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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. FRIDAY EVENING. MARCH1 t 1SS7. 17 Si.lALL RIOT FOLLOWS i LAWYER'S CAUSTIC WORDS mam Liny BE A WITNESS THAW TRIHAY PROCEED ATOf.CE SPOUSES SIMILE AS CORDS SOAP Ml 10 FlilD ROPER falURDERER ...if KM City Attorney Calls Woman Defendant Bob-Tailed Wild Cat and ; Pugilist Witnesses Resent Language to Sych an Extent Accused Land Office Commis sioner May Take Stand in His , Own Defense. : Jerome Is Forced to Admit Thaw - Made Excellent Showing ''-, at Inquiry. Freedom From ' Marital Ties 7 Brings Happy Faces as De crees Are Granted. Milwaukee Surveys to Connect Sheriff, of Beillngham . in Port , land to .Locate Man,. Who .Killed Young Woman, Those Parts With Tacoma ' ' A Eastern." V Judge Cameron Places One in Custody. GRAY'S '- HARBOR IVITII TACOr.lA 2V' i "This woman Is s like bob-talles' wildcat ready " to' fight anything, anywhere, at Mr lime. She missed ber calling. Bhe abould have been a pugilist. Sh U no different from the ordinary broad of landladies. "They all want their rent, and, not getting It, Ilk old ghylock. aro willing to take a pound of flesh tn Ilea thereof, but they always want to cut It off next to the 1 heart Because tola poor, hard-work-',' Ing woman did not belong to the arls "tocracy and - was nnable to purchase finery, they coma Into thla eonrt declar ing that hey few personal effect art Junk." ' . f" " ,' . - v Thla waa the aeneatlonal manner In which Deputy City Attorney Fttsgerald ' adored Mrs. Lola Rlemann in the police court thla morning-. , rttsgereld's caus tlo argument arouaed the Ira of the de- '. pendant and her artlneasea to aueh an extnt.that-UjerjPTeatedLao much Ola turban ce that it became necessary for Judge Cameron to order one .of them ' ..into the custody-of Bailiff Casey for contempt. - - . '' ' v - V. . . r ; . Beseata Insult ts ' Hotkw. . ... Mrs. Rlemann. who conducts theVIJa .4a Vista-rooming-house at 1474 Fifth street, was arrested yesterday afternoon upon complaint ef Mrs. Nleta Bradbury on a charge of assault and battery. The .complainant, a frail little woman and .extremely pretty, alleged that because she resented Mrs,- Rlemann-n -declaration that her mother waa a liar, the landlady viciously struck her tn the face ,wlth her clenched fist. :- . - Mark Schlussel la the agent of the I'iOODS CHUCK. FULL OF MAYORS Kellaher, ' Zimmerman, Coffey, Devlin and Perhaps McDon- l 'v- ell In the Race..' . i';y; Mayor's day will be on Saturday, ac cording to the promises of. prospective candidates and the predictions of the political weather man. - John B. Coffey will make Ills bow before the people aa a candidate on that day, and baa prom ised it. Dan J. Kellaher. who atyles himself the "east aide candidate,' wlU also give bis platform, of principles to the voters on that same day, and the prediction of the weather man Is that -Charles - B. McDonell. who has been wavering -on the firing 11ns for some time, will unfurl, his standard- Saturday 'night. '. ' i- .-' Mr. Coffey ia aggrieved or at least perplexed at t"h statements" end ntt tude ef Mr. Kellaher and feels that hs lias been overlooked br his fel)ow oltl- sen. - - I ' "I notice," aald Mr. Coffey this morn ing, -that Mr. Kellaher says the eaat, Ida needs a candidate for mayor, that it has no candidate and that he is about to fill the vacancy. Now I am a resi dent of that side of the river and I main- ' tain that the eaat aide haa a candidate. or at least will in a couple of days When I get my letter written and file my petition."' Thus Mr. Coffey comes out in the open. ' - . , Mr. Kellaher. Mr.' Coffey's neighbor, States ia a letter which ho haa prepared . that ha desires to be a mayor for the .. Whole people,. .He states that should hs be elected be will treat the public aerv fee corporations as private individuals, will mete out equal justice ' to all' and - have favors for none in advantage of any other. He will by hti administra tion strive to make a better and greater Portland. w - - Mr. McDonell la no-communicative. He Intimates that be haa about made up -his ' .mind, but that he does not wish to apeak It Just at present. -His friends, how ever, are confident that Saturday will aea him out In the- open and ready for liM'Taee. . t . -.i ' : . , ' Stabbora right oommg. s ! The entrance of Cotfey, McDonell, Kellaher and KImmermsn lnte the lists oomplteatea matter a -little and takes some ef the props out from undsr the hitherto lonely annonnoement of City .Auditor Devlin. It will mesa a close and stubborn fight for the Republican nomination with, the result somewhat .In doubt,'.- ... .... -l A Still one quarter now remains to be heard from in the mayorship race and that ia the Union -Labor party. Organ ised primarily with the intention of in dorsing aa their 'own candidate the nominee af one of tha eld line parties the managers of 'the party seem to find no one quite to their liking who haa so far coma out for the place. It la now the -opinion of politicians in the city that there will be a labor - candidate . for mayor Irrespective of what other officers are indorsed. ' - ' IS Or HAT HOME texter Roberts, tha Woodbnrn ranch, ar who disappeared under mysterious circumstances last month, and waa be lieved to have met with foul play. Is now,. on his. way homeward from 8t Joseph,. Missouri, ' ; 1 r Roberts . dropped out ef sight a few , days after the trial of Adam Oerin and Jack Delore., who robbed him of eev aral hundred dollars at the union depot, without any explanation, and his rela tives thought that friend a of the con victed men may have wreaked venge rmce on him. - The local police .were" notified,, but not trace ef Roberta could be found. .ast week .he mad his appearance in the "show me" state, and olnoe then sis - wife made every effort to induce him to return home. A railroad ticket waa sent to Roberta, but it waa not until . last night that he boarded a train fori Oregon. He Is due to arrive here Bun lUy. Mr a. Roberta saya that her hus , hand's erratic movements are inexpllea- able and. fears that be baa lost his SOU.' ' ' ' Town It Burning. Ijoemll Sseelil Memee.l Newberry. S. C, March" I. This town la burning. One hundred and fifty houses have been destroyed. The 'water la st hauaied and dynamlts la being used to check the naraasL . Linda Vista and appeared as attorney for his puglllstle tenant. Mrs. Bradbury tesUded that a dispute arose between her mother, Mrs. Jennie Qulnn. and Mrs. RUmann. relative to a gaa bill and that during the altercation the latter woman called her mother a liar. -The witness stated that she ad monished Mrs. Rlemann not to Indulga In such language, whereupon the lodging-house keeper, punched . her in the face and then assaulted Mrs. Qulnn. i Mar. Rlemann. a powerful looking woman, twice the aise of the complain ing wltneaa. took the stand and although admitting she' used the abusive language alleged, denied absolutely that she had committed the assault. - Her. husband, she said, had Interfered In the row and she then shoved him out of the way. Rlemann testified substantially the same a his spouse, ' : Takes 'Wearing AppareL t waa -brought out-1 hat aa Mra Qulna waa In arrears for one week's rent Mrs. Rlemann upon the ad vise of Schlussel. had seised all of the woman's belongings even including the toys - and 'dresses of her grand children. The woman tn the house were then called In to inspect the confiscated goods and there was amusement over the character of the goods. The three witnesses for the defense volunteered the Information "that Mrs. Qulnn'a ef fects were "junk and all declared Mrs. Rlemann had not assaulted either of the women. ..,' , .-. ' ' V Judge Cameron , found Mrs. Rlemann guilty but continued the case for sen tence. ' J ... i HAKES SODIUM SULPHITE SHOW Food Commissioner's Chemist 'Detects Adulterations in Meat : by Simple Process. . ' V ' State Pood Commissioner J. W. Bailey la relentlessly pursuing unscrupulous milkmen and butchera. Several, oasea are being prepared and the chemlat at headquarters is busy among hla tubes and solutions In tha attempt to detect ! poisonous preservatives and other adul- taratlons. , - , Today the meat men are receiving es pecial, attention. The particular kind of meat la Hamburger steak. Butchers, in order to market meat otherwise un eatable, - resort to the use of sodium sulphite, which-serves- to- prevent -the Indications of any alight decomposition. Seldom any but Hamburger isso "doped." Detection is simple with the proper apparatus. 4 v - ... .- . . A solution prepared from 'the "demed" Hamburger Is dissolved in plain water hosted to boiling point in a receptacle over a iiunsen burner. The steam that arisss from tha mixed solutions carries with it gases which form pure sulphuric acid whan condensed. Thls stesm and gaa la conveyed through a still which converting process gathers the sold with the water from the steam. The Sul phuric acid la detected in the resulting fluid by the application of blue litmus paper or iodine which is immediately discolored If sulphuric add la present. Of tests made thla morning of five aamplea gathered from different Port land markets the, presence of sodium sulphite in Hamburger steak was de tected in one. It came from the mar ket at 141 First street, owned by George U- Parker. . . ' v . STRIKING HILL HARDS R ; ' BEAT FELLOW VORKKEH .. t .-:'- V-t- - ,';.,, Olaf Hoff and Ernest Carlson, mem bers -of the Industrial Workers of the World, were arrested last night by Pa trolman Ben- Peterson - and Detective Vaughn of Vaughn's agency on a charge of assaulting Ole Olson and Eric Mon roe, employes of tbs Eastern Western milt . -" Ths assault occurred at Sixteenth and Savler atreeta at. o'clock last night aa the two men were returning home from the' mill. Hoff and Carlson, .two striking mill hands, set upon the two men and without provocation adminis tered a severe beating. - Both prisoners entered a plea of guilty and upon motion of City Attorney Pits gerald the cases were continued until tomorrow for sentence. - TWO FATALITIES HEAR.. ASTORIA IN ONE DAY (gpeetat fwpetea ta Tee JneeaaL) Astoria. Or., March It. John Paul. work.ng at the Willamette Pulp St Paper company's mills near Skamokawa, waa brought to tha hospital here last even ing with pis skull crushed by being struck by. a flying block.. He is In a critical condition, with small chance or recovery- '"' ' Oscar Sohl, working aa hooktender for the Paclne logging company, at Deep river, was Instantly killed last evening by being struck In the abdomen with a log swinging on a cable. The body was brought to Astoria for burial. ' Sohl was a native of Sweden, 11 years old. MAN WITH BARE FIST 1 MAKES CHANCE WITH AX (pedal tMaeatrk to Te fttsraalt Flora, Or., March It. James Doran and Albert Loock, of Parsdlss, quarreled over a gunny sack. Loock advanced threateningly toward Doran, who drew aa ax In defense. This caused Loock ta halt, but while Doran waa slipping off his coat with one hsnd his opponent got in some good work with his fist on his face. Doran has caused the arrest of Loock. , , ; . Spring and Summer.;;-';" Tour suit should be In keeping with ths season. To be In keeping with tha season' Is to be tn keeping with the tellor. J. C. Schaefer Co., rooms Is and 11 Raleigh building. Sixth and Wash Ingtoa atreeta. . , .; , ;. . , m ' (Weehlattoa Boreas ef The Joaraal.) Washington. March !. It la expected that Blnger Hermann will go on the witness stand In his own defense to tbs j besresumed where it was Intercepted by charge of destroying. It letter press i Jerome's demand for a lunacy coromls ronjr books when . he left the ' office ! slon. Thaw's conduct before the com of commissioner of the .general land mission yesterday, his attorneys fcday office. No. announcement has been made to that effect, but the Intimation was give at the court house here that Her mana will appear as a witnsss In his own nensir. . 't v . r., -Now that the government haa rested. speculation is rlf' whether It has made out a case against the former commis sioner' and congressman. A' vast mass of evidence has been adduced, records of several land fraud .cases in Oregon have been introduced and witnesses have been summoned from half a dosen st-tea. It has been regarded by the government officials as the weakest case the government has against Her j Practically the . same - evtdenoe- will be offered when Hermann is tried In Portland .. the charge of . conspiracy against the government later this year. - The defense will offer many witnesses to contradict ..statements made by the government's witnesses, and the ease may drag far Injo April and may not be completed before May 1. LINES ALL SHIFTED IN ' SEARS-DUNBAR CASE (Special DwpalHt ' TVs JoeraaD , "Salem. Or.. March t. Judge Gallo way thla morning sustained the - de murrer of the defendant In the case of Sears against ex-Secretary of State Dunbar, and tha state, through District Attorney J. li. McNary, haa become plaintiff Instead of Sears. Now It Is intimated that the defense to be made by Dunbar will be that the state has no constitutional right' to charge fees and that1 individuals who paid fees, and not the stats, would have to aua to re cover. . The case of Sears va Dunbar earns up before Judge Galloway yesterday on the demurrer filed by the defendant Dunbar, who la In California. -waa rep resented by his attorneys, 'O. G. Bingham- xtt this city.-and -Clyde - Pulton--of Astoria. Pulton held that the case came under the suoreme court decision in ths ease of Sears vs. James, and that and : ths plaintiff cannot maintain hla suit. He accused Attorney McMabaa of playing to the galleries and of hav ing, reporters present to get notoriety therefrom. - . v MoMahan retorted that If Pulton thought him playing to the galleries "e would And otherwise before the ease was terminated. In ease the court should sustain- the demurrer- ha would, J see that the state became party plaint iff Instead of J. K. Sears; and that the supreme courtwwould have to pi m tha merits of tha case free from all technicalities. The retorts between the two lawyers became most acrimonious toward the final stages of ths argu ment.. :'. , ' : ;.,..;.'.'.: FAST PASSENGER RUNS ' :W0 AN OPEN SUCH (Joernal Special Bervlea.1 ' Col ton. CaL, March !. A west bound Snnthern Paelfio train from New Or leans to Ban Pranclsco while going at the rate of 48 mi lea an hour ran into aa open switch' here yesterday afternoon and 10 of (ha coaches went Into the ditch. Twenty-six were killed, and nearly 10 wounded. Nearly all of the dead and Injured were Italian' who occupied the day coach and smoking car. Three Pullman coaches and the diner, on the rear of the train remained on tha track, and the oc eunanta were eractlcally uninjured. j The crew of a switch engine bad left the switch open at Colton. The switch engine had passed the .switch onto an other track-only a few minutes before the passenger train came by v Remem bering that ' the switch bad not. been closed, the engineer of tha switch engine signalled for a yardman to close it, but before hs could reach It the fast train had reached it and was derailed. The members of the switch engine crew were arrested st' the -direction of the coroner and held under flOQ bonds each. DISCUSS EARLY- STORE CLOSING An open meeting to' which , the atten tion of the public is Invited ts that to be held by tha Consumers' league next Tuesday afternoon, April 1. at 4 o'clock, at Trinity Parish house. Nineteenth nesr Everett street. Tbs subject which Is to come op for discussion Is the Saturday half holiday during ths month of Aug ust and early closing throughout the summer months for the large department stores. -- Rev. B. E. S. Ely will speak on the question and will be able to offer prac tical suggestions. Hs rsslded In Rock ford. Illinois, when this end wss accom plished for that town and hla knowledge of the way In which public opinion may be formed n the question and the means to employ In following up the matter wilt undoubtedly be of value. W. P. Olds of Olds, Wort man ex King will pre sent the point of view of the employer, and. P. McDonald will present the work ers' side of the question. Mr. 'McDonald Is the editor of the Labor Press. Mls McCorkle of tne T. W. C. A. may also be called upon for a few remarks. TIOBER LARDS ARE - SOLO TO EASTERNERS ' Sal of the Mann ft Montgomery tract of timber lands In Linn county to east ern investors waa closed today. Tbs price paid was la the neighborhood of $100,000. The tract Is, composed of upward of t.000 acres of yellow fir, hemlock, cedar and larch. Said Mr. Msnn: "We are not yet In a position to give the' details of- the transaction, or the names of the purchasers. All I can any Is that eastern money Is being Invested Lis the property." . ' Jnenl pedal Serrtoe.) " . New York. March St. Present indl- ratlona are that Harry Thaw's trial will esy, was such that the commission could not be otherwise than convinced of his sanity. It Is asserted that Thaw ! answered In a rational manner every question put to him, Jerome admlta "much coherency" tn Thaw's conversa tion. : .-- '..'., .. . - ' Pea body thla morning after a visit to Thaw announced that the prisoner waa looking fine. The lawyer said: "i never saw htm looking more fit for any kind of an emergency." ' j It la intimated that if the ease la re sumed, the defense will rest in sur rebut tal Immediately, without tb - ex amination of any mora witnesses. In reaching this decision Thaw's attorneys are guided by -the belief -that Jerome, If Thaw is pronounced sane, will be handicapped In making an appeal for a flrst degree verdict. , - . After a two hours' examination by the lunacy commission yesterday , aft ernoon Harry K. ThaWs attorneys -expressed themselves, aa very much, pleased with the result. They said Thaw had made an excellent showing before the commission, and were confi dent that the finding would be that ha la now sane. r; David McClure, acted aa chairman of the commission, with Olney and Putsel sitting on ' either . side - of. him. Clerk Denny opened the proceedings by read ing the record of the appointment of the commission. After '1s the clerk said: N 'The commission would like to know the wishes of the defendant Jn . regard to the examination." v - , , --Thaw aVeady fog Inquiry. Attorney Hartridge replied that Thaw waa willing to be examined at any. time, and in any way the commission desired. ' Chairman McClure directed that they wished to expedite mattera aa much as .possible and would not Inquire "Vito any claaalflcatlon of insanity, but would concern themselves wnony wuu determining Thaw's present mental con dition. McClura said: "This Is to be a simple examination to determine, whether or not Thaw at tha present time is in such a mental condltloo a . to -fully -undardtand. hi position and be able to advise his. counsel rationally ' We want to limit the inquiry as much as possible and and the ease one way or the other." v Hartridge rroposed that the commis sion examine Thaw at once. Ha said: ' . "A' few momenta' conversation with the defendant will convince you that he knows fully tha nature of the proceed ings. . It may be that after that further examination will be unnecessary." Jerome objected,, saying he thought other witnesses should be examined first. ,Hs argued also that when Thaw was" examined other, alienists ought to be present ao aa to give their opinion as to hla canity. -. , . ' V . Jerome Zs Out Snort. Olney eut j Jerome, short and asked If there -could be any objection to an im mediate private examination of Thaw, saying that if the commission were not then satisfied It could proceed further. Jerome said he could not object to thla. Accordingly, McClure. ordered the room cleared and the commission -went into executive session. Only Jerome, Thaw's attorneys, . ths stenographers and court attendants were permitted to remain in tha courtroom. 'The record of the exam ination will be kept secret. ' After an executive session of , two hours, the commission adjourned until 10:S0 Saturday - morning.- Attorney Hartridge aald that Thaw had remem be red more about the proceedings . at the trial than he himself did. - District Attorney Jerome left the courthouse at once and refused to discuss any of the proceedings of tha commission. HALF DOLLAR FREE AS LONG AS HE USES SENSE Robert St Clair, known as "Half Dol lar," the son of "Dollar Bill St, Clair, a colored real estate dealer, who stabbed Belle Murray, a nagrees. In the neck, in a restaurant at Ninth . and Flanders streets, several mornings ago, waa bo fore Judge Cameron today to answer to a chirie or assault with a dangerous weapon, . ' '. y .', ' - -. . Aa ths woman refuses to prosecute the case was continued Indefinitely upon motion of Deputy District Attorney Bert HaneyThe colored youth, who is II years-of sge, wss given into the custody ofhis father. ' The woman was not se Lrlously wounded and was able to leave the hospital ths day after the cutting affray. .... . . ... BREWERY EMPLOYES GO , ON STRIKE AT ST. LOUIS , . , 1 - -.. ' '- St Louts, March . Falling to obtain the new scale of wages demanded, all brewery workers In the city went on a strike at noon. ., It Is believed that the drivers firemen, engineers and all allied crafts will Join1 tbs strikers and tie up the entire industry. The strike followed a conference at which Adolphus Busch personally appealed to his msn not to strike. ' The brewers had already been granted an sight-hour day and a I per cent Increase tn wages, but tha unions dsmand a "closed shop,? . .. .. . MILKMAN LEAVES HIS r; WAGON AND DISAPPEARS . t i ' . . Whet has become of Joe ChevalllerT ts the question now presented to the bureau of criminal investigation for so lution. Chsvalller, who la tha driver of a milk wagon, disappeared under most mysterious circumstances yesterday and absolutely no clue can be found to his whereabouts. Yeeterday afternoon tha horse draw ing hla wagon became frightened, leav ing the vehlole standing at tha corner ef East - Thirtieth and Stark streets. This morning all the milk cans had dis appeared. , SOUTHERN PACIFIC IS - SUED FOR INJUNCTION Chicago, March Reports hers say that lawyers representing ths Thomas, HI board. Crocker Tats company of Ban Francisco have filed a bill In equity at Austin, Texas, ssklng that ths Southern Pacific be restrained from paying HOT). -000 1n dividends on common stork. The court Is asked also to enjoin the Union Paclflo from voting or exercising any power on Bouthern Paclflo stock. .... r v - . ....... - v -' . More' than S years of married Ufa were not enaugh to form the tie that binds In the case ef H. D. Bartholomew and Maggie A. Bartholomew, and ao Judge Fraser gave the husband a dl vorce this morning on the ground of de sertion. It being shown that Mrs. Bar tholomew had left her liege lord In Yamhill county In 1S9U. Bartholomew wasted 11 years in fruit less sndsavor to bring back hla errant spouse, but finally gave up tha effort and entered a complaint for divorce. Mrs. Bartholomew did not seem to csre much about the divorce tor she refused to appear and It went by default.- The couple were married at Sycamore, Illi nois, January 1, 187C. ' . -, Chrietena Clark and William Q. Clark formed another couple who started in on their married life on New Tear's day and ran up against the divorce courts on Good Friday. Both couples evidently thought the better the day the better the deed,, for both Mrs. Clark and Vtr. Bartholomew left the courtroom appar ently happy in the consciousness of hav ing done a good Job in severing thelf marital relations. , . Mrs. Clark also secured her divorce through defsiilt. - She Uetlfled that she married Clark tn Portland, January 1, 18i9, and that he deserted her- October jlu, 1901. Mrs. Clark was given a divorce an i its mi i;us iirvi jr va, aj v a.- j ja -via wu, -H. G. Thing was positive in the belief that he had not received a good, thing in the . wife line when he. married Catherine Thing, ao he - accordingly asked the eourta for a divorce. It was granted through default on the ground of desertion. - Thing testified that ,he married Mrs. Thing la Portland October 11, 1903. and that aha deserted him Msy 1. 190S. :"'.,,-. . . TOO FEW OPPONENTS' FOR MRS. DUNIWAY At the People's Forum laati evening an enjoyable and good natured dobate waa held on-the question of. woman auf frags, Mrs.. Abigail Soott Dunlway leading In the presentation of tha sub ject. - - - - . Mrs. Dunlway scored the reoent legis lature for its apparent opposition ta the suffrage question, in not allowing the suffrage question to. go before the peo ple without formally circulating peti tion. . She aald: . The members were clearly, against us. Most of tha mem bers of .the legislature are too old to change their opinions; the rest are too young to have any." Some gentlemen attempted to bolster the negative side of the debate In the general dlsousslon which followed but their remarks were perfunctory sad It waa evident that whatever the feeling of the .recent legislature may have been, the consensus of opinion at last night's meeting was for ths affirmatlva ' - Had there been a stronger opposition Mrs. Dunlway would havo been better pleased. ' Thsre Is nothing' I like bet ter," said' she, "than a ttrtendry tow on the suffrage question." - " ; BUYS ASTORIA WATERFRONTAGE F. S. Stanley and : associates hava closed a deal whereby they become the owners Of , about I.SOs feet of water front at Astoria for which they paid $106,000 or nearly tl a front footr-The property waa ownea oy Jonn Aaair. UT. Owens Adair, A. B. Hammond, presldsnt of the A. ft C R- railway and Ferguson ft Stuart of the Astoria Abstract ft Title company. The tract la considered espectallydestrable for manufacturing purpose aa - it ts acceaalble to both rail and water transportation. ' Mf. Stanley," the principal purchaser, waa one of the former owners of ths logging road built from Oobel to the Nehalem valley. It la not known to what uta tha purchasers will put ths traotr ' . FRENCH TROOPS OCCUPY MOROCCAN TOWN QUIETLY (Joaraal Special Bervtee.) Parts, March lij The main ooluma of the French force dispatched from Algera occupied Oujda this morning without resistance. They will remain until Morocco accedes to tha French de mands for full satisfaction for ths sssasslhation of Dr. Mauohamp. Premier Clemenceau has cancelled hla plans for a visit to Spain and. tha situation is grave. ,. ' ii ai i Supreme Court Case Dated. 8oede! Dlasateb to The JoersaL) Belem. March The suprsme court has set the following cases: - Tuesday. April , Lsndswtck vs. Lane, from Mult nomah county,' and Macuonald vs. Lane; Wednesday, April 10, Lambert va Howard, and Marsters vs. Umpqua Val ley Oil company, both from Douglas county; Thursday, April 11. Keen va Keen, from Washington county, and Latourette Jr. vs. Meld rum et sX, from Clackamas county. When great Operi Company find complete satisfaction in a piano, and chooses it from among the numerous family of standard, high-grade makes, isn't that recommendation enough for you? Can you fail to be pleased with the choice of the choicestthe favorite of the incomparable Alice Nielsen? Come to our parlors and try the matchless tone cele brated the world over of the EVERETT; then you will realize why this piano is loved and uied throughout their tour by these great musicians. . - r COR. SIXTH AND MORRISON STS. (Spatial DwDetrii s Tke fceruLV Tacoma, Wash., March 1 9. Surveyors tn ths employ of the Chicago, Milwaukee A St Paul railroad are sngaged In locat ing a line from the plant of the Ball sen Lumber company on the north bank of the NlsoualJy river to a point near the mouth of Tanwtx creek. The line that Is being run by this sur. vcylng party forma what Is considered to be the route by which the Milwaukee la planning to reach Olympiad and the Orsys Harbor country. ' Whether or not the Milwaukee ts ar ranging to connect . with " the Taooma Eastern railway la largely a matter of conjecture, but because of the direc tion taken by thla survey, together with the fact that the terminals of ths Mil waukee and those of the Tacoma East ern are within a atone's throw of each other, it appears probable that the Olym pic branch will run over the Tacoma Eastern. - . ' Surveys between South Bend, Olympie and Tacoma have nearly been -completed, the distance between Tanwax lake and Tacoma being tha only portion of the route which haa not yet been staked off. Surveys were commenced at the South Bend end of the line nearly 90 days ago, at the time of Presldsnt Barling's visit to Tacoma. He admit ted that the surveyors at South Bend were Milwaukee men and., that - they were surveying a branch. Since that time details concerning the proposed establishment -of a new town on the Nlequally river near -Term Indicate that aa announcement concern ing the construction of ths Olympla branch may be forthcoming ahortly. That the eurvey Is making directly for. and is only a fsw miles distant from, ths end of the Tacoma Eastern rail way,. Is . held to Indicate- beyond ques tion flat the Milwaukee either owns or hag a vrafflo arrangement with -" that line. I ' ;.w : ' : 1 , - Both Claim OwnerahliK. - - judge Gentenbeln la hearing the trial Of Theodora Bernhelm against Ella Tal bot today. Bernhelm Is endeavoring to gain title to the following lots In Coun cil Crest Park: Lots 1 to I.-block 4: lots I to If, block a; lots 1 to 10, block 7; lots 1 to IS, block . Both .sides claim ownership to the property. ran messsa i u " ' -. - - -: - : ca A0JM)AYr- MM An Upholstered (! FOOTSTOOL Genuine 'leather top, for $1.45. Made tov sell . for : . considerable more, but jve'll sell it tomorrow at. a , figure that should interest you. These stools are well built, strong, and are in golden oak or weath ered oak." You should have two or threes f, these , scattered about the hous?. They are handy.' " Watch for Our Special in ; - ; - Sunday's Journal . v v ' The Complete Ooae Ontlltlers . v &CCOND AND MORRISON STREETS ' C . rxez i iu zxx xei snx xzrs z ; v Used Exclusively, by the ; San Carlo Grand Opera Co. : Sold Exclusively by , "THE HOUSE OF QUALITY'' Sherman ISlay & Co. a ... . Andrew Williams,' sheriff of Belling ham. Wash., is in Portland searching for Information relating to the murder of Addle Roper of BeUlngham on Jan uary. It last. The murder created a great sensation In Belllogham at tha time of its commission and two men are now held on ausplcion awaiting fur ther tnveatlgatlon. Miss Roper wss a wall known snd highly respected young woman of Bel llngham employed aa a clerk In one of the dry goods stores there. On the ntght of the murder She was seen re turning to her home about i.iO o'clock and at 10:10 the house wss found to be on fire. The firefighters found Miss Roper dead, her head and body hacked with a hatchet and a red bandana handkerchief thrust down her throat. Her feet and legs had been burned to a crisp by the f lamas. The sheriff la In Portland to sea a person supposed to have some knowledge of -tb orlme and - it "is ex pected that his visit will result In the arrest of a man now In Portland who will be returned to Belltngham oharged with the murder. , ' - Sheriff WlIDams wUl take back with htm J. H. Johnston, srrested . .several days ago by tha Portland authorltlee and wanted In BeUlnghem on a charge of obtaining money under- falsa pre- -tenses. Johnston aaserta that hs is in nocent and aays some mistake baa been . made. He ta willing to return and will make no effort to fight extradition. FIRST BATTERY O. N. G. ; TO HOLD ANNUAL BALL The annual ball of tha First-Battery, ' field artillery. O. N. O , will take place . next Monday evening, Easter Monday, at the Armory. Everest's orchestra will furnish tha musta 'The Armory hss been elaborately and artistically deco rated for the occasion, Tha First Battery Is the oldest mili tary organisation on tha PacIflo coast. and Ita annual Easter-Monday ball la alwaya looked forward to as one of tha principal Oregon National Guard social events of the year. t . Preferred took Oaaaad wood . Allen aV Lewis' Best Brand. CaOBaaiiaMiiaizMSzaaa " DAY AND EVENING.; S M n nurnu n x he n csnxsi 4 PORTLAND, OREGON