The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, September 16, 1905, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextTin: orcon daxlt jcjtj:ai; rcsTLAiro. r V V a w l).',ui Cil : Unstasonafcla Downpour Causss ' Much Disappointment at tha -faJfTht Afternoon CUT THE UTTLE ONES ARE THERE IN NUMBERS About Fifteen Hundred of the Love liest Child fa the .Whole World .Compete for Handsome Prise fa v. the Auditorium. ... ,-.v..-- 2 Baby da y at the faV waa re '- e - pmelbl e the attend of- X it taa .MDik ud to 11:10 'clock , Z .hi. forenoon. The total admle- A aiona yesterday were IMOS. This Infent-lovlns world will here to go some to find a sreater baby ahow then thet which Is taking plaoe this afternoon at the Lewis end Clark x poettlon. There were 1.800 children .un der the an of 4 yeers oa the groenda at MW and there will be . halt ea many .-. k h. tlma the prise are awarded late this afternoon, rotwltheUnding ve downpour or raia. ' - The rates had nB sooner opened than ' ..tk. -hann huatllni their ehlldren- ta-rma ecrosa th lurn-sUla end-land ing baby buggies to the; guards to pun through the big gate. As tar ea an . eye could see there was a procession or baby carriages aU day. It made Brook lyn's reputation seem like a eeanc W , a homo for the aged. Everywhere there were diminutive vehicles, each of than containing a tiny morael or numansinu. decorated, usually, with blue and pink ribbons. Its hair combed aa carefully ea a, soldier cleans his musket and Its face Immaculate. . . . But all thte preparation,- which cost mother an hour or two of anxioua laoor. counted foruilUle-whee-a-guat-ot wind stirred up the dirt on the mala pleas, playing havoc with the grooming of hun dreds of little ones, xner , for the bulldlnga end the work was done ell over again. . , v Children' of all alses end egee throng the grounds. "They are decked out la all conoelveble styles of eoetumee; Bailer boys, boys In khaki uniforms and the inevitable Buster Brown make-upe ere moat frequently aneountred..wMl oc casional lr youngling as beauUfuI of face, but leas fortunate, drifts acroea " the plaaa, gowned In regal gingham and clasping tightly a teg-doll. Some ef the babee look out upon the crowd with staring eyes, wondering what It is all about. Borne manifest their disapproval! by resorting to luety yells and briny j tears, while othere gurgle and goo ever wall-filled bottles of mater's favorite Infant food. It te a .eight iron may not eee again. ", And youll havo tonurry. Dan McAUen, the proudest man in tha city of Portland today, waa on the scene '.. early. How many of the kids he era braced there is no means- of knowing, but few of them escaped. The complete "suoceea of the show' wee enough to swell his heart te twice its normal else. If It did not. The parade 'bf bebiee that was to have been held at o'clock, was csUd off owing to the rain. Nearly. I0 little onee had been assembled at the New Tork building under the direction, of a committee of mlaaes end mothers, but aa there wea ho' indication of a cessation ef the downpour this feature of the day waa abandoned. The crowd then flocked to the Auditorium, where the babies were taken for the-awarding of . prises. Dan McAllen, author of the day. - delivered - a 1 characterlatlo speech, which could not otherwise , than reconcile the mothers whoa babes re ceive no prises. That all could not win waa evident, but most ef them re ceived souvenir medals and that counted for a good deeL The medals were dis tributed at the gates to the first thou eend children entering. " ' ; A dlatlnctive feature ef the ehow waa tha appearance of two infanta from the : Baby Incubator a boy end a girl regu laxly entered for competition. - That - they will win the prisea for young est and smallest babies is a foregone conclusion. The prizes , were ' divided la eevea claesee and children over I yes re were rrr-admmer-Tof-nWmMmroh.'TT,he Judges ere: Mre. H. L. Flttock. Mrs. T. B. WUcox, lira. A. It Devers. Mrs. Roe Hoyt Mrs. U. H. Mosher. Mra. A. 3. Farmer. , George H. Williams, Judge M. C Oeorge, ,W. A. Cleland. B. 8. Pagua and L. I. Hawklne.. ... TAXES ARE DELINQUENT - WITHIN THREE WEEKS ; Sheriff Word is urging taxpayers to remember that the second half pay " ment of taxes will be due after the first Monday in October, and If not paid on " or before that data, a penalty of 10 per cent will be edded end Interest charged at tne rate or li per cent from April t The delinquent list will bo made up aner uciooer , advertised and aold. ' Tha personal : property taxes - this year amounted to ISS4.07i.7t, agatnat " 404,09.0I last year. JLTp to and Includ . lng April . thla yeer. I4S1.4M.4J waa collected: up to the same tuna last veer. tltS.771,11 was collected, so thst al ready there haa been collected 147.610 40 , more than the entire personal tax laat year amounted to. The delinquent list will be small after tha second half pay ments nave seen naaa. . . - PORTLAND DAY AT V , FAIR A GREAT EVENT . d September to will be observed 4 throughout the city es Portland 4 dsy et the Lewis and Clark expo . e sltlon.. Mayor Lane will Issue e .. 4 proclamation aeklag thet ell 4 ' public offlcee and " business e bouses close and that the peo- ' e pie ualte In making "thia tha e greeteat day In the history of 4 the' evooaition. He has urged 4 tha different commercial bodice :ot tha city. Including the Com mercial club, chamber ef com . e - mere, board of trade and the e ManufaetuiwrB association te ap a point 10 wen each to serve aa s t Joint cosamlttea of arrangementa ( te plsn for the celebration. . 'it Appropriate exerriaae. a fie d 1 1 rate, a program et the exposition e end a grand pyroterhalo display , 4 , t t probably e mardi.grae in the e i e -a hare been arranged. - - ewereee4e)eeV IVICCAT TO BSEAST . - Colorado Hunter Feared toTet ' BnrtetI,ooe test It , Seize : Him by the Throat. ; , Uncrail Special tec . Colorado . Springs, Sept. is; Bare- heeded. hls-'halr disheveled, the blood flowing from a wound in hie fee, with a live wildcat, held to hie chest In close embrace, John Selgel. a ranchman, ran nine mllee in the mountains before find ing helo. 81 gel was hunting grouse and the dos eotnted gam. Beigel advanced, ex pectlng the birds wofjld flush. Inatead a huge wildcat sprang at hla throat. As the forepawa of the animal etruck his chest Beigel dropped his gun and hugged the beast with all hla atrengtu. close to hie cheat 8elgel'e stout hunting Jscket and the tightness of hiarrlD jweventea the beast from biting or scratching him ' , . ' - . After running and walking down the trail. lor nine miles be met two men. one ef whom drew hie revolver end shot the cat in the head, killing It Instantly, v- "I didn't dare let go," Selgel said, rand I was afraid of that wildcat or I wouldn't have held so fast. The cat aiared ud fiercely with He yellow eyes. Its hot breath 'cam Into my face at every leap. Whenever the vlcloua beeat made the alighteet etruggie, -1 nuggea it tighter,-fearing that if I stumbled Its deadly, teeth would be fixed in my tnroei. : . ., TEXAS SELLS MILLIONS r OF ACRES TO SETTLERS TJeersaf Special Barrio. V AuaUn, Tea, Bept. . About .OOO.OOO ecree of state lands, situated In various parts of the state, and heretofore mostly under lease for cattle grasing purposes, were Disced on the market for actual settlers under a law passed by the last session . of the legislature today. The cattlemen have been strongly opposed to the sale of theae lands, end predict that the withdrawal of them from paature parpoaee will work great Injury to the cattle Industry of this state. .Under the law. which goes into erred today, the state lands ere to be sold to actual settlers In tract of from one to eight sections. The price is $1 an acre, narable In eO annual Installments, with t per cent interest. Each purchaser must live upon the lana lor tnreo years to acquire title. After ' the- Bale of theae landa the state will still own' about. 12.- 030.000 acres, , whjch, 4a. under -toaaeto cattlemen,- : .-'-.!-;...-.v..- CRUISER CHARLESTON IS PLACED IN COMMISSION V aaaraal geeeW errlee.t '''"' ? ' Norfolk. Va, ' Bept. 1. With little ceremony the armored cruiser Charles ton, one of the newest end speediest of Uncle Sam'e fighting-craft, yesterday formally become property of the United States government. , The Charleaton waa constructed at Newport ruewe ana naa tte trial trip thia aummer off the New England coast. It attained at that time a speed surpesslng the requirements of the contract. . - - . i The commissioning ceremonies took plaoe about noon.- The eouajdlng ef the bugle wss the signal for hoisting the stars and stripes, while the guard pre sented anna. - Several hundred marines end sailors were on board in addition to the regular craw of S7T men and m num ber of invited guests. . APANESE STEAMER LINE RESUMES AMERICAN RUN V. "v. ' (Jeered gpeeltl terries.) . . Yokohama, Sept. II. The steemshlp America of the Tokio Klsen Kalsha Steamship compeny sailed yesterday tor San Francisco with a full lino of cargo ead paaaengereTThla marke the resump tion of the regular trane-Pactno t raffle of that greet eteamahlp company. The other two !" at earners of that ' com peny, ttie Nippon and the Hongkong, wm go into, service in a rew weeaa. At the beginning of the war the three steamers were - changed into auxiliary cruisers and have been In commission In that capacity ever since. Recently they were returned to 1 the ateamahlp com pany and will resume their regular freight end pessenger service, s C0RRIGAN IS WORSTED KJ!LH6HIJWITHCARMAN (Jearsal peelal gerrlea .Louisville, Ky.. Sept. It. ax ward Corrlgan, tha turfman known all over the country, havmg e reputation aa a bad men and gunflghter, today engage! in a combat with a Louisville streetcar conductor and when the affair waa ended the horseman waa ready to ac knowledge that the preponderating In fluence lay with tha conductor a fists. Corrlgan emerged from the affray with a bloody nose end marks about hla faoe that will remain for daye. The trouble arose over the alleged failure of the conductor to stop et a certain street Corrlgsn remonstrated, argument followed,- and 'then a flgnt took place. In which Corrlgan aald he had been knocked from the car. . VISITING FIREMAN HAS :t:VERY NARROW ESCAPE Charles Lefevre, a visiting firemen from Victoria, British Columbia, nar rowly escaped serious Injury by being trampled on by the. horses of engine company No. 1 while responding to en alarm, today. Lefevre wae visiting at fire headquarters when an alarm wae Bounded end he attempted to Jump on the hoee wagon and accompany the fire men to the fire. Hie foot clipped and h waa thrown violently into the street, where he ley stunned. .The heavy en glne from headquarters wae only a few yarda behind the hose wagon end friends eeelng the periloua position of Lefevre rushed to hla rescue- and dragged him from tha etreet Just In time to save him from" being run ever by the horses an engine. . ; ... f , -: HERRERA MATCHED TO " ;: J FIGHT EDDIE HANLON fleamsl gpeeud arrlee.r San rranciaoo. Sept. 14 Aurello Her rere arrived. In thla city thle morning froth Bakeratleld. prepared to eign ar ticles te f ght Eddie H anion at Lot Antrelea before Tom MoCersy'e dub oa October 17. Hsrrere regards the match aa practically closed. . ,r",assajjBBSsBBeBsBBam . Oaar Tlalta ruiaag. - r . - (learaal gpeaUl Bar. ' " -St Petersburg. Sept. 1 Tha eaar left fm lveniin te visit tor two dare la r ' "i ' 1 ' Mr. Grace Taart, Leadins; FifTire CO-ED STOPS HAZI6 VITH 44-CAUBER COtlS Arizona Girl at Nevada Ohtversity Faces Pereecugprs With 4 Revolver.';; (ilearaat Special Service., Reno, Nev; Bept. 1. Miss Bertha Kaln. a young co-ed of. the University ef Nevada recently from Arixona, made e determined stand against being baaed by her colege mates when ehe consented to Join the eororlty. .j At the initiation ceremonies she was naked to sing a song. Bho . refused. A rope wea tied about her waist and ehe waa thrown into a large pond near the girls' cottage. After being pulled out ehe waa again naked to alng, and .again refused end once more the ducking operation ' waa gone through with. Thla time Mlee Kaln succeeded in breaking away from the sorority team and running - down town secured a 44-caiiber Colte revolver and making all haste back te the cottage and walking up to her persecutors, dered them to again throw her Into the weter. She la new champion of an aha aur. veya, though ahe keepe her gun handy. The matter wee celled to the attention of tha faculty but Miss Kaln waa not cen sured for dof ending herself.. LOSS OF CHEAP WATCH MAY CAUSE LAWSUIT Encouraged by Deputy District Attor ney Adams. It is said, Leroy Perry and Harry Wilcox' threaten te bring eult agalnat Chief of Police Orltsmacher to recover a watch and complain because tit In the possession of Frank O'Connor when arrested for burglary waa turned ever to Attorney John P. Logan. "There waa no proof 'that the money belonged to theee men." said the chief, beceuee money cannot be Identified un less marked. It wea not ordered held ee evidence, - O'Connor gave Logan aa order for the coin, and we now have the order. We bad no authority te refuse to turn over uie money wnen mis or der we preeented.- . "Regarding the watch. It waa received by Captain Bailey and he la unable to remember what became or it. it waa a cheep filled -case -affair, v and waa thrown away aa valueless by tha thieves et Fourth end Oak streets. The crys tal was broken and the stem torn out when it etruck the pavement. ' How It area loot Is hard to explain end It eeame Impossible to fix the blame, if there la eny." -,; ' ' DRIVER WEPT AT THE MOTORMAN'S CRITICISM -..Weeoing bitterly beceuse a etreetear collided with a bakery wafon he wae drtvlna. A. Beder wss asked this after noon by Acting police Captain Slover what wae tha matter. . "That motorman aald I don't know any thing about driving." he eobbea. Beder Insisted' that he was "sense less, cleen out end didn't knew eny. thing and couldn't eay a word." Over come by the ridiculous pert ef the af fair, the officer began to laugh, with the result that Badara grief became so Bolarnant ae to threw aim into oonvui alone, which it took some time to soothe. Motorman L. It. Thompson reversed the power but could' not avoid .the col lision aa the car slipped alone the track. Several wlndowe ef the car were smashes! end two spokes In the wagon wheel were broken by the collision. aVavegea ptjOhtAM-i 'L I ' IJMsraaJ BcmUl Barrlca.1 ' 9erUn, Sept. Is. Three cease and one Aaata. Cram cholera, were repartee: toOay. fa the Sensational Army Divorce WEEPS AND CRIES Wife-Beating Postmaster of Tipton Publicly Given Ten : ' Lashes on Bare Back. . ' ; BREAKS DOWN IN JAIL -ft BLUBBERING FOR MERCY Largs Crowd Witnesses Punishment Victim Haa tq Be , Braced Up With WhUktwih Wl Out, Di vide Property With Wife and Move ' fgptelal fnapateh te the leeraatt ' Baker City. On. Sept. !. Robert Cecil, the wife-beating postmaster at Tipton, Oregon, aarly this morning paid the penalty. of hie eet by being beaten with a lean, 10 atrokee being adminis tered en his bare back. Sheriff Brown carried out -the sen tence in the corridors of the county Jail before, a. Urge crowd of curious Rpetliiuis 1 suv unrainnrerai fore the time to witness the Infliction of the punishment. ' All last night ezeoll wept, crying anu blubbering in a disgusting manner. This morning when led forth xrom nia can he completely broke, down, end tfegged for mercy. ' . A liberal doae of whiskey served to brace him up, end after he had been stripped down to hie undershirt end trousers, he wss tied to the cell with hie heeds above hia heed facing the wall. At o. word from Judge White, wne wes present te eee that the sentence eras property' enforced. Sheriff Brown applied the lash 10 times. Throughout the oraeal jecil Diunoeree nn a. and at Its close bed to be elmost carried te hie cell where County Fhyslclati Snow dressed hie wounds. CeoU left soon after for . Bumpier, where ha -will disdoee of hlg property end divide the proceode wtth hie. wife end then leave the country. GIRLS SAID YOU ARE, . MEN SAID WE AREN'T '- ' i i Tea B.a maIIaA, MAI1lt tiaiSlV lf Iflst ILiM fkUl . lllaai T sal aa t) nerSirM atalrl th sDiaaia aaiiu an tna tiuie '''- - r positively Identified 3. L Bwarta. a dark in the employ or a gun ana ok""" .....ii.v.m.ni .-a w n.rr.n. a aales- man for a wholesale, grocery house, ee the men who insulted them laat evening et Sixth end Alder eireeie. ' , . . The young men ewore they bed never eeen the girle before they were taken to meet them at the Perkine hotel by a policeman. They satisfactorily ac counted for their whereabouts and es tablished en alibi. Even Deputy - City Attorney Fltsgeratd wae pussled by the character of the testimony. "I think this must be case ef mis taken Identity." eald Judge Cameron, who dismissed Swarts from custody. Wo warrant wea issued for Bergen. LUMBERMEN AGREE ON. U r- NEW SCALE 0F.PRICES (pseud Disietea te The JoaraaLr . ; Centralla, Wsah., Sept 10 A Joint meeting of the Pacific Coast and South western Lumbermen'a association waa held In thla city yesterday afternoon. An adjustment of price was mad on nearly ell lines of lumber products. The beat of feeling Beamed to exist between th manufacturer. AU were oa the ball side ef the market and much enthusiasm was nunlfeetad. Suh on Trial at Wooater, Ohio. WANTS BOY TO HAVE R1GH Powers Whose Son Is Captured Pfayin Poker; Demands Re- ' ; lease on Recent. Precedent. The father of B. A. Powers, a boy ar rested laat night by Sergeant Baty and Acting Detective Hellyer for playing poker, called on Frank Henneeey, elerk or the police court, this afternoon and asserted that if Judge Bennett, counsel for Congressmen Williamson, Mayor Mat lock of Pendleton and othera could be released by the authorities after having been found gambling, hla eon ehould not be forced to stand trial. It Is not Just," he declared, "and I Intend making euch a row before thia thing -la through that the officials re- eponslble won't egaln try -to giye men the better of it bece- it of wealth, inriu enee or aocial position." ' '. When caught by the police leat night in thla gambling game, at J. W. Keif enrath'a. saloon, 41 - North - Twenty fourth etreet, "Win" French, a baseball player, tried to hide hie identity by as suming the flcttloue name of Bam Wil son. ' ' -r3; BL: Boyne," B. ATPowers end French were admitted to ball in 110 each. thoughxleadlac-gullty. and-Uelr sen . . . ... a fences were postponed uuui x unua. v that time Relfenrath will have to answer a - charge of allowing gambling In hla ealoon. -Deputy City Attorney Fltsger aid drew up the complaint as soon ss the playera pleaded guilty. , Jamee Day wae permitted to go on hie own recognisance, as he. furnished the police with evidence making a con rietlon possible in ease the other play- era had pleaded not guilty. - Wl LL ENFORCE SUNDAY CLOSING IN DALLES CITY ' (Borclsl Dispatch te Tee eearaaLI - The Dalles. Or.. Sept. It. At the lest session of. the city council It decided te call a mass meeting to get tne views of cltlsens on the new Sunday -closing ordinance. The meeting toosr place laat night In, .th council rooms. A large crowd was present. There . were sev eral speeches lor and agalnat the doe lag,, for which there haa been conelder able egttatloa for some tlma past, .As a result the council voted 4 eyes end 4 noes, end Mayor Kelley voted yee. The town will be cloaed tight, according te the etata lawa. Some oouncllmen and ' business. men call it a farce, etatlng that the mayor had no. right to. vote ecoording to aeo- hlon II of the epeclal laws of 119. Saloon men win nave a 'meeting tms afternoon to decide whether to eloee ef not. " : . ... . M'ARTHUR IS 0RDERELT - TO TRAVEL IN INDIA (Joarml IptjeUl Serviaa. , . " Washington, Sept It. Mejor-Oenerel McArthur, eenlor American ettache with the Japanese army; and hie aide. Cap tain West, will not return with the ether attaches. The two ere ordered to travel In India to Inspect the British forcee. 4 . , ; . " lraotaree oa Oregoa Poreete. . . . - Edmund P. Bhe.ion will deliver en 11 lustrated leotur before the Oregon State Academy of Scleneea tonight in the T. - C A. ball on"Tha Foreeta of Oregon.'' Professor Sheltoa will eet forth the reaeone why the foreeta of the etate should be protected from the rev agee which ere being mede on them by the 'lumbermen and forest ftreei. I Meek Oaaaea teoee. . AHea lewtr Beet Brand. . . This Cyndic&ti Would Purchase Eleven r.:...ion Acres . tor . Conization Purpose. ymmaI luriil Banlee.k vi-m a.nr 1 a. A tempt- r tm nan nan tar allahtly over 11.000,000 acres' le ' the-proppsltlon put up to the canaaian racmo .v.i. mMilnf here. The offer 'wee refused ee the offlclele con aldered the land worth more, although the galea of the land department ef the ...... than li an acre. to which must be added the expeneea of maintaining tne aeparimen-.. -Thia newe eomehow eeeme to have .a ...... i winntnear oeonie who have been heavy purcheaere of the . . . . M I . U . 1... Company s aioca nunni i?ii.n Tt-taimiiiniivwDha offer wae made by a syndicate of American and English capitallste. desirous of forming a gigantic colonisation company. ' How aver it le rumored- the offer will be re considered by the directors within the next few daye. anouia tne san go through, the etock wUl take a audden. Jump. i 'c'-v. , PRIZE-FIGHTER KNOCKED s OUT. MAN WITH DRUG siana Uat! Monday the police have been looking tor Jack Duffy, a prlaeflgbter with many elleaee, who, ie euapeeted of the theft' or o irom mtnra known aa "Young Jeffrlee,' another pugillsti at the Beebe lodging house 181 Everett etreet- . -Cummings wee -drugged.- . eays. -before- be-wne robbed and accuseg a woman of helping Duffy commit the deeo. . Cummlnee Informed the aollce thet lie came here recently end met Duffy In -"Mysterious Billy" Bmnn s aaioon. Ha waa' taken on a tour of the north end and says that after having several drlnka Duffy took hla watch ana aaia he would leave It with a ealoon proprie tor so that it would not be stolen. Then he accompanied Cummmgg to the lodg ing house, where they bad another drink with a woman, cumminge eaya no reii Into a deep slumber Immediately -after- ward and next morning found hie money bad been taken. : Joe Johnson. a neaTO.-Who. worka-es porter on a Pullman ear. complained to the police last night that na naa neon robbed ef It and a gold watch by a negreaa et a house on Eighth etreet, be tween Burnslde end Couch. He aaserted that the women robbed him and then ran down stairs and diaappeared.--; -J;-"7- CALIFORNIA DENTALS-W BOARD IS CENSURED ':V (Joarsal Special Servlee.) Sacramento, Cel., Sept. It. The com mission Investigating the etate board cf dental examiners censures every member for lack of harmony, and ac quit the board of crooked work. Doc tors Mayhew. Cooi and Dunn are ae verely acored.; fr-.r- r. TWELVE-GOVERNORS TO - FIGHT , YELLOW FEVER (Joaraat Bpadal Ssrvlee.' "!':.. -Chattanooga, Tennw -Sept;-' It. A for mal call waa iasued todey for a meeting of the repreeentatlves or southern dis tricts to be held la thia city in Novem ber to provide quarantine methods for fighting the spread of yellow . rever. signed by 11 governors. c STAVE MILL EXPL0DES- FIVE KILLED, TEN HURT - leraal Bpeetrit Sarvteat - Inlnconnlng. Mich.. Sept 1. A stave- mill exploded this morning, killing Ave end injuring ten, two or xnera rataiiy. Itysterlone lseppeeaaoe. fgiMelal Dumateb ea Tbe JeeraatV - ' ratla Wnck. WuhJ Sent. 18. J. B. HunUngton euddenly end mysteriously disappeared from ' hie home In Castle T7wi, MvMi nirni ox HDiBmHr a . mnu haa not been heard ef since. He left hia vatKar'a home that evenlne about a-ta A'cinrk without aavlns? anvthing to any one about hla Intentions. . Ha ia not M . -a . ui. KualneSa ' affairs are all found to be In good condition and no reason can oe given wuy 1..., in a.icr- a manner. He owned a hiuui itr a aamnill bar, waa al ways recognised ee an industrious and honest Tnan.T3everai years ago ne apam some time in WOloraoo, anu w iaa supposition of hie friends that he has gone tnere. - ;'' -.. ,-. - rreelaad Stadebakee Bead. - (Bnaalal DkuxtHl te Tbe JuornsLI ' r..i. sii null. Sent. 18. Free- land Btudebaker died at hla borne in this ...w .MLniar' ifi.r m. Une-erlnsT illness lasting over flv months,, dating which time no naa wan i wji " - . -. . times. He wee tsken to the boeplUl In Portland nine weeks ago with the hopee that aomsthlng might be done for him to give him relief, but to no avail.- Mr. Studebaker waa It years old. He has been a resident of Castle Rock for. a number ef years. He leaves a widow, two boys, end one girl; , eleo seven brothers and two sistera . . ' Where la This Oablat - Circulars have been eent to-, all the larger clttee on the coast by th police In an effort to locate C. B. Benjamin, by request of Mra. Estellg Tipton, hla alster, of Spokane. He waa laat heard of Mey It, 190S, when he wrote and told hla alster he wea living ebout 11 miles from Portland in a cabin located be tween large mountains. He la about tt years old, small of stature, with a bald head and blue eyes. Mra Tipton be lieves that harm has befallen 'him. Round Trip Dally to Astoria. : Excursion steamer Telegraph makes round trips dally (except Friday). Do parte from Alder etreet dock 7:10 a. m. From Astoria t p. m. Arriving Portland l:0 p. m. Sundays leaves , Portland tarn. Arrives Portland p. m. ..- ivow ataoaralea Bates xaat. . On September II. 17, the Oreat Northern railway will . eell axcur- alon - tlckete to Chicago and return for 71.0; St. Ixula and return, ttt.iO: St. Paul. Mlnneapoll and Duluth and return, t0; tlckete good for going pas sage for 10 days; final return limit, to days; good going via Oreat Northern railway, returning same of any direct route, etopovere allowed going end re turning. For tickets ana additional In' formation call on er addreas H. Dickson, C. P. and T. A Oreat Nerthera By, It? Third etreet. Portland. SMvea Teat foe VteeUar Watch, (Boaelal Dlapatch te The JosraaL) - Baker City, Sept. it. C tonard,"con vVtad of the larceny et a wateh. waa today sentenced by Judge White to O&e yeat la the penitettUary, . ; v f mm Me.c.ae. liaellL Board of Trade Crcretzry Cayt (i; Colony ,Want JJsjy.ctT" , . . Ore-on. 1 THOUSANDS OF AC"Z3 .; -i ,WILU C2 RECUIRED : Through the - Efforts -ot ths Coow -, , mcrcial Body, Two Oreat llanu- , ; facturing vi Induatriea : Hay; Be Started in Portland This Wjptef -The board of trade Is. prosecuting an active campaign for increase In member - ship and Is about to bring to f omana some Important industries. . J, B. Leber. - -' the newly elected' secretary, stated to day that tho board la negotiating with representative of a colony of 160 faml- . ' lies Iq the east who want 10.000 to 1 te.000 ecres In a body upon which, to settle. t- .) ' . . .. - -Although we cannot yet tell the pub lic here where - these people live," . said Mr, Laser, "as we are withholding thla 1 information for obvious reasons, it la a bona tide movement, and we are tn cor respondence with commercial organ Iaa. ; ' tlona all over Oregoa to find the locality best aultod to the needa of -the colonists. , Thej are not a rellgioua body, aimply . plain' American cltlsena who want -new ' homes and who hav the money, with -which to buy them. Mr. Leber believe that the effort of ' Ihe board wtll result tn establishing this winter In Portland two manufacturing i -i Induatriea, a .malleable oaetirea foundry ' and . a drop-steel factory, - Represents lire of these industries - have looked over the ground and seera to be pleased , with the conditions effecting the prin cipal items of coat, fuel and elect rio , power, which are said to.be cheaper here " than in the eest - .-. '- v .The board will give a amoker October S In th new quartern In the Chamber of Commerce building. Space haa been leased on the ground floor - formerly: occupied by the Title Guarantee at Trust company, .and Secretary Laber la con- ' etantly in attendance. . ' ;, . ' 'Judging from the Increase In She number . of . inqulrlee coming te ' the r board," said the eecretary. "thla eUte end- city are on the eve of a forward movement that will be unprecedented. Homeeaekera are eomtng from every tat in the union, manufacturers, are looung ivwara iregun- cities lor loca- -tlona, men with capital are eeeklng In- ,t veatmenta In all conceivable sorts of ' Induatriea and buelneaeea; and looked at from any point of view, thla etate and the Pacific northwest will develop more 7"' rapidly tn the- coming Ave yeare than Is. any previous decade tn Its history., " r SATS MEAD IS FACING -- gERIOUS DILEMMA AcxHing .'6tUln1fed Harras, . a prominent .atScJcnan.. bf jMtcker and politician of walla Walla,. Governor':; Mead of Waabjngton la, facing a hum- , ' ber of difficult problema ' Particularly ie thla said to - b .true -a, regard a 4,'he . discharge of a number of guards '' ' " , the etate penitentiary, accused rof iK legally regiaterlng for a city eleotlon. 1 Mr. Harre waa m gueat at the Perkine , hotel for aoveral daya, . leaving , laat . night for Mexico. -;, "The governor proraleed ': thet he .-, would discharge any man In the publlo eervlce whom he ascertained had regie , tared illegally," eald Mr. Harraa. "A . large number of guard a at the peniten tiary did so and charges have been, filed against them. The proof is positive... but th governor 'ha taken no action ae yet Keen interest Is being taken In the expos and th city le torn Into two political factlona aa a consequence. I take a treng Interact In the affair be cause X am in a large measure respon sible for securing the evidence and in -bavins the chargea Sled.? COLONEL SCHENK DIES : . SUDDENLY AT HIS POST After a brief lllnese of ' three daye - Colonel A. D. Sehenck of the United States ertlllery Corps and district com mander of coast defenses at the mouth of the Columbia river died' this morn ing at Fort Stevens. Word to this er United - States engineers. His death came aa a surprise, as none or nie frtende believed him to be seriously ML While- Inspecting the t government tm provemente in that vicinity the other day the members ef the Taft board in tended to visit Colonel Sehenck. but hearing that he waa slightly indisposed the program wde changed. The deceased had been stationed et Fort Btevens for two yeer. --f TUESDAY SET APART - i -AS MAINE DAY AT FAIR ; -aaaaaBsasaBBsarsBB '. I ' ; Tuesday' will be ' Maine day at the Lewis and Clark exposition. It was so decided this morning by State Commis sioner Arthur C Jackson, and arrange ments for the celebration are being made on an extensive scale. " L ,' , , . - Bxerclsee will be held rrora 1:39 to 4 In the afternoon. There will be en ad drees by Governor Chamberlain, an ad dreas by Judge Moore, of the supreme court, who le a native of Maine, and Mayor Harry Lane will also deliver en addresa Members of the American Board of Foreign Missions, 100 of whom will attend the exercises, will also apeak. NO LOSS ON BONDS OF MUTUAL INVESTMENTS - -', ajajejsjBeBBBBBBee f . (Special DlapaUb ta The JodreaL New Tork. Sept." II. In the testimony of the treasurer f the Mutual Llfs In surance company before the legislative Investigating committee the feet wae developed that the company hae not only made $l,000,000 for the policy holders ; In Its - Investments In truet companies' stock but that not e cent had ever been lost by default in Inter est upoa the bonde held by the company. The Mutual Life haa preferred ebBOr lute aecurlty to taking ohanoea of. pos sible lose on a lower grade of bond. The Investments and deposits In trust companies have realised 4.40 per'cenf,: upon the total amount Involved. NORWEGIAN BOAT LOADED . WITH MINES EXPLODES . 1 - .', ; . ' '. I (Juaisal gaeelal garrleai ' ChrisUanla. . Sept. lt A- Nerwsg1aa heat loaded with mines collided with Norwegian torpedo boat near Tonaberg thla evealng. The revolt tag earploaloo, killed am efllc'er and two aten. .. - f 'I - , i