Morning Oregonian., June 08, 1908, Page 3, Image 3

TT- MORNING OT?T!GONTAN. MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1908.
TORNADO HITS
. CHARLES CITY
Twister Visits Iowa Town,
Killing One Man and Raz
ing 200 Houses.
FOUR CHILDREN MISSING
Path of Storm Ten Rods Wide.
Water Fulrly lifted From River- '
Bed as Cyclone Crosses Stream.
Storm Felt In Wisconsin.
CHARLES CITY. Ia.. June 7 A tor
nado struck this city this afternoon,
demolishing about 200 residences and
barns. One man, W. R. Beck, is known
to have been killed and four children
are reported missing.
The path of the tornado was about
ten rods wide. It struck the city In
the southwestern part, crossed the
river at a point a quarter mile east of
the bridge on the main street and
lifted the water almost clean from the
river bed. It passed In a northeasterly
direction, just missing the Charles City
college buildings, and spent itself a
few miles northeast of the city.
Two Killed in Wisconsin.
MAUSTON, Wis., June 7. A tornado
struck the farm of John Dalton. a
well-to-do farmer living about four
miles south of Mauston, this after
noon, destroying his fine farmhouse
and barns and killing Mr. Dalton and
his 12-year-old son.
PRAISES GRANT AND LEE
Governor Glenn, of North Carolina,
Delivers Memorial Address.
WASHINGTON, June 7. "I look for
ward to the day when those of the North
and those of the South will join alike In
decorating the graves of their common
dead."
This was the sentiment voiced by Gov
ernor Glenn, of North Carolina, to a vast
assemblage gathered today in the Con
federate section of Arlington National
Cemetery to commemorate Confederate
Memorial day.
Governor Glenn and Representative T.
W. Sims, of Tennessee, were the others.
After eulogizing General Robert K. Lee
as one of the greatest chieftains the
world has produced. Governor- Glenn
made a significant reference to Gen
eral Grant. "Every true Southern man
respects Grant for his kindness at Ap
pomattox," he said, "and the Southland
would not rake up an error of the past
to blacken his character.
"I can truthfully say, continued the
Governor, "that I long to see the day
when the name of Abraham Lincoln and
Ulysses Grant shall be loved and re
spected in every nook and corner of the
old Confederacy, and when the names
of Lee and Jackson will ue cheered in
Maine, Massachusetts and California."
The graves of the Confederate dead,
the unknown dead, and of General Joseph
Wheeler were decorated.
ANOTHER PARIS MYSTERY
Wealthy Retired Banker Slain In His
Home by Unknown Hand.
PARIS, June 7. With the mystery of
the murder of Adolph Steinheil and his
mother-in-law, Madame Japin, yet un
solved, the police have been confronted
by a new mystery In the discovery of
A. Remy, a wealthy retired banker, 77
years of age, stabbed to death with a
dessert knife In his mansion in the Rue
de la Peppiniere. The murder occurred
some time last night, and money and
jewelry of great value are missing. The
finding of a vessel of wine and three
glasses that had been used leads to the
suspicion that the perpetrators of the
Steinheil murder might be responsible for
this crime.
SOME PLATFORM FEATURES
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ean cost of production. The principle
of protection will be indorsed in gen
eral terms and there may be a declar
ation in favor of a maximum and min
imum tariff as the one best calculated
to insure the promotion of American
Interests under varying conditions.
Next to the tariff, the financial plank
has received most careful attention, but
the enactment of the emergency currency
law just before the close of the recent
session of Congress has rendered the
preparation of this plank much simpler
than it would have been if there had
been no such legislation. Congress will
be congratulated on the Aldrlch-Vreeland
bill as in the interest of sound finance
and as calculated to protect the business
world against possible panics In the near
future, and at the same time provide
for the permanent Improvement of our
currency system through the regulations
which it is anticipated will be made by
the commission appointed under the new
law. .
Reference will be made to the finan
cial disturbance of last Fall, and while
the seriousness of that crisis will be
recognized, the claim will be made
that the Republican party was found
to be able to meet the situation and
the country will be Informed that by
Its prompt action the business world
was saved from long-drawn-out finan
cial depression and industrial inactiv
ity. The country will be accordingly,
congratulateu upon the fact that when
this emergency arose the Republican
party was in power and in position to
come to the' rescue.
The Republican administration will
also be complimented on the passage,
during the Fifty-ninth Congress, of
the railroad rate law and this legis
lation will be pointed to as an example
of what the party will do for the coun
try at large In case it is given such a
lease of power as to afford it suf
ficient time for the changes which are
believed to bo desirable. The Presi
dent will also be given much credit
for recent legislation, looking to pres
ervation of the forests, conservation
of the natural resources In the Inter
est of the entire country and reclama
tion of timber lands of the West. The
President's attitude In the matter of
the general protection of the resources
of the country will be favorably com
mented on as indicating th.e best
course for future legislation. His posi
tion in favor of deepening the Channel
of the Mississippi River and general
Improvement of the inland waterways
will come In for indorsement, as will
his vigorous work in prosecuting con
struction of the Panama canal.
The convention will place Itself on rec
ord as favoring such an amendment of
the Sherman anti-trust law as will enable
the railroads to enter into reasonable
traffic agreements without taking the risk
of prosecution in the criminal courts.
Probably also there will be a declaration
In favor of registration of certain corpo
rations having the means to become mo
nopolies engaged in interstate commerce
so as to elve the National Government
such supervision over them as is now ex
ercised over transportation agencies. In
this connection there will be a pronounce
ment in favor of National control as
against National ownership.
Cognizance will be taken of the demands
of labor to the extent of recommending
such legislation as will insure labor or
ganizations against snap judgment by the
courts in the issuance of injunctions
without due notice of necessary hearing.
A recommendation for the removal of the
triple penalty in conspiracy prosecutions
when such prosecutions are directed
against labor organizations is probable.
Copy Trust Plank of 1900
There will be a trust resolution along
the lines of that embracing the platform
of 1900, when the necessity and propriety
of honest co-operation and combination
was realized to meet new conditions and
extend American trade in foreign coun
tries, but when conspiracies which cre
ate monopolies, limit production and con
trol prices were pointedly condemned.
Much care will be given to the plank
dealing with the Philippine Islands and
Cuba. The pacific attitude of this
country toward Cuba will be held to
have demonstrated by the present re
lationship of the two countries by the
generally known fact that, having re
stored peace and order to that 'Island,
the United States Is now preparing to
bring Its protectorate to an end and
remove the evidences of lta control.
Our management of affairs in the Phil
ippines will be extolled. It will be
agreed that the Philippines are pros
pering and improving under the pres
ent administration of affairs, and It
will probably be set forth that to
abandon those Islands before our work
there Is finished and the Filipino peo
ple made ready for self-government
would be inhuman, unwise and in every
way unjustifiable.
. Protection of Negro Rights.
As usual, the platform will declare
for protection of the civil liberties of
the negro race. A special effort will
be made to have this plank comprev
henslve and emphatic.
There will be a strong declaration in
favor of continued improvement of the
Navy, including constant Increases of
our battleships, with the end In view
of protecting our interest abroad,
maintaining our standing among the
nations and supporting the Monroe
Doctrine, which doctrine will again re
ceive unqualified Indorsement.
There will be a word in favor of the
maintenance of the Army on Its pres
ent basis, but no recommendation for
its enlargement. The action of Con
gress In increasing the pension of wid
ows of soldiers will be commended and
a large pension policy for the future
will be advocated.
Among other recommendations that,
will be made will be the following:
For admission at the next session of
Congress of Arizona and New Mexico as
separate states of the Union; for pro
tection of American citizens abroad; for
fostering of our commerce In the Orient;
for the open door in China; for exclusion
of coolie labor, whether Chinese or Japa
nese; strong commendation of the present
civil service policy; Indorsement of the
plan to grant a subsidy In the interest of
ocean mails to South America and Aus
tralia and for the encouragement of
American shipping.
There will be a demand for the con
tinuation of the policies of the present
administration toward corporations.
Attention will be called to the wisdom
of the carrying into effect of all the
recommendations of the President and the
necessity for a "square deal" all around,
for the enforcement of the law without
regard to persons, or places and for the
equal protection of all under the law
will be emphasized.
MUST UPHOLD THE JUDICIARY
New Yorkers Prepare Memorial for
Republican Platform-Makers.
NEW YORK. June 7. A large number
of representative public men have united
in a memorial to be presented to the
New York member of the committee on
resolutions of the Republican National
Committee and to the chairman of the
resolutions committee, asking for a
strong plank affirming confidence in the
judiciary of the country as a bulwark for
the maintenance of the American system
of government. The memorial Is signed
by four ex-Cabinet officers Cornelius N.
Bliss, Thomas L. James, Benjamin F.
Tracy and John W. Griggs and Judge
Charles Andrews, ex-Chief Judge of the
Court of Appeals; Dr. Nicholas Murray
Butler, of Columbia University; Judge
William Wallace, formerly United States
Circuit Judge; President James M. Tay
lor, of Vassar; Barton Hepburn, D. O.
Mills, Joseph H. Choate and others. The
memorial follows:
The undersigned Republicans, having In
mind the attack upon the courts made by
the platform and candidate of the Demo
cratic party In 18!)6. and having reason to
believe that a similar attack is contem
plated in the Presidential campaign of liKtS,
do earnestly request the committee on reso
lutions to include in its report to the Re
publican National convention the following
declaration :
"We affirm our confidence in the integrity
and Justice of the courts, state and Na
tional, and we Insist that the preservation
of their independence and full legislation
prerogatives Is essential to the maintenance
of the merlt'an system of government."
E
OBSERVE ANNUAL- CUSTOM OF
ORDER IX ALIi CAMPS.
In Morning Graves of Woodmen of
the World Are Decorated Ad
dresses at Temple In Afternoon.
Yesterday was Memorial Day for the
Woodmen of the World, according to the
annual custom of the order. Services
were held In the morning when the graves
of all the Woodmen In the city were dec
orated with flowers, as were those of the
Women of Woodcraft. In the afternoon
exercises, were held at the Woodmen's
Temple, 128 Eleventh street, at which
about 500 people were present, com
pletely filling the hall.
At 9 o'clock in the morning, representa
tives from the various camps proceeded
to the cemeteries, and with short serv
ices, strewed the graves of their dead
brothers and sisters with flowers. A spe
cial request had been received from Ore
gon City that the grave of Sheriff Shaver,
of Clackamas County, who was killed by
the outlaw Smith, be decorated, and this
was done.
At the exercises at the temple yesterday
afternoon Dr. Jonah B. Wise delivered the
principal address, which was- in keep
ing with the general spirit of fraternallsm
represented by the oay. In particular
he dwelt on the Incentive to 4 better life
found in the associations of a modern
lodge. On behalf of the Women of
Woodcraft, Mrs. Carrie C. "Van Orsdall,
grand guardian of the order, delivered an
oration. Wilder's chorus and Cham
bers' orchestra furnished the music for
the occasion.
On the East Side, Walter L. Tooze, of
Falls City, delivered the oration in the
lodgerooms. at East Sixth and East Alder
streets last night.
Memorial Day was celebrated simultan
eously with the 18th anniversary of the
founding of the order.
FIGHT D N AGAIN
New York Legislature Will As
semble Tonight.
HUG,.S IS CONFIDENT
Believes He Has Majority to Pass
Race Track Bill Senator Foelker
Expected to Be on Hand to
Cast Favorable Vote.
ALBANY, N. Y., June 7. The extraor
dinary session of the Legislature con
vened by Governor Hughes on May 11
will reassemble tomorrow evening, after
a recess of nine days, and it is generally
believed will take up for tl; second time
the question of abolishing public gambling
on race-tracks.
Governor Hughes, it is known, has re
ceived assurances that Senator Foelker,
of Kings, who Is convalescing from an
operation for appendicitis, will be here
this week If his vote is necessary to pass
the anti race-track gambling bills. With
these assurances and with the election
of William C. Wallace In the 47th Sena
torial District, who has pledged himself
to support these bills, the Governor is
expected to renew this week, probably to
morrow night, his recommendation for
anti-race-track gambling legislation. Un
til the Governor submits his recommen
dation the Legislature cannot act on this
subject.
Opponents of this proposed legislation
express a belief that the condition of
Senator Foelker is still so serious that
he will not be able to come to Albany
this week. .
Although the Assembly has passed a
resolution fixing next Thursday as the
date of final adjournment, it is a question
whether the Legislature will conclude Its
work at that time. It is believed in cer
tain quarters that a recess may be taken
the latter part of this week to some date
after the Republican convention, and even
after the Democratic convention.
OFF BULLET
INSANE MAX ATTACKS
WOMAN IX FIELD.
AGED
Fires Twice, but Lead Glances From
Tightly-Coiled Braid Then Beats
Her With Pistol Butt.
TACOMA, Wash., June 7. (Special.)
Emerging from a clump of woods sur
rounding the farm of Theodore Pflug
macher, near Spanaway Lake, and steal
ing up behind Mrs. Barbara Pftugmacher,
65 years of age, who was kneeling in a
field, an unknown man, evidently Insane,
fired a bullet at the old woman, but the
piece of led struck Mrs. Pflugmacher' s
hair that was tightly braided In a coll at
the back of her head, and she escaped
almost instant death. The assault was
made about 6 o'clock Saturday night.
Seeing that he had not killed his in
tended victim, the enraged man pounced
upon the aged woman and rained a suc
cession of blows with the butt of a pistol
upon her head, until he left her bleeding
and unconscious upon the field.
After the man fired the shot, Mrs.
Pflugmacher screamed and her aged hus
band bounded toward the assailant. The
insane man ran to a clump of woods.
About ten feet from a fence the assail
ant halted and fired twice at the woman's
husband, but neither bullet took effect.
Fearing that if he chased the Insane man
into the woods he might be ambushed and
killed, Pflugmacher retreated. Deputy
Sheriffs have been searching for the as
sailant all day.
ELOPED AT 83; IS HAPPY
Octogenarian Wins Third Spouse
and Extols Marriage.
UPPER ALTON, 111.. June 7 Hiram
E. Stahl who has eloped at the age of
S3 and married for the third time, told
a reporter that he expects to become
a centenarian.
"Nothing so conduces longevity as
matrimony," Stahl explained. "This is
my third marriage and I attribute my
vigorous old age in large part to the
fact that I have been only at intervals
without a worthy helpmate."
Stahl's bride was Miss Mattie Walker,
a spinster of means at Fountain Green,
who, after withstanding the bland
ishments of Cupid until she was 60,
succumbed when he had the elderly
wooer as agent. Mr. and Mrs. Stahl
are spending their honeymoon in
Fountain Grove.
"I don't think marriage as an in
stitution is a failure, however many
others," Mr. Stahl continued, beaming
at his white-haired bride. "It Is the
ideal state. A man ought to have
some one to love him, care for him and
cheer him. He needs a wife most of
all when he becomes old, because she
makes him independent of relatives,
who, however kind hearted they may
be, are likely to neglect the elderly.
"No man ought to marry a woman
without money. Love is. of course, a
consideration, but money is vital.
Neglect of this important point Is the
cause of much of the domestic tin
happiness we hear of. The French
system ot a "dot- Is good, but even
here, where the 'dot' is unknown, a
man may assure himself as to his
prospective bride's financial standing
before the wedding and should do so."
Stahl is a cival war veteran. Seven
children of his first wife, who was
Miss Sarah Baucher of Alton, are liv
ing. The first wife died twelve years
ago and two years later the widower
married Miss Anna Yoder of Fountain
Green, who died three years ago. He
does not believe In marrying widows.
F0RRENT.
Fifteen thousand square feet warehouse
space, with trackage facilities; brick
building: 13th and Kearney; low insur
ance rate; electric elevator. Inquire 'lull
& Glbbs.
Cruiser Salem Makes Fast Time.
NEW YORK, June 7. The new cruiser
Salem was given her shake down trial on
the measure mile course off Province
town today and made 25.9 knots in her
best mile, the mean speed being 22.07
knots. The contract calls for 24 knots.
It Is reported that Queen Alexandra, of
England; Queen Maude, of Norway; the
Czarina and the Queen of Portugal are all
fond of using the typewriter in correspond
ing with their intimates. It is probable that
all of them put together ao not use the
machine as much as Carmen Sylva. the
Queen of Roumanla, who rattles off her
poems and stories on a typewriter.
Tomorrow and Wednesday will posi
tively be the last days for discount on
West Side gas bills. Portland Gas Com
pany. ' .
"Nemo" Corsets Fitted by the ONLY
Dr. Jaeger's CY JUNE DELINEATOR 15c JUNE BUTTER ICK PATTERNS, 10c, 5c Picture
Ul THliyV,EJUnl " : f THE iHEAST a , .
nderwear j tf ''-. r
ei lljr Good Merchandise Only Quality Coniidered Our Pricet Are Always the Lowt " ' Lowest Price
Annual June White Days WHITE GOODS
REDUCED in Every Section of the Store
Annual June Sale of Women's Muslin Underwear All Reduced
135 White and Colored Wash Skirts
Values Up to $12.00 for $4.38
Smart New White
to $35.00
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Exclusive Dress and Tailored Hats
Values to $15.00 for $5.39
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Regular 85c Women's Neckwear 53c Reg. $1.00-$1.50 Bows and Jabots, 79c
$1.75-$2.00 Coat Sets, Yokes, Etc., 98c
185 Women's Novelty Net Waists
Values to $15.00 for $6.98
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$4.00 and $5.00 Chantilly Lace Veils
$2.95
HOOD RIVER DEMOCRATS SE
LECT THEIR CHOICE.
Leave Part of Ticket for Repbull
cans Who Are Not Quite Satis
fled and Tangle Results.
HOOD RIVER. Or.. June 7. (Spe
cial.) Hood River Democrats made the
first move toward providing Hood
River County with a set of officers
yesterday, when they held a meeting
and nominated S. F. Blythe for County
Judge, G. D. Culbertson for County
Clerk. L. E. Morse for Sheriff, M. M.
Hill for County Commissioner and V.
C. Brock for County Treasurer. The
other officers, consisting of another
Commissioner, Superintendent of
Schools. Assessor and Coroner, were
not named owing to the fact that it
was decided to let the Republicans
participate in forming the new county
government and the selection of the
latter was therefore left to members
of the opposite party.
Several of the more radical of those
present were in favor of naming a full
set of officers and recommending their
appointment, but were unable to se
cure votes enough to carry It through.
As the officers named by the Demo
crats are the most important ones it
is stated today by leading Republi
cans that they do not consider their
selection a fair or satisfactory one.
The creation of the new county has
extended over a period of five years
and has been mainly led by the Hood
River Commercial Club. According to
several of its prominent members it
has been conducted on a non-partisan
basis, and they are of the opinion that
the club should be allowed to recom
mend appointments to the Governor for
that reason.
As the affairs of the new county will
have to be very carefully administered
for several years, representative men
of both parties are anxious that com
petent men be selected for the posi- ;
tions, and It is thought that their se
lection will finally be agreed on by a
Joint caucus of both parties.
ROAD TO EAST IS BLOCKED
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ly weeks, before it is opened to traffic.
Telephone and telegraph wires are down
and it is impossible to communicate with
nn) AtVioi Tini n , or no ct Panalra
to the lines are being made as fast as I
possible.
The situation west of this city Is not so
serious. The Postal Telegraph Company
has a wire to Seattle and there is a tele
phone line to Spokane. All Western Union
and railroad wires are down, however,
end the Associated Press wire is out of
commission.
Early th.s morning one of the great
steel spans of the Higglns-avenue bridge,
the main city bridge across the Missoula
River, toppled over with a deafening
crash and was carried 100 yards down
stream. With the span went two five
foot cement columns which had supported
it and the telephone lines which were the
only means of communication between
the north and south sides of the city.
Early this morning the flood moved
westward and at Lothrop, 30 miles from
here, many people were driven from their
homes to the hills.
EXODUS FROM NORTH TOPEKA
Populace Flees Before Rising: Waters
In Kansas River. "
TOPEKA, Kan., June 7. With the Kan
sas River barely below the flood stage
and rising at the rate of about an inch
an hour, and 'warned by the Government
Serge Suits, Values
for $19.85
Each
weather officials that a rise of four to
six feet will occur by Monday night, there
la a great exodus of people from North
Topeka this afternoon. Every transfer
wagon and delivery and other, wagons
were pressed into service The rise of
four to six feet is based on present con
ditions with no additional rains. Threat
ening weather Is reported from the head
waters of the Kaw, and further rains to
night are probable.
The Government warning Issued this
afternoon, says:
At this hour the reports from the rivers
above Indicate a further rise of from four
to six feet at Topeka by Monday night.
This will make a stage ot about 26 feet
by the Government gauge.
The river here tonight registered a
fraction over 22 feet. At Junction City
both the electric and the Union Pacific
tracks were under water between the city
and Fort Riley. An inch and a half of
rain fell last night and today and the
weather continues threatening. Heavy
rains fell last night or today at Ottawa.
Ellis, and a fall of five inches is reported
at Lincoln Center. A two-inch rain fell
at Abilene.
At 9t. Marys heavy rains fell and a
span of the wagon bridge went out today
when a large number of people were on
it. Many narrowly escaped drowning.
The Republican River is reported to be
rising rapidly and the Smoky Hill is about
at a standstill.
The Union Pacific trains to the West
are cut off between here and Manhattan
and between Manhattan and Clifton.
EXPRESSMEN
START PANIC
Police Interfere and Stop Graft
Among Armourdale Folk.
KANSAS CITY, June 7. The steady
rise of the Kaw River today caused al
most a panic in North Topeka and the
Armourdale section of Kansas City, Kan.,
and there was a rush of families to re
move their household goods from their
homes to higher lands.
In Armourdale, more than 400 families
moved their furniture and the stampede
was becoming general when the police
Intervened. They arrested express men
who were frightening householders and
obtaining exorbitant prices for moving
their goods. The drainage board Issued
a statement saying that a rise of eight
feet more would be necessary to flood
Armourdale.
Packing houses and other establish
ments in the bottoms have removed the
contents of their basements into upper
floors.
At midnight the Missouri had reached
the dangerous line of 21 feet, but was
almost at' a standstill and was carrying
oft the waters from the Kaw River
easily.
The weather bureau gave assurance
that the crest of the flood is almost
reached.
The railroads are the heaviest suf
ferers from the flood, miles of track being
washed out in various places and bridges
damaged..
CONVENTION
IS
POSTPONED
Montana Democrats Will Wait Now
Till July I.
HELENA, Mont., June 7. Because of
the washouts on the railroads. State
Chairman Brown, of Port Benton, tonight
telephoned from that place that the Dem
ocratic convention had been postponed
until July 1.
OpcnMontana Lines Wednesday.
ST. PAUL. June 7. It was announced
at the general offices of the Great North
ern Railroad tonight that traffic through
Montana will probably be opened by
Wednesday.
Loss of Life in Texas. ,
DALLAS, Texas, June 7. In a storm
near Bowie, Montague County, in North
west Texas, loss of life and great prop
erty damage is reported today.
Eanan shoes Ot the feet. Rosenthal's.
"Nemo" Expert Corsetiere in Portland
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18,000 Yds. New
Values to $1.75 for 39c
Women's Silk Hosiery, All Colors
Regular $2.00 Values 98c Pair
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1000 Pairs Lace Curtains, Seconds
at 49c Each
Full Elbow-Length Silk Gloves, Reg.
$1.50 Values, 79c
Sensational Bargains in Women's
Muslin Underw'r- Hundreds of Them
JEALOUSY. THEN BULLETS
MAX KILLS WIFE AND THEN
TAKES OWX LIFE.
Young; Married Couple in San Fran
cisco Disagree and Jealousy
Consumes the Husband.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 7. Jealousy
and despondency today drove George
Scott, a drug clerk, to kill his wife artd
end his own life.
The tragedy occurred on the side
walk near the corner of Golden Gate
avenue and Webster street at 7 o'clock
this morning. Scott fired two shots at
his wife and both took effect, her
death being almost instantaneous.
Scott then turned the revolver on him
self and lingered but half an hour.
Scott was 22 years old, while his wife
was three years his junior.
They were married two years ago in
Chicago and had been here three
months. Recently they quarreled and
Mrs. Scott had her husband arrested
for threats against her life. He was
released on a promise to leave town,
which he did not do. He then caused
the arrest of his wife and Lloyd Kln
cald on a serious charge.
Mrs. Scott went to work as a wait
ress In a restaurant at 861 McAllister
street and declined to return to her
husband. Some days ago Scott at
tempted suicide, but was prevented
from carrying out his purpose. Last
night he sought to borrow a revolver,
saying he wanted to kill his wife and
end his own life. His friend refused
to allow him to take the weapon. This
morning Scott secured another revol
ver and waited for his wife when she
left the restaurant. Upon her refusal
to go back to him the fatal shots were
fired.
DEAD OF THE NORTHWEST
Andrew Hughson.
COLVILLE. Wash., June 7. (Special.)
Andrew Hughson. who has resided upon
his farm In the valley, two miles south
of Colvtlle, continuously for 57 years,
died yesterday morning after an Illness
of several months. He was born In a
little village on the Shetland Isles. Sep
tember 25, 1830, the son of Andrew and
Sarah (Henry) Hughson. who were also
natives of Scotland, and who died in
1R47 and 1871 respectively. He enjoyed the
advantages of a good education In the
public schools In his native land of that
day. In 1850 he came to Eastern Canada
and then pursued his way westward to
the Frasler River, and In November, 1831,
arrived In Colville Valley. Mr. Hughson
established his home, now one of the
most beautiful tracts of land in the
county, two miles south of Colville, which
he retained as his abiding place until
his death. For 20 years he followed min
ing, but in 1S67 settled down to stock-raising
and became one of the wealthy men
at that time in the state.
He leaves no relatives on this continent
except a nephew. Robert Hughson, Jr.,
and his family, who have resided on the
old homestead here for a number of years.
Out of his large fortune it is said that
his will devises to the Colville HiKh
School the sum of $500. and a more liberal
sum to the public school in his native
town where he received his education be
fore coming to America. He was never
married.
Open Bids July 1 6.
ALBANY, Or., Jane 7. (Special.)
Official notification has been received
here that bids will be opened on July
16 for a site for Albany's Federal
building. A site 130 by 135 feet is
desired. It Is understood several sites
will be offered for the building, among
them a vacant half block just in front
Wide Embroideries
of the County Courthouse, facing on
Ferry street and bounded by Third and
Fourth streets.
STARVING WOMAN IS AIDED
Her Piteous Tale Wins Gifts of
Money in a Courtroom.
NEW YORK. June 7. A woman pre
maturely old from worry and trouble,
carrying In her arms a blue-eyed, blond
haired baby, walked Into the Central
street court and politely Inquired of a
policeman if she could speak to the mag
istrate. "What is it you want?" asked the
policeman kindly.
"1 am starving," replied the woman,
"and I want to go to some charity place."
The policeman piloted the woman to
Miss Coleman, the probation officer, to
whom the woman told her story. It was
a story of sickness, privation and want.
"My husband is 111 In a hospital," she
said, "and my home has been destroyed.
I have not tasted food for several days."
Several lawyers attracted by the beauty
of the child stood near and heard the
woman's story. One of them quietly
slipped a dollar into the baby's hand and
walked away.
A gray-haired policeman drew away
from the crowd that surrounded the
woman and her child. Going to a far cor
ner he unbuttoned his coat, and taking
out a dilapidated purse, he extracted a
$5 note and folding it small he walked
back to the woman and pressed It into
her hand.
The example of the old policeman was
not overlooked by his associates. Nearly
all contributed something.
Tears rolled down the woman's cheeks,
and between her sobs, she thanked them
all and left the courtroom with Miss Cole
man, who saw that 6 he and the baby had
plenty to eat.
8000 ACRES ARE SOLD
School Lands Bring; $30 an Acre.
8 65 Left Unsold.
SPOKANE. Wash.. June 7. (Special.)
A telephone message from Conconully,
Wash., to the Spokesman-Review says:
At the sale of Brewster Flat state
school land at Conconully. held by Land
Commissioner Ross Snturday, 8000 acres
were sold, leaving 865 acres unsold. The
average price per acre was $30. . The
total amount of sales Is $250,000.
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OVERNIGHT
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of the eminent specialist who gave it
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and other disfigurements of years'
standing. The terrible Itching attend
ing eczema is Rtopped with the first
application, giving proof of Its cura
tive properties at the very outset.
In less serious skin affections, such
as pimples, rash, herpes, blackheads,
acne, barber's Stch, etc., results show
after an overnight application, only a
small quantity being required to effect
a cure. A muddy or sallow complexion
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plication. Those who use poslam for
these minor skin troubles can now avail
themselves of the special 50-cent pack
age, recently adopted to meet such
needs. Both the 50-cent package and
the regular $2 Jar may now be ob
tained in Portland at the Skldmore
Drug Co. and other lead drug stores.
Samples for experimental purposes
may be had free of cii.rs by writing
direct to the Emergency Laboratories,
32 West Twwfy-flf th Street. New York
City.