THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. FRIDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 24. 1003. HITS TAPPED; STAMP CRUSADERS MAKE LAST STAND IN PORTLAND TODAY Creditors of Defunct Portland Institution Learn New Facts Concerning-Bank Which Failed two Years Ago. ' ' Tits algnal la given and the curtal rlnga down on the Red Cross stamp crusaders who, for a month, liava held center place on the stage of Portland attention. Sis encore ara, arranged, one for eaeh day of nest week, which meana that the Visiting Kuree associa tlon In writing "suoress" aa the finis to their Red Croaa atanipa do not write It In capita! "Not H the stamps have been sold, and although the organised effort to aell them cloaca with today,- those who wish them for New Year'a una will be able to . obtain supplies from the visiting Nurse association headquarters any day of nest week. -fcVfltma.tlo mttnrt. . hnvivp ... tiaa twen RECEIVES S75.000 productive of results. The net lesa than $8000. including stamp and postal card sales and . voluntary dona' tlon. This Will all b spent In caring for consumptives In Oregon. In die aemlnatlng educational matter and in giving warnlnga against tha tfreat white plague In Oregon next year. The 12000 or mora which the Visiting Nurse as sociation will send back to the National Ked Cross headquarters will be apent In the national work of fighting- tuber culosis. . In other words, every cent of COLUMBIA SOUTHERN Irrigation Company. Closely Related to Oregon Trust and Savings Bank.' ISilem Bursas of Tha Journal.) Salem, Or., Dec, 24. Creditors of thejtne mont,y r by selling stamps and Columbia Southern Irrigating company j postal cards will be used for the bene- end also those who have not yet fully fit of consumptives, ruled with the defunct Oregon Trust & The crusade has been : attended by Savings bank sre Interesting themselves "m uJT,r'"lnr Mtisfying features. . ,v u-i First, the disposition of the very poor. In the reported recent sela of the bold- wholcoul(1 freely afford it. to spend in of the Columbia Soothern company mon(.y f0r stamps and thus help the to a new concern, the Washington. Ore- cause, which, In turn. Is principally Kon A Idaho Finance company. Accord- tctlv ln helping the sick among them, ing to Inqulriea made at Salem the Co- Seconds the magnificent wsy in which lumbla Southern received $75,000 for th, women, not only of Portland, but its holdings ln centrsl Oregon. ' ' ' of the state, have responded to the That the sale haa been consummated app,ai to get In line and help In the nn recognised by the state 1s svl- fight, "A veritable army of women has lenced by the fact that recently the auc- been besieging the pocketbooks of the rossors to me uoiumoia ooumern na.v i state. That' their efforts have not applied to the Carey Doara xer a new water rights previously acquired by the h" . .n.i. ' Columbia Southern. , . ; mlnd" of the townspeople.. . f. . The Columbia Southern was ctoeely Wonderful Craft It Beports Are Trne. hound up with the affalra of the Ore-1 - if TUllnghast's statements that he gon Trust & Savings bank.' W. H. I made the trip from here to New Tork . .Moore, president or tne Dana, was aisoifr0m there to Boston, and from BOS' president of the Irrigating company. - Citoh back to Worcester without alight K. Lytle and W. Cooper Morris and an(i that his machine will maintain otners, trustees or tnn uregon irusc ( speed of 130 mile" an hour are true. Savings bank, . were also trustees and j the aviation world will receive a big directors in the Columbia soutnern. it surprise when be decides to break his is reported mai money was lasen rrom i silence. the" vaults of the bank and loaned on I The secrecy maintained at the Gough very favorable terms to tne irrigating i estate and the careful manner ln which company to further its Interests in east- j the shed, discovery today Is being ern Oregon. , ..-vw I guarded. Jends new weight to the be- in its new contract tne state nas i iief that a, marvelous ship has been H B V, 4- 4 fflUHDEH ' 7S INDICTED FOR KILLING BROTHER Indictments Also Voted Today by the County Grand Jury Against Others Accused of Various Crimes. ,v ' f SYEARSiNPEfJ Alfred Sheer, Huntington Rob bcr, Pleads Guilty to . $4p00 Burglary. Owtn Linden, alias Owen M Linden, charged with murder in the first de gree, is one of six persons who received unwelcome Christmas presents In the form of Indictments from the county i.fi,t l ..ireeaa Is evManoed bv 4he rand Jury thla morning. He Is charged returns ln money and In the aasurancea !. killing" hie brother, James Linden. that if the campaign la undertaken 1n a qmrm v oeroow o. , , again next year It will be met with . James Unden(wss struck down with a greater dogree of Interest-than everj club, and the slsyer will have to an before . Iswer for his life before a jury In the Third, the help given by school chil- circuit court, prooaoiy at tne enruary dren. Thla Intereat has been regarded '" "" as peculiarly valuable, for It is a fsct the grand Jury were Minnie Byrne. Katie that tuberculosis spreads most easily Schledeman. H. Bchledeman. Mra. . C. In crowded heated schoolrooms. While Schledeman, William Oelsner and tt T. the children have been selling stamp Croddy. , ; they have been learning the dangers of - Xadloitaff for Assault, .. -' consumption, and the best .way of j Charles Tabler. another of the men avoiding the disease. ' I Indicted, is accused of sssault uponi The Visiting Nurse association, which! Miss Marie Buskuhl with Intent to kill hss led ln the campaign, feels very I by the administration of poison. Tabler grateful to the varloua organisations I had been courting Miss Buskuhl, who that have aided the fight. The ,Woman,'s was employed as s domestic, and ahe club, the graduate nurses, ana many i charges thst on November Z9 he slipped othera have been very active and very I Up behind her as she sat In a chair and effective. '' ' - 1 held chloroform to her nose until she Red Cross stamps have gone from I na unoonsclotis. She managed to mske Portland and from other Oregon cities her way to the bathrom and give an an over tne wona .' roDaoiy iiv, I alarm. Red Cross stamps were soid lnout- H. V. Warnockla accused of obtaining state town, the remainder, in Fort 1175 by false oretensns by presenting (Rperlal Dlipatcs to Tha Jooru.l.l Raker Otj Or., Dec, XI. Three prls oners yesterday pleaded guilty and re ceived their sentences. Alfred Sheer will spend six years in the-pentltentlary ror robbing the Knox Jewelry store at Huntington on the sventng of Decem ber 1. lie secured 14,000' worth of diamonds and Jewelry. Most of the valuables were recovered. . Elaon MrDuffy of Harney -t county pleaded guilty to the charge of forgery but owing to extenuating circumstances the court paroled him. Arthur Cook, who haa been In trouble, before In Baker City, pleaded guilty to tne charge of forgery and will spend two -and-a half yeara In the pentlten tlary. This completes the criminal docket for the present term. RARE PRESENCE OF MIND SAVES AGED WOMAN FROM DEATH land. made its Interests more secure than in constructed. Toe correspondent was the old one, and it is believed tnat jus- j taken before the Justice summarily to- tice for the settlers - who have been I dav. and the swift manner ln which mistreated for so many yeara will be I he was nrosecuted. for trespassing 1 uie outcome. I believed to ' have been employed as a warning to others who might attempt K. E. Lytle said today that the trans-1 to Invade the secrecy of the airship fer of the Columbia Southern Irrigation j plant. company s interests to tne- wasnington, Oregon & Idaho Finance company had undoubtedly been! accomplished as .the result of long continued negotiations." "W. H. Moore was never president of the Columbia Southern irrigation com- 7 pany, nor was he ever' connected with ' ift In any way. J. Prank ;"Watson was president for - some " time, then he ; re signed and since then Vice President Clarke of Oregon City has been, acting as p residen U, Nei t,her W. Cooper Mor ris nor myself are, : or have been, dl CHRISTMAS GIFTS E OR UF.IER0US W. Belcher; to W. W. Savage a falae bill of aale to the furniture in a house at tog Park street that he did not own. The of fense alleged dates back to October, 190. but Wecnock has been out of the recently appre- Joseph A. Tauscher X violin. Miss Julia Burke. . At tha SL Lawrence church masses will be at the same hours; the early j etate and was pnly mass will be sun by the children s nenaed. ' eholr and late maas by the regular choir. ' P. I Austin, a dentist, and Nettie under Mr. .Fleming's direction. ' The 1 winn, wno were oouna over in tne mu personnel of the choir Is as fpllows: Jnlclpal court on a statutory charge, are Snnranna Mrs. Frank RuckerL Miaaea In the Indicted list, and so is Oscar Anna Twins, Loretta Sheasgreen, Nellie Auen cnargea wjui a statutory crime Cardiff, Anita Champagne, Marguerite against jsisie Mattes, a If-year-oid girl. De Keyser. Mildred zane. Bertha Iahale, ; Indictment Withheld. r -n 1 . mu.k.ll .M : iwaw bans,.. DaruaiB , iwiicbch, '' I k.. I. kk1.1 Masterson. Oretchen Kurth, Marl. , r"' r " , iwirauHuwr, :. . lat hurra. Two "not tru bare. Irene Barbara. Ethlee Logsdon, Agnes Finn, Blanche Lahaie. bills were re turned. One of these release A. "C. McKeen, charged with obtaining goods by false pretenses from F. L Hsrtman TenorsA, Glanelll. Thomas Kllleen. 1,"" ZiZZ "a t T ir "d tk m-T i-(. I by means of a sight draft on E R Mile. The latter came to Portland as a witness ln behalf of McKeen. who is bis brother-in-law. and was put under bond as a witness. . . Being - unable to furnish 11000 bail he has been In JalL Robert Barrett, Joseph Finn, Aloyslu Hyland. -:a,-' ,-.;.,, .--,: -v-,. Bassos Andrew Cain, Ludwig Wolt- ring, A. B. Cain, C. F. Twltchell, J. J. Atkinston, A. Fleming. .. , ,Soi r-Jli,ri e"n babea corpus proceeding to Sunday afternoon Ohr sfmas exercises obt.r hi release, but allowed the mst- for ' the children will be held ln the : obtain his release, but allowed the mat will Ka .i.,An . , t v uift LiiBh m iiuv l.rue uiii - WUU1U (Continued from Page One.) rectors In the Columbia, Southern com- t off theJr ,,eieCuona until the last Tom John Kelleher minute, and are now clamoring tor tneirijack Malcolm McL,ean turn at tha nerve worn clerks. And to-j Mistress Santa Clau .. ..Helen Cardiff night It Is expected that there will be Claire ................Mary Masterson the same annual wild eyed throng as ln Helen .............Adelaide Sheasgreen former years. . . v. ... . Marie ,i. ...... ..Beatrice 'Cowan Stores Close at 930. '' Ad it. .-.. j,.... Marie Thompson .v.. v. j, Chorus, .girls, boys, gnomes u and will close at J:S0 o'clock tonight. That 1 jtiinri- Tav. nueniwn.iiiB tigntiug wa oesperaie, means that the doors will be closed at I : The services at St David's EpIscodsI that time, and no one can get ln, though I church, . East : Twelfth and Belmont those inside may complete their buying atreets, on Christmas day are as fol This expected result' frees Misses Mary Masterson, A. JSenn JT'S.f1 I- Tour Welcome Here" .Cliorus f""?.!??.:? Operetta, "Santa Claus Heaquarter." ''.iT,.":"" Characters. f. ' ' ' I John Neusen. ! He was accused of hit- Santa Claus .'.Daniel Wilson I ting' Neu'sen- with a hand Tiay hook on Jack' Frost , , . , . .Francis Jacobberger j December 8. Circuit Judge Morrow- re Wanderer ........... Qeorge Wlederhold I celved the grand Jury's report, in the temporary absence of Presiding Judge pany. My Interest In It is simply be cause of money I invested In It." l OVERTHROW OF THE GOVERNMENT CERTAIN (Continued from Page On.)" and marked by severe Jobs of life. At six o'clock, however, a white flag was run up from the Zelayans' position. Toledo WUl Probably Surrender. Ths Zelayan ,rmy that has occupied Greytown has evacuated the city, ac cording to messages brought here today. The Greytown garrison, which was tin der the command of General Toledo, ls entirely cut ort from the defenders of Jianagua, and It Is believed Toledo will surrender without ' making ran attempt to reenforce the troops at the capital. Many Americans are playing a heroie part In the triumphs of the revolution ists. ; Some of them are popularly held to be partially responsible for the rebel victories at Rama and Kecero early this - week.-: ' . America. Hag- for Bandage. ' John Brainsford of North Dakota was wounded three- times during Monday's fighting. He was left for dead on the field, but three hours later with an American flag bandaged tightly about a severe wound on his arm. he crawled into Estrada's camp. He wss brought to a hospital here, a' . ; . Generate Gonzales. Castello and' Ro berto of the Zelayan forces, who were captured in Wednesday s engagementa, were brought to this city today, and are held am prisoners of war. 1 Many of, the prisoners brought to Blueflelds were In a pitiable physical condition, 'i They were half starved and, according to their assertions, has sub- sistea on bananas, and corn for more before being driven out Idwa. The oldest Inhabitant ha never seen a' m - n0.1 communion; 7. a, m.. - luinuiuuiun yiv a, m., morning such a tush upon the store and the toy prftyiir. 10:80 a. : m... holy communion counters as now, he says, and he goes an(1 Mrmong by the rector, the Rev. on to argue mat tne wiaespreaa pros- i Henry Russell Talbot perlty of the country is responsible fort The following mush: will be rendered this condition, because men have steady I t this service; work and a regular Income, and conse j Solo "Rejoice Greatly". , .Mme d'Auria quently large hearts and generous bands. J communion service . , . , . , ..Eyre This same well-to-doneas and it con-j Communion hymn ......... .Suxa Jones sequent spirit 'of liberality ! bas - also I Miss Lynch, Mrs. Campbell, Mra. Gay- caused the sunshine to come Into roany'ru, miss jones. a humble home.r Portland people, as a I Cantlque Noel ..........Adam rule, do not like to sea themselves and I Miss Buza Jones snd choir. their own happy, while their neighbors I At 5 the Norwegian Danlsji Methodist are sad. For this reasohcharlty. off 1- J Episcopal church. Vancouver avenue daily, and again Incognito, haa come tolnd Skidmore street, special services the aid of those who have been unfortu-1 wiu do given enrtatmas day at 11 a. m. nate and smoothed the holiday season nd at 7:80 Sunday school exercises and for them. : No report has been made, sol tree. far, of any home Into which Santa Claus will not creep during the. darkness of tonight- If any such report should come a special messenger would undoubtedly visit that plaoe, before . tomorrow had passed. . : ";Y;: wea Provided Wltb. road. ' WHILE, MAN SLEEPS . FIRE BURNS CLOTHES than two weeks. ; HUNDREDS CLAIM (Continued from Page One.) machine -without hi assistance or di rection. : , i . Mj Be Craft. .. . . . . . Reports of last night's flight! came from varloua directions. Many of those who saw the craft declare that they could make out tbe outlines of two men seated In the frame of the ship. Others . say that only one person was aboard. All agree, bowever, that the frame work of the machine could be rt fernd above the swiftly moving lseht which attracted their attention. The machine was seen at North horo. H-.peial. Grafton. North. Grafton. ITp "'. Natkk. Ashland. Marlboro. South rramir.ston and also was reported to I n irririraa uoaion common. Tiilfrijliaat remalDl sihit today ami f fuaed to dtseuas fets airship in scy sy. The belirf thst he Is the raven-t.-r f r.n of tbe ronet reaisrkafela air . ! t . world has knows baa growa (SDcclal Dtioatck to The JosvaaLl - La Center. Wash.. Dec. 24. J. Ynnnr. The various organlsea charities of thai auist a bachalnr. hn ni city have been well provided with f unda mlltsa or Center, was badly -m .h-iff.r, Iburnwl while asleep near a hot stove, tions. The board of charitlea is looking AfteP bwtln;, a hot fir Toungqulst after Individual cases. The Salvation I eaieo nimseir by the stove. After dos Armv and the Volunteer of America I 'ng off to sleep his clothing came In are planning to feed and cheer hundreds contsct with the heated stove. His leg of the wanderers from the highways and I w" oumea rrom tne ankle to the thigh. byways of "the town. On every hand He Is in a precarloua condition. He the spirit of Chrlatmas was wrapped lost his right arm while working: In ibe city. . v I verted s mui nere about two yeara ago. Official recognition of this spirit cel- mnuvn ui uia tvmi nmniui ui uurisi- i iuncuttr(-iiics AITVSieiZ. ma a, will be accorded by tne churcbea ori (spMJal I) 1mm tea u The JosrnaLt the elty tomorrow- and later ln thai Rcsebur. Or.. Dec ti Two irruti week, when "special services will be held wre made her - yesterday for aUeaed Bronaugh. Thinking It was a final re port. Judge' Morrow thanked the Jury in a ' neat ' little speech,. : wished the Juror a merry Christmas, and started to discharge them for the term, when Deputy District Attorney Vreeland ln formed the court ; that this was not the final report The jurors will con sider other business next weekN TERMINAL DEAL If! NORTH END . mm , ,-: ' (Continued from Page One.) entrance Into this city.' It could only com over the North Bank bridge and terminal yards In tha northwestern part of tbe city would, of courae, be a ne- cesslty. . The theory, therefore, that thl lateat movement of property " ln that section is to supply the terminal re quirements of Portland fourth trana continental road finds much to give It l-uivr. . .... ' Jame J. Hill, when here last week. stated in an interview with The Jour nal that he was not here to Inspect the system s properties, as generally had been reported In the press of the Paciflo nortnwest along ths rout of his tour, thereby Intimating that he was here on a vastly more important mission. " JTot Sera to Inspect. , ;.- 'Our lines do not need my Inspection,' was Mr. HifVe curt answer, when asked If that was the purpose of hi tour this time. , v. -v. 'Certainly we are going to do things, but for me to divulge the plans at this time would be to block them," the vcf eran magnate quickly ' responded when asked ln regard to future plans for this district 'But-you don't suppose Ii would tell what they are. j v And that he did not give Portland two days for a rest cure, he Indicated when asked If he had planned how to' spend tne time, - ',". -,':; " -; I am going to be very busy. I am go ing to see thing, but never mind what I am going to see." . "How about terminal matters?" was aaked. ."Terminals have nothing to aay about terminals. What you want to do is tfget busy and stir up 4mmigra tlon." ' That the terminal question was upper most ln importance, Is now the accepted belief among many who had opportunity to Keep tab on the railroad . builder' movements here. v W. G. McPhersoh. of the W. G. Mc pherson Co., declined to option his three quarters of a block, saying. that Mr.,Gos- sage did not produce any credentials showing who he represented, and wanted the option -for 91) day . without giving ny consideration. VI could see nonbusi ness In this, and declined to deal with him." mwmmmmmmmmmmmmmmMmmmimmmmmmmmmmmm (t'nltfd l'rM I-eaaed Wlra.) Los Al)SU'S, leo. H. 'i'o her rare presence of mind, Mrs. I J. Jjtberon. 70 yeuis old, owes her life. Hhtr was crossing Broad way when a Grand Avenue ear bore down - upon tier. in the crush of street traffic it waa Im poaalblfl for her to escape. Iluhdreda .of Christmas shop pers gased horror stricken, ex pecting to sea the aged , woman ground to death beneath the wheels, Mrs. Laberon calmly crouched an Instant before the 4 Render struck her ankles. k She was tossed back against the screen, still sitting upright, ana thus she remained gasing benign ly about until a badly frightened moterman brought the heavy car to a stop.' Then Mra Laberon was assist ed to her feet She was not even bruised.' ' "I realised that If I sat down and raised my feet I would not be hurt." aald Mrs. 'Laberon af ter the unusual experience. "I suppose most women would have been excited but I was not It wa fun riding on the fender, but I would not like to repeat It. too often." ; . . 4 ' V . , AMiffllJI; SiniilG CHARGE Said to Have Worked a Phony Telegram in a Scheme to Obtain $1600 Loan, j WOMAN CONSIDERED PENNILESS HAS COIN ' (doited rTMS ta-wdlrtrO ' Los Angeles. Deo, It V. J. Dan- ford, an attorney, who was reoently dis barred by the superior oourt. Is In JaJJ, charged with having forged a telegram In an effort to obtain a loan of $1000. He was taken to tbe county Jail late last night Danford strenuously denied that he waa guilty of any of fense. He declared that he was at tempting to secure a loan for a client, . whose name he refused to divulge, According to C. J. O'Keefe, wh-v swore to the warrant, Danford solicited a loan of $1000 from him, and aa se curity offered a 6000 bond purporting -to be Issued by tbe San Miguel Gas Light and Power company of TeUurlde. Colo. - Danford stated, according to O'Keefe, that bonds . matured ln May, 110. ' v O'Keefe insisted on telegraphing to . the company and the message was writ- . ten and delivered to a messenger. Then,' he alleges, Danford called, up the tele graph company, regained possession of the message before It had been aent,. . then forged, a reply to the effect tbatC tne bonds matured In May, which he iDnlted Preas Leaaed Wire.) .- Kansas City. Dec 24. When friends gave to O'Keefe. of Miss Margaret Sullivan, who died O'Keefe made . Inquiries and learned. . ... ..... lan ha aJle area, that no telesram had nere recently, toon tsvuv in currency i r z , , mu. v.- .. . " t,..lv Meen sent or received. Then he had K a fmmil Ka aAmaai r V ' waa IVjv. I Kllfr. J iVUHU iiiw vriiiaa ii , w tiv vv ss aW lleved to ' have ' been penniless before the money waa discovered, had $3000 on deposit Mia Sullivan worked for 27 years at a hotel. When the proprietor died, several years, ago,, he left his faith ful servant $1000 Miss Sullivan de posited the money In a bank and' the Institution failed. Her friends believed her penniless, and It was not until her trunk was opened that her small for tune was discovered. A , v , -r 4 NANCE O'NEILL WINS LAURELS IN GOTHAM AND FAME IS HERS WALL0WANS UPHOLD LOCAL OPTION LAW ninpatcb ta Tha JonrnaLl.. Wallowa, ,; Or., Deo. 24.-Nearly SO business men of this city signed a paper which was circulated last week artd sent to Walla Walla for use ln the local I option fight there. This paper gave a splendid testimonial of the workings of the local option law In this county. . Harvey W. Harris has been appointed V (Oaited Press Laaaed Wlra. New York, Deo. Jt.--Nance . O'Neill, for years a . great fa- vorlte on the stage of the pa- ciflo coast, but without recognl- 1 tlon here, ha won her New iork laurels at last, and today Is heralded a one of .he foremost . e actresses of the age. Following her great suocess In e -rrhe Lily." which opened last night at the Stuyvesant theatre, S;; under the direction Of David Be-" lasco; her position is eBiaousuea above question. ' - J - ? After the third act of the play, the curtain had to be run. up 37 . times in answer to the insist ed ent applause. The audience gave supervisor of the Wallowa national for-Miss O'Neill the aort o" demon- est reserve. He has been acting super visor since the promotion of IL K. O'Brien over a year ago. Lee Blevans, J. Fred McClaln and Jo- soph A. Harris, rangers from the Wal lowa national forest, will attend the Rangers' School of Forestry In Seattle for several weeks this winter. stration that is. the dream of as pirants to dramatic success. All the 'New Tork papers to day agree in paying her nigh compliments and proclaim her aa one of the world's best actresses of her type. , . Blame Fixed for Freight Wreck. Pendleton, Or., Dec. 24. As a result of an Investigation, the blame for the . Public Tax Meeting., Hood River. Or.. Dec. 24. Pine Grove freight train runaway at Kalama has I grange at its last sesion placed Itself hmn lived UDon Conductor Rav and Ion record as favoring a public meeting Brakeman Anderaon. , The. Investigation of the taxpayers of the county .to dls, showed that the hand brakes had not cuss the tax question before, the coun.ty been properly set before the engine wasloourt met to fix the tax levy for tiie uncoupled. j I r year. . , . , . ' . . The sermons will be given tomorrow, tomor- m'" on4er rret V w- Bogard, row evening and Mondsy while appro-1 . r UMr"r resxn, ana enan priate sermons will be the order of the I KI; Chinaman, owner of the Oregon day Sunday. . . . I care, boiq were arraignefl before a jusiu-v ina pemn ana enierea pleas enrni I niinir-ni a r r . I" "ul iar neia nnaer OTCUIML. inrld i niMO , I bonds of tltO each. MASS CELEBRATION in two churches Utterly . Wretched Meet Me Tonight At - ?! c.'t r-f. At St Mary's church, o Williams avenue, special Christmas music will be givea at tho morning services tomor row. Mas will be at i. . ?. I. . and 1:I. - The last will be aol'mg high mass, celebrated by Rv. Father Daly, assisted by Fathers He1r and MtKmrr, Father Hetser will give-the sermon at late man. PTiJltlnn and hleawed aaevaaaent will follow. t Mary's choir, j under Joe TauarbrVe d I rrrl (on. with , ia Golds Com let at tbe rgan. will j sing: j Knwi Krr, nVorta and CVeio; . Ownod i Psrx-tss and Arum Ifl. and Noel fne offertory. tHrmnn Mra. fhmrit-m A'phona. Mis RshM 0t kites Nit Hatwwat ( trTi OI' MarhmAn; illn, Ura OrlnAd- Mj,h iMMmi Mf Ida N'eM. M.a Jalla Horke; ltn-s. J. W. H. u er, w ' m n4r-wnn4, arls '-'r K.i . rr Umr-T. i n-rc 1 li"? A Tul- I. J- Irr"--' Vervons Frortratloa "Long Sadored Be fore Bemedy Was I.. MIs Minervs Remlnrer. t'nner Bern. Pa., write r -For several years I had nervous prostration, and wa utterly wretched. I llred on breait and beef rtr. te b-oa fry stomach would not re- while Gosaage jraa here and (he tain mi tliln et-. I tvk many twnel... er, . irni. but ohtaJne-1 no r!Wf until I took . " "T? ? ,L P and- fractional block It, owned by Hoyt and Cook, were not secured . by their agent tlte . owners declining to sell. Three-quarters of -block 1, owned by W. G. Mcpherson, also could not be se cured. ... Options were taken on three blocks ln Blackstone's addition, ; as follows: Block 15, owned by Oregon Planing I Mill; block 13, ownedby Macleay estate; east half of block 12, owned by Macleay estate. R. L. Ray, owner of tho south half of block 14, in Blackstone's addi- j tlon, declined to sell. .: :.- I Block 29. In Watson's addition. Owned by W, D. . Hofiu of , Seattle, was op tioned' at $100,000. r 'n ').-Z'.---W,-.- When' the blocks were bought as a whole, the average price, per block fixed j by the owners was about. $100,000. but In dealing with Individual lot owners. Goasage waa forced to agree to fig ure which will average , not , far from $20,000 a lot ... , ; .-4 ' . Agreement Before Botary. , v In securing these 'option Gosaage paid $1 to each property holder and the agreement wa signed before a no tary and in the presence of witnesses. Attorneys express a : doubt whether a merely nominal consideration -of. $1 would be sufficient to make the con tract binding. '' j An Interesting story Is told of recent efforts to acquire property in this sec tion of the city. - For some time it has j been known that the Chicago, Milwaukee at St Paul waa figuring upon an en-j trance Into" Portland by way of the North Bank bridge over the Columbia, j This news was published exclusively ln The Journal some six weeks ago. ' A ah ort time previous private Individ-J oala had secured 48 and to day options i by Gossage. - These speculator had j heard the reports that the Northern Pa- ciflo or the Milwaukee waa expecting t purchase 'in that part of the city and! they evidently anticipated a large profit from the option which, they secured. However, no move wss made by either railroad, and the options expired. j Tli its ami's 'Apartmeata. . Then Mr. Gossage appeared a the seens and quietly gobbled up the prop- Jimii j. mil cams to Portland latter partment ' If ML V ii 0lds,W io nave encoorsgea tne impression that Id to with . w 12T,,h ff-il of the land departments it Rartwrarlila Mt. In u-iv,.ln' ' . ral Ikjuid term or taWets called sra- JM - -er or Carey A Ker ubs. tattomer for the North Bans line, whn -n toar, poeftivly declined to be e I tnterrlewH. stating that be was In n- I Trnt i ! imi ta di-tia tk wialt.v . 1 A Hwd'a HarvapaHDs. when I beraa rain at owe Am mv ruNnf." riT9, rird Mood make rK1. Mronar be was retrentln Hill and la si r-rr.. an1 this t why !( Ii(-r.i,lv, hof-n In frequent conference -riiia, m r it yuniii inq enrirnea tne l,Kol, -iirt- sa many rerrot I WK i ft 1 M trf lirMMlhl, vert an a-io.et it Is r.er l-po-s' tl. , ,0 Careys re- o. . rr lar-t Sle.. in at-.ttl.1?-4 Mem that the tK.s- op- of ,-r-o.-u-.s Ur.,T.t .e,t r- 1 , , 7" ,n"r'; ef r-,T f.-T r t- arl )'V-. i T. " t . ......... a . ... V.