The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, July 28, 1906, Image 6

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Newspaper Page Textjicies id click sea .'.leers In Control but War cMpt to Co Out of Commls-" Jon Sailors Scattered.' v " IVOLUTIONISTS HOLD UP TRAIN, KILLING GENERAL Noting la Various Parts of the Em yirt Crowds : March Through streets Ehootinf Down With ths Csar Jews in St' Petersburg. (Joamat Special errke.) -St. Petersburg, July 18. More mutl 'm sre reported from Sevastopol in Black see. fleet, but the officer are iU la control. The warships win ail. nrmr, be declared out of commission S the erews scattered among- the mm rr posts. The government haa ordered the police i allow the Jewa to remain In the city plte the statute making It Illegal r Jewa te reside here, . - r.lotlng ta reported In Ismail. Cos- eka hare been sent to restore order. e - revolutionists marched r singing own with the Csar.r Prince ttvoff and M-Buchoff hare tally declined to enter the ministry aa s conditions' upon ' which they cou nted to enter were afterwards refused. e scheme for the establishment of a a-bureeocratle government baa cot. -eed. At noon ie revolutionists attacked a In near Warsaw and killed Count ooato, . commander of a brig-ad of ontlar guarda. .. General Westerning. Hef of the customs guards, Demlnonko, ief cashier of customs, and wounded re soldiers. They escapcdwilh. 18.00 hies, ..ear Chornlpov peasants attacked a soon who waa -trying to arrest sai lors. Twelve soldiers were hurt and f farmers killed. The Jewa are flee X from Kasan, Zdalnlkoff, a. Cossack .unber of the douma, who waa beaten r the police when arrested on July 4, a fined 1160 today on the chares of Trying a revolver. ts eeyc::d reach of . nam foseeiit vsrnment Officials , Dlscour ted in Pursuit of Standard ' Oil Monopoly. , Oeereal Special Berries.) """Joago, July la, After . confer- or attorneys conducting 7 the ln tlgetlon Into tha Standard OU Co. was announced the Investigators ould rest for the present , Assistant ttorney-General Pagin Intimates that .e government officials are rather dla maged - at the Inefficiency of the we. Ha says that none of tha p rac es of the corporations regarded aa -nlnal la other oountrlea are defined aa oniea hers. The most' he eaa do Is secure fines for misdemeanors. . He "It would be mora of a misdemeanor i sell poisoned and Infected meat naclng the Uvea of mtlllona, but It la felony punishable with. Imprisonment i counterfeit a penny.' , c:i bi;:der is struck ' BY LIGKG - J. Hodge Knocked Down and bruised- O. W. P. Car Burned Out by Bolt. ' , Oregon City. July 18-While driving a hinder In the Huffman field at New 3ra this morning. A. J. Hodge was etrnok by lightning and severely bruised, tie had been working since I o'clock. A .haft cf lightning struck the fence, glanced to a tree and then struck the tnder, throwing on of the horses down id . knocking Hodge ta tha ground, re. Huffman had left the tree' Just a ew minutes before. Lightning this morning struck an Oregon Water Power Railway pas san er oar north of Milwaukee, Tha bolt it the trolley wire and eama Into tha rent end of the ear, striking the eon roller and burning aut the motor. A ew car waa put Into service, with no elay la " the traffic. Lightning - also urned oat the switch a the Oaks. VARRANTS FOR PEOPLE WHO DO NOT CUT WEEDS warrants for tha arrest of a number f prominent dtlsena and firms for vlo- ting tha ordinance requiring weeda to e cat from vacant lota were Issued by ad r Cameron this afternoon upon nmplainta sworn-to by tha police, .hose for whom warrants were Issued rai Joseph Simon. Mrs. P. W. Oil itte, Mrs. M. B. Busgnell. J. V. Beach. artla Winch, Holmes as Menefee, J. t. Harrington, William Ladd, O. Boyn Sanford Hirsch, J. 3L Friendly. neuter O. Murphy, Brooke aV Kler n. Western Investmsnt company, .ountree AV Diamond, aad tha Portland Miaral Electric company. L ' .- ::rEYS preparing . FOR DIVORCE SUIT "' v-' rieamal Special Berries.) : -.''" Reno, July II Mrs. O. B. Corey and ' r attorney arrived here this morning rem Pittsburg, to prepare for Mrs. 9rys divorce suit which wftl be heard onday. Corey's attorney also arrived jdsy. v : ,,(..., ..', "JSTRIA fire company ABSORBED BY THE SVEA (rearael "serial Sene.) ttorkholm. July 2t-The Austria Fire uraiww company, which lost heavily i t e Ban rranclsco fire, haa been re ulaed and taken over by tha Svaa, riT company. lea'assed aeeek Si Lewis' Best Brand, ' TMES PLEUTY OF TIL1E TO THINK Witness Hawk, In Hendricks ; base, Causes Proceedings to .' ;V -: v. i. Move Slowly. . ATTORNEYS CATCH HIM AND PUT HIM ON GRILL Forgets During Night What He Said Afternoon; Before . and Decides to : Tell Truth In Order to Straighten 7 Himself Out. - V V ' C. ' " When the trial of Hamilton H. Hen dricks, accused of subornation of per jury, waa begun it was thought that the case would be finished in a few days. This reckoning, however, over looked George W. Hawk of PoealL Thla man Hawk, who. la aa Important witness for the government, as it Is charged that ha was Induced by Hendricks to perjure himself before the grand jury, wants about five mlnutea to think after each question.- After he gets the time be desires there la no certainty that he wm not answer, "I don t understand what you mean. . Hawk went on tha atand this -morning to finish bla story. Numerous questions Drought out many statements damaging to the defendant. Hawk testified that when the grand Jury took up the Inves tigation of lands acquired by tha Butte Creek Land. Livestock as .Lumber com pany, he went to Hendricks, to whom he nad sold his .Illegally obtained home. stead claim, and asked for-' money. Hendricks answered: i v. ' "I'm afraid to let you have It for fear that theea fellows down there will find It out." Hendricks was referring to Investiga tors In Portland. According to the tes timony. Hendricks gave Hawk a card with datee of filing, proving up, eta.. and told him what to testify to before tha grand Jury. , , Shrplains the Scheme. 7 . "First. I was to coma down and swear furnished my own money for the claim.' said the wltnesa. "Afterward at another conversation Mr. Hendricks told me I waa to swear that my brother-in- law, Charley For, put up the money. I ws told then, - If you dont do that. Charley Fox will awear against yon sure aa hell I was also told that If I didn't swear aa Mr. Hendricks wanted ma to I would be prosecuted when I came back." . . -v . ; Tha story moved along slowly. Hawk eama to Portland, swore falsely, waa I caught at It and then told the grand Jury the story Implicating Hendricks, Thla morning Hawk had only a haayi remembrance of what be did. say, but he waa aura that he lied about his home stead. He tried to help out Hendricks, but when. he found himself In trouble be decided to tell tha truth. Then he admitted that he had perjured himself In his statements about his homestead claim. -' . v,- United States Attorney Bristol fin ished with Hawk shortly before noon and ex-Judge Bennett of Tha Dalles took him In hand. Tha early stages of the cross-examination were devoted ta testing Hawk's memory .aad to efforts to Ct him oonzusea. . . . Tha government began tha presenta tion of Its ease yesterday afternoon. After Captain Joseph A. Bladen, Clark of the circuit court, and Pranda J, Hansy had given formal testimony con cerning tha organisation and work of tha grand Jury referred to la tha in d lot- men,!. United States Attorney Bristol called George W. Hawk. Mr. Hawk proved not nearly so keen as tha bird bearing hla name. ' He bad a story In him, but It waa hard work to get It out. Hla mental processes were Just about as rapid and aa nimble aa a tter-logged ship. Agea seemed to elapsa between question - and ' answer. Justloa stood still while George shook his tousled head, bit hla lip and groped through the vastness of hla mind, v Judge Hunt grew weary of waiting, and did , what ha could to facilitate progress. "This witness ta not very acuta of thought." he said, turning te Prosecutor Bristol. "Tou will have, to After that tha etory came out.' not all at once, but bit by bit . Occasionally George surprised himself -by- getting rid of two sentences at one and the same time. - Here la his Story, pieced tot-ether: ; " George, who baa lived In Fossil eight or nine years, used to do teaming for the Butte Creek Land. Livestock 4k Lumber company. In which corporation Hamilton H. Hendricks bad a large Interest . One day In tha fall of Ittl Hendrloke went ta George and aald: "How would you Ilka to file on a home stead and work . for ua five yearsT" George answered "bully, end the tit next day Hendricks, who waa a United States commissioner at the time, took the necessary affidavit and application to George and eaia: "Sign these pa pers.- -,- . : ' .. George signed ' with the understand ing that he was to deed over the land aa soon as be proved up. , Hendricks was to psy all expenses and give George S1S0. The description of tha land was furnished by Hendricks. George spent two nights on his claim. Not long before proving up he went to the land, and, acting under the direc tion of Hendricks, felled soma trees for a fence, built a cabin and aawed some grain, Hendricks paid George IB by cheek before he proved up and $190 after ward, and also canceled a debt of ISO owed him br George for rent of the Davis place. Final proof waa made In March, 1100. George swore that he never saw the final receipt of his homestead entry, and said he had haver paid a cent Title waa transferred to Hendricks, and the conclusion drawn by the government la that Hendrlcka paid the final feea nd kept the dupli cate receipt eorge took a long time to tell this much of hia story. The hour of o'olock had arrived, and the court or dered an adjournment until morning, thereby 'giving George ad opportunity to collect hla thoughts. " SYMPATHY AT ROME : 1 , FOR RUSSIAN DOUMA (Joeraal SpeHel Sen ice. 1 Rome, July tl. The extreme left of parliament today paaaed a resolution expressing sympathy with tha. Russian douma and people. ... LOUDBURST DROWNS V s PEOPLE OF CAMERINO V V ' , if" ' : ' (Jenrsal Mneetal Service.) , 'Home.' July li A cloudburst ; da- Ivastatsd the Camerlao region and Sva ta tea persons sat arowaed, '.. .. , v . , i .' I 7 ' ; .' ;' V . ' ' . THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND; SATURDAY tVENIirO. JULY tZjt- FIRST HOME IN G0R5MUNITY (Speeisl Dispatch m Tss Joaraal.) - Albany, Or.. July it. The 61dest.log cabin In Linn county waa built in 1844 by John Pack wood and traded to John J. Crabtree In 1(4. It atlU stands on Its original' foundation of oak loga. which are in a remarkable state of pres ervation, .: . ' t'7,7): , ; In this tha first home In Linn county waa. built and established and for years was used by the Crabtree family aa a LAND FRAUD f,lE(l ARE SET FREE Judge Quarles of Wisconsin Acts ' on Writ of Habeas Corpus T v7;,in Their Favor. I BRISTOL DISCUSSES .. DECISION OF JURIST Declares It Will Have No Effect on Los Angeles or Michigan Csses Explains Points Made by Judge Quarles in the Cases. ; " : ; , Judge Quarles of TVlsconsin has re leased Joseph Black, John C Black and August Anderson from the meshes of the. law. The trio mentioned were in dicted for fraudulently obtaining Oregon lands, and United States Attorney Bris tol cf this district was trying to bring about their removal from Wlsoonsln to Portland for trial. They invoked the writ of habeas corpus . and Judge Quarles set them free. The ruling Is something new In. law and In effect Judge Quarles has overruled the su preroe court of the United States. - When asked this morning about the Wisconsin decision. United States At torney Bristol aald: .. 7 What Bristol Baya..'" ' - "Judge Quarles haa decided that aa Indictment . charging continuing con spiracy doea not charge a crime within tha statute of limitations where It ap pears that -other-acts-were committed after the statute of limitations nan run against final proofs aa to lands in cluded within the lndlotment Further Judge Quarles holds that the court la which ' the -. removal proceeding takes place can determine tha legal sufficiency of the lndlotment on- these grounds without regard to the trial court s ox clurive Jurisdiction of the ease. i. i -. "The ruling of Judge - Queries la against the number and weight of the decisions on the subject Buoh oases as Hyde vs. Shine. Beavers vs. Henkle and Benson vs. Henkle, all of them late de cisions of the supreme court ef the United States, are directly opposed te the Wisconsin oecision." - . Attorney Bristol said that the ruling Ottllk BaSVw BO ' aJlfeMrt sJssl' aTsltbaM Ulft Michigan or Los Angeles eases. What will be done la regard te the Wisconsin ease -depends on the report of K. - & Dixon, special agent .of the land office who was sent to Milwaukee to give tes timony In 'the removal proceedings. FOREST FIRES AT YACOLT A6AIN BREAK OUT Weyerhauser Timber Camp Is Destroyed and Two More In Danger. rSoedai DIraetek at The 7oarnaI.I - Vanoouver. Wash July IU. A forest Are that has been smoldering for seven days broke out anew yesterday after noon near Taeolt and at an early hour thla morning was still burning, although partially under control. Camp Vef the Weyerhauser Timber company w completely destroyed , and . two ether camps were In great danger' much or the time. In fact a atrong wind would again put the flames beyond tha con trol of the firefighters, of whom there are fully 100. So far no loea of life has taken place. but there la a district that should the wind shift around to the northeast would Siva up several victims. ,v There would be ne wav of cacaoe., .- An engine and several cars war flrer bound yesterday, but with some diffi culty . and after being blistered they were run through the names . ana brought to thla city. t CHEF00 INCIDENT IS THOUGHT AN ACCIDENT Washington. D. C July It. The navy department is officially notified cf the Chefoo Incident It is believed to have been an accident Undoubtedly every possible action will - be Immediately taken by the French government te have a board of Inquiry fix the responsibility and meke the proper reparation to this country- ALFONSO AND BRIDE V ARE MAKING CRUISE San Sebastian, July - II. King Al fonso and Queen Victoria sailed today on the royal yacht Olralda. They ex pect to call at English ports before ending their aruisa. , ' Oldest Log'Cabin in Linn ' County. i home Today it servea the purpose of I a hay ahed and stable; vAround this I centers soma or the most interesting " " .'.'".. COUNCIL GIVEN POWERFUL . : : CLUB BY COURT'S DECISION Judge Gantenbein's decision ' In - the salt of James McDonald has given the city council a powerful club 10 dangle over the head of Mayor Lena, For Instance, the council could re fuse to make, appropriations for the po lice department aa such and could change the tltlea of ' policemen to "civic watchmen." abolish. tha oSloa of chief of police and call the custodian of municipal peace "supervising watch man." . ' .. ;.- But there la little chance of tha eoun cil's doing thla unless an. open break with Mayor Lane occurs. "We won't do anything unless Lane does," aald two members of the council today. When the mayor vetoed the ordinance creating tha office of Janitor and bailiff of the municipal court he declared In hla veto message to the council that It DECIDE WAR AKD MARRIAGE IS TO 8E PREFERRED Williard Shaver and Wife Like It Better Than Single Cus- . v sedness. : - After a taste ef both, Hulda Shaver and WUllard Shaver have decided that war and marriage are more to be de sired than peace and alngle cuseedness. They have accordingly kissed and made up and two fond hearts now keep per- lect time witn their piupata. : In January, 1904, the pair were mar lied, WUllard giving hia age as 17 and Hulda saying, hers was 14. . A short time ago, Mra. Shaver, who has- been the main support of the family as land lady of the two upper floors of the Altaky building, sued for divorce on the grounds of cruelty. - She alleged that WUllard had . hurled at her the oppro brious epithet of "old sport" applied to her other vile names. At one time he had threatened to beat her and she had -found It necessary to call for protection Trom a son-by a former marriage, the aon proving equal to the occasion and putting his step father on the mat In a Jiffy. Mra. Shaver prayed to bo released from the Irksome bonds and asked the court to sse that WUllard did not lntercfere with her business. I . But thla afternoon Attorney W. . S. Wood appeared before Judge Oantenbein of the cirouU court and with a broad smile asked that the suit be dismissed as each of the parties had 'decided that the other was not so much to blame after alt-, . POET OF THE SIERRAS IS VISITIIiG IN PORTLAND Joaquin Miller 8pends Day Hunt ing Up Old Friends and ' . Acquaintances. ' - , Toaduln Miller, the poet of the Sierras and pioneer of Oregon, Is a picturesque figure on the streets of Portland to day. Attired In boots and Prince Albert of the out of long ago; with his snow White hair and beard flowing In the Portland breeaee, the author of tha "City Beautiful.'' wandered about the town meeting old acquaintances and looking up those ne aid not run across i bis travels through the streets. Mr. Miller Is stopping at the Im perial hotel and that plaoe haa been be sieged by friends of the poet ever slnoe his arrival In the city has become gen- rally known. Notes and cards by the score were stacked on the clerk's desk for the singer of the weatern life. Most of the callers missed him, however, for early this morning- he arose and com menced hia pilgrimage about the city. At timea he would return to the hotel, but only for a few minutes, when ha would make a fresh start This afternoon he went with w. O. Steel .to Fulton park to spend the even ing and Sunday. ., He will return to Portland and leave for New York, where ha will see hla publishers In regard to his new book, "For Love Is All; In AR. Love whloa will be produced this fall. GENERAL CARTER HAS FQRBIDDEN CANTEEN -' (jAaraarSneelel Serrlee.) ' Indianapolis, July IS. General Carter forbids the establishment, of a canteen at the oamp of troops concentrated here for maneuvers and haa forbidden offi cers and men te take liquor Into camp. v 1 '. j Sarthanake at Colon. IJonrssI Bperlsl Serrlee.! . Colon, July II There was a slight earthquake last night bat no damage la reported. , ..,....',, ,' IS NOV STABLE '' - f7-vt o ,. i history of tha county and many an l old pioneer will remember with pleasure the place and its surroundings, ; ' " 1 waa a wrongful assumption of execu tive powers by a legislative body. - Mo Donald was named the "Janitor" In the ordinance, and the whole thing waa evidently - framed up for hla benefit Civil aervlce regulations were' dodged moat effectively by the council In this instance. The .decision of Judge Oantenbein places ln the. hands of tna council a power which even Ita most sanguine members kiever dreamed they possessed. Civil service can be made a thing, of memory only If ths council Wants to take advantage of Its suddenly discov ered authority, as given It by a Judge of the circuit court"- Perhape the pres ent council won't disrupt civil service, but 'other councils are to be elected some day,' and they won't forget Gan tenbein's decision. " - ' AUTO CLUB MEETS YITH ROAD "COTOSIOil Plans '. Will . Be Formulated for . Elaborate Campaign of Vr . Road Building. 7 The state road commission la holding a -conference thla afternoon with tha Automobile .club for the purpose- of formulating plana for an elaborate cam paign of road building and road Im provement throughout thef tate of Ore gon. If the wlshea cf the two organisa tions are carried out Oregon will be be hind no state In the excellence of her publlo highway a. " . ". . -: The plana of the atate road commis sion and the Automobile club, aa aet forth by B. F. Cannon of the latter or ganization, aim abort of nothing else than the building of a macadamised highway from Portland to the California atate line, tha building of a almllar road from Portland to Ontario, the con demnation of the Barlow road for State purposes, the framing of a bill for the purpose of providing for the use of con vict labor on the publlo highways and tha framing of a bill to raise the road tax that more money may be available to meet tha expencea of Increased road building. Among the speakers at thla I afternoon's meeting were County Judge it. w easier ana m. jr. utnnois SIX PUBLIC DRINKING t 4 FOUNTAINS PROVIDED At least six public drinking foun tains for Portland's streets are assured, and W. T. Shanahan, who Is at the head of the movement to-"1 adorn the streets and at tha same time to leave no excuse for Portlanders . not being on the water wagon, declares that he can get te or SO fountains easily. The alx will be donated one each by The Oregon Dally Journal, Mrs. T. Z. Falling, Edward Holmaa and Mrs. George Langford, and two by Dr. t Buck. Others have telephoned to , the Oregon Humane Society headquarters to say that they have money to put Into drinking fountains, but until the deals are definitely closed the names of these will not be made publlo. Next Friday, Shanahan will meet with, the city park board to secure permission to place the fountains where they are most desired. The fountains will not be ordered, Mr. Shanahan save, until a considerable number have been selected, for by order ing a number at a time It la hoped to secure a reduotlon on the - freight ehargea. ,'".. . ALTON B. PARKER , ' , -OPPOSED TO HEARST ' '"' tJoamal Special ServUw.) '. ' TJtlca, N. Y July tt. Alton B. Par ker, in discussing the New York gover norship today. In terms, not definite but not ambiguous, 'declared that W. R, Hearst cannot win the . gubernatorial chair. He names several possible candl dates, praising each. Including District Attorney Jerome and Adama. the busi ness Bin mayor of Buffalo, holding his first political offloe. . - Judge Parkef said! -.,.',. . . "Hearst cannot believe the Demooratl convention will be ao pusillanimous aa to surrender te one demanding that the party deliver up to him the honor and power he coveta, or suffer defeat for not supporting him." FLOODS IN CHINA f f DROWN MANY NATIVES (Joaraal Special Service.) San Francisco, July SI. The trans port Logan arrived thla - morning with Vice Consul Hull of Hsnkow, China, aboard. At the time of Hull s departure from China reports had been received of a flood oa- thev.Shlang and YellowJ rivers with a great loss of life, several thousand natives being drowned. ItZZ.' HOUSE DONATED BY SPEAKER La Follette Says Representatives Are In State of Com 1 ' plete Subjection. SENATORS ARE ALLOWED ; TO REPRESENT PEOPLE Members of Lower House Art Often Forced to Vote for Measure When Bitterly Opposed to Some of Ita Provisions.- ;7:-' 'V '-"" '' ''' fJearnel Boerta! Service, t V Madison, Wis., July - Senator La Follette in i an ' Interview ' today said 'Despite popular opinion to the contrary the senate Is far more representative than the house. . The bouse Is under the absolute control of tha speaker and com mittees. "There- Is no such thing as a repre sentative representing the sentiment of his district Often by the tyranny of a committee and the speaker they are forced to yote for a bill in order to keep from being misunderstood when they are bitterly opposed to the provisions of the measure, although 'the main parte accord with their ideas. - - "The senate admits freer discussion. There (a mors Individuality. The sena tors are waking up to the growing de mand for referendum and are paying more attention to public opinion." , SUFFRAGISTS PREPARE F&R ANOTHER CAMPAIGN Miss Cordon Sends. Out Letters Urging Women to Continue , Working for the Cause. ' The campaign workera have already begun their work for another fight for woman's suffrage for the atate of Ore gon. 'With the spirit that doea not ad mit of' defeat the ehamplona of the cause have decided to work harder than ever for a campaign at the. next elec tion and to regard tha recent Befeat aa only an apprise! of their strength. Miss Kate Gordon, corresponding secretary of tne national suffrage association, haa aent out letters to the committee work- are all over-the atate aa follows: "Dear Chairman, Campaign Commit tee: ; ...-....',- ..... . ,. "There haa been aa almost unanimous request that the campaign for equal rights in Oregon be actively continued. "With the knowledge gained la thla campaign we feel absolutely sure, of victory two years hence. Fortunately the Initiative and refer endum law permits us to Immediately bring our question before the people and build up the sentiment roused in the last campaign. Therefore your next work consists in securing signatures to petitions mailed to yon. These signa tures must be secured from among the registered voters at the last election In your county. Ask the members of your committee to at once proceed to secure these slgnaturea. - Return signatures on or before August SO. HOC; to Myrtle K. Pease. lee-cential aeuue,-Monnt Tabor station. Portland. Oregon. In sending out this letter for Miss Bhaw, I wish it wm possible to convey to our workera In the campaign some Idea of the splendid spirit that Is ex pressed In the many letters slnoe the election. Not a note of discouragement -only a determination to atand ahoul der to ehoulder until auocesa Is ours. Victory Is the only result that such spirit will accept Yours for vlotory, l "KATES M. GORDON, --....wCo,,-. Secretary N.- A- W. S., .7'... 7 "Per M. X. Pease.' TRAGIC EKDInG OF YOUKG BRIDE'S HOrtEYCOOI Mrs. Pearl Ayers Is Fatally X Burned While Lighting Fire ; ; With Kerosene. : resseial Dtsneten Is Tee osmeLt ' Vancouver, . Wash., July . t. Mrs. Pearl Ayers, wife of Edward Ayers, re siding at Ella-worth, and bride of but three, weeks, waa fatally burned last evening while attempting to light a lire with kerosene. . She died at 11 o'clock after suffering Intense agony for sev eral houra. - . ' Mra. Ayers was la the act of lighting the flro after saturating ' the wood in the stove with kerosene, when the can containing the kerosene exploded, set ting Are to her clothes. Running te the door of the house Mrs. Ayers endeavored to put out the flamea, but the wind only made them atronger. Near by was Percy Coldwell, son of W. K. Coldwell, who with great presenoe of mind oalled to a girl to telephone for a physlolan. In the meantime young Coldwell put out the flames,- but not until practically all the ' unfortunate woman's clothing had been burned to an ash along with the flesh of her body. -, . The residents of Ellsworth are- ta deeo mourning over the sad affair. ' De ceased waa the daughter of H. Slawson and waa married July . ' The Ayers home was completely de stroyed by the fire that followed the exploding of the kerosene.. X,lttle effort was spent toward savmg tna house when it was seen how serious were the injuries of Mrs. Ayers. , - -. BETTER FREIGHT RATES ON SHIPMENTS OF HOPS ' Oregon hops for shipment in oarlots to the east will go at to cents per hun dred pounds less than tha present freight rate after August St. The Har rlman lines announce a reduction f the rate from IS to Sl.le on hope from Pa clflo coast terminals. The eame change Is being made In Washington aad Cali fornia.' .- Owing to lack Of private storage fa cilities It haa been the custom of ths Southern Pacific to garnish free ware house privileges at etorage points Where hops oould be assembled and kept to dava. then' shipped east en ths basis of the through rate from the orlglnat- Ipg point These free privileges will te withdrawn on the date the new through rate becomes effective. A circular an nouncing the reduction of rates In Ore gon has Just" been-issued by--HI"-SV Lounsbury, distiiot freight agent FOOTBALL .SK803 AT OdEGOil Manager of f Eugene' . Squad V Yiakss Public the Games 7 for Year, v. TO PLAY MULTNOMAH - ON THANKSGIVING DAY Once More the Men From the-Stats -y University Will Seek; ' to Wrest 7 Honors From .Their Old Rivals in "Portland-Other'Oaines. 1 - ' Speelt Dispatch te'CTae erme University of Oregon. Kusene. - Or 1 July 18. Although the football Schedule for the oomlng season has not been com pleted, Manacer Guy Mount haa an--nounoed the following games: - October 17 Oregon vs. Idaho, at Mas-' eow. . .. . -- November I Oregon vs. Willamette. at Eugene. ; ' - . - s -November 10 Oregon vs. Corvallla, at Corvallls. ' -, - November 17 Oregon vs. Washington. at Eugene. ' . -j - November If (Thanksgiving Day) Oregon vs. Multnomah, at Portland. - ' Two dates, October 10 and November li. are still open, but tt Is unlikely that -any game will be scheduled on ths lat ter date, as Manager Mount wishes his men to have a good rest before the big Thanksgiving game . with Multnomah. Efforts are being made to secure a ' game for October 10, and it la reason ably certain that some good team will, meet the .'varsity on Klncald field en that date. The schedule Is limited to six games. : For the paat three yeare Oregon has played sight - games, but there Is a general demand, - especially among the football men, for a ahorter aohedule. . .- . ,. College will open 6n September If and Captain Chandler expects te begin football practice Immediately thereafter. Coach Hugo Besdek will be on hand be- . fore college opena and Trainer "Bill" Hayward Is already here. With the famoua Besdek aa coach and "Bill" Ray ward aa trainer the Oregon football men will be as well coached aa any team la the west thla year. The season will be gin with the following old players on hand: W. O. Chandler (captain), rla-ht end; Gordon C Moorea, left end; Henry McKlnney, right tackle; Ole Arnspiger, ' left tackle; Fred C Moullea. left guard George W.- Hug, center; John R La tourette. - quarterback; Ireland. Hurd, right halfback; Walter Mclatyre, sub stitute guardiW. H. Ray, substitute guard; Bob Hammond, substltuts end. Besides these, most of the second team men -of last year will be in college, and there will be a fine lot of material la tha freshman claaa, . . . .. ROCKEFELLER - RETURNS III ' STATEROOM KO. 23 . Oil Magnate Cheerful andJoIIy Poses .for ; Photo and - . Leaves for Pocantico. New York. July 28. The steamer Amerlka arrived this morning, bring ing John D. Rockefeller. - Rockefeller -remained in- seclusion while at ouar anting. ' ,t. 7 , - Asked to . pose ' for his photograph. Rockefeller said: "Certainly." He . called Dr. Bigger and hia baggageman to sit with him. i - Paasengera tell of the oil king's good - fellowship throughout most of the trip. He Is browned by ths French sun. his - , eyee are bright. and hla complexion haa a healtnpvglow. He goes immediately ; to his estate Pocantloo Hills. His state room - waa No. tt, aad tha reporters were told that thla meant for them to , ; disappear, s - , ; - Rockefeller was - hard to reach oy newspaper men. He finally greeted . . them heartily and aald that he wanted 7 to play golf with them some day, and was glad Id' get tack"TdBTicounlry,: He laughed when asked about -the Find- -lay. Ohio, court afftlr, and said: "I have nothing to aay about that Really there la nothlnt to It It haa been II yeare since I had anything te ' do with the Standard Oil company." NEARLY $8,000 DAMAGE ' BY ASYLUM FIRE1 After Flames Were Quenched Quarters Were Prepared and .. Patients Made Comfortable. (Special Dispatch te Tfce JsaraaL) Salem. Or, July tt It is difficult te estimate the real losses at the Oregon. Insane asylum; which was damaged by fire yeeterday. The north wing, which waa affected. Is about 180 feet long, Ths roof over that part of the bunding will have to be replaced almost entirely. The wiring haa been seriously damaatsd and the ventllatora were burned out and the cupola ever that part or tna wing will have to be rebuilt Much plaster. Ing wUl have to be replaced due to tht water that soaked through three oelb In re. Tha beddlns. mattresses and fun alture were saved and but little of that Is damased for future use. .Most ef tht beds are of Iron and are not Injured, x So well was the work dona- and ths discipline eo thorough that by evening no trouble waa ejcpeneneea in nnawf comfortable quarters for all the pat tlenta. The damages, hoeever, will M nearly t,000. . . - " MINOR BARTENDER IS ARRESTED AND FINED . . ,.r . .r-"--- (Special- Dispatch te Tee JoorsaL) ' RUverton. Or.. -July t Chet Dowi was arrested yesterday by Deputy Man sbal Meatmen, onargea witn vioieunf the ordinance prohibiting minora froa visiting saloons. Down had secured position in -Keshan's aaloon aa bait tender and was thus engaged when an rooted. He pleaded guilty In tha polios court was was nnea it ana costs. It is understood that action will bi commenced against the Meehan brother aa soon aa they return from Woodburl for allowing minora to rrequent then plaoe of buainess, ... , Pendleton willlave drainage eeweti - and good water, and so no more typhole - 1 " ( A