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THE OREGON : DAILY JOURNALV PORTLAND. TUESDAY EVENING. .TtrrJC, 1SC3. . ,-T- lIZOflil-TO VOTE COURT SAYS DEED STABS WIFE WITH BIG FOUR PACKERS LEGISLATURE ENDS. T ITS 170RK DED DEBATE Fi MUST GO F0UND GUILTY BY JURY SB-.WIS-SBhS . . 0 ' CITY'S GOOD TO PEOIIEIITIRY IS WORTHLESS PAIR OF SHEARS (Joorn.l BpeeUl Service.) - -Kansas City, June 11. Armour A Co.. Swift Co, Cudahy 4 Co. and the Nelson Morris Pack ay Ing company- were found guilty In the federal court this morn Foraker Wins .His Fight In the President .T Fisher " ofAmerican In . Burst of PassldnT" William Extra Session of California Law makers' Makes ' Record ' for Efficiency. ' Initiative One Hundred Meeting Supreme Court Sustains Circuit Judges In Their Decision -. . Against Rioters. "- ' . -a. SLAYERS OF WOMAN ARE DESTINED TO STRIPES 4 Ing of accepting rebates from 4 the Burlington railroad for ship- 4 ments to New York for export, d It is the first time that any eon- 0 corn has been brought to trial . Brings Out Many Valuable '. Senate to Submit Ques t ; ; ' . " tloVto People.'," Alarm Company Enjoined '? From. Recording It. ; Kuehn Threatens to Kill His ' Entire Family. " ' Discussions. -Oi'.. 4 before a Jury on the charge of aooeptlng rebates for export a NEW STATE OF OKLAHOMA FISHER LOSES CONTEST POLICE ARRIVE AND applied to the interstate com merce law. PARDEE CONGRATULATES COMMITTEES REPORT WILL BE ADMITTED NOW FOR BlIRBANK FARM . PREVENT THE CRIME MEMBERS UPON BUSINESS ON CURRENT AFFAIRS CASES AGAINST JUNKMEN Question to Be Submitted at Jjlo- In Case of Morton Against the Ore Wife Swears. Out Warrant Charging Governor Signed BUI Appropriating Half a Million DoUara for the New -State Building in Wrecked Bay Matter of Placing Electric Wires In . Conduit a Provokes Demand to Know Why Committee of City After Long Legal Squabble Justice Is to Be Meted Out to Foreigners Who. Created Disturbance at Sid v-ember Election Is, "Shall Arizona - and New Mexico B United to gon Short Lino . the Motion to Her Husband With Threatening Jo ARE DISMISSED Strike Out Testimony la Overruled Kill Kuehn 'to . Be Examined, 'aa j-rFonn One State?" . and a Transcript Ordered. ; r . - ;. Insanity It Feared. - . - - " -' City. Council Pigeonholed Ordinance. " ing Near Roseburg. v 1 GREEKS I Oil STATEHOOD " . (Joaraal Special Serrlce.1 . ; Virh,.nt0B Jun.,1J'Tne.,utehoM cen f erence committee's reDO ctlwM .F 1 tlfc. drawn by the senate today. JForakar win hta fight and the bill will new b "changed " ta admit Oklahoma and. the Indian Territory- Jointly. In November " the people of Arlsona and New Mexico . will vote upon joint' or separate state hood, v i. ,,'"- : The compromise' presented by Senator ' Carter provides for the rejection of the Burrows amendment striking" frem-the " kill all ' reference to the admission of ' Arlsona and New Mexico and the adop tion In lieu of section 14 of the original Mil ef an amendment providing . the following!' '-' That at the general election to be held on November t, ltO, all the elec ' tore of , aald territories respectively -qualified to vote at such election ate hereby authorised to vote for and choose delegates to form a convention for said territories. The aforesaid con . mention ahall ronalst of lie delegates, - of . which -delegates shall -be elected to said Convention by the people of the -territory of .New Mexico and 44 by the people, ef the territory of Arlsona, end - the governor. chlefJuitice and secre taries ef each, of said territories re spectively shall apportion the delegates " ta be thus elected from their respective .territories, as nearly as may be eqult- eeiy oeiMr emong-tne aeversi counties tiofl-i s7io w n B rm reaprrr "eernrar of iob. T'K. a I. ..a 1 i. K1 rArirlMAtS T7 lhTAIII fnnvHTlnn are printed there ehi ll be submitted to the qualified electors of each of said territories a question which shall be stated on the ballot In substance and i Wallowa t i im i iinjittwair "Shall Arlsona and New, Mexico be -united.. to form one stater.. I 0 :.. ' - , i IS APPOINTED STATE LIBRARIAN - Commissioners to the James , town ' Exposition Include -; .Three Portland Men. (Special Ptepetca, toThe Joni(!. Salem, Oregon. June. 11. ,-E. N. Oilllngham of ' Salem was ap- . pointed stats librarian, J. B. Putnam having resigned. Perry H. Raymond succeeds Oilllngham ,aa baillS of the supreme court. i - Retiring Librarlsn Putnam has held ' the position about 20 years and has msde a courteous and obliging official. His successor is a prominent young at- . lorney of Balem and. .haa been, ball lit of the supreme court since the death of the late Flnley Perrlne several years cjo. . Perry It Raymond held the position Of deputy postmaster at Salem for many years and during the administration of Garfield waa postmaster at Albany. He fs the father of the well-known Oregon alnger. Mlas Ethel Raymond, who has achieved much success in eastern mu- -Commissioner to theJamf town - josltlon wore appointed thus: Jeffer son Myers of Portland. Henry Black- . man of Ueppner. D. H. Jackson of Jsck sonvllle, a. H. Devers and Tom Rich- . ardson, both of Portland. ARE MAKING INDIAN 1 ROBES IN PENDLETON -- (KpeHal Mipatch to The JenraaL) ', Pendleton, Or June 12. After lying Idle the Pendleton woolen mills,. where the fsmous Pendleton Indian robes are manufactured, were opened this J-orn-Ing. J. Shsurman has leased the plant for Tone year and states that he will purchase it at the end of that time, . as is his privilege under the lease, if the business proves whst he has every reason te believe it will be. C. A. Shepherd, one of the best wool- - an mill men In the westv baa been en gaged . as superintendent and la In charge of the plant. GOVERNMENT TO AID r:' IN REBUILDING 'FRISCO rJnerul Special aerrtee.) ... Washington. June 11. Senator Flint, Franklin T. Lane, Judge - Morrow and representatives from - Ban Fran . ' Cisco called on the president V 'today to . discuss the plan to have the secretary of the treaaury accept the ' ' - -city bonds of an iPranclso aa security for deposits of government money. They unuin Ilka to have kbout til. 000.000 and asld today that they would be glad tol ' . turn over' city bonds. It Is understood ths president favors the plan, which does , , riot rei"'r; congressional authority. It lie thought the president disapproves' the - ptan"ta 1osn money direct to the people " of Sen Francisco. DUEL TAKES PLAGE IN OFFICE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT CLERK ' f he office ot the clerk of the circuit court Is being used as a field for an affair of honor between two members ot- the Multnomah county bar In which 'the weapons are affidavits. The second blow was struck this morning, when the following affidavit was filed: ' ' "I, M. 8. Keefer, attorney for plain tiff, first being duly sworn, depose and I say that the affidavit filed by W. ;.T. i Vaughn, attorney for defendant. Is an ' Insult to this afflsnt. and wss Intehded. i ss sui-h, Kald affidavit la maliclossiy falee and the language used I depre cating and a coarse attempt to b fa- etioua. Further, deposing afflsnt (Special PteMtcb te The SneraaLi Salem, Or., June 11 Finding of the supreme. court in three ; cases war banded down this "hoorw - -. In the caae of Clark M. Plerson. ex ecutor, respondent, sgalnst Chsrles F, nsnsr,- appellant, which was appealed from Tamhtll. the decision of William Galloway, Judge, was affirmed by Justice Moors. 1 Mrs. ' Mary E. Burbank. a wealthy lady living near McMlnnvllle, was de sirous of leaving property so aa to pro vide a permanent Jncome for some charitable institution; President, Fisher cf Portland, of the American Alarm com pany, prevailed -upon her to sell him a farm for 14.000 cash. and tf.tOO In stock taken In his company. She then algned ready prepared deed - presented by Fisher. r " She afterwards discovered thst be had left her his note for 11.000 and 17,100 In stock Instead 6 the 14.000 caah she expected. Bhe commenced suit to re move the cloud- of such deed from the title and restrain him from placing the sims on record. .After winning the esse Ih the lower court she died; her executor end her devisee, the state of Oregon, aa trustee, were substituted In her place. 'The supreme court holds .that there never having been a delivery of the deed, either actual of constructive, there was no conveysnce and perpetually en- Joins Its being placed on record. In the case of Morton against the O. Lk Co. the motion to strike the testl- e-flieg warwcrrulcrT and b for transcript allowed. - In llle" I'Hbc if IPIHSl King, rSHbund- Inst fclhis ' "Ohnii)ia(n et'alu ap" -Psv !- Benson,' Judge; was reversed by Jus tice Bean. This case Involved the ' doctrine of merger. ajj .;. applied. .lgveatatea.ln. real property and lien thereon. To protect the llenholder. who subsequently ac quired the fee of -real -eatatev- his lien waa not allowed to merge into his high er estate, - - -, , ., ; ' NO PERMIT NECESSARY -TO SELL FIREWORKS This yekr no permit is required for selling firecrackers and fireworks, ss the ordinance providing all kinds of regulations on the Sale of such combus tibles has been repealed. One of the Chinese dealsrs of Second street called at the office of the fire I committee this morning to get his per- I mlt as ususL It was with seme diffi culty that he was convinced none waa necessary. -.-'. ; ' The statute which has been 'on the books for ths past two yesrs -wss rigid enough, but it wasn't a marker to one which for years wss on the list, but never enforced. This provided thst the person selling fireworks should hire a man to stand outside the establishment with a fire extinguisher In readiness to put out sny Incipient biases. Neither of-these laws- waa ever - enforced -aaldo from the granting of the permit, and this-brought no revenue to the city. DAMAGE SUIT AGAINST LUMBER COMPANY BEGINS The damage suit of Peter Bayley vs. the Eastern Western Lumber TC0mpftfly"Mtn TIpTormarTOsHmornlnf In the United Btates elroult eour Plaintiff suffered the loaa of a 'leg while firing a donkey engine for de fendant at a Washington- logging camp. The complaint alleges that . the in jury was due to a defective roadbed, which caused the engine - on which plaintiff was working to crash through the-rotten-ties, turn -upon -Its aide and pin him under the wreckage, caualng blm to lone his right leg and otherwise permanently Injuring him ' by scalding and by the inhalation of steam.- The amount Of damages claimed is $25,009. INDIAN WAR VETERANS WILL MEET TOMORROW The Indian War Veterans of the Pa- eiflo Northwest hold their annual en campment tomorrow. H. O. Mount of Bllverton is the grand commander of the organisation and will prealde at the meeting In the White Temple. In the afternoon a banquet will be held under the auaplces of the Sons and Daughtsrs of - Indian War Veterans. Mrs. ' C. Henry Chambreau, the presi dent, and A. J. McDanlel, the vice-president of the auxiliary organisation, will have charge of the banquet. Between 800 and 400 veterans ars expected to attend the sessions. MADAM COREY SEEKS . DIVORCE FROM MAGNATE fJetrntl ".portal Rervlre.) ' Nev. , J una 1 a. M re. - W, - E. Rano; Corey, wife of the steel magnate, today filed complaint for divorce, alleging her hunhsnd deserted her May It, 190SLand since has refused to live with her - She does not ssk alimony, but wanta the custody of a minor child. charges thst the 'defendant's attorney made no search or- inquiries regsrdlng this affisnt's place of business, ss stated. Affiant further ststes that my office is room 7, l7TF!rst street. Portland. . Oregon, and . has - been such office end now is for It months Isst past. Thst my name and offlcs num ber, ss well as residence, i Is contained In. tlx laat number of the city directory, (kit 'wwfrg tocUnt's not being a dealer In or eonnolaSritf fof diamonds or other precious etonJaV have had. no business relations with said attorney, and have hot nowUe doubtful honor of bis -acquaintance. ' Further deponent sayetb now' ....... In- an outburst of ungovernable pas sion last evening William Kuehn. re siding at JBH -Arthur street, attacked his wife -with a pair of shears and then securing a shotgun declared his Inten tion of exterminating the entire family. It was only by the prompt arrival of Patrolman Stuart and Detective Joe Day that the Infuriated man, was prevented from carrying out his murderous pur pose, lie wss locked up la the city prison and was booked on a complaint sworn to. by Mrs. Kuehn this morning charging him with threatening to kill. There is some question aa to his sanity and anjnvestlgatlon of his mental con dition "by the insanity commission may Be neceeaary. . Shortly after I o'clock Patrolman Stuart was Informed thst a man was attempting to murder his family at the Arthur street address. Stuart called up police headquarters and was noon reinforced by Detective Joe Day. They proceeded to the house and were met st the gate by Mrs. Kuehn and notified that her husband would kill any one who entered the house. The police men" Tlorced an . entrance . and . found Kuehn In the kitchen preparing a raeaL He of fared no resistance and waa taken Into ouatody. Betrtnd the stove was found the shotgun and a large butcher knife. " ' " " - Mind Jtae Been Weakened. The Kuehn family, consisting of the parents and six children, came to Porfc, land atlourwryerag6frbm"Mlssou rl. -JQjanKet-iaUoa-a-NM;a-.oX-aga and the eldest X0. For several years Kuehn has been afflleted with fits ef rgge-anfl." altTumitrtarf nttvt"s Relnhardt-Jc iilnxen at. Laurel Psjrk and If is alleged that the failure of this firm to repay the loan made htm worse. Mrs. Kuehn claims he has not . . . I nn. .11 I . nu.llll I ID I III. ill IIB. IIUI ' coiltrlBttted O fh" fipporf "6f"Tnie fa lly with the exception of an occasional day's work. - - "Mrs. Kuehn told her story to Attorney Brant this morning. She is a frail lit tle woman and wss still laboring under the flight to which she had been sub jected. -According to her tale,, Kuehn wss In an extremely ugly .mood yes terday and attempted to quarrel with his wife at every -opportunity. - She paid no heed to him and this seemed to only anger blm more. Shortly .before 6 o'clock he seised a large pair of aheara snd signified his ' intention of killing her. The Infuriated man Jabbed her with 'the aheara, but not with sufficient force to Inflict a wound. She pleaded for her life and Kuehn finally plunged the weapon Into the wtall and went Into arr adjoining roomr-- Mrs Kuehn fear ing for the lives or her. children, fol lowed and found that her husband hsd secured a double-barrel shotgun, which he hsd taken into the kitchen. Upon discovering this She fled with the chil dren, into the street. SAYS ERA OF PROSPERITY RULES IN KLAMATH G. St Cean Bishop Declares People Are Engaged In De veloping the Country. Q. St. Geen Bishop, chairman of the Democratic central committee of Klam ath county." Is spending a few days in the city. Mr. Bishop la enthusiastic over the Klamath Falls country and ssya that prospects for development, were never blighter. As leader of the Klam atn ""county -Democracy, he- made an enviable record during the recent cam paign. Governor - Chamberlain lacked leas than a dosen votes of carrying the county, which is normally Republican by at least 200 majority. The hardest fight In the recent election waa for the office of county Jndge, and G. B. Griffith, the Democ ratio candidate, waa elected by the handsome majority of 200 yptes. Two streetcar lints ars now being bpllt in Klamath Falls. Ths Klamath Canal company is building one of these lines that will run to ' Buena Vista Heights, and the other, financed by the Hot Springs Development company, will extend to the Hot Springs addition. One hundred thousand dollars have recently been subscribed by the cltlxens of Klamath county for the new railroad whlch..wlll tap the Southern Paclflo at Weed and which will be completed by March, 1907. Work Is being pushed on the new government irrigation canal and an abundant supply of water for all purposes is assured.-- - OAK STREET OPENING FAVQRED BY. CITIZENS It ""Isreported that several large propeTty-Trwnere-on- the proposed exten sion of Osk street from - Park street through to Tenth and Burnslde streets are-contemplating building- in case the street Is opened. It Is said that ths Beck estate 1s considering plans fnr a 10-atory office -building 'on the north west corner of Seventh snd Oak streets. A resolution was passed at the last meeting of the council, directing the city engineer to report on the cost of extending Oak street, making, It an open thoroughfare through from the river to Burnslde snd' Tenth streets. Wells, Fargo A Co. favor the move. - - TRYING TO ADJUST . r DISPUTE OVER WENAHA ' hrseMnsteeRnreaa'of The Jnarntl.) Wsshlngton, June 12. H. C. Bryson, president of th' Wenahs Wool growers' association, and Hory Adams of. Walla Walla are here endeavoring to adjust the dispute between the Oregon and Washington sheepmen over grsslng privileges on ths Wenaha reserve. They have arranged -a conference with the Oregon senators o'n the subject. tot snick results see the Wsat Ool- aunaa of The Journal t - , never. attemptAt Q' liqjm-tie xmiiy, j pwilea tram the aynagogue. j V hen . Mr, I ciacu umin, l''ljiLt.LlX-"-!;""' " " . Aflaf i."' i-.t IIT'ie l A AT IM. Hiwm imelrenl e1nrltr! efi-eiM thnt . 'h VHV T ml UnsiiaiSH nrlnslllS I ThelP Action Follows Conference Be tvyeen Attorney Malarkey and v-.the Police OfficIaJs.- t By the' request of Chief . of Polios Giitsmacher and upon motion of Deputy City Attorney : Pitsgerald ' the oases against the tl aeoond-hand dealers ar rested for falling to keep proper regis ters were dismissed by Judge Cameron this morning. This decision .was reached after a consultation between Senator Malarkey, counsel for the Junk men. and the polloe. It waa agreed that all of the second-fesnd dealers will abide by the provisions of the ordinance and make the proper entries In their regis ters. Meetings were held at the synagogue. Sixth and Hall streets, Sunday afternoon and last night. At the former meeting a committee, consisting of M. Ostrow, B. Menerofsky, J. Rosencrants, M. Wax, J, Surarraann and I. Daudof f, was - ap pointed to devise ways and means of protecting the interests of the second' hand dealers of the city; . It was decided to retain Senator Malarkey and arrange for- an- interview with Chief - Orlta- macher. As the result of the meeting with the police offldsls,' the committee of six agree to visit all or tne secona hand stores and Instruct ths proprietors as to the msnner in which the registers ahnulrt hs, kwpt . " V A report was circulated yesterday that "Tammany" Wnlf. w. ball for the majority of the men ar- ea. had Ineuerea the elesleaaure ot morning at police headquarters all of the second-hand denlers in attendance at court stoutly -denied thst they had - I - VI 1 1 1 . . .3 vuw. vn-wu.,(n evert contemplated such proceedings. author of the canard. Oatrow was the center of an excited group la the lobby and theywrath of the men waa only ap pe&aed Vhen he declared upon his honor that be .was not responsible, GRAND JURY TIED UP BY TRIAL OF SUIT Cannot Be Drawn Until Con -elusion Of Paciflo Mill Com- panys Damage Suit. ' Conaiderable interest la being shown in the delays of the trial of the Pacific Mill company's damage suit against In- man Poulaen Co. because the grand Jury promised by Judge Sears cannot be drawn until the Jury engaged in near In a that suit is discharged, In drawing a grand Jury the practice U to take-the. namee of all the Jurors who have been drawn to hear the reg ular business of the court, place them In the box, and draw the grand Jury list from it. Those Jurors' names will not bs available until the damage suit has been completed This suit hss been on trial five days, snd during four ot these days the Jury has been excused while the opposing attorneys have Indulged In a lengthy wrangle ever knotty legal problems. Which Judge CJeland, who Is hearing the suit, will decide. Af onSllme duttng the arguments the attorneys had more than 100 sheet-bound legal volumesjtrom which to quote authorities piled on the tables before them. It is thought ths hearing of this trial will occupy at least tnree weeas longer. Three vears ago, before granting a non- sult,Judge" Sears: heard - testimony-in this eass for 17 days. It has sines been before the Supreme court, which re manded It to the local circuit oourt for a rehearing. -, . ARGUMENT FOR NEW TRIAL IS. POSTPONED Judge Wolverton Unable to Hear - Attorneys In Meldrum Case -Thls Morning. Owing to the necessity of disposing of two Jury cases Judge Wolverton of the United States district court will not be sble to hear the motion Jot a new trlnl of the case of Henry Meldrum before Thursday morning. Meldrum was convicted of forgery In connection with land frauds. His attorney, Rich ard W. Montague, contends that only the Judge who hears a case can pass upon a motion for a new trial. Meldrum wss tried and convicted 'before 'Judge Bell inger, who Is no w dead, .. If . the contention is sustained, not only Mel drum but-SA, D. Puter and other con vleted landi thieves must be tried again. The motion; was on this momlnsra-ear-endar, hut when.. me court aflhduhcea that It could not be heard United States District Attorney Bristol asked that It be set - for Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. This, was satisfactory to Mel drum and his sttorneyand. provided a Jury case which Is to be tried tomorrow can be finished in a day, argument will begin at the time agreed-upon. DEMOCRATS WILL MEET TO CELEBRATE VICTORY To congratulate one another unon Governor Chamberlain's victory In th recent election ' the members of -the Young Men's Democratlq club and' the Multnomah Democratic club will 'meet la Joint session st Unity hall, Second and1 Morrison streets, at t o'clock this evening. . . , . C E. 8. Wood, one or the moat promi nent Democrats in the state, will deliver sn sddrcsn, as will also Hon. W. K. Butcher' of Bsker City. Mayor Lane, E. J. Jeffreys and District Attorney Man- nine wlU ba among toe other speakers. "rnnrdar.-t mw-ninltmerratitt"trmt -tre' was' to b e-t (Joaraal Special Bervlce.l ' Sacramento, June It Amid the usual-. scene attending -the close -of an extraordinary- session, the legislature adjourned sine die today. , A Joint reso lution waa adopted., thanking the Na tional uuard and the United States au thoritles for work performed during the eartnquaas period; also a Joint reeolu tlon msmoraltslng congress to cede Qoat Island to the state for use as a pas- Sanger terminal of all roads conducting transportation and bay business. The governor submitted a message of congratulation to both houses and com-. manning memoers lor ins wora per formed and the expedition with which It waa handled. . . . . "The extraordinary session rls now closing." - the message etated. "Not only is it the briefest, but also the most efficient and one of the least expensive ot the five special sessions of the legis lature of this etate." The governor today signed the bill appropriating $600,000 for a state build' ing In San Francisco. AID FROM GOVERNMENTS aa Francisco Committee Vakea a Call Upon President Boosovalt tot Money, (Journal Specie! Berries. r Weahlnsrton. June 13. The Ban Fran etseartelegatlon headed "by Franklin Krf Lane and Senator-Flint called on the president and on,, thflwanafld giean oommlttee of the house todsy snd msde tmn nranMitinnn: first, that the govern- 000,000 for 10 years, the clearing house to secure, the government by taking mort gagea from property-owners, who will l,eth.eoey.-e--bUd..Xhe. p waa favorably impressed with the loan proposition and said that lie would con suit the secretary of 'the treasury and financial experts-or congress. JOBBERS' ASSOCIATION- HAS ANNUAL. MEETING The. regular annual meeting of the North Paclflo Coast Jabbers and Manu facturers aasoclatlon .was held at 10:10 this morning at the office of the secre tary W. A. Meara. The reports of the secretary and treasurer were read and accepted. . ' .. Executive committees were selected aa follows: For Portland, Jay Smith of Marshall, Wells A Co.; F. . A. Nttchy or tns crane company, ana c JJ. urunn of Blake, McFall St Co. For Tacoma, Messrs. Hyde, Broltaw and Messinger. The ' Seattle branch has not yet been heard, from. As soon aa they report, the executive committees will meet and select officers for the ensuing year. The retiring officers are: President I A. Lewis of Portland; vice-presidents. C. H. Hyde of Tacoma. and J. H. Gold smith of Seattle; secretary, Wv A Mears of Portland; treasurer, Ladd A Til ton: assistant secretaries, J. B. Whltehouse of Tacoma and J. B. Jennings ot Se attle. FIRE ESCAPES ORDERED ON HUNDRED BUILDINGS , . . ... Fire, escapee have been ordered en more... than. 100 buildings .In different nortlons of the city, and ther are grad ually being' erected according to the di rections oftthe lire department for each district. After several months ef reluctance the school directors have awarded the contract for the escapes on the Shaver school, but not until the executive board hsd threatened to close the school for lack of proper protection. Among the buildings on which escapes are going op Is the remodeled Common wealth building. As soon as the big Wells-Fsrgo building is completed a fire escape will be constructed. . In a number of Inetanees the owners of buildings have not waited for the fire department to issue a formal order for a fire escape, but have asked ths advice of a district engineer as to where the escape should Toe placed,, and have proceeded with Its construction. RUNAWAY BOY FOUND IN SKIFF AT DOCK Snugly ensconced in the bottom' of a skiff moored at the foot of Stark street, with nothing but the stars overhead aa "coverlet and his arm for a pillow, little Leslie Kinney, a runaway.lad.from Arieta. was found at i o'clock this morning by Patrolroaiv-Phllllps. The boy le the son. of Mrs. O. w. Myers and disappeared from homo last Sunday. Hs Is IS years of age. . The lad has always svlnced a fondness for the water. His mother in reporting the matter to the police conveyed the in formation that he ' might be found around the- docks. The youngster spent the night at the Oaks and upon arriving In town went 0. the wharves to And a berth for the night Lulled toatbrth elaBPinaof nigni. i.uiiffn in jMizneBpinggi the waves and the cradle-like motion of the host, the boy ws soon In dresmland snd slept peacefully until' the blue coated guardian . rudely disturbed his slumber.- . ABSOLUTE PROOF IS " DEMANDED BY JEROME : " f Jonrnal Sped! Service.) New York, June 11. District Attorney W. A. Jerome today 4 eald that- after taking a vacation 4 in July he will resums ths in- 4 sursnce Investigation, again tak- 4 ing up the affairs of the Mutual Life Inaurancs company. He says that he will not return Jn- a dlctments even though 'wrong- " doing waa apparent, unices he. has legal proof which will give 4 him reasonable assurance of , d) conviction. . '. a The history of the excitement - at' tending the Front atraet .franchise promises "to. repeat itself through, the proceedings of tha Initiative One Hun dred last night ' The committee which succeeded la stirring up the publio con cerning the Front street franchise re ported formally that the 'United Rail ways and Willamette Valley Traction company franchises had been amended according to the demands of the One Hundred, and they were Instructed to examine the proposed ordinanoe grant. ing a franchise to the Southern Paclflo Railway company on East Third street and to make any. necessary recommen dations for the protection of the olty"s interests. They were instructed sartioularlr. to demand provisions in the franchise per mitting other, roade to operate oars on any line built on East Third street on equal terms with the Southern Paclflo company. This oommlttee consists of Judge Seneca Smith. Rufus Mallorv. Judge M. O. Munly, Richard Montague ana Ft will is. . - . T - Discussion Xa Vim. warm diaouaaion followed the re- port or toe committee on the removal or -overhead wires and poles. An ordi nance naa been Introduced to the coun cil. It waa reported, which if passed would compsl all wires to be put un- dergrouna-anerpaiaa-to ho removed from the business streets of the city. This ordinance, at the instigation of some one unknown to th oommitteBas leefi pigeonholed by the committee of the cumuli snd the Inltlatlre One Humlied Earnest appeals were made bv J. Frank Watson, GOTre-'W?oyVend Ji W. Leber, and remarks passed not very city which subjected its people con' stantly to the danger of live wires. The action was precipitated by the re cent death -of Charles IL Hicks on May za rrom crossed wires carrying heavy voltage. .Win ITame Commit toe, . oommlttee -or 10 men. including a member from each ward, will be an- pointed by the president, Francis I. Mc- Kenna. to attend to the parking of streets In ths residence districts. They will undertake to narrow down the driveways to the allotted t feet, turf to the curb line and plant trees. This question also 'brought out soms warm speeches, those participating being F. B. Olbson. A. D. Charlton, J. Frank Wat. son, J, E. Sullivan, L, IL-Chapln and J. IS. Laber. The committee on the city beautiful reported through its chairman; J. J. Selling, the completion of the work of cleaning up the vacant lots and un sightly places in the residence! districts and reported suocess beyond, their expec tations. Hope wss expressed that in dividual effort would continue the work. A committee on civic aesthetics will soon be appointed to work for elevating the tastes of the city for what Is beau- Tlfut "Cleanly an healthful. A tsnntt- tee on boulevards and high bridges also remains to be reported. ' JQthn Oommlttee Beport. T. A. Ketchum," H. H. Emmons and H. L. Chapln were appointed lo inquire at the city engineer's office the cause of delay la the matter of street Im provements and to offer the assistance of the Initiative One Hundred If need- ed In. espedttlng tlia matter; Ths com mittee pn quarantine against contagious diseases in the publio. schools, reported, through Phil 8. Bates, that the health officers at. their Instigation- had suc ceeded in stamping out diphtheria in the Portsmouth school and there waa no evidence of contagious dlseass in any of ths schools now. A. committee Is to be appointed to recommend names lor membership to the One Hundred and to fill any vacancies that may occur. The even number is kept filled out all the time. At the meeting, last night all . the of ficers were present. , . M'MINNVILLE BOY MADE BAPTIST PARSON (Joaraal Special Service.) Newton. Mass., June 11. Ralph Ewlng Story, a student from ' McMlnn vllle. Oreaon. was given the degree, of bachelor of divinity today at the com mencement of Newton Theological Insti tute, the Baptist institution here. Story graduated rrom MCMinnviue coiiege in the class ef '91 and from Brown uni versity in the class of '. WOMAN'S ARM IS SHOT OFF BY AN UNKNOWN (Journal Special Service.) Wlllard. Utah. June II. Mrs. Den Woodland, while lying in bed early this morning was shot twice through a win dow by an unknown person. It will be necessary to' amputate ner arm. isa Johnson, who Informed the officers of the sf falrr was Arrested nn suspicion. 4 It is believed the -shooting Is the out come af a land dispute. r -a-3 Ai-rvr liraTr-n rnnatT -fKetrlofc of Connecticut la at thojteaft of RAY' CITY WA I tK FHUN I - the clees. Taft. upon reaching the SITUATION IS SERIOUS . -. t - (Joaraal Special Servlce.1 -San Francisco. June ll.At 1:J0 this afternoon the conference between the city front federation representatives and Shipowners sssociation eajourneo. sins die. It is admitted by tne union lead era that the situation Is serious and that there is no Immediate proapeci or aroi- tratlon of the - atrlke on the . water front. ' ' . " ' MORE GRAFT EXPOSED BEFORE COMMISSION . " (Journal Special Service.) Philadelphia, June 11. The Interstate commerce commission .today, developed further Corroborative evidence of graft in the methods of the railroads and coal compnrires. William A. Glasgow, ths commission a counsel, submitted sta tistics as .to tonnage and stockholders ' (Special Dtipatrh te The Joaraal.) Salem, Or, J une. 1 . In the aunrema Court the case of the state of Orwnui against Tom.. Georges and other .ap pel--lants, which waa appealed from Dour- las eounty, has been passed upon, .The court affirms the decision of . J. W. Hamilton and T. P. Harris, Judges of the circuit court. The opinion waa handed down by Justice Beaa this morning. . Eighty Greeks were emnloired Octo ber 10, ItOS, af Olenbrook, south pf Rossburg. in repairing the roadbed of the Southern Paoiflo and were housed In the outfit oars of the road, which ware on a siding. The engine of a freight train bumped Into them. dam. aging the furniture of the -ocoupanta. The Greeks became enraged and rushed 7 toward the freight train with guns and a fusillade ensued. The fire waa re turned by one of the brakemen. During the trouble the wife ef the foreman of the crew was killed and one Greek injured. The sheriff was noti fied, the Greeks wsre arrested and eon fined in a warehouse, where they were guarded by the militia, which had been ordered out by the eounty Judge. Being lndloted for riot, the Greeks war oo- -vlcted and sentenced to the peniten tiary. . . . . . The defendants moved for a ehans-e - PlTButO-a-at. as!r trial snd the court . overruled the motion. . The au- -preme court holds that the lower oourt ' did not sbuse its discretion nor commit error rn the matterr- The defendants moved for a directed venlirt vt acuulttal un the sruuim tlist " "e pram tuw tne grime at ra, BUhfeme oouTtr The oourt also holds that no error was msde tn-nhdiag4hArhe-ermarri1oraa,n' committed. . ' SURGEONS GIVE TESTIMONY " IN LEDOUX TRIAL Dr. Hull Says Blood Could Not Have Flowed After Death . of McVicar. (Joaraal pedal Swrtaa.) Stockton, June 11. Expert testi mony of ths surgeons was a feature . of the Ledoux murder trial today. - The croas-examlnatlon of Dr. Latta, the au topey surgeon, concluded this afternoon. Dr. Hull followed and atated that the blood in the trunk in which MoVlcaf s body wss found came from the rupture of blood veesels in the left nostril. , He said this bleeding could not have oc curred after death. Coroner Southwwth gave corroborative testimony as to the autopsy and was . positive the bruises . had been made before death and by the hesd coming- in contact -with -the walla hot the trunk while it waa being handled by the expresamsn. Dr. LAtta, the autopsy surgeon, waa the moat important witness tn the Le- doux trial yesterday. He performed the post mortem on the body of A. N, Mo Vlcar and he described thaxonditlons of , the organs. He testified that MoVloar T waa alive at the time the blood' escaped from the liemorrHagg' IM hls nose and smeared the interior of the trunk. He said -that- death had not occurred, at the time the bruises were made on the head and that the organs showed no signs of convulsions. - He waa cros-examlned-aa to how he had determined that MoVlear was dead before the autopsy commenced. The line of Questions bava caused the belief thst the defense may attempt to throw the blame or Mcvicars aeain. on. the autopsy surgeons. . GAMBLERS WHO WERE J INDICTED PAY FINES (Special Dlapa tch te The Joaraal.) Pendleton, Or., June It, Two of the six gamblsrs recently lndloted by the grand Jury. entered pteaa of guilty In the circuit court -and reeeived fines ag gregating lit fbls morning. They were: Ed Johnson and Fred Letherman of Pilot Rock. ' Johnson was charged with gambling - and also pafmottlnet rambling tn his place of business. Tor the first orrsnse ne was nnea sea ana for the- second 180. tiethermaa waa charged with gambling. V. C Cllne and Charles Cook,-two more gamblsrs. who were Indicted by the grand jury. appeared in clroult oourt thla morning and entered pleas of guilty - to - tha charges. Each was fined ItO and the fines were paid. J. WEST POINTERS BECOME REGULAR ARMY OFFICERS (Joaraal Special gervlee.t West Point. June 11. At the gradua tion of the cadets today General. Horace Porter, who graduatsd 40 years ago to day, delivered an address. Secretary Taft delivered the diplomas. Harold S. uni of Adna Chaffee Jr.. handed the diploma to Lleutenant-Oeneral Chsrlee, who saluted his son ana gave it to me, youth. . j - - .. Weather J ostpoaea JPleolo, X - The nlcnto of the Illinois Study which was to have been tomorrow hss been indefinitely postponed On aoount of the weather. j -- - r '-' .' JBATS TOV A COVaftl - 1 A dose of Ballard's Horshound BV will relieve it nave you a coiar - Trv It for whooping cough, for ssfh-. ms, consumption, for bronchltla Mrs. Joe McOrath, 127 E. First street, Hutoh- ' Inarm, Ksnsaa, writes: "I hsvej used etallard'a Horehound Syrup In my family for five years, ana rina it tne moss nel- stable medicine I ever used. Sold by Wooaara, tjiarse m -o. . 1 J. ... 1 " .. 1 . V