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f HI uiu utjlLuLa.G S liUUlilH SiiFl: Biiiili FliTlL.' SOLD iuraor Eujsne F. Cert Declares Thers W..D.Hofius Duys Chamber of Is No Reason for Run on 'Frisco Institution! 4 ' Commerce) From United , Railways Company. EXAMINERS SAY THAT v BELIEVED THAT HE . ' , ii''ieS " '' ; I ;-."' BANK IS NOT WEAK r- v HAS NO ASSOCIATES 12 dmary V 5 'r v f Sum Has Behind It Eighteen Millions in I Government Bond in Addition' to ';' Other Valuable Assets Other :' Banks Stand Behind It.' - 'v. Whtn Ljfint I. Bert srrlved in Port . land this morning from Sen Francisco hs was surprised to hear that the run ' on tha Hlbernia bank ot bis city still continue -Tha institution Is , absolutely safe, he said. "So sure am I of its stability X have advised ray personal friends who have deposits with the Hlbernia not to drew them out4 Mr. Bert speaks with authority, as he is ens of ths attorneys of tbs Call' fornla atate board of bank commission ers. In telling- of what happened be t?ore he loft. Can Francisco, Wednesday renins;, he said: . "Ths run started Tuesday morning-, ; At noon officials of .the' Hlbernia' sent word oyer tj tha bank commissioners asaing mem to maae a tnorougn ex amlnatlon of ths bank's affairs. The commissioners took -up ths work at ones. , I had made - arrangements toi leere town that evening,-but at tha re . quest of J. Cat twins, secretary of tha I board of commissioners, I postponed my aeparture it nours. - idi nana, ex aminers worked all day and far Into tha , nigni. xney resumea meir mmrn. eanr Wednesday morning, And It was past noon before tha Investigation was com puted.. . Ths result showed that the bank was perfectly sound. Among its ' assets were United States bonds to tha amount of I18.ooo.000. - - - ', "After completing the Investigation "ths bank" sommlssioner prepared , and signed a statement to tha publlo In gen- ' era! and tha : depositors in particular, V assuring them that the Hlbernia was as ' solid aa a reek and that there waa not C tha slightest cause for apprehension. I left town that night, believing that the statement wouyi stop .tha run. I : am ' aurprlsed to bear' that It has' continued. ; There is no reason for It-, Why, avery bank In San Francisco sent word to the j Hlbernia. Our vaults are open to you.' j ana ins oner was aecunea wiw inanaw. . i. nm ninnuR aoe mn immniH Busi ness. It baa 11,000 depositors. -Boms ) of . these -people who became - alarmed merely wanted to see that their savings i were iniacu una woman wna m in .- I0 In the old days before ths bank t- adopted a rule limiting savlnga depos its to 11.000 stared in tha line until ' she reached the window. When aha got there- aha asked, for all her money. It T. . AtAnlrArf Tin' iw frmt f her. ' fthe ft satlafled -herself that tha $M0 was there and then she changed her mind. h aivo me 1600.' she soldi I'll leave tha i uiuvi i iin-f - r , m v i vi . reetored." . 'i. h HOSTLER EXONERATED d : : - OF THEFT CHARGE t K.'D. Phoenix.' a hostler, was axon- I AMtAit Af hA'. HAr-a if hnree BtuHn in the . municipal court this morning. Phoenix -worked for tha' Brown 1-1 very stable at Fifteenth -and Alder street Ha agreed to purchase a race horae of the' liveryman, paying a part -weekly t out Of his wages. A- misunderstanding i. arose -ever the- accounts - and - Phoenix ' ; w W Ik. Ham ' - - 1 .'. i I. vJudae Cameron decided that the ease wss one for civil action and declined to hold the prisoner, to answerjto. the circuit court - ' - Eugene F. Bert, Pacific Coast League President. Who Is Spending a Few , Days in Portland. - PECULIAR DEFEI.SE HADE : Kl . DAHAEE : SUIT Oregon Water Power ; Company Says : Employe Was . Not : at". Post of Duty When Injured. Contending that William A. Ffnn. had gone . away . from hla post of -duty- to make his work easier, the O. W. p. eV Ry. Co. Is defending a suit for' $11,000 dam ages In ; Judge Qantanbeln's department of- the .circuit . court today ! .brought against It by Finn. ' Finn alleges that he waa working In a construction gang that waa building . a dam across the Clackamaa river at Caaadero cutting wood for a donkey engine. The engine pulled logs out of ths woods and Finn states that a log snagged and the chain that held a pulley through Which a steel cable ran waa broken. - He alleges that he waa struck in ths head by the cable, suffering a broken jaw and fractured shoulder.'-,,, .' r ' - As a defense the eompany states that Finn was not nesr Ms engine when he Waa injured.-- It ' Is" stated that there waa wood near the engine for Finn to out, but . that he-thought It eaaler to scale bark -oft the logs that were pulled In than. to out the wood near the engine and had .sTone away from the engine . to get the bark when the chain nroae ana he wee Injured. - The company denies liability , for Finn's injuries on . that ground..!1 1 ;. - - -.- rinn is representea oy nenry jy. men Olnn. Attorney W. T.'Mulr appears for! the O. W. P. - The morning session waa I devoted ' to sec or In g . a Jury. Attorney McGinn , would not accept Jurors who bad ever been given passes by the O. W. P. f J . -' ; -j j WAfilTED TO KNOW ; i ?i - - ; AND HE FOUND OUT r-r-t.;r: k-i,--v.-,, Since a horse has four leca and a man has only two. why should not a horse be as agile In etepplng over high plaoes as a manr ' . ''.. Buck, in substance, was . a question aaked Police Judge Cameron this morn ing - by . Jacob . Crane, - a Junk wagon driver.: -. ,'..-. . ',; . . Seeing two men walk over an ordinary open trestle on Hawthorne avenue be tween Bast First and ' East Third streets. Crane -tried to follow -with his Junk wagon. ' ThS'norss "feina." of eourse. end Policeman .Raney- eeme along -and arrested. Crane, for cruelty to animals. It took an hour's hard work to extricate the horse, during which trrne the animal fell on crane's left foot , and ; nearly broke It .. ' )-. r ' " f'V ' "Ion- aren't Tit-to drive, a monkey, said tbs Judge, contemptuously.' - "Ten dollars tine." - - - Agent Announces That Repair to ,. Building Will Begin , Immediately . and Bs Rushed to Completion as Soon. as Possible, - i I If irtrTn "iljVbli : L 1 Br ;- ")-t'i''.';.-:'':...,"v.'. , ; ; - t- - - TIic Rev S3.C0 Oat SOLD ONLY BY ' -S2J -. ViS 4aw n S( ; Ispcrlsl Cc(el CaiUInj ' The deal for the 'purchase' of ;' the Chamber of Commerce from C. SL Vomu and .J. Whyte Evans waa closed this morning. W. D. Huflus, a railway equip ment man of Seattle, became owner of the big atructure occupying the . half block oa Stark, between Third and Fourth. It is said that Mr. Hoflue Is In the deel alone and that be haa no as sociates In the purchase. Last week it was announced that the deal, waa under way and that everything had been set tied except the question of who should receive the Insurance on the building Whether It, .which amounts to t'MOO, should, go to the purchaser or to Mr, Loos and Mr. Evans. - This- was settled yesterday morning and It la stated that Mr. Hodus gets the entire Insuranoe, -' '- ? Priee STot Made Pnbllo. ' The prloe paid for the property Is not made public, but it is said to- be quite en - advance over that paid - for the property by Mr. Evans on behalf of the United .Kail way a They- paia. f or - the Chamber of Commerce,- it le understood. actually t(t,.00sr-lthough the figures announced at the time of the sale was considerable In advance ' of thla. - By the terms of ths ssle closed this morn ing Mr. Evans and John B. Teon -releees all their holdings tn the stock of the United Railways- and this goes to Mr. Loss, thus putting him into absolute control of all -the stock of the railway, and in turn the building. Instead of be ing held by Mr". IjOss,- ss the principal owner of the United Railways, and Mr. Evans, passes to Mr.- Hoflua . ,- ' ' - wai Be Bepalred. ' . -'V, After the deal had been closed a rep resentative of Mr. Hoflua stated that neither time nor money will be spared In pushing the repairs to the building. The work will be started immediately and that part of the building damaged by Are will not only be reetored.but a number of Improvementa Ho the entire structure will be made. Mr. Hoflua and hla frlenda believe he has made a profit able Investment in the building. .There is no question among realty operators that the half block occupied le easily worth $100,000 In land value alone, mak ing a price of (160,000 for a quarter block, and that the building la, worth from 1400,000 to 500,000 more, thus placing the . total - valuation - between 1700,000 and. 1100.000, while Hoflus Is said to have acquired the building for something less than the lower flrura. NtW WJKrUHA HUNS -; r ; , ril F TnriD iBTini t?f L.-.-f-r-' ritt i ntin nn i iuuco s '. OpeeUl fHseatch te Tse ImbuI.) ' ' Salem. Or., Sept. It. The following companies filed articles of Incorporation In the offleC of the secretary of state tcday: .- , ; ... v, Glailer Irrigation company of Mount Hood, ' Wasco . eounty, incorporators Granville C - Ruef. WUllam I Hacka- VczcteUa Ccmpcusd la a positive euro for all those painful ailments of women. ' It will entirely sure the worst forma of Female) Com- rlalnta. Inflammation and Ulceration, allinr and Displaaementa and conse quent Spinal Weakness, and la peeull arly adapted to tha Chang o lAfu It will aarelv euro. ';".1;.vv' Daokaohom ' It has cured more easea of Temala Weakness than any other remedy tha world haa ever known, It Is almost in fallible in such cases. It dissolves and sxpela Tumors. In aa early stage of development. That , ' , : . Doarlnj'down Foaling, ' eauainr pain, weight and headache, la Instantly - relieved and . permanently cured by its use Under all cirtrum staneea it acta In harmony with tha female system. It corrects - . " trregufaHty, ' Suppressed or Painful Periods, Weak neeaof the Stomach, Indigestion, Bloating-, Nerrour Prostration, Headache, General Debility.- Also . - ' ... Dlxxlnoaa, Falntnosa, ; ' Extreme Lasaitqde, ''dont-care " and " want-tobe-tefi-alona " feeling, excit ability, Irritability, nervousness, sleep lessness, flatulency, melancholy or the "blues, and backache. These are sure Indications of Female Weakness, some derangement of tha organa. For Kidney Complalata and Backache of either sex tha Vegetav ble Compound is unequalled. - Yon can write Mrs. Plnkham about yourself in strictest confidence, v- - -. --- litSU B. PIFUAI KIB. CO., Irsslaes. bay, James R. Rses; ' capital stocts, 110.000. , .. . . ,.. - - Ths . Trustee company of Portland, incorporators W. D. Wood. A. L. Haw ley, Jamea B. Melkel, 3. Couoh Flanders, H..H. Parker, A. C Oebhardt; capital stock.. 1400,000. Ames Bag Manufacturing company et Portland, Incorporators .Zera- Snow. C S. MaArtbur. Wallace McCamant; eap IUI atock. 1100,000. , ; ,r . . , CHINESE GIN FIENDS t w ARRESTED PY POLICE - That the police are ' determined to break up the white trade of the Chi nese gin joints waa demonstrated by the arrest of -Joseph Gogglne and One Hartman. who were caught early thie morning In a Joint at 141 Second street. The men were ehsrged with vagrancy. Thla morning Oogglns was sent to Jail for 10 days, Hartman waa allowed to go on hie promise to leave the city. AFTER SHUNNING WATER FIFTY YEARS JAKE FOX IS. BATHED (SDerlal Dtspates te The Jeersal.1 , Albany.. Or- Sept. 14. Living for vaara within a tew feet of a laree canal through which millions of gallons of water flow each day. aged Jake Fox, character et a type seldom seen la days of civilisation, who la reputed to have ' for more than IS years ahunned the 'liquid se. poison, never taking a bath, washing hla hands nor allowing aa unnecessary quantity to trickle down the ' tnsids of hi throat,, la unwashed no longer. The anti-water advocate has Just been committed to. the Insana asy lum, where, it Is -reported, he has fought strenuously sgalnst ths application of aqua pure to hla person with such suo oess' that , several attendants - are re quired each time the rules of the In stitution require that the inmatea hatha He lived - a life of poverty and the moat abject squalor, several times being cent tq the poor farm. This nsver suit ed his fastidious taste nor did It agree with hla - spirit of Independence -and determination to be alone and separated from eevryone and all classes, so he generally returned te take up hla lonely manner of living In some forsaken and unfrequented portion of the city. -All alone n the world, without frlenda relatives or otner paruee who, care aught for him. be was found emaciated and half starved And committed to. the state refuge for the weak-minded. An eccentiio character and a determined recluse, he would derive his companion snip rrora me cats ana dogs with which be would surround himself. The most striking thing about him was hla manner of dress, appearing on the - streete In a garb of - buckskin. inmmea in me most rsntastia style nee- slble. Like, some prophet of old he would come and go In and about the people of the city. Hie love for buck skin suits was Insatiable, and no matter the character of the weather;-In summer and winter alike he would cling to hla peculiar mooe or dress. -. A guardian has been appointed over hie person and estate. Among hla per sonal eirecis many peculiar tnings were discovered that testified to the peou- iianty or nie mjip ana disposition. He posed as a decided woman hat. being most bitter In his opposition to mem. - ,. BOYS BUILD ROBBERS' ROOST ' AND IT CAUSES THEM TROUBLE Because three small Portland boys built a robbers' roost it feet high In a pins tree end used a neighbor's buggy top to build It with, they had to ex plain to Judge Fraaer In the Juvenile court yeeterday . evening why they did Iti-- There were, no robbers, they said, but they did have the roost, high Off the ground where only active boys of ths tree-climbing epeciee could get to it, " ., 1 -: -The buggy cover hsd ylong been neglected, so long, they - thought that nobody wanted it, and It waa the finest thing In the world to build a playhouse up a tree with.. So they took the leather cover off. took the frame apart, and tar ried It. niece by piece up among the branchea of the tree .where they had already fashioned a floor of old board a. There the boys put the frame together again and fastened It firmly te ths trunk of ths tree, placed .the, cover In place, and they had a playhouse that excited the envy of all the kids la the neighborhood..,- -..'. But one day the man who owned the buggy top went to look for it, and the boys learned that they had taken some thing that belonged to some one else. The men did net want the boye pun ished, but he did want' hla buggy top. So Judge-Fraser told the boys r they could take down their plsyhouee and re turn the top buggy to the man, or If he preferred they would have to save up their pennies and pay whatever damage they had caused. . . , ; .-, ,. . They promised to save the pennies ana were allowed to go home, after being warned against taking things that' were not their own. j , .'. - DONALD BOWLES SENDS BILL v. . AFTER A BOX OF: WRINKLES ' Ir.tr Cvluccr end Dcr-ncr cf Stylish Hals for Men Bill la a new boy that haa been en- gsged at the Baker theatre to run er- ra.nds for the actor folk. Now It la customary to worry the Uvea Out. of new hoys on their nrst aay or work, ana Bill did not dodge It . He Is sn Innocent sort of chap snd he fell a rendy victim to the wiles of Ponald Bowles,4 whom jBiU garUeaiarly edaUree ... V ' Thla morning Bowles, who plays an old man thle week, approached Bill and wanted . to know if . Bill would do a favor for him. , Bill would be tickled to death to do it, he said. Therefore Bewlee asked ths urchin to run over to the Lyrle and ask Frank 'Fanning, the leading maa, if he would loan the Jure- '-. .;'- ; V-. , n S-' , ; 3 Strictly all wool suits with double seat and knees; lining and interlinings of the very best quality. ; - :Double7to : sonie patterns. . Sizes complete ; froni 7;to 17. $5.09 Phenomenal values also in our, $2.15 and $3.35 Suits." - These lines are composed of Russian Blouse Suits, Norfolks and Double Breasted . styles. MIGH CAN0LE POWER 1 . -. ... i. . - BRILLIANT SATISFYING LIGHT ; HOT FIRES '.-r'7 PERFECT: SERVICE ' --. , -' ' ." - .-" Has a Heating;Value Far ixx xcess of Any Other : v, L;r-' ;;; :.:Gas:-Furnished: on: this. Coast'. 'VT'tr'iv;.!'' ' " '' .' Phone Private Exchange 2 1 1 nils of the Bak.r company a medlum-aliad wrlnkl.a Pill inarte the trip. TVhn ' turned Bowles was en the i r i l- l zn