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ilIE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAU .PORTLAND. SUNDAY- MORNING. DECEMBER 27, 1908.
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WHO HILL BE
5 5
BOOTS?
Pennsylvania Republicans
. Begin Guessing as to Han
. Who Will Fill Tlace Sen
ator Will Vacate Several
on Anxious Seat, ,
IlllllOIS. CHAMP
DIVORCE STATE
Leads With Eecord of 82,209
Knots Cut From 1887
to 1906. ;
OPEN RIVER
PlAfJ IS
URGED
Washington, Dec. 26. While the terms
of 31 senators, mot than one third Of
the entire body, expire on Marctr 4 next,
. IS of thia number alwpdy have been re
elected or assured reelection. elther
through successes In primary contests
or pledges of a maiOTltyof tha 'member
chip of the several state legislatures
charged with the duty of electing sena
tors before the beginning of the next
congress. '. '
In addition to the vacancies occurring
riy reason of a provision of the constitu
tion, there will be a vacancy in Pennsyl
vania on account of the forthcoming res
lunation of Senator Knox to accept, the
portfolio of , secretary ot . atate in me
Taft cabinet,
Scramble for Knox's Seat ,.
There will 1 be a scramble between
.Pennsylvania' Republicans for; Mr.
Knox's seat, which will occasion public
interest equal to "the contest going on
in Unto for tne seat or esenaior jjoraser,
and in Connecticut ior -tne seat ot sen
a top RranJec-ee. .
That Secretary Root will receive the
New York senatorship now held by Sen
ator Flatt is conceded, and a contest la
, iot expected. - ' v .'
' Republican senators whose terms ex-
Eire at the end of the present congress,
ut who are sure of being returned, are:
Cummins of Iowa, now serving out tha
unexpired term of the late Senator Alli
' eon: Dillingham of Vermont, Oallinger
of New Hampshire, Heyburn of Idaho,
Perkins of California, Smoot of Utah
and Stephenson of Wisconsin. '-
Democrats who will be returned are:
Clarke of Arkansas, Clay of- Georgia,
Oore of Oklahoma, Johnston of Alabama,
McEnery of Louisiana, Newlands of Ne
vada, Overman of North Carolina, Smith
. of Maryland and Stone of Missouri.'
Although Hopkins of Illinois and Pen
rose of Pennsylvania face fights, they
expect to win.
. Beaten In Primaries
By reason of defeat In primary con
tents Senator Ankeny of Washington
will be succeeded by Representative
Wesley L, Jones, Senator Hansbrough
of North Dakota by M. N. Johnson
of Petersburg, N. D., Kittredge of
South Dakota by Governor Cos I.;
Crawford and Long of Kansas by Joseph
I j. Bristow of Sal In a. former fourth aa
, aistant postmaster general, -
All of these men are Republicans, and
In addition Fulton of Oregon,. probably
will be succeeded by Governor Chamber
lain, Democrat, who was victorious In
the primaries, a ' . , r - ,....,,..-..,:
If pledges made 'by eertalri Republican
members of , the Oregon . legislature are
kept Chamberlain will come to the sen
ate, but If they are violated, as Fulton is
demanding, if course. Fulton, will be
cnosen ia succeed mmseir. :
Of' the - Democratic senators whosa
terms expire on March 4, Bray of South
Carolina will be succeeded by E. D,
flmith of Columbia, and Milton of Flor
ida by Duncan U. Fletcher of Jackson
ville. - --.v.- ., ,
BeptAUean From Kentucky. V
Offsetting the Oregon situation la that
of Kentucky, former Governor W. O.
Bradley, Republican, having been elected
to succeed McCreary, Democrat. Teller
of Colorado will be succeeded by Charles
J. Hughes of Denver. Teller declined to
be a candidate for reelection.
Thus the contests have been narrowed
down to Ohio, Pennsylvania, Connecticut
and Indiana,, where a Democrat will be
elected to succeed Hemenway, the legis
lature of the atate having been lost by
the Republicans In the recent election.
The eyes of the country are on Ohio
because of tha candidacy of Charles P.
Taft brother of the president-elect, for
the seat of Foraker, who has declined to
abandon his place without a fight. Other
, jnen opposing Mr. Taft for the seat are
; Representative Theodore E. Burton. Har
ry M. paugherty and former Speaker J.
Warren Keif er. .....
SANTA'S BEAED AND
FACE BADLY BURNED
: (Special Dispatch ta The Journal.)
Halsey, Or., Dec. 26. At; a family
Christmas tree at - tha home of David
; Downing, the host's brother was Imper
sonating Santa Claus- his long flowing
beard became Ignited from a candle on
tha tree and before his disguise could
be removed, his .face was burned to a
blister. He. can hardly aea today. His
bands ra so badly burned that all the
cuticle has peeled off. It is reported
that he is resting easy. '
At tha same time at a union tree at
the Pity hall.-' In which - the Sunday
tsrhools of town took part, and while
all available standing room was taken, a
handkerchief caught fire and for a mo-
... ment a ripple of excitement ran through
the audience, . Some one on the -stage
had presence of mind enough to remove
the kerchief and extinguish the flame.
The article was hign up In the tree and
might have caused a big fire.
CHILDREN BURNED
WHEN HOME BURNS
Meeteetse, Wyo Dec. 26. A tele
phone message from Sunlight Basin, In
Yellowstone National forest,' tells a
besrtrendlng storv. of the death of the
little boys of Frederick Sessions, aged 4
years and 9 months, respectively, who
were cremated in the Sessions home,
which was destroyed by fire Thursday.
The parents were looking after livestock
in the barn and left the baby' with its
4-year-old brother In' the bouse, a few
" yards away. They did hot notice the
fire until the flames had gained such
headway that Sessions was unable to
get inside . the house, and be and bis
wife were compelled to exert all their
efforts to save the barn, hay and live
stock while their home and children
were destroyed. -
, a j. '.' " 1 1 ' fa
Salem vGranflre Fasscs. Reso
lutions Supporting. Wil
- lamette River Movement
and Free Locks and Canal
Delay Detrimental.
(Unites. Frees bussed Wire.)
.Washington, .Dec J8. Illinois leads i
tne states of the union In the grand :
total of tha number of divorces granted i
in me past xu years, accoraing 10 com
piled statistics on marriages and di
vorces just issued by the census bu
reau. 'Tha record for this. state during
tne period or usi-iaos was 2.zuy.
Delaware had the least number. 887.
Illinois alR leada in tha list of
states or divorces granted in 1906. in
which year 6943 unhappy couples were
unjoined by the courts. -. This Is con
siderably more than the total number
of divorces granted In the same year in
Delaware, Maryland, Georgia, West Vir
ginia and Florida, which was 4595.
lexas is next, in tne recora ior ivuo,
with 173. Ohio is third, with 4781, In
diana Is fourth, with 4048, and New
-The divorce rate throughout the court- I (Special DUpitca to The JwmU
try. based on total noDUlation. was al-l Salem. Or., Deo. 2(L -Reanlutlnna ex.
UinlsVoOn'e' o'Ahe lutein" lT active aupport
Tacts brought out in the statistics is " iuomm open mo tviiiu.hi
that during period of financial depres-lette rivet to navigation, and' maintain
slon- the number of divorces decreases tn- ic--.. hrtmn niffnnnr fru
as does the number of marriages, which : ' " a oreon, city forever, free
seems to indicate that families stick to-1 jotie oi isregon, were unani
set her in hard t imea. , mously adopted by tha Salem grange
Junius i ig imrun ur m. uuure m regular meeting this afternoon.
granted during the past zo years were I The legislature is railed upon to sus
hi urar oi u who. i pnuciwi um me provisional legislation for ae-
ground Is failure to provide; also It Is curing free locks aad canal, and thero-
noted that there were six cases In- the posed delay , is regarded aa seriously
state of I tah in which the husband b- detrimental to the reasonable develop-
I liv u uavvavv Aua ihib nviwv
Of the common rrounds for divorce.
Infidelity is the only one in which the
ment of tha Willamette valley.
following is a text of the resolutions:
"Salnm ffrs n a ar 1 u , n Urn
numoer or aivorces graniea ina nusoana hearty sympathy ar.d . support" forx tha
cjii-veu niuM; Bruin. i" w.i.- , movement to make tha wniamc
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vorcea ww. jr nru """' . iw and canal at Oregon City, by coopera-
wivea tOther tnterestlng facts gleamed tion of tha state and nation. We fa-
frm J S.epl Jtle:Ai., vor ustainlng tha provisional legiala-
Husbands contest v P00?1.- tion of this state in appropriating
lngs mora often tlian do wives. All- mon.T to secure frMTi.v. nA rnr
mony was asked . for in 13.2 per cent .nd extendlna the time of tha nresent
ano ODiainea m .i percent. -DDrnnrlfttlnn in ,k .rtaP,i
lamette rlvar
open to navigation; Including free locks
money to secure free- locks and canal
or tne cases ana ouiainea in . pni aDDronrlatlon tn r1v tha fertoril irnv.
The divorce rat reaehe. Its ma gjj eHo".?-1
ul 1111,1 WA"'"V Quite the locks and canal at Orecon
iirunaenness as a cause ior aivorce i ....i
r ':r.";..u.;vT.j ill.,. I tne people or Oregon.
"We are convinced that the tolls col
lected by the private corporation own
ing tna locaa and canal are tha heav
iest tax UDOn the producers of western
Oregon. The charge of 6(t cents per
ton on freight ana Z6 cents per passen
ger is not oiny collected from the trar
fic on the river but is added as a
charge upon all freight and passengers
nanaiea oy tne raiiroaas as wen.
upon motion, a further resolution
was adopted. Inviting members of the
Marion county aeiegation in tne legis
lature. Including Senators L. N. Smith
and T. B. Kay, and Representatives
fauon, juiouy ana natiewri, iu ua
open session of the Pomona grange.
Wednesday, January 6. at which time
the county grange will discuss the opsn
river.
The following officers were elected
today: Fruit Inspector E. C. Armstrong,
master; Alexander Trunbull. overseer;
Ida E. Morris, lecturer: u. l weaver.
steward: Clarence Armstrong, assistant
(aerial Ditnatrh to The JesrsaLI I steward: Mrs. R. f. Boise, chaplain
Tnndon. Deo. 28. The alarmist ru-1 K. C "Fletcher, treasurer: Zella R.
mors circulated in London during the! Fletcher, secretary; R. D. Teeter, gate
ast week or two wim regara 10 me i keeper.
eaitn oi M.ing tawira nave naa mo ki-
trrt of fnouBina- nuhllc attention UDOn
his successor, who has suddenly come In
for an amount of publlo attention that
must prove rather embarrassing for one
of his retiring disposition. The public
seems suddenly to have awakened to
the fact that Klnar Edward is now well
advanced In years and that be Is not at
an ltxeiy to- live to me ripe oia age
atalned by his mother. At, the same
time there has come a desire to learn
more about the future king, now the
prince ot wais. Although tne neir to
the throne Is now close to 4fi years of
age, the - most extraordinary Ignorance :
revaiis, not only aoroaa nut even in i'vns-
and concerning him. When a young
man Prince George, as he Is always
called, was only second In succession to ;
between the twentieth and twenty-fifth
years of married lire.
PUBUCWOI!
EDWARD'S HEIR
Something About the Man
of 45 Years Who Will
Reign as George V.
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Many samples to be closed re
gardless of cost.
$1.25 Dining Chairs ..vt... 85
$3.50 Oak Center Tables ..$2.45
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$5.00 Kitchen Safes- .$3.45 v
$8.50 Hardwood Safes . . . .$6.45
$12.50 Kitchen Cabinets ..$9.00
$15.00 Extension Tables $11.75
$26.00 Leather Chairs . . .$18.00
Carpets
. In this department are . more
extra ; values than ' any ; other.
Prices given are on "quantities,!
to 15 yards: -,
45c. Cotton Ingrain, yard . ..20
65cHalf Wool, yard 42
85c AH Wool, yard .....'.. 54 4
$1.00 . Lace Curtains, pair ; .60
$3.00 Comforts, each .....$1.35,
$1.80 Inlaid Linoleum, yd. $1.00
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Stoves
Price, is no object when it
comes to the end of the season in
this department. . 1
$1.75 Gas Plates, 2 burner $1.25
$2.50 Heating Stoves . .. .$1.50
$6.50 Laundry Stoves ....$4.85
$9.50 Box, Heaters .......$6.05
$11.00 Welcome Heaters' ..$7.00
$18.00 Royal Heaters . .$13.75
$25.00 Oak4Heaters $18.35
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ER A OLOIIIAL
his father, and aa a consequence ha did
not come in for much public notice. In
more recent years his retiring disposi
tion and quiet lire nave served errec-
IIISTITUTE 0PEI1S
New Institution Established
Under Auspices of the
Grovemment.
tively to keen him out of the limelight.
tastes in other directions it may be said I Institute, which has just been opened
(Beertt News by Longest Leased Wire.)
Hamburg, Dec. 28. Tha new Colonial
that tha bublla ia in absoluta lanorance. here, has already admitted 36 students
WfU Selra aa aoraa Seventeen of the men are official from
, VZT, , . . 5 j the Imperial Colonial offlce. The in-
1 The Prince of Wales Is the second son I .tit, ,. .. Ji .i.
cn'an8 "entttS " ' dlng
u'Vnnwn0!1.1".' Th new Colonial Institute is to be a
He wSs trned for the navy fnd his unJver8lt5r ,or Pl"tor merchants and
elrlv?5ve fo? the wate? haValwavs r- of1cia 8 who lntend to to th colonies,
2ST?-i0,2iS?rviVJf wt IH" aJ,w.al5n5: nd also a point where scientiflo and
hood he was known as a mischievous .lnAL AeT' C8J1 concentrate. In
boy, and It was as much op account of SSiTVh? iS5.E2V.r
his inability to control the royal young- .,; 'I 1, L J, "-u
ster as from any other reason that ills EfiSfJ,"0.1 fjf&Ji 2U.t bf insti?
father decided to send him to sea. mf,n,al Ji1 i",'"8.1". J8plr, ,nto; th"
Married May of Tack. 1 which. It Is hoped, much benefit and ad-
Prlnce Oeorge married Princess Vic-1 vantage will ultimately accrue to the
toria Mary of Teck, popularly known aa mother country.
"Princess May," In 1883. The princess The curriculum Is based on the Idea
Is the granddaughter of the first duke that immediate and practical advantuge
of Cambridge, Queen Victoria's uncle, must not be aimed at an much fm
and is therefore related by blood, though theoretic Interest in all that tends
not closely, to her royal husband. Her toward tha progress of science, expert
mother married the duke of Teck, and lence having taught that scientific work
the Princess May, England's next queen, is ultimately serviceable and beneficial
was born in Kensington palace in 187. to practical life. The course of study
tier giruiooa was speni line mat oi any includes law, politics, the science of
other young woman of noble birth, but language, history, geography, medicine
owing to her close relations with her and natural science, gut In all cases
second couain the late Queen Victoria, adapted to thevspeclal needs of the In-
wlth whom she was a prime favorite, gtltute. ' '
Princess May was more In the popular The lectures on rnlnniai nrnti m
eye at an early sge than any other young onp?offt b?fnglng cPonfJl plants' will
Wia" " Lf. Ll0!'"!- ...... "supplemented by excursions to T ware!
puonc sorrow in mngrana wnen tne .trato with th. nVr.-
young duke died, not so much on account fi UhoI nh hL,.5rce,"' .f I?
of his death as because It was thought ithV7iar of tha nrTf.W? iJ tftiS1
that the Princess May would not Tae- lni.P,J S r.nJw'JlfiJ
comex,ueen. Her engagement not long mfrc lai .'.i, fj?rllbym, 5fd JK?1
afterward to Prince Oeorge, brother of wnf i.5 h. n?w..;. Ik!
her lata fiance met with general nnhllr lootures will also be Illustrated In tha
approval general public courB, of .rcur8onB to different parts
fvhlle not a beauty, the princess ot , Qt"Jr,' where diverslfled geologl
Wales Is robust and healthy, and had at 'ormationa and the methods of
the time of her marriaae a beautiful adapting them to cultivation can be
Is a devoted mother, '
en oeuverv
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complexion. She
and the delight of her life Is in her six
children, all of them bright, healthy
scions of royalty.
umiKe his rather, the king, the prince
of Wales cares little for
never gambles. His only can
sport. - He
1 came is
whist. He cares nothing at au about
The Fight Is On
Evafy moment of your Ufa, whan you
ra at homa or abroad, whan you ara
awaka or when you ara asleep ,
Between the poison germa that are in
air. food and water, everywhere In
fact. nd the billlona of your , In
visible f riendW the Uttla oluier-cor-pusclea
in your blood.i:;r':.,v-;:;.---
If these little soldiers are kept
rtrbngr and healthy by taking; Hood'a
i irsapaxllla, you need nave no fear'
f disease. It effecta ita. wonderful
cures, not simply because it contains
s irsaparilla but because it combines
the utmost remedial values of more
than 50 different ingredients, each
rrratly etrengthcned and enriched by
tr.'s peculiar combination. V, r ;
0t it today in the usual liquid form
in ciiix-lted tablet form called
; ,t ' loa OA. ovular.
horses and never has ridden tn hounds
For some of the tamer forms of sport
and athletics he haa considerable liking
He is said to be one of the best tennis
players In England. But his favorite
diversion- Is fly fishing, a sport that.
Ht?vt?r naa appeaiea 10 King Kdwara, be
cause it Isn't exciting enough. - , -
In his younger days Prince Oeorge
was Involved in several escapades that
reminded the public of his father at the
same age. But since his marriage he
has led a life entirely free from any
thing that could be criticised either as
folly or worse. Today he Is much more
of a family man- than was the king at
his age, and it has often been said of
him that he ' prefers to play with "his
children rather than attend splendid
court ceremonials or to Interest himself
in the affairs of government. For so
ciety he cares absolutely nothing. He
dresses very well, but Is not as careful
in his attire as the king, and he never
win be the 'glass or fashion and mold
of form" for the London clubmen, as
his father the king wadgtn his youth.
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JAMES J. CR0SLEY, -
a v riOXlER, DEAD
Forest Grove. Or.. Dec. It. James
Jess CroRley, a resident of this place for
84 years, died here today of consump
tion. He was born at Mackinaw, 111.,
where he.. spent his boyhood. He was 62
years old. A widow and the following
children survive him: Percy Roy, Clyde
Lester. Mis Kerrln Carey, William Hen
ry, Miss Kdna May, Mitts Ruth Leavia
and Jens Avis Crowley, all of this place.
Inteirment will lake, place Monday. Mrs.
Uforge Klrkwood.l aged 70. died'bere
yesterday. '.Wr. Kirk wood survives her.'
An additional course of lectures will
be devoted to an explanation of tha most
advantageous and beneficial manner of
preparing food In th tropics, and all
students will be trained to give first
aid in case of accidents and ordinary
tropical complaints. The elements of
veterinary aurgery will be taught and,
in view of the advance of oriental seml
clvlllzatlon, which appeals to the natives
more strongly than does European clvlw
lzatlon, a course of lectures will be de
livered on Islamism. ,
Tha conduct of the new "Colonial In
stitute will be in the hands of the Coun
cil of Professors, of which Dr. Thulenius
Is president, but, in order to keep theory
In constant touch with practice, the
council will be augmented by three mer
chants at present engaged in the colonial
trade. . Dr. Stuhlmann, who has lived
In German East Africa for many years.
Is the secretary general of the Institute.
DRASTIC STEPS BY :
; PRESIDENT GOMEZ
(8prll Dispatch to The Journtl.)
dispatch to 'the Tribune from Port of
Snain. Trinidad, says that passengers
arriving there from ports In Venesuela
report that Acting president Gomes has
taken drastlo steps to suppress friends
and supporters of Castro. In order to
check any possible rebellion on behalf of
the overthrown executive. Gomes, the
dispatch says. Is having every prominent
sympathizer with Castro placed under
arrest. The jails ara thus being-filled
to overflowing with political prisoners.
The leading followers of Castro, it is
said, will be deported as further pre-
i;.uiiuu Bg.i nab t - lovvituiiuimijr uui
break.- !t Is believed here that the
energetic measures of the Gomes gov
ernment will prevent any nosslollity of
an uprising. All of the soldiers in the
Veneiuelan army who nynpathlse with
Cantro have been dlsctiard and the
ranks filled with supporters of Gomes, i
For the convenience of those
looking forward to Christmas ;
presents which they have not as
yet received, the general dellv,
ery windows , at all carrlersta
tlons and at the main postoffice
will be kept open today two
hours, instead of one, as Is
customary. There is a mass
of mall awaiting delivery and .
by additional time ' this morn
ing. It is thought thousands of
persons will call for letters and
packages which otherwise they
would not get until Monday or
Tuesday.
All offices will be open this
morning from 10 o'clock until
noon. Ordinarily, the carriers'
windows at the different branch
es are open from 10 to 11 o'clock
on Sundays. Postmaster Mlnto
.gave this order yesterday. ,y ,
F0UJITEEN LIVES ARE . -
SAVED BY COLLISION
(Special Piapateb to The Joornal.l
Keswick, Cal., Dec. S. Fourteen
miners employed in the Iron Mountain
mine, started last evening to make the
trip to Keswick over the heavy down
grade of the railroad. In a f latcar. Af
ter going; two miles the brakes of the
car failed to work and the car, Impelled
only by gravity, trained terrlflo speed.
The lives of the 14 miners were prob
ably saved by the car running Into the
rear of an ore train that had left the
mine an hour before, but-which broke
down on the way to Keswick and was
standing 'still on the main line.
The car loaded with miners bumped
Into the rear .ore - ear, which was
smashed. The miners were burled Into
snowbanks, which broke the force of
their fall. Six of the men were serious
ly Injured.- A hospital train went from
Keswick and conveyed the Injured men
to the Mountain Copper company's hos
pital here.- The Iron Mountain railroad
has the steepest grade in the state. Had
Liia i.ai vsk ,.inGi 11111 ,ynu .1, nuuiu
have been a miracle If all the miners
were npt killed, aa the car would final
ly nave plunged down the mountain
side. 'v -. , -- - -:- :-,-.'.-.; "v'.,, ,
MODEST J. HAHHSg;
. (LEWIS) AGAIN
w " Los Angeles, Dec. II. J. Ham- '
ilton Lewis today made the fol- e
w lowing statement: . ' 4
"The probabilities are that I e)
4 will go to Japan, China and the - 4
Philippine islands oa a mission
4 . before X return. A quick,, hasty.
trip It will ba -
' 'It "is also true that I carry a)
4 with me letters and papers ad- 4
dressed to the ministers, ambas- . 4
aadors -and governors . of ' the
Islands, Hawaiian and Philip-
- pine, but 1 must beg to. be ex- ;
4 cuaed from speaking of ' the
w' matters that take me; they ara 4
4 not of publlo importance and at 4
4 - this time would not Interest otb- 4
4 era than those personally , con- 4
4 eerned. Nothing that I - say 4
4 must be taken to indicate that I , 4
4 am representing . the , atate -de- 4
partment, for I am not , 4
4:--':; 'Oo.-; " : "Tyf;-i ..-' .4
Chemically pure Iron was obtained for
the first, time recently by a German
chemist who used a series of processes
to remove the sulphur. It is said to
resemble platinum and to have ' many
properties -different from iron aa gen
erally known. . . -s . '-,.. -r " ,
LAID Oil TRACK
Carl S. Henry Dies as Resul
y of Fiendish Acts of
Unknown Thug.
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iUnlted Press Laaaed Wlre.
Fresno, Cal., Dec. 26. Cart g. Henry,
a Southern Pacific ear inspector, was
found in a dying condition on the rail
road tracks at Vlaalla at 2 o'clock this
morning. ' His skull had been fractured,
apparently with a gasplpe or some aim
Ibar Instrument,' and one arm had been
crushed by the Wheels of a train. In
an interval of consciousness this
morning he stated that a man ' came
up behind him early last evening, beat
Mm on the head and stretched his
bod-y across the railroad track. Be
fore the train came Henry partially
dragged himself off the. rails. Henry
died later in tne morning. Ha is said
to have belonged to a well known fain
lly at Columbus, Ohio, and leaves
family In thatlclty.
NO PUPILS COME; -BUT
SCHOOLMA'AJI STAYS
nvzsszsssCTnzssxnsssaKssass
Pretty Teacher Boycotted by Tarents
' Continues to Draw Pay lr
. manded Resignation.
(Rneclal DI.Ditrh to The Jmimal.i
Toledo. Ohio. Dec. 26. Miss Marv
Crellln. a pretty 18-year-old teacher of
the ,Walte Hill township school, near
here, has been teaching school for the
past five weeks without any pupils, as
tne result 01 a boycott started by tne
parents over a fancied wrong.
Each day Miss Crellln opens up the
little one room schoolhouse, rings the
Den ror tne pupus tnat ao not come,
calls the empty seats to order and goes
tnrougn a mimic routine or scnooi teacn-
But sha draws real " monev ; for her
maae oeiieve teaching and tnus nas com.
tletely outgeneraled a score of indig
nant parents, wno nave sou grit to xorce
her removal, charging that she was not
capable 'of governing the children. - .
The demand for her resignation was
wnat decided Miss creuin. "Had it been
a reauest." she says. I might bave com
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And the school board is backing her up.
. 't nen parents, thinking to rorce her
resignation, withdrew. their children and
started a boycott, but the plucky Tittle
leacner is siiu - Keeping scnooi. -
TERRIFIC STORM '
- . ' CHECKS SCHOONER
fHneeli
ilaT Dlaoatch to T6 Joiirtinl
Norfolk. Va.. Dec.: 26. Meager ad
vices of the wrecking of the schooner
William Larmar and the rescue of the
nine men composing her crew by the
Austrian steamshiD - Columbia, have
reached here by wireless from the Dia
mond Bhoela lightship. The Larmar was
wrecaea . zu mues east . or Currituck,
n. c. ; -
The ichooner is reported to ba still
afloat and a menace to navigation. It ia
iresumea tnat tne juiated vessel came
o grief during the severe . northeast
sale last ween. me . tnree masted
schooner zacchus Sherman, wrecked py
tne recent srorm ana aDanooned py the
crew, was towed into Hampton Roads
late last nignt by a wrecking steamer.
NITR0 ARTIST CEASED,
. AWAY FROM HIS JOB
(United hw Lena WlrO
Sacramento. Cal.. Dec. 26 Htnrv
Cheney, a one armed night watchman,
engaged In a revolver duel with a safe
cracker whom he encountered In the
Brewer's Home saloon on -the outskirts
of" the business -section earl-r .NMir
l'heney saw the man tampering Itb,!
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Clearance Sale
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Save Money and Time
by Coming Direct to
Le Palais Moyal
Every Coat, Suit, Dressi Skirt, Jacket, Waist-ycs,
evtry article in the.Jhouse will be6ri sale at the
greatest money-saving prices ever seen in Portland.
Come and see and be convinced. 2 ' s
375 WASHINGTON ST. '
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Piano Bargains . Extraordinary
A nigh-Grade Used Piano Better Tbaa a Cfceap New Oae
A FINE, SLIGHTLY USED PIANO FOR ONLY
0157.'
Here are, to be found a number oi
slightly used Pianos -which are very
desirable instruments . sweet tone,
beautiful case designs, well-knbwn
makes worth in many instances near
ly double the price quoted. 1
I . Some have been taken in exchange
as part payment towaad the beautiful
Sohmer or a Haller Xr "Da via - whit
others'hav.e been out on rent, and' since being returned have
been polished and tuned and are none the worse for their slight
use. ' ,. , r ' . r - -Another
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bull another upright in excellent condition, leftwith 41
us by family going to China, now only,..; .'...;; . 2)151)
Others at prices far below their actual value. Come and in-
" - vestigate these tomorrow. . ' . '
GRAVES MUSIC CO.
lllf Fourth Street, North of Washington. - .
the safe, but as he entered the door
the burglar cot the drop on him. Cheney
backed oiif ut returned by the back
door. The bursrlar fired twice and.
Cheney returned the fire, but hi gun
failed him after the first shot and the
burglar got , away.. iTbe -cracks about
the safe door had all been "soaped" a"nd
the burglar was about, to : eplodev a
charge of nitroglycerine when Inter-'
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Philadelphia woman has devised
a nightgown opening down tha back.
for, use rn hospitals t be put on-a
person too ill to rise from bed..
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