Weekly Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1900-1924, August 26, 1902, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextHIGH PRICED '-HOP CONiRACT Twenty-Two tents Paid One Grower in Marion County to A PROMINENT HOI BROKER, IS IN TUK CITY INVESTIGATING CONDITIONS IN- THE PACIFIC COAST YARDS AN INTERESTING INTERVIEW. . (From Saturday Dally. , The-topnotch in prjces for the 1902 crop of hopg was reached in this city this weok(WhenAndfC6n, of Macleay' sold to A. ,Lehman tc Co of New Xprk, through the latter' local agent, Gevrge J. L. Rose, 10,000 pounds of this year's gjrowtb for a consideration of 22 cents jwr pound; This contract was enter ed into, on Monday last, bat has not as yet been filed for record. '' The grower was paid .cents per pound or $226, upon signing the contract and will re ceive an advance of 5 cents per'pound at picking time. t- ' A. hop contract' was filed with the .county recorder yesterday whereby Cat tin & Linn, a local firm of hop mer chants - who also -Operate extensive yards in folk county, agree' to deliver to A. Lehman & Co., of New , York, 15.000 pounds of the- 1902 crop for a consideration of 21 cents per- pound. This contract was under date of July 25th. j . , . John W; pole, one of the leading hop brokers of the East, with head quarters In Boston, Massachusetts, on aUour of the Pacific Coast states has stopped off in this cKy for a few days , isit to the local dealers and to view the - local situation generally. - Mr. Dole Is probably one of the best authorities on hops in the country, -a, liuent and genial conversationalist and is very generous . in dealing oirt his information of which he has a.;great store.' ". ' Mr Dole has just arrived I from .Cali-i fornla. and slopped off in Albany where he visiteif several yards. He says that, although he was well aware of the ex tensive cale upon which bops wer cultured here, the sight of such large and ! well , kept.: yards was a 'revelation to him, nelng his first visit to this coast. ; Qno thing he marvels at, how ever is how such an excellent quality of hops 'ean be raised upon land that .is ntt fertilised, and thinks that, al though Oregon hops already have a world-wide reputatlo.,thclr quality as to strength' could be very much lm-. roved'upon. Id New York while the acreage Is far below that of Oregon.'the . growers fertilize their -land every year by throwing a. forkfull of plaster "over - .the hills ; in he ; fall.i which not .; only gives the earth nourishment, but serves as a projection , Ir the roots' from the rigors, of the severe winterThe acre, . age of New York hops has been greatly decreased since the Pacific; coast hops luivc come into competition, as th&cost -of "prod act ton is. so much less here, the quality superior and the yield per. acre several hundred pounds greater "-than in New York. ',-'..." v-v In speaking of New York's shortage this year, which Mr. Dole ascribes io the cold weather which was exporienc ed early In the season, he estmates the yfldiat-;lut one-half a crop, other estimates placing it at from one-fourth to one-third crop. He, spoke very encouragingly of the outlook in the yards which he has vis- Ked and If nothlngunforseen happens . a. splcrMlld crop will be the result. He had not noticed much unevenness "Which has lnn refiorted to exist, but, he add ed, this fact may have escaped his no- ' tlce. ; i- H" ' t-V ; :; :-J :r . When f asked ns to his opinion, ac .:. Wording to present Indications, as Jo ' the future of the' market, he remaTkPdi "The 1 market is a very uncertain quantity for while k Is up today ibfs bottom may fait out of It tomorrow with no. apparent reason.' A rise In the market comes almost always un expectedly like a thief in the might, and ...4,..,. miv ifrir tinwa'rd for davs and I 1 1 v rt 1 1 j . weeks' until some bright morning a man may awake with a great stock of high-priced hops to find a demoralis- -' eti mantei ana iumwuj .wuvvm.. -It. nor makes any attempt to, except ' the wise theorists." ' ' :. ' ' He does- not look for ajtery great demand for hops until the"" season Is If nt all. inn account Of the great part of the crop being already secured5 and a goodlysupply of stock laid in by the.' brewers, to tide them overany emergency "which jnlght arise early.-" j ;V. He fisds also, on account of the high price now offering, that the acreage is being greatly Increased all over - the coast and that the growers thereby are laying the foundation for another great over-production which will be ruinous to the majority of, them and. having 'passVd through Just such an experience, he is surprised at their seeming lack of Judgment or foreslghtednesa. . . Mr. Dole will remain In this city un .til this mornin&when he will depart for Portland and ilslt the North Yakima Washington, hop district on his way home.t He expressed blmSclf as being delighted with the country and pre v diets a great future for It. , V0NCE MORE AN EXCURSION THE CORVAL-1-IS & ; EASTERN ' WILL RUN A? TRAIN TO TA , QUIN A BAY NEXT SUNDAY. The pon 4 His & Kastern R. R. Co., recdsnWng the value of a day's recre ation and relaxation to the busy roer . chant, the over-worked ,.cler k and , the toilsome labor f the farmer, and knowing that both brain and nuiscle wilt Ik. refreshed and strengthened by ' a visit to the brjny deep, have decided to run another of their popular Sunday excursions from. Albany. Conalljs and all points west on Sunday August 2. , 1903, leaving Albany at 7:00 -a. m. ana returning leave Newport at 6:30 p. m. Tills will probably be the last excur Plon of the sesson, nd tie low fare or !.! fm Albany. Corvallls and Pbilo Math. has rlaced It within reach of all. N.'ll ill! W mil . a . . . Tha numerous attractions at Newport are tool well known to netl further re- ' iteration: suffice It to say that an mn tinma from th excursion X.e.: Don't foret ; tbe" dat -Eunflay. 1 ana that the far is or.ly $1.50. This may be your last! "wat! tke advantage of it, ; TWO I(EW ;C0RP0lUTI0:iS piled articles of incorpor.- TION IN THE STATE DEPART MENT YESTERDAY. In the State Department, yesterday, two new companfea filed articles of In corporation. They are: ; The Little Chieftain Mining & In vestment Company wlU engage in min ing operation, and do general develop ment work with headquarters In Myr th Creek, and a capital of 500,000. . B. M. Armltage. C. O.. White. W. Q. White. W. o. Stevenson and C. L Lu klns are the incorporators. ' The, Union Log Driving Company, of Union will float, transport and boom logs In Oregon streams, and do a gen eral lumber business, with a. capital of $20,000. SC. W. Merrill, M. R. Wood an, and L. J. pa vis arc the incorport ators of record. - ' BUFFALO BEL AND HIS SHOW Major John M. Burke, Friend ofthc Famous x Scout ; ' VI8ITED SALEM YESTERDAY IN THE INTEREST t)F THE BIO PRODUCTION IT IS NOT A CIR CUS, BUT A HISTORICAL AND PRESENT FACT. '.'' Every once . in a while, or twice In a while, for several -weeks soma one has dropped : Into Salem and given a re minder of . the fact that S Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders . of the World will be here on Thursday, August- 28th next Thurs day. : ; .f ; : "i r ' Jtlrst," reminders- were forwarded i by mail, a number of months ago. Theh the man came along who contracted for the bill boards and for other -things. Then came a car or two loaded with flaming posters and other printed mat ter. Then another car, with more of some one to see that all of the posters etc.. were stijl ip.v - ' 1 Yesterday Major John. M. Burke, who has been with Buffalo; Bill for twenty years or more, came along and woke things up generally. He is' a sort of all aroundmanager and advance agent, part of his business being to assure the peiple thai this is neither a show nor a circus, but a spectacle and a histor ical and present fact. . He will shoot the first man who calls' It a circus or a show. The Indians are real Indians. Sioux Indians; the Rough, Riders are the real thing. They, were there with ftoosevelt. The 'cowboys are boys themselves from the plains, headed by the man who wears the belt, ThertJcr man cavalrymen, Russian. Cossacks, English and German soldiery, ctc.,-etc., are the real, genuine thing, and : not made up for a "show'or. a "circus.' Everytlifng 13 hot only true to life, it is lite itself, r Vi :' 1 ; r'' . ; - - The seating accommodations ' are ample for all; the people of . Marion county.: It Is thC biggest thing of Its Kind in the world In fact, the only thing of its kind in the -world.-- Major Burke Is an enthusiast on the merits of the5 aggregatkm and on the career of its chief, fol. Wi F. Coyly, who is more than 'a mere showman, who ts a business man of large proierty and interests and of large calibre, and a nan of true genius, f t f v The major la trying to burnish -up his French, masticate the German, and parictta Italiano. It Is marvelous the interest tliat he takes In French wait ers," Teutonic Plbiner dispehsers. and the musically Inclined Sicilian. He has ordered, f rom Sousa a medley embrac ing -the! -star Spangled Banner, Oqd Save the King." "Wacht Am i:h!ne;" the Mars:Hlale,M the "Belgian Bran banza," "Marche lo Garabaldi," and "Yankee ' DooJIe. 1 This Is all prepar atory to soon, invading Europe. . The , Major, however, finds time to eulogize the merits and glories of the Wild West The other evening a representative of "La Cirque" referred to the seHsatlon created by the Ioop the Loop. Th Major almost tamed one himself and came back with the following: "This 'loop the loop' act about which such a fuss is being made, said Burke, "really is not, when considered critic ally, nearly as remarkable as the Coup de Croup executed by half a dozen or more cowboys at each perfor mance of the Wild West. Tn the for mer, two natural i laws of force are. with some ingenuity, I admit, applied to offset each other for the production of a sensational effect, in which there is apparent, but not real, risk to the performer. Centrifugal force holds the bicycle safely against the big circular track, which Is .an embodiment, or centripetal force restraining the vehicle and its rider from being projected oat into space by the centrifugal b"Pu1f So long as the rider steers straight, he Is quite as safe -when head down, or at any other point of the curve, as when on the sawdust at the end of .the track. It Is only when lie sets out front the solid centripetal restraint that things are liable to happen to him. j "But look at the cowboy on the bacn of an outlaw bronchoor thereabouts, more or less-m this tt Co,p act, thlnP not on y happen to him at any seconl, buVthrir actually do happen. The elastic plne. thalebne muscles, electric velocity, and infernal cunning of the brut apply all known forces, and perhaps devise a" the hated rider from his back. When he initiates a centrif- ' . ' . ih. taneentical pro- puUiomof hts rider,: there Is no kindly centrist! defense t offset it. only -.itivMtess of the rider s muscles to the ; Marconi ; telegraphy of the phlrslcTl moWity;lulckn of response Sd he sTenfer grip of the " o the saddle. If that slips he saUsj off INQUIRIES ARE COMING Letters from the East Asking for Information About : Oregon ONE MAN IN MISSOURI WRITES TO GOVERNOR GEER AND ASKS MANY, QUESTIONS REGARDING Tins NORTHWEST COUNTRY AND THE PROSPECTS. Gov. T. T. Geer recently received a letter of Inquiry regarding this state. and: openings to be found for newcom- ersfrom Charles Merrick, of Wood HiH. Dallas county, Missouri. The letter was turned over to Chief Clerk M. L. Chambcrlin, of the State Land office, and 'that gentleman answered the letter by pending the desired In formation. The letter from Mr. Mer rick is la part as follows: J 1 expect before long to take a rip to the Northwest In search of alloca tion, and would like as much informa tion as possible about the 'climate, soil, rainfall, topography, products, altitude, etc.. of the various sections of your state, the business prospects of the mors promising cities and towns, their population, schools and sltuaUon with ref erehee to the surroundag country and Ws products; what, portions, re quiring irrigation, and those producing without; also manufacturing Interests and opportunities, for same towns of ferlng best openings for merchandising and general trading, mines and mining prospects, railroads in operation or un der construction or soon to be. In fact, all the general and special Information which your facilities or kindness make possible" - ':' a ' : rShould l be able to visit Salem on my trip, I hope to find opportunity to thank you personally and those others who- may communicate wKh me,- for courtesies rendered." v f; ! The State Land office also received a letter from James K. Law. of Dixon, Illinois, asking Information about this state, and this gentleman; was also giv en all the information asked for. Ills letter follows:; '"I have been reading an article upon Oregon and its resources, published in 'Popular Mechanics, and I find; the following sentence? "Having decided where one would probably come to live, he should write the .State" Land office at Salem. If he wants school land, and Inquire what lands are for sale in that locality. He must specify the locality with some degree of deflniUeness. ' To one not familiar wMh the" state, only having said article and old or even re cent maps of the state such as are giv en in Rand & McNally's, It Is very dif ficult to declde with any degree of defl niteness Just where the land would be most valuable In time to come or, the most desirable location for a home. ,; "Will.you not kindly sent me a re cent map of the state, printed with ref erence , to. production and whatever printed, matter you may have which youl think would be" of Interest to a probable Investor and preatly oblige." - These are samples of a large num bM of letters received, by the. State Land Office and. StateLand Agent L. B. Geer almost daily, and they are often at" a loss as to the IWrature to send to these Inquiries, as the officers are entirely out of ""Resmirces of Oregon, and there Is very little else In the way of descriptive literature. In their hands. to supply there Kastern seekers after information. A LITTLE BOY INJURED r ! . ; '';' ; 1 ' -. '- ATTEM FTED TO DISMOUNT FROM MERRY-GO-ROUND WHILE IT i I WAS IN MOTION. ; Elvln Long, the little six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Win Long who re side on Liberty and Union streets, while riding on the merry-go-round last evening, attempted, to dismount from the revolving platform while "it Was In motion; got his foot fast be tween the machine and a platform cov ering of the motor cable and was drag ged several feet before being released. - He appeared to be very badly hurt at first and was- picked up and carried home by S. C. Chase, where an exam ination of the Injured member showed that ho bones were broken, but ! the lower portion of the leg. from the ankle to the knee was pretty badly bruised. Since the lad brought on the acci dent through his own carelessness by trying to alight while the swing was In motion, contrary to numerous cau Uortlngs, the father of the boy, 'after making Inquiries Into the details of the affair, held the operators of the merry-go-round blameless for the mis fortune, as did all who witnessed it. . WILL ERECT MONUMENT TO THE MEMORY OF LEWIS AND CLARK! IN PORTLAND GOV- ,, ERNORS TO BE THERE. PORTLAND. Or, Aug. 53. The Gov ernors of Oregon, Washington. Idaho and Montana have accepted the Invita tion uattend the ceremony of laying the cornerstone of the monument. to be ercted here to the memory of Lewis and Clark. . : . , COULD DO NOTHING. ' NEW1 YORK. Aug. 23. Rudolph Flpdner. eif New Brunswick, N. Is dead after a lingering gillnes from a rare disease Of the skin, known to sci entists as pemphigus vulgarus. No other case of the disease has ever been known In the tTnited States. It Is as serted, FJIedners skin became as If scalded, jm4 his purses had to swath hit entire body in cotton- Mr. Flled ner was first taken 111 in May. Spe cialists were called who studied the csre with great Interest, but ould do nothing ti reliv-e htfn atjd be died from exhaustion, , He was yars old. and. starting as a factory laborer, had bunt up a large business. . -'.;' i OAOTOIlSAt - Legal Blanks. Statesman Job Office. Legal Blanks. Statesman Job Office. YOUNG WIFE AND IIOTIIER MRS. R. P. HANSEN DIED YESTER DAY SHE LEAVES THREE ' SMALL' CHILDREN. - Mrs. Hannah Hansen. wife of Mr. R P. Ha r sen. who resides on Miller and Saginaw streets, in Sotrth Salem, died at the Salem Hospital, at 8:29 o'clock yesterday morning, after a brief illness, aged S3 years, 3 months and 11 days; Mrs. Hansen was the. daughter of D, W. Thomas, of Oregon City, and born In Wales, on June S, 1SS9. She was married to Mr. Hansen "on February 7, -im. - Besides ber grief strieken husband, she leaves three small children, the youngest of which Is only a few weeks old. a. father, broth er and "three sisters to mourn ber sud den .and untimely demise." She was a prominent and active member of Silver Bell Circle No. 43. Women -f Woodcraft, and: the funeral services wilt.be held at th family borne, in South Salem, at 2 o'clock Sun day afternoon, conducted under the auspices of that order, NEW GIRDER FOR BRIDGE More Repairs to West End of One of the. Spans WILL CAUSE DELAY IN OPENING IT TO TRAVEL UNTIL UON'DAT WIRE NETTING TO BE USED IN STEAD OP WOODEN RAILING ON FOOTBRIDGE. The work on the steel bridge is pro gressing rapidly, and Contractor Royal expected to finish the undertaking .by noon today,! but at the last moment, at a time whenit was thought that all the work except laylng the floor of the last section of the approach was com pleted. It was found that the main gir der under ttie west end of the west span of. the bridge was -so badly decayed that, it endangered the bridge. ,,This girder has been ' in the bridge" for years, but it was thought to be sound until an examination yesterday show ed that It was a- menace to travel and to the entire bridge, and Supt. 8. A. Riggs, who has charge of the work of reiKilrlng the structure, promptly de cided to replace It with new timbers. The material for tbjs part of the work was at once aeevred. and this morning Contractor Royal's crew of men will begin the Job of taking out " the old decayed girder, and put in new timbers. This will take all' of today, and per haps a portion of next Monday, and the contractor as well as Mr. Riggs says he thinks it will be completed In time P permit of travel passing over the bridge by Monday afternoon, when the structure will probably be thrown open to the public " . . , The east approach of the bridge Is completed witb the exception of a small section of the railing, and this will be erected today. The flooring for this portion Is all new. and the approach is now better and stronger . than ever In the history of the bridge. The railing1 on the west approach Is nearly all up so far as the driveway Is concerned. It Is new throughout, and built In a must substantial manner. The footpath of the bridge will be reconstructed entire, and Mr. Riggs' plan, to do away with the old wooden railing and use instead a heavy woven wire fencing will be adopted. This woven wire will be attached, to posts about 4Vi feet high, and will extend from the Marion county end of the foot bridge to the extreme end of the bridge on the Polk county shore. The wire fencing will be about 4 feet wide, about a 6-inch mesh, and Will be at tached to Ihe posts so that the lower edge will be about inches above the flooring. This will mak higher, stronger and safer protection for pe destrians, and will save the bridge - In a high wind a great amount of strain, as the wind wjtl exert very little force on the wire as compared to the heavy wooden railing. The cost of this rail ing, too. Will be less than 'the wooden tail, and It will last many years longer. On the two main spans of the bridge the wooden railing dividing the drive way from.: the foot bridge will be re moved, and tn its place a 5-wlre fence will be constructed. The wires will ba one-quarter of an Inch In thickness, and will be of the best galvanized stock. fastened on the north side of the steel frame of the "bridge, thus making it so strong as to preclude the possibility of a team breaking through.- i When these Improvements are com pleted the bridge will be better equip ped than ever in Its history. This will be the first bridge In Oregon having wire netting to take, the place of railing a novelty In bridge equipment. ' WcBRlDE IS A WINNER HE CARRIES CLARKE COUNTY, WASHINGTON AGAINST ALL . OPPOSITION. VANCOUVER, Wash, Augtl Re publican primaries were held through out Clarke county today. Governor ant I -lobby policy : was the Issue, and the line were tightly drawn. The the lines were ttlgntiy drawn. The result lsjonceded to be overwhelming ly favorable to McBrlde's policy. Of nine precincts beard from ' the Mc Bride faetkm Is conceded thirtyelgtt dclegatea t; twenty for th opposftion. Against McBrids. Wbatcom, Wasb Aug. 21 The Ite pubiiean county convention tody placed a full county ticket In the field, with the exception of a candidate for Superior Judge. For that position tfiey endorsed Judge Netterer, the present Democratic incumbent. A platform was adopted, opposing . McBrlde's policy, which favors the creation of a railway commission, and one piank Insinuates that his present agitation flavors of a Populist props stand a. . Judge II. Hadley Was-endorsed for reflect in to the Su rreme bench. Not afrind of (Jovemor M'cRrtde was elected a tSsat to the Rpublican convention. . Legal BSar.ka, EUtesffian Job Oflce. TO RECOVER LARGE SUM An Actica Ccmmenced In 4 Slate Circuit Court Yesterday MRS. HATTIE L. POWERS BRLNGS A DIVORCE SUIT AGAINST HER HUSBAND. GUY M. POWERS- SHE ASKS FOR ALIMONY DE SERTION IS CHARGED. ' (From Sunday's Dally.) A suit to recover th sum of fSSO was begun in the first department of th State Circuit Court yesterday In which P. L. Kenady is the pUlnUfC and W. J. Rlckabaugh, th defendant. The plaintiff alleges that the amount sued for is upon two promissory notes, one of jwhich was executed on October 6. 1901. for the sum of $3000, with in terest at per cent, and the other for the sura of $590, made on the same date bearing Interest at the above rate. The plaintiff also asks for the aggregate sum of $100 as special attorney fees. The plaintiff has caused- the ' defend ant's real and personal property to be attached in security for the Judgment. E. P. Morcom and X3eo. O. Bingham are the attorneys, for the plaintiff in the actkm. :. - ' -A : A Divorcs Suit. ; In the second department of : the State Circuit Court . yesterday. Mrs. Hattle L. Powers nied an action aslr ing for a decree of divorce fromGuy M. Powers; that she recover from the defendant the sum of $30 per month alimony, payable the first of eai' month; that said alimony be declared a lien upon the defendant's real and personal property to secure payment thereof, that a certafn deed and bill of sale, transferring the defendant's, Guy M. Powers, "to be declared null and void, and that Guy M. Powers be declared, the owner thereof, and that the defendant. Guy M . Powers.- b re quired ttf pay the sum of $200, the plaintiff's attorney's fees in this suit and for her costs and disbursements. The plaintiff, for a cause, of action, alleges that she and the defendant, Guy M. Powers, were married In Port land n December S, 188$, that he de serted her about eighteen months ago and has continued to live apart from her ever since, despite her efforts to induce him to return and live with her. She complains that he has treated her in a shameless and cruel manner, cur sing and otherwise mistreating her un. til she has become so vexed and an noyed Chat her life has become bur densome and her health Impaired So greatly that she Is no longer able to care for herself; that she' Is now under the doctor's care by reason of Ill treatment .and depending solely upon ber friends and relatives for support. She alleges further that the defend ant, Guy 'M.. Powers, Is the owner of lot v No.. , block 29. in Sa- b-m. and lot No. L and the;- north half of lot ' No. 2, of Suhnyslde Fruit Farm Nol . the' former property being worth .about $2000, and the lat ter $700, subject tOdtnortgages of $130 and $515. respectively, and also of per sonal .property of the aggregate value of $1300, all o'f which property she al leges, the defendant, , Guy M. rowers, transferred to Frank H. Powers, by deed and bill1 of sale, for a pretended consideration.' merely for the purpose of. -defrauding her of ber legal one third Interest, as provided by law in case of divorce, and for the purpose t preventing her from obtaining ali mony. She charges further that .Frank II. Powers knew of the defendant. Guy M. Powers intention to defraud, her of her rights and that he colluded and conspired with Guy M. lowera to hin der, defraud and delay the plalnllrT by said conveyances, and she makes Frank II. Towers, a brother of Guy M. Pow ers, a party defendant to the suit. John A. Carson and John Bayne are the attorneys named for th plaintiff.. THE TRACY REWARD AN ATTORNKY HERE FROM DAV-. ENPORT. WASHINGTON TUB OUTLAW CHANGED RIFLES. v ' TKVrom Sunday's Dally:) Hon. 'H. A. I. Myers, an attonery of Davenport, Washington, rprescnt Ingthe Creston pos"se that captured Tracy, Was In Salem yesterday, and w hile here visited the prison with Gov ernor Geerr He told the officers that, while In conversation with one of th Eddy brothers, at whose ranch Tracy was killed. Mr. Eddy told blm of Tracy changing his rifle: barrel) for another. Tracy claimed that he bad secured another - Winchester rifle, and had exchanged the barrel of the -rifle he carried from the prison for that of the new gun; that he had trouble In fitting the barret to the stock, and hs was obliged to underlay the fittings with leather in some places to make a perfect Joint. This was not believed, when 'it. was first told. However, when Mr. Myers told It yeterdythe rifle brought ber from : Washington with Tracy's body. wa -carefully ex amined, and 1W was foil nd . b as Tracy bad said tba steel braces fastr ening the barrel to the stock, were un derlaid with thick pieces of leather, so as to make a perfect joint. Another proof that -Tracy told th truth Mr. Myers looked up th matter of the claims of his clients, and will take stepa to at once secure a settlement of the reward,' without going Into court tO d- SO- - : , CHARGED WITH BEQGING sstasBssssswa - A WOMAN ARRESTED WHO HAD COLLECTED A FORTUNE FROM CHARITY. NEW YORK. Aug. 23 The, police have arrested a woman representing herself to txn Mrs; Harris IIunter.4the widow of a one-time member of the Chicago Board of. Trade, cm tfie terhnl. cal charge of v.Jranry. an-t- a Magis trate ban held the ma In $00 bail for examination. She Is tt yearn of i age, sflgbt of build., with gray hair, and was dressed In rfp mourning. Fhe j waa arrested In 'front of .Kuhn, Loeb, &'Or. banking office by an agent of, the charity organization society ind, detectives from the central ofTSce. I 2Irs. Hunter f.a! trid tn obtain" fn-, ancial aid In the bankic? ' house t y saving that she had sn invalli trot! f r for whom she wished to buy an 1 ; valida chair. She was told to p'wo back at a certain hour. As stvon ft Ishe bad left a clerk telephontd me charities organlxatlon and Inf ornie I them that . for the past Ova years woman answering her description hvi been going the rounds of the. promi nent brokers offices, collecting money upon one pretext or another. She would, Invariably represent herself an the widow of a former president of tho Chicago Board of Trade, It was sai l, and as having lost her money through various failures. When she cam back, shs was arrested. It is alleged that she had traveled from San Fran cisco to New York, collecting money all th time, until it Is said she h.u . . . . a r a . Si r N Mrs. Hunter says "of herself j ?' 1 come from Sheridan, Wis., wher I have left a fatherjl years Id. a son do'wn with consumption and a dauish ter 14 years old. I hiv been living In Brooklyn. The folks out West hav no means of support, so I set aWut securing aid for them. In receiving' monry from peoHf In this city I novo done no wrong. WHITEAKER WHEAT POOL A, D. Gardner Secures Grain at Fifty-Seven Cents THE PRICE SECURED BY- THE FARMERS IS FIVE CENTS ABOVE CURRENT QUOTATIONS OATH WERE NOT SOLD. THE BIDS BE ING TOO LOW. ; At the orjenlng, of the second set of bids, at the lldcky I'oint school house. last night, for the big pool of (O.OUO bushels of wheat and about 90,000 bush els of oats, which was formed by the farmers of Whltaker neigh boibood, thu wheat was sold to A. D. Gardner, of Stayton, he. having off erod rX cents p r bushel. S'-cents In advance of the mar ket quotatlonix, The bids ."for the oats. not being satisfactory to the commit teH were refused arid another meeting will be held at the same place on Wednes day night, to receive new bids for the name. ; "' j . ' . . The number 'of ' bids offered on the wheat or the prices, other than that of the successful bidder, .were not givn out. The first Iset of bids oil the pool were recelvei and rejected on Monday . night last The bids offered for the oats last night were also not given out. WILL RUN FAST TRAIN AN ELECTICAL COMPANY BUILDS ONE TO MAKE A -HUNDRED' MILES AN HOUR. NEW YORK, Aug.423.Xnliclrlcat company at Lynn. Mass.. Is butldintr a Vtrain whK'h is soon to i used in lllii'iols says a special dispatch from Lynn, and which the engineers estimate wl'i make 90 to 100 miles on hour. It Is addd that the track for the itraln-Jn Illinois Is. almost completed; that "thline- IS about 150 miles long, and is remarkable for solidity and strength. As far as possibl grades have been. :llmlnatd. Elcctrirlly will be the motlvs twwtr. and thi third rail system Will b usd. A train of three cars has been built for the first trials. The train wilt b equipped with 12 motors of 120 horse power each. Instead of the high speed" Increasing the danger, it is clalmpcl that the train will b safer and run less risk of leaving tho rails than un ordinary street car. Tha theory hld by the electrician Is that th train is practically electrically welded to the track and cannot leave It while the power Is; pn. Tim lwatim ct tho track Is not given. ' FIRE AT PENDLETON THAT CITY AGAIN HUri-T'lW HEAVY IHSK.S THE THIRD TIM K IN TWO W KICKS. PENDLETON. Or., Aug. 23.A $30. OOO.fire occurred this aftemon In the. O. R. & K.'yars. The Kerr t'lffrd warehouse ,was burned. The ware house , was nearly empty. Six tb'u. sand cedar posts, five box cars,- a pll driver, a supply bouse and its contents valued at $8,000. all belonging to thq railway company, were destroyed. Tlii oil .tanks barely escaped. I3ght hun dred thoroughbred sheep were sivcd that would have suffocated by five minutes'-delay. This la ppfi'lletori's third big fire In the locality of ttie O. R. & N. statkm In two weeks. ; mraiELL has started OREGON'S SENATOR LEFT Yi: TERDAY FOR HAWAII To INVESTIGATE CONDITIONS PORTLAND. Or, Aug. 23. Ur.il. 1 States 'Senator John 11. MJtfiieli i-it today for Ilawall.. - He Is" CblrnvT of the sub-ommltte of the i n Committee on Iaciflj Islands and I'or-" toltlco. The sub-corn roiHe g-wa p Hawaii to Investigate conditions ti.f. NEV BATTLESHIP HAL' ( li ON HER TRIAL TRIP Yr;KTrr.nAT DEVKUirtD v WO'NDKRKUL SPEED NAVY'S I IAC1 Ml. BOSTON, Mass, Aug. 23. The tl ff battleship Main raced jroumj ti, cape on her trial course to i y. - !! r contract call fr a s"pcd.-of H kt "' t Ier b"ur tor t)Ur contlnu''M l-.r Z steaming. .Tii mjn rjl ri'.-vl ! without .allowances, was rlvn fut . U.Z. .Fh is the fj?tit l,y-,U 1 the American navy. a good a;:uvi;k. A r-keptlc who was trying t' ot.f a ChrUtian clorel man by t! ; - contrad.ctory passaK-s in tt. ! asked how It rwiM It! that'-we wen: the Fpfnt and. the rplrit In us, r i v f he rrly; Oh, dar's ti. pii2z! '1 , dat. It's like dt r. I i ' J It de f re till it gs red hot. , poker's In de fire an' fxrr-'n In ftker." A profound th"!-'-. :.i n f' not have rnd a l ttrr r; !y. i-i i : i that they have received a nw lease of action.