Morning Oregonian., December 21, 1906, Page 6, Image 6

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THE MORNING OREGONIAN. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1900.
ILL
FLIP,
TWO
YEARS
Will H. Thompson Broke Down
Under Strain of Work.
HIS BRAIN VMS AFFECTED
Tone of Voice Used by the Slayer of
Judge Emory Over Telephone
AV111 Have Much to Do
With the Verdict.
TACOMA, Wash., Dec. 20. (Special.) As
a further evidence of mental disorders
suffered by various members of his fami
ly. Will H. Thompson, father of Chester
Thompson, today admitted on the witness
stand that in 1902 he himself was so
striken, and that it was not for two
years that he was permitted by physi
cians to pursue his wonted work. This
was the culminating bit of testimony of
a day marked especially during the late
hours by sharp controversies between the
opposing counsel. This point is well made
for the defense and offsets in a measure
the first real victory for the state.
Just prior to this admission by Mr.
Thompson, General Vance had ftuctcdwl
I in getting ruled out much of the com
positions of Chester Thompson written
several years before the crime. Mr. Mor
ris, however, succeeded in getting before
the jury several poems of the defendant,
which directly tended to show the au
thor's love for Charlotte Whittlesey. Mr.
Thompson finished his direct testimony
today and the cross-examination, conduet-
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morning and probably consume the entire
day.
Silas M. Shipley, of the Seattle law
firm of Morris, Sothard & Shipley, Is
seriously 111 at the Donnelly Hotel with
uraemic poisoning. This is a serious mat
ter, as Mr. Shipley had made a special
study of insanity matters and Intended
to cross-examine the state's experts.
Mr. Thompson In telling the story of
his breakdown said:
' In 1601 I broke down under the" strain
of my work. I have always been of an
exceedingly nervous temperament and
was so overwrought that I consulted with
T)r. J. B. Sweeney, of Seattle. I grew
worse and in January, 1902. was ordered
South. I got as far as San Francisco,
when I again broke down and for several
weeks was in bed under a physician's
care."
"This testimony, on protest of the state,
was ruled out, but after a statement fvom
Mr. Morris the witness was allowed to
proceed and said:
"I suffered from brain trouble at that
time and It continued for a greater por
tion of two years. T resigned my posi
tion as counsel for the Great Northern
Railroad and stayed out of doors most
of the ilme, and finally the trouble en
tirely disappeared, and I began working
regularly about one year ago."
Mr. Morris then asked the witness if
he ever formed an opinion as to the sanity
or Insanity of the defendant, and Mr.
Thompson replied:
"t believed him Insane."
This was the last question put by Mr.
Morris and court adjourned. Upon the
Intonation and Inflection of one sentence
of a dozen words may depend the fate
of Chester Thompson. Whether he re
plied to Judge Emory's ultimatum over
the telephone In an angry, sneering and
threatening manner or whether his voice
was the same even, unemotional mono
tone that his family and friends had
known for years has a most important
bearing upon the case.
Daniel Kelleher declared on the witness
stand that Judge Emory told him on his
dying bed that a threat was borne in
Chester's expression, which Mr. Kelleher
conveyed to the court thus:
"Oh, Is THAT so? So you don't want
to see me."
On rro:s-examlnalion Mr. Kelleher gave
the quotation thus:
"Oh ho, is THAT soT So YOU don't
want m to come and see her."
This one sentence Is the only Important
point thus far In the murder trial that
Is in dispute. While the state, depending
upon Mr. Kelleher's quotation, insists
that Chester's answer bore anger, Mr.
Thompson declares that it was spoken
In the same low. quiet unemotional tone
that he habitually used.
Letters written by Chester Thompson,
on trial for the murder of Judge Meade
Emory, were introduced and Identified
tcday. One of the letters was td an
Eastern jewelry house, reading:
"Send three largest diamonds in stock.
Havo decided to Invest heavily In dia
monds this year. Will pay 2ft per cent,
and 10 per cent quarterly. (Signed),
'.'CHESTER THOMPSON."
O'.her letters showed orders for $100,000
worth of Jewelry. At the time young
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Thompson lacked sufficient money to buy
a postage stamp.
SCHOOIi BOYS HAVE FIGHT.
Regular Ring Battle or Twenty
Rounds Is Vicious.
COLFAX, Wash., Dec. 20. (Special.)
Immediately after school Tuesday after
noon, in the basement of the building oc
cupied by the Colfax Barber Shop and
the electric light offices of Cood oi lc
Kenzie on Main street, a 20-round boxing
contest was pulled off before 75 High
School students and prominent business
men. The fighters were-both High School
pupils. Norman Cairns, the 16-year-old son
of Jack Cairns, who conducts a dray line,
and Volney Canutt, the 16-year-old son
of Joseph Canutt, ..Sheriff of Whitman
County.
The fight at tiroes was b!er and was
called a draw by Referee Newton. Each
youth received considerable punishment,
which was evidenced by Bwollen eyes and
hands next day. The sparring match was
the culmination of a long-standing feud
between the boys . over differences in
school and out, the last being on the Ice
early in the Winter. The first 10 rounds
were swift and vicious, but at the end
the two boys were groggy and clinched
often.
FEMALE PLUNGER ENDS LIFE
Letter to Portland Man Asking for
Funds Is Not Answered.
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 20. (Special.)
Evelyn Buss, formerly a wealthy Nome
claim-owner and female plunger In min
ing properties, committed suicide here to
night because she was penniless and could
not recover jewels she had pawned. She
had written to Victor Gronar. of 1040
Burnslde street, Portland, for W0 to re
deem the jewelry and for money to join
him. Apparently he had made an effort
to raise the money and failed. When
this news came the woman drank a two
ounce bottle of carbolic acid, dying almost
instantly. ,
At one time Miss Buss owned mining
property. at Nome valued at $15,000 and
seemed likely to make a fortune. 'She
became extravagant when fortune smiled
and a great deal of her money was lost
in the north. Two months ago she came
to Victoria and six weeks ago to Seattle,
where her jewelry was pawned for liv
ing expenses.
BLACKSMITHS RAISE PRICES
Linn Farmers Must Pay for the 'Ad
vance in Steel and Iron.
ALBANY, Or., Dec. 20. (Special.)
Farmers of Linn County will now feel di
rectly the advance in prices of iron and
steel. All the blacksmiths of the county
met In Albany today and spent the after
noon effecting an organization for the
general welfare of the craft. Particular
among the steps included in "general wel
fare" is a material Increase in charges to
be made for blaeksmithlng.
The smithies maintain that prices of
Iron and steel have advanced so much
that an increased charge for work is ab
solutely necessary. At the close of the
session. whicn was secret, the assembled
blacksmiths sat down to an elaborate
banquet at the Imperial restaurant. O.
P. Dannalls. of Albany, and W. J. Moore,
of Brownsville, are respectively president
and secretary of the new organization.
REFUSES HOTEL LICENSE.
Goldcndalc Council May Cause the
Closing of Chief Hostelry.
GOLDENDALE, Wash.. Dec. 20. (Spe
cial.) The application for license for the
Central Hotel bar was turned down by
the City Council tonight. This action was
a surprise to the license people, as they
thought that the Council would be bought
by the vote at the recent city election,
but three members who were elected on
an entire license ticket last year held that
they were not bound by the vote at the
last election, in which the license proposi
tion carried by IS votes.
The management may close the hotel,
which would be a severe blow to the
town.
CONNOR MAY BE RELEASED
Coroner's Jury Derides Wife Died of
Gas Poisoning by Parties Unknown.
TACOMA. Wash.. Dee. 20. The Coro
ner's jury in the case of Mrs. A. C. Con
nor, who was found dead In her room,
returned a verdict that Bhe came to her
death by gas poisoning at the hands of
parties unknown. The probabilities are
Connor will be released from custody to
morrow. New Oregon Rural Carriers.
OKEGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Dec. 20. Rural carriers appointed
for Oregon routes: Dayton Route 1, John
T. Burch carrier, Everett E. McDonald
substitute: Kreewater Route 2, Henry D.
Staley carrier, Nancy M. Lawson substitute.
CRATER LUKE ROAD
Boise Capitalists Are to Com
, plete and Equip.
OPENS RICH TIMBER BELT
Med ford People Have Succeeded In
Laying Twelve Miles of Track,
but Ran Short of Money
for Rolling Stock.
MED FORD, Or., Dec 20. (Special.)
The Med ford & Crater Lake Railroad line,
extending from this city In a northerly
direction to Butte Creek, but originally
designed to afford an outlet to the timber
lands on the Big Butte, Is to be completed
and equipped for operation by Boise,
Idaho, capitalists, who have been Inspect
ing the line in the interest of Eastern
capital. At least this Is the substance of
a proposal made to the stockholders of
the road at a meeting of the Medford
Commercial Club last evening.
The company was organized by local
capitalists some years since, for the pur
poses as stated, and local capital to the
extent of $21,000 was invested in the enter
prise. After a long struggle the line was
completed for a distance of 12 miles to
Eagle Point, and the first train, a bor
rowed one. dedicated the completed sec
tion. For lack of funds to purchase the neces
sary equipment the road has never been
operated. The right of way. however, has
not reverted te the original owners, and
the 12 mllea of road completed Is fairly
serviceable. The road was originally cap
italized for $300,000, and it is believed the
projectors of the new enterprise are in a
position to control all stock outstanding
except the 21,000 Bhares held by local
stockholders, and which the projectors
ask as a consideration for completing and
equipping the line.
The Iowa Lumber & Box Company, a
Medford corporation, having large timebr
lnteresta on Butte Creek, has entered into
a contract for the delivery at Its mills In
this city of 4,000,000.000 feet of logs, this
contract being contingent upon the com
pletion of the road within one year. The
company will erect a large mill in this
city for the manufacture of its product,
and will employ 250 men with an annual
payroll of $1,500,000. There Is no doubt of
the successful outcome of the negotiations
now pending.
LEWISTON HAS HEAVY RAIN
Landslides Block Railroad in Clear
water Valley.
LEWISTON, Idaho, Dec. 20. (Spe
cial.) Landslides four miles east of
Ore Kino and near Peck made it im
possible for the Clearwater local to
reach this city today and the train due
here from Stites at 10:45 this morning
has ben canceled. Railway officials
cannot tell tonight whether It will be
possible to remove the obstructions to
morrow or not.
The slides were caused by heavy
rains which fell last night in all parts
of the Clearwater Valley. In the city
the rainfall up to noon was 1.07 Inches
in 24 hours, the heaviest rainfall on
record here with the single exception
of September, 1!05. During the greater
part of the day telegraph and telephone
wires were out of commission and the
city was practically shut,oft from the
outside world. Ihe sewers in the city
became clogged by surface water and
In soma instances this condition is
serious.
Seaside Development League.
SEASIDE, Or., Dee. 20. An organiza
tion has been formed here with the name
and motto, "Seaside Development
League." "A Greater Seaside," Dan J.
Moore is president. The league now has
75 members. At a recent meeting it was
unanimously decided and resolutions were
passed strongly urging the Clatsop dele
gation in the Legislature to lend their
assistance In procuring from the state
an appropriation of faOOO for the Investiga
tion of the Semple canal. an 3 harbor
project.
Santlam Bridge Has Settled.
ALBANY, Or., Dee. 20. (Special.) The
uncertainty and treachery of the Santlam
River was demonstrated today, when the
Southern Pacifiq train on the Woodburn
Natron branch was forced to abandon t;
road and make the run via Albany. The
bridge over the South Santlam River had
sunk two feet and was In a dangerous con
dition. This is the bridge that was put in
excellent condition after the recent floods,
but the continual changing of the banks
of the river caused the pink.
WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED AND PLACED ON SALE
DELAYED SHIPMENTS OF
A VERY HANDSOME AND EXCLUSIVE LINE OF GENTLEMEN'S TRAVELING BAGS in walrus, alliga
tor, pig and Spanish leather. Plain or with sterling silver fittings. We have priced these arrivals very low.
Buster Brown Cameras $2
Just glance through this
with good things. A delight to the Christmas seeker.
Cameras
Cloisonne
Cut Glass
Candelabra
Candlesticks
Albums
Art Pottery
Perpetuated Palms
French Perfumes
Manicure Sets
Electric Pocket Lamps
Christmas Decorations
Candles
A moment in our store will
service store. No tiresome
PRETTY GIRLS INTERESTED
iiETTETCS ARE RECEIVED FROM
DIFFERENT PARTS OF OREGON.
Members of Drilled Company Are to
Be Selected by Local Committees-
In Each C'onnt y.
M'MINNVILB, Or., Dec. SC. (Special.)
The commlttea organizing the company
of young women to be uniformed and
drilled for the excursion to the Jamestown
Exposition and the Kast are receiving
many ericouraging letters from different
parts of the tate.. Some of the aspirant
do not seem to understand the plan of
forming the company, and are sen'ding
their applications direct to the committee.
Some sond flrst-class Indorsements and
some offer to send photographs.
The young women will be selected by a
local committee from each county. Coos
County offers to send a girl or two. and a
quantity of buckskin to make the Indian
costumes.
SALES OF RIGHT OF WAV.
'Washington Iand Board Orders De
livery to Railroads.
OLTMPIA. "Wash.. Doc. 20. (Special.)
The state Board of Land Commissioners
today ordered sales to railroads of rights-of-way
as follows:
To Portland & Seattle Road, 13 acres In
Tcwls Cocnty, taction ltf. township 12 range
2 east, at $tio an acre.
To the Spokane Pend dOrl!le Kapld
Transit Company, 25 ai-rs In sot-tlon 86,
township 2'J, range east: for 08.fi.rt.
To the Chicago. MllwauUne & Bt. Paul, at
$10 an acre, in acres in Douglas County in
section 36, township 16, range 24 east.
To the Spokane & Britinh Columbia Rail
way, at $10 an acre, ten acres in section 345,
township 3, range 32 east. Ferry County.
To the Chicago, Milwaukee St. Paul, at
$10 an acre, 12 acres in section 3rt, town",
ship 16, range 23 east, Douglaa County,
DEAD OF THE NORXHAVEST.
Jlezeklah Stlpp.
OREGON CITY, Or., Deo. 20. (Special.)
Hezekiah Stipp, aged 84 years, died at
his home in this city last night. He waa
a native of Indiana, where he was bom
December 23. 1821. He crossed the plains
to Oregon from Danville, 111., In 1852.
There are five surviving children, four
sons and a daughter, as follows:
James H. and C, W. Stipp. of Little
White Salmon, Waeh.; Thad S. Stipp.
Liberal: LIvy Stipp, of this city, and
Mrs. Mary Deardorff, of Portland.
Aberdeen Grants a Franchise.
ABERDEEN. Wash.. Dec. 20. (Spe
cial. ) A franchise has been granted to
the Gray's Harbor & Puget Sound Rail
way Company to extend its tracks on
streets of this city. The granting of
the franchise was fought by the North
ern Pacific Railway Company. Agree
ments in the franchise are that the
company shall not dispose of Its In
terests to the Northern Pacific Com
pany nor that It shall in any way be
a feeder of that road. The terms of the
franchise are that the road shall be
completed In three years.
Cosmopolis granted a similar fran
chise and the Ho'qulani Council la ex
pected to pass one at its meeting next
Friday,
An offer of $130,000 cash has been
made to the city for the lease of Its
water plant for a term of 20 years.
Hood River Is Very High.
HOOD RIVER, Or.. Dec. 20. (Special.)
The Hood River is again in flood and
the water Is higher than It has been at
any time this Winter. Work along it has
had lo be abandoned and it Is expected
that considerable damage will be dona
by it before It subsides.
Several slides are reported on the Mount
Hood Railroad as a, result of the haavy
rains during the past 24 hours, and It Is
reported that the line of the O. R. -ft N.
near Viento is in. a precarious condition
and is being closely watched.
The new bridge of the Farmers' Irri
Sterling Silver Toilet, Dressin
Manicure and Brush
ear
list. It may help you remember, too, our gift-room, repleto
Triplicate Mirrors
Suitcases
Fine Umbrellas
Christmas Stationery
Pyrographic Outfits
Framed Pictures
Fountain Pens
Safety Razors
Shaving Sets
Sheafcan's Famous
partouts
Postal Card Albums
Silk Shades
Art Leather Pillows
Passe-
remove all your perplexities.
waits for change or package.
11 20 extensions;
gating Ditch that was about completed
and which was washed out by the flood
of a few weeks ago, was carried away
again this morning.
The structure was used for the pur
pose of carrying the flume of the ditch
company over the west fork of the Hood
River and will entail a loss or $3000. As
It. has been swept away twice in the last
few weeks the company sustains a loss
of JOGOO, In addition to the expanse it
will be under to rebuild It. The timbers
from the bridge passed through the city
about 10 o'clock this morning and went
out inio the Columbia, where they were
lost,
A r1s In the Columbia of several fnst
has also taken place, and it is expected
to reach a higher stage still before it
subsides.
Valnatlons in C'lntsop Connty.
ASTORIA. Or;, Dec. 29. (Special.) The
3906 assessment roll as equalized shows
the assessed valuation of property in
Clatsop County to be M.916.111 The as
sessment Is segregated among the various
classes of properly as follows:
Tillahle land. 4.W5.42 acres ..$ 52.14.1
NontllJaliie land, 4rt2,4.!!7 acre 2,1'J3.761
Improvements on deeded land 154,ft&T
City lots 1,1S(!,6S
Improvements on lotn 558.140
Improvements on lands not deeded.. 2X,4tSC
Miles railway, 68.5 213,875
Stiles telephone lines. MS ft.ftoS
Miles street railwaye. 3',a 4.900
Railway Rolling stock 36,050
IS team boots, etc t'-Vflfl
Merchandise 202.160
Farming Implement 13,205
Money - 64,200
Notes and accounts 7.200
Shares stock. I'kki 86.000
Household furniture 64,370
Horses and mules, 833 2S.U9B
cul. 4iR , S4.1MO
Sheep and goats, 1145 l.nST
Swine. S64 - IBB
Total .$4,910,112
Salmon Running jn Eel River.
ASTORIA, Or.. Dec. 30. (Special.) Re
ports received from Bel River, Cal.. state
that the run of salmon there at the
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For a loni time we have been studying the
problem of making a man's shoe which will with
stand these Northwestern winters, and still is com
fortable and stylish.
This shoe Is the result.
Instead of asing a heavy second sole of cork,
we have tjlven this shoe a stylish spade shaped ex
tension sole. Then between the inner sole and the
outer sole we have placed a layer of cork clip
pings and rubber cement.
This gives all the benefits of the cork sole, but
makes the shoe more flexible and certainly more
stylish looking.
If you have had trouble to find a winter
shoe that suits, ask your dealer to show you
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S
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Simplex Typewriters.
Ingersoll Watches
Art Brass
Loving Cups
Jardinieres
Tankards
Vases
Fern Dishes
Military Brushes
Physicians' Medicine Cases
Fever Thermometers
Japanese Bronzes
Ormolu Clocks
We have what you want at the right price. A quick
Canadian money taken at par. Use our phone Ex.
a perfect system.
Clarke
present time is unusually large and the
Tallant-Grant cannery and cold-storage
plant are getting all the Ash they caa
handle.
Purchase of Fine Mill Site. '
HOQUIAM. Wash., Dec. 30. (Special.)
James A. Karr. through his agent. J. 9.
McKee, today sold to the Poison Logging
Company JJ acres of land north of this
city on the Hoquiam River, the con
sideration being in the neighborhood of
$13,0X1. The foregoing company has been
two years In securing control of this land
which Is one of the beat rnlll siies on
the harbor. This will be usod as the
depot and yards of the Poison Bros. lag
ging Company, which contemplates build
ing from the woods to the city to con
nect with their South Bend-Centralla line
soon to be commenced.
Sirs, Carter Is Out on Ball.
HOQUIAM, Wash., Dpc. 30. (Special.)
United States Commissioner Seth War
ren today reduced the bond of Mrs. Nell
Carter, charged with tampering with the
United States mail, to JTiOO, which was
secured and ehe was given her liberty.
Mrs. Kva Hall, the other woman in the
case waa put under $100 bonds.
Many close friends of Mrs. Carter say
she is demented and her plea will prob
ably be insanity.
- Out of Woods for Christmas.
HOQUIAM, Wash.. Dec. 20. (Special.)
The loggers from the numerous camps
are beginning to come to this city to
spend the holidays. Over 1500 lumber
jacks will be in town by Saturday night
and they will have a great time-
Extensive Coal Land Purchases.
OLYMPIA. Wash., Dec. 30. (Special.)
Fifty-five instruments, mostly warranty
deeds, with an aggregate consideration
of about $3S0.00d, were filed here today
by John McN-eal, of Denver, whose narae
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Paul bv C. Gotzian & Co.
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THE GREATEST SHOWING
OF FINE
Leather
EVER PLACED BEFORE
THE PUBLIC
Wrist Bags
Opera Bags
Shopping Bags
Purses, Wallets
Card Cases
Cigar Cases
Music Rolls
Collar and Cuff
Boxes
Rollups If it's in
leather, we have it.
FREE, YOUR
NAME ON ANY
LEATHER
PURCHASE.
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appears as grantee. The conveyances
cover thousands of acres of undeveloped
coal lands near Bucoda and Tonlno. Mr.
McXeal Is believed to be representing the
Harriman Interests in the purchases, but
refuses to be interviewed.
Wallowa Has a Commercial Club.
WALLOWA, Or.. Dec. 20. (Special.)
The Wallowa Commerc!?' Club has per
fected an organization with the follow
ing officers:
C. T. McDanicl. president: Edgar Mar
vin, vice-president; Howard K. O'Brien,
secretary and treasurer.
The membership Is good, and the elub
starts with brilliant prospects. Quar
ters have been fitted up on the second
floor of Marvin & Rounsaville's new
building. The rapid development of the
town, the enormous resources of the
surrounding country, and the noed of In
telligent and systematic advertising ren
der the club a valuable acquisition to
the town.
Divorces Granted at Oregon City.
ORBGON CITT, Or.. Dec. 20. (Special.)
At a special adjourned se.'lon of the
Circuit Court today, Judse McBrida
granted divorces as follows:
William J. Riley vs. Mary C. Riley;
Ethel R. Ash vs. Arthur H. Ash, plain
tiff to resume maiden name. Roberts;
Thomas H. Purdy vs. Bdda Purdy, plain
tiff ordered to pay $20 per month each for
the support of two minor children until
they attain their majority.
An order of default was entered in the
divorce suit of J. S. Wilson vs. Ruth
Wilson.
A BARGAINWINDOW.
Corner West Park and Washington
streets. A -windowful of bargains. Every
article would make a beautiful Christmas
gift. Furs, waists, coats, silk petticoats,
kimonos, etc., all marked down to an
astonishing low price. Le Palais Royal,
375 AVashington stiept
since 1855.
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