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GOOD EVENING ( TfrWi mWmi U W N Q Tl P ) 1
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Shower and cooler tonight; Sun
day howen; south to, west winds. ','7
T : VOL.- V.- NOr 28.
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Owher'sof Building Estimate Loss at $i 00,000,
' -::While $60,000:Wili:Cover Damage j:
l& Suffered by
FIRE CHIEF SAYS WATER TOWER r
AND MEGAPHONES ARE NEEDED
Praise Heard on All Sides for Rre Department
;V Police Prevented
!y V : Acts of Heroism
Business In the Chamber of Commerce
'. building, with ; the exception of the
- eighth floor, was resumed this ' morning
and it was announoed that repair work
SZimd. the building Ot one additional story
" would -be begun at once. Owners of the
bulldln estimate their losses at $100,000
- - -as -, reault of the .spectacular fir of
yesterday, while It la estimated itio.uuv
will cover' the lueses of the occupants.'
, The Commercial club t will -be ready
for business Monday morning and will
open at the Tavern, on 8ixth street. be
tween Jlldcr and .Washington. . Many
of the records and paper of the club
- were saved and H la believed that lla
work will not be seriously Impeded. The
. club's loss was about ,40,000, with 116,
'. OUO iuaurance. . .
- There are three "lessons that- Port
lend should learn from yesterday's fire.
, according to Fire Chief Campbell... They
; - are the absolute necessity of a water
; tower, the need of Installation of a eye
trra of megaphones or speaking trumps
, eta In the department and the necessity
, of underground wiring. -
Extravagant praises have been he
stewed upon the firemen whose work
'-yesterday prevented a panic and great
'.-property) Joes besides-saving core of
lives. Numerous donations have been
, made to the department.
.' rolloeates. xeep Back Orowaa.
Under the direction , of Inspector
Bruin and Captain Moore, dosena of po
' llccmcn performed effective duty In pre
- venting accidents te the dense-crowds
which lined the streets' for blocks.
Lines of ropes were quickly drawn
around the blocks - surrounding -the
' danger limits and cordons' of patrolmen
' were stationed along the lines.
Hysterical women, who had friends
or relatives In the building, and men.
' maddened by the sight of those In peril
. on the coping, struggled vainly against
: the ropes. The crowds were in great
danger when firemen began to cut the
network of electric wires which sur
rounded the building -and when large
pieces of stone began to fall from the
upper stories. Individual acta of hero
Ism were numerous on the part of fire
men and .policemen. In raising the lad
der to reacue those Imprisoned on the
coping of the eighth floor the firemen
, encountered great difficulty In the mass
of wtrea on a pole on th Fourth street
end of the building.
At the risk of his own life. Fireman
"rfBriok Fisher of Hose company. No. 3
scaled the pole and cut the wires in
order to make room for the ladders.
When the obstructions had been re
moved the ladders were quickly raised
, and the unfortunates rescued. . Fred
. Wagner, a cousin of Constable Lou
- Wagner, - wss formerly connected wltb
the fire company and wee one of the
. first to reach th seen yesterday. He
performed, excellent.-service In -aiding
. persons to - reach places of safety. . ....
:, .i. .. OaptaJn - Hoot - la - Charge. -
- The greatest trouble In keeping back the
crowds . was experienced by the police
on Fourth street. Captain Moore -was
i In charge there and had la his com
: mand Captain Slover. Sergeant Cole. Fa
' trolmen Price, Circle. Wilson. Burke,
' Nelson. O'Reilly, Anderson, Parker, Pet
' erson. Hart, Qolti, Hill, Keller, Inakeop,
Courtney and others. - -.'
Patrolman price had charge of the
'.' life-net with .which Dave Cappa, chef
' at the Commercial club, was saved after
' . his perilous leap from an eighth story
.. window. Chief Campbell declares that
'he leap waa one of the moat remarkable
feats ever performed.
r Cappa weighs lilo pounds. . II Jumped
from the eighth etory to the roof of a
.;' one-etory printing . estaMlshment ad
joining the Chamber of Commerce build
r Ing on the north. He was uninjured, but
was removed to Good Samaritan hos
CHILDREN AND GROWN-UPS IN THE
i SUN DA Y JOURNAL ' ;
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' ' No paper to the Pailflc" North west equal The SundayJourtial. " It.
Is designed for all classes. The children have-their special departments
rn the comlo colored picture and Polly Kvans"page. These have been
added to by a aeries of talke with the animate In the City Park. The
. first article will appear tomorrow. Jt will ba the atory of Billy, the king
of the elk herd, who will tell about the dolnge of the elk family and how
tha bull elka loee tholr home kch year. While this .series has ben
designed to interest and amuse the children, it will aleo Instriict them,
and the older people may read th animal series with profit.
There have beon 128 murders In Chlago in a year, making it rank a.
the most wicked city In the world. , Read. In The Sunday Journal of this
great carnival of crime. r
. Various plan are being designed to reahK tha poles, either by balloon,
auto or ship. If you want to read of these waya and of the men who are
making the plan, get The Sunday Journal, which contains an artlrie
Illustrated In colore of the various expedltlotia . which, are now under
way. ...... ...... .... ... . .i i . , . ...... . . .
William Jennings Bryan. In his tour of the world, writes this week
, en the. Philippines. , 1 ,e ,
These are only a frw of th good things In The Sunday Journal. Get
It and enjoy them all. .. Do hot neglect to' get The Easter Journal next
Sunday. It will be handsomely Illustrated In color. . .
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i. V-x-Y OIT .-.iiiiApiSRQ ,
BE
the enantSL:;
Accidents Many
Marked the Day. -
pital, where he Is recovering from the
chock.. ; ", ; . .. ....
, He remained In the window until
forced, to jump by the heat and smoke.
While he was In the wtndow looking
vainly for a way of escape the multitude
yelled frantlo warnlnge and advice. Pa
trolman Price, who, with' the aid of
Patrolman Hart, three firemen and
number ef cltlsena, was preparing the
life-net on the roof below: tried vainly
to keep th crowds quiet that he might
giv - Cappa Instructions before : he
leaped. .He was forced to eject the
number of advtoe-gl vers- from the roof.
Finally the crowd became aubdued and
Price told Cappa to wait until the net
waa prepared and not to jump until told
to do ao. Cappa replied from above that
he would wait. - -r
" Cappa Jumps to Safety.
Then be folded his hands and lifted
up his face toward the sky.- Those be
low saw Mm- in an attltud of suppli
cation and heard, him utter a brief
prayer. He retained the attitude for a
few minutes, then shouted that he was
ready. He climbed quickly out of the
window- and. hung hy his hands for. a
moment,,
T "Jump, they erted below after the
net wss directly beneath him In the
grasp of a dosen strong men., He fell
straight for a short distance, then hie
body straightened out until It Fas el
moat In a horizontal position when It
struck the net. The canvass waa torn
but Cappa waa . uninjured. He rose
quickly and seised the policeman's
hand, .muttering unintelligible words or
thanks. - - -
Clarence W. Beckner, who rune one of
the elevators In the building, was an
other who made a hero of himself in
rescuing people- from the threatened
building. After the elevators had been
shut down end abandoned he boarded
one of the cars and started tip. He suc
ceeded In carrying down Ave carloads ot
persons before be was finally compelled
to abandon the machine. -
Fred Swensson. secretary of the Port
land Real Estate exchange, and .promi
nently Identified 'with the real estate
bueineaa of the city, converted himself
Into an elevator boy and k did heroio
service In running the cages and rescu
ing occupants ot the building. .
Stenographer kobbed of Purs.
Miss Armstrong. ' a stenographer In
room Tit, reported to the police this'
morning that during the excitement of
the fire her office waa broken Into and
a purse containing li.BO was taken
The flamee performed a peculiar feat
In the office of Judge Martin I Pipes
on the sixth floor. They swept down the
llght-oourt and Into his office, destroy
ing a bundle, of unbound reports and
one volume of a long row of law books
on the shelves. The office of Ijong
Sweek was also damaged. . '
- With the exception of the one fatality
there -were no aoclrienta or Injuries of
consequence. Cappa, . whose perilous
leap waa the sensation of the lire, es
caped without Injury, as did Tom Rich
ardson "end those who were on the
coping of the eighth floor. Slight burns
and bruises were- euatalned .by ex-Coun-ellman
Matt Foeller. Dr. David Walker.
Carl Liebe and others. Among those
who escaped irom the Commercial club
besides the employes and attaches were
Albert Feldenhelmer. George W. Hasen,
C. F. Cook. Bam Lockhart,. W, B. Scott.
- - .. . - Ed Lyons, B. D. Blgler,
Joe Hoe. "Charles. SmUhjJlT.La Branch.
Tony- Blnaybar Whitney I Boise, K.
K. Wheeler, C. A. McCarger, K. O.
Jonea, J. H. Fogarty and others.
It was largely due to the prompt
and efficient service of the f Ireboat
George A William that the flames were
(Continued on Page Two.
REPAID
PORTLAND,-OREGON,
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Chamber of Commerce building, showing firemen scaling ladders to reach
i ' the flames. Photo by Journal Staff Photographer. . -
POLIGESTHINK THEY HAVE IVIAN WHO
DISMEMBERED B, VlLiiRDOig
Pietro Torturici Arrested This Morning for Horrible Murder Com
, ... . mitted in San-Francisco a i Yean Ago--Headless, Arm- ;.
V. " -7- 'ess, Legless Body Found in Bundle. - v". !; a
Inspector Bruin and Detectives Day
and Carpenter this ' morning arrested
Pietro Torturici, an Italian, whose
English name Is Peter Torch, who Is
believed to be wanted In San Francisco
for the murder of B. Vllardo, whose dis
membered body was found in a remote
section of the Latin quarter of San
Francisco April t. 106.
Torturici was behind the par at his
saloon at Becond and Market streets at
the time of the arrest and was taken
completely by surprise. He was be
trayed by an acquaintance .who came to
Portland two weeka ago and claims to
be positive that the Italian la the mur
derer of his countryman. .
The name of the Informer la care
fully guarded by the police because of
his fear - of revenge by Torturlcl's
friends. He claims that ' the arrested
man is a member of the Mafia and that
his crime was committed at the Insti
gation of that' .black ..band. The infor
mer's death would be certain and awlft
if members of the band learned his
Identity,' he aays. - - . - '
Immediately after his arrival In Port
land he Informed Detective Day that he
was positive the murderer -of Vllardo
was living in this elty and that he waa
no othr than Fred Sibaldl, one of the
proprietors of a saloon at Second and
Market streets. lrtwpeotor Bruin wa
notified and detailed Day and Carpenter
on the case. They learned that Slbaldl
had previously worked at a saloon at
Third and Market streets.-.'
aid to Be Dangerous Ms a.
-- This, morning the , Informer-, went. 1 to
the saloon in disguise and 1 assuring
himself that Sibaldl. was on,. duty no
tified the officers who were waiting outside.-
They - Immediately - entered, -covered
ttv nun with revolvers and placed
handcuffs upon him. The man who Is
wanted In San Francisco -for murder Is
said to be a 'dangerous man. end of
ficers hud been cautioned to observe
every care In taking him into custody.
Slbaldl offered- no resistance, but pro
tested hls'lnnocenee of any crime. - He
has not been informed of the nature of
the charge on which he .was .arrested.
There, la Uttle'resemblance between hlra
and the photograph of the man who is
wanted In San Frsnclscoi for whose ar
rest rewards smountlng to 1300 have
been offered. - '
The crime for which ; Torturici .1
wanted was committed In Ban Francisco
on the-night of April t. - In the early
morning, a man was seen walking along
the streets with a bundle on his back.
CHICAGO COURT CLERK
SENT TO PENITENTIARY
(Joarnal Sperlal Serle.
Chicago; April 7. John A. Linn,
former clerk of the superior court and
present clerk Of the circuit court ef
Cook county., today pleaded guilty to
charges of , embeaxlemenU conspiracy
and concealing public records. . He was
given an Indeterminate sentence of from
one to fiv years. lie agreed to replace
the money, amounting to $31.000.. .
MERRIFIELD WILT BE.'.
. MONTANA MARSHAL
' " (Joeras! Bpeetsl Strrke.I
Wsahtngton,. April 7. The president
today to hi Senator Clark that he would
appoint A. W. M err t tie Id of Flathead
county Halted States marshal of Mon
tana upon the- expiration , of Captain
ChsrleS Lloyd's term In December. Mer
rlnslrt la an old ranch friend of the
president. Lloyd , waa a member of
Urlgsby's rough tAder , '
IS TliE'lRGEST NEWSPAPER FAMILY
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When discovered that he was seen, he
haatily deposited the bundle In a door
way and disappeared. ' .
Policemen Immediately - investigated
and found the bundle to contain the
headless, armless and legless body Of a
man.- The body waa still alive. It wss
said, but there was no mark of identifi
cation. Later, however, it was learnod
It was the body of B; Vllardo, - Every
detective In the elty was detailed on
the case and the crime was -charged
against-Torturici, who escaped. Blood
hounds were employed in chasing the
fugitive, but ' he succeeded In - eluding
all effort to . capture him.
.TT"" rxamlning Xffects. ':"
. Detectives - Day and Carpenter
searched the rooms of Slbaldl, as he
baa been known for-at least a year, this
afternoon and took a aackful of letters,
postal cards, laundry receipts and other
articles to police headquarters.
While the police have not had time
Mi Which to examine the documents
carefully, they show from . -the post
marks . that the suspect haa been re
ceiving' mall under the name of Fred
Sibaldl or Alfred Slbaldl for months.
Several letters are from women. One
woman, signing herself May Ingells,
writes him -at Tacoma from Kapowsln,
Washington, telling him that she had
been sick and unable to work, but would
"hustle to do the right thing" by him
as soon as possible. In a later letter
ehe informed him that she had married
and asked him not to grieve about It,
as he could get "another lady." She
addressed him as Fred Ray....
Letters from San Francisco, Chicago
and Salt Lake City are addreased to
Fred Slbaldl. Two from Chicago, in
Italian., were addressed to him under
tht mmr ln'UO,' He- was then at
Tacoma.. One letter Is signed "Myrtle."
Another woman wrote him from San
Francisco, 'under the name of "May."
Neither signed a surname. ,
"These letters certainly do not In
criminate the suspect In any way." said
Detective Day. "lie may have used the"
name ' Sibaldl " at ' Tacoma and other
places previously to the murder, of Vl
lardo, however. We have the moat posi
tive Information that Slbaldl is Tortu
rici or. we would not have made th
arrest. -If certainly bear little re.
semblance to the picture of htm sent
out. ''but otherwise answers to the de
scription almost perfectly.'
A picture of Slbaldl, taken with an
other men. will be mailed Chief of Po
lice Jerry Dlnan at San Francisco oa
tonight's train by Chief Grltxmachnr.
RUSSELL A. ALGER ILL -WITH
HEART DISEASE
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. (Jmtreal Ssertal Servlce.k .
- Washington. April 7. General Russell
A. Alger, former secretary of war. now
senator from Michigan. Is so serroUsly
111 at his home. that none but immedi
ate mem bare of his family are permitted
to eee him. He la Buffering from valvu
lar disease of the heart and la not ex
pected - to . .recover. , Alger , Is also
weakened (n mentnt condition. Years of
worry and brooding over what' he con
siders unjust treatment of him when ha
waa forced out of McKlnley'a cabinet,
after' th Spanish war, because of the
embalmed beef scandal hsvs broken
him. He has alarming linking .spells
Incident to the conditio of his heart
MINE OWNER CAUGHT
IN BELT AND KILLED
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Burke.. Ida.. -April' 7. David Taylor,
a prominent mine- and mill man, wss
caught in a belt at the Hercules mine
And killed this morning: , .. .
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Rescue of Tom Richardson from the burning building Photo by Journal1
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MEET III SECRET
CONFERENCE
Mitchell's Arbitration Offer Con
sidered by Roads and in
dependent Operators. .
EXPECTED PROPOSAL 111
: VVILL BE REJECTED
Reports From Bituminous Fields
Show That More Mines Are Sign
ing Each Day In Illinois End of
. First Week Shows, No Change.
- ' , (Journal Special Servlc.)
New York. April 7. Th anthracite
coal roads and Independent operators
met In secret conference for a private
consideration of Mitchell's offer of arbl
tration, which it la confidently expected
will be rejected on Monday, when the
final answer to the miners' proposition
will be made. ' .
Reports from the bituminous fields
show that more operators are constant
ly' signing the 190S scalc. KightoeiLjet
cent of the tonnage tn Indiana , haa
signed up and practically all the 'opera-
tore of the Pittsburg district. It la
confidently predicted that another week
will aee the complete eurrender of the
operators. ...
A dlspateh this morning says that the
Pennsylvania railway employes laid off
last week on account of the threatened
atrik have been ordered to report next
week, which leads to the belief that to
operators intena to maxa a settlement.
The end of the first week In the coal
strike in Illinois shows no change The
operators have lost a few adherents, but
the 100 mines that have signed the scale
represent only 1,000,000 tons - annual
production. There are-SSI mines In the
54 countl of Illinois. Of these 300
produce all but 2,000,000 of the total
output of 87.ooo.000 tons a year. .
The Ohio bituminous operators today
decided they would not make an adjust
ment with the miners except upon the
basis of the scale conditions effective
April 1. or-arbitration..
SCOTT'S-BAIL REDUCED
. UPON POVERTY PLEA
(Joarnal 8prll eerrtce.t . '
San Bernardino. Cel.. April 7. Walter
Scott made a poor financial showing at
arraignment . this .morning and was
roasted sarcastically in consequence by
Justice Thomas who, upon tho pathetic
plea of Manager Taylur that 8cott had
his all tied up In the show, reduced
Scott's bail to 1 1,000 each for two com
plaints, charging .assault with a deadly
weapon. . The hearing : was postponed
nnttr May 1 to allow th show to pro
ceed and allow the prosecution to get
far-away witnesses. i . . '
AMERICAN MISSIONARY
U: IS' VICTIM OF PIRATES
' (Jnursul Sptll nVrvke t 1
Hongkong. April t. Dr. Charles K.
linger, an American , missionary, was
robbed' on April t by Chinese pirate,
who held Up- three passenger noata while
they were anchored-In the Tung river.
The vessels eera attacked by' 40 pirate
armed with Mausers. - The boats were
riddled. C'ah. clothes and surgical In
strument were taken from Hager. ' j
RUSSIAN GOVERNOR IS
. KILLED WITH BOMB
" (Jenrnat Spdil Srvte. 1
,Rt. Petersburg, April 7.- Governor
Sleptgoff of Tlver was asaoHxInated on
th , streets of that city this morning
with a bomb while drevlng through the
main .street- Hie body waa terribly
mutilated. . ,
Yesterday )
Was
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RUN DOWN AFTER
TWO YEARS
Jack Mitchell, Charged With Two
; Murders Arrested at
- Eugene. .
DODGED ,OFFfCERS OF
THREE STATES EASILY
Local Detectives Nesrly Had Him,
but He Escaped, Only to Be Cap
tured by Southern Sheriff Before
He Left the Train. :
Jack Mitchell, accused In five states
of horse stealing, train robbery end the
murder of two sheriffs' deputies, and
baa repeatedly declared that he would
never be taken alive, was captured at
Eugene yesterday afternoon through the
efforts of the local police department.
Detectives Vaughn and Hellyer had the
man almost within their grasp at Mon-
ta villa Thursday, where the went dis
guised as members of a surveying party,
but he gave-them the. slip that. night.
He will be sent to Idaho for trial for
the murder of a deputy sheriff who
tried to arrest him as a horsethlef.
For more than two years the authori
ties of Montana and Idaho have been
searching for Mitchell. Three other
states took part In the man hunt at
different times,- but all finally gav up
th chase except the Idaho authorltlea
and ' railroad detectives. Mitchell was
trailed Into "Canada by -a raUway de
tective and a short time ago to Port
land. The aid of the local department
was asked and by Instructions of Chief
Orltxmacher . Inspector Rruln detailed
Detectives Vaughn and Hellyer to assist
in capturing the noted desperado.
?1 will never be taken alive." Thafle
the sentence repeatedly uttered by
Mitchell, and the two detectlvea were
made acquainted 'with ' the murderous
nature, courage and indomitable will ot
the man with whom they were detling.
It, was ascertained 'that Mitchell's
wlte. whoso maiden name waa ColwelL
lives at MonUvllla, with ' her-, brother
and BlKter. The detectives watched the
home for. two or three days. and were
finally rewarded by catching sight - of
Mitchell. ' Knowing him to -be armed.
Vaughn and Hellyer and the railway de
tective attired themselves as members
of a surveying party and pretended to
work In the vicinity of the house..
' Mitchell became suspicious of their ac
tions, kept close to the house and after
dark Thursday night made . his escape.
The detectives ' next learned that , he
applied several days ago. at a local, em
ployment office for work and waa prom
ised if at Drain. Oregon. They then
discovered that, he took the- train from
here for Drain, t Word was telephoned
the Eugene authorities and yewterUay af
ternoon Sheriff Fisk and Chief of Po
lice Furrington boarded the train from
rortiand ana arrestee nim on aescrip-
tlon. .
- Detective Vaughn was sent after him
and arrived In the city with his prisoner
this morning. . Mitchell la still Ignorant
that the authorities know, who he- Is
and that h 1 to be sent to Idaho- for
trial for murder. '
Mors than two years ago Mitchell Is
Id to have helped rob a Northern Pa
cific train in. Montana. - He was trailed
by a posse to an Indian resorvatlon and
ewaped. after killing one of the poxee.
He was next hunted for horse stealing
and In Idaho killed a deputy sheriff tn a
posse searching for him In the hills.
His trail, wss taken up there by the
railway detective, h haa followed
him pertinaciously for months.
Sheriff Plsk and Chief of Police Far-
rington knew the character of the man
and were told of his declaration thjit lie
would never be taken elive. Yet thy
took th change of a revolver duel with
him rstfter than have a inimh-r nf i"p-
utte. Hlr them, MS they . tx llfvM ttmt
too numy men might enno loiifoMti.D
and i'v t". .e man an Opportunity to es-
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- - STANDS. flVS CISTS
Deposed Prophet Enters United
- States on His Way to "Drive
: rthe Unfaithfut From the v
; ' City ol Cod." .
FOUL M0UTHINGS.0F
: INGRATES AND CURS
States Lustful Letters Are Forgeries
Women Cast No' Spell on Mod-
- em ProphetsWill Publicly Rfuto -All
Charges Against H iroWithire
a Week Will Rejgn, as Leader. . 5 .
(Jooraal Special gervlr.) '
San Antonio. Tex.. April 7. John) '
Alexander Dowlq, deposed leader and
erstwhile prophet of the Christian
Catholic Church of Zlon. entered th
United States this morning on his re
turn from Mexico full' of fight and de- -termlnei
to .heap confusion - upon hi
enemies, relnstat- himself as the divln
head of his following and proclaim .
anew the gospel according to Dowte.
Aa one of his associates put it, "With,
every mile northward Dnwle is regain- '.
Ing strength and - opposition puts vim
in him." v ' .-.
' At" Laredo the train In which Dowte
was a passenger waa held for Inspection, '
Dowla waa not in a private car be
cause there waa none available. A crowd '
of newspaper men met the train at the
International bridge," but Dowla's asso
ciate would not permit doe contact
with their prophet,
After the train left Laredo Dowla
welcomed the correspondents. He de-'
nled entirely the charges made against
him by his wife, his eon and the over
seers of Zlon. He eald:
"From the City of God will I drive
the unfaithful. t have been true to
every trust and I am. answerable only
to God. ... .. . ; . - " - -
' "The charges aguln'ef me are the fout
mouthlngs of ingratea ond urs The ...
receivership and the curtailing of my :
commands, th selling of my property,
are Illegal acta and cannot be upheld.
"In th courts aa well as with my '
right hand will I smite.. I will spare
no one. Women may have proved the
downfall of the prophets of old, but they-
cast no spell on modern propheta. .
"They say ' I lost millions in Walt
street, If a He. ;
"The lustful lettera purported .to-be
written by me are forgeries. The calum
niators shall b put in prison and feel
the heavy hand of the law. The
chargea shall be publicly refuted. -
"Within a week John Alexander Dowle
will again be Zlon's lesder. accepted as
the holy man of Ood. not as a cltar
iatan.'' - .- ; '
. Dowle la to reach Chicago Monday
night.. He continues his talk of per- .
forming a mlracl and of bringing mil-,
Hons in gold and scrolls of sacred parch- -ment
on which were written the five
books of Moses with him.. - , i '
NEVADA SHERIFF IS ;
KILLED BY GAMBLER
(Jooraal Bmclal Service.)
Manhattan. Nev., April - 7. Thomas
Logan, sheriff of Nye county, was shot
and killed by Walter Beriier, gambler,
her at o'clock this morning. - The -men
became lnvlvel In an altercation
pver Logan'a efforts to eject Berrler
from a disorderly house, Berrler be
gan the shooting and tha sheriff ri
turned the fire, but without effect. Lo
gan was shot through the head, dying
two hours later. . Berrler was arrested
and hastened to Tonopah to avoid a)
lynching. - ' - ; ,
COMPANION OF SUICIDE
. PLACED UNDER ARREST
' (Jooraal Special Service.) '
' New York. Apri 7. Miller McOui:ken.
son of the proprietor of the Hotel Stea ling,
was arrested this morning pending
an investigation into the -death of Del
phlne Love, who Is supposed to ha
committed suicide yesterday after a
quarrel at another hotel with McGuekets
with whom ahe had registered as man
snd wife. -
PROTOCOL SIGNED BY
POWERS AT ALGECIRASi
'' - IJosnml Special erJce.
Algeclras. April 7. .The proto-ol out
lining - the' agreement between, t h.t
powers over the Moroccan pulley was
signed at noon. , n
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GOOD GOVERNMENT : ::
MEETING-TOMORROW
e e e e e e e e e e
All- voter who are Interested
, in grtod government ami in tlie )
nomhiatlort and election Of hoi
0 est men for public ontca are in-
vlted to attend tit masa meet- e
, ing which is te be held at J.JO e
' o'cio. k tomorrow aflemeofl In S
the White Temple. '. e
Hon. Stephen A. ixvmi, Kfv.
J. Whitromb rmihr.and It. H. '
J. " McAillctor wtlt mako S'l
0 ' dresses, rihorlff Tern W ord
A' ether well-knWT el
tveou Invltf'l t) fee" -
4 th platform.
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