THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. , SATURDAYS EVENING. JUNE 30,, 18C3.
3TEACIER KITSAP SLIDES- OFF WAYS
EAST SIDE IS BUSY
HOLD-UP LIEN ARE
GEITIflGrBUSy
KELLY CLAN HAS
ELECTRIC T.1ERGER
l,f Ji'ill DEVOL
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WHILE BI& CROWD CHEERS
BUILDIIIG UP
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Permits Issued During Month
Show Activity in District
; Across the Willamette.
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Mid Din of Whistles : the Trim
Two Victims of Last Night Re
port Highway Robberies to the
Police Department.
One Hundred Fifty . Members
Take Part in Banquet in
Woodstock Residence. .
Fuller Will Remain in Charge of
After Listening tp Them Accuse
-' Her. Husband, She Gets Curt -
Vessel Is Launched Without a
1 Hitch From Supple Yards,'
ceattU p'eople come
;the Corporation's Rail-
way Lines. '
and Corners Them. j
MANY RESIDENCES
GEORGE S. DINGHAM
HISTORIAN READS LIST. .
COODE IS PRESIDENT
- OF THE NEW COMPANY
KEEPS ONE COVERED l
UNTIL HUSBAND COMES
" TO TAKE FIRST RIDE
r . BEING CONSTRUCTED
v ROBBED AND STABBED
OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS
Vessel yill ' Bs Taken Around o
Sound Under Her Own Steam In s
Business Buildings How In Process of
Bridal, Veil Man Relieved of Eighty
Members Join Hands snd Sing "My
Old .Kentucky Home" in Honor of
Founder of the Kelly Clan, Who
Was Kentucky 'Pioneer. ,
Pratt Retains His Interest in the Con
, poratipnAboui Two and On Half
Millions 'Will Be Spent for Im
mediate Improvements in Valley. "
utnsr Mages u-scaps out s iaicr Art
rested Jor Threstenlng'; to Kifl-i
Plucky Woman . Collapses Aftgr
Passing Through the OrdeaL - ?
.7-:
Erection Are o fetter Quality
Than Those Erected Formerly
Amount Being Invested Is Large.
Dollars and Watch at Eastern Ap
proach of Burnside BridgeOther
Crimes Reported to Authorities. ,
j Few ", Days Is Expected to Be
, Speed Wonder.
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UALREUOIOd
- Exactly it 1' o'clock this ' afternoon
tha trim steamer Kitsap "was launched
from the ways at Joseph Bupple's boat
yard. Mrs. A.' Hoetmark, .daughter of
Captain Hansen, the founder of tha Kit.
. sap Navigation company, broke the bot-'
tie of champagne over the pointed bow
of the promised greyhound, and a few
' momenta later the hull struck the wste
with a mighty splash. ' As "Sne" sfnmt
the water a hundred whlstlee'frora'tlfea,
and factories alone . the rtvew broke
forth In piercing acclaim. . I
Hundred of people watcbe'd the
launching . from the - Morrison etreel
bridge, where the view waa excellent.
They joined- in. thetcheer that went 4p
' as the craft waa eeen to move and gain
momentum on the greeeed timber lead
ing Into the water. From the time it
Started, till it struck the water the cra
dle never wavered and the hull hit the
weter with her full broadslds without
having altered her position an inch on
the block. Altogether the launching
waa. a complete aureus.
Among those who took the ' Initial
" ride were many Seattle people who came
here expressly for that purpose. They
jwere: M. W.. Peterson, treasurer and
The New Steamer
ST Kitsip ss
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cashier of the Dexter, Horton Co.
bank; Mra W. W. Peterson, Captains
B. p. Whitney and R. A. Turner of the
.Vnfted. Statee inspector's office Hon. J.
A. Stratton,4one of the trustees of the
Kitsap Navigation company; Captain
Oraat Hmophrey of the Alaska Commer
cial company; Captain James 8. iStb-
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JLfDGE IS DEFEHDAPiTJii SUIT
BEFORE HIM
Sears Has to Answer to Case
Filed in His Own Court
by Railroad Company. -
, Presiding Judge Alfred F. Sears Jr.
of the circuit court finds himself In the
hovel position of being a defendant in
"-av lawsuit in the court over which he
. presides. He is one ef . the 76 de
, fendante In a condemnation ault brought
J- by the O. R. A N. Co. for a right of way
between Columbia boulevard and Van
couver avenue on the proposed exten
sion of the O. R. St N. from SU Johns to
.Troutdale.
The property sought to be condemned
belonge to tha estate of Lewis iove
- and the old law arm of McOlnn, Hears
A Simon, of which Judge Sears was a
.member before taking his seat on the
' .bench, is made a defendant- because of
some interest claimed by the firm In
the property. The firm waa . dissolved
. ,more than 10 years ago.
The estate ttLL Hawklne holds a
.mortgage on the property in question,
end It was therefore neoeneary to, name
all the belrs of each of these eetatee as
'defendants In the suit,
Owing to the complaint being so long,
.and there having to by so many copies
: In order that each defendant may have
one, the complalnt,ta 'jriftited Instead
-i of being1 typewTllUn.n covers l
' , pages.. IT
The official tltlof the suit is the O.
R. N. Co. vs. T. T. Btruble at al. The
"property eought to be condemned is aald
jte be worth about $,600. , ..
W. W. Cotton and A. C. Spencer ap
. 1 pear aa attorneys for the O. R. A ti. Co.
! APPLICANTS FOR CITY .
I; JOBS ARE EXAMINED
Fifty-two applicants for positions in
Je fire departmenLJindcrwentrlgld
tests as to their physical condition this
' morning as s part of the civil service
'examination. Ir. C. IL Wheeler, city
health offloer, and Dr. W. O. Wheeler
poked and prodded the applicants, mak
i lng sure that each waa etrong end sound
enough to do the work required of
firemen before he is allowed to proceed
with the athletic and written . exam-
Inattone. . ' . .
, Monday the athletlo tesU wfll be held
on tee Multnomah Held and in the aft-
grnoan those wbe have Teealved the
(T-cesaary grades In' twd previous sec
tlonS will take the last: test, the writ,
' ten examination. . "
LANE-CONFIRMED AS
RAILWAY COMMISSIONER
(Joaraal Special Sarrlea)
: Washington, June SO. The sonata has
ronflrmed the nomination ' of Franklin
K. Lene, Democrat, ef California, to
be a member f the Interstate commerce
comtntKston toj succeed e-Ooraor. Jo-
eph w. nfjr of Illinois. .' The ptl
dent eent the nomination in the eertate
en December last, bnt the Interstate
eontmeroe enmmlttee failed to take a".
' ttua, oppeeiUog te reporting the noml-
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sJUkJ.
Mrs. A. Hostmark, Who Christened
the Kitsap.'.,- ; ' "
son of the Washington Stevedoring com
pany. Joshua Green of the Inland Nav
igating company and President W. L.
Oasaam fit the Kitsap Navigation com
pany.: . "
The Xiteao will be taken around to
Seattle under, her own steam In a few
dava. She le eautpped with the most
elaborate machinery that, money could
secure and Is expected to develop speed
heretofore unheard of by a vessel of
tie Almenaiona. '
Captain Reynolde of Seattle will take
the steamer to the sound, where she
wlll.be given her official trial trip.
She Is expected to-do it least II miles
i '.t'.l r:'i':f'-
She Appeared on the Ways,
on a steady run. . A short-trial trip will
probably be held on the Columbia fiver
next week before she -Is turned . over to
the ownere.-- . - '- ? , i
. liThe Kitsap is Intended for the Seat-tle-Taooma
run In opposition to the
Flyer, which now carries the broom on
the. gOUnd. .,'.''' . -r I
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nation. It was- public stated, was based
on the fact that If ' he waa confirmed
the Democratic members would domi
nate the commission, Mr, Lane being a
Democrat. .
'Senator Elklns- made a favorable, rec
ommendation on the nomination by poll
ing the committee. Senator Foraker led
the fight agalnat confirmation, contend
ing that Mr. Lane lacks conservatism
and le a pronounced reformer In rail
road matter Senatora Keen and Till
man both opposed the confirmation.
WHITE AND NEGRO
1 SAILORS IN StASH
(Journal Special Servlee,)
Leavenworth, Kan., June 10. In a
clash in this city last, night between
white and colored troops from Fort
Leavenworth, two members of the en
gineers' corps were severely beaten and
others were out and bruised. '
All troops et Fort Leavenworth, about
I.S0O men, are restricted to the limlte
of the garrison- or orders of Lieutenant
Colonel . Paulding, acting commandant,
because of the many fights that have
taken place on the military, reservation
and in the north part of Leavenworth.
between the Eighteenth Infantry (white)
and the Fourth cavalry (colored). The
bad feeling existing between the organ
izations was caused by cavalrymen
beating two Infantrymen Wednesday
night,' and several fights resulted then
and on Friday - night. . Four men are
confined to the hospital at the post, .
ASSAULTED WITNESS
AND PAID BIG FINES
(Special Dispatch to Tie" Journal.)
Hllshoro.- .'Or., June SO. Yesterday
Walter Beard of Banks entered a plea
of guilty te the charge of assaulting
John Carstens. Beard waa fined. $60.
which sum ha promptly paid.
Albert Mlsner, charged with the
same of fens committed upon the-same
person, had hi trial hero- yesterday.
The jury was out about five minutes,
when It returned the. verdict of "guilty
ae charged." - Mlsner waa fined $20,
which ha paid at -once.
The trouble arose over the the fact
that Beard and Mlener accused Carstens
of attempting to impeach tbelr evidence
In a civil action tried here about two
weeke ago.
TREP0FF TO PUNISH '
HIS MINOR OFFICERS
(Joernal Special gerrle.)
St Petersburg, June.. 10. It Is un
derstood General Trepoff haa been or
dered to appeaee the soldiers for' their
bad treatment by the offlcers-snd recom
mends that exentples be made of minor
officers. . The government Is realising
the necessity for regaining the loyalty
of the troops. '
HILLSB0R0 VETERANS "
' : MAKE SUMMER CAMP
(Special ntapatck to Tke Joareaet '
1 Hlllaboro, Or., June 10. The veterans
and their families of Hlllsnoro and vl
einlty journeyed to Forest Orovs today
and went Into camp In Naylor'a park at
that place to remain until after he
Fourtn f July. " .
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Continued rains during thfs month
seemed to have no dampening effect
upon the growth of building operationa
on the east aide. .For the 'first 1 days
of June permits totaling more than
1361,000 were issued for east aide build-
Inee. This sum la, of course, out a
portion of the actual cost of the im
provements, ee the contractors oontlnue
te undervalue the real cost of Improve
ments when applying for permlte.
While the total for April and May
far exceed, those of any other months
for the past year, those for June will
come well above-the a re rata On c.nly
a tew -days during the month did the
permlte for the west elde "exceed In
value thoee for the east side. - As a
general tbliigthe east elde permits far
exceeded in value those of the west
sMeT.and on several days the ratio was
as high as four or Ova to one in favor
of the other eide of the river. On June
1 east side permits were 111400, west
aide 14.100: June (. east $15,600, west
J $1,860; June 1, east 2,47f. west 111.-
000. " '---.-. - - - .'V , , ...
Oood Boll dings Oolng Op. -
!' Oneofthe moet gratifying features,
as ehown br the dally report of per
mlte, Is the fact that the character of
buildings going up on the east side is
constantly Improving.
, Among the .larger eaat fide improve
ments begun during the month, were
the Joseph - Paftuet two-story Arlck
stors, .at Eaat Morrison and;. East
Water streets, to cost $14,000; three
story steel substation of the General
Electrlo company on Knott etreet near
Williams avenue, cost 121,000; the Jes
collaj rtore and apartment house on
Portland boulevard to cost $6,000; the
warehouse pf Nottingham A Co., East
Stark and East Becond streets, cost
$10,000, and a' large number of reei
denoee valued at from $1,000 to $5,000.
INDIANS DISCREDIT
RESERVATION SALE
.' (Speetal Dtsoateh te The JoersaL) '
Spokane, Wash., June $0. Indignant
denial la made by the ColvlUe Indians
to the claim that they ever signed, an
agreement to sell the north half of the
reservation to the United States gov
ernment This statement la made by
John Stevens, . one of the heed men of
the Spokenee. '- ,
V It is claimed that the first negotia
tions were made for the eale of the
ColviUe reservation by Major Owydlr,
who was agent It yeare , ago. The
original contract -called for 16 per cent,
which. It is believed, was to have been
divided between the agent and a lawyer
In Waahlneton. No agreement was ever
entered into, the Indiana repudiating
the eontrect.
. The federal sovernment sgreed to
oav the Indiana $1,600,000 for the north
half of the reservation, although none
of the money hea yet been paid. In
esntuch as the government has. already
thrown, open a large part of the land
to settlement it is probable that the
bsale will stand.
HOMER CASTLE TO SPEAK
: AT GRACE M. E CHURCH
Homer L, Castle of Pittsburg, Penn
sylvania, will make an address at Grace
M. E. church tomorrow night. Mr.
Castle was recently selected as the can
didate' of add the reform forces of
Pennsylvania for the offioe of lleutenW
ant -governor. Lest year, when inde
pendent Pennsylvania voters "arose aa
one man and annihilated a half million
Quay machine majority, electing Wil
liam H. Berry state treasurer by nearly
100,000 plurality, they were led by Ho
mer L. Castle, who exposed the graft
and rottenness that had for 10 years
i signed undisturbed In the state treas
ury. Mr. Castle speaks at Taylor Street
church tomorrow morning at 10:10 and
at Grace Methodist church at t:10 In the
tvenlne. He le perhaps the most elo
quent orator of the temperance plat
form today. J l
PENDLETON SALOONS
. CLOSED BY SHERIFF
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6eclal Dispatch to The loaraal.t
Pendleton, Or, June 10. Three sa
loons have been cloeed In Pendleton
wlthln-e-ehort-time, Xeeterday the
Merchants' Bar . saloon In the Associa
tion block was closed under ettachment
proceedings brought by E.' A. Gray. The
plaintiff Is the representative of the
California Wine A Cordial company,
which haa a olaim against C Bonettl,
the proprietor, for the aura of I10t.es.
A ault and attachment proceedings wn
besun in the circuit court yesterday
afternoon by J. H. Lawrey, attorney for
the plaintiff. Boon arterwara tne
papers were served upon Mr. Bonettl
end he was given a chance to aettle
the case, but was unable to do so snd
the place le atlli cloeed. .
On June the Turner Bros.' saloon
was closed and the Merchants- bar is
the third saloon to be attached this
month. It Is also announced that the
California . Wine House will go out of
buslbess July 1. .
NEZ PERCES TRIBE
"HOLDS CAMP MEETING
' (Special Dlspateh te The Joeraal.)
Lewlston, Idaho. June 10. Three
hundred members of the Nes Perees
tribe of Indians are now assembled at
old Fort Lapwal for their annuel cum
mer camp meeting, which commenced
Thursday night. About 10 tepees have
been erected end 10 wall tents. Before
the eeesioa' cloeee there will be more
than 1.600 Indiana from all parts of
.the northwest present. The Indians
intend to make this seeslon "the equal
of the.gambua: one) held in lift, .when
over 1,000 werf .present, -k
The Indians ym. bee In i session" for
two weeks f tea the Fourth and; meet
ings are being held each morning and
evening. Several prominent Indies
speakers will be present end deliver
eddresees.. I. The Fourth, will be cele
brated by a big "parade and war dance,
but these will be participated In only
by the non-Christian element " of the
tribes.
That class of the criminal gentry
known as footpads .snd regarded as the
moet dangerous crooks extant have al
ready commenced their -eeasonal opera
tions In Portland, by holding up two
pedestrians last night In different sec
tions -of the city.
" George ; S. Dingham, an advertising
man from Minneapolis, waa robbed and
stabbed by two highwaymen at Tenth
and Madison streets last night. .The
thieves secured 110 from their victim
and upon Dlngham offering resistance,
cut him severely on the hand with a
dirk.
Dlngham left his abode at IIS eventh
street shortly after 10 o'olock with the
intention of taking a atroll before .re
tiring. While walking leisurely home
ward on Madison atreetr near Tenth, he
waa suddenly seised from behind by
the criminals, who had stolen upon him
unawares. They quickly rfled his
pockets and started to run away. Dlng
ham grabbed one of his assailants by
the arm and in the fight which ensued
the fellow drew ;.a knife and out Mm
over the hand. Dlngham waa forced te
release hie hold and the fellows then
ran down Madison street.
After having his wounds dressed, by
a physician, Dlngham reported the mat
ter to the police. Detectives were de
tailed on the. ceee but could find no
frace of the filghwaymen.
(" . Aaothe Holdup. . ' j
A. Lambert, who arrived' In tils elty
yesterday morning from . Bridal Veil, 1
Oregon, wee held up and' robbed at the
eastern approach to the Burnside bridge
shortly after the commission of the
first crime Two men approached him
es he neared the bridge and inquired
if he hed any money. Receiving no
reply, one of the thugs seised Lambert
and the other relieved him of $80 and
a gold watch and chain. They then
took to their heels end Lambert did not
give chase.. He describes one of the
highwaymen as being tell snd the other
short, the usual description in casee of
this charaoter. Tha police have made
no arrests In either ease. , ,
, Other Crimes Reported.
F. JT. Kemper, la roomer In the Eagle
lodging-house, haa notified the author!
ties that a thief entered hie room yes
terday afternoon and carried away con.
alderable wearing apparel. . The man
waa aeen coming from the room by the
landlady, but he told such a plausible
etory about looking for a friend that
she did not detain him.
E. A. Frank, of SSI Wasco street re
ports that a man representing himself
to be an agent of Morealle, tha artist.
secured 12 fronyhls wife by meana of a
bogue receipt.
A burglar attempted to eff eot an en.
trance to Powers furniture store on
First and Taylor atreets last night
The thief used a "jimmy" to pry open
one of the doors, but was frightened
away by the approach of Watchman By
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DIAMOND'MATCH MAN DIES
; IN THE PORTLAND HOTEL
William M. Graves, vice-president aVid
general manager of the Diamond Match
company, died in his room at ths Port
land hotel yesterday of fatty degenera
tion of the heart. Mr. Oraves was sit
ting In a chair when overoome and
death was pronounced instantaneous by
Dr. K, h. Kins.
r.Mr. Graves has been ill for some time
and of tn predicted that death would
overtake him la tha way It did yester
day. He arrived In' Portlsnd Wednesdey
evening In company with hie son. J. R.
Oraves, and hie nurse, . F. M. Clough.
Young Graves had just etepped out of
the room for a few mlnutee when his
father died. Clough at once notified
Dr. Ellis, who had been attending Mr.
Graves since hie arrival In Portland.
The dead man waa on his way from
New York to Chlco, Csllfornla, where
hie wife is residing. In ths party were
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Hawkins of Mew
York. Mr. Hawkins was associated la
the earns company with Mr, Graves,
occupying the position of assistant to
the president of the Diamond Match
oomnanv. '
' Ths body will be shipped to Chlco
this evening and will be accompanied
by Mr. Graves' son and Mr. and Mrs.
Hawkins. 1 t
BERTHA PRECINCTOARD
MEMBERS BEFORE JURY
Frederick Brandos and John Chalmers,
mombers of the election board of Bertha
preolnt. went before the grand jury
this afternoon. It le ' underetood that
the grand -jury's recount of the vote In
that precinct this morning did not agree
with the offlclai-retums on severs! of
fices. . i .... . .
W. Irving Spencer, Portland's New
Building Inspector. ;-' ' .
reunion of the Kelly
Clan, wm held this afternoon at the
residence of Dr. -Richmond Kelly at
Kenllworth. on the Woodstock car line.
Nearly HO Kellye were seated at the
banquet board at I o'clock.- It had been
Intended to set the tables pn the lawn
but . on account of the threatening
weather of the past two daye the big
barn wee prepared for this purpose.
. Mrs. van B. DeLashmutt. presided.
one of the feeturee of the day being the
joining of hands by all present et the
tables and the singing of '"My Old Ken
tucky Home.'J Thomas Kelly, from
whotp the Kelly Clan takes Its name,
was on Of me nrsi seiners m mo.
tucky. Clinton Kelly, sine of the clan
on the Pacific const, came to Portland
-' Program' XalonaaL 'ij!'..
The program, on ths "whole was In
formal, leading members of the dart re
sponding In short speeches. Plympton
Kelly, the oldest member present,- de
livered a Speech. Miss Nells Feweet,
the (Kelly historian, read the dan his-
tory down to date. Bhe reported, a nun-;
oer, or Dirtns, oeatns ana marriages our
lng the year. There were three mar
riages, Ross Mill Plummer to Lulu
Morris ' Holmes, James G.- Hetsel to
Clara A. Holstron and Maiden Kelly to
Nicholas Cogley. ths first named In each
Case being a Kelly. The deaths re
ported were three, Marls Kelly Buly.
Samuel Kelly and Carl Gholson. Afton
the members of the elan eeen at the re
union for the first time.-, were J. K.
Turner and wife and Mlee L. LuclIC
Turner of ..California grandchildren -of
Clinton Kellyr. .
. Among the .gathering -were several
Invited guests, the following: Rev. J.
H. Hoberg end daughter of McMlnn
vllle. Dr. A. N. Fisher and wife, Mrs.
M. Ei. Fraser and Mrs. F. Perry of Port
land. '".
GERMAN HAS GREAT FAITH
IN JUDGE SEARS
Sends Affidavit From Dresden
and , Tells Judge . He Knows
Justice Will Be Shown Him. -J
From Dresden, In the ' kingdom of
Saxony, Germany, comes to the circuit
court what- Is perhape the moet com
plete exhibition of absolute confidence
of a German who haa lived, hee In the
justioe of our American courts. It Is
In the shape of an affidavit sworn' to
before the American deputy consul
general at Dresden and wae addressed
to Presiding Judge Sears, in answer to
a ault filed In ths local court. The final
paragraph of the affidavit reade:
"1 do not have this mesne to employ
a lawyer to defend, ray -rights, but fujjy
knowing that, even though absent, I
will find ths right I am seeking In an
American court of justioe, I respect
fully submit the above . to the court'e
attention. I am the court's most
obedient servant, Gustave M. Keller."
Theetrtt-wss commenced some time
ago by Amelia Keller, the divorced wife
of the men who eent the affidavit. She
alleged that she loaned him 11.600 In
1889 and sought judgment end the eale
of hie property here to satisfy It. His
affidavit declares that ahe never loaned
him the money. It says:
"If Mrs. Keller clalme she loaned me
the 1, BOO and I ewear that she did not
do so then the court ehould make her
prove her claims, and thereby prove
perjury on my part, or my oath atands
and Mrs. Keller'e clalnt la thrown out
of court."
While, under the "law, thle affidavit
doea not constitute a valid appearance
in court, the motion of Mrs. Keller'e at
torney for a default judgment was de
nted by Judge. Sears, and ths clerk e
the oourt Instructed to notify Keller In
Saxony Just what etepe will be neces
sary for him to take to defend his
rlghta.
LAND FRAUD MEN ARE
j FIGHTING EXTRADITION
Defense In the land fraud .cases of the
United Bute against Joeeph Black.
Joseph T. Black and others, la being
heard at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, today be
.
fore the United States eommlselonera.
The defendants were Indicted in Or-,
gon and are fighting s gainst being
brought to trial In this state, claiming
that they are entitled to trial In Wis
consin. Edwerd Dixon, special agent
cf the Interior department, le at Osh
kosh, where he le presenting teetlmony
for the government.
The defendante were Indicted for de
fraudlng the government .out of land: la
Klamath county.-
' Arrange fee Fourth.
(Special mspaics to The Jeornal.)
Oregon City, Or., June 80. The
Fourth of July celebration at Canby
promleee to be the most Interesting held
there In yeare and a good program has
bevin arranged. ' A liberty car filled with
children, representing each state In the
union, and a goddess of liberty and her
maids wtll heed the procession to the
plcnio grounds. The exercises will open
with America" in chorus and the dec
laration of Independence and an appro
priate poem on "Oregon will be read. ' A
ladlea' quartet ,w1l sing a number. The
Aurora .bant) iUl' -furnish the music
Professor Yoder iof - Portland , le the
pianist.' During the after noon there will
be foot races ana other sports. .
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. Xlcaerf arte-e Woeoe. -
(Special Dl.pntch'to The Journal.)
Vancouver,.. Wash., June 80.-The
kindergarten echobl of the Presbyterian
church, under the leadership of Mrs.
Ames and Miss Chaffee, held its eloelng
exercises yesterdsy afternoon In the
parlors' of the church. Many friends
of the school were present and apoks In
the highest praise of the workdone
during . the term Just- closed. J "he, en
rollment waa between It and Iff. 5 Next
year the school : will be opened on a
larger acale IX a suitable building can
be secured. ,-
: The ninth' annual
" In" the T reorganisation "of Portland
electrical and railway companlee under
the name of Portland Railway, Light St
Power company, the streetcar Unea , will
be direjr in charge of F. I.- Fuller,
president of the Portland Railway com
pany, whose office -in the new company
will be that of vice-president W. H.
Hurlburt ,who' waa president and gen
eral manager, of the Oregon Water
Power A Railway company, la expected
to retain charge . of operations of the
o. w. x: lines.
Completion of the organisation of the
merger company was effected at a
meeting today, when the full set of
officers were elected. They'ere: Presi
dent, H.. W. Goods; vice-presidents, F. I.
Fuller of Portland and H. L. Clark of
ths Philadelphia banking house of E.
W. Clark A. Co.; tieasurer, 8. G. Reed:
secretary, C. N. Huggina. The laat two
named held similar poaitlona in the
Portland General Electric company.
The dlreotore ere: C. M. Clark and
H. L. Clark. 'Philadelphia; Frederick
Strauss of the Sellgman banking house.
New York; A. C. Bedford of the bank
ing firm -of Charles Pratt A Co, New
York; H. W. jQoode, F. L Fuller, O. F.
Pax ton, S..O. ReeJ, F, O. Sykes, Port
land. An' executive committee, which
will act jointly for the anted Interests
In the general management of the prop
erty, le composed of C. M. Clark, Fred
erick Strauss, -A. C Bedford and H. W.
Ooode. ? . .- -
Pratt mesalae Holding.
Mr. Pratt, who wrae erroneously re-
?orted to have sold his Interests In the
'ortland General Electric, retains a
considerable holding . in the merger
company, besides his Interests In the
Willamette Traction company. Ha is to
remain a heavy Investor In Portland and
the Willamette valley. It Is said the
funds represented in these, holdings are
a part of the Pratt estate, i , , '
About J. 600.000 will be spent for
Immediate .Improvements In the Port
land properties and small plants In the
valley. The various offices of- the com
panies that are now consolidated Into
ona will Immediately be concentrated
Under one roof, - for convenience In
transaction of business. ; They will find
temporary quarters In some building
owned by th" merged Interests. Ths
f resent headquarters of the O. W. P.
Inee at First and Alder streets are re
garded favorably but nottrthg'rtJa yet
been decided. . The capital stock of
the merger company is 180,000,000 and
the plants Included ere es follows:
Portland Railway. ' Portland ', General
Electric, Oregon Water iPower Rsll
way company, the. Oaks," the light snd
power companies at Vancouver, Wash
lngton; Salem. Sllverton, Woodburn,
Mount Angel and Oregon City. -
REPORT-ELLIOTT RESIGNED
NOT CONFIRMED
Officials Unable to Say That
President of Northern Pacific
Will Leave Road.
(Special Dltpatcb to Tbe JoaruaL)
St Paul, Minn., Vune 80. -Nothing
further hee been learned relative to the
reported resignation of President
Howard Elliott of the Northern PacUlo.
Only minor officials are to be aeen In
Howard Elliott.
the city today end they are unable to
confirm the rumor. Mr. Elliott himself
la In tha east
It was reported laat evening that Mr.
ElirdtrftBtfandedT In Tils resignation as
president of the board of directors, of
the Northern Pacific, the resignation ton
take effect today. It was also stated
that his present stay In the eaat Is in
connection with his plans for -the fu
ture, the nature of which, could 'pot be
learned. ' ' -
The report has gained .credence in
railroad circles, the - official named as
ths successor to Mr. Elliott, le con-
Idered a strong probability under cir
cumstances now existing.
On October 81, 108, Mr. Elliott wse
elected president of tha Northern Pacific
and haa made a brilliant record during
his Incumbency His departure would
cause widespread regret among the men
he has been associated with. ' ;.
REMONSTRANCE FILED
, BY PROPERTY OWNERS
, aeaaeBMaeasaaeaBM '
Isaac Lawler and other property
owners ' have filed a remonstrance
agalnat the Improvement of Fifteenth
etreet from Burnslde.to Thurman with
bituminous macadam, giving ee their
reason that they' consider thle pave
ment more expenslve' than la necessary,
Tbey have no objection to redressing
the pTesentmscadam pavement
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' A brave and resourceful little woman;
armed wtfh an ugly looking revolver)
out a Husky man to flight yesterday
tuurnina; .ana e-vyt utm vuiutniuvii w . - .
ered wltH the weapon until the arrival
of her husband. Ae the result of this
sensational episode In Harrison Court,
a fashionable .apartment house et Fifth
and .Harrison streets. John O'Connor,
an employe of the Gee company, haa
been arrested on a charge of threaten
lng to, kill and Mrs. J. D. Bauer la pros
trated' by the reaction following . tb .
affair.'''. - ..
The storv as unfolded In the munici
pal .court thla morning Is to the effect '
that O'Connor was informed by Que 1
Schulta, bis companion Ip the affair,
that J. I Bauer, a saloon proprietor et
14s Fourth street had been seen with
0'Connore divorced wife at the Oaks
several nights ago, O'Connor, It la
alleged, thereupon communicated wltb,
Mrs. Bauer . over the telephone, ap- '
prising her of her husband's perfidy '
and informing her that he would cell
and explain the matter. Mrs. , Bauer .
treated the matter es a joke perpetrated
by her husband until O'Connor appeared
at the apartment house shortly after 41"-
o clock. ,.- ' ' ..
According to t Mrs. i Bauer's - story
O'Connor after Introducing htmeelf de
clared that he Intended te kill her bus- '
band for his conduct - - '
I have come here to tell you of my
Intention of killing your husband so .
that when it occurs you will know -who"
did It and the reason," la tha statement
alleged to have been mads by O'Connor.
It Is claimed by Mrs. Bauer that he then
declared that he waa prepared for the
murder and pulled a revolver from hla
pocket 1 , :
Mre. Bauer, thoroughly alarmed, ex
cueed herself for -a moment and rushed .
to her rooms. Securing her husband's .
pistol she leveled It at Schults and.
commanded both men to remain.- O'Con- :
nor at the slghtl of the gun took to his -heels.
, Schults, i-overed by the weepon,
and noting Uta-ftetermlned look In Mrs. .
Bauer's. T"s, wisely elected to re-alnr7''V':..--J
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IrC the meantime, a roomer in - the '
house telephoned to Bauer at "bis sa-
loon and informed him of the difficulty.
He Immediately repaired to hla home
and, after having been mads acquainted
with the details of the affair. Interro- .
gated Schults and turned him loose.
. Baiiy reported the matter to the .
police and upon h's complaint a war:
rant wae lasued for the arrest of O'Con
nor. In court this morning the defend
ant declared that It was all a mistake
and offered to epologls. Judge Came
ron refused to entertain this proposl-
tlon and ordered that Mrs. Bauer ; ap
pear In court next Tuesday and tell her :
side of the story. ;v .. ,
BAD MAN IS ARRESTED FOR
BIG BUN
Alleged Desperado From Mon
tana Is Taken Into Custody
- and Fined by Court.
(Special Ptspett te The JearaaM
Oregon. City. Or.. June .-WIth
huge 4S-cailber Colt'a revolver and a
belt full of wicked-looking cartridgea
strapped to his waist . J. Cote of Mon
tana, waa arrested Thursday night by
Night Officers Shaw and Cooke and
lodged in Jail on a charge . of carrying
concealed, weapons ' . .
Cole was detected by Officer Cooke
ht the: act of dodging around the South
ern Pacific - depot yarde. The men
looked suspicious to the policeman, who
ordered him to accompany him to the
Station, but the .stronger resisted and -Cooks
called to Shaw who was a ahort
distance away. Shaw asked the man
his age and Cols appeared f lustrated
and was unwilling to give a aatlsfao :
tory reply. He said he was J7 years
of age and was born in 1181 He also
told Bhaw that he worked in the mills
snd boarded at a Main street res
taurant, but he waa , unable to tell the .'
name of the mill or the restaurant, and -the
vigilant eye of the officer detected a
bunch under Cole s coat and promptly
ran him In.
Cole pleaded for mercy at the hands
of Justice Stlpp yesterday ' afternoon.
He said be wae from Montana, that he
had been working In Portlsnd. and was '
'on his way to Btayton, Marion county,
where hie mother waa 111. He had less
than 13, and he wanted to use thla
money to get hie suitcase, which he
had expressed from Montana, out of the
office at Salem. He told euch a con
vincing story that the court fined him
tit and remitted the fine, and Cole wae
cent on hla way home rejoicing lest
night. .. . j ,' ;
LITTLE GIRL FOUND.
Elate Chambers discovered Wandering
L, AVVtt. . . v. M.WIIIII
1 " (Special DlipateS' le Tke Joeraal.) '
Vancouver, Wash., June 10. -Nine-
year-old Elsie Chambere, who ran away
or wae taken away from, her home near
Lake Shore dey before yeeterdey, waa
flicked up by a deputy sheriff lnPart
and yesterday uron Information re-'
celved from the -..local police. Bert
Chambere, the Utile glrl'e stepfather.
who haa spent the past two days hunting
the missing child, went te Portlsnd this
morning to bring her home. Details of
how sns gov to romana nave not oeen
received, although from what the Port
lsnd authorltiee reported -. she . waa
found alone end eould riot tell exactly
how she came to Portland.
.' ev. Bok Takee Beet, ,
(8peelal Donates te The Jonrsal.) '
Vancouver, Waahv June 10,-,-Rev, Vf.
I. Eck. pastor of St. Paula Knslisa
Lutheran church, leavee tomorrow for
a two-months' stsy at Trout Lake, Ore
gon.. Rev. Eck takes thle vacation on
account of his heslth, which has been
very poor, and which has threatened to
compel him to resign front the pastorate
of the local church. -
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