BOLD GAME
IlilUK SITE COHEII PUIIIE
Sjecial Committee Believes The Republican Committee
It Has Found Bargain on Sprinkles Ice leathers on ;
Property Counter.
Refuses to Grant Saloon Li-
- cense to Place Near School
; House That Mayor Lane el recommend that the city Pur-
Trt i i l rhM th one-half block offered by
1 May lc i jaced in awk- winum Ridi n Hancock tret. b-
ivard Predicament. -
Tb apodal committee of the way
and mean committee of tn city eoun-
twea Seventh and Eighth, for 13,000.
Union Club's Proposal.
The Infant political machlpe building
under the guiding hand of Mas u.
Cohen, secretary of the Union Republi
can club,' and under the direction of
ether member of the organisation, ha
hart mamm of Ita nroanectlve ateam shut
5nS
t .
MORE JUGGLING
One of the amoothest poUtlcal trlcka
the council baa yet tried ta , play on
.. a eUo for the proposed new ea.t kid. fit.1." TllorXtlSryTt
lr turned down the petition sent by
avenu and Hancock afreet, recommend- tuo Union club and other aim lar ana
ma - r-M-e nrii.m.ri. n,i tha eit easoolat orgunisaUona aaklng that the
ed by Chief urltsmacher and the city Pomi,ltH. iuul cii tor a
executive board, for $4,116. I county convention to put up a strulght
Republican ticket of nivn picked in me
rViunr-llnnen fnttl and Ruahllrht via
Ited the aitea this morning and bellevwl "'goV'tlr
Mavor lane to emb.rr.sa h.m la "the eye. - "l"1"' T. IT. .tt? ! 22:
. of the people has been laid to tan tn- offf,r mtLlJa by nt)llSL VT, Cottel ventlon to nominate a Republican ticket
Mtt .ei.r vi..tn tha nmnoriv tint covering ail offices to be voieo upon i
place this afternoon, when the liquor
license committee will, it la said, refuse
to recommend a llcenae for the Canteen
paioon, itom - - i g
by Minor Lewis, because me saioon is
within 00 tetl of the Atmnaon scuooi.
, After thia la done, the couucll will
atep Into the breach at Its next.roet
Ing and relieve the saloonkeeper by
granting him a special permit to run
his place temporarily, provided tha pop-
u i half block offrW I b rTOV Wd oom'ng .'un. election.
not only b. large eaougli for the police hTf c'? ,h,!ll-! fVwas .d
station, but that a fire atatlon could h"rmVnI ?',! "fafli n,im!?v JXmU
also be erevted on the alt. hat the bruises leit by primary no ml-
Another advantage to the Reldl prop- 'i" f"
ertv la that.lt la acroaa the Btreet from mony anu a airaigni pany .
Chief of Bureau of Ordnance
"Gives Up His Position and
At T a' a
i Western Pacific Stock Sent
'East by Walter Biirtnett
for Jlysterioiis Purpose.
IValted ft Lsr4 be.l
Man IPrannlam rao. 11. Further evl-
Tfflsifrnntfnn Ts Ar-ntll dence of the luggllng vt assets of the
fy 0 . i.aiuornia sate iwiimh iu. vwm-
JlClUSeS 10 U1SCUSS tllC pany wu dlaoovered today when Special
... .,.,' . I Custodian Cuahlna of tne qerunci uana-
ACtlOn. - '-. ' I Ina concern found thut 16.00U aharea of
ntiwrn raring uni ni
from the vaulta. . . .
lavestlgaUon revealed the fact that
the atock .waa aent eJl by Walter Bart-
netf. glvlha; his receipt tnereror. . as
this receipt la now praotlcally worthleaa.
tne oank loaee wnat la auppoarq m w
I Minnrv Mnlrnl nimmlMM WH a
in r II v m m m ann ininn na i.t-im oil -
for the purpo-ea to which It is to bi JP. ""I"'0' !? f"L!t,n
put at less expense than the site pro- lulXrv li
powd by the c.ccullve board. U,P t,ck,t t'1D; i"d"r,'1
'councilman Kellaher. the remaining "! "J carried through to vl.
(Catted fi-aes teised Wire.)
Washington. Dee. 24. near-Admiral I
Brownon hM ra!ffnd ai chtf of thl Whn confronua with th vtdene of
bureau of ordnance and the pre.Idont h f '".
baa accepted hie resignation. - I rfuaed to discuss the matter further
Admiral Brownson declined to dlacuatLthan to Bay that the stork would be re-
a j i - . . a . . i in mmn m r naa nrnniir imn.
nis resnauon, oec.anng; s a mu ' iire.entat v.' In ' New York of
ter I cannot taikahout The Informa- those T In ccrge of the affalra of the
har-ltion you aeeic must eunerefl.ne from I oana will oe communicatee -wiin at
The Prealdmit Roo-avelt or fi-r-tarr Mat. every, erron win vm rou .v
called calf." . I locat miaatna; atocic. -
oia- K'jmora have been In circulation thht U "T"i,r u.""" "VVi
put the senate miKht refuae to confirm hie n'a" naa.W real aia g on in.
alnlng
member of the apeclHl committee, win
vlnlt the sites this afternoon, and It la
The same Idea hit some othe
Ixatlona at about the aame ttmo,
he party appointment as chief of the bureau be- Brow5 T"01 prop?r.ly-.hi!-Ta'.
t-tory. close he waa retired from office. The 7 lbVVZ i too Me
r organ- belief haa existed several months that magnlfirent Valued at lo0"oj
DillHIUDS 111
BE EIIIERTAIIIED
Pisah Home Will Give
Christmas Dinner to Low
est Creatures of Slifms.
(Called Frees Leased Wlr.)
Los Angeles, Deo. St No stranger
assemblage will be gathered' together
throughout the length and breadth of
Christendom 'than will assemble at Pis
8nh Home, a haven of the abandoned
runkard. on Chrlstmea morning. From
out of the squalor of the alums, from
rum shoo aud brothel Hie guests will
be gathered and no woman haa fallen
so low, no man haa reached ao great li
depth Of degradation but that they will
be welcomed at the feast prepared for
them. . . ; "
frenarsiiona nave Deen ruans to en1
tertuln until after New Teare nearly
600 of the hopuleaa derelicts abandoned
bv society, ana a oorpa of earnest work-
era atarUd to search the slums today
for these homeless, drink-cursed un
fortirhaies. After bathing and being
supplied with clothes and the first ef
fect of the liquor removed, the guests
will loin ths grest party for the week's
entertainment. Kellglous services and
prayers will be conducted tnroughout
the week and many are expected to be
reclaimed. -
and C. Men. Wlnslowr chief assistant In the
I . . . . , . . . kt. thaaa nafltlnna riMrl tiAMn eonald-I hureaii. waa h.ln. rrmmMi fnr Rrawn.
Tpr would MohVTlIrK? thrwawVnd comm.'tteTO i-d by h.; member." ot the central ion', FacT ' "
iJitVliwu"uuvmmnMnM meeting after Christmas. The change com lU-s n ,id hLhu"dri ' 1
J'SwU. but the council la anxloua to In a aelectlon of a aite meana a saving the law the committee had no authority . n - ....a,
atwitM o Mayor Uao. -ItlM.-d Ik. .ecur.n, of a larger to , such a ".JJ DllDTI A PJ fl UhM 0'
IheyT.-v.-fS out to 'b. the -s.'.-t ; - to'bab'.mT U ll I LHI1U UHllilU
' I Allll AmT III I llir s tnovttn.iit looklnc to luch a cunven-
Msror'a Votlftoatloa.
Mayor lJn called ' the attention of
the council to the fact that the saloon
waa operating In violation of the law
and the committee discussed the propo
sition of renewing Lewta license at a
meeting leal week. Action waa deferred
until yesterday, when the committee
again decided to postpone action until
today. All this wss done in fear of the
' ssloon men backing Lewis and In order
to hear the caae todav the committee
had to resort to calling a special meet-
lnThe committee will also' refuse to
' recommend a wholesale license to
W'elnherd's brewery because It la with
in 400 feet of the same school. This
move will be made, it Is aaid, In order
' to put the proposition of compelling the
brewery to move or go out of business
up to Mayor Lane.
The brewery baa never taken out a
" license and bss never been asked to.
Yesterdey a representative voluntarily)
stated that the brewery was willing to
take out a llcenae ailhongti the owners
did not believe the city could compel
them to do ao, ststlng that a whole
saler waa not denned by city ordinance.
An ordinance defining the various class
of liquor dealers Is in course of prepa
ration, but whether I' passes r not the
brewery is clearly violating the law by
operating within 400 feet of the school,
' City Cnaxter ILaw. " "
" The city charter states that "no ll
cenae a ha 11 be granted to any person or
. persons to ' vend, deal - In or dispose
of any , spirituous, vinous, ferment
ed or malt liquors (except-, to
regularly licensed drugglsta or to gro
cers, who mar be authorized to sell such
liquors not to be. used or drunk upon
the premises) within 400 feet, measured
on street lines, of any block on which
4 a publio . school building Is situated
within the city of Portland."
The excuse to be made by the council
men. If -public-"outcry- ta - too--loidly
raised. Is that Lewis will build on Da
vis stria t as. soon' as possible, or that
the sett )l property will be sold to the
Welnhsll brewery In a few months.
They will lasue the permit. It Is eald. on
; receiving assurances In public to this
; errecu un wnat mey pase ineir au
. thority for such action la not known.
O'COuILL FAMILY
IS EVENLY DIVIDED
Judge Advises Applicants
for Divorce to Patch '
Differences.
SMI III HUE
PRESDENT
looking
linn.
Secretary 'Cohen said this morning
that he had not heard of the action
taken bv the count central committee.
! lie aald also be was working only for
harmony, and that he would be In
favor of Indorsing some
URGE RESERVE I?
. true l
which would tend to tirinc
other plan
all Repub
lican together In unqualified support
of the llcket. ,.M
Thla other plan, which, however, did
not have Ita Inception with the Union
Chamber of Commerce Plans ffcJr.M
for Annual -lection
of Officers.
Nominations of officers for the next I riuK win he discussed ana future plana
year service In th Portland chamber outlined. It is apparent that an effort
of commerce, th most Interesting ventl lti b7m, hook or crook In Krder
in immediate prospeci in - connection that a straight ticket may oe pui in
with the chamber, are now under con- the field, with the hopes of Its being
..deration. The retiring president 1. ft- the suppor tth. PC-
Chicago, Dec, 14. The comptroller
of th currency report that the Port-
lang national bank showed heavy re
serves on December t. being 14.44 per
lions cent compared to deposits The osi
er at I veston and Ban Antonio banks were a
some certain date and lay plana for a I trill nigher.
convention at which a straight ticket
can be nominated. . .
The executive committee or tne union
club will meet on January a, ana at mis
ilm. tha failure of the county central
committee to Indorse the petition of the
GOLDFIELD STILL III
PERILOUS CONDITION
S. Q. Heed, and th rule of one terra
has been adhered to for years The
vice-president 1 Charles F. Swigert.
who la an active and experienced man
In the work of the chamber.
On Friday of this week the entertain
ment committee will meet to settle de
tails of the chamber's annual meeting
and election of officers to be held Jan
uary (. ' The annual meeting and en
tertainment will probably be held at
the rooms of the Portland Commercial
club.
The entertainment committee con
hoped would Insure the election of the Pen If the federal troops are w
"There Is .no telling what will hap-
Ith-
ticket from top to bottom.
.(drawn from Goldflcld," said Joseph If.
was deeded to Mrs Brown on the day
of Its nurchaaa. lirown' summer
home, valued at toO.000, 1 mortgaged
for practically an it la worm.
The imprisoned bankers attorney
announced thla morning that his client
la practically penniieaa. uotn on ins
versa of collapse. Brown' and Bartnett
anoeared before Juda-e Dunne thla
morning for arraignment on the charge
or embessllng the Cotton securing
Brown waa arraigned flrat. He kept
himself together with an effort while
ndlctment waa being read, but
he waa called upon to give bla
true name be faltered and barely man
aged to stammer out bla name. lie waa
granted until January I to plead.
when Hartneti was arraigned ne was
visibly arrected. His race twitched and
he held himself upright with an effort
while the Indictment was being read. At
Ita conclusion he reeled Bluntly and
grasped th rail In front of him for sup
port
Bartnett also was gtmr until January
1, In which to plead. Bartnett expecta
to be releaaed on bond before night Ills
attorneys are so confident of this that
they requested Judge Dunne to remain
In chambers to accept the bond. Bonos-
men have already qualified ror over
half of the 1200.000 of the bond asked
by Judge Coffey and a friend Is ready
to schedule. 10.000 worth of property.
If District Attorney Langdon will ac
cept this the relesse ef Bartnett Is as
sured, lor otner amounts surncieni 10
make up the $200,000 have been accept
ed. Brown also expecta to secure bond
tonight
Mrs. Barmen nas necn summoned 10
ACCUSES Him
OF H CRUEL
Mrs. C. A. Benbow Alleges
Her Married Life Has Been
Made Uncomfortable. ,
JUMPED FROM ROOF
NOV SUES FOR IffJURY
Hutchinson of Ooldfleld. Nevada, at tha I h.r.th. rrand iur net Frl
Oregon hotel this .morning. He was I dav. The' nature of the testimony she
roimer cnairman or tne wine owner wm r(VB concerning the affairs of the
bans la not maae Known, ens mny u
advantage of the law permitting a
woman to decline to teatlfy against her
husband.
association.
The situation at Ooldfleld 1 an un
usual one in many ways In the flrat
place there Is no chief of police and
no state militia. Consequently, the
only action left for the people was to
call upon the government for protection
at the hands of the rerular soldiers.
uveryming depend upon the miners
Up
' After listening -all day yesterday' to
contradictory testimony in the divorce
case of Julia O'Connell against Dennis
: O'Connell, in which each sld charged
the other with cruelty and tantalizing
aggravations, and hearing this morn
ing a large volume of oratory, from the
opposing attorneys.'Clrcult Judge O'Day
Intimated from the bench that the war
ring husband and wife, should talk It
over and reconcile their differences. ,
Both O'Connell and his wife ask for
divorce,- this apparently being the only
Rolnt on which they are fully agreed.
Nevertheless the court essayed the role
' of peacemaker and suggested ' that it
should not be Impossible . for them to
make np. lie said be wanted to see this
result for the sake of the children. One
of these, a boy of about 10 years of are,
lias taken , the side of the father. - 'The
other, a tot of a girl.. Is with her mother.
O'Connell was not In, court today to
near tne argument or , th advice or
Judge O Day. and the court expressed
regret that he was not there so that be
might be consulted, with- r A it 1 the
matter goes over to the January term,
before which time It would be Impossi
ble for the court to make any formal
ruling. From the statements of the
court this morning . it may Jie that
neither side will obtain the covt-d Oi-
COPPER COMPANY
SEES WEALTH AHEAD
Annual., election of officer of th
Fidelity Conner company, owners of a
lodsins-house st the corner of Ist l f, ""'c" of 25 claim. In th Cuprum
j held st the Morrison and East Water street with n way to SeatUe to spend the holiday district, or from whose mine received
ibBrtmenL Ulre escapes, a it Is alleged be was and Is accompanied by Mrs. Hutchin- the gold medal at the Lewis and Clark
required to do under s city ordinance, exposition, was field at tne ornce or in;
Sept
...AS tfluS2SSSak fr&SZriZ a hi rwr FIIm Action Be. LV1!". 211 J ? h cl
Campbell. H. L. Corbett, W. H. Dunck-1 ' . .... hundreds of undesirable citizens. i
mean men of tha worst type. Conse
quently, when the present trouble be
gan U was absolutely necessary that
we can ror united state troops what
cause Burning Building
Lacked Fire Escapes.
BII1UUCII il, ".j-aja v. a a..
ley, 1. N. Flelachner, William McMur
ray. Julius Meier. Adolphe Wolfe. The
chamber's last bsnquet wss held at the
roof garden of the oaks tavern and was
a very successful affair, tne program
consisting of addresses by Rabbi
Bieohen B. Wise. it. R, Hose. W. D.
Wheelwright and others, and s fine
musical i roe ram.
The annual election to be
coming meeting will occur
session preceding the entertainment.
TheMcket to be presented to the meet
Ing Is now being made up by the nomt- jogaPh" Paquet ha been made defend-
linilllH vvilliiiiitcc, nun l wnnioi a sinai
For failure to provide the Alpine
else could we do? The people in other
parts or tne country ao not understand i
me situation.
three last presidents, R. R. Hoge, W. D.
company in tne Jjoucn building, and
resulted In election or Joseph M. Jrieaiy
as president.
VT TPfTDTP T A TT T TXTf Tn meeting was attended oy many
uxjxjj j. jiikj itiixxu or the stocKnoiders, ana was entnusi-
sstio and noperui," said secretary i
B. Reeder. "The shareholders sre well
nriJ. pleased with the extensive development
Twelve deeds I l. ...ir,- k. i.. a
electrlo line to
(Special Pl.pt trh to The JaarnaL)
Charles A. penbow ' of th Benbow
& Warren Manufacturing company, I
accused by hi wife. Addle H. Ben
bow, of repeated cruelties during their
short married life, which began In this
city on September 6, 10(. 8 he ay h
haa called her rile and abualve names
made false charge againat her and
made her life so miserable that sh
can no longer live with him.
A complaint lor divorce, .rued who
the circuit court this morning, states
that the plaintiff is a weak and nervous
woman, modest in her deportment and
amiable In disposition. For this rea
son, it Is alleged, the wife was particu
larly unstressed by the too-vigorous
ianauase of nor husband. Bhe says
that these scene have caused her great
mentaT anguish and produced fits of
illness
Three datea ore mentioned on which
sets of ciuelty sr charged. The first
is June 10 of this year, eight months
after the marriage, at which time Ben
bow la alleged to have called her bad
names. In July, It I charged, be as
saulted ber and turned loose another
collection of names On this occasion
she says he also made falae accuaations
againat her. and he repeated these on
October i. charging her with having
been guilty of Improper act In Baker
City. - - '
Mrs. Benbow ask leave to resume
ber maldon name of Addle Hoffstatter,
Property matters have been settled be
tween them.- and -the only matter for
in court i me question or divorce.
LAND DEAL LEAPS
TO INJUNCTION SUIT
nnn Ann n
imwmiuj iyu
GOOD ALONE
Must Bo Corroborated, Says
Judge, Whether - in Tar
icnlar or General Con
spiracy State Has Failed
in Case at Bar. V V
(UalUd free Vtutt Wire.)
Boise, Idaho, Dec. J 4. After th tat
bad rested ita case thla morning; In th
Pettlbone trial Judg Wood announced
th conclusion which he had reached la
regard to th Jaw on corroborate vl
denc, and as a reault of Ms announce
ment It become evident that h will
either Instruct the Jury to return s ver
dict of acquittal, or. In refusing to da
this, send th case to the Jury under
the Instructions that corroboration of
Orchard testimony on the killing of
tlovernor Bteunenberg Is not required
If a conspiracy In general has been ea
tahliehed. Judaa Wood held that there baa not
been aufflclent evidence la corrobora
tion aa to tha killing of Steunenberg
a s separate transaction, to. warrant
conviction, and that a conspiracy to
commit a series of crimes, which In-
rlnHaa a killing aa an inMAmnt n nh.
erwlse, cannot be established by th
uncorroborated evidence of an' accom
pllce.
"Is there In this cuss," Judg Wood
concluded. , "any conspiracy to commit
crime as a result of which conspiracy
the crime charged wss committed; and
is there sufficient corroboration there
of to connect the defendant therewith ?'
On thla proposition the motion of th
defense to Instruct for a verdict of ac-
ulttal was argued by John . Nugent
or tha defense. He bad not concluded
when adjournment for ,th noon recess
waa ordered.
The only wltneaa for th state this
morning waa Judge Gabbart of th Col
orado supreme court, who testified con
cernlng the killing of Walley by s
bomb which Orchard said was planted
for him.
T.. 1VHa4 Will MM 1 A - M,l. A
the motion of the defense until Thurs
day morning.
HARRY THAW POSES
AS SIT NICHOLAS
...
Slayer of Stanford White
JIakes Holidays Brighter .'
at New York Tombs.
James P. Walker and wife have be
gun suit against Dorothea V. Ransau
and her husband, John P. Rancau, th
First National bank of Portland and th
Bank of Woodburn. to stop the pay
ment of money In a $10,006 land deal
in Marlon county. It is stated that S3,
work done during the last year, and 600 was deposited in the First National
pn raquei nas oeen maae aeienu- TTQ T TIMTT TV TVTPW
nnt In a damage suit tor iio.suo in xne j, iiiwi iJuui. xi.i ? t
Wheelwright and Walter Burna. circuit court. The plalntirr is Mae
No mention has been made publicly 1 r- . nt , .TiTnTrwln. who
2L 11 5'.bJS "fi1 rf- formeriv roomed at the Alpine and was
?re:"-'-pr;..denr 8 O.1 RedT vicSrVssI- Injured "b .jumping from a thlrd-.torv nesjui vJ
rharlea IT Swlaart; treaaut-.e 1 WlndOW OUring a lir OH tcuruaf i., ". .
Ladd ft Tllton'. bsnkf secretary. Ed! W6. ;,- ...... Sn 'XSth0 Walfa" Wai VSViZl ? ctln large result, from thelr In thla city, to be paid to the Ranxau
mond C Glltner; assistant secretary, M. I i comyinnn. --"i' " i"-,- " V.-,i riiT.I I mines as soon as ine nnaire river wn as mey puia innnii un ins
MossesSohn, Thi . trustees are Philip the owner, of the Alpine, deliberate y eastern portion of the Blue mountain tPn(llon of the Oreron 8nort llM rrom mort(rage on the place, which . they
law regarding fire escapes. There Wash ngton Power f. Traction company. road now undeP construction Another 11.600 of th purchase prle
should have besn.pree escapes pn the This Is said a atance of 40 miles north of waa represented by a not placed In
is aiivacni, viiw 1 J. "1?.." ."" Huntington, and s lunnei is being onv- tne iianK or woodburn. and in remain'
000 by the mortgage, which thi
asera agreed to assume. It is al
that the Ransaus have repudiated
er work stopped by the financial string- the agreement, but are attempting to
ency, all the railroad camps along the get the money from the banks, and an
Snake river route are being maintained injunction is asked to hold matters as
Intact, and work Is continued aa usual they stand until the court can cancel
In the Ox Bow tunnel. It is expected the agreement and order the return of
mat tne rauroaa win oe duiu next year tne money to tne mamtinrs.
as rar as me oeven ieviis aisinci.
The new officers of Fidelity aro
Htiehner. J. C Plunders. I. W. Oannnm
Fietrner L.inn, William MCMaster, Big
mund Slchel, v
SMOOTH MAN TRIES
sTJr.T riT a xcm aTv off by fir beiow.
kjj.-v viiiiuu vjixiiiij xha plaintiff
building, it
been ther tne piainuii wouiu nur. iiv v"j- v; ::-"7.,'i"ni through Ox Bow mountain. Al- ing 15.
been obliged to leap rrom tne top tory .n "ri.,Bn, aSU work 0 th ,-rade 1 purch
an maana of earess having been shut the completion of the line In two years .",,..n- .,n.n ainn. ih ! c-aA
asks S10.000 for a dislo
cated hip bruised back and other in-
nf m.n.M tn Th. llurles. 200 to defray ner doctor null
Roseburs Or Dec 84 An unknown a e600 Inore ror 10g" or ner, "ra1""
Koseourg, "Jr., iec, zi. An unanown . . . nlui,it m a. nm nr-housa.
mail iwi ucqji vij'iiih uiibu(,vwb9i uiijr . iu
Introduce s new scheme to get rich
quick. In this city. HI mode of oper
ation Is to .enter a store when there Is
a large crowd of customers and make
a small purchase and produce a. ten
dollar bill in payment. -When the sales
man. Is handing out the change the
get-rlch-qulck artist suddenly discovers
he has the right change in his pocket.
and as he produces the small change he
demands that the ten be returned. When
ROBBER KILLS MAN
TO GET HIS MONEY
THREE SMALL BOYS
ROB GROCERY STORE
(United Press Leased Wire.
Butte. Mont.. Dec. 24. A dlapatch ?ew, "icerB. or.i?"'.v rflDnYTD rTT)T17TI VAT)
from R lllnira. Montana, savs that the Pres JO"eP" "eaiey vice- WllUil A 1XX.1UU A vlv
. HUBBARD MAN SATS
HOLDUP SLUGGED HIM
- 8peltl Dtptjh to The Jurrnal.)
; Woodburn, Or., Dec. 24. Ben Jordan
of Hubbard was attacked on the street
,nihis,lty 'n!ng, knocked down
and badly cut about the head. Jordan
clai,nl? his assailant was Charley Elwell
and that his Intention was robbery, but
Ihe parties apeparin on the scene frus
trated the designs of, Elwell. He had
been throwing dice with Elwelt and had
.;. paid for the latter'a bed in a kni n
well followed, hi tn out of the hotel and
at Huntley, Juat west of Billings The
man had been shot twice through the
back and the pockets rifled of every
thing that might lead, to the Identifica
tion of th victim. About $60 In cur
rency sawed in the man's clothlnr es-
ftatuul mi m n rilArnr a rtlrwin.lanat.
Threa small bovs. ranging In age from I t.ril mr near tha body Indtrftted that
S: .0A:rSS"--.u,T.rrt IE! 14. to-1. were srr.td this afternoon a desperate struggle bad taKen piac.
. aw i i. . , il. anil nnnfAuiul It la elntmeil hv the no-1 ' -
counter, and In the rush the clerk Is ex- lice, to having broken Into and robbed J UDGxJ HU T IU Tit A
V1 . i V , 1 . V . r c .," 1 the Randolph grocery store at Thirty
ed out back In the till without counting ,,, ,
It, supposing It is the same amount he SfJ?", iL"!.'! "? nLl ft8f "k"3!'
had mnntml nnt ... side, twice within a month. The boys,
"tJ5?".".. k.. I Raymond Comber of 128 East Twenty-
. lie ll lets i mo buuciiic i cat icaoi viii co i . . Ul.,,
stores, but in each of these the propria. h - f iitnryA,?vn8 i E?'
tor happened to wait m him, and . h r7.-."vh,.L.ler' . "d ..f?
was detected in bis little game.. So far ,n(Kr","i
" taking out two panes of glass from the
rear windows and stole J5.70
as well as cigars and candy. A month
ago the store was broken Into In the
same manner and about tne same
amount of stuff was removed,
president, Captain J. F. Boone; secre
i -.1 i,ij. . v, xt , i. i mi y, im x. jioeueri ireaaurcr. , i, j
u..nti i.t t,t nnn... . Th. Proudroot and these men with T. J,
body of a murdered man has been found
BEING INTOXICATED
as-known he was not successful in
single instance, r : r. ,
STRUCK ON HEAD
. . BY BOLT; MAY DIE
CASES IN PORTLAND
fSnar-Iat Diana trh to Tka Ionrnal.
Helena. Mont.. Dec. ,24. Judge W. H.
Hunt of the United States district court
for Montana will go to Portland next
month to conduct' various timber and
,L .iiI. land-fraud cases. Judge Gilbert of the
has made an order directing that Judge
F. S. Dietrich of Idaho come here, to
preside in place or judge Hunt. r
George May, - employed In building
the tiew O. W. P. bridge across the
Clackamas river at" Oregon City, was
struck on the bead by an Iron bolt this
morning and seriously injured. He was
taken to 8L Vincent's hospital in this
city where an examination revealed a
probable concussion of the brain. ; ,.
ii. 1 1. i m i . i .-.
. Conviction In Liquor Case.
-: floerfil lDtch to' Tb Jnurnl.r
Kueene. - Or.. Dec": 2i.--Roy Johnson.
one of the seven men arrested at Eu-
MRS. ANNA BISHOP
OF LEBANON DEAD
POPE SEES CARDINALS
AT SACRED COLLEGE
(Special Plupatch to Tbs JoarnsL)
fDntted Pren Leated Wtr.
T) rt iv. n rtan 0 A T Vi a r,rna waa n,M.
uoauuo, ent at tne eaorea coiieae loaav xor tne
Bishop died at her home in this city I exchange of Christmas greetings with
yesterday of grip after an illness of the f arm
only eight day, at the age of SO years. witn ach cardinal of such, topics as
Her maiden name was Hopkins. She modernism and the revision of the vul-
was born In Fleming county, Kentucky, SfjJ U,2S?h n 1 ta'r'iH
is January, 1828. When she was quite & ome le,ngth on the codification of
w it x 14nAAn s -1 f nr
gene Saturday for the sale of liquor in younj he' parents moved to George-1 th canon law.
town, unto, at wnicn place she was
violation of the local option law, Was
attacKeq nim irom behind, ha aav 1 f,im tanrt hut th ram will nrnhiMv ha
Jordan had t5 In his possession. ppealed. . ,
INVOKES LAW TO PREVENT HER
LOT FROM SLIPPING INTO SEWER
$r&33& JSySTef HZ 'Vere2- MIKE FISHER'S BALL "
PLAYERS HIT SHORE
braskn. and from Nebraska to Lebanon
in 1891. Mr. Bishop died about 12 years
a-o, Mrs. , Kisnop wae loved and re
Boected by all who knew her. Funeral
services were held today, conducted by
Rev. W. T; Wardle, her pastor, after
which her remains were laid away in
the Masonic cemetery beside those of
her. husband.
Rose Saverstdck ha appealed to ths
circuit eourt i t keep - her real : estate
from, supping into tn sewer, she de
clare that a lot she own on the east
side is about to fall Into an excavation
made by Anton Gleblsch, Ferdinand Jop
lln and Joseph Paquet, contractors who
r working for the city on the Brook
lyn sewer. To prevent this 'she-secured
un injunction yesterday restraining tae
; 'oniinuunce of work at that point.. . .
This morning H. M. Esterly. the at
torney who wured (he injunction, said
be had been informed that. the work was
fitting- on just as though no Injunction
bad bees nerved."- He- added that he
would Investigate, and If necessary 'an
f(fu-r would fro to the -scene of action
and bring th vf fender Into court, "j . 1
The Baverstocks . iiv at 690 JGIdeon
street, where they iiave a lot 60x100
feet At the rear of this lot, and about
PHILIP LOSES ALL
TRACE OF HIS MONEY
. Anv person having Information of the
16 feet away, la a fully whlnh in wet I .,
iM'lw'S fflalfoWve tr 1 W belonging toPhllip Smith.
turned this stream tipon the rear of the J will confer a favor on Fhinp by calling
uafCTBiocn 101 and erected. S-dlk to I at tne ciiy.jiriawu miu lumrmiui mm
keep it there, so that the accustomed of the fact Smith was found by a po
bed of the stream Is dry. ; The excava-1 liceman at ' 1 1:80" o'clock this . morning
non at tne rear or the lot Is 26 feet long roaming tne streets wunoui apparent
and. 12 feet deep, It'is stated, and in the purpose. - When accosted by the officer
present .condition 'of the soil it is feared and asked wny he did not go to bed he
that the rear end of the lot will be en- replied that he had no money Further
"ivijr uraaeo Or .Will aup aito the big
hole.,,,, ..-v...,- . ' .,..'.,-.-.- ."r,.
The Injunction requires the- contrac
tors to cease work that threatens the
Baverstock lot and the plaintiff also
asks for damages of $600 for rial esUte
already carried away and damaged.
questioning elicited the information that
ne naa in coia conn yesteraay, out
that he inadvertently left it at a Iodg
ing-house and now be could not locate
the house, The explanation was deemed
sufficient -to untitle him to s bed at th
expense oi tn city.
(Culled Pre Iaed Wire.)
San Francisco, Dec. 2i. Mike Fisher
and his all-star aggregation of baseball
players struck town this morning after
enjoying a six days' tossing t - on th
bounding billows, on the steamer Ala
meda. All of the men were feeling fine
and they all speait m tne mgnest term
of the treatment accorded them at the
hands or . tne . iiawauans. wnen th
Alameda left the dock in Honolulu
there"' were several thousand -people on
the pier. $ . .
LINER MINNESOTA
DAMAGED BY FIRE
Seufert of The Dalles, and Dr. G. T.
Trommald, of Portland, form the di
rectory.
fOnited Press Leased Wll-a.1
T.na Ana-elea. Ttpc. 24 Coroner Ijin
Rich Strikes made in two lar&ra Ore I terman'a whnraln ha la charvad
bodies last Week Showed in one Ore I with Intovlratlnn. waa nallad thla mnm.
body average tests of 133.40 in gold and ing and Attorney Earl Rogera filed a
8.49 per cent copper, and in another demurrer to the complaint, alleging lack
uuujr . uuircn ui silver iu ine ion ana i or jurisdiction, rtogers noticed mat
6.08 per cent copper. These value are
regarded as very high. It is said epp-
per ores running s per cent alone re
worked profitably.
many presidents of the United States
have been guilty of being intoxicated,
that It is a common thing for United
States senators to gee drunk, and that
even judges have been known to get
drunit. He said that no man snouid
be punished by losing his office for
TITAXTUUT) TO T1P1T1 6lun aruna oui ot omce nuura, ana
i WNxjhili, lO DJiiAD that the prosecution must prove that
' I t .a ntAma vt Viasj - rrl 4 Vila rtu V Kaa
frtr th nt fioA run ha HArlarA1 varitnt
ispnciai upaicn w im jonmti.f bee-Use of alleged druftkenness,
5. ivira. narain
3IRS. HARDIN DAVIS,
Roseburg. Or., Dec,
1 M T 1
untVpone VOTE OUT SALOONS
TO GET LARGE SUM
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Hudson. Oh o. Dec. it. Because . a
fift or laoo.ooo, supposedly made by
. W. Ellsworth, millionaire New York
coal man, who promised to make thli
(Colted Prea l-ea4 Wire.)
, .. Kobe, Japan, , Dec, .24.Flre
broke out on board the Ameri-
v can steamer Minnesota in this
harbor. Both, the vessel and her
cargo were damaged The Min- )
nesota - Is from Seattle for
Ilongkopg via Tokohama. .
December 20. at the aae of 73. Tha
Davles crossed the plains to Oregon in
i5o,s inra lows, uiaKiug tne trip tne en
tire distance by ox team. They located
on the Calapooia on a donation land
claim and have made that . their home
for 64 years.. She Is survived by her
nusoand ano iv cnuoren. Mrs Davis
waa hnm In lkflnhlfran lannunr a IfiQi
i ",. WM- i coal man, wno proraiwu 10 nian inn
and moved from there to Iowa, then a town a model village, provided that the
territory, in 1836. residina there until ...i. u..... oU. v,A
V a wraa mavl. n tln..ll T,n,l n I . . - . ' . .... . -
"... ' . imu i-arn ui M( paid over, Hudson votea out saloons
Oskaloosa. the year before their Jour- yesterday by a vote of 266 to 188. The
ney to the Oregon country. ; . town's sentiment is overwhelmingly
"wet." but the chance to get municipal
WORKMAN FALLS TO - fffiS pr,lhrVemVee,rnegraor
T-iT mrr i m n nr'mrmr the old Western Reserve college at a
UMIII AI DAI UII cost of 1100,00 overcam;' the saloon
sentiment
,vl.- . M 'I . ; -T I
San .Francisco. Dec, 24. One work- K n;iil; AM', r Ivt t 11 .1 I I 1 1
111 Hit ACH IV BtUllCB I.V IIIDiaiH UCUV11 I II ID I
morning in a new building onv Third nTFT TO I'TJTSlYYKRS
trtT another fell threa atorlea nil Uir X. XV. A AtAOUxl ijIVO
was fatally Injured. - The victims were '
Carf Swanson and-Otto Smith. Swan- judge Cameron handed eight prison
son was dead when another , workman I ii,Min.,. rL 1 w.
found him in the basement. - f0rm 0f release from the city Jail. They
, They were engaged in tearing down a wera an ghort-termers and had been
"",'-"'v " vr" r IT serving time tor petty miauemeanors.
well on the tenth floor. A portion of I r-k.i.to. tn n ,v..
BhfflI?heBSMafrimTb:?. fc.fe may 1
body strucs .some pianxs stretched
across the shaft at the seventh floor
And: tney an niea out or in jail.
(United Press. Uastd wnrs.)
New Tork, Dec. 14. Harry Thw,
awaiting a second trial for the murder
of Stanford White, 1 the Santa Clau
of the Tombs He nreaantad each of
bla male keepers with s box of cigar
nkid gave the matron each a box of,,
handkerchiefs.
Thaw has snnounced thst tomorrow
he will give th men prisoners each
three cigars and the women inmate a
box of candy. It is understood that he
will provide each one with a real
Christmas dinner.
PIANO CAUSE OF
V ACTION IN COURT
- A second-hand piano became respon
sible for a second suit In the circuit
court this morning when the Allen &
Ollbert-Ramaker company began an ac
tion against George 11. Iw!s, who orig
inally sold th Instrument to the plain
tiff. The company took the piano at a
valuation of 1400 and claims that he
guaranteed a clear title. After tha
music-maker bad been sold to I, F.
Ramaciotte. however, the Ellers Piano
House stepped in and sued for-It,' be
cause Lewis had failed to complete hi
payments to them. The Allen-Ollbert-Ramaker
company defended the suit,
but Ellors won the case and the blanu.
Judgment 1 now asked against Lewis
tor tasv.iv.
and went no further, but Swanson fell
to tn bottom or the enart.
y Tax Meetings " at Scappoose. .
' gDeclal DIDtcb to Tha .Joaraal.l
Scaoooose. Or.. : Dec. 24. A .- special
school meeting win pe neia si . tne
Hin rnTurn m f TvT-rt i tr I scnooinouse juecemoer ta to vote tax
AS TIME TO DREAM build a new schoolhouse.. A road
STOLE PIPE, NOW
Mike McOannon. walked Into th cigar f provemenfi
store of Charles Buach last evenlns. I .
?ie.VPo Chrlstma; arscappose; '
moment Policeman Wanle'ss appeared on I v Spelal Dlnttcb to Tbe "Joornsl.l
the scene and assumed charee of eventa I Scaoooose. Or..- Dec. 24." Merchant
LMcOannon was escorted . to the police here report a blgser holiday trade than
Hitman, wiiei tiiargtj larceny was ever weiunj.- muio nucu,v un u&
placed opposite his name on the prison I goods have been taken than usual. The
realster. In the munlciDal court this Congregational Sunday school will have
mornine- he entered a nlea of not arullty. I a Christmas tree tonight at the church.
and was given until December 27 . to I Tomorrow night the Red Men will give
tud up a plausible defense. , . J grand ball at Matte" A Price' ball.-
BANK EMPLOYES
GET CASH GIFTS
Employes of the Portland banks will
go home this evening with rood-slsed
checks In their pockets, the gift of the
various institutions by which they are
employed. All the bank observed the
custom, which is one of long standing.
The United States National distributed
between 62.600 and 13.000. slvlns to
each member of the staff on half of a
month's salary. The gifts of the Can
adian Bank of Commerce were -based
upon the annual salaries of i Its em
ployes, the lowest-salaried clerks re-.
ceiving the largest percentage of the
years salary and the highest-salaried
receiving the smallest gifts in the
same ratio. Tha other, banks for tha
most part, remembered their employes
in the usual generous way.
SUIT TO RECOVER
SUM PAID ON NOTE
Nancy E. Olds, as executrix of the
estate of George W. Olds, R.' B. Mc
Donald and T. A. White, hav begun
suit aealnst' F.s H. BloChberrnr for 14..
646.35. which sum they say they are
out because they were required to settla
a note of Biochberger's. . The note, a
for $5,000, .given in 1905. and it Is stat
ed that the Plaintiffs signed It merely
for accommodation. Blochberger haa'"
paid only $600 on the principal, they
say, and settled the interest up to Sep
tember. ; He put uo several blorka of
mining company shares aa security, and
the court is asked to sell this property1
to reimburse the accommodation makers
of the note. . . -,. v .-
IIGH MASS AT
- ITALIAN CHURCH
At the Italian Catholic church tomur-
row morning, Rev. Hyacinth Clabatlont
will celebrate solemn, high-mass at 6
ciock ana at io;su ociock, and it s.
clocks low mass will be sung. At th
and 10:80 o'clock services. Rosewlg'a
celebrated mass will be sung. Frank
Hennessy will sing Paul Bliss' latest '
baritone solo, "Glory In the Highest," at
the 'early morning mass, and at th
10:30 o'clock mass he will -sing Theo,
Bonheur baritone solo, "The City Di
vine." - ...
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
ELECT OFFICERS
. At the annual meeting of the drill.
corps of Oregon coramandery No, 1.
Knights Templar; held at the new Ma
sonio temple, West Park and Yamhill
street; last night,' the. following of
ficers were elected and - installed!
George F. Robertson, commandant; Wil
liam Davis, senior -warden; Hugh J.
Boyd, junior warden: Brydan H. Nlcoll,
treasurer; Deodato G. Tamasinl, secre-.
tary,-
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