The Oregon daily journal., October 20, 1905, Image 6

THE OREGO:: , D.'.'LY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, 1 . IDAV EVENING, OCTOBER CO,
T
m LOCATED
Detectives Have Good ' Descrip
tion, However, and Are Mak
ing Vigorous Search. 1 "'
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MAN IS WANTED ON ! i i
A SERIOUS CHARGE
2rbee(Who Wat Victim of M order
: ou Assauh Wednesday Ni-ht, I
N Located and Tellf Story of the At-
' .tack Madt on Him,- .- .
' Detectives are continuing their March
for tba highwayman who aaaaulted and
attempted to rob J. A. Byoee- or imw
Washington, at Second and Columbia
succeeded - J locating Br. n w"
hot killed but wounded, but the- ail
who lured him to th. dark spot where
the aasault waa committed baa eluded
then. -..".t ,,.-...,..-,.
: Tbe police. assert that .the . ssaallaoL
f Bybee la wanted Tor aaotner serious
Crime. .Xhey have obtained a good de
scription, of the man and will prosecute
, the aearch with vigor. - - t
' Bybee baa recovered nta'm'aney. and
the certificate, of deposit (or 171 that
waa found by Mrs. Ed Plggott. whoa
f rles -' for assistance prevented" 4ke
robbery at the time of tbe assault. He
identified the puree and tta eontenta and
told the atory Of the assaults
( "I don't remember Just wbera or whan
it waa that I recovered my senses," be
aaid. "About midnight I -found myaelf
in Blailejr-a place with blood all over
- fay face and a number of wounds on
.my lo. .-ineiv mmu m iuui vv vi
back of my Head" and my face waa
fcadly bruised.', I waa partly drunk when
the man tried' to rob me.- bat he waa
aober. We had been together he greater
- part of the evening.
"I accidentally met the- fellow hr -a
an loon. He waa with another maq at
the time, but tbe other' fellow dis
appeared. The man I waa with learned
that J had some money with me. but
did not aay anything about It until we
reached that corner. Then he auddenly
turned on ma and 'demanded that I
hand over the money. I skid t didn't
nave any ana ne airwoa me w.n, w.r
kind ol a weapon.! arar imi i oun
remember what happened.
V Bybee returned this morning to- hie
farm., about a doaen mllea from van
touver, Washington. . .. .
COURNE SAYS MINE -
I HAS NOT BEEN SOLD
t Aftreport rota Baker City that the
Jureka and Excelsior mine . had . been
old to a California arndlcate la posi
tively denied by Jonathan Bourne, the
president and chief atockholder. .
( "There baa been no aale and no ner
gntlatlona for a aale are under- way."
aaid Mr. Bourne thla afternoon, "Mr.
J. 8. Wyatt ha a been compelled by Ill
health td .resign the office of local man
ager and thla may peealbly have given
itae te the rumor of a change of own-v
ershlp.. He will be succeeded; by En
ineer Kennedy.". . - - :-' '
'iVASTOO'DRUfiXTa rtirp
I . ; COMMIT , SUICIDE
f ' ... 1 .
- While. In an- Intoxicated condition ' R
J. rarrell tried to kill hlmaelf with a
revolver laat night at (I North Ninth
etreet. where he occupied a room. - He
placed the barrel of tbe revolver in hia
mouth and discharged the weapon, and
the bullet went' through bta cheek. He
waa taken , to St. Vincent's hospital,
where an examination- showed a few
broken 'teeth and a puncture of the
cheek. He doesn't know why ha at
tempted SUlclde. . J ',-l,..V 1
' 8paeUl IMapatch The JnaraaL) !
' Pendleton. Or.. Oct.. JO. -A dispatch
from Ulsel on station, the principal
wheat enlpplng point on the UmatUla
Indian reservation, states that the depot
at that place was destroyed by fir yes
terday, ' The conflagration - is thought
to have started from a defective stave
pipe, as the flames broke out between
the calling and tba. roof. The station
was a car, which waa remodeled to ac
commodate the telegraph operator and
agent, by the Oregon Railroad Navlga
: tlon company., .., ,-. v
'U oa ald fat T.ateeny. ' '
: Richard Johnatone. Charles Uoxler,
Margaret Menty and KUa Case ware held
te the grand Jury on chargea of lar-
ceny thla morning by Police. Judge
, Cameron, their bonds being placed at
sua i i - . .
.u mch nmwo tuff are atccueea vy
' Edmund Edmark of robbing him In a
eajooar on the eaat aide. When Moxley
M , searched at police headquarters
money waa found concealed in bta ahoea
' and underclothing. He la a hack man, -
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,( . JTraalt Oxifma t saves. -Ut-!
' Frank Griffith of the general land of.
flee, who has tieen l Vnv1ana -
- Oral months, acting as secretary for
Secret Service Agent W. J. Burns, left
- last evening for Waahlngton, District of
Columbia. ; , . i -. .
The
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TRUSTS PRODUCTS
OF PROSPERITY
O' v-r.' '(
President Saye That ' Poverty.
Stricken ', Countries Are Not
" " Bothered by Corporations.
WARNS PEOPLE TO SHUN v
WORSHIP OF MERE RICHES
Corporations" Must Be Held At-
counUblo to Federal Oovornment
.Would Exclude Chinese Coolie
Clasa but Admit Students..
(Jesraal apteUI terrles.l -
Atlanta. Oa.. Oct IO.-In hia speech
t the fair grounds this afternoon. Presi
dent Rooeevelt said: . i
"Corporatlona need regulation, out we
muat not forget that there are no trou
bles about corporatlona where the pov
erty of the country la such that It is
not worth while to form corporatlona
There la no difficulty In regulating rail
roads where resources are aa few that
it doea not pay to build rail road a Tbe
arowth of the corporations means the
growth of Industrial fortuaea.
."The growth of wealth has aome very
unfortunate . -aceompealmentav . bnt It
seems to ma that the worst damage that
people of wealth can do to' the rest Of
us la -the awakening In our breasts of
either the mean vice of worshiping mere
wealth or of viewing with rancorous
envy nd- hatred very man of wealth
merely because he la wealthy.
"The corporation la the creature of
atata.and should -always be held account
able to the sovereign, and thla account
ability abould , be real and not sham.
Therefore. In ray Judgment, corpora
tlona muat he held accountable to the
federal government. But' we abould not
strive to tlnrlt nor to prevent corporate
activity.?. . l.Vi.rA'. .'.. ' ' ' ''-
The nresident discussed cotton,- which
led htm to th Chinese boycott, He aaid
that -we must by all means axeiuae ue
Chinese coolie class in order to protect
the labor of thla country, particularly
on the Paclflo coast, but must so regu
late the lawa aa to admit students, pro
fessional and educated man. '
BANK ROBBERY NOT A ; !.
PAYING PROFESSION
Banka In the United States during the
year ending September 1 were relieved of
approximately tlll.lOJ through burgla
ries, hpldupe; and tba operation of eneak
thieves, according to the annual report
of the- Plnkerton detective agency to
the American Bankers' association. Tbe
amounts stolen from banks were aa fol
lows: ... ' ' ' ' ' . .' '"''... ,.
' Burglaries of banka belonging to the
American Bankers' association, $10.
117 a 9 - vault, ot members of the asso
ciation, fS7,8; hold-up robberies of
banka of the association, U.oou; noia
up robberies of banka not members of
association. I11.J00;- sneak thief rob
bery; IJO.000, , 4 v .;'..-
Three Oregon; banka were robbed as
follows: Folk County bank, 'Monmouth,
November 4, t04; Bank of M. P. Bcog
gins Caw Xehaaoa. February.. ttOC
Woodburn bank. May t. 10S. Attempta
to rob the Halnea bank of Forest Grove
and the Etat Side bank Of Portland were
made during the year.
''. There were 4t oonvlcUons of men who
were arrested for complicity in the bank
robberies. Many of tbe prlaonara were
sentenced to long terms.
The report gives a complete history
of every robbery and the men, ao far aa
known, who were implicated,
INVENTS TRAP TO .
CAPTURE WILD HORSES
ale. Or.. Oct.- 10. Walter GUnn, aa
extensive aoree dealer of this place.
who makea a specialty of shipping
horaea to eaetern markets, has tnvented
a 'trap for the capture of wild horaea
on the Malheur range and has applied
for a natent on tba a&me.- - .
Thla unique device will enable the
vaouero to put hia rope on the wildcat
and fleetest boras with little difficulty
and will be of great value In capturing
choice horaea from the, large bands of
unowned, unbranded and unclaimed
wild horaea which Inhabit , the remote
faatnaaaea of Malheur . county. .
SHOT BY DISCHARGE t C
OF REVOLVER IN GRIP
; M. O. Millar, employed In the baggage
department of ' the , Southern Paclfid
Railway company at the Union depot.
waa accidentally ' ahot thla morning
While handling a grip. In the grip waa
a loaded revolver, and when the valise
was toaaed Into a corner the hammer of
the weapon- struck against aomo hard
substance and exploded., The ' bullet
pierced tbe calf of Mlller'a leg. He waa
taken to the 'Good Samaritan hospital,
where hia wound waa - dressed. Tbe
consequences of tbe accident, are not
likely to be eerloaa. ,
A Bkamekawa company la 'marketing
4,000,000 ahtnglea a month. - - n
asjievt
Portland Business Men's Excursion
STEEL Ml HlOLl
OCEIIfJ MO
' awsesassaeaMBWasanBaesnanass,
The First Electric Furnace Ever
Worked In Northvyest Tested
, at Exposition Yesterday, j
EXPERIMENT ANNOUNCED
A3 COMPLETE SUCCES3
Four Hours All the Time Required to
Transform Wet Sand Into Pig of
Excellent Grade and Entire Plant
Works Perfectly. . '
Steel waa made In this elty yesterday
afternoon in an electric smelting fur
nace, for tbe drat time In the northwest
A great crowd ' of prominent men wit
nessed the work, which waa at the pa
vilion of the geological eurvey. oa the
exposition grounds, under the direction
of Dr. David T. Day. ,
Steel plga were made from the black
aanda of this coast, the concentrating
plant of the government being uaed to
separate the magnetite from the vari
ous other minerals occurring with black
sand. A portion of the aand waa re
ceived from the California coast, and a
portion cams from the Hammond prop
erty, on the Oregon coast. near the
mouth of the Columbia. The ateel waa
polls had and had . the ; appearance of
being an excellent grade. It will be aent
eaat for further and more . elaborate
tests in tbe government plants. '
a B. Wilson of Virginia, who la aa
expert In electric smelting, bad charge
of the experimental work. . - Just one
week ago he came to thla city, with
nothing to aid him In hia efforta aave
hia experlenoe and the carbon pencils.
In that brief time an elaborate electric
furnace haa been completed entirely out
of Portland materials and the product
to be handled waa secured entirely from
coast sanda. The success of Mr. Wll-
soa's work la highly encouraging and
Dr. Day Is arranging to have a larger
furnace constructed, which will be uaed
here for aeveral weeka in making more
exhauatlve teats In the manufacture of
eaat Iron and all gradea of the metal up
to ateel. '
From the time ef the start, at S
o'clock, but four hours waa required
to concentrate, put through the magnetlo
separator and make ateel in the else trio
furnace. . ( - ,
Dr. Day Intends t continue hta ex
periments for some time yet. that he
may finally determine what the black
aanda of the coast promise, and what are
tbe beet concentration methoda. The
ameltlng will be the most Important
feature of the work, as It ia Intended to
place before the coast the actual
process for realising upon a well-known
reaource. : .' . . . ,
GOV CREATES EXCITEFM
OpiMEK FERRY
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Bossy , Jumps Through i Small
Door Into Fire Pit, Distance
:' i ; of . Ten Feet, - :
- (Special Dispatch te Tke Jbaraal.)
."Vancouver. Wash.. Oct JO. A cow be
longing to M. Force yesterday, went
through the- door in the boiler-room on
the Vancouver- ferry, dropped 10 feet'
Into tbe Are pit and waa- hauled through
the : waod, haUh way uninjured. - With
four other cattle aha waa driven on the
ferry on the way to Portland. Putting
her bead through the email doorway.
which waa less than two and one half
feet wide, aha auddenly Jumped through
Into the boiler pit. 10 feet below. Had
thla unuaual behavior of the cow oc
curred 10 minutes earlier. Charles Mar
shall of the ferry-boat would have been
Inatantty killed, aa ha had Juat ascended
from the pit where the cow felL. The
accident ao excited. Marshall that he wag
unable to talk for a few minutes. - .
When It waa found thai' bossy wsa
apparently not injured a rope waa at
tached to her and to men pulled her
bodily through the wood hatchway onto
tne'oeca. '- a
LACK OF EVIDENCE .
M LEADS TO RELEASE
td. C- McPheraon. who waa arreeted
at the Imperial hotel aeveral daya ago
with . May Pierce, hie -cousin, waa re
leased from custody this morning by
Police Judge Cameron oa motion of
Deputy District Attorney Adams. The
evidence did not warrant a belief that
the young man could be convicted of
any offense. The girl la In the custody
oi tne iters- ana uiria- jtia society. .
Buya More Kaad. -
" IBeecUl Dlntek te Tke learnM
Vancouver, Wash, Oct 20. The North
western Improvement company yester
day purchased another traot of land
along the Northern Paclflo right of way,
Just northwest of Vancouver. . Thla la
the fourth transfer of property to this
company, which la a Northern ' Paclflo
concern, during the laat week.
i TnkETomi
at Pendleton Photo bjf ; Lee, Moorhouse. " 'T " ;
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Miss Mabel C." Money, daughter of
the 'Mississippi senator." She will
marry Dr. . William K. Whitney of
Buffalo. :-' J :
MARRIAGE HAY HOT SAVE
SAf.lLllE17i.lAH;
Judge .Refuses to Release Him
Though He Weds Florence
. King. ;fvB'::: .
Marrlase Is not likely to save Samuel
Newman from the consequences of whei
the police aay are hia numeroua Crimea.
Arrested ' with -Florence King on a
statutory charge, he endeavored to evade
punishment by -marrying her yesterday
afternoon. The girl waa at first un
willing to be united to Newman and It
took considerable ooaxlng on the part
of hia counsel to Induce her to agree.
. Mrs. I o. Baldwin, superintendent of
the Travelers' Aid society, appeared in
the police court thla morning and-ac-cuaed
Newman of the aerioua offense of
supplying -young girls : to - disorderly
houses. Acting - Detectives . Kay - and
Jones corroborated her etatementa and
said thay would be sbla to prove that
he had enticed, little girls to his room.
Judge Cameron refused to dismiss tbe
charge against- Newman on tha atrength
of these statements, in order te allow
the police to learn tha whereabouts of
Important witnesses. - Another charge
will probably be filed agalnat him this
afternoon.
- "This man haa conducted an alleged
dramatic business, as a blind for his un
lawful p radices," aaid 'Mrs. Baldwin.
"Ha haa taken advantage of girls being
"stage atruck' to affect their ruin.
Newman waa at one time united to a
girl who la now known aa Lenore Karl
She waa a performer In a First street
concert hall. She haa openly accused
him of Immoral practices.
The King girl informed Judge Cam
eron and Deputy City Attorney Fits-
re raid that Newman took advantage of
her friendless condition and afterward
Induced her to 'work for htm at tbe
Orpheutn theatre.. . ; ,' .-...-';
OREGON PIPE COMPANY
HAS WITHDRAWN ITS BID
' Tbe Oregon Iron dt Steel company thla
afternoon relinquished Its contract with
tha water board for the eastlron pipe
which waa recently awarded to it, free
ing the board ao that It could let the
bid again if It aaw fit' . :
The letter making the offer to re
linquish wae algned by the Oregon Iron
A Steel company, through Its manager.
Mr. Papuljo. As the effect was to give
the water board the power . to let the
contract again, If it desired, no state
ment could.be made regarding tbe mat
ter until the board meets.
The company secured the contract on
Its bid of ut,ooo. ' ';'
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VDflOITin
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JUST A SIIOU
Demand Is Made That Corpora
tion Pay Regular Quarterly; ,
: . Amusement License.
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EXHIBITORS GRANTED
, PERMISSION TO SELL
If License, Demanded Is Collected,
Stockholders Who Made " Fair, s
PossibQity Will Have to Bear the
Additional Expense. V
City officials have demanded of the
Lewia and Clark exposition, management
payment of ftOO license, for charging
admlsslona for entrance to tne grounds
for the 'two weeks between cloalng of
the fair and final closing. of work next
Saturday evening. . . . .
Thla morning - License Officer - Joe
Hutchinson made the demand, and the
fair management Is ccsjjlderlng the
proposition. -The officer explained that
he had no option In the "premises, aa
revocation of the blanket Ordinance, by
the council made It hia peremptory duty
to collect the regular ahow license If
the management of tha fair continued
to charge admissions thereafter.
- At the dosing Of the fair Director of
Conoeealona and Admissions.. Wakefield
thought there would be a number of
persona -who would be glad to pay ' a
amal admiaaion for a viatt to the
grounds, especially before tha buildings
were dismantled completely. '. It waa es
timated that by charging thla admis
sion for two weeka enough money would
be realised to pay. most of the poat-falr
expenses, so that the payment to the
stockholders would be larger than the
estimate made at the close ot the fair,
October 14. '. " ' .
It officials of the fair muat pay the
regular theatre license, the money must
really coma out of the pocketa of the
atockholdera. v v ' '
There ..are aba!- 4.000 stockholders
In the fair "association and it waa. these
men who pledged the money to "-make
the enterprise a success.
Exhibitors In the Foreign and Oriental
buildings at tha fair will, apparently be
permitted to continued selling their
goods until Saturday evening.. October
t. The city license officials demanded
that eaoh exhibitor selling goods be
made to psy the regular quarterly mer
chant license of SC. and aa the fair
management had collected from the ex
hibitors for the privilege of selling, the
management felt bound to meet the de
mands of ths city and bold" the ex
hibitors indemnified. ' A sum approxi
mating 1120 will be paid to the ctly.
HYDRAULICKING DOES
NOT PAY IN ATLIN
Fletcher T. Hamshaw, a well-known
mining engineer, with headquarters In
New Tors. Is registered at the Perkins.
He Is heavily Interested In the Atlln
district of British Columbia' and Is en
routs from that country to the eaet
after a proaperoua season in' the Atlln
mtnea. - '-. .,, ; r
Operations In placer mining along the
creeks of tha Atlln district have demon
strated, after seven years of unprofit
able experiment, that hydraullcklng can
not be carried on successfully on a
large scale In most of the mines. The
difficulty arises from a. lack of suffi
cient grade and In some instances lack
of. water. . . ., ..
'Tha most successful process is.-the
steam shovel, and thla method probably
wUl be adopted generally In the Atlln
district before tha full benefits arc de
rived from tha mining industry there.
It ia aaid tha Spruce Creek Power oom-
ry. organised by E. F. Blaine and C
Denny of Seattle, Invested largely
for Inaugurating a hydraulic plant and
haa been unable to make expenses out
of the mine, although tbe company owns
some or tne most promising ground In
tha region. The company is capitalised
at only 1110,000, but haa paid no divi
dend. - It waa reorganised ' two years
ago and- took over property capitalised
at i.soe.oeo, and waa aaid to be the
largest concern In tbe , AUln district
The Isrge mining plants of the district
have not made gains, but owing to ex
tensive drifting operatione during the
cold part of the season the Atlln output
of gold hss been Increased by about
1100,000 over last years output.
DESPONDENT BECAUSE
WIFE STAYED AWAY
fgeeeUl Dtamtes te Tke JoarssLl
Oreron Cltv. Oct. 20. The Jut-v sum.
moned .by Coroner - Holman at Boring
yesterday to Inveettgata tha suicide of
Nels Sweden brought In a verdict that
he came ito. his death by hanging hlm
aelf. Sweden -waa 41 yeara old and It
la thought that his despondency grew
out of the fact that hia wife haa stead
fastly refused to leave her home In Swe
den and coma to America and Join him.
For aeveral daya he haa been under tbe
surveillance f Hie frlenda.
MARRIAGE BUREAU IN I
H HANDS OF CONSTABLE
- For. eervteee rendered by a local at
torney, attachment proceedings were In
stituted this morning against A. D.
Breakraan, manager of the Interstate
Introducing society, the organisation
that unltea unmarried persons. The
amount Involved Is !5, which the man
ager of the society declares was an ex
orbitant sum for the services rendered,
and which ho la disinclined to pay.
WELCOMED TO LEWISTON
(Continued from Page One.)
given a badge, which bore an appro
priate Inscription of tbe day. and occa
sion. Most of the day the excursionists
keep together. Tbelr buainess arrange-
menta for carrying out their part of the
program commanded general admira
tion. There waa an air of precision and
order In all arrangements, no confusion,
no doubt aa to what was coming next.
The - effect was proper for a business
men's exourslon and will be an Inspira
tion to the city and country visited.
Much of the afternoon waa apent by
tha visitors In vlswlng the beauties of
the Liewlston fair, which waa found to
be one of the most Instructive of Its
kind. This fair Is truly an advertise
ment Of the vast new. country known
to the world aa the Clearwater basin,
which la juat being opened to develop
ment In proper manner by transporta
tion facilities. Ia the booths of this
fair are found agricultural wonders
which would be tha envy of communities
that have labored under the Inspiration
of a direct Immediate market for a half
eentury. . . , ;' ,
Aruoiiiu
4 e, oe e e e ee-e $ ess oe g i,
X v They've packed their, grips Uken the displays V
X J away and closed Portlands successful fair. Our ;.,
atore Is still here, with a anlenHirl ahnwriner f texinn. .,
r- able goods snd we intend to keep on selling and ,
growing keeping pace with Portland's growth. - y
, Want to have every man in town see our elegant
: , " FaU and Winter . - . - . .
I Suits, OvcrccciJ
$10
to
The lion's Special Hats at $2.35 and $3. Royal
Blue - Shoes at C3.50. Dutchess Guaranteed
Trousers at $2 to $5. Monarch and Cluett Shirts
at 81 and 81.5Q. Fine Wool Underwear at 75
;- to $1.50 and everything else to complete their fall.
. ' and winter outfit. ' '
:: Come in for a look well not urge you to buy the
' ;' v J goods will do that. -f
&usJuhn-Prop' i -'
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Outfitters for
166 AND 168 THIRD STREET, NEAR MORRISON
4 eeeeeeeeee eee
WOr.lAII ACCUSED OF BEII.6
' All IIICEIMRy
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Mystery Surrounds Burning! of
Home : of, Mrs. Christine v
, Reetz Last Night.'
' Mrs. Christine Rests waa arreeted last
night . by ' Patrolman Murphy and a
charge of arson was filed agalnat her.
She appeared In the police . court thla
afternoon and Judge Cameron set her
preliminary ' examination : for Monday.
She waa placed under a. bond of TI0. .
The woman -vceupiad a house, onraed
by U T. Peety at "M1nneabta avenue.
A fire atarted in a bedroom laat night
about t o'clock and waa ext!nguiahe,d by
hetghborav'Mra. Beets aaid that It was
due to her dropping a lamp. She re
moved her trunk afterward to a neigh-
bora bouse,
. About 10 o'clock the fire department
answered .an alarm. - Tbe fire waa ex
tinguished after damage amounting to
$100 had been caused. - ' -
Various clrcumatanoea, according to
Assistant Fire Chief Molden ,and the
police, make It appear that the fire
waa set by ah Incendiary. Kaga had
been heaped in a corner of one of the
rooms before the fire was set. .
Investigation by AaslsUnt Chief
Holden revealed the fact that the woman
haa an insurance of 1400 on her personal
property. She is married but the neigh
bors say they have not seen her husband
for some time. ' . ' . .
MOST LOCAL THEATRES
OBSERVE FIRE RULES
The report of Fire Chief Campbell and
Deputy . Fire Marshal Roberta - on th
theatre observance of the executive
board's rules for. fire protection . was
filed with the board thla afternoon and
considered. The two officers were di
rected by the executive board to Invea
Urate the various theatres of the city
and see if they had complied with the
rules of the board, or If they were evlno
rng a desire to comply.' The report
states that the Belasco theatre hat
about finished making the changea rec
ommended; that tbe Baker and Empire
theatres have expressed aa Intention
of doing ao, and that all the other play
houses, except the Marquam Grand, have
taken atepa or agreed to follow the rec
ommendations of tha board. The Mar
Quam management haa not repaired the
building aa ordered by the board, and
according to the committee haa shown
no Intention of doing so.
COMMISSIONERS REJECT
COMPROMISE PROPOSAL
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(Special Dlseateb te The Jeefaal)
Pendleton. Or Oct. 10. At a session
of the county commissioners hsld yes
terday the compromise proposition re
cently madexthem by the. O. -R. a N.
company was formally rejected, and the
railroad company, through Ha local at
torney, Colonel J. H. Raley, waa notified
of the decision. What- action will now
be. taken by the company la not known.
. Fatal an official source It was learned
today that the proposition made by tbe
railroad company waa that the assess-
ment be placed at $10,000 on back taxes
aa well as that for thla year, but that
all penalty and Interest chargsa be
withdrawn by tbe county.
BOY HURT IN HAY -v.
BALER MAY: DIE
Melvtn Washloaen. seed II yeara waa
badly " Injured In a hay baler, at hia
home, Damascus, Oregon, Wednesday
afternoon, and was taken to St. Vln-
cent'a hoapltal last night. Dr. Sommers
of Oregon City Is In attendance. No
bones . were broken, but the lad was
badly hurt Internally and the chance of
hia recovery la alender. Tha boy was
assisting ii baling hay whan his cloth
ing caught in the mechanism. . -
. ? . V- Friaomat Saaepeev ,
James Doyle, confined In tha alt
prison on a vagrancy charge, escaped
last night by crawling out ef a win
dow and dropping to the sidewalk. The
man la aa opium fiend and haa been In
JaU many, times in the laat few m on tha
cr.3 Dcincdats I
$25
Men and Boys
CO, 1.1'NICIUS DID KOT
RESCUE "BLUEBEARD"
Neither is He the Missing H us
band of the Ohio Woman Who :
Was Left Penniless.
Though denied by all hia friends, the
story that J. N. McNicholae of thla elty
furnished "Bluebeard Hooh of tlllnola
1500 with which to appeal hia case will
not down. Close personal friehde of Mr.
McNicholae who know the history of the
story aay the whole thing started as a
Joke and was aelsed upon by a local .
paper as a "feature" story snd presentetl -aa
solid truth.- It Is posittvaly asserted
by both the police officials and frlenda
of Mr. MeNlcholas that ho did not go to
tha reaoue of tbe Cleveland man. . ssn
tenced to hang for wife-murder.
Mr. .McNloholas wss married td k
girl . whose parents live oa tha east
slds' early In September and went east .
on his honeymoon. He is at present
at Cleveland. Ohio., - About a week ago. ''
hia frlenda aay, a atory was started
aa a "josh' by a number of hia ao
qualntancea at Cleveland that ha wad
the paraon who had furnished tha money
necessary to secure a stay of execution -of
the death sentence pending an an
peal to the supreme court of Illinois.
Thle story waa published In ' the
Cleveland papera and was aent out by
newa correspondents, being also printed '
In Portland and denied by hie frlenda '
here at th time. Receipt of a letter
by Chief of Police Gritsmacher. how- ,
aver, haa been made tbe peg on which
to hang another atory. Ida Dodd. writ
Ing from Dayton, Ohio. ' wants the po
lice to try to learn If Mr. MoNlcholae
la the same man who married her and
deserted her, taking her aavlnga of 20
yeara Her only reason for thinking
they might ' be the aame person was
that bar husband, among numeroue
namee given by him, once used that
of McNicholae and claimed to be a mil
lionaire mining man.
John McNicholae, a brother ef James
H. MeNlcholas. Is employed by. the local
telephone company aa auditor, 'but la at -present
In Seattle. Jamea 811pp. am'
ployed In the ticket office of the South- ...
ern Paoiflo Railway company, la an Intl
mate friend of Mr. McNicholae and
branda tha atory published regarding hia
furnishing money to aave Hoch from tha
allows aa a lie. ...
"This thing, I understand, waa atarted
aa a 'Josh' on Mr. MeNlcholas,'' hs said.
"I know there la no truth In It and
also that he cannot possibly be th man
who married Ada Dodd." , ..., ,
BENNINGTON DISASTER : ;
DUE TO AN ACCIDENT
TsJloJo. Oct 20. Commander W. H.
Allerdlce of. Chicago, a member Of tha
original board, of inquiry into tha Ben
nington disaster at San Diego, finished
hia testimony in the Luclen- Toung
courtmartlal this morning. He stated
that tha cause of the explosion- waa an ,
accident due to the structural weakness .
of ths ralvea of the boilere. The fore
man of tha boiler-makers. Ed Xavanagh,
at the navy yard, thought that over
preaaure waa the cauae of tha accident.
Foreman Machinist U 0k Estees of the '
navy yard told of the tests mads and .
the results and found aa prevloua wlt
nessea Jiad testified regarding the con
dition of the f urnaoe. All , witnesses
were called by the defonee. j-v ' -
ST. JOHNS COMPANY ' "
VTO REPAIR. WEBSTER
: ' - .'.
The county commlasloncra thla morn
Ing granted th contract to epalr the
ferryboat Lionel R. Webster to the St.
Johns Shipbuilding company, whose bid
was $1,(41.76. Th company s trees to
have the boat ready within 30 daya from
the date work ie begun on her, -. ,
, ' i
; ' Daate Joavea Anaigned.
Dante Jones, formerly a bartender at
the Badger saloon, was arraigned before
Judg Cieland this morning on the ,
eharga of committing aa assault with
a dangeroua wespon. He waa given until
Monday w plead. - It la alleged that on
October It Jonee went te a saloop owned
ty T. J. BHth and a quarrel aroae over
g woman, . Bllth ordered Jonea away.
and tne latter ia saiq to nava atruca
Bllth over th head with a revolver, and
then trltd to shoot hint.
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