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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON DAILY "JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 5, 1S03. ..IE III President of France Given a Demonstrate ; Upon Ar rival Such as Has Seldon Been Seen Before in the British Capital. London, May 25. President T Ueres or Franc arrived br. at ,4:18 o'clock this afternoon. and waa iiyen a demonstration auch as ha seldom been seen. ': The Importance of the visit st the head of th' French nation to Eng land, Is looked ' upon aa being almost . beyond estimation. '.- " " - Kin Edward. th Prlnc of Wales, Prime Minister Asqulth. Herbert Glad stone and Lord -Grey, accompanied by a brilliant assemblage of noblemen, formed the reception committee which greeted : the president Enormous crowds cheered the distinguished French statesman all the way aa he was escorted to the. St James. President FaUleres waa .given - an elaborate farewell when he departed from Paris, and the day' was-on of great celebration In honor, of tha de parture of the bead of tha government. At Boulogne the farewell ceremony -was repeated on scale equally as elaborate. One feature of, great Inter est was a great triumphal arch- erected by the fishermen out of fish barrels, through which tha president and his party passed on .their way to embark., FalHerea was conveyed across the channel by the cruiser Leon Gambetta (Which wa -met In mid-channel by a convoy of British cruisers and escorted by them to Dover. ! , , 5 Famous Circumnavigator of American Continent LEx- ' " pects to Go North. 7 " (Cnlted Press Leased Wtrt.V V 1: Sen Francisco; May 26. AT H Llnd strom. who 'enjoys' the distinction , of having been'the first' to circumnavigate the American .continent since Fernando de Magellan circumnavigated the 'world, nearly 400 years ago, has arrived here on the steamer Lurllne. Llndstrom was with Captain Sverdrup on his famous expedition 'and -with' Hansen when he approached within a few degrees of ths puie. When he sunt to this oort with Can tain Amundsen, after navigating ' the .northwest - Passage, he went , overlain! to New York and thence to Norway. Upon his return to New York - he shipped on the . Lurllne bound for San Francisco. He expects to travel north soon to renew some Investigation which ne unaertooa wnen ne was on tn ujoa. Amundsen s boat. , . ,. . . ... TRACK TODAY Emeryville, CaL, May 25. Today's results: - - -First race, six furlona-s. salllna- 2-year-olds and up Yeda 114), 11 to -V,.. 1 to , out. won: Bernardo (6), a te 6, 7 to 10, second; Berryessa till), . 10 l. intra. Time 1:1s SECY. WILSON SAYS DIL MELVIN DON'T KNOW (v . ICalted prew Uutt Wirt.) Chicago. May IS. In addressing . the neat Inspectors In ills . department Sec retary of Agriculture Wilson today de nied that carcasses of tubercular cattle are sold for food. When he was informed that Dr. A. B. Mnlvin, chief of the bureau of animal industry, had already stated they were sold. Secretary Wilson declared that Melvln was not familiar with the sub ject. Melvln had stated that his bureau had no authority to Inspect or condemn meat sold In the state in which the . slHiighlerlns; took place, his jurisdiction bflng over interstate- meat. He - satd that the regulations-give Inspectors the mht to cut Infected parts out of car casses and pass the rest for consump- CONSIDERING PLAN FOR ; EMERGENCY CURRENCY -UVr f V - r ' , (Valtod Press Iwri Wire.) Washington, May 25. Th senste and tM house are todar considering a com promise proposition for providing emer rtney currency by which It Is hoped the i-roblent may be solved before adjourn . ment. , . , ' , .. The proposition contemplates the Is suance of currency In time of emergency tossed on securities as named in the Al-1 flrlrh Villi iti.1 ah dtalgnated In tha Vreeland bill, with specific limitation as to the amount and NIGHT WORKERS s3IAY ' I ENJOY OWL CARS .;" tTnfortunat dwellers. In th suburbs and uptown residents of -Portland . who have been forced to walk home la th dark if they stayed out after 12 o'clock may be given a chance to4Tlde home' after this.: Forced by popular, demand for owl cars, the Port land Railway, Light empower" company which tip to th present has refused to run a passenger car after 12:10, although freight and construction cars are ope rated through the streets all' night, is making Inquiries as to the amount of night travel. A representative of the rail road company asked th police department this morning to fur nish -the company with figures as to the amount of travel after midnight and as to whs t streets most people wer found on. 1 It la probable that the railroad company will be i forced to ope rate owl care on some streeta I'rtsldent B. S. JoMtljn- It out of the city. V. 4. ODDOD CM; HTH! REACHES FRISCO FAN LEFT WIFE TO RUN CHICKEN . ....... J . . 1,1 Baseball Enthusiast Now Defendant in Divorce Suit j Threw' His Sister-in-Law Over Fence to Make Her -End .Visit, Complaint Says. , ' ' Charged with being such an enthusl- aatlo baseball fan that be went to the games while his wife was left -to feed the cowa and, the (chickens, John O. Half rich la in tha circuit court today re sisting the attemrH oCBeada I Hel frlch to secure a divorce from fclra. He is further accused of telling her that tou don't know a - thing about baseball.' , ' ' Mrs. Helfrlch la a resident of Port-1 land,' having come hire 'a little more' tnan one year ago. She brought suit as soon as tne necessary year had elapsed. Before that aha lived on a chicken rsncb near Spokane, and her husband still lives In the Inland empire, being- an ex press messenger on a run through Mon tana and Idaho. . , i ' v This is the second time Mrs. Helfrlch has tried for a decree. The former case was brought at Spokane on tha charge of cruel and Inhuman conduct. Judge foindexter, berore whom the case was tried, dismissed the case and advised her to go borne and make up, . TbU time the charge is desertion. . . BelatlTM XavolTeo. - ; - . : That the Snokana court advised 'her to pay less attention to her relatives was a statement made by Helfiich's at torney to Judge O'Day this morning. It being claimed that this ia a case of too much mother-ln-law. A sister-in-law. Mrs. Davenport, Is also accused of intermeddling, and, one of the chief epi sodes in the case relates to a tng-of-war between Helfricfcuand Mrs. Davenport when the rormer was trying to ejeci me sister-in-law and her trunk from the Chicken, -ranch.. , According to Helfrlch,; the sister-in-law took up ner nome wnn him without any urgent invitation to do- so, and when ne invited ner to leave ana put up a flght. According to the ver sion of Mrs. Helfrlch. her mother and sister came to live with them by her husband's consent. He threatened to throw Mrs. Davenport's trunk into tne river and while h tugged at one end of the receptacle, she - seised the other. Then, according to the wife's side of the story, the husband - threw the of fending sister-in-law over a fence. '' Helfrlch claims that bis wife was the deserter, not he. In proof of this he asserts that he was locked out of the hoiiM and. had to sleen in the barn. The atmosphere became so disagreeable that he finally left, according to his story. but he wrote frequent letters to nis RENO MINING PROMOTER v DROPS SUDDENLY FROM SIGHT CslM Pr Utaod Wire. Reno, Nov.; May" J5iFrlends of I Morris Brackett, former social favorite lnjew Tork'ahd Boston are greatly disturbed over his disappearance from this city Saturday night. It Is Inti mated that some of the circumstances of his departure were suspicious and an' effort is being made to learn his whereabouts. . -" .. ' . ' t'' . Brackett waa Interested in the organi sation of several mining companies. He ANNA GOULD - WILL WED HER PRINCE NEXT MONTH (United Press lmi Wire.) i Paris. May IS, -Madame Anna Gould will be married to Prince Helle de Sagan here June 14. according to the announce ment nade by Maitre Cachard, Madame Gould's attorney. The wedding will be solemnised by a civil ceremony and the ceremony of the Protestant church. The contract is to be known aa the "separation of property - rule."" under which the prince will not get hold of the money which his cousin and predecessor Count-Bon I expended so-freely. 1 There is little doubt, however. - that Anna has arranged to provide well for BIG AND LITTLE BUZZ-WAGONS DODGE ROCKS BY USING WALKS Residents on tha Base -Line road -in the vicinity of Eaat Forty-second street are Indignant at the manner In which automoblllsta, motorcyclists and drivers usurp the path along " the road r with their machines because of the- crushed roekliwhleh was recently thrown Into the street- for Improvement purposes. The autoiats have little regard -for pedestrians- who are- -compelled to use the cycle path because no - sidewalks have been constructed In. the district and considerable feeling- was aroused in several instancea yesterday by men GUILTLESS MAN (Doited Press, leased Wire.) Pittsburg, May t 2. On .. of th strangest cases of mistaken Identity, leading to the convection and sentenc ing of an ged man, :whose. home is In New York City. (to' the western peni tentiary for rive years on a cnarge oi forgery, developed today - when J. C White) St years old, was released from SCHOOL CHILDREN VISIT BATTLESHIPS AT SEATTLE - (Unite Press Laatea Wlrs.l Seattle, May 25. With the aun shin ing brightly in direct contrast to yes terday's drizzle, th battleships of the Atlantic fleet are today being visited by hundreds of school : children and others. The city is again filling up with visitors coning to witness the great parade tomorrow. -which will be the culminating feature of the local celebration.- : , - Today sports, barbecues and free en tertainments at the .theatres were the features. FESTIVAL NUMBEIt SUNSET3LiOAZINE Sunset Mas;axin for Jun will feature th Portland Bos Festival" Th cover RANCH ALONE 11 .' ..' '. 1 .' "l wife and at Christmas time sent her a suit case, a box of candy, ac aka - or soap and a muffler. Mrs. Helfrlch said she sold the suit case for 60 cents. She burned up the randy, as ahe feared It was poisoned. She kept the muffler, be cause It was easy to carry ww" ar-lcMowlMia-Ml that she did not send a letter of thanks for the presents and did not answer any or ner nuBun ' Mens for Bar, Bail for Bias. Xtrm .Helfrloh la a. tall -l WOmtB Of striking- appearance, mild speech and fluent command of language. - During the course of her testimony, wnicn was yet unfinished when the noon sojourn ment was declared, she referred many times to her husband s oevoiion o wio national game. They had several 4508 and about aoo chickens, and often, ahe said, she had to look arter ins aino the cacklera while he enjoyed 4he thrill of the baseball game. When she apoke about going along one time, -ehe said, he !e?-"ou' aon't know a thfng about baseball." ' Mrs. Helfrlch denied that her mother and elster meddled with domestic eon corns of herself and husband. They were married . In Spokane in - August, lSOOJahe said, and never did live very happily. She aald be threatened to leave her many times before he finally packed his trunk and went to the barn to spnd a few more days before he sought a new , location. : Jjurmg mis time, she saia, ane iriea o m " act like a man and come back to the house to live, but ne rerusea, nis part of her , story is nauy comraaiciwi by Helfrlch, who asserts that after the unpleasantness with the sister-in-law he was locked out of . the house, Wa trunk was thrown into the road and he had to take refuge in the barn. Tiring of this existence he went back to 'his work, as an -express messenger. - -; i The recital 01 jura, noiincap ir led to many objections, his attorney pro testing that he , was required to. meet only the charge of desertion, the wifes charges t cruelty, already having been decided to be .'without - merit by the court In Spokane. . Judge O'Day satd he would consider the otner matters oniy so far as, they related-to tha desertion charge. - ' " The couple lived together a little more than six years, tne aiieaea aennion taking place" In October, I0. Taking of testimony was resumed this after noon. entertained lavishly and went with the best social set here. It Is said that his father is general manager and vice president of the Enamel Brick company of New Tork. He is about 40 years old. It has been reported that he was engaged to a prominent woman in Reno society, His sister was a guest last season of Sir Thomas Upton on his yacht during the last visit of. the fa mous challenger to New Tork. accord ing to the abatement of the missing man. una report nas 11 mat oracaeic is in Ban irrancisco. ber prince; The contract provides that neither party to the wedding Is to in herit from the other except by specific testamentary provision. Cachard announced that all objection on the part of the Gould family had been withdrawn and that the wedding would be satisfactory to all concerned. Tne couple will reside In Prance. The banns. It is announced, .will be published next Sunday. Cachard denied positively the story printed Saturday saying that Madame Gould and the prince were married in Hobokcn. New Jersey, the midnight be fore they sailed for Europe. who were out walking with their wives and families. ' . In one case the autotat'e number waa taken down and he will be reported to the city board of registry which has charge of the regulation 'of autolsts and motorcyclists. This will probably be the first case of a complaint being filed by a citisen against the speed fiends who have made -life a burden for persons who have to frequent, the Base Line road. Chief of Police Grltsmacher has been notified in regard to the action of car riages drivers la converting the path into a roadway. FINALLY " RELEASED FROM PRISON the Institution, wher he ' has served one and a half years. , The man who' really committed th forgery- to a deed for property Is a well known' criminal. James BUey. and th exact counterpart of th victim of the jury. - ' - " -' - - White ewes his exoneration and par don to the work of Detective Ira Berry, who traveled through northern Michi gan to secure the proofs, which war accepted by the pardon board. ; Tonight .the ball to the enlisted men will be given at Lescbl park. Scores- of private functions are' being given this afternoon and are on tonight for the offirera of the fleet. 1 . The battleship Ohio sailed this morn ing for Ban Francisco, wher ah will dry dock at Hunter'a Point. ----- - 'With full naval ceremonies the bod ies of Fred L.ulinkt and J. J.'Btaub of the battleship New Jersey, killed at Bell Ingham last Friday by being run over by a trolley car, were laid to rest this afternoon in the naval cemetery here." : .'T-;f----:v - page,' which has ; Just been' finished, hows) a figure of a beautiful, woman picking rose from a bush that Is a peaking likeness of one of Portland's splendid roe bushed. ' JKrrons the cover r Is printed In pale rr4 the words. "ioiUand Hose Fes Uyai Lumbar," HOT GUILTY" IS man piea Date -of Setting:; Trial Fost- poned Tor One Week, at : Request of Counsel. "Not guilty was tha answer made bj- Edward - IL- Martin In - the - clrcutt court this afternoon when called on to plead to tha. charge that ha murdered Nathan Wolff In the latter' s pawnshop anter Wrr nrii M.nh.1n v UII LltQ IliKHL or siav X.- j. ne . Diea. . W&B Martin-waa represented In court by Uin property owners want. a hard sur City Attorney Kavanaugh. who is look- face pavement on the streets, while an lnn5 V'rS' XSSL other set of property owner, want the fendant. Martin I Pipes Is to defend Martin when .the case comes to trial, but has not vt entered his aDoearance as counsel. , For some unexplained rea - son no word has yet come from- Mar. tin's narents. who are aaid to be travel- Ing - In 8pa4n. - - ' , At the request of Judge Pipes - the lima nt aettinar trlsl was noatnoned for one week. Aa the only open date In the ling tne siaewaiKS on tne lot lint De calendar Is July S it Is probable Mar-1 cause they have hedges and do not want tin's trial will be set for -that date. J the aldewalk placed against the decora W AGIST IS Delegate ,Cale Sounds Tocsin - Hoggatt Alleged Cor poration Tool. (Special Dispatch ' to The JooroaL) Washington. D. C. . May 28. In an nouncing that he accepts candidacy for reelection aa delegate in congress from Alaska, Thomaa Cale quotes front a let ter he has received describing the sit uation of the Republican party In Alas- la which a savage, attack la made on Governor Hoggatt as an alleged rep resentative 01 corporations. - Gale's declaration that he accepts the nomination means, in the opinion of Alaskana in Washington, that Hoggatt's record will be made the , center of a fire of pro-corporation charges against tne governor, witn allegations mat Hoggatt waa appointed at the Instance of Manager Jarvis, of one of the Gug genheim transportation- corporations-, in Alaska, and a chief representative of Guggenheim Interests in that territory. This prediction is borne out by a quo tation from the letter, which Cale makes mbltc today, written by an .Alaskan C0?4heUmlnera of Alaska will not con- sent to be represented in congress by a Seattle attorney nominated by a com- blnation with Hoggatt corporation In - Tho, sjeattl attorney referred to is W. T. Carson, regular Republican nom- named in V conv.ntlSS dominoed b? named m a convention aominatea . Dy nn.Mnli.liii man --"-- ---- . .. In Cale's statement he quote one 1 t.ran. rAP.tv.ut frnm a. nnortur In ii.,k. .h u! " AianKB, wny . . . ... "wa n Mir. vnn our lUDDorL nin SL".2. e."mi,?ait.I?.ogatl poutlcaM - - w r . . r . . : . NIDEII.SU A!ID DEuy PAWii! ir Street Coininittee Withholds Action on Petition for Hassam Pavement. Members of the street committee of the city council postponed definite ac tion in regard to tha Improvement of Williams avenue with .Hassam pave ment, a new street pavement which the property-owners petitioned for. This action was taken because of an -effort belna mad to chance the width of Williams avenue, which will probably be accomplished before the next meet ing or th committee, wnen tne entire 1 matter can De disposed 01 at tne same time. Th petition caused a debate between I Councilman Concannon and Vaughn as MM to the advisability of recommending Seminole, from Ban Domingo city, has the Hassam pavement to the council, gone ashore near Point Pleasant, ao None of tha Davement has been alven I cordina to a reDort which reached New a trial in roruana ano voncannon od-i lected to recommending - th pavement I becauae tne city win be out to tne cost i or maintaining it during tn lire or I nXeVray t'haV'th Vif u innruDn mo ui. cny wvuto pro-1 tec ted In case th pavement turned out - Vaughn defended the action of the city, saying that there are two paving fSiflK1 ii. 1 1- rZtJStilEl ?XL .k city's paving work. He said that inas- much as th property-owners on Will-1 l"mL- T?nUK boU6 .t0 Jn. ,ou1i,ll v -''"i m ui. wi pavement at .---their, own -cost, if I would be a wis thing for th city to " i'"-" """" inira com-1 vmaj- li ln" mignt -: rosuu , in competltlve bidding. - I JrOTHER-IN-LAW IS . THROWN FKQtf STORE .l-0CriirErtto ?Hc,tJbat ( man waa kiUing a woman at 651 Mor- Ison street at 2:11 this atfernoon, sent a rison il Jvl5ili.V t,.e.n on..th. rua. He found a little, delicate, middle-aged wo- m -waeping. .- tme said her son-in-law. I mtin.iujr, naa mrowo ner out oiiast Tturty-rirth street w v " .w,. uu reiu.ni 10 atiow ner to return. Mclnerny declares that he Doua-ni me qusmess, a amall grocery. . -. Mrs Allc ' Wyler Is th mothar-ln. law's nam. Bh wanted th policeman who cam to her rescue to arrest Mc lnerny, but th policeman said he had no -jurisdiction. Mrs. Wyler then swore out a warrant,-charging Mclnerny with MHMH win Daiicry. Stocked With Fish. (Speclut Dtspatca te'Tb Jnarul.) Dakar ritv Or- Km it tv,T7-. tt or.io servants ana the cause of - good Parke? of th atsts .h Mmm.a.iS Toada Among th eminent speaker? ln received at North" Powdert hX.r"dS- '&5?.rti0,V W 11,000 trout, which have been nlaceS J-?3iXLa0ti5mlP;pr- in th lakes at the head of Knrth taV. der river and ia other streams near by. ;. Metsger saves you money on watches. ONE TRAIN SEVEN- . HOURS liATE TODAY . Northern Pallle No. 1. due 7 a. m., arrived S:4I p. m. Southern Paclflo No. It, due 7:55 a. n, on time, -. : 1 ". Southern Paclflo No. 18, du 11:10 a, on tlm. a R. A K. No. . du I . on time. . :-'-,'- t y. a R.' tt N. No. 5, du t:4l a. m., on tlm. : V '. . Astoria ft Columbia No. 21. du 12:15 p. ., on tlm. 1 I I .T e 4 1 ...aaaaaa aa A . .'. . I - - - - - " . "V vwaricnutm Xtid th. AiitnAm 1. juihtful DRIVE IMOIIS : . upoii nhik Teamsters Do That . WTien Streets Are Impassable, Bo freidmont !Meri Frotest. I Piedmont is all astir Over street pay Ing, and two opposing factions wet with I the street committee' of the city coun- I ell this morning to express their views in regard to the paving of Jessup street I wry nu xioaney avenues, ver I J u.n. M . , - . . atreets leveled to grade and rolled. With i-fpot artificial sidewalks buliron the I lot line and without curbs. ; 4 George P. Lent and others who want 4 & bard, surface . pavement say that to i level tne streets to the rrade line would 1 be to leave a surface of sticky clay I which could never be rolled into a hard I smooth surface. Thav obleot to nlao- tions; ' i-eni ana nis followers want tne sidewalk placed about two feet from the lot line, which - would allow a atrin 10 feet wide between the sidewalk and the curb line lor car kin Durooaes. . - Considerable ob lection : was mult1 to any Improvement without ourba. ' The visitors to the-clty-hfrllthls morning iniormea tne committee that wagons often found the atreets Impassable when they have been skinned to the subsoil 01 clay, and that In such cases tha driv ers have no hesitancy In drivina; their wagons upon the parkins: and sidewalks S Sffi ttWSSSTt m. a. wuackenDush protested against a hard surface pavement, saying that the cost would prove a hardship and was not warrantea at this time. - us aaid that the petitions had been signed in kouu zaiin asKina ror ma rranen im provement. 1 Tho commit teapostpoaed action-until its next meeting. ., PURSE STRINGS" Republican Candidates Let It Be Known Assessment Is Unwelcome. - There was no meeting of the JRe- publican 'county central commute at I 'clock yterday afternoon. Although at the meeting of Tuesday last, a week sa-a. It was 1mma , tho vh Mntnl Hnrnmltt. . ,,,., . .... o oiock ouuaay aiternoon, tne meeting did not materialise. Tha reason was that th chalrmMi and the secretary of 1 th. -mmitti, unt ant tha ,.iim.tm IV" wnuumw. HUl uui Ullliuaiuni 1 tnera eoiuil be nn meatln a a. , " inwoaww nave a msec : II w committw Bunaay at which all the ranrtMnta. ,tnr AMIn.nnmlJ ha MnraiAni.i Kin. v i : - . . ,, tor orrice wouia De resent thev were to have the fTnanSlal ave the financial situation made nlaln to them,, as a result of which they would be expected to cofne through with the assessments requested of them some time sgo. The candidates, or at least a large majority of them, ' however, have open ly expressed the opinion that 'it 'would throwing money away to give It to h eentral rammmML'r tnl It . ! aumed that the managers of the central' committee organisation, seeing the way the wind was blowing, decided not to make the financial question one of pub Mny' ff It is doubtful now if there will be a meeting of th central committee before the election, which leaves that organi sation In a very badly disorganised con dition so far as work at the polls June X Is concerned. , - i , . m -,, 7.','--. STEAMER ASHORE NEAR HEIV YORK (United Press LsaMd Wlra.) New Tork, May 25. Th - steamer x ora cuy loaay. No other particulars were contained in the Drier message. TILLAMOOK'S OPENING . . - TTT. mA nnrnTflTT UP TO COUNCIL - Members of the street committee of thB Mr council listened to a remon atranc against tn proposea opening or Tillamook street rrom Gantenbeln avenue to Goldsmith this morning, and reierred tne matter to the council. wher. u win-be discussed Wedneadav. Th nronertv throua-h which th nro posed extension runs Is owned by the Montgomery estate. wTng"l(Th "con- tour of the tract the owners want to tour of the tract the owners want to ?lat the ground in a manner suitable to he topography of the land, but do not want to put a street through the middle of the plot, - " - . A petition askinsr for the lowering of the grade of Francis avenue between East Thirty-fourth ' and East Thirty- ft'tb streets, was heard by the etreet committee of the council this morning. land the matter was referred to th city engineer. The change would neces.l tate & cut of three feet at East Thlrtv fourth street and about one foot at RURAL CARRIERS AT . ALBANY THIS WEEK (gDeeial. DisDiteh te Tt Joarn.l.t ' Albany, Or..-May 25. Th sixth, an nual convention of the rural mall car riers or Oregon will be held here May 29 to II. The session will be devoted to tn good or tne service, the wellbeln nv Bcott of Salem, President P, L. Camp- ueii oi me aiate university ana Jk. F. Hofer of Salem. Invitations hav been sent to th presidents and secretaries of commercial clubs of all valley towns. ... . lSJjAJU.A J.il AiS .llilltS (SoerUl btmateb ta Th.' Sa.m.l t . Klamath Falls. Or. M , ?K r wal option is being made a paramount Issue In Klamath county. The matter is being presented to the people by both sides, and the local option committee la send ing; speaKers throughout the county tuamatn nonntv tiaa nav. i,. . a.a. hibition agitation until this year. I ft 1888. when state rh-ohlbltton waa vnt.ii on Klamath county Indorsed It by a majority of 70. . - , - J ne general feeling Is that the county win mo ary. aitnougn the saloon ele- I aiwaa ii.u a, iirung notu nere. However, the sentiment aaams to - be KNOTTED HARD 1MB GUILDERS - GO OUER HUE ( -j 1 ; . . ! Messrs;1 Moffat and Barstow Investigating Their Ilold ings in Oregon. For th first time' since the Oregon Electric railway was opened "for opera tion from Portland to Salem, tha build ers of the line are going over It 'for Inspection, George B. Moffatt of the banking firm of Moffatt & White, and WV 8. Barstow. head or the firm of Barstow Co, 'arrived this - morning from New Tork and left rover th elec tric road for Salem, '-. Thev will anand several days in. and about Portland. Mr. Moffatt's partner, W. A. White, wno nas been Investigating th re sources of th Willamette valley, is In Spokane today and will return to Port land th latter part of this week - to Join th New. Tork party. They will go over- th entire region to be tapped oy id proposed tinea to d bunt An western Oregon by th Oregon Electric railway syndicate. -- . - The pointa to be touched by th pro posed lines Include Newberg, TUla- rnoox. jucjMinnviiie, a man v. 1 nrvaiiia Cascadia, liugene, Forest Grove and Hlilsboro. ; In addition Frank Robertson and W. 8. Barstow are building a road from .Woodburn to Soott's Mills and Wllhoit; Spj-lngsJl Th mileage of the lines now completed and In operation la 60 miles. Branch lines from Garden Horn pa Hlllsboro and Forest Grove are under construction. ' The aggregate mileage when the proposed system is completed In the Willamette valley and to Tillamook bay will total upwards , of JO miles. . r The Moffatt & Whit ayndleat - Is composed of a . party of eastern men who hav. money to Invest and find that th Oresron country nresente tha moat attractive field In the United States. Their funds are ample to carry out their projected railroad extensions, and thus far they have not floated bonds In th financing of their lines. , . READY SOOII FOR LIVESTOCK FAIR Grounds at Country Club Be- ing Prejpared for Big Ex- - hibition Stock Taken;; Work on the grounds of th Portland Country Club and Livestock association is being rushed forward despite unfav orable weather conditions. Hundreds of people wer out yesterday to not the progress made,, and they wer surprised at th vast amount of labor already per formed. The entire ground are fenced, some of the atables are completed, other buildings are going up and the mile track is nearly done. On no other mile course In th United States is It - Doaaibla , to see from tha grandstand every foot of a race. The Portland Railway.' Light & Power com pany Is arranging to put In a first-class street car service between the city and th country club. The O. R. A N. com pany will build a sidetrack ' Into the grounds, for handling th livestock ship ments. - Subscriptions to stock In thi mn. elation continue to qbme in. , Today the failing estate signed tor is.uov in hraa" - .,.- i. ."tiii - a e'.".K.V; are to be fuUy carrted out Capitalist. rerard th atock aa a. rood Investment as the grounds were purchased at a time i grounds wer purchased at a tlm when meir value waa out on nair tna present market price. . ,:- The Livestock meetinar -tiext fall. ; a which $40,000 in prises will be offered, a nurse similar to that which resulted in making th livestock exhibit the chief teaiur oi tn Lewis ana Clark exposi tion, has attracted widespread attention throughout the entire United States and Canada. Knthuslasm among stock growers in California has reached a cli max, ana an tne cnier nerds or cattle, horses, sheep and swine will be here, while Idaho. Montana, -Colorado, Wash ington and Ore eon .will b thoroughly represented. There will be a large allowing on xne part or tne livestock growers of the Mississippi and Missouri river valleys. The display promises to exceed mat or tn Xiewis ana uiark fair. CONGRESS SESSIONS I.1AY BE COilTIIIUED (United Press Ltasad Wbre.) Washington, May 25. -In response to many , Questions asked by congressmen. Speaker Cannon today announced that congress may be in session lor another week or 10 days." DETECTIVES SEARCHING ' FOR ALLEGED SHOOTER ' '' " V, trJolted Press leased Wire.' , " San Francisco. May 25. Detectives are searching the city for Mrs. Zena Pollard, who was to have com to trial today on a charge of attempting to kill her husband, Harry Pollard, the actor. - Several weeks , ago Mrs. v Pollard, through Jealousy, Is alleged to have fired five -shots at her husband. " Two of them took effect. Both deny an at tempt to murder, , the actor claiming that While he was roonna- with his revolver he accidentally snot himself. SAN FRANCISCO POLICE INVESTIGATE DEATHS - 'United Prsts tested Wlre.l San Francisco, May 25. Two deaths that suggest murder are being investi gated by tne ponce. An unanown wom an .found lylna; aiona-sid the streetcar -track near Uiucrest. waa removed to hospital, where she died, . and John Grace, said to be a plumber, yva found dvlnsr in a saloon in the mission. The police theory Is that th man wA given FEDERAL JURY --- ' - EMPANELLED TODAY The special Brand lurr recently called for by United State District Attorney John McCourt . was empanelled by Judg Wolverton at 2 o'clock this after noon. The grand jury must consist of not less than 10 nor more than 28 mem bers, and in this case it. is expected that, out of the possible list of 80 names a full panel , of 12 will be drawn. It Is understood -that the Umatilla land fraud cases will be' considered by the present grand Jury, ---.f MorrelTa Case Continued. . , (United Prtw Lt.trtl Tftr. -San Franclaco, Msy 25. While John A. Morrell. th airship inventor , lay on a bed in Roosevelt hospital In Berkeley today", suffering from broken Dones as the remit of the collapse of his mon ster flying machine Saturday, charges agalnat him of violating the stock trans action law in hla dealings with the Mor. rell Airship company wer called before JudgevLrfiwlor., Counsel for Morrell asked for - a continuance . which -was granted. - . ,. FiiSl O.I Harness Eacing for the Big Stake-WiU Bring Notable Horses from the Be& Sta bles' West of the Missouri Biver. . QThIs Is the entry' closing data for the northwest, harness racing. stakes and with th return of Secretary M. D. Wis dom this morning from a three weeks' trip to California Interest is at th highest pltoh. ' - ', -"i' t.. This wlU be thi greatest season tha northwest has vr- experienced 1n har ness racing. .The big stakes will hav as entries some of the beat blood west Of tha Misslsalnnl. , Rvarv at.hla n Importanc In California with two ex ceptions is coming north. These two arojth Charles Ryder nd W. O. Durfe strings, which will i race over u siaiiQ cirouic - -. , , , . ,.j . "Amonc tha fast nn.a rnmin. nn,th f "everal who performed on the grand i . rmr. 1 nere will De aDout. 10 horses from California, and I don't f?ow-n?w, many front Washington. Idaho. MonUna. Oregon and BrlUsh Co lumbia; J '. i r . , "This morning I mecelved messages from a. A. Stalker H. Whlteley.. 8 J. Donaldson and H.. W. Hudson, all .. of. Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Canada, saying that they had mailed their en tries. ' Anv -ent rv that h.a ku. ,.n. prior -to midnight tonlg-ht wlU ha alla-u bie to compet tn the stakes. ' In th m trot ther will . tha most evenly matched set of horses In hA'o5,t w Amon; them are Athasham, 2:09)1, who ran Jn the money on th JK?in .5Lrcuif ll"trar.,n8t Bono Girl and HlahbaJK hoth with - North Star. ril7who second in th Salem stake last summer; K. Ambuahm. j.-llU. whn fimki that ?vinA;.Sr,no -Olrl, I:10H, unbeaten on the California circuit; Wild BelL 1:01 U. a grand circuit performer. - "!"' :T,h Pcer" W'U lnclSd Mona Wllkea. llJ 1 .9". P,m.?nA Harry kRL . ' ?aru D., a great pacer. wh.Il-h ran second to Sir John 8.. J:06h John B, Conway, 2:0 Kelly Briaia! nM-'whoT'l:0UT B51"' 'All of these horses will be entered in the same atakes, making th finish an liniianaiiv ivmaah. i . . STAYED 'S HAIID Dr. Smith Now, Muses to Sign Certificate for Mrs. 0'Dell's Death. V Coroner Finley Is investlaratln tha circumstances surrounding th death of Mrs. Margaret Odell, which occurred at vSecond street yeaterday aftrnoon. Ttaa 1 1.. TVT-1 m. ..a a""ca miin ws caned In to man. said Br Smith !but ah. l,"0: 7iZ' -CZ i.aHm.Vhl-.ui toldm. I haca.,.. 7 Kt ""l,.iT" SPl" oecause ox her religious belief. Her -n-in-iaw. v. h. Hales of Eugene, who ZTXa111 lck room- 'ted me to withdraw for a moment and he would try to indue her to take medical treat-n.1?- i VJHi,n .returning to th room I again asked her if she would tak tha medicine that I .prescribed, when an other woman, a healer, who waa : sit ting near th bd. advised her not to tak medical treatment and she again refused. - ."I told Mr Odell that, from a hasty inspection, I thought she was suffer ing from either cancer of th stomach or gallstones, and that she was dah-s-erously ill. 1 then withdrew. "This morning 1 was told that- th woman had died yeaterday afternoon, and was asked by her son-in-law, Mr. Hales to sign a death certificate, which 1 declined to do, I notified the c6ro ner of th death, telling him. that tt was a case for his office to handle." hoe cuie IS PROVIDED FDR son-in-law, C. H. Hales of Kunnn h . (tJnlUd Press Laa Wir.) Washington, May 25. Th house to day agreed to the conference report on th. sundry civil appropriation, bill, car rying? $112,000,000. As the bill goes to President Roose- ! velt for his signature It contains art ap propriation of $226,000 for the construc tion of a revenue cutter for th Oregon co4,.l!tvnd the 21M00 appropriated for 1,5ht tender s for , San Francisco, la' eliminated.: " , . Th bill sets aside 8600,000, lnsteadof $700,000 for th Alaska , Tukon . xpoal tion. - For a Wharf and tnrehftnaa at. Va.h' Bay, Washington $31,000 Is .appropri ated, i. ,..,;..'. BAPTISTS ASSURED OF VARr,l VELCOUE Commercial Club Wires Con vention of Appreciation ' - r bf Choice for 1909. ! :.- - j ... . ,( . .. i. , . -. . As a mark of appreciation f th ef forts of Rev. J. Whitcomb Brougher la securing . th 1902 convention of th Northern Baptist '.church for Portland," the Portland, commercial club wired Dr. '. Brougher as follows: - "Congratulations. Portland, with the world'a purest water should be th Bap- . tist center of the earth." The followina telegram was also sent direct. to the Northern Baptist, conven tion at Oklahoma City: - - ... "Wa appreciate your choice, Portland will give you a whole-souled welcome. v Salt Against Stone Companj. r ' An action In Involuntary' bankrnntcv was brousht In the federal court todav - agalnat the Blue Diamond Pressed Stone company of Hellwood by Mac Donald Potta, for 1288.80 under asslg-njnent Of claim, by J. H. Davis for the Paclflo Advertising company for $191, and by P. S. SullWan for the Catholic Sentinel for t CO. Th Oree-onlan Publlahirtar company holds the note of . the stone company jor 3st securea Dy mortraje. May 20 thev concern was attached ny W. P.- Fuller and Comnanv tnr r,5 So Cole and Cole are-tha attorneys Xor-th parUea- bringing suit. , ii DOCTOR I - - -, .- 1 . . .