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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 10, 1SC3. CIIKJESE GIRL IS : . BY HER Bullet Lodge h Her Brain and 7TTT Physician rTear She"WillT7r Not Survive. " BOY WHO FIRED SHOT . . ' FLEES INTO THE WOODS Frightened at Hi Deed, He Secrets Himself in Timber and Searching T Parties Are Now Seeking Him No -Arrest to Be Made. -7 - - Chin, Giro, the T-year-old daughter r of Chin Loon, a Chinese vegetable gar .dener residing on the 8t. Helens road Just beyond the fair grounds, was aeel 'dentally shot in the. head thia morning , by, her brother Chin Yow, 11 years of - I ate, and is not expected to live. - She ; eras removed to the Oood Samaritan honpltal by Deputy Coroner Pinley, who ' had' been summoned by neighbors who '.- thought the child dead. Chin Yow, who did the shooting,' was so terrified over tha affair that he has aone Into hld- - lng In the woods Hwr his home and CONFERENCE HELD THIS AFTERNOON Open River Association Meets - - With the State Portage -- ' Road Commission. r COST AND UTILITY ';.; A- v BEING CONSIDERED -Methods of Operation Are Also Un- T der ' Discussion - Opposition De-f f velopa to Transfer "of the Road to Open River Association. .- , A conference between the state portage commission and members . of the Open River association was held this after noon . 'at the office of J. J. Teal, at torney, for the association, in the Wor ceatar building. Questions of cost and utility of the portage road were dis cussed, 'and methoda of operation, con . aidered.' -. - . . , ...... -, I . According to report, tha state postage eommlsslpn Is disposed to turn, over the road to the Open River association, snd that influences back of the proposition agonistic to the road. ObposKtr"?- " "T-. tton Ill be. made to any movement that Is calculated to eliminate state support : the state's responsibility toward this project la clear and definite.- and' that 'It j should not be released from the obllga . I tlon to maintain a continuous Una of zt transportation while the national gov- . eminent Is building - the Celllo canal. That the port use road Is a benefit to the ' shippers and farmers of eastern Wash- ington, as well as. eastern Oregon end , Idaho, Is s well-known fact. The oppo nents of ths roud admit. In their con tention that Oregon taxpayers' are aup ' porting a.- transportation line for the benefit of eastern Washington farmers. - - It Is conoeded that tha Wad la an equal benefit to .the people of both aides of the river, the same'aa the Ce- lllo canal will be when It. la completed. .These arguments arc the strongest that could be used In support of the con struction of the canal. Governor Mead of Washington la reported to be pre paring recommendattona to -the Wash- . ington ; legislature for an 'appropriation to clear obstructions from the Colum bia -river above Celllo. ' The movement -of tonnage over the portage road. 'will be very gretitly facilitated by extending tha road to The Dalles, where batter a- . TO IDE'S DAUGHTER 2:,' , ': v" ! : . Quiet Ceremony ' Performed at L.. Home of Bride In St. Johns--. ;-.J- bury, Vermont. , j ; ' ' ' , .i3ml Knertal Bernee.l - , St Johnvbury, Vt, Nov. 10. Miss An nie Ids, daughter of Hon. Henry Clay ' Ida, former governor of the Philippines, and Congressman Bourka Cockraa of ,':.( ..W. Burke .Cochran, , . NewjTork were quietly married here to ' day at tha old home of the brlde'a fam ily. ' Tha wedding Is tha. culmination of a romance that had Ita origin In the visit to the Philippines of tha Tsft party, of which Congressman Cockrsn rss a member.' - 3. ,; ..i . - Tha" bride of today la the eldest daughter af Governor Ide, and la a wn ' man of rare accomplishments. Mr. Cockran, though an Irishman by birth, ha a spent nearly his entire life In the . United States and haa been prominently before the public ever-slnc hla first election to enngres In the '80s. He' Is famous for his oratory. Mr. Cockran la 41 years old and haa been twice mar rlsaVserore, ; , AGCIDEHTALLY SHOT BROTHER searching partlea are now looking for him. . - " v ... -. . t h,UWAS about 11 o'lelt--4ha4-CnIn-?9Wi armed with a S3 uailbre rifle, set out on a hunting expedition. The lad spied a bird In u troe near the house and. taking aim, fired.. Just at this moment little Chin Glm stepped out of the . kitchen door and the bullet struck her In the center of the forehead. With a moan the child sank unconscious to the ground.- Chin Yow took to his heels and raced Into the timber. Nothing has been seen of him since and It -Is feared that he may take his own life. Neighbors uttrurted ' by : the affair pronounced the child dead and-notlned tho coroner's office. Deputy Arthur L: Flnley drove to the scene In his buggy and upon examining the body: found, that the child stlU lived.- Taking the little Yorm in his arms, Plnley rushed to his rig and with all possible speed drove to the Good Samaritan hoapltaL The' bullet lodged In the child's brain and the surgeons bold out but little hope for her recovery, - Chin Loon, the grief-stricken . father, ' Is well . known In this city, hsvtng resided here for Over it years. There are eight children In the Loonr family and all bave been at tending the Couch school. Deputy sher-1 ills have been sent to the seen and are making an effort to locate the missing boy. The Investigation shows that the shooting was purely- accidental and no arrest will be made. , p ; ; eommodatlone for the handling, of freight to and from the boats are to be had: It la proposed to ask the Oregon legislature for the money necessary to. make such extension. . . A number of well known mien from the Interior are In Portland today to attend the conference. Among the num ber are Dr. N. G. Blalock. Professor Ly man and Assessor Berryman of Walla Walla; jW, J. Marrlner, of Blalock; Joseph T. Peters, of The. Dalles, and members of the state commission. The steamer Mountain Oem baa (one up the '-Snake' river, above Rlparla and in the vicinity of Lewlston, to transport to the portage road a large quantity of wheat that has been waiting to be marketed and -for which tig- shippers have been unable .to get cars from the railroad companies. The steamer Relief will operate between Celllo and Rlparla. FLOOD SITUATION BETTER; DAMAGE BEIN& REPAIRED Favorable Weather Aids Engin eering Corps, jn Repairing Damaged Bridges. 'Favorable weather today ha a relieved tha flood at tuatlon considerably, and the "Southern '-. Paclflo officials are hoping that conditions will continue good until- they, can make repalra to damaged bridges and replace falae work that supported tha tracks where new '"Jla .. "7 over tha Corvallls 4k Eaatern, with con sequent delay of from one to two hours. General Superintendent Buckley. Chief Engineer jSaschke, Division Superin tendent . L. . R. . Fields and other offi cials' are actively-atrworfc'ln the flood districts of the Bant lam and the Mo Utllu. . and At. Intermediate points where streams have weskened bridges or .cul verts. They will personally attend to tha repairing of damage and .the opera tion of emergency trains. Tha tracks arc being patrolled and trains are run ning more carefully than usual. Tha Willamette river at Portland laat night reached a stage of 1.4, the crest of the flood, snd this morning It had fallen to 1.1. Forecaster Heals- saya .the stream will fall rap.dly during the next few days, which mesns that the fresh ets in the mountain streams have sub sided. The forecast for the next 14 hours la occasional rains and cooler; Sunday, occasional rains and aouthwast winds, . v . - HORSE FLOUNDERS IN BIG BASEMENT Boy, Driver Turns Runaway Over . Excavation to Save Woman From Death. V In tha big cement lined basement of the Marks Jurglson building, which Is going up at Main and Third streets. In two feet of water IS feet below the level of the street, a big bny horse has oeen rioundnnng ever since 1 o'clock this afternoon. The horse belongs to tha Greene Transfer company, and while running madly down the street. It was turned Into the basement by a 1 -y enr ol d driver, who heroically chose to risk death in a IS-foot fait rather than to run over a woman who stood daaed In the path of the rnnawny As "the horse blunged Into the base ment the harness gave - way and the wagon was left on the cement lined edge. - The boy. hurled forward by the sudden atop, pitched headlong after tha horse. Bystandera thought ha had been killed but by the greatest of good luck tho boy missed striking any 'of tha msny wooden Joists . or projections and fell Into the water at the bottom of tha Well. -! . . Ha escaped with a badly skinned leg. None-of -the bones of ths hor.ie Were broken and he will probsbly be fished Out of his uncomfortable quarters soma time this evening. .. -y LOGGER QUARRELS IN' BOAT AND LOSES LIFE , - . . ' v , . Siie-lal .ILpatrh ta Th Joersal.)' ' Seattle. Nov, JO. A dispatch . from Everett says Tom Carter, aged 52 years, a logger employed by Ruokera camp, was drowned Isst night while crossing Iaka Stevens In a row boat from Ma chlss. Csrter was quarreling with t companion and persisted In atsndlng up In the boat: - Twice tha men went Into the water but were rescued by the oc cupsnts of a second boat Tha third time Carter went under i. and waa drowned. The body waa r revered last night. .. ' . . . SHAW SAYS BANKS MUST CHANGE WAYS . " ' Unernat Spee1 Serrlee.t Washington. NOV. 10. Secretary Shaw today announced that he will not buy 1 1 bonds, refund, nor Increase the deposits In national banks unless conditions are changed.- ' I RATE PROOLEG 18 VITAL SUBJECT esMasjeMaMBBweaaaBMsssjeBBV I Water Question Interest Prop erty Owners and Residentr of Portland. - ASSOCIATION BACKED .. UP BY NON-MEMBERS Scheme for Payment of Water Ratea by General Taxation .Finds' Many Adherents' Among All Claaaea ot -stPeople. ' "J;t r -'v - ' ' Because tha water question touches practlcclly. every resident, of tha elty a number af men .who have studied the problem are. In sympathy with': the movement begun, by the Portlsnd Water users' association, though not a member of that organlgatlon. , - . .While the association Is limited in membership and Its motives have been queaUoned, , there la no doubt of . the popularity of the crusade begun by It. Many oo not agree that, water rates should be paid by general taxation, but the need of revised rates ana a general Improvement in the water service .Is recognised everywhere. . Among those who favor general tax ation aa the method of defraying tho ex pen sea or the water department and extending the system Is C. E. 8. Wood. He is not a member of the association. He csJls tha phrase "free water" a mis nomer. .. , . .. ,. - ' - "I don't believe In anything being rree, said be thla morning. "Thia cer tainly will not be free water.' for in the end the consumer will pay tha larger part of It. JTbe landlord will simply hold hls . property worth that- much more and expect that much more r ave nue from It : taltabla Xeaas of Paying, "At tha same time I believe It the most equitable means of paying the ratea. I hold that any permanent im provement to the sell should be psld for by the realty. "Thla wbuld apply to the average houae. Tha large consumers should be kept upon 'a meter basis. ,i , "The plan proposed Is certainly less cumbersome than tho meter system, and less expensive." , While not a member of the Water Users' association,, Mr.' Wood Is acting with ita commit We In preparing an or dinance providing for raising tha water ratea by general taxation, -which will be submitted to the people at the June election. . . . - Those who are discussing water Im provements are divided Into two par ties. One Is dealing purely with tha proposition of changing the system of payment from direct rates paid by the consumer to general - taxation -while .the -other party is concerned primarily with criticism of the water department as It' Is managed at present. , It, Is cnargva vy oiucibjs xnai some mem bars of the swept grievance against ment under the discussion of .a change In the system of collecting the rates. CHICAGO NEGROES TO .. . GET INTO POLITICS ,' ' IJoarnil Special "erTlca.1 : Clilcaa-o. Nov. 10. Negroes, ot,' this cliy have, started a movement .to orgarPf 1se an independent party to dominate candidates for alderman at the spring election. . They will also nominate - a candidate for one of the principal ex ecutive offices, msyor, clerk or treaa urer. ' The movement waa Inspired by the knifing of Barnett by the Republi cans and the hope of the. negroes was raised by Barnett's election to he mu- j niclpal bench. A mass meeting, at which every negro preacher In the city and representatives of the colored churches and organisations "were preaent, unani mously favored Joining the friendly whites and leaving both the Demo- erotic and Republican parties. . MINOR CRIMES ARE 7 REPORTED TO POLICE Burglars entered the Ella Talbot resi dence on Talbot Heights, near Counell Crest, Thnrsdsy night during tha ab sence of the family, but railed to secure any plunder of great value. Tha thlevea carried away a sealskin muff, a ahawl and a lace "desk.", . Complaint was not made to the police until this morning. J. R, Dillon of 12 East Tenth street reported to the police todsy that five pair of valuable carrier pigeons were stolen from - hta-residenca " last night. The plgtona were being trained and their wings were clipped. Mrs. Spangler of tlltt Second street complained that a sliver watch belong ing to her aon wss stolen yesterday. SHIP'S CARPENTER IS KILLED BY ACCIDENT (Sperdl PUpatcs tn The JotrsaLI Seattle, Nov. 10. Shlpcarpenter John Wlmtott, it years of age, of the Nor wegian steamship Reldar, now loading at Seattle, while Intoxicated fell through an open hatch on the vegael early thla morning and' was Instanlly-killed. The man'a skull was fractured and several ribs crushed, : SENATORS MEET TO - - TALK INDIAN AFFAIRS .JnMrnVl jliwlil SrvlM t Kanaas City. Nov. 10. Tha aenata) committee on Indian affairs consisting of Senators Clark of Wyoming. Long, Brandeste, Teller . and Clark of Mon-, Una, assembled In this city toifay to I consider tha removal of the restrictions from Indian laada. .. 1. ARMED BOERS RAID - INTO CAPE COLONY ', 1 . ' ' , , . . I (Journal Rperlai Senir. i j trfindon, Nov. .10. Armed Boers made raid Into the northwest section of , Cape Colony, according to a dispatch this afternoon; - Oets Bfo Damages. , , . LaRue Fulraer, the ls-year-old boy whose left humb was torn off by an "edger" saw In the box factory of the Standard Box A Lumber company, will not be awarded damnges In the circuit eourt. Judge Cleland todsy granted a motion for a non-suit made by the de- r.n.n th. .rnmil, h.ln. that the ta. trlbutory negligence. The Jury w.ts thereupon .H-wharged. R. . W. WUbur was Lua ilefeudaal'a atloruair. OTERTOO OH FROM FRISCO , " ii "in " x. - V ' ' v. United States Judge Says People of Bay City Are Back of Francis J. Heney. INSURANCE CASES ARE BEING SETTLED RAPIDLY Companies Generally Willing to Pay but Are" Taking Precautions Against Smooth ' Work : of Swin dlers Who Art Very Active. v Judge Charles E. Wolverton1 returned this morning fran San Francisco, whsra he haa been for a month alttlng In the circuit court and the circuit court-of appeeja. Judge Wolverton said that between, the two courts ha had been kept busy and had but little time to de vote to his work In Portland. . He said that a grand Jury would probably be called next week, but did not know what would be brought before It except the minor criminal cases pending from the United States commissioners. Judge Wolverton stated that the peo ple ft San Francis-M were back of Fraifcls J. Heney in tha matter of pros ecuting the graftera In the Bay city, and that he would undoubtedly secure many convictions. In speaking of bis visit to San Francisco, he said:. "The Insurance rasea are being dis posed tf very rapidly. There is a dis position on the part of tha companies to settle their account with the people, but they are taking extra precautlona against swindlers. The present time would be a good one for people who wish to take advantage of a calamity to forward their own ends und tha Insur ance companlea.. ..are v watching them carefully. The companies recently won two cases where persons fought' to de fraud them. . ...;. V People Pressing Claims. . , "On tha other- hand the people are pressing their claims strenuously , and the companies will undoubtedly have to pay In the long end. ; One attorney came Into court Monday morning with a bun dle of papers and stated that It con tained S6 cases which ha had settled out of court. There are hundreds of eases still left on the docket, but msny of these will be settled out of court. "Nona of the casea were tried before a Jury. The German - companies . are demurring to the procedure and will take their casea to Germany after being tried hare. - They have invoked tha aid of the 'diplomatic corps to their cause and it will be a long time before their casea can be decided. Xeney Za Xapt Bosy. ' ' -' "Mr. Heney la having a strenuous time In San Francisco and It la doubt ful whether he will be able to be In Portland on the date named for resum ing . the land fraud cases. He has 16 addition. to ths land fraud cases, the In dictments a gainst. Ruef and the other San . Francisco politicians and office- tlon are . velllngidepaJbenlharaare tha Rrnann- the water depart- HJd" nd the Blnger Hermann cases which demand his time. But for. the time being Mr. Heney will probably at tend- to. nothing except the San Fran cisco ossea . The people are thoroughly aroused over the situation and want the guilty men convicted. v VI BROTHERS AND DOPE ' : S Fl EN OS ; AR E-S ENT JJP-; Pale, emaciated and shaking aa If with the ague, W. H. Joyce, -aged 17, and J. W. Joyce, aged IS, sons of a saloon man of Boise, Idaho, were before Judge Cameron this-morning-on charges of having morphine In their poaaesslon. The young men presented a pitiable ap- peargnce when brought from the dock for trial. Both In demeanor and -address they showed signs of refinement, but It was evident thst the drug to which they were addicted held them fast, ' "Give us a chance. Judge," they pleaded, "and wa will go back to our father In Boise. , If you'll do this wa will mske a atrenuous effort to refrain from using morphine." . Judge Cameron with a sigh, however, sentenced the brothers to to days on the rock pile. 'There Is a possibility of working the drug out of your systems and by refraining from- its use for three months a cure msy be effected." said tha court. "At any rata I am go ing to give thia form of treatment a I trial." "It will be awfully hard on us," wall ad the brothers aa they were led away' "awfully hard." FISH FOR PRESIDENT OF THE MUTUAL LIFE (Jmtmn) gPtytHsl fcVrrtf .) New York Nov. 10. Stuyye. ssnt FJih will become president of the Mutual Life Insurance company If. tha polldy-holders' v committee is successful in Its - present . fight , for control, If . e elected. Fish's triumph over . Harrlman will fully repay for the 'Jobs of the Illinois Central presidency, !OtOOvvvvOvvvv , PILOT ROCK MAN TO DO RECLAMATION WORK Wfhlnrtne Bnre.a of The Joerpal.t Washington;. Nov. 10. The secretary of the Interior has executed a contract with Thomas Jacuon of Pilot Rock. Ore gon, for the construction and comple tion of about It miles of the main canal and lateral ditches of the Umatlllo pro Ject: - The work Involves 105,000 cubic yards of excavating and must be coin- pleted by May 1 next . Mr. Jacuon's bid was I20.211.IO. . - 1 1 , WASHINGTON BUILDING HAS FIRE SCARE Ffre that started In the basement of the .Washington building about 1:10 o'clock this , afternoon cnuaed conald- erable excitement. - It .was discovered In the bssement Just under the Jewelry i store of W. Frledlander. at 2(1 Waah-j Ington street .It was. soon under con-' trol. However. It was a hot blssa and i being In a central location drew thou-. sanda of people. Rubbish t too near -that furnace was the cause of tha Ore. Cfcalrmaa to Beslga. . tjartnul pert. I Set lie I 1 Chicago, Nov. 10. It is reported that on spcount of a feud between the Bryan Iemocratlo - leaders In Illinois, Charles Uoeachensteln, on Kdwsrdsvllle editor and chairman of tha Democratic state committee, will resign January J, '. ' WHEN GHOST FAILS TO SHOW MINSTRELS GRAB WARDROBE : "Applause and promlaea don't increase your avolrdupola" "The fallow who wrote 'Isn't It Love ly to Be ont.hetAannever traveled with Beach and Bowere." Such Is the philosophy of Kllment and Tipple, musical funsters. - . ; Unlike the apparition in Hamlet, the ghost didn't walk with. Beach and Bow ere stellar aggregation of minatrelaf In fact, according to Messra. Tipple and Kiiment, who were arrested yesterday afternoon on a charge of larceny pre ferred by J. H. Smithy manager of the snow, the aforesaid, ghost wss lame. (utlt and . blind during the 11 weeks since leaving Galesburg, Illinois, and there waa nothing that even sounded like salary. v ' . When with' a blare of brass and a multitude of 11-sheet stands the show reached Oregon , City, ' Em 11 Kllment, lnterlooutor, and Robert Tipple, orches tra leader,, decided to eeek employment elsewhere and without the customary two weeks' notice, decamped for this city. : Incidentally, -In lieu of 131s ssld to be due them, they carried away a couple of overcoats, two gaudy . band uniforms and a pair of satin "first part" gsrmenta. - Upon reaching . Corvallls Manager Smith aommunlcated with Chief Orlti maoher relative to tha matter and the two minstrel men were arrested yester day afternoon by Detectives Price and Inskeep. Smith arslved at police head quarters a few minutes prior . to the apprehension of his two former per formers. .' - An exciting conference between Smith and the two prisoners took place In HURLED BEER GLASSES; NOV HE MUST BREAK STONE C.NJ)avi Finds Jt Expensive . to Attempt to Assassinate Bad Bartender. C N. Davis haa found thst throwing beer glasses at unaccommodating bar tendera Is an expensive pastime, as he was fined $40 by Judge Cameron this morning. . Davis, In company with A. F. Cherry, wss arrested last night by Pa trolman Wanleas after hurling a beer mug at Phillip Longdon. a mixologist employed at Frlts's north end concert halL - ' .... '.. ' ' Charry, who was undsr ths Influence of liquor, became engaged in an alterca tion with Langdon, and Davla aought to liven up the encounter by attempting to kill the bartender, with a glaaa. Pa trolman Wanleas arrived at this Junc ture and both tnsn fled precipitately from the place, -with the policeman in close pursuit. Cherry wss stopped by Deputy Sheriff Gasset, but Davla re fused to heed the command to halt and Wanless sent two bullets whistling by his head. This had tha desired effect and the fleeing man came to an abrupt atop. .'--.:.., - . . As Cherry was only guilty of dlsor- derly conductrhs escaped with STTIne of ,25 D.yl. a defense declared he was so excited over the row In progress that he became seited with aa uncon trollable desire to throw somethlnir and selected the beer glass aa a auTtabla weapon. Both men were unable to pay their fines and will serve time at Kel ly's butte. II CASE IN NEW YORK v In Qrder to Escape Publicity, Ac tion May Be Brought in ; American Courts.' iJesnisI Special ServW.I . New Tors, Nov. 10. A cable to tha World from London says; The possibil ity of conducting divorce proceedings In secret In the courts of New York may take the Marlborough divorce case to the former home uf the- duchess, who was Consuelo Vanderbllt This means of escaping the - publicity - attending Anna Gould'a efforts. tojrld herself of her .titled husband In Franca has been considered seriously by tha duchess. -The duke Is prepared to drive a hard bargain in the bill of ee'paratlona. He Is holding out agslnst tha duchess the demand for custody of ths children, conditions which. If accepted, would be equivalent to an admission on the pert of tho duchess that she was In the wrong. The duke is letting it pe known that he la exhausting every meana at his command to obtain an absolute dl vorce to vindicate himself, but under the English law he can obtain no relief even though he prove his case? If his -wife csn estsbllsh faults on hla part The duke Is grievously cut by tha sym pathy extended his wife. BQY.S SAY .THEY.WER MADE SLAVES ON SHIP fjoania! aperlat Seiilia.t Norfolk. Va., Nov. 10. The govern ment will take up an Investigation by federal grand Jury . Monday, of the el leged ahanghai practices of the oyster-, men. Charlie Wells, sged 24, and Julius Strickland, aged IT, escaped from a sloop after 17 daya of slavery and privation. They tell a story of hardship that la hard .to believe. . The evidence will be used against the labor agents, who are charged with drugging men for the fleet EVANGELIST BROWN TALKS OF SPIRITS 1 tsperlol Mlafrb to The Jnersaf.) . Csstle Rock, Wash., Nov. 10. Rev. J. A. Brown, an evangelist from Califor nia who has been assisting Rev. Fred Jackaon In special meetings In the Chrlsttsn church here for the last Hve weeks, closed last night with a strong lecture on spiritualism. The meetings have been 'very successful.- Mr. Jack son also hss charge of tha Christian church st Kelso, where they will begin Sunday to contlnus severs! weeks, innninrrn iiftTfiuiiril Mr r Ulls I CU VVtt I lfl MCW L IN IMMIGRATION SERVICE u" - tKpeet-l' Plueatck t"be o. Washington. Nov. 10. R.. R. Clark, Charles Morgsn. A. P. lombsrd. Buy mond Lavltte knd Statey Sttps ha'e been appointed watchmen In the Immi gration service at Portland. Four reala nations were received In the-same serv ice as followa: L O. Pavles. C. O. Web ster, A. O. Austin and C. Mi Wubanka,' " . - . ' ' I Chief Orltxmacher'a office ajid tha man ager offered to dlamlaa the charges if they would return the property carried away. This both men absolutely re fusa"T6"do and accdrdrhglythey were booked for- larceny. Manager- Brlckeon of the Coneldlne circuit, which has booked Kllment and Tipple for a mu sical act, came to the fora and fur nished bonds for their appearance In the police court tla morning. . . .The matter never came to trial, as Impressarlo Smith consented to a dis missal of the case today-upon eecur lng hla property and leaves tonight to Join tha show at Albany. He admitted owing the men eonetderable salary and attributed his delinquency. In this par ticular to poor business. . Kllment and Tipple stated this morn ing that the show opened la Galesburg, Illinois. 12 weeks ago, and that there has never-been a pay dsjr during tha tour. They claim that Smith is In debted to them to tha extent of IJU and threaten to levy -an- attachment r to se cure the money. ' : "The only money we got from Smith waa a few dollars now and then, when we refused to go on unless he made a payment." said Kllment. "We turned down several good offers to sing with Beach and Bowers and when after three months of hard work we did not YeJ celve our salaries we decided to leave. We took the uniforms so aa to get some thing for our services, but rather than ttght the matter In tho courta we are content to let Smith bave them. We have signed with v Coneldlne on the northwest circuit, but intend to take some action to recover the money due ua." ' . . - DELEGATION IS NAMED BY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Men Selected to Attend National Rivers and ' Harbors T Con V, gress From Portland. .Member - of a Joint 1 committee of which W. D. Wheelwright Is chairman, representing the navigation and trans portation committees of tha Portland chamber of commerce, met yesterday afternoon to name a delegation to the National Rivers snd Harbors congress and, to consider the proposition to en large the Portland harbor district and lend financial aid to the construction of the Columbia river Jetty. - The names of men whom It la deaired to send to the rivers and harbors con gress were submlted and discussed.'- It waa decided that they should bs asked to go. and the matter of securing their attendance was referred to fr. Wheel wright. Tne names - of the delegates will be announced when their consent to attend la secured. " - -; ., Tha mstter of enlsrging tha port dis trict will be taken up at a meeting to be called within a few days by Mr. Wheelwright. The - plan of launohlng the movement Is under consideration and will be determined upon within tha - Nat - - gayfc The committee is awsre th " h" i"."00" .1 ,P form, Snd that.lt lal imperative that the result shall be in line with tha action taken by tha public meeting which few weeks ago unanimously declared in favor of extending financial aid to tha Columbia river Jettjr. - Tha reeommendatlona of tha meeting were that the port of Portland be In cluded.. In i new . taxing district,, from which money would be ralaed for the deepening or the moutn or tna coiumDia river, by the Issuance or Donaa, wnicn would ba ultimately, retired by a sink ing fund ralaed by taxation; the Umlta of the new district to extend down the river, to take in property to be bene fitted by the deepening of tha channel; that tha Oregon legislature mske an ap propriation at Its next session to ex tend the portage road to "Hie Dalles, at an estlmsted cost of ibo.uoo; that every possible effort oe made to have the Jetty work made a continuing eon tract; that a call be made upon the members of congress and the aenata of the United States from Oregon to give their strongest support to a movement to have aa annual appropriation of not less than 150,000,000 from the national government for improvement of the na tion's waterways. ' BRIDGES WILL . CLOSE TONIGHT Structures at Madison and Burn side Streets to Be '. Repaired. The Madison and Burnslde bridges will be closed for repairs tonight and people living where they find it eonven lent to patronise these bridges are j warned samlnst havlna? to take a lona-. ' circuitous route home. -- ' - .The Burnslde bridge will be closed to, cars only between the hour of 10 o'clock the Msdlson bridge will remain closed to' all traffic between about II midnight; and 4 o'clock tomorrow morning. One i of the Jackacrewa broke on the Burn- side bridge, necessitating repairs, and! tha Madison street bridge machinery Is , in neea or a- sngni overnaunng. r oot passengers, will be permitted on the Burnslde bridge all night ' BOERS RUSH CAMPS, -CAPTURING THE BRITISH vvOvvvvvOOv (Jneraal Sneelal Berries.) ' ' ' Capetown, Nov. 10. Dis- patches from English officers in 'S Cape colonies Indicate that tha situation la exceedingly grave. e Boers have surprised a number of police csmps and Imprisoned a number of others. Police and troops are rushing to the scene. - It la reported tha ueneral Fer- rlera. the Transvsal leader, la the Instigator of the trouble. He has a wsr record and declares that the entire country will be at his back within a few daya. e) e4e44e44ee44 SECRETARY TAFT IS : ; INSPECTING FORTS ' (Joarml Special rrtt . Fort Leavenworth. Kan.; Nov. . 10.- Pcrrrtary Taft arrived this morning snd was received by school children snd cadets and he was oscortvd to the post by the cavalry. Colonel Hall gave a reception after a review and Inspection. Taft went to Kan hi a City at 4 o'clock en mute t limpect rort I'.iloy. questio::iio;;esv. of edwards UrnaUa..County-Court-Arraisns Indian Agent in Letter to . Hitchcock. , CITIZENS HAVE BEEN - . SUBJECTED TO INSULT Commissioners Believe That Petition ' for Right., to Cross' Reservation ; Was Never Presented to Depart- ment of ths Interior. -V ' (gperlal plana UtS te Te loernaLV ' - Pendleton. Or., Nov. - 10 Charging that O. C. Edwards, sgent at the I'ma tllla Indian reservation, has subjected United States citizens to personal Insult and queationlng hla honesty and Integ rlty, tha county . court of Umatilla county has mailed a letter to Secretary of the Interior Nathan Hitchcock, i Because of . the . lndVgnatlon of the Umatilla county ranchers at the re fusal of the Interior department, ta art upon tha petition, recently . filed . with Edwards, for permission to oroas the reservation by way of the regular roads, driving stock through these road a, un der certain restrictions, the court has been spurred into action! - Bxplala meanest. In the letter to the secretary of the Interior tha. matter ta fully explained, tha epistle telling of the Inconvenience to which ranchers are subjected by be ing forced to drive their stock a round about way In order to reach, a shipping point and of other existing conditions. It is charged by the court. In the letter, that It Is their belief that Agent Ed wards has failed to deliver tha letter to the Interior department and la tha cause of the failure to act upon the petition. -Great Indignation haa been aroused by the methods which It is alleged have beei employed by Edwarda In hia con duct of tha affairs of the reservation and the- leading residents of the county announce that they are ready to back, the court up in Ita action In taking the matter up with the interior department LIQUOR, FORGERY, ASD THEM nci i iu pitv iiii i.ri irs-i.iii . i u ii ' ULLL III Ull l vnik As Result of Spree, F. E. Powers Sees the Penitentiary Doors : t awning Tor mm. An unquenchable thirst proved tha undoing of WE. Powers, who waa ar rested last night by Detective Sergeant Baty on ja charge of forgery, for pass ing mflemiOUicTieclt Tor 1TI on Bugar- man Brothers, rowers. In order to se cure funfls to -satisfy his desire for liquor, visited Hlte-establishment of tha firm In question last evening and se lected $101 Jarorth of furniture. . . He tendered In. payment a check for Ills drawn In favor of T. B. Martin ahd signed J. W. Pike, snd received some cash In chant's. " . Suspecting that, tha check waa spuria ous, Hugarmsn Brothers notified the po lice and Powers was arrested an hour la ter upon the description furnished. When taken to police headquarters hs stoutly maintained that ha bad received' the check from a railroad contractor in Drain. Oregon.. t'Don belnar "sweated" he finally admitted his guilt and gave drunkenness as an excuse for tha crime In the police court this morning Pow ers waived a preliminary examination and waa bound over to await tha action of the grand Jury. Hie bonds were fixed at 11. 100. in default of which he waa taken to the eounty Jail to await trial. Tha police are working on the theory that the prisoner had confeder ates In tha city and that the gang have been operating extensively throughout the northwest. . . YIDDISH ACTOR TO GIVE PERFORMANCE L. Levitxky, Yiddish Actor, as He ' Appears in the Character of a Rus ; sian, Woman Fsnstic. ' At the fdtuvDt of Jewing cltln f Portland. L. Levi laky, a hlKhly lalenled and versatile Yiddish actor from New York, will present "Psrodlee' tomor row evenlnr st Arloti hall. The play IS a musical comedy of Kusafsn life writ ten by A. Golilfarthlng, the noted Jew ish pMywrlght ' Mr. I-evlisky. whose repertoire- ru- from "King Leaf ' to 1'iw ronie.lv. will rot seen In two charnri.-r f url i. one i t them sa a Huolan somen f.r. When bt pre' -nt'-d !!' mini"- Seattle hl p-rf-.' iu ' prtlaed. Hll i - I t f t Will ili hl-U J ' i '- I blf C'Jini triy of 1 I - V.:V ' y i4 - j i i A .v ? :. . '. : r . , '-' v . - """ x-t'r--'-1 " 1 j '!".. . : v.. j I We NihSW ' ;