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'HE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER IT, 1906. UNIQUE WASH DRAWING MADE BY LOCAL JAPANESE ARTIST DAY'S EVENTS ON THE EASTSIDE Work on Hill Bridge Over Wil lamette River Keepe Many Men Busy. COME FOR LUMBER AND WHEAT You may inquire of someone sometime why The W. G. McPherson Company installs most of the heating plants put in. Two Large Steamers Will Be Added to In-Port Fleet To morrow Morning. TWO HUNDRED EMPLOYED m ON THE GIANT STRUCTURE CEMENT CARRIER MAKES FAST TRIP FROM EUROPE We only ask that you see our fur naces and our work the inevita- ble answer is contained THERE.. O. R. A N. Rushct Work on Penin sula Line New Dock Building at St. Johns Mt. Scott Towns Have Brass Band and Football Team. artti.lt R.rlr R.nVhnrn Which I.ef Hamburg June 1, Reaches Astoria Earlier Than Expected wegian Steamer Due Today. Nor- HHefeHKSel 11 BBBBBBBBk Bsbbbw! JJJbsbJbI aSKBnTSwaExD f$ PgaBsBBBBsk ' Work on the stool bridge of tb Hill roads, between St. Johns and I.innton. Is progreaelng rapidly. There are about ZOO men en-ployed st present. One pier la down about SO feel on the Llnnton aide and work haa begun on the second pier. A plledrlver began work the first! of the week driving plies for a pier at the east appro, cli or St Johns and the bridge. Alt soon as the piers are fairly under Way, the construction force will be largely augmented. The Port of Portland commission Is preparing to have the obstacles in the river Injnmt of the at. Johns city dock cleared Twy, so that river steamers and ocean going vessels can land with safety. Captain Spires of the Port of Portlsnd Wss In St. Johns during the week msklng srrungements to have tin- ' work done. There are a lot of sunken and projecting piles In front of the dock that will have to be pulled. After this la dona, the river boata will be compelled to stop there for passengers and freight, and St. Johns will become S regular calling station for all kinds of river craft. The new grade of the O R 4 N Co. from the at. Johns woolen mills, four and one halt miles north acrosa the peninsula. Is ready for the ties. A large fofae of men are working on the roadbed along the St Johns water front, raising the grade to conform to the grade established laat spring. It is surmised that the activity of the com yaujr tit niims n iviijiium4 line rcauy . lor business is due to the feet that ' work on the swift packing plant Is to ) begin soon, and the O. K. at N. wants ; to be ready to deliver the material to be used in these buildings. The steel ralU and ties lor the trans-peninsula line are on the ground, and it is be lieved that track laying will begin in a few days. A proposition to buy the Cedar park property for park purposes is being agitated in St. Johns. Those favoring the project point to the fact that it Is one of the most picturesque spots on the lower peninsula and would make an Ideal recreation ground. t. Johns Is to bhve another brick business block. Work on the founda tion of the McDonald building on Jer sey street Is under way. The building will be (0x70 feet, two stories high. The ground floor Is to be divided Into two stores snd the second story will be fitted up for office purposes. The St. Johns Lumber company Is putting la a large dock la front ef Its mill, which will afford room for two ocean-going lumber vessels to load at th. same time. A night shift will be put on at this mill In a short time. Ruth Lambert, a 10-year-oJd school girl living neer Highland, was lost yes terday afternoon In the woods near Columbia slough and wandered around aimlessly for-several hours before be ing found. Bee left school In the early Afternoon with the Intention of visit ing some friends on Columbia slough. In passing through a strip of woods and underbrush beyond Kllllngsworth evenue she loet her way. Ia the ex citement she became confused end wan dered Into the heart of the heavy tim ber In that vicinity. Alarmed at he abaenee, her parents. Joined by the neighbors. Instituted a searching party that scoured the country for several miles around. Patrolmen Mac key and Murphy aearched the neighborhood with lanterns and at last found the child et the home of a Mr. Eaatman near the alough, atlll badly frightened from her experience but aafa and sound. Her clothes were la utters and her face badly scratched from contact with the underbrush. She was taken to her home, when her parents were greatly relieved to find that nothing very se rious had befallen their daughter. The -Mount Scott band waa organised laat Tuesday night with 1 pieces. The Inetrumente have been received and given out to the verloue artlata. The band will meet every Monday night for practice. Mr. Martin, the preeldent of jhe band association, has been au thorised to purchase the necessary mu sic. Mount Scott residents are proud of the new organisation and have prom ised to give it every aaelstance. Arleta camp, Woodmen of the World, visited the Len's camp Wednesday, where the visitors were tendered a so cial session lasting' well Into the ear ly morning hours. A call has been Issued to all Inter ested In the organisation of a Mount Scott football team to meet at Kern park corner Sunday morning at 10 o'clock. Football has a strong hold on the Mount Scott towns, and it is likely that a strong team will be formed. James P. Eshelman died at hie resi dence at Woodstock Wednesday even ing. Funeral services were held at 2:10 o'clock thle afternoon at Holmsn's chapel. The remalna were taken to Seat tle, his old home, on the 4 SO train, where the Interment will take place to morrow. Mr. Eshelman was born In Lancaster. Pennsylvania, In 1111. He achieved distinction la the commercial world ae a hanker at Canton, Ohio, and Ieadvllle, Colorado. Coming to Seattle a number of years ago, he founded the Oregon Life THE POLICY-HOLDERS' COMPANY Before signing an application for life insurance, give us an op portunity to show you the merits of your home company Annual Dividends All investments in safe Oregon securities. Active, Reliable Men Wanted to Represent Oregon Life In All Parts of Oreo; on Home office Commonwealth Building, Portland, Oregon A. L. MILLS. L. SAMUEL, CLARENCE S. SAMUEL. General I Bsawawawawal alawi Hasan sk . BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB Ha MctJbV JwfeosJBBMg sbbbbbsbbbbbbbbbbbbbsbHbVBT - Sjgsssl Seppo Akaba'g.-Sketch of fteppo Akaba. a Japanese, is the ar tist who executed this sepia wash draw ing of an old general of ancient Nippon. Mr. Akaba haa been in Portland for several weeks. All his Instruction in drawing and painting wss received In Japan of teachers ofytliat country. Kiyamasa Kato is the neme of the general. He waa one of the conquerors of Korea. The picture shows him stand ing on the shore of Japan dressed for CHINESE DEVIL, GUM Jl, MEETS DEATH IN CLOUDS OF FLAME If there are eny spirits at all In Chinatown at the preeent time they are good spirits because on the wlnge of smoke the evil spirits were sent to wards the heavens st an warty hour this morning. At I o'clock or there abouts. Ount Jl. the dirty-faced effigy of the black devils that gather In the labyrinths of Chinatown during the year, waa set a blase, and In leas that.lt takes to tell -It had collapsed Into a heap of curling ashes. Gum Jl will be burned no more in public In Portland. Last night waa positively his last ap pearance, unless like Adeline Pattl and other celebrities he Is resurrected for Just one more fsrewell. The big Joss house at 64 H Second street waa closed to the white devils last night after in o'clock, but they did not miss much, for the few Chinese on real estate and Investment firm of Esh elman. Llewellyn at Co. He cue to Portland 1 1 reside about one year ago. The Cnlon avenue fill to the north of Eaet Morrison street has been finished for two weeks, end as yet ehows no sign of sinking, as did the fill on Grand avenue. The contractor will proceed to east the All with crushed rock, as it Is not believed any damage will arise from its sinking. Union avenue to the south of Morrison street Is being rapidly filled. Mrs. J. H. Mlsener, who will be re membered as an netlve worker In Port land lodge circles. Is seriously 111 at San Diego, Cal., whither she went with her husband some weeks ago to regain her health. Mr. and Mrs. Mlsener resided on Vancouver avenue near Russell street. Seaside Sunday Excursions. 11. 10 round trip 11.6. Until further notice the Astoria a Columbia River Railroad company will run an excursion to Seaside snd return each Sunday at the exceptional- low rate oA 11.60 for the round trip. This Is the season of the year when a visit to the ocean la a source of pleasure end a Joy never to be forgotten. No smoke, dust or cin ders, and plenty of room for all. giving one a delightful trip along the shores of the matchless Columbia river. Train leaves union depot at a. m., returning leaves Seaside at 5 p. m . giving ty, hours it the beach. Tickets at 24S Alder street and at union depot Phone Main SOS. Preferred stock Oaaaed Allen Lewie- Beet Brand. Manager. Assistant Manager, General Kiyamasa Kato. battle. The blot on the horizon at which he is glaring ao Intently la sup posed to be Korea. He is held by the Japanese to have been the bravest gen eral to serve under Hldeyeehl Talko, considered the greateet general Japan ever produced. All thle happened S00 years ago. The seaboard of his sword Is covered with tiger skin, wKone orig inal owner broke, one. of the barbs of the warrior's spear before It was killed. the Inside did not seem to take much ' Interest in the proceedings. Half srj dosen lsundrymen played tag on the; upper fleer of the Joss house, where the spirits of the departed were sup posed to be having a big feed, and on the stairway leading from the muslo ' hall to the banquet room another bunch of oltve-haed "kldn" practiced the manly art of self-defense a la Jim Jeffries et hi v Down on Second street large tin ! bowls had been strung along the curb and It waa 'explained that they served the same purpose an wireless telegraph towers now being erected by the " 'Mel- ; lean man." By dumping the paper men-1 sages Into the bowls of fire their de livery to the spirits was Immediately attended to with promptness and dis patch, so it wss explained. EIGHT NEW HOMES BUILT EVERY DAY This Is Portland's Record as Shown by Building Permit Statistics. Two hundred and twenty-eight new ; homes authorised la it daye! Ijooke aa though Portland was grow ing a little bit after ell, doesn't It? Permits for 221 new dwellings new. separate buildings have been lesued . thus far this month. This number Includes permits for two apartment-houses where two or more farr tiles will live. a It's not sn accident and not a sud den spurt, nothing but His regular fall business, only much lsrger than ever before In the history of the city. That mesne that an average of eight new houses' are being completed and occupied every day. And there'e at least one family In each dwelling. A good percentage of the men who have received permits were not In the city et thle time laat year. In October, 1101. 200 peemlts for ell clsssea of buildings wars Issued. So far thle month IIS permits have been made out. Laat October's total of values was tlol.Ml. At noon the total j for the present month had reached 1721.010. Over nine tenths of the permits are for new dwellings and alterations to dwellings. Many of these alterations mean that provision Is made for an other family In the earns building. The largest sum recorded le IIZS.000, the cost ef the new Masonic temple. FIRST DECLARATION UNDER REVISED LAW Salem, Or., Oet. 27. Shrilly McDon ald of this city, sged SS years, yester day appeared before County Clerk Allen. renounced her allegiance to the king of I Great Britain and declared her lnten-1 tion to becone a rltlsen of the United Btstes. The applicant was born In Hnldlmsnd county, township of Wsl pole, Ontario. Canada, and came to the United flutes in 1ISS. She la toe first alien to apply for cltlsenshlp pa pers under the new lew. Having been a resident of thle country for many years she eea secure her final papers in two years from the time ef declaring ber Intention from the circuit court, after havlag first given SO days' no tice. Allen Lewis- The British stesmer Strathnalrn will reach the harbor this evening to load a cargo of wheat for Europe. She come; under charter to Kerr. Clifford Co. and will reeelva as quick dispatch as possible now that things are again in working order along the beach. Th Strathnalrn is a slater ship of the steamer Strathnllsa. which was ordered to Tacoma a few days ago to load be cause of the strike trouble here. She will carry away about COOS tone of wheat. The British bark Banktmrn arrived at Astoria this morning from Hamburg bringing ll.OOti barrels of cement con signed to Meyer. Wilson St Co. She left Hamburg June 1 and consequently made a quick trip, although ahe la one of the smallest vessels now In the trade between Europe and this coast. She Is one of the few heading for thla port not yet taken for wheat, but will probably be picked up soon after her arrival in the harbor. Tho consignees were pleaaed to learn ef ber arrival this morning be cause the cement Is In big demand Just now. The Norwegian stesmer Terje Vlken reached Astoria today to load lumber here for Cblna. She will receive most of her cargo at the mills of the North Pacific Lumber company. The Jethou left San Francisco several days ago for the Columbia river after having de livered a cargo of building material brought out from Europe. CAPTAIN 8EBREE ARRIVES WtU Stake Teas- of District oa XJght housa Tender g aether. Captain Hughes Sebree. secretary of the lighthouse board, arrived thle morn ing to lnepect the aide to navigation In thle district snd tomorrow morning he will leave on the tender Heather for the various stations along the coast. Cap tain P. J. Weriich. Inspector of this district, will accompany him on the trip. The Heather Is at the foot of Couch etreet today ready to take the distin guished visitor to such stations aa he may' select for Inspection. Upon re turning tne Heather will prepere for her regular fall trip to the stations along the Alaskan coast. ALONGTHE WATERFRONT The steamer Roanoke sails for Ban Pedro via Ban Francisco and Eureka this evening. The steam schooner Joban Poulaen sails for San Francisco with a cargo of lumber thle afternoon. The barkentlne Aurora waa chartered this morning by E. T. Williams A Co. to load lumber at this port for San Francisco. She will carry about l.ooo, 000 feet. The steam schooner Nome City" Is due to arrive at Astoria this afternoon from San Francisco to load lumber at Stella for a return cargo. The steamer Barracouta sailed laat night for San Francisco with a full cargo of general freight. The bark Jane L. Stanford baa ar rived at Sidney. New South Wales, with a cargo of lumber from the Columbia river. An excursion will be run tomorrow from Portland to Port Stevens by the Astoria a Columbia River railroad, to give Portland people an opportunity to see the wreck of the British bark Peter Iredale, which went on the sands near Point Adams light station Thurs day morning. MARINE NOTES - Astoria. Oct. 27 Left up at 7:20 a. m . British steamer Strathnalrn. Balled at 8:46 a. m., schooner Roderick Dhu In tow of tug Dauntless, for Monterey. Arrived at :45 a. m., British bark Bank burn, from Hamburg. Balled at S a m.. schooner Henry Wilson, for Ban Fran cisco. Arrived at IS and left up at 10:20 a. m Norwegian steamer Terje Vlken. from San Francisco. Sailed at 10:21 a. m . ateemer Barracouta, for San Francisco. . elnt Lobos. Oct ST. Paaead yester day, steamer WhltUer. for Portland. Astoria. Oct. IS. Arrived down at t p. m., steamer Barracouta. Arrived at 4:20 and left up at 7 p. m., steamer Oeo. Loom la, from Ban Francisco. Ar rived at S p as.. British steamer Strath nalrn. from San Francisco. Sydney. Oct IS. Arrived, bark Jane L. Stanford, from Aetorle. Astoria, Oct. 27. Condition of the bar St 8 a. m obscured; wind southwest, weather foggy. TIME BALL 1 Branch Hydrographlc Office, TJ. S. N., Custom House Building. Portland, Or.. Saturday, Oct. 17. The time ball en the custom house building waa dropped exactly at noon tcday, I a, it noon of the 120th meridian, or at I p. m., Green wich time. i W. H. LKDBETTBR, In charge. BOMB THROWERS GET BIG SUM OF MONEY (Joaraal Ssirtal Service I t Petersburg. Oct. 27. Revolution lata today raided the custom house and wrecked the place with a bomb, mor tally wounding 10 persons snd escaping with S1SS.SSS. Dn Graves Tooth Powder twice daily will remce tartar, whiten and- brighten the teeth, harden the gums and make brown teeth white. Most people use it twice-a-day. Ask a dentist why. la j)r. antes' Tse.li Pswdtr Cs. The W. Heating Engineers HEARST RECIPIENT OF OVATIONS Candidate Passes From Triumph to Triumph in Albany, Troy and Cohoee. CONVINCED WILL WIN BY LARGE MAJORITY Independent Political Action at Polls Dealt Blow by Court Which Throws Out League Ticket Ap peal Taken at Once. (Journal Special Service.) Troy, N. T-, Oct. 27. William Ran dolph Hearst laat night passed from tri umph to triumph in his trip through Albany, Troy and Cohoee. Albany turned out probably the larg est crowd ever eeen at a political dem onstration. Troy turned out a crowd which In else eclipsed the demonstra tion for McKlnley. At Cohoee the night of triumph wss made complete. There were 10,000 on the streets, and 2.000 were literally crushed Into the opera house. All three demonstrations were such as to convince Mr. Hearst that the predic tion he made In hie speech that he would win by lte.000 to 200,000 major ity In Greater New York waa mot 1 Justified. Independent political action at the polls was dealt a blow today by Justices 1 of the appellate division. In a decision 1 handed down In the cases of the Inde pendence league nominations It was ruled that the candidates for congress, senate and aaeembly cannot be nomin ated on e single petition, aa heretofore. separate nominating petitions being re I quired fa the eaee of each office to be filed. The Immediate effect of the de cision. If sustained, would be to throw out ell the local nominations of the Independence league for congress, sen ate and assembly. The decision will be appealed. jk PERFECT INVENTION TO PREVENT SEA SICKNESS (Joaraal Spirlil Service.) Berlin. Oct.27. A young German en gineer. He it Otto Sehllcfc, IB declared to have solved the problem which long baffled inventive geniuses by providing a method for preventing aeeplcknees. Thle consists of an Ingenious Inven tion for preventing a ehip from rolling. Herr Behtlck'e apparatus consists of a specially constructed turbine fixed on the chip's bottom which, when set In motion, counteracts any tendency to roll from side to side. Experiments took place the other day In the presence of the secretary of state for the navy. Herr von Tlrpltx. aboard an old torpedo-boat, the Seebaer. which was placed at Herr Bchllck's dis posal by the German naval authorities The Seebaer. a IttUe vessel of 10S tons, put to sea where the motion of the wavws cause j her to roll nine de greee. Herr Bchllck's apparatus waa then set In motion, whereupon the See baer rolled only one degree. SEE THE SHIPWRECK w sr. In connection with next Sunday's 21.(0 excursion to Seaside, the A. C. R R. will ran their train to Port Stev ens, where passengers will be given time to view the dismantled bark "Peter Iredale," now high and dry on the sands near Fort Stevens. Make arrangements to go and see the eight of a lifetime. Round trip only tl.SS. Tickets st 24S Alder street snd Union depot. C. A Stewart, Commercial Agent, telephone CECIL BRITTIAN IN NEW MEXICAN CITY Walla Walla. Ween.. Oet. IT. It la believed that a trace of little Cecil Brtttlan, the 4-year-old son of Mr. snd Mrs. R. L. Brtttlan of this city, who waa kidnapped near Toll Oate July It. has been gained la New Mexico Word baa been received from Judge Lnughery of Albuquerque, New Mexico, who believes that he nee located the boy In that city. Mr. I-oughery wss formerly county lodge of Yamhill county. Oregon. He haa secured a photo graph of the missing child snd feele confident that he will be sole to return him to his parents within a short ttma Kugene, Or., Oct. 27. Mra. nine Svarrerud. a well-known reetdeal et Busses, who died here Thursday, waa burled today. She wss the mother ef Martin and Andrew Svarrerud. promi nent cltleene. and was aged 7S years, t months end II daye. She was bom In Norway, e easing to America la list. Baa eases te ahsgsas with her husband. A dries P. Bvsrverud. who died la 1st!, about 14 yearn ago, and re sided bars UU the time at bar death. G. McPherson Co. hi First The Kind TOM Havre !ways in use for over 80 yean, and Bonal Allow AH Counterfeits, Imitations Experiment- tl at trifle with Chlldr n-I What is CASTORIA Cant ria Is a harmless substitu e for Castor Oil, Drops and Hoc thing- neither Opium, Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Wc aiiays rcverishncss. It It relieve Teething and FUtuleucy. It assimnatea the Food, regulates the) astosnach and Bowels, siring healthy and natural sleep. The Children i Panacea The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. I EX. (L III I I HgSxaBsnwai Every woman knows thai a polished table collects so much dust in a day that she can write I & her name on it The same tiling happens to a soda cracker exposed to the air JK sufficient reason for buying I Uneeda Biscuit the only I M soda cracker. 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