GOOD MORNING V;.'.; the weatherI V k" . '''.''' ' 'J',:. . ' t'-iyf,-' i -a Shower and - cooler;' ' southerly winds. 'I - s- V J. VOL. II. NO. 2$. uXhi PORTLAND, OREGON; ; SUNDAY . MORNING,,, BEPTEMBER .24. U 1805.! FOUR SECTIONS FORTY-FOUR PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. .MMiMMMMMMMUMMiMMIMMMMMMM 4 WiIT?" "v. " " l -vfw ,rJf AeWy WMTM II musT" n.'. .. v 1 1 .I.,:.-?- .'a eieaw v-aw ws-e n TRY 10 OUST lilil Policy-Holders of New York Lift -f-Start Movemnt-iO;.RtlrT Manager of Insurance f .. Company. BATTLE FOR PROXIES v -' :. IS NOW BEING WAGED Affiliation With Wall Street and Do . -nations to Campaign Fonda Arouse i-. Storm of - Indignation Throughout Country J. P.", Morgan to . Be I Placed on Stand. '. , ;...;..; r . : ;i? . '- ". '..' ,v ' . - .A. ''T'-'t',-'- 'V'-'.'j.S ".';.-. '. v IBpmUI Dtaeatch br Lmm4 Wlr to tkii laarul) New Tori. Sept. a Policy-holdr of the New Tork' Ufa XnaurenM' company r preprin tfi make a determined fight acalnit the continuance of the; manage ment of the company by John A. MoCijll. Qeorse Wallbrldge Perklna and their re tainers. Influential tnembera of the oom. pany-fro- a .weetern etata -are- taking the Initiative In the movement, and already-, they have retained a prominent Wall atree attorney to look, after tbelr Intareata. . " They are detenalnedthat these ma a shall Join Hyde 'and Alexander in en forced retirement. The flht will be largely a battle, for proxies, and In a abort time policy-holders will -receive a request h for . proxies - from a committee that Is to be appointed for the purpose of rousing sentiment against the men at present In control of the company. An insurance man who 'la conversant with the plana of the disgusted policy" holders of New Tork Life said: -'- A effort is' to bo made to force the -MeGall-Perkles- "illciue -out of the New Tork Ufa. It is realised that this will be e most difficult thing, for' they are Strongly ofrenched. and in addition to holding about 'lO.HOO proxies, they are In a, position where, with the- list of policy-holders In their possession and a large agency force that la Interested In keeping the management Ih power, they will h'ava a great advantage In gathering proxies- . -.a. " v, r. i ' Btsgneefta Oendltteau ' Notwlthatandlng the disgraceful oon dltlon In which the life lnauranoe busi ness of these companies, the New Tork Life, the Mutual and the Equitable, has been found, tha ' policy-holders do not seem to appreciate the. gravity of th4 situation and they are slow In taking measures for the protection of their savings and" tha future of their families.' ' "There la no doubt that the McCall Perklns bands will make a determined fight to retain their fat Jobs. This will p rover I think, that the stork combany -r-the-etter- forthe-patteyihetdere-to patronise. Take, for instance, the Eqult HI A MM . . . . , . ' "TherrHyae had aTflhanclal Interest to protect and eo he got out. In the New Tork Life it le different. - The In terests of Mr, McCall and Mr, Perkins an lie in retaining their places, and they will lot nothing eacapathat will serve to keep them in .office. --That public Bentlrhnri-Is"belng aroused against President McCall for his use of the policy-holders' money 'to influence elections la evidenced by let ters made public today. , : -Rev. Lincoln Moore, ')wator of the Riverside Baptist church. In a scathing letter, denounced the MoCalt methods of management and called for his im mediate resignation In the Interests of the company and general morality. . MeCaU Xa Beaoanoed. Tour office is a public trust" Mr. Moore wrote to Mr. McCall, "and to be tray a trust is the worst because the' meanest kind of stealing. Tour actions 1 Continued on Page. Two.) AGTOR EBEN ,7t ACCUSED OF MURDER ,.. , . ' " 1 1' 1 1 '-j'' r'l.T,!.":' : : Charged With Probably Fatally Beating Captain Martin Waa ; . With John McCullough In California, v Later Leading . - ManVith Edwin-Booth'; Mrs; FlslcVand Others " ' (BpeeUI IHepetek by Mat Wire to To losraal) Plymouth, Maes, BepC'-f IS. Ebea Plympton, the attor, was brought before Judge W, H. Osborne of the dletrict court here yesterday and held under IS.00A ball for his' Vonea ranee In the court a week, from today on thi charge of aaaault with Intent to murder Cap tain George Martin, who has been liv ing with him. . He pleaded nit guilty. and the court granted a continuance for one week to await the outceme of Mar tin's Injuries. -'' Martin is In the Massachusetts gen eral hospital neatr the point of death. The physicians say he has eoneusslon of the brain and a fracture of the skull, besides other injuries about the body. . According fo . Harry Blanchard, who told the polios that he waa' an eye witness to the assault. Plympton ap proached Martin In the yard last Sat urday after the latter had returned home without calling for the actor and said: "Did you, intend to leave mer - "I did," said Martin, with soma beat This statement was followed by a Tight, during which Plympton fell to the around.- He wee round there ty BlanchH ard and welter Bonney, - bleeding and with one eye; partly "closed f.-.4 a blow. FUKl LA1U DA Y A ! PAIK A LtzOfAL Governor George E. Chamberlain ' jday- Usued the following procUnjation, declaring September jO, Portland Day at the Lewis and - Clark fain, Jefal holiday r 'j v U ; . , f: ): ii t "When the idea wae first conceived of celebrating the one hun . dredthannivertary of .'the expedition of "Lewie and Oark to the northwert - courittythere-were rmany Hr gigantic an enterprise, not a few ,who entered intq .the. spirit of the i) undertaking doubtful as to. the result, and ojhers Whose tear and V -enthusiasm as tcrthe propTietf-ofeetebratifig a greartlifofical event,';. . ; and at the same time exploiting iiiu, mcu wiiiiiu (tic limn ukiv wswl iuuuuj). w. v sc tiib ir the eventually succeeded in arousing the pride and patriotic spirit !; of the whole' northwest. Not only the people of Oregon responded ' liberally-to the call for. aid, and 'through their legislature appropriated ' -$450,000 to the. enterprise, but the several counties of, the state and the cities as: well have contributed most generously in money and in effort:.. -::! :;!v. -y.r ;'v T' vtr." 'r- X a. Animated by , the same spirit, . interests are atmosi laenticat who inoie oi urcgon, pui many 01 tne ' eastern states, whoje citizens had nothing to-gain by participation" in , 'the exposition, have done all in their poweTtoniake ttj successThe. , expectations of' bufj)eqple hive been more thanreafized, and the ; exposition, which is now rearing its. .close,, will go down, in hi'story "ai one'of he most successful: ever "held in the United. States. The I citizens of Portland, besides giving generously; -of their- time ' and CflD III i u IV PORTLAMD DAY Racet 'fsaval Battle and - Dress Parade. 1F DAYLIGHT FIREWORKS ; I - ?; ANOTHER BIG FEATURE Every Indication Points to the Han- ' v dred Thousand Mark Being Ex ceeded and Railroads Expect -Rec- ' ord Crowds. V-v--':'"'''" Thla la . the' week that fecludas the greatest of ail days at the exposition Portland day. ' y The aueeess which attended 'the Open ing and the Fourth ' of. July surpassed tha : hopes of sponsors, but that Port land's own day will ds greater is en- - Not only the city, but the enttre sUte, will pttlcipato In the celebration next Saturday, sine .tha . proclamation of Governor Chamberlain makes it legal holiday. ... .. , '.5 ' . :;. .. .. . OtkS Olttsa WU1 Sal. Portland herself will be , ouLjn best bib slnd "tucker,-and ht tie celebration will be. materially assisted by all the states represented at 'the fair and the cities of the northwest; 4. Aside from the elaborate program within the exposition gstes mere are many leaturea wnicn will go far towards bringing tha attend' aaoa to ska 108,000 ssaik ae sr Psesldiai Goods. . The railroads have made a ape- "clal ' reduction In ' rates from adjacent territory for that day," and merchants throughout, the . city are preparing to send their employes to the 'exposition, rtftoea Sours of ran. . v The -. tentative program provides at least -Is. hours of solid entertainment. The day wilt begin with a national salute of SI guna; then there will be e parade, an airship race, distribution of 11,000 In prises,, Japaneae daylight fire works, a dress parade by tha Oregon National . Guard, exercises in the band stand and a reproduction of the battle of Manila bay. The morning parade will be partici pated In by, tha exposition, statea and cities, and from - - present ' Indications floats being prepared will excel. any thing or that , character: ever seen In Portland. The parade will be entirely witnm tne exposition grounds. (Continued on Page Two.) 'f ir They carried the actor into the house, where - he became hysterical. Captain Martin was In anothsr-room. , 1 - j "We hung around the house for some time," said Blanchard. ,'Ho see If any thing else was to happen, and then we -heard sounds or blows struck with soma heavy instrument. There .were five or six of these blows, and then a votes said: I . " .. ', " ! atiiyia I have fixed you this time."' TPlymptonwas- tn his palmy days One of - thev most distinguished actors in America. He was given an opportunity to go onto ha stage in California by Jo seph Proctor.' and hid a fin training In . John McCulloagh's - femp. stock eompany In tha California theatre. Theft he went to Wallack's theatre. New Tork. Later he went to the famoua. Union Square company, next supported Ade laide) Nellsen, then Mary Anderson, then Edwin Booth In England and Europe, later Modjeeka, Julia Marlowe! and from HIO to Itsl was- stock star at 1 the Boston museum: ' - ' - 7 ,., Since . then he , has aupported Mra Langtry, Mrs. Pleke and other women aura and of late' years ha appeared In one-act serious plays In vaudeville J theatres. - ,,-- ' cincDDnnnAn I1L I HUQIUtl PLYMPTOIf MV BE the resources 'of that 'vast' domain "not only our sister states, whose HAY GET DEHOn OF Slayer of - Augusta Pfeiffer : Is Hunted Uke a Wild Beast - In Hills. - - (Beeelal Dlxpetch by Leased Wire to The Joernal) New Torn. sept. SI. Detective Ser geant Price of New Tork headquarters at midnight tonight received the fol lowing telegram from PeekakllV: V "We hare run Into the woods here a man who cloaely resembles Glrsrd. We have surrounded the woods and are keeping guard tonight and tomorrow.' . (Signed)' r' -IX.L.IO 8CHEUINO." .. Hunted like a wild beast by a posse of more than 100 man. Joseph Qlrard. suspected, of the murder- of' Augusta Pfeiffer. found dead at the "Haunted Oak," ia surrounded in tha woods ; of the Spltsenberg mountains,' near Peeks kill, and, according to ActlngCaptaln tain Samuel Pierce of the Bronx' police station, is certain of capture within- a few hours. , '. ' ,:. , .-. Every road la watched and the flicker tng of the1 campflies uf th dttectl ves, police and acorea of volunteers tonight flamed in a cordon about the base of the mountain, . Bentrtea ere posted! in ever direction, and the fire light' glistened On rifle barrela- ready for action at a moment's notice.- Tomorrow at dawn this small army will begin tha formid able Uek of eiamtnlng every foot of ground on tne mouniAin sides. t- T , PUSHES MAN OFF WALK -i' v KILLING HIM -INSTANTLY V 8perlai Mepetar to The AsrnaL) ; Pullman, Waah., Sept , J. rJ., Over, baugh killed George flchmld. a shoe maker, here In a peculiar manner this evening. Schmidt wsa drunk snd began abusing Overbaugh on Main street, when Overbaugh pushed Schmidt backward with his left hand. Schmidt fell to .the cement sidewalk, striking hie head and f maturing his skull.. He. 'died almost Instantly. ., Overbaugh Is heartbroken over the affair. Schmidt waa 61 yeara old. single and has no known relatives. "' ; ' ' . . . ' ' ' ' ' 1 1 1 ZVigud DAY, " HAUNTED OA oov. George k. chamberlain. - FIRE HAY WIPE OUT IGERflA Five '.Hundred Men Fighting - Already Is Flames -Loss -? Fifty Thousand Dollars. t (BpeeUI IMepeteh by Leeaed Wire to The Jeoraal) ' Dunamulr, Cel., Sept' S3. The town of Igefna,leas than SB miles north of this city and about 10 miles north 'of Bisson, Is being swept by fire tonight and may be entirely destroyed. The flames, prob ably of Incendiary origin, broke out at 1:33 this afternoon.- At 10: tonight. 11 dwelling houses hsd been burned snd ths rtre ' waa 1 beyond control. ' althdugh more than too men were desperately flighting it he blase has got into the dry forest and lumber that 'has been cut. are in great danger. ' ' ' Blnce lo:se o'oioca mere cas oeen no communication , by telephone or tele graph between Tgerna and the-outelde world and It Is reared that the destrue- Uon-Qf tha town la complete. Bo far aa can be learned tonight there haa been no loea of Ufa. The damage that had been done up . to 1 the time of the laat report from the burn ing region waa estimated at ISO.000. 'It waa feared hat' the loss would-go aa high as $200,000. for tha flames threat ened all the town and mill properties besides.. - . THROWN TO TOP OF POLE i ; IN r RUNAWAY ACCIDENT V ' (Special tM'petrb te Hie Journal) . Salem, Or., Sept. JJ. One of the most remarkable eacapea from injury In a runaway accident was witnessed on the street hero today when Harry Roll., a boy working for the, local . telephone eompany, waa thrown SO feet In the air. He was drtylng with a horse' and car riage, when the horse ran away and collided with' a telegraph pole. The force of the shock threw the boy on the top of a bracket' SO feet from.tho ground, where he. sat uninjured, lie climbed down on a ladder, put up . for his asslstence, . . , mm Li. eV.i -'si ' 1 - 1 xzsxszA 5 money, have vied with each other In, extending hospitality to the stranger within; their gates..The whole tfthe northwest1 has shared in the advantages which hare -accrued ftom the Lewis and. Clark ' exposition, the beneficial effect of which is already beginning to be - felt by addition to-population and wealth. v v t " " ': ' . . " "It is proposed to make OneT st renuous"ef fort tcPbring together not ; . only the people of the state, but " i . I ,rv. L ,ia . t o . . i i mt own oij or ocpicmocr,, wnicn . nas . Dccn ;aeignatca oy uic ex ! "position management as Portland . Day. , In order that every facility may. be. given Jo JiiepeopleofoujLQwnJtatetx(assistinholding a .reunion on the day so designated,- - , ,v, V . r -; '. "I, George E.,Chambcrlain, as governor of the state of Oregon,- by virtue of the power and authority in me vested, ; do . proclaim Saturday, the 30th day of September, 1905, a legal holiday, and I do earnestly request all of the people of the state' to lay aside their . ordinary vocations and to repair to the exposition for the purpose of enjoying a day of ,rest, the " renewal of old acquaintances-and -the discussion 'of those matters and things which will tend to the' greater 'advancement of the magnificent commonwealth in which we live. . . ' "In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my "name as . governor of the state of Oregon, at the capitol in the city of SaJem, zj. and have caused the great eal of the state 40 be affixed this 23d day of September, A. D., 190S." f v.- - Attest: . -: . ; : :; GEO. E. CHAMBERLAIN, V - if t'tiitmuab . " ' : . -. -n-. ..T . . . ,,..-.v j Secretary of DERRY TRIAL IS II Courtmartial Halts PendlrtgSe curing of Depositions From rxryTTthe Philippines. t - ISpeelel Dtapattfa to The JoaraaL) -Vancouver, Wash., Sept SS. All the witnesses called for the"- courtmartial of Captain A. P. Berry.: of the Tenth infantry, were discharged , Friday and the trial was adjourned for two months, in which time Important depositions can be secured In the Philippine lalanda. So far aa can be learned tha courtmartial up to date has failed to' bring out sen sational features ' that". Were expected. This la said to be due te a postponement faking place immediately prior to a time when Important developments In proceedings were looked for. ? Jfe Stepeasive Case. ' Notwithstanding thla fact it is eetl- msted that the expenaa of ths hearing has been very great and will run Into the thouasnds. of daliare. . : - "There have been many witnesses in attendance, for and are Inst Captain Berry, who la accused, while acting as esptaln-quartermafter of the transport Sheridan , on her . trip to San Franclsoo from the orient in last March, of break ing Into the stateroom of I the wife of Lieutenant Mack.' of tha artillery, and Insulting her. Each ef tha wltneaees is allowed transportation from snd to the place where they were located, expenaea and IS a day! additional. " Wltkssssg CM Some. , ' ' Tha numerdus witnesses left "today for their homes, but have been Instructed to be ready to return when railed upon. Moat of the officers of the Sheridan left today for San Franclaco., ; Before a postponement waa ordered by Captain Bradley, Judge advocate of the court almost the whole of yester day's sesslm waa taken' up with the argument of potnta of law. Several verbal clashes were wit neeeed between the opposing . sides. Whether or not the prosecution should be allowed to Introduce tha testimony of certain wit nesses waa tha cease of a lengthy and heated debate, Superior Judge W. W. McCredle f of ' Vancouver waa finally called en to settle the. question, ' MOORED HULIUA Y of tlje adjoining states as Well, on l i.' ;i ' ' , . . i t y JW IVI . State. ;'B a . ' J THREE ARE KILLED Engineer, Fireman and Mailclerk Perish In Train Wreck Near "' V Eaton, Idaho. . , ; : THREE PASSENGERS ARE . ' INJURED IN DISASTER Westbound Passenger and ' Freight Meet Head-On '" .Both 'Engines, Five Freight Cars, Two Baggage, ;' Hail Car and . Coach Smashed. (Special DUpetra to Tse Jeeraal.) . .Huntington, Or.. Sept SS. A head-on collision between the westbound passen ger and . a local freight occurred this morning on the Oregon Short Lino near Eaton. Idaho, resulting In three deaths, all members of tha train crew: the aert- oua. perhaps fatal. Injury of three pas sengers, the alight Injury of a scoro of others, the' complete destruction of both englnea, five freight cars, two bag gage and a mall car and one passenger coach. Tha dead: . . Mail Clerk Wallace Harrison. Glenn Ferry; Instantly killed. .Buck Robleatead. Glenna Ferry, fire man of tha paaaenger; Instantly killed. . Alex LaBoaa, engineer of tha paaaen ger; badly acalded and hurt internally: died thla evenlng-4o the hospital -at Seriously Injured: Mr. Banner, Clifton, Washington; left arm broken. ' T Mrs. Lucy Walker, Dalton, Missouri; eut about -head. : - ' - O. M. Harper. Damar, Kansas; thrown through a-window and badlyrcut and brulaed. - - .'. yaasearers ta tka Wreck.' ' Mrs. Laura Babb, Glenna Ferry. Idaho. Rebecca Harold, Indianapolis, Indiana. W, L. Schafer, Mucoda. Wisconsin. , I Mr, and Mrs. W. R. Wheeler, Da Mar Kanaaa. - ' ; Mr. and Mrs. C C. Morrison, Da Mar, Kanaaa. i , , ., Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Geacbwalnt Dunn, Tennessee. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. McElhaney, Wheat land, Wyoming.. ' W. T. Smock,, Randolph. Utah, A-sJ-Jr (Continued on Page Two.) COLLISION ULICE ROOSEVELT MUST PAY OUTY UPON HER COSTLV GIFTS Presents Worth Hundreds' of Thousands of Dollars Given President's Daughter by Empress . of China, and Other ' Rulers May Prove White Elephants. " 1 " ' (Special Dtipatck br Lease Wire te The Jonraal) San Francisco, Bept. JJ. Collector of the Port 8tratton today stated that ho would not make any distinction tn re gard to the. enforcement of the custom laws on tho arrival, of the Taft party, between them and any of the other pae aengers on the steamer.' They will be treated - the aama aa any . other Ameetcan returning from abroad. From all accounta they will bring with them numerous articles and treasurea from tha orient. r - - Tha presents given ' Miss Roosevelt alone will amount to thouaand of dol lars and the duty on them will be a con siderable amount' Secretary Taft haa alao received aeveral valuable gifts snd reports received hero show that each member of the party haa been a large purchaser of oriental curloa, atlka, em broideries and other things whlh al ways attract the eye of the tourist : - The law explicitly statea that nil bag gage shall bo examined., except that of ameASaadora, diplomats, commlaatonera or agenta of the government returning from abroad where they have been In an official capacity. If it la considered that Secretary Tart and the rent of his party are inclu'-l It he la" r cate gory, that ef i t "l re turning h' -l official d . pasaed wi wtae the t be. decler Northern Pacific .. and O. R. d , N. Clash on the Peninsula, Eacheeking7Rlght"t677 : ' Cross ' ByerV'Tract. ' ENORMOUS PURCHASES KV . OF TERMINAL LANDS HOI Line Haa Secured All the Right o ,Way Required Except a .Strip ' Between .. Vancouver and . Waatw ougal Fresh Filings Made at '. Olympia YcaterdayVr t-r-Vj .; It is stated on reliable authority that , the Northern - Paolflc Railroad com- pany's purchases of terminal grounds In North Portland Include all but one block In the entire district bounded by John- son street on the south. Twelfth street on the' west the North Pacific Terminal company, on the -seat- snd extending north to the preaent i main line of tho ' Northern ' Paclflo railroad at ; -Savior ' . street,;;-The exception is block, 234, tZ-' the north end of tha preaent .terminal company's yards. It Is said the North ern Pacific la negotiating for thla block. - In that -part of the city the company has bought a "total of SS blocks., and Ha purchases Include other blocka and acreage tracts In the city and on the peninsula. It has under' option a tract . 1,000 feet wide and nearly a mile long, owned by the Oneonta Land company, 7' ".' and extending from Guild's lake to tha Willamette river. Its purchases on tho , ' peninsula amount - to . aeveral hundred Mrea. . -.;v-. i4 ",:'' Sign fov'Blgkt ef "War;. . ' The first open contest for rights of - wsy on the peninsula haa begun b- . , tween tho Northern Paclflo and the Ore gon Railroad tt NavlgwUon-e'pmpaay. A s ' tract of several acrea owned by Mrs. Irljah Byera Ilea on the route the O. R. tt N. la acquiring for Its freight line from St. Jonna to Clarnle. : The land Ilea Just north of tha St. Johns woolen mill "property, and Its topography la such that It forma a strategic point in the route desired by the Northern Pa- cine for ' its new lino from Vancouver -to Portland. . The O. R. N. A Co. has offered Mrs. Byers 11.900 an acre and she Is holding the land at S,S00. 'It la id the Northern Paclflo la bidding against the O. R. A N. for tho ground. .."Struggle atTasemTe.':.J,. At Vancouver the Columbia Railway A Navigation company, acting for Hill and the Northern Pacific, yeataadar ' filed for record. opt lona on eight tracts -of -land between.- Wnshougal- and - La Camaa, paying flO.SOO for tha right ' to purchase within to days. ,. The . Columbia Railway at Navigation com pany ts represented at"VsncouTer by A.- G. Berger. Its franchises were acquired by . the Northern Pacific - and Great- Northern - companies from the Owners of the old Paul. Mohr portage road, ear oral mtlea of which remain along tho north bank of the Columbia oppoalte " The Dalles. It haa been erroneously . atateda that thla land waa acquired by the Columbia Valley Railway company. through agents of L. Gerllnger. acting for the Harrlman Unas. The options ire .' drawn In tho name of tho Columbia -Railway . A Navigation company, suc cessors to the Paul Mohr organisation, and now In possession of the Northern , Pacific, ' ... .. . , ; The tracts on which options ara taken are aa follows: From H. IL Strong, a . strip In 14-1-4. two mllea east of Wash- . (Contlriued on Page Two.) to appraleed y "the official' appraiser hero.- : - . "..-' i' ' .' i ... The tourist s allowed $10 worth oT goods, free of duty, on which he has to pay no duty. - It 1a expected that President Roosevelt will insist at leaat upon hla daughter' paying full duty on everything aha brings with her. aa her gifts are all personal and none of national character. - " . Secretary .Taft and party are expect. ' ed here Wednesday. ' . ' . . " . Wonderful stories are current of the splendid preeenta . which - have .. been made Mlsa Rooaevelt during her trip. Everywhere she haa been the gutst of rulers sad potentates. These letter hsvs vied with eech other In showing 'honor to- the daughter of the president of the United , Btatuaj, by ..the presentation of Jewels or rare articles of art. , Many of these, especially the beautiful Jade ornaments presented by the dowa ger enipreee of Chlria and the spier speolrsena of Japanese art given r t mikado, are beyond price, f .--- , are reserved for Chinees royalty and are not ot I Inciting the r't Vila hfMieeve t i wH belrv r i It.' 1 f -'vt-