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soci ety: , events . EksSE-S (children's stories VOL. XL NO. ir8. PORTLAND, OREGON. SATURDAY -EVENING,; JULY 25. 1003. PRICE FIVE CENTS. HIGHWAYMEN CONTINUE TO HOLD VP CITIZENS WHILE POLICE AND COMMISSIONERS DO NOTHING; CONTROL Gigantic Deal Consummated fhich' Places in the Hands of Mve Men the Market of the Pacific Coast, iNorthem Sureties ComDanv Southern Pacific and Other Lumber Kings Gain Control of the Total Output, ; . , . 'Practically a Trust Has Been Formed by Parties Buying Up Standing Timber for the Combination, (Journal Special, Servlca) , BAN FRANCISCO. July 15. A eollos sal deal which la of the greatest im portance to the Pacific Coast In general and of the Northwest In particular, Is Announced today. ; At last a (If antic deal has been-con summated by Frederick Weyerhauser. E. H. Harrlman. T. B. Walker and Jacob Blodgett who have Joined forces with James J. Hill, president of the Great Northern, and through this combination these persons will practically control the entire production pf Coast lumber. B. W. Eberlln, .their agent, took the government figures' for all timber now standing on the Pacifio Slope and bought through agents until now these five men with mlnbr associates hold the vast Western lumber market In their hands. Weyerbauser was the means of getting Harrlman and Hill together on the deal El H. Harrlman's lands go Into the combine With the provision to protect the company's 'creditors which are 'pledged as Southern Paotflo creditors. V i 4 ; : 7- mi-;;v '-UllV U.&: r&'&rs'&p -. " : ' Vr """' ' ' . .J; rife: tr Jlli; :-r::j W ;v vl 1; - i ff i a . e .r. k t y. . . I e v k & .1 m si . i . i ei ' i -j I?: r 14" ti i i 'INHUMAN OFFICERS SEVERELY CENSURED 'Compel Troops to Drill Under Torrid Sun Until 19 Die from Sunstroke. 460 the - (Journal Special Service.) , VIENNA. July 26. A force of infantrymen who were drilling on Treblnjo Bosnia today were overcome by heat and a great number suffered sunstroke. As" a result. 19 are dead and I iKp are In the hospital. I Pever censure la made against offl I ' cT whe compelled the men to do double 1 tlmv exercises under, a torrid sun, while they themselves were giving orders from place protected by shade. prepa mm : ; mmw. jmrnm site Mmm HIGHWAYMEN USE MURDEROUS KNIFE When -Officers Are Instantly Informed of the Crime They Say It Is None of Their Business and the Criminals Make Their Escape NOTHING! The Police Commissioners met yesterday, and did NOTHING, Chief Hunt v -at outs with his detectives and has done NOTHING, Joe Day says he is a friend of thieves, but that Is -f NOTHING. Citizens are indignant and want better protection, but that, too, is NOTHING, 7 Thieves and highwaymen are all over the city and NOTHING IS DONE. Vm CONFESSES HIS DEED OF MURDER Remains of the Dead Pontiff Being Made Ready for the rmal Ceremonies Which Take Place Tonight, Large Crowds Viewed the Body l oday At -Noon, However, the Doors of the Cathedral Were Closed. SIX MAY DIE AS T RESULT OF WRECK Streetcars Come Together in St. Louis and Working men Are Hurt. (Journal Special Service.) ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 26. Two elec tric cars loaded with working people coyoded at Larayette ana NetirasKa 'eta this morning, Injuring 21 per ns, of which six are seriously ana ilievedt to be fatally hurt. trio coVW iff U'taiev . CONDUCTOR MAY DIE (Journal Special Servloe.) COLUMBUS, O.I. July 25. A passen ger train on . thr VCleveland & Akron Railway colllded'lth the Norfolk A Western . switch engine this morning. Conductor Hunt l is seriously and per haps fatally hur and a score of pas sengers arehurt but none seriously. MOVJS, July 8S. Slnoe noon the doors of St. Peter's have been olosed to the people, who still wait, anxious to view the dead tody of the Prelate. Preparations are going on for the funeral obsequies to begin after the ves per' hour tonight. The oardinals arc at this hour assem bled in the Bis tine Chapel, where they will await the hour announced for the final ceremonies. At the cathedral the diplomatists will assemble at vespers and will take paat in m oDseauies. (Journal Special Service.) BOMB, July 86. Today is the last that the public can view, the Pope's re mains. The doors of the cathedral were opened at 6 o'clock as usual during the last two days, hut wen olosed at noon to penult preparations for the Interment. Although , the orowd la smaller than yesterday there was a oontlnnous stream of persona past the bier. The 'remains presented anything but a pleasant appearano as they are now scarcely recognisable and it' is consid ered lamentable that JChm exhibition was permitted to continue today. People had barely a fleeting glance ae they were not allowed . to pass so . sear .the catafalque a before. The reception of the diplomatic corps to the Vatioaa by the College of Cardi nals was held at 11 oclook In the great hall of the Consistory. Autaus of Portu gal, dean of the oorpe, made a short speech, conveying' the condolence ef the (Continued on Second. Page.) The Popes of Rome are allowed to c hoose their own burial grounds and It Is the custom for each successor to the cha lr of St. Peter to designate the spot he selects for his final resting place. The 1 ate Pope Leo has chosen the Church of 8t. John Lateran and In this beautiful st ructure the bones' of the holy man will lie. Previous to Interment herehowcve r, the remains of the late pontiff will be encased in the crypt of St Peter's Ca thedral,' where he will remain until taken out to be permanently interred. Heppner Junction Mystery Cleared up by Chinaman Who, When Captured, Con fesses to the Dark Crime, Sheriff of Morrow County Finds Wretch Hidden in a Garret- Says He Killed Countryman for Money. STOCKS FLUTTER ON WALL STREET Failures of Yesterday Responsible for Weak Con ditions, bat Nothing Serious Apprehended Jas, R. Keene Is a Very Big Loser. BAKER CITY HAS STREETS OF GOLD BAKER VlTY, Or., July 15. Great excitement prevails : here1 today over the stalling fact that gold was discovered In the streets late yes terday.' I .:. . Workmeil were digging sewer laterals when they cut into a strata of gold-bear It g gravel. Continuing to dig after making the surprising And, a few ilet lower water spouted forth and it waa necessary to put a pump to work to clear the ditch in order to lay the eewer pipe. ;. . The supposition W that a subterranean river has put an Immense de posit of placer gold directly under tills city, and that the underground water probably washed the 'cold from the Interior of the hills. NEW YORK. July 2,5. The stock market opened feverishly and fell away from last night's closing prices. The principal losses in stocks are directly connected with yesterday's failures. For the flrst time in his long, check ered career, James R. Keene today showed the effects of defeat. However, It is not believed today tb,at the failures of Talbot J. Taylor & Co., and W. L. Stow A Co. will have any serious ' effect on the .markets of Wall street. The failure Is In steel princi pally and outside stocks cannot be long effected. It Is probably true that James R. Keene, the veteran broker, will lose $1,000,000 by the failure of his son-in-law, and today the effects of the dis aster are plainly discernible In the old( man, wno appeared on me street long before his usual hour. The market again became wild near lta close today and many violent changes occurred but no failures. Disorder con tinued until the end. The closing was nervous and iriygular. Standard Oil stock fell from $8. to $5.80 on the curb Just- before its close,' making a net loss of 60 points in two days. AMERICANS HONORED (Journal Special Service.) BI8LEY, July 25. The American rifle team which recently won the great Pal ma trophy at the International shooting left this ; morning. - A large crowd : of Englishmen escorted the Americans to the train. - The visitors were cheered to .the echo while ' the bands played "Yankee Doodle." - T i i: THRIST CRAZED HIM (Journal Special Service.) DOUGLAS. Arts.. July 25. The train today from Kacosart brought in a man who was found dying of thirst on the desert by a band of cowboys. The man has gone Insane and will be sent to an asylum. Papers In his possession show his name to be Fred RuaselL (Journal Special Service.) HEPPNER, Or., July 26. Sheriff E. M. Shutt arrived in Heppner this morning at 10 o'clock from Monument with Wong Hong Quong. the confessed mur derer of Wong Chlng. Since the murder which occurred July 11. Quong's where abouts were a mystery until Thursday, when Sheriff Shutt heard that Quong had been in the vicinity of Monument. After an all-night ride the sheriff ar rived in Monument Friday morning and going to a Chinese wash house, the of fleer commenced a search, and just as he was about to give up his search he noticed a manhole in the celling. Going through the hole Quong was found In hiding, doubled up like a rat in a corner. The murderer offered no resistance. While getting the chink down through the hole a Are broke out In an adjoin ing building which added to the excite ment. When handcuffed, the celestial broke down and confessed every detail of his crime. , He said that while sleep ing with Gfong Lane, a Chinese restaur ant keeper of Heppner, Lane planned the whole affair, even getting a bottle, of whiskey and told Quong to Jto to Hepp mr Junction and do the Job and get $2,000 which Wong Chlng had on his person and that they would divide. After getting to Heppner Junction Quong asked Chlng to go out under the shade of the willows and have a talk. When arriving thete- Quong hit Chlng on the head with a rock and took $735 from him, throwing his body Into Wil low Greek. He came back to Heppner and gave Jane izza or me money, me murderer had $510 on him when cap tured. He Is now.ln the Morrow county Jail. As the crime was . committed in Gilliam county the prisoner will be taken to Condon, Or., for trial. UNION MEN WIN (Journal 8pecial ,flerrlce.) LONDON. July 25. The bye-election of Barnard today resulted In a big victory for trades unionism. At Hen derson, the labor candidate was elected by a big majority, and at Vane the conservative candidate was elected by a small margin. Three arrests have been mads by the polloe. Two of the MM arc charged with having held P and beaten Xarry XoBae Thursday night. X was through young BCcZae's efforts and not those of the polloe that the two . mem were landed, bnt they have not been positively Identified. The third man waa picked np by OSoer Smith on the supposition that he might be the soaa who an swered a desorlpUon ef the man who held up J. W. Putney, lai Grand avenue. ' The Journal has stated, and now states, that the polio are doing nothing to put a stop to crime in the City of Portland. Last night's bloody record sub staatlates this Statement in toto, Last Hlg-ht's Crime. Uoyd Xlhon, a young man in the employ of the Sunset Creamery Company1 of 881 pirst street, waa at 11 o'clock last night stabbed by a murderous high wayman during an attempt to hold Aim up. Two minutes after the fracas Pa trolman Thompson and Special Offloer Smith were notified of the circumstances by Bib on, but coolly told him that it was none of their business, and made no 1 more to investigate the oase or capture the robbers. They told him to make ', his report to the polloe station and not bother them with his troubles. ANTWERP'S CONSUL DEAD (Journal Special Service.) -BRUSSELS'. July 25.fG. Lincoln, consul-general for the United States at Antwerp, died today. He was bornat Hartford, Conn., In 1 $5 0.7 ' ' Attempt to Murder. , Lloyd Elpon gave the following ac count of the affair to The Journal: "Last evening a few minutes after 11 o'clock ah attempt was made to hold me up at First and Montgomery streets. Two men came out of the shadow of some trees toward me and one of them said You are the man we are looking for. To this I replied: 'I guess you are mis taken- The man then told me to throw up my hands. I did not see any gun and refused to do so. The man, with an oath, said, 'You will.' and struck at me. As his arm was descending I noticed the flash of a knife and threw out my hands to parry the blow. The sharp blade slashed a slice of flesh from the palm of my right hand. The robber made another vicious thrust which I caught in the front of my left hand. the force of the blow was such that It would have sent the blade out on the back side had it not struck a bone. The knife atuok so that the would-be murderer had some difficulty In extract lng It. Ho finally got it loose and ran away, thinking he had stabbed me in the chest Instead of the. hand. Polio Befuse to Act. "After getting away from the robbers I hurried down First street and two or three minutes later met Patrolman Thompson and Special Oftlcer Smith on First and Madison. I told them of the attempt to rob and murder - me and showed them my hands, from which the blood was spurting from the stabs. They displayed no Interest whatever, and stated that I had better go and report the matter to the police station. They ex pressed themselves to the effect that It was a matter of small Importance and none of, their business. They made no ffort to learn the details of the holdup or get any Information which might lead to the capture of the men. Up to this time no one from the Police Department has been to see me in regard to the rnajt- ter and I don't know whether the offi cer whom I told about it even reported the incident. After I told the officers I considered that I had done my duty and it was up to them to take action and do the reporting necessary. My hands were bleeding badl and I went to Nau's drug store to have them dressed. I told the officers that I was going there and If they wanted any more information to call. I remained there about an hour while Ernest Redd, the drug clerk, patched up the wounds." The Highwaymen. "One of the highwaymen was about Ave feet nine Inches tall and the other, several Inches shorter. The tall one wore a mask and assaulted me with the1 knife, and I think from the vicious man-" ner in which he handled the dirk would have killed or seriously wounded me bad I not been fortunate In blocking his! blows. While my hands ar sore I think! I got off lucky. The big man wore a, black slouch hat with an unusually wide rim. The right sleeve of his coat was split from the shoulder to the elbow. This man went to the west up Mont gomery street, while the smaller man who wore no mask and had taken no part In the mlxup, took to his heels in the direction of the river. . I had a good gold wateh and some money with me which I saved by making a bluff. About two years ago I was held up on East Washlngotn street and was at that time brutally beaten and robbed." ' Possible Solution. F. W. Mulkey, a former member of the. Common Council, offers what he consid- ers a solution of the question of handl- inir cruuu in ruruaua, nuoiiiig . . llie law on the subject as set forth in Tlcde- man's '"State and Federal Control of Persons and Property." 'Mr. Mulkey be lieves. If there be financial limitations on the municipal authorities at thin time, that pending tho acquirement of sufficient money, it may be necessary to organize a movement whereby, local mer chants, a.nd property owners contribute funds for the maintenance of a force of detectives for proper surveillance of criminals, and cleansing the city of the horde of crooks that Infest it. I note,", said Mr. Mulkey, 'that In New York there is a system of handl ing these people that is successful In other cities, and that, seems to me to be of them. The law on ' the subject, as given exposition In Tledeman's "State and Federal Control," la as follows: In the City of New York. Manhattan Borough, the Police Department has from time to time employed what may be called extra-legal measures. In the prevention of crime, and publlo opinion seems to have Justified the successful attainment of that end. One of these measures Is on occasions when large crowds are expected to assemble to cele brate some event, or to witness some pageant, to arestjand detain in prison, during such celebration or assembly of an unusual multitude, all known crooks and dlsordeelxor criminal people. These are then charged with vagrancy, and; (Continued on Second Page.) AN UNWRITTEN LAW MAY BE VIOLATED (Journal Special Service.) , " . ': LONDON, July 25. The St James Gasette announces : today that President Roosevelt will probably violate the unwritten laws of his coun try and visit England next year if re-elected. The Gasette states with ap parent authority that President Roosevelt says that he does not believe his countrymen will have any objection to the Chief Magistrate's leaving the country during his administration, although such an Occurrence ha -never been known la the United States. v V