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t 11 r GOOD EVE Ni Hfi ' - THE WEATHER. r Tonight cooler, rain probable; . ' Wednesday occasional rain,, westerly " winds. . i ' ' Journal Circulation QUI ' r rl PORTLAND, OREGON, "TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26. lOW.SIXTEEN PAGES. V PRICE TWO CENTS. ' VJSIJP Z?i VOL. JV NO. 23. PROQR TSiS it' ' - . i . . - . T . - Mil 1 I i . X Ca I eV A. BYINJUNG TSON 'ix: 7-r xinoT nun nc I lllil I 111 II J III - ? 1 iiivi vi w ii, wi r .. .v.--jiiii.-inini . Northern Pacifio Takes Advant- " j' age of Two Holidays and Lays Track In Disputed 'V '. Territory.'' v-".: DEPUTY SHERIFF TAKES HAND IN GAME TODAY Serves Court Order on Contractors , That Ends Work Until the Rights ' of Two Companies Are Settled by : ; Judge Track Already Down May Hold the Field. v ,. A daputy sheriff called "tlm" today L en the Prat round In the battle between the fflant railroad forces of Kill and Harrlraan. that had' Ita beginning In the announcement of the Hill roada for the building of the north bank (fine to Port- iana. Armea wun papers xrom me cir ; cult court Deputy Sheriff Jehn arusal went out to the lower end of the P'.V aula at noon and served an Injunction against Conlxf ptors 'Rims Shields and - the Portlasd & Seattls Railroad com pany to top construction work by them at a grade croaalng on land formerly owned by the College Endownant . -oclation, but, now . possessed by -the Portland Beattle, which Is the local ' rorporata daignauon for the Northern ' paclflo and Great Northern roads. ; ; (.:. Way Toe Tight. " ' 'V The Sght , is over the location f a grade where the surveys of the O. R. A N. Co.'s Trout dale extension ' and the Portland 4k Seattle's main line route be tween the Columbia end Willamette riv ers cross. The Portland ft Seattle, to forestall the Harriman road In the fight it knew- was coming, rushed a force of construction men on the ground late Saturday afternoon. When It - was too -late for Injunction papers to be effee . tfVe. . The men worked all night. and ' Sunday morning another shift was put on. . Their opponents could not get ac . tloA on Sunday, and Christmas day fol lowing gave . the Hill people another day In which to work undisturbed. Gangs ef men' were kept st work day and night Thla morning It waa feund that the Portland Seattle had estab lished Its grade and laid a track for a distance of nearly 100 feet across the dlaputed ground. 4 . ; Stops Work toe Time. The Injunction granted by the court stops further construction work until a hearing of the merits of the case can be bad. But the Portland Beattle peo ple cialre the proceedlnga does not worry them, as they hare established their contention namely, legal right to locate the grade of their tracks on ground they already owned In fev simple. The mat ter will now be threshed out by the court. .. " ' ' 1 ' ': The Portland Seattle company on December IS accepted an option and closed a contract to purchase the die ' puted ground from President Maegly of , the College Endowment association. The company's acceptance wss. it la as Id, placed on file at the courthouse. The company subsequently paid Installments on the purchase and last Saturday paid ' the prtoe In full and placed Its deed on record. . , . , , o. B. ft V. Too Slow. ; - The O. R. N. company, having made a survey and established perma nent tinea, brought aa action against the College Endowment association to condemn right of way. It Is said the Portland Seattle was - not msds a party to the suit for ths reason that the O. R. N. people did not know of the rontraot-and option to purchase and its acceptance by the Portland Seattle. When the O. R. at N. people learned that the Hill company was digging on the ground. It asked and obtained a tem porary Injunction Saturday, but too late . for service. - w Work, stopped by. the Injunction will not be resumed at. this point until the Injunction Is heard. - The Portland ft . Seattle will in a short 'time Tile a mo tion to dissolve and the case will 'then eoese up for settlement.. There Is In tii Oregon laws a statute providing for adjustment of contests over : railroad crossings. It Is said td, provide that any railroad may have the right to cross the tracks of another at the grade already established. To - come within this law. ths Portland ft Seattle, by working two holldaj and two nights, ueoeeded In eetkblVahlirg the first ac tual grade and building a track over IC PENDLETON SALOONS NOW OPEN ON SUNDAY i-- Pandleton, Or Uec IS. For the first iiate since last summer Pendleton sa loons were open for business Sunday and cnnsima. inH,n wi " known that some saloons have been do " Ins business on Sunday for some time. When the last grana jury wesvin sa jiim hers It recommended that thm city . government deal with the sltnaon.X The newly elected city officers wlU vm sssume their offices snd if com plslnla sre entered Ihey will be turned over in a srsed lury (or the January term of' court. i 4- m PSsssHS4 ill 7JP: t,j t,;; ;r-k.;jo;''n;:f:v;rj Hark, Hark BATTLE: FOR LIFE Oil FLYIilG CAR Conductor Dalrymple and" Thief Struggle on Top 'of i Freight Train - ! ' HURLS HIS assailant; FROM COACH ROOF Suspect Captured at Arlington and Railroad Detectives Believe They Have Broken Up a Gang of Boxcar ' .1 - " - '' (Sperial tMapatch'te Tke JoeraaL) t The Dalles, Or.. Dec. tf.-r-What might have been a tragedy was r averted- by Conductor Dalrymple,' In charge of an extra freight going -east, last night, who reached out his hsnd and caught the running board on top of a boxcar while down and. rolling over the top of, the ear struggling with a boxcar thief who had brokenlnto a car and stolen a lot of clothing, which be had with him In a. gunny-sack. . ., - .v .'.. Seme . time yesterday a car on local No. SS was" broken Into presumably near Arlington a careful search was made but no trace of the thief 'was found. Conductor Dalrymple! was mak ing a seardi through hla train, - near DeachutesTwhlle running about It miles an hour, when he discovered a man with a large sack' well filled on top of one of the ears. Demsndlng to see the con tents and- meeting srltb. a refusal, he started to pick up the sack, when the thief essalled hint. . h During the struggle they rolled very iiear the edge of the. car. when the con ductor caught the board. - tie managed to throw the thief from the, ear. and he Immediately climbed down the ladder so he might secure the eack, which bad rolled off with the thief. Finding the booty and hearing the robber scrambling up the hillside, he. boarded the train and notified The Dallea. t ' A belief is expressed that the robber was badly hurt In the tall from the car and may turn up at some interior town, or U he Is not hurt he will 'probably romej to The Dalles, snd a sharp lookout Is being kept. '-i CaagM at Arllagtoa. - - fSeertel DtspetrS as Tee JenraaL) Arlington, Or.. Deer - a. The arrival of Detective Kit agar aid of the O, R. ft N. secret service corpei today revealed-f the fact that the O. R. ft N. Co. has been suffering from petty larceny box car robberies In the past few weeks. Acting under - Instructions from. ' the O. R. ft N. Co.s detective the city au thorities wane enabled to break up the gang. Marshal Thompson and Deputy Dodeon arrested a man who claims the name of Stanley, and profess to have conclusive proof that he has been In one or two bos-car robberies. He la said . to have confessed to Policeman (Continued oa Page Three,, LIFE MTHE WAY OF THE vV' ',', 1 . X - v Hark, Hark, the Yellow Grafters Are' Being Caught. HUNDREDS CLERGYMAN TO. DECORATE Arranges to Portray Drunkard's ' -Horn's in Obliging Spokane - Rumseller's Shop. , ; (Special TMspatrh to the aaraa1.) Spokane, Wash.. Dec.' IS. As a result of a controversy which Rev. Charles H. Braden, pastor-of Grace Baptist church, started several weeks sgo In regard to crows being- used in the window decora tion - of Jlmmle - Durkln's saloon, the owner of the saloon has given the min ister the privilege to decorate the win dows, thla week according to hla own tasta; ' ';. r. ., The central theme of the decorations is to be the lesson of a home wrecked by liquor. The nine ahow windows of the saloon will be ueed to portray the different stages In the home, when the master has an appetite for drink. The narrative is to be told with wax .figures, pictures and cartoons.' The newly mar ried couple is represented In the first section, followed by -views of the man being tempted to take a drink for the- sake of good fellowship, which later be comes a habit,' then a. curse, and finally brings poverty te the family and Is the cause of the man's being convicted of murder, his only plea being that betwas drunk. i ' . - - ., ITALIAN FIRED. SHOT " " THROUGH PASSENGER CAR rSpeetal Otopateh te The Joorsal.) .. ' " Medford, Or., Dec J. A ' man con nected with a , gang of Italians em- ployed by the Southern Pacific rail- iwi, immK vrvnini urea a inoi jnroufn the observation car- of' train No. 1 Just north of the Medford station. The ball passed through the glass In the car above the heeds of the passengers. The gsng of Italians., to-which the man belonged. Is said to be the same with whom the DmisW county authorities: recently had much- trouble. Sheriff Rader was ordered today to arrest the entire gang, sparing no trouble if nec essary to find the miscreant. The men had been celebrating Christmas snd had been drinking' heavily.'. , MINNESOTA HALFBACK, . SUES COLLIER FOR LIBEL (jMirnal SneelsJ Serrlee.V Minneapolis, Minn., Dec.' 24. James COVER R. trsfleid. the right balfbark of Minne sota, hae brought a libel suit against P. r. Collier, ft Son, who. In 1900, pub lished a statement that Irsfleld ob tained Inside Information en the Beloit game in' 101, snd used It to advantage la betting. , i . . t . . . ... INSURANCE L,YIUCS . (Coprrlsnt. lSOo, r W B. Hearst.) TK A SVSyj?Sk& r V upon You J r rk, ; : ' Let't Hope Every ' High jTiundai Shark : : rwffl Be Punished as He Ought'r'i'V VV-S.'-''' Doge Bark, OF DEAD AND STREETS OF Troops Have Partial Control but Incessant FightingL --ri' Continues. v:' STRIKERS RETURNING TO WORK. AT ST. PETERSBURG Witte Gaining Strength bat Com- "mittee of Revolutionist! . Say Vic tory of Government Is Only Tem- . porary. f ; ' . tJeeraal epeelsl asr-lea.f Moscow, Dec. 26. The streets of this city present sn Indescribable scene ss a result-of the terrible slaughter that has been carried on during the last 41 hours. - Troops have gained partial con trol of the city .but Incessant fighting continues on the outskirts. The revo lutionists have appealed for help from other Outside cities snd If it is secured It Is considered that the troops that now hold -the thousands In check will; unless reinforcements arrive, be overwhelmed. Patrola" are constantly riding In every direction' and shooting without hesita tion Or discrlmtnstion st sll cttlsens that have gathered In groups Of three pr jlour or more. . ' With the terrible slauchter that took place Sunday night. In which it Is esti mated that l.too were killed, and the casualties .during the fighting yester day apd-last night, which , are placed st more than s,eo killed and li.eoo wounded, . It may be realised how hard It Is for ths soldiery to overcome the spirit that actuates the revolutionists. Who, despite the hall of shot, shell and shrapnel during the onslaught, .' con tinued to press forward. - . ... . Starvatiom Imminent, . In Moscow stsrvaUon stares many In the face as provisions sre becoming ex hausted, and a general famine will soon add Ita horror -to the tragedy now being enacted. - .... Revolutionists sre setting fire to sll bullrtlnxe.. occupied - or owned by the loyalists snd In every -direction today may be seen great tongues 'of flame shooting skywsrd. More ...than 1.600 buildings snd storehouses have been awept away by the. torch, and the end la not yet.' Reservists have in several in stances Joined with the revolutionists snd turned their guns sgainst the Cos sacks; ' whe made attempts to put to flight the crowds In severs! sections of the city. V. While the Infantry and artillery have in mnnt eases remained loyal. It Is sVmltted that were It not for fear of the Coeearks, ' many won Id refuse to fire on the people.. The Cos sacks, however, sre kept V piled with vodka and In their drunken condition ride furiously through the streets kill ing every one in sight. , -- In eonnectt&fc with the ,.scsrolty-f of food, medleel - supplies are also very iConUnued .s Psgf Two.) . ; .... , , , . , i . - 1 ' DYING-: MOSCOW STRIKES FATHER DEAD TO v SAVE HIS MOTHER . Divinity Student, About to Enter Pulpit, Is Held on Mur- , '", ' der Charge7:":""v'"""':'7""""" ' (JToSraal Special servfe,.) ' , Philadelphia, Dec. I. To protect his mother.' .jones Pollock, ' a - -divinity student, killed his fsthsr yester day, , . After he had been' locked tip a number of ministers and prominent church people pleaded With the police for his . release. They de clared that If ha was responsible for the death of his father he had acted under' a natural Impulse t4) protect . his mother snd thst his mental agony waa punishment enough. The young-man Is on the threshold of his ordination to the mlnietry. The father's craving for drink has been the ' millstone of the family. -The father hsd Just been re leased ' from the house' of eorrectlon. Pausing at various saloons yesterday-he finally went home, where the- family was eatlrig Christmas dinner. ' "So you have at last decided to come homeT'isald his wife.. The husband replied with sn oath and started to ssaatHr her. .. Heating the noise of a scuffle, the son bounded down 'Starrs snd entered the room. There was a quarrel, another scuffle. snd the elder Pollock wss knocked down, snd his head struck the floor. ..lie died later In the hospital. ni' ROOSEVELt SUMMARILY- REMOVES NEBRASKA MAN " ' ;'- - Tjoornal Special SerrtcO " Washington, Dee. - 2. - u President Roosevelt hss summarily removed Irv ing Baxter, United States district st tomey for Nebraska, from office. Bax ter was appointed to office last Spring. The csuse of. his removal waa dissatis faction over 'the manner In which he prosecuted the government eases again' the cattle ra leers who were charged' with Illegally fencing public larfde in Nebraska Baxter's resignation was .s qneeted, feat he refused to resign, and was thereupon removed. No successor hss been named. ' . MRS. W. ETCORErWlLLT NOT BE RECONCILED ' ' (Jeemal Sseetal Servant.) ' Pittshurg. . Dec. J According' to s close friend of the Corey family Mra W. Ellis Corey will meet her husband In New Tork next week, but scordtng to statements. of relatives, she will not listen .to any proposition for a recon ciliation. . I . ',. Ui lX'li- UO FIRES TO MAR For First1 Time in Years Firemen Did Not Have to Respond. ' to Christmas Alarms. USUAL FAMILY TREE V , . BLAZE WAS ABSENT Whether a the Reason' fotvv Unusual 1 Quiet Was Heed Paid to Warnings, or Fewer Dangerous Ornaments Is Not. Yet Known. - v ' Portland enjoyed the novelty Chrlat- mas of passing the day without a fire within the corporate limits. It was the first 2Sth of December In the recollec tion of tho oldest man In the Fourth street flrehouses, - when some one did not "pull In" sn alarm, snd give the de partment a "run.'V - As a usual thing there are a number of small fires on Chrlatmas day. In the' majority of Instances they are due to the wax and taper ornaments on the trees. A candle Is 'placed Improperly, and when lighted either -catches a por tion of the tree Itself -or Ignites- aome flimsy ornamentation, or inflammable present. ' The result ' is sn incipient blase, which calls out the department, Ita arrival being followed by a squirt ing of sr Hberal smount of liquid from .the extinguishers, -and a few words of warning from, the chlejf, to the. terror st fir ken merry-makers. . The local lire insurance men expected a- few- fires yesterday, - and were surprised-when they saw -ths day paaa with out a trail", from a single box through out the -city. They take credit for the quiet dsy In the fire department circles. For some time prior to Chrlstmaa they published notices cautioning .people who contemplated havjng ; the usual tree sgalnat fires... Which .they said were mainly due to carelessness on ths part of the decorators or distributors of the presents on the trees, . COUNT BONVOULEIR AND PRINCESS COLONNA WED ' Jneraal Speelsl Servlrs.) ' ' ' Paris, Dec, 2.--The civil marriage of Count Jules BonVnulrir and Princess Bisnaca Btlglano Colon rut, grand daughter of Mra; John W. Markay, was performed at tha mayor's office In PaSay today. ' v'".. weastal Miles Oraated Belief. ' Uimnial Special SarVW.j ' Wsshlnston. D. C Iec. 2. tjeuten. ant-Oeneral Nelson A.. Miles, 17. B. K, retlrml. has been granted relief from further duty with the Maasarhusett mllltla, en hla own request, by RtH-rrtary Taft. Oeneral Mllr-s hss ltetn con nected with the Staff of Uoverunr Doug las. ', .''' HOLIDAY .Civil 4-!. Service Commissioner Brewster Gives the Quietus, to 'Peanut Critics' Objections : k, to Bruin's' Appointment. CHANGE IN RULES TO , IMPROVE THE STAFF. Prosecutor - Malarkey Crows Restive ' as the Plain Truth Comes Out and Piles Up Objections as Stumbling Blocks The ; Farce .Is Rapidly " Nearlng Its' End.';' f .'V-vA'l " "Tou gentlemen'who have heard the witnesses In this investigation must yourselves admit from - your observe- . tton of the men, . that when the civil service commission appointed Patrick , Bruin and Slover to be police captains. It chose the best two men ont of the), six.- who had taken the examination," said:-Civil Service CommLtsloper W. I Brewster this morning from the witness ' stand In the council's Investigation into Bruin's appointment.. , ... . , Tha challenge passed unanswered. With absolute candor and utter Unre serve Mr. Brewster bad detailed every circumstance of the. acta of the civil service commission -ahlfU were prelimi nary to th -riHmnaMm of applicants for police captain, including the changes in the rules governing such examina tions. ' Me related the suggestions made by Mayor .Tjme for the betterment of the police force and frankly stated that It was the mayor who proposed that the rule be abolished which required that" applicants for civil -service positions ahall be resldnntg of Portland. Brewster Tells AIL. , Nothing wss withheld nor disguised. The witness spoke as one who had noth ing to conceal. He ' frankly testified that the rule as to residence wss abol ished for the reason that the mayor and,,. the commission believed, that bet- ' ter men could be secured fon the higher positions In the police department by admitting outaldera to the Competition than by Insisting on promotion from ths force. .'. ' . D. J. -Malarkey; attorney for the In- ' vestlgators, gnew restive ss the wit ness proceeded end sought to restrict ., the scope of his replies. Boundless lati tude has been permitted the. prosecu tion in the introduction of Ita evidence rumors, hearsay, street gtsslp and con versations with unknown persons being freely admitted but 'as Commissioner Brewster proceeded with his narration of tho efforts of the mayor and the civil service commission to raise ths' standards of the police department, he was repeatedly interrupted by Malarkey with ths admonition that his answers were not responsive to the questions. .:' :' Sac-ay to feet Oo. At the conclusion of Commissioner Brewster's testimony, Malarkey an nounced thst no more witnesses would be called, and Councilman Will, echoed the statement, evidently not caring tor hesr from sny more witnesses. - , "We disclaim sny responsibility for this Investigation." replied Thomas O. Greene, representing the civil service commission. Ws had nothing to suy sa to when ths proceedings should ba ll n or when they should end. Hut I rsnnot help expressing surprise that en lnvestlgaUen which started out With such s fluurlsh of trumpets snd with such loud professions of a desire to find out sll bdut tha civil service com-mieslon-ahould.now.. stop ..short., after calling only one member of the eom mlsslon snd be the youngest, snd' with out calling one of the two men who conducted the examination of Captain Bruin, without calling the mayor and wlthoet-calling either M tha 'two- Re publican members of the civil service com mission.' Th,-,Bhot struck, home.. Anxious though the inquisitors were to end the fsres they realised, thst they could not . stop quite so abruptly without making their proceedings atyi more ridiculous then ' they ' havs - been slresdy: There . was a brief discussion snd theri.lt wns -. announced that one more, session would be held next Thursday ef ter noon when the msyor and. Commissioner Wllllv and Tlalr would be' placed on thm stsnd. When Brswaier, took the Stand Ma larkey ppaerf-hls examination .by sk Ins: ". ' -.- "Are you devoted to ths principle "f civil service reform T" "I am,", replied ths commissioner, "And ou were prior to your sppoint ment ss commissioner T" ; yi wss." . ,.' Malarkey Zs Sareaatle. "Ton are not so devote.1 It the prin ciples of civil service after servlns f"r a time on the commission, are yon"' Hrd th sttorney sneertnslr. "Tea, I am." replied Ihe i-rintmUaUitiee, and In respotiv to further queMti. ns he outlined' tlie linns for thn Inn" nverm -t.t . of the munl( li il ecrvli e .,ti,l r r l Inr ly the pollr ' . i.iirtni.-i.i. h m dlacuseed hy 'Ihe rtrnwir I I mlMsloneas. Th. t fr"- I ,:, .. rule for .".!'. i ' - i. ' i -t me.-r.ne "f ' " " " ' " 1 1 July- 1 t ! t . i i "-' -