v Tixs onzccu daily jour,::Ai; ror.TLAKD, . tue:dav lvi::::::2, vjcr:r 7.i:;. ,-nliiflil'S FUST LIFE SH0IM1 ' erft . - .... 1' y . . i' ' Details Gone Into by Government in Trial of Defendant for Perjury; in Connection Vith: 5 1 Land Frauds Near Town of Fossil ? ' a fur in tha federal court la now being furnished with data aufflclent for a .three-volume story of whet eeven v Years brousht te Charlee A. wataon, it waa la lltl that Watson filed en t.y..t..- it " In 1S04 that he . proved up, and aa he at preaent facea , -. charge or perjury growmi ou w p ,. aworn atatementa on iron prooi, uw . iinuiit . finds it neceaaary to turn the eearchllght on those Intervening - years, - :v ' ' Therefore the Jury is hearing all about Wataon that he broke horses for one wan and hauled lumber -for another. 'i plowed ad harvested, went home to the funeral of hie granaraoioor. ran loon, turned loner and hurt hla fort, '.' often complained of hla health, fell sick, made a trip to Missouri, did a hundred LVptoer things that might ave-been or- gotten if he had not filed on a home, ktead In that portion of Wheeler county where the Butte Creek Land. Livestock " Lumber company claimed the earth and all the inhabltante thereof. . Occasionally there to mention of the plf pasture which Included 1S.009 acres f government land. Thla morning . Judge Bennett tried on cross-examination to get Robert Kennedy, a long and apare kheepherder with aa Immenaa "K" hla necktie, to aay that Wataon'a claim fur alehed no part of the chain of fence round the pasture mentioned, but the . beat he could do was to draw out the admtsstoa that farther la there was an, other fence which waa well supplied With openlngaVT T? 1 1 i " . Xeasedy Otrea Testimony. . ' Kennedy testified that he had been oa Watson's place lota of tlmea," but had never aeon any one living there. When . naked to describe the cabin on the land, io said: ' ' "It didn't look like much of a house: H looked as If It might have been used for a cowshed." .-.-. , Through. James 8. SteWafti'-wnww eeeded Hamilton H. Hendricks aa United . States commissioner at Fossil and still holds the appointment; United States Attorney Bristol brought out that Wat aon'a list of witnesses on final proof . and a description of the land were taken to Stewart by Hendricks. It developed from 1 Stewart's testimony that final proof was not made on the day adver tleed. The defense aaked that all evi dence of the transaction be atricken out on the ground that at the time final proof was made Stewart had no Jurisdic tion, but Judge Hunt overruled the mo tion. According to government author- ' ity, claimants gre allowed If days of Vjamea "King, a, aattU raiser, testified that In 90S Wataon worked for Coe D. Barnard, eight or nine miles from hie claim. Wataon did some haying for King that year, brought him the news of the Heppner flood and told him he had son back to nla old home ,n aouri and apent a year there. S. IED0UX ICOKtD BY DEATH 7SENTEKCE Woman Hears Court Without a ;:Trsmor Mother Weeps i; ; ' 1 Over Daughter. ;- (Joaraal Special Bervlee l Stockton, CaJ., Aug-. 7. Without a tremor alight Mrs. LeDoux received bar death eeatenoe thla morning. The little woman stood tha coolest and moat col lected of all fat tha crowded court room while .Judge Nutter paaaed the sen tence. After tha court proceedings were ver Mrs. LeDoux reddened a bit, but : after a few momenta her face resumed lta. usual expressionless appearance. After all waa aver Mrs. LeDoux joined her mother. Mrs. Mary Head. In the ante-room and throwing her hands above bar bead uttered a Uttle cry and rushed lnte her mother's arms. Mrs. Head sobbed, but Mrs. LeDoux ahed no tears. Mrs. LeDoux waa led back to . the jalL.. ..'.. Thla morning ' Attorney Farrell for ' the defendant Introduced mora afll davlta to show tha good reputation of witnesses who ' had aworn that Juror Rltter declared during- the trial that the Jury Intended to hang the woman. Judge Nutter, in denying the motion for a new trial, announced his belief that the afflanta. Murphy and. Smith.', had testified falsely about Juror Rltter and . directed tha sheriff to deliver the woman Into the custody of tha warden at San Quentin prison within 10 days. WIFE SAYS HUSBAND r " ; IS GUILTY OF THEFT ' Upon complaint of Mr a. Cora Snyder et lit Mallory. avenue, a warrant for the arrest of her . husband, Gregory Snyder, was issued this afternoon by Judge Cameron, charging blm with larceny. It la alleged by tha complain ant that her apouse has decamped for parts unknown with 11,600. According to Mrs. Snyder's atory to tha police her ' former huaband upon hla death left ; 11,600 la trust to her daughter and It ' la claimed that thla la the money atolea by Snyder. - Under the provisions of the will Mrs. Snyder waa appointed the trustee and after her marriage with her preaent husband ha Induced her to algn over the money to him. After securing the coin It la claimed that he commented upon hla wife'a Ill-health and advised a trip te Seaside. During her absence at the beaoh it 1 -alleged aha t Snyder. dlaap - peered, . JCL0SING OF COPPERS IN BOSTON MARKET al atrrtce.l' JITJcial close. bid pticee: Adventure, t.l; Allouea, 131; Arcadian, fZ.T: Atlantic, 110.10; Bingham. Ill; Calcmet, SOI; Centen nial, $11 SO; Cop. Range, $76; Daly West, l.7i; Franklin. 11(10; Greene Con.. $16 76; Oraraby, 111.76; Massachusetts, ' t Mohawk, MISS; Nevada, Con., ft; North Butte, M1.7I; Old Dominion, lit; areola, SlOi.lO; Parrot, $27; , Phoenix, 0c: Qulncy, $J; Shannon, $$.I0 Tam arack, III: United Cop., Ill: Victoria, l: Winona. 11.71; - Wolverine, 1160; Faet Butte, II 6e; Ely. 17.75: Black MU til; Cat Artaona, 1I II. siaUeen rilg Bade. ' Uiereal aecUl StrrVat ' Boston. Aug. 7. The Knabenahue. Thomas balloon ended its flight yeeter , day arternoom alighting in the marshes ' ' Brant Rock, ' . . . i Robert IX Bills, who lives on the, John Day river and goea to. fossil seven or eight times a year, often passed the Wataon place, but never saw Wataon on it '. , George Bledsoe of Greenville, Wash ington county, the home of .Watson's parents, accounted for many months of Wataon'a time.', lie saw Watson In Greenville in June, 1(00. left' him there In February,-101, and found him atlll there when he returned in June of the same year. By thla time Watson had acquired a saloon, and waa acting aa hla own bartandear . The . saloou venture kept Watson busy until October, when he - came back with ' an ' Injured ' foot. In liot, Watson's grandmother died, and that brought him to Greenville once more. In August, 104, Greenville greeted wataon again, and thla time he told' Bledsoe that he had tone back to Missouri and spent 4 year. ' Oabla Blades, by Brash. Henry Keel, a young ranch hand with a new yellow shirt -and a red and black necktie, gave evldenoe that be often paased Wataon's claim and never aaw any one living on It. On cross-examine-tloa he aald that the cabin waa al moat hidden by the high brush, which grows seven or eight feet high along the oreek bottom a, Neal had taken p a homestead himself, and once waa away from It 11 months working for father. . i . James Loren Combs, who Uvea on Butte creek and has been In the habit of golng..to.FoalltwQor three times a month, waa the last witness of the morning. Ha never saw any on on the Wataon place aa he passed by going and coming from town. One summer while Wataon ' waa supposed to bo living on hla homestead the witness .and the de fendant worked together on the ranch of Clarence R. Zachary. While the job lasted Wataon slept In a Zachary bed and at meal time put his feet undeij. Zachary table. The government put on several wit ness ea yesterday afternoon to prove that , Watson waa away woodchopplng, break ing: horses, plowing-, hauling lumber or running a saloon during- the time he waa supposed to be living on his elalm. William Shepard'a testimony brought out that ' Wataon'a claim adojlned the homestead of Clarence R- Zachary. Stephen R. Metteer, whose homestead also adjoined the Watson claim, testi fied for tha government. ' Bo did hla wife and hla sons, Edmund and Elmer. According to tha Metteer family, Zach ary built the cabin on tha Watson claim. It waan't much of a cabin no floor, no window, no stovepipe hole, no furniture and only m bare opening where a door ahould have awung. Tha Metteers moved away in October, '1901. During tha years tbey lived next to Wataon'a they never aaw. the ' supposed home steader on hla place. However, Elmer Mettoer once aaw Wataon passing hla claim leading a horse. ...'.,- PLAN I.WIKB TO ASSURE EVEHLASTIKfr-PEACE Pan-American Consress . Wants to Have The Hague Call Ar- bitration Convention. r"- ' (Joamal gpeeial Srrlc.) Rio Janeiro, Aog. T. The arbitration committee of . the Pan-American con gress has pas sad a resolution urging all countries represented te send te The Hague a delegate Instructed to make every effort for a general arbitration convention. The report waa adopted by acclamation. Thla la tha first great atep of the congress. The preamble ex pounds tha principle of arbitration and points out tha fact that tha congress Is not tha proper plaoa for the dlaousslon of a matter of such world-wide Im portance. The method of transmitting the resolution to Tha Hague waa left te the arbitration eommlttee. THREE INJURED LOGGERS ' " BROUGHT TO PORTLAND ' Three men Injured In various logging oamps were broucht to Bt. Vlncaat hospital thla morning. Tha first to ar rive waa B. Blair, who came from Kelly's logging camp. He, had been caught between two rolling logs and his body badly crushed. Hla Injuries are very serious. The second arrival was j. h. My era. who waa Buffering from a dialocated hie. He had been working- In a logging camp In Clatsop county and while driv ing a team fell oif a siea, aisiocaung his hip bona. E. Sprague of Kelso, Washington, was tha third arrival from tha logging campa. While handling an ax It had slipped and tha sharp edjre struck him In the knee, making a frightful wound. " T WIRES POLICE TO . ARREST HIS WIFE ' ' '' T. W. Hart of Independence, Oregon, has asked the local police to apprehend his wife, Luella Hart, who left home last Sunday, taking with her a 1-year-old crippled daughter. Acting upon the request Chief Grltimaeher detailed De tectives Hill and Smith to watch all outgoing trains but no trace of the woman or child waa found. The nature of Hart's telephone message and the fact that ha wanta hla wife ' ar rested seems to Indicate that there la a tale of domeatie Infellolty back of the case. LAUNDRYMEN ARE TO VISIT JACK ROBINSON ' MnHal Masatea te TV- lnB-nL I 'Pendleton. -Or.,--Attg. f; The next meeting of the Interatata Laundrrmen'a Association of Oregon and Washington will be held In thla city Thuraday and Friday, September 10 and 21. Pendle ton has been selected as the 1 let, meet ing place and J. F. Robinson of the Do mestlo laundry of thla city, and man ager of the executive eommlttee of the association, la making all arrangements to greet the association with proper Pendleton spirit. It la expected that nearly 100 membere will be preaent , Bad FraM Ooaiemaed, Fruit Inspector Richard Delch today confiscated 100 boxes of peaches sent te this city by the Ashland Fruit Produoe company on account of being In feoted with worms. The fruit Arrived taie last nig at,. ' SEPARATE CHURCH FR0L1 STATE Idaho Democrats Declare Them- selves as Opposed to Mor-- " mon Control. PRACTICE OF POLYGAMY ; WILL NOT BE ALLOWED Will Enact Legislation . That Will Render Effective Clause in Consti tution Barring Teachers of Bigamy From Rights of Citizenship. ' (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) : Spokane, Wash., Aug. 7. With I7f del- egates in. attendance, the Idaho wem ocratlo' convention waa called to order yesterday at noon at Coeur d'Alene. with former United States Senator Heitreia aa temporary ' chairman. Committeea were appointed, and. a receaa waa taken while the eligibility of' persona for tne resolu tions committee was ascertained. The deleratee were Invited to take a boat ride on the steamer Idaho to Har rison. The convention reconvened at l o'clock, and the selection of tha resolu tions committee' concluded . the wgnt a work.''- : A contest extending until 11 last night the course of which waa a war of words threatened to be succeeded by a personal enoounter when tha conven tion reached a teat veto on the Mormon Issue, resulting in 15 to 14 In favor of the gentiles. At the morning's aesslon which conr Totted Atr. 19 o'clock, there wee consider-1 able controversy over the resolution for a plank in tha platform adopted today. which In aubatanca la: "We demand the extirpation of polygamy and unlaw ful cohabitation In the state of Idaho, complete aeparatlon of the-atate and church in politico and pledge ourselves to enact legislation that will render ef fective the elauee of the constitution of tha atate of Idaho which reeds:""No person shall, bo permitted to vote, serve aa a Juror or hold any civil office who a bigamist or poiygamlat or who teaches, advisee, counsels, aids or en courages a person to enter upon polyg amy.' " ..-'- t The work of nominating tha ticket will not be concluded until late this afternoon. - COSTS MOST MONEY TO : GOVERN NEW YORK c (Jaaraal Spatial Washington. . Aug. . 7. The completed census of cities shows the total cor porate oxpendlturea of 111 cltlea of over 100,000 population for the fiscal year. New Tork expenditures are twice 1 aa large aa thoaa of Chicago and four timea aa great as thoaa of Boston, Washington. Philadelphia and Balti more,, which spent the largest amounts after New Tork In proportion to popu lation. San Francisco la one of seven cities of over 100,000 population not owning lta waterworks.' BY.P-UWILL GIVE PICNIC AT HAWTHORNE The B. T. P. U. of Portland will give a picnic at Hawthorne park Wednesday, August I, from I to 10 p. m. Tha union tnvltea all young, people to come and bring a basket of lunch, which will be taken charge or by the committee and the picnickers treated aa one big fam ily. Lunch will be served at 7 o'clock. There will be games and music and after the plcnlo i trolley ride to Mount Scott DOCTOR ASKS FORTUNE FROM LAURA BIGGAR (Joarsal Special Service.) Pittsburg. Aug. 7. Dr. C. C Hend ricks today filed ault for $2! 1.110 against Laura BIggar Bennett, the former actress, for professional services said to have been rendered her in his private eanltarlum In New Jersey for two years, during which time he only received 110. MURDERED WOMAN.- . BUT FORGETS IT ALL ; (JeeresT Bud! BervW) Stockton, CaL, Aug. T. Edward Wil son, who murdered Lou' Hill laat night, professes to remember nothing from the time he entered tha woman's house yesterday forenoon until he found him ealf In Jail. Officers believe that he Is faking Insanity. THUG ATTEMPTS TO ROB WOMAN OF NORTH END An unknown thug attempted to choke and rob a woman of tha north end at 71 North Fourth atreet at an early hour thla morning, but waa prevented from accomplishing his purpose by the ar rival of assistance. The polloe have an excellent description of tha fellow and expect to capture him. LUMBER TRUST BOOSTS PRICE IN LOS ANGELES (Jearnal Rpeelal Servlee.. . Los Angeles, Aug. 7. Local lumber dealers announce an advance of 11 a thousand feet on Saturday, to make tha base price here 111 a thousand feet the hlgheat ever reached. The local ad vance le due te tha trust price up the coast. ' FREIGHT HANDLERS AT SACRAMENTO ON STRIKE . ' . (Joarsal Special Sernce.) Sacramento, Aug. 7. The Southern Pacific frelht handlers are still ou The company" reYusest6"rgrant their" de mands. Their places have not yet been filled . . , ..... , . ,. . . TOOK MONEY FROM BANK ' AND WAS THEN ROBBED . (Joarsal Rpeelal Serrlc.) Chicago. Aug. 7. Mary GrabolskL te be sure of her money, took S3tf from a safety deposit vault In tha cloaed Milwau kee Avenue bank today, and waa Imme diately robbed by a pickpocket Mixers' Cage Falls. (Joarsal Special Borviaa,) Ghaelerol. Bel alum. Au. 7. Nina mlnera ware killed In a' cage In a coal elae by failing 1.7II feet sere -ted. cIeeooff Peace Declared In St. Petersburg and Believed Provinces Will . v Follow Czar to Change Cabinet Thursday. (Journal amaatol Bervtea.t St Petersburg. Aug. T. The work men's council has decided te call off the strike la this city and make that an nouncement tonight It ia believed tha provlnoea will follow. . The government la overjoyed at the turn of affaire and held the train which waa loaded with soldiers ready to . dispatch to needed points. The warships In the harbor will carry foreign malls In the event of a Strike.. . . .., . ? . -- The , Gaaatte announced today It Is Informed the csar .will ehange the oabl net Thursday. Prince Lvoff will be premier. Count Heydea minister of the Interior and Stakovltch minister of finance. It Is alao announced that the csar will decide to allow tne aouma next' March to supervise the budget for 1107. The city la -quiet, the strlkers belng diepersed end no gatherings permitted. Work la resumed la many factories. e ' (Joeraal Snaetal Sal ileal Helslngfora, Aug. 7. The captured revolutionists have been turned over ta the Finnish authorities te be tried and will be punlahed by imprisonment ao cording to the Finnish law. Tha ahoot- lrig6f the meircondenined-for partlcl.J patlng In the mutiny at Sveaborg con tinues at the fortress. ' " (Jaaraal SseHal Berries.! Pytagorak, - Aug. 7. The commander of tha garrison was killed today by an officer. - (Journal Special Btrvlee.l "Harbtrc-Aur.-T, A -Russian gunboat shelled bandits who were robbing a vil lage and killed many of them today. UMATILLA INDIAN SUES TO RECOVER HIS LAND Moses, an Indian living 'on tha Umatilla reservation, haa filed a com plaint against tha -United Btatea and Ta-ma-aa-aa-mt and Wa-wln-ta-let to recover title to a tract of land which was allotted to an Indian woman named Pel-outs-pum originally but which paased into tha handa of the govern ment at her death. Moses clalma that he ia a brother of the dead woman and tha only heir, while in tne complaint a Judgment la recited of a suit brought by the codefendants of the United Btatea In the- present caae which ahowa that one la tha piece and the other a grand-niece of the deceased Moaea alao wanta the earnlnxa that hlv. Valljkn A ill i1.f.nrt.nt. .In, th deathlofPel-outi-punL- , ROLLING MILLS ARE ENDANGERED BY FIRE Fire due to leaking- oil becoming Ig nited from the fierce heat of a nearby furnace thia afternoon threatened the rolling mtlla af tho Paclflo Hardware Ik Steel company at the foot of Twenty third atreet The flames were extin guished In a short time, however, and the damage waa email. The fire broke out at 1:20 o'clock and the burning oil biased high. Igniting the rafters - whloh support . tha steel floor above the engine-room.. Upon the arrival of the fire department the blase waa extinguished by a liberal applica tion Of water. . - DR. BAKER TO SPEAK , AT COMMERCIAL CLUB Dr. Erneat E. Baker, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Oakland and chairman of the relief eommlttee there during the troublaaome times which followed the Ban Francisco earth quake and fire, will address tha mem bers of the Commercial elub at the luncheon hour tomorrow. Dr. Bajier came to Oregon to speak at the Chau tauqua at Gladstone Park and was ao delighted with the country that be ta spending the entire summer here. He Is known ii an eloquent and forceful speaker.. - - CONTRACTOR ON TRIAL FOR POISONING WIFE (Jearnal Special Bertie. ) Chicago, Aug. 7. Knute Knudson, a wealthy contractor, was held by the coroner's Jury thla afternoon on tha charge of poisoning his wife, Johanna Augusta, who died last March. The woman waa burled at the' time and no suspicion was aroused. Recently rale ttvea caused exhumation and the ex amination of the organs led the Jury to believe that poison , was' found. A statement alleged to have been made by the woman on her deathbed la among tha evidence. PERCY G0LDST0NE. LOSES HIS WALLET W. H. Riddel, a chauffeur of 141 Alder ktreet turned over to the police thla afternoon a wallet which ha found In hla auto at Claremont tavern. A rail road ticket from Chicago and return and drafta for $110 on the Anglo-California bank of Ban Francisco, made payable to Percy Goldstone, In addition to a number of lettera, were found In the wallet Goldstona came to the police station this afternoon and got the property. He had thought himself robbed. NORTH END SALOON . MAN IS IN TROUBLE Henry Myers, a saloon proprietor at Bumslde and Second streets, was ar rested this afternoon i by Patrolman Burke on a warrant charging blm with maintaining a gambling device. It is al leged that Myers hss a slot machine In his place, which preenmably paya In trade only, but that ha baa been re deeming tha checks with money. The rase will be tried by- Judge Cameron tomorrow. FRENCH GENERALS IN , COMIC OPERA DUEL (JouiSjal gpoelal Srea.) Pari a, Aug. 7. Oenerala Andre and Denegerlere fought a duel today. Two shots were fired, bat nobodx .wu hurt SIMPLE MD M OHOER Charged With Having Slain His , Best Friend to Wed His . Wife. :' WOMAN AIDED PLOT : TO SLAY HUSBAND Mrs. Scheck Let Xovtr Into House, . Then Awoke Her Sleeping Hus bsnd So That He Could Be Killed bj Paramour. ::- . ;-.v .(Journal Special Service.) Los Angeles. Aug. 7 The. trial of Ernest Btackpole, eharged with the mur der of Scheck, hla companion's hus band, June 14. began this morning be fore Judge James, objection having been made to Judge Smith. The courtroom- was Jammed, many women being preaent Application for a change of venue and a continuance were refused. Mrs, Scheck, Stackpole's companion and accomplice, waa not In court . Joel Scheck, a young laundryworker, was killed the night of June 14 aa 'he roae from hla bad to respond to a call from hla wife that burglars were In the houae. Ha was ahot twice. Both wounde would have proved fatal and ware powder marked. Mrs. Scheck -was found to nave eeen friendly to her husband's supposed Inti mate friend. Ernest O. Btackpoie. Tne latter waa arrested and a search of hla clothing turned up two bloody hand- Mr-Staokpole-asarrestsd and fln- ally broke down and eonfeaaed thar she had got out of bed at 1:10 o'clock In the morning to admit Btackpole to the kitchen and that she then returned to bed and had called her huaband In order that Btackpole might ahoot him as he sat up in bed. The plot between the woman and her lover -had been arranged the day before the crime. - Shock had become auspi cious of his wife and Btackpole and the couple concluded to pot him out of the way. The plan was that Btackpole anouio burglarise the houae. Mrs. Bcheck would hear htm and arouse her hus bands. J-he plot worked well end had It not been for the blood-stained hand kerchief and tha thoroughnaea of the shooting the plot would not have been discovered. . . YOUNG GIRL HAS. ' NARROW ESCAPE What appears to have been a dastard ly attempt to deliberately ruin 11-year- old Julia Bundby was brought to tne at tention of the authorities thla morning upon tho arrest of Mrs. Ella Monk and F. J. Stretch on a statutory charge by Special Policeman Hemsworth. The Bundby girl waa found In the room with the t-ouple at 57 -Pettyarove street, and was alao brought to police headquarters. To Chief Grltimaeher and Deputy City Attorney Fltsgerald aha atated that upon the solicitation of Mrs, Monk she met Btrelch and another man at Yamhill and Fifth- streete laat night, and they then went to the Oregon grill. At that resort aha alleges the men sought to In duce her to drink several glasses- of beer, but aha refuaed. to comply with their wishes. An automobile ride te Claremont tavern followed, and there It la claimed her companions tried to ply her with ehsmpagne. ITeon the orders of Chief Orltsmachsr a detective has been detailed to arrest the other man. .'The girl la extremely pretty and resides at 141 Alblna avenue Lata thla afternoon, wnua aeieciives were out looking for the "other man," he walked into the police station te claim a wallet containing $110 which had been found by a chauffeur. He waa Immediately taken Into custody and la being1 held pending - an investigation of the caae. WARRENT0N ROAD IS NEW COMPANY'S PLAN (Special Dispatch to The -Xearaal.) Salem. Or- Au. 7. The Portland c Seashore comoanr-ie the name of anjyesUrd organisation which filed artlclea of In corporation yeatarday and purposes te oonatruct a railroad from Portland ta Warrenton. The capital atock ia 110,000 and the Incorporators are T. T. Burk- hart John F. Shields and C B. Acbleon. The principal office of the company will be in Portland. Tne W. R. Taylor oompeay alao Bled artlclea. Tha incorporators are W. R. Taylor, F. Seley and W. F. Colllna. Tha oiincloal office la In Portland and the capital atock la fSO.OpO. . ARREST OF LYNCHERS ORDERED BY GOVERNOR (Journal Special garvlee.) Raleigh. N. C. Aug. 7. Governor Olenn haa wired the sheriff at Salisbury to arrest at all hasards tha lynchers of the three negroes killed last night. Ths governor will probably go to Salisbury In person tonight. This afternoon he ordered the Charlotte military company to proceed to Salisbury to guard the Jail and prevent 'the liberation of the lynchers arrested. There la danger mat tne tnree negroes at Greensboro, now under sit est for the murder of Foreman Beacham of the Southern railway, may alao be lynched. DANIEL WILSON'S BODY PLACED IN STEEL VAULT ' T .. .'. . (journal special aerviea. Bprlngfield, Mass.. Au ig. T. e S The body of Daniel Wilson was burled today In a steel vault S weighing a ton and automatic- 4 S ally locked from the Inside. -- Jey'e)nsnr WORK OF SNEAK THIEF REPORTED Sadie Warren reports ' that s sneak thief entered her room at the Van Noy hotel and carried away a purse con taining 1 17. ' Frank Bequette of 1IH North Third atreet reports stolen from that address It-caliber Winchester rifle, Salem Mesa Ooatraet let. ' "pedal Dispatch ta The Journal.) Salem, Or., Aug. 7. The elty council today awarded the contract for fire hoee to tha Bowers Rubber worka of Oakland. California. Walter F. Howatt of Portland was agaal, . v .v. , Telephone Men Are Accused o Reckless Driving Through Village Streets. . 4 (Special Dispatch ts The Jearaal l Salem, Or.. Aug. 7. A party of Port land excursionists may find themsslvea up against It - Word has reached, here from the Hubbard officials for tho num ber of en automobile which reached here at 1 o'clock. It aeema that the party did aoma reckless riding In the town of Hubbard and ran Into a farmer ana nis wagon there. Members of the party are L. J. Brey man, ' president of the Securities com pany of Los Angeles: William Godfrey. superintendent ef construction of the Automatto Telephone company Charles zonm. engineer of , tho Home 4 Long Mjiuimnom Moiepnoae company; Robert Tucker, prealdent of . tho Empire Elec tric company, and 8. 8. Baldwin, chauf feur for Covey Riddle's automobile garage or Portland. The machine te uregon pprtland 211. ' - The party left Portland thla mornina- at 7:10 o'clock, intending to inanaet the tinea or me noma Telephone company between ' here and Salem, accerdlna- ta H. M. Covey, of Covey A Riddle. Mr. Covey aald thlsx afternoon that ha had not heard ef the accident at Hubbard. PORTLAND MAN ROBBED BY his go:.ipanio;i (Special Dispatch ta The Inrutt Vancouver, Wash., Aug. 7. Ed De ment 1s in the city Jail on a charge of robbing- a workman by the name of Bfead of-r-an6ra-manbrnhenams of Taylor la also wanted for being mixed up in the affair. Btead eama here from Portland laat night and after visiting eeveral saloons weni to. tna u. B. bar. Here he bouaht eeveral rounda of drinka for Dement ana Taylor and Ioat hla money. - .Taylor told the police that Dement did the stealing, but when he waa wanted to- sustain tha charge ha could not be found. The police have notified the Portland authorltlea do watch for Tayior, aa they believe he went to that city laat evening. uement'a hearing " before tha police ""-v"i proDaoiy come up thla after noon. DATES ARE SET FOR TEACHERS' INSTITUTES (Joeraal Special Servtre.l Salem, Or., Aug. 7. Superintendent Ackerman and his corps of aaslstants are ouay compiling tha biennial aohool report: which will eontaln aoma valu able Information concerning- tha schools of the atate. He haa alao arranged for inatttutea to be held at the following pieces: north Bend. August II. II. II La Orande, September I. t. I: Baker city, September I, 9, 7; Condon, Sep tember Tr-Vale. September : I; Albany. September 11. It. 14: John Day, September 10. 11, 11; Burna, September II. II, 14: Lakevlew, Septem ber is, is; vuamatn Falls, September 10, II, II; meeting of the department of su perintendents in Balem.Jtober I and I; The Dalles. Ootober 10. 11, II; McMlnn vllle, October 17, II, II; Moro. October It, IS, 14; HUlsboro, October 14. II, II; nsiem, November 7. s. f. The meeting of the State Teachers' aasoclatlon will be In Salem, November II. 17. II. and the state meeting for the western division or the state aoclety will be in rendieton, November 17 and II. TWO BOYS LOST IN. HEART OF MOUNTAINS (Retrial nisnatch ta Tha InruLl Walla Walla. Waah.. Aug. 7. Men ar riving from Big Meadewa this morning state that there la no trace of the two aona of Gilbert Koneseski, who dis appeared from camp Sunday morning. although several searching part lea have been aoourlng the timber for a radlua of tnree milea of tha camp. The boya, who are aged II and 10 years, left Meadows Sunday afternoon with a xi-callbre rifle to hunt squirrels. They failed to return that night and search for them. It Is feared that ona or the boye haa been hurt In some man ner and that the ether brother la stay ing with him. Penitentiary blood. hounda will be put on the trail tomor row, If ne trace of the boya la found py tonignt Tna big meadows are In the heart ef the Blue mountains, 21 mnes aoumeaa or walla walla. WILLIAM DILLS LOSES ALL WHEN BANK FAILS William Dills, the well known char acter oomedlan . and member of the Baker atock company during tho aeaaon Just olosed. announced himself today aa one of the victims of tha million dollar defalcation which caused the wreck of the Milwaukee Avenue etate bank of Chicago yeaterday, .. - Dtlle aaya that ha doea net know how much, he haa loat, but ths amount repre sents several years of aavlnga sent home to be banked by hla mother, who resides In tha Kerchoff flats on North Oakley avenue. LAWLER GOLD MINES WILL BE OPERATED Albany, Or., Aug.. 7. A contract was yesterday made In thla city by which the Lawler gold mlnea in tha Quartsvllle district In tha eastern part of Linn county were acquired by Andrew Hunker of Berkeley-, California,-a former-Alaska mlneowner. Tha mines were for yaara the property of tha Lawler Gold Mining company, limited, and were operated for several yeara with great success. Later they were acquired oy J. F. Medina and George C. Howard of London, England. Theee gentlemen ere now the owners- HARRYTHAWSUFFERSrr ; FROM INTENSE HEAT (Joarsal Special aerviea.) New Tork, Aug. 7. Hsrry K. Thaw was visited by his wife today. She took him fruit, flowers end mssaslnes and remained ever en hour. She would not talk to Intervlewera except to lay that her huaband auffera from the heat ORDERED TR0M:F0RTT STEVENS TO KEY WEST Washington. Aug. T. Sergeant-Major Danl'l O'Connor of the artillery Is or dered te transfer from Fort Stevens to Key West, Ul!ll..j1.0 Hilt III rani Suffering from. Eating Mushe rooms. Mountain Climbers 'I; 1 CIVe Up Ascent STOPPED BY BULWARK , , V OF ICE UPON BAKEjt Within Two Hundred' Feet of Top "nnisrPoircedlto" Trn BaclManjr Narrow Escapes From Peatb Art Reported. ."V ..'1,."..."' ... :-wv '-" '- ' .' ; ' ,-'.! -rH.: , - i. y, . ISsecial Dlspateb ts Tec Joarsal. t Belllngbam, Wash., Aug. 7. Baffled In many trial ascents on(adjaoent peaks and suffering from tha ef recta ef eate, lng canned mushrooms and clama, the -Maxamas, according to a report -whiob reached Beliingham today, . have Buf fered the greateet defeat ef all by-fail-Ins te reach the summit of Mount Baker, for which they have been train" lng more than a week. , For . the re-' malndsr of the week Maaamas are ex pected to arrive In Beliingham with stories of their failure to plant their Alpine sticks on the. jagged dome of Kulahan. . When within 100 feet of the summit the mountain climbers are said te have turned back after repeated efforts oa the part of the few who ascended this tar to overcome tfcawiiulwark of stone and ice before them, j" Several narrow escapee' from death are reported. All kinds of axpadlenta known to the experienoed climbers were ' tried and it waa late In the afternoon before tho boldeat and hardleat were compelled tor adm ir defeat 7. Apparently the pinnacle la toe for midable ever to be negotiated and It la claimed by old prospectors of the Mount Baker region -that Kulahana summit never haa bean trod upon. . Long' before the rounded dome waa reached many of : the 40 Maaamas who eaaayed the aaw cent become exhausted and were foroad te lie down. ..-,.'-.'. Thaaa returned' to the temporary camp. It ia aald that all of the eight plucky -woman who attempted the trip kept on until the pinnacle waa looming above thsm. Owing to the Isolation ef the temporary camp It .ia Impossible te learn today who were preaent at the final defeat . .., .; . , i- : .- . RAILROAD WILL HOT MEET SAND HOGS' DEf.lANDS Company Will Re-Employ Part of Old Crew if They Will Work at Former Wage. - . (Special Dispatch te The Joaraat) Vancouver. Waah.. Aug. 7. Mayor Eaatham. Joe Webber, J. J. Padden and . J. .E. Harris, the committee appointed, at the requeat of the eompreaaed. air Worker (sand hoga) formerly employed on the Portland A- Seattle Railway corn--pany'a Columbia river bridge to confer with Bridge Engineer Crosby In rsgsrd to a asttlement of tha atrlke, yeaterday met Engineer Crosby. The committee put the situation be fore Mr. Crosby, atatlng that they' de--aired to do what waa for the best in terests of all concarnsd. In reply En gineer Crosby stated that he would not deviate from hie former etatement and " that if any of the eompreaaed air work- era dealrad tof go back to work they could do so, but that their pay would not be raised. Thle decision on tha part of Mr. Crosby, It la understood, ia final. Mr. Croaby further stated that at the present time he could not take back all . the men formerly em ployed, but that In the courae of two . or three monthe he thought the work would be In auch ahapa that all the men now . en atrlke would be employed. ROBERT M'CLARY DEAD. WeU-SCaown Stactoeat ef Taaooa.TOs' Faeeea Away. (neeler Dbpeteh te Ta Jonraal.) Vancouver. Waah., Aug. 7. Robert McClary, . aged 41 yeara, and for the past 17 yeara a resident of Vaneouvor, died of apoplexy yeaterday afternoon at the eld Seward residence, on the Fruit Vallsy road.'-r ' '-'" " "' '-'- Mr. McClary waa en route for Van couver from Sara, and fell by the road aide. He was found In aa unconscious condition and carried to tho houae. Medical aid waa aummoned from Van couver, but arrived too late to be of assistance to the dying man. The body was removed to Vancouver and Is now at tha undertaking parlors ef Goode Se Burnett Arrangements for the funeral will not be made until advicea are re ceived from relatives In Canada. "Bob" MoClary waa one of the beat- . known men In Clarke County. He came here from Canada 17 . years ago, . and for many years was In the logging busi ness In this vicinity. Ha waa employed -aa engineer In the old Luola mill during the big atrlke in the latter part of 1II. Sx yeara ago Mr. MoClary want Into the saloon buslneaa In partnership with Fred Baun. Deceased laavea a mother In Wallace town, Quebec and two sisters and twe brothers In tha eaat He waa a member of the Fraternal Order of Eaglea and of Kumtux tribe. No. t. Improved Order ef Red Men. TO USE SPRING WATER AT REFORM SCHOOL " fStwMit BUDatca te Tke learaaLf Salem, Aug. 7. -At a meeUng of the state board in charge of the reform school held yeaterday It waa decided te secure a new supply of water for that Institution. Accordingly the board pur chased a spring situated on Levi Her ren's place and the right of way for the laying of a pipe, which will be about a tnnrtirlengtn. The-sprihtTs so situ-' ated as te Insure a fine flow of water ' for the Institution and It le thought that the mute echool will also be able to receive Its water supply from the same source. The report shows lot boys In sttendance on AugHist 1. The report of Superintendent Cel. breath of the asylum, was also sub mitted. At the close f the month of July there were 171 malaa and 441 fe males; the number of employee la 111 and the average monthly per capita ex pense Is $l,04.r-The-erarar health of" the patlenta la reported good. It waa alao decided te secure carpentera and begin tha repair work en the part of the Building aamagea oy tne fire. The wards damaged by the fire are ocenntarf lust as formsrly with the emslovman or an aaainonai attendant againat elep seats tnrencn tne eeuing and roof. V 'V: i"