Morning Oregonian., January 13, 1904, Page 6, Image 6

THE MORNING OEEGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, 3"A2?UAKT 3, 1801
ROUNDUP HOLD-UPS'
Threefltaiians
Witli
Found Loaded
Loot
JRRIGON MEN MAKE CAPTURE
Last Victim a Fellow Box-Car Tour
ist, Who Lost a Watch and .$25
"in Money-Posse Finds Them
on Island In -Columbia.
IRRIGON, Or.. Jan- 12- (Special.)
Surrounded on an Island by a posse of
20 armed men, three Italians, -who had
dared to rob in open daylight and then
return to town for dinner, were cap
tured today. On their persons was evi
dence of many robberies, if not of other
crimes.
Each Italian wore five separate suits
of clothes. One, Gulseppi Rosa, had
five drafts, amounting In all to $550.
Ten watches, a quantity of jewelry,
some of good value, and u number of
revolvers were found upon them. Each
carried a razor and a stiletto in his
grimy clothing of many layers.
About 2 o'clock this morning five
men, Including: the three sons of sunny
Italy, were sidetracked here while
beating their way over the railroad.
Soon after daylight one man. who Is
unknown, disappeared, though it is not
believed that be could have gone far
from town.
Soon after the other free Pullman
passenger strolled up the track. He
was Reginald- Horbern. of Boise, Idaho.
He was met by the Italians who had
shared the same car with him. and cool
ly robbed of 525 and a gold watch.
Horbern returned to town and told his
story. While the posse was-forming,
the Italians appeared to get dinner.
Hearing that they were being sought,
they made for the outskirts. The posse
took after them and followed them at
some little distance out of respect to
the shotgun which ovte carried.
Fleeing before the posse, the Ital
ians waded across an arm of the Co
lumbia River to a small Island. Here,
when they saw that they were sur
rounded by overwhelming numbers,
with no chance of ultimate escape, they
surrendered.
Sullen and momentarily cowed, the
robbers were brought back to Irrlgon.
It is believed that they have committed
various crimes all along the railroad,
probably beating their way westward
and living upon the people they robbed,
A deputy Sheriff is on his way from
Arlington to take charge of the Ital
ians. They have been positively iden
tified by Horbern as his companions in
the freight car and as the men who
robbed him.
THIS YEAR'S TAX HIGHER.
Washington County Will Pay a Total
Amount of $121,877.31.
HILLSBORO. Or.. Jan. 12. (Special.)
The "Washington County Commissioners
today levied the tax for the roll to be
collected this Spring at 28 mills on a valu
ation of (4,352,762 as follows:
State tax. 9 mills $ 39,154.5
County fund. 5 milla 21,763.81
Road and bridges, 6 mills 26,116.57
Schools, 7.9 mills....'. 84.2S6.81
Indigent, 0.1 mill 435.27
Total $121,877.31
Last year's levy was but 27 mills, on a
lesser valuation, and produced: County
fund, $40,401; state. $23,035.95: school, $17,
719.96; Indigent, $354.29; county road fund,
$14,175.97. This with fractional mills made
a total levy of $95,6871, making last
year's tax less than this year's by $26,
1S9.50. The road poll tax1 of $3 for each male
over 21 is fixed by state law, and, aside
from the general levy, should furnish tho
road districts not less than $10,000.
Union County Tax Is 34 Mills.
LA GRANDE, Or., Jan. 12. (Special.)
At the January term of the Union County
Court tho tax levy for the current year
was fixed at 34 mills, an advance of 4
mlll3 over last year, divided as follows:
County, 10; state, 7; school, 8; con
tingent. 5; road, 3; total, 34.
The demands for state and school pur
poses is the cause for placing the levy
higher than last year. The number of
persons of school age in the county is
5000. A fund of $30,000 and, on the basis
of the assessment, a levy of S mills,
was deemed necessary for school purposes.
REQUISITION FOR JOHNSON.
Extra Guards Will Meet Sheriff at
the Elgin Depot.
BILLINGS. Mont.. Jan. 12. (Special.)
Sheriff, bhackelford, of Wallowa County,
Oregon, arrived in this city tonight after
"Brick" Johnson. Requisition papers have
bccfi secured and no further difficulty Is
intlcipated in taking Johnson back to
Oregon.
ENTERPRISE, Or.. Jan. 12. (Special.)
The Sheriff's office Is preparing to send
several extra guards to Elgin to meet
Sheriff Shackelford when he returns from
Montana with "Brick" Johnson. It Is ex
pected "Brick's" friends will attempt to
help him get away, and are not going
to take any chances on coming through
the nine-mile canyon along the "Wallowa
River without sufficient assistance to
Withstand an attack.
Johnson Is the man wanted in this
rounty for resisting arrest and shooting
at the officers one night last Summer
and was recently caught at Billings,
Mont He is supposed to belong to a
desperate gang of rustlers that operates
In Oregon, "Washington and Idaho, and
nobody would be surprised If an attempt
was made at some stage of return to help
aim make a get-away.
PULLED GUN BY THE MUZZLE.
Young Hunter Near Yaquina Meets
With Fatal Accident.
NEWPORT, Or., Jan. 12. (Special.)
Yesterday at 3 P. M. Willis Boone, 14-year-old
son of William Boone, who lives
five miles above Yaquina, was accidental
ly shot and died a few hours later. He
was taking a shotgun out of a boat by
the muzzle. The trigger caught and the
charge of No. 4 shot with which the gun
was loaded entered the boy's abdomen.
Dr. Wetmore was called from Toledo,
tho nearest point where medical assist
ance could be secured, but the intes
tines were riddled and torn with shot
beyond possibility of recovery. This is
the second fatal shooting accident In. that
neighborhood during the past three yearsN
WAS SAUNDERS MURDERED?
Reward Offered for Information Con
cernlng Death at Butteviile.
SALEM, Or.. Jan. 12. (Special.) That
We people or this county, and especially
those in Butteviile and vicinity, are not
prone to believe the theory that L. B.
Saunders, who was found dead upon the
streets of Butteviile on the morning of
Kovemoer is. 1303. committed suicide, and
are still inclined to the belief that there
was foul play In connection with his
death, is evidenced by the fact that the
County Court today voted to offer a re
ward of $300 for the arrest and conviction
of the ' party of parties responsible for
his death...
People . pf Butteviile have strong sus
picions regarding the affair, and a reward
is offered as an inducement for somebody,
particularly detectives, to ferret the mat
ter out to a satisfactory conclusion.
There are numerous semi-mysterious cir
cumstances 'in-connection with Ms death
which lead people, especially his relatives
and friends, to believe that murder and
robbery was committed.
LIENS ON THE CORNUCOPIA.
Miners Do Not Get Wages and Are
Very Anxious.
BAKER CITY, Or., Jan. 12. (Special.)
The miners employed at the Cornucopia
mine have filed liens against the property
to the amount of $10,000 for wages due.
This is the mine that was organized last
Fall with a $5,000,000 corporation back of
It to make It go.
There was a disagreement among the
Incorporators soap, after the organization
was completed which finally resulted In
disrupting the plans of the promoters of
the deal. The work of developing- the
property was begun under most favorable
conditions, apparently, and a large num
ber of men were employed.
The fact that there was trouble at head
quarters did not come to light until the
latter part of December. The miners and
other employes. It Is said have worked
over 60 days and have been paid for 15
days and given time checks for the rest
of the money due them. They are there
with their families and cannot get away
unless they can get their money.
The local representatives of the com
pany say that the men who have wages
due can obtain credit at the company
store or procure board at the company
boarding-house so that they will not
suffer from hunger or cold during the
Winter. The property is valuable and
the men will get their wages all right In
time. It is claimed that the mine will
start up again in the Spring and that
there will be ample means to push the
work of development.
FOR TWENTY YEARS A MAN.
Woman's Death on a Malheur Ranch
Discloses Her Identity.
VALE, Or.. Jan. 12. (Special.) Jo. Mone
han, who has lived for the past 20 years
In the vicinity of Jordan Valley, this
county, died suddenly" at the residence of
Barney Maloy, on Succor Creek, January
C. After death had put an end to the
earthly career of the mysterious "Jo." it
was discovered that deceased was a
woman, who, without ever having her
sex suspected, had lived for 20 years
among the stockralsers. miners and rust
lers of southeastern Malheur County.
The woman was apparently about 45
years old, and, therefore, must have been
about 25 years old when she came to this
country. Always dressed In man's garb,
this strange woman labored at everything
Incident to a stockralslng country cut
ting and hauling hay, herding sheep and
roundlng-up cattle. Under the name of
Jo. Monehan she had served on the regu
lar panel of the jury in the District Court
for Malheur County, had performed road
work and paid poll and property tax the
same as a man. Those who knew her
well say she was retiring and reticent,
moral and modest, and, judging by her
language, well educated. She had taken
up a homestead, and owned about $1500
worth of cattle. She had never com
municated her history or condition to any
one, and the mystery surrounding the
early life of poor Jo. Monehan, and her
trials and sorrows in her lonely cabin in
Eastern Oregon will probably never be
solved.
GIVES UP THE STOLEN MONEY
Express Messenger Roberts Locates
His Cache in the Mountains.
BILLINGS. Mont., Jan. 12. At an early
hour this morning Express Messenger
Frank Roberts, who confessed to robbing
packages containing money belonging to
the Northern Pacific Express Company,
accompanied by Sheriff Potter, of Red
Lodge, and Detective Goddard, of the
Northern Pacific Railway, drove to a point
in the mountains four miles east of
Billings, for the purpose of locating tho
remainder of the missing money which
Roberts claimed he had cached for fu
ture use.
After a thorough search the money
was finally located behind a rock. The
sack containing nearly $4400 in gold was
turned over to the express company.
Roberts is subjected to indictments un
der four separate counts, as he con
fessed he opened three other money pack
ages before securing the $5000 consign
ment. His peculations now amount to
$1000. He has been bound over to tho
District Court under bonds of $1500. Rob
erts confessed ho took the money to
gamble with.
MANY BIRDS ON SHOW.
Valley Fanciers Keen for the Ribbons
at Albany.
ALBANY. Or., Jan. 12. (SpeclaL) The
third annual show of the Central Will
amette Valley Poultry Association began
In this city today. The display of fowls
Is an unusually fine one, and although
all the birds are not yet in position more
than 500 chickens, turkeys, ducks and
eesa are on exhibition to the delight oi
the many poultry fanciers who have come
to tho city for the show.
The birds are entered, as the name of
the association indicates, by the prin
cipal poultryralsers in the Willamette
Valley, and the contest for prize ribbons
Is keen. The birds will be judged to
morrow and Thursday by George Downs,
the well-known judge of fancy poultry,
and the prizes awarded. The officers of
the association are: W. E. Baker, presi
dent; F. B. West, secretary, and Ed.
Schoels, manager.
Preparing for Poultry Show.
M'MINNVrLLE, Or., Jan. 12. (Special.)
Preparations are being made for the sec
ond annual poultry exhibit of the Yam
hill County Poultry Association, which
will be held at this place January 19-22.
The exhibit will embrace poultry, canary
birds and pet stock. The canary bird de
partment, under the supervision of Mrs.
J. F. Canfleld, who Is a song-bird en
thusiast, will be an attractive feature.
The association officers, who are deter
mined to make this the best poultry show
ever held here, are: President, C. A. Hod
son, Newberg; vice-president. Merle D.
Nelson, McMlnnvllle; secretary, George
Martin: treasurer, C. H. Fleming, Mc
edinnville. Arrested on Charge of Seduction.
SALEM, Or.. Jan. 12. (SpeclaL) Roy
Orey. a young man of "Woodburn, was
arrested and brought to this city this
evening upon a warrant issued from the
Justice of the Peace Court, upon the
charge of enticing away and seducing one
Wanda Murray, aged 16 years, from her
homo in Woodburn. Orey was arraigned
at 7 o'clock this evening and bound over
to CEtSpirclut Court in the sum of $250.
in default of which he was remanded to
jail.
At 10 o'clock, however, he furnished
ball, with bis mother. Mrs. L A. Orey, as
surety and was released. The warrant
was sworn out by the girl's father, Frank
Murray.
Captain Galllard Goes to St. Louis.
VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Jan. 1Z
Captain David Du B. . Galllard. General
Staff, was relieved from duty in the De
partment of the Columbia on Saturday to
enable him to comply with, the order
from the Secretary of War directing him
to report forMuty before the 15th at St
Louis, headquarters o the Division of
the West, as Assistant to the Chief of
Staff.
POINTS OCT THE ERRORS
ATTORNEY-GENERAL FORWARDS
BRIEF IN SWAMP LAND CASE.
Appeal of the State of Oregon In Con
test for Nearly 100,000
Acres In Klamath.
SALEM, Or., Jan. 12. (Special.)
Attorney-General Crawford today for
warded to the Secretary of the Interior
his brief in the appeal of the State of
Oregon in the contest for 92.37S acres
of swamp land in Klamath County.
The land is situated in Klamath
marsh, and when drained will be very
raluable. Tho Government began al
lotting the land to the Klamath Indi
ans, whereupon General W. H. Odell
filed a claim for it in behalf of the
state. This claim was rejected by Act
ing Commissioner J. H. Fimple, of the
General Land Office, who held that the
title to the lands rests in the Indians
and could not pass to the state under
the swamp land grant of 1860. The
facts In the matter are thus briefly
summarized by Attorney - General
Crawford:
The territorial government o Oregon was
established, and the laws of the United States
extended thereover, by act of Congress o date
or August 1-1. 1848.
September 27, 1650, Congress passed an act
disposing of the public domain in said terri
tory. In 1848 the territory was occupied by both
white people and Indians. The whites held
lands in severalty, but roamed at will, and
exercised the rlzhts of the chase over tho
lands not so held; -while the Indians did not
h&ld lands in severalty, but roamed and exer
cised the rights of the chose over all the lands
not held in severalty.
March 12. 1800, the United States granted
to the State, of Oregon all the swamp land
within Its boundaries.
October 14, 1S04. the Superintendent of In
dian Affairs concluded a treaty withthe In
dians claiming tribal rights in the lands pre
viously occupied by them, including the pres
ent Klamath Indian Reservation, the Indian
surrendering all right they might have In all
other lands.
Prior to November 17, 1002. and after said
reservation was established, some 63.2S1.81
acres of the swamp lands Included in said
rescrvaUon were allotted to the Indians In
severalty, but which said allotments have not
yet been approved.
November 17, 1002, the United States Surveyor-General
for the District of Oregon for
warded, to the General Land Office at Wash
ington, D. C, swamp land list No. 82. re
questing patent from the United States for
02,378.09 acres of swamp land ( lying within
the boundaries of said reservation, and Includ
ing the lands allotted to the Indians as afore
said. The substance of the controversy be
tween the state and the United States
is shown in the following errors, which
Mr. Crawford contends were made by
the Acting Commissioner:
First In holding that March 12, 1860, said
swamp lands were not subject to any general
grant such as the swamp-land grant, and that
the swamp-land grant could not, therefore,
operate on the lands in auestlon.
Second In holding that the Indian right of
occupancy to the lands Jn said Klamath In
dian reservation had never been extinguished,
and the lands embraced therein were, there
fore, subject to allotment to the Indians.
Third In holding that the allotment to an
Indian of a tract of land In a territory over
which he Indian right of occupancy has not
been extinguished, and the perfection of such
allotment, has the effect of making his right
of occupancy perpetual, and, therefore, re
serves the land from the operation of the
swamp grant.
Fourth In holding that until the reservation
is extinguished no action regarding the dis
posal of lands therein, other than by allot
ment, can be taken.
Fifth In holding that the claim of the state
under the swamp grant does not attach to any
lands in the Klamath Indian Reservation as
created by the treaty of October 14, 1804,
which hve been allotted to the Indians.
Sixth In not holding that the title in fee
vested absolutely in the State of Oregon to all
pf the lands described in said list No. 82,
under the swamp-land grant of March 12,
1800, at the date of the jcrant without in
cumbrance, other than the rights of the chase.
Seventh In rejecting said swamp-land list
No. 82, and the claim of the State of Oregon
to the lands therein described; and in not
holding that said state is and has been the
owner in fee of said lands since the date of
the grant, March 12, 1860.
Eighth In not holding that the United States
Government cannot allot lands, in severalty
after It is divested of title by prior grant.
The value of these lands has been es
timated at from $100,000 to $1,000,000,
acording to the view men take of tho
ease with which they may be drained.
Besides their value to tho state, they
will be of vast industrial value to the
Klamath country if they can be sold to
some one who will drain the marsh.
BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT.
Armstrong's Attorney's Effort to Save
Murderer's Neck.
SALEM. Or., Jan. 12. (SpeclaL) At
torney George S. Bentley, for Pleasant
Armstrong, and District Attorney Sam
White, for the state, this afternoon ar
gued the application of the former for a
writ of probabla cause in the case of the
State vs. Armstrong, before the Supreme
Court, sitting en banc, In which the de
fendant Is convicted of murder in the first
degree and sentenced to be hanged under
the old warrant and judgment, In Baker
County, January 22. A bill of exceptions
was filed, in the case yesterday and notice
of appeal today, counsel for defense hav
ing by oversight carried the latter In hl3
pocket and forgot to file. Attorney-General
Crawford also made a brief argument
In the case.
The question was argued and submitted
and the Court has taken it under ad
visement, giving counsel for defense until
Saturday, January 16, to submit his au
thorities. In event writ of probable causa
Is granted by the Supremo Court, tho
case will be taken Into the-United States
District Court at Portland.
The counsel for Armstrong contends
that the Legislature, In the act of Feb
ruary. 1903, which took effect May 21.
1903. deprived the Court of jurisdiction
to enforce any judgment of conviction
for an offense committed prior to the
last-named date; that under section 4.
of the same act. which provides that this
act shall not affect any death warrant
issued prior to the taking effect of the
act. is not such saving clause as will keep
Armstrong's case within the exception, as
the warrant under which he was sen
tenced to be executed, on May 8. 1903,
necessarily, as matter of law. expired on
that date and any proceedings had In re
gard to his execution subsequent to that
date, must of necessity be by a new war
rant; that the prisoner is held under the
judgment remanding him to the hands of
the Sheriff, but not under the warrant,
so far as his execution was concerned, as
the latter was annulled.
Counsel also contends that the statutes
are absolutely silent as to what proceed
ings the Court shall take on the receipt
of the mandate from the Supreme Court
affirming the judgment of the lower court.
The contention on the part of the stato
as argued by White is that when tho
case was appealed to the Supreme Court
and the judgment of the lower court
affirmed by It, all that was necessary was
for the lower court to make an order di
recting the Sheriff to carry into effect the
sentence of the court previously made in
the case and from which an appeal had
been taken, for the reason that the death
warrant. Issued prior to the taking effect
of the new law, was still in force and
effect and that the new law In. no way
affected executions under warrants Issued
prior to tho taking effect of the rieW law.
Small Run of Smelt.
ASTORIA. Or., Jan- 12.-KSpeclaL) An
other run of smelt has entered tho Colum
bia HI very but it. is. not large and is ac
companied with, a small run of-steelheads.
The usual runs of each of these fish a.re
unusually late this year.
BURNING TENT EXPLODES.
Miners Terribly 'Shocked and One Is
Blown Forty Feet.
BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 12. (SpeclaL) A seri
ous accident occurred at Culp's mine,
about eight miles from the city, last even
ing, in which both Albert Starkle and
Charles Lay were badly injured. The
men were engaged in working on a tun
nel and were ready to quit for the night,
when they discovered their tent was on
fire. '
The men rushed to save their belong
ings and had just reached the tent when
15 pounds of giant powder exploded,
blowing Lay about 40 feet from where
he stood. The shock caused total deaf
ness, from which It is thought he will
recover in time. He sustained several
painful bruises also.
Starkle was less fortunate. A sliver
from a board struck him on the left side
of the head, cutting ugly gashes about the
ear and eye. A piece of wood over an
inch long entered the left eye,, and it Is
feared the sight may be affected. Starkle
had a bad cut on his right arm, and bears
numerous bruises.
NORTHWEST DEAD.
Stephen B. James.
LA GRAND B, Or.. Jan. 12. (Special)
Stephen B. James died Sunday, aged SO
years. He was born June 8, 1823, near
Cleveland, O., of Scotch-English parent
age, and left home when 14 years of age,
as a sailor. At the age. of 23 he entered
the employ of the? Hudson's Bay Company
and was stationed at Fort Benton two
years. He settled in Indiana in 1819,
where he married MIs3 Charlotte Rey
nolds, a sister of Merrit and James
Reynolds of this city. In 1S56 Mr. James
moved to Iowa. He brought the first
plow, mowing machine, header and
threshing machine to Poctawattaml
County, Iowa, and ho was captain of a
train of ox teams from Council Bluffs to
Denver and Santa Fe In 1S61 and '62.
His wife died In 1S70. Two of the children
reside in La Grande, William M. James
and Mrs. A. E. Huff. He came to Oregon
in 190, and on May 14, 1903, was married
to Mrs. Rhoda Steward, vof this city. In
terment took place today In the Masonlc
cemetery.
WITNESSES FROM OREGON CITY
Rev. R. H. Kennedy Will Attempt to
Prove an Alibi In Burglary Case.
OREGON CITY, Or., Jan. 12. Special.)
Circuit Judge McBrlde left tonlgtiw for
Hillsboro, where he will tomorrow pre
side at the trial of Rev. R. H. Kennedy,
who is charged with the crime of bur
glary. Register Dresser and Miss Kelly,
a clerk In the Oregon City Land Office,
have been subpenaed by the defendant
clergyman as witnesses in an attempt to
prove an alibi in connection with the
case.
It is the contention of Kennedy that
he visited the local Land Office early on
the morning following the alleged bur
glary, and he will attempt to prove the
fact by these witnesses, who are pre
pared to testify that the accused minister
called at the Land Office one morning
about the time of the burglary.
Double Murder at Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Jan. 12. A. A.
Bolks, a well-to-do farmer of Sioux City,
la., murdered his wife in a boarding
house at 6616 Threon street, this city,
early this morning by cutting her throat
with a knife and then turning the weapon
on himself ended his own life In a simi
lar manner.
The deed was committed in the presence
of their 4-year-old son, who was awak
ened fay the sounds of the struggle and
gave the alarm, but too lato to .arouse
assistance. Both were dead before medi
cal aid could be summoned.
Bolks was supposed to bo temporarily
deranged over religious matters.
Boy Drowned in the Nestucca.
TILLAMOOK. Or., Jan. 12. (Special.)
A boy by the name of Frank Fowler,
aged about 12 years, was drowned In the
Nestucca River and the body has not
been recovered.
Frank was In a boat and the line, which
was held by another boy, broke and the
frail craft was carried some distance down
the river, when it Struck a rock and
upset.
Eowler was thrown into the river and,
there being a swift current at the time,
was unable to get out.
Barbers Raise Hair-Cutting Price.
ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 12. (Special.) The
local Barbers' Union decided at a meet
ing last night to raise the price of hair
cutting from 23 cents to 35 cents. When
the proprietors were notified of this ac
tion today a protest went up, and a paper
asking the union to reconsider its action
was signed by all the proprietors In the
city. If the union does not reconsider,
the proprietors will refuse to make the
charge of 35 cents, and trouble may fol
low. Trains Delayed on Southern Pacific.
ASHLAND, Or., Jan. 12. (Special.)
Commodore Elbridge Gerry's special train
for New York, which passed through here
at noon today, was held at Hornbrook,
just over the California line, for nearly
seven hours this afternoon on account of
a freight wreck ahead, near Klamathon.
Both the north and south-bound regular
passenger trains on the Southern Pacific
have suffered similar delay by this ac
cident, -Eugene Offered Carnegie Library.
EUGENE, Or., Jan. 12. (Special.)
Mayor Chrlsman has received notification
that this city may have a Carnegie library
If the city will meet the conditions. Mr.
Carnegie has offered a gift of $10,000 to
build a library, providing the city will
obligate Itself to maintain a free public
library at a cost of not less than $1000. It
Is not known yet whether the offer will
ha accepted.
Plea for Big Trees.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12. The Cala
veras big tree committee of the Outdoor
Art League of California has just for
warded a mammoth petition to the Presi
dent of the United States, asking him to
aid in preserving the Calaveras groves of
big trees. The petition carries 1,400,000
names 61 people In all parts of the Uni
ted States.
May Build Cannery at Astoria.
ASTORIA. Or.. Jan. 12. (Special.) The
new cannery company that Is being or
ganized among fishermen residing In As
toria has secured an option on a site at
Altoona and will probably erect Its can
nery there. An effort was made to pur
chase a site In this city, but none could
be secured at a price that was satis
factory. Railroad Slow to Answer.
EUGENE, Or.. Jan. 12. (SpeclaL) The
Southern Pacific has not yet given Inti
mation to the County Court whether it
will submit to the assessment of its lands
in this county at $2.50 per acre without
litigation. The board expects to make the
ta-r levy tomorrow.
Says Her Husband Is Cruel.
OREGON CITY, Or., Jan. 12. Special.)
On the grounds of cruel treatment
when her husband was intoxicated, Mrs.
Bertha Nlcolson has brought a suit in
the Circuit Court for divorce from Daniela
Nlcolson, whom she charges with fre
quently threatening to kill her.
MEDFORD IS ANOPENTOWN
CITIZENS ELECT A MAJORITY OF
THE COUNCILMEN.
People's Party Wanted to Close the
Saloons on Sunday, but
Lost by 75 Votes.
MEDFORD, dr., Jan. 12.-KSpeclaL
The city election was held today and the
outcome was a decided victory for the
Citizens' ticket. Two conventions were
held some time ago. Dr. E. B. Plckel was
nominated for Mayor, J. E. Toft for Re
corder, Charles Strang for Treasurer on
the Citizens ticket and later were in
indorsed by the People's ticket.
The real fight of the day was for Coun
cllmen of the different wards. The ques
tion was whether the saloons should be
closed on Sunday or remain open as at
present. The Citizens' ticket was for an
open town and the People's ticket wa3 to
close up the saloons on Sunday. The fol
lowing were the successful candidates:
Mayor, Dr. E. B. Plckel; Recorder. J. E.
Toft; Treasurer, Charles Strang; Coun
cilman First Ward. Fred Luy, Jn. J. F.
Mitchell;. Second Ward, John W. Cox, F.
M. Wilson; Third Ward, Joseph Scott,
Joseph F. Kelley.
The majority for the Citizens ticket
wa3 about 75. A large amount of work
was done on both sides, circulars were
freely distributed and more or less ex
citement was manifested during the day.
GAMBLERS LEAVE GRANT'S PASS
Mayor Also Sees That Saloons Close
on Sunday.
GRANT'S PASS. Or.. Jan. 12. (Spe
cial.) Grant's Pass, the mining center of
Southern Oregon, has been suddenly
transformed from a wide-open town, with
all kinds of gambling devices running at
full blast, to a closed town with not even
a slot machine operating.
Last Thursday night at 8 o'clock games
were in progress, but Friday morning
everything In that line was stopped. Sun
day, for the first time In several years,
the saloons were closed front doors, back
doors and side doors and no liquors were
sold; even the "blind pigs" were headed
off. The cause of the condition Is the
change of city administration. Mayor
Gllkey took his seat Thursday night and
from that minute Grant's Pass was' a
changed town. Gamblers and slot ma
chines have been leaving town and one
train relieved the city of 13 professional
gamblers. One saloonman openly, declared
that he would keep his sitting-room open
Sunday, which he did, but early .Monday
morning he appeared before the Mayor
asking that no charge be preferred
against him and promised to -be good.
He was informed that two more viola
tions would revoke his license.
Mayor Gllkey has the support of the
City Council and public sentiment
To Vote on High School Bonds.
ASHLAND, Or., Jan. 12. (Special.)
Ashland City Board of Education today
issued a call for a special election to
authorize the issuance of bonds of $25,
000 for the erection of a new High School
building which it proposed to erect upon
the site of the present wooden structure,
to accommodate the demand for increased
room In the city schools. The election
will be held February 2.
Lane's Tax Foots Up 22 Mills.
EUGENE, Qr., Jan. 12. (SpeclaL) The
County Court this afternoon made the tax
levy for tho present year, fixing the
amount at 22 mills, divided as follows:
state r. b.9
School 6.0
County 8.1
Special, road i.o
SHORES ON WITNESS STAND.
Amalgamated Attorney on Trial for
Disbarment.
BUTTE. Mont., Jan. 12. (Special.) A
new feature in the sensational disbarment
proceedings against A J. Shores, leading
attorney for the Amalgamated Copper
Company, developed today at the resump
tion of the trial when Captain D. Gay
Stivers, one of the Amalgamated officials,
who acted in the role of detective In in
tercepting the celebrated "dearie" letters
from Ada Brackett, who, It Is alleged by
the Amalgamated, was paid by Helnze to
make love to Judge EL W. Harney and
persuade him to award the $10,000,000
Minnie Healy mine to Heinze. Stivers
acknowledged having offered the Brackett
woman $20,000 for her to expose the guilty
lovemaking to the Judge and the parts
she played in Influencing his decision in
the Minnie Healy case, but the woman,
Stivers declared, balked at the last mo
ment, when it was thought Harney would
confess.
Stivers also testified that the Judge
wanted to borrow $1000 from him, but he
had only $750 with him, which he gave
the jurist. Shores' disbarment is sought
by the Helnze people because of an
acknowledged offer of $250,000 made by
Shores to Harney to Induce the latter to
confess he had been bribed by Heinze.
Attorney Shores Is a former Minneapolis
man.
Chattln Confirms the Sale.
BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 12. (Special.) R. P.
Chattln was In the city today from Moun
tain Home. When asked respecting the
reported sale of the Franklin mine to
Larson & Greenough, Mr. Chattln said it
was correct- He did not feel at liberty
to make public any of the details of the
transaction.
It is stated by others that the price Is
a little more than $250,000. Continuing,
Mr. Chattln said the property had been
turned over to Larson & Greenough on
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ing the scalp of crusts, scales and
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to cool and cleanse the blood, may now
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JIt. totter Drag Cbcn. Corp- Soto 'reprUton.
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the first of the month. They have started
a drift on the vein from the second tun
nel and have also begun work on another
tunnel. The latter has been started at
the bottom of the hill, some 200 feet be
low the second.
It is believed by every mining man who
has seen the property that It Is one of the
best ever opened in the state. The men
who havo taken hold of it own the Morn
ing mine at Mullan, and other valuable
properties.
Helena Water Plant Fights.
HELENA, Mont, Jan. 12. The Helena
Waterworks Company today began suit
for an Injunction to restrain the city
irom carrying out a contract recently
entered Into between the municipality and
the Congress Construction Company, of
unicago, ror tne building of a water plant.
The contract price was $579,000 and the
taxpayers have authorized the Issuance
of $514,00 in bonds for the work. These
bonds are to be offered for sale next Mon
day. The water company alleges that
$579,000 will not put In the plant.
Bound Over for Mayger Burglary.
RAINIER. Or., Jan. 12. (Special.)
Charles Mahen was bound over to the
Circuit Court in the sum of $300 today, for
burlary of the Mayger store, January 3,
securing $215.95. Mahen was captured at
Kalama and taken to St. Helens last
Thursday. There Is a-,strong case against
him.
McBrlde Issues an Injunction.
OREGON CITY, Or.. Jan. 12. (Special.)
Judge McBrlde today Issued an order
enjoining tne officials of Clackamas
County from proceeding with the con
struction of the celebrated Fanton road,
near this city, until .ne case can .be de
termined In the courts.
Marshal Shoots Saloonkeeper.
SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 12. A special
to the Deseret News from Thompson
Springs. Utah, says:
"Town Marshal Joseph Bohny last night
shot and killed A. A. Empey, a saloon
keeper, at Moab, Utah. Previously, the
men had quarreled over Bohny's ordering
a boy out of Empey's saloon, Empey strik
ing the Marshal with a pool ball. Later
the men met on the street, and after a
few words Bohny shot Empey. Bohny is
under arrest.
Labor Requests Investigation.
DENVER, Colo.. Jan. 12. A resolution
was adopted today by the State Federa
tion of Labor, which Is holding a conven
tion in this city, called for the purpose of
considering the labor situation In Colo
rado, urging the immediate passage by the
United States Senate of Senator T. M.
Patterson's resolution providing for an in
vestigation by a Senate committee of the
conditions existing in this state.
each day. How
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THE PALATIAL
OREGON! BUI
Not a dark office In the building;
absolutely fireproof: electric lights
and artesian water: perfect sanita
tion and thorough ventilation; ele
vators run day and night.
Booms.
AUTSIJE, DR. GEORGE, Fhnlclaa and
Surgeon 606-607
ASSOCIATED PRESS: E. L. Powell. Mr..800
AUSTEN. P. C, Manager for Orgon and
Washington Bankers Ufa Association of
Des Moines, la B02-503
BAAR, DR. GUSTAV, Phys. and Surff..807-S08
BANKERS' LIFE ASSOCIATION OF DES
MOINES. IA.. F. C. Austen. Met 602-503
BATES, PHILIP S.. Pub. Pacific Miner... 215
BENJAMIN. R. W., Dentist 314
BERNARD, G., Cashier Co-Operative Mer
cantile Co 204-205
BINSWANGER, OTTO -S.. Physician and
Surgeca 407-402
BOG ART, DR. M. D., Dentist 705
BROCK. WILBUR F.. Circulator. Orego-
nlan ...501
BRUERE.- DR. G. E.. Phys 411-412-413-414
CAMPBELL. TO. M.. Medical Refere
Equitable Life 700
CANNING. M. J ,........602-603
CARD WELL, DR. J. R., Dentist 500
CAUKIN. G. E.. District Agent Travelers
Insurance Company 718
CHURCHILL, MRS.. E. J 716-717
COGHLAN, DR. J. N 718-713
COLLIER, P. F.. Publisher: S. P. McGulre.
Manager 413
COLUMBIA GRANITE CO 417-418
CONNELL. DR. B. DE WITT. Eye. Ear.
Nose and Throat 613-614
CO-OPERATIVE MERCANTILE CO.. J. F.
Olsen, Gen. Mgr.: G. Bernard. Cashler.204-205
CORNELIUS, a W.. Phys. and Surgeon... 212
DICKSON. DR. J. F.. Physician 713-714
EDITORIAL BOOMS Eighth Floor
EVENING TELEGRAM 325 Alder Street
EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SO
CIETY. L. Samuel, Mgr.; G. S. Smith,
Cashier 30ft
FENTON, J. D.. Phys. and Surgeon.... 509-510
FENTON. DR. HICKS C. Eye and Ear..., 511
FENTON. MATTHEW F.. DenUst SJp
GALVANL w. H., Engineer and Draughts
man 600
GEARY. DR. E. P.. Phys. and Surceon 406
GIEST. DR. A. J.. Phys. and SurgeW. 709-710
GOLDMAN, WILLIAM. Manager Manhat
tan Llfs Ins. Co. of New York 200-210
GRANT, FRANK S.. Attorney-at-Law 617
GRISWOLD & PHEGLEY. Tailors
, 131 Sixth Street
HAMMAN BATHS. Turkish and Russian..
i 300-301-302
HARDEN. MRS. L. It.. Stenographer 201
H AVI LAND, DR. W. K.. Phy. and Sur.512-513
HAWKE. DR. C. E.. Phys. and Surg. .603-609
HOLLISTER. DR. O. C. Physician and
Surgeon 504-505
HOMER R. KOEN, Manager the Gru-
miaux News & Subscription Co 318
HOSMER. DR. CHARLES SAMUEL.
Physician and Surgeon , 701-702
IDLEMAN. C. M.. Attorney-at-Law.... 615-616
JEFFREYS. DR. ANICE F.. Phys. and
Surgeon, Women and Children only 400
JOHNSON. W. C 315-316-317
KADY, MARK T Supervisor of Agents
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Co 605
LANE. E. L., Dentist .,.513-514
LAWBAUGH. DR. E. A 804-503
LAWRENCE PUBLISHING CO 417-418
LITTLEFD3LD & CORNELIUS '. 312
LITTLEFIELD, II. R., Phys. and Surg.... 212
MACKAY, DR. A. E.. Phys. and Surg.. 711-712
MANHATTAN LIFE INSUBANCE CO.
OF NEW YORK. W. Goldman. Mgr. .209-210
MARSH, DR. R. J.. Phys. and Surg ..309-310
McCOY. NEWTON. Attorney-at-Law 715
McELROY. DR. J. a., Phys. & Sur.701-702-70S
McGINN, HENRY E.. Attorney-at-Law .311-312
McGUIRE, S. P.. Manager P. F. Collier.
Publisher 4x3
McKENZIE. DR. P. L., Phys. and Surg... 200
METT. HENRY 218
MOBSMAN. DR. E. P.. Dentist 513-514
MUTUAL RESERVE LIFE INS. CO.,
Mark T. Kady, Supervisor of Agents.. 604-605
NICHOLAS. HORACE B., Attorney-at-Law.7ia
NILES, M. M.. Cashier Manhattan Life
Insurance Company of New York.... 200
NOTTAGE, DR. G. H.. Dentist 608-600
NOTTINGHAM. T. W.. Mgr. The Warren
Construction Co .216-217
O'CONNOR. DR. H. P.. Dentist 309-310
OLSEN, J. F.. General Manager Co-operative
Mercantile Co... 204-205
OREGON INFIRMARY OF OSTEOPATHY
.. .409410
OREGONIAN BARBER SHOP, MARSCH
& GEORGE. Props 129 Sixth Street
OREGONIAN EDUCATIONAL BUREAU,
J. F. Strauhal. Manager....... .200
PACIFIC MINER. Philip S. Bates. Pub.... 215
PAGUE. B. S.. Attorney-at-Law 618
PALMER BROS.. Real Estate and Busi
ness Chances .........417-413
PORTLAND EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY
Ground Floor. 128 Sixth Stret
REED. C. J.. Executive Special Agent
Manhattan Life Ins. Co. of New York.... 208
REED. WALTER. Optician 133 Sixth Street
ROSENDALE. O. M., Metallurgist and
Mining Engineer 31a
ROTH. DR- JOHN B.. Phys. and Surg. 313-311
RYAN, J. B.. Attorney-at-Law 515
RYAN. CHAS. N., Advertising Broker 217
SAMUEL. L-. Manager Equitable Life 39
SCOTT. C. N., with Palmer Bros 417-418
SHERWOOD, J. W.. State Commander K.
O. T. M . 617
SMITH. DR. ALAN WELCH. Physician
and Surgeon 207-208
SMITH. DR. L. B.. Osteopath 403-410
SMITH. GEORGE S.. Cashier Equitable
Life 500
STOLTE. DR. CHARLE3 E-. Dentist.. 704-705
SURGEON OF THE S. P. RY AND N. P.
TERMINAL CO 700
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE 201
THE GRUMIAUX NEWS & SUBSCRIP
TION CO.. Homer R. Koen. Manager.... 318
TUCKER. DR. GEORGE F.. Dentist. . .610-611
UMPQUA LUMBER CO.. W. J. Pcndergast,
Manager 601
VESTER. A.. Special Agent Manhattan
Life 209
WARREN CONSTRUCTION CO.. T. W.
Nottingham. Manager 216-217
WASHINGTON LOAN & INVESTMENT
CO 217
WEND LING. DR. ROBT. P.. Dentist 705
WILEY, DR. JAMES O. C. Phys. & Surg.708-9
WILSON, DR. EDWARD N.. Eye. Ear.
Nose and Throat 304-305
WILSON, DR. GEO. F.. FbyB. & 8urg.-708-707
WILSON. -DR. HOLT C Phys. & Surg.507-508
WOOD. DR. W. L.. Physician. .411-412-413-411
Offices may be had by applying to
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