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i it MAIL THIS BOOSTER EDITION TO SbS FND AND BRING HIM TO OREGON It j attmal .L I W Mtak. w tvm. DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, S.VLKM, ORKOOtf, SATl ItDAY, DKCKMHKlt 20, 1008. NO. H. OUSAND MILES OF TRACK FOR OREGON ELOPMENT CONGRESS PRODS HARRIaN INTO THE COLLAR EATEN 0 KILL JUDGE iROHISTrlORR DEPORTED d Pross Loused Wiro.) t inclaco, Doc. 20. Judgo r. Conlnn toduy received nn Is letter threatening tho kniBolf and his family If Hon, nn ngont of 10 in ma , the nnnrchiHt queen, Ih do- in Investigation of Ilorr Is lieforo Judgo Conlnn, who ad him hold until Immlgrn (nlsslonors hero communl- r "Washing ton. the letter was a crudoly all nnd bones. Tho wnrn- "If you vnluo your llfo Ely's don't try tqu got our lexnndor Ilorr, deported. sot horu to kill hut to pro- working man. Don't ever ;to convict mo. Wo don't peat of tho continuation of ho net on good ndvlce nnd pmalnder of tho letter wns with tho exception of tho words which were: "If wny " as nrrestod lust Ttnirsdny kkliiR an anarchistic speech jro utreot. Ho wn3 repeat- -N-H-Mr-H SHOT WHITEMAN FOR BEATING A NEGRO Seale, Ala., Dec. 2G. Recaiise George II. Thompson Insisted upon boating n negro nfter ho wns ordered to desist he Is dead todny, the vic tim of a bullet fired by Deputy Sheriff John V. Chambers. The latter threatened to shoot Thompson If ho did not lenvo the colored man, but llttlo attention wns paid to tho warning. Tho beating continued and Thompson was shot dead. edly rofusedvto acknowledge that ho Is a representative of Emma Gold man nnd refused to answer th ques tion of Immigration ofllcon in Judgo Conlan's court. Judge Conlnn put over the hearing for 11 days In order to give lh Im migration mon here nn lppo-Mmlty to communicate with Washington. The lottor to tho Judge has boon placed In tho hands of Vecret sur vlce agonts. I'ooi' Is Broke. New York, Dec. 20. Henry W. Poor, operating under the linn name of II. W. Poor and company at 311 Wall street assigned today for tho bonoflt of erodltors. Poor' wns tho publisher of Poor's Manual of Railroads, president of tho Postal Telegraph company of Texas, and a director of the Mis souri, Kansas and Toxas railway. o CoiiKiviMtiiuui Pavey Deutl, Now Orleans, Ln Dec. 20 Rep resentative Robert C. Davoy ,of tho second congressional district of Loui siana, died (today of appoplexy. Ho had served continuously nt Washing ton slu co the 53d congros, with tho exception of one torm, when ho de clined tho nomination. SAYS HE WILL BUILD EAST &fo WEST WE Realizing Ho Must ''Shoot or J3ye Up tho Gun" to Jim Hill, Magnate Promises' to Pull theCork, and Open tho Vast Territory So Long Bottled Up by Him Will Turn Immense Tide of Immigration to Oregon If His Promises Are Kopt. I Special to Orogonlan). Chicago Dec. 26. Plnns havo boon perfected by Mi. Hnrrlumn for tho construction of between 750 and 1000 miles of railroad In tho statu of Oregon nlono, and that Burvoy havo boon ordoiod of a great deal of' Urrltory which It now without means of transportation. ncrois tho vtnto of Oregon, but the flnanclnl doprcHBlon sldotrnckod them. Thin much Is admitted by Ml. Krinttschultt, who nlso snys; "Of courso othor lines wilt bo built fin tho stnto of Oregon, but not Jut Jnpw. Tho nnnnolal situation will hn70 to clear a little before the work which A fhns been planned or Is being plnnii"d IuIIms Kuttsohnltt, director of will bo begun. As soon us these pro- maintenance and operation for Uie Ilarrlman lines, and J. I). Isaacs, consulting onglneor for Mr. Ilarrl man, have recently returned from Now York, whero thoo plans Wrro perfected. It Is admitted by tho Chi cago ofllclata'that tlicro nro such plant but It Js stated that tho manngomenf Is not yot ready to give out dotnllod Infoi inatlon rogardlng thorn. J cots nro ripe I Bhall be glad to give thorn to the Aibllc, but Just now nothing dollnlte can bo said nhnu' them." It It well known ntnong Mr. Ilnr rlman'a lieutenants that his uuinmor vnoatlon spent In his now lodgo on Pelican liny on the Upper Klamath Lake, had a good deal to do with Ida dotot initiation to give tho stnto of Oregon more transportation facilities Ci-oss-Orcgou Lino Planned. h m n nici jiiiiiih wore won uuuor At uini iinio nil or tno llnrrlman oj way more than a year ago for the construction of nn east nnd west lino I (Continued on pago 4.) HAD THREE ACCIDENTS IN TWENTY MINUTES DAY, SATURDAY;! jWill Be a Day of Price Cutting II Odds and Ends:! p. sand Xmas Goods Will Be Sold At ALP PRICE Also Ladies' Coats and, Suits (United Pross Leased Wlro.) Oakland, Cat., Dee. 20.- Alfred Gross, it cousin of City Auditor George Gross, met three successive accidents Insldo 20 minutes early this morning between 12:10 o'clock and 1 o'clock. Ho Is In the Re ceiving Hospital, vury sore from much thumping, but not In nnj hoiiho In a dangorous oundltloii. Gross oncountored his first mis hup at Slxtoonth struct and San Pab lo avoniio, when ho was caught In a minor collision botweon two streot cars. He was badly bruised and It was doomed best to take him to tho Receiving Hospital, Sum Klmolay, n cliHffeur for tho Aut oDollvory com pany, volu n toured to take the In jured man there. Klmelsy had two collsslous In his Journey with Gross, to tho Revolving Hospital. Nnd In tho Iwnt smash-up. when ho ran Into tho Seventh street local train nt the Hroadway Junction. Klmeluy received Injuries which will probably prove fatal. Klmelny first ran Into tho auto of Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Roily at Hlghth and Hroadway. Thuy woro bruised so badly that thuy had to bo taken to their homes 21 OS Hhattuok iivonuo, llerkuloy, In tholr own automobile. In this accident neither tho chuf feur nor Gross woro burned at all. One blook down tho street, how ever, Klmelny had another accident. He smashed Into the nillroad train with such force that the auto was Jammed under tho next to tho last conch. Tho train wan moving nt the tlmu. and tho motor oar wns crushed. Its occupants were thrown out, and narrowly mlsaud rolling un der the wheels. Klmelny was ijio most unlucky man In the machine. Ho received hrulses nil over his body Mini Internal Injuries from which he Is not oxpeotod to ruoovor. John O. Potty, u barkeeper, wa In the oar at the tlmu. and he received a number of bruises, as did Grew, the unfortunate who had already suf fered Injuries In the Initial accident. COOK NEW CHIEF OF 'FRISCO POLICE (United Pross Leased Wlro.) Snn FrnnclHco, Dee. 20. Chief of Police Jcbso Cook, successor to tho ill-fntod Chief of Police William J. Ulggy, took hlH position nt the hend of tho pollco dopnrtmont today ufTer n slmplo Ceremony during which ho took thu oath of olllco bo fore tho police commissioners. A resolution was passed by tho commlanlonors granting Cook a loaro of nbsonce for one year In order that In tho event of hla bolug rollovod as chief, ho will bo able to return to his rank of sergeant and thus protect tho pension which will be duo him when ho reaches tho ago limit. Speculation as to the changes to be made undor (he new regime Is contlnod nt prosent to tho assign ment of thu position of property clerk, which Cook has vacated and tho possible solectlon of u new clerk to tho chief. , Tho detective bureau will also bo shaken up later In the year. Tho chief has expressed himself In favor of u closod town and It la 'predicted that a shake up In tho force will bo necessary before this can bo accomplished. NOW FOR BARGAINS : hiL KS J AVZntL SACKED HIS HEAD THEN ROBBED HIM San Francisco, Dec. 26. Beaten, j robbed on a thoroughfare with huu dreds of persons passing by was the oxperlonco of Morris Goldstein, n ; tailor of this olty, Inst night And ; he is today at tho Central Hospital. while the police are looking for h assailants. Goldstein was standing In front of Golden Gutu Commandery hall on Sutter streot, near Stolner. when two nioa npproaehed him. One of 1 thaw threw a sack over hla head and 1 the other allied In dragging thu muf fled tailor iHlo an allay. There they robbed him of his Jewelry and SS0 in cmsIi Goldstein founht with the thugs who 'brew him to tho ground and Kicked blni until he lost nnsi'ous neiuj After regaining his senses he crawled from the alley to tho street whore ho was found by pedestrians and released from tho sack. At tho hospital It was found that ono of his ribs wus fraoturud and his side was badly bruised. MUSKETRY SCHOOL WILL BE MOVED Wu'hlngton, Doc. 26. The army musketry school now situated at tho Presidio or Monterey. Cal., will h moved to tho .Middle Weat. according to a report here today that Brigadier GafteraJ Kurhou has reeoininenlad Its traiMfor to a inoie oaatral loan- ttOH. AfWfiiiiHc to the report, the war detartmeHt has uad r eonsldoratloH h.- ie fialjlllinivt f Kurt 811! 'klahnnxi Th location would inak 'if Mhool available .. the officer of i FaMo-n jMtst us well as ilf i W t TH- trnti'Jar to Fort Bill wou'd I alAo materially Ieaaeu tho tulleano. SPENT CHRISTMAS EVE ROBBING CLOAK HOUSE San Francisco, Dec. 20. insur ance mid pollco odlclnls nro Inves tigating todny ii strnngo burglary ut tho clonk and suit house of Kooning and Collins on Vuu Nohk avenue, which was discovered early yesterday morning by an omploeo of thu store who happened to pay a Christmas morning visit to tho plaro. Tho Juveutory, which wns prompt ly made, disclosed tho fact that $3000 worth of tho choicest goods In the establishment had boon tnken, apparently by someone who . wns familiar with the stock In tho store and nt homo In thu place. Much nn Immense amount of loot was taken that tho pollco can hiydly concelvo of Its having been removed without the use of an uxpress wagon. The store wns closed at midnight after the big holiday rush on Christ mas ovo.nud nt that time everything Is said to have been Intact. Tho roar portion of tho store faces a vacant lot, nnd It Is believed that tho burg lars used this to hide their opera tions. Thuy Jimmied u roar window and then plundered tho store ut their leisure. Despite the noise, which must have been inado by falling of glaas and tho removal of this quanti ty of goods, nobody has been found who heard the thlovos nt work. Koeulng and Collins havo their goods protected by burglary Insur ance, and tho stand to lose noth ing. They claim to ho able to throw no light on the case. Tho lusuriuioo people are making nn Independent Investigation. o- PRESIDENT WILL TAKE NO ACTION WHILE MATTER IS IN COURT (United Press I.oasod Wire.)., . Washington, Dee 20 President Roosevelt will not Interfere In tho Gompers' case as long an It Is In tho courts, according to nuthorltatlvo In formation recolvod today. It Is understood Hint tho Presi dent bolleves any action by him tin ilecessary aa tho defendants nlrdady hnvu given notice of appeal. Roosuvolt Is preparing a Btntomout In reply to the tunny requests that ho take action In thu case. Appeals for Interference from lab or organisations nnd loaders throughout tho country havo been coustuutly recolvod nt tho' Whlto Irouso hIiico Gompers, Mitchell nnd Morrison woro sentenced to Jail. Tho statomont was liuuod this af ternoon through Secretary Loeb, and calls attention o tho fact that tho case irf now horoto tho cotlrta. -vrho statement says: "Of corn roe, It Is lni(M)(wlblo for the President to act while tho appeal Is ponding. Ho has nothing whatever to net about- Tho courts must flnlnh tho case first. Tho defendants aro at llhorty on hall. If tho dofondanta oco fit to abnudou ho appeal, tho mutter then, of courso, may bo brought bo foro tho executive, In which case It would receive Imincdlnto and. caroful consideration. Rut tho defendants havo a perfect right to tho prosont appeal, and, If -uasuccuraful In. tho pardon or commutation, pur do nor commutation. "Tho President has alroady, In structod tho dopartmoat of Justlco to keep him Informed of tho progress of tho case o that, If It, become propor for him to act, ho may havo'tho In formation at his dlspottnl to decide whether there was Justification for some punishment, and whether tho son ton co Is or Is not too severe. "Hut ut present ho htw no luoro to do with tho enso than ho has to do with 4 lie ease of tho $30,000,000 lino Imposed by Judge Kandls, which also Is on appeal, and concerning which the Prosldont already has been asked to Interfere bywell-meuuliiK porsous who do not know that ho could not Interfere while tho matter -Is still pending before tho courts " PITTSBURG BANKERS MAY BE PROSECUTED Pittsburg, Pa , Dec 20. Tho fed oral government will glvo IU aid in the forthcoming prosecutions against tho bunkers and t-Tty coiinollmen who ure charged with bribery, according to tho statements of representatives of the Voters' lougue today. As a first step. It Is announced that the department of Justlco Is preparing to Investigate all natlonul banks sorv lag ae depositories for city funds. A the preliminary hearings of the no- Miseil man m was developed that a! mm approximating $176,000 had been corruptly ud to liUHioncc hi-iu oimbo cftrtain bnukx a' i im- fi-tis The government will on -Icavo o avrtaln If any banks fCj't tlio ou whojo odl' lals are now arcuwd, contributed towatd a Urlb-. ory fund. HUGHES COMMISSION TO BEGIN BUSINESS New York, Doc, $0. Tho com mission appointed by Gov. Hughe to Invuttlgato tho financial operation of tho vurloiu stock oxohanges In this olty, announced today that they would begin n Inquiry Into tho pro diuo and cotton exohaugos. Tho first meeting will be held next Monday. BURGLARS CLEANUP SMALL P0ST0FFICE RedwHMl City, Cal . Dec 26. Burglar entered the local postofUco Mrly today, and dynaiiiltod tho tufa? tociiHug SS In ebin Mid $4 worth of ann- No i-'w wa left by i'ph " aik'is bu- in prtolilco otH cors bollovo tho Job wa done by u gaug that has been rommlttlug simi lar depredatlous throughout tho pen insula ! IHtHIlllljlfiiifl