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THE OREGON ' DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND'. WEPT TCP AY EVENING. NOVEf.rJr ?. ltzj O.R.&N.TO SPEND BURHXuOOHS TO DEATH Liiiiiy.CMrii.TEi SPRiriGS CLOSED GilOY' THEFTS mnpoon DUE FOR LiiiiDillllllllS-; JV.I POLICE TEST TO I Nearly H&lf the Applicants for Hawthorne Fountain : Shut Cff American Inn Loses Property . Worth Perhaps Thousands , District Attorney Starts Cr.and Jury Investigation Into Meth ods of Gardner and Others. fltason for Death of Carl Hurford Finer Track, Heavier Equipment, Massacres of Hebrews Spreading ' Rapidly In Province of Bet-. :' 'M sarabia, Russia. ' , "i Stronger Bridges, Greater i Positions on Force Rejected 'i. by Commission. and Water Will Not Be Used -From the Stream. " and Bride at Nawberg . of Dollars. Unfathomed.' f Speed, the rograrn STEEL BRIDGES TO TAKE MOB STARTS FIRES "AND SHUTS OFF ALL EXITS PHYSICAL DEFECTS CAREFUL ANALYSIS TO Hi M. BRISTOL MISSES ' VALUABLE SILVERWARE MANY ARE VICTIMIZED - if BY FALSE LOCATIONS CORONER'S JURY GIVES - ' ; ARE CHIEF REASON : 1 BE MADE Or WATER - VERDICT OF SUICIDE ,v. PLACE OF WOODEN ONES ERYSIIROUDS P LIC Exposmo KEY J :'-'J' ' .,'11 11 - k.; Theory Advanced That Husband la Fit of Melancholia Killed Himself and "Wife i Became " Frenzied "and Took Her Life. ; y'v ' i:'':-M Bnaat.l rtlanatrt to The JnOTnaLI ' .' . Kewbrrg. Or- Nov. 8. The tragedy that ended th honeymoon of Carl Hur ford and his bride tnnma city yester day morning la still shrouded in mys tery. From att videnc thst-ha come to light It appear eerWHa that me sudden death, pf the young rwupie w - not the mult of a tjuarreV -as. their married life had been or the nappieac. They resided In their own home end seemed to be plentifully supplied with manev. A - thorough search - of the hoiut has failed to reveal, any written ata lament or an due whatever to the probable cause,.-'-. .; . .,v.', , The husband had been aughtly. 1U. for several days and yesterday moraine hie wife arose and went to the office of the Newburg .Furniture company, where he was employed, and asked If his position would be held for him until he recovered.- She was told that It would, asd after departing returned In A abort time and asked the same question.' She was reassured and went borne. v A. H Douglas, a neighbor wsLnear his home, about IS yards from the Hurford home, --when Mrs. Hurford entered the house. Douglas testified before the coroners i Jury that the woman appeared at the - loor in a few momenta and screamed for help.. Douglas started toward the house and as be neared it the report of a re volver was heard. He stopped and called J. C Morris, a carpenter, who was near by," and together they entered the house. Meantime two more shots were hard. The two men found Mrs. Hurford lvfng on the floor and her buaband par tislly dreesed. lying en the bed. Both were "dead. " ' .- ' -'"-', -; v f All. suspicion of murder by en. aa aassln la etemred way by the state ment -of the two men that they were so close to the tmo.se that 1M one could - hsvs escaped - without being aeen by them. A coroner's Jury composed of YV.. R. Scott.. W. L... Robertson. J. JW. Evans," J, M. Douglas. Martin Cook and 1. K. Ventress Investigated the kill ing. Nothing new developed other than that Hurford's left hand - was badly powder burnt, as though hi had grasped the weapon near the mussle as if to steady It before firing the fatal ahot " One bullet was found Imbedded In the wairamt lt"ts supposed that Mrv Hur--ford ft red, two shots, the first missing. The coroner's Jury returned a verdict of suicide in both Instances. ; ... . The theory advanced la that the hus band became' temporarily-insane-and tired the shot' that ended his life Just as his wife- returned from her visit to the furniture factory.. The wife seeing htt husband-ded became'. frenxled and tok her own life. ... ; - f - '.. . trtirfnnl eama. in V.wKrr laat a nr-ll from-UnionviHerlseouri. e wae-af i-ompanled , here by his mother and brother and the latter have bought con-, elderable property here. The dead man was industrious ano naa no oaa naons. HIS bride came from Missouri about six weeks ago and they were . married la ' Portland, s ; : ?.' ?-".' ' 't' . ivii POlSOIiS HER CHILD AND jSHDOfS'HERoElF Mrs'. Antonio Yocubets, Commits v Suicide While Deranged, ' ' ', "' : Near Lebanon. ' ,-'-,-: 1 . " (Ipeclal Dispatch te Tk JoarasLI ' .' .Ibanon, Or, Nov. 8. Mrs. Antonio , Vocubets killed herself late yeaterday afternoon in ber home, six miles from I banon.. -by. shooting with a revolver. flhe ha d bfyn, mewtallw- dnnyl .. 1 some time, and - had threatened to kill herself several times. Her husband had ' ti go over to a neighbor's to get -some one -to stay with her and while he was - ewsy she gave polaon to her youngest child and killed herself Instantly. . She had laid out the clothes she wished to tie . burled In and left a note giving in tractions. The other children were at ' school. The child poisoned will i 'irevr.--Mr. 'Tocu'bets was about 40 years old and" bad lived In this vicinity . for about Tlvaear. . The lamuy Is well v thought or. , '..; TRINER BACK AND SAYSVv ; HE:P1D NOT RUNAWAY ,:-.". B. W. Rlner, who-wa wanted jit con Section with the' -Canner r reek sewer rae. has returned to Portland and re- e, nested an early trial. He has been In California more than a month and tha . charge was made that the had run away ' from Justice. This is strenuously de- nled by Mr. Rlner, who states that his ' attorneys had his address all during his - absence and thellt la more than wlll- , Ing to stand trial. As sopn ss ha heard " that he was wanted. ) liner declares, he took the first train. for Portlsnd. - Rlner Is no -connected with the Cal ' - -' lfornla Powder . Works and says I hat be b not onger contractor. ; REVOLUTION BREAKS OUT ; IN THE BLACK REPUBLIC '''' l:- (Jeerael Sneclil Serrle. . Washington. Nov. -1 A rfvolutionary outbreak at Santo Domingo is reported to Uie.. state department, which Is not Informed Hist how .seriiMM the outbreak . Is. An order will be seA.for a warship to be ordered to the scene of the trouble from Bradford's squadron. - The out break occurred yesterday at . Msnorl's . port o tb south side of the Island, which Is In charge of American customs offlcera. -, ' 'l-v- i-.' .--Uyr-f"Tw''"",JsopeB.' Sheriff Word receive a meseag from the sheriff at Tacoma late this after- nmin advising him tluit a gambjer named A I Hmlih had Just killed two men sir ttie murderer was thought to be headed this wsy, . No details were given.; ealty Active la Baker. Ooirltl IMalMtnfe Tks JeePMl.l WnKer City. tr.. Nov.' I. During the month of October -there were 14$ realty tronnfer In Itaker . county, the value nivuBtlug to ..4ii.. - Oil-Burning XocomQtivea to Be In stalled on Whole System Remod eled System Will Be Giant Up-to- Date Railroad Power. V v '; .''"with the' construction 6T.nw lines afflrlallv announced, the laying of new sreenaTls and replsclng old bridges with new steel structures, me comple tion of the Aiblna shops, new yards, bulldinra and other betterments, and the AroDosed r 1 Improvement fer--ext er. added to -cost 01 m, Aninimu Condon line Just opened.- the Harriman railroad comDanles in Oregon will have expended more than 120.000,000.. - slaottna? Ta Ioeatios. : - i f rhlef . Eneineer Boachke Is now out on the lines of the O. R. ft N. and the Southern Pacific selecting locations for oil tanks to be erected Immediately, for supplying oil -burning locomotives which will be Installed au over me early next year. The company nas sei ..id tiso.eoo for. this change. The block system which Is now being erected on the Blue. mountain division win do extended at each end, total extension being 100 miles, at a cost or S9.oeo. When we get through me. preseni planned Improvements there will not be a wooden truss bridge left on the Southern Paolflo or the O. R. rail roads in Oregon." said Manager J. -P. O'Brien. , ?An appropriation or &,ou has JuSt been, made for replacing with steel r structures every , wooden brldg between Portland and Aahland." ', '.-iLlMUlal Blfbta af Way. ' Rlrhts of way for tha Draln-Marsh- field line are being rapidly secured, and .the ralla have been ordered for" con struction of this branch early next year. The sum of $. 200,000 has been appro priated. The distance is 81 miles. Construction of the Lewlnioo-Rlparla lineJUL miles, will cost lt.M0,000. The Elgin-Joseph- branch,- now under con atructlon. .will cost S1.SOS.000 for 61 miles. . Surveys have been -completed and condemnation of rights of way begun for the St. Jobna cut-off to Clarnle I S miles, construction to cost 183,680. The Springfield-Henderson - cut-oft s. little more than one mile, will ot $147,210. while the lfayette-St. Joseph cut-oft. 2.131 miles, will ost but tts.f 47. The cost of the Arlington-Condon branch. 41 miles, was $700,000. Repairs on the Kahlotus-Connell branch, for bring ing the service up to higher efficiency, required' 137450. , "':- r '. - : .... -;-r--j.,-- Shops :SaJtunred, The Harriman orders for new equip ment costing i:,401.000 for the Ore gon Hies,, hare necessitated Immense expenditure for betterments." "The , Ai blna shops had U be enlarged o handle the heavier locomotives and car repairs. The' shop improvements: now -. about completed, cost 1328,000.. For ballasting 4S mtlw tin the Southern Pacific' 185.180 balng apent.. KaT.a goes foe . fUU rrepracmg .oriages. ,i iur i.jrw.s 182 .mllea of 0-pound steel-.-raUs- from Ashland northward. ISt.ZM tor new yards and bridges, $182,000 for' 11 new depots, $ 61 1,77 for heavy new steel. J42B.700 for new rolling stock, $1,120,000 for replacing ralla with heavy steel from Caglnaw to -Portland. . now under way, and $127,000 for fills on the- South ern Pacific neceaarv in Improvements now In progress on that line. Wood-rreservlBa- tnaat. A. wooa-preserying plant at Wyeth coat 169,000. Steer bridge ordered, for the O.' R. ft N., to span every stream of Importance on that Una, will cost 4it, fcS7. New equipment ordered for the O, R. ft N. amounts to $525,000. When the Harriman management, complete the work laid out under Mr. O'Brien the en tire system of the O. R, ft-N. and Southern Pacific in Oregon will have been practically reconstructed. SUSPECTED TRAIN ROBBER ARRESTED IN SEATTLE - ' (HoMial Dlmtrk to The Joernsl.i - Seattle, Nov. 8. Peter McBride, who has been engaged as a Isborer in shingle mills at Ballard and doing; other work about the city, was arrested this morn. Ing and is in Jail on suspicion of being one of the men who bed a hand In the holdup -of the Great Northern train Just outside of Ballard on .the night of October I. Sunday night ' JdcBrlde, while drinking, was talking about the reward offered for. the capture of the bandits and la credited with making statements indicating that he had pretty good knowledge how the work was done. . . - v - . The Plnkerton agency has .been noti fied and I now Investigating. ' CLAIM MILK HALL SOLD WAS NOT THE BEST KIND Kdvurd Hall was arrested fhla after noon by Constable.. Wagnier!M a--wr: rant .Issued from, JusttfewReld's court charirhg him -wtth the' sal of adulter ated milk. He conducts a shop at 403 First'- afreet.- FoodU Inspector - Bailey 'bought some -of the milk and filed the complaint. Another-offender pleaded guilty to th sale of adulterated milk before Justice Reid a short time, ano and wit fined. Mr. Bailey naya that these arrests math the beginning of a crusade against this class of violators of the pure- food laws. MOUNTAIN GEM TO START ,' IRRIGON RUN TOMORROW The stesmer Mountain On will start tomorrow morning from Celllo and make regular trips to Irrlgon, twice a week. touching at points on both side of th river. The boat will lhave Celllo on lion day and Thursday mornings at T o'clock. It Is probable a trip once a week- to co will be made In addition to the Irrlgon trl. - Freight will be received st the Regulator doek. In Portland, for U- up river pwitit.- on TucaitsygTia Prldaya. Tariff sheets will be Issued to morrow and generally distributed, v Escape fey loaf Jmap. - Rather than serve a sentence of 10 days in th county Jail,- a negro named Wood Jumped from a window in the second Story of a building on Flanders street, early -this morning 'and-escaped from Ptromn L.yll and Tlchenor. 11 whs convicted of vagrancy and sen tenced to serve to days, aefltence belna suspended to permit lilm to leave the CHy. He tailed to aw -, J ' f : Miliury Struggling to Preserve Or der, but Riots Continue Caucasus Aflain: With-T?vwlir--Three Com panies of Cossacks Slaughtered.' ' Iorsat Pctr Sf tl V " St. Petereburg. Nov. 8. Massacres of Jews in the province of Bessarabia, are spreading rapidly. - It- Is' reported, that l.kOO Jews were burned to death in the town of Calaraachl JL Slavonlo leader named Balabanoff, headed a mob which started fires in- four' parts of the town at once and blocked all exits from t,he Jewish quarter. The military la at tempting to preserve order, but Incew dlarlam continues. Sixty-six revolu-a tlonlsts were shot, yesterday. Hundreds of Jewish families are seeking- refuge in' Roumanla. A , telearam from Odessa states that the, number of Jews killed during; the recent massacres in souinem ttussia number lt.OOO and the - number of wounded approximate 100,000, many oi whom are permanently injured. Hun dreds of Jewish victims are being buried at Odessa, where their :-; bodies are placed in ' long trenches. . Many hundreds-of. the victims cannot be recog nised. On .each . grave wreaths : are placed bearing- the. inscription: Martyrs to the raun victims ox toe autocracy." - - The property losses will total many mllliona- -In .Odessa alone no less than 1.000 families are ruined and many wealthy merchanta ere reduced to pov erty. !?'-. , i -) " , - Alarmlna- news comes rrom in v au ra sua, where fighting . between Arme nians, Tartars and Russians continues. Kverv attempt of tha troops to restore order has resulted In wholesale slaugh ter through attacks by tne people. Three companies of soldiers are said to have been exterminated In the Interior districts. In one place -105- Cossacks were killed by bombs. - HIRLVilUD AUTO BUGS DEATH RacmgMachTneJFrightenttTe That'Throws Owner to the ? Ground, Crushing Skull c . r,. im will be the death of aome- kVu! v ' .mm" rem arked a member, of a surveying party while watching an auto ..n. . br hire on the Linn ton .Mirrdiv evening at a nmm -Therei what did t' tell you.",, the speakeruttered a moment iaier, anu K.ian.fi .the- sentences had occurred a tragedy which cost William W, Town- send his life, -. .-, When th first remark wee made, Ed ward Anderson, of. Anderson Bros., liv ery, firm, who was driving toward the City at . the time, turned to see who spoke. Before he could turn -again to see what prompted the second state ment. Townsend had fallen to the road on hi head, fracturing hie skull.. S ' . -1 never knew that one ot inoee ma chines could travel so fast as that on was coming up tha road," said Mr. An derson thla momlnc "There were three person In th -automobile, on driving and two Sitting in me rear, dui l-uuiu not tell-whether one of those In th back seat was a woman.". , William Townsend Is a farmer, ., 42 years old, who lived at Holbrook. . At hU home ar his slfr and mother, the only aurviving membera of bla family Townsend cam . to .th city -yesterday In a vmon. accompanied by 12-year-old return trip late In the afternoon, and la reporte to have been slightly In toxicated, as. the boy Is said to have been driving when the fatal accident occurred. Th machine had Just passed several people farther down th road- A It passed- the oar driven-py-- Alnsworth of the fnlted State Na tional bank the face of the occupant could not b observed because of the great speed, ' . When the automoblla passed Ander son'Bywagoh' It wa traveling ao fast that the refer wheels slid badly m the slight curve mad for th turn. As U cem toward . th farmer's team, - the horses became frightened, but the, boy wss able to bring them under control within. ' SO or 10 feet. Townsend fell from the vehicle when the first plunge of the horse reused the. wagon to lurch,, and struck -upon his head. The occu psnts of th automobile did not seem tt realize what they -had done, as they Aid not look back or slacken speed. . man. - Mr." Alnsworth' party, came up and others offered assistance, removing th lolured man to th Good Samaritan hospital, where he died this morning. He will be burled at Cornelius tomor row, An Investigation was mad by Coroner Flnlewbfit no inquest hi to' be held. Nothing has beejLJoasd-edln-tb people who occupied lmlr-bulrm Alnsworth said th - machln wa Pon Toledo, aad aa there Is a limited number of these and aa the owner will know, who had on on the road last evening th name . will a , doubt be learned..., -.-..'.:. . . .i . 1 1 1 , i f. COLONEL DICK CONCEDES PATTISON'S ELECTION .- (Joarssl Special Serviei.) Columbus Nov, I. Colonel Dick, Re publican state chairman, ha issusd a statement eonoedlng Paulson's election by tt.OOO. Democratic Chairman Bam; haf-rhtrms-troirTiiuraiiiy ror Pattison and th entire ticket, although th exact figure may not be know today, . i n Vrla Xko1 Vrlater. (Journal Soertil gervlee.l '' 1 . -Baltimore,. Nov. . vi'rlnce Loula of Rattenberg visited a newspsper offlcs here today and. -it developed that he learned the printer's trade when -young. He wss elected member of the paper's cnapei. . . . Preferred knock Caaaed Oeeda. AUn tt Lewis'-Best Brand. . ,.. Thirty-Two Succeed and Thirty-One Fail List of Those Who Are Now - Eligible lor -Places in the Ranks as Patrolmen. xamTnatIon papers of ti applicants for positions of patrolmen in the polio department were marked by the munic ipal civil service commission this morn ing. Of this number only 32 passej the testa, The - larger Bumber-who-fatled to secure the IS Jer cent necessary to have their names placed on the eligible list were disqualified for. physical de fects, or failure to stand the athletic tests. Following are the successful candidates: Andrew S. Soreneon, John M. Murphy, Harry Robinson. Peder Pederson, George K. Chancy. John H. Jones. Kmll C. Vahl, Robert W.' Phillips, .William A. Haley, Krastus Richardson, W. F. Herrmann, William T. Patton, ' John , W. Inskeep, Marcus M. Rudolph, P.H. Mulholland, W. A Burchell, LJoyd E. Larccneld. J. U Portwood. Richard -- H. Field, Marlon Palmer.. Warren 8. Coleman, Charles A. Tennarit, J. C. Hetae, Wayne O. Adams, Kllaworth Adams, John- J. Edgerton, John A. Mears, H. C. Boles, Ieonard S. IJopfleld, Ouy R. .Osborn - and -Mr' P. Murphy. - There ar aeveral vacancies In the police department and an eligible Hat will b certified to Chief Oritmmachei immediately from which to select men to fill the vacancies.-; . ' The Investigation of the appeal of R. It. Ebermsn; the patrol who was re cently discharged from the police de' part men t on charges of incompetency and physical disability, was set for next Wednesday morning. , . City Attorney McNary wss Instructed to file an answer In the circuit court te the complaint of John Rankin, who has brought ault to' compel the city engi neer to reinstate him to his rank , In class. A sidewalk. Inspectors. . , . DOCK THIEVERY IS Police ArrestThlef ::andy Mat k Thought to : Have Acted V r, a ; FeiTCe. ;-r---r:---!; ' Kvldenc was discovered by the police this morning leading to two arrest and probably to the. breaking up of an 0r ganlaed-gang-of -thieve- who hare for a long time been stealing fruits, -vea--tablea and dairy product from Com mission houses and along the docka B. Tared, , allege! , to . be receiving th stolen property, alao has been taken Into police custody, psrt of th stolen goods being, in hi possession. . Acting ' Captain" Quintan was -telephoned this morning by Agent McDonald of the ' Regulator dock at th foot of Oak street, that Emit Marquard had bee seen driving away with a case of butter end cheese. Station, Of fleer Qolts went to th scene and placed Martjuard under arrest. He confessed that -with others, whose names he said ha doe not knowi I has been stealing from, docks and commission houses regularly. - The g-oods, he said, were disposed of ; to Tared, .who conducts a randy "store and grocery at Fourth and Ash streets, .- . t Tared admitted that h hsd bought goods from Marquard, but Mid he did not. know they had been .' stolen. - A search wss mad and several cases of butter, eggs and cheese were discov ered. .-'.'' , ,.- i' -. ; . Marquard pleaded guilty to - larceny and was scntcncedto serve six months In th county Jan. . A case of eggs stolen from Pag A Bon was found by 'the detectives -at Tared's store. Tared is held under a $500 bond. . w - INQUIRY INTO MUTUAL METHODS IS RESUMED (Jonrsal 8nedsl SertVee.) '..-..., New York. Nov. 1. The Investiestl'nn of th methods arid affairs of the Mu tual ' Liife Insurance company, which was temporarily adjourned on. October 2, : was resumed today. All members of the com'mlttre were present - except John McKeown,- Democrat, who wa de feated for re-election yeaterday. As semblymen .Rodgers, Coxe, Temple, Prentice,, all committeemen, 'were re dacted. . ' " - '"". ' Emory -McCllntock. actuary of the Mutual Life. Insurance company, - was again on the stand for further examina tion. . .' . -t -, JEROME TO PROSECUTE TAMMANY FOR FRAUDS -.' ' ' " 1 - - - -:'-. 1. L - (Jnarnal Bneelal errW.I s Kew Tork, Nov. . District Attorney 7er0me tired and hoarser-but pleased with the result, did-not leav his house untll ,:J0 o ciock thla afternoon. He said: "I shall Immediately start an Investigation of the frauds perpetrated by Tamtnuny. If-the facta warrant It I shall begin an Immediate prosecution against the guilty." A revised count of the district attor ney contest shows: Jerome. 119,131; his opponents, - Oaborn, Tammany, 108.118; Bhearn, municipal ownership, ti,42i Flammer.-Rcpubllcan, 11,148.- - J. II. Curry, accused of assault and LSatfary. tiy R. C. Clyde, appeared In the police court this morning and. entered a plea of guilty. He Inrormed th court that, he might prove himself Innocent, Clyde being the aggressor after wrong ing him, but that "he. had to leave the city and could not await trial. He ws.i fined ir ' "' i i H -i. kare la Court. , Iauren Peaae, charged with th lar ceny, by embekslement pf 1 1.600 bf "W 7. wick., manager of th t. Paul Fir Marine Insurance company, was before Judge Cameron In th police court today and his preliminary examination Was ut tot Monday rternoon a) 1 o clotk. UnCOUERED UntU It Is Clearly Shown That No Hurtful Germa Lurk In the Supply thalPlacel Will Be Guarded From AU Consumers. . 'ft i v-, -y - 'D..,. . the recent reoorta that typhoid germa had been found In the tmm tha aorlnas In Hawthorn Park, the flow of water from the drink ing- fountain- has been toppeo ana me springs dosed -pending a,-tb.oraugh in. ..im.i.m nn ttve-nart of the Haw thorne estate. ' R. U Cat, agent for the estate, said yesterday that no ; atone would be left unturned to get at th truth of the matter. He does not be lieve, however, that the water from th spsings is Infected, - - - . , ti mir la makinsr an investi gation of the sewerage in tha Ladd and Hawthorn tracts in mai vicinny w see if any seepage could reach th wa- -.. : .nrlnl. Th DrODOTty- W carefully tiled and drained when plat ted and -unless some ot me sewers nave broken It I said to b almost impo- slble for any seepage to. reach . th apring. , . '";.'".''"" 1 ' Mr. Cat visited city iteana voromia sloner Mataon yeaterday and asked the latter -to -mak nr-thorough analysis -of th water. Ir. Matson assured blm that he would do so, but that It would, take at least two weeks. - ' I An not believe the water contain typhoid germs," said Dr. Matson. "and would not be srram to anna a oarrei r it wa found the water infected but cannot say that there war any typhoid germ there . until we mane , nunner tests." :j- ,,-':'-.,. .- rir Matson Is of the oolnlon that the recent typhoid cases originated from a source far removed from the aprlngs. Of the tt case recently reportednn" the city,-, but two typhoid patients resided mywhere , near .ilatnwerne springs or ased th water there. " ' ' The report that typhoid germs war fminj in the -unrlnsr have -caused con siderable excitement in tha neighbor hood of Hawthorne Park. Vntll the analysis of Dr. Matson Is finished Mrs. Itawthorn has ordered that nobody-b permitted to use any water, from the park. ..'-,: -'"'' CHRONICLE BUILDING : S i TJAMAGED BY FIRE " (Jeorsal 8peda'SerTle.) ' ' BanTFrancisco, Nov. . The Chronicle building, the first skyscraper-erected in this city, was badly damaged py nre that started In the clock tower as a r- ault of bombs that were being nred in celebration of the election. Th fir broke out shortly . after S o'clock and th tower was quickly' destroyed, ow- 1ns: to the small pressure in th by drants, making It Impossible to ply a large-stream- upon -hr-Ura.--: While the loss I heavy the exact damage Is not as vet estimated.- Th photographic department, . art rooms and linotype room, aa . well aa many of the offices, were deluged with amok and water, and the library, the moat valuable of Its kind on the coast, is believed to be ruined.- Th Examiner promptly came to th sld of th Chronicle, offering th use of . the Examiner pros. - Th offer was accepted and the paper appeared a usuaL J : ' . ; - ; ', v.''.,' i ;. ' LOST MINER RETURNS -TO HOME NEAR GATES (Special Dlapateh te The Journal.! - d .Aioany, ur nov. o. .t ;u.ii.,iii, the miner who wss lost at - the Gold creek mines in Ui Cascade mountains on October S. returned to hla bom near Gates, S mile eastof thla city, yea terday after wandering arourid In th mountains for the past It' days. Th man, -after leaving the mining camp, was lost in the mountains, and losing in oi- reotlnns. he wandered about untll he en counlerecTT-piTty bf hUBters-blTTh headwaters of the Clackamas river. Ths men supplied him with provisions and told him thel direction to, his home and b again struck the trail. He reached the hot springs on tne Heriten bush on Monday and arrived horn yes-terdsv.-. As the result of the privations and th' sufferings resulting from hun ger and, cold, he is In a Dad conanion and will not b abl to resume hla wor soon. ; . - ; ; ' - '.. ALASKAN DELEGATES- " : : NAMED AND INSTRUCTED V--"' '"'':?' J '" '-.' (Jonrnal apeelsl Service. - ' -' t..-u.. k i. -u. Nov. 1 Ileleratea to th Alaskan eonvsntloa that convenes In Beattle November 18 hav been se lected In nearly every town and camp In Alaska and mosuy irainicira iur mr .a.ui Mvamment. The federal grand Jury has convened In Skagway. . Robert Klnsle. superintendent of th Treadwell mines. IS loremaji. -, in.'.flMver .Ttnw basin hss V,"IU V 1 r. ,.. - - - - - - - - i..ni itM ha'naa1 and destroyed Dtrt Of the $20,000 fltim of tha Jualpa com pany.. Freighting, to tne oia, qu.i mlnelvlropolW for several, days, . FUNERAL OF OLST0N f 77 HELD AT SELLWOOD - k.B.I TUaealsl t ThS Ifllingl " .. v'' Sellwood. Or,, Nor. I. The funeral of yf H. Olaton, wno oiea at in uwm Samaritan hospital Sunday morning from Injuries received from falling-off a streetcar, - was held yesterday after noon from the Bellwood Presbyterian church. He was a , member of the vAiiiniM, era .n.rtm.nt and the mem bers of that organisation attended In a body, ine oony wss inierr s mi old cemetery at Mllwaukle. , , PRESIDENT MAKES TWO T ARIZONA 'APPOINTMENTS fnorsal Special rVrrlre.) ' - Wi.hih.inn . K'nv. I The bresldent twia. annolntiul Krederlck R Nave, at present United States district attorney tOiArlsona, associsie jusi-e in ine t rltorlal supreme court, 4o succeed Jus tice Tucker. Captain Joseph l V. Alex ander of Phoenix. , has been eppolnt to succeed Nave aa district attorney - .- m. -a .ii , -T Diphtheria relieved Jri twenty minutes, Almost mlrsculous. Ir. Thomss' iicleo- l trio OIL At any drug tor. . , Police, 'Think Organised Gang of Thieves. Under' Guise of .Working men, Hare Been Operating During Packing Time at" Pair. " 'Property worth hundreds and perhaps thousands of dollar ha - been stolen from - the American Inn at th fair grounds within th last few days.- The thefts have been systematic and have taken place during tha proceaa of packJ Ing. Discovery or . . the i larcenies was not - made until " yesterday: Chief of Police Gritimacher wa notified laat night. Detectives were detailed on the case thla morning by Inspector Bruin. The packing of goods at tha Inn began a day or two after the closing of the fair. -It 1 deemed probable that tn thieves ' have been .carrying-on - their work since' that time. Th first Intima tion of th series of ' crimes was -received by H. M. Bristol of 174 Sixth street. Missing five dosen pillow-cases, he made a search and was unable to lo cate them. iThls fact aroused hla sus picion and he Instituted, a quiet in-, veetlgatlon by whlob he discovered that 1 1 dosen pieces of silverware had been stolen. The value of the silvsrware is about S00..tx 1.-! In order . to determine exactly the number and value of the articles stolen It will be necessary to open all tha boxes hitherto carted away and' make a .examination of the contents.. This wilt require a long time. Th police believe that a gong of thieve. In th guise of - worklngmen. hav been sys tematically looting the various build ings, at the exposition grounds from which good have been removed alnce th. fair. -,V-' 7-i:i r f m AT. THE THEATRES.. "The MarrUga of KtttjT Tonight. . The ' brilliant remedy, "The MarrUga el Kitty." will be preeeated.st the Mawaain oaud theatre toslfht aad tomorrow sight, with the charming actresa. Alice Juhnaon. ens an ax re II lit ' supporting company of players. The Marrlasa ac Kitty" peiwad oaa at laat aeaaoe'e aaeeeaaes and apart froaa the eenedya excellence tha company Interpreting It Baa sen to do with the hit It made wherever pre- aeetea. alias Alice Johnson, . who head the erranintloa.--la' a sinter sad comedienne of Bbdoabted merit. . Seals are sow selling lor beta. aifkls. .... --"T" T . 'When Knighthood Wat in Flower." "Wbn Knlrlithood Ts la Flower," which roam to the Maronant Ore ad theatre next Prt da v and flatnrdar nlghhv Norember 10 and 11, with a. sperlal-ariee SMUsea Saturday, is ene of thoaa - ekarntlng plays Which please,- not only br reaeoa of a romantic love atory, bnt alaa by - their picture-one and gorgeons matnaMM an scenery. In the play, ss K a setn srasante thla seaaoa, all the jpanly at trlhytea of the time find exareaaloa-In War. re Coslaa as Charles Brandos,, hirer of Mary Tudor, prlnceaa at Enfland. Bat It la In th Mary Tudor that th most Inter eat lies, a girl with s atory all her own. mad aatnrat winsome and lorahl by th wonderfnl acting of . aoselle Kaett, eu of th elevereat setreaae of th American stage. Bests ar sew sailing for both MirmBiSBiie. :.,x.. -: : - - Beautiful Play St Belasco. 1 m- . . haantlfiil aeanle nil. tars a a local stag than the gardene paint rd by Artlat Orahark for "Th Lady of Lyone." ... . mii a thai tulaan theatre. The engagement of While Whltlleaey ss a stork atar Is ranldiy orewing te s - pj srair abosM wtaa the opportnnlty of wltneaalug w. thla waek of the sunly hare la Lyttoa's. sesuttful romsce.. , Tiger Lilies at the Baker. . eana. . M m lfa - MWkMH fBfll fetid ft btMrda nt'tb Bak-f ttHtr lb r f tb . .u. iu luinat mat In. - rrOnlMOt people with the TKrer LIU ere Carrie galet and Josette Wehh. two of the brbjbteat eom dlewne m vaudeville; Cunningham and lord, premier dancer) Will J. Cook, th vocal com edian, end leanett Sherwood, the "ity so. krett. Tneee wen i"" e lehords handwan slrla. beantifoily . eo. aa nnav -tn two of be SHMt amaattig lauisltaLJTflcwa ot the saaaon. . - , . , . ' Hooligan" Coming. . ,. n :ff -i-. e Mrtaniina'a TVnuhle' falrhr hrlalle wltli diverting altaatlnn end btime over .tartiina- rllmaiea. There Is as srrav of catchy iain. ehsrmtnff " ewtd.' piesl dances and apeei"!. i r th Kmptre sext wees wiu oe in 7."' ef the sraena. Hoollgaa's Trouble WIU e gla next Bnsday matinee. .. s ,, .-.'.H; "A Human Slave. ' ; ; ., - H- e 4. A ITnm.a Slaie."- which li I Ml ir M'- v -- - - - . heliur presented t th Empire all thht week, haa drawn a strong pVtor of th life of lb toii.ra. "A Hnman Slave." while s thrilling aad aansstlnnal drama, Is s . great mnral leaaon. ana ss anco ii si eci-w wnn m and dlaeratlon by one ef the beat tmlodramatl companies, ever gathered tag at her. Ma tine ganoay. c. .- '. .. - ' , Next Week at the Baker.; Tha Utonlans Burlaqo Company will ho sees at the Haktr Mil wk. Marttng with ' th Sunday matinee. Th mnalral number - sa handaom ehorBs ar smong the principal fan turn. In th olio ar Maddea .and Jen, pre mier Irlah comedians; th twe Aahton. eomd inggler; Brooks brothers, eomedlanai Koae Jesnette. singer and dancer, and Blackford ant) nroose, a cam aiaw- w.a, . , . GorgU'.Minstrela Coming. ' Richard Prlngl' famous (teargls Bilnatrel . . , . . 1 I. tl.1, ta , - . V - her 13, at tha Marnnam Urand theatre, w)ien . -.aaa hlta laat IHaiB Will H lie BP In new seta, tosether with a while lot nf new seopt In bright, up-to-date SnveltU. The adtasea aal of aeata will pn axt Friday morning, it 10 e'eloek. . ; - , , , VAUDEVILLB AND STOCK. '' K Funny Sketch at StaF." ' , , "'yoa at Oregg's Cant"- Is the lasghahl aketrh which m featored at the Star thla weak. Stephen ritapatrlrk and company enow Abraham Lincoln aa a character In lh playlet. "A Wei eom liict." ;Tji tiljOl'!Prhtli1r. tli bet Inrenlle acnsliat befor tint nnhlle. arc repent i... tha aeoaatlnn they crealrd.-at thla borne aereial Biuollia, ago. r t" ' Barida Rosea tGrand. Rrry on apparently want to hr th fa mon Oregory Hernia Raaaa at th Orand f'Ha i. ' Tita tnaalln llarrett mor than mak ' ' Manrre doe s Hottentot set. Brnmava ami I'laik har military aketrh with auldler aongs. and th gnlns chlhires are never. V. " rL for.LUe."..:;"-- -i To sav Bilaaad th play at the 7,yf1p theatre thla week I t har mlaaed what la nmtiahly Ihe alrongeat and heat melodrama ef tli ,.,,,1 -Lif, tnr Mf" Is full of heart mter eat from Ihe tie to the tall of th curtain Sam Mil all week with a dally matin. Operators However- Seem '; to Hav" Carefully Refrained From Violat ing Any Specific Law and Prosecu- " tion Will Prove Difficult. fA - '. '.Sitting grand -Ittry-Dnstrfct-A-t-- torney John Manning 1s elftlng th nu-' merou charges of fraud which have1, been made against th timber sharks,' : 3- Gardner, and-W.ML- McCrvaen. From 26 to 84 of the firm's victims have. ' been summoned to appear Sa witnesses and at least another day will be required- -' to complete -the Uklng of their testi mony. , .. . -. . , . . . . ,, . In th main the atory I th earn that -ha been repeatedly published within th- , : past fortnight. The only new feature of ,-: Importance la th statement by soma of the witnesses that they, were actually,' ' located by Franklin, apparently a part-: . ner of Gardner and McC'rossen, nd that -: they paid their money to him. In one v case a receipt was given, algned by all three of them. The sum paid by the victims of the. firm ranged .from 1110 to 1160. In most cases It seems that- they . were located by means of false wit ness trees, the mtsdescriptloiwpassin undiscovered until ,th operations ot -Gardner and McCrossen began to b x plotted in the publto press. , ; V '. Sard . to Jrov i ''. ."."-, - The-dtstrict attorney-iir proceedlnig -eW'--v the theory that the statute against Ob- ' tatnlng money by false pretenses may .. have been violated. In most case the ( . timber locator, seem t have carefully - . avoided any aet which ' might render x: 4 them amenable to prosecution under the. -federal statutes, but one of the witnesses ' who was examined this morning, Mis,." Minnie Harris, a saleswoman at I-itpman -f -A Wolfe's, testified that th marka on ? government witness tree were changed,' snd If this can b established th t"nltd- . States authorttlea may take action under.-: federal statutes. Miss Harris paid Me r Crossen U0. - ' '- ' ' - 1- Qeorge F, Bauerlln of -4? - North -y-f wenty-flrst street, - secured a little', i lower rate, paying-only 1125. Gardner,- -McCrosaen and Franklin all took hand n the dealings with him. th last named : meeting him at.Roseburg and Uklng hll to th land. .--'i, ,-,'- ; - Otbara Wkd Wss Oaagbt.- ' - '"Pri'B. C Slocum of this city was thlrd witness before th district st- ' .a.- -thlar-anejeiitriwtTprwSS located by McCrossen and anerwara iouna irar he ladbeenfaken lo th "wrong land" F. W. Winn, engineer at th Imperial -hotel, and Jamea Dunlap. employed In a " stmUar capacity at th Perkins, told of their, experiences with ths industrious i firm.-They paid respectively 1110 an , im. - . . - . - ' -; ' ,- Amnn the other witnesses Vbos te. tlmony Haa been required by tha district attorney are f John ejennemer. etarim t, Ijirsen. ' Wlllmm Moreiousv . '$ French. ' Hugh -Carey." i Qeorge, Btory. o Frank -Ji Dolisky and A. U Jones. ; at fCrm an's whereabouts is stilt un-, known. He la supposed to have left the state 'and his partner, imramr, in,- f esse to hsv hesrd nothing from hltr -. - ....... tm,n weeks. ' According ' ts Qardtyer, McCrossen haa almost all of 'V money receivea Dy im ."- ,- fee. , . t'":- 'l ' - 'l ' "' 1 i WIDENING EAST WATER - STREET TO BE COSTLYj t J n twiii -i'-J' . - . , -. port of the proposed widening of Eat Water street, from East Morrison "treat-'... riled a report . with , the city auditor yesterdsy after- , noon. Th widening or im " proposed will necessitate the spproprla- : . . a a a one amiara, feet of nrivat - nun i i - . . . property on which the viewer, hav x fixed a valuation oi ,. .....-:.. engineering and advertising bills... , Th principal -property ownei- --,.- fected by the widening"1 Of the sire. are the Troy laundry and William M.',; Iidd. If the proponed improvement .Is -r... th. front of the laundry bulldln will he cut oft and th manager of tlie establishment declares-tnai perrrflt this to be don unless he is awarded larger damages. He has pre sented a claim . for 117,175 flarosges,. ( ; while-the- viewers navw aiiowo, .. . .0T. -William M. ldd was allowed . IS.500 damage and 13.75 exceaa .of ,. , damage. ; . '".. ' '-f ,a"--,TT; AMERICAN MAGAZINE ; WANTS WEST ARTICLtb ' a . ' ' ' . . - . -V ' ...,...,-.,,;.. Jr - i ' . .i. i .' ; ... -miiii.. u.... aaaoclate editor and , i oiuiniH ,t.v..ww, - . treasurer of the American Magnslne,' with oftloea at 141 . Fifth avenue. New . .. York. 1 In . th city looking over the s field for good articles. Mr. Morrow has been making a tour of th i west . this , being th Jlrst tlm imi , . i . ni.n.irflmint . OI Ills aasociate, in .'" T. .....ki,, ,- what '. was formerly Leslie s Monthly 4 hav paid a visit to th racmo. - j: , ,OurV magsstne. delre 5?" - - , -a ....... articles. Said Mr. Mor- -Tntln,th.wtow.:. rapidly, owing to tne ,P"-""- " ,th upment and rrt m ; v and. popuiaiiwn. .- - , Suty an aH-Amerlcan J i tudy tne wesi m.. ,-... i IMr.' Morrow does not tak kindly to ' . t .vnAB ' tvr.rl tflilL lift 8 l been undertaken bysomeo th greM . ; BOARD OF TRADE ASKS'1 - ALL THREE TO RESIGN The board-r -trade last night asked ; T-niia,l K la tea aensior mmu ,. anrcWVV. 'm.n i. H. Wflll-mson ami ' , ano w " . ,, -. The action - I of the board was bnsed on the need of f -full Representation In Waahington this ' -Wlnlar. ' oUfc A.aa.'l,. Man. Judge neca Din-... - latlons and npKe briefly In aupportlng them . No debate followed and they were adopted without a dissenting vote.. Th proposnl to construct a belt line lion th waterfront to be opemted by 1 7. r... .r,H for nil railroads to. hav , ebtial rights thereon wu considered. . ' farm ably by the board and committee -r will be named to, leurn hethr or pot , such a project U leaslble. . -. Resolution were adopted, lit ebiute'tion of J. D. Lee. wlios resignation. a 8oj;r-... tsry wss accepted. Inst ,nlghl.' He-hs , , btien succeeiled by J. . labef. who for .f. snvern I months hss been discharging, f the duties. f th office. ' 'f ; .' ; 4 - .