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
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(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
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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,."..."' ...
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. 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.
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