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' . . . ' ',.' , 'X ' ' . ' . 'V TUB ' OREGON DAILT JOUKWAU rairTLAWP, SATURDAY EVTNNO,' : NOVEMBER . 3 1908, X CITIZENS R000ED WHILE ASLEEP Thieves Pick Pockets of Slurtu X berlng Victims and Police v Are Notified. ALL MANNERS OF CRIME V , REPORTED TO OFFICIALS Lodger In Hotels " and - Rooming Houses Made. Victims pf Gang of Clever Sneak Tnievea Police . ' Make No Arrests. . v After-dinner siestas can be regarded S expenalve luxuries It long M tn horde of anaak thieves at present op eratlng In the city are not apprehend ed. Conrad' Peterson of the Appleton house, 71 H Sixth street, can testify to this. While aaleep In hla roam tut venlng a nlmble-flngered 'sent ab stracted 817 from' Peterson's, pocket ana rasae ms escape wunuu. aiHTCuun. Agnes E. Naylon of SKI Russell street. alao found a nap dlaaatroua. She re- ported to the police thla morning that lumbering peacefully In a chair car on the train coming to Portland, a gold chain and locket were atolen from her person. The . theft - was a particularly .flaring . on aa the car was crowded at the .time and the thier toon great chances of being detected in the act. A humorous crook entered the room et M. J. Dillon at 11 Seventh, street, on Halloween night and thought it would be quite a Joke to carry away Dillon's eat coat and trouaers. Thai the joss was not appreciated is evidenced by 'Dil lon's complaint to the police today..', Mrs. Blanche 8cott -of the Hesperian oteL Seventeenth and Morrison streets. has notified the-authorities that while st dinner last night some one entered her - apartments' and purloined a smalt sold watch. '". J. a. Kelly of St. Johns reports a chest of tools stolen from a bouse In ours of construction on Morris snd . Commercial streets. . ; J. Oabrina of 8811 Water street ' re sorts thst a burglar entered his resl- ence yesterday and serured a suit of slothes, a gold ring and a gold watch snd chain. . The residence of Anton Burkhart, at - 152 Rodney avenue, was .visited by a ' lousebreaker at, 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon and two small savings banks Kntalnlng til in silver were rifled of elr contents. '.-. ' - - RHOMIMUS RECOVERING . FROM HIS INJURIES (Specie t Wapat te Tbe JoersaU ' Pendleton, Or... Nov.-. A. D. Rho- mlmus. slayer of the late Tom Myers, at Meacham, will be brought before the . tanuary term of circuit court. . In the meantime Rhomlmus will - remain In fall unleas he gives bait The prisoner it slowly recovering from' a gunshot s-ound inflicted by Myers. - Although jthomlmus is nearly 80 years of sge he '- j bale and hearty and does not ap sear as though he was being held on luck a serious charge. ' . " &MATILLA INDIANS ' - ; - TO BE PAID MONDAY : ' ,., -, '. (AeaeUl DlaDStra ta Tbe Jaerael.l - ' - ' Pendleton, Q-. 1 - On Monday, November s. the sum or ssa.uuv win of faid by Agent O. C. Edwards to the In " liana of the Umatilla reservation. Thla tmount-was derived from the rent pay- v dents made to the agent oy tne wane nep. having' Indian lands leased.- Contrary to the custom at. the last big payment of money. to. the Indiana, the . Payments will be made by check lnatead If in cash. .No white men will be al lowed on the reservation on Monday. KENNEWICK BANDIT 'x CAUGHT AT UMATILLA '-'"'' asHSHaaaHMaMr (i (Bpoelal Wapetca te'Tha JnaraaM -" Umatilla, Or., Js'ov. -I.Sherlff En .tanks of Franklin county, Waahington, Kiptured a man St-this place laet night . S-ho la believed to be a member of the tang which killed three men st Kenne " Wick on Wedneaday evening. A large amount of property tallying ' s-lth that found upon Lake, the dead robber, wag found upon the suspect ar rested here. ' He has been taken to . . fcennewlck, r-; . . -f SuUdfeif remits, - The following permits have been is lued: Selllng-Hlrsch esUte, repairs, rVaahlngtun between West park and -. fenth, coat l;s00; J. W. SSilker. re talrs, Michigan avenue betw .n Beech knd Falling, coat 260; T. J. Nealond. " jwo-atory dwelling, Eaat Twenty-aecond ktween Kaat Ankeny snd Ist Burn lidet coat $2,8(0; same, two two-story Iwelllngs, Eaat Ankony between Eaat .- twenty-second and Eaat Twenty-first, Kat $8,809 each; U 0. Kalaer, two-atory relllns, Chapman between Madlaon tnl Jefferson, ooat tl.tOO: Dr. Brown, - fptrs, Morrison between KlavenUt andl Twelfth, coat 8300; K. Q. Chase, one itory dwelling, Clackamas between Eat levanteenth and East Nineteenth, coat 1760; R. L. Cats, repairs. East Clay be tween Eaat Eighth and East Ninth, 8ost ISOO; tioulaa M. Brubaker, two-story iwelling East Lincoln - between East thlrty-iecond and Eaat Thirty-fourth, joat $3,000; Eatber Dalrymple, one-story Iwelling, Borthwlck between Simpson tnd Ml Hon, cost $2(0; I. M. Bohnsen, Itore, Jefferson, between., Tenth and Eleventh, coat 88,000; Mrs. E. H. Alder- ban, repaira, Eaat 'Morrison between :wrtyfourthand-.Eaat . Thirty; Ifth. cost 8130: Mrs. J. R. Arlington. bne-atory dwelling, Marguerite between East Lincoln and East Harrison, cost 1 11.800; J. P. Nelson, one-story dwelling, '. fcast Twenty-eighth North," corner Mll Irsd. coat f250. . , ' . , m Mas Aaoteat nsteL (Spwlal DUpateb te Ths Joornal.l ' John Day, , Or., Nov. 8. C D. Tyler, inanager of the C. P. Johnson Co, kore in this city, has in his posseaston i valuable rello in the shape of a ball . bid cap pistol, which haa been in this kiuntry for 117 years. The ptatot was banufaotured by William Jacob of Lon jon. England,-and was brought to the Bnlted Statea by the great-great grand-, bther of WJUIam Fltspatrlck bf thla Sty, in the year 1790, and has been1 In . kie posaenslon of the family ever since, it Is a very crude affair when compared kith the modern pistol, but Is exoeed ngiy - valuable an aocount of Its sge ; knd history. Theological Opinion. ' Irother Dickey tn Atlanta Constitution. Day" can't be no lawyers in heaven. Hie, don't de hymn say dat you kin " tad To titles clear - ter maoalons 'in , U skisat . , ., .- X LOSES WEALTH IF SHE WEDS. , ' f -,. . " - ', . .. . , a- I , ; . - v v t . t -" - . . : ,r ; , t" . - . ? i : x , : .'';XX?'rn'!xvxJ4 , ,r 7x' '-: " The late Daniel O'Dsy and his young widow, who forfeiu his fortune if ' she remarries. The Standard Oil man, before; death, put this queer re gtriction on the widow.. If she weds again she loses an immense fortune .' and custody of the children. Remaining single, she has vast wealth at her disposal. . ' X'X.X-V'X - HILL OPPOSED TO Croat Northern Magnate Desires Election of Republican in , Minnesota, x BUSINESS INTERESTS 'V WOULD THEN BE SAFE Many Reforms by Inbumbeni Have Won ; Him Stanch Supporter . Lowered Railroad Rates, Hence the Opposition to Him. , . - (ioeraal gptelil Is ilu,) -r St Paur, Nov. 8. James J." mil. president or the Great Northern . rail road, a professed - Democrat, has xome out in favor of Albert I Cole, Repub lican nominee for governor, and la mak Ing -a. jitrong 1 campalcn.b y . maiLln. Jiis behalf. Oovernor Johneon has angered the railroad magnate by his campaign for deduced rates. - Mr. Hill la a heavy atockholder in the Chase National bank of New Tork, whose . president, A. B. Hepburn, haa written s letter o Senator James T. Wyman, Minneapolis, Indorsing Cole, and which was promptly turned over by Mr. Wyman to th Republican atate central oommittea. 9t has been sent out to the bankers of the state .to show them on which side their bread is but tered in the present campaign. The letter from the president of Mr. Hill's New Tork bank is as follows: Fralses Candidate, v..'. ; "I am Just out of the Rocky moun tains, having spent the last five wee Us on a hunting trip In Wyoming and will be glad to know something of ths prog ress of ths gubernatorial campaign In your state. The reason of my especial interest is the fact that the Republican candidate. A.' L. Cole, and myself were boys together in old St. Lawrence coun ty. New York. We were at that time in close sympathy and in close touoh in political matters. Mr. Cole comes from an excellent flmlly and his father and brothers enjoy the entire confidence of the community in which they live. Mr. Cole himself Is a man of first-rats abil ity, with a high sense of personsl hon or and of unquestioned loyalty to his friends and. whatever causa be mar Mpoui, I thlnk-ha haa proved, hlmaelf a good business man by his experiences in your, state; 1 he certainly gave- evi dence of some In his earlier experiences in New Tork. , . . ,,. , '.. ,: v Safe and Conservative. "I fully believe that , if elected the great business interests' of your com monwealth will find In htm a safe, oon servstlve, and at ths same time, able administrator.' , ''At your convenience I shall be glad to know the progress of ths campaign." The Washington Herald prints an in teryiew with Jamva f. Williamson, a prominent "MlnneabfaTpaTehT attorney, on the political situation In Minnesota. Mr. Williamson aays: , itj' ' Johnson's Befonas. . "Oovernor Johnson has 'made suoh "a magnificent auccess in" running the ex ecutive office that - he Is almoat cer tala of bolng j-e-elected. When he as sumed ' office, niany people-doubted his ability to bring about the reforms which the public keenly demanded, but it was soon seen that he was a man of deeds, and he haa gons far ahead of the antici pations of his most dsvoted friends. Our people thought that they , were en titled to relief from high .railroad thargee, but there waa universal dis belief in the governor's ability to cause a lowering of tariffs. He tackled - the matter with honesty and eouras and rates hava been lowered. . "'In conjunction with Commissioner O'Brien he also brought, sbout long needed reforms In Insurance conditions. "An additional triumph was his wsr on a-class of people who had made millions by their depredatlona on state timber lands. Their poaching has been stopped snd I800.O00 has been restored to the state treasury, which the gov ernor ssrs Is only a beginning ofw bat, will be recovered." ' . . JOHIISOII r i: rx . GASES EXPLODE; GROUND ON FIRE Peculiar State of Affairs Is Giv ing Trouble at Eastern Mill Lumber Yard. A fire, . supposed to have started by spontaneous combustion, is in progress in the yard of the Eastern ft Western Lumber company on Front street at the foot of Twenty-flrat. The fir is burn ing near the bottom of a deep fill of slabwood and. sawdust. ' - . . ' The smouldering of the, sawduat and slab wood - began at 11 -o'clock laat night, but has not been considered as serious or menacing. Firemen have kept a. close watch on it since It began and -there is likely to be little, or no damage as s result of tbe smoke. At sn early hour thla morning there was an explosion which threw sawdust high Into the sir. . The. explosion Js said to have been caused by spontaneous combustion of gases which had collected beneath the pile of debris. The fire Is In line with the fears that j were recently -expressed Dy Mayor unn through The Journal He objected to a fill being, made on the east side" with slabwood snd sawdust He stated at the time that such a fill would be dan gerous -because f -the possibility -of smoldering fires snd explosions. TIMBER CRUISER STRIKES OLD MAN Causes Exciting Scene by At tacking William Curtis . In - " Lobby of Perkins Hotels . ..i . ...... ... ... A man who gave ' his name as An drews snd said to be a -timber cruise; from Wisconsin, struck William Cur tis, of the- Astoria - ft Columbia' River railroad. In the face In tbe lobby of the Perklna hotel thla afternoon ; and knocked him to the floor. As Mr. Curt la rose -to his feet,-Andrews made another effort to strike him but was kept from doing ao by persons In ths lobby. Ths . trouble is said to have originated over money which Ad rdewa olalma that Curtis owes him for work hs performed for the railroad man several years ago. Curtis claims that he does not know Andrews. ; The Istter was arrested and taken to the polios station. ., - .'. ,. iBOWLIN 0 C0NTES1 ' Oregon' City, Nov. I. The bowling content laat night on the local, alleys between the home team and the Gold Leaf team from Portland resulted In a victory for the visitors by 13J pins. The local men developed tha rattles . in thS first two games, but' took- a brace and captured the last one. Ths score follows: .. t ' GOLD LEAF. X..' ' X'" .' '.1 --S -.' 1 Ave. Knerse .... ....... .180 . 180 178 178 Boulanger .180 111 148 Hegue- nrnimr Bheffer 808 181' 14 148 168 178 OaUlard ........ ,.,11 188 168 178 Crook I4 '.- Total ! ...878 . 888 748 ' 8 Ave. 161 166 OREOON CITT. ' 1 , Hedge ...16 160 Chapman 186' 111 Osmund . .......... 147 178 Jones r.ll 180 Morris .168 ' 160' 18t 218 ' 161 11 118 178 166 146 Total ...... .UI T81 Tlv ... : ' - : I , Oart Walks Bead. ' (Rpeeial IMimtce The' Joarul.) Sllverton, or., Nov. I. Carl Walker, who had lived e, fear mile from this fclty for a number of years, died last evening and will be burled tomorrow at Mount Angel.- He had been 111. but a few days with typhoid fever. , ' ' Ooauneselal Club oom. t Walla Walla. Wash., Nov. I. The building committee of the Commercial club will petition the cotinoll to add an other story to the new city nan ouiia ing to be ueed as quarters for the Com mercial oluW .... .. . OlIUS IS 1OTGT0 SECURE UNIVERSITY Inducements Offered for Estab lishment of German Luth eran School. r' ' (Speelal IMapatrh te The Jevesl.r Fwest Orove, Nov. .!. Cornelius, rejpei towaNhree miles east of Forest Orove, Is working, hard, alnde the convention of the Oerman Lutherans In that place the first of October, to Indue tbe loca tion of the German Lutheran univer sity.. Ths town will give a site for the Institution free of coat. - The school Is said to have an endowment of $800, 000 back of If. The German Lutherans will build a church. at Cornelius, snd Mayor Talbot haa donated, the ground for the site. . ... Cornelius is now on a boom and would be. a good location for the college and thla part of the county abounds with Germans tbe Germane having a large settlement oea snd a half miles south st Blooming and north ths same dis tance the county Is alao largely settled by Germans. . Cornelius council la now ' taking up f- the matter of a city water syatem and a brick yard will be started there also in the near future. . . . Wahlngton county Is knewa ss a great educational center, having a group of eollegea, institutes and universities, be sides' good public schools and high schools Paclf lb university at Forest Grove, the Advent college st Gaaton. . the St. Mary's Institute west of Baaverton, and, no doubt, the German Lutheran Vntvaralty at Cornelius.. ;. - STOLEN RUGS ARE ' -RETURNED TO OWNERS Three of the rugs stolen from local merchants by Charles Carrier and his wife, tbe notorious shoplifters srrested In Chicago, have been returned to the owners by Hanlff ft Ateyeh,, the rug dealers of 644 hi Washington atreet, who purchased the goods. One of the rugs waa valued at 8360 and was taken from Tull ft Olbbs' store, while the other) two were purloined from Meier ft Frank. - According to the police, Hanlff ft Ateyeh knew that they were' purchasing stolen, property at the time of the eale and ao feared detection that they visited Carrier's spartments at Elton court, Elsventh and Yamhill streets, to con summate the deal. It has not yet been decided - whether or not they will be proaecuted for theirpart In the trans action. . v , No effort will be made to bring Car rier and hla wife to this city for trial unless ths ease agalnat them In Denver, where they have been taken for trial, termlnatea in an acquittal. v t . CITY PRIMARIES are BEING HELD AT SALEM .'.';-..' j rSpeetil Dispatch te Tbe JoernaLI Salem, Nov. I The registration books for- ths primaries to be held this after noon to .nominate candidates for the city offlcee closed last evening with a total or l.isi voters, of whloh there -are 888 Republicans snd 117 Democrats. The main fight will be for the office of chief of police, and it la a three-cornered one, with : D, - W, - Gibson,- J. J. Longcor and John Knight aa candidates. There will slso be a keen contest in the second ward between A. N. Gilbert and J. L. Stockton tor alderman; the can didates for msyor are w. C. Hubbard' and George F. Rodgera. with the latter having the moat brilliant chances. The DemocrrS have but one candidate, and that la for 'councilman ia the Sixth ward, William Lansing, ths well-known t nurseryman. . MANY rMEW HOMES "GOING UP ON THE EAST SIDE Two' hundred and seventy-eight new residences - oa the - east side of the Willamette to 18, on the west side. --' " That Is - ths record for October as shown 'by 'ths building permits. It shows the - remarkable growth of the new resident districts on ths east Side Of the rlver,i:. X . ' .... . During the month Just closed,- 449 permits were issued.'. These were for buildings listed aa costing 8884,146. Eight permits were for brick claae "C buildings and nine permits for. frame business buildings were also1 issued. Six exosvatlona for ether claas "C" structures were also recorded, these excsvatlona requiring separate permits. .For ' repairs 108 permits were issued. wnue M permits tor Darns were aiao Upsuad. INDIAN PONIES WILL :' y AMUSt MILLIONAIRES - "plal D1Ptcl to Tke loonwtr" Pendleton. Or., Nov. 8. J. W. Ship ley ; of Santa Barbara will : arrive in the city within the next few daya for the purpoae of buying up several hun dred head of fancy Indian ponies to be used In the fashionable winter re sorts of California for pulling the bug gies, cars and novel rigs of visiting millionaires. ' .. 1 The ponies will be halter broke here ttf nr ahlnmint and wtll t hrrtlrs to wnrlc slnala and double on tbalr ar-1 viirrTThinfBfnrarsTi-ftwftii' hv v- shiniav. F.:. " Ur Bhlnlev. Umatilla county last wlnter 'aent to Csllfornla about 100 head ef fancy In-t dlan ponies!. LABORER BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN DR0VVNED . A report was received, by the police this' afternoon from the Paclf lo Coaat coal bunkers that, an unknown man I had fallen Into the river from a anal DftCgl JuaaJUg iuviw. v.v aw uiv man meet his death, but the fact that he mysteriously disappeared from work without giving sny notice to his em ployers led - them -to - believe - hewas drowned. An investigation is being made by ths police, but up to 1 o'clock no definite lnformstlon hsd been re ceived. '' X Toung Thief HmMu, '; ' ;- . Rnhart Kuhn. sged IS, s former in mate of the reform school, wss arrested bv Detective Hellyer isst Bight on s charge of larceny.. Tie youth te aceuaed nt Kavlm stolen coatar from the .waftlng-room at -the Alder, atreet doek Thursday nlgnt... -,vt nen mrrwsiea ne pro duced a receipt for 86 m an endeavor to prove that he bad purcbaaed the gar mtiiita. Failing to convince the police of his honesty In this manner he finally oorifessed to the then. roUoemen Bald Soase. Policemen Brady and Hill raided a house at 144 H Sixth street this after noon and arrested four women. Harriet Jones, Sadls Long, Harriet s Borton and Alios Greene. i ne ursi nraou was proprietor, the ethers inmates et the aeuae, ; - ..... Ill INVESTIGATE STATE PRISON lo ' ProD Special - Commission ; Into Conditions at Walla ' " Walla Penitentiary, x GOVERNOR MEAD FAVORS ' DIVISION OF CONVICTS Legislature Will Be Asked to Estab lish ' ' Reformatory . Where First Termers and Young Criminals May ' Be Confined.,-. - ..'' : 8aeUI ntipstrh te The Jatnull ' Walla WaHa. Nov.. 8. -In view of the recent, dlamlsaal of ex-Warden Kees for ' permitting speculation- in grain baga, ths forthcomings investigation of prlaon affaire by a specially appointed commission by Governor Mead promisee to bring abost many rerorms in the penitentiary. ' , ' The Walla Walla members of the commission will be ex-Warden John B. Catron, , who served under Oovernor Rogers' administration, and Mrs. Le F. A. Shew, a member of the. board of trustees of the Odd Fellows' home here. One of the main objects of appointing a commission is to investigate ths feasi bility of separating ths young convicts snd first offenders from the hardened criminals and the establishment oi a re formatory prleon where, this class of criminals may be confined. ' ' Oovernor ravers Reformatory, Jovernor Mead, it la underatoodrwill have a bill before the stats leglslaejire in Jsnsary, asking for sn appropriation for erecting a reformatory prison at some point on the west side,' either Beat tie or Tacoma. , The commission will also Investigate the methods employed in disciplining unruly convicts and also the sanltsrW conditions, which It has been charged from time to time are' highly detri mental to- the health of the oonvlcta, reaulttng in the epidemic . of typhoid fever laat summer. The investigations Nwlll probably take a week and will be commenced about November 16, as Governor Mead In tends to use the commission's report In his annual message to the legislature. WILD GEESE ABUNDANT IN VICINITY OF ARLINGTON Wesley M. Matlock ind W. M." Prior returned today from a hunting trip to Arlington, where they went after geese. The two hunters found that hunting parties from Pendleton and other East ern Oregon points had been there ahead of them, but nevertheleas they were able to bring back much game. The hunting grounds around Arlington are rated aa the beet In the atate. . and each year large parties are formed from all over eaaterh Oregon points to spend several days there. Mr. Matlock-la the owner of eeveral valuable mines in Alaska, being Interested there with hla father, ex-Mayor W. F. Matlock Of Pen dleton. ', ..-':.". SPECIAL COUflT FOR LEWIST0N BANKERS Derll DUMtrh " to Tbe JnornsM Boise, Idaho, Nov. J. Judge BeaTfy entered an order in the United -Statea court, this morning . fixing a special! term of court at Moscow, beginning No vember 8. At this term the Indictments returned s gainst Kettenbach and Kes- ter, president and caahler ef the Lewis' ton National - bank, Kobnat, a - book keeper William Sawyer and number pf others will be forced to trial, the cases being set far November 11. Since the. Indictments were returned a. year ago several special 'agents hsve been at work securing evidence, until it Is said the cases are "now complete. W. E. Borah Is retained to defend all of the cases. NEW CORPORATIONS - 1 ' FILE THEIR ARTICLES (Special Dlspateti to Tee lonraaM Salem. Or.. Nov. 8. Articles of In corporation have been filed as follows with the secretary of state: Henneman Brothers' Cigar company; capital atock. 810,000; principal ofrice. Pendleton; Incorporators, K. w. Henne man; A- J. Henneman, J. K. Kaiey. City Market, Ice Cold Storage; capital atock, 810,000; principal ofrice. Portland;.-lncorporatora, u. v. r el ton, L. II. Kaser and W. R. Kaaer. - Eastern Importing company:--' capital stock. 878.000; principal office. Port land; tnsorporatora, L. Hamilton Saw yer, W. R. Mclntoab snd Lottie Hilt BARNES MARKET SOLD MAY ERECT BUILDING The Barnes market On Third Street t between -Washington- I nrletor of , which hss been Frank C Barnea, county commissioner, has been sold to C. R. Pa vis and C. L. Kilburn. The new firm took possession on No vember 1. It Is rumored thst a new building will be erected on the slt. Mr. Barnes haa announced that he will hereafter devote hla entire energies to his large cannery Interests. SJLVERT0N PLANS TO ' OWN LIGHT PLANT (Kp-rlal plapatch to The Jnsrnal Sllverton, Or.. Nov. 8 The city of BlWerton ls talking municipal owner t.m vnrv afronclv of the electric light plant, and it Is more than probable that the City Will e ooiiaoa in m . future for s sufficient sum to build a suitable electric light plant. Since the Cltlsene' Light ft Traction company moved its engine from Silver ton to Salem the aervlee haa beea verv poir. and nnwthe city council will probably make arrangements to-tuMarti lights for both Sllverton and Slouat Angel. -,..'. " BUILD MAMMOTH DAM . TQ PROTECT INTAKE ((perlal IMapatrh te The Journal.) ' Walla. Walla, Wash., Nov. 8. A mam moth dam 80 feet'tn height and about It feet across st the top Is just being Completed by the Northwestern Oas A Electrlo company at the head of the company's pipe line on the Welle Walla river. The dam Is designed te safe guard ths company's Intake which was! waahed out during the floods last May, entailing a loss of eloss te 818,000. , mOIEY-GEHJll TO ASK JOS HII ASSISTANT . Crawford Wants Deputy Offic ially Recognized .When in w Charge of Office. ' ' -.'(Special Dispatch . te Tbe JoaraaL) - Salem, Nov. t Attorney-General Crawford haa finished hla biennial- re port, to be presented to the legislature next January. Among the recommenda tions made by. the attorney-general la one asking the. creation of the office of assistant attorney-general.' thua giv ing to that officer full power to repre sent the attorney-general in bis absence as well as In 'all matters that are- in- F trusted to the atato'a attorney. - Among following: - ' , Repeal of section I of house, bill No. 168, laws of 1808. page 821. The law to regulate ths fees to be collected, by county clerks snd other officers. In the eountles In the atate. containing more than 60.00 Inhabitants, .- . Appropriation . of 81.609 - to pay ex penses of Columbia river boundary case. Appropriation of 86.000 .for contin gent expenses of. attorney general's of fice for the two yeara commencing Jan uary 1. 180T. ' . . -. A- law-defining title to the use of water, sbollahlng the principles of ri parian rights excepting aa to veated rights snd making title to the use of water depend upon prior appropriation and beneficial use. . A new law accepting and applying the Carey act and speclflcslly clothing the state land board.' or 'other. board which may be designated aa the agent Of the atate in handling deaert landa. with full powera to fully aupervlse all reclamation projects undertaken and to do everything necessary to- secure the permanent aettlement of tbe landa. Amendment of section ,1411 of Bel linger Cotton's Codes snd Statutes of Oregon, relating to the duties -and powers of the - attorney . general, and creating the ofrice of assistant attor ney general, with full powert repre sent his principal in hia abaence and in all 'matters intrusted to him by the at torney general. UNETED STATES ' PRINTER BEATEN Washington Man Issues for Ten Cents Pamphtet for Which Federal Man Wants More. In Waahington olty there , la an offi cial, who in publto lire is known aa Hon. Charles A- Sttlllnga. He holds the gov ernment position of publlo printer. He recently orrered to tbe public for the sum of it cents the rules and list of simplified words that were agreed upon by the president with reference to the reformed method of spelling. . . - In tbe hamlet of Ilwaco, on the Wash ington, side of the Columbia near the ocean, competition has ' arisen to the government's otter. C. C Clinton, edi tor of the Pacific Journal of that placeJ oners tne same thing for 10 cents. The Ilwaoo editor haa lust published a . pamphlet '. entitled 'The Reformed Method of spelling, . as Approved by President Roosevelt.? rt contains- the complete list of ths 800 words selected by the spelling committee which are spelled In their old and new form with changes. It also has all .the information and subjects that are contained in the government's booklet Furthermore, the Ilwaco edttor throws in a large amonnt of additional information for-good measure, and it is now up to Uncle 8am's printer to cut the price or retire .from .business. SAYS HER HUSBAND ;x ;: BEATAND CURSED HER Ruby . Thompson has begun suit In the stats circuit court from William J. Thompson, charging cruelty. Mrs. Thompson slleges that, on October 80, her husband knocked her down and beat her and that he - haa repeatedly cursed her snd called bar vile names. She says aha has slways treated him with kindness, snd has managed her household affairs with economy and good Judgment. Thompson hss a home at Kern park, in which Mrs. Thompson asks to be given sn interest. ' She asks slso that he huaband be enjoined from withdrawing his money. from the savings bank of the Title Ouarantee A Trust company. The couple were mar ried in September. 1808, and have one child. Luclle. aged I years, whose cus tody ths mother Saks. J. C. Moreland appeara as attorney for Mrs. Thomp son. ' , t i-- . .r -. r WOMAN KNOCKED DOWN AND ARRESTED BY KAY . 11 ' , ... .... ' Annie Jackson a slender negro girl of 17 years, was knocked down and hand cuffed laat night by Offloer Tom Kay, leader of the "moral squad.". In -a street encounter In which the officer was try ing to place the girl under arrest. The girl resisted. It Is alleged, because she thought she wss being-attacked by a footpad. " ' ' "' search revealed that the prisoner had 888 In gold In her possession. Kay, believing that aha had robbed somebody, took her. to jail, and locked, her up. No one haa as yet appeared at the police station to claim the 855 and there is 1io evidence of any theft on the part of the young woman.. ' BISCUIT COMPANY GETS , ; tWORST END OF SUIT Judge OnntenbelnJlnthe!renltcourt this! morning decided that J. C. Cohen was the agent in Hawaii of the Pacific Coast Biscuit Company, and. denied the company Judgment for ll.o'oo aMea-ed to be due as nainnce on nwnnanoiia soiu. i . . , i. The opinion stated also mat vonen was an agent who guaranteed the purohase price of the goods aold by him. and that he waa not entitled to a commission from the company until the -money for salest wss paid. - Accordingly a counter claim for commissions that had been sent up by Cohen was not allowed. Ths oasts of the suit was taxed to the bis cuit company. YALEPLAYERS ARE AFRAID OF CADETS ( Journal Spertal Service. West Port. Nov. 8. The , Tale, team rived in' fine condition with a large fol lowing. - They are slightly fearful of the army, but there Is great interest In the game- beeaus the army held Harvard down to a score of five, and Yale la aomewhat crippled, but Is re garded as a aura winner, although many beta at even money are being snapped up.. ....... cupiD is deate;: BY No Marriage Licenses Issued To ' J day, but Several- Decrees " Are Asked For. ; LITTLE ' BLIND COD IS X DISGUSTED. NO DOUBT r-Xx.'-X r, ..." . v ' Marriage License Clerks Idle Away : Their Tim sWhUe Divorce Clerk . .Works Overtime Recording New . Complaints of Domestic Trouble, . Because there have-been marriage li censes Issued fo two- days,. Deputies '. "Cupid" Frasp snd Reae believe that the large number of divorce proceedings in progress ' In the circuit court have . filled the little, blind god with disgust and shame at the perfidy' of his once faithful subjects. -;.;-; Thursday, November 1, Cupid rounded . up four victims snd sent them smiling to the license clerk's desk. But the same day th Imp who opposes. Cupid got even with htm by sending four new ' divorce suits to the clerk of the elr- cult court Yesterday's record shows that - the blind god admlttefr-ehat he beaten, for he did not. go near the office of hta faithful henchman, Rose and ' Praap, . while in the-drcuW court upstairs the divorce mill ground menSly, dissolving seven of Cupid's ties, aty'd three new suits for divorce were recorded. - This morning with looks of Badness the deputies who iasue the licenses list-, ened almoat without hope for the rustle of their little delty wings. Then they smiled, for in through the -door came a. young man ' wHh', sprightly step and ., stopped, -under" the" big paper "wedding- bell. At the earns moment tn the cir cuit' court overhead Judge Sears called ' the ; divorce . trial of Fred Kregfow. against Minnie Kreglow. and at the sound, Cupid, who had plucked up a lit tle courage after his beating of yeeter-. day, turned and fled. . '. : Tbe young man who wanted a licence, was under 81 years of sge and could not . have a marriage license without the . written consent of his parent or guard Ian. With eight divorcee granted, seven new suits for divorce filed, and no mar riage tlcenaea laaued in two daya. Rose snd Prasp fear the record will prove a severe trial to their little blind god, and they haven't any idea when he will try to Bend them any more of hla "victima. PIONEER OF FORTY-EIGHT DIES NEAR DILLEY Thomas fA.. HInes Passss Away at ths Age of Eighty- Seven Years. , (Sparta! tMapetrh te The asrl.t forest Orovs,. Or., Nov. 8. Thomas M. Hlnas of near Pilley, a pioneer of 1848, died yesterday at 8 o'clock p. m. at the age of 8T. years, six months and 1 day. - . ..- X . ' He was born in Howard county, Mis souri. May 1, 1818. and .was of Welsh descent . He waa married In 1848 to Miss "Mary Buckingham and crossed ths Missouri river rrri the Journey to Oregon, settled in Yamhill county September 15,: 1848, and later took up a donation claim onr-theTualattn river. He went to Cali fornia in 1848 during the gold fever and came back, settling near Forest Grove. Two sons are still living. Dr. Charles HInes snd Cicero Hlnes of Forest Orove. The funeral will take place tomorrow from the residence of Dr. Charles Hlnes : at Forest Orove, at 1 o'clock, with burial In Buxton cemetery. , . CITIZEN BEATEN BY BOLD THUGS H. F. Crowell Suffers at Hands ' of FootpaUs on Nineteenth ..i Street Bridge, --x H. F. Crowell, a laborer employed tn ' a construction camp at Rufus, was robbed snd terribly beaten by two mur derous thugs st 1:48 o'clock this morn ing while crossing the Chapman bridge on Nineteenth street The sttsck of the footpads was So sudden that Crowell " waa unable to secure a description -of . his assailants before being rendered un conscious by a blow on the head. After knocking him to the ground tbe high waymen continued to beat their vie tlm and would undoubtedly have killed him but for the approach of A. B. Roaa of the Multnomah Athletic club. Ross saw tbe two men rifling ths pocket a of the prostrate mad and hur ried to the acene. The. thugs, alarmpuX by pis approach,, took ta thslr hs and disappeared tn - the darkness. Crowell was covered with blood from numerous wounds on ths head and fbe. The pollca were notified and upon the arrival of the wagon , with Patrolmen Oruber and Oustafson the' Injured man waa removed to St. Vin cent's hospital for treatment. The op portune srrivsl of Ross prevented . the crooks from gaining possession of Crowoll's 1 watch and chain. A detec tive haa been detailed en the caae, but no arrests have been made. X :r,---- THREATENS POLICEMAN" x WITH TRAGIC DEATH While walking homeward' early Friday" morning. Patrolman Orlff Roberts was ' attacked byoa park of vicious dogs be longing to a family named Clifford, of 140 ;ugen street n grar w y'1"1' himself from the savsge onslaught of tne animus tne policeman waa m-, pelled to bring hla revolver lnto action. Yeatarda upon Informing Mrs. Cllf-' 'ford fliat It would be neceasary to keep . the canines in confinement at night, er It would be neceseary ta eatennlnale x,.hmwm waa -nntlflMt that MS , I 1, ( ....... I . - -. , death would be swift snd surs If he tnoleeted the dogs, TELEGRAPH OPERATORS' , . WAGES ARE RAISED ,' ' ' (Jnarasl Swaflat Saealee St Paul. Nov. 8 i'he C. fi Orat Western and the Chl-i.. M. Paul A Minneapolis and Omsha ro.i.ia to l .y granted an ncr-e In was"" to ti. -r telegraph operators, ranging fin t I) lt 80 per aioaio. , DIVORCE
