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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1907)
, XOXIOHT AXD WEDNESDAY. AILY CAPITAL JOURNAL SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOUISK 1, U)()7. NO.-223. St AGAIN ST ORAH WEAK Sheriff of Baker County Killed by a Bomb WSON CHARTER ffi IN JAIL trttt Ordered Improved- lie Wooden Curbs-Mayor itybtnsthe Charter and fldl met In adjourned ses !; nening. itnun were all present cx cM, Churchill nnd Goode. tolE. M. Crolsan tor per- a pit Id scale on Ferry irteJ. mtiinm ronorted favor- I'Jtl t curb lino on Broad- 1 Jifl Protection. Lei reported favornbly on let oollce department for Inr collide windows to city ser objected to report ns ico public buildings had Lit would cost over ?G0 it It was not necessary. in wld the screens woro and tools could be aw through the bars. .. ihM frequently n police- It pud those windows nil MM the Jail. fttid tho bars wore so ilout Bcreens It was nl- tttto get drunks sober- t putting up thoso etoa opposed tho expense The-motlon to post- ! wai lost, nnd a mo twtthe commltteo to buy hi tarried. on public buildings Fwtrt to look Into condl- w'-er closet In basement of wh power to act. r tnrti and Eugene Ecker puted saloon licenses. On fire and 'nlnr rn. ftwibly on resolution to tW hone for chomlcal 81 re read aBklng Elec- -7 w cnange light from -J Twenty-flrst streot to i ltd Twenty-Hrst street. I TUW . "wonAiyiumandTweu "Kit. and one at Court .u creek sloa uj erantpii piot-.r 'tabnlH in... mi.. ' ' for track to Bravel -ukis. rJw 'Or lmDrntnnf to .1 ' -.. vu . taopiea. UM for lmn-n..an.nl Kf 'w 7taa with allow mi per yard for e " cents per yard uner movnH f ud jinn ";:" .,. . '-"" ' juru. l"- tc Km,.- '. rilu -aviura w ,,.7 .b. ""n u,rt I, '" ana less rwj dlTLW m.- C ' to committee vHiiaer charter of earth for i amend Mr. vere at SpeclO- of K&VnwoMhe r u7a e stance 1 wttir." u covers four ..... ."-ecnarter bT".rt t , w vi n'9 a.dPted ra. v. "UU,Q ne Jra8ha tUftw-v: ... rtU,."01 three tiIZM,n the i ... Uira ti 4 it. v ifcj,? tw mav C Thlshn,;, trs ! ETWt will time chosen. tho the hold men, city appotnt- mvesti- geta dif-l foronco of opinion. Mr. Rodgers i thought no one should bo paid. It was n pleasure to servo your fellow citizens. No limit was placed on other snlaries. Tho committee rose and reported favorably on tho chnrter. Tho council then resumed Its ses sions nnd adopted tho report of tlho committee. To be submitted at next election. Copies of the chnrter were order ed printed for each voter, or nt least 2000 copies. Mr. Gesnor charged that thero was n combination among printers and all charged tho same. So the charter 1b perfected and will bo submitted to voters next De cember. The' primary will bo hold on th second day of November, and tho election day Is held Monday, Decem ber 2. Action on Ordlnnnccs. Deforo adjourning the council took action on tho following ordi erdi nances: A bill for an ordlnanco granting Northwestern Long DUtnnco Tele phone Company a franchise to oper ate In this city was Introduced, read twice and referred to a special com mltteo composed of Aldermen Bayno, Greonbnum nnd Churchill. A bill for an ordlnanco governing tho laying of gas and water plpeB In tho city woB read tho third time and rc-roforrcd to the ordlnanco com mltteo with Instructions to incor porate cortain amendments A hill for an ordlnanco fixing n maximum rate of fl per thousand foot for gas was introduced, road twlco and referred to tho ordinance commltteo. A bill for an ordlnnnco granting tho Portland General electric Com pany a. blanket franchise to operate over cortain streets in tho city was Introduced, read twico and referred to tho committee on ordinances. An ordinance declaring certain persons common drunkards was read for tho third time and failed to pass. A bill for an ordlnanco fixing tho curblino on Broadway street was read throe times and failed to pas? by ono vote. Alderman Gesnor voted no, Alderman Downing was absent from tho council when the bill camo up for final passage, and only soven voteB wero cast for It. welcomT GIVEN TEDDY St. Louis, Oct. 1. President Roosevelt's trip down the Mississ ippi, which will commence thl morning at Keokuk, la., will ho one of tho greatest ovations ever given a President over tho $nmo length of territory Hundreds of visitors are pouring into St. Louis, and river craft of every description are lined at'tho docks. It will be tho groatest assemblage of steamboats seen on the river since the war, If not greater than any before. Roosevelt will deliver his address at 11 o'clock this morning, and at 2 o'clock will ho tho guest of tho Business Men's Club at luncheon. The river pageant will follow.' Lato tomorrow the President will resume his river trip. Cairo will bo the first stop. Keokuk, la., Oct. 1. Following tho President's addross, the party boarded the steamer awaiting tho chief executive for IiIb triumphal trip down the Mississippi. Steam ers of all kinds, decked in all colors, escorted tho vessel. A more beauti ful spectacle has 'never been seen on the Mississippi Tho party expects to reach St. Louis at 9:45 tomorrow morning. o Bad Tooth Filling. Portland, Oct. 1. Dr. H. M. Puss, of Montavllla, Oregon, had his hand blown off while making a compound for filling teeth. His leg was also badly injured. USED ORCHARD METHOD A BRUTAL MURDER Thugs Explode Bomb At Gate of Ex Shcriff Brown's Residence AsHc Entered, Horribly Mangling Him Murder Identical With That of nr Stucncnbcrg mnrKtSJU Baker City, Or,., Oct. 1. Ex Shorlff Harvey Brown, at ono tlmo candidate for nomination for gov ernor on tho Republican tlckot in Oregon, and a jirlvato detectlvo In tho Stounonborg and Stovo Adams cases, was fatally Injured last night by tho explosion of a bomb nttached to his front gato. Ho will die. His left arm and leg wero blown to bits, nnd his faco terribly burned. It was discovered this morning that two men woro Involved in tho at tempt at assassination. They stood at tho rear of tho Brown cottago and hold ono ond of a long tolophono wlro which was weighted down near tho gato with a pair of brass knuck les. Tho forco of tho oxploslon broke windows in houses 100 yards dis tant. Tho men are supposed to ba 'hiding in tho mountains. Shorlft Rand and tho polico nro handling tho case. Telegram to Governor. Baker City is thoroughly nrouscd over tho outrago, and this morning the following telegram was sent by Mayor Johns to tho governer: Baker City, Oct. 1. Gov. Chamberlnin: Ex-Shorlff Brown probably killed samo nR Stounonborg for assisting ns ono of a posso of officers. Plcaso offer Biiltablo reward. CHAS. A. JOHNS. Governor AVill Act. Tho governor is nt St. Louis and was immediately wired by Captain Gatens, and a largo sum will bo offered to brim; tho perpetrators to Justice, ns soon as tho governor can be heard from. Baker City, Or., Oct. 1. Chiof of Polico Jackson has wired to Walla Walla for bloodhounds, but hriB not been able to securo thorn yet. Ho hopes to track tho assassins with them. Hounds from tho Spokano kennels nro now expected. Tho theory of tho polico Js that tho men who exploded tho bomb aro mon wlio wero after Brown for his con nection with tho Stove Adnms case. Brown has rogalnod consclousnesp, but Is unablo to talk. No hope of hla recovery Is held out, Baker City, Or., Oct. 1. Ex Sheriff Baker recovorod the powor of speech this afternoon, and in a brok en voice declared ho believed that mon of the Western Federation of Miners and friends of Steve Adnms planted iho bomb that Injured him. AMOVT" T0WAWDS PROGRESS London, Oct. 1. The news agen cy here reports that a dispatch from Pekin sayB that there has been pro mulgated an order by the Dowager Empress, in which she declares Chi na to be a constitutional monarchy. Steps will roon be taken looking to the selection of a parliament. M44-HHh-H-r .... rut Vp job on Mayor. Portland, Oct. 1. Whnt Is considered complete proof of a plan to impltcato- Mayor Lnne In a compromising posi tion with a woman was discov ered this morning when Councilman A. N. WIUb, of Portland, stated that E. E. Padding, now under arrest, had proposed a plan to him sevornl weeks ago whereby Lane might be Implicated in a woman case, ns, it Is alloged, was afterwards done. Wills states the plan was made to him and Thomns Devlin, nnd both turned it down with dl3- gUBt. t I I 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 I I a i M 1 ill 1 8 1 1 I ferd: TRIAL DRAGS Stenographer Is Haughty, and Doesn't Know Anything STATE RESTS THE CASE EVIDENCE IS ALL IN Prosecution Will Probably fall As There Is LittlelEvldcnco to Show Borah Had Any Criminal Connection Other Than As a Lawyer With the Caso 000 persons were packed In and outstdo tho grounds. Tho ofllcl.il paid nttendnnco was 25,127, but sev eral thousand more porsous gained admission on pnsscs nnd otherwise. Tho gates to tho grand Btnnd woro closed boforo 1 o'clock, and tho great crowd boenmu bo largo that tho polico for a tlmo lost control and hundreds gained admission ovor tho fonco. Tho roofs of Burround Ing Iioufos woro crowded to tho danger point, the thrifty "household ers chnrglng from 25 cents to for standing room on their roofs. AUDIENCE WAR THERE. Hut the .Ilnltrond Sidetracked .the Company In Portland. Snn Francisco, Oct. 1. When thn trial of Tlrey L. Ford opened this morning Judge Lawlor overruled tho objection of tho defense to tho examination of Colin McDormott, Ford's stenographer, and sho was again called to the stand. Sho was asked to Identify Bovoral typowrlt ton sheets of paper placed In ovl denco by tho prosecution, but do nled all, jcnpwjedgo of them. Sho admitted 'having Been riuof in Ford's offlco, but nothing else. "You refused to testify boforo the grand Jury, did you not?" asked Honoy. "I did." "Did Ford Instruct you to do so?" , "No, Blr." Mr. Abbott and George Francis, head of the law department of the United Railroads,, waB a testy wit ness, and little information of valuo was procured. Francis was asked 'if ho ovor saw Ruef at Ford's oWce at tho car barns. Ho Bald perhaps onco or twice. "Ever Bee him bring a package?" "No, Blr." Francis made up tho offlco payroll Ho said Ruef's name wbb not on tho list. CANADIAN TO ENTER SEATTLE Bolso, Oct. 1. Attorney S. II, Ruoh, for tho prosecution, an nounced this morning that tho gov ernment would colse Its case agnlnst Borah within an hour nfter tho noon ndjournm nt. Tho indictments re turned by tho special grand Jury nro against two of tho mon on tho old grand Jury, who mndo affidavits al leging Rulck's misconduct. Formor Govornor J. T. Morrison was called to tho stand this niornlng In the Borah trial, for tho purposo of con necting Bornh with tho alloged frauds. Ho told of two vIbKb paid by Borah to tho executive officos to find out what lands In township 6-4 the stnto would fllo on. Witness snld tho senator asked him if it wnn necossary thnt tho state should 1112 thoro, nnd demurred at tho amount of Innd tho stnto was taking. The deods fllod by Borah with tho re corder woro admitted in ovidonco. BoIbo, Oct. 1. Attornoys fof Bor nh expect tho cnBO to bo taken out of tho Jury's hnnds when the prosecu tion rests, nnd Borah will bo released. Soattle, Oct. 1. According to Ca nadian ofllclnls who passed through hero yosterday, tho Canadlnn Pa cific will be operating trains over land Into Seattlo In 1908. -o- COULD NOT USE THE HALL Vancouver, B. C. Oct. 1. Tho city councl has refused tho exclu sion league tho use of tho city hall as a meeting place for tho planned anti-coolle demonstration. The council thinks that, under tho pres ent olrcumstanc.s, Buch a meeting so near trio Japanese quuriura would bo very unwise. o Jlulck Exonerated. Boise, Oct. 1. The special grand Jury called to examine into ".no methods used In securing tho Indict ment of Borah and others returned their reports this morning, exoner ating Rulck. Tho grand Jury found two Indictments against unnamed persons. Bolso, Oct. 1. Immodlntoly upon resumption of proceedings In tho Borah trial this aftornoon, Rush an nounced tho enso of tho government ngnlnst Borah wns complete At this Attornoy Eraser moved thnt tho Jury bo instructed to find a verdict of "not guilty." Rush then stated ho wished to close tho case boforo tho motion wns considered, nnd called Receiver Garrett, of tho land offlco, to produco patents Issued to fraudulent entrymon, and taken by Borah's clerk. o GREAT BALL GAME Philadelphia, Oct. 1. Ino ono of tho grontost baseball games ever soon in this city, Detroit nnd Phila delphia, who nro making a sonsa tlonnl fight for tho American Lengu . champlonsldp, yosterday played oaoh other to n standstill. Tho gume wont 17 Innings, and was called by tho umplro becauso It was too dark to play any longor. Both toams wor workod up to a high pitch and going strongor, and nolthor wnntod to qui nlthough tho stroot lamps surround ing tho grounds had alrondy bon lighted. There being no result, the posi tions of the teams romaln tho samo, Detroit having a lead of seven points. Each team has soven games on Its schedule boforo tho season ends. Had It not been for tho faet that two games wero to have been played, necessitating an early gamo, the game could not have gono 17 in nings. Fans Swarm on Roofs, It was a remarkable contest In many ways, and tho crowd that saw It was probably tho largeut that ever gathered in a ball ground in thlB city. It Is estimated that fully 40,- Thcro woro many disappointed pcoplo last night when It was learned thnt tlm company ndvortlsed to present thnt pretty and chnrmlnK play, "For Mother's Sako," at tho Grand Opera Houso hnd not ar rived. Tho disappointment wnn duo entirely to tho railroads, tho train upon which tho company was com ing fnlllnc to icnch Portland In time to connect with tho local train. Tho houso Tnu wollcnold out, nnd n goodly audlonco would hnvo greotod tho compnny. Tho play has boon prosontcd horo boforo, nnd tho fact thnt no mnny tlckots woro Bold shows that It was appreciated. Ono man and his wlfo drovo In from tho country nine mlloa especially to soo the play, and thulr disappointment wnB mixed vlth considerable tncon vonlonco. Tho money for tho tick ets was refunded, but Manngor Mer edith, who rogrots deeply tho mla hap, doslrcs to say thnt If any tick ets aro still out, they will, be re doomed on presentation ilBalom seems to bo a regular hoodoo for "'Mother's Sako," for wlron that play wan presented hero a year ago., tho electric llghto wont to bucking, and tho horBO odltor absent-mindedly wrote that, in tho dim light on tho stago Mnnpgor Meredith wasr holding tho loading womnn in hlrr nrms ond telling her not to bo dis couraged, thnt tho moon would coma up byo nnd by. Tho bonuty of that story wns thnt In Bplto of Morodlth's roputntlon, nlso tho horso editor's, somo pjoplo believed It, . o IT LOOKS LIKE HUfilNESS. Electric nnd Telephone Company Must MoVo Their Wired. Mayor Rodgors has lisucd a for mal notice to Rollln K. Page, of tho Portland Goneral Electric Company, of this city, nnd to Manngor Dancy, of tho Pacific StatcB Tolophono and Telegraph Company to proceed with tho romoval of their tolophono and tolegraph polos, wires, etc., from Court stroot botween Commorclul nnd Church streots, and that tho wlrou bo placed under ground In propor shnpe for the Improvement of tho stroot with hltullthlc pave ment. Tho loan! roproHontutlvoH of tho Wnrron Construction Company tuto thnt tholr compnny will bogl.i work Immodlntoly, nnd will dellvor tho first rock material on tho ground by Thursday of thlB week. WRECK AT SOUTH BEND Seattle, Oct. 1. A private dis patch horo Btntes tho steamer John Stetson wus wrecked at South Bend, Oregon. No particulars. Dr. J. F. COOK THE BOTANICAL DOCTOR. MOVED TO 10 LIHEHTV STREET FOR ANY DISEASE GALL ON R. COOK. CON8ULATION FREE. il ' titt NV ' &: 1 9 C n f3.