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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, TUESDAY . EVENING, NOVEMBER 20, 19M.
ARTIST'S FAMILY
DURING POLICE
"DomestTo WdesrRichard !AMVltYifS'NfAU9iSDCtg'
... : : ' Trial of Former on.Charg9ot-Aault and
:,; ;' , '.; . -r -v , Battery.';"' .
Grinning sardonically, th skeleton of
, th Merc family vm dragged forth
1 for an Hiring In th polio court today
" . much toth edification and entertaln
ment, of '.he habitues of the Oak street
' Justice eh'op. The oecaalon of tha ex-
poaa of tha marital Infelicities of Pro
',V lessor Richard Max Meyer, a proml-
' nant local artlat. and hia wif a, Oartrud
Meyer, wag tha trial of tha painter on
a charge of aaeaultlng hie wife -with a
stick of atovawood laat Friday morning.
Mr. Meyer, a tall, determlned-look-.;
Ing nervous woman, waa tha principal
wltneea againat her epouae. She testl
fled that they were married In 1$0.
. drvpreed In 101. remarried recently,
- and reald at lit Jackson atreet. Upon
being informed that tha whlpplng-poet
would be the fata of bar. buaband In
-w. w-m , V. - -ttmramm Af hrutalltV
were substantiated, ahe took ooeaalonto
baatlly declara that aha waa not deslr-
manner.
After atatlng that aha waa -la lady of
breeding and refinement" and that her
father la W. Coopervtllls, king's counsel,
--. of London. Mra, Meyer got down to tha
alleged assault Bhe testified that tha
trouble laat Friday morning waa oeee-
aloned "by Meyera chaatlaement of their
14-year-old aon. Bernhardt. Tha lad be
came engaged in an altercation with hta
elder brother and hla father to quell the
--dlaturbanc seised a atlok of etovwood.
' Mra.' Mayer Intervened and In tha
' euffle waa atruck on the arm.
, ; Bxhlbtts Moan of Battle. -.
"You can ae for yourolf. judge, tha
marka of th blow," declared Mra.
L Meyer, exhibiting a loan angular arm
tot lnapectlon. ' "It bled awful and I
COOK ARRESTED
AT THE DALLES
Former Superintendent of Port
V age Road Gives Bail for
i His Appearance.
.. Z 8. Cook, lata superintendent of th
portage road, waa arrested yesterday
; afternoon at Tha Dalles by a deputy
sheriff on a warrant charging htm with
, misappropriating state funds, requested
by Btat Land Agent ' Oswald Weat
'"T'pook Immediately gavebonds In the
aum of $600 and waa allowed to go by
. District Attorney Menefee until Batur
day.' -whtn hia caaa will coma up for
. ' preliminary hearing at The Dalles.
S. A. Koser, from tha office of th
ecretary of state, 1 etlll at CelUq,
busily -vngaged In checking over the ac
counts kept by Cook while he waa
superintendent of th portage road. II
.la not -noaalbl at thla time to ascertain
ah exact . amount of bla peculations
owing to the peculiar methode employed
.. , br Cook which destroyed the' evidence
and leaves the atat offlclala only frag-
mentary facta upon which to compute
. th abort age. . i -
Charles E. Bteelsmlth. Who' for th
past few yeara haa been th agent for
tha W. l.'. yuiiar company ai tne uu
atreet dock, haa been appointed euperln-
' tendent of tba portage road and haa
taken up hla duties there. He will
still retain his position In Portland.
hiring a man to attend to It while away
from thaler
MEETING OF TEACHERS
OF EASTERN OREGON
(Bperlal Dtroeteh te The Joernat.)
Pendleton, OrM Nov. 10. Extensive
preparations are being mad by Superin
tendent Frank K. Wells for th meeting
" at thla place of the eastern Oregon di
vision of th Stat Teachers' associa
tion, beginning November" Zt. Many
' prominent educators will be here, among
them Dr. A. SB. Wlnahlp, author and
lecturer of Boston; Stat. Superintend
ent of School Ackerman of Salem, Dr.
B. B. L. Penrose of Whitman college,
and Dr. P. L. Campbell, prealdent of
th Oregon atat university.
Vv - - ICurphy aa President.
(Joarwl IpvrUl Berrlce.)
' Owthrl. Okla, Nov. 10. William H.
Mnrphy of Tlahomtng waa today elect
. ad president of th constitutional eon
' Tantlon. . All th -members were sworn
In by th chief justice of th Oklahoma
lipretna court.'1 .
e
-There is but one result
if you neglect the demand
a
for good underwear at
this season, "you suffer
for it." '
Here is a good variety,
in all grades such as will
protect your health.
$1.00 to $5.00 per
, suit. , -
ClGttliliQCo
CaJKulxnPloD'
; ' Men's and Boy Outfittera.
1 166 and 168 Third Street
, Mohawk Building.
SKELETON EXPOSED
COURT SESSION
waa In euch a fainting condition that
tha children had to get me a drink of
water. H hit me with a pair of boots
laat aummer and It raleed an enormous
lump on my jaw. And he also called m
a washerwoman and a, nag. -
Bernhardt Ma Meyer, tha 14-year-old
eon of the couple, waa called to teatlfy
againat hla father. He aald that hla
brother bad called him namea and hit
him In the back, which resulted in a
row between them. Hta father then
mad hla appearanoa and atruck ' him
with the piece of atovawood, which tha
lad produced In evidence. The boy ad
mitted that hla mother waa atruck
while ah waa endeavoring to shield him
from chastisement.
"""'Jfy TeOa XI parr.'
Meyer, a man of Imposing presence,
with a wealth of snow-white hair and
long gray beard, took the stand In hla
own behalf. According to hla etory, be
heard a racket In th kltohen and upon
.questioning hU..lannflrrahataaini
that hla aacond born called him a Tlg
lunatlo" and told him to "shut up," at
tha same time kicking htm In th ahlna
Meyer thereupon grabbed a' piece of
cord wood and aet out to punish, hla aon
for th dlareapect shown. Hla wife In
terfered and In the melee he accident
ally atruck her on the arm. - -
"She has often atruck ma In, th face
and I am only aorry, your honor,-that
I have to alt here In tha police court.
She la trying to ruin my reputation,"
aid Meyer in conclusion.
From the testimony 1t waa evident
that no particular damage had been
don and In view of th fact that Meyer
la now residing -In th ' rear - of hla
studio at 148 Alder street.- Judge Cam
eron continued' the matter Indefinitely.
E AND FRENCH HAVE
RAILWAY FRANCHISE
Vancouver Council Makes Grant
and Work Is to Be Begun
at Once. . ,
(Sperlel Dlepsteh to Tbe loaraal.)'
Vancouver. Wash., Nov. to. W. H.
Moors, president of th Oregon Trust
ft Savings Bank of Portland, and L, B.
French of Portland were last night
granted a 10-year franchise tobuild,
operat and maintain a atreet railway
system along the streets of Vancouver.
Th council had deferred action In thla
matter for some time awaiting action
of - tha Portland Railway company,
which signified its intention of apply
ing for a franchlsa Th Portland com
pany, howaver, failed to carry th mat
ter farther.
The rout of th Una, as specified in
th franchise. Is aa follows: From
Waahlngton atreet at th river north" to
Third, thence east to Main, thence north
on Main atreet to tha city limits.
Another Una la to be run from tha
proposed Northern Pacific depot at the
weat and of Tenth atreet east along
that street to th garrlaon. A connect
ing II n la called for on Waahlngton
atreet .from Third street to Tenth
atreat. ..'--:' . ;
Th lin to to be' operated by aleo
trtolty. Between th hour of a. m.
?s"tob' nlal n1,"nour aervlc
to midnight car are to be run at least
on every hour. For th first 10 yeara
the company pays nothing for th fran
chise, for th next II yeara It must pay
i - per cent or -tne gross ramlnrt and
for th laat SI yeara I per cent of the
gross earnings. Construction work on
tha road must begin by or before June 1
next and -the lin must b completed by
September L
Attorney Arthur Langguth, represent
ing Moor tt "French, says It la planned
to begin, work on th lin as soon as
possible and that June 1 will not be
waited for to commena construction.
Articles of Incorporation of th -new
company will be filed thla week.
EASTERN OREGON RAINS
CHANGING TO SNOWS
' ' . '
(inerlal Pl.pitcft te Tb Joarnat.t
Pendleton, Or., Nov. to. Snow haa
been falling at eaatern points. Last
night a heavy fall covered the Blue
mountains, and about Meachara it was
quit deep. Snow Is reported about
Baker City, Bumpter and La Grande
mountain polnta.
More rain has fallen In most part of
Umatilla county and eaatern ,Oregon so
far thla month than haa aver before
been known In November.
GRAND JURY RECALLS
RESTAURATEUR LOUPI
(8irlal Diipatrb te Tbe Journal.)
San Francisco, Nov. JO. Contrary to
expectations, the grand. Jury did not
take up the Balveder case, but again
went Into th French restaurant canes.
Jean Lou pi, on of th keepers, was ex
amined, - He waa threatened with a
perjury Indictment following his examl
nation . last week. It . was believed ha
would glva Important testimony today;
but tha Impression Is that ha told noth
ing of an incriminating nature.
RAILROADS FAIL TO
SUPPLY CARS ENOUGH
(Josrnal SpWIal Berrtce.)
Chicago. Nov. to. Commissioner
Charles A, Prouty ct tha interstate com
merce com ml sn ion la an interview state
that the reason the car shortage exists
Is th refusal of railroads to recognlc
th development of th country and
business rapidly enough to aupply the
demand therefore they hav permitted
trafflo to Increase faster than their fa
cilities for handling It.
TRAIN SERVICE TO '
SEATTLE ONCE MORE
IJnarael M1a1 llervlee.l
IffeaTOeT Nov. 29. The first eastern
mall In seven dye reached Seattle to
day. Th Qfeat -, Northern resumed
train aervlc over the mountains last
nlitht. Th Northern , Paclflo reaumed
Ha Seattle-Portland service today. It la
reported that the approach at tb weat
end of th Northern Pacific tunnel un
der the Caecadea la tindermlned for 200
feet.
Preferred Sboek Oaaaed Hoods.
Allen at Lewis llest Brand.
DECLARES STRIKE
. WILL SOON END
Frank Dldiech Says Troubles of
the Electrical Workers Are
About Over. -
That tha electrical workers' . atrlke
againat th HomeTeTepTionocompany
will com to an end within th next few
daya waa predicted laat night by Frank
Dldlech International organiser for th
I. B. E. W, n n add reus at a smoker
given by the Portland union, ' -
Mr. DIdlsch aald that representatives
of th international organisation were
now in conference with the head offleera
of th company In Los Angeles and that
th nawa of an mmtcable settlement la
dally expected in Portland. He declared
that th electricians of th northwest
would be glad to go back to work for
th company th moment it glvea evi
dence of desiring to be fair to organlxed
labor. Th smoker took plao In Drew
hall and waa attended by lt( unlonmen,
who mad merry until midnight. Ther
Were a number of musical featurea and
several addresses. . Newman and Bald
win, profeaalonal ' performers, were
heard In vocal aoloa, as were also J. D.
McCrockwell and B. A, Qaaach. Qt.
ganlaer DIdlsch told of hla progreaa In
organising tha northwest and announced
that another electrical workers' . local
would ba organised, in this city within
tha next few daya
"" Other speakerawera P: "WoDonaTU; edi
tor of th Labor Frese, and. Jack Day. ,
GOVERNOR OFXANAL
ZONE IS ABOLISHED
, (Journal Rpeelal Service.)
Waahlngton, Nov. 20. An order
signed on the isthmus of Panama by
Prealdent Roosevelt, making radical
cbangea In tha organisation of affairs
In tba government of tba canal sone,
places tha canal work and th govern
ment of the zone under the direction of
Chairman Shonta, aided by chief a of
bureaus, who will report directly to the
commission, thus eliminating" the of
fice of governor.
The order glvea to Chairman Bnonts
supreme authority over all department
It reorganises th. entire workings of
the commission. Seven departments are
created, under tha direction of John F.
Stevens, chief engineer; Richard R.
Rodgers, general counsel; William C.
Oorgas, chief sanitary officer; D. W.
Roe, chief purchasing officer; E. 8.
Benson, general auditor; 'J. William,
disbursing officer, and Jackson Smith,
manager of labor and quartera.
EUGENE MAN SOLD
TUBERCULOUS BEEF
(pedal niapatch te Tbe gearasl.t
Eugene,- Or.. Nov. 10. Charles
Btlckels, a farmer living eight miles
northwest of Eugene, 1 under arreat
charged With" telling beef from dlaeaaedheavy" I hop they so report. I want
cattle.
For aoma time paat It had been re
ported that animals whose carcasses be
waa butchering and peddling In Eugene
had been dtseaed and last week th
authorities began an Investigation, with
tha result that it -waa discovered that
the - cattle wer badly afflicted with
tuberculosis. ' -.
The authorities ordered aeveral, hea4
shot and at nc tasued a warrant lor
Btlckels' arrest.
Ha admits that h kt.ew something
waa wrong with tha cattle, but did not
know what It ' waa. He will appear in
court aom tlm thla week.
BUSTRlN ON TRIAL AT
SALEM FOR MURDER
rSotrial Dlsoatva. to Tba JoorMLI
Salem. Or.. Nov. tO. Th trial of
Irrad-Ruatrln. the nllegedBlaver of Jo
seph Krechter, marshal lhemiW0MEN1)FGRACEXHURCH
town or ot. raui, wno waa auiea in a i
drunken brawl -that took plac In-Wil
liam Murphy's saloon, Is on trial In tha
circuit -courts JudeBurnett . presiding.
Twenty-seven jurors war examined
and tha following wer accepted: Ed
ward Jory, Salem; J. B. Seeley, Monl
toriOoorge.. Shaw,,.Brooks; M.
Long, Salem; William M. Lick. Che
ma wai J. M. Blgler, Salem; J. M. Law
rence, Salem; George Whlteaker, Sa
lem Herman Wlpper, Turner.
Th defense la conducted by Dan R.
Murphy of Portland and Webster
Holmes of Salem,
SANTIAM BRIDGE TO
BE OPEN TOMORROW
(Bpeelal Dlipatcb to Tba Journal.)
Salem. Nov. to. Th railway author
ities have announced that progress is
being made on the construction of a
bridge across tha Bantlam to replace
the on carried out two weeks ago by
the flood. Two nhtfta of men are con
stantly employed, and while work haa
been 'difficult On account of high water
it 1 expected that-work train wilt
pass over the bridge today and that
before two more days th bridge will
be completed and. aufflctently solid to
admit oji the panning of the through
pasxefier train. The newa la received
with joy by all the .valley people.
PUYALLUPS TAXABLE
SUPREME COURT SAYS
'Journal Special Barvlca.)
. Washington, Nov. to. Th supreme
court holds that the lands of th Puy
allup Indians, who are cltlsenn, are sub
ject to taxation, thua affirming th de
cision of th supreme court - of .tha
atat of Waahlngton; :'.r.-- -
Th supreme court haa adjourned, to
December t. '.
Death of Pioneer at Th Bailee.
(Rprcial Plapatrb te Tba Journal.)
Th Dalles, Or., Nov. 10. William
Wexxerman, agad-IV-ladead.aflejaq
Illness of two days with heart trouble.
He was born In Germany and cam to
America In hla early youth, settling at
Wilmington, Delaware. He wan mar
ried there. He came to Th Dalles In
1841 and had resided here ever since,
except two visits paid to hla native
lend, remaining a few weeka each time.
His wife died a few years ago, leaving
one daughter, Mrs. William Gleason, of
Portland, who was with her father dur
ing his last illness. Weggerman waa
an Industrious, generous man, and had
very many friends among th old resi
dents here. The funeral will take plac
Wedneaday at i p. m '-
.lew Xaabaadi Pleada Insanity.
rjntirnat 8rr4l ST(e .
' Kanaaa City, Nov. to. Mra. Dora
Dregmund. aged It, charged with mur-.
.derlng her huaband, appeared In court
with her 1-months-old baby, born six,
weeka after Ha father' a death. Her
plea waa temporary Insanity.
Fined Forty BoUara, "
Phil Edwards, who twisted a finger
of Patrolman Dales whlls being arrest
ad yesterday, waa fined fa) today for
th crima, ... .
GOVERNOR WILL
HEAD DELEGATES
Chamberlain One of Three to
Represent Portland at Rivers
and Harbors Meeting.
A atrong Portland delegation, headed
f by governor-Oeorge B. CWamberUtH
will go to Waahlngton to attend th
National Rivera and Harbora congreaa
Th delegation will be oom posed of
Governor Chamberlain, Joseph N. Teal
and Philip Buehner. 'They will .attend
aa delegatea from th Portland cham
ber of com mere . ,;
President R. R. Hog. In submitting
th appointment at a meeting of the
chamber trustees today, aald:
"The gentlemen named have accepted
and agreed to go. It la an especial
honor to th chamber that th gover
nor of Oregon heads o distinguished
and efficient a delegation from thla
body." ..... .
- Tha appotntmenta were made on the
recommendation of th eommltt for
th improvement of th Columbia river.
MAYOR NAMES '
: COMMITTEE
Selects- ollaherr Rushllght-and"
Vaughn to Examine the
Experts' Report, i - .
--'Councilman - Kellaher. Ruahllarht and
Vaughn wer thla morning appointed
by Mayor Lane aa tha special commit
tee of th council which will acan th
report of th mayor'a experts on th.
city books and determine whether their'
bill of $1,850 is reasonable.' 1
At th laat aeaslon th council '
adopted a resolution providing for tha
appointment Thla waa after a apat '
between aeveral mem here and tha mayor !
the councllmen "criticising th report
aa well aa the bill Tha mayor'a mo- j
iirra in ordering me examination war
also impugned. Clark and , Buchanan
wer tha expert employed.
Tha waya and means committee aub
mlttad a report, believed to have been
drafted by Thomaa Gray, which formed
th baala of discussion. It admitted
that according to th charter th mayor
haa tha right to order auch an export
ing of the city' .book at any tlm
ha sees fit, but he held that th bill
was unreasonable ; considering . th
amount of wurk performed.
The three eouncllmen wer notified
In writing of their appointment thla
morning.
"I told them that It waa my wish
that they would prosecute th investiga
tion without fear or favor," aald Mayor
Lane today. "I do not pretend to
know all about auch boalneaa, and if
they can ahow that th bill la too
an Independent, fearless report."
SPEND HALF AN HOUR
IN THE COUNTY JAIL
-. Fifteen hunters appeared In tha cir
cuit court thla morning to glva evidence
aijalnat three boy who they say have
annoyed them- for a long tlm by poach
ing on their ' grounds - at Columbia
slough and . stealing th huntar am
munition to poach with. i
Th boya wer Homer Oberg. ' Frank
Smith and Henry Kublc A charg of
larceny In a dwelling had been placed
againat them, but n their agreement
to plead guilty th charg waa reduced
to slmpl larceny and tb boys were
-fined 50 each. " After th offenders had
been In tha county Jail half an hour the
flnee wer paid.
ARE CONDUCTING BAZAAR
I The- Ladles -Aid -eoeiety of Ormc M.
E. church la a beehive of Industry
now. They hav a two days' program.
social .and baxaar for tonight and to
morrow .night. The admission la fre
to tha public. Within la music, flower,
candy, fancy work everything from
shoes to hats, everything in th houaa
from aofa pillows to flatlrona. Th la
dles of the aid society are taking car
of tha poor of th community, and every
dollar help. Th church parlor hav
been decorated till, aa ona lady ax
pressed It, "they are a dream.?
FLOOD SITUATION IN
-- -TENNESSEE IS WORSE
Memphis. Nov. 10. Rain la atlll fall
Ing and tha flood situation In this state
la getting mora serloua In Selby
county 14 bridges of th value of over
1100,000 are down. A quarter of a mil
lion dollars will not cover th loss In
this county. Th street and leva of
this elty are greatly damaged, "
; W. H. Robinson and his 1-year-old son
were discovered today in a treetop,
where they had bean sine they wer
caught by th floor from Wolf liver
Friday night.
GRAND JURY VISITING
AT COUNTY POOR FARM
"Multnomah county's grand Jury Is In
vestigating th county poor farm and
hospital today. Tha jury was taken by
Bailiff A. H. McCurtaln thla morning to
the poor farm on tha Canyon road.
There remains th county jail for th
grand jury to investigate, and after
thla duty la don it la believed the jury
Will have completed lta labors and will
ba ready to make a report and adjourn.
UNION MEAT CO.'S LOSS
Th Frledsaaa Packing? Company Get a
- Snap oa Two Carloads of Keat,
The Union Meat company may have
a damage suit against snm transporta
tion company before the teat Is heard of
tha present upper-river flonfls. Tester
day at aent two carloada of meat beef,
mutton and pork out on th Northern
Paclflo, consigned to Seattle butchers,
but it waa found Impossible to get th
cars through th flooded district or to
make th watar transfer, hence th
shipment was returned to Portland.
After aom lively skirmishing around
town In an effort to dlapoaa of th
stuff, both carloada wer aold to th
Friedman Packing company, 105-101
Third atreet, but at a loss of about on
half th regular value. None of th
meats-wer Injured 1n tho.leaet, as tha
shipment waa made lit refrigerator cars,
an that tha Friedman people ought to be
able to make aoma exceedingly "re
spectable" profits on-- this buy, unless
the-company eonoludes to giv th pub
llo th benefit of It good fortune.
Milwaukee Country Club.
Kaetern. and California racea. Take
Beliwood and Oregon City cars at First
and Aider, v
K - . - l i i -
f fv
NATIONAL GUARD TO HOLD
. ATHLETIC COHTESTS-
Citizen Soldiers to Be Encour
. aged in Physical Training .
- iby Their Officers.
gpateeta in athletla aport and some
of tha duties required of soldiers will
be held at Intervale during th winter
by th National guardsmen. Th ft ret
of th meets will be held at th armory.
Ninth nd' Couch atreet. tonight Tha
meets held during th winter will be
preliminary to a big meet to b held In
th aprlng that 'will ba open to mem
bers of th National guard In all parts
Of tha state. ; .
Among th vnts at th contests win
be: . Fifty-yard dash, quarter-mil run.
mil run, half-mil hurdle, eartrldg
race, tug of war, half-mil relay, run
ning high jump- and wall acallng and
tent pitching conteeta r
In Portland there are companies B,
C, E. F, H and K of tha National
guard and during tha preliminary
meets It ta believed aom exoellent ma
terial will be developed. Th contests
will b fre to th public
ElGHTH-0F-:MILLI0lHN-
LANDS -TO IRRIGATE
(Spadat Wapateb Tbe.Joeraal.)
Pendleton; Or., Nov. 10. Th Uma
tilla Ditch company, composed of Pen
dleton and Spokane men, has purchased
7,61 acres of land from O. W. Hunt
of Umatilla for $126,000. Thla land
Ilea on th west bank of th Umatilla
river, south of Umatilla. All of it la
to be put under irrigation and aold In
tracta ranging in. also from 10 to 40
acres. A main ditch about 16 mile In
length, seven feet deep, and with an
average width ot tt feet haa bean oon-
atructed, to which haa been added about
15 mllea of lateral J1 tehee. -
Tha land to be Irrigated lies In a
atrip six mllea In length and two mllea
in width alone th bank Of th river.
Water la being taken from th rfver
half a mil south of Echo and is being
carried through th Hlnkl ditch.
Th company la capitalised for tlOO,
000, and tha head office ar at Bpokan.
GRAND FORKS HOTEL IS
-DYNAMITED TWO KILLED
(Journal Bpeelal flerrles.)
Victoria, B. C, Nov. 10. Tha Canadi
an hotel at Niagara, a amall town near
Grand Forka, waa dynamited laat night.
Louisa King, aged' It, and an unknown
Italian were killed ' and nine persons
were Injured. - Tha - glrl'a body was
blown in two. The building waa de
molished and Are consumed th debris.
Following a fight in th hotel be
tween a Frenchman and tha Italian th
former threatened to blow up tha hotel
during tha night. There was a lot of
Indiscriminate rlfl shooting during the
fight.
- Th dynamite waa obtained by break
ing into a warehouse. ,
DEFECTIVE BUILDING
ON ST. MARK'S STOPPED
(Joarsa. Iperlal lervlee.l
Rom7-Nov. B0i Througnout-th-x-cutlon
of th restoration work upon tha
campanile of St. Mark's In Venice
doubts have .been expressed as to the
quality of material used In reconstruc
tion. Th 'ayndlc of Venice, Count Grl
tnnnl, haa commissioned Professor Lux
ardo to make an examination and analy
sis of th brick and mortar employed.
Ha now reports that both contain quali
ties which give no guaranty of stabil
ity. '
It la now proposed to level to tha
ground tha work already done. In order
to bfln1n again with more satisfactory
material.
SIGNER OF DECLARATION
"DISINTERRED FOR BURIAL
(Jonrnil Special Bar Ire. ) -Norfolk,
V Nov. 10. Th body of
James Wilson, a signer of tha declara
tion of Independence, waa today disin
terred from tha private burial-ground
near Edenton. , North - Carpi I na, and
brought to Norfolk, where It- waa taken
aboard tha gunboat Dubuque to Phil
delphla for flnnl burial. Btat and gov
ernment official were present.
SCENES AT CASTLE ROCK DURING
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STEALS FURNITURE
FROM LODGING HOUSE
X decrepit widow of thre soor year
and ten, whoa aol support lias In tha
ranting of 'flv rooms in her modeat
little home, failed to aroua any sympa
thy In th breast of J. J. Cummlngs,
who tb pollc regard as th meaneat
thief on record.
' Cummlngs a few nights ago rented a
room from Mrs. Sophl Inset of tit
GUsan street Laat night ha drov to
th plao in a wagon and from th
apartment he had occupied carted away
th bedstead, table, - commode, thre
ehalra and tha carpet. Theaa article
he aold to M. Klegmann A Bon of 84
North Third atreet for he aum of 17. :
The heartless thief waa able to do hla
work without fear of detection, aa Mrs.
Ingata la partially blind.
TRAINS WILL CROSS "
CASCADES:0NFRIDAY
DBelal rxenetda t Tbe Jonroal.) ' '
Taooma, Waalt, Nov. 0. The flood
her.' wb.ll Improving dally, la, atlll
auch that transportation- in every di
rection aav via the sound Is badly
crippled. Th Northern Paclflo today
ran a train as far eaat on th main lin
aa Maywood. It expects to get th train
to Hot Spring tomorrow.
Thla afternoon tha operating depart
ment announced that trains would again
be crossing tha Cascades on Friday or
1 Saturday A partial, srytc It being
maintained with Beattl and Portland.
Northern Paclflo offlolala expect to
hav everything running smoothly with
in a fw days. .
FLOODS STOP WORK ON
UMATILLA-PROJECT
(Special Plapatrk te Tbe mraal.)
Bcho. Or., Nov. 10. Th high watar tn
th Umatilla river ha caused a suspen
sion of work on th Intak dam for th
government ditch on th eaat'tjmatllla
project above Echo. Th dam proper
waa practically finished, and a few days
mor would hav completed th founda
tion for th head sate, when th high
water cam a This work Is now ' sub
merged in several feat of water, which
fa running two feet deep down tha main
canal to th sand tat, soma too yard a
below. Tha canal at this point Is 0
feet wide. Tha damag la' being re
paired aa th watar get lower and all
will soon bo In worktng order on th
project again.
WEINHARD ESTATE BUYS
- ; SITE FOR BREWERY
Th Weinhard estate haa purchased
from Carolina C. OIIan a lot 63x100 feet
on the northeast corner of Twelfth and
Burnslds streets, for which waa paid
$40,00. The property la practically with
out. Improvements, and th prlc, $800
per front foot, la regarded by real es
tate men as establishing a new level of
value for -property In that vicinity.
. It la announced that th Weinhard
estate will build a six-story brewery on
the lot. Th building Is to b of steel
and brick construction, and th work to
begin oir it at once. .
INQUIRY OPENS ON
ELEVATOR INTERESTS
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fjoernal I Serial grlea.t
. Milwaukee. Nov. 10. Interstate Com
merce Commissioners Prouty and
Lang tqday began th examination of
Milwaukee railroaoT'Ahdr-alevatormcn
in pursuance with th La Follett reso
lution paased by th laat corfgreea In
regard to the alleged mixed grading of
(trains, and th relations between rail
roads and grain interests.
METCALF OPENS UP ON ' .
w DEFAULTING INSURERS
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(Jnarnal gpeeial ere.
Washington, Nov. 20. Secretary Met
calf today ordered that th Investiga
tion of insuranc companie who failed
to pay policies In San Francisco be
made by Oeorge Butler of Roa, Cali
fornia, under th direction of Commis
sioner of Corporation Garfield. " -
MOTHER SENTENCED '
FOR SLAYING CHILD
Youngstown, O., No. 10. Mrs. Jen
nl Anderson, convicted of beating to
death her daughter Ella, aged six years,
waa. denied a new trial today and sen
tenced to II years' Imprisonment.
FLOOD
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SIXTH j STREET V PROPERTY
- SHOWS ACTIVITY
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Another. Important Deal In tha
Sale of Cascade Hotel
Property.- ; '
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Aother!mnoT!ajtadofa
street property, - within th bwln - -area,
' was reported yesterday, whar.
Frank B. Dooley purchased of R. B. t
Lamaoa tha Cascade hotel.' sltaated at
th aoutheast oornar of Sixth and
Flanders streeta Mr. Dooley paid $5,-
000 for th quarter blook.. whloh la en
tirely covered . by a thre atory brlcK
building that was erected about on
year ago. Th building haa been lad
for a term of yeara at a awntaL said tow
par a- good interest on tha investment.
A branch postal station la Ho b located
ta thlaUtttlldtng.- - ' .. .;-J?9
-Carson Kalatrom flavafbotlght a 19
foot lot at th northwest oorner of
Fifth and Couch streets, - from ' F.
Broskt. for which they paid 110,000.
Th lot I now covered by a two-story;
fram building.
H. W. Lemons Oo. prt4 th gala
of to lot oa Council Creek, wrthla the
paat wk.
Th oontraot win b let this wsmsi
for th conatmotlon of th watliutis of.
oornar of Thirteenth and Hoyt' streeta N
Th building Is to b a f aajr-story brick
with basement and win bt 100 f M
square.
It la 4nltoie6rhat1VConuxraial
Club Building association has rejected
all-tha competitive plana for tha new
ohib building, and returned them t tha
local architects. It Is also said. that na
architect will be allowed t lo on ac
count of this turn of affslra, but that
each will be paid by th Oonunardlal
club for his design.
Tha real (state transfer fDed at th
court hous yesterday were th larws
for any day of tha month, am oon ting to
$181,821. Over half of thla sum was rep.
resented tn th sal of th Casoad ho
tsl property, wher th oonslderationi
was $96,000. Another large transfer fitadl
for record was that of lots tw andi
threes block tl. Couch addition, sold bja
Carolln a Ollaan to Louis WWnhards
consideration $40,000.
Society Night at Oak RtnH
, Enjoyed by Large Crowd.
That society night Is growing poptoe
lar In this city, aa wall as th , was .
well demonstrated at th second society
night given at tha Oaks rink last night.
Several hundred gay oouplea graoefulljj
glided over th ' large polished, floor
keeping time to tha aplandld musio fur
niahed for the occasion. Every Monday
night will be devoted to society nigh
and apeolal mualo will always b pro
vtded. Tonight will be comedy race
night and a number of comical raoes;
will b offered to amusa ' Th rurprls
night 'will be tomorrow, when oari
nation night will be introdueed. Ad4
mission is free and skates ar only IS
oenta All week. . ' - - -
CHARGED AS ONE OF .
BIGGERS BUNKO TRIO
(Mpaelal Diana teb to Tbe Jonmal.)
Pendleton, Or., Nov. 10. flam End1
cott, a gambler, against whom a
chars of larceny from the person of
Dr. Blggera, of La Grand, was made,
waaarreedat Llnd yesterday. Ha
put up $500 bonds at "that plac and'
will arrive here today ' to face th
charge, ' : ...
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NEVER FAILS TO RESTORE TOUR
BAWiTO ITSJMTURAL COLOR
"Am delighted with th bottle aenf
me. Being so young. It almost killed m
to have my hair getting white font be
fore 1 was an old woman; but thanks to
HAIR HKALTH, no gray hairs can b
found In m yhead. Hav not used all
of one bottle." CLARIBEL MASON
Nuttlebtirg, W. Va. -----
Large 50c Bottles , for Sale at
Woodard, Clarke & Co.
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