THE , 8UNP4T. OKETOily,. jfeM ,3Q:Y ; 1,, lfW6,
KILLED NEIGHBOR;
BURNED TIE BODY
Charge Against Frank Ries,
Who Lives in Mount
Hood Settlement.
TELLS RANCHER OF GRIME
Josh jPerkins Informs the Sheriff
How James Fois Was Killed,
and Spends Night In
Terror of His Life.
.IOOD RIVER. Or.. May 13. (Special.)
That James Foss, -whose charred body
was found yesterday morning among the
ashes of his cabin in the Mount Hood
settlement, came to his death from gun
shot wounds from the hand of Frank
Hies, his neighbor, is the verdict of the
Coroner's jury which examined Into the
circumstances of the case this afternoon.
Reis has been arrested and was taken
to- the County Jail at The Dalles to
night Some very damaging testimony was
brought out at the Coroner's Inquest to
day, and the community in which the
tragedy occurred is in the white heat of
excitement. The death of James Foss
occurred about 9 o'clock Thursday night,
according to the testimony of Josh Per
kins, who resides within a few rods of
the scene of the alleged murder. He
heard seven distinct rifle shots about 9
o'clock in the evening in the direction of
Fobs home. On reaching the cabin, tes
tified Perkins:
"The door opened and out walked Frank
RIes with a gun on his arm. Reis at
once ordered me to keep the matter quiet.
I told him I would have to tell the truth.
and he said. 'No. that is not necessary-
I met Foss with a club and he threatened.
to kill me. I went home and got this
gun and killed the right in there.
J want you to keep this quiet; will you
do It?' "
Informant in Great Terror.
Perkins told his tory In fear and
trembling. He went home he said fear
ing Reis would follow and kill him at
any moment. He and his wife sat up all
night with a loaded gun in their reach.
Shortly after reaching home a bright
blaze was noticed In the direction of
Foss cabin. Reis and Foss quarreled
shortly before the tragedy.
J. N. Knight, another rancher, testified
that Reis had called at his home that
evening, and there had made the state
ment that Foss would have to take back
what he had said or he (Reis) would kill
him A half dozen farmers testified to
having heard the shots Thursday evening.
The supposed murder took place Thurs-
aay evening. -
bncrjrr sexton was notified the next
morning and In company with Coroner
Charles N. Burget reached the scene of
the crime Friday morning. After an In
terview with Perkins the Sheriff organ
ized; a posse and went in search of Reis.
who was found asleep In his barn at 11
o'clock. Burget was the first man to
reach Reis, who offered no resistance and
permitted himself to be taken into custodi
es- ine bnenir early this mornlnsr.
Coroner Burget -empaneled a jury of six
farmers, neighbors of the deceased Foss
and tho man charged with the crime of
murder. TJ-.e evidence Introduced was
sufficient In their minds to warrant charg
ing me aeatn or Foss to Frank Reis.
Ries Is Very Cool.
wnen seen tonight Reis declared it
was nardly proper for him to make any
statement. -After some Questioning h
declared he had admitted of the crime
to no one. He appeared very cool and
collected, with not the slightest trace of
a tremor In his voice, as he conversed
perfectly at ease. He was seated in
tne notel office without handcuffs.
i ueiiuer a. juuge nor a jury, re
marked Sheriff Sexton, "but it looks bad
very bad. coming so close after the Nor
man Jlllams tragedy. It is extremely
unfortunate tor the community. Ries has
always borne a good reputation, and It
Is hard for me to believe him capable of
such a crime, even after listening to the
testimony today.
The verdict of the Coroner's jury is as
ioiiows:
tne jury, empaneled bv ChariM v Unr.
get, Coroner for "Wasco County, to Inquire Into
the cause of the death of the body before us
iina ii ioiiows: unai ms name was James
JpOfS: that he Was about ISO run nf ar-n nnrt
that he came to his death at his cabin about
iour miic souin or Mount Hood Postofflce. on
the llth day of May. 1005 ahnut ih iinr
9:30 P. M.. and we further find that ho came
to his death from a gunshot wound from the
jittiiur- oi rranK jaw.
D. n. COOPER.
A. G. M'KAMEV.
CAS. "WYGANDT.
S. B. HESS.
E. W. CRIBBLE.
RUSSELL GOBI.V.
Suitors for a Widow's Favor.
Both men had often quarreled, but the
only thing- to which a motive for th al
legea murder can be attached Is the fact
that Foss and Ries have raid attention to
the widow Rlggs. It ems that FosS was
the more In her favor, and hence the fit
or-jealousy on the part of Ries.
Foss was a bachelor, and twice within
the last two years he has been examined
on a charge of Insanity brought by his
neignDors. Kies has the reputation of be
!ng a fighting man. but no one believed
him capable of committing murder.
Ries made a statement before the Cor
oner s jury, dui careruny evaded any
mention or tne crime. He declared after
ward that he Is even unaware of the
charges against him.
XO NEW TRIAD FOR ASSASSIN
Scorns to Ask Pardon, and Will Be
Hanged.
ST. PETERSBURG. May 13. The Sen
ate, sitting as a court of cassation, today
refused the petition of Ivan Kaleieff. who
assassinated Grand Duke Serglus at Mos
cow, lor a new trial.
The appeal was based on the cround
that Kaleieff killed the Grand Duke as
Governor of Moscow and not as a mem
br of the imperial family, the Russian
law inflicting the death penalty onlv for
high treason In he murder of a member
of the Imperial family. Kaleieff can now
implore pardon, but his lawyer says he
will not do so. and therefore he will be
hanged in a fortnight.
Cleared of Bigamy Charge.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 13. The
grand Jury today Indicted Attorney
George D. Collins on a charge of big'
assy. A number of witnesses testified
that Collins had married Charlotta
Newman In this city. His subsequent
marriage to Clarice McCurdy. in Chi
c&go, was also proved to the satslfac
tie of the jury. The attorney does
net say he ever has been divorced, but
denies hi marriage to Charlotta New
mn, declaring that he really married
her sister, Agnes, who is dead.
Hofi Contracts in Yamhill.
Quite a. number of hep oeairacts have
been file with the. Cetwty Jteeerder dur
ing the last few days, and the prices
tl&ulated by the contracts Jave vanea
.from 13 Gents to 19 cents per pound. Most
of the hop crops were k-ougBt bp "by Ueavey
& Metzler. Some of their contracts were.
Roberts Bros., 5000 pounds, at 15 cents;
Richard Parrott, 12,600 pounds, atu cents;
H. V. Stott, 15.000 pounds at 16 cents;
R. J. Hutcbcroft, 15,600 pounds, at 17
cents.
G. "W. Perkins contracted to C. S. May
Co., 2003 pounds, at 17 cents. A. A.
Russell sold to the, same company his
hop crop for 1905-6-7 fat 16 cents, 15 cents
and 14 cents, respectively.
The highest price paid was by tjlman
& Co. to Go Sun, a Chinese, who received
19 cents for his entire crop.
Editor Sues for a Receiver.
BOISE, Idaho, April IS. (Special.) C. H.
Fisher, former editor of the Capital News,
has brought suit to procure the appoint
ment of a receiver for the Capital News
Printing Company, the corporation that
owned the paper prior to August 1, last
year, when the new corporation was
ormed and a consolidation made with the
Bulletin. He alleges Sheridan has the
books and has control of the affairs of the
old company, that the latter had book
accounts outstanding and that It had $30,-
000 of bonds Issued It by the new com
pany.
In his complaint Fisher alleges Sheri
dan collected some $1300 for the old com
pany for which he did not account. Plain
tiff wished to have the business closed up.
the bonds sold and any moneys remaining
distributed among the stockholders.
Kalama Will Celebrate the Day.
KALAMA. Wash., May 13. (Special.)
At a mass meeting In the City Hall Fri
day evening, presided over by Mayor C
Kalahan, arrangements were made to
hold a celebration July 4. Committees
were appointed and the necessary funds
have been subscribed.
Yukon Is Opening.
DAWSON, T. T., May 13. The Tukon
River Is now open to the mouth of the
Tanana save for a few Ice Jams. The
first steamers will arrive next week. The
Tanana River is now entirely- open
Tanana advices promise a big Increase
In gold output.
ROAD POLL TUX IS VALID
3IALES BETWEEN 21 AND
50
3IUST PAY $1 YEARLY.
Washington's Attorney-General Gives
an Opinion for General Guid
ance in the State.
OLTMPIA, Wash., May 13. (Special.)
The Attorney-General filed an opinion to-
day which in reality Is for the guidance
of all counties In the state, in which he
advises that the existing law imposing a
road poll tax of 1 on every male person
over 21 and under 50 years of age residing
outside the limits of Incorporated towns
be enforced.
Doubt has arisen in many parts of the
Atatepver the status of the law, and many
inquiries nave reacnea tne Atiorney-uen-
eral as to the scope of the opinion by the
Supreme Court filed last year In the case
of State vs. Ide. in which It Is held that
the law authorizing cities of the third
class to levy a poll tax is unconstitutional.
The latter law was declared void be
cause of conflict with section 9 of article
of the state constitution. In that it
failed to provide for uniform taxation be
cause of an exemption of volunteer fire
men.
The article of the constitution in ques
tlon requires that taxes levied by cities
shall be uniform in respect to persons and
property, but the constitution makes no
restriction upon the Legislature In Impos
ing taxes. The void law authorizes cities
to act along certain lines, while the law
imposing a tax on nonresidents of cities
Is a separate statute. The Attorney-Gen
eral believes the latter law will stand the
test, and advises the Prosecuting Attorney
of Franklin County, to whom the letter Is
directed, to enforce the collection of the
tax.
The same opinion will also apply to the
new rural poll-tax law, -which takes effect
in June, and which reduces the road poll
tax to 32, but is practically Identical with
the old law in other particulars.
The unconstitutional statute Is also re
placed by a law which authorizes towns to
levy poll tax upon male inhabitants be
tween the ages of 21 and 50. It Is con
tended by some that the age limitation
Invalidates the new law also, so far as
city poll taxes are concerned, but that
phase of the question is not discussed by
the Attorney-General.
NORTHWEST DEAD.
John H. Horner
SALEM. Or., May 13. (Special.) John
H. Horner, aged about 5o years, died sud
denly at his home, cast of Salem, this
afternoon. His death was probably due
to the bursting of a blood vessel at the
base of the brain. A report was received
here this evening that his wife had also
died from the shock caused by her hus
band's sudden death, but this report can
not be confirmed. The deceased leaves
eight children, most of whom are grown.
James M. Turney.
ASTORIA, Or., May 13. (Special.)
James Morris Turney died at his home in
Flavel this mornlg after a long illness
with a complication of diseases. The de
ceased was a native of Connecticut, 75
years of age, and he had resided in Port
land and Flavel for a number of years.
He left a widow and one daughter, Mrs
A. J. Taylor, of Flavel. The remains will
be taken to Portland tomorrow evening to
be cremated, and the ashes will be
shipped to Connecticut for Interment
Judge Rlgg's First Sentence.
NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., May 18.
(Special.) Three prisoners found guilty
at the last term of court were sentenced
today by Judge Rigg to terms aggregating
37 years. H. C Duel!, charged with crim
inal assault upon Mary Bell, of Prosser,
got 13 years; Pat Kelly, charged with at
tempted robbery, received ten years, and
John Bralnard, charged with attempt to
commit burglary, received 14 years. These
were the first sentences passed upon pris
oners found guilty by a Jury since Judge
Rigg took his seat the first of the year.
Bank May Build on Lot.
MED FORD, Or., May 13. (Speclal.)-
The Cames & Rltter lot on Seventh street
In Medford, was today transferred to F.
X. Deuel, of Medford, and rumor has
that a new building will be erected on the
lot for the use of the First National
Bank of Medford, recently organized. It
Is one of the"raost desirable locations In
Medford.
Dick Smith to Coach Columbia.
ASTORIA, May 13. Special.) Richard
S. Smith, of this city, will leave in a few
days for New York to take a post-gradu
ate course at the Columbia Law School
While there be will act as coach for the
Columbia College football team.
Caldwell Flour Mill Burned.
CALDWELL. Idaho. May 13. The CaW
well Hew astll'w&s detrred M re
day. The toac is aMt wkh M
lasurancfc. S..S. Fete was ,prtmral w
WOMEN HISVIGTIMS
M. E. Ward Married Them and
Spent Their. Money.
OREGON WOMAN ON LIST
In AH. the Man Under Arrest at
San Diego for Swindling Has
Led' Five Women to
-the Altar.
SANTA MONICA. Cal.. May 13.
(Special.) The criminal career of Mat-
thew L, Ward, undor arrest at 3an
Diego for defrauding an innkeeper.
seems .generally to cover the western
part of the continent. Thus tar, flve
wives lay claim to him two In Call'
forma, one in Seattle, two in Denver.
His history has been ferreted out "by
the last one, recently wedded at Trop
ico. Ward's plan was to marry a woman
who had some means. This he would
absorb, when he would be ready tor
another victim. From Denver comes
Information that he enticed Miss Annlft
Lawson to that city from' an Oregon
town and buncped her out of $3003.
Ward served a year In the Los An
geles County Jail. He had been sen
tenced for ten years for fraud and won
on an appeal. He had numerous trou
blcs in Pasadena in the Police Courts.
At Denver, in 1888. he posed as a
wealthv railroad contractor from Ta-
coma and swindled woman, for which
he was arrested at Aspen, jumped
from a train at Manltou and escaped.
swindling Mary McLean, at Cripple
Creek. At Denver he swindled Ella
Jaquette. He went to Salt Lake and
married Mary Fox. She found Annie
McCarten at Denver, who supposed she
was his wife. Both women turned
money over to him. and when the
McCarten girl discovered him false she
turned on the gas and was burled iu
pauper's grave.
Ward's record at Seattle Includes the
selling of a gold brick to Mrs. Slyo-
field ten years ago and securing money
from a confiding woman to taKe him to
the Klondike.
STATE GRANGE THIS MONTH
Forest Grove Will Entertain Many
Delegates.
FOREST GROVE, Or., May 13. (Spe
cial.) The local Grange is making ex
tensive preparations for the entertain
ment of the State Grange, whlcn will
convene here May 23-25. Fully' 300
members, representing every county In
Oregon, are expected to attend, and the
hospitality of the city will be extended
to them during tneir stay.
The opening session, Tuesday. .May
23, will be devoted to organization and
to preliminary business. In the after
noon the worthy master will deliver
his address and the reports of the
state officers will be received. In tne
evening an open session will be held
in Marsh Halt Senator E. W. Haines,
president of the Forest Grove Board of
Trade, will extend the welcome of the
city. A response will be given by Mrs.
Clara H. Waldo, of Macleay. Or., worthy
lecturer of iho State Grange. F. P.
Wolcott, maBter of the State Grange of
Kentucky and editor of the American
Grange Bulletin, Is expected to give
an address at this meeting.
The day sessions of Wednesday and
Thursday will be devoted to the busi
ness of the organization, and will not
be open to the general public
Wednesday evening a competitive
drill will be held between degree teams
from the subordinate granges of the
state. Cash prizes will be awarded
and this is expected to be one of the
most Interesting features of the con
vention.
The fifth and sixth degrees, other
wise known as the Pomona and Flora
degrees, will be conferred Thursday
evening. Following this ceremony the
sessloii will terminate with an elabor
ate banquet.
CITY OF ASHLAND IS SUED
Prior Water Rights Alleged hy
Electric Company.
ASHLAND. On. May 13.-(SpeciaI.)-The
cltv of Ashland is defendant In a suit
brought against It by the Ashland Elec
trie Light & Power Company. The lignt
company charges the city with Infringing
upon its water rights In Asnland creeK.
and besides1 the questions of law Involved
as to the rights of the parties concerned
to said waters on Ashland Creek,, the
plaintiff company Is suing for damages to
the amount of 5SO00 as compensation for
Illegal use of waters of Ashland Creek
belonging to the corporation and of the
use of which it was deprived when In
nftwl nf Vtt earn, fnr nrtxer mtrnnir?r
The electric light company, which u;es
the waters of Ashland Creek for power
purposes In driving Its electrical machin
ery, maintains that the city uses unlaw-
fully the water of Ashland Creek
through the city mains for domestic and
other uses of the inhabitants and patrons
of the municipal water system, and that
the rights of the company are prior to
those of the city in certain respects, and
that It is to determine the status of the
rights that the suits brought.
EXPLOSION OF DYNAMITE.
Buildings Near Oak Point Demol
ished, hut No One Is Hurt.
OAK POINT. Or., May 13. (Special.)
An explosion of about S00 pounds of
dynamite took place at about 11
o'clock Thursday night at the rock
quarry on what Is Known as the Lar-
sen place, about two miles above this
place. The shock was tremendous,
people for several miles distant from
the explosion thinking an earthquake
had taken place.
The powder was stored In an old barn
In the upper story, and the workmen
were sleeping In a house about 100 yards
distant. Every door and window In the
house was smashed to pieces, and the
weatherboardlng torn off, all the furni
ture In the house of the foreman of tb
quarry was smashed to pieces, and that
nobody was killed or hurt Is simply
miracle. The barn In which the explosive
was stored was totally demolished. The
dynamite was stored In the upper story.
and the force tended downward. The
cause of the explosion Is a Kiysterj
BOOM HOTEL GOES CHEAP
Cost Builder at Kettle Falls $13,e0,
Goes for $269.
SPOKANE. Wash., lay 13. (Special.)
A hotel which cost the fcuiMer UZ.m to
erect six years age at Kettle Falls,
WR.. was seM today for $M a4 a
jHmber of town lots were sW at frm S
CMri to SK each.
Tfcfc mi was aaa4e fcy Stereos CMMtr
camintegiancrs. ReeeOy the cewwtv m-
Copyright igor, by Hirt Schaffhcr r Marx
property tnrougn xoreciosure on aewnquent
iaxes. tailing w reaiae anjming more.
the county board offered the property to
day to the highest bidder for cash. Ed
Davis bought the two-story frame hotel,
which Is In good condition. Other Col-
vllle citizens bought various town lots.
Kettle Falls was a thriving village a
few years ago, but trouble with townsite
promoters who came from Rochester, N.
Y.. resulted In practical abandonment of
the .place.
NEW OREGON INCORPORATIONS
Articles of Incorporation Filed With
Secretary of State.
SALEM. May IX (Special.) Articles of
Incorporation were filed in the office of
the Secretary of State this week as fol
lows:
The PeniasIa Bank; principal office. St.
Johns, Or.; capital stock, 5.000; incor
porators, C A. W ood, Harrison G. Piatt
and Robert T. Piatt.
Redmond Townsite Company; principal
office. Potland. Or.; capital stock, J6000;
Incorporators, F. S. Stanley, C. C Hutch
inson and D. M. Smith.
Inland Empire Publishing Company;
principal office. Baker City, .Or.; capital
stock, $10,000; incorporators, J. W. Con-
nella. E. J. Nale and L. Bush LIvennore.
Kuchlblkl Concession Company; prlncl-
pay orace. Portland, Or.; capital stock.
$15,000; Incorporators. Kumeto Kushlblkl,
Harrison G. rlatt and Robert T. Piatt.
The Klamath Lake Mill &. Lumbber
Company; principal office, Klamath
Falls, Or.; capital stock, $10,000; Incorpor
ators. W. a Stanley, J. L. O'Nell. J. E.
Duval, C. T. Bonney. G. W. White and
Charles Noel.
Dent Telephone & Telegraph Company;
principal office. Lakeylew, Or.; capital
stock. $3000; Incorporators, F. M. Miller,
C W. Dent and Harry Bailey.
Storey & Brookes Fuel Company; prin
cipal office, Portland. Or.; capital, stock,
$5000; Incorporators. Harry H. Brookes,
W. A. Storey, Irene Storey and Mary K.
Brookes.
St. Johns Sand & Gravel Company;
principal office, St. Johns. Or.; capital
stock. $3000; Incorporators. Z. M. Knight.
W. W. Windle and D. C. Rogers.
The Est a cad a Banking Company; princi
pal office, Estacada, Or.; capital stock,
$25,000; Incorporators. James Johns, W- S.
Hennlnger and J. W. Reed.
Star Bottling Works; principal office
Portland, Or.; capital stock. $5000; Incor
porators. J. A. Morris. B. C. Strelch and
T. P. Clarke.
Old "Boise Bar Mining Company: princi
pal office. Portland. Of.; capital stock,
$23,000; Incorporators. Henry A. Town
send, L. C Driggs and W. J. Maxwell. "
Thj Sweet Home, Foster & Cascade
Telephone Company: principal office.
Sweet Home, Or.; capital stock, $5000; In
corporators, G. M. Gelsendorfer. J. A.
Thompson. F. G. Mattke. W. H. Daugher-
ty and E. C Russell.
Netarts Creamery Association: nrinclDal
office, Ne tarts. Or.; capital stock, $500;
Incorporators. W. E. Catterlln, J. J.
Kuteher and George W. Phelps.
Tne Gold Hill Canal Company; organ-
1zed under the Iaw of the
vada; capital stock, $3,000,000; attorney In
ract, x. j. yearce. Gold Hill. Or.
SCHOOLBOYS BEAT SOLDIERS
t'oriiana academy xeam ins From
Fourteenth Infantry.
VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash..
May 13. (Special.) The soldier base
ball team of the Fourteenth Infantry
was defeated today oy the schoolboys
of the Portland Academy by 5 to 4 In
game with little feature. The sol
diers lost on their poor fielding, mak
ing nine errors tothe schoolboys two.
'However, they nearly won in the last
inning. Each made six hits, but the
soldiers' counted tnore, as they" earned
all but one run.
The Portland Academy's runs were
made mostly on errors. Irf the first
McPherson walked and tallied on a
wild throw to third. In the fourth
Rogers and M. Myers went to first on
errors and were brought In on the
three-base hit of T. Myers. The lat
ter went out at the plate, but HIggins,
who followed him. went home safely
on an error at third. In the sixth M.
Myers walked and went home on the
bunch of errors which followed Thorn's
sacrifice.
Tha soldiers made their runs In the
seventh and ninth. Foele walk4 In
the seventh. Van Kiper hit and Martin
walked; the bases were full. Schrelber.
knocklns: & two-base hit. scored T.co,
but died on secoRd. In the ninth a
similar condition existed. Fogle again
getting ills base on balls and Van
Riper hitting. Howard filled the bases
this time' and Martin knocked a two
base hit, but he., too. died on second,
when there was a good chance to win.
Score:
P. AN 1&836100&-9
Hits :. 0221806106
Soldiers - 666699202 4
Hits .680603 3 0 36
Batteries P. A.. T. Myers. Thorn
and Higglas; Soldiers, Schrelber and
Fegle.
Benham Urged by Lambermen.
OLTMPIA. Wash.. May 13. (Soeoial.)
J- Ji. Bleedel. presfcteat of the Lake What
com Logging tfCeaapany, of 'SelMngbam.
asd Herbert 2, Griggs. o the St. Paul So
Taeoau. Lnber Ceapaay. beaded a dele,
gatles of Iwwabeiiaen whs prosed the
laie of W. L.,Ba)!j; of Seattle, mm
Governor Kted today fek'ntee r tka
Our
HOVEL HIS HOME
Old Man Deeds Property to His
Children.
TURNED OUT ON THE WORLD
Scraps of Boards on a. Seattle Sand
spit Covered His Head and
Siwasli Squaws Jlinis
tercd to Him.
SEATTLE, Wash., May 13. (Special.)
For three years Andrew Johnson, aged
66. has lived In a hut no larger than
Piano box on the tide-flats here. This
morning the police found him there very
111 and sent him to a hospital.
The man said that a few years ago he
was living In Minneapolis and had prop
erty and money enough to keep him com
fortably all his life. Ills family, consist
ing of a son and two daughters, per
suaded him to deed to them all his prop
erty. Soon afterward all of them married
and left Minneapolis.
Johnson was left without funds and a
home. He managed to get to Seattle,
where he expected to find work. Falling
In that, he sought out the place on the
sandspU. built his cubbyhole of a house
and there has remained ever since.
The hut Is made of old scraps of board
set on end and then a comb-shaped roof
that is less than five feet from the
ground. The entire floor space Is six by
six feet . So Jow is It that It is Impossi
ble for a man to stand in It. A half
dozen old gunnysacks In one s4de of the
shack made the old man's bed. On a
short line were a few old clothes. Made
of an oil can In one corner was an old
stove.
In a basket a few salmon heads that
had been gathered from the garbage
dump showed the kind of food Johnson
had been eating. Occasionally some of
the Indian squaws In adjoining ahacka
carried food to the old man. "God cares
for His own people, I'm satisfied." said
Johnson simply, when taken to the hos
pital. "My children will come home to
daddy some time and then all will be
well."
TOYED WITH LIVE WIRES.
Young Woman at John Day Is Seri
ously Injured.
JOHN DAY. Or., May 13. (Special.)
The first serious accident resulting from
electric wires In this part of the State
occurred "In this place during the . recent
wind storm. A young lady from the coun
try was standing on a porch above which
were stretched the telephone wires, ex
perimenting wlh the wires which had
become heavily charged by contact with
the electric light wire. Holding one wire
In one hand, she would reach the other
toward the charged wire, watching the
&oarks leap Into the fingers.
Suddenly her hand was drawn Into con
tact with the live wire, and convulsively
closed over it. Her screams brought as
sistance, but help could not free her from
her perilous position until the wind
swayed the wire she held' from contact
with the charged wire of the electric light
company. By this time the girl was un
conscious. Medical assistance was sum
moned and the usual remedies applied.
Artificial respiration was resorted to to
save her 'life, and with such measure of
success that- she partially revived. Con
vulsion set In. and while the -physicians
think she will recover, there is grave
danger that she may be maimed for life.
TRY FOR PACIFIC RECORD
Minnesota Expected to Clip Two Days
From Initial Time.
SEATTLE. Wash.. May 13. (Special.)
The steamship Minnesota will try for a
record on her run across the Pacific irom
Yokohama to Seattle. If possible, the big
liner Is to make the run la 11 days, cut
ting off two days from her record on the
Initial run, when It required 13" days, 21
hours and 5 minutes to bring her from
Yokohama, to her dock In Seattle.
An 11-day run from Yokohama to Seattle
or even to the straits would demonstrate
that the big Hill liner Is not only a freight
y carrier of immense capacity, but that she
is fastenough to rate with the speediest
passenger do a is. co sucn record would
be attempted permanently, for the run
made by the Minnesota on her first trip
Is satisfactory for passenger purposes.
The record for trans-Pacific passage is
held, by the Empress of Japan, which in
1161 made the trip across la 16 days
hours and 36 minutes. The steamship Vic
toria, taes owned by the Northern Pa
clac, made a trip In 11 days, IS hours and1
13 ralHHtes la rm.
River 'Shifts Ceaitty &ae.
7 OLTMPIA. ' ' Wash-, May 13. (Spe
Suits
As eloquently, although without life, as the most
gifted salesman could speak for them. They ap
peal with telling effect to economical men who
want to wear "custom-made" clothes at "ready
made" prices. The beauty of the fabrics, the
excellence of the workmanship and the richness
.of the trimmings, all bear silent testimony to
; the. superlative excellence tfcat wins favor with
well-dressed men. . ,
Single and Double-Breasted Suits
$12.50 to $30.00
Outing Suits $10.00 to $20.00
Whether you are short and stout, tall and slen
der or of regular build, we can fit you
Sam'l Rosenblatt & Go.
today in which Jefferson County sues
Chehalis County in Thurston County
courts to determine the location of the
line dividing Jefferson and Chehalis.
The mouth of the Queets River Is used
in describing the line, and as the ilver
has shifted its channel, the line can
not now be definitely located within
several miles. The court Is asked to
construe the description.
Japancso Vessel Needs Repairs.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 13. A third
class cruiser of the Japanese navy Is
reported to be on the way to this port
to r.ndergo repairs and -a general over
hauling. The name of the vessel is
not known, but from all accounts she
Is the warship that lately left the Asi
atic coast under orders to come to this
port to be repaired, and it is likely
that she will upon arrival be detained
here, as was the Russian cruiser Lena,
until the end of the war. The Jap
anese cruiser Is dally expected to ar
rive. It Is presumed that she has been
scouting In the Pacific, and having be
come short of fuel, was ordered to put
in here, both for advices and to re
ceive an overhauling in case repairs
should be necessary.
Captain Hart Was Intoxicated.
SAN FRANCISCO. May, 13. Captain
Franklin W. HarL of Washington. D
C paymaster of the transport Law-
ton, has been arrested ror urunKen-
ness, and wm De coun-macimiuu.
Hart. It is alleged, came down from
Maro Island with orders for $10,000
on the Navy pay office. He returned
so much under the influence of liquor
that he was unable to transact busi
ness. He was accompanied by a.
friend, who was more Intoxicated than
himself. Officials, after trying in vain
to get a lucid statement, had htm ar
rested. It could not be learnea wnat
he had done with the $10,000.
Fritz Miller Under Arrest.
ASTORIA. Or.. May 13.r(SpecIal.)
Fritz Miller, formerly manager ot the
now defunct Barrel Beacon Seining Com-
nanv. was arrested at Cathlamet yester
day on an Information charging "him with
obtaining money under raise pretenses.
He is accused of appropriating to nis
own use $500 entrusted to him by a North
Shore canneryman to purchase an Inter
est in an up-river seining ground.
Mlller'B preliminary examination was
held In the Justice Court at Cathlamet
yesterday afternoon, and he was held
under $2000 bonds to await tne action
of the Superior Court."
To Be Given Murderer's Body.
OLYMPIA. Wash.. May 13. (Special.)
The countrynien of H. Araro, the Japan
ese who Is sentenced to be hanged In the
Walla Walla, penitentiary on June 3, have
petitioned Warden Kees that the body be
given to them after the hanging to dis
pose of. As the petitioners are neither
relatives nor friends of Araro. tne war
den has asked the Attorney-General It
there Is any legal obstacle to granting
the request. The Attorney-General finds
no law on the subject and therefore con
cludes that there Is no obstacle.
President's Guide an Oregon Boy.
ASHLAND. Or.. May 13. (Special.) One
of the guides of President Roosevelt in
his recent Rocky Mountain hunting trip
was a guest at the banquet at Glenwood
Springs, given by. the President In honor
ot the members of his hunting party, was
Brick Wells, a young man born and
reared near Ashland, and a member of
one of the old pioneer families of this
county. He has been absent from nere
for several vears and has recently been
llvln In Colorado. His mother resides In
this city at this time, Mrs. Ellen Wells
McBane's Trial This Week.
ENTERPRISE, Or., May 13. For the
murder of the Trost brothers in April.
J. H. McBane will be tried, at the spe
cial session of Circuit Court, which be
gins here next Tuesday. Fred Trost
brother of Theodore and Charles Trost,
who were killed. Is here from Fal
mouth, K-y- with his lawyer, E. S
Clarke, and will aid actively In the
prosecution.
McBane's wife is expected here to
morrow from Colorado, to be with her
husband during the trial.
Present Statue of 3Ilnerva.
MONMOUTH, Or., May 13. (Special.)
The members of the graduating class or
this year have selected and ordered a very
handsome statue of Minerva oiustinianl
from Boston. This will be presented, to
the State Normal School and will add
very much to "the already quite large col
lection of statuary and painting given by
the classes of farmer years.
- This statue stands some six feet In
height and represents the figure of
Minerva In a most characteristic pose.
Samac Makes Record Run.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 13. The four-
masted schooner Semar has made what Is
supposed to be the quickest run down the
ceast on record. She made, the trip from
Puget Sound to Keoendo in five days,
loaded with a big eargo ot lumber.
Service Begins May 28.
TACOMA.' Wash.. May 13. Stated at
Northern Faeie headquarters, that a.
new Paget 8ad-Prtl.Bd train .will
Talk"
NO MORE SUMMER SMOKE
OREGON FOREST FIRE SAW IS
AIMED TO STOP NUISANCE.
Stringent Provisions Set Forth in
Notices to Be Posted in Con
spicuous Places.
SALEM. Or.. May 13. (Special.) If
a "scarehead" warning will call the at
tention of the people of Oregon tot the
new forest fire law and secure obedi
ence to its provisions, there will be no
smoky days this Summer. Secretary
of State Dunbar has just caused to be
printed a large quantity of large post
ers, printed on cloth, to be tacked up
In conspicuous places all over the
state. "Fire Notice! Warning!" are
the words In large type at the head of
the poster, and then follows a state
ment of the purpose of the law and a
summary of its provisions.
Mr. Dunbar will send a bundle of
these posters to each County Clerk,
with the request that they be sent to
different parts of the several counties
to be posted. If tacked up where tfiey
will not be too much exposed to the
weather, -the posters should last two
or three seasons. The law becomes
effective May 19, but Its provisions do
not affect the setting of fires until
June 1. The most Important features
of the law are:
It Is made "Unlawful for any person to
set a fire to brush., or timber, or near
grain fields during the close season, from
June 1 to October 1; or lor any person at
any time to set a fire on land not his own
and leave the same without extinguishing
It.
It shall be the duty of the Counts' Clerk
of each county to Issue written or printed
permits, during tne permit, season,- to any
and all persons named In an application
to set out nres. said application snail
state the general description of the land
upon which it is desired to set out fire.
and the extent of the slashing or burning
desired to be burned, said permit season
shall be from June 1 to October 1 of each
year. Said permit shall fix the time for
setting out fires on any three consecutive
days therein named, and not less than 10
days trom tne date or sucn permit, ana
that no time when the wind is blowing to
such an extent as to cause danger of same
getting beyond the control of the person
setting out said fire, or without sufficient
help present to control the same, and that
same shall be watched by the person set
ting the nre until tne same is our. upon
granting said permit, the clerk shall at
once notify at the earliest possible mo
ment some qualified and acting fire ranger
In the -vicinity of said proposed burning,
and upon good cause may revoke or post
pone said permit, upon notice to said ap
plicant.
ire rangers may oe appointed Dy ine
County Court, but they must be paid by
the owners of timber or other, lands who
request their appointment.
Heavy fines are- provided as punishment
for violation of the law.
BUSINESS ITEMS.
If Baby la Cutting Teeth.
Be acre ana on mat oia and well-tried remedy.
Mrs. wlnalow'a Sbothlne Syrup, for cnllarea
teething-. It eoothen the child, softens the uai.
alurs ail pals, cares wind colic and diarrhoea.
For over a third of a century Dr. Pierce'
Golden Medical Discovery has sold mora
largely than any other blood purifier or
stomach
tonic.
Bigger
sales to
day than
ever be-
fore. Is
that not '
the true'
iestf
Cares oth
ers, why
not you? .
Makes ,
rick red
blood.
Aa imita
tion of Bat
ore's atetk
od of
restoring
waste of
tlssae and
of
the ' blood
and sefToas force is used when -you take
aa alterative extract of herbs and roots,
withottt the vat of alcohol, like Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. This vegetable
medicine coaxes the digestive fanctioss
and "helps in tie assimilation of feed, or
rather takes froa the. food just the nutri
ment tie bload requires.
Br. Pierce's Golden Medical Discoverr
pariaes the blood asd eatirely eradicates
the peisoss that breed aad feed disease.
It thas cares scrofula, ecseaa, erysipelas,
'boils, pimples, aad other eraptiess that
max aad scar the skis, pare blood, is
essential to good health. The weak, nw
dowa, debilitated cosdkiec waka so any
people experieace is coaatoaly, the eflbet
of impare blood. Dr. Pierce's GeUfer
Medical Discovery sot only cktAtes the' .
bleed of isepurkies, bfet it ia creeses the, at)'
tivity of the blood-asking glands, sod it1
earkhes the? body with aa abttsdaet sapply-
of pare, rick blood. ,
No matter how powerfal the iatellect.er -theresevrcee
of intellectual power;
he hacked tt by physical force. Kverj,
day the vevtk ec naa mast aiiuaiiLtaic .
a pint ot rich, arterial bleed, that is yvre.v
atuaaletiBg te 'the. braki, aad' that cam i
kM the tiaiwes that were letreyd
yesterday's wack, - - ..-.'
M'XINNVTLLEs Or.. May 13--(SpeclI.)
er or the propertr.
QMit tkle to tke Jtet aa4 stuck other
-Nuiway u
cial.) A navel uft was ar
be put a" May , 2-S,; instead of June 1.