THE ; OREGON ' DAILY " JOURNAL, PORTLAND, - MONDAY EVENING; j MAV.CH ' ft" 1863.
III
Til lADQITV
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Ministers of Portland Pledge
Support to Appropriation
Bill for the State Educa
tional Institution at Eu
gene,
WCOLii .HOTEL
IS TOTAL LOSS
Building and Contents, Val
ued at .$7,500, Consumed
by Mysterious Fire.
young women who sfat for one FIREMAN.? . r
k,,.-,j III
' That the minister of Portland favor
higher education and are friendly to the
University of Oregon was evidenced
strongly today when a unanlmoua vote
vis passed to lend their aupport to tha
appropriation bill which la to ba voted
on by the people thla June. The min
isters expressed themselves in hearty
sympathy with tha Institution and
pledged themaelvea to preaent the mat
ter before their congregations, with an
intelligent explanation of the facta In
connection with the passing of the Mil
and the, later invoking or me reier-
'"fE. Beach of Portland brought the
matter before the mlnlatera and apoke
highly of Dr. Luther Dyott of the First
' Congregational church, wboae lucid
presentation of the. facta and strong
plea for the aupport of the institution
in a sermon recently had kii crested to
him the plan of asking similar aupport
Iron, me oiner minister.
(Srwrial DUpstrb te The Journal.)
Eugene. Or.. March 2. The hotel at
Marcola', a town on the Mohawk branch
of the Southern Pacific, 17 m Ilea north
east of Eugene, was destroyed by fire
thla morning shortly after midnight.
The fire started In an unoccupied room,
but Its origin la a mystery, no one hav
ing been in the room during the night.
rore they were discovered that the
guests had difficulty in getting out.
Many rushed Into the cold with no
clothes on. Cltlaena furnished wearing
apparel to keep auch from Buffering.
The town haa no fire department. A
bucket brigade was formed and did ef
fective work, aavtng adjoining ouna-
Inga, which caught fire several times.
The building and contents are an en
tire loss. The building was a three
story frame erected last summer at the
cost of $4,000. The loss on contents iz
thought to be $2,800. There was some
Insurance on both. The building was
owned by C. Cole, founder of the town,
the equipment was the property of B.
A. Seelye. He had leased It to M. Miller,
who conducted the hotel.
There was no wind at the time or the
whole business portion of the town
would have been destroyed.
Mr. Beach said he bad already pre-
aented the matter oeiore me uiiiioih,
who are uaually auppoaed to be most
rigid In their support only or ineir De
nominational institutions, and a most
enthusiastic vote was passed In sup
port of the university. The Catholic
hentlnel proffered and pledged Its pub
lio support to the matter. For thla
reason Mr. Beach said he did not hesi
tate to approach the Protestant body,
though there bad been some talk of de
nominational school hostility, which
waa . stralahtwav decried energetically
hv the- ministers present He Baked -I
that the ministers try especially to in
struct the large laboring element and
the-rurnl churches, where people do
not rightly understand the Importance
of the matter, and be hoped that the
pastors ait over the state would follow
the example of the Portland ministers
and emphasise the Importance of sus
taining Xnia upiliung nsuiiiiiou
CHALLENGES ON
STATEMENT NO. 1
U'Ren Invites Opponents to
Meet Him at South Port
land Meeting.
(Special Plspitch to Tbt Journal.)
Oregon City, March 2. W. 8. U'Ren
has Issued the following challenge to
debate on Statement No. 1:
"Oregon City, March 1, 190 To
Or"nvou and Tscverai other, who Messrs, C. W. Hod.on, 8. C. Beach. A.
. .. . 1 1 - ...... 1 ,L. I A tin It... 1 . . 1 CI . - .
viauea tne university uunug no
cent Christlsn. Endeavor convention
snokis most heartily about the high
standing and serious work of the tn
' stitution and of President P. L. Camp
bell's earnestness. Ministers were in
vited to send to President Campbell for
data concerning the history of the In
stitution and tor statistics of its work
and Its comparative standing and ex
penses that tney might present the mat
r ter Intelligently.
: r. -, laymen1 Missionary Wnlon.
Dr.-D. K. Potter, Taclftc coaat secre
tary of missions ; for the Presbyterian
church, presented the matter of a laymen's-
missionary union. An attempt
will be made to organize such a union
here and laymen irom all the- city
cnurcnes Will meet inn evening: urai ui.
Potter to arrange lor it. It is planned
to hold a banquet at some prominent
. business place, such as the Commercial
Hub or one of h large hotels, Mon
day, March 80, at which a previously ap
pointed committee will tell of the work
Portland has done tor missions.
Tuesday evening there will be a mass
meeting of men and the active opera
tion of this and everything about the
arrangements will be left with the
lavmnn -and tha ministers will be mere-.
ly interested participants. At that
meeting Ir. 3, Campbell White of New
York, the organiser of the Laymen's
Missionary union, will be here and will
speak. A platform will be adopted for
me wona a campaign.
In tha crogresa of his speech Dr. Pot
ter said that children are not naturally
born heathens, though we are some
times tempted to think so, and there Is
no reason why the next generation of
tne worm r snouTO noi wrtnrisuan in
stead of heathen when the deciding step
Is taken. There were smiles on the
faces of the Baptist brethren who for
I lie paat two weeks have been defend
ing against - soma of their number the
tneory mat men are paiuraiiy tne can
- dren of God Instead pf the children of
the devil.
Biota Society Work.
. George A. Miller, Pacific coast repre
sentative for ' the American Bible so
clety. spoke next and asked cooperation
In the effort of the society to reorganise
ror active . worK aO"' tne foreigners
and the pioneer communities, tie nai
asked the New York society for 110,
000 to begin the work on the coast and
haa already set a man to work dlstrlb
v uting scripture among the 6,000 or 6,000
Italians in roruana.
It was decided to have Mr. Critten
don, founder of the Florence Crlttendon
Memorial home give several mass meet
ings in Portland for the financial good
of the- local -home, and the ministers
have agreed to help support such meet
ings, ' though the original plan of an
evangelistic campaign of two weeks was
round too expensive ror mem.
PORTLAND GIRL IS
MEDIUM
re- A. Bailey and Other Anti-Statement No,
1 Republicans I am honored by the
South Portland Republican club with an
invitation to speak at Its hall, corner
of Front and Glbbs streets, Thursday
evening, March 5, at 8 o'clock. I ahall
affirm nd endeavor to sustain and jus
tify the principles of Statement No. 1
for the election of United States sen
ators. "I am authorized by President l.UMs
to divide the evening in Joint dtscus
slon of this question with any Repub
lican who may be chosen by you to rep
resent your opinion in opposition. 1 In
vite all of you to be present and ask
questions, and ho;e that Mr. Beach,
especially, will be present and ask the
questions he thought of after I left the
hall at the club meeting early in last
month. I shall remain to the close of
the meeting and promise my opponents
the same courteous consideration I ask
for myself. Come, let us reason to
gether. Respectfully yours,
"W. S. U'REN."
The Interesting announcement Is made
: of the -marriage today In Geneva, 8 wits
erland. of Miss Alice Slbson of Portland
- to Chaunce? K, Wlnslow of Ban Fran
Cisco. rTb wedding was a quiet one,
'and no cards were sent out. Mrs. Wlns
low is the only daughter qf Mr. and
Mrs. W. S. SibsOn, anc s most promi
nent and'. -popular in society circles of
this-City. wun oer raomer ,no n
been traveling abroad for. the past year
1 and a half. m
- Mr. Wlnslow Is a man of wealth and
prominence, well known in club circles
in San Francisco and Portland alike,
The past two years fi lived most of the
. time in Portland, and a little over a
year ago was divorced rrom nis wire, a
' prominent society woman of the Bay
City. He has spent the greater part of
ire winter in tne east, witn neaaquar-
tera in Cincinnati. .
GERMANY ANGRY
AT CZAR NICK
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OPlf DEHUD
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RICH
- -',v:' .r . t,:V;
3fasse9. of Voters -in , State
Not in Simpathy With
J?ump Conventions.
Old line Republicans of Multhomnh
county and of the state are looking back
with much satisfaction at the Repub
lican "mass meeting" which wore out Us
wrangling existence In Selllng-Hirsch
hall Saturday afternoon: ; Former spokes
and coga of .the old time machine
throughout the state are preparing to
taae tneir cue rrom tne action or. uie
Hodson-Beach-Balley- delegates of Sat
urday last and hold' similar machine
called meetlnga In other counties for the
purpose of declaring the party In op
position to (statement no. l.
POLICE TRAP .
ALLEGED FORGER
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Berlin, March Z. Trouble between
Germany and Russia Is threatened over
the torture of Edwin Levin, a newspa
per correspondent, w-ho Is held prisoner
, Trapped by what was apparently his
uncontrollable fascination for thlnga
criminal, William E,-Chambers watked
Into the police headquarters this morn
ing to identify two tlinnniuul h.ilit.nn
at Minbk. It Is probable that Germany i men and was himself arrested on a
win uHiiiuna mm uevm oe immediately w torgery.
released. It is also reported .that the
correspondent's government will de
mand indemnity and the punishment Of
the prisoners persecutors.
STATEMENT GOOD
IN CLACKAMAS
Republican Central Commit
tee Adopts No. 1 by Vote
of 11 to 5.
Oregon City, March 2. The Repub
lican central committee of Clackamas
county met Saturday afternoon in the
county court rikom. C. Sohuebel presid
ing, and Lew Stiim nnini aB
Twenty-two members from nil Over tlm
county were present.
a primary election was ordered to Be
held April 25 to elect dtleeat.i t,i a
county convention to he v,,.ii in tnio
city after the organization of the Re
publican state central committee for
the purpose of electing delegates to tha
state Republican convention.
A resolution Was Offeretl for the n,li-v
tion Of Statement No. 1 in such modified
The case is dim nt ti mrt nina,ii.
able that has come up at police head
quarters for some time. This morning
Chambers complained at headquarters
that he had been held up last night
and robbed of 11.000 in cash and Jew
elry. While giving a description of the
two supposed hold-up men. Detectives
Jones and Tichenor thought his face
looked familiar and after he had gone
out from North Yakima offering a re
ward for the return of an alleited for-
i ger.
An investigation was ordered by Cap
tain Bailey, and It was found that al
though the hold up was supposed to
have occurred at 9 o'clock last night.
Chambers did not report It until today,
it was also found that he had been
"broke" for some weeks, and nweH a
board bill. He was telephoned to come
down to the police station and identify
two suspects.
Trapped by Officers.
When he reached the station officers
kept him in conversation while he was
compared witn the description given on
the circular. It fitted exactly, and
Chambers was arrested and held for the
Yakima authorities.
Although Chambers denies that he is
tne man wanted in Yakima, it is claimed
every clue tallies exactly. The North
Yakima man was named Udthrle Mahal,
alias Thomas Basket, alias William
Chambers, and he is wanted on several
forgery charges. He carries a card in
the Eagles bearing the name Thomas
Basket, which Is said to have, been
stolen from a man of that name living
in Cle-Elum, Washington. He also had
with mm a corduroy suit similar to one
Pictures of Miss Anna Sands,' the home of "he and her Bister, Miss
Louise Sands, on left, and Barney Reilly, one New York fireman who
was summoned by telephone to extinguish a blaze behind the wains
coting. -When Reilly, -very much out of breath, arrived at- the mansion
he was asked at the door for bis card. When he pushed on past the
butler in his eagerness to .get at the fire he was reminded that he
should wipe his feet before he entered the reception room. The Misses
Sands called for one fireman so that luxurious furnishings of ' their
home would not be ruined by unnecessary deluge of water.
"9"
BISHOP PADDOCK COMES
TO HELP BUILD OREGON
form that Republican legislative candl
worn by the missing forger.
BICH GOLD STRIKES
MADE NEAR SAN DIEGQ
tCalted Press Leased Wire.)
i Ban Diego, March 2. According to an
, announcement made today . rich gold
strikes were made the past two weeks
four miles south cf Dulsura. 30 miles
from this city. ; . .
tilcaaor'IHWeiiS" irwiil mon Tr- i
said, will begin Immediately to rievelnn
-the properties.
re, wmoh is i
i IU average ISS per ton. If all
It is ifftrlAreri that th.
n, wuian is aeneneer: as rree-mllllng
emanating from the site of the new
find prove true U is expected that there
rush-1 the -district. ?
Sale of Big Grata Farm.
(SrverUl DUpatefe te The Inures!.)
rendleton. Or., March t. The sale of
the Cooley farm for 142.000 Is one of
the largest real estati deals made dur
ing the past few months In Umatilla
county. This is a big ranch In the
Cnid Springs "-country that has been
farmed by A. B. Coolejr. The sale was
riade to Arthur Scott of Athena. There
p:e 1120 acres in the farm and 600
of growing grain is Included m
tli issle." The purchaser has had vars
r experience In growing grain la Uma
t.,'a county, v.-v-..
. L The story related by Chambers at head-
dates subscribing to it should bind them- quarters this morning was to the effect
selves oniy so rar as Republican can- I that he arrived In this city from Alaska
didatea for United States senator were I about two weeks ago and Blnce that
concerned. The interest behind the res- time has been putting in his time in
OlUtiOn evidently ccnted daneer fnr seeinr the mirMm and hftvino- n s-annrnl
they withdrew it In season to avoid a rood time. Last , evening he sava. ha
vote. . . . left his apartments at 425 Everett
George W. Dixon. Canbv nrecinrt mm. street with, tha Intention' nt talrlno- a
mltteeman and Candidate for the lee-ix- I wnllr htnra rHrln fnr tha nlrht Ua
lature on Statement No. 1, then offered I had an automatic revolver in the hip
a direct Statement No. 1 resolution, pocket of his trousers, but because it
'vh'-'h was adopted by the vote of ll
to 5.
'lue meeting then adjourned.
3IANY ARE AKRESTED
FOR; ..DBDMKENXESS
The police report for the month of
February was completed- today. It
shows a total number of arrests of
1.072.' as compared with 1,321 for the
nrecedlriff month. - The law most fre
quently violated was that relating to
drunkenness, 44t persons being arrested
and charged with this offense. For dis
orderly conduct . 38 persons were ar
rested; gambling, S8, vagrancy. 4.
A tola: out larcenies were reponea
to the iwilcc. Cf this .number 17 were
cleared up through the arrest, of the
persons responsible; Burglaries, is, 2
cleared up; holdups, 8, cleared up i
uaa cnecK cat-es. i. ciearea up
OFFICER ARRESTS BOY
: : AXD KILLS FATHER
Vi, " (United Prtst tlsnsed Wire.) J-
Santa Clara, Cal., March 2-Frank
8hafter. county probation -officer, today
sliot and killed John .. Ivancovich. a
h?a,taVhaUrgVeler- Sh,te
was early in the evening he did not
transfer it to the outside poclcet of his
overcoat, where he says he is In the
nanit or carrying it when he is out late
at night. -
Chambers says tiiat when he arrived
at-the corner of North Park and Couch
streets two men. one white and the
otner colored, stepped out from be
hind an old steam boiler and presented
revolvers at his head While one kept
him covered he declares the other
searcnea .iim, taklmr his revolver.
goja watch and chain, a diamond hin
valued at (460 and $482 In cash. The
inuBs men commanded him to march up
Couch street and to make no outory and
nrT Innlr Kami.
CHARGES VIOLATION
OF EIGHT-HOUR LAW
vJkmZtt oeyr "cret-y ' the State
Federation of Ltrbor, swore to a com-
vi 'strict Attorney Man-
&.f.2V,f .rno"l n,f charging- Robert
Wakefield, a well-known local contrac
tor, wlth violating the sUte eight-hSfr
--"'Jim? mp'a'lt m,1 in conneo
tion with the work that is being dona
by Wakefield for the county on the
Madispn-street bridge. The men em
ployed there are being paid for a nine
hour day. A warrant was . n
Wakefield's arrest and . hurin. ,in
be bad la the police court tomorrow. i
By Lulu R. Lor.eni.
Bishop Robert L PHdlgcJIf the new
Episcopal diocese of eastern Oregon is
now on the scene of his future labors,
having arrived within the borders ot
Oregon Saturday. He will spend the
week at Baker City, holding special
servioes and looking over the flelo. Af
ter a few days at La Orande, making
the acquaintance of the people and look
ing Into the needs of the church, he will
come to Pendleton, where an indefinite
stay will be made. He will here enter
into a careful survey of his future work
In eastern Oregon.
If the New York newspapers are to be
believed, there was a disappointment in
store for Bishop Paddock on his arrival
in eastern Oregon upon his appoint
ment as bishop of this diocese several
months ago New York reporters pic
tured the field of the new bishop in
eastern Oregon as being seml-civlllsed,
wild and woolly and altogether thrilling
in environment ana cnaracteristics.
"Into Wilderness on Broncho."
"Bishop Paddock wlli. plunge into that
vast semi-civilized wilderness on the
back of a broncho and his work will be
among cowboys and ranch men who are
strangers to many or tne ways or civil
isation," said one New York paper in
commenting on the coming of Bishop
Paddock from the rectorship of the
Holy Apostles' church of that city to
ti.e alleged wilds of eastern Oregon
Instead of "plunging" Into the wilder
ness of Oregon on a broncho Bishop
rddock rode to his new field of lahnr
In a Pullman car, surrounded bv all
the comforts which he had enjoyed in
ins New York home He was taken to
ele-unt homes in Baker City and' was
greeted with that splendid gentility and
refinement for which tho west is noted.
He found educated men and women,
libraries, schools, magnificent church
edifices, well equipped trains, good mail
service, excellent communication and all
the necessities and luxuries of ...e east
and the melodramatic glamour of the
wilderness as seen by the New Tork re
porter was entirely absent
Bishop Oaee a Westerner.
Bishop Paddock is' a westerner by
contact and comes to one ot the most
fascinatinr fields of labor In the west.
He was born In Brooklyn, but lived for
many years In the state of Washington.
where his father, Rt. Rev. John Adams
Paddock, was the third bishop of Wash
ington and the first bishop or Olympla.
The new oishop is therefore no
stranger to the west, and the diocese
of eastern Orsgon, comprislhg all that
vast area east oi tne cascade moun
tains, consisting of IB large counties
and having an area of about 66,000
square miles, will be a fascinating field
for him.
Middle-aged, vigorous, enthusiastic,
Bishop Paddock is prepared to enter
with seal upon the diversified work of
the new diocese and takes a most op
timistic view of the future. New set
tlements are springing up In central and
eastern Oregon where his work will
lead him and in this development of the
state he sees vital advancement for the
church and he will not only be a worker
for his church, but In a broader sense
for his state, Oregon.
roar X,arge Churches Aire adj.
Four large Episcopal churches are to
be found in eastern Oregon at The
Dalles. Pendleton, La Grande and Baker
City, with a score of smaller churches
at other points. Around these principal
churches ?he future work of the new
bishop Will necessarily center and from
these points he will reach into the in
terior xounding new churches and
strengthening those already in exist-
He sees a wonderful field for devel
opment in the sparsely settled districts.
He looks for a wonderful westward
movement from the crowded eastern
cities and states and it is his aim tq
Increase the membership and strensrth
of the diocese as the state grows.
tjut lie laugns at me iew rork re
porters picture or himself dressed in
buckskin and mounted on a bucking
broncho following the dim trails and
swimming the swollen streams of In
terior Oregon.
Having been a slum worker for manv
. , tr 1 1 . . . . .
years in ntw i or vny ne nnas tnat
I'd in Luno .count v the old-time hovs
have already held a convention with a
result similar to that of the Multnomah
county meeting. ' In Marlon courfty Dr.
J. N. Smith. K. M. Crolsen, John Knight,
F. B. South wick and J. -A.- Turner, all
former leaders ot the machine . politics
of that county, are preparing to get Into
line witn tne doctrine as exploited oy
the Hodson combination of Portland.
Blmtlar reports come in from other sec
tions of the state.
Silent Ones Unaffected. '
Even the leaders of these movements
are forced tactltly to admit, however,
that the conventions have been called
together by the old time leaders, and
have been or will be attended by old
line delegates for the purpose of put
ting back irtto the saddle the old style
system and conditions. The great mass
or tne silent voters tnrougnout tne
state have not taken -part in the calling
or the deliberations of these conventions
and will not be influenced by the plat
forms and recommendations announced
by the organisations.
Canvasses of Multnomah county dis
tricts show, according to the statements
of many active men interested in the
politics of the state, that the opposition
to the primary law and Statement No. 1
springs not from the common mass of
the voters or the out of town districts,
hut from the professional politician and
habitual office-seekers who are desirous
of bringing back the old conditions for
the purpose of gaining once more the
political power taken away from them
by the passage of the law.
The country vote throughout the state
Is for the primary law and Statement
No. 1. Throughout the rural districts
the farmers and the common people,
who have been given a taste of politics
power are very adverse to turning it
over once more Into the bands of the
political leaders who used to play the
voters as pawns In the game of politics.
Masses Against Machine Bala.
In Multnomah county, the central
home of the old nwchlne. and in Marlon
cdunty where the office holding class
makes Its home, Is arising tha chief op
position to the principle of the people's
rule as made certain bv the primary law
and Its provisions. Hut even here. In-1
vestlgatlon shows, the out of town vote
is against the old regime now nenKing to
be reseated In the political saddle.
Friends of Statement No. 1 therefore
do not consider that the rump conven
tions held or projected will work to the
disadvantage of the primary law. They
believe as soon sa It becomes patent to
all the people that the movement agarnst
the law Is backed by the remnants of
the old machine of the state that the
great majority of the voters of the state
will rally to the support of the principle
of politfcal rule by the people as out
ItnaH in tha nrlmnrv law and will turn
down the slates being prepared In line
with the plans of the old machine lead
ers. SHIP GROUNDS
OFF FIRE ISLE
CilSHilEES
1DDK16
1,000 Bobs Up Mysteriously
arid Conspirator Goes Free
ruiji Offers Testimony
to Be Used in Motion for
New Trial.
Coamo Goes Ashore While
Carrying 100 Passengers
and Crew of 50.
One thousand" dollars In cash, denoa.
Ited with the clerk of the circuit court
this morning, brought liberty to E. K.
Raddlngr, who has been, confined In tha
county jail and unable- to give ball
since he and Mrs. Bella Waymlra were
oonvicted last Tuesday evening on tha
charge of , attempting to blacken th
reputation of Mayor Lane.
As the bail Is in cash, the Identity at
the person or persons backing Raddin
remains a mat tar n '
has been much curinaitv i iaa .-
names of those whp are taking so much,
interest In the cause of the convicted
conspirators, but so- far they have eov-
5..u?ufnelr trach"- Attorney Seneca
Fouts this morning produced the cash,
for hla client. 00 ln gold and $400
J? cu,rrnc'rt " the money rests la
"" vi- in county cierx as
security for the appearance of Redding
whenever he is wanted In court.
Mrs. Waymlre Is also at libertv an
.bha'1- Whn JSge OanteM
raised the amount of ball for each of '
the defendants from 1500 to $1,000 Rad
?in J"P ""' wynre the benefit of
avw unq ne naa deposited ana
went to Jail until his attorneys could
secure the 1,000 necessary to secure
his release. Raddlng has sll along ex
pressed confidence In his ability to se
cure bond. ' . . .
Patrick Bruin, former chief of the de
tective force, who -recently nilm.4
took a lofty fling at Mayor Lane, now
appears In the part of star witness in
behalf of Redding and Mrs. Waymlra.
In an affidavit fifed this afternoon by
eeneca outs, on which a motion fop
new trial will be argued. Bruin la
named as the witness by whom It is
proposed to show.that Mayor Lane mad
statements damaging to his side of tha
case.
According to the Foutr affidavit.
Bruin is ready to testify that Mavor
Lane confided in him regarding the)
visits of Mrs. Waymlre to his office.
He Is alleged to have told Bruin that
he had no real reason for Inviting Mrs.
Waymlre to his office so many times.
The information furnished by Bruin
Is stated to nave reached the attorneys
for the defense after it was too lata
put mm on tne stand, it may be noted
also that Bruin opened up his fountain
of information after he had resigned
as detective chief ln a huff and had'
made known his hostility to Mayor
Lane.
The affidavit prepared by Fouts also
states that other persons, occupants of
the Hamilton building, where the Way-mlre-Raddlng
affair took place, have re
vealed things since the trial that tha
mayor said to them that are favorable
to the defense, and tend to show -that
there was no prearrangement between
Raddlng and Mrs. Waymlre. The names
or mese witnesses are not given.
- Upon Bruin's evidence and the tech
nical point that the right of the defend
ants to poll the Jury was violated ba
cause their attorneys were not present '
when the verdict was received, the mo
tion for a new trial will be made. Tha
date for argument has not yet bean
fixed, but will be arranged as soon aa
possible consistent with the convenience
of the half dosen attorneys engaged la
the case.
(Onlted Press Leased Wire.)
New York, March 2. With 10 passen
gers and a orew ox ov aDoara. me
steamer Coamo of the New York-Porto
Rico line, went ashore near Fire island
this morning. The vessel grounded ln
a dense fog.
It is believed that the passengers are
in no denser, there being little chance
of the ship going to pieces unless
storm suddenly breaks.
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CARRY SI.
LAW TO LIMIT
Thirty-Two Merchants Fol
low Saloonmen Into the
Law's Arms.
(Special Dispatch to Tbe JoDraiL)
Spokane, Wash., March 2. The Sun
day closing campaign started in earnest
this morning by the riling or com
plaints against 32 proprietors of places
or business ror Keeping open on nun
day. Among these are a morning pa
per and aa tne tneaires.
Tha complainants are Jewish store-
keoDers who were arrested some time
ago at the Instigation of the clerks'
union. Warrants will be Issued this
afternoon.
The saloons were closed on Sunday
some time agoi but the authorities made
no effort to extend tne closing taw to
the limit. Drug stores have since been
handling various lines or merchandise,
and the dealers are retaliating by nail
ing down the lid tigat at an points.
The defendants ln these later cases
will make a test or the state law.
COMMERCIAL CLUB
UNWILLING TO DIE
La Grande, Or., March 2.- Strenuous
efforts are now being made by leading
business men and members of La Orande
Commercial club to prevent that organ
ization from becoming bankrupt through
a foreclosure threatened by parties
holding an xg.oou mortgage, judge 1.
ninny phases of clvillzatlnn are more - u. Crawford, 'who ts president of the
highly developed in the alleged "wllda"
of eastern Oregon than in the heart of
wew xoric city.
REBEKAII MEETING
AT PENDLETON
fSpeeUl .Mapatcb to Tha Journal.)
rniuirivii, w whilii -yi uiBLrjct
convention of the Rebekah lodges of
Ijmatilla county will be.-held-ln this
city beginning at 10 a. m. Wednesday,
Marcn 4. 4 j&igni loages win ne repre
sented and 60 delegates are expected.
Mrs. Emma Galloway cf McMinnvllle,
atata nresldent of the order, will ba
present and a social session and ban
quet will be held in Odd Fellows' hall
In the evening. The- lodges to be rep
resented are those of Milton, Athena,
Weston. Adams, Pilot Rock, Helix. Echo
and rendleton. ?. " ' j
ODp FELLOWS OPEN
LODGE AT HERMISTON
(Special DUpa4eJ to Tbe Journal.)
Pendleton, Or.,' March 2. Grand Mas
ter Richard Scott and Grand Secretary
E. E. Sharon of the Odd Fellows' lodge
of Oregon will Institute a new lodge of
Odd Fellows at Harralston tonight. with
a. charter membership of about 2B. A
large party of , Pendleton Odd Fallows
win assist in instituting tne lodge and
a banauet will be served after the ses
sion is over. .This is the first of the
leading fraternal organisations to found
a lodge ln Hermlston,
club, at a mass meeting appointed a
.committee of - business men to have
charge of the financial recuperation of
the club, tne committee to report at an
other mass meeting next Friday night,
when it Is expected some satisfactory
solution of the financial difficulty will
be presented.
3IRS. M'BEE, AGED
PIONEER, IS DEAD
Pendleton, Or,, March Mrs, 8a
mantha McBee, one of the eldest pioneer
women on the coaat, died at the home
of her ton, Charles McBee. six miles
south of here, last evening at the age of
years, nne came rrom lowa to Cali
fornia in 18SS and has made Oregon and
California heiv home since that time.
She was the mother of 13 children and
a native cf cast Tennessee., , -
NAVY GOBS
ARE POOR SHOTS
Commander Sims Says
Marksmanship ,pt San- j
tiago Was Disgrace.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Washington, March 2-Commands
William 8. 81ms criticised construction
methods of the American navy befora
the senate Investigation committee to
day. Open ammunition hoists ha pro
nounced a grave source of danger.
Sims said the marksmanship at San
tiago was disgraceful. "The gunners
missed as often as they possibly could,
he said.
Admiral Caps was present Re de
clared that his statements of facta wars)
not erroneous. y
GIVEN HEARING ON "
TO
CHARGES
DEFRAUD
R. H. Wells. J. N. Baylor and Frank)
Cavlness, the three men arrested soma
time ago on suspicion of being responsi
ble for the large number of defunct
state bank notes which have been circu
lated ln Portland recently, are having a
hearinar before United Statea Commis
sioner Sladen this afternoon. The men
were arrested bv the local authorities.
Charges of using the malls to defraud
were preferred against them by the)
postal authorities, and an effort will ha
made to convict them on this charge.
It is claimed that the men secured
many of the worthless bills from a Chi
cago house, and under the name of
Frank Connors received them at tha
Portland postofflce. It is said by tha
postal Inspectors that this Chicago
house sells the notes at greatly reduced
prices.
George Wellsley, for whom a witness
warrant was Issued by Judge Wolverton- ,
in the United States district court last
week, la still confined in the Good Sa
maritan hospital. Wellsley Is the prin
cipal witness aaatnst the men. as h
was acquainted with one of them.
, a,
Maple Da at Baker City.
(Specfal Dlopatcli to The Journal.)
Union. Or.. March 2. A local nursery
of tills cltv has sold 600 vounar mania
trees to high' school students of Baker
city, to oe planted on Maple aay. a
new holiday instituted by tha Baker
City schools. this spring.
The Son of nam J
From the Washington Herald.
"During a revival Trt Texas." said
Philip R, Bangs of Toledo, Ohio, his
turn for a atory having come, "a negro
was resuted to have had visions about
heaven and hell. His boss called hirn uo
and interrogated him aa to what he saw
in Dotn places, ana nrst aa to wnat tne
white men and darkles were dolnar ln
heaven. 'Lord. boss, the white men was
all a-tlltlng back ln their chairs, with
their heels on the banisters, a-smoklng
cigars, and the -niggers wss down tin,
their knees a-shlnlns no their golden -
slippers.' Then as to what was going
on at trie other place; TSf yen believe ;;
me, boss, every single white man had a.
nigger, in hla hands a-holdin him UB
between him and the flames,'"