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TIIE MOIiXING OREGOXIAN-. THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 190G.
SEATTLE TO VOTE
ONMUNICIPALLIPJE
Proposal to Pledge City's
Credit and Issue Bonds lor
a Large Amount.
ELECTION IS NEXT MONTH
Agitation Was Started by Democrats
and Laor Union Leaders, nut
BuslneaSMen Are Opposed to
Prospective Heavy Taxation.
SEATTLE. Aujr. 29. (Special.) Seattle
. will vote September 12 on a proposal
to build . a system of street railways
j owned bv the municipality. A bond ls-
sue of $1,272,000, for which the general
I credit of the city would be pledged, and
13.000.000 of securities Issued with the
credit of the railway system as a pledge,
Is proposed for the Initial experiment
with municipal ownership. This scheme
contemplates the Immediate construc
tion of a system of surface roads reach
ing territory not now tapped by the
Seattle Electric Railway Company's
lines.
The fight over the municipalization of
the city's street railway system is not
broad enough to include the purchase
or other control of existing lines. All
existing franchises terminate December
31, 1S34, and by charter amendment any
future grants would have to terminate
on .that date to give the public the op
tion of acquiring the street railway sys
tem. In the meantime the municipal
ownership advocates plan merely an
auxiliary system.
Xo Big Returns Promised.
There Is nothtng alluring in the mu
nicipal ownership offer, in so far as
reduced fares or big dividends are con
cerned. The proposal for the system in
cludes a 5-cent fare when cash Is paid
or the sale of tickets at '4 cents each,
with a 50 per cent reduction for school
children. The only difference between
this proposal and the existing conditions
is that transfers are suggested for the
tickets. The Seattle Electric Company
does not give transfers on 4-cent tickets.
Figures on the earnings of the mu
nicipal railway system only show suf
ficient margin to pay Interest, offset the
license fee paid by the street railway
company on Its earnings and to create
a sinking fund gradually to retire out
standing bonds.
Municipal ownership "advocates have
agreed to a provision that If the en
tire bond Issue proposed in the call for
the special election Is not sold by Janu
ary 1. lsoj." the effect of the election shall
be nullified. This means that if the mu
nicipal ownership Issue carries, about
15 rupnths will be given over to a sale
of Hiese securities. If the effort fails,
private ownership will continue.
Street-Car Extension Delayed.
For a year the City Council has re
fused to grant any new franchises to
the Seattle Electric Company, and the
street railway corporation has made
scarcely any Improvement In its street
railway system. Second avenue has been
regraded north of Pike street and West
lake avenue cut through a tier of city
blocks in the meantime. Both thorough
fares are ideal street-car routes and the
city has paved the two streets, leaving
a strip In ine center ultimately to be
occupied by a street-car line. Until it Is
determined whether the city or private
capital shall build the system, that -strip
in the center of the Btreet will remain
. unoccupied.
There are numerous suburbs sparsely
settled a year ago which require street
car service now. The number of cars on
all lines Is insufficient, but the Council
will not give franchises for extensions
nor will the street railway company add
new equipment before the municipal
ownership fight is ended. So far as
afreet-car service is concerned Seattle
has stood still since the agitation over
municipal ownership started.
Democratic-Labor Movement.
The demand for the municipalization of
the street-railway system is largely a
Democratic-Labor Union move. It had
Republican support at the outset, but the
Democrats and Labor Union leaders
made a campaign Issue of It. Mayor W.
H. Moore and two Councilmen were
elected on that ticket, and both parties
agreed to submit the question of munici
pal ownership to the people. The ques
tion was submitted by the Council, with,
only one dissenting vote, though a ma
jority were opposed to it.
W. D. Wood, Mayor of Seattle for a
few months during 1S96, Is at the head of
the municipal ownership fight. Wood is
president of the Trustee Company which
owns several big business blocks here,
and Is well known. His experience as
Mayor, though, Is one to be forgotten.
He succeeded Frank D. Black, whom
politicians induced to be a candidate for
Mayor, but who resigned as soon as
elected.
Then Wood was caught by the gold
fever and rushed off to the Yukon River.
He refused to return and the Council de
clared vacant his office. His campaign
committee is composed principally of
Democrats and labor leaders, with a
sprinkling of Republicans.
Approved by Business -Men.
The opposition to the municipal own
ership fight Is directed by business men
who declare that the city's credit will
be stretched too far if the municipal
ownership plan carries. As a matter
of fact, the city cannot issue Jl,272,000 of
bonds against the general fund at pres
ent, unless all the credit left is pledged
and the balance made up of funds on
hand.
The new assessment will raise the limit
of indebtedness, but the present appraised
valuation of city property is insufficient to
authorize the municipal ownership bond
issue. For that reason the business in
terests are nearly solid in opposition
to municipal ownership.
At the same time the street
railway project Is to be sub
mitted, the question of floating
a bond Issue in excess of ti.OOO.OOO for
improvements in the water system will
be put out. It Is a well-known fact that
a general fund bond issue will be re
quired for a sewer system later on. The
county Is also submitting next month
a proposal to bond the county for the
construction of the Lake Washington
Canal. There are unsold in the city's
hands a JiOO.000 bond issu for the park
system.
These are big indebtedness figures, and
the property interests are alarmed over
them. The backbone of the antl-mu-nlcipat
ownership campaign may break
or stiffen as the feeling that property
owners entertain shifts. The wage-earners
and the suburbanites are largely in
,favor of the scheme.
BRIBE CHARGES AT TACOMA
Councilman Richards Says He Heard
Conrad Through Hole In Wall.
TACOMA Wash., Aug. 29. (Special.)
At the meeting of the City Council to
night Councilman A. M. Richards filed
charges against Councilman J. J. Con
rad of soliciting a bribe from the In
dependent Paving Company, for "himself
and other city officials." The scandal
has been brewing for many months, but
no one apeared willing to bring the mat
ter directly before the Council in a legal
way. The Council fixed September 20 as
the time for hearing evidence.
During the Council investigation, some
months ago. Councilman Richards testi
fied that he and Attorney Harvey John
son listened at a peephole in a wall, and
heard Conrad make a demand for money
from an officer of the paving company.
On one contract Richards testified that
10 cents a yard was demanded. An at
tempt has been made to get the matter
into the courts, but the Prosecuting At
torney bas refused, to take it up, unless
the official of the paving company would
go on the stand, which he has heretofore
refused to do.
CHILDREN DISTURB SLEEPER
Xightworker In Spokane Lives Next
toPlayground, and Is Worried.
SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 29. (Special.)
Fred Muhr, who works nights and
sleeps days, is struggling with the prob
lem of how to shut off a regiment of
children, who sleep night and put in full
time at play all day. near his window.
Recently friends of the children, who live
on the heights in Spokane, secured a
lease on two lots and converted the
ground into a children's playground.
Swings and other 'apparatus were in
stalled. '
Muhr objected, was overruled and fin
ally purchased one of the lots, thinking
that would break the lease. Not so. To
day the apparatus is Installed on the
remaining lot and the formal dedication
was participated in by the Mayor and
other lights of Spokane and the ringing
shouts of urchins greeted Muhr. He may
take legal steps.
ALARMS IH HOP KILNS
FIREMEX CAN XO LONGER
SLEEP WHILE OX DUTY.
Telltale Clatter of the Thermostat
Bell Gives Warning When Heat
In Dryhouse Varies.
SALEM, Oi., Aug. 29. (Special.) Auto
matic alarms to tell employers of the
carelessness of firemen at hop kilns are
the latest contrivances to insure the
faithfulness of employes.
The contrivance now to be used is noth
ing 'new except in its application. It
ts a thermostat, which Is very sensitive
to changes of temperature, and which
rings a bell when the temperature rises
or falta a certain number of degrees.
The instrument Is placed In a hop-kiln
or prune-dryer and when the tempera
ture is permitted to vary from the re
quired limit, the bell rings until the fire
man gets the temperature back where it
belongs.
One hopgrower has installed a double
set. of alarms, one on the kilns and the
other in his bedroom, and has them so
arranged that the alarm will ring to
warn the fireman when the temperature
has varied a certain number of degrees,
and will ring to warn him if the fireman
lets the temperature continue to rise or
fall.
Heretofore the 1 hopgrower has made
tours at all hours of the night to see
whether his firemen are attending td
duty, but now he will go to bed and trust
to the automatic alarm to keep the fire
men at w.ork.
The thermostat is a simple contrivance,
which any. man handy with tools can
make. It consists of two thin strips of
metal of different ' sensitiveness to heat.
They are riveted together side by side,
and since one expands or contracts faster
than the other, they bend. At the mov
able ejid is a piece of copper that forms
a connection with an electric bell when
the strip has bent far enough. By chang
ing the distance at which the contact
takes place, the degree of temperature
at which an alarm is given can be varied.
SUICIDE IX AX AUTOMOBILE
Pleasure-Loving Tacoma Woman
Dies a Horrible Death.
TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 29. While
speeding toward the military camp in an
automobile with her sister, Mrs. Edna
Scott swallowed carbolic acid. The sis
ter, Eula Cox, 15 years old, caused the
machine to be turned about and a race to
town began. Just as a drugstore was
reached Mrs. Scott died, having endured
excruciating agony for 30 minutes. Mrs.
Scott was 'the wife of Ronald Scott, a
bicycle rider of some prominence.
The Coroner's verdict was temporary
insanity. Mrs. Scott made her home in
Tacoma for many years. Much of the
time she spent in traveling. She was
once connected with a theatrical organi
zation, but quit the stage after one sea
son. She married Ronald Scott In 1904,
but after a few weeks the couple sepa
rated, since when she had never even
mentioned his name. The woman led a
butterfly existence. '
Automobiling was her favorite pastime.
At various times the girl had been known
by the names of Page and Osnite. She
adopted these principally for dramatic
reasons.
AGED SATSOP RAXCHER DIES
Xelghbor With Whom He Quarreled
Is Held for Manslaughter.
MONTESA,NO, Wash., Aug. 29. (Special.)
Ernest Maas, the aged Satsop rancher
who was assaulted several days ago by
Geprge Spauldinoa a neighboring farmer,
during a quarrel over a cow, died at the
hospital here this morning. The attend
ing physicians are not willing to state
that Maas' death was due to the injuries
Inflicted. He developed pneumonia since
entering the hospital.
Spauldlng was released upon giving an
appearance bond of J1000. his hearing hav
ing been set for September 14. This
morning he was rearrested on the charge
of manslaughter.
Forced to Drink From Filthy Creek.
SEATTLE. Aug. 29. (Special.) In a
complaint laid before Humane Officer
Clark the patrons of the public
school at Kennydale charge that the
school directors are forcing the 84
pupils in the school to drink contami
nated water from a creek and that
the board refuses to allow the patrons
to dig a well to furnish the scholars
with pure drinking water. Thef matter
will be taken up at once with, the
county board of health with the view
of haling the directors before it to
show why conditions are permitted as
they are alleged to be.
Bid for California Racehorses.
ROSBBURG, Or.. Aug. 29. (Special.)
The tmsiness-men of this place have sub
scribed a purse of about S1200 to be used
as premiums to secure the attendance
of the racehorses from California during
the fair.
Low Rate to Gam-Nelson Glove Contest.
On August 30 and 31, the Southern Pa
cific Company will sell tickets Portland
to Goldfield, Nevada, and return at a rate
of $49.60, account the Uans-Nelson glove
contest, to be held at Uoldlleld. Septem
ber 3. Further particulars by calling at
the City Ticket Office. Third and Wash
ington streets, city.
GOODPUCETOGKMP
Salem Fair Grounds Have Been
Much Improved.
STREETS IN REGULAR ORDER
Wells Have Been Freshly Dug and
Stalls Have Been Provided for
Horses of Visitors Who
WrH-Llve In Tents.
SALEM, Or., Aug. 29. (Special.) Mrs.
F. A. Wolfe, of Falls City, who -has won
60 many premiums at Oregon state fairs,
and who has several times carried off
the blue ribbon for Polk County, will
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be a private exhibitor this year, and
Is already on the ground, putting in an
exhibit of products grown upon a single
farm. Polk County authorities could not
see their way clear to help in making
a county exhibit, and Mrs. Wolfe did not
think she ought to do the worta and
bear the expense also, as she has done
several times In the past, but she will
be here, as she has been for 20 years,
and will win the commendation of all
iisltors by the excellence of her products
and the beauty of their arrangement.
The first prize in the single-farm ex
hibits Is MOO and a farm wagon; the
second, J75 and a set of harness; the
third, 50 and a laprobe.
Six counties will have county exhlbjts
at the State Fair this year. They are
Jackson, Lane, Linn, Marion, Benton
and Columbia. Each of these has been
assigned abundant space and assurances
have been given that all products will
be in place Saturday night before the
fair.
Several of the county exhibits will
reach here Monday morning, giving the
owners a full week In which to put them
in position. ,
The Southern Pacific Company has en
couraged early placing of exhibits by ex
tending the excursion rate so as to favor
exhibitors. The company made a one
and one-third fare rate for all persons
during the week of the fair, but will
give the same rate to exhibitors prior
to fair week. Anyone owning or ac
companying an exhibit will get the re
duced rate. The company ships all exhlb.
its free of charge.
Albert Tozier, of the fair grounds
camp, Is buried in work these days, as
signing locations to the scores of fami
lies that have applied for space for tents
during the fair. While there will be
room for . all who come, there will be
little space left when all have been as
signed a camping place. The grounds
have been very greatly improved since
the last fair was held. The underbrush
has all been cut down and cleaned out,
so that the grove presents a neat and
clean appearance. . The streets have been
laid out in regular order, with sign
boards up, and when space for a camper
has been aligned, his name Is put up
on a placarn?
The State Fair Board has erected a
large number of horse-stalls near the
camp-grounds for the teams of campers
and has dug two wells, from which a
good supply of pure water has been se
cured, so that there will be no need
for anyone to use hydrant water, to
which there has been some objection in
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DEIX B. SCt I.I.Y FISHING AT HIS FRONT DOOR.
A rather unique way of obtaining recreation without the exertion of a
mountain trip or a tramp through the Woods Is ahown In the accompanying
Illustration. Dell B. Scully Is shown enjoying a pastime that Is constantly
available to the people of "Astoria that of fishing from one of the main bus
iness streets of that city. Mr. Scully Is seated In front of his place of busi
ness fishing from tha waters of the Columbia River underneath. The street
and business houses as well at this point are built upon piling.
the past. Thinning out the oak trees
on the camp-ground has resulted in a
heavier growth of foliage, and the grove
Is always shady, but much more roomy.
Those who come to the fair to camp
and stay through the whole week will
be sure of an enjoyable time.
The local street-caV company has been
putting In additional switches In order
to facilitate the handling of cars and
to avoid delay in transporting the
crowds to and from the Fair-grounds.
Before the opening of the fair the new
Portland-Salem Trolley Line will be
completed from Salem to Chemawa, thus
aiding somewhat in handling the State
Fair crowds and giving all fair visitors
an excellent opportunity to visit the
largest Indian school on the coast, and
one of the largest In the United States.
The fair opens Monday, September 10.
EXGIXES PART OF REAL ESTATE
Washington Supreme Court Passes
In Cases From Thurston County.
OLTMPIA, Wash., Aug. 29. (Spe
cial.) The Supreme Court holds that
the engines and practically all other
mJfchlnery and attachments connected
with the operation of a coal mine are
part of the real estate of such, mines,
and are not taxable as personal prop
erty, and that their sale for delinquent
personal taxes by the County Treas-
Sidney S'oue.
urer is null and void. These points
were decided in the Thurston County
case of Bartlett Doe, respondent, vs.
the Tenlno Coal & Iron Company, ap
pellants, and Isaac Blumauer, defend
ant, In a suit for damages and for res
titution of property taken from the
premises after their sale by the County
Treasurer for personal taxes delin
quent. The Supreme Court has affirmed the
case of the State of Washington, re
spondent, vs. Charles S. Williams, ap
pellant, from Snohomish County, a
conviction of the crime of attempted
burglary.
The case of the State of Washington
ex rel. Robert E- Strahorn, respondent,
vs. Jay E. Stout, as City Treasurer of
South Bend, has been affirmed.
Kit Carson Wins a Suit.
-SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 29. (Spe
cial.) W. F: ("Kit") Carson, who
came to Seattle from Portland to rep
resent the Rock Island's passenger in
terests, won a suit against the North
ern Pacific this morning, his third day
in town. A Jury in Justice Davis'
Leourt held the Northern Pacific had
no right to withhold three trunks for
the transportation of a child and or
dered the road to pay Mr. Carson $50
costs, beside restoring the trunks.
Mr. Carson was coming west over
the Northern Pacific recently with
three children. He paid fare for two
of them in Montana, but the conduc
tor demanded $14.60 for the third. He
paid it, but in some manner the fare
was applied to one of the other chil
dren, who had been given a half rate.
Then the railroad company seized Mr.
Carson's three trunks, demanded 55
cents storage fees and $14.50 for the
third child's fare.
Borah Confident of Victory.
LEWISTON, Idaho, Aug. 29. (Special.)
' W. E. Borah, Republican nominee for
United States Senators, who is in the
city tonight conferring with party
leaders, states that the prospects for
Republican success In the state ap
pear very bright. He predicts that
Gooding will be elected Governor by
at least 10,000 majority. Mr. Borah
expects to open his campaign in the
Northern part of the state September
15th.
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Alleged to Have Stolen From
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LITTLE HEIRS GO HUNGRY
Complaint Filed by Attorney Lynch
Declares Mother and Children of
Testator Were Left in Poverty
When Administrator Fled.
NORTH TAKIMA, Wash., Aug. 28.
(Special.) Many sensational disclosures
are made in the complaint filed by John
H. Lynch, attorney for the heirs of the
(Bartley Fallon estate, West Virginia,
against Henry J. Snively, one of the
most prominent attorneys and politicians
of Eastern Washington. Snively Is
charged with appropriating funds of five
Infant children, of whom he was ap
pointed guardian.
In 1880, the complaint states, Bartley
Fallon, resident of Grafton, W. - Va.,
died, leaving surviving him a widow and
five infant children. To the children was
left a life insurance policy of $10. Snive
ly was appointed guardian of the chil
dren. He was then a resident of Graf
ton, practicing law. He gave boncli al
leges the complaint, Ambrose Snively
and George W. Brown acting as sureties.
Soon after Snively's appointment,-it Is
alleged, the sureties failed in business
and Snively fled the state and kept in
hiding for years. During ail this time,
the complaint states, .'the mother and
children were In abject poverty, strug
gling the best they- might to support
themselves by hard labor." First the
mother died from overwork and priva
tion, and the son, the eldest, died of ty
phoid fever. He was followed by one of
his sisters, who, the complaint says,
"died, like her mother, fighting the battle
of poverty." The three young children
were left to do as best they could.
Computing interest on the above
amount the three remaining heirs, now
of age, are suing Snively for $4350.
Snively, when questioned regarding the
action, stated it was blackmail. Attor
ney Lynch, however, produces letters
from West Virginia persons, which go to
prove that the case of the heirs is based
on .firm ground. One of the letters,
signed by ten directors of the First Na
tional Bank of Grafton, and Indorsed by
Judge John At Hall, of the District Court
of that state, urged Attorney Lynch to
take' the case.
In 1892 Snively was nominated for Gov
ernor of this state on the Democratlo
ticket. The charges contained in the
complaint filed today were made against
him and published broadcast over the
state. To the publication of these
charges is generally attributed the cause
of his defeat, but he was beaten by a
small majority. There was great excite
ment here when the filing of the com
plaint and the character of the case be
came known.
ASSESSMENT IJT COLUMBIA.
Owners of Timber Lands Are Treat
ed Tenderly In Appraisement.
ST. HELENS, Or., Aug. 29. (Special.)
The County Board of Equalization has
Dlaeed the valuation of the Northern Pa
cific (22 miles) at $18,000 per mile; rolling
stock, $33,000; transfer steamer Tacoma,
$30,000: Astoria & Columbia River road
bed (30 miles). $10,000 per mile; rolling
stock, $31,200. Last year the Northern's
roadbed was assessed at $396,000, and re
duced by the board to $231,600. The rolling
stock was assessed at $22,880, and the
transfer boat at $30,000. The Astoria. &
Columbia River last year was assessed
at $270,000, and reduced to $232,000, and
the rolling stock at $16,500.
It is thought the figures this year will
stand as fixed by the Assessor, so that
the railroad companies this year will
pay on an increased valuation of $174,220.
As sidetracks have not been included In
the mileage, and as it is common knowl
edge that the roads are paying at least
six per cent interest on a valuation oi
$50,000 per mile, it will be seen that the
valuation is still extremely low.
Timber land, also, Is assessed at a ri
diculously low figure, in some instances
not one-tenth of what it would bring in
the open market. The Assessor alleges
that It Is impossible to make a true
assessment until the County Court pro
vides for a cruise of all the timber in the
cotyity.
PARRICIDE HAS A BABY'S FACE
Defense of Sidney Sloane Is to Be
Mental Irresponsibility.
SPOKANE, Wash.. Aug. 29. (Spe
cial.) Mental irresponsibility Is to be
the defense of Sidney .Sloane, the 17-year-old
boy who murdered his father,
James F. Sloane, yesterday. The de
fense is to try to show that the young
man is a mental infant, entirely unde
veloped mentally and morally.
The Coroner's aute'psy showed that
the father was eating at the time of
the murder. Partly masticated food
was found in his mouth. The boy
maintains his father was asleep. No
preliminary examination has been held,
and information is to be filed direct in
the Superior Court.
The boy looks little like a criminal.
fwith his rosy cheeks and glri-llke
complexion. The only thing about
him which savors of the criminal is
the nonchalance with which he appar
ently views the turn of events during
the past 24 hours. There are no tear
of repentance, no nervousness, nor Is
there any Indication that he is proud
of his crime. Absolute indifference is
about all there is to be seen.
LABOR DAY IS PROCLAIMED.
Washington's Governor Recommends
Suspension of Business.
OLTMPIA, Wash., Aug. 29. Speclal.)
Governor Mead today Issued two proc
lamations, one calling for the election,
November 6, of three members of the
House of Representatives of the United
States, and four members of the State
Supreme Court, and another proclama
tion designating Monday, September 3,
as Labor day. In the Labor day proclama
tion the Governor says:
And I recommend that on that day public
find private bus1ncs be suspended, so far as
ta consistent with necessity, and that the day
be observed in a ; suitable way, not only by
tho&e who labor with their hands, but by
men and women everywhere throughout the
state, whatever their fleld of labor or their
occupation.
CARNLVAL HAS MAXY FEATURES
Illuminated Marine Parade Will Be
a Sight to See.
ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 29. (Special.)
Judging from present indications all
of the regatta committee's plans are
working smoothly and there Is every
reason to believe that Queen Esther's
reign, which will begin next Thurs
day morning, will be one of the grand
est of Astoria's annual carnivals. En
tries are coming- in for the various
sailing, rowlnsr and other water events
and some spirited contests can be looked
for. Not the least among these will
be the races between the motor boats
of which therefare many on the lower
river and among whose owners there is
considerable rivalry.
The stock and kennel shows which
are entirely new features in connection
with the regatta are attracting con
siderable attention and the entries for
each are much larger than was anti
cipated. I
One of the prettiest sights during
the carnival will be the Illuminated
marine parade on the evening of the
second day. It will be participated in
by several hundred water craft of
various classes, all decorated and Illu
minated with myriads of electric lights
and Chinese lanterns. The course of
the parade will be a circle about the
tiarhnr ooDOslte the city so tfiat nearly
every craft in line will be in plain f
view from the granastana ana ion
wharves continuously.
Boy Sues Insolent Autolst.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Aug. 29. (Special.)
Adolph Hammer, who was knocked down
by Captain H. E. Caine's automobile late
Saturday night, and afterward assaulted
by Captain Calne, when he remonstrated,
began suit today for $12,000 damages
against the steamship man. Hammer is
18 years of age, and he alleges the assault
by Calne and Caine's machine has perma
nently injured him. Besides, his -feelings
were badly lacerated when Captain Calne
spat three times into his face.
Child Drinks Carbolic Acid.
ST. HELENS, Or., Aug. 29. Spe
cal.) The Infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Buchman, of this city, drank
carbolic acid from a bottle left care
lessly on a table, at an early hour yester
day. Irompt action by a physician saved
its life.
EVANGEL III THE iflE
WEALTHY RATHDHCM FARMER
CRAZED OVER PHRENOLOGY.
Caught by Neighbors on City's Lim
its and Forced to Don a
Horse Blanket.
SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 29. (Spe
clal.) Stripped of every vetige of
clothing, John P. Mattley, of Rath
drum, Idaho, started out yesterday to
evangelize the whole world. He rep
resenteil himself as a Messiah and se
lected the Kootenai County Hospital as
a likely field of usefulness.
Mattley was entering the city limits
when neighbors captured him. Much
against his will. Mattley was forced to
don a horse-blanket, and the authori
ties were notified. Sheriff Doust ar
rested the man and his sanity will be
investigated.
Mattley has been enthusiastic on
phrenology for months. He devoured
text-books on the subject and finally
made an exhaustive study of his own
bumps. This convinced him he was
cut out for a Messiah and his religious
beliefs Impelled the idea of nudity in
his ministrations. Mattley is a wealthy
and respected farmer.
HUNG FROM HIS SADDLE HORX
Drunken Indian Is Choked to Death
by Chain Necklace.
CTJLDESAC,' Idaho, Aug. 29. (Spe
cial.) Dick Sampson, an aged Indian,
committed Involuntary suicide at the
Caldwell place, about four miles from
here, last evening, by being hung from
the horn of his saddle by a chain
necklace he had about his neck. Samp
son started home drunk. On reaching
the domicile or a fellow red man he
Insisted on stopping there. The others
of the party went on, leaving the old
man alone.
In dismounting, the chain about his
neck caught over the saddle horn, and,
too drunk to recover his feet, he stran
gled to death.
Italian Cruiser Salutes Senator.
ASTORIA. Or., Aug. 29. (Special.)
The yachts Naiad, Gadfly, Synamox,
Corsair, Comet, Hoot Mon, Anona, Kan-a-Waka,'
Gismonda, Buster Brown and
Zephyr of the Oregon Yacht Club, ar
rived down from Portland during last
night to participate In the regatta
races tomorrow. The Gadfly was
slightly damaged by a heavy swell
while coming across; the bay, but she
was not sufficiently injured to pre
vent her from entering the races.
A formal visit was paid to the com
mander of the Italian cruiser Dogali
today by Senator Fulton and Mayor
Wise and as the Senator went on" board
a salute of 11 guns was fired In his
honor. Marquis Capomazza, captain of
the cruiser, has been appointed an
honorary vice-admiral of the regatta,
and his officers and crew will partici
pate In the regatta events. The
greater portion of the vessel's crew
will take part in the land parade
which will be held tomorrow after
noon. Forest Ablaze In Magnetic Park.
TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 29. (Special.)
A fire which threatens to destroy a large
tract of valuable timber is raging In
the forest in Magnetic Park, a ridge
which is overlooked by Paradise Park.
United States Engineer Ricksecker has
received word that about five acres has
been fcurned over, and the fire Is still
burning. A large force of men is at
tempting to confine the fire to its pres
ent limits, but there Is danger that it
may get beyond control.
Magnetic Park Is a favorite camping
place of mountain-climbers. As far as
the forest rangers know, there were no
campers there when the fire started, and
its origin is a mystery.
Idaho Democratic Committee.
BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 29. (Special.)
Chairman H. W. Lockhart, of the Demo
cratic State Committee, has announced
the names of the members of the execu
tive committee. They are:
Judice K. I. Perky, of Boise; C. H. Jack
son, of Boise; Ramsey M. Walker, of Kend
rlck: C. J. Bassett. of Boise; N. M. Eldredge.
of Pratello. Charles K Arney 1 secretary.
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LIVES OF 5IIXERS, OX TIIE
SKEEXA RIVER 'IX PERIL.
Call Has Been Sent for British Co
lumbia Militia to Quell
the Disturbance.
VANCOUVER, B. C. Aug. 29. The
Bablne River Indians, whose haunts are
near the headwaters of the Skeena River,
have revolted, and the rising Is of such a
serious nature as to have compelled a
call for the mtlltla. The operatives on
the Skeena River are declared to be
utterly unable to cope with the situation
and it is stated that unless a force of
military is rushed north with all possible
dispatch there is grave danger that mur
der may be done.
It is declared that a force of not less
than a hundred military is absolutely es
sential to the preservation of peace on
the Bablne and no smaller body will be
able to effect the arrest of the Indians,
who have become terribly excited.
Suicide to Avoid Jail Sentence.
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 29. -(Special.)
Deputy Sheriffs were told in Chehalis by
Steve Cramer, Lem Short's companion,
the night Short committed suicide, that
the latter killed himself because of ,i
fear that he would have to serve a five
year sentence imposed here for stealing
a horse at Kent. Short was suspected b
the Sheriff and County Attorney of com
plicity In the Great Northern hold-up on
October S of last year. He was trierl for
stealing a horse and wagon at Kent,
which was found near the scene of the
hold-up, and was out on ball pending a
decision on his application for a new
trial.
Cramer, tried here some time ago for
an assault on Patrolman Jacobs, was his
companion at Chehalis. Both were "hop"
fiends.
Fake Invalids at Seaside.
SEASIDE, Or., Aug. 29. (Special.) Dur
ing the past week Seaside has been over
run by fake invalids "who walked with
canes and presented begsing papers. Most
of these beggars walk with a limp and pre-
, tend to be suffering from some incurable
disease.
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