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THE MOBNINQ OKEGONIAN, MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1903. 5 M grittnpF a w te lw M ti A tare- BrtuHiwMMiiiuiwwHmHWWWiWMwtmiiiHiHmiimHMiwJSST The Kind You Have Always Bought and which has been in use for over 30 years, has "borne the iVegetablePxcparatioalbr As similating tbelood andReg ula ting tteStamachs andBowelsof signature of and has been made tinder his personal supervision since its infancy. Allow no one to deceive" you in this. All Counter feits, Imitations and " Just-as-good" are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children Experience against Experiment What Is CASTO 1 1 PromotesT)icsHon,CheerfuI nessandRst.Contains neither Opium,Morpiiine cor "Mineral. Not Narc otic. MietpearOldlk-SNfllELPnXZEa s3x.Senna jtrdttSted. 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MxJatna Sen Jbpptrrsiat - CenfudSufiw Aperfecr Remedy for Constipa tion, Sour Stomach.Diarrhoea, Worms .Convulsions .Feverish ness and LOSS OF SLEEP. Tac Simile Signature of NTSW "YORK. EXACT COPY" OF WRAPPER. Tl lie Kind You Have Always Bought. In Use for Over 30 Years. G Grant's Pass Jury ReiurnsVer dict of Second Degree. MURDER OF SCHONBACHELER celved but little encouragement from the officers here, and when he returned to his home that day he was in a bad mood. He stooped at Merlin, and It was there. In front of Guild's store, that he made threats against Gibson. FOR CHURCH FEDERATION Third Trial for Death. Resulting From Dispute Over a Boundary Line Judfire Hanna Called From Bed to Hear Verdict. GRANT'S PASS. Or.. Oct. 11. (Special.) The jury in the Gibson murder case j rendered its verdict of murder in the sec ond degree after having been out about four hours. This Is Gibson's third trial i for the killing of B. Schonbacheler near I Merlin, April 18, 1892. j In the first trial the Jury disagreed, in : the sreend a verdict of murder in the first J dgree was rendered, but the case was i appealed. The third trial was begun Oc- ! tober 1. but a Jury was not secured until ' the afternoon of the 7th. The case went to the jury shortly before S o'clock last night and a few minutes before midnight an agreement had been reached. Judge Hanna having retired for the night, was called and opened court to receive the verdict and dismissed the Jiury- The crime for which Thomas Jefferson Gibson was convicted on the third trial is the shooting of B. Schonbacheler at his ! home about four miles from Merlin on ' Friday, April 18, 1892. According to evi- j dence there were two witnesses to the 1 tragedy, Mrs. Scfionbacheler, wife of the i murdered man. and Charles "Van Dorn, a neighbor, who was in his doorjiard across Rogue River, and heard the fatal Tshot and saw the prostrate form. Gib son Immediately surrendered himself and was taken tq Grant's Pass and confined In the county Jail. The tragedy was the culmination of a dispute of many years' duration over the boundary line between the Schonbacheler ranch and the rented place on which Gib son was living. Numerous threats of bodily harm and even threats to kill are said to have been made on both sides, and both men were expecting trouble. Schonbacheler the afternoon on which he was shot took his ancient muzzle-loading shotgun and told his wife he would go out to shoot some birds. Gibson going past the place carrying a 30-30 "Winchester saw Schonbacheler coming toward him with the gun and commanded him to throw down the gun. at the same time shooting his victim in the head, killing him instantly. Gibson walked nearly around the prostrate body at some dis tance and fired again, this time the bul let entering his shoulder. When theicase came on for trial at this term of court out of a panel .of 40 jury men only one juror was secured. The counsel for the defense then made a mo tion to have the case taken out of court on the ground that Gibson was insane. A commission was apolnted by Judge Hanna to examine Gibson. They decided that Gib son was sane and the drawing on Jurors was continued. The jury was secured af ter 60 or 70 men were examined. Tw Merlin citizens testified to having heard Schonbacheler make loud and vio lent threats against the life of Gibson on the evening of April 17, the day before the. shooting occurred. On vthis day Schonbacheler had been to Grant's Pass to Interview the officers regarding the trouble he and Gibson were having re garding the boundary line between their farms, located on Rogue River a few mJes bejow Merlin, Schonbacheler rc- CUTTIXG DOWX EXPOSES. Southern Pacific In Cutting Off Heads and Reducing Service. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1L (Special.) The keen-edged ax of the general man ager of the Southern Pacific Company is swinging fiercely along the Western sys tem of the corporation. An order for re trenchment on a scale unknown of before" in the history of the Company has gone forth from General Manager Krutt schnitt's office and is being followed most rigidly by the managers and superinten dents of the different departments. It was learned yesterday that within a few days between 250 and 300 men will be discharged from the various positions along the Coast division and the services of proportionate numbers employed on the other lines running out of this city will be dispensed with. In all It is expected that the present force of men in the employ of the road on its California line will be decreased at least 1200. For several days the heads of the vari ous departments of tho Western system have been holding secret meetings in this city. Yesterday it developed that these meetings were the result of a conference held several weeks ago with General Man ager Kruttschnitt. at which he Informed his assistants that retrenchment must begin at once and that every working force on the company's lines must be cut to the lowest possible number. One of the first moves made was to consolidate the positions of two train dispatchers and a trainmaster on the narrow-gauge system, throwing all the duties of the three places on the shoulders of the latter official, thus saving to the company the salaries of two dispatchers. Then the positions of traveling conductors along the divisions were scratched off the payorll, and growing more reckless in the use of their blue pencils, the chiefs of the oper ating department turned their attention to recently created positions of train agents. They were promptly abolished, saving to the company something like 52000 a month. This Is the first move which will be ex tended over the entire Western division. Several trains will also be discontinued, the taking off of which represents a sav ing in salaries alone of more than $10,000 "a month, also quite a sum In wear and tear, and materially assists the officials In keeping down the working forces In -the shops and along the lines. OREGOX PRESBTTERIAXS "WIIil AIM AT GENERAL. COMITY. ; "Want to Avoid Any Clash in Church j Extension Resolution Passes ! Synod at Corvalli. CORVALLIS. Or., Oct. 11. (Special.) By action of Its synod, the Presbyterian church of Oregon favors a federation with other denominations, by which there shall bo no clash In church extension, opera tions and a general comity in the work. For the purpose, a committee of five has been appointed, and this committee is DESERTER DECEIVES "WIDOW. TrustiiiK Woman Gives Suitor Money and Both Disappear. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 11. (Special.) 3Irs, Lucy Baty. a widow, living at 1429 Mission street, with two children, secured a wararnt from Police Judge Fritz yester day for the arrest of Glen Menzemer, on a charge of felonious embezzlement. The amount Involved Is 5SC0. Mrs. Baty said she met Menzemer, who, she asserts, deserted from tho Army at Fort Stevens, Or.. In January, In April last, and he began paying attention to her. They finally became engaged, and were to have been married In a few days. Last Tuesday, she nl!eges, he told her that he could purchase a half Interest in a real estate business at 235 Kearney street for $360. and after talking the mat ter over with him she gave him the money. That wag the last she saw of Menzemer, she claims, and her suspicions were aroused. She made Inquiry and discovered that he had not purchased the half In terest In the real estate business, but she ascertained that he had gone to Nel lie Woods, a waitress In the Cape Nome saloon, on Pacific street, had shown her the money, and had asked her to elope with him to Wyoming, but she had refused. ready to negotiate with similar commit tees from, other leading denominations for the proposed comity organization. The matter occupied the attention of the synod for a considerable period at the business meeting j-esterday afternoon, and there was general participation in the dis cussion. A purpose in the plan is to pre vent the establishment of new churches in remote districts where the Held is al ready served In whole or In part by one or more other denominations. The tenden cy to increase the number of poor churches, by establishment of new ones with still smaller resources was decried in the progress of the debate. Instances wtere recounted wherein small churches In rural communities struggled for exist ence, and yet lived to sec other denomina tions come In and divide even the meager resource avallabale In the community. Even In larger communities and towns, the increase In the number of church con gregations sometimes surpasses resources, and some of the utterances in the synod were in opposition to this tendency. The ultimate purpose is. If possible, to form a federation with other denominations, to the end that the tendency may be arrested and more perfect relations of comity be tween the various churches be established. The debate for the movement was led by Rev. Mr. Grlswold. who secured the adoption of the following resolution: "Resolved, That a committee of five, of whom the moderator shall be chairman, shall be appointed, looking toward church federation In the churches of Oregon." Th emembers appointed were: Rev. C. B. Grlswold, Dr. Holt, Rev. G. H. Barton and Rev. W. E, Connell. Albany College, the educational Institu tion of the church in Oregon, was the sub ject of consideration during the afternoon. An endowment of 5130.000 for the Institu tion was asked. President Lee presented the claims of the college to the synod. The committee on education reported ap proval of the claims of the college, and the synod voted to Indorse such movement as the board of trustees of the college might make to secure the desired endow ment. , Hon. W. S. Gilbert and Dr. Holt were re-elected as members of the board of directors of the San Francisco Theological Seminary. A resolution was adopted re questing a larger attendance of elders at future synods. -G R A3CUIj ATE D EYELIDS. Murine Eye Remedy cures this and other Eye trouble., makes weak eyes strong. eluding Oregon, Washington. Montana and Idaho. John Grubb was elected and In stalled ruling elder, and S. K. Brown and John Grubb were chosen trustees. The organization of the church was reported to the Presbytery of Oregon, October 6, 1853, when Rev. J. A. Hanna was appoint ed stated supply or acting pastor, and was recommended to the board of home mis sions for the sum of 5400 in aid of salarj. Rev. Mr. Hanna continued as pastor until September, 1850, at which time the total membership had grown from five to 23. Up to this time, the congregation was without a church building. Services were either held in the Baptist or Methodist churches, or In the County Courthouse. In April, I860, the erectlQn of a church edi fice was undertaken. As before stated, the membership was but a little above 20 then. Lumber was expensive, labor was high, and the undertaking a great one. There were no planing mills nor sash and door factories. Among those who contrib uted over J500 each for the work were John Grubb. J. B. Congle, Dr. J. R. Bay lejv Andrew Roberts and John Wrenn, all of whom have passed away. After a year of effort; the work on the edifice was sus pended, for want of funds, and it was not until after the lapse of two years that It was resumed. The building was finally completed, how ever, at a cost of 55000. of which only 5500 was from the board of church erection. It was dedicated In June. 1S64. It was the scene todaj- of the semi-centennial serv ices, and was the scene of the sessions of the late synod. The dedicatory sermon was preached by Rev. E. R. Geary. He was assisted in the ceremony by Rev. J. I A. Hanna and by Rev. Gustavlus Hinc, of the Methodist Episcopal church. The first pastor in the new church, the second building of theVkind In the Presbyterian denomination In the state, was Rev. Rich ard Wylle, now pastor of a church at Napa, Cal. The local church, which sus tained great growth under the 14 years' pastorate of Dr. E. J. Thompson, now of Independence, has a present membership of over 200. FIRED BY INCENDIARY BULL PLAX.T IS DESTROYED AT WALLA WALLA. BAXDIT WAIVES EXTRADITION. Sheriff Storey Brinjrinp; Back Hochn, Arrested in Washington. SEATTLE. Oct. 11. A -special to the Post-Intelligencer from Mount Vernon, Wash., says: Sheriff Rlsbell. of this place, assisted by James Nevln. superintendent of the Port land branch of the PInkerton detective agency, located Charlie Hoehn, one of the robbers who attempted to hold up the i Oregon Railroad &. Xyavjgation train near Corbett. Or. Hoehn was arrested near Bow. this county, where he had been driving a shingle bolt team for the Colony mill. , k Hoehn is. a j-oung man, about 18, about five feet eight Inches tall and smooth shaven. He waived extradition and was taken back to Oregon today. The officers feel confident that they have evidence enough to convict him. The third member of the party who was supposed to be with Hoehn has not been seen In this part of the country and It is evident that the party separated after the robbery. x CHURCH IS 50 YEARS OLD. Presbyterians Observe Semi-Cen- tcnnlal at Corvnllis. CQRVALLIS, Or., Oct. 1L (Special.) In the local Presbyterian Church today, the semi-centennial anniversary of the or ganization of the congregation was cele brated. The holding of. the synod of the church In this city, the session of whlcn closed with the evening devotional meet ing tonight, was in recognition of the event. At the service this morning, Rev. J. A. Hanna, of Los Angeles, Cal., who was one of tho organizers and was the first pastor, occupied a place In the pulpit and pre sented a brief historical sketch of the ear ly history of the congregation. The church was organized September 24, 1853, with five charter members. It was the second church organized in the Presbyterian de nomination in tho entire Northwest, ln- Fevr Hop -Snles In Polk Connty. INDEPENDENCE, Or.. Oct. 11. (Spe cial.) There are large quantities of hops stored in the warehouses here and but few have been sold. , A -part of some of the crops were contracted last year and have been delivered. Some few growers have sold and have sold well. Those sell ing have received from 24 cents to 25 cents per pound. The latter price seems to be the highest that has been paid In the county yet. Many are holding ex pecting to get even better figures than 25 cents. Rented Honses Scarce in Polk. INDEPENDENCE. Or., Oct. 1L (Spe cial.) Reports from over Polk County show a scarcity of residences In almost every instance. Independence, , Dallas, Monmouth, Buena Vista and Falls City are overcrowded and not a vacant house can be found in each of these towns. Rents have been advancing and consid erable building and Improving has been noticeable. Loss Is Between ?GO,000 and ?7O,O0O Whitehouse & Crimmins Will Immediately Rebuild. WALLA WALLA, Wash., Oct -(Special.) The lumber yards, planing inlll and sash and door manufactory of White house & Crimmins were almost com pletely destroyed by fire early this morn ing, involving a loss of over 565,000, with an insurance of between 514.000 and 515. 000. The 6rigin was probably incendiary. It was the most spectacular and de structive blaze Walla Walla has had In years. Only the presence of a row of high trees and hard work by the garden hose and water-pall brigade prevented two blocks of homes from being consumed. White house & Crimmins magnificent stock of lumber was piled high over an 'entire block. The principal part of the mill was across the street, but caught readily In the face of an almost helpless fire de partment, which had only two small streams at low pressure. There is no clew to the supposed Incendiary- The town has suffered from small incendiary fires all Summer. Mr. Whitehouse said tonight: "We shall start reconstruction work in the morn ing. I shall go to Portland and the Sound tomorrow to look for machinery and in the meantime we shall put part of the men on some machines lent us In town. Our loss Is between 565.000 and 575.000 as nearly as I can figure." About 55000 worth of lumber was saved In addition to considerable not stored in the yard. All the old firm records were lost. The papers and valuables in the safe were saved. The night watchman made his round about 15 minutes before the fire, returning to the mill when he saw the blaze just starting. It Is thought a great deal of kerosene must have been used. The fire Is still burning tonight and will not be entirely out for two or three days. KILLED BY HOBOS. Spokane Man Shot to Death on a v. Xorthern Pacific Train. SPOKANE. Wash.. Oct. 11. (Special.) Elmor Petrle, of vSpokane, was 'shot to death -by a thug on a Northern Pacific freight Ntrain a short distance west of the high Hangman Creek trestle, shortly af ter S o'clock tonight. Robbery was the motive of the murder. G. E. Fulkerson. a harvester, who lives at North Yakima, was the only eye-witnes3 of the murder .except the accomplice of the man who .fired the shot. . Fulkerson and the victim of the murder were traveling together In a lumber-car from the harvest fields to Spokane, ac cording to Fulkcrson's story, when the two men came over the top of the train and approached them. The four talked a minute, and tHcn one of the strangers fired a shot over Fulkerson's head. Petrle fell over like a log' against the lumber pile. The two men then ordered Fulker son to hold up his hands, searching him, and made him get off the swiftly-moving train. Fulkerson walked to Spokane and told the police his story. The train had ar rived, and In the lumber car, just where Fulkerson said the body would be found, it was found. The man was dead. "I had been working as a harvest hand In the southern part of Spokane County," said Fulkerson, "and yesterday I wanted to come to Spokane. I took a freight train on the Spokane & Palouse at Plaza and rode in the caboose. At Spangle Petrle got on. The car we were In wa3 a coal car, loaded with lumber. We sat down between the lumber-pile and the end of the car. Pretty soon two men came from toward the bacK o the car and sat down on the edge of the lumber pile on the car right behind our car. They were sitting where they could look down on us. "Suddenly one of the men reached a gun right over my head and fired at Petrle, who was sitting behind me. The shot blinded me for a moment, and then one of the men grabbed me while the other went through my pocket and took my purse. "Then they told me to jump off tho train. It was going pretty fast and I hated to jump. They told me to be quick about it, and I Jumped off. As I got off J I heard one of them say, 'I guess we've ! shot the other .' That was the last I saw of them. I could not describe the . men to save my life. Neither of thorn ! were masked. My impression Is that they were hobos. They were roughly dressed and In dark clothes as near as I could j make out." j SUICIDES AT SEATTLE. j Carbolic Route Is Successful Gas Is ' Unsatisfactory. ; SEATTLE. Ofit 11. Elijah Slocum. aged 69 years, committed suicide today at the -home of his son by drinking carbolic acid In whisky. Ill-health and despondency over the death of his wife are given as the cause. George Day Is the name registered at the Phoenix Hotel by a man who entered his room at 3 o'clock this morning and who at noon was found unconscious on the bed and the gas-jet wide open. He had not disrobed. Some money was . found in his pockets, but not a paper which would aid in an Identification. At midnight' he is still unconscious and It is not thought he will live. J Large Quantities Being Sent Out ; Fom Fruitdale. LA. GRANDE. Or.. Oct. lL (Special.) Fruitdale fruitgrowers are disposing of fruit In large quantities. Within the last two- days L. Oldenberg sold 16 cars and S. J. White three cars, for which they received 75 cents per box. This makes a total sale so far this season from Fruit dale alone of 50 cars, leaving about ten cars of the apples still In the hands of the growers. Fruitdale growers will have received upon delivery of the entire con- ' tract about 526.000. I Cove is sending out large shipments of I as fine apples as were ever grown, and j the prune crop Is heavy. ' LIBEL SUITS POSTPOXED. Special Venire Required for Eleven Indictments Against Herald Men. BAKER CITY, Or.. Oct. 11. (Special.) The remaining libel cases against Man ager Hill and Editor Llvermore, of the Baker City Herald will not be resumed at , Union tomorrow, as was announced yes terday. It will be necessary to call a special venire of jurymen to try the other 11 cases, and as there are a number of , other criminal cases to be tried, Mr. White stated this afternoon that he could not say w'hen the other libel trials would be called. It was his purpose to have them called for trial during the present term, however. SMELTER FOR UNION Great Plant to Be Installed in Eastern Oregon. NEW YORK CAPITAL BACKS IT CAPTAIX MICHIE SUSPENDED. Findings in Hearing: on the Strand ing of the Bark GIfford. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 11. The Naval Court, sitting at the British Consulate General to Investigate the circumstances attending the stranding and loss of the British bark Gifford of Glasgow, Septem ber 26, at Mussel Rock, has filed findings, suspending the master's certificate of David Michle for a period of six months and censuring the members of the crew for insubordination. It is recommended that Captain Michie be given a certificate as first mate during the term of his suspension. I Articles Are to. Be Filed Today With, the Secretary of State Capitalized at 5,000,000 Electric Lines to Be Built. UNION, Or., Oct. 11 (Special.) The consummation of one of the most gigantic j mining propositions ever promoted In Union County,. If not in the entire state, was announced here today. George H. Downs, the mining promoter, who has been making the town of North Powder his headquarters the past two years while at work upon this big deal, stated that his project has the backing of New York cap italists, and that the matter has reached the point of certainty of consummation. The company has just perfected Its in corporation, and the articles will bo filed with the County Clerk here and with the Secretary of Suite tomorrow. The name of the corporation Is the Eastern Oregon Mining, Milling, Transportation. Smelting & Generating Company. The capital stock is placed at 55,000,000. The first officers of the corporation will be: H. O. Gorham, president and treasurer; W. H. Gorham, vice-president, and George H. Downs, sec retary and general manager. The company proposes to erect a 250-ton I smelter near the town of N.orth Powder, j In Union County, about 15 miles south of I Union, for treating all the various grades of gold and copper ores found in tho southern part of union county ana norin ern part of Baker County, and in order to bring such ores to the reduction works it is proposed to build a number of short electric lines to the mines, covering a dis tance of over 50 miles These lines are to be built not only for t carrying ores, but passengers and freight as well. Manager Downs declined to give particulars as to the routes of the lines, j but says the entire project la a certainty. AERONAUT FALLS TO DEATH. Girl Watchlnpr Drop Is Killed on Electric Car. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. UL William I Beals, an aeronaut, was almost Instantly killed today. He made an ascension and descended safely In a parachute to within ! 40 feet of the ground, when he released his hold on the trapeze bar. He fell on a hard pavement in Golden Gate Park and soon died. . . Madge Heeney, aged 17 years, was rid ing on an electric car at the time of the ascension. She leaned far out of the car to get a better view of the parachute de scent and her head struck an electric mast with such force that death soon followed. For twenty-five cents, you can get Car ter's Little Liver Pills the best liver reg ulator in the world. Don't forget this. One pill a dose, Gathering Copper Statistics. BUTTE, Mont., Oct. 11. A special to the Miner from Anaconda, Mont., says: George de la Bougiise. a mining engineer of International Teputatlon, the accredited representative of the Rothschilds of Eu rope, is here inspecting the great Washoo smelter, and gathering copper statistics. From here he will go to Butte on the same errand.