'THIS OREGON DAILY vifJOUBNAI PORTLAND. ' TUESDAY EVENINO, ATMrCST' 14. IttX
Jiit :ESE GIN C0L1ES UP FOR ill
inVESTIGATIOn OY OFFICIALS
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Plain to Make New Structural .
'J ; Seven Stories High Has v
Been. Changed."' :';,! '
STIRRED UP
STAY II0L7E
hill ;
Chemist to Wake Analysis , of
' Deadly and Mysterious ,
CHINESE SELL IT
BUT NEVER
DRINK
Liquor Wreck Men Easily and Habit
of Drinking It la Hard to Break
Soma Elfecta It Haa on Persona
Who Use It. r'K' o; -.li
r. Just what XJhine tin" JiveompoH
. of will be reveeled by the chemical
analysis now being, made by It V. Ter-
tar, chemist of the atata food ana aairy
commissioner. ',!" ;;' 'v-' '.'
Commissioner Bailey haa at Uat been
brought to recornlse the baneful effects
of drinking- hla ooncoctlon. Yesterday
he visited tha city hall to request tha
liquor license committee to revoke the
licenser of the Chlnaaa saloonkeepers
who peddle thla drugged mess to white
man. As a quorum of the committee did
not appear no meeting waa held.
Though thla ao-eallad gin U aold .all
over the Paelfto eoaat It la apparent
that no official haa thought enough of
the queatlon to have an analysle made.
Consequently Mr. Tartar, la working- In
tha dark, being forced to presume that
certain Ingredients have entered Into the
mixture and then to test for each one.
Hp Xa Kaa sole.
That "China gin" la a man-killer haa
long been known. The wrecks of what
ware' onee men and who have been
brought to their present state by drinking-
the mixture form the larger per
centage of the ateady boardera of the
city JalL The county Jail has Its quota
also. .- .' ' ' - ' '
Unlike every other liquor Is this gin.
It not only makea a man drunk with
startling rapidity, but It seta him erasy,
so Inflamed does the mind become. 1
"Rectified" by Chinamen it Is aold
only te white men. It seems that the I
DIG DAMAGES
TslIHE CASE
St Louis Company Cats Judg
ment Demanding Small For
' tune From Rothschilds. -J.
FEDERAL DECISION IS . ;
."AGAINST ENGLISHMEN
Hundred and Ninety-Five Thousand
Dollar! Ia Largest . Sum Ever
Awarded in Any Action of This
Kind in Montana.
(Special Dispatch s The IwrasLI .
. Helena. Mont, Aug. 14. According to
private' telegrams received here the cir
cuit court of appeals at, Ban Francisco
lias affirmed the decision of the United
8 La Us district court for Montana in the
uit of the St Louis Mining company
against the Montana Mining- it Mining
company, limited, in which the com
plainant was awarded damage of 111,
00, tiis largest earn ever so given in
the history of the state. ' ' i.
The defendant company la aa English
corporation and has for Its leading
stockholders the Rothschilds, who It
, years ago bought the Drumlummon
mine near hero for ' t&.OOO.OOt cash.
There waa a contest aa to the. ground
between the Trumlumtnon and 8t
Loula company's workings, and this ha
been tied up by injunctions. The Rotha-
' chllds have a cash bond of 1260,000 In
a local bank to secure any ' damages
which might be awarded. The case
will be taken to the supreme court of
the United Statee If the federal quea
tlon can be raised, but In the meantime
the St Loula men will begin active op
erations la the disputed territory whose
ore rune Into the thousands of dollars a
-ton In gold. - -.
COPPER KING MINE v
; . SOLD TO SPOKANE MAN
- t
' (Special Dispatch te The Jooraal.)
Medford, Or., Aug. 14. The Copper
King group, consisting of ele-ht claims
on , Joe Creek m Blue tedge District, I
waa purchased by Wm. perdue of Spo
kane from the original owners. K. N.
Anderson of Medford, R. T. Blackwood
of phoenix and Frank Edwards of Hunt
ington. Mr. Perdue acquires five-sixths,
the other sixth psrt having been pre
viously bought by Mr. Twohy a prom
inent railroad contractor of Pasadena,
Cat - Messrs. Anderson, Blackwood and
Ed wards realise the sum of 14.000 for
their property. The' claims are located
on a ledge that ahowa a width of about
on hundred feet Considerable work
haa been done In the way of pros pectins
uy numerous open cuts and about 100
feet of tunneling. The ore body shows
tha same general characteristic aa that
of the famoue Blue Ledge and other
mines in that vicinity copper sulphide
with good values In gold. The Conner
King group was the first location made
after the original Blue Ledge locations.
It la the Intention of the new owners to
- put a force of men on development work
la the near future. f
RECOMMENDS DISMISSAL
; OF CADET FOR HAZING
(Washing tea Pares ef The Jooraal.)
weaning! on, i. c, Aug. it. super
intendent Bands of the Annapolis Naval
academy haa recommended to the secre
tary of tha navy tha , dismissal . of
Oeorge W. Struble ef Portland and
tare other midshipmen for baaing.
The antl-haxlng law was paused
shortly after the outbreak and com
rlete exposition of hating customs at
the academy last winter. The act vests
la tha superintendent of the, academy
the cower to recommend for dismissal
any midshipmen whose continued pros-
snoo at the school la contrary to the
"beat Interests of the service. The ease,
or cases, se made up. are cent to the de
partment and then to tha president for
tile action. This la .the first rercvn
wtendetton under the new law. The
president's action In tha premises U
sraitr with) asaoa Interest,
Chinese "know of what It la ' made and
decline to Insult their bedlea by pour-
Inr the atuff down their throats.
There are Ave Chinese aaloona In the
city where gin may be bought. . two
drinks for cents. It la Us cheapness
which has proved the attraction to
seorea of victims. . For I cents a men
may become drunk and the effect will
stay by. him for" hours.
'1 roeerlec Sell It. " .
- Six Chinese groceries are licensed to
sell liquors by the bottle. The Chlneae
establishments pay tha same license fee
aa do the white man'a saloons and gro
ceries. Thoue-h they trade in e-ceni
mnrfa tha business la profitable.
A visit tit a srln shoo reveals the work
of the murderous gin In alt -its ghastly
effectiveness. There msy be two China
men behind the bar, but the patrons of
the place are white men aegraaea pe-
Inga in the last atagea of dissipation.
Thev earn their drinks by carrying In
wood for the Chinese proprietor..
Ones cauaht br the liquor tnrouga
taklna- a drink from curiosity or attract
ed by its cheap price, they have ateadlly
aunk farther and farther. Blear-eyed,
puffy-cheeked, and with shaking limbs
they haunt tne gin-anop 017. to mai".
There Is no hope for them no escape.
The habit of gin drinking la declared to
be harder to break than the opium or
morphine habit
... ' How Sosae Was Obtained.
Mr. Tartar recently tried to buy a hot-
tla of the stuf r. The wily celestial aiaed
him up aa an official and "had none lust
now." Bo a .gin-fiend wna employed to
buy enough ' for several experiments.
When he returned with the bottle he
was given a drink,- Bo collapsed on tha
floor, a hideous demonstration, of the
effect of the gin, even upon a hardened
fiend. ; .
It Is expected that fusel oil. which
generally enters Into adulterated whiskeys.-will
be found la the gin. Fish
berries, with which natives of India
poison fish, will also be found in all
probability. A. touch of morphine . ia
looked for.-. ,.--. , .
Miller Murdoch, attorney for the Mu
nicipal league, accompanied Mr. Bailey
to the city hall yesterday. . The league
will give the commissioner its moral
support In his crusade against the gin.
but will await tha outcome before mak
ing any efforta on Ita own behalf.
DIPS RED HOT IROil IH
CAH OF JCEROSEKE
Standard Oil Manager Demon
strates Some Facts to Three
City Councilmen.
Dipping a red-hot soldering Iron into
a five-gallon cm of kerosene. George
C Flanders, local manager of the Stand
ard Oil company, thla morning showed
three councilmen that the oil tanks on
the eaat slds are note aa dangerous aa
their enemies claim. -
Messrs. Preston, Shepherd and Bald
ing, as the members of the special com
mittee appointed to Investigate the pro
posed removal of the oil tanks to Ports
mouth, visited the plant of tha company
at the foot of Eaat Madison street this
morning.
Mr. Flanders showed them tables of
speclflo gravity and so forth, but the
argument that will stick In the minds
of the councilmen for a long time was
that or the soldering Iron. ' - -
-i n snow you that this oil caa bear
the heat of a red-hot Iron without ex
ploding." said Mr. Flanders, and with
out giving the committee time te run
he eelaed the soldering Iron and stuck It
through the capholo of a full can.
A cloud of thick white smoke as
cended, but there was no explosion. The
councilmen admit they were' scared and
that If more time had been allowed they
would have been still more scared.
The special committee Is holding a
meeting thla afternoon at which both
eldea of the controversy are presenting
their arguments. The principal com
plaint against the tanks and tank care
comes from Implement and warehouse
men of the east aide.
TO BE TRIED FOR
TROUBLE ON CAR .
Men Who Raised Rough House
Sunday Night Are to Appear
in Court Today. i '
(Speeisl Dlspsteh te Tse taml.l
Oregon City, Or Aug. 14. Three of
tha men who were arrested Sunday night
and were taken off an electrlo car of the
Oregon Water Power Railway com
pany at Miiwaakle, bave-been released
on bonds. George Mack and J. H. Knos
furnished ball In the amount of ItO each.
and W. J. Sutherland put up a guarantee
of 1100 for his appearance in the justice
court tnis afternoon, when the whole
five men will be examined before Justice
of the Peace Livy Stipp. The other two
men gave their names as W. J. Smith
and M. McDonald.
The charge that has been formally
filed agalnat them la "grossly Inlurtng
the property of another and grossly die-
turning ins puono peace."
Considerable indignation waa ' mani
fested about this city and Mllwaukie
yesterday over tha occurrence, anil 11 n-
less tha men can prove their Innocence,
11 is uaeiy to go hard with them, aa the
authorities are determined to put a stop
te ouch practlcea and will make an ex
ample of guilty of fenders,
CARROLL CITED IN
CONTEMPT OF COURT
("pedal Dlspsteh te The ioaraal)
Helens, Mont.. Aug. 14. United
States Judge Charles E. Wolverton to
day cited Will Carroll In contempt of
court for hie connection with tha al
leged attempt to tamper with the Jury
In tha ease of his brother, J. T. Carroll,
a wealthy Butte merchant, who Is on
trisl charged with Illegal fencing of
government lands In the Silver Bow
county. Affidavits were submitted
averring that Carroll had approached
the Jurors by Indirection.
DIVORCE CAUSES DOCTOR
TO. TAKE HIS OWN LIFE
Clearest Special SJervtes.t v
i-oa Angeles, Aug. 14. Dr. Louis
Moll, en old-time railroad euraeon. lona
a resident here, was found dead at his
home today. He had ahot himself 1n
the head. He was despondent because
ms .wue wm suiog for a divorce.
SUl
Chief-Inspector-Captain Bruin Is
In the Midst of It Once
. ; .-' More.' '
REFUSED TO BOOK .
v, MAN UNDER ARREST
Let Man Oo Because No Warrant
Had Bean Issued, Though Polite-
man Saw Assault and Arrested the
Offender Attorney Scores Him.
A teepot tempest, has been stirred up
by Attorney Yanckwlch over the refusal
last night of Captain Bruin te book 1
man arrested by a private eitlsen with
out h warrant. Tanckwlcjhi. took occasion
this morning to criticise.- Bruin In
florid address made In ppen court to
Judge Cameron. ' Bruin retaliates by
casting aspersions on the character of
bis accuser and so the case bids fair to
develop into the sensational. -
'. It appears that Thomaa A tone! 11. a
dashing- member of D'Urbano Royal Oaks
band, waa assaulted at the corner of
Fourth and Oak streets last evening by
an unknown man who claimed That An
tonelll had been aeeklng to alienate the
About thle time Tanckwlch and for
mer Special Policeman Mott hove In
sight and tha attorney rushed te the
aid of his musical friend, while Mott
captured the assailant Upon the ar
rival ef the quartet at -the-etatlon the
matter waa reported to Captain Bruin.
The. prisoner admitted tha , offense
charged but claimed that he waa en
tirely Justified by Antonelll's atten
tlona to hie wife. After hearing the de
tails of the case. Bruin refused te; book
tha man under arrest without a war
rant.
Tanckwlch stormed about the station
and declared that It wae not optional
but compulsory for Bruin to have the
man booked. He called the attention of
the Inspector to the law providing for
arrests to be made by any eitlsen. Bruin
1 obdurate, however, and advlaed
Tanckwlch. to awesr to a complaint.
Thla wae done thla morning and the
warrant placed In the hands of the po
lice for service. .
Juet before the adjournment of the
municipal court Tanckwlch - struck a
Napoleonlo attitude - and after relating
the circumstance of the case up to
the time of arrival at police headquar
ters delivered himself of the following
outburst of oratory punctuated with
delsartlan gestures:
"Then Captain Bruin, the hero Of 100
alleged battles In the Philippines, earae
majestically on the scene with his royal
face and assuming tha duties of ponce
Judge refused to allow this man to be
booked. I want Captain . Bruin to be
brought before this court and asked to
explain his conduct."
Judge Cameron declared that he would
Investigate the matter at once to see if
any one had usurped his authority. -
When the matter waa reported to
Bruin ha seemed to be considerably
am uned. .' He said he had refused to
order an arrest because ef the character
of the complainants.
HASHED EOSE.JUED BROKEN
--TflOTOELL SI0RYZ2
And Because of Them Judge
Cameron Fines J. O. Wren
Twenty-Five Dollars.
3. O. Wren, an architect and contrac
tor, with offices In the AMngton build
ing, was before 'the municipal court to
day on a charge of aesault alleged to
have been committed on J. J. Kadderly,
a hardware dealer at First and Alder
streets. The row occurred In Kadder
ly' a establishment and he alleged that
Wren struck Jiim In the face and broke
hla none. Judge Cameron found Wren
guilty and Imposed a fine of its. No
tice of appeal was given by Attorney
S. W. Masters for the defensa and the
ease will be heard again In the clrclut
court
Mie teetlmony showed that the trou
ble arose over the unpaid portion of a
but Wren had gone to Kadderlys of-
floe to settle the matter and was Just
about to sign a check for the amount
when the hardware dealer la alleged to
have said something about the contrac
tor not paying hla bills.
The testimony of what then occurred
waa conflicting. Kadderly 'claimed that
Wren Jumped np and struck him vi
ciously In the face, while Wren main
tained that he waa eelaed by several
clerks and wheat his arma were pin
ioned the hardware merchant struck
him IB the mouth, knocking out a teeth.
lie aeciarea tnat ne rinany broke away
and may have landed on Kadderly.
Thaf some one did reach Kadderly'a
nose la attested by the bandages he
wore In oourt" this morning, and that
Wren Is minus a tooth la evidenced by
the broken snag.
NEW AIR LINE FROM
CHICAGO TO NEW YORK
(Jownsl Special Serrlcs.) '
Pittsburg,-Aug. 14. Joseph Ramsev
Jr. confirms the report of the organisa
tion of a new- New Tork. Plttaburs- A
Chicago Air line with foreign capital,
which has all been subscribed. The
eastern half will be completed first.
The entire system will be double
tracked between New Tork and Chi
cago and wholly Independent of' any
other line of aurveye made. ' It will be
101 miles shorter than any other .line
and the grades much less. It will cost
t260.000.000 for construction. '
FRESH OUTBREAKS ARE
OCCURRING AT ODESSA
, ... 1 ,
. .
fjearnal Speeisl Ssrvtre.)
Odessa, Aug. 14. The authorities have
Issued a drastle edict agalnat the strik
ers, and anarchists and the result Is a
fresh outbreak. Thle city Is In a panle
and It la feared the outbreaks will be
come more violent.
AMOTHER VETERAN (S
DEAD AT. BIG CAMP
(ftnraal Speeial llervles.)
Minneapolis, Minn- Aug. 14 J. 8v
Burke of Kansas dlsd of exhauatlon and
old ace thle morning, making the sec
ond death among the visiting vsterana,
A soars anuun aoegltAJdB,
' - . V .
Residents Declare Chinese With
- Loathsome Disease Wanders
About Neighborhood.
VISITS HOUSES 'AND -'i
FRIGHTENS PEOPLE
City and County Quarrel Over' Ques
tion of Diseased Man's Care While
He Walks, About Placing Citizens
j in Crave Danger.',
Every day the protest of residents of
the vicinity against the presence of
Wong Sue, the leper Chinese of the Tan
ner ereek gulch, increases., complaints
to the health authorities of the city and
ef the county have been In vain;
It la declared that the leper does not
keep himself In hie own shack In the
old gardens, nor even among other de
serted cabins, but that he wanders
about that part of the city freely and
any hour of the day the notion to walk
takes him. . . )
He visits houses In the neighborhood
frequently. . 1 The children era Impelled
by curiosity to his shanty, and their cu
riosity is stronsrer than their fear.
Meanwhile nobody seems to have
definitely determined whether Wong Sue
le a leper or not. Captain McDowell, a
former eea captain who Uvea nearby.
saya he haa seen a number of lepers In
oriental porta and that Wong Sua haa a
Well-developed ease of the loathsome
diseaae. v ' --.
; -. Physicians. Are VaAeeldea.
Dr. Wheeler, elfy health officer, la in
clined to the -opinion that it, la conta
gious oiooa poison, urs. ueary ana mo.
Cornsch, the county health- officers,
have not visited hint, -as they claim all
contagious diseases are under the Juris,
diction of tha city authorities.
The city health department has no
money to provide a suitable place for
the afflicted Chinese, and can do noth
ing. Dr. Wheeler has appeared before
the county court several timee and re
quested that an" appropriation to -cover
the expense of building a small house
and oaring for the leper be made out
of the county's moneys. The commis
sioners seem loath to apend money for
thla purpose. They are not sure that
he haa a contagious disease...
I told them It waan't a matter or
county, but of the community,' said
Dr. Wheeler today.
Mrs. Jamee Markensle of . 6TI Mein
street saya that Wong Sue haa called
at her home more than once. - -
Every resident of aeveral blocks
around the old gardens fears a spread
of the disease. The afflicted man la a
disgusting sight at tha best, and so
great la the dread of leprosy that tha
statements of the doctors that It Is not
a contagious disease In the true mean
ing of the word are as nothing against
the determination of .the neighbors to
get rid of the presence of the Chinaman.
6 PLANS 'FOR STATE
IRRIGATION CONGRESS
Board of Trade Committee on
Legislation Will Hold Meeting
Tomorrovr N Ight.
The committee on legislation eC the
board ef trade will meet tomorrow
night to make arrangements for the
state- congress on - irrigation, -which
will convene In thla city Immediately
after -the close of the Jdaho congress
on September I.
W. H. NeweU of the United States
reclamation service. . Elwood Meade,
chief of the bureau of Irrigation and
drainage Investigation and Morris .Blen,
of the legal department of the reclame
tlon service, will be present at the atata
congress. Mr. Blen Is the author of
the model Irrigation law which forme
tha basis of the water rights laws; of
Wyoming. South Dakota, Oklahoma,
Idaho and Colorado. - .--
All the prominent Irrigation and min
ing experts of the state are expected to
be In attendance at the Oregon congress.
The meeting will be In the nature of
a conference for the purpose of drawing
up a law for the purpose of defining
wster rights throughout the state. An
attempt will be made to draft a bill
that will be acceptable to all Interests.
The postponed meeting of the board
of trade will be held In the rooms of
that organlxatioa tonight. Bealdea the
reports of the regular committees,
there will bo special reports ' by the
special Portland-Alaska steamship com
mittee and tha committee on a tin smel
ter plants There are also a number of
manufacturing and one wholeealo prop
osition to be brought up. Several new
liames will be rf"p-"e4 for mebmreshlp.
HELAN WANTS STATEMENT
OF RELIEF FUKDS
Committee Wishes to Learn How
Much Money There Is v
:,," . .;: Available.' r' ' V "r
1 fflnertsl IMsMteh e The JesraaLt
Salem, Or., Aug. 14. Qoevrnor Cham
berlain haa received a letter from Hon.
Jemee . D. .Phelaa. ., chairman - Of the
finance committee of the San Francisco
relief and Red Cross work, requeatlng
that all commltteea in thle state furnish
him, with a complete" statement of the
fundk collected for the relief of . the
California sufferers.
Mr. Pbelan eays this should Include
all moneye already aent and ahould show
the balance on hind. : He points out
that, while the fund In the committee's
hands is comparatively large, tha work
of rehabilitation will necessitate the
expenditure of enorraoue sums and the
committee desires to know how much
money will be available in order to
make plane occardlngly.
SWEDES IN NAVY ASK - '
' FOR EIGHT-HOUR DAY
(Joaraal Special Serrtce.)
Stockholm, Aug.' 14. The chiefs ef
the dockyards, artillery and torpedo de
partments ,01 tno navy nave sent a
proposition to the minister of tha ma
rine to adopt tha eight-hour day. If
accepted, it will be the first case of the
una 10 Sjiirope. .
'
Seeks to Condemn Ten Blocks
of North End Land Held by
- Hill Interests:
BITTER FICHT13 - ; - : ;
C a EXPECTED BY ALL
Hill Declarea Ground Has Been Pur
chased and Is Being Prepared for
RaOaoad Purpoaea and Xa Not Sub
ject to Condemnation.' " ?' : .
suit to condemn 10 - blocks between
Ninth and Tenth streets from Kearney
street to the river waa filed in the cir
cuit court yesterday afternoon against
ms roriiana Seattle Railway company
by the Northern Paclfln Terminal com
pany.- ' The complaint alleges that on
AUguet 11 the plaintiff company offered
ma f. 0. 460.000 for the property in
controversy. - Tha terminal company
saya It wants this property to extend
its terminal track a. . .
A conference which haa been attended
by C N. Levey, president of the Port
land Seattle railroad; Judge Charles
H. cerey, J. Couch Flanders, Judge B.
S. Oroascup of Tacoma. I. C Oilman,
counsel for the Great Northern at Seat
tle;' Jamee B. Kerr, assistant division
counsel for the Northern Pacirio, - who
haa been atatloned at Vancouver for the
peat etx months, haa been In progress
in Judge Carey's office for the paat.two
days, determining upon a course of ac
tion for the north bank road to pursue
In tha coming litigation. -
The Hill view of the matter is that
they have an abaolute - right to the
around which tha tarmteai nnmnanv la
seeking to have condemned. The North
ern Paolflo people say that they have
purchased the land and that they are
using and preparing to use it for rail
way purposes And that It la not subject
to condemnation proceedings. ' ,,
. sTAKsl . aright Xxpoetoti. t
It Is evident from the actions of the
Northern Paolfio representatives that
they expect a hard fight, although they
claim that with a perfect title-there
should bo no grounds for a controversy.
They refer to the millions of dollars
they have spent In scouring the land and
In the manner In which' the. Harrlman
Interests, have tried' to impede, tha pro
gress of the new road. . (
The meeting of the Hill representa
tives commenced early yesterday morn
ing end was attended by all thoae pres
ent, today with the exception of Judge
Oroascup, who was called from Tacoma
last night - The morning's meeting last
ed until after the noon hour and wae
resumed at 3 o'clock thla afternoon and
wae atill In aesslon at a lata hour.
The terminal company le owned by
the Northern Pacific and-Harrlman In
terests. . The- latter own 0 per cent
of the stock and the Hill people the
rmainder. The Hill people contend that
they have made every advance possl
ble to aatlafy the clalraa of the Har-
timan lines. '
YOUTH BATTLES lit WATER
WITH BIG RATTLESNAKE
Reptile Buries Fangs In Toe of
Boot and Clings on In Deep
Pool of Water. .
(Jooraal Special sal lice.)
San Bernardino, CaL, Aug. 14.. R, X
Courtney, young man well known In
this city, had a hair-raising experience
with a gigantic rattlesnake en the Little
Mojave river at Its headwaters last
week. -.. w ' - - ' . -.,',
Courtney went to the mountains on
a hunting and fishing trip. In leaping
from the top of one big bowlder to an
other he landed aquarely on a big rat
tler, which waa basking In the sunshine.
Quick as lightning before Courtney
could move, the enake whipped Ita head
around and burled Its fanga In the toe
of Courtney's shoe.
Courtney decided that there was not
room on top of the-bowlder for him and
the snake and leaped Into a big pool,
dragging ths snake, whose fanga were
fastened Jn the leather,- after him. The
water came up to Courtney'a chin, he
could feel the enake-wrapping, -colling
and threshing about hla legs. He was
dancing a merry Jig while confronted
with the additional danger of going
over hla head In the pool.
Finally the-snake unbooked Ite fangs
and coming- to the eurface started-'for
one side of the stream while Courtney
loot no time In swimming In the op
posite direction. Once on land he gath
ered an armful of rodta and went for
the enake. which was making Its way to
cover.. The reptile wae. killed - and
Courtney has he rattlea to remind him
of hla narrow escaps. : r .
REV. MR. ATKINSON
GOING TO ALASKA
7
Rev. Henry T. Atkinson, pastor-of the
Kpworth Methodist Episcopal church,
has been appointed by Bishop Moore to
tha pastorship of the Metropolitan M.
E. church at Juneau, Alaska.. Rev. Mr.
Atkinson- came here from McMlnnvllle
three vears ago to take charge of the
Clarke church at tha corner of Raleigh
nd Eighteenth streets. At that time
there was a mortgage on the - Clarke
Church of 14.000." .,
Through Rev. Mr. Atkinson's efforts
this mortgage was paid off and a new
bulldlnar bought at the corner of Irving
and Twsnty-thlrd streets, which was all
paid for laat March.' Mr. Atkinson will
leave-for hie new . charge about the
middle -of September.: .He will leeve an
active congregation, which le much con
cerned aa to who will be hla euccessor.
SPECTATORS RIOT AT
THE STACKPOLE TRIAL
(Jnaroal Special Bervlee.) , '
Los Angeles,-Aug. 14. Such a mob,
many of - them women,, stormed Judge
Jamee1 court thle morning to see Mrs.
Aurella Scheck, who was recalled to the
etend to tel. more about the murder or
her huaband by Stackpole. her guilty
Companion, that a riot resulted - The
glass partition that 'cut off part of the
courtroom waa demolished by the mob.
Tha bailiffs wsre unable te etop the die
order a,nd the ' trial hed to be stopped
until the room hsd been cleared. i
Mrs. Scheck continued her confession,
telling all about the assassination by
Staekpala, and; how bd planned tha mur
der of her husband as that he might
vmaxr her. .
Thousands' of Dollars' Worth of
Oregon's Finest Timber 3 Is
Being Destroyed. . I
til
TOWN OF BERRY IS NOT!
ENTIRELY DEVASTATED
Detroit in No Immediate Danger and
Campers. Are SafeConflagration
Caused by Sparka ; From Railroad
Enfinea. , , . . , V;
. (Special Dtapsteh te The Journal.) ; -Albany,
Or.. Aug. 14.-The fire up In
the Breltenbuah country Is still raging
and has, destroyed thousands of dollars'
worth of the finest timber landa in ore.
gon.- It la following a course up the
Breltenbuah river and unless a heavy
rain ahould come will be difficult -to
check in ita course of destruction. -
The town of Berry has not been alto
gether destroyed, the hotel and most of
the bunkhouaea of the loggers being
saved, together with the engines. The
town of Detroit le in no Immediate dan
ger, aa the timber - surrounding has
heretofore been burned and destroyed.
At the present time ' from reports
brought directly from the burned dis
trict the fire Is sweeping eastward on
both sides of the railroad devouring
thousands of feet of timber owned by
tha Curt las Lumber company and pri
vate part lea The Hoover mill le In no
danger at the -present, although they
are preparing; to fight the flames should
they SDoroach that place.
Tha camping party or tne Ban, xoung.
Linn and Nelaon families s safe and
they are now safely quartered at'NI-
sera, where tnev are preparing 10 e
tabllsh camp and continue their Inter-,
runted outlnar. ' They . were forced to
abandon the original camp site and tem
porarily eeek safety In Detcott It le
thought that the government hatchery
established on the Breltenbuah has been
severely damaged If not destroyed.
Some cara of the Corvetlle Eastern
railroad- were burned and nothing re
mains but the wheels and gears.
The cause of tha fire le thought to be
and Ita source of origin le laid to sparks
from the englnee of the railroad com-
eanr and not from the emp flree of
careless campers or fishermen.
Much blame le laid' to the forest
rangers. It being thought that they are
negligent In the performance or amy
and are Incapable. The making of ao
many paths and trails Is a danger to the
timber and elves timid campers an. op
portunity to leave the beaten patna ana
penetrate the denser forests into which
they would not penetrate heretofore, ne
ing afraid or leaving un nuwuineg
course of travel.-. '
HEAVY LOSS.
Tire at WeadWg, teTow trader Control,
-. ' JM4 Oreet Damage. ',
(Special Dispatch te The JesraaL)
Eugene, Or., Aug. 14-A Are which
reared in the ' wooda above the ' Booth
Kelly "sawmill at Wendllng for' two or
three daya Is now-under control and It
Is expected that no more damage will
be done. Pennlnger Button, loggers,
lost several thousand dollars In the Are,
quite a stretch of their new logging
chute having been destroyed - and
large number of logs which had been
yarded being ruined. A hundred-- or
more men from the Wendllng and Hy-
land mills foughf the flames for twe
daye and finally got tnera under control.
TRACKS CLEARED AND
TRAINS RUN ON TIME
rSneHal TM ro.tr as Hu JnersaLV
Pendleton, Or., Aug. 14. The effects
of the big landslide .and ' waterspout
which oocurrsd Sunday night have been
about cleared away and It Is 'believed
that tha trains will run on schedule
time after today.
No. i. westbound, due here at 10:
last nlcht. did not arrive until 1 o'clock
thle morning and will arrive In Portland,
tonight. - '
- The big rain and ; wind did seme
damage to atendlng grain In eastern,
Orsgon. - - '
BRYAN AND 'HEARST FIGHT
. SULLIVAN T06ETHER -
Illinois as Battleground for Con
test Against Hopkins Ele
ment of the Party. ;
(Jearsst Special Service.)
Chicago,. Aug. 14. The Bryan forcea
have selected llltnois aa the battle
ground for so-cslled progressiva Demo
cracy In the preliminary-fighting which
Is scheduled to go before the 10I cam
paigns. ; The announcement was' made
today by Hearst's lieutenants and after
ward corroborated by W. J. Bryan -In
Paris. . .-
- The first skirmish will eome st the
state convention, August II, and there
will bo another engagement of the fight
that datee back to 11(0, with tho Bryan
men and - the - Hearet forcea arrayed
agalnat the Hopklne-Sulllvan machine.
The latter faotion claims a solid delega
tion from Cook county.. .,..
Politicians see in the war on Sullivan
and the old division between tha so-
called radical . and conservative campa
that Bryan holds Hopktns responsible
for the Palmer-Buckner movement In
1111. Headquarters for the Chicago
branch of the Independent league of Illi
nois were opened here today, and marks
the firing of the first Hearst gun In
the Chicago campaign. .
COLORED SOLDIERS IN -
TEXAS RUN AMUCK
-
' (Jooraal SperHI Service.) '
Austin.-Tea.. Aug. 14. a'hc mayor and
eitlsena of Brownsville have telegraphed
Adjutant General Hulen that some or
the negro troope recently cent mere
from Nebraska have broken out, miiea
ona man, and wounoea several, otners
and are now shooting op the' town. Ne-
groea and cltlsens have ciaenea every
time the negroee entered town. - Hulen
Is asked to eend the Texas Rangers.
CENTENARIAN DIES
IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
Vancouver. B. C Aug. 1 1.- The eld-
eet men In Vancouver passed away -this
morning. He wss John qulnn, sged 101
fears, and was a satire ef Ireland.
WHEN LEASE EXPIRES ?
. MORE MAY BE ADDED
Residences Going Up in Large NumV
L bars in Suburban : Diatricta ReaU' i
; dence Property Throughout City is ;
Ortat Demand st Good Pricea. :
The railing building at Fifth and
Alder etreeta will be alx atorlea high. In? ,
stead of seven,; as had previously been
announced.' The .floor for the- seventh
story, however,, will be finished, so that
additional atorlea can be added when the
present leaee expires. Tha deniatnn try ;
change, tha height) was made on account
of -the lease, which' waa taken by the '
Honeymaa Hardware . company. All
they needed for their uae were alx star -les
and the building la to be made , to
conform to thia lease, which runs for IS
years. At the expiration of tha lease
the plan la to add to the building, it hav-
Ing been so constructed that als addi
tional atorlea can be added without any
trouble. . . , " . ., ... , ,
. The J. M. Acheenn company has aub- -leaaed
from the Honeyman Hardware
company ona half of tha flrat and aecond
floors. . Thla lease calls for 100-foot
frontage on Fifth etreet and 10 feet on
Alder. The Acheson company haa alao '
leaaed for .10 yea re the adjoining (0 feet -on
Fifth street and on this el te will
build a three-etoj-y, building. The com
pany will occupy part of thia alte as f
an entrance and a place for an elevator,
and the . upper floor .will be used as a
factory. There will probably be twe
stores located on the first floor and there
are already applicants to leaae them. -.
' Sonta Sunayalde Waking Tp. ...
South 8unnyalde is enjoying -culte a .
movement at present. Eight or tea
houses are being erected and others are
planned.. Hartman A Thompson report
the sals of a lot to Dr. J. J, Fisher for
l00. -who will build a home. Reed,
Fields A Tynam have recently aold lota
In thla district to D. J. Byrne and Mrs. v
U M. Roberts, who will buUd homes.
The Central church at East Twentieth
and Salmon streets has under consider- '
atlon plana for a new church building. '
j. w,,0ucuey is naving plana. drawn
for an attractive eight-room hauaa in
Piedmont It will be semi-colonial In
etyle. ''. . . . . , .
,T- B. Schallhammer has started work
on a handsome home for George Reed, ,
which will be located on Twenty-third
etreet near Tillamook in Irvtngton. Mr.
Schellhammer la .finishing - a - pretty
house for George Durkee on Willamette
Heights. :- ,. ;
. WlU Make Alterations.
Plans are being prepared for the
Moyer Clothing eomttfny, for altera
tions to Its store at the corner of Third
end Oak streets. - The entire storm.
room will1-be remodeled end - finished .
la en up-to-date manner. '
'William -Reldt'haa .nuferiaaed fnrn
Sarah Buckman' three lots on Russell'
street near Williams avenue In Alblna
These lots are close to the buslnese dis
trict In that section and tha considera
tion la understood to have been 17.100.
Mary Phelps Montsomerv hsa
Henry Meier els lots In Alblna In the
vicinity of Union avenue and .Stanton
Street for 11.000. .-i. . ' . ., v
,H. C. Cover, has purchased two lots
In Patton's addition on Portland Hetehta
and will erect on them a modern home.
Jouia Goldsmith hss sold to John 8. ,
Browne a lot near Twenty-fourth and
Northrup . streets In block 11 of Gold
Smith's addition. The consideration, is
announoed aa f 2,100. . '
CZAR AND l SOII GO
TO INSPECT TROOPS - -
Six Additional . Regiments Or-
, dered Out to Protect the
v'V Emperor. r 7'-V
Meensl Special Servlee.) :
St Petersburg. Aug. 14. Ths f
with hie family went to Kraanoye Selo
today to view the troope In camp. ' The
trip haa been delayed until now by Abe
attempts to assassinate the Grand Duke
Nicholas. 1 The csar la determined to
ahow himself with hie Infant eon to th
troops to prove their devotion. ...
Six additional regiments have gone te
Kraanoye. The most rigid steps have
been taken to protect the emperor and
his family. . No civilians ere allowed to
leave the railway atatlon In . this city
toward the camp unices fully Identified
and none are allowed to approach by any
road unless known.
The grand review la scheduled for Au
gust 10, after which the Imperial family
will go to Tsarskoe Selo instead of re
turning .to reternor. ... , .
i f i . . ,..
JOURNAL COMPANY IS ?
' : r SUED FOR LIBEL
m. ; , .., i .1
Suit for 110.000 damages for elleged
defamation of character haa been filed
In the circuit court agalnat The Journel
Publishing company, by William Davis.
Davis charges that an article waa pub '
Halted In The Journal of August 4
atatlng that evidence had been procured
Implicating him in tne muruer or juuua
Kuhn in his saloon at Wledler street
and Wllliama avenue on February -17.
It ia alleged that the article objected
to states that.'DavIa waa Identified ea
the man who ran away from the saloon '
after the firing and threw away a mask.
JF. -Watts, a police oourt lawyer, ap
pears as attorney for Davis. r j ' ?
WIDOW HAD RUSSIAN V
COUNT FOR! VICTIM
- (Jearaal Speeisl See -tee.)
New Tork. Aug. . 14. Mrs. Verrault
tha "pretty widow," charged with op- .
crating matrimonial bureau frauds, waa '.
arraigned today, released to ths custody
of her counsel, and her case continued
until September t. "Victim No. I-' wae
found to be a Russian, -count .Gregory
Zllenoff, an Importer of Ruaalaa gro- '
oerlea. -
op Stem Xaeorperatea, ".
' SpeoJsl Dfepateh te Tbe JevmsL)
Salem, Or., Aug. 14. Mall Brown
of Portland -was Incorporated today by
Madlaon M. Hall, Edward J. Brown and
Edmond B. Gage With a capital of 110..
000. -The' company will buy and . sail
AQpa.mad attar commodities,