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G THE MOBMKIt UKEUOMAN, "WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1906. FREIGHTS COLLIDE ON AN UP GRADE Light Train Rams the Heavy Train From Rear, Smash ing 'the Caboose. ONE BRAKEMAN IS KILLED Engine of the Light Train Now Hangs on Verge of a Forty-Foot Kmbankment on the Kdge of the Columbia. PEXDLETON, Or., Dec. 11. (Special.) One man killed and two badly Injur ed is the result of a rear-end collision between freight trains near Riverview, a small station 10 miles up the Colum bia from Umatilla, at about 4:20 this afternoon. The dead man is Ed F. Pol lock, a brakeman, from Starbuck, Wash. The badly injured are: Con ductors Boucher and Davison, from Umatilla, Or. Engineer Wade and a brakeman were also slightly injured. Freight train No. 21, in charge of Conductor Boucher, was pulling up the steep grade on a curve and at a snail's pare, when an extra freight, with only eight cars. In charge of Conductor Dav ison, crashed into her from behind. Pollock and Boucher were in the ca boose, which was literally torn to splin ters. The former was instantly killed, his fare being cut to pieces and his lower limbs torn loose from his body. Boucher was badly bruised about the head and Is injured internally. Davi son was standing up in the caboose of his train, and was hurled against the stove, receiving an injury to his back. The engine of the extra freight was thrown from the track and is hanging on the verge of a 40-foot embankment, shooting straight into the Columbia. Engineer Wade was hurled out of his cab and down this embankment almost to the water's edge, sustaining merely a cut foot. His fireman was thrown over the tank and escaped without a scratch. The wreck caught fire almost im mediately and the clothing of the dead man was burning when he was pulled from the wreckage. Practically all of the extra freight was wrecked, while several cars -of the regular were derailed and torn to pieces and the train itself cut into three parts. Trainmen say the collid ing engine is good for nothing but scrap iron. Pollock was an Oddfellow and evi dently a native of Canada, as he had a receipt for dues from Souris Lodge No. 2. Souris, Man. He was apparently about 35 years old and nothing is known of his relatives. A special train consisting of two cabooses brought the body of Pollock and the wounded con ductors to thl3 city tonight. The latter are In the hospital. Davison will prob ably recover, Boucher's recovery Is doubtful. TWO LINEMEN ARE RILLED Fall From Telephone Poles While Repairing Damages at Aberdeen. ABERDEEN, Wash., Dec. 11. (Spe cial.) Two fatalities to linemen work ing within two blocks of each other occurred this morning. The victims were James M. Dean, aged 28, who i-amo here recently from Tacoma. and Oscar Hansberry, whose relatives live In Hlllahoro, Wis. The men were re pairing telephono lines broken by last night's storm, and a crossed wire caused the death of Dean, while a few seconds later Hansberry supposedly slipped and fell a distance of ID feet. Dean was working with another lineman, who released his grip of the wire, but when he readied the ground lie struck on hl3 head. Hansberry also struck on his head and a splinter was driven in ills brain. The skull of each man was fractured. In the case of Dean it is believed ho could have re covered from the shock had he not fallen afterward. Both men were members of the Linemen's Union, and the local organi sation has taken charge of the bodies. The men were unmarried. In Dean's room was a letter written last -night to his fiancee in the Badger State. SUPERINTENDENT TO WHIP. Oregon City Principals Forbidden to Lay Hands on Pupils. ORKOON CITY, Or., Dec. 11. (Spe cial.) The board of directors of the Oregon City schools last night estab lished a rule directing that in the future all corporal punishment be in flicted by City Superintendent W. C. JlrKpp. Heretofore disobedient pupils have been punished by the principals of the two schools for any infraction of the rules. The new order is sweep ing, providing that neither of the two principals shall so much as lay a finger on a pupil. At the same time it is directed that punishment shall not In any case be inflicted until the day fol lowing the commission of the offense of which the fractious student may bo guilty, ad then the punishment shall be administered only in the presence of a witness. The board last night fixed the Christmas vacation to continue from .Friday evening, December 21, until Wednesday morning, January 2. CIUSHED BY ENGINE WHEELS Mirrman County Farmer Hangs to Pilot for Brief Moment. THE DALLES. Or., Dec. 11. (Special.) John Hull, a farmer of Sherman County, was crushed to death under an O. R. & N. switch engine on First street, near the company's yards hero. this afternoon. Whether Hull was walking on the track and was overtaken by the engine, or tried to jump upon the front step as it paftsed Is not known. The first seen of the unfortunate man, ho was clinging, to the front of the engine, dropping almost Immediately wider the wheels. He was about f5 years of ago and leaves a widow and several children near Wasco. Sile for Eugene PoMofflee. ' EUGENE. Or., Dec. 11. (Special.) Word came today that the Government had selected the William Renshaw lot at the corner of Sixth and Willamette for the new postoffice site. The lot Is 160x160 and two blocks south " of the Southern Pacific depot on the main street of the city. The price paid by the Government was $6000, but Mr. Renshaw will receive $5000 additional by the owners of property in the near jiiclnlty who believe their property greatly increased In value by the se lection. One advantase of the site is that It will be passed by all visitors to the city and will add greatly to the ap pearance of the town nearest the depot. Concert Tour Arranged. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, Or., Dec. 11. (Special.) Arrangements have been completed for the annual concert of the University of Oregon Glee and Mandolin Clubs. The fol lowing dates have been arranged: Salem, December 14; Albany, Decem ber 15; Eugene, December 17; Rose burg. December 19; Medford, December 20; Ashland. December 21; Grant's Pass, December 22; Portland, January 4. Professor Irving M. Glen will ac company the clubs and will appear on the programme of each concert. Islesworth Arrives at Aberdeen. ABERDEEN. Wash., Dec. 11. (Spe cial.) The steel steamer Isleworth came Into port today, finding easy sail ing. She was docked at the Slade Mill Company plant and will take away for Australia nearly 2.000,000 feet of lum ber. The Isleworth. is as large as the Black Heath, which attracted much at tention when she reached this port a short time ago. Sale of the Steamer Bee. ABERDEEN, Wash., Dec. 11. (Spe cial.) The new steamer Bee, built In the yards here last year, has oeen sold to the Western Transit Company, com posed of Aberdeen and San Francisco people, and will be used for the trans portation of lumber between tiere and San Francisco exclusively. The pur chase price was $80,000. AT FOURTEENTH ANNTTAL MEETING TO LAST TWO DAYS. Commercial Club Keeps Open House and the Delegates Are Given a Warm Reception. ASHLAND. Or., Dec. 11. (Special.) The 14th annual meeting of the Oregon Dairy men's Association convened at Ashland today for a two days' session. The Ash land Commercial Club kept open house for the delegates and gave them a hearty reception, the Ashland band joining In the welcome. An informal programme wag given at the Commercial Club rooms upon the arrival of the train from the north at 11 o'clock this morning. Presi dent M. F. Eggleston making a brief ad dress of welcome, which was responded to by Dr. Withycombe. F". L. Kent, A. T. Buxton and H. H. Williamson, on behalf of Uie dairymen. This afternoon's programme opened with a formal address of welcome from Mayor G. S. Butler, of Ashland, followed by the annual address of President H. West, of the association. State Dairy Commissioner Bailey discussed "Better Cows and How to Obtain Them." Dr. Withycombe discussed the problems of dairying operations on high-priced lands. W. J. Dean, of Talent, talked about Southern Oregon dairy feeds, notably the alfalfa of universal consumption here. "The Necessity of Clean Milk" was the subject of an address by L. B. Ziemer, of Tillamook, which concluded the after noon programme. ALL BILLS PAID PROMPTLY Work Is Progressing in the Drain Coos Bay Railroad. DRAIN, Or., Dec. 11. (Special.)-C. E. loss, president and manager of the C. E. Loss Company, is in Drain today looking after his interest in connection with the Drain-Coos Bay Railroad. Reports that accounts against the company were not being paid seem to be without founda tion. All bills have been promptly paid. Construction work has not been Inter rupted and work is being actively prose cuted on three tunnels and along the line so far as Winter conditions will permit. Cadet Appointed From Alaska. UNIVERSITY OP WASHINGTON, Seattle, Dec. 11. (Special.) George E. Wilkinson has been appointed to the Naval Academy at Annapolis by Dele gate Waskey, of Alaska. Wilkinson is now a sophomore at the University of Washington. He is 18 years old and did most of his High School work at Nome, taking his senior year, in the Seattle High School. He is a member of the Sigma Ku fraternity and an excellent student and has the distinction of being the first cadet ever appointed to the Naval Academy from Alaska and the only cadet ever appointed from Alaska ex cept Dan Pullen, the football player, 1.-5 i v mm C. Roberts, Recently Appointed Fruit Inspector of I.lnn County. who was appointed last year to West Point by President Roosevelt. Engineer Dies at Post. NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C, Dec. 11. (Special.) James Gillis, a prominent young engineer of this city, was found dead at his post on the steamer Magnet. The young man was subject to heart disease, to which his death is ascribed. The boat was under way and the cap tain gave a signal bell to the engineer, but getting no response, he rushed to the engineroom and found the engineer dead at his post. Dies From Wound In Head. VANCOUVER. Wash., Dec. 11. While taking a candle from a drawer in the Old Kentucky Home saloon, late last night. Roy Long dropped tho drawer to the floor. A revolver which lay beside the candle was discharged, the bullet striking Long in the head. He died later at the hospital. Long was 24 years old, an ex-soldier and had long been a hanger-on about saloons. There's nothing like Hood's Sarsaparilla for keeping blood pure and giving real strength. L. v. JOTS . -bk.-;v.: BUTTLES FOR SOI Will H. Thompson Accuses Prosecution of Unfairness RETORT COMES VERY SHARP Judge Snell Orders 50 More Names Drawn, and It May Be Friday Before the Trial Jury Is Selected. TACOMA. Wash., Dec 11. (Special.) After exhausting the special venire drawn last Friday for trial jurors in the Chester Thompson case. Judge Snell today ordered 50 more names drawn. The result of the inquiry to day was that, after the examination of 13 veniremen, 10 were excused and PRESIDENT OF THE CLACKAMAS COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. Dr. T. E. Beard. OREGON CITY. Or., Dec. 11. (Special.) Dr. -T. E. Beard, newly elected president of the Clackamas County Horticultural Society, re turned only recently to his former -place of residence from Grants Pass, where he had been located for the last two years. Dr. Beard is. a practical horticulturist and is asso ciated with his brother, Wil liam Beard, in the management of a large Tarm near this city, several acres of which are given to an' or chard. three passed for cause. The state ex hausted four of its six challenges, and the defense six of its 12. The slow progress being made toward the selection of the jury means that it will now be Thursday night or Friday, if then, before the trial Jury will be obtained. The answers of those summoned to the jury box today show that the details of the case have been read and that many persons in Pierce County have formed fixed opinions. There was another" flash today. In dicative of the coming legal storm, when for the first time the state took exceptions and refuted the statement of Will H. Thompson, father and associ ate counsel for the accused. Kenneth Mackintosh, the prosecutor of King County, objected to what he claimed to be extraneous remarks interposed by Mr. Thompson, and asked the court for a definite ruling. This has so far been the most tense situation of the trial. Standing by the side of his accused son, Mr. Thompson, during the ex amination of Venireman L. L. Thorpe, bitterly accused the state of seeking an unfair advantage over the defend ant. Attorney Miller replied In kind, rebuking Mr. Thompson and upholding the attitude of the state. The situation was developed by the misapprehension of the purport on both sides of the direct testimony of Mr. Thorpe. He said he had formed a strong opinion as a result of his ob servation of insane persons. He was challenged by the state. The defense denied it, and the state then withdrew the challenge, and Prosecutor Harvey asked him how he had reached an opinion. "My opinion was formed by past ex periences with the insane.". Why should your experience create a prejudice?" "From my association 'with Insane persons I have formed a strong feeling against the plea of insanity." The questions and answers followed interrogations by the defense, it ap parently hoping to retain what seemed to be a friendly juror, but it developed that he was not friendly. . The defense then made an attempt to enforce the challenge Interposed by the state, and the prisoner's father. In a brief and emphatic statement to the court, ob jected to what he declared was an un fair spirit on the state's part. Attorney Miller denied it. He de clared the defense had taken aJiazard and should abide by the results if it were disappointed. Further argument was stopped by the court. Eleven men are In the jury box, but some of them may be excused on the challenges of the attorneys. In all 6$ men have been drawn for this jury, and 45 have responded and undergone examination. The defendant's wit nesses have been excused until Mon day morning. The state's witnesses were excused until 10 o'clock Friday morning: Among the names drawn from the Jury box today were those of Alex ander Baillle, the grain exporter, and George S. Long, th millionaire lum bermen. The court has taken a recess until 5 o'clock tomorrow, when the Sheriff will make his report. LOSERS BY INDEPENDENCE Farmers Only Later Day Producers , Who Have Not Combined. ASHLAND. Or.. Dec. 11. (Special.) A. T. Buxton, of Forest Grove, president of Grange No. 1. urged the necessity of organization among the dairymen of Ore gon at tonight's meeting of the state as sociation, saying that the farmer was the only producer of the present day who continued to assert his individuality in his occupation and this to his financial loas. W. II. Chapln. of Portland, talked about proper packing, and started a general discussion upon this and kindred sub jects. The feature of the evening was an ad dress by E. H. Webster, chief of the dairy division of the Department of Agri culture. He pointed out the responsi I 5- T- L p v. V j? : bility of the individual dairyman for purity of dairy products and pleaded with him to do his part as nature has done hers. There is demand for oleomargarine and process butter, he says, only when the consumer fails to get the unadul terated product pure and sweet. COLLISION' WITH LOG TRAIX Engineer of Northern Paciric Train May Die of Wounds. SEATTLE, Wash.. Dec. 11. (Special.) Train No. 3, of the Northern Pacific, bound from Seattle to Bellingham, col lided with a trainload of logs near Edge comb, three miles from Arlington, at 7 o'clock tonight. Engineer Gilkey was se verely injured, and the latest reports from the Arlington Hospital, where he was car ried, indicate that he will die during the night. Fireman Armstrong escaped with a sprained shoulder. The only injury suffered by the passen gers was being thrown against the seats. Those injured were: .Mrs. Edith Farmer, of Slsco, Wash.; Mrs. Lincoln, of Ellens burg; J, B. John, of Sedro-Woolley. Ex press Messenger Cleveland escaped with out injury. No explanation of the cause of the wreck is given at the local office of the Northern Pacific Railway Company, ex cept that in some inexplicable manner the train of car3 loaded with logs slipped from the side switch down upon, the main track. Tanner Must Make Answer. SALEM, Or., Dee. 11. (Special.) The Supremo Court today overruled the de murrer in the A. H. Tanner disbarment case and gave Tanner ten days in which to file an answer. Bfly PLAYS WELL AT CARDS CELLMATE TESTIFIES COXCERJf. IKG SLOAKE'S CONDUCT. Testimony to Be Given This Morning Is Expected to Be of a Sen sational .Nature. SPOKANE, Wash.. Dec 11. (Spe cial.) In the Sloane trial today the prosecution threw a bombshell into the camp of the defense that evoked a storm of protest. Attorney Robertson demanded that the court Issue an order to allow Dr. J. M. Semple to examine the boy In his cell, and argued if the prosecution was to be allowed the right to introduce testimony on the boy's sanity from observations made by his cellmate since his imprisonment., the defense also had the same right.' Judge Huneke refused to issue the order. Many regard the testimony of Wit ness Mitchell, who will be heard to morrow morning, as extremely impor tant. It is rumored that Sloane has told much more than is for his good to the men who have shared his cell with him. and that this will be brought out today in the testimony of his cell companion. Mitchell, with two other prisoners, Robinson and Chesterfield, has occu pied the same cell with Sidney Sloane since the opening of the trial and for varying times before it. After Mitchell had described in detail the construc tion of the cells and berths he was asked about the prisoners' manner of passing away the time. He replied that they usually played cards. He was soon led into testifying that young Sloane was a fairly skillful card player; that he had more than average success with the other pris oners in the games played. Mitchell was asked about the books young Sloane read, and replied that the latter had commented but little upon them, except to say that one or two were "good stories." BRYAN COMIXG IX JANUARY Democratic Leader Will Visit Salem During the Legislature. ALBANY, Or., Deo. 11. (Special.) Wil liam Jennings Bryan, of Nebraska, leader of the Democratic party and Presiden tial candidate, will about January 15, 1907, come to Oregon, and will watch the working of the Legislature of this state. Senator Milt A. Miller, of Linn County, stated today that Mr. Bryan would be here on the date stated. Senator Miller has been in correspondence with Mr. Bryan. The Nebraskan informed Mr. Miller that he would address the stu dents of the State University at Eugene, and would spend a brief time in Port land. When the Senator called - Mr. Bryan's attention to the fact that the State Legislature would be in session at that time, Mr. Bryan promised to stop at the state capital and watch the work ings of the legislative body. "Mr. Bryan likes Oregon, was given an enthusiastic reception on his former visits to the state, and merely desires to visit Oregon again," said Senator Miller. "He will be accompanied by his wife on this oc casion." The Senator further stated that plans for this Western trip of Mr. Bryan have not been definitely arranged. "Neither can I say whether Mr. Bryan will make a stop in Linn County on his visit," said Mr. Miller. On both of Mr. Bryan's for mer Western tours, when he addressed the people of Linn County in behalf of his candidacy for President, Mr. Bryan spoke at Ijcbanon and was the guest of Senator Miller in his home at that place. The Senator and 3Ir. Bryan are warm personal friends. PINCHOT COMIXG TO IDAHO Opportunity Given Residents to Ob ject to Forest Reserves. BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 11. Some time ago W. E. Borah wrote Gifford Pinchot, chief forester, asking him to pay a visit to Northern Ihado, for the purpose of giving the people In that section an opportunity to consult him about the forest reserves and present their objections. He has re ceived a reply from Mr. Pinchot saying he will make the proposed visit at an early date. Mr. Borah said tonight he had asked Mr. Pinchot to meet the peo ple in that section to get a, hearing. "It those who are vitally interested," he said ''present the matter to the man who must 'be convinced before any change of policy is adopted. At least no harm can come of it, and much good may." ALBANY CARLIXE IS SOLD. AVlllamette Valley Traction Company Said to Be Purchaser. ALBANY. Or., Dec. 11. (Special.) Albany's streetcar line was formally transferred to Portland capitalists today. The deed was made to a local attorney For Infants and Children. Th3 Kind You Ha?3 Always Bought Bears the Signature of THE BEST $3.00 Christmas Gift A Year's Subscription to Scribner's Magazine A handsome certificate of sub scription furnished Free. If you subscribe now the first issue will be mailed for delivery on Christ ma Day. as trustee, and the new owners are said to be the Willamette Valley Traction Com pany. The consideration was JS00O for a single track from the Southern Pacific depot to and through First street, and for the franchise of the company to con struct lines on the streets of the town. This franchise is for eight years exclu sive, at which time it becomes a fran chise of unlimited duration, but not ex clusive. It Is announced that the new company will within a year electrify the road in Albany, make numerous extensions to various parts of the city and outlying suburban localities, and will lay lines to Corvallis, Eugene, and other towns tributary to Albany. This is to be a part of the general system of electric rail ways that is to band together the towns of the Valley and connect the whole with the city of Portland. Plan Fair for San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 11. Fifteen citizens yesterday formed a corporation to be known as the Pacific Ocean Exposi tion Company, which plans to give a mammoth fair in 1913 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the Pacific Ocean by Balboa, and the completion of the Panama Canal. The joining of the two ideas is by the pro moters deemed especially appropriate, as It was after crossing the isthmus that the navigator first looked upon the Pacific. The organization is capitalized at $5, 000,000. Clerk and Money Missing. SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 11. W. W. Rus sell, clerk in the Hotel Shirley, has dis appeared, and with him is missing $1050, taken from the hotel safe. or this amount $550 was money belonging to hotel guests, left In the safe for safe-keeping. The other money belonged to Mrs. Lilly Blade, proprietor of the hotel. Court in Session at Albany. ALBANY. Or., Dec. 11. (Special.) Judge William Galloway at 1 o'clock to day convened Department One of the State Circuit Court in an adjourned ses sion to hear arguments in several suits that were tried at the last session, and to grant orders. Elected Chief by One Vote. ALBANY, Or.. Dec. 11. (Special.) In a hotly contested firemen's election C. N. McKey, of Albany Engine Company No. 1, was elected chief engineer of the whole department over Frank Watson, of Linn Engine Company No. 2, by a bare ma jority of one vote. Commits Suicide at Sea. SEATTLE, Dee. 11. John Smith, a pas senger on the steamship Umatilla, com mitted suicide by shooting himself soon after the vessel sailed from San Fran cisco three days aito. U-pon the arrival of I I Hill Illlill 1 mppjii mmmjm Ufa ft . jmti I If PCrf fc Ll A discriminating' smoker never grows tired of these high-cIass,'moutn piece cigarettes. 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The mill's fire apparatus saved the mill and adjacent storehouses. Violent Storm at Hoquiam. HOQUIAM, Wash.. Dec. 11. (Special.) The third violent wind storm in as many weeks has Just swept this city, and for the second time in a month the city water supply haa been cut off and the manufac turing plants forced to close until the mm i m:, i i iq fi Several carloadn of thene pianos old cstabliiihcd make $177, or S1S for he fancier ntylen. Small denlerM rll thene tor S300 ami t:(r, damaged flume, which was broken by a falling tree, is repaired. The roof of the west side of the huge shed at the ship yards was blown off, shingles being scat tered for several blocks arounU. Ml 1 to m .ii vr ; V3