The Oregon daily journal., May 29, 1906, Image 1

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VOL. V. NO. 72.
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING.' MAY 2 : 1906. FOURTEEN PAGES. ',
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H AR AgP AYS ION TOSECUR jpy
- PROPFRTIFS & I lf; M MAMii
: Acquired bySouttiern 7 c-' x:tKlK&. X.
-Extensioniol
Section FroirTj Marshfield to
BftaverrHil! :to : Be : Usedf or
- Main Line to Be Constructed
Down Coast to Eureka, Where
the Santa Fe Will Be Met.-' '
j The- Cooo - Bey- Roseburg- Y Beatera
railroad, from Myrtle Point ta Mareh
field, baa been sold by the Spreckel
to the Bouthori. Pacific. According; to
if porta on good aut horlty from ""Coo
ba tha actual transfer took' place - co
Incident, with the -announcement that
grading- vaa to be Immediately. begun
oil the Coos bay extension of the South
ern Pacific." The Myrtle Point road;
bout 22 miles Inn, hne been under op-
jtilKMVLJ Jlarrlnlan aeveral ; month's.- ft
la aald the. prtepaid was approximately
7 1. ((00,009, for the railroad, and all ap
purtenancea, excluatve of the coal prop
erties. - ,
' .The toad has." It la eafd, been" a "profit--'SbMv
Investment tinder1 the management
- tif - Receiver Chandler, who has had
Z-fharge of I ha Cooa rail and coal proper
ties of the .Sprockets people. For soma
tlmo there waa a hitch' In the deal bt-
-twee -them- and -Harrlman; ther latter
holding out for piihchano of the coal
properties alone with the railroad. A
rc4t rullna of Xh supreme-court - to
- the effect that a railroad may not ic
' quire or own coal mines settled the con-
v troversy, "and tio deal "went throuch.
Hie . Spreckele ' people retaining; the
Beaver Hill and other coal mines owned
by them at the head of Coos bay.
fart of Harrimaa ea. .
A section of the llne-i"from""Marh-field
to leaver Hill will become a part
of the Harrlraan .road to be extended
down the-oaattojneet.tho8anta Fa
. at Kureka.-, It is said there la an egree
ment between! the Southern Pacific and
fhaJintarelhatHjirrlmanhallnot
build ajroastJIne south of the.nocthern
boundary of California and Ripley shall
not extend the 8nta Fe north of that
TTne7
ar Bcavertpnrther Harrlmen surrey
evesUie Jpreckela.rpjul.and follows
'the Coqullle rtVer. cronsln It at Iowa
alouyli. and again a r the big" bend, and
passing through Parkeraburg and Proa
per. At the head Of Coquilln marsh the
line turns due" smith,- pausing a mile
rout of Bandoit. It follows close to anil
west of. the old wagon road along the
foot of the hills to . Port Orford. and
Continued on Page Three.)
Lewis Nixon Invents New Sub
marine Destroyer From Which
! Crew Can Hear at
itony Range. 1 j -
DEALS DEATH
UNDER SEA
HsaBsajsasaaaaaaaas
(Jnsraal Bpettal 8rlc.)
Tork. May IS. A pew subma
rine destroyer, from which the crew can
aee and hear at , a great distance and
then strike with greater accuracy haa
been Invented by Lewis Nixon, the ship
builder. .The new submarine destroyer.
Nixon said, will be offered to th Vrtlted
Btate government before any foreign
power has an option on If.
Ntxnn def la'rcd that the bOa"ha-a se-
. "eret device try' which Ht will be practic
ally imaosslble for a torpedo boat or
. strange rraft to come within; a mile or
. tw without being observed or heard.
'Tho task of destroying unwelcomo
craft ' requires ahother device," said
Nixon. This la covered by one of the
implications for patent -now pending.
fh blowing OP of a hontlle vessel p
' proschlra 'rio closely la a simple, mntter.
My devW Jnclnden the ure or high ex-
jiloirivcAthst will work terrlfti damage
when exploded near a hull." , .
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1 Sy 5S IS TiVii CITIES
Charles-HrHicks-ElectrpQ
4 i M :FiFtahy V I tf e r S t ree Hero fc r Go hii
3 Doomed ;ManFirezTrucktR Body
While working -amid a. network of
heavily cha rgad . electric - mint at .the
top of a 40-foot pole on- th corner of
First and Alder streets this morning.
Charles H. lllcks, a lineman inithe em.
plo' of the Portland General Electric
tompailivcame In contact witn a mgii
voltage wire ;nnd waa instantly ' elec
trocuted. -An" accidental . touch of his
hand to an expoaed wire and the line
man's body was enveloped 1n sheets of
blue flame. From .a sitting posture on
one of the. crossarms he waa knocked
b4gtWaHsl And lny ,ii'cioivg wtfl4W'
aton wlraa-tntll. a comrade aoaled tha
Bull 4fj h gs9 .sod y aTl
William Lewis, a llneman worklng
with-lllrks, proved himself a hero by
rn nn t h " tol e n nd' a t . in irlalt -of h I a
own life going among the Tfve wlrea to
the rescue of his
comrade whom" hrr
thought-mlghti atiU be, live,. Clinging
to the crossarm amid a forent of wires.
contact with' almost any of whtsh, would
hare meant hia. Instant death, he worked
valiantly trying to resuscitate hie com
rade. Powerlesa to remove the body, ha
remained among the wlrea until . the
lira department truck' arrived, then as
sisted In lowering ! the i body to :the
ground by. means of .a rope uhd. pulley.
IjCwIs rltmhed rnwn from hla perilous
position while the crowd cheered Itself
hoarse. - He . had - scarce reached the
ground when , a half': hundred .were try
ing to grasp his hand.
- Death (tomes gtaddenly. . -..
The accident happened shortly . after
l:S0 o'clock this morning. Roma wlrea
on the poles at the corner of First and
Alder-had to be chnrnrerl and four, men
were working ffrcre ;Hlcka waa on the
top cross-arm of a pole at the south
east corner.. W. C. Bender and William
Trelllnger. wera" working on other poles,
while-Lewis waa on t ha ground, j The
pole' on which" Hlfks was -working, was
ladened with a' number, of wires carry
Ing current . of, t.004 . voltage. Hicks
waa sitting- astride the roes-arm work
ing on a' dead-wire' when In some 'way
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Girl-WifeXalmly-Tells
Story of. Crime With
out a Blush of Shame
-Insists It Was Right
(Jwirail Speelal Serrlee.) - V -
New Yovk. Msy ;. The commlsslun
appointed to' examine doseplilna Terra
nova, who 14 on trial. an the. charge of
murdering her. aunt and uncle, Mr. and
Mrs fllgslo, as to her sanity, , thU
l .jrning reported, - that the girl wns
sane and the trial.' which hud been held
up pending tbe result of the examina
tion, was resumed. .-, . ' "
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- Three Views of Josephine
i v " i ' " v. 1
his hand camai In contact wl'tli one 1 of
the -wires'carrj-lng4.09. vplta. "
Suddenly a aheet of blue Hk me that
enveloped his body' and the entire' 'top
of the fcole lighted up the afreeC-HTs
fimrad?sBa w th nasbl and. kne ww but
It meant 3Vhen..ihcy,J6oked;td'Jlhe' top
or trie pole flicks lay stretched across
this lfrer wires, having" been' knockod
over backward, by the shock.
. "Go- to Charlie, quick!" ahputed thi
bora-from 'the-other polea , , ,
-a-tka
w up "utu nw mail ui'i ion
nd worm Ir a
his way through the live wlreaito h.
comradeThQughlhmlght have re-
eelved a shock that' would have killed
hlnf "Instantly or hurled' him' to tli
pavemenra feet belowftie"never-tiert.
ta'ted" -for an "Tnsrant. Seising "the body
he pulled It off the wires Into a alul'i
posture and began trying to reVlve the
eparkrof life that he believed still ex
isted. He bad to hold" the limp body in
an - upright position to keep It awsy
from the wires. and had to cling' to the
cross-arm , with his legs and feet to
keep himself aafe: . Bender and Trellln
ger threw a rope up to Lewis and an
attempt was made to get the body down.
But It was futile. ' It was so entangled
In ' the wires that It could hot be re
moved from the cross -arm. without be
ing raised above the- top . of the pole.
A call waa Immediately' sent to fire
headquarters f or . truck . No. 1.' Whll
waiting, for It to. arrive 'Lewis clung to
the' cross-arm, supporting the limp body
of his friend and trying io revive hlji.
. rire Track Stoaoaea Body.
"When "the truck arrived the extension
ladder-waa raised and baoked up near
the pole. Fireman Rablor ascended It
and In a moment the end of a ropa run
ning through a ' pulley on the end of
the ladder waa passed over to Lewis.
It was quickly tied under the arms of
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Page Three.)
No rase during the present year haa
aroused the Intense Interest of the pub.
lie ss haa the case of Josephine, Terra
nova. Entire pages are fljled wtth tlrg
trial , In the newspapers, wlrile - the
crowds that flock to the courtroom
rival those tnat watched Nan Patter
eon tried. n '
In brief, the story of the murder, aa
told by the girl, la a history of llendlsa
cruelty, beginning when ahe waa but
IS years old. She - waa shamefully
abused' and brutally treated y -her un
alec who -aaaaaltek her.. 'White - stilt a
young g1rl.-aha was married and for
saken by heir husband and her mother's
door waa shut In her face.., In revenge
for her wrongs she killed.', ;''.
On the atand the accused girl tqld her
atory without a trace of nervousness n
her behavior., She aald ahe was bari
in Italy IT tears ago and was sent from
Wlly to America when I year a old to
her Uncle and aunt, who had promised
to five bar a home, for a lHUs tint
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Terranova, the Self-Confesser Murderess of Her Uncle and Aunt.-
Sixteen-Year-Old . Daughter of
Millionaire Pittsburg , Coal
i 1 . JVUneiLgtolen. and .Held :
..for Ransom.. ; .
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:r Chicago, -May ( St. -Kidnaped by. ene
mies, of her father and held for; ransom,
Portia KeeYer, 1 years old,- who la mlsa
Ing from -her Pittsburg . home,, ia be
lieved to ba a prisoner In Chicago.. The
entire police force of this city haa beer,
asked to search for the beautiful 'girl.
WUItam' Keefer. t president ofths
PrttsburgCoar company. '-believes that
laborers In the, mines carried away the
girl..- She Isv thought to have been hur
ried to South Chicago, The father be-J
Uevea a ransom will be demanded within
a few days. . .-. i i .
Miss Keefer, who Is an acrwnpl'ehed
musician., disappeared several days ago
when-returning . to. her .Jbome In .r.itts
burr frowTt-TonceTt,--at-whlch-: she bad
played-a violin aolo.. . . .
HrfaLhr has received Information
that Jeads him to believe that she waa
enticed to a secluded spot . and then
.placed-. undrr.guardH laflnlharaj(
to Chics go to aid In the search for her.
Keefer la. a prominent mlnenwnar ami
has Incurred-.the hatred-of many'for
e1gnerwby -his refusst to grant - them
"fhtgiuutwaaeen its I lans- w !Mt- rt Ihftugtei
to be friends of the girl are 'believed to
be behind the kidnaping. .ZZTk
-Private deteetlvea have Teen7-aeti-:awt
by the wealthy mine operator all over
the country, for any" poaslble . trace - of
his danghter Portia. ...... . j
POPE SERIOUSLY ILL . '
FROM HEART TROUBLE
(Journal Ppeelal 8tvie.)
-Brussela,' May..??- In rrlvate letters
received here some writers lesrned from
authoritative sources that the condi
tion tf the pope's health is fsr worse
than is admitted." Tie la suffering' from
serious heart trouble, as well as from
acute' attacks of asthma and gout. Car
dinal Mrry'Dl Val, papal secretary of
atate, la - trying to keep he pontlf f s
real condition a secret, but the fart la
known that he cannot stand the confine
ment -of .the vatlcan, which. Is. slowly
.killing hlm.1, , .' . . (
STaw AmbaaaadoT aaeetyd.-w-
" Vienna. May J.-Charles S.' Francis,
the new. American ambassador, was' re
ceived' In private audience by the emperor-
today. He presented credentials
and Utorer'a letters of ricall.
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(Jnurnal Special Xerrlce.l
rrrrlr MXT 2. AfTeT g
four-dys' examination. Tn which
. she was subjected to all kinds- of
tortures hy the alienists examin
ing her,' the Insanity cnmmlaslon '
In th- case of Josephine Terfan
1oml selfrt-Owf eased muroereas af "
her uncle and aunt, pronounced
the wlrl -ewne-today and the-trlal
wa resnmed. "if v " t I i -
a
af ler'-her arrival aha -iras-se'nt ta school,
then her rebrtlves-refused ' to let hei
go either to church, or school' and made
a? household drudge of her.- .Her uncle
rut botMrdlng-houae and Josepbina hat
to get up. at 4 'o'clock In the tnomlng
and 'Work. until' 11 at night, j j. ; :,'
Without ! a"'momeni'g .' healrarinn oe
filhr- Indication of embarrassment Ih.
girl told of her uncle a riaault -upon her
wbea aha was IS year old. her mls-ua
t l
S isteP Jbseo h rDead ; at
.Vl. i l-.'''i--,
at bpokane After Lite bpent ip. usetuiness.
'Was Formerly at StViVincent's Portland,
and ; at Astoria and aficoiive
Kit.-,
t... , . laiNcui uupiuy id am .ranti.r
; j - Spokane. .Waah.. May. 21. Bister Jo
seph, one. of the. faithful- workers at
the Sacred Heart hospital, died of pneu
monia 'last - night after1 nine -day's-lll-
nesai RlghRevr-Blsbop-O'Deer-of Beat-1
tie administered the sacrament to her
In her dying moments. Rev. Sister Vln
eent. the superior, and all members of
thw community 'were around the bedside.-
Marie Denelge Dfllatrct-ae Sister J o
seoh waa - known In- private life, en
tered the community of the Sisters of
Peovidew In Montreal at tna-aga-ox-AX
years.- At-har Uealh she waa 1 years
nltat- ln-fortrand -for-eeveral-yaari
She haa been here since 1S86, .when
rtrt,it li wwrh oS-ewnateiicl'Insi the
Barred Heart 'hospital, which
waa
thrown open "Within one-year. :
flhe waa afeter aiiperlor-at- aipokana,
Washington;; Great Falls. Montana; Aa-
LI SX 0 F DEPEN DENTS---'1
.;; ( . RAPIDLY DECREASING
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(joaraai gpadal Berries.)
.Ban .Francisco, . May. lit.- texlnei
In charge? of the Red -CrOsa relief work.
atatel-thtmom4na 1,00a-famjllas .
ara now being cared .for, and that the
number of dependanta la Increasing
dally, ,,.Th report of the .employment
bureau show J.tta ms lest- and. Or- f"
males registered for work since. the Jlre.
Of these -work has been secured .'for
1. loo. men and M women. Dr-VDevlne
will' continue here Indefinitely 'In charge'
of the Red Cross work.
GERMAN STEAMER HEROS'
WRECKED NEAR ALDERNEY
.' fjoaratl Ssedtil Servlee.) '
'Alderney, May IS. The German1
steamer Heros of the Dutch Leviathan
lino was' totally wrecked this morning.
and her degradation. --The abuse con
tinued intil the girl wss married. Her
aunt aided her uncle- In his cmelty and
frequently "best her. . "'
'The story : of the" wedding was like a
chapter from Boocaccldi The girl seemed
entirely unable - to comprehend the
depth of the wrong done her snd with
out aenfclMllty -to realise 'her- present
peril. Like a child she told of her hap
piriesar during' the three-Weeks sh lived
with her huehand In' the little' flat he
provided in Brooklyn-' -At the end of
three weeka'they visited the 'uncle. w)k
told her husband that' JoaeHTrrW-B
wicked-- On their return home sha knslt
before her husband and told him every
thing, and her husband deserted her.
.After her desertion Josephine stales
that . ahe . constantly 1 saw her uncle's
spirit before hr and that a spirit voice
eonstnirtly urged bar ''to kill her uncle.
8h said: '...'. '
"The voice alwaj-a said 'Go kill yuur
uncle,, or you ara lost In thiaWorld and
Sac red, HearPHosDital
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torla. 'Oregon, and 'Wallace.- Idaho,' all
of which inatttutlona aha founded. -
- Funeral aervlcea will be held tomor
row -with high mass at 19 o'clock. The
ceremonies will be the moat Imposing
heldin thla-c4ty In- yeara-T Soorea of
priests will be In attendance from all
sections of the northwest. The re-
Tnarns-wtltie-ahipped to.Taneouver to
morrow night whara aha will ba In
terred In the remetery of the community
there.
lfi later Josephaaal fltVincent'j.lioB-
pltal In this city 28 jers ago. before the
cwot th
oldest Catholic workers lntown-remem-ber
her as one of the atstera In charge
JW-about; ymtrm whoathSrJnaUtUr.
tlon waa still small. Sister Josepn was
on of tha first- sisters. In . Vancouver
early. charity work In-Astoria.
WESTERN FEDERATION ;
IS BIGGER THAN EVER
r(Jmrsal' Special Sei itn. ,
""Denver. May The Western Fad-,
eratlon of Miners resumed Its-convention-
todgywlthr arr.eae'iitle sesslont It
Is declared reports will show that the
federation la bigger' and 'stronger than
befosardeapita tha fight y-mlnaownet.
, The -United Mlneworkera. ' have not
sought admission to the organisation at
this session as yet. ' ,J
RUSSIAN TERRORISTS - -.,r
.KILL POLICE CAPTAIN
- - Josrnal 'Special Sarrtea.)
' Wrsaw,- May Sfl. Terrorists ,'bava
killed Police Captain Kowatski and the
constable - accompanying - him. Both
made ' themselves odlobe fb the terror
ists.' ' - - - v , : -" ..
Is BrUtally-TreaWby
Uncle arid Aunt; Forr
:saken , by ; Husband
; During Horieymoon; :
the next.' Bo I got myself dressed and
went out and killed my uncle." ,
' When the . girl's uncla cried for help
on being atabbed her aunt cams to his
aid and aha was also stabbed.. Then
the girl took out a revolver ujid shot
her uncle. ' '
Many alienists have testified that the
girl la Insane.
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GIVEN TO
GOVERNOR
Hearty- Welcomes for e
Chamberlain in Many i
Part:of4betate:
Despite Rainy Weather, large
Crowdr Turrt't
tion of Taxes Follows Econom
ical Administration - People)
Voting for. Principle. " ' "
(Special Olspateh to The JneraaJ.)
Grants Pass. Or .May .2. Though -the
night was stormy a full- house
greeted Governor Chamberlain here bast- --night,-
many coming a longdistance"-'
from the surrounding mountain dis
tricts to hear him, . .
The governor -was met- T -tha depot "'
by, a large number of citlxena and e- V 1
cor led -to Hotel W'eater where an tn -formal
reception waa held. ' - - '
The governor wns accompanied by
Messrs. Matlock and Miller, who- fol
lowed him - with short, addresses. The
speakers were Introduced by Represen
tative Robert O. Smith. A number of
other local Democratic politicians wera
on the rostrum.! "The appearance of -Governor
Chamberlain-- waa itha signal
for prolonged -applause. Following thm
special music was rendered byProfaa-
r Henry's orchestra.. i, ..
Befuses to' Abase. -'-. ' 1 '
"I m approached by two classes of
friends while traveling oyer thla state,"
aald the governor. "One asks me why .
I do not apeak on national Issues, -the
other wsnts to know why I fall to s burnt
the Republlcana. To' the ; (I rat I say
there la n6 difference between tba issues
of the two parties at thla lima Ta the
other-1 ' eay-1 cannot abuae the Repab
llckna, because I amjiot In the abusing
business... I careTnot what a mail's pol itics
may" be. I would employ the Re-'
publican s uleklyaa I would employ
The governor In. connection with hi a
review of work done at the laat legls-
Uture. commended. Repreaantatla.
for hla fearless and untiring work In
Sghtlng ll manner nf graj't.
- Bedoatloa-lm. Taxea -
Josephine county this year paya leas
ftirSTea fur stale purposes -than at any-
time for the past 16 years, aald tha i
governorJTn--190IrihiB county- jialdj
I.t80 for state purpoaea,"thla year you'
will par 16,125, a reduction of S3 'per
cent. Thla reduction-is made deapit
the Increase la the ' state's ' expenses,
ther being nearly twtca the number of
tnmatea - tn ' all - stattr-tnatltattona that -there
were four years ago."
(Continued on Pagi yhree.)
PAYS TwIlLIO;.1
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NewYork Broker Who Failed for
1 Large Sum Three Years Ago ; .
Clears Enough to Square ' ,
Up in Fuii. .1..
wr--y-ti
(Jeersal Speeial Stlte.) 1
New Tork. May J. Kdwtn S- Hooley,
head "ef -rnaTitoclt-axcbanga -firm - -of -Hooley,'
learned ft Co.. has squared up
all hla ,lndebtednea.hgvlng mailed to
creditors lsst Saturday checks which '
aggregated more than JI.OOO.so.
On July 11103. the firm of Edwin
R. Hooley A Co. fajlwl, owing about
H.OOO.OOOi. Hooley made Brrsngements
with his-creditors to pay 0 cenia on
the dollar, and upon his promise f
mske good the ha l ore with Intereat s
soon as possible- he wa permitted! tn
resume business. The che. ka aert ant
on Saturday were far 'the remaining
per cent and Included Interest at $ f r
cent, - '
i Hooley wnf to the wall when Ta'
J, Tavlor A fa rt VT. U 8n'W a t
falle. Hooley a jd hla new firm
been snoreaefully d'sllng In rr,
and It In generallv undei ml o"1 1 it t.
atreet that the firm haat:u 1
La a ion s bajincn ia J' '