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THE OREGON DAILY -JOURNAL, PORTtAND. FRIDAY. EVENING. jUNE 8. 1803. TERRACES-ARE-TO BE UTILIZED t - ' 4 r- Scenic Point of Portland Is Pur " chased by the Hutchin -., ' Syndicate. .v; v., ' COLONY OF COMMODIOUS ' T v ; HOMES MAY BE BUILT United Failwayi Company Will Build ; Line to Tract and Place It Within ..J. Ten MinuteaJUde oIBuaineaa-JDia-: U trict of the Cjty. c 'l i, ' :; " The Seventh strset terraces, one of the scenic points- In Portland, are at last to bs utilised. A syndicate orgsa tsed by George I, Hutchln hss pur chased from U K, Kessey Co. the . whole of ths-terraces, which include a : large piece of (round adjacent to where ' ' the 'sign was located during the C Lswls and Clark fair. The terraces are at the bead of Sever :h -et rest end ' command a lew pf .ths entire city. They extend eo far eastward that they ."' wommand a rsore extensive view of the surrounding country than sny other . point In Portland, with the possible sx cepttone Of Council Crest and lnsplrn v tlon Point The terraces have a charm 'the other, two places do not hsve. In of the -city.' The ground Is sn easy . slops efter the neignis la ra itu. and with a car service, which the syn dlcsts has made srrangetnents for. they will be particularly attractive for build ' lng purposes. . -- " " " - i Ths terraces comprise between 140 and -.' 180 lota and were reentry purchaaed by Kessey Co. from the Merchants Ns tlonal bank. It Is understood marine - price J paid by the Hutchln . syndicsta for the property Is In the neighborhood of sio.ooe. The deal wss closed yester dsy. When Mr. Hutchln was seen re- -ardtna the sunns ha salfl: uingme M" - im, ' ... uL'm inland a mit the nrotiertr on the market - The company I am represent- lhgYhaT"Bhaertake a Targe building or '.' oration, possibly the construction of 60 or more ' modem hoeQea as for car servl we hsvs practically mads sit ar 1 rangements with the United Hallways company. When they uss their Sev enth street franchise they will run to ths foot of the hllL Whether they will attempt a climb of the hill under their ;own power..- the earns aa the Portland Railway does on its llns to Portland 'heights, Is a question. No surveys hsvs yet been made. Ths question of trans portation is really a matter of only a . , . i i v. Wm, a aurvey ana m mivn v. ths care, ths sams aa isTIone en ooms of the steep hill of Cincinnati, fivim - burg and. other eastern cities, may be followed. Under our plans ws will bs sble to put residents of the terraces Into ths heart of the city In from ssven to ten minutes, which is csrtsinly quicker then can bs dons from sny of the scenic points about the city." '-,' I ' t t V r 1 ;i i r;oRsr dies from poison la SCRATCH OH HAND Virus From Cancer r Patient Inoc r ulates Woman Who Passes -.--Away in fearful. Agony. ' (Joaraal Bneelal aWvlee.), New York. June 8. rCsnoer poison touched a little scratch on ths right band of Miss Edith M. KUlmer, head ' auras In the cancer sanitarium In Ja males, and caused her death after three days of Intense agony. c Mles-Klllmer died Tuesday night In the sanitarium where for ten years" shs had eared -for- and nursed csneer pa tients while, undergoing treatment Ths cancer poison worked with the vlru lence of a rsttlesnaks's bite. 4 -' Miss IClllrner -was dressing ease of cancer of the breast when the Inocula. tlon took place. If ehe had observed the rigid rules of all canosr hospitals she would not have permitted her bare woman's breast, but with ths careless ness and disregard of danger resulting from years of experience ehe neglected to put on rubber gloves i BAY CITY SCHOOLS REOPEN NEXT MONTH ' - Moorosl special Service.) Ssn Francisco, June I. Notice will be served on the army and Red Cross authorities by the board of education ' -that all school buildings must be va cted by July.' It Is the Intention of , the board to open ths city schools In , the lstterpart efJuly- RECEIVERS NAMED FO MONTANA LAND OFFICES (learaal Special (Urrltt.) " Washington, .June 8. The following nominations havs been . made by the president: Receivers of public moneys, Charles A. Wilson, Great Falls, Mon tana; John R. Hillman, Kalispell, Mon tana. . . , . ,-1. MINERS KILLEDJJY - ARMED. CONSTABULARY f" ' (Joaraal Special Sen lee.) Indiana, pa., Juns i. Two strikers . were killed and six others wounded st j Ernsst, a- mining, town, early today , when the mlnsrs Hashed with the stste ronstsbulsry. -An unknown miner fired en a squad of ths constabulary, which i. opened fire. LOCAL OPTION CARRIES ' IN KLAMATH COUNTY ' rSeeelel tHasatch ts Tbe laanal.) ' Klamath Falls. Or., June . The of ficial count of Klamath eoajnty: Bourne, It; Oesrin, til; Wltbyoombo, I7; Cbemberlstn, CiC; womsn's suffrage, de feated by Xl; local option, csrrled by lev ' ' i - Oat's relks, ., v'- frum the- Chleago Reeord-Herald. , "Desyour dsugbter hsve anything te do with calisthenics r ssked Mrs. Oldeastls. . "Nn," replied her tiostess, "both me 'and Joalah thfnk Myrtle Is too young ..yt te fool around with the boys, Hsve ,ai s joiss,got sny money r IVARRAriTS F03-SAL00."Efl . Oil EAST SIDE Alleged to Have Permitted Girls - to Enter Resorts and ' ' Obtain Liquor.- v Warrants were Issued this afternoon for the street of Russell Forbes, who conduct S salooa at fOt Grand avenue, and Antone Oerde, a saloenmsn .at ttl Grand avenue, en charges of permitting girls under, the age of ' ft to frequent their places, Ths complaints were sworn to by Detectives HU1 and Kay as ths result of having seen Ethel Seney and a girl namedfavla fn the resorts last night In company with two men. Ths Seney girl and ner escort, oscsr Bel lieu, were arrested last night tfpon the calling of her case 'this -morning. Miss Seney. who gives her age as 10 years, made a pretense ef swooning, but soon recovered her composure, when a continuance wae granted. 1 From ths story told by the officers. Ethel 6eney. who has been In trouble before. Induced Miss-Davis to accom pany her and the ' two" men.'tv Is . al leged they plied the girl with liquor, and by the time ths saloons were reached she wss almost unconscious. Noting ths condition' of ths woman, they decided to take he- Home.. ' Upon arriving at the gate of ths Davis dwell ing on Couch street, nesr Grand avenoe. the men turned the girl over to her sister, who had been awakened by the disturbance. At this Junoture the -po licemen determine! to srrest Miss Seney ana uscsr ijeuieu. All sr .the esses will be heard next Tuesday, , .. , STEEL TRUST WItHSSUE i $50,000,000 is bo;;ds Proceeds : of : Issue Will Go to Build Gigantic Plant at Gary, Indiana. 1 1 1 (Inarsil Spenlsl M i New York, June 8. Within a short tlmtle--UHeBtates--teerT;drp6 ra tion will Issue 160.000,000 of bonds, the proceeds to be used In building a f 75,-oe.ow-nteeT-pTanr at ths new cft'y of Gary, Indiana. , ' ' ;' Offlclals of fhsjcompany have denied that there was to be an Issue of bonds and In ons respect - their denial was slightly different from denials that usually are mads by financiers. Ths bonds ar not te be sold- to the public The steel corporation will buy the en tire' Issue of a Isrgs cash surplus, which now Is around $0. 000,000. - The yearly Interest on these bonds will be about t2.B00.004, but this Interest will gcuinto."t1isrrtrsasu-BfrtaaconTHaTl: so that the Issue Is merely a matter of bookkeeping. v- -. -rr--i- , Offlclals of the company figure thst the profits from ths new plsnt will be close to 120,000,000 - each - year. -The plant will be the largeat and most mod ern In ths world when completed. ' It will take at least three years to get It Into complete operation. FAILING. TIMBER CAUSES INDIAN GUILD'S DEATH Little Daughter of Mrs. Mollis - Clark Burled Under Boards and Neck Broken. ' (RmcIsI Dispatch to Tbe JoerssLI Oregon City, Or., June i. Ella Clark. the i-year-old daughter of Mrs. Mollis Clark, sn Indian woman living In ths Indian settlement nesr . Csnemah. wss Instantly killed last night . She -was playing on a pile of lumber with a email boy named McCoy when the lumber top pled over and fell on them burying the girl out of sight snd breaking her neck. The boy's leg wae badly bruised. He msdesnutcryrsntt wae found snd M J7&Ju-9 - , k. ... . ..Jo' Oregon fruits. . Kor soms yesrs a rled home, but wss too frightened to t-teu or nis companion s xste snd the tittle rirl was notfouwd sum- several hours later. Shs failed to corns la to ths. svenlng meal, and her . mother eearehed and called for her In vain, and ahe was finally discovered undernesth I a heap : qf lumrrtrTTAnd hscTTwen "dead some hours. i . "Indian Mollis" Clark hss had more than her share of misfortune. Her hus band, who wss a character' known as "Indian Sol," was drowned while fishrmg at ths falls about ons yesr sgo, snd kindly women of this city raised funds to build Mollis a small houss, where ehe hss since lived. FIFTEEN BURIED IN COLLAPSED BUILDING Ooornal gpeclal Bervlee.t ' "Pittsburg. Juns i. Fourteen girls snd a msn wsre burled In the debris of s four-story building which collapsed this afternoon. Four girls were rescued and taken to the hospital. Rescue work Is In progress. Six girls ' sre-- stltaxnT debris st o'clock. Senator Biek and ths Frlster. -t From the New York World. - 1 Publlo Printer Still lngs Is the most re markable of all the persons President Roosevelt has yanked by ths collar Into office. Sailings has put ths big print ing office on a military basis snd ons of his pet snd etrlcteet rulee Is thst no person shall be admitted to his prlvsts office until two secretaries have pessed on his card and hs hss hsd a report from all sorts of messengers snd othsr orderlies.' ;. T ' ,! ; A few dsys ego Sttlllngs 'looked up from his desk snd observed a man standing In his offlcs. . - "How did you get ' In ' hereT" ' he shouted, "Are you ths public printer?" the man asked, eppsrently not In a hurry to sn swer questions. "How did you get In hereT SUUlngs roared again. "Ars you ths publlo prlnterf" ' "I went to know how you got In here!" Sttlllngs - shouted again, pounding ths desk. 1 ' "Because of you are." the Visitor-continued, "I would be plessed to Introduce myself snd tell you a few thlnge about yourself. My name Is Dick. I am a senator from Ohio. If you will look In the congressional directory you wilt find any other personal details you may de sire." , . , Twenty minutes lster Stllllngs wss still spologlslng. .,. '...- - Lsrge sums of money sre being spent by France in having maps made of her possessions In West Africa. The, ermy department has juet Issued one mrtp In IT parts snd surveys sre being made for i larger one la 10. parts. - ' . : Tl'O-ffiLfiSIO FORCE S00I1 New Measures Go Into Effect Within Thirty Days After ; the Election. CORPORATIONS TAXED j BY VOTE. OF PEOPLE Laws Require Sleeping-Car, Refrig erator-Car and Oil Companies to Pa. . Annual License JUpoa Tbir Cross Earnings to the State. , : Within 19 days two Important taxa tion measures will become part of the law of Oregon Ths voters of the state have by an overwhelming majority ap proved the bill requiring sleeping-car. refrigerator end oil companies to pay an annual lloense upon their gross sarnings, also the bill requiring express, tele phone snd telegraph Companies to pay a similar license, snd it requires only a proclamation by ths governor to give them full force snd effect Particular Interest Is attached .to these measures, as they have been adopted by tbe people, at a time when the stats tax commission Is Just finishing work on a system or taxation that includes similar measures. There hss been considerable specula tion as to what effect ths sctlon of the neonls would have on the tax eomrnli- '"nhichJIJpecMjsM appointed for a special purpose. It was thought by some thst the commission would eesss Its work and decide to make no report, but this Is a mistaken Idea, according to-the vlsws of BV fl. -Be-brook of Msrshfleld, a" member of the commission. He favori going strslght ahead just ss If there had been no elec tion. Of his two colleagues, one, J. r: Lachner, has not been heard from, and ths -ether. ' V.' W-. - Mnlfcey of Portland, confines himself, to the nnlllumlnatlng utterance: -' , ' . .. "I have nothing to say." ' Mr. Seabrook Is at present In Port land on legal business. - When - asked said: : . . ..j - "Our duty Is to suggest snd to frame the beet.tax la ws we can ilnd. oxdevlaa. I favor going atraight ahead. Our duties cover a tnuoh larger field than that covered, by -the , two -new- apeclal tax laws. It is true ws hsvs been work; lng on the two subjects covered. - We might suggest taxing these companies In a different way. - I do not consider that the laws enacted are the best that could have been framed, for I believe we will euggest better ones. We hsvs been at work 11 months, during which tlms ws havs gathered dsta from all over the United States, besides getting CTmcTroTirx7srFisartiarxtiertfr in urtfQO on wnsi mey considered ae ficient In the tsx -taws.---.-.- --tfe.-j.-. - "Our report-will be ready In three weeks. It will be submitted by the governor to the legislature. When that body Jias before It our recommendations as to ths taxation of corporations It will be confronted at the sams time by the two new laws. - That la the only eonfllct between thoss measures and our report The adoption of the measures by the people did no harm, aa ths legis lature lr it sees nt can pass sn amend ment In line with our suggestions, and ths people, If they so desire, can then pass upon what ws think would bs bet ter lsws.'! CHINESE OFFICIALS PLEASED WITH OREGON PRUIT Two Representatives Arrive in Portland to Make Study of : Horticultural Conditions. - High -officials of the Chinese empire have become deeply Interested In the llhlasnt nf Has wmsslnsi anil .!... Josephine county orchardlst who was I formerly In China and formed business connections there hss been shipping his entire spple snd peach crops to China, snd large quantities of Oregon fruits rront otner localities are annually j ehlpped to tlig-OTTent; Two Chinese representatives. T. T. Cheng, and his secretary, H. N. Chow, have arrived In Portland to make an In vestigation of horticultural oondltlons In ths state. They visited ths chamber of commerce exhibit today, ' Inspected the fruits and listened to an exposition by Colonel Miller on fruit production. Cheng la a young man and a graduate of an American college. He speaks English with csreful precision, exhibits a keen Interest In everything relating to iT m'SSnTS mii ana sisewnere and probably visit the fruitgrowing districts of ths state. He travels as sn envoy from Fungstein province and has a special commission from ths queen dowager. - -. - - SENT MONEY TWICE RUT uirrr rur imT . j . UW I lilt L IvHIVIt llU I ' Edgar HoUenback Senriils wife I12S to corns to blm snd shs failed. Ac cordingly he securtd a divorce today oh the grounds of desertion. They wers married In .Kansas City snd In his complaint hs alleges that shs deserted him In lit!, going to' St. Paul. Twice hs sent money to pay her expenses home, he alleges. At ons tlms hs sent her $7S snd st snother tlms $50. In ' JudgeSeaxs court today -he wss wire, Anns u. itoiienback, v on ' the grounde of desertion. BOISE YOUNG WOMAN - POISONED AT BANQUET , ' (Jewsal Special Berrtce.) Wooster, O., Juns t. Mary UcKfrrley ef Boise, Idsho, Is one of 11 girls of Wooster university who srs suffering from ptomaine poisoning. Two girls sre said to bs In a dangerous condition. Thsy sttended a banquet last night, but physicians sre unsbls to sccount ' for their Illness. The university suthorlties srs silent. CHAMBERLAIN NAMES STATE BOARD MEMBERS (".pacta! Dfaeatck The Journal.) Salem. Or., June Governor Cham berlain has appointed Dr. W. B. Morse of Bslem m member of the ststs board of health.' H. a. Meyer of Bslem has been, named aa a member ef the board of barber examiners, , . - ' . J cKEKxyFESTr,a-FiaD "' AT SALEM JULY 6 ; Handsome Premium Cups for the Best Exhibit Furnished : '"' y,'-'. ;.'iy Growers. (speelel Olsmtek te Tbe JooraaL) ' Salem, Or, June 8. Under the sus ptces of the Ststs Horticultural society there will be a great "cherry festival" Is this city July t. Ths leading firms Interested In the fruit growing Indus try' hsvs offered handsome premium cups for ths best exhibit In cherries. Ths varieties that will be brought Into competition are Lamberts, Royal Anns, Deacons, Blngs and Black Republicans. Marion county fruit growers re tak ing much Interest In the exhibit and the affair promises to be. one of the blggeat things of tbe kind ever , attempted In this cUy. v , . ..- There will also be a meeting to dis cuss, ths cherry Industry. Ths wen known horticulturists who will be In attendance are: Dr. Cardwell, Colonel Poach, Commissioner W. K. Newell of Gaston. H..C. At well of Forest Grove; a & GHe, M. McDonald. H. M. Wil liamson of Portland. I M. Gilbert of Salem, Fruit Commissioners ' Reld , and park, J. R. Shepherd. IJoyd T. Rey nolds of Chemawa, E. C. Armstrong, George H. Lamberson and others. - On Saturday the Oregon nursery nss arranged for a sight-seeing expedition in Salem and vicinity. While the meet ing is primarily to encourage , f the cherry Industry, soms attention will be devoted to the wafnut industry. The exhibit Is not only open to the growers of Marlon county, but to any that may J wish to ssslst In making , ths endeavor a sucoess. ' i . JACKSON IS ACQUITTED OF KILLING MATTHEWS Shoyntendedfpr BrptherJStruck Sister's Husband Caused .; by Feud. : , y. rslecMTMspstar Baker City, Or., June , After a few minutes' consideration last night - - the jury-mths case Of "Andrew Jackson, chsrged with manslaughter In killing his brother-in-law, Warren ' Matthews, In a quarrel over an Irrigation ditch, brought In a verdict . of acquittal. The killing of Matthews was the outcome of a family feud. - Testimony showed that Jackson tried' to shoot his brother, Carey -Jackson, but-killed. JdatLhews by mistake. From the evidence It wss gen erally believed thst he would be con victed. '.:., ? "".'i'r.'".." Andrew Jarksnn wsa-.dlgtlngja.Jrrl; gation' dltchtjn property- at his-slstsr;: when Carey Jackson, who claimed title to- the land, ordered him to desist." Ca rey, with Warren Matthews, a brother-in-law of ths two disagreeing; men, went into the field, Matthews as a peace maker. It wss-said. An attack by Carey Induced Andrew to shoot, with the re sult thst Matthews received the bullet Intended for Carey-Jackson. - ; PRESIDENT RESTORES LANDS TO ENTRY e ' . (Joeraal flpeeiel-Service.) 1 . Washington, June S. The sec retary of the Interior todsy ordered restored to entry nine townships under the SQverVreek" project, 500,000 acres under ths Malheur, project-nine .townships, in ths Ihewaucsn project, five townships In the Owyhee project, 17 townships In ths Btlver lake project snd six townships In the Ana river project. These lends hsve been found unnecessary for use under the reclamation, proj ects named. .v . MRSr LADOUX'S ATTORNEY "CHALLENGES JURY" LIST J ' (Joereal Spaelal service.) j Stockton. Cal., June . The trianf Emm LaaDoux for-the murder of A. N. TT e'h. dafsnse aUanssd the entire special venire of 7S men on the ground that Sheriff Sibley is blssed sgalnst the defendant snd hsd pressed his opinion of her guilt. - Ths sheriff sdmitted he hsd sn opln Ion based on the' evidence, but -said he had not personally summoned the veniremen. v Judge Rutter denied the challenge.. Eight veniremen ware ac cepted and aworn in.. .... STRIKE THREATENS LOSS FFRISCO'SXOMMERCE (SneHal DIstMtck te The Journal. Ssn Francisco, June S. The strike situation is quiet snd arbitration hovers over the waterfront today. While ths shipping situation is still st deadlock and no conferences sre being held be tween sailors or shipowners, neither sids displays sny bitterness, i so noticeable yesterday. It Is feared that the gen. oral striks will sccompllsh what the quake snd fire could, not, the loss of San Francisco's commerce. D0UMA IS DIVIDED C ON DEATH PENALTY (Jearmal Special service.) St. Petersburg, Juns t. The debate on abolishing the death penslty hss the doums, and the sitting wss slmost broken up. Ths lsbor'psrty opposed postponing Its consideration, snd vio lently attacked the ministerial party, - EIGHTY-CENT GAS RATE IN NEW YORK DEFERRED (Jonrsal Special Serrtee.) New York. Juns a- Federal ' Judge La combe has restrained the attorney- general, Mayor McClelian, Attorney Je rome and the stste gss commission from enforcing the 10-cent gss rats bill until ths pspding suit Is decided. ' . - LOUISIANA EXECUTIVE . SAVES STATE CAPITOL (Jettrnal Special Service.) -. w. Eaton Rouge, La., June . The ststs cspltol building was aaved from de struction this morning when Governor Blanchsrd and s member of ths legisla ture In their nlht clothes fought the flames successfully. Itefectlve wiring caused the blase.- The loss Is, S,000. P017ER TO DUILD TJEIV CITY California ; Legislature . Favors Bill Enabling; San Francisco toj Use Burnham Plan. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS i' 'j MAY BE MORE LIMITED . -. - - - . Senate Pasaes Many Billa Appropriat ing Money for Reconstruction Pur posesOther Measures Involve Le gal Formalities Passed.'-. ;JV- (Joarnat Special Service.) ' : A Saoramento, Cat, June J.' After a week's haranguing and Jockeying, con stitutional amsridment. No. 1, giving power for two' yssrs to ths 8 an Fran cisco board of supervisors relative te streets, parks, boulevards, reservoirs and lands now owned or hereafter ac quired by ths city for the purpose of carrying .out - the Somham plan for beautlflcatlon of the city by widening certain streets, was nepoyted favorably with It amendments' to the assembly this morning by ths committee on con stitutional amendments. The majority of the amendments are merely .changes in verbiage. -The -report wss adopted and - the -roeaaure IS . made the special order for tomorrow morning.' " . Strong opposition Is developing In the hnuee sgalnst the ' pi 1500.000 for state building at Sao Fraaolsoo, . A hsrd fight is - certain, Ths opposition contends thst Sacra mento la the capital and that there are sufficient nccommodatlooa here Xor the transaction of all ststs business; also that ths constitution provides for ths sittings of ths supreme court at Sacra mento only.' - The senate, after a hot fight, yester day -passed-th bill appropriating 4600, 000, for a ststs building In Ban Fran cisco. Governor Pardee, Mayor Schmlts snd Attornsy-General Webb constituted a commission to locate the site '. Ths oommittee, heeding the demsnd forr-limltatlnn nr Ths- tttrm hf the board of supervisors,- completely wipes out . the clause giving the board power te -extend ler-pobiio service franchises covering wires, railways snd conduits, snd Inserted snother - which restricts -their -powers to change or ex-4 tend publlo service lines to only such streets aa will be widened or extended. The senate also passed the folio wins bills: "Appropriating $3,000 snd 15,000, respectively, for expenses of ths In snrsnce commissioner. 1 ItO.ftftO-for it pairing the stats normal school at San Jose, $4,608 for -reimbursement of cor porations for Illegal levies, $83,800 for relief of the University of California, Te,uuw oi ins uiflii cnieu iiii)io r (7 feeble-minded, $35,000 for the Agnews state. .hospital for. Insane, $25,000 for Ukiah. extending the time of execu tion, on attachment, permitting school principals to make affidavit as to school attendance, ceding San Diego bay lands to the government. ' - HEARST AND MURPHY FORM - POLITICAL ALLIANCE Offensive and . Defensive. Agree ment Will Oust McClelian V for Mayoralty. - . ' TJooraal Rsecttr Sartlca V " . New Tork, . June 8. Disturbing stories of ths Hearst-Murphy alliance, which is to be unmistakably offensive as well as defensive, havs served, to ex cite Tammany leaders. From many sources many reports have come thst Charles F. Murphy hss reached a basis of agreement with W. R. Hearst by which hs Is receive the sssistancs of . ths Hearst . orgsnlxation for district lesders st ths coming pri mary fights, snd that in return he la to deliver, lot -New Tork 'delegates to the stats convention instructed for Hesrst------ 1 -- . - 1. Boms of the Hearst people have ven tured to go a etep farther, and suggest that following his election as governor, whlch la conceden-Hearat-jniildri move Msyor McClelian. Such removal would, ef course, tend to change the balance of patronage, for McGowan, president of ths board of sldermen, is a McClelian man, and hs would naturally hesitate to court re moval J . ' - EIGHTY-FIVE THOUSAND . FOR WAREHOUSE BLOCK The large warehouse property oeeuple by F. B. Harmon Co., furniture deal ers, on Johnson between Fourteenth snd Fifteenth streets, hss been sold by B. R. Richardson to a visiting frtvestor. . Ths price psid was 185,000. The property Is 100x200, four stories snd basement, and Includes a complete business plsnt with offices,- ssmple rooms and ware house, on which Harmon Co. have a 10-year lease. Ths sals will not effect sny change In present occupancy, Ths sale was msde bjrJ. M. Wilbur. " L STOCK-OWNING CLERK '- . HAS BEEN DISMISSED t Jnemsl Special Service.) ' Philadelphia, June 8. James Altken, the Pennsylvania railroad clerk who ad mitted owning $80,000 worth of coal stock, hss been dismissed: Comptroller Trust company, which the Pennsylvania road controls, owns coal lands.. . Robert K. Cassatt, general manager of the Keystone Coal St Coke company, took the etand and denied partially the state ment of .ths independent operator, -Potter F, Sweelc . GUARDED BY MILITIA 1 ' t " NEGRO IS EXECUTED . , -' ' (Jowaal Ipaelal Servlee.t . Norfolk, Vs., Juns 8. Gabriel Bsttsll, a negro aged IT, convicted of criminal assault, was hanged today while the militia were lynching. on guard to prevent a SENATE DISAGREEMENT REPORTED IN HOUSE Jmraal Special Barvlea.) Washington. June 8. The senate die- egreement to ths rste bill conference report has been reported to the house. No sctlon was taken on a motion,, for further conference. ' (' , yc::3STERS-Fi;:3-ci:iii3 JUST' LOIS OF fOI J. .1 Monkey Makes paring - Leap From Top of High Ladder- - .... " . Rnnrl BnnrJ. . ' -. - For a long time the memory -of lest night will bo desr to ths hundreds, of little boys snd girls of Pertland who went to see the oircus. They enjoyed every minute of the show and looked for more when It was all ovsr snd the little ponies snd dogs snd monkeys had euddled together and gone fast asleep In ths big tent designated as ths menag erie. - ":, The show conducted by Burch Relse at Twenty-fifth and Raleigh atrsets is not ths biggest In the world, but there Is no need of It being so lsrgs because primarily Its purpose is to entertshr ths little folks. Still for aU of that hun dreds upon hundreds of grown up people found pleasure at yesterday's perform ance watching the acrobats, ths wonder fully trained ponies snd dogs snd ths daring monkey that makes the- leap for life from the top of a ladder so high that It Is slmost Impossible to see tne top rung without s powerful field glass. . One prominent feature of the circus Is ths band. The leader and members ars all Italians snd ths bans drum bears ths Inscription "Royal Italian Band." Whlls the leader la no Creators he describes nearly aa many semicircles In ths at mosphere snd ths performers are al ways ready to respond. The trumpeter, espeolslly. Is worthy of mention because ho . produces thst velvety tone eeldom delivered except by such soloists- ss Kylo. Llberatl, Big. Palms and a few others. Ths bend concert before the main show Is reelly good. In ths parade ''around the ring" and the clowns are funny. Ths lsst perform snce will be given tomorrow night : BAKX SOLICITOR IS WANTED BY PORTLAND POLICE J, A. Handvvright Alleged to Have r Passed Bogor Checks on h -Fffendsr- ' J. A. Handwrlght, formerly a so licitor for the Oregon Savings bank. Is betnaraought by the-looarpoliee en a charge of having passed fictitious checks on several people In this city. F. Clark of 148 Sixth street slleges thst Handwrlght passed a bogus check on him for 110 on Msy 8; Miles St Co., In the PSrktnsTTotel hundlngrclalnvto have cashed a check for 820 drawn by the young man, and C W. Borders of 1)7 Sixth street, complains -of having been swindled In ths same manner. - mndwrigRFw4sreHpigBrt)yParr,i gon Savings bank to put out ramuy savings shanks on ' commission ' during the winter and resided at the Glendora hotel, on Nineteenth street, near Wash ington. Hs wss a grsat favorite In that boarding-house and was considered a young man of exemplary hablte.- - The young man's present whereabouts ars unknown, although ths police hsve learned that his beggags. is stored Vt the Hotel Glendora. Hs cams to Ore gon irom Los Angeles. Before eomlng to Portland ha conducted a subscription contest for the Albany Herald.'. , , DEMOCRATS SEND ONE MAN TO LOWER HOUSE e- e e e e e e"e e There will be one lone Demo- cratln. the.loer. house of thw next stats legislature. Hermsn . e Rothohild of North Powder, Democratic nominee for repre- ' sentattvs from Union county, . was sleeted by a email plurality, defeating Samuel R. Haworth, Republican, snd George Holmes, 'Independent... .v.. : In two or three counties the representatives-elect ' . received the Indorsement of both Repub e ' llcsns and Democrats, but Union Is the only county In which s e. 4 s t ralgn t-ou t uemoorat was-w elected to the lower houss. e NEWLY ELECTED MEN SSUMEOSITIONSt (Speetal Pltpatcb te The JnoroaL) Pendleton, Or., June 8. T. P. GI111- lend has qualified as ebunty Judge, and Is now transacting business In that of fice. H. B. Lee, commissioner-elect, hss been appointed by the othsr two membere of the county court te fill the vacancy mads by Glllllsnd s retire ment snd will qualify todsy. A full county court is now svallable. Gllll land was elected ovsr Hartman by a Tfow votes in the reeent election ' DISAGREEABLE ODORS ABOUT PACKING HOySESlwh,. ' (Joornal Byeclal Service.) Washington, D. C June 8. James B. Reynolds testified before the houss agri culture committee today stating that ths matter in the Nelll-Reynolds report wss observed by him. - Chairman Wads worth dented the published reports thst Wsdswortn was friendly to ths packers In asking . questions , yssterday. He wanted only to find 'out . ths truth, Reynolds said that ths Inspection for foreign trsds wss satisfactory, but there was always a disagreeable odor about the Chloago packing-houses '-which ths New Tork houses .do not hsvs. - - - : LAUNCtrPREPARATION FOR CLUB'S BUILDING ' At a msetlng of the building commit tee of the board of governors of the Portlsnd Commercial club, to be held at 4 o'clock thla afternoon, prepara tions for launching the club's building project will be started. Special com mittees will be appointed to attend to various details. - Style and plan of the proposed building will be determined snd an architect will be commissioned to prepsre plsns and speclflcatlona, It hae been decided to begin construction as eoon as the plsns are, ready. FIVE STORES LOOTED ;,1L AT CLARKST0N,,WASH. (Special ptapstck e Ths Jonrsal.) Clarkston, Wash., June. 8 Five prin cipal stores Were burglarised heYs lsst night snd sbout !60 taken. Telephone communications were out between here end Asotin for the purpose of prevent ing possible, pursuit. The work wss evidently done by experienoed hands, " CELEOfijlllO; TIL DE LIUPPED OUT i Mayor Lane Calls Meeting o Decide What Features Shall ... Be Presented. GLORIOUS FOURTH IDEA CAINS MANY SUPPORTERS Representatives of Various Com merclal Bodies Will Meet to De cide Upon Some Plan for Adequate ; Celebration of Independence Day. Preliminary eteps toward mapping out Portland's Fourth of July oelnbra tlon will be taken at a conference called by Mayor Lane to meet In the council chamber of ths city hall at t o'clock to morrow afternoon. - Representatives ef the chamber o( commerce,' board of trade. Commercial : club. Admen's league, - Initiative One Hundred, aat Bids Improvement 'asso- . elation and Portland. Rowing club will be in attendance. . ' ' i, Dan McAllen will also be there- ' Mayor -ans called the meeting, after conferring with members of the-com- merclal bodies, who sssured htm It would be perfectly fitting for him to" get "the Fourth - pt - July - movement -started without further delay. Dan McAllen Is responsible forthemoye;fc, raent assumlng-OTnnyTorm"early In the dsy. . ".. - ... Notwithstanding the fact that Port land subscribed heavily to the San Francisco- relief fund. It Is not believed thst sny difficulty will be encountered in raising sufficient funds to give the city' the biggest celebration It has known for years. So far as ths merchants srs . concerned the increased trsds from ths ' country before snd after the big day win repay thera for subscriptions.-- BRISTOL REFUSES TO LET :i)0;;D$JlltuE Holds That No Proof Is Offered That Puter Is in Cus- K y ir-: - tody.;"-- J. F. - Boothe, representing Flnley Morrison, ons of ths sureties on the 14,000 bond of 8. A. D. Putei', made an' oral motion this morning before United States District Judgs Wolverton ask. . inf That "his -client be released front ' further liability on the Puter bond. In view "of the- tact that-Pnter -had been delivered Into ths custody of the United States marshal. District Attorney Bris tol, however,' promptly objected . to the motion on the ground that the bond was .the joint undertaking of Flnley Morrt- - son and Fred Frits and for ths furthsr reason thst there was no proof adduoed that Mr. Puter was in the euetody of tbe authorities. . . , -Ths court sustained -ths objection of " the district attorney snd refused to re lease Mr. Morrison from bis oblige, tlon. Mr. Booth hsd not anticipated any opposition from ths government on technical points,' but stated to the court that be would prepare a formal motion and affidavit end submit . the seme for decision tomorrow. - ,- - No Information was forthcoming front . ths district attorney's offlcs today as to ' when Puter would be brought bafors the court to receive his sentence. TELEGRAPHERS' STRIVE . FOR CARNEGIE PRIZES , (Joersal Special Servlee.) : " Boston, ' Mass., Juns 8. In a contest of speed and accuracy a score of famous . telegraphers assembled In, Boston todsv to compete for trophies offered by the telegraph companlee and the newapa . "peri aodT'oV Andrsw Csrnegle, who hss donated a handsome silver sup in mem ory ef ths days when he was a tele graph messenger In Pittsburg. Amon ths contestants are ths speediest key; operators of this country and Canada.' Ths competitions will Include contests' work. In stock brokerage work and In railroad telegraphy. . ,,ff, , POLICIES TO BE PAID AT QUARTER DISCOUNT) (Joornal Special Service.) . San Francisco, Juns 8. President Nichols of ths National Insurance com pany of Hartford. Connecticut, has sr , rived te tsks charge of ths company's ' affairs, He announaes -that his com pany, together with the Colonial Under . writers, sn affiliated concern, will payj about T8 cents on ths dollar. ' ' ceuss hs said ths company wss not act lng fairly with Its policy holders.'. . ' WILL BUILD ANOTHER SALT LAKE BRANCH ; (Joarnal special Service.) Sslt Lske, - Utsh, June 8. The Cell ente A Ploche Railroad company has filed srtlolesto build a branch of 'the Salt Lake Routs from Callente, Nevada, to Ploche. J. Rose Clark of Los An geles Is president snd H. Bancroft, gen oral msnsger of the Oregon Short Line, Is vice-president . The other offlolsli s til rsr tors nf ths Harrlmsn lines an J Senator Clark's representatives. - - The road Is guaranteed by the Nevada and Utah Mlnee Smelters corporation. HIPPER CULPABLE AS U RAILROAD CARRIERS , 71 (Jnaraal Special Servles.) ' Kansas City, Mo., Juns 8. Ths gov. ernment held , the shipper equally culp. . abls with ths carriers In ths esse of the packers on trial hers en a charge oi accepting rebates from the Burlington) route on export shipments. .- A verdict Is expected tonight. DEMOCRATIC LEADER MAY : ENTER COLLEGE FACULTY -JeoTaal 'Special Service.) "' ' ' " Washington, June 8. John Sharp Wil liams may retire at the end of this eon-, gressldnal cession to accept a Univer sity of Virginia professorship. . Mr. -Williams declined to discuss the" sub ject, -saying he had not received such an offer.. . - - . ; . ,
