1909.
LIGHTNING BOLTS
DEMANHTRUTH OF
SUTTON'S DEATH
SNAPSHOTS OF PROMINENT FIGURES IN SUTTON HEARING
E HOUSE
During the alteration of our
store we will continue to sell
fine hand-tailored clothes at
V3 to l2 off the regular price
Four Strike Dwelling in Utah,
Killing Woman, Knocking
'Mother and Sister Insist
Could Not Have Killed
Himself.
He
Down Four Others.
HOUSE SHEETED IN FLAME
'SAY SKULL FRACTURED
THE SUXDAT OKEGOyiAX, PORTLAND, JULY 25.
CANNONAD
Family of Dead Lieutenant Will Ask
Court to Fix Responsibility
Koelker Can't Be Found
and Stories Conflict.
ANNAPOLIS. Md.. July 24. The re-
1 cult of the week's hearing In the Sutton
i case has caused the attorneys for Mrs.
. Sutton to declare that the Criminal Court
I trill be called upon to pass upon the con'
I flictlng testimony of the young marine
i officers, if the naval court now sitting re
affirms the verdict of the former hearing,
which it seems probable will be the
1 case.
The Suttons declare that no whlte-
. washing will satisfy them. "What we
war.t to find out," declared Mrs. Parker
: today, "is who killed Jimmie. I think
1 tii.it anyone who has followed the con-
! flirting stories told in court will agree
. tnat it has been shown that my brotner
! could not have killed himself. Some one
i f.ra did. if iie did not. We demand that
r this court hi the responsibility or de
, ciare its inability to do so. A mere in
quiry into discipline will not do. This is
. a more serious matter. A man was
killed and the court should make every
ctfost to iind out who killed him."
Itoclkcr Can't Be Found.
So far. all the witnesses except Edward
p. Koelker. formerly Lieutenant of the
corps but now missing, and Lieutenant
I Jlarold 11. Vtley, on his way here from
I Kurope to tell his story, have been exaro
I ln-d.
Koelker was dropped from school for
!' drunkenness soon after Sutton met death.
It is nof likely that he will be found. His
1 testimony is considered very important.
because it was lie who is supposed to
' have been shot by Sutton. Also his story
I told before the tirst inquiry board con
J flli-ts absolutely with those told by the
I oth-T ofTirers before and at this hearing,
i Utley has several things to explain. He
Is declared by several officers to have
J bren in several places at one time. At-
torney would like to know what he saya
about hto action that night.
Say Sutton's Skull Fractured.
In support of the theory of Mrs. Sut
I ton and her daughter that Lieutenant
1 Futton was stripped and beaten to
, death, it Is claimed today that the re
i j'ort of the physician who performed
i the autopsy will show that Sutton's
skull was fractured.
Dr. Mcformick. who performed this
autopsy, is to lie one of the most lm
! pnrtant witnesses next week.
Mrs. Sutton Finds Mare's Nest.
Receiving word today that her apart
! ments In "Washington had been entered
1 lust night and that a trunk had been
broken open and a number of valuable
, j-apers stolen. Mrs. Sutton left for
"Washington this afternoon. Returning
here tonight, Mrs. Sutton said that the
Information upon which she went to
Washington was nut quite accurate. A
trunk In her apartments had been
broken open, but this had been done
by some tine Bhe had sent there
to get something from the trunk and
who, having lost the key thereto, forced
the lock. The broken lock having been
noticed by the people In the house, Mrs.
button was notified of what seemed an
attempted robbery.
CAPKT SITTTOX WON'T TELL
Hazing of Orcgonian at West Point
lie-mains Mystery.
NEW YORK, July 24. After examin
ing more than 100 Vest Point cadets
under oath, the Iard of Army Officers
appointed recently to Investigate haz
ing conditions at the I'nited States
Military Academy, submitted its report
to Colonel Hugh Scott, superintendent,
yesterday.
The report was not made public, but
It deals largely with the case of Cadet
button, of Oregon, brother of the young
c-rrtcer In the I'nited States Marine
Corps whose tragic death is now being
investigated.
The report declares that hazing Is
ftlil practiced at West Point, despite
drastic action for its eradication.
"Young Sutton was seriously injured by
being roughly handled, but during the
entire investigation he would not re
veal the names of those who attacked
1:1m and has gained great popularity
among his fellow students because of
J:is silence.
OREGON-IAN NKW3 FUREAT". Wash
ington. July ;i. l"p to the closing hour
this afternoon the War Department had
rot received the report of the recent ln
nulry into the hazing of Cadet Sutton
at West Point Military Academy.
Believes Sutton's Bones Broken.
ST. LOUS. July 14. Minor Meriwether.
Br., of Shreveport, La., roommate, class
jnate and friend of James N. Sutton, the
marine officer whose death is bein In
vestigated at Annapolis. Is in St. Louis,
lie wiU not be surprised If another autop
sy on the boiiy of Sutton reveals that
Vonew were broken in the fight which ter
minated in his death. Meriwether said
that In Naval Academy fights a man
r.ever fives up until he is unconscious, no
tuatter how many bones are broken.
Ilan Trains on Kight-IIand Track.
CHICAGO, July :4. "Left-handed"
rains will be- given up by the Lake
2?hore and Michigan Southern Railway in
a few days. The switches and signals
are being rebuilt, and all trains will be
Tun on tiie ri-ht hand track, as they are
on every other railroad of consequence
In the country except one the Chicago
& Northwestern.
The transfer from the left-hand to the
right-hand track will be next Sunday or
that following.
Gomez Denies Disruption.
NEW YORK. July 14. General Carlos
Oarc'.a Velez, Cuban Minister to the
Vnited Sta-tes, this afternoon received a
cablegram from President Gomez of Cuba
notifying him that there was no truth in
the rumors of a disruption of the Cuban
Cabinet and that he and his brother. Justo
Carlos Velez. who is Cuban Secretary
of State, would be retained at their pres
ent pets.
Prize for Photo Invention.
ROCHESTER, N. T.. July 24. The con
vention of the Photographers' Association
of America today awarded the prize for
. the best Invention to J. A- Mesinner, of
liiroka. Cal
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GREATFIGHTER DEAD
Raphael Manco Served in Civil
and Crimean Wars.
CHINESE' GORDON'S FRIEND
Native of Messina End Long Life
of Adventure, Battle and Pri
vation at Peaceful Home
in IOS Angeles.
LOS ANGELES, CaL, July 24. (Spe
cial.) The death today of Raphael
Manco at the age of 74, ended a career
full of remarkable adventure and rich
In historic lore. Native of Messina, par
ticipant as a mere boy in several battles
of the Crimean War, where he wit
nessed the charge of the Light Brigade,
and was at the siege of Sebastapol, con
fidential secretary and Interpreter to
Chinese" General Gordon, and finally
a soldier In the American Civil War
and nine months a prisoner at Ander
sonvllle. Manco went through what per
haps no other man ever survived.
When he was serving Gordon in 1554-
isr3, that officer was In command of
the British Royal Engineers quartered
in a nart of the great Scutari Hospital,
where Florence Nightingale had charge
and ministered personally to many suf
ferers.
Manco took passage for America in
1S5S. stopping to see his parents, but
who both had died and he was long
stranded, penniless and starving, at
Malta, where his pitiful story so im
pressed a sea captain that he grave
him a free berth. When the Civil War
came, he enlisted in uie nisi Con
necticut Volunteer Infantry.
He had lived In Los Angeles a
quarter or a cemury ann leaves a
widow and four grown children.
SEEKS TO ENJOIN STRIKES
Publle Defense Association Wants
Double-Edged Injunction.
PITTSBURG. July 14. An attorney for
the Public Defense Association has pre
pared a new application for an injunc
tion against the Pressed Steer Car Com
pany and Its striking employes. It asks
that the workmen be enjoined from In
terfering with the company in the hiring
of men to take the place of the strikers
and from committing acts of violence. It
also seeks to enjoin the company from
Interfering with the strikers.
FINDS HIS WIFE IS FORGER
Member of Old Family Traces
Crimes to Own Fireside.
NEW YORK. July 24. Fred Roland Hill,
scion of a proud colonial family, has ob
tained annulment of his marriage to
Eugenie A. Hill, daughter of a banker of
Ridgefield. N. J., on the ground that when
he married her, two years ago, while sha
m centre jtty. a A.
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was teaching a Sunday school class In
Paterson, N. J., she had already served
a three-year sentence on a conviction of
forgery. Mr. Hill testified that from the
time he was married until he left his
bride he had been worried by someone
who had forged his name to many
checks.. Employing detectives, Mr. Hill
said the result was that his wife signed
an admission that she was the author of
those checks. In the same statement,
which was submitted to court, and which
was backed by the records of the Bed
ford Reformatory of this state, it was
shown that Mrs. Hill had been married
in 1901 to Simeon Harold Baker, and while
his wife had been convicted of forgery
and sent to prison.
On being released, and after Baker had
obtained a divorce, she went to live with
her sister in Paterson, assuming her
maiden name, and in the Sunday school
there she met Mr. Hill. Hill testified
that he had believed she was single and
knew nothing of her former trouble.
MAN HIGHER UP INDICTED
Police Inspector McCann Arrested
and Suspended for Grafting.
CHICAGO, July 24. Police Inspector
Edward C. McCann was Indicted today
charged with malfeasance In office in the
collection of "protection" money from
illegal establishments of the West Side
"tenderloin."
McCann's predicament was forcshad-ow-ed
yesterday, when an Indictment was
returned against Detective Sergeant Jere
miah Griffin, alleged to have been the
collection agent working out of McGann's
office.
Inspector McCann was arrested after
the grand Jury's action and soon after
gave bonds for $30,000 and was released.
He went at once to the office of Acting
Chief of Police Schuettler and handed In
his star. Later Schuettler obtained his
formal suspension, saying that no 'police
man under Indictment could work on the
force until the charges were dismissed.
MONUMENTS ARE UNVEILED
Western Federation Has Memorials
to Pettibone and Murpliy.
DENVER. July 24. With simple
ceremony, the convention of the West
ern Federation of Miners this after
noon unveiled the memorials erected
to George A. Pettibone and J. P. Mur
phy at Fairmont cemetery. The con
vention adjourned at noon until Mon
day. Addresses were delivered by P. H.
Hawley, secretary of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen,
and J. M. O'Neill, editor of the Miners'
Magazine.
The executive session this morning
considered the strikes and lockouts
within the jurisdiction of the Federa
tion affecting about 8000 men. It was
decided to order a strike assessment if
later this was deemed necessary.
MOORE REACHES AGE LIMIT
Promotions to Follow Retirement of
Rear-Admlral.
WASHINGTON. July 24. Rear-Admlral
Edwin K. Moore, commandant of the
Navy-Yard at Portsmouth, N. H-, was
placed on the retired list today on ac
count of age.
Because of his retirement Captai
Thomas S. Phelps, commanding the Mare
Island Navy-Yard, becomes Rear-Admlral:
Commander W. 9. Benson, Chief
of Staff of the Pacific fleet, a Captain;
Lieutenant-Commander Frank Marble, a
Commander, and Lieutenant L. M. Over
street, a Lieutenant-Commander.
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Bolts in Succession Prostrate One
After Another as They Come to
Rescue of First Child Is
First Struck Down.
AMERICA?. FORKS, Utah. July 24.
Four bolts of lightning struck the resl
dence of John H. Singleton last night,
killing his wife, rendering himself and
4-year-old son unconscious and knocking
down his brother and a neighbor who
came to their assistance.
While Singleton and J. E. Farrell. hl3
neighbor, are still unconscious, their re
covery is hoped for.
Singleton's son was sitting on the front
porch when the first bolt struck the
house. Singleton rushed out. finding him
lying on the porch unconscious. He car.
ried the boy into the house and placed
him in a tub of water to resucitate him.
House Enveloped in Flame.
While he was bathing the boy, the sec
ond bolt struck the house and Singleton
was hurled across the room. The boy
received a second shock and was again
prostrated.
When the second bolt struck, the house
was enveloped in flame. Mrs. Singleton
rushed into the kitchen, where she found
her husband lying unconsclous on the
floor and her son In the tub. She rushed
to the front door to call for help, but
when she reached the door, the third
bolt struck her. killing her Instantly.
Fourth Bolt Hurls Men Flat.
Slngleton recovered sufficiently to
stagger Into the front room. He saw his
wife lying on the floor and ran out onto
the street to call for help. He met his
brother. Dell, and Farrell at the front
gate. Everything was in darkness and
Dell Singleton carried a lantern. Before
they reached the front porch, the fourth
bolt struck the house. Dell Singleton
was ahead and he was hurled several
feet. Farrell, who was close behind him,
was knocked unconscious to the sidewalk.
DEATHS JMJOIAL 41
ISOLATED DISTRICTS SWELL FA
TALITIES OX GULF.
Whole Family Swept Away by Tidal
Wave Man Escapes by
Climbing Tree.
NEW ORLEANS. July 24. With def
inite reports today of 13 deaths not
heretofore recorded in the hurricane
which swept portions of Texas and
Louisiana last Wednesday, the death
list tonight totals 41. with six persons
previously reported missing still unac
counted for.
Angleton, Tex., this afternoon reports
11 dead Instead of one, bringing the total
death list of the West Indian hurricane
up to 3& Many are still missing.
The report of the drowning at their
home on Christmas Bay, 15 miles from
Angelton, of Maurice P. Woulfe, his
wife and six children, together with a
negro servant, was confirmed this af
ternoon by H. B. Roberts, a farmer.
The six Woulfe children ranged In
age from 6 months to 10 years. Rob
erts was at Woulfe's home when the
hurricane struck them. Woulfe as
sembled his family In the yard, away
from all buildings, and the two men
held a large ullt over them to protect
them from the rain. What appeared
to be a tidal wave then swept Inland,
drowning all except Roberts.
Roberts said he was washed against
tree and lodged there until the wat
ers receded.
Roberts also reports that Columbus
Maddox. son of a prominent planter,
has been missing since the hurricane.
Captain J. W. Glasscock died at An-
gelton as a result of shock and ex
posure. LIFE SAVED BY CORK LEGS
Legless Man Loses and Recovers
Them and They Float Him.
GALVESTON. Tex., July 24. William
Davies. of Groverton, Tex., a legless man,
29 years of age, had the most thrilling
experience of the storm victims so far re
corded. He was a guest at Tarpon fish
ing pier, located on the north Jetty, six
miles from Galveston, In the Gulf and
with others was thrown Into the sea
when the big building was demolished by
the hurricane. Before the building col
lapsed, Davies had discarded his two cork
legs. Catching some oi tne aeDris, ne
was carried about 16 miles seaward on
the storm-tide. Washed time and again
from the raft, when It finally broke up,
he was set adrift in the Gulf. Searching
about for debris to cling to, he saw his
cork legs floating with the current, and.
seised them. With these as supports un
der his arms, he swam back Into the bay
and was carried by the tides Into Galves
ton upper bay, 30 miles from where the
pier collapsed. Later he was picked up
by a boat. He was In the water 30
hours. 12 of which ne was Datuing wnu
the storm waves.
CATS FOR CONGRESSMEN
Anonymous Gifts for Members Who
Propose Buying Them.
WASHINGTON, July 24. A long and
plaintive cry. like that of a cat In dis
tress, came from somewhere In the vicin
ity of the desk of Representative Tow
ney, chairman of the House committee
on appropriations.
"Meow!"
The cry was sharp and evidently
prompted by fright.
"Great Jehoshaphat! Where's that cat?"
exclaimed the astonished Representative,
getting down on all fours. He found
under his desk a fancy green and white
basket. As he lifted It and deposited It
upon the table there was a scratching in
side which changed to purring as soon as
the cover of the basket was raised. On
a carpet of cotton sat a Maltese kitten,
fluffy and round as a ball. It wanted
to make friends. It evidently had been
reared a net. for it had a pretty blue
ribbon around its neck. While Mr. Taw-
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Grant Phegley, Manager Seventh and Stark Streets
ney was stroking the kitten in walked
Representative Mann of Illinois and
a Representative from Michigan.
"What's that a kitten?" they asked in
chorus.
"Why, someone sent me one too," said
Mr. Mann.
"And me, too," added Mr. Smith.
The kittens had been sent anonymously
and had been left with the messengers
at the offices of the Congressmen, who
were at a loss to understand why they
had been remembered in that fashion,
until Mr. Mann recalled that they had
engaged in a debate In the House a few
days ago concerning the use of cats in
keeping rats out of the Treasury build
ing. The three members named praised
the good old-fashioned Maltese mousers,
and said they ought to be kept In the
office building.
SEEKING STOLEN JEWELS
I-iondon Police Believe Frenchman's
$500,000 in New York.
NEW YORK, July 24. A belief that
the $500,000 worth of diamonds, pearls
and other precious stones recently
stolen from a Frenchman In London
have been shipped to this country, Is
causing the police of the larger cities
a good deal of trouble, according to the
New York police. A description of the
stolen jewels has been received from
Scotland Yards, with a request that a
thorough search be made for them.
Since the theft, detectives have been
watching the pawnshops, but no gems
answering the description have beep
found.
A Parisian doctor entered a cafe
in Piccadilly Circus. London, with
the Jewels In a small satchel. They
comprised 1529 pearls of various shapes,
colors and weights; three large dia
monds, 22 sapphires, seven large star
shaped rubles, and 16 rare cats-eyes.
The valise also contained $400 in
French and 1200 In English money.
While he was In the cafe someone stole
the valise.
MORE NOTARIES NAMED
Provision Made for Taking Care of
Land Rush at Spokane.
SPOKANE, July 24. Eight additional
notaries were appointed in Spokane to
day to take applications for land registra
tion. Four notaries, authorized by Su
perintendent Wltten to administer oaths
to homeseekers in the Spokane County
Indan Reservation, who have conducted
their business in Spokane saloons, were
requested to seek other quarters this
morning by Special Agent Elston.
Several runners who escaped the spe
cial agent yesterday were warned this
morning not to solicit business on the
public highways and to discontinue the
practice of distributing advertising cards.
The estimated number of registrations
at Spokane today are 4000; at Coeur
d'AIene, 6000; at Missoula, 3500; at Kal-
ispell, 1700.
Empress Sails From Hongkong.
HONGKONG. July 24. Sailed: Em
press of India, for Vancouver.
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New Resident-General Outlines
Vigorous Policy.
YANGTSE VALLEY FLOODED
Steamer Empress of China Brings
News of Disastrous High Water.
Japan Incensed at Freedom of ,
Rich From Military Seryice.
VICTORIA. B. C July 24. The Em
press of China today brought the follow
ing mall news from the Orient.
Viscount Sone, the new Rsident-Gen-eral
in Corea, Is adopting a vigorous
policy. He has put forward a Corean
railroad project involving an expendi
ture of J2J.O00.00O. He is having 20 shallow-draught
gunboats built for the pur
nose of forcing the fighting against the
Corean insurgents, and states when the
rebels are suppressed these vessels wiu
be used as tenders to Japanese fishing
vessels in Corean waters.
Search was made on the steamer China,
of the Pacific Mail, at Yokohama, by the
harbor police. on suspicion that an
American woman passenger, whose name
Is not given in the Japanese newspapers,
had taken a necklace ordered from Eng
land for the Queen of Slam at a cost of
$50,000, which had disappeared while en
route to the Siamese court. A strict
search on board the liner was without
result.
Arrivals by the Empress from Shanghai
report serious floods occasioned great loss
in the Yangtse Valley just before they
sailed. Many villages were washed away
and many lives lost. People were tak
ing refuge on higher levels and famine
was expected to follow the floods.
An agitation Is In progress In Japan in
consequence of the alleged favoritism
shown the rich in giving relief from mili
tary service. The conscription service
In Japan recently is said to have been
seriously affected by the number re
lieved from service.
Particulars regarding the present Jap
anese army, published by the Hochl
Shlmbun. show its strength on a war foot
ing as 1,214,0110. exclusive of a force of
10.000 serving in Formosa. Yearly 650,000
men are available for conscription, of
whom about 40 per cent are taken.
ALL LEGS ARE ARTIFICIAL
So Judge Sends Case for Trial by
Wooden-Legged Judge.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 24. When
the suit of Mrs. Bessie Camp against
Dixon- & Bull for the return of $100
paid for an artificial limb was called
yesterday in the court of Justice of
St., Bet. 4th and 5th
Peace J. G. Quinn, his honor gasped
for breath on learning that the plain
tiff, defendant and both of their attor
neys were wearing wooden legs. Judge
Quinn was about to decide the case in
favor of the plaintiff on the showing of
Attorney Lester Perry, who placed his
own artificial extremity in evidence
when Judge Gibson, representing the
defendants, arose and placed his cork
leg In rebuttal. The judge was begin
ning to show signs of collapse, and
when Bull exhibited his wooden leg to
show that the artificial limbs made by
his firm were sound, Quinn threw up his
hands and declared the case postponed
until he could transfer it to his col
league. Justice R. B. Tapp, who has an
artificial limb.
Chicago Girls on Walking Tour.
HODGENSVILLE, Ky., July 24. Five
girls arrived here yesterday after a
five-weeks journey on foot from Chi
cago. These girls were tanned and
travel-stained. They said they were
on their usual Summer jaunt, and their
objective points were Lincoln's birth
place and Mammoth Cave. With the
exception of a few instances when they
considered it a novelty to take a lift
from a farmer on the highroad and be
ferried across streams, they had made
the trip on foot.
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THE PIANO OF THE OPERA
Miss Case, to appear in concert at the
Bungalow Monday, July 26, like Ger
aldine Farrar, Gadski, Calve, Caruso,
the DeReszkes and other sovereigns
of the vocal world, insists upon tat
Weher (Sold only by Eilers Piano House.)
OREGON CITT, Or., July 17th, 1909.
Mrs. Edna B. Jones, Portland. Or.
Dear Mrs. Jones Won't you please
arrange for a Weber Grand Piano for
my concert Monday night, July 26th? I
have become so attached to this splen
did make of piano that I would not
care to have a substitute.
There, is a tone quality, a purity,
power and sweetness In the Weber that
is not found in any other make and it
Is, after all, the only piano adapted for
accompanying the voice.
Trusting that you may not fall in
this Important matter, I beg to remain
Devotedly yours.
(Signed) MARY ADELE CASE. ,
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