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THE . OREGON i DAILY JOURNAU PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 121, f 1903.' 10 TUB SAILOR IS MURDERER Officers Now looking 3Ian Who Knew Eas mussen. for Examination Of tbs tody of- M. C. Itasmussen. ths murdered watchman of the steam schooner Washington, yos ! terday, disclosed the fact that b wns Jellied by a pistol shot In ths tack of the head Instead of Ms head having ln crushed by a Wow from some 'heavy implement as was at first sup- Tho officers who went downto St. Johns Thursday night on learning: or th murder did not mako more than a ; cursory examination of th body, i terday deputies from th sheriffs and coroner's offices visited the soens of the murder, while Kasmussens body was more carefully examined at the rnoreue. It was found that there was a bullet wound from a S3 caliber revolver in the bacu of the head, which was bBdly powder burned, the weapon evi dently bavin been held dose to the victim. .' " ' . llasmussen was not Killed In the en Jrfne room as was at first supposed, but was Shot as he was descending the steps Seeding from the upper deok. It is sup rosed that the murderer was Just be lt rid him and ahot him without warn ing, and then dragrfred the body to the engine room and covered it with a tar paulin. The fracture of the skull was probably caused by the' murderedman failing- to the foot of the , ladder and enna: (&ctso'atjyGt prompt: )w nntlift howelsi cleanses Ue system ef cAuaUu dssife one in overcoming HaUWlconsttpati on beneficial effects.buy tKeenulne. Manufactured by the . CALIFORNIA; CHECH FOUIID III HOTEL WALL Two years ago J.' B. Holxman of the Reliable loan . office lost an overcoat It was stolen from a boarding house. In a pocket of the coat was a check for 1112.60, payable to the Pacific Hard ware & Steel company, signed by Mr. Hohsman.. The envelope had been ad dressed and stamped.,, i After the coat disappeared nothing was ever heard of the check or the garment either. , Yesterday the check was found by workmen who had been tearing away a wall in the Oregon hotel. The check had been passed through a orack and had lodged In between the plaster and woodwork. The overcoat was not there, of courne. The supposition Is that the person who got the overcoat found the chock and In a hurry to get rid of It, stuck It in the first place he ran across. When the coat -was stolen Mr. Holx-! man stooped payment at the bank on the check. Another draft was sent to the hardware company, ' j EXPLAINS STATUS OF OREGON . CITY LOCKS PURCHASE PLAN striking his head on an Iron projection. New evidence that has been secured leads the officers to believe that the murderer was a ' Bailor,' probably one who was acquainted with the fact that Rasmussen had received ' his share, of the salvage money of ' the Minnie E. Kel ton, , A message was received from Seattle yesterday from C. K. Fowler, managing- owner of the schooner Wash ington, telling the officers that they should look for the murderer among those who knew that Rasmussen had re ceived his share of the salvage. This Includes the crews of the Washington and the Kelton. An inquest will be held ever the body of - Rasmussen at 4 o'clock this after noon,' i . EXCUKSIOX OVER HILL'S NEW EOAD Portland business men are planning for an excursion over the North Bank road to leave Portland, Friday, Decem ber 11,. spend the following day In Spo kane at the national apple show and re turn. Sunday, by daylight over the new Bpokane, Portland & 'Seattle route. It is planned to leave -Portland at C:30 p. nw Friday, December 11, and reach Spokane at 1:65 a. m., Saturday. The day will be spent In Spokane, so as to take in the national apple ahow, and the party will leave Spokane at 11 p. m.. coming as far as Pasco and waiting there from 4 c. m. to t:80 a. m., Sunday morning, having breakfast at Pasco. The train will then leave Pasco so as to get Into Portland at 6:30 p. m., giving a day light excursion idown the river. i CONCRETE EXPERTS , NOT TO BE FOUND . ' There are no reenforced . eonciete bridge experts in or around Portland. Mayor Iane Bays so. . And the mayor should know for he and the other mem bers of the -bridge committee have been looking for an expert to: take that $500 Job of inspecting the new East Twenty elehth street bridge. VI do not know what w shall do. I don't supnose we can send and get -an expert from the east for 1500. We will Just", have to do the best we can," said the mavor. t,v ... ; , - Vv, . Portland, Nov. JO, To the Editor' of Ths Journal In your ; editorial com ments laat tight on the decision of the supreme court in awarding the state an Interest In the Oregon City locks. and- in that relation calling for - the opening of the river to free navigation in their purchase by the atate and gov ernment, you say: i "The responsioiiity - ror success (soenlnr of the riverl now lies with the members of Ahe Oregon delegation. and it Is a responsibility they should not fail to meet." . ..' Tour comments call for some eluol- dation. In the interest of fair play. . The purchase or the locks, or ine paralleling of them on the east side, had been Insisted on by our delegation in congress for vears. and finally the government engineer in charge-of the Columbia was Instructed to estimate the. coat of a new flight on the east aide of the falls. In 1800 that esti mate was reported to congress as 45(, 000. Then thfl'lea-ai Questions involved were referred to the department OfJ Justice for considratlon and -report, and In due course congress was informed ' that ths government's rights were par amount to any and all private rights: that the locks could be condemned and purchased, or new locks oould be con structed and operated regardless of pri vately owned water powers. 'Negotia tions for the purchase of the locks were considered, and the Willamette valley Interests, with a view of expediting things Induced the legislature to make a conditional appropriation to the max imum of 1300,000. to cover one half of the purchase price, provided the gov ernment would cover the other half within three years from the date of the passage of the state law. t In ' the meantime years were con sumed in these red tape windings, and the prices of labor and material going Into the construction of a new flight of locks advanced to points where the cost of construction of a new flight, and therefore, the price of the old locks, advanced fifty or sixty per cent over the original estimate of 1900, and nearly two years of the time limit of the state appropriation have expired. The government engineers in charge have at all times favored -the purchase but Have had no authority to revise the estimate of cost under the changed conditions incident to the delay In laying the ground work for the pur chase. -And for this reason the recom mendation of the purchase was omit ted from the report of the engineer that furnishes the basis of the rivers and harbors appropriation bill to be submitted to congress this session. By the terms of each rivers and har bors law no item can be added to a succeeding bill If not recommended by the board of engineers, except on a concurrent resolution of the senate and house of representatives, and such concurrent resolution Is very difficult to secure. In order to get such a reso lution considered and passed through both houses now, a revised estimate of the cost of the locks is necessary forf submission to the committees through tfin chief of engineers. This was the status of the case consrrapTiojr statistics. Prove that a neglected cold Of- cough Duta the lungs In so bad a condition that consumption germs fnd a fertile.! field for ia terring on one. stop the cough just as scon as it appears with Hal lard's Horelwund Syrup. Soothea the torn and Inflamed tissues nnd makes you well again, Sold by Skldmore Drug Co. three weeks ago. At that time Senator Bourne wrote General Marshall, chief engineer -United States army, asking that a re-estimate of the cost of the locks be made by - Major Molndoe, chief .engineer In charge, as a basis to support the necessary concurrent reso lution upon which alone the item can be gotten Into the rivers and harbors hill this rear. Within the nut ftw days this request has "been made by Oeneral Marshall and I am informed that the- re-eatlmate will be In the hands of Senator Bourne, with the probable Indorsement of the board of engineers, by the time congress con venes. .- i'. :-: But there Is no absolute assurance of final sucoess this year. There are powerful conflicting Interests that the delegation may not be able on the floor or in committee to beat So far as Senator Bourne Is concerned he Is leav ing no stone unturned, and will do his best te get the Item Into the present rivers and harbors bllL Meanwhile thru who a.re holdlnar ud the local end of the matter should secure legislative action this winter extending th - time limit of the state's appropriation an additional two . years, to meet any pos sible emergency. JOHN C. YOUNG. WOODMEN INITIATE AT COTTAGE GROTE On nf the. blarest classes fn the his tory of the "Woodmen of the World was Initiated last night at the Cottage Grove fair. The day was set apart especially for the Woodmen and large numbers ot the members of the order and their friends from all the towns around Cot tage Grove were present The Initiation was in charge of F- B. Tichenor, general organiser, and A. P. Smith, special or ganiser. It was I o'clock before the ceremony- and banquet were over. One hundred and six new .members were Inl. Mateo. Notaries Commissioned, finlem. Or- Nov. il.--Commlsslons as nntjtrlea have been Issued to N. R. Grace, North Powder; Darwin Bristow. Eugene; J. O. Hanthorn, and J. M. Eddy, peruana. SI YEARS FOR EQUAL RIGHTS ', The Oregon State Equal Suffrage as sociation, which has been In existence 17 years,' Is preparing to celebrate this anniversary, .Friday afternoon and evening, November 27, ' Th business meeting will be held In the afternoon In the city nail, beginning at 2 o'clock, The evening meeting, which will be ad dressed by several ' leading ' speakers, will be held, In the convention hall of the commercial club beginning at 7:30 o'clock. '.,-'. .- v ... , Mra Abigail Seott Duniway, presi dent of the association, says in an open letter regarding the celebration: -. "Our proposed constitutional amendment-providing that no citizen who is a taxpayer shall' be denied the right to vote on account of sex. Is meeting much favor among .conservative busi ness men, ana all ralr-minded, patrl otlo women. . , . "Our detertnlnatlbn, v adopted - twb years ago, to welcome adherents of all political parties to our ranks as suf- rragists, out noioing me , surrrage movement absolutely non-Dartisan. la rapidly allaying the opposition encoun tered In former oamoalena. And oui" errorts to secure- the enfranchisement of tax-paying women Is heralded as a safe and conservative departure from the revolutionary tactics of former suffrage agitation. - - - - . "it is the nope ana smDition of the Suffrage association to see i Oree-on arise in her majesty and - lead the world in extending the fright of suf frage to the. law-abiding, tax-paying mothers of the state, 1 who have been patiently striving for this right, "ines timable, ! to , them and formidable - to tyrants only., tor 40 years. Let Ore gon lead the world In this patrlotlo movement, and thus attest the valor and chivalry of her liberty and -Justice-loving men. Thus only can she stop the efforts of the suffragists, and thus only can her sons and husbands prove themselves worthy of . the faithful motherhood which . all true manhood delights to honor." Turlrana." - Ask grocer.- " - BRICK OR DIOCK IS. UESTIOI Property Owners Against Seattle Brick and Coun- cilmen Are Divided. . - - v After a four-hour session the street Committee of the council referred to the city attorney both the vitrified brick and Belgian block petitions by property owners asking for hard surface improve ments in the newly-created assessment district in North Portland. The com mittee decided also to make a personal TRANSFER PATTERNS ' , -op- 1 : v OLD ENGLISH LETTERS The Transfer Supplement with The Sunday Journal of November 22 will consist of the alpha bet in two sizes of Old English letters. , Just the thing for initialing household linens, Christmas presents etc. T Each week the patterns are' jlifferent. If you are not a subscriber, order The Sunday Jour rial early-it's five cents. inspection of the district. A number, of U favorably recommended to the council petitions for the Hassam patent pave ment In . the Irvlngton district were sir Councilman Vaughn, who is chairman Of ths street committee, was asked yes terday afternoon by George Simons of the Pactfto Bridge company If he favors the vitrified brick pavement, v e re plied that he did not. Vet the council man opposed the only other surface cautioned ror.- mis is me ' tteigian block street covering which Is being supported by Councilman Kellaher, who opposes Drica on tn grouna mat iv J a patented article. v auahn declared that the warren Construction icomnany owns a controll ing intereat" in tne St. Helens quarry from which ths Belgian blocks are ob tained. .-.-.:-- "If this were true It would . be the first time in his career that Dan Kel laher ever favored a proposition in which the bitullthlo trust has an Inter est." temarked one of . the ., assembled group of spectators. , v..- , . As soon . as Vaughn had - mads this declaration, A. M. Shannon, who repre sents the Warren . company, answered quickly that the councilman s statement .was absolutely untrue The chairman repeated his assertion and Mr. Shan, nen did likewise. Soon the whole com mittee was drawn into the discussion, most of them taking sides against Vaughn, who said he was not surprised at the action ot some tof them, as he well knew what their stand is with regard to anything In which the bltu litnie company deals. .-Property owners who protested against the use of Seattle brick produced statistics to show that were the pave ment made of this material it will take more than five years before the work is finished and Seattle contractors - will have received 4180,000 which should go to Portlanders. They contended 1 thfftr-Belgian blocks are a home product and that for this reason, if tor no other, they should be preferred .to the Seattle product. It la argued that while the blocks cost more than brick yet they will last three times as long. . - SPOKANE WELCOMES THE NORTH BANK ROAD A. IT. Sperry, assistant general freight ; and passenger, agent for the Spokane International railroad, and a number of other Spokane railroad and business men are In Portland today and are visiting th various railroad --ot flees. They are enthusiastic over the opening of the new North Bank road ami the prospects for future prosperity that it has opened up, Tho freight movement over the new line from Spokane to Portland has begun with moderately heavy shipments and Is constantly Increasing. v "' - - - ' For she cannot help it. Women are often cross, irritable, hysteric,' and declare they are driven to distrac tion at the slightest provocation. Men annot understand why this should be so. To them it is a mys tery because in nine 4imea out of ten this condition ia caused by a t eerious feminine derangement. 4 N A remedy is necessary -which acts directly upon the organs afflicted, re-, storing a healthy normal condition to ' the feminine system, which will ' quickly dispel all hysterical, nervous and irritable conditions. Such ii LYDIA E. PIN. CI1 AIM'S VEGETADLE COMPOUND The following letter serves to prove this fact. ? : Mrs. Alattie Cbpenhaver, 315 So. 21st St, Parsons, Kans, writes: " For two years I suffered from the worst forms of feminine ills, until I was almost driren frantic Nothing but morphine would relieve me, - Lydia -XL Pinkham's VegeUbls Compound brought me health and happiness and made me m well woman." FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN. For thirty years Lydia E. Pink ham's .Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, has been the standard remedy for female ills, -and has positively cured thousands of women who have been troubled with displacements, inflammation, ulcera tion, fibroid tumors. : irregularities. periodio pains, backache, that bearing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges tion,dizzine8s,ornervous prostration, wny aont you try it r Mrs. Pinkham Invites all sick women to write her for advice. She ' has g-uldnd thousands to i health. Address. Lynn, Mass. A A I U i j SCATiN n, Cm! I 11 . i..MMrn.iiin,iiii..iiii' .iim 'i n 'nil 1 urn 1 ssMMMirfiflffiii! " immama i' "! tumm " : j0 mi w ' - Jf 111 111 ni'fli- - - " """i.W,.ly"..- .. JIL To every person who places a Cash .Want Ad in The Journal, Daily or Sunday, will be given free a ticket for . the FINEST ROLLER SKATING RINK ON THE COf ST, . - , til HI' asfiiiSis; 1 During the last month the Want Ad patrons of THE DAILY JOURNAL and SUNDAY JOURNAL have increased largely in number. To show our appreciation of this increase, and incidentally to attract the attention of many people who have not yet used the Classified Advertising Columns of THE JOURNAL, we have secured for-our patrons from the EXPOSITION ROLLER SKATING RINK 5,000 tickets. We will give one of these tickets absolutely free to every person who inserts a cash Want Advertisement in THE SUNDAY OR DAILY JOURNAL. ' . : Skatin ickei ( To a Our BIS- EACH TICKET INCLUDES ADMISSION TO THE RINK AND THE USE OF SKATES FOR AN ADULT LADY AND GENTLEMAN (15 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER) ABSOLUTELY FREE, AND IS WORTH SEVENTY CENTS. . f THE JOURNAL'S circulation in Portland, Sunday and Daily, is the biggest. THE JOURNAL carries by far the greatest number of columns of Classi fied Advertising of any paper in Portland. Therefore, if you wish to advertise, or if you have a friend who desires to advertise,.by patronizing THE SUN DAY or DAILY JOURNAL you not only get the best service and the greatest publicity, but you have thrown in free of charge a 70-cent ticket to the Ex- ' position Roller Skating Rink, at Nineteenth and Washington streets. The ticket will be good for any day, any session. Late and popular music rendered afternoons by Worlitzer's $5,000 Band, and evenings.by Prof. A. De Caprio (Lewis and Clark official Bandmaster) and his full Band. IF YOU CAN'T SKATE, NOW IS THE TIME TO LEARN AT THE JOURNAL'S EXPENSE. iome Sngge8tlono: fora;Sun Ai: If You Want to Buy or Sell a Piano Or other musical instrument run an ad in the column headed "Musical Instru ments." You will get in touch with people who. want just what you have to sell, or may have just what you want to buy and for some reason arc offering a remarkable bargain. Do You Want to Rent a Furnished Room? People Avho are looking for a furnished room are sure to look in The Journal as our list is by far the largest and the readers are certain of finding just what' they want.v Hence if you have a room to rent The Journal is the logical me dium. Three insertions for the price of two and a 70-cent skating ticket. DpiYc5Y!?nt a Wife or a Husband? People who are looking for an affinity cSn be quickly put in communication '.with one of the opposite sex by a little want ad in the personal column. Rctativet'er friends of whom you have lost the address can bften be located .through ,an. ad in this column. . . ' .' i .. r -"...' . BLIND ADS A box office is maintained by The Journal fof the benefit of those who lo not care to have their name or address appear in the paper. We will assign you a box number and tHe answers to your ad can come care of The Journal- Journal Want Ad Rates 15 words or less. 15 per insertion. ' t - ' - " i 16 to 28 words,' 20 per insertion. 21 to 25 words, 25 per insertion. ' : 26 to 30 words, 30 per insertion. From the above you will see alt cash ads are charged for at the rate of 1 cent a word in multiples of five All phoHe or charge ads 6 cents a line per inser tion, count six words to the line. For rent ads, lost and found, help wanted, situations wanted, three insertions for the price of two. To Rent a House, Flat or Apartment A Journal ad will find you a tenant at a small cost and without delay. ; Imme diate results are what you want and The Journal columns are the most rapid ; result getters.- . ; , -.- '-: -J - :--' Journal Want Ad to Sell Your Business If on account of ill health or for other reasons you are desirous of selling your' business-a Journal want ad in the EBusiness Chance", column is the most cer tain of finding you a buyer. , f . , . To Recover a Lost Article Or find the owner of something you have found the lost and found column of The Journal is conceded to be by far the best medium.!, t . It Has Lost Its Usefulness To You But to sonic one else may still be of serviae. .'We tefer to any' of the many articles you have stored m your attic or basement. " Such as bicycles.'guns, " sewing machines, stoves, old furniture or' any Of the many, things that . will! accumulate in the portion of the house to which articles aire relegated that are ' considered of no morei service, - A want ad in the "For Sale---Miscellaneous'? t column may find you a ready buyer. ' - , ' - . Extra clerks will be engaged Saturday evening to take care of the large number of patrons who .will undoubtedly crowd THE JOURNAL, office ' during the evening.'- Secure your free N T