The Oregon daily journal., October 18, 1905, Image 8

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MRSIIFIELD
II SPECIALS
vju Oi PORTLAHD STARTTOfJIiiii
0OO0LE TltilGEDY
LOWEST JID COT
THE DEST
DEFENSE ;ffiL
DEFORE DOARD
iiaCfliijlLi m
PyjOffllHEE
Jerome's Assistant Consulted by
j Insurance Investigators
; " Arrests to Follow. ; '
LEI1I0II
Heralded by Attractive Literature
Party Leave on Handsome-
? t . - ly Equipped Trairu:
WILL CARRY" MESSAGE
OF GOOD FELLOWSHIP
Uk Stops at , Pendleton, Athena,
Milton, Preecott, Waitsburf and
Dayton Ea Route to Big Inland
: mpire Fair.' i
With the beat accommodation af
fords br the Oreson Railroad Navi
gation company and the Pullman Car
comoanr. ' and heralded witn nneiy
.' printed literature, a representative body
of II Portland bualneaa men win depart
. tonlerht for the Lewtston-Clarkston fair,
to 'celebrate Friday, October It. which
has been dealgnated by the fair man
agement aa "Portland day.
ln early' summer Portland's gates
were opened wide for you, and- we are
nleased and - proud Of your response.
Wrra coming- o tell yoa so. ( And the
Kates are never. to be closed. . we are
to break bread with yon our neighbors,
In Vour fertile valleys-r-the best bread
basket in the world" so runs the cor
dial sentiment printed , In a handsome
Itinerary folder that has been sent for
ward aa a greeting to the hosts of the
Portland men. . J t "-;
, Continuing, the creatine says: ,,. .
'i The 'earns" mountain rsngea msrgln
ur majun. the whistles of the same loco
motives sound in your ears and ours;
th. waters that freshen Into life your
feriile fields carry from our wharves
the commerce of the sea. '-,.- , ,.
oodfeUowaalp Bond. . " .';
But closer than any bond of soutft
back or north bank, or ef stream be
tween. Is the bond of goodfellowshtp
that stows' by efr other's j. fireside.
Snmithlni mora than Bommsrclslism,
something mere than - the swapping of
bargains, aomethlnc more than a com
mon pride In the growth of our common
empire, binds us all together. And we
thiak this something can be better ex
pressed by .a little journey up stream
across the Imaginary - state ltnea than
by, postal-cards from home. , We .are
FARMER DIES BY
Body Found at Noon Today ; In
.. ; Room In Salmon Street
Lodging House.
t
'9s
'(! J (a-j. ':.i s. '
DEATH PROBABLY r
V WAS ACCIDENTAL
'...., . ,.-
.Victim la J- D. Scott, Who Reaided
kear Oregon City and Was Well-to-Do
Was Intoxicated When He
Engaged Room.
X 0. Scott, a well-to-do farmer living
near Oregon City, waa asphyxiated py
g-as lsat night In the lodging house at
SOS ft Salmon street, .his neatn was not
discovered until noon todsy. Coroner
ttnlev te satisfied thatl waa acci
dentaL' The man- was Identified by re
ceipts end bills found in -bis .pockets.
Within the last two weeks Scott bsd
tour times occupied a room at me mar
ine: house, conducted by Mrs. J. Lenox.
He .went to the house last night He
aoneared to be In cheerful mood, but
somewhat under the Influence of . 11
nuor. : -. v "
Two glrla. who occupy a room nexFThe
one assigned Bcott, went nome rrom me
theatre about 11 o'clock last night and
when they were retiring- thought they
heard groana, but did not mention the
.intimatance to tha landlady.
A strong odor of gas was perceptible
In the hallways about noon today and
the door of the room oocupled by ncott
waa forced open. His body was lying
In bed and be evidently had been dead
for' hours. One gas Jet was burning
brightly and another, on the side of
the burner,, usea oy means ui a hik
tube to convey the gas to a range, was
turned on but not llghad. . On a table
waa a whiskey flask and a bottle of
gin. both partly emptied.
Coroner Finley was notified of the
death snd conveyed the body to the
undertaking rooms, v In Scott's pockets
was about $160 In gold, currency and
liver. .. j
"The window was allghtly opened."
aid Coroner ' Finley. "which ' allowed
the ' gas to- escape slowly. Otherwise
there would,, doubtless have; been an
explosion." ,. . -1 ..
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FIRST SNOW OF SEASON
. FALLS NEAR THE DALLES
' (Bpeclit DUpatch te The Iooml.) " '
. The Dalles, Or., Oct. 1. The first
now of the season waa seen this morn
ing on the surrounding bills. . The ther
mometer wss down to tl here and a
. . . . 1 1 Hkn. i , . ,
jigni rain avu ,m, i wa vwinii
on the' hlUe. . Only one year is on. record
when the snow fell as early and that
was October If, 1S. ,
In 1S9I the snow felt on November
U: jln lit on November T. In 1107 on
Kovember IS; In 1S0S on November 10;
In 100 on November 11; in 1101 on
ltvc'ember ti ln-l0I on November 17;
In 1001. on November I, and in lOOI.on
Jecember
Planta and vegetation have' net been
killed In this city. -..- -y. - "
iriSANE SOLDIER JUMPS
i ..0VERB0ARD.T0 DEATH
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Jrtial SperlaJ serrlee.)
Fia frsnciaoo. Oct l8.--MenUlly de
f -need, Patrick Egah, ordnance sergeant
( the Sixty-sixth ertillery, en route to
rt Mott, New Jersey, on the pasaeh
r transport Sherman, arriving this
-'ng from tha Philippines, plunged
.oard'from the veaael'e after-deck
t passing Lime Point, et the en
. e lo the porL All efforts to aare
i 'd. as he refused eld. He went
-I : i view OI uv paasengers.
I ctoek Oanasd .
: c:erl tag crnusn.
ASPI1YX ATIO
coming to rail on you. friends; we're
hoping to see you- ail."
The limit of carrying- capacity of the
train was reached Ions; before all those
who would have gone were assigned to
berths. The exourslon could have been
made dnuhla the sise It is to be. without
solicitation, among Portland merchants
and manufacturers. In addition to those
published ' before the following names
have been placed on the list of those
Lortunate enough to secure accommoda
tions: W, 8. Dunlway, -secretary , An
derson A Dunlway Co.; A. B. Manley,
secretary and manager Pacific Coast Ab
stract Ouaranty A Trust-Co.; W; H. Mc
Monles, president W. H. McMonlee Co.:
H. L. Staver, aaalatant manager John
Deere Plow Co.; Theodora T. Burkhardt.
secretary Title Guarantee Trust Co.;
F. H. Fogarty. assistant general freight
r,gent Northern . PacUlo Railway . com
pany, v , . -
" "" ' - Itne Sxearsioa Train, , 1
The excursion train will be In charge
of William McMurray, aaalatant gen
eral passenger agent of the Harriman
lines la Oregon, assisted by A. I. Charl
ton, assistant general passenger scent
of the Northern Pacific who has co
operated In the prepare tlona ' for the
Portland day celebration at the fair,
The party will leave Portland on the
regulur O. R. N. train this evening at
1:11 o'clock and arrive early Thursday
morning at Pendleton, where a special
train will be in . waiting, made up of
Pullman sleeping cars, baa-gage cars.
diner and a day coach to be used as -a
smoking ear. Stops of from SO minutes
to .two hours will be made at Pendle
ton, Athena, Milton. Walla Walla,
Preeoott. Waitaburg and Dayton and the
train will arrive at Lewleton at 7:10
ociocx jriaay rooming. . - ,
: Program at' SewtatonV' i
Business men of Lewleton have ar
ranged an elaborate program of enter
tainment for theu- -Portland guests. In
cluding a reception and banquet. Re
turning, the excursion train will leave
Lewleton at 11. o'clock p. m.. Stopping
for social calls on the business men of
Moscow. Pullman and Colfax, and ar
rive at Portland Sunday .morning. El
gently r embossed . menu- - cards and
Itinerary Issued by the O. R. A N. com
pany have been printed under direction
of R. M. Hall, of the advertising de
partment.' Superintendent Pryer. of the
dining-car service for the Harriman
llnea in Oregon, has given unusual care
to the preparation of the commlsssry
stores for the trip, and the excursionists
will be well taken care of.
LOGAN EXPECTS TO
WEAR STRIPES
Eloping Oaklander Will Co Back
4; to Face Trial Without
Requisition.
POLICE THINK MAN -vo-'
"OF UNSOUND
MIND
Girl ' Expreaeee Earnest. .Aeilr to
Return to Her Mother and Reatore
Her Reputation , by Her Future
Life. t . '
fperlal Dispatch te The Journal.)
Medford, Or., Oct 1. Henry A.
Logan le still in durance at Medford
for abducting little Ethel Cook from
her Oakland home. - He announces that
he will go . with the Oakland officers
without requisition papers, ss he hae
"tried end failed" and will take his
punishment willingly..
. Logan says he expects to wear atrlnaa.
but declares that he haa not harmed the
young girl, having occupied separate
apartments since they left the bay. The
chief of police states he la certainly of
unsound mind, , as his . actions Indicate
that he la badly upaet He does not ex
press any contrition for , leaving his
wife and child, but continues to deplore
naving gotten Ethel into such a nosl-
tlon. The officers will arrive from Cali
fornia on the overland this evening and
notn ix) ran ana miss cook will be re
turned to Oakland. ..
ine young woman is. much more
cheerful this morning and no longer
refuses her - food. A lady resident In
Medford, who was well acquainted with
Mrs. Ross, her mother, and who knew
of the previous good repute of the girl,
interested herself in the case nd haa
been with Ethel during the day. The
girl expresses an earnest desire to be
taken home to her mother, acknowl
edges her error and states she has al
ways kept a good reputation and wants
a chance to reestablish It. She refuses
to make any statement as to the evil
Influences brought to bear to Induce her
to take the step shs did. but maintains
that Logan la telling the truth about
their relatione up to the time of their
arrest. .. , .
EXAMINING THE SANTIAM
FOR POWER POSSIBILITIES
(Rpeelal Dlapatck te .The Joernal.)
Albany, Or, Oct II. A party of Ore.
gon City and eastern capitalists went
esst on the Corvallls 4k Eastern railroad
on a special train today for the investi
gation of ths water powers on the. North
Santlam river between Mill City and
Detroit It Is believed te represent- a
corporation now building electrlo lines
through the valley;
The power at Niagara' above Oates,
one of. the finest water powers In ths
Cascades, Is ths psrticular object of
inquiry by tha visitors. On their return
this afternoon a special will be run to
Shove Philomath, on the west division
ef the same road, to the point where
Corvallls will get her wster supply, to
make an , Investigation of condition
therer-- .
CLOUDBURST TIES UP
RAILROADS lN MISSOURI
" '.:';'. '
y (Journal gpertsl Service.) , '
St Louis, Mo., Oct 1 A cloudburst
In rranklin county today washed out
several bridges and wrecked much farm
property, tied up ..the Mlasoarl PaelAc
and Missouri, Kansas t Taxaa railroads
from here to Jefferson City... ,
fcate Oardeae Killed.
! f Special Dispatch te The Journal.)
- Pendleton, Or Oct Heavy frost
killed all lata gardens and vegetation
last night The thermometer fell to 30
decrees at e'cloqk. with a cold wind.
Mrs. J. O. Stoops and J. A Ar-
mitage Fight a Fatal
: : 1 Duel With Cun. . ;
MAN SHOT IN HEAD
AND WOMAN IN HEART
Armitage ' Breaka Into "the House
' Through Window to Fore Hit
Attentions on Woman During Her
:"' Husband's Absence, ' J
(peeJal Dlapatck U The JowaaL)
Marahflsld. Or, Oct 1 The mother
ef one family and the father of another
lie dead In their homea In this city as a
result of a duel fought with rifle- and
pistol In the home of the woman, Mrs.
i. O. stoops, lata yesterday afternoon.
The fatal shooting waa tha outcome of
an attempt on the part of J. A. Armitage
to force his way Into tha apartments of
Mrs. Stoops, .a neighbor, when he was
shot and fatally wounded by the woman,
but before leaving fired a bullet through
her heart killing her instantly.
The trouble between the - two dated
back over a. period of several months.
Armitage waa toia oy tne woman to
cease paying visits to her house several
months ago. Armitage at that time
threatened to kill Mr a. Stoops and was
arrested and placed under 1800 bonds to
keep the peace. . i
The husband of .the murdered woman
waa absent when the double tragedy
ecourred. . .
- Oonrageens Defense Kaoe
The story of the .tragedy Is remark
able for the stubborn, courageous de
fense made by the woman and the per
sistence of purpose and physical vitality
of tha man. Armitage' was struck by a
bullet In the eye, falling down stairs.
receiving another In the shoulder while
lying prostrate. He recovered and' at
tha head of the etalra was repeatedly
struck n the head by his victim and
belabored with a rifle In the bande of
Mrs. Stoops' daughter. Armitage, how
ever, seised the woman about the neck
and fired two shots Into her body, re
covered his rifle, went down stairs and
out of the same window that he had
broken to enter the house, reached home
and there finished himself with his rifle.
The only, words uttered during the grim
and desperate struggle were, "Now,
I've got you," by Armitage. :
Armitage had persisted in Me at-
tentlona to the woman for many months
and his actions-had- brought on nervous
attacks and shs Just returned, home
from two weeks' treatment In a hos
pital. She feared an attack and kept
her doors locked and provided heraelf
with a revolver. -
When the window crashed she ex
claimed, "Daughter, he's coming," and
fled up atalra and secured a weapon.
She stock at the head of the stalre and
began firing.
Coroner Mlngus haa not heard from
Armltags's brother In Lane county aa
to a disposition of the body.
acnoa. Sympathy. ,
This la ths most shocking tragedy In
ths history of Coos Bay and widespread
sympathy la expressed ror the husband
and flvs children. I s "
Tha attentions ef Armitage to the
woman began when the Stoops family
a living on Armitage si ranch near
Eugene.- The Stoops moved here from
Eugene ' about , three years ago and
Armitage followed shortly afterward.
Four children are left motherless in ths
Stoops family. Armltags leaves
widow and Ave children on a ranch near
Eugene, he having lived alone while
here.. ; ,' "..r 1 ,
MURDER SCRAPE ENDS WILD
LIFE OF GALIFORNIAN
Sam Stanyan, Formerly Promi
nent, Comet to Portland ,
to Reform.- .
i' (Journal Special terries.)
Bernardino, Cel., Oct IS. Sam
i left for Portland, yesterday to
join his wife. Just before leaving he
said he waa going to lead a better life.
Two years sgo Stsnyan was one of the
best-known young men In San Francisco.
He waa a trusted employs and branch
manager of a big insurance company.
He married the daughter of a prominent
San Rafael family, with whom he bad
trouble. , "
- Between domeatio trouble and reck
lessness he wss soon broke. He took
up the life of a wanderer, and assuming
the name of Samuel Jackaon, traveled up
and down the coast, seeking work as
lsy laborer. Finally he drifted to Ban
Bernardino county, secured work on the
Arrowhead reservoir, where he formed
the acquaintance of Harry. Ooas.
-The men started one day for tha val
ley. They purchased a rifle end con
siderable whiskey from Fred Eldridgs
snd from Fred Roma, who wss peddling
fruit Eldrldge murdered Romo in a
dispute over the money. -
Eldrldge, Stanyan and Ooas were ar
rested . and placed in jail. . Ooas and
Stanyan finally told the truth about the
murder. Then It ' was thst Stanysn's
Identity was discovered. Stanyan at the
time of hie departure from San Fran
Cisco wss president of one of the oldest
Native Sons parlora In the city. .
SENATOR C. W. FULTON
-MAKES VISIT TO ALBANY
Albany. Or., Oct II United States
Senstor C W. Fulton arrived here this
afternoon for a short visit snd will to
night meet with the Commercial club
and the business men t tha Alco club
for consultation regarding needed legls
latlon for an open Willamette. .
i. asiBnlnar'a Child XMea.
Mary Vardon Manning, daughter of
District Attorney John Manning, died
last ! night from capillary bronchitis.
following an attack of croup. The child
was three years old last June and waa et
unususl Promise. Funeral services will
be held ,4 1 the Church of St Lawrence,
Third and Sheridan strsets, at 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning. Father Hughes will
officiate, t -. - , . . i i
Brteksom acay Bsoape.
Aerust Ertckson and Victor Limbeck.
his son-in-law, saloonkeepers, were found
sum? -or seeping meir aoors open in
forbidden hours. On the ground that the
verdict does not find them guilty of
selling liquor after midnight,- their at.
torney asked today that the verdict be
set, aside,
Mayor "arid City ' Engineer Tell
Why Pipe Contract Waa Given
' to Oregon Iron A Steel Co.,"
OFFER' OF COMPETITOR
WAS NOT REGULAR
Steel Rireted Pip Not' Favored by
Board and Distant Delivery Also
Made a Difference No Favoritism
.'Shown,-'. ' . . ' '
Msyor ' Lane and . Engineer D. D.
Clarke say that no -favoritism, was
shown the Oregon Iron A Steel com
pany of Oswego, to whom was awarded
the contract far 1151,18 worth of cast
I-Iron pips for tha high Pressure mains to
be laid on tne east side, by: the city
wstsr board Monday. ' .
George C Straw, agent for tha Martin
Pipe A Foundry company of, San Fran
cisco, who is the principal objector to
the action of tha board, eubmltted the
only other bid tor cast iron pipe besides
that of the Oregon Iron 4k Steal conv
pany, and his bid wss irregular.- Al
though called for, In the plana and spe
cif lea tlona, he K submitted no bid for
specials. He also demanded that the
sums due the eompany be paid 19 'day e
after every delivery, which would
greatly Inconvenience ths.oity; that fhf
pipe be accepted at Birmingham, Ala
bama, and that the city Incur the re
sponsibility of ita eafe delivery to Port
land. . -. , .- 4 . . ,
' Xrowex Sid Zrregnla. ' V ''
After all Items were figured by ths
city engineer he found that allowing In
tha bid of the Martin Pipe ' Foundry
eompany for tha specials the bid of the
Oregon Iron Steel eompany waa only
11,1 S more than that of - the former
bidder. The' pipe would be manufac
tured 'In tble city if awarded to the lo
cal firm and the city would receive the
benefit from the labor employed In mak
ing tha pipe, beeldea It would run no
risk of any loss In shipment ae In the
case of the rival firm. Their bid was
also regular according to the. plana and
specifications.
As regards the choice of the eaettron
over steel rlvsted pipe, the plane and
specifications explicitly - stated In sev
eral places that the city bad a perfect
right to reject aH bids. .
Having decided that east iron pipe
waa more durable, cepable of oarrylng
greater quantity of water than steel
riveted ptpe of the same sise and not so
likely to become damaged from elec
trolysis, although It cost, considerably
mora at flrat. It would prove more
serviceable and In the. end cheaper than,
steel rlvsted pipe. .
. Statement of Xaaager.
"The water board went thoroughly
Into this matter," said Mayor Lane to
day. "The members present were Dr.
Raffety, Dr. Josephl and George C
Bataa. With the engineer of the water
doartment. tha members decided that
cast iron, was more durable and that It
would last an Indefinite period. In thla
city pipe that waa laid to years sgo wae
said to be aa good today aa It waa then.
"It was also said that cast Iron pipe
had a II per cent greater carrying
paclty than ateel riveted pipe,- although
aa' regards the truth of that statement
I em not able to say. They also aald It
waa more easily tapped and not so liable
to be damaged, and that It waa not sub
ject to the ravagea of electrolysis aa the
ateel riveted pipe.
"In all these discussions I participated
but did not know of my own knowledge,
end did not pretend to know about them,
but I took the wordV of the engineer.
"On the other hand the eteel riveted
pipe wae said to be- susceptible to
electrolysis, that la was difficult to tap
and that blow holes frequently cams
Into It Ths life of the eteel rlvsted
pips was not known.
. . too Stnok Bisk.
"Ae to ths difference between ths two
bids or cast iron pipe. I understand
that 'the sum wss sbout $1,100. Ths
Martin Pipe tt Foundry company's bid
was the loweat of the two, but it wae
Irregular, ae no bid waa eubmltted for
specials. It 'also provided thst wo had
to accept the pipe. a,t the ifpundry ' In
Alabama and ahlp It at our own risk.
although they offered as a side -bid to
guarantee its safe arrival in thia city.
"Aa all risk of shipment had to be
taken by the city, for they had no con
fidence In BttoWe statement, and be
cause tha Oregon Iron at Steel eompany
waa -a local concern and the money for
the labor of manufacturing the pipe
would be distributed in this olty, and
also because of the other erguments In
favor of cast Iron pipe, ths contract was
awarded the Oregon Iron Ay Steel com
nanv bv tha board. , '
"l did not have a vote In the matter,
but I concurred with what the mem
berk did, because I was convinced that
It waa the aafest way to- spend the
clty'e money. The - successful bidder
will be held under $150 a day for the
delivery of the pipe ee it ie needed by
theity." y - '
Saflnes Clarke's azplanattosj.
Engineer Clsrke said that the bid of
the Martin Pipe A Foundry eompany
waa irrsgular, because tt did not con
tain tha Item of specials, and If the
contract had been awardsd to that com
pany the extras would have had to be
purchased from some, other foundry 'or
which the city would have had to pay
an advanced price for the reason that
another foundry would not furnlah the
apeclale eo cheaply for pipe from a rival
concern aa; from their own. -To the
Martin pipe A. Foundry company's bid
for pipe the eum of $5,110 waa added
for soeclale and the difference between
the bids of the two rival companies was
but 1.14.
Regarding the preference of the board
for cast iron pipe over steel riveted pipe,
he said the specifications provided for
the rejection of any or all bids, that
matter Jiavlng been left optional wltb
tha board after it learned the 'facta
Hie report to the water board Monday
gave a comparative statement of the
qualities of the two sorts of pipe and
wae ae follewe: ...
Advantages of BUveted Pipe.
"In favor of ateel riveted pipe (1)
Economy In first-cost. Saving over coat
of caatlron main estimated at $31,641.
This compounded at (-per oent will
amount to $121,717.$! In 11 year a, or
about the coet of the original pips, prac
tically providing for a renewal of the
main In IS yeare.
"Against steel riveted pipe (1) Ite
life la at present unknown. There la
danger of excessive corrosion from the
effects of soil and water If the metal Is
not thoroughly protected. Twenty-four
miles of Bull Run conduit, No plate,
haa. had 11 holes -in the-plates since
1901. Rochester, New York, conduit laid
about the same time, lltl-4 (1$ mllee),
1$ Inches in diameter, of quarter Inch
plate, haa bad 71 boles in ths plates
sines 1101, 41 of them having occurred
since 1101. , Aetorla pipe laid la MM ,
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Deschutes Irrigation - Company
. ' Officials Appear.' Before
"V1 Land Commlaeion. 7. 'X
GOVERNOR CHAMBERLAIN
CROSS-EXAMINES MUIR
Admits Company Should Have 8ub
Y rnltted Contracts snd Rules for tha
. Approval of Stat Land Board and
i Makes Other Explanations,
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; (laeeial Dtssateh Is Tee learseLI -
Salem, Or., Oct . Prestdsnt Turney
oC the Deschutee Irrigation A Power
company, Vice-President Johnson, Sec
retary Stanley.- Assistant . Secretary
Baldwin and Attorney Muir appeared be
fore the tend board thla morning to de
fend the eompeny against the attack
made by settlers, . - -
Muir. who Aid the Aalklng, wee sub
jected' to a eroae-examlnatlon by Gov
ernor Chamberlain and Secretary of
State Dunbar. He admitted that the
oompany ahould have submitted copies
of Its contracts and rules for the ap
proval of the etate land board. He
undertook to explain why many things
were embodied "In-the company's con
tracts which prevented the land board
from Issuing deede according to etatate.
Ttaal Point BxoagM Out. .'
A Vital point In the controversy was
brought out when the attorney for the
eettlere was asked by the beard if Ita
position with relation to thla tract Is
different before and after a patent Is
sues. It developed that the state law
clearly provides, and that reclamation
Is certified to, on the baaie ef certain
rules for the distribution of watsr which
have received - the approval of the
board. The land ie worthless without
water end Ite aubeequent value depande
upon the amount of water .furnished, the
time, plaoe of deliver, the care of waste
water, etc. If a patent haa Issued
wherein the manner of distribution of
water la not clearly . defined, the time
when such rules can be requested, as
provided by tew, will have passed.
Under the law the board la compelled
to Issus a deed and esnnot go back and
request rthat reasonable rulea for the
distribution of water be eubmltted for
approval. Tha aet tier will therefore. If
the board' neglects te exercise its right
at the time provided by lew, be com
pelled to accept water- under such con
ditions aa may be Imposed by the Irri
gation eompany.
Ths board took the matter under ad
visement- . ..'.''..
Testerdsy a committee headed by E.
D. Hendrlcksqn aa ohalrmar, and Chea
ter Murphy ae attorney, appeared before
the state land board to present their
grievances. Presldsnt Johnson of the
eompany wss present at the meeting.
When Hendrickson was asked how many
of tha 0 eettlere whom he represented
had actually taken land under the Carey
Act be replied. "I think all but four,"
and . Johnson naked. "Are you surer"
When asksd by Johnaon why more
Carey Aot settlers were not present at
the first meeting of the eettlere, Hen
drickson replied that It - was because
they had been notified by the eompany
that they had batter stay away.
SLAVE DEALER'S SECRETS
EXPOSED , BY VICTIMS
(JTovreal Seeetal -Service.)
Chicago, Oct It. The eecrete of the
alleged trafflckere in humanity whe are
charged with aelllng American girls
for slavee In the harems of China will
be told the police by a woman eeeaped
from the clutches of the band and whe
le now in Chicago; -. The polios have
her name. Chief Collins says the woman
was lured by offers of a largs salary
aa governees of the children of a rich
Chinese. At Ban Franolseo aha sus
pected the plot and eluded the vigilance
of the . women accompanying' her and
ssnt a telegram to her former sweet
heart In thle city, who wired her not to
lake "a ahlp "until he could reach her.
She wae rescued in the nick of time,
after learning many secrets of ths traf
fic-
CENTRALIA STORE IS
LOOTED BY ROBBERS
(special tttsnateh te The Joaraal.) .
Centralla, Wash., Oct II, B. T. Tal
madge'e store wae entered by burglars
here last night The robbers entered by
prying open a back window, securing a
number et shoes and gloves. The loes
Is about $150. . There le no plue to the
perpetratore.
PITTSBURG BANK FAILS;
CASHIER KILLS HIMSELF
' (Joaraal Special Service.)
Pittsburg. Pa., Oct It. T. L. Clark,
cashier of the Enterprise National bank.
committed eutclde tble morning. The
controller of the currency later, ordered
the bank eloeed. declaring It Insolvent
Examiner Cunningham Is appointed re
ceiver.
4
(No. 1 and No. 11 platee). la reported
aa ahowlng eigne of failure. ". (1) Serv
ice connections not made eo easily ae
with caatlron pipe. -
"(1) Capacity estimated to be It per
cent less than for - eaetlron pipe of
equal diameter. ;'....- . ... -.
"(4) Danger from electrolytic action
from currents from strsstoar rails Is
regarded as exceeding that for caatlron
pipe. - The pipes being ,muoh thinner,
they will be mora easily dee troy ed.
Wears Oasttrom Wlw i
"In favor of eaetlron pipe (1) Dura
bility prooable life at least 100 years.
Samples from main laid In tha ground
for HVears show no depreciation. Dan
ger from oorroeion due to action of
soli snd wstsr less than for steel mains.
"(t) Service connections can be made
with greater ease than with steel mains
a dlstlnot advantage with elty 11m Ita
- "($) Capacity estimated to be 1 per
cent greater than for ateel main of eame
diameter. . -
"(4) Danger from electrolytic action
ie regarded as lees than for stsel mains.
At leaat the -metal being more .than
twice as thick as etsel platee ordinarily
teed. It will lest much longer. -
"Against eaetlron pipe -Increased
first eoet.eetlmated at ttt.141. Inter
act at I per cent per annum, $1,117.0$
per year. - Compounded at I ' per cent
thle. will amount to' $111,717.$$ In 11
years, in -all other respects for dlstn-
button mains castlron
la auperlor te
steel metal pipe. ; ..
MUTUAtOWNS HOUSE
McCURDY RESIDES IN
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President - ef Company Mercilessly
Quitted Regarding Elaborate Fur-
nlshing s for Office snd About Prats
' Bureau.' 'V ""' ". t' ;'".v
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(Jesraet Special Strvlce.) -V
New York. Oct It, Richard A. Mo
Curdy, president ef the Mutual Life In,
euranoe eompany, was again the star
witness bsfore the legislative commit
tee .investigating Insurance matters to
day. He waa quaetidned about the press
bureau maintained to furnlah tha news
papers with favorable news concerning
his oompany, and slao subjected to a
sharp examination regarding the com
panya disbursements -for - "legal ) e
penses." , without much Information be
ing obtained. '
McCurdy wae questioned regarding the
extravagant furnishing of hie offices,
which brought an altercation between
Hughes and tha Mutual's chief counsel.
Beck, about the Oroveenor apartment
bouse, where McCurdy lives, wh-lch Is
owned by the Mutual. A crowd of epeo
tatora applauded Hughes' sharp thrusts.
Attorney Beck attacked Hughes' meth
ods and said that It resulted In placing
the witness - in an unfair position.
Hughes at length defended himself, say
ing: "The record ahowa that I have ex
tended eeurtealee - and refrained from
retorts, avoided my own personal in
clination when the airuation Justified, a
far different attitude toward the wit
ness. The wttnees who gets himself into
a false position has only himself to
blame. Every one knowe he will get
the treatment that he deserves, and
evasion will alwaye be held out to the
contempt It haa alwaye received."
The Insurance lnvea..gatlng commit
tee this afternoon, sent word to District
Attorney Jerome thst .they required the
presence of the aaalatant district attor
ney. Rand consulted the-' committee.
It is expected that an arrest will be
made In connection with some testi
mony given at the bearing. Who the
suspected person la baa - not yet de
veloped, . . -..
Frank B. Jordan, eon of Thomaa D.
Jordan, former controller of . the
Kquttable, wae examined thle morning
In an unsuccessful effort to learn, the
whereabouts of his father, ,
KORTHERN PACIFIC RECORDS
BIS LAND PURCHASES
Transfers Recorded Aggregating
Twenty-Two Blocks Secured
: for Terminal Grounds.
' Transfere aggregating about It blocks
of ground have . been 'reeorded by the
Northern . Paolfio Railway eompany In
the of floe of the clerk of the Multnomah
county court. In the process of com
pleting Its record of purchesea for ths
new termlnel grounds for that ompany
between Ninth, Twelfth and Hoyt
streets end the Willamette river. There
are eight lote yet to be recorded.
The property le now In possession of
the company, with the exception of two
or three lote that are in litigation, ana
two in which -the sales era not yet
cloeed. .- '
In most Instances the nominal price
of 11. has been placed in tha deeds. The
eompany paid from tt.tot to $1,900 a
lot ths price being governed by tha lo
cation and surroundings, and by the
fancy of the owners. The negotiations
were completed and epttone secured be
fore the original ownsrs discovered that
the Northern Pacific was the pureheesr.
NO LENIENCY FOR V
MAN WHO CHEATED
"Paddy"' Maher, a detective who haa
been eaeklng appointment to a position
on the local polios force, haa been
barred from taking aa examination for
appointment to the department by the
municipal civil aervlce commission.
Mahsr recently made application for the
position of patrolman and during the
examination waa discovered copying his
answers from a card. Since than Maher
hae filed another application for a posi
tion, but at the meeting of the commis
sion today It. was decided that hie at
tempt to eheat In one examination waa
sufficient to bsr him from participating
In another.
BERT. HUFFMAN IS
CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR
'- (special IHspatch to The Soaroal.)
Pendleton, Or., Oct. II. Bert Huff
man, editor of the East Oregonlan, hat
a petition in circulation declaring him
self a candidate for mayor of the elty.
The preaent mayor, Matlock, la also a
eandldate and a warm eonteeMa prom
ised. - Both are Demoorata. -
4- i i in, a i ii ; ' .
V Money ie Bnrjr Kre. Zeokle, '
' Money was telegraphed Coroner Fin
ley laat evening to defray the expeneee
of burying Mrs. H. P. Leek le by her
father, John Neweomb of San Antonio,
Texaa. Mrs. Leckta waa accidentally
asphyxiated by gas while taking a bath
at the Court, a stark street lodging
house.-.. :'.'.'.' '.-' -
-' - Bey Cart at rate. -Paul
Cleland, It yeare of age suf
fered painful Injuries In-tbe Manufac
ture building at tha fair grounds to
day. The boy was assisting In dis
mantling one of the booths whsn a
heavy timber fell, etrlklng him en the
right leg breaking It - He waa removed
to the emergency hospital The boy
lives at Sixteenth and Lovejoy streets, -
.. . Majority Pavo leek oeeuU.
(Joarsal Special Serrlee.)
Washington. Oct. la. It is reported
that a majority of the board ef eoneult
Ing englneere who returned today from
tha tathmus favor a look canaL
OeeanUseiesi Begins sTearlag. . -
(Joereel Special srriee.) '
Washington. Oct. II The interstate
commerce commission todsy began a
hearing ef the eaeea affecting the re-
rigerator ear Unas,
Lane Tells Municipal Association
of Graft That Old System
of Police' Encouraged. U
SOME GREW RICH BY
PROTECTING CRIMINALS
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Robbers ' ef
Others Wert Merely
Helpless Victims New Order of
Things' Xncraaaes Efficiency of tha
Service shd Enda Its Evils. V
Mayor Lane addressed the Municipal ;
association laat night at Ita annual '
meeting, and explained tha abuses that
had grown up under the special police
system prior to his administration. - The
mayor stated that It was found thst
tit special policemen's coram lesions had I
been issued In past years, and that no
one knew how many of them were attll
in service. -. : . - . ;- : ,
.'' " 'N ". draft Was Common. i - v ''
These men,"! aald ths mayor, "were
accountable to no one. They bore the
clty'e badge of authority and -could
make arrests, yet they reported te no of-
Itclal of the municipality and It la known
positively that In nuraeroua Instances
they were guilty of flagrant graft. A '
special officer waa called in one night
at I o'clock by one of the better class
of saloon men who Waa about to close
his place of business. The officer wss
Informed that a man had been in the
saloon all the evening and wae Intoxi
cated and that he. had $1$9 In eaah In
hie pockets. The saloon man turned
ever ths Intoxicated man to ths special
effloer and that'tllO never wae seen
again by tha man to whom It belonged.
"I have elmply required that all spe
cial policemen report regularly to the
chief of police, and that they be re."
sponsible to him for all their acta,
- Watonmeei Are Continued. .
"If there is complaint from buslneea
men Vho have been employing these
special officers to watch their stores and
factorlea I want to say- that there Is
no disposition to prevent the appoint
ment andy service of these officers. How
ever, there will be no more of the' Ir
responsibility that haa characterised the
eervice In the past, and under the pres
ent plan graft will ceaae." - -
The association will attend a meeting:
either next Sunday or the Sunday after "
at-the Whits Temple, where the mayor
will apeak on city government. ' . v
The association reelected O.' P. M.
Jamleaon. . A. Patullo, F. A. Frasler '
and Sam Connell to the executive board
for the enaulng year. Thoee holding
over are John Bain.J. A. Patterson. Miller
Murdoch,. W. H. Markell. W. W. Paine,
E. C. Bronaugh, H. W. Stone and W. I.
Johnstone. Mr. Jamleson . undoubtedly
will be reelected preeldent at the next
meeting -of the board. - . v
YOUNG IS FEELING ! V
MORE CHEERFUL NOW:
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1 Joseph Toung, eentenced by Judge Cle -land
yesterday to serve six yea rs, in the
penitentiary for having .shot- Keeper'
Van-Pratt, on Ms'y 1 la at 111 confined in -
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Joseph Young.
the county Jail. He Is In much better
spirits thsn he was yesterday: Toung
collapsed in the court room when sen
tence wss pronouncel upon him end had
to be carried out. ..,
W. R. McOarry, Young's attorney, '
said this morning thst amount of the
bond had not yet been announced by ,
Judge Cleland. - When thla la done aa
effort will, 'be made to have the con
victed man released, pending an ap
peal to the supreme court.. Mrs. Toung
haa visited her husband several tlmee .
yesterdsy and today. , .
' Shocked by IVIgntnlsur. ",
' (Special Dispatch to Tee Joarsal.)
; Oregon City. Oct, II, W.. D. . King of
Green Point, commonly known ae "Cab
bage King." reporte that he . sustained
an electrical shock yesterday afternoon -during
the storm. -Hs wse-etsndlng In
his barndoor whan a. bolt of lightning '
struck a tree four or five rode away. '
Mr. Xing was knocked down.. , ,. -
. , ' Frost Caases Damage. , ,
(Joeraal Special Servlre.t
Seattle. Oct. It. Tha first killing
frost In tha Puget sound eountry thle
year felL. la st night following a gale
which crippled sound traffic yesterdsy.
Ths damage Is heavy In -farming dls
trlota. .-.-"-,'".'
Candidate tot Beelectton. '
(Special Dispatch te Tke Joaraal.) ' 1
AberWn. Wash., Oct It. It has been
officially, announced today that Mayor
John"L!ndstrom will be a candidate for
reelection . at the coming city election
In November... . . i . .. .
Pee City Oarbage Department.
The first action toward organising
a City- garoage aeparimeni was issen
in the eounctl meeting thla afternoon
whsn Councilman George H Shepherd
Introduced a resolution directing the
city sngineer to rurnlsh ths oouncll
with sstmatee of the cost. - .. .
. Xeavy Tieess at tm Oreads.
La Grands, Or, Oct. It. The tempera
ture fell Isst night te 17 degress above
sere.' There wss quite a heavy-'freeie -but
too late to hurt - fruit or grain.
Sugar beete were not Injured. , .
Preferred took Canned Coeds.
Ailea Lewis' Beat Brand. - . ,
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