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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1908)
ALLGOOD BOOSTERS Oregon Rural Carriers Work ing for Portland. DISPLAY GREAT BANNER See Evttjf lele(rate t Omaha Con vention. t;lv Picture of Mount Hood and Capture Many Votes on Sight. OMAHA. Neb.. Oct. . (Special.) If Portland does not land the next conven tion cf the National Rural Lettercamers" Association, which opened ita session here today. It will not b because the cKy doea not deserve It. for It ta hustling. Every delmate to the convention who could be reached was led up to head quarters of the deleaatlon In the lobby and after refrtnterlna; a-tven a handsome b'.g iht'Hrrph of Mount Hood. Big Banner Booms Oregon. The secretary of the delegation. John H. Goln. h, brouitht with hlra letters of Introduction to nearly every one Port Innd frleniti knew could be of use to hm. and besides meetln these people Mr. tlotns has contrived to see about :l the deleiratea. He also put up c great (O-foot banner In the conrentlou tall. "Oregon rural carriers stand for bet ter (oaris. htKher education and greater Uretcon." -Our cause is making great headway so far as we can tell." said he. w have many unsolicited pledges already and are sure of more. If the neat con vention will com to Portland, we'll treat the delegates as well as Omaha Is treating; us now." Portland Solicitors Busy. The Portland solicitors got busy as soon as they reached Omaha and about every delegate In the convention .had "been seen' before evening. Tuesday was entirely consumed with speeches by prominent men of the West and the business meetings began tonight. Wednesday will be devoted to a discussion of the good roada move ment. Postmaster-General Meyer has tele graphed .that he cannot possibly be present, but that he has sent a repre sentative of the Postofflce Department- TWO KILLED BY CAVE-IN Fatal Accident to Naval Prisoners at Pugrt Sound Yard. NAVY TARI), Puget Sound. Wash., Oct. (Special.) Two men were killed Instantly, a third fatally and a fourth seriously Injured as the result of a cave In here today, where 12 naval prisoners were digging away a hill on the site for the new drydock. The dead and In jured were serving general court-martial sentences and were stationed on the yard prison ship Nipslc The dead: G. F. Morgan, apprentice seaman, and C. A. Burtnett. ordinary seaman. C. C. O'Xeill. coalpawer. bad three ribs broken and received internal Injuries that may prove fatal, and F. S. Wilson, a private In the Marine Corps, had an ankle sprained by being struck by falling earth. The accident happened about 11:30 this morning. A court of Inquiry was called this afternoon. Morgan was serving sen tence for desertion. His parents live at Sacramento. Burtnett was serving a nine-months' sentence for fraudulent en listment and gave his home as Oklahoma City. O'Neill "waa serving a six months' sentence for absence from duty without leave. Consul Is Appointed. Elof Valdemar Udell has been ap pointed Vice-Consul for Sweden at this port. Mr. Udell will assume his duties as soon ss his appointive papers are revived from the head consulate In San Francisco, SCHISM LEADS TO BULLETS KVPTOtE IN BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY PROVES SERIOVS. San Jose Man Awakened by Bullet Striking Pillow Says Another Faction After Him.' SAN JOSE, Cal.. Oct. 6. (Special.) A. O. Flory, one of the leaders of a religious sect known as the San Jose Bible and Tract Society, was awakened Sunday evening by the report of a gun Just out side his window. At the same Instant a bullet struck the head of his bed. only a few Incheef from his head. Both he and a number of neighbors heard a person running from the driveway Immediately after the report: but. though the Sheriff has been working on the case, no clew has yet been found of the Identity of the would-be assassin. Flory says he suspects that a recent rupture in the Bible and Tract Society is responsible for the shooting and believes that the faction which is opposed to him as leader of the society is trying to drive him from the city. About two years ago a man named L. D. Dement came to San Jose from Iowa and took an active part In the proceedings of the society. For some reason be and Flory became antagonistic and finally last June the feeling between the two men resulted In a schism in the society, part of the mem bers electing Dement leader and deposing Flory. Flory's adherents promptly bolted and since that time the two factions have been holding separate meetings and ex isting as twa separate organizations. Flory says that for some time the oppos ing faction has been using threats to in duce him to leave the city. Freight Goes Into Ditch. CASTLE ROCK. Wash.. Oct. . Ow ing to the spreading- of a rail, freight No. . or at least a portion of it. was piled up In a ditch at Tilllcum Siding, several miles south of here, at an early hour this morning. As a cons-ouence passenger No. 1. bound for Portland. u held here until :20. at which time it proceeded slowly on its way, following the wrecking train, which reached here from Tacoma shortly af ter 9. No one was hurt. MEAD WELCOMES WOMEN Governor Addresses Federation of Washington Women Clubs. BELLINGHAM, Wash, Oct. 6 (Spe cial.) The opening session of the Washington State Federation of Wo mans' Club was held here this evening. Mayor J. P. Demattos, Mrs. W. N. Hunt and Governor Mead gave addresses of welcome to the delegates. Mrs. H. W. Allen, of Spokane, state president of the federation, and Mrs. E. Chantler, of Tacoma, responded. The first business session of the fed eration begins tomorrow morning with reports of credentials and standing committees. The afternoon session will be likewise occupied, and in the even ing the delegates will be entertained with a concert. About 200 delegates are in attend ance. RUEF JURY BOX IS FULL Six, However, May Be Kemoved by Peremptory' Challenge. SAX FRANCISCO, Oct. 6. For the second time since the present Ruef case was called the jury box contains 12 men. Only six of these have been sworn In, and 'any or all of the re mainder may be removed by the excr ete of peremptory challenges. W. D. Keyston, the only juror ac cepted today, is a wholesale saddle manufacturer. The exercise of per emptory challenge will come up at to morrow morning's session of court. Assistant District Attorney Heney has but wo peremptory challenges to use while counsel for Ruef has seven. Major W. II . Thomas. LOUISVILLE, Oct. 6. Major W. H Thoroas. for many years one of the fore most liquor dealers of Louisville, died today, aged S3 years. He served m, tne Confederate Army under General Lee and General Kir by Smith. ATTEMPT TO BURN SHUCKS FIREBUG THROWS TORCH INTO ROW OF ABANDONED CRIBS. Bystanders Stamp Out Blaze That Threatened Row of Buildings onVFourth Street. What has every appearance of being an attempt to destroy the row of wooden shacks on the east side of North Fourth street, between Davis and Everett, which until yesterday had been the resorts of the most degraded of the denizens of the North End, was made last night about 7 olclock. At this hour some unknown person threw an old coat and some rags, which had been saturated with oil. through ,the half open window of No. 70 North Fourth street, and ignited the pile with a match. Having started the blaze the unknown ran away. Within a few moments the blaze at tracted the attention of people on the opposite side of the street who gave the alarm and summoned Patrolmen Murray and Stone. The flames were soon put out. If the Are had gained any headway it la probable the entire row ofshacks would have been destroyed. This house is about in the center of what was formerly the most notorious block of cribs in the tenderloin and the police have expressed the belief that the blaze "was started by some fanatic who wished to wipe out what has been the heart of the restricted district. The buildings contain little if anything of value and are themselves of the cheapest and flimsiest construction and would not entail much-of a loss if destroyed. Al though the police made an Investigation last night no clew was found to the Iden tity of the firebug. Merchant Adujdged Insane. HILX-SBORO, Or., Oct. . (Special.) Cornelius W. Hendricks, aged 73, and a native of Holland, was today ad Judged insane by County Judge Goodin. Hendricks had been married two times, and is now a widower. For a number of years he has been a pervert, al though conducting business dally at his large general merchandise store in Cornelius. SHOT BY CARELESS HUNTER Hillsboro Farmer Receives Full Charge of Blrdshot in Back. ' HILLSBORO. Or.. Oct. 6. (Special.) The first serious hunting accident of the season took place here today at noon while Ray Taylor, Just returned from a shooting trip after pheasants, was pump ing the shells out of a shotgun. Taylor was standing in a crypt of the Hotel Tualatin discharging the cartridges, when one exploded, the charge passing 70 feet across the street and striking two bystanders. L. E. Shute. a retired farmer, stopped over 30 of the pellets, the bulk of the charge striking him in the back. Shute'R surgeon says he can not at this time determine how dangerously his patient t wounded, as one or more of the shot may have entered the abdominal cavity. A. J. Roberts, a renter on Shute's farm, and who was talking with Shute, received seven of the missiles, one tearing througn MS nose and then falling to the ground. Shute had an attack of vomiting after the surgeon had operated on him. leading to the belief that he might be internally injured. FALLS TO DEATH ON STAGE Scene-Shifter Drops 40 Feet and Re celves Fatal Injuries. WALLA WALLA, Wash., Oct. 6. (Spe cial ) Falling between 40 and 60 feet from files to a stage at the Keyler Grand The ater this afternoon, Fred A. Ward, scene shifter, received Injuries which caused his death two hours afterward. It is as sumed Ward was asleep In the flies and some one beneath, not knowing be was there moved the scenes, allowing him to fall. Joseph Jefferson and wife lent' every possible aid In caring for the injured man. Ward was 30 years of as and had lived in this city nearly all his life. Army Supplies Missing. VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash., Oct. 6. (Special.) A bonrd of officers to consist of Captain James W. McAn drew. Third Infantry; Captain William Pt Jackson, Quartermaster, Third In fantry; and Captain George II. Shields, Jr., Third Infantry; Is appointed to meet soon at Seattle, to examine into end report upon the loss of some J.T00 worth of Quartermaster's property in the steward's department of the trans port -Dlx.' ' SHOWS WONDERFUL VITALITY Fire-Damaged CMckering Used by Metropolitan Quartet at Bois9. An occasion long to be remembered waa the arpearance tl the Metropoli tan Quartet at the New Pinney Theater in Boise Monday night. The presentation of four Grand Opera Stars, Campanarl. the magnifi cent baritone, Martin, the (treat tenor, Mme. Rappold, one of Conrleds most famous eporano queens of the opera, and Mme. Jacoby, one of his most per fect contralios. each at the very pin nacle of artistic achievement, prelimi nary to their return for the season to New York's Metropolitan Grand Opera House, attracted a most brilliant and record breaking audience of music lovers from every portion of Idaho. The superb rendition of the choicest in music, including- the trio from Faust, and the last net of II Trova tore, arousf-d appreciation and enthus iasm unbounded, and encore after en core was demanded and freely given by th; artists jointly and Individually. A particularly interesting1 incident in the performance was th employment cf a magnificent Chlckeringr piano with one of its legs and the pedals badly burned or charred. The grand had passed through the disastrous fire at the Boise Kikrs Piano House, th floor bene Jth where It stood having been almost entirely eaten away by the seething flames underneath. , When the piano was finally rescued bv the firemen its legs had dropped through the floor. But such was the solid nature of Chickering work that after the instrument had been care fully permitted to cool it was found perfect in tone and action. Not one bit of the gloriously rich Chickering tone had been sacrincea, and in spite of its pitifully damaged exterior, never was a grand piano heard to better ad vantage than under the fingers of Mr. Arthur Rosensteln, the musical con ductor of the company, who played with a brilliance and technical fact lit v seldom equalled.
