'- t ; . - - - TltE EVENING JOUliNALi, PORTIiAWT, " ORESOy,rto3n5SDA Y". T JUITT , 2, 1902. 7 1 5 llf LOVES 4T III JfMB English Spinister Is 7 Stopped From Mak tA ing Love. Is 0 , ; (Journal Special Srrlc.) LONDON. July 2. A peculiar case has been under hearing by iae Barnet mag- tetratts who bound over Mia Clara - Child, a love-lorn lady of 60 Bummers. ; to refrain from annoying Mr. Leonard . faorne, minagur of a Hadley brewery. i.- Tb ludy fell In love with Mr. Home. Who la but M yean of age. In 1887. and ; sine then has persisted In considering ' tleraelf hit sweetheart. She haa wrlt . ten , him thousanus of love letters, of r which a few samples were read In court. In one of these he wrote: ' "I cannot live without my bonnle !n. It nearly knar me, dearie, when X see you laughing and talking with V.ther girls. .Let ma. be under the aiune roof, where nobody can drive me away. Take me In thoa loving arms of yours. -I cannot bear any gentleman's - arm around my fratst, dear, but , yours. Do com this evening and sit here and have some sup per, and talk with ma and send m the ale, Len, dear." r;;'... . , "I cannot live without you, ray darling lien." I give up all to keep true to you. Place me In 'your home, dear by yqur loving side and heart' - The magistrates had given' her till yes terday to find a surety! for 10, and when ft Was stated In court that she had been unable to do this the complainant's o Mcstor hard-heartedly, suggested that month's rest in Hollo-way might do her good, as she still sontlnvued the annoy ance. , .' . Vt; .. tla reply to this Mis Child says: " "I will apoiigu to Mr. Horn for .running after him -if he. will' bat forgive . me. I would aooner go to pnlson than contra dict my bonnl &en" The chairman said he would suspend the, 'commitment araini. but in the mean-' tK- -mam imslldK- molest Tkr. HowA; : ,....-.. ,Mls Child I may say "Good morning" t "Good venlng"yto hlm? ', , Even this was denied tier, and be tear fully left the couctroom, explaining: "He belongs to ma" . f . : '.- CHILD .CHARGED I WITH MURDER (Journal Special Servloe.) , CLARE, ' Mich July 2. Intense pub llo interest has been' aroused tn the case of 12-year-old Anna Curtis, whose ex amination oa a charge of murder was begun today before Justice Maynard. The girl is charged with' administering carbolic acid to the Infant son of Oeorg Pardee ' at the Curtis hones In which the Pardee boarded. The little girl was in a room alone with the.-babe and nothing was known of the affair Until Its mother heard the child screaming and' investigation showed -it to have been poisoned.- t. :'. ,. - ' .. . . ': L - .vis,' LORD KITCHENER. :- Next to Lord Roberts, was the lead ins 'sure in tbe late Brit RAQE MEET " (Journal Bpeclat Berries.) 4 INDIANAPOLIS, InjL, July 1-The . Business Men's Driving Club has every thing In readiness for the race meeting -which is to open at the1 state fair (rounds , tomorrow and 'continue through - the week. ! The stable are -well flUed with fast horses from u part of the coun try and from all Indications the, meeting- will .be one of the most successful , held hereabouts in recent years.' , f. r...t . : DAIRY COMMISSIONERS. , The members of the National Associa tion of Dairy Commissioners left Chicago last night for ; Portland to attend their oonvention here. They will be met at Huntington by Food and Dairy Commis sioner Bailey, President W. H. Wehrung and Secretary M. D. Wisdom of the State ( Board of Horticulture and Richard Scott Of Milwaukee, At The Dalles they will be met by a committee of ladles. They will arrive In Portland on the morning of July t. After a two days' session they will leave for Astoria on the Potter, , where they will be tendered a salmon dinner by the Push Club. 1 On their way back to .. PorUand they will visit the beaches. On Monday morning, the 14th, they will leave on a trip to Coryallls and Albany, and return in the evening. Ill 1111 QUITS The Great Humorist ; . Bids Audience a : X Last Adieu. "(Journal Bpecial, Service) COLUMBIA, Mo., July a.-Mark Twain has retired , fronj the .public platform '. t orerer JI1 appearance at the Missouri University, , where ,he received the de-J- gree of JUkDiwas his last as a' public speaker. ("Pleae announce. In the pa ,1 per, "said Twain, "that I have retired forever from the public platform." . When Jnteryle,wed concerning .the recent dispatches to the effect that the Ger man translations of his' works have been excluded by the Russian authorities, Mark Twain was not a bit worried. ELECTION CONTEST. , C. , W. llem, the ' Republican candi date for Councilman of) the Eighth Ward, has filed a contest against D. T. . Vherrett, Otitens candidate. The plaintiff sets forth in his complaint lr , regularities committed In counting the ; Votes In prectacU 88, S7, 38, 89 and . fit n wivts " .-;."' --.lslBsisslBsBBsBaeaBSesMi , . - (Journal Special , Bervice X ; . .WSHAWAB. July t It is reported . . that the Ameer of Afghanistan has, mar ried quietly 1 five wives.' They Included the daughter of his Commander-in-Chief, - Mohamad Amin tChan'lhe daughterof tbe 'Governor of Herat Oasl tSaaduila Khan, and the daughter) of three' other great chief a.' t . 1 '' t . ' The Russian '. Governor- of Tashkand has requested the Ameer that he be al lowed to have an official representative ' at CabuX The Ameer' wishes to assent. but the widow of the late Ameer is cos til e and II exhorting the Ameer accord- The -Yukon Goldseek- ers Are Hunting ; New. Fields. . (Journal Special Service.) VANCOUVER, "B.' C. July 1-, -f A systematic search is being made for the new placer fields In the Tu- kon territory. Operations have been commenced on. the Hootailn- 4 qua River, , and If unsuccessful 4 there the search will continue on down .tbe Yukon River below Fly Fingers and prospect the streams 4- flowing, .north. s , r- f Sf'- -J- Hon. Michael Henry Herbert. The new Ambassador of dreat Brit- in to the United States. He , gucceeds the late Lord ' K. 7 :' ' V ;-- Pauncefote. - TO GROW TEA IN TEXAS SOIL PORT XAVACA.-Tex.T July J.-Actlve preparations are "being made for experi menting in tea culture in mis section ox Texas. -The conditions of soil , and .cli mate In this vicinity , are believed to be well adapted for ta raising, better In fact than in South Carolina, where the cultivation of the plant has passed the experimental' stage 'and I now being grown;- for the market. ? The Carolina Coast has the advantage of a more plentiful rainfall, : but this difficulty can be overcome her .through the medium of irrigation work already constructed, Negro women and children, together with Mexicans from .across the border; will furnish an lnexhaustabie supply of cheap labor. " ' - " The experiment will be watched with close Interest over the state, for its suc cea will mean a new and highly profit able crop added to the list and a big increase In the land value -of tbe Coast country. . u v About Automobiles. At ,jCony. Island race course recent ly, there were assembled 100 electric cabs and a many private automobile. The . Automobile Club of Bridgeport, Conn., will hold a 60-mlle endurance race on July 4. The maximum, speed to ,b allowed J II miles an hour. The Automobile Club of America has announced the following result of a 100 mile race; bitely, run,: wherein IS steam and 28 gasoline machines finished, each having made one or more stops: Average cost for steam carriages, $1.40; average, coat per passenger, C7H cent. . Gasoline carriage cost 7J cent per vehicle, or H cents ier pasaenger,: or a fraction over ti FIREWORKS FIREWORIS Remember, all our FIREWORKS are manufactared by the most celebrated Pain and Rochester Firework Companies of New. York. iSIo Inferior roods handled by us. v. We carry tbe lar&rest stock of this line la the Northwest Have many large For afViTOWN Display Purposes. Also Chinese and Japanese CURIOS. MATTINQ, RUQS, Etc ANDREW KAN & CO. Corner Fourth and Morrison Sit. DOf BOH 5(01 Cousin of the White Czar AViji , Arrive . this Week. (Journal Special Service.) WASHINGTON, July 2.-Preparatlon are being made at the Rualsan Embassy for tb reception and entertainment of the Grand Duke Boris, first cousin of the Czar, who is expected to arrive . In. this country within the next few, days. Upon his arrival the Oratid Duke will ' come direct to Washington, where s series ,of fetes are planned In his honor. . Be will be presented to the president, but Will not expect any public functions Ja his J nonor, as ne is traveling unomciauy, thought not Incognito, While n the United States he expect . to devote con siderable time to investigation of the Immigration problem and the condition of American citisens of Russian, extract' tlon in the United States. ill lie iitfi 4. (Journal Special Service.) DALLAS, Tex., July 8,7-The annual meeting of the, Texas Bar Association la session here today Is attended by - scores of prominent lawyer and Jurist from all parts of the atate. . Prominent among the participant are Judge T. J. Brown of the SupremeCourt, Hon. C."H. Miller of Austin, Hon. Maco Stewart of Galves ton, Hon. Yancey Lewis of the University of Texas, Hon. Qeorge E. filler of Port Worth, Hon. John C. Harris of Houston and Hon. R. W. Hall, of Vernon. Charges Were Dismissed. The charge of larceny against Robert Patterson, a North End saloon man, and Thomas Fallon, his bartender, was dis missed In the Ppllce Court '(yesterday. They were charged with robbing a cus tomer of 123. The victim refused to proses cue. .' ' A NEW ROAD FOR MEXICO ' (Journal Special Service.) CITT OF MEXICO. July 2.-A charter has just been granted by the Mexican Government to the Tuxpam Valley Rait roao, an enterprise promoted by St. Loul capitalist., The line J to run from the port of Tuxpam to a point on the proposed Mexican Central (whl is be ing built from the City of Mexico to Tamplco) at or near Jabonera, a dis tance of about TO miles. The new road will give this city line to the Gulf Coast about 60 mile shorter than by the Tamplco or Vera Crus route, and the . line -Will .-run, through one of the richest valley to be found In the f Re public. fTh? uotual work of construc tion Is to Wcommenced as soon as the location-suFveyvila been completed.1 ; Kli:tEd;HIS WIFE. 1 1 . (Journal -Special Service.) ' KBW TCRKi ' July l-Davlo 8. Burn- aide, 24 years of age, residing In Brook lyn, haa shot and killed hi wife, Lillian, aged St year. vln a concert saloon- on the Bowery at. Coney Island, and thea fired a bullet Into hls-own head, with probably fatal effect "The; couple had been mar ried two weeks-Vi ' ; " AM0N6-THE WHEECMEW Prizes Offered for Two Motor- cycle Iutes July Fourth. Eugene Hochilof the firm -of Blumauer & Hoch, and. Charles Bullock of this City combined business with pleasure by mak ing a trip in Mr. Hoch's automobile, to the head of the WlUamette valley and return last week. They started' Tuesday and proceeded as far, a Albany, .on the east side, crossed., the Willamette to-Cor-vallis and came down on the-west side, taking, in all the towns en route, reaching Portland Saturdtvy. With iio attempt at fast riding, the average speed maintained .was 15 miles an hour.: The heavy rains encountered the. first few days out mad 1 1 ,r cz!dc DC DOC j - ':' ? 'i-'v f. j -: i n r- .v, - - 1 " i ' I t '1. ' " and '.,7 ' 'V; 'r'.'., -a"1, t -if .(-..;.-. t .i VV m V AsskBsa .'- SssK ' ": bbsk. r-r.-, sssB" sssssa v-- v.'.i- a'v-v' am, X ;V mmmmmmmmmmm OFilitiiMrts 1 ' u 1a 9 - 'WTill. vri.'li'i- 11 2j UM Of them are belnd ridden ix the Northwest That's whyi : ' - at f .lrW ..i i t a J i; :.:.': " their Hard lninninrf "skateM for : .:.!" 5",Vl'.. n i The: .v:ftUnMasl j The Best Wheel on Earth Chain; Chainlcss i aM Cushiot. -'.' J'l . resented has been represented, and will be for some time to come. AsK';;sbnie rider ;!bf; a VMhere ltddaj gone tomorrow99 wheel who has met with an accident ..and cannot et repairs..t ';V. v : . Bicycle Sundries V : Bicycle Repairinrj; and Enamelinrj : It Fred T.:iiliiii!ele:ep.: 105-107-109-111 Sixth St. PORTLAND-ORE. fl SPOKANE TACOMA SEATTLE t "1 XL : s 'maca J J list Cm 3 the roads difficult to travel, but, on the whole, the country highway were found fully as good for automobile riding a many of the atreets of Portland. .OTORCTCIJ RACES, , Arrangement have been made by the Fourth of July committee for two motor cycle races at Irvlngton track July E. The first and second prizes decided upon for , the five-mile event are 115 and $5, respectively. The winners of the first and second prises in the two-mile ' race will receive HO and 13. . . Outsiders ' will be - permitted . to . enter. Among those" frUm up the Valley who have promised to compete are Al Kurt a and J. K. Berry i of Corvallls. Portland riders will also run. " V ' It has been found Impracticable to have an. automobile race..' Those who . own au to are 'not anxious to advertise to.. the world ,that they have a machine that can't keep up with, someone' else, so the eveht, which would prove highly interest ing to the public, has been declared off by the eommlttea . If all competitor could possibly attain- a. high rate of speed and coem out eyen, the odium of defeat would be eUmtnated. but this feat can never be accomplished. . ' A valuable Orient .bicycle wa stolen, from T. C. Powell, in the Chamber of Commerce building June 21 The wheel is new, bearing the number 78,310. The number of the license tag Is 10t Mr. Powell has put the case Into the hands of the Sheriff, who ha offered a reward of H5 for the arrest of the thief and tha recovery of the wheel. ' ' R. O. Fowler of the Fred T. Merrill bicycle house left Sunday for Dayton anU Baker City to set up. new automobile and give the buyers Instructions how to operate them. . '" . t BEING THE Bmggies LARGEST DISTRIBOTERS OF 38 IN THE? NORTHWEST, WE ARE IN A POSITION TO SELL YOU THE BEST VEHICLE FOR THE LEAST MONEY. OUR LINE INCLUDES THE FOLLOWINQ STANDARD MAKES: ; ' ' ,7 BabcocK Henney, Mitchell and our - Owii Special Bee tine . Than which, there fa tothinz better made In the raedium-pirked line. v - , ; f-4 ,tiargaln prices, to make room for new goods, i " . MITCHELL AND SNELL BICYCLES For $25.00 and $35.00 1 fa A FEW SPECIAL BAROAINS IN BIKES. s " ; v 'rV, L $50.00. WHEELS FOR, $20.00. SOME OTHERS IN PROPORTION. 41 ana Tay6r;"StSi I l'.,'V a quarter of a cent per mile. - ' -i .