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Newspaper Page Text- -it. FOOD ANDDAIRY MEN Opening of the Convention This "MqrnTng , Mayor Williams' Address, or Welcome. ' Thed'eiegate to the National Food and lry Commissioners' Convention arrived ' act night at o'clock. They assembled' it Chicago and came in special cars to( -: fh Dalies, under the charge of William 'I Cilpatrlo, secretary of the Railroad and rehouse Commission Of IJllnoia. They mat at Huntingtoa by Stato Food ind Dairy Commissioner Bailey, Governor Seer. rre.ideot Wehrung and Secretary Vlsdom, of the Board of Horticulture, i md Richard Scott, of Milwaukee. At The ' Dalles they boarded the steamer Dalle City and had in enjoyable tep down the ' , Columbia. . t" 'There are 75 delegate, some accom panied by their wlvea and daughters, the tallest and biggest of whom la Alfred H, ; tones,. State Food Commissioner for II- 3 Bnoia, and president of the National As- lociatlon. Mr. Jones is a handsome man and When be looks down at yoU from a height, of 6 fey t 4 inches, and sayi "Howdy, you. know you axe standing be- foro a somebody. ..j ,.'..-. " ' ' Although not a food commissioner, there la Captain J. J. Kelley. of detective bead auartra, Chicago. Captain K41ey has belconneoled with the Chicago polio department for W year Tha captain say he la a dairy man and for proof, be re. ijQeat you "to coma back home, and I'll thow you a caW, that going to be There la also Professor John Hamilton, Bferetary of AsTictiH are of Pennfrylvanla, who fa attracting at (rood deal of attention , because he baa one of the prettiest daugh- tars in the crowd accompanying him. The man that know hi business and Irioki It Is James rtTSbepard, chemist of tha Agricultural College f South Dakota. - Ha reminds one of tha farm scene In "Way JOown East. 1; ;v. The trimmest , and neatest man In the . thunch la Carter H. Sherwood, dairy com missioner of South Dakota. You would take bint tor a "bloomin' Hengllsbman, rton'cher know?" if you should sea him walking on the treat. .... v Tha men who are having It out with each other- all the time, to tha amusement of tha rest of the crowd are R. M. Pat terson assistant food commissioner for JUinoif, and x-C1roult 'judge Thomas EL Hogan, of Chicago. : Mr. Patterson says about tha, fudges "Tou know he's a flna judge, ye-es, especially of flna liquor, and h Isn't lenlaot eitiMT, If you could have n ;f haw 1 h tackled - that good 1 old 'stomach bitter' of mine.' The judge, who J a 'man of flna presence and dlgnf . Tied bearing, looks at the Honorable Mr. J'att arson and says, "He's all right, but ; hi taeeds fixing," and so tha world goes 1 OfV , I ' ' ' ' . The sessions of the convention are held to the Mining Hall in the Chamber of Commerce building' and will include to- morrow evening. Friday morning-, there will be an excursion to Astoria by boat, when the delegates will be entertained by tha Citlsena Club. Saturday will be spent at Seaside and Sunday in Portland. Mon day morning a trip wilt be -made to Cor valli and the (lute Agricultural College wU! bi virited. They will return via Al bany and Salem, and Monday night a binquet i will be tendered them at the Portland hotel After the banquet they will leave for Salt Lake City, where they will break up and -leave-for their respec tive homes. , ; Today's Session. Tna sixth annual session of the aseo , elation .was opened this morning In th Board of Trade rooms In tha Chamber of Commerce building. . - State Food and Dairy Commissioner Bailey acted as master of ceranttnlW iov troduclng Dr. James Withyconibe. direc WOODWORKERS TQ BE REORGANIZED The local Union ''- MayBelliedith the ,: " ' i Building Trades Council, - ' i; "When Thomas J. Kidd and other prom v Inetit member of th International Fea eratlon of Iabor arrive her on July a It is understood that they will take a, hand In the matter of putting tha Amalgamated Woodworkers of this city upon a more substantial footing. Sine tha Building Trades Council de clared ih material turned out at the . will to, b fair, it was th means of upon' their own resources. Inasmuch as ' they were left practically alone to fight . their own battles, they, have been placed a a grat disadvantage. As a result hope of over being able to secure their demands, and havo sought work elsa where. Just, what action the labor leader who . are coaiing her vll) take in the matter 1 ot definjtely known, but it I believed that-the Amalgamated Woodworkers' or canlaatlon . will undergo' a general re J Burton Johnson Arrives. . burton Johnson, th general freight agent Of the Wisconsin Central, came in from Puget Sound last night. General Agent Clock; went up several days ago t meet him' and accompanied him hither. Mr., (Johnson said to Tha Journal this morning: ... ""I am West ovr the Canadian Fa clflc. Mr, Clock met me at Vancouver, B.J C Together we visfted Tacama and Seattle) and tonight wa shall go to San Francisco over th Southern Pacific. From there shall .return East via tb ciwiatrn racino ana union macule. I hall reach Milwaukee, WU., 'July 17 or 11 -l ' T enjoyed my trip West very much. Indeed. The West la a revelation to me, and I frankly admit it I xnust say that th Portia ttd Hotel sarpasse any hotel IN NATIONAL SESSION tor of the Oregon Agricultural College experimental station, who in a brief speech, explained to th visitors th won der of Oregon.: An addres of welcome on behalf of the City of Portland was made- in hi usual happy vein by Mayor George H. William a. This was responded to" by Hon. Joseph E Blackburn, of Ohio, who in a neat speech expressea tne apprecia tion of the visitors of the cordial manner in which they were welcomed by the peo ple of this state. He praised Oregon calling It the land of big things big state, big mountains, big fish and big fish stories. His addresa showed the good will of the association towards Ore gon, President A. IT. Jones then read his an nual address and showed the progress and objects of the association. .He said that th principal object of i this aas(f elation .is to have all food products la beled, and for" thr label to-; teU exactly what they o,re or what they contain. . A J, Noble, of Connecticut was ab sent because of the sickness of his wife, R. 117 Allan, of Kentucky, was elected secretary, pro-tem.l By t motion,- It waa decided to force the three day' program as prepared Into two days today and Thursday-. . . 1 ' ' ' I M. Kralloy,- a: represenUtlve of the Association of Manufacturers and Dia. trlbntors of FooaProducts of; Amerioa, was admitted to jthe privileges of the floor by- tha association. !' . -, , The principal 'paper' read lwas that on "A Proposed National . Food, law," by Prof7-John-HamiHoft,-otPennaylvanla, Mr, Hamilton stated that the law he pro posed must be strictly confined to legis lation on human food-Hiot to embrace drugs and food for animals. This law must be enforced by the Secretary of Agriculture. He suggested that before the purity of foods Is decided upon the percentage of purity mut be ascertained and then published. Mr. Hamilton also read a bill which he proposed should bo passed. The discussion 'was then taken up by H. R. Wright, of Iowa, T. L. Monson and Dr. Mitchell, of Colorado, who viewed the subject from alt points. L. M. Fralley represented the manufactur ers In this discussion, and expressed him elf as heartily In favor of such a law as propagated by Prof. Hamilton. Hon. 1. GroaVenor, of Michigan. gave a brief talk, his theme being th enaotment of a clear pure food law one that could be understood by areryone. The convention will eommenoe It's af ternoon session at t o'clock) by an address on "Tha Practical 'Enforoemeni of the National Law (commonly known as the Grout law) in Regard to Oleomargarine, Process Butter, etc., and the General Ef fect In the Different States," by Hon, H. C. Adams, Dairy and Food Commissioner, Wisconsin, followed by a discussion to be opefjed by Hon.,P.I!J. H. Kracke, Assist ant Commissioner Of.New York, and Hon Georga M. Whltaker, Dairy Commission er. Massachusetts. Th session will also include: Addresa '.'Antiseptics and Coloring in Foods" Professor A. S. Mitchell, Chemist, Wisconsin. Discussion Opened by Dr. B. N. Eaton, State Chemist Illinois, and Hon. R. E. DooIIttle, State Chemist Michigan. Addresa "Decisions Affecting Our Food Iaw," Hon. R. ,M. Allen, Secretary, Ken tucky. Discussion Opened by Hon. E. O. Oros- venor, Michigan, and Hon. Scott Bonham Ohio. Address "Enforcing the Pure Food Law In the West" Hon. C"P. Sherwood, Dairy and Food Commissioner, South Da kota. Discussion Opened. by Hon. J. W. Bail ey, Dairy and Food Commissioner, Ore gon, and Hon. E. A. McDonald, Dairy .and Food Commissioner, Washington. construction. It may; possibly be made a branch of the Building Trades. As the organisation now stands the protec tion that it deserves. It Is pointed out. cannot be extended by the other unions. If allied with the Building Trade then all the unions composing this body would b in duty bound to give them every possible support. It is not believed that the prominent visitors will counsel any further exten sion of the strike, but Will merely seek to put the Amalgamated Woodworkers in a position where they can obtain a more liberal share of . recognition and assistance than la now accorded them.' At present they are almost isolated and alone. They receive strike benefits, and several other labor bodies are contrib uting financial assistance to their, sup port, but they do not get the recogni tion that they would if they were a part of some strong central body ef V local character. I have seen, even In the big Eastern cities, and I am familiar with them all. ."The possibilities for commercial de velopment in the Pacific Northwest ex ceed anything I have yet heard of. I am simply amaaed. The resources are enormous. All the country need 1 pop ulation, and from the way matters are trending, that deficiency will soon be supplied.."- . ,.J "When I consider the Orient with Its population of more than 000,000,000, to which this section Is "tributary, and from which must com immense importations, fyery year growing "larger, 1" tjiere is no reason why . this country should not de- ,reloP' '!' 'X-i 'iV ' "No man can predict Just -what th fu ture of this section will be with all tha factors that ar now working for its development. This is the' first time that I have had the preasur "of vUitlng this STREETS MUST BE IMPROVED City Engineer Elliott has; determined on a steady course of action looking to thefr betterment of the streets and sidewalks of that portion of , the, city?, wkhlnt th fir limits. The practice of patchlnf up bid rotten sidewalks Will be Wverelj fromned down, ".and a .strenuous eftort mad Jo make them a credit Tto. th city Instead of being as they ar now, a ills grace. ' ' ''-'-'- j-. A-'" The present - schema embraces tha Im provement of Becond, Thlrd, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth streets, between, OUaaa and Jefferson . street. . ..Washington nd Alder, to Seventh, will also be Improved. The means employed will be asphalt pav-. Ing with vitrified brick gutters three feat Wide. , v " RAGING FLOODS Threaten Destruction All Over Iowa Hun dreds Homeless. (Scrlpps-McRae New Assoclatlon.J DES MOINES, la., July .fOne of the greatest floods in, tho his tory of Iowa, as the result of the recent heavy rains, is threatened. It has been . raining incessantly here for the past 24 hours, and a a result the rivers ar spreading over the lowlands and hundreds of people have been driven, from' their' homes. ' ' ,;,'"'-. .i . In. this city laat night. VJOO, were -f forced toa;bandon their residence,' and th crop are practically be-- yona redemption. - The ties Monies, . - Raccoon, Skunk, Cedar and Iowa Rivers ere out of their banks. . .. -f At Marshalltown, Extra and-f-f Barytown scores of people .have been taken from their homes In boats. All railroad traffic south from Sioux City has been suspend ed on account of the flood. . Bridges are out at a number of places. - , tTTtTVHTTTTT Stocker Starts South. F. H. Stocker, the Pacific Coast agent of the Traders' Despatch Fast Freight Line (the New Tork, Chicago & St. Louis and the Lehigh Valleys, leaves for his home at San Francisco tonight He said this morning: ' "I have been much impressed .with the business chances here to be picked up. This Is only; the second time In five year that I have inflicted my presence upon thla community. If it recovera, I hope to visit Portland as often aa once A month. I like the people here. Tou may say for me that during my presence here they have shown me a great deal of con-' slderatloh. I shall do them no harm, but I do propose to work enough busi ness out of this territory to make enough Items so that It will pay to write out a waybill." Mr. Stocker formerly resided at Min neapolis. He is deservedly popular with the members of Railroad Row. FOX TERRIER GUARDS JAIL One of th most useful guard at the County Jail, according to Jailer D. D. Jackson, Is "Mischief," ex-Jailer George T. Mitchell's fox terrier. On going out of office Mr. Mitchell kindly consented to let the dog remain at the Jail for a while and assist the new Jailer ' In get ting on to his routine of duties. Mis chief I a veritable sleuth, and a won der for canine Intelligence. Born In th Jail, he has been trained by his master to keep a close watch of thehs)ls t night time, and report any unusual dis turbances by hi clarlort vohjo. It .1 customary, to lock the-prlaoners In theW respective cells at 9 o'clock each night; Mischief knows when- that time arrive to a second, and If the officer 'does nofj move at once h will hear from Mischief; Last night at S o'clock Jailer Jackson was aroused from his room by the fu rlous barking of the dog at hia bedroom door, giving the signal that the time had come to remove the inmates from the corridors to the cells for the night S. P. STRIKE IS SERIOUS j ; (Scrlpps-McRae News Association.) HOUSTON.- Tex.. July 9.-The strike of the shopmen of the Southern Pacific 1a assuming a serious aspect, and a general sympathetic strike of the switchmen. yard force, and other employes Is Immi nent. The company is attempting to get men to take the vacant place of the strikers. The strikers themselves ar peaceable but active. Kindred organiza tion along the system will be appealed to for help. .' ,v Special Chautauqua Trains. - Thursday. July 10, the City St Suburban conductors will sell round-trip tickets for Gladstone Park, connecting , with Southern Pacific special train at East Washington Street. Lecture at 2 p. m., 'Painting and Painters," by Professor John Ivey. Music, vocal and instrument al. At t p. m. Hon. Henry Watterson will lecture on "Money and Morals." Last train leaves the park at 10 p. m. BUILDING PERMITS, C. O. FarrelL Seventh and OUsan, re pairs; $200. .... E. 8. Kelson, Ppeseott and Hendricks, cottag; 1200. , . v A. C. Brush, Rodney and Russell, two story house; 11,600. , - - v ' .V A, C. Brush, Rodney and Sacramento, two-story house; 12,400. - - 7 MARKETS FLATTEN , "'.A. :.. 4 ',...!? i W ; r ' Y : .... i- Yesterday!s:Decline in Corn Has, Made the Market Flat. Scrlpp-McRa Nw Association.) . CHICAGO, - July .i-Followmg yeatert day' lata decline In Ju,ly corn after the 90 mark bad been -reached, the opening this morning at a cant below yesterday's oIomv mad the market lifeless. Trade was light ' An advance of S cents was recorded within an hour, Gate feeding the market a little corn, to prevent a runaway and ensuing panlo that might send the price up to a' dollar or a - more prohibitive figure, leaving him to hold the bag. The advance to did not laat long and the market soon sagged back to 86, where It closed. an Many of th prominent cltlsens are pro testing vigorously against the dilapidated and dangerous condition of many of the sidewalks in the city. It is claimed that th ordinance in regard to permitting wood to remain piled along the walks, very much to th discomfiture and dla pleaaur of the people, -is also being dis regarded. One. prominent attorney, speaking , of-tha maUer ihia morning, said it was no credit to the city to allow the walks to remain. la such bad repair, and this fact might to impressed upon tha minds of the officials after the city has been- called upon to pay damages tor serious Injuries sustained by some pedes trian. In some Instances throughout the city wood has been, alio wed to remain piled up along the walks for over three months, notwithstanding the protesta Hons of the neighboring residents. TRACEY AND FERNS WILL FIGHT S00PJ (Journal Special Service.) SEATTLE, July "Rube" Ferns and Tommy Tracey, of Portland, were match ed today to fight here the latter part . of the month. Tle match,, baa been hanging fire for some days. Ferns wanted to weigh In at 142 pounds at 4 o'clock. Tracey asked that o'clock be the time for weighing in. Ferns posi. tlvely refused to fight unless he had his way, and Anally Tracey agreed. The articles will be signed at once. Building Not Prosperous. Since th recent boycott en the product of the planing, mills employing non-union help ha been declared off, the building operations on the East Side have been resumed only to a slight extent. A prominent Bast Side resident said the other day that he intended, the first part of the year, to erect everal new dwellings this summer, but sine! the ad vent of the labor troubles has changed his mind. He says that contractors will not specify any certain time when they will have a building- - completed. and that they now figure a great deal higher when taking contracts than they did the fore part of the year. The reas on for this Is that they cannot tall what minute their men will .demand higher wages. At the present time Tery few new structures are being, begun. St. Johns. A fire In the timber along the St. Johns motor line yesterday a, f ternoon was put out by the engineer of this motor with a half dozen buckets of water. The train was delayed about. 10 minute.. . Mr. Shields and family'.' have . moved from the residence owned by Mr. Mock to the one recently erected for him. ' Mr. thus went to Salem yesterday on a business trip. Arthur Clark, son of th postmistress, Is 111 with tonsiiltis He IS Slowly conva lescent. T'-:'1 M. Anderson and family, who are visit ing at the home of Mr. 'lie,' the St. Johns grocer, went to washougal on a pleasure trip yesterday. They returned today. Mr. Anderson is & late arrival from South Dakota. Mr. and Mrs. Juee accompanied them on their trip. - A. L. Miner Is making extensive prepa rations for a long prospecting trip In the Thunder Mountain countryit He will leave In a few days. A. S. Douglas left the other day for Stella, Wash., to ship the machinery for the new planing mill which he Is erect ing In St. Johns. The building, for the mill has been completed. - It la located opposite the St. Johns match factory. Several hundred cherry-pickers are ar riving in St. Johns every day, ;Tbe Royal Anne and the Black Republican cherries are Just about ripe. Most of the pick ers Just pick enough for their own use. As soon as the water subside little work. will be begun on tha new. sawmill to be located on the Byers tract The Portland Manufacturing Company is back of the venture. .? - ?Cedar Park Is crowded nearly every day in the week at the present time. A large number of private picnics, gr be Ing given In the park. The wonderful miniature railway' 1 thf delight of all tha chlldren-and the old folks, too. OVER THE WIRES. WILKESBARRB, Pa. A-s fund, to be contributed to by every labor organisa tion to the country, will be established by th Anthracite .strikers' organisation. ST.y PETERSBUBa.-ttjla T'aUtid fcer that the Csar will at one appoint a spe cial commute to report upon the existing police system of Russia. t-:t. ...?.. - LONDON. It Is now definitely announc ed that the coronation of Xing Edward will tako place before tho middle of Au gust "v. t r A RED HAT Cm if ... . . f'- r. 1 1 may tome io ire If Taft Mission Is Successful. , (Scrlpps-McRae News Association.) ROMS, July (.It U believed her that If Taft Is successful in his mission to Rome, Archbishop Ireland will be raised to the cardinalat In th November con sistory. Th enemies of th archbishop are working .hard to prevent thl. EDWARD'S PROGRESS Toward Complete Re covery Expected to Be Protracted. (Scrlpps-McRae News Association.) " LONDON, July . This morn ing's bulletin of the King' condi tion say his progress continues uninterrupted. HI Majesty sleeps well, is gaining, strength, and his ' wound is slowly healing. . Colonial Secretary Chamberlain is progressing satisfactorily. He leaves the hospital today. LONG CONVALESCENCE. LONDON, July .-It Is learned that while the doctors are pleased withheiresent rate of the King's progress it- Is believed the period of Ills convalescence will likely be long and protracted, as the King's constitutional condition still . gives cause for anxiety. . , t 4 Two Funerals. The funeral of Mr. Susan E. Miller, wife of Rev. J. W. Miller, was held this morning from her late residence, 629 East Ankeny street. The body was jnterred In Lone Fir cemetery. The funeral of John O. Nowels, em ployed aa a brakeman on tha Southern Pacific Ttallway. was held this after noon from an East Side undertaking par lor., . The following organiastlons of which the deceased was a member took part In the ceremonies: Mt. Hood Di vision, No. 91, Order Railway Conduc tors and Orpheus Castle, No. 09, Knights of Pythias. The body was Interred in Lone Fir Cemetery. BARGE OVERTURNED. A barge loaded with sand and belong ing to Nlekum & Kelly broke away from Its moorings south of the Madison-street bridge last evening and after springing a leak overturned and floated bottom Ide up until It collided with the draw of the Morrison-street bridge. One of the bridge tenders secured a rope to the wrecked barge and tied it to the north end of the draw-rest, where it attracted the attention of quite a number of pass ers-by. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Elisabeth F. Cole to Michael J. Mo- Orath. 10 by 212 06 feet Fourth and Mead , streets, Caru there addition to Caruthers , Catherine Cole and husband to same, 40 by 106 feet, ame....T. 850 Portland Trust Co to Mary E. White, lot 10, E. 1( feet lot 12, B. 183, Couch addition ............ Flnley O. McOrew to Edith B. Ra,y- bum, 10 acres, sectlgn 10, T. 1, S. R. 2 K , i 750 Rboda M. White to vf m. McPhee, lot 5, B. US East Portland 2800 Bertha, L. Forstner to Ida Hlckey, lot 1. B. 10V Couch addition 4600 Virginia Wilson to Jan A. Perkins, lot 16. B. 267. Couch addition........ 1350 David RafJetyeC al 'to Pfe4 Morris, parcel lana opposite west Bide IS. 16, Stephens'iiadd'tlan,.:,;". 43,000 Mlntle Prother to George L. Read, lot J. B. J6. Sell wood.. .7. .v. ..L... ft Hawthorne Estate to Rose E. Dan tela, E lot 6, 6, B. 829, -Hawthorne Park ....... 1400 Roman Catholic Archbishop to Mary q,' Smith, lot 198, section I or "A,,? Mt. Calvary 3emetery ........... .. .. S2 John P. Olsen and wife to O. A. 6l- sen. lot 12, it, B. I, Mt. Tabor Place addition , Jacob B. WertS to Victor Land Co.. lot 4, S, t, B. T, Marchmont addition Portland Truat Co. to F. W. Tubbes- Ing. lot 2, 8- 11. William avenue addition .- 4S Ella Anlbal and husband to Etta Swaine, lot '8, B." 4, ' Orchard Place . JOO A. I Buckraan and wife to Jane O. Buckman, lot 3. 4, B, 233, lot 1, 2, 4, 7. 1. B. 77, TB. Portland, lot 7, I. B. 1, lot 2. 9. 10. B. . lot 1, 2, 4, B. 5, Buckman' addition, lots In East wood, also 200 by 209 feet Wth and E., Davis Hans Larsen and wife to H. C. Brown, lot 6, B. 76, Stephens" ad dition Get your Title Insurance and Abstract to Real Estate from the Title Querent A Trust Co., Chamber of Commerce. - . DEATHS. J. E. Medcalf, M years, on July T, Brlght s disease. ":-' John Q. Nowels, Gt years, on July , legs crushed. ' ' .V. . Susan 79. Miller, years, on Julyr7, pleuropneumonia. : fv..- Th Edward Bolsajm Vadertalt- IskaT Co faaerml directors sjaA ess. b aimer. 880 Yamhill. Phone SOT. 4. FV Flnley & Son; Undertakart and Embalmars, - corner . Third and Jffron itreet, do first-class work nd dtwl ttonorsbty with U. 5 -..v , ,Jw- Ottd 8chumahn, mofiwm'entai nd building wcVk, 204 Third 8t Esti matw on first clasg workonly. , DNDVDFIill j ata exer , a mm m -v m tStrikers Refuse to Go to Work on the P. G. & 0. The P. C. ft O. Company hag mad no apparent mov to resume Its street-car business. Fojur of th striker have left the union, but are said td hava returned today, positively refusing to 'igo to work. A machinist has returned, but he re ceived permission to do so from th Elec trical Workers' Union,-to which ha be long'- i- vfs ': Thf strikers. sayfharit- wtlt be uh necessary for the company to put tt any cars In addition to the two) carrying the malls, because the pubbe will not patron ise them It la possible, they claim, for the two cars now running; to da' a fair business, but it Is seldom (hat they carry more than two r three passengers a day, showing, conclusively that the pub lic is In sympathy with th former em ployes. ' - , Th men coming down on .the boats from Mllwaukie today say that jao trol ley wires were eut there yesterday, a reported, or that any other damage to th company's property has been. done. , It 1. reported that the resident Or- egon City will hold a big mass meellpr tonight to give, puttllo expression a to where they stand on the strike proposi tion. They have been, with th men all the time, and have given It out in divers ways and on various occasions that theyt intend to do so. One. of the strikers wa heard to remark today: ' "I would dislike Very much to be the first man to take a car Intp Oregon City before this strike I settled. They wouldn't do a thing to me. : i ' The four striking carmen who deserted the union yesterday and returned say that they will never work for Tiffany un til the difficulty Is settled. They emphat ically refused to work for the company today when given orders what to do. This leaves the employes again united to a man. . Captain Newman Will Brave Fury of the Atlantic. (Scripps-McRas. News Association.) NEW TORK, July .-The SMoot kero sene launch Allel Abbott Low started for England this morning, with Captain William Newman and his 16-year-old son Ed as crew. They expect to cross the Atlantic In about 20 days. 'ROUND TOWN. - Thomas Meserve of the Westport Lum ber Company, Clatsop County, arrived In town today en route for Upper Colum bia River points . in the interest of the company. He U anticipating engaging In the lumber business to that part of the country. " : ' H. West of Scappoose is In the city to day attending the meeting Of the Na tional Dairy and Food Association. , Mr. West is one of the most extensive dairy men and stockraisers In Northwestern Oregon, and Is very keen to ' assist In any undertaking that tends at all to pro mote the Interests of that business. Wants Money for Wood." , O. A. McKeen today, filed suit In th State Circuit Court to recover a balance of 2300 alleged to, be du from Loren Seward, on a wood contract' McKeen complain that In 1891-2 he sold and de livered to Seward at the latter' request. at La Center, Wash., 4000 cords of wood for 17500. Bvt W r tha amount has been paid. , .' . ABOUT PEOPLE. : John F. Logan, librarian of the Law Library Association of this olty. has gone to . San Francisco to spend a 10 day' vacation. . -. . , .--,, n-;-. . ,.-, '. Dr. J. H. Tammlsee of HUlsboro Is in the. city. today.;;;; j' ;,;;':" '.: 1 BIRTHS. To Mr. Alfred Drill, 1071 Florence, on July 5, a boy. To Mia. W. Johnson, near pottery, on July , a girl. . ,. . To Mrs. O. H. Jackson, 623 Sixth street, July 1, a boy. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES. Miss Gill, 449 Everett street, smallpox.' Ralph Sutton, 628 - Front street scar latina. .'!'.- : L CI. Schmldt'; wife -and two children. Delay and Stanton, smallpox. ' ' 1 Journal Free Vacation Contest v , ... WHO IS YOUR CHOICE? CUT OUT THIS COUPON One coupon every day.4 Six coupons will be given for a week's subscription; twenty- six votes will be given for a month's subscription. and seventy-eight votes will be given forgery three months paid In advance subscription. INTENDING PURCHASERS " Of PIAN0S OR ORGANS CAN'T GETAWAY fROM THEM. ; WhyTilers Piano House Does the " Biggest Business of Not Only Any Piano House In the Pacific 'l Northwest,! Bui of. Any House in the Entire United States. In purchasing a piano there are three things to consider: The reliability ol the house from which you- purchase, the value of the instrument itself, and th price. '-. v. . r ( , , f ... Bom peopl are disposed to regard PRICK as of first Importance. It is a mistake. Tou want to bsure of the relia bility of the. firm. You must re!y largely upon it statements as to the value of th instrument If you have no value in your piano you might as well throw It away. Value is Important It IS the plana ,,."."-..-. , We recognised this long ago. And we secured aa our leaders the best piano manufactured in the world thi celebrated Chlckering of Boston, the beautiful Weber of New Tork. and tha now famous Kimball of Chicago. That these are the best pianos in the world Is I a fact that can be demonstrated. . The Uai been one long series To? triumphs. 86 with the Weber. Bo with tha now fa. mou Kimball, on which more money is expended, in which more thought anrt genlua are concentrated than upon any other piano in the world. we Know toes tnings ar true. Toll could shut your eves and select either one of these superb Instruments and you could make no mistake. , . xney are tn best the world afford. So much for value; v ; I , . , , -.. NOW AS TO PRICE WE have been dolna the bleeest busi ness of any' piano house In the United States, as much on aocount of price as on account, of value. When' we say we sell fine pianos for less money than is asked elsewhere for inferior instruments; we do ao with abso lute knowledge that we do da what wa say we do. -- or instance, a piano that will cost you not lea than S500 elsewhere we sell for aa low a" 141s. Tou pay us $246 for a piano that will cost you an even $300 anywhere else. And so on. We sell more pianos than any other re tall house In the United States. This ought to bo a significant tact for you. It ought to be conclusive' proof, not only of price and value, but of re liability. It shows where people believe In deal ing, and it is the only infallible guide in purchasing. The best pianos In the world, - the low est prices and the most liberal terms. These are what Ellers Piano House offer ?ou, and you can't afford to disregard hem' If you ar thinking of buying a piano. - , EILERS PIANO HOUSE, 351 Washington street, opposite Cordray's 1 Theater. Four fine, busy stores Portland, San Francisco, Sacramento and Spokane. PETER SOFFEL WANTS DIVORCE (Scrlpps-McRae News Association.) PITTSBURG, July 9.-Peter Soffel, ex warden of the jail here, whose wife, Kate, helped the Biddies to escape, has filed a suit for divorce. He names four co respondents. His wife, who is tn th peni tentiary, will make no defence. . COMPELLED TO SACRIFICE ENTIRE STOCK asarata-sstaasM Henry J. White, .Igent' furnisher, 1 Third street say a: "We have simply been forced Into sac rificing' summer goods by the existing trade condition. It has been our cus tom for some time past to make large price reductions at this time of year in order to clean up stock so not to carry over goods into another season. As a general thing,' the stock' la so low that we do not feel the sacrifice, but this year tha buying of spring and summer goods has been so light, for various reason, that wa are.. aft In mid-summer with an Immense stock of . goods that should have been solu under ordinary condition, weeks ago. Realising -th impossibility of being- able to move these goods soon enough at. what Is usually considered big price reductions, we are compelled to, simply aU'u&hter prices without regard to profit, and in some Instances, cost Think of selling a 11.00 silk golf shirt, that is regarded aa a -big snap at 76 cents, for 4 cents,? SocH that , are advertised as big bargains at IS cants, for 7 cents. It la a fact that we have never In our business history sold men's furnishing at such profit-killing prices as we are now forced to. Tha goods ar a4I nw this soaon. and were selected by me with great car and were ordered with a view to meeting heavy demand; s w Indicated by conditions earlier in the season. Bust, ness has fallen 8at, however, and w art left with the big stock on hand that wa must get rid of, even at a loss." 7 i Garrison for bouth Africa. CAPE TOWN. Th permanent garrlsot of South Africa Is to be 50,000 men be sides a large force of reserves, the wholf under the command of General LytUeton. I VOTE FOR At...;......u '. . ' AS THB ONB TO'TAKB THB Journal Vacation Trip.