THE OREGON . DAILY h JOURNAL. PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 17, 1S03. .
mm
ll ROBBED
ironies of Johan Poulsen and
P. C. Bates Entered Satur
day Night and Valuable
; Jewelry Removed From
' Dressers No Clue,
PHONOGRAPH SCREAMS "LOVE
ME" AND SAVES BFG BUILDING
', FROM DESTRUCTION BV FIRE
SAVES CHARTER
BY llliG TUG
Burglars made rich haul Saturday
Bight by breaking into and ransacking
the residences of Johan Poulsen and P.
kC Bates, the first at 4SS and the other
Fir which heated up the apparatus
of an illustrated song machine to which
la attachad a phonograph' In tha base
ment of the Portland 'Railway, Light A
Power company, 'caused the phonograph
to beg In operations this morning, at
tracted tne attention of the emnlnvaa
and possibly saved the four-story struc
ture from destruction. As it 'was the
uamage win only nominal.
A new Denny arcade la hnln fitted
tip in the waiting-room of the streetcar
company building at first and Alder
streets. Many or the tnarhinaa ra
storeu in tne eenar waiting to be placed
n punmun ior amy or else Demg re
paired. . . .,
In some unaccountable manner this
morning fire broke out In the rubbish
scattered about the basement. A ma
chine with all its attachments was
standing near and the heat started It
to beg,ln singing and screeching with
the accompaniments of tha tin-nanny
It is supposed P'U .... ..
" vs ii"ii mimiumi .H 1111 1 I JJ I
at alt Hassalo street,
that the same houaa-breakers committed 0f the building heard th-s(range noises
both crimes, as tha rraicit-nces sumo, m
adjoining 'grounds, and as near as can
- be ascertained the thieves paid their
; visit to both residences at about the
. same hour of the night!
From the Poulseu residence the
thieves took a Urge quantity of valu-
able Jewelry whicb tney rouna in me
' sleeping apartments on the second floor
i VI-tne nouse. s.very snuir c
ceptacle that might eonuln anything
of value was broken open and Its con
tents pulled out and strewn about the
floor. .
Taiuasie reanc voas.
French' Bark Andro Theodor
Reaches Elver in Good
Season.
amanatlrva- from tha dark, somber, dli
mat himniMt and at first thought the
sounds were rather unusual..' And then
they smelled smoke. Several of them
rushed to the cellar Just In time to ax
tlngulsh the blase which was Just be-
As the workmen did their duty In put-1 ow ' the French bark
ting out the fire they were urged on by I Andre Theodora reached Astoria this
tha nhonosranh. which no one had taken I mornlna aft i u-A ..... c
"'it aVheT Tn? ,. oia ' She lata ballast .under
unaantlmentsl workmen dashed bucket Charter to load wheat for Europe. It
after bucket of water on the dying fire. I was to save her- eharterthat the TWB;
i no m nir micmnM -okir t m inn- ara . , , K...i . . .
.rf Arlnm h flra tnr anma raaann Ona "ngSged tUg tO Daul llir hCrO In
of the illustrated song phonographs "tead of letting her take chances with
which was all ready for duty and I the flckla alamania on hmt awn JiMannL
awaiting to be set In. place and the touch Th. t0 u. th. t -,-. .
pr tne magio penny, was -My Maricou- i - , ' ----- -
fa, Take a Steamboat and Oo Away." "un. but It will be mora than made up
Several of the others had lived their by the difference In tha charterratea
quoted. Tha
the North
spread throughout tha building for a "estern warehouse company. The
time .and there was oonalderablei ex- ship would probably have had te He Idle
hundreds of ' em- tor a Jong time had she lost her charier.
SI'JEIS Ml?
several or ine otners paa uvea meir oy me airrerence In tha ehi
Uvea of uaefulnesa and had Joined the of last fall and thnaa now m
dead ones on the scrap pile. ,,, Z . V5?. V
Hmoke from the fire In the basement wUl be dispatched by
cltement amona- the
ployea of tha streetcar company,
r
JUMP FROM BURNING BUILDING
AND NEARLY FREEZE TO DEATH
By Jumping from a third story win
dow to the roof of an adjoining build
ing T. V. Eggert and his wife saved
The list of valuables obtained by the I themselves from being- burned to death
i a rire t
dclna hou
id Columbia streets shortly after t
In a fire that partially destroyed the
hat pi
ae at
the corner of Fourth
thlevaa. as furnished the police by Mrs.
Poulsen, is as follows: Mod
Ona oearl and diamond brooch, con- l an
talninr nine large pearls and a num- o'clock Sunday morning.
ber of small diamonds and Jeweled The fire started from a defective flue
leaves: one topes and opal nscicisce witn and had gained such headway before It
pendants: one topaa and diamond clus- wss discovered tbst the room occupied
ter pin; one topaa necaiace wun psna- ty tne uggerts wss snut on rrom tne
ants; one gold watch; one solid gold halls by the flames. Seeing that there
bracelet set with diamond and ruby; I was no escape In the direction of the
one heavy Chinese bracelet set witn
square-cut amethyst; one heavy diamond
and opal brooch; one fold locket set
with Three diamonds; one heavy seal
.tins; one opal ring: ona -iuy pin se
. wun pearis; one ciusisr ring contain
Ing- one large canary diamond aur
rounded by eight smaller diamonds.
From the Bates home was. taken one
revolver of foreign make; one ring set
witn garnets ana aiamonas; one goia
locket and chain: one long gold rope
haln; one ring set with large amethyst;
one coiled snake stick pin set, with
pesrl; one stick pin set with large
pearl,
stairway Eggert opened the window and D.N tbeconSrineel T
discovered that the roof of the building rmDsyas ab?i ai
iJnHini,W,,but 'w 'ro.m. Ill hndle 'and the ware!
" ' " JUIH KT,,-a slUIVM Ul III-
tervenlng space snd then ssalated his
wife to follow him. Both were In thqlr
nigni cioines and tnev surrered consid
erably from cold before rescued from
thair Inaaoiipa nanth Hv eiMmn
After the arrival of 'the department '"at thVdVcU"..?
the flsmes were soon under control. l tn oocl" at Prsnt
The damsge done to the building Is es
timated at 1400. O Durett, proprietor
oi in loaging nouse, pieces nis loes on
lurnisnings at approximately 11,000.
a mree-masted losdad ahin mi
sighted five miles to westward of the
uoiumoia river bar this morning and
sne will probably be In the bay this af
ternoon. The craft Is believed to be
euner tne French ship Jules uommea,
which left Itotterdam with cement in
September and la now considered due
to arrive, or the British ahlo Brodick
csstle. which sailed from NewcaaUs, N.
S. W- for this port December 4 with
a cargo of coal consigned to the Paoifio
vomt company.
neuner vessel is wanted very badly
The racmo coast
all tha coal It Can
warehouses alona the
waierrroni are groaning under tn bur
den of cement The French bark Alice
Marie, which will reach the harbor this
afternoon, brings a cargo of cement
and there are three or four windjam
mers discharging that charactsr of car-
COLLECTIONS INCREASE.
In
1 1VIN0NA GRANGE VOTES JURORS INVESTIGATE
FOR STATEMENT (10. 1 ALLURING CIRCULARS
iur id, iiaca
Members Go on Record Con- Inquisitorial Body Believes Sff ib"'
A t Ti Trt Tl 1 fact It Is luJ
LUTE'S AGCOUriT
nc ouidii
ui
demning Efforts of Po
litical Bosses.
San Francisco Bankers
Worked Bunko Game.
DtP
01111 WIILUI
Winona grange at Tualatin went on
record as strongly In favor of the prln-
San
(United Press Uaatd Wire.)
Francisco, Feb. 17. The grand
clplea of tha dlredt primary law and Jury this afternoon again took up the
Statement No. lata rousing meeting Investigation of tba affairs ot the Call
held Saturday night.' - A resolution In- fornla Safe Deposit Trust company,
troduoed by John V. Henry, president A different branch of tha defunct instl-
of the grange, was adopted pledging the I tullon was examined by the Inquisitorial
grange to the support of the statement I body in an endeavor to trace the author
and to the opposition If any candidates I laatlon of the many pamphlets and other
ior tne legislature wno opposed it. i enuring circulars and letters sent to
Tha meeting had been called primar- I prospective victims. That these pamoh-
lly to hear an address by W. R. Harris, I lets were of a fraudulent character and
fruit Inspector for Washington county, 1 contained false statements regarding the
and there was a large attendance. Dur- assets and liabilities of the Insolvent
ing tne evening the subject oi tne pn- I Dim is ciaimea oy tne prosecution,
mary law and Statement No. 1 came upl That Indictments will be returned In
for discussion snd some very pertinent I connection with this pnase of the fall-
Neah Bay. Wash., Feb. IT. Fred opinions were given. Mr. Henry, In his ure is a certainty, but whether they will
From Sinking Emily Beed in
Boat "With One Oar and
, , That Broken. V
(Special Dlspateh to Ibe Jeersal.)
fr,,K. M t.t iu. rmirmJt Vmii I saaress supporting nis resolution, iwaiiut upoa iuubo m.i rrjwj j lacing criminal
vfA -hJ wXt tml nmtl!na t..?h5 that the opposition to the principle of charges or upon others connected with
ftiai tTJiaVT Institution, the district attorney's
this place) today, told the atory of their t out dlrM!tl. ....-.. No. , 0ff!c, )a not y,t in a position to state.
"The ship iCmliy
New York to Portland, struck
ni fm sprang from the old machine leaders I Assistant District Attorney Hoff Cook
nTOrucHhoE0 Tt S52 SPK?. ?, the H.rri,lfw J " l 1
it.m.i. iik- I mis me nanus ui int peopia vi inssisiei jwu rmiawu uj iwiui nirau
Th. i. 1 ii, ioVi . t nd robbed tha boeses of their power. Johnson, representing J. DalseU Brown,
J ne vessel, loaded witn coal, went to mi.. w., i , . -u. e inin- i .
Pieces within 10 minutes after striking. """?u" """ l" Ve.ln" 'r I rrw i 'Ji' :"":irr;V-'"
rfiri.. ih Vim. M msni ' ana inose csnaiaaies wno suo-i'n iira iu m mnmj oi nm inini :.. .., ,,..1., shm Vfr w
r25.?2.S-55?T .Um t0 et out scribed to It were being fostered by these Jury. A view of., the nonresldence of l.V "P, "Sesaaa hH
it back into the -uror xiammersmun. Sound from Hakodate for this por
Custom House Collector Takra
More Money Than Ever.
Collections at the custom house ara
sxceedlng all former records and It is
now certain that the met of the fiscal
year will roll ud a total of several hun
dred thousand dollars greater than the
record-breaking figures of last year,
when collections aggregated 11,183,000.
Assistant Collector of Customs R. F.
Barnes estimates that the collections
for the fiscal year ending June 80 will
tounciing sum or fi.zto.ooo,
more. He says a strange
lndsed that the Dercentase of
increase In revenue has been larger
since the beginning of the financial
flurry than during the several preceding
months. Up till Saturday. 1863,000 had
been " taken In by the custom house
cashier and there Is enough goods on
the way now to bring In an eaual
amount before the end of the year.
The office Is 180.000 ahead of tha col
lections at this time last year and with
better prospects. Nearly 1100,000 will
be collected as duty on shipment of
lire-crackers to arrive here next month
on the oriental liner Numantla, and In
addition to this .about tOO.OOO barrels of
cement are booked to arrive here soon,
on which the duty Is 12 cents per barrel.
KO HOPE FOR STEAMER.
IS B01VLEGGE0
Wife of Gallant Naval Offi
cer Says She .Cannot
Stand for Greed, v
(Cnltag Press teas Wire.),
Boston, Feb. IT. "Lieutenant Harold
, Hinckley, my husband, ig awfully
bowlegged. That was what Jarred ma.
Httj:riedjrt(Mvand that -la -mora
than I can endure. ' " '-;
Thus pretty Ure. Alice Oilman Black,
ley, a Melrose society belle, in a meas
ure accounts ror tne mysterious separa
tion from her husband, who Is a social
Hon, or was only a fsw weeks ago, on
the arlstocratlo South Shore. -
Lieutenant Hinckley la stationed at
flan Franclsoo with the United States
revenue cutter Bear. Mrs. Hinckley Is
again living with her people In Boston.
Lieutenant Hinckley brought suit for
divorce In the county court charging
nis wire witn desertion ana ootainea an
interlocutory decree last Friday.
"I had made un my mind when '.
cams back east." exclaimed Mrs. Hlnck
ley, "that I wbuld show up the gallant
Lieutenant Hinckley. However, I have
cnangea my mina.
FLOOD WRECKS
BIG BUILDINGS
n 11 V
Intense Suffering Among
Victims of High Water
at Pittsburg.
boat or a life raft.
"One lifeboat waa smashed by a I i.Ti,"-'; '
aaaV ak aaMna aa aa Kak , t-" fB.,ak I V 1SV1 HlSS,! WlltlVI. I
. h T rtik J., 1, Tl . The resolution Indorsing Statement TA llli r mill Tlf
SB mWpho HALF R TY
r Z I.,.. ?. ,m,?!i ror the leglsUture who did not sign for I Ulll llflLL UUILII
.1 i.A . i. I. statement met witn nearty approval,
fh".d .h.-d. n-J!l:J2.'ZLl0lZl I "vrJ speeches being made In Its a-
Il'a'-"iHl iiLHv S'rd-tiS!LtI "! that the movement thus
f00"?.."1.1?0"-.-..? f."'?LJ.?k started by the Winona grange will
in iwo huobv v rninuwa an-r uiuing iprea,i to the other granges of- the state
.v . .w -v.. nnd that the organisation will stand as
.'"' ' t y. wur Mien auua.ru. K unit behind the SUtement No. 1 doc
viutou v tun sft-viu vi tuq dui)! amiiu t, itss i fsn
OF MANSLAUGHTER
with a line, but a wave took us out of
reach. ' All the oars but one, and that
a broken one, were washed out of the
boat, so we were unable to pull back
to the vessel. The undertow carried
us ' out to aea." .
The survivors who arrived In Neah
Bay are Fred Zube, first mate; Ewald
Ablldstedt and Arthur Japnke, able
seamen. The cook, name unknown,
died in the boat at I a. m. yesterday of
exposure and drinking salt water.
HIGHWAYMAN HURT
BY OAKLAND OFFICER
V'-'V-,''- - Masaa-m-aa-a-Baaae
" ' " '(Halted Pnat feiied Wire.)
Oakland. . , Feb. It. Al Williams, a
highwayman, .waa shot- and seriously
wounded this, morning by Policeman
Connally.' , The officer. In company with
a young woman, -was walking toward
the tatter's home when they saw a man
codge into an alley. Oonnallv excused
h lmself , for a moment and started in
pursuit. ' -
Connally called upon the man to halt
but he only quickened his speed and
Connelly fired. Williams dropped to the
froond with a bullet In his hip. which
ractured the bone and stopped him In
stantly. Connelly's companion prompt
ly fainted, r ,
fl. I . 1 1 1 . . '.'itlil I II II 1 1 i. JEl 1 1 1 1 J ) 1 1. . J 1
CANCEL
(flDeelal Dtptdi te The J on rati.)
The Dalles, Or., Feb. 17. In ths cir
cuit court this morning Tom Hale,
charged with murder in the first degree,
changed his plea from not guilty to
guilty, the charge having been reduced
to manslaughter. His victim was
Thomas McConnell, whom he shot dead
in a saloon at Shanlko.
Charles Hawkins, who reoentlv dead,
ad guilty to a charge of larcxny from a
tha a Lata of Omrnn "lor". . w sentencea today to two
u 1 vama ssj
STATE BEGINS SUIT
TO
CONTRACT
- This week we are'going to
slash into Shirt prices. ; f
The $L50 kind is going at
and the $1.00 and
$1.25 makes at 85.- .
The case of
against the Columbia Southern Irriga
tion company la being heard In the
United States district court today. The
state Is represented by A. M. Crawford,
attorney-general, and the Irrigation
company by "W, T. Mulr and Seneca
emitn.
Under the Carey act the Irrigation
company was to Irrigate certain tracts
of land in eastern Oregon aggregating
something like 27,000 acres. This was
the agreement made between represen
tatives or tne state ' iana noara ana
the company several years ago. The
state maintains that the company has
not carried out Us part of the con
tract and Mr. Crawford Is aaking that
a receiver oe appoiniea.
"BUY A DRINK OR LOSE
A FINGER," HE SAYS
John Doyle, a laborer, had the In
dex finger of ' his right Band almost
chewed off this morning because he
years in the penitentiary.
til 7:30 this evening out of respect to
Judge Bradshaw adjourned court un-
the late Mrs. Levi Chrisman. whose
funeral was held this afternoon. She
was tne wire or Bnerirr Chrisman.
SUFFRAGETTES FAIL
TO HOLD BIG PARADE
(United Preas Leased Wire.)
New York. Feb. 17. Tha achaiinlaA
parade of 6,000 "suffragettes" through
tne streets of New York failed to mate
rialise yesterday and the police are
very thankful. Publlo meetings were
held ir.doors but no attempt was made
to give an outdoor demonstration.
KIDNAPING CASES TO
' TRIEDIN MARCH
(United Pren Lcaied wit.)
San Francisco. Feb. 17. .Turin nini
this morning continued the caaea of na.
refused to buy Johnv O'Brien a drink. Jj1" Luther Brown and Attorney
udnhq uiu liio ciiawiua. ins row uc- I its.,..., , i
oiirrnl tn Rlaclor'a aalnnn Thlrrt I.'.."""'
Porter Ashe, indicted for the kidnaping
naarcn
Marine Insurance Men Give Up Goto
Mara for Lost.
Hope of the Japanese steamer Goto
Maru reaching port has now been
abandoned and those who gambled on
her arrival will lose. They placed faith
In the vessel having broken her shaft
and was working her way into port
under Jury rig but even this theory
had to go by the board when the craft
failed to show up after 100 days.
The lost vessel was formerly the
British steamer Sylvanla, ,66 tons
gross, snd wss captured by the Jap-
', Mr. iiiromi
was
port, vis
nan r rancinco wnen lost.
It is believed that the vessel waa
caught In the heavy storm which was
experienced on the Pacific about the
16th day after her departure. It seems
thst the coal and sulphur which com
prised tns steamer s cargo was loose.
so that when the vessel heeled the
cargo would be heaped en one side.
There is very little hope of the Brit
ish bark Castle Rock ever reaching
port, one ten Australia apout no days
ago ror fugei souna ana naa not neen
neara xrom since.
(United Press Lsaetd Wire.)
Pittsburg, Feb. 17. Two brick build-
Ings pn Pennsylvania avenue, which Is
In the path of the floods that have Inun
dated many districts, collapsed today
and fell over Into the street. Twenty
tenants had a narrow escape from death.
The building Inspectors are thoroughly
examining the weak places today.
Ths river had fallen to 14 feet at
noon today. There Is Intense suffering
among the victims of the flood and
charitable societies are doing all In their
power, tp give aid.
RESULTS FIRST
E
DOES HOT HIT
...," . i ' ..... .....
FEDERAL JOB
John H. , 3IcNary Would
, Probably Refuse Scat 0c
j - cupled by Bristol. ,
(United Prea taaasd Wire.)
1 Balem, Or., Feb. . IT.-John H. t Me
Nary, district attorney of this county,
declared In a United Presa report this
afternoon that lilS"n6r likely" to ac
cept the United States district attor.
navatiln tf tha nlaea la offered to him.
McNary. since it has been rumored
that he would be named for the posi
tion, has hean looking Into the work
connected with the office and found that
It would be necessary for him to (give
up me extensive taw practice in mis
city, as well as the district attorney
ship of Marlon county. He considers
this too great a sacrifice to make to
obtain tha federal appointment to a
higher olTloe.
McNary will reach a final decision In
a lew nours, artsr ns is oniciauy nou
fled that he can receive the appoint
ment If he wants It. At that time he
will confer and learn how much of hla
time can be spared rrom his own af
fairs, ,
OUElOMOffll
TRIAL
She Is. Mrs. Waymire and Is
the Defendant in Sensa
tional Case,
AT D G
EMERYVILLE
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Emeryville, Feb. IT. First, futurity
course, subscription selling, 3-year-old
and up Matt Hogan (111), 10 to 1, 11 to
1, to 1. won; Fusee (106), 6 to 1, 3 to
1. second; Plnaud (Ul). 1 to 1, third;
XlmVUll 1-8. '
SOMETHING. WRONG;
ALL TRAINS ON TIME
FRENCH BARK CHARTERED.
Marechael Davout Will Come Here
to Carry Away Wheat.
It was announced this morning that
the French bark Marechael Davout, of
1,711 tons net register, will come here
In ballast rrom ban fedro to carry
wheat to Europe. She was chartered at
27 shillings six pence, less 9 ror direct
loading.
There Is still considerable wheat In
the country, although enormous quanti
ties have been set afloat all winter, and
ships are still being engaged at Inter
vals. During the past two weeks half
a dozen windjammers have been added
to tne list oz vessels en route to this
port and Puget aound, which make it
appear that there will be considerable
work along tne waterrront well up to
the end of the season.
TO WARN NAVIGATORS.
until
currea in eiasier s saioon, inira ana Hrown la tni .kl....i.
Burnslde streets, shortly after 11 Jf 0WerJury i ? the a matt5?n,Thi2
o'clock. When Doyle went Into the ase wal al?o continued tn fL .Tl1!
ha xvnaiMi htr n'RH h case was sjso continued to the same
lVl. hi UV T 1111 niv i.i.
ter refused to do so the men started
to fight, with the result named. O'Brien
was arrested and charged with disor
derly conduct.. a
SAM WOLFE RETURNS
v FROM EASTERN TRIP
Sara Wolfe, the "Democratic war
horse.". Is home again from an extended
trip east, Mr. Wolfe said that Portland
looked mighty good to him and that this
part or tne country did not realise now
well it is off. Oregon has been well
advertised In tne east ana many per
sons made inquiry or. Mr, woue con
cernlng the state.
WEIGHTY PETITION?
ORDER A DERRICK
ttw rV'?v
GLOTfi 1M G , CO
CzslSihnPrcp ,
JC:-1C3 Third Street''
(United Pres Leased Wire.)
6an Francisco, Feb. 17. -To
enact an exclusion law which
will effectually prevent Aslatlo
Immigration and providing for
the 'deportation, of all Asiatics
doing manual i labor In " the
United States Is asked for In a
petition the Japanese' Exclusion
league has Just sent to congress.
The petition ' contains 78,000
names and weighs jiso pounds.
THIEVES STEAL LAW
IN LAW'S OWN TEMPLE
Bailiff Hill Of Judge O'Dav s denart-
ment of the circuit court this morning
discovered that the Oregon state code
belonging to department No. 2 has diss
appeared. A search tnrougn the court
house has been unavailing. "Depart
ment No. 1" is stamped . In large letters
on the back, and it would scarcely be
possible for the volume to be taken by
misiaae, so it iooks as tnougn tnieves
were now stealing even the law Itself.
OREGON CITY LINE
ON SHORTER SCHEDULE
The new SO-mlnute schedule on the
Oregon City line went into effect yester
day. Under the former arrangements
cars were dispatched between Portland
and Oregon City every 85 minutes. The
new system is run with a dispatcher.
block signals, standard rules and writ-;
ten train orders, the same as the meth
ods in vogus on tne rauroaas.
Damage Salt 'Postponed.
The S60.000 damage suit of Joseph M.
Rogers against the Portland Lumber
company waa called for trial . before
Judge O'Day in the circuit court this
morning, but waa continued by cdhaent
of the attorneys and eet for . trial on
April ft. Rogers lost his -right arm
hlle repairing a loader chain in tha
Shipping Men Suggest Placing Buoy
. to Mark Tellns Wreck.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
Aberdeen. 'Wash.. Feb. 17. Shinning
men are of the opinion that a buov
should be placed on the -wreck of the
steel steamer Tellus on North. Beach.
as the channel at the entrance to Orays
harbor Is sold to be taking a decided
turn northward and there la danger of
running on to the Tellus. which Is now
nearly submerged.
PIER OFFERS OBSTACLE.
The trains were all en the rush
today and caused considerable
surprise about the ' passenger
station.
Northern Pacific No. 1. due at
7 o'clock, arrived on time.
Southern Pacific No. 16, due at
7:66, arrived on time.
Southern Pacific No. II, due at
11:30, arrived on time.
O. R. A N. No. t. foe at S
o'clock, arrived on time.
O. R. N. No. 6, due at MS,
arrived on time.
Astoria ft Columbia No. 21,
due at 12:16. arrived on time.
WHITE MASKED THUGS
WORK AT BAY CITY
(United Preu Ltaacd Wire.)
8an Francisco, Feb. 17. Two white
masked highwaymen who have been
terrorizing saloonkeepers during the last
two weeks added to their long list of
crimes shortly after midnight last night.
They entered the saloon of A. A. Aggens.
zd uayior street, nnea up mo pro
prietor and nine oustomers and robbed
the cash register.
After lining un the men. the highway
men compelled Aggens to go to the rear
of the saloon, while tha other opened
the cash register. Taking advantage of
a momentary lapse on the part of his
guard, Aggens sprang through a door,
quickly closing it after him. The thugs
immediately ran from the saloon. Only
110 was taken from ths till, and in their
flight the robbers overlooked a sack
containing $160 that stood near the
cash register.
With an array of counsel on each side
that forecasts a court struggle of more
than usual Intensity, and ft courtroom
crowded with man whose curiosity has
been whetted by the sensational pre
ludes tn the office of Mayor Lane and
In the municipal court, the trial of Mrs.
Belle Waymire and E. E. Raddlng on
the charge of outraging public decency
by nets Intended to blacken the mayor's
reputation, was oegun in me circuit,
court this morning. The case was as
signed to Judge uanienoein, wm i.
once took up the work o( securing a
Jury. At tne time or tne noon aujouru
ment five jurors had been accepted,
whan tha aasslon began there waa
one woman spectator, but sne soon raaea
away, and the only woman left In the
room was Mrs. Waymire, who speedily
became the center to which the optics
of thecurlous were turned. Mrs. Way
mire was attired In a Uilor suit of
trlnarf mv modlah hut modest. Wear
ing a high hat of the turban kind In
colors of gray and brown, with Just a
touch of green, but devoid Of flowers.
A thin veil draped from the hat over
her lace.
Question Jurors Oloeely.
The new attorneys appeared In the
rase and took charge of the examina
tion of prospective Jurors, Dan J. Ma
larkev for the state snd John F. Logan
for the defens?. District Attorney
Msnnlng and R- W. Montague are also
appearing for the state. Logan Is asso
ciated with Seneca Fouts as attorney
for Mrs. Waymire, while W. R. McOsrry
Is looking afteT the Interests of Rsd
dlng. The defendsnts are being tried
together, application for separate trials
having been denied by Presiding Judge
Cleland some time sgo.
Attomsy Malarkey went carefully
into the occupations of eacn or ins
talesmen and sought to learn whether
any prejudice exists against the law en
forcement policy of the mayor. -Some
of the Jurors said they differed In some
rMta from the mayor's Ideas on pub
llo matters, but denied any prejudice on
the open-town question and said that
their views on city government would
not prevent their acting fairly. They
also declared that their Ideas of chiv
alry would not prevent their rendering
a verdict against a woman Just as
quickly as against a man.
Begin Urldenoa Tomorrow.
At the close of the morning sssslon
ik. j.f.mi hajl used three peremptory
challenges, the state had excused one,
and John H. Burton was excused by
jtirfaa nantanbein because he had at
tended the hearing In the lower court
and had an opinion, xnose cnauengea
by the defense were James Bhannessy,
S. M. Barr and Frank De Broen. while
W. D. Hamel was dismissed by the
stste.
The Jurors accepted are B. M. Cannon,
R. Burtenshaw, E. Schwedler. William
C. Haseltlne and Thomas H. Smith.
Cannon, Schwedler and 8mlth were
members of the Jury that convicted Jo
seph Anderson on the charge of murder
last week.
ram
TO PLUNDERERS
Oriental Humorist? Says Ycl
fr low Peril Is Only Dan- ,
gerous to Robbers,
. (Called press Lsassd Wire.) .''
8a n 1 Franclsoo, Feb. 1 T.-"Chl na ' win
never be a menace to any nation except
those which enrich themselves -by Plun
dering and thieving," declared Rev.
Kang poon Chew, the famous Chinese'
editor! at a mass meeting of the T. M.
C, A. "Pride and over-confidence have
been China's downfall. '
"China." declared the arator "waa a.
mighty nation before the foundations of
Rome were laid, before - the present.
frreat nations of the world had come
nto existence. And China will live to-
wltness ths dsath of great western na
tlons who ara so anxious to devour har. '
She has been aroused at last from her'
long trance. : by . education and tha
achievements of Japan.
"China haa learned the lesson that
might makes right' : If she had learned
that lesson long ago, instead of cringing
like a spaniel, she would have fought
beck and, the German, kaiser's gunners
would be drinking - beer, eating 11m
buraer aausage' and 'bolorna. cheeaa' at
home Instead of patrolling our waters,
while the Frenchmen would be at home
doing tho Oaaton-Alohonse act. Instead
of emulating- aggressive Germany In
Chin-Chow, bjp trying to grab one of
our porta. ' ,
vmna win never be a menace to any
nation except the thieving robbers snd
the plunderers. She looks upon the
United States as tha only nowar whlnh
has any conscience. '
"China needs a modern religion. ' No ,
nation caa be successful without rellg-.
ion."
EAST SIDE LEADS
IN REGISTRATION
East side voters registered, 4
1,240; west side, 4.22; from tha
country precincts, 1,041 Excess d
of east side over the west side
precincts, 1,277.
The above figures were com- d
piled by Deputy County Clerk
4 Snyder this morning and are ,
d 'complete up to and Including
4 last Saturday, at the end of the 4
4 sixth week of registration. The
4 east side has a lead of nearly 4
d 2,000, a much larger preponder-
d ance than heretofore. At the last 4
d congressional election the west
aide polled two more votes than 4
4 the east side precincts. d
d By wards the figures are as
4 follows:
West Side Wsrd 1. 404; ward 4
4 2. 710; ward 2. (22; ward 4. 31;
4 ward I, 1.142: ward S, 427; total, 4
4 4,242.
East Side Ward 7. 1.588; 4
ward . 2.042; ward I, 1.S02;
4 ward 10. 1,426; total, ,240. .
SEVEINiE BAD
L
DREN
SPANKED
Dredging Will Be Necessary In Grays
Harbor Channel.
(Snedal Dlioatch to Tba Journal.)
Aberdeen, Wash., Feb, 17. The new
temporary pier of tne XMortnern pacific
bridge in the middle, of the Wishkah
river is said to be causing trouble by
filling up the channel with the mud
brought down by the tide, so as to in
terfere with tne vessels loading at the
blaoe mill. The steamer Fair Oaks,
.while loading there, was seen to have
bad a decided list to. starboard , on ac
count or tnis condition or tne channel.
MARINK NOTES
Coronel. Feb. 16. Arrived February
o. Norwegian steamer Merm. rrom Port-
iana, ror Bt. Vincent, ror orders.
Astoria, Feb. 17. Arrived at 10:25 a.
m., French ship Jules Gommes, from
Kotteraam. anea at io:Zb a. m,
steamer Tellowstone, for San Pedro.
Sailed at 11:10 a. m., a three-masted
French bark. Sailed at 11:30 a. m..
steamer Armaria witn Liigntsnip o.60.
Astoria. Feb. 17. Condition of the
par at a a. m., moderate; wind west 12
mues; weather, cloudy.
Tides at Astoria today High water,
1:30 a. m., 7.9 feet; l p. m 8.1 feet.
bow water, 7:10 a. m., Z.S feet; 7:40 p,
m 0.1 feet.
Astoria, Feb. 17. Arrived down dur
Ing the night, steamer Tellowstone. Ar
rived at 6:30 and left up at 8:80 a. m..
gasoline schooner Berwick, from Wed-
derburn. Arrived down at 7 and sailed
at 9 a. m., steamer Alliance, for Coos
Bay. Arrived down at t a. m.. Brltlah
ship wamen ad Bey. Arrived at :lfra.
m., French ship Andre Theodore in tow
of tug Dauntless, from San Francisco.
Arrived at 10 a. m., steamer Atlas, from
San Francisco.
San Francisco, Feo. 17. Arrived at
a. m.; steamer KoanoKe, rrom Portland;
Astoria. Feb. l. Arrived , at 7 and
left un at 9 a. m.. steamer Breakwater.
from Coos Bay. Arrived down at 9 a.
m., Frencn narx Versailles. Jert up at
10:50 a. m., Frencn bark Alice Marie.
Sailed at 11 a. m., steamer J. B. Stet
son, for San Pedro. 8ailed at 12 noon,
steamer F. S. Loop, for San Francisco.
Sailed at 11?45 a. m., British steamer
Cambrian King, for Melbourne. Sailed
at 11:46 a. m., Brltlan steamer Tweed
dale, for Port Said, for orders.
San Francisco, : Feb. 16. Arrived at
10 a. m, steamer W. S. Porter, from
Portland. . Arrived at t o. m- staamar
Jafcan Foulaaa, trom Portland.
ALONG THE WATERFRONT.
The steamer Alliance left Couch
street aocg last nignt ror coos pay.
The steamer Breakwater arrived from
Coos bay at 6 o'clock last night bring
ing 90 passengers and a full cargo of
iniiuu
The American bark Acme will be
towea to tne mini or tne Portland Lum
bar company this afternoon to begin
loading lumber for New York.
The steam schooner Washington
shifted to Linnton to take on a deck
load and the steam schooner F. S. Loop
went to Columbia dock No. 2 to load
wheat,
The gasoline schooner Berwick re
turned from Rogue river this morning
snd will bs at the cold storage dock
tomorrow. She made an unuaualiv
Quick trip.
The German bark JVordsee will fin
ish loading wheat tomorrow at Oceanic
dock. She goes to Callao, Peru, and
this will be the first wheat cargo ever
set afloat at this port for that destination.
A hard wind blew from tha anuth
yesterday afternoon and stirred up good-
sisea waves on int river, it was Tearod
that some of the vessels la the lower
harbor would drag their annhnra hut
nothing serious happened. For a while
the wind blew a living gale j
me steamer vanguard arrived up
from Astoria this mornlne- tn tm tn
one of the shipyards for an overhaul
ing, ane piles out or Astoria.'
The new steamer Mascot will go In
commission - on the Lewis river run
&ext Monday. The steamer Tahoma will
tied up temporarily,
PARK BOARD TO MEET
CARNIVAL COMMITTEE
A special meeting of the olty park
board has been called for 4 o'clock this
afternoon to listen to the plana for
decorating the plaia blocks and plant
ing roses as proposed by the Rose Fes
tival association. Nsxt Saturday nas
been proclaimed general holiday in
Portland for planting roses and the
parks In Portland as well as private
garaens win u" - iw iw iMuumio,
The board will also be asked for the
use of the park blocks as a location
for the night festival of maskers the
mardl gree of the Portland carnival
when the city will be given over for
confetti throwing and other harmless
firanka. It is the plan to especially 11
umlnate the plaxa -blocks snd make
that the center of the evening's" enjoy
ment - 11
REV, A. J. MONTGOMERY
DELIVERS LECTURE
At the Presbyterian ministers' meet
ing this morning, Rev. A. J. Mont
gomery read a paper on "The Relation
of Modern Christian Science to Ancient
and Medieval Mysticism. It was re
ceived with great praise by the minis
ters, and was commented on as being
nnn of the most scholarly and forceful
papers which has been presented to tho
association. Routine business was
transacted at tne Business meeting.
TOWN TOPICS
List of articles found on streetcars.
February 13, 14 and 16: Two suitcases,
fiva books, nine packages, four nurses.
one cuffbutton, one roll paper, one belt,
one telesoope, one bsg oranges, one
doorkey, one box typewriter paper, one
locket, one knife, one pin, one baby
buggy, fifteen urnbrellas, one glove,
one oolite.- waii lost anicie Department,
O. W. P. building. First and Adder
streets.
City Sehool Superintendent Rlgler la
completing the school statistics for last
month showing the total enrollment
during October, November, December,
January and February, the first half of
the school year of 1107-1908. The re
port also shows the average tardiness
and absence and the gains made from
month to month.
The total attendance for the five
months was 20,621. of which 10,247 were
boys and 10.274 were girls. At the end
of February the enrollment of those
who remained was as follows: Girls,
9,021; boys 9,016; total, 18,036. The
average number of pupils belonging
waa 18.089; the average dally attend
ance was 17,485.3; the average dally
absence was 653.7; the per cent of at
tendance being 99.9.
The number of pupils tardy during
those Ave months was 1,931, the whole
number of cases of tsrdlness being
slightly larger, 2.066, showing the num
ber of' pupils that were tardy more
than once. The whole number of cases
of corporal punishment was 79, the
number of suspensions was 61.
The report shows a very even attend
ance as regards the comparison between
the boys and girls. It was also no
ticeable that during December there
were less reports of tardiness and ab
sences. The enrollment Increased more
in November the first month after tha
school opened, after November increas
ing less rapidly until the end of tha
half year. ,
HUSBAND ONLY HEIR
TO WIFE'S ESTATE
Charles Coopey haa applied for let
ters on the estate of his late wife,
Margaret Coopey, which Is valued at
62,200. He is the only heir.
By the will of Myra Schock, admit
ted to probate today, all of her real
estate in given, to iher children, with
the proviso that they shall care for
her mother. The property consists of
real estate Iworth 11,500 snd an In
surance policy.
Elisabeth Henry, a widow of 82 who
died recently, left property estimated
to be worth 31,500. Robert Living--stone
- has asked for letters on the es
tate. The heirs are two grandchildren,
who reside In San Francisco.
ENUMERATORS TAKE
BRIDGE CENSUS
John S. Stott has announced himself
candidate for the nomination for con
stable at theRepublican primaries. His
declaration was filed, with the county
clerk today. -
i" Chief Makeg Appointment. '
Chief Campbell this afternoon mails
tha following appointmenta to the fir
service to become effective March 13;
Two engineers. Clarence O. Winiama
and James H. Campbell; six stokers,
Albert J. Hauser, George H. Hill, Fred
iv. wma, .mmitt nacuann. mimer Wes
singer and Edward O. Dunlap, .
e The following report of the
4 number of foot passengers and
4 teams that passed over the steel
a and Madison bridges for the four d
days frejn February 12 to 16, .
d Inclusive, was made today to 4
4 the county court by the men em- .
4 ployed to make the count: . .
4 . Steel Bridge Foot passengers, d
4 88,243, with a dally average of
4 (.311; teams, 7,084, dally aver- 4
4 age, 1,771. .
4 Madison Bridge Foot passen-
4 gers, 24,105; daily average, 6,028; 4
e . teams, 6,362 ; dally average,-1,- ;
690. ,.
4 . This enumeration does not in-
elude the passengers on street- 4,
la ssawerlsg adrartUasMats . herein,' Dlesss
turn Te Jearasl.
ran. wrhfeh will ha hereafter
furnished' bv the street railway Ofl
company. It is probable that
this information will be used by
the Associated East Side clubs . 4
In their contest f ota high bridge
connecting tha east and west
sides at a point below the steel
bridge. , The enumerators ; ap
pointed to count the passengera
and teams that ' pasa v over , the
Burnslde 1 and Morrison brldgea
have not as yet submitted a re
port
to"