The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, January 16, 1906, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textc - T; jJLmm. a n i -0 s-. .. - ; ; t?:3 yrzxTuzs." ' , , , Sain tonight ''- and . Wedaeedayt .. strong, gustj aouthweat wind.. I! - VOL. IV. -NO. 71. 7 PORTLAtJD OnZGON.nTUZSDAYt EVENING, JANUXY " 16,71803 FOURTEEN PAGES. PRIOIS iTWO CENTS.' SUTJrr.'J3!. 1 liMMMStMSMMMMMM 1 1 1 s ' MafcmheSuhdayjom "r; Harrlman , Purchases a Outright Seattle-Tacoma , Interurban Una From Puget Sound 7 r(f Electrio, Company, V .! SOLVES THE QUESTION OF TERMINAL GROUNDS 'Entrance to Sound City, Depot Site and Sights of fray Secured for an " Extension' of Road Sale Consum- "V 't - ' s V 7 F mated Two Weeks Ago and Every V" Effort Mad to Guard Secret. '-'. (flpwtal IHapetr te TWe Joeraal.) - : Seattle, Jan. 1 The great railroad . syndicate represented and controlled by " K. H. Harrunan Bu 'purchased out " right the Sealtls-Taouma Iilierurbsil una owned br tha Puget Sound Electric torn. pany. Th dear was consummated mora than (w wttki 110 or prior, to tha .- eominc of Joaepj) Hallen. tha man who C purohasad ail of blocka sil, m and Sl on- tha aast watarway for tha Union Thar haa baan a ory -atrona rumor . out ror tna past two months that soma transcontinental Una wu (Urttna with ;.' tha Intarurbaa paopla, aJthouf h tha fact that a sale had baan ffactsd has baan dented br Jaeob Purth, president of the , roao. arer since the rumor nrst atarted. ' v-.t";-', . Key to . ItnaUon. . f . President Furth has admitted from . the first that serera) pronpeetlTe buyers ; had approached him upon the auestlon of a sale, but ho also stated that Stone : : and Webster, the Boston owners, had no .desire to dispose of the .Interurban. as -.It bad been a paylna propositions was , ; an ezoaedlnsiy aiuabla 'property and - would be more so In the years te come. . - In some respeots the Interurban holds tha key to .tha local . altuatloa and- -for ' that reason would fit In nicely In Har rtawn plana for an entrance into ru 1 set sound. -In the- first ptaoa It would . solve the question of the Union PaolM's -Tt-ht of -way - between"' Taeoma - and .X-Beattle and la- the eaoond plnee it would , . aire that rood a direct line Into-this : eltyi -. J.,-. ; - .l Termlnsaaoifliaesk -. f . v.. Aaaia. the Interurban already owns enouah around In the filled In district to aire Harrtman a depot site, and In Yiew yt the oondltlon of the local realty mar. " ket at the presenf wrlUny that la a - Try important matter. 'The recent Har- - rlmaa purohases alone; the east water way He In a very advantageous position te the Interurban riant ef way Into Beattls. ' . - - The eale was consummated and the first papers signed two weeks' ago last , Friday. Every possible effort has been ' made to keep the deal quiet and all local parties who. are directly . Interested la tne transaction refuse absolutely to either deny or affirm., it, .. ..-,., ...'":, MAN DEAD FOR TWO DAYS F.1ADE BUTT OF JOKES . Whils Fixing; Cat Mterv Work- Tnan7snrsphyxIatedanoTRe- mains on a Ladder. ' (Junul SlMrUl SeraVsa.1 ; " - ' - Kew Tors. Jan. 1C Ignorant of tha .'. fact that he had been dead for nearly ' two days,'.-, workmen made '-Charles Brady, an' employe, of the Consolidated .. Oas company, . the butt Of Jokes while his lifeless form rested on a ladder at " the house at (0 Washington street. He - hsd been asphyxiated by gas whlls put. ' ting In a meter. Bis head and one hand wers -sUll ln.-the. small , nompartment : and he appeared to e at work. . "Say; old man." said Louis Bach, ele vator man. who had seen Brady , enter . the building Saturday afternoon, "are .' you going to sleep over the Job? Teru'd better get a move on you; the boss Is ' after you." ' .. ".'....-....,.. ; John Woods tried to shove a piece of board under Brady's left foot as a Joke, When Bredy . did not move the polloe. i were notified. It was found he was w dead. - His hand was firmly grasping a piug wun wnicn no openeo a gas cock. . From the open vent gas was pouring, BIG LIBERAL GAINS-. - 1 y SHOWN BY ELECTION r ' " fcaaal apeelsl STilis.) . . IxJndon, Jan. la. The election eon ; tlnues to show big Liberal gains, the ''results of yesterday's balloting showing - that- the Llbenals had -gained 4 seats ' and the Unloirlsts but one, - In 100 there :' were 401 Tories sleeted and present In t dleatfons are that not more than ItS wm be elected this year. , - By a majority of nearly M0 Oerald Balfour -was, beatee-at Lseds. Fifty . five eeats are In today's contest They " , have previously been represented by one Natlonallet, 41 . unionists and .11 .. Liberals. Among the cities polling to dsy Is Birmingham. The Unionists ad mit they ere likely to lose two seats, but ' express -confidence In electing Joseph . Chamberlain, though at a reduced ma- Jorlty. .- .- . ; ' - .i..v..i X -'-' Osss to aUl...,;, ..'' v fHpertal rtlHMiteh te The Joarrat.l 4 Centralis, Wash., Jan. IS. John Ran , die, the man who ran the Northern Pa , elflo locomotive Into a car of Italians , here Saturday nlfht, was tried before ' JifMr-e J r I '. ( I ? DCFYIHG JHE LAV - i';-' .r .' , ' '- '"' ' .; (OsmtCht. IW,trX Heerst'-.y: -.' ;:- v''H:- i iv-iv-V;'vt ' . ' '.--in J lIK ' ""'',.Sss.2$ . " " " " -r iw Ik 1 Xenry x. Bogera. the exeevtlve tul. mwmmm i n 11....! Wm kian mm taklHI m. MmiMntal S Ill l nl !.! - esnsstlea. naeerlsg and aynleal In assnsed tolexaaos of the pTooeedlafa, inirt mtomx mm Ma Mmemv. LETTS VILLAGE DESTROYED V BY BOJAROIT Fleeing Inhabitants " Killed Russians Cenetai ' Les j ; . sowski Assassinated.' by - , (Jearaal Special Serrlee.) ' St.-' Petersburg, Jan. II.- At An tea houses were bombarded by the artillery and the .village - was practically de stroyed. All ajetts fled Immediately. A number were captured and executed by the soldiers. - ... It Is reported from Vladivostok: that all the prisons have been destroyed by fire and the prisoners released. - A dispatch from the Baltio provinces says . thai a detachment - of dragoons baa been surrounded at the Island of Esei .by Letts. .. .v.- Tbs assassination of General Lessow ski at Pensa has been oonflrmed. At Irkutsk the aaaistant cnlef of police was killed. An attempt to kill the vice governor failed. Two hundred social ists have been arrested. THiEYEStnEA:cvi::Dow, - secu.:::3 r:.ArjT GEHS -- (Jearaal Vqeslal Bvfc. - Chicago. Jan. 14. Two thisvesv phat tared the plate glass window of Llebolt eV Co. Jewelers In the Palmsr House block, laet night and stole tl.tOO worth of diamonds on display. .They escsped the police, who found the broken window this morning.. 1 i'.,""'JBoor'an tha Warpata. Paris, Jsn. II. Bu Hamara, tha Moorish Pretender, Is sgaln active, ac cording to advices received here, and with f.tOQ men Is snoamped at Seoulan endv Is preparing to wage a Vigorous ira at an early date, . , ,. . aead of tha Standard Ofl aompany, en speech, Insolent and aeaaat In retort, he lolled In kfef shall ta an atmade of , aTpasently serenely oonfldsnt ta his ewa aalad that ne law ef atato or nation - : V ..: .- '.. . . . ( . 4- DR. OSLER'S THEORY BLAF.TED . FPU FIFIY; SUICIDES Old People Become Discouraged ; on Reading Physician's Pes . simlstie Statements. ''. :! :.' . ' (Joerssl Special Servke,) ' Cleveland, CX. Jan. II. Upon Dr. Os ier, who la noted for his "old age sui cide" theory, la placed the' blame of It suicides In Oevelsnd during the last year. Out of SI oases of self destruc tion during 1101, 10 who' killed them, aelvea were past the age of 40 years. ; In commenting- upon the fsct shown In ths Annual report of -the health department for K0S. ; Health Of floor Frledrlch expressed the opinion that -the agitation- ess nltlng. from - Osier theory was responsible for the, Condi. Uon. i.. - , -Many persons, reading tha opinions of Dr. Osier concerning the age when men have passed their period of use. fulness and the theory regarding being put out of the way when their period of usefulness Is aver, besoms despondent," .mid. he,-. v . , y:; ,: SEVERAL DEATHS CAUSED "rBf STORM IN INDIANA .'..'.-'' " : " ' "'" (Jenrsal Special SerricM Indianapolis, . Ind.. Jan. II.'' Several deaths, nunierous persons Injured and heavy damage to property la reported from various sections of ths state as, a result' of a terrlfle storm of wind and sleet . acenmpsnted by vivid lightning last, night. .About 10 pupils were buried under the falling wsll of a brick schoolhouse ' near Mlchlgantown, one pnpll being -trilled and several Injured. Two. other deaths are reported from ejjier ssctlona, .' tas wltaaea atand ta MARSHALL FIELD . IS KEAR gBIS:LHST;f;DFfM All Hope Con tha Latest Bulletin From tha Sick Room Rally ;i ; '':i s Only Temporary. . Ibrnfeall Plsld died at diOS 9. ' "''""i'an'Ooaianl Speslal gervteaf -V.'-."' "New. Torn. Jan.- 11 Fifteen phyvV. clans Issued a bulletin an Marshall Field this morning, saying: Ttsld'a eondltton la a little worse this morning. There la evidence of ' some extension of the disease. , Hla condition, while critical, la not hopeless." ,' " .i"' At 1 oeloeirthts afternoon physicians gava oat the following buUetlnr "Field hew grown mtnr- HlsJ- eondltlon has become very grave.' ' " At :! o-crock Marvtn Hughltt oame from- the alck- rooea aad said that all hope waa abandoned, as both lunga were affscted. .- . Robert T. Lincoln said that tha and waa near. ' T am deeply grieved. On New Tear's day Marshall Field end I played golf. It was then he eaught the cold which fa now laying, him low." JEALOUS MAN KILLS . . ,TV0, THEN HIMSELF rjeermal Keaelel Berrlrat . Otsego, Minn, Jsn. 11. W. H. Brandt tn a fit of jealousy -this morning shot and killed Justin Adams and Mrs. Brandt and then committed suicide. , stilled ta . (Jearaal apeelsl Berries. I ' . .Budapest, Jsn. 11. Sla peasants and two policemen have been killed In alea Uon rows. . K , JNCEUu inception -Thouunda Journal hatedily improvod untiinowllnaawrivtl; in the Portland field holding a monopolTof handsomeolo rworlr in-thexityrit has: extended "ttirti! X ttT 9' every direction, i Its magazine i!JiarjiJenoinfs;Bryaa.in,hU tour oi-the-wo describing his trip. , Knowing anil run (nr v mnntfitt ap mnr. TTiaw TAitrtial asMMirsvl "lisi sMrittitts aili a 4 Via. f0wwi 2s weee apaat v W J)W-MW W MtvtVI W J WM MW V te WVA WW JS VI UM T BaS V VaV W141ts U 4 Oregon. r?--!K:.:'Ny , In addition it has closed a contract for the foreign service of Curtis Brown of London t and his-corps ofwriters.- This service is one of the features of the great eastern newtpera. ' T The Journal has the exclusive right in Oregon to the work of the famous Hearst staif cf ii writers." Ella Wheeler Wilcox,4 whose works in 'poetry and prose have put her high in the 11 literary world, is a regular contributor to The Journal. ' Lady - Henry Somerset, the English champion of reforms in which women play a part, is another f the brilliant corps! ! ' ' Z -iLTbe. JournaLoff ersoutJnnit,handjtio tlorrowed or clipped the views of the Ugtst- f. of the active writers of the ., wv quaiicr w we wtiuiiyo ieaiurc ia xnaae 10c sonoiy journal uu E1) news- paper it is have been mentioned, yet how many magazines can boast a better or even as good i service? ..V; ';':,',"; .5;; ' r v"' 'v-;-",! - '' Jvv ;'.. -v-;i.-:-v;;a : v: X CITY MAY lASSAPOHlCt Fulton Introduces Bill, Culminate ; Ing Threa .Years' Efforts of r ' ' Chamber of Commerce. ..' WOULD DEVELOP STATE'S ' T ' GREAT MINERAL WEALTH Agent to Gather and Publiah Ae ' curate Data. Concerning!, Wheat Crop ' and "! Attendant - Conditions ' May Be Stationed Here Also. Efforts put forth, at - Washington through the Portland chamber of com merce will probably result tn establish ing two Important government branches la this -cu? mm assay ornce and an agent whose duty will be to gather and publish accurate data, concerning the wheat crop and Its attendant cpndlUons. An assay office Is " regarded ' aa of prime - importance In . developing ..the treat ' mineral resources of Oregon. The" endeavor to secure this off lee waa begun three years ago, and the late Senator Mitchell, at the request of ths chamber, took up the matter at Wash. Ington. It was not brought to an Issue. but haa been agitated from time to time. Today Senator Fulton introduced a bill In the senats to establish an assay office- In' Portland - and appropriating I1I.0I for the first year's salaries and expenses. . . .. '. v Strong ' reasons are presented by the chamber to support Oregon'e plalma The state's mineral resources are vast snd. varied, and their development has been retarded by the absence of govern ment data and official re porta When an Oregon miner wants a government assay on mineral specimens hs must send thsm to Boise, the nearest govern ment assay office, and there the In vestigation la carried .on and ths report filed. When reports are published In the government's geological - bullstlns the Oregon - miner receives no credit, and Oregon minerals are practically lg. nored. . . , , ..-' The great " mining " districts . of Bo hemia, Baker City, Grants Pass. Jack sonvtlle, Ashland. Bumptsr, Sparta, JSValdo, Grant county and ths Santlara are coming to' the front bf wealth-producers. -'There are large deposits of gold, platinum, irrtdlum, copper, cinna bar, antimony, nickel, cobalt, coal, build ing stone end clays for fine pottery wares In Oregon. - Many of the gold camps have produoed millions of dot Jars, but there Is no accurate record of the output, nor any date to guide the prospector. The offloe of a government aeaayer has many features that benefit the stats in which It Is located and In addition It ta an agsney through which tbs government mint purchases bullion. The petition- recently forwarded to Washington by1 leading wheat shippers asking the department or agriculture to locate permanently In Portland aa agent whose duty would be to gather and dis seminate through official ehannela ao ourate reports on ths wheat crop and attendant conditions for the benefit of the wheat and flour Industry, Is receiv ing favorabls consideration. . w. ' AC Hays, chief assistant to. ths secretary of sericulture, writes to the Portland chamber of commerce acknowledging receipt of the petition.' and adds: : . . "This matter will be taken under ad visement aad If the means at the dis posal at tha department will permit . I shall be very much - Inclined to . take some action along the line suggested by tha petition." ' ".::. ",'". .. , SECURE PETITIONS Toters who desire to sign the petitions for the nomination ef candidate for publlo office In the coming state, dis trict and county campaign, nruet have registered since the registration books were reopened January -1 of this year. Ths fsct that ths voter was registered and voted lsst year is of no Importance. Re-regl it ration la necessary-before he can either sign a nominating petition, rots in the primaries or voto at the gen eral election. ' '-, This Is the opinion of County Clerk Fields and he Is reinforced by a num ber of attorney who say that ths plain meaning of the direct primary law Is that rotors who act under Its provisions must, be reglatered tn the sense that their registration Is still In full force and effect. v ( . "The registration of last year ex'-'r. 1 January. 1 UOt," County t First to publish ,color magazine section in this city and stlH ' is thebest you can buy, the interest and importance that world on the great questions of the Wmm 1 FOUR- SUFFOCATED IflTUIKlEL Caught Oka Rats In Tra Work men Perish In East River,' - ; i 'i-T-'.; New - York.' .-..L J" DISASTER CAUSED BY vrVj, BURSTING AIR SHAFT Hereto Work of Rescuing ', Party i! Saves. Lives of Others' Who Are. at Hospital in Semi-Unconacioua Con ,'ditlon. '" ''-'.-i;: f,-"'i-:",-v (Spedal rnspateh te The JoerssL) ', -. Nsw Tork, Jan. II. Four men dead and four others In a hospital In a setnl euffocatad condition la the result of aa accident thai .occurred la -the golmont tunnel on Man-of-War reef la the mid dle of, Kasf rlvsr at aa sarly hour this morning. Ths dsad Include two' white and two negro workmen. v. rThs dlsaetef Ja. dus to ths .bursting of an air pipe In the shaft of the tun nel that supplies air to the workmen who are ' far . underneath the - water. There were a score of workmen In the compartmait supplied by the pipe that burst and although a nasty scramble to escspe was made, four wore suffocated and four others removed In an uncon scious condition, two of whom are not expected to survive. " When the engineer In charge of the pumping machinery that supplies the air for the men while at work- in the big excavation beard the report of the bursting - pipe In the shaft he knew that almost instant death awaited the men beneath the water. '. Hurriedly sum moning assistance from a crowd of out side workmen efforts to rescue the Im prisoned men were begun. The rescu ing party reached the scene in n f ew minutes and although several of the workmen had made their escape It was only by the most herolo work on the part of the rescuers that the remaining sight saan wsrs secured and carried from the big hole. The first four brought out wore thought to be beyond aid. but were hurriedly removed to a hospital where they still lie m a seml-unoon- Kiuu, condition. j. 1 lor rvpeaieo. at tempts the remaining mn wsre brought out but 11 fs waa satinet. - - , EMPTY PURSE SHATTERS lv , BRIDE'S LOVE DREAM ... H ekBssBBsawBBmsBBBsnsB J '" (Josrasl Spedal SenrMs.t St Louis. Jan. II. Mrs. Hllma Me- Brtds Shook - of Louisiana, a talented vocalist and exceptionally - pretty. Is ths heroine of an nnhsppy romance which culminated tn her marriage at Christ church cathedral, St. Louis, to John Morgan Shook, former lieutenant In the United States regular army,, fol lowed br a se pa ratios as hour later. Mrs. Shook la with hsr parents. Mr. and Mrs. Ed L McBrlde ef Loulelana. When the bridegroom wss anable to pay 1 Dean Davis . for performing ths ceremony the Prides love dream was shattered. Accompanying her husband to ths Jefferson hotel, shs told him she would not live with him and -despite all psrsuaslon left him there. - - . 1 . ; . (npsclal Pwsatch te The Joeraal.) Salem. Or. Jsn. II. Five women -of the restricted district wsre found guilty Of vagrancy yesterday and fined . Ill each. The cases will be appealed to the circuit oourt. .;:v':. .. Fields thla morning. ' "Mr tnterDreta- tionof the law Is that no voter who has not registered sine the books were re opened on January, t la eligible to sign a nominating petition. Even If he was registered last year that does not help him now. - The nominating petition re cite that the signers are Yegtstered voter" and the certificate attached ta to the same effect. As I understand the language it mean that the signers are all voters whoss registration is in full force and effect at the time when they sign. . Now, the old ret'rtlon ess- I to have any effect after i - l, r -1 therefore signers of r f - tlons must have rr , , their r ert 1 t!.iai," A T SiARMWO RT:H Lt ESC - ..... ' t . 1 , .r. , ' . , f, ' : v:';a '-',::. : r..'r''. i. series of letters' H attaches to these letters, which, r. day. . y., k i ' I mm.mmmmmmm: SINKHOLE SUCKS RAILROAD Southern Pacific's Tracks f at Wapeto , Sink v TwelvaX..:: -' -., ' - -V- -- , , Feet In Mud. . . GREAT BOWL HOLDS ' WATER FROM RAIN3 Earth Changa to' Slime and Tracks ' Sink like a Spoon la a Bowl of . Pancake Batter All Efforts' to ; 8olve Problem,' FaO.; . . , , : Again the bottom has dropped Wat ef the Bcathern Psolflo company's great pit of mud near Wanete, on te w-X 'eld line between tr e"v - ' t"ro. Tr- v--.- t s. of men husuad to tne evened war an other Immense flll was ' ma4e. per mlttlng the resumption of traffic ' The tracks sank about 1 feet and it became necessary to take up the rail and bulla acrtb and fill under 'them. -This wss but a repetition of a per formance already many times required at the outlay of thousands of dollars. However, there has never before been' so deep a drop In the sinkhole. - . Wapeto Is ths second ststion beyond Forest Qrove. - Approaching the town, the railroad passes through a basin that slopes from sll sides to a center that la supposed to be below the rim of bedrock aad ta entirely without drainage. Tha area of the baaln ls five or six scree and It la surrounded by hills excepting for the psssss through which the rail road makes entranoe and exit. Its Ar 1 Is great, and while the rains and ear. " water flow Into It there Is no way t r the water to drain out or through tae rock bottom. ' It la like a huge stone bowl filled with dirt, receiving and re taining rainfall tn sufficient quantity to keep the dirt soft audi mushy at the middle..- '. f , . ,- Sunk Svery talis, n Bvery winter, after a certain quantity of precipitation has occurred, the six acres of mud gets very soft at tha center and the railroad ' tracks begin sinking. As they deseend ' Into tn earth they force the soft mud up - each side of the railroad. Water s spa - In," filling the depression and covering the tracks, sometimes several feet. Since the first of January the tracks have been sinking rapkfly. The ssss pany ran trains through the water on til It depth threatened to put oat the fires, and suddenly one day It - waa found the tracks bad dropped several feet below the record mark, and opera tion of trains became Impossible. Tha company's trackmen "snaked" tha rails aad tlee out of the hole, out a larsw number-Of trees and threw, trunk sn4 branch. In to the 1 place and built a spreading erlb over them. Carloeda of dirt were thrown In and tha. track la. one more above water, but may go out of sight sgaln at any time. - The railroad was built through the basin IS years ago and there hss been trouble with It every winter. Thousands of piles have been driven Into the earth and hundreds , of carloads of dirt and rock have been thrown In with the hope of forming a solid roadbed. The only result Is that everything portable bee sunk out of sight and more mud hss been forced np at tha side ef the rit of -way.)-. .-.?.-.---... -,'... It Is believed that if .the eeaipafly filled the entire baeln to the level of the surrounding hills ths earth la the (Continued on Page Two.) have secured Signature. Aeoordlrv t the county clerk's interpretation of t e law. all of the signers most r ' r before the petition Is filed, wu 1 unregistered signers will not e. In making Np the county rleri s c cates. ' . ' .' , A different euestlon- a t ssnted la the sat'r eft. ' t sxerclse of the li . f J ' ures are to h of the r the i ' '