THE 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
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