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THE MORyiyG OREGOyiAJr, TUESDJLT, MARCH 27, 1906. HY5 JOE MILLER GAVE HIM Mrs. Le Doux' Account of the Killing of A. N. McVicar at Stockton. SHE BOUGHT THE TRUNK Assisted Companion to Place Body In the Kcccptacle and Then .Ac companied the Murderer to Snn Francisco. ' PAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. March 26 -Th authorities tonight concluded tbt th l.rDoux noman killed and handled McVicar alone. She Insists ht on Miller wp the murderer, but the fflcr believe that he planned ant executed the deed alone. She Is ffcowins; remarkable nerv and Joked a she. went to her cell. The man Miller Is & mythical perron, accord ing to the theory of the police. SAX FRANCISCO. March 2G. The mystery connected with the finding- of the dead body of Albert N. McVicar, an employe of the Rawhide mine at Jamestown. Cal., in a trunk at the Southern Pacific depot at Stockton Saturday night has practically been solved, though a few details of the crime are lacking. The identification of the body yesterday, coupled with th fact that a woman who passed as McVicar's wife., but whose real name Is Mrs. Emma Le Dour, had left Stock ton shortly after the tragedy, was fol lowed today by the arrest of the woman In Antloch. in Contra Costa ' County. She admitted she knew of the murder and in a statement made "before Justice f the Peace Abbott declared that the actual perpetrator of the crime "was n man whom she knew as Joseph Miller. Mrs. Lt Doux made the following state ment: "We had nil been drinking and Mc Vicar and I were drunk. McVicar had lots of money, and Joe Miller gave him csnbollc acid. Then I don't know Just what happened. Miller and I put the body in the trunk and sent it to the depot. Wanted to Go to Her 3Iotlier. I wanted to go right away to my root nor at Jackson, but Miller would net let me. He made me go to San Francisco with him Saturday night and Sunday. Last night we left San Fran cisco with tickets for Stockton. At Richmond Miller left me and went back to San Francisco, and I got off here at Antiooh. I did not kill McVicar. He died after a quarrel with Miller. I went Into the room and saw McVicar froth ing at th. mouth. He may have been given carbolic acid by Miller when I was out of the room." Here the woman produced a bottle of carbolic acid from which some had bcw taken and also a knife which she said belonged to Miller. Bought Trunk to Hide Body. "Miller got all the money," she con tinued, "and I do not know hotv much there was, but he got it. After Mc VJear was dead I went out and bought the trunk. Yes, that's true. Then wc went to the Southern Pacific station, after he put the body in the trunk. I helped him do that." The local police learned that Mrs. Ie Doux was visited in this city Satur day night by Joseph Healy. a plumber, and he admitted to them that he did so in response -to a telegram from Mrs. Le Doux, whom he had known for several years. At one time, he said, they were engaged to be married, but the engagement was broken off at the solicitation of his mother. Continuing, he said: "I remained at the lodging-house quite late Saturday night and went hack again Sunday. I was sitting in the ladles parlor reading, whensI hap pened to notice the story of the Stock ton murder. I told her it was a terri ble thing. She was very cool and said, Tes. it was.' Said McVicar Was Insured. "Then T did not know it was Mc Vicar who had been killed, so I asked her what had become of McVicar. She said he had died at Sonora, and that McVicar's brother had shipped the body t Denver, Colo. Shealso told mo McVicar had a 55000 Insurance policy that had been made out to her as ben eficiary, but he had later had it trans ferred to his mother. She said that MoVicar's brother had told her, how ever, that he would get -her $1000 out of it." Healy visited police headquarters voluntarily. The police believe his story and And a motive for the Stock-; ton crime in the references to the in-' surance policy on McVicar's life and the money he was known to possess. They are now hunting for the woman's alleged male accomplice, who is not believed to be far away. Known In the Tenderloin. Mrs. Le Doux is well known in the redlight district of San Francisco. Her maiden name was Emma Head. Sev eral years ago she married a man named Barrett, but they soon separat ed and she became the wife of 'William "Williams. They went to Arizona, where Williams died, it is said, under peculiar circumstances. She is alleged to hve collected a heavy insurance policy on himself. She returned to California and married Le Doux, a Frenchman, residing at Jackson, Ama dor County. At the Stockton Hotel, where the crime occurred, the murdered man reg istered for the two as "A. N. McVicar and wife." In this city she registered as Mrs. E. "Williams. Dr. Hull, one of the autopsy sur geons, stated this morning that blows on the head, causing congestion of the inner lining of the skull, had caused death, and that there was no evidence of poison. There was absolutely no evidence of carbolic acid and no odor of alcohol. Trains Watched In Portland. Yesterday morning Acting Chief of Po lice Gritxmacher recelred & telegraphic eseagc from Stockton, stating that It was thought quite possible that Mrs. Mc Vicar, or Le Doux, was headed for Port ltn4. The matter was placed In the haats of Captain of Detectives Bruin, who a?4gaeL Acting Detective Hellycr. of the headquarters plain-clothes staff, who met all ircoming trains, "until word of the woman's arrest came. Mrs. Le Doux In Good Spirits. 'STOCKTON. Cal.. March 26. Mrs. Emma LtDettx. .wat I char with. murderis? A. X. itcVkar '! th46dty, was brought hck tonight by Deputy Sheriff Carltoa POISON C. Case and District Attorney a W. Norton and placed In jail. She was In good spirits and laughed several times on the trip from the depot to the jail. The officers are still questioning her. though she is alleged to have made a confession. A big crowd met all trains waiting for the woman and the officers had to flgbt their way through the Jam at the jail, and- the woman was almost crushed before she was placed in a cell. STREET ORDINANCES REPEALED Walla Walla Council Will Invcsti . gale Merits of Different Pavings. "WALLA WALLA WflKh XTar.h (Special.) The city tonight Tepealcd all of me ordinances recently passed calling for me pavement or. a large number of streets in the business and residence districts, as a result of the recent decision of. the Su perior court, which stated that the ele ment of competition was not present when bids for a patented pavement were called icr aa against an unpatented article. After the repealing of the ordinances, a resolution was adopted requiring the City Engineer to prepare specifications for the various kinds of pavements, including bi tuiithlc, asphalt, bituminous, macadam ana victor. A committee consisting of three members of the Council was ap pointed to investigate thn merits of tli bituminous, macadam and the Victor and report their findings to the Council with out recommendation. In a communication -to tin rvmnHi ! Warren Construction Company, stated if tney were awarded a contract for bltu llthlc pavement and litigation should r Stilt because Of it helne- nntontori tViA Warren Brothers Company stood ready to defend all such actions without cost to uie city. BONES OP HUGE ANIMAL DUG VP- ON A RANCH IN SOUTH- .l ERN OREGON. V . Tooth Is Ten Inches In Length; and Six by Four Inches on the Surface. MEDFORD. Or.. March 26. While making excavations on his farm on Dry Creek, Grant Rawllngs, uncovered the bones of a huge animal, evidently of a species now extinct. The bones were found some 12 feet beneath the surface of the earth and were more or lees decayed, although part of them were in a good enough state of pres ervation to enable one to form an idea or the immense size of the beast to which they belonged. The skull was in fairly good shape and of great size. At the base of the skull, where it had formerly joined the vertebra, it measured 31 inches in diameter. One tooth was found measuring ten inches In length and six by four inches across the top. Appear ances Indicated that the animal had been one of the hippopotamus family, and. Judging by the appearance of the portions of the Jaws and teeth, was herbivorous In its nature. A piece of the bone of the lower foro leg was found which measured three feet m length. Tne soil in which the bones were found gives evidence of having once boon a swamp or the bed of a lake. In dicating the amphibious habits of the animal RULING DISPLEASES INDIANS Leases on Umatilla Reservation Are ' Held Up by Superintendent. PENDLETON. Or., March 26. (Special.) Umatilla Indians are displeased at the ruling made by Major Edwards, superin tendent of the agency, in regard to the leasing of Indian lands on the reservation. Today a delegation from the reservation, headed by Jim Pond and Umatilla Pine, two of the leading residents, came to town In search of some one to whom they could mal; their remonstrance. The Indians allege that many leases are being held ud. and will be until October. The Indians will lose their rentals by this arrangcmenJ, and the lessees their crops. The lessees are now wnltlnr- to heirln plowing Summer fallow. The Indians will attempt to nave the ruling of the superin tendent changed or modified. SLAYER ESCAPES LYNCHERS Rides to Red Lodge and Gives Him self Up to Officers. BUTTE MonL, March 26. A Miner special from Red Lodge states that Ezra Ogden. a well-known rancher, was fatally shot during a saloon row last night near Belfry, a small stock camp 16 miles from Red Lodge. Hank Williams is In Jail charged with the shooting, which he declares was accl dctilalt Williams was- intoxicated at the time of the shooting. Threats of lynching were freely made, and to save himself Williams mounted his horse and fled to Red lodgc. where he gave himself up- to the officers. ' DEAD OF THE NORTHWEST George S.. Kent. CENTRALIA, Wash., March 26.--Georgo S. Kent, father of one of Cchtralla's best known business men, M. E. Kent, died at the home of his son in Centralla Satur day afternoon, at the advanced age of SO years. Mr. Kent was born at Kent's Hill. Me., In December, IS25. He has held various positions of trust during his long life, among them that of Chief of Police in Minneapolis. He came to Cen tralla four years ago and has since lived with his son. Mace. He left six aons and one daughter, besides his wife. Lowell to Tour the State. SALEM, Or.. March 26.-(Spcdal.)-Ste-phen A. Lowell proposes to make a stump campaign of his own. In the race for the Senatorial nomination, notwithstanding the fact that other candidates for state and district 'offices declined his suggestion that a Joint campaign be made. Lowell announces that he will speak in all the principal cities; in- "halls which he will himself provide, and -he has in vited other Senatorial aspirants to be present at his meetings and address .his audiences. It is expected that he wtyl open his campaign here In Salem next Friday evening. Canning Plant to Be Complete. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash.. March 25. (Special.) Work on the ?SO,O0O xruit-oan-rilng plar was commenced here this morning. The building will be of atone, two stories and 148x159 feet square. It will be the most complete canning plant in the Northwest when finished. A Habit to Be EBcemce4. The mother who has acquired the habit of keeping on hand a bottle of Chamber lain's Cough' Bemedy save herself a great amount of uneasiness and anxiety. Coughs, colds and croup, to which chil dren are .susceptible are quickly cured- by Its use. It counteracts any tendency ef a cold to result In pneumonia, and if gives as soon as the first symptom of croup ap pear, it will preveut the attack. This rem edy oentaiM nothing- injurious, an4 moth ers give It to little enee with a teellnr of perfect security. SeM by all druggists. WRftNGEL IN ASHES Alaska Town Had No Means to Fight Fire; ASSISTANCE IS ASKED Every Store In Town Has Been Dc stroyed and About Four Hun dred People Are Left Without Shelter. TACOMA. March, 25. A special to the Ledger says: Fort Wrangel. Alaska, was entirely de stroyed by a fire that started in the bar bcr-shop of the Pioneer Hotel late Satur day night. The entire town was wiped out, with the exception of a dock and one store belonging to Robert Ricd. Thir ty-clght houses, which composed the town's residence district, were burned to the ground. Wrangel has a population of 400 persons. hair of whom are Indians. The town has no fire-fighting apparatus, and was at the mercj- of the blaze. News of the fire was carried to Juneau this morning by tug. anu word wa received by the United States cable office this afternoon. Appeal Sent Out for Aid. LOS ANGELES. March 25. A telegram dated Juneau, Alaska. March 25, from United States District Attorney James J. Boyce to the Los Angeles Times, says that the town of Wrangel. Alaska, has been.almr.st totally destroyed by fire, and appeals to the Times and to the Associa ted Press for aid for sufferers. The dis patch states that every store in the town has been burned and that the total loss is $100,000. The Custom-House was saved. Mr. Boyce was formerly State Senator in the California Legislature from Santa Barbara County. Supplies Sent From Juneau. SEATTLE, Wash., March 2S.-Offlccrs of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company re ceived a telegram from Juneau this even ing stating that the people of Juneau had raised 20 tons of provisions for the suffer ers in Wrangel. The company was re quested to allow the steamer Al-Ki, then In port, to take the stuff to Wrangel. The vessel will reach there tomorrow. ASTORIA PLANS A SEAWALL Property-Owners Generally in Favor of the Project. ASTORIA. Or., March 2C (Special.) The construction of a seawall along tho entire front of the city Is the latest plan Inaugurated by the property-owners of Astoria for the Improvement and ad vancement of the city and the movement is meeting with such enthusiastic sup port that It bids fair to meet with ulti mate success. There arc in the various sections of the city four improvement clubs and these at the suggestion of the Retail Grocers' Association have each appointed a committee to meet In Joint session and formulate the details of the plan for securing the desired improve ment. The track of the Astoria & Columbia River Railroad runs practically along the bulkhead line from one end of the city to the other and the plan as outlined is to construct the proposed seawall by dumping rock along the line of the rail way trestle. This can be done much more cheaply than to build a wall of solid masonry and as the railway trestle will of necessity have to be renewed within a few years, those at the head of the movement say that the railway eompany will bear the greater portion of the ex pense of building the rock bulkhead. uhen this bulkhead Is completed, the Improvement Is to be continued by pump ing sand from the river channol to fill up the acres of tidelands which are now occupied by the business section of the city. At the present time the majority of the business houses of the city as well as the streets throughout that section are constructed on piling and while the portion of the piling that is "below tho water lasts practically forever, the upper sections and the cappings have to be re newed, often entailing a constant source of expense, an expense that within five years amounts to as much, if not more. to each individual lot than the assessment against it for making the proposed fill would be. With but few exceptions, the owners of property in the section of the city af fected appear to be a unit In favor of the Improvement and while it Is the Intention to begin the construction of the seawall during the coming Summer, the next Legislature will be asked to pass a bill creating a seawall commission and au thorizing that commission to levy as sessments for making the proposed filL nOAD ACROSS RESERVATION Petition Filed In Umatilla County Clerk's Office. PENDLETON. Or.. March 26. KnoHal A A road petition was filed In the County tiencs omce tooay oy residents of Mc Kay Creek district, asking for the estab lishment of a county road across the Umatilla reservation. This Is tho rt effort that haj ever been made to secure a road across the reservation bv thi mean. The oetitlon will have to tv an. proved bv the Counts Court, then bv v. jor Edwards, superintendent of the reser vation, anu tnen oy tne secretary of the Interior. If it Is successful, the petition will niv the question now in dispute regarding tho passage of livestock across the reserva tion. The proposed road will lead from Pendleton southeast across the reserva tion. COLD J KILLS SAN y'OSE SCALE No Fruit In. Yakima Valley Injured Except Apricots. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., March 26. (Special.) The recent cold snap is said to have had a beneficial effect on the orchards of the Yakima Valley, In tnat thg San Jose scale was killed out to a great extent. This was not discovered here till today, when Inspector Brown made his rounds. The fruit Is not dam aged, excepting apricots. It Is probable that there will not be an apricot crop this season. CLOUDBURST ON THE TOUCHET Boadworkers Camp on Bottom Land Is Overwhelmed. WALLA WALLA. Wash., March 3S. (Special.)-; A. waterspout or cloudburst struck the northern part of Walla Walla County Susday afternoon, on the Upper Teuchet River. Considerable damage was done to the roads and the wheat growing on the ride hills In the vicinity. A terrific thunder storm came .up about 4 o'clock and soon a balloon-shaped black cloud was seen to the eastward of Pres- coit. wnere it seemed to touch the ground. Water two or three feet deep was soon seen rushing down the hillsides. A gang of roadworkers camoed on the river bottom had a narrow escape from losing their entire camping outfit. Some of the tnarhlnorv and wiihiIIm wmv washed down with the current and lost or ocstroyed. Sqnaw Man Commits Suicide. PENDLETON. Or.. March 25. (Special.) Martin Everhart, a squaw man on the reservation, committed suicide Saturday night by taking half a large bottle of strychnine, enough to have killed half a dozen men. Everhart came to Pendleton from the Willamette Valley last Summer and married a squaw on the reservation last August. She had been married seven times prior. The man notified a friend that he was going to kill himself, telling him to call to find him Sunday morning. He left a note on the door, saying: "Walk In." A Coroner's Jury Sunday afternoon found a verdict of suicide by taking strychnine. Ezra Meeker Is at Echo. PENDLETON. Or.. March 25.-(SpcciaI.) Ezra Meeker Is now camped at Echo, on his way East, over the old Oregon trail. He will reach Pendleton Wednes day night for a rest of two days, on the site of the old campground occupied 50 years ago by him when he reached Ore gon. He wilt add a horse team to his equipment when he reaches here and a driver, to help him the faster along his route. VOTE ON MUNICIPAL LINE MAYOR MOORE SENDS MESSAGE TO SEATTLE COUNCIL. Says People Have Been Promised a Chance to Decide onCity Ownership. SEATTLE, Wash.. March 26. (Special.) Mayor William Hickman Moore tonight sent a special message to the City Coun cil, demanding that the question of the construction of a municipal line of street railways be submitted to a vote of tho people. The Mayor declared In his mes sage that all the Councllmen were pledged to submit this proposition as soon as practicable. There are now pending applications for franchises for the Seattle Electric Com pany on Second avenue and Westlake ave nue. Before these are wanted, tho Mnv- or asserted, the city should have an op portunity to vote on a city line. If the franchises are given, he said, the city would throw away some of the assets It could use in guaranteeing bonds for the construction of a city system. The Council did not wait to hear the message read in full. Ex-P resident of the Council Gill suggested It go to the finance committee. Burton E. Bennett, a. Democratic ward worker, protested from me gaiiery. but Gill heateoiy oujectcd to his offerimr am- suzrestlonc Thnn thn Council voted unanimously to shuffle the responsibility upon a committee. Mayor Moore declared in his message that the Council should secure estimates of the cost of a system of municipal rail ways and submit this, together with tho question of city-owned lines. in my Judgment. ' he wrote, "It would be a destruction of the citv' securltv a stranding of municinal atrit raiim-ai- credit In advance. If any private franchise oe granteo, on strategic central streets of the city's rights. The people have the right to decide whether or not thev desire. to develop the public resource: to utilize this security for financing their own plan. "We have nledced ourselves to afford this opportunity 'at the earliest prac ticable date.' Until the people have given their decision, all action on nrlv.no fran chise applications for street railways, on these or similar important thoroughfares, should be postponed." Municipal Ownership Ticket. ASTORIA. Or.. March fSnooid The Municipal Ownership League, an or ganization composed entirely of members of the local labor unions, held a meeting last evening and decided to enter nolltir by nlacing a ticket In the flcM fnr thn coming election. A meeting of 4hc League win oe new on the evening of April 23. when a ticket will bo nominated. The mectinc last eveninir adooted n nint- form which declares for the municinal ownership of public utilities, opposes the leasing of convict labor, but favors th employment of convicts on road work, de- manas tnat tne members of the Astoria Water Commission be elected by the peo ple, that the Police Commission bo abol- lsnco. ana tnat tne Chief or Police be ap pointed by the Mayor, subject to con firmation bv the Council, and that nil amendments to the charter be submitted to a vote of the people. Must Try for Another Office. OLYMPIA. Wash.. March 26. (Special.) A. Flclschhauer has held the combined office of Clerk and Auditor of Skamania County for two successive terms. The county has now reached the stage where it is proposed to elect a Clerk and an Auditor as separate officers this Fall, and Mr. Flelschhauer has written the Attorney-General asking if he is barred by tho law prohibiting a man from serving In an office for more than two successive terms from being elected to cither the office of Clerk or Auditor this Fail. The Attorney-General advises him that he must seek some other office than cither of those he has held the past four years. Floods Expected In Umatilla. PENDLETON. Or.. March 26. (Special.) Umatilla people have thawed out and arc now looking for floods. The Umatilla River is higher today than at any time for a year, and the warm rains and Chinook winds are bringing the snow out of the mountains at a gallop. People living along East Birch Creek and at the head or Alkali and in Jack Canyon expected a cloudburst yesterday. as one was reported on the divide. People living on the bottom land prepared to make a, run for safety, but the flood did not materialize The water is rising rap. iaiy, nowever. Contracts at Fort Stevens. ASTORIA, Or.. March 25. (8Dec!aI.) Word has been received from Washington mat tne war Department has awarded contract to Ferguson & Houston, of this city, for the construction of one double set of noncommissioned officers quarters at Fort Stevens. The contract for the plumbing and electric wiring In the building has been let to William Mil ler. The contract for bullding-a wagon snea ana tor alterations in tho stable at Fort Stevens has been awarded to E. Guetafson. while William Miller gets the contract for erectlnr searchlight shelters at Forts Stevens and Columbia. Call for Clatsop Warrants. ASTORIA. Or., March 26. (Special.) County Treasurer Hcllbom lesued a call today for all warrants drawn on the gen eral fund and indorsed prior to June- 3. 1506. The call Includes warrants of the face value of about S3.G0O. and Is the larg est stngie caH ever made in the hutory of the couaty.'-' - Rf GHTTO THE RANGE Oregon Sheepmen Have Long Been Crowded From North. BORNE WITH PATIENCE Now That Washington Flock Masters Are Claiming Vested Rights, Umatilla Woo I growers De mand a Square Deal. SALEM. Or.. March 26. (Special.) "Umatilla County woolgrowera are In earnest in their demand for a square acai m the apportionment of grazing privileges in the Wenaha Forest Reserve.' said Secretary Dan P. Smythe. of the Umatilla woolgrowcrs Association, when In Salem today conferring with Governor Chamberlain regarding the protest that naa been sent to President Roosevelt. 'Grazing will not begin until about June 10," he continued, "and we hope to have the matter equitably adjusted before that time. The Washington sheepmen have been grazing their flocks in Oregon for years and wo have patiently borne with them. When they have crowded Into Oregon and eaten out the range, we have grazed our sheep farther south in order to avoid trouble. Now, however. when they try to claim a vested right, we propose to see what can be done to protect Oregon sheepmen. "Apparently tho Washington sheepmen secured the greater part of the grazing privileges In the Wenaha reserve In Ore gon upon the claim of prior rights. They have In the past forced their way Into Oregon, and now that a reserve has been created, they claim they should be given a preference because they have been com ing here In the years gone by. we do not think that should give them a prefer ence over Oregon sheepmen who pay taxes to support the Government that protects the rights of persons and property in this state. The Washington sheepmen pay taxes on their sheep In that state and not In Oregon. "Some of the Oregon sheep were ex cluded from the reserve unjustly, we be lieve. For example. Charles Cunningham has been grazing his flocks in the region now covered by the reserve for many years. Under the rule of prior rights, which the Washington men insist upon, he would be entitled to extensive grazing privileges In the Wenaha reserve. He has sold out to the Cunningham Sheep & Land Company, and we believe the com pany should be recognized as the suc cessor of Cunningham's grazing privileges. This recognition was not given, however, for the company's sheep were excluded, for the 'reason that the company had exercised no grazing privileges in ,the past. 'Washington sheepmen have always taken their flocks to other states for Sum mer grazing. For many years they drove over into Montana carlj In the Spring and consumed the grass to which the sheepmen of that state were entitled. Finally, the Montana sheepmen had a law enacted which required sheep from other states to be held In quarantine for 00 days before entering the state, and that put a atop to the imposition. Wash ington has such a law. thus shutting Oregon sheepmen out of any chance to get even by driving their flocks over Into Washington. "We have been patient and have never resorted to violence to protect our rights. Now we feel that we have been Imposed upon long enough, and wo feel confident that our protest to the President and the Bureau of Forestry will be recognized as well founded and that a readjustment will be made, so that Oregon sheepmen will be allotted at least half of the graz ing privileges on the Oregon side in the Wenaha reserve." Mr. Smythe soys that the cold weather will probably reduce the number of lambs raised IS to 20 per cent. The loss will not be so much on account of direct Injury from the cold as on account of the short feed, which makes it Impossible for the ewes to get grass enough to sup port themselves and their Iambs. Not Barred bj Union Musicians. SEATTLE. Wash.. March 26. (Special.) Members of the State University orches tra, whom Professor Kimball, musical di rector, will bar because they are nonunion men. from the performance of "Pirates of Penzance." declare the union musicians raise no objection to their playing. The students allege their orchestra receives no remuneration and as amateurs can play with union men. Professor Kimball's stronger objection, however. Is based on the claim that the amateur orchestra Is without sufficient experience to produce the piece, and he says that the performance will be marred unless the best musical talent Is procured for the production. Received by Bogus Proclamation. BOISE. Idaho. March 25. Governor Gooding today received from New York a telegram bearipg the signature John C. Chase. ex-Mayor or Haverhill. Mass.. and stating that a committee representing a number of labor unions would leave New York at once to hear the con fessions of Harry Orchard and Steve Adams as related to the detec tives and prosecuting officers. The New York labor leaders are supposed to be act ing on the bogus "proclamation" sent out from here last week. Governor Gooding has authorized no proposition of this kind, and no committee will be permitted to sec Orchard or Adams. Destructive Fire at Butte. BUTTE. March 26. Fire in the Olson block tonight resulted in approximately $1(0,000 damage to the wholesale stock of the Passmore Paper Company, through the warehouse being flooded, with water. The Olson Harness Company sustained a loss of about $3000. while the damage to the building was In the neighborhood of $20,000. The Are originated. It is believed, from the Ignition of a number of celluloid arti cles placed too close the radiator. The Are was a stubborn one and bard for the firemen to fight. The flames spread to ad joining structures, but were quickly subdued. Big Raft for San Pedro. , RAINIER. Or.. March 26. (Special.? George Hockey, a logger here, is engaged in getting out the logs for a big- cigar shaped raft which the Benson Logging Company proposes to construct and send to San Pedro. Cal., In August. Logs up to 150 feet in length are ready to be towed from here to Westport, Or., where the cradle Is to be built. It has not been given out where the big raft will be constructed, but three rafts have been gotten out by Mr. Rockey ready for it. and indications point to Rainier as the place. r Chief's Wrath Has Vanished. OREGON CITY. Or.. March 26. (Spe cial.) Chief of Police Charles Burns, who Saturday tendered his resignation to take effect April 1, today recon sidered his action and withdrew his resignation. Chief Burns unexpected resignation was the result of a misua dcrstanding with Mayor. Caufield and this having- been adjusted, the-former i V. will continue to wear the star and con tinue at the head of the city's police department, an office he has satisfac torily discharged with an interval of only two years for the last 17 consec utive years. Jury Acquits Arrested Fisherman. OREGON CITY. Or., March 26. (Spe cial.) R. C. Worthlngton, of Oswego, charged with, fishing with a gillnet without a license, was acquitted by a jury In the Justice Court here today. As a defense Worthlngton maintained that, having procured a setnet license, he was entitled to fish with a gillnet and the Jury evidently concurred with that view. Ben Roscntreter and John Erlckson. of Oswego, are- also under arrest on the same charge and their trials will be held during the week. Howard for the Strikebreakers. TACOMA, Wash., March 26. (Spe cial.) Presents In the form of checks of about $65 each have been made by the Northern Pacific Railway'' to ware housemen who were sent out of the city to take charge of stations during the telegraphers' strike last August. The men were paid for their services at the time and they are now being rewarded. Requisition for Embezzler. SALEM, Or.. March 26. (Special.) Governor Chamberlain today Issued a requisition upon the Governor of Cal ifornia for the extradition of M. II. Arnold, wanted in Yamhill County to answer to a charge of embezzling JS0 belonging to the Eilers Piano House, by which he was employed. Arnold Is under arrest at Stockton. Cal. PEST DFGHBUmSQHIRBELS PALOUSE COUNTRY IS OVERRUN BY. MILLIONS. Farmers Are Setting Out Poisoned Wheat and Offering Prem iums on Tails. SPOKANE. Wash.. March 26. (Spe cial.) Ground squirrels have ap peared In the Palouse country In un precedented numbers. The rodents are In millions, and many times more nu merous than ever before. Wheatgrow ess are seriously alarmed lest the hordes of squirrels work incalculable damage to crops. The Grange has taken the matter up and plans are maturing for a united effort to exterminate the animals. Farmers are setting out large quanti ties of poisoned wheat, some supply free ammunition to all who will shoot squirrels and others offer bounties of 1 to 5 cents each for squirrel tails. Tlnllng May Succeed Nadeau. TACOMA, Wash.. March 26. (Spe cial.) No successor to I. A. Nadeau. who has resigned as general agent at Seattle of the Northern Pacific, has been appointed. It Is possible (hat Alex. Tinling, ex-general agent here for the Northern Pacific, and now hold ing a like position at Spokane, may be named. Mr. Tlnllng is In line for pro motion and the Seattle office is the next step. He is well known in Taco ma and is regarded as a capable rail road man. It 13 not probable that Ralph T. Bretz, of Tacoma, will be appointed to the Seattle agency, since his present post as assistant general Western freight agent is considered a more- im portant office. ... Presbyterians Organize a Chnrch. HOVER. Wash.. March 26.-(Speclal.) The Presbyterian denomination has founded the first church in Hover. The organization has already been com pleted and a very efficient staff of officers elected. F. C. Stretchberry. J. A. Guthrie, D. W. Dlcterlch and W. R. Bevier have been elected ruling elders. H. H. Ste wart. W. L. Blackman. Jr., E. G. Cox, A. Nevlow and P. Waldorf, trustees. F. C. Stretchberry's eldest daughter, Flora, who Is a very earnest church and Sunday school worker, has been, by special dispensation, appointed dea conness. The new church building, to be erected on the corner of Fourth and Ray streets, will be ready by June 30. Albany Druggist AVould Be Senntor. ALBANY, Or.. March 26. (Special.) Fred Dawson, am Albany druggist, today filed notice of his candidacy for the Dem ocratic nomination for State Senator In Linn County. This means that Milt A. Miller, of Lebanon, will have opposition, and the Indications are that the sledding will not be easy for him. Both men are in tho drug business, and both are popu lar in their party, but Dawson, living In Albany, has the largest block of voters 1n the county In his home town. Dawson Is one of the progressiva business men of Albany, and Is making his debut on the political stage. Roseburg High School Debaters Win. ROSEBURG. Or.. March 26. (Special.) The InterscholasUc debate between the students of the Roseburg and Salem High Schools was held in the Roseburg Thea ter, before a large and enthusiastic audi ence. Tne question was: "Kesoived, That women should not be granted the com plete right of suffrage In the United States." The affirmative aide was es poused by Miss Lylith Moore, leader, and Virgil Shupe and Eugene Jowitt. of Rose burg. while the negative was defended by Messrs. Rex Turner, Rea Hutten and Ralph Moores. of Salem. The Roseburg pupils carried off the palm. Caught Trout for Sick Wife. OREGON CITY. Or., March 26. (Spe cial.) Pleading guilty to fishing for trout out of season. John H.' Rhoades, of Meadowbrook, who was arrested today on complaint of Deputy Game Warden Dick, of Canby. was fined 315 and costs In the Oregon City Justice Court. In his defense Rhodes explained that the trout, only two In number, were caught as a delicacy for hl3 wife, who was ill. He was let off upon paying the costs In the case, the fine being remitted. Plenty oC Iand to Water. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash. March 25. (Special.) Almost three times enough land under the proposed Tietpn project to build It has been subscribed by the water-users. Today the association re ported over 30.000 acres, including "the acreage owned by the Northern Pacific Railway Company and the state, which amounts to about .TWO acres. The Gov ernment only asked for 13,000 acres. Signs Statement No. 1. SALEM, Or., March 26 (Special.) A. G. Beals, of Fairview. Yamhill County, today filed notice of his candi dacy for the Republican nomination for Representative from the district com posed of Tillamook and Yamhill Coun ties. -He signea statement No. 1. Hammond Car Is Lost. LOS ANGELES, March 26. Somewhere out on the line of the Southern. Pacific is .the private car of John Hays Hammond!, the mining engineer, of New York, who has been skk in San Francisco and HERVOUSDSPEPS!ff SERIOUS CASE CURED BY DR, WILLIAMS PINK PILLS Showing That This Ramedy Is Suited To The Most Delicate Stomach. Brought to the very verge of starva lion by the rejection of all nourishment;,, her vitality almost destroyed, the r covery of Mrs. J. A. Wyatt, of. 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It proved a wise decision for they helped me as nothing else had done. 8oon I could take weak te& and crackers and steadily more nourishment. In two weeks I was able to leave my bed. Dr. Williams Pink Pills were the only thing that checked the vomiting and as soon as that; was stopped my other difficulties left me. I have a vigorous appetite now and am able to attend to all fhe duties of my home. I praise Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People to all myfriends because I am thoroughly convinced of their merit." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People are absolutely guaranteed to be entirely harmless to the most delicate constitution and may be token without fear. They have cured thousands of cases and if you will write to the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N.Y., stating your trouble, you will re ceive a frank reply. If the pills will cure you, proof will be furnished; if they are not suited for your trouble, yoa will be honestly told so. threatened with acute pneumonia. He was ordered by his physician to come to LLos Angeles, and is believed to have "u ii uciuie uie Miunu uruKC, out. no news of the whereabouts of his car has been received by local railway officials. Mr. Hammond's illness was caused, by a severe cold contracted while In Tonopah. Greeks Take Strikers' Places. OREGON CITY. Or., March 26.-(Spe-clal.) The white men employed on the section gangs by the Southern Pacific be tween Canby and Milwaukie have been replaced by Greeks. Last week the sec tion men. struck for an increase in wages from 51.s0 to 52 per day, the same pay as was being received by a force of Italians for the same work. The desired advance in wages was not granted and the men quit work. The Greeks who replace them will receive but $1.50 per day. Piles Cured Quickly at Home Without Pain, Cutting or Surgery. Instant Belief. We Trove It. Sample Package Free. Seven people out of ten arc said to have Piles. 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