headquarters at San Francisco. lis Is one of the most popu lar man on the coast. He first came to the Pacific eeaboard ae the agent of the Chicago & Alton. Prior to that time he wae for -ear with -the Rock - Island. As station agent with that company he ocean hie ranroaa career, ni was elect ed vice-president of the association at th New Orleans convention, and preal- dent at the Mexico City convention, a He haa aleo been prealdent of the Paclflo Coast Association of Traveling Passen ger Agents. - L. W. Landman, secretary and treas urer of the A. A. T. P. A-, is en of the best known men In the association. It was to his effort that the success of the annual conventlone ha been due. He was an early president ef the or ganisation, and has served ee Its' secre tary eight or nine terms. He haa been secretary-treasurer continuously sines mi. HO la credited with being an. in defatigable worker, and "the heart and soul, of th association meetings." g. F. Booth, who Is the popular presi dent ef th Pacific Coast Association of Traveling Passenger Agents, win be one of the prominent figures at tha convention. It has been arranged for him to make an address of welcome on behalf bf this organisation, to the visit ing delegates from the esst..MHe-Js general agent -of the passenger depart ment of the Union Pacific at San Fran cisco. "'.3JC.XJB. Benjamin, vice-president ef the" ssaoclaUon, is. with the Canadian Pacific at 8t, Louis. He haa been -a faithful attendant at convention, and I on of the few candidate announced for th presidency st the Portland conven tion. Robert F. Kelley. one of the beet known, men in the association is general agent of the psssenger department .of the Wabash at Buffalo. . 4OtAsyyepular Ageate. - 3. M. Conaell, general agent of the Bpnta Fe at Chicago. 1 another execu tive committee member who ranks ee a leader in th organisation. - F. H. Tris tram, esslstsnt genera passenger agent of the Wabash at Pittsburg. Is said to be th best known passenger, agent in the TTnlted States. He visited Portland in 10, and made a host of friends on the cosst '. - W. T. Pratt, a member of the execu tive, committee,- is general agent -of the Wisconsin Central in New York. He ha been active in arrangements in the east for the Portland convention. George W. Andrews of Seattle IS the north west paasenger agent of the Pacific Coaar Steamship company ' land well knOwn in Portland. He was a rail roader alt his life until four year ago when he joined the eteamshlp - com pany's " forces. On a recent trip over hie territory In Washington he found In a cardrack In a Port Town Bend ticket office a card he had placed there in lSt -while traveling agent for the old Chicago Kansas-City Railroad eom- pany..u.j: . . . ; ROCKEFELLER PREDICTS MORE HARD TIMES (.Special Dtapatcfc by Uaaed Wire t The Jesraal) Chicago, Sept. . - . Colonel W. H. Moore, president of ths National Good Roads association, who was quoted as saying that John D. Rockefeller hsd told him that America's . greatest panic was coming In -107. and 1001,. today again quotes Mr., Rockefeller .as predicting hard times In these jreara. Mr. Rocke feller, he adds, said; "That wher there were t. 000,000 men out of work In 18l there win be from 7.000.000 to. 10.000. 000 In idleness whsn th next siege of hard tlmea is upon ws." I - ' "The etatement was mad to m In a conversation with the -oil king some time ego," said Colonel Moore. "And he declare that th government ehould not wait until the hour of peril arrive but abould provide work for the Idle and be prepared toxare for them when the crisis arrives." Xi RICKETTSt INSTALLED 4 AS PUBLIC PRINTER (Spaelai Dispatch WLeaetd Wire teTke loeiraan Washington. Sept I. Ths Ion feud between. C Ji, Rlcketts, foreman ojf the government printing office, and public Printer . Palmer ended tod a when Mr. Riekett wasewora ia..thahaad of. the printing office. Mr. Palmer having left th office last night, taking with 'him the pepers and other personal property. J ' Mr. Rlcketts Kd a great may friends at the office and he wae congratulated on all aides today. The Illinois delega tion Is standing solidly behind Mr. Rlcketts for a permanent (Appointment One of his first- acts waf to ' restore Mr. Hay, foreman ot : the' Job depart ment, who had been oustea on order of the public printer, but fbo bad pro tested, r- - - i ' -".--'V A FIGHT FPrf LIFE v' (Continued from fef Ona) of . rope a by which the long ear was suspended from ' the- fas bsg and with Hi anil cut a llt iru suaen oauoon Just of th filling.' tuba. To the hdr rer of HamUton, thesUt kept lncreaalng until It was nearly tf o feet in length. Althouah nearly suffocated by gas from th bag, Hamilton realised that hi only hope was In keeplnaT the aperture closed s much aa possible! He gripped It with his heads and hel4 the edge close togsthsr aa poeetbU while the car darted In the air. - " " ' Slowly the rln ) Increased In length. The pressure of te gas, within the bsg tore the thin ellk until in rip wae eev eral feet In leagtw. Ths airship rapidly approached the I ground. Fortunately, Professor Hamlirpn wini v aii on ths after part on tbe balloon and thie hd tilted uDwar. the forward part of ths gas bag thus holding a part of the hnirann. Tne irni m mum or more to the westward and thousands were watching if'ong tne country roaae In automobiles ana running ewirtiy where U appearno certain tne car wouia fnU. ' " -. . Drifting cro several sees or ciera ground aroandl a rarmnouae, tne car swept downward until it touched th roof and Hanf"on sprang out' to th roof six feet I'ow. JU mnuea aieiy - Beatli fo aentaneera. (Coenirtt, IU Jt Kws Bemet, . fty Odessa. Bept- -The trial by court- martial of Tl aatlors, who were concerned In tne mutiny on in oauirsnip ueorgi Pobledonosefff was concluded tods 7. Three of the mutineers were sentenced to death. lOI'ero condemned to pen'xl snif 11 4o dlsctpllnsry labor. servitude J jcr::Ai; rcr.TLA::o, cu::d.v u:n p.0!H3 r.:.'.o (Continued from Page One.- panlea, mat determined resistance in his endeavora to secure Information. ' At the of flee of President Flanders and Secretary Llnthlcum nothing eould be learned. It wae said that Mr. Flanders was out of the city; be was expected to return within a few day. Question as to hi whereabout received evasive rsplles. - , . ..... - - e aroatatemtoi freiu Walhile Junction to Vancouver will. It le said, be estsnded to Spokane, and the rich prise at stake le the whole ef the southern and eastern Waahlngton. For the North ern Pacific, the game le made Immensely more -important by reaaen of that line's determination to make a great railroad and-jocean terminal at ' Portland; the large amount of money It- is expending in the preliminary preparatlona is evi dence that it will make a Snleh fight for the territory in dispute.- -. - - i The Columbia Railway Navigation company, whose recent sale to-a Wil mington, - Delaware, banker, acting for the Hill lines, caused lot of specula tion, figures in the -game only as a feeder for the proposed north, bank line of the Northern Pacific. This road, from Lyle to Ooldendale. la said to be out ot the question as a main Una link, but It wae in the wsy of the larger undertak ing, and was picked up to be utilised as an Important branch line In controlling the businsss of southern Wsshlngtoo territory. y , '' . i : - ' kTorthera Paolso Surveys Oatewaye. ' The many' prellnjlnsry survsys made by the Northern Pacific within .the last year on ths . peninsula have covered every, foot of ground offered a solution to the problem of the most economical entrance for the Northern Paclflo into Portland, with a crossing over the Wil lamette river ss the main obstacle to be overcome. Five urvy .wr made Ut the vicinity of St. Johne for a high bridge aad a drawbridge route. ' Then these were set aside, and a route was surveyed with a view t tunneling Fow sr evenue. . In University . Park and emerging en the WUlamett river bank opposite Swaa-lsland. From ths t. joint two waye were open to bridge the river or to effect a junction there with, tne St, Johns line of .tha a H. a N, and come over the eteel bridge to the Union eutlon and the new terminal grounde the company haa acquired,- with the Weldler tract as a nucleus. ' , - . It has been apparent that the North ern Paclflo wouldjipend a large amount of money to gain it snds without the necessity. Of Iroeklpg Jrackage arrange ments with ths Harrtman people. It is said this plan would be the easiest and cheapest plan. The tunnel route is is gored by every reuroaa operating man who discusses the situation., . Not on ha been found who sees In the St. Johne route a practical solution.- "" looking fee WeJkr. 0e..lJ; - About two months sgo It was be- lleved the Northern Paclflo had finally determined ' on the tunnel route. A string of, blocks in University Park ac quired by option to James R, Thompson of Tacoma for the Northern - Pacific company and other; ground completing a right ot way through the Intervening territory to .the Vancouver bridge alt was secured. The company .held the Fowler avenue property SO 'day and permitted the option to lapse. - - ' Ite Intentions were - again lit deubt, and wow, it Is said the St Johns routs hae bn-a4opied and that the company' has decided oifw bi Idge Wier and a Una through the , Linnton canyon. Agente eupposed to be acting for the company have for the last two weeke been ao- aulrlna option on land Jn that vicinity) Th Northern Paclflo company's uprm deair la to Doeaes a main line ' rail road on a watsr grade from Po "and to a point as far east aa it can 'follow th enure of the Columbia river ana con nert at the easternmost 1 verging point with Its nresaatmalB .line to Ol. raui. tne company iurir termination ou isi m?jj - . for deepening the sAlpbannsl through th Columbia rlrr Dar na wnen mi 1 acoomnllahed." Portland . la certain to become th greatest seaporLon tne r clflo coast, f - j ... - Baey Kal Commands Situation. Whan 4Mls comes to paaa the railroad that ha' ths easiest haul between Port land nd the east will command the trefflrl rl situation rrom an operating atandnolnt. The north bank line, the Columbia river and Willamette bridges cnd the near-terminal grounds and ocean dock in peruana - ar tne main fea ture in the Northern Pacific's plan, which is to be worked but aa fast ae future development wUl permit. On the (ether hand, the O. R. V N. la dealroua of keeping the Northern Pa clflo from carrying out thie plan and vary aten of the latter company wIU 4JejOTgJllwlthvigor and determination with a view to delaying aa long as nosalble Its final consummation. Thar the tartHern Paclflo realisea the importance of rapid action la apparent. It ie eald work ia te be commenced im mediately. Every week of delay In be ginning actual construction gives, the rival company it reward, for every Week iott bv the one le eo mucn longer u premacy in th Columbia river baaln for the other' and more firmly . entrenches it In possession of the field. Vrloea at Property 'Advance. Another factor le the eteady advance In value of all property aad land in the Portland field. City property I dally becoming harder to get, and term inal ground today -cost doubl what it would hav coat a abort time ago. Th asms conditions exist te the country. Rights ot wsy that formerly would hav been given ror th aaking ar now neia at fairly etrong figures, and whin rival railroad companlea want th asms ground the price - sometimes soars te figure many times larger than the land could have been bought for. - The men who are 'handling the Northern Pa clftc'a campaign have bad long expert ence In the hard and practical work of railroad construction. They know .th paramount importance of Instant action In affstrs of this sort one th. decision hss beeny made. . With 4he advent of the Portland Seattle Railroad company In the field the lsst halting place has been., passed. There la no longer room for doubt that the beginning ef construction work, la at hand.. . . " rv . wnls access Speedy Work, - Yesterday - Constructing Engineer Bethel-of the Columbia Railroad eV Nv Igatlon company h Northern Pa'cifi: concern leased room at Vancouver, Wher he will eatabllatrpermanant head- qeartara. The rooqa will, it la eald, b used ' until th entire floor of an other building, leeeed by- the company for a long ternW-csn be fitted up. Work ha been commenced on th remodeling of . th. latter building. . An engineer in th employ of th earn company has leased th gaeoltne launch Mist, owned by Vancouver men, for ths coming win ter, to be used in reconnolsance work In connection with the proposed bridge, and at point along- th north bank where the right of way force of th Portland as Beaut company are at work. In , the last week several grading outfits havs been put Into the field. It le believed grsde stakes will be set during the coming Week, end that the Portland A. Seattle company's 'forces no-rmio, ' czttz: izzz. w. BAY MORNINGS AND EVENINGS. A ; T0p-Cc3ltL . : olF' Clhiarec'ILeir One that will : positively satisfy the most particular man isjthe sort trutt w offer you In our new model for this season. They arc made from fine qual ity all wool Coverts and Cheviots, in .light,. medium and dark colorings and black Thi bets and unfinished Worsteds' lined with the best quality serge or silk. " The Price .50 to Saml Rosenblatt & Co. ' sinrl courage that eo great an undertaking require.- ,. The Battle tat -might ef Way. . Th Wallula Pacific, lta avowed en emy, ha not been idle sine Its incor poration a few weeke ago. An ample appropriation' of fund from - New- Terk hae been placed at th dlapoaal OA it officer, and surveyors have beep rush ing preliminary survsys along me most fesslble route en the north bftnk ef the rlv.e. -a - -' The battle opens en th section be-1 tween Vancouver and Lve, where no company at thie time Ml a right of way, and the field la,' open to the rivals, oa an equal basis). - The preliminary campaign will W a strategic engage ment fought by, men ol brains and boat nees training. - ; Next Tueaoay tne waiiuia racme wiu P. BtVsleton, ' Incorporators, Into" the field to eecure rlghte of way. No ehamcee will- tos" taken ear -options . or Monde for deeds. The lands will be A bought outright, end deeds will be re corded ae fast ' as - they are secured. Senator Rands is veteran In this sort of work. He wee for years Identified with the - right-of-way department of the O. R. N. company,. Which hae done considerable preliminary work along the north bank of the Columbia river. . . . O. B- k M. Z a michmoad. It' ha long fea,red the trouble that haa now culminated. Some yeere ago, when an effort wae made -4o build a north branch line by an : Independent concern, th O, R. t- N. awakened to the fact that- such a project threatened Its entire line of traf do fortifications In the Pacific northwest. The failure of the Independent oompany was followed promptly by acquirement of lte tracks $12 Last Week of the AmietSoini- Sme- 130 Sixth Street130 Commencing Monday. Sept, 11th, lOOa, - ;, -r.';.;. ;.v.k;v V'Vv. i'l Balance of stock, intended for the Exposition, has been, ' released from the U. S. CUSTOM HOUSE, consisting of CHINESE and JAPANESE ' HAND-CARVED FURNITURE. PORCELAIN, BRONZES, IVORYS, HAND - EMBROIDERED SILKS and LINENS. ' ' Hih Art ; Of AH ;The PUBLIC is 'invited on sale and sold to the highest bidder. - f : .-. , -1 Sales 10f30 a. m., 2:30. i . , v. -. . " , : DON ROSS-Representative, v i::3. ,-r- ii Corner Third Mnrrlarvn f Copyright X90.1y Hart Schaffher & Marx and franchisee by the O. R. K com peny.ir'whlch owne a graded and partly ralled line of road from The Dallea te Ifyle. It le known that Tecently the O. JR. dt .N. secretly carried on surveying worx oetween vsncouver and cape Horn. . Xvery indication points to a fierce and long-protracted etruggle, but there I no on who doubt that ultimately the Northern Paclflo forcee will gain what they are golng'after; that tbie company will have a direct lin. from Portland fo St-Paul, enabling it te meat future com petition by the Milwaukee, the- North western and the Union Paclflo with their ehorter mileage and sealer gradee between- Portland and 'the eaetj and that the consummation ot the whole pfatt will be the eetabllehraent of eteamahlp line between this city and th .orient, making Portland th door through whleh th great Volume of ocean t raffle will paaa from eastern state to the orient. - Ordered te Keep Quiet. Reports from Vsncouver ' yesterday were to th effect that a railroad camp ing outfit including It large tente, has been received at the Merchants' Express eorapany s -warerooma. end la awaiting ahlpment te people unknown to th of fice. It was lmposslbl to leera thIr destination. When asked .for whom they were working, one of the men with the outfit replied: , - "Do you remember the Ttnow -nothing crowd' that was here several years sgo! Welt, we belong te the -same outfit." v Every member of the party has orders to "keep quiet" It le the third survey ing party that haa gone out of Vanoou' ver within a week . - - .-. -. -. -.- In rife they eeyj,- rrhe aeg best thing to n wife U a good wife.'""-. BricaaBrac Destiriptions ( to make selection. at any time : C. H. O'CONNOR. Art Aur.'; n ew Is the -Tim te Act- It'e Vt t Yes to . Xaew TeujMlf. Tow TrMadt saa S1 Year Xaeaiiea. - - PR0FESS0H D FOUEST I00ATXO AT SMU VOIUgOaT STBJtlT. AEl0i AJIJ a. ... . Orfem t each Individual tbe reqnlttte e! Bleats i tinirf te s eeeeewfal sllsrlaMse t-t kealta. kavviatee ead Dneperttr: to Mtti4 f tbe blemlar your Creator lateaced t roe; te sald tbe thlp of SMttay to a a Barber; to orereoaM toaarmeuatable eeeteeire ues re Iin m u p. i n wb 7 row plana. I'oeault thie mln.nl reycble npoe eTwy. eneatloa for scoper eolatloa: he will kelp yee wltaoat fell, , , - Swept Ore Blagnxa, (BpeeUl Dlapetrh br Iastd Wire te The Veraal Niagara gausv N. X.; sept s. At I o'clock this evening a man Jumped from a bridge between ' the mainland - and Oreen'e Landing In tbe upper raplde and In a few minutee was swept aver the brink of the American- falls. ' and foods will bej!?c.ej 7:30 p. m. Great - ' . ' - . i TheOther 20 twer acquitted. - ; will lead the fight with all the rigor sad I . J - -. ' .. A 'V'V ' '