.ITCIIISOII SAYS
SKIRTS ALL CLEAR
Maintains Work 'at State
Jjcglslature Was Open and
Above Board.
... ' Clyds B. Altchlson. present
i comtnlsston.rof tb. UU end
! attorney tor in. trust department of the
...... .
J Tltl. Guarantee Trust on,J-" .L
i contends that what ha did waa open
i , above board and mat
: ogles to maae. result
I , This statement -Is ft.Vf fact that
of atorles circulated to tha.afract tnaj
: - iVgielaUon favorabl. fco the tuww"--I
; antes Trust company and Ita plana.
' . .. explains Oonneotloa.
i ' t waa employed aa an attorney tor
th. TR oTrantea ,Tru.t mpany
; ffi or he ar.t. i c3mmUlon for U
T,y. and assisted In shaping up the
lacoda presented to th. . laglawtura mi
ih. latrialature
. and
aesston. so I weat to Salem upon the ln
"taUoa of Senator Bingham, chairman
of the Joint committee on assessment
and taxation, to explain th tax bins
i which had been prepared hy the com
nlselon. vicious
tendency of houae bill ."V'ntrodu,
tllA at anf tlma Wit
f houa bill introduced
iUla or
within
i review uuuiu fw . ---
f 10 years after tha date -or
; rnontTr recognised that thla bill was
"aimed at tha -Marquam jwyerw suit.
- which had been detarmlned ijjw"
j a.. ti.M.i.m hv th ii ud rem A court.
-".owi"; thit 'thi- Title Ouarnte.
company waa Interested In "'tha matter
- 1 wire to President V of
ploy, of the institution, tailing him of
- fha hosUM legislation .
I - aome onaie aent to inveatlfate It- Th.
bill paaaM the hou.a. but waa ttbW ia
t : the Senate, and I am glad to av
i a hand In killing- aucn
h ura, for It would have n"tuthJ?D"
J tlra leol machinery of the
f der It no action brought In tne oourta
would hare been aettled Until 10 year
hkd aUpaad after tha data of Anal Judg-
, I Appaa. ta Opafc .
' '"In regard to tha banking bill. I P-
paared openly before tha Joint commlt
J vSTon baikfag. It waa no aecret and
. i " .ir nrmmA atronalv both in
committee and to Individual nembera of
f - the commltta. that In the caaeof trxiit
.companlee provlaiona ahould be
that propertiea held In trust ahould be
! kept aeparata from tha general depoalta
i rr An rot Vnnw anTthlnK about the
. terms of tha depository law. I waa not
familiar with tha terms of tha law and
only knew that a number of prominent
attorneya and bankera throughout tha
J atate had been asked to make auggea-
' tlona on tne dul
BAM EMPHASIZES -;
COLE'S ENDORSEMENT
Secretary of Association De
nies Bumor Pnt Out to
; ; Injure Candidate.
- John Bain, secretary of the Municipal
association, denies tha rumor that the
association haa not Indorsed Jamea
Cola for the' hfflca of district attorney
In a perfectly parliamentary and legal
manner. It haa been rumored alnca
. tha announcement that tha meeting at
which the Indorsement was given was
' not attended by a quorum of tha ex
. ecutlve board, and that it la therefore
not legal.
Mr. Bain In discussing the matter thla
morning aaid:
"Tbera la no truth In the rumor that
the association has not indorsed Mr.
Cole in a perfectly regular manner, or
in tha atory that there Is dissension be
cause of tha Indorsement- Th. meeting
of Tuesday following which th. an-
nonncement waa made of the associa
tion's Jndbraeraent, waa not called for
the purpose of considering the lndorse
ment but of making it public at that
time. The Indorsement had been given
by the executive board at a previous
. meeting and waa unanimous."
CHABLIE MAY KNOW ;
" . ABOUT MISSING KING
Rachel Bhanedllng, who resides a,t
Ail Tenth atreat, reporta to the police
that there, waa atolen-from -her house
yesterday afternoon, a diamond -; ring
valued at' (7S. She accuses a window
waeher- known as J,Charlie" with the
commission of the theft- The man waa
employed at the house yesterday after-
noon and the ring waa not missed until
after he had gone away Charlie did. not
return to the place wher. he has been
sleeping laat night and the police .have
,- today ' been unable to locate him. . ;
YOUNG -MAN TRIES TO
:BBEAK INTO PRISON
' . ' ' .
mnlhl Pna . Leased V7!rt.)
" Oakland, Cel.. March 18. Th. unusual
; apectacl. of a young ' man ' trying - to
break into prison was presented In
i Judge Samuel's court today when George
Quino, & young- Hawaiian,1 admitted a
at tare in th. robbery of the Clinton
xtatlon of tha Southern Paclflc on Sun
jav evening, asked to toe ' allowed to
waive examination and be sent to the
penitentiary aa soon as possiDi ana get
fils term over, . . -
BEXTEE, PAY ,Y0UR
TAXES AND SAVE M0XEY
, Nearly $2,500,000 In taxes have
now .been collected by-Deputy
4! Sheriff Martin and his asslstanta.
Complete figurea of laat Saturday
e and Monday show that $766,000
' was .received on those- two days.'
a .The ; total '; paid,;, tip to , Tuesday,
V when J per . cent discount, could
no longer ba accepted, was $2,
402.7J. Th. total tax roll la
JS,I2.54. leaving $823,891 to be
, collected. ,
All who have a not yet paid
a should osa no mora time in ask-
lng for their autements. This
Particularly 4ru. t St those
who have personal, assessment.
but no real estate, aa it la lm- ' a)
possible to send out statements w
except upon request. April ( all a
' ; taxes unpaid will be delinquent a
and subject to a penalty of io 4
per cent, with 1 per cent added )
each month fs thereafter -onta a
. rata. -.; Vfci. 'V'?
4 e w 4
' THE
GRANT LAUDS
HAVE BEEN SOLD
Government Believes Harri
man? lias Transferred
Oregon Holdings! j
'-. ' r f
(Waahlagtoa Baraaa of Tae Joral.)
Washington, March It. Tha govern-
ment haa Information, convlnolng it that
th. Harrlman ; railroad company ha
transferred all. or most, of tba reraain
Inr arant lands to another company:
probably in which weyftaeuser is in
terested. It holds that if tha Fulton
resolution la amended to validate titles
of any subsequent purchasers it would
validate all aalea or fnortrarea by the
original - company.
- The government Insists that all actual
Settlers or purchnere of email tracts
cannot be disturbed even when more
than 12.60 an acre waa paid. Th. only
thing that' could be don. would b. to
collect from th. railroad company the
amount received in eicess or iz.ee.
FIIIDS DKIUTE
School Bov Discovers
Strange Stick and Shows
It to His Teacher.
(Special Dispatch to Tbe JsoraaL)
Rainier, Or, March 19. Finding a
Strang. lookTnf stick lying In tha road
near the achoolhouso, - Martin Both, a
14-year-old boy, , displayed It td his
teacher and discovered that ha had. been
playing with dynamite.
No ' explanation ' of . tha manner In
which -the' explosive waa placed In the
road ran he made. Many Uvea must
have been endaflgared while th. dyna
mite lay in the road, for teams and pe
destrians pasa that place constantly.
CAlISliflllll
BY PROFESSIOIj"
Mrs. Casey Says There Are
Such Men, and Meyer Is
One, for He Winked .
New York. March ll-'Tra sure he
la a professional flirt," Indignantly
cried Mrs. Mary Caaey, pointing at
Gustavus Meyer In the Long Island city
police court '
"Profeastonal flirt, madam. What ds
you meanf asked Magistrate Smith
wonderlngly ' ,
"Oh, yes; there are auch men. If they
aeserve to oe canea men. reiortea
Mra. Casey, ' 30 years old, most comely
and well dressed. "They try to flirt
with every female they see, be aha
eight or eighty, black, whit, or yellow,
a duchess or a ragpicker.
"I live on Washington avenue, Ber
genfleld, New Jersey Mra Casey con
tinued when aha grew calmer. . I waa
going to aee aiV" mother. Mrs. Laf fey,
who .Uvea at No.il 11 Fourth street
Long Island city. 'When I got off the
car at the ferry bouse in New Jork
this prisoner deliberately winked at me.
Of course I paid no attention to him.
He followed me Into the women's cabin
of the ferry boat, seated himself near
me and tried In every way to attract
my attention, but I would not look at
him."
"How do you know he waa trying to
attract your attention if you did not
look at him?" asked tha puxzled magis
trate. ' . s
"Any woman can tell you that." an
swered Mra Casey, tartly. "Finally,
when I ignored him, ha became even
more insulting. He spat toward me
and went so far aa to make a face at
me and stick out his tongue. Several
Feraons In the cabin saw his behavior,
waa never ao embarrassed in my Ufa
When w. reached Long Island city I
had him arrested?
. "The lady makes serloua mistake,?
earnestly declared Meyer, who aald ha
waa SB years eld and lived on Went
One Hundred and Fifth street. In this
city. "I never saw tha lady On the
boat or anywhere else until aha had
me arrested. I go to Jamaica on busl
nesa every week, and I was going there
today."
Meyer haa blue eyes and a dark mus
tache and was well dressed. Despite
his protestations Magistrate Smith held
him in 1500 bail on a charge of dis
orderly ' conduct i
IN JAIt; KEEP& SECRET
FROM PARENTS; DIES
betters Sent ' From, Boarding
, .Place Body Shipped in
Same Way.
Trenton, March 18. Death in state
prison today ended the woes of Russell
E. Neall, aged It years, who since last
June, when he was sent here from Cam
den, to serve a sentence of two and a
half years for aasult and battery, haa
managed to keep his disgrace from his
parents in Missouri.
He " has ' written regularly to them
from. the prison and sent the letter to a
rhum In Camden who readdressed . it.
Letters from hla parenta have come to
the Camden nouse.
prison officials respected Neall's
wishes after his death. His body has
been turned over to Frederick R. grace
of ' this city and today it was sent to
Missouri as though from the boarding
house in Camden. . - ... . ,
j. The style of a diary .which he .leftMs
quite literary.- He frequently Quotes the
Bible. ' v
BALTIMORE BUILDING
: DESTROYED BY FIRE
' rnnlted Press teased Wlre.l
Baltimore. Md.; March 1. Six alarma
of fire were . turned in today for a
blaze which originated on the fifth floor
of the Keldel building In the heart of
tha wholesale district- The building
waa occupied by a wnoiesaie naraware,
min and ammunition company. For an
hour tha flames raged fiercely and it
seemed as though the entire wholesale
district might b. endangered. Sensa
tional work by . the department, How-
averi kept tbe riamea conrinea.io -tne
one building. It la lmpoAstble to esti
mate tha loss yet - . K:r:-' fii'.,
totueU'EcUtv-i
Anna Latourell, widow of the- late
Richard Latourall, who died' on March
10, has aecured the appointment of X
S. Wilson aa administrator. Tho prop
erty is valued at ft.auu ana .tne wiaow
is tne
only. heir.
Tomorrowii Wrlday, will positively he
the last day for discount on esst aid.
III RAIHIER : ROAD
0
gas nui. jft'ortiana uas company.
OREGON DAILY . JOtJRNAU . PORTLAND, ' THURSDAY
lilOIIKEYS CAUGHT
SHOOIIIIG" DICE
Evil Habit Was Acquired on
; "Good" Ship Montrose, , ,
A simian sat on th. atarnoara qsca.
And shouted wltn nendisn giee;
"Vpu had eleven, another seven, ' 2
But th. point la mine up iimn
It boots not 'whether see gulla can
sing, elephants ply th. trombone or th
Statu, of Liberty do a akirt danc. Ail
these things have been branded by King
Kagood aa nature fakes, says th. New
York American. But here's a woner
that tha moat captious naturalist must
kow-kow to:
Proorr All right. Ask th. crew of
tha good ship Montrose, a freighter
which looked Into Tompklnsvill. yester
d after a hard voyaa. from Blnga
pore, 'itie Montrose had cockatoos, par-
rota monaeys, orang-ouin w j
had all aorta of creatures on board. But
to tha monkeys instead oftmuttona
Fifty festive monkeys on the long
voyage had watched the Chinese, Jap
anese, American ana ;ngusn
shooting the elusive dice, and, after
their habit decided to Imltata First
Officer Human and Third Offloer Manor,
who own the monks, decided to Initiate
them Into the mysteries of th. Ivory
cubea Die. were doled out to 'in.
monkeys, and many of them, tame and
young, were permitted on deck. They
rolled the "bonea" about. Jabbered over
them and incidentally, threw them so
furiously that the vlalble supply of dice
waa exnaustea. .
In th. emergency, the officers made a
raid on the sugar department and got
some of those cute little mocks or
saccharin material. They marked them
with nsnnll from th. ac. to th. Six
and nanaea mem io m imm, .
dlately the dice-throwing was continued.
But lo and behold! after a few hours
the llttl. fellows wjio are the tjap
hangera of the forests discovered that
augar-dice were good for monkeys, and
In a few days th. managing editor of
mitnr rienaftment called hla atafl
and announced that dice-throwing must
cess.. . , ,
But wh.n the ship reached Tompklns
vllla the officers, feeling sympathy for
the monkeys, bought real dice, and if
Bingham had been around there would
have been a grand, gallery-play, 14
karat, warranted-not-to-fade raid.
Tha "cob" on the pier heard the roll
ing of th. "bonea" and drew bis club
heroically. The captain of the "aMl
however, jointed to the Union Jack and
declared tile ship waa under the protec
tion of Great Britain, and therefore the
deck of th. ahlp waa really British soil.
The blueooat Jammed his fingers In
his eyea a few mtnut.s, and aftr-a
good run ana a ion a imna. m uw
thought the captain was. right So the
monkaya are still gambling and gam
boling, while the parrots and the ouier
creatures on toard look on with interest
at the festivities on the floating Monte
Carlo,
COLOR OF BADGE TELLS
WHAT
Only One Prospective Chauf
' feur Says He Manages Ail
Sorts of . Automobiles
Out of 62 applicants for chauffeurs'
licenses only one man carea to take out
a general license permitting him to run
all kinds of automobllea
When th. chauffeurs apply at the
city hall for licenses they are required
to speciry un una iuvi"u "
wish to be examined on. If they
qualify for the machine wnicn tney
elected they are given a certain colored
badge which is prima facie evidence to
tne ponce tnai me ciwuiwm
to drive only a certain kind of an auto
mobile. - . -"" , , .
Here la the way the men have classi
fied themselves by their applications.
One man says he can drive any old
kind of a machine and is ready to prove
it by examination; 40 want permission
to drive gasoline buggies, and 16 say
they can drive either gasoline or steam
cara - Another maa failed to.apeclfy
the kind of a machine he can drive and
Deputy City Auditor Joe Hutchinson
has written him a letter telling the man
to qualify his capabilities in driving
"buax" wagona.
BELLINOIIAM MAN IS
THREATENED BY 0KDER
(United Press Leased Wire.),
Belllngham, Wash., March 19. A
"black hand" letter, or one purporting
to have been -written by a member of
this secret organisation of Southern
Europe, waa received this morning by
James Muldowney, president of the Ex
celsior Carbide Gas Machine company,
demanding that Muldowney deposit
$5,000 on tne steps 01 ducov
Catholic church within five days, or
.,,f iith The letter is written in a
crude hand with lead pencil anq accom-
n.nvin. it la a flrawina 01 a. oiaci. imiiu.
rfi letter has- worried the capltaMat
end he haa been snowing 11 to irienas.
Thi. la tv.o KAcnnd black hand communi
cation received by Belllngham men in
the lust week ana otnera are uuuy
pected.
BLOCKED TRAINS
STACK UP MAIL
Portland postofflce employes experi
enced a rush of mail yesterday and
this morning which somewhat resembled
the business which Invariably precedes
tha Christmas holidays. The rush was
caused by arrival of eastern mall which
has been delayed on the O. R. & N. ow
ing to the land slides near Pendleton. ,
The bulk of the mall which accumu
lated on the other side of the slides ar
rived yesterday afternoon and by work
ing over time the clerks and carriera
were enabled to deliver most of the
first-class matter. Last night and this
morning the forces were put to work on
the second-class- mail and thia after
noon the rush was practically at an end.
WIFE OBJECTS TO
BEING SOLD FOR FIVE
Is a man cruel and inhuman if he
tries unsuccessfully to sell his wife for
the small sum of $6? Mrs. Sarah Sher
man believes that sucby a husband
should live -alone,- therefore, she has
brought suit against Jouie Sherman.
She alleges that Louie was and la In
human and cites as a specific Instance
the fact that he tried to sell her to
another man for $5. Because of this
and other things she asks th. court for
a divorce and the right to resume the
use of her maiden name, Sarah Rosen-
bloom. Mr. and Mrs. unerman were
married in St Paul, Minnesota, August
1 2, 10. -
LIKELY TO GET TDIE
FOB STEALING TIMER
' Burglars broke into tha house of Mra
A. Maxwell, mtt North Sixth street
last night and stole a clock valued at
$12. ' The- clock was . the- only article
of value taken, though it waa apparent
a search had been made for money or
other valuable,". The matter waa report
SORT OF DRIVER
ed tt W
a" fJica.
STATE HEALTH BOARD
HELD, SESSION TODAY
liep6rt;Made oh Sanitary
: Conditions 'in state
7 Ihstitutions jJ
i -
Th. semi-annual meeting of th. trtat.
board of health waa held tbii'afcernoon
In the offices 'of Its aeeretary, .
C Ttnney." Sanitary conditions aa they
exist at th. various atate Institutions
have bean investigated recently and re
ports pertaining to th. examination war.
read. mos. or mem were nuuKwr.
Dr.: Alfred Klntey,
The conditiona at th. penitentiary, the
asylum for the Insane, the reform
school, Oregon Agricultural college, the
tat untvaraltv. tha three normals, al
Drain, Weston and Monmouth, and th.
soldiers' home were eovered In the re
port. Another matter that was discussed
waa tha condition of tha water supply
around Bend, Oregon, and th. purity of
the water conducted into the Irrigation
canals oX the Deschutes Irrigation pro
ject. Precautions will be taken also
against the spread of smallpox from he
railroad camps along the north bank
road. . Th. advisability of establishing
a quarantine againat Vancouver waa dis
cussed, if th. Washington authorities
do not ahow more energy In preventing
the spread of tha diaeaae In Vancouver
and In tha railroad campa.
Another aesslon may be held later In
the afternoon aa there Is much business
of a routine character to be diapansed
with at this meeting.
All members of the board were pres
ent including. Dr. Alfred Kinney of As
toria, president; Dr. K. B. Pickle of
Medford, Dr. W. -B. 'Morse of Salem. Dr.
Andrew Smith, Dr.'E. A. Pierce and Dr.
R. C Tenney of Portland. .
PUT LINKS CLOSER
Joint Boosting Meeting o
Jeffersonian Clubs' to Be
Held Tonight. -
To boost the registration of Demo
crats and consider methods for stirring
up Interest and bringing out the party
vote , on election day, a joint meeting
of the Multnomah .Democratic club, the
Bryan club and tho Toung Men's Demo
cratic club haa been called at Allsky
hall, corner of Third and Morrison
streets, tonight E. S. J. McAllister Will
be the chief speaker.
The club .leaders feel that It Is high
time to arouse th. Democrats , to regis
ter, and to plan concerted action in that
direction. Tbe Democratic strength has
not shown up in the registration as the
leadera had hoped, and - It la believed
that something can be dona to make
che ratio grow in the few weeks. that
remain berore the primaries.
LASSO TIMBER AND
ESCAPE FROM JAIL
Youthful Robbers Captured at Ridge
field and Will Serve Sen
tences. . (Epeclsl Dlsoateh to Tbe leans'.)
Vancouver, Wash., March 1J. Mak
ing a lasso out of their bed clothes
and lassoing a two hy four timber with
which an Iron bat1 waa pried from the
Jail window, Harry and Edward Grind
rod escaped, from tha county jail laat
night. This morning they were located
at Rldgefield by. a clerk In the store
of E. A. Blackmore, and will be re
turned to thia citv.
'Harrv. who la aged It years. Is un
der sentence, of from One to 14 years
in the atate . penitentiary lor roDbery,
and Edward, aged H years, haa been
ordered nlaced in the reform school.
vnr anvar&L months these bors. with
others have committed a series of rob
beries.
The eountv tail here has been over
crowded for several days, and the two
boys were placed in the women s sec
tion. tf -' .X , ,
CROUCH IS ANOTHER
VOTERS CHOICE MAN
U B. Crouch Is the latest addition to
the ranks of those who seek to go to
tho legislature by , the "Republican
voters' choice" route. Republican can
didates for precinct committee places,
Just announced, are 3. J. Noonan in 82,
T. H. Compton in 45, Jamea Kepcha in
61 and J. F. Kertchem In 43. New
Democratic aspirants for Ilk. places are
Charles H. Stovall In 85, J. G. Nichols
in 33, W. P. Snook in 65 and A. Stark
in z. . -- ' t
HAVE TO BE LATE
A TO GIVE VARIATION
If trains were always on time 4
railroading wouldn't ha Interest- 4
lng. . -,
Northern Pacific No. 1, due at 4
7 o'clock, arrived on time.
Southern Fseifle Nei It-, due at
7;55, arrived 25 minutes lata 4
Southern Pacific No. 18, due at
11:$0, arrived on time. .
O. B. N. No. S, due
at
o'clock, arrived on- tlma
;v a R. ft N. No. 5, due at ;45,
arrived at 11- o'plock. , .. ,
, t Astoria 5 ft. Columbia No. 21,
due at 13:15, arrived on tlma
4,
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AROUND DEMOCRATS
EVENING.. MARCH ' 19.
PANIC PLAUNED
BT "INTERESTS
Senator la Folletie Proves
That Wall Street Forced
u ? HardTimes.
;
(Catted rress Leased Wire,) ,
Washington, March 19. -When Sena
tor La Follett. resumed His speech . at
tacking tha Aldrlch bill today he pre
sented evidence which ha 'contended
proved conclusively that the centralised
powers of Wol street, "the Interests,"
Including th. heads of th. Industrial,
banking and transportation trusts, had
deliberately t planned the. recent' panic
and sought to wreck th. prosperity of
tne country, - . ..,.-
Th. senator read a ropy of a letter
which he stated waa from the president
of the Waahington Life Insurance com
pany and addressod to E. A. Whlttler,
its Newark, New Jersey, manager, under
dat. of June, , 1907, directing him to
cut his bank balance and . .end ..the
money direct to. New Tork..-i - ,
La Follette - declared that this waa
only an. of the -many methods resorted
to by the "high financiers' in their ef
forts to produce a money stringency.
Th. senator explained that Ee would
not refer to tne matter or' railroad
bonda aa security, as th. feature "had
been dexteriously , whlak.d out -of the
bill" but declared - tnat tomorrow ne
would have a few things to say- apro
pos of th. resolution to dlscharg. the
ommltte. on interstate commerce from
further consideration of a bill he had
Introduced providing -for a proper and
authoritative valuation of all railroad
property.
PAHTAGES WILL
BE IMDELED
BssBaaSasssaBSBwaBajaaasajsaasiBak
Vaudeville House to Be Im-
proyed by Expenditure
of $15,000.
As soon as Manager Johnson of Paa-
tages theatre can securS another house
for th. summer, work will be begun re
modeling the Pantages theatre at
Fourth and Stark streets. Mr. John
son said this morning that everything
but the four walls of the building would
ba torn out and that between 111.000
and $15,000 would be spent in remodel
ing the vaudeville house ao as to make
It the finest In the city.
All of th. present seats downstairs
will be sold to th. nickelodeon theatres
and new seats will be installed. In
stead of th. three galleries, the top one
will be torn out and one large gallery
will replace it The houae, which now
seats 1,100 people, win d. maa. 10 ac
commodate 1,400. The atage will be
mad. three feet six Inches deeper, and
will be large enough to handle any act
New scenery is being painted for the
Improved house.
When the stock theatres close for the
summer the theatre will be moved, and
in case one of them cannot be secured
the performance will be held in a tent.
The remodeled houae will open Septem
ber 1.
NEW YORKERS TAKE
RAP AT BRYANITES
malted Press Leased Wire.)
New York. March 1. The state com
mittee today called for a Democratic
state convention on April 14, to select
delegates at large for the Denver -convention.
Provision was made for the
selection of a new state committee and
a resolution was passed , favoring an
untnstructed delegation. - -
The decision to send an -un Instructed
delegation was a distinct rap at the
Bryan! tea, who. had made desperate ef
forts to have the ' committee pass a
resolution favoring an instructed Bryan
delegation. Bo also waa th. decision to
hold the convention so early -in the
month. , Bryan win mane a tour or new
York in April, and It Is believed that he
will be much stronger there later In the
month. The convention will be held in
Carnegie hall In New York City.
BEVANS IS TAKEN TO
KENTUCKY FOR TRIAL
Vancouver, Wash., March 19.- Attor
ney Scott Whltt, who yesterday took,
charge of Hi Bevans. wanted for mur
der at Plkeville, Kentucky, left this
morning for the east with his prisoner.
Mrs.Bevans and her children will fol
low ner husband east. Both ahe and ,
Bevans are confident that Bevans', trial
will result in acquittal, on the ground
that he acted in sell oetense.
BOURNE'S SUPPORT;
PROMISED DEPARTMENT
Waahinsrton. March 18. Senator
Bourne has written a letter to Attorney
General Bonaparte stating that, he- in-
An-rmtLm t Hnnnrtnutnt of lustlce In .KB
position In resisting the proposed. Ful
ton amendment. He promises the de
partment his support In forcing the rail
roads to comply with tbe -terms of the
grants. ''
Rabbi Wise to Speak,
o.hki inn.ii Tt wIm will sneak-to-
tiii otTomnln Rfith Israel. Twelfth
and Main, on the subject "Mordecai in
the Gateway." The theme will concern
itself wltn some moaern itow .prob
lems. The services begin at o'clock.
Strangers are welcome.
Officers After Boeck. '
Kw fork. March 19. Two officers
left New York today for, San Francisco
tn at T Edward Boeck. who Is under
arrest, there charged with stealing Jew
elry varued at bu,ouu irom a jeweier,
his employer. ,
Won. Jefferson Mvers and Mrs. Myers
leave on the Elder for San Francisco
tonight. They , will remain aoout tore,
or four weeka
SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY GIVES THE
HEAD JANITOR A HARD JOLT
Head Janitor C. S. Slnimonds of the
city hall was considerably surprised this
morning when he found a letter in his
mall calling upon him to pay his dues
amounting to $2 to a well-known society
of science, v. ' 5 -- :?
Now Mr. Simmonds knows the society
well, has for aeveral . years,; but. never
theless he was somewhat surpassed at
the request for dues. Furthermore his
surprise was not diminished because of
the fact that for th. past several
veara ha haa been cominsr down .to the
city hall on. night each month and open
ing, up tne nan mat me society, migm
have a place to meet. t -
In addition to leaving his cosy home
at night that the society members .might
nave a meeting pi ace-to aiscuas suir-
ects from th. dealing with the Darwin
an theorv to the practice of 'amateur
photography, upon the susceptihUltles of
1808.
BOILERS DID HOT
M CAUSE WRECK
Chief Engineer iof rdmona
Denies Charges Made by .
" fiiisfnviis Jnsner.
, . , V eK v w w--vr- - m
,r ' - - - i t
:;.,': ,:
(Cntted rraas Leasee Wire.)
fian Francisco, March !. Tha boll-
rs on th. wrecked iteamer Pomona
were in excellent shap. and should in
- ,- hiimii for th. - disaster
which overtook th . eraft 0 .
from this city to Eureka, is tha claim
.Am hv John' P. Clements, the chief
engineer of th. Ill-fated vessel. J n n
affidavit filed today with . the tJnlted
States Inspectors of hulls and nollera
Engineer Clements reached Ban rran-
engineer v, learning of
. llikJ&fSSlm aent tff by
un I.UU.I.U.!, or the
fiu,"t!:rV." ?PS-'runaP hastened o
HUmbolt Beacon Fortuna,.haatenea to
deu?ii. ?i r.tum nf Caotaln Swanson
ViJ.ti 5hlna Ld T other ol 'Arws no
2J Vl?r,PRS22 .InweVtors BoUes and
SlJJffilZZk?? I"
vaaflaaUon Into Tth cauaes of t ie wreck.
vtiunuun " t
-Will BE FIRED
. . - m
Ron ' "PriinrKP.O AlUnUli 01
Stanford May ask ;ne
nioval of President
' (CniUd Press teased Wire.)
ei...j TTnlaraltv. f!al March It.
' ., .,- .-tinn of tha students
Fpllowlng th., action of th. "a""
affairs committee mis uw -
i h..r aenaratelv the story of each
one of the 100 students who admitted
tha nartlclDated In Thursday nignt
demonstration in front or .
- - . . . .
Clark's home, a rumor was circuiaieu
on tha euiDui that th. Ban rranowco
alumni of th. oo liege has prepared
petition asking for h. moval of Pres
ident Jordan of Stanford. The "port
nraated a big stir, but all efforts to
confirm it were frultlesa -
..wk thla afternoon the stu
dents affairs committee, of which -Pro-
feasor Clark Is the "B
who ZgSSr .oSStta thV tW"wwVVTS
the demonstration. The committee re-
,,mA n hallova that all Of them Par-
tlclpated and dj'"'? he
ter by. giving each ?n. a prtta hear-
lng. It is Preaica in ,
aoneres 10 uis y --Tj- ta
dismissed. The first of th. prlvat.
neanna-i "?..tz. i VU niTi
ii .uttn pt. a student of th. pnysi-
ology, department of th. uiilvsrslty was
expelled from that branch today ba-
cause of the manner In which he x-
pressed, hla views concerning ine uem-
onsirauon. wu J'" .rJU t ai.ni.v
iu-ieeiin. . "i"''. r:jT",',
id he would hav. participated m It
himself If he had not oeen engagea in
...t.inir.r Dr. Rlua. tha federal in
aer
spector, that nignt. as mi. result 01
tha action tanen rn nim yie aiur i to btvtl lcat m the plgbt of ths.roh
denta hav. raised the war cry of Free- I btry. t V . t
gum ayvcu.
ZIMMERMAN IN KACE
FOE COUNTY BOARD
Prominent Farmer and Stockman
Will Ron for Commis
sioner. (Special Dispatch to The Jooraal.)
Oregon City, March 19 J. A. Zim
merman of Parkplace filed his petition
for nomination from tha Democratlo
party for county commissioner yester-
day, standing on a platform - for an
honest, economical administration, good
roads. low taxes ana aowg rigm to tne
people.
Mr. Zimmerman la a farmer and
stockman, ovnlng considerable property
accumulated by honest toil and good
management He worked In the Wil
lamette -paper mill for many years, and
win rocafv heart v - auDoort from -the
TY.noutrati mill bova oa nrlmurr elra-
Hnn Aatr .....
At -the solicitation of rAmerous
friends Koswoll 1 Holman, the pres- lantio fleet at ban Franisco ar. out
ent coroner, has consented to become a I lined In a letter received today by
..nriidata fnr reelection, an win in a Mayor Taylor from Captain R. R. In-
few days file his petition for the Re-
publican nomination for that off lea
t. iiAin.n.ia v,a l..Hin. nn.irf.ir.f
of 'this county, and has satisfactorily
filled the oitice or coroner, zor 'many
years. "
C0NGBEGATI0NALISTS
(Special DisDstch to The Journal. 1 I
v.nmiiwr Wmh Vwnh . .in.. I iv :aq o cioca.- it a paraae is coniem
vancpuver, wasn, juarcn i. - inei , t . fc ianin n bi
Congregational society of this city hopes
In tha.nAnr furflra to erect-a aubatantial
Church on ? lts property at Fourteenth
and Main streets. General " Organiser
W. W. -Schudder was recently in the
citv ana wa.j. rviura HnurLir 1.0 com-1
nlitft arrangements.
rAMr&nn
orete blocks will probably be used. ' The
local society has confined Its means of
raising money ror tnis project-to its
pers and fairs. In April the society w IS
hold a combined fair and supper, the
proceeds from which will he added to
the church fund.
. , - Sent , on Commission.
Judge O'Day and a Jury in the circuit
court are today hearing evidence in the
case of Patrick Holland against Jan.
rp.,n.falt Tha nlnlntlfP pl.lma IS1B
commission as Agent on the sale of Jour
lots to Charles Hail lor 120,000.-.
Jt-
plant life in relation to tho homogeneous
substance of the decadent era, Mr. Sim
monds .has been particular to sea that
the room In which the society met was
Swept free from dust and debris and
that -tha proper number of chairs and
tables with a pitcher of water for th.
speaker were prepared. :-"- --,' -
Mr. Simmonds was not only surprised
but considerably worried. He did sot
know but that he might be called upon
to deliver a speech upon various strata
formations of th. paleosoio period. H.
therefore called upon th. president for
an ' explanation and was Informed that
the secretary had doubtless made a mis
take in considering.- Mr. - Simmonds a
member of the society, Mr. .Simmonds
wss not angry but the society saved it
self a return bill for about 115 worth of
Janitor service that th. genial city hall
Janitor has given In the past by tha ex-
planatloa. . " , "
!
GIRL GEIS HER
FATHER'S HILL
In Business Fight With T;vH
rent She Beats Him and Is
i ; Now Boss of 150 Hands.
, Forest, Ohio, March 1. Boss of 119
mill hands and sol. chief of a $175,000
company Is the height to which Miss
iteia-n vwwi ; dj
besting her own father In a business
S&Bt? h0eVhf?.nrioo."?on,
th- .mpyea burned the father, onco
their meaident Mn effigy when they
bought h had. won the t-attle a.aln.t
out of an tt"umi?t to
make th. company mora of 4 family af.
rair man it naa oe.n tor soma years
through .the young woman's associa-
her father. JBhe had .arned a
nan interest in tne iws.uoo ficaeimun
Roofing company, both by eipert
Enow,ed.d 0f tha mm"etMl of to bu;,.
ness and by sales ability" For several
Y under her guidance a profit of
148,000 a year had been- earned, it is aa-
fwted.- Then th. father. ,Jo.eph h.
Dicaeiman. tnongnc to give a anar. in
I the business to his son Lawrence and
to W O.-Purdy, hi. son-in-law. - Miss
Dlckelman objected that her brother and
brotner-in-iaw. nari . no . axnerienca. and
were not'entltled to reap a share of the
profits she had aided In earning, l.rv
abl. to settle th. difference on : this
point, father and daughter agreed to
throw the company Into a receivership.
When It was offered for sal. by ta
receiver the vouna- woman startled
town by bidding ud to.tllO.OOO against
bar rather. They viu the only blddera
and tha parent Won ift the auction, top-
I ping ms aaugnier i inu oinr vj vu.
But he could not raise the 1180,600 to
siso.vuu. tine naa nersen eisciea 10
the highest office In the new 8170.000
paid in capital stock company aha. or
ganised, and now. is In a position to
give ner ratner a joo unaer ner. iie
haa accented -defeat aracefully. and hla
I home contlnuea the shelter of hla. en-
I terprisln daughter, whose ability per-
m,tted her to wre.t bis : business f?om
inim., - , ' - ; ..!-. . v
, , . . i .
! JURY FIIIDS;
i
III 1 1 II I - I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 '1'
GIBSON GUILTY
After deliberating but 10 minutes the)
Jury In th. trial of W. Q,
Gibson,
charad with holding np and robbing O.
H. Kelser, u-eturned a verdict of guilty
thla n.rnnnn Tk tlnu f unlmu
ha not been set, tha ludg. allowing
wjjich def endanfa
oounsel may move for a new trial.
' At noon th. arguments were closed,
Ju1r( aantenbeln "than delivered hla in-
structions to th. jury. Qibaon waa4nc.
I . ... , w . , .
gpon.u,,. poaltlons, and the defense
me much of thu fact extoi,,nr hln
bualneas man of fine Intellect
Kei.ar identified Gibson aa on ot
I three men who held him up at the point
i or a gun in a saloon at xwentyrirst ana
I rpi., ....... n. e
Thurman streets. He said 'Attorney
Swope tried to indue, him to drop th.
case by offering to return his watch.
This Swope denied. Kaiser also claims
TRACK TODAY
(United Press leased Wire.)
Ban Francisco, March 19 Today's
Emeryville scratches: '
Third race Huerfano. Fifth race
0rtCfc MarJfc g,xtn Yada, Hero,
dotus. Brian Bora,
First race, six furlongs selling; threo
Zr o ?-iRri .l?
I 8 to V gecond: Sea Sick, 106.' I to &
intra. j.ime, z-o.
FURTHER PLANS FOR
BATTLESHIP FLEET
I (United Fiesa Leassd Wire.)
i Ban - tsdcibco. iuarcn li. s urinflr
plans regarding the reception of th. At-
gersoll of the Connecticut at Magdalena
pay, in wnicn tne latter raid Admiral
Evina la . dealrloua fir mentlnB' . tha
I wishes of the citizens of San FranciacMK
i wmcermm ujo yiaus, vapuun ingaraou i
mrnna. - - , .,
.11. A.wi. rr viiivi U.J .u mil
gle column ana win take a course that
will enable the people living In all the
square. The fleet will be Illuminated
on the night of its arrival from 8 to
0r .20 battalions., about 6.000 men, wlU
parade. It is suggested that the parade
ffi,5fneM' ,0B t.daJr 'ollowing th.
Captain Insersoll says the people will
b welcomed aboard the ships from, 11
v vws.
vandals desecrate
CSVT T WAAlS fTrTTTriTl!
. OfiljL VVUUJLJ . LxlUllUll!
fJlAf ""Sf'HSS JJhF&JS"
iJ:1,-
BESJffi: &
Methodlst church in Sell wood and com
mitted acts of vandalism. Stones were
thrown at the piano,, marring the pol
ished case of th a Instrument, and mud
and dirt .was - scattered about tha . in
terior, of the building. .Police officers
wboso tour of duty lies in the neighbor
hood of 'the church have been instructed
.Wef of Police Grltamacher to mak.
a special effort to catch and . punlsa
the offenders.
SMALL TERRIER HAS :
h TERRIBLE FRIGHT
A.' small 'fox terrier fell from
the second story window of a '.
building at the corner of Third e
t and Burnslde streets today. In-
s ', stead of cQpapaing In a heap
on th. sidewalk tha dog struck
S an awning over th. cigar store ; rf
below and stuck to it ilka glue. e
a The owner of the dog saw hirn S
a take the tumble and hurried e
downstairs to pick up the rem- e
i hanta ; Hs was surprised not toito
4 find -anything of him and hunted ;
r for; aulta a while ; fieiors th.
4 thought struck: mm tnat pos-
e slbly tha fall had . been broken
s by the awning. A, ladder - was
S brought Into play and there,
4 . wlth. hla -claws fast In -the. can-
4 vaa, was the terrier, trembling
a with fright. . - a
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