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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY ,31. 1904.
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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."
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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
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' (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.
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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
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BURGLAR
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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. . . ,
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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
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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 &
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4th and Washington :
Taken at Full Value
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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