The Oregon daily journal., May 28, 1906, Page 8, Image 8

THS-OREOONDAILYJOURNAL. PORTLANDS-MONDAY EYENING.MAY, 28, ' 1S0&
SEUMDR LA FOLLETTE HAILED AS THE
IJATIOfl'S
-4
Eattern Prese Declares-He Will
Never Compromise on :
Principles ' ..
TOOK FIRM STAND
. AGAINST HEPBURN BILL
Declares That Every Sensible Amend-
ment He Offered Was Voted Down
J and Killed Through Efforts of Re.
- publican Senators, , - --: -
- ' ' Waih!fttt6B.-My rll)ll w-
, rolletu iajooraintf up large on the po-
Utlcal horison. tuasieru wiii
, the Republican press are talking of the
fi.MaBin eomlnff man.
' They are using soeh expressions, as thla
from the New ion -res, unwnnrai
tngly Republican, and a friend of Room
' velt: r ' ' '
"La FoMett 1 tha type of man who
" believes that when a principle la at
take, .there la no compromise; who
v holds that tn aoch inatancea corapromlee
1s dishonor, -defeat -glorious." ,- .,
La Follette declsred that the Allison
compromise did not cure the nine de
fects which he found In the Hepburn
rate bill and which he inalsted were
' fatal. " ; . '. '
"The people will Inslat that this xjues
tlon be aettled right," cried he. sS In a
10-mlnute, apeech at the close of the
yrelU Ofale the Wlaeonflnr jBian ,.,fle;
clared that every amendment which he
had offered, eaeenttal to th formation
f a measure that would really control
Interstate carriers, had been voted down
by Republican senator ? . - - -
wki Xs Toilette Said.. . T
' La Follette aald In emphatic language
that the bill aa now handed over toy the
aenate to the house does not provide
fU ajuc "sing the tn" " water
front the raHroaa - swui Hies of the
" United" BUTeirand-that-nntll such-pro-'
vision had been made, there could toe no
' intelligent basts for the Interstate corn
merce commioelon to determlnerwha.t
would be a Juat rate. ' !V
La Follette protested in that apeecb
against making a, partlwn Uau. of the
- rate bill, and meant that the people
-should rol between the II nee, that they.
should not be fooled by the cry of the
iwrtf,liipii""-"----"'-'' "
"Vot hsr straight
' Republican managers hope to carry
back into of rtee on the back of the
lAtlss-like Roosevelt aueh men aa Piatt,
Depew. Kean. Aldrich. Crane, Spooner
- and their Ilk. All ovef the- land, in
every congressional district and atata
' campaign Is to be heard this slogan
"vote her straight" and the policy will
be to pick out the admittedly-good lead-
. rs and jclalmJhat they are Tepreeenta
tlvea of the methods of the dominant
party. Including the Aldrtches and Keens
and their .kind. .
boom f q "XTnole oe.
Dickinson; one of the strongest writers
in the east and atat political man on tits
Washington Post- which- ie . -taunch
supporter of ' President Roosevelt, and
for decades always an administration
paper, in a recent algned. arucie- aaio
RAINIER ASSAULT CASE TO
8E HEARD BY JURY
-OecisiorrWurticwXoiJrtAgainsl
Saloonkeeper Sustained by
I JudgT McBrlde; :
-rl
Napath te The Journal.)
'PIIUW imp.,' . ' ' , ,'
J Houlton, Or., May II. The decision
of the Justice court was sustained thla
morning by Judge McBride ,e- to the
" nlckel-in-the-alot cases takerr-up-OrV a
1 writ of review . by ; the saloonkeepera of
- Rainier:- t-
": Rev. H. O. Kemp made complaint be
fore J. B. Doan. ea-offlclo Justice of the
- -. - fntr Meloonkeeoers
were 'arrested, pleaded guilty and were
fined for violation or tne siavo .
The Fischer assault case waa called In
i, .nt thia mnrnlnr. ' Seven
Jurora baveJbeen : selected and the bal-
- ance or ini iifrnmn
spent In securing a juryr im ubttou-
-O.- Wilson, are rpresented'Ty Kd Mtn-
denhall of Portland.
WESTERN FEDERATION OF
MINERS-NOWN-SESSION
. Mlal tmlM.1
Denver. May It. What Is regarded as
the most important convention in the
-history-of the Western Federation of
- Miners opened in Denver today and will
- continue iiisesslon s week or-longer.
Plane for the defense "Of President
Mover, Secretary Haywood and other
leaders of the organisation who are aoon
to be "put on trial for the alleged mur-
der of Ex-Governor Bteunenberg of
Idaho will, of course,, be the principal
, w th. AMivMitlnn. Plarenee Dar-
row of Chicago and possibly Congress
man Bourne vjocnrsn oi new iur '
expected here to confer witn tne reaera
' tion. - The two .lawyers have been en,
. gaged to defend the acouaed officials.
PRflRRFSS REPORTED AT
- METHODIST CONFERENCE
' - ffeM.l 'fW-Mti4i A Vtl jMmul.-
1 Pendleton. Or., May SS. The Dallas
Methodist Episcopal annual conference
loed here Saturday. The conference
meets at The uaiwa nexi year. -
Reports from different districts -by
pastors In charge show -excellent work
n .11 part, of The Dalles district
MURDER CHARGE SET
. ASIDE BY INSANITY
Mastm! aeeefal Sanies. t
" yNew Tors, Msy 1 1. Josephine Terrl
vona. charged with the murder of ber
uncle and aunt, and who has been on
trial here the past week, will be de
clared Insane by a commission which
reports tomorrow.! It is said that the
trial will be stopped and the girl sent
te the asylum.
FREE ALCOHOL BILL :
. UP TO THE PRESIDENT
' fjearaal Sseclal aerTlef.' ! " '"
. TTaahlngton, May tl. Th. bouas to
day concurred in the senate amendmenls
to the free alcohol bill. Th measure
now nnlr awaits the prealdent'e signa
ture to become a law. - ,
C0L1IIJG IMi
f
that the presidential boom for"Uncle
Joe" Cannon,, the 70-year-old speaker of
moawuse, is deliberately started for the
purpose of furnishings . the , dominant
party a hero just now when one is much
needed. - t
"In unexpected places," writes Dlcklo
on, "municipal elections have gone
Democratic? In fact, it Is . probably
capable or demonstration that an over
whelming majority of cities and town
that have held electlona during the last
two or three months . have entrusted
their administration to Democratic
hands,- Even Rockland. Maine, where
time out of mind the most opprobrious
epithet one suffragan could apply to an
other was that he waa a "d d Democrat.'
has gone Democratic."
Dickinson then went on to show that
the sentiment for tariff - reform, so
sedulously kept in the background by
the dominant paily managers, appears
to have found expression tn many of the
the situation in , Iowa, home of the
doughty tariff reformer, Governor Cum
mins, Dickinson said that Cummins has
won out in tha fight for reelection with
two thirds of the delegates, and that he
made the conteet on the tariff reform
Issue, adding to his comment in . the
Post: .- .-
"In this achievement he has overcome
the combined opposition of the old-machine'
in Iowa, which haa aa one of its
principal assets the prestige of United
States Senator Allison, ha whose name
waa -attached . to the; compromise in the
aenate on the railroad rate bill which
Senator La Follette declared was caicu
lated to render the measure muon leas
effective than it should be and of which
compromise La Follette said with ring
ing Intonation and pointing straight at
the Republican -sMe of tha senate: 'It
doea not aettle anything: this issue will
.Ulltlaa
been settled riant. - You cannot in the
country make a political Issue out of
people of the United States will refuse
to recognise, a . line of demarkation di
viding them Into parties for and against
brave and Intelligent handling of the
rate question.' " ' . .
Created Sensation. Jv
PlfUltiann tTPitiffi a nriU'iuiH wi'nit-
tioa in Washington by declaring in hla
article that - (Gannon's Joom, urged
throughout - the- past-few months - on
avary-possible ooeaelon, le for the -d
tinct purpose of supplying a new. hero
for hla party. . -
- Tet Cannon stands firmly aa a non
revistonlst and says that we must not
revise the tariff schedules now, before
an spproachlng e)eftlon.lthough It was
"Uncle Joe" who but a short time ago,
after the last electron, aald that the tariff
should not be revised just after an eleo
tion. and then later, when the excite
ment of that election had worn, off and
matters commercial and political had
been readjuated, declared that it waa no
time to revise the tariff-when the peo
ple had settled down to a terra of peace
from disturbing political controverslea
Tet the facts remain undisputed that
many of the trusts combine to sell goods
cheaper, abroad than at home,, and are
permitted to Impose this burden on the
people because' of the Inordinately high
tariff of the Dlngley law, .
. No one with a. modicum of political
sense pretends that the country is not
for rational tariff revision; yet Speaker
Cannon and the leaders of the Tiomtnanf
party have said there shall be no re
vision, and they appear to be able for
the present to deliver the good a.
SURPRISE IS SPRUNG
IN SUFFRAGE BATTLE
i :-
1
A new surprise came In th fas.e
when from some unknown source
m iiumtwr ui prinieo caras
appeared on th streets of Port-"r
land.On one side of this crd-
was a picture of a petticoat, alar
real nice petticoat It waa, too,
-coat Government" On th
'era side was the' answer and
another picture of a lace-trimmed
government In Mine." . a
mmrnai i rman r. r wm,.im,- a
'
CALIFORNIA AND DAH0TI
POSTMASTERS NAMED
(Jooraal Special SerTlr.) - - -
Washington. May ItThe following
postmasters , have beenmomtnatedrT: :
Calif ornla Jamas XV-Allenj- TracypGr
1. McDsYltt. Randaburg :
eypjestan.
CEMENTBILLiACCEPTFn-
F0RUMATILLA-fR0JEC
(Joaraal Special Berrlr.)
Waahlngton. May It, Th bill of the
Pacific-Portland Cement company has
been accepted.' for t,000 : barrels of ce
ment for the Umatilla irrigation project
PAPERS SERVED IN
CASTELLANE DIVORCE
z (oarv Special get tkeTi""
-, Paris, May 28. Countess Anna d'Cas
tellane succeeded in having papers
served on the count In her divorce suit
against him on May 26.
ILLINOIS OPERATORS
-WILL, SIGN SCALE
. (Joaraal llpeclal Sarrtre.l '.
Chlcagc, May 28. "She Illinois mine
operators withdrew today from their
agreement with the Indiana-Ohio op
erators, and will sign th 190S scale.
DOUMA RESUMES ITS
---.SESSIONS WITH CALM
--.-..JJoumal Special .Bertice.)
St' Petersburg, May 18. The douma
has resumed lta sessions with apparent
calmneas. Only routine business Is be
ing transacted. - --r -.- ....- .
SENATE WILL CONFER
ON RATE REGULATION
- (Joaraal goeelal gervlca.i"
- Washington. May tl. The aenate haa
agreed to a conference on the rate bill
aaked for by the house, naming Elklna,
Cullonv and Tillman as-conferees.
CALLS LEGISUTURE
v TO NAME A SENATOR
(Journal gsecial gervlea.) ,. -
Wilmington, Del., Msy 28. A rail I
has been Issued for a gpeclal session of
the Delaware leglslatnre next Thursday
to elect a United States senator.
OF: INTRIGUE AND COHSPIRACY
Alleges Mother Betrayed Her Into Signing Application to Have
Guardian Appointed Dr. Marie D. Equi Concerned in
' " Story as Told by Girl's Mother. r v
: Telling" her that this ajgnlng of -a
paper wee a necessary formality, (Mra
Adolph " Bpeckart" of Olympla Is said
to have Induced her daughter Harriet,
21 years of age, to- sign an application
for the appointment of a guardian for
her. ,. ., ; . '
Becoming suspicious, the young worn'
an went to her attorney. C. M. Idlemsn.
and waa told Just what power over her
property a guardian would have. When
her brother learned she had visited net
- 4
4
.vl
. .Pr. Marie D. EquL
lawyer, he told her frankly that he
r,,.tlnn.H her annltv. and woifTirIaWa
liei to Vljmpia even if tUcji hud to da
it Dyjorce.
-Estate Cause of ' Trouble
he ipeckarte Hved at--tlie Hill ai
ment house, at Twenty-third and Wash
ington streeta : -Adolph Bpeckart died in
1803. leaving an estate to his widow.
the -daughter Harriet -and Son Joseph
valued at nearly IZSO.ooo. Mrs. epecx-
art"wasnamed executrix,- but the es
tate han never been admhiistered. The
son became or age recently ana lr was
desired toclose up the estate so the
young man coulr"have;hla -share of the
property. - It 1s said that' the effort to
secure the young woman's consent to
the appointment of a guardian for her
waa part of a scheme to administer the
estate and keep Miss Bpeckart from the
possession of her legacy.
The reason assigned by Mrs. Bpeckart
for the appointment of the guardian waa
that her daughter was -under tho-influ-ence
of Dr. Marie Equi, and that ltwas
BAY GUY TENT DWELLERS
AT MERCY OR STORM
Dig Trenches to Carry Off Two
" Days' Downpour -Health -r
r.: Qoncjjtjons Good. v
"Ban," Francisco, May "2
days of rain tho SUn came out fills
morning and brought cheer to the thou'
sands of -tent - dwellers encamped In
parks and squares, and pasf discomforts
forgotten. -
hit, the rain hroilffht i"C.On Venlonce
and In many cases extremu suffering
the tenters learned how to dig trenchea
In order to protect themselves, and an
other rain wilt find them pwp&red.
But few ci-es of Illness as a result
of vthe-raln, -has- been- reported, Owing
lozllooded atreete the car service was
greatly Impeded, "but Otherwise th-ctty
has surrered no ni errects rrom tne two
days downpour. . -,.',-.;-
CALIFORNIA CROPS
mm DAMAGED BYRAIN
(Journal Special artice.
VIHttlla.1 Ual.. li
Iffwl
and rain In tha mountains last
this morning. Considerable country
north of the riveJCLJSjiinundated.- Mill
creek, running through Vlsalla. Is over
lta flume and a flood is threatened. The
highest water is expected late thia af
ternoon. Great damage haa reaulted to
hay and grain cropa
HEAVIEST MAY RAINFALL
INJ4lST0RYOLFRESN0
(Journal Special Sertlce.l
"fresno, CaL, May . 28. The heaviest
May rainfall in the history or the
weather bureau has been recorded at
Fresno. About 1.34 inches have fallen In
tho peat 24 houra, causing damage to
hay and grain crops. Some damage was
done to early frulta. River waters are
high and the west side of the county is
flooded over a considerable area. ,
WITTE PESSIMISTIC AS '
TO FUTURE OF RUSSIA
(Journal Special SetTlje.1
St. Petersburg, May 28. Count Wltte,
accompanied by his wife, left St. Peters
burg to visit their daughter at Brussels.
-They will then takea Xrlp-lo the dart
man baths. - The count Is exceedingly
pessimistic as to the future of affairs
In the Jtusslan empire; 1 ,
COMMITTEE REPORT
. . FAVORS GAINES BILL
(Journal Special Bertlea.)
Washington, .sy 28. By a party
vote the house committee on election of
I president, ordered a favorable report
1 1 V. I, , lit " Vll, iiiviiuihi .v, uu-
llc.ltv aaa ursvimUva-foi fraudulant
campaign coptrlbutlons and Illegal ex
penditures In federal elections.
NORTH CAROLINA MOB
LYNCHES WHITE MAN
:" fi'il . V. ' ''
' fjoeraat Spertat Sertr.T""
WsdenbOro, N. C, .Msy 2t. John .T.
John 'Oh, white, charged with the inur-
der of his brother-ln-Iaa was lynched
i early this morning. Th mob riddled
ihis body with bulleia, ,
part TNn
GIRL TELLS STRANGE TALE
I feared If the girl secured control of the
property Dr. tqul would soon have it
all.- Both Dr. Kqul and Miss Bpeckart
denounce thja aa absolutely false.
: .; Quarrel Take. Flaoe.
A violent Quarrel Is said to have oc
curred among the Bpeckarts at the Hill
over the possession of some letters of
Miss Bpeckart s, written to her by Dr.
Equt. - 1 1 is said that Joseph Bpeckart
took the tetters from his sister's trunk
and refused to return them. Falling to
recover them, Mlsa Bpeckart telephoned
to Dr Equi, who came at once and de-
i msnaea irann letters
' T tgiepnonM for umriet Attofney
Manning," said Dr. Equt thla morning,
"and then went Into that : room where
Mra Bpeckart and Joseph and Hattle
were. I shut the door and told them
they would have to atay there until the
district, attorney came. . The statement
made by a morning' paper that I threat
ened anyone la absolutely false. Joseph
ollmbed out of the window, .but hi a
moiner naa to stay mere tin a police
man came. After the policeman came
Joseph came bark Into ' the room, and
acted In so threatening a manner, that
the - policeman - searched hln for - conn I
cealed weapons. He did not search me.'
', Saya. It Is AU False. '
-"They said Hattle had tried to secure.
ii.zuv rrom ner moiner ,to give to ma.
but that la not true.-. They cannot show
a line in which the girl asked for money
for me, nor in which I ssked the girl
for money. I pay Amy own bills and do
jutieednyBfieTutr,tJinnytelp
me along. -. '
"The next day after Joseph told Hattle
they would take her to Olympla whether
she wanted' to ga or not, she left -the
Hill apartments and went to the Port
land from where she sent a note to
Judge Fraier asking him for protec
tion, Judge Fraaer sent, her to Mra
Tlagarair, saying Mra Tinggpft wniilfl
ItUe
lake tine uf Her ui find liei euuie
plece-of--safety .to sta
Arrest Mot Threatened. . -
irily took the-a-lrt when she cams
to m m trouble,'?-aallMrs. Daggett
this rooming. ''I was not acting in an
offlclaV capacity as an officer of the
juvenile court and the statement that I
ever threatened any one with arrest is
absurd. I never even saw her people."
.jA,ietttion . Js . said to. have been filed
n the superior court at uiympia aaning
that Leopold Schmidt, proprietor of the
Tumwater brewery, be appointed ad
ministrator of the estate of Adolph
Bpeckart. - In an Interview Mr, Schmidt
! said to have slated that It waa not
the Intention f Mra- Speekart to have a
guardian appointed for Harriet. It is
thought by Miss Bpeckart to be alg-
nlflcant that the application for a guar
dian algned by her haa not been pre
sented since It was learned -that she had
consulted her attorney regarding it.
ACCUSED PHYSICIAN -
STILL IN CITY JAIL
Dr. C. C. Chandler, or CrandaT, as he
styles himself,- the physician wanted In
Santa Rosa, California, on a felony
charge, still languishes In a cell at the
city prison. Ho takes his confinement
with an air of nonchalance and. refuses
to say a word concerning the nature of
the charge against blm. He appears
to be plentifully supplied with money
and Indulges in sumptuous repasts sent
In from a neighboring' kitchen. .
Tt"Ta understoodTy the police that the
specific charge o'fwnTcb he ,1s accused
is the carrying away of a purse con
talnlng 150 and a gold watch, all . the
property of a prominent Santa Rosa
woman. ' ' Chief Grltsmacher has not
received information from the authori
ties la California and it Is believed that
an officer Is now on the way to Port
land with the necessary papera. Chand
ler says that he will not oppose extra
dition and professes to be anxious to
return and stand trial.
ADVENTISTLCONFERENCEL.
IS.,ENDEDAr MILTON
(Bpactal Dlanatch to The Journal.)
Milton, Or., May 28. The Upper-Co
lumbia river conference of the Seventh,
Day Adventistg closed last evenlngTXZ
--Thetlnanciar-standintT orThls eoti'
ference ls-excelrentr-mors-thsn -.000
being raised In the current year) and
Pfthlg"snin" 88.000 ls surplus. Tills
erflowlwll " devoted to foreign missions,
Elder C.
iknoii waa seiecsea to go
ta New-To
missionary
hls--bod yof -the
church.
The following conference officers have
been' elected: President, Elder George
B. ingaon; vice-president Elder I A
Gibson; executive committee. Elders
George K. .Langdon, L. A. Gibson, F. D.
Starr, C. B. Ford. J. M. Wllloughby
Schrupper and E. E. Smith; conference
secretary and treasurer, T. C. Cope-
ono.'
ISSUES REQUISITION
FOR RETURN OF ADAMS
v . .
(Spectal Plptcb to The Joaroal
-- Balem, Or., May 28. Governor Cham
berlain has Issued a requisition on the
governor of Washington for the deliv
ery to Oregon officers of J. Q. Adams,
who, is charged with larceny committed
In tha Iinperlal hotel at Portland on
May 2. Adams Is at Spokane I a.
Carpenter is designated as. returning
agent. , ,
BAKERSFIELD MERCHANTS
- FEAR AN INUNDATION
(Jonrnal Special Service.) ' '
Datterefleld, Oal.t May 28. -TuilHy the
river Is at a standstill. Snow In the
mountains ' early -this morning' 'pre
vented an overflow, bnt much concern
Is felt for the safety of the town. Mer
chants have moved all stock from their
cellars. The wster is within three1 or
four inches of the highest point yet at
tained. In the flooded district near
Buena Vista the wster Is still rising.
UMATILLA FARMERS
" . WELCOME RAINFALL
(Special riapatch to The Journal.)
Pendleton, Or., Msy 28. A-heavy rain
fell In Pendleton yesterday afternoon for
two- hours, .This means thousands of
dollars to the wheat growers of Uma-
tllleveounty, eastern Oregon and Wash
ington., and th farmers and buaineaa
men genrally are jubilant. '..
Quite g number of ' people have, ar
rived la Roseburg looking for homes.
CENTRAL POINT IS
GROWING FAST
Property Changing Hands and
Many New Enterprises Are
Projected and Assured. - .;
NEW MEN BUY TOWN SITE
AND ESTABLISH PAPER
Franchiae Asked forElectric r Foad
Over Streets of Town May Be Pre
- cursor of Line to Crater Lake and
Into Sugar Pine Timher Belt.'. ,
at DUiialrh te Tha-ni
Central Fuliif.-OK. Mar Zi.PernaBI
no town tn southern Oregon Is showing
more healthy growth this season than
Central Point, situated in the center
of the famous Rogue river valley. The
town has been considered a sleenv. slow
old village for the past 10 or years,
but the germ of progress seems to be
In the air-and things ere different
Two months ago the unsold portion
of the townslte. changed hands, Messrs.
J. E. Lancaster and 8. A. Paulson, who
came hero from Condon, atlllam coun
ty; having purchased the property from
Ben - Beall,. tha original owner.- A
month later, the same' gemUemen ' com
menced the publication of the Central
Point Herald and the paper is receiving
a liberal patronage from the bualness
men and eltlsena generally. .
Some ten days ago P. IX Creger, rep
resenting a Chicago firm, arrived to
organise a cooperative creamery com
pany and today the last share of stock
was placed, renitjaentinif a ' eapTtaTwf
$5,600. y Work on the plant will com
mence as soon aa the machinery can
arrive from the eaat,
T. M. Wltten of Portland haa fild
artiolea of incorporation of the Central
Point State bank. The institution la
capitalised at 125,000. The Incorpora
tors are T. M. Witten. I. C. Rnhnett .nit
last iimiiexl belns
-wait-known bnsnens meTr hr 'Mif.T'
Wltten has purchased a corner lot In
the business xenur of the town and
will build a brick bank buUdlng with
out delay. The bank will open in tem
porary quarters ss soon aa tha supplies
arnvji,
F. H. Hopkins, formerly of Portland.
now engaged "In spple growing here on
a large scaje, has commenced work on
a-814,000 dwelling and bids are asked
for. erection ol t' new - brick school
house to cost 816,000 or more.
' Mady new people are coming Into the
valley and farm and fruit lands ss well
aa city -property- are -changing hands
rapidly. ','" : ' -
Dr. cm. RayTpresldent '"aiid manager
of the Condor Water and Power com
pany, whose big Rogue - river, power
plant1 Is near"herT' haa been -called to
Now York -jjnlmportant business, and
the fact that shortly before going be
applied to - the town board her, for a
franchise to operate- an electric rail
road over the streets of "Central Point
Is significant, it - being acknowledged.
even by rival towns, that this place is
lng point for a railroad Into the ausar
pine belt east of hers and on to Crater
lake, -which la only 74 miles distant
than any other town In the valley.
The air ia full of rumors of railroad
building and Judging from the rapid
pace everything has been taking It la
hard to tell what a few days may bring
forth.- y "- - .- --
The large flouring mill her, which
was bought by a rival In a hear by town
years ago and haa sine been locked up,
haa again changed handa and is being
thoroughly "repaired -preparatory to be
ing atarted, - .
GOVERNOR GREETED
BY ASHLAND VOTERS
?Siecial blapatch o Tha Joaraal. I
Ashland, Or., May SS. tJovernor cham
berlain arrived here last night. The
hour of his arrival and the Inclement
weather precluded any effort In the way
of a.; public . reception.; Tha. governor
met many business and professional men
this forenoon and received assurances
of heart supuort. .This afternoonthe
governor delivered an sddrens at Chau
tauqua to a fair sized audience. Darger
attendance was prevented by a steady
downpour ot rain. .
SPANISH WAT-VETERANS,"
WILL DECORATE GRAVES
The Spanish war veterans have' an
portent part in the decorating of gravaa
on Memorial day, wedneaday. -The boye
desire that-all, who have flowera which
they will contribute, bring or aepd them
Tuesday to either Dr. George Ruben
stein, 188 Fourth street or John -Mar-
ahall, 83S Burnaids street . ,
ST. JOHNS COUNCIL y
RECEIVES BOND BIDS
Bids -were received today" Xjf the
finance committee of the St Johns city
council on ths bond Issue of 810,000 for
th purpose or erecting a new city hall
snd publio building for that town. - A
number of bids were received before 4
o'clock, the time at which the receiving
or oids came to a close. They will
probably not be opened) before tomor
row night - - -
HORSE BACKS OFF DOCK
AND GOES INTO RIVER
A horse attached to a delivery wagon
of the Washington creamery had an ex
citing experience at the foot of Oak
Street yesterday morning. Th horse
-began- badtlng-and - he fore- it eould b
stopped backed off the slip into the
rive r. Ths horse was rescued snd was
uninjured. -
NEW TELEGRAPH WIRE
TO SAN FRANCISCO
The Western' Vnlon le Installing a
new telegraph wire between this elty
and San Francisco. It Is the regulation
copper , wire, and will ne completed to
morrow. The business of the company
between this point and San FYanolsco
will be greatly facilitated.
PLEADS GUILTY TO 1
. - DYNAMITING FISH
' (Special WapatJ fa T JoaraaLl
Pendleton, Or., May 28 J. J. Trox-
all. who resides st Weston.' pleaded
guilty this morning before District At
torney Phelps In the circuit court of
dynamiting, flea In the Umatilla river
above Bingham Springs station. He waa
fined 1100 and sentenoed to 10 days in
the county Jail, the minimum penalty
for the crime. . .
TroxaJl we arrested Sunday morning-
at Bingham Springs by Deputy
laee WaJdaaJX-yJiirner andjiadflsh
in 'hla possession.
Fish Warden Van Duaen was In the
city, yesterday on hla way to Ls Grsnde
to attend a meeting of deputy game
wardens to be held with regard tq con
ditions lh Umatilla country including
the Installation of Bah Udders and other
improvementa .. "
JOINT POLITICAL RALLY -IN
PORTSMOUTH TONIGHT
A joint political meeting will be held
tonight In Artlaan hall, Portsmouth. J.
A. Jeffrey will represent the Democrata.
Senator C. W. Nottingham the Repub
licans, E. F. McAllister the Municipal
league and Dr. Anna Bhaw the woman
uffraglsta '
The hlg rally for the Democratic atate
ticket la to be held Thursday night In
the Empire theatre.- Governor Chamber
lain will be the apeaker of the evening.
Friday night there will be a meeting
In Gomes hall.-Alblna, whlclt will be ad-
dressed -by-Jamea Graham, Dcmoc ratio
nominee- tor-consreos. - ,
e..,v niiht la the time set for a
... mii in t i nima In behalf of the
Democratic county and legislative tick-
eta s . ; .'..;.
CONDITION OF INJURED
MAN IS MUCH BETTER
Arthur Finley haa received a letter
from Los Angeles telling the condition
of hie brother, W. . L. , Finley. whose
horse fell "with him - on flan - Cletnente
Island, severely Injuring htm. w itn h.
T. Bohlman. W. L. Finley ha become
known all over the Pacific coast by
the remarkably fine photographa of
birds taken in their natural naunta.
While in the pursuit of their work,
Mr. Finley's horse fell upon him. - His
jaw waa broken in two places, hla left
arm sprained and hla chin badly gashed.
He was taken tu His 'Los Angeles host.
pltal and it ia believed will recover en
tirely.: ' - , . ,
INCIPIENT BLAZE IN :
LEBANON FLOUR MILL
Lebanon. Or- May 28. Last night
about t o'clock the Lebanon Flouring
Mma"weri aiscoereo'-nrenSFpartteii'
returning-from church. The fure had
started near or in a large pile of gunny,
sacks and had gained good headway.
The-eaeke were carried out and a few
buckets of -water soon put out -the flamea
The faot that a window In the base-.
ment had been ..broken, leads atrongly
to the belief i that it may have been
incendiary. . This mill cost about ,000.
SHAVERCHOOtrBEJNGh .
FITTED WITH ESCAPES
The board of education has acquiesced
with the ordera of the executive board.
and-the construction of th fir escapes
on the Shaver school to Lower Alblna
haa begun. The fire department had
ordered the achool . directors - to - take
theae precautions, but the. directors had
wished to wait until vacation. The
matter was taken up by City Attorney
McNary, who decided that the executive
Board had 'the authority to -eompel the
directors to safeguard th pupils ss
the fire department aaw fit
PUTER HELD AWAITING 1
THROUGH TRAIN SERVICE
(Joaraal Special Servleai
San Franoleco, May 28. S.
A. D,
Puter. who Is wanted in Portland for
oompllclty . In the government land
frauda la still In the Alameda county
Jail.
He waa to have been taken horth last
Friday evening, but owing to the heavy
storms the train servloe wes demoral
ised and the prisoner will be held in
California until th normal" service is
resumed. " .
SUPREME COURT TO
ACT ON LYNCHIN
J -" (Joaraal Special Bervlea.) "
- Washington, - May- SI. Attorney-General
Moody today called the attention
of the supreme c6urtlothe lynching
of Ed Johnson at Chattanooga. He al
leged contempt or court on the part of
the sheriff and his assistants and nietn
ber of th mob. - Cognisance has been
taken by th supreme court
MASS MEETING TALKS'
OIUIAIOEDUCTION
... At the 'pubtlc maae meeting at ths
elty hall this afternoon to discuss the
First. street franchise Mayor Lane sug
gested that the franchiae be ao amended
as to reduce freight rates along that
street J. White Evane of the United
Rallwaye company replied that such a
provision was In the franchise. There
was a considerable discussion over the
question. '
T
PAULRADEPTSPEAK
AGAINST AMENDMENT
(Special Dlepates te Tha Journal.)
! Newberg, Or., May 28. A - mass
meeting In the opera house Sundsy night
was presided over by Rev. HCaah of
the Friends' church. Paul Rader of Port
land was the speaker, and was earnest
In urging the vote against th amend
ment to the local option law, and as
Newberg la a strictly temperance town,
his address was received with much en
thusiaam. All tha churches Joined In
ths meeting, '
runenal af at 3. Wampol. '
(Rpeelal DUpatrb to The- Jonrnal.)
Woodburn. Or.. Mar 28. The funeral
of " Martin PWamplaWasr-piace-Tnig
morning from the Presbyterian church.
Interment wa at Bene raaai eemat'
Mr. Walpole had lived In Woodburn and
vicinity for IT years.- He was a native
of New York snd years of sge. Death
came while he wae being operated on
In a Portland hospital for . organic
rouble. ' - -
, . Asks for Xaforsaattoa.
Chief of Pollc Grltsmacher is in re
ceipt of a communication from Miss
Nettle Blgerstaff of 814 North Twenty-
eighth avenue. Seattle, inquiring if the
man killed In a train wreck near here In
January waa her missing brother. The
first name of the victim of the acci
dent waa Henry, which la the aame as
that ef the missing man. - -
X. O. O. T. Offloers nested.
(Spaelal Ptapatrb te The Joaraal.)
Pendleton. Or.. May 28. The follow
ing officere nave been elected for the
ensuing term by Eureka lodge, I. O. O,
F.T No. 12; A. B. Wisdom, N. O.J J. W.
Maioney, v, a.; jnnn Hsiiey, .jr., secre
tary, and T. 1. Tweedy, treasurer.
PEOPLE 1QUMI0G
A00UT:OREG0fJz
Chamber of Commerce Receives
Number of Letters From
Califomians. y
WRITERS WANT BOOKLETS - ;
AND ADVERTISING MATTER
7
Wide Interest Shown in This State
Many Ask for Facts Concerning
Smaller Cities - in Southern and
; Eastern Sections. 1 y--v- -:,-.---:
The answering of Inqutrlea
from .
eontnem uamornla peeple
want to '
come to Oregon to -invest or to reside hss
become a feature of the work of the
Portland chamber, of commerce.. The
wrttera aek for booklets and for special
Information' concerning business enen.
Ings and real estate Investment oppor '
tunltlea The letters im ham n.-' '
Jose. San Diego,. Palo Altor Leg Angelea
and other, cities. A few come from San,
Franciaca : There - ia a wide interest
shown la Oregon.:- Soma of the writers
aak for information of bualneaC'condl
tlons in Oregon cities outside of Port
land. ' . ..
r A large grbwOi 'of the Portland eham"""
bar or commerce membership list has
occurred tn -the laat two months. The
membership haa Increased from 00 to
54 members since April 1. An active
campaign ia being carried on with a view
to securing 1,000 members of the cham
ber, and Increasing the . revenues to a
point where tha truatees will be enabled
to carry out extensive projects for tha
bettesment of eewaUlewe and espleltlng
Portland throughout the country. a
great exhibit of Oregon products will
be one of the features of the greater
chamber Of Commerce. :;:::c-?
ARRESTEDW CHARGE
ell-knowa in- i
lng clroles, waa - arrested yeaterdav be 1
Detectives Snow and ylelstng and
booked on a charge of anXassault with'
a deadly weapon. It U alleged that
Thomas stabbed . ."Buck" Chambreau - In -th
neck during a quarrel early Sunday
morning, at Fourth and . Morrison
streets.- The injured man was removed"'
to th Good Samaritan hospital, where
it was necessary to take severs! stitches
In th wound. Thomas will be held
pending Chambreau'e recovery.
- -In early - reports of the incident It
was aald that ' the injured man wag
Joseph J, Chambreau. This proved In-
corrects
REFUGEE PAINTER IS
r CHARGED WITH THEFT
- W. IT. Howard. was arrested -this -morning
by . Detectives Day and Car
penter and booked at tha oity . prlaon
on a eharge of having robbed the horn
of Ed Mendenhall, 81 2 Columbia street
of goods valued at-$800. Howard la a '
refugee painter from San Francisco sn4
It Is-alleged that while painting Men-"
denbsll's home he systematically robbed
the place. Hie .booty - consisted of a
typewriter, an exercising machine, ' a
set of Dlckena, Kipling and Shake
speare's works snd a mlscellsneous ss
sortment of old, coins. .. Howsrd pawned:
the stolen srtlclea In four pawnshops '
snd everything his been recovered by
the detective
SAIL0R-FR0MXRU1SI
- CHICAGO IS STABBED
A sailor from ths United Stat flag'
ship Chicago, known ss "Spuds" Mur
phy, was stabbed seversl times during
the progress of a row In a north end
saloon st 1 -O'clock this morning. Th
police raided the resort end pieced Den
nis OXeary under arrest pending an
tr.vestlgstton. It could not bo -learned -who
wielded the knife, but O'Leary Is:
supposed- to have some knowledge of
thh affair. Murphy-; was - removed to
St Vincent's . Jaospltal - in the . patrol -
wagon. ,
EIGHT APPLICANTS ARE
FAKING EXAMINATION
Examinations for building Inspector
one of the most Important snd respon- '
srebeing-conducted7 'todai by SecrI
rrary McPherson.
One of the requirements absointeiy
demanded Is that the applicant shsll
havs hsd Ave years' actusl experience
ss a contractor, superintendent of con
struction or srchltect The position la
worth tltO a month. -Eight applicants
are taking the examination.-.. ....
BEEF PRICES EQUAL
TH0SE-0F- LAST-YEAR:
(Mneetal Plapatch to The Joaraal.) ; -John
Day, Or., May 28. J. D. Combs,
a cattle buyer,- has secured 1,000 head oi
steers in Grant and Gilliam counties. ,
The roundup will take place In June, tha
cattle going to JohnT. Sevree, the Idahe
cattle buyVr, at Ontario, for ehlpment te
Omaha. He eays prices dra fully as
good ss last year, having paid 114 for
yearlings. 10 for 1-year-olds and 12I
for 2-year-olds.
It Is believed that the reserve will be
a great benefit to stockmen, as they will
not long be bothered with outside sheep. "
PAINTER FALLS THREE
L-STOR!E&R0jM-SCAFQLD
f Wilson. AJ
Wallace, painters, was' seriously ln--jured
this morning by falling from a
scaffold at Seventh and Montgomery
atreeta. Wilson snd an- employ were -
engaged In painting a building at th
time and one of th pulley rope
parted, precipitating Wilson to the
ground, a distance of three stories. The -ether
pslnter escsped Injury by hang
ing to tha scaffold. The Injured man
was - removed to St Vincent's hospital.
He sustained a fractured arm and pos
sible internal Injuries, which may re
sult fatally. ' .
oeaaJJate Oonaty Tleket,
PrTnevlll OfVMay 18 The follow
ing Socialist ticket has -been placed In
the field for Crook county: Sheriff,
W. H. Blrdaong: clerk, Dwlght Roberta
eommlssloner, J. B. McDowell, tress-'
urer, C. D, Swsnson; eoroner, Dr. m. V,
Turley. - ' . .
Preferreg gtoak Oaaae Sreods.'
Allen 4k X-ewls Best Brand. ,
1
N