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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6. 1808. mrnmm SUICIDE ,SAYS HANLEY Eastern Oregon Cattle Kins: Declares Burkett Bill "Plays : Into Hands of Selfish Interests Would Stunt i Development and Kill Railroad Building. HEAR APPEAL OF RAILROADS Federal Appellate Court to Decido Lumber Hates ' Next JIay. FOUR FIRES AT PHILADELPHIA ."William Hanlcy, the leader, ef Ore- xon'a' blc -cattlemen, has roino out strongly against tha BurkMt b;ll provld i ' ' Inf-fortue .leasing of government lands 'or gracing. Mr. Hanlev In an interview thla ' morning declared that the lending of , gevernment landa for JO yeara would be playing Into tha hand of selfish In t areata, and would work a great harm to fhe western states which are In need of aettlera. Coming ai It dors from the man pop ularly supposed to be tha rhlef advo cate of tha bill In Oregon Mr. Hanloy's statement will be of great Importance In the battle that la to be waged be tween tha cattle Intereata and the de c par tea act of the Interior and tha sheep , men. atag la Tea Years. . "I am agalnat tha leasing system," said Mr. Hanley In tha Portland hotel thla mom trig. "I am agalnat It bacause ' I think the country haa a Delier uae for lta land than te uae It for common lock grailng. I do no tnink tne coun trv can ba developed with the land leased for 19' yeara for auch a purpose. No man haa tha right to say what Is good land and what la bad land. At the - end of la yeara tha man who does aay any land Is bed or good will aay that he waa a fool. Ten yeara will change the aspect of any country- This In the common hlatorv of every development. "'ADDlvlna- thla to central Oregon, there la no ahow today to settle Oregon or get people Into tha country unless they can get hold, of the title to the iana.' The trounie now la inai me iana laws-are too tight and demand too much or the cltlsen in perrecting nia uue. ' . "There la not latitude enough from tha standpoint of government dealing to get people to coma la and settle ou tha land. Instead of allowing the . hnmeateeder- 160 acrea ha ahould have 320 and tha baae of his final proof should ba the actual development of products In specified amounts and for a certain numoer or years, wnea tne products of his own energy would aggregate lo par acre In getting title to tne iana. F :. . Homestead taw raroe, '"A a for tha baae of sending a man to the country to live a certain number of months It Is a. farce on the rights of a rlttsen raising a family to have to go ou Into' a deaert region and serve a riven time as a settler, taking his chil dren' away from schools, living In a little shack, simply put up to fulfill the requirements of a narrow law. "The Burkett bill la more Important to. Oregon than to' any other state in the union, as. Oregon probably haa the blgreet amount of vacant land of any state.' One third of Its territory Is tied up In forest reserves, and about one third Is represented by vacant .Jands. Anyone taking up a map of Oregon and going over? the central tortlon of the state will find that With road granta, settlers ana cattlu and stock monopolies of land, only about 10 or II per cent la now tilled, all the reat being vacant. When Oregon knowa Oregon it will fln 1 it lies in ibis unsullied and unuevcioix'u country. Tha Bvil ia leasing-. The evil In leasing la that it gives the leasee of the property actual title to the land for 10 yeara. and while the bill nominally preserves the right of the settler, as a method of simply flavoring tha measure with popular sentiment, It Is. really plumb out of reason, under the act a settler couia locate a homestead in the center of tract of land leased to any individual or company, but thla right would be of no real value to him and ne couia not make a living, -surrounded as ha would be by the big holding devoted io grai lng. ' The right to lease the land would almply mean tilling it In big chunks and holding it up for future genera tions. "The good resulting to the country from the range la not or any great con sequence. Oet the biggest product out of the land you can't do that with sel fish Interests leasing It In large bodies and virtually excluding small settlers.' "With the price-fixed at fS an acre, the government need never fear a mo nopoly. The best land for graalng la not worth more than $ or 17 an acra. "The question of land monopoly is a bugaboo land la tha worst Investment any one can get, excepting for an im mediate turn. The bolder of any large amount of land la alwaya exposed to the elements of the will of the common fieople, and this hoodoo about monopo lies land Is simply locking the stable door after the horse Is stolen, and Ore gon Is the victim." , Would Discourse Ballxoada. Mr. Uanley explains his stand on the leasing question In the following ex pressive language: l m rrom tne common nera myaeii. (Ctalted Press Ued Wire.) ' ' San Francisco, Feb. 6. Two cases of ut.nost Importance to coaat lumber con cerns came up In tne united states ais trkt court of appeals today, the cases being those of the Northern Paclflo railroad against the Pacific Coast hum her Manufacturers' association and thi l.'tilon Pacific railroad against tha Ore gon and Washington uumber aianulac turers company. In each case an appeal la taken from an Interlocutory decree entered by tha tnited mates circuit court in washing ton enjoining railroads rrom collectln rates prescribed by tariffs on file wit the Interstate commerce commission covering transportation of lumber In and out of the states of Oregon and Washington. It Is not likely that the uKiiiuna wiu Bi nanoea uown umu May. The Portland CouhtryVciiib Withdraws ' From North 1 Quarter Million Loss Result of Conflagrations in Quaker City. , STORY JUDGES TO MAKE SELECTIONS This afternoon at 4 o'clock tha com mittee of judges appointed by Governor Chamberlain to select tha prise winning articles on Oregon In tha Commercial ciud competition will meet and divide the various articles Into three sections ao as to start In with the work. Pro fessor J. V. Bwlng, James Tyler and W. J. Cuddy, the judges, have arranged to credit tne papers as follows: Merits. 40 per rent; accuracy, SO per cent: quality. 30 per cent. Each judge will go over the articles allotted him and discard those which he thinks unsuitable for tha competition. When all have been rone over once the residue will be considered by all three judges and the o prise winners selected. RAGLAND CONVICTED FOR PULLING GUN And when I see anything that la going n i to hurt these in the common bunc throw in my lot with them. The gras lng act would benefit a few selfish In terests and set back this state a good many years. I am anxious to aea the state Developed and not turned over to the cattlemen or any other body Of monopolists. The leasing or tne iana as proposed n the Burkett Mil would seriously dis courage the building oi new railroads nto central Urezon, ror there could be no great production from landa held n lurae bodlea for graslng purposes Railroads would never be built merely to handle the cattle and sheep." TWO MASKED MEN HOLD UP FIVE OTHERS AND GET TOTAL OF $6.15 Two masked men held up and robbed three; men In tha Seven Corners saloon, Twenty-first and Division streets, last Saturday night -shortly after midnight. When the highwaymen entered the sa loon there, wer. but -three men In tht place; . the' bartender, ' J. M. Frellinger, and two patrons. One -of the latter Is known by. the name of Kaiser. The other man 'i hatha la Unknown to tha po lice. . y ;, 'i , Tha xobbers presented, revolvers and i ordered all of the men to hold up their hands. - When this order was complied witn one or tne masked men stood guard while the other robbed register and searched the m the bsrtender and his two companions. The cash register yielded IS, while all that was found in the Dockets of the victims of tha robbery was $1.16. The robbers then departed without leaving; any otner ciue to tneir identity tnan the meagre description furnished the po nce oy tne oartenoer. (United Prase Leased Wire.) Pan Francisco. Feb. I. R. E. Rag- and. former Dresldent of the defunct Cltlaens' state bank, was found guilty this morning of exhibiting a deadly weapon and carrying a concealed weapon. The prosecuting witness was a depositor, whom Ragland threatened to shoot for asking for his money. Be fore sentence was pronounced Ragland begged to be found not guilty, promis ing to go to work and pay off the creditors of the bank, but his plea was of no avail, and sentence will be passed tomorrow. In view of the circumstances he will probably be sentenced to the limit, which Is six months in the countv jail on each charge. and Will Hold Meet in September. (United Press Leased Wire.) Phlladelnhla. Feb. g All burnlnr st Pacific RacinC ASSOCiation I the same time, four different flrea de stroyed property vaiuea at iidv.vvv in this city today.. One of tha fires,' tha. first to ba dla covered, caused a loss pf $$.000 on tha freight steamship Arias of the! Mer chants' tt Miners' Transportation com pany, wnicn waa in the iMiawars river. While this flra waa raalnar another started In the druar tara nt Jmnhl A Ciasn occurred Between ins rmprw i Mroa on Chestnut atreat. where nron. sentatlvea of Boise, iwision, Spokane, I r worw ie,vv -was aestroyea. ....... Au.l A few minutes later flames were die. waiia nana, ixonn i.a.ma .nu vu- C0Vered in a building occupied by a representatives of the Portland Country publishing house at American and Lo- Club and Livestock association tars cust streets, ?nree rims wera burned morning at tha meeting of the North ouTh fourth bUM ,n; Paclflo Racing association that will re- at Marshall and Kltnsr streets. Three suit In the complete separation or the otner nouses wera also damaged. Portland association from tha northwest circuit Tha Portland club decided to hold Its races during tha week of Sep tember SI to tS. regardless of the op position from tha towns In the eastern territory. The .Portland races will follow the Oregon state fair at Salem, which will ba held from September It to 1, and tha Haiem fair win follow in turn ins California meat at Sacramento, which will be held from September T to 11. O. A. Weatgate, who repreaented Port land, atated that the Portland associa tion could hold their meet at no other time and advised the eastern represen tatives to follow the Portland fair. which will ba by far the largest racing meet ever held in the Paclflo northwest. The eastern delegation stood firmly together and voted to follow the Salem HEMS SillDTO BE HIDING III CM :' -. - .i Notorious Place Is Attached on Account of Firm That burnished Furniture. SAY BROTHER HOLDS MOTHER PRISONER Three Other Sons and Two Daughters Seek Writ of Habeas Corpus. fair and take their chances pn REINS BURNED IN TWO BY LIVE WIRE The reins by which a three-horse team was being driven to a furniture van of the Pick Transfer 4c Storage company were burned in two by a live eleotrlo wire at Third and Taylor streets mis arternoon, and the animals, be coming frightened, started to run away. i ne wire nao oroiten away rrom lta support above. The horses dashed across the street, while the driver waa powerless to stop them. The iwagon collided with a telegraph pole. The wagon was only allahtlv -damarert While the driver was shocked he was not injured to any great extent Philadelphia. Feb. . Charging that mZfttni tnelr ol mother waa .Induced to leave horses for their racea As the Portland " noma on tha pretext of seeing tbs Elks' parade last July, and that she has since been unlawfully detained by ona of her sons. Dr. John B. Brunet, at his residence, toil North Broad street, his three brothers have tolnad with other memoers or tne larany in a petition for a writ of kabeaa corpus. The petitioners are Alfred N., Adolphua V. and Dr. Fred erics k. unmet; tneir sisters, Adeia Barrlero and Angela Bodine Porter, and their nephew, Jose R, Brunet Samuel A. Boyle, attorney for tha Brunet brothers, said that tha mother, whose name is Augustlna H. Brunet had been restrained of her liberty at the home of her son for several months, and the object of the writ was to get her Into tha home of another son or daughter, where all the members of the family might be able to see her. Dr. Frederick H Brunet. who la a demonstrator of dental surgery In the raeuico-nirurgicai couege, explained in aetaii tne present dispute. He said: "My mother Is 87 years old. She had been living with a daughter In West Philadelphia, and at the time of the B.1K IIITCHINGS CHARGES SOON TQ BE TAKEN UP GricYarice Committee of Bar Association to Hold Meet ing Within Two Weeks. ' Some time within the next two weeks. It is expected) a meeting of the grievance-committee of the State Bar asso ciation till bat called to take up the charges filled against J. H. Hltchlngs, who Is threatened with disbarment pro ceed Inge.' '-The complaint charging un ' professional - conduct in attempting to 1 bribe Ponce captain oruin, is on me and Hltchlngs will ba cited to appear es soon as tha date ' for the meeting la fixed. . Several other cases of alleged un professional conduct on the part of Iocal attorneys and of ona firm outside of Portland have been reported, and tha new bar ' association prosecutor, R. , B. Fisher, is Investigating these and endeavoring to prepare the matters In r auch form that alj can be presented at ' the same meeting Of tha grievance com mittee. , This committee is composed : of U A. McNary, A. F. Flegel, Frank 8. Grant, Martin B. Pogue of Salem and S, B. Beach. Two cases of disbarment are pending on appeal In tha state supreme court those of John F. "Watts and Marlon R. Bigg, olt la expected that these long pending cases will, be taken up at an earljr date and ' the court asked to fix a time for hearing, so they may be nrougnt to .iocus, . . , - The bar association prosecutor re delves an allowance of 1100 per year for his services.;, From the amount of business now on hand ha seems likely to have enough to do to earn hla a alary. C0RTELY0U SCORED BY CULBERTS0N (United Press Lsased Wire.) Washington, Feb. (. Senator Culbert sbn declared that Secretary Cortelyou's report on the manner In which he dealt with the recent money panic established the fact that he violated tha law In the following instances: , First That he issued Panama canal bonds without the necessity for such a proceeding. Second That he excluded Individual bidders, giving the national banks the preference, when the law explicitly pro vides that all citizens should have an equal- opportunity. ThirdThat he used the proceeds of the sale as public deposits the law pro viding that they should be used only for canal purposes. Fourth That he Issued S per cent ceruuc&ies wnicn were not for a law fully expressed purpose, meeting the government expense. rirtn inat ne permitted the national banks to use circulatlnK notes aa a basis iui circulation. Sixth That he abused discretionary jsvmci in ujv uisiriuuuon or puDllc de posits, which were untuat Anil InunnU able, and that much of the deposits were to the New York banks for speculative ANIMATED DEBATE W BAPTISM Sockert HAWKES IS OX TRIAL FOR HORSE STEALING J. F. Hawkes, who Is charged with several horse stealing offenses, is on trial before Judge Oantenbeln and a jury In the circuit court for the theft or an animal worth S00 from A. F. jonnson, a farmer who lives near Ores ham. Mine jurors had been secured at noon, six talesmen havina been excused by the defense, two by the prosecution ano two Dy tne court, tiawtti is an old man, who has been working In the lum ber camps. Great care Is taken on both sides in the selection of tha jury. OREGON MAN MAY BE NEW PUBLIC PRINTER ARMY TO GET MORE : MONEY THIS SESSION , (United Prew Leased Wire.) Washlneton, Feb. . The military ap propriation bill carrying $85,000,000 for tne maintenance or the military estab lishment In 10 will be reported in tha ,-, house this week This amount Is 17,000,- 000 greater than the appropriation for the same purpose . granted at the last , session. Half of the Increase is for y clothing and the other half Is for sup 'Ile" n aquipwent to take the place fL1 haiv,ir?, !n th San Francisco 1 re. , 1 ho total for clothing and gar J Jutament will be almost 17.000,- STORM KING'S BREATH 1CAD ONION STRENGTH 4 TMiwina attained a velocity 4 4 of M miles In Portland last-' 4 night . At tna mourn oc tha 4 river It blew 7 J miles an Jiour 4 and stirred up a. heavy aea. 4 Warnings had ; been , displayed a) a during tha day, however, ao that 4 mariners Intending; to - depart' 4 , wera not caught unawares. Tha e) storm , waa of short duration. C, (Special Diipstcb to The Journal.) ouverton, or., Feb. 6. Over 1.000 people assembled in the Opera house niton and listened tn nn i i.ii.4 debate between champions of the Luth eran and Christian- faiths on the ques tion. - "What Is Rant Ism inH ta onouin te naptlaed?" The Lutherans had challenged the Christian denomina tion, dui owing to an important meet ing at their own churoh the debaters chosen by. the latter church could not attend, rneir piace was taken by J. H. Darklur of Salem, who arose from the audience and entered the arena, single handed, against Rev. O. Blerhet and Rev. H. R. Harstad, both of Washing ton. Tha audience was largely com- fioeed of Lutherans, who listened at entlvely through two hotys of debate. RICKEY STEPS OUT OF BANK AT CARSON (Wubington Buresu of The Journal.) Washington. Feb. 6. William B. Tur ner of Portland, printing clerk of the senate, is seriously considered as a candidate to succeed Public Printer Stllllngs, whose removal was forced by the disclosures of rank graft In the fovernment printing office. Close rienda of the president say there are real prospects of Turner's apoolntment. although the White House has not Inti mated who will be appointed. Noted Educators to Come. j Arraneements are beina- maria tn Dring to Portland several educators and institute -workers to lecture before the Oregon Catholic Educational institution, which meets here next July. It Is pro posed to divide the work of the coming innutuie into rour departments: High school, grammar, primary and kinder- Banen, tne oDject oeing to allow teach ers Interested In one branch of educa tional work to spend their entire time in mat department. The officers of the association will engage local talent to conduct the ses sions of the various departments. Arrange Georgia Primary. (United Preat leaned Wirt.) Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 6. Members of the state Democratic executive committee of Georgia rounded up at the Piedmont hotel In this city today, and were called to order at noon by Chairman A. L. Mil ler of Macon. The chief work of the meeting is to arrange for the primary this summer, which In addition to nomi nating state officers will also settle tha question of a successor to United States Senator Clay. It is probable that an early primary may be called, so that the state convention may assemble In time to choose delegates to the national convention, thus obviating the necessity for holding two conventions. j!'" t United Preaa Laaed Wire.) Carson. City. Nev.. Feb. 8. President T B. Rickey, former president of the State Bank and Trust company, today as signed ms Dio shares to other stock holders in tha institution and ateoned down and out of the manae-ement of the -bank, In which he no longer has any. interest, a new president and board of directors will be named today by the stockholders in the hope of putting the bank jn a position so that it can resume ousiness ana pay dollar, for dollar to depositors. Kicaey has been cited to appear before the grand Jury of Nye county and explain the. condition of the . rea ver win not r unnntntad untll a reorganization 1 effected. 11 : .' trial for Purse Snatchei. vifLn&'JiSK elavator boy who onthe?.'. nd ot ln will yuuwa te La Grande Firm Bankrupt. Ithamer F. Douglas and Conrad Nied- erer, doing business as a rirm at La Grande, filed papers with the clerk of the United States district court this morning requesting . that they be ad judged a bankrupt. Their liabilities amount to $5,467 and their assets $7,280. Unknown Kills Himself. (United Prase lasted Wire.) San Francisco, Feb. 6. An unidenti fied man was found thli morning in uoiden uate park witn a ouuet noie rn his head and his lips and face burned bv carbolic acid. A bottle half filled with carbolic acid and a revolver were Iyipg by his side. association offers about $40,000 In purses during this meet, the eastern Washington and Idaho fairs will 4iave to look to other sources for their at tractions. Furthermore, tha Washing ton fairs are dependent on California nd Oregon horses for their races, so that It ia tha opinion of racing men that the North Yakima fair, which it was decided should fall on the same date aa tha Portland fair, will ba up against it lor entries. Tearful of Snowfall. It waa claimed by the eastern dele gation that should tnelr dates bo placed one week later In order to accommodate Portland It would put their fairs too far Into the winter, when the snow would be on tha ground and the Buccesa of the falra very doubtful. Mr. Westgate said that as tha California fair was fixed and tha same horses will be engaged for that meet and the Portland and the Salem meets also. 4t would be Impossible to noid tne Portland raoes at any other time than September 21 to 26. The vot was 6 to 7 on tha deciding ballot tha Yakima should be given the date, where' upon Portland withdrew from the asso clntlon. The representation was as follows: S. C. Cameron, Tacoma: M. B. Wisdom. tseuinsnam uan uurrie. Kverott: wii 11am Matlock, Salem (president); G. A. uranam. North Takima: Robert It Co rrove, Spokane; John T. Ray, Lewiston R. H. Johnson, Walla Walla; W. H. Gib son, noise; j. a. Fllcher. Sacramento J. E. Shrewsbury, Seattle, and G. A. westgate. Portland. The meeting adjourned after the de clsion had been made that forced Port land out Of the northwest rlrntift A1 tho meeting this afternoon attempts will be made to arrange the Everett, Bel 1 Ingham, Tacoma and Seattle dates so tnat tney win rail berore the Salem and Portland falra It Is likely there will be an attempt also to find an amicable adjustment oi tha conflict between i-oruand s dates and those of Yakima. Too Many Want Baoes. "There ara too many small towns af. ter racing dates In the northwest rlr. cult, said Mr, Fllcher, who represent ed Sacramento, "and before this dir. flculty is finally arranged, some of the smaller district fairs will have to cut out the racing feature. The cricuit can never nope to be successful and Ignore a project as bla as that under wsy by the Portland Country club. The purses huna- In this Portland meet are so large that Yakima or any other fairs will not be able successfully to rum. pate." It is tna first time that tha (Tali. fornla association has so far recognized me uui iurii as 10 aenu a representa five. It Is believed that the efforts of tha new Portland association In secur ing big purses for this meet, and in sending- to Chicago men to list horses has brought about the recognition of tha California association. Mr. Fllcher asked thst his association be admitted as a member and that the circuit be en. larged so as to Include ultimately othef western states and be Known as the Western Raoing association. Instead of the constricted North Pacific associa tion. Other matters were taken up briefly besides the racing dates. Resolutions wera passed Indorsing the stock show to be held by the Portland Country club in September, for which dates were af terwards refused. Resolutions wera adopted asking better accommodations from tha railroads In furnishing cars j mat can oa used during tne entire sea son witHbut change and a correction of the evils now prevailing In the manner in wnicn oiooaea stocic ror tne snows are handled Dy tne railroad men. A resolution was also read and adopt ed encouraging the different associa tions to offer as liberal awards as pos sible for blooded fktock and In favor of classing animals ?so exhibited accord ing to gK a well as other qualifica tions, - ' '.. : t Although Information was given tha polloa and sheriff last night by Attar nay John 7. Watts whara Ernest Hey. mans, recently proprietor of tha X-Radlum Institute, could bo found. Hey mans Is still at large. - - According to Mr, .Watts he reoalved Information yesterday telling him that Hermans waa ia hiding at the house of a young woman witn wnom na is said to have bean living for tha past two years. Tha sheriff declined to- enter Into tha case. Tha polloa and District Attorney Manning are still hunting- for Hermans, but have been unabla to lo cats him, they say. " This mornlna Mr. Watts attached tha Institute at Third and Alder In order to seoura a bill for furniture held against tha Institute by a larre furniture house. It Is claimed that tha place haa already been taken over by a mortgage alleged to have been given by Heymans before ha disappeared. Mrs. Heymans. or tha woman supposed to ba Mrs. Her mans, is stiii stopping at tna institute, which la now In chare-a of tha sheriffs oinoe. Last nlaht tha Citv and County Medl cal society mat and adopted resolutions commending tha press for their efforts to close up tha Institute and asking mat advertisements oi tna various dis reputable hospitals be kept off the theatre ourtaina aud from tha news papers. . A oommittea eomnosed of Dr. T C x-ukiTT, tJT, jh. . uwrr anu ljv. juian Welch Smith was named to press this matter. . It Is claimed that If Hermans Is ar- raatsd he can be prosecuted on tha forgery charge and be given from two to rourteen yaara In tha penitentiary, which Is the nenaltv for forrlna- a nub. iiu uucumeai. SECTOR ADVERTISES FOR WIFE WITH MEANS PRETTY HURSE is noi l Girl Dresses in Male Attiro and Swims, River to ;ly ; Reach Patient, j ? v Ipiscopal Clergyman De- scribes Himself as Good Natured and Cheerful. New York, Feb. 6. Tha Rev. Dr. J. H. Gear, formerly rector of an Episcopal church In Maryland, Is seeking a wife through newspaper advertising. Dr. Gear; who describes himself as "good-natured, cheerful and easy to get on with," has been married once. His parade my brother John and hla latest offer contains the provision that wife Induced her to go to his house on the applicant must have means. the pretext of seelntr the parade. Thev Tho rt.'. ..tiMmunt k. a haveslnce detained her. No one Is al-Jceae of Maryland waa voluntary, and on tnat account nis application ror rein statement cannot &e considered until three years have elapsed. Already Dr. Gear haa communicated to his bishop his desire to return to the church. Before the third year la over na nones to nave a wua to nam him in his parish work. , Dr. uear la a little man, past middle age. His hair Is 'White, but his com plexion ruddy, and -ha seems to bear out tha specification of being cheerful. ti says that about a year ago he ad vertised for- a wife, but ha was evi dently unable to find a aultable mate, sines na naa nana aootner trial. WELLS-FARGO MAY HAVE COMPETITION (United Preaa Leased .Wire.) San Francisco. Feb. . 6. Neaotlatlons which may result In another National Express company entering the western field, are now being conducted with the Western Paclflo Railroad company. The United States Express company is men tioned as tna prospecirve competitor or Wells. Farao & Co.. which has enioved a monopoly of tha- business of tha west lowed to aee her except In the presence oi my Drotner or nis wire, she Is old and childish, and wa do not know. what papers she may ba Induced to sign un der the present circumstances. "She has property valued at about $14,000, which la being managed by my brother Alfred, and John wants to get control of It. He formerly managed our father's estate in Cuba until wa took It lilt a ttla V n M SAYS SHE BOUGHT HER CHILD FOR W Swears Foster 3fother Sold Boy Back to Her on the Installment Plan. . ' i , t ' , . 1 1 ' . . : , (United Press Lsased Wire.) j r v Ventura, Cat, Feb. Mlas Kittle McDarmott of thla city has proved her self a heroine. , Miss McDarmott Is a nursa and she had been at Wheeler's Springs for several weeks carina for t Sick man. Sunday she received a tela. phona message from tho Argnbrlte family In this city to com down as - soon as possible... 8n had previously been engaged by. the Argabrites to be -present whea'the atnrk ahoul.l come tn ' their home. Miss McDarmott sent back ' word that ahe would be In town the neat day. Monday. All dav Rundav and all Sunday night tha rain came down la . torrents in the Matlllja canyon where the springs are located. The creeks and rlvara flowed in awlft yellow floods on Monday morning. ' Dasnlta thla anil thm nrntaata -ne hr". friends at the springs, Miss MoDermott In order to be better prepared for the ' perilous journey she donned male attire and. then eet out over the slippery trails. She Anally reached the .My era ' t spring;. It waa six miles to the railroad and although the river flowed between . she started out The plucky girl at last ' reached a place near the Sheldon ranch, ' where ahe could so no further-without - crossing the Ventura river. She had - sneidon make raat a rope td her waist ( to. keen her from balna- washed down '. stream and then unhealtatlngly plunged.' Into the Icy flood. After a desperate struggle she scrambled up the opposite bank and continued her walk and finally-1 reached the Argabrlte home "on' time. REGISTRATION TOUCHES HIGH HARK The registration figures took a small spurt yesterday,, reaching" the high mark for the week, when at the close of the day it was found that $17 names had been added to the rolls. Two hundred and forty-five were members of the Q. O. P., 54 were Democrats and II proclaimed themselves Independents ' or members of the lesser parties, The number registered up to date Is 1.484, of whom ,643 are down as Republicans, 1,801 are . Democrats and 440 have drifted Into the miscellaneous column. New York, Feb. I Mrs. Maude Ger aldlne Clarke, arrested for kldnaplna her for 31 yeara own 6-year-old son. declared In colics . Th" WeUs-Fara o people ara making a - . . ... . ' . . i determined errort to retain tneir monop oly here and It la understood have of fered the Gould corporation a substan tial bonus for exclusive privileges over court today ths4 she had bought the boy. Mrs. Clarke said that after her dl vorce rrom ner nusDand the lad was adopted by Dr. and Mrs. Geza Kremer, a childless pair. Dr. Kremer became so fond of little Carlton Clarke, save jealous, and opened negotiations for the purcnase or tne lad Dy nis own mother. The sale was to be on the Install ment plan, $1.0 down and $76 a month until isoo waa reached. "Mrs. Kremer sent for me," said Mrs. uiarice, -and i paid tne xiso. it was tha new trans-continental road. CHARGE COUPLE WITH GRAFTING BIG SUM (United Press Leased Wire.) New York. Feb. 6. In the Tombs police court today Plnkerton detectives agreed that I should take Carlton tha broker, and Edna Smith, his ste'noara- next day, on a signal from Mrs. Kremer. I nher. under arreat on technical c hurras who was to stand In her window. had obtained $80,900 from Willam F. "When I went to get Carlton tha next f Walker, the defaulting cashier of the day Mrs. Kremer was standing in her window, and sent ner sister out with tne boy." TIME FOR OBJECTIONS TO A. L. BYLER'S CLAIM Judge Cleland in the circuit court has set tomorrow aa the time for hearing oDjecuon to tne payment or a claim of A. L. Byler for $44 against the assignee or tne uoiden Kaaria atn Byler was an employe of the store and makes the claim for salary, asking that db paia as a preierrea claim and the remainder nro rated with nhr claims. officer, of the court' haVeKenntrvln; tn, the reform achoA ke,y. .lan1 . Granted Divorce. (Special Dispatch 'to Tbs Journal.) Salem. Feb, 6. A divorce has been arranted Alma E. Matney of Polk county on grounds cf cruelty and drunkenness,' in the course of which her husband threatened to take her life and that of her child. . . Contractors Face) Suit. 'Yoiingferdorf i 8on. contractors for tha new city hall at St Johns; are be ing bomnardeo witn attaenment suits in tha -circuit court. The latest haa bepn begun by T C. Thomson, who states that he furnished tinning snd galvanised Iron work to tha value of $91$ and that this sum remains unpaid. ,--..- HURLBURT ON HIGH ROAD TO RECOVERY W. H. Hurlburt tha Well knnwn nan. ltallst. who had a serious formed several davs ae-o hv rr a. m Rockey, who later found it necessary to "uuiiuttry operation, waa re moved from tho hospital today to a private residence, and is reported to be wen on me roao to recovery. NO COMPLAINT ON ARRIVAL OF TRAINS CONGRESSMAN KNOCKS FAIR AT SEATTLE (United Press Leaaed Wire.) Washington, Feb. 6. Repre sentative Burkett of Nebraska In tho house today declared that the Seattle exposition Is being engineered by boomers, who he eald conceive a great demand for the exposition out of their own fancy. 4 Every one around the pas 4 senger station was pleased to- day. e Northern Pacific No. 1, due at e 7 o'clock, arrived on time. 0 ' Southern Paclflo No. 16, due at 4 7:65, arrived on time. 4V Southern Paclflo No. 18due at 4 11:J0, arrived on time. O. R. A N. No. S, due at 8 4 o'clock, arrlvWl on time. O. R. & N. No. 6, due at 9:45, 4 arrived on time. 4 Astoria & Columbia No. 21, e due at 13:15, arrived on. time. DUTCH MILLER KILLED IN FIGHT IN MEMPHIS Shot down In a quarrel over a petty matter, C. B. "Dutch" Miller, well known as a memDer.or tne Theatrical Mechanics' association. Portland branch. died In Memphis, Tennessee, yesterday. It is probable tnat Mr. Miners body will be brought to Portland for burial. Miller was a stage carpenter In this city for 12 or IS years and worked for some time at tne juync. nm naa Deen with a traveling company this season, however, and was, tilaylna in Memnhla at tne time oi tna snooting. e quar reled with a detective Friday of last week: Tna local x. m. a. wired tnat every care be given him and they will sea that hla body Is given burial either In Memphis or Portland. Secretary J. B. Welch has charge of tha arrange ments. 9 Secretary Mcintosh is conducting citv civil service examination for first and second engineers for the flreboat at the city hall today. There were six ao- 'pucants ror tne- positions, out three failed to pass the physical examination, leaving but three, to take ... the writing test. ' Member of Sunday School 60 Years. From the Hartford Courant. : Mrs. Harriet R. Teomans of thla nlace haa jl. remarkable' record as a member and attendant at ona Sunday school. Mra Harriet Yeomans was born in Columbia, April 8, 1817, and has always resided here. At the aae of 6 vears she began to attend tha Sunday school con nected witn tne congregational cnurcn In this place, and since that time bar been a constant member of . the . name Sunday school a period, of ajmost. years, ...... . , ' - New Britain, Connecticut, savings bank and who is now being detained by the authorities in Mexico. The detectives deolared that the couple were concerned in- the plan to beat the stock market wnich waixer financed. Tne prisoners were neid in z,ouu Dan. CR0THERS AND OLDER ARE HELD FOR LIBEL (United Press Leased Wire.) San Francisco.. Feb. 6. Two charaea or criminal iioei preierrea today oy m. f. m. Troy against . a. urotners and Fremont Older, owner and managing editor respectively oi tne Ban Francisco Bulletin; resulted In the holding of both men by Judge Cabanlss to answer to the superior court, nan waa fixed in each case at Z caan. LUMBER COMPANY INCORPORATED Articles Of Incorporation have bean filed by the Oregon-Wisconsin Lumber company. Its capital stock Is fixed at i 700,000 and the Incorporators are Lewis ontgomery, E. W. Ring, .A, M. StondaU and Russell E. Sewall. ' t' . .'mi .ii i m i i i I . Charged With Larceny. Alexander Hamilton Was arrested thla afternoon by Policeman Golts on a war rant Issued at the request of Mrs. Kate Garrett. 239 South Grand avenue, charg ing him with larceny. Mrs. Garrett al leges that Hamilton, needing Christmas money, entered her house just a few days before Christmas, and before -taking hla departure took $46 in cash be- lonannr to ner. juoae Cameron win listen to Mr. Hamilton's troubles tomor row morning. Mrs; Milter Is Sole Heir. Laura E. Miller has applied for let ters on the estate of her late husband, Jasper R. Miller, of whom she Is thn only heir. The property consists of $891 deposited with a local bank. MONEY APPROPRIATED FOR SEATTLE FAIR WIDOW SAYS WOOER GOT ALL HER MONEY. New York. Feb. . Mrs. Elisabeth.' Griggs, a young widow of Cleveland, living at Mornlngslde Heights, has brought suit against William B. Shaw,. head of the Barrett-Shaw Jewelry com--pany, which is In bankruptcy, to re-;, cover $15,000 which she contends he ob. talned from her by fraud and undue In fluence. In the complaint Mrs. Griggs tells how the defendant wooed her in ffleve-,. land two years ago. She had at that time more than $10,000. He talked over. his business schemes with her and con vinced her - that a fortune waa to be , made in the Jewelry business in New i- is, ... l.i. nr AAA 1. I or. dm Laru . who oi.vvv, . m says. Me said nis wire wouio get a air vorce and that he would marry her. She never got any profits. : r FAIRBANKS MEMBER ' OF BUTTERMILK CLUB ; Dallas, Texas, Feb. (.Colonel Jljhs Lowry, a newspaper man of the old school, has published a dissertation on buttermilk and a copy has been 'gent te Vice-President Fairbanks, exponent ' of the virtues of buttermilk. Mr, Fair banks has been elected a charter mem ber of the Buttermilk club which t4wry' organised. .' - r'The state prohibition election , 'la eominsr." says Colonel Jim. "Be wise and join the Buttermilk club. Butter- milk comes straight from the cow, and la a stranger to the crooked ways of the still worm. Send us your bottles of fire water at once that we may pre serve them as souvenirs, and receive in exchange full membership In the Buttermilk club." - (United Press Lasted Wire.) Washington, Feb. 8. The sen ate this afternoon passed the bill appropriating $700,000 to aid the Alaska-Yukon exposition at Seattle. . " More proof that Lvdia E. PintoS hana's Vegetable Gomnound Saves woman from gurtricaloperations,', Mrs. S. A. Williams, of Gardiner. " Maine, writes: ' ,v " I was a trreafc sufferer from femala troubles, and Lvdia E. Pihkham's Vege-. table Compound restored me to health-' in three months, after mv physician declared that an operation -was absof lutely necessary.'' . .-. rV ij.ttl Mrs. Alvina Sperling of 154 Cler Dourne Ave., (Jhicairo, JUL. writes : "I suffered from female troubles, tumor and much Inflammation. Two of the best doctors in Chicago decided that an operation was necessarr to save my life. LydiaE. Pinkham's Vegetable lampound entirely cured me without an operation." '4 FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN. For thirty years Lydia E. Pink-s ham's Vegetable Compound, made rrom roots and nerbs, nas Deen tne- standard remedy for female' ills, and has positively cured thousands of women who have been troubled with displacements, inflammation, ulcera tion, fibroid tumors, imparities. periodic pains, backache, that bearing-down feeling, flatulency, indices-' tion,dizzinee8,or nervous prostration. Why don't you try it ? '., , ; h Mrs. Plnkham invites all' sick, women to write ber for adrice. She - has guided thousands to health. Address, Lynn, Jtlas. . in h 1M It in P 1 1 c Ii h I
