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THE- 3IORXIXCL OKEGOXIAN, "WEDNESDAY, MAT 16. 19C6.
IS
William Coy Drags. Blistered
'; Body From Blazing Cabin.
DIES AT NEIGHBOR'S HOME
Some of Buried AYealth of Old Bach
'elor Englishman, Living In the
Coast Range, Is Found by
' Party of Searchers.
: ALBANY, Or., May 15. (Special.)
Burned in a lonely log cabin In the root
hills of Linn County so that he soon died
was the fate ot William Coy. a bachelor,
some 66 or 70 years old. The accident
happened lust Wednesday, -when the old
gentleman was at his solitary abode, a
log cabin on the hill that surround Foi
Valley, a rich farming spot well up in
the mountains of the- eastern part of Linn
County, on the line of the Corvallis &
KaFtern Railroad. News of the affair
Just reached Albany today, when one of
tho old bachelor neighbors, H. F. Bo
deker. came down to inform the County
Judge.
Detail of the tragedy are meager, for
Mr. Coy lived entirely alone in his moun
tain cabin. He had, however, been able
to get his trunk and some clothes from
the cabin, which was burned to the
around, for these things were found on
the outsido by neighbors who searched
the premises. He had been able to re
move from his body the clothes he wore
during the fire and encased his badly
burned .body in a change of raiment.
After the fire Coy started for the homo
of G. F. Johnson, about a mile distant,
and died soon after reaching there. The
burns were serious and the victim's age
and infirmity made it impossible for him
to survive.
About were found In Coy'e trunk, but
the neighbors, knowing his habits of
thrlftlness and frugality, made a search
of the premises for more wealth. One
of the party, while probing in the grouni
with an old scythe, ran upon a jar con
taining 1480 in gold coin. It is thought
tha'.' further search will uncover more
wotillh, as Coy was somewhat of a miser
and made considerable money during the
years he lived the life of a hermit.
, - Coy was an Englishman. lie came to
this country about the year 1S9, and soon
thereafter located on the hills back of
Vox Valley on a homestead. lie spent
the remainder of his life in a solitary
existence in his log cabin home and was
finite prosperous. -
SLEEPING FISHERMAN DKOYVNS
Boat Is Cut Down Near Tongue
Point by the Costa Rica.
ASTORIA, Or., May 15. (Special.)
The first drowning accident in the Co
lumbia River during the present lishing
season occurred at an early hour this
morning, when Matt Homas, a gillnet
fisherman employed by th: Columbia
River Packers' Association, lost his life
and Hendrlck Homas, the boat puller
and a brother of Matt Homos, had a
narrow escape' from meeting the same
fate.
. As the steamer Costa Rica was com
Jner through the cut-off channel about
S o'clock this morning, a heavy gale
was blowing and the sea was lumpy.
She had proceeded far below Tongue
Point when she struck a fishing bout
amidships and cut it down. The boat
'carried no light and was not seen be
fore the accident, by Pilot Snow, who
was on the bridge of the steamer.
Captain Snow immediately stopped
the steamer and the strong flood tide
soon carried her back to the scene of
the accident, where the anchor was
dropped. In the meantime a small
boat was lowered, but no trace of the
men or their boat was found, although
the net was sighted and turned over
to another fishing boat that was in the
vicinity.
About K o'clock, or nearly an hour
after the accident, Louis Williamson
and Chris Larson, who were making a
drift through the channel discovered a
flshlnrf boat swamped and with a man
clinging to it. The man proved to be
1 lor.drlck Homas, who said his brother
had been drowned through their boat
being run down by a steamer, which
he thought was the Samson. He ac
knowledged that both he and his broth
er were asleep at the time, and they
had no light on their boat.
SHEEPIIERDER WAS DEMENTED
Why He PUT Not Throw Vp His
TTands W hen Taken for Murderer.
PENDLETON. Or.. May 1.".. (Special.)
No new developments have been added to
the mystery surrounding the story of the
burned -car' and man at Foster yesterday.
William Wilson, the soldier who was in
charge of the car, is now in the County
Jail here. The body of John Connelly,
the demented sheeplierder. who was shot
by mistake, is at a local undertaking
establishment awaiting the discovery of
his relatives.
The stranger who escaped through the
sagebrush the other side of Echo, and
whose flight resulted In the death of Con
nelly, lias not been as yet found by the
officers, who are on his track and who
have hopes of soon finding him and bring
ing him to the County Jail in Pendleton.
I'ntil this stranger lias been found, of
until Wilson is induced to talk, no one
will know the real cause of the Are which
cost the life of the unknown man. or who
that man was. It may be that even then
i he information will be meager, as Wil
son. at least, does not seem to be very
anxious to talk or to tell the same story
twice' when he does.
U has been found that Connelly was a
demented sheepherder, and that he-was
not armed at the time of his death. His
,'iueer actions when accosted by the Sher
iff's posse are responsible for his having
been shot. Connelly was in Pendleton for
some time, and while here showed that he
was mentally unbalanced. He told several
people here that he had a brother in Sa
lem named Thomas Connelly, and that
he had been a guard for President Roose
velt at the time he made his trip to the
1'aelflc Coast some years ago. Inquiry,
nowever. both at Salem and at Portland
has failed to locate the brothes.
BARGAIN MUST BE KEPT.
Supreme Court Decides Against the
Kalama Lumber Company.
OLYMP1A. Wash.'. May 15. (Spe
cial.) The Supreme Court today re
versed the Cowlitz County case of the
Western Timber Company, appellant,
vs. the Kalama River Lumber Com
pany, respondent, involving the Sale of
a tract of timber land for $50,000.
Appellant made an offer of 550,000
for the land in question, and October
.1. 1904, respondent company, by res
olution of its board of directors, ac
cepted the offer. Appellant objected to
the form of the resolution ordering the
sale, and respondent company agreed
to. adopt a new resolution, which
thould comply with the suggestions of
HERMIT
BURNED
appellant as to form. A meeting .of the
board of directors was held O'ctober
27, 1904, for the purpose of adopting
the new resolution, but instead of do
ing so the resolution of sale was re
scinded entirely.
The records in the case show that be
tween October 21 and 27 a telegraphic
offer of $70,000 was received by re
spondent for the tract of land.
The Supreme Court finds that the
resolution of October 21 was a suffi
cient compliance with the require
ments of the statute of frauds; that
appellant at no time refused to accept
or perform the contract: that the offer
of respondent was accepted by appel
lanr prior to the adoption of the re
scinding resolution; that the- contract
is one that can be specifically enforced
against the respondent. The Superior
Court is ordered to enter a decree for
tne specific performance of the con
tract. -
BIDS FOR THE SECOND CXIT
"Water to Be Placed on 20,000 Acres
of Klamath Land.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. May 15. (Spe
cial.) Advertisements will soon be placed
by the Secretary of the Interior for bids
on the second unit of the Klamath proj
ect, comprising 19 miles of main canal
and 27 miles of laterals. The first unit
of nine miles of main canal, under con
struction by Mason. Iav!s & . Co., will
place waten on about 13.000 acres in the
valley of the Klamath River, and on the
west side of Lost River, and the second
unit will put water, east of Lost River
and In Poe Valley on about 20,000 addi
tional acres. The bids will be opened
about June 27.
Supervising Engineer Lippincott .and
District Engineer Homer Hamlin, in
elmrge of the Yuma project, are here to
devote several days to matters in con
nection with the Klamath projects.
RUN KILLS CUTEfiPILLISeS
WORMS ARE DRIVEN TO TENTS
TO STARVE TO DEATH.
Inestimable Benefit Pone to the
Crops of Western Washington
by Timely Storm.
TACOMA, Wash., May 15. (Special.)
Besides renewing pastures and adding
thousands of dollars to incomes of farm
ers, gardeners and frukgrowers by giv
ing sustenance to thirsty tendrils, the rain
of this week has killed millions of tent
caterpillars. The rain drove the caterpil
lars into their tents and there the bad
weather of the past four or five days has
kept them without food. Most of the
worms are already dead. A few hours
more of the rain will destroy the re
mainder. Timely Rainfall In Wasco.
THE DALLES. Or., May 15. (Special.)
The timely rain which struck tills county
Sunday night and continued during Mon
day with short intermission, with heavy
showers last night and this morning, has
done Incalculable good to the crops, which
were threatened with drouth. In all about
a half inch fell, and it is reported that
the storm is general throughout the
county.
This will give the Spring grain and the
reseeded tracts of Fall grain which was
frozen out in the March cold spell a good
start and rehabilitate the Fall grain,
about one-half of which withstood the late
frost. With the usual Summer rains , the
prospects are that the yield in Wasco
County will approach lasi year's crop or
equal about one-Jmlf the crop of 1904. The
rain is also in good season to help the
fruit crop, which promises, well in quality
and only fair in quantity.
Rain Continues In Gilliam.
CONDON. Or.. May 15.-?9pecial.)
Heavy rains have prevailed in this cotmty
for the past 24 hours, and bid fair to
continue. This assures the usual good
crop, as the freeze-out of last March had
been fairly overcome by reseeding and fa
vorable Spring weather.
FORESTERS MEET AT CONDON
Delegates to Grand Court of Oregon
Are Being Well Entertained.
CONDON. Or.. May 15. (Special.) The
grand court of the State of Oregon of the
Foresters of America, opened its annual
sessions at this place today. Delegates
from the subordinate courts from all
over the state came In last evening on a
special car. About 60 delegates have ar
rived and many others are expected, in
cluding Foresters from Southern Oregon.
The trainv bearing the Foresters was
met at the depot by a delegation of citi
zens, headed bys Edward Dunn. the
Mayor of the city. A hearty welcome
was accorded the visitors. Extensive
preparations have been made to entertain
the grand court, as the members o'f the
local court here have been at work on
arrangements for weeks.
There are no great Issues or questions
to settle by the state body, only the gen
eral slate routine work to dispose of. This
is the first state fraternal organiza
tion to meet In Condon, and the citizens
of this place feel that they have been
honored by the coming of the grand
court.
A grand public hall will be given to
night in honor of the visitors, and an
elaborate special banquet will be spread
for the delegates tomorrow night. The
court got down to business at once this
morning.
OLD FLAG WITH A HISTORY
Floated Over Fort Walla Walla Dur
ing the Civil War.
OLYMPIA, Wash.. May 15. (Spe
cial.) Governor Mead has received
from Mrs. P. B. Johnson, of" Walla
Walla, widow of the pioneer journalist
and Indian War veteran, a rare his
torical treasure in a flag used as the
post flag at Fort Walla Walla during
the occupancy of that post in the Civil
War days by the First Washing-ton
Territory Volunteer Infantry. The
regiment was commanded by Colonel
Justus Stelnberger, whose brother, 0r.
C. M. Steinberger. was surgeon of the
regiment.
The flag la 16 feet long, much tat
tered, but with its colors still bright.
The 37 stars in its field show the care
ful needlework of those days. It will
be hung in the executive chambers
facing the flags of the first Washing
ton Volunteer Infantry carried in the
Philippines. -
Governor Mead's efforts to find the
regimental colors of the Civil War
regiment so far have been unavailing.
Auto Plunges Into Trestle.
SEATTLE. Wash.. May 15. (Spe
cial.) An automobile carrying: John
E. Boyer, wife and child, plunged off
the trestle on First avenue South near
Utah street at 1 o'clock yesterday
morning. The automobile dropped 14
feet into five feet of water. Mr. Boyer
held his wife and child above water
until help came.
Mr. Boyer and his family, who have
recently come to Seattle from Walla"
Walla, were returning from Tacoma
when he ran through a railing on the
bridge into the bay. There is neither
light nor danger lamp at the turn, Mr.
Boyer tried to take. . "
MINER IS LEADER
Trio of Canadian Pacific, Rob
bers Taken to Kamloops.
BIG REWARD FOR CAPTURE
Letters Stolen From Express-Car Are
Found on Prisoners Wounded
One Does Not Deny Partici
pation In Hold-Up.
VANCOUVER. B. C. May 13. The three
trainrobbers who were arrested late yes
terday afternoon, near Enitchene, 60
miles from Kamloops, after a desperate
fight with mounted police, were brought
into Kamloops this afternoon. They are
in charge of Constable Fernie, to whom
belongs the credit of their capture, and
Constable Pearse, who was in charge of
the police and posse.
Tomorrow morning the bandits will be
brought before a magistrate for prelimi
nary hearing. They will probably be re
manded, for one of the younger robbers,
who says bis name is Dunn, was shot in
the thigh, and it will be several days be
fore he will be able to stand in his place
and answer to the charge of holding up
tho train.
The old man of the trio is undoubtedly
Bill Miner, notorious as a highwayman
and trainrobber, and with a price 'on his
head larger than probably any other man
on the Pacific Coast. " Detective Seavey.
head of the Thiel Detective Agency at
Seattle, is certain this man is Miner. He
gives the name of George Edwards, while
the youngest of all says his name is Cal
houn. These two have Ilttlo to say, but Dunn
was very nervous when having his wound
dressed b a surgeon early this morning.
He said it was a pity that he had not
been killed outright, and did not deny, as
the others attempted to do, that they had
held up the train.
Miner has been living in Aspen Grove,
a mining camp, for the past s two years.
Occasionally he has been absent for a
month or so, and apparently went to this
mining camp after the hold-up of the
Canadian Pacific train a year and a half
ago,' near Mission.
He la wanted at Portland, as well as
for a hold-up on the O. R. & N.. about
four years ago. There will be a reward
of something like $20,000 coming to some
body. The robbers were fully armed with au
tomatic revolvers, and in their pockets
were found several letters stolen from the
express car. They opened fire when the
oftlcers came up. and it was in this fight
that Dunn was hurt.
James H. Christie, who has been held
as a suspect, will be released, as there is
no charge against him. He is well known
in Washington, as one of the first men
to explore the Olympic Mountains.
A. E. Miner, also known as William A
Miner and William Morgan, served a 23
years' sentence at the San Quentin, Cal..
penitentiary for stage robbery. In 1901
he was released. September 23, 1903, with
Gay Harshman and Charles Hoehn. both
of whom are serving time at Salem. Or.,
he robbed the O. R. & N. passenger train
near Corbett, Or. Near Mission, B. C.
September 10. 1904, a Canadian Pacific
train was robbed, and Miner is charged
with the crime.
HELPS SOLDIER . DESERT
"SWEETHEART PROVIDES WITH
A SAILOR'S UNIFORM.
Blanche Logan Expects to Be Ar
rested, hut Glories in Her .
, Lover's Escape.
SEATTLE, Wash., May 15. (Special.)
Private Roy Daniels, Company A, Tenth
Infantry, at Fort Lawton, aided by his
16-vear-old sweetheart. Blanche Logan.
has made good his desertion and is noun
in British Columbia, beyond the reach of
Uncle Sam.
Friday night, while Daniels was on
guard, he dropped his gun and made off
in the darkness.v His absence was not dis
covered until guard was changed. In the
meantime Daniels went to the home of
Miss Logan, on Salmon Bay, where he
was provided with a change of clothing,
and instead of a soldier's clothes he
donned the uniform of a sailor.
"I've been waiting for the soldiers to
come and arrest me." said Miss Logan
this morning. "You know it Is my second
offense. I had a friend once before in the
fort, and he. too. decided that he had
enough of the Army and deserted. And
they never caught him, either," concluded
Miss Logan, with no small satisfaction.
THANKS FROM GOV. PARDEE
Assistance Sent San Francisco by
, Washington Much Appreciated.
OLYMPIA. Wash.. May 15. (Special.)
Governor Mead has received a letter of
thanks from Governor Pardee, of Cali
fornia, for yje prompt assistance rendered
by the citizens of this state to the San
Francisco sufferers following the earth
quake. Governor Pardee says:
Washington responded to our first cry of
distress and the supplies, shelter, money and
personal assistance that she sent us came at
a time when they were most needed and
saved many of our destitute and -distressed
people from still greater sufferings.
The kind offer of your National Guard to
render their services to us I assure you Is
greatly appreciated. Will you kindly say to
the officers and men of the Washington Na
tional Guard that we appreciate very much
their ftood offices?
Words. Governor Sfead, at such a time as
this cannot express our feelings and hope
that you and the Washington people will un
derstand me when I say that we cannot find
words with which to express ourselves under
these, conditions, but that we appreciate
thoroughly what our friends have done
for us.
SMALL. BOYS LOOT A STORE
Booty Recovered by Seattle Police,
and the Culprits Released. .
SEATTLE, May 15. (Special.) Seven
boys, all under 15 years of age, were ar
rested this morning by Detective Corbett
and Truant Officer Ketchum. charged
with having robbed Morehead's grocery
store, at Tenth avenue South and Yesler
way. The youths were afterwards re
leased because of their age and owing to
the fact that this was their first criminal
offense.
The store was looted last week shortly
after a fire, which damaged the place. The
police department has been working on
the case since that time, and yesterday
information was received implicating a
crowd of youths who live in the neighbor
hood. This morning the two officers
rounded up seven of the lads, all of whom
confessed.. "
The largest part of the stolen stock was
recovered, and. after an interview with
the parents, the boys were allowed to go
without prosecution. Their names were
not given out for publication.
VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTER
Mrs. Baruth, of Medical Lake, Found
Guilty at Spokane.
SPOKANE. Wash., May 15. A ver
dict of manslaughter was returned to
night against Mrs. Josephine Baruth.
the Medical I.ake woman, on trial for
shooting her husband, who was a mem
ber of the Town Council. They quar
reled, Baruth . chased the woman
through the house and she secured a re
volver and fired three shots one
wounding him in the arm, the other in
the breast. Blood poisoning set in and
he died a few days later.
KILLED BY A SALOONKEEPER
Idaho Man Was Quarreling in a
Box With His Wife.
KELLOGG. Idaho, May 15. Ben Dar
win, aged about 30. was killed in a sa
loon near the depot today. C. S. Lamb,
the salcon proprietor, is accused of the
deed. Darwin and -his wife were in a
box, quarreling, when Lamb Interfered.-1
Lamb says he struck Darwin in the
forehead with the revolved and it was
accidentally discharged. Robert Rob
erts, bartender, and Mrs. Darwin- are
held as accomplices in the murder.
Charged With Theft or Stock.
XA3S ANGELES, May 15. Thomas A.
Blake, of Boston, was arrested at Long
Beach this afternoon by city detectives,
charged with the embezzlement of $10,000
worth of mining stock at Boston. He
was brought to -this city and locked up
pending the arrival of Eastern officers.
FACTORIES' UST Pill FEE
SUIT TO BE BROUGHT BY WASH.
INGTON LABOR COMMISSIONER.
Some Owners Object to Buying Cer
tificates, Alleging Their Ma
chinery Is Safeguarded.
OLYMPIA. Wash.. May 15. (Special.)
State Labor Commissioner Hubbard today
announced that he proposes to bring sev
eral suits in the near future to compel
observance of the state factory inspection
law. Factories and mills and machine
shops have quite generally observed and
submitted to Inspection, but a large num
ber of them have refused to pay the re
quired fee, and are, therefore, without
the inspection certificate, which they can
obtain only on payment of $10.
The Labor Commissioner proposes to
brinr suit against all concerns subject to
the law which are not provided with cer
tificates of inspection. Those who refuse
to pay for the certificates say they have
complied with the law by safeguarding
their machinery, according to instructions
of the inspectors, and allege the matter
of purchasing certificates Is optional on
their part. V
Labor Commtesioer Hubbard estimates
that about one-third of the factories and
mills in the state are without certificates
of Inspection, and he proposes to institute
a legal warfare against them as fast as
the cases can be prepared for the courts.
BODY FOUND
IN
RIVER,
GarHeld Stockbuj er Believed to Have
Been Mnrdered In Spokane. ;
GARFIELD. Wash., May 15. (Special.)
The body of Gus Robards- was found
floating in the Spokane River near Howard-street
bridge at 3 P. Ml today. The
body was badly decomposed. Robards
left Garfield April 11 and was last sec'n
in: Spokane the 18th. He dropped from
sight on that date and his disappearance
has been a mystery. His friends at Gar
field think he was murdered and thrown
into the river. The Mayor of Garfield
was notified and the body wlll be taken
to Garfield for buriaL
Mr. Robards was one of the pioneer
stockbuyers of Eastern Washington and
his disbursements for stock amounted to
thousands of dollars each , month. He
left a wife and three children.
SISTER IS AGAINST AVENGER
Esther Mitchell May Be Witness for
Prosecution In Creffield Case.
SEATTLE, Wash.. May 15. (Special.)
The unusual spectacle of a Sister in the
role of a witness for the prosecution of
her brother and defender of her honor
may be witnessed when George Mitchell
is placed on trial for shooting Edmund
Creffield, the ex-leader of the Holy Roll
ers. '
Miss Esther Mitchell has indicated that
her brother, who says he killed Creffield
to protect the honor of his two sisters,
need expect no help from her at the trial.
She was closeted with Prosecuting Attor
ney Mackintosh and his chief assistant.
John F. Miller, for two hours, and today
Mr. Miller said it would all depend upon
the attitude of the defense as to whether
the girl would be called upon by the pros
ecution to testify.
Valuable Find of Tungsten.
BUTTE, Mont., May 15. It is reported
from Basin, Wyo., that tungsten, the
metal used in tempering steel for use on
armored war vessels or high-pressure
cannon, has been discovered on No-Name
claim on Copper Mountain, near Basin.
Only two other finds of this metal have
ever been made, one in the Ural Moun
tains, in Siberia, and the other in Boulder
County, Colorado. The latter mine was
bought by the Krupp people for a consid
eration of $1,500,000. It Is said that the
latest find will prove the richest of the
three. The vein is 15 inches wide and ex
tends through the claim. It lies wuuin
20 feet of a six-foot vein of copper ore.
The tungsten Is valued at $1.25 a pound.
Bellingham Banks Consolidated.
BELLINGHAM, Wash., May 15.-rTh
announcement is made this morning
that the First National Bank of Bel
lingham has acquired the Bank of
Bellingham. These are two of the
largest financial Institutions in North
west Washington. E. W. Purdy con
tinues as president, and no change is
made in the officers. S. S. Spencer,
manager of the absorbed institution,
will continue to be identified with the
business.
Party Rates on Northern Pacific.
SPOKANE, Wash., May 15. (Special)
Announcement was made today that the
Northern Pacific Railway will sell round
trip tickets for one first-class fare on any
part of its system, provided 100 or more
buy at the game time, and on one ticket.
Rates of one and one-third fare will be
made to any points in parties of from 10
to 30, provided, as in the first-named in
stance, they are members of a baseball
or athletic club or amusement organiza
tion. Yoder Elected Superintendent.
TACOMA. Wash.. May 15. A. H. Yo
der. of Seattle, was elected Superin
tendent of Public Schools, to succeed
A. V. Warner, who was recently dis
missed by the board.
FRANCE-IS WILLING
Weidner Doctor Will Test the
Sentilnent in Idaho.
GOVERNORSHIP HIS AIM
Entente Cordialo Between Gooding
and Borah Has Had a Depress- .
ing Effect on the Aspir
ant's Budding Boom.
BOISE. Idaho. May 15. (Special.) Dr.
Hugh France, of Weidner, left for his
home today, after taking a look over the
political situation here. He has fre
quently been talked about as a candidate
for Governor, and when a contest between
Governor Gooding and W. E. Borah for
control of the convention seemed prob
able, many friends of Borah, who are
also admirers of the doctor, were looking
to the latter as a probable candidate for
Governor.
Since -the tacit understanding arose
some weeks ago to the effect that the
Governor and Borah would not oppose
each other's ambitions in any manner the
situation has changed, very materially.
This development of the situatiorr'began
after the publication of an interview with
the Governor in a Northern paper, to the
effect that, in addition to maintaining his
declared purpose not to oppose Borah's
candidacy, ha would not oppose the plan
of nomination -of a candidate for Senator
by the state convention.
What encouragement Dr. France met
with is not known. The situation is given
especial interest because of the fact that,
under ordinary conditions. Dr. France
would command a large following in this
part of the state, but many of his warm
est admirers feel that they are called
upon to give the Governor their support
because of the contest that is being made
upon him by the apostles of disorder.
Pacific Athletic Council Elected.
PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, Forest Grove,
Or., May 15. (Special.) At a meeting of
the student-body, held after chapel today,
the six student members of the athletic
council were elected for next year as fol
lows: Peterson. '07; Markel. '07; Mason,
'09: Lawrence, '09; White. 09; Ferrin, '10.
Purchase of the forensic gold "P"
awarded to C. K. Fletcher. '06. and. J. W.
Peters, '07, for intercollegiate debating,
was authorized.
A committee of seniors was appointed
to prepare and submit a new constitution
for the student-body.
Light Registration in Clatsop.
ASTORIA, Or.. May 15. (Special.) The
total registrations in Clatsop County up
to 5' o'clock this evening was 2604. of
which 1630 were in the city and 974 were
in the country precincts. Although the
number of voters in the county has in
creased considerably, the registrations
are 46 less than 'in 1904, when the total
was 2650.
High School to Be Improved.
ASTORIA, Or., May 15. (Special.) The
taxpayers of School District No. 1 in
this city held a special meeting this
evening and authorized the board to ex
pend $10,000 to improve tho High School
building. The work will be done during
the Summer vacation.
E OE LOGS RISING
HIGHEST PRICES-EVER QUOTED
WASHINGTON MILLS.
Saws Are Being Run to Full Capac
ity, and All Available Raw
Product Is Contracted.
SEATTLE, Wash., May 15. (Special.)'
The Washington Logging & Broker
age Company has increased the price
of all logs $1, sendlDg No. 2 mer
chantable and hemlock to $7, dimension
logs to $9.50 and flooring to $12. These
are the highest prices ever quoted to
the mills of this state. Increases al
lowed laborers. a better price for
stumpage and the danger of operation
from forest fires are the principal
causes of the increase.
The fact that all the mills are oper
ating to capacity and unable to fill or
ders and that every available log has
been contracted for affects the attitude
of the loggers' combine. It is certain
the loggers will go into the Winter
season, when many of them will bo
driven out of the foothills by snows,
without a. log on hand. When that time
comes, prices will go far higher, for
there should be a surplus on the Sound
of not less than lJo,000,000 feet. ' . ,
THREATENS TO CLOSE SMELTER
East Helena Manager Will Not Grant
Demands of Workmen.
HELENA, Mont., May 15. Manager F.
M. Smith, of the East Helena Smelter,
announced late this afternoon that un
less the men employed in the sampling
department, who went on a strike a few
days ago, returned to work at once, he
would close down the smelter. The men
want 10 hours' pay for eight hours' work.
This the company does not feel disposed
to grant .
Mr. Smith Said that unless the men
presented themselves for work tomorrow
morning telegrams would be sent to ore
shippers to send all ore to the Salt Lake
smelter for treatment. Already the
strike has forced the smelter to shut on
one stack and another will be stopped
in the morning. About 400 men will be
affected if the smelter is closed down..
GRAVEROBBERS ACQUITTED.
Charged With Taking Skull of
Yakima Indian's Nephew.
NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., May 15.
(Special.) The four men arrested a
week ago for robbing an Indian grave
on the Yakima reservation, were ac
quitted -today by a jury of six men in
Justice Nichols' court. About 20 wit
nesses were examined and evidence
givem of a contradictory nature.
The charge against the four men
was that of robbing the grave of In
dian Saluskin's son, carrying, off the
head and leaving the body. Later Sa
luskln discovered "that the grave dese
crated was not that of his son, but
that of a nephew, -a change was ac
cordingly made in the complaint. After
hearing the testimony the jury spent
20 minutes in making up its verdict.
Forger Given a Parole.
OLYMPIA. Wash.. May 15. Spe
cial.) Governor Mead today grAited
a parole to Ed S- Eisenberg. sentenced
in Cbehalis County, January SI, 1905,
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to two years in the penitentiary for
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Believes She Is Possessed.
OREfiOX CITY. Or.. May 15. (Special.)
Mabel Miller, aged 2S years, of Mllwan
kie. was today committed to the asylum
at Salem. The demented woman Imagines
she is possessed of evil spirits.
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