The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, March 19, 1906, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text. Wow;, ciytrly ; winds, ' ,'. 1 1 ' - I '"'Tr-'TT-I :TT; TPf -5 " ''' ' ' ' ' '" ' 'J-LL!lI. I . " -- v.; UUSI!(UUUIIlSJUIii:U.!'WI ...AS LEllOEIi POORIIflUSE Chairman of Bituminous Opera- tort Is Summarily Deposed T Frorri Office and Morgan's -'. Man Is Elected, j. i.'... -TO FORCE STRI KE I N r - SOFT COAL' DISTRICT Advocacy of Joint' Conference Of- fends7 Mine Owners," Who Resent TJooseveltVrirneTference Negotia- tions May Be Apniptly Terminated I .ssBfsS- . iiiiin null) rf t : (Joarnal Special Berries.) 1 -., ' Indianapolis; - March - If. Thai th bituminous operator Intend to foro a strike with th wtneworkers'"untbn. was clearly shown today when Krank I ---Robbloa el Pittsburg, chairman of ths operator, viae aummarllgy deposed aa leader and . a. wtnaer or cieveiana (elected temporary chairman to sueoeed "Bobbins. Winder reprefenta the Morgan - Inter!. Bobbins advocated conciliatory meas 'reeynTITB uitlyti ajid .iaav ln .faswr nUnntOflrjaejmnd.By tbta policy be offended the controlling el 7 ment among th -operators, who hold ". that th second Joint conference with , i th workmen la unwltc, v . The operators representing millions "Invested, In coal property met In secret session this morning at' tha Clay pool hotel. The miner union completed Its prallmlnary-agrangemant for the joint - conference but It Is not - likely t-i 't : win oa -ngiu lui'w or two. i Th y-Rob-4 bin at th 1 suggestion of ' President Roosevelt for the pur pes of giving the I""" gerOTKnntlon "a thortfUtTn Teconsld- eratlon. lt was hoped by modirying tit JPP!(lUotLef.lPperatgrsJnba - flf Hg ft Bfiff-ifif 1 rtrlk- T?".1!;hr averted. It Is understood thst 'ah' ef- s fort will be; mad to -vote; tb senti ment of the operators on a. tonnage baslsInBTeadbr-bylharviduarrvota This would wrest the voting power from the rebellious mine operators, who have been holding out against higher ' wages, while the large producers, .who - are tn the minority, favor a concession on tha wage proposition. The present outlook is that negotia tions may be abruptly . terminated In the next faw days. In whioh case It Is probable that Robblns and other opera tors favorable to granting the strikers' . demands will break away from the-ln- - terstat-association- and deal - indlvid- -"ually " with"- tha tnlheTroTHeW ' union. I FEDERATION MEETS. Ceairal Soar Blaonaaae Printers' Strike, vCoai TroaMa and Sabot XglslaUoa. , (Journal Special Service.) Washington, MarcU-ll. Ail members Of the executive council of. the Amerl ran Federation ox . LAboT, eiieul John Mitchell, second - vice-president, , wss T present at the - meeting . today. The ' council la considering ' the printers' strike, th threatened ooal strike and th proposed labor legislation. JOHN FRANCIS DAUGHTER - ELOPES ON TROLLEY CAR (Joml flpedal Snli'i.) , Chicago, March 19. Five hundred wed ," ding announcements gav the first hint of the elopement of Miss Clara Francis, th 18-year-old daughter Of John Fran- els,' genersl passenger ag r.t of the CM cago, Burlington Qulncy railroad The runaway marriage took place two weeks .' ago, with Walter Otto Bin., aged 22. aa - ths groom. He is a son Of Jacob. Blrk, a retired brewer. -A trolley rids to Geneva, ID., March 4. figured In' the ranancv - " 1 . Birk per used strong language when he first-heard - of tire marriage, but quickly relen.jd and gave his son 10 $100 bills, with the advice thr.'. he better go to California with bis bride and cele brate. ' ENORMOUS DIVIDEND IS PAID BY MYSORE MINE IJonrnal Spfrtt MervWtl " . ' London, March 1. The enormous div idend of 146 per -cent was declared by the Mysore Gold Mining company, at Its annual meeting held here the other dsy. Th profit for . ths year was U.I6I.780. The mills crushed 19&.K0 tons of quarts, " yielding l4,Ja7,. ounces of bar rold. ' ' - Bo far as the consistency of the divi dends is concerned, the My sore gold mine Is probably the richest in ths world. For th past ten "years ths dividends psld , have, ranged between 100 and 160 per cent per annum. Ths original capltalt . satldn was 1671.000, and tn IS years shar . holder have received dividends amount ing to K2.033.710. . FIRE DESTROYS LODGE-. : . ROOMS IN ALBANY ' IMnerisI rtoMtrn to The Jearnil.) - Albany, Or., March II. Fir this morning destroyed ths -A. O. TJ. W, 'hall, .together with all th lodge parapher ' Italia of that order, and also that of , th Elks,' who occupied the same build- lng. . Th lower floor wss occupied by Simpson's grill and Pvochnow's' sho " store: the grill Is a tolsl lues and th shoe stor gristly dumsgvd. Loss about jH.W. -j . . -.' ; -' -t. Rockefeller Suffers From Recur 7 rence of i Melancholia Im agines He Is Poor and 1 Hounded.: by Creditor!. STANDARD OIL TRUST TO FIGHT FOR RIGHTS Monopoly to Make Spirited . Contest z toMeerlCritlcismi IBeirif bPonretl nUpon It Inside Inforrnation Given - to Preaidenr by Rogers and Arch- alaera,... Joaraal nHl Serrlce.) ' J Washington, March 1. It Is b lieved tiers and In Cleveland that Rocke feller "Is Buffering from" " I exiui reima at th attack of. aoute melanaholla, he had ton yasrs-ago. Then b thought that ha was poor and hounded by creditors. There are strong Indications that th Standard Oil company Is preparing to inak a spirited eonteet (or what It con siders Its rights, and to meet th -crit icisms: that are-being poured, on It by th various governmental agendas' from th president JowiuJtJs.. understood thancwaa fur Hi uuiuosa of Mt lng Un position that H. 1L Rogers and James L. -Arohbold visited th. Whit Mous rcntly. ' . . Th president has refused to discuss the visit and It is said that Rogers Is equally secretive, but. facts are getting srouhd which indicate that the Standard Oil company has taken the administra tion bull by th horns and made it ac- formattomjot I T..ivy The std bf the controversy that the Standard-Oil eampany presented to the administration la -understood to br a ptaiDkaUteattat ftL ,lactaVU)a ,'tsotbful' ness or wnicu tnosa stating unn as sert -cannot b challenged. . Among other thlna denied la that th Btsndard Oirli:in:the"KgnJll .ut a few mew, and It la also denied that John D. Rocke feller manages th company. - There are more than ,00 stockholders and Rocke feller, who 1 honorary president, has not been at -the Standard OH general offlcea In about four years. OWNED BYTROST; Staadard'e Attaney Admits Ownsrship af BapaaUo Oil Company. i v (Joanul Bprt) srrlc. " ' St. Louis, March 11. Th attorney for th Standard Oil oompany admitted to day before the special commissioner for the state that the stock of the Re ptibllcOITr company was held by the stockholders of th Standard Oil com pany. This fact developed during the examination -of - Wr-McKee,- secretary-treasurer of th Republio Oil com pany. : - ' ' 1 ! - USED BUTCHER KNIFE: JILMURDER HISvWIFE . (Jaarnsl Special Serriee.) Rochastor, N. March M. Charged with murder In tha first degree. Vincent Love, a young man barely 26 .years of age, was placed on trial In the supreme court today. Love Is charged with one of the most brutal crimes In ths records o( the local police. The afternoon of April last he Is ssld to have had a quarrel with his oung wife over a dressmsker - bill, - following - which - he left the houso. It Is claimed that Love had been drinking at. the .time. In the evening, he returned to his home. Hs found hi wife rocking her baby to sleep, and. It Is alleged, without any Intima tion of his intentions, seised a butcher knife from the table and plunged It Into her abdomen. ' Th woman died befor assistance arrived. . CAUGHT SMUGGLING . , - .FINE f URS AND LACES ' ' (Journal Sprclal ar?lre. New Tork, March IS. Miss Margaret' Mulhal), dressmsker to Manhattan's so-cially-elct,-who waa-arrestert - ar tew days ago charged with attempting to smurgle furs and laces to the value of U.OOD through tha custom house, waived examination before t Commissioner Shields today amTwasTietd "In $3,0r ball for the federal grand Jury, Miss Mulhall was dressed In black and a mall white plume In her hat registered unmistakably her nervousness. A bail bond was' Immediately - furnished - by Hush Mt!reery. . : , Th furs and laces which Miss Mul hall bad failed to declare .when she re turned from Paris on the Baltic recent ly' wet found after a personal Invest! gatlon. " ' i ....'.-.' WALSH'S ARRAIGNMENT POSTPONED AT CHICAGO j. .. ' .! '-";'..' ' .' , ". (Journal Rprclal Servlcs.l Chicago, March II. The arraignment of John Ri Walsh was again postponed this morning to March 27, on account I of the absence of his counscL Walsh, 11. is saia, win not p reaay ior two weeks, yet. Bthet SWwsrel OoafineaS. ' "" " (Journal Special Kervic.) Washington. March II. Among those confirmed t St John's Episcopal church yesterday by Bishop Batteries were ftthel Roisevelt, second daughter of th president; Helen Tsft. daughter of the secretary, and a daughter-af Qea eral Greeley x . PORTLAND. rOREGONTTMONDAY'rEVENINGr'MARCH f . t ":'.T; I- . fj iv'-v.R. ' " ' '-' - r L" I"-. ',. ' fc-;)!;i.i.4r! ';,:,"? 1 H ,.,;yi' ;5'ktil!'" f fH'f ti'it--"' v;rrtf U.i.:(,:';.-,i;:'-:' l.t; I ::4il -,rv. t 'i.sA.1.!...-'t..-,.).t.i. ,i.i:-r.,.,. .:- .! ' l ' I.. I .1 ir '" ' . wiwai " ''.' I't ii"iiiiIi m'l i" n gi'. Ml " - - " - 1 - ' Il'-'lnn 1 SLstli FIUE RAir.lEIlT FOR DORA JEtiniNGS Extravagant-lAundrylijBilfaarid " Fine Ciotfres for Girl Ac-; r ecused of Murder. - SWARMS OF VISITORS " LTALrtWITH-PRISONER Young Woman Dreasea Her Best and ' Looks Her ' Prettiest la Never " Seen in Shabby Attire and Static Pays for It . AIL i ' to Tb Journal.) , . iQrntsla,Or. March 1. Few young' ladies, even among the rich, are mor extravagant In laundry bills or make greater .demands for fine raiment than Dora Jennings, th SO-yav-vld girl who Is at present tha sola occupant of Josephine county's new brick Jail, and who is awaiting a .second trial for the murder of her father. Miss. Jennings' laundry bill this week was over 1 4, and this Is but a repetition of what it has been for some tlm past. Every little whll she writes out' a long order" and handaJ-tt-to Sheriff -Lewis. Theoxder U a list of "things" Miss Dora says she actually needs. On the list appear such things as fancy shirt waists, whit skirts, fine . shoes.- ready-made suits, toilet powder, hair crimpers and vari ous other things that come in the. line ar"neeessKles for a girl who baa quarters In Jail. . Dora's Many Callers. "' There is no othor woman ' In Grants Pass who can boast as many callers as Dura Jsunfngir. Calleis they are ef every degree, age and station. Old and young alike form squads and groups about the Jail . anxiously awaiting . a chance to sea and talk with the accused murderess. There are many who de clare her clever., soma say sh Is cute, and many young men who go-every day to see. her declare. her a good-looker. Though Sheriff Lewis opens- the Jail doors to admit callers Into the girl's room only at certain liours of the day, this rule does not keep the crowds of curious away, as they have direct meant of communication through the Jail win dow,: which, though heavily . barred. Is broad and wld. and the bars are not, so clone but that , the young lady pris oner can -put- her- little hands through and receive th bags- of candy, . nuts, notes and other things that are brought to"her. :;-'.... '' ' " (Continued on Page Two.) Asking: North ' V y r , t - 'V, I , ' " l . , . - , , , . 4 I -a. K f,' I s , m, . . 1 '.. . v ss , I , ( ': ,v'''C -" v' . " 1 i'-t )" , '' ... .""' 5 vvv!r-'' -''.V' V ' . - ', t :.(-" ii "rj;''! ( f J''K-' '. 'l. " v'!'-V I u.v ..?:, ';,A'; : v' ."- V. - ---'V ;- . . !l -,":- - i ."-'. NV:-, f -V.. v .."..1.1'?:'; A- ?' .'..'Vv4. V- ,i'H ,,'V.'Vi i - . t . .... .. . . w "1 '-'t in f-. "' .".. ' i Street Near Mill During" the Snowstorm, " 4 How the Small Boys Amused Themselves 'During the Snowstorm. YOUNG GIRL USES FIRE AND IS FATALLY BURNED Explosion Throws Oil Over Clothes and Flames Burn Them From r :; Body, Roasting; FleshUnfortunate Child Taken to Good Samaritan Hospital. Wher e She Died This Afternoon. ' ' While attempUng to start a firs with keroaetao this morning Victoria Peterson,- a 14-year-old girl employed as a domestic at the Missouri hotel at Trout dale, was - frightfully burned. Hh was removed to Oood Samaritan hos pital, this city, wher she died at 1Z:4 this afternoon. . The girt had built a fire which almost Went out and she was trying to revire the flames. Unable to do so Jby fanning it and other means, she seised a gallon can of kerosene and poured the oil upon the fire. - . Instantly there was an explosion which blew out the bottom of the can and the burning oil spread over ' the girl." Hha was enveloped' tn flames in an Instant, ' She rushed screaming from the room, but hrr efforts to escape them .only aided the flames. Her on Seventh Street1 During jthey Snowstorm-.Yesterday, 19, 1906. TWELVET.PAGES; ' I If X : . t Ji.-J J n.i.-. . -'f i iii :.- , , , v . . ' '.' J V. ' - "-' . -t ;J :" V ': v:''-!' V ' - V. , -t- ,- ... -s . .,. ,r ,,. m " " l " ig .. nr.m-MminlB!-.- a . .f f n'iiii,aiiffiilFiil'iiimiiw'-iiit, m uTi KEROSENE TO LIGHT clothing was burned from her body. 'Persons in the house who had heard her screams went to the girl's rescu and succeeded In extinguishing the fire. However, they wer too lat to prevent fatal injuries to th girl, whose flesh was almost roasted. Sha Is also said to have Inhaled th flames. . ..The accident occurred shortly after t o'clock this morning and ui girl was brought to Portland on the first train, Sh was removed at one to Good Ba maritan hospital, where every effort was exerted to alleviate her sufferings. Ill girl was employed st the hotel to wult upon the "tables, build fires and perform other duties. . Her father is a farmer and lives two miles from Trout da lo. Her. mot her is dead. The Mis souri hotel Is conducted by Mrs. Charles Rowley. . . , , , , '' , i PR1CE TWO ARMOUR NEXT HILLS BURIED T0-C0I-- III SHOW Reported ThatJSwiftV Greatest "Rival Will Establish Monster ; Packing Plant on the j .. :..L Peninsula. .. ' . m v. PACKING-HOUSE DISTRICT-! SECOND ONLY TO CHICAGO Four Independent Concerns Swift ft CdTArmouf ftTCoTTJnionMeal Company and .Portland r Union Stockyards "' Company Concentrat "int-Ease pf ar7 Johns. ',L a ' . ; Announcement Is made on good aa thorlty todsy that Armour c Co. will establish a great packing plant In Port land, and that the entire peninsula ssst Of StZ7orhaajior"irLlveJ-aItrTarirS-tO b converted into a vast packing-house district second 'In importance only to that in Chicago. - Developments following closely upon th heels of -official announcements of th coming of ths Swift Packing com pany ' make " It ' an absolute certainty that Portland la to b a great packing house center, and that already four In- depetident cpnceriuvSwift-sVttTr mour 4 Co., tit union Mast oompany and- th Portland . Union Stockyards company are concentrating on th pe ninsula. Today the. Portland Union Btockyards oompany purchased, through Will I -Walker. ZOO acres of the Maeg ly farm, adjoining Maegly Junction, th Northern Pacific, Great Northern and O. R. v N. railroad -compaples. armonr Oompany Cowling, ' . Tou caa say for m that the Armour oompany ) jeomtaa; kar with a plant. and that w upset to operate th new Stockyards at Maegly Junction In co operation with all th packing plants, sald-. M. Plumnerr-scrtaryof--rtha rortland Union Stockyards company. . He declined to tell the price paid for the land, but It Is said the amount was greatly In ezcss of any previously paid for property on the peninsula, Th tract purchased la said to be, from a strategic standpoint, the key to the. packing-house and stockyards situation on the penln sola. Mr. Plummar said: 'W. will build a plant that will ad join the rights of way of tha Harrlmaa and Hill railroad lines and will also b convenient to Swift Co. and others. It la our Intention to work In harmony with all." Th entire tract purchased will b devoted to feeding pens, distributing yards, sheds and buildings. Ther- will ba a number of substantial brick build ings besides offloes and business build lng. The "company" will -establish a bank at Maegly Junction for accommo dation of th antlr stockyards district: OrtStooarar Cents. - Ther Is no longer doubt in th minds of thos who have watched the course of events on the peninsula that the country ztndlng from th city limits to and beyond Columbia slough will be converted Into av packing-house and livestock district that will rival In im portance any eastern stockyards center. Th orient, th entire Paclflo coast, and particularly Alaska, Is the immense trade Held to ba exploited.-The pack ers se th advantage of manufactur ing here tha raw materials that are' drawn from th western ranges, and supplying th Paclflo trad from a Pa cific coast center. An Immense saving Is to be accomplished In transporta tion charges, as well aa Icing and waste. The livestock la now fed on the Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming. Utah, Wash ington .and Oregon ranges and shipped to Kansas City, Omshii and Chicago, slaughtered, canned and then sent back to th Paclflo coast to be shipped to th trad of tb Paclflo ocean ports. Th packer , ar going to cut out th haul from th ranges to Chicago, and from Chicago to th Paclflo coast. . BstU Of aTill'a Oomlaa. Their action has been precipitated by the building of the north bank line- and the bringing of th Hill roads direct into. Portland, it la said. Ths packers held .off as long aa th JouaL situation was practically dominated by ' one railroad system. . To do business on th. bssis they sequlra they must have rail compe titionor at least must be In a position wher they can work- through mors than one transportation company .from the "common point where the packing center Is to b built up, particularly In th J handling of th livestock. Portland Is : said to be the ideal point, with th Bill and, Harrlman lines operating direct. In addition 'to giving rail competition ami tapping all th great range districts of .the west,' the packet will hsve the ocesn, th Columbia and tha Willamette river with which to control distributive rates.. " The Walker place, consisting' of elx acres, with a handsome residence and i large barn and outbuildings, located on high ground Immediately aouthwsst of Msegly Junction, wss' sold - today through a local real estate agency. It Is said, to Swift tt Co, It will be oc cupied as a residsno by on of th Swift families. , CHARLES M. SCHWAB . . IS SERIOUSLY ILL - fJearaal Special aarvleat ' , 'ew Tork. March J . It is admitted today that Charles M. Hrhweb la Sert oli a ly III and confined to his home since his return from ths southwest. Hs re. fuses to sea callers, and declines' to an- tamer im -reftnri mai ne nas gained a ijeajdensa la Wevadav .- .. CRHTSri? JifUFgSR From Mine to Twelve Inches FaiL on Portland Heights---Oown-; town IV Melts rto 1,'.' Sleighing,- BOYS BLOCK STREETCAR TRACKS WITH SNOW MEN ThroughlTrains Held , Uja None Ar - riving;- Since Or R.: &7N,". Got; irl ".T Early Yesterday Morning March Coldest Known and - More Snow FM11I IhgfrmfeTorcin Montlu' ' -z: : Elncs early Sunday morning the stornl . king has reigned boisterously In Port land and vicinity, covering the cltj with a heavy' mantle of anow, the) ha vtest that has aver t alleiv In Mareh. On th height back of th city tha snow has reached a. depth or acd H : Inches. "' ' - . During th morning hours today tha snow fell at intervals In th city, whilst on Portland and Willamatt baighU and othr alavatad. points near th city th fury of the storm Is still unabated.-- riakes of snow- fell in blinding profu-, stoawon I'ortlsnd hfrtgtitrttita mornlagy: which, with the Bid of scores of hilari ous small boya, almost paralysed street- car traftto for a time. - On th heights yesterday messur ment taken at 4 o'clock in th after noon near-the. Lewis end Clark observa tory showed that th snow Kad reached nepin or nin mrnas. ix nas Xailan heavily alnc that time and It was esti mated at noon today-TKaT-BTlesjrt- foot of snow covered several elevate aistslst surrounding Tbxeurk Train Blocked '"'" " In'tb mounts Uis ta tha east thy storm Is alarming ' railroad ' ' ontclaie Through traffic into Portland from ast- ern points : has" been " completely aus pended slnf earty Sunday morning and it is said that" the storm In tha moun. talna show no signs of abatement. - O. R. 4 N. train No. 1, which arrived In Portland at :1S yesterday morning; was the last to get in. Local train bav been put In operation between Portland and points- in - th eastern part of - th -atat until th. others ar enabled to continue their Journeys. . It Is said that heavy snowslldss in the mountains have caused the delay of trains. Streetcar traffic In the eity has not been Impeded by the storm except on Portland heights, wher the snow felt most heavily and where small boya aided greatly in th mischief of tha Storm. Cars on that lln have been dc layed from Sir to 30-minutes, r tourtrarm wss maintained a near schedule time as poaalble. ; '. l . Yesterday a motorman on th jilgbt run, on turning a sharp curve, beheld tb grinning visage of a monster flgur made cf snow that stood directly in th i 'Ok me car. Witn th aid of the) conductor th motorman removed th snowman, but tb csr.was delayed foa half an- hour. . " , , , aasrmaa TranV - - Presently another car, which . was laboriously climbing th. grade, en countered another snowman In th sam plac wher ' th former Crew had de molished' th snow figure. Th crew wer forced to do aa the other bad dope, and accordingly another car wsa delayed. It was so much run for the gang of boys who had built the, snow man, and from - their hiding place watched, th .efforts of th crew, that another was erected after each car had passed. Th fun continued throughout . th afternoon. - - Down town the anow melted quickly yesterday. A few cutters and slelgha were out, but sleighing - wss auoh-a, miserable effort thst they were Soon re- ' tired. It is said that owners of the few cutters that wer sent upon the street got $10 an hour for them. Several who had anticipated a sleigh ride attached sleigh bells to their horses whll driving In carriage and buggies. .. Throughout th day th sky was over cast and threatening. Snow fell st Intervals down - town, but disappeared almost ss rapidly as it-felt - . starch a. Treak Month-' ', , For cutting; up peculiar pranks In the weather lln March has long been noted, butfor genuine freaktshness th pres ent month has" broten all "" previous"" records. It hs not only shown lower temperatures iorisouata .in th j extending over a louger period, but greater amount of snow has fallen dur ing the month than ever' known befor, ' Th snowfall in the valley yesterday measured four Inches In depth, Tlis lowest -temperature recorded was it ' degrees, but for th most part th ther mometer ranged between 14 and I de gree. The conditions 'wer Just x actly right for rain and thst snow cams instead' was a great surprise to th . weather man. It was wet and much of It quickly melted. The now wss con fined to a small area. It did not ex tend a hove galenv or far north of th Columbia river. When snowing at Port land It was raining In th Puget sound country. '', , "" C ' FRUIT DAMAGED. Asklaad and Tiotalty Saps Bkorwtr U tks Vwasfe Ore. ' nitl Wl' Th J"rnl. Aahlssd, Or, March IS. The weathes has mwlerated hre and ths tortn f th past week has been prwrtlnsllr dl- I paled. Th msxlmnm t-mr"-ri was np to sod th minimum niM. ' The cold wesllinr has '