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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING. MARCH IS, 1807. THOUGHT HE IVAS TO GET JILLIOiiS WITH THE li SWT mm m y Jess Potter, Reared at Pam pered Son of Wealth, Finds ' ."'';. Ha Is Ppor. '; HEIR TO MILLIONS HAS - V TO TAKE THOUSANDS Free of Attorney and Trustee of Lux Estate Take Nearly All of Legacy That Wu Originally Val ued at Two Million. . . . Is (Josrul Special Imta.) ' San Francisco, March II. Though ha hair to an aetata valued at nearly f 2.000.000. Jess' Sheldon' Lux Potter. grandson of the widow of Charlea Lux. one of the founder' Of the .firm of Miller aV Lux. la a poor man. Hie at torney!, peck and Boynton, aaaert that should the claim of tb true tee of the ' aetata be allowed young- Potter will re ceive only 11,200 a year for "nine yeara for hla ahar In the Miller and Lux com pany. .. . The itory that Potter attorney tell read like a chapter from . Dlckena' "Bleak Houn." Potter, a young man Of 14. brought up with the notion that he vii to Inherit' millions,' find that all that he will receive I $1,100 a year. . The aol aurvlvlng trustee of the estate of Miranda Lux, the widow of. on of tb founder of th big cattle firm, :. la A row n. Lewi a. When an accounting wa demanded before Judge Seawell, Lewie declared that the groaa Income of . th eatate I nee It wa turned over to th trustee In ll7 wa $14,000. Against thla i there are attorneys fee of 181. 21S and trustee fee of I70.4J7. This will leave a balance of about ' $40,000 of which one-third belong to young Pot- . ter. , ' By th term of hi grandmother' will. Potter la to recelv one-balf of the state when he la 80 and the rest of It when he la 40. Until then it I to re main In th car of the trustees. Pot-1 ter la now 14. Th Indication are that little will be left at th and of th stipulated tlm. . . .. ."''-, BRYAN'S GAMPA16N TO - BE ITTANAGED BY JOHHSOU y ' '' . " - v. Johnson's . Paper Announces , - That He Will Direct the" Commoner's Race. i , '" ' 'Joorsal Special Service.) . ; Cleveland. Ohio. March II. William Jennings Bryan will make th rae for '" th presidency in 10S under th per--. aonal direction of Mayor Tom L. John ' eon of thl city, according to an an ' nouncement printed In the mayor offl . clal political organ. Johnson will have ''charge of the organisation and. the work. I of soliciting- and distributing- fund. r The announcement further State that t Bryan believe that Johnson , embodies V those Qualltlea . which mad th lata .' Senator Marcus A. Hanna auch a power . Jn th poltt'lcal - world, namely; flnan , clal finesse, executive ability, power of ' organisation and winning personality. The matter wa first discussed short ly after. Bryan's return from a trip . around th world, and it I said that i th Kebraskan's secret visit to the mayor her, last 'Sunday involved a thorough discussion of th plan of th mlng campaign, ''v;vl-':r..t--M v' ' ' '',' ;',:"'';.; ' y. :" ' '.v.'.v, ''' "..'.'.'.- . ,'. - -t Z : '' ' , . - At the Heilig Theatre Last Night '-.'A "r ' " 'V':--"1, , VT ' ' - ;-r'-'l ; ' ' ':'V:'- -J-':'"! , Rosenthal has come,; played and conquered. What a virtuoso he is- what a. wonderfuh piano the matchless Weber is. There is no one today probably never has been,' and likely never will be another who has his prodigious and prestigious . command of the pianoforte. The thundering force, the tender bloom of his vari- jegated tone coloring, the pearly and lucid clarity-of his playing, the faultless and bewildering technique, the infallible surety, electrified -and astounded the greatest ; audience of musicians and music-lovers ever assembled in this 'city.".. V - . - Second only to Rosenthal's brilliant playing was the triumph of the Weber piano the instrument personally chosen by. the great Rosenthal 'in preference to all others to be the medium of his wonderful art. Never has a piano received such a supreme test and never has an instrument responded so nobly to. every command, whim and mood of the artist as the Weber last evening.-:- ,-' - ' - t , Several years ago the Weber was merely known as one of the leading standard pianos. But the marvelous advancement in construction, tone and durability, has ; :r resulted in the Weber piano today being .;';' ,l ', s ' ' ' " ' recognized both in Europe and America as' '. '":y ;i;:-': -'" c-v ' ; ; ' V ' . the foremost pianoforte of the day. . -, The Weber was destined W lead. The t 1 old artistic standard has been superseded and a new and higher ideal has, been estab lished in the piano world. , . . ; : The world's greatest artists (several of whose testimonials appeared recently in this ' , paper.), who formerly. tised "Pianos of Qual- J ity," are today all using and singing the -- praises of the "Piano of Highest Quality" - -' the incomparable Weber and it is rapidty replacing other makes Jn the courts of Europe, in the mansions of the wealthy and , the highest artistic circles everywhere. 'EXCLUSIVE FACTORY REPRESENTATIVES New Number ; " ; 353 Washington Street Stores in, All Large . , .Western Cities A J L.v dlspoivaarA 'of pianorclioLilifcr The House of Highest Quality j The Matchless Weber THE, ARTISTS REAL IDLAL HILL WILLING TO SELL V HIS ROAD TO NATION - ' " rjoonul Dpeelel Serrlee.l " - Minneapolis. March U. Testifying rfor th legislative commute today. James J. Hill, president of th Oreat Northern railroad, said that he would srladly sail hla railroad ta th govern ment if th a-overnment want to take over th ownership of the railroad of th country. Hill said also that th Kovernment would oon find' th-rail road to be an elephant on it hand end would be glad to dtspos of them, lie did not fix th price he would aak th government for hi road. . r . ., , .Fire Detroyg Factory.' ' f Journal R pedal Berrlee.) ' New Brunswick. N. J., March IS. Janeway A Carpenter's wall paper fao lory wa destroyed by fir at an early hour this morning..'. The loss is esti mated at I8G.0OO. PPVISIOHS OF. BILL ; TO REGULATE BANKS ; - ...... 1 .. ' ':'. , Both Houses at Olympia Have Passed Bill Adding Pop-', r V ular Safeguards. - f Tonad DOVT NEED BREAD fro rood for Brat Worker. , A distinguished writer, to year old with th vigor of youth, write of th benefit derived from proper food. "1- hve;been-mrloyed-for-everl years In preparing; a eerie of historical paper on th Civil Wit. Th necesssry research has been laborioua and xhatfst inc. Involving- the examination of more iin 100,000 paces of ths official reo- I 3?. .,...'. " The more than ordinary imereat I took In the work (for I ho re a part In the conflict) caused . incessant worry and. proved . too--(rest a strain. , Over work brought on brain fatigue; constant worry did the reat : "Insomnia followed, then loss of appe tite .followed by absolute inability to eontrol my mind. 1abor wa without accomplishment. Remedy-after remedy waa vainly employed hut th work begun could not be dropped. And ret it seemed as Jf I was going to piece. " "At last I tried Grape-Nut food, and la than a week brought benefit; con tinued use resulted In steady Improve ment, and I soon found myself again In possession of full mental efficiency, I am 10 years younger in looks and feel ings than when I began to eat drape Nuts, over three yeara ago. I can now enslly write J, too words a day and maln tnln that, rate of production without feeling overworked. "Brain fag and Insomnia are strangers ijp m now and my nrpotite is all right fr aleep soundly and restfullyi and arise ready for work. -A sallow complexion has given way to pink and white, my weight has increased 30 pounds, and my cheery good spirits' are 1n etrong con trast l- 4he eroeene and IrrltebWIty thnt had settled down upon me. "T can safely sty that Grape-Nuts fond has given ma a new leas of life. I can get along without bread and but ter, hut I cannot get along and achlev twxt result without Grape-Nut a." IsMmc rtvr hv pitum Co, Ilnttle 1 Creek, M !i. 'Thpre's a rin." Head the ' ' b..K. -Th r 'i JKaUvlllO Inj l : . . -r . -.- w- J ' - (Baeetal DUnatch te Tke Joarul.t Olympia, Wash., March 11. Th bill regulating banking and providing for th appointment of a, atale bank ex aminer, which ha passed both bouse. th aenat by IT to 117, provide as fol lows:, i .':,' . i'-' - ' i- ' - For th aDDolntment of a ' stat ex aminer by th governor, at a salary of IM0O a year, and for th appointment of a deputy examiner by th atat x amlner at a salary or 12,400 a year.' It deflnea th - term "banking" and state specifically wbo ar to be subject toth provision of th act.;' It provides fur a definite capital for bank from 110,000 in communities of 1,000 and less, to 1100,000 for communities having a popu lation - of mora than 00,000. It pre scribes ths method of Incorporation,, of th Increas and decreaa of capital stock, th transfer of stock, eto. It pro vide that each bank - doing business under th provision of . th act shall make thre reports each year on dates designated by tb - comptroller of the, currency on which national bank a II ail make report, and ' for publishing a summary of these report In a news paper of general circulation in th city in which th bank la located. It pro vide for th examination of bank onoe in each year by th atat examiner or hi deputy. ..' . Th ant, while permitting private banker to recelv deposit and carry on a banking business, - will - hav- tendency to Indue all such . banker to Incorporate. ' v ' ' r - ' " Th following ia section SO of the bill, which controls th operation ' of private bank: "' ,'.,'' -i . "All foreign banks and banker now doing business In thm state, all branch banks, all trust companies and all banks now incorporated under th general corporation act of this atat ar brought under th provision, of th law." i. i- ONTARIO POWER AND i i ELECTRIC PLANT SOLD ' ' . (Kpedal Dumntrk te Th onra!. - Ontario, Or., March It. Henry Hewitt Jr.. of Taooma and Beymour H. Bell of Coos Bay closed a deal her -today with the Idaho-Oregon Light Sk Power com pany for the sale or the water works and -electric light plant at Ontario, Ore gon, and Meridian, Idaho. , Tb consid eration wa 19,000. . Th purchasers, who were - represented by - Mainland Brothers f Oshkosh. - "Wisconsin, ar the capitalist behind the Ox Bow liend power plant on th Snak river, about t mil below Huntington. This Is the largest power plant on th Pa cific coast. The new owner will also enter Into th trolley bualnena along th Snnka liver In eastern Oregon . and southwestern Idaho.. . TO LOOK AFTER STATE'S FLOCKS Governor Chamberlain , Appoints :, Members of Sheep' Commis ' sloners Board. -' . - SALEM, ANTELOPE AND : PENDLETON MEN NAMED To Serf One, Two and Three Years, 8eTerny--Jovernor . Fills Agri culture Board . aad Reeppolnto Health Board Mem. . rSDertal romatch (a The Xesraal.l ' Balcm. March II- In compliance with the act of th last legislature creating a stat board of sheep . commissioners. Governor- Chamberlain yesterday ap pointed th following: W. H. Bteualoff, Salem butcher, ror me rirst aisinci; Thomas Boylan of Antelope for the sec ond district, and Dan P. Smyth, a prominent sheepman of Pendleton ror th Third district. Smyth will eerv for th three rears term, Bteuslof f for th two year and Thomaa Boylan fof th one-year term. For trsveiing expenaes each commissioner Is allowed $1,500 a year. Th First district comprise th following counties: Waahtngton, Mult nomah, Clackamas, Yamhill, Folk. Ma rion. Linn. Bonton, Lincoln. Lane, Coo. Douglas, Curry, Josephine and Jackson; Second district, 'Wasco, Sherman, Oil Ham, Wheeler, Crook. Lak and Klnm- nth;- Third district. Morrow. Umatilla, Union. Grant, Wallowa, Baker, Harney mil Malheur. - , MISSING ONTARIO MAN . : r HAS BEEN LOCATED (Special ftapat-B te Tbe JnornaLI Ontario, Or.. March II. -Henry Grif fin, the local drayman whose myaterlous dlanppoarano here a few day go rauri oult a little comment, ha been located . , . .. ABERDEEN IS TO HAVE ' : MORE LIGHT AND POWER (Special Dtvpttch te The Joernal.l - Aberdeen. Wash.. March II. Th Gray Harbor Light Power company ha bought for $20,000 a tract in Sunny aid addition, adjoining Electric Park, midway between thla place and Ho qulam, where a mammoth power-house will b erected. Th rosin- building will be of brick, 100 feet aqaar. Oil will be used a fuel. Th plant - is to be ready for use within 'the year. The cost of the improvement will be about lf0. 000. . Extensions of the line will he made, costing IRO.OOO. D Using Graves' Toolli Powder twice , daily "will remwe tartar, whiten and brighten the teeth, harden the gums and make brown teeth white. Most people use it twice-a-day, Asjc a dentist why, ' ' - 5-. " la kaady metal eavns or hot ties. g J'- CiZKi' Tc:ih Pcr;i:r Co, UNO COMMISSIONER : ROSS IS EXONERATED Washington Legislative; Com mittee Finds ; Newspaper v.: Charges Unfounded. (Special DlnMteh te Th leoraal.t .: Olympia. "Wash.. March 1J. The re port of th special committee appointed under- aenat resolution No. II to In vestigate th newspaper charge against Land Commissioner E. W. Ross and th conduot of hi office conclude with th a tat e men t that none of th evldenc in any way Incriminate th land, coram!- toner or in commissioner or puouo lands. Non of th chargee noon which th original Investigation was based wa sustained. Following I a summary of th principal finding of tb commute No evldenc which - crlmlnatea tb commissioner - of publlo lands or th board of stats land commissioners. That of th SO sales of lands, mostly tide lands, to member of th present legislature, "no evidence of any favorit ism was shown these purchasers." Th committee find no evldenc of sale of land or timber to th Bllver Lake Log ging it Hallway company of which Mr. Roaa is a atockholder a charged. Find that reinstatement of ' alleged expired leases were by order of court, or other wise satisfactorily explained. All appli cation for lease and purchase entered In proper book; delay of examination due,' partly through operation of laws; prior to January 1 of this year not properly segregated by counties; some applications acted upon within a month or two.; soms requiring from eight to ten months. Leases and sale Indexe are carefully kept. Th system of book keeping baa been entirely changed since th present commissioner cam Into of fice. Th entlr cash system, the card indexes, th ledger of sales and the book of unexamined application ar all new and valuable addition. Th attorney general is instructed to investigate, snd If deemed beat bring u!t to recover for th state, th "Pot-Hole" oyster land at Oyster Bay and the land In volved in th so-called "Croft deal." Ninety per cent of th land belonging to the stat of Washington still remain unsold. .-' 1 ' Tisfeiied Stoek Oasaed Oeed. Allen Lewis' Beat, Brand. PRESIDENT CANCELS , ; HOLD-UP TITLE ORDER '' , t ' ' ' . (JMrnal gpeelat gel ilea.) Washington. March IS. -The president yesterday f ternoon Issued an order canceling his land title order of Febru ary IS requiting personal inspection of all application before th Issuance of patent. H say til action today Is hecaus congress neglected to provide funds to carry out th previous order. rs . Drive ie Bos . , ' City rrk la BO suiatea , oar ran la IS. Be page 1L WATER GATES BROKER OPEN French War Vessel Patrie Bursts Water Gates of the 'Jena With a Shell.' SECOND EXPLOSION IS NARROWLY AVERTED As Flame on the Jena Were Near- lng- the Main Magazine, Water Ie Admitted br Shot From the Patrie,'' Saving the City. (Joaraal Ssedal gerrfcie.) Toulon, March II. Terrible conse- duenoe to th city of Toulon and th government arsenal bar were narrowly averted last night by th action of th battleship patrie, moored eppoalt th dry dock. In brsaklng open th Jens' water gate with a shell just tb fir im approaching th main magaxlnea of th wrecked vessel. In th main magasln was stored th greater part of th torpedoes and pow der of the Jena, and had the fire reached them th , catastrophe must have been greatly increased. Water rushed in through th broken gat Just in tlm to prevent th explosion. Th fir 1 now practically. lan guished, and a soon th deadly fumes have cleared away from th wreck, th . work of recovering th bodies will commence, : v Paris, March IS. Admiral Marquis this morning reported to the ministry of marine that th number of dead of th officers.- crew and laborer of th battleship Jena I approximately 100. Four hundred and seven of th officer and man answered rolr thl morning. On hundred and seventy-five ar miss ing, beside (S In th hospitals. Many death ar expected. . , LEAPS TO STREET FROM V ; THIRTEENTH STORY .' 1 ' - - " : - ' ' ' (Joaraal Special Rervlee.) Cincinnati, Ohio. March ll.Oertrude narnlach, aged 30, a stenographer, hur ried to th offlca of her employer on th thirteenth floor of . the Traction building thl morning and leaped to the pavement. - She wa crushed to death Instantly. . TheCause of th suicide is supposed to b ill health, from which th young woman had been - suffering for aom tlm. . . DOITINOW! " ' i. . . " . v-" ? )- . -,.'. ,'. J J. J : : 1 r ' "- ;Tke dvntg of the . f V- A'" '"' COLONIST RATES TO OREGON Ana tne racuie worth west over the Union Pacific, Oregon Short Hue, Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co, and Southern Pacific from all -parti of the East DAILY during March and April , YOU CAN PREPAY For tickets, if you desire to bring friends, relatives, employes or others from the East, by depositing the cost with any agent of the O. R. & N. or S. P. Co., with name and address, and ticket will be promptly furnished in the East' ARaro Opportunity to Promote the In dustrial Growth of the Northwest ; bates nox mxOXTAX, ZAJTTXU CXTZSS. ; . Chlaage Louis Kansa City 4.. umaha -St. Paul ....930.BO .... 27. KO 22.SO 22.SO 22.50 3S.OO SO.OO . 2S.OO 25.00 - 25.00 1. Buffalo . . , New Tork Boston ............. Philadelphia .-.... Washington - 'A -f40.00 47.60 AT. OO 47.25 47.25 f42.BO 50.00 40.90 49.75 48.25 ' A Rates apply to all main and branch Una notnta niraiin. lnclualv. B Rates apply to Portland. Astoria and Purer Hnim .1.. Southern Paelflo main and branch line point -north sf aixi. ln.hMi.. Oregon, , .... ' v v- . . . . . , For complete information,-inquire of WK. KoKtnUtAY, Oeaeral Pasen-ee Ageat, "v- ' . v . O. R. ,N. Co. and B. T. Co. (Line la Oregen). . TRAVEL RESUMED AFTEi . TIEUP OF SIX WEEKS xassjaBBsawswawexasasxexawsBaMse Train From Dufur Reaches The Dalles Over Road In -Thorough Repair. (Special Dispatcfe to Tb Jwrnal.) The Dallea, .Or., Marcb !. Th first train 'ever the oreat Southern railway for over six week arrived In th city yesterday from Dufur. , It pulled Into th depot st 10:30 and left again at 1:10 for Dufur. Regular trips will be mad hereafter. The roadbed has been thoroughly repaired, and it la now In as good condition than aver before, If not better. For week peat a fore of men h . been at ' work repairing th damages done te the Great Southern during the recent floods. Th track ia laid along Flfteen-MIl creek, and during th high water of thla month miles of track were washed away. To repair thl damag ha taken a large fore of men several weeks. Th track being built on th low bank of th creek, th asm thing may happen any season during a freshet caused by melting mow. Heavy, Impure blood make a muddv, pimply complexion, headache, nausea. Indication. Thin blood make you, weak, pale, sickly. Burdock Klood Bit ters makes the blood rich, red. pure restore perfect health. j, New Ministerial Association. ' -Aberdeen, Wash., March Is. -An as sociation of th ministers ef the town on Gray harbor ha been formed, and at th next meeting next Monday a constitution will be adopted. . Th as sociation will tnclud th clergymen f Aberdeen. Hoqutamv Booth Aberdeen. Montesano and Coamopolls. J . .... . . Ml J M'MILLIN PUTS BACK SIX MONTHS' SALARY (Speetal tlapatr. to Tbe Journal) Olympia. Wash., March IS. State Auditor C W. Clausen ha received from John B. Mc.Millin. former member of the stat railway commission, a draft for 13.000. which represents thasast alx months' aalary paid to him by the statu and which he had not earned bora una of hi inability to attend th meetings of th railway commission. Satisfaction a Ho Prtz99 - ' ' Ho Oottponm , ' KoCrookry Never So!J ia EJ.'u 1, 2. 2V2 t: Z PounJ Tir j C ' J.