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l ' ' 5 PnnTT.AXD ORCYTOBER- 12, 1908 . PRICE FIVE CENTS. T-m yt vttt n 14.936. - : i ACQUITTED SLAYER IS Coup at Night Saves Michael Campbell. ARMED ENEMIES UE IN WAIT Dramatic Climax to Murder Trial at Cathlamet. JTIVER TOWN IS IN FUROR Court and Sheriff Help Man Who Killed John McClelland to Keacb launch and Elude Friends of Victim. Fearing that enemies would carry out their threats against his life and shoot him down before he could reach a place of safety. Michael Campbell, acquitted at midnight Saturday at Cathlamet of the murder of John McClelland, waa the central figure early yesterday morning In the dramatic and exciting climax of one of the most bitterly contested and costly murder trials In the annals of Southern Washington. The trial which resulted In Campbell's acquittal and which undoubtedly would have been the cause of his own murder and that of others had the defendant not been spirited out' of the courtroom and rushed to Portland In the dead of night, began last Wednesday. It was termi nated by the Jury's verdict of not guilty at ll:30 o'clock Saturday night. Threat Are Made Openly. Before and during the trial at Cath lamet. friends and relatives of McClel land had openly boasted that If Camp bell was acquitted he would be shot down before he could leave the courthouse yard. The feeling was so bitter with the Mc Clelland faction that members of It went about town armed, patroled the village In the vicinity of the courthouse and of fered no hesitation la their threats against the life of the defendant If the verdict prove,! In his favor. - Judge Griffin, of Seattle, before whom the case was tried, took official cog nisance of the oft-repeated, threats. At the moment the Jury retired for their de liberations he ordered that all the doors of the courthouse be locked and that the spectators remain In their seats. Courthouse Ioora Are Locked. The Instructions were given to Sheriff Flanders and Immediately after the Jury returned lta verdict. 15 minutes after re tiring. Judge Griffin further Instructed the Sheriff to take Campbell In charge and escort him to. the Jail. The court house doors were to remain locked, and the crowd gathered to hear the reading of the verdict to be kept under surveil lance umtl the court ordered their dis missal. Campbell was not taken to the Jail. Not until he was well on the road to safety was he aware that extraordinary precau tions had been taken to spare his life. Then only did he realise that he and his guardians by the narrowest margin had scaped being the victim of wholesale murder. When Campbell left the courthouse, near midnight, he was In charge of Sher iff Flanders and Senator John T. Welsh, of South Bend. Wash. The latter had been one of the defendant's lawyers. Campbell believed he was befog conducted back to his cell In the Jail, which is at the rear of the county building. Hose Was Carefully Planned. The plan of escape had been previous ly arranged with Sheriff Flanders and counsel for the defense and under sanc tion of the court was successfully car ried out. L L. livings, superintendent of the Western Detective Bureau,, who collect ed a large portion of the evidence in behalf of the defense, arranged the de tails of the flight. Early In the even ing, when darkness covered his move ments, he cut away a part of the fence close to the jail. Then he stationed V SPIRITED AWAT a W. B. Ileybarm, Idaka. WOMAN'S COURAGE SAVES BABY'S LIFE HERSELF nrRT, SHE WARDS OFF FAIXIXG DEBRIS. House Collapses, Holding Occupants Prisoners Among Fallen Tim bersGas Kills Mother. PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. Oct. U- (Spe cial. Entombed In debris when the dwelling at 22 Callowhlll street sud denly collapsed this morning. Mrs. Mary Haefner. aged 19. met death in a horrible form. Her stx-weeks-old girl baby es caped without a scratch. Held, upright by encompassing stone and timber, she kept her eyes upon the little one, rest ing In a baby coach amid the ruins un til escaping gas brought her suffering to an end. As the mother died, the baby began to cry and her grana aunt. Mrs. Mary Connor, pinned down In an armchair nearby, tried to soothe her. She prob ably saved the child's life, for when a heavy board, loosened from above, fell toward the baby's crib, she .reached out and thrust It aside. Ten years ago a fatal explosion in a laboratory across the street weakened the supports of the houses and the re sult waa today's disaster. James Casiro and his family of four were on the ground floor of the building and the rumble that preceded the collapse gave them sufficient warning. JAPANESE GREETING WARM Yokohama Turns) Out to Do Honor to San Francisco Business Men. YOKOHAMA. Oct. 11 Yokohama Is a blase of color this morning with American and Japanese flags flying from every building. In honor of the delega tion of Pacific Coast business men who arrived at 7 o'clock on the Japanese liner Tenyo Maru from San Francisco. The visitors were greeted at the dock by a crowd which numbered hundreds of representative business men of Japan, assembled from the cities of Toklo. Osaka and Kyoto. The officially prepared programme of entertainment for the Americans com menced as soon as they stepped ashore, and every day of their stay In Japan will be completely filled with receptions and sightseeing trips arranged by their Japanese hosts. On Thursday the Americana will be the guests of Count Komura, Minister of Foreign Affairs, at a luncheon In honor of the visitors. The Tenyo Maru had an excellent trip acrosr the Pacific a MAKE THEM GO TO SCHOOL Compulsory Attendance Recom mended for Alaskan Children. WASHINGTON, Oct. 11. In his an nual report Just made public. Commis sioner of Education Elmer El Brown recommends compulsory school attend ance by the native children of Alaska. He says: "Experience has shown that In many sections of Alaska regularity of attend ance In the public schools for natives cannot be - maintained without a legal penalty for truancy. The passage of a bill requiring the attendance of all chil dren of school age unless mentally or physically disqualified is desirable. Fail ure to comply with the provisions of this bill should be made a misdemeanor on the part of the parent or guardian of the delinquent child, punishable In the courts." 12,000 DEATHS THIS YEAR Report on Cholera In Philippines Is Made Public. WASHINGTON. Oct. 11. Approxi mately 12.000 deaths from cholera In the Philippines since January 1 of this years are announced In a detailed re port made to the public health service by Chief Quarantine Officer McClln tlck. at Manila The report says that cases of cholera continue to be reported In the Philip pines, but ths disease shows little ten dency toward spreading. ew York Registration Less. NEW YORK, Oct. 1L For the thres days the corrected figures show for Greater New York a registration for the year of 640.096. as compared with 673.553 four vcars ago. a loss of 33.1-. SOME Jac-vk H. Galllacer, New Hams-klre. i ier v srw.ww, i : i .1, - ia i n'nntmuca on raxo o.i . V ' 'r- - c'js ' r v Jr. tern 4 REPUBLICANS KEEP SENATE No Change Now Nor Two Years Hence. DEMOCRATS' HOPES DOOMED May Make Gains, but Cannot Obtain Control. , i FIRST TEST THIS WINTER Legislatures or Several States May Elect Few Democrats, but Gen eral Result Will Kot Be Affected. BT HARBT J. BROWN. OREGON IAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Oct 11. There, waa no getting away from the fact that the United States Senate will be Republican through out the next administration. Democratic contentions to the contrary, notwithstand ing. By no reasonable means can a change of complexion in that hody be computed: hence, there is no foundation for the feeble contention of Democratic leaders that Bryan, If elected In Novem ber, might have a Democratic Senate during the last two years of his admin istration. Of course. If reason Is disre garded, and claims are made Irrespective of facts and conditions, it is possible to figure out how the Senate might be Democratic between March . 1911, and March S. 1913, but such computations will not bear Inspection. There are 92 members of the Senate. Of these (1 are Republicans; 31 are Demo crats. This Republican majority of 30 would have to be wiped out before Bryan (if elected) could have a Demo cratic Senate, and a majority of such else is not readily turned into a minority. The Democrats will have two tries at the Senate, one during the coming Winter, when the terms of 31 Senators expire, and again two yaVs later, when the terms of 80 mora Senators expire. Democratic Gains Probable In the first contest, the Democrats will probably make gains; it Is quite possi ble. Indeed probable, that the Republican majority In the Senate will be reduced as a result of the action of various state Legislatures this coming Winter, but It is not likely that the Democrats will cap ture more than three Republican seats and they are certain to lose at least one they now hold, so that they will have a net gain of only two. But the situation is better understood from an Inspection of the list of Sena tors whose terms expire on March 4, 1908. The 31 Senators are as follows : Republicans, IS. Democrats, 13. Allison. Iowa Clarke, Ark. Ankeny, Wash. . Clay, Ga. Brandegee, Conn. Garv. S. C. Dillingham. Vt. Gore, Okla. Foraker. Ohio. Johnston. Ala- Fulton. Or. McCreary, Ky. Gallir.ger. N. H. McEnery. La. Hansbrough, N. D. Milton. Fla. Hemenway. Ind. Newlands. Nev. Heyburn. Idaho. Overman. N. C. Hopkins. 111. Smith. Md. Klttredge, S. D. Stone, Mo. Long. Kan. Teller. Colo. Penrose, Pa. Perkins. CaU . . . Piatt, N. Y. Smoot. Utah. Stephenson, Wis. Republicans Succeed Republicans. Among the Republicans on this list are a number of Senators who will cer tainly not be re-elected, but It does not necessarily follow that all who will fall of re-election will be succeed ed by Democrats. In all probability the seat of Senator Allison will be filled by Governor Cummins. There Is a bare possibility a most remote pos sibility that the factional -fight in Iowa might result In the election of a Democrat, but in all human probabil ity, Cummins, Republican, will be chosen. Having been defeated in the pri maries in Washington State, Senator MAJORITY OF THE REPUBLICAN SENATORS WHOSE TERMS I ' : - ; i . , ... Ckarlea W. Faltoa, OKges. LAND SEEKERS FALL PREY TO GAMBLERS THOUSANDS LEFT PE3TXILESS AT DALLAS AXD GREGORY. Games Run Day and Night and Many Big Winnings Are Made. Situation Is Serious. DALLAS. S. D., Oct 11. (Special.) It Is estimated that 1000 land-seekers who have come to Dallas and Gregory have lost their money at gaming tables and are "broke." Many more who have lost all their ready cash have been forced to telegraph for money. Nearly 60,000 persons have registered at these two points already and nearly as many more are expected before the period of registration closes. Hundreds return as quick as they have registered, but thousands have ' remained for the drawing. Gamblers have operated their games without restraint and are said to have made remarkable winnings. They run pell mell 24 hours a day, with the games as strong at daybreak as when the sun sets. To be broke in this country means something to a man, because he is with out friends, generally, and at a time when it is not easy to make new ones. Every outgoing train carries many men who have lost their money and risk their lives riding on brake beams. No land opening has ever brought more people, and they all come with money. Those who have the gambling spirit stick to the roulette and faro tables, with the result that several hundred are living on charity until they can get out of the country. SILVER GAVELIS MISSING Handsome Trophy Lost From Con gress Hall In San Francisco. SAN FRANCnSCO. Oct. 11. The hand some silver mounted gavel presented to the Trans-Mississippi Commercial Con gress by the Daughters of the Confeder acy of Louisiana, is missing, and a care ful search of the pavilion where the meetings were held and of the hotel quarters of Secretary Francis has failed to locate It . , The gavel was made of a piece taken from one of the magnolia trees on the battlefield of Chalmette. . eral Jackson defeated veterans In lSli where Gen- Packenham's INDEX TODAY'S 'NEWS The Weather- to northerly. Tmtf Aostrl. holos-p lruu. ammunition and war talk die down. Pass i. , GraTS Trunk Paciflo road in Canada called 0a' .L". ill 4000 feet from balloon rS'Sirlt mt.rn.tlon- race at Berlin. PaB 1 Domestic. Page 8. political. Republicans will kP majority in Senate. p" L sport Portland 3. Ix. Angeles 3: San Prancl-co 6 4. Oakland 1-6. Page 6. Chicago beats Detroit in second game by .core of 8 to 1. Pag. 6. Outride owner, .hip stock here for horse how. Page 6. Pacific Cot. Spokane fair draw, record crowds. Page 4. Burglar kills Seattle policeman and es capes. Page 4. posse at Garfield hunt, negro who Jits traveling man with Iron bar. Pag. 4. Hirst United Presbyterian Church In world "Celebrates annlvemary In Albany. Page 8. Woman and baoy rescueu i. building. Ps Portland and Vicinity. ... .... ftmDbell. acquitted of murder t MICCahIam E "spirited to Portland during night. Page 1. Police arrest three men charged with recent hold-up.. Pass 14. Dr. KnTnuel J. BarrOWB. OI now iur, c- "nre.Te. disapproval of plan of driving vicious from one city to snother. Page 9. uiuren Hearst ana omor uiarpu.iic. party worker, .peak tonight at Armory. Page 14 Council propo.ee to amend wcmen-ln-MlooB ordinance. Page 12. fnnncllmen decline to assume responsibility with Mayor for crusade against vice. Page IS Oreronlan straw vote of past two day. Indi cate, colored vote will be cast for Taft. Page 5. Dr Heppe declares that modern church Is lacking in faith. Page 8. American, worship many god.. ars Dc. Broughar at White Timple. Page 8. Many new contract, are let for building work. rag. a- Levi Amkrajr, Waaklmctoau .lie i P pni. W v f j DETROIT LOSES IN EIGHTH Chicago Takes Second Contest 6 to -1. DONOVAN LOSES HIS CONTROL Pitches Steady Ball for Seven . Innings, Then Breaks. OVEFALL ALWAYS SURE Holds Tigers Perfectly Xone Beaches First Base Till Third. Tinker Makes a Home Hnn, Then Detroit Goes to Pieces. CHICAGO, Oct 11. After eight innings of clockwork baseball today, "Wild Bill" Donovan, premier pitcher of the cham pions of the American League, weakened under the prolonged strain, and the Chi cago world's champions captured their second game of the present series, ( to 1. Detroit's hopes, which were high after seven innings in which Chicago had made only one hit, were dashed In the eighth. In that sensational portion of the game, Donovan was hit for a home trip, a triple, a double and three singles. Incidentally he walked one man and al lowed another to score on a wild pitch. Overall, on- the contrary, waa steady throughout the game, holding the "Ti gers" to four hits and one run. That run marked Detroit's despairing effort in their half of the ninth. Donovan Steady to Eighth. Nothing could have excelled Dono van's work up to that fatal eighth. He had speed, an assortment of curves, which he mixed up in baffling style, and he cut the corners with the greatest pre cision and speed. He had trie best of Chicago's batsmen swinging wildly and twice struck out the redoubtable Kling. Not until the sixth did the world's cham pions connect with his wizard curves. Then tie distinction fell to Overall, who, considering the high class of bail he pitched, did not need the added glory. But he did it poked a short fly Just beyond Downs and the Chicago enthusiasts cried loudly for a run. It was their legitimate chance for ridding themselves of their excitement. Dono van, however, only smiled, and a mo ment later , the side was retired on a Cashing double play. Not a runner of either side reached first base until the third. Then Overall passed Downs and the latter was sacri ficed to second, where his obsequies as a runner were performed. This was far ther than Chicago went. Overall reached first before Rossman stopped his ground er and Instead of covering the bag him self, waited for Donovan to do so, and the latter dropped his throw... But the big Chicago pitcher got no further. Again In the sixth Overall reached the initial sack on his single, but with these two exceptions Chicago could do noth ing with Donovan, that is up to the eighth. Then It was different. Overall Fitches Great Game. Overall's pitching was masterly. He was found for only four scattering hits, no two of which were in the same inning and one of which has to be counted be cause Messrs. Overall and Kling both went after 6chaefers bunt, and, each stopping for the other to field it, it went for a hit. He Issued passes twice. Craw ford and Mclntyre, who hit above .300 all season, wero unable to connect safely with his, delivery. But that he was effect ive In holding down Crawford with the kind of ball he pitched was . remarked by critics of the game. Crawford is known as one of the surest hitters of a high ball In either league, yet" Overall curved them around his neck or shot them straight across without getting into trouble. Each side was credited with an error, but neither of them figured in the score. Cp to the eighth the game was a 1 . . kaan moHo In thi CRM. ' (ronClUQW on JTH.KT. .! WILL EXPIRE THIS COMING WINTER J Thomas C. Piatt, Sew York. AUTHOR MAY BE SHOT BY INDIANS J. OLIVER. CURWOOD REPORT ED KILLED IX FAR NORTH. In Search of Literary Material Be comes Embroiled With. sCreea. Mounted Police to Investigate. WINNIPEG, Man., Oct. 11. (Special.) A month ago J. Oliver Curwood, of Duluth. left for the Far North in search of material for a series of articles which he had in preparation for the Bobbs-Merrlll Company. Today word reached this city that he had been killed by Indians in the Lac Laronge country to the north of Lake Winnipeg. The story came out by way of the Pas, the present terminus of the new rail way line to the Hudson's Bay, and was brought by a trader who had come In for supplies. Many retails of the story are miss ing, but according to the trader, Cur wood and his party, consisting of two Indians and a guide, became embroiled with a party of Cree Indians.. In the struggle which ensued, Curwood waa shot. The mounted police have been noti fied, and will investigate. The trader cannot vouch for the truth of the story, as he got It second hand, but as Cur wood started out in that direction, that gives color to the report. People who know the Indians of that region are in clined to give credence to the story, for while they have never broken out into active hostilities, they are at times somewhat unruly, recognizing only the officials of the Hudson's Bay Company. TRAIN KIDNAPS CHILD Tot Get Aboard and Is Carried Out of Town. BPOKANE. Wash.. Oct. 11. (Spe cial.) The 3-year-old son of Mrs. Tu ten. of Jullaetta, eluded his mother and climbed on a passenger train at Jullaetta, Idaho, this afternoon, in search of "his papa, and was wandering alone through the train when the brakeman found the little tot after the train had left the station. The mother never missed the child until after the train had left, and was frantic, think ing the boy had been kidnaped. Conductor Bates took charge of the child and sent a brakeman through the train to locate the parents. Mrs. Fred Holbrook, of Jullaetta, recognized the youngster and took charge o him until Arrow- Junction was reached, where Conductor Bates received a tele gram appealing to him to locate the child and return it to Jullaetta. Mrs. Tuten was notified that her son was safe and he was sent back in charge of a freight conductor. WIRELESS GETS RECORD Local Station Talks With Hawaiian Islands for First Time. The Council Crest station of the Unit ed Wireless Telegraph Company was In communication Saturday night with Ka huka Point, Oahu. Just west of Hono lulu. It Is claimed this establishes a new record for long-distance telegraphing by wireless. The station at that point has re cently been established, and the messages received at Council Crest were the first sent from Oahu to the Coast. Congratu lations were exchanged by the operator, J. M. Swetser, of the local station, and Arthur A. Isbell, of Kahuka Point, su perintendent of construction for the wire less telegraph company or Honolulu. The air line distance between Kahuka Point and Portland 1s about 2300 miles, it being about 2100 miles from San Fran clsco to the Island. During the next few nights It 1s ex pected that a permanent service will be established between tne coast ana tne Hawaiian Islands. DECIDE COON CASE TODAY Washington Supreme Court Expect ed to Give Decision. OLTMPIA, Wash., Oct 11. (Special.) It Is reported here tonight that the Su preme Court will hand down Its opinion in the Coon primary contest case either Monday night or Tuesday morning to the State Canvassing Board. While It Is not a custom to give out dates when opinions are to be rendered it to understood that an exception has been made in this case , - -St. . i " R. C Hansbrongh, Worth Dakota. j ) BALLOON BURSTS 4000 FEET IN AIR Two Americans Have Narrow Escape. LIVE TO TELL THRILLING TALE Accident Attends International Race at Berlin. PEOPLE FAINT AT SIGHT Holland Forbes and Augustus Post, In Ill-Fated Conqueror, Drop From Sky and Land Safe ly on Roof of House. ' BERLIN, Oct. H. The International balloon race, which started today from the suburb of Schmargenborg, was the occasion of a thrilling accident, two American aeronauts having miraculous escapes from death. The American bal loon Conqueror, the only American-built craft in the contest, having on board Holland Forbes and August Post, less than two minutes after the start, burst at an altitude of 4000 feet. For 2000 feet it shot down like a bullet and then the corn silk bag assumed the shape of a parachute, thus checking the rapidity of the descent. Coming close to the earth, however, the basket smashed Into the roof of a house, but the two men escaped with but slight injuries. Twenty-Three Make Start. The race, in which 23 balloons partic ipated, representing Great Britain, France. Germany, the United States, Switxerland, Belgium, Italy and Spain, started at i o'clock this afternoon in the presence of at least 8000 spectators. The sunshine was brilliant and the heat was that of Summer. Amid strains of "America," and volleys of cheers, the first balloon was sent away. It was the "American II." under command of .James C. McCoy, who was accompanied by Lieutenant Voghmann. The balloon was decorated with the Stars and Stripes and it sailed away to the southeast at a rapid pace, the aero nauts waving their hats. Conqueror Makes Poor Start. A representative of each of the other nations followed the American balloon in succession at Intervals of two minutes, the national hymn of the respective coun tries ringing forth as the ropes were cast loose. The second batch of eight balloons was led by Forbes In the "Conqueror" which was started with some difficulty, owing to a gusty wind and. too much ballast. But eventually it shot upward arid reached a high altitude In an incredibly short ttme, the basket swaying violently. Then almost instantly a cry of horror arose from the crowd, who saw the silk collapse and shouted: "The balloon is ripping up!" People Faint at Thrilling Sight. Thousands who had gathered stood for a moment petrified. Some turned away fainting as they saw the balloon falling with lightninglike rapidity. At the same time showers of sand and ap purtenances of the balloon shot down ward with equal rapidity and then day light was seen through the envelope, great ragged edges of the silk showing on either side. "They are killed!" went In a hushed whisper through the crowd, but shortly the remainder of the envelope appeared to take first a triangular shape and then was transformed Into a sort of para chute at the top of the net and the passengers of the wrecked balloon were at the bottom. Sigh of Belief Goes Vp. It was let down lower and lower, mean while being swept by the wind far to the southeast and finally disappeared from view behind a block of houses. The suspense among the crowd was terrible, but a few minutes later a telephcnie message was received from Friedenaii. which announced that the men had landed and had not been seriously injured. A ft iViTniliirrfTriV f ' Boles Fearoae, Pennsylvania.