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. -- 1 - - s '- . ' '- . . . . . . . . ' ... A : , ,. , '( , - I .,a,r a '. . L . , , j' " ; " ' . . ' : . - ' GOOD EVE II III G ,. km i.ni,..rli I' t ... as.Js ! - 1 I '" , "Vl ' ' THE WEATHE2. t. V ff ."7v Pair . and cooler tonight Wednei- day probably fair;. westerly winda. y ; "UK Journal . Circyiitlc:. " - VOL.V MO. 175. i,; ':mrhnhMTnri'rihn nri-nrri i'ltlU'UU LlUlibfill ULKIIiiJU) King of Wall Street Highly In censed Against Partner as A a Result of Life Insur ' --anca. Investigation ....A . FIRM INVOLVED THROUGH CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION Polky-Holdera Money Paid to Re publican! Through Morgan Firm .Manipulation of Joint : Account jrJOMidtenrJn: Undesirable Publicity Broker'; to Oo on Stand. i (Journal flpwtal arrke.) r New,, York, SetI. It la declared ' In Wll , ttreet tht J. Plerpont Morgan ha demanded the resignation of Gorje W. Perklna from the firm of f. P. Mor , gmo A Co,' aa a reault 6f the.expoeures -inade In -.-the letlalatlv InveaUcation tit inanranca.- Mornn la rDortat ta ha hlshlr : Incenaed 'with . Perklna on ioJ count of the latter' contributing New Tork Life fond a to the Republican cam 'paten furf"by drawing the check to the ' order of Morran Co.. and o involving y the. Morgan firm In what la unlveraalljr denounced .. aa. qgeMIonaMe tmnaactlona. , i if organ Is angry ht the proapeot -that he will be aummoned to go before the ; nrtlatt onrnnvlttee to lln th :- "Jont aorount" tranaactiona of the com '; panV with -the New Tork Ufa. and the mtnlpulatloa of the Utter 'a funda in the -i - formation et underwriting and ' other eyniitcates, in soma of which New Tork Life waa a heavy loaer. He -will aleo ' haTe.t explain why Morgan' Co, on i the ; aame . day Bold , aecuritlea, to the 1 Equitable Life at a much lower prloe -than It aold them to-the New Tork Lire. , Wh upon the atand Perklna stated that the New Tork Life had contributed (Continued on .Page Nine.) ... , Pffiaiaioiiiw . SHIELD WU Student Surprised by Husband Visiting Woman Plays Burgla ' to Save Her Honor. ! . ' V '.'i ' : - :. i : ? ; A ; ' ' ' U 1 (JeeraU SpMial entoa.V - - -- -' NewTork, Sept. :.--rrlends of Wil liam Bcollay WhltwelW -the Harvard eenlor who dlaappeared myaterioualy In J February, HOI, are Interested In the statement of Kan Fischer-Hanaen. the millionaire "attorney and -philanthroplat, that Governor Higglna will be asked to , morrow to pardon college student, now In King Blng prison, who pleaded guilty to the charge : of burglary , to save , a woman's honor,. , ,' ' According to Flecher-Hanaen, Whlt welU while calling upon a womah a- -elsHy prominent) wee awpriaed ln-her-' apartments by the sudden return of . her husband. The young man, to shield . her, assumed ths role of a burglar. ' He C wss arrested, taking a fictitious name,' ' and confeasqd that he waa a robber and -i wa.entenced to the state prison.-Her kusband is now dead, and the woman ha , appealed to Ftscher'tHansen , to .: obtain the release of the.; young man. . ' Cutler Whltwell,' a student of Coltim 7 bia. asked FlaoherHanaen today Jf h ' . had any news of his missing brother.. ' "I have nothing to say." aald the law yer. f 'Walt till Wednesday when Gov emor Hlggine returne from Albany, and you- will know all." r , A Ban Francisco dispatch says 'that v I it. Boneatsll. nncle of William Scot lay WhUwell. said that the family ha ' positive proof that h la nephew is not tha young man! held In the New To'k " prison aa a burglar to shield a weman'e ' honor.- . . ' ; BARBER ELOPES WITH DAUGHTER OF MAYOR OF SAN BERNARDINO i .; oorssl BpeeUI Servloe.) ' San Bernardino, Sept. -JO. Miss Bess Barton, society bell .and daughter of Mayor H. M. Barton, 'eloped yeaterday afternoon - with Sherman . G. Batchelor, barber, and toe couple were married ' In Loa Angeles. ' The parenta were " overcome with tha- news which she Wired. They were planning to cele brate her lth birthday laat night and (he party waa to hev(e been an elaborate eurprlse, , 'i i..., :. - ': ,'. ,." . ..'.'..".. The young people have been meeting dandtsttnely for many montha, Batche -ir--' PORTLAND, 'OREGON, t TUESDAY, EVENING, ; SEPTEMBER ..Aa1 OeorgJV7. Perkina. YELLOW FEVER GERM r? r ; . AT LAST-DISCOVERED s.V,'S .'".-;-. i I i iii. . 7., -v, Vy : v iooraai aiMcUl Brk.) . . .New Orleane. Sept. One-of the moat Important dlacoverle In the med ical ' field in half a century- ha been made. The yellow fever, germ has been found. Teeta made at the emergency h6npltal bj Dr. J. Blrney Outhrie, Dr. P. K. Atchinard and Profeaor J. I C Smith have reaulted JA the poaltlve4den tifititton; c ; jthe germ . that ; on veyed by .the moaulto .and cauaea yel low fever In all whom It Inoculate-- 1 ' Oala on Oolnmbla. ' , Hearnal" BpKlsl Sw'. : Aatorla. Or., Bept J.- The heaviest gale in- many months struck the mouth of the Columbia river late yeaterday afternoon... Although the wind. attained a high -velocity, no damage has -so far been reported. Although work was stopped on the Jetty .that structure waa Foreign : Steamship Companies Treat Emigrants Before Leav ; r Ing Native Land. (Jesraal apedal arvtce.) Washington, - Sept. , It. Startling fraud! are Bald to have been discovered by Special Agent Flahberg of tha Immi gration bureau to the effect that it la ths practice of many foreign ateamahtp companies to "doctor" emigrants before they leave Europe, so as to bei sble to pess American Inspectors. s -. Flahberg has been abroad'for aeven weeka. Inves tigating the methods of houalng and caring for emigrants. i.ne report nanaea in o immigration Cnm m I i tTrtlTmrA 1 .. Rtkr av-saaa n r tutsaV insPECTion allegef ' lhanhe" 0hpnleapsTttTOtsTrHcort,'L--',, f ngineera.j .ia making those carrying Itsllana and - Greeks, house women and children, sick and well. In the most squalid boarding house where the alck -are "doctored" to an appearance of health. The work ta mo clever and -the-deception la so com- plets that thousands of diseased per sons are admitted yearly to the United States. They are said to have the moat dangeroua.dleaea, jn one . house, Flahberg says, 10 sick emigrants were being cared for In one room. ' .t Flahbsrg aays that he saw the ship's surgeon psss under. the eyes of the ship agents two cases of deformed .hands. one case of smallpox, one of locomotor ataxia and ene of paralysis, . , ; : Bight sTrw Oases aad Two Deaths. ' New Orleans, Sept. 2(.--At noon to dsy ight new-cases of yeHow lever and two deaths were reported. ' - ' lor having been denied, the right to visit the home. Two yeara ago Batchelor and Mlaa Barton met at a society function given at the residence of a, wealthy family her, where Batchelor, who la a fine vocal I at., was engaged to sing. The ac quaintance quickly ; ripened lntoJov. The an trpai-rnta,;TearIngth result ahlch took place, refused 'to permit Batchelor to their noma, and In many other -waya endeavorVd to cure their daughter of her Infatuation. - - i ( , The young Woman, who la II today I a .saaior-ln-the -tilgh-ctinoT-anl vary popular and prominent In aoclety, . . , ' .'... " ,.: 1 Popular Reception arid Baii Given the Great - Railroad' Builder, at Which He Is ExpecfOut line - His The Northern Pacific Has What It Needed:. Says Vice-President Carles Hv Levey Who . Arrived : Tod pletenessrofTKghtoiWa "f.A great popalar demonstration will mark the . vialt of Jamea J. Hill to Portland next Monday. It will Uke the form of a reception and banquet, to be given Monday evening, either at - the Portland hotel or the American inn the place will be governed by the nura ber or guests participating. Tne Dan- quet will be under the auaplcea of the Lewis and Clark exposition and the Portland chamber. Ot ..commerce, hi Mr. Hill will arrive In Portland Sun day evening, accompanied by a party of eastern men, moat of them directors. stockholders and officers in the "Hill lines and . the . Burlington road. . The party will Include the following; James J. Hill, president of the Great North ern; Howard Elliott, president of the Northern Pacific; L. W. Hill, vice-president of the Great "Northern: Charles M. Lvey, vloe-prealdent of, the North ern Pacific; George F. Baker. Amoa T. French, Alexander Cochrane and Payne Whttoey. , of New Tork, dlrectora -in the Northern ' Pacific; Samuel Thorne, John . Thorns and George ' C. Clark, stockholder In the Great Northern and the Burlington; Gardner ' W. Lane, of Lee,- Huggina aV Lane, Boaton; Darius Miller, f Irat ' vtce-prealdent of the Tur lington; J, M. Hansford, aecotuf vlce prealdent of -the Northern Paeifle; Ben Campbell, fourth vlce-orestdent of the Great Northern, and half a dosen others who ' are connected officially - or .by unancuu uea witn the Hill reads. Tiee-reetaemt &eeey Here. -. Mr. , Levey, who Is personally In charge mt the- great undertaking by the Hill people in. the Columbia river basin, arrived In Portland last night, coming straight from a conference with Mr. Hill and his assoclstea held last week at St Paul. He, with A. D. Charlton of Port land, will attend to the details of the visit of - the Hill, party. -- Conference with-him -were held -today by-President H. W. Goode of the exposition, Presi dent W. D. .Wheelwright of the. cham ber of, commerce, and other prominent business men who desire that a fitting reception be , given . the great , railroad builder., . .-. : . . . . - A telegram received by Mr. Lever this morning from- President Elliott ' stated ! thm Mrtl umilH "! In 1rt- landStrnday- evenln been eecured at the - Portland hotel. President Hill wiU.be shown ths ex position on Monday. In the eveplng he wtH be - the - guest of honor at a ban quet at which it la exsected 690 or too business men will attend. Speeches will be made by Mr. Goode. Mr. Wheelwright and ether Portland men. 1 The feature of the evening will be an address by Mr. HUL. It Is expected he will say something of special Interest In connection with the north bank line, the great brldgee to be built acrosa the Columbia and Willamette - rlvera, and the new terminate and dock for ocean going vessels that are to give Portland the strongest impetus It has . felt in many year in aomestio ana oriental trade. ; " ."" ' . Want BTo Jxeltislveuess. - t think It would he tha wlah of Hfr! Hill to have any function In his honor made as general In nature' as la' prac ticable. He Is not especially fond 'of social affairs of an exclusive charac ter," aald Mr. Levey. "Tha work that has been done by Mr. surveys and eatlmatea for tha Columbia and ' Willamette - river bridge, la now N EW AIRSHIP RECORD MADE .Th first message and answer evef carried by an alrshlp'weYe "'thdeewnlcn today Lincoln ' Beacbey brought from President QQode of the exposition to the ' top of the Chamber of Commerce building, and the reply which wa sent by the president of the' Portland com mercial bod lea. - J?erheyJmade the flight with- ease directly to the roof of the building,-where several men seised, the rope-which -he - had thrown out, aud whsre he rested for a time, while the nnswsr to President Good' message wss written. Then. climbing Into the frail framework of his airship,- City of Portland, he gave orders for ths ship to be -released, and shot into the air. -. Straight aa a bird files he came to The Journal building, dropped a note sent by President Goode -to The Jour nsl, stopped at the other newspaper of floe snV then headed for the exposi tion. Although ther waa difficulty at times . In overcoming - the heavy cur rents of air that skirted the hills hs was delayed but a 'abort" time and with in half an hour from t)te time he left The Journal' building - 'he was. safely anchored In the exposition grounds at the, airship concession. This Is the message snt jo .The. Journal Massage o The jemyneX "To' The Oregon Ds lly Journal: I have pleasure In transmitting . to The Oregon Dally Journal, greetings from the exposition grounds by the unique medium of tha airship. City of Portland. "Mr. Lincoln Beaohey. through whose eklllful guidance yon will receive this in the In the hands of Ralph Modjsskl. an ex pert bridge, engineer., who will review. the entire ' situation ana determine flnall on the location of the bridges. A report from him may be expected within a few days." said Mr. Levey. Mr. Modjeskl is probably the leading bridge expert of the eour.'.ry. .He built the Thebes bridge across the Missis sippi at Memphis, ths greatest railroad brldgajjrithe world. .He la regarded as son, who occuped the position of the leading American bridge builder. - - . ' To See' the Country, s '''' The f Irat object of the Hill party to Portland la to. inspect the country, and ths Improvements that have been made In the established lines of. the Northern Paclflo end Great Northern companies In -the. last, two years. Some of the di rector have not visited this part of the country sine the reorganisation of ths Northern . Pacific's affaire A, vast smount of betterments and extensions have been made under direction of Preal- SEEKING FRANCHISE FROM . TOVii Of VOC'JVER . Portland .Consolidated : Railway ' SafcT (f J3e Arranging to , !; :'"' 'Enter'. Field. ' A.-.- ; : (Special Dispatch ts The Journal.) ,.' Vancouver, Wash., Sept. 18. A new aurprlee ha"; turned up lit the: local street railway franchise question In the peat few days. Representatives of the Portland Consolidated Railway company have been sounding the situation, nem bars of ths city council having been ap proached on the Subject. It la. under stood that .the Portland company .' will ask for a franchise along 'Main' street tm -in. h v- B"N?risin'I Policy it llnendJDrCoe s BLtLbout NovenbeTT Helens road . franchise. ,. would . supply Vancouver with street ear lines for some time to come. - The Consolidated com pany. It is believed, will ask for Its franchiser at next Monday plght'a meet ing of the city council.- Should both the Vancouver A Suburban ' and the Portland Consolidated build the proposed lines, ' the two principal streets of. ths city, running parallel 200 feet' apart, would thua be occupied by street car lines. Juat what reason the Portland Consolidated has for wanting a line in thla efty is not definitely known as yet, although rumor haa It that a deal Ja In progress to hold an extensive race meet next year at the racing park. Juat north of this city, on account of tha action of ths Oregon officials In stopping gamb ling at the Irvlngton track in Portland. The local track is located at the head of Main street and 'a line to the track, should a two month's meet be held each year, would pay fairly well, with what local travel the road would handle dur ing -the remaining ten montha. The Portland- - Consolidated, - H I- argued, could operate the . Una much cheaper than an Independent company. ' ' " '. ' . - .-'"' ' shall atand out pre-eminent above the meny"1 aaceessrut dayg thathavar-gone before; that September to shall -prov a tst,of the pride and loyalty of the- people of Portland, - the crowning event of the exposition-period. J ". . - message. , holds the honor of having manifested to exposition visitors snd the city of Portland the moat successful airship flights ever given! - - ......... . "Permit me at this time to call your attention to tha fact that Saturday, Sep tember to, 106, haa been designated Portland day , at . the Lewis snd Clark Centennial exposition. ' "It Is tha earnest desire of tha ex position management that Portland day A' SHARK STORY IS v: r . -A NEXT IN THE SERIES ' It's a shsrk story that is of- - fered the reader of the banner aerlea of ahort atorloa In next , Sunday's Journal. "The Collee- . tor of the Port" " Is Its nsme snd. It's one of the best Robert W." Chambers ever WTOte. If , you are familiar with . modern fiction you know how high Rob-. ert W. Chambers stsnds among . the writers. His name slone Is . sufficient guarantee of ' the ex' .cellence- -ef - the etery.-' ",""; pf :;A.-A-A- .A--y,v-:.j;-A 28, i 1905. FOURTEEN "PAGES.' : "V - - " PRICE TWO Northwest dent Elliott and Vlee-Presldent 'Levey, They were quick to see- the need of fe- organisation or tna arrairs or the North ern Pacific - in PaciAc coast territory, and their recommendations have been adopted by the ruling powers In the Hill aystem. Mr. . Levey-a . conduct of tha campaign la aald to have been one of the fine achievements In the history of railroad promotion work. had completed its preliminary arrange menteJCor tha north bank line and the Portland entrance, Mr. Levey aald: ' Klghts of .Way Seoored. "The work of seourlng property for right of way, terminal and bridges Is now practically don. The company has whst it needed. This large task. Involving 'the most Intricate maneuvering, the. completion of Innumerable surveys, the transfer of scores of blocks and acres of ground and the Investment of upward of tl, (00,000, has been carried on so quietly that scarcely a ripple appeared above the - eurface. - Before . Portland - really became aware that it : waa being made the math Pacific coast terminal of three great transcontinental railroad ayatema and the pert for new oriental steam ship lines the thing ' was an. accom plished fact.' .'-v. v...'-.- : --- Mr. Levey came, a stranger to Port land-less than, two. year ago. and. ltlaX said he is almost a stranger sun, so far as social relations are concerned. He has thrown hie whole time and mind Into the task that had been assigned to him, and not an hour has he given to anything but stern business. . v-.r "After the flrat buret of enthusiastic welcome to the chief figure In the rail road world la over, the business men of Portland are going to ahow their ap preciation of C. M. LeveysaldJmaof them today. ' Concerning his work Mrr Leveywlll not talk-' He has given out two offi cial ' statements one snnounclng the Grangevtlla extension, and ths other re lating to the north bank line. He saya the Qrangevtlle extension will be made from Cul d Sac. and that contracts thfl work wlir probably be called for lie saya itie norm pans una can ue completed In a year and a half. Re garding shops at 'Portland or Vancouver he te non-communicative. It is believed by many that -the company will "erect large repair shop and roundhouses at Vancouver . or St. Johns. Mr. Levey says ths capacity of. the car hope at Tacoma will be Increased. "Almost for ths first ' time In the history of the Northern Paclflo, there are big crop thl fall at both ends ef the line," he said, discussing business conditions in a general way. "In Ore gon, Washington and Idaho the yield la immense, and there are - splendid cropa In the Dakotaa and ' Minnesota. Thin meant buslnees will be brisk all winter. When tha people are prosper ous, the railroads prosper. With good crops; there will be all-kinds of farm products, lumber and merchandise to move." - - - .- . ' He aald the car shortage Is slways a source of more or less trouble. at this season. A greet many - farmers wish to ship their grain as - soon aa It is threshed. - When - he- cam, west -Isst week there were order in Dakota alone for 1.S00 car. . .1 "To thla end, we earnestly urge and eoUolt-, the. cooperation. .andenorts of The Oregon Dally Journal in assisting us In rolling up' the attendance on Portland day to one hundred thousand Strong, causing the day to atand-as ,lhe great and overwhelming success of a successful exposition. .," ' ' "H. .W. GOODE, .. v , "President." . Thousands watched the daring young aeronaut perform this his greatest feat yet achlsved, and on the top of the Chamber of - Commerce - and - Journal bulldlnge and others in the center of the city were scores of person Baaoheys sport of THp,""''" ' Beanhey waa asked as he landed on the Chamber of Commerce building concern ing his trip In from tha fair, 'and 'aald: - "It was accomplished abaolutely with out difficulty. There waa a current of air. setting' toward ths east against which I provided by making slightly to the westward as I stsrted: but the flight waa easily msde snd under like condi tions I believe I could make regular trips upon schedule time." In acknowledgement -of the meeaage from President Goode one was sent by President - W,TX Wheelwright of j. the chamber of commerce,' H. M, Cake, president, of the Portland Commercial club, and ft. J. Holmes, president of the Manufacturers'association. Earnest ef fort was pledged to mske ths attendance Portland day- l0.et and the- achieve ments of Lincoln Beschey were referred tb la complimentary -terms. I " ' i ; HOW Wg fW e X .-"l would like to lay aside, my : X surplice and wear the' glided bars 4 and stripes of the chief of police - w for Just one yesr. - If I were . d chlef for that time I would guar- - antee to . free the city of footJw pads and few of them Indeed .would dare to f nt(ir Ihla rlty for - years to . come. w w "I wore heavy boots laat night.'. a and wondered what would be the . outcome of a duel between two' w men, one armed' with boots and. ; the other with a revolver. I am - larger than either of the two and kept waiting for a chahce to land a aablima kick on the chap with d .the. gun. i- 'It ie seldom that I go out e) ; without a revolver. If I had had ; d e ' it with me I would have opened 4 up on them." Rev. Dr. A. A. d Morrison.. ' 1 ' OPERATION PERFORMED ON DUCHESS C0NSUEL0 T"'--'"""-" jmi stMMjurrlca. ' --NewTork, Sept. 2T Consuelo, Duch ess of Malrborough, patient In a- pri vate hospital , at - Thirty-third . stjeeet. popularly , known aa "Dr. Buil'B sani tarium' . She Is. under, the care of Dr.: H. Hoolbrook-Curtls, a speclaflet of throat dlaeaaea. - - The duchess, in whoa honor a notable dinner was given . Saturday by Mrs. Clsnence H.-Mackay. came to New Tork to consult Dr.-Curtis. He advised an operation and sent' her to the hospital. The operation waa performed yeaterday afternoons vTheducheee was put to bed and will be kept m-the ear of specially (-detailed nurses 'for-a1 nay or two, - h,'. . l, l WOMAN IS CHAMPIOItf V HOP.PICKER OF OREGON (.pedal Mspstch te The Joaraal.) Grants Psss, Or., Sept. 26. Josephine county lays claim to the champion hop picker In Oregon. Last Sundav. Sen. IS? V' ."I!: Er?i" Crouch , picked (00- pounds pf hope at the .Weston yarda. about three miles west below town. An other young woman picked 210 pounds in one day at the English yard. The hope In the Weston yard were In fine shape for ff'st picking. 'V Wholesale ' District of ; Inland Empire" Metropolis Suffers : a Heavy Loss. A (Speetal Dlspetrh to The JoeraaL) . .' Spokane, Sept. 2. Spokane's whole sale district waa visltsd by a disas trous fire thla morning. At noon the flame are still -. raging, though under control, and the damage la estimated at 1 110.000 The district between Mill and Post streets, along Railroad avenue, is swept clean. - The fire originated In the rear of the two-etory brick building owned by Dr. C. P. Thomas - and R. D; Beekon and occupied by the Cudahjr Packing com pany: . Its . origin is unknown. - "The flames were discovered, shortly sfter 1 o'clock end made rapid headway, fed by stored lard and packing-hous prod ucts. By 1:45 o'clock nine atreama of water were playing upon the fir with out rT" mffmixt, h. hi'rlnt n causing the flame to leap skyward with spectacular effect. The fir was so hot that It was Impossible to approach near the burning building, whose wall soon collapsed. .,.......- . The-fire-department , devoted all . Its energte to an attempt tc ntlf the prog ress of the flames to the three-story Boothe-McCllntook building adjoining, but that structure, too, was totally de stroyed ss well as the three-story brick storage building owned by C, H. Weeks hlch wss filled with furniture, and many smaller buildings In the same blOCtC-- " ' The buildings burned were principally ' (Continued on Page Nine.) 8160,000 LOSS III MOTHER FINDS STOLEN DAUGHTER AFTER 10' YEARS WEARY SEARCH (Joam1 giieeUI Srrvtre.i Madison,. - Wis.. Sept. 6. Pinched and weskened from being compelled te do manual -labor In- the fields and from lack of proper food and clothing, little Cora Rverson, aged IT, bat only a slip of a girl. Is at.last happily reunited with her mother, Mrs. Bert Shaw of Roecoe. 111. - - . ' . The girl's foster parents, a couple named k"r, living on a farm 1 mile from f "-..-ht her to the Hy on FT' i i 1 her." Th pli-e four ! I r r her. ''1 he story Of t r Mt- f l U!, CENTS." smU.?LCT I' Dr. .' Morrison Relates His Ex perience With Two Bold High-, . S vvaymen Who Last Night '"';" ;V Robbed Himv :- .....r CHRISTIAN A MEEKNESS MOT CHIEF EMOTION Athletic. Rector First Wondered If . WeU-Placed Kick Might Not Help and -Then Sorrowed Because He : Had Not nVxCSLK. ency and Left His Pistol at Home,': -;' -Vi""'- J- f i-.'v.,'V- '"!..'..: Dr A. A.' Morrison,' rector of Trinity Episcopal church, graduats of Oxford. ' experienced athlete and recipient of many degrees of honor in the ecclaaias-. ... tlcal world, was taken at a disadvantage. . laat night when a Urace bf yeggmen . held him up and robbed him. or a dif ferent atory might have been told today. ' It was not Chrlatian ' forbearance that ' caused the preacher to atand - meekly while the thug went through hi cloth-' ing and relieved him of a gold .watch and ISO In cash. - He was Inclined to fight, but had left at horn the revolver which he usually can-lea when out at night. - He could easily hay overcome both his assail-. . . anta in a rough-and-tumble encounter, IsM everteateaVlaV tst-tn of one ef the hlgrrwsyrnen put a differ ent aspect oa affairs and Div Morrison submitted. - , -Dr. Morrison was walking leisurely along' Nineteenth street st 7:4 o'clock when, on neaiing the' corner of Flan- . dera he saw two men with their backs to htm, evidently waiting for a car. T Wu a. liiul. BmL ' iThough huh heart of the resldenc. district It la a lonely epot." It wss pitch dark- last night. Far down the street the-Tays of au arc Ugh t -flickered dlml y. - while from the windows of ths houses In (Continued on Pag Nine.) RANGERS III FIGHT WITH THIEVES ' i v ; i- '"'.. " .' . ' - - -. - Fierce Battle Between Mexican .Desperadoes and Texas i. A ' Mounted Police.. ' J j - ' f.A ' . (Joaraal Special gu iles.) Houston, Tex Sept . It. A fierce , battle between , Mexican desperado and Texaa Rangera resulted In the kill ing of one man and the wounding of four. The fight took place at La Portia Creek, near Minerva, a amall ,bbrdf . town. ':''. .' " . "'i "The Ranger war led by Captain Ben , 'Tumlinson. 1 After two day of riding, upon the trait of Garcia and Enlcla Martlnes, brother, and . two ef their pals,--th-Rangers cam upon them In an adobe house at the edge -of -a big thicket. - -"..''.,:,.' ' While the Rangers, ware formulating a plan of attack, their presence was dis covered and fir opened npon them-from - th house. Th Rangers hastily . spa- ratearao" tna- gnarar-thtr-houe-on aiJ- sides. - 'A boras was shot under Turoltn aon and two man ware wounded In th ' course of th fight . - i Th Rangera gradually worked closer to tha building. When they were quite near a daah for the thicket' waa mad by th deaperadnea. Garcia, Merttttea was shot dead. Two ethers fell wound- ' ed, but eras and saeeeeded in getting -to th thloket and making their escape. - ' i in"-. . I . ; ' Xoanra Staartt Wsaaesday. , 'r . " (Joaraal- Special ttnlf.Y - Ntw Tork. .Sept J. Haroq Komur . will etart for Japan on Wednaaday, go ing Via Vancouver. H will sail on th steamer Empress of India on October U . eye of her uncle, ' It Investigated and notified his slater at Roecoe and th re union of mother and daughter followed. Mrs. Shaw has searched, 10 years f r her daughter who was stolen -while lay sick In a bnepltal st Chicago. I Shaw's first huebant was K. Lve - take Oenevs front, whom. ; . Vrcet. 1 Although much r r search for the chi: ever ais-ove. "v r - ' 1 t 1 ',.. . I " : ".'-.