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THE OREGON ' DAILY : JOURNAL, , PcrTLAND,. WEDNESDAY V EVENING,- SEPTEMBER i, 1007, UN i PUT PORT BILt DEFI 1 PUBLIC Man Who Robbed William Winters of Money and Dia- ! initiative to Be Involved to Residents of Neighbor- in? Counties. V" Though an application tor a rehear- lna- in tha autreme court of the Port of monds ' FIcadS GUilty I Columbia case' will be filed. It is said ; i . , . t.n i I iwi piana are Doing roauo jor iniutuvn Judge uanienoeiU ttCIlua the Port of Columbia bill and have tha TT.' TW AvW-EVin Vonwo qtietlon .voted upon by Ahe people at 'JJLLUl IAI 1CU tux xvui a vuikii ins eiecuon next June. ' , judge- ueorge tt- wuuams or me firm of Williams. Wood & Linthicum. attorneys for tne Port ' of Columbia commission, aald this morning' that th petition for a rehearing will be filed, J. T. Thompson, found guilty ofrrob- and that probably no. definite action mriiii hi. former .n I ", ui iimii. wuu u " " "" - ------ - i until it la Known whether tna supreme ploye, or several mousanu court will arrant a rehearing. cash and diamonds, was sentenced by I The decision of Chief Justice Bean Judge Gentenbeln In ine circuit court "f'"? ;" 1 'Wl 1 this afternoon to four years in tne peni-1 legislature waa handed dawn on ttentisry. winters i ig pn in ui. uniniui Bm,ni. hla first offense, that he had waived the commission by Sylvester "ell a T Ml.i .L h.j iffrMf rnurh member of the present board of pilot extradition, that ha had Buffered much commlaBloner. & enjoIn the Port of ), and that ha had intended to return inej Columbia commission from issuing the I money. ' " . w I oonos provided ror in tne act. jp:;ilipMEO,; i Whcbv Pliill IIILBI niiuiu X f Thompson-, trial. was ; l" thi act l. "unconstitutional ? " ''RSI. 'SlV-iK is that it w nassed by the legislature. iETtrui hT whSi the ludse Tailed the and it la contended that the amendment .irLe T B Mcfl tt! whS ap- 1906 to Oie state oonsltutlon pro- r1a "TmpwnT announced thSt hlblted the Tegl.lature from .creating Thompson ' wished - to withdraw hla municipal corporationa. Suit was i'lirlc in. anv bmnrht on this srround. .i?.r y, , V""B-Vh.n"-ro.. r In tha circuit fourt Presiding Judge and ili Traiponse to a question announoed Cleland dismissed the suit on demurrer, that he Tnlesded guilty. . holding, that the municipality created or tne counties ex Aiuitnoman, i.iaiBup and Columbia' waa not a municipal cor poration within the meaning of tha amendment, and that the legislature act. ed within Its pewera-ln passing he bill. . . . .tiiArtk n.lanl'. decision vii reversed lara. A long chase ensued during which by the auprema -jourt.. Bo determined have1 oo- '.The only.. "l , lch i It a Strikebreakers at Bay City Believe They Are Being Treated Unfairly Because Both Companies ' and d isso ciated Press Still Com- Carry Revolvers. In spite of claims made by the two telegraph companies and the Associated Pres that their service la Improving Tbey Are AOt AllOyVea 10 the local telegraph situation. The striaing operatora are ooing waa in financial way and have lost none of their number Both, companies are still taking all messages subject to delay and tha Associated , Press la receiving a few skeleton reports that are-prac tically worthless. Press aerrloe Demoralised. Aa a f rank statement of the service furnished by the Associated Press since the strike an editorial , in tho Seattlo Times declares that that paper which Is a subscriber to the full Associated Press- service haa 4-eceived nothlnar of conuioor improper protection against i any news value rrom it ainca the atrlaii tne sinners, i ne siriaeoreaKers want (Pacific Court I'm Leased Wire.) San Francisco, 8ept. 4. Only tha lack of a leader prevented a walkout of I strlke-breaklnjr street car men In ev- eral parts of the city this morning. All of the men were willing enough to re fuse to work, but there was nobody to point the way and direct action. Tne trouDio was caused Dy wnat tney SBIT NOTE Frank Russell, Lunatic, Pens : rassionate Love Letter to . Salvation NArmy Lassie ; Luella Hawlcy, Bordered in Life's Fluid. , Thompson's crime waa ' committed over two yeara ago. ' Bo was employed by WUUam Winter aa bartender In hie saloon and had access to the safe. One night Thompson disappeared and -with him disappeared diamonds and money to tha extent or several tnousana aoi ThomDson led his bursuers to Mexico. to New Tork and - finally croaaed tha Atlantic to London, where ha was ap prehended. .- ,. -... Winter provided money' for bring ing Thompson back to Portland and Detective Joe Day went to London to escort tha prisoner-to Oregon. As tha r tha nMnlit nf Multnomah and Co lumbta counea that the Port of Co lumbia shall stand, 'providing means fo Improving tho pilotage and towage service, that talk of Initiating the meas ure Is heard on all aides, and It Is re ported that plana are being laid to circulate initiative petlttona at once train on which the two were crossing should tho supreme court deny the re- lhe continent neared Denver Thompson I neanng. made a destiergte'eTfui't to engeoe. Huftp- tha rapidly moving train. r !rDT TT) . rTVTTl iras severely Injured and I yXiXJillJlJrjIii X All iuu lng: from Th ompaon wa waa recaptured later at Cheyenne. Wyo ming. When lie reached Portland he waa seriously 111, and on his previous ' appearances In court had to be - aa-! - . alsted by the officers when he walked Into tho courtroom and stood before tha I bar. Ha haa nearly recovered from his " rwounda and when h appeared before ; Judge Gantenbeln today needed no as- ,.-.:(' Btstance. 'i '' ' V. ' ' Winter was reimbursed oy the state . for the money "ho expended to bring the ' zugitivo dbck to juatice. TEciclifii RAISED OVER-WILL Murder And Suicide Figure j in Appointment fof Ad . . J ministrator. Whethar Harry Conrad Llebe, wbo , killed his wife at Tha Dalles on August v t and then committed suicide, or Mrs. : '. Llebe died first 1b theauestlon raised In the administration of Llebe's estate ' by a petition filed In the county court this morning asking for the appolnt-.-' ment trt Hamuel JM. Meara of Portland ' aa administrator of the estate. Property valued at about 13,600 waa left by Llebe. i - - The petition seta forth that S-year-old Harold Llebe, aon of the couple, Is the . sole heir. If Mrs. Llebe died first, then the boy is his father's aole heir, but If Mrs. Llebe survived her husband . by a few moments, the petition alleges tnat ana oieo intestate, leaving her aon tne oniy neir in any case. Tne peti tlon was filed by Jeorge A. Llebe, i brother of the deceased. x0 IOTOXICAKTS TO BE SOLD ON AQUEDUCT t ' (Pactfle : Coast . Press Leased Wirt.) Los An gel A, Bept 4. -Not a drop of , intoxicating liquor will be sold within tha four, mile sone along 225 miles . Of the $23,000,000 Owens river aque duct, II tne action taiten nere yester . : day is followed, by similar atepe in : Inyo and Kern counties, through which . tna great conduit win pass, it is re garded as settled! that prohibition will . be enforced there. After having already ( licensed several saloons to do business along; the d"a new waterway, the ' board of supervisors last evening at tna request or tne council and au me .' Important olvlc bodlea, adopted an or dinance against liquor selling. AT PENDLETON to carry revolvers and most of them actually do have the weapona, but they stand in nouny danger or arrest. The men claim that the police are glad of a cnance to arrest tnem. TAKES ACTION waa declared. While the average of the newa which the paper la entitled to receive la from 12.000 to 16.000 worda .It haa been given only that much In three weeka and that In such an emaciated condition that It waa worthless. Had it not been for ad ditional service from other sources the Times would hava been without news from the outside world. Both the . Hearst service and tha United Press are paying the scale de manded by the operators of the Asso ciated Press and In that way Tha Jour nal Is enabled to give the news of the world to Portland while the Associated Press wires are practically dead, return, and again In- the tolls at 11:10 Keoorta at operators headauartera this morning from various points throughout the country continued to be As the result of The Journal's ex- pose Harbormaster Spiers haa fired the Pt,'"und ," Is apparently no ..,1 i . uvuw ,u ilia iuiiiu ui vuvmiun uui first guti In tha battle for' waterfront that 7 are winning out. The return cleanliness by arresting Peter Scher- of George Oould from Europe where be bach, an employe of the Alber Bros. WM spending the summer. Is taken aa ng company, for throwing rubbish the river. Scberbach waa taken , Charged With Wife-Beating. George Woods of 638 Hood street was arrested last night ' by Patrolman Stuart on a charge of wire beating. It is alleged that woods will not work and has been In the habit of thrashing his wife, who Is supporting the family. Woods objected to being taken to head quarters - and became so unruly that - Patrolman 8tunrt hnd to bring his club Into action. The caae has been con tinued until tomorrow for trial. tSpedtl Dlspttcb to ne JonrssL) Pendleton, Or., Sept 4. In Circuit court : Ed Bellinger was ned 1 100 of Judge, Bean this morning for gambling and permitting gambling at his place of business after pleading guilty to -the two charaes. L. J. Burton, alias J. J, Wilbur, entered a plea of not guilty to the charge of mayhem. The cass will be tried at the coming Jury session of ui cuurt. At the crtmlnal session of the court yesterday afternoon Indictments were read by District Attorney Phelps against seven accused men and pleas of guilty were entered by two. For having killed Clarence McBroom on May 22, George L. Horseman was charged with murder In the second de gree. James Sawyer, slayr of John Monee, was Indicted for murder in the first degree. He will be tried at the coming Jury session. Rov H ConnelL John Price and John Doe were charged with horsestealing and Connell pleaded guilty, though steadily refusing to testify against his partner, Price. W. B. Atkinson, the Freewater print er, pleaded guilty of having passed a forged check on the J. L. Elnm bank. . 3. Wilbur, who gave his real name as T J. Burton, was Indicted for may hem, the charge being that ha bit the noao on juarK Bnacaiciora.,, JAPS OCCUPY ISLAND NEAR PHILIPPINES Mlllln Into into custody this morning by Spolrs and Assistant Harbormaster Carlson on a warrant and released on denoslt of-ileo-eash ball. The cat" win "he heard Dy Judge Strode tomorrow morn' lng. . - It Is alleged by the harbormaster mat tne defendant wniruiiv cast a int Of old boards and other debrla from the dock at the foot of Lovejoy street Into the Willamette. According to Spelra the city ordinance and federal statute relative to tha nractlce of dnmnlnr ruh. ri"---'.1"01 rlv.er wm ? I'rM- breakers have been Induced to leave the violations of th law. a token of how 'serious the telegraph companies regard tha present situation. Xasterm Business Badly Crippled. In Milwaukee, accordlns to a hulle- ln received this morniDgJQia xanuuuiiss are doing but one-tenth of their normal business while cases of delayed men sages are so frequent that thay sre no longer a toplo of conversation. Nu merous damage auita are being threat ened against the companies by clients who became seriously involved through the delay and errors In tha transmission of messagts, ; - - Ht. ljouia reports that rive strike' In a letter . oA Infatuation, around whose words ho had drawn a border In hia own life's blood, Frank Russell de clared hia love for pretty Luella Haw ley, a Salvation Army lassie whom ha had Been doing gospel work in the north end. Enclosed In the letter which the young girl received waa a 28 caliber bullet Russell was arrested by Detective Smith at. the corner of Fourth and Ankeny streets laat night He' la 19 yeara of age and today waa taken td the county court where he will be given a hearing to determine the atatua of hia rationality. In hia mad Infatuation for the pretty girl, who only a short time ago waa thrown out of a north end saloon by tha owner of tha place. Russell wrote many an ardent letter declaring life was useless unless ahs would join him In marriage. The letters remained un answered, until finally the last one was received two days ago. . Finishing a passionate declaration of hia love for the maiden, he scratched the velna In his arm until the blood flowed, then diplpng his pen In the ex posure, drew about liis vehement worda a broad border In red. This letter was turned over to Adju tant Foulkea as soon as received. Rus sell had requested an answer through the general delivery, and it was by this means that detectivea learned his iden tity and placed him under arrest ljuena Mawiey is but 11 years of are and possesses a beautiful face. She closely resembles Edna May, who took the part of' the MalvatlonArmy girl In tneBell of New "Tont. 1 GilSOllllE Mil STARTED FIRE Careless Standard Oil Com pany Delivery 3Ian'Ee-v : sponsible for Blaze. ' s1 wm .:: m mm vj 1 ; v w wiir; Contractors Will Commence : Laying Concrete at Celilo ' This Weelc Construction 'rt i ,3Vill Be, Hushed Prepare : New; Estimate of Cost, - - t ;' ' ' tn accordance with Instructions from :" tha chief Of government engineers baaed on a report by Colonel 8. W, Roesaler, , Unt ted States engineer,' a revised oatl mats of cost Is being made of the -en- - tire Celilo canal, Including tha cost' 01 Through the : gross : carelessness of William Sullivan, a dellveryman ora. ployed by tho Standard Oil- company, In carrying two uncovered buckets of seso Una through a dyeing and cleaning es tablishment at 264 Mill street, a serious fire was caused entailing a loss of 11,000 to the two-story ' frame ', building . and contents at. tha southwest corner of Mill and Third streets. . ; "i r" Jh,i The cleaning and dye works In which the explosion and subsequent' fir .had its origin la located at tha west end of the atructure. and the place is conducted under the title of "The Wardrobe" by Ll Wolleson and W. R. Barber. To min imise the danger of fire no gasoline waa used for cleaning purposes within- the building, au work or tt lng done under -a shed yard, A large metal ti storage of the volatile fluid waa -'also I tha utt' h.rk th.Vut ith rlartkA In thltn vrinr Int.. I . . vD0d1U th rrotUttt)n8 of th pro- Srietor or tne piac uuuivan. m tonrlarrl t alliarvmfln Inalslf s4 niwirt carrying gasoline to fill tha storage tank PJ? ,wAe" , P'Wona - f '. bucKeta tnrougn ins cleaning 1 w rjr" of occasions and yesterday afternoon SSfirtS.'thTESSi L1?. fiSli ZZTJi.i0t. rtrov. tin in front at tha esUbllshment b.u,fa'n!f. .lh.c,n?' b Colonel Roesslei with thi intention of replenishing the lSiSiSSlA gasoline supply in the tsnk. - L b, ,Khrf .1 wnicn a gas iron nwwr was ifuiumi, tho oilman accidentally bumped against re no a""" L, urf veuio eanai, including tna cost 01 : tnatliaourba! Ten MUs.rapW to ebst K an adjoining Abou ".'.MWOM ThV ioontractrfra VwlU ', ' tank used for the commence laying concrete in the' canul we, tatter part of tne weea witn svview , of rushlns . tho work!' to rapid oomple 1 tlon. - . -. . . . vr . -11 .L. y The contractors hava already' reaped . operations on the canaL The river Vnii- I Standard Oil dellveryman. inslated upon P ,can,fc '' 'y partUliTSJ . a I AAtnftlarArl whan atsvovai A te '!-' carrying raioum 10 nu mm mwrmn uuiki x; i.: rv , , J -4 in open lck,t. through th.eUnlng Pnfed last April becau.ef the high worn, in naa aone tnis on nurawt -..,,-7- -.v.- -: 1 Colonel - Roessler stated 'this mornlna ub7 ..iu. . ... - -1 q save tne canai Hi HER CROWD NEXT YEAR'S FIESTA WILL BE HUMMER DaWI.J 1 n coming to the aid of the telegraj) luiiittim X' COll V ill LUr with generous aonations. The Typo- poration Elects White more President. Western Union offices there In the laat two daya and the only strike breaker in the Associated Press had promised to leave the evening the bul letliv waa mailed. - Baltimore renorta but one desertion since the strike and Galveston says that the Western Union haa two operators at work and the Postal none. In Memphis the operators are ail tatting railroad positions At Augusta. Oeoraia. there are but two operators at work. ' ine various unions arnistea witn the Trades and Labor Assemblv are coming to the aid of the telegraphers graphical union haa donated 2260. the steamfltters 19, tho. steam engineers 26 snd operatora on the Southern Pa clflo lines south of Oregon 220. Washington, Sep. 4. The dispatch from Tokohama which says that the action of the Japanese "explorers" in oc cupying the Island of Prates, near the Philippines, is attracting much atten tion nere, because by this act there haa hin nMitA to Junanesa territory an la- land Within 120 miles of the Philippines which would furnish an admirable .naval base. ! The Jananesa nossesslons are thus brought almost within the archipelago, because Pratas Island is less thant 80 miles north of the twentieth parallel, which wvs th northern boundary of the former Spanish dominions as defined in the treaty of Paris. Pratas island is connected with tne ex cellent anchorage afforded by Pratas reef, and would be very serviceable to Japan ahould Its navy operate In the waters adjacent to the Philippines. The reef wind barrier of Circular form en closes a lagooh with water of from five to ten rathoms. E. A. WYLD SCHEDULED FOR BANK PROMOTION In local banking circles It Is under stood that K. A. Wyld. manager for the Canadian Bank of Commerce in Port land, will retire from that bank Jan uary t and become vice president of the Security Savings bank. Mr. Wyld when asked for a statement today declined to confirm the rumor, but did not deny It The appointment of his successor In the Canadian bank is said to be now under consideration at Montreal. Mr. Wyld has been a Portlander about seven years and nas established for himself an enviable reputation as a safe and progressive bank official. WALKED OUT OF JAIL TURNED AROUND AND WALKED IN AGAIN X, '" . : , Arrested at 4:20 a. m. at .the Union depot for drunkenness, discharged from the city prison by CaptalnJMoora three "hours later with the admonition not to Tsturnrand apaln in the toils at 11:10 a." m. cm a charge of attempting to pass a worthless check on the Mor- chant's National bank, was W. Rudolph, : allas--W-H. -Stone's strentrtSue experl- 1. enoe today. Rudolph was taken Into custody at the counting house by Patrolman O'Brien' upon complaint of the bank of ficials. He . entered the Institution about It o'clock and presented a check for 1894 ' drawn ln his favor and pur porting to have beert signed by Sam Vlgneaux. the i. well-known saloonman, Thp cashier, familiar with Vlgneaux's signature, knew at a glance that the check was a forgery, and summoned Patrolman O'Brien. - Apparently suffering from alcoholic hysteria and crying bitterly. Rudolph was taken to police headquarters and locked "ud in the very cell from which he bad been released but a few hours before. 1 A .number of checks, which the prls onerendeavered to destroy," were booked as evidence. One of these Is on the Canadian Batik of Commerce at Seattle, made payable to Rudolph and signed w. u. Cameron. Sam Vlgneaux called at headauartera and although declaring that the check bearing bis name was a forgery, re fused to swear to a complaint on ' the grouna mat ne is weu acquainted witn tne prisoner a Drotner. Enthusiastic members of tha Port land rose festival corporation met ln tha chamber of commerce last evening to elect officers and transact the regular routine business of tha organisation. More extensive plans will be laid for the rose festival next year and it will ha of considerable greater scope than that which attracted many thousands to the city from all parts of tha state last June. Chester A. Whltemore was elected president of the board of directors, the latter consisting of the following: William McMurray, E. M. Branntck, H. M. Cake, R. M. Hall, F Dresser, R. D. ImsanS. O. Reed, F. O. Downing. Dr. Emmer---Drake, Edgar M. Rowe, J. C AlnsWorth, Juiius L. Meier, E. B. Me Farland, George L. Hutchln, Edward F. Cannon, Bury 1. Dasont, W. Wynn John son, C. N. Black, Alex Sweek and Ralph W. Hovt. A committee, including H. M. Cake, Q. U. Hutchln and Julius Meier, waa appointed to draft by-laws and look after the general conduct of the 190S show, and the board also chose Julius Meier, a. o. Reed and H. M. Cake vice presidents. ' Bury I. Dasent was elected secretary and Ralsh W. Hoyt fills the position 01 treasurer. MANSFIELD LEAVES FORTUNE TO WIDOW " (United Press Leased Wire.) New York. Sept 4. "After the pay ment of my Just debts. It la my desire that my estate, real and personal, go to my wife. Beatrice Cameron Mansfield This, one or the Shortest wills on reo- nAVOR APPROVES EDINIi'S ACT Mayor Lane haa approved the Beldlng anti-trust ordinance and filed It with the city auditor. The city attorney will at once begin Investigations authorised by the newN ordinance and probe into tha alleged existence of illegal trade and business combinations ln the city. EMBEZZLEMENT 9F.in,t? last will and testament ofJ discharged from custody today by Act- Richard Mansfield, actor. It was made 1 in ism, wnen Mrs. Mansneld, wh had then been the wife of the actor for two years, retired rrom tne stage. No will was made after that time and no codicil added. As he thought then, he thought when he died, and - the widow was named as sole executrix without bond. . , Probably worth tion.000 when mar ried, the first act of the great player was to deed It to his wife. Subseauent- Iq. as seasons showed profits of from 50,000 to 260,000 the money was Invest ed ln real estate and deeds made out In his wife's name. His estate Is valued at 2900.000. VAUGHN'S STREETCAR ORDINANCE GOES UP TO COUNCIL TOMORROW Councilman Vaughn's streetcar ordi nance will come up for consideration at a special tneetlng of tho council street committee at 2 o'clock .tomorrow after noon. Tho session promises, to be an inter-outing one in view of the fact "that rM.T-fntrttlve ' Hi street .railway vwll i. on -hand t protest against soma .n!aiona of the ordinance. , 1 Councilman Vaughna Is spending - a great deal of time in an effort to pro vide an effectual ordinance which will CONDUCTOR REFUSES - INJURED MAN PASSAGE (Special Dispatch to Tbi Journal.) Clatskanle, Or., Sept 4.- A man named Llndle, one of Benson's loggers, was seriously injured here yesterday by a flying ,chunk while working In the logging camp. His arm waa broken and the bone badly shattered. He was carried to the A. - & C. station to be taken to the hospital, but onacoount of the large crowds from thcTAstoria regatta the conductor refused to take him aboard. N Mr. Benson will Investigate the mat ter and see whether the A. Sc C. road has a right to refuse an inlured man HELD POLICE JUDGE Life Insurance Agent Booth Keeping Money Awaiting Result of Civil Suit. ' H. T. Booth, the former represents' tlve of the Pacific Mutual Life Insur ance company In this city whowas ar rested upon complaint of the organlsa tlon on a charge of embezzlement, waa T AT PURE FOOD SHOW Merchants Taking Part in Exhibition Well Pleased' With. Results. one of the recentacles. An explosion immediately followed and ln an Instant the room was ablaso. Tha workmen In the ahop managed to scape without Injury but Sullivan waa badly burned on both hands. The fire quickly spread throughout the building and tha occupants or rooms ln the Koss city house on the per floor 1 were . forced ig in a nurry. r ot aJnjurad . altboug UD to vacate the building in a hurry. For Another large crowd attended the Pure Food show at Exposition rink yes terday afternoon and laat night Th6 merchanta who are taking, part ln the show report large sales and aay thnt so far at least the exhibition is the most successful one of Its kind ever seen in Portland. Voting on the various contestants In the popularity contest Is heavy and a good deal of Interest is being aroused over-the outcome of the elections. The results for the two highest participants In each contest when the show closed last evening were as follows: Policemen M. P." Murphy. 46k H. C. Bales. 22: Demonstrator Mis Clara KUngle. 76V Mrs. Saunders, 285: Grocer C. L. Schoenfeldt, ISO; L. N. Stuhbs, 10; Salesman Edwin Klrftiey, 26; Young, 6; Stenographer Miss Mvrtle Lone if,: Miss Troy, 66. several women became highly . hysteri cal, i . - An alarm was turned la from box III st Fourth ind Mill, streets but tho firs department was exceedingly slow In getting to work. Tiie qusrters of engine 4 snd truck 3 are Just arouna tne corner horses nroDer from tha tin. - ward pressure on tho canal bottom at tne time or nign, water. . Tha lock will be located three miles from Celilo snd will be similar to other locks Ja tha Im provement work. o Information of resumption of work os tho canal la received as good news by settlors mnA- PMManla tnr whnn h apertment I canal will. afford transportation facili ties ine tact tnat a revision or the cost wit If a view of completing the ca ml in a oswnos to the, specifics Moilf is taken as evidence that tha govern ment Intenda to construct the canal a scientifically as possible so that It will give the best service.;, v , The revision of the original estimate of the canal is necessary, said Colonel rtpessier. d era use -01 tne increased cost - 'r,ora...th "ain S" ".SSI of labor and,mat.nal. Tho, first e.tl- LAND AND LU3IBER MEN INCORPORATE fisasage ana at ine same time load a ot of trunks and milk cans and other freight. ASTORIA GAMBLING PLACE IS RAIDED Colted Pkm Leased Wire.) Astoria, OrM Sept. 4. Sheriff Pome- rov and Deputy McLean raided -HI- feldfs saloon ln Astor street this morn, lng and arrested Selfeldt and seven men -who were ln the act of s-amhltnr All are out on balL Their trial will b neia tomorrow -r lng Judge Strode and the case agalnat mm aiemissea. It was alleged that Booth had eon verted f 974 of the Insurance company's money to his own use and he wa given a preliminary hearing ln the po lice court last week. Booth's defense was that he was entitled to increased commissions pn policy renewals and was merely holding the amount in volved until a Judicial determination of the merits of his claim ln the civil courts. Judge Strode took the case under ad visement and rendered his decision this morning. The court held that as no demand had been made on the defend ant for the money and the prosecution failed to show that there was any fel onious. Intent on tho Dart of Booth, a criminal proceeding - would not He. A suit for the recovery of the sum al leged ln the complainj to have been illegally withheld and several thousand dollars additional is now pending In the federal courts. . ... AMERICANS FAIL 11. BY Salem, Or., Sept 4. The following companies filed articles of Incorpora tion with the secretary of state yes terday: The Nibley-Mumnaurh Lumber com pany; incorporators, Patrick Mumnaugh, J. H. Mumnaugh, E. A. Holmes, C. A. Hunter, L. Couch; main office, Wallowa, Wallowa county; capital, $160,000. The Llnslaw Investment company; In corporators, E. z. Ferguson, c. K. Hlg' gins and F. L. Warren; main objects, lumber and real estate; main office, As tor la; capital, mo.ooo. TV. - hank. Anv , ..h Alton Hampton.. John Hampton and S. a. spencer; main ptace or ousmess, eu gene, JLane county; capital, 165,000. Tha Mount Tabor Realty company Incorporators, E. O. Mayor, John B. Hubbard and u. C. Mackay: main office. Portland; capital 116,000. The Harney Land company; Incorpo rators. John H, McKlnzle. Wallace F. Miller and -W. B. Shiveley; main office, fortiana; capital, iz&,quo. Besides tnese, two foreign cor. ? .orations applied for permission a do business in this state. These were the Tillamook Yellow Fir company of Boyne City, Michigan, capital stock 11,600,000, and the Hunter Creek Tim' ber company, capital stock 1100.000, The Oregon agent of the former is Robert T. Piatt and of the latter James B. Nerr, both of Portland. THIEF IS MURDERED BY HIS OWN PALS RUGBY POOR (Pacific Coast ). Press Leased Wire.) Stanford. University Cali, Sept 4. Coachea Lanagan and Prealey arrived on the campus laat night after an' ex tended trip through Australia and New Zealand, where they have been studying the finer points of Rugby football. In an interview Coach Lanagan said t "I noticed that our chief weakness tn playing Rugby, as compared with that played in New Zealand and Australia, lies in our " inability to kick. Ther the players are always able to kick the ball no matter .in what position they are standing. They kick it over their heads, kick it standing sideways and numerous other ways. In doing this thev save much time. I thtnk. how. fvar nur man are arenerallr Usrhter and TfonntslHon for California. Man 4 show much hotter pnysicai rorm. iteqaviuon Ior iornj n. 1 ..Verr f4w ot tB- fMt ugby teams Dtticni, v.a ' Kvb,. a rvquisiiiuQ i in AUHirwtUL ax cumvwu vi wucf wa received at th ffovernor n of f ics j mru It J to common & ram iher rhr1v f st fha. deVtrfl rl 1 1 n r fl . u ka4 all anna man KavA ' sin anual protect lire and at the same time not Slater, who is wanted at San Diego, chance. - Every email towa.boastg .fit a p I?..00 "ucl of an !n-ry to - the Calif ornia. ?m a charge-of making and ; Rugby team, ortentlmea , leagues are nn M . . . .. M w 1. & v v ... I .. .. I . . m. ....... . . . . . . . ..... . Vu...hv.bW -. v. v u . ixnniMinT. n a -' in. . HTrfcrinr n r i f. t i, if n i,n,ryTipr mnr vtrn v rrttmui a fin mM n v n rwi vi Tmma ltes any one WhO' has anv .tmrarmuiSnn ' (ntnt in AetnuA. - A warrant nt r,mnu. Mmnnu ' th lMffiiff. - Thnre " IliiffliV (United Press teased Wire.) New Tork. Sept 4. That Moxle Schonburg, one of the men whom Peter v, orth. the bookmaKer. accused or hav lng taken a roll of money amounting to ST.zoo rrom ms pocxet a snort time ago, waa thrown from a launch ln the Hud son river by his confederates last n- aay ana muraerea, is tne opinion ot uv sneotor MacCafferty. Sahonburg's body came ashore ' off Edgewater landing. There are no marks to Indicate violence. According to the chief or detectives, be has a oonres slon from one of the six men who were in the launch at the time Schonburg la alleged to have accidentally fallen over board, ln which the man awears that Suhonburg was pitched Into the liver after he had been relieved of a big sum of money, because he would not divide the spoils of a recent haul to suit his pals. Inspector MacCafferty ' believes the rohbery of . the bookmaker is the haul to which the man referred. I. VlteS any One Who hna anv aiiwaatlnn t l,nt ,n riafnmrf to . make regarding the operating and I ai was granted and Slater, who is under ; games are well patronised equipment of fenders to bs on ha rid at arrest at Portland, will" be takon to witnessed Ih Sydney twenty tho mo session, s ry j - I California,' starting tonight. ' people must hava been present. At i one I thousand BOY AND HIS PONY HAVE DISAPPEARED The Dollce have been asked to take a hand In the effort to unravel the mys tery surrounding the disappearance of Charles Shent, a 14-yearold boy. Young Shent, It was reported by Lafe Pence to tne ponce totiay, -aisappearea rrom the Lewis & Clark fair grounds yester day. The boy was riding a chestnut pony tt tho time. He is of slight build and haa a light complexion. HARRIMAN.SAtS nE ENJOYED GOOD SPORT (Padfle Coast Press Leased Wire.) ' . San Franclsoo. CaL, Sept. 4. 1. - H. Harrlman and bis . two sons returned this morning from their . fishing -nd hunting trip in Oregon. The railroad magnate refused to talk on any subject except the trip, which he said ' he and his two boys enjoyed immensely. He expects to leave for tha oast tomorrow. of the engine company were being shod it -was some time before the steamer was pulled out of the house. A hydrant stream was laid In by the hose wagon but the firemen were handi capped by the lack of sufficient pres sure. At the time the alarm came In the horses of engine 1 were being ex ercised without the apparatus and sev eral minutes elapsed before the animals oould be harnessed. Even after arriv ing at the scene of the fire snd hook ing up to a hydrant at Market and Third the engineer failed to pull his fire Immediately making another delay ln getting up .steam. Chief Campbell la Charge. Chief CamDbell arrived about this time snd took personal charge of fight ing the flames. After half an hour's nard work the l lire waa extinguished. The smoke from tho burning building was suffocating and the firemen were handicapped to a certain extent Dy this. W. M. Manning, proprietor of the Rose City apartment house, believes that some unconquerable hoodoo Is on his trail. Manning had all of this money ln the defunct Oregon Trust- and Sav ings bank and insurance of 11.000 on the lodging house expired last Sat urday. "Such luck makes a man feel like ending his life," said the forlorn man during the progress of the fire. There were 22 rooms in the apart ment house and about half of these were damaged to the extent of about tl.aOO The paint atore of L. F. Par ker, at 863 Third street, was damaged by water and S. Sams, a grocer at 61 Third street, also suffered some loss from the same cause. Tho managers of the cleaning and dyeing works were unable to estimate their loss but there Is no insurance. Peter Lorati la the owner of the building and the damage the structure win not exceed 16, . fully covered by Insurance. Lorati and his tenants have an nounced their intention of suing the Standard Oil company for their dam ages as they contend that the careless ness displayed by Sullivan was re sponsible for the fire. Mrs. Chester V. Hare, wife of a well known barber, arrived at the cleaning works tafter the fire, grestly perturbed, as her-best dress and her husband's Sunday clothes had been sent to the es tablishment to be cleaned. Mrs. Hare's gown, however, was ln a glass case ln the place and waa not even wet. Hare waa not so fortunate aa his "e-lad raa-s" were burned full of holes and soaked wltlr water. mate made for -the canal was about $4,250,000. What the new figures will be cannot be approximated. at this time, Colonel Roessler stating that It will re quire several weeks beore his office can revise tho cost - ' to tl 000, RAILROADS TO GIVE CARS FOR THE FRUIT Northern Pacific Notifies Washington Commission That It Will Be Good. (Special DlarMtcfc t The ' Jroraat ' Olympla. Wash., -Sept. ' 4. North Yakima fruit dealers today notified th state railroad commission that there are now sufficient refrigerator ears at that place to care for all tho fruit ship ments In sight' snd that the -Northern Pacific advisee them that it will be ln a position to care for the season's busi ness. The railroad commission, at the reouest of the fruit , dealers at .North laxima, several aays ago toon up w the Northern Pacific the question ror I tli ot these IHSULTIriG MASHER GOT JUST DESERTS F, Seals of Carlton Felled on Sidewalk for Accosting Young Woman. Frank Seals, an employe of the Carl ton Lumber company at Carlton, Ore gon, has discovered to his sorrow that It Is exceedingly dangerous for rustics, with flirting propensities, to Insult re spectable women on tne streets of Portland. As the result of his action in endeavoring to essay the role of 'masher" Seals is now confined in St. Vincent's hospital, suffering from - the effects of a beating administered by a husky pedestrian named Grannat. Seals was standing at the corner of Fifth and Alder streets at 9 o'clock last night when Miss Clayger..an attorney in the Commercial building, accompa nied by her sister were walking ud Fifth street. ' According to-the-story of the woman and an . eye-witness of the affair, Seals accosted the two women and grabbed ,-Miss Clayger. around the waist as she naturally resented such conduct. Seals Is ssld to have deal her a blow. ' Orannat happened along at this junct ure and landed en'the. Insolent fellow's jaw felling him to the sidewalk. After satisfying himself that Seals was out of commission Orannat escorted the two women down the street afd disappeared. Seals was found by Patrolmen Watt less and Wade and sent to St. -Vincent's hospital ln an ambulance... He was ren dered unconscious oy the bw, but is not thought to be seriously injured.. SOCIETY LEADERS , WILLMAERY.TONIGHT furnishing refrigerator cars rrult shipments. complaint about tne interstate ex press ratea of fruits haa. also come from the same source to the railroad commission, and It is probable that the commission will be called on to make a complaint to the interstate commerce commission on the subject it is stated mat ror years psst ine Northern Express company has been carrying fruit at estimated weights, pears being billed at 40 pounds per box and prunes at 20 pounds per box. Re cently, the Northern Express company, without any previous notification to tne shippers. Increased the bllllnar welsht of pears to 60 pounds per box and prunes to 26 pounds per box. This had tho effect of Increasing ths rate 2ft ?er sent, which the fruit dealers declare o be prohibitive, to the twin cities. where the old rate waa IS per hundred Dounds. 1 - It will of course be IraposslMe to se cure a change In the rate for the pres ent fruit shipping season, but steps are to bo taken to secure s reduction ln the express rate which will bring the cost to the old figures. The express company defends its ac tion by pointing to a r rule ' recently promulgated by the lnteratate commerce commission, requiring exact weights to be 011 lea on an express shipments. , . - Boston Copper Market. j Bid. 15 A :;Io2 Allouex . Atlantic Bingham Cal. ft Hec..71S Cop. Range. 4 Mass, i.,.-r b N. outte .. 4 Old Dom. . 29 Parrot Santa Fe . Tamarack , Rhode Is. , Shannon Nepplsslng, Apex ...... United Utsh Sup. Ely Revenla Cal, & Arts, Centennial . Mohawk . . . Nevada .... Old Colony Osceola ..... ..106ft trinity . ....1 1 Victoria 6 Wolverine ..,.143 Hi 111 it . 6 lots Liverpool Grain Market. Liverpool, Sept. 4. Official-prices: WH1SAT. Onen. 1 '( Close. ,.?s 7ttd, 's 1& ..7s 10 d. 7sl0Hd .CORN. 6s4Hd 6s 5 d ,.;.6s5d , 6s5d Sept. Dec. Sept. Oct Sept S. Gain. 7SB'AO a 7a I d Id 5s44d 6s 5 d d Hd Portland Bank Statement- , v - tl.ll.2m3 .1,449.020.07 Clearings today do yeaf ago ' A . 1 1 ' 1 ' Qeln tods- ..t 12,16.45 Balances today 108,174.20 do year ago 141,201.(9 Liverpool Cotton Market. Liverpool, Sept 4. Cotton'" futures closed 10 to 12 points higher, ' Berlin Wheat Market. 7 ? closed, 2H Berlin, Sept 4.--Wheat higher. . . ,. ,-, V ;,i ....... : . j. ..... Budapest Wheat Market. Budapest, -. Sept - 4., Wheat 'Closed li lower, The marriage of Miss Frances Agnes Honey man- and Ambrose Berkeley Scott will take place this , evening at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William B, Honeyman. Rev. Ben- terlan church will officiate. Miss Hsh.I C ; (Psrlfle CoarFres J.sed nih rvtnnnr anrf. Perrv Bln,-ho.j mt Lot AnteltS. taL. Dept. attend them. Miss Honeymsn la a mom. I Pfef fer. van 18-year-old nurse, died ber-of-ooe of tho.nld ortJaa--orXlbl.Af0"y ..,l if1", ,-nm "jJ, Jf ur I JUUVftru,), iu pn.c ii(uvtiruniuir, last NUIiSErEATSTOISQiI- , : THINKING IT CANOT $ led Wli.) ' ''Sss I - . Louise ? v 1 iiIohl and Mr. Scott la a son nt and Mrs. liarvev w. ecott, and a re cent graduate, of Tale. Tbey will live on their return from a trip, at 205 North Twenty-first street' , night from the effects of eating poison J wmcn env iiiisvuuK iur xunar. ... . , ' Dunlap Hatsj Robinson Co. .- l;