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4 . .n-;: "fx'''"-'"-T:?v:-"'v j: ?-'';-4'.,";--'.Vvfi'vv1 ''rS3-:.' ;"';:-;";: ' .s .. ' . ... 'i- ' - ' ' -.Xr ;X.., V, .' ' J. i I"' riin att v Tonight and Thursday cloudy, possibly show rs ; southerly winds. VOL. Ir NO 140. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 20, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. HAS VIC SCHILLING ROAD COMMITTED BIGAMY " & Standard Oil Company Wtft&Qwn Ordinance THE GOULDS AND THE COOS BAY NEWDRAFT Are They Looking for an Outlet to" the Sea? BIG GREAT CENTRAL Manager Kinney Will Say Not a Word on the v . Situation. 1 : MHNER OF THE MOFFAT ROAD Is in Portland May Be Nfissouri Pacific Is in the Deal. the What U T. J. Milnsr. chief engineer of " ihe lienver A NwweaUro railway, the "Kotfatt road," doing In Portland? What business has be with L. D. Kinney, Bn eral manager of the Great Central, the Coos Bay railroad project? A curious Incident occurred at the Ho tel Portland last evening, that affords round for speculation anent these ques tions. General Manager Kinney and Chief Engineer Milner had tickets to the (tingling Brothers' circus, and were about lo go to the grounds, when, after a snor onsultation, they decided that perhaps t would be somewhat conspicuous for the representative of the Coos Bay road to be seen so publicly with one of the general officers of the MofTatt system, whiuh is said to be one of the Qould roads, and hence they did not go to the ilrcua together. D. A N. W. A GOUX.D ROAD.' 4 It is generally conceded that the Den rer A Northwestern Is an adjunct of the Missouri Pacific, one of Gould's strongest properties. It Is to run between Denver and Salt Lake, 655 miles, via Park City, nd cuts off 280 miles from the distance between Denver and Salt Lake, as now made by the Denver & Rio Grande West ern, two separate roads that connect and work together. The D. & N. W. Is an enterprise that vas inaugurated by Dafe MofTatt, who floated the bonds at $20,000 per mile, and is now actually under construction. Efforts are being made to secure the routing of the road througiij the famous cho canyon, which would cut off 7b miles more from the distance between Denver and Salt Lake ' SIGNIFICANCE OF THE) MEETING. The coming of Mr. Mllner to meet Mr. Kinney has Induced considerable specula lion by people who are wondering about (he proposed Coos Bay line, t bears th ai marks of the bruited connection be tween the Coos Bay or the Great Central and the transcontinental plana of the Qoulds, which have been In the publ'c mind during the last few weeks, and that appear to be wrapped in a mystery m toluable by Portland brains. v Mr. Mllner maintains a profound sll i,tnce regarding the object of his visit, and 'remarks merely that he has coma out ' ,boj to see whether or not there is sub HtanWl truth in the report that the eli minate f Portland is as delightful in the -uhstttr time as heaven Itself. He Is a -fileasrfnt - gentleman who knows rauoh jUbout railroading that he wili not tell to reporters. OTHER MYSTERIOUS CONFER KNCE3 It Is learned that certain propositions have been thought of relative to loosen Jig the tight hold upon the Cwi Buy enterprise that is held by Mr,. Kinney and his confreres. Mr. Kinney rafuse lo say anything, .feigning surprise that ny other railroad interest has evinced concern for the project with whioa he is connected. "Really," said he to The Journal, "1 loh't know what It Is you mean. Per haps you can give ma some Information (hat will elucidate our business to us." Nevertheless, It Is learned that some tther railroad people have cared enough lo make propositions to the Great Cen tral people, or, at least, to -aek for the Orlvtlege of making propositions to them. CONSTRUCTION PROBABILITIES. " Regarding the probabilities of con ftruction going ahead, Mr. Kinney is not kesitant about asserting that soon there will be no doubt In tb mind of the most ikeptlcal person on this subject, but he nil not give any facts at. present that would furnish bfisls for' giving d stalls. There are things doing that ' appear to - outsiders exceedingly Interesting," but tt Is impossible at present to artain any thing definitely. Down at Coo Bay, say those who have returned, things are decidedly on the boom. People are pouring In from all quarters, and the towns t her hours are teglnning to resemble thoi slon the lines' of the transcontinental -, systems luring .tie early day when 1 railroad building Wan towards the Covic. ' , A FEVER STRICKEN SHIP. PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., Aug. 20. The Peruvian bark Santa Rosa arrived this morning, and Is in quarantine. She was 73 days from Buena Ventura, and came Into port with her crew down with that worst of ail scourges, the beri-berl. The horrors of the voyage, shut in with no hope of escape from the horrible fever, can hardly be imagined. Three men died on the voyage and were buried at sea. l C6 MURDERED ON THE HIGH SEAS Captain Jacobsen Cowardly Stabbed to Death by a Japanese Cabin Boy. The shocking Intelligence has been sent to San Francisco from Honolulu of the murder of Captain J. J. Jacobson, master of the. schooner Fred J. Woods, which sailed from Portland July 17. The mur der was committed by the Japanese cab in boy and occurred on the high seas July 30, abou 10 days' out from Astoria. The Japanese cook is. believed to be an accessory to the crime, and he anti cn murderer are both in Irons. . Both of the Japanese were secured In Portland Just prior to the voyage. Neith er one showed an inclination to obey or ders, and frequently had to be reprimand ed. On the day of the tragedy the cap tain Inquired why the boy had not done certain work which had been assigned him. Tlje boy became "indignant ana drew from his coat a lotog butcher kntfe with which he attacked the captain. A struggle ensued, and several or the crew attempted to effect an entrance to the cabin, but failed until after Jacobson naa fallen with the knife plunged deep Into his heart. Captain Jacobson was well known in this port. His vessel arrived here about June 15 with a cargo of sulphur from China. He was, therefore, m Portland about six weeks before sailing olus last voyage. The vessel was loaded nt the Inman-Poulsen and the North l'a effls mills and carried 815,000 feet of lum ber dispatched by the Export Lumber Company. She was en route to Tslntaw, China. His wife and two children were accom panying him on the voyage, having Join ed him from Seattle Just a few days De fore the ship sailed. The captain was about 45 years or age and had a host of friends here who were greatly shocked to hear of his tragic, death. IS AHEAD Bunch Grasser Leads for Journal Cup The contest for the honor of being the most popular Elk and for winning the beautiful Journal Loving Cup Is still be ing waged with increasing interest In Eastern Oregon. Frank Frazler, of Pen dleton, Is now in the lead by a majority" Of nearly iUOO votes. If the Portland peo ple don't "wake up" and vote for their popular home candidates, they will have tne pleasure of seeing the Pendleton man walk off with the $125 prizo cup. The following Is tho way the vote starfds today; 1 Frank Frazler, Pendleton 9'm George R. Streeter, Portland....: 7C41 B. B. Rich, Portland.. H71 E. ,E. Merges, Portland m P. A. McPherson, Portland 134 George Chamberlain, "Portland 131 Dr. Hamilton Mead G2 Dr. Sanford Whiting, Portland C2 John Wataoh G2 W. H. Upson, Portland 18 Dr. C. W. Cornelius, Portland 12 John Laraont, Portland 11 W. J. Riley, Portland 11 D. Soils Cohn. Portland 8 E. W. Rowe, Portland. 7 H. D. Grlffln, Portland 6 F. R. Jacobson, Portland 6 William Hahn, Portland. 6 L. C. Henrys, Portland 5 Alex. Sweek. Portland........ 4 W. G. H. Wrajr. Portland 3 J. H. Beyer, Portland........; 3 C. A. Whltmore, Portland , 3 Ralph Hoyt, Portland.: I, Charle-;Barnestacker, , Portland....... 3 Count von Westamlre, Portland 2 THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. r . Last evening art alarm was turned In from 'the box on Fourth and Grant A blaze 'on the root of a residence was the cause. But little damage resulted. The new special witch, connecting, with "the different Are stations through out the city, is expected to be in working order this evening. It is being Installed at the head station on Fourth and Yam hill streets. ;The new. arrangement -will afford direct communication with any of the stations in case of Are, and or ders can be transmittal without anjr uo Heewary delay. .; . ..v. , CHOLERA Epidemic Aboard ' the Austrasia ONE DEATH RESULTS She Will Probably Be Placed in Quarantine at Astoria Ar- " rived Yesterday. The British ship Austrasia arrived In Astoria yesterday from Hong Kong with cholera aboard, and the prospects are that she will be ordered into quarantine. The arrival of the vessel wa a com plete surprise to local shipping men, as no public announcement had been made of her having sailed from the Orient. It now develops that there was a reason for keeping the matter quiet. While in Hong Kong there was cholera on board, and a death resulted. Captain Ewarts, muster of the vessel, and eight sailors were also seriously ill, and spent a num ber of days in the hospital After Im proving in health somewhat they were released, and soon afterwards tne voy age to Portland was begun, This In formation was conveyed In the form of a letter written from London by Captain Ewarts' daughter. It was addressed to a Portland relative and dated August 2. An extract says: "The bontswalrs mate took cholera and died within 1)4 hours. The vessel was put In quarantine! While there father took fever and dysentery, and was tak en to the hospital. After 16 days there he is ohce more os board and preparing for sea." He had evidently been on the sea sev eral days when his daughter wrote, as the vessel reached Astoria yesterday The health officer at Astoria will be no tified of these fucts, and It will perhaps be sometime before the Austrasia have an opportunity' to proceed up river to Portland. will the CAR WRECK Jumps the Track, Killing One, Wounding Many, (Scrlprs-McRue News Association.) NLW YORK. Aug. 20 A heavy open car on the I'nion Railway Jumped the track at midnight while eolmr down a hill at a fearful rat al speed. It turn ed over and fell Into the ditch. S. W. Keyes was killed und many injured, two probably fatally. TO SEE KRUGER Boer Generals Went to Utrecht to Visit Kruger. (Scripps-McRae News Association.) . THE HAGUE, Aug. 20.-The Boer gen erals, accompanied by other prominent Boers, went to Utrecht today, for a con ference with president Kruger. " AT THE POLICE STATION. A. Turtledove Is under arrest for as sault on John Goldstein. The case ha been on the docket for several days, but has not come to trial owing to. the In ability of the police to locate the man. William Deyoe, Charles Roach and Charles Austin were picked up last night by the 'police for being drunk. . Fred Reynolds, a brother to George Reynolds, who Is at the county Jail charged with burglary, has beet) arrest ed oh. suspicion of being Interested with bis brother in the robbery;: A young man named Johns and a man named George White are also being held on the same charge. .11 : Charles Johnson .'was brought over from the East Sid last night In the pa trol wagon. He was found asleep on the sidewalk,' at Powell and Thlr. teenth streets. He will be charged with vseraiwo? HAS PLEASED ITSELF Wants Something That Will Forti fy Its position Against . Future Attacks Thsj Council has been polled X on tbc oil tank question. The Standard. Oil Company will T . not be permitted to locate tnelr tank la Alblna. MM IMIMM HH The Standard Oil Company has no de sire, apparently to take further chances with fickle,. Couatjlls. it is said to have drafted a "tank"! ordinance exactly to its fancy, and the document will be sub mitted to the City Council at its meeting this afternoon, Tfcls ordinance, it Is un derstood, has be written by the com pany's .attorneys, to nolu water at all seasons of thft year, and under all ad ministrations, and if enacted the com pany will speedily proceed to prepare the Alblna site for occupancy so soon as new oil tanks can wrated. The company Will ask for clean cut concessions, enabling It to expand ltd plant commensurate with Its contem plated largely Increased busihess facili ties, and unless these be granted, or some other measure of relief afforded, so that it can add Jo' Its storage capacity without fear' of future annoyance. It will pull up Its distributing stakes and migrate to some more congenial clime. The addition fit fuel oil will require tanks for added thousands of gallons, and these must be constructed without de lay, as other concerns are "nosing' around this bailiwick, and the Standard does not propose, 3 In this enterprise, to be second In the field. Some allege that it is the company's), ambition to freeze out Its competitors by selling fuel oil so low Its opponents cannot live, and when their deaths are, aocompllshed elevate the figures-- until former losses are retrieved. Mayor Williams today received a reply from Manager Flanders to the letter hla honor addressed to that gentleman a week ago, and this will likewise be sub mitted to the Council today. The letter merely states the company's desires, and Is a plea that they be granted. It is craftily written, containing no threats or tinge of arrogance or braggadocio, and Is evidently the product of the,same per sons authors of the ordinance. There Seems no likelihood that the or dlnace, no matter how meritorious, will more than pass its first reading at to day's sesHion. Councllmen seen this morning expressed a desire to thoroughly digest anything appertaining to oil or oil tanks that comes before them, be fore enacting whatever it may be into a city law. Protesting delegations from Alblna will appear before the Council at to day's session. They are going to light that ordinance as "Injuns" fuught their enemies. Their tomahawks are whetted and their scalping knives are in their bosoms. ' ALASKA ' STEAMERS May Yet Run From the Columbia to the Far North, The committee on Alaskan affairs ol the Chamber of Commerce held a short business meeting in the office of F.' A. Jones, one of the members. The resig nation oiTHenry Hahn from acting as a member of the commutes on account of his not having time to attend to it, was read and accepted. A communication wua read from the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, stating that the report was acted upon at a meeting of the trustees and it vfas decided that the matter of a steamship line to Alaska should be referred back to them and that they should have the power to Increase the number of their committee as the see fit The committee acted on this communication by appointing the follow ing additional members to tho commit tee: Julius Im Meier, of Meier A Frank, Adolph Wolfe, of Llpman, Wolfe & Co.; H. Wortman. of Olds, Wort man & King, W. Clarke, of Woodard & Clarke, and A. H. Devers, c Closset As Devers. Besides the above mentioned persons, the committee as It stands consists 'of F. A. Spencer, of Allen;. Lewis; F. A. Jones, of Jones' Cash Store, end James M.-Moore,' secretary of the Portland- Alaska Transportation Company. There will be a meeting of the full committee tomorrow morning at 11:83 q'ojock at the office of the' Chamber ' of Commerce at Me Washington street?' ' , rnUlUGKAf n NEW YORK, Aug. 20-Plerpont Morgan, accompanied by Clement Grte com and P. A. B. Widener, returned from Europe today. He refused to oe Interviewed, and said he would not pose for his photograph for Ave mil lion dollars. Qrlscom said the .ship combine was an assured fact. The first important business to occupy Morgan's attention will prob ably be the settlement of the Louisville and Nashville deal and the organ ization of the Southern Securities Company. CHINESE TO LAND Brought Over in Viola tion of Law to Man Steamship Korea (Scrirps-McRae News Association.) SAJM FRANCISCO. Aug. m.. The steamer Gaelic, with 250 Chinese aboard, is en route here from the Orient. They are being brought to man the steamship Korea which Is in violation of the Immi gration laws. The treasury department has ruled permitting their landing. The Sailors' Union has protested to Washing ton. TWO DEAD Excursion and Pennsyl vania Trains Collide (Scripps-McRae News Association.) ASBURT PARK, N. J., Aug. 20. An empty excursion train ran Into a Penn sylvania train standing at Belmar de pot last night, killing Richard Dear mond, of Orange, N. J., and Alice Bishop, of Rahway, N. J. Joseph Toal la prob ably fatally injured, and several oth ers are slightly hurt. MILLIONS Former Convict Is Now Rolling in Wealth (Scripps-McRae News Association.) NEW YORK. Aug. 20. Samuel Seeley. who served a long prison term for steal ing $O.00O from the National Shoe and Leather Bank of Brooklyn, of which he was cashelr, has returned to this city a millionaire. He acquired this fortune in Western mining enterprises. POPULACE MAD Automobile Tourists Kill Peasants and Barely Escape Lynching. (Scripps-McRae News Association.) BERLIN, .ug. 20.-Several Belgian automobilists Including a Count, while automobiling in . the Rhine province, killed an old man and two children. The populace became so enraged they at tacked the automobilists determined to lynch them. The tourists were rescued with difficulty by the police. SPRECKLES LIBEL. Day Spent in Examining Bills From San Quentin. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. - 20.-In the Spreckles libel case the day was con sumed by the identification of way bills by clerks, and controllers In the office at Sacramento of the furniture shipped from San Quentin. A PIONEER GONE. P. Sharkey, father of Councilman Sharkey, died today at his residence on the iSast Side. He was an old timer in Portland and the pioneer horse collar manufacturer of Oregon. WHEAT MARKET. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. .-Wheat $1.13140113. ' ' UK flVh MILLION. QUIMBY HAS A KICK Says That the Judges Are Not Treating Him Right. 8tate Fish and Game Warden L. P. W. Qulmby has returned from a trip into the country. Mr. Quimby says: "I am se curing convictions right along. But the great trouble is that the Judiciary offi cers are not helping me to make the peo ple to respect the law. I will give you the following as Instances. I secured the conviction of a man by the name of Man ning In Jacksonville for the reason that he had deer hides in his possession out of season. This man was fined $25 and costs, the whole of which amounts to $50. This Manning Is a poor man. Now about three weeks ago I received a tel egram from my deputy In, The Dalles stating that I should arrest W. F. Bur rell, who was coming to. Portland, lor having prairie chickens In his possession out of season. It was a clear case, and Judge Hogue, before whom the case was brought, fined Mr. Burrell only $15, of which he refunded $10.. The law provides for a fine of from not less than $15 and not more than $200; yet that man, who s one of the richest men in Oregon, was fined only $5. Now compare this case with that of Manning. Manning, a poor man, had to pay $50, and Burrell, a rich man, had to pay pnly $5. ' "Otherwise I have no kick. There -are plenty of birds In Oregon, although Linn and Lane Counties could stand a few moiw-wrasrttf Tnany"wef killed there last year. This will tend to lessen , the Bupply this year. By request of the As toria Bird Boclety, I have appointed Mil lard F. Haddcsty as my deputy to pro tect the birds In and around Astoria. I have aisoi received complaint that birds are being killed right here in Portland. I will attend to that at once.". GUILTY Chinese Consul Convicted of Smuggling Opium. (Journal Special Service.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. A report has been sent here from Honolulu by a spec cial commissioner, George R. Carter, find ing the Chinese consul at Hawaii guilty of charges made against him of . smug gling opium. He claimed it was brought In under consular privileges. Consul Yang Wei Pi has gone to China to visit, and will probably not return. Woodard, ClarKb Co. WHEN TELEPHONING US. CALL Exchange 1 1 We have 10 receiving phones, and with our free uniformed messengers, supplemented by the three regular messenger services, your orders receive prompt and careful attention ........ FRENCH ICE CREAM. Sixth and Aldsr Sts, HIGH GRADE BUT LOW PRICED. Call id and see our special designs m mantles gas and electric fixtures, portables, etc. They are. the work of leading factories. and specially ordered by us. . "Wfhea you select them you know you'll not see them duplicated everywhere - "Unique I Artistic I Fine workmanship 1" exclaim our customers!-Handling large1 quantities enables us to sell you these high-grade articles at prices elsevhere demanded for cheap-looking stock goods. t ' Old Story Says He Was Married in the City n of Destiny ;tr WHILE INTOXICATED1 Interesting Theory of the Disap pearance From the City Portland. MAY HAVE LED DOUBLE LIFE He Left No Shortages in Hi$ Ac counts With the Rail-' road Company. More Information in r.gr- ; to the -report concerning the first mart, riage of Victor A. Schilling, who my teriously disappeared from Portland, some time ago. It Is said that the first marriage took' place in Tacoma In th year 1893, and that the ceremony waf performed while Schilling was under tha Influence of liquor. When he realized what had taken placa ' some arrangement was arrived at by' which the affair was hushed up for ther time. Many Of Schilling's railroad , friends say that he was inclined to havei . a real good time during his earlier years) yet he always apparently conducted himself with a great deal of propriety. Occasionally he would get out with si ' crowd and enjoy life to the utmost but he never allowed It to Interfere with hi . business. The rumor now supposes that -he had been going with this woman la Tacoma for some time but probably " with no intention of marrying her,, and , that while slightly intoxicated was in-, duced to go through the Wedding cere-TT mony. It is not known who performed ' the ceremony nor where t was per formed, but the court records of mar , riaga licenses Issued at Tacoma would! , show who the woman was and whss witnessed the Issuance of the license. , From this information some knowledge of the woman or her Relatives might txl j obtained that would lead to her where-" j. abouts at tne present time, , It Is not known why Schilling leffl , here without saying anything or making) some excuse for his absence, but, ao cording to the report, It is supposed that! ' his former wife moved to Spokane aftetf he left her, and lost trace of him until ; ' she heard of his recent marriage hero In Portland, when she notified him to cornel to Spokane to adjust matters with bed or suffer the humiliation of an exposure . ' A. C. Sheldon, general agent of the) . Burlington route, was well acquainted with Schilling, and has known him ever! since Schilling first came to Portland , in September, 1891. After reading laat . evening's copy of The Journal an Inci- dent which he had nearly forgotten was ' recalled to his mind. "Along about thT, year 1S93, a railroad man who was anf r intimate friend of Schilling's mentioned (Continued on Second Page.) FRENCH WATER ICE and. (9te Establish! 1807, 1 . i . . ' v - - - . : .