THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND, JULY 29, 1906.
SONS
TESTIMONY
0F1T0HEMBHEE
Boys Say They Threw Bones
Picked Up in Ruins
Toward the Stove.
EXPERT HAS HIS DOUBTS
Dr. Goucher Examined the Charred
Remains Found in Ashes, but
Cannot Tell Whether They
Are Human or Otherwise. .
TILLAMOOK. Or., July 28. (Special.)
The' prosecution in the case against A. J.
Hembree, who la on trial here charged
with the murder of his wife and daugh
ter, was somewhat surprised today when
the tw6 sons of the defendant testified
that they had picked up several bones
While searching the ruins of their home
after the fire, and that they carelessly
threw them in the direction of the stove,
where the accused is supposed to have
plHced pieces of skull for cremation.
The testimony of the two boys was prac
tically the same, and was to the effect
that while they were raking about the
ruins they noticed that the stove had
been upset. This happened, according to
the sons, before the bones were found in
the stove by the state witnesses.
The defense began its case this morning
with Dr. B. 1 Goucher, of McMinnvllle,
on the stand as an expert witness. He
said that the head of a human being
would burn more readily than other parts
of the body. He had examined the bones
found In the stove, but could not state
whether the bones were human or other
wise. Upon cross-examination by District' At
torney McNury, the witness was forced to
admit that none of the pieces of bone
found in the stove looked like those of a
human being.
The .courtroom was crowded when Hem
brce himself took the stand on his own
behalf. He repeated the account of the
lire which he gave to Coroner C. El
Reynolds and others soon after the fire,
clinging to his first version of the affair
witli little variation. Hembree has told
the story so many times that his testi
mony on the stand deviated very little, if
any.
C. F. Atkinson, who lived near Hem
brie at Sand lake, was recalled and
questioned tibout a tooth found in the
ruins. During the cross-examination he
said that in gathering up the remains he
did not And anything resembling skull
bones.
Following young Atkinson on the stand
Hembree's two sons were .called. This is
all the evidence submitted by the de
fense, and the case will go to the jury
tonight. , ' .
It is said here that, should the Jury ac
quit Hembree of murdering his wife and
daughter, he would be arrested again
upon another charge.
FIRE PRECAUTION'S AT ASYJbUM
,. - '
Patients Can Be Quickly Removed in
Case of Danger.'
SALEM. Or., July 28. (Special.) Lest
friends and relatives of the 1420 patients
confined in the Insane Asylum may be
unduly concerned as to their welfare on
account of the fire which occurred at
that institution Friday, an official of the
Asylum says that none of the patients
were In danger, and would not be even in
case of a fire serious enough to destroy a,
considerable portion of the building.
The facilities for getting patients out
of the building are such that a disastrous
fire need not cause the loss of a single
life. In this particular the building could
scarcely be improved.
The Asylum building Is in the form of a
capital letter E. It is of brick, three
stories high, and was built a section at
a time, as the increase in the number of
patients required. Each section or tier
of wards Is, therefore, separated from
the others by a brick wall, which has
no opening except an entrance covered
by a sdeel door. Each ward has an en
trance at each end, and there is a stair
way at each ward division.
Unless tire should break out in such a
way as to bar the exlta at both end of a
ward at once, there would be no difficulty
in taking patients out. Even in that
case, resort could be had to the steel
lire escapes on the outside of the build
ing. These tire escapes are in the form of
huge steel tubes, with a spiral incline
inside. When a man steps Into the tube
and sits down, he slides swiftly down the
auRer-shaped Incline to the ground. The
sides of the tube protect a person from
the heat of a tire while descending.
NEW OREGON INCORPORATIONS
Articles Filed With the Secretary of
State at Salem.
SALEM, Or., July 28. (Special.)
Articles of Incorporation were filed in
the office of Secretary of State Dunbar
this week as follows:
The Bank of Seaside, Seaside: 5.000;
W. S. Henninger, F. A. Hennlnger, L. A.
H. Wilson.
Lake Creek and Coeur d'Alene Railroad
Company, Portland: 1100,000; J. P. O Bnen,
William Crooks. W. R. Lltsenberg.
Table Rock Lumber Company, Portland;
J.'hXhJ: Dan J. Finn. L. J. Kemp. A. L.
Deaton.
Oregon & Washington Lumber Manu
facturers' Association, Portland; 4500;
Harrison G. Piatt. E. J. Sheek, George J.
Perkins.
Empire Contracting Company, Portland ;
xiuo.mo; . ti. stow. A- .rung Wilson, u.
A. N'eal.
Eureka Sand. Stone Building Com
pany, Klamath Falls: tlO.COO; J. G. Pierce,
E. B. Henry. G. P. Minis.
Umatilla Ditch Company, Pendleton:
jioo.ixv: w. r. uroesDeck. a. j. wall. J.
T. Hinkle.
Oregon College of Optometry. Portland:
SW0: B. J. Mills, Stella M. Mills. J. M.
Pearcy.
Coast Meat ft Produce Company, Vale;
$.VH0; John E. Johnson. J. Edwin Johnson,
C larence icklund. Charles Le Maine.
Portland & Sandy River Electric Com
pany. Portland: JWO.ftiO: M. T. Donahue,
Dan J. Malarkey. Charlotte Ohle.
The Dorrance Lumber Company. New-
nerg; .!: u. w. uorrance. It. L. David,
M. H. David.
Iron Dyke Copper Company, Erie. Pa.;
ISOi.0"0: Frank E. Pierce. Homestead. Ba
ker County, general agent.
MONEY FOR EXPLOITATION
Washington Legislature Will Be
Asked for Appropriation.
TACOMA. July 28. For the purpose of
energetically exploiting the advantages
and resources of the State of Washington,
the next Legislature will be asked to ap
propriate Jirt.OuO, to be expended in pub
licity work during the two years preceding
the Alaska-yunon Exposition.
The above action was agreed upon today
at a meeting at which were present rep
resentatives of some of the most active
commercial organisations of the state.
Those present were:
Governor Albert E. Mead, "William
Jones, S. A. Perkins, L. W. Pratt, Ta
coma; ex-Governor John H. McGraw, Se
attle; W. H. Cowles and R. B. Patter,
son, Spokane; Walter Llngenfelder, Walla
Walla; O. L. Hanson. ltfennewick -
The meeting was the result of the pub
licity; talk that has been indulged in for
some time throughout the state. In all
probability, the various commercial bodies
of the state will lend then- aid to fur
thering the proposition as agreed upon
today.
KILLS BOY AND INJURES MAN
Child Following Automobile Hit by
Another Machine.
. OAKLAND, July 28. Unable to stop his
machine or to steer it out of the course
which 11-year-old Earl Haskell was pur
suing in a playful chase of another auto
mobile. J. H. Baxter, a lumber dealer,
this afternoon ran over the lad crushing
him to instant death, and then struck and
seriously injured George R. Bluett, a coir
ored man. The accident took place near
Elmhurst, about six miles east of Oak
land. . '
Baxter, who . was accompanied by his
wife, gave his name to a Deputy Sheriff
and was allowed to go on his own recog
nizance pending a Coroner's inquest.
BEAUTY LOST, BUT NOT MONEY
Doctor' ,Who Diagnoses Patient
Gets No Pay.
SPOKANE. Wash.. July 28. (Special.)
Justice Hlnkle this afternoon ruled that a
'beauty doctor" who disfigured a woman's
face could not expect to receive any fee.
Mrs. Nellie Campbell, a clerk In the
Courthouse, last - Winter concluded that
her face needed brightening up a little.
She. therefore, sought Mrs. R. Chubs and
took a course of 15 treatments. She re
fused to pay the balance due when her
face got sore, and the court sustained her
action.
CARRIED RAZOR WITH HIM
ALVIN CROWE, MILL-OWNER,
DISAPPEARS FROM CARDS.
Employe Says Recent Fall and In
jury to Head May Have
Affected His Mind.
OREGON CITY, Or.. July 28. (Special.)
-Without any word of explanation, Alvin
Crowe, owner of a sawmill near Carus,
this county, left his mill early Tuesday
morning, and not a trace of him has since
been found. Other than taking with him
a razor, which is missing from his suit
case, Crowe left all of his personal effects
undisturbed at the mill. Crowe s em
ployes are of the belief that he has com
mitted suicide, A thorough search of the
timber surrounding the mill has not dis
closed any trace of the missing man.
Crowe Invested In the mill about four
months ago. Besides being temperate he
was very religious, while his business af
fairs were in good shape. Besides the
mill, he owns 100 acres of rieh timber land
in this county and also 400 acres of land
in Nova Scotia, where he has a wife and
two daughters, and whence he came to
this county. His liabilities are said to not
exceed $400. and the only explanation that
can be offered for his strange dlsap
pearanoe is that, while despondent, he has
ended his life.
Henry May, one of the employes, says
that recently, while at work about the
mill, Crowe had a severe fall, striking on
his head, and for this reason it Is sus
pected that his mind has become atrected,
although, prior to his disappearance, he
gave no indications of any mental trouble.
WHEAT MAY BE POOLED.
Growers Plan to Hold. for an Ad
vance In Price. -
SPOKANE! Wash.. July 28. (Special.)
Whitman County wneatgrowers contem
plate forming a glart Wheat pool to hold
their train until the market advances to
TO cents a bushel. Buyers now offer 59
cents for bluestem. t cents below last
year's opening. Farmers declare that the
yield will be lower. Backs are cent?
higher, and threshing charges 1 cent a
bushel higher than at the same time last
vear. Colfax is the center of the pool
agitation, but growers at Endicott, La
crosse and Guy approve tne plan.
After promoters of the scheme outline
this plan, a convention will probably bo
culled to laun'h the undertaking. Mean
ACCUSED OF MURDER OF WIFE
AND DAUGHTER.
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- A. J. Hembree. oa Trial at Tillamook.
time, growers nic holding their new
wheat Buyers declare the Oriental mar
ket Is quiet and that California demand
is more than applied by home produc
tion, so that prices will probab'.y remain
much 1 wer tiian -n the Summer of :9f-5
Ware-housemen aBsert they are not
alarmed at the vosslbility ot a pooL
BANK OFFICIALS ARE HELD
President and Cashier Bound to
Superior Court,
SPOKANE, Wash., July 28. (Special.)
t W . Swanson. president, and EL C.
dure, cashier, of the defunct State Bank
of Washington, were this evening bound
over to the Superior Court on the charge
of illegal banking. President Swanson
was held In $2000 bonds and Clure in $1000
bonds.
When the bank closed recently the
claim was made by President Swanson
that it was only temporarily In trouble,
owing to the fact that it had not been
able to realize on a loan made to Robert
Stray horn for carrying on work on a pro
posed railroad line from Spokane to the
Columlba River, cashier Clure today de
clared that bad the money been paid the
bank would have been in good shape.
Cincinnati, through th civic lmprovenien
department of her Woman's Club, started the
first playsrouna In emu.
RESULT IN DOUBT
Borah Is Running a Close Race
in Idaho.
HOW THE VOTES STAND
By the Present Forecast, the Boise
Lawyer Lacks Fifteen Votes
in His Contest for the
Senatorship.
LEWISTON. Idaho. July 28. (Special.)
When Washington County with its 13
votes, under the leadership of Avery C.
Moore, fell into the anti-Borah column
this morning, . It 6truck.consternation in
the-camp, of the Borah supporters, for
this bailiwick had been conceded to be
long to the Boise lawyer. What looked
like an easy victory for Mr. Borah ten
days ago' has come to be a decided un
certainty, and it does not require a
shrewd observer to figure out that a very
lively right will take place at Pocatello
next Wednesday.
According to information gathered by
the Evening Teller of this city, Mr. Bo-
CONTRACT FOR NEW MEDFORD SCHOOLHOUSE, TO.
COST $16,965.00, IS LET
MEDFORD. Or.. July 28. (Special.) At a meeting of the School Board
Thursday night, the contract for building Medford's new schoolhouse was
let to H. Snook, of Salem, Or., for the sum of 116.963. The plans call for
an eight-room brick building, with concrete basement and metal tile shin
gle roof. A steam-heating plant will be Installed and the finish and fur
nishing of the building will be strictly modern and substantial throughout.
The rapid growth of the town makes the demand for another building im
perative. The school has a full four-year high school course, and is doing
thorough work in all departments under the present efficient superintend
ent, M. B. Signs. ' "
rah lacks 15 votes of having a majority
for indorsement in the state convention.
The Senatorial line-up as figured by the
Evening Teller is:
An'l-
Borah. Borah.
Ada 27 ..
Bannock is
Bear Lake 11
Bingham 20 ..
Shoshone 0 v
Blaine 4
Washington 12
Boise 8
Canyon '18
Cassia 1
Custer .- 5.
Elmore - S
Fremont 2B
Idaho i
Kootenai 23
Latah ... 18
Lemhi 6 . .
Lincoln - .. 9
Nex Perces 25
Oneida 15
Owyhee ..................... 2 S
Totals ' 138 183
BORAH IS XOT S1EXTIONED
Washington County Delegation Di
vided on Governor.
WEISER, Idaho. July 28. (Special) The
Republicans of Washington County had
their convention in tnia city this after
noon to elect delegates to the state con
vention at Pocatello. A resolution passed
Indorsing the administrations of President
Roosevelt and Governor Gooding, and rec
ommended the renomination of Gooding.
No mention was made in the convention
of Borah or his Senatorial aspirations or
nomination.
It is stated that a compromise was
made between the Gooding and anti-
Gooding forces, and the delegation will
send six for Gooding and six against, but
the Gooding forces were in complete con
trol of the convention.
The delegates are: E. M. Barton, Rob
ert Lansdon, J. I. Numbers, D. C. Ne vln,
Charles Barrington, W. B. Allison. W. M.
Brown. E. M. Helghou, D A. Utter, N.
M. Gorgens, P. H. Miller and O. A. Nel
son. '
After the convention. A. C. Moore made
a speech to the convention.
CUSTER COUNTY FOR BORAH
Administration of Governor Gooding
-. Also Indorsed.
BOISEl Idaho, July 28. (Special.) The
last of the Republican county conventions1
were held today. Custer County instruct
ed her five delegates to vote for Borah
for Senator, and Judge Stevens to succeed
himself on the bench of the Sixth District.
Governor Gooding s administration was
indorsed, and the delegation is said to be
friendly to him. Elmore, with five votes,
passed a strong resolution Indorsing the
administration of the Governor and prac
tically instructing for hlm
' The delegates are also friendly to Borah,
Washington, with 32 delegates, passed a
resolution Indorsing the administration
and instructed for Lieutenant-Governor
Steeves for Congressman. The delegation
will probably support both Gooding and
Borah.
MITCHELL JUROR IS INSANE
Man 'Who Figured in Recent Trial
Sent to Asylum.
SEATTLE, Wash., July 28. (Special.)
Milo O. Rex. one of the jurymen who ac
quitted George Mitchell on the charge of
murdering "Joshua" Creffleld, was today
found to be insane before Judge Gilliam
and was committed to the asylum at
Steilacoom.
Rex was found to have softening of the
brain, caused by a stroke of apoplexy re
ceived about a year ago, which left a clot
of blood on the brain. Last Wednesday
he received another stroke that left him
unbalanced mentally.
DEMOCRATIC TICKET CHOSEN
Spokane County Nominees Named by
Direct Primary System.
SPOKANE. July 2?. Unusual interest
I was taken in the Spokane County Demo-
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OREGON TRUST &
SAVINGS BANK
Sixth and Washington Streets,
Portland, Or.
W. H. MOORE, President.
E. E. LYTLE, Vice-President. .
W. COOPER MORRIS, Cashier.
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES.
cratlc Convention today from the fact
that It voluntarily applied the principle of
the direct primary, although there is no
direct primary law in this state. Today's
convention, which was largely attended,
ratified in full the ticket chosen in the
direct primaries of a few days ago.
The cicket is as follows:
Sheriff, Peter Mortz; Prosecuting At-
torney, Bruce Blake; Assessor. James
R. Lowe; County Clerk, D. A. Clement;
Auditor, Fred . Dashiel; Treasurer,
George Mudgett; School Superintend
ent, Milton Todd; Surveyor, J. J. Sul
livan; Coroner, Dr. E. L. Ingersoll;
Senators, fourth district, Thomas Ma?
loney; sixth district. Will C- Graves;
seventh district. T. S. Heskett: Rep
resentatives, third district, C. W.
Bowne and Hunter Chandler.
NEW TftCK BY RAILROADS
COMMITTEE WIMi INVESTIGATE
SEATTLE SITUATION.
Will Determine Whether Tracks of
the Milwaukee Will Contami
nate City Water Supply.
CHICAGO, July 28. The contest be
tween the Chicago, Milwaukee AV St. Paul
and the Northern Pacific Railways at
Seattle has taken a new tack with the
appointment of a committee of sanitary
engineers which was announced today.
This committee will investigate the com
plaint lodged with the City Council by
the King County Medical Society, main
taining that the building of the Mil
waukee roaa along the Cedar River will
result in the contamination of the city's
water supply. The engineers are to be
placed at the disposal of the Council of
Seattle by the Milwaukee road, which will
defray all expenses incurred by the in
vestigation. The men who will make the report are
John W. Alvord, of Chicago, consulting
engineer of the Chicago Drainage Canal
investigation; Professor Segwick, profes
sor of biology in the Massachusetts Insti
tute of Technology; Louis H. Fammel.
professor of botany in the - Iowa State
College of Agriculture, and Georee W.
Blssell, professor of mechanical engineer
ing in the Iowa State College of Agricul
ture.
The Milwaukee road will attempt to
demonstrate by a thorough examination,
that no contamination of the water sup
ply in Seattle will follow the building of
the roaa.
Clark County Committee Meets.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. July 28. (Sdo-
clal.) The Clark County central com
mittee met this afternoon at the
Courthouse at Vancouver, thus starting
the nrst real action of the Clark Coun
ty politics. Chairman A. M. Blaker called
the meeting to order with but few of the
committeemen present.
The resignation of Harry Boardman,
Jr.. was accepted, and Charles Alex
ander was elected in his stead. The ap
portionment of the delegates for the
county convention to be held on Septem
ber 12 was made as follows: Baton 4,
East Vancouver 7, North Vancouver 8,
South Vancouver 8, West Vancouver 8.
Fruit Valley 7, Harney S, Lincoln 5. La
Center 8, Fourth Plain 5, Columbia 7
Fern Prairie 4, Lackamas 8, Battle
Ground 4, Cedar Creek S. Chelatchle 4.
Manor 4, Cathapoodle S. Alpine 2, Salmon
Creek 4, Pollock 3, Whipple Creek 3, Ya-
colt 6, Vancouver Heights B, Preston 7,
Washougal 7. making a total of 139 dele
gates for the county. It was decided to
hold the primaries September 8. The
small representation at this meeting Is
only In keeping with the lack of political
Interest that has been manifested in this
'county thia year.
President Hammond at Seaside.
ASTORIA. Or.. July 28. (Special.) A
B. Hammond, president of the Astoria &
Columbia River Railroad Company, ar
rived here at noon today in his private
car. and. after remaining for a few mm
utes, preceded to Seaside to spend the
day. V hlle here he said that construc
tion work on the extension of the road
from Seaside to Tillamook will be com
menced at the earliest possible moment,
and the Intention is to have the line com
pleted during the coming year. .
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BABOON LEAPS FROM STAGE
MAN IX BOX LANDS SWING ON
THE JAW.
Simian Lands in Audience and Cre
ates a Small Panic in a Los
Angeles Theater.
LOS ANGELES, July 28. (Special.)
Nigger, one of Macart's big performing
baboons, ran amuck at the Orpheum
Theater tonight during the perform
ance of the trained animals. Nigger
broke che small cord which restrained
him, and, with a .scream, sprang into
the scenery and climbed 20 feet above
the stage, where he swung a moment
and then, .as the stage hands ran for
ward to capture' him, leaped on the
heads of a party occupying: a box.
A man who sat In the -back or tne box
swung heavily on the baboon's Jaw,
and the animal took a flying leap into
the audience. Panic-stricken, many per
sons arose and surged toward the doors.
The monkeys on the stage startea
'a rouarh house' and in an instant the
dishes and furniture were flying about
the audience. The baboon which es-,
caped was muzzled, but made strenu
ous efforts to bite.' He was captured
In a short time and carried screaming
to his cage. Had it not been -lor cooi
heads In the audience a serious stam
pede would have occurred.
NONUNION CREWS FOR ALL
Young Men Will Be Placed on Cali
fornia Vessels.
SEATTLE. Wash., July 28. (Special.)
Many shipping firms of the Steamship
Association of San Francisco are now
operating all of their vessels with non
union crews, and it has been agreed to
follow out that plan in the future, accord
ing to L. H Gray, of the firm of H.
Gray & Co. Mr. Gray says that in tne
future the employes on the steam schoon
ers are to be treated as individuals, and
no terms or concessions are to be made
to the sailors through business agents or
the unions.
Should there be grievances, the ship
owners will hold an investigation and ad
just the trouble direct with the men.
Ship-owners." said Mr. Gray, are now
receiving applications from young men
or American boatmen with fairly good
educations and flrst-class references, to
serve as petty officers on the vessels, and
will be schooled in seafaring life without
going through the work in the forecastle.
Three of these young men will be assigned
to each steamer to stand watch with the
captain and mates, assisting them in op
erating the vessel while at sea. and look
ing after the handling of cargo in port'
BADLY BEATEN BY THUGS.
Man Lies Unconscious All Night in
Park.
OAKLAND. Cal.. July 28. (Special.)
Knocked down and beaten until insensible
and then robbed of J65 in coin and a
valuable diamond pin by two daring foot
pads, shortly after midnight this morn
ing, J. A. Phillips, a sign painter. 63
years old. who Just arrived in Oakland
yesterday from Lakeport, lay unconscious
In Lincoln Park until ocioca mis
morning, when he recovered his senses
and made his way to the receiving hos
pital for treatment. ,
Thef e it was found that his left
shoulder bone had been broken. His
head was covered with wounds and his
face swollen and lacerated, one eye be
ing closed. Dr. Stone dressed his in
juries and set the fractured bone, and
Phillips was then permitted to leave the
hospital for his residence.
PLOT TO RESCUE DALTON.
Through Woman, Plan to Blow Up
Jail Is Learned.
'gPOKANE, Wash., July 2S. (Special.)
James Dalton's relations with a woman
caused him to be arrested and tried for
murdeT, and again it-was the same wom
an through whom police officers discov
ered a plot to blow up the Jail here and
rescue Dalton by a gang of thugs with
whom he had lived.
The officers have the dynamite, and
extra guards have been placed at the
Jail. The death sentence on Dalton was
confirmed by the Supreme Court yester
day. Dalton was convicted of the mur
der of Police Officer Stotko on the night
of April 4. .
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FISHERMEN LOST IX SURF.
Identity ' of Drowned Men Not Yet
Known.
ASTORIA, Or.. July 28. (Special.) Two
more men have lost their lives by drown
ing at the mo"uth of the Columbia River.
but who they were has not yet been as
certained. Yesterday afternoon the look
out at Cape Disappointment saw a fish
ing-boat coming In through the surf. A
heavy swell was running, and as ' the
craft reached the outer edge of Peacock
spit, it was struck by a huge sea.
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swamped, and the two occupants thrown
overboard. Nothing further was seen of
the men.
The Cape "Disappointment life crew
went in the motor boat, but could And no
trace of the men, although their boat,
which was badly smashed, was picked
up. The boat was an old one and brand
ed with Washington license No. 1713. The
men are supposed to have fished for the
Columbia River Packers' Association's
North Shore cannery. Further tHftin that
nothing can be ascertained at present, as
no one has been reported as missing, and
there is no record of the Washington li
cense numbers kept here.
TACOMA FRANCHISE VOID.
Union Pacific Has Now NX Means of
Entrance.
TACOMA. Wash.. July 28. (Special.)
The Union Pacific franchise for an en
trance into Tacoma by way of Jefferson
avenue became void today. "It was an
nounced yesterday that the time limit
was August 6. The confusion arose from
the fact that the franchise provided for
a payment of $100 a year for the use of
the streets, to be paid on or before the
first Monday- in August. The time limit
for the acceptance of the franchise, how
ever, was fixed at 30 days after the ordi
nance had been signed by the Mayor.
This limit is enfled today, so that Union
Pacific now has no right of entrance to
Tacoma. The theory gaing ground now Is
that , the long-reported alliance, of the
Union Pacific and the Milwaukee has ac
tually been effected.
KNOCKED OFF HIS BINDER
NEW ERA FARM HAND STUNNED
BY LIGHTNING.
Horses Attached to Harvester Driven
by A. J. Hodge Are Crippled and
Tree Torn to Splinters.
OREGON CITY, Or., July 28. (Special.)
A. J. Hodge, while driving a binder on
the farm of Mr. Huffman, near New Era,
was seriously stunned during this morn
ing's electrical storm. The electric bolt
struck a barbed-wire fence, riddling the
posts for several rods, when a yew tree
was also reduced to splinters. Thence
the electricity was attracted to the binder
on which Hodge was seated, about 75
yards distant.
Hodge was badly crippled and the three
horses he was driving were also hurt.
Physicians were called from this city and
.hat WiHdq 1 1 h mi fh in a serious
condition, will probably survive. Mrs.
Hunman naa Deen suinuiug ucueam
yew tree that was demolished not three
minutes before the accident occurred.
About 8 o'clock this morning a
City-bound Oregon Water Power passen
ger car encountered an electric bolt when
in .ha winlintv ftf Th flakfl. The motor
was burned out and the car was disabled.
DUt neitner tne passenger nor em
ployes were injured.
Whisky Cut His Life Short.
HILLSBORO, Or., July 28 (Special.)
Fank Jenks, aged about 46, and who
has followed a solitary and dissolute
life for many years, was found dead in
the house he was occupying on Oak
street last evening. Coroner E. C
Brown impanelled a Jury and the ver
dict was that he had died from nat
ural causes, accelerated by excessive
nse of alcohol. Jenks leaves two
brothers. The county interred the re
mains today. From all appearances
deceased had been dead about 48 hours.
Eloped to Oregon City.
OREGON CITY. Or., July 28. (Special.)
LeRoy Rhoads and Louise Henry, both
of Portland, slipped away from vigilant
relatives at Portland, and, coming to Ore
gon City this morning oa the Southern
Pacific train, were quietly married a few
minutes later at the Courthouse, County
Judge Dimick officiating. They returned
to Portland on the 8:40 electric car. While
in the city the young couple stated that
they had come to Oregon City to avoid
any possible interference in their plans
from relatives. ' a
Seattle Gets Templar Convention.
BOSTON. July 28. George F. Cotterill,
of Seattle, was re-elected National grand
chief Templar at today's session of the
National Grand Lodge of the United
States, Independent Order of Good Tem
plars. W. H. Clark, of Wyoming, was
chosen National grand secretary, and A.
A. Anderson, of Pennsylvania, was elect
h mnii tivixiiw. Allle E. Parker, of
Providence, was appointed National grand
otratarv After the installment or offi
cers Seattle was decided upon as the place
for holding the convention of 1907.
, Fire Threatens Fort Walla Walla,
WALLA WALLA. Wash, July 28. Spe
cial.) A grass fire at Fort Walla Walla
this afternoon at one time threatened to
destroy the officers' quarters. By hard
work the enlisted men at the post suc
ceeded in keeping the fire away from
the buildings, but were unable to extin
guish it until nearly the entire flat west
of the quarters was burned over. It Is
supposed ihe fire was started by a light
ed cigar thrown into the grass.
Copyright 1906 by
STRIKE MAY DE BROKEN
SHINGLE WEAVERS SERVE NO
TICE ON UNION.
Unless the Organization Heeds Their
Demands, They Will Return
to Work Tomorrow.
SEATTLE,- July 28. (Special.) Delega
tions of striking shingle-weavers today
served notice upon the officers of the
Weavers' Union that they will have to
call off the demand for a closed shop and
the use of the union label by noon tomor
row, or the strikers will return to work.
Delegates from Blaine, Belllngham, Sedro
Woollcy, Everett, Hoquiam and other
points made the demand.
President Bolger, of the weavers' organ
ization, hurried back to town from Sedro
Woolley when he heard the delegations
were coming, then slipped out again when
he was told the nature of their call. Word
was carried to him, however, of the situa
tion. In Ballard, where the millmen. have re
fused to grant wage concessions, the union
has declared "fair" the Cochrane &
Zooks mill, which has taken back five
union men, wlule many of the smaller
plants throughout the state, where no
trouble has ever occurred before, are said
toibe "unfair." The weavers in the small
towns insist they will not stand for this
discrimination. It would appear from to
day's action that the end of the strike is
rapidly approaching. :
Fall Grain Promises Well.
GERVAIS, Or.. July 28. (Special.)
Threshing will begin Monday actively.
Machine men have gotten their threshing
machines ready, but have not yet
threshed enough to tell how much Fall
nun. wiit bui u "i . iu iiiB bub. i nrj
allege, however, that the outlook Is over
the average of past years. Oats especially
promise a large yield, and the quality is
going to be excellent. Spring grain may
not be as high average as the Fall-sown
grain.
Sheepkllling Dog Owners Mulcted.
OREGON CITY, Or.-. July 28. (Special.)
Justice Stlpp today granted Fred Bluhm
a verdict for 20 against Henry Baars
and John Kauffman, as damages for the
killing by the defendants' doga of five
sheep and six lambs, the property of the
plaintiff. Bluhm sued for Ho, the alleged
value of the dead animals, besides a dam
age claim for injuries claimed to have
resulted to other sheep on account of the
dogs.
Gervais Store Is Robbed.
GBRVAIS. Or.. July 28. (Special.)
Thieves entered the hardware store of
B. A. Nathman last Friday night and
stole an assortment of knives and razors
valued at over $30. Entrance was effected
through a window in the rear. There is
no clew to the perpetrators. '''
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