Chandler Says La Toilette
Only Man to Continue
'Fifflit for Reforms Which
Has Recn Propped by Ad
v ministration.
'-l (United Pnm taaatd Wire.!
' Concord. N. 1L April 13. In
: circular letter la which he tlo
oouncea the admlalstratloa lor what
h9 calls " Its complete abandonment
f lta reform ' policy.
William E. Chandler - made an ap
peal to the ' people ' of the United
f8tatea to support Senator La Fot-
lette of Wisconsin for the presi
dency. The letter, which wni sent
broadcast, reads n pan as iuuv--.
"I appeal for support for Senator
a a a. A V ai kAat )
La Follette for president as the best
represenUtlTe of the radical reform
policy of the - Republican party,
which the present administration
has decided to abandon. The adop
tion of that policy will be la history
: one of the great achievements that
the administration. made eren more
prominent by its surrender tnereoi.
SMITH DENIES
DEBT TO I'M
Declares Never Said He
.1 Would" Send His Father to
? ' the Poorhouse.
"A most diabolical Invention." waa
the description applied by Dr. Aadrew
f, c.iiu i oircuit court this morn-
Ins to testimony riven by Mlaa Mam e
' .r. ... k. thnt he once told
Mr Intended to have his. father sent
p1wr,hou,?- .i. Dr. Smith for
Ann .i.o. ah-claims to be due on
note given In 1898. and for 1100 more
?hat ehe says she lent him at another
un,ith'. father formerly
boarded with Mis. Akin and the . doctor
paid hla boaru. m"","" Attn
testified that ehe sometimes had diffi
culty collecting her pay. and on on. oc
casion, she said, the doctor eald I hla
father was not fit to 1 among civil
ised people and he believed he would
send Via parent to the poorhouse.
mil- .- tha nnW testimony 01
' Miss AkTn". thai Pr. Bmlth declared
to be untrue. He did not use the ,,"hort
er and uglier word." but he character
ized another of her statements as "worse
than a dream.". This was in rgr& to
her testimony ihat abe . bad given the
doctor certain papers iur "--" -Jle
denied various conversations de
tailed by Miss Akin., and the Jury will
have to chouse between, the conflicting
"'f-. W. ii o'on'loan. Dr. Smith
sb Id that 1 was all repaid before the
fire In the Pekum.biW ing.ln 10, The
most of, it was paid in amall sums,
pot more than $50 at -time, he said.
until towara tne last, wnm V
secured $100 or $200 at a time to de
fend her brother who was tried tor
murder in another-county. He kept bo
account of i these transactions In bis
books, he said, but did keep track of
them on a sheet of paper. He has lost
the sheet of paper, and oral testimony
Is the'onlv proof that can now be pro
, duced to show that the money was re
paid. The fact that Dr. ' Smith I. a
man of large business experlojice, and
has during all the time covered by the
controversy' been president of tbe Hi
bemia bank was brought out on cross
examination. The doctor said he had
kept no books on the money he bor
rowed or lent except in his professional
work, up to the time he was sued by
Miss Akin. Since then, be sajd, be has
been more careful.. . ' .
Dr. Smith said that -although Miss
Akin frequently visited .hla office on
matters of business during the year;
following the time the money waj paid
back, she nSver .Intimated that she
claimed anything on the- old note. He
denied the - loaning "of the additional
$100 fclalmed by. the plaintiff, and aa
aerted that be owes her not one cent.
TWEfiTY fl!LES OF
. : liEW WATER MAINS
At a meeting of the water board this
morning tho members decided that the
amount of water mains to be laid this
?ear would be about zu.o miien, money
or that amount of construction being
available. These mains wlU be six and
-. 1 v. . 1 1 . 1 Alam,t,r Anil Will lifl
MiKxii. iHL-m n v. , " -
placsd where they will give service to
the greatest number of water users.
The water department haa about
$260,000 available for its work mis
year, - and after the cost of the new
- mains and tne worn aireaay coniranou
for.- such as the new reservoir on Coun
cil Crest and other Improvements, a bal-
. ante of about $51,61)0 W11 be left. This
sum will be used In paying the cost of
labor for sueh work as may come up In
: connection with the work of the de
partment throughout the year.
BLOCIl NOT YET OUT.
. OP PHONE COMPANY
;-mrnvlr nt raortranization of the "Wash.
Incton IlomeiTel-ephone and Telegrapli
' oTiii)any Is proceeding slowly. The
fet Wnt o a V. Davidor from the
IrMitution aa announced by The Jour
was bona fide. he retaining, on y
n block of the bonds that were paid
to Uim In settlement of his business
with the company..; J. A. Bloch is BtlU
Idn.tlfied with tile concern. : ?r '
"ihe statement published
rr-t that Mr. Bloeh had cancelled hla
Contract In connection with thA com-nanv-s
bond Issue was a misunderstand
Ufa ' a Id Vice-President .'. D. J. Eaton.
''lit B ot h still retains his contract.
, A will orobably make an adjustment
of thT matter w-lth the company ;tlmt
wilt be mutually satisfactory, by giving
,T"a new contract under which we can
jive and !o bus'n88-" -
Il.-irlow Scliool Tiitcrtalnment, -
f.whil OimmK-h U-1T vooroi.i
.arwli'nunt as given In Columbia hall
Saturday evening and Was ttoded by
a UrW turt!nre. - Tb proceeds, $ll.Se.
i 1 he u'.i t. Jmv sonic books for the
,, l.!...l".l wlial is left will be spent for
i,.ir,ir)' I'i'uuM ' " ..- '
Kye gl.issea $1-00 at Metiger's. ;; ,
I
GOOD YEAR
FRUIT IS
State ITorticulturo Board Takes Up Question of Exter
minatinff Destructive rear Blight, and Experts Are
Called in for GiweV Benefit. : ; ;
That fruit conditions throughout Ore.
con are Improving rapidly and that the
tut U destined to become on of the
greatest fruitgrowing sections in the
United BUti la evidenced by ths re
pot ta submitted by the commissioners
of the slate board of horticulture, now
holding their semi-annual mwtlni at the
chamber of commerce.
Then report show that the . peat
year haa been an unuHUally profitable
one. anl no optimistic are the grow era
that hundreds of acre of trees will be
"SavVr! t'n'onght. which ha. been
a source of worry and tlnavnot.l ''"
.,rillv to the farmera of Jackson
-Senator;cou,y. J. beln? .radicated tnrougr, so.-
eniirio run no . . . .
that waa dlaouaaed at lengin ai
the
mooting thla morning, having been
brought b'fore the board r. "'
sfWr A. 1L Carson of G.anta lass.
been
Doubt Kyaer's Theory.
Recently J. F. Myaer or iue.
Colo
rado, advised certain pear gowers i n
thl. state that the blight la due purely
to cllmatlo conditions, and that tne germ
cannot be eradicated through eolentlflo
km ttU lock i Mysere atate-
..tent the .uvloeand teaching. i of t-r
feasor M. li. Waits, areclal pathologlat
In the department of ".r,"uUur.i
Washington, and have found them effec
tive! "till, they aire willing to Ma ten
to Myier and learn what Te haa to
say. and therefore have asked totm to
give a demonatratlon at Medford the
latter part of June. 'L.-
Taaw ttsisrai rn nwra tu ss.
In thla otaineouon ,.,m""l"'"
psaaea at a m-i;i'H
horticulture society f' Mf"""'-'
asking uecreiarv m t ' r.
son to detail Prores-or wane 10
the Medfordmeetlnil the date of which
will be set later, to reply to Myser. A
.inr paaniutlnn Introduced by - Mr.
Caraon waa passed at the meeting this
morning. . . ,., " ,
In my opinion ana in u
... th. rnitrrnwers of Jackson
county Myser doesn't know what e la
be a good Idea to hay. 'Profor Wa U.
Come tO MNIora lug wa.yiwi
rado man a oas. .
rk. k.t.u i Mrtn is as latai to
riant life aa the diphtheria la to the
hitman body. The 'hold-ove ,rin .are
. t.. ,.n anurea of Infection. Tnese
" . " . m nrk into an abrasion on a
fill' .-i the snrtna atlcky matter
VI WO emwu w- -
CROWD ATTRACTED BY DEVIL
FISH CAUGHT ON PUGET SOUND
Tjevli fish are so ugly and horrid1
looking that it Is no wonder they are
known by tble-name. There waa a devil
fish on exhibition in front oi iu"
street market today which attracted
hundred, of people and thousands of
ThTfUh wa. caught In Paget ! .ound
near SeatU. It wa. brought tn by
m?an. of a net It weigh. pound,
and ha. seven tentaclea. Every one
who aaw the. devil fiah felt sure that he
would have the nightmare tonlghU
One man, an Itollan. said that In his
country and other parts of Europe, devil
FEAST OF THE PASSOVER
WILL BE OBSERVED THIS WEEK
Beginning tfedneaday tbe Jewish peo
ple of the city wlU obaerve the feaat
of the paaaover. commemorative of the
visit of the angel of death to the peo
pie of EgypV at the time the IsraeUte.
were attempting to leave that country
and begin their Journey to the promised
land under the guidance of Moses.
According to the story .Moses had
made several attempts to lead his fol
Kwera out of Egypf but had been pre
vented eaoh time by Pharoah. the ruler
of the country. Various b
been visited upon the ruler for hlsob
stlnacy and at last Moses was command
ed to direct hi. people that each fam
ily .hould kill a Iamb, wrtn"; the
blood upon the door of the dwelling,
HEW RIFLE RANGE FOR
fl
Tract Near Troutdale Soon
Heady as Regular Prac
tice Grounds.
General orders have been Issued from
the office of Adlutant General W. E.
Flnzer, O. N. G., governing small arms
practice for the season beginning May
1 and ending October 31, 1908. The
Portland companies will use the rifle
range on Portland Heights- untU the
new range on the Sandy river is com
pleted. The state military board has
secured an opuon w u. :
near Troutdale. It is expected that the
negotiations ror me puruiimo
1, w.n ha mnnluded this week, when
General Flnxer wlU Immediately ' let-a
contract lor the construction of a l. 300-
yard rule range. 11 is nut yiuxauio,
however, that thenew range will be
completed before June 15, and In tha
meantime tne locai cuiuimi
the old ratige. All ,
Upon the completion of the Troutflala
range every national guard company in
the state wlU be equipped with ao ex
aiiant rlfl ranee. The tract near
Troutdale is almost dead level for over
1300 yards ana la aamiraoiy snuuia
for the uurDose of a rifle range. In
the order issued by General Ftnaer govr
Arntnflr small arms oractlce. the guards
men jare urged to devote as much time
as la poBlble to gallery practice from
now until tne geasuu iur rtuige yii-acuue
begin '.." - ..' .,
FRENCH AND ITALIAN
CARS REACH SEATTLE
tnnlted Prew Leaned Wire.) ,
Seattle. April 1J. The French and
Italian automobiles In the New York-to-Parls
race will arrive in Seattle thiB
,n.ntnn at a fiVloct on th steamer
Puebla from San Franclo. it Is very
probable that both -w tu leave upon the
oriental steamship Akl Maru tomorrow
for Japan. Upon arrival here this af
ternoon the members of both crews will
be received by ' various societies and
tendered s banquet this evening. A pa
rade wlU be held similar to the -one of
the Thomas car. , Th "Thomas ar will
arrive here from Valdes, AlaskA, about
Saturday and will undoubtedly get away
the next day upon a steamship bound
for Japan, - the French and Italian cars
will therefore have about a week's Start
over-tbe American car. . . ... .
OREGO
GUARDS!!!
THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. MONDAY EVENING, AITJL
FOR OREGON
will oose out from that point Ths be-e
IU sip this matter and will Infect ths
tree through the blossoms. The way to
prevent thla Infection la to
portion of the tree In the vicinity of the
abrasion aa aoon a tho Infection la no
ticed." cop TalaaM. '
Commissioner Carson tt,li,l:
000 eerra of land bow are
pears In Jackson county and that last
yesr more than 100 carloads were ent
out from that afotlon alone. t"
mntns that if the bllsht Is kept in
XeVk -it will only b. a tw yn j
the pearoutput from the state will foot
up more than H.000.000 uf.
The semi-annual report of Pr'S'f"'
Wilbur K. Nwell of (laston "hows that
.11 .iT ,n. ! unusual v nrotltable.
;d with s tha" money tbua realised the
rowers nave own in
themselves with the most nedera ap-
rat na The reoori aiso ..
unusually large acreage ha
s Deen sei
out In
hat the In-
roase In the output wlU be enormous
ins iMa i -rear.
'"A'ro'u'nd Grafts P... m.y Tokay and
European S rapes have been aet out and
the ClSpqua country ia
acreae-e In peaches. In the Willamette
valle " theri la a striking Inereeae In
cherry and . walnut anllng. Many
peaches, apricots ana : -
hUnted In the vicinity of The Pallea.
and a new WiWKOT
la on "irrigated ibjius in
Echo, Hermtston and Irrlgon.
, Froapeots Good TnU Tear.
Commlsaloner Carson's report waa to
the effect that fruit condltlona In the
state are Usually favorable, one of the
?etions being that the lowest tempera
te of the past year was I agreea
ind there weVe no ralna or flooda hat
Injured the orcharda. The fact that
Marco was a cool month baa retarded
blaming, which make. It poaslbl. . for
the blossom, to escape the late frosi tjt
should they occur. The apple, pear and
peach crop will bloom heavily, Predlcta
IrTcaraon. and proapecU are for a
large crop. In hla opinion pnflU 1U
be Vrsatlr augmented by careful thln
nng. Near Granta Tass. says the re
port 100 acrea will be planted to
SraDea thla year. 160 acrea near Jack
Kvtlle. an 2.000 or 1.000 acre. In
Josephine county. M.
waukle. Char es A. Park of Balem, J
H. Webber of The Dalles and Judd Oe.
of Cove, the four olher member, i of t
. j lA-m lha ataarrsltftrV. Ii. M. Wl
Commissioner, i ir-i a bIu
?er
of Cove, the four oUier members of the
board, besides the secretary, I-L M. WlU
BOi "VnmTrmti"tnuCrVthe5r
fish are considered one of the delica
cies of the market Thev se'.l oyer
there, be aay, for $1 a pound. Fried
1.111 kmiiad. niTi the Italian,
devil fish are fine. Thoae who like
devil fish are particularly fond of the
tentacles, and the longer and more wig
ilely looking they are the more they are
Another man said wouldn't eat a
devil fish If he were .tarvltig. Othera
compared them to akea and a great
argument resulted Waa to the edible
qualities of a devil fish. FlnaUy the
:.1run.r faarall . a rlOt WOUld result
among the epicures. He took down the
fish apd the crowd qispersou.
and make a fea.t upon the carcaaa.
During this time the angel of death
was to pass over the country and upon
all those who did not obey the command
would bring the death of the first
born, both children, slaves, beaste of
burden and every living thing.
Aa a reault of thla command a plat
of tfeath swent over Egypt visit
la a-ua
f
rlrvntian hflmi ' hut soaring the
W.J&Sfc ahfabi,tnPtahl.m.n!
-1 r er
lAWlalh TAOtlA.
PROPHESIED
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"ALTiMVllVMr will run thl. boat to Box Can
rt&..J&Ailttih & there make a portage to tbe
people have since that time observed
the feast of the passover as one of the
great religious eventa of their year. Be
ginning Wednesday the passover will
.-a alno that lima- nhanrvnd i
be ODServea ior eigm uaya.
KILL THE SALOON IS
OBJECT OF JEETIHG
Campaign for Prohibition
Begins With East Side.
Session Tomorrow.
- At the meeting of the Presbyterian
ministers this .morning the plan of
bringing Dr. Pat ton of Princeton to tha
city to deliver a series of lecture, was
reluctantly relinquished. The mlnls-
tars do not feel able at present to pro
vide the necessary honorarium. -.' Atten
tion was called to tne meeting 10 09
held in Hawthorne Park church tomor
row night, when It is hoped to inter
est ail the east side ministers In a cam
paign to eradicate tne eaioon. - j r
"Moral Issues in Oregon Politics,' is
the subject of an address to be given
by Francis J, Heney at Centenary M. B.
church tonight to which the attention
of the mlnistere waa directed. It was
announced that Bev. C E. Bradt of the
Foreign Mission board will be In the
city this week, and that he will address
the North Pacific Board of missions at
the rally Thursday night Rev. Frank
W.,s Bible, a missionary In China, will
be In the city this week, and will be
asked - to address the minister, next
Monday morning. '
The resignation of Kev. B. B. S. Ely
a. chairman of the ministerial associa
tion was accepted.
The order of the day was a talk by
Dr. Ely on " "Remarkable Conversions
That I Have jenown. y . .
. He gave a stirring account of some
remarkable experiences, of persons who
ha been moved to accept Christ ,
r Rev. -Frederick Tong of Puyallup told
Of a conversion accomplished through
the prayers of a woman of his church
who is a paralytic and is able only to
use her feet With a pair of scissors
held between her toes ahe cut out let
ters of a perspiibt note to an unbeliever;
and pasted them upon a sbeot of paper;
The letter was the means of bringing
the man to tha light. At the popular
meeting of the Pacific Board of Mis
sions Wednesday night' the ministerial
double quartet will sing.
New Guns for filltla,
':. ' (Speoial Dispatch 'to The Journal.) ; ;,
Hoquiam,' Wash., April 13. Company
F. Second Infantry, N. G. W., -haa Just
received a- complete outfit of new
Springfield rifles from Uncle Sam to use
in field and- target work. ' This com
pany renks-thhd In the whole state in
marksmanship Aid will begin regular
target practice May 1. , -
miu
p. ii.
Former School Superintcnd
: ent of Jackson County Al
leged to Have $1,000 of
. School , Honey .Where
abbuts . Unknown ;
(SpedU Wtte t Tke Joo.H ' "
Medford. Or, April . $. In vea
tlgaion of the accounta of ths
oounty auperlntendent of acboola, whose
offloe la at Jacksonville, ahow ' that
P. H. Dalley, who last January realgfled
aa oounty auperlntendent, wee a de
faulter in school fand. o tiia -ektent
of nearly $1,000. . '
Part of thla ghortage was aco-ered
recently by J. Percy Wells, Dallee
auccessor. Part of li haa been nown
of by oounty officials for months, but
carefully concealed. It Is reported that
further Investigation will reveal more
discrepancies. ' ' ' ;
Dalley left tbe country months ago
and 'hla exaot whereabouts la Knot;
known, the anawer to Inquiries regard
ing him belnr that he la in a aan tarlum
somewhere in the north recovering his
healtft. Although several months have
passed, hla bondamen have not paid, the
county a cent and no proceedlnge have,
been taken to proseeute Dalley. I
Mchool district No. 7. near Trail, la
out $i61 entruated to Dalley by John
Nelaon, then clerk of the dlatrlct who
upon realgnlng to go eaal turned the
money on hand over to tha county
school superintendent '
Another echool district also near
Trail, Is short $S0, the shortage being
discovered recently. Dalley contracted
with tbe school to supply, on behalf
n ih. NnrLhwaatern Furniture com
pany, $450 worth of furniture and sup
plies. The district paid the money to
Dalley, but" never received the mate
rials ordered.' ...
In addition to these defalcations, It
is reported that all money in the insti
tute runa is missing, 'inis is ppwix
fund formed from money paid In by
teachers on their Uklng examination,
for certificate, and i. used to pay the
expenses of teachers' Institutes.
Dalley'. bondsmen are Attorney ua
Newbury of Jacksonville and A. O.
Free! of Gold Hill.
It Is .reported that a demand waa
made on' them for tbe money due achool
district No. TS by the trustees. Mr.
Newbury refused payment stating that
the county cannot recover from the
bondsmen, aa the money belonging to
the -school- district should not have
been turned over to the superintendent
who was not the proper person to take
charge of It
Mr. Newbury Stated, though, that
Mrs. Dalley will eventually refund the
shortage. It Is believed, however, that
the bond 1. broad enough to protect the
losers.
STEAMBOATS FOR
A steamer for the Idaho Washing
ton Northern, railroad haa been com
pleted and ahipped by the WUlamette
Iron A Steel works to Newport Wash,
lngton, and the machinery for tha, boat
wUl be shipped this weak. The boat
will be one of the strongest power craft
of Its slse operating on any Phclflo
northwest stream. It is to rua between
Box Canyon and Newport, tbe terminal
of the railroad company.
- 'The boat will'have unusually strong
power In order to make fast time In
navigating the watera of the - Fend
d'Oretlle river., carrying passengers and
freight from the Metaline mining dis
trict" said B. C. Tiall of tha "Willam
ette company. "The hull la 110 feet
long, beam 26 feet, and it will be
equipped with 00 horsepower engines.
The railroad company will operate the
boat In connection with its railroad, to
take care of the business of the mining
'region. At the present time the rall-
.Ia. fun . a HfotaHna anil
iuou uwa .w .- -- .
probably will not be extended that far
iooner han two year., but In the mean-
Uime boats will carry the traffic The
mines. V, ' . -. '
A seeona ooat to operate in compe
tition with the Idaho & Washington
Northern Is being built in Portland In
knockdown form and will be ahipped in
a few days to Newport. Captain Dan-
neau, representing tne company, cams
to Portlana toaay - 10 aireci me snip
ment of tbe boat. He has closed con
tracts with eastern machinery, works
for the engines ana macninery. wnion
will Da of even greater power than the
Idaho A Washington Northern's boat
The craft to be operated by Captain
Lanneau will navigate through Box
Canyon directly to the mines, thus
avoiding the portage at this point It
is said tne ianneau Doai win mass a
specialty of ore carrying, aa well a.
taking passenger business and any
freight that may be offered. Both com-
S antes expect to build more boat, and
evelop the trade to keep pace with tha
growth of the Metaline district
FINAL TESTIMONY
TAKEN IN EMMONS CASE
Judge Gantenbein In the circuit
court this morning heard the final tes
timony in the damage case of Attorney
A. C Emmons against Thomas Owens
and T. J, Tobin. Emmons asks $60,000
damages - for Injury to his reputaUon
and business because of his arrest more
than one year ago on a charge of lar
ceny; in Douglas county. Otts wa.
charged with stealing : books and ac
counts of the C. E. Xoss company of
Roseburg, but the case was dismissed
when it was called for hearing, Em
mons showing that he had authority
from the president of the company to
take . the recorda The most of the
evidence In the case was taken several
week. ago. .
MAGNUS HAMMER DIES
V IN CHICAGO DEPOT
(SDerlal Diipab to The Journal.) -
Chicago, April 18. Magnus Hammer
pf Astoria, Oregon, -who was en route
a ' vi,rav tn revisit his old heme in
that country, died suddenly in the union
depot here toaay wiuie on m hwh v.
boarding an eastbound train.- ; - ,
FRISC0.TRAIN LATE;
. , OTHERS ON TDIE
Northern. Paclflo No, I, due at
T o'clock, arrived on time.
Boutharn Paclflo, No, 18, due at
J:li8, arrived 60 minute, late.
Southern Pacific No. 18, due at.
11:S0, arrived on time. ' . ,
O. R! & ' N. '. No. S, due at t
o'clock, arrived on time. , . v '
O. K. A JNr'.No,',a,"due at 9:45,
arrived on time. . - ' ' '
' Astoria & Columbia No. SI,
due at l:l,'arrlved on time. e
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Mil DISTRICT
CRUEL DJIlt
CAUSE OF SUIT
; . " " " '
Mrs. Dornslfe Alleges ' Iial
ston Tennanently Injured
' v ' IJcr by Knock-DouTi; .'i
'Mrs. Hattla Dorn.lfe's Suit for $10,008
damages against L. O. Ralston, based
on tbe claim that he assaulted her with
hla flat, when aba , cut the barbwlre
that he had run around the lot .where
she lived, went on trial In Judge CDay's
department of the circuit court this
morning. Bhe asserts that her health
has been rujned by the Injury ahe re-
CMra! Dornslfe and Ralston are neigh
bor, on Twentieth afreet near Jeffer
son, and the best of. feeling had not
xfated between them prior
taAT wfcan tha rllm.i. or one
or tne
climaxes, came. At . that time. airs.
Doruslf s , says, she wa. completely
fenced In by her neighbor, who stretched
barbwlre around the lot with the Inten
tion of pasturing hi. oow In the enclos
ure, Mrs. Dornslre had vlslsors that
dsy, and In order to allow, them to es
cape without barbwlre entanglement,
she aaya. she took a pair of njri'era and
went out to cut the wire. While ahe
was stooping over at this work she al
leges. Ralston came up and struck her.
knocking bar down, upon a strand or
tha wire. - . '
Ralston assert, that he had permis
sion to convert. the premises into a tow
lot permission having been given by
Tyler Woodward, who owns the prop
erty. ' He denies that he used unneces
sary force or Injured the plaintiff. Af
ter the July fence-cutting affair Mrs.
Dornslfe complained that TUlston a son
also made an assault upon her. He was
arrested, but discharged after a hearing
In the lower eourt ',
Beside, the $10,000 asked SB-punl-tlve
damages, Mra. Dornslfe wants $0
to pay her doctor bills. 8he says she
haa alnoe been unable to work aa a
clerk, having prevloualy been employed
in a downtown etore.
ARE III
(W.ablngtoa Boreas of Tha JoaroaL)
Washington, April II. Tbe question
as to whether C. W. Uodwn signed
certain papers Involved In the Hyde
Benson trial cornea before tha court In
connection With the applications . for
school landa made by Milton T. Tork.
James E. Handle and Henry O. Chaae,
all Portland men, which appear to have
been signed before Hodson aa notary
public. These appUcanU say they did
not sign in the presence of Hodson, tut
In the presence or me it,Jfl I
Allen, to whom they were selling their ,
rlahts. and that Hodson must have
attached his Jurat later. .
Hodson asserU his alleged signatures
a. notary are forgeries, as also hi.
signature aa witness to an assignment
on another certificate, which, he aaya,
was witnessed by Allen.
Senator Hodson, when asked about the
ease mentioned In the foregoing dis
patch, said that he knew nothing of the
transaction out of which the case grew.
He stated that he had never seen the
papers to which his name was attached
until they were brought to his office a
couple of years ago by Special Agent
Meyendorf. The signatures were for
geries, Mr. Hodson says, made by some
one whom he does not know. The sena
tor says that he never took any sueh
affidavits or transacted any such busi
ness during hi. business career, and alao.
h- ha n.u.r nut hla 4urat to an affi
davit unless the person making the af
fidavit was present before him.
The senator says that ha will leave
for Waahington next week to appear aa
a witness In the caae, having been sum
moned some time ago.
POLICE
SAFE CRACKERS
(UolUd Pro Leased Wtre.) -San
Francisco. April 1$. The search
for the safe crackera who entered T.
Lundy's jewelry store Friday night and
scaped with diamonds valued at nearly
$60,000 wa. reaumed with renewed vigor
today, although the police department
la .till groping in the dark so far aa
clues are concerned.
To every part of the United State.,
Canada and Mexico, the search will be
extended and every pawnshop In the big
cities will be carefully watched In the
hope that the robbers will attempt to
dispose of their booty in this manner.
The police authorltiea of other ! cities
will also be asked by the local police
to detail detectives at express offices,
as It is thought that the robbers -will
not attempt to sell the diamonds them
selves, but will express them to confed
erates In other cltiea to throw oft sus
picion. ; .
. Chief of Police Blggy haa directed hla
men to blng in a certain ex-convict but
r far the much-wanted man cannot be
located. It 1. the opinion of the' police
that he knows more, about the crime
than tie would want to -divulge. .
THE iSUPREIVIE BEHCH
Democrats of Oregon are aaked by the
state central committee to cis tbelr
vote for Robert S. Bean for supreme
court Justice. A circular letter Issued
by Alex Sweek, chairman of , the .state
central committee, has been sent to the
voters 'of the state, urging them to sup
" t thA letter it is nointed out by Mr.
Sweek that the principle of a non-partisan
judiciary is one that Is being ad
vocated in progressive communities. It
is Bhown that Governor Chamberlain, by
t,a onnnintmantn. i a firm believer in
the principle. Judge Bweek , therefore
advises the Democrats to make Judge
Bean their nominee by writing his name
nn tha hnilot at the Drimartes. and thus
making him the nominee of both parties
1ItUnia ): thedesire of the ' Democratic
state central committee to take this ac
tion at this time, believing that the Re
publican party will return: the comply
Pient by Joining with them at the next
election in the nomination and election
of a Democrat ior a posnio vu to
preme benchi ' ' i .j
Lectures toy Rev. Mr. Bforgan. '
" Rev. Henry; Victor Morgan delivered
two lectures yesterday at the Empire
theatre. The morning jlecturo was on
the "Supreme Secret of Christian Sci
ence" The subject of the evening ad
dress was "ThACall of the Wild." ,Mrs.
F. M. Branch and Miss Hampson ren
ilered solos and a duet, Mr. Morgan a
work this week, except the Monday ana
Ti7..a.. aYtarnnnna at 2 OCIOCK. Will
ha evening addresses at the Empire
thearre, fhe two .afternoon -addresses
will be th the hall of the Selllng-Hlrsch
bUTuesdky ' avenlnV M'- Morgin's ad
dress will be on "Hypnotism and How to
Escape. It." Wednesday evening he will
lecture on wui wniunm, . :" ;
HQDSOII
PAPERS
DISPUTE
HUNTING
1 v 3.
PUSH COLLEGE
TO HIE FIIOilT
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Baptists Enlisting Support
.' for McMinnville Insti- ':,
- tution. :'" :
McMinnville college aa one of the
greatest Institution, of the northwest
Is the goal toward which the Baptlat.
ol tha city have been asked to work.
This morning Dr. B. W. RUey, president
of the college, appeared before the Jlap
tl.t mlniatora and stated the situation
to them. Dr. J. Whltcomb Drougher,
one of the trustees, Introduced i the sub
ject In a brief sketch and epoko htahly
of Dr. RUey, who took charge of the
Institution under adverse clrcumaiancea
and ha. succeeded In . making gre
prDr!Riley then took up the .ubject
and gave atatlatlca, much aa followa:
;, Zaooma Znoreaainff. .
Two year, ago the indebtedness of
the college waa $34,63.i. The lnotne
trim in endowment of $48,0UU a little
more than paid the Interest on the debt
Dr. RUey took the Institution on a cash
bails.- Today ovsr $14,000 ha. beeu
paid on the debt; the current expenses,
which two years ago amounted to $8,000,
have been increased to $14,000. and all
have been paid tn cash; the faculty haa
been renewed and increased with strong
worksrs; the student fees, formerly
amounting to $J.600 for the year, have
grown to about $8,000; the enrollment
has passed from an average attendance
of 13 to .00, with preeeut enrollment
of I2T. . It la proposed to keep tbe In
stitution on ths same cash basis with
Incidental fee. and tne use raym c"
rant avnanaea The debt will be ai-
rent expenses. The debt will te avi-
lowed to rest and Is expected to pay
Itself off In time through the Income
from the endowment which pas been
lncrea-ed.Dy .ouu. .
Dr. RUey ha. enlisted, the faith -and
support of tbe faculty, tbe trustees,
who expected to close up tbe college
last Jane, and or tbe Mc&unnvuie oiu
t Jane, and or tbe aic&unnviiie oiu-
ns. He feels that the next natural
ep 1. tbe support of Portland Baptists,
id whan this 1. secured he ean go
sens.
atn
-M.f whM hi, la aainrari ha fan M
anwarkara fa tha lUlrthaMl to BSk tOT
aid. It la expected to raise $40 000 In
Portland. ' Interest la to be enlisted
w . , . w a ftlMif, mmimIm In na irt van
by tbe cltisena of McMinnville on May
day, when the town will eiosS Its doors
and yield Itself entirely to the enter
tainment ox lis visitors. Lnnnw wu
be served on the campus, and tbe guests
will be given the opportunity to see
the work. Thl. excursion wUl be ar-
liia -jrura. xnii bxuuivivu , .
ranged provided 1(0 pledge to go from
rornana, . put ui imu
get more. The preceding Sunday the
situation will be preaeated from ail
the Baptlat pulpita.
XCora Student. Vast Tear.
The trustees have had a landscape
artist lay out plans for the proposed
campus, and large plans are being made
to Increase the entire work. Two tem
porary irame nuuuinga, luuy equrppexL
$7,100 each, to continue the work which
Is growing. This will prevent the
erection 01 a larger perinanvm Dunning
until the college Is able to put up the
kind It deairea Tbe enrollment la
steadily Increasing and Dr. Riley ex
pects to have from IbO to $00 students
next year. He assorts that the facul'V
Is more Important than the -buildings
to a college and it is hla ambition to
get strong Instructors first of all.'
An invitation to the general Baptist
ministers' convention to meet here in
1901 was repeated and wlU be sub
mitted through Dr. Brougher.
- Time for filing of claims against the
Commonwealth Trust company expired
March IS, and claimants who have
failed to take action will probably be
shut out, aa they cannot participate In
any dividend until the concern haa paid
in full. Thirty claims, amounting to
1662, are unfiled and will be ahut out
It is expected that within .the next two
or three months a good-aised dividend
will be paid to legitimate creditors.
In a statement made by A. K. Bently,
assignee of tbe Commonwealth Trust
company, for the information of credit-'
ors. It Is shown that tbe company haa,
In his opinion, liabilities of about $11,-
uvv, ana tnai iup aaaeta, ai glvQa imu.
for realisation, will be sufficient to pay
off more than 60 er cent of the liabili
ties. The result will depend largely upon
his success In getting cash out of min
ing securities, jar. canny m siaieiucu
to the depositor, saysi
"The total amount of the claima as
ithmltta tnnt nn tn IXl.027.X4. I find
that $14,000 of this ia a note which is
Indorsed by the Commonwealth Trust
company. The holder of thl. note is
endeavoring to hold the Commonwealth
Trust company on tnia indorsement.
After going Into the matter carefully.
I am of the opinion that the holder of
the note ha. axifflcient security out.lde
of the commonweutn rust , company,
so that by taking time, the Common-
.a1,V. Tn, nmnBMV will not Tt R Vft tO
pay this, or any part of It .ThUvof
course. Will reauce-tue umiuw tr
000. It -will probably, take some little
time and perhaps an action la the court
to.determlne this. .i, '',
"inere is aiso an aaaitionai cim
tK nnn nf a aimiiar indorsement, the cir
cumstances being similar. This makes
$20,000 taken away from tha total
amount of claims, leaving $11,027.8. -
i. an. r-A .liL. rnia aimnBflV
ine vummuawnuui . r '
t.-. Vioni. tlt tin In tha Oro-
,.ia vaou v . - - w - -
gons Savings bank of $.800.8S.,
Since this statement waa Issued .the
assignee haa aeoured from the receiver
. . . r . a. U n I r- cr hunk art
acknowledgment of tbe genuineness of
the Commonwealth's claim, and It la
t . -, Al. xt a a . mb MSA. r na . w T III
expeoieu mnmaieiy to
amount, iiioin o uuu.4vu. ,vt .
by the assignee aa Commonwealth as
sets, ana tnese notes bto wiijuuijjiwtw
oy mining bioohb na iDvin y.'f""JZ
lng properties that were In the hands
mines being in course of development.
M i. m at a V. a ' , . iiiirt intlfafl I T fl
'in nxiur " wi, uw ,xwss..vv..-
oompany wre- not Bold.; owing .to tne
have been atored to awalV a favorab e
opportunltv to aispose oi mciu. u
said by the assignee that the Common-
everything of v valu in Its possession
prior to the assignment. , . ,-y. - -;
The largest depositor claim Is that
count of $2,019 In the Commonwealth
banking department Of the 115 claims
filed, only 86 are depositors.
" The claim of J16.000, filed hy Dij A.
... r- .... . iTn.iMiiVBI- Vfl A a 1 OA fl
7 . . . . . - t- Tju. AnmnaiivAflnn
ne maae w-ti-, Ktv 1
which contains a atamo Indorsement of
the commonweaiin cuuiiuiji.
shows that the indorsement "was made
hy the directors. A similar claim on a
$5,000 loan from R E. Bryan to the J.
. .j.,.nUt vu It la aUna-ad
that the directors did pot make tha. in-'
aorsemeni.
SELLWOOD CHURCH'S ' '
PASSIOX.WEEK SERVICE
"passion week Services at the Sellwood
Pt-esbyterlan church. East Seventeenth
street and Spokane ave nue, Re v. D.-C.
ole"i Tuesday, "Controversies wltn en
emies and Departure from Jerusatem ;
Wednesday, "With Friends in Bethany j
Thursday. "The Lord's Supper Instiin
ted"; Friday, "Betrayal, and Arrest a Fri-
. nMu,mjiAtlnir: Hun-
davl SDeCial ICaster servloes In-babbath
- - - . a,-1. aaaAlal miiHinai
iserv.os) in enure n it, - t
warn
OVER-FULL
Iffal Number Exceeded in
Many Instances, and Be
fore the June Election the
' Totals Will Undoubtedly
Bo Even Larger. ' r ;
7 Fifty-seven precincts' In Multnomah
county have over $15 regUtered voters
within their confinea. ' The law fixes
$00 as the proper limit, directing .the
county commlsslonera so to divide the
county aa In their Judgment will reault
In giving not to exceed 100 irotera In
each. For week. In tha latter part of
the old year the commlsslonera planned
and figured, and by adding X4 precincts
to- the 90 then existing they thought
they had solved the problem.
Now it develops that half the pre
cincts la the county have aa many as
St voters over the 100, and many more
exceed the allotted number, s'i'he com
mlsslonera were not looking . for such
phenomenal Inereeae In registration.
liny vtri uauiv iwiou 1 " - .
frlcts where . they are' moat famUlarV
with conditions. For Instance, Commis
sioner Lilgntner, wno lives m Arm,
thought Mount Scott would ahow up In
thought Mount Seott would ahow up In
fcD0Ui the right proportions. These are
the figure, for the five Mount Bcott
the figures for the five Mount Bcott
precincts: J7 in No. 04. 121 In S, (1
In II, 111 In IT and 201 In s. This
alves an average of 141 for the five
precincts. - v ' -' ' ' :'
"Wi should have created II more pre
elncta," said Mr. LJghtner una morning,
j,. fiirurea developed In the reglstra-
tion .how such a big increase that we
underestimated all ever the oounty.
alt ava (ha Arktint.
1 ITk. a-a k aa nkmrln nf tha llnaB
now tor two years, but It will certainly
I have to be done again then.. The result
I I . . Hn n .1 1 .kAwlnv rtf rrnvth.
liiaamvaj sjb wununtat . m '
In the city, for In theoutalde dtstrlcta
iatdred vote Is greater than In the city."
On April 11 the registration book,
will be opened again, remaining open
until May IS. II days before the general
election. Tha crowded precincts will
tharafnra ahow a larrer vote when tha
June election takea place than at pres
ent, xnera are now over rr -
tared, and tha total may go to $ MOO
by May 1$.
BOLD BLACKf.ll, :
FOUR SIGHS SHY
Declare tlio - Other Singh
Caused Their Arrest Out ;?
of Revenge,
Four uindua were, arrested last night
by Detectlvea Price and Coleman bi
charge of holding up and robbing a fel
low countrymen named Herman iungn.
Tha latter claims' that he was attacked
In a room In the house 'at If 7 Twelfth
Into partial InsenslbiUty and then robbed
fhlm of $240. After taking; hla oneney
tney locaea mm iu m
After escapina: from the closet Her
man reported the robbery to the police
and later pointed out Korlng Singh,
Harry Singh. Dan Blngh and Ooe Singh
aa four of his assailants. The prison
era assert that they did not rob Her-:
M.maNl hem." falling to'thl
trumped up the robber, charge cut,or
revenge., inie "' Vi"lriV '
ated bv the secretary of tha Portland ;
?na.I onmnanv. where the accused
men are employed. He testified In the
police court tnis mraioi mv
KM dtmanded $10 .fw
cuHea men, i uw.- - iii
he would cause them to lose their Jobs. ,
Furtner nearms; o "'o van
tlnued to Wednesday morning.
RESTAURANT MEN III
A GENERAL FIGHT
a mm -tot with -four or flva fights ,
aU In progreaa at the 'same time, oc
curred In front oi me dubuui ""(
mu Flrat sUeet, ear Madison, .
at noon today. -,l:..j ".a
. A union coon naa pwa
the Cooks' and Walters' unta W,
that another union man be put In hla
PlV-The.proprtetor. ,w
r"ant was deSiared unfairand-picket
LtatinhoH outside, who marched up and.
Sown with ? a bannsr announcing that
t -or Hohaerer. one of the proprietors,1
Rallied forth and proceeded to thrash the
War a irJW-u ."" .ui !
came lammea auu n . -..." . 1
b'OS.-ia. ' ' -.hart 'to the t
scene and the street was at length
.i.o-a . shanrar was arrested and will
have a nearina- uiuu.v,i. .
tomorrow morning. . . ...
ADMIRAL EVANS IS t
VERY LITTLE BETTER
. -..l, .i in-it 1 - Tha (inn.
dltlon of Rear Admiral Evans-showa a
little improvement touay.
Arrested Oil Plaza Block.
'S3. '
. - . ' - a. ...a. " V-Bf Tt
trolman Justun on a praja J?9a.
charged with contributing to the de
Unquency of S- minor. ,v ' ' '
SpecUcies $1.00 at Metsaef s.
Hills and Horses
' - are a bad combination and the ,
; resultant strained shouldcraand .
v legs must be given careful atten- ;
tion- If your faithful beast is to 1 . -
be spa red to yoiu Prompt treat-
toent is necessary and te best j ,
; ,' suited for the purpose, is old (
reliable
Mexican ,
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' Made of oils, famous for .their , .
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tits it quickly relieves soreness ' -v
soothes the injured parts and ' V
; ''removes, all stiffness from the
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