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COAST ROAD
11 SEGUE
'UCE TO SEA
Is Negotiating in Now
; York for the Purchase
ofthe Two Hammond
Lines in Oregon ' ;
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Oregon Coast ; : Eastern At
- tempting to Close Deal Where
' by It" Will SecufeTControrrof
Astoria A Columbia River Road
; and Corvallis A Eastern Line.
X - Th Or0!i Cot A E&sUrn IUUwy
'aAmUMv la HaAtUU- Ik. .....
ehaa of th Corvallla A EMtm and
' th Astoria Columbia River railway,
, It is saidwlth fair prospects of a suc-
cesaful . outcome. . Th Journal's New
' Tork correspondent 1 credibly Informed
that John A. Crabtr of fit. Louis, now
in Maw Tork ' City. Is dealing direct
.. with General Hubbard and Mr. Hunt-
Ington. who, own a majority of tha
shares. .- .: x - -j; - . v
Tha report la si van credence by thoao
who hare kept In touch with railway en
gineering .through tha coast counties.
Tha Oregon Coaat Eaatern haa for the
laat fovr montha had ao leaa than fire
engineering partlea in the field. They
have been turning; In fhetr reporta, and
in niiiT ncimrii ok (II lliwiwr' Din
i, made flaal loeatlona And -driven, neranfc.
nent stakes. "Engineer McMillan, who
built a large partjef tha Corvallla
uuvm, ana vu in onarga 01 conatrna
- tlon of the CelUo portage road, la now
la the employ af the Oregon . Ooaat
Eaatern, and is, making? tha oatlroatea
"of coat-It IS said the engineers have
seoured a remarkably good -Una, with
eaay gradea and ourvaa, and that tha
sost of construction wilt be lower than
was expected by tha promoters. '
: (Continued on . Page Three. )
ASKED
FOR
Militiamen Who Joined ''Chinese ImDerial
-neiprm i Army ano neceiNjea'tommissions,
VlJrged to Become Members of Secret Order. ;
UWara 4k. Anmab . National
Ouard who refrained from Joining the
"Cnlneae imperial reform army," whome
. .Vlut a mwtJt .MnAlnlM war, an na-mi-
: inalv sat forth bv EdmOnd T. Kngllah
about two years ago, are quietly laugh
ing at the officers who applied for a
eomralaalos In the reform army, because
of communications that have, been re
ceived In Portland aaklng the reform
ists to remit IS as an admission fee Into
a Chines secret society, which they
must Join before they can be taken Into
When Kngllsh."whb purports to bo a
enlist orncers xor ina rvrorm army at
large salarlea, -several of the cltlsen-soi-'
dlers smelt a mouse, but could not see
rwner -uiny w ivw u;uiihi
Joining, as there wa a no charge made
.at - that, tlm. Tjenarai- snguan's
. Vhems was that the Chinese army was
-' to be reformed and competent American
ameers were re r pui .n
, tha purpose of instilling modern moth
rut a and army tactlce.-
He desired to get as many man out or
the Oregon national guard, he-said, as
possible, beeaus they were "right at tha
Paolfio and within easy acceea of China.
fi. ..bl IkiM. rhn wf aha1 tA loin tha
association to make an application,
ha took .with him. 'Latter theaa
- men race I red certificates of appoint-
- ment. but nr orders or directions -as to
their future aetlons. - Nothing more waa
heard of tha schema and moat of the ap
Tumor Kills Famous Cat:
' tiad Mansion and Servant .
. And ayoWnWof $it0,000
1 (JomeT Iperlel ervw. 1
rilkMbarr, Pa-j Sept .--Plnkl, on
of th two famous eats of this city to
whom Benjamin Dllley bequeathed 140,
' 000 and provided a bom and nurse, died
this morning sfter receiving tender car
and being treated by abl physicians.
Pinkie developed a" tumor ' In th
throat Snd It gav her auch pain that
aha waa chloroformed with th consent
f th executor of tba estate,
rinkl and Blsckl were pets of th
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J. N. Cillet
GILLET IS
Railroad Candidate to Lead the
r Republicans" of California In
Fight for the Cover-v
vt
ship.
Santa Crus. Sept. J. N. dUlet was
nominated for governor on tha first
ballot, by the Republican state conven
tion' this afternoon.
(Joarul gptetal Srrrlc.) V
' Santa Crua. Cal., ' Sept. S At noon
the nomination of CongreaamaiWr J. M.
OUteC. for1' gavSrnor'mndr yrarrea lorter
for Uentenant-govemoc. Jby tha Rapub-
lleaa atate eon ventlon no w in seaalon
kare neras practically aeaured. . Oillet
la the Southern Paolfio raUroad candi
date and his selection la made- cocdble
by a. combination -of tBa railroad forces
wlth'thoas of Abo Ruef tha Ban ITran
clsco -bosst Wr'J.-Herrln; masterpoll
tlolaa for . tha railroad namea the- gov
ernor and Ruef tha' supreme -court-Jus
The - Ban rranciaco -delegation oon'
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T
plicants had forgotten about It nntlKhe
other day, when they received an appli
cation blank of the secret society, which
Is called tha tSlnrm Order of tha Dragon.
The applicant pledges himself to . keep
the aecrete of the supreme grand execu
tive council and all "subordinate bodies,
yamena and wula, inviolate." This Is
followed by a description of the appli
cant whloh la set forth solely for tha
purpose of ""establishing my Identity In
China in case I should deslr to trade or
travel - in the interior of China. En
closed pleaa ', find ft admission. ee,
which amount If 1 am not elected, shall
b returned to miv s.
Aecorapanylng the application blank
waa a long printed circular, worded in
such . a way as 1 to - mak the casual
tender beltevo that It waa copied from
the St. Paul Dispatch. Tha article goes
to ahow the work of reconstructing the
army In China and tolls of th different
Americans engaged of whom "General
R. -r A,- Falkenberg" of San Francisco
drew the prise of being ootnmander la
chief of the reform army. Th artlcla
also states that nearly 10.000 American
officers "have received commlaslona in
th Chines army, and that they must
Join th Slnlm Order of th Dragon, al
though It is not necessary for all mem
bers of the Society, to be array officers.
Portland ; men have taben th whole
matter aa a Joke and ao 'far as can b
learned non of those who received ton
missions hsv forwarded - M - for - their
admlaaton Into th SmJm Order of the
Dragon. .'- ' , ' .. '. ; '
lata Benjamin F." Dllley, "wo died It
montha ago, and had been for tha laat
II years of his Ufa. -r-r-r - ,
When th will waa read It contained
a - provision ' for the care of th rats,
bequeathing ta them a building valued
at lie.oo. th two upper floors to be
their home until they died, and provided
a nurse. Miss Ada Ruch, for them, at
11 a month. .' Every door In the house
had a hoi In It for the rats to pass
through, and they occupied soft beds
made la larg baskets, . .
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OFLIlBII!
Declares the Man Who
Goes to Work in Port
. landrTakes His Life
vih His Hands. M'M
Alleges That Good Workmen
Seek to ' Evade . Work Here,
Knowing That .High' Voltage
Wires ; Improperly ' Insulated
Are Constant Menacer'T t
MWhs a lineman signs a contract to
go to work, for the Portland General
Electric . company be practically signs
away his Ufa. Th conditions on many
of Portland's elactrle polee are such that
a cat could not elimb thorn with safety."
Such waa th atartllng statement
mads today. by one of Portland's most
thotoughly . educated - and experienced
engineers In speaking of th numeroua
fatalities which have occurred to lino
man recently. -.....;. . . .
. "Th conditions In Portland air far
worse than they are In other cities of
ths same sis, especially those whloh
have lotrioat lnepeotora, Th linemen
ar not only la constant danger of boing
killed but th overhead wires are a con
stant anaae to tha public, both to life
and property.' The lines are. constantly
falling down into the streets -and fires
ar continually being - eattsed by ' de
fective wiring. VAB underground system
of -wiring Is th only safe method, but
conditions could, be vastly Improved by
th' appointment of an electrical tna pec
tor who would s that wires ar put bp
ao. that they will not fall down. Port-
f land1 needs a man eapabl of Inspecting
seientlflcauy and on with th authority
back of him to . anforca any decisions
that he may make." -,..
- - -' T.liiemeai AtoU rortUmA. ' .r
Th . engineer declarea that ' linemen
avoid tal city as much as ,' poaslble.
Coming her from distant points They
will work for only a few daya or weeks,
only as long; as necessary, before going
bn to places where th danger Is not
so great. In this oity th high and, low
voltage wire ar . Indiscriminately
mixed and only th oldest employes can
tall th difference m all oases. . .In other
cities th hlgh-voltag wires are marked
or designated by different - systems,
some by painting th cross-arm a, others
by painting th Insulators, . and still
other by tha "cut ting-out - block"
method, whereby th lineman may make
his repairs without Handling th high-
tension , wires. ., -
"The wires should all be under
ground," said tha engineer la question,
"but sine thg city oounctl sms dis
inclined to hav them put there, there
ar other palliative measures that might
b adopted.. First, ther should b an
electrical inspector. Every city; In, th
country whloh has an electrical lnspeo
tor Is far ahead of Portland when it
com to- Ha wiring conditions. Th
only Inspector Portland has Is aa ' un
derwriters' -. . inspector. Th under
Writers'. Inspector will not Inspect your
building unless yoa- aak him to do so.
Hs does not oar whether your building
Is properly wired or . not; Neither do
th underwriters ear, for they know
that th rat Is higher on ths poorly
wired buildings. . , ., '
., Should b aW-e-mppwUftg.' ' N
""In th second place, the position of
Inspector could be made self-supporting
by a system of charging for wiring per
mit, as charges ar now made for
building permits. -Then .th electrical
workers abould b required to pass , a
rigid examination as to their fitness.
-. (Continued on Pag Thre.)
HERO IS
Man Given Medal by Royal Hu
Triane Society for Saving Lives"
of Two Fishermen Now '
Guest Here.
. On of - "th king's heroes" 1 Just
now sojourning In ' -St Johns, Fort
land's maaafacturlng suburb ddVn th
Wlllametf. He is a aea-farlng man,
his nam is H. H. Arnold snd that most
highly prised of medala, the medal, of
tbs Royal Human society, was pre
sented to aim becaus h rjakad his own
llf to ear two fishermen -who little
vessel had bh tun down by th larg
on of which hs wa chief mat. -
According to Charle Wells of Bertha,
Oregon, a friend oi Mr.. Arnold, th In
cident occurred off Pungn. . England,
on March 1. l0i. ; Arnold waa on the
bridge of th steamship Oeneral Gordon'
when It. ran, down a fishing smack con
taining four men. - Tha nttl vessel wa
rrturad and th sna spilled la th
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f mm BilOWIIELL I1G11EED
FAILED 10 DELIVER GOODS
lilsrt.fsietiiia-
,-4i.''i'KittVA':
- 8. A; DPaterSfastched;
Makes Second Unsuccessful - Attempt'to Kill
- Husband,' FiYing FourTimes. and Wound- .
ing mm in urn Ann
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Suffering ' from homlcldaT mania
superinduced by Illness and indulgence
In narcotics. Mr. Blanch Conrad,' wno
mad 'an unsuccessful attempt to slay
her husband, Oeorg H. Conrad, rata
clerk in the United' States quarter
maatar's . department . by alaahing htm
with, a rasor Tuaaday . morning, again
attempted tils life today by firing four
shots at htm In th Monarch hotel, cor
ner of. Stark and .Park streets.
That Conrad doe not now occupy a
slabfSt th morgus.wss due to -the poor
aim of th woman.' Only one of the
bullets took effect striking him In 'the
right arm. and-, th . wound - Is. not re
garded as serious.. Mrs. Conrad -waa
locked up In th city prison and will
b szamlned aa to. her sanity, r- ;
- rtra S-ovur aTaots at Xlss. .
The attempted murder occurred about
T o'clock in th Monarch- hotel, con
ducted by Mrs. Bffl Agley. at 101
Stark street, where th eoupl had taken
apartment after -th cutting affray in
th Hotel . Eatonv Tuesday morning.
Conrad was Just leaving - tha room to
secure a pitcher of water when hi wife
stepped from th chamber after him.
revolver in band, and taking aim- Sent
four bullets apeedlng after him. .
-' Alarmed by th reports and a atlnging
pain In his right arm, Conrad turned to
' J. H. Arnold.
VISITING IN ST. - JOHNS
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In. Coort This. Mornlpg-.r . 7?: ' ;;;;
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find his wife standing In th doorway of
th room with, th smoking weapon still
In her band. - He rushed toward' her. at
th same tlm exclaiming. . "What ar
yoa trying to dor - She vouchsafed no
answer and tha wounded man rushed
by. her, closed the door and prevented
her from again pulling th trigger. ,
BoaMstlo's V arrow Bsoap. - -'
Mlea M. 'Walker, domestlg, " was
cleaning th hall at th tlm of .th
shooting and 'narrowly escaped ' being
shot Th - thre . bullets which , missed
their, mark found a lodging plao in th
walla and th plaster waa strewn about
th floor. Great excitement was cauaed
by the shots and th roomers were al
moet panic strioken. - ' '. i
: The pollc were notified fey telephone
and Patrolman Kay, Hart Robaon and
Pric wer sent to th scan in th pa
trol wagon. Several of th roomers had
applied, temporary- dressing to Conrad's
wound and stanched tha flow of blood.
He was taken to-polio headquarter)
whll two of - tb--policemen remained
with Mr a. Conrad until ah had com
pleted -dressing.
SKxa, Ooars4 Tails .knoty.
After being taken to th station she
stated to a Journal -representative that
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Sprang From Deck of ; Steamer
Irtto" Heavy" Sea to Rescue
C-:"": Men Whose Smack Had
, rT .'Been Wrecked.
Calling th second mat to take his
plaoe, Arnold Jumped from th ship's
std Into tb water and swam. 100 yards
.to wher on of tb men was sinking.
Meanwhile th, lifeboat waa lowered.
It picked up two f th flehermen,
wher they were clinging to th ever
turned hull of th smack, then went
oa and picked up Arnold and hla charge.
Before th boat could reach th fourth
man ha aank for th third time. Ruah
Ing to the bow of tb lifeboat Arnold
dived deep, oatchlng tha limp form aa
It wont down. 11 brought ir man to
th surface and the lait.i-i 1' -
saved.
Arnold thought little of t - i
til a few days ago. when, v
through San Dies Callfor
lsa consul - ha ndd him U
tha distinguished, humane
PrisonerrTells-of Paying-Late Senator Mitch
5 ell Two Thousand Dollars and Getting
Patents Four Days Later Ormsby's Son
Paid for Father's Report.
S.-A. D. Putr, convlctd land fraud
conspirator, appard in - th fdral
court this" morning In" a new role that
of wltneas for th government Called
to teatlfy In ah Blu mountain ease, he
told a detailed story of Savaral fraudu
lent land deals. In turn h Involved
State Senator Franklin Pierce Maya,
George- Borenaon, Land ComnTTaaloner
Blnger Hermann, tb late United States
Senator John H. Mitchell and Captain
S. B. Ormaby, forest superintendent la
Oregon In th daya of Hermann's com
mlsslonershlp. To sum up his testimony,' Putar told
of Maya admitting that he used money
to create th Blu Mountain reserve; of
Mays, standing la oa fraudulent t land
deala and taking part of tha proceeds;
of Mays seeking to use his brother. Ed
win M, .Maya, then assistant . Unitsd
States attorney, to savs Putar from con
viction; of Blnger Hermann giving ad
vlc on how to obtain patent on fraudu
lent claims; of Senator Mitchell aooept
lng 11,000 to Influeno th granting of
thos patents; of a bribe of $S0O being
paid Merrltt Ormsby for Influencing his
father's report on fraudulent claims In.
th celebrated T-ll tnwwahip. , (
It waa Pu tar's first appearano as a
witness against his old friends and as
sociates. During his direct examination
by Special Assistant Attornsy-General
Fraaola J. Heney . h looked straight
ahead, hut When cross examination be
gan h turped his chair and faced tha
defendants.' H had llttl . to say of
Wlllard N. Johss and Georg Sorwason,
but of Senator May.; smother man on
trlat he told nough to flu L larg slsad
book. fHls manner waa quiet except on
two occasions. One whan th urf ma
sought to show that' while away trout
his wif and six children h traveled
around, th country with. Mrs. Emma
t. Watson, he spiritedly resented th
ohargo. Another time, when h was be
ing questioned as to th case in . which
h was convicted h said:.
. - Says stays Waa Za It, .
. "Mr. Mays ought to hav been In
dicted, too. H waa In with ma"
Kaiser Placed
Political Dife
Turk Who
tJearaal SperUl Sorrles.)
- Berlin. Sept . -Confidential Informa
tion tella of the painful political di
lemma In" which' an bumbl septus gen'
tian ' Turk named' Hueaaetn Aga has
placed th German emperor, and which
may result In ; th destruction of the
kaiser's unlqu hold on tho imagination
of th Mohammedan world. ' On th
other hand. If th kaiser be friends with
ths son of Mohammed he is likely to
eertously offend th aultan.
- Ara cam to Berlin, - and lodged a
formal appeal In th foreign office, pray
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I ttme You
X If fott tigve, you will be interested In th story of the world's '
XaTtt creator "of roses. - - - . '
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Do You Like Music?
4 If you are, you will b charmed
by J. Edmund Bsrnum. , ., ,
; 'J; Are You a Photographer?
If you are, you will bs amaied by the remarkable pirturtt of a
tremenaous-expioaion.
Are You Fond
T Tf you are. the story of the srrct rf
5 These are a few of the many ex. r"
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: From his appaarane ao on anawars
of ths facta would hav gueaaed that,
Puter had com dirct from th county
Jail to ths courtroom. True, his fao
had th pallor that comes of confine
ment but his clean-aba ven face, neat
gray suit fancy vest and modest dis
play of Jewelry auggeated a tourist lfi
search of health rather than a maa
aervlng sentenc for crime. - '
After testifying that he waa raised
In th timber country around Eureka,
California, and that- h : knew and had
transacted land buslnsss with Jones,
Mays and Soranson, th three defend
ants. Puter got down to a conversation:
with Maya la relation to th Blu bioubv
tala reserve. . Horao McKlnley and Dan
Tarpley bad taken up about 17,000 acres
of lands In th district about to b with
drawn from ntT. ' Mays had demanded
half of tkelr hoidlnga and.Puter wentts
se htm. - J . .- . . . - .
- "It waaUt In Jfay."H0t. teat If led
Puter, Jtht I want to th offlc of Mr.
May at the request of McKlnley. . I
said to him, "What about this reserve
you .ar eratingr- H said, What do
you want to know about ltr t told him
I bad heard that he had bought 10,000
or 00,000 acres of land which were ta
be put In a reaerve, and reminded jhhn
that when I had, helped -to raises i.s0
to send him to Washington ha had
promised to take m la on si' big deal
then in prospect This is tji way you
let a fellow in.' X said. Than I anok
about McKlnley. Mta tall me,' I said.
that you ar try Wig to bold him np for
half of his laal and that yoa won't
take his ofltcr of (0 cents an acra.' In
answer Matya said. He had ao buatness
to butt Ha did not put up on cent
far thayraaUon of th reserve, if he
downsfv half of his certificate
I will Hiava th line drawn around
him.'" -. .
AakeoTabont, gest of i ea. '
- Tha w!tn'eifci,r5 1 testified that Mava
asked him If h kriVC. anything about
tha coat of creating fs,ervea puter
anawered that a was oni-3f tU tro
(Continued on Pag, Tw.)
in" Painful :
Asks Assistance
ing for Emperor William's, intervention
with th sultan In accord ano with th
theatrical promise made by th kaiser
on hi visit to Palestine la ltIO, when
h declared , himself th protector oe
Mussulmans, and announced that - non
wouid vr lnvok th Imperial power In
vain.
Th Turk's appeal alleges that he was
dispossessed of his properties In Treht
sond tn rough th grafting propnritt
of on Isset Bey, who oocuple the tits
position of guardian of th praying car.
pets In Constantinople,
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