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EVENING, THE OREGON DAILY -JOURNAL, PORTLAND. ' MONDAY APRIL I, 1907. 'V r.iAN HOP ON SEARCH FOR MISSING-FUND Prominent Pacific Coast Chinese Declares Portland Consul Is a Highbinder, and That He Must Account for Ten "Thousand Raised for Aged Orientals. la th unprecedented tidal wave of reform and graft expoaur which he been sweeping the country, a Chinese Jlener ha come to the fore In the itorthweet In the peraon-of -Coin- Gee Gov, better known aa Man Hop. one of the foremoat merchanta and contractora of Seattle. Waahlngton. That thla Mon golian rauekraker la no respecter of persona la evidenced by hie announced Intention of directing the rays of the searchlight of inquiry even into the pri vate life of Moy Bak Hln, representa tive of hla auguet majesty Emperor Kwvnf 8hue At a dinner tendered htm by hla friends at the Tim Kum Lum grill, Seo ond and Oak streets. Saturday night, prior to hla departure for Seattle. Chin oa floe made the sensational announce ment that he Intended to" Inaugural atttj" Investigation relative to the alleged dis appearance -of-16.000, repreaentlng the unexpended portion or the fun raised by the Six Companies to deport aged and decrepit Chinamen to the flowery klngom. The sum of I10.O0O. contributed last fall for the purpose mentioned, was en trusted to Moy Bak Hln and It Is against the conaul general that Chin Gee Oow will launch hla graft Inquiry. Ooasal Oawnd Za rrlgnteaea. In accordanca with the euatom of visiting with hta friends and relative In Portland annually. Chin Oee ' Oow came to thla city last week and waa the recipient of many honors. . The fact that Just prior to his departure from Seattle, Mra Chin Gee Oow bad pre sented him with twins made hla visit J -tf Tortland'a notewoTthy-event' In -Chi nese aoeiety circlea ' Concomitant with hla arrival It. waa announced by the friends of Moy Bak Hln that Chin Oee Gowa oomlng waa really for the purpose of directing the assassination of the diplomat. During the progress of a masa meeting "last week called to discus the removal of Chinatown to the north end. Moy Bak Hln. alarmed by the current reports of a plot againat bis life, demanded po lice protection from Chief Orltsmacher, and Detective Sergeant Baty waa de tailed to guard the consulate. No at tempt waa made to moleat the consul, but a petition to the minister at Waah lngton asking for the removal of Moy Bak Hln waa freely circulated In China town '' - Several daya after his arrival Chin Oee Oow tendered a banquet to hla con stituents, and the dinner given Satur day night was a testimonial of adml tlon on the part of hla f rienda. FATHER 4F HOMESTEAD LAW DEAD AT HIS HOME ' U: V.Galusha A. Grow Dies of Heart Failure- Was Speaker of the ! ? House During Rebellion." ., (Jearaal Special Sentee.) . ' Boranton. Pa.. April t. Oalushn A. Grow, father of the homestead law and ' during , the Rebellion speaker of the - house at Washington, died today at his borne in Olanwood. He bad been - 111 nearly a month. Death waa due to general debUlty and heart failure. He ' ' leaves a large estate, much of which be accumulated late in life by Inveat ' menu In bituminous coal. To the last Grow took an active In , tercet In political matters. . He waa - bom at Aahford. now Eaatford, Conneo tient Aurust 11. 1121. When t year :old hla father died. Seven years later 'iita mother moved to Glenwood, Penn aylvanla. which continued to be Crow's borne the rest or nis me. Aa a boy Grow worked on a farm In hummer and went to common school in winter. He became a lawyer after graduating from Amherst college. He became congressman In 1811 and served ' art successive terms, being eieeiea speaker In 11(1. In llt he waa chosen J ' congressman at-Jarge from Penneyl ' ran la and continued 4o serve until lfO. He bad never married.- 4- IMMUNITY NOT (Continued from Page One.) ' tabllsbed company at the time the dou - bla-croM deal waa made with the Home ' comneay. he replied: 2 n don't say that I received anything . ... from the company at any time.' - - - - i f m vcuui leu tiiai eviu nee new w 'given to the grand Jury that-Ruef and i i. JiivhmtU bad a compact by which each divided equally with the other all the v boodle he received. It Is stated that of the 11.100 per month that Ruef re reived from the Paolflo Telephone com i mut. Schmtts was given 1600 a month - by the curly boss, and when-tha. mayor received a consignment of graft money tie paid half of It to Ruef. WESTON BOY SHOT BY MARSHAL MAY RECOVER ' ' - fanadst TMiMlei Is The fnereiLI " Weston. Or., April 1. Justin Read, -who waa shot Saturday- evening by ' Marshal Dave Lavender, la Improving v and It la believed that he will live. The ' officer fired four shot after attempt- " in to arrest the boy while he waa on " a horse going rapidly. Read was in '' tosioated. The horae was killed under fhlra by a bullet. let Orande School Board Man. (seetal Dtaeateh te Tke Jwrsal.l - I Grande, Or., April 1. The board - of direct ore f thla school district has parted S. N- Bolton aa director to auo ceed Judge Robert' Eakln, whose term would have expired three years from nest June. . Give , Dr-Graves' Tooth Powder one trial and you will use no othf r. Makes yellow teeth white, . clean and beautiful, society ! and your health demands its use , twic-a-day J so me aenusts say, la hmndf mtml mm m MUm Mm .rs'TcclhPcrricrC.. Talk imposing and courteoua, . but without any marked avldenoa of a re former, yet under hla eiterlof of re serve Chin Oee Gow has aa unusual amount of executive ability And pug nacity, ye readly consented to an In terview and ahowed a keen grasp of na tional and local queatlons. "I did not come here, aa ha a been published, with the Intention of slaying Moy Bak Hln. but to vlalt my friend. I have been a resident of the United States for II years, 10 of which I spent In San Francisco and the remainder In Seattle. I am the father of aeven boy a and three glrla, and all the children are being educated In the American schools and colleges. it ' with the aueation whether the Chi nese shall move to the north or oouOt nothtff That la a matter- for them to seiue among themselvea nut mere i .. proposition lit which I am greatly inter ested, and that la the 110.000 fund raised for the, deportation of my old countrymen. . - - Calls Ooasml a mighMnder. "J want to state at the start that I have known Moy Bak Hln for years and know him to be a highbinder. I have . been Informed In the last few daya that be has two hlghblndera from Frisco in - hla place hire to muraer me. but I am not afraid. We secured 110,000 to aend back the old Chinamen to their old bomea and It la my Inten tion to find out how the money waa spent. "About HO men were deported at a coat of ISO or $40 a head. Moy Bak Hln had eharae of the money and the quastioiv of what became of the balance la worrying every one. "I An nnt Ian. that a Betltion has txien atarted' to- have the consul-re moved, 'i'he Portland Chinese seem to be afraid to Inquire about anything In which Conaul Moy Bak Hln la con cerned.' If a man la good he has noth ing to fear, but If he Is bad ha usually la soared. So with Moy Bak Hln. He haa tried to make it appear that I have come to alay him. but that la not my purpose. If necessary I will go to San Frnnclaco and tell the conaul about him. We want no hlghblndera repre senting the emperor." Chin Oee Gow. left yesterday morn ing for Seattle and waa escorted to the depot by hla cousin, Chin Hung, man ager of the Hop Tlk Wo company of 88 Second street. If the alleged imported hlghblndera contemplated earning their blood money, they evidently were awed by the ominous bulging of the blouses of Chin Oee Cow's friends. MERCY TO MERER ' I'AS NOT DESERVED .. ' ' ' . ' ' :. ?. English Papers Condemn Com muting Death Sentence, to ' ' Penal Servitude for Life. ' (Jgaraal Special ferries.) London. prU 1. The commutation Of the death sentence Imposed on Hor ace Rayner - for murdering William Whitney to penal servitude for life la regretted and condemned by practical ly all the London newapapers of stand ing. The Dally Mall, wtilrh contribut ed to. this result by printing eolumna of hysterical letters In favor of the commutation, sternly rebukes the action of Home Secretary Gladstone. The Standard aaya: "The home secretary baa enfranchised the necks of the whole clasa of crim inals, and he haa made a grave depar ture from the theory of crimes held until now In thla country which he will have to luat fy." Thla may be said to repreaent the general opinion today. The whole preaa haa been boasting of thla case aa aulck example of English Justice aa compared with the Thaw caae. The sympathy was aroused on account of Raynera wife and two children ana a third about to be born, but the fact la that he had abandoned them. Metxger fits your eye Tor 11.00. Ill Sixth street near Washington. CANNOT RETURN (Continued from Psge One.) of th moat popular ministers in Port land, both In and out of bis church. and waa greatly beloved.-by his oon- gregatlon. While dlsousslng this morning Dr. Short's permanent retirement from th Portland ministry. B. Lee , Paget, a member of the board of the Taylor street church, said; reel personal xo. . "I never knew an Instance of uoh unfailing loyalty to a minister by a congregation, as that of the .Taylor atreet church to Dr. Short felnce he' left ua last October. We have been pa tiently waiting for' him to' return, hav ing no thought of displacing him by another. And now, when we find that he cannot come back, we all feel that we have sustained a great personal loss. Dr. Short's retirement will be genuinely regretted by every member f de, Taylor street church." 7 jf V Dr. P. Bnrfttte fehort. UNIONS ARE DEFIED BY ST. LOUIS BREVERS Beer Makers Declare Open Shop and Employ AH Who Seek Work. (Joaraal BpmUI fervlee.) St. Louis. April 1. Open shop waa put Into effect this morning' by all the breweries In this city and Eaat St Louis, in accordance with the ultima tum Issued by the owners Saturday night that if workers did not return to work Monday morning thla meaaure would be adopted. . . The unlona will not be recognised aa organlsatlona and all competent per sona applying will be employed regard leaa of affiliation Hundreda of work men, aome union, and aoma non union, were given work at the various plants thla morning and no queatlona were aaked. It la expected that the office clerks will be able to return from the worka to their deeka today. A conference of the local anion of ficials and International officers la be ing held. All vacancies In the St Louis. Eaat St Lou la and Granite City breweries rcanaed-by the walkout of oilers. -firemen; snglneers and teerastera, aocoraing to Otto Stlfel, repreaentlng the owners, may be filled by the American Federa tion of Labor. Stifel aaya that action has resulted because of friction be tween the Federation and the Interna tional Aaaociatlon of Brewery Workers over the affair of the workmen's un ion, i j . Stlfel aaya that If the situation la not aatlafactorily adjusted by this af ternoon the operators will adopt a rad ical meaaure Tuesday which is taken to mean an appeal to other cities for aid to run thel? plants fully nonunion. It Is reported that officials of the American Federation have been here for aome time studying the altuatlon so as to be able to eontrol It when the clash came. ' The Federation and International aa- soclatlon each claima - some" authority over the local unions of oilers, firemen, engineers and teamatera. the Federa. tlon declaring that theae claaeea of la bor are not peceaaartly adjuncta of th breweries. Physicians have refused Adolphus Buaoh permission to take ac tive control of the altuatlon In th yards. DEATH PUTS END (Continued on page Two.) of th General Electrlo company, Mr. Good had sucesslvely filled th posi tions of general manager of th Port land General Electric, preeldent of the Portland General Electrlo. director gen eral of th Lwl and Clark exposition, president of the exposition and pree ldent of th Portland Railway. Light Power company, the laat named corpora tion being a $30,000,000 oonaolldatlon of all th electrlo light power and street railway companies in th city. His pol icies had been broad and liberal, and hla aueceea had been th dlreot reault of a fin ex ecu Live ability and a large ca pacity for organiaaUon and development of -publlo eervlce corporatlona. Sec retary Reed, voicing tha aentlment of hi associates in th company this morning said; - A Kan of Many Interests. "Mr. Good e waa a great personality. HI pollotea ln th conduct of th com panies he bad handled, and the record he ad-made In hi ceallnge wim in nnn- dreds of buslnesa men with whom he had constantly- come In contact, had shown that he wa an exceptional man. This company will not soon get another like him." Mr. Good waa a member of the Ar lington club, the Portland Elka lodge, the Commercial club, th Eaat Sid club, th Waverly Golf club and other so cial organisations, and held a life mem ber eh lp in the Multnomah Athletlo club. He wa a I2d-degre Maaon and Knight Templar. He took an aotlve In terest In elvlo affalra, and was a mem ber of th Chamber of Commerce. While hla day were taken up with myriad actlvltlea of buslnas. there were large demands upon hi time by the various social organisations and by movements originated for th advance ment of the city's Interest He looked out upon life with a very wide view, and saw as plainly aa per haps any other man the opportunlttea ot Portland and Oregon for material growth and development Always he waa a tremenaoua worker, ana enterna Into the affalra of his business with seriousness and determination.: His practical knowledge of the electrical In duetrywas founded In many years of study and operation. He knew the buslneaa thoroughly and was progres sive and resourceful. Under hla man agement development of th electric light and power Industry In Portland and th Willamette valley has proceed ed swiftly, and the plant controlled by bis companies have been built with ad mirable permanence and modern equip ment. - Always a "w ork. I'd to th hour of hi death he waa considering the details of various largs Improvements connected with the street railway, light and power planta directed by him. He bad Juat completed plana for a union. passenger station for sil tha atreet railway 1lnetnnd a. mod ern club house for 'th company em ploye. Only a few weeka ago there was completed under hla administra tion a sO.000 horse-power electrlo plsnt at Casadero, and already he waa mak ing plans for another plant of similar capacity on the Clackamaa river. It la aald. by his business associates that he worked to exceea, devoting the en tire day and th evening uour until late at night to affaire of .hla office, and did not take aufflclent outdoor rec reation, and that to this cause was due the failure of bis splendid physique. In sny personal estimate of Mr. Goode It la said his liberality should receive prominent recognition. While outward ly reaerved. he was at heart one of the most democratic and generous of men. always disposed to give full eon-Blderat1onto-the-rIa1m of -others He was born In Indianapolis. September it, 1M1. end received his early education In that city. He entered the service of the General Electrlo company when a young man and forged steadily to tha front, coming to tha Paolfle coast In 1S80 a Its genersl western agent. He was married In 1(1$ to Edith a Fair clough of Chicago. Question of noeeasoy. While It I too esrly to aspect action as to th election of a president of the Portland Railway, Light A Power com pany, the aelectlon of an executive head for thla larg corporation will Immedi ately become a matter of much Impor tance. It I believed the controlling director, who reside at Philadelphia and New Tork, will chooae a -man who is active here In th company'a affalra and la intimately acquainted with the Held. H. a. Reed, preeldent of the Port land chamber of commerce, who haa for years been secretary and treaaurer of the' Portland General Electric, and how occupies tb some position .In the con solidated companies, and F. L, Fuller, formerly president of the Portland Con- TRY TO TEAR Anarchists Among Goldfield Miner Denounce American Flag and Constitution and Jeer at Speaker One 'Tries to Tear Down Flag on Platform. (leenul Special Berries.) Goldfield. Nev.. April 1 Five hun dred miners of the ooldfleld district met at Columbia again yesterday afternoon to hear remarks touching on the local altuatlon and vartoua propositions for the termination of the lockout and re eumptlon of work In the mince. The gathering accomplished nothing, and If the aim of the leadera of th movement for peaoe is to conduct a campaign of education th results so far are dis couraging. . Edward L. Topllts of South Africa attempted to explain to the men how the mlneownera and business men were not endeavoring to make them nonun ion emplorea, but almply wished them to out loos from an anarohiatlo crowd soil dated.' now vice-prealdent and gen eral manager, are looked upon as logical successors of the late president YM PATH Y-OF Ct-U B Govmrnors of Commercial Club Ex tend Resolutions of Itegret. At a meeting of th board of govern ors of th Portland Commercial club today at noon th audden death of Henry W. Good, president of the Port land Railway, Light & Power company, and member of th elub, wa th chief topic of dlseuaalon. The board unani mously adopted th following resolu tion: " , "Resolved. That th board of gov ernor of th Portland Commercial club fully appreciate the loss sustained by the Paolflo northwest, and especially by the stat of. Oregon and th. city of Portland, in the prematura death of Henry w.- Goode, -who- brief - career waa a triumph. He waa a leader among men and did great things easily. Th lnoereat sympathle of the members of . th Portland- Commercial club are tendered the wife and children of th Th next monthly dinner of th club will be given next Tuesday evening at o'clock. Th subject of after-dinner speeches will be "Dlstriot Street Im provements." , Th club haa been advised that next Friday the Catbolio priesthood ot Port land expects to have for Its guest Father Monaghan, ' who occuplea the, federal offloe of chief of consular divis ion of th department of commerce and labor. .It waa decided by the board ot governors to Invite Father Monaghan to addreag th club at .luncheon next Saturday. On that occasion Archblahop Cbriatl will also be a guest JEALOUSY CAUSE OF ? TWO DEATHS (Continued from Pegs On.) and read It,-and Its contents so'enraged him that h threatened then to end hi Ufa Th young girl upbraided blm for hla talk and he suggested to her that they die together. Olrl reared James Afterward ah told ber frlende and her slater and mother that the threats young James had made to her had frightened her, and she did not want his company. Sh wa afraid he would do as he had said, and kill himself or both of them. Lata In January, whtl Miss Dlsnsy and her mother wer visiting In Hol ton. James wrote bar a latter which shows clearly the erased lov and Jeal ousy which terminated yeeterday In murder and suicide. K wrote to th young girl aa 'follow: "My Darling: I haven't received a letter for over a wek. and unless I re ceive on soon, dearie, I am afraid I will do something raah. X hav loat all Interest In life, and If you ar through with me. my darling, I am certainly through with. life. I lov you better than Ufa, dear one. and will giva that llf If you say you don't lov m any more. 'If my air castles fall to th ground I go with them. I hav been brooding over It for thre or four day until I am almost ready to klU myself tonight I want you to write me, darling.' what's what If you bava found another, write me, dearie; but for God's sake If you have, sweetheart, pleas gt away and don't let m know where you are, for I don't want to take any chance with myself and ruin more than on family. But If yon hav decided you ar through with your boy, so blp m God, I'll kill myself th mlnut I read the letter. 1 will giv you plenty of tiro to writ, but If I don't hear from you before next Saturday, Sunday win look upon me a a corpse. . : "win sail frsoif." Toti may think thi la f oollah- talk an that I am crasy. I wilt admit I am almoat crasy and 1 know that If you throw ma down I couldn't help do ing what I have threatened to do,- and I will certainly kill rayeelf If I don't hear from vou bv the last of next week. I am ever your tru and faithful, but hrnkan.hearted bov. Roncoe." Saturday evening Mlaa Dlaney In company with a party of young people went to Canby to pend Easter. They returned to Portland on th ( o cloak train and-proceeded to tb Hampton home. HI West Park treet Th young m.n hn Mtnrted the girls home left shortly after 10 o'clock and half an hour aftarward Mlas Disney leu ior ner homa Fire Tare Shots. To Pearl Hampton sh expressed a fear of meeting James while going home and Mlaa Hampton walked with her to th corner of Weat Park, and Morrison strsst. when she left her snd Miss Dlaney hurried southward. She met C. I. - Powell near Tamhtlt-atrest and together they walked toward the Disney residence. i Between Main and Madison streets lamee. In company with Henry Hlatt crossed over from Park. The former hurried up behind the couple, pulled revolver from hla pocket and fired three ahota Th flrat atruck tha girl In the back and ahe Bank to the sidewalk. He fired a second shot at PowelL who had atepped behind a tree, and th third bul let he eent crashing into nis own Drain. James' 'areata Arrive. Jame and Hlatt . had watched the party com up Morrison atreet from the train. When the crowd of young people went to the Hampton boma .th two atood across th street, where they could hear th laughing of th marry crowd and see them through th win dow, th ahadea f of which' war "not pulled down.. When Grac Dlahey left th house In company with Pearl Hampton, Jamea and hi companion were on Morrison street. They went np Psrk snd followed her. until ahe reached th spot where her llf . wa taken. " DOWN FLAG that blight every community that- la cursed wltn It presence. Hi remarks were frequently laughed at. . Back of the platform was strung a larg American nag. Topllts made aev eral references to , unionism and glory of the flag and of the country, whereat a crowd of agitator in h audience sent up a loud cry: ' ' - To to with th flag and tb constitution." ' One roan even attempted to tear down th flag, aroualng tha patrlotlam of th better olasa. but there waa no outbreak. Th anarchistic element evidently had th altuatlon by th throat i The miner will meet again Tueaday night and lh operatora profess to believe that aome thing definite will-be accomplished. Coroner Flnley took charge of th young girl's remalna and will bold an Inquest In tha morning. Mr. and Mrs. James, narents of the dead boy, ar- rlved. frQnxJSalemlhJmornlnjLandl will take th body of their son dbck to the family heme.-where the funeral will be held. Arrangements for Mias Dlaney'a funeral have not aa yet been completed, but It Is probable that she will b burled tomorrow Tow ell Make Statement C. E. Powell, a young dry-good clerk, was th man who accompanied Grac Dlaney at th Um of th tragedy. Pow ell appeared at pollc headquarter thla afternoon and to Detective Sergeant Baty mad th following statement of the terrible affair: "About 11 o'clock laat night as I wa walking along West Park atreet between Yamhill and Morrison, I met Miss Dis ney, on her way homeward. I was in troduced to the young woman about a week ago ' by a commercial traveler by th nam of Maxwell. I aaked her If I could encore, her home, and ah replied that shs would b pleased. We walked up West Park street, and when near Madison two men came running toward ua As she saw the flrsT man. Miss Disney clutched me by th arm and ap peared to be greatly alarmed. JTOt in saloon. Tb ma nthen fired two. shots at her and she dropped to the pavement I Instinctively felt that aha was dead and dodged behind a tree. Th men with th rvolver upon seeing my bat fired a shot at me and then not know ing what he might do held out my bat from th shelter of th tree so ss to cauee him to exhauat his amunitton. He fired another shot at m and then put th revolver to his head and pulled th trigger. I would not wear as to th number of shots h fired a I was almost frantic" Th published atate ment that the girl cam out of a saloon with th man who waa with ber when hot 1 not tru as th flrat I saw of her was on West Park." near YamhllL At no time had I been in her company nrior to that time." Powell was ordered .to appear at th coroner" a Inquest this afternoon to give hi testimony: He 1 almost a nervous wreck aa th result ot bis experience. STUDENT AT SALEM Roecoe James Well Known as Ath lete and Companionable Fellow. apsel1 Dlspetrh to Tbe Joomel.) BsJem. Or.. April 1. Ronoos Jami axienaea wuiamene univwrsuy in vij and ltOS and became active In athletlca. He played nearly all position on the university football team and played two different aeaaona. In 1006-00 ha made a trip to California with th team but Buffered an injury In a gam with th University of California St Berkeley. Captain Pollard or to rooioan xeam In which Jamea played, artd now senior In th medical department, aald n wa a companionable. Jolly good fellow, snd that ha behaved well on tha trip, and had h trained as strictly as other play er, he had the making of a very atrong player, and thai he waa well liked by the students. In fact, tb news of the tragedy came as a shock to the student body, many of whom knew Jamea per sonally. He has thre eletere and on brother. Mra Viola Mofflt of Seattle, Mlaa Myrta Jame of Portland. Mra Tom Wilson of Salem, Arthur Jartes, engaged In business In Baker City. Superintendent snd Mra James, Koa- coe's father and mother, went to Port land thla morning. Roacoe was aboil t 20 rears of age and cam to Balera a year alter Superintendent C W. Jame moved her to assume charge of tb stat prison. 'James sttended the Baker City High school ons year after hie parents moved her. CAN'T TURN COIN OVER ' (Continued from Pag On a) S1.1S7.000. Tb $1,000,000 In th United States National bank makea a grand total of approximately 12,117,000 -collected in taxes by the sheriff this year. Bequest te Deposit. According to th law aa set out la section 1104 of th Cod, th sheriff Is required to deposit all money collected by him for taxes with tbe county treas urer .on the laat business day of each week, which would be Saturday. For violation' of this section th penalty mentioned above Is provided In section tilt of the Code. In section 1096 ot the law It Is fur ther provided that the sheriff must make a full and "complete report to the treasurer of all money In hi pos session once each month. By section U74 it is provided that where money Is not paid th officer falling shall be liable to damagea amounting to five per cent of th fund held out and IS per cent Interest on th total sum held Out Sheriff Steven Ssplein. Sheriff Stevens in explaining hta fail ure to obey the law states that ha deposits all tax money with the United State National bank as faat as col lected.- then turns" this money'over to th county treaaurer as rapidly 'aa he can hav ths book balanced, and the statements made out to the treas urer. Th reason he now hs so much money on hand. Mr. Steven aaya, is because hla office fore is unable to keep th book written up to th col lection. Th deposit of 1171.000 made this morning was Intended for Saturday last, but wss delayed until today. At that time the sheriff informed the treas urer he would be able to turn over 11, 000.000, but failed to do in. The turn ever of this morning waa th flrat one made by th shariff for two weKs. Rheep Loss by Coyote Raid. . , ' ('peelO ptipetrh te The Jneresl.t Iong Creek, Or., April 1. Stephen Harer hss suffered the loss of SO sheep through a raid by ..a band of coyotes a few nights ago. ' Most of them perished by trampling. When the herder re turned to th sheep th next morning hs found them scattered, and In the corral were about 70 plied up In a ditch. Several of these were saved. MOTHERHOOD Th lira requisite of goooV mother l rood health, and th porlenoo of maternity should not bo approached without careful physical preparation, aa a woman who 1 in rood physical condition transmits to bet- children tha blessings of a food constitution. 1 , -v Preparation for healthy mater nity is accomplished by Lydla E. Plnkham'a Vegetable Compound, which is made from nativ roots and herbs, more guooesafn 1 ly than by any other medicine because it gives ton and strength to the entire feminine organism, eurinjr displacement, ul- oeratlon ana innemmauon, ana ui result is leas suffering ana more children heaiuiy at pina. than thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham'sVegetable Compound has been the standby of American mothers In preparing for childbirth. NotcwhatMrs JnmesChester.ofm W. 85th St., New York aaya in this letter: Dear Mrs. Plnkham:-"I wish every expectant mother knew about Lydla B. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. A neighbor who had learned of its great yalue at this trying period of woman's life urged me to try It and I did so, and I cannot aay enough in regard to the good It did me. I recovered quickly and am In the best of health now." - Lydia B. FLnkham's Vegetable Compound i certainly a sueceasfnl remedy for the peculiar weeirneeses It haa cured almost every form of tlons, Weak Back. Falling snd Displacements, ibluu. V IT tions and Organic Diseases of Women and Is Inraluable in preparing for Childbirth and during the Change of Life. ' Mrs. Pinkhairr Standing Invitation to Women . Women suffering from any form of female weakness are Invited to write Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass.. Her advice is free. - SH ELIMINATED BY ASH BURNING PROCESS '' - j- ' Remarkable Discovery Is Made by Cobbler That Does Away r With Smoke Nuisance. '. ' :.'- ' (Joaraal Spectal Berries.) Pittsburg. Pa April I- John Ell mor. th Altoona cobbler, who Invented th process by which he can burn ashes, haa accidentally stumbled onto th fact that his compound for mak ing asbe burn also almost .wholly does away with smoke ss well. This fact came to light today when Ellmor wa giving a demonatratlon of hi new Invention In a down town of fice building. T. J. MePhron, chief engineer of th building, and Peter Smelser. assistant chief engineer, made affidavits to th effect that th Inven tion of Ellmor not only burned asbe successfully, but also that it almost wholly eliminated all Smoka Ellmor waa about a much eurprteed as snybody when -h wis informed of his latest discovery. Ths tests this morning proved that Ellmore's discov ery is a sueceaa For six hours a big furnace waa fed with treated aahe and coed, the proportion of th latter being decreased until only one-third of coal was used to two-thirds of treated ashea . . . Heretofore one-third of ashes bad been used to two-thirds of coal Dur ing th whole time th furnace gave out far greater heat than did a furnace In which coal wa being- asciuaiveiy need. The amount of steam generated s-alao greatcrr EXCITING MUNICIPAL . CONTESTS IN MONTANA i - (Special PUpetcb to Tbe iort1. Helena, Mont. April 1. Municipal lections ar being held today through out Montana. A a rule political line hav been cloaely drawn. Th chief Intereat centers In th mayoralty con test at Butt and th aldermanlp atrug gle In Helena. Indications ar for a close contest between McOowan. Demo crat. and Corby. Republican, at Butta while In Helena the Republicans have a ahada tb better of th contest The weather la ideal. A lar;e number of votes ar being sworn In besides tb casting of th heavy registered rot. SEVEN HUNDRED SHEEP ERISH IN COLD RAIN .Pendleton. Or- April 1 Seven hun. dred yearling sheep, valued at II per head, hav been lost In th last few days by Messra jonnaon m rwnwn. Ther were from a nana or x.oue year' linn that had been sheared early en ac count of being arrectea vfiin soao. iaty bad been turned out on th rang and war feeding aome diaUnce from tbe ranch when a cold rain t in. " M i s s N e r v i s - H e d a k e 20 Years on Coffee v with dyspepsia and headache for company induced a wo man to seek relief. Later on she wrote: . "If I had only 50 cents left in the world, I'll tell you how I-would invest iti ....... ; :- Postum - - 25-cents Grape-Nuts 15 cents Cream - 10 cents and I'dJive- like-a- queen while H lasted.'' -7-. r-r-She had suffered so long that when relief came by USING POSTUM she knew its -value and spoke from the heart. - ' ';. - .' ; This woman formerly had a visit about every 3 days from a yellow-skinned, scrawny and irritable ancient per son known as Old Miss Nervis Hedake. But one dayhe broke friendship with her when she quit Coffee, and for the past 7 years she has been comfortable, happy and .well on Postum.Food Coffee. Name given by Posturn Co., Battle Creek, Mich. ) ' ' " 1 ' . "There's a Reason" for ' V SSi liiV inf , T1R5.JAMt$ E3TCR fl Wot snore n I ana aumnuw u Female Complaints, DragglngSensa- TACOMA TEAMSTERS WANT SIX PER DAY Conditions for Bulfdert and Con tractor There Will Crow . Still Worse. V (Special Pte petes te Tbe Joerual.) ' Tacoma, Waah.. April 1. Th team ster of Tacoma went on atrik thla Tk.. km Mtttnar ts.BO a day lUVluill., uw ' v ... and want IS. Th atrik enforces idle ness on t.OOx labor re employed by eon- tractor In Street gtamng ana About S00 teams ar affected. Th .-.tnra the strike will be end ed tomorrow or Wednesday.--- Th carpenters- ana piumoerw khm Is still ef feottng building here. Mem- k.M -m ih. .H.nl union of tb build ing trades held a masa meeting- yester day. A committee or i was appoint" to arrange for a general mass meeting a,.njiv sttat nrtulutt Younc urged that all unionists quit work to- ' night and renisa o go oaca nm m demands of tb Striking plumbers and carpenters ar compiled with. Definite action wilt be taken next Sunday. A general atrik of all th building trade Is probable unless a settlement Is mad by th contractora . ' ROCKEFELLER TilVES HOME FOR CITY PARK tJoarsal Sseelsl service.) " ' 'Cleveland. O., April 1. John D. Rockefeller haa announced that h w111 give to th cltyTor. ua as a public park th (00 acre at Foreet Hill, hi eummer bom her, with an endowment of I1.000.POO. Th condition attached to th gift sr that It shall not be ef fective until East Cleveland,' in which it 1 located. 1 annexed to the city proper. Th sale of tebaooo and liquor, and dancing ar forbidden In th new park. No Mine of atreet railway I to be permitted tq enter th grounds. Th land I heavily) wooded, and haa an ex tensive system of lswna and shady driveways, with flowers, and golf links. BOATS COLLIDE IN A BLINDING SNOW STORM New Tork. April 1. In a blinding snowstorm th railroad ferry boat M.ue eonetong and th tug Daly collided on North river thi morning and th tug wa sunk. - It la believed that four and probably Ave men wer drowned. On man was aaleep In th cabin of the Daly when sh ws struck. (. Teacher Institute at Milton. - Milton. Or.; April 1. Th official pro gram for th teachers' Instituts to be held here April t haa been completed by County Superintendent Wella Th Institute at Milton Is for thos living In this section of Umatilla county. Three lnetltutea, in different parts of the county, are held each year. 9 "4
