6 THE MORNING OREGONIAN. SATURDAY. MARCH 23, 190T BOISE JURY HAS INDICTED FOUR Lewiston People Are Believed , to Be Again in Toils of . Federal Law. CONSPIRACY IS THE CHARGE Sensations Are Expected When Court Makes Public the Names, Two of Whom Have Been Formerly In dicted Land Fraud Cases. BOTSE. Idaho, March 22. (Special.) The United States grand Jury returned several Indictments today. The 'officers of the court refuse to give out much evidence as to the number, but information secured from the Inside indicates there were four. There is no certainty about the indict ed men, but they all seem to be Lewiston people. Two of the men to whom indi cations point were already under indict ment, but the other two were not. They are land-fraud cases, a part of the same set that were previously investigated. It is thougrht two men have been indicted for conspiracy, perhaps all of them. One of the witnesses who was here from 'Lewiston, made the statement while in Boise that the public might look out for very sensational movements about the end of this week, but the officials .of the court are determined to keep whatever sensation there is covered up for the time being. KJUXTS OX THE" GALLOWS Condemned JIan Loses Conscious ness as He Kisses Crucifix. WALLA WALLA, Wash., March '. 22. (Special.) At 6:30 o"clock this morning-. Fred Miller, convicted of killing his best friend. Fred Dirk, of Castle Rock, was hanged at the peni tentiary in this city. . Before the noose was adjusted and the trap sprung, he had completely collapsed and was executed in an un conscious condition. Miller bore up bravely till almost the last moment and walked to the scaffold with a firm step, but on kiss ing the crucifix, held before him by Father Loeffler, he lost consciousness nnd had to be supported until he was hurled into eternity. He left at the hands of Father Loeffler. a letter to be forwarded to his sister in Russia and also a watch which the same sister pre sented him with before he left the Baltic and requested that it be re turned to her. he made no confes sion, but persisted in asserting his innocence till the end. Only the jail officials and five news 'paper men were present, the Warden refusing to grant permits to officers and visitors, as has been the custom in other hangings, untiU the wali was literally lined wtth men, who desired to witness the execution. Mr. Kincaid characterized the execution as the most successful one he had ever known. The body will be buried in tlje jail yard, the man having no relatives to care for it. FLOtn MILLS MAY BE CLOSED Impossible to Secure Wheat for Grinding Purposes at Tacoma. TACOMA. Wash.. March 22. (Special. ,1'nless the grain receipts increase during the coming month, the flour mills of Puget Sound will close down altogether or will take some decisive action to re lieve the situation. The local mills have only been running about half of the time and a prominent mill man stated today that the situation has not grown one whit better since last Fall. "Our mill," said he, "runs semi-oeea-sionally, that Is, whenever we can get flour to grind. The railroads have prom ised us all kinds of relief and have been promising since last Fall. The conditions are unchanged. The millers will either close down their plants or will take gome drastic action toward remedy. "Through freight is coming into the city by the trainloads and during the .past few weeks thousands of bales of cotton have been unloaded at the Oriental dock for the steumers. No grain, however, comes from east of the mountains.' The grain shippers are also complaining that the situation could hardly be worse. Fhips have been waiting in the bay for months for cargoes which should have been loaded In a few weeks' time. TAKES CHAIR OF BIOLOGY. Charles O. Chambers Is New Profes sor at Pacific Vnlvcrsity. PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, Forest Grove. Or.. March 22. (Special.) P rotessor Charles O. Chambers, of Georgetown Col lege, will fill the vacancy of J. C. Brid well. who ha accepted a position at Corvallis. Professor Charles O. chambers will occupy the chair of 'biology. Mr. Chambers is a man of experience and comes to Pacific highly recommended. He graduated from the University of In diana in 1001, when David Starr Jordan wm president of that institution, and did special work in biology under him. He has studied several months in Wisconsin and Chicago Universities, Is a candidate .for a Ph. D. from the latter place. All of his special work has been in biology snd he was in the employ of the United States Fteh Commission in Kentucky and Tennessee. For the past two years Pro fessor Chambers has been acting head of the biological department of Georgetown College of Tennessee. LECTCRES TO THE STVDEXTS Governor Chamberlain Cordially Re ceived by People of Philomath. PHILOMATH. Or.. March 22. (Special.) Governor Chamberlain lectured before the students of Philomath College and citizens last night, upon the subject. "Modern Legislators and Legislative Methods." He talked for an hour and a Muarter. and spoke freely and forcibly UDOJt methods employed by Legislators who are subser'ient to corporations and other interest opposed to popular free dom. He briefly reviewed the political history of the United States, showing how the people unconsciously and care Itvslv lost their political freedom to con ventions and bosses, and how they are now beginning to get it back through the primary jaw and referendum. . In the course of his audress. Mr. Cham berlain spoke at length upon features of the Inst legislative session, showing how different bills were worked through, re gardless of the best Interests of the tax payer. He explained his reasons for ve toing many of thebills. At the close of the address the faculty and students of the Institution presented him with a valuable - oil painting of a campus scene of Philomath College as a memento of his visit and in lieu of cash remuneration, which was refused. Previous to the lecture at 4 P. M., the business men of the city gave an infor mal reception and luncheon in his honor at the Central Hotel. STORY IS DENIED IX EUGEXE Xo Effort by University to Eight Ag ricultural College Fund. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eusenc. Or.. March 22. (Special.) There is no truth in the report published in a Port land evening paper to the effect that friends of the University of Oregon in Lane County and elsewhere intend to call a referendum upon the Agricultural Col lege appropriation bills and upon bills ap propriating money for other state insti tutions. The story in the evening paper suggested that friends of the University of Oregon' would retaliate in the event of the referendum upon the University bill by demanding a referendum upon Certain other bills. The report is altogether without foundation, and was never heard of until this evening's papers arrived from Portland. The University people deny most em phatically that any such movement is on foot. It Is the general belief here that there will be no referendum upon the University bill. OF IS AVERAGE OF ' CASE A DAY IK CITY OF SEATTLE. Other Parts of State Report Like Occurrence Three Dead at Xorth Yakima. SEATTLE, Wash., March 22. An average of nearly one death every day this month has Ijper caused in Seattle by cerebro spinal meningitis, accord ing to the records of the Health Office. Up to yesterday there had been 20 deaths from ,tlie disease, and the epi demic shows no signs of abating. Twenty-five deaths were caused by it during February, and physicians of the city are powerless either to check its spread or to save the victims of the disease. Death has ensued on an average of five days after the first attack. With many the end has come in less than 24 hours; others have expired in five or six hours. ASTORIA REPORTS A VICTIM Alfred Anderson. Member Lightship Crew, Dies or Meningitis. ASTORIA. Or., March 22. (Special.) Alfred Anderson, for several years a member of the crew of the Columbia River lightship, died at the hospital in this city this morning after a short illness with spinal meningitis. The deceased was a native of Guttenberg, Sweden, 30 years of age and unmar ried. FOUR CASES AT YAKIMA. Three Have Been Fatal and Fourth Is Sow in Hospital. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. March 22. (Special.) With three dead this week and a fourth victim taken to the hospital this morning and now in a hopeless condition, it is believed that there is a well defined epidemic of cerebro-spinal meningitis, in this city. Many people are ill with the disease, the most prominent being City Engineer W. J. Marble. Case at Caslle Rock. CASTLE ROCK, "Wash., March 22. (Special.) Dorothy Chlsm, daughter of W. H. Chism. an old resident of the Tou tle country, died Wednesday morning of cerebro-spinal meningitis, aged a ' little over 10 years. AFTER DATA OX IXITIATIVE Massachusetts Institution Sends Here for Information. SALEM, Or., March 22. (Special.) Professor George H. Haynes. instructor in political science in Worcester - Poly technic Institute, of Worcester. Mass., has written an important letter to Secre tary of State Benson, which has been made public today. It reads: I am Interested in getting data as to tha working of the Oregon Initiative and ref erendum. A stock argument against such modes of legislation here in the Kast Is that It puts questions to decisions of majorities who know little of real Issues involved. There Is no ptate. American or foreign, which has taken such pains as has Oregon to avoid this by giving each voter ample opportunity to inform himself as to the matters to be voted upon. At least, so I Judge from the reading of the law. Secretary Benson will furnish full data and other information asked by Profes sor Haynes. which is to be used by the classes In debating direct legislation. CHAXGES IX STATE HOUSE T Architect Preparing Plans for Xew Offices in Capitol. SALEM. Or.. March 22. (Special.) D. T. Neer. a Portland architect, arrived to day and is engaged in examining the third floor of the 6tate House, with a view of drawing plans and specifications for the changes to be made in the old library section on the upper floor. Mr. Neer is not prepared to give out any details of the changes to be made, but provision will be made in new rooms In that wing of the building for the Attorney-General, so that he can be closely associated with the Supreme Judges and the Clerk of the Supreme Court. State Engineer Lewts will probably move his quarters to Mr. Crawford's of fice downstairs, and a change is talked of in the location of the Corporation De partment. Twenty-five thousand dollars was appropriated by the late Legislature for the repairs and changes to be made in the State House. Wood bum Horse Show Saturday. SALEM, Or.. March 22. (Special.) Extensive preparations are being made for the county horse show to be held at Woodburn Saturday. Over CO high bred horses have been entered, and many are daily coming In. The stalls at the fair grounds are all 'full, and new quarters are being established for the animals. An excellent programme, consisting of music, speaking and the awarding of prizes, is being prepared. United States Senator Fulton will be the orator of the day. and a large crowd Is expected to attend from all over the county. K1SER PHOTO CO. Scenic Photoa Lobby Imperial Hotel. Cathartic or purgative pills do more harm than good. Carter's Little Liver Pills do only good, but a large amount of hat. Only one pill a dose. WDULn DUST DUBOIS Idaho Democrats Plan to Overthrow Their Leader.. BALK ON MORMON PLANK Willing to Compromise on This Is sue, but Keftise to Make It Leading Feature of Fight In the Gem State. BOISE, Idaho. March 22. (Special.) Tt developed that the anti-Dubois Democrats are laying plans to secure control of the party. Arrangements are being- made for a conference of the leaders of that wing of the party irt. Boise soon after the city election, letters have already been sent out to prominent anti-Dubois men throughout the state to secure their co operation, and it Is expected the forth coming' conference will be largely at tended. One of the leaders in the movement said tonight they were willing to compromise on the Mormon question,' they would as sent to the incorporation of a plank on the Mormon subject in the platform, but say it should not be made the sole issue. This man said, the purpose was to de pose Dubois as leader. Several others have expressed somewhat similar views, but some hold Dubois and his entire Mormon programme must be thrown out. JURY GOES AGAINST COVRT Contrary to Instructions of Federal Judge, Us Verdict Is Not Guilty. TACOMA. Wash, March 22. (Spe cial.) In the .Federal Court today the jury In the case of the United States against Kdward Olson, charged with soiling whisky to a Qulnault Indian, returned a verdict of not Ruilty.. The jury retired at 4 o'clock yesterday aft ernoon and sealed its verdict two hours later. The remarkable feature of the trial of Olson was that there is no evidence Introduced for the defense and the sell ing of the whisky was proved. The only point at issue was whether the Indian Was a citizen, and Judge Han ford soundly reprimanded H. R. Lee, attorney for Olson, for arguing to the jury that such was the case. The court practically instructed the jury to convict, but the jury found to the con trary. This afternoon the case of the Gov ernment against O. II. Smith, charged with buying an Army blanket from a soldier at Vancouver Barracks went to trial before a jury. SURVEY FOR KLECTRIC L.IXE Xew Railway Is AVorking for an En trance Into Salem. SALEM. Or.. March 22. (Special.) The work of building the new electric line from Portland to Salem is beginning to assume tangible shape at a point near Garden Home, where a force of the com pany's surveyors are quietly at work on the proposed branch of the Oregon Elec tric Railway company's line to this city from the metropolis. Right-of-way agents arrived In this city last night, and are looking over the coun try with a view of securing the best lo cations for the proposed line through the Willamette Valley. When asked how the company's cars would get into Portland, one of the men said that they had as good as secured a franchise of their own, and would go in on their own tracks. What route they can secure into this city is a matter of conjecture, as it is well known that the General Electric Company are opposed to the new line coming in over their rails. CAMPBELL GIVES OPINION". National Government Must Recog nize State Commission. SALEM, Or.. March 22. (Special.) In regard to dispatches from Washington yesterday relative to the National Gov ernment taking charge of the railroad commission work of the different states. Commissioner T. K. Campbell, chairman of the Oregon State Railroad Commis sion, said In an interview today: "If it is true the National Government anticipates any such action, it could not be done without the State Legislature first receiving a proposal of this kind from the Government, which, if they ap proved it. then a special session of Con gress might be called, and action taken. If the State Railroad Commissions should be taken over by the National Govern ments every state should have" at least one commissioner whose power would be absolute and final. Then in the event of two states demanding action of any kind relating to the commission,1 the commis sioner from each state would properly represent his own state, and harmonious action would result." i USED J. Ti. WILSON'S NAME Forgery Is Detected and Young Man Is Placed in Jail. SEATTLK. Wash.. March 22. (Special.) Robert Black, bookkeeper and former petty officeholder, is in jail because he issued a lot of bad checks that bore the name of ex-Sheriff Ed. Cudiliee as payer and ex-United States Senator John L. Wilson as payee. The forgery of Cudi hee's name is fairly good, but Black had to do considerable guessing about Wil son's signature. Black used to be a book keeper for Oudthee and knew his business methods. Why he chose Wilson's name is unexplained. Cudfhee is not anxious to prosecute the man, claiming liquor caused his downfall and that if taken home by his relatives he .would be re stored. Black is held awaiting Eastern advices. OLD JURY LAWS REPEALED Washington Slate Supreme Court . ., Renders a Decision. OLTMPIA, TVash.. March 22. (Special.) The session laws of 1!K)5. relating to the summoning and impaneling of a jury to try condemnation suit9. repeal all former jury laws, fs the decision of the Supreme Court handed down today in the case of the Oregon Railway & Navigation com pany versus E. J. McCormick. appellant, an appeal fretfn Walla Walla County. The railroad instituted condemnation proceedings against McCormick. The ser vices was made on 'him, but he did not put in an appearance in person. A jury was summoned and they set the damages at $275. McCormick appealed on the ground that the court caused the jury to be summoned by dpen venire, under the old law which had been repealed in 1005. The Supreme Court held that, the Supe rior Court erred in not observing the rights of the absent defendant in the se lection of the jury under the new law. Judgment was reversed with instructions for a new trial. The judgment of the Superior Court of Spokane County is reversed in the case of Isaac c. M. Cutler, respondent, vs. Se curities Savings Company, of Spokane, appellants.. The security company had certain property in City View Addition in Spokane. They sold a lot. giving a quit claim deed. The sale was not entered on their books and the lot was again sold to the respondent, who wade contracts for the erection of a dwelling on the land. When he found that he had not title to the property, suit was brought for J27O0 damages. The lower court found in fa- vor of respondent, from which judgment the appeal was- taken. The judgment was reversed on errors of the trial court, made in determining the measure of damages. RAISE EMBARGO OX THURSDAY Northern Pacific Makes It Possible to Ship Freight Bast. SEATTIjB, Wash., March 22. (Special.) Northern Pacific officials announced late this afternoon that the embargo on "dead" freight would be raised through out the entire system after next Thurs day. Effective immediately, the company will accept all classes of freight destined to points west of Trout Lake. This is ac cepted as an indication that the com pany has cleared up Its difficulties on the west end of the line first. The raising of the embargo on dead freight follows about two weeks after the Great North ern declared itself in position to . handle that class of business. ? HIS DUSKY SPOUSE ELOPES JACK WILCOX, IXDIAX, AVAILS LOSS OF HIS WIFE. Returned to Her First Love, and Husband X'umber Two Js in Hot Pursuit. ABERDEEN. Wash., March 22. (Spe cial.) Jack Wilcox, a Quinlault Indian, was in the city today seeking legal ad vice and trying to locate his wife. Two months ago Wilcox was married to an Indian, woman named Mrs. William Snell. A considerable number of years ago William Snell. a-white man. went to live with the Indian maiden and there has been born to them several children. Two months ago there was trouble between the Snells and Mrs. Snell was wooed by AVilcox and married to him by a Justice of the Peace in Montesano. It is alleged that there was no legal marriage between the Snells, but however ' that may be. Mrs. Wilcox tired of her latest husband and went back to Snell with whom, Wil cox alleges, she has eloped. It was to find the couple if possible that Wilcox came to the city today. He says that the Indians will "make it warm" for Snell if he returns. . Snell has amassed a good deal of property and his children have re ceived their allotment of land. SALEM BOYS MIX IX DEBATE Defeat Grants Pass and Are Now I n- terscholastlc C'iiamplons. SALEM, Or., March 22. (Special.) With colors flying, the Salem High School debating team won the debate with the Grants Pass High School boys tonight, held at that town. The sub ject was. "Resolved, That the United States Government Should Own and Control the Railroads." The Salem boys argued the affirmative. . They are W. H. Perkins, Charles B. Harrison and Howard Zimmerman. A few weeks ago they were successful in defeating the Albany High School team here, and their victory over the Grants Pass team now gives them the title of de bating champions of the "Interscholas tic Western Oregon Debating League. BIG IIOQUIAM MILL WRECKED Band Saw Breaks and Hurls Ma chinery in All Directions. HOQUIAM. Wash., March 22. (Special) The double-cut band mill of the Ho quiam Lumber & Shingle Company broke today while running 'at full speed, and that portion of the mill was completely wrecked. The huge wheels were thrown in all directions, and it was miraculous that no one was injured or killed. The accident came with a crash and a portion of the wheel weighing 100 pounds was hurled across the Hoqulam River- a distance of several hundred feet. Other pieces went up through the roqf, falling about the mill. This will curtail the cut of this large plant until another band mill can' be shipped and installed. The damage done will amount to several thousand dollars. DEMAND A WAGE AGREEMEXT Master Builders Will Xot Resume Work Until It Is Given. SEATTLE. March 22. Before any order will be issued by the contractors for the resumption of work on buildings and con tracts involving more than $5,000,000, a satisfactory agreement must be reached with the representatives of organized la bor in the Building Trades Assembly, which will in effect be .a guarantee of peace until after the completion of the buildings for the Alaska- Yukon-Pacific COFFEE INVALIDS Cause of Trouble Often Unsuspected. A confirmed coffee-drinker who found herself rapidly becoming a chronic inva lid and was puzzled as to the cause, con sulted her physician, and under h! ad vice was cured without the use of drugs. 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This is in effect the stand taken today by the contractors who are members of the Master Builders As sociation. A settlement may be reached by Saturday night. WIRELESS TO EXTEK ALASKA Six Stations to Be Established in the Far North, Says Seattle Report. SEATTLE. March 22. Six wireless tel egraph stations are to be established in Alaska according" to advices received in Seattle today by Lieutenant - Colonel Glassford. of the United States Cable Otflce. The stations are to be located at Nome, Fort Gibbon, Circle City. Fair banks, Vald-ez and Sitka. In case of trouble on the cable, the local United States Signal Corps office would be able to reach the Northern cities by wireless. "With the wireless station at Tattoosh, Incoming- vefsels wishing: to report dis iTHEvVD 15 Cents a Copy " On s! t ah Nwhiid Z - THE MKIBR & FRANK Portland .Azrnts for Buttcrirlt l'attcrn Cured at BRINEGAR. tire asters would be able to reach either Tattoosh or Sitka, if carrying wireless equipment. 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