The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, January 19, 1906, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextrlfcUti ' , t If liiwJ Cs, r 022 right OFIOHTUS oifi:o;;D liiii Woman Swindtr Claverly tv: Attorney Cosswell Say Mayor Says PrlBfta'Cruthed Thumbs, :;.Y ' ; Alone Hat Power to In- Durid Feet and C.roko Qonea . Seattla Merchant by Old ') :"; : Schama. . 1 - "'!':V'-.f'V ' ProteBtanta.- vesugaxe rrancnises. ' " . V . - - -V .if i r- ----- '.- QUOTES CITY CHARTER ATROCITIES LIKE TH0C5 ' SELECTS. GIFTS AND v ; v " 'j:': TO PROVE HIS POINT ' -OF PHILIP THE SECOND u v FAILS TO .RETURN - City Attorney 1 McNtry, However, When United State Took Poaaeation Tof "Manila Tfieae Tnlnga Ccaaed tn PhlUppinetSaya Rev. Homer C. Has Valuable Gems Put Aside) for HerAtreeiiig to Call Later After Departure Bic Stone Is Uiated T7 Contends CbitecII My"MSe' In- "v. fluUition Into Method of Portland tuntarManyJRrotettanta Nowv-. jridJ?banrstJVJili(l UUlii.liirL.aH.Ui -','.' The action of the city coundTln ap- pointing a, committee for the Invalida tion of the Portland Gas company baa roused soma discussion te whether ' itho power to make aUeh investigation la vested by- the charter In "the mayor or the council. 'Attorneye, differ, on . the '"V'v Bectlon lll'ot Iht'jrlto ; pressly provides ' thst tht i eharter ex- mayor ahall annually "cause a cafeful.lnveatlgatlon to be made of the exact condition of all Buy, ana 01 me respewiiva ngnis n .obligation of the parties, and tba per- " formance of the earn." This language -. la apparently broad enough to cover the full acopa of the contemplated Inveati- -"-watton-or-tBS gag--company, ana tne ' -'question therefore, arlaea whether, ' In View of this axpreaa delegation of power . to the mayor,, the oouncll la aiao en .do wed with' authority to make an in Veetigstlon of Ite own. : ' :; City Attorney McNary holde that the . council has acted entirely within Ite '. authority in appointing an investigating committee, but some other attorneye do ' not agree-with thla conclusion. C '.' Cogswell la one of those ' who r differ . ' With the city attorney and be considers the action of the council a plain Inva- j elon of the mayors province. : ' ' '- ', Attorney Cogswell's views, ' I i. ' "It la a well-established rule of con traction of constitutions and charters.' said Mr. Cogswell, ''that where a power Is given to one or nee r mere lean im T -t plication - aa strong aa a positive enact - ment that no other officer shall oxer telse the same power. . Section 161 of the charter requires the mayor to" 'cause "'careful inveatlcatlon to be made of all franchisee theretofore granted by the ' city and of the, respective rights and -obligations of tha parties and the per : (f ormanoa of the , same.' - This in my opinion gives the mayor the exclusive power to order an Investigation upon . .these subjects tha condition of the franchise, the rights and duties of the '' parties - and i the performance of the ' 'same and these are the only subjects 'of which an Investigation would be fit -Use or veneii u in. yuutiu.. i;, ..... - "Of course, if the council in the exer- ' else of any of the powers; (ranted to It, ' finds it necessary to inquire into any other subjects than those mentioned in this section, it has the right to do so. . ' But tha council cannot -"trespass upon .;i the powers given by the charter to the .mayor. .... ....... .' "The charter .in speaking. of an -In . vesrlsatlon ' of 'the tights and Obllga ,ttlona Pfhs pvtl.ea. tp franchise, would v evfdehUy include an Investigation held , for , the purpoaa of determining whether ;,the holders of the Trsnchlse are per l forming their duties. Therefore an in 7 vest! -ration held for that purpose must rne-made-by-tnemayor. f- City Attorney McNary, n the other vnand. takes a different view or me . question. He eald this morning: ; l; ; ; 1 Waat Kr. KoXary Tbiaka. - "In, my opinion the council has' the t ninir. ae ine iesieiaii no; ui um 'city, to Investigate any economic sub ,Ject which ia of concern to the cltisens, , The council has Jurisdiction over the streets, and the laying of wires, pipes ' and conduits la the streets comes under :the counoll's supervision.-. , ,' ; ."That part of . section 111, which Is (.quoted by Mr. Cogswsll, Is, I think, only ,;an addition to, and "not an amplification . ,'of, the earlier part of the same section, -'Which provides for the . institution of ; suits to forfeit franchise. , It was not designed to confer new powers on - the ') mayor.- -On those points .where the i charter confers the power to investigate . ion the mayor, perhapa the council can .V not -compel -witnesses to testify. - The 'council should not interfere with the .mayor's right to inveatlgate for the particular purpoaeh -mentioned in sec- tlon 1(1 of the charter." ; - - ' The city attorney remarked that- the ' important point at issue was not whetherjhe. Investigation into the gas company should be under' the direction of the mayor or the council, but whether or not the council in ordering the in 'vestlgatton had aseumed the power 'which the charter vests solely la-the mayor. He regarded it aa important to determine the correct interpretation to be placed on the charter language, - C JOrTDAY HAS NO FAITH vT i :N FOUL PLAY THEORY A. Babet ' 111 Meade street, believes .''.'that his brother, Joseph' Babel, met with 'foul play, that resulted In his death last Friday. ' Joseph ' Babel, propriatoa Of a saloon on Flrat street, was found in an Jtinconsclous condition at .Clay And -.Water, streets Friday night. - Tha night- (.watchman who had found him went to "telephone the polloe and Babel felt Into. - the river and was drowned while he ."was gone. - ..r , :, ,.i His brother believes ' that there are circumstances surrounding- bis death -'which clearly Indicate foul play. He " 'called at 'police headquarters yesterday 'and reported his surmises to Captain , Bruin. Detective Joe Day was aaetgned " , to the caas. : He investigated and will t report that there are no grounds for the : brother's theory. , :.ci,,t,,;.;v';Vi t ;elks PREPARE TO : ; . '. . DEDICATED-TEMPLE Invitations have been Issued by Port - jland lodge) No. 141, B. P. O. tl. to the .'..dedication of Its new temple. February r 1. The temple he recently been erected at Seventh and Btfcrk streets and Is one (.of the handsomest -clubhouses in the west Tha reception-will be given In v . the elubrooma, beginning at o'clock. -t ! The Committee in charge of the event ,is composed - of Oeorge JU - . Hatchln, , --chairman; Thomas W. Tounger, Andrew j ;P. Hanson. Joseph M. Healy ana Ban '. 'ford Hlrsch, . .:,-.....,. . . , i--"- v " "' "-i-' ; CUas fog Teeeaer, ' s ; .The Sunday school teachers of all dr , .nominations are invited- to meet at the - J. M. C. A. rooms for the Bunday school " F lesson tsught-by Dr. Clarence True Wll- ' -son at 11:11 to 1 o'clock Faturdays. The Incroasliv stte-fence '- the he'ful-r-s c ' r li t i t i it ' Oruah!n'gof thumbs, breaklnt'orbonea on -the wheel and burning of feet, -relics of the daye of the Inquisition during the reign of .Phillip. JX were practiced by prleata upon natives in tha Philippine islands before - the lavaalon of., the Americans, to fores them to renounce Protestant beliefs, according to Rev, Ho mer C. BtunU, a Methodist Episcopal missionary, who has Just returned from tha islands. He is stopping at the Mult aomah block with his wife and eon. "It is hard for me to describe the terrible condition of affaire that existed on the islande prior to August 11, IS I, when the Americans occupied Manila." said Mr. BtunU.- "Atrocities that equaled those practiced during the reign of Phil lip JI. were resorted te in all parts of the Islande by the heade of the Catholic church -in their efforte 'to stamp. out Protestantism. I have met personally men . whose thumbs were crushed in those evil devices because they .were loyal to their. Protestant church, and I have mat men who had tha soles of their feet burned ever hot coals because they dared adhere te the tenets -of a belief ether than that taught by the irlare. ... "Aa to the breaking of bones upon the wheel, I. have no peraonal ; knowledge that that means or torture was aver resorted to. but X have been told that it did exist by those who claimed te have asaa persons suffer upon A be wheel be cause they saw fit to worship God in the islands In a manner nob recognised by the church of Roma - . -'1 heve been in the islands Bve rears. and I cannot begin to tell you what a change baa taken place. When' I Brat went there it waa a crime for a Protec tant either to own or traffic in the sale of lande. X was the principal eplrlt In the movement that succeeded In tha ab rogation of that law. - Today a Protes tant can own land the same aa a mem ber of the Roman Cathollo church. ' "Today there ere no lese than 19,000 Protestants in the islands. About 11,000 of them are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. The other. denomina tions are. growing rapidly.-.1 - - "Independence In the islande cannot be thought of .until the time comes when the natives are accorded free and nn aUnted religious belief, -The people are Intelligent, respond readily to American Ideas, and In the course of a few gener ations will be a credit to thla country.' Mr, Stunts, who is superintendent of the M. H. mission' In Manila, Is an Iowa man, and was a lawyer before he en tered the - ministry. War eight years prior , to . his going " o the-islands he worked In India. 'His return' to the statin was duo te Ill-Health.'. He hopes to return In about a year. .. ,-. , . HARRIMAN says rival & HAS NO OREGON RIGHTS y? t -. ,.-r; " Tha'1. Oregon Railway A Navigation oompany contends that the Portland A Seattle Railway company is a foreign corporation and has no authority to transact business in the stats of Oregon. In an answer filed by Attorney Arthur C Spencer .this morning in -a suit brought by the Portland at BeatUe com pany, the above fact is cited as a de fense. It Is also.atated by the attorney for the O. R. B: N. company that the plaintiff company did not hava an at torney-in-fact In this state authorised to receive legal eervloe in any cases that vers brought agalnat them. ' - - spencer, who. with W. W. Cotton. Is counsel for the Harrlman lines in Ore gon, of which the O. R. eV N. Is one. also filed affidavits in the circuit court this morning signed by Fred Daniels and Fred Whiter who allege that thev for- merly worked for the Portland Seattle Railway oompany. Daniels declares that for two nights he guarded the tracks and trestle erected near Bt Johns by tho Portland at Seattle company with a shotgun. He also declares that there waa a nne nearby. I Fredr White -avers-that when the in-1 junction papers were served on A. m. Duasault, the contractor who built the trestle, the. latter simply laughed at them. - - SONS FINALLY AGREE TO -HELP-SUPPORT PARENTS ; ' ., - . ; '.-';';. '' ." iAfter epending soma tlms In string theircijirlvata. opinions before County Judge Lionel R. Webster as to how family matters should be conducted. Fred and Clyde May agreed - to pay aomethlng each month te aupport their parents J. B. May,! aged 14 years, and Mrs, May. aged It yeara .For several aeoathahs old-folha-have- been ' eua ported by a daughter, who worked night and day for them. - . - v- n Recently petitlona were Bled In the county court asking that the sons above named be required to aid. There are three - other sons,- whom the x daughter said would aid their parenta If the other two would. J. B. May, the father, was In the Insane asylum, but waa re leased last fall. He is unable to work. Attorney fjaa FT Logan Interested him self In the case and acted for the old people In court this morning.- ' FATHER WOULD FORCE SOiIO-SUP0RJjyiJk Writing from Bebastopot." California. te Chief of Police Oritsmacher. the re quest la made by A. Neep that his son. Fred, be, located and steps taken to causa him to support his wife and chil dren. ' Neep says he la poor and in ill health, but that eome time age his eon sent his family to Bebaatopol to bo sup ported fr his father and has slnos writ ten no letters. Fred Neep end his brother -Frank, who Is unmarried, are said to tisve worked for blaster Bros. Mrs. Kats Fainter of lilt Cutnmlnga street, Omaha, Nebraska, wanta the po lice to locate her a later, Mrs. Frank Diets, 'Who - formerly lived on Third street and hss property In Portland. Mrs.iDtsts's adopted mother la said to beVMra. llover. ' -' - : , Im M Saytea.. peell Diepeteh re The narsat. - ' Dayton, Or.. Jan. !. The first snow of the season for Dayton fell last night t a depth of two inches.' ' I New-Photographs i of, Emllie .Grimsby, and her .Brother. This is a striking I . . " - . . '-.'.' - - - - . ' . ' '' "-.''' cred big wealth, and her brother Braxton ungtoy, wno was xormerij, and' financier on the stock axchanga..... 't .,-..,' -V- WOMAN'S CLUB CELEBRATED BIRTHDAY I7ITH : FEAST : More Than One Hundred Attend Banquet Held at Com-7 a : : 1 : rnercial Club.". V ' The Portland Woman's club celebrated the tenth anniversary of its organisation last night by holding an elaborate ban quet at the Commercial elubrooma.. Each year since the founding of the club,-in December 1 186, the club members ob served Its anniversary by holding a re ception. . --M '.'' 1 , ' ;' The women decided to hold a banquet this year lnstesdr- and -Ots-af falr was one of the prettiest of. its kind evar given In f Portland. Toe , rooms were decorated in sood taste, the spread waa sumptuoas Nand. the addresses .were clever. . w .. ' . -.- .,! .. Nearly 100 member and guests were present and the, evening waa enjoyably spent.'. Mrs. A. H. Breyman, prealdent Of tho-ciuh. presided and sated aa toast master." Those who responded to toasts and.thefr topics were as follows: Judge A. 1 Fraser, "Children Not Our Own"; Dr. Eater C PohU VHealth of the City"; Mrs. Robert. Lutke. j-ro. Our Oueata"; Mrs... Mary ,Ogden.. "The Twentieth Century Woman"; Mrs, A. ft Duntwajr, "The Twentieth Century i Man"; ( Mrs. Merwln Push, "The Club Baby"; Mrs. Barah Evans, "The Press"; -Miss Gall lughnn.TTEV6lutloB'"ofthe'Banqur Oeorge Bhepherd. 'Vuirent-'Arraira-, ; Those present -were:- . :- ' : - Mr. and Mra. A. H. Breyman, Mrs. Rose Hoyt, Mr. H. H. Northup, Mrs. F. & Dunning. Mr. and Mrs; V. CL Dunlway. Mr. and Mrs. Charles t Boss,. - Miss Rosanio Crlssler, Mrs." A. Bcott Dunlway, Mra. Otto Kleeman, Mlaa Clara Kleeman, Mr. and Mra C. C. Chapman. Mrs. Barah Evans, Mrs. Ida Porter Borer,. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Mann, Miss Laura Gregg, Mrs. Ella Steele, Ray . Steele, Dr. . Mary Thompson, Mr. and Mra. Carl Abendroth, Miss Laura Clay, Dr. L. O. Johnson, Mr. and Mra, R P. Qraham..- Mr., and. Mra. M-- Ogdert, Mr. and Mrs. a. M- ailnes. Mr. and Mra. A. J.. Moore, Mr. and Mra. WerrenWhllerMiv-end Mrs. W. J. Hof- msnn, Mr. and Mra Robert Luckey. Mr. and Mra Walter, C, Bmlth, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. J. Malarkey, Mra It Mundt, Mr. and Mra Robert Bmlth, Mr. and . Mrs. Horace Fisher, Mra Edar. Jewell. Mr. trfd Mra Charles E. Runyon, Mrs. R. p. Cannon. Mr. and Mrs. ' John 1 McRobert, Mra Henry : Lane, Miss OftU Langhtln, Mr. and Mrs. A. Btalger, Mr. and Mra. F. M. Branch,. Mr.' and Mra. Ira Rut ledge, Mr. and Mrs. Merwln PugV Mr. and Mrs. T. 11 Edwards, Mrs. C M. Rahkln. Mrs." F. .M. Brook,; Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Payney Mr. and Mra, E. C Burns, Mr. and Mrs. Delahunt, Miss Hay, Mrs. Livealey, Dr. Esther C Poht, Dr. Emil pohl, Dr. and Mrs. Bryon Miller, Mr. and Mrs. McCann, Judge A, L. Fraser, Ray Bteel. Mra Etta Adame. Mra. W.' W. Bpeulding. Miss Helen Bpsuldlng. Oeorge Bhepherd, Mra EL C Johnson and Mrs. Ilurlburt.. ,'.,.. ' . .' ' ? ' ' "V' ; T WiU Sntertafai XMlefateaV - fnMll Dlmatck to The Janmei.V -' Albsny, -Or., Jan. 1. The local com mittee on arrangements haa announced the namea of those who are to serve on the committees for the reception and entertainment of the delegates to the convention of the Willamette Valley De velopment league to be held in Albany January it-II. The committee on recep tion of delegates at the train la F. F. Toevs, sv JJ. Steele, O. -C- Bryan V t -H. Rudd.t A. W." Bowersox. ' J. a- Van Winkle.. A. A. Bhaw, E. F. Wiles. W. H. Hoi man and W. Lair Thompson. On reception - at the , Alco club E. IX Cuslck., M. - Benders, Owen Beam, WV F. Fortmiller, H- N. Cockerllne. J. ; A. Howard, D. O. Woodworth and ' J. C, Irylna . ' .:. . ' : : - . GOVERNOR PEABODY' ' 'AND FAMILY POISONED r ..r '; '.. ' '.'. -' v ' '-''-",' (Jneraal Special Servke.)" " ; Denver. Jan. 1 .'-Following the re ceipt, of threatening letters advising him' thaFhewould soon meet tha-fato of . former Governor Steunenberg of Idaho,'' ex-Oovernor James H. Pea body, his wife and dsughter were the victims of an attempted poisoning yesterday. The governor and hie wife, although made very ill by the poison, which waa partaken In food at the morning meal, have entirely recovered, but their daugh ter Cora is dangerously I1L .. - Mr. Peabody will make no statement relative to where he thinks the respon sibility lies until the rigid investigation now in progress has been finished. The labor troubles' at Tellurlde and Cripple Creek occurred during hie reign as gov ernor and aa a result of his action-at that time many .threats are eald to have been made against his L FOUR RAILWAY CARS - ; V. ' BURIED UNDER SNOVV .:; r (jAorsai Special Servict.) .; -; Denver,. Jan. It. Heavy snow In the mountains west of Denver caused sn ac cident on the Booth Park branch of the Colorado sc. Southern -railroad In which lt.peraona were. Injured, none Of thenf fatally. The train from: ladvllle for Denver waa struck by a anowsllde and four coaches toppled over and -were al most completely buried , under the enow. GRESHAM ENJOYING ; BIG BUILDING: BOOM '" (Kperisl Ptspstcb' to-Tse Jovrsal.) ' . U Greahara. Or, Jana. . 1. A- ateady growth In the building line la on at this place. Tho new city hall Is almost com pleted. -1- will contain- fine -council chambers. -'a Mre department head quarters and a city JalL ' Among other structures are a-big department store building being erected for D. Motsger Co. and a naw-buslnees:btockforW. J. Wlrtyt1.;.---Wi -.-.4..i-.'..-.. COLORUfsEJlllSENDMErVr; - VOTED DOWN. BY MINERS w ' . ;! I I il I I ' ' 1 '-'- f (jeseaal Sseei.1 ssrvke.1 Indlanapolla. Ind.. Jan. !. The min ers' -convention considered a- number of constitutional changes today and. voted down an amendment that proposed te draw the color .Una between, the races. -v..-!- i'.- picture of tht Kentucky girl on whom the late Charles T. Yerkes show- ''Z .''."- 1' . . . ; . , - '' . i HI.. x cries- pnvate secretary ana later ' ,'.', . '': -t BIB ; f.TE AT ; PACKING PLAHT . TO BE KISTALLED Cresham Considering Numerous Enterprises 'That May Be 'f Erected During Year.; X , (Soeelal Dlspatcb te "be Jearssl.) . Gresham.-Or.. Jan. IS. A big; meat packing and canning eatabliabment' for Gresham Is among . the many . Indus tries planned for the near future. The Oresham Trading 4s Packing' company hag mads the first move by purchasing machinery for a cold storage plant and up-to-date . slaughter-house. A shop was opened -at Montavllla thla. week by tha new -concern and this will be fol lowed by the - Installation ' of others, some of which will be located In Port land. Plenty of capital . is behind - the promoters. Among other new indus tries under consideration and which It Is. expected will be. Installed during the f omlng year are an ice plant., electrlo Ight plant' bone and" meal,' glue, -fertilise sad meat canning planta, with all their accessories.' . . ' - The 'city and vicinity" wflf reap "much benefit from the largo payroll that will coma with the establishment Of ' all these industries. . . , - CHINESE COMMISSIONERS rTENTERTAINEiriNXHrCAGO ' 1 t't ' ' '' ' - 4 ' .' Tl -V'1' . . .. IJoaraal Special Berries.) - -'Chicago, Jan. !. Chinese Commis sioners .Tuan Fang and Ta! Hung Chi with, their auite of H arrived In Chi cago thle morning and were greeted, by Mayor Dunne and city ofnclala They were driven to the hotel where the of- ncers commanding the i department of tha lakaa .called. They ; inspeeted : the county institutions at Dunning and will remain' over Bunday inspectlngclubs, universities," factories, , libraries t and banks. - 'Banquets and automobile- tours are on , the program of .entertainment. CONTRACT IS LETOR, -' , MANILA SEWER SYSTEM I, i ;:r.U , . ' ' ' ' -V r (Jneraal Sperlsr Servkal """.t . Washington, Jan. It. According to a cablegram from Manila tho contract' for a sewerage system for the city of Ma nila baa beeiv awarded tba Atlantic Oulf as Pacino company of New Tork and Ban Francisco at their bid of $1, lf,ll.a.' ' ) ', ---:!.' . . Aeeaaed at Stealing- Braaa, . r . diaries Williams 'waa arrested, this afternoon by Detectives Snow and Ker rigan .-charged with , larceny, stealing braaaee and caps from the- Southern Pacific and the streetcar companlea. He was taken into- custody in a second-hand store, on Second street, where he went to get -eome money dne him for the metal he had deposited there. The man sad 'stolen -ebout e pounds of bra valued at fe. , ,. 1 rcprcscmca xne great rauroaa Duuaer v:-v' ;..!' "'- ,v CONFESSES :T0 x SIXTEEfl ' RECEliT; CKI"ES : Acting! Detective Hellyer ; Cap tures Three Alleged Criminals: 7'-'. in .Two Weeks. -.'- '.i-. .,-.jrl - --t . -' Held to the grand-jury oa two charges of larceny and placed under, a bond of $1,000 on each by Police Judge Cameron thla morning Bert: Adama, alias. Pres ton, alias Nelson, ' alias Brooks, con fessed two more larcenies to -Acting Detective Hellyer, making a total of 1 crimes - which he S admits having coe mitted within the last few weeks. . RBlcbardsqn.. also arrested Jy- Hell yer : on .the charge . of stealing books and a revolver from R. O. Drake,-IIS H Washington - street, , waa - held ; to . the grand Jury on a laroeny charge 'under a 1 1.609 bond. - The books were recovered from a second-hand store on Morrison street . a few days ago. The revolver waa found at a pawnbroker's .shop yes terday. - ' -.-v... : .. .1.. C Wilcox,, also arrested by Hell yer,' was bound over . to the grand Jury to anawer a charge of larceny by em besslement .. He la, accused of taking property belonging' to 1 a relative and selling it to Wilson, an auctioneer. Not only 'baa. Detective Hellyer suc ceeded In capturing three alleged crim inals, one' of whom is a burglar of note wlthim werweeksT "but nee convictions of second-hand dealers who violated the law by failing to keep records of pur chases of property made by them were obtained thle morning In the police court eaoh-offender being fined i tie. Their Mimes are Edward Rosenthal, A. Kamuaher, W. . Worth. J. Hyland and B. Jones. i ' ...-' - - PACKERS ATTORNEY, MAKES A PLEA - (JonrSst Sptslar-Sei ilue. 1 v. '.4 ' ' . Chicago. Jan..l. Attorney. Miller for the packers resumed his opening state ment In the beef rasa this morning. He maintained that there could be no prose cution that would not violate tho pledges made by Commissioner of Corporations Oarfleld. -- f ; r BODIES OF EIGHTEEN - J;. VICTIMS REC6VERED ;'..-..; '...'. ; A, , f tXoaraat Bpeeial "err tee. . , 'Charleston, W. Va., Jan. If. All ef tha, IS .bodies of the 'miners killed in the' mine explosion ytatarday were recovered- today. ' .-. 1 - -. - - ....'. XCayaes Fameral CeU. . "' (MneeUI tMetek 'te 1e JeaiahK i ' Waltaburg, Wash,, Jan. 1. The funeral of J. O. Haynee, the O, R. a N nt. who , shot a"i hlTis"' f s I r---v 'w ) I (Hpeclal tHspstrh te The JneraaLl .. ,.BeaUre.Yash. Jan..llLVaey .pavtay-. a Jeweler, at ' 101 Cherry street, . waa robbed, yesterday of - a diamond -ring - worth $360 - by a well-dressed woman who waa In the store ; apparently ; te make diamond purt;hasea ; '" -1 well-dressed, good-looking, middle- aged woman appeared at the store at :10 o'clock yesterday morning. ' 8h said ebe wanted to make a purchase of diamond - brooch, - diamond ' earrings - and diamond finger ring. She said she planned on a trip to Germany to visit ' relatives, and wanted the diamonds .aa presents for her relatives. -The- women looked ' like she could J easily part with 11.000 and be showed, her the diamond stock in the store. Diamond rings, earrings, brooches. eta, were laid out on the showcase. Bha selected earrrnga, a linger ring and brooch that ebe wanted. . Tha price waa agreed upon. - ' ''':'.. The ' woman said she would have ta wait until tha brink opened at 10 o'clock and would then return with the money and take the diamonds. She naked that ' the Jewels be placed aaldo for her and waa particularly anxious to ' Impress upon the Jeweler's mind that the stones should not be sold to any one also. - . At 11 o clock the woman appeared at the store. Bhe ssld that she had been thinking the matter aver and she' was not oertaia that she Aad made the selec tions she wasted Mora diamonds were shown her. - After several minutes of . inspection she said: - "I'll return at f ocloek thla afternoon and give a final anewer." .- . Then the woman left the store. Davis put. the diamonds back in place. Half an hoar later be missed a largo solitaire ring from his ease. The ring is a large blue stone worth 1160. - Jive o'olook came and tha woman did not show up. Davis stayed in his store lata last night, thinking- -. the woman " was- , delayed. Finally he closed up shop. . . Mr. Davis then reported tha ease ta the police. He says ha wiU pay 1100 eaah for the return of the ring, aak ao questions anL guarantee no prosecution. BURGLAR MAKES BIG " r HAUL FROM AGED V.XU ' (Special Sispstsb te Vm JeeraaLI - -i' . Seattle. Jan. !. The rloheet burglary haul ln. many montha: In. Baattle . was ; mads yestarday aftarnooai whan a thief entered the residence of Mm,' W. Ftnley Hall at 16XT Ninth avenue and broke Into and rifled' tho trunks belonging to Edward Zimmerman, aa aged roomer -in the -house. Following Is a list of the loot tuen: -Two hundred and -thirty dollars tn gold, two gold watches, one with ,a diamond setting, two sliver watches, one diamond ring, two gold chains, one silver shaving-cup and - ona gold charm ' set with small diamonds and pearls. Elm merman was away on his seventieth birthday. -- Tho burglar ' entered the house through a hall door, unlocked and slipped Into Zimmerman's room. The trunk containing the valuables was locked but tha lock was pried off. The value of the loot taken Is estimated at 1700. '': -' - ''y . . -'.', ASKS LARGE' DAMAGES TOR HURTING BUSINESS ' -.' " .- y ,, . 'Alleging that Stephen Farrell and ala son William have conspired to ruia hta bualness and damage hla reputation aad credit, T. F. McMann has brought a suit against them for fie.OOS damages and tha case is being tried today before 'judge George. On February X. ' 113. tha Junior Farrell and McMann entered Into a partnership to manufacture and sell cigars. The firm dissolved January 1. 104. after which McMann continued In the buetnesa -He now alleges that BteDhen Farrell hss told various persce that McMann robbed William Farr.l and tried to rob Charles and Peter Lawrence. The senior defenomnt Is aa eased also of having said that McMann stole money ia order to buy whiskey aad to apend on women, , Both the Farretla are said to have gons to customers of the clgarmaker and told them that Mc Mann had stolen money belonging to the copartnerahlp. .- ' FATALTBULLET FIRED 1 ; -' BY JOLT OF HOHSS (Sptelal Pwpslca te Tke JessaaL) Walla Walla. Wash.. Jan. II. A .It Oolta'-revalver, dteeharged by-the- Jolt of a horse ha waa rtdlna. ended tha Ufa of Elmer Lathrop, a young man em ployed on tha Maxwell farms. If miles southwest, of Wslla Walla, last Mght. Lathrop waa rounding up a band of horses when the animal he waa riding a. Ma . IPk, 4a1 . mnfi dentally discharged the revolver In Lathrop'a pocket and tha bullet passed entirely through his abdomen. Lathrop was found by the other men . of the ranch barely alive. He told how the ac cident occurred, bnt died before a . ... , j . - - - frm . pnysician cwuj . Welld Walla. r - EIGHTEEN LOSE UVES 7; IN MINE EXPLOSIC'J - r - (Jnnme! Speetat Service. V '.' "Charleston, W." Vc Jan. H.-A tar rifle explosion occurred Ute yesteoy In the mines of the Detroit Coal company. IS mil from here, and II men are believed to heve lost their lives. The mouth of the mine Is blor' 1 by tons of debris and It la to make much headway in an t at rescue. ' It Is believed the was caused by ths " " ' a blaat. - The ir'ne 1 ! -hip but a fe-