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IZkll t .:; ?S lS 7TTHt5 OREOOM' DAILY JOURNAU PORTL'ANIK MONDAY U .k i.iZuF'iS THE UTEST GUESS ".'c Question Chats and .' ,.'t Lack of Evldenca Connect-' :i Him With Van bran Case, ISS CHANCE IS THEORY NOW PEINC WORKED OUT pect Dnle All Knowledge of the .lair and Convince Detective Hut He It Innocent of Any Guilty knowledge. Tow that Fremont R. Chase ba been ught back to Portland from San aclaeo -.1 by 1 Detectives Day 1 nd ibn, on suspicion ef knowing some- g about the poisoning of Mrs. Mrifnte a Dran. the detective are obliged to nit that aot a wclntllla of evidence s been secured against him. The po- now believe that Mrs. "Tan Dran t her 4ath accidentally. Chase reached here this morning and s taken Into the police eourt.' where bond waa fixed at 1,00 on ' the -a of smbessllng .property and f overdraft of money while em i at the Washington eafe In the "t of $10. Richard elch and, L. ring are bis sureties and he was Md. , He denies both the embessle X charge and a entity Knowledge of . : Van Dran'a murder and tella ao "ht a story that the authorities are ,ied.he had nothing to do with the rfler. - His explanatlona of his de rture for San Francisco under what teared to be auspicious elrcumstances a very plausible His preUmlnary -inatlon waa set Tor Thursday T : , taemaa of Chase. , ' i' -Caaa made . the following statement a morning- at the city prison to a urnal representative: --. , . " "I am , guilty - neither of embessjlng ythlng from iVan Draa nor of having ythlng to do, with Mrs. Van Dran's th. For years .1 have lived In is community and this la the first time at anybody ever charged me with i ime. . . - ,; , ; ; - "My' vacation- waa -spent la the hills -yond Estacada and I returned to Port nd In. the afternoon of -August 1. an Dran knows weU that I left , his Joon on my arrival and went to King's arber shop, where I cleaned up. - Thee. . went directly back to the saloon and tayed there. - I waa at the saloon when ire. Va. Dran waa poisoned. : -I sent Mrs. Vsn Dranup a mpjs of nh and shtr'thanked roe over the tele Ihone and. asked me out to the house for dinner. I waa drinking soma with a few of'tbe.boya and did not go. To that tact X probably ewe, my life, be-, cause I usually drink ginger ale With liquor. Vsn Dran kept liquor at the house and In accordance with bis usual custom would probably have asked me to take a drink before dinner. I should oubtlesa have used the ginger ale and would have been poisoned.-.-. S- J ' '', ..' '"'Waji Xe Xft Towm, They ask why I left town when I as wanted aa a wltness'at the trial of oe Touna for shooting Van Dran. Well y gave my teetlmooy under oath before trict Attorney Manning, the same be-' i ii the grand Jury and the same at the 1 rt limine ry examination. . They could have used that testimony. Besides, I '-knew they had three other witnesses and v ildnt really .-need me. ' ;- 'S had lost my Job and wanted to get ray from here aa soon aa possible. . I . wanted to see my, mother badly.: . The- case ha dragged along since May 1 i and 1 waa getting tlreo. Of course, I nave talked with Joe Toung a number of times; that shown nothing. There wae.no reason for my not talking to him. "1 waa manager of a theatrical com pany for two yeara and used the stage name , of Ray Fremont during - that period)-' Fremont, is my first name and Ray my middle name.' It la not true that W. 3. Kenny gave the steamer com' cany the name of Chase and traveled as my brother; be gave the company hi real name and the rocorda will abow It "The Spokane waa scheduled to leave at S. o'clock in the evening. When we learned she would not sail until 4 o'clock the next morning I went up town and spent some time at Kratt's , and also visited the Washington care, where I told Sibley, the .bartender, that I was going to Ban Francisco. That is ' how . the police learned where " I had i gone. If I had feared anything I should nava.; ' ' r ' Bellevea 9eatk aa -"ilT theory la that the . woman taet an accidental death. ' I cant ses -how - anybody could be diabolical enough to . risk killing so good a woman in me . , effort to kill Van Dran. , A wetnan liv- : Ing on Burnslde streets near Twelfth told me that she had frequently used ' a solutlod of cyanlda of potasalum In 1 developing negatives ; taken with -, kodak and had thrown the bottles into the back yard, where, they were -found : and carried away by boys. X have-been ' : In bottling works and, have seen -them cleansing bottles. The process Is crude and the employes usually csreless. , think the poison waa in that bottle when It was filled with ginger ale at the bottling works. , t "I- expect no difficulty In i showing , myseir innocent - oc any wrongdoing whatever, and I- Intend making It warm for a few persons' who have been try in a- to convict ma neiora my trial." The . detectives are now. making an effort to ascertain If the poison r could .. have been placed -in , the bottle care . leasly or accidentally. They claim to . have . received Information that would Justify them In forming such a theory, v . Employes Of bottling works, - they : say, ' have stated that cyanide 'of potassium . Is. used in the cleandlng of bottle and the truth of this will be investigated. i!R. M'MURRAY TAKES 'i'l v . hold m New office William McMurrsy, I assistant general passenger agent of the Harrtmsn lines la Oregon, arrived this morning from San Franc I soo and immediate? .. as sumed his duties. Ha will havo an of fice adjoining that of A.-U Cralg.fand the advertising department Will be In stalled In new offloes on the same floor. Messrs. Craig arid McMurray will leav tnnlght for Spokane to meet the Amerl ran Association of Traveling Passenger A gems and escort ' them - to Portland; Th train, la 'in charge of A, B.. Smith. assistant ' general passenger agent of 'the Northern Pacific at St. Paul, who will arrive Wedneaday with the party, 1 staled by ataybalev. (Ssectal Plesateb la The Jearasll . Grants Pass, Or. Sent. 11., While -nrLlnv s round a haybaier at his farm r 1 nd James Leonard was killed y. " eweep broke, striking with i ' u lit leart a widow ar KitER'S RED Gi.QST HAS VOSLD OF SPEED - r Automobil-Boai - Union - Stfr prises All t With f Jwenty-i ; iSeven-Mila'an Hour "Caltr "j' .' .5 'n, i i ; (f-:1 t"AuoInoblna"bnwatels"an'expsfl-, enoe that few people aave bad. The au tomobile boat . Union. , recently . brought from San Francisco, la opening, tne eyea n. ihriu who f reoruent the river and the front to the Dossiblllty of traveling on the water at a speed greater t ban that of aa ordinary railroad train, - In every line the automobile boat Is suggestive of speed. ' Sharp aa a knife, Ions and narrow, beamed, the . Union drives through the water under the pres sure of her powerful engine ax a speeu that distances every other craft on the . laiinohAuft an A , steamers -are passed, as quickly aa1 though they were 1 going the athea-sayw-li. a run o . e mouth or the Willamette yreieraay in craft covered the 11 miles In. the mar velous time of SO minutes, and- even -at that did not reach Its maximum speed. The action of tbs automobile boat Js strikingly suggestive of that of a race horse. Leaving tne ooca sne sprain -most instantly into her gait and drives ahead with extraordinary velocity, seemingly Instinct ' with eagerness to pass every competitor. -- Equipped with a 46-horsepower gas engine, - which de velona Be horseoower, the Union has a I tested speed of 21.74 knots an hour, or r.K..' t -niiea. trnder- the . arbitrary rules of the New Tork Yacht) club the engine measures but it horsepower, but this gives a misleading Idea of Us real power.' With the exception of the gov ernment torpedo boats there it o raft on the Psclf io coast which can lval the Union's speed. - --- -- -The boat Is 41 feet long, beam I Teet t Inchest A hood covers tt forward part, protecting the engine, and aft is ampla space for si -or eight passengers. Ths boat was built for, F. A. Hyde of gen Francisco, the defendant -In one of the most noted of the government'a land fraud prosecutions,. It wss brought here by a. F. Lewis, who Is with J. M. Arthur Co. of this city, and it Is an interesting circumstance that his grand father wae.A brother.- of Meriwether i.i the famous- sxploMC whose ex- nuiite are commemorated by the twls plolts are commemorated by an Clara lair. . . - - BLASTED OLD FOOL, VMS THE EPITHET APPLIED ; .. i In Wordy Battle Councilman Belding iand Officer Mur- ' phy LosoTempore. Pitralmu J. J. Murphy and City Councilman Belding collided Saturday ni.t As a result both have .mads complainU to Chief '. of -Police -Ortta-macher, and the councilman .declkrea. that he will hava Murphy, haled efore the police commission. Mr. 'Betdlna took hls-fhmtly to'-ths theatrernd afterward went to the cor ner ofKlrat and Stark atreeta to get a Fulton ar.. He-waa -sitting an box of peaches,1 which he had purchased early la the evening, when he pollce- iu baimanad along. "What, are yon doing harer' InQUlfed patrolman Murphy, eyeing the council man suspiciously, ' ' -i ' " "Waiting for a car," was me answer. What carf. questioned Murphy. f "None 'of "your business,", snapped Councilman Belding. 1 iVp to this point ins principals as to what occurred. - Murphy says that he remonstrated ' with the eouncllman for exhibiting anger toward an ofneer who . was trying to oo noinina than hla duty and for nis trouoie was rewarded by being called "a blasted old . -..iin,.n ttallnar admitted to Chief Oritsmacher that he called Murphy 4 "blasted old fool.- but saia tnai not on account of the policeman ex postulating with him, but because of an Insinuation mat ne wm box of peaches with criminal inieow SHERIFF. SMITH ABSENT i WHEN CASE IS CALLED M9 . WW t l-'eBBSBJBBBBSBBBBBw V 5-, M- -,',f Sheriff C. Sam Smith of Crook county and Dr. Van Oesner, iqdictea oy tne fedeiwl grand Jury-on tne cnargo 01 au temntlna to Intimidate government wit- mmmm In the DCHQinK IfUU PI VMUS man 1"')'' a;1" tlilcourt District Attorney Heney at first asked that a bench warrant laaue for the ab sent defendant, but finally allowed the matter to g00ver untu tomorrow morn WOULD MAKE LAWYERS r: OF LOCAL POLICEMEN Hereafter all natrolmen will be held personally- responsible for the .enforce ment of the city laws on their respective beat. - Each officer wiu oe expeciea 10 hb-nm. familiar with tne oramances. and If any violation of the same Is dis covered a report must, am ronu. iiumw- to the chief OI police. - . ' ' . iwioaaneaa of any nature will be mtAmrmA MUM for dlSChafgO Of thS nollcemsn on whose beat occurs. - n new Order was read before the day relief f nstroimen thla morning by Chief Oritsmacher. ' ' 1- fc , i i is a i ' " .- V Daisy Morrison Oaa a Chance. trMih Judas Fraier this morning issued an order vacating ths order for feit ma- tha HBtf ball of Daisy Morrison. Last Tuesday the woman failed to enter a plea on a charge of larceny. This morning John Watts said ne naa neen unable to be In court last Tuesday and asked that she be allowed to plea to morrow. This request waa granieo. , Mission Workers Oomlng to Pair. The American Boara of Foreign Mis sions. ' numbering 1 people, left Bt. Paul todayltover the Northern Pacific railroad for Seattle, where a convention will be held. The party la ticketed to Portland, and. will come lo the. ex post Hon after the - Seattle convention ad Journs, .)...: a , '. .. , Wtatt Stenographers Resign, t V i Mrs. S. Harrleon and Mrs. C M. Badg- ley,. for., several.years -official reporters In the circuit - court, today . resigned. Mrs. Harrison will go to her -country home near Portland and -Mrs. Badgley win go to Boston to take a course .in Bible training.-!,. . . ' Wife Kills Key stoebaad, ' Dearaal peelal (trrM.lv.. Butts. Mont, 8ept. ll. Mra William Frost shot and killed her ' husband, a well-known mining man at their home thla morning In a fit of jealousy, gh H.imt that she - feared he u waa- going mm WEEK AT Fllll! OnYbay Not Enough for Interior Metropojis So Seven Are - Set Aside. CHIEF OFFICIALS ARE - . ' HERE WITH FAMILIES Special Train Brings Larf Delega tion end i Thousand New Name VIVX Adorn Washington Register by Tomorrow.;' v'X; ;.-,:-v-;:;-y i' w Attendance at ur iewis ana w Clark - exposition tip -to- ll:t- w w'e'elock today was i.TtL The 4 total admissions yesterday were - e s.. iv-.-: -:. . - e " ' T6 have but one Short day set aside for Its use at the Lewis and Clark exposition waa not enough distinction for Spokane., The proud city of - the northwest .empire demanded t: vk and got It. ' This la the week. For six days there will be nothing heard In the Washington building but those won drous stories of bow' Spokane will look a couple of yeara from now, and how H looks today.- ... ,-- - -- ' A good many enthusiastic cltliens of the live town passed through the turn stiles this morning and made their way to ths beautiful structure which monu mentalises the enterprise of Washing ton; They were met by Mrs. William Q. f-Oraves, the hostess of the week, end a corps of gracious assistants. Including Mrs. M. . Gordon. Mrs. C. O. Brown, Mrs. C. B. Hopkins, Miss Mabel Welch. Miss' Hellene Hall and Miss lElla Clark, all of whom are consplououa in the social affairs f Spokane. . Among those who have registered are- Mayor F. I Daggett and. wife. Consulting Engineer Allan F; Gill. City Treasurer H. M. Eggleston, City Commissioner - F. P. Weymouth, . E. H.- Van - Diesel. - vlce-presldena-of the chamber, of commerce; Colonel I. N. Peyton and. wife, R. 8. Oakley, Judge J. D. Hlnkle and wife, & M. Smith and R. Juslnger. " This morn ing a special train of excursionists left Spokane nd will arrive here at o'clock thla evening. -They will ba met at the depot by the advance delegation with a brass band and will be escorted to It is -expected that ; ibeforeiuhtfsJl -tomorrow at least 1,000 names will be added to the Washington register, which Is Already one of the largest at - the exposition.. ' Today there Is a band play ing at ths building and the early-comers are being- royally entertained by the bosteeees at an Informal reception thla afternoon. - v- ' - -, ,' Tomorrow will be Spokane day, . thf moat. Important of- the Week's celebra tion, as It will Include exercises Intended for exploitation - of - the beauties. the wealth, progress and energy of the lit tle metropolis.. . The program will begin. In the Washington building, at S o'clock in fhe afternoon with a selection by De Canrlo'a Administration band..- - - EL H. Vaa DlaseL , vice-president or the Spokane chamber of commerce, will .can the crowd to order as chairman of the day, and addresses. of welcome 'will be made by President H. W. Ooode. Mayor-Harry tne and President W. D. Wheelwright 'or the rortisna cnamner of commerce, i To these speeches there will be responses by Mayor F. Ln Dag gett and D. T. Ham, both of whom are oratora of no little note. Mualcal num bers will Intersperse ' the addresses. Among them ' will be solos by Mrs. Emma Moffatt, contralto, and, Professor Immediately following theexerclses the unique feature of the day, will taks . . . . . . w . n - W . V. ' rr LI. , 1 1 pises m me- opvuna uww, , -uia wiit be an ' old-fashioned , melon-cutting. Members of the chamber of commerce, assisted by the women, will carve and serye watermelons and cantaloupes to all vlaltors. SAII FRANCISCAN PRAISES PUD FAIR L. N. Hbeffler, Prominent Attor- r-trrfi -6tate-B uilderrPre diets Bright futura for City. Ix)uls M. Hoef fler. attorney, mlneowner and atatebullder, 1 accompanied by his family, came from San Francisco "just to see." ss hs said "what percentage of truth there waa In the stories told or Portland and tha fair. v "Ons hundred' per cent true." ne stated, ' "and yet It seemed Impossible, as every man who returns to Ssn Fran cisco is an enthusiastic expoettlon and cltv boomer. San - Franclacana believe Portland is destined to pe a great cuy, and some have proved their faith by burins property - here,- and more . will follow." , ' l Mr. Hoeffier la one of San Francisco's most successful attorneys and he 'Is a mlneowner, a builder and developer, Some years aao whlls on a hunting trip that took him over the old Portland Sacramento stagecoach road In Trinity county, California, an aged miner sold him a prospect, and wss . unkind enough to tell his friends thst hs hsd bunkoed the tenderfoot. Mr. Hoeffier amased ths honest man by beginning development. and aold the "prospect" a short time ago for a very large . sum. As the old over land road that went from Carrvllle to Redding was too "long and rough for Mr. Hoeffler's good horses he deter mined to build a highway. A year ago ha opened, what- Is -probably ths best mountain road in California, from Delta, Shasta - county, to Carrvllle, -Trinity county, about 13 miles. This cut over A tnllea from the trio to the railroad. and has opened a remarkably fine min ing and agricultural county - to pros pectors and settlers. It also made, Mr. Hoeffier the - most popular man - In northeni California; ' . ' On his wsy back from New Tork Mr. Hoeffier will stop here, and real estate transfers will record another big sale to a leading San Franciscan. t AARON FOX BRINGS IN .. ..YOUTHFUL SUSPECTS Y v- ; Aaron Fox; a merchant from Trout- dale, today brought In , Claude Coona, aged It,, and Harry Bennett, aged 16, secused Of breaking Into his store and stealing' money, and merchandlee.-. They are in tne county Jan. ana joennen win appear before the juvenile court. . - . Preferred Stock Canned Oeed; ' Allen Lewis Best Brand. CLASSES III BE OBROJED Never-, In Portland'! History . Has ; There BeenjBuch an jnj.j; crease In Pupils. EVERY FOOT OF SCHOOL - - - SPACE WILL BE NEEDED There Will Be n Increase ol More TBln Fifteen Hundred Pupils This ..Year Over the Number Unrolled '. Lett Term.. , -rv : v . ',V ' Active nrecaratlona era in - progress for the opening of the city schools Sep tember 16. The now school buildings on tha east side are nearly finished, and It la said that thsy wU all, be ready for occupancy on time, excepting the Irving- ton school. All tae scnoois ar osing cleaned and renovated. The. largest Increase-of pupils 1a the history , of tha city la expected by the members of tha school board and teach era Last . fall puplla were en rolled the first month, but this term It is expected tha enrollment ;wlU be .In creased by over woo. . Although facilities for accommodat ing ths increaaod number of pupils have been considerably enlarged, . It la - ex tracted that difficulty will . be experi enced la houalng all until the Irvlngton school Is finished, some time In October. The greatest difficulty will be met in finding aocomraodationa for tha High school pupils. Last year MM were en rolled, and three classes had to be lo cated la the Lsufd school. ' ' Thla year teachers expect an enrollment of nearly 1,160, and the overflow will have to be transferred to rooms In the -Ladd and Atkinson schools, which ar Wig fur nished for that purpossT "Vl A; lara-a number of tha sMrarban schools ' started today" with increased attendances. Including Arleta. Oresham, Rus)MUvUle and - MonUvllla. - Other schools will open neat Monday and the Monday following. '' . CITYTIWY LOSE . FAIR FORESTRY HALL Unless ActionTs Taken bv First -ew'ef tmwj laionu I V Will Secure It. If the, city of Portland doesn't. coma forward with a proposition for the pur chase of the Forestry building by the end of October, It win lose the most wonderful feature of tha fair..- So says President Jefferson Myers .-of the Cen tennial commission. . - - The act of the legislature provides that tha building may be turned over to the city or the State 'Historical society If either will agree to make it a perma- nent-atructnre -and -purchase the land upon which It- stands. President-Myers feara that the city will delay action upon the question until It will be too late to remove the building by Mnrcn 1, when the lease of ths ground expires. and la case of unfavorable action then the commission would be placed in a dilemma. The State Historical society la not wealthy and probably could not comply with " the . terms demanding the purchase of the ground, v If action la not taaen ny tne ena ox October," said Mr. Myers, "the - com mission will seriously consider the prop osition of the New , Tork- syndicate. which hss an agent 'on tha grounde, and which wanta to take tha building to Coney Island. There la another reason-why we do not want further delay. We have served the stats gratuitously for something like three years and It is ssklnc a little too much to keep ua go- lne- after the fair haa ended, we want to close up mattera and make our re- nort." . '.?-- , - . The NOW I or a syndicate is represent ed here by George C Lynch. He pro- noses to pay a good price for the struc ture, dismantle It and ahlp it to Coney Island by boat. As eordwood, at II per cord, the building would be worth H.OOO. It la said .the commission wouia not consider an offer of less than IIO.WO. as It atanda. i MANY PRISONERS FREE1T BY HANFORD'S DECISION ioseial Dlspateh to Ths JeerssL) " Seattle. Wash.. Sept 11. By a decis ion of Judge Hanford or the United ntstes district court this morning many prisoners in federal penitentiaries In the United States will be entitled to Imme diate release. Prior to 10J, "good time aa the penitentiaries wss five days for every' month served. Three years ago congress passed aa act Increasing tha s-ood time" te 1 days a momn. wiin a provision that it only spply to those receiving sentence after the act became a law. .,- . - .- Judsa Hanford. In the caae or Tumes Johnson, who haa aerveo six years or i 10-year sentence .at Mcrxeui s isiano, hnlda that the provision exsmptlng per sons sentenced prior to. the IMS act I unconstitutional and. If applied at all. must bs to every person serving sea tences In federal prisons. . He orders Johnson released, although under the old law he haa still a year and a half to serve, i . r ' t ' -, 'i JUDGE PAYS FINE OF - v YOUNG BICYCLE RIDER - Robert Pottage, aged 1 years, ap peared before Pollca - Judge Cameron today,-charged with riding, his bleyele on the sidewalk, policeman crate was a witness against him and he waa found guilty.- "In view of your, age, If you-will promise not to do It again.. I will fine vou onlv II." said the court. "I can't pay a fine," answered the led, hanging his head. "Father Bald I muat serve out my time, and if I paid a Tins he would whip me. v- Judge Cameron surye'd him keenly, then he "produced a dollar and hsnded It to Clerk Henneesy. Tou go home," he said to, the lad I'll -pay your fine. If you- are whipped because I paid the fine let me know." ,,'. ... . , . (Teamster Slneea Xaa Bad PalL William Dlneen, teamster, waa thrown from his wsgon In a runaway thla men. Ing at Twenty-first and Thurman streets and sustained Injuries to the scalp with a probable fracture . of the skull. He lives at 111 Twentieth street end is at Good Samaritan-' hospital. He cannot tell how- the accident . happened, but thinks something :ave way U the PJOi WEST'S FUTURE Father of the Government ftec lamatlon Service Predicts a.: , u - Qreat Thingi. TEXLS WHAT. HAS BEEN..:4 DONE IN IDAHO WASTES Believe Fair WflJ Open Adjoining Sute to Theunds - of Thrifty , Homeaeekcrsy in tCorninf Twelv ;, Months.!, " To anw!0 lnabguratsd'''the great Irrigation work ef ths west which is commanding International attention is in Portland. - Kx-Senator Joseph M- Carey, father of the Carey law, under which Oregon and other western states hava made wonderful progress in ap plying waste 'water ... ta good . land. evades publicity, --, He wlU talk about Wyoming -by the hour, government reclamation work; the fair, and many othea things, and J he will answer a qusstlon about the Carey , lawv which Immortalised bis name, out irrigation a topic he evades. . Senator Carey was seen at tne i-on-land thla mornlnr, following hla return from Puget sound.-; He wa .voluble about the fair. It le a great work." said he.,- "1 am delighted with It. It enablea one to gain a great amount of Information, es pecially about the .Pacific northweet. In a brief tlnte.- Irs compactness Is note worthy, yet does not mar Its complete ness, 'and. the result la jn opportunity to aee and learn more of tha west In fsw days than could bo- gathered other wise In years. ' The exhibits of the statea of the northwest and from tha tlere of atatea directly eaat ef theae are remarkable, and certainly give a wonderr tul Impression ef the country repre sented."' :,'- - ShM&ka ef DUH Aot, wnfi"Wis encomium for local wdrhVlhe senator waa urged to say something of ths Carey act, under which the chief enterprises for reclamation or aesert land, are conducted in the state of Ore gon, as well' aa In many other statea. "Its provisions are so simple,"-said the at Teaman, "that after landa are se lected y.the ststs the work csn be ac complished rapidly. In my own state, Wyoming, mere Is hrlng-fl-nr iinr""'" law "to make arid landa Into prosperous fsrms than ' under all ' the other acta combined. "But I expect the greatest good from the government reclamation work. For the most part, ths land In our stats Is oped and not under-private ownership. Thla enablea the government to segre gate large bodies of land in proximity to ths main watercourses ef ths state. and1 to undertake the construction of canals and great storage reservoirs for Impounding the . surplus waters. In Wyoming the government has already made -number of surveys of segrega tions, and la actually- proceeding to con struct -Irrigation works, Notable among these is what 'v known as the Path. finder dam In Ilatte river, near tht mouth . of the Sweetwater. . which dis trict la near the old- emigrant trail traversed by the early settltr, of Ore gon and Washington. - - ' ; Bag roraf Baala. .-. This storage baala will cover .Il.oo acres of land. The dam to hold back this Immense volume of water will be of aolld maaonrv 19 feet high. The storage ca pacity of the reservoir win oe sometning more than 1,000,00 acres of water, or sufficient water to cover 1,000,000 acres land. 11 Inches deeo with water. Ths :essary tunnsl for diversion of the wafer haa been completed. Tne gatea alone wlll coat eomethlng over ioo,ooe. Contracta have been let for construction of -the great dam, which will be hastened to completion.. . The total coat or tnis dam. Jt la Neatlmated. will not exceed 1 1,000,000. Below the .main - reservoir on the Platte river at Intervale of IS to II miles: diversion dams will be placed In the stream for ths Irrigation of lands la proximity In Wyoming and the state of Nebraska. . ' - v - ' : "- ,"' 'Other Urge government works nave been undertaken In the Bighorn valley, near the town of Cody. - The government haa also mads surveys and has a largo corps of engineers in tha "field for the reclamation of a large acreage on the BhnstHMie T"-11-" .Mann, ihie't tm to be thrown open to settlement the first day or next June." - -. ., , f V sTertkwest Xls Hobby. -. . Here tha senator drifted to hi fa vorite theme of the northwest: "The prosperity In the northwest gen orally la remarkable, buslnsss appears to ba good, and-It waa a very nappy Idea of having tha Lewis and Clark fair In Portland, which city appear to be tha great center of the northern Pact fie states. Thousands snd tnousanas oi people have been brought to Portland by tha fair. These have gone by excursions to Tacoma, Seattle and other potnta or Intereat on the Pacific coast. To the most of them, a new world has been ury folded. I myself hava been most Im pressed with the lumber and fruit In dustries, but had I time to go further Into your resources 1 do hot doubt that othsr Industries or a mucn more diversi fied character- would be found equally nromisina rn Ibregon" and Washington, which two states must soon - number their population by tha millions Instead of the hundred tnousanas.".., LARGEST STRAWBERRY V - PATCH IN THE STATE ; , . ' ajaaawaaaaBsaaaaaawawap -,"-.'' The East Hood River Fruit company of Moeler, Oregon, o,o,oo capital sioca. haa been Incorporated at Salem by L. O. Ralston, A. P. Bathent and J. M. Long. ft ii uM Mr. Long-reoresente a Port land eapttaliet who la associated equally with. Mr4 Ralston In the enterprlee. and that they will go Into commercial fruit raising on s large scale , -v A tract of 17 acres of the bet fruit lend hss been purchased, a few miles from Mosler 100 acres in fnitt. of L which acre are strawberries tne largest strawbsrry paten in uregon. ins farm will be managed oy sir. tatnem, who haa for 1 years been actively In terested in fruit raisin at Hood River. Warden Arrests atle Oepaty. - (flBeeial DtSDateh te The. Joarsal.) 'Seattle, Wash..' Sept. 1 1. Otme Wsr denRelf todsy arrested C O. Lamed, one of hla own deputies on a charge of bunting grouse on Mercer Island, which Is a game reserve. Lamed was brought In by the warden thla morning and re leased on ball. , - . ; i ' - Sfe Beatka Treaa Pever. . (Jearaal Bseelal errlee.l ', ' New Orleans, Sept. 11. Twenty new cases ef yellow fever ware reported at noen; . There . ware no ueatnst. . C::.jT FQ OF3 17.LI Fine Pro-am of Entertainment Has Deen Prepared Including ii Banquet and Excursions, y; t rtra ila Fourth, and Tamhlll streets, fire' chiefs of the Pacific coaat wlU meet tomorrow In thirteenth annual convention. Heads ef the depsrtmsnts from every city of Importance on the coaat will attend, It.je expected that 110 delegataa will attend. . . ' Amnumenta K.vi ben completed lor their entertainment and Chief CampbeU haa completed an Interesting program. -. At the convention papera will be read oa tha varloue methods of fire fighting and fire protection. Teets will be given of the different aorta, ef fire apparatus, and exhibition driiia oy tne iocs psrtinsnlJalUjajreaturefjlh ventlon. - The- first session will be held Tues day morning. Chief M. H. -Carllale of Vancouver, Briusn uoiwmoia, prMw. of the- association, will preside. Ad dresses of weloome wHi be deiiverea oy Mayor Lane -end ethef ornciais. to morrow evening the visitors will be en-terUtned-at the Oaks. :. - f V-" In tha afternoon the local department will gWe exhibition drill and a test ol tha fire boat wfll be made. -. Tha women visitors will be entertained with a trolley ride about tha city. Thursday win oe Fire Chiefs' day at the Lewis and Clark fair.-. : ' ' ' "-: -' GRISCOM EXPLAKiS AFFAISS in japah just i:o;7 r Mlsslonarv Could Not ' Show the American Flag So Hia ; Church Waa Robbed, r . (Jearaal Sptdel aerrles.) --, nesfer Bar. SsnL 11. OriseOnV ln- i.t.. . Taku cabiss: "Violence to a fnreimara and attacks on Christian churches should not be considered as Indicating a general antl-roreign or ami christian feeltna. The former Is Inel dental, the latter due to sporadic antag. onlam to tha Russian church. Some native Christiana la the mob offered to spare one American church if tha min ister could show an American flag. He could not . Newspaper during many months nave roused popular expaeta. tlons. so naturally people are dissatis fied with the peace terms. The sontl mni ? 't "' navx-andJioblllty 1 more conservative.. Six Tpklo newspa pers hava been suspended. Martlet law will ' continue foe some time. Insuring quiet Meanwhile the legation guard of 12 soldiers will be maintained. , EAST SIDE SALOONMEN " SAID TO ENTICE BOYS PMaidina- Judre Fraser. acting Judge of the Juvenile court, and Robert Gallo way, acting prosecuting atiorney , iw the court, hava declared war on ail Jix.nmen and bartendera who aell HfittAe tm minors, - - iThls mWnlne Mr. Galloway filed cob plaints against the owners of two sa-.iMne-enii ihelr bartenders, ' and against one bartender whose former employer had been tried for tne crime oi semna liquor t a mlno; a freed. It being shown that ths employs was perhape to blame. The complaints , filed -this morning were: - , - . . . The state vs. F.- A. Busby. John Doe Dreulttle and Bob King. , tha Ust-named being a bartendaet the saloon la located near East - Morrison street and Grand avenue! The steta vs.-Pv T. McCartney. John Doe Johnson and Charlea Looney, the first two. being ins prui" the Dewdrop- saloon, near Water and East Morrison -atreeta. m nlalnt was against John F. Stevens, who 1 . v.r.n.r in Josenh Penny' sa loon, located at East Morrison street and Union avenue. . j-'-.' King and Looney win win am --'-. for selling liquor to Charlea Boggess: the proprietors of the saloons wli also be arrested so that the one who bold the llauor. ir sucn was - lJ " ' fcrnuaht to lustlc. It U a'uMted that Boggew, 0 year. old. purchased two glasses of beer t Busby a Drsulttle s saloon on August 4. IMS. It is also claimed that Boggess secured 1 and 4. l0.n Boggess waa recently er rested for torceny. ' -k. aa nah I aswarUU geesavwso ve mw m mne- rB.-irg.-Tv-r---.-j--- John W aawanei wstj am Joseph Penny's saloon, then located on East MorrUon street and " 6n thst dsy it la alleged tjatjaike Shu- m"V:''--'W Pennv was arrested mmrnJi a "T vsasi rai . nurLiiavni we Ind tried for th. of fenw. but the testl- mony ' showed mi "'"'"" "T. . . . aw. . ( m. atinm.k.. 4e aald on -- . . i,i.w. - to have purcnasea " and an .order mads for o"" : ' . ..j tr.. The three saloons are w.-i , , Morrison street and within a few Mocks .a ...k nttiar. ' ' '.'-'' 1 1 ; BELMONT EXPELLED ; v FROM FAIR UKUUI.U5 W. Belmont, esereury of ths Portland triMirbera' union and ' lessee- oi - a -booth in the Electricity building, waa expelled from tne tair grounos m morning and forbidden the privilege of reentering,, on -a 'charge preferred by the officers-of ths electrical department of the fair, wno say ne oaa on occasions stolen wire and other me For some time tne sisctncai superin tendent. J. Wi Thompson, nas iwivea complaints from Trail concessionaires and exhibitors about thslr lights rather their lack of lights. on investigation n was' found In each ease that some per son had cot out sections of wire, leav ing the booths or buildings In total dark- nees. ' ' ' ' ' l...'. ' ' Am nalmonr wss doing soma inns con tract work In thf exhibit building he fell under suspicion. ' This morning he waa discovered cutting wire Tn the Meier st Frank booth In the Manufactures hnlldinr and was promptly arrested. - He admitted taking the material, but ealdJ he merely "borrowed" It, as ne had contract which had to ba filled, on abort notice. There wee nobody In the booth I. .v. .1 . '. . ,- H ) . , ' '-j . ; "Alloa, Booeerer U Takm.. (Jearaal Beeelkl tetvlee.1 '. y ' Peking. Sept 11. Alice Roosevelt snd osrty have arrived at Taku..'A diatln- gulshed psrty of efflcisls, diplomats and American have gen to escort them to Poking. . .-. - . hi ' l ii i i i i ' y - , 1 Mikado BeeUaea ateslgmatlea."" -; ' (Jearsal Ipeetel aerrtce.1 Teklo, Sopt 11 The mikado has de clined to aeoent the preffered realgna- tlon. of Minister Toshlkawa. It la ba. lJUeved that It will be accepted later, - COOLIaiuiiiSi) m gold t.:;::es Imported .Chinese Laborers Cub- . Jected to Cruel Treatment ; . ' ' ": In the Transvaal;-; 15' f . . STRIPPED AND TIED TO ; v.:V v STAKES BY PIGTAILS y Hung by One Arm for Hours Wit& Toes Juat Touching Floor Inhu. town Practice ' Cue Serious Dis order and Riot, '- y "O '':' 1 : : JearsU Speelal Satvisa.T :; ' '.- '' ' London. Sept. It Mall advice flvf v a startling picture of the eondltlone uiw der whlch-the Imported Chlneaa labor-, era are forced to work In ths gold mines '.' of ths Transvsal, where 41.000 coolie . are employed. They ar housed In eomT " pounds wnere- tney are rwmi,r ""--- -j Every infraction, of regulatlona , or, . faUure to turn out the allotted amount of work la visited with severe and de grading punlshmsnt- Among ths nteth- eds of torture, one Is to strip the erring s coolies absolutsly naked, and leave them ; tied by their plgtalle to ..stka In the. . compound for two or three houre. when -the oher coollee ( ther around n& Another method I ii to bind the left wrist with a pises of rope, whleh tt then put through a ring In a beam about nine ..S. feet from the ground. - Thla rope a made Uut o the unhappy ooolie, wtm his left srm pulled Up perpendlcolsrlyi -, haa to stand-on hi toss In this pok tlon. aa a nils, for two hours. - ' As a consequence of this brutal treat- ment serious disorders bsve broken out among -the coolies. . , -. - -V--. -. PRo:xHni.!EHCD:.:i;:GTO THE EXPOSITION 4- Many National , Cerebtrtles Will Be Here In Remaining . Six Weeks of Fair. ' Although some "of the moat noted nten ' of the United Statea have been enter, i UTned at the Leerla and-CTarhsposU tlon. many of national prominence are yet to visit the fair in the rmaln,nf six weeks."" - ! First of these will be O0-ern6r Joseph W. folk of Missouri, who, with a party .. of JO friends snd colleaguea will ar rive tomorrow night. There will be no . peclal event In his honor until WedA needay evening, when a banquet le te take place at the New-Tork building. Thursday haa been deslgnsted aa Mis. . souri dsy. when there will be exercises In the Auditorium, -Including speeches by Governor Folk. Goverhor Chtmber... lalnc. Presinent oooos ' inn rreeiwm Kern of the Missouri state commission Tha same evening a banquet and Recep tion will be tendered the govtraor' at the American tim. - ' ' . ? : , Major. William .Warner, the ,newiy elected senator from Missouri ,and presidential possibility for 1J0. will also visit the exposition. , -..,-'. word naa come mat -vnairman Brooka Johhhtonr C. S. Sherwood. T- a . Southgate and W. E Cottrell. members of the board .of governors of the pros pective Jamestown exposition, and Bar ton Myers, auditor of the company, havo eterted for Portland, and. will, be th guests of President Goods. These dtgnl tarlea are to make a special atudy of the methods of running an exposition, especially as to exhibits snd concessions. - JONES-GEORGE NUPTIALS TAKE PLACE TUESDAY Miss Jessie George, dsughter of Clri" cult Judge M. C George, will be msrv ried to Owilym G. Jonesj teller at the First National bank,- tomorrow evening at the home of her parents, lit. Market street. Only a few Intimate friend have beea Invited. . v . The ceremony will be performed by Dr. K. L. House, pastor of ths First Congregational church, and Mr. and Mra, Jones will visit several idano cities on their honeymoon. - - - - ', - tl - . Bam oat off.-. ' (Jearaal Special serrlee.! St Petersburg, Sept 1 1 Cpmmunl- catloa with Baku Is cut and It I feared that the situation la worse 'than ever, Tha last dispatches were ominous. A ' It suggests .throwing' down the negligee wr tne s stif bosom Shirt throwing" ' out the "summer straw, for , the new derby, throwing off ;tbe gauze underwear for the medium weight and talcing; off the low shoes for the -high ones putting ' on the autumn clothes in time to, wear the new stylesbefore every other man has ap ; peared in his ; - , - ' KcivFcnSiiit .... . - Youl"rbe surprised, to 'learn what f 10 to ?S0 will do for you here in the way ol supplying you " with a Jiandsome outfit. , . COME IN AND SEE."-": .Also everything that , boys ' - . - wear.- J y. . IricnCwTHmsQ t Cus Kuhn-Prc, Outfitter to Men and Boys , 16 nd 1M Third Etreet Nr Morrlon. ----- '- September SttnnesttoiisA C.