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THREE HILL CREWS
APPROACHING LOLO
Hill's Hand in Idaho Forced by
Activity of Milwaukee in
Timber District.
MAY BUILD DOWN SNAKE
"Water Grade to Portland for
Tonnage Tributary to Idaho
and Montana Harriman
Crews Dynamite Trails.
LEWISTOJ.. Idaho. July 4. (Spe
sclaJ.) Announcement that the North
ern Pacific has begun construction of
the LoJo cutoff from Missoula, Mont.,
to Lewlston. has explained the Intense
activity of the Northern Pacific In the
Lpper Clearwater country during the
past few weeks.
The Northern Pacific has three engi
neerlng crews at work on the middle
t fork approach to the Lolo Pass in
I Idaho, and a rlght-of-way agent has
secured title to practically the first
ten nines out of Kooskia. Within the
next few days' the company will com
mence clearing the right of way out of
Kooskia, and the inauguration of con
struction work is expected within the
next 60 days.
I The proposed line will connect with
I the Clearwater Shortline at Kooskia,
60 miles up the ClearwaterRlver from
Lewistitta, and the Clearwater road will
provide entrance from the Upper
Clearwater into Washington. At Lewis
ton the company will either operate
over the 1oint road or will construct
an Independent line, on the south bank
of the Snake River from Lewlston to
Jiiparia, where connection with the
Riparia-Pasco line will be effected. The
recent filings indicate the intention of
constructing the south bank to Klparia,
which would occupy a right of way to
which the company acquired title sev
eral years ago. The south bank road
to Rlparia would also capture nine
tenths of the entire grain crop between
the two points, and less than 10 per
cent of the Snake River grain tonnage
Is delivered from the north shore.
The hand of the Northern Pacifio
has been forced in the matter of the
Missoula cutoff by the Invasion of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound
Koad and the necessity of a shorter
route and easier grades for meeting
the competition occasioned by the
canal construction. The canal route is
now but a question of a few years is
the expression of a prominent railroad
engineer engaged in the Central Idaho
work, and the Milwaukee road is n.ow
Invading the Clearwater country by an
extension out of Bovine.
...Ue the Northern Pacific Interests
regard the activities of the O. R. & N.
engineers in the Clearwater country as
a big game of bluff, there Is no doubt
but that the Milwaukee road will ex
tend the line from Bovllle to Oroflno
through the heart of the timber dis
trict at the earliest possible date. The
contract for this work has been award
ed and no less than 2000 men are now
rushing the construction into the head
waters of Elk Creek, from which point
the Clearwater River is easily acces
sible by tunnel and bridge construc
tion. The work on the middle fork, where
the Northern Pacific is locating the
western approach to the Lolo Pass, the
ehgineers are confronted with every
embarrassment tht is possible for the
O. R. & N. surveyors to place in their
path. Offen warfare between the rival
interests has only been averted by the
vigilance of the forestry department,
and at the present time two of the
O. R. & N. men are held to trial for
the destruction of trails within the
boundaries of the forest reserve. The
O. R. & N. Company has used dyna
mite In destroying the trails and has
used every means to handicap the work
of the Hill engineers. The matter has
been taken up with the forestry de
partment, with the result that two men
are arrested and will be wrought to
trial on July 9 before the United States
Commissioner at Stltes.
LEAGUE DELEGATES MEET
International . Epworth Convention
in Seattle This Week.
, 8 BATTLE. July 4. The international
convention of the Epworth League of
the United States and Canada will be
held in the Armory In this city from July
1 to 12.
The local committee is arranging to
care for 1000 Epworth visitors. Bishop
William A. Quayle, of Oklahoma, presi
dent of the league, is already here, and
will be joined by six other bishops
Charles W. Smittf, of Portland, Or.; W.'
A. Candler, of Atlanta, Ga.; Henry W.
"Warren, of Denver; Elijah E. Hoss, of
iNaahvllle, Tenn.; E. R. Henderix, of Kan
sas City, and Edwin H. Hughes, of San
Francisco.
The board of control of the league will
meet tomorrow to arrange the proceedings.
HENEY'S AUTO STARTS ON
Machine Is Righted and Continues
. Trip to Seattle.
CASTLE ROCK. Wash., July 4. (Spe
cial.) Heney's automobile, which turned
turtle near here yesterday, injuring sev
eral members of the party, was righted
this morning under the direction of Jesse
McLaughlin, chauffeur, and a machinist
from Portland, and the two men left
shortly before noon for Seattle. The car
Is but slightly damaged as a result of
tne accident, and made a successful start
Xor Puget Sound.
McLaughlin's ankle is still sore, but he
is able to walk about with the use of
crutches. "While repairing Heney's auto
this morning another auto bound for Se
atttle got stuck" in the fill, but several
men assisted in pushing it up to the top.
BLACK BEAR PEST DEAD
Vancouver, B. C, Chicken Despoller
Put Away by Bullet.
VANCOUVER, B. C, July 4. (Spec
ial.) J. Quiney, at 9 o'clock Saturday
evening, shot and killed a good-sized
black bear Just within the cit;- limits,
and adjoining Point Grey. By dint of
hard work and . a novel arrangement
of a bicycle bruin was carted from
the brush where he was found dead
this morning a mile down the dustj
road to Qulney's home. The animal
measures over 4 feet in length and
weighs over 200 pounds. It has been
stealing chickens and giving trouble
.for a year past. -
"WIFE OF FORMER GREAT RAILROAD PROMOTER, WHO IS
PROMINENT AT SUFFRAGE CONVENTION IN SEATTLE.
1,15 PALMER BILL
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Session of Legislature Can
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FACTIONS AT PEACE
Harmony Restored to Suffra
gists' Convention.
FIGHT IS CLOSED INCIDENT
Bolters Give Pledge to Enter Vigor
ously Into Work of Reorganiza
tion, and to Labor Unceasingly
for Equal Suffrage Cause.
SEATTLE. July 4. (Special.)The olive
branch has now found a place in the
decorations of the Plymouth church be
side the four-starred flag which has
floated over the National Convention of
Woman Suffrage Association and the
wings of the dove of peace have fanned
away the hovering clouds of war which
have since the opening of the big con
vention obscured the rays which would
shine from the convention upon the cause
of equal suffrage.
There was no thought of contention or
strife tonight when the delegates of both
factions met in harmony and sisterly af
filiation at the informal "At Home" held
by the National officers in the parlors
of the Hotel Lincoln, and the Solomon's
Judgment of the convention rendered last
Saturday is now considered by both fac
tions as a "closed Incident."
Following the doctrine of one of the
soundest preachers of the National body,
that growth means a branching out, the
two factions have decided to branch with
the hope that the two branches will bear
the same kind of fruit.
"We. of the delegates excluded from
the former Washington Association,"
said D. C. Coates. "will in the reorgan
ization work as we have worked in the
past for the one cause of equal suffrage."
The officers temporarily elected lapt
night and the committee, on constitution
will frame a constitution for the new
organization, and the bolters are hopeful
for a larger following than that of the
former State Association, which now
stands by itself, and are solid in the
belief that their action will in a way,
lead to the revoking of the charter by
the National body.
In spite of the fact that Washington
will have nothing to say In regard to the
deliberations of the National body, almost
all the delegates will remain here during
the session to patch up differences and
get in line for next year's gathering.
The American Woman Suffrage Associa
tion held a largely attended mass meeting
in the auditorium of the Alaska-Yukon-Paclflc
Exposition today.
F. NERTON DROPS DEAD
EX-SHERIFF OF CLARK COUNTY
DIES STTDDENXY.
Falls In Dooryara While Listening
to Phonograph Was a Native
of St. Helens, Oregon.
VANCOUVER, Wash., July 4. (Special.)
Frank Nerton. aged 57, Sheriff of Clark
County from 1880 to 1884. dropped dead at
7:10 o'clock this evening In the door yard
of J. E. Johnson, at Orchard, while he
was listening to a phonograph.
Up to the time of- hie death Nerton had
been in the best of health. Coroner W.
J. Knapp and Dr. C. E. Flagg were called!
but Nerton had been dead an hour before
they arrived. The body was ' brought to
Vancouver and funeral arrangements will
be made later.
Nerton was born in St. Helens, Or., and
came to Clark County when 4 years old.
He leaves two sons. Frank and Thomas
Nerton, of this city, and five brothers and
six sisters. The brothers are George A.,
Henry and Robert, of this county; J. p
and Thomas, of California, and the sis
ters are Mrs. Mary Blair, of Mill Plain;
Mrs. Cevllle Russell, Mrs. Rose Wintlerj
of California; Mrs. Anna Carter, of At
lanta, Ga.; Mrs. Kate Jeagger, of Port
land, and Mrs. Nellie Streeter, of Orchards.
DROWNS RESCUING WOMAN
Eugene Leonard Loses Life in
Treacherous Waters of Deschutes.
SHANIKO. Or., July 4. (Special.) Eu
gene Leonard, manager for the Portland
Flouring Mills Company at Wasco, who
w.as drowned in the Deschutes, 20 miles
west of here yesterday, met death, while
attempting to rescue his wife and Mrs.
Smith.
The members of the party were Mr. and
Mrs. Leonard. R. C. Atwood. manager of
the Wasco Warehouse Milling Company,
and wife; V. H. Smith, a prominent
farmer, and wife, of Wasco, and George
Berrian, agent for the Eastern Oregon
Land Company, and wife, of Mero. The
party left here early yesterday morning
in automobiles to spend two days fishing
on the Deschutes.
Mr. Berrian says the women were wad
ing in what was apparently shallow water
when a cry was heard from Mrs. Smith
for help. Mrs. Berrian and Mrs. Leonard
rushed to her assistance and met the
same fate as Mrs. Smith, being suddenly
pitched Into a deep hole.
Mrs. Berrian, being an exceptionally
good swimmer, succeeded in getting one
of the women into shallow water. Re
turning for the other, the current proved
too severe ajid she was swept away. At
this point the men reached the water and
Mr. Berrian, after getting the women
ashore, made every effort to rescue Mr.
Leonard, who was in the swift current,
but without success.
Mrs. Leonard was in a serious condition
after the accident, being unconscious for
hours.
BUSINESS LOSS HEAVY
WOOD. PIPE COMPANY AT
OIYMPIA IS HARD HIT.
Fifty Thousand Feet of Finished
- Product Is Consumed Store
Building Is Burned.
OLYMPIA, Wash., July 4. (Special.)
Of the quarter-mlllion-dollar fire loss here
last night J10O.O00 is Included as a loss of
business by the National Wood Pipe Com
pany and Pacific Tank Compny, whose
combined plants were destroyed. These
companies have been lately rushed with
orders, calling for about 35 miles of pipe,
most of it stave pipe, for municipal water
systems and irrigation systems. One con
tract alone for Medford, Or., was for 23
miles of 16-inch stave pipe, only . about
half of which had been delivered. Nearly
50,000 feet of pipe was consumed In the
fire, although several loaded cars were
saved.
Estimated losses follow:
Combined plants National Pipe Com
pany and Pacific Tank Company, $10,000
lnsurance, between J40.000 and $50,000; loss
on business, $100,000.
J. F. Bryan, grocery; insurance, $2000;
grocery store building owned by Mrs. Plx,
of Tumwater, loss $1000.
John W. Awselm. two residences, loss
on buildings about $2000; Insurance, $1800;
loss on household effects $100, no insur
ance. Robert Wright, damage and loss to
household goods, $100; no insurance.
John Bailey, damage and loss on house
hold goods. $100; no insurance.
Rosalie Goldenberger, residence, loss
$1000; insurance, $500; loss on - household
goods, $100.
Miscellaneous losses on 50 or 60 houses
slightly damaged from holes burned in
roofs, scorched paint, damage to furni
ture in hasty removal and other causes,
from $5 to $100 each.
Sunset Telephone Company from burned
cables and wires, burned poles and
crossed wires. $300.
DAYTON KNIGHTS ARRIVE
Famous Degree Team to Take Part
in Jubilee at Spat tie.
SEATTLE. July 4. Ready to participate
in the Jubilee and meeting of the Grand
Lodge of the domain of Washington, the
famous Iola degree team of the Dayton,
O., lodge. Knights of Pythias, arrived in
Seattle this afternoon on a special train.
There are 103 members in the degree team
and they are accompanied by 250 other
Pythians from Ohio.
Delegates are coming to the Jubilee
from Oregon, Idaho, Montana and British
Columbia. It is expected that fully 15,000
Pythians will be In the city during the
week. The meeting of the Grand Lodge
will open tomorrow morning. The feat
ure of the week will be a mammoth
parade tomorrow evening.
Holiday Special From Seaside.
To accommodate the heavy traffic
returning from Seaside at the close
of the holidays the A & C. R. rail
road has arranged for an additional
special train from Seaside to Portland
Monday evening, July 6. leaving Sea
side and running then to Portland on
same schedule as the Sunday special.
Two parlor cars will be carried on this
train.
Stepney Not Known In Seattle.
SEATTLE, Wash., July 4. Sfr Arthur
Carl Stepney, the English scientist, whose
body was found in a railway station at
Yuma, Ariz., and who registered in a
hotel there as W. C. Stepney, of Seattle,
is not known here. At the British Con
sul's office it was stated so far as they
knew, Sir Arthur Carl Stepney has never
been in Seattle, and that they have ho
knowledge of W. C. Stepney.
Impeachment Trial Will Last An
other Month and House Will
Have Adjourned Unless Re
called by Governor Hay.
OLYMPIA, Wash.. July 4. (Staff Cor
respondence.) Predictions that the
Palmer House bill abolishing the office
of Insurance commissioner as an elective
department cannot be resurrected when
the. Legislature reconvenes In August are
made here by persons who ha.ve been
studying the state constitution.
This bill, which passed the House, was
saved by its friends from defeat in the
Senate by reference to the committee
on public morals. The passage of the
bill was strongly urged by the adminis
tration forces, who, in the absence .of
two members, controlled a sufficient ma
jority to send it to committee. Had the
bill gone to a final vote, however, it would
have been defeated as this majority was
not the constitutional majority necessary
to adopt the measure.
The committee on public morals Is
friendly to the bill and it was stated
when the commitment was secured that
the committee would hold up the bill
pending the outcome of the impeach
ment trial of J. H. Schively. the Insur
ance Commissioner. There were several
Senate members who declared if the im
peachment trial convinced them that
Schively should be ousted, and if the
necessary two-thirds of the Senate then
refused to impeach, these members would
Join In the passage of the Palmer bill.
Recess Cuts Into Session.
The trouble with this plan now lies in
the recess adjournment of 40 days taken
last Friday. It is conceded the Senate
may sit as an impeachment court for
an indefinite period but students of the
constitution insist that as a legislature
the session can last but 60 days.
It is also asserted the 40 days' recess
adjournment must be counted as a part
of the 60 days' session and on this theory
the legislative session must expire on
August 21.
After re-convening the Legislature will
therefore be In session but 11 days, at
the end of which time the house must
adjourn sine die, although the Senate
may continue to sit as an impeachment
court transacting no other business.
It is quite generally conoeded that the
Impeachment trial cannot be concluded
within 11 days and therefore the Legis
lative session will adjourn In all prob
ability with the Palmer bill still in the
hands of the committee.
Trial Will Drag On.
Schively's attorney, George C. Israel,
asserts that from 30 to 40 days will be
required for the taking of testimony on
all of the 26 counts In the articles of
Impeachment. This estimate does not
take into consideration the quashing of
any of the counts on demurrer but in
any event only a very few of the most
optimistic for a short session profess to
believe that the impeachment trial can
be concluded before August 21.
There is one slight hope for the Palmer
bill and that is in the winning over of
two votes by eliminating the emergency
clause. Chairman P. L. Allen of the In
vestigating committee, and Senator Fish
back, the other Senate member of the
committee, favor making the insurance
commissioner's office appointive no matter
what is done withSchively. They say
that their investigations have convinced
tmKtllat i,h WOrk of the Apartment
can be handled better if the head is not
elected by the people but is appointed
by the Governor or some other depart
ment, such as the tax commission. By
e mina-ting the emergency clause the
bill would not become effective until the
expiration of 90 days after the adjourn
f ,tlle Le'slatu'-e. and the impeach
ment trial could proceed with Schively
v1.ILffloe- f coursa there is thft
possility that the Governor might re-
Xe?e ,the LtSi8latu it the Senate
. tojmpeach Schively and there is
the further possibllty that the investiga
tions that will be carried on during the
?w ,,dayBWl" deveIP other scandals
that will make the summoning of a new
session seem advisable to the executive.
New Scandal May Develop.
5e,ne,ral '"estigatlng committee
appointed in the regular session and
continued by the special session In
authority until next April will begin
work again next Thursday, and it may
be able to complete the probing of
one or two departments before the
Legislature reconvenes. IVhat it will
discover cannot be forecasted.
Then there Is the House committee
appointed to Investigate all charges
against the Supreme Court and against
any members of the 1900 Legislature.
This committee begins work next
Tuesday on the charges preferred by
Herbert N. DeWolfe, of Tacoma
against eight members of the supreme
bench. There are-rumors that charges
are to be filed with this committee
against some of the House members
It has been rumored that the wife of
one House member was a paid lobby
ist for the "nurses' trust" bill In the
regular session, and that another
House member solicited contributions
from druggists throughout the state
to a fund to be utilized in drug legis
lation. In addition to these it Is re
ported that the committee appointed
from the State Bar Association to ln
vestlgate the Root scandal dug up mat-
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Prices moderate.
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Strongest Chautauqua Week
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SIXTEENTH ANNJJAL ASSEMBLY OPENS TOMORROW
AT GLADSTONE PARK
July 6th to 18th Inclusive
FIRST WEEK IS FULL OF EVENTS
If you miss any of it, you miss a great deal. Chautauqua was never so grand as this first week.
Be there at all hazards. Be there early. Pitch your tent today
DO NOT MISS THESE EXTRAORDINARY ATTRACTIONS! THE BIGGEST WEEK EVER ADVERTISEDI
Hear the Indian Band. Be in on the organization of classes.
Hear Mr. Pennell's opening solo Don't miss Montavilla Flowers.
Lightning and Toothpicks by Sylvester A. Long. Frank G. Smith Wednesday evening.
MANY OTHER BIG THINGS DOING ALL THE WEEK. YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO MISS ANY OF THEM.
Thousands of people are on their way. Hundreds have pitched their tents. The spirit of Chau
tauqua is abroad. Enthusiasm, good fellowship and serious things await you. Special railroad
rates. Every imaginable convenience provided. Get a season ticket.
FOR SALE UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT PORTLAND TRUST CO. AND THE J. K. GILL COMPANY
BASEBALL TOURNAMENT
Following is the baseball schedule of the Chautauqua League during the session.
July. 6 CLACKAMAS VS. OSWEGO.
July 7 CANBY VS. EAGLE CREEK.
July 8 CLACKAMAS VS. GLADSTONE.
July 9 CANBY VS. OSWEGO.
July 10 EAGLE CREEK VS. GLADSTONE.
July 12 CANBY VS. CLACKAMAS
July 13 OSWEGO VS. GLADSTONE.
July 14 EAGLE CREEK VS. CLACKAMAS.
July 15 GLADSTONE VS. CANBY.
July 16 OSWEGO VS. EAGLE CREEK.
No admission to grounds where the nines will play ball
COME THE FIRST DAY CAMP IN THE WOODS LIVE WITH PRIVATE FAMILY
STAY THROUGH THE SESSION ENJOY A MAGNIFICENT VACATION
MASTERLY LECTURES HUMOROUS ENTERTAINERS '
GRANDEST MUSIC FAMOUS INDIAN BAND LAUGHABLE CARTOONS BEAUTIFUL GROUNDS
Better, cheaper and far more instructive than a vacation at the Coast or mountains.
NOTE All those coming over the Southern Pacific and O. R. & N. should not fail to procure
from their agents a certificate which must be countersigned by agent on the ground. Baggage
may be checked direct to Gladstone Park. Roseburg and Cottage Grove trains stop at Glad
stone Park. Electric line runs special schedule.
DON'T MISS THE FIRST BIG DAY
At Gladstone Park
OPENING TUESDAY MORNING
ters. Involving the Integrity of another
House member and that charges are
likely to be filed based on this com
mittee's work. If any one of these
three turns out seriously there will
be an opportunity offered for another
long wrangle In the House, and pos
sibly the inauguration of new impeachment-
proceedings.
What may become another source of
trouble is the expressed intention of
a few members to demand mileage
when they return in August and at
tempt to force through a resolution
permitting them to draw it. It is re
ported that others will insist on re
ceiving their per diem during the 40
days recess.
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