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VOL. XLV.-NO. 13,932.
PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1005.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
JURY LOCKED UP
FOR THE Nil
Williamson Case Rests
With Them.
HENEY'S SCATHING TALK
Bennett Winces Under the
Castigation.
IS MASTER OF INVECTIVE
Accuses; Attorneys for Defense With
Cowardice and Boldly Charges
Them With Tampering
With Witnesses.
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'JURY LOCKED UP FOB XIGHT.
After deliberating: from 2:30 in the
afternoon until 11 o'clock at night,
the Jury In the Wllllamson-Gemer-Bigge,
case was locked up for the night
without having arrived at a verdict.
Up to this time there had been- no in
dication as -to what the outcome would
be. though It was evident that there
was a disagreement. v
Judge Je Haven, after waiting in his
chambers until 9 o'clock, retired to
his home, leaving word that he would
come to the courtroom If a verdict
was. reached before 11.
There has been no Indication from
the Jury room as to -the cause of the
disagreement. Supper was served to
the men In the room at 6 o'clock, after
which they resumed their deliberations.
Retribution 'came yesterday for A. S.
Bennett during the closing, argument of
United States District Attorney Heney,
and the attorney from The Dalles shed
tears under .the lash of the prosecutor's
caustic tongue. The insinuations and the
suggestions made on the previous tlay by J
Mr. Bennett In his closing argumeut for
the defendantr ln IheWilliaihson-Gesneri
Biggs case. In the Federal Court, were
throwh back Into the face of the speaker
with stunning and stinging force, while
for three hours the attorney for the de
fendants was forced to sit and listen to
hia honor, his motives and his intentions
torn and twisted in a fiery denunciation
such as has never before been heard in
an Oregon court.
Personalities Have No Place.
"Personalities have no business in the
trial of this or any other criminal case,
and for my part I have desired not to
drag them in," said Mr. Heney, but fie
continued to say that patience ceased to
be a virtue, when honor was persistently
attacked. And .he .launched forth in a flood
of invective. of criticism of motive and
Charge of fraud, under which Mr. "Ben
nett sat with- blanched face and tearful
eyes, writhing at the blows tmtll, unable
to stand them longer, he appealed time
and again , to the court in objection to
the remarks of the attorney who was tor
turing him. But it was Mr. Heney's In
ning, and Mr. Bennett'had made a mis
take upon the previous day. His day of
punishment was at hand.
His Wrath Bursts Forth.
In commencing, the speaker bgan slow
ly to address the jury, but the wrath
nurtured by the insinuations of Judge
Bennett, through the night soon burst
the floodgates of self-control, and Mr.
Heney soared, for the first time since his
advent In Portland into the distinct
realms of oratory and oratorical diction
and delivery. He has been noted as a
man of diVect speech, of forceful delivery,
but yesterday he was more. He handled
the English language as a fencer his
foils, and each thrust went home between
the Joints of his adversary's armor. He
hurled impurity of motive in the face of
Mr. Bennett and designated him as a
craven, guilty of a crime more damnable
than all the crimes of all the defendants.
He insinuated that he had personal mo
tives in his interest In the defense, and
implied in his remarks that future inves
tigations might show the attorney from
The Dalles to be still more closely con
nected with the land frauds than has yet
been supposed. He charged so directly
that .Bennett had suborned the
witnesses that "the attorney appealed
to the court, and Judge De Haven stopped
the course of the speaker's remarks. He
said that Bennett, if he had brought the
name of Pearl Vanderpool into the case
for his own protection, as he charged he
did. was a craven who should never be
taken by the hand, and who should .be
ostracised from the state by all decent
people.
Speaks to the Jury.
In beginning, Mr. Heney spoke to the
Jury in regard to' his further argument,
stating that he did not think It necessary,
as far as the argument of the case went,
to detain it longer, but that on account
of things said he felt it his duty to ad
dress It.
"You are asking yourselves why I want
to argue It any further at all," he said,
"and I will tell you why. I think that I
can demonstrate from the evidence in this
case, and from the conduct of it by the
attorneys on the other side that from
the beginning to the end of this case At
torney Bennett has "been trying not mere
ly to mislead this jurj't and not merely
to attempt-to Implant a prejudice In your
minds against me, but that he has had a
de5-lld scheme and purpose to prejudice
the public mind for future Juries and oth
er cases in which he may be Interested. .
"I say this because I have k much con
fidence In the intelligence and the citizen
ship of the average Juryman of the State
of Oregon that I know Attorney Bennett
had, no Idea -when he followed the vile
suggestion made by Attorney .Wilson tha,t
he could induce any man to helieve that I
would stoop so low and be so contemptible
as to insinuate that Pearl Vanderpool, the
young country girl who took this wltnoss
stand, had gone to the Imperial Hotel for
any "other purpose than a proper one in
so far as everything ,except this case is
concerned. Now, I say that he never
made that suggestion to this jury with
any Idea of influencing a single man on
this jury-
Heney's Stinging Remarks.
"You know, as everybody who was In
this courtroom knows, that there was
not a question asked of that young lady
by me that was not asked with the purest
thoughts as to what took her to that
hotel, other than the fact that these people,
themsolves were endeavoring to Influence
her testimony. Now, I propose to show
you from her testimony and the admis
sion made by Attorney Bennett himself
in this case and he can take either horn
of the dilemma he chooses when I finish
that either ho is the most arrant coward
who ever tried a case in a court of law,
afraid to protect a lady witness upon the
stand, or else he has conceived a defense
for himself to explain his own agitation
when he feared" that that young lady was
going to confess that he tried to suborn
her to commit perjury- He has conceived
a defense by which he Is willing to drag
her fair name before the public in a
speech which he knows would be printed
in the newspaper; and if he has, he has
been guilty of a crime that is more dam
nable than that of all the defendants in
thiB case put together.
Accuses Bennett of Cowardice.
"And If In the opinion of a single man
upon this Jury or of a single person who
was In this courtroom at the time the ex
amination of that young lady took place,
or at the time I made my argument, I did
stoop so low, then the President of these
United States ought to drag me out of this"
courtroom and throw me into a prison cell
to rot the balance of my life. But, on the
other hand, if Attorney Bennett, through
cowardice, thought that at the time and
failed to protect that witness, or If his
mind Is so low that he conceived that de
fense to protect himself in the eyes of
the public or of this Jury against the evi
dence that showed that he had been tam
pering with that witness, then Attorney!
Bennett ought to be disbarred from the
practice of law at the earliest moment
possible, and ought to be ostracized from
the sQclety of every decent man In Oregon
and In the whole United States.
Ridicules Bennett's Statement.
Continuing, the speaker eald that he
proposed as long as he remained in Ore
gon to attack any theory of defense in
any catje whosa- plan wag known to him
to"be false, and that he would do it fear-
I'Jeasly, lenrwjng tha In Ojceen U. made
irnoQtfference if "he was from California,
for he knew he was cpeaklng and plead
ing to a band of American citizens when
ever he addressed a Jury- He ridiculed
tlie idea advanced by Mr. Bennett that
he had"bcen able to Influence the Federal
grand jury to return unjust Indictments,
arguing; that the grand Jury was com
posed, of men who would not be led
around by the nose by any man. He
stated that he would not be in Oregon
now If It were not for his, belief In the
masies, and that they held dear to their
hearts the Jury system and the freedom
of the people under the laws.
Miss Vandcrpool's Subpena.
Reverting again to the testimony of
Miss Vanderpool and to the insinuations
and charges made the day previous by
Mr. Bennett, the speaker stated that if
he could not show by her own words
that Bennett had misrepresented him,
then he ought to be driven out of office
and out of the state. Mr. Heney showed
that Miss Vanderpool had been subpenaed
as a Government witness at the first trial,
but had not been put upon the stand,
and he stated that it was because she
had been too much In the presence of the
defendants. Such had been the case with
Charles Graves, the surveyor. The wit
nesses, being brought by the Government,
could not be contradicted as Ho any for
mer testimony, and the defense had
known thla
A Fair Inference.
Mr. Heney argued that It was a fair
Inference that the reason the witness had
not been put on the stand during the first
trial had been because she had been told
not to talk to the Government attorneys
and not to remember what had taken
place, if she was compelled to testify.
He called all of the witnesses to mind,
and showed how Watkins and Gayiord
and others had been continually In the
saloon 6f Minor Lewis and insisted that
the defendants had tampered with all of
the witnesses. But he could mot get at
the evidence as yet and was therefore
powerless to show the fact. If he were
able to do so, the speaker contended, fie
would make an example of those attor
neys in the state who would resort to
such methods to win a case.
Would Follow Jerome's Example.
"If they had a chance to reply," said
Mr. Heney, "they would say, why didn't
I put on the Government witness that
very witness we have a right to believe
they were tampering with and try to get
him to tell it? "Well, if I thought I could
get him to tell it. I would call a grand
jury tomorrow, and I would go after still
bigger fish: I would follow the example
that Jerome Is setting In New York City
today, trying to purify the bar of New
York doing what I consider the best work
that is being done in the United States
today. Because there is no more danger
ous man In any community than a lawyer
who is crooked, and who can advise his
clients in a-crooked way."
Attacks J. X. Willinmson.
J. N. "Williamson was the next object
of attack in the address, and Mr. Heney
argued that the moral obligations back
of all law should be the first care of all
those entrusted with the enforcement or
the making of them. It had been the
duty of "Williamson when all the "West
was assaulting the motives of Secretary
Hitchcock for trying to protect the peo
ple in their timber inheritance not to
Join in the clamor but to have, co-operated
""isscludtd ca Page 10.)
MM OREGON
FEDERAL JUDGE
President' and Attorney-General
Try to Find Able Man
Above Reproach.
MOODY FINDS DIFFICULTY
Official Who Indorsed One Candi
date Said Appointment' Would
Be Dl?racc Heney Will
Have Voice in Choice
ORBGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Aug. 2. "One of the first things I
shall take upls the appointment of, the
United States Judge for the District of
Oregon." said Attorney-Goneral Moody
upon his arrival from Oyster Bay tonight.
Mr. Moody says W. W. Cotton's resigna
tion is in the hands of the President and
will be accepted upon the appointment of
his successor. y
In his resignation Mr. Cotton merej,- de
clines the Judgeship "for business rea
sons." which apparently confirms the re
port that he is to remain with Hani
man. He docs not enter into details, and
the Attorney-General' does' not feel at lib
erty to discuss what he knows of this
feature of the case.
While at Oyster BayJMr. Moody dis
cussed with the President every phase of
the Oregon Judgeship contest. The Presi
dent insists that only a proper man shall
be given this office a man not only of
high legal attainments, but one whose
character and reputation arc above re
proach. He Is especially emphatic on this
score, because of the condition of affairs
prevailing In Oregon conditions which de
mand above all else a clean, fair, unassail
able Judiciary. Judge De Haven being de
tailed to trj all the land-fraud cases, there
Is" no special hurry about filling Judge
Bellinger's place, though there will be no
unnecessary delay after the man Is se
lected. -
Has Fulton's Recommcndntlon.
"No man has yet been chosen for this
Judgeship." says the Attorney-General,
"and I am unable to s'ate who will be
appointed.. No one can Ray -at. this time."
"Has Senator Fultoa been asked to rec
oihmtndatiy onefchl!ppiUonr,'waa
asked.
"We Have already 'communicated with
Senator Fulton at come length,- and have
his views."
"Whom does he recommend?"
"I can't say. It would hardly be fair
for me to state Senator Fulton's views.
He will probably prefer to spoak for him
self." Mr. Moody admitted that Mr. Fulton,
prior to Mr. CottonV appointment, had
recommended several men, including Mr.
Cotton, any one of whom would have been
satisfactory to him. Whether Mr. Cot
ton's successor will be selected from that
list he could not say.- When Charles H.
Robb went to Oregon, two months ago,
he made careful Inquiry as to the stand
ing of all the leading aspirants for the
Judgeship, and his report will be consid
ered in making the selection.
Indorsements! Don't Count.
"It is most difficult from Washington to
make the selection of a Judge In Oregon."
said Sir. Moody. "When we' were looking
about before we had in hand the written
indorsement of a man prominently men
tioned for that office. The recommenda
tion was signed by a very prominent offi
cial in Oregon. We sent to this official
and asked for further information about
the man ho had recommended.
" 'Why, it would be a disgrace to Oregon
to appoint him.' he exclaimed.
" 'But you have indorsed hirn In. a. let
ter he was told.
" "Yes. but indorsements don't count,
was his reply.
'That is what we have to contend' with
that is one reason we find It difficult to
make a selection of a good man. We
won't make any appointment until we are
reasonably sure we have the right man,
you may be sure of that."
It is assumed that District Attorney
Heney will be consulted before the'selec
tlon is made, and, judging from the con
fidence which the Attorney-General aitd
President Roosevelt "have ltrilm, it Is safe
to say that his objection will be sufficient
Jto defeat any man, no matter what his
backing may be.
PI-SUS IN OISGUGE
HAILING FROM SPOKANE, HE IS
DRUXK IX WASHINGTON.
Spends Night Jn Jail After Begging
Money on Several Pretexts
and Growing Hilarious.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash-
Ington, Aug. 1 Dressed In the garb of a
Cathpllc priest, Peter K earns entered
Washington police headquarters. He was
In custody, although there was no specific
charge against him. His arrest -was the
result of complaints being made' that he
had been annoying people by calling at
their homes-and begging for m6ney. Some
say that he represented that he was
building a church, while others say he
asked for money to pay his faro home.
When he was placed under arrest this
morning his condition showed that be
had been imbibing rather freely.
He told the detectives he came
from Spokane, Wash., and that he
been here three weeks. He has a Mi
living In Burlington, Vt, he said, la
probability he will be released tomorrow.
when he has fully recovered from the
effects of liquor.
Wllil REPIiANT THE FORESTS
Forest Service Proposes to Restore
Western Tree Crops.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Aug. X The Forest Service is
making examinations of a number of
Western forest reserves to discover what
proportion of their area needs reforesta
tion, and where planting will best suc
ceed.' After studies In detail have been
completed and the feasibility of planting
has been assured, plans will be made for
reforestation of large tracts now unpro
ductive. Preliminary examinations for
planting plans are now being made In the
Gunnison forest reserve, Colorado; Gila
River reserve. New Mexico, and Salt
Lake reserve, Utah.
HiTCHCOCK WILL BUY DITCH
Approves Option and Will "Use It In
Klamath IrrJgatlon.-
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Aug. 2. The Secretary of the In
Interior has approved the option to pur
chase the property of the Klamath Falls
Irrigation Company, known as the An
keny ditch, for JM.000. This ditch will be
enlarged and Improved by the Govern
ment, and a large part of It ultimately
will bemused aa the upper end of the main
canal of the Klamath project.
IS ARRESTED ON ARRIVAL
Woman Returning From Europe Is
Accused of Picking Pockets.
NEWr YORK. Aug. 2. Mrs. Dora Jen
nings, who said that she lived in Scran
ton, Pa., was arrested by a Central Of
fice detective as she left the gangplank
of the White Star steamer Oceanic,
which docked tonight. She was taken
to headquarters, charged with larceny,
the complainant being Benjamin Hay
rick, of South Easton, Pa., who alleged
that the woman took from his pocket
a purse containing $24 as they were
coming down the gangplank.
Both complainant and prisoner were
first-cabin passengers on the Oceanic,
and Mrs. Jennings is reported by the
police to be the wife of one P. F. Jen
nings, a former racehorse owner of
Butte. Mont. Mrs. Jennings refused to
make any explanation and was locked
up.
WIRELESS TO HONOLULU
Steamer Solace Sends 3Iessage From
Far Out In Ocean.
HONOntlLiU. Aur. Ii-Thn Polar n-Vitoh
has arrived her, reports having bad suc-1
olulu. whflo mles. fronuherc, .anuVJs
the'best -wireless" record ever reported
here.
The Solace will depart next Saturday,
.and will begin trying to get into commu
nication with San Francisco while 500
miles out, that being the distance at
which the Solace first attempted to com
municate with Honolulu.
FAIRBANKS JS TAKEN ILL
Vice-President Seized With Acute
Indigestion at Reception.
DETROIT. Aug. 2. A Tribune special
from Saul t Ste Marie, Mich., says:
Vice-President Fairbanks was seized
with an acute attack of indigestion "at
the reception tonight and had to be as
sisted from the stand in the park. Ho
walked to the Iroquois Hotel and repaired
to his room immediately. To all callers
he sent word that he would be unable to
see anyone until morning.
THREE CHURCHES TO UNITE
Final Consolidation With Over One
Million "Members Agreed On.
PITTSBURG. Aug. 2. A Joint commit
tee of the Methodist Protestant, Congre
gational and United Brethren Churches
met nere today and, alter discussing In-
ROUTE OF THE NEW- RAILROAD TO
COOS
formally the question of consolidating
the denominations, decided to gather at
Dayton. O., February 7, 1905, and take
formal' action on the matter.
The Congregational Church has a mem
bership of 6W.CXX). the United Brethren,
SjO,O0D and the Methodist Protestant 200,
000. IS OUT FOR RATE REFORM
Stuyvesant Fish Favors Law to
Prevent Rebates.
CHICAGO, Aug. 2. President Stuyvesant
Fiah of the Illinois Central P-allroad. in
diut!ngthe work of the Interstate
Commerce Commission today,' said he
was in favor of making that body a
court of record, capable of enforcing its
rules, or passing, the strongest kind of
ii-Lji!in t undine to wine out every
form of rebate that bears tfc narks
of dlscripuaatioa.
t
WITTE DDES NOT
EXPECT PEACE
Unofficial Opinions Repudi
. ated in Official Interview
on Arrival.
NO POWER "TO MAKE TREATY
Prediction Is That Conference Will
Break Up Soon After Meeting.
WItte Pays Fulsome Com
pliments to America.
NEW YORK. Aug. 2.-(3pecIal.)-Wlth
the arrival here today on the steamer
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse of M. Serglus
Witte, chief of the Russian plenipoten
tiaries, and his party, the belief became
general that the negotiations which are to
begin next week in. the quiet little seaport
town of Portsmouth, on the coast of
New Hampshire, must prove fruitless.
This, too, despite the fact that both the
Japanese and Russian delegates profess
to be hopeful of the outcome, in fact.
Judging by the attitude of M. Witte. he
Is here more because the Czar desired to
give the world an unmistakable proof of
his friendship for President Roosevelt and
the American people than because he was
willing to bring to an end the conflict In
the Far East which has proven so disas
trous to Russian arms.
Officially Denies His Opinions.
The first thing that the distinguished
Russian did upon arriving at the Hotel
St. Regis, where he and his party are
quartered, was to issue an "official denial
of the interview sent by wireless from
the big steamer to the London Dally Tele
graph last Sunday, and that sent to the
New York Herald today. In which he was
quoted as saying that he did not believe
that the Japanese and Russian envoys
would be able to reach a common ground
of agreament. M. Witte denied these In
terviews, because they we.e the. fruit of
private conversations, and did not repre
sent the official attitude of the Russian
party.
However inasmuch as he intimated that
he was nqtrioUiHk-JSitb. aleaolute -powersj
to.conclude Rtrearof.pctce,..and aartho
Japanese "envoys hqve. from tfife first in
sisted that theji wilfcnot be a- party to any
conference which has for Its object mere
ly the transmission of the terms upon
which Japan Is willing to end the war,
well-informed diplomats here are forced
to conclude that little progress will be
made at the Portsmouth meeting.
Only Comes to Learn Terms.
They base their opinion upon a para
graph contained in a. typewritten state
ment given out by M. Witte's secretary
to the newepaperj reporters who met him
on, board the stearqer in the lower bay,
which says:
"The terms offered must first be as
certained, weighed and judged admis
sible by Russia before she can proceed
to formal negotiations."'
To a correspondent, who accompanied
him from Cherbourg. M. Witte took "oc
casion to declare that the reports that
Russia was at the end of her resources
and could not longer continue to fight
were absolutely untrue. He Intimated that
It would be much easier to raise a billion
dollars to continue the war than topy
an Indemnity.
Russia Far From Exhausted.
"Most everywhere In Europe." he said.
"as well as in America, not only Russia,
her resources and her power of resistance
are not known, but the people are even
mistaken about the true results of the
BE CONSTRUCTED KOM DH.AIX TO
BAY.
war. The Russians hav had reverses.
It is true, but this does not signify that
they have lost the power whicr they had
before the war. nor that the Japanese
have acquired, as a -result of the recent
victories, such a supremacy aa to make
the Russian Empire consider them an
unovercomable quality. Japan has been
preparing for .this war for ten years,
while Russia was entirely, unprepared,
having felt that a peaceful outcome of
the differences between the two nations
was sure to be arranged. The Japanese
fought in their own neighborhood under
favorable conditions, while the Russians
were compelled to fight 9000 versts from
their base of supplies and to transport
troops and ammunition, over a stngte
line of railway entirely insufficient for
.their needs.
Conditions Will Be Reversed.
"On the z& the Hussions found them
selves considerably Inferior. Admiral Ro
Jestvenskys fleet was "sent to the Far
East, not because the Russians had any
confidence In Its success, but because they
could not renounce any chance, no matter
how uncertain, of obtaining even a par
tial victory. Had the war been fought.
not in Manchuria and Corea, but on the
true Russian frontiers, the Russians
.would have scored a complete victory la
less than six months. Figuring the Jap
anese successes to date, they will have to
advance four times as far and fight four
times as well as they have in the last
yea and a half to reach the true Russian
frontier. But they are far from this, and
the more they advance north the more
the respective conditions of the Russians
and Japanese will be reversed.
"The great majority of the Russian peo
ple don't attach to the conflict in the Far
East the importance that is given it In
Europe and America. It is considered a
very" distant colonial war, but, should the
Russian people believe it a conflict threat
ening the integrity and security of their
homes, they will rally as one man to the
standard of the Czar."
RUSSLA FRIEND OF AMERICA
Witte Says That Is Why Czar Ac
cepted Roosevelt's Mediation.
NEW y)RK, Aug. 2. The Kaiser Wil
helm der Grosse, with M. Sergius Witte,
the senior Russian peace envoy, arrived
in quarantine this afternoon. M. Witte
was1 in good health. The ship had a good
passage, the sea being smooth except on
Sunday and Monday, when it was a little
rough.
On shipboard. M. Witte was generally
reticent when the subject of hli mission
was mentioned. However, to an Asso;
elated Press correspondent he said:
"Russians have had - reverses, but this
does not signify that they have' lost the
power that wa3 known to the Muscovite
before tho war. nor dQes it mean that
Russia has become a negligible quantity
nor that the Japanese have acquired by
reason of the recent victories such a su
premacy as to make the Russian Empire
consider them a truly redoubtable en
emy." When the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
arrived at her pier, M. Witte handed to
Professor de Maartena the following
statement which Professor de Maartens
read aloud:
Thanks to American Press.
'For the friendly greetings of the
American newspapers upon my first visit
(Concluded on Paje 5.)
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
Ths Weather.
XESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 71
dep.; minimum. 30. Precipitation, none.
TODAY'S Fair and slightly warmer. West
erly w!nd.
Tho WatJn the Tar af.
TCatte'-arTiWs'at XewTork and talks cf ml-"
ion. Page 1.
Witte does not expect conference- to Mag
peace. Pag 1.
Russia preparing to continue war. Page 1.
Foreign.
Great debate In Russian commission on na
tional assembly. Page 4.
Kalaer declares for Prince Charles for King
of Norwar- Page 4.
Strong German fleet at Stockholm. Page V
National.
Attorney-General Moody discusses Oregon
Judgeship. Page L
Uintah reservation boomers try to get even
with Land Commissioner Richards.
Page 5.
Chinese boycott being agitated throughout
empire. Page 4.
Barnes tic.
fipokan priest arrested In Washington.
Page 3.
Operators strike Is -general and hampers
traffic on northern 'roads; tumored col
lisions. Page 2.
Yellow fever war between Lculstani and
Mlsslrslppl averted. Page 4. -
Riotous strikers stone police at San Juan.
Page 5.
Governor Folk and his staff preparing to
come ta the Fair. Page 3.
Globe-trotters oiTway to Portland to win
wager. Page 4.
Pardon granted Moore, husband of Faney
Strahan. Page 4.
Sport. ..
Pacific Coast Leagu "scows: Oakland 4.
Portland" I; Sn' Francisco 1. Seattle 3;
Los A'ngele" 1, Tacoma. 1. Page 0.
Oregtm man wins world's A. A. V. indi
vidual championship. Page 7.
Good day for favorites at the track. Page 7.
Pacific Coast.
Jack Chesterfield tries to blow up cell In
Seattle with dynamite and then shoots
himself. Page 6.
Richard Watklns commits suicide at Oregon
City. Page 6.
Four avowed candidates for Secretary of
State .in Oregon. Page 6.
Washington Supreme Court upholds former
decision by a bare majority. Page 6.
Commercial and Marine.
California buying holds wheat prices steady.
Page 15. .
Reports of short hop crop In New Tork con
firmed. Page 15.
Chicago wheat market turns firm late In ses
sion. Page 15.
Fluctuations In stocks at New Tork. Page 15
California wool market firm. Page 15.
New Harrlman Jlne tariff greatly Increases
north-bound coast rates. Page 14.
Steamer Telegraph to alternate daily on
Tipper and Lower Columbia. Page 14.
Lewis and Clark x?oUloc.
Admissions. 27.42C. Page 10.
Plan for Labor day at Fair. Page 10.
Great crowd at Exposition witnesses sham
naval battle. Page -10.
Exposition attendance has now passed the
million mark. Page 10.
Portland and Vicinity.
Folllng United States District Attorney
Heney flaying of A. S. Bennett, William
son case goes to Jurors, who are locked
' up for the night. Page 1.
Southern Pacific makes official announce
ment that It win build from Drain to
Coos Bay. Page 1.
Woodmen plan great event. Page 11.
Harrlman steamers plying between Portland
and San Francisco charge all the traffic
will bear. Page 5.
Annand chosen President of City Council.
Page 11. ,
Detectives' evidence- acquits alleged bunco
men. Page 14.
City Council has strenuous day. Page 11.
."Views as to Portland's population cause
" much discussion. Page 16.
Judge De Haven returns to San Francisco
Saturday and Judge Hunt, of Montana.
will try remainder of land-fraud cases.
Page 9.
First hotel chaplain who preaches to smart
aat exolalhs his work. Para 14.
CODS BftY WILL
M ILK
Southern Pacific Says
It Will Build.
DECLARES SO OFFICIALLY
Line From Drain-to Marshfield
Is Planned.
PORTLAND GETS TRADE
One of the Richest Counties of tb
State Will Shortly Be Placed
in Communication "With.
Rest of Oregon.
SOUTHERN rACIFTC WILL BCTLD
PR03t DRAIN TO COOS BAY.
Official announcement was made
yesterday afternoon from the office of
General Manager O'Brien that the
Southern Pacific would bulk! ahranch
from .Drain. Douglas County, along the
coarse of Elk Creek and the I'mpqui
River to the coast at Gardiner, thenee
south along the coast to Marshfield.
opening the Interior of Coos Count)
to development and commerce as soon
as the final surveys and right of way
work can be completed. The route
has been decided upon. Th distance
Is 81 miles. The estimated con for
a standard gaug lire of first-class
construction Is f 3,SO 00.
Coos County Is one oZ the rich di
visions of Western Oregon, compara
tively slightly developed because of
lack of transportation facilities, and
has heretofore been obliged to trade
almost entirety with San Francisco.
Tho following .statistics are gleaned
from recent Information;
Population, approximately 12.000
Area, square miles 1.375
Standing timber, fe-jt 13.537,000.000
Manufactures, value .. 4l.310-.6-14
9rt3 farms, valued at. . . S2.631.730
Farm product . . value .... S8Q4.054
Value of livestock 332.110
vaiae orcnara proaucm. .
Improved . acreage, farms' 37.822 I
JUlill. JfUt ........... i.i,ltl.
Butter and cheese, pounds 347.tt77
Wool, pounds. ........... 75.800
Potatoes, bushels 113.334
Wheat, bushels 11,920
Oats, bushels 24.060
Barley, bushels 21US0
Corn, bushels 10.010
Lignite coal measures,
square miles 430
A survey has heen made hy the
Southern Pacific Company of a line
from Drain, 165 miles south of Port
land, to Marshfield. on Coos Bay. A
satisfactory route has been found and
the line Is now being definitely located.
The announcement was made at the
offices of the Southern Pacific Com
pany yesterday thai as soon as the
line was definitely located and right
of way obtained, the work -of constructing-
this line would begin. Gen
eral Manager O'Brien departed last
night for Southern Oregon.
This Is one of the most Important
undertakings in the Northwest for sev
eral years, as the new line means the
opening up of a vast country between
the present line of the Southern Pa
cific and the ocean, the resources of
which are enormous. The road will
be about SI miles in length, and will
closely follow the waters of Elk
Creek and the Umpqua River toward
Gardiner, thence south along the Coast
to Marshfield. It will have the dis
tinction of being the first line to cross
the Coast Range Mountains in Oreson.
as well as the first one to penetrate
the heart of one of the greatest timber
belts in the world.
Aids Portland's Trade.
The opening of the new section will
'directly benefit. In a large way. the
trade of Portland. It will overcome
the present isolation of the extensive
Coos Bay country, so long accessible
by water only, and the trade, now In
its infancy, will grow proportionately
with the Increase of transportation
facilities.
Aside from the lumber industry,
which has already reached vast -proportions,
notwithstanding its only out
let by water, coal is mined in large
quantities. Other products are shipped,
such as apples and potatoes, while
livestock ' and fish form the bulk of
the present outward, tonnage. The
dairy business tributary to Coo Bay
Js proportionately greater than any
other on the Pacific Coast. Canned sal
mon will alo form a part of the shipments-
to come out by rail, and the
improved transportation facilities will,
no doubt, encourage the establishment
of other manufacturing plants.
San Francisco Has Had Trade.
Heretofore, nearly all of the dairy
products, fruit and vegetables, as well
as shipments of livestock, from the
Coos country, have gone directly to
San Francisco. Under the new condi
tions, it Is reasonable to expect that
Portland should receive the larger
share of this traffic. Coos Bay rivals
the famous dairying sections of the
Tillamook and Nestucca country, but
is much more extensive in area. The
standing timber along the line of and
adjacent to the proposed railway, will
now find a ready outlet to markets
long denied, owing to lack of adequate
transportation facilities.
Probably no announcement made from