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7, THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY ,31. 1904. - - :f PEACE DEADLIER THAN In 1903 There Were 1 80 - Deaths in Portland M: ' v Year- Added ' As devastating a war. dMUnrttr 'as peetllence, as deetroying aa flood land famine ar th peaceful avocation (of the teeming thousands of ! Liti.. K-nt for the moat Drt upon the i.irit..i liveJlhooda. Battlee have l been fought Upon which tha fata of na itinas hung that hare not numbered tha (dead that war counted la numerous Idisaater that hav occurred la aavaral llanr- cltlea during tna paat year, -j . . vinlaat daatha In Portland ar fre quent. Sine th first of tha aurrent rear ther hu been an average or iw a month who hav loat their lire by (violent mean. During tha rear there u an averairt or, ja par wwu, Many of thee ar ulcidea. nr tha its case that wer passed Kipon'by Coronar Ftriley during tha year DM thi area I majority were ciuavu a a "laborer." Othera war classed aa "unknown" and to this day no relative or friend has been found to mourn their death. In l0t there were -nine " knowns;out of a total of 180 ease passed upon by the coronar. The reoorda of July have not - been completed, but already 80 have periahed bv violent means during the present (year. Varloua causes were aaalgned for the appalling Ilat; alcnonoiiam. naouuai use. of drugs, suffocation," contact with live wires, and even starvation are aome of the cauaea that are shown upon rthe records. .-'''. , SlTsCg Ghastly TOO. It is a ghastly toll that the Willam- Jett exact in return for affording the city a sxeav outlet to tha sea.- Each ryear it demands Its toll; certain and so regularly la this can or in river made that tha gruesome calling of Hugh Brady has become necessary to reclaim tha dead from its grasp. Out of the total of 180 caaea in 1908, tha Will- famette claimed 11.- The river's dead al txeady number 18 tnl year. The records In tha city health office ahow one death of starvation. H. Koll man. an Inmate of tha Portland sani tarium, was tha victim whoa death oc curred June 18 of thla year. Dr. W. B. Holden. tha attending physician, de clares that th records are at-fault The man died, ha says, . of cancer of the stomach. . No one can explain how star vation was aaalgned; th records, how- leaver, hav not been changed. - . . Sumner Smith's aorlnoa. ' Included in th list that was claimed (by th river waa tha. name of Sumner Smith, who died that a little girl might hive. She waa a stranger to him, but a jpaaaenger on the same boat, making th (trip from a down-tbe-rlver point to the city. Because of a broken rail a he fell (overboard and was swept quickly be ryond th reach of thoa on board. Smith (went to tha rescue and lost his life. The tchlld waa saved. Ha was a member of one of th prominent families of Port land. Hie death occurred March 8. I Rachel Weaver, 841 Mississippi javenue. died in March at th Good 8a 'marl tan hospital as a result of burns 'she received while attending to her or dinary household duties. Another pe culiar death was-, that of Charles Menach. who is said- to hav taken an joverdoa of morphine. The patrol wagon I was summoned , sad the - man - was started for th.e station, i Before th wagon reached the station ha died.' All . Portland . recalls .th tragic and jof H. W. Oowell, th advertising man of Seattl, who sought death rather than 'dishonor as a result of gambling. Hs Idled of asphyxiation after addressing a ijetter to The Journal telling of his gam jbllng troubles, and a, letter to his wire. The gamblers of Portland, to whom hs lhad loat all his savings, subscribed the urn neoessary for his funeral ex pen sea. it was only a few days after Oowall's ear says- "Thf sight it young, and thou thalt road." . . - ,. .,. L This is quite true, but it is no reason why vis ion cannot become im paired with this pleas ant pastime. To guard against this, a pair of Our Good Glasses Will go far toward preserving your eyes arid giving you the. sat isfaction that yon .may V expect. '. " ' . 4 TEXAS EYE; SHADES Protector against ' wind and j-, ...oust. SMOKED CLASSES For these runny days. ' A&CFeldenheimer Third and Washington ' " Jewelers Silversmiths SHakesp GRIM WAR Violent and Unnatural First Half of This - 60 Moid .. 2; : death that Prank B. Rawk waa attempt ing to cross th street at Third and Oak. Th tracks were crowded with ears and iq th confusion ha waa caught between two cars'-going la oppoalt directions and hla skull .was crushed. Death waa inatantaneous. A. Mitchell, a laborer. was working In a quarry a short dls tanc up the rir when th earth above caved in and he was caught beneath the tnaaa H died of suffocation .Robert A. Edwards was drowned In tha swimming tank at th T. M. C A Fourth and Yamhill streets. Another death In a swimming pool occurred at th Multnomah club .when Percy R. Boultbe attempted to dlv from' a board. He leaped headlong into the darkness. - unable to see that th tank was empty his head struck th cement bottom aad his skull waa crushed Street car accidents which result fa tally are comparatively few Id Portland. In 1HI there wero.only four deatha from that cava; records for this, year show even a smaller proportion. Con rad Hucke, who waa atruck by' a car Just east of th steel bridge, waa on of th victims whose life was forfeited to th modem contrivance of rapid transit this year. Live wires are also modest In their demands for human Ufa In this city. In ltOS there waa only on life destroyed In' that way. while th city reeorda ahow only on -fofv the present year. Eleva tors hav demanded few; there waa on Ufa crushed out .by th modern lift laat year, but none has occurred up, to-thla time, la 1804. Vnharoi Deaths. No records are kept of th painters who died Jrom . tha alow poison, of ths paint fumea, which- wreck the lungs of any man who stays long enough at th work. Nor does any one know th num ber of musician who have died of lung troubles brought on by th overstrain Ing of th lungs in blowing wind In struments. Of these men dying from causes Incident to their work, their numbers exceed th proportionate death rat of th laborer by nearly three to one. ,. - . .' The larger portion of those who com. rait suicide In Portland choose the river rout to and their troubles. Rarely, if ever, does a Chinaman seek to end his life by other means than drowning. On of th celestials a few months ago de liberately secured a small boat, rowed out Into, the river and Jumped In. , The majority, however, do not go to such pains, but simply leap Into th water from, the hrldg. or from pier. Chinamen Praf er Drowning. . There are many unknown Chinamen who die either accidentally or by sui cide in Portland. And .on peculiar characteristic of" th race 1 that no Chinaman ha., been buried by county funds. When an unknown Chink is taken to th morgu the word Is soon pasad round In Chinatown and efforts mad to find his relatives or frlenda In case none are found a fund Is raised by subscription to defray-th expense of thet burial of th celestial. Such' car for tha dead iSy.vsstly Af ferent from th cases of Indigent whites that are handled by the coroner. A hasardoua aa th occupation Is generally conceded to be Portland suf fers probably les. -than-any other cltf that la penetrated by the network of railroad tracka that traverse this city. Few - death ar due to thla -cause Id Portland.. In coming to his day's work Fort land present It community dangers to very man. Not only do the transporta tion line menace, but th trafne of th streets, both upon - th sidewalks and upon th roadway. Is to be guarded against. A three-horse wagon loaded with 10.400 pounds of coal, going at a swinging walk la a crowded street, men ace beyond the power of an automobile at a 10-mll clip. Slipping In between a pair of heavy trucks piled high wlfli heavy pieces of protruding machinery, furniture or boxes of merchandise la a risk more dangerous than la often real ised. -. . . But th real danger la to th nervous Systems that will not accommodate them selves to th strain that ia demanded In modern ' life and give out at laat. In this class ar th watchman at th rail road croaalng or in the deserted build ings and th swarms of dilapidated rel ics of former ability that . Infest th north end. MAZAMAS READY FOR: THE BIG EXPERIMENT (Rpeeisl THtpatrh hf Lessed Wire te Ti Jrnirntl) Keaaing, cau July so. it is relieved that the question whether the aummlts of Mount Hood, In Oregon, and Mount Shasta, In thla state, are visible from each other will be determined on Mon day next through the efforts of the Portland Mass mas. Enthusiastic mem bers of that organisation to th number of thirteen, who arrived In Slswon from Portland today, propose to climb Mount Shasta and make experiments on Mon day. Members of the order will climb Mount Hood in order to observe the attempt to lgnX.-.i-i.,-TO,,..- Bun flash will b mad from th topa of th two peak throughout Mon day afternoon. At. night th crowd on Mount Shasta will burn ten pounds of red flash powder at exactly 8:80 o'clock. it is expected to burn a minute and a half, and If the watchers on th aura mlt of Mount Hood see th fir they will reply by setting off red fir five minutes later. If not, they will wait until :45 o'clock and aet off ten pounda of red fire In the hope that It will ,be aeen on Bhasta'a summit. LUMBER ADVANCES $ A THOUSAND FEET . , . .'. i ' (RpeoUl ritop.tr! u n,, Jourui.) . - Seattle, July 80. The rail branch of the Pacific Coast Lumber Manufactur ers' association voted unanimously yes terday to Increase .the price on all grade of lumber 81 a thousand. The increase affect the entire rail trade of the northwest and will be adopted by all the mills. The Increase In prices waa madr to meet th improvement in th demand from the middle went and th healthier ton of th market Th lumber camp of th stats will open the latter part of Auguat Or the "first of September. A full cut Is to be made as th outlook Is much Improved. With th suspension of work In th mills log ging operations wer at a standstill. Th fear is expressed that a car short age will be felt. President Elliott of th Northern Psclfle promise 11,000 carl Cur kg; gopttmbar, ' S PLUCKY WOMAN ROUTS A auL . jm nuauo 8nuns a sto ut AFTXB AM imOOn WTTK WXOK BsTJB ' OOMZS - TACT vTO . hoi nt a BAUWiT-snaus ; S BOATS s. ; Mrs. P. I Tragllo of 888 Seventh atreet put a bold burglar to flight about 10 o clock laat night and sent a bullet whixslng after his retreating form. The Intruder waa discovered before he had tun to secure any valuable. -A hurry-up call came to th polfe station about 11 o clock from Mrs. Tragllo stating that a burglar waa in th house. Sergeant Carpenter and Officer Realng war ordered , to the seen of th burglary and whan' they arrived there the woman had routed the intruder, and h was nowhere to be rouna. - She said that' sh heard soma on In th - bouse and upon - investigating ran face to face with th .Strang man in th halL Sh rh . for her gun and started, out Jn search of th intruder. Sh saw him leap from a window and start, to run and Just aa he left the yard sh rushed from th hous and fired on shot at him which only caused him to run ths faster down Sixth street. The officer - searched th community but no on answering to the description given by Mra Tragllo could b found. and they gave up th search. NEGRO SHOT FINDS . BALL IN POCKET 'Charles Johnson waa shot and badly Injured by Charles Wolfe at a negro entertainment at Washington gardens, near th corner ' at . Waahlne-ton and Twenty-fourth streets about 10 o'clock last night. . Both th principals In th shooting scrap ar colored men. It la said that th trouble waa caused through Jealouay over "Babe" Smith. Bad blood Is said .to. have . existed- be tweea- th men for some time. Specta tor say that Wolf - called Johnson aside, drew a tS-callbr revolver. Cred a shot at Johnson, then fled. 11? I - For a time there was the wtelMlatl es citement at th place, which came Bear ending in a riot. Finally order waa r' stored. The police wer notified and sent in search of thoss concerned In the fight. It waa reported that they bad started down town. Sergeant Carpenter and Officer Resing overtook three men, and thinking they wer the-men wantedplaced them under arrest and brought them to th -station; On on of th men the officer found a 88-oallbr automatlo revolver and this they confiscated. It was found that they wer not th men wanted and were released. ..... , . ,, Meanwhile Johnson, the Injured man. 6am to th station and tuld his story to th - of fleer. Hie wound was ex amined and It waa found that th bullet had entered th fleahy part of th left shoulder, making a painful but not a serious wound. . - Th bullet bad dropped Into the man's pocket At a late hour Wolfe had not been arrested. SHERIFF WORD RAIDS A GAMBLING JOINT Sheriff Word and hi deputies made two successful raids about 10 o'clock last night, on on a Chines gambling Joint In th Bacon building, near th corner of Oak and Second streets, and ths other on an - opium - Joint- 1n - a - bulldtne- on th southeast corner of Pine and Oak streets. Seven Chinamen wer arrested, to-, gather with all their paraphernalia. In th gambling Joint, and 87 In cash was found. They made a stubborn resist ance for a time, but a show of determina tion on th part of th officers took all th fight out of them and' they yielded. On of th prisoners, Chung Wan, was released on 82S0 hail. Th others ar atlll In Jail. ' On whit man, together with a China man, waa arrested In the opium Joint and they are both being held In' custody In th county Jail. m ' ' i FaUely Acbnaed, Police Magistrate -Tou ar - charged with fighting. What hav you to say for yourself T ' ' ' Prisoner Well, - your honor, 2 am a professional pugilist, and , Folic Magistrate Case dismissed. ' SOLDIERS OF 4 X i I! V( BURGLAR V PUTS A STOP TO ALL ORIENTAL TRAFFIC R P-Schwerfa Directs His Control to Accept No More Freight Re 'L suit of Seizures of Contraband by Russians ' (Special Dispatch by Leased .Wire to The Journal) Ban Francisco, July 80. The Pacific Mall, Occidental A Oriental and Portland at Aalatlo steamship companies served notices today on th Southern Pacific, Santa Fe and Oregon Railroad at Navi gation oompany that until further notice they will not aooept a pound of freight from them destined to point in Chins. Japan, Manchuria and Korea, Thla no tlce, of course, affeota deliveries of freight from . eastern points in th United state and from foreign coun trie by th railroads to th steamer lines. Th steamship 'companies' embargo- Includes aa well shipments to th countries mentioned originating on this coast. . , i . - Thla Is a radical step on the part of H. p. Bchwerln, who, under E. H. Ilarri man, dictate th policy of th three steamer lines. Schwerln Is acting under cable instruction from Harrtman, whp is now in London. Harrtman s action Is ths direct result of a conference with Joseph B. Choat. Choat - advised Harrlman to give Russia no exoua for th selsur or any of his ,blg llnera. The- notice is "unqualified: China. Japan, Manchuria and Korea shipments ar suspended Indefinitely. A special notice has been issusd to San Frafhclsco shippers concerning the Paolflo . Mall liner China, which Is to sail on August 8. Not a pound of freight will be taken on her unleaa It is destined to Honolulu, the Philippine islands, or other occi dental points outside of China, Japan, Manchuria Or jKoresv v . The order is a stunning blow both to steamship and- th railroad people. It mean practically a . suspension of freight business from this coast to the orient for an Indefinite time, for the built of the trafflo from, here 1 to China and Japan. , .. The three steamer lines r owned by Harrlman and' his railroads. The Pa cific Mall and Occidental and Oriental steamers sail from this port and hav traf-flo agreements with th Southern Padflo. - a Harrlman road. -He allows th Santa F to participate in trans pacific business at this port. Harrlman also 'owns th O. R. A N. jCo. and Its trans-Psclflc connection at Portland la his Portland and Asiatic steamer Una - Harrlman will loat a great deal of money In the u way of - trans-Atlantlo freight earnings by th order In ques tion. He has taken this radical step to prevent th Russian warships In oriental PRAISES BEAUTY OF ALASKA TRIP aims. o. r. faxtoh utotuts rxoig t JOUJUfZT TO- Til JTOBTX TXTZS, ' or voran rmxr mo nw fot- XJUTS TTOTlM KAXS TJCH JOTTB- "I think It Strang that so. few Port land people tak th trip to. Alaska," said Mra O. F. Paxton yesterday. Mrs. Paxton, with her ; mother, . Mra A. . B, Wad of Chicago, returned Friday from Alaska, where they went with a party a guests- of th offlciala of th Alaska Steamship oompany. , Th trip waa th ' occasion of th chriatenlng of th handsome - new steamship Jefferson, and the official Invited about 80 guests td mak th trial trip with them. Among th guests were prominent people ' from . Chicago, St, Paul, Now Tork. Seattl and th south. "It took two weeks to mak th trip and It waa on of th most delightful I ever made." aatd Mra Paxton. "Ordi narily It takes about ten days. The scenery I marveloua On of th moat interesting part of the trip waa the Journey acroaa th Whit pass, mad In a special train provided by our hosts. W started about ' o'clock in the morning and returned at 4 o'olock In the afternoon. . , "The rid over th almost Impassable mountains is something to be remem THE RUSSIAN ARMY AT PRAYER Steamship -Lines Under water from having .th least excuse to seise any of hla valuable , sieamere. Within three year he has Spent about 18.000.000 in building the Korea, Siberia end Mongolia. In addition h haa the China and on or two other ships In the trans-Paclflo asrvioe from this port. A loss of ny on of these ships by selsur on th part of th Russian fleet would mean mors than a year's profit on freight business to China, Japan, Man churls, and Korea. ; That Is why Harrtman has decided not to take any chance In tha matter. He Is oonvlnced that under American and English construction -of contra band goods non of his steamers -has violated President Roosevelt's procla mation of neutrality. . All of. Harrlman' railroad and steam, shsp attorneys hav so advised him. H got a Joint opinion on th matter from W. F. Herrln of thla pity, his Southsrn Pacific chief, counsel, and Judge B. Lovett. his general1 counsel In New York. He then. It is said, submitted their opinion to Joseph; H-1 Choat, th American ambassador to oreat Britain. Choat agreed with them but went on to say to Harrlman that In spit of all that the Russian might eels hla trans-Paclflo St earn era and give him un told trouble. , i . . "Then what ara I to do to hot give th Russians any pretext to seise my steamer and hold them Indednltely T" Harrlman Is said to hav remarked- to Choate. ' -s " ( - "Don't glv them any pretext. If you can .atand . tha. loss In freight revenue for a while." was ths response, so It la stated. Then came the cable gram from -London -yesterday to refuse all shipments to China, Japan. Manchorla and Korea. Ther also cam a message from - London from Harrlman to send from now on all the steamers of th three companies in question . on their schedule Mm regardless of th move ments of the Russian, fleet. '- This order, of course, does not affect th Gael la no.w held at Midway- island, and ' the Mongolia, en rout to Honolulu to await Instructions from ths bom office in thl city. ' . Th decision not to hav the three steamer companies take any freight to China, Japan, Sfanchuria and Korea means a monthly! loss to San Francisco and Portland shippers of 8300,000. It also means a loss In revenue to the three com panies of 8100,000 a month. bered. The road In roost place fol lows the trail, which a few' year ago, miners wild for gold, followed on foot iTh road la moat dangerous. During th process of construction. In some places th laborer had be auspended by ropes In order to- accomplish thslr work.. , .. r- -.- - The Alaska Indians ara very clever. They do beautiful basket and beadwork. and seem to think that they can charge whatever they wish for it. The tourists, usually pay. what they ask, as they feel obliged to take something home for : a souvenir, even if they can buy th same article at home for .much less money." NEW YORK PLUTOCRAT IS SUED FOR $65,000 (Special Dispatch by Leaaed Wire te The Jonraal) Syracuse, N. T., July 80. Syracuse aristocracy and business circles were shocked today when publicity was given the suit brought against - Charles H. Pierce, a prominent club man and well known - millionaire manufacturer, by Mrs. Charles W. Daniels, a New-Tork actress, for 488,000 for alleged .breech of oontract to support her. i ' ' t Mr. Fierce declared to a reporter to night that the suit is a cas of black mall. Those who know Pierce and the plaintiff best sympathise with him Jn th notoriety he i getting a a reward for help given the family and believe that tha charges mad by th actrea are false. , .. .-. i" Should may laf. Judge 'Parker might do well to post pone his resignation until after the elec tion and then don't. . . , . i-'. ....... ........ . Bring Them To i, V" The dispensing of medlc:lnes,haj been j,'' '-: . ' . . . ... ..-'- " v x ;-, ' , - our vocation for 40 yean.' We have . I ' -' conipicte telephone exchange, Na lie ' ' a With four trunk liries connecting, dV - rectly with our prescription case you s .; r" can call us up in a moment and well ; T I ' ' nrl to von forvour Drescrintions. fill '.. : . - --r . t -- r- - t - , . . : ; ; . ... nd return the medicine promptly. , - " NO EXTRA CHANGE for this "service 'V i Woodard, Dispensing Chemists, Canadian Money LEISHMAN GRANTED I PERSONAL INTERVIEW tSpeeial Dispatch ky Leased Wife to The Joeiaall "Washington, July 80. Th tat de partment la greatly gratified by re ceipt of new today that th sultan had granted a peasonal Interview , to Min ister Letshman. . . -, . ' ' Mr. Lieshman is not of th ambas sadorial rank and It Is regarded as something unusual, at leaat In Turkey, to give Interviews to mer ministers, afid th augury now Is that th sultan is to be exceedingly good to Americans In th matter of granting reforms.. ' Mr. XJeshman has stated In hi re ports to the department that if he had only the opportunity of seeing the sul tan fac to' face, he could accomplish a good deaJT It la "therefor probable that by this time Mr. Lclshman haa made some progress toward gaining the sultan's consent to the same conces sions for Amsrlcana with respect to schools, colleges and trials of citlsens. BEFORE QOINCI Company If You Wtint Your PRESCRIPTIONS filled right and at a moderate price ...V.;' Us Clarke & -v r; 4th and Washington : Taken at Full Value . '. , - as hav been granted to. Franc 1 and Russia. - , 1 It Is also Intimated toda that per haps th mention of th American ship at Trieste ha had good deal to do with th special honor conferred on Mr. ' Lelshman and that th ships may now move west, or entirely out of tha JdadK terranean.. . t tsABTXAlTD A BABJUBaT WAITS." From th N Tork Bun."' . Footsore and weary, Peter Deighan, who surted out a week ago to walk to . Albany, Oa., returned home yesterday.. He said he got as far as Elkton, Md.. and could go no farther.. From that point to Baltimore, ha aays, la a atretch ' of (0 mile, mostly barran waste, with little protection from the sun. Th In--tense heat Induced him to turn back. He reached Elkton on Saturday, and left th aame day for home.- He cam part way on trolley. A Camden dog-catcher got his dog, Siiyder, and ha left his cat. "; Molly, with an Elkton blacksmith named . Durkln. Delghsn says no definite time was aet In the wager, and he will try again soon. His feet are ad blistered he can scarcely walk. . . - , . I1NTO BATTUE j