VOL. XLVIII. NO. 14,833.
LLINOIS TAKES
OREGON MEDICINE
Democrats Vote at Re
. publiGan Primary.
HELP TO NAME WEAKEST MAN
Returns Show Strange Scare
' Jty of Democrats.
MOVE TO CHANGE NEW LAW
Both Parties Want Nebraska Provi
sion Requiring Party Registra
tion Yates' Attacks Make
Campaign Thunder.
CHICAGO. II!.. Aug. 10. (SpeclaI.)-Of-flclal
returns of Saturday's primaries
prove that nearly 40.000 Democrats voted
the Republican ticket in order to foist
undesirables upon the ticket; or that the
Democratic party In Illinois Is rapidly be
coming extinct. Here are the figures:
In Illinois Republican votes, 433,071;
Democratic votes. 111.S06; one Democratic
to four Republican votes.'
In Cook County Republican vote, 151.
g09; Democratic vote. 57.204; one Demo
cratic to three Republican votes.
In Chicago Republican, vote, 134,511;
Democratic vote. 54.975; one Democratic
rote to two and one-half Republican
votes.
Will Try Nebraska X.avr.
Between 30.000 and 40.000 Democrats
voted the Republican- ticket at the pri
maries In this city Saturday, according
to the estimates of the best-Informed
politicians of both parties; and the Re
publican and Democratic leaders alike
were busy today planning a change In the
primary law to prevent the posslbillty
of uch a wholesale attempt by members
of one party to choose the candidal of
a rival party in the future.
Political sentiment declared In favor of
incorporating In the Illinois primary act
a provision of the Nebraska primary law
designed specially to prevent this abuse
of the voters" privilege. This Nebraska
regulation provides that at every regis
tration the wouldbe voter must declare
which party he belongs to. At all pri
maries after that registration the voter
can receive from the hands of the elec
tion Judges only the ballot ot that party
to which the voting list shows him to
belong. He cannot vote a different ticket
at any primary until a new registration
and announcement of a change of polit
ical faith. If the voter declares himself
at registration to be an Independent and
to belong to no party he Is unable to
participate In the primary of any party.
Make Voter Stick to Party.
This law dues not interfere In any way
with the right of a voter to scratch his
ballot as he sees fit at an election, and
to vote for candidates of every party in
Absolute secrecy upon such an occasion.
The sole object of the law is to compel
a voter at a primary to stick to the
party to which he has officially declared
himself at registration to belong.
AH day long since the election board's
headquarters opened this morning con
stant charges of the wholesale voting
of the Republican ballot by Democrats
occupied the time and the attention of
the election commissioners and their as
sistants.? Democratic Campaign Thunder.
Hllinois, although rieavily Republican
tinder normal conditions, will occupy the
time limit in the National campaign this
Fall, say political prophets, as a result
of the bitter factional right just ended In
the renomination of Governor Deneen by
the Republicans. The speeches made by
Richard Yates against Charles S. Deneen
are to be used throughout the state In an
effort to bring about Democratic victory.
Mr. Stevenson, it is asserted, will carry
- on a dignified campaign, and the Demo
crats declare that the "mud-slinging" will
be confined to what Mr. Yates and other
Republicans said about the Governor, in
their supreme effort to defeat him.
CHICAGO GAINS 20,700
Population Now Estimated at 2,
425,000 by Directory Men.
CHICAGO, Aug. 10. (Special.) An
increase of 20.700 since last yaar gives
2.42.i.OOO as the population of Chicago,
estimated by the Chicago Directory
Company, whose 1908 issue will be
ready for distribution Tuesday. The
Johnson family, to the number of 7024,
to say nothing of 615 Johnstons, leads
In names. Fecond come the Smiths
with 5115 names, and 134.' German rel
atives, who spell their name Schmidt.
NEED NOT SCRUB FLOORS
log Angeles Judge Defines Wife's
Rights and Grants Divorce.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10. (Special.)
. No man may make his wife scrub
floors, particularly not for a living, ac.
cording- to Judge N. P. Conroy. who
granted Mrs. Julia Boehm a divorce,
mainly on the ground that a husband
has no such prerogative. Mrs. Boehm
testified that she scrubbed for many
years, but finally rebelled and Informed
the husband that he must relieve her
tr working himself or she 'would leave.
RICHEST BABY'S
UNCLE DIVORCED
DRESSER LOSES WIFE AFTER
LOSS OF TWO FORTUNES.
George Vanderbilfs Brother-in-Law
Sinks All In Shipbuilding Trust.
Wife Must Work.
8IOUX FALLS. S. D.. Aug. lO.-Ope-cial
)-Mrs. Daniel Leroy Dresser today
obtained a decree of divorce from D.
Leroy Dresser, of New York, brother-in-law
of George W. Vanderbtlt and
uncle of John Nicholas Brown, whoJn
hit infancy was known as the richest
baby in the world. Mrs. Dresser obtained
her decree on the ground of desertion.
She and Mr. Dresser separated about a
year ago.
Mrs Dresser was Miss Emma Louise
Burnham. daughter of the late Douglas
W. Burnham. Upon the death of her
father she inherited a fortune. Domestic
troubles of the Dressers followed swiftly
upon the collapse of the husband's
finances. He was the head of the firm
of Dresser & Co.. commission merchants,
but became heavily involved in the af
fairs of the shipbuilding combine.
It was reported that Mrs. Dresser-s
private fortune had been swallowed up
with the fortune of her husband, and
last May Mrs. Dresser said she expected
to have to earn her own living. She de
clared that she would enter a business
college and learn shorthand.
GIVES $50,000 TO HARVARD
Adolphus Busch Will Erect German
ic Museum Building.
NEW YORK, Aug. 10. At today's ses
sion of the international historical con
gress, David Jayne Hill, the American
ambassador to Germany, made the an
nouncement that Adolphus Busch, of St.
Louis, was ready to -give J50.000 toward
the Germanic Museum building at Har
vard University. Dr. Hill said: .
"On November 10, 1903. the anniversary
of 'the birth of Johann Schiller, the fa
noet. dramatist and his
torian, there was opened at Harvard a
museum in which it was Intended to col
lect an exhibit of works representative
ot German art culture. This collection
has grown to be one of the most complete
of its kind in existence. It has received
from his majesty, the German emperor,
not onlv assurances of his general In
terest, but many substantial gifts, which
were received in the United States with
gratitude and appreciation as marks of
special friendship.
The historic value of this collection al
ready Is very great and it promises
to become perhps the most Impressive
embodiment of art of the old world to be
found on the shore of the new world. It
.1 ... i . i. o-reaf nleasure that I
IS lliriCll'lC .... B - -
. n .,.hnri.H tn Announce that
una iii)11 . . 1 -
the well-known American citizen, Adolphus
Busch, of St. Louis, presiuem u mo
i- unooiim Association, in a letter to
me offers to contribute toward the erec
tion of a suitable building ior me
tion of the museum the sum of 150,000,
which is one-sixth of the amount it is ex
pected the building will cost.
The delegates to the congress, at the
conclusion of this announcement, ap
plauded Ambassador mil. wno auueu.
. ,,,,, nnatltute new evi
dence of the information of past times of
other lands as exerciseu upra
development of civilization which might
be of interest to the congTess."
ASTORIA HAS $25,000 FIRE
Blaze Starts in Rear ot Dunbar
Company's Drygoods Store.
ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 10. (Speclal.)-A
fire which started supposedly from elec
tric wiring in a room at the rear of the
A Dunbar Company's dry goods store
about 8 o'clock this evening caused a
property loss of fully J25.000. two build
ings and. the stock of goods they con
tained being damaged before the flames
The principal losses are estimated as
follows: A. JJunDar company, us"
to stock, principally by " smoke and
water J1S.O0O; Scholfield & Mattson. dam
age to grocery stock, J4000; F. Johnson,
phonograph supplies and household
goods, 1500; Johnson Bros.. building,
J1500; Fulton & Dement, building, $1500.
The greater portion ofHhe loss is cov
ered by Insurance.
RIVER CHANGES COURSE
Deposit of Silt Alters Map at Colo
rado's Mouth.
YUMA. Aug. 10. Captain Charles Hall,
Allen Kelly and Charles Meadows, re
turning from a cruise to the Gulf of Cal
ifornia, report the entire map of the
coast at the mouth of the Colorado is
hnnepri bv silt from the river, which has
established a new island two miles long
nrtrth nf Montaeue Island.
The Port Isabel shipyards are destroyed
and nothing of Ometepes Bay remains.
One-third of the river reaches the gulf
by a new channel 40 miles shorter, which
separates in six branches at a point five
miles north of.Colonia Llerdo.
INSULTS RULER OF PERU
Political Enemy Shoves President
Pardo Off Causeway.
LIMA. Peru. Aug. 10. President
Pardo last night met a former political
prisoner, named Islasls Pierola, who
called the President a miserable wretch
and pushed him off the causeway.
Pierola was arrested, but escaped while
being taken to the police station.
Former Mrs. Watterson Weds.
NEW YORK. August 10. Mrs. Blanca
Watterson. who stated in the marriage
license bureau that she formerly was
the wife of Henry Watterson. Jr., of
Louisville, Kr, but that they were
divorced In March. 1905. was today
married in the City Halt to Ramon
Ban us. Mrs. Watterson said she was
the daughter of Juan de Casavano, of
Cuba. Mr. Banua is a merchant of this
city.
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1903
INVADING II
SCORES VICTORY
M'Donell's Men Win
Two Engagements.
HEAVY LOSSES IN BLUE RANKS
Troops Sleeping on Arms on
Field of Battle.
NIGHT ATTACK . EXPECTED
t'mplres Decide That Slaughter of
Colonel Ghormley's Forces Is
Beyond Endurance and Order
Cessation of Hostilities.
MURRAY, Wash., Aiur. 10. (Special.)
Warfare in all Its Bpectacular grandeur
and lacking only the horrors of death and
desolation, has been in progress all today
In the expansive area of alternating hills,
plains and woods south of American
Lake. Tonight the troops are sleeping
on their arms, in momentary readiness
for an alarm, for there is to be fighting
by moonlight and it may come at any
hour and from any quarter.
Two American armies are operating, one
against the other. The first, designated
as the Blue brigade, is attempting to
drive out the Brown brigade, theoretically
an Invading force, which has secured a
fnnttinlrt on the Pacific Coast and is at
tempting to pave the way Inland for a
full hostile corps of two divisions. The
Rrnwn hrieade has a strong defensive
position four miles south of American.
Lake and intends holding it at all haz
ards. The Blues are equally determined
to force back the invaders.
Congratulations for McDonell.'
with the invadine Browns victory rested
it milrion todav after two general engage
ments, in which the losses were heavy.
Colonel Charles E. McDonell, commana
w, ihQ pmnrn Armv. Is being widely
congratulated at his field headquarters
tnnleht noon the faultless distribution he
made of his troops and the excellent tac
tleni iuriernent displayed throughout the
two engagements. He lost but 3 per
cent of his army in killed and wounaec
T.leiitenant-Colonel Ghormley, of Se
attle, commanding the Blue Army, lost
10 per cent of his command. His heaviest
losses were in the First United States
Infantry and the Fourth Oregon Com
pany, battalions from these regiments be
ing surprised by the Third United States
Infantry, occupying the Browns' left
wing, and fairly slaughtered while march
ing in column of squads.
Guardsmen Display Endurance.
One thing that again impressed itself
on the military umpires and corps of
expert observers was the effectiveness
of American volunteers In the fierd.
There were mistakes today, but the
major portion of these may rightfully
be claimed by regular Army troops, at
least so far as the force was concerned.
(Concluded tn Prge 10.)
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MOUNTAIN MOVES
TO POSTOFFICE
CLOVDBCKST SAV AMP S BISBEE
FOR SECOXD TIME.
Slide Pours Into Building and Sur
rounds It to . Second Story.
Steam-Shovel to Rescue.
BISBEE, Ariz., Aug. 10. For the sec
ond time within a week the Bisbee Post
off i ira nut out of commission today
by a cloudburst. At about the same hour
in the day as last Tuesday, a neavy
came up and, when a cloud burst over
Mule Mountain, tons of rock and dirt
slid into the Postoffice, piling nearly ten
feet high. The office was also flooded
with mud and silt.
The general delivery section was de
stroyed. The stamps and money nere
saved, being carried to a place oi saieij
as soon as the flood grew threatening.
A large force of men with a stam shovel
is at work on' the debris tonight, which is
piled on the outside of the Postoffice to
the second story. Considerable damage
of a minor nature was done in the city.
DROWNS IN WATER-BARREL
Mother Finds Baby Head Down
'..wards, Lire Extinct.
GOLDFIiSLD, Nev., Aug. 10. Baby
John Goodwin, the Z-year-gld son of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Goodwin, was drowned
by falling into a barrel half filled with
water that had been sunk in the ground
at the Goodwin home. The Goodwin place
is in an isolated section east of town and
the accident was not discovered uruUl
the mother went to look for the toddler.
The barrel Is sunk flush with the sur
face and after a 15-minutes search the
mother discovered legs of her baby
protruding out of the water. The little
body was carried into the house and a
doctor summoned, but life was extinct
The Coroner decided that no inquest was
necessary.
SHERIFF MAY LOSE JOB
Charged With Winking at Gambling
at Saratoga Springs.
odtwia tst V Anff. 10. CoDies of
charges of neglect of duty in failing to
suppress gambling at Saratoga opringti.
with a request for his removal were
served upon Sheriff John -Bradley, Jr..
of Saratoga County, tonight by Ben
.nnfMpntinl RtenOSTHOher for GOV-
ernor ' Hughes. The charges were filed
with Governor Hughes by Dr. Walter
LaidJaw, assistant chairman oi tne ami
race track gambling campaign committee,
...tl. Afflraa In New York.
Sheriff Bradley is summoned to appear
in his own aerense in tne executive unices
at" Albany at 3 o clock next Monday
ti. nninnr ban directed Sheriff Brad
ley to file his answer to the charges by
that time.
NOTED AUTHORESS DEAD
Mrs. Louise Chanler Moulton Passes
Away at Boston.
BOSTON, Aug. 10. Mrs. Louise Chanler
Moulton, the well-known authoress, died
at her home today, after an illness of
nearly nine months.
Mrs. Moulton was born at Pomfret,
Conn., April 10, 1835, and was the daughter
of Lucius L. Chanler, her mother's maiden
name having been Louisa R. Clark. She
was married in 1S55 to William TJ. Moul
ton, who died in February, 1SUS. Mrs.
Moulton began her literary work early in
life, her first book having been published
the year before her marriage. She was
a voluminous writer, and in addition to
her books and magazine stories wrote re
views and literary -letters for various
newspapers.
PUSHING A GOOD THING ALONG
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CALIFORNIA
ENDS
BITTER - CONTEST
League Fightingto De
feat Machine.
SENATORSHIP IS GREAT PRIZE
Effort to Elect Anti-Perkins
Legislature.
DEMOCRATS ARE DIVIDED
McXab Seeks to Regnin Control
From Bell Independent and La
bor Tickets In Field Hard
Fjght for Congressmen.
" ' t .
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 10. Primaries
will be held tomorrow throughout Cali
fornia, for the election of three sets o
delegates to the state conventions, which
will select Presidential electors, to Con
cessional district conventions for the
nomination of eight Congressme from
this state, and to county ana local con
ventlons. which will nominate 80 Assem
blymen and 20 State Senators for the
State Legislature and Superior Judges in
the various counties.
More than usual importance attaches
to the nomination and election or a run
lnwer house and half of the Senate In
the State Legislature this year, because
of the election by that body of a united
states Senator at the coming session to
succeed George Perkins who is supported
by the regulars and opposed by me
league.
BotJi Parties Divided.
In both the old parties a sharp con
test Is being waged in almost every
county and district by two factions for
the control of the party machinery- in
the Renubllcan party the fight is on De
tween the Lincoln-Roosevelt League and
the regular organization with both wings
pTnressinsr confidence tonight that they
will have a majority in the Legislature
and control the election or a united
States Senator.
The Democrats are in a similar posi
tion, also having two tickets In tne
field; the regular organization, known
as the Gavin McNab faction, and the
adherents of ex-Congressman Theodore
A. Bell, the Democratic state leader
who routed Mr. McNab at the state
convention in Fresno. The two wings
in each of the old parties are probably
making their hardest fight in San Fran
cisco and Alameda Counties. ,
In addition to the foun tickets put
In the field by the Republans and
Democrats, there will be an Independ
ence League ticket and a Union Labor
ticket.
Prospects of Congressmen.
Tn the Second and Third Congressional
districts' Congressman Duncan McKinley
and Joseph Knowland appear to nave
little opposition for the Republican norm
(Concluded on Pace 2.)
HEARST FORGETS
TO PROVIDE CASH
r '
HUNGRY INDEPENDENTS WAIT
ING FOR HIM TO FEED.
ILack of Funds Causes Discharge oi
Clerks at Headquarters Ap
peals to Hearst Frantic
rwTPAnn An- ift fSneeial.) There
lias been a sudden falling off in Interest
in the Independence party since tne a-
tlrmni convention in Orchestra Man iasi
month, if the dismissal of clerks in the
National headquarters can be taKen as
an idicatlon.
Boveral have been laid off by Secre
tary Charles A. Walsh and a rumor was
cnronri toHav that the good angel of the
party had gone away to some Indefinite
part of California and railed to leave
behind the kev to the strong box. This
. alleged lack of funds was denied at the
headquarters.
One of the employes asserted that a
request had been sent to New York to
William Randolph Hearst tor funds,
which was made necessary because at the
time Mr. Walsh and other leaders in the
National headquarters did not know
exactly where Mr. Hearst is in California.
There is no secret about the fact
that Mr. Hearst has promised to
aid the Committee materially. Mr.
Walsh said before the National con
vention that the committee would raise
all the contributions possible and, if there
was a deficit, it would be paid by Mr.
Hmret No nublic statement was maue
regarding whether there was a deficit.
JAP PRISONERS APPEAL
Sealers Object to Death Sentence for
Attack on Guards.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 10. Six Jap
anese, who were condemned to death at
Nlkolalevsk for attacking the prison
guards, have appealed their case to the
supreme military tribunal at St. Peters
burg. The condemned men were sailors on tne
Japanese schooner Mlya Maru. which was
recently captured by the Russians while
seal-poaching in the Commander Islands
in the Bering Sea. While the troops
were conveying the prisoners through the
streets of Nlkolalevsk. the Japanese
sailors assailed the soldiers with stones
and wounded several of them. The town
of Nlkolalevsk Is under martial law and
-.nnnnao. Hmrpfnrf were tried bv
a military district curt, six of the 37
prisoners being condemned to aeain.
TnnnnADA TTH-V,aCV hftS llOt OrO"
tested in regard to the sentences handed
down by the military court, since the case
was purely within rfussian Jurisdiction.
n....in n.4 Tartan am negotiating a
sealing convention similar to- the Russo
American and Russo-Brltish conventions.
MALONE'S PLACE FILLED
Dr. G. C. BanU Made. Assistant
1'nlted States Treasurer.
WASHINGTON, Aug. lO.-Dr. G. C.
TO.,. n-aa tnriiiv nnDnlnted Assistant
Treasurer of the United States, in place
of the late J. J Alaione. .ur.
Ki Hoc o .mninv of the Treasury De
partment for 35 years and recently has
filled the position ot deputy ahuuuii
Treasurer.
William H. Gibson, assistant cashier
nD.h.rnnm WAR nromoted to be
Deputy Assistant Treasurer in place of
Dr. Bantz. James A. Sample, now a
division chief, was appointed io oe ubii
uty Assistant Treasurer.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TEPTERDAT'S Maximum temperature. 82
deRreeB; minimum. ti. ucsrc-.
TODAYS Fair; wlnd moBtly northwest-
Foreign.
President Falllere's daughter married In
Paris. Psko 3.
Canadian Facttlo puts fruards at shops and
denies Importing strikers. Page 2.
Wright's airship makes another flight.
Page 5. '
National.
President Roosevelt starts investigation of
Improvement of rural lire. Page 3.
Holland seeks to know American policy in
Venezuela. Page 3.
Officers of Atlantic fleet tendered banquet
at AucKiana. rno
Polities. .
West Virginia factions appeal to Taft, but
he remalnsneutral. Page S.
Bryan receives many visitors, who buoy up
.his hopes. Page 2.
Bitter primary campaign In California ends
Pnr. 1
Illinois Republicans find Democrats voted at
their primaries as in ureuu. ra
Hearst forgets to provide Independent
neanquarters . witn iuumo,
tress. Page I. .
Domestic
Peter Claudlanos, accused San Krnnclsco
....mir.r .nntured in Chicago. Page 5.
troy Dre-sser. uncle of richest baby tn
world, divorced ana ruincu. .
Texas Railroad Commission accuses OT rail
roads of conspiracy to Increase rates
Cloudburt sends landslide down on Bisbee
postoffice. Page 1.
pacific Coast.
Colonel McDonell wins brilliant victory at
Forest Supervisor at prlnevllle telegraphs to
Portland for nre nBuiei-.
stroylng valuable timber. Page 8.
Twentv-slx of S8 Maxamas succeed In reach
. ' l r Mount St. Helens. Page 6.
Newport man. with money in bank, com
mits sulciae. im
Portland and Vicinity.
T M Stevens takes anuther wife. Page 11.
Red-letter day for Oregon Foresters.
Automobile' club will sVk revocation of
Uucky jack- Peterson s license. Page 7.
Fnilneer advocates uae of reinforced con
crew M material for new BuU Run pipe
line. Page 10.
City must par annual water bill of $80,000.
OregoElectric will bnJId line to Corvalll.
Page 11.
D. M. Watson Is sued by Polk County Oil
Company. Page 7.
Benefited property may be assessed tor pur
chase ot parks. Page .
Good roads conference will convene this,
morning. Page 7.
Commercial and Marine.
narTr in local wheat market subsldes.
Paige 15.
Wheat Drots at Chicago an heavy selling.
Page 14.
tiairy product advances at Seattle. Page IS.
Broadening of demand for stocks, page, 15.
Portland A Asiatic liner Arakia arrives.
Pa U.
rRICE FIVE CENTS.
ISnYSlBADS :
HAVE CONSPIRED
Texas Sues to Prevent
Rate Increase.
ATTACKS HOST OF, COMPANIES'
Charges Attempt to Suppress
Competition.
GIVES COST OF RAILROADS
State Coin mission Appenls to Intr
state Board, Basins Complaint on
Valuation of I.Inrs antl In
creased Cost to Consumers. (
WASHINGTON", A uft. 10 The Ttatlroncl
Commission of Texas today filed a formal
complaint with the Interstate Commerce
Commission against 67 railroads and other
common carriers, allofilng a conspiracy
on the part of the defendants through,
the Southwestern Trafllc Association for
the suppression of competition and re
straint of trade in the recent action in
creasing freight rates to common polnia
in Texas. The Commission will forward,
notice of this complaint to all the car
riers involved and will Rive them 15 days
to reply, the usual period allowed for an
swering a complaint being 20 days. The
Commission will expedite this cnee as
much as possible on account of its wide
spread importance.
The complaint is signed by Allison May
field, chairman of the Texas Commission 1
K. T. Davidson. Attorney-General: Claude
Pollard. Assistant Attorney-General of
the State of Texas, countersigning tho
paper.
Bases Bates on Valuation.
The complaint undertakes to compare
the alleged cost of maintenance and
operation of the railroads with the actual
cost, and the claimed debt which is sup
posed to Justify the increase, with the
"actual debt. The Railroad Commission,
of Texas,, it appears, h:tfi appraised the
cost of construction and operation of the
roads as well as the actual debt upon
which the rates may be fairly based.
Bight freight schedules, which have re
cently been filed with the Commission,
are mads the basis of the complaint and
nil are alleged to have been brought
about by an unlawful agreement between
the defendant carriers and tho South
western Traffic Association, of which.
they are members or whose members rep
resent, through power of attorney, thosa
who are not.
Increase Falls on Consumer.
It declares that tho Increased rotes will
fall primarily upon the commodities of
dally necessity; that they will seriously
disturb trade relations, causing loss to
shippers and the consuming public, and
that tho increased tax, so far as Texas
alone Is concerned, will amount to J3.
653,000. Senator Culberson was actively as
sociated with the representatives of the
Texas Railroad Commission in framing
this complaint, having come here from
his home with ilr. Mayfleld and Mr. Pol
lard to confer with members of the In
terstate Commerce Commission upon the
proper course to pursue In order to V
feat the proposed increase in freight
rates. The Commission was asked to pro
ceed against the defendant carriers on its
own behalf, but it was pointed out to tho
Tcjaas representatives that the Commis
sion would not have authority to fix
rates to take the place of those pro
posed by the railroads and that, in order
to tlx rates. If that course should be
deemed proper, the Commission would
have to proceed upon a complaint of
Blilppers or their representatives.
KILLS WIFE WITH FORK
Aged Dairyman Beats Woman to
Death in Ham.
BAN FRANCIsipO. Aus. 10. Peter Pal
lusoun, a dairyman. 70 years old. Is
charged with having brutally beaten his
wife, Paula, 65 years of age, over the
head with a pitchfork. In the stable at
their home, early today, causing her
death a few hours later.
Lying in the barn with the
Mood streaming from the wounds
in her head where the prong's of
the pitchfork hud laid open her brain,
and with her two horrified children, Au
gust and Emily, aged 15 and lti. respec
tively, trying to get her to the house, the
old Frenchman left the woman, indif
ferently mounted his wagon and drove oft
on his milk route. He was arrested
shortly before 12 o'clock and formally
charged with murder.
At the City Prison Talassou made
the following statement regarding thi
tragedy:
"My wife Is always screaming at
m'e. This morning she kept at me and
I told her to shut up. But she would
not. so I pushed her and she fell. Her
head struck against the steps In the
karn and she bled. I did not think she
was badly hurt. She refused to have m
doctor, so I went to deliver my mill.'
I was surprised when the officer told
me she- was dead.
"We have had trouble about our
property, about signing papers. My
wife has been mean to me, but I did
not strike her with the pitchfork. Ttiey
got the blood on It when they carried
her to the house. No, uc; I did not
mean to kill her."
Four daughters and a son were
iriven from home by the cruelty rJ
Palassou. according to statements
members of the family. Palassou naa
previously been arrested on several oc
casions for ortmlty to animals and tat
selling adulterated milk.