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THE MORNING OREGONIAX, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1906. ALLURE CONFIDENT Predictions in California Elec tion Far Apart. RALLIES IN SAN FRANCISCO Three Leading Candidates for Gov ernor Make Final l'lings and Appeals to Voters, AVho Have Been Quite Indifferent. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 5. With the election only a few hours off, predictions as to the result in California, vary as widely as at any time during the cam paiftn. The Republican managers assert thut Gillett will be elected Governor by nearly 30,000 plurality, the Democrats claim that Bell will have over 8000 plu rality, while the leaders of the Independ ence LeaRue declare that Langdon is a sure' winner. The Labor Union. Socialist, Prohibition and other parties in the Held are making no statements as to their strength, but each counts on making a good showing in the . returns. The Democrats expect to elect three or four Congressmen, but the Republicans say that a solid delega tion Is likely to be returned. The last meetings of the opposing forces were held tonight. All wort well attend ed and much enthusiasm was manifested, especially in this city, where the three leading candidates for Governor closed their campaign. Interest in the election lu Ffan Francisco has been, less pro nounced than usual, the recent develop ments In municipal affairs having largely absorbed public attention. GOODING WILL BE RE-FXECTED Itfalio Legislature Expected to Be Favorable to Borali. KOISK, Idaho, Nov. fi. The campaign closes in this state tonight with the sit uation badly mixed. Both parties are claiming the state both on the state and the legislative tickets. Chairman Brady, of the Republican State Committee, in the. usual Saturday night statement claimed 15.000 majority. Chairman L-ock-hart. of the Democratic committee, de clined to make a statement then, but said he vas confident Judge Stocksiager would be elected Governor over Governor Gooding. The situation in nearly all counties i complicated with independent tickets and a complexity of local issues. Greatest interest now attaches to the plan launched by Senator Dubois, of challeng ing all the Mormon voters. It is said at Democratic headquarters that this has kept a great many Mormons from regis tering, but the Republicans Insist those people have registered and will vote. The challenging is to proceed on the ground that the church teaches polygamy, as shown by the testimony and acts of its heads, and that the members of the church are therefore disqualified from voting under the provisions of the state constitution. This challenging is avowedly for the purpose of laying the foundation for a contest In Congress, if Mr. Borah he elected Senator. There seems no doubt Borah will carry the Legislature by a considerable majority. Nor does it ap pear likely that Governor Gooding will be defeated. MAJORITIES MAY BE LESS. Republicans Will Elect Principal Candidates in 'NH.-liiiigtoii. SEATTLE. Nov. S. The campaign closed throughout Washington tonight, the principal candidates addressing meet ings in their home cities. Republican managers claim the re-election of Hum phrey, Jones and Cushman. their Repre sentatives in Congress, by at least -'O.ouO. The Democrats hope to reduce the Repub lican majorities. The Democrats claim gains in the State Legislature sufficient to insure the' division of the state into Congressional districts. In addition to the Republican and Dem ocratic tickets, the Socialists, Socialist Labor and Prohibitionists have tickets in the field. Interest centers in the Legislative tick et, as the State Senators elected tomor row will vote on the successor to Cnited States Senator Levi Ankeny two years from now. Both parties are pledged to support a direct-primary measure in the next Legislature. MONTANA REGISTRATION LIGHT Socialists Expect to Sloi- Gains Over Two Years Ago. HELENA. Mont., Nov. 5. The cam paign in Montana closed tonight in all the important cities of the state. There have been r,o Important developments since Saturday, except that the Socialists claim they will show gains over the vote of two years ago, when they polled 600(1 Votes in the state. Chairman Browne, of the Democratic committee, and Chairman Maddox. of the Republican, each claim the election of Congressman and a ma jority on joint ballot in the Legislature. The registration shows a considerable falling off compared with two years ago, and the loss appears to be equally divid ed between the Republican and Demo cratic counties. Election of Walsh Claimed. BUTTE, Mont.. Nov. 6. T. J. Walsh, Democratic candidate for Representative in Congress, will carry Montana by a ma jority ranging from 5000 to S000, accord ing to figures comp'ited this evening by Democratic Chairman David G. Browne. His final forecast predicts the election of a Democratic Legislature, with a work ing majority on joint ballot of from 8 to 12. Judge John R. McClernan will be elect ed to the Supreme Bench by a majority not far below the estimated figures for Walsh, in the opinion of the Democratic chairman. Chairman Browne bases his figures on returns submitted to him by committeemen of the various counties, also upon the abnormally low registra tion in Republican counties. BITTER FIGHT ON COUNTY SEAT Vote on the Removal Proposal in Chehalis Will Be Close. ABERDEEN. Wash.. Nov. 5. (Special.) Tonight witnesses the close of one of the bitterest campaigns ever waged in Chehalis County, on account of the pro posal of the voters of Gray'a Harbor to change the location of the county seat from Montesano to a point between the cities of Hoqulam and Aberdeen. The Democrats have attempted to trade off votes -in the eastern part of the county for the votes oppose to the county seat removal, and on account of this thos favorable to removal have had a hard fialit. Chairman Archer, of the Republican ""onty Central Committee, claims tonight that the entire Republican ticket will he elected. On the county seat vote he is not so sure. E. B. Benn, who has lead the forces for removal, holds out the promise that the proposal will be parried by a majority of about 400. Colonel Carney, of the Democratic County Central Committee, says 'the Democrats will elect the Sheriff. Auditor, Treasurer, and the Representative in the 30th district. He says the county seat removal will be carried by a safe majority. Timber Cruiser for Assessor. .SOUTH BEND. Wash..' Nov. 5. (Spe cial.) The vacancy made by the death of sessor on the Republican ticket, has been ' filled by the selection of Frank emitn, the well-known timber cruiser and Fire War den. There has been a general demand for an Assessor who had some knowledge of timber land in Pacific County, and of timber values. Gervals Election Without Contest. GERVAI9. Or.. Nov. 5. (Special.) At the city election today the following were elected for the ensuing year. There was no contest arid the vote was light: Councilmen Ed Dupuis, F. A. Mangold. G. A. Mickel. August Nibler. G. T. Moi san; Recorder, P. H. Fitzgerald: Treas urer, Joseph E. Nathman; Marshal, H. L. Koeeter. GRASPING M- LANDS NORTH PACIFIC FILING SCRIP IN" SANTIAM DISTRICT. Residents Petition Governor Cham berlain to Endeavor to Have the Selections Disallowed. SALEM, Or., Nov. 6. (Special.) In an effort to stay the hand of the Northern Pacific Railroad, which is grabbing thou sands of acres of mineral land in the third Santiam mining district, about 90 residents of that section have petitioned Governor Chamberlain to use Ris influ ence with the Department of the Interior to have the company's selections disal lowed. The company filed upon the land with "scrip," has had it surveyed and is now asking for a patent. The petitioners aver that the land is chiefly valuable for the mineral it con tains and therefore should not be subject to selection by the railroad company. The petition does not say whether the scrip ping conflicts with any mining location but asserts that if the company succeeds in acquiring title to the land, develop ment of that district will be seriously retarded. Governor Chamberlain has written the Secretary of the Interior asking him to investigate the matter before issuing patents. The petition 'was presented to Governor Chamberlain by T. J. MeClary, of Gates. DEAD OF THE PACIFIC COAST Charles Wray. SEATTLE. Wash.. Nov. 5. (Special.) Charles Wray, booking manager of the Pacific Coast Amusement Company and a native of San Francisco, died at Provi dence Hospital early this morning. For the past 17 years Wray has been in the employ of John and Tom Considine as manager of various theatrical enterprises in which the brothers were interested. He married here eight years ago and leaves a widow and a 7-year-old son. Thomas Oberle Actor. 113 ANGELES, Cal., Nov. 5. Thomas Oberle, a etcck actor, well known on the Pacific Coa;t and in New York City, died at his home here today of tuberculosis. At different times he was in the companies of David Belasco and Daniel Frohman. Oberle was 37 years of age and leaves a widow and one son. . Mrs. Sarali Armstrong. FOREST GROVE, Or.. Nov. 5. Mrs. Sarah Armstrong, aged 71 years, a res ident of this county for several years, who died at her home at Cornelius Sat urday, was buried there today. A hus band and three children survive her. Express Company's Report. OLYMPIA, Wash., Nov. 5. The re port of the Northern Pacific Express Company for the year tnding June-30 last. Hied with the Railroad Commis sion today, announces the sale of its business to the Northern Express Com pany. The report shows that, with property in Washington of the value of but $23,000. its receipts for the year were $3(10,000. Its total issued capital is but $343,000, yet its entire line of gross earnings for the year were in excess of $2.000. 000; operating ex penses were nearly $600,000, and more than $1,000,000 was paid railroads, leaving a net income of nearly $500, 000, of which $2:19,000 was paid in div idends. In other :words,' according to the report, the contpany could have paid for the year dividends aggre gating more than five times the total par value of its stock issue. Among the assets the company reports $o0,u00 Portland city water bonds. Baa Man Gets Both Barrels. SEATTLE. Wash., Nov. 5. A special to the Post-lntelligencer from Juneau, Alas ka, says: Norman i". Smith, a Tenakee hotelman and former famous bicycle racer, has been killed at Tenakee Hot Springs by Robert Reid. "The shootii was without warning, Reid emptying both barrels of a shotgun charged with buckshot into Smith's body and head. Smith is said to have had a bad reputation among the miners, and Reid claims to have been threatened by the hotelkeeper. Astoria Council Bars Oil Tanks. , ASTORIA. Or.. Nov. 6. (Special.) By a vote of 5 to 4. the council at its meeting this evening passed an ordinance prohib iting the erection and maintenance of oil-storage tanks with a capacity of more than 5000 gallons inside the city limits, and 'providing that the tanks now In ex istence must be removed within one year. Both the Standard Oil Company and the Union Oil Company have tanks here that will be affected by this measure. Youths Confess Forgeries. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. Nov. 6. James E. Brooks and Charles A. Will iams, two young men arrested last Sum mer on the charge of forging the name of A. J. Splawn to checks and obtaining the money on the same, went into court today and pleaded guilty. The court sus pended sentences and made them give $1000 bond pending good behavior. They are both from the Selah district. Returns Part of Loot. SEATTLE. Wash., Nov.5. (Special.) Saturday night a sneak-thief stole a diamond ring, a pin set wtth pearls and opals, a gold pin and $3 from the room of Mrs. Keating in the Lincoln . Hotel. This morning the pins and a purse were returned without explanation to Mrs. Keating by mail. The money and dia mond ring were retained by. the thief. Fatally Shot in Quarrel. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 5. A man named Nathan Beaton was shot last night at the corner of Turk and Fill more by Richard Parker, a piledriver. The wound Is considered fatal. The shooting took place, It is said, over some difference of a personal nature. ENGINE BRAKES FAIL Logging Train Runs Away on Steep Grade. CREW JUMP FOR LIVES Three Men Are Very Badly Injured and the Locomotive and Trucks Are Almost Entirely Demolished. RAINIER, Or., Nov. 6. (Special.) Three men. Clinton Kilby, John Hackett and one unknown, were seriously in jured and a logging engine and three trucks demolished on Rockey's logging road, 2Vi miles from Rainier, this after noon. The train was loaded and was In charge of Nelson Downing, foreman of the camp. The rails were slippery with the rain and when the engine struck a 10 per cent grade the train became un manageable and ran away. The crew, knowing that certain death awaited them at the bottom of the grade, jumped from the train and were lucky to escape with their lives. The engineer was slightly bruised about the face. The full extent of their injuries cannot be ascertained further than that Kilby has a frightful fracture of his leg be tween the knee and the thigh, the bones being literally splintered and protruding through the flesh. Hackett. who was brakeman on the train, is injured in the spine, it is feared, quite seriously. The other man appears to be suffering from internal injuries, but their extent has not been ascertained. The train was backing down the grade when the accident occurred, and after the men had made their leap for life it jumped the track, with the exception of one car; which for some unexplainable reason, held to the rails, though three cars jumpfd off in front of it and the engine behind the train was a total wreck, the boiler being found 50 feet from the track. Logging accidents, some of these result ing in death, have been so frequent in Columbia County this year that there is a general demand for an investigation as to whether they are necessary accidents of the business or could be prevented by reasonable care and diligence: SOUTHERN" OREGON INSTITUTES 4 Experiment Station Staff to Hold Meetings in Douglas County. CANYONVILLE, Or., Nov. 6. (Special.) A series of three farmers' institutes will be held this week in Douglas County un der the -auspices of "the Oregon Agricul tural College by Dr. James Withycombe, director of the college experiment station. At these Institutes Dr. Withycombe will epeak on "General Agriculture and For age Crops." The other speakers will be Hon. E. T. Judd, of Turner, the well known breeder of draft horses, who wilt have the topic "Profit to the Farmer in Raising and Using Heavy-Draft Horses"; Professor C. I. Lewis, horticulturist at the State Agricultural College. "How to Plant and Care for the Qrchard to Make it Prof itable"; William Syhulmerleli, of Hil'.s boro, one of the leading dairymen of Washington County, "How to Make Money Out of the Dairy Uerd"; Charles Meserve, of Grant's Pass, secretary and manager of the Grant's Pass Fruitgrow ers' Union, on "The Need of Co-Opera-tlon and the Benefit of Organization to the Farmer in tbe Marketing of His Prod ucts." The first of these institutes will be held at Riddles, Thursday, November 8. Rid dles is the center of the big prune district of the Umpqua Valley. Many "apples and peaches are also grown, and the farmers are taking a live interest in the institute, and it is expected that a fruitgrowers' union will be organized at that place sim ilar to those at Hood River and In the Rogue River Valley. The second institute will be held at Canyonville, Friday, No vember 9, and the business men of that place are heartily co-operating with the farmers, and they propose that the Can yonville institute shall be the banner one of the series. In addition to hang the regular institute programme, an exhibit of farm products will be made. The merchants of Canyonville have made up a list of valuable premiums to be awarded to exhibitors o fine stock, and samples of fruit, grain and grass. It is the pian to make it a complete show ing of the agricultural productions of the South Umpqua Valley, so that homeseek ers may know of the possibilities of this, one of the richest and best valleys of all Oregon. The third Institute will be at Day's Creek, Saturday, November 10, and the farmers of that rich valley are taking such an interest as to insure the success of their meeting. All three of the. Insti tutes will have forenoon, afternoon and evening sessions. CffiL GRADE IS LOWERED TIETOX SPECULATORS ARE EN TERING STRONG PROTEST. Several Hundred Acres Bought at High Figure Will Be Lert Dry In Wide Hollow District. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., Nov. 5. (Special.) The Tieton Waterusers' Asso ciation and the Reclamation Service are about to lock horns over the location of the Ahtanum lateral of the Tieton canal, and before It is settled an appeal may be made to the Secretary of the Interior. Complaint had been made to the as sociation that the canal had been lowered from the original line decided on by the reclamation engineers before the signa tures were secured from the landowners that they would take out water rights. Now it appears that in lowering the grade of the canal in the Wide Hollow district several hundred acres will be left dry. This affects some land that has been sold in ten-acre tracts at high figures and as a result there is much protest. The engineers of the service say they never located a line for the canal nor even laid out a preliminary one. They say they are building the canal accord ing to the engineering features of the country and within the amount of money allowed for It by the department. They also say that there is now more land under the canal than it wilwater. KEEPS PACKAGE FIFTY YEARS Old Resident of Victoria Has Relics of McDonald, of Oregon. OREGON CITY. Or., Nov. 5. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Eva Emery Dye today re ceived a letter from Dr. John S. Helmcken, an old resident of Victoria, B. C, who came on the first ship from England that ever brought colonists to Victoria. Dr. Helmcken had obtained copy of Mr. Dye's new book, "Mc Donald of Oregon," and wrote to say that years ago he, and McDonald were Intimate friends, and that when Mc Donald left Victoria more than 60 years ago. he placed in his hands a package to keep for him until his return. McDonald never returned, and the package was never called for. and is still in the hands of Dr. Helmcken. He wishes to know what shall be done with, it, as it contains pictures and other keepsakes of the famous adven turer. Dr. Helmcken expresses him self as delighted with the story, as it recalls events related to himself by Mc Donald on his return from Japan. Mrs. Dye says that the package prop erly now should go to the only living brother of McDonald, the youngest of a large family, Ben McDonald, of Butte, Mont., to whom the book is ded icated. Ben McDonald is said to be a iost attractive gentleman, of the old Hudson Bay type, and is highly re spected at Butte, -where he is senior warden in the Episcopal Church. Dedication of Estacada Schoolhouse. " OREGON. CITY, Or.. Nov. 5. (Spe cial.) County Superintendent Zinser has fixed Friday, November 23 as the date for formally dedicating the new J 4uuu scnooinouse recently Dunt Dy tne Estacada district. The exercises will be under the immediate direction or the patrons of the district. Superin tendent Zinser will attend. flRKET STREET GLOWED SAN FRANCISCO SPENDS MIL LIONS ON IMPROVEMENTS. Building Is Going On at a Rapid Hate and Repairs Made on Gutted Structures. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 5. (Special Correspondence.) Since the fire more than 6000 buildings have been erected in San Francisco's burned district, and more than $50,000,000 have been spent in improvements in tf!e city. Thirty live class A buildings withstood the fire, so that they could be repaired, and all but one of these are now partially occupied, and will be completely re paired within the next four months. More than 35,000 men are doing con struction work in San Francisco, and 200 cars of Qebris are being removed daily. So effective has this work been that Market and its debouching streets have been practically cleared of debris, and all the sidewalks are rapidly being repaired. Building in San Francisco has been going forward with enormous strides, and permits to the value of $27,020,033 have been Issued since the fire, this total being within $1,000,000 of the value of the permits issued in Balti more during the two years after the fire in that city. Of the 44SS permits issued, 2012 were, for permanent build ings. The wonderful growth of build ing operations in San Francisco since the fire is shown by the following table: Number Permits. Valuation. To Juno 30 H.-.S $:!,r.00,000 July 470 3.514.(H!) AuRust 1.178 .:;:(.!.. ".iin September l.O.'o r.0.oo0 October 1,134 7,770,870 During the month of October, 309 building contracts were recorded at a total valuation of $3,1S0,870. Real es tate transfers numbered S00, at a val uation of $2.87S,000. The story of the clearings speaks volumes for the business of the cities, there being a constant and steady in crease. In San Francisco -the clearings of the hanks for October amounted to $189.90B,!)ort.4r, showing an Increase of 11.15 per cent over the bank clearings of October, 1905. The, bank clearings of Oakland amounted to $13,969,225.34, and those, of los Angeles made a total of $47,158,781.31. REFUSE TO PAY POLL TAX. Three Salem Citizens Will Make a v Test Case. SALEM.' Or., Nov. 5. (Special.) Three prominent residents of Salem have re fused to pay thir road poll tax of $3 each and tonight the City Council in structed the City Attorney to begin pro ceedings in the courts to enforce pay ment. This will test the right of the city cannot make the payment of the tax The courts have already held that the city cannot make the amount of the tax a prerequisite to voting in city elections. The three men who will be made de fendants are B. O. Shucking, a prominent hop dealer: W. T. Perkins, chief clerk in the State Treasurer's office, and W. F. Skiff, a dentist. BETRAYED BY WEBBED FEET Chicken Thief Is Quickly Sentenced at Oregon City. OREGON CITY. Or., Nov. 5. (Spe cial.) To the fact that two of the stolen fowls had deformed feet, resem bling the wobfoot production. Is due tb,e arrest of Harry Clark for the theft of a number of chicken from C. B. Willson's poultry yard Saturday night. The poul try was found at a local restaurant, where it was learned that the purchase had been made of Clark, who is a half breed Indian. Pleading guilty today, Clark was sentenced to 20 days in the County Jail. Junior Annual at University. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, Nov. 5. (Special.) Definite arrangements were made this afternoon by the junior class to publish the '08 Junior Annual. William Barker, of Astoria, was elected manager, and James Cunning, of Baker City, editor-in-chief. The business manager and editor will have entire control of the publication, ap point assistant managers and associate editors, and proceed Immediately to carry out plans for a publication more elaborate than, the annual of the class of '07. By way of finances, the junior class declared a tax of $2 per member, and counts on advertisements to raise the remainder of $450 necessary to make their annual a suc cess. Horticultural Society Topics. OREGON CITY. Or.. Nov. 6. (Spe cial.) At an adjourned meeting of the Clackamas County Horticultural Society, to be held at the Courthouse in this city next Saturday afternoon, the following topics will be discussed; "Spitzenbergs," J. W. Grasle. of Mil waukie; "Value of Advertising to the Fruitgrower," George W. Drxon, of Canby; Strawberries," c. P. Andrews, of aiount Pleasant. ' Buried Deep in Mine. BUTTE. Mont., Nov. 5. Two men lost their lives in the Neversweat mine to day through a fall of ground James Mc Govern, living at 462 East Broadway, and Con McGee, stopping at 504 East Broad way. The accident occurred on the lfiOO level, and both men were buried so deep in rock and earth that it is not expected the bodies will be recovered before early tomorrow morning. Slay Jacobs Asks for Maiden Name. OREGON CITY, Or., Nov. 5. (Spe cial.) May Jacobs today filed suit for divorce from Ellas M. Jacobs and the privilege of resuming her maiden name. May Chenoweth. Tliey were married at Nevada City. Cal.. in December, 1901. Desertion is alleged. GOAL FROM TENIHQ Colliers Will Supply Demand in the Northwest. FAMINE IN SOME PLACES Pacific Coast Company Increased Its Output Greatly Last Month, But N'ot Enough to Fill Orders. SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 6. (Special.) To meet the big coal shortage in Pacific Coast cities, the Pacific Coast Company has arranged with the receiver of the Tenino coal mine to reopen that colliery November 13. The Pacific Coast Company will take the entire output, amounting to 200 tons a day, sending it to Portland and Seattle. N. Poston, in charge of the company's coal agencies in California, today secured a promise from the company that the supply of coal sent to California would be immediately increased. To do so, the Pacific Coast Company must find a new source of supply, for the demand for fuel in the Northwest is all that can be han dled from the mines now operated by that corporation. The Pacific Coast Company mined 89.500 tons of coal last month, or more by 12,000 than during any preceding month. At the same time, Seattle alone consumed 72.000 tons, and the surplus had to be divided betwee nthe steaming trade and all Coast cities. The output from the company's mines will be increased again In Novem ber and with the f.0u0 tons from Tenino, will just about supply the deficiency now existing in the Coast coal supply. PEACE IN GILMAX'S HANDS. Seattle Property-Owners Have Made Concessions to Gr,eat Northern. SEATTLE, Wash.. Nov. 5. (Special.) L. C. Gilman, counsel for the Great Nortiiern, can bring railroad peace to Se attle and end the fight between Hill and Harrtman interests over the terminal situation. Today the property interests involved in the Harriman fight for an entrance to the Union Pacific depot ground united in a concession to the Great Northern of extra ground for switching tracks and removed the last objection the Hill system had to the com promise between property-owners and the Harriman system. Hill owns the property between Massa chusetts street and the Seattle boulevard on the north that Harriman must cross to reach his depot, and if the conference Gilman has arranged with J. D. Farrell results in a satisfactory quotations of prices for this right of way the fight will end. The agreement that Hill interests at tempted to make with property-owners for a Harriman right of way would have given Hill exclusive tracks outside the Harriman line and compelled Harriman to make terms with Hill for serving the property through which he passed. Har riman .would have been barred from serv ing any of the Great Northern property. The new deal gives Harriman an en trance to all the property along his pro posed right of way. Property-owners in their concession to day gave an extra 15-foot strip for switching and service tracks. These tracks will bo owned jointly by all rail roads desiring to use them. Hill fought for and the property-owners agreed to give at the outset room for switching tracks to be held in the Great Northern's name. SIX DECREES OF DIVORCE. Judge MeBride Starts on Long Grist at Oregon City. OREGON CITY, Or., Nov. 5. (Special.) -Six additional divorce decrees were re turned today by Jud.re MeBride on the lirst day of the regular November term of the Circuit Court, which convened this morning. The cases disposed of were: Gertrude O. Crawford vs. Fred erick Crawford. David K. Bill vs. Hattie M. Bill. Julia Peterson vs. Ole Peterson. May Wey vs. E. H. Wey, Edwin H. Eves vs. Grace E. Eves, and Charles Littler vs. Alice littler. Orders of default and reference were entered in other divorce cases as fol lows: Effie M. Armstrong vs. William C. Armstrong. Frank J. Kerr vs. Mar garet Kerr. Thomas H. Purdy vs. Ella Purdy. and Charles W. Goode vs. Llllie M. Goode. Deputy District Attorney Schuebel this morning began the examination of wit nesses in several of the minor criminal cases that are pending, but no report will be made on these cases until the arrival of District Attorney Harrison Allen. who will reach Oregon City Wednesday. PENDLETON" SUPREME COURT Week Will Be Spent in Disposing ot Twenty-five Cases. PENDLETON. Or., Nov. 5. (Spe cial.) The Pendleton November sos sion of tile Oregon Supreme Court was convened this morning, with all three members on the bench. There are about 25 cases on the docket and it will require all week to dispose of tlitm. Of the entire docket there are only three very impomant cases to be argued. They are: Oliver Megorden murder case, appealed from Malheur County: Despain estate case, appealed from this county, and the famous Sher iff Huntington case of Baker County, which Is now before tho Supreme Court for the third time. The three following cases were argued and sub mitted today: M. M. Harvey vs. Victor Tldwell, ap pealed from Umatilla County; S. S. Boothe vs. J. W. Scrlber, appealed from Union County; tne First National Bank of Payette vs. William Miller, appealed from Malheur County. Arbitrators Heturn Report. SANTA ROSA. Cal., Nov. 6. The report of the arbitration committee recently ap pointed to adjust the differences between the Petaluma & Santa Rosa Electric Railway and lt employes filed its report today. The men asked for an increase in wages and -an adjustment of hours and overtime. The arbitrators reported in fa vor of 21Vi cents per hour for conductors and motormen, an increase of 2 cents; also an Increase for brakemen from 20 to 22'i cents. Rancher's Story Never Told. ASTORIA. Or., Nov. 5. (Special.) Tony Anderson, the Lewis and Clark rancher who was shot by Martin Berg a week ago last Sunday, died at the hospital this morning. He did not' recover con sciousness, so his story of how the shoot ing occurred will never be known. Coro ner Pohl will hold an inquest tomorrow to investigate the circumstances sur rounding the affair. Berg is still in the County Jail, where he has been held awaiting the result of Anderson's Injuries. He asserts that the shooting was accidental and harjpened while he was trying to take a shotgun away from Anderson. Go After Sunken Gold. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 5. Stocked with hoisting machinery, diving apparatus and lumber for the erection of suitable quar ters for the Winter, the schooner Arago left the Sunset wharf in Oakland today for San Francisco to take on a supply of provisions and prepare to sail on a. treasure-hunting expedition to Manzanillo, Mexico. ' N The object of the expedition, It is said. Is the recovery of the gold that was lost when the ill-fated steamer Golden Gate went down off the coast of Mexico 45 years ago. MetcaH Visits Oriental Schools. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 5. Secretary of Commerce and Labor Metcalf. accompa nied by Consul Cijeno. of Japan, today visited the Japanese quarter of the city and the Oriental school, pursuing his in vestigations into the exclusion of Japan ese pupils from schools attended by white children. The Secretary lunched with the Japanese Consul and then went to the Japanese Consulate, where he heard state ments and complaints of Japanese restaurant-keepers, who allege that their business Is being boycotted. LULL I GRAFT INTEREST CENTERS IN Rl'EF EF FORT TO CONTROL JUDICIARY. Police Judge Puppits Are Put Vp As Candidates for the Su perior Bench. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Nov. -(Special.) On the eve of the election. Interest In the graft inquiry has subsided for the moment and centeied in the efforts put forth by Ruef to control the Judiciary. Ruef's candidates for the Superior Bench are Mogan and Conlan, two Police Judges, who are generally regarded as puppets In the hands of Ruef. Another candidate If Carroll Cook, who seeks to sit on the appellate bench, end ftill another Is Frank French, who desires to return to the State Senate, liom which he was ex pelled a year ago on a bribery charge. Heney will continue his investigation after the election, and if plans carry, Ruef will ba indicted in a week. ACH SPEAKS FOR ABE Rl'EF, Attorney Contends That His Client Is Not Usurping Title. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 5. The court room of Judge Sewall, before whom the Injunction proceedings restraining Abe Ruef from securing the office of District Attorney is being tried, wa crowded to day when the case was called. District Attorney Lang'don and Ruef were In' court surrounded by their attorneys. Arguing in behalf of Ruef, Attorney Ach contend ed that his client is not claiming title or endeavoring to usurp the office of Dis trict Attorney, and that he has simply been appointed to the office by the Mayor to fill a vacancy created by the Mayor and Supervisors under the provisions of the charter. Attorney Ach endeavored tc uphold the constitutionality of the charter regarding removals. He argued that the act by which the City and County of San Fran cisco was constituted sets apart the city from state limitations, and that the Leg islature has conceded its power to the Mayor and the Supervisors. He claimed that all powers in the city and county government are received from the char ter, and that public office is not a con tract, and its occupant is merely an agent 6f the government. The argument of Attorney Ach in be half of Ruef occupied almost the entire day. He was followed by Assistant Clty Attorney William F.aggett, who appeared for the Supervisors. Late this afternoon Hiram Johnson opened arguments in be half of District Attorney Langdon. Dies in Fit on Road. PENDLETON. Or., Oct. 5. Louis Du quir. an old woodcutter, died about 3 o'clock Saturday morning In a can yon near Deadman's Hill, on the Meacham road, as the result of a fit. Saturday the dead man and Louis Lavier were working, cutting posts. 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