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PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY EVENINO; AUGUST j- 18, '. TWELVE PAGES.
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PEOPLE DIE
THEIR HITS
Deadly Battle Between
New Yorkers and
Street. Railway Com
panies Over Fares.-
Four Person Shot Down, Hun
dreds Thrown From Car and
: Dangerously Injured and Traf
fic Delayed for Hours in Most
Serious Riots for Years. -
(mtl Special Service.) -York,
Aug. It The expected
New
. happened when blood was shed
In the
fight the people are making for
their
ngnts against the corporations.
As result of Innumerable outrages
on the pubUo by the , Brooklyn Rapid
Transit ' eompany end Coney Island
Brooklyn Railway -oom pan y yesterday
(our people were shot, sons fatally and
hundreds were injured. ,
The trouble began early to the worn'
In, when the people, who had read Jue
, tloe Geyser's deolslon to the effect that
the railroad companies could not charge
two fares to Coney Island, refused to
pay more than I cent. f or- traasport-
... Thousands were beaten, kicked and
throws floss, the cars, end.th vehicles
" were stalled sil night - - .
A. ... Early this mornina : tremendous
crowd gathered at Coney Island, and in
the riot that foUewed the refusal of
the companies to allow- them to ride all
.the way for I cents ( weapons ..were
. 'drawn. , "
Tares Fatally Injured.
- One man, said to be an employe of
. the railroads, shot a restaurant waiter
: In the back, and when the crowd made a
' rush for the assassin ha swung his re
volver and bade the people keep back.
The avenging -mob would not be
stopped, and the man shot again and
again. "v. ' r ''' - '' '.
Four people fell, and three are prob
ably fatally wounded.
The crowd parted, and thoes In front
tried to escape, but In the panto many
were crushed and injured on Oceanle
Walk In the Coney Island Bowery.
Those believed to be fatally shot are:
Thomas Fttsyatrle, aged SS.
nomas MoDosald, It.
eorge White, as.
Xtes Annie Bmlth, M years eld, la ae-
sMsaail 'swnlin nlaWl .-
Ths assassin escaped, but as ths po-
f Hoe have a goo description or mm, ana
ss his only outlet is ths ocean, it is
thought hs will be captured.
. reeplo right for Bights.
. righting began yesterday, and assaults
on probably 1.000 New Torkers who re
fused to be held up or double fare to
Coney Island end a great delay la serv
ice to and from New York's horns resort
were the results of an attempt of ths
Brooklyn Rapid Trsnslt and ths Coney
Island A Brooklyn railways to browbeat
ths New Torkers - into relinquishing
their right to travel to and from Coney
.Island for I cents. '
Justice Oaynora confirmation of this
right ths day before led thousands to
assert It, and of the 100,000 who traveled
to and from Coney Island during ths
' day several on each car refused to pay
1 the double fare.
These were throws off the ears with
all sorts of violence by ruffians hired
for ths purpose, while the police, If
they did not actually assist ths
bouncers, at -Jeast gavs them passlvs
aid Not a policeman's hand was lifted
to ssve a passenger from brutality at
i the. hands of the company's "plug-
Bgllss."
Worst Blocked aver
' The result of ths attempt ef the two
. roads to put off the day when the l-eent
fare, that for years has been the legal
, tsx to Coney Island, should be the
actual fare, eaused ths worst street
' railway blockade ever known In Brook
lyn At midnight miles of ears were
Bulled along many lines, while ths unl-
' formed rowdies of ths companies went
through each to throw off every man,
(Continued on Page Two.)
WOMAN FATALLY SHOT
IN STREET CAR RIOT
N (Jesraal Bpeelal Bervtee.t
Tort Worth, Tex Aug..ll As ths
resolt of the "Jim Crow" streetcar law
In affect In this city Miss Buelah
Mudglns Is lying at dhs point of death,
R. 8. Horn has a bullet wound In his
arm, a strange woman has a bruised
head and Sheriff Dinwiddle of Clarks-
: vllls Is' under arrest ". .' "
Sheriff Dinwiddle was a passenger on
a streetcar upon which a negro was rid
ing, A woman entered the car end was
forced to stand. The sheriff was also
standing but attempted to procure a seat
for 4ha woman by forcing ,ths negro
to give up his place. The negro refused
, te comply with the demand for bis aeat
Si
Gas Bag Ignites and
Sets Parachute Ablaze
Whilef Hundred' Feet
From Ground. r
Wilson Eliesquist and His Assist
ant, Joseph Morse, Are Hurled
to Ground and Sustain In
' ternal Injuries Which WH! Prob
ably Provs Fatal. - v -
- , (Joeraal Bpeelal aerrlee.) , -
New " Tork, Aug. II. The . balloon
which goes up daily at Bergen Beach
and turns loose an aeronaut at a dlssy
height for a dascent In his parachute
took fire In mid air and ths aeronaut
and his assistant after - fighting the
flames at a height of 100 feet from
the ground cams doers ' with thd col
lapsed balloon and' were badly, per-
fcapr fatally, injured. 7
Ths . accident : occurred ' ever the
grounds of ths Arlington hotel In Flat
bushw Ths Injured . men are WUson
EUleexiutst.' aeronaut, and Joseph- Horse,
his assistant, r People os the porch of
the hotel saw there" was ' something
wrong with the balloon as It swayed. n
ths air and began to smoke. - Present!
they were terrified to see it afire. Th
horrified people watched the etruggle In
mid air. powerless to give aid as ths
balloon descended, wabbling until with
in 100 feet of the ground, when sud
denly it collapsed and ths smoking
ruins Involving the men fell In a heap
in front of ths hotel. The doctors found
the men to be massss of burns and
bruises and as both were manifestly in
jured Internally grave fears are enter
tained ss to their recovery.
REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT IS
. FAR FR011 DEAD
Russian Rebel Leaders Say They
Can Count on Majority of
, Army to Aid Their Cause.'
I (Joeraal aeerial Berries.)
New, Tork, Aug. II. A eable to the
World from St. Petersburg says that
although os ths surface ths revolution
ary agitation seems . to have subsided,
uie reoei leaders are sanguine that a
great popular uprising will not be de
layed long.
The world 'correspondent states that
the Red Guards, as armed and fight
ing body of Finnish Socialists, are mak
ing - dynamite - grenades - with feverish
haste. Arms are being smuggled into
Finland constantly, and ths leaders cal
culate that within a month there will
be In Finland a rebel army 00,000
strong and well equipped.
- Only blind and deaf men eaa truly
deny that the revolutionary spirit Is
spreading among the troops In St. Pe
tersburg, and ths rebel leaders declare
they can count on a majority ef the
men who now form the last wall be
hind which -autocracy stands. Ths
revolutionists' plan is to selss first ths
great fortress of St Peter and St. Paul
here.
. sro b4 Food. -
(Joeraal BpeeUr Seme..) ,
Washington, Aug. II. Bonaparte to
day, ordered increased vigor in ths In
spection of meats for the navy yards,
and ordered Immediate substitution of
good for 'bad food wherever . inspectors
suspected ths quality. v
PhUlpplns Veterans Stee.
- 'Jooraal Special Bervtcs.l '
Des Moines, lows. Aug. II There are
1,100 PhUlpplns veterans here todsy for
their annual reunion. ,
and Sheriff Dinwiddle drew his revolver
and struck htm over the head. .
As the sheriff brought the gun down
the negro's head It wag discharged.
ths bell passing through Miss Hudglna'
body Just sbovs the heart snd lodging
in Horn's arm. In ths fracas a woman,
whoso name was not learned, received
an accidental blow on the head from
the revolver. , ... ..'" .
. Miss. Hudglns' wound proved to be
very serious and It la feared that she
will die ss a result. Horn's wounded
arm Is very painful hut not serious.
, Sheriff Dlnwlddls wss Immediately
arrested and taken to the county jail,
where be was released n a 11,000
bond. -. ;.. '. -. - -,' ,
' ' tTERTIEIOATErOR DISSOLUTION.;
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SCOTTY SAYS HE
KEPT WHITE FROral
KILLING THAW
Death Valley Man Takes the
Limelight With Story of How
He Disarmed the Architect,
Who Had , Threatened to 'As
sassinate the Pittaburgher.
' (Joorsal Special Berre.)
Los Angeles, Aug. II. Walter Scott,
otherwise known ss "Sootty of Death
Valley" fame, avers solemnly that
Stanford Whits once showed Mm a re
volver with whltftr-he Intended to kill
Harry Thaw, and that he (Scotty) val
orously disarmed ths architect , It was
this way, according to Scotty: '
"When I was a cowboy with Buffalo
Bill's show at Madison Square garden
met Stanford White. One night we
were dining togotner, wnen we naa a
controversy -with a wine agent, whose
brand I had characterised as "rotten.'
After hs left Whits sstd to me:. 'From
the way you talked to that man 1 I
thought you might have occasion to
kill htm.' Then looking ms square la
ths sys, hs said:
H "Scotty, I'm going to kill my man
tonight That Thaw and his wlfs are
here snd I'm going te get him.'
Tou couldn't indicate ' In ' print the
things hs said about the Nesbtt girl, and
hs coupled her nsms with a lot of wait
ers In ths garden.
"Well. I had notntng to do with
White's quarrel, but I did not want to
see him get Into sny bad affair, so got
him into a aide room to talk it over and
saked him if he liad a gun. He said
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Facaimlla of Certificate of Diaaoludon of Pair . Corporation.
CERTIFICATE
WRITES FINIS
TO BIG FAIR
Secretary of State Grants Disso
lution Papers to Lewis and
Clark Corporation and Big
- Show Comes to a Formal End
. -Stockholders Get Money."
" v ' .
When Secretary or State F. I. Dun
bar affixed his signature to the articles
of 'dissolution of the Lewis and Clark
fair last week ths great enterprise that
did more to bring Portland before the
eyes ef the world ,thaa anything else
in Its history cams te a final sad. .The
corporation Is no . longer in existence,
though 'the law provides for a nominal
existence for a period of Ave years after
dissolution In order That litigation may
be prosecuted or defended.
The act of dlsrolutlon was decided
upon at ths last meeting ef the-board
o directors - of ths corporation. - Fol
lowing thslr decision Secretary ' Henry
X. Reed made application for a certifi
cate ef dissolution snd ths secretary ef
stats complied. . Ths certificate Is now
in' ths possession of Secretary Reed and
will be a part of the records ef the
fair.' ' ! ? '
la 'ths sbsence of Auditor Maekensla,
the assistant . auditor la preparing
vouchers snd chsrke for thnss who held
stock In ths corporation. They srs be
ing distributed as rapidly as possible
snd ths tssk will be completed within
a short time. The chsrks srs for 10
er aeat ef the original contributions,.
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13EER LOOMS UP
AS CAflDIOATE
J FOR COLLECTOR
Ex-Governor Is Formidable As
'plrantfor the Political Plum for
Which OA. Westgate, J. M.
Shelley and P. 8. Malcolm Are
Striving So Valiantly.
Ex-Qovsrnor T. T. Oeer is looming up
as a formidable candidate for the office
of United States collector of customs,
now held by I. L. - Patterson. To the
general public ths news will oome ee a
surprise, for up to the present time only
the initiated few hsve knows that Oeer
is ss aspirant for the place.
Three other avowed candidates are In
the field. O. A. Westgate ef Albany,
chairman of the Republican state cen
tral committee; J. M. Shelley of Eu
gene, former representative In ths state
legislature and one of Senator Fulton's
strong supporters In , the senatorial
struggls of 1101. . and P. S. , Malcolm
of Portland.
. While the salary of United Btatee
collector ef customs Is - but 14.100 a
year, fees and perquisites swell the
total compensation to a sum that is
variously estimated from -11,000 to
10,000. Collector Patterson's - term ex
pired on the list of last month.
Where Seefs StseagU Use.
. Oovsrnor Goer's strength hs a candi
date' for the place lies not only in the
prominent part he pleyed In Oregon
politico for a number of years, but in
the heavy vote which he received in
the Republican prlmarlea last April,
when he was Jsmes Withycembe'e chief
Continued es Page JweJ
SuLD BE
THE STATE'S
W. J. Bryan Suggests
Planrfor 'Proper Con
trol -of ; the Railroads
of This Country. ;
Would Have Federal Government
Own the Trunk Roads, While to
the Commonwealths Would Be
Given the. Railways, Doing
Business Within Borders.; -
' (Jooraal Sptelal aerrlee.)
St Louis, Aug. XI. A Ostler received
In this eity from Zurich, Switssriand,
under the dats of August 1, brings ths
first ' definite statement of William
Jennings Bryan's program for turning
the railroads of the oountry over to the
federal end .State govsrnmeata. ' -. t
The piss la sew and has bees care
fully worked out. The letter, . whtoh
is f
says: . . t
"Mr. Bryan will attack the truats Is
hie New Tork speech, and It la possible
that he will go farther and 'give hU
views os certain forms sf nsjblie owner
Ship ef utilities, with, especial reference
to railroads, both interstate snd within
states. - v.: , ..
nil plan would admit of ownership
ef certain , trsiik lineo by the general
Kvernmeai in . oroer , mac tnoee
mously effloJent should - not Is Say
wsy suner impairment, but bo will. In
elst that ths local lines la every state
be owned by the separate states, thus
preserving- more effectually the, idea of
state Individuality, which, in Mr.
Bryan's opinion, would in tlms be wiped
out if sll lines passed. Into federal con
trol. .
"The enormous patronage that would
be the result of such railroad manage
ment would, of course, tend to further
Intrench the party In power and would
In time accomplish what Bryan fears
abolition ef stats boundaries."
It is expected that-Bryan after his
arrival will hold aloof from party af
fairs until nearly convention time. He
will go to 'Australia to study and write
shout political sconomlo eondttlona :
READY TO FIGHT. ;
Sir. Sryas WIS Sfot Beet trstfl SsUlvaa
, sa osstsi.-
- (Jesraal Special aerrlee.)
Paris, Aug. It. Mr. Bryan discussing
Ms demand that Roger Sullivan resign
from the national Demoeratlo commit
tee, says hs la uninfluenced by'Punlap,
as Sullivan charred. . .
"The organisation needs to be purged
ef such as Sullivan," continued Mr.
Bryan, land I hope to eleanee it without
a fight, but if a fight la necessary ths
sooner It starts ths better I will like It"
SAFEBL017ERS DIE
FIRE
THEY STARTED
In Ruins of Burned Building Are
; Found the Charred Bodies
'i of Two Men.. :
(Jeamsl Bpeclsl BtrvK:. r"""
Sclo, N. T Aug. II. Early this morn
ing the people in the neighborhood of
Files A Smith's general merchandise
store were awakened by a dull roar, and
almoet immediately flames burst from
ths building.
The department was called out, trot
there waa no hope of saving the place,
and tha men confined ' themselves to
preventing the spread of ths fire.
When the flames hsd burned them
selves out, sn examination, was made of
the ruins, snd nesr the safe, which
plainly bad been shot with dynamite,
were found she bodies of two man. '
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
! SAVES DISEASED LEG
OF CHARLES BALDWIN
(lesraal Seeclel Bervles.t
Colorado Springs, Col.. Aug. II.
Charles A. Baldwin, son of ths lste Ad
miral Baldwin, and brother-in-law of
Walter S. Hobart, tha California mil
lionaire, and himself a millionaire, says
he has been cured of tuberculosis of
ths bones by Christian Science. " .
' He returned to Colorado Springe to
day from Georgetown. Colorado, where
he has been In a Christian Science sani
tarium for a week. Before, going-there
he could hardly walk; now, he eays he
Is perfectly well.
' Three years ago. whlls playing .polo
st Burlingame, Baldwin's pony wsnt
down and tha rider was badly hurt.
. After several onuaUoaa tuberculosis
M
Wallace Sherrod In
stantly Killed While
Workingat Third and
Morrison Streets, v
After j Fatal Current Kids Him
Body Plunges Headlong to
Walk" In Plain View Vof Hun
dreds of People on Streets and
in Buildings.'--' V---- ,
' T Is ernes Bleekvoosted is
Charlee H. Hicks. May Sf.
electrocuted while St work at the
.
: top of a pole at Flm and Alder
; streets. - :
e Jack Lockwood, June II, else-.
s trocated while at work at top of
e pole at union avenue and Kast e
e Aeh street. a
James F. Dennister. Jul xU a. .
killed white working on high 4
pole , on Jefferson street near e
Fifth. o
Wallace Sherrod. killed, while '
working on a pole In front of e
, Itl.ThJrd.tret.-l.w4' , .,'. .. s.
- Wallace Sherrod. a lineman in the em
ploy of the Portland General Electrle
eompany, was Instantly killed this
morning shortly after 10 o'clock while
St work on a polo in front of Mayer A
Ce.'a grocery store at 141 Third street
Morrison. , Two thousand three
hundred . volts of . electricity - passed
through the body - of the unfortunate
man. and ho then fell to the sidewalk
10 feet below, striking os his head. The
tragedy was witnessed by several hun
dred pedeatrlana who were passing the
scene at the time. Coroner Flnley re
moved tha remains to tho morgue, snd
will undoubtedly order an inquest. De
cedent waa It years of age, unmarried.
and resided at til Holladay avenue.
Sherrod had bean In ths smploy of ths
electric company for- some time on un
derground construction, 'but had only
bees engagsd on the overhead work for
three or four weeks. In company . with
Ed Stiles, a fellow employe, and several
other linemen, he waa detailed to rear
range some wires In tho ' vicinity of .
Third and Morrison streets- Before
Sherrod made the ascent of ths polo on
which he mot his death. Stiles explained
fully to him which . wires were dan
gerous and how to avoid them. As ths
young lineman started to cllmp thd pole
StUes, with a premonition of .the Im
pending tragedy, eeld: "Be careful up
there."( - . ..' ' : ., ..
'; Teaches Uv wise.
Sherrod mounted the pole and upon
reaching the first crosssrm swung his
leg over the beam. He then commenced
to take . sp his work preparatory to
stringing s sew line. Entirely obliv
ious to the fact that his knee waa rest
ing against a fuss box carrying, 1,100
volts of electricity, Sherrod reached
over te unloosen a connection and in
so doing grabbed a live wire.
The circuit completed by this action,
ths deadly eharge entered his . body.
Patrolman Lytic, on crossing duty st
Third and Morrison streets, happened
to be looking down Third street at ths
time and his attention was attracted
by the aheet of flame enveloping the
man en the pole. The policeman ran '
te the scene, but before hie arrival
Sherrod fell backward and dropped to
the aldewalk below. 1 A large crowd
gathered about tbe prostrsts form snd
msny were overcome by the eight of
the blood which covered the sidewalk
for a radius of several feet. ,
.--. ' sqqrslelaav Is OaUsew ,: f.'T
' A physician who happened to be pass
ing pronounced the man dead and the
coroner" was notified. Sherrod wag un
doubtedly Instantly killed before he fell ,
from the pole. , His fellow ' employes
(Continued en Psge Two.)
of the bones eat In. snd Dr. J.- T. V -Connell
ef Colorado Springs Infors
him 'that he would have to have his I
amputated above the ankle. At ih .
time he was visited by Mrs. W. Kenr i
Jewstt. wife ef Millionaire W. K J".
ett, -who Is an advocate ef Chri..
Scisnce, snd shs advised Baldwin t
the Christian Science cure for hi. r
He decided te try the curs s 1
Georgetown, where he entlr.y t
ered. 1
Baldwin's wife was attacked hr
berrulosts some years sin. end It
in ths sffort te save her t!"t l
went to Colorado. Some n.
his little en wss throws 1
bono sad allltX .
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