THE OnZQC:? DAILY JOUEIJAL, POr.TLAirD. MONDAY eve:?no, July U x: ; 1
HliX SCORED
TIIODPSOn FLEIOS
DELEGATES CCi
to conou
GBQT OiluIGE IS
DODY 18 lihvEB
DYFRilTER
HOT GUILTY
DOL'ETO GdHIII
. TO
People in All Parts of City Signing. Petitions
i't
and Sending Sighed Owl ' Car Coupons
Seattle Judge Does Not Approve
Youthful Murderer of Judge p.
Ancient Order of United Work,
men Grand Lodge Con
7 venes Tomorrow.
Hot Winds Jn Eastern "Oregon
Remains of Oebrge Mitchell
5 Sent to Newberg for Burial V
' ; ' by Liberal Friends. ;-
of District Attorney's Stand
. ' in Mitchell Case.
Meade Emory Is Arraigned
V : ; In Superior Court. 7
OHEGOil
,-''-...'-... l' I ' . - " -. '..-.
and Washington Ruin Large
: Portion of Crop. ' p
Hot winds throughout eastsrn Oregon
to The Journal Seattle Has Them
- That Seattl has streetcars running
a& night while the Portland tracks are
' UU end allant for about five houra
- of the 14 Is not a flattering commentary
; a Portland's up-to-dateneea .
80 Portland people have been saying
for the past two day a
. Tba fact that aa efficient streetcar
ervloe la a neceseary adjunct to the
.Ufa and progress of a oity ' Is recog
' nlssd. It la argued that tha town bur
dan ad with aa insufiolent treat trans
portation department la handicapped in
ka raoe for supremacy to that extent.
Owl coupons continue to coma Into
The Journal office with every mall.
. And re porta of petit looe being circulated
Indicate that they are being signed wll-
, llngly whsrerer of farad. , One petition
left at tha ootinty clerk s office, for ex
ample, baa now appended to It 64 names,
' among them being tha signatures of
... Judges r-ii.n, Gsmtenbeln and Webster
. and County Clark Fields. Among tha
coupons tout In la one signed by Mekla
Xealakal. a member of tha Royal Ha-
wallan band, who Incloaas a letter in
which ha 'states -that tha mam bars of
tha gleo club and orchestra are unani-
. tnously desirous of an owl ear.'",:. 77
: ,.. AO. Wart Owl Can.' --'wr
' Another letter la sent by 3. Oil-far
Stewart of Belmont street, who Inelossa
7 a list of tt signatures appended to ona
coupon, Mr. Stewart writes: , ,-
"It Is' ray opinion that 00 par cent
of tha paoplo In tha reaidenoa district
of Portland axe In favor of an owl
ervloe. Portland la not a eountry vil
lage any longer and tba oompanias hold
ins franc hi ens la M should not bo al
lowed to treat it as ouch."
a Willamette Heights resident in-
, closes aa srg-ument not heretofore mora
than merely touched upon in theaa ool-
To the Editor of The Journal:
J I am In favor of an all night streetcar service for Port
land and 'vicinity; $',);;': .vi, Vv,-'-'.VJ -r':
Name V...i.".......... ....
' Addreaa ........................ ... .
UMBRELLA -JIMMYr BAITED BY V
CROWD OF BRAVE YOUNGSTERS
Old Umbrella Jimmy waa happy at I
noon today. '."7'
- Ha"w Involved 1 a street corner
alUrcatlon with, soma teasing young
sters and there la nothing be likes bet-
ter. ' ..v..- "
'-. Jimmy., looking grouchy and full of
' woe, was wandering along Fourth street
-"near' Taiuulll lust aoous woes. . nai
small boys who knew his-way .and
craved the excitement 01 a row wua
him began to whlatle as he paasao.
Jimmy turned upon them fiercely,
and the fun began. Re Is of small
stature, but his vocabulary Is a thing
for all mankind to marvel at, and he
. looks aa. warlike as a diminutive
Japanese soldier ehookful of hatred of
a Russian when ha glares at his tor
mentors. "T ' . - . . "
Of course a crowd gathered la no
TliiTTf " Jimrn f wasnt160kadDBl
a . nulsaaoa .by a great many, the
MYSTERIOUS MESSAGE PUZZLES
H. D. WAGNONWHO IS.LIZZIE?
-;,J,4,y,77' ,7:7.. .... .. .,
.' What are you going to do with Lls
als's remains rv
That was the telegram received by
H. D. Wagnon this morning la the ab
eenca of bis brother., to whom It was
addressed. He knows Mrs. J. W. Mc-
Curraa of Chicago, who algned the mes
sage, bat -knows nothing of any "Lls-
ie to whom "It could possibly refer.
message came In care .of the chief
of police, as bis brother's address was
not known.
"A search of tha records of the health
office was made this morning after the
receipt of the ' mysterious' message.
There was no record of any death which
We knocked the price on
another lot
All ,thi season's , goods '
(you can see this at a glance
by the length of the coats.)
' If you're a big husky man,
here's a big bargain but
the big sizes are limited.
-Most of the suits are in
sixes 34 to 38.
Outing and Three-Piece
; Suits' -r:--" "-
$18.00 Kind at. ....$13.00
$18.00 Kind at..... $11.00
$12.50 Kind atTTTT.f 8.65
ClolhinqCo
Men's and Boys' Outfitters.
U0 AND 168. THIRD 8T,
Mohawk Bnildinf.
( Wn) e Sieev Utwevc4
utnnav Tha. text of tha latUr Is as
follows: '"'" ' :
.'For two years I hara worked at
vocation that compels me to remain
down town until I o'clock In tha morn
ing and if I lived in any other city In
tha union aa big aa Portland I would
hava tha pleasure of riding homo on a
streetcar at that hour. Not so here,
however." While tha Portland Railway
company has in a measure met the de
mands made upon it by the public, in
tha matter of owl cars it has absolutely
Ignored the wishes of thosa who have a
right to aspect something better.
"President and General Manager Ful
ler axcusas tha company by atatlng that
there has never been any great demand
for owl cara Ha should know that good
and adequate aervlca should precede
and craata tha dealra to uaa lata cara
and not be tha result of that desire, as
ha now contends.. Just aa fast aa good
terries is furnished. Just so faat will
tha daairo of tha publlo to uaa that
service Increase. Soma of our greatest
publlo servant organisations today wars
formed years ago for. the purpose it
creating a demand for their goods and
services and not for tha purposa of
supplying any want existing at that
time. .
"In conclusion lat ma say that I do
not Uvs on any branch Una, but on ona
that would furnish eufflclent passen
gers to warrant awl ear service, namely,
tha Willamette Helghta Una."
Portland people who wish an owl
service are given an opportunity to ex
press themselves by tha coupon printed
at tha bottom of this page. Cut out tha
coupon, sign it with your name and
addreaa and mall it to Tha Journal. Re
member to write Owt-oar,'-laont
corner of your envelop, iv
- iii ifii-i .M-ww.-r- 1 -
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boys would have been sent flying, but
the old man's predilection for a row la
too well known.
"Oiil lick the bull bunch, of yea.' ex
claimed James.
"Aw. yer can't do nuthla of de kind,"
retorted tha youngsters.
- "Wallop re one by ona," cried Jimmy
In what he Intended to be a real bul-
"It 'd take a man to do It." yelled
p
the -most Impudent of the boys, and
they continued to torment. And while
the crowa isugnea toe oia man lotterea
off with the boys still leering.
Jimmy might inherit the crown of
Julius Caesar aa the town's most notsd
street character . wars It not for his
love of fight of some kind, verbal
preferred very much.' Aa it is, Julius
mantle will never fall upon hla bent
shoulders, for Julius' great vlrtuo waa
n!e gwwl nltur-C-Th Twys-BeverTf
bothered Julius.
could haveany connection,, wlth the
Inquiry. .
Mubh puszled, Mr. Wagnon Is asking
Mrs. MoCurran for aa explanation. It
Is svldent the people In Chicago think
ons of bis relatives died here, but be
Is as much, in tha dark as any ona ,.
DMT-flEAIr
AND LIFE I'AS PENALTY
'. wawswawssasassoawa '.'
William. Math ewson Dies From
Injuries Received - When ,
Streetcar Struck Him.
r
As the result of injuries sustained In
a streetcar accident at Grand and Haw
thorne avenues Satsrday night, William
Matbewson of Ml Bast Ninth street
died at Oood Samaritan hospital yester
day. He la believed to have been men
tally unbalanced at , the time of the
accident.
Dr. A. K. Rockey was called after, the
maa had been removed to the Oood Sa
maritan hospital, but seeing that the
man's condition was .hopeless did not
perform aa. operation. An autopsy was
held by Dr. A. C. Shsldon and Dr. Sea
man, who gave first aid to the. Injured
man. The physiolans found evidence of
an old case of meningitis and also found
an extensive adhesion of ths brain. It
Is believed that at times the adhesion
caused mental aberration and that Mat
he waon waa not aware of what was go
ing on about him.
It was becauae of his affliction. It is
believed, that he did not hear the ring
ing of the gong of an approaching
Mount Tabor car Saturday night, nor
tha shouts of bystanders. - Matbewson
was employed as a switchman. .
ARMED MEN TEAR UP " "
- RAILROAD CROSSING
" " (Jesrasl Speeia! Hwrlr. )
Reno, - Nv., - July 16. The Nevada,
California Oregon railroad ran a special
traia of armed men to Beckwlth and
removed the oroaalng of the Boca- 4k
Loyal ton railroad over Its Unas. The B.
I had sent men to that plaos te pre
vent the N. C O. from doing so, but
they were absent wbea ths special ar
rived. ... '
. Salisbury Wrack Xaqulry.
(Journal Special Swrtre.) "
Salisbury, England, July ltVTbe cor
nrS Inqueat to determine the' causs
of th wreck of the American special
July 1 waa - resumed todsy. Ths di
rectors of- the London A- Southwestern
railroad have assumed full rasponsibU-
(Special Plspateh The JearaaLl
Seattle, Wash- July If. Aotldn ' of
John Manning, district attorney of
Multnomah county In tha Mitchell ease
denounced by Superior Judge
Prater, who presided ovsr the Mitchell
trial, from tha bench this morning.
The femarka were made while Judge
Frater waa peeslng- a sentence of XO
years on Robert M. Jones, convicted of
murder in the second degree for kill
ing Arthur Oregson, aboard a ship la
Seattle harbor. rr-:- r-
. Knissa xafo Too Ohsayw. .
"Human' life is too ohsap la 'this
community." said Judge Frater. "It
la not only' held too cheap by those
who reckleasly murder others on our
streets and in tha victim's own bouso,
but by the publlo in general.
"The demonstration made by the
spectators in -this court ' room whsn
George - Mitchell - was - acquitted - was - a
disgrace te any law abiding community.
"Whan a jury of twelve men re
turned a verdict of not guilty in a
case where it waa clearly proved that
tha defendant was- guilty 01 a cold
blooded murder under the laws. . tha
spectators applauded their act. .
Made xero of Mnrrtatef. '.
"They made a hero of a man guilty
of murder la the eyes of the law and
demonstrated their approval when a
jury failed to do their duty and freed
a murderer.: .
'I am glad to aay, however, that this
publlo approbation for murders la not
publicly expressed by our publlo of
ficials. ;- - y ; ... '
'Men sworn to uphold the law aa
counselors do not share In the clamor
for the acquittal of murderers. .7,
7 r Offlclal Interfered. , 7'
"Aa extraordinary anomaly was pre-
seatad In the case I Just referred to of
a man sworn to execute ' the criminal
laws of a sister state interfering in
this county and attempting to shield s
murderer from punishment.
"I.rejolos that our publlo officials do
not coma forward and make pathetic
pleas that orimlnala bo not dealt with
according to the law. -
TWhen aa officer of the law In a
neighboring state takes such action tt
ahows that a deplorable spirit of law
lessness Is abroad."
FATHER IS , JAIL; KOBODY
TO CARE FDR SOU
Lorenxo Joseph - Dame's Boy
Left Without Home by Fath
. ers Alleged Crime.'
The Juvenile court will determine this
afternoon what ta to be done with the
li-y ear-old son of Lorenso Joseph Dame,
the man who Is bet nr held In the coun
ty Jail charged 'with polygamy. xndT
boy Is the1 eon of Dame by his first
wife, wno Is said to have died several
years ago.
Whsn Dame married tha daughter of
H. Sutcllffe, jabout two years ago, tha
boy went to 'live wltn them, and it is
said that a -strong- attachment grew up
between him and his grandfather-ln-law.
Mr. Sutcllffe. later Dame and his
wife agreed to separate and - the -boy
was sent tqffewbarg'to board with a
amlly there. Dame Aendlng money to
them every Monday. 1
Tha.flrst Monday after his arrest on
the polygamy oharge the money was not
sent and the family who had been
boarding the boy, having read of Dame's
arrest, sent the little fellow to the city.
Oa arriving hero the boy went to the
home of Mr. Sutcllffe at 114 Balmon
street and haa alnce lived there, last
Saturday SutoUffe notified Chief Pro-
batlon . Off toer Marlon R. Johnaon of
the Juvenile court that he would : not
keep the boy any longeV, as he did not
consider that he had any claim oa the
lad.
Dame cannot support ths boy and
there Is no one In this city who wants
to ksep htm. His grandmother Uvea in
Walla Walla, . but no one sesms to bs
wining to pay the Dors rare up there.
The case will be disposed of by Judge
rsaass this afternoon.
TWO SISTERS FAINT
" WHILE AT THE OAKS
Rapid-fire faints prevailed among the
fair members Of the Rowe family at the
Oaks last night. Florsnes Rowe fell to
the floor' In the dance hall and had to
be carried out and revived. Her Bister
aooompanlsd her and aided those work
ing over her proatrate slater In their
efforts to bring her to.
Florence waa no sooner revived and
walking about as usual than May eud
denly fell over on the bench upon
which she was sifting and was uncon
scious , for it mlnutsa A large crowd
gathered at the scene and watched the
efforts of ths people In bringing 'the
girl out of the faint. Despite their ef
forts she could not be revived until
strong stimulants were usL She was
later taken to her home, where she Is
reported muoh better.
Both girls had been danolng and were
overcome by the heat and fatigue. They
gave their residence as Esst Morrison
street. ,
CENTRAL AMERICAN WAR
IS NEARING ITS CLOSE
(Jnarnal 'Special Service.) "
Washington, July 16. Dispatches
from this government's diplomatic rep
resentatives in Honduras, Salvador and
Guatemala today aay. nothing of fight
ing. Merry says he is In negotiation
with the Salvadorean authorities in an
effort to stop . hostilities, and Brown,
in charge at ouatemaia. aays that Hon
duras promises to cease fighting aa
soon as Guatemala wlthdrawa . its
troops.
It is believed with Presidents Roose
velt and Dlaa both .working for peace.
the war will not last long.
WILL CHOOSE MELVIN AS
GRAND EXALTED RULER
. (Josrael SpeeUI Swvlre.l
Denven July 14. Following the , In
clement weather, the Colorado skies ap
peared undlmmed by clouds at 10
o'olock this morning. Tbs Elks wlU
have most perfect weather for the opea-j
ing or their convention - tonights
It sesms almost certain that Judge
Meivin of Oakland, California, will bs
chosen grsnd exlrd ruler, and Dr.
W. H. HavUaa of Butts. Montana, grand
1 trmmtM ' "
r , .'" 7.
' (iDeeUl triapeteh Tbe'learaal.) '
Seattle, July 14. Cheater Thompson,
charged with murder In the first de
gree for killing former Superior Judge
O. Mesde Emory n his own houss on
the night of July T. pleaded not guilty
la the supsrlor court whsn arralgnsd
tbla morning. . , . :- t1 '
1 He wss represented by Will H.
Thompson, his father.' former' counsel
for the Great Northern railroad, brother
of the late Maurice Thompson, tha au
thor, and one of the best orators of
the state. , '. K ' -
The boy of IS showed no bad effects
of his Imprisonment whsn brought-into
court. He appeared to be In the beat
of spirits whsn he entered his plea.,
AUT01STS SHOOT UP TOtfil
FOR JKEHT
Men In Hack Also Fire Promls-
cubusly and One Is Ar "J-.-
. .rested. ''
Ralph Burns was arrested at Fourth
and Couch streets at t o'clock this
morning by Patrolmen Humphries and
Mallet and booked on a charge of dis
orderly conduct. Shortly before the ar
rest a crowd of men riding In a hack
fired a fuallade of ahots near Seven
teenth and Washington streets. Patrol,
men notified headquarters stt the mat
ter and the policemen in the north end
were ordered to be on the lookout for
the offenders.
A hack answering the deecriotlon was
halted. by the two patrolmen at the
Streets named and tha occupants
searched. A revolver . which had been
recently discharged was found on Burns
and ha was taken Into custody. Upon
the calling of the ease in the municipal
court this morning Burns failed to ap
pear and his ball of f 20 was forfaited.
Patrolman M. M. Rudoloh reDortad to
Chief Oritsmacher this morning that a
crowd of automoaillats had fired eight
shots on the road near the site of the
American Inn. The car was going so
rapidly that he could not aaoartain its
number or make any arrests. Ths au
thorities are determined to put a stop
to the practice of "shooting up" ths
town by bibulous autotsta and Judge
Cameron has promised his active sup
port by Imposing heavy JaU sentences
on all those found guilty.
LABORER DIES WHILE t
' RESTING UNDER TREE
- ' (Special Dlapateh te Tha Jnarnal.) . '
Salem, Or., July 16. Aa unknown in
dividual was found dead on the Tllmon
Ford property, near the countv isoor
farm vsatardav afternoon. The Tn.n
wni AimnnvmrmA . rn... mi-.. ..TPhyslctana TherglTl aays-ol
his son of this city, who were on their
rv tA h. hnir . --... ni I
dead man was reclining under a large
tree, his head rested on his hat, which
he had uaed as a pillow, and a pipe was
at his side. - - Evidently the - man was
resting at the time of his death. --
Coroner A. M. Clough was summoned
Immediately, but .he did not think aa in.
bathetindartakin narlora .
to the undertaking parlora
The man was of German ' descent,
about 41 years of sge, i feet Inches
tall and weighed about460-pounds. - He
had a round head and sandy hair and
mustache. He could not be Identified as
be had ho papers upon his person, all
that was found being a few matches, a
knife and a Uttle box containing mor
phine tablets. . Just how many days ths
body had been there cannot be ascer
tained as the place where he was found
la away from the main highway and
could not be seen by those passing by.
The dead man was dressed In the gark
of a laborer. .
LOSS HERE TO BUY
STOCK FROM EVANS
- ti was arrainta today BT C Hi. LOW
and his attornsys to carry on negotia
tions with J. Whyte Evan a, John B.
Teon and W. T. Mulr for their holdings
of stock In the United- Railways com
pany. The accident In which Mr. Evsns
was Injured yesterday - may delay the
matter some time. Mr. Loss is here to
remain a week or two and expects to get
the ' railway projects thoroughly or
ganised and resume construction of ths
Front street line and possibly complste
plans for further interurban railroad
construction.
It is understood from wen-Informed
sources that Mr. Loss is- a eloss associ
ate of Abraham Rsuf. one of Saa Fran
cisco's millionaires who waa least hurt
financially from the earthquake and fire
and who, with a number of wealthy
friends, haa been regarding Portland
favorably aa a location for inveatmenta
CHICAGO BRICKLAYERS
ROBBED SECOND TIME
! (JobtbsI Spedal Serrlre.) - '
; Chicago, July 167 Safeblowers en
tered the Flrmenlch ' building, a sky
scraper, today and plundered a numbfr
of offices, principally the headquarters
of the bricklayers' union. Thsy stole
11,000 In cash and then escaped. The
bricklayers were robbed of $1,000 re
cently RAILROAD MANAGERS .
DISCUSS RATE BILL
(Joernal Sprclsl Barrios.)
Chicago, July 14. Ona hundred and
fifty traffic- managers, attornsys and
otbar high offlciala representing all the
western roada met today to eonslder
the new rate blU and dlsouss means to
prevent It from damaging the railroad
Interests. A committee of attorneys and
one of trafflo managers was appointed
to canvass tha situation. -
YOUTHFUL MURDERER
SENTENCED TO HANG
(Jonrail Special terrtre.)
Fresno, Cal., July 14. Elmer Helm,
aged 20 years, convicted of the murder
of aged W. 3. Hayes and wife, waa sen
tenced to hang this Tnornlrig by Judge
Church,-The youth accepted his sent
ence without a sign of emotion. He
will appeal t the supreme eourt. HIS
brother, Willie, will be trUd for ths
same crime. Elmer la also . charged
witn another tauraes, ,
Delegates to tha convention of the
grand lodge, A. O. U. W are arriving
in aumbera today and by tonight prob
ably too will bo In town. Including the
delegates to tha Degree of Honor con
vention. , Supremo Master W. M. Narvla
arrived yeaterday and registered at the
Portland hotel. He will remain - ana
lend hla assistance to the deliberations
of the Workmen. ';.:,- 7
, The grand lodge will - convene at I
o'clock tomorrow morning in K. of P.
hail on Alder street. Reports of com
mittees will take up the morning ses
sion and probably a part of tha after
noon. Following will come a discussion
of the manv auestlons for the Improve
ment of ther ordsr which are to be
threshed out at this convention. The
election of officers will take place on
the aecond day. -" -
The Degree of Honor will convene St
the Selllng-Hlrsch ball at the same
hour.- This-afternoon a reception was
held In honor of the delegates already
arrived. .- '.'.'
The preeent officers of the grand
lodge, A. O. U. W., are: - , v
Faat grand workman, George. H. Dur
ham. Paclflo . lodge No, IT, Portland;
grand master workman, F. Bsrohtold.
Friendship No. 14, Corvallle; grand fore
man, William J. Clarke, Fraternity No.
Oervaia; - grand overseer. -Philip
Oevurta. - Industry No. I. Portland;
grand recorder, Newton Clark, Riverside
No. 48. Hood River; grand receiver, R.
It. Durham, Hope No. 1, Portland; grand
guide.. W. H. Warner, Safety No. II,
Albany: grand loaide watchman. Samuel
Roake, Fails City No. B. Oregon City;
grand outslds watchman, George T.
Baldwin. Llnkvllle No. 110. Klamath
Falls; grand medical examiner, David
Walker. Jnduetry No. t, Portland.
Grand trustees J. p. Dodge, Ashland
lodge No. 60 (term expires 1S06), Ash
land; F. L. Conn, Josephine No. 1 111
(term expires 106 ), Grants Pass; W. a
PohL Seaside No. 11 (term expires
107) Astoria, Supreme representatives
George H. Durham, Pacific lodge No,
17, Portland; D. Soils Cohen, Industry
No. . I, Portland; Newton Clark, Rlvsr-
side No. (8. Hood River, v
INDIAN HORSETHIEF
ESCAPES HIS CAPTORS
' ". 7, ,' -'..'.:
(Jooraal SpeeUI Servlee.)
Baksrsfield, CaL, July 14. Andrew
Sam, an Indian, arrested for horee
stealing at Kernvllle, jumped in the
river while crossing the bridge- at WeU
don and want to South Fork, where hla
f rlenda will defend him. The sheriff and
a poaee have gone to the scene and
trouble Is feared. , '
BREAKS ARM FOURTEEN
TIMES IN TWO YEARS
: ( Jooraal SDeetal serrtee.)
Chlco. Cai.. July 14. Marguerite Mc
Gregor, aged It, has broken her right
arm forthej14th. time . in .iwo years.
The case is considered remarkable by
P na is only the inoonvetuence
that she minds. - 1
MAN AND WIFE FOUND
r - DEAD IN THEIR HOME
(Jooraal ipeclal Service.)
Chicago, July Is. Edward Kloas and
wife. eacfinenrly 10 years O! dTwers f
found shot dead in their home above
their millinery store todays Tha indi
cations art that tjie old man' committed
uxoricide and then killed himself. "
HERITAGE IS DEAN
OF MUSIC SCHOOL
(Special Otopeteh to The Joaraal.) '
' Salem, Or., July 14. Dr. K. A. Heri
tage," of Spokane, has been chosen dean
of Willamette university school ef
music. Hs occupied the same position
previous to- his -departure to - Bpokane.
Hs Is a man of great executive ability
and a fine musician. '
COLORADO RIVER FALLS
DANGERrOVER-FORnYEAR
(Joaraal Special SerHee.1
' Los Angeles, July If. Reports to the
Southern Paclflo today say the Colorado
fiver Is falling rapidly. It la now be
lieved Salton sea wlU be conquered be
fore the possibility of floods nsxt
winter. .. : '1 ; -
HALF MILLION POUNDS V
OF WOOL DESTROYED
(Joaraal apodal Barries.) 0
Cheyenne, Wyo.. July 16. A wool
warehouse at Clearmont containing over
half a million pounds of wool -was de
stroyed by fire this morning. Loss is
tuo.ooo. . t .
DREYFUS-T0 PROSECUTE
HIS BITTEREST ENEMY
Paris, July 16. A paper here says
Major Dreyfus will prosecute General
Mercier and his bitterest antagonists
and open the entire case again in ths
court of assisca
SENATOR BURTON ASKS
COURT FOR REHEARING
Washington," July 16. Formal peti
tion for a rehearing of Senator Burton's
case was received by the supreme court
this morning.
Three Boys Svovraed.
Pittsburg. July 16. Three bpys were
drowned in the publlo baths today. The
baths are guarded by police but the
boys were washed Into dep water by a
passing steamer. .. ..
Wreck Tiottas Arrlvo. ,.' '' h
(Joaraal Spatial servtea.1
New York. July 16. The bodies of
the American victims of the Salisbury
wreck arrived today on ths steamer
Mlnneapolla
7 California Floods Subside. 7
(Jooraal Special a.rrtee.1
Stockton, CaL, July 14. The floods
are subsiding everywhere this morning
and ths outlodK is hopfut
' tamps ta Front of Tralar
' (Snertal Plapatrli' te Tti jeaeaaLI
Stockton, Cal., July 16. An insane
Japanese Jumped In front of a train
JAt Holt and wag kiUed this morning,
and Washington have created havoo
with tha grain crops and great losses
are reported.. Dispatches ahow that the
section of eountry first affected by the
beat baa suffered greater losses through
in connnusa ary spoil, nut it is esti
mated that the dlatrlot Is pretty well
confined to . the points whsre damage
was done earlier in the season. Through
out the northsrn portion of central Oro-
?;on there haa been great damage and In
he territory tributary to Walla Walla.
In -eastern Washington,' the losses bars
been Immense. , , r
Total damage done in the different lo
calities and the entire wheat belt can.
not be accurately estimated until after
the harvest. Greatest damage In the
belt being in the vicinity of Walla
Walla, where it is estimated from 10
to 15 buahala par acra of the wheat crop
are lose, and Morrow county reporting
from 10 to It per sent loan, tt is esti
mated that greater damage has been
done this year than In many summera
In the extreme aaatern portion of
Oregon there has been but little dam.
age, some grain in tba high lands being
scorched by the sun, and in the extreme
western portion of the. stats bo loss Is
reported. ';'
HOT WINDS FATAL.
Crops of Soathaastsra Washington An
;'' f .. Badly Xamaged. 'J,'..-' '
(Special tHapetrh te Tat JesnaL)
Walla Walla Wash., July 16 Most
discouraging crop reports continue to
come in from points on Eureka flat. In
dicating that the hot wave of the past
10 day a has cut down ths yield in many
tfeldafronrlt to 16 bushels an acre.-
Grain buyers eatlmate that the yield
In Walla Walla county alone ' will be
reduced from (00,000 to 750,000 buahala
The greatest damage Is reported from
the Touchet and Lower Eureka flat
countrtos, districts adjacent to Clyde
and Pleasant View and below Starbuck,
where the hot wlnda had a -full sweep
on the growing grain.
Partlea In Walla Walla today from
Alto district and across the river- In
Franklin county say the damage Is
heavy, but that It will be Impossible to
estimate It untu the grain is threshed.
EFFECT DISASTROUS.
Spring
Wheat , la Morrow WTU be
. . Alxaoot Total Failure,
(pads Dtapatra aa The Joarset.)
Heppner, Or July 16 The effect of
the hot . winds on the wheat orop of
Morrow county has been very dis
astrous. The spring , wheat wUl bs
almost a total failure.
The fall wheat which la about .10
per cent of the wheat sown will be
about a 71 or 10 per cent' orop.
- For the past two weeks- the ther
mometer during the day has not been
below f 0 and usually about 100 to 110
with hot wlnda
Prior to the hot-spell- grain -of- all
kinds was unusually rank and heavy,
the hot weather will cut down the yield
10 per cent In other placea wheat la
not Injured. However, the loss in gen
eral will amount to considerable. Wheat
Is ripening rapidly and harvest will be
on in the next week., ;; . .y'; ...,,. :,.
SHOWERS COOL AIR.
Xattl Bama;
oa Bogae Blver.
(Special Dispatch te The Joaraal.)
IMedforVOr-July loWThunder show
ers in the foothills have cooled the at
mosphere in Rogue river valley and very
little damage la done to fruit, grain or
alfalfa. -
- Some apples are sunburned but no
more than usual. Tha acreage is light
In grain but the quality is good. . .
- Should the heated apell continue for
10 days longer considerable - damage
would result, but no material ' Injury
haa been sustained so far.
Much of the second crop of alfalfa
was left for seed and the growers are
fearful that the extended hot weather
will blast the bloom and prevent the
heavy aeed from settling.
. There is plenty of moisture In the
soil which will mature the fruits In fine
shape if the weather niudsialss.
- Raspberries, loganberries and black
berries are ashort crop owing to ths
hot sun. .. , . .
LITTLE LOSS. ;
Uaa Ooaaty Fat-mars Claim Weather
-"...;". Damage Is jmght. 7
(pedal Dtapatra to Tae Joernal.)
Albany, Or July It. Crop condltlona
In Linn county are still very enoour
sglng. The hot weather of ths paat
week has Injured the late spring grain
and this will suffer moat Even thua,
many claim that the damage is trivial
and will not be serious. The weather
baa moderated and now .Is cool snd
pleasant, being favorable to the growing
grain.' .
PROSPECTS BRIGHT.
Weather Xa Baker Ooaaty Favorable
BxospS oa Xlffc Xaaads. .
(Special Dlapstck te Tbs Journal)
Baksr City. Or., July 16. Baksr
county crops are prospering under pres
ent weather conditions except on the
high lands, whsre whest and oats are
being Injured somswhat by tha heat
Cooler weather Is promised and proa
peote are for bumper crops.
Farmers are out ting hay snd oats,
wheat and barley will be ready for
harvesting la about two weeks. - v
" HURT8 SPRINCTCRAIN. '
Crops Around X Oraada Are Bot Suf
,' v . " orlaff 0eatly. . .-. '
La Grande' Or., July 16. The last
two dsys of hot weather have done con
siderable damage to spring grain, but
If the rain now threatening comes the
loss will be comparatively very small.
There Is no damage to fruit, fall grain
or sugar beets yet It is cloudy and
cooler, with Indications of a heavy
shower. . .- 1 .
- Harvest It On.
' (Journal Speolal Sm lira ) '
Pendleton, Or., July It Hot weather
continues In eaatern Oregon; registering
114 at Pendleton Sunday and today The
wheat haa not been injured In Uma
tilla county during the past fsw dsys,
as It was too far along. The heat of a
few weeks ago damaged the wheat about
ftvs bushels to ths acre, but harvest Is
now on and no mora damage Is feared.
In the La Grande country and other
sections where the crop . was not so
far along ths whest la being materially
Otoaged, ' ' ; , --
' (special Dlapatek te The JearasU -'
Seattle, July 14. The body of George
MltohaU, inclosed in a neat but Inex-
pensivs eaaxet, was snippea xo .
berg, Oregon, for urlal this morning.
Fred snd Perry Mitchell accompanied 7 t
the remains of their brothjr. 7
Bvar since Georce Mitchell was shot -
down by his sister the two brothers
have devoted their attention to an at
tempt to raise money enough to take
their brother's body back to Newberg ,
and lay it at rest beside that of their 77
mother. : For a time the brothers who
were almost nennllaaa ware erased with ,
grief from the fear that their brother's .
paupers, cemetery. Kind and generous '
friends, howsvsr. came to their aid and '
ovmriBum ins money nseaea a taae r
the. body to Oregon.' . ;.. . ...
No services Were held at the morgue-
01 sonney Watson this morning whsn
tna tody wes removed. Simple funeral :
services will be held at Newberg.
rsrry ana rrea jsucneii win , remain- '
In Oregon, working, until Proeooutlng
orney wacainiosn requests mora 10 .
return to Seattle to testify against
their sister and Cref flsld'l widow. They '
declare they will obey the summona
Mre. Creffleld and Esthsr Mltchsll, . -
wnn arraugnso in ooart on toe cnargo .
of murder In the first dssrea. will ask '
the. court to appoint counsel to defend .
thra. They, however, declare that they -will
not allow a plea of insanity to bs -
Interposed la their behalf. -
Father BTturt Beep ktoaey. "
torney to look after the defense of her-, v
co 11 ana ustnsr jnuensu. Mrs, vrar
field declares, however, she will not al-
tow ner ratper to waste his money em -
pioying a lawyer to iigm xor ner tioerty.
Mrs. Creffleld refuses to say whether
shs wlU plead guilty or not -
Esther Mltohall haa become unoom- -
munlcatlve and refuses to dlsouss any
thing bearing oa the case. Teeterday '
aha told her Jailers that she would like '
to see her brothers Perry and Fred be-
rore tney - went away, sne-saia - tnac -r
thsy had always been friends of hera - -Her
, request, - howsvsr, waa not made
known to her brothers - snd neither of
the brothers have sought an opportunity
to see her alnoe the murder,
arouaea eeatue waa tne topic oz aiscus- ,
alon In the pulpits of ths city yeeter- ;
day. Rev. W. A. Major of Bethany
Presbyterian church took for his sub- 1 .
Jeot "Lawlasaneas and Its Remedy." Th '
clergymaa said:
"No maa should take another's Ufa ;
who is not prepared to aacriooe his own .
to tb law if that be its requirement
If men knew that their own necks would
break If they, under a fit of Jealousy or
hatred, took another's life, per cent
of those who commit - murder would
never purchasa a revolver."
Preaches Scores Jury,
Rev. John M. Dean of the Baptist
church scored the Jury that acquitted '
ueorge Mitchell In the following worda:
"Granting Creffleld's ' guilt, George .
Mitchell had no alternative, - but the
Jury should have put him into tha pent- -tentlary
as the laws demand, for the '
entire twelve rightly believed 'that ,he
never did a saner act In his life than
shooting Creffleld.' ... .
, Esther Mitchell has not heard from
her father, but says sha does not blame
him much afterwhat shs hag-dons
wants to as her brothers, but will not
attend the funeral of her victim.
Mrs. Creffleld for the first time an. '
fiOunced this morning her belief In Holy
Rollerism Is shaken.
- "Bines my husband's death." aha said,
"I have come to the. conclusion that
many of his teachings were . funny. '
With Its founder dead and myself in
jell the religion will corns to aa end.
The jailer aays a great change has
come over her, her spell of fanaticism
seemingly having vanlehed. -
BICYCLIST RUNS -JL
INTO AUTOMOBILE
A bicyclist ran into an automobile .
last night but the automobile waa not
tahan in the hospital as a result ef the 1
collision.
Neither are the owners thereof indlg-':
nantly demanding a state law requiring
bicyclists to ring a bell and blow a '
horn whenever they dash madly down
the country roads at night.
The unfortunate bicyclist is named
Carl Casonoor. He was on his way
into town from the direction of the
Claremont tavern when he took a header .
Into a touring car which waa travel
ing in the opposite direction. Cssonoor
sustained a broken leg and waa taken ,
by tha car drivers to the Oood Samar
itan hospital. He admitted that , he
alons was at fault - ' . ,- r
DECISION DOES NOT
: . DISTURB BRISTOL
1 United States ' Attorney Brlstor la
not disturbed by the recent ruling of
Circuit Judge Ross In .what are known
as ths Los Angsles land fraud eases.
He explains that Judge Roee did not
grant the writs of habeas corpus ap
plied for, but merely set .the matter
for hearing on July IS. -
The government is confident tnac
the writs will be denied, and that
although an appeal is taken, th ac
cused men will In the end be brought '
to Portland for trial. The eight de
fendants are David M. Goodwin, A. M.
Heddorly, . Will D. Gould, Richard .
Hynss. Lee R. Myers, George L. Stearns,
Warren Glllalsn and R. W, Kenny. .
FINANCE COMMITTEE V
MEETS WITH MAYOR
. The members of ths prorogued finance
committee of the general relief commit
tee met with Mayor Lane this after
noon at f o'clock to close up its affair a
While th committee acceded to the de
mands of the mayor that it send the,
cash on hand to. San Francisco, it hss
not turnsd ovsr th Puslness to O. . I.
Flslschner, who was ' named .by the.,
mayor aa chairman -tL the new com
mittee. ,....'.
HORSE THIEVES AT .
WORK NEAR SALEM
(iWl.T fclapatea te Tsa Joaraal.)
Salem, Or., July 16. A horse waa
stolen from the barn ef 8. B. Clark last
night, who resides five miles east of
Salem. Ths officers bavs no clue ts the
thief. The animal la worth 1100. Ha
la a dark bay. and weighs 1,400 pouads,
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