The Oregon daily journal., December 25, 1905, Image 1

'.tiEnnY cimiSTMAS
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THE WEATHER.
Occasional rain tonight and Tues
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VOL. IV. NO. 232. -
'He Disappeared Last November
Fifth and Search Then Failed
to Reveal Any Trace -
of Him. -
MANY THEORIES WERE" :
A OFFERED, NONE RIGHT
Formerly He Was ' Interested in a
Photographic Company With His
Brothers but Sold His Interest and
Was Caretaker at Ladd'a Boat
houa Where Ha Died. ' 'X''-:'"-',
' The' body of Oeear Klser, who disap
peared from Portland on Kovember 8
last, waa found today in the Willamette
rivet at a point about one mil-beyond
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i Rl vervlew -cemetery,- near - C & Ladd's
. .-boa,thouse, of whloh ha waa caretaker.
. Circumstances lead to tha ballet that be
had been .murdered.- ." ? t .".
Sheriff Word Immediately took charge
of tha cue and will vigorously proaaeuta
- bla aearch for evidence and tha criminal
' ' In tb case. If crime It la. All tb depu
ties In the office have bean assigned on
tha caae tinder the direction of Sheriff
' Word, and startling developmenta are
.- looked for.
, Charles Probst discovered tha body
-". while going up the river In a pleasure
boat, lust off from Eighth and Tacoma
streets. In Sellwood. The right . arm
' was banging over a boat cable, where
tha body had lodged recently. The an
. pear a nee of the clothing and. flesh fndl
- cat that the body has been an tha
.. bottom of the river, aa ellt and mud i
thick on tha garments and face. - ------,
High - water probably caused It to
move and decomposition mm mo far fed
vanced that the body floated to the sur
face. Ibr journey down the stream bad
- but begun' when It became entangled
' with the, wire cable, where It waa found.
The distance J not-to exceed 75 yards
RIOGRAfJDE EXPRESS PLUriGES FROM
TRACK AND 1 3 ARE INJURED
Entire Train Turns Over and Ploughs Along in Dirt, Imprisoning
' . Passengers .'n the Cars Three Are Fa
" ' . , tally Hurt.'
-i '(Jenroal Special aWvke.) .
Durango, CoL, ; Deo. , JS.- Thirteen
persons were "injured, three, of them
, fatally. In a wreck en the Rio Grande
- near here this morning. The--fatally
Injured are: --'-. .'.;'- '''-'!
Kate Porter, Bllverton, Colorado; arm
torn off at shoulder.. rr " v -
John Sohofleld, Purango; ' internally
Injured. ' ''. "-
- M. C Harris, malL clerk;. Internally
' Injured.-- " .-('-.
The othere Injured are:
' Mrs. Steve - Rogers, Bllverton; badly
bruised, collar bone broken.
Baby Rogers; teeth knocked out "and
otherwise bruised. ""' 1
Herrick; .head and back badly
brulaed. . ' -
Perlno; head cut, badly brulaed. --X.OoncaJea;
badly bruised.
. Luclro; badly bruised.
, Tom Aoord of Dursngo; badly burned.
: Smart; shoulder dlalocatedT -
Hugh Ferguson, Bllverton, back of
head badly Injured. ' i . ' "
Johnson; scalp wounds and bruises.
'"The wrecked train was .th, Rio
: Grand express bound for Denver and
waa running at a high rate of speed In
an effort- make up lost time.' Just as
the train left a high bridge near here
nrzsir.ir.ioNs mm for
WHO SPURNS HIM
'Takes Escapade of Wife Greatly
to Heart and Eyes Fill ' '
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- (Joaraal Special Service.) ..
Bart Franclsoo, Dec !6. "It waa her
beat me and not him,", .said, Bob Flts
slmmon thl morning ,a he was pre
paring to' go on for rehearsal at the
Alhambra theatre, '"yes. In the ring the
other night," the old lighter continued.
- ."I did not see 0'"rlen at all. but I Just
' saw my wife and that fellow Miller and
I kept punohtng and Jabbing and it -waa
her who beat me."
; Bob takes the escapade of his wife
- greatly to heart and his brulaed and bat
tered eyes, were - filled with tears while
bs talked of Julia GlfTord and Major
" Miller. .MJHr he characterlsee as a
' "had one." Bob Is much Interested In
; I he recovery of Ms Jewnlry and the
.M.000 worth ' of bauble belonging to
the tat of hi former, wife. Roe
. Julian. , . V. ' -
Petally lajared by XBg-ln-. "
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Helena, Mont, Dec- IS. Martin Kline,
a Great Northern roundhouse employe
. had a leg ertiKhtd by - an engine at
t'lsncy toony. He was brought here and
Mm log mfiit.itid, death resulting
Shortly afterward. j -l
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below the point where 'the man was
last seen. . ; ' -i. - ' -.-i- ;y V? '
Probat went up to the railroad track
at Rivera station, where ha found W. H.
Holt of" the Portland General Electric
company, and together the men grap
pled for tb corpse, landing It quickly.
The coroner waa notified at once and
took charge of the remain for. an , autopsy.,-
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, When brought to land the flesh was In
bad condition, the face and hands having
become unrecognisable. , There waa a
lump on the side of the head which had
the appearance of. a -contusion. It Is
believed that the man had received a
blow there, which might" have been the
cause of his death. A careful' examina
tion will be made by the coroner at tha
autopay. .. ..
The dead man's - watch- was In f his
pocket, but st the time of making tha
ft rat examination tha discoverers could
not search the other pockets- r to de
termine If any money bad beetf -removed.
(he engine struck a broken rail and in
a -twinkling tb entire train left the
rails- and overturned, ploughing along
the track for a dlatance of JOO feet, 60
or more passenger being; imprisoned in
the overturned care. .
Kate Porter of Bllverton was sitting
across the alala . from John Sohofleld.
She waa thrown -violently across the
car and her hand plunged through the
window on the opposite- side Just as
the coach toppled to the ground. She
waa caught aa -in a trap and, her arm
was torn off.- -
- Bchofield was thrown violently serosa
the seat In front of him and struck by
other who had been hurled from behind.
sustaining fatal internal lnlurtee. . '
'Harris, the, mall clerk, was found
semi-conscious by- the -rescuers and
badly Injured Internally..' The. others,
although badly bruised, went-to the as
sistance of the more -seriously hurt.
Tb last coach had' Just left the high
trestle when the engine leaped from the
rails. - Stove were -overturned In -the
coaches and a fire was prevented by the
heroic action of Acord who, although
Injured by. tha terrific shock, seised' a
red" hot atove in i hla bare hands and
carried It to a safe distance from the
wrecked, train. .His hands and. wrlata
were terribly burned.. , . . ..; ."
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BEAT. OFFICERS
WITH, own; CLUBS ::
Terrifio Fight-Ensues' In. Sacra
It imento Dance Hall, WJien . . .
'X' ';:(' Police Enter, h'C-XJ-'-
(loorml Speelil Servkw.) -8icrmento.
Dec. 28. Sergeant Wil
son and Officer Ryan were badly beaten
at S o'clock this morning while attempt
ing to arrest Charles Rice, alias "Buff
Kid?' and Charles Craig, two bad men.
The officers entered the Art saloon and
dancehall to arrest the men. .They .were
set upon by thugs and accomplices, who
beat the officer wtth their own clubs
Into Insensibility. Seven bartenders and
100 people were present tn tha place but
none attempted to help the -offlcere ex
cept Constable Johnson of Courtland.
who was unarmed. The men escaped,
hut were traced to the Southern Pact no
depot, where. they were arrested. The
Injured officers will recover.
'Christmas Presents fas Pertlaad at em.
IWeahlngtoa. Barest efTke Journal.) -Washington,'
Dec, Z5. The followtnr
Oregon appointment In the deportment
of commerce and labor were announced
today, the appointment being In the na
ture of Christmaa preaenta: . George
Her, J. !.' Jackson, Charlea' B. Leavy
and U A. Van Vleet, watchmen, at 1 1. SO
per diem, In tha Immigration' service at
I'ortland, Oregon, , , ,r , ,'
PORTLAND. OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER
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Corpse Held by a Cable in the
Water of the Willamette
' River Beyond Rivervlew y
:,. v: Cemetery. :...
CIRCUMSTANCES POINT
' TO DEATH BY VIOLENCE
Mark of a Blow on the HeadBody
Discovered by Charles Brobst This
Morning Coroner " and Sheriff
. Make an Immediate Investigation
of the Circumstances.
These facts will be developed by the
coroner and sheriff In tha oarch that
IS being made this arternoou.
. Auatln Whldden, aon of the architect
of that name, last saw the dead man
at o:J0 the evening he disappeared. He
had lighted- the lanterns for the motor-
boathouse and was attending to bla reg
ular work. .. .. - . ', -. -
. It la believed that the tragedy" was
enacted there a few "minutes later, and
that the body has been In the bottom
of the river at that point sine. Friends
and relatives of the young man at posi
tive that be ha been murdered, and It Ja
said that suspicion points in a direction
that may lead to arrests.
O. H. Klser, father of the victim, and
T. H. Klser, a brother, were just sit
ting down to Christmas dinner when
word reached them that the body of I
pscar nad been round. , .. ,.,
, Brery- Port Sea jobs a. . - '.
, Not wiaung to leave a . atone un
turned that -would lead to the solving
or we myetery or Kisera disappearance.
Sheriff word wrote to the American i
consuls fn every foreign city at which
a ahlp might., land' from thia port, A I
photograph of 'the mtaalng- man. together
with a minute description of hlra was
mailed each of the Yankee represents-1
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BELASCO THEATRE
WILL CLOSE
Playhouse of Many Trials Again
Proves V . . Losing "
- , Asset. . ,
It wasnt much of a Christmaa for the
employes of the Belaro theatre,
At o'clock last night Resident Man
ager Everett I Beckett went behind
the ecenea and posted on the ' bulletin
board a formal notloe. "to all employe"
that the Belaeoo theatre would close In
two week 4hat Is. on January 7. The
notice created consternation among the
members of the company. They realised,
perhapa, that the Arm had been toe
ing money, but in glaring prominence
there atood before them the unenviable
situation of being without employment
at tne very worst season of the year.
And merry Christmaa vanished before
the group of players as they gased on
tne customary fortnight a notice.
Tne
reaeon for the ciosint r oftOne Man Dead, Another Dying
ie is simply lack of patronage. I , , .' . .. '
v . l aw 1 a a I k-J TL I in lI asaaa ,. .
the house
The future of the playhouse le eunnosed
to be in doubt It is logically the one
theatre in town that should go to the In.
dependents. At first glanoe this may ap
pear to be madness. If the Belaaco stock
company could make no money there
how can any other "organisation T To
which the answer Js tbst virtually' all
of the Independent attractions are of na
tional repute and could draw the the
atrical ' publla to Fourteenth andrWash
Ington streets where a stock oompaaf
might not...; '.,' ;'-. .".' ;.-
. , Brave Ibostnff Tight-
' Although it la for 'financial reasons
that the company is closing, - it will
never, be said that- Balasoo A Mayer
went to their Waterloo lnvallantly.
Never in the history of Portland theat
rlcala ha a atronger or more conscien
tious effort been msde to make a win
ner of a house. But It appears to be- In
a disadvantageous location. Tha thes
tr houses a stock company which is
not excelled at popular prices and the
bouse Itself ie modern and admirable in
almost every Tespectfj For tl weeks the
San FrancscQ manager have done ev
erything, in their power, but they -have
failed, aa have three other managers,
to draw . sufficient patronage , to - make
interest on the original investment. "In
fact. It Is stated that they have lost be
tween 115.009 and 120,000 in actual eost
of maintenance. If . this is ' true the
blame lies jointly between the loca
tion of the property' and the playgoers
of Portland. ' ' '
It ie not unlikely that the tndepen
denta have opened negotlatlona. for the
purchase of the theatre. Fred Belaaoo,
one of ihe present owners, Is a brother
of David - Belaeoo, . who is practically
tha head of the trust's opposition.
The Belaaco ha lost money from the
time it opened .under the name of Co
lumbla. J. B, Blaster built It The
manager for him waa Reuben Welch.
For a couple of weeks- ths prospects
were .rosy. : Weekly losses then began.
The Helllg tntereata g-alned possession
after 4 term, but even the popularity
and business ability of Manager George
I Baker, failed to produce the required
result.- LAfter that cam A. ' II. Bal
lard'a "regime, with M. R, Wells as
financial barker, and finally the deal
made between Mr. Blaster and
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: - THE' MERRY YULETIDE IN RUSSIA1 Xm
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TURN "OUT TO THE COUNCIL MEETING THAT "
BURHED TO DEATH
IN A STABLE
. Are Killed.. . -
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Seattle, Deo. 25. In a firs that broke
out in the rear of the Montana Stable
company between . Fourth and Fifth
avenuea at 1:10 o'clock this - morning
and spread to the New York, Montana
and J the Washington lodging-houses,
two-story frame buildings - over 'the
stable, one man waa burned to death,
another ia in auch a serious condition
that he will probably die before bight
and II horse were killed by suffoca
tion. The. loss Is placed at f 11,000.
It ia bot yet known how-the fire
started. It la believed that some on
threw a lighted -match- from the alley
way In. the rear of tha stable through a
gate Into the hay where the fire started.
ins aeao man - is i. KOisumi, a
Japanese waiter employed in the Mid
way restsurant. ' Chsrle Anderson, a
waiter, was ao overcome by amok that
he had to be taken tnr the hospital -
Eleven of ths horses burned belonsd
to the Montana stable, the othere be
longed to business men who boarded
them--in the barn.- The entire epace
under the three lodging-houses Is occu
pied as a second stable of the company.
The room where the Are originated con
tained 10 tons Of hay. , A few bales
were open and lay eloee to a wooden
screen door in the alley.
Scream of the lodgers attempting. to
escape from the burning lodging-houses
could be beard for blocks. Two dozen
person war pulled out of their rooms
unconscious. ' . "
. Kolauma was found Jn his room dead
on tha bed- after, the firemen had got
the flame under control. Borne one
had Informed- them that the room was
empty., The deed men. It Is believed,
never woke. Anderson was found lying
unconscious fn ths hallway.'-' Ths horses
burned were tied in their stalls.
'"- Jttdre tdy Dym. .,
, (journal Special StrrVte.)
Chicago, Dec. , 23. Judge Tuley, (Ire
Nestor of tha Chicago bar, I dying at a
Kenosha aanatorium, according to a bul
letla issued tb.li mornln . . .,
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THE' MERRY YULETIDE IN RUSSIA1
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K4L .r. I'JIMCXy Jl
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yatrr. i rua rxHiim . fisssauv.. -.-
By; the , 5.2 Mill Levy
. K f f -t r a a '.- ' " ' '
i$ i uu,uuu. iYi ore. i n va g 1 1 1 o n to j Briqge.:;;
u Futid, Than It -Hacl Last Year -
- -'..The city- council meets st 2 o'clockr tomorrow afternoon to- de
cide upon the tax levy for the coming year. y Owing to the fact that
the assessment has been almost trebled it is essential for the sake of
the tax paying public that the levy be kept down to the lowest possi
ble notch. r- .".,' :X,.t -'.. '.vt '''. ' I
Opinion in the city : council is divided .upon this jVttarquestion,
and while the, ways and means committee by a bare majority has
recommendeda levy of 6.2 mills a determined fight will be made by
some of the members to increase it,' possibly to ,5.8 mills. With a
fcvy of 5.2 miltf together with the
treasury the council will Jiave over ?lw0,000 more to spend this year
than last. ' This should be ampleior tljat sum iaeiji. addition' to the
$117,000 which the people must pay this year in jrspecial tax for the
south' side bridges. 'r'." '.? '-V'"-V ' f '.'' '
There should be a heavy representation of the substantial tax
payers at the meeting tomorrow afternoon to make clear to the coun
cil precisely what is. thought of a higher, levy and to; make plain the
protest which is so strongly felt against its" imposition. ' - ', . . " V.
, . There are many things from 'which I might have deriyed .'
good by which' I have not -profited, I dare say, Christmas
among the est. But I am sure I ave always thought of
Christmas time when it has come 'round apart from the
' veneration due itssacred name and origin, if .anything be
V longing to it can be apart from, that-f as a good time ; a kind,
forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I knowif
in the long calendar of the year when men' and women seem '
by one consent to open their shut up hearts' freely and to
think of people beloW them' as if they were really fellow
p passengers" to' the grave and not another race of people
, bound on other, journeys, ' And therefore, though it has f
t "hevjef ;put'a. scrap .of gold or. silver in my poeket,T"I believe '
it has done m good and will do me good, and I say God Mess
it I Charles Dickens' MA Christmas Carol."
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W. B. Hearst.) ' , "
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ECCLES ROAD
L!n That Will Open H6od .River
" . Valley Will Be Completed ' ' r
: . ' by April.-
Grading for the railroad that la being
built by Jpavld Ecclea in the Hood lUver ;
valley is practically oompfe'ted. the rails
are on the, ground and the road is ex
pected to be completed "and in operation
a dlstanoe f It mUes by the first of
April , or May. The heaviest steel Is
being used, and the road Is of ths beat
construction and designed to carry all
kinds of heavy buslnesa. Including lum
ber, the country's Agricultural products
and tourist travel, to Mount Hood.
It is said the line will become one of
the most popular tourist routes in the
country. The section now - being com
pleted ends within four miles of to-
stage- station and tl mile from Cloud
Cap inn. An xtenalon to the inn ia
likely to be made.
Mr. Ecole live In Ogden, t?taK and
la a member of the Mormca church. At
the age of-M year he ha . already'
reached a prominent position among th
wealthleet men of the west. . He la pre- -Ident
of the Ogden Savings bask and
heavily intereated In two other banks la
ths sams city. He is the principal own
er of the Amalgamated Sugar company,
having two factories in operation In
Utah, one at Orande, Oregon, and a -fourth
under construction la Utah.. Ills" '
timber holding In Oregon are very
large. . He I the heaviest timber-owner
In Wasco and Baker count lee and has a
large trsct and a aawmlll near Ingtls.
on the Astoria A Columbia Jtlver rail
road. He. operates lumber-mills t
Baker City, Hood River and Inslla unl-ir
the nam of the Oregon Lumber com
pany: His railroad Interests sre ttilv.
He owns the Dumpter Valley raiiroi, V
which hae H mlla In Operation an1 le
extending several miles ,lnt eentrei
Oregon every year. He Is the ha1 it
the lh Const roctli.n comtniriv. '
a $IO,Oii9.tO i'"'!'"' ' f"1" '":'
work on the w -t.rn r.-lf... r.:,t....
that 1 brine l.'iKt l-v tie (i.ii.l
Unt from t-;t I .ok to h V .
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