THE OREGON DAILY JOTJKNAIi PORTLAND, v TUESDAY- EVENING, JANUARY" 26, 1904.
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' j TOMMAJt DEMAND WILL BE MADE.
No agreement has yet been reached
between the council committee and the
Insurance underwriter regarding a pro
posed reduction of insurance premium
in cane a full-paid fire department Is
established in Portland. A meeting. of
the committee has been set for tomor
row, when the matter will be discussed
with representative underwriters, and it
Is generally believed that a substantial
reduction will be, conceded by the in
surance men. Pending this concession
the bill providing for a full-paid de
partment Is held up by the council.
Councilman H. K. Albee. chairman of
the committee appointed to confer with
the underwriters, said today that no spe
cific reduction would be asked for, but
the committee - would hear what the
underwriters were willing to concede.
Ho Speclflo Demand. -i
"We will not present any specific de
mand at the meeting tomorrow he
said, "but will listen to what they have
to- say. We understand that they are
willing to meet us with a voluntary, con
cession. We hope to be able to reach a
satisfactory .agreement."
3. C Stone, surveyor In charge of.tb
board" of fire underwriters for the 'Pa
cific coast, is acting In the matter on
behalf of the insurance men, ahd tias
been considering the reduction since the
Installation of the full-paid' department
lias been agitated by the city. He will
confer with the council committee at
the meeting tomorrow.
Stone Befus to Talk. - -
Mr. Stone yesterday refused to say
whether or not a reduction by the
underwriters would be made. He said:
"I do not care to express myself on
this Important subject without ' giving
more thought ta it, -
'"I have been away for three weeks
and have all these things to look up
before I know what I'm talking about'
'The city has arranged for a full-paid
fire departments Will the rates be
lowered V. -. '
"That's the subject I was referring
to," said Mr, Stone. ; " : ; ;
' Mr. Stone found his desk In his office
In the Sherlock building completely sub
merged with papers requiring his In
stant anJ undivided attention.
SAYS PATROLMAN
JOHH VT. XTOXX. A TOBEMAJT TO
. POBTITO BAJXWAY, THREAT
ENS TO BBJOTO CHABQEi AOMLXHST
FOUCXMA OLE IXUOI-BOTH
SIDES OF THE BTOBT.
following bis arrest, on a charge of
using abusive language, John W, Kubtlc
a foreman for. the Portland Railway
company, living at 17(0 Matron street,
Woodlawn. asserts that he will prefer
charge against Patrolman Ole Nelson,
wh arrested him.? - ' ''V --vk .
Kublk asserts that Nelson abused him
shamefully. . The patrolman, while ad
mitting thai he 'struck- Kublk with his
club, says he used only what force .was
necessary to, maintain his position and
to defend JhiHiself. U V t
'The trouble occurred at Union avenue
and Russell street last evening. - Accord
ing to the officer's story, he stepped on
a loose plank at Williams avenue. The
board sprung up whenever a person
stepped on either end. Nelson says he
caUed Kublk' attention to the matter
and suggested that tha company should
repair the street. '
The patrolman says that the foreman
then poured forth a tirade of abuse. The
nollceman told him that lintusn of
that kind could not be , tolerated ' arid
then he attempted to arrest Kublk, al
though, be says, the latter defied htm
to do so. Then Kublk, he says, seised
end. j' For several minutes the. two men
straggled.. Back and forth they strug
gled, neither gaining an advantage. Fin
ally Nelson struck Kublk over the head
with bis club, felling him. The arrest
followed as soon a Kublk recovered suf
ficiently. "
In the vollce court today the case
was continued until Saturday. Kublk
was released on 110 ball.
'1 was at Russell street and Williams
avenue about S o'clock putting away
tools when Policeman Nelson came up
and asked for the foreman. He told ma
that some plunks In the street at Wil
liams avenue were loose. I told him
that I had nothing to do with those
llanka, that they were one foot beyond
the rail. He told me to go down and
ft them. 'Fix 'em yourself,' I said.
'You're one of them smart alecs,' said
kelson, Then he cursed me. I cursed
back. He tried to get out a club or re
volver and I caught up an iron bar to
keep him off. He got one end of the
bar. While we were struggling I said:
"If I am under arrest I'll go quietly,
but if you don't atop kicking .me I'll
paste you.' Nelson kept kicking me and
I .hit him.' Then I said again. 'I'll go
like a man if you are going to arrest
me He never said a word, but got out
Ms club and knocked me down. Ha
knocked me about and pinched my arm
on the way takthe patrol box and was
aousing me so that a man passing bj
Interfered."
PATROLMAN PHILLIPS
RESIGNS FROM OFFICE
- Robert W. PhiUlps, patrolman, handed
In his resignation this morning to Chief
of Police Hunt the same to take effect
on the 1st of February. Mr. Phillips
has been on the force for eight months
and during that time served mostly In
tha fiAtm; Itv at mnfliloiit lei ,..t li.
chief, part of the duties being the serv
ing Karaoiinsr warrants, .jar. Phillips
says that he leaves the force with the
kindest feelings to Chief Hunt and the
department, and that he will shortly en
fag in business for himself.
. "SWDOBBEB; XJBWXB AWO OXABX.
. " Wubin(toa BarMO of The Journal.) '
Washington, Jan. 26. The good road
convention today adopted a resolution
Introduced by Jefferson Myers endorsing
th JUewlS and Clark exposition meas
ure. y' ' u --
SEBATOB BAMBA TEBT XXX
''s! (Jsral apc!al (teertce.) . '
Washington, I. C, Jag. 28. -Senator
Maprtt llonna is worse today, and 1
nervously weak. , Dr. Rixey says,, how--ver.
hi condition 1 not alarming,
MALTREATED
WILL SUE FOR
COUNTY TAXES
First Presbyterian Church ! and Fisher, Thorsen
i& Co, Will Be Defendants in Suits to Col
lect Taxes Irregularly Compromised; -
Suits will be commenced . by , the
county within a day or two against the
First Presbyterian church and Fisher,
Thorsen & Co.'. to recover taxes Illegally
compromised under a former county ad
ministration. The money paid by the
two taxpayers was paid to W. O. Stlm
son, the deputy county clerk to whom
so many frauds have been traced since
his death last year, and all of the money
was pocketed by him. The two pay
memts amounted to S7U0.
The First PreBbyterian church owed
mortgage taxes amounting to about
$1,000.- They had been In arrears for
several years and finally the' church
trustees entrusted to one of their num
ber, Wallace ' McCamant. the task of
getting some compromise with the coun
ty. McCamant entered into negotiations
with Sttmson, who agreed to errect a
compromise with the county. Instead
of doing this Stlmson Interpolated into
the cpunty commissioners' - Journal a
forged order purporting v to cancel the
taxes altogether. To McCamant Stlm
son represented that the taxes were
to be compromised for $500, and the at
torney thereupon paid over that amount
to Stlmson. McCamant nas aammea
thai he paid the money with the ex
pectation that Btimson was to get a
"rake-off" or commission out of it, but
he made no iRgulries, regarding that
"as a matter for Stlmson's own con
science." All the circumstances were
such as to arouse in the mind of a
prudent man the suspicion Jhat Stlm
son was perpetrating a fraud upon the
county.- Stlmson appropriated the en
tire $500 and tha county never received
a dollar of the money.
The county will now endeavor to re-
covet? the -entire $1,000, on the ground
that there never was any compromise
of the tax and that the payment of $500
to Stlmson cannot be considered as a
OUT OF WORK, KILLS
HIMSELF WITH ACID
"Good morning mother and my dear
Itelinen. v
"Maria Peltoma, Maentaustan. Lappl.
Finland.
'This is my mother's address,' and I
would ask you Hlstlo, my kind and dear
friend, -that you would write to my
mother and tell her that I died. I have
been trying to get along but cannot and
have not .been very good to jnyself, so
will end my life.".
This is a translation of the not In the
Finnish language left by John Koikl.
who was found lying on his face dead
in a room on the seoond floor of 41 North
Sixth street at :15 o'clock this morn
ing. Ha had swallowed nearly three
i ounce of carbolic acid.
The body was taken In charge by dep
uty Coroner A. L. Flnley, who had the
body taken to Finley's undertaking es
tablishment ' Unless friend provide
funds for tha burial, the body will be
interred in the county plot ,; . v
Koski was 28 years of age and for
three years had resided In Portland. He
was formerly a sailor and came here on
a ship.- For- a time he was employed
as nurse at Good Samaritan hospital.
About nine months ago he secured em
ployment In Brickson's gambling house
but three weeks ago was dismissed. He
was penniless and since then his friend
John Histio, of the saloon firm, Crocker
A Hlstlo. 41 North Sixth street ha been
providing, him .with funds- Histio even
took his friend into his room, permitting
him -to sleep with him.- Koskl was out
all of last night and, when he appeared
In the. saloon when It opened at 6:80
o'clock this morning. he-was slightly in
toxicated. ' As he went out of the door
ha turned ndJalOQjhejmjiaj'hoJti4
befriended him:
"You're liable not to see ma again;
good-by." .
Histio kept about his work, but in a
short time ltbccurred "to him that the
COLDEST WEATHER IN
THE CENTRAL WEST
(Journal flpeclal service.)
Chicago, Jan. 2$. -With the thermom
eter IS degrees below sero, it marked
the coldest day of the winter. Two
deaths from cold today are reported
and two yesterday.' Tha suffering of
the destitute is fearful, and business
concerns are coming to the rescue with
substantial subscriptions. At Milwau
kee the weather la the coldest since
1887. A blizsard Is raging in St Louis
and work on the fair grounds is tempor
arily suspended. At New Richmond,
Wis., a new record was made, when it
Jumped to 48 degrees below. There are
tierce north winds in Central and West
ern Kansas, and it is 18 degree below
at Des Moines, and the storm Is grow
ing more violent The police of this
city are distributing supplies of cool
to the poor. ...
BURNED TO DEATH
WHILE BEING WARMED
(Jowna! Spctl EerTlee.)
La Crosse, Wis., Jan. 28. With the
thermometer between 20 and 80 degree
below sero, strangely enough the first
death caused by the cold snap Is the
case of a baby roasted to death in an
oven, where it had been placed to keep
warm. The daughter of Edward
REV. PHELPS GIVEN
CUSTODY OF CHILD
i Rev. Guy F. Phelps of HUlsboro was
today awarded the custody of his In
fant daughter, Onneatta Naomi, - by
Judge Cleland In tha contest which ha
been going on in the district court for
several day with F.and A. Anderson
who hsve had charge of the infant
. In making the decision Judge Cleland
said there was nothing In the evidence
to show that the father, Rev. Mr.
Phelps, Is not mentally and physically
fit to care for the child, and nothing
to show that -he promised to let the
Anderson keep her permanently, or that
payment to the county. As the money
was paid by McCamant at his own or
flee to Stlmson by cheek to-the latter'
personal order, ''it is not likely that the
church would endeavor, under ymny cir
cumstances, to assert that It was a
payment to the county.
It Is expected that the church will
contest the suit. An effort win- proba
bly be made to invalidate the taxes on
technical grounds. Having failed in the
attempt to settle the county's claim, tha
church will now seek to defeat It al
together. Fisher, Thorsen & Co. also attempted
to settle taxes through Stlmson,. They
owed the county $523.30, Stlmson en
tered upon tho county commissioners'
Journal a forged order purporting to
cancel the taxes altogether, and then In
formed the firm that the county 'had
agreed te accept $260 In settlement of
its claim. Fisher, Thorsen A Co. gave
him a.check for that amount, payable to
the deputy's personal order. The whole
sum was embezzled by Stlmson.
The county will sue for the full
amount of the tax. It Is expected that
the suit will be contested and probably
the defense will be the contention that
the taxes were defective.
Other suits are to follow In the near
future. One of them will be based upon
the- pretended tax settlement made by
the Portland Cracker company, through
the agency of Stlmson. In settlement of
taxes amounting to $884 the company
paid him $250, and he appropriated all
of It The county will probably also
sue for taxes which Stlmson collected
from R- W. Wilbur, who was acting as
attorney for other parties. Wilbur paid
to Stlmson $1,600, of which the deputy
stole $1,000. There are a number of
other cases of fraudulent or Improper
tax settlements which may become tha
basis of suits by tha county.
JOHN KOSKL
parting remark might nave some signifi
cance. Accordingly he went upstair
with John Wick and Oscrow Lindross
to tha room and found the body. On the
dresser was a three-ounce bottle, at tha
bottom of which wa a little carbolic
add. Koski had drunk the rest of it
and had dted in spasms apparently, for
bJsfor.eh.ead wa scut as It he Jh ad s truck
it against the furniture.
For the past few day Koski had been
very despondent He told John Olsen,
the porter In Hlstlo's saloon that, he .014
not care what ba aid.
EXTBEMB OOX.S WAYS.
Lincoln. Neb.. Jan 8 Th hnAn,
eter is 12 degrees below In tha entire
siaie. ii is me roost extreme cold
wava this section has had.
XABSAS SVBTEXS.
Topeka, Kan., Jan. 29. It was eight
below in Eastern Kansas and many
poor are suffering.
TOX7B BELOW XV BAB BAB CXTT.
Kansas City, Jan. 2$. It is now four
below sero.
BIX BELOW AT UT. LOTJIS.
St Louis, Jan. t9. It was six below
ero at 8 o'clock this morning. The
railways' service Is badly crippled by
tne snow.
Schmidt was left in charge of her 4
months-old - sister. The room being
chilly the little girl placed the baby In
the kitchen oven to keep It warm, a aha
said. The Are was very, hot and tn a
few minute when ah went to take the
baby out it wa dead. It was literally
roasted alive.
' 1 1 ' 1 . i 1 ' i.
the child wa not well cared for by th
Andersons.,' ,
Attorney A. T. Flegel gave notice of
appeal from the decision to the supreme
court and asked Judge Cleland to fix the
amount of bonds tha defendants must
give for the custody of th child pend
ing a decision on the appeal.
The court replied that .he knew of no
precedent in law for such a course
and seemed surprised at the request of
the attorney. 4 Mr. , Flegel stated that
there are precedents for such a , course.
Judge Cleland asked to have them pro
duced and this tha lawyer promised, to do.
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IS. ALICE PITMAN
COMMITS SUICIDE
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BELT XV SAB TBAHCI8C0 ATTEB
LXATXBO A BOTE OT EESPATB
TOM BEB riABCB LErT BSBB
TWO WEEKS AGO. -----
A telegram to The Journal from San
Francisco today -states- that Mrs. A. T.
Pitman of Portland was found . dead
early this morning in a room at 268
Turk street In that city. - A strong odor
of gas wa noticeable In the room and
it is supposed that she purposely
asphyxiated herself. Mrs. Pitman had
written end left a not addressed "Pear
Harry.", in which she stated that life
was no longer worth living to her.' -.
The dead woman . has been identified
as Mrs. Alice T. Pitman, who, until re
cently kept a rooming house at 261
Sixth street She was , the widow . of
the lata Henry M. Pitman who was in
terested in a dry goods- store in this
city; He died about two years ago.
Mrs. Pitman sold her furniture and th
good will of tha , lodging house to a
Mrs. McConnell last December and a
few days before Christmas she left
Portland for San Franolsco to marry a
man by the name of Harry Bennett.
Mrs. McConnell thinks that these fact
Identify the. woman as the sama. She
aid: .
"Just before she left her Mrs. Fit-
man admitted-to m that she was going
to ba married soon after she arrived in
San Francisco to Harry Bennett I do
not know Bennett and never saw him,
but he has called on her at the house
her. . A day or two before she left she
became greatly worried at" not receiving
a letter she expected from Bennett and
telephoned him in San Francisco using
the 'phone in the house here. She was
very fond of Bennett It look to me
as though he failed to marry her and
that she became despondent and killed
herself. She once told me that she had
made a trip to San Francisco with Ben
nett last spring. She said she - would
stop at the Golden West hotel in San
Francisco and - would write me, but ' I
have not heard for her since she left
here.;
"Mrs. Pitman was a woman of 'some
means. continued Mrs. McConnell.
'She told me she had money and that it
was loaned out She waa easily excited
I have seen network herself into al
most a frenzy when she did not hear
from Bennett Mrs. Pitman had a great
deal of trouble, and it came upon her
almost all at 'once. . She had four chil
dren. All the children, her husband and
her father and mother all died within
two years! She has a married sister.
whose name I do not know, living at
Dufur, Or., and an intimate friend of
hers in Miss Lulu Orcas who recently
left Portland and went to Seattle."
Nothing could' be learned today about
Bennett further than that he is a travel
ing man of some kind. He left Portland
for Ssn Francisco several months ago.
Mr. Alice Pitman was a woman under
middle age and of prepossessing appear
ance. She dressed stylishly, and is said
to have had many sincere frfbnds In
Portland. - -. : - :
HUNT BEFORE TBE
Charges of conniving at the operation
of slot machine against Chief of Police
Hunt were investigated by the special
committee of the city council at a meet
ing in the city hall this afternoon. Sev
eral witnesses were examined. Includ
ing Police Judge Hogue, . Police Clerk
Olson, Frank Griffith, B. Morton Cohn
and other prominent machine operators
of the city. Chief Hunt was present
with two attorneys, Henry T. McGinn
and William D. Fenton.
"This investigation la called with par
ticular reference to any agreement
which the chief may have made with
the machine operator of this city,"
aid Councilman A. F.. Flegel,. chairman
of the investigation committee. .
-'It-lsHrumored-that December rl, -or
soon thereafter, Chief Hunt entered into
an agreement whereby slot machines
were to be operated under police protection-.
During - the next three ,-daya
)2,160 was received In fine at th rate
of 210 a machine. .'Then th machines
were suddenly ordered closed, a every
one know . .
. "What the committee desires particu
larly to ascertain is under what condi
tions the money .was paid, and what
promise, If any, were made by the
chief, In lieu )f the fine. Mr. Hunt is
anxious to be present at the investiga
tion, and we are more than pleased that
he is to attend."
TWO IRE BOY .
THIEVES CAPTURED
Two more alleged boy criminal have
been arrested in the persons of Lloyd
Simmons, aged 16, and Thomas Grant
two years younger. These boys were
caught by Officer Hawley and Patrolman
Hems worth last night and are being
held until tomorrow when they will be
tried for being member of the gang
of young thieves whose" specialty wa
the snatching of ; purses from women
pedestrian.
It 1 asserted by Rolley Casey, the
lad who confessed to stealing the purse
of Miss Lena Hadaway, a achool teacher,
in which was 68, that he divided the
money with Grant and Simmons, and
since Saturday Officer Hawley has been
looking for the two suspects. ;-r.
Because of Simmons' age and the fact
that he has been in trouble before the
officers are inclined to think that . he
is the leader of the young thieves, and
that he may have induced the younger
one to engage In a career of crime.
Casey blame Grant and Simmons and
Hell how he divided up the spoils with
them. ' f ;..
That there were other in the gang be
side Casey and Albert Finn, who were
arrested by Offloer Hawley Saturday, is
evident from : Casey' statement - He
told The Journal that he wanted to tell
the whole truth, but that he participated
in only two purse-snatching thefts. The
first was the time Mis Hadaway was
the victim. The second was an attempt
to rob Miss Palmer near the Empire
theatre. Casey says that Finn robbed
Dr. Chamberlain Friday night, but he
admit participating In the spoils. ,
SICBXCT XAXBTTAXBBD.
, t . ' i i Journal' Spatial Serrlce.') .
Tokio, Jan. 28. The first .meeting of
the supreme military council took place
this morning and great secrecy regarding
th outcome oi tne conrerenc is main
tained. Subsequently the minister had
a conference' with the emperor who out
lined hi plan of action JLa the event of
an outbreak in hostilities, -. ,
NVESTICATORS
Saved Ear Lift frcsa Fnsumcnlj
f'Mjr wife bad a severe attack of Pneu
monia which followed a case of La Grippe
and I believe that FOLEY'S HONEY"
- AND TAR saved ber life," writes James
Coffee, of Raymond, Missouri. -. -
fo) PI
If ll
Lb
as GUJLL,
Cortd of Tirrlbb Cough en Lusjs
N. Jackson, of Danville, I1L, writes:
"My daughter bad a severe attack of
La Grippe snd a terrible cough on ber
lungs. . We tried a great many remedies
without relief. She tried FOLEY'S
HONE1 AND TAR which cured her.
She has never been troubled with i cougti
since."
Z
For
Sale by WOODARD
OFFICIALS
PUT IN HARNESS
The new board of officials of the
chamber, of commerce held It first
meeting this noon.' Those present were
JTOsident W. j. Burn. Vice- President
W. H. Corbett.- Secretary Samuel Con
nell and Trustees Alfred Tucker, H. C,
Wortman. J. B. Haseltine . and Ben
Neustadter. In the course-of the rou'l
tine business, a letter was read from a
committee of the National ' Letter Car
riers association to have the chamber
make some arrangement for their enter
talnment, in case they held their con
vention here In September.-1205. They
stated that It would require about
17,000 to do this in style, and -that the
result would be the bringing to Port-
lang of about 2,000 letter carriers who
would do much to' advertise the state
and leave many thousand of dollars In
the country. The matter was referred
to the entertainment committee, who
may suggest , tha forming of a per
manent committee on conventions.
Permanent committees appointed:
Navigation Committee George Tay
lor, chairman; Alfred Tucker, W. r.
Wheelwright, W. 8. Sibeon, F. H. Ran
som. Public Improvements and Manufac
tures 8. M. Mears, chairman Jay
Smith, Graham Glass, B. W. Brown, H.
Wittenberg.
Gram Standard Committee ,. W. J.
Burns, ; chairman; W. 8. Sibeon, Peter
Kerr, '' T. B. Wilcox, A. ' Berg, T. W.
Smith. ' R.' Kennedy. ' " -
Auditing Committee W, R. Macken-
sle, chairman; J,- C Robinson, E. Burr.
Entertainment" Committee jr. A.
Nitchy, C. F. Beebe, A. J.' Capron, R. jr.
Prael, u. SamueL - ' , .
Advertising Committee Ben Neustad-
ter. chairman; H. Wortman,' W. E. Co
man, R. I'- Darrow,- F. A. Jonea ,
Permanent Exhibit -Committee J. E.
Batchelder, chairman; Blair T Scott,
S. ' B. Cobb, ' Fred Hesse. . .
Transportation Committee' L. A
Lewis, chairman, to appoint his owa
committee.
Legislation Committee Samuel Con-
noil, chairman; P. L, Willis, Benjamin I
Cohen. ' '
Mining Committee J. , F. Batehelder.
chairman; Dr. H. W. Coe, J. Frank Wat
son, , J. II. Fisk, Paul BaumeL F. J.
Hard, O. M. Crouch.
State Fair -M. D. Wisdom,' chairman;
J. G. Mack, W. K. McMonle. t Henry
Jenning, F. B. Mallory. - t
Open River Committee Henry Haha.
chairman; L. A. Lewi, E. T. Williams,
A. H. Devers, A. . F. 'Biles.
Membership Committee w. H. Cor
bett, chairman; J. E. HaselUne, W. F.
wooawara. . - .
' Irrigation Committee A. H. Devers,
chairman; E. M. Branniok, J. Thorburn
Ross. .'
WHEAT. MARKET GETS
. AWAY FROM ARMOUR
-. (Jottrnal Bpeclal Serviea.) ;t
- Chicago, .Jart. 26. The wheat market
for a time this morning got away from
th Armour violent break. Mr. Armour
bought 8,000,000 bushels to check the
ran, and at one time it went as low as
87, cents. The weather' conditions and
the foreign market aided the bulls and
preventea a stampede. 7 " ' .
REV
M
SOLD AHD RECOHL'EKDED DY
" CLARKE & CO. and
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
IHIIIS CELL
Fearing imaginary enemies, Charles
Schlecht, a young German who appears
to be a stranger in Portland, attempted
to hang himself In the city Jail this
morning.
Had it not been for the prompt inter
ference of other prisoners, the demented
young man might have succeeded 1n end
ing hla life. Securing a atrlng from
some unknown source, he placed it about
his neck and tried to swing from a nail
in an -upper bunk to which the-improvised
hangman' rope wa attached. Th
noise attracted the other prisoners who
were asleep and they promptly rescued
him. -,
Schlecht was first arrested for dis
orderly conduct early Sunday morning,
but he soon bailed himself out . Sunday
night another officer saw him acting
strangly and sent him' to the station
again. That his mind is affected is ap
parent, and this morning , Captain
Orltzmacher had him removed to th
county jail. . r .
A. 8mith, another, man whose mind
has given Way, was also commuted to
the county Jail today. He was arrested
early yesterday morning by Officer
Price, who thought he wa & burglar.
At 3 a. m. Price aaw him trying the door
of a grocery store at First and Market
streets. ; Th policeman wanted to know
why he waa attempting to break Into
the store. He answered: .
."Nine men are after me and X am try
ing to get away from them." . '
; The officer, soon noticed that his
mind was wandering and he will also
be examined a to hi sanity,
HOPE OF SAVING
IS NOW ABANDONED
(Journal Special Service.)
Cheswlck, Pa., Jan. 38. Th Pittsburg
police on guard at the mouch of the
shaft announce aa a result of the in
spection this afternoon that there Is no
hope whatever Of saving any of the en
tombed miners. They ordered th mine
bratticed to keep the air pure.- Inspeo
tor Bell returned to the mine at noon
and said the corpses were wedged in a
mass in th north shaft as solidly as
though they had been rammed in. The res
cuer will string out in a long line be
cause when th barrier to the north shaft
1 broken through a big rush of after
damp is expected. Twenty bodies were
found in a heap between the bottom of
the shaft and the entry; and unless the
plans are changed none , of the bodle
will be i removed before nightfall, aa
the crowd around the entrances is im
mense. .
A TXJCfl tJXTTJIATtrM.
London, Jan. tt. Reports from the
far east are again sinister. - Dispatches
to tha Central New state that Japan is
actively .continuing 'war preparations.
Berlin advices say that Russia in her re
ply to Japan goes no further than to ad
mit enough to prolong negotiations. It
is believed Japan. will not accept this
course but will either declare war or Is
sue a time ultimatum.
' Csod Resets hjvtrj Casi
Dr. C.J. Bishop, Agnew, Mich.wTites: r'
"I hive used FOLEY'S HONEY AND
TAR in three very severe cases of pneu- -
monls with good results la every caie.'
r
A.
raj;
Cond TTbia Very Low TTItb
PniuaoaIa
J.TT. Bryan, of Lowder, in., writes:
My little bo was very low with pneu
monia. Unknown to the doctor we gave
him FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR.
The result was magical and puriled the
doctor, as It Immediately stopped the
racking cough snd be quickly recovered'
1J
LAUE - DAVIS DRUG" CO.
CAPTAIN
THOUGHT
ONLY OF MONEY
Victoria, a C. Jan. 86. Chief Engi
neer Delaunay of th steamer Clallam
in hi evidence at the inquest yester
day afternoon aa to the loss of life, took
occasion to defend the reputation of
the vessel against . th charges made
against it. Before the evidence waa
completed he said i Tf the Clallam aA
been Insured for $100,000 I don't tHink
any would have lost their lives. Tea, I
have reached that opinion. 'The only
object Captain Roberta had at that time .
waa to save the ship. When he got to
SeatMe and waa interviewed by a Seat
tle reporter the first thing he spoke of
waa hla vessel. He told of how' his
money had helped to build th ship and
he wasn't worrying about the Uvea that
had been lost It waa the ahlp he was
thinking about" Th engineer told of
the-whistling when they were about' one
hour out from Port Townsend and his
asking Captain- Roberta to turn ' the
ship's head into the wind ao aa to enable ,
him to stop th deadlight where it
waahed and the water . wa coining
through. Afterward he went on- the
bridge and communicated with the pap
tain telling him he would have to bring
her around into the wind or the ship
would sink. The captain ' turned, the.
wheel hard a-port but a defective rud
der prevented the ahip from answering.
The pumps 'were set in operation; but
after a time the flyer became choked
with coat dust and ashes. The deck
pumps also became choked later. The
engineer did not think the baling did
any good. ; The witness proposed Just
about dusk that blankets and refuse be
soaked in oil and set as a danger signal,
but th captain said, "what, do you
mean to set th ship afl ret We are in
bad enough condition, now without that'
PRESIDENT WANTS
THE PUBLIC TO KNOW
Washington, Jan. 21 At tha cabinet
meeting today Roosevelt asked Whether
any member still had any documents
pertaining to Panama or .Colombia.. They
answered in the negative.'. The president
then suggested a further search and said
he wished the entire matter to be as an
open book for the publio to read.
ATTRACTIONS TOR
THE BAKER THEATRE
''; ' '',,, '. J,,'.'1 t ' aaPJaiPJs '''.''..' i i.".- M '
Th popular company of Juvenile
opera stars, the little Pollards, will play
a week's engagement at th Baker thea
tre beginning next Sunday afternoon.
The first production will be The Belle
Of New York," which is put on la a way
that would do credit to many of the
old line companies, and la the hands of
children quite wonderful.
The Baker, theatre company are seen
to good advantage in IEnnery A cor- -mon's
great drama thla -week, "A Cele
brated Case." It IS a play th older gen
oration 'well , remembers, being one of
the iforemost on the stage a' few year
back. .It 1 still a fine drama, and wltll
all the modern etect of acenery and
light can mor than hold it own "with '
,mat of th very, latest production.