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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
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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-.
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Jac-vk H. Galllacer, New Hams-klre.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.