The Oregon daily journal., February 28, 1906, Page 10, Image 10

THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL; ' PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY S3.' 1SC3.
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DURGLARS ATTEND
Photograph , of theArmstVong
Committee, which, has just
"Over- One. Thousand
, rendered its report on the evils
' of. the insurance . business as
at present conducted by the
big companies and recom-
mended Drastic Reforms.
First . Church of, Christ, Sclen.
I tists, J: Apartments Ran; . ,
' sacked Nothing Taken.--,
. Of THE JOURNAL have already availed themselves of
, it.' a. Is.
t ,' lV - mis opporiunitjr oi accuring
CONDON WOMAN LOSES
I HER PURSE AND WATCH
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- - i -Tiftri i ' aw
Readers
Burglar Enter S. P. Strang'a Room
.. ia Hotel Keny on and Steals . His
' JewelryMan Leaves Watch in
6 Vest and' It Is Taken. :',
' Churches rand room ued for re
. llgloua purposes have ' recently been
popular with burglars. The Third Pres-
" . j byterian church dm broken Into a few
..' . nights ago and the locks shattered on
, v all tha doors. It la ballavad that a
: number of musical Inatrumenta wara
stolen. " Last night a burglar broke Into
. tba reading rooms of - the First
Church of Christ. Scientist. In the
Fenton 'building, and ranaacked the
premises, but so far as known nothing
was stolen, .
. . Mrs. i. F. Wood of Condon had s
. .purse coatatnlng ft and her gold watch
stolen Monday night She Is In Port
' land visiting. .
Kntertng- the room of 8. P. Strang at
. the Hotel Ksayon with a skeleton key
, V Jaat night, a- burglar stole two nugget
cravat pine two opal pins, one wlsh-
bona pin. one pin set with a BraalUan
' bug a silver matohbos and a revolver.
.' - Alex Bouaar's nlghtwatchman em
ployed st one of the city docks, tn-
formed the police laat night that a man
, named Hardee waa robbed of t whlla
.''leaping aboard the steamer Jones. The
- fwreon suspected of the larceny Is be
lieved by Bouser to . have stolen $31
from a sailor about month ego.
, .Having hung hla coat and walatcoat
V on a peg In the Northern Pacific saw
milt. J. Neleon ' discovered on finishing
' Ills work laat night that his gold watch
sad chain had been taken from the
walatcoat pocket -.-' .. ..-,'" v- ,--.
- Tha mate of the steamer Bertha, at
. the Alaska dock, reported that he waa
- 'robbed of hla money, hat and umbrella
' while drunk Monday night. .
Tools belonging to H. I Shatto of
! Fifth . street were stolen from a
' ' building In process of construction on
Bast Taylor street, between xnirreenui
and Fourteenth. Their value la about
' 20. ...,.
' ... . A counterfeit $1 gold !" waa pasaed
en C Robel of Sf 1 First atreet It daya
ago and another one yeaterday morning.
A large number of theae apurioua colna
, are aald to 'be In circulation.
A purse containing a email amount.
. of money and a bunch of keya waa
found by J. W. Kenna, room 7. Ollaan
block. Tha police have been notified.
. About 1.200 feet of rope, two purchase
. block and four or five, anatch block,
the property of the O. K. A N. Co., were
stolen from the Alblna railway yards
laat night. - -- '
- At police headquarters. In poeaeaalon
of Clerk Lieonard. la a gold ring, in-
' scribed with initial "H. K. H." It was
Wound and handed ' the-' police. The
0 owner may secure It by proving It waa
"., loat by him. "- .,
tMlCE K M THEORY
OF Ml III CASE
Trying to Find Out Who Women
Were W"th Whom Kuhn .
I Was Intimate. -
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, Learning, through The Journal,' the
record of Jullue Kuhn's- association
with women patrons of his saloon and
tha trouble In hla home reaultlng from
hla open attention to theae women pa
trons, the police are now devoting their
efforts toward ascertaining tha Identity
of the womeav with whom Kuhn Is said
to have been associating.
. Detective Kerrigan. . who baa told
Captain Bruin that he might have aoma
definite clue to report within a few
days, has been kept On the case
1 porarily and is trying, ha aays, to :
tern-
learn
.who among tha women patrons of the
eaat aide saloon might be involved in
Jhe affair that led to the cold-blooded
L murder f the saloon proprietor. As yet
I Kerrigan has been unable to ascertain
i anything definite.
Mrs. Kuhn malntalne that aha has
1 told all aha knowa about tha matter and
baa so Idea wha among the women who
!" patronised har huaband'a place might
be Involved In - the murder. Officers
outalda of the " detective force are
I quietly working on the case but have
I been unable to secure any more definite
I Information than waa gotten yeaterday,
I when the atory of Kuhn'e alleged mis-
treatment of his wife and hla eplaodes
with women patrona waa secured.
HEARS ARGUMENTS IN
MILWAUKIE CLUB CASE
Judge Fraser spent aeveral houra thia
morning llatenlng to , tha argumenta
j presented in the demurrer to the In
J formation filed agalnat Isaac Qratton
. and Jack Culliaos, who are charged with
i willfully committing an . act which
, 1 grossly .disturbs the publie peace and
l openly outrage the public decency by
maintaining a clubhouae in Milwaukla,
; Clackamas county. Deputy District At
I. torney Bert Haney appeared for the
atate this morning. Whlla R. K. Moody
I and I,. H. Tarpley were counsel for the
f defendants. Judge Fraser took the mat-
ter under advlaement
, It la alleged that a private wire was
i operated between the clubhouse and the
Owl saloon, and that Martin Ready waa
h Portland agent for ., Qratton . and
Culllaon. Tha attorney! for the de
. Yendanta -first attacked the information,
, In which, they alleged it waa not atated
that tha private - wire was uaed for
.transmitting beta. 'The principal argu
ment of the defenae waa that tha al-
; leged erlme could not be committed In
two counties at the same time,
i Mr. Haney said that It waa poealbla
for the headapring of the wrong to be
. In Clackamas county with an overflow
' Into Multnomah county. ' Ha cited many
' -authorities to show thst aulta could
to brought agalnat persona in a county
.other than that la which tha nulaanrt
.' jorlgtnated.' '. - ; v -- . . ,.
TO BUY TIDE LANDS ,
IN FRONT OF OLYMPIA
(Seerl! Mapatrii to Tk Inaraat.)
, Olympta, Wiah., Feb. It. Outside
' 4urrhasers applied today ts buy from
Hi, stale all vacant tide land a lying In
front of this city. -1 1
REV.HR. STOYDIES
AT
Sam Stoy Informed of Demise
an Hour After Returning From
' r ; Visit to ' Father. :
HURT TWO WEEKS AGO
IN TRAIN ACCIDENT
Rev. Mr. Stoy Waa Rector of Trinity
Church Four Years Had Been in
Episcopal' Ministry Forty-Eight
Yesrs Seventy-Four Years Qld.
- Rev.. W. H. Stoy, rector of the Trinity
Episcopal chyrch in Portland from 1M7
to 1071, died auddenly thla morning at
the Southern raclflo Railway company's
hoapltal in Saoramento, California. Word
to that effect was received at about f
o'clock, thla morning by Bam B. Stoy,
hla son, who,-leas than an hour before,
had atepped from a Southern Pacific
train at the Union depot upon hie re
turn from Saoramento, where he went
about a week ago to aee his father. -.
"When I left my father Bunday after
noon he waa feeling tine," said Mr. Stoy
thla afternoon. "There were no aymp
torn then to indicate that death waa
near. . The attending surgeons assured
ma that father would soon be out again.
You can imagine what a shock the newa
of his death was." -
On . Thursday evening, Februsry.15,
Rev. Mr. Stoy alighted- from a pas
senger train at Davlsvllle Junction, Cal
ifornia, en routs to hla home at Marya
vllla from Sacramento. Just . as he
stepped from the coach the train sud
denly stsrted forward. A car projection
struck his left thigh, breaking the bone.
Rev. Mr.' Stoy fell to the ground and
hla feet would have been cut off had
not m atranger pulled him ' from under
tha moving train. Mr. Stoy was taken
to the Sacramento hoapltal at once.
' Rev. W. IL Stoy waa born at Ham
ilton. Ohio, on April XI. 1123, and had
ha lived two years longer would have
been able, to celebrate his golden "min
isterial Jubilee, having been In the cloth
for 4 years. He came to Portland In
1I7, and was made rector of Trinity
Episcopal church. In 1171 he left Ore
gon and went to Utah, where ha waa
a missionary. 'For a long time he was
rector . of . a Ban Rafael. California,
church and at the time of his death was
serving his third separate term as reo
tor of St. John's church at Maryavllle,
California.
Rav. Mr. Stoy graduated from the
Kaahatah (Wisconsin) Theological sem
inary in If St. i He leavea a aon and
daughter Sara B. Stoy of 114 Flanders
street, this city, who leaves ror tne
aouth tonight, accompanied by hla wife,
and Mrs. Oustav Jensen of Saratoga,
Wyoming.
Sam 8toy said this afternoon that
the funeral . services would bo held at
Maryavllle, with , Interment at Ban
Rafael. '
STEVEDORE FOUND
.DEAD IN HIS BED
C. T. Olson, aged It years, waa found
dead In hla bed at the Overland hotel
about' 9:Jt o'clock this morning. Hla
demlaa ia believed to have been due to
rheumatism of the heart. Coroner Fin
ley waa notified and removed the body
to the undertaking rooms of Finley ft
Bon.
An autopsy will be held thla. after
noon by tha coroner to determine the
exact cause of death. It Is ttst probable
that an Inquest will be necessary. Ol
son had only one relative, so - far ' aa
known Fred Olaon, a brother, living at
Taqulna bay. Tha deceased' wis a
stevedore and on Sundaya waa employed
as day watchman on the docks by Bal
four, Guthrie A Co.
NINE THOUSAND. FIVE
HUNDRED REGISTERED
At cloalng time of the office of County
Clerk Frank B. Field last evening t,577
men had registered to vote at the com
ing primaries, and It ts thought that by
tha close of thla week tha number will
have reached 11,400. Mr. Fielda saya
that the votera are unusually alow thla
year,' and he feara that there will be
auch a rush during tha last few day
tha booka are open that all will not
be able to register. Mr. Fielda haa de
cided to keep his office open on Wed
nesday and Saturday nights sntll t
o'clock In order to permit worklngtne
io sign the books without losing Urol
from ..work.- ,- ? i
o Saloon to Monat Bios,
Judge Webater. .this morning ' an
nounced that the .county court has de
cided not to allow the petition of J.
Kelly to open a saloon -at Mount Zlon.
A atrong opposition was made by many
people living in tha neighborhood. , The
case had been under advlaement .for
several weeks. .. ; .. - i-
SACRALlEflTO
NEGOTIATIONS UNDER WAY
. TO PU RCHASE IRVING DOCK
A deal involving between 7f,000 and
880.000 la about to be closed by the
Paclflo Grain company. It la understood,
for tha purchase of the Irving dock and
adjoining property along the eaat aide
waterfront. Negotiations are known to
be under way today and it la rumored
that tbe deal will be closed tomorrow
morning. That tha transaction In?
volvea the Irving dock la admitted by
tha officials of the company and It la
learned that other valuable waterfront
property. ia that. Immediate vicinity. Is
RAILROADS. THREAT; VIIiS
DAY AT SEATTLE
: 1 .' ,-.f
City Engineer Accepts Proposal
. of Lines tQ Keep Tacoma
. . From Getting Terminal. 7
(Special DUpateb to The Joamal.)
Seattle, . Feb. Under. threat that
the Union Pacific and Milwaukee roads
would make Tacoma the terminal of
their lines unleaa tha ' city ' engineer
withdraw from his position' that the
'roads must pay all cost of constructing
overhead bridges In this city, City Engi
neer Thomaaon backed down at noon to
day aqd advised the corporation com
mittee to accept tha proposition made
by the roads thla morning. . The bridges
will cost IS.000.000 and tha roads re
fuse to pay all tha coat.
-' The proposition of tha Toad a as ac
cepted provides for the appointment of
a commission consisting . of United
States Judge Hanford. one Judge of the
superior court snd a civil engineer not
connected with - the 'city 'or railroads
Interested.' This board will determine
the part of the expense the city is to
bear. The roads agree to be bound by
the decision and pay whatever ahara
tha- board says they should pay. The
roads' first threat today to leave Seattle
had the desired effect.
WANT CANNON FOR '
i UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO
'" 8peUl Dtepateh to Tie Jaturaal.)
Moscow, Idaho, Feb.. 28.- Francis Jen
kins, bursar. of tha University of Idaho,
la 1n receipt of a copy of a bill intro
duced in the aenata by -Senator Hey
burn directing the secretary of war to
turn -over to the university . two con
demned cannons now in the possession
of the. cadet battalion. The war de
partment desired the delivery of the
suns to tha - military, department of
uajirornis on tne- grounds tnat insur
ance should be 11,500 inatead of the
$2(0 now carried. . The Institution was
unable to carry tha expenaa and In
formed the California headquarters. It
Is expected that two new fleldpieoes wilt
arrive at tha college In a short time.
MAY NOW RECEIVE
LIQUOR FOR NEZ PERCE
(8peelal Dtepatcb to The JoaraaL)
Lewiston, Idaho, Feb. 21. Agent Jor.
dan of tha Northern Pacific railroad has
received notification from Henry Blake-
ley; general western freight agent of
the company, announcing that liquor
for shipment to points-on the Nes Perce
reservation could be received.
The action is probably due to a de
cision in the Indian Dick habeas corpus
case, in which tba federal court of ap
peals held the liquor prohibition clauaa
In the treaty to be unconstitutional. An
act opening the reservation also made
it a penitentiary offanae to inroduro
liquor on the reservation. The notice
was received with joy by the saloon
men, as heretofore they bad to freight
liquor by wagons. '
ELECTRIC CAR STARTS
TOUR OF CONTINENT
(Joarnal Special Service.)
New York, Feb. 16. The Strang elec
tric car, self propelled, left at 1:80
o'clock this morning for a trip to the
racino v coast. William B. Strang.
owner, le accompanied by 1 guests
Tha route to be traversed is over the
New York Central to Buffalo, the Lake
Shore to Chicago, the Alton to St Louis,
the Rock Island and Southern Pacific to
El Paso and San Francisco,
STEAMER HANNAF0RD
PASSES ARLINGTON
' (Special Dlspatek t Tbe Joernal.)
Arlington, Or., Feb. 28. The steamer
Hannaford passed down the river today
st noon bound from Psco to Celllo with
a cargo of railroad supplies, with Cap
tain Baughman in charge. The ateamer
truck on the rocks In Uniatllla rapids
Saturday night and waa delayed aeveral
houra. She Is the service of the North
ern Paclflo and will deliver material to
points between Pasco and Celllo for
building the north bank line.
MORE TROOPS ASKED
FOR AT SPRINGFIELD
' ( Journal Splal Service. .
8prlngfield. Ohio, Feb. 28. Mayor
Todd thla afternoon asked the adjutant
general to aend four mora companies of
militia. He haa laaued a proclamation
urging cltlsens to remain Indoors.
CARL RASCH IS NAMED
' AS MONTANA ATTORNEY
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(Journal Special lei ilea.)
Washington, D. ' C, Feb. 28. The
president thla afternoon nominated Carl
Rasch to be United Statea attorney for
tha district of- Montana. . .
to be scqulred also. 1 "
The purchase Is to be made for the
purpose of giving the company addi
tional wharfage and storage facilities
snd to enable It to enlarge its grain
business. ' t '
Oay Lombard of tha company, 'whan
asked about tha transaction today, de
clined to make any statement In regard
to It at all, aaylng that ha had no Infor
mation to glva out before tomorrow, at
the1 deal in which he was Involved
would not be satUed before thst time. .
JARVIS TO. BE ALASKA'S
JEXTKOS;
Yields to President Rooseveft'i
k Request and Is on Way to ;
' - Washington. .
' tSiMrlal IMDtek to Th Joeraal.)'
, Seattle.. Feb.. XaV Captain D. H. Jar
vis. manager of tha fisheries depart
ment .of the Northwestern, Commercial
company, will be the next governor of
Alaska. Although it will mean a large
financial loss to him he has yielded to
President Roosevelt's request that he
take tha position for the good of the
territory, : There has been no time In
tha last two years that Jarvla could not
hsve had the position. The prealdent
has all the time been anxious for him
to .take It. . . .... ...
Jorvls Is now on his way to Waah-
lngtort. D. C, to notify tha president of
hti -acceptance and will confer with the
president on the needs or ine lerniorr,
whlclJ he knows well. Hla buslneaa
associates gave out tha story - of his
aocentance at noon today. I
KILLED BY DERRICK
' V AT CELIL0 CANAL
' ' ' (Special Dispatch to The JesrsaLI '
' The Dalles, Or.. Feb. 28J. E. Jorry,
aged 50. waa kUled at Celllo yesterday
while working on a derrick. 1 The
bucket struck him In the back of his
head and nushed htm against the walL
Death was Instantaneous. He was work
ing on tha government canal and naa
been worklnr six weeka.
Coroner Burget brought the body here
and held an Inquest Tba verdict of the
lurv waa that Jorrv came to his death In
the manner atated. He was a man of
atearfv habits and had lived in The
Dalles mare than a year, na leaves a
daughter 12 years old living here, an
other married daughter In La' Crosse,
Wisconsin, and a aon working near
Ooble. Hla wife had been dead s num
ber of years. He will be buried here
this afternoon.- - - - - -
TARIFF IS REDUCED
, ON GERMAN PRODUCTS
(Journal Soeelal Service. '
Washington. Feb. 88. The president
Issued a proclamation today under au
thority of tbe Dlnsler tarur act re
ducing. In view of the recent action of
Germany, the American tanrr upon cer
tain German products. Tbe reduction
affects still wines, vermouth, undls-
ttlled spirits, paintings, drawings, pas
tels snd crude tartar..
OREGON MEN TO FIGHT
COAST LUMBER TRUST
'..-..
. (Jeornal Special lervlca
San Diea-o. Feb. 28 The - Santa Fa
company' haa - leased 38 acres of bay
front property to . Oregon capltallfta,
who will establish a big sawmill and
furniture factory. . The plan Is to bring
logs from Oregon in rafts. It Is re
Dorted to be a move to fight the coast
lumber trust. Hardwood lumber for
furniture will be brought from Mexico.
DEER RUNS THROUGH
CHICAGO CITY STREETS
(Joeraal Special Service.)
Chicago. Feb. 28. A deer escaped
from the Lincoln park soo this morn
ing and ran down Clark atreet to, soutn
Water street, where, bewildered by tbe
mase of commission house wagons. It
was caught after a fight.
TO PAY PRESIDENTS
SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND
(Joaraal Special Berries.
Washinaton. Feb. 28. Oalllnger Intro-
duced a bill In the aenata today fixing
tha salary of the president at I7&.001
a year. . .,.'
Boho aMklooa oa Trial. ' ' i
C. It Mallory. proprietor of" the Echo
saloon, 28 North Fourth street, has been
arrested on the oharge of allowing
minora to frequent and obtain drinks in
his saloon and of permitting a disorderly
house to be conducted In connection
therewith. The evidence thla morning
before Police Judge Cameron showed
that women atand on back stairways
and entice youtha upstairs to purchaae
drlnka. The police aasert that tha re
sort Is one of the worst In the north
end district and that everything will
be done to close It. The defense will
be heard Friday or Saturday: .
Sentence for Jordan Saturday.
Judge Seara announced this morning
that sentence would be pronounced upon
Henrv Clay Jordan next Saturday. On
June 17, 106, Jordan was found gulltj
of emb-ailement and on February If
Judge Sears overruled a motion for a
new trial. The accused man was
charged with having embescled . $1,600
belonging to the International Manufac
turing st Minmg company, or wnicn ne
waa prealdent He la under 81,800
bonds. 8. C. Spencer appeared aa th
state's attorney during the. trial of
Jordan. . --. -
' V Deseriptlom Bid ot Fit,
Commissioner J.. A. Sladen this after
noon ordered deported to China, Lee
Quong. alias Charles Quong. At the
time of his arrest Quong had a certifi
cate made out to Charloe Quong. He
aald that ha waa aometfmea known aa
Lee Quong. Commissioner Sladen is
of the pptnlon that th description In
the certificate doea not fit the man In
either - in tance. An appeal ; haa been
taken to tbe federal court . - ... t ;
i ' Money for Famlahed Japs, f
. (Jovial Bpeelsl Swrl. - I'
Washington. Feb. 88.--The Red Cross
society today cabled 128,000 for tbe
famine-stricken Japanese, ,. . ; .,
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OLDEST SHERIFF IS DEAD
FROM HEART DISEASE
1
Thomas M. Brown,' Who Has
" Served r Humboldt County
Many Years, Dies Suddenly
(Joornal Bpeelal 8Jrc.l
Eureka. Cel., Feb. 28. Sheriff Thomas
M. Brown died auddenly of heart dis
ease 'this morning while attending to his
duties at tbe courthouse, aged 7T years.
He was the oldest sheriff In California
in point of service and probably the old
est In-the United. States, having served
continuously since I860. ' ' ,
When young 'man Sheriff Brown
Loroased the plains In the gold ruah of
1849. and some . year later settled in
northern California, where he has since
made his home. He was elected sheriff
In the fall of 18(0 on the Demooratio
ticket, and - not with tending tha fact
that Humboldt county has from 2,000 to
8,000 Republican majority, he waa regu
larly elected at every election by good
pluralities Usually he was the only
Democrat to meet with suoceaa.
In aplte of hla advanced age Sheriff
Brown was hale and hearty up to the
hour of hla death. Of big frame and
Iron conatltutlon. for nearly half a
century he haa been the terror of evil
doers of- Humboldt county, and leaves
sn excellent record. , .
HUNDRED THOUSAND :
FOR OREGON DREDGE
: (WasttiaftoS Bnresa ef Tbe JoaraaL)
Va.htn.inn r t. Felk. 2fi.- Senator
Fulton bas proposed an amendment to
the aundry civil bill appropriating
2100,000 for the conatructlon of a com
bination dlppacand suction dredge and
two dump scows jor use on the Oregon
coast naroora.
f-
Trae Snake Srsory -
Tou can't learn me hothln about rat
Ueahakes," said .the sailor. There ain't
no nan llvln' knows more about rattle
snake than me. An' so I don't hesitate
to tell you, my man, that there rattle
snake yarn o yourn la a' lis out of the
hull cloth." . , 4 ' -i l
The other man protested mildly.
New." said the sailor, If you want
to hear a rattlesnake yam with some
faote behind it, listen to this here?
"1 waa a-travelln' wunat - in the Bad
Lands, when I seen a wounded rattle
snake Uyitr" on Its back, Its tongue
h an gin' out, pantln' for water. I Jedge
it had been fightin' and got licked.
"Well.vfl took pity on the critter. ' 1
guv it s drink outen my canteen, bound
up Its wound, and made s little bed of
soft mess for It In the ahade of a tree.
"And from that day, for a year or
more, this here snake, nateherly, never
entered my head.
"But, by crlnus, the next spring I
found myself in that same neighbor
hood again, and, buat ma. If a rattle
snake dld't come wrlgglln' an' rattlln'
and' bound In' toward me with as gay a
welcome ne a dog gives, snd It rls up
on Its tall, my man, and licked my hand.
"Of course, I recognised it by the scar
of the old wound. I couldn't get rid of
it It follered me horn. . - .
"And that night. In the village, done
me a good service. Along In the small
hours I waa woke up by the breakln' o
glare, snd, rushln' downatalra, I found
the snake had laahad a burglar to tha
table leg,' while, with ite tall out of
tha winder. It was a-rattlln' for tha police."'',-
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' rrets -.the Yookera Btatma.' -
Bieoo 1 e yoor comptay baa Increased It
capital. - . -
Ecbert Test I go the president is going
to rats kls salary. ' ,
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MR. BEE Oh, deart how you frightened me,
Mr. Humming Bird. I heard you hum and thought
it was my wire. .
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HIGH . WATER IH COLUMBIA
DELAYS BRIDGE WORK
Construction of Stesl Span
cros Slough on New TroU
ley Line Stops. v
asseclal Dispatch t The JeenaL)
Vancouver, WaSh, Feb. 28. Owing to
the high water 'in the Columbia river
for -the past week work on the piers of
the steel span across the slough on the
new Vancouver line of the Portlsnd
Railway company haa been stopped.
From present Indications tbe high water
wUl delay the completion of the new
road from three to four weeka. Con
struction Superintendent Drake of the
company said that unleaa the water fell
much, sooner than expected It would
be June 1 before the new line would
be In operation.
On account of the marshy, condition
of the ground where the steel truss is
to be put In It Is necessary to drive
piles and saw tham off juat below low
water mark. For thia reason the pres
ent high atage of the -water praventa
the sawing off and capping of tha
piles.' The balance of the work on the
long trestle le progressing faster than
expected. Aside from the big apan tha
entire road from Piedmont to the river
will be finished ahortly after April 1. '
- Vancouver people are exceedingly
anxloua to see the new route in opera
tion . It will not. only shorten the run
ning time between Vancouver and the
Oregon metropolis, but will give a 80
mlnute echedule.- , J; i ; ,, ,
"Th riant Tree," David rahasa rail
lips' greet novel ef praStloal Asasrloas
politics, will start la next oaoay's
Josrsal. , ' r ' . '.. '.
BUGVILLiL
CepTasbs, 100S. sr AsisSms IbsimI-SsssJim. .r -
. BUQ Now, hurry up. Mr Spider, ana spin sows
fer another. It takee three buckets sf , water for
this here. . .
nickel plated
HEAVY STORU OF HAIL FALLS
OH COLUMBIA - -
Vicinity of Vancouver Visited by
' Terrific Shower of Icy .
" ;1 ; : -Pebbles. t.
(Special Dispatch to Tbe Joarsal.) ,
: Vancouver, Wash., Fab. 21. Vanoou
ver and the aectlon of country along tha
aouth side of the Columbia ' river op
posite this city experienced the worat -hallatorm
of the aeaaon last evening.
This Is the second time hsll has been
eem here thla winter. It balled so hard
last evening that team could hardly
make their way along the treatle leading
to the Vancouver ferry. For miles the
ground was ss white ss If covered with
snow. - The hallatones were of unusual
alia, aome being a quarter of an inch in
diameter. On the Vancouver aide of the
river the fall of hall was tnuoh lighter.
Ornithology ead Tlnaaoe.
From Harper's Weekly, v
A 'certain Pittsburg millionaire vis
ited Philadelphia not long ago, and hla
business leading him to the Splendid
Academy of the ' Natural Bclencea, ha
found himself - walking In ' and out
among the cases of stuffed birds. There '
are thousands of lifelike, feathered
creatures gathered there, and the col
lection la considered one of the finest ,
In America. The cuetodlan could not
help praising , it all , with exousabla
warmth.
f "I've never figured It out," said he, .
at last, "but it Is safe to say at a guess
that theae stuffed birds are worth not
leas than 8200,000."
"Has, vena!",, exclaimed the man of
money, "is it possible t , What are they
Stuffed withr