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THE OREGON DAILY JOlf RNAt. PORTLAND, TUESDAY EVENING. MAY, 8. ' 1SC3. 317IFT BUYS 101! Purchase No Longer. Doubted by Men Closely t Associated Wi th the: Pac ke rs-iG igan t i c ; C Concern Will ' .Be Formed, That' iwlft Co. hav purchased the nIonMeat crmrny PTt1nd nucleus of lh great lacking Dlant "th -hicago- meti-"WiM-stabllsh hcra-U-PO ,longVdoubteOyTb6e wno are closrly associated with the packers. ,J. C. Good of Chicago, weatern manager "for Swift 4V Co.. came to Portland two daya eo, -bringing two udUQr.-Theyare com- , piling a statement . from th books Pf the Union Mat company and verifying the work dona on' th occasion of Mr. Good' forror vtait z;JL: :-l Ooaa to TromtdaianZI.I 'It Today Mr. Good want tl Troutdala and mada a thorough inspection of tha Unton Meat company's plant there. The - packing-bwatnes built up in Portland by J. B. O Shea la extensive and com plete, and a vast amount of detail work is. Involved In anything Ilka an expert examination of the property and busi ness. On thla work Mr. Good and his assistants are bow engaged. ' r--".-:-..'-.v,; Opttoa Was akaa It la aaid that on hla last visit an option was taken on the Vnloa Meat company's lcktaC-JusnendeH Eroperty and ...appurtenances thereto, and today nils carrying put the usual plan of the larffa packing concerns In making a finl..ex- amlnatlon and Accounting of every part of the buslneaa before closing the pur chase. It la said tha Swift company will be ready to take-over tha Portland plants June 1. , ' - . ' - , "... " . O'Bkea mefaaea to Talk. - JB. O'Shea. president of the Union -ai glalamsut concerning tna lima and maunei uf taking iw Hie business wj the Swift plant . r . - "There la nothing mora that I can sax 18 R.L. STEVENS the Vote of Working- men. Efforts are being mada to Una up tha laboring men of tba city In aupport t " Robert L. Stevens, tha Republican nomi nee for sheriff. - According to tha gos alp current ,to political circles. Stevens . haa enlisted tha active aid of Nathan Bird," who waa himself a candidate for T-ntitcan nomination in tha prt- ORD BOOSTIIIG mrmat.ea.:atWI-ticpea to win evar.avJafga proportion or tna jaoor vote. Tba majority of tha . worklngmen would naturally aupport Tom Word ror reelection. Ills administration haa oar '. rled. out tba pollclea whlch..the work- - Ingmen have 4 vocated. The lawa have ? been enforced, gambling haa been aup - pressed and the ahorlff a office ha bean conducted with strict economy. The tax department has been conducted as "m good bualneaa man would administer Jils own business. . . ' Nathan .Bird ha-be -repeatedly. ndidata-for-aherlf f and.baa always polled a heavy labor vote, largely be cause ho has mada hla campaigns on precisely the lines which Word has fol " lowed every ah-iea In of f ice. - Nevertho leaa Bird Is now actively engaged la the effort to alienate tha worklngmen from Word and to Induce .them to vote for Steena.i..Hla- altempts at proselyting -c- re aaid to b meeting wttb-u y-intuf - ferent aucceas.' '- . '" " It ta aaeerted that Steven haa prom , laed that In tha ovent of bU own elec tion he will mak Bird bio chief deputy, ' or also place him In charge of tha tax department. This la given aa tha ax planat ton of Birds actlvltylnStevanr behal C Tha liquor dealers snd . the open town element aro doing tholr utmost - to accomplish Words defeat. All the ialrengtb-whtch they can command will - be thrown to Stevemvaar It we in the primaries. There are abundant evi dences, however, that Word la" even "wtronger than be waa two -years ago. and among those who have atudied tha situation tha belief Is general that he will ba reelected by a handsome ma . Jority. Ao yet there haa been little bet ' ting on tha result, but Stevens money is -. bard .to. find. CANADA'S OFFER OF MONEY IS ACCEPTED (gpertel thspateh ta The loorasLl ' San s.Tranclsco. May -1. -A- meeting of the general coaaaslttea waa held thla mornlng'.anw Mayor Schmlts read a telegram from tha- Toronto Star In which the Canadian parliament offered Siee.OOe to Ban Francisco. The offer bad already been refused by Prealdent Roosevelt, after which it waa sent di rectly to this city. Chairman Phelan wired an acceptance. The funds now available amount to 11,111.(81. Gov ernor Pardee today agreed to give one week's notice before the discontinuance of legal holidays. . fru7ci CD MYCTCDtniKI V-C . .. 1 MISSING AT OAKLAND (Jooroal gpeelsl Bervleei) . - San Francisco, May . Max Miller, a Jeweler, left Hla home on Twentieth street yeaterday . to - deposit diamonds valued at $1,009 in a vault at Oakland. "He ba not been seen since and It is be lieved that ha mat with foul play.- " Arrests a foe Iareey. ' Moy Ham,- Chines Interpreter In the polio court was arrested tbls morning en a charge ef -larceny - by. embeiale ment preferred by Tee Chow, for whom ha recently did aom aom"work In court. It la alleged by Tea that Moy drew down the remainder of his ball money. I30, after tioe had been de 'ducted aa a fine, and kept all but ISO, which waa paid Attorney W. B. Make- lira for appearing In court. ' , Six KOlad la aiaetory. ' IjMraal Special Berrlm.) r Uavana. May I. Six persons were killed and 1 injured by tha collapse of cigarette factory hare today. PHUT OF THE iiiLni-uuiiiiniiis today for publication than was to ba ild three way lis ago. any atalejn muat coma from-Swift ft Co. .You had better see Mr. Good." ha said. --., an inspection of the , company ' yards and plant there, and could not be Inter- .vieweu. . , .. i ' Union Btookyards manned. Preparations .are-going .forward ..for tha establishing of union stockyards at Maegly .Junction - by tha Portland Union 'Htockyarda company.. President William H. Daughtrejf has gone a at on a trip of .Inspection," to gather all of tha moat modern Ideas of - construe' tlon. Ha will visit Kansas City, Omaha, St. Joseph. Chicago and other placca. . Fnrchsa . Prloe Vakaowa. subjeot of speculation. Tha Union Meat company's properties are regarded as very valuable and the business and good will of the eoncern extends all over Ore gon, Washington and Idaho, In the new organisation that Swift Co. will es tablish for handling locaPtrade, lt'1 a said tha city plant of the Union Meat company at Fourth and GUsan streets lj rom. which , toi. deliver refrigerated meata to ba supplied to city-retail trade from -tnpianc--t Maegly Junction, r . , There ar increasing indicationa that Armour and other Chicago packera will enter1 tha Portland field. On good au thority today It Is reported that repre sentatives of the Armour company and Schwarschlld A Schulberger, large Chi cago packlo joncem porrmnd. Jn tha Armuur mmipaiiy a pi . vsta car, and will Innk - over .thn f wH jlsw ts luimedlatelj btgliMliig arrangements - for entering the packing buslneaa. OROVNIItG WOMAN SAVED BY ' : DECKHAND'S LASSO : v. Skirts Hold Suicide Up and Rope Is Thrown Over Shoulders -andSha Ja,SavecL- (Jeorasl gpeeial Rervlee.) - Vw Tnrk Mv a Paiilln. r.ll. nageT of this "city "Today-Jumpeff rom tha 1 Hamilton ' arenne ferry-poac Ilrtd Esat river. Bar clothaa aupported her I on tha surface of tha water until Ebe- neser Jordan, who at one time cruised the western plaina on a broncho, but now la a ferry-boat deckhand,- fashioned a lasso out of a light Una and roped her about the shoulders. She waa dragged to the deck of the boat and turned., over to an ambulance surgeon, who took her to a hospital. - The woman refused , to tell anything about herself beyond giving her name. Mrs. -.Vollnagel'e husband conduote a restaurant and lodging-house here... She If IT years of age. Their first baby was born last November and died In six weeks.. Since that time aha lias been despondent. v . . BISHOP MOORE WILL GO-TO CALIFORNIA Bishop Moore of -Portland, who ha for the past year been presiding over tba Methodist conferences in New Eng. land, haa bean assigned to the California conferences. He also la to hold the Alaska mission and the Arliona mission. in t-aiirornia ne will have two-English Bishop H. W. Warren of rtn...f- in have charge of tha Oregon and Colum bia river conference. - They wtll be held at -North Yakima on September and at Sunnyalde on August 23. Ha- will have charge of the Paclflo German and liui til west tsn-tWeTenrTHe"win also preside at- tha Idaho conferences Bishop Cranston will preside at the Montana conferences. EDELWEISS SORORITY I ENTERTAINS IN CHAPEL r - .. . - . '-r --- (Upsets! THspatrn to The 7aorasl -McMinnvilla College. Or.. Mt a Th. Edelweiss sorority presented Tenny son's "Dreittn of Fair women" In th chapel : Satuiday evening. Miss- Susan Chattln waa the reader and Miss Lottie Pengea. accompanlste. The followlnr was th cast Df characters: Helen of Troy, Lenon Sitters: Iphlgenla. CUra Nell sen; Cleopatra, Georgia Lancefleld; attendant, Wlona . Eapey; Jeptba'a daughter, Blanche Rice; Fair Rosa mond, Edna Hodon; Queen I Eleanor, Mabel Bowler; Naomi, Florence Lauf man; Ruth, May Hay; Orpha, Gertrude Preston - (Introduced); - Joan of Arc, Estella Tilbury; Margaret Roper, Em ma Harlow; Queen Elinor. Marl Jones. ' .1 MAN KILLED BY TRAIN ; NEAR GLENDALE DEPOT (Special Dbpstrk-te The Josrnnl.) - Glendale, Or.. May I, An unidentified man wag ktlled-neaMiere bv last nio-hfT. TwTJIitn l7T7u ZatX pPRalBOTI f ITB III. inougnt to be .a case of aulclde. Tha body waa badly mangled. Oas Xa Sismisssd. -.- ' Attorney O. P. M. Jamison, president of the Municipal association, appeared before Police Judge Cameron thla morn ing on a charge of trespass. -The charge waa dismissed after he expressed hla re grets Jor tha part ha played in trouble between John Osborne, his , daughter, Ethel Rutherford, and hla daughter-ln-law, Mra. Effl Osborne. Waaoo Bepmblioaas. Tha Dalles, Or., May I Tha Repub lican county central committee held It regular annual meeting yeaterday after noon and elected th following omcersriarg-iield yesterday th resignation of C I Phllllns- chairman! (Imp.. Pru.... I . ... n ' wx' ... . C L Phillips, chairman; George Cooper, secretary. J. M. Patterson, state cen tral committeeman, and George W. Stewart, congressional committeeman. ' Sarrtmaa X Flying. New York, May . K. It. Harriman JI rrlv here at 1 o'clock tonight He left Buffalo at 1 e'cleck totay, CRIES mURDER III IM ATI Arfn OAOC Friend of - Dead - Man Says-He WasNot Drunk JVhen , ; ' " Killed. EITHER MURDERED. OR . ; PUT ON CAR TRACK May Have Been Drugged by Enemies . and Left in Helpless Condition In ' Path of Streetcar to Be Struck and -Killed. t teenth street, went to police headquar tare: this morning and asserted his be lief that A, WatUnd was either mur dered or drugged and left in auch con dition that he . was powerless to help himself when placed In front of a street car, the wheels , of .which crushed bis bbiiii. . V- ' ' . .- . ' The authorities' wars Informed by Evans " that the dead man bad trouble several times with members of a tough scow gang, near Martin's dock, tha mem bars of which had threatened to "get him and "do bim up." C. II. Smith, member of this gang; Watland waa with Smith for some time previous to nis death and waa taken to a saloon by him. It la also declared by Evans that he has . personally investigated tha affair and haa positive evidence that at 11 o'clock , Sunday night Watland" waa per fectly sober. ..At IS minutea after tha hour he Is supposed to have been ao drunk that he fell In front of a street car" fiir"wirs-1tm-1)y-ttie whwhw Watland lived wltbr jna for Ave or atx yeara.'-' said Evana. "For tha past two years 1 have lived at 4 North Nineteenth street, and ho has - been there with me. " ; ! ' ' "Certain persons -in - Northrortland have circulated tha atory' that Watland waa drinking all. day Sunday and waa atar aa -a fdlfwliond. Y anq wi-r,kfd, w .N'ckum-r . nY, rivaling a rt rail rrr rnaTn all Oat; Z?T1tm r.:rmirnv4Senatfrrst Sunday.- We were occupied In thla man ner from o'clock In -the morning until t o'clock in the afternoon. "Them we went lwiwe. had- aupper end sat around for a while, after which he went Jo LiOdelL ft Carlson's saloon at Nineteenth and Vaughn street Ter; my Investigation ahows. ha met a man named Charles Smith, who associates a good deal with members of a eeow gang below Martin's dock. Watland several tlmea had trouble with member of jihio gang-in a saloon and they threatened to do him up and get him. by Smith to go to Charles Elkamp'a sa loon, Sherlock avehua and Colton atreet lodcll and another-man tell me post, tlvely, and say they are willing to swear to It that when Watland left their place at 11 o'clock he wsa perfectly sober. "1 think thejnanwaajnurdered." "" If SPla rujnr. cwh mjnr;af a. - ine! statement of " Evan to Chief Grits macher. , .- t AGED MISER FOUND . DYING' IN HIS HUT ' - (Bpee'ml Dispsteh . ta Tbe JooraaL ) -Silverton, Or May I. Jacob New baker, an- old man who baa lived alone in a little shanty near thla elty for more than II years, wsa found nearly dead In - bis- home last evening, having Buf fered a stroke of . paralysis. He was brought to th city and ia now being cared for at tha hospital, but It is only A matter of a' few hour when his Buf fering will end. - NewbaJcer la said to be a miaer and It Is believed be has money hid away In hla little rough shanty where ha baa mad hla home alnca coming to Sliver ton. Nothing is known of his previous history and ha haa no known relatives. No one knows where he came" from. He owna one acre of laad. where his house la located., and always has money for extreme needs. Ha refused company and baa never convened with neighbors regarding his future. .. - - : TO HOLD BIG MEETING (ttt.eclal Dtspatcb t The Journal) ' Silverton, Or., May I. Th Waldo Hills Pioneers' association will hoii its regu la r annuanneetln gand-'f eattval-af the grove on J. A. Hunt'a farm near thla city Saturday, June l, and great preparations 'are being mad for the occasion. The association Is com posed of about-140 members, ail of whom are people who crossed tha plains In early days. J. A, Hunt on of th pioneers who , opened th . first farm on Waldo Hills, and who is liv ing upon th same farm today, ia prea ldent oZ th association. NEWBERG MAYOR RESIGNS' AND SUCCESSOR NAMED (Sjiernrt Dtapatrk te Tb Jooraal.) Newberg, Or., May I. At a regular meeting of th city council last even ing th resignation of Mayor M. H. Phlnney, who, owing to press of -business, could not attend to tha datles, was accepted, and H. R. Morrla elected to fill th -vacanoy. Councilman N. E. Brltt resigned, and W. C Woodward waa elected from that first ward and D. J,. Gilbert from th third ward. Tb council decided to not Pip the new spring water Into town until, later in the year. i-... -- NEWBERG TEAMSTER JS SERIOUSLY HURT te-Tks Newberg, or., May . oi Martin, a teamster for th Spauldtng Logging company, met with a serious accident yesterday - afternoon. While - driving down an incline Martin waa . pitched from th' high wagon, striking on hla head and shoulders. Hla face Is badly cut and one Jaw broken, and it Is feared Internal injuries were auatalned. . Dra Ltttlefleld and Komlg dressed his wound. CHANGE IN ASYLUMS PHYSICIANS IS MADE (Speelsl Wnmte) s Tut Joaraal.) -Salem, Or., May I. At a meeting of h state board of asylum commission. Dr. W. D. McNary waa accepted and Dr. A. E. Tamlesl was choaen to fill . th vacancy. Dr. Roblnett was advanced from fourth assistant to trtlrd, and Dr. John Evana, a recent graduate of Wil lamette university, was made . fourth assistant physician. The number of Inmates at tha asylum, ae shown by the resort, is now it.is. , KUtttMlkseaU A,Made-iiv-Oregott WARSHIPS MAY BE HERE FOR INDUSTRIAL FAIR Endeavoring to Have Ves sels at Portland.- A- telegram , has , been received from Senators Fultdn and Gearln at Wash ington which Is interpreted: aa. favor able to. th. project now on foot to secure th - presence of tha Chicago or other vessels of tha Paclflo squadron, which are reported be coming north within ashort time.: at the Made-ln-Oreron I fair. Tha telegram follows Secretary of tha- navy says if neces sities In situation In Ban Francisco will permit ahipa wlirbe sent" to Portland between Mav IB and 21. Admiral Goutf- frlch la now ualng all men on ships' In transit to assist authorities in 7 San Franc! boo. The seoeetary- ta-ajilous to-l aend ships to Portland If It-Is possible to do BO. Earnest efforts are being mada to get th ehips In Portland harbor and th eommlttea. la building up ..great hopea on tha expectation that this additional attraction may be provided for th man ufacturers show. Major C- B. McDonell has been ap pointed grand marshal of th parade for tba 26th' of thla montn. . His arrange ments for the turnout may Include the O. NO. If the mounts can be secured. Owing to th number" of reservations being made of horses and carriages It la likely-there-will- be a. shortage . of conveyanoea on that date. ... - TOLD BY THE DEVIL " TO BECOME A THIEF t-"t am hr th handa f -th devlL H s controlling all my actions. Ha told ma to take your money" and I had to do it Now he says for me to go to Seat tle and I must obey him. If I don't I will surely dl. This waa the singular message- left for Mrs. A. Leroy of 1617 East Ninth straar bi ALE fichartck. when be a camped with 1200 which he atola from her house. Tb police were Immediate ly Informed of th affair and men were detailed by Captain of Detective Bruin thla moraine- to try to locate th man who Interposes Jack Satan a an excuse for larceny. ScnCnTOris"' TeaTg fgrhand--hgd-f been employed aa gardener by Mra, Le rov for a long time. Of late he acted rather peculiarly, causing his employer to belleva-tbat-bia -mlnar we. wanoer Ing. ,. '. .t ' . . EACH M0URNST0SS" OF OTHER, BOTH ESCAPE 'f ' - - - Separated by the earthquake ahock in San Francisco, Mr. and Mrs. Duncan O. Taylor, a young married couple of Port land, have since been grieving over th loss or each otner. Mrs. rayior is neart broken In a hospital in Los Angeles be cause aha has. lost her husband and her husband ia in- Oakland and San Fran cisco searching for hla wife. - - Th young couple were in a hotel on Geary atreet when th shock came. Th first shock threw th husband from th bed and out Into another room and tbe next shock closed th door and planted a big piano against It They watched for each -other outside but failed to meet and when th fir drove th ex cited populace from th thickly aettled districts they wer in .th - throng but were unable Ka locate each other. Rela tives of th young people have heard from both and they will be brought to gether. Mrs. Taylor's mother is Mrs. Emily Dairy of this city. Bh is also a niece of H. II. Emmons, a prominent attorney here. " ;' . LODGERS PLACED IN - PERIL OF FLAMES A fire in the Rlalto cafe. Fourth and Taylor streets, at 1J:0 o'clock last night caused consternation among the guests in -th .rooming-house above. When they wer awakened by th clang ing of .the . bell on th fir apparatus and th cries of th firemen they found their room o filled with amok that It was stifling.' Hurriedly - grabbing their clothea many of them mad a hasty xli from th rooming-house In acanty attlr. Th fir caught from a defective stovepipe In the saloon. It had burned but a small section In th wall when Mrs. Emma London, th landlady of th rooming-house above, discovered th smok and gave th alarm. It took th firemen but a few minutea to put out the flame with Babcock extinguishers. Th dames . will . amount to approxi mately 1100. ' Th Rlalto cafe la owned Aby j. R. JCeitli, ! - , IT Queen Candidatev HORSES ABUSED, ALBINA : GAN6 BLAI.1ED : Animale-found-f-eariy Dead From Wantonly.Cnjel Treatment.-- Two eolta In the stables of the Acme Milling company were beaten over th heads with an old coat and aom sacks last Friday until they were In a lather of perspiration. The colts were Ued to their stalls by. ropes around their necks and tha anlmala Jerked at the until they became too taut and had they not hn discovered In time would no doubt i m lavec; bTfed td aeain. 'in notorwgtfriUlu h. ha1 -f ? ia wi5i aig IS held tO blame. I Ua w mnr that in m.i M Alblna gang Harold Backatrom of th Alblna Terry hotel found hla valuable young mar al most dead Sunday afternoon with' a rope around her neck. The mare waa Just choking to death When discovered, . Th SBimei bad beenlnd.n alQtjn. the hotaL property.- but It war evident : that th occurrence waa not accidental, aa fresh knota had. been tied in th rope. - Th mare had also been severely beaten and etlll bears tha marks of her punishment - The , stablemen at the Acma Milling company are firm In their bellefthat the dastardly acta were the work of th Al blna gang. Mr. -Backatrpm haa no Idea who th perpetrators are and there wer no y-witnsaea to tne affair. Tb mat ter waa referred to police headquarters by Patrolman J. J. Murphy and It will receive a full police Investigation, -- GOVERNOR PLANSTRIPJ JO EASTERN OREGON Governor Chamberlain and Hon. J. D. Matlock of Eugene, candidate for state treasurer, will leave Portland tomorrow for eastern Oregon for one -week' cam- paign. They-wlll be Joined at Baker city by James Harvey Graham, candi date for congress, and there la a no sal bllity that one or two other candldatea lor stat offices will be' in tho party, Tha following schedule of speeches has been arranged: . Haines, Thursday, May 10, I p. m.; Ontariov Friday, May IV I Pm.iJ&'umpUrr Saturday,! May 11. 1:10 p. m.; 'Faker- City,- Saturday,-May 12, I p. m. ; Union, Monday May 14, 1:S9 p. m.; m. uranae, Monday. May 14, p. m. Governor Chamberlain : has also ac cepted an Invitation to speak at th Pioneerr-Vcnio" atWeston, Umatilla county oa h SaHtrday bef ore-the-eleo- tlon and will make an address at Pen dleton on' th same alght Tha gov ernor and tbo others of th party wtll try to arrange dates to speak at Hepp ner. Grass. Valley. and Waacowhileon tna trip in eastern Oregon. REAL ESTATE DEAL . - t CLOSED THIS MORNING - Two lots on th southwest corner of. Eleventh' and Stark streets wer sold thla morning by Russell ft Blyth for $60,000. The names of the purchasers ar withheld for th time belngthough it 1 known that they era local people and propoa to erect a Iarg building on th alt. , Th lota ar a portion of th Pfundnr estate. Th half block was purchased by Russell ft Blyth soma tlm ago and tbe quarter block cornering on Eleventh and . Washington . streets was recently sold to afos Qunst Th price secured for the property !sj upon as an Indication of wholeaom ac tivity In real stat In that location. CONNECTICUT GETS .N-Xi THE EARTHQUAKE BELT rJ5nror"apeeUTR?Te7 Middieidwo, onn., Msy Twar earthquake shock awakened th peopl of thl plac at 2:10 o'clock this morn ing. LitU damage was done. GREAT LOSS OF LIFE - FROM FLOOD IN CHINA (Sseelal Dlnatcnte' The "Jonraal.T 'Waahington, May I. Dispatches stats that Immenee floods prevail: In Hunan province, China, causing great - loss of life) and property. .Foreigners ar-aafe. Freaghthonaw Bonuk .. . - " (Jovrssl flpadat serviee. ) -. Chicago, May . Fire destroyed the Chicago, Milwaukee ft St Paul railway f relgbthous and th -contents - of a number of cars. The loss Is estimated et itoo.ooo;. - ' To Zxtradtt Oorky. . - (Journal Xtwclnl Xerrlce.) . ' Moscow. May I. It is rumored lha government wlli ask 4 hat Oorky be ex UadUeaV. ' . Ispcx.::e STR1XE ASSUMES SERIOUS OUTLOOK - - - t , - . -' A J Teamstenr," Phimbemr Shovelere ,.v :: and Unemen May., Tie f the City Up. (gpeeial IMspateb t Tke JoeraaLy -.Spokane, Wash.. May I. Tha strike situation la changed. Tba teamsters with tha Barber Asphalt company atruck yeaterday for IS a day, an in crease of 10 cents.. Tb shovelere for the same company struck for 11.10 in stead of i.J. The company granted tha teamsters' demand thla afternoon. Tha ahovelera' demand will b granted and will beoome effective on new con tracts, - . - - - The plumbers are to demand closed shops or strike tomorrow. - The master plumbers are not Inollnad to accede and the walkout will tie up a great amount Of building. ' - j " Tha WaahingtonTatef Tower-line men are- ut for an eight-hour .day In st dtr-Titnsr-and'-alers4tosid-'-of IS. IT a day wages. i - Inside linemen ar on a sympathetic strike. .The union " may declare th company unfair and bar riding on cars or the uae of electric light. .... J. J. COLLARD'S FUNERAL HELD AT M'MINNVjLLE -V:"i- . : "' 7, (BBeetal pwpsteb te The JenraaL) McMlnnvlUev Or., May I. John Jas per Collard, a pioneer of 1147, died her Saturday and waa buried from the resi dence Sunday afternoon. Rev. F. H. Adams officiating. - ' Mr. Collard was bom In Pike county, Illinois, in ltlfi. .. and moved, to Oregon- in 1847. He moved to McMlnn vllle some II years ago. .He was at one time a - director of the - publlo achaola and also of tha college,' Mr. Collard was on, of th two re- malnlng , charter, member of he First rapiiBi courcn nera. xie - waa superintendent-of .-th . first Sunday , school ever organised Jn McMinnvlUel At th tlm of hla death ha was senior deacon of th First Baptist church, A, widow land three" children anrrlv htm. The children are, Lee H. of Salem, Hugh J., Mitchell, South Dakota, and Mra. B. -F. Rhodee of thla city. A large gathering, especially pioneers. "attended th funeral" AGED DR. H. A.-LEAVENS F-CASCADEXOCKSDIES -y (gpeela! rnspatch te Tbe Joaraal.) . The Dalles, Or . May I. Dr. H. A. Ieavena died at Cascade Locks Sunday night Ha was a charter member of Cascade lodge, B. P. O. E, and was a member of th Odd Fellowa' lodge at the Locks. Dr. Lea vena waa a pioneer resident of Oregon and had lived at Cas cade Lock -for nearly 10 yeara. Of a v n 1 a y A lannsttlnn ana MttiHm Vti . and bad bean In feeble health for, th patyeax..- One .married . daughter and son survive him. His wife was burled many yeara ago at tha Lower Cascades, where his body was Interred thla mom- ingr SUGAR FAMINE AT " EUGENilS BROKEN - (Speetal Dlspeteli to Toe JoeraaLl Eugene. Or May I. Th sugar famine which had existed In Eugene for two weeks because of tha failure of th wholesale houses of Portland to secure sugar from San Francisco waa broken Saturday when a carload arrived from Portland - and -was diatrlbuted among . tba local , dealers. - Stocks rr exceedingly low here and no merchant sold sugar In greater quantities than IS cents' worth.. T WANTS INQUIRY INTO ; CAUSE OF WRECKS (Joaraal Special Service.) -- . Washington,, D. C, May S. Campbell of Kansas Introduced a resolution In the house today directing an. Inquiry Into th causea of th many fatal railway accidents and th receiving of sugges tion which will: result in greater safety. fHTh boue disajfreeVf tothhaU amendments - -to the military-appropriation bill. - .-.y FATAL CLASH BETWEEN" OFFICERS AND-STRJKERS (Jeerasl Special Berries.) .-?S55 Pueblo, May I. Michael Marino, a striker, waa killed by Sheriff Burrows and Detective Loarrui ..another man dangerously .wounded In a riot in which 100 striking smelter men and 10 women participated rodayr Thrtkers - at tempted to prevent other from 'going te work, -v " HAND BADLY. CRUSHED. n AT LEBANON MILL - (gpeelsl Dlspsteb te Th Journal.) Lebanon, Or., May . C. B. Lanktree, assistant machine tender at th Lebanon paper mill had the misfortune to gat hla right hand caught in tha machinery last evening. Three finger wer badly crushed and his hand badly lacerated and smashed, but It is thought tho hand can be aaved. . W,-- v EARTHQUAKE REFUGEE IS ILL WITH SMALLPOX (Joaraal Speetat Service.) """" ' ' . Chicago, May I. Edward O. Adam of Golden Gate avenue, San Fran6lscat Is confined in a' hospital here, suffering from smallpox. Tha refuge left Ban Francisco with the disease after the egi llMjuake. jl - ,r " -i - - '' - THREE ARE INJURED BY BOMBS IN PARIS (Jenmel Special Servlee.) Paris, May I. - Two bombs were exploded thl afternoon in the Rue Dee Plaatea and three persons Injured. , ilvertom Blaete Offloers. . - (Special Wapstch te The Jouraal.l - Silverton, Or., May I.- At th munici pal election held In thl city yeaterday L. J. Adam was elected mayor, R. Ia Beed, L. H. Fischer and L., F. Mascher were1 elected counctlmen, H. J. Van Valkenburg recorder and M. J, Adama treasurer. , , , Anna's Blroroe Stilt (Spectai Dlipstrh ts Tke Jnarast) Parts. May a.--Flnal innniries as to the possibility of reconciliation between Count and Countess Boni do Castellans were tefumed today. The countess will file a revised bill as soon as the present proceedings are completed. . DEATH OF ROLLER ,j . r , i JOY Murder 'of Joshua Creffleld WarmIyApproved by People of Corvallis. ; - " FRIGHTFUL CREED TAUGHT TQ WEAK-MINDED WOMEN Regret Expressed That End Did Not Happen Loni Ago Many Homes Ruined and : Asylum -. Filled With' . Victims of Self-Styled Apostle, . sag flashed over tha wires from George Mitchell at Seattle to a V. Hurt in thla "'r. got" my , man; am in Jan. Mltchell,M there was no neadS to ques tion, for Ilk wlldflr th new spread -and from tongue to tongue waa handed ' the word, "Creffleld Is dead." Thar' was general regret expressed that th nd had not eoma before ao many homes -had been ruined bv tha Hl Bnii.. Chief. ' ' -.,.i--.-rr--v; -- I - . - .: ,- - Edmund, alias Joshua Cremeld. earn . to Corvallis six years ago. left for a while and returned. He was a lieu tenant in th Salvation Army and in lfOl established a Holy Roller colony . on Klger Island, a few mils from Cor-' vallla. . v- --. ... .'-- His teachings wer never so fully . known a they are today, whan aom of hlM Aim.. ..11 . .Ka mAm . V. . . on in th tents of th chief and acme of nis louowers, . , ,- ... - Taa-XoajT lryfc"'--."".'- Crfllold flrst galnsd tha antlia on i fldanc of bis disciples, would keep them praying for him for eight and ten hour at-a ttme pretending that unless they prayed and fasted he would b taken 7 away from them. Thla waa' doubtless ' th .only hypnotism he possessed, but -it was sufficient . If 'a disciple , became eusptclou. b or she waa banished from th fold and In thla way Creffleld euU4 hlafloclci 1IIHII iinlji i limy 'itiHiin riillHined. - ... ., (at said Faatbara. - u..,-....... : On January 4. 1104, a party ef Cor- ' vallis - citisene-on -a,- moonllght-Jtlght- CAUSES V) ttliout masks, took CreOWdand-hla - ; partner. Brooks, from the Beach house, near th ferry, marched them to a bridge Just north of town and there tarred and feathered them. They were allowed to depart," with throats -of dlre-vngeancag II they returned. - .. . . .. Frank Hurt cam to a local drug store and obtained benaln to-remov th tar, ' and getting a livery rig, Maud Hurt, Joahua Creffleld and Mr. and Mra. Frank: Hurt drove to Albany, where Maud Hart ' ana me aposuv vera, marum lowing day. tared Trader Xoosa. Ir.-Th aubeient disappearance of the apostle, after repeated threata of ven geance by Corvallis peopl and th And- -. ing flf.1 -under the Q VHurt reslj denco in . Corvallla.' "where for Tour , months" be bad lived In a hoi, without clothing save two old quilts and wher . he was fed by his rfollowere on- canned fruit raw flour, butter. to.. will b r- - -membered by all reader of Th Journal. - Creffleld -waar taken from the Benton : county Jail to Portland ,by Detective , Hartman to answer to -a statutory -charge preferred .-by- Bert" Starr, ' a ; . charge which landed Creffleld tn tha -penitentiary for a two-yaanr term. . - malon of BoUnev -' Sine his release in December, 108, . he haa gained control again of hls vio- tlm and - all -recently congregated at W aid port on - tha-coast f rom-whlclt plac Creffleld disappeared a week-ago -and wa followed by avral men whose families had been ruined, and by George - Mitchell, who 'tracked, Creffleld to Seattle, and whoso ters telegram told . tha tory of tho apostle's tragla ending. Partleswho ar familiar with all the teachings of th 1st chief Rolter wtated -rr that never In history had uoh fiendish, practicea been known ae those Of Cref fleld. . . x j - ..- ' ' There -were other men, relatlv of gtrla who had been led astray by Cref fleld, who it is said would have shot th latter on eight If they could have . found him. Th Seattle irgdy eaued no surprise Tiere and there is universal hope tlMUHichtrinay-b-!,. aged visitor is ir;:ir f VICTIM OF ACCIDENT Mrs. Head, a resident of Iowa, He seriously Injured at tha home of Coun-" oilman W, T. Masters.- Sho'fell down tha front stairs at the Masters resi dence on Saturday and suffered a-parr-tlal Taralysisrr of the -body. - Although ah ia -Jl-years old th physicians In attendance believe that she will recover th full use of h,er muscle In a few months and will be able to continue on her Journey home. ' .. ' :; Mra. Head came to Portland from Vancouver, Washington,-wher h has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. 3. W. ' Tollman. Mra Masters la an old-time friend and Mra Head stopped for a few daya to visit with her.- . On Saturday tha aged visitor at tempted to walk down the stairs with out assistance. She atumbled and fell . to the bottom. It waa sometim after ward that Mra Master discovered her lying helpless. - Doctors were hastily, aummoned and aha waa found to be par tially paralysed, - - : - Mra Tollman has arrived from Van eouver to help Jn th car of her mother " " - . . . ' REPUBLICAN NOMINEE OPENS HIS CAMPAIGN Dr. Jam Wlthyoombe, th Republi can nominee for governor, who was In tho city Iastniwtr4ft-this -morning . opening speech tonight in hla campaigns The gubernatorial candidate will ad- . dreaa the people of Salem Wednesday .. night - The Salem meeting will be quit a pretentious affair and Ex-Governor -Geer, and others wtll be present and make speeches. - The third meeting will be held at. Oregon City Thursday night On tbl occasion Walter U- Toos wtll- berpresentr Another meeting iiaa arranged for Salem Saturday nigh; been. ght 'FRISCO PEOPLE WANT PORTLAND REAL ESTATE - . San Francisco people ar endeavoring -to secure property In all parta of Pnrt iand. Certain Interests from that city '"'-' have offered Jamea Cooke 180,000 for a quarter block on the southeast corner of Eleventh and Alder streets. It I aid they desire th property for-th purpose of eretlng" a large apartment house. The offer wa refused by Mr. r Cooke, who demands 1100,000-, Negotie- , tloas are sua penaug. it is saia,' .... y . . ' . 1