.t:: orj:cc:j daily journal," Portland, monday .cvzrnira, august -tV
EFFECTS OF FIRE
20 gc:.:?.::;es pay oveh
SEBGfai coses
GSI! O ,??Bi :
FOia PtiairuSE
cioerociB
Y :V'-- 1" r y.'i'A 1
:natbr Franklin Pierce Mays and His- Co
Defendants Plead "Not Guilty" and Work'
i Selecting Jury to Hear Xase js Begun ;
' The inn Mountain reserve land fraud
' aee waa called for trial this morning In
the federal court, but tho first hour and
a half was consumed In dlaputa over a
legal point and the work of selecting a
jury waa not reached until 11 o'clock.
An hour of questioning r vaulted In throe
rejections, two of thorn by order of
Judge Hunt and one by consent of eoun
el for both sides, and when adjourn-
meat waa taken at noon on on Juror
r There are three defendants represented
Vy fire attorneys. State Senator Frank
lin, Plereo Maya has ex-Judge Kenton
and W. Lair Hill conducting hla battle.
Kx-Judge M, It Pipes and 8. B. Huston
ere looking after the Interests of Wlllard
N. Jonea and the legal rights of George
Forenoon are being looked after by ex-
Judge Alas. Sweek. The government baa
two representatives, Bpedlar -Assistant
; Attorney-General Francis J. Heney and
United States Attorney William C. Bris-
tAi. ; ' ' 'V . ' . -.
May rriaorpal Bofoadaat,
fad-eyed Senator Maya la the principal
dfendant Ha seama to bare Improved
, In health since ha took tho stand a month
ago and aought to obtain continuance,
and there are so tears. This morning
he occupied a seat between hla wlfa and
Ma counsel, but conferred with neither.
Hla attitude waa that of a close listener
and big solemn demeanor seemed mora
solemn by contrast with tho nonchalant
air of Jonea and Sorenson.
Prooaedlnga began with a ruling on
the plea of abatement Interposed In be
half of Maya. Judge Hunt denied the
plea, holding that the excuse offered
for being so tardy waa insufficient.
Thin upheld the govern ment'a contention
that tho plea, waa filed too late.
' la tha Jonea case a stipulation bad
been made that tha plea In abatement
should follow the ruling oa a similar
plea In tha Mitchell case. This plea
involved tha question of whether Orand
Juror George Glustia waa a eittsen.
Judge Bellinger had ruled - against
Mitchell, after hearing ovidenoe aa to
Qlustin's eitiaenahtp, but today counsel
could not agree on the showing to be
made In tho record. ' After much argu
ment, during the course of which Prose
cutor Heney charged that the Jonea
plea waa not made In good faith, the
court decided that tho Jury in tha prea-1
at eaaa ahould pass upon tha right of
Glustia to ait upon tha grand Jury that I
C2D3TD O EEATliE
; c ti;aEATei:ed:by m f
'. ... : - f-y'f-',-
Fanlc Narrowly Averted at Bate-
ball ParkFire Scare at
V:
Star Theatre.
amusement . enterprises .. were
threatened with destruction by fire yes
terday aad In tho first instance it waa
only tho prompt action of oeveral men
that prevented a terrible loss of dire
from panic. .'--.
Durlnd the aeoood Inning of tha Oakland-Portland
baseball game at Recrea-
tlAn Here: veaterdaw a ftferwmn iulitint
'ajiager Hlgglna of the ball grounds
discovered a blase under tho grandstand.
The fire had already burned several of
tho braeea and was rapidly spreading.
Summoning George It ran. aa employe.
and tha special policeman oa duty te
assist him. Hlgglna aoon had a Una of
boao connected with a hydrant and a
stream playing oa tho fire.
Tho blase waa quickly extinguished
without any of tha 6.000 fans present
becoming aware of tho danger. Hlg
glna carried a bucket of water through
one .of the crowded aisles directly over
tha fire without aroualna the susololons
-of the throng aa to ita Intended use.
o prevent tha poeelblllty of any fur-
ter trouble, a special patrol will be
maintained under the grandstand dur
ing all games.
As tha result of spontaneous combus
tion, some empty paint eaaa In tho Star
theatre caught fire last night shortly
before- ' o'clock, necessitating a tele
phone call for tho fire department Great
excitement was eauaed by the blase
but tha flames were easily extinguished.
As tho theatre has bean closed for re
pairs, ao one was la tha building at the
time.-- v r,
IVHTESSES TESTIFY DILI
is rax mm-1
Shown Accused Naval ' Officer
f Was Not In Right Mind
A, While in Command.
' Joaraal Spetlal Servke.)
Vallate. CaL. Auk. 10. Tha Drnm
court-martial proceedings were re
sumed this morning. The first witness
for tha defease waa Machinist Hanlon,
wbo testified that ho came la contact
with Dunn frequently while oa duty on
tho Independence, and that Dunn's men
tsl conduct made aa Impression oa him.
He acted queerly and he heard other
officers on the ship mention the same
fact .'.-,-
Paymaster E. H. Dodd was the next'
witness and testified that he acted aa
aaeletant to Dunn. While performing
his duties he talked to the aocuaod
three or four times a day, and aald ao
cuaod did not have a good grip on his
business. Hla condition did not seem
to coma from tha use of liquor.
Chief .Yeoman - Rlchmonda ' testified
along the same line and atated tha men
on board tha ahlp thought Dunn was not
right In his mind. . ,
IVOHK COMMENCES ON ,
UMATILLA PROJECT
Pendleton. Or., Aug. 10. Actual work
' --an oa the Intake of tha Eaat ttma
a project at Echo today, Teams and
n are at work and carloads of mate
I are being brought In. Many team
I men are wanted. . The Puget Sound
,. ;any Is doing the first work.
Tees Boa's Iaeslee
(Jeer. I gperial Service.)
San Jose, Cat, Aug. 10. The twenty-
second grand council of the Young
in'M Institute waa called to order at
l ie o'clock thla afternoon. 1 Delegates
roei all parts of the coast are In at-
t ance." Tonight a reception will be
veered te the grand Office ra aad dele-
Indicted Mays and his alleged fellow
conspirators.
All , three defendants waived - the
reading of the Indictment charging
them with conspiring to defraud tha
government out of Z00.000 acres of land
In tha Blue Mountain reserve, all three
entered pleaa of not guilty and tha way
waa dear for tha work of selecting a
Jury. ' ' ' '.. .
Tha first IS man called to the box
to be examined aa to their ouallflca
tlons were Edward P. Hutchlna, George
H. Buhl, Georga H. Andrews, George W.
Kennedy, A. I Miner. Norrla Perkins,
John W, Probst J. 8. Pettyjohn. Walter
A, Goes, Robert N. Lovelace. William J.
Fullam and Garrett N. Veersteg. ' .
Ex-Judge Fenton did the questioning.
He was particular to ask each talesman
If be had over been Bounded aa to hla
opinions In the caae by any alleged sew
ing machine agent. Tha inference waa
that, some 'government detective had
been gathering Information aa to how
prospective Jurors stood on land fraud
matters. .Up to noon no ono had ad
mitted any confidences with a strange
sewing - machine . agent .
' furore Are SHnsnlaed. ' : - '
Four Jurors were examined before the
morning session ended. Edward P.
Hutchlna, a farmer from Logan, Clacka
mas county, conf eased to prejudice, and
the court excused him. George H. Buhl.
a merchant of Lebanon, Linn county.
who votea the Democratic ticket waa
next examined. - He eauaed a laugh by
aaying be did not underatand why Con
gressman Binger Hermann " was per
mitted to go to Europe while tha men
Indicted with him had to go to trlatvj
Prosecutor Heney explained that Her
mann had been granted a severance, and
gave the reasons why. -
Buhl answered all queatlona satisfac
torily, and waa accepted aa a Juror.
1 George It. Andrews, a bookkeeper of
tbla city, had been a director of a rail
way Tor which ex-Judge Fenton is at
torney. By conaent of both aides Mr.
Andrews waa excused.
George W. Kennedy who ta In tha
music bjslness in this city, admitted
belief In the guHt of tha defendants and
said that it would require ovidenoe to
remove that belief. Ha aald ha could
try tha caae on its merits, but Judge
Hunt excused him, aaying: "I believe
we can gat Jurors with a much fairer
state of mind."
IVQULD YOU BE PUSE IF
YGU3 CELL 17AS I7HITE .
County Prisoners " Will Have
3 Chance to , Solve Problem
' When Painting Is Finished. ,
: Though Jailer Mitchell la spreading
white paint and whitewash en tho walla
and eells ofithe county Jail with lavish
LhMdlba deep, dark, dank ttungeon will
regiaie just aa deep and dark as their
origtnAj coat of black paint made them.
Tha Jailer thinks they will not bo paint
ed at all thla year, but If they are they
will bo treated to another eoat of black.
' With tho view of making tho prison-
err quarters lighter and more cheerful,
Mitchell ordered all the cells and cages
painted white, and a morked change in
the appearance of tha Jail has resulted.
But while tha Jailer believes in lessen
lng tha gloom of tho ordinary cell, ha
does not believe in making tho dungeons
any leas repulsive. The dungeons are
reserved for halls In whloh to nerve
banquets of bread and water-to unruly
prl eonera who attempt to escape or. re
fuse to work or to obey the rules of the
Jail. There are two of them. oneTt
feat-long by g-wide, the other it-fcot
long by. feet wide, and both of them
darker than any black night that ever
aoared a child. When tho doors of tho
dungeons are shut the prisoner can
aea absolutely nothing and haa te feel
hla way about In tha darkness.
, Jailer Mitchell thinks that the white
color will have a tendency toward caus
ing the prisoners to think pure, noble
thoughts, and he wanta tha dungeon te
be aa big a contrast to the regular quar
ters, and confinement in them aa keen
a punishment as possible.
MRS. HANDLEY DIES . . -AT
HOME IN DALLES
Iflseetel Dtaeatck te Toe JoeraaO
The Dallee, Or., Aug. 10. Mrs. Cath
erine Hand ley, aged 19. died this morn
ing. She had been sick 1 days snd un
conscious since Friday. The cause of
her death was old age and stomach
trouble. . .
Mrs. Handley was the relic of the late
D. B. Handley, proprietor of the Umatilla
house from 1SS till the time of hla
death In 1190. Mrs. Handley waa a res
ident of tola city since ltt. She was
well known and highly 'respected over
the country. .. '
GANS ANt NELSON ; :
DO LITTLE WORK
tJoand Special Service.) '
Gold field, Nev Aug. 10. Hearing
that Nelson had found no training quar
ters here. Bill Otts. the former welter
weight, now a stockbroker In Manhat
tan, came over from that city yester
day to offer free training quarters
there, free automobile, and a bonua of
11.600 if Nelson would move 'his camp
to Manhattan. '
Oana let up in hla work today, as he
Is already down to lit pounds. Kelson
went through his usual work - and la
not la a hurrj to get down to weight
LUMBERMEN REFUSE TO
. UNLOAD; STRIKE RESULTS
Oeeraal flpselsl Service.) -'
Loe Angeles, Aug. . The ateem
schooner Centralis, lumber-laden, arrived
at Saa Pedro thla morning and tha own
ers of the lumber-yards tried to have
their employee unload her. All refused
and were discharged, where the men did
not walk out Six hundred are out ' It
Is said the employers will get ' non
union men te unload tha vessel. i -
aba, Stewart OaUa It Spits.
No action has been taken In reference
to the Insanity charges preferred by
neighbors against Mrs. O. W. Stewart
and It ia not likely that anything fur
ther wlU come o( the matter. Mr a.
Stewart aaeerta that the charges were
made through spite, end re groundless.
She appeere sane.
00 GIDIOGS
I. N. . Lewis Tells of What He
. Observed During Visit to 3
San Francisco.
REENFORCED CONCRETE
STOOD DISASTER WELL
Heat Had Terrible Effect on Steel
't Beams and Columns, Same of Them
, Being Buckled and Twisted Out of
Shape by 'the Fire. (li AljJ.:
I. N. Lewis of Wbldden at Lewie, ar
chltecta, haa returned from Ban Fran
cisco, where be went to study the ef
fects of -earthquake and fire on modern
buildings and to learn what progreaa ia
being made' la the, reconstruction- of the
burned 'city. Mr. Lewis says that -the
modern buildings withstood the effect
of both the eaVtbquake and fire la fairly
good condition, particularly the ateel
frame tulldlnga. 8ome of theae were
damaged , very little and "ine of them
only above tha ftrat floor. The heat had
a terrible effect on steel beams and col
umns, aomo of them -being buckled and
badly twisted.
The reenforced concrete floors, Mr.
Lewis saya, ahowod their value, aa few
of theae gave away or were damaged.
Ha . spent conalderable time Inspecting
the Falrmount hotel. He found In it
that tha steel columns bad buckled, but
these are being sawed In two, splices
being put in and tha building restored
to Ita normal appearance. The work
of fixing the first floor la far along, in
fact the decorators are now at work in
that part of the building and tha upper
floors are also being restored. . The
floors in this building, Mr. Lewis saya,
withstood both the earthquake and fire.
The building ln which cast Iron col
umns were used show a number of re
markable effecte, tha Iron columns not
showing aa much damage as tha steel
columns fat other buildings; in fact the
cast iron columns are standing in per
fect condition in bulldlnga which were
otherwise destroyed. It Is impossible
td tell what damage was done by the
earthquake In the destroyed district.
but that tha effecta must have - been
widespread, is evident from the obner-
vatlona Mr. Lewis made of brick bulld
lnga atandlng in ' the eaved portion of
the town. - He says that tho walla of
theae brick buildings are so badly dam
aged that he believea they will have to
be taken down completely, :.
" Work Oolag Oa Slowly.
"The work of clearing tha elty," said
Mr. Lewis. "Is going ahead very alowly.
There are gangs of men working in
some of the larger buildings down town,
but I was not Impressed with the num
ber I saw at work. ' The streets, but not
the sldewalka, , of the burned district
have been cleared, but you can wander
for blocks and you will not see a man
working, or possibly 'here and there one
or two men. I waa informed there is a
great shortage of teams and that, the
carters are very independent All over
you will see slgna of ground for sale or
lease, or that the ownera will Improve
to suit a tenant Tho work of reestab
lishing Ban Pranclaoo ia going to bo a
huge task end what time It will take Is
something no one can tell." ' -, -
C. U. Gantenbein has. sold to Ada
McLaughlin two lota in Patton's ad
dition on Portland Heights, along the
extenalon to Council Croat Mrs. Mc
Laughlin, it la reported, wlH build a
home on the site during tho fall. ....
The Moore Investment company has
purchased from John Somerville and A.
L. Brer man lots 1 and 4 In block 1M,
Couch's addition. Thla ia at the north
west corner of Twelfth and Love Jo, in
the new warehouse district ' The con
sideration announced la nominal. "
W. E. Stowe haa sold' to Holmea A
Menefee four lots In block 4t of Peninsu
lar addition, located near Waverly and
Burbaga streets. . The consideration is
not announced. ' . ...Jl-.-.ii,..
Architect Jacobberger announces award
I of the following contracts for the Healy
building, at Grand avenue and Eaat Mor
rison streets: Masonry work. Jamea Bar
rett A Co.; carpenter work. E. B. White.
SLOW ;C0H GETO JURY
lil FEDERAL COURT
Talesmen Selected Carefully by
i - Attorneys Connected With "
Blue Mountain Case.- "
The work of selecting a Jury in the
Blue Mountain reserve case. Involving
State Senator Franklin Fierce Maya,
Wlllard N. Jonea and George Sorenson,
was resumed this afternoon In the fed
eral court ;
A. L. Miner, a St Johns capitalist
said ho had no opinion, as to the guilt
or Innocence of the defendanta He ad
mitted a prejudice agalnat wrongdoera
In general but not agalnat land fraud
defendanta In particular. He would give
the Indictment some weight aa evi
dence, of guilt and would expect the de
fendants to preaent proof of Innocence.
Ex-Judae Fenton challenged the Juror
for cause, and United States Attorney
Bristol said: -"The government does not
upon excused Mr. Miner. -'', , -
The examination of Nortis Perkins, a
North Yamhill banker, was then taken
up.
At the preaent rate or progress the
Jury will not, be completed before noon
tomorrow. " . , ' . ,
BLOW OPEN SAFE TO
GET SEVENTY CENTS
tflperUI DkcMtek te The .oaraelt
Athena, Or., Aug. 10. Burglars en
tered the O. R. N. depot at thla place
at an unknown hour last night blew
op the aafe -with nitro-glyoerln and
badly wrecked the office. It waa evi
dently the ' work of experts. Agent
Doble discovered the robbery this morn
ing and found tha robbers had left a
screwdriver and monkey wrench, other
wise tha robbery waa carefully exe
cuted. They took the cash drawer
away with . them which contained only
few screws and worthless artlclea
There were a few dollars In cash In a
drawer at the ticket window but this
was untouched. The total haul was ' TO
cents, personal cash of the agent --
, Professor Oaafleld Employed. .
(flpetttl Dtapatra te The Joemal.)
Sllverton, Or.. Aug. SO. Professor R.
W. Canfteld of West Bend. .Washington,
haa been employed as -principal of the
Sllverton , schools and will begin bis
duties a the school-room about Septem
ber is.' ' .
San Francisco Gelt About- One
Million Dollars a Day 'From
Insurance Corporation. .
IJearaal Boselal Berries.) r
Saa lYancleoo, Aug. 10. It Is ' esti
mated that for two months past Insur
ance companies have been paying losses
at the rate of about $1,000,000 a day,
Twenty corapanlea,. of which' one half
la eo-ealled largo and one half small,
have paid an aggregate aura jip to date
or ijo,b,io.9Z. an average or, i.6J,
IS8.4S for each company. Tho Liver
pool and London and Globg has paid
11.711. 168.12; Aetna, 11.110.101; Hart
ford, ll.6SM40.Mi Cltlsena'. H64.07J.I0
Svea, S66t.t7.; Connecticut I.10.
111; Agricultural. 1486.0001 . Will lama-
burg. t4 60.000; Individual irnderwrltere.
1114.626; American Central. fl.ltO.ttO;
St. PauL tl. 111,017; Mercantile F M
S47,I0I; Glena Falls. 6901,110; Queen
City, 1126.660; Royal KxVhange, I1.271,
644,; Concordia,. 1180,000; - London Aa
aurance, $4,900,146; Niagara. $1,161.-
626.T1; London Lancashire. $1,600,000:
orient 1600.000. - v - .
SULLIV.n SAYS HE GCIJTROLS
ILLOIS DEMOCRACY :
' ejemasaaaaamasBxemBwaBBBaaaBP ; " T -
Delegates Gathering at Peoria for
Greatest Fight in History of ;
; Party in the State; J ;
nearest Bnerlal ItnlM l 5
Peoria, 111.. Aug. $0. The Democracy
of Illlnoia Is gathering hero for the
greatest struggle in Ita history.
not only are delegates to the state
convention coming In oa every train.
but the right for control has drawn peo
ple rrom an parts or the state. - - - .
Roger Sullivan says he is firmly In
trenched by law and light aad that ha
will not give up hla hold on the party,
which he saya was given him by the
caoice or the people. :.?
He says with his 100 delegates he la
in absolute control of the convention. ;
Judge Thompson, leader of tha anti-
Sullivan kforcea, thinks that Bryan's
wishes wBl be carried out at the state
convention tomorrow and that the ma
jority of the delegates .will , repudiate
Sullivan.
It's impossible that delegates would
a are te return to their constituents
wearing the collar of Sullivaa ' a
shame." said the Judge. . .
MRS. EDMUND B. GAZE
HURT BY STREETCAR
Mr a. Edmund B. Gase, wife ef a broker
at 111 Pino etreet was painfully if hot
seriously injured in a collision with
Woodlawn streetcar at tho corner of
Third and Washington streets during
the noon hour today. -, .
Mrs. Gase was driving the family
horse when she attempted to pass be
tween the streetcar aad a fruit cart.
The oar bumped into tho carriage knock
ing It agalnat the cart Mrs. Gase Is
said to have dropped-tho lines and. the
frightened horse leaped ahead end ran
away. Mrs, Gase was thrown to the
pavement and directly In front of the
oar, which was under tha control of tho
motorman and was stopped before it
struck her. . , -. ' i
Mrs. Gase was picked up and carried
into the Rio . Grande . city ticket offloa
and later taken to her homo, Weat Ever
ett and Twenty-third streets. ' - ,
It is feared that she suffered aa In
jury to her spine. Dr. A. W. Smith end
Dr. Patton were called to attend the
Injured woman. .. .. - ... , ; j.
. The horse continued In Its-flight and
stopped of its own accord In front ef Mr.
Gase's office. !
TEAMSTERS ARRESTED 'r
- FOR gRUJAL ASSAULT
Edward Sullivan and O. J. Henry, t we
teamsters, were arrested st the foot of
Washington atreet at 11:10 a. m. by Pa
trotlman Price on chargea of aasault
and battery. It is alleged by L. H.
Campbell, an engineer, that tho two men
brutally assaulted him. Price at the
time-of making tho arrest waa not. fa
uniform, Sullivan thinking that he waa
ono Campbell's friends, seised a truck
stake and started towaxd tho policeman.
Price drew hla revolver aad at the Banjo
Uma displayed his badge.
This had the effect of quieting Sulli
van, and he submitted to arrest without
further difficulty. The two men were
released on their own recognisance to
appear In court tomorrow morning.
Sullivan admlta striking '.Campbell
after the latter had hurled an Iron Bar
at him. Campbell la equally poaltlve
that he aid not throw the missile and
that It waa Henry who struck him.
THROWN FROM STREET
CARBADLY INJURED
C. B. Schley, reetdlng at tlH Wash
ington street ' was seriously Injured
shortly after noon today at the corner
of Sixteenth and Washington streets.
The ' Injured man stepped - oft back
wards from a " moving car and was
thrown with great force to the pave
ment He waa rendered u noon scions
by the fall and carried Into the quar
ters of angina company Na l by several
firemen. The patrol wagon was sum
moned and Schley waa removed to his
homo, where Dr. Wheeler upon exami
nation found that be had sustained
what appears to be a dislocation of the
neck. The Injury, although serious, is
not necessarily fatal. -
AGAIN THIRTEEN TO
BE HOODOO NUMBER
(Special tMssstob te The JearaaLI '
Pendleton, Or.. Aug. $. Jamea Ken
nedy, a waiter of the Imperial reataur-
ant ! now In . Jail charged with rob
bing the till of 616. He is a transient
man here, and waa left In charge of the
restaurant last night and cloaed up soon
after. The officers soon captured him.
He admitted having the money, but de
nied wishing to steal It His trial will
be held tomorrow.
LAWS0N SAYS WHITNEY
IS STANDARD OIL MAN
" ' . " : s "'
- (Jeamal Special Berries.)
Boston. Maae Aug; 10. Tom Law-
son, in a public letter to District Attor
ney Moran, accuses Henry Whitney,
candidate for governor, Lorlng , and
some legislators, and tells Moran he
ahould support Guild If Whitney should
run. Lawson says he would support
him. Ha declares ' that Whitney Js
owned by the Standard 00. .
r - ' ' ' .-
Shake-Up in Pliln Clothes De
partmsnt Ends by City Ceing
Put In eChare.-
WlLi; DIRECT WCRX : - '
.- OF THE NIGHT SQUAD
Inspector Brain Expects b This
Method to Get Better Service, He
Declares, Than Hai Been Gives by
Detectives Heretofore. , , .
Under the provisions ef an order Is
sued this morning by' Chief Orltsmacher,
Acting Detectives Kay, Burke, Hill and
Smith, who oonatltute the Chinatown
and moral . aguad, will hereafter act
under the, orders of Sergeant Bat.
Contrary to the general Impression that
this would signify the beginning of a
aenaational cruaada agalnat - vice; In-,
spector Bruin declares that the purpose
of the assignment of a- sergeant In
charge of the aquad Is solely to pro
mote errecuvenesa.
"It ' IS impossible for me to be on
duty both night and day to direct the
work -of tho plain-clethes men. and I
considered it for the beet Interests of
this branch of the service to place some
ranking otnoer in charge of theae man."
Is the statement made by Bruin.
Tho order la as follows: '
"In order to obtain-the-very bast re
sults for- the 'police service from the
patrolmen now detailed la plain clothee
to look more particularly, after gam
bling and disorderly houses It Is deemed
necessary that aomo ' ranking bfflcer
take charge ef the squad and that all
work assigned to them be executed un-
der his vdlreotlon. - It is therefore
ordered thet Sergeant C. B. Baty be de
tailed In plain clothes to take charge
of thla squad and all work assigned to
them. ' While the work of thla squad
Is principally night work, the sergeant
In charge muat be the Judge of the time
the offloers can work to tho beat ad
vantage and. Is therefore authorised to
temporarily change the.houra of any
of the members of the squad if for the
beat Intereats of ., the aervlce t any
Changes are necessary."
Baty. la . considered reliable and con
servative. . '' , .
BIG ROBBERY IS PUZZLING
POLICE ii;D DtTECtlYES
Sacks of Gold Disappear From
Safe of Allen A Lewie and ;
rh- Thief le Not Caught.
A ' my atari ous disappearance of two
aacka of coin from the vault, of Allen A
Lewie, wholesale grocers, at Front and
Davis streets, is engaging the attention
of the local police and tha Thlel detec
tive agency. The case Is ono of the
moat pussllng crimes reported to the au
thorities in some time and Involves the
loss of tl.eoe in cash ana 6600 In checks,
Several employes of the firm have been
under -eurvelllanco, bnt no definite elue
to tho thief has been secured.
The- money was taken on the evening
or August 7, and discovery of tho theft
was made by the cashier on the follow
ing morning. That some one having
aocess to the vault and a key to the
drawer in which the 'coin was placed
Is tho guilty party there does not ap
pear to be any doubt Inveatlgatloa baa
been pushed by Detectives Hartman and
Mears of the police department and the
Tbiel operatives. , , ; -w
On tho night In question- one of ' the
office force -named Wolf, was engaged
at - work on . the booka.,He Jeft the
place at e-o clock for dinner and. ac
cording to tho time register., returned
at 6 . m. - Before leaving for his menl
tho clerk clalma that he shut and locked
the vault door and upon. his return waa
surprised to find It open. He attached
no significance to It at the time, -laboring
under the Impression that perhaps
he was mistaken about cloelng the door.
Wolf completed, hla labors at 16 .o'clock
pq ICIV in. piauw. . . -v.1 -.-.-- .
On the following morning when the
cashier opened the Vault and unlocked
the cash drawer, he waa astonished to
And that la place of three aacka of money
which he had placed In the receptacle
the previous night' only, one containing
t or 640 remained. An examination of
the lock showed no tracee of It having
oeen forced. The ponce ware Immedi
ately notified and an Investigation made.
r.:o:jSTR croivd gathers
AT CAKEHAH PARK
Foresters of Portland and Oregon
; City, Assemble1 and Hold . '
- Big aPicnic.
(Special Ma pa tea. ta Tke Joersal.)
Oregon City, Aug. 10. Two thousand
people from Portland and Oregon City
assembled In the' ehady grevea of Ca
nemah park yesterday to attend the big
plcnlo given by the Foresters of Amer
ica. Nine Portland courts were repre
sented and Court Robin Hood. of. this
city took a loading part in the festivi
ties, v ' . , . ', .-'
Athletic sports of varloua kinds en
livened the afternoon. Including races
and . other Interesting f eat urea. Court
liobin Hood and tha Portland courts
pieced baseball teams In ths field and
after an Interesting and amusing con
teat the gams was won by ths Portland
contingent .?... , - .v. . ,.-
In the evening a grand ball took piece
In the pavilion. . Mualo was furnished
by the fox orchestra of Portland, and
a prise - waits was among the attrac
tions. The affair waa -one of the moat
enjoyable ever given by tha Foresters.
The following courte participated:
Hood River, No. l; Mount Hood, No. 1;
Columbia, No. - I; Multnomah, No. : t;
Webfoot'No.'4; Garments, No.' I; 8 can
dle. No, T; Concordia; No. 16; RoeeClty,
no. 12, ana Beaver, no. ft, ;
DRUNKEN WINEMAKERS
DIE BENEATH WHEELS
Chlco, Cel.,' Aug, SO. Ben Kellay'aad
Allen, laborers at Stanford winery.
near Vina, were killed this morning by
the southbound ' Oregon train. Both
were drunk. A minute before a tram
on the eama train had hla foot cut off
by falling from the trucks, , -.
People Line Ctrcsti to Watch
' Forcpauh-C" Crcthers'
r Street Procession.
USUAL-SIGHTS CAUSE v
; ' SMALL COYO MUCH JOY
Circus Will Remain in tha Town for
Two Days, Giving Two Shows
Daily Twenty-Fifth snd Overton
Streets, '':':"-, .. .' , 'V'
Tens of thousanda ef people turned
out to aee the Forepaugh-Sella clrcua
parade thla-morning. Hundreds lined
the sidewalks along every block of the
route, while lawns, porches and windows
wn alive with eager faces and craning
necks. -. '. ., - i.,.m . ,v - j
It Is a mlstske to imagine that the
small boy la the only -element In eo
clety to be feacinated by a circus pa
rade. , The . amaU girt though mora
carefully' reatralned by her,-mother, la
quite as exquisitely thrilled. Tbe
mother herself Invariably eghlblta
als-na of the keenest Intereet, ' while
hardly . a man can be - found, gray
whlakered and baldheaded though he
nav he. whs ta BOC WllllnB tO do SOWS
crowding to gain a vantage poln from
which to view the funny kangalraff end
the cute little thlsamagoo. ..
m Vgaal .Talag. .- - . .
- The parade waa the usual long line-of
gaudily colored wagons, plumed ' horace
dull-faced drivers, colored muslc-mskers,
a blaring calliope, a bunch of paint
plastered clowns, ancient maiden ring
tide rs and strange animals. There were
no more of them than uauaU and no leas.
There might have been a few more
elephanta and camela. aa there were 16
of the former and 11 of. tho latter. All
but Ave of the cages were closed, the
five exhibiting tigers. Hons and: bears.
There were no small ponies, dogs, goata
or ether anlmale exhibited. The few
were ahown as an appetiser, the . fact
being that the big circus hsa a highly
creditable collection . of creeping, crawl
ing, leaping, flying and howling things.
There will he no parade tomorrow. The
clrcua will r .main here two days, ex
hibiting four times at t o'clock In the
afternoon today and tomorrow and at I
o'clock In the evening of both daya. The
grounds are altuated at tha corner of
Twenty-fifth and Overton ' streets. .
TigVUmg the ITsMaee. '!.. , '. ','
i A new feature of tha show this year le
en act enHied. "Fighting the Flames."
It opens the performance and la adver
tised aa the main attraction. It Is a
reproduction of a fire In a three-etory
brick building and Is msde aa realletle
as possible. Several thrilling rescues
are tho order. The Adam Forepaugh
circus Is one of the largest In tha world.
It employs about 06 people. ' 160. of
whom arc classed aa perform era.
- Portland's eirous grounds were .' lo
cated at Fifth and Morrison streets
during tho early seventies, where ex
cavation is now being made for a mod-,
era 10-story building. -It waa, a vacant
lot at tha time and every clrcua that
caanoto town pitched Ita tent there.'
. In the eity now there are many busi
ness and professional men who were
small' boys- then-"- whom? a reoolleo
tion 4f the lot at Fifth and Morrison
will call te .mind how they climbed
trees when . they didn't have the viice
of admlsslon.'v And many- will remem
her how faithfully, they carried water
to the: elephanta to , earn . admission
tlcketa. -
COZERGIALCOHOIITO
' BE KEID 13 SPOXAliE
Cities of, Oregon, Washington,
Idaho, and' Montana" Will
Send Delegates.
-As a, result, of the. recent exchangee
of courtesies and calls between Portland
and Spokane' bualneag men, a call has
been Issued Tor a meeting of delegatea
from' representative commercial cities
of Oregon, Washington; Idaho and part
of .Montane, , to convene at Spokane Sep
tember 16. . R. Copeland Rohcabacher,
manager of the Spokane' Commercial
club, came. to Portland today to. confer
with business men as to program and
plan. ,;. ' . . ..'. ; -. . ... , , '. .,',;,....
Mr.. Rohcabacher aald: -.' . i
"The object of the proposed meeting
Is to stimulate fraternity between north
west buaineae men. discuss general, pol
Iclee and . -measures for betterment of
conditions, snd for the development, ef
ths Pacific northwest :. What .helps ode
helps all of theae statea, and we want to
emphasise the preeent tendency to pull
together, and develop fast Tbe great
region- touched- by . ths Columbia and
Snake rivers and their tributaries need
commercial organisation, harmony -of
action.-and unceaalng work to increase
Its . populstlon, . develop Ita) fields and
mines, extend Ita transportation facili
ties. Improve (ta trade conditions."
Conferences were held with T. B. Wil
cox and other .business men, and with
Manager Tom Richardson of tbe Port
land Commercial elub, and Mr. Rohca
bacher will return -home with an out
line plan of procedure. In arranging the
meeting, i Three- or four .Oregon clnes,
representative v-of dletinet --sections - of
the state, will be asked to send- repre
sentatives. Tbe same ' Invitstlon will
be extended to Wsshlngton and Idaho.
Western- Montana- will be represented.
GLAD JUDGE HUI.T. WAS '
X GOING TO QUIT WORK
W. F. Davidson, a Juror ealled la the
land fraud -cases, told Judge Hunt- this
morning that he -would like to be ex
cused from Jury. duty, afber September
l.o The court told him .that auch. an
excuse1 wouldnot be-necessary, as he
would not be In Portland to hear caaes
after that data. .
"I am gUd of It" skid Davidson.'
Everybody laughed, including Judge
Hunt Davidson, who - Is a hopgrower
near Salem.' -later explained that he
meant he - was glsd because It would
give him time to pick his hops and not
because Judge' Hunt - would leave the
eity. v - .' '
- ' U. 9. Jones Uved ad Bellas,' '' ' -
The Dalles, Or., Aug. 10. Z. P. Jones,
who died at St. Vincent's hospital, Port
land,. Saturday was a resident of this
county for over 10 years. . He. was aged
tl yearg and born In Maine.' Prevloua
te his last alckneaa he resided In Kllckl
tst county, V?ashlngtrn. He leaves one
daughter, Mrs.. F. Elmo Robinson of
Albina.
Purchases Half Interest in Pen
V dleton Tribune td Train for ;
Senatorial Raee. ; .
BEUEVEDVHE WILL ' ''-' ' '
; HAVE GOOD CHANCE
Ex-Governor Is Popular and Might
; Have . Secured Nomination This
Year Had He Determined to List
Himtelf Among, the Candidates.' ':
Ex-Govkrnor T. ' T. Geer, undaunted .
by hla defeat in the Republican primaries''
last spring, la preparing to reenter the
political field and there ia strong reason
to believe that he Intends to run for '
United States senator In 106. As the .
first step toward, tha furtherance of thla
ambition -be haa purchased a half In
terest In the Pendleton Tribune . and
within a few days will take active charge .
of the conduit of tha paper.
Geer waa a newspaper man before he
was- - governor, and for ; several years
ha. waa editor of tha Salem Statesman.
He knowa full well the value of news- .
paper -support In- a political campaign,
and there can bo no doubt that If bis -
candidacy for tha Republican nomine
tlon for governor in the prlmerlee laat
aprlng had had the aame publicity' that
waa given to the -candidacy ,of James -Wlthycorabe,
Geer woulifbave bean the
nominee. a-- i . .
His defeat taught htm a lesson from
which the ex-governor plainly purposes
to profit With a newspaper of his own -st.
his command, there will be no lark 1
of publicity when he reentera the politi
cal game. It is not likely that he will
seek again to become governor, for
that would entail a wait of four long'
years. But ha haa long been ambitious '
to go tbe United Statea senate, and tho
way may .open In 1906, when the people
will vote on the choice of, Fulton's
successor. Ten months ago It was gsn- -erally
expected that Geer would be a
aenatorlal candidate this year, ' but
strong preaauro was brought, to bear to
Induce him not to enter tho race, and.
be finally reluctantly consented to seek ,
inatead a aecond term . aa governor.
Many Republlcana believe that if he had -perslsted
In his original determination
to run for senator ha would have been '.
the people's nominee.
There In a strong sentiment In favor -of
the proposition that eastern Oregon
ahould have one. of the two United
Statea eenatora. It Is hardly.' likely '
that a Portland man will be chosen In
1106, as this city will then be repre- ,
sented by Bourne. ' It ia quite on the
cards, therefore, that tbe fight may
narrow to Fulton and Geer, and In that
event the latter will find In hie newe- .
paper a valuable weapon.
' Tbe negotiations for tha purchase of a
half Interest In the Tribune have been
pending for severs! months. Whlls the
deal haa nominally not been closed. :
there is no doubt that It wll go through
and that within a few days Geer will
remove to eastern Oregon.
LASTCUSTAKI FOR POPULAR
: leiis r.:
t ;'?'
Heroic Soldier and Fine Old Actor
.Dies With Members of His
vV; 'Z Family at Bedside.
. ,c'. t . . . -' ; im '
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.". ' (Joersal Special Berries.,
' New Tork, Aug. 10. Lewis Morrison,
who became famous by. his Interprets- -tlon
ef Mephlato in "Faust" died eud--denly
laat Saturday In -St. Joseph's hos- '
piul, Tonkers. after aa operation f or -stomach,
trouble. He was to start for
Ban Frsoclaco last Friday la enter Jlpon
en engagement. - . . V
. Lewis Morrison wsa born of English
parents at Kingston, Jamaica, 61 years
ago. Ha served in the Union ermy in
the civil war. rising to tho rank of lieu-
tenant snd receiving the rank of captain
at the close. He began as an actor at
the old Varieties theater, in New Or
leans In 1666. During bis career he haa :
been associated with Booth, SalvttU. For- -rest
and others. For the past SO yeare
he starred In "Faust" At hla . bedside
when he .died were .his C wife and .two,
daughters., . v ,. ,
'"Lewis Morrison hss played Tauaf In
Portland at least 60 tlmee," said George
Baker, the welf-known theatrical man
ager, this morning., "in the old times
he plsyed it 1n the old Newmarket the...,
stre, and also In the Park theatre, which
la now ths Grand. Afterward he was a
regular visitor at. tha Marquam Grand.
He waa the husband of Florence Rob
erta, the stsr jiow -under the direction of
5" cort"--; , , '.
MIEDIC0S GATHER TO ;
;;.v DISCUSS DISEASES
' ' - ''.',. . ' :
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. : (Jearasl Bpeclal Bervlce.t . . V - -.
" Toronto, On t,' Aug. JO. The seventy
fourth annual meeting of the 'British
Medical. association :la to open-In tbla
city tomorrow and 600 physicians and
surgeons from Great Britain are here to
attend. - Many prominent medical men -
from otheY parts of Europe and from
Canada and tbe, United States .are here
The, sessions will be held under the :
auspices of the medical department of
tho University , of Toronto. - Thirteen
sclentlflo sections have been arranged
aad will meet daily through tho week .
in the university buildings. ' The pro
gams , promise interesting discussion,
owing to the large attendance of men
of eminence from all parts of. tbe
-aM Am a nrallmlnarv tA the MA.
xgntlon- the- Canadian Medical associa
tion opened Ita annual meeting at the
university , todsy. . . . ,
RUSSIAN POUCE, ARE
i," USING MACHINE GUNS
r -
:
tlrmrm ml Siwt.1 fartlM l
St "Petersburg, Aug. 20. Reports ef
offlclala ahow that Ust week 66 offi
cials were murdered and 41 wounded tn -Russia
proper.' 60 bomb stations raided,
six safea rifled and 61 persons robbed.
These figures apply only to the cities.
A multitude were banished and soorea
were officially executed. The police of
thla eity are being trained to ' bcndle
rapid-fire guns. t , ,
. xadepeadeat atakea Ooatplaiat.
Umraal Bpeelal Berviea.1
Indtanapolla, Ind., Aug. SO. The
BvansvlUe Oil company. Independent,
filed complaint today alleging that the
Louisville A Nashville te dally discrim
inating In favor of ' the Standard MU
company,
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