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Sain tonight ''- and . Wedaeedayt
.. strong, gustj aouthweat wind..
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MafcmheSuhdayjom
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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 ..: .- '.. . . . ( .
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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,"
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SiARMWO RT:H Lt ESC -
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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 '
'