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TJU5 MORNING OREGONIAS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1906. BLOOD OTE BILLS Young Sloane Loses His Air of Bravado in Court. . HIS MOTHER WEEPS ALOUD Wheelbarrow Brought Into Court "With Load of Bloody Rugs and - -Ax With AVhich the Mur der '"Was Done. SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 22. (Special.) Eldnpy Sloane. according to the testimony of Police Sergeant McPhee, voluntarily made his confession that he slew his fnther. James Sloane. Sidney confessed, after he had been told that he could have tlin services of an attorney before he said anything. The 18-year-old defendant -was on the verse of a breakdown when the gruesome H'ortacio of the wheelbarrow, the ax with which the brutal crime was com mitted and the bloody rugs was presented to tho jury. The wheelbarrow, held high above their heads, was taken into the courtroom by the bailiffs. In It were the ox and rugs and the exhibit was placed in plain view of the jurors, witnesses be ing called upon to handle the articles. Mrs. Sloane completely lost her con trol and began weeping aloud. She placed Iter hands over her eyes and gave full vent to her grief. A woman seated in the front row became hysterical and had to be comforted by others Jn the audience. Today was a trying period for the youthful defendant. At the opening of the trial he received the testimony with a bravado that was really astonishing, but as the evidence became strong and oftirers told of the boy's confession and related other matters connected with the murder, Sidney Sloane became shaky. Not once did he look at a witness and even refused to turn "his head when his mother spoke to him regarding certain testimony of witnesses. When the bills found on young Sloane on the morning when the body was dis covered were Introduced in court, the de fendant puckered his mouth and seemed n.s if he was desirous of leaving the room while the money was being passed from juror to juror for Identification. The hills, two of 120 denomination and an other of $10 denomination, were covered with blood and they were repeatedly re ferred to as money which Sidney had stated he had received from his alleged accomplice in the crima and had been taken from the dead man. ' Tho prosecution will consume possibly three more days in introducing its testi mony and when its witnesses are ex hausted it will have woven a strong net around the defendant, charging him with the killing of his father. Policeman McDermott related the two confessions Sidney Sloane made to him. In the first one the accused said another man killed Jumes Sloane, robbed him of $W and pave him (Sidney) $50. In the second, according to McDermott, young Sloane admitted his guilt and described his. efforts to wipe out the bloodstains and get the body from the house. Calm and unmoved, Sidney Sloane heard the testimony of the Merchants police man, H. W. Hood, this morning Hood testified to finding the body, a blood soaked rug, the keyholes stuffed with cotton and the implements used in the murder. The boy nonchalently chewed a toothpick. The mother hid her faco in her hands. Testimony of physicians showed the father had been drinking and apparently had just sat down to supper when mur dered. Physicians testified to the con dition of deceased, due to his excessive drinking. The defense is pounding away on the insanity of fatluer and son theory. Cross examination is most exhaustive. The defense concedes nothing, not even admitting the defendant committed the crime. The defense will be based on the ground that Sidney Sloane was insane at the time the crime was committed. TACOMA CLAIMS TUE TERMINAL Suit Is to Be Brought Against the Northern Puclflc. TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 22. (Special.) Backed by the Chamber of Commerce, Boyle & Warburton will In a few days hrlng suit to compel the Northern Pacific Railway Company to make Tacoma its Puget Sound terminus. The grounds for tho action are that Tacoma is named as the terminal in all the land grants made to the company by the Government at the time the road was built. It Is alleged that these land grants can be declared forfeited if the company does not make Tacoma its terminus. The mat ter has been under consideration by sev eral of Tacoma's business men for sev eral days, and yesterday the executive committee of the Chamber of Commerce voted 10 to 1 to support the suit. It is eald that the city could go farther and compel the Northern Pacific to oper ate its through trains over the Buckley line instead of over the Palmer out-oft, though it is unlikely that any such effort will be made. SEATTLE FIRE CHIEF RESIGNS Ralph Cook Says He Expected Soon to Be Requested to Resign. SEATTLE," Wash.. Nov. 22. Ralph Cook, Chief of the Seattle fire Department for years, tendered his resignation to Mayor Moore tonight. In explaining his act he said he understood the Mayor was not satisfied with the administration "of the local department and that his resignation would be requested sooner or later. Three months ago there was a scandal In the department due to the looting of a Government dock here by firemen after a lire. Two of the accused firemen were litld to the grand jury, but yesterday that body returned a "not true" bill in their cases. FRED BISTRIAN SENTENCED Given an Indeterminate Term for Killing of St. Paul Marshal. SALEM. Or.. "Nov. 22. (Special.) Fred Bustrian was today sentenced to an inde terminate term in the State Prison for the killing of Marshal Krechter at St. Paul. William Murphy, indicted for riot at the time of the killing of Krechter, was ac quitted by the Jury today. Seeley and Kastham, the other two de fendants in the riot cases, will probably eland trial together tomorrow. CATHOLIC CHURCH FOR JOSEPH Bishop O'Reilly Will Give Wallowa County Its First Resident Priest. JOSEPH. Or.... Nov. 22. (Special.) The citizens of Joseph Monday even ing tendered F.t. Kev. C. J. O'Reilly of Baker City an informal reception. The I bishop was in the city for the purpose cf completing arrangements for the erection of a substantial church and priest's house at this place Just as soon ns weather conditions will permit. Father O'Rourke, a recently ordained Driest, accompanied the bishop to the I new field assigned the former, which ! covers all of Wallowa County. Both delivered addresses at the reception, which was presided over by Mayor George Mack. Although thore are many Catholic families in this county, there never has been, a priest who could be assigned to the county, and the charge has been looked after from La Grande. The building of a church for headquarters here marks the real entrance of that denomination into Wallowa County, and the citizens here, without regard to creed, are assisting in every way to encourage their coming. , Clothing Caught in Belting. ASTORIA, Or., Nov. 22 (Special.) John Nagel, about 21 years of age, who has been employed as driver of the Parker House omnibus, was probably fatally in jured at the Astoria Box Company's mill this morning. With another hotel em ploye he went to the mill to get some saw dust. Both were cautioned by the fore man of the mill to avoid the shafting and belts, but Nagel stepped over a shaft and his clothing caught In the belting. He was whirled around the pulley several times and thrown to the floor. The young man was Immediately taken to the hospital, where an examination showed that his right arm had been torn from the socket, his left arm mashed to a pulp, both legs broken, his skull frac tured, and it is thought he was injured internally. There Is no hope of his recov ery. Nagel came here recently from Sac ramento, Cal.. where his parents reside, and he has a sister living in Portland. 8ER SALES IH IM TWO LARGE DEALS ARE CLOSED BY EUGENE MEN. Total of 58,000 Acres Passes to the Hands of Eastern Lum ber Men. EUGENE, Or., Nov. 22. (Special.) Two more large timber deals are being closed by Eugene men who have interested Eastern capitalists in Lane County tim ber. The Drew Lumber Company, of Muscatine, la., purchases 23,000 acres of land, some of the timber lying in Linn County but principally In Lane. The new purchase adjoins what is known as the Gate Creek tract, owned by the same people. The price paid for the tract is private, but it is understood to be the highest yet paid for large timber tracts in this section, and the purchasers consider it the best piece of timber land on the coast. The second sale consists of about 35,000 acres of timber land In the west end of the county, extending from the Benton County line on the north to the Douglass County line on the south and all tribu tary to the Slu-slaw River. The big pur chase includes among the separate hold ings 3500 acres owned by T. G. Hen dricks. 1440 by Edwin Hobson, 1440 by H. E. Armstrong, 12S0 by W. II. Butterfield, a pool by Marion County people of 3.160, one held by Lynn County people of 1920, and the Temple tract of 1440. The remainder of the tract was owned by individuals possessing from SO to 1200 acres each. The purchasers, whose names are not given, are said to have recently bought 15,000 acres in the Alsea country. Just across the north line of Lane. REFORM SCHOOL'S NEW NAME Superintendent Looncy Renews Rec ommendation to Legislature. SALEM. Or.. Nov. 22. (Special.) That the name of the State Reform School should be changed to State Industrial School is the recommendation made by Superintendent N. H. Looney of that in stitution in his biennial report.' This recommendation has been made before and two attempts have been made in the Legislature to secure a change in the name, but in each instance the effort failed. Mr. Looney also recommends the establishment of a State school for way ward girls and the construction of a cot tage for small boys so they may be kept by themselves and not be thrown into association with larger boys. He asks for an appropriation of J60.S00 for the en suing two years. The appropriation for the past two years was $53,600. The number of boys in the school is 106. Chaplain E. W. St. Pierre recommends that the maximum age at which boys may be committed to the reform school be raised from 16 to 18 years, so that some boys now being sent to the State peni tentiary may be sent to the reform school and their reformation made more probable, but he would first provide buildings In which the older boys may be kept separate from the younger. Speak ing of the proper scope of the Institu tion, he says that "the reform school should never be made a convenience to anybody. Criminally negligent parents should not be accommodated by being relieved of their chlldrens' support and care without being made to pay for it. Unnatural parents, who are too willing to send their children to the institution and thus be free to go their own way should be assessed to the extent of the cost of their childrens' keeping. In other words, parents should be punished not only as much, but more, than are the children whom they have made liable to being sent to the institution. This Is Just, and besides might prove a powerful stimulus to discharge of parental duty." Mr. St. Pierre recommends that some officer be employed whose duty, in part, shall be to look after boys who have been discharged on parole. Superintend ent Looney makes a similar recommen dation and suggests that a chaplain be employed for that purpose at a salary of $300 a year. Needs of the Reform School. OLTMPIA. Wash., Nov. 22. (Special.) Governor Mead approves of the recom mendations made by Superintendent Charles Reed, of the Reform School at Chehalis. submitted in his biennial report, and the Governor expedts to include them in his report to the Legislature. Among other things the superintendent recom mends: New and larger buildings; larger and bet tftr herd of cows, with & modem cow barn; large stable for noraes; barns for etorlna; produce: sheds and pens for pigs; brickyard: bakery, and a baker; another teacher and ao assistant farmer; printing department; better heating; system and a sewer system; cement walks; pay for tailoring; and shoe making; separation of the sexes; change of name to "State Industrial School (or Boys and Girls." Mayor Has Rod in Pickle. BAK-R CITT, Nov. 22. (Special.) Mayor Johns will commence his second term of office in Baker with the begin ning of December. When the Mayor announces his appointees there will be a big shake-up and several who have conflicted with the policy of the Mayor will go. Water Superintendent George Henry is slated for reappointment, and Chief of Police Ed Jackson will be re tained with practically the same force of officers. There will be no change in the policy Of the city toward vice. Shutdown From Lack of Cars. ASTORIA. Cr.. Nov. 22. (Special.) The Central Door & Lumber Company, of this city, closed down Us plant last evening temporarily. The cause of the shutdown is the inability to secure cars in which to ship the product, and the ruling high prices for logs. The mill will probably resume operations shortly after the first of the coming year. UMPIRE SHOT DOWN Charles Saddler, of Kendrick, Called on to Settle Dispute. THEN BECOMES INVOLVED Discharged Lumberman, Struck in Face With. Piece of Wood, Draws Revolver and Fires Two Shots ,That May Prove Fatal. MOSCOW, Idaho. Nov. 25. (Special.) Soon after 3 o'clock this afternoon Charles Saddler, a well-known resident of Kendrick. 25 miles southeast of here, was sTiot and fatally wounded by Will iam Segsby. As near as can be learned, the trouble arose in the Monogram sa loon over a bet and Saddler was called in and asked by both parties to settle the dispute. An argument followed between Sad dler and Segsby, which lasted for sev eral minutes. At last Saddler heeamc angry and threw a large piece of wood at Segsby, striking him in the face. Segsby then drew his revolver and fired two shots. The first shot struck Sad dler just beiow the right nipple and the scond shot entered his right thigh. Both shots inflicted deep and ugly wounds, and it is believed the first one will prove fatal. Segsby was arrested immediately after the shooting affray and locked up in the TownxJail. Reports from Ken drick this evening state that Saddler is stil alive, though It is feared he will die within an hour. The wounded man is a tanner by trade, and has lived in Kendrick for several years. Segsby has been in employ of the Pine Creek Lumber Company, but was discharged yesterday. MATE WAS NOT COMPETENT Captain of Dix Says He Tried to Dis charge Him, but' Could Not. SEATTLE, Wash.-, Nov. 22. A charge of manslaughter may grow out of the Dix disaster. Investigation of the records in the office of the United States Steam boat Inspectors has developed the fact that Charles Dennison, who was at the wheel of the Dix at the time of the col lision, and who lost his life with 49 others, held a license -simply to act as mate, not as pilot. Dennison had been under the command of Captain Lermond for more than two months. In his testimony yesterday be fore .the inspectors Lermond declared that he did not think Dennison was ca pable of taking care of the vessel, and that he tried to discharge him, but that the owners came to the mate's rescue and would not let him go. Secretary Metcalfe sent word this morning that the local civil authori ties would handle the prosecution of the guilty persons and not the Federal Court., A deputy, from the Pros ecuting Attorney's office will be present; at the hearing, and if the evidence Justi fies Issuance of a warrant. Prosecuting Attorney Mackintosh declares he will is sue it. Gross ignorance of marine laws was displayed by Captain Lermond on the stand yesterday, and should a charge of manslaughter be placed against him, action will also be taken against the own ers of the ill-fated craft for forcing Ler mond to retain Mate Dennison. The boat was under lease by the Port Blakeley Mill Company, in which many wealthy men are stockholders. At the investigation of the Dix disaster this morning it developed that there was but one engineer on board the steam ship Jeanie the night of the collision. Chief Engineer Grant remained ashore, leaving Engineer Jackson In charge. He did not notify Captain Mason, however. The second assistant engineer had re signed just before the vessel sailed, and Captain Mason was not aware there was but one engineer beiow until the morn ing after the wreck. The owners of the Dix have libeled the Jeanie for $35,000 as the result of the ac cident. Captain William Todd, master of the schooner Invincible, was ualled by the Marine Inspectors to give evidence in the investigation into the sinking of the Dix last Sunday evening. The substance of his testimony was that a collision could have been avoided if both vessels had kept on their course, iie sighted the Jeanie five minutes be fore the collision. He escaped by climbing up the bobstays of the steam er and later threw a line to little Leonard Masters and drew him on board. ' The evidence of the afternoon session tended to show that there was a lax ity in the handling of the Dix and it also involves other Puget Sound boats. Tomorrow the captains of three other Sound steamers are to be called. Cap tain Mason alleges that two steamers passed him while he was signalling for assistance, but paid no attention to the calls. PMB TO FILE i T WITNESSES GIVE TESTIMONY FOR THE GOVERNMENT. William Dwyer Is Alleged to Have Entered Into ao Agreement With Land Claimants. MOSCOW. Idaho. Nov. 22. (Special.) In the Federal Court the Government In troduced three witnesses. In an effort to show that the defendant. William Dwyer, suborned to swear falsely to acquire title to timber lands. The testimony of these tended to show that the defendant had entered Into agreements with them to pay a stipulated sum of $150 each above cost of making proof if they would file on timber lands and after proof deed the same to him or to some one named by him. J. B. West. ex-Register of the Lewiston Land Office, was called by the prosecu tion to identify the papers offered in the land office by the applicants named above. During this testimony Mr. West said he was not positive the claimants took the oath before him. He said that both the Register and Receiver were em powered to administer oaths, but in any event the witness must have been sworn. The District Attorney asked West if he served out his term and he answered that he s'erved a little less than two terms, at which time Secretary Hitch cock reached the conclusion that he was too active in politics, and let him out Register Bartlett was also a witness, having in his custody three big bulky volumns of ths land office records. He was there for showing that Dwyer had instituted contests in certain cases where applicants had filed upon land under the timber and stone act. That the grand jury is still probing Into land matters is evidenced by the wit nesses which have been before that body during the past 21 hours. yesterday "Teddy" Roosevelt was summoned, and appeared before them. He took a claim on the Clearwater during the Summer, and is alleged to have proved up and sold to the Clearwater Timber Company. This morning Joseph Mallor, ex-clerk in the Lewiston Land Office, was examined for nearly two hours. It is said that Register Bartlett will appear before the Jury before he leaves town. - At Outs With His Partner. OREGON CITY, Or., Nov. 22. (Special.) W. M. Smith today filed suit to dissolve the real estate copartnership existing be tween himself and George W. Dixon, of Canby. He also secured an injunction re straining Dixon from drawing out or in any way Interfering with $500 on deposit in the Bank of Oregon City until an ac counting ajid settlement of the partner ship can be had. . The amount of money affected by the injunction represents the commission Smith alleges was received by Pixon ,for' selling a tract of timber land for the firm and in the division of whiclv he ' confplalns not to have shared. " Days Set for Alien Applicants. OREGON CITY, Or., Nov. 22. (Special.) nrcuit Judge McBride today made an order fixing the first Tuesday of each reg ular term and each Tuesday in such term thereafter as the day upon which applica tions for naturalization of aliens shall be heard by the court, in accordance with the act of Congress approved June 29. 19(i6. Heretofore citizenship papers have been obtained in the County Court. GAMBLERS ABE HIED PENDLETON CITY TREASURY IS RICHER BY $175. C'a.es Against ex-Mayor and City Recorder Are Dismissed, on Motion of City Attorney. PENDLETON. Or.-, Nov. 22. (Special.) A total of J175 in fines for gambling was paid into the city treasury today, those contributing being Sam Miller and Sam Endicott, both notorious gamblers. In the raid on Miller's gambling- den Tues day night ex-Mayor W. F. Matlock, Coun ty Recorder Fred W. Hendley and Will iam Roesch, proprietor of the City Brew ery, were also arrested. These three were charged with gambling, while Miller was charged with conducting a gambling game. Of the four cases, that against Miller was. chosen as the test, the evi dence in all being the' same. After the witnesses for the state had been examined yesterday. Colonel Raley, as attorney for the plaintiff, moved that the case be dismissed for walit of evi dence sufficient to convict. Judge Fitzger ald took the matter under advisement un til this afternoon, whenhe sustained tho motion and ordered the defendant dis charged. City Attorney McCourt had evidently anticipated this action, however, for he drew from his pocket another information against Miller. .This one charged him with permitting gambling In his apart ments, and in presenting it the City At torney asked that the charges against Matlock, Hendley and Roesch be dis missed, so that they might testify against Miller in the new case. Miller and his attorney seemed surprised for a moment at the turn affairs had taken, but after a few minutes' consultation a plea of guilty was entered and Miller was fined J100, that being the maximum fine for the offense charged. Immediately following this trial, Sam Endicott, the gambler, who- is charged with larceny in connection with the rob bery of Dr. Blggers in a fake poker game, was arraigned in court on the charge of gambling, the complaining witness being Peter Johnson, - a tailor. According to Johnson's testimony, Endicott had fleeced him out of $15 at a game of poker, when he was too badly Intoxicated to be able to protect himself. The judge found him guilty and fined him $75, which was paid. ELK ARE PROTECTED BY LAW Last Legislature Extended the Time .Until September 15,10 7. SALEM, Or., Nov.- 22. (Special.) Over looking an act of trie special session of the Oregon Legislature in 1903, ojuite a number of people have gained the impres sion that after" January 1. 1S07. it will be lawful to kill elk, and it is known that several hunters are planning to go to the mountains elk hunting after that date. But the Legislature of 1903 antici pated a lapse in the law protecting elk by enacting a law which extends tho pratection until September 15, 1907, and after that time elk may be killed only from September 15 to October 15, and only one in a season by' any person. Acts of special sessions are frequently over looked and this has been true in this Instance. DEAD OF THE NORTHWEST. 'Mrs. Joseph -D. Mace. ABERDEEN, Wash., Nov. 22. (Special.) Mrs. Joseph D. Mace, who died here at the home of her son, and who was 80 years of age, was born in Salem, la., where she was married to Joseph D. Mace In 1849. In 1852 the Mace family faced the plains, joining a train of 20 ox-teams, reaching The Dalles. Or.. October 15 of that year, and Portland Just six months after leaving Iowa, and after innumerable privations, hardships and skirmishes with hostile Indians, on September 1, 1S57, the Mace family, there now being four chil dren, settled on Wynooche Prairie, about a mile west of the present site of Monte sano, where seven more children were born. The following children survive: Mrs. Mary Tibbitts. Seattle; Rice T., Hillhurst, Wash.; William and Mrs. Zeyl pha Scofield, Aberdeen; Edwin and Mrs. Olive Reynolds. California: C. E. Mace, Portland. J. W. Krewson. DRAIN, Or., Nov. 22. (Special.) J. W. Krewson, a pioneer merchant of Drain, died at his home here at 2 o'clock today of apoplexy. He was bom in Lycking County, Ohio, In 1833 and came to this county in 1SC6. In 1S72, when the Oregon & California Railroad reached this point and the town of Drain was laid out, Mr. Krewson built the first store, and for many years followed the mercantile busi ness here. He has' always been a potent factor In the development of the town and an active business man up to the time of his death. He is survived by a wife and three children.' AV. P. Hayden. KIONA, Wash., Nov. 22. (Special.) W. P. Hayden, who lived on a farm a few miles down the river from Kiona, died Monday night, after three days" illness. He caught cold as a T-esult of exposure during the flood. Colonel Charles Irwin. BOISE. Iraho, Nov. 22. Colonel Charles Irwin, aged 74, died here today. He was widely known,, years ago as a railway and bridge engineer. In the war he served with the Ninth Michigan Cavalry. Russ Hall Is Married. SEATTLE, Wash.. Nov. 22. (Special.) Rubs Hall, manager of the Seattle base ball team, was married here tonight to Ada Belle Larsen, a former San Francisco girl. Judge R. R. George performed the ceremony, SHOT FROM AMBUSH Marion County Farmer Is Dropped While Plowing W00DBURN MAN ARRESTED E. L. Remington, Who Has Had Trouble With W. W. Slaugh ter, Is Charged With the Shooting. WOODBURN, Or., Nov. 22. (Special.) Whil3 plowing on " his farm, east or Woodburn, at about 2 o'clock this after noon, AV. w. Slaughter was shot down by someone unseen by him The bul let, a 25-35, entered the tip of tho left shoulder and lodged in the middle of the back. He was brought to the Portland Hotel In this city, and the bullet was extracted by Dr. O Leary. Slaughter is in a dangerous condition, although his wound may not be fatal. This evening a warrant was sworn out and served by Marshal Beach, charging E. L. Remington, a boiler and machine man. and prominent citizen of Woodburn, with doing the shooting. Remington was arrested, and is now in the Marshal's custody. At a late hour tonight he was seen by an Oregonian representative and stated that he had not been out of the oity all day. Before hitting Slaughter the bullet went through a fence pole. There seems to be no question that Slaughter was the object aimed at by the person who fired the shot, and the aim was deliberate murder. At 3 o'clock last Sunday morning an attempt was made to burn Remington's new cottage, the Incendiary placing drygoods boxes on the back porch, pouring .oil over them and touching a match to the material. The blaze was seen by a neighbor in time to extin guish it and save the building. Slaugh ter was recently divorced from his wife, and was Jealous of Remington's attentions to her. Slaughter is the seventh victim of bullets in Marion County in six months, and there is a very strongly-expressed sentiment in favor of taking some steps to'drive out the' vicious class, discour age the carrying of weapons, and bring the offenders to punishment. The men who have been shot in Marion County in the past seven months are: Cap tain O. D. Henderson and Sheriff Shav er, of Clackamas County, who were killed by desperado Frank Smith, at Woodburn last Spring. Joseph Krech ter, Marshal of St. Paul, who was shot and killed by Fred Bustrian; Fred Bus trian, shot in a riot at the time of the killing of Krechter: Ben Gholson, killed in Salem two weeks ago by Victor D'Anna, who also took his own life. SNOW FALLS AT PRAIRIE CITY Fall Weather Has Been Favorable for Farmer and Stockman. PRAIRIE CITT, Or, Nov. 19. (Spe cial.) This has been an exceptionally favorable Autumn for the farmer and stockman in this section, as much more rain than usual has fallen, and the weather has been very mild. As a consequence the grass on the range and In pastures is good, arid stock is in good condition, with a good oppor tunity for Fall-sown grain. Last Thurs day, when a very strong wind sprang up during the night, a number of trees and telephone poles were blown down, putting the telephone out of business, stopping all connections. Friday- evening it commenced to snow and covered the ground to the depth of about six inches by Saturday morning, though thawing. Saturday evening It turned cold, and Sunday night the thermometer went down to zero, though thawing in the daytime, with only about two inches of snow remain ing on the ground. In the Bayvllle country, about fifty mijes, lower down on the John Day river, it is reported to be stiil very dry and the range dusty, with abso lutely no green feed. DYNAMITE WRECKS CABIN. Prospector Is Blown Through Roof, but Escapes Cnscathed. BAKER CITT, Or.. Nov. 22. (Special.) Hurled a dozen feet in the air through the roof of his cabin, which was shattered to splinters by the explosion of six sticks of dynamite, Ed Bates escaped unhurt Bates Is an old prospector, who has been doing development work at the Roosevelt mine. He was thawing out the dynamite at an ordinarily safe distance from the fire, and at the same time preparing his dinner. Suddenly there was a crash that brought his companion, OH. Ames, from the end of the mountain tunnel in which he wa3 working, and man, cabin, stove and grub went flying in every direction. The cabin was completely wrecked. Not a wall was left standing, and the huge logs that made its sides were scattered like a child's house of jack straws. Dr. Chamberlain for Mayor. (ABERDEEN, Wash., Nov. 22. (Special.) The first Republican convention was held in this city tonight and a ticket rep resenting the party placed in the field, headed by Dr. G. E. Chamberlain for the office of Mayor. The gathering was made up mostly of the younger element. Saturday night a citizens' convention, on the old plan, will be held, and Eu gene France, a pioneer lumberman, will be named for Mayor. Tutt's Pills Cure AH Liver His. Doctors7Say; Bilious and Intermittent Fevers which prevail in miasmatic dis tricts are invariably accompan ied by derangements of the Stomach Liver and Bowels. The Secret of Health. 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BUT 'rV'HWM'MlftHIfnBir mmwmmfmwmmmfimmi iauiiitiu.iiiMU) BI':.2':'!WK YOU have always bad a dread of new shoes because you hated the "breaking-in " process. You have of tea tutog on to your old shoes too long, risked colds and sickness because you sbied at new shoes. "Patriot" snoes are built over lasts that standpoint. The "Patriot " to ' break them in." As 1 " Ikfl the only sew shoes you feel like you cad worn before. Our "Patriot" factory has a lot of bright men connected with it. They are always on the look-out for new ideas. When they see a chance to improve the "Patriot" shoe, they do it quick. Whea they figure out a way ot making the "Patriot" more comfortable, they take that way. Mad By ROBERTS. I0HNS0N A RAND SHOE CO., St Louis Sold In rortlnnd By 1B Jgj Truer Blood, Skin, Nervous and Special Diseases of Men We do not treat all dlaeaaea of tbe haroaa race, but make a apectalt-r of treating; and curing; NERVOUS UISKASKS. BLOOD DIS EASES, SKIN DISEASES, KIDNKT DIS EASES. 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