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FROn FEVER
AT Si DIEGO
Qy Rait and by. Boat Increasing
Thousands Are Pouring Into ,
; Fair City Every Day, ;.
ACOMMODATIONS BEING : ' ,
INCREASED FOR.tRAFFIC
He Declines to Leave the Rail-.
-. ' rdad for Potlon on the, -;' ;
, Federal Bench. - 'v
Yillow' Jack Claims " Two.1 More
Victim In New Orleans--;
Fifty Cases Treated.
STRINGENT MEASURE?
iTO STAMP OUT. DISEASE
Sailor and Japanese Wardroom
Boy Dead From Injuries Re
:' ceived In Oisasteri'
TALK WITH HARmMAN Y
.. DECIDED HIM IN ACTIOM
Emoluments of Practice t Too Greet
to AUow Rim to Take Bellinger's --
Place, to Which acBrlde, ' Bean'
"''snd Others Aspire. " "S'T
TO RAISE BENNINGTON
AND REPAIR DAMAGES
New Stejuners and Eztri TrairtB Be
, lng Added to" , Equipment of All
' Lines 'Centering ' Hers Flow of
-Travel Homeward Also Befinning.
Affected Region Jbj Old French
1 Quarter : Near the '' Market Cam-
paign .Waged Agit - the : Moo
culto Quarantine Eatabliehed. '
Officer Report That Nona , of the
Plates Art Sprang and No Holes
Found Ship Will Be Towed ' to
Mars Island Navy Yard.,. , ;
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-i T " tf- J'otwtt Special Sarvke.) 0 L P.'! i
7Nw Orleans. La- July tl Two more
death xf yellow fevrticuuiied tqUay;
making a, total of for the pwwnt
iwnidemlo. la all told there have been
tl0 c, and there are 60 case under
(treatment at the present time. .The
Tlrat death occurred July 1J.
r vX:imrcpfJalLtte,oaUh -;
horUle and those of the United. gjates
Uarla hospital aervlce la ' blng hN
Today. . Stringent hyglento measure are
being taken and portion of the elty af
reet ed quarantined. . Detention atationt
have , been established at all railroad
"last outside of the city and the utmost
(precaution 1a "being "used to prerent the
trpread of the dlaease and to stamp It
ut :,s .s
- George B. Young of the United State
Marine hospital aervloe ' today ' took
charge of the Inspection of trains. Co-
ktperating with him are the olty and
rtate, authorities of Ixrolirtan ana Mi
alaslppt. His headquarters are at Jack-
won.
-. The mosquito 'ordinance' passed ' yea
!terdy by the oouncll Is being enforced
today and larg-e numbers , of men -are
busy screening over cisterns pools of
water and all places where It la poaalble
(for mosqultos to brood. The swamp
near the elty are betas; treated aa they
were la Cuba a few years ago and quan
tities of petroleum faUl to mosquito
ijarvae Is being poured Into the waters.
, - But Jlttl concern ex lata among the
jeltisena of the city, who are eonfldent
'that th . authorities will effectually
I tamp- out the disease before' It ha at
tained any greet headway. With on
exception all of the eases so fai re
i ported are la-the old French quarter,
i near th French market.. ,- J
WOW TRUST INCREASED '
COST OF. WHITE PAPER
i (Joaraal Special Barvta.)
Bt Paul, Minn.. July . -In the In
prestlg
--puny
dication or tha General riper eom-
. nun before Srjaolal Exunlnar Tvler. id
ivolnted by the United States court. A.
'C Weiss of th DulUth Evening Herald.
Cond Hamlin of the St Paul Pioneer
Free and W. J. Murphy of the Mlnne
polls Tribune testified that th cost of
paper had been advanced -enarmoualy by
ith trust and. that It la impossible to do
, business on aa equitable basis. They
'testified "that none, of the Independent
frallls operating in the- northwest were
M sufficient capacity to afford security
'for m U supply Is say pltshlg eem
ipany. ' ,'
Luclen Swift of the Minneapolis Jour-
x and tieorae Taonpion or the St.
Paul Dispatch testllled that th eost of
paper had Increaaed from 2S to BO per
cent sine th organlsatloa of th Gen
ieral Paper company. . The investigation
closed and adjournment was taken until
;falL The government will apply to th
circuit court for an 'order compelling
ithe directors of th trust to answer
questions. , x , ' u,-.r -j-, - ". ." .' , i ,;.
ALiEGED STAGE ROBBER
; : u ARRESTED IN IDAHO
" (Bpaeial tHspatet te The JraraaL) ".
Bolae." Idaho. July (.Deputy fnlted
.. States Marshal Bryon today brought In
: John Gldoon. arrested on a" charge of
holding up the ,Meadows-Warren stage
' and robbing th registered mail, securing
i -1108 la-money' and cold duat -valued et
.. SL100. . - The robber was masked asd
. compelled the; drlTer ' to-eut ' upen the
(sacks and bnd over th registered mall
i -i no arrest is in roauii oc ui wont on
tha part of Mall Contractor Kralgbaum,
who trailed the robber two weeks.
TWELVE BODIES FOUND 1
- , IN HUMBLE OIL FIELDS
" ' i - Uoaraal Bpedal Servlee.)
.Houston, Texas, July SC. Th latest
reports from the Humble Oil fields ear
'that 11 bodies bav been recovered from
;the fir which destroyed th oil tank
'Sanday. and all were so badly burnt
to be ynrecTignlmhlft. : It la xlairoed
1 that from It to II men ar still misa
1 lng and It is feared they alao perished. ;
SERIOUSLY INJURED '" v
WHILE BLASTING. STUMPS
' , ' tflDarlal Siapateh t Ta' JoraaL ' -"
Hood Blvsr, Or.. July IS. While
. blaktlng stumps for Mike Thornton et
.'. Underwood yesterday, a plec of wood
atruck Bert Jewett in the face, dentroy
! lng hi eye and tearing open his head.
H is In th hospital here, with' slight
chances of recovery, - He resides in Ore-
' ton City.- - --
CLERK RESIGNS FROM., i ;
" BUREAU OF STATISTICS
(Joaraal Bpeelal Swrlc.)'
Washington. July 2. Hecretary Wil
son announces this afternoon that the
resignation of Mrs. Bertha B. Burch.
clerk of the bureau of statistics and
until recently lu the private office of
BUtlatkHaa Hrde, has been received and
accepted. . ; v ,
HAGUE COMMITTEE TO
V OFFER PJNZEf OR PLANS
"Tp;v. (jwara.1 Bpecial Berrlce.1 )
Th Hague. July 11. The governing
. committee of Th Hague tribunal, ap-
pointed to carry out' Andrew Carnegie's
scheme I for tha erection of a peace pal-
aee. haa decided to offer a prise of $60,
' eoo with elk entailer prises for. the best
- plana proposed, for the' building. .
SENTENCED TO PRISON '
F0R PRIZEFIGHTING
- . Joeri ul SpaeUf Swviea.l V"T
"Montreal, July tl. Jack Walsh and
Jim McBronks war today given' three
months tn ll for priseflghltng. 'Thin
la th. first conviction for. the offense
ana ail vioiatora will receive like treat
m-t la he future. ' , .- . '.
(Joaraal BpscUl Sarvto. v '.
San Diego, July li Two more o-
tlma -of th Bennington - disaster. were
moved from the hospital to th morgue
thla morning. They wer Ward B. Ken-
ndy-e Alllanc Nebraska.' and - a
Takato, a Japanes wardroom ooy. tb
former died late yeaterday afternoon;
the latter at 4 o'clock thla morning.
Thl-Bke -the dead
Kennedy's - brother arrived yesterday
afternoon, but too late to find, htm
alive. Th Japanese boy gav up lata
yeaterday, saying) '1 am all done; pleas
sand body back te Nippon. Bansai. ixip
pon!" . ' ' ; '.' '
. Paymaster1 Clark Melius and P. N le
mon ar In a vary aarloua condition.
Knslgn Jaffa, executive offloer of. the
submarine service on thla coast, who Is
superintending th lnapeotlon of th hull
of th Bannlngtoa and la charge of th
divers examining the damage under wa
ter, today reported that none of the
plate wer sprung and do holea found.
H say that the ship could be 'towed out
today if necessary. ,
Arrangements ar being made br the
nary- department to sand th remain
of Bailors killed to homes of friends
and relative whenever auch action Is
requested. Congress haa made provla
lona for auch cases.
NO HOLES FOUND.
Siren BtopoH That Stall riattag Xs Xa-
' tact and STo beaka tola.
(Jearaal BpeeUl Barvlea.) v
Waahlngton. July 16. report has
been received from Constructor Evana
at San Diego stating that th Banning
ton ean be raised and repaired. No
leaka hay been found la th hull plat
ing and that th list to starboard la due
to th shirting -Tb boners. Th Ben
nlngton will be towed to Mar Island
and repaired. , . - -.c"
ACCUSED OF PASSING " : :
. WORTHLESS CHECK
(Bpedal Dispatch to Th Jotfraalj '
Balem. Or- July II. A. A. Cunning
ham, handwriting expert,' testified be
fore th stat land board yesterday that
signatures to 7 applications for tb
purcbas of stat sohool land aggre
gating 11.00 acres war rorgerlos writ
ten by H. H. Turner. The applications
purported to have been . made .before
Turner aa notary public,- and Turner la
allegej to nave signed, t,h iwna '. J'
anegeq to nave signeq tn namea or r'c-
uiiuus persons lu in .appucaiiuna ano
then, certified that th person named
had appaaiwd before him and worn to
the facta aet forth. Ih contest arosa
when John D Lalttre, a Mlnneapoll
banker,, applied for -deeds to th - land
which th tat board refused. De Lalt
tre testified that h had purchased th
certificate from A. T. Kelllher at Min
neapolis In 1100, and that he wa an
Innocent holder and entitled to protec
tion. Argumf nte upon th ess will be
made at the regular meeting of the
board In August. -
MAYOR M'CLELLAN IS
INDORSED BY TAMMANY
'...-'.. ' . ,':.V
(Joaraal Spsdal Bervtca.t .
New Tork, July 11. Pursuant to the
call of Leader Charles F. Murphy the
members of the general committee of
Tammany Hal met at the wigwam and
took the first steps In the mayoralty
campaign of this fall.--. As wae xped
the keynot of tha proceeding, was an
enthusiastic indorsement of Mayor Mo
Clellan for a aeoond term. .. In , resolu
tion Intended aa a reply to the Invita
tion of the Citisen' unloa to loin in' a
movement to non-partlsanlse the munici
pal government, th Tammany organisa
tion pointed to th record in office of
Mayor McClellan, holding hie adminis
tration up as a model of non-partisan-ship
and making the assertion that Mo
Clellan has been mora nonpartisan In
his conduct of public affairs than either
Mayor Low or Mayor Strong... -
ITALIAN ACCUSED OF.
T"SH00TING TWO WEN
' (Special Dispatch te Tae Journal.) v '
Roseburg, Or.,' July 2t. Tha trial of
Antonio- Bruno, aa Italian section-hand
was. postponed by Justice Long today.
'Bruno Tn accused of , shooting two com
rades, VJcenao Palella- and two com
vello, at Green's station, Monday night.
Monday Bruno was discharged from the
employ of th railroad. Being unpopular
among his ' associates! he evidently
thought they had something to do with
his trouble, and started back In tha
evening to the camp, On- arriving at
the camp i and having a gun In his
hand, he was attacked by tha workmen.
Firing hia gun three times before 'he
was overpowered, he shot Palella in the
leg and another bullet scratched Sea
velle's left leg on th Inside. His coun
trymen brought him to th sheriff.
ACCUSED OF FORGING v l
v SEVENTY-FIVE CLAIMS
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(Special tnspateh to The Joaraal.)
Dallas,. Or., Uuly . !. J. W. Gilpin,
formerly of Dallaa, who soma time aso
-pasaedV a worthless check at McDonald's
confectionery store in Dallas to the
amount of 160. ws caught in Salem
laatweeli by. Sheriff Culver ot -Marlon
county and- was handed over to M. A.
Ford, deputy sheriff of Polk county,, and
la now tn ths Polk eounty Jail. His pre
liminary, hearing was .before Justice
Holman and he was bound over to ap
pear before the December lerm of th
circuit court under 1600 ball. He was
unable to give bonds.
. Gilpin signed his nsme to a check for
tit drswn on John Snyder on the Inde
pendent Nstlonal bank. The check was
teturned to McDonald as worthless.
j. ) Tramp Commits Suicide. '
? (Special IHipatrk te The lowest. f.
"" Roseburg, Or., July !. Atf unidenti
fied tramp blew his head off last night
bout 11 o'clock with a shotgun at the
Deer Creek bridge. He bought the gun
and cartrldgee yesterday at a store
here. Two tramps found his body this
Ihorning. . .
Concordia
OTD"EII"0F THE WORLD
TO KEET AT FAIR
Great Celebration Planned
In
Which Visitors From Abroad
, ' Will Take Part. '
Woodmen of th, World are making
preparations " for a grand ' Lewis . and
Clark celebration which will be attended
by , prominent "woodchoppers" from far
whole state,, and J many visitors from
all over the country. The featlvltle
will begin Thuraday, Auguat I, and con
tinue through Sunday, fraternal cour-
teatea will be extended to visitors from
afar, ' - -
A grand flag parade through the prin
cipal etreeU will be the featur of open
ing day, and wll be followed by class
initiation at the W. O. W. hall In th
Selllng-Htrsch building and on Sixth and
Waahlngton streets. Friday exercises
will be held st tha exposition grounds
with addresses by President Goods for
the exposition officiate. Governor unam
berlaln for the state, snd Mayor Lane
for the olty. Prise drills will be Inter
esting events of the afternoon and
evening. ' Saturday wilt be given over
to sports, at the Oaks, and Sunday to an
excursion downth Willamette and up
the Columbia. ' - :
Officers for th celebratloBTaf T. JT
Hammer, president; C. C. Bradley, sec
retary: ' J, W. Booth, treasurer. . As
sisting In th' arrangements are the
member of the general committee se
lected from th local camps aa-follows:
Webfoot camp No. It A. U Barbur,
C. A. Klliott, D. H. Newbury. . .
Portland camp ho. iot a. w.
Bchmala. A. M. Brown, F. A. Snow.
AlMna,ramp No. Ill J. van zante.
Dr. P. A. Rose. John Stephen..
' Prcaoect camp No. -140 J. J. Jen
nings. J. H. Bush, a. Johnson. ' '
' George' Washington . camp. No., Ill
H. A. Fredericks, P, Helna, H. -W?g-
Prosperity csroP No.-19 C X BraoV
I . " nT ri rjnaris I I T rinrk
i - - .ia-T 3 Ham.
mr. B Heymond.'. 8L,Wslkftr.
Rosa City camp No. ;
lie., r.
Rnotha M. B. Thompson.
MonUvUIa camp ; N George
if mint Tabor eamo No. lit -C B.
Nelson. . ' '"' .' 1
. Other committees are the program
John Van Zante. J. J. Jennings. A. u.
Barbur, X. M Brown and C. C. Bradley,
win and means C A. Elliott. Dr. P.
A. Reea. J. H. Busb, H. A. Fredericks,
it u Dimonit J W. Boothe, C. B.
Nelson. H. F. Clarke and H. U Bearla.
SPECIAL POLICEMEN'
MUST YIELD THEIR STARS
rVntsin of Police Moore wae In
etructed yesterday afternoon by Chief
Grltxmacher to notify all epecial police
men who reported for duty that their
commissions had expired, and that they
must apply at once for reappointment If
they desired to keep their stare. - In
making application they are required to
tell the district eovred end to nanVe
their list of patrons, ah win .-oe al
lowed to retain 'their authority for a
few daye In Order to gtve tnem sum
plent time to tire par their application.
"Also notify sal othr apeclal police
men that jwt - know who hold com
mission! from a former administration
that their term , of office ha expired,"
reads the order, -and that they must not
wear any police authority or uniform
and must turn In all city property that
they have Ja their possession.
SET ASIDE DAY FOR v '
v v WORKINGMEN AT FAIR
'l MM fc '
August t haa been set aside by the
fair management for the worklngmen
of Portland and Oregon, when the ad
mission will be reduced to 16 oents for
adults and 10 cents for children tinder
l yarsof age. The exposition offi
ciate arranged this dsy because many
worklngmen have not had an opportu
nity to see the fair exoeptlng in the
evening, when the government exhibit I
cloned, and on Sunday, when only a
part of th . exhibit are open. It-1a
hoped th worklngmen will take apeclal
Interest In this day and that their em
ployers will concede a holiday. .
SPECIAL DISPLAY AT ; -V
, FAjR THIS EVENING
.Tonight the display of fireworks will
be worth seeing at the exposition. They
begin at t o'clock and will exceed In
beauty thoee shown any .previous night
The display last Saturday night wss th
best that had been seen up to that time,
and thoee for tonight are to be cvea bet
ter. All day the expert operators have
been busy preparing for th exhibition
and the people who attend the exposi
tion will be rewarded . with something
mors' brilliant than anything ever . wit
nessed'ln Portland. ' ., . J
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r-- - Xa-ene ktaa Ukea St. John. - '-
. George A. Dyson, a Kugene business
man. haa purchased ground 60 by 101
ft at. the eorner . of Ivanhoe etreet
and Broadway, St. John, and will build
a three or four-story brick structure
for stores and offices. Plans are being
drawn tor Architect W. W.-Ooodrlch. for
a building to cost about z,ow. . . r
-'T'.'strlksre SUetta;.'7 j "S.
' , (Jearaal Special Service.) . ,
Belgrade. July 2J. Striking electrical
workers ere rioting today and no tram
ears are moving. .The secretary of the
Belgian legation was Injured during tb
.noting, -''.. -: . ',''..'.' .
Club's New Home Wbidden A LeurlB,
PLOT TO KILL SULTAN r-
AMILITARY CONSPIRACY
(Joursal Special Service.)
Prague, - July . It. An ' eye-
e witness of , th- attempt to as
sassinate th sultan at Constanti
nople says 'that ' immediately
after the explosion he saw- a
number of Turkish officer rush
at th ' sultan' carriage with
word drawn. 'They wer beaten
back .by Albanian bodyguard.
Thla lend color to th report
that, th plot to kill th sultan
originated in a military . con
spiracy.
Mayor Announces That . Tax
; payers ;' Shall Get Money's T
Worth In Improvements.
CONTRACTORS-MUST, "
v FOLLOW SPECIFICATIONS
Chief Executive Does Not Believe
Moitis Street Work le Up to
Proper Standard nd Incidentally
Tells What His Policy Will Bt.,
'I have only on policy regarding
street Improvemqenta, and people might
as weir know; It now.a . later." said
Mayor Lane today, "In all th. depart
ffienls ' ortr whfcn"XavrT!Ohiror,TJi
BpeclflcaUoaa for city : work-will have
to be followed In every Instance; the
Inspection will have to b mad car
lully and accurately 'with th intent to
give aU a 'aquare deal.' Property own
er will receive a dollar's worth of
work for every dollar paid for Improve
ments. Th contractor will also J
justly treated. .
-What I have Mid will be tha' rigid
rule" during my admlnistratlpp. and
there will-be I no exceptions, if it is
within my power to ipreveht-them. - J
aay thla without malloe1 te anybody.'
The above statement was given by
th mayor .In explanation of a criticism
he made regarding -th Improvement of
Morris , etreet between William and
Union avenue, before th meeting of
th atreet Committee of th city txecu
tlv board yeardayi jl atated that he
had visited th street and that the con
tractor wa doing a very poor job. " He
had secured a copy of the specification
which were prepared during ex -City
Engineer Elliott's term of office and
after - examining them arrived at ' the
conclusion that they were very looeely
drawn. He alio said Inspector George
F. Bodman waa doing a poor Job of
inspecting, for lsrgs boulders wer be
lng mixed with th finer gravel and that
the result would b a poor street '
City Engineer : Wanser stated today
that, the plans and specifications . for
th work had been prepared before he
took charge of the office and the con
tract let accordingly; that all he could
do would be to force the contractor to
comply with the' specifications, which
he stated he wae doing,
-rrrbemin-ovement tsnon!nrehea:
aaid he, "but 'after' It la I am of th
opinion .that the pavement will b a
good on. Th top layer ha not been
put on th street et all. I will go out
and Investigate the condltione today.
The street committee adopted a rule
that : hereafter . no - mora, extensions of
tlms on street Improvements would be
considered unfess filed to daya before
the time on the contract expired. In
case contractors do not comply with
their agreement they will be fined at
the rate of IS a day during their de
linquency. ' . . . i ' . -
A large number of contractor delln
quent with their work appeared before
the committer and were excused from
paying fines.' .. . . ... i
ROBERT L. GERRY NEW i
' v PATRON OF THE TURF
'- Uoaraal Bpedal Berries.)
New Tork. July .?. Ilc-bert L. 0rryr
son of Commodor T. Gerry, Is th lat
est patron of the turf. He Is the proud
owner of the steeplechaser horse Jo.
His advent on the turf was a secret
Gerry had contemplated auch a ,mav
for a long time, but aa hie father op
posed It he put it oft from time to time;
The commodore expressed ht , opinion
se, strongly that Robert thought It beat
to hid ni ownership under th nam
Of "Fauguer stable.'!-
In connection with Gerry's advent on
the turf a report spread today that. Al
fred G wynne Vanderbllt would become
his partner. '
FAIR ATTENDANCE IS " .
; SUSTAINING RECORD
e e e e
- The attendance at the exposi
tlon thla forenoon wa 7.491, al
though there was no special event
for the entire day The , total
art m lesions yesterday were 17,-
f -.- v.- . ) -'v- - ', - .
eeeeeeeeeeeeee
VALUE RECEIVED IS
LANE'S WTO
Architects.
BODY F0U:;D FLOATING
v TUALATKI RIVER
Seventeen Pounds of Iron Fas.
- tened . to Neck of -
Drowned Man. s :
' (Bpeelal Dlapeteb t Tb Joaraal.) ' '.
Hillaboro. Or.. July I Th body of
an urldentlfled man was found 160 yarde
from Taylor -bridge, -one -rmlle -from
Tlgardville, . thla eounty, oa Tueeday
afternoon at 6:80 o'clock. The body was
In the water, out from the shore, float
ing down stream. R. jO.- Edwards saw
th- body from a diets he and notified
other parties, who Investigated. Coroner
Brown of HllisborOi accompanied. by Dr.
Frank Bailey, drove-to Tlgardville. The
coroner1 a Jury summoned consisted ox
John Tlgard, Charlea Schamberg, A.
Hahnen, R. 8. Townaend, -Thoma Sav
age and Charlea Detts. -
The deceased bad affixed IT pounds of
old iron around hi neck strung on a
wire. The Iron waa twofold axes, a
plow Jointer ''hnd two Bradley plow
share. The doctor - atated death wa
caused by drowning, aa th lungs war
filled with water, and that- h had been
In -th water at least 10 day. .
' There 'waa nothing on th body to
Identify hlra and th only thing found
In th porhata waa. an old red bandanj
handkerchief. - He .- wore a dark , ault.
leather boot and red etrlped shirt. He
had not been aeen In that section be
fore, waa about to yeara eld and smooth
shaven. Ther wer no mark of vio
lence on th body, . which waa badly
decomposed, and waa buried tn the Pot-
ter-e field today. ... v . ;
' Thla morning'' a verdict wa rendered
by th Jury "that, th deceaaer bad
come to hi death by drowning in the
Tualatin river and that the death was
ausd by himself.", - V ' '
MRS. BERT LACY SHOOTS
; HERSELF WITH A RIFLE
' . . a. . .... -
(Bpeelsl niessu to Th JonreaLI . r-
rrCbirvainsTTh'.Tiny-!. Mrs. Bert
Lacy, wife of a wall known citizen, and
daughter of William Collins, committed
suicide last evening by shooting her
self with a ll-callbre target rifle, while
In bad at her home. . She wa found a
few hour later by her husband on hi
return home. The coroner's Jury re
turned a verdict In s coo rdance. with the
facts. - Mrs. Lacy waa years of age
and no reason' Is knowa for the deed.
Her husband left her at noon, and she
waa cheerful as, usual. She had been
married seven years and her wedded Ufa
was a happy one. In- company with her
husband ah had Just returned from a
trip, to th Portland exposition and
cistern Oregonr ; .;'.. -
HALF MILLION SAVED -
--IN EQUITABLE SALARIES
, ' i (lograsl Bpeelsl Serrtcs.)
New Tork, July M Chairman Morton
thla afternoon announced a cut In salaries
and a, reduction 1n fore, and ether econ
omies which will result in an annual
saving of SdQO.000. It Is said that the
financial statement of the society's af
faire for the first six months of the year
Is very satisfactory. The new office of
chairman of the board of directors wJJtLoffered. There are times when a few
be abolished.' The question of abolishing
pension waa referred to a special com
mittee.
TWO GIRLS NARROWLY
-ESCAPE BEING -DROWNED
' (Bpeelal Diapetch to Th JoarnsL)
. Newport, Wash., Judy 8. Stella Boggs
and Edna Harding bad a narrow escape
from death by drowning, while bathing
In Dep' creek yeaterday. ... They were
riding a log and drifting when they fell
off and found themselves in deep water
with a swift current. Both immediately
sank but were rescued, after they had
gone down the second time, by Mr.
Boggs, who Is a good swimmer. . , '
EXAMINE OVERCHARGES
ON REFRIGERATOR CARS
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.. ' (Joornsl - Bpeelal Berries. . ,
KansarClty, Mo., Jul H. Tn Inter
state commerce commission, F. M. Cock
roll president, today btgan an Investiga
tion of, the - complalnta of excessive
charges on shipments in refrigerator
cars. H. M. Steele of Springfield, Mo.,
was th first witness. ; , 1
BUBONIC PLAGUE ON
, ; : ISTHMUS OF PANAMA
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i' (Joaraal Bpeelsl Bervtes.t
Washington, D. C, July 2. A death
from bubonla plague-Is- reported - from
Panama. Labeca wharf,, where the
death occurred, -has been quarantined.
.-Weather SB Ooole. t
(Special Dlapetek te Tbe Jesnall '
Colfax, Wash., July 2t. Th weather
contlnne cooL ' - Yesterday afternoon
ther wer light shower in th Vicinity
of Pullman and Mosoow. which is more
favorable for ripening th grain. Farm
er are rapidly recovering from the fear
occasioned -by the recent hot wave
ITaxaeroaa forest riree. '
-'-"(gpsctst Dtrnstch te The Jeras,.r -
- Baker City, Or., July The reports
reaching Baker City ar to th effect
that numerous forest fires are raging In
th mountains between thla place end
Canyon City, Owing1' to ' th - slight
growth of underbrush the' fires are not
doing much damage. - j - -
The movement of lasaenger trafflo to
Portland over th p. B. A N.. th North
ern Paclflo and th Southern Pacific
which during the last week broke all
records of Paclflo northwest travel, 1
slowly lnorsaslng, and, official of rail
road, and steamship line ar exerting
themselves to provide facilities for th
accommodation of their patron. Train
ar running tn a many as four section,
and additional steamer ar being put
Into aervloa between thla city and San
San Francisco, ' , ' -.
Th featur of travel thle week la the
fact that It 1 becomlpg equalised In all
directions. Th Influx of visitors at
first fevaNrhelmeff Incoming trains, and
only on certain trains were the demands
so great the capaolty waa exceeded. This
week there Is a stronger tide of out
going travel. The Southern Paclflo for
the last two days' has - been hauling
aleeplng-cars deadhead from the south
to supply accommodation for vral
large partlea desiring to leave Portland
for southern , California point.. Th
Southern -Paclflo ,ia running thre s,nd
four sections Jj avery train. These sec
tions eomprla 10. car each, Flv are
etandard and tourist sleeper, and th
other five are baggage care and coaches.
-. - Bl. a. Sk Si ST. TrateL ... "
Th O. R. N. 1 handling th enorm
ous travel 'over Ira lln with compara
tive a Extra Motion of vry train
are put on to meet dally requirement,
and while train ar frequently late
there, 1 no complaint en that -Boor o
long aa th people have adequate eccora
modatlon nrout. - Beginning th latter
part of thie week a tourist sleeper will
b run regularly between Salt Lake and
Portland on train No. S.Land eastward
oa train No. I. Thle will complete a
complement of tourlat sleepers running
run every "O. R. - N. passenger train.
At th. company a elty ticket office th
ILcigt:coumrhaJtjenJegteBd1 and
th fore Increased from flv to nln
men. The accounting clerks have been
taken out, and all the-room given,' over
to th ticket salesman.' , At th union
station th - Pullman company ' will
within a few daya open a separata Pull
man ticket, of flee and tbie office will
work- in harmony with tha up-towa
ticket offices. - Heretofore the railroad
ticket office at the union station has
handled Pullman tickets. The new ar
rangement will greatly Increase the con
veniences of securing Pullman reserva
tions by the publle. ; - ' , (
. - Water Business Heavy Also.
There Is a heavy Inorease In business
oa thewater line of the O. R. N.
A-hew system of handling tickets on
the boat a bat ween Portia n4 and Seaeld
hepeta adopted and-will ga itato o.
fect tomorrow. - Tickets . on the Potter
will b taken up when peopl go aboard
th boat, te avoid annoyance to passen
ger in .having to remain In one place
until the purser goes through and eol
lecta the tickets. Returning from Sea
side and Ilwaco It ls,lmpraotlcble.-wlth-lo
th limited time between arrival of
th beach train and th departure of th
boats, to handle ticket In the usual
manner. .Commencing next Sunday the
company will, have men on the trainat
Seaside, wjth stateroom keys and' all
passengers who have reserved bertha
on the boats will exchange their steamer
tickets for stateroom -keys, f that on
going aboard .Jh boat tbey may pro
ceed direct . to their etateroom. Tha
system Is th ram that la In vogue on
th Fall River line between New York
and Boston and has proven success-
: Kaay Com ream Soaaki '
"'The Northern Pacific Is now running
eight regular sections from Sesttle to
Portland dally, and In addition there are
extra trains nearly every day. Bom daya
ther ar two to flv extra train. .. . -,. -"We
have all th equipment w need
and ther Is no complaint about our
en-Ice.'' said A. t. Charlton. "W ar
running aa many extra sections as are
necessary to ake car of th buainesa
peopl ar left at a station, but not
enough to warrant making up another
section or a train.
Two more ateamere secured by , the
Portland-San Francisco Steamship com
pany' will relieve the heavy pressure of
business caused by- the al of more
exoorsron ticket at eaatern points thsn
could be accepted for passage on Harrt-
man lino boats st this point. 'The com-vj
pany has already started the steamer
Valencia, which left last nighfloaded to
filer capacity, ISO passengers, for - Salt
Francisco. Tha steamer City ef Topeka
will arrive, here, from the aound next
week. She 1 due from Alaska August
1. at Seattle, and will be brought to
Portland immediately and placed In the
Ban Francisco on - a . traffic arrange
ment with the Paclflo-Coast Steamship
company, owners of the boat Th busi
ness will be handled . entirely through
the office 6c-tbe Portland-San Fran
ciscni -company at this point' Tha. City
of Topeka will carry 111 first class and
50 second clasa passengers. She la com
manded by Captain Cann. The acces
sion of these two boats give this line
four steamers, the Columbia, St. Paul,
Valencia and City of Topeka, with a to
tal carrying capaolty of nearly 1,0
passengers, t - ' . . -''7
HISTORIC SCHOOLS
SOON PASS AWAY
1 4 V-
The
first of Multnomah's Old-fash
ioned country schoolhouses, In which
many of the .pioneer sons and, daughter
of th rftt"reeeivedytheireducatioii,
will soon pass Into-history. At Linn
ton, Holbrook and district No. I neat
modern school building are being
erected and will be ready for occupancy
by the time the fall terra opens. . The
old historical structure, .with- their
rough finish and moss-covered roofs,
will be raxed or used as etoreroom.
lnta school 'district is also build
ing a . four-room ' addition and an ae
sembly hall to the school house, which
will be finished within a few weeks. At
Arista a new echool building I badly
needed, but the taxpayers are divided
regarding the matter.
. Superintendent R, TV Roblnaon atated
today, that he wa of th opinion that
most of th country- eohool would open
before September tt, the date of open
ing the ctty schools. He thought. Sep
tember too lata, a It will extend
the eohool year- to July t. -, , - . ,-
: W. W.' Cotton.' the local attorney: for
the Harrlman railway Interest, ha de
clined the nomination of the president
for district, federal Juds; of Oregon. --Judg"W.
. IX Fanton reoerveu a tale
gram te' this, effect today, which came
aa a eurprls to some who were follow
ing, ths eaae, and later Colonel Crooks
general manager of th O. B. eV ; N. ofj
flee Verified the story. : - : ';.- .!
Since Mr. Cotton went east and called
on the president, there have been many
rumor to tb effect that a declination
ws poeslbl. 7';', 4lf'
. It .waa known Oiaf IdrrCottotr called
oa the had official of the Harrlmas
system, and It . wae fairly wH eateb
llahed that he had received a better of
fer lit 'that ' oompany. - Th announce?
ment today' that he had declined, the
Judgeship la taken to confirm the report
of the promotion. ,' "; ,- .'- 'r.
Thle declination revive tb "original
conteat which waa waged here for aev
eral weeks prior to tha proffer "to Mr.
Cotton.' Among the most prominent con
testant upoa whom next choice Is ex
pected to fall ar Supreme' Justlc R. 8.
Been and Circuit Judge T. A. McBride.
.The information wee ' not generally
'circulated until th. af teraoon, and- theS
waa not believed by -many friend of
Mt, Cotton.' - . -'7' .-. ''-.
DUSTY BOYS THRONG 1
CITY'S PUBLIC BATHS
.Th. attendance of the boy at-th
publle baths haa been- unusually large '
thle year,- said Edward Holman. the
promoter of publlo bath' for' children,
thle morning. "The boy- and gin have
patronised the baths regularly, and they ,
seem to enjoy th ewlm In th river - -where
there I no danger whatever -of
drowning. The houra aet for th free
baths for the boys are from to 11
every morning and from 1:14 to
very afternoon exoeptlng Saturday
when they can lake the water from 1:10
to i p. m. We shall heep th houae open .
until the beginning of the September
term of schooh- Boys would Ilk to,
swim In September, but w do not wiB
to keep the bouse open aa en Inducement '
for theas. to play 'hookey' from, school.
Tbr ar reailay -f orgtrls end
women, and there are also hour for men
and women, when fee are charged. .
MINING COMPANY WILL : ' ;
, SUE COUNTY OURT
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-' (Bpeelal XMspatck te The JaaraaLI '
Baker City, July . The Cornucopta ,
Mlnee company will shortly begin ac- .
tlon egainst the Baker eounty court for
a recent act wherein the cdurt-declared '
certain roads constructed by that com
pany for thelr-prlvate use to be publlo
hlghwsys. The "notion of the county
court In opening these, roads to the pub
lie la declared entirely unwarranted by
th ownera and they aay an attempt will
be made la the near' future . to recover
their right la the lest 11 yesre the
company haa constructed $70,00 worth -of
good roads tn the Cornucopia mtn- .
lng district, some at a coat of $4,000 te
the mile. "- - '. 7 74
CASPARY SAYS HE SOLD .
. TICKETS FOR CAtfILL
; t. th. .f the ticket srslners be
fore Police judg Cameron thla after
noon, H. O. Caapary tea tl fled that he
had aold railway ticket only aa agent
for QeoTg A. Cahlll. He ald that Ca
hlll fled the city et the time tha arrest
wer made. Other wltne corrobo
rated his staAsraant. - ' .'
. Th nolle court docket 1 so crowded
on account of the acalpera' cases .that .
for tha first, time In year a session ot
court will b held tonight - -
PRFPARING TO OPEN V v
i UINTAH RESERVATION
..' " " . .
(Joaraal Special Berrhse.) .
Waahlngton, July II.' Commlaaloner
Richard of tb general land office end
20 clerk left thl morning for the
Uintah reservation1 In UUh to prepare
for the great ruah Incident to the open
In of the reservation'- to settlement.
September 1. Registration jwill begin
August 1, and the distribution will be by
lottery., 7 ; , ;j -.
CONNELL GIRL TAKES -V
- 7 LAUDANUM AND DIES
" (Bpeelsl Uapatck to The jeamLt :
Connell, Wash., July SI. Mia Chic It
Love, the 11-year-old daughter of J. B,
Love, who live four mile south of -here,
died last night from th effect of
a do - of - laudunum. - Th' family , be-.
lleve It wa taken with aulcidal intent,
ae 15 minutes before her death she In
formed her sleterwhat she had done. ,."
,' '- Beatrice Swla Xela. - --
Beatrice Lewis was held to the granj
Jury In .'a. - $7t0 .bond. by-FollcaJudge.
Cameron today on the charge of ahoot-- r
lng Grace IIIIL The women are ne- .
greases and live at Fifth and Everett
streets. Qraoe Hill wa held as 4 wtf
nesa under $280 bonds. . 77,1
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'. : . acre. Stardla Xajared. . -.
u-. w u.niis - aed 14 year.' a
realdent of San Francisco, California, '
fll last ' evening while -walking dowa ' '
.u- . . . iMriintf n the' bandstand at -.
the xpoeltion -and ausUlned a fracture
of the rlgnt wnsu .on. wm-ith ,
treatment at the emergency hospital.
-, Sty. Weld Lose SHS win. '-'
sviwanf Weld.' New Tork sttnr.
ney, who- le vlaltlng the fair, reported
to the poiic mis siiwnoun mat m aia --.in
vsluad at 1KB had baen stolen"
from hi room In lodglng-houe at 7
Htt Sixth atreet . r --, ,