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mm PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1908. rRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL,. XL VIII SO. 14,895. Qinrmr pai i is I SEATTLE FflOWNS UPON KISSING OCCULT PRACTICES RUINED HIS HE ANTI-HUGHES MEN F KILLED WHEN LONE HIGHWAYMAN DEBS TOLD NOT TO RUN "RED SPECIAL" LATEST IN IOWA APPEAR TO YIELD TRAIN I S WRECKED R0BS1 25T0URISTS ALTOX OFFICIALS SEEK TO DAVE-VPORT MATROX TAKES NOT BECAUSE IT IS IMMORAL, BUT OX SANITARY GROUNDS. KEEP HIM OUT OF CAB. POISOX AT NEIGHBOR'S. Stops Eleven Stages in Yellowstone Park. SECURES OYER $2000 IN COIN Unarmed Passengers Also Give Watches and Jewelry. SOLDIERS PURSUE OUTLAW Indignant Victims Ilold Mass Mfrt lag and Pass Resolutions Bit terly Condemning Government for Ita Failure to Protect. LAKE HOTEL Yellowstone Part, Wyo. Aug. 34. The greatest stags hold-up in the west In many years, at least in the number of coaches held up, occurred today within the boundaries of the Yellowstone Park. The work was done by a lone highwayman, and the passengers were ab solutely helpless in his hands, as no guns are permitted in the park to either driv ers or tourists. In all, it Is estimated from the statement of passengers, that something like 000 In cash was obtained, drafts worth J10.000. other papers and transportation, besides a rich haul in watches and Jewelry. Docs Sot Molest Drivers. In all, 21 coaches left the Upper Geyser basin this morning. The highwayman was encountered about five miles further on at a lonely point along the banks of Spring Creek, a tributary of the Fire Hole River. The creek is lined with bushes. The first lot of coaches, number ing seven, and following each other k closely, passed by the place unharmed. There was a gap between them, and the next lot of eight following. After the first of the eight came along the highwayman stepped from the bushes and ordered the driver to halt. He did not molest the driver, nor any of the drivers following. Orders Boy to Hold Sack. On the first seat sat B. Drew, of Or lando, Fla., and his stepson, P. H. Gas kin. Mr. Drew, with the gun upon him, , was ordered to hand over what he had, to the extent of $90. Mr. Gaskin, a boy of 18, was ordered to dismount and hold the man's sack. This he did, at the point of a gun, all along the line of eight coaches. Every driver was warned not to start his team or he would be shot. Raps One Man Over Head. In one of the other coaches Forrest Stevens, of 'W'ilkesbarre, Pa., gave a nervous laugh, which seemed to enrage the holdup man, and he was ordered to dismount and to accompany the high wayman. When he got out, Stevens started to go around the rig, but was summarily ordered to come back, and got a whack over the head with the barrel of the rifle for his pains. When the last of the eight coaches was reached the highwayman remarked that he had a good mind to shoot Ste vens, anyway, and did fire a shot over Elevens' head. Then both young men were ordered back to their rig and the drivers ordered to move on. Eleven Coaches Fall Victims. These eight coaches had barely gone on when three more came along, and these were robbed in a like manner. In one of the coaches vu M. L. Walker, an Okla homa banker. He had $10,000 in drafts in hie pocketbook and tried to conceal this under the seat. The hold-up man saw him and made hlra "dig It up." Mr. Walker pleaded for the return of his drafts and transportation, but the papers were contemptuously thrown Into the bushes with the remark that they would have been returned if Walker had not tried to hide his money. The last coach contained five young women. The robber did not get much from them, but did appropriate some candy that he found in one girl's hand bag. In all, about 123 people were held up, though not all of these suffered loss. When the robber ordered the drivers to move on. he stood a few minutes with his gun pointed toward them, and then walked down the road. Soldiers Gqin Pnrsult- As quickly as possible after a tele phone was reached at Thumb Station word was sent to the soldiers and a de tail started in pursuit of the man who is described as about 5 feet g inches tall, with bluish-grey eyes, and bristly grey whUkers. He acted like a man short of breath or a consumptive. He understood German, as he answered questions asked him in that language. He wore bluish brown overalls, brown shirt and soft felt hat, and carried an automatic rifle, using smokeless powder. At a meeting tonight of the victims held in the . Lake Hotel the following resolutions were passed, with the re quest that they be sent to the Associated Press: Victims Draft Resolutions. "On the morning of August 24. in Yellowstone Park, on the road between Old Faithful Inn and Thumb of Lake, teveral coachei of the transportation Trouble Feared If Presidential Can didate Fires" Excursion En gine 'ext Sunday. CHICAGO, Aug. 24. (Special.) When Eugene V. Debs, Socialistic candidate for the Presidency, tries to act as fire man on the "Red Special" to the So cialistic picnic at Lemont, I1L, on Sun day next, he may find himself In trou ble with the managers of the road, who do not forget that Debs led the Pull man railway strike and Is still on the blacklist. Socialists have advertised that Debs clad in Jumper and overalls, would be stoker of the Chicago & Alton Railway locomotive and run into Lemont. The price of tickets is to be , the extra charge being made because Mr. Debs will act as fireman. Officials of the railway company said that under no circumstances would Mr. Debs be allowed to take charge of the train. OLD VIRGINIA IS SHAKEN Severe Earthquake Shocks Felt in Three Counties. RICHMOND, Va.. Aug. 24. There were several severe earth tremors felt in Powhaton. Amelia and Chesterfield counties last night and this morning. No one was hurt and no property dam age done. It Is probable that the trou ble was due to a slip In the rotten granite formation. Such local dis turbances are frequent in the limestone formation. WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. Neither at the Weather Bureau nor at the Coast and Geodetic Survey Observatory was any record noted of the earthquake re ported In Virginia. BRIDE SHOOTS HERSELF Wife of 16, Married on Friday, March 13, May Die. SAN BERNARDINO. Cal., Aug. -24. (Special.) Mrs. Elizabeth Caldron, aged 16. a bride of six months, attempted sui cide at her home in Colton today by fir ing a bullet from a 22-caHbre revolver into her breast. She was married on Fri day. March 13, and to this unlucky com bination of dates attributes the unhap plness which has followed her matri monial venture. The first week after her marriage dif ferences arose which led aCldron to de sert her last Wednesday and broken hearted, she decided to end her life- After writing a pitiful note to her hus band, she robed herself for burial, and with the withered roses which had adorned her as a bride in her hair she fired. The bullet was deffected, missing the heart by a narrow margin and she may recover. WILL . NOT VISIT ASTORIA E. H. Harrlman TTnable to Accept Invitation at Present. ASTORIA. Aug. 24. (Special.) A tele gram was received today from E. H. Harrlman in reply to one sent hlra re cently by the Chamber of Commerce ex tending him an Invitation to viist As toria. The reply Is as follows: Pelican Bay, Aug. 24. Chamber of Commerce, Astoria: Thanks for your kind invitation to visit your city. As I am here purely for rest and recreation I shall not be able at the present time, but hope to do so at a later time. I am rlad to hear that you are progressing so satisfactorily. E. H. Harrlman.' BLOWS OFF TOP OF HEAD Wealthy Recluse Discharges Gun and Revolver at Same Time. VENTURA. CaL. Aug. 24. Herbert Fryer, a wealthy Englishman and a re cluse, committed suicide last Wednes day night In his lonely cabin on his ranch near Plru City In this county. The body was found Sunday morning by surveyors of the Union Oil Company. Fryer made sure or nis death, laying on the floor and propping his head up. he placed the muzzles of a S8 caliber revolver and a rifle in his mouth and discharging both, blew off the entire top of his head. He owned the paio solo rancn oi 6713 acres. STEAMERS WAIT CARGOES Two Vesels Lying Idle at Aberdeen Owing to Longshoremen. ABERDEEN, Wash.. Aug. 34. (Spe cial.) There has been no settlement of the trouble between the stevedoring firm of McCabe & Hamilton, of Tacoma, and the longshoremen of Grays Harbor and the steamers Greenwich and Gralghall are still at the docks waiting for cargoes. The London and Glasgow owners of the two steamers who have been cabled the status of affairs here have not yet been heard from and there are no develop ments here that would Indicate a settle ment. The crew of the schooner Soquel. which has been loading at American Mill for Guaymas, was signed today. WILBUR WRIGHT IS ILL American Aviator Forced to Post pone Experiments in France. LEMANS. France, Aug. 24. Wilbur Wright, the American aeronaut. Is suf fering today from a slight attack of fever. A strong wind was blowing, too. and consequently Mr. Wright de Opposition to Renomi nation Fades. COCKS "HAS LITTLE DOUBT" Practically' Concedes Victory of Governor. VOICE THAT OF ROOSEVELT Powerful Friends of Hughes De clare They Would Vote for Demo crat if Governor Were Turned Down by the Convention. v T.i.nvn v T n P". ROA N NEW YORK, Aug. 23. (Special.) "I have litle doubt that Governor Hughes will be renominated." This statement by Congressman W. W. Cocks would seem to settle the burning question in New York Republican poli tics, although no offliclal announcement of surrender has been made by the lead ers. For Congressman Cocks Is a man who Is entitled to speak "by authority, ctcks represents the district that In cludes Oyster Bay, and is on intimate terms with the President. Two years ago the Oyster Bay Congressman was selected to carry the word to Saratoga that Hughes must be nominated to succeed Governor Hlggins. Up to the time Cooks arrived on the scene of action, the insur ance Investigator was hardly an "also ran-' In the oonventfon. But the orders brought by the Congressman were car ried out, and none of the leaders dared make objection. Cocks Silent Heretofore. . Congressman Cocks has maintained a masterly silence during the present period of warfare. He has participated in many conferences at Sagamore Hill, however, and is thoroughly posted on conditions throughout the state. Therefore anything he has to say Just now is of Interest. Barnes of Albany, Hendricks of Onon daga, and other leaders honestly feel that Hughes cannot be elected again," de clares Mr. Cocks. "I know from my own Inquiry where he has many foes, but on the other hand there are sections where he is very strong. In my district I think the voters are for him. Mr. Parsons, of New York, has not fully made up his mind, I understand. "I would say today that sentiment Is about evenly divided, with the chances strongly in favor of a renomination. The President Is receiving & great mass of letters about the situation. They come from all over and from all classes of peo ple. He Is finding out for his own In formation Just what the feeling is, and he Is not confining his Inquiries to politicians. But he Is keeping his hands off." Isn't It possible that at the final mo ment his Judgment may be sought in the matter?" 'Oh, well, no one can ten about that, was the reply. The local leaders are growling angrily because the Republican National Com mittee has accepted Governor Hughes' (Concluded on Pass 9.) Third Case of Kind in City Creates Consternation in Society Circles. DAVENPORT, Iowa, Aug. 24. Spe cial.) Mrs. Sophia Deubner, a promin ent woman of this place, called on her neighbor, Mrs. Keppy, last evening, and swallowed two ounces of carbolic acid soon after arriving, her death ensuing KING ALFONSO TRAVELS IJT COGXITO. Will Join Queen Victoria on Isle of WlBht. PARIS, Aug. 24. King Alfonso arrived here today. Incognito, from Spain. He lunched with friends m Bois de Boulogne and later in the day left for Isle of Wight, via Boulogne, where he Is to Join Queen Victoria. in five minutes. She had been subject to spells of melancholia for some time, and it is presumed she was seized with a sudden fit of insanity. This is the third time that persons of this city have committed suicide In neighbors' houses within the last few weeks, and the suicide visit Is becom ing an accepted social institution here. Many a matron who happens to have friends calling upon her has been made uneasy until the visitor has departed. BANK THIEF IS SUICIDE Cashier of German Institution Con- f esses Theft of $1123,000. FRANKFORT, Aug. 24. Herr Gelter- mann, cashier of the coupon department of the Mlttledeutsche Credit Bank, shot himself dead in this city today. He had embezzled (125,000 from the bank. He left a letter of confession addressed to the management. Geltermann had speculated on the Lon don exchange. AUTO KILLS TWO HORSES Machine Strikes Wagon and One of Occupants Sustains Injuries. TACOMA. Wash., Aug. 24. (Special.) Joseph McArdle was badly injured and his two horses killed in a collision with an automobile south of Spanaway lost evening. Mr. MoArdle was driving to his ranch when the automobile traveling at a high speed ran Into him. Two or three persons are said to have b;en in the wagon with him, but they escaped injury. i i - 1 i fc- - If r It J5. H. H. "GOODNESS! HOW DID THAT GET Cottage Grove Local In Ditched Near Eugene. FIVE PASSENGERS INJURED Fireman and Three Tramps Crushed to Death. ENGINEER FATALLY HURT Locomotive, Derailed hy Striking Bull, Turns Turtle, and Three Passenger Coaches . Are Thrown From Track. EUGENH Or., Aug. 24. (Special.) Four dead, five seriously injured and a score slightly hurt is the final count on the wreck of the Cottage Grove local, which was derailed at 9:30 last evening by .the engine running over a big bull on the track about & mile and a half south of Irving, and nearly four miles north of Eugene. The dead are: Jack Nichols, en gineer; Frank Bolter, fireman; George Bailey,' of Eugene, and Ray Schwartz, of Junction City, who were riding on the blind baggage. The injured are: Verne Apper- son, Eugene, back and arm badly bruised; John Wilbright, Pittsburg, left leg broken and back injured; John Wright, Portland, leg injured; B. C. Gil bert, Eugene, back Injured, and Albert Rahn, Portland, left arm cut. It is not thought any of the injured will die. Three Died Instantly. Of the four killed, all but the engl neer met death instantly. Engineer Nich ols died about 3 o'clock from the scald ing he received when his engine went over. He was brought to Eugene just be fore midnight in an automobile and taken to the Eugene Hospital, but little could be done to relieve his agony. About 2 o'clock he became unconscious and at 3 o'clock he died. The bodies of George Bailey and Ray Schwartz were brought to Eugene early this morning to Coroner Gordon's morgue, to which the remains of Engineer Nichols were token for the Inquest that was held at 10 o'clock this morning. The body of Fireman Bolter was not recovered until 8:30 this morning and It was shipped at once to Portland. All Stories in Accord. At the Inquest the testimony of C. I Minkler, conductor; Newton P. Scruggs and D. J. Ryan, the brakemen; Eugene Davis, the news agent, and several of the passengers was taken and In about a dozen different versions of the wreck, the story of how it happened did not vary in a single important particular. The train was well out of Irving, hav ing left that station On time, and run ning about 35 miles an hour, the usual rate for this section of the road. The Bushnell farm had just been passed when the first shock came, as the air went on and the brakes down; then the collision, (Concluded on ; 14.) THERE?" Health Officers Object to Customary Salutation in Church of Living God. SEATTLE. Wash., Aug. 24. (Special.) Kissing, instead of shaking hands, as a mode of salutation, is frowned upon by the City Health Department, and as a consequence, if the department can as sure Itself that it has legal authority to do so, the camp of the members of th Church of the Living God, located in one of the suburbs, is likely to be closed. The members of the church kiss each other every time they meet that is, the men kiss each other and the women do like wise. The men do not kiss the women. The inspectors of the Health Department who have visited the camp hold that kiss ing is unsanitary. They estimate that 1,000,000 microbes swap habitations every time that, two of the "saints," as the church members call themselves, meet. They say that an epidemic is possible at any time, and would have closed the camp several days ago had they not been doubt ful of their legal authority to act. Health Commissioner J. E. Crichton has not yet decided what he will do. "Whether there is a city ordinance covering the case or not," he said, "kiss ing Is one of the principal means for transmitting dangerous diseases, and where the habit extends to a large num ber of persons thrown together, as in the Green Lake camp-meeting, the danger of an epidemic is increased." The worst of it is that a total stranger who ventures within the confines of the camp stands a good chance of being kissed. At a meeting last Thursday night of Portland General Longshoremen's Union No. 6 resolutions were passed declaring that the Portland longshoremen would refuse to handle ships which had been loaded with partial cargoes on Puget Sound by nonunion men. The resolution was published in full in The Oregonian last Friday. CHAFIN'S STRENUOUS DAY Prohibitionist Slakes Five Open-Air Speeches at Minneapolis. MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 24. Eugene W. Chafin, Prohibition candidate for President, spent a strenuous day today in Minneapolis. He spoke five times at open air meetings In the flour-mill district and on Newspaper Row. Still another address was made In the rooms of the East Side Commercial Club. AH the meetings were well attended. "If I am elected President of the United States on the third day of November, and inaugurated on the fourth day of next March, I will coll a special session of the Congress of the United States the next day after my inauguration, and ask them to legislate the liquor irarnc out of existence." This declaration of E. W. Charm, ero hibition candidate for President, found hearty approval In the crowd of work lngmen and others who met "to hear the candidate today. , If every man who believes In prohlt bltion will rally and vote for me this Fall." said Mr. Chafin, "I can carry the electoral vote of this state and of al most every state in the Union. GRADE QUESTION SETTLED Agreement Readied Between Salem Council and Oregon Electric. R1T.KM Or.. Aue. 24. (Special.) After wrangling for several montns, me City Council and the uregon ciecini; o-r, tnpther tnnltrht on the question of a grade for Broadway and High street in this city. The graae aaopiea by the city is aocepted by the railroad -nmrMinv with th Drovislon. however, that the company shall not be com pelled to lower Its tracks until the city actually commences to Improve a long nf turrltnrv for two blocks on either side of the tracks of the com pany. This Is virtually a victory tor the city, but may give the Oregon Elec rs a ir or two in which to do the work which the citj ha been demand ing done at once. JEROME JS EXONERATED AH Charges Disproved by Evidence, Saye Referee Hand. AT.RANT. N. T.. Aug. 24. Richard T. Hand, of Ellzabethtown, who was ap pointed hv Governor Hughes to take testimony and report his findings upon the charges filed against District At- tnrrtfv William T. Jerome, of New York County, by a minority stock holders com mittee of the Metropolitan street tau way Company, today submitted a report to the Governor. Hk finds that not one of the series of charges is proved but that all are dis proved upon the evidence. He recom mends dismissal of the charges. MORMON GIRLS DETAINED Immigration Officials at Boston Slake Investigation. BOSTON, Aug. 24. The local Board of Tmmisrration Inspectors held a spe cial session today and further investi gated the cases of about 100 Mormon women converts wno arnvea yesieraay i board the steainsnip epuouc. As a result of today's examination i girls were held for further inquiry, id Margaret and Catherine Roe will be sent back to their fattier In Liver pool, England. Steamer Johan Poulsen Clears. ASTORIA. Or, Aug. 24. (Special.) The steamer Johan Poulsen cleared at the Custom-house Sunday with a part cargo of grain from Portland. 150.000 feet of lumber loaded at Prescott and 200,000 feet of lumber loaded, at-KaappWu, Millionaire Frenchman Sued by Lawyer. BROSSEAU'S PROMISES FALSE Migneron Tells How He -Was Deceived by Broker. LURED WIFE INTO SIN Complaint in $50,000 Damage Suit Alleges 4 hat Defendant Exercised Diabolical Influence Over En tire Family of His Victim. CHICAGO, Aug. 24. (Special.) "Oc cult practices and diabolical influence," are charged by J. H. Migneron In his $50,000 damage suit, filed today against Z. P. Brosseau, Chicago's millionaire Board of Trade operator, art critic and Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. Mig neron accuses the leader of the French colony of Chicago of luring Mrs. Mig neron to her moral ruin. Incidentally, Migneron says he was lured a little himself. On July 1, 1903. the plaintiff alleges, he was married in Montreal to Marie Angelle E. Denault, the marriage be ing performed before Louis Bedard, a notary public. Migneron says he gave his wife $5000 as a marriage settle ment, and that soon after she moved to Detroit. He, It appears, remained In Montreal. In 1909 "Dame Denault," as she Is referred to in the bill, came to Chicago to reside with relatives. Brosseau Broke Promises. In the Spring of 1905, Migneron al leges, he was lured from Montreal by t false promises on the part of Bros seau. Brosseau, he says, promised to establish him in a good law practice and help him in every way. Migneron says he was induced to make this change "by the use of occult and diabolical Influences," on the part of Brosseau. He came, but the promises, he says, never were fulillled. The complaint further alleges: "Since June, 1907, the defendant, for the purpose of villainously bringing and keeping Mme. Denault under his nefarious Influence and possession, has used all kinds of occult and diabolical means to hurt the plaintiff in his repu tation and to blacken nis character. "In October, 1904, the defendant. knowing the plaintiff was In Canada, by keeping Mme. Denault under his ne farious control, Induced her to visit evil places and otherwise corrupted her." Wrongdoings in Detail. More details of the alleged wrong doings are eet forth. Dame Denault was an honest woman until Brosseau brought her under his evil eye, says Migneron. He tells of the defendant entering Dame Denault's bedroom In the presence of her 10-year-old son. Much of the bill is devoted to set ting forth alleged statements made by Brosseau detrimental to Migneron's character. The defendant says ho has been greatly injured in the eyes of his fellow-countrymen by statements made by Brosseau, and that $50,000 Is re quired as salve to heal the wound. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 6 dKrees; minimum, &3 cegreea. TODAY'S Pair. preceded by unsettiM weather in the morning; warmer; easterly winds. Forelfrn. Count von Goetzen may succeed late Baron Sternberg as Ambassador to WMmn ton. Page tt. Political. Indianapolis prepares to receive big- crowd today; Kern and Brian to makt peechea. Page 3. Domestic. Baltimore woman confesses that son killed tier husband because he was cruel to ner. Page 3. Railroads lose safety appliance cases on ap peal. Page 2. Captain Hains on verge of nervous collapse. Page z. Wall street to probe "wash eales" of stock. Page z. riorpe thieves eet fire to two Sooth Dakota towns. Page 4. Pacific Coast. v Northwest Fruit Association opens war on prune combine. Page T. Senator Ankeny issue statement denying charges of bribery. Page 7. Columbia River salmon pack, on basts of canned fish, totals 335,460 cases. Page 7. Marshfleld determines to build own railroad; Harrlman sends word he has no money available. Page 7. Commercial and Marine, Contracting resumed Jn the hop market. Page lo. Tone of Eastern wheat markets bearish. Page 13. Trading in stock dull. Page 15. Lumber export, foreign, pass ten million mark for August. Page 14. Portland and Vicinity. Mrs. E. X .Hoover, who disappeared Satur day flies suit for divorce, duc returns borne and agrees to withdraw proceed ings. Page 16. Unions plan to have 5000 marchers in Labor day parade. Page 10. Mrs. Lola G. Baldwin defends Chinese noodle restaurants as more orderly than many American places in city. Page 14. Condemnation suits brought by North Bank Road against Northern Pacific Terminal Company are dismissed. Page 10. Trestle collapses under dirt train, injuring two. Page 1. Indiana capitalist buys Portland property. Page IX, cided not to. malt aax flight. i