The Sunday Oregonian., January 28, 1906, Page 5, Image 5

THE .SUNDAY. 0REG0XIAX, . PORTLAND, JlXUABT 28, 1900.
R1PLINGER MAY RUN
Popular Seattle Man Would Be
Mayor of City.
OPPOSED BY A NEWSPAPER
Present City Controller Has a Good
Record as an Official and Stands
Well With the Laboring
Element Here.
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 27. (Special.)
John Riplinger. the present City Controll
or. will bo the Republican nominee for
Mayor if a few minor obstacles can be
smoothed over. Riplinger has given a
conditional promise of acceptance, if the
nomination is 'offered him.
An absolute refusal has been made on
personal grounds by one of the Re
publican newspapers to advocate Riplin
ger's election. This has made the City
Controller, hesitate. His friends have been
trying to bring the newspaper Into line.
No reason has been' given for the refusal
to support Riplinger and minority stock
holders have demanded that his candidacy
be approved. They have been ignored.
If Riplinger accepts the nomination he
will do so upon condition that he can
carry out the policies of Mayor Ballingcr
the prohibition of gambling and the rid
dance of the city of disorderly characters.
He will also want a street railway plank
providing for the termination of all fran
chises December 31. 1934. when the Seattle
Electric Company's franchises expire, and
the addition of a common user clause in
all grants. This is acceptable.
Riplinger has been offered means of
publicity that will put his candidacy be
fore the voters, even though every paper
in the city were to oppose his election.
The threat of a newspaper fight will not
deter him In his decision, the only ques
tion being a disinclination to officiate as
Mayor and an anxiety to stay in his. place
as Controller. His conditional promises
mean that he will accept a nomination for
Mayor.
Controller Riplingor Is easily the most
popular Republican in Seattle. His record
as Controller is absolutely clean. He Is so
cioso to labor organizations that labor
leaders only prevented his Indorsement
for Controller by pleading Republicans
would take advantage of It to nominate
him for Mayor. He is a strong lodge man
and has a solid German following. Every
other candidate suggested thus far has
been moved aside because of some dis
qualification in this, the most peculiar
municipal campaign Seattle has had. Rip
linger is the logical candidate.
HIGH SCHOOL AT HOOD RIVER
Valley Representatives Decide on a
Central Institution.
HOOD RIVER. Or., Jan. 27.-(Spocial.)
Hood River City and Valley will have
a centralized high school. At a large and
enthusiastic meeting held here this
morning of those Interested In education
al matters, including the school directors
of five districts in the valley and the
city of Hood River, a resolution was
passed to the effect that ways and means
should be devised for building such a
school. The State Superintendent of
Schools spoke in glowing terms of what
such a school would mean for the val
ley. He said that nowhere In the state
was there such an Ideal point for the lo
cation of a centralized high school as
at Hood River.
E. L. Smith spoke in favor of the
project, calling attention to the rapidly
increasing population of Hood River and
its needs of greater educational facili
ties, and said that "we must build for
tomorrow, and not for today."
County Superintendent of Schools Xeff
explained the financial aspect of the
case, and was followed by Professor
Wiley. Rosewell Shelley. A. i. Mason and
other prominent men in the valley and
city.
At the conclusion of the addresses a
vote was taken and unanimously car
ried to take steps to secure the location
of a high school In the valley, presum
ably In Hood River.
The agitation for the proposed division
of the county was referred to, and while
several suggested that the matter be al
lowed to rest until the movement on
foot for county division be carried to a
successful issue, the majority present
were so enthusiastic on the subject that
It was decided to take action at once.
FRAUD OR GROSS NEGLIGENCE
Charge Made Concerning Sheriff's
Books in Trial at Pendleton.
PENDLETON, Or.. Jan. 27. (Special.)
Aftcr consuming over four days In taking
testimony In the trial of C. P. Davis,
charged witli larceny of public money,
the state rested its case a few minutes
before noon today. Judge Fee, counsel
for the defense, then moved that the case
be continued for two weeks, in order that
an opportunity may be had for inspecting
fhe books of the Sheriff's office used dur
ing tha term of William Blakeley. cx
Shcriff. The motion was denied, and ad
journment was taken until 2 o'efock.
When court convened this afternoon
Colonel Haley sprang a sensation when
he said:
"The experts who inspected the records
of the Sheriff's office have pursued a sys
tem of cither deliberately falsifying their
reports or of gross negligence. I will
make this claim good or I will never un
dertake to practice in this court again."
Counsel then asked that court allow
defenso time in which to inspect the
books. Judge Ellis said he felt the re
quest was not unreasonable, and accord
ingly adjeurned court until 9 o'clock Mon
day morning.
SHERAR SELLS WATER RIGHTS
Fine Power on Deschutes Secured by
San Francisco People.
THE DALLES, Or., Jan. 27. (Special.)
It is stated hero tonight that the holdings
of J. H. Shcrar on the Deschutes River.
SO miles south of this city, were -purchased
today by a San Francisco electric com
pany for the purpose of developing the
remarkably fine natural water power that
exists on that portion of the Deschutes.
RdcHdO tin Ch.n. t .1..
chase is said also to Include 900 acres oft
iana ana. tne famous hostelry at Sherar's
bridge.
This is regarded as one of the largest
and most valuable pieces of property in
this Bection of Eastern Oregon, and the
figure paid Is doubtless a large one, al
though as yet unannounced publicly.-
RIVAL SMITHS HAVE A FIGHT
Each Accused the Other of Poisoning
Walla Walla Dogs.
WALLA "WALLA, Wash., Jan. 27. (Spe
cial.) Alfred Trueman, an old-time black
smlth of Dixie, and a rival smith by the
name of Arllge. engaged in an alterca
tion this afternoon over the report that
somo person had 'been poisoning the dogs
-4 the town of Qixle, and ended by True-
man drawing a knife and clashing Arligc
In the arm and fide.
Somebody has been poisoning the ca
nines around the town of Dixie, and cacti
person has his own individual idea as to
who the guilty party Is. The two men.
after engaging in a quarrel, it U alleged,
accused each other of administering the
poison. Both resented the accusation, and
the assault ensued.
Directors for Street Railway.
FOREST GROVE. Or., Jan. 27. (Spe1
ciai.j jue siocKnoidcrs or tne torcst
Grove Street Railway Company met
this evening and organized by electing
the following board of directors: B. W.
Haines. George G. Hancock. F. W. Wat
rous, John Tcmplcton, George L. Nay
Ior. J. E. Loomis and W. H. Hoi lis.
The directors are men 6f means and
energy and will proceed with the work
of building the line with all possible
dispatch.
Swallowed Much Morphine.
BUTTE. Mont.. Jan. 27.-Ncls Carlson, a
young man 32 years old. committed sui
cide here today by taking 0 grains of
morphine. Little is known of the man
here. He arrived in Butte from Minneap
olis last Thursday. Disappointment in
love affairs is supposed to have caused
his act.
G. C. Sloss Put on Supreme Bench.
SACRAMENTO, Cal.. Jan. 27. Governor
Pardee today appointed" Judge G. C.
Sloss, of the Superior Court, of San Fran
cisco, Justice of the Supreme Court, to
succeed the late Justice Van Diver.
T
OF
HARRIMA..V AND HIM INTERESTS
APPEAR IX SPOKANE COURT.
Demurrer Aliened by the Defendant In
Confeiifced, and PerniUnlon
Given to Amend,
SPOKANE, Wash.. Jan. 27. (Special.)
The strenuous fight between the Wal
lula Pacific Railway Company, a part
of the Harrlmau interests, and the
Portland-Seattle Railway Company, a
subsidiary concern to the Hill linos, for
the right of way to build along the Co
lumbia River to Portland, has been
transferred to Spokane and made its
first appearance this afternoon In the
lTnIted States Court before Judge Whit
son. The bill of complaint of the Wallula
Pacific Company is one in equity to en
Join the defendant from encroaching
upon the right of way. The Harrlmau
interests were represented by Judge
Martin Pipes, of Portland, and the Hill
interests by James B. Kerr, of St. Paul.
Upon the calling of the case Attorney
Kerr, for the defendant, filed a demur
rer to the bill of complaint, for the rea
son that it did not .state the value of
the land in controversy, alleging that
it was not of the value of $2000 and,
therefore, not sufficient Jo be brought
up In the United StatCB Court. The de
murrer was confessed to by Judge
Pipes, acting for plaintiff, and he was
given permission to amend. The date
for further hearing will be net by Judge
Whitson, some time next week.
BOUGHT JOYOUS 3 AG HERE
Son of Millionaire Japanese Finds
Life Dull at Seattle.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Jan. 27. (Speclal.)
"Pcter from Yokohama," he called him
self, when he registered at the Palace
Hotel, but that does not tell the story.
He Is really Ukanbara, the son of a mil
lionaire Japanese landowner and business
man, out on a tour of the world, with
credentials to show he is entitled to draw
J2000 every ten weeks. Just now there
are six weeks to run, and a very littte
left of the last 52000 to pay expenses.
Ukanbara saw Portland to the tune of
J700. and. while he believes the city a
pretty village and the girls nice, the peo
people hospitable and the accommodations
alluring. "Peter from Yokohama" wishes
he could blot out the memory of that
Portland trip. His head aches and not
even $150 worth of automobile rides he
has had since he landed here will blow
away the pain. Ho decided tonight to
hurry to San Francisco, where there Is a
chance to see life. Ukanbara has seen
the rest of the world.
Held on Charge of Rustling.
WALLA WALLA." Wash.. Jan. 27. (Spe
cial.) Thomas Tuttle and son "William
and Charles Laferty were today dis
charged from custody by Justice Hawks,
of Prescott, after he heard the evidence
in the preliminary examination on a
charge of cattle-stealing. Laferty. or
"Chuck" Hayes, as he is known, was
brought back to the Walla Walla County
Jail, to await a preliminary examination
on a charge of horsc-steallng.
The Tiittles arc from the Ukiah country.
In Umatilla County. Oregon, and Laferty
Is supposed to belong to a gang of rustlers
who work back "Jtnd forth between, the
two states.
Shot Himself in Legs.
WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Jan. 27.
(Special.) Ex-Councllman J. Z. Smith ac
cidentally shot himself In the legs last
evening at about 11 o'clock, as he was
returning homo from attendance at the
fraternal carnival. He was carrying an
automatic revolver, and as he turned from
the business section of the city toward
the residence section he attempted to
change the revolver from his hip pocket
to his overcoat pocket, when ' lit some
manner he touched the safety spring and
the gun was discharged.
Democrats Arc Sitting Up.
M'MI NNVTLLE. Or., Jan. 27. (Special.)
Today the Democratic County Central
Committee met at the Courthouse for the
purpose of electing officers to nil vacan
cies in the precinct committees and also
to transact some business pertaining to
the coming campaign. Chairman William
Hagarty, of the central committee, re
signed and the vacancy was filled by H.
L.. McCann. of this city. The meeting
was well attended and the business en
thusiastically transacted.
Judge Orders Repairs Made.
CENTRALLA, Wash.. Jan. 27. (Spe
cial.) The Centralla Water Company
today practically won the caso against
the City of Centralla. A receiver had
been applied for, but Judge Rice dis
missed the action and told President
Johnson to make certain needed repairs.
Judge Rice made a personal investiga
tion of the plajit. The action brought
by the city had the desired effect on
the water company and the city officials
arc satisfied.
Deserted After Forty Years.
CENTRALIA. "Wash., Jan. 27. After
having been married nearly 40 years, Will
lam H. Mardcn, of Centralla. has. com
menced suit against Charlotte Mardcn,
his wife, for divorce The couple were
married In Ithaca. Wis., in September,
1S66, and have had ten children. He al
leges desertion.
Republican CIhI Officers.
SALEM. Or.. Jan. 27. (Special.) The
Salem Republican Club held its regular
biennial business meeting tonight and
elected tho following officer.":
President. J. J. Murphy: vice-president.
R. E. 1. Stelncr: secretary, W. W. Hall;
treasurer, E. M. Iafore,
THBEIT By SHOCK
Mortgages to Be Foreclosed to
Make Assessor Unpopular.
ENRAGED AT TAX ORDERED
Washington State Commission Has
Made Positive Order That Hold
crs of Evidences of Debt Be
Made to Pay to Stale.
OLYMP1A, Wash., Jan. 27. (Special.)
"If you assess my mortgages I'll fore
close every one of them that Is In the
slightest degree delinquent, and I'll make
you so unpopular the people will want to
hang you."
This is what one of the big money-lenders
In one of the smaller counties told
the County Assessor when he reached
home after attending the Assessor's con
vention recently held In Olympia.
The Assessor believes the . man who
made the threat is capable or doing what
he rays he will, and the Assessor has
come to one of the member of the Tax
Commission with tears in his eye? to
know what he ought to do.
The county of which he li Assessor Is
one of the smaller ones of the state, and
the money-lender has out about $105,00)
In notes and mortgage. The number of
the notes and mortgages Is large and
therefore the Individuals who will feel the
heavy hand of the money-lender are
many.
The question of taxing mortgages was
one of the much-discussed issues In the
Assessor's convention and opposition to it
was not removed until the Tax Commis
sion announced "that It not only advised
but directed the Assessors to list mort
gagesIn other words. It commanded.
The members of the Tax Commission,
while conceding that It la passible some
money-lenders may carry out the threat
to foreclose all mortgages they possess
that are delinquent, do not believe that
this course will make the Assessor so
unpopular as It will the money-lender.
In the particular instance mentioned
above the Commissioners have promised
to visit the county where the threat was
made. In person, and have asked that
they be given a personal introduction to
the individual who thirsts for the blood
of thf Assessor.
State House politicians arc still discuss
ing what some of them consider a laugh
able incident connected with the appoint
ment of a committee of assessors to"1 wait
upon Governor Mead and Invite him to
address the convention. Chairman John
"W. Peter, of the convention, appointed
on this committee. Assessors Allen of
Snohomish. Archer of Chehalls and Stew
art of Spokane.
The peculiarity of the personnel of the
committee Is that each of the members
was a strong candidate for appointment
as Tax Commissioner when the Governor
was preparing to make such appointments.
At least two of them, or their friends,
claim that a prom!& was given by the
Governor, but was broken when he turned
them down.
When Chairman Peter appointed the
committee he hesitated over cadi name
In such a manner that it was generally
conceded at the time that the selection
of the three particular Individuals was a
coincidence. It has since developed that
the selection of the three men for the
committee was suggested by an Eastern
Washington Assessor who either had a
grievance of his own or takes delight In
practical Jokes. Chairman Peter. It Is
said, saw the humor to be gained out of
the selection of the committee and in
tentionally picked out the three disap
pointed candidates.
PRIVATE LINES ESCAPE TAXES
Enormous Revenue From Refriger
ator and Tank-Cars.
OLYMPIA. Wash.. Jan. 27. The refrig
erator and tank car lines received a total
revenue from the Northern Pacific Rail
road alone in this state last year of $116,
273.44, as shown by the annual report of
the railroad company submitted to the
State Railroad Commission. This feature
of the report has attracted the attention
of the Tax Commission to the fact that,
while railroads are compelled to pay taxes
on their own rolling stock, similar rolling
stock owned by private car line companies
escapes taxation altogether.
This 5116,000 is paid to the private car
lines by only one road, while its cars
are operated over all roads. The Great
Northern has not yet reported to the
Railroad Commission, but It Is presumed
Its payments to. the private car lines for
use of refrigerator and tank cars will
nearly. If not quite, equal the amount paid
by the Northern Pacific The O. R. &, N.
also undoubtedly pays large amounts of
money yearly to the private car lines for
the use of their cars In "Washington. It
is therefore likely that;vall told, the reve
nues of these companies will reach ap
pj?xlmatcly $200,000 annually In Wash
ington. The members of the Tax Commission
are now discussing some method of reach
ing such companies. It Js probable also
that they will soon attempt to reach In
some manner the Pullman Company,
which derives large revenues front the
traveling public In Washington. It Is
probable that a consultation will soon
be held between members of the commis
sion and representatives of tho Pullman
Company. The Great Northern uses Its
own sleepers, and the Northern Pacific
claims it returns in Its detailed Hat all
Pullman sleepers operated by It. This
claim is one that will be Investigated.
The reports of the railroad companies
to the Railroad Commission do not give
any Information as to receipts of the
Pullman companies. As to private freight
cars, however, the railroad companies pay
the private car lines from k to 1 cent per
mile or road traveled by their cars, and
the mileage and payments are shown In
their annual reports.
The principal payments by the Northern"
Pacific to private car lines last year was
as follows:
Armour car line $22,94J02
Cudahy Refrigerator Lines S.037l2
Swift RefrlRfratof Lines P.104.21
Union Refrigerator Tranrlt fi.C02.80
"Union Tank Line fl.35l.47
Contlnental Fruit Expresn 5,530.74
Milwaukee Refrigerator Transpor
tation Company i.o2.9
National Car Line Company 2.01 S.r0
American Refrigerator Trans Co... 11.171.CS
Merchants Dispatch Trans. Co 2.130.40
Numerous other amounts were paid to
smaller companies, bringing the total paid
by the Northern Pacific to $116,272.44.
RIVAIi TELEPHONE COMPANY
Plans for Extensive Connection In
the Northwest.
OLYMPIA. Wash.. Jan. 27. (Special! )
The Northwestern Long Distance Tele
phone Company, a California corporation
that lias already filed articles In Sacra
mento, filed articles In the Secretary of
State's office here- today. Its principal of
fice Is In Los Angeles. Tt has a. capital
stock of $LS0,M. and announces Its in
tention to construct the following tele
phono lines:
From Ashland. Or., to Portland; from
Portland to Baker City; from Pendleton to
Spokane, from Sokan to RMiinkBrn
Jfrem Portland to Coeval lis; from Corral.
lis to Albany; from Portland to Seattle:
from Seattle to Aberdeen; from Seattle
to Vancouver, B. C
The Puget Sound Telephone Construc
tion Company is incorporated by the same
Los Angeles men who organised the long
distance company C. H. Randall, G. K.
Barrere and H. E. Rice.
MOORHEAD LOSES HIS GRIP
Tacoma Man Tries to Commit Sui
cide and Then Disappears.
TACO.MA. Wash.. Jan. 27. (Special.)
B. A. Moorhcad. of St. Helens avenue,
left home late Tuesday evening and. has
not since been seen. He left a note In
a nockctbook. addressed to "whom It may
concern," that leads his friends xind rela
tives to believe that he has committed
suicide. Another thing that leads to
that belief is that he made an unsuc
ccKsful attempt at suicide Sunday night.
Moorhead Is well known. A few weeks
ago he was under arrest on a charge of
passing checks on a bank In which he
had ho funds. It Is said he had been
.very discouraged since then.
Sunday night Moorhcad went home and
immediately became dangerously sick,
and in a few minutes was unconscious.
Search of his pockets revealed an empty
morphine bottle and a note saying- lie
was about to do away with himself and
that he hoped whoever published the note
would drop dead. That note was torn
up by Mrs. Moorhcad. All night Sunday
and until Monday evening he was un
conscious. After that he began to re
cover and late Tuesday left the house and
has not been seen since.
SHINGLE MILLS TO
MANUFACTURERS REFUSE TO RE
MAIN CLOSED LONGER.
CembiaatleB People With Doable Crerrs
Ar Alleged to Be Rraplag the
Profits of luMctiea.
SEATTLE. Wash., Jan. 27. (Special.)
Despito the strenuous efforts of the
shingla mills bureau in Western Wash
ington, shingle manufacturers refuse
today to continue the close down that
has existed for the past 60 days for an
other three weeks. Ballard men headed
the revolt, alleging the combination
mills had put on double crews and were
reaping- the benefit of the curtailment
movement. There Is a stringent car
shortage now tnut prevents immediate
Hooding of Eastern" markets, but at that
the refusal to continue the close-down
wan only accomplished after a big1 fight.
As a compromise measure the millmcn
ngreed to give the shingle mills bu
reau authority to order a close-down at
an future time that the market condi
tions require It. The bureau was or
ganized upon a permanent basis, with
Dan Vv". Bass as president.
Fight for an Adopted Child.
CENTRALIA. Wash., Jan. 27. (Special.)
The legal fight for the possession of
Shirley May Le Brook, the 3-year-old
adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Perry
Wheeler, of this city, was commenced In
the Superior Court of this county at Che
halla yesterday afternoon.
Shirley May" Lc Brook was adopted by
Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler Just before Christ
mas. They had had the care of her for IS
months, having got her from the Wash
ington Children's Home Society at Seat
tle. In whose care she had been placed by
her mollier. A week after the adoption
had been made. Stanley C. Le Brook,
claiming to be the father of the child, ap
peared and asserted his consent 'had
never been given to have the child taken
In charge by the society. He alleges that
he and his wife parted and that he took
the child to the home of his mother at
Everett. From here he claims his wife
took the little girl, without his knowledge,
and gave her to the Children's Home So
ciety. Later he secured a divorce from
his wife for cause.
Marlon Teachers Institute.
WOODBURN. Or.. Jan. 27. (Specjal.)
The first local Institute of Marion County
teachers since the beginning of the pres
ent school year was held in this city to
day. The attendance was large and great
Interest was manifested In the meeting.
County Superintendent E. T. Moorea pre
sided. The programme was as follows:
"Language." E. E. Washburn, princi
pal. SUverton schools: "Libraries." Miss
Cardella Marvin, secretary Library Com
mission; "Present Movement in High
Schools." J. M. Powers, superintendent
Salem Schools; "History." J. S. Graham,
principal East School. Salem. Several
other subjects were discussed and the
meeting was highly successful.
Pile Notices or Candidacy.
SALEM, Or., Jan. 27. (Special.) T.
T. Geer today filed notice of his can
didacy for the Republican nomination
for Governor. His motto Is: "Govern
ment of the people, by the people and
for the people. Others who have filed
notice of their candidacy arc J. R.
Whitney, Republican, for State Printer;
O. P. Horr, Republican, for Labor Com
missioner: J. II. Ackcrman. Republican,
for Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion; C A. Schlbrede. Republican, for
Governor, and F. 8. Ivanhoe. -Republican,
for District Attornev in the-Tenth
District.
Heavy Steel to Be Laid.
ALBANY, Or.. Jan. 27. (Special.)
The Southern Pacific Company has al
ready begun the work of replacing the
llgnt steel on Its track in the Willam
ette Valley with heavy 7.-pound steel
rails, and the distributing train is scattering-
the new material along the com
pany's line through Linn County. Before
the end of the coming Summer the com
pany expects- to have the entire line
through the western part of the state
laid with these heavy rails.
Malheur Ralway Incorporated.
SALEM. Or., Jan. 27. (Special.) The
Malheur Valley Railway Company today
111 ed articles of Incorporation in the
office of Secretary of State . Dun
bar. The company proposes to build a
railroad Xrom Vale to Ontario, in Mal
heur County. The capital stock Is
$100,000, the principal office at Vale,
and the incorporators Elmer A. Clark,
Louis Adams and Stephen Carver.
Pure AVatcr for Albany.
. ALBANY. Or., Jan. 27. (Special.)
worK on tne new niters to be estab
lished by the Willamette Valley Com
pany at Its water plant in Albany has
begun, and by next Summer it Is expect
ed that this city will have water sec
ond to none in the valley, outside of
Portland, with her unexcelled Bull Run
water.
Miss Culicn the Best Speaker.
MONMOUTH. Or.. Jan. 27. (Special.)
Tne local oratorical contest was held
in the assembly-room last night before
n large and appreciative audience. The
first place was given to Miss Rose E.
Culicn, of Juniata, Neb. Her subject was
"Character as. Capital."
Chinese Gamblers Arc Raided.
SALEM. Or., Jan. 27. (Spccial.)-Chlef
of Peltcc Cornelius raided a Chinese fan
tan game fn a. building on the north side
of State street, between Liberty and
nigh, today, and captured the gaming
apparatus, abeut Ih money and three
hiaeee who wert feu ad ia tke jeiat. Tks
CLEARANCE
" X.
Last Week of
Generous Price Concessions
in Every Department
"first Showing Misses' Spring Coats
DFM CU1 I nVir" Leading
SHE CAUSES BATTLE
NOXUXIOX SIINEnS OPEN FIRE ON
UXIOX ME.V.
Kill One nad Wound Another ElRht of
Annallanta la Jail, Guarded
From Lynchers.
GOLDFIELD, New. Jan. 27. Jack
GIneau lies dead In the morgue at To
nopuh tonight and George Cole, a mem
ber of the Legislature from New' York
County, is shot through the arm as the
result of a pitched battle , between
union and nonunion miners at Cliffords,
on the Manhattan road. Sheriff Tom Lo
gan late this evening placed eight non
union men, who are charged with pre
cipitating the trouble under arrest and
brotight them to Tonopah tonight under
a strong guard to prevent lynching.
As soon as the news of the shooting
reached Goldfleld. Sheriff Bud Carberry
assecbled a posse to go to the scene of
the trouble. George Cole, who was for
years president of the Dclamar Miners'
Union, with a committee of the Miners'
Union, went to Cliffords, the scene of a
strike, to interview miners charged
with working for less than to, the
scale. A man named Himlss Is said to
have opened fire, shooting Cole through
the arm and GIneau through tho lungs.
A pitched iiand-to-hand battle ensued
which concluded with the escape of the
nonunion men. who for a time defied
the citizens' posse. The arrival of Sher
iff Logan upon the scene resulted in the
recalcitrants giving themselves up.
TRIED TO KILL- SWEETIiEAKT
Great Falls Snieltcrman, Prevented,
Shoots Himscir.
GREAT FALLS. Mont, Jan. 27. Clar
ence Long, a smelterman, aged 33 years,
committed suicide here tonleht In a room
In a lodging-house occupied by Miss Mary
Mickleftst. with whom he was in love and
of whom he was Jealous. For several
weeks his conduct has been peculiar. To
night, going to the room of the girl, I'e
found her about to go to a dance with an.
other man. and. drawing a revolver, he
endeavored to shoot her.
The man with the girl seized the gun.
preventing Long from shooting, and Long
then announced his purpose to kill him
self. Being junable to wrest the weapon
from him, tho girl and her companion fled
from the room to summon help, but be
fore they were out of the building Long
killed himself. Long has relatives 4n the
State of "Washington.
PRETTY GIRD KILLS HERSELF
"Unconscious From Drug, She Is
Found Clad Only In Nightgown.
TACOMA. Wauh.. Jan. 27. (Special.)
Miss Lena Daskey. aged 20, took her life
today at the home of her sister. Mrs.
Vlrgie Elmer, by swallowing carbolic add.
Miss Daskey. whose home is at Pe Ell,
was an unusually charming and vivacious
young woman and her relatives arc pros
trated over the tragic ending of a hort
visit. Her father, mother and brother
live at Pe Ell. and a sister. Mrs. Onn, at
Dryad, Wash., and all are hastening to
Tacoma.
No motive is kown for the suicide. Miss
Daskey was found early this morning in
the parlor, clad in her nlzhtgown. and
unconscious, and never rallied after a
physician called.
AVIres to Go Underground.
BAKER CITY. Or.. Jan. 27.-(SpccIaI.)
Pacific States Telephone Company will
erect a hew exchange building In Baker
City within the next six months. Ground
Jot tai .purjm wm jurckaed tody, ri-J
Money-Saving Opportunities
Soon Be Gone
lowing the visit of the head officials to
this city, and orders given for the com
mencement of the work as soon as weath
er conditions will permit. The new build
ing will cost about S20.0CO. It will be a
two-story brick with a frontage of 23 feet
on First street. All down-town line work
will be underground after the new build
ing Is erected.
SANTIA3I ON THE RAMPAGE
Wnnn "Weather Melts Henvy Snow
fall in the Cascades.
ALBANY. Or.. Jan. 27. (Special.) Coun
ty Judge C. H. Stewart and Commlssfoner
T. J. Butler, of Linn County. In company
with a County Commissioner of Marion
County, went to Meliama today to provide
measures for protecting tho bridge across
the North Santiam River at that place.
The North Santiam Is a raging torrent
at this time, and bridges along the river
will require more watching than In yeara
before.
During the past month snow has fallen
In the Cascade Mountains to an unusual
depth. The warm weather that set In the
first of thtweck started the melting pro
cess, and bj the middle of the week all
mountain streams were rising rapidly.
Continued warm weather turned the snow
Into runnlnp water and the Santiam Riv
er and Its tributaries Into foaming tor
rents that threatened to carry out the
Joint bridge between Marlon and Linn
Counties at Mehama.
TACOMA LOSES RESIDENTS.
Firtccn Railway Mail Clerks Forced
to Move to Seattle.
TACOMA. Wash.. Jan. 27. (Special.)
By order of the Postofflce Department,
believed to be at the Instigation of the
Northern Pacific. Seattle has Its popula
tion Increased by 15 at the expense of
Tacoma. Railway mall clerks to that
number must cither move to Seattle or
leave the department. They will un
doubtedly comply .with the demand.
The order goes into effect February 1.
For Coughs
and Colds
There is a remedy over sixty years
old Ayers Cherry Pectoral. Of
course you have heard of it, probably
have used it. Once in the family, it
stays; the one household remedy for
coughs and colds. Ask your own
doctor about it. Do as he says.
Wc have no secrets We publish
the formulas of all our medicines. '
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and by its designation "the Spokane and
Tacoma railway postofflce" Is changed to
"Spokane. Pasco and Seattle railway
postofflce." For a long time the Northern
Pacific has been endeavoring to bring
about this change so it could dispense
with some of Its service between Auburn
and Tacoma. As far as the mall service
to this city Is concerned It will not be
affected in the slightest. The whole
thing simply appears to be a discrim
ination in favor of Seattle.
The only benefit the clerks who have
to leave will derive from the change is
In tho longer time they will have to
spend at home at the end of each trip.
Investigation of Japanese Fisheries.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal.. Jan. 27.
The United States Government has com
missioned Dr. David Starr Jordan and
Professor Charles H. Gilbert head of the
department of zoology, to conduct an in
vestigation of the fish and flsherits of
Japan and the Island of Sakhalin during
the coming Summer.
Professor J. O. Snyder and Harold
Heath, of Stanford University, and Pro
fessor H. B. Torrey, of the University of
California, will also accompany the expe
dition. In addition, other faculty men
from the California University and the
universities of Japan will assist In tho
work.
Young Horscthlcf Pleads Guilty.
NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. Jan. 27.
(Speclal.) After being arraigned in court
on the charge of horsestealing and the
partial empaneling of a jury to try the
defendant. Robert Small pleaded guilty
today. He Is only 18 years old, and stole
two horses In this city last November
sold one of them, and went to Seattle,
where he was captured.
Tree Kills a Woodchopper.
SPOKANE, AVash.. Jan. 27. W. P.
Green, employed in clearing right of way
on the Spokane & International Railway,
near Colburn, Idaho, was instantly killed
today. A tree he had cut down struck an
other tree In falling bending it over. On
recoiling, the second tree struck the man,
killing him instantly.
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