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THE 3I0RXIXG OREGOXIAN, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1907. HELP FHOM OUTSIDE SCENES IN BAKER CITY CONNECTED WITH THE BROWN MURDER, AND TWO GAMBLING SALOONS " WHICH THE MURDERED MAN CLOSED WHEN SHERIFF RIOTS IN CALCUTTA Capital of India in Hands of . ' ' Angry Mob. Congress Cannot Preserve Country's Resources. OWNED BY THE INTERESTS BRICKS FOR EUROPEANS Many Owe Their Seats to Corpora tions Destroying That Which Convention Called by Pres ident Would Protect. Students and Hoodlums Start Out break in Revenge for Police Bru tality Many Police Suffer Serious ' Wounds. . MEMPHIS, Tonn., Oct. 4. President Roosevelt, In his speech here today, an . nounccd that he would call a conven ' tlon to be held In Washington Janu ary 8 next to advocate the preserva tion and conservation of the natural resources of the country. Including coal, water power, oil, etc. The fact that such a call would be Issued, was rumored yesterday on some of the boats accompanying the Mis sissippi on her voyage down the river. It had been under 'consideration for some time by the members of the In land Waterways Commission and the details were presented by the members of that body to the President at a luncheon given him on the commission boat. Colonel Mackenzie. Sixteen Governors were taken into the- commission's confidence when that body went aboard the Governor's boat after dinner. A meeting was organ ized on the main deck, over which Gov ernor Folk presided, and it was soon, made evident that a determined effort would be made to secure an indorse ment of the project in advance of ac tion by the President. Statements In explanation of the Commission's plans were made by Chairman Burton, Senator Newlands, (Dr. McGee, Mr. PInchot and other members of the Commission. From i these It appeared that they desired to have the proposed convention follow the River and Harbor Conference to . b held In Washington In December and to have It devoted largely to other i than navigation matters. I Responses were made by practically all the Governors present and from be ling at first approving in their nature, they developed Into such opposition . that a resolution of commendation i which had been offered by Governor ;Chamberlaln was withdrawn by him after two hours' of discussion. Sena tor Newlands expressed the opinion that unless the Governors and others not in Congress took up the matter of protecting the country's interests, it would be difficult to secure their prop er conservation. He doclared that many Senators and Congressmen owed their election to the Influence of the interests which are destroying the TC a tlonal resources and said that the Pub lic Land Committees of both houses are composed largely of men from pub lic land states and he added that it is evident that if reform Is to come at all it must come from the outside. He attributed the labor troubles in Colo rado to the operations of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company In that state. HTJimiES AWAY TO THE HUNT President's Special to Go Direct to Louisiana Canebrake. MEMPHIS, Oct. 4. President Roose velt's special train, which left Memphis early tonight, will be run over the line of the Missouri Pnciflc-Iron Mountain Railroad system. The train will be run direct to Iake Providence, where a short stop will -be made at 10 o'clock Saturday. From there the train will go to Alsatia, La., a small way station, where the cars will be sidetracked. Here horses and guides will be await ing the visitors, and the trip to the camp will be begun Immediately upon arrival. Besides several railway officials, only a few friends will accompany the President on this trip. Among these will be his host, John Mcllhlnney. and Representa tive Joe Ransdell, of Louisiana. A pilot engine will precede the Presidential train over the entire route. WILL REACH CITY TODAY ReT. Benjamin Young:, Methodist Pastor. Coming From Salt Lake. 9AIT LAKE. ITtah. Oct. 4. (Special.) The Rev. Benjamin Young left this city last nijyht for Portland, where he will arrive tomorrow morning to become pas tor of the First Methodist Church. He will occupy the pulpit of his church there Sunday morning and evening1. Ir. Young was pastor of the First Methodist Church in this city nearly four years. When he came here the church was worshipinK In a small wooden build ing and was in debt. Under his direc tion the debt was discharged and a hand some church building, costing 100,000, erected. During his pastorate the mem bership of the church here was more than doubled. Dr. Young is an enthusiastic Mason and was chaplain of Wahsateh Lodge in this city. He was also president of the Min lsterlal Association. At a farewell recep tion .tendered by his congregation. Dr. Y'oung was given an elegant gold watch and Mrs. Young was given a doien silver knives and forks. As a young man he was a miner In Wyoming. He studied for the ministry and after serving as a presiding elder and attending college in Chattanooga, Tenn., his first pastorate was in Chey enne, Wyo., where he lifted a heavy church debt. He then went to Denver and filled a pastorate there with marked success lor three years. From Denver he came to this city. He is about 45 years old. WANTS ASIATICS EXCLUDED Victoria Forms League and Asks for Abrogation Japanese Treaty. VICTORIA. B. 0.. Oct. 4. A branch of an antl-Aslatlc league was formed in this citv last evening at a largely at tended meeting presided over by Mayor Morley. The meeting was held in the Council Chamber of the City Hall and was literally packed to the doors. While the meeting was .unanimous in its dis approval of Oriental immigration there were no outward signs of hostility. "With two exceptions all the speakers were strongly in favor of prohibiting Oriental immigration. Canon Beanlands. of the Church of England, and Lindley Crease, a prom lnent lawyer of this city, endeavored to have the meeting proceed with caution, but were hised from the platform. The motion to form a league was carried without a dissenting vote, and every la boring man will be able to join. Resolu tions were adopted to be forwarded to Premier Laurier, at Ottawa, asking for . the abrogation of the treaty permitting Japanese Immigration. II W- - : S, M .iNSiilillliill" v-:j - H JM H L . - Mflrjrf ' f ;v" ' . ' -.,, - v -'1 WEAVING NETS TO CATCH ASSASSINS (Continued from First Fags.) many persons heard the shots to keep it quiet. TJie story goes that Mayor Johns was followed home by indi viduals of whom he was unaware and that these Individuals In turn were shadowed by officers. Guards were then put around the Mayor's house and several hours later the shooting oc curred. The Mayor says he will not be deterred from stimulating the quest for the murderers. He will utter a vigorous denunciation of them at the Brown memorial services to be held in the Methodist Church next Sunday. Saw Man In Female Garb. A new witness to the tall-woman episode was found tonight in Miss Navona Miller, who passed the kimono man 10 minutes before the explosion. The same man was seen by Mrs. Brown a little while later and a few minutes before the discharge; also by Mrs. Romlg, who remarked to her hus band that a woman was outside who walked and looked like a man; and by 11. S. Geddes, a plumber. Miss Miller, escorted by Fred Hods eon, "was going home from lodge and passed the kimono man nearly two blocks north of Brown's house. The figure was very tall and ungainly for a woman and carried the arms In front, as If holding something, possibly the bomb. Though rain was falling, the figure carried no umbrella. Miss Mil ler says the cheeks of the figure were sunken and about the breast was something light-colored. The garment seemed like a long cape. Miss Miller could not understand the queer figure and mentioned it next morning to members of her family. She did not pass either of the two men seen by others who went by before the bomb burst. When the bomb exploded she was at the gate of her house, nearly two blocks away. Mr. Geddes, the plumber, was going home late and passed the first of the two men a block north of Brown's house. The man asked him for I matches. A little further on another man asked him for tobacco and then ' matches. A half-block beyond Brown's house the kimono man crossed the Btreet to avoid passing. Mr. Geddes describes the third figure the same way as Miss Miller. He thought it a man In disguise and was fearful of robbers and hastened home. A quarter of an hour later came the ex plosion. The street Is very dark, and as there was no moon the only Illu mination came from widely scattered electric arcs. One of these was a block north of Brown's residence. Seller of Kimono Saw Them. The description of the men tallies with that of the trio that bought the kimono on the afternoon of the trag edy at the Golden Rule store. A tall man, amooth shaven, made the pur chase. He was accompanied by two shorter men, who looked like for eigners. This episode was admitted by the proprietor of the store before the officers hushed him up, and then he denied It. Mr. Lillard's statement Is doubted by numerous persons. It seems, however, that Brown, for service as a witness at Wallace, received some compensation from Mr. 11 1 lard to defray traveling and other expenses to that place, but that the compensation was anything more has many doubters. Brown went to Wallace in company with Mr. Lll lard. His testimony helped to nullify Adams' confession by showing Adams made It under promise of protection But Brown did not go as the Federa tionists wished, for they wanted hlrr to say that Detective Thlel exacted it under promise of protection If Adams would corroborate Orchard. This Brown refused to do. EARNED FEDERATION'S HATRED Brown's Action in Adams Case Dis appointed the Defense. BOISE,' Idaho, Oct. 4. (Special.) Har vey K. Brown, ex-Sheriff of Baker County, Oregon, who was blown up at the gate of his home In Baker City last Monday night, was considered a valua ble witness by the defense in the trial of Steve Adams last Spring at Wanace for the murder of Fred Tyler, and was sum moned to Wallace and testified at the trial. Adams had repudiated a confes sion' of his crime made to James McPar- land and alleged that coercion and a promise of immunity had been used to secure that confession. The defense hoped to prove by Brown that after Adams' arrest near Halnea the prisoner had been denied an oppor tunity to consult counsel and that he (Brojvn) had In a talk with Adams Im plored the latter to confess, and prac tically promised that Adams should not be punished by the state if he would do these things. Brown's testimony on the stand was far different from what was expected by the defense. He said he made no promise -to Adams, though he did get the prisoner to tel! all he knew. Brown also contradicted the attempts of the defense to show that Adams had been refused legal advice at the time he was arrested, and practically proved that he had been put in communication with an attorney called Moore, of Baker City, as soon as they reached that town Brown, before leaving Wallace, had a talk with Adams and pointed out the great mistake the prisoner had made in repudiating his confession,' and told Adams that he now stood a first-class chance of being hanged. Brown urged Adams to turn back from his course and give what aid he could to the state. This talk and Brown's evidence caused much displeasure to Adams' friends and it is alleged that some ugly threats were made against the Baker City man. Then it leaked out that Brown had given the state material aid in the arrest of Or chard and In securing evidence against the men accused by Orchard of complic ity In the Steunenberg murder. This is believed by the officials here to be the motive for the assasslantlon of Brown. THE UNION LABOR TICKET San Francisco Party Names 18 Su pervisors and District Attorney. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 4. The Union Labor party county convention tonight completed its municipal ticket by nam ing 18 candidates for Supervisors and Frank McGowan for District Attorney, to oppose District Attorney William H. Langdon, who is the nominee of the Democratic .and Republican parties. Railway Officials Go East. James P. O'Brien, general manager of the O. R. & N. and Southern Pacific lines In Oregon, is on a trip of Inspection in the eastern part of the state. William McMurray, general passenger agent, is in Chicago on business connected with his office. "Portland Day," October 9. Arrangements are under way to handle a large number of excursionists to The Dalles on the occasion of the 17th annual fair of the Eastern Oregon District. The fair is to je held October 8 to 12, and Wednesday, October 8, has been named as "Portland day." On the same day there is to be an open river convention, which is expected to attract a number of Portland people interested in that sub ject. John M. Scott, assistant general passenger agent, aald yesterday he had been informed by the Commercial Club that at least 100 would attend the fair and convention from this city on Portland day. Alaska Smelter Fails. NEW YORK, Oct. 4. The Alaska Smelting & Refining Company, a New Jersey corporation capitalized at $1,000,000, assigned today for the bene fit of creditors to Gordon Knox Bell. No reason ' for the assignment was given. The company has offices in this city and at Spokane, Wash. The plant is located at Copper Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, ' From San Diego to Seattle. SEATTLE, -Beginning Wash., Oct. 4. (Special.) November 1, the Pacific 1,1'rni.m.nn.t.ill n M ii.fn.nl Coast Steamship Company will inaug urate a direct steamship service be tween San Diego and Seattle. The steamships Umatilla and Senator are to be placed on the run. t Hitherto transfers of freight at San Francisco have been necessary and the new or der will save at least 80 cents a ton on fruit shipments. This Is the first direct steamship service afforded on this route. Mormons in Conference. SALT LAKE, Utah, Oct. 4. Members of the Mormon Church from' all the Western States are present In thou sands at the seventy-eighth annual conference of the church which began here today. . It will conclude Sunday. President Joseph F. Smith's address was the feature today. It was a doc trinal discourse. one or the moat titautltul ana accom plished girls of Quitman, Ga., MIbs Ruby Tilly, has been appointed a missionary to Korea by the Methodists and is now on her "way to her post. Shopping Trips aMersx fatiguing; a cup of Ghirardelli's Cocoa for breakfast helps wonderfully, It is so sus taining as well as deli clous. Before returning home dont forget to Order a Supply of Ghirardelli's Cocoa CALCUTTA. Oct. 4. The rioting hr. caused by seditious agitation, during; which about 40 Dolleemen were wounaea Tuesday night, was renewed last last evening In the streets of Northern Cal cutta. Students and hoodlums collected on roofs of houses and In the roadway, and pelted passersby with bricks, Euro peans being especially singled out for attack. The Bengal newspapers today throw the whole blame for the riots upon the police and allege that the police were brutal. There has been no loss of life, but many persons sustained severe con tusions and scalp wounds and many streetcars were damaged. MOTHER OF MIKADO DTI NTS Ruler of Japan Only Adopted Son of Predecessor. TOKIO, Oct. 4. It was reported this morning that the real mother of the Emperor of Japan, named Nakayama. who has held the highest rank at the Imperial court, was seriously ill. It Is believed, however, that she died early today. The Emperor Is officially supposed to be the son of the deceased Empress Asako. but the son of Nakayama was adopted as heir to the throne by the late Emperor, Komel Tenno. who died In 1867. The Empress Asako died In 1897. Strikebreakers Reach Tacoma. TACOMA. Wash., Oct. 4. A carload of strikebreakers was brought to Ta coma during the night to take the places of the men now out in the Northern Pacific shops. They are housed in the shop buildings and are carefully guarded. They were brought secretly, the strikers having no knowl edge of their arrival until several hours later. Sporting men have figured out that race track bettors spend $300,000,000 a year In thl. cmtntry. 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