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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON, i DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 31, lOol 6 Commercial ; Club Plan to Corral Delegates at Demo v j cratle Convention and Bring Them to Portland on Excursion Trip. HENEY AND HALL STILL BBALANCINGHJP ACCOUNTS Defendant Tells Straight Story in Face of Rigid Grilling: ' , by Prosecuting Attorney Politics Again Crops Up 1 as Shovn in Letters Bet ween Mitchell and Hall. At in enthusiastic and representative ; meeting of the Portland Commercial club last, evening a plan was launched , by which It Js believed a large part of tha national Mmocretle delegations to th Denver convention next summer can induced to yielt Oregon. A commit 'tea of 100 men will ba aant by the club " to the Denver convention, aided by th valuable argument that will be offered . by Oregon apples, f nilta and other " tirAdurta. tn tint the clan Into execution It la propoaed to take up Immediately 'with Democratic atate committees -nd leaders the proposal that thla year ie the year for them to aea Portland, Ore- a-on and the northwest It will be arrued that In view of the fact that the national Democratic party has recog nised the west by naming aa Ua meet ing place In 190. the delegates Hhould ' go further and vlalt the great Pacln northwest on a trip of pleaaura and po aible profit. The club will also take up the que- : tlon with- the Transcontinental Passen ger association and with th passenger trafno managers of the railroad Inter- ' ested, and rnlist their support In th I movement It la believed that railroad! I can b Induced to offer very low rates. . and run some special traina as an at tractive feature of th preposition. The Portland Commercial club may go ao fat aa to guarantee to the delegatea one ot two special traina to carry them t . Portland. : .- s - The regularly constituted delegatea ; to the national Democratic convention will number about 1.000, and there are In addition hundred of mea who at tend a national Democratic convention in varioua capacities, ao that the east- em attendance at Denver may reason tsiowiy ana careruiiy Francis j. Henoy la going back over the official career of John If, Hall in tha United States court, dragging out on cross-examination of tha witness those acta which tend: to support tha argument of the government that Hall agreed not to prosecute W. W..Stelwer and his friends. Calmly and carefully Hall It answering questions apparently confi dent that when the final test comes the Jury will consider that Ms explanations have warded off any taint of guilt which might ba artgued against him by Mr. Heney. All during yesterday , afternoon Mr. Hall has been facing Heney arid last Bight until 10 O'clock, and yet the rvst take action which ha did not desire to UMr. Heney will keep Hall on the stand perhaps until some time In the morning ana win attempt to muwiw, evidence and secure - admissions from Hall which will controvert his explana tions of his couise in office and put him in th llrht ot having entered Into a definite agreement with Steiwer not to prosecute him for hla fences. Wrangle Safins. Heney took Hall to task Immediately upon the conclusion of Judge Webster's direct examination, jio organ 10 ask him queatlona 'upon his interpretation of the law relating to fencing of lands and to the prosecution of civil DRINK: ill YOU fcloran, Adopted ; by ; Antl Treating: Federation : , ? f Stops Sponging. V suits. He aaked th witness If Steiwer showed him maps and pictures of the land and fence of the Butte Creek company just prior to the. commencement of Uio suit nan aaia no naa seen tnese map 5. t5V?y hX wU1 b on 5Un; and that they bad been secured by tL stand before th aovernment is throuah with him. Then will come his redirect examination, another siege by Mr. He ney. mora evidence for the defense, re buttal by tha prosecution, arguments. Judge Hunt's charge to the fury and tha verdict This end cannot be reaoh-ni by Saturday evening, and It may lie Tuesday before the caae is turned over to tha It patient men who have been listening to the trial for ao long. Defendant Tails Straight Story. Mr. Hall told a atraleht atorr on hi direct examination and on consistent with the theory of his. duties aa he testified to having Interpreted them. Now Mr. Heney la going back over this atory and by hla questions, exhibits and Interpretations trying to show to the Jury that while Hall puruscd one policy with offenders throughout the atat generally he had a apeciai treat ment for W. W. fltelwer and his com pany. The government la contending that Hall. did not bring auit against Steiwer because be wanted the influence of the atate senator to aid him Indirectly In securing renominatlon to the office of district attorney. - To prove thla it has shown that although many complaints were made against Stelwer'a company amy oe expected to total mora man i no immediate action was taken. The i.ouu. uui or iius numoer ii is ueueveo, government nas put In the testimony Verted on. the Portland trip, after th conventlotr ends Its deliberations. The attendance of- the delegatea and Democrat la leader on a Portland ex cursion would be an Immense advertlse- of Steiwer that Hall, practically asked him to support Mitchell and then Fuiion for -the United States senate.' at the same time holding betor his mind the fact that ha waa liable to prosecution for mag-ai isncing oi puono lana. it has went for' Oregon, In addition to the ' introduced tho teoilVonv of H H ine project l at once startling and nleafllnE In Its nriaiualitv. anil It Th ha. lieved that If there 1 a poaaibillty ot making such an undertaking a success the thing can b done by the Portland Commercial clab, the largest social snd commercial organisation in tha United iitatea. -..'.,('- BilHD Filll UNITED STATES (Cnlted Press based Wire.) ; New . York, Jaiw iln.arles O. TtrownA former ,.min nc .lib. i .u. siructors oi utegai rencea to taae aown urowne, rormer examiner of ailko in the ! tnjlr fence8( notifying them in ths customs service, and who haa been In winter of lb03,and giving them, upon litigation for seven years owing So the petition, until the coming of spring and V ing Steiwer's fenoea over his bead as a wedge to force hla support of Mitchell and ITulton. Other reacts Go Sown. 8telwer voted for Fulton and some four years went by from first to last before definite action waa taken against the Steiwer company. This waa the gist of the dlreot case made by the gov ernment Now on croB8-exarolnat:on Mr. Heney Is bringing out many in stances where . Half hammered Illegal fences down with the power of his of fice, forcing; men in Crook, Klamath, Harney and other counties to remove their obstructions to the range on short notice and without special investiga tion being had. The case of J. R. Ebbert In Gilliam county, of W. W. Brown In Crook tnd later of a large number of other vio lators were all ahown in tha examina tion today, in all of these cases, or I vLIUUI aVIl, Jia.ll IIUIIUOU IIIO VUII" structors of Illegal fences to take down . . SrVln l"e warmer weatner to ODey nia mandates, F0V?T5nt out.,l,2,,6,.'?0?i hM bnl from this It will be argued by the banished I from -ths United Statea for. government that Hall, while he waa ever, i He will be riven 24 luinn In r.in. .v.. ..... .1 -Hn n n - hah. .V.. ..... rnn;.. .SI? i,-" . KUK,lry- nf1"00 Wheeler county, where he he probably will go to , passed up the Btelwer fence, never a v i.ji..., . . i. ' m writing to the managers of the ranch rniSL Hrii1CiSoh?J'g' ?f telling them to take their obstructions mi t ?ZfZTJ tJLA down and never acting until all the red Sit wSeS 7h, nSAnJitiSfJJTf-- ,aP8 of the department had been un earned that h .nlnnn ? VSfli1 WOUnd- Fr0ra the8e F0,ntS- M" a IhirJ of connVikcv l&Jt!iJSf tn otber evidence. Heney will argue ?heyaTrotesTed'P7elnUn Statea 'J? 1 cnare oi "irW ha a povernment yielded, and tried Brown on Proven the fraud charge. A fortnight ago the " Politics Springs TJp Again. Jury disagreed and now the federal I Politics atatn sprang into the case authorities think it not worth while to ! at noon today, when Heney introduced tif . iu, mv am win oe panisneii . a letter rrom Hall to enaior Miicneu instead, -a. , nl n anawarinr letter In which the removal of Edward Deady, a special agent of the Koseburg land office, waa asked for by Hall and discussed by Mitchell. Deady wa the United States commis sioner before whom the Burke-Goslin land swindling case, in which Senator Fulton appeared, had been heard. It waa contended by Heney that Hall and Fulton had agreed upon a dismissal of uie charge, but that Deady would not( consent letter Deady waa sent as a special agent to the Koaeburg office and was assigned to make an investigation of the illegal fencing caaes In Crook and other counties. He secured an affida vit from W. W. Brown, charged with maintaining an Illegal Inclosure, in fire that dec t roved the Lewi Jir ' which Brown admitted tha offense store. The firemen will use the funds i agreed to remove the obstructions an Fllf AT KLAMATH REGARDED FOR WORK ), (Special Dtaptteb to Tb Journal.) Klamath Palls, Or., Jan. The cit izens of Klamath Falls have made up a purse Of I29J for the volunteer fire. men that saved a block of Main street property here, at the occasion of- th in providing themselves better equip ment t . A petition was circulated by'R. I. Flamrhon, whose store adjoining tha waa saved by the good work . of tha firemen, and the business men re sponded very freely. TrrvT i r- a tt n . . VULVdi A It A. I OXiJi J . i ; TMATILLA LANDS . V Pendleton. Or- Jan. SL Twelve t. Inge a day on the average are now being maus on ine i,vvv acres or land open ; unacr tne umiiuia government project at Hermiston. j Many fillnes have been rejected because made on land outside oi me xour townsnips now open. So far .the; majority of tha successful n- rymen are resiaents or .Hermiston. ' - ' BaJJdinff Permits. jr. r. uoriess, rect .iitorfl, xz.ooo; a. li. Whltten, erect dwelling, Qolnp be- iwrtn mui jNinm ! ana ji;ast - Tenth. SJ.000; T. C. Green, erect dwelling, Em. Toon oeiween uenverv and concord, $2,000; U a. Wriaht. orect dwelliner. Al- tiina -between Simpson and Jessup, ';. - onsuer, erect aweiimg. elson between East Twenty-neventh u jimxi xweniy-eigntn, il.gyo ; ; 4 IN THE GRIP Bring , about a frea movement of tha bowels, by taking Hood's Pills, and rid the blood of , the grip poison and the aystem of iU .;. Us effects, by taking Hood's Sarsaparllla. These ere -the in dicated medicines and thousands are taklns tfaem. ; Don't delay Could ot Ts, Annfc-i-My wlf. was taken with-tha f grip, which settles In her IlmbS'and aha could hardly walk At time she couta not use her' rma J laving at th 1 same 1 tlma caUrrh of the e.tomach, sh; could eat' nothing without adding to her suffering. Iter condition remained, almost unchanged until she began taking Hood's Sarsapa rilla.v Thla medicine "cured her." It royalty. Leather's Store, Ky. t , llu'oJ's Sarsaparllla Is,' sold every -whciA In tha usual liquid,' or in tablet form celled Sarsatafca. ; On i hundred 2vs- ona dollar. abide by the law and at the same time gave a long list oi men wno were uiao maintaining similar mciosures. Hall wrote to all of the' men men tioned, ordering them to remove thoir rencea. tie also wrote to Aiiicneu about the same time asking what could be don towards removing Deady. Hall maintains that he wrote the letter be cause -a political friend of himself and of Mitchell wanted a government Job and Deady was lazy and otherwise un fitted for the Job he held. He insists that , ha did not want Deady .removed because he was afraid of him or of his activity. Heney takes the opposite view, The letter written by Hall to Mitchell was mailed January 6, 1903, after Hall had turned the fencing complaints over to Deady for his investigation. It reads in part as follows: , Speaks fox JPowll. "I 'wish to call your attention to the fact that Edward M. Deady has secured the appointment by some means on special agent for the general land of fice located at Roseburg. Deady is not a friend- of ours and never has boen and never will he and I do not think he should under the present circumstances bn n In vino- the emoluments Of office. He is not fitted for the position in any way and I am In favor of friends hold ing positions of .this kind, provided they want thom. ' "D C. Powell would like a position of some kind.' either In the forest re serve as a ranaer or some such position as Mr, Deady now holds. Mr. Powell la thnrouithlv honest and oualified in everyway to fill either of the positions aiirrota unA a vou know he is vour friend first, last and all the time, and I know that ootn ne ana nis inenos would appreciate an appointment if re ceived." - The reply to this letter was written by Senator Mitchell, January 11,' 1903. It reads: . . rortshadows Explosion, i "I quite agree with " yon -that our friends ought to hold these positions j and note what you say Jn, the interest ot our mutual menu, v. u. i'oweii, whom I would like very much to serve. Jum now, however,-owing1 to the eter nal howl about land frauds In Oregon It is pretty difficult tb ge any appoint ments made for any of our friends. This matter, will have to blow over. There 1 About to be, and will be; per. haps, fcefoia this reaches you, an explo sion over' the surveyor general's office. This wilV ..add - atHl further to the etn harrassment of , the situation." :.?utcl! ''? .lwo Otters it will ' be argued by. Mr. .Honer that Hall wanted to secure the dismissal of Doady be- r.l J J v. v. v"u 'uive mm mo B. MirGinn and A S. Bennett, who had 1 . 1 . . J .nJ linn inteauru iu . uckviiu owiwtr tiu ir dricks bafora they had doldd to plad "Vrom thla ITenev went Into detailed discussion of th law with th witness aaklns If h believed that wrong description of a fence which placed it in a different position than It really occupied would maxe ins com nlalnt invalid and throw an action out of court H said he asked the ques tion to determine whether it naa not been the theory of the defense that be cause of an error in mo description the charge against the defendants could be dismissed. Hall said h had not thought that way though In aome Casea such a mistake would kill th suit. Then Henoy turned to th story as told by Hall on the stand and his ex planation of hla correspondence. Ha aaked him. why he had to watt for tha exact name and Incorporators of the Butt Creek company before he could begin action against th fences and Hall again explained hi idea of th law, saying that while he might have brought the action under the peculiar statute governing illegal fences yet lie supposed he had desired to go In the oraeriy course usuauy zoiiowea oj mv torneys. Waited on Zvldsno. "But after you got those names, did you pot have Information sufficient to file a complaint against the companv or its managers?" Heney persisted after null a exnianauoo. - "Didn't you think that there was enough in Pot nam's statement to amount to more than a ausplcion of a violation or the law?" Heney again insisted when Hall said he did not want to proceed without being sure of hi ground. "I didn't want to Jack them up on too little Information, waa the way Jiall answered the question. "Didn't you think the larger the man and the more influential he was the quicker he would respond to a threat of criminal prosecution r asiceci Heney. , Hall said the big men were slow to act' and besides that the Interior de partment had not been in the habit of bringing prosecutions against men hav Ing fences unless specific complaints were made against the Inclomires, and then only after an Investigation had been made. "Did the attorney-general ever ad vise you that it was the policy of the government - not - to molest a violator of tho lawT' thundered the prosecutor when the answer was given. 'No," said Hall, "but it waa not tha policy of the department to bother rence men unless speclflb complaint was made or It interfered with or hindered the settlement of the land." Civil Bolt Intended. Heney then went Into the discussion the prosecution alleges Hall had with Senator Fulton when the latter Inter ceded for Setlwer urging that a civil suu do orougm instead of a criminal action. The witness said he had such a conversation and that Fulton had urged that Steiwor and Hendricks were honored men and of good families and that an arrest and criminal prosecution would humiliate them. He had argued that a civil suit would Becure redress Just as quickly and mor effectively. Hall said he had made no promises to Fulton and had not told him what he Intended to do with the .case. He said he probably intended to bring a civil action anyway because he had started nto the investigation with that idea, in view. At the night session Mr. Heney went Into several outnlde prosecutions against fencing which had been begun by Hall at the same time he had the Steiwer fence under consideration. Judge Webster made strenuous objec tion i to the admission of the documents usetf by the prosecution, urging that It w nui legiumaie cross-examination, put was overruled by Judge Hunt Mr. Heney then began on the case of D. I Ebbert, a stockman who had 240 acres ui luuu iiiciosea near Condon. Introduces Iiettert. Jay Bowerman, an attorney of Con aon, wrote a series of letters to Hall in the spring of 101 asking for action against Ebbert. . Hall lmri renti ing xor inrormaticn. and as soon as It was furnished by Bowerman he wrote to Ebbert directing, him to take down hla fences or suffer immediate prosecu- wiu, upon cDDert a repre senting thai ho had the land in wheat Which, would be lost should be obey Hall's Injunction at once, Hall had given him until after harvest to remove the fence. Bowerman had again complained as soon as the wheat had been threshed S.u'L1?11 had threatened that unless Ebbert removed his fence he would have him before the grand Jury for criminal prosecution. Ebbert took down tha fences.. Another case involvl of Crook county, was also brought up to show similar action on the part of Hall, and Heney Insisted on learning . vi w"x ne naa prose cuted .thess cases so vigorously when ho had delayed and tarried with the jiruBocuiion .01 me sieiwer case which involved 20.000 acres of lar.,1 in...J Of 200. Politics Brought In. During; the conclusion nf riaiva testimony he went into his . relations with George Sorenson. OAnrA n n ell and others, and denied that he had ever made the statements testified to by Sorenson or had used threats to force Brownell out of the race for dis trict attorney. He said he had never told Sorenson ithat he ought to stand In to supoprt him for rpnnnlntm. n that he had ever showeif Rnmnann tt.. papers afterwords used as the basis for the Browneli indictment. He said he had gone to Orecron Citv with Sni-nnir. not to interview Brownell about the dis arlct attorneyship, but to make prepar ations for a lawauit which he was to try in that place. ' The witness related several talks he had with Brownell over the district at torney's office, but denied that he had used threats to force Brownell out of the race. Brownell had been very anx ious concerning his nrobabla lnlioim.n and had interviewed Hall on several oc-1 casions, out . tiaii oenieq trmt he had told htm anything or that he had held the impending charges over his head In any way. He said he had wanted' the Brownell affidavit which the prosecu tion naa uitrojueea in evidence in order to assist him In his efforts towards reinstatement, the attorney having Informed him that should the cnarges maae against nint ba disproved h would be put back in office. Representatives from 14 societies met with tb Cathedral Men's club last evening and formed what Is -to be known as the "Antl-Traatlng Federa tion.". This federation will have both active and associate members, and prom ises to do much in tha way of obviating me treating habit including as it aoe not onty religious organisations irom an deaoiniaationa, but piso nonrellglous so detles. Th executive committee, composed of members of tha Cathedral Men cluo, will offlrtAr th flArtltin- And monthlf meeting will be held on the last Thurs- oay in vac a montn. It la proposed to hav both active and associate members, ths active members being from those societies whose mem bers agreo to take tha oledge neither to offer nor receive a treat In a place where Intoxicating liquors sre sold, rne as sociate members are to be drawn from those societies, who ' although their member do not 'sign th pledge. Will nevertheless agreo to promote th movement as much as they can. A committee to aeour lecturers and arrange for a series of meetings at which addresses will b mad In favor of th antl treating movement was ap: pointed, the members being ratner to ward O'Hara of tho Cathedral Men's club: Rv. James D. Corby, pastor of the First Unlrersallst church, and It A Sullivan. All th work la to b donated, ao that there aro no financial obligation as sumed nor dues collected from members of the federation. Father O'Hara has received word from Michigan that th movement started by him here has been taken up most enthusiastically In Detroit and other cities tn that state. Dr. Baart of Marshall. Michigan, a canonist, and one of th foremost Cathollo priest of th country, has taken up th move ment having learned of tt through the nublicltv aiven It In this city, and sev eral clubs are being formed' In Michi gan. New clubs aro also being formed In Oregon cities. ansUthe president of the Cathedral club has received several let ters from points In Idaho and Wash ington lnaulrlnc about the movement and Us alms. COURT OUSTS KILL Ml SPOUSE HOTEL OBJECT LESSONS FOR LEAP YEAR ASPIRANTS Cupid's Handiwork Proyes Dismal and Hopeless Failure' in Six Cases-Cold WeathcjMLliv6V Lovo Chills April Blossoms Bring on Storm and Others Follow. v III Gflrainv uniLvviii- lx wistful wives and ' two ; hapless husbands wars f rd from rnatrimon lal cares before Judg Cantenbeln In th circuit court this morning. . Tha old, old stories ot desertion, cruelty and gay oisregara ox marriag vowg-wer told over In hew guises, and in only on case tha. atory was unavailing. . In this ninth cast there was soma doubt as to ' whether the defendant had re ceived proper notice, and the matter was taken under advisement .Alleging that Virginia Vernon, who Is known as tbe April BloaBom" and does vaudeville stunts at Frits' nlaoa on Burnslde etreet haa supplanted her in in aviiecuona or ner Husband. Ur. Walter H. -Braden. lira Anna. Char. lotte Braden secured a decrea at sen. aratron. Dr. Braden, who la a Weil- Known east sia pnysician, was repre sented in court by an attorney, who orosa-axuninea on or tne witnesses regarding some of the stormy episodes that hay taken place alnce Mrs. Braden learnea mil tca ADril Hinaanm waa u. vioing ner nusoanas affections. Vest Orabblnr Stunt, Mrs. Braden aald her husband left teieonon number with her with di. rectlons to call hirnat that number whenever aha did hot know where he was. The number n roved to be that oi w leiepnone in tne variety actress room In the Alnlna flata. and on calf. Ing there a woman flrat answered the pnon. en aiso aaia ana saw him on th streets with the April Blossom, and when she upbraided hfm he, sometimes told her he loved the actress, at other una saying .ne aia not, tleven dollars was the sum provided her by her husband In one year, aha aald. Unco aha went Into the meat market where her husband was buying ii iuiu ais&K, presumably tor tne ac tress. She secured the steak and then followed him to another shop, where she found him buying lamb chop. She vviurcu i no coops, also. Dr. Braden originally brought auit for divorce from hla wife, charging that she tampered with his mall and pnea arouna nis desk, interfering with his business, but no attempt to prove these acts waa made by his attorney, and the decree went by default The Bradens were married in Portland In 1902, and have a little boy two yeara of age. The cuatody of the child was awarded to the mother, with alimony of $20 per month. Unlucky Thirteen. Marv E Cox. aa har nam mtam nt ty time, married A. T. Merwln in Marion (Special Dtspatcb to Tb Journal.) Olympla, Wash., Jan. il. Colonel W. ! county on November 0, 10, and IS M. Ridpath, candidate for the Republl-1 "V !" 'Umi a i! can gubernatorial nomination, and own- not know whether he ever found It. He er of a fashionable hotel in Spokane, I wrote to her once or twice, Mrs, Merwln Is no longer restrained by injunction i said, but aent her no money. She con fro m putting a stamp mill out of busl- I trlbuted $50 toward hts support during ness that aecured a location on the tthe II days they lived together. She ground floor of bis hotel. was granted, permission to resume the Colonel Ridpath and the 8pokane I name of Cox, which shs acquired by a Stamp workr were warring over the ! "nP n.arfiae- question c- Hlett never did provide a home The supreme court holds that a stamp ' Jr h wife, although she pleaded with mill in a hotel is a nuisance, reverses bim t0 J rente5. rooms, and made he caae and orders the InJuction din- y"r cmwu a nuunnuia oi High Traffic Officials of Chi cago & Northwestern and Chicago, St. Paul,, Minrie- has lived with hen mother. Mrs. Car. rliriia Tha huahanil la a BtreOtCSr Con- tVTo t SWtr ttr h. vapolis h' &, : Omaha Koads . i , , 1 . . .... ..1,1 n ,1 I . wa unreaaonauiy jnaiuua, continually found fault One he was about to strike her and she sought pro tection by running Into another room ana niaing oemnu a visitor. Uantenbein Intimated thta the proof of cruelty la this case - was - somewhat weak, but finally granted the decree. Unluoky Thirteen Again. Gathering: in Portland. t; 4 After 11 years of married life J. J. Mccarty deciaea to give UP I and irn hark to live with, his CO. ac cording to the story of Mra. Miud Mc wariy. iney wer mnn in ran The presence of high traffic official of the . Chicago A Northwestern rail hla wife 1 road and the Chicago. St Paul, Minne apolis Omaha road in Portland today again revives '; the report thati the xiiaai i sow ' v - s . couver, Washington, in 18i, and lived I wortnwestern Is making arrangements for some time In Hanford. California, j f0r extension of Its line from, Casper, where the husband has 40 seres of Vine-1 w. in.i. -w, vard. whan thav aenarated the wlf I Wyoming, to Portland. The road la signed away her Interest in this land. I now under construction from Caspar to ?h'!V1-n.ejr mln. tt.JlL'nAl0?Hni? Lander, surveys have been made Into SSf W jaiiSl Otuml and Yarlous routes to Portland company with another woman. Finally J 00i"W,J?d. ' , '."'' they me to Portland and separate C. H. Cairna. ge noral passenger rent the husband returning to Uve with hlslna W. Brlghara, general freight fqlka In Vancouver. I o tne Ubtoago Northwestern; Abuse and neglect was the payment George Maorae. general' passenger received by Mrs. Maggie S. Currier for I agent of the Chicago, St Paul, Mlnne- tne worg ana oiu in ner nusoana nun i auu ju. o. um, u- In Lebanon. Oregon, waa the testimony I oral freight agent of that road, came of the. wife against William Currier. ;o tnie city today, over the Northern Hha uM that nn nlaht after thav had I JraoulC and ara taklna a lank nvai- tha a party In the house her husband, be- I field. Vhey spent the day In company ram a imrf anil laft tha house. About I With A. V. Holder, aanaral a aant nf t o'clock In the morning he returned, these roads, making an .examination of and before she had time to unlock the traffic conditions, and inspecting the door he kicked It in. A new door had evidences of Portland's rapid growth to be procured to repair the damage, she during the last tJ yeara. said. Several time he struck her In the All laat year th surveyors or thS face and two years ago laat August she Chicago A Northwestern were known to left him. Since that time he haa be at work in eastern nnn Thi threatened her. she said, sending her a Una of survey Is said to cross the Snake letter within the last two weeks saying I river In tha viinit at m... i t. - w v. inoi anown now rar into Oregon tne securing a divorce. They were married Northwestern' engineers penetrated, as ln ak2aS"!!. lUXii-A . war. fnanyMflir cr.ws ofrall- v-v.. - roaa engineers her own way tell Ing fortunes and dress- mor9 tn"n ono Ing hair to continuing her position ss um, locaiuica housewife according to John fl. Qaua, to t his been t whom she waa married in Vancouver. t .v . " . ' Washington. In 18. He said that she iin. .ThiShS. t. -Jr.i,V left him in March. 1905, her only ex- n-A U "JFn& refused to go to work to support her N.h. Coast Is under construction In the said he left her In Chicago without vicinity of Walla Walla, 1 YEAR OF 4605 1112 mm missed. OYERTOf .ORPHANS do nor m homes Philadelphia, Jan. SI. Displaying a keen sense of pity for the scores of chil dren made homeless and parentlesa by the recent Boyerton Rhoads opera house disaster, In which 168 of the town's best citizens were burned to death, more than 10V charitable families in and about Philadelphia have written if the Children's bureau, 1S0S Arch street, asking to be allowed to adopt these un fortunates. Pennsylvania is not the only state that haa shown this philanthropic spirit for similar requests have come from Virginia, New York, New Jersey and Delaware. And from a personal knowl edge of some of the families anxious to adopt these children the bureau says the doors of many prominent homes have been thrown wide onen for the recention of Boyarton'a pitied boys and girls. Not one request, however, will be an swered, for tho relief committee of Boy erton has canvassed the homes where children seem to have been left In des titute circumstances and not one child cares to leave the Sorrowing country , village, one tenth of whose population lies buried In Union and Falrview cemeteries. STEEL'S NEW BOND PASSES SCRUTINY her own. This waa the testimony of Badia a. Hlett, who aald tnat ever since they were married, in August 10, with the exception of two weeks, she manner of giving legal notice to the de fendant wnose wnereaoouia are un known, the case waa taken under ad visement WEATHER KICKERS EXPRESS OPINIONS IN LOW DEGREES "I wouldn't mind the cold weather if it wasn't for the wind," said a man thla morning. "And I wouldn't mind the wind If It wasn't for the cold weather," said an other. Everyone had a complaint to offer today. The wind Interfered with the women shoppers. The weatner kept the thin blooded individuals Indoors. Others who were not affected by the wind or ths weather were kicking about the dust "Thousands are biting the dust to day," one fellow said, as he stood out In the cold and laughed at his own joke. But despite it all the sun was shining S CURE RHMTISFf Governor Chamberlain's Investigation as to the adequacy of the bond given by State Treasurer Steel, amounting to 1600,000 has been practically completed. For the most part the sureties were deemed sufficiently responsible, and the bond has-been approved, a few of the sureties, whose obligation amounted al together to about 60,000, were not sat isfactory, and it Is quite probsfble that Mr. Steel will be aaked to secure new bondsmen in their stead, but this he ' the streets' win uimuiiess auia 10 ao wunout difficulty. (Dnlted Prees Leased Wire.) Constantinople, Jan. SI. While he W99 being massaged for rheumatism the home of Iseet Pasha, the sultan's favorite, who la the real ruler of tho Turkish empire caught fire and he was forced to flee for his life, clad only In a suit of naiamas. Pasha presented a comical sight as he rushed through e streets. Hla comical aonearanoe was comolete after he alipped his feet Into a pair of big boots aent to- mm arter tne suitan nad ruooea nis roreneaa against mem, Pasha's home was Insured for 175,000, Mondnv nlarht. 9:30 n'rlnrV will h.eln Tim aultnn has srlven him title to an- the big six-day race at the Oaks : other house, and has ordered that the Six-Day Race Oaks Rink. rink. Representatives of the dally na pers will officiate, and a fast and earnest contest of speed nd endurance win begin, four prises win be awarded as follows:. First, second and third ?reatesr distance for six days racing; ourth prise for the greatest distance any one night. Entries to date: Charles Brent, Seattle; ii. Manna, victoria, Brit ish Columbia; M. Brown, Tacoma; E. Harrison, Detroit, Michigan: C. Lyttle, St. Paul, Minnesota; A. Waldsteln, 8an Francisco; R. Copeiand, K. Holt, J. Far rell, J. Kruse and H. Card, Portland. STEADY INCREASE IN REGISTRATION Oregon 'Postmasters. trmted Pren Lotted Wlr.) Washington. Jan. , Jl. Th following Oregon postmasters were nominated by the president today: M A Hage. Clats kanfej John Bos well, Hale? John Dom, Echo; D. 41.- McGauit Cottage Grove. '' '1nd tnai situation and force Hall to fipectadea U t Metwer's. X' " . ' . ' s t ' - . ' " J ' ' j,"' e e d e. At the close of yesterday's reg- lstratlon the total, number Of e names on the roll lacked only e fivo of 8,000. If the present rate of registration continues the e numoer on tne roils will be In e excess or zo.ooo, which would e be a phenomenal Increase over - two years ago. when the number , e civil list shall pay all the expenses of iurnisning il. EVIDENCE SLIPS; LIBERATED registered before the primaries was only 17,000, Of those registered 5,411 are Bepuhllcans, 1,283 are Demo crats and 847 are members of other parties or ' Independent The number of names added to " the rolls yesterday was- only tea, ' which . Is welll below the dally average. . : . " . - e e e e e e e e e e 4 , . phi ii iaiiai, ijiBP P"-iiiwlili I' IBBl I" !'. ' -. Zfro Weather. ' 5 ' ' . . Condon. Or.. Jan. JI.Th therm nm. fter registered aero here at midniglit Charles E. Sllgh, accused by the po lice of being a latter-day Fagin and mamhnr r a cans: of buralars who committed many robberies in this clt during the past few montns, was - set rree in tne ponce court snie morning. -Ona of Slia-h'S alleged accomplices. Roy Somera, made a confession under oath to district Attorney otevenson, ana it was on the strength of this confes- i sion that Sllffh was arrested, v Now Somers refuses : to take , Uie witness stand and corroborate the statements made- by . him under oath. Because of this and because there is no other' evi dence in. the hands of the police to con neot the man with- the burglaries tn which he is alleged - to have been lm plicated. Sllgh was given his liberty ims morning, , . t Fall Results la Death. William Donloft,' the '70-year-old re tired machinist who . v fell into the basement of a house at Mississippi ave nue and Shaves -streets' and-, fractured his skull, died at St. Vincents hospital this morning.- The funeral will be held . . 1 t." J M - . Mr. Donlon Was for 15 years a machin ist m tne Bmpioy or tne o. it I., and was welt known. He leaves a ' wlr!ow l-i and three daughter and one son. Mrs. M- F. Brady, Miss -Carry Donlon and M.- R. Donlon live in- Portland, and ... . . . l . . . . - , . i xiiia i unci linn Doen lurYiTM rrnm cuss Deing mat snn waa iireu oi niarrion I annthaf-n lj.hn ia .,(h.... w..k Ufa. Ha Tina asked her to return aav- f0"1? fdano inA southeastern Wssh- eral. times, he wid. but she declined the rtVn'fo,1,"' .l'f'-,?.t. i n vi ra r inn I : . .r - u n . . Emllle Carmicnanl aecured a divorce V.'" Ar"V""'.1,"r" " iu.rn" ou" sou in from John Celeatine Carmignanl because " JL ,rh'i "S-"',,.","? DTV1C2, noJTn he gave her a black eye and consistent- &?mJj.. T?1?. LJiY." J .T8Cm"'. lv rafnaed to ro to work to aunnort ner I "-. " She money and she sold the furniture to fol low him to Portland. She haa been worktna In a restaurant and has enougn to become a partner in ness at First ana toiumou st They were married ln MaraeiUes. France, tn 1904. Statutory grounds were alleged by Antonio Del Grosso, who secured a di vorce from Marv Del Grosso. Guldo Consign being named as co-respondt-nt They were married in Vancouver, wasn Ington, In 1892. Kela Jensen said that Pansy Jensen. whom he married In Yamhill county In Tnntirht. tn tha tuna nt man nlwt. 103. became dissatisfied Without cause , flraoraehara an m.h h.a,l. and left him In December, 1906. Other rcrsckers and much beating of witnesses said ane toia mem sne naa wm-iuuu una onui gongs tne near ota no complaint except that she could not year of 1.604 will be escorted out and love nim. . ipeim utuia: -uni uuuui o hannv 4 (tflS .-111 K. ,,.i,,4 t- K- T. lanu a viiinese population. Kvery Chinese in Portland will hav a birthday tomorrow and help make the mirth of the New Year successful by making It unanimous. . For every Chinaman counts himself as having been born on the first cf February and ln case misfortune has placed his actual natal day Somewhere between February 2 of one year and January II of the next he refuses to recoanixe tha fswt and counts himself as really having come Into this blooming world on New Year's day. Chinese of Portland, although they are not as rich this ymr as "usual, will probably celebrate the birth of little 4.600 for a week, commencing at mid night tonight Lares imnortatlons of firecrackers and colored paper New Yeara wishes have been made from China and although, not as much money win oe spent aa in some years, none or the various cremonies Incidental upon the vccaslon will be omitted. It is to be an especially haony oe ension for the children of Chinatown- there are nearly 100 of tha almond eyed little people In Portland and they will all be decked out In their very finest jackets and pantaloons and al lowed to make the New Year calls on the other Chinese families in "our set Each child will also be given some Chinese copper coins wrapped in bright colored tissue paper and in every Chi nese house there will be found waiting a pot of tea. Chinese cakes, rice, nut and other delicacies. Each caller is supposed to be pro vided with red calling cards Inscribed In Chinese characters which wish the recipient. of the call health, success and and almost every one was tickled to death because of this fact. However, there were aeveral pessi mists who were all out of sorts because the sun came out bright and early. "It hurts our eyes," they said ln chorus. 1 One guy threatened to hike for Al- trurlu discovered by w. u. noweiis and where the climate Is supposed to be perfect But he finally decided to remain here owing to the fact that In Altrurla the people are compelled to work two hours each day. There was one fellow who was satis fied, however, and was running around town In hla. shirt sleoves. j He had. lust returned from Aiasxa and this is the finest weather, according to hts Idea of weayier, that he has en countered for months and months. COLLINGE LOADED FOR DECEIVER Patrolman Burrl believes ho was the humble Instrument by which a contem plated tragedy wgs averted at the Union depot shortly after 10 o'clock last night At that hour the officer noticed a man moving about the depot peering into the faces of all arrivals and In other ways comporting himself ln a manner' that excited the suspicions of the guardian of the peace. k When accosted the man gave his name as W. a. coiiinge and declared that he was waiting for a man whom he ausoected of a purpose to cleave the city and Join Mrs. Coiiinge in Spokane. He declared, that his wife left him more than a week aso and he intended to have a serious Interview, with the person he held -responsible tor ner desertion. Further Investigation made by Burrl disclosed the tact that Collinae was armed with a revolver of large caliber. TheT man was accordingly arrested and taken to the police station where a charge of carrying a concealed deadly weapon was preferred against him. Collin ee was later released on denos- itlng $lv cash bail to insure his ap- fiearance in tne ponce court in is morn na to answer to the charge made against him. 'When his case was called this morning he failed to appear and his baii'was accordingly forfeited, . . BURGLARIES EVERY NIGHT AT ROSEBURG coin good fortune during, the coming year. i.ovo oi ino i'ninesa empire. During the helghth of the Portland Chinatown's glory the New Year's oelo bratlons were particularly elaborate and at the Chinese theatre the famous. auib -.piajra atwajrs fivfn. UWing to the decrease in the population, how ever, thla feature of local oriental life has been abandoned. MORE LIENS AGAINST IHIE (Special Dispatch to Tfc onrnal.) Baker City", Or., Jan. 81. Liens Aava been filed against the Cornucopia mines of Oregon, owned by John Searles of New York, by the miners to recover money due them for wages. The amount due claimants will amount to about $5,000, but no suits will be filed against the mine, so the men-say. ." i The trouble grows out of the: In ability of the Sumpter Hmelter to pay the money for the ore which haa been shipped from -the - mine. Durlna- the months of November and December the mine was being run by the Searles com pany and because the smelter failed to remit , for the ores shipped - them - the men couio not oe paid and tney nave filed liens to be Bure of getting their money. The mine. Is now under lease and is being run- by the miners and everything Is satisfactory, At present John Searles Is ln London interesting English capital in the mine and expects to secure enough money to operate the mine-on a i large scale so that it will be among the large pro ducers. The mine is known to be a rich OPENED FIRST DRUG STORE IN ST JOHNS ' J Mrs, B, T. Ward lives In Seattle.,. Ernest E " Elliott ' who Ooened tha first drugstore In St Johnsdied etr- at nis nome in Myrtle Jeark. He be burled Monday at . Coevftltla. where he lived as a bov. - Funeral ar. vlcee will be held Suncfay-afternoon at S o'clock at Finlev's rhflnsl. MamWr, Of Laurel lodge, X O. O. of St John, wUl have -harie! Of the funeral. 1 Rev. Zi . uates-wui orrictat. Mr. Elliott oaves a wife and two children. . If you like chocolates, see the -an- t nouncemerrt on the 'want ad" page, , y i tarded its development (Special DUpateh' ta Tbe loarnal.) nnuhn rw. .Tan 91 ILTIII. was robbed last '"night of 190 by bur-' on laPlt ,of monty has re riars who entered nis room. There was an attempt to : burglarise Mrs. S. C. Flint's house, Night before last bur glars entered two houses and ransacked everything. Their booty amounted to $78 in value. Burglaries are a . nightly occurrence. There is no clue to the perpetrators. . .-!- , JUMPING GEE WIIIZ, ... . A .. HOW COLD IT IS I e ThCeold weather did lb No.' e e ' 1 from the east -was late this e ' morning. e t Northern Paclfie No. 1, due at 7 o'clock, arrived at 8:80. ' e it Southern. Pacific No, 18, due I a 4,p, arrivpu on Willi, ,9 e Southern Paclflc No. 18, due e at 11:80, arrived on time, e ; O. R. & N. No.,- 8, (iiie at i I e o'clock, arrived on time. ' e e ! O. R. & N. No. 5. due at 9:45, e 'j e arrived on: time. . -t , . 'y)"ji Astoria & Columbia No. 21, 4 f e due at iz:ls, arrived on time. e iaa-aa'laaaaLa'aaa!!