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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (July 4, 1909)
THE SUNDAY OREtiOXIAN. rORTLAM), JULY 1909. CHILD OF EIGHT LEPER, SEALED IfJ TENDER TO SPANISH THRONE IS REPORTED ILL. , SEEKS CURE A L... . : - . r. 4 ' I HI SURVIVES CAR FULL SUIT and Extra Trousers WK HAVE the' choicest fabrics the best skilled tailors most com petent cutters and tempting prices to make good our boast that Nicoll leads for best tailoring at nominal cost. Suit and Extra Trousers $25 to $45 SERGE SPECIAL Handsome line of Blue or Black Perge fabrics, full suit and extra Trousers this month -. MONDAY INDEPENDENCE DAY Four Members of One Family Drown in Effort to Rescue Little Girl. John Early Leaves Washing ton for New York, Where He Will Be Given Treatment. PITIFUL TRAGEDY ON FARM t.ladys Fuller Kails Inlo Colorado Lake, and Fatlior, Sister, Mother and Brother Die In KITort to Save Her I-lfe. FORT COM.INS. Colo.. July 5. Kverett Fuller, aged r years, left an orphan; his father, mother, brother and two sisters dear). This is the story of a tragedy that occurred at a small lake on the Ureenwond ranch near Wellington, about 12 miles north of here late this after noon, in which five members of the family of tleorge Fuller, a ranchman, were, drowned. The story was carried to the neighbors bv the R-years-old biy who alone sur vives. Tlie dead. Heorge Fuller, aged 4.". Mrs. Fuller, aged 44. John, 10 years. K.lla. 14 years. Uladys. 12 yars. Tlie lives of the two children ami the parents were Riven up in a vain at tempt to save that of ciladys, who went to the lake to pet a pail of water. Be coming overbalanced, she fell in. Her slsfer. Kiln. paw the accident, ran ncrenmlnc to the lake and plunged in hoping to rescue, the child. Her screams, brought the brother John, and tlie mother to the scene. They found the girls floundering in water beyond their depth, and in turn plunfced in only to sacrifice, their lives in the hopeless battle. The father, who was working in a field nearby, saw the unusual commotion, and hastening to the scene made frantic efforts to rescue the members of his family alreudy almost overcome. But the water at this point was of a great depth, and single handed he was unable to do anything, and was himself drowned. Kverett hastened to a neighbor with he news of the disaster, and soon larr number of ranchmen gathered and began the work of recovering the bodies. INJURED BOY RECOVERING Hlood-Pot zoning Only Danger Victim of Kxplosioit. to Joe . (joska, the 15-year-old boy. who was seriously injured Friday night by ine explosion of a toy cannon, is recover ing In the Oood Samaritan Hospital. Part or nis thumb on the right hand and the first joints of the index finger and the second finger of the right hand were torn off. and the palms of both hands shock ingly lacerated. Unless blood-poisoning seta in he will be able to go home In a week or two. The other boys present when the acci dent occurred, Fred Arndt, Willie Bur nell. Joe Arndt and Otto Gtesech, es caped without Injury except for a slight hurt to Willie Burnell's leg. They were all refraining from further celebration yesterday, under Instructions from their i'"'"-1""- " incnos oi tne boys are Investigating the report that a man ad vised them to use the explosive which caused the trouble and ran away after n saw what had happened. The bovs admit that a man had explained how the cannon should be loaded, but say they mono at me lime or the accident VANCOUVER PLANS BIG DAY Civic and Military Parade to Be Feature of Celebration. vamuuvbr, Wash., July 3 (Spe- '" ceieoration or the Fourth lanes place In Vancouver on Monday .'uiy o, though there will be a balloon ascension rrom the park Sundav after. noon. All the business houses and streets are in noitday attire, the decorations be ing on an elaborate scale. Monday morning there will be a civic ", military parade. Colonel McGunnegle, ommanaer or v ancouver Barracks, be ing ine grand marshal of the day. i nere win te public exercises at the City Park, the orator of the day being r,. viark, or Portland. Besides regular athletic sports. Includ "in a maratnon race, a feature of the iiaj win oe a field meet given by tlie Mimiers in the City Park. This will In r-lude shelter-tent pitching contest, carry ing wounded, contest, equipment race, musical drill by 34 men, race of retiring sharpshooters and shoe race. There will be a balloon ascension Mon day afternoon, with paracnute leap, free dancing in the pavilion at the City Hall, and fireworks on the Columbia in the evening. r - 1 1 1 ?f;- - -t! N ; - ' . ; I t ' Is Wn; ?i ; ' "-' ' " " ; t - - 1 I :: I - , V ' I X ' - - - " h r , r - , ' J - L.- " k . . -;v i - :: : 5 , , ! , , - , - , - t :; EXPERTS PUZZLED BY CASE lr. ten die ' rer.c Dot par It el CQF DOS CARLOS. XOKK, July 3. (Special.) It Is reported that lion r'ai-i r.r-- ho the Spanish throne, is very ill and. in fact, is exnected to is also reported that In case of his death hio fniin.r. in '.e King Alfonso. Senor Ilorens. the Carlos Oenntv sava ilia- if rlos dies his followers will organize the religious elements of the no a. ainouc pariy similar to the German ag. Centrists in the ICT IS DENIED No OLEOf Treasii Cha pq rence Between Taft pd MacVeagh. X STARTS REPORTS Department but Taft Is , -MacVcaugh Proposes Xot Op-Wants ge Increase Made. WAS taken piiN, juiy a. ssteps were that a p" to correct the impression dent Tl"ct "as arisen between Presi- efforts md Secretary MacVeagh over tariff padopt an amendment to the manuff?vising the law relating to the The see "d sale of oleomargerine. mlsinteK conflict was provoked by a out byfatior of a statement given nesotaresentatlve Tawney, of Min the Prr a conference he had with The nt on the "oleo" question, ported stary of the Treasury was re tax ofe In favor of putting a flat -oleo',ents a- pound on all sorts of a pout"e Place of the tax of 4 cent 10 cenr tne uncolored product, and cause Pound for the colored. Be ment e activity of Treasury Depart that tia,s tn impression prevailed port JRgested change had the sup Tawnelle Administration and Mr. Presiduht to make It clear that the tion. had not Indorsed the proposl sald: i Interview today, Mr. Tawney "Vol: saw, irefresentatives of the press I the. prely said I was authorized by gerineent to eay that this oleomar tlon islatlon is not an Adminlstra Treasre. b"t that it Is purely a epartment matter." night was In charge of M. W. Gorman, president of the Mazamas. Brook White and Alec McCullough. Break in I'otash Trust. BERLIN, July 3. With the exception of one man the members of the potash syndicate-and 15 others have signed a new mutual protective agreement. The exception is Waldemar Schmittman, proprietor of the Zollestedt and Ashel erben mines, who. in 1907. made con tracts to supply various American fer tilizer concerns with potash for ten years. The American agents here have been offered various potash mines, but the prices are unsatisfactory. A Red Woman Burned to Death. SEATTLE. Wash., July 3Fire Just be fore daylight this morning destroyed a wooden two-etory lodging-house at 408 Terrace street, in which scores of people were sleeping, and Mrs. Eliza Borella S0 year old. was suffocated. Three firemen were severely bruised in the caving of the ruins while they were searching for bodies, it being feared at the time of the m.n many loggers had perished. OUT FIRE COSTLY TRY OUT GIRL'S VOICE Spokane Young Woman May K n gaged In Light Opera. Be SPOKANK. Wash.. July S. (Special.) A Spokane girl has been asked to "try out" her voice for the part of "Sonla" In one of the "Merry Widow" companies to be put on the road next season. She is Miss Maude K. Taylor, a pupil of Kraneis W. Woodward. Miss Tay lor possesses an excellent voice. A New York firm In the business of hunt ing up obscure Sonias." has an agent In Spokane who Is looking for new ma terial for the stage. It. I. Rrjnier Is Married. PURRST OROVU Or.. July -(Special ) At the Korestvew home in tlie Watts district, on Friday. June 3".. Mrs. Julia le Mnos was married to Robert P Bry mer. of Portland. Rev. J. R. Hall In th presence of the Immediate relatives of the contracting parties, officiating. After a luncheon Mr. and Mix. Rrynier left for a two weeks- trip to Southern California and will on their return make their home In Portland. Viiion May Buy Warehouse. UUL.LENDAL,K. Wash.. July 3 (Spe cial.! The local Farmers- Union has taken an option on the grain ware houses at Goldendale. Centervllle and l'aly now belonging to Balfour, Guth rie . Co. The union is rapfdly receiv ing new members into its association, and it Is probable a large percentage of the wheat crop of the Klickitat valley will be handled through the union. WtXJ IPJ3 COMPANY SITFKKS $200,000 .LOSS. Spar? arry Half Mile Across Bay Destroy Store and Four Houses. 5d . brokd-- " July S. Fire which at . o clock this evening in w oi me national Wood Pipe completely destroyed the bi,n.i the Com ing f, resld. ,e storage yard as well as four ter b and a grocery store. The lat half ks. which were across the bay, bum le away, were set on fire by ftkands carried by the wind. undeP'nS two hours, the Are was Thftrol. plni- which is practically all on the panyf'W National Wood Pipe Com MO.OOt'mated at fc-00.000, covered by out irance. Klghty men are thrown Wl'P'o.vment by the fire. fire stru ing witlJ by 1 . J. tierneche was fighting the ie residence district, he was the head by bricks from a fall ey and badly Injured, tance telephone communication ma and Seattle has been cut off MAhAS Spe P the firs the Ma. the the ENJOY OUTING venlng Around Camp-Fire at Mountain View. id's noted mountain climbers, i mas. last night enjoyed the ielr Summer outings, spending ng at Mountain View, back of Park. About SO members of ty and their friends Joined In latAmal Plcnlo and returned at a tali fre the tVOc thr No, tin campflre was built on Moun- Jk- and hot coffee and other re ts served. The picnlcers spent In recalling incidents, con ith their annual excursions to of snow-capped peaks in the kt and discussing plans for F.lilers Declares Disease Is In curable, but Dr. Bulkley Believes He. Can Show Tliat Patient Is Not a True I.eper. WASHINGTON", July 3. -John R. Karly, the alleged leper, who had been o.uaran tined in a camp near this city since last August, left Washington at 10:45 o'clock tonight locked in a bagaRe car attached to fhe regular Pennsylvania train. K:irlv will enter the Skin and Cancer Hospital at New York for treatment under Dr. I Duncan Bulkley. Karly's departure was planned with much secrecy. His attorneys made a long fight, and finally succeeded in ob faining from Health Officer Woodward the necessary papers for the man's re lease. Immediately arrangements were made for his transfer from the obscure shanty in which he was isolated to the Union station. Has Compnay in Car. Karly was locked in tlie baggage car with T. V. Beavy. a Salvation Army worker who was deputized as a guard. TTpon his arrival at New York Karlv will be met by Dr. Bulkley and taken to the hospital. Dr. Bulkley made three separate ex aminations of cultures taken from Karly's body and declared tlie man to be free of leprosy, although Dr. Killers, a leper expert of Copenhagen, after ex amining Early, was equally positive that the man was In the incipient stages of the disease, and virtually incurable. Kind Treatment Promised. The health authorities withheld their consent for Early's removal until they were convinced that he would receive good treatment, and stipulated that they resvrved the right of taking cultures from Early's body in the event of a further controversy over their action in detaining him. Karly is now receiving a pension of $72 a month because of services as- a soldier in the Philippines, but Commis sioner Warner declared that this would he reduced to a nominal sum if Early should be removed from the District of Columbia. POSTAL RECEIPTS GROW Postmaster's Salary at Vancouver Is Increased as Result. VANCOUVER, Wash.. July 3. (Spe cial.) The salary of the Postmaster of the Vancouver Postoffice was raised to I2600 July 1. This was due to a large increase in the business of the office, the receipts for the fiscal vear ending June 30 being J3610.19,-more than for the preceaing year. The total receipts during Satisfaction guarantee in nil r CamiPiils to nrMT in a dav If r(quir(' Full Ureas and Tuxedo Suits a specialty. WILLIAM JERREMS' SONS. 108 Third Street. the last 12 months were J21.9ti6.G7. and this Increase has resulted notwithstanding the fact that hundreds of men engaged In ratlroad and bridge work who were here the previous year were not in the city last year. T. C. Clement. Postoffice Inspector, with headquarters at Spokane, wan In Vancouver today arranging to add two more rural mail routes out of Vancouver to the four already established. AUTO UPSETS NEAR EUGENE One Woman Receives Broken, and Others Are Injured. Ieg EUGENE. Or.. July 3. A big White Steamer automobile, driven bv Dr. 1. A. Paine, of this city, its owner, be came uncontrollable ou a steep grade near Triangle Lake, in the Coast Mountains, 25 miles west of Eugene, last evening, and striking a tree, spilled the occupants, Injuring nearly all of them. The most seriously injured are Mrs. A. W. Kuykendall. wife of a Kugene druggist, who suffered a broken leg. Mrs. Paine was badly bruised up. but the other occupants of the car escaped with minor bruises and scratches. News of the accident was telephoned to Eugene, and Fred Moullen, the foot ball player, who is proprietor of a lo cal garage; A. W. Kuykendall and Ir. W. Kuykendall left at midnight for the scene. HILL HITS AT MILWAUKEE Will Build Braneli Railroad Into Competitor's Territory. SEATTLE. Wash., July 3. Hostilities between the Hill and Milwaukee forces have broken out afresh in the country west of the Cascades. Yesterday the mask was removed from the battery which the Great Northern had planted in .Clierry Valley, in King County.according to" where official reports said a harmless little elec- tric liiterurban road was to be built from STORE ALL CLOSED DAY Leading Clothier Monroe. in Snohomish Count v, south ward, tapping one of the finest timber districts on the Bound. The mask fell when the announcement was made yesterday afternoon that a con. tract for construction of a 26-mile road from Monroe, on the Great Northern, southward through Cherry Valley had been let to Oaughren. Winters & Co.:' the cost aggregating more than J2.000.000. Hill's determination to build the new Monroe-Cherry Valley road Is due to the fact that the same district has been cov ered by surveys for the Chicago, Milwau kee and Puget Sound. EUGENE LEONARD DROWNS Agent of Portland I'lourlne Mills Co. Iakscs Life in Deschutes. WASCO. Or., July 3. Speclal.V-Eugene I?onard. agent for the Portland Flouring Mills at this point, was drowned in the Deschutes River today while on a fish ing trip. Parties left here tonight by automobile to secure the body. From Information obtained through of ficials of the Portland Flouring Mills in this city it is learned that the victim was 22 years old. He is a brother of J. E. Leonard, a representative of the same concern at Prescott. Or., and but recently assumed the agency at Wasco. Time of Trains, July 3, 4 and 5. Hourly service between East Portland and Gresham from 7 A. M. to 6:50 P. M. on July 4 and 5. Special passenger train will leave Es tacada at 7:15 P. M. for Portland and in termediate points. This in addition to regular train service. Portland Railway. Light & Power Co. BOMB FLUNG IN CROWD ' IXJU5KS MXE PERSONS AX1) niSEMBOWEI,S BOY. Aimed at Street Vendor at Wonn socket. It Mangles Only Bystanders. WOONSOCKET. R. I . July 3. A dy namite bomb, thrown into the midst of a crowd surrounding a street vender to night injured nine persons, one of whom will die. The bomb-thrower was not ar rested and his motive in throwing the missile is a mystery. Five persons were severely hurt. A boy was partly disemboweled and will die. The police have no clew to the perpe trator of the outrage. The injured men were in a crowd which surrounded a. street vender. John Harrison, who was selling neckties. Tlie bomb was thrown without warning, apparently from the outer edge of the crowd. It struck close to Harrison's feet, bounded past him and exploded. Broken glass was thrown in every di rection, but Harrison escaped, although the bomb was apparently aimed at him. Tie told the police he had no suspicion as to the bomb-thrower's Identity. The police are inclined to attribute the outrage to an anarchist who chose the eve of the Fourth of July for his murder ous demonstration. l . : Portland Railway. Light A Power Co - l . L !"!". s,at the 4 ; $ 1 00 an Acre Un TJ- M v xvyv empire ip ,t r-il .- Ci&S FZi. f ' ' ' 75 Minutes From Portland Four Trains "Daily Comb ine Profit Wi ith Pleasure by Cultivating Fruit and Fancy Vegetables Near Portland SUBURBAN ORCHARD TRACTS AMID SUMMER-RESORT SURROUNDINGS r : j , tedn SrSKf &fer environment. You can come to your business daily in Portland- ing, duck lakes, waterfalls, woodf dills tf' mf. for the children. Canoeing, trout fish- ueiib, prett trails. Kasy terms ! rice of an ordinary vacation will start you, and vou can spend vour time m a tent on the property. 1 - U1 HARTMAN & THOMPSON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LOOK INTO THIS SHEPARD ? HARDY BOARD OF TRADE (ng this year. The picnic last