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Chlceo Strike. 7
NEGRO STRIKE-BREAKERS ,
FIRE UPON THE CROWDS
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Non-Union Driven Assaulted- by
Mob Reply With Bullets
Unionists Ask Roosevelt
? : to End Strike.
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" Chicago, April -19. President Roose
, velt may b appealed to to and tha
1 taamatera'- strike, -whteh now threaten
- to - uiurn proportlona" dangeroua to
. peace "mad to tha business Interests of
Chicago ' A resolution asking tha prasl
. 4aot to end tha strike. and enforce. tha
, employers to Arbitrate' the Issues bow
i being fought out, and thus avert tha ne.
- ceuitr -of bringing federal, troopa to
' ' 'CbJcago, will be Introduced at a special
meeting of -the Chicago Federation of
i lahor tomorrow. The petition. to tha
:' president may be presented to him upon
" his . expected arrival In Chicago next
' week. Business men not directly In'
' volved In the strike wu probably be
I asked . to Join is the appeal, to the prest
i' dant.-' y ':.!'. s (,-.Y-. . i .'." .
' It this course la not decided upon., it
Is said the meeting tomorrow wlil re-
' suit In the toying of plana for a. general
labor struggle .which will, Involve alt,
. unions that can be. - drawn 'I Into. ;th
-' I Meanwble 'both' sides are preparing to
ottntlnu the strnggla .today.; Manager
' Steed of., the BmproyersTeamlng com
" eadiaeas to handle wluvteveV business 1
asfered and make a last of the-efficacy
" of tha federal Injunction Issued yestef
day to protect employers In their efforts
- te haul foort through the jrtrwti; r;
- " At YotVfcaeridari there are for fegUJ-
lars ready for lmmedlots service,., if tna
' trnons' ara sent for ther will, be used
i first to insure the prompt handVng. of
- government money between1 toe railway
U depot and the sub-treasury. . ";- ?
X :t- -5-: -Jnoop Oalto Owl. ,
"'i It was-- announced at noon that, the
' federal offlclsis . have .ordered , two
: wagons with an . escort of troops from
Fort Bherldan to-haul bullion from the
' railways to the sub-treasury. ' This is
the flrst ' ippearanceof troops in the
. strike, t )v"'!. '-- " :
A caravan of wagons en, route to the
J. v. FSrwell company,, without an es
cort was attacked at. Franklin and Ifad
' is on 1 streets, The non-union : drivers
. were armed with SS-calibre revolvers,
4-snd fired on the crowd Indiscriminately.
Charles Udlnsky.v spectator, was shot!
.. behind the ear. The police arrived, dls
; persed the crowd and arrested several of
the strike Dream-era. . ; , , -
A few minutes later il.0O '.enrurM
boys. and men attempted to lynch Koy
Toungblood, a . colored strike-breaker.
The negro drew bis knlXe and kept his
assailants at bay yntll rescued by. the
police. The employers Imported the ne
groes from the south as strikebreakers,
. V.; j Soeaes of fiAlenae. .
Eugene Cole, colored, a non-union
teamster, was attacked by a1 crowd of
; wagon ' boys discharged by v Marshall
' Field A Co, at Franklin and Madison
streets, 'and when closely pressed drew I
; a revolver una snov rpwrromier, ageg
: 17, in the' arm. Cole wan chased,, but
rescued, by. the police.. h placed him
' tinder arrest. He Is on of 10 colored
, ' men employed by Field to displace the
i anion boys, .- ' .
Victor Grimes, . sgM 15,. .messenger
I of the Chicago Dry Ooods company,. re
' ported that on 'his way to. the express
( of floe he was held up on the. Madison
' street bridge by three boys, who stabbed
htm in the chest. He was seriously in
jured and' taken to a hospital. His ss
, sailants escaped. ;.. ' ' '
,Oontmued on- Fags' Two,! '
PHYSICIAN
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BOY A DEGENERATE
(BsMUt Mssateb te Tar JoeraaL) ,'"
Chehalls, Wash., 'tAprll.--The de-
. fense rested Its case In the Brown mur
der trial, after It had placed three wit
nesses on the- Stand A. .- Oby, Dr.
Stevens and.Dr J. T. Coleman. Oby
swore that the prisoner told him last
- August- that his father threatened 16
kHl his mother. On. cross-examination
he stated that he had heard Tom say
that he was going to kill hia father. If
the latter tried to kill Jilm.v
Stevens' testimony was unimportant
'Coleman, examined Tomfrom -curiosity
the day after the murderand -later as
to Ms health, and found. the boy's pulse
f est - and Irregular. Just as Coleman
left the stand he-said' that he, consul'
ed -Tfwt-wini MTirt nirthlng !
m moral degenerate.
.,: The state recalled Charles Brown for
cross-examination, and questioned him
severely as to what his father had
said at the wagon In the presence - of
himself and Orert Eastman. The testl-
, tnony was very important, as the wit
ness asnraa -certain .xninga Which Itaistr
man Immediately, went on, the . stand
and swore occurred. - '
Kaatman stated that when 'hr came
to the. wagon and asked Brown what
had happened, tbe latter said that-' he
had. met Tom, and the latter cursed him;
Aftat the father said but little, and thnt
be laid the neckyoke down and djd not
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INTERIOR WS
; PORTLAHD'Si HELP
Commercial Bodies 4ear Details
of Electric Road From Grange-
I ; ville' to Lewistoru
WOULD CONNECT WITH
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BOATS ON THE RIVERS
city vitally interested in fcnter
, prise, and Committee - Will r
Do- secure support' for- a -prolectxto
build: an electric line ' from Lewlston,
Idaho, 110 miles - to. ..Orangevllle, and
for. a' line 'of. boats on the. Snake and
Columbia rivers, , connecting Portland
with what Is claimed wUl be the richest
empire in the west, K. H. Llbbey, presi
dent of the twiston Water A Power
company, .B...C- Beach, .presideftt. of, the
Commercial NaUonal'bank of Pendleton,
Oregon; and a wealthy merchant of Lew-
ision, and u. a kjos, one- or, tne most
prominent . merchants of; ewiston, are
n conference with the - trustees of the
Portland. "chamber of "commerce .today., i.
ixnia morning tae iewiston delecatloa
met the Iruetec In the .chamber's quar
ters and heard the presentatlonof facts
bearing on the transportation and finan
cial' phases of the proposed road.' - The
showing was or a nature to elicit enthu
slastle expressions from members of the
chamber, and, Judging from t statements
made arternae forenoon- session, ir-the
capita) can be secured In Portland, this
cltyrwHl -have a large-part IncaVrylng
the -anterprtB to suocmb. , : ,
Tne- subject 'was rererred to a sub-
oommlttee,' consisting of. W. D.' Wheel-
wrbtbt.- J.N. TeaL'Henrr Hahn and J.
A. Smith, who met this afternoon-with
the tiewjston delegation. They will draft
some plan or action ana' report It to the
trustees of the chamber.:. .,:; ..
4 Want Portlaad's Co-Operatlou. . : '
(: "We -are-not here,': said Mr. Llbbey,
when 'addressing the '-chamber, trustees.'
"to promote a plan that rests alone- for
success .on the need of money obtained.
In Portland. The -people-of vLewlston
and the 'country ' tributary -thereto are
wrapped up In the project. We have
assurances-that. 1600, 000 canSeaslly be
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THINKS
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throw.lt at Tom.- as allured hv PharUa.
and !the prisoner In the stories -they told.
- Eastman also stated that when the
father said to Tom that he would have
to leave, Tom repMed-that he'd not be
so aamnea. sure, about. that, and . left
the scene. . - ' , - ,".-..--'
Charier Brown,' a -U-year-old' brother
of tbe prisoner, testified yesterday that'
Tom Brown was subject to fits, snd that
he had aeen him have a very violent one
two years sgo, when he grew pale and
fell,-frothing at the mouth, after which
be.went-to bed. and slept for a long pe
riod. . - He bad heard he was having
Charley-told "the story, of his accom
panying bis father to sVcure a load ofj
um.W oa.m aigBKMiienignr, or tneir
meeting. Tom and of the father cursing
and swearing at the prisoner. . He de
nied that Tom cursed his father. . . I
. Vt, J.,L. K(skera of Centralla.- was
then called to the stand . a ad testified
regarding epilepsy iim the abstract.'
Pr. Klakern and Dr.- Dumoq of Cen
tralla and Dr. aeorgeH.' Dow of Che
halls testified -regarding catalepsy and
Insanity, all admitting that epilepsy was
the most common form" of, feigned In
sanity, ,
i W. R. Rogers, a hard ware, clerk, stated
that from the actions of Tom Brown,
who frequently traded at the store, he
did not consider the boy. well balanced. .
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PORTLAND. OREGON. SATURDAY , EVENING. APRIL
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SENAT03 1 TlIDRSTOri
CONSULTS TIITCHELL
Distinguished Nebraskan - Meets
" . Client Accused of Land ; '
.hrauds; r
LOOKS FOR EARLY TRIALU-L
I t- ; OF ACCUSED SENATOR
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Here Well, in Advance irt Order, to
VCet 'Thorough Crip on
.. Senator John M. .Thurston ofNobraska,
who"-is to conduct. ; with) Judge 1 8.
Bennett, the 4efense,of Senator Mitchell
In tbe land fraud prosecutions, arrived
In Portland ''this -morning,.- and will re
main here until - the trials . are ; con
cluded. - r. . .
As a lawyer Senator Thurston enjoys
a .national, reputation . and., ha. has . been
concerned in some of the'most lmpor-
lani iitiirauona or .recent years. ' ?
He was.-appointed general counsel for
the Union f Pacific In. 1S88, a, position
which t he v held - -until - his -election as
United. States-senator. from 'Nebraska In
1885.' .. His ( fame ' as an .orator has
equaled his reputation as a lawyer, and
he has been. a conspicuous figure in Ke-
Subllcan . state and national politics,
enator-Thurston-was chairman of the
Republican national, conventions, of 188S
and 1896,. and for-li' years ha was presi
dent .of r- the Republican League of the
United States; It -is -four years, since
he- left' the United, States senate.. .
"I am here for-the defense-of Senator
KltchelL"r said -the distinguished sttor-
ney'i this 'morning. "We are friends of
many -years, and thave always - enter
tained for him the highest regard. ; I
think we. first became acquainted about
25 years ago. and: we have been associ
ated, both' socially and In a professional
way. I can't-tell you anything-about
the plan of defense, for I think-a. law
yer should -not try his . case except In
court. ;-Besides. I have not' yet had any
opportunity for consultation with Judge
Bennett, ; with whom I, am tg be associ
ated '-In the case. "'1' ' ''v- '-'
"I cum- to Portland-considerably in
advance of the. trials so' as to have full
opportunity' to acquaint myself with the
facts and to study tne questions oi taw
that-are. Involved. These are .matters
that I .must discuss with Judge Bennett
I do not' knew when ",the, first esse
against-Sena to i Mitchell will be. tried
that is a -matter of guesswork.' But I
am looking for. ah early trial on some
one of the charges.' . , -
' Senator t Thurston? was quite 1 wuiing
to discuss other topics; but as to the
natnre of v the fdefena 'that wiU be
adopted In Senator JCltchelt s behalf he
had little to say. - T can't talk about
that' My position Isfealty the only one
tbst a lawyer can take: ne remsTieo.
. Portland - has. lmprovea. very. n
since I, was here four. years ago," he ob
served, . changing, the subject of . con
versation. . ,"I ' used, to ' be a frequent
visitor-her,-' considering the 'distance; I
had to come. The' last time I was her
for any considerable length' of time was
abont It veara a so. when I was general
counsel . far the Union Paclno end when
we were trying to take ' tne o,t K. ' w.
out of the receivership. I ws here 14
years ago when a oontest- was espected'
between the Union Pacinc ' and the
Northern Pacific over the ownership of
the n. R. a- N. . There was a compro
mise, and. wa-got the road vl arrived5
this morning, and have not yet nsa op
portunity to1 see muh of the cltyrbut
it is Evident ' that Portland hasbees
making substantial progress.' ' t
W...W. Cotton,.- general .counsel for
the O. Jl. A N- - was at one time ln
Senator Thurston's law-of flee In Omaha
as one of his ssslstanta, and he came
from there to. Portland;
John If. Thurston was born In Ver
mont la 1MT. 'He rnt to Omaha -In
H. and there his political career
began. He was successively 'member,
of the city counell. city attorney, mem
bef.et the- state' legislature, general
, .(Continued; on rag Two.)
KinisterH to :? Venezuela
I!ast Come Home to
Facie Inquisition. ';
JOHN BARRETT IS NAMED " ?
MINISTER TO COLOMBIA
Russell, Now" at Bogota, ; Suc
ceeds Bowen, Who Must Ex-.
plain Castro's Charges : '
,v' "Against Loomisi' '-'
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Washington. Aprrt 2. Official an-
aouncement la made, that the state de
partment will recall Minister Herbert
Wnlr-ntt .Rowan from Caracas. . and of
the appointment of Minister W. W. Rus
sell, now st Bogota. United States of
Colombia, to succeed Minister Bowen,
snd of the appointment of Minister John
Barrett, now at Panama, to succeed Hus
sell..at Bogota,
Minister Bowen s recall is for tne pur.
pose of. giving him an. opportunity to
explain charges which he has made
against Assistant - Secretary of State
Loomis to Secretary Tart in a personal
letter. It Is desired to ascertain tbe ex
tent of Bowen's responsibility In the
matter. ' . '
-Months ago Mr. Bowen reported to
Secretary Hay that -rumors affecting
the IntesTlty-of Loomis while minister
to Venacuela were In free circulation In
Carracas,(Vand ' that these rumors had.
been transmitted to European .caplUls
and Mr. Bowen "Will be asked why he
allowed such, rumors to circulate with
out denouncing them. . .,' 1 . .Z t
The administration la. convinced, that
Loomis is Innocent of the charges made
aaalnnt blm. If . Bowen's explanation
Is sallaf-ffiCT. it, is prooanie mat tne
orlglnaPpiah will be carried) out and be
Will be kent to Brasil In the event that
Ambassador Thompson is sent to . Mexico
on the-retirement of .Conger on his ac
cepting the gubernatorial nomination In
lOWt.', - i r '- T ' ' -" '
'.The charges sgalnst Loomis are In
substance as follows: '
."First, 'that, while acting in official
capacity. as United States minister to
Venesuela Loomis obtained considerable
pecuniary benefit from the New York,
& Bermudes Asphalt company, and that
a check showing the payment of ll.
eOO to him by that company Is now In
possession of President Castro.- ' J
Ths second charge made- J Is, that
whUe minister to Venesuela, Loomis
purchased a claim : of 80.000 bolivars
(84.000) against the Venesuelan -government-and
then used his Influence as
minister to collect the ruu amount irom
the government v.- ; . -.I hi' '
The third charge Is that Loomis
agreed with an American 'syndicate to
use his Influence to sdjust ha obligation
to the amount. of, 110,000,000 for a con
sideration of one seventh of that sum,
or nominally 1 1.400.000."
These cltarges are all pronounced ab
solutely false by Loom!.
Mr. Bowen won distinction during the
Spanish-American war, and attracted na
tional attention by the manner In which
he upheld American rights In Spain dur
ing his consulship a uaroeions,, inur
ing the recent trouble with President
Castro he also won high praise by his
firm conduct .-- ' " " "'"
After the waBowen was made United
States mlnUter to Persia, and Iff 101
was appointed minister to Venesuela.
Bowen was born in Brooklyn In 1858,
Is a .graduate of Tale and the Colum
bia law school. He Is a son of Henry
C Bowen, publisher of the 'Independent
and Is the author of several books. ; ,
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MILLIONAIRE LETCHER
ASKS FOR NEW TRIAL
: (Joaraal Special Berries.) -
(Toledo. AprU tO.-Oeorga E. Letcher,
the California millionaire, has filed in
the Williams county court a motion for
a new trial on the ground that he has a
witness who claims that 'he was with
Letcher In Payette at the time f the
fire at Mentpeller, for' which Letcher
was sentenced, to five years in .the Obto
penitentiary on an arson charge.
BUSINESS :
THAT PAYS
. The workers msgaslne, one oj
the numerous exclusive features
of Tbe Sunday Journal, tells how
real success has been won by real
; men. . ,:..- ..... ,
' 'Cesare Lombroso, M- Gulseppl ,
Per si, Iody Henry Somerset, Kur
ort hy llx, Rev. James-B. Dunne
and many others contribute spe-
' clal articles on timely topics. ,
John Brown's son lives In Port
.land. The Sunday Journal baa a
- .taiic..wtnuhiiBw...... .
' Lincoln's 't bedfellow, J. -- tx
Hanks, and hU family, live In
- Oregon. The Sunday Journal will'
publlsn some interesting remlni- '
renc-ea of the great president and .
his associates. ... - : .
. Maud,' the Katsenjammer Kids
A and all the rest of the funny feat- !
are that make the children laugh ,
are also to be found In . :
3A;'SUNDAY
JOURNAL
23. 1CC5.-SIXTEEN PAGES.
Hill Winning Ho Invaic
Harriman Territory
Witli New Roads. ;
COMPETITIVE BUILDING;
'SUCCEEDS STOCK BUYING
Branch , Roads ; to Be Dropped
From the Great Northern Into j
-Districts Under the Ore- ,
Ci'vVr'-igon Short Un;'''Js?;' -
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. Oearaal Brti Bervlee.) -
New. Tork, April If. James J. Hill
Is to invade tha Union- Paclno territory
with new railroads branching out from
the Great Northern and Northern Pa-
clflo, according to a report .credited' In
high quarters or the financial districts
today. The era of competitive railroad
building Is to be substantiated for the
disastrous competitive buying of stock
that, disturbed Wall street recently. .
The . particular field to be Invaded
first is thst served by the Oregon Short
Line, as the Northers Psclllo already
competes with the Oregon Railroad a
Navigation company at 'Portland.
It is now stated tnat llnee will ' be
dropped 'from the Great Northern Into
other portions of tbe Union Pacific- ter
ritory. Soathern - Oregon, California,
Utah and the great middle west win oe
Invaded If the present plans are carried
oat ' :- - . i '.
'-The OreataNorthern Is In a position to
convert the; assets of Its treasury Mn to
enough. cash' to build the. proposed lines
without, sddlng to Its ' capital account
Tha- Northern- Padne -is- -also In -a-re-i
markably strong position with regard to
assets available -for-new construction.
""Whether ,ander ' free competition or
under a renewal of the truce that has
been -in force with the Harrlraan Sys
tem '' said a 'prominent. railroad man
today, "the ' Northern Pacific brancn
now completed to Stltes will be extended
to Grangeville,' where- rt will strike' Ut
Camas Prairie.' ' This W1H be regard
less of other projects that are ohfoot;
and is "called for by the traffio dem-nds
of that 'region.; '.-.' : .- . '' .
- For several years, since harmony of
Interests gained pre valency through tho
dominance of the James J. Illtl Ides, the
Northern Pacific, Great Northern and
Harrlman systems have been working
under an'agreement that provided for
elimination of what Mr. Hill called! de
structive competition and that Involved,
not only -traffic - agreements. - but also
mutual promises not to build Into terri
tory already occupied by either system.
Against this policy. , or inactivity,
which has kept certain regions without
transportation facilities,' there has been
a continuous protest snd projects have
been formed rto make up for - tbe de
ficiency of the large railroad systems
by the - Investment of 'private capital
In water, steam, and electric lines that
would rid the northwest of the domi
nance of the Wall street magnates.
The announcement - In the dispatches
foregoing-Is regarded as hsvlng a bear
ing on the proposal which was under
consideration today before the Portland
chamber of commerce, to encourage the
construction of an electric road for 110.
miles from Lewis ton to drangevllle. and
to forward -which K. C Beach,- K.. H.
Libby and O. A. Kajos have come to
Portland. - ,. ' . -
Residents of Lewlstdn county, ac
cording to tbe expressions of this dele
gation, have grown weary of promises
contained In dlspatohes which are com
monly thought to be Inspired and which
have been made limes without number.
The sentiment at Lewlston and interri
Ltory contiguous Is thst the way to get
transportation is to build lines wiw
private capital.
It Is believed thatr the announcement
of the - new policy of free competition
will not materially affect the situation
with,' reference to the Lewlnton-Oranga-villerelectrlo
road. ' Those who are pro
moting it win not alter their plans, but
wul continue in their errerte tointerest
Portland - capital in Decking tne enter
prise. '. ? js-.-..-; --- "' '. -,' ;
WRECK IS PREVENTED
BY WOMAN'S BRAVERY
Heroine in, Real Life Frustrates
. Plans of Bandits and Saves
. Many Lives.
(Joaraal IpeeUI Berries.) -.
TJnlontown. Pa April 2. A plot to
wreck the Pennsylvania train was frus
trated by Mrs. Sadie Lewis of Lent last
night. The woman heard two men dis
cussing the plans and later saw them
put an explosive on the track. . - .
She attempted to remove It. but was'
badly beaten and left across the tracks'
with the dynamite. .She recovered her
strength In time to roll off the rails
with the dynamite, The engineer saw
her and stopped the train, finding her In
sensible. . . ;
When found alongside! the tracks she
holding the sticks of dynamite Is
her-clenched hands. She is now confined
to her home suffering from severe con
tusions on her head and body, t "
BXSIjr wiiyxu waoxtio. ' .
(Joaraal gseetat iervtre.) ,
'Salt -Lake, April S. Construction
work was begun on the-Western' Pacific
I rsiirosa jrraienny; wnrn grsaing- wis
j tartsd from thU ty westward, ,
TO BUILD
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OOPES OF DlAf.IOiiDS
GO A GLIMMERING
Preferred Mercantile Co. Giving
Sparklers , for , Monthly . Pay -ments,
In Receivers' Hands
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS i
LOST TO OREGONIANS
Agent; of lije " Jems-for-NeJrt-to--
Nothing Concern, Can't ".
. '".''.'. ': Be Found. .
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Oregon people" who' have contracts
with the Preferred' Mercantile company
of Boston will probably have' only the
memory of numerous monthly payments
and some red-ribbon, blue-Ink docu
ments to remind them., of their former
dreams of glittering diamonds and gen
eral prosperity. ," , , '. V " ' ,
The Preferred 'Mercantile; company,
which, has operated local offices hi Porta
land and Astoria, aad which has a large
number of state people on Its "pay roll"
has notified from, the Boston head of
fice, all who hold contracts that it has
gone-4ate tne-hands of- a eeela, ----
The local agent, K. P. Branson, has
not been seen for the past two days.
and therefore-has not told patrons bow
much, of a diamond they, woakl receive
from -the. receiver..- It.. la-reported from
Astoria that the local -agent there- has
departed for parts unknown. .
.What the company took out of ' Port
land gJid Oregon- will probably, never be
knojvn,-but tens of thousands Of dollars
have been paid on the 'diamond policies.
nd on the east. side knots of half a
doaen men could be seen In tha past
few days telling how much they had
'invested. Astoria Is ' known to have
contributed .11.700, and aa tha company I
has , been working Portland for nearly
two years It la probable that 120.000
has been takea out of this territory.
The scheme of the cotnpsny ' was not
especially new; it waa mereayan. agree
ment to give tne man. who paid. 11 a
week for 110- aveeks a diamond worth
more than 1200, or cash. - A number of
short term contracts, which matured
within a few-months, were first - given
out, and several of these were paid by
the company, giving It a leverage for
new business which was all signed up
on the-110 week basis. .; . ,
. At the end of 10 weeks those who had
paid regularly were supposed to receive
a cash surrender smount on demand, but
so far aa the testimony . goes no one
ever got this.-though many. local people
have Invested In the scheme for from
tO to 100 weeks.'j-.
With .the announcement that the. Bos
ton concern had gone Into the hands of
a receiver eomes also the assurance that
all obligations will be paid if holders
of contracts sign , the new blank sent
out. On the back of the new blank Is a
neatly arranged, table -showing - how
much Is coming to the holders -of the
contracts at--the end of the various
periods. From a study of. this table
the Impression is recei ved . that some
benevolent organisation Is "giving about
IliO for every dollar received and after
half a dosen payments have been made
the surrender value Is flsed at 20 per
cent more than the amount; received by
the company. v . .:j
- In other words, after a month snd a
helf the. company -agrees to pay back
the money received and to give the con
tract ' holder Interest at the rate of II
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SHOOTS AT
AND :SETS IT. AFIRE
t .;.'.-''
O. -C-.Rookstoor sat In "his; room at
272 Burnalde street' this, morning
reading. th Blbliv I was an Illustrated,
gilt-edged : copy wbf t the . Old .end ,New
Testaments. ?' . '
"For, 1 sav Uhto-veu that Unless a
man be born again he will In no-wise
cnterthe kingdom of heaven,'! he read.
He read It sgaln- and again. ' '
"It's a lie," he said, rising and filling
his pockets with, matches. ."It's a lie. a
bunch ef HeehU-U-aot dod s truth, and
tells nothing that wilt hel the seeker
after truth." f
Seising a .2l-callbre revolver from a
shelf and still holding the Bible In the
other' hand. . he rushed from the room,
down, the stairs and into tha streets He
ran to the middle of the street, where
he held the Bible carefully before him
and fired. -'
The ball struck a stone In the pave
ment, glanced across the -street and
lodged rn a wall on the opposite side.
There was a large rrowd of pedestrians
on the sidewalk and many wagons snd
teams In the street. .However, no one
was injured. ,. --'"'
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PRICE FIVE G2HT3.
Prohibitionists Will To
, day Name City Ticket
- Except a Mayer. :
B. LEE PAGET CALLS
GATHERING. TO ORDER
fc;:;''V;;iV:);.-;V,
. . . -.
Large and Influential Body of
Citizens Preparing Ticket and
j',?. Platform to Be Sub- . . ;
- '. 7' .-""-mitted.-; v; ..- ;
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-' The convention of-prohibitionists waa
called to- orderls afternoon by B. Lea
Paget, chairman of the elty and couaty
central committee. In the auditorium at
tbe y. M. C- A. A-tlcVet wlU be nomlna-.
ted of candidates for city offices, sn.1
the campaign. wiU be mads' with consid
erable vigor. ; , ' - 't.r. "'- "
Prior to the assembling ef the con-,-ventlon,
prominent prohibitionists de
bated the question as to whether or not
It wss advisable to nominate aOcandi
date for mayor. There was -a division
of sentiment on that point, and It waa
impossible to accurately forecast the ac
tlon that would be taken, although tha
decision had been, reached to nominate,
a ticket, at least In part.'' P.. McKerchr
presented the declaration of principles..
Members of thSiparty have been
weighing tbe-Issues of the present cam-,
palgn-with great-care in the' past week-j.
The prevailing sentiment has been to do
that which would accompllah substantial
resulta for the better government cause.
and," although-largely -In the minority,
as compared with .. ; other parties, the .
leaders- have ialrlvento reach conolu-;
siona that' would make for those ends.
The fruitage of the earnest conferences
, waa .apparent at -a.. macUna. held, iaaa.;
night, when 20 Influential prohibitionists
discussed the situation for. several
hours; and 'came to . this conclusion as
expressed by one of their number,:-
'.,-, oaase f ov megret.1. 7 f
'The "prevailing sentiment among our '
people' Is that thererig cause for regret -that
partisanship has made' It difficult
for all persona who favor law enforce-,
ment and decent administration of city ;
government to get together. We have not
despaired, but hope' that even yet th
law enforcement, forrea may be able tu .
work out a plan for1 the coalition of
those who stand for. better things.. Our
conference last night adopted a resolu
tion that In the. convention today w
leave open'ihe head of the ticket.' - This
waa done largely by, the friends of H. H.
Albee. ' ..r-. -': ' .
. "If -Albee be nominated by the Repub
licans, a 'large majority of the prohibi
tionists may be depended on to support
him In the June elecrlon. but there has
been severe criticism of him because he
went Into the Republican prima lies as a '
candidate. . However, we - believe he
atanda for law enforcement aad good
government.' ' Should Albee be defeated
In the primaries, the prohibitionists
would be in a position to co-operate with
an Independent movement -Into which
other elementa favorable to law enforce
ment would be gathered. The Portlan.1
prohibitionists sre a unit so far ss state
and national affairs are concerned, but
many" believe that.-In municipal earn
(Aligns, party lines should not necessar
ily be maintained. .
Aa Zatlrely Hew larty.
"I. -M.. Amos.-sute chairman, stands
strongly for the enthusiastic support of
the party organisation, believing that
the only way to cure abuses In polities
Is to build up. an entirely new party,
which stands for higher Ideals than
havs been reached In late years. by either
of the old organ lsatlona. '. f
, "Some of our men thought It advisable
not to nominate any candidate!-but to
remain andeclared until the result of ths
primaries had beenr. - ascertained, and
then go Into a generaljlndependent move
ment.. This view waa"not quite accept
able to all the men who attended Ut '
night's Conference, and hence If was de
cided to nominate In part, and recom
mend that, the head of the ticket be
left open."!' ...'.'., .--. .';"
f-
(CoStlnued on Page Two.)
BIBLE ,
tween the leaves', and set trie book on
fire. , A crowd quickly - gathered and
pressed close around the frensled mnn.
"There goes the troth." he yelled
wildly, holding high above! his head the,
little book from - which smoke and .
flames ascended. . "Truth cannot perish,
but crushed will always rise. Tou rail
this truth see how it, bums anil
smokes. If It Were the word of Uo and
not mockery, a, contrivance of men. It
would not pertKh-x-yotl could not deatrc
It-"
He laid the book In the street and r
tlred to his' room. Person in t
crowd quli-kly estlnaulshed what I'
tire tainted and . Polli e Oflu-er I
Roberts found Rookslool seate-J r
In his room reading the new- .
"Why, certamly. Ibnraed t" i
shot at It." hr said. - "it n ,
word of Ood, and should be -
At pollre heudquartor
freely of hla deed, sayhit t
nothing of which he wss r
would do It again wheniv
tin Is hold pending an
his sanity. RonkMtonl In
has lived la this cily for
STAND AS
. A PARTI'
Then Rookgloor placed, matches ba
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