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V T OOD, EVENING. 'F YOU HAVE A WANT YOU CAN HAVE IT SUPPUED BY . ADVERTISING IN THE JOURNAL WANT COLUMNS Or The Weather I - kq Ti ;-y WN WINGS'. Tonight and Sunday, fair; south to east winds. V V VOL. II. NO. 250. PORTLAND, OREGON. SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20. i 1903. PRICE FIVE : CENTS, ..: LOGGING ALONG THE- LEWIS RIVER: 1 W w mrsi 11 n STOLE THE DEAD BOX . ... ' Forger Says He Escaped Shackled at Heppner , Junction; TATTOO BETRAYS HIM Waitress at Ranch-Where the Fur tive Ate Breakfast Told Employer of Them He Notified Sheriff at , Condons-Crowd Sees Him Off. (Joumai Special Serrlce.) " Arlington, On?Dec. 26.- "Five minutes after I stepped from the train Into the darkness and! mud I 'wan sorry and wlnhed I waa back in the sleeper," said Thurlow W, Parker,, the young forger, today, in speaking of his sensational es cape from Detective Day last Wednesday morning. -"Had I known what hardships I was to endure I would never have es caped. . The roads south of Arlington are terrible to travel, and I was without a coat and fearing any minute that I would be overtaken by officers. I was almost "beside myselfiBuc my greatest suffering". he said, as he, rolled a cigar ette, to which habit he Is a confirmed Blave, "was caused by desire to smoke. I had no paper or tobacco, and the crav ing for cigarettes almost set me wild. At the first store I found I Invested In, tobacco and cigarette, papers. After that the road Was not so rough nor the distance so great", , ? . - . . His legs securely shackled and closely guarded by Sheriff Tom Johnson of Gil liam count y.Parker la- today retracing his .steps to Arilngton -ln" the stage which runs from Condon. Detective Joe Day of Portland arrived here last night and Is awaiting: his prisoner, with whom lie will return -to1 Portland tomorrow. "It looked so easy to get , away-: I could not resist the temptation;" con tinued the fugitive. Tay was good to me onUie trip. J . know -X abused his confidence and I -am sorry now,, for 1 suppose it will go harder with me. i "I" don't know where I got off, but It was a walk of four hours to Arlington lu the same direction as the train went I slipped one leg out of the irons and broke the other - shackle with a stone, Jt was a bad walk In the - dark. I hardly knew -which way to turn, but In tended to sft-lke oft into, the interior. However, I was foolish to follow the telephone line from Arlington." ii .... If Parker's story- is true, he escaped from the train at Heppner Junction, 10 miles above here.; .. Arlington' people think he got off here, as he was seen nt the Grand hotel shortly, after the trains passed at S la. m. Constable Sweeten here takes this view. Parker's leg Irons have not been found-. Leaving here before daylight, Parker reached William Head's ranch at Bock creek, . - where he had breakfast and bought a Jumper to cover his tell-tale sweater. The tatoo marks on his hands resulted in his capture. 'A waitress at Head's ranch, who served him,- noticed the woman's figure tatooed on his wrist It aroused her curiosity. When Head rode to Arlington he learned , the story of Parker's escape and sent word to Con don to arrest Parker. At Head's ranch Parker said he was working on a railroad survey and would be back for Christmas dinner. Wednesday , night .Parker slept at Olex, 18 miles south of here. There he purchased overalls and a, cowboy hat. Thursday he walked to Howard Toby's ranch, 12 miles from Condon, and rode with Toby to the county seat where the sheriff arrested him. - : To Alvah Jackson, bridge foreman near Olex, Parker said he came from Castle Rock, Or. Jackson followed on horseback to pondon Thursday. Parker says he had extra clothes In a small grip which he took with him. There is great Interest in Parker's sensational flight through Gilliam county. At Con . don a large crowd watched the - stage loave this morning and here the case is almost the sole- topic of conversation. MIRACLE SAVES A TRAIN FROM WRECK (Journal Special Service.) , Steubenvllle, Ohio, Dec. 26. Burglars at Mingo Junction last night rolled the Pennsylvania Railway company's safe out of the depot and started across the tracks, where a wagon was waiting and In which It1 was evidently planned to cart It away. A passenger train came around the curve, struck and knocked the safe off the track, but as If by a miracle the train was not derailed. The robbers escaped.' -. . . ' i DARKNESS WITH . (Jotiroal SpecUl Rrlre.) . New Tork, Dec- 28.-r-.The great storm sweeping In from the West struck this city this-morning 4and -enveloped the streets and bay In .. darkness. ' Ferry boats "drifted helplessly and were unable to keep their bearings. The day is al ' most universally being observed " as ft holiday, otherwise business Is being ' greatly hampered. The darkness tasted i moro than -an hour. - The weather forecast shows today and Lumbermen Disagree Over the Overproduction Clause. TRADE WAR POSSIBLE Ten Per Cent of the Members' of the ' Combination Refused to Continue Terms That Have Been Held ' for Two Years, ' The Pacific Coast Lumber Manufact urers' association has gone ' to pieces. J. M. Alexander of Vancouver. B. C., a member of the committee of export mill men that met. in San Francisco this week to settle the disagreement be tween the warring factions of the com bine, passed through Portland Thurs day evening on his way to his home, notified E. T, Williams of the committee that the association was. a thing of the Past.' . r - . - - -. . This probable disagreement has been foretold since, the secret .meeting in Portlandlastjreek:and it came a Jio surprise to local exporters, but the of ficial notification of the failure of the combination, was not brought nor did the local member-of the, committee, Mr. Williams, know how matters stood un til the visit of Mr. Alexander. . The trouble was over the; over-production clause in the , agreeihent Cer tain millmen objected ' to renewing the clause f in. .the contract, that provided for heavy fines If the various mills did not abide by an agreement to limit pro duction. The majority of the associa tion members stood firm" for" the .un changed contract but the minority was just as secure in .its' position and the result was a dissolving of the tie that for two years " has kept peace lnvthe Pacific coast export lumber trade. .. "There were not over 19 per cent of the members that wished to do away with the over-production - clause,'- said Mr. Williams today, "and 90 per cent of the people in the association, or JO per cent of .the mlU capacity in the combina tion were in favor of an unchanged agreement- Such an association is of no value unless ail are in It and when It was found impossible. - to agree the only thing to do was to dissolve. "It is certainly not a serious problem for local mills. - The export trade gross Is not over 10 per cent of our trade. We manufacture chiefly for domestic de mand and the entire import business is not of great importance. Besides, w,e will still get foreign markets and can meet competition as we did before the agreement went into effect It appears that California mills do not enter Into the trouble at all." said Mr. Williams. ."California mills do not worry us it Is the people that have big mills on the sound, but live In California, that have made the fight ' Such a thing .as a Cat lfornla mill Interest Is absurd, for there is no considerable mill Interests In the state at alt" : . The export lumbermen's association that will be dissolved December SI. has been in existence for two years; mem bers of the combine, say that the agree ment has greatly aided nem In secur ing better prioes and avoiding ruinous competition, for foreign business. The local situation, It Is understood, will not be affected by the cessation of the export understanding and local or domestic conditions will continue to operate as the chief, factor- in SO per cent of the lumber business of the Pacific coast ALLEGED DYNAMITER APPEARS AS WITNESS (Jonrnil Speelal Serrlee.) . Helena, Mont, Dec, 26. Isaac OraH velle, who is undergoing trial here on the charge of sending threatening let ters, to the Northesn Pacific Railroad company, was on the stand In his own behalf today. His testimony Is briefly summarized. Gravelle made a general denial of having sent the letters. Ha said that they might have been written by Harvey Whltten, his cellmate In tho Deer Lodge penitentiary. He also en deavored to prove an alibi, reciting at great length his Varied travels 'along the route of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern roads, but according to his story was never within 20 miles of an explosion, at the time of Its occurrence.- -': ---'.-.v. i .. TAXS ADTAJTTAOB OP STOXM. ; Freeport, Ohio.. Dec 26. While the blizzard was In progress last night bur glars forced an entrance into the Har mon department store and carried away seal skins, silks and jewelry amounting to several thousand dollars. GOMES THE STORM tonight to be the coldest of the year and before morning It is expected that the coldest December within years will be. recorded-';. Ten below sero Is expected by nightfall. Several fires occurred this afternoon and high winds made extin guishing very difficult. Adclphla hall, a five-story budding on Seventh, avenue, was completely destroyed, . v . . -. F.iremen woiked to-great disadvantage In.the bitter wind and freesslrtg' weather, and Ht-vpral were forced to retire from exhaustion. . 'it (Journal Special Service.) i Kalama, Waush., Dec. 26. It is the general supposition, that the larger and better part of'.the tipiber land of Clarke and 0wUtsQuntles,i eapeclally-ialoag the 'Lewis .and Coweeman rivers. 'wa$ destroyed by the fires of 1902. This 16 a false ' supposition. The amount : of timber destroyed, jitas lmmense,,and ae SElSISATIOISI OF A SERIOUS NATURE Official Report, on New York , Postof fee Tells: of ;''-'vS6"mc--6f.'thC'H6st;Gi v , ' FarExposed. - i ( oijg jIKlg jsajnof) New Tork, Dec. 26. A bomb In" ths New 'York postofflce has burst at last Christmas, evening Major Little and a force of Inspectors that have been .work' tng under him for two months forwarded to Washington a report containing tho following findings: ' "' .; Two promotion syndlcatesr have been in existence In the New Tork postofflce for some time. Each employe paid 2S cents a week into them, making a fund of llJ.OOO a year,-which went to some one in Washington. George WV Beavers is credited with being the recipient when he was chief of the bureau of salaries and 'allowances. ' . 1 CONFESSES: TO THE. . v : y -., . " ,. .- ." ;. ; . (Journal Special Sertlre.) , ." :' San Bernardino,. Cal., ; Dec.--26. Ml Figuera has made a complete confession of the murder of Lee Gar, the Chinese laundryman of the Needles' last Sunday. Under oath , the woman, this i morning swore that the orime was committed by Miguel Antonio for the purpose of drlv lng away an evil .Influence , which had caused him to lose ' his revolver . two weeks before. , -v t WheLee called Sunday afternoon for the. laundry he was shown into a room by Antonio. - "Lee was kneeling down counting the' clothes," said the woman, "when Antonio approached from behind, all the while talktng to the Chinaman In a friendly manner. Suddenly he drew his raxor, caught' the head of Lee and with lightning rapidity drew the blade repeatedly across the man's throat The first slash severed the windpipe, robbing him of his voice. Officers came alter the body had been burled and Antonio fled before he could secure the skull. He Is a Porto Mean. ; - ; '. " s ; WILL SEND A FORCE TO MAINTAIN ORDER - (Journal Speelal Si-rTlee.) Paris, Dec. S. It was learned today that Japan ls preparing a-foree-whlch will probably number 15,000 troops i-ii- iii v ' lnli TTnrAft main. wniuu wiu m " ' , i tain order at the disturbed ports.v SheJ ' . . ... T, .. I ....I. 1 nSS Deen BSSUrea UJ.nnmm.umi-TOU an action wilt not bei considered as an unfriendly act or cause a war. , HAxrOs'nr tbox ca. " 1 (Journal Special Rerrhw.) St Joseph, Mo., Dec., 26. The body of Philip Wents, secretary of the Wents Shoe company was found hanging in.an empty ho' car today stixpended by a piece of fence wire. Tharelatlves thlnfl' It was a case of murder, "while the cor oner says It was suicide, , 1 1 V, cording -to a. recent estimate ; of the LWeyerhauser cotnpany's timber cruisers, amounted to ,2,000,000,000 feet in, Clarke county, but that is a smalt proportion of Ihe .timber ytstadirigr-whose worth can. - be estimated by the million, r: The east f ortt of the Lewis) jtver Is attract tng the freshest interest at present, as .' it -la. b(!lng .more. w-rapldly- . developed. ."It 1 found that Richard . Vancott proprietor of a prosperous ; millinery business' and copartner with his .uncle, Qabrhsl.-in-a- big livery stable, is the 'real postmaster i in'- New . YorkI ',"Hls father, Cornelius Vancott,-turns. his own salary of $6,000; a yearover to "Dlck, who also enjoys $3,200 a year from the government as superintendent of' tb city delivery. "It is .found that 'dummies', were car ried on payrolls, and the time and regis tering clocks' were 'rung up'; by other when men and women drawing salaries for which' they rendered no work were attending to their private affairs.? ZERO WEATHER IS HOLDING THE WEST (Journal Special Serrire.") , - . i Chicago, Dee.: 26. The snowstorm which began, yesterday morning c and spread over the entire lake region and Middle West, Is now showing signs of abatement although the thermometer is going toward ero weather. Knoxville, Tenn., Deo.' 26. The ther mometer was 17 degrees below scro this morning. , Cincinnati, O., Dec. 26. The cold wave continues. Zero weather was still rag ing this morning." " , " ? Chicago, Dec. 26. The cold weather continues. The thermometer was 8 de grees below, sero since early this morn ing. - . ..' f , -. -A .. . THE ENDORSEMENT PLEASES PRESIDENT Waahlngton Bureau of The Journal. Washington, D. C, Dec. 26-8enator Fulton today received a letter from President Roosevelt expressing gratifica tion for the recent action of the Republi can members of the Oregon legislature In endorsing his administration and sup porting hlm for renomtnatlon: The in formal, notice of - the endorsement was communicated by Senator Fulton to the president 'last Friday. ' BXEDOEB SBOWH8 TXBSB. . (Journal Speelal gerrlre.) Boston. Mass.,T Dec.;. 26. The General Poe, the largest dredger In the harbor, suddenly aunk this afternoon and George Coombs, a1'' government employe, William O'Neill and Thomas Jones,, blacksmiths, were drowned. '' Thirteen- men, were aboard the ' dredger and ten were rescued.-r It was being towed. at the time the accident occurred ' The cause is un known, i - ' 4 Where a' year ago the Immense forest stood in- silence disturbed only by Its own children, now there Is a population of several hundred' loggers, settlers and 'ttrabW' ihan.i."';i'f i,..r ti ,;'iv..-i'.''.' i iv ;.,;. Houses are being built, spurs run out from; the railroad, and largo crews kept constantly at work. Over these spurt one " company -T alone, the. Weyerhauser, EMPLOYES RAILROAD Gigantic-Swindle Against .the - Southern Pacific Company . Is Unearthed---Mexicansi Get Xheap ' . - n Fares to1 the-East C ; - - : '.(Journal RiuIal 8erIee.) 1 El-Paso, Tex., Dec. 25. Constable Ed Bryant returned last vnlght "from . Los Angeles,, where he -has been. for . some time- working on a gigantic i 'swindle against 'the Southern Pacific - company. Some time, ago Hamilton. Raynor,- a spe cial' officer-of the Southern Paclflccom pany at this point, became aware' that too many passes were Issued at Los An geles to Mexicans coming this way. ' The matter was at once reported to the road's HERMANN HAS NEW : IDEAS ON FAIR BILLS ,. .(Journal Special Berl.) . : t "Washington- Dec. 26. It ha 1 de- IVeloped that Congressman Hermann of Oregon fears that .there -will be trouble getting the Williamson Lewis and Clark bill through . the house, and will sug gest to the Oregon; delegation that the wisest course to pursue In getting gov ernment aid' for' the exposition is to in duce the house committee to report a Substitute bill authorising the govern ment - to - erect buildings and make exhibits at the Portland fair, but -carrying no- appropriation. Then In some other general'- appropriation, bill Intro duce an Item carrying a liberal appro priation for the substitute bill. . It Is the opinion of Mr.' Hermann that the Mitchell and Williamson bill can be considered In the house only by unanimous -consent or by a special rule, He believes If an attempt la made to pass the bills through as they are a point wtll be raised that they are new business and as such .could not be passed at the close of the session. A canvass of the delegation will be taken before the bills- come up to determine the best course to pursue SAN DOMINGO IS A SCENE OF ANARCHY (Journal -Special Srrrlce.) 4 New Tork, Dec. 28. Passengers of the Clyde liner New fork, which ar rived from San Domingo today, say that country la In a seething storm of riot ' anarchy and revolution and i that the people have -no Idea what they are fighting for. They predict the condition will continue until aome outside country steps in and . stops It Communication between ports Is suspended and alt Wires are down. Business is at a complete standstill-and,- tram a practically sus pended. "; V.- . . ' SETEHTT-EIOHT ABB SEAS, :' ". -, .''',' (Journal Special Service.) . : ' Butler, Ph.. Dec. 26. rThe 78th vlrtlm of the typhoid pisgue died thla mdrning. Five died yesterday, - :,, - ' ,t -v' me sends 20 cars of .logs per day. - The west fork of the Lewis river has been longer settled. : but slower in developing the lumber interest there. The logs are rafted -down-the river, 'thus necessitate Ing much blasting and dredging to clear the. channel. .Among the largest of the logging- engines In operation is that owned by Frost & Bosarth.' SOLD PASSES chief executive. J. E. Crowley of . San Francisco,; who , asked Raynor ' to send him a man from El Paso to investigate the matter. " ',''', Certain employes of the company hav ing access to the passes have been doing a wholesale business in selling them for an amount -much -less than the regular fare: would be from Los Angeles to El Paso and other points. "eastward. A number 'of 'arrests are expected to be the result of the Investigation. : ATTENDS A FUNERAL INSTEAD OF WEDDING (Journal Speelal Serrlee.) . New t York, Dec. 26.- The steamer Cedrld, today " brought i . from . England Miss Lillian Bennett, who was expected to marry Ambrose Good, who was killed In .the . Connellsvflle wreck ; while, en route, to meet ,-. her. The, -news ,was broken to her on board by one of . the passengers.,-The girl is nearly insane with, grief. The Immigration authori ties made an exception in her case and permitted the brother . of the deceased George Good, to sign a bond. for her support . This morning she accompa nied him to his home In McKeesport, to attend the funeral of the man she was t marry. . ,r- GORMAN A. CHOICE -. FOR PRESIDENCY (Journal Speelal Serrlct.) i New York, Dec. 26. The Times Thursday made a poll of Democratic senators and congressmen ' on their choice for a presidential candidate. Gor man was favored by 12 senator and 30 representatives. Judge Parker was next and the third choice fell to Francis Ma rlon Cockrell. W. R. Hearst was favgred by three representatives. . :. TROUBLES ON (Journal Special SerTl) 2.I.B. San Francisco, Dec. 2. I. B. Small, the Oswego, Or.,, hotelkeeper who Is searching - for", his runaway wife, has more troubles.' He was srrested : last night for drawing a pistol on a crowd- In front of a boycotted restaurant on Mar ket street Small'' was attacked by some roughs in the crowd and was struck over the eye. He backed aRnlnst the build ing and pulled . gun. He says he went Into the restaurant to see If he could get wor. B8-"tiHW a nn saying that mn wera wanted y hen he cume out li$ was Sensation Caused by Dis covery of Scheme to Commit Fraud. : ONE GRAVE FOR TWO HEPt Soldier's Coffin Sold to an Undertaker and Mrs; Keefe Is Buried in It An Appeal Is Sent to the President (Journal Speelal Service.) . . : San Francisco, Dec. 26. One of the) most remarkable schemes of fraud which has come under the eyes of government officials was - exposed today after a week's investigation. Saturday morning a week ago the) funeral of Mrs. Catherine Keefe was In- . terrupted. On the preceding Thursday Mrs. Keefe died at her home, and on Saturday, under the direction of Under taker McAvery. 'her funeral was to taka place at Holy Cross cemetery. -When the-box "containing the casket and body of Mrs. Keefe was lowered Into the grave, Mrs. C. Altken, a daugh ter of the dead woman, made the start ling discovery that the box In which her mother was going to her last resting place bore the United States government Inscription to ' the effect ; that the box contained the body of Sergeant William Fogarty of the Third- artillery, and -that the casket should not be opened under penalty of the law. The question now arises, what has become of Sargeant Fogarty's body? It develops ; todaythat Fogarty and hls brother were buried In the same grave one on top of the other. : War veterans expect-to develop a big scandal. So far as Investigations have gone it is proved that some one In the govern ment service sells coffins and dead boxes designed - for soldiers to (local under takers. This can be done only by re-" moving the remains from the grave, tak ing; the coffin and box and then- re burying the dead body In the dirt Undertaker McAvery twill not talk of the Keefe matter, but, (strenuous tlmea are said to be going on In quartermaster circles at the army building here and at the Presidio. ' Veterans of the Spanlsh-Amerlcan .wav have . sent the" following message to) President Roosevelt:- To President 1 Theodore Roosevelt, Washington.: D. C We can produce af fidavits showing that the casket of Will lam Fogarty battery K, Third artillery, was used for burying civilian dead by an undertaker. We ask you. as a com, rade of the Spanish war. to co-operate with us in investigating the scandal. WILLIAM C. CLAYTON, JAMES J. EAGAN. . Committee Camp Relnhold Rlchter ofl the- Spanish-American War Veterans, BYSTANDER A VICTIM OF SHOOTING SCRAPE . (Journal Special Servtrt.) Helena. Mont, Dec. 26. Bob Tucken-, rath was the victim of a shooting scraps this morning, which will probably prove) fatal, Aaron Lewis, the well-known bar tender In the Zanaibar -saloon, in em phasizing some remarks mad to a mem ber of the Twenty-fourth Infantry, es sayed to strike htm with a revolver. The soldier ducked the blow with remark able agility, the weapon hitting the bur' and discharging the bullet which nar rowly missed Tuckenrath'a heart, pass ing through his left lung. Lewis was arrested I A GENERAL STRIKE . IS NOW PROBABLE (Journal Speelal Bertie. ) Chicago, Dec. 26. Unless the union teamsters consent to the formation of a permanent : arbitration board on Wednesday next a general strike Is lia ble to result between .them and the as sociated teaming interests. The livery drivers' strike Is still on.' The funerals today used hearses accompanied by po lice guards and there were no k demon strations by the strikers. SIX EEVBY BtTLLaKD SEAS. ' (Journal Sp;ial Sertlce.) ' London. Dec. 26. Sir Henry Bullard, Conservative ' membeY of . parliament, died today. This gives the Liberals a chance for obtaining another seat POUR IN L B: SMALL hooted by the crowd and tried to rn ik-r an explanation. Two men, he -says, proachjd him, one striking htm til th eye, while the other tilt Mm on tlx; The blow on the eye oauMeci the Mu.i.i i flow. . Theft he pulji'd hU pistol ami . i l the mob at bay. Ho av: "I nu,-- t!.. police to arrent the men who siru- h .-. but they would pot " It. I r... r: I away In a patrol wwmi, n I i j I t l Charged with exhibiting a w.- ' When searcbed t.tii- j-t .l,-,, i,. i a (n-t of bras kninkt-ra (u t ; , Iji-u-W-js the jitul. m ' -::