..ft - : VOL. L. XO. l...4.. PORTLAND, OREGON. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ADDED TRAFFIC IS FORTUNE IS LEFT GARS CRASH; 42 IN LIST OF DEAD STUDENT STEALS TO KEEP UP WORK Mfl5.ST0flEfl'50LD FISH BY TONS ARE L TO SEAMSTRESS HOOKED FROM SEA FLEES HliHT FOU EXISTENCE ENDS YOUTH CONFESSES TROUBLES AND JUDGE' IS LENIENT. ANGLERS LINE WHARVES DUR WITH .Hl'SBAXD'S DEATH. ING DAY AND NIGHT. MAN ADDEDPROFIT RENEWED ASSASSIN Railway Figures Show Increased Costs. ST. PAUL DEFENDS ITS RATES Northwestern Has Paid 100 Per Cent in 10 Years. LABOR BLAMED FOR COSTS Official Maintain in Rate Hearing That Regulation Cannot Con trol Condition by Mhloli Money J Obtained. CHICAGO. Sept. Jl (Special.) Wil liam Ellla. Interstate rommcro attor ney for the St. Paul road, presented a formidable array of figures In the freight rate hearing before the Inter state Commerce Commllon today. Mr. Kills ha. I columns of figures, the talk of which almost tas;rred the rep resentatives of tiie shippers. which Showed that for the rant 1 years the cost of conducting transportation, apart from the administration cost. . ha I Steadily IncreaaetLIn a proportion out of line with the Increase In net revenue. In other words, the cost of furnishing given unit of service to the people Had steadily risen Instead of decreas ng. aa It should, with an increase In the volume of traffic. Expense Grows Gradually. There Is a gradual growing cost o operation that Is getting worse eac. fear, and Is worse the more business a railroad does." he said. To Illustrate this cost. Mr. Kills took his nnlt of service innn tons of freight moved one mile. The cost of moving this In 101 was !.: on the Pt. Paul road, and the cost of maklnir , tne same movement In 110 had risen 10 J-. which) meant aa Increase of tnore than 14.000.000 to the St. Paul rad. Showing how the consumer was affected, the witness presented a table riving the Increase in the cost to th shipper on many articles If the new commodity rates should be permitted to go Into effect. On a barrel of flour, for Instance moved from the Middle West to the Missouri River territory, the Increase vould be J. 05 cents. Mr. Elils took the Valuation made by several railroad commissions of the property of the St. Paul within their states and declared that the road Is worth, according to that basis, at least i:u3. 000.00ft. The capitalisation of the property thus valued Is little more, than I2DS.000.000. The average net return since 190S had been about ( per rent. Northwestern Makes Big Profits The remarkable financial returns of the CJiicaso ft Northwestern Railroad dur Ing the last ten years were brought out by attorneys for the shippers. The wit ness for the road was W. A. Gardner, tlcc-preelilent In charge of operations and maintenance of that road. His testimony, elicited on crops -examination by Attorney Frank Lyon for the Commission, was, In short, that the company thought Itself Justified In rais ing freight charges. In spite of the fact that In ten years it had returned to Its ptockholders in direct dividends and In unappropriated surplus more than the mount of tapltal stock. The witness also controverted testimony rf Illinois' Central officials previously, that the Increase In cost of operation and maintenance was In large measure due to richer cost of materials. Mr. Gard ner's opinion waa tint the increase in tost of labor and the restriction put upon workmen by recent Independence through v unions and similar associations were the largest factors In rutting down net profit Bankruptcy Not Threatened. Mr. Gardner did agree, however, with the other railroad officials who have testified, that a railroad ought to be allowed to charge shippers enough to pay dividends, fixed charges, cost of op erations, and maintenance, and In addi tion, return a sufficient yearly surplus. He likewise believed that this should be expended In additional or Improved property, and then should receive a suitable Interest or dividend from the earning "The Northwestern line will not go Into bankruptcy next year or the year after, or the one after that, unless It now raise rates." began Mr. Gardner, touching upon this subject, "but I do ay that regulation by the commission does not control the commercial condi tions under which we get money, and unless we soon get higher rates we will. In the future, have to run up the red flag. We must be allowed a satisfactory surplus above everything each year aa a barometer of our surety for credit." Credit Is Essential. "Would you still say you should'ha-e a right to secure that yearly surplus. If you knew your road had In ten years paid on ISSS.000.000 of stock, dividends amounting te Ij,n0.oo0 and had. In addition, an unappropriated surplus, taken from earnings, of tJO.000,000 xoore an amount of net returns to av'aacliuied on laa 3t i After Two Yearn' Silence, Sacra mrnlo Woman Hear Husband Is Dead in Alaska: 930.000 Left. SACRAMENTO. Cal.. Sept. II. (Spe rial.) After a struggle for existence. covering a period of two years. Mrs. Mabel Hanson seamstress, waa yeater day advised that her husband. Carl Hanson, wno met with a tragic death In a mine accident near Nome. Alaska had left her a fortune estimated a IJ5.000 to 110.000. She expects to leave In a few days for Seattle to see her at torney. L. M. McAllister. The story as related by Mrs. Han son telle of how her husband. 30 years ago. formerly a cabinet maker, lost a small fortune at Tonopah. Nev.. and struck out. two yeara ago to replenish his fortune. Shortly after leaving Sac ramento. Mrs. Hanson heard from him In the northern part of California. She heard no more until the news of his death about six weeka ago. The fortune left by the late Hanson consists of valuable mining claims In the vicinity of Nome, arid also In British Columbia. To protect her rights . In these claims It Is probable that Mrs. Hanson will be compelled to make trip to Alaska. KNIGHTS MEETAT SALEM Grand Commander to Arrive With Guard of Honor This Morning. SALEM. Or.. Sept. Jl. (Special.) Salem will entertain the Knights Temp lars of Oregon tomorrow, when the grand commandery holds its annual conclave. Thomas C. Taylor, of Pendle. ton. grand commander. Is expected to arrive at o'clock, escorted by the drill corps of Oregon Commandery No. 1. An exhibition drill will be held at 10 o'clock on Court street, and the grand l.commandery will convene at 11 o'clock. A oanquct tor me anignts ana ladies will be given from 12 until 2 o'clock. The ladles will be the first to be en tertained In the parlors of the New Ho tel Marlon, which Is nearlng completion. It was formerly the old Willamette Hotel. Salem expects a large delegation from Portland and Knights Templar from every portion of the state. A special train has been chartered by the mem bers of the Albany Commandery. GIANT MAKES POLICE WORK i Eight Struggle With Seven-Footer Who Shoes) Number IS. It took eight strong men to hoist Charles Newland. a giant sheepherder. Into the patrol wagon after he had been arrested by Police Sergeant Goltz and Patrolman Grlsfra on a charge of drunk enness at Third and Burnslde street last night. Newland weighs 312 pounds and stands 7 feet 11 Inches In his stock ing feet. His shoes, made especially to order, are alxe IS. Upon the arrival of the prisoner at the station-house, special arrangements had to be made to accommodate him. Several other prisoners had to be re moved from the drunk cell so the In toxicated sheepherder could be placed under lock and key. CHERRY TREE IS FREAK Colusa, Cal., Man ricks Fruit In De cember, Instead of in May. COLUSA. Cal.. Sept. 21. (Special.) A cherry tree that blospoms In September and yields fruit in December is growing In this city. In the yard of John Osterlea' home. It l now In full bloom and about Christmas time Mr. Osterles expects to harvest a crop of cherries of good qual ity. This tree looks like any other cherry tree, but It has reversed the sea sons. Ordinarily It should bloom In Feb ruary or March and yield ripe fruit In April or May. It la several years old and has borne fruit three Winters. Its cherrries are of good size and flavor, but the yield I not ao heavy as on ordinary cherry trees. BEARS VERY PLENTIFUL Many Are Encountered in Orchards of Gales Creek Neighborhood. FOREST GROVE. Or.. Sept. IL (Spe cial.) More bears have appeared in tha orchards of the Gales Creek neighbor hood this Fall than at any time prev ious this season. James Churchill, road supervisor at Gales Creek, killed a big bear that was treed by his shepherd dog Sunday. Another bear is breaking the limbs of prune trees in an orchard near the Wm. Blisses place and the owner Is keeping watch for him. Another black bear weighing more than 300 pounda waa hot by Joe Lilly In the Busse orcharj a few days ago. PLEA OF BIGAMIST FAILS Court Reruses to Credit Explanation of E. J. Baugh. LOS AN'OELES. Cal.. Sept. 21. (Spe cial.) Judge Davis, of the Criminal Department of the Superior Court today Imposed a penitentiary sentence upon E. J. Baugh. bigamist. Baugh told the court that be took his second wife under the belief that his first wife told the truth when she said she had not been divorced from a for mer husband and therefore thought he was free. He waa sent to San Quentln I for two years. His first wife came I here from Portland and secured his I couvicUut 1 Kingsland, Indiana, Is Scene of Wreck. TRAINS MEET AT K SPEED t. Third Car Just Stopped h vA Dashing Into Wreckage. . 1 MISTAKEN ORDER IS CAUSE Coaohe Crowded to Steps, as Death- Dealing Cra.-h Comes Sharp Curve Make Prevention of' Ilead-On Disaster Futile. FORT WATNB, Ind.. Sept Jl.-Forty- two persons were killed and seven were seriously Injured In a head-on collision between two traction cars on the Fort Wayne-Bluffton dlvMon of the Fort Wayne and Wabanh Valley line today. The wreck occurred one and one-half miles north of Kingsland. at a sharp curve. Th cars In collision wen northbound local, crowded to the steps, which left Bluffton at 11:15 o'clock, and southbound extra car from Fort Wayne. They met while both were run nlng at high speed. Death List Is 4C. W. K. BOWMAN. Blurt-tori. A. K. HYDE. Vennvllle. . E. BH'CKIY. Vera Crux. WILLIAM S. HEARS. Bluffton. LLOYD BROWN. HlutTlon. I. C JIKTCH. muflton. renersl manaaer Blurrtnn, Oinavt A Cllna Traction line. 8. H. ROBINSON. N. t. H.KK. ERNEST CROrsE. KALi'H WAI.SKK. W. D. BI'ROAN. OSCAR ZIMMRR. MIRS PEARL PATl.OR. J'lHN W. TRIBOLET. THOMAS OORDA N. HAROLD NELSON. fON OF LLOYD BROWN, aged 18 yeara MRS. HIRAM FOLK. MART DAl'C.HERTT. J. E SWART7. JOSEPH SAWYER, all of BlutTtnn. MI. AH THlVAf. F. B. TAMM. FRANK KINO. Mrs. FRANK KINO, a't of Warren, Ind. R. F. FOLK. Washington. Ind. JACOB SWARTZ. t alo.idale. BLANCHE ARCHBOI.D. Oulan. MRS. UARRV.TT MAXWELL, Garrentt. Ind. CHARLES REBER. I'nlondale. JOHN JOHNSON. Msrkle. ,'ESSB HOFFMAN. Marlon. IR. 8. E. THOMPSON, nn Arbor. Mich. MRS. MTUTLE HARLEY daughter of Mrs. Folk. UlutTton. DANIEL DE BACH. Petroleum, ind. JOHN SMITH AND MRS. JOHN SMITH. Montpeller. JOHN REED. Battery E. Fifth Artillery. New York. JOSEPH EDINS, Hartford City. GEORi;E HEM Hl'RST. Warren. BEN CRAMER. Frankfort. Mistaken Order Is Cause. The collision Is presumed to have' been caused by misunderstanding of orders In regard to the southbound extra car tak ing a switch near Klngsl&nd so the north bound car could pass It. The motormen of the two cars had no time to set the brakes when they sighted each other. The heavily-loaded north bound car was crushed and the bodies of the dead and Injured were strewn on either aide of the track amid the wreck age. The screams of the injured men and women following . the crash of the cars brought the neighboring; farmers to the scene. Conductor Splller. of the southbound car. was unhurt and ran back toward (.Concluded on Pag 2.) AJBIG PBOGBESSIVE VERSUS A LITTLE PROGRESSIVE. j LgffiiSlPt 5on vvhitehouse'" ' : IBKJ STATBI ENT. riAY2 9, 1 9 0 8 . Srt' E' PRESIDENT (fl005EVELT; V - ( f I Today said goodsy to the two AiillnJili) i A j !PUBUClYTHT.HB I d:-A411, -ucm Pnn THE ATTITUDE It B H jl il . i ) IpliiPimrT- HAD CONSISTENTLY MAINTAINED f !, ' . j " jlBilN SUPPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATIS J J ' . ! SSllfeJlpOLKlES.AND TO "WISH THEM SUCCESS" JM fl j ' I .HHllN -THE B-.HCTI0N Y&?4 M " : '"' .. ..... ....".-. .. i Magistrate Refuses to Brand Pris oner as Convict and Sends Him to Reformatory. 8EATTLE. Wash., Sept. 21. (Special.) Frits Carl Qujtsaru, taking a philosophic course at the University of Washington, who was charged with grand larceny. helped himself to books from the library nd a valuable microscope because he needed money to complete his education. He explained this to Judge Ronald to day, when he pleaded guilty and received ntencA of one to 15 vesrs at the Mon- V reformatory. Qultzaru to 20 years , v Mid has been In America only two yv . I was penniless and could get no work," the prisoner told the court. knew no one to go to for assistance, so I stole to keep up my educational work." . "I am inclined to be lenient with you.' said Judge Ronald, "for the reason that you are young and that you ere a for eigner. Tou may not know that It is unnecessary for anyone to steal In Amer lea. This Is the flrtit time a member of the student body of the university has so disgraced It. t will not brand you as a convict, but will send you to the Monroe reformatory." , INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Foreign. Crlppen hld for murder and Ethel Geneve for accessory after fact.. Page 3. XtBomU. President Taft condemns "pork barrel." Pae 5. Lortmen Inquiry will begin today. Page 3. Increased rout of hauling freight ihown at rate hearing-. Pare I. Poll He. Bourne camp seeks to Intimidate Boon Ca- ton, candidate for Slate Senator, .rage w. Tiwney declares Democrat mused his de feat In Minnesota prlniatrles. Page Total registration of voters in Oregon U 107.720. Poa-e 0. Speaker Cannon says tariff agitation is menace. Pax Colorado Insurgents prevent blow to Initia tive and referendum ( In republican con vention. Page 5. Roosevelt carries Kchenectday. stronghold of "Old Guard." Page 2. Iomeilc. Two train wrecks near Fort Wayne fatal to 43 persons. 32 seriously Injured. Page I. Portland men remembered In will of rich woman.. Page 3. Farramento seamstress left fortune by hus band killed In Alaska mine. Page 1. Chanter's pre-nuptlal agreement to be test ed in suit nrougni ty ex-wire, rage i. Anglers catch tons of fisn at California beaches, page I. fiporls. Pacific Coast League rtAUlt yesterday? Vernon 3. Portland 1; Oakland 2. han Francisco 1; Sacramento 9. Loa Angeles 3. Page 8. i Commerrial and Marine. Oregon hops lead Pacific Coa.it product in quality. Page l. Heavy buying of wheat by aborts at Chi cago. Page 1. Strong upward turn In stock market. rage in. Pacific Northwest. Portland's hulldlng record leads all North west. Page 7. Deputy County A-sessor Perry, of Vernon. rouna by - neignoors muraeren in own home. Pago 1. United fates District Attorney at Seattle seises books of Clarence D. HHlman. Page e. Methodist minister at Rldgefleld. wagh.. weds before divorce to iirst wile is granted. Page 6. Seattle student confesses, he atole to keep up educational work. Page 4.- Oregon Methodist conference convenes at HUsboro. Pa ft. Hood River Commercial Club opened with many visitors in attendance. 1'age e. ' Portland and Vicinity. State Tuberculosis HHiiatarlura to open Oc tober 1. Page 12. E. H. Bennett, city beautiful architect, to confer with railroad orriciais aoout union station. Page 14. Federal court Issues order restraining sale of assets of Deschutes Irrigation and Power Company. Page 14. Principal witness In Goodager manslaughter case describes killing of Tony Mae. Page 14. Programme of unusual interest at Pure Food Show.' Page. 11. J. W. Consldine promises $20,000 theater here by Muy 1. Page 12 George Toawell. law partner of late muni cipal Judge Bennett. tr be appointed to- i dtr to succeed him. Page 14. j Ireland's Words Quoted Against Roosevelt. ARCHBISHOP'S MEMORY CLEAR Viva Voce Message to His Ho- ' liness Was Authorized. "BELLAMY'S" AID INVOKED -I.pt tor Asking Aid in Securing Ap pointment . in Navy Depart ment Printed to Show Tliat Colonel Sought Office. SPRIXGFTEIJJ, Mans., Sept. 21. The ROepublican "tomorrow- will print a let ter from Mrs. Bellamy Storer, written in France Sept. 9, reviewing the contro vert between the Storers and Mr. Roosevelt concerning the ex-PreeUlent's alleged authorization of the ex-Ambassador to Austria-'Hungary to visit the rope and ask as a personal favor to the President of the United States to make Archbishop Ireland, of St. Paul, a cardi nal. . Letters written by the archbishop in 1903 and 1304, hitherto unpublished, are quoted by Mrs. Storer to show that at repeated Intcrvvlews in the White House between the archbishop and the'Presi- dent. Mr. Roosevelt acknowledged that he "had commissioned Mr. Storer to act as his personal envoy at the Vatican In behalf of the archbishop. Imkup of Veracity Drawn. Mr. Roosevelt has hitherto publicly denied that Mr. Storer ever was au thorized to represent him in this man ner and the Ireland letters now pub lished Jtty Mrs. Storer have the effect of making much sharper the issue of veracity between the Storers and the ex-President. . . . Mrs. Storer's letter to the Republican also seeks to prove on the testimony of Archbishop Ireland that President Roosevelt promised to make Mr. Storer United States Ambassador either at Paris or London; and there is included still another letter alleged to have been written by Mr. Roosevelt to Mr. Storer Just after the Presidential election in 1898, In which Mr. Roosevelt asked Mr. Storer to see President-elect McKinley and urge him to appoint Mr. Roosevelt Assistant Secretary of the Navy. This last letter seems to confute a recent assertion that Mr. Roosevelt never sought a public office, except when he sought the. Presidential nomi nation in 1904.- f The first letter by Archbishop Ire land, quoted by Mrs. Stbrer, written to Mr. Storer November 4, 1901. is, in part, as follows: 'I have had two more pleasant meet ings with the President at the White House. He is decidedly your friend and resolved to give you the best there is. 'Even.' said lie, "if Berlin comes first and Bellamy wished It for a little while, pending ChoaOs- retention at London, I would Klve 'it to him and change him shortly afterward to London. Let him trust me.' " A.SHtiranee Given Ireland. The next Ireland letter dated Octo- (Concluded on Page 5.) ill,- ! Run of Yellow Tail, Halibut and Mackerel Creates Excitement at California Beaches. JJOS A XGELES.' Cal., Sept. 21. (Spe clal.) The greatest yellow tail, hall but and mackerel run In the history o Southern California created excitement today at Redondo Beach, San Pedro, Long- Beach and Port Los Angeles, an attracted several thousand anglers from the city. Fully lono fish, aggregating abou 12 tons' weight, were caught oft tho wharves during the day, and the sport continued tonight under electric light hundreds more being taken. All day men, women and children were lifting the shining beauties out of the sea with sticks and strings to the most expen slve tackle. At Kedondo Beach 300 fish were caught from wharf No. 1 In four hours, and their average weight was 24 pounds. Harry W. Messerve took 13 yellow tail, the smallest 20 pounds an the largest 31. Mrs. F. A. Dunham of Pasadena, landed the record mack erel of the season. Charles McOuver and William Wrln-h caught 49 large halibife in two hours At times the waters about Redondo Beach were so crowded by the schools of various kinds of fish that some were forced up on the sand in the rush, FISHWAY BE'NG REBUILT Work to Be Pushed at Oregon City in Anticipation of Spring Run. SALEM. Or.. Sept. 21. (Special.) Mas ter Fish Warden C'lanton said today that plans are now under way for the recon struction of the flshway at Oregon City The Legislature made its first appropria tion in 1903, but freshets and high water during the "Winter have damaged it to such an extent that "it is almost impossi ble for fi?h to pass up the falls. Work will-be started as poon as possible, so the flshway can handle the salmon during the Spring run. Egg taking at the hatcheries is far be yond expectations. Already more eggs have been taken at the Wallowa hatchery than the hatchery department' expected to take during the whole season, and it is believed a. many more will be secured. About 1,250,oihj eggs In all have been taken at this hatchery. SECURITY BOGUS, CHARGE Prosecution Says Hank Insolvent Since Welty Took Charge. BELLINGHAM, Wash., Sept. 21. In opening for the state in the trial of H. J. Welty, charged with wrecking the Home Securities Rank, Prosecuting Attorney Livesey this afternoon said the state was prepared to prove that the bank had been Insolvent since Welty assumed control in 1905, and that land companies, whose paper the bf-nk held as security, did not in fact exist and had never existed. The defense strenuously objected to the statement and to the calling of witnesses to prove this contention, con tending evidence should be confined to show the bank was insolvent on Decem ber 31 last, the date named in the In dictment. These objections were over ruled by the court. The jury was completed this fore noon and the hearing of witnesses was begun this afternoon. HEAVY POTATOES GROWN Ten "Spuds" Taken From One Hill 13 Pounds 2 Ounces, VANCOUVER. Wash.. Sept. 21. (Spe cial.) One hill of potatoes, grown by D. W. Hutchinson, of WanhouRal, con tained 10 potatoes, which weighed 13 pounds and two ounces. This potato field yielded an average of two and a half sacks to the square yard. Another farmer at Minnehaha planted three pounds of potatoes last Spring and from that seed harvested lbH pounds. Many exhibits for the Clark County Harvest Show, to be held here September 29 to October 1, arei coming in from the country daily, and are be ing put away in cold storage. The booths around the City Park are being built. CANCER BEQUEST TIED UP George Crocker's Step-Children Fight Sale of Property in Fund. NEW YORK. Sept. 21. The right of Columbia College to property worth approximately II. 000. 000 bequeathed to H for a cancer research fund by the late George Crocker, the California millionaire, who died in this city on December 4, 1904, was attacked today. Crocker's stepchildren applied to the Supreme Court for an injunction to pre vent the executors of the millionaire's will from selling the property or leas ing it, pending the determination of an action brough to establish their right to the property. MAN REVIVES AFTER FALL Electrician, Only Two Hours on Job, N Tumbles Three Stories. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Sept. 2t. (Special.) Arthur Wassill. an electrician, had a brush with death this afternoon, but escaped with only a few bruises. Wassill fell three stories In the Baker seven-story building, now being built, and was picked up for dead, but soon revived. He had been on the Job only two hours when he lost his footing and fell from the top of the third story to the ground. Save for a few bruises he waa unhurt DeputyCountyAssessor Perry Victim. CRIME'S MOTIVE MYSTERY Murder Done Week From Last Sunday in Home. NEIGHBORS FIND BODY Long Absence or Official Leads to Inquiry Corpse Found at Top or Stairway Five Bullet ' Holes Are in Body. LA GRANDE, Or., Sept 21. (Special.) Lying in a pool of clotted blood with five bullet holes in nls body. Deputy Assessor Waldo Perry was found mur dered this morning on the stairway of his own home In Union. There is no clew to the identity of the criminal, who Is thought to have fled" the city. Perry has been missing for the past 11 days and his morning neighbors became alarmed and broke Into the house where they found the badly de composed body of the Deputy Assessor. lying at the top of the stairway lead ing to the garret. Clutched in his hand was a lamp. which he had evidently been carrying when shot. There was no evidence of any struggle, and it seems apparent that Perry was killed Just before he reached the landing of the top of the stairs. Crime Is Being Probed. After deliberating nearly all day on the meagre evidence surrounding the atrocious crime, the Coroner's Jury ad journed tonight until tomorrow morn ing. The string of evidence, which may. It is said, lead to some tangible clew to the murderers identity, wm be -contlaued-4oniorrow from where It was dropped tonight. Tonight it is clear that Perry was killed either out of vengeance or by some fanatic. The Perry home Is within the cor porate limits of Union, yet the body lay unfound from a week ago last Sun day night until this morning. Sunday night is believed to have been the night he met death, for he had called for his mail, as was his dally custom, but never since then, accoru- Ing to the testimony at the inquiry to day. Garret Is Seldom Used. The only deduction to make as to the particulars of the fiendish crime is that Perry had been attracted to the garret by some noise, for he seldom u?d the pstairs part of the house. He had climbed the stairs with a lamp In his and and had been shot five times on the instant of having reached the top step. There his body lay when found this morning, the lamp still In his hand. A post-mortem examination resulted In the discovery of two'bullets In Perry s body. Kobbery Not Motive. He was not killed for his money, for about 15 and a gold watch were still on his person when found. The residence is close to the railroad track ,and it is thought that perhaps someone sought the upstairs as a place of refuge and killed the owner when he appeared at the stair landing. Perry was very popular and had no known enemies. Family Visiting in Portland. His family, numbering a wife and three small children, have been in Portland for three weeks", but they are now hurrying home, and on their arrival here it is thought the Coroner's Jury report will be forthcoming. Perry was 35 years old. Absolute mys tery veils the shooting and it Is not be lieved likely the murderer will ever be run down. The widow of the dead man is the daughter of Nick Ficklln, a wealthy re tired farmer of Union County, who moved to Portland September 8. He lives in East Portland. ' His address, however. Is not known in Union to night, as the only person who has it was out of town this evening. Perry complained frequently to the authorities because tramps came to his home from the railroad track and bothered him with appeals for food and lodging. For this reason the general supposition Is that some tramp did the act. How it was that the noise of the shots escaped the ears of neighbors is another mystery. , "Only Two Bullets Found. Still another point bothering the au thorities is that there are five bullet holes In the body, that none came out, and that only two could be found. It is possible another examination of the wounds may show that he was stabbed by some sharp weapon. Town rumor and gossip has been trying hard all day to connect the fatality with quarrels of some sort in recent years, but as yet nothing has been uncovered. The family is said to have lived happily, and consequently no family feud could be responsible. Perry was unusually popular every where, and "figured conspicuously In . Democratic circles. Late tonight officers commenced an investigation on a theory that Greek laborers camped along the railroad track nearby may have had a hand in the matter, and this line of inquiry will be thoroughly probed, though there is nothing tangible to work with tonight