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Newspaper Page TextjJODED HORSES BY THE thready' famous Droyesand : Herds Are Quartered at Ex- y-f?i position Show Site. LIVESTOCK DISPLAY V; SURE TO BE A SUCCESS Breeder of Entire. West Are Either Here : or- Reserving i Space . and Noted Animala Are Arriving Every Hoorr - The attendance of ' the UwU e and Clark exposition up until 4 11:10 o'clock this morning l.tie.7 Testerday'g tlr ; attends ' ance wss 14.01.,..;;.;,..' ' Across Oulld'a laka and behind the Government building the moat out-ef- the-way apot on tha fair groundsthere ' Is great activity In tha lntereat of tha S Uvea lock how, which la to open on 3aptcmbr it. Cars containing prise cattla of aH tha world ara san-Wlng at ha gate of 10 td'IO each-day, and there i no-longer any doubt la tha. mlnda of no offlclale that thla will ba tha great st exhibition livestock' ever made n tha west. Within three or four daya th. h.rn extensive aa ibey are. will ba filled with blooded cattle, aheep, horaea and awlna. ; ' V'".w Forbeo Brothers, McLaughlin Brothera fliidf rroueh at Son. breadera of Interrta- tlonaJ repute, will arrive noon with their l.erda of lne horaes. The Shorthorn herd of tha Tebo Land Cattla company of Missouri, and tha famoua nereiorae ot Btewarda Htrfcheon ara expected at any time. Advlcee have been received from many other well-known breeders that their herda will arrive on time. Luke M.JEmeraoD,bl2Bowllnfareen. IdlaaourC-wtU come to lue snow wun two carloads of fine mules. - - Throe oarloada of the- famoua Pierce nerd ot Holatelna from Sacramento are due to arrive today. C B. Ladd'a fa moua herd of Shorthorna-wlll come from North TemhIH today, aa will the Short?. horn Tierd of J. It. Glide Son of Sac ramento. --- p. Graves of" Spokane is already at the exposition with , bis renowned ttrA f Durham. - - ' . ''.- - ' "Noble Knight." a bull Weighing J,50 pounda and valued at 11.000, and tha noted cow welcome, ooia own uj H. . W. - Peel f , Spokane, and forming part of hla famoua shorthorn herd, are in ona of th cattle-barns. W. E. Welle of Hastings, Nebraska, haa arrived with hla noted Imported Oldenburg .Bullion,' simus." and two other Btalltona of re. ' pute.-" 'vM,t-'- ... ,--. i 7 During the. atoj-m a-few nights are. ' the Immense' tent, temporarily need aa a feedhouse, -waa -blown "down and a considerable quantity of f orate apolled. Following are the Judgee appointed for the llvestork show.) Horsee R.B. Ogllvle of iChlcago, , superintendent; F. H. Dob eon of Marlon, Iowa, and Profee - aor C F. Curtlsa, of Aawi, 'Iowt. : Beef rattle George ? Gammle ' of Portland, Oregon, euperintendent; B. O. Cowan, Chicago; George P. Bellows, Marysvllle. Miaaourl, and C. A. 8tannafd, Emporia, Kansas. Dairy cattle-W. RSpantuj ""TJallaa.'Jiaai Profeaaor C78.-Plumb Columbus, Ohio. Sheep Richard Glb- eon of Delaware, Ontario,- and Pwlght Lincoln of Mllford Center, Ohio. Swine G. Q Council of Vandalla, Illinois. ' Goats George F. Thompson of .Waah- " Ington. DlBtrlct of Columbia. . . . . . FITZGERALD BELIEVES' HE VMS. FOOLED . .' .JDjuty : City AttorneyJsSorry ;f to. , LetWackerow"! and It'r :, rlagan Go'Tree. ; IERD " ,- Thoroughly angered by what lha.de? clares to be an Imposition. Deputy City Attorney FKsgerald announcedJili)jLaffe irin-n ttirrjnifrfiarV'ti-i1''" i I r'"" - ' tiff."anf August Hagan, manager of tha Doctor, saloon, : located on Stark, be , tween Fourth and Fifth streets, will be , again required to appear la the police ,- court and answer a charge of allowing , disorderly women to frequent their place ; of business. . .. l . Owing to misrepresentation which ha ' aaya he haa -found were practiced on him and on Police Judge Cameron, the --charge against the. manager of the aa- i loon was indefinitely 'postponed - thla "morning. , " , 'Wackerow la an associate of Thomas MeOlinn, whoae license aa proprietor of . the Toaedo saloon wss recently rf voked by the city council , '... ,' " .s. COUSINS ELOPE AND ; POLICE SEEK THEM - The police are looking for" a IS year- old boy "with red hair." and a girl two . years younger, who 'at tlmea haa t ""squint in her eyes,!LTheyare -charged . "with eloping from Independence, Oregon, - and are believed to be Hi thla city. ' Claud Cox la the name of the lad and ' Myrtle Cox of the girl; they are first ' cousins. The. request to locate them is was sent Chief of Pollbe Grltsmacher by Constable J. H. Uoran of Independ ' ence.' ', ...... "They ran away Sunday night about t o'clock," writes the officer, "and trarf . eled In a livery rig. They went first to .Salem, and are -believed to have gone from there to Portland!" , HIGH PRICE OF WOOL CLOSES PR0V0 MILLS . . earaat Seeeia. arriea.t Provo. Utah. Sept 1l.--Direetoif ".of he Proeo Woolen mil la announce that they will close, down the plant Indefi nitely, owing to the high price of wool. The concern la the oldest home industry In Utah. Senator Reed Smoot for yeara waa manager. Maneger Cutler Is one of ha heatlest atpckholdei rargea iraaae to Cheek; - : . " tteeeUt raapstee) te The Jeemall- ' ' Pendleton. Or SepL II.- While Sher iff Taylor was at Weaeel'a atore looking "tof B. F. Hodge, for an attempt to raeh a ralaed check. Hodge passed a forged erdeg upon S. C. Bltner for tit.. The nrder was signed by . Oeorge Fleming. the money waa left with Bltner for K. It, Taylor, whom Hodge Imperson ated. lldga ktnie the receipt and than I urged the order and t seeped. - THE TIIJSJSIIOnEJO -ttllORELD ; Sw?djshhtin - PoriarB Artet ajhiarkably ', Successful Season. f - says singing makes v :: allwomen very fat The Prima Donna Hat, a Charming Manner, and Talks Pleaaantly of ' Her Tours' and of National Char- Ua.MMin - ,lrrt i ,n,. i.ii.n,.,i.,i acteristke. . .. -.;. y . t Am urn Norelir tells the wortd that- Portland 1st her home and glve a proud smile aa sho aaya It, And ahe-haa not lived here for five yeara. . Madame Norelll waa born jn fHOCK" holm, Sweden, where-aha received her early training. Coming to -America at 1( yeara of age, ahe Bang nrsv Swedish ladlea' quartet. . Later ahe gave up singing and married Dr. Erneat Bar ton, who uvea in roruana.' yeara of married tife have been here, and alx years were apent here, with ln termlaaloris In " California and other places,' and then two .yeara of concert work were given to Portland. " . "And I love thla place and alwaya call It my home. StllJ, It did not offer acope l"Madame NorellL (r. enough for the work' that I ; wanted to do, bo I went away. I went to rana, where I did mostly reportolre work, and the past three yeftra I havebeen doing only concert-and operatic work with much aucceea." Popularity and success have; been known to eever relationship with aweet neas of character, but not hi the xase of Madame Norelll. She haa the eharm of the woman -who. knows that, ahe haa been successful, but cAnnot quite un derstand why, and I by turna grateful and wondering. .Extremely youthful In appearance, - she la - full - of color- and vivacity, and her quaint accent, irom ner mother country aeems to complete the equipment of a natural prlmadonna. "oh. I waa so small and paie, dui now you see how fat 1 grow. -n-r-r - . - x Stoglas" "Causas Obesltyv "RinvinK does all that, and I think that I am very big. hut wnen i appear in Co vent ' Garden they all any, 'Such youthful. alanderneBB... which -makea me laugh. I cannot explain . ini th. others are so big they reach all tntifil tie." ' ' - ' And she fnmJfjt Ing ao young. - ' wh(n I make uo. my featurea look so small, and there la auch a roundneaa that every one laughs wnen i appear as Hilda -in. Riaoletta. Then it waa all ririrf . because she Is only IS. Melba mitt look funny as Gllda: but after all the singing la the Important part and the looka do not matter." Madame Norellt made her flret hit In London at Covent Garden-three years ago when ahe receive In the morning a telegram asking her to take Madame Melba'a Dlace that evening aa OUda, a the rreat nrlma donna waa 111. ' - "I had to go without any preparation and I waa nervous. When I look. out at that hla crowd and aee royalty In front of me , waiting to hear the great Melba f wa verv frightened. Then Mancan elll. lh great orchestra leader, came uo behind and asked ir I waa paie. ' no, I say, 'and anyway I have put on ao much rouge that no one will ever guess And he said I could never fall If 1 felt like that. ' And I dldnH. -The an dlence'was most kind to me and ahow ered me with flowers, and then I was naked to substitute for Melba again In Travlata" and after that I could Bing there alwaya." ' Base? for JtoyalVy. ' ' Hut the mnddme grows moat enthusi astic :over her fatherland, ' where ahe ana three retire ago. Sho went to Sweden from Italy, .and auld the effect of the amazing contrast between- tne two countries waa wonderful.- "Such a big, atrong, whole-souled and warm-hearted . people, v.lf I -could eay that they are the -eweetest people on earth and the most -musical. .- She sang before the crown prince at thevpslace, and so delighted wsa he that he exacted a promise that she would re turn1 in two years. .. He-jm-t her again In London when, his marriage, waa rele brated and reminded her of the unkept promlee,. and arrangements were made at once that In February ahe -would give three royal converts In Chrlntlanta. Madame Norelll haa sung In America, too, with aucceas, and took Sembrtch'a place In "LuclaJlwhlol she-had Sung during her season Mn Milan. The Ital lans, she say a, are the moat enthusiastic people ot all. If you do an especially fine trio or an excellent high note they will break Into the middle of your air with "Brave" and force -you to wait till they have shown their appreciation. It la Inspiring yet rather disconcerting and maybe dlscourteoua buUMa- their- way. The English are the kindest, audlencca on earth, ahe aaya, and they seem to re alise that their approval means much for your auccess, but they are always a little reserved, in - their expression. ) - N OREGON' DAILY JOURNAL. The Americans, are generous and enthu ataauc. and whatever they like they let themselves out to ahow. it. But they ara not so critical aa the Scandinavian Net year madama will Jiave the oppor tunity to atudy her reception In India and Australia, where ahe goee on an ex tended tour. - . - " . i . Makeup Trlgkteaed alar Baaark. Madame Norelli'B children. Hlldor, a son of It. and Harglt,jt are with her most of- the time.- and the latter shows a. jJerlded-laienL. for. music . I have great hopea for her." aaid the mother, "for ahe haa . a perfect ear. a sweet voice and lovea music dearly. But I will not let her hear opera yet. Walt till ahe grows older and can understand It." She la too excitable now. Once I took her to : my dreeatng-room and ahe begged to 4e taken away when aha aaw me chanKs!i- under tha makeup. And ao ahe haa never Been me on the stage" Madame Nio relit will be gladly wel comed by anany frlende in the city and the concert' w4ilch la being prepared for tha end of the month will be an event in mualcal life. . Bhe la to give selections fmm tha nneraa ii which she haa made hea great-. s uoeess ea -emd-wlilr-eJao-' give aome Scandinavian songs. . ."There Is nothing Ilka grand opera, and In Italy they will not have anything else. ' How Sobumann-Helnk could go Into light operaI could not understand. I waa very much shocked, for X admire her very much. But those who already have their namea made' can da these things and we cannot. - I too had a very tempting -offer of that kind in London and you , would, not believe the prices they offer you. ' But I could not take It. IIEfMlilAIL 11F IIEUTH m , i , ' , . Captain of Whaler Jeanette Will ; Be Arrested on' Arrival at V ' the Bay City. y SERIOUS CRIMES ALLEGED "AGAINST COMMANDER Sailor-StOTWbotay "' " L I Cruel to a Girl. Sold Whiskey to ' the Indiana and Triced Him 'by the Thumbs. " ' . '-.-'' Serious charges.- Including brutality and' possibly murder, will be lodged against Captain Neuth of the whalfhg steamer Jeanette when he reaches San Francisco , early In November from Alaskan watera, according to Steve Tal bot, a aiitlor who has Just arrived from the far north. . , I ; v "I am on the way to San Franclsto to awear out a complaint against Csptaln Neuth." said Talbot thla morning. . "A warrant waa Jssued for his arrest at Nome, but before It could be served the Jeanette sailed and the-captain made his escape.'-' ' .--l..-,.--....,,,,.... "Whlle we were lying at Nome a num ber of Esquimaux, came on board to trade. Among them waa a 1 1-year-old girl, who was. seised by the captain. When the mother went to the rescue of her dauahter'the'' . captain struck her over the head with a club, knocking her senseless. Borne - of the ... crew rushed ashore and told the authorities, but be fore the police appeared the Jeanette set sail. A couple of days later the Bear went In pursuit of the whaler. "Prior to this a stop waa made1 further up the coast and the akltfper sold whls key to the Indlarjs. When they became i craxy drunk they burned a woman at the atake. and It Is reported that a couple of men were killed. "While at. sea the captain struck Clarence Johnson, a San Francisco boy. over the-head with a coal shovel and he Is -now at Nome a raving maniac. Because I was sick and could not do a piece of work assigned me the eaptatn kicked and beat me until I waa almost dead.- Then he pinned me to the wall of the forecastle by the thumbs and. let me hang Just ao that my toes would touch the floor. Occasionally he would let me down, beat me and inquire now I liked It When the boat reached Port Clarence I made my escape and stowed awar e-n the barkentlne James Johnson, which was preparing to sail for T coma. '-.- These are only a part pr the Crimea of which, that man wll hive to answer when he arrlvea at nan rwneisco. - i as "'. V HEAVY RAINSJCAUSE. f LOONHEPPNErffth next witness He and" Ms wife took (BdkUI Dlssatch te The lonrast) ', Heppner, Or., Sept. II. Heavy rains In the hills above this place yesterday afternoon caused conslderame nign water here last night No one was in jured and no. serious damage was re ported, . the Uropa and hay all being safely out of the wT of the water. The roads were cut up badly m aome dla trlcte. ? , The water reached thla place about T o'clock. The creeka rose rapidly and were soon over their banks. The O. R. & N. Co.'e yards were ' entirely flooded for about two hours. It I thought the track below here will prob ably be waahed out In several place where It forma the bank of the creek. The rain waa badly needed to prepare the ground for fall plowing. MURDER REPORTED IN TYGH VALLEY COUNTRY - -." . ' (Bpeelil Dispatch to The Journal.) ' The Dalles, Or.. Sept 11. It was re ported here yesterday afternoon that Dick Bennett, or Darnell, waa murdered about eight miles from Tygh valley oy Charles Underwood Both are farmera. Bennett waa shot with a revolver. ftheriff Sexton and Coroner Burgett left Immedlatery for the Bcene. ..'raderwood1 surrendered and wllj brought here! No further .particuiara are avaiiauie -until the sheriff returns. - , WEATHER. MAN PROMISES , SUNSHINE TOMORROW LjiAccioVdlng to the weather man the ralnv season at r-oriianu is uoi jr uu. Tonight will be showery and then the olnuda will be brushed awir and th aun will burst forth ln all his glory, The weather will also be warmer and straw hats In demand. - Since the last rain started It Increased' the annual pre' elpltatlon by.T of an Inch.. It la net helieved there waa a sufficient rain fall to Increase the depth of the river, Want. te See the Books. A motion haa been filed to allow Thomas O'Day and Joseph Simon, at torneve for George H. Williams and others In their suit against. Welle, Fargo av Co.. to examine the books of the Com merclal bunk and of Weljs. Fargo Co. The books are in. possession of the Wells-Fsrgo company. The motion will ba acted upon tomorrow morning by Circuit Judge Bears. , ( Wednesday PORTLAND, IIEUJESTDMIS UIJLIKE OLD Witnesses Jru Land Fraud Cases Tell Previous .Stories With ' Many Variations. ; . ONE; ADMITS HE WISHED. ... TO FAVOR DEFENDANTS Defense Alto Scores a Point by Forc . ing Government's Men to Give Evl- Showings., '-:r ' .': ;. ; ' Witness after witness In the federal court Is telling the familiar story of the timber land transactions which led to the Indictment of Congressman Wil liamson and hla associates.. . In the main the evidence la substantially the same aa on thelwo prevloua trials, yet some new facts have heen developed. which are .likely to play an Important part In deciding the reault - . The admission 'of John S. Watklns, one of the government's witnesses, that on the former trials he had colored; hla testimony go. as to favor the defendants, waa a atrong point for the prosecution and will doubtless play a eonaplcuous part in the district attorney's argument to the-Jury. ' . On the other hand, counael ' for the defense succeeded this morning In In volving two of the government's wit nesses. W. J. Craln and George Gay lord. In- atatemanta that seemed at vari ance with the documentary evidence In the case, and while the contradiction lb not In Itself Important It may raise a doubt aa to the accuracy of the wit nesses' recollection of facts- much mop material. - - Where Watkims Forgot, . " On the former trlale Watklns testi fied that when he took up a timber claim at the Instance of Blgga-and Gesner he Intended to aak t0 or 11.000 tor it when he had acquired title, and he said to ln, - . .t t A tkla defendanta unless they would pay this price. On croeswexamlnatlon by Judge Bennett. Watklng said yeaterday after noon that while he had given that tee tlraony be did it to -favor the defen4j ' 'i'dW'noMgan lie, but I did want to favor then," be explained. .' L , ' Judge Bennett "wag plainly " Taken abackr by the unexpected atatement and he questioned the witness closely In the effort to elicit n admission that his changed story was due to Intimidation by the prosecuting attorney. Watklns Insisted, however, .that he had not been threatened or coerced, although he ad mitted that Heney had aald to him that he, th dletrlctttorney, waa a "mart to be feared" and that he had better tell the truth.' - ' - : , Wilfrid J. Craln waa one of the entry men who took up tlmber- elalma near the Williamson ranch and he testified that it waa hla Intention to convey to Williamson and Gesner when he had acquired title. He asked Biggs If It would be all right for him to file, In view of the understanding with Gesner. . ."Biggs said It would be all right If I didn't- have a contract I didn't think I had a -contract My Idea was that a contract must be In writing. I told him that I Intended to let Williamson and Gesner have the claim. Another Contradiction. - ietlnnoTgeaylorar."' another entryman. went to Biggs' office on De cember I; 1903, in order to make final proofs , on their claims, ,The witness thought that It waa the same day 'when they, were - told by Gesner that they would have te relinquish their claims, and Gesner at the name time gave them each a check for the filing 'fees which they had paid. ' - '. ' ' ff - Judge Bennett r produced' the check that, waa given to Craln and It proved to be dated December 11, or three daya after the date he had given- In spite of the discrepancy the witness persisted in his original story, i . ) "I - think - the check must ' have heen dated wrong." wae his only- explanation. George .Gaylord became Involved In a similar contradiction. As he has been an important . wltneas for toe govern ment. . the contradiction waa . evidently regarded by the defense-as of Importance.- . . . ' ... '-'(,', Joel E. Calivan, an entryman who did maier wee up clalma aa the ' reault of the offer made by Gesner.. 'When - Calivan went to file before Btgga, he asked the latter about the atatement in the affidavit that he waa taking the land for hla own use and benefit. Biggs replied that the 17S he was to get from Gesner waa for his own benefit, bo that he could ..irif iiiiut tiro aiiiu., ii, On the other hand Calivan aald that Gesner told him that he would be under, no obligation to sell to the defendants, and added that they could not make any contract. - a . 'z Conversation With Oesnsr, Mff Heney questioned the .witness about a conversation with Gesner before the present trial, in which Gesner aald to him-.. "You know there waa no con tract for the sale of the land." . Calivan said that such conversation occurred snd that Gesner asked him up to -his room, but the witness declined, fearing that, befwas shadowed by the govern ment detectlvee and that he might get Into trouble. --',", . .. "He said he didn't want to bribe me and I told him 'No,. Of course not.' " con tinued Calivan. A man "waa standing near and both Gesner and the witness supposed he might be a detective. ' Before 'the first trial Gesner said to Calivan that the defense .might want him aa a witness. ''I said I didn't know A I could do them much good and 1 could only tell -the truth. Gesner aald that waa all they wanted." ' . Took Claim to Sell It. " Jefferson. D. Evans, the last witness at this morning's 'session, wss an Im portant wltnesa for ' the government. After he had filed on a claim designated by the' defendants hla application was changed without hla knowledge, ao as to- appiy o anoiner irm vi im nu, xne same thing was done with an applica tion m'Tde by hla wife. Evans testified that he did not authorise the changes and did not know of them. He wag not familiar with either the lattd originally described nor with that, substituted for rt. He expected to sell to Williamson ancT Gesner for $600, provided he could not get more. He did not tell Gesner, however, that he might sett to some one else, for fear that Oeener would not lend him the money to prove up. Special .Agent , Neuhausen went to PrlnevlDe In 1904 to Investigate timber entries and lust before he' csme Evans recetved a ' letter from'Oesner advising him to relinquish big claim, for fesr of trouble, i Gesner had previously written to the same effect concerning the claim of Mrs, Evane. One of these letters Evans showed to Neuhausen. . After ward he met Geiner oa the street and evenino.1 the latter asked him to destroy tha letters,-' -.' . Bvaas Admits Contested Vote. . " Oir this and the prevloua trlale Evane testified that he could not remember signing any note for the money ad vanced by Oesner.. ,The note was pro duced, however, by the- defense ana Evens admitted hla signature. ne thought he must have algned the note without knowing what It waa. "It muet have been folded up, covered up with- another paper or fixed In aome way ao that 1 didn't know what I was signing,' said Bvane. .--'. When Judge Bennett handed tne note to the wltneea and naked him to read It aloud, the task waa evidently too much for Kvana. After reading aloud one or two. words he stopped short and asked; -- .---- "Do I have to read thla out iouot "Mr. Bennett doesn't always like the inflectlona I give whan I read anything out loud, ao that la probably the reason he wants you to read It. ooservea rte- ney sarcastically, ' . ' f "Well. I don't care about reading it aloud." said -Evans, after.aatnfe pre-, tracted study 'of the paper.- Judge Ben nett did not -press the matter runner, satisfied with bis demonstration that Evans' knowledge of the contents of a written or-printed Instrument would not be materially enhanced by looking It over. . -,,-- "; .'-.' ' OXLAHOMA r.'URDJRERS ARE driveii mo:.i CITY . Green and .Whitehead, Arrested at Baker Crty,.Followed Over . State by Word.' 4- Samuel Green and Peter Whitehead, arrested at Baker City, charged with the murder of Sheriff Bollard and Dep uty Sheriff Cogburn of Roger Mills county, .Oklahoma, on June 10, lsuz. spent . several days In Portland a few weeks ago: Sheriff Word end his depu ties have .been searching the northyest for them for five weeks, and several times misaed them by a few hours only. " Several weeke ago Sheriff Word re ceived a description of the jnen and at once began to look for them. He learned that they were at Dallas, Oregon, travel ing In a wagon. The men were traced to FultoBv-a.-suburb-of this city, where plana were made to capture them, but learning of thla they left. From Fulton they were traced to Dayton, Washing ton, where Deputy Sheriff Downey spent several days looking for "them. Next they were heard, of near Baker City and Sheriff - Word and Deputy Downey atayed around the eastern Oregon city for some- time looking for them. Yes terday . they were . captured- by E.B. Jackson, chief of the Baker City police, A reward of (1.000 waa offered for the. arrest of Green and Whitehead; 1600 by the territory of Oklahoma and It 00 by friends and relatives of -the murdered sheriff. AWAKES TO FIKD HIS WIFE COLD III DEATH - , ""-T ; . ..... : Alfred " Downing Haa Terrible Shock at an Early. Hour . ' v- - Tnia Morning. V - ? Alfred Downing, a draftaman tn tha United States engineering office, and residing at 181 Ross street, this morn- ing -awoke and found hie -wife dead- side him.' - - - -,' Mrs. Isabel Downing died of heart disease, but had been troubled for aome time with dyspepsia and rheumatism and her lUnesa waa not considered .serl- lous, . Yesterday she visited the exposi tion with a sister-in-law from Tacoma. Mr. Downing states that he swoke sbout o'clock this morning and spoke to hla wife about breakfast.: . .. .. . Recelvlna no reply, he touched her And found that her face waa pale and cold. Hastily calling ma aister ne went for Dr. Jeffries, who could only tell nlm that his wife was dead. . Coroner Flnley was also called. ". Mr. Downing States that his Wife got up-In- the- night to takesome medicine for dyspepsia. -. , No funeral arrangements have been made, aa the husband Is awaiting word from sons residing at Fort Stevens and New York - City. The eon at Fort Stevens was planning to visit hla mother next -Friday. He is connected ;with - .w-.e-t ti mi T in HfW6tXi' an associaie eoiior o one of Gotham a leading newspapers. CHIEF CAMPBELL WILL - ANSWER KADDERLY Chief David Campbell 'of the Portland fire department will have Investigated statementa recently made by J, J. Kad derly In criticism of the department's work at the east aide fife which con sumed Mr. - Kadderly's property on Grand and Union avenues. A few daya after the conflagration, Mr. Kadderly aald that the department-had not been properly handled, and was specrflo In his allegations. " -..' "As soon as the present convention of Paclfla coast fire chiefs haa ended."- aald a close, friend of Chief Campbell today, "he will undertake to answer the criti cisms of Mr. Ksdderly. He believes that Mr. Kadderly' a remarks were not lust, and will aak for an Investigation In which he expects to be sble to prove that the department labored under great disadvantages In tha lire In questfon, and under the circumstances the firemen were handled properly and did excellent work.'-- i ' ' ' It la known that Chief Campbell feels keenly tbe Strictures of Mr. Kadderly. Only the fact that the convention waa to be held In a few days caused him to drop the matter temporarily. ; ROBERT BANE KILLED IN RUNAWAY AT, HELIX r - -' ("pedal Dispatch te The ioaro.ll Pendleton. Or., Sopt. It. Robert Bane, aged 2 years, employed In a store at Helix, fixed a telephone wire near Helix Snd started to get in nis Duggy. rnun der scared hie horeee. they started to run. 'hie duster caught In the wheel and he "waa thrown between the whoels and dragged a mile, when the runaway waa atopped by a wheathauler. Both of his krma and lega were broken, hla skull fractured and his body Is covered with big bruises. His clothes were torn off, except around the upper part of hla body. His parents live - In Montreal, Canada, He died shortly after. -' Oorrallla Clamaen Zadieted. : (gptclar Dispatch to The JoerasL) Cnrvsllls. Or.. Sept. II. It . la aa thorlteUvely stated that four or five Indictments wllj be filed at ( o'clock thla afternoon by Proeecutlng Attorney Brysnn, against members or managers of the Corvsllls Athletic, club for selling liquor in violation of the local option law. Namea ara not obtainable today. MJISII AT STEIIf EDICT War Corrjmandscl to Buy Spoons at th Fair or Else Not 1 to CIva. Tham Away. j t DID THEY MEEKLY OBEY V rOMrrCCiriKI DIDFftTftP? They, Did ' Not and Art Asking ( What the Corporation ' la Goinf -DoAbotrTlt and Whea It -la Going to Happen. - . ' r,, shall not Viva awav any souve nir spoons to the wives and daughters and sweethearts of the Hoo Hoo on the .viuialllAii TMtnAm. unless1 VOU-'bUV them of a eertaln ConcesBlonaJre, wrote John A. Wakefield, director of conces sions, U- Mrs. Kdyth TOBler westnerreo. tha women's committee en entertainment of the Hoo Hoo. ' The committee gave away tne spoons. nevertheless. - '' When the letter from Director Weke fleld waa received at trie headquarters of the women's committee at the Port land hotel. Just before tbe banquet Which was given Baiuraay evening .h Inn. all aorta of emotions were In evidence. Some looked sorrow fully on the 160 worm or souvenir - v i.k t.. k..n hnu.hL and won- JIWII. W 11111 vwa. dered what they, would do with- the pretty baubles. Others were ln.oonster- nstlon, ror tney naa mpiwiwi v -pnoprlation for entertaining their Hoo Hoo women guests, and the spoons ware on hand and , must be disposed ot . In some manner. - - Moat embarrassing of all. the gueate k.i k rA nf tha Intention to bestow K-m tha anuvenir snoona and were -. . ... , awaiting the banquet, with added P'"- ure on that account - am wn w,,iK,mi ttmA had time to think, she arose before the committee and said: - "We will give those souvenir spoons to our guests tonight,. Or die In the at tempt." i . , T4jkt night the spoons were -amino-. a Ivm mnA ttanahters of the visiting HooyJIbo. and now tbe commit tee a- awaiting to team wmi miuu m" exposition officials wilt take. ' 1 "Wa ware hlahlv lndlanant." said Mrs, Weatherred -today. . "Is It not absurd that one cannot go-Jupon tne exposiuon grounds ana give away anyming ne Miit, . T nMiiima a. .Tiiunf .man could not buy a box of candy downtown ana take it to tne lair grounas ana give It to hla sweetheart. "Well, we gave away those souvenir spoons, snywsy, and-1 don't care what the exposition officials aay or do about it. . They were pretty spoons. . too, and fuin.ht tham ahtri -we -wanted to. snd not of the particular concessionaire whom Mr. Wakefield mentioned In hla letter to me, commanding tnat we ettner buy them according to his, directions or keep them off the fair grounds. "I do not hesitate to ask what legiti mate reason Mr, Wakefield, had for do ing as he did. and wnat, ir any, interest he had In tbe concessionaire be men tioned." . J . I' T. ' ' MRS; SMITH'S HUSBAND r A BAD ACTOR, SHE SAYS - tK.t,l-'-..-fclll-l hiS wife. N- U Smith, musician and actor, was arrested this afternoon, by Acting Detective HUlyer. J ii, ;; : , s r Mrs. Jennie Smith says her nuanand la a good musician, but a "bad actor." For some time, she avers, he haa re enaawt tn work, anil haa freouently forced her to give him money. She' had to separate from mm tnree weeaa ago, sne ae r . r-- He told her he' would "shoot her head e Qk. i.. a noun at tha Oriental concession 1 on the fair grcnlnda, and Blnce uttering - this threat, she alleges, her husband haa aeveral ,tlmes waited for her at-1 tne gats ana ens naa own obliged- to - have, the guards escort- her from the grounds snd protect her, The epupie .nave two nine mkjjm, wn are at Astoria - with Mrs. Smith's Judge Cameron aet smith s dsu , at $S0O. He has not oeen sdis to . una sureties...',. ' " . . . SUSPECTED OF ROBBING POSTMASTER. MINT0 H. El Floyd -was arrested this after noon bv Detectlvee Day and Vaughn, on suspicion that It was he who broke Into the house of Postmaster Mlnto recently and atole hla pocketbook. .His deten tion wss caused by a discovery of Con stable Lou Wagner, who received a war rant from San Francisco for the arrest of Floyd on a charge of leaving tbe city without peylng hie board DHL Wagner went with Floyd to hla room. Ninth and Couch streets. - snd there chanced to aee a skeleton key . which Floyd had dropped. He -Informed the detectives, who went . to the room and found writing of Floyd's which corre- apondfl to that on the envelope in which Mr.- Mlnto's pocketbook waa returned to him the other day.-'No charge haa been laid against Floyd, but the case Is under Investigation. .J SEAWOLF AND HIS SHIP . . ARRIVE AT-VICTORIA v t I - I 1 " - . . (gperUI Dtapateh to The JoaraatT Victoria, B. C, Sept. it. The alleged pirate beat the sealing schooner Car- mendlta, entered here last evening un der the name of Acapulco. - Captain McLean gives out no ' addi tional Information relative to the voy age. Hie ease Is being investigated by the customs department here. . No .con clusion has been reached yet. - . Wilson, who Is aald to represent cred itors of the schooner In Sen. Frsnclsco, Is . here, but also refuses to give out any Information as ' to his Intentions. The crew Is anxious to get Deck-to van Frsnclsco - and some .arrangement ' may be made to' enable them.--:. -..-'.. . ' -1 -. ' .. - Alloe of Ol - Veklaf. (Journal Sntelsl Servlee.! - Peking, 8ept It. Alice Roosevelt and party are' Bight-seeing today. Tomorrow they will be granted an audience at the Imperial palace.. The Chinese, who have been . accustomed ' to the ' ceremonious visits of tbe European princes cannot understand the unoatentation-and , In formality of the Americans.. ' . Swedes Analng Tyontler.l--"-"--(joersal Bpeelsl Servlee.l- - Chrlstlanla, : Sept. . II. Norwegian delesntes. In passing the frontier today returning to the Ksrlatad conference, met along the railway many Swedlah troops hurrying to reinforce. .troops of the more advanced detachments, .- 3iHK1)ED IS ALLEGED Suit Brought for Possession of' Two Acres in City View Park' ; by Daisy Knapp. " . ' PAID TAXES BUT HAD - - 'I , . A; CLOUDED TITLE Then r Bought Sheriffs Claim ' and Had jfewvEeed , Made, s but" Still -Finds Difficulty In "Gaining Con trol of the Property. ' A suit haa ben filed In the circuit court by-- Delay B. Knapp against the Savings eV Loan society for nearly two . acres or land In City View Park addW . t Ion of Portland. She alleges that on November to. .Ill, ahe purchased cer- . tain ' property from Richard B.. Knapp for-54)00. - but "through Inadvertence, accident and the mutual mistake of the r partlea. as well as that of the scrivener preparing the deed for execution,, the property , was Incorrectly designated and described In the deed." . . - It Is alleged that the deed described another piece of land In -the same addi tion. ,. The piainttrr states tnat ene bag paid all the Uses and other legal as sessments on the property, but that the' discovery of the mistake wss made on October 0, -100, when R. 8. Knapp-gave '. her a, new deed. Meanwhile the Savings Loan society had brought' suit against Richard B. ' Knapp to foreclose a mortgage for ia.4. , The suit was won by the company, and -on March f, 187, prop erty that formerly belonged to Knapp Was sold for 1174.M7. The plaintiff then states that on May tt, 1100, the so ciety discovered the Inaccuracy of the description of the land Intended to be conveyed to her and cauaed an execution to be Issued by the clrouit court upon -the Dronertr. Thla order -waa -taanad. and on June i, 1)00, the property waa soia at public auction ror loo. On learning .of this - sale, .Daisy B. Knspp statea that aha redeemed the property the ' following November , by ' paying 150 and coats to , the sheriff but that the property had not been re- turned to her, the society Insisting upon the payment of the unsatisfied portion ' of the Judgment against Richard. B, Knapp. f The-tmirTUVskea to Issue a decree adjudging that-the Savings at Loan society has no right to the property of Delay Knapp. - - .-., FIRECHIEFS 17ARLTLY PRAISE LOCAL OEPPM- Delegates to the Convention Say . . Portland's Is Best in th . .Far West.' L ''Incendiarism- was one of the prln- clpal topics of discussion at tha eonven- tlanof Are chiefs this forenoon. Thomss -Deaay's paper on the aubject waa read by the secretary, and discussion ensued In which many- took part.' A paper by W. B. Brockman, chief of the - Daven port, Washington, Are department on "Volunteer Fire Departments was read - aad discussed. ,- 4 - No. session was held this afternoon, ". but Instead an exhibition drill was given by the crew of the fire be t Oeorge H. Wllllama at 4 o clock, when the pro-' lector of -the waterfront was made to show the strength of its engines and -, pumps. The visiting nre enters were highly entertained and instructed. - The convention will meet this -evening at I o'clock In Turn Jialle.'Tourth ' and Tamhtll streets,- when other papers will be taken up for debate. . The wlvea and daughters of the visit Ing chiefs will be entertained this even- " Ing at the Belasoo theatre - by Mrs. David Campbell, wife of Portland's chief. . l ne nre cmeis nmw wvn invwn in . detail the Portland department and speak In praise of Hi' efficiency. Many.. say that it la reputed along the coast - ' to be the best department n tha fss wwrrrimcmTW'salf that the chiefs rely largely upon Chief Campbell'a opinion . on mooted qasstlona. - - WAITERS MAKING BIG PLANS FOR FIRST Between SO and 100 Invitations have' been sent out by the Portland waiters , club for -Its first annual ball, to be given at Merrill hall the evening of Saturday, September if. A committee composed of Fred Kramer of the Quelle, R. H. Cramoton of the Tavern, and ' Scott Breckenrldge of Kruse's have been at , work on elaborate arrangements and win try to set a- high standard for future annual functions of the organisation. Charley - Bradley, head , waiter at the Commercial club, haa charge of admis sions to the ball. - . .-". The. Walters' -club waa organised last July, and haa been a success from the start. Philip Howard la president, R. H. Crampton Is . vice-president, Fred Kramer is treasurer, Claude Carroll, re- ' cording secretary; Challe Bradley, financial secretary, and C. J. .Marsh manager. . PRESIDENT CENSURES FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT . ). - '-f i (Jeoraal Spectsl serrtce.) -Oyster Bay. Sept II. The president in a letter repudiates an alleged Inter view" cabled to the Petit Parialen. re cabled to New Tork and published tbls morning, by Gaston Charles Rinehard. who secured an audience for himself snd the correspondent of the Legadre, who sent the alleged Interview. They talked of personal matters. The visi tors said they wished merely to pay their respects, -ae they were passing through the country from the war. ' The letter to Rinehard Is a scathing denun ciation of his methods, snd tbe execu tive declares that the matter printed la. purely fabrication. -Ha says that he con--aiders every aotlon on the part ot Rine hard aa thoroughly dishonorable. ' - ARRANGING ARMISTICE V ; IN NORTH MANCHURIA - ' y fJsaml Sneelsr Servlee.1' Mukden,-- Sept. It. Oenerar Fuka ahlma, representing Oyama, aad General Ovanlvsky, representing Llnlevttch, met at Shadboth station. North Changtufu this morning. It Is -expected It will take eeveral daya to arrange tha terma of the armistice. . ,' , L r;- oh.- ' i A- T ) V . ft, . -