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Newspaper Page TextO! RCU JL ATIOmCO M PARED ISSSSUiSS good evehihg - i nan rmmri ft dsdct rrm pi n n L-i!tai , Showers 'tonight." Thursday fair ' and warmer, westerly wind. . ' VOL. V. NO 79.. Defeat of Official Count ' May l test: Wi II Be (naugu rated and -Alleged im(LatheEolkln Returns for Stevens "' That Tern -Word has bee defeated "for ' reelection" la by w mean certain . Indeed, the evidence ao . far at hand mmi to Indicate that ha-has pollad a plurality of votes and that a conteat will leave him In possession of ths of flea which ha now holds. Ths statements aant In to tba county clerk by tha 0 alectlon board In tha county aiva Stavana a plurality of 14. Word's friends hava strong hopes that tha official count,- now In progress, will : reverse tha plurality ; and leava their candidate In poaaesslon of the Held. If - It turns out otherwlae there will bo a cohtesrfflvotTlng a -number of prodnota- in which there la more or leas eviaence of fraud.' ''''- . ' .-...-,-.,-;-. Burners of TtwaaV, Tha belief of the Word contingent that the of ndaj count will prove the preaent aheriff a. winner la aupported by well-derlned rumor to the effect that In a number of different precincts the returns wers padded, in Stevens' faTor. Kor example, a Judge at one of tha weat Bids preclnota Is said to hare remarked la confidence that the atatemant aent In by the board gave - Stevens no fewer than 40 votes mors than be waa en- - titled to In precinct It . It Is alao per- -aietently -stated that. tha .returns wers padded In Stevens' favor. Another pre cinct In which the accuracy of the count is' Questioned is No. J. If such frauds hsve been perpetrated they will become evident In the official canvass "and W6rd mty"bs declared elected with "out a "contest. . , ' . t WU1 Demaad Seooaat. ' On tha other hand, if no evidence of fraud or mlatakes In maklnc out tha statements sppears from tha official canvaaa Word will demand an. opening" of the ballot boxea themaelvea, the of flolal canvaaa being; merely a seoond go ing over of tile tally sheets. ' , Frauds are alleged to have been per petrated In the figuring of the tally sheets In a number of different weat aide preclncta. At precinct 45, too, there la a suggestion that Word harnot - been given a fair deal. Jt Is stated on ' good authority that the tally sheet of the night board left Word SI 1-1 per - cent in the lead In that precinct, and that tha tally eheets of tha day board reduced hla lead to f per cent. ' Though this might happen in case of a fair count, auch a falling oft la unusual, to aay tha leaat, and might well be . In quired into." ' By far the strongeat preaumptloh of fuud axlats in regard to tha Bellwood pQ.inct, No. 17. ' -This precinct "la the one in which the Mount Hood brewery Is situated and there was a hot fight on tha "wet" and "dry" question. Preclncta 17 and 81 wars Joined on tha prohibition issue. Tha brewery Interests msda s bitter fight, enlisted every available power in its favor and there is strong auaplcion that there was a lot of fraudulent voting. The fact that there were St more votes cast than were reg istered Is highly slgnlflcsnt of Itaelf, conalderlng that the vote la no other precinct in the state, so far as known, as much aa equaled the registration. Of the 46S votes polled in precinct ST it is rumored that J00 were affidavit votes, affording ground for another atrong pre emption of fnludr It la auppoaed that theae S00 votes wers practically all cast for Stevens, as It Is known that he is In greater favor with the liquor Intsrests than Is Word.r'.T1 Chief Clerk of Motive. Department of Pennsy Received Gifts From ; Coal Operators - From Whom He Purchased Fuel :r , , (Jonrnat SpeeUl service.) Philadelphia June . An 'immunity bath" will not be furnished President Caaaatt of tha Pennsylvania road by the Interatate commerce eommlaalonV which re f nnei to subpoena him before it for a hearing. - ' " Xdditl'irn! evidence of graft among tha Pennaylvanla railroad offlniala was ' developed by th rnleratate commerce pommlaslon at the hearing, today:J J. R. - poyer, fhlof clerk of the motlveTpower department, .admitted . g"Mlng money "from coal companlea. Mu.c-h of It cnfne to him In unsigned letter. Ilia rake off oame on tonnage received fronj op erators furnishing the company .with . . i Word Not Certain and Contest May Elect Reverse Majority Are Reported The total vote recorded for the two candidates 1 Stevens ,JoV-Word S.S4S. leaving Stevens with a plurality of 14. - The Bellwood vote la: Stevens SSI, Word SIS. leaving Stevena with a plurality of 17. If fraud can bo proved in Precinct 17, ' therefore, tha precinct vote will be oaat out and Word will bo left - with a plurality of S. These are the reasons why Tom it. Word ia atlll cheerful and confident, though anxious, tired end sleepy. Tha members of the election board of Precinct 17 are: Night board J. A. Miller, 3. B. C rosier, O. U Reed, C. P. Dstscp7ICrSenrF-.7tj.-Roberts; day boaro Hen F. Smoth. William V. Ben son. D. M. Donaugh. W. M. La Force, O. H. Wahlberg and R. M. Oatewood.. JCiatake TeaBd U Ooaat. - - - . After the .full -reports were In early In - the -morning the county, olerk'a fig- urea Indicated that Stevena had been elected by, a plurality of Is. This fact waa given out by telephone and was hawked about the etreeta until between 10 and 11 - o'clock, when the return wore . Bgared up again . on tha adding machine. The machine reduced Stevena' plurality to 14, it being Suppoaed that the mistake had been ade by a ffgnre f being mistaken for a figure t In the previous process of " addition. Thla changed the A"pect of the situation very materially, affording . renewed hope of the Word men, who had oatlmated that, aven wlto. the throwing out) of preclnot SV oLher.illacrepancleii must be found or Stevena would atlll be entitled to the office of aheriff. , . . . In regard to the conteat and the altu atlon In precinct '17, Attorney McQlnn spoke emphatically aa follows: - "There wlU be a contest instituted by Mr. Word aa Boon as tha result of the official canvaaa la' announced. I - am convinced that . Mr. .Word bas been elected sheriff., ' ' ' i . XMOks 'Stea lit SeUwood, . ' "The condition of affaire in regard to Sell wood looks bad to ra.r It smell very bad. . Considering that'-; the election board 1n -that precinct-was unfavorable to Word, If there was fraud there is a atrong presumption that it waa done against Word. '-It seems to me that the district attorney should take the matter up, and. when ke does take it up that there should be something done besides talk; To have the atatement go out to the world that there were. S00 Illegal votes cast In one precinct and nothing dona would be an. everlasting, disgrace. And I have no doubt that a large per centage of thoee SOO votes were Illegal. If there waa fraud, and there la no doubt In my mind that there waa, I be lieve it Is the duty of the district at torney to tnatltuta criminal proceed ing." ' ... .-' McOInn further gave it as hla opinion that fraud proved in precinct S7 would reault In the throwing out of the whole preclnot; that there would be no way of throwing out the diahoneat vballots and counting the honest ones. t " - ' r rnoi la Pealed. Ths charge"" of . fraudulent voting In preclnot 17 la Indignantly denied by residents of Bellwood, where the voting place la located. It Is Claimed that the charges were brought - simply aa the result of defeat and are absolutely groundless..""''.-' Judges and clerka who served on eleo- (Cotitlnued on Page Two.) ooal. l. Boyer's receipts from one com pany In' two years amounted to 1S,000. Another company paid Borer tlt.000. Paymente atopptd whan the preaent In vestigation began. ' "Coal companlea furnlahlng the rail road with engine coal, paid Borer S4. 000 In three years. - Boyer's salary was 11,800 annually, ilia said that he had never divided the money given him and that his superiors had no knowledge of the transaction. He said that he never rollclted gifts, lie didn't wrestle with his conaclenco and didn't think h had done . anything reprehensible. lie said that he did not, favor tba companlea tbat paid -hire, . - . , PORTLAND, OREGbN, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 'HManflMMMHMaHHH' C ? ' V"S JT TT iT 0'9'Sfmmm mmm MkMsMBMaaalMniSte . ' ' 1 ' " f . - ( t 1 , . .-A HIS .;,'" L - , Levey , Succeed T McCab-. " Vice-President Cutler Is - Made" General " Su-- as perintendenti . " . ,eu.l nianetrh t Tha laaraaLt' Pendleton. Or June . At a meeting of the Waahlngton ft Columbia Klver Railroad" company held at Walla Walla today formal action waa taaen on xm resignation of Generar Manager Joseph McCabe. ...-. Charlea M. Levey of Tacomaas ap pointed to auoceed Mr. McCabe as vlce Dresldent. while the office of general manager will be aboliahed. . The reslgnstloa of J. O. Cutler . ss assistant, treasurer waa tendered and aocepted-3-The vacShcy " waa ' filled by appointment of M. P. Martin of Tacoma. Mr. Cutler waa then made general su perintendent of the road. Mr. McCabe leaves tonight for Boston, accompanied by his partner, Charles H. Blhler. RAILROAD CONDUCTORS :t pST CREASE TROUSERS ' ; : (Jonrnil Bpeeltl Servlet.l " ' Chicago. June Hereafter If Bur lington conductors are not neat In dress and do not have their trousers, nicely pressed, there is likely to bo trouble. The operating department has installed a tailor In the conductors' room and it will be his business to Iron all trousers and do allnecessary repairing.' It Is understood that the men 'Will UsOb required to send their llnoh to the laun dry oftn enough to preaent a good appearance. The company haa placed a premium upon the personal appearance of -Its men, aa well as upon their behavior.- ..... "WOMEN'S FEDERATION - IN SESSION AT ST. PAUL . IJoatTMl Special Sarrtea.t ' - St, Paul. Minn., June . Mrs. Joslah Evan Cowlea of Loa Angeles baa been nominated aa treasurer of the Federa tion of Women's clubs. -The election will take place tonight. Despite all promises to ths contrary the question of woman suffrage came before the con vention incidentally. It was applauded. A telegram from President Roosevelt waa received, aaylng he approved . the resolution of the women to aava the California big trees and would call ths attention of -congress to tha subject. JURY HARD TO SECURE : IN LADOUX MURDER CASE (Journal -gpeeUl Service.! Stockton, CaL, June (.A venire of SO Jurors In the Ledouz murder case waa exhausted yesterday and a special venire of is being summoned' today. The trial waa continued until next Fri day. Eleven veniremen were .rejected for cause. Peremptory challenging baa not t yet been started. ' Of the jurors rejected several were on the Miller mur der Jury, . which aoqultted the defend ant '?,"'.: ' STOCKTON WINS FAME- -AS A MULE CENTER '. ' Ooeratl Special SniH I . -Stockton. CaL. June (.Ten hundred and alxty mules, the largeat shipment ever made from tha United Statea by a private corporation, will be shipped from Port Costs Saturday to FIJI laland. They were purchased here for the Co lonial Sugar Refining apmpany. Stock ton Is now the mule center of the world. English, German and United States gov emmenta buy here. FOLK CHAIRMAN FOR J RYAN RECEPTION (Jnara! Bpeelal BerTle.) New York, June .-Governor folk of Missouri haa been appointed .chairman of the committee to arrange for the re ception to be . given William J. Bryan when ho arrives front his oriental pu grlmaga.y..',; ;. vV;. j , ..i -. - , THE JOUR NAI,SAmLJXn'J CRAFTING PENNSYLVANIA' RAILROAr-OFFlCIALS.' - -From Left to-RightR. Cassatt, mad president of the Keystone Coal company; Samuel Rea, vice-president) who got shares and bonds iraU 4atJ82JMttJteteflL t MarUnr who got ahAres worth i38Ji00. IIOIKII IF UC1ITS DESIRE 'J--' . ' ; ' : . :t - 'vA'-,'".' Transportation Committee of Chamber; of -Commerce Has Correctly LShaped-.Stea ship Problem, and Now It Is Up to the Merchants to Get Busy i and.-DoTheir T-Share-oMhe-Work The transportation committee of the chamber of -commerce haa at. last got the Alaaka trade and steamship problem shaped .right. It is row up to tha mer chants of Portland to establish their lines of trade in Alaska, and when they iff Tready for-tha-shipg-they ' will be started," aald 8of-Blumauer, chairman of ths Alaska trade committee of the chamber. - . Ha aald tha commltts haa entered Into a tentative agreement with one of the leading steamahlp companlea of the Pacific coast, and that there will be no further trouble about guarantees - or bonua propoaitiona. The Northern Pa cific Railway company haa been Induced to put in a rata om cents par hundred in lieu of the former IS cents rate on all Portland freight consigned to Alaska via Puatet sound.- ' , Banal Ohaaoe With Seattle. At .rate of 1 oenta per hundred pounda . Is practically placing Portland on an equal footing with the Sound so far aa the freight charges la concerned. and If Portland merchants can now get a fair deal from the Seattle ateamahlp companies operating to Alaska this city may secure a large part of the Alaska business. . The prices of commodities, both Imported - and of homer -manufacture In Portland, are aufflclently lower than Sound prices to enable the mer chants of Portland ito eaally absorb ths freight differential of 7H cents. It now remaina to be seen Whether Portland merchant want Alaaka trade, and will go seiionely Into a commercial battle for It.. Mr. Blumauer aald;. The plan now aettled upon Is S natural and feasible project. Portland merchants are on a fair footing with Alaska territory -. through the -Sound gateway. They can and ahould aend their traveling men immediately Into Alaaka territory and work the . whole HEARST SETS DATE FOR "NOMtNATiNG-CONVENTIOf New York. June I. It' is announced that the state' convention of the Inde pendence league, which will nominate Hearer for governor of New Tork, will hneet about August 1, probably In Roch- eaieii or oyrscunv. ruiiuL-wn n ma- ready begun their duress aa to the com position of the Hearst ticket and It la generally the opinion that Clarence J. Shearn, Ilearat'a lawyer, will be chosen to run for sttorney-general. The names of ex-State Senator William P. Mackay of Buffalo and Isaac Kosen bloom or Syracuse are mentioned for the offices of lieutenant-governor : and . controller respectively. . , ANARCHISTS WILL TRY AQAIN TO KILL ALFONSO tendon. June I. The notorloua ' an archist, Malaleeta, states that further attempts will be made to kill Alfonso X1H and tVlotorUy nig queen, . ; 6, 1906.---FOURTEEN PAGES. Him. Sheriff Will Demand ot SS.000 In cash, and WUiajnJA. . . -. l,:'l-11J---LI-f country for trade. . The goods can bo laid down on Seattle docks the day after it is ordered, and if Portland's Interests are properly looked after In Seattle the steamship companies can be induced to give Portland shipments the same, con sideration given to Seattle freight con aimed to Seattle. Portland freight ahould be put oa the first boat leaving for Alaaka and no favoritism shown the Seattle shippers. ; Portland Merchants Save Chanoe. ' --Thla. plan" glvea Portland merchants a splendid change to work upland develop-Alaaka trade. When the volume of their Alaska shipments reaches a alas that will warrant such a move, the ateamahlp' company with which we have line, giving flrst-claaa and frequent service, it la now simply a queatlon ot working up the business. Every Port land firm that can participate In this trade ahould place traveling men In Alaaka territory" The only handicap now remaining. It Is said, exlsta in ths proneness of Seat tle ateamahlp companies to leave Port land freight on the docks snd give Seat tle conslgnmenta the preference when there is any shortage of space in Alaska-bound vassal a. It Is said the greateat source of complaint In the peat from Alaska customers . of Portland firms I the delays In arrival of ; the goods at - Alaska desttnatlnna. These delays have been chiefly caused by un fair treatment of Portland by Seattle steamship' companlea. - It Is proposed that rf a square deal cannot be secured In any other way ths mercantile inter-, eats of Portland will employ and main tain a competent man at Seattle to look after all Portland ahlpmenta aent via the" Northern Pacific for reahipment to Alaska, and. see to it that thejr.are given equal consideration In the loading ol vessels on tha sound. " " CARLOAD OF PEOPLE AVE-N ARROW-ESCAPE "Moernal Special Service.) : Pasadena, June' . A ' disarranged flange on ths Mount Lowe eleetrlo oar nearly cauaed one of the worat acci dents ever noted In thla vicinity. Just as a car bound for the summit left cir cular bridge with a crowd of pleasure seekera the Inner rail spread and the ear waa thrown from the track against the aide of the cliff. 1 i -r .-. At thla point paasengera can look down 7 feet to the bottom of the gorge and had the car not stopped after Jumping the track nothing oould. hava prevented It from rolling over the cliff. PRESIDENT ELIOT OF HARVARD TO RESIGN Boatott, June President TTharlee William Eliot of Harvard aays he haa no Intention of resigning his office). on account of ths Harvard football situa tion. ; '.- . ..- ',' . . MCE PRICE TWO pHirifQP 3tiiititoir -1 Imperial Commissioners State That Empire Will Adopt a Constitutional Form of - ' ' . -' ' I" !-lv. I j .. . , Government. , - (Ipeelat Dispatch to The Jooraal) - Tacopja, Waatw : June (.-Imperial commissioners Chang and: Chow, "who are in the United, States representing tha Chinese gOTarnraent and will apend several days in Tacoma, in aa interview this morning aays that ths Chinese ex pect to adopt a constitutional form of government and that at the present time the envoys sent out by the em' peror sra . studying political conditions In Europe and America, especially in consti rational -monarch leej -a ftet which the - Chineae government will be more or leas a copy. The commissioners sdmlt that their trip through America, which- haa now lasted over three months, -two months ot which have . been spent In. tha ns Uonal capital, haa been replete with wonderful revelations of . Industrial cob- dltlons. The evolution of city Ufa from the primitive conditions found In tha ori ental countries to modern cities of thla country haa amaaed them. . One of the particular polnta of which the comrala alonera are making a atudy Is Amer ican machinery, and farming .imple ments, wh(ch they say will be intro duced Into China In great quantlttea to take tha place of primitive tool a, and revolutionise the ancdent . methods of that empire. - Men who have- talked with them here eay their preaencs ia a pronounced aymptom of the awakening of China to the merits of twentieth century civil isation, -- r . ' - UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT PETITIONS LEGISLATURE (Joereat Bueetal Strike. t Sacramento, June .President Benja min Ide Wheeler of the University ot California appeared before the Joint committee on ways and meane yeater day and presented arguments In favor of an appropriation of I8S.I0S for the university. The committee will take Immediate atepa to secure tha legisla tion aaked. .-. ' , LONG SESSION OF - , SENATE JN PROSPECT (Joersal Bpeelal servtee.) ' Washington, June . The senate to day considered the conference report on tha rata bill. After a spirited discussion Senators Lodge and Foraker announced their purpoae pf crlttclalng it. Later tha naval appropriation bill was con sldered. Senator Elkins Intimated that ths senate would be in aeaslon after July. . .. Miss Maggie Dailey Accepts Dare, Goes Up ; jn Balloon, Drops From. Midair With -- Parachute With Skill of Veteran ; ; (Jnamal Sperlal gervlee.l - Mlddletown, O., June 4. Because aha waa dared to do it and did not fancy being called a coward. Miss Maggia Dailey, a young woman ' of this city, took her life in her handa and made a balloon - ascension and parachute leap at Midway Park, a Summer resort near here. r . I . While horror-stricken ' frlenda stood below and watched her whirling several thousand feet above the ground. MIms Iolly cut loose from the bHllnon anj made a leap with the parachute with the skill of a eteran, Inriiiln about two and a half s&cs frc-i tie .:rt . .-j K-L'.J-'-. ! A a CENTS. nJFn?cE& Recount. Returns Indicate That! He Has : Carried ther State byAlmbstThreol -T4iWsand-Vote Counties Which Were Conceded j. ; - to Republican-Candidate Civs - - - - .... ... "for Present Chief Executive Victory Greater Than Thought. . Jiiil; ' ' 4 - - sjBBassBaBaBassaaBjsmBBBSBsaBSBs ' . With complete or partial returns frong all couhtlea In tha atate aava Harneyy which easts only a small vote, Oover nor George E. Chamberlain naa a plu-t. rallty of 8.150 votes over James Withy combe: Later returns win notiuata rially change this figure. . Chamber lain'a margin may- exceed 1,500, -or fall to 1,000, but in either event he haa won a great victory at a time when ' thef . average candidate oa the opposing ticket had a margin of about 16, 00. The counties that went to Chambers Iain Included Baker, which gave him id round numbers too .plurality; Clacka mas, where he surprised, the Withy combe forces by carrying one of their! supposed strongholds by 400; Clatsop. V another surprise, ISO; liana. -ISO, and. Linn, S00. Ula majority In Multnomals county Is small, about 160, but thla la mora . than ' the Democratio' atate com mlttee really, expected, and proves that Chairman Sweek waa speaking from tha ' cards when he- Bald that Chamberlain could lose Multnomah by 1,000 and still ' win the election. .... Where Wlthyoombs Made Showing-. ' ' Withycombe-mada. Ma- best - ahowlnaj in Benton, his home county, but even there hla margin waa one short of 100, He carried Columbia, - Ooos.. Curry Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Lake, Liu eoln. Sherman. . Tillamook. Wallowa, Wasco, Waahlngton and probably Har,. ney. but In moat of theae hla plurality waa less than 100. In Douglas his lead ever chdmberlaln ' is only nlno votea and full returns may wipe thla out Late returns show that United 8tatea) Senator John M. Oearin made a phe j nomenat run. It wag" thoughtr-at first - that Bourne had beaten him about 10,000 ' but the outalde countlea have done bom weU by Oearin that it la now believed that Bourne'a plurality will bo leas than 1,600. - Bourne carried Multnomah byf ' about 1.(00. although thla is Gearla'a homo and waa the auppoaed center ofj the Republican revolt agalnat- thafti party's senatorial candidate. ' j The following aummary tells how thai to us eouatles east their - vote fog-' United States senator and governor: - baker Bourne ll3, . Oearin 17ts Chamberlain l.OCt, Withy com be 1,414. Benton Bourne Oil, Oearin TSag Chamberlain SIT. Wlthycombs 1.111. Clackamas -Bourne 1.0TS. Oearin) 1.761, Chamberlain 1.113. Withycombe 1.111. ( - ClMteep Oomplete) Bourns 1,!V Gear in 14, Chamberlain 1.111. Withy combe 1.0S0.- i, .-- ' Columbia : (complete) Bourne ' S07 -Oearin Sl, Chamberlain Til, Withy oomba. 174. Cooe Bourne 171, Oearin lit, Cham berlaln 111. Wlthyeombe 13. i Curry Bourne SO plurality. Chamber lain SO plurality. - Crook Uearln 14 plurality, Chamber -, lain 119 plurality. Douglaa BournO l.Sl,0artn"'1.4S4 ' Chamberlain 1.793, Wlthyeombe 1,101. Gilliam Bourne 4 ST, Oearin 91 Chamberlain SOS. Wlthyeombe 411. (Continued on Pag Two.) point,' uninjured, but completely un nerved. ""' ,' Mlaa Pa Hey waa with several com panlons at the park, whan Aeronaut Kelly, who makes dally ascensions, ws getting ready, for. the afternoon esh!U Uon. - " - - They commenced bantering anrl rf"' - ea-h other to make an asi-enslon. I I I ley would not teke te 1 i prepared to gt lip In tit (.".. sot aaay aafuly, a enl d 3 I when the 4.r-hul a ale llelf fri"i ; t '" j-eur-j w "V; , 'e ' I: