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VOL. IV. NO." 229.
PORTLAND. OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 28, 1905. SIXTEEN PAGES.
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; Acts as Admiral of Fleet,
;? Defying Governor. '
REBELLIOUS SOLDIERS
. INCINERATE PRISONERS
Eighty Politician Convicts at Alex
" androvsk, in , Siberia, Are Burned
' Alive by Discontented Troopers-
Cossacks Surround Rioters and Slay
'Forty,. Wounding Thirty.
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; -' ' ' (Joornal Special Srrrtco.) 'J
1 St.- Petersburg, Nov. A dispatch
' from Sevastopol, states that the 'entire
Ruaalan flaat . has Joined the mutineers
and Is in command of a revolutionary
-admiral, who is threatening. to, shell the
't town.- '-J. '' y:' Vs ''' '.r"'-;
' . Advices . say that two revolutionary'
ships have Railed from Sevastopol .for
., Odessa. " Odessa batteries - have been
; manned preparatory for defense. ...
Sailors ashore at Sevastopol, liberated
Lieutenant Schmidt, who was In prison
' accused of being jt rebel sympathiser.
Schmidt went aboard the cruiser Otcha
kon and assumed ; command - of the
' squadron.':-';..'., r j, -.- if - rv'-
Ths ' governor ordered the ships -to
leave the harbor and Schmidt refsedio
..' cbey and notified the governor that If
any Bailor under arrest were court msr-
,. titled 4tv would bombard , the city.
re.thM
on, the craves ef, Bailors killed In -the
- mutiny Jast July.. ..' .
Reservists are. coins;' over' tbTth'e
' ' Revolutionists by battalions. In spit of
. the arrival trf reinforcements and -the
authorities do not dare to Interfere with
the- Revolutionists. - -4 -'
.", The mutineers have forced the offi
cers and crew of the cruiser Otchskoff,
' the battleships. Rostlalav- and Trlasvi-
- alalia to leave t the ships, which are
... now under the command of the mutl-
; neers. - - ' . '
- Soldiers stationed at the penal colony
of Alexandrovsk In the government of
' Irkutsk revolted, raided the - vodka
. shops, became Intoxicated and. set fire
.. to the barracks, ether to - political
prisoners were awaiting., liberation
through the cxar'e amnesty proclama
tion. AH of, the; 14 were burned to
death, i The soldiers then burned the
shops and palaces. ' Cossacks surround
ed the routineers and fired on them re
peatedly, killing 40 and wounding
Governor-General . Drunovo of Mos
cow has been dismissed in disgrace
.- owing to the revolutionary proceedings
1 of the Congress of peasants. The presl
' dent. and all prominent members of the
, peasants' congress have been placed
under arrest under martial, authority.
-PARALYZED FOR TWO DAYS
HELPLESS IN OFFICE J
Prominent Los Angeles Politician
and Attorney Found Alone
and Suffering.'
(jMnud Special Service.)
Los Angeles, Cal.. Nov,' J Speech,
leas, helpless snd almost dead, R.' J. Ad
. cock, a prominent attorney and Dmo
cratio' politician, was found Isst night
In his offii- by Theodore Reymcrt. his
, law partner,. He had sustained a stroke
, i of paralysis 'Ssturday afternoon after
- " all the other attaches of the offioe de-
parted for the night. : ,
For two days Adcock- remained In his
--- ehalr, unable to call for -help, although
telephone . was within arm's reach.
Much of the Jlme he was unconscious,
though during, his conscious moments
he- suffered -untold, sgony from thirst,
though there was aninlimlted supply
of water within 10 feet He was re
moved tow hospital lest .night and 1s
' somewhat Improved but not , put or
' danger. .' . .
I st week Mrs.t Adcock sustslned,
. second stroke of paralysis and her hus
it.' band was up two days with her. without
I 'rest. This Is believed to have, brought
.. on his sttsck. .. . ..
U WARSHIP MINNEAPOLIS -;
IS ORDERED TO RETURN
tendon, Nov. 2. The United SlsteS
. warship Minneapolis, now--at Oravesend,
has been ordered home, and sails at mid
night for Hampton Roads. .
PRINCE LOUIS ARRIVED 4
-" AT GIBRALTAR TODAY
Jioral Brweisl S.r.t ) : .
OlbraMsr. Nov. gs --The sex-ond Rril
Ish fiuidrin. with Admiral Trine
Ioiils of rt.itnnberg tti .commend, sr
rltd (rum nml- .f. a-morning. .
Worst Storm of Thirty Years
' Sweeps Over Lake Superior
'-Region Vessels Wrecked' --
; Great Loss Feared. -
HEAVY FALL OF SNOW '
: ' ACCOMPANIED BY GALE
Central Sutes 'SnowboundMantle
of White Over Most of Oregon
' Cold Weather and Heavy Falls of
Snow in Siskiyous, (Cascades and
.'Blue Mountains. ' ' . y .
(Journal SneeUI gervlce.)
" Superior. Wis., Nov. !. The worst
storm In JO years Is rsginc over Lake
Superior.' The steamer Crescent City, a
steel freighter., la ashore and a total
wreck: near JJuluth. -. Her crew was
saved. Many vessels have been, wrecked
In the- furious gwl.- It ia feared , that
theloss of life will be very heavy.
A terrific billiard Is sweeping fcver
this -entice section. Wires are-down In
all directions and it la expected that the
shipping loss will be terrific. This city
Is literally "snowed In. The "wind is
blowing at the rata of TO miles an hour
and shows bo sign of abatement. 1 . ....
' The storm area ""extends over Minne
sota.. Wiecoasln. Mlahlaan - and the
Dakotaa. ' Heavy anowfalla are reported
In all localities, accompanied by rlvhig
gales. Railway trafflo is partlajly de
moralised, due to the drtihg snows and
the Drostrstlona-of wires; ; . t - . (S
wirei
janwaup.ww .ntt vxr
. -,n . ' . 1 w t-.. -
j Jt.rr" Uainagd awd ths 1 llghtlfasnnf
house washed a.waj
At -Sheboygan many vessels were torn
from' their moorings and two tugs
dashed, against .the .bridge nd were
wrecked.' A big' vessel Is" pounding
ashore "off Port .Washington. . , P .-N
: BLIZZARD; IN NORTH.: i :
eev. Snow FaUa U aUnaesota) 'a
; .. Both Bsotss.. . - ; . ...
'' ' (Journal Spert.t Servlrei) '
Bt. Paul, Minn., Nov. . X terrtfle
bllssard. the first ' snow' storm of the
season, atruck th,is city Ute yesterdajJ
and raged air ' nigni. aqtici irora
Grand Forks show, that the snow that
began falling yesterday continued all
night and, accompanied with high winds,
has drifted In many places, partially de
moralising railway traffic. From many
points in- Worth and Houtn uaxoia ana
Minnesota, come reports ef heavy snow
fail and high winds.
NEEDED BY FARMERS. J '
. -w p.-" .
Kange Coveted 1st Teed Xs VlsatUtO
. . Wlater WHeat Xs Browing '
(Special PI. pa tea. e lbs Jeorasl-l '
Pendleton. Or.. .Nov. 28. Snow la
lying all over t'matllla county from two
to sis Inches deep. It is Just whst the
farmers need to protect winter wheat
The storm Is not severe except In the
foothills. . Feed- Is plentiful-and the
stock is excellest condition. Winter
wheat is up and rowing snd the snow
wlU protect it from the wind and frees
Ing westher. -, ':
Reports from ' ths southern frart of
the county, say that. the range is covered
today, but feed for sheep. Is plentiful.
TErtf ABOVE AT BAKER. '
i J - i
Zastera Oregon 'Wears XaaUe of Snow
' of Tarjrlng Depths. .-.-.:;
(Special Dtopatrb to The Joeraal.) - '
Bnker City. Or., Nov. 8. From
Bumpter. Bourne. Elkhom mine and Ca
ble Cove, districts, reports Of a heavy
snowfall have reached Tllrla City. ' In
Bker snow hsa fallen to -a ; depth of
three inches, but todsy though very cold,
no more has fallen. .'The thermometer
registered 1 above, which Is ths lowest
yet recorded In this city. , Indlcstlons
are fer more snow tonight' - ,.t
t : 4r. . -, - - -
' SNOW IN HILLS: ''
Fresa - ft root . te . TTaree - lest . Septh
' t-brongaont Oasosdes. ' ' " '
(Special Dll'ck te tae 'Joornal'.) '
Eugene.. Or Nov. - it. Resorts from
ths Blue river mines s.tst. thsu f rom . s
foot to three feet ef snow, has fallen
there wthln the past two or three days
and that It "is still falling atlhte'rriilttent
periods. ' On ths suwimlt of the'' moun
tains the snow is perhaps five or six
feet deep. ,.-.,.
Some enow fell on the higher levels
In this part of the volley yesterday, but
14 quickly melted. None fell at Eugene
and surrounding country.' On Spencer's
butts, sis miles south of the city, snd
other high points snow fell to a "depth
of several Inches. ' ...
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SXOW IN SISKIYOUS.
Asblaad Ga Tkure Zaeaaa.of Smow aa
' Satire Begloa rreetfss.
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(Special P1.p.trk In Th- Jrwm.l. )
Ashland, Or., Nov.-!.--The rain storm
which begsn -Saturday changed .to a
Continued 9n- Page. Two.
Judge Carey Telegraphs That
President Will Sign Memorial
" for Appropriation and Rec-
ommend.lt to Burton.
i;:rr::-:.
. Judge Chsrles H. Carey of this city,
who is In Washington, DlstHct of Co
lumbia, today , telegraphed to Bee rotary
J. B.-tbor of' the board of trade as fol
lows: 1 v . - .... . '
."Prepare and send a memorial relat
ing to the jetty. .... President Roosevelt
agrees' to indorse and deliver it with
recommendations to Chalrmsn Burton of
the rivers snd harbors committee. Is
the memorial state that the trestle will
be- destroyed unless promptly fllled."
The reception 'of the telegram from
Judge Carey aroused .immense enthusi
asm among the . business men snd
shippers who ars working for. the ap
propriation, and it was regarded as in
dicating tbst the president has decided
to override the ' recommendations of Sec
retary Taft of the war department, who
already has announced that there will be
no rivers and harbors bill, if he can
prevent It- - ' . ' ' -
.' inasmuch as Chairman Burton of the
rivers and harbors committee ha a not
yet committed ' himself for- or sgalnat
the appropriation, the' friendly attitude
of the government engineers tend the co
operation of the president are taken here
to augur well for success. ---
The telegram therefore has Infused
and aroused determination that --there
shall be no cessation of effort to indues
congress to give the needed funds. '
dyi:;g w an paid o aywages
to be kept alive
Tuberculosis patient Coofv Bar-
Tgaineo' Witht DoctorPlacIng
v the Latter Upon Salary,
r
5 .-:-:: (Joarsal Sseetal ervlee.t " ' '
Denver. Col.. Nov. t8. -W.hen he found
that he waa dying, of tuberculosis,: James
J. Jones calmly sent for -Dr. A. H.
Holmea and promised him, 'a retainer of
ISO a month and .11.61 a day for every
day the physician kept' him alive. - : -' -
. Tnla strange compact went into effect
April l..l06,and lasted until the death
of Jones. October It. Yesterday Dr.
Holmea secured an Injunction restrain
ing Jones' mother snd the Woodmen of
the -World-from -disposing of a 11,000
Insurance policy carried by Jones until
the settlement of a suit that the doctor
has brought to recover f ?l2.St, which ha
claims Is owing him.
The plaintiff alleges that Mrs. Jones'
two sons. E. F. Jones and C E. Jones,
Induced ths mother to decline to pay the
PLANNING FOR WORLD'S ,
V BIGGEST GAME PRESERVE
,- '' . ' (Joaraal 8peUI Swrlca.)
.' Butte, Nov, 18. A 4.000.000-acre game
preserve, embracing the finest big gams
hunting grounds In the west, -is pro
posed by Oaroe Warden W. F. Scott of
Montana and Warden Stevens of Idaho,
who ars st the head of the plan to be
presented to the next congress. -.- It Is
proposed to reserve several hundred
Into Idaho. Hundreds of1 elk. moose.
bear and deer are In this section. The
propoeed reserve will be ths largest In
the world..-. :,, ., - ,-.
KAISEp IS NOT TO ;
UNDERGO OPERATION
' (Joeraal Spertal SM-rteo.l ' . i '
Berlin, 'Nov. 18. It is .announced of
ficially ; fhat the report that Empejor
William tg to undergo an operation Is
unfounded. 4 His health Is declared' good
In every respect , .
. . -. - j
eive Uvea fov "Lepers.
' - (Joora.l Soeelal Serrlce.l
Vancouver. B. C Nov. 18. Three
Franciscan Inuns left lsst evening for
Japan, where they will devote, their life
to, ministering to lepers. i
NO : DANGER FROM - SMALLPOX
:-..: a.
Cauthorn,
By Franklin
m. d.; . City
.. .'-.. Physician.
I wish ths people would realise the
mildness of this smsllpox epidemic The
cases are all extremely mIM, so mild ss
to ' make ' the diagnoses -. extremely
puxsllng In many Instances. StllU'each
of these, cases has to be handled with
ss much care as If they ' were severe
cases. In order to prevent, a possible
spread. We have had only 12 or 14
cases In November, snd toda there sre
only four pstlentS fii - the quarantine
hospital. Thr a evidence of the mild
form of the disease.' .
' I desire to -emir the attention 'of the
public and- I Insist' upon being heard
to the senselessness of-excltement In
regard' to smsllpox. When we realise
that, for a considerable time at least
vaccination in practically an absolute
preventive of the dlaesse. It would seem
to he a much more simple matter lot
Secretary "f Hitchcock Explains
"Status of Irrigation Projects '
i .-. -Denies Showing D I8'
.'. criminations '
t
(Wssblngtoa Bursas of T JooraaLI -Washington,
I). C, Nov. 18. "Ths
total cost of tbe oonteroplated government-Irrigation'
projects In 'Oregon is
19,000,000. The amount available for
expenditures in that state under the
reclamation aot to September 30, 1 90S,
is II.BOO.eoO. Additional funds from
ths sales of Oregon lends are coming
In at the rate of but 1240,000 a year,
about half becoming available. I am
pot "against reclamation for Oregon, but
we Vuiucut our garment, in accord
ance wit our cloth."
In an Interview accorded Tha Journal
representative today, Secretary Hitch
cock summarised ss above the financial
situation pf the reclamation .fund as It
applies to Oregon and his own'attltude
toward .the state. "- Secretary - Hitchcock
believes that perhaps unwittingly injus
tice hss been done ths interior department-In
statements which have bean
made in the public press relative to the
Oregon irrigation projects. He-said to-
, '.tana. Sales, ramai" OSV"7iy
The spirit of the reclamation act la
that ths states : and territories, , most
arid In character, akould be ths . first
to oe considered In the adoption of ir
rigation enterprises by ths govern
ment, and that 41 per cent of the
funda received from ths sales of lands
in each stats shall be reserved- for feas
ible projects In each, -respective state.
"Oregon land sales from the date of
the reclamation .Mt t A l.nljmh.r : IS.
190S. amount , la. ti.9DQ.481.Nit which
II per cant is available for 6regon en
terprises, or tl,i,iil. Receipts from
Oregon land sales are coming in slowly
this year. For tbe quarter of ths cur
rent necal year,. ending September 80,
tt whlah
12S.962 are available for Irrigation, un
der the terms of the reclamation aot,
',' Three Oregon Vrojeota. ' : ;
Three large projects - Klamath,
Umatilla , and Malheur have been ex
amined .In Oregon and" reported upon
favorably by ' the reclamation service.
For -ths Klamath, project 84.000.000 has
been apportioned, all , to be expended In
ths Oregon side of ths entef prise, which
eventually will extend into California,
and will Involve a total sxpendlturs of
14,400,000, divided slmost equally : be
tween the 'two- states. " Construction
work on this project is mainly delayed
pending the settlement-of questions In
volving titles to lands, which must bs
used for reservoir snd other purposes;
Six' abstracts ef title have been 're
turned to Oregon daring the past week
for correction, snd to have them comply
With the requirements of law. o
' "The Malheur project will eoet,- when
completed,. 84.100.0Q0, and of this 12,
009,000 hss been' apportioned for7 pre
liminary work. -Action on this project
Is delayed pending, settlement with ths
Wagon Road company. Which objects to
thst provision of "the law .requiring that
all lands under reclamation projects M
divided Into 180-acre tracts, and- until
the numoer of proposed waterusers that
subscribe. to ths agreement are sufficient
to utilise tbe land to be reclaimed and
irrigated, which will aggregate 100,000
acres. - - '. , . ..
. Delay of Umatilla.
"For the Umatilla project 11,000,000
has been recommended. Before this
project can be approved by. ths depart
ment various legal questions must bs
settled. One is whether or not the gov
ernment can legally acquire. the canals
now In operation on a part of the lands
under the project and use them to csrry
water for the owners of larger tracts
than 1(9 acres. . Another Is. can the de
partment, ' without .authorisation from
congress, extend time, for proving up os
lands of settlers tinder tbe project '
The secretary? stated emphatically
that all questions arising out of , the
various complications-Involving Oregon
projects are being examined and consid
ered by law officers of his department
as expeditiously sa possible, when ' the
gravity and Importance of these ques
tions Is considered. He Insists' thst
there is no discrimination being. ahown
against Oregon; bnt, on the contrary, he
says thst the state will obtain all -the
benefit to which It Is entitled under trie
reclamation act and without unneces
sary delay. ' ;., ,
one 1o be. vaccinated and, thus be freed
of all , apprehension than rd neglect
vaccination and live In a stste of trepi
dation, meantime Indulging in recrimt'
nations sgalnat the health department
for not having prevented what each in
dividual hlma.ir should have prevented.
Every good cltlsen owes Jt to the com
munity at 'large that jielther.he nor any
of his family shall become a source of
expense or annoyance to the community
when It. la wlthke his power to prevent
It- It Is -true, that - occasionally the
vaccinated person--has, smallpox, but
statistics show that vaccination la
nsarly as protective ssalnat the disease
ss: smallpox is protective sgdlnut the
sewid-ataell.- ; ,
" The presence of a'mlld epidemic Of
Mtrken-pox at this, time adda to. the
difficulties of dliignosls. and a deten
tion ' hospital where suspicious cases
jnlglit. bv.&sld sending a .positive
As Steamer Leyte' Went to Her
''Doom Officers Hoisted and
I v Spelled Goodbye to Life7
-and Friends.?
i ;- (Joaraal Special Service.) . c.
San ' Francisco. Nov. 28. From ths
coast of faraway Luson comes a Story
giving the pathetic features or a trag
edy of the sea. As ifee coast guard
steam schooner sent from Manila on a
tour of the smaller islands cautiously
approached a.. desoltto . islet .lying .on
the. northeast coast of Luson. tne cap
tain stood on the bridge, glssses levelnd
at a particular place amid tha breakers
on shore where a vessel was stranded.
Flying from the truck of her only re-.
malnlng mast was a string of signal
flags, snd the csptaln of the coast guard
ship was engaged in deciphering lis
Import
1 'Farewell' . Is what they mean," be
said at last to his mate.
The -wreck was. that of the coast
guard schooner Leyte. which had been
at sea during the. great typhoon tidal
ways which swept ths Philippine Islands
two months ago. During that storm
many vessels were wrecked even " In
Manila harbor. Tha Ieyte never cam a
to port.. All On board "the vessel un
doubtedly perished as there are no indi
cations on the Island that any escaped.
As ths little steamer went to her
doom, the brave' American officersrec
ognising their fight for life as hopeless.
hoisted ths. sad message. spelled, by tiny
signal flags, "FareweW." ' as a last word
to the world and their families.
JURY DEBATES FASHIOMI
DECIDING LINGERIE SKIT
Witnesses Don Disputed Gar.
merits and Parade Before
Court to Show Fit.
(Journal Special Servtaa.) . ' '
Richmond. Vs.. Nov. 28. The- first
jury - composed exclusively of women
ever' convened-. In this atate waa im
paneled at Wlncbeater yesterday to de
Iclde an issue between Miss Juliet Hatha
way, a young society woman, and Mme.
Zentmyer, a modiste, .atlas Hathaway
accused the dressmaker of having made
some lingerie which did not fit.
Miss - Hathaway and her dressmaker
b6th donned Jthe questionable garments
snd .paraded before the jury,. Justice
John M. Johnson watching the proceed
ings over his wise old spectacles. The
Jury retired, resolved themselves into
a debating society for the discussion of
fashions In general, much of which had
no bearing on the case In hand. .
A decision was finally rendered In
favor' of Mme. Zentmyer, who Im
pulsively embraced each member' of the
jury whom she believed voted for her. -
PRESIDENT PROMISES v :
r ALASKA ASSISTANCE
" (Joaraal Special Sertlee.) " '
Weihlngton, Nov. 28. Congressman
Cushman of Waahlngton talked with the
president todsy about ' ths needs of
Alaska '-'" ' '
T'll re-Introduce my bill providing for
a' delegate from Alaska,'' ssld Cushman,
"snd I sm sure congress will pass tt
The bill passed - the bouse twice. Its
strongest opponent in -the senate -waa
Piatt of Connecticut now dead.". "
BUILDS NEW BRIDGE TO
SPAN THE GOLDEN HORN
; .. - v' .' . - ,.'',,-?
: (Joaraal Special Serviee.t .
Psrls, Nov. 38. The contract for the
erection of . a. new bridge to span the
Golden Horn end connect, the cities of
Gslata' and- Stamboul, at Constantinople,
has Just been, awarded by , tha. sultan,
through a special trade, , to the French
firm of Schneider- commonly -.called
Creusot Many Oerman and ' American
contractors bid. The cost Of the. work
tta .eatlmated at..UOO,000.. . -.; v
-. - .. .... . r .
diagnosis . Is needed. In most of the
case the afflicted persons cannot be
prevailed upon to accept the diagnosis
of smallpox and submit to quarantine,
as the general impression ia that small
pox Is always a severe disease,, when In
fact the present epidemic Is so . mild
that after the first two or ttrfee dsys
of fever' the patients feel perfectly well
snd the quarantine hospital bears the
appearance, of . a- plcnlo resort where
three meals are served esch dnt Snd the
patients sre dismissed sfter 10 days or
two week' of detention.
.-In behalf of vaccination, I wish to say
that of the. 10 or 12 persons' we have had
at the hospital tn the November list
only , una -bad- been-vacclnsted and h
In his Infancy. IDs rase was the mild
est Jrt qusrrantlne. -Many people say
they would rather hvsnillox then
he vaccinated, hut I have never h-m.l
a peraoav who lias had siuijp m.'
that statement,
INTERIOR L1EKS
Definitely Announced That Ore
gon Water Power Company
Is Ready to Start Work qr v
Line to Lake County
FIRST DIVISION TO '
V BE DONE BY SPRING
It Will Be Operated at First as a
Steam System Until Electric Plants
. Can Be Built in the Interior Will
Have No Entangling Alliances
With Other Roads. ., .. "
...... .,-. . . stlas,.-f
It Is stated as an absolute certainty
that --the financial interests Umt ars
behind the Oregon " Water Power St
Railway company will build a railroad
from Portland over the Cascade moun
tains, through the heart - of eastern
Oregon, into It la math and Lake coun
ties, -and - ultimately-1 Ual haur. coun
ty, connecting with, one of -the trans
continental railroads.
. Fred B. Morris, treasurer of the Ore
gon Wster Power Railway company,
has just returned from 'a visit to New
Tork and ' Philadelphia. He aald there
Is no doubt that the road will be built
the plan has long been considered.
numerous surreys of a general and pre.
Umtnary nature have been made and the
money fog construction has been se
cured.' ' . . : :
It has not yet been determined
whether-the rond will be built by the
Oregon Water Power s Railway com
paui cm ejlisiliei1 ft nSW 'Company will
be formed for the purpose. In either
event the capitalists who own the O.
W. P. . Ry. Ca'a lines will furnish ths
money.
. : 2soto of koad.
None of the surveys that have been
made across the Cascades into eastern
Oregon has been made V in detail. But
this much has been decided: the new
road will leave the Clackamas river at
a point on the Spring-water line not far
from Eatacada, and will go over the
summit of ths range at some other
gsp - than - ths Clackamas river
canyonr The road - will then go
through ths Warm Springs Indian res
ervation and then on into the Inland
emptraVj, It is estimated thst 100 miles
or new roaa, Beginning near Kstacada,
will take the line over the Cascades
into the heart of central' Oregon.
. Will 2e meam 4koa4.
It will be built as a, a (earn road.
While the trend of ' modern railroad
building la toward using electricity as
a motive power and tbe builders of this
line will make ample provisions for se
curing -water power along the route for
future electric plants. It wilt be con
structed a a ateam road and the first
locomotives will be steam engines.
This will be a necessity because of
the impossibility - of : building electric
plsnts In the Interior without the use of
stesm power In hauling the material and
heavy machinery to the ground. .." .
The road will be entirely .independent
of sny transcontinental line. t
MP. Morris said today that he hoped
to connect the eastern terminus with
some line extending scross ths contl
nent .but that contingency has no con
nection with' the construction of this
line. ... i,".' - , , ,
: Work to Start at One." "'
. Construction will begin at once 'on
aillne from Cedar vine on' the-itpring-water
division to Troutdale on the Co
lumbia river, by the way of Falrylew.
The distance 1 ,1J miles and it will
open up a fins section of eastern Mult
nomah county. The . Oregon .Water
Power Railway company has been
making arrangements to construct this
line ' for some time snd , work . en the
roadbed would- have been commenced
before had not opposition retarded right
of way work. It Is the Intention of
the rompaoy to complete the line during
the winter. ,. , ' . , ' . , . . .
SUBTERRANEAN VOLCANO
j- aIN, HUMBLE OILFIELD
(Journal Special Swylre.)
. Houston. Tolas, Nov.. 21. A sub
terranean volcano has broken loose In
the Humble oil field snd formed a crater
100 feet In diameter, swallowing
derricks and machinery. The eruption
Is hurling tons of earth and rock into
the air.
GOVERNMENT PROPERTY
DESTROYED BY FIRE
(Bpeetal Dlipatrh ia " The Joaraal.)
New York, Nov. 2a, f tre in te
t'nlted States provlns: grounds st 8ndv
Hook this morning destroyed a number
of buildings. Including the shops.
Baadoa CaaaaHea Close,
(Special ttnf.ih tn Tt, Jnsra.)
- Psrv-v '-, Nov. iV I uo t,i Sil
Biftn rMni-tciics c l.t.r-.l dn lit - . .v
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Southern Pacifio Acting Land
Commissioner ," Advertised
That Four Million Acres
, Would Be Opened,
BUT OPENING WILL NOT
TAKE PLACE THIS YEAR
Legal Entanglern'ents snd title" Quck
' tidns Are Cleared, in Spite of Quar
rel Between Law and Land Man
agements Millions of Acres Sold
. Formerly in Violation of Statute.
Inquiry, prosecuted among railroad
and land department officials of the
Southern Pacific Railroad company baa
failed to yield definite information as
to why the company's unsold lands In
Oregon were not placed on the market
thia year, according to announcement
made a year ago by Charlea Kberleln,
acting land commissioner. Ne statement
could be secured showing when . the
lands will be placed on sale. .
Reasons given and statements made
relative to the matter are- conflicting.
New Tork official a, represented by Mr.
Eberleln, are said to have counseled
delay, while the prevailing sentiment
among officials on ths Pad do coast la
reported to favor sale of the lands. . The
motive of ths ruling powers of the com
pany In New Tork, In their policy of
continued, sequestration of the . lands,
has become a state- mystery that many
frn". ("'""' a"- "'' "-
are trying to -solve. .
row alUosiAexew.Xela. 1-
The unsold lands, amounting te about
4,000,000 acres In western Oregon and
Including many thousands of seres In
the vslleys of the Rogue, Umpo.ua, Wil
lawTette and Columbia rivers. . were
withdrawn from the market in 1902,
and Charles W. Eberleln was senS out
from New Tork to take charge of the
land department. He was directed to
relist snd classify the lands, clear on
litigation and delinquent contracts of
sale, adjust m confusion - of taxation
matters snd timber depredations snd
maintain a fire. patroL Mr. Eberleln
started In upon thta owrk by ignoring
the legal department of the Southern
Psclflo at 8un Francisco, and for more
than a year a controversy has been In
progress, that Is said to have retarded
the work, although not preventing those
engaged la It from completing their
task, ' - .
Clash With fcefsl Bad. -
Mr. Eberleln is said to have refused
to report to or cooperate with the Pa
cific, coast legal ' department Snd ta .
have employed special counsel and a
force of about 35 assistant a. It ta a
well-known fact that since September.
i04.-w. c. Bristol and a large number
of men located in counties through
which the grant runs have been en
raced In this work.. The recently wer. .
dismissed, end' Mr. Eberleln waa forced
to resume the usual official relation
ship with the Southern Pacific leaal
department- For weeks last summer' a
force of cruisers waa kept In .Portland.
on their own expense, waiting for final
orders from Mr. Eberleln to proceed to
mnKo a complete cruise of the timber
landst The order' did not come. and
the cruise wae abandoned before It wag
commenced. 1 ' '
Many BeUaqsea Contracts-
The soeolaL leaal staff had at trTs
beginning a task including the-settlement
of about 1.900 delinquent con-
tracts. These were reduced o about,
450. Of the 4.000.000 acres unsold It
Is ssld 75 per cent were at all times m,
condition to be sold, but- the Urxt-de
partment refused to place any of them
on the market . , . ,.
It has been said the sequestration wa
dictated by the Union Trust company of
oan r ranoisro, trustees or the bonds of
the Oregon tt California Rallroxd com
pany under the Southern Paclho'e lease.
1 his reason Is. discounted hr the record
which show, that th treat company hsa
no authority to Interfere with manage
ment or 'disposal' of tho lands. A fur
ther reason given was that delay was
caused by the work of checking op re
ports of cruisers. ". It has been learned '
there' was nacrulse made. Land Kx- -amlnera
Ltrttt and Eltott of Newrwrg.
who are employed regnlarlv bv the
Southern .iPaclrtc romnany, huve d.
clined to enlighten Inquirer as to the
status of the grant . .
Story ef QaarrJ. Hushed, Tp.
The story-of Mr. Kberleln's lng con-
fllct with the legal department hs let
kept carefully from the public. It Is
kaown that the quarrel relurded rtiA
work- of Mr. Mrtstot an. I his sp. t .l
force and In various ways emhsrrxa.!
railroad oftlrlHls, The Journal I t
lluMy informed thst fr m"""! Vc.
Krlstnl'a work hfl been p
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