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THE OREGbN DAILY JOlfeNA 6RTLAND(vl6ATURbAY SVttmNO, AlfOUST 84; 1907. EZRA KENI)ALL AT? IIEILIG f 0TII I nillllAFICM DEPOSITORS LAY BC STORM UPJEJALLElf Terrifvinp: Display Opens at 5 o'Clock a. in., Contin uing for Hours. LIGHTNING STRIKES IN DOZEN PLACES BIG INCREASE ;r SHOWN IN SALE . INCH 01 ILL CAUSE II nisM nr:inTinn - i Effect Permanent OigSmi Three Lees Who Refused to Clerk Refuses to Accept Ap Gllsan Street Tract Sells at Heavy Advance Over Last Year. Leave Unsafe Building Keep Officers Busy. MERRILL LOSES OUT ON PETITION (JIIIIIH OUBL tt,f 'u '; M1 M tion to Assist in Straight ening Bank Tangle. FIVE HUNDRED WERE PRESENT AT MEETING plication for Liquor Li cense Until Advertised. Yergen Hop House, With Last Sea son' Oop, Burned, Also a House and Barn Crops at Worst Stage for Long Continued Rainfall. (Rlinl ninpntrh to The Journal.) Aurora, Or., Auk- A severe eleo- trlral storm accompanied by heavy rain struck this ssrtlon about 6 o'clock this morning and Continued for about three quarters of an hour. Lightning struck In a dozen dllTerent places and the rain came down In sheets. Fred Tergen's bop house was struck and burned to the ground. The house contained his 1906 crop of hops and a quantity of farming Implements. O. W. Bcram lln's barn at Macksburg was struck and destroyed together with a Quantity of hav. Manv of the wire hoD yards In this vicinity were laid flat on the ground, but the pole yards escaped with little or no aamage. it was nara est electrical storm ever known here, say the old pioneers who hve been here since 185b. in mere was a severe storm, but not to compare with the one this mornlns. The sky was a continual flash of lightning and thunderbolts were striking every few minutes, wnen tne full returns of the damage are reoelved It Is estimated they will sum up to a large amount. A..er tne electrical storm pa b ed to the west rain continued to 'fall all this forenoon. CARLTON'S REPORT. nGrave Apprehension of Damage Should Rainfall Continue. iRavclal DUMtrb to The Joornil. 1 Carlton Or.. Aug. 14 An eleotrioal .storm, followed br a fall of rain oon jtlnulng for hours commenced here at I '.o'clock this morning. If the rain should continue for any length of time it will cause an Immense amount of damage to all gran crops as well as the seed crop or clover. Thresh ing In this section has only Just com menced and there Is considerable acre age of spring oats sthy uncut. Grain that has been harvests Is fully up to the yield of former yean and in a good many Instances far better. The hop crop wllj also be injured if the rain should continue, as the crop Is nearly ready for harvest. Picking would have commenced by the middle of the coming week. The Jiop yield in this locality will be fully sis large as in former years and the quality will be ex ceptionally good. ' There is some talk that a good many of the yards will not be picked In this section, owing to the fact that there Is no price offered. A large number of the renters are llndlng It a hard matfer to get picking money advanced as there Is nothing doing In contracts and the banks are' refusing to .furnish money on the hops alone and are demanding additional security. The prune crop, which is also very large, will come in for Its share of the damage, as the prunes are ripening very fart and the rain will cause them to burst and become unfit for any pur pose. Fuller Details From Macksburg. (Speetal Diijntca te The Journal) Macksburg, Or., Aug. 24. A heav ' rain and lightning storm visited this section last night. Lightning struck a barn of Oeorge Scramling ana the hop house of J. Gergens, both of which were destroyed. The house of P. Fensky was also struck, but not much damage was done. Numbers of trees and telephone poles were also struck. The heavy rain has done no particular damage except to open stacks of grain. The hops are not hurt unless the rain continues. Fred Merrill called at the courthouse yesterday to tender a petition for a 11 quor license, but he waa Informed that the law required publication on his part and that five week must elapse before he could hope to have the same granted, and that It oould not even be filed with the county court prior to the time It was advertised. County Clerk Fields said today: "I had very little discussion with Merrill about the license he desired. He said he wished to file the petition, and 1 asked him if he had advertised the fact ss the law demanded In order to permit any person or persons to file remonstrances. He said no, and 1 told him to do so before he filed any peti tion." That ended the conversation and no petition was filed yesterday. Alone the line of Henna.) granting In the future the clerk of the county court has prepared a new form of affidavit which must be filled out in triplicate in future by persons u!lrlng licenses, both those who desire renewals and new licenses. In substance tho new af fidavit Is based on the law passed by the last legislature which prohibits the giving of a license to any person or per sons who have ever been convicted of willfully selling or delivering either spirituous, vinous or malt liquors to a minor or allowing a person under age to loiter In or about any place where li quors are sold. . This lstter stipulation has been added by the county court to the original law and the court Interprets the matter to mean that no person convicted of such offense is eligible to license. Unofficially Merrill claims that he has 120 voters of the last register as aimers of his Detltlon for license to sell liquor at his 12-mile house on tho Base Line road extension, or 20 more than Is needed by law. He will have to wait at least five weeks before he can Secure any license, provided there Is no remonstrance against his application. In the meantime Sheriff Stevens an nounces that he will not permit the sain of liquor at the place, and If he finds the law Is being violated he threatens to bring Merrill Into court. Merrill, on the other hand, contends that he never sold liquor without a license and will not do so until he is granted permission by the county court. ' 1 ;.t; V. v Popular Comedian Is Presenting the Comedy, "Swell Elegant Jones the Hellig Tonight. at WIFE'S SUITS GOT TOO NUMEROUS SO DEFENDANT LEAVES STATE SUCCESSFUL MID ON CHINATOWN Five Orientals Are Taken on Charge of Gambling and Held on Bail. TILLAMOOK HAILS CARNIVAL QUEEN For the first tims since they have been assigned for duty In Chinatown. Detectives Kay and Klenlln this after noon raided the fan tan resort at 95 Second street and took five Chinese Into oustody on charges of gambling snd visiting a gambling house. Jus Sue. a well known oriental and the reputed keeper of the place was booked for maintaining the establishment and was compelled to furnish 50 cash ball. The Others were released on $26 ball apiece. Since The Journal's expose last Sat urday and the publication of the list of places where fan tan was being played four raids, in which SI Chinese have been captured, have been made. Tho first batch of eight entered pleas of guilty and were fined $10 apiece, eight were assessed 17.60 each, six escaped conviction for lack of evidence and nine are now awaiting trial. LEWISTOX CAN SEE MILWAUKEE COMING Fair Draws Crowds From Town and Country Fine Stock Show. ' (Special Dispatch to Tfas Josrnil.) Tillamook, Or., Aug. 2i,:-i-The street carnival, and fair opened with an at- tendance of 1,500. Mayor Botts deliv ered the opening address. Six blocks of the city's streets were profusely decor- "ated. The streets were filled with booths, exhibiting the various Indus- tries, business and productions of the county. The queen of the carnival. Miss Hat . tie Marolf, was crowned yesterday aft ' i ernoon In the presence of the assembled thousands. ' Tho cermony was very Im pressive and the queen on her acces sion received the xleaf ening plaudits of ' her subjects. There are on exhibition representative products Of all lines of indnstrv fnl- lowed In this city or county. These dls , plays compare more than creditably wnn any evw BsnemDiea rrom me most ; favored section of the state. The stock show includes four horses that cost - $3,600 to J4.60O each. Exhibitors of live ;' stork are the following: Charles Kunze, ; draft marts and colts; Hansen, draft 1 mares and colts; R. C. Margarell of i Ocean Park. 13 head of Red Polls; Mor rison Mills. Jersey bull and heifer; . Henry Kunze, Guernsey bull; Clarence Tildtm, bull and four calves, Jersey; . P. T. Fltspatrlck, two Jersey calves; T. E. Eplei.- cow, Guernsey; Oeorge Watt, row, Jersey; Gws Kunze, Holstein bull, three rows. ti'o calves; EHck Glad, bull Jersey; E. A. Fltzoatrick, pen Chester White hogs; -James Hughev, , match team draft mares; Mrs. D. R , Tinnerstntt. 2-ye.ar-old colt: C. H Wllev ; 8-year-old Perohron nYare; M. Hansen, Peitheron mare and colt; J. F. Martin, . Percheron mare and oolt; Jonas Olsen, Percherona, two 2-y-ir-olds. one 3-vear-old: T K. Harris.7,i, Scotch Collies; . Peter Srhranz. one pen Shropshire yneep; Heniy Kunze, pen Berkshire hogg; Morrison Mills, Cochin chickens. (SpecUl Diipitch te Tbs Journal.) Iewiston, Ida. Aug. 24. A definite statement that the Milwaukee will ,bulld into Lewlston as soon as a survey can be made and construction work begun is Drougnt rrom tne engineer wno is now running a line toward this city. The line will extend from Collins to the Clearwater, and by that to Lewis ton. The Washington, Idaho & Mon tana road Is now being built from Bo- vlll to Collins, where a connection with the Milwaukee will be effected. It Is believed the line will extend Into the Elk creek section, there securing a wuter grade to the Clearwater, striking the river at Ahsahka. Relief that this route will be selected is based upon the statement of the engineer in charge, who says a line on a water grade the greater part of the way will be built through to Lewiston. The recent activity of the Weyerhaeu ser Interests would Indicate that added transportation might be expected in the North Pork country. When the case against George A. Moore, a prominent cattle-buyer of Ore gon City, formerly a resident of Port land, was called this morning in the county court, the defendant failed to put in an appearance, although previous ly, through his attorney, O. I. Eby of Oregon City, he entered a plea of not guilty to a charge of non-support. Ait Interesting story developed today as a result of the non-appearance. When first arrested, Mr. Moore was under the impression that he was being sued by his former wife, from whom he was di vorced several years ago. Undnr the law he could not be sued for non-support, and he placed $100 In the hands of his attorney and told the latter to not if v the court that he would be on hand to defend himself on a plea of not guilty. Attorney Eby, acting In rood faith, so notified Judge Webster. The attorney also Informed his client that he was not wanted in court on such a charge, but that he was sued on a charge of fail ing to provide for his two minor chil dren. W. E. and Birdie Moore, axed 14 and II years. When Attorney Eby was Informed that his client decided to leave the state and not appear in the case he at once wrote to his brother. Attorney F. O. Eby. of this city, to that effect and stated that owing to his going on a va cation to Newport he would Include $75 of the $100 which could be turned over to the court for the latter to dispose of as he saw fit. In the meantime it developed, so the attorney for Mrs. Moore asserts, Moore has come Into possession of a con siderable estate left, by the lntter's father and mother In Ohio. When di vorce proceedings were settled between the Modres, Mrs. Moore waa awarded $36 a month alimony, but she says she has never . received a cent and her at torney now figures It out that Moore owes his former wife about $2,400 back alimony. One day last week it is said a lump sum under the amount In question waa offered by Moore as a final settlement This offer was declined. Mr. Moore, It Is claimed, is very close to Oregon, where his entire busi ness interests are. It is hinted at that he is In or close to-Vancouver. Attorney Eby of Oregon City Inti mated In a letter, to fhe court that he wouia aia ine law in every manner to take Its course, as he was partially re sponsible ror nis client s getting away, Ths Gllsan street front of the block formerly occupied by the plant of the Willamette Iron A Steel works was sold esterday to M. Barde & Son, dealers i heavy hardware, for $110,000. The property belonged to D. C. J'6110-."0 bought it about one year au ,uv, thus netting about $20,000 In the tran saction. The entire block was pur chased ht Messrs. Peiton and Charles K. Henry; Mr. Henry Immediately sold his half to Joseph Simon at a profit of $10,000. Mr Peltnn had remndnlod the Old frame building of the Willamette Iron A Steel works, which will be occupied by M. Barde A 8ons. the present pur chasers. The property is excellently well suited for the purposes of this firm, as the Southern Pacific has a track on Fourth street, and it Is In the near vicinity of all the freight depots. Tho sale of this nronartv was nego- tlnfAfl thnriiffh the ao-aiicv of Charles K. Henrv Son. Another fair-sized sale was closed yesterday when George W. Uoleomb purchased from George W. Carpenter a 60-foot lot on Fifteenth street, between Gllsan and Hoyt. The property is without valuable Improve ments and is considered a good buy. Louis E. Burke has purchased a hand some home on Johnson street, between Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth streets. The property belonged to Max Loewenson and was sold for $8,000. John II. Gibson has purchased a arge number of lots In North Mount Tabor. The property belonged to Frank Gilham and was sold for $$,440. DRUKKEX DECKHAND THROWS AWAY DISHES DELAY OF MAIL BY 0. R. & N. CAUSES GREAT ANNOYANCE FOREST GROVE CAR LINE IS A PAYER (gpeolfll Dlfpatrti to The Journal ) , Forest Grove. Or.. Auk. 24 r0,, if the neayy travel on the Potest f Grove Transportation electric line, con , u tiecting the depot with the town, the ' stockholders have decided to put on an i other -passenger car. From the time - ' the' line haa been in operation until the - .. f present the business of the company i J ha. grown Steadily until now the pas- ( i aenger car la carrying, hundreds of per " ! sons dally.- Much larger motors have 'been ordered so the cars will be able - to run with the same speed as city " ipara, fieglnnlnir Monday the mail will , be carried by,.: the passenger car. as , thrt contract of Hute Johnson with the government expires on that date.. The J line haa been in operation over a year ; and despite the direful prophecies of ' v many it nss succeeded beyond (he hopes - "f the most aanfulne. - ?w-v- BUXTON MENACED BY FOREST FIRE (Special Dlipntch to Th Journal.) ForeBt Grove, Or., Aug. 24 N. P, Nelson ol Buxlon, who was In this city yesterday, reported forest fires wero raging In that vicinity and thn llttlo city of Buxton was In imminent danger of being totally wiped out. If the wind naa cnangea xnursday night. Mr. Nel son said, Buxton would have burned liko prairie grass, for everything was dry as tinder. Hundreds of acres had then been burned over From the fires which have been rag ing on the timber lands of the Base Line Lumber company on Gales creek much loss has been sustained by timber and tools destroyed. The camps have "been at a standstill and all the loggers thrown out of employment. It is not known how the fire started but there Is a rumor that a woman who had Rome misunderstanding with the company set it out. Others believe It caught from sparks from an engine. The rains of this morning, It Is hoped. may check the nres. GREAT LINGUIST IS DEAD AT MONASTERY Because the O. R. & X. train from the east did not arrive until 2:06 o'clock this afternoon Instead of 9 45 this morn ing. Portland business men did not re ceive their mail in time to answer their correspondents or fill the orders .con tained in the letters they received. " The delay is only another In a series expending for & period of more than a year, and mall from the east will not be answered until 'Monday, a loss of two days to the business centers of the Rose City. Complaints were numerous around the postoffloe this morning because of the non-delivery of eastern mall. Many business men were expecting important letters from eastern firms and were vexed when thev did not receive them. Their anger was not mollified when told that the train carrying their mall had not arrived In the city, although they turned their kicks from the postofflce to the railway company. That the Southern Paclflo railway is making an effort to brrng its train from Ban Francisco to Portland on schedule time la shown by the reaord made by the trajns in the past few weeks since The Journal commenced to publish dally the arrivals of the tralna; The train has been on tlrte the" majority of the days in the past few weeks, thus afford ing Portland business men the chance to answer tneir correspondence the same day It arrives Instead of holding It over unui me next morning. RAIN STORM IS GENERAL ALL OVER THE PACIFIC NORTH WEST The rain storm of last night and this morning was general over Oregon, Washington and Idaho and extended to the northern portion of California, ac cording to reports received at the local office of the weather bureau. Up till noon today a quarter of an inch of rain had fallen here and It Is believed that the precipitation was even more liberal up the Willamette valley. A very heavy thunder storm swept over the entire southern part of the state during the night and faint rumb ling of thunder could be heard here last night. This morning the storm drew nearer but only a few peals of thunder were heard distinctly, the storm having spent Its force on Its course northward. It Is not known how much damage, If any, waa done by th,e storm. Acting weather observer Lodhola stated this morning that the storm came entirely unexpectedly no In dication of Its approach having been visible yesterday. . Showers are ex. pected tomorrow but a prolonged rain is not expected. SIDEWALK INCLINE SIS COUNCIL'S IRE Projections in Front of Ha zehvood Creamery and Other Places Must Go. PLEASUR E cot AS NCORPORAT ED (Journal Special Service.) Berlin, Aug. 24. Father Erasmus Herlng, the World's greatest linguist, died at Landeshut, ' monastery at the age of 79. He had been. a monk In the monastery for more than 60 years, and he had absolute command of 33 ancient and modern languages. The celebrated Giuseppe Mezzofahti, who died in 1849, waa reputed to be able to speak oz languages, wnue Jere miah Curtln, who died last year at Mil waukee, Wisconsin, Is said to have known 70 tongues. A good many ef .these 'languages, however, were merely dialects or modi fications of other root languages. ' , PERSONAL . . . H. R. Klncaid, " former secretary of sta.,i,1 at the Imperial hotel. Phil Metsclian, manager of the Im perial hotel, left this morning for the cosst to remain several days. John Mlnto of gaiera, the sged father of Postmaster John W, Ulato. la at tha Imperial hotel. - "The projection on the sidewalk at the Hazelwood creamery Is the grossest and most insolent kind of a nuisance." This waa the expression made in the street committee meeting yesterday by Councilman Vaughn a.nd It was Indorsed by practically every" member of, the committee. From the tenor of the re marks made by several committeemen it is likely that some steps will be taken at the next meeting of the com mittee to abate the alleged nuisance. The projection that Vaughn had ref erence to Is the cement Incline to the door in the manufacturing department Th door Is about a foot from the side walk level and the elope takes in half of tha width of the walk. The Incline was constructed some seven or eight years ago, and a number of times the council has threatened to have It re moved. The projection Is said to be danger ous to people passing along the street at njght and a number of people. It Is said; haYe fallen over it with painful results. The councllmen made special 'mention' of tfie Haslewood sidewalk but City Engineer Taylor says there are at least half a dozen inclines of the same character In different parts of the city equally as dangerous. George W. Baker Is at Head of New Amusement Organization. Articles of Incorporation were filed today in county court by the Baker Amusement company. The incorpora tors are George L. Baker, Calvin Heillg, Milton W. Seaman and John F. Logan all of Portland. The capital stock Is named at 14,000 to be divided into 80 shares at $60 each. The comimy is formed to carry on a general amuse ment business, such as owning and op erating theatres and theatrical organ izations, acting aa agent for operas, shows, etc., and purchasing real estate with the end In view to building the atres and borrowing money for the pur pose of carrying on the various fea ture of the enterprises. The Seaside Light & Water company with a capital stock of 150,000 filed articles of Incorporation. The incor porators are A. Welch, E. W. Hall and John H. McNary. The principal office will be Portland and the company pro poses to engage in serving light and power by means of electricity as wall as servlng-'Water'powes. ' 1 Journal Readers. "Jags" affect different men differ ently. In the esse of Harry Carroll, a deckhand on the steamer lone, he was seized With a desire several days ago to put the culinary department of the craft out of commission, and accordingly heaved the greatest portion of the cook ing utensils and dishes overboard. Car roll was taken Into custody shortly after the occurrence on a charge of drunkenness and locked up In the city prison. A complaint was sworn to to day by A. H. Morrell, a mate on the steamer charging Carroll with the ma licious destruction of personal property, and he waa consequently booked for this offense also. Judge Cameron will hoar full particulars of the affair Monday morning. COLORED PREACHER IS RAVING MANIAC Edward Cole, the burly negro brought to the county jail rrom Kelly uutte yesterday where he was preaching to the prisoners, became violently Insane last night and it required the combined efforts of three guards and several trusties to get him into a straight Jacket and safely lodged in the pad ded cell. This morning he was quieter and was adjudged insane by a lunacy commission composed of Dr. Johnson and Countv Judge Webster. He was removed this afternoon to the state asylum at Salem. Prior to his Incarceration in the pad ded cell last night he attempted to kill one of the Jail Inmates and he kept the entire Jail colony awake last night with his yells and screams. FELINE LYNCHING IS SEEN BY NEIGHBOR City Attorney J. P. Kavanaugh ap peared before Judge Gantenbeln In clr cuit court today. In an endeavor to have three Chinamen, Lee Sing, Lee Wan and Lee Chung turned over to ths police de partment for final discharge. Failure to remove from an alleged unsafe build lng led to the arrests. Ths oourt notl fled the city attorney that the case was finally decided day before yesterday when prayed for writs of habeas corpus were granted. It was then agreed that the men should be presented to Chief uriizmacner iur aiscnarge. City Attorney Kavanaugh was rather insistent today that a new feature of the case had developed, but he waa un able to convince the court, and the rul ins stood as made originally. Attorneys for the defense stated after court that aa a result of litigation to date a damage suit would shortly be filed against Mrs. Cornelia Burkhardt The Chinamen contend that their lease was to run three years longer at 160 per month, and tnat tney naa an option lor a five-years' continuance after that at the same rental. SENSATION PROMISED IN INSURANCE CASE Would the lynching of two kittens con stitute a catastrophe? That Is the question that the police and humane so ciety officials will be asked to deter mine. Complaint was made to head quarters today over the telephone by a woman giving her address as 706 First street, that the children of her neighbor, living at 707, had ruthlesly slaughtered two diminutive tabbies in the past two days by using the felines for lynching purposes. According to the complainant the youngsters contemplate putting an other mouser to death, and a patrolman has been detailed to make an investigation. MAYOBLPPOINTS IRRIGATION DELEGATES Mavor Lane this morning appointed the 11 delegates Portland is entitled to In the National Irrigation congress which convenes at Sacramento, Cali fornia, for a six days' session, begin ning September 2. Following are the men appointed by the mayor: Wallace XTn .U attrtm.v 1! 1 Tint.. nA 1 f t- To - clflo Northwest; C. K. Williams, H. C. Henny. United States reclamation serv- lve: Samuel B. Veatch. George Trow bridge, editor Journal; Fred Lockley, Pacific Monthly; John Carroll, editor Telegram; H. C. Campbell. Pacific Bridge company; Judge Thomas Q. Hal ley and Attorney c. H. Hall. FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT ASHLAND NORMAL Arrest of H. T. Booth Likely to Result in Airing of Company's Methods. II. T. Booth, former general agent of the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance com pany, against whom two suits were filed, one charging embezzlement of the company's funds, surrendered himself to the police yesterday afternoon and was allowed to go on bonds furnished by himself and his attorney. A, King Wll son. Booth declares that his arrest, caused by the complaint of W. H. Davis, San tTanolsco representative of the com pany, is the result of business differ ences between himself and the other managers and officers of the company. He states that he has been employed by tho company for the past seven years and that during that time the company has come to owe him commis sions ranging upward of $10,000. He contends therefore that any funds col lected as agent of the company retained by him were due him for services ren dered during his time of employment by the company. According to the story told by Booth he contended for certain procedure In the management of the company and out of the contention a feeling sprang which resulted rn coldness. This cul minated when he left the employ of the company and took the general agency of another company. It Is expected that some sensational testimony will be brought out when the cases against Booth are brought up for trial as he alleges the business methods of the company did not give him satis faction, this being one of the reasons for the coldness existing between him self and the head officers of the cor poration. The date of the trial has pot yet been set LIST GROWS! We Will Be Pleased Bonds. to Take Some We, the undersigned, depositors and creditors of the Oregon TruBt & Savings bank (closed), will be pleased to accept In full payment ror our balances or ac counts In that Institution Home Tele phone bonds of either Issue, allowing the bank the regular rrlce or par ror bonds with 50 per cent stock bonu. This will give the bank a profit on its purchase and be hlgniy satisfactory to tne un dersigned as we consider the bonds and stock at this price same as cash to us and a good Investment and will allow us to quickly realize on our balances now In the Oregon Trust & Savings bank, (closed) : Ernestine Strandborg Balance James O'Brien, agent Balance F. A. Jones Balance Guy L. Johnson Balance Merritt O. Collins 394.00 C. H. Pierce ' 41.00 Mrs. Marlon Gilbert V 70.00 Miss Emma Hitsman 7sf!0.O0 Julia Joham 11,100.00 Committee Will Walt Upon President Moore and Receiver Devlin to Ver ify Report That President Will Use His Private Fortune. Permanent organization of the depos itors of the Oregon Trust A Savings bank was effected last night at a meet ing held at the Empire theatre, when J. L. Day was elected president and A, Richmond secretary. The meeting was a conservative one and was attended by approximately (00 of the depositors of the defunct Insti tution. It waa decided that tnrienna- nent officers should hold offloe long as they represented a majority the depositors belonalns to the oral lsatlon, and that In the event of any objection ralsod to their service they snouia py virtus or mat ODiecuon stand suspended. A committee was appointed to wait upon President W. H. Moore and Re ceiver T. C Devlin and verify the pub lished statement that Mr. Moore would back the bank with his private fortune and to discover, if possible, how quickly the settlement of the tangle oould be made. This committee consists of J. N. Davis. A. N. Languth and W. W. White. When the meeting was called to order at 7:80 o'clock there were practically GOO Ceople present. Of this number 200 reg itered, while the lack of time prevent ed some 200 other depositors from af fixing their names to the roll. J. N. Davis. F. J. McIIenry and J. L. Day were nominated for president of tha gathering when the business session was opened and the vote resulted in, the election of Mr. Day, who received 112 votes. The election of A. Richmond as secretary was unanimous. A committee consisting of J. N. Davis, Arthur N. Languth and E. W. White was appointed on bylaws and will prepare this document for the next meeting to be held tonight at the Em pire. it was aecinen by tne meeting to op- fose the bankruptcy proceeding begun n the federal court by McGarry and Clark and to make an effort to have ths suit withdrawn as being Inimical to tha interests of the depositors. The meeting was conservative and composed of men who had no other de sire in the matter except to safeguard their interests and see to it if possible that they recovered as much as pos sible. An executive committee will be elected at the meeting to be held to night. Its duties will be to act In con- Junction with the receiver in expediting the settlement of the tangle. George L, Baker was thanked for the tender of his theatre for a meeting place. JEW CANDIDATE FOR LOCAL WHIPPING POST Wifebeater Again Assaults Woman From Whom He Is Divorced. Ashland. Or.. Aur. 24. Secretary C. L. Starr of the board of regents of state normal schools has advertised for pro posals for the construction of bath ana toilet rooms and cement sidewalks and crosswalks at the Ashland normal school. Three acres of the normal grounds have been set aside to be de voted to lawn and ornamentation. With the advantage of the city water serv ice now enloved at. the school the grounds can be made very beautiful. The ervmnaslum is to be fitted with additional physical-apparatus. OMMERCIAL CLUB CALLS ON PRESIDENT TO END THE STRIKE Twenty-six trains a day arrlvs at and I . it - r i Wirt Aiwui Tha Journal's friends, when natron- , l T A.. n I .uartl.... ..Ill .. a favor bv mentioning that ' tha . es.w I ths ad la xhs Journal -' i Portland bUBlness men, repre sented at a meeting of the Port land Commercial club held at noon today, sent a request to President Roosevelt asking him to Intercede In the telegraphers' strike in the Interest of business conditions. The action was taken after a conference with the striking operators and with various busi ness interests of the city. The following telegram was sent to the president: "Theodore Roosevelt, Presi dent United States. Washington, D. C: Business Interests de mand the settlement of the telegraphers' difficulties. We re quest you to Intercede. "C. W. HODSON, "President Portland Commercial Club." - v Lewiston Fire Alarm System. Tourist on. Ida. A UK. 24 Tha wlra and electrical equipment for the Game well fire alarm system to be Installed In Lewiston has arrived and within a few days the work of ins talllns-it will be started. The contract calls fbr a 25 -box system, with a strlklns aonsr. all to be la readiness by October i. N. 8. Hanlef Ethel Hablghorst Miss C. L. Prehn IjOuIs Wilde, on deposit Tacoma Telephone company, on deposit 90,000.00 Omaha indepenaent Teiepnone company, on deposit 320,000.00 Portland Home company, on deposit James O'Brien, on deposit.... Roberts & Co., on deposit.... C. C. Craig, on deposit L. W. Smeltzer, on deposit.. E. R. Heckman. trustee, on deposit 14,000.00 Wilbur, attorney, on neposit. . Annie K. Borridge, on deposit John L. Day, on deposit J. F. Greans, on deposit A. H. Demks, on deposit G. L. Allan, on deposit N. N. Curtis, on deposit.- F. Wyler, on deposit L. M. Rutonlc, on deposit .... A. E. Burghays, on deposit. . . Fred Good, on deposit m A. L. Tetu, on deposit D. C. Henny, on deposit Haskel (Journal) on deposit. C. F. Fisher, on deposit George E. Wagner, on deposit Albert Freda, on deposit Mark Roberts, trustee. On de posit B. E. Clements, on deposit... Mrs. B. E. Clements, on de- nnslt Guy Frank, on deposit J. Coylo, on deposit Mrs. W. D. DeVarney, Al bany, on deposit, balance.. F. M. Coker Jr., on deposit. . Fred Gavin, on deposit Dr. fiwensson, on deposit... R. A. Nlelson, on deposit.... Mrs. C. M. Lukengllie Otto Herman R. B. Condon A. G. Roy J. W. Boyer Alex Sweek, trustee . 600.00 800.00 60.00 4,100.00 2,500.00 286.00 fiOO.OO 92B.00 625.00 1,200.00 65.00 3,1 1 S.85 150.00 40.94 60.00 100.00 110.00 S50.00 800.00 80.00 200.00 1,800.00 Balance 3,200.00 200.00 60.00 300.00 860.00 100.00 60.00 137.00 201.00 160.00 120.00 Balance Balance 765.00 666.00 40.00 30.00 523.00 1,240.00 Alex Sweek, personal Balance E. L. Sweek Balance F.mnlre Construction Co . 12,000.00 W. B. Stewart Balance C. W. Muth 300.00 S. F. Fouts Balance Clements Syndicate on de posit 60,000.00 E C. Erismann, on deposit.. Balance Thomas Gavin, on deposit... 130.00 Dr. W. A. Cox, on deposit... Balance Mrs. Emma Hittsman, on de posit 760.00 F. 8. Meacham, on deposit ... 400.00 C. M. Keep, on deposit 4,000.00 Columbia Southern Irrigation , company, on deposit 1.6i)0.00 F. M. Colwell, on deposit .... 1,200.00 J w. Walker, on deposit .... 626.00 J. W. Cullen, on deposit .... 400.00 L. K Pearson, on deposit . . . 742.41 William Cavanaugh, on de posit 470.68 L. B. Smith, on deposit 8.800.00 Edwin Coffman. on deposit . 100.00 Mrs. E. L. Poulterer, on de posit Balance C. C. Brown, on deposit 1,000.09 WUllam Godfrey, on deposit .. 660.00 - . . . ' An information was lodged against John O'Connor in circuit court today by; Deputy District Attorney Ous Mosler. charging assault and battery on ths person of his former wife, Hattle O'Con nor. Recently O'Connor served a sen tence of 30 days on the rock pile fop a brutal assault on the woman and tha present information was made to keep him under restraint. Attorney Mosler announced to tho court that he wished O'Connor, who has a very violent tem per, placed under restraint and he asked the court to pronounce a deferred sen tence. O'Connor will be brought into court Monday or Tuesday and sentence pro nounced. If he behaves himself he will have no trouble. If on the other hand he bothers his former wife again he will be committed to Jail. The couple were divorced some time ago. O'Connor is a roustabout. SIX-STORY BUILDING TO BE ERECTED Gas Company Will Mot( a Time to Quartf!r at Fourth and Yamhill. No definite decision has been arrived at with reference to the proposed im provement of the Gas company corner at Fifth and Yamhill streets. The architects will meet at an early data with W. C. Alvord, representing tha Failinir estate, to decide UDOn the char acter of building to be put up there. It Is probable that a very heavy founda tion will be put In, but It is not at all likely that more than six stories will be run up now, as announced . soma time ago in The Journal. The Portland Gas company will va cate the one story frame building occu pying that corner and move into the quarters now occupied by the Wells Fargo Express company at Fourth and Yamhill streets. It Is understood that upon the completion of the new Falling structure that the Gas company s of fices and salesroom will occupy the ground floor. WIFEBEATER GIVEN MORE TIME TO PLEAD Conductor A. E. Thomas. who is charged with beating his wife on August g. because sne attempted to arouse nim from a drunken at u nor so that he could go to work and retain his posi tion, was arraigned in circuit court be fore Judge Gantenbeln this morning. The man requested further time to plead, claiming that he was unable to communicate with his attorney. Deputy DIstrist Attorney Gus Moier was agreeable and the court told tha man to be ready next Tuesday morning. ARRANGING ARRI OF NEW OPERA T YAL EWIPE Fred G. Andrews, advance manager the Callfornlans' opera company, whioh. Is to begin a six weeks' engagement, at the Marquam, commencing September t, is lu the city making arrangements for the arrival of his company. At pres ent the comoanv la at 8an Jnsn. where It is meeting with crowded houses and Mr, Andrews expects the reception -.to duplicated here. .... -t..;r.-.'i I.J.V. ;4M