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VOL. V. NO. 25.
PORTLAND.' OREGON.;. WEDNESDAY : EVENING, APRIL 4. 1906. SIXTEEN . PAGES.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
ON T14IS1 AMD JfTWd
STakDe. riVK CENTS
TOM WORD TO. TRY FOR RENOMINATION
HE HAS 1,D00; I ATE BOYS TO I I OFFERED 8200
SIGNERS KEEP ALIVE e"; TO LEAVE
Word's Petition Bears the Name
of One Third of the Total ,
Democratic Registration i
; ' , ; in the County.
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POPULARITY, INDICATES
THAT HE WILL WIN AGAIN
Scheme of Liquor Dealers to Nomi
nate M. J. Malley by Votes of Re-
.' publicans Falsely Registered
as
Democrats Seems to Have Fallen
. Completely Through. .
r f V t :
-Bearing the signatures of nearly 1,000
registered Democrat, 'Sheriff Tom
. ' .Word's petition for reuominatlon "In the
, Democratic primaries "wan . filed this
afternoon In toe eounty clerk g orflcc,
' In the number of signersWord's peti-
' tlon eclipses all others filed In thlH
- -coupty and conclusively demonstrates
-. that he will be his party's nominee;
. The total Democratic registration Is
. alightly In eceaa of 3.090. .-Nearly-one
third tt.oi tlila number-have - signed
Word's- petttton'and can be counted onj
,, to cast their votes for him in- the pri
, marles. The number of slgiiera could
have been doubled, had there been time
to make a thorough canvass of the
. .,, voters.. It. la xpeeted that he will re
ceive at least two thirds of the votes
vaat In-' the Democratic primaries.
'If I am nominated and elected 1 will.
, during my term of office, perform my
- duties ss a public- official In a careful
, and businesslike way, as I have endeav-
- ored to do in the past."
On the ballot this pledge will appear
; arter Tom Word s name:
"Try to do better than I. have la the
past."'-.-,, .'
i-. Traps of the Xaemy.
" Reports have been circulated from
time to time by Word's political oppo
- nents that he would not seek the Demo
t' cratie nomination, but would ran as an
Independent. These reports have been
"2 without foundation, though Word has
uniformly refused to make Ills . plans
known to his opponents. It haa been
: his unwavering purpose to go Into the
primaries as a Democratic candidate,
' and the extraordinary ease .with which
'signatures) were secured for his petition
-made it apparent that he would receive
the nomination of his party. .
"" Woid'a onry tompetltor for-the-Demo-
eratlc nomination for sheriff Is M. J.
Mailer, whose candidacy la backed by
the liquor dealers' association and few
' disgruntled Democrats. Esrly In the
fight a scheme, wss hatched by the
' liquor dealers . to register large num
. ber of Republicans as Democrats for
the purpose of defeating Word in the
primaries and nominating Vlalley. The
scheme waa detected and promptly ex-
posed. ' Ma I ley Is no longer a serious
. factor In the fight. ,
Tom Word's. JteoorS. .
-.' Word wss ejected two years ago as a
reform candidate. Immediately upon
taking office he notified the proprietors
; of the public gambling houses that they
' must go out of business. - The order
.was obeyed and for the flrat time In
the history of the "city, the gambling
' hovaes were closed. Sheriff Word has
''been relentless In Ms crusade agsinst
gambling, which, has been more com
iP'etely eradicated thsa In any other city
..In. the west.
V- Word's administration of Ills office
hHs een marked by economy and busl-
nllke methods. The collection of
'.'tsxee 4iss been aornmpllshed at a mini
7 mum ol cost to the county and with
" "unprecedented 'prpmptneas. During the
psat two years the sheriffs office has
been absolutely free from sll suspicion
' of the scsndals which attached to some
previous sdmlnlstrstlons.
' In the election two years sgo Tom
'.Word received a heavy Republican vote.
Mn-addition to that of his own party,
f ile la - even- stronger, among the Re
, publican voters now .than he waa In
1104.
WILSON MIZNER'S GEMS
-4
STOLEN FROM HIS TRUNK
(Journal Special aWrtce.)
f- New-Tork, April 4. Wilson MJiner.
who married Mrs. Terkes. notified the
. police that he was robbed of . IT. 500
; worth of diamonds and other Jewels
yesterday at the Hotel gymour. His
trunk wss rifled while aligner was out
walking.
DRYD0CK DEWEY '
L ARRIVES AT MALTA
v (Jmraal Special Serrtre.)
Valetta. Malta, April 4. The drydock
Dewey convoys passed here today and
reported all well. -It expects to arrive
at Port Said about April IS.
Dowses Slvoree Case.. '
IKpeclal' Ptasatrh Ui T itmrl.)
1. Albany, Or.. ApHI 4 Judge William
-asllo-s-ay yesterday afternoon granted a
;'rt,.r or. divorce lo'B. F. Downcn or)
f the grounds of dcscrllorv , ' - , - '
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, Sheriff Tom Word.
HARRIMAfi LOANED
OF VELLS-FARGO EXPRESS
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Stockholders to Make anEffort
From'Control Big Fund' Accumulated and Loaned Only
4-;'.'L-''.i' irii. ::L-' tr.m.A wL'Lk-Lv-t 7; ?:rt
- iv . cnteivrisos i
, . . ' (Joaraal -Hperial Serrice.)
New Tork, April 4. The. annual meet
ing of Welle-Kargo stockholders 'next
August promises to possess particular
Interest for E.' H. Harrlruan. He Is a
director, and although he holds but' ten
shares of stock, controls, and has ' for
some time controlled, the affairs of 'the
company. - The present- directorate"; Is
composed of men friendly to Harrlman.
The stockholders propose - to elect
other directors. The . Issue ' will be
larger dividends. The present dividend
rate Is 9 per -cent. It Is alleged by the
revolting stockholders that H5.ooo.ooo
has been accumulated In the .way of
surplus and that this amount is more
than Is required by the business of tho
company. The stockholders think part
SIX GIANT WARSHIPS
. ' ORDERED BY FRANCE
'. (Journal Special SrrTlce.)
Parts. April 4.t France has plan
prepared and. money voted .for the con
struction or six sucn nattiesntps aa tnt
Dreadnaught, England s best ahlp. In
many respects these six bsttleslups.
will be ss powerful as toe contemplated
American "battleship Constitution. -The
six new French vessels are to be sister
ships of 18.000 tons displacement. , They
will be 4SS. feet long and draw 57 H
feet- Their speed will be , 1 knots.
TBey will eacti carry four ll. - tmrtrf
guns, twelvs t.4-tAch, sixteen :.M-lru'n
and eight l.M-lnch guns. .
BANKER CHECKS RUN BY
' SALE OF SUMMER HOME
(Joamsl Special Service.)
Rocky ford. Colo., April 4.--By mears
of a special-train, which. rushed hither
Ith the proceeds of the ssle of his
summer- home In, Wisconsin, Prealden
K. J. uoodlng ot.tne Kocxyrord Htaie
bank checked a run and saved his bsnk
Satisfied to see toO.000 stacked tip be
hind , the cashier's window, the deposi
tors let their deposits remsln. ' The run
stsrtfd -estardsy nn the bank, which 1
the oldest financial Institution In tha
county. - It Is suppoMed the run -w.is
originated by ' s' report to- the effect
that the state bank, was to retire from
business. . ':
DIRECTORS ELECTED . v
BY SOUTHERN PACIFIC
1 Joarsal Speefal Service.)
tyoulsvilte, April . 4.-At the annual
meeting- "t . the stockholders of t the
8outhern. Pacific at Its' corporate home
here today, 1, 023.000 shares. were voted
by proxy for the following directors,
who - were elected: , W. D." Cornish,
Henry V. Teforest. Maxwell Rvnrts,
Robert Ooelet. E. H. Harrlman. Msrvln
Hughltt. H. K. Huntington. R. 8. Dovett.
Clarence H. lackuy..D. tX Mills. Ogden
Mills. James Ktlllmsii- W. V. 8. Thome.
David Wilcex and A. K.. rande venter. -.
HEYBURN ASKS RECORD L
OF GRAZING COLLECTIONS
v ... t .'. i
M Onanist aserlal Servlre.f '-.
Waahlagton, April -4. Senator Hey-
burn o'.fered a resolution In-the senate
this morning calling upon the secretary
of arrriculture to report all money col
lected for gracing privileges, sale of
timber, etc., 'under the forest resrrve
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HIHSBLF SURPLUS
.to Oust Union Pacific Magnate
maiiwu uj rum. - -
Of this surplus shotWd-be distributed
dividends.- .''.'.
The claim-- le made that Harrlman
heretofore has been In favor Of main
taining the, surplus as ,laige as pos
sible, .and stockholders stats the reason
for .such, action Is that Tlarriraan's
railroads i may borrow freely from the
funds of Wells, Fargo Co. The start
ling olalm is also made by the revolt
ing stockholders that Harrlman was
the only one who was able to negotiate
loans out of this surplus.
RUNAWAY
-
' Runaway
-' With n Mr in the cab, and ths throt
tle wide open undr ton pounds of steam
pressure. Northern Pacific passenger
engine- Nc. .127 suddenly rushed out or
her stall In the roundhouse near the steel
brlds-e at T o'clock this morning.- The
turntnhW wns turned for snot her-stall.
An effort wms mode to cstch the runaway-
hy atrty--wingltnt-trm-thv-tut
It tl1 not succeed and- the big locomo
tive now lies on her side .In-the pit of
the turntHble. a partial Wrei-k. -
. As inaieHtivally as though, she - were
on exMbltlor. with sit engineer and fire
man In control, the engine sped out upon
the hesvy bonms of the table. . Bumping
over them. the. bell ringing from the
jolting. Ih'e' engine (continued forward
until the lant driver dropped down upon
the" hi-av.v timbers, when there, Wss a
loud rrsrking of wood. The engine
ehtvert-d trow end t end. terled to the
left for wit inMsnt. snd 'When the ends
of the . tlmherw av wsr. fell with it
crash on ti'-i oltlc Into the turniaMe pit.
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As From the Crave,' Weak and
Emaciated, Another Miner Is ,
Rescued' From' Pit . of '
Death at CourrieresL s 1
TERRIBLE SUFFERING
ENDURED BYURVIVOR
Twenty-Five Days Entombed With
out Food or Drink in Blackness of
Night Witnesses Death 'of Com-
panions One by One. After Having
Partaken of Human Flesi.
- J '(Journal Bpeciaf Rerrlfe.) .
Lena, France, April 4. As from tho
grave, weak and emaciated, with a
deathly pallor upon his. face, barely
alive - and scarcely able to walk, one
more survivor of the Courrlers mine
disaster was taken from the workings
of the mine this morning, having been
entombed 2a days, during which" time be
Witnessed the death of his companions
one by one from starvation, after hav
ing eaten the corpses of two apprentice
boys found In the pit. i
The survivor, whose name Is Berthou,
was found In the same mine that the
13 miners were taken alive from, last
Friday and rescued from pit 4. He was
quickly brought to the surface with the
corpsesjOf bjsr-companlona and efforts
were vainly made to resuscitate them. ;
v - - Tale of Xorrer.-
A tale of terrible suffering Is told by
Berthou, who shows the terrible effects
of his experiences, being emaciated, ex
hausted and blinded. For many days
he and his companions lived on the bark
of posts used in tunnels, some hay and
putrid horse meat amid total darkness
snd In the stench of scores of decaying
corpses, being finally forced to the last
desperate extremity to preserve their
own lives. He alone out of a band of
10 lived to tell the story of the sufferings.-
Berthou after telling his stories waa
ENGINE IS
Northern Pacific Engine Wrecked in
Her nose stuck into the side of the pit,
with the wrecked rsb Vesting on the
edge of It: The tender remained upon
Its own wheels upon the edge of the
Pit. -
Those who ssw the peculiar freak of
the engine rushed to her side and opened
her st-am vents to prevent an explosion.
I Then sn examination wss made, 4t
wss found that sslde from the wrecking
of the- cab and the bending and twisting
of some-of Its minor parts the locomo
tive, wss not badly injured. ' It -will
probably take some hours to get the
angina on her feet, again. In the mean
time, seven locomotives sre tied up In
the roundhouse. They cannot get out
until the turntable Is fixed snd It cannot
be operated until tfo til has bean lifted
out. of the pit. The locking up of the
seven locomotives torn pel I'd the 'North
ern. Pacific to boryiw engines from the
C). R. A- N. for the operallon of lis reg
nlsr trau-.s.'. ' ' v'
The disabled engine, wss used on the l
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Rev. Anna
taken In charge by 'doc'tbis, who fear
tng the - results of fever, and poisoning,
having eaten decayed human fleHh,, en
forced quiet uin-hlm.and guarded him
f romthe Curious.. - - - ; -
Berthou's rescue revived hope lu many
families thst" others are alive and ex
cltoment has broken out anew In the
district. Families snd relatives of the
700 miners whose bodies have not' been
recovered ' are clamorously demanding
that efforts be redoubled to bring out
any possible survivors.
A. gang of . salvagers had Just com-
(Continued on Page-Three.)
WRECKED
Turntable Pit. . .
Portland-Tscoma run.Vtxt to hsve
gone out this mornins at :31 o'clock.
At the time of the accident the night
crew wss relieved by the day crew. No
.one was within 25 feet of her when ahe
started out. What forced open the
throttle Is one of those mysteries which
railroad men have long since given up
trying e4ve The per f i nian'.r of
a 5 7 Is sn old one In railroad annals.
There arir inei ances on record where en
gines have forced bpn their throttle,
and,. during the ruraway, wrecks) pax
enger trnink, causing a heavy lima of
Ii Das said st the roundhouse this
morning that It was a lucky, thing that
the engine land,-d. where she is. for with
s 'wtdjr open throttle under 200 pounds
of cteam. she. would, had she evtr got
across- the turntable., hsve : ru,shed
through the yards. fstei lhni a mile
a minute, snd the damage donu Wofild
have depended' upon what : she struck
first, J
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Shaw, M. D.
50 ATTEfiD FIRST
Opening Meeting of the Equal
, Suffrage Conference Is
-t--r Held This Morning.' V :
MRSHENRY W.C0E
, OCCUPIES THE CHAIR
Mrs. Boyer Tells Fellow Workers
ThatOnly . FjveNewspapers in
Oregon Now Oppose the Move
ment. Fifty women sttended the openliig
session of tne equal suffrage conference
st the White Temple this morning. It
was abysiness session, preilm,!.naj-- to
the Important duties' of "the'V-ohference,
snd nesrly every -one of the to who at
tended delivered brief remarks. .
Delegates . from .outside towns were
delayed In arriving anil ths attendance
at the forenoon sesalon wss composed
largely of local suffragists snd those
who sre conducting the csmpslgn In
Oregon. Visiting delegates are arriving
today and It Is expected that 200 from
all sections of the state will lie In at
tendance tomorrow. However, full dele
gations from Oregon City and a few
other towns were present at the opening
of the conference,
'Miss Msry Anthony, sister of Miss
Susitn. B. Anthony, lender of the equal
suffrage movement until . her - death,
took no' part whatever-In' today's pro
ceedings. Miss Anthony's retiring dis
position ami "her quiet, reserved man
ners are said- to.be the cause of her
brng assigned to participate - Only , in'
parlor' and similar meetings during the
campaign. . -.
Mrs. m. W. Ooe 'resides. .
Above the rostrum, on which were
seated Rev. Anna M. eilww.-Misa iura
Clay and Mrs. Henry Waldo Cpewaa
suspended a likeness df the late leader
of the suffrage movement. The picture
was eraped in the roide or a suffrage
flag, red, white and blue burs, with four
white stars on a blue background. The
four stars Indicate the four suffrage
states, and It Is the purpose, of the pres
ent campaign to place the star of Oregon
as the fifth upon the Held of , blue.
Flowers were banked about the pulpit
and rostrum. , , -
Mrs. 1L W. Co called the meeting ta
order and presided. Kev. Anna M. Hhaw,
who. by the wsy. is the only woman in
the. world v-whq bears the dual title. of
reverend and doctor of medicine, offered
Sn Invocation and the regular business
was In older. The .regular business
didn't assume a- particularly ' material
form, however, for most of llioec who
were to have submitted reports f varl-
oua departments of the work were ab
sentHowever, a report . of the press
department was submitted by Mrs. Ids
?orter-Boyer.
. . Mrs. Hnyer told of the general in
terest In ths movement tha hue beer
amused br the press throughout tho
state. . There -sre -at presr-nt onlv six
papers in Orern wltlcll have editorially
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SESSION
M. C. Nease Testifies That Mart
. Came to Him With Promise
of Money From Jack
'.-Cullison.
SURPRISING TESTIMONY--IN
TRIAL OF GAMBLERS
Nease Says Bets Were Mad in Owl
Saloon and Transferred to Mil
waukig Qub by Telephane Denie'a
- That H Tried to Extort Money
From Defendants.
"A man who Is wjlllng to testify to
the fact cam to me some two1 weeks '
ago and told me that Cullison had said
that I would be given $200 If I would
leave the stats." - r .
This statement was made by It. O.
Nease this morning in the trial of Isaac
Oration and Jack Cullison before a
jury In Judge George's department of
the circuit court. Uratton and Culli
son : are charged with maintaining a
nuisance by conducting a branch office)
of the Milwaukle Country club at tha .
Owl saloon, corner of Fifth and Alder
street's. R. E. Moody and L. H. Tarp
lay are the defendants' attorneys, while
District Attorney John Manning and
hie deputy, Bert Haney, represent the
stats, ' - '...
v Nease was the only witness examined
thia morning. He said that he had been
convicted of a erlme like that charged
againat the present defendants. He said" '
that he had testified before the district
attorney sitting ss a grand Jury regard
ing ths Owl saloon telephone, and said -that
this telephone was connected with
the Milwaukle club, which Is located 4o
Clackamas county, and that bete were
sccepted In the saloon on horse races
and the newe conveyed to Milwaukle.. -:
BTeaee e Three Tnase.
"Mr. Nease, now many times did you
make bets In the Owl saloon on horse
I aces T' asked Mr. Manning.
"Not less thsn three times.-' rspllej
Ncasc
Where were the rsc.es?" asked the
district attorney.' . ,
"At Oakland and Los Angeles."
elTTme-th-craMrJUimlnetion. ol
the witness by Moody.
"Didn't you .ask thsse defendants' for
money T"- asked Moody.
"t'ljey owe me mogey on a gambling
deal and 1 have asked them to pay me
tnat," wss the snswer.
"Xowr Mr.- Neaaa.-Uldn't you tell me
that you would liLe tne defendants to
give you between $400 and IS39 and,
tickets back to Missouri tor yourself,
wife and child T" asked Moody.'
"No, sir. I did not." wss the quick re
ply, "and, Mr. Moody, you have threat
ened me snd tried to frighten me: you
thought you could bluff me. '. I have
told you that a man offered me II0O to
leave the state.'" ,,.,,'.-
"Then you deny IC remarked- the -et-
torney. . .
"Ves, sir." replied Nesse. ''You,. Mr.
Moody, said I was trying to extort
money from these inn. I told you thst
If I wss guilty of extortion It wss your
duty to go to the district sttorncy and
complain against mo, and I then . told
you that I would give you ISO to set
ss a private prosocutor. , That offer'
still holds good."
Moody smiled and asked another ques
tion which called forth another start
ling statement from Ness.
Dossal Bzpeet Oomvletloaw ,-. . ,
"Just, as long as i have a dollar, ia
the world 1 aw going to do all In my
power to keep Cullison . and Orattnn '
from violating the gambling laws of this
atnte," he said. "Uota, of your people,
Mr. Moody, did "not expect me to be
bare today to testify, for you people are !
trying to bluff me. , ! am here.-but. i
do' not expect these, men W fcM-
viciea. 1 .- . -. .
"Why don't you expect to have them
convicted!"-' roared . District v Attorns
Manning."". .-.-.-ij... .. . . .
- Bat this question was not 'amswvred, ,
because Moody objected' ro Manning Mk- -ing
questions in the direct cross-examination.
'''?; " -Although
the Jurors were qifestloned
closely, little trouble wss had in seeur-
Ing the Jury, only four men being ex-.
cusfd. The courtroom wag crowded st
the beginning of the trlsl. Rev. E. I
House, pastor of the First Congrega
tional church. Rev. C.-T. Wilson of the
(irace Methodist rhwrth and C. M. Vsu
Pelt, attorney for the Antl-Balooi
league, b-liig among the spectators,
of., the Questions kd- the . Jurur
Mr. Moody was:
"Did you ever talk to Mr. Ness ebeul
this caseT' Nona f ,ihem had.
Mr. Manning said thst he had' sub
poenaed about 14 wltsessea to appear
In the caee,- but that .lie dll not mh
whether all of them would be rall4
upon to testify. It is en-t,il
i-une.S-lll take several .
rowing are the Jurors s
judgmeut: F. P Bsun ri '
N. Alexan.'-T.
van, !"
beit f