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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY EVENINO, OCTOBER 3, 1906. THEY BLEW Four Slavonians Have Narrow Escape From Death by Asphyxiation Because of Ignor ance of Modern Illuminating MeTfiods Aa the result of unfsmlllarity with the manner of extinguishing Illuminat ing s. four Hlavonlans narrowly es caped death by asphyalatlon In a rooming-house at 15IH North Sixth street early thla morning. Mike Church, one of the men, had Inhaled such a quan tity of the deadly carbon monoxide that it, waa necessary te remove him to 8t. Vincent's hospital for treatment. The four men occupied one apartment In the Sixth street lodging-house and from what could be learned by the po lice one of them blew out the gas upon I0WS SHOT IIP er ANGRY MANS Indignant Government Troops Refuse to Disband or Give Up Their Arms. Washington. Oct. I (Bulletin) It waa officially announced lMte thla aft ernoon that Charles E. Magoon will go to Cuba as provlslonsl governor. Gen eral Bell will accompany him. Taft today specially requested both ssslgn ntents. General Barry will act as chid of staff In the absence of Bell. (Journal Special Serrlee.) Washington. Oct. I. Governor Charles K. Magoon of the Panama canal son had a long conference with the presi dent this morning and aa a result Gov ernor Magoon will not go (o Cuba as contemplated, but proceed to the Phil ippines to become vice-governor. Prob ably Berkman Wtnthrop, governor of Porto Blco. will become governor of Cuba. Advices from Havana stats that the disarming of rebels began today under the supervision of General Funaton. There was no opposition on the part of the Insurrectionists. Some were permitted to keep their guns which were their personal property. Preparations have been completed to . receive Secre tary Taft at the palace this afternoon, when he will move In permanently. At Cuantanamo 2,000 Insurgents are unwilling to disarm, but say they will if General Castillo wishes. Castillo will arrive soon In order to accomplish their disarmament. Reports were received today that gov ernment troops, angry at Intervention, have ahot up the town of Gamaguey. Cuba. The municipal police are com mitting depredations at Batsbano and Colon, and raiders are operating around Guantanamo. Danger menaces in Plnsr del Bio. Volunteer troops In Gamaguey declare they will not diaband. Aabert says that he will not disarm hla men at Guinea and Batabano, unless the ru rales are substituted for the volunteers and police. Secretary Boot has written to Benor Quesada Indorsing Tart s request tnst Quesada retain the office of minister from Cuba, declaring that there Is no reason why friends of Cuba should de spair of liberty. Independence or success in self-government. Boot says: "This wretched business will soon be over Ton will look back upon It as merely a hard leaaoa in Cuba's development In the srt of self-government. SEATTLE RESPONDS 10 YELL "EVERVbODY HELPS" Subscriptions to Stock of the Alaska Fair Far Exceeds Ex pectations of Promoters. (Special Dlspatcb to The Jirnl Seattle, Oct. 3. At noon today ths subscriptions in the hsnds of the of flclsls of the Alsska-Yukon-Pacific ex position smounted to 3(03,530. The com mittee has not yet been able to get In all the subacrlptiona and the amount of toe subscriptions when finally checked up will be much larger than thla. Ths subscriptions were received from 6.500 persons snd corporations. The en thusiastic manner In which the citisena responded to the slogan "Everybody Helps" yesterday has Inspired the com mittees In charge of the exposition with confidence In the success of. the ex position. FLEISHMAN'S 8RIDE KILLED TWO POLAR BEARS (Buret News Serrlce ) New Tork. Oct. 3 Max Fleishman and his bride, who made a wedding trip to the Arctic ocesn. cruising In Ice for ft -days, srrlved this morning. All of the party are well and enthusiastic over the success of the trip, which was taken for the study of the wild animals of ths north In their native haunts. Many were raptured and the party brought valuable specimens for the Flelshmsn museum at Cincinnati. Dur ing the trip Mrs. Fleishman killed two Polar bears METHODISTS GATHER FOR CONFERENCE (Special pupates to Tka JoaraL) Corvallls, Or., Oot. 3. The Columbia annual conference of the M E. Church South begins here tomorrow. Great preparations are being made to enter tain the delegates. Among the promi nent members who arrived from Nash ville, Tennessee, today were Bishop Ad kins. Dr. Lamar. Dr. J D. Hammond and Dr. Lambeth. Dr. Vsughn of flan Francisco. Dr. C. F. Reed of California wsre also among ths delegates who ar rived' today. Woo If rowan. I Journal Special nervier.) Helens. Mont. Oct, e. Pursuant to a call Issued weeks ago by Governor Toole, leading wootgrowcrs of Montana mat hare today for the purpose of con sidering the question of securing bat ter prices for their product. The grow on hops to devise some plsn to effect ively prevent alleged combinations on ths part of buyers, which this season. It la asserted, deprived .Montana grow ers of about I oants a pound on nearly MtMM potmd of wool. OUT THE GAS retiring: About 2 a. m. some of the roomers In the place detected the odor of gas coming from the room In ques tion. Patrolmen Rudolph and Hoar were notified and upon breaking In the door found Churoh and hla companions unconscious. Church was removed to the hospital In the patrol wagon and the others after being revived were taken to police head quarters as It was feared (hat through Ignorance they might again blow out the gas. Church's condition is not re garded as serious by the hospital physicians. POLICE ASKED TO LOCATE RUNAWAYS Wayward Girl and Adventure Seeking Boys Cause of Parerttal Anxiety. A communication has been received by the police from the nuthorltlaa at The Dalles to the effect that Elmer Ty ler, s 1 4 -year-old lad, ran away from his horns In that city, In company with two other youths of the same sge. It Is believed that the trio came to Port land and. the poll,-.- are looking for the runaways, i Jack Thompson reports that I .aura Messtnger. a K-vcar-old girl, left Htlls boro without parerlsl consent and has corns to this city. The sld of the po lice Is asked to locate the miss snd re turn hsr to the distracted parents. Sirs. Davis of 13 i V Union avenue has notified the police that her son. 10 years of age, has been missing from home for two days. She believes that he can be found Jn one of the north end music halls. JOHN B. TAYLOR KILLED BY TRAIN AT CHEHALIS (Special Dlapatck In "fee Jesroal.) Chehalia. Oct. 3. John B. Taylor, a stranger, was killed by train rtn. IS two miles north of Chehslls last night. Tay lor had a roll of blankets and had been walking the track. It was dsrk and the engineer did not see him until within. a few feet of him. At that tlms Taylor was stsndlng on the trestle looking di rectly at the engine. It was Impossible to stop. The man was knocked off the trestle and badly bruised, death being Instantaneous. The body was brought to Chehalls and taken to Stlcklln's un dertaking parlors. In Taylor's pocket waa found a time book showing that he had been working in a mill at Gats City. He was about 10 years of age. TUCKER CONSECRATED AN EPISCOPAL BISHOP (Journal Special Herri ce ) Norfolk. Vs.. Oct. I. With Imposing ceremonies In old St. Paul's church to day the Bav. Beverly Danrldga Tucker, D. I , for a quarter of a century rector of the church, was consecrated a bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church un der the terms of his recent election to be coadjutor to Bishop Randolph In the diocese of southern Virginia. Ten bish ops of the church and many prominent clergymen were attendants upon the ceremony, which was the most solemn and Impressive ever seen In Bt. Paul's. SENATOR CLARK BADLY HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT (Journal Special service.) New Tork, Oct. 3. Private Informa tion from Paris to friends of Senator Clerk of Montana Indicates that ths In juries he received In ah automobile ac cident were serious. It Is said the broken ribs are really so serious as to practically render his recovery Impos sible, and internal Injuries are also said to have resulted from ths accident. Senator Clark's office says the report la greatly exaggerated. VINCENT ST. JOHN HEADS WORKERS OF THE WORLD 'Journal Special Service.) Chicago, Oct. 1. The Industrial Workers of the World today abolished the office of" president snd the chair man of ths annual conventions Is to bs the executive officer W. E. Trautman was nominated for secretary-treasurer, and M. H. Haggerty of Butte, Montana, as his assistant. Vincent St. John of Colorsdo was elected chairman. The other nominees will be referred to refer endum. ESCAPED PRISONER. CAUGHT AT PR0SSER (Special IHtpab-h to The Journal.) Psndleton. Or., Oct. 3. All three of ths prisoners who escaped from tha Umatilla county Jail have been recap tured, the third being found In Prosser. Washington, last evening. Sheriff Tay lor made a diligent search and In a week's time had all three. Kennedy, the last man to bs cap tu red. Is wanted for highway robbery. Toung and Waddle were captured a few days ago. MEXICAN SMUGGLERS ARE UNDER ARREST (Journal Special Servlee.l Alpine. Texaa, Oct. 3. The Bangers have arrested 14 Mexican smugglers who ars charged With the ,murder of Blrer Ouard Chapmen. Candy Factory In Albany. (Special Dispatch to Ike Joeraal. ) Albany, Or., Oct. 3. Albany is to havs a candy factory. B. C. Churchill of the Elite candy store In this city Is to go Into the wholesale business and make a bid for the trade of the valley In candles, lie has already rented ths Crawford building snd arrangements are under headway to plaoe In shape the most up to date plant Is the vslley for the msk Ing of fine candles and other toothsome dellrscles. to Hlllsboro. Or., Oct. 3. Hiram Nsytor yesterday appeared In court and gave all In the sum of ll.ooo to keep the peace. No lor was srresasd about a month ago charged with threatening to kill John Banes Of Oalss Creek, with whom hs had had some dispute. f!fil10 IVCLLI 0 DUMC County Criminal Will Begin Work of Crushing Rock Tomorrow Morning. All the able-bodied prisoners In the county Jail who are serving sentences wore taken to the sub-jail at Kelly Butte at 1 o'clock this afternoon snd will begin the work of crushing rock for the county roads tomorrow morning. The prisoners will be kept at work at the rock crusher until they have served their sentenres. Sheriff Stevens returned from Salem i last night. When asked this morning what his position would be, ho said: "I have no desire to hamper the county court in its efforts to workSthe prisoners. There will be no controversy about the matter. I merely wish to protect myself and make surs that In sending the prisoners out to Kelly Butte there could be no blame attached to me." The prisoners will be under the super vision of Road Supervisor H. B. Chsp raan while at the quarry. They wore taken to Lenta on a special oar and marched from there to the sub-Jail, a distance of a mils and a half, guarded by Chief Guard A. S. Brlggs and three assistants. The county oourt had planned to take the prisoners to the quarry Monday, but there proved to be a defect In the order directing ths sheriff to deliver the prisoners to Chapman. The order was corrected yesterday, snd when the guards appeared to take charge of the prisoners It was found that -the sheriff had gone to Salem to escort soma oon vlcts to the penitentiary. This morning when Sheriff Stevens returned and learned that the order for the release of the prisoners had been corrected he declared that he was will ing to turn them over to Chapman. Thirty, two of them were taken to KsUy Butte this afternoon. Others will be sent to the quarry as they are sentenoed. DEMENTED MAN MAKES ESCAPE FROM HOSPITAL Albert Wlckenheusen, a resident of Bridal Veil. Oregon, while In a demented condition, managed yesterday to aluds the vigilance of ths nurses at St. Vin cent's hospital, where he had been taken for treatment, and la now among the missing. Wlckenheusen, who Is understood to hsve been employed In a box factory at Bridal Veil, came to this city several days' ago on businsss In company with H. A. Tatum. They secured accommo dations at (4 North Third street. On Monday, WtcVenhausen suddenly ahowed symptoms of a mental disorder. Ha imagined that ha had but two hours to live and his condition became so alarm ing that It was decided to sand him to the hospital Hs Is described as being 8 years of age, weight lit pounds, slsndsr build, black hair, rod mustache and blue eyes. The police have been furnished with a description of ths missing man and are now searching the city for him, aa It is thought that he may do himself harm. VARNISH WORKS CASE IS ARGUED IN COURT The case of the Standard Varnish works sgalnst Fisher. Thorsen a Co., was argued before Judge Wolverton In the United States court this morning. N. D. Simon and E. B. Seabrook appeared for the complainant. The object of the suit Is to prsvsnt ths defendants from using the words "Turpentine Shellac" on its packages containing "wood filler." The oomplaln snt clsims to hsve first used that desig nation for a "wood filler," as ths Orst coat of paint Is called, and that ths defendants ars simply taking advantage of complainant's sxtenslvs advertising of tha name. Numerous authorities wers cited by the sttornsys snd the court took the case under advisement. PERSONALS XJ. J. Carpenter, treasurer of ths Car penter-Lamb Lumber oompany of Mln neapolta. la at the Portland hotel. Mr. Carpenter la In Portlsnd for ths purpose of visiting several large timber tracts which his company owns In ths sur rounding country. , Louis K. Hull, a well-known capital ist of Minneapolis, is st ths Portlsnd. Harry Arnold a well-known realdent of Tacoma, Is visiting friends snd rela tives in Portlsnd. Dr. William Horton, a well-known dentist of Baker City, Is visiting friends in Portland. K B. Collins, i:sws editor of the Los Angeles Examiner, and formerly con nected with The Journal and the Tele gram of this city. Is In Portland today. Mr Collins Is well known In local news paper circles, having filled important positions h-i-e before going to Los An geles a year ago. He Is accompanied by his wife, whoe falling health com pelled her return to the home of her parents st Daytcn. Oregon. John Annand, councilman and local manager of the Postal Telegraph com pany, leaves this evening with his wife for the esst. Before returning he will also visit ths City of Mexloo and other points In Mexico. He hss been granted two months' lesve of absence by tha council. Franz Kraxberger, carrier on rural delivery route No. 1 at Aurora, Oregon, passed through Portlsnd this morning on his way to Peoria Illinois, to at tend the convention of the R. F. D. Car riers' Nstlonal association, which con venes October 9. Mr. Kraxberger car ries credentials as delegate from ths" Oregon R. F. D. Carriers' sssoclatlon, whioh organisation at Its convention In this city last Juns selected him as Its representative. Among other Important matters to come before tha convention will be tha salary question. REVOLUTIONISTS FIGHT NEAR WINTER PALACE (Joeraal Special Service.) St. Petersburg, Oct. 3. Tha revolu tionists this afternoon attacked tha cashier of a branch custom house. Ths police captured several of tha attack ing party 'after a fusillade. One msn was killed In the firing st the Bourse nd of ths bridge, 100 yards from the Winter palace and ona of the most fre quented thoroughfares In the city. O'CONNOR TALKS TO BIG CROWD ON IRISH LIBERTY Philadelphia. Pa . Oct. 3.-T. P. O'Con nor spokk to a crowded hall at the ses sion Of the Irish Irafflle tills mnrnln Me outlined the efforts made and ths plans promulgated tor Irish liberty. J MAYOR'S VETO IS SLAIN Council Passes Over His Head Ordinance Naming Penin sula Streets to Be Crossed by Hill Rail Lines. By a vots of II to 1 the city council this sfternoon passed over the mayor's veto the ordinance naming the streets across ths peninsula which the Portland a Seattle railroad croasas In entering the city. Councilman Vaughn was the only member to vote to sustain the mayor. The., mayor's veto was sent to the council last Monday. His ststed vsrl ous objections to the ordinance among other things called for the Insertion of a common user els use In the ordinance, as wsll as of provisions for the main tenance of the four steal bridges which the Hill railroad proposes .to construct to carry ovsr ths chasm tha traffic to ths city ROBBERS LOOT 'FRISCO BANK IN DAYLIGHT (Journal Special Service ) San Francisco. Oct. I. Unknown men early this afternoon entered the Ctolrian Gate Japanese bank while all the clerks were out, ssssulted K. Sasaki, the pay ing teller, and M. Mlnnakato, ths man ager, with a gas pips wrapped in paper. Knocking both unoonsclous, and then robbed the tray of $4,000. The injured men were taken to the hospital In a dying condition. The po lice believe the robbers are the same who recently attacked two storekeepers with gas pipes, killing both. The gaa pipes used on the bankers have been found. CHINESE MUST GO, SAY EUREKA CITIZENS (Journal Special Service. ) Eureka,' Oct. I. The cltlsens of Hum boldt county are determined to deport the Chinese brought here by the fish packing compsny. This morning a msss meeting of determined woodsmen waa held at Fortune, near the flah cannerv. but ths directors of ths company sent word that they had decided to turn the Chinese over to the sheriff for deporta tion on ths next steamer. If this Is not done la a fsw hours it Is feared the woodsman will fores ths exit of the Chi nese. SPANISH SCHOOL TO TEACH ANARCHY (Joeraal Special Serrlrt.) Madrid. Oot. 3. In the present prose cutions of the case against Ferrer, ac cused of Inciting anarchy, today the attorney-general declared tha defendant conducted a school under the name of ths "Modern School." It was designed to teach youths the principles of an archy, the manufacture and use of bombs and had aided tha escape and shielded the fugitives of the attempt upon tha Ufa of the king. WHOLESALE DELIVERY IN AN OHIO PRISON (Journal Special gat ilea.) Newark, O. Oct 3. While tha prison ers In ths county Jail ware scrubbing tha floors this morning they suddenly turned on the guards and overpowered them. The officers were thrown into calls. Ths other prisoners were re leased and sll mads their escape. A large posse was organised, but made an unsuccessful chase of tha escaped prisoners. ROBBERS TOOK CHARGE OF BLACK SEA STEAMER (Journal Special service.) Odasss, Oct. 3. Twenty-fiva robbers listed as passengers nn a ship crossing ths Black sea overpowered tha crew, looted tha ship and robbed tha saloon passengers. They secured $6,000, mostly from ths mails, and escaped at the first port. ENGINE AND TROLLEY COLLIDE AT LOS ANGELES (Joeraal Special sendee.) . Los Angslss, Oct. 3. As a rssult of s colllson of a Southern Paclflo switch en gine and a street car st Central avenue last night nlns passengers were Injured, three of them seriously. James Nichol son, ons of ths passengers, may dls. Tjoomis Family mansion. (Journal Special Service.) Windsor, Conn . Oot. 3. Ths Loomts family association of America met In annual reunion today with a largo num ber of members In attendance, many of whom cams from distant parts of the country to be present. Ths reunion was held at tha Loom I a homestead near here. The homestesd Is believed to be the second oldest ancestral horns in ths United States to rsmsln In tha contin uous possession of ths descendants of tha pioneer builders. Family tradition asserts It to have, been built In part' by Joseph Loomis, who migrated to ths new world In 1S9. Away. (Special Dispatch to The Journal I Granite, Or., Oot. 3. Mrs. Mary Bo sarth, who died Sunday afternoon at tha home of her daughter. Mrs. A. E. Smith, was held yesterday. Mrs. Bo ss rth was 7 years of age. She was born In Missouri snd cross sd ths plains to Oregon In 1858. settling In Jackson ville, in southern Oregon, and shs has since made her horns in various plsces In tha northwest. She Is survived by several children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Diphtheria st 1 (Sprclal (Hapatck to Tke Joeraal. Milton, Or.. Oct S. People In this vicinity have -been somewhat alarmed over the appearance of diphtheria In "Milton in the past fsw daya. Mra M. E. Miller has been quarantined with ths disease, and there Is s case In the Camp- ball family. Everything possible la being done to prevent an epidemic. Weary to Meet Thompson. (J ureal Special Barries.) Milwaukee. Oct. t. Charlls Nsary was notified from l-oa Angeles this morning that hs was Johnnie Thompson. matched with YOUNG MOTHER IN DEEP DESPAIR Sits in Court, Her Babe at Her Breast, and Hears Husband Sentenced to Jail. Clasping her 5-months-old Infant fondly to her breast. Mra H. L. Spencer sat In ths muntclpsl court this morning a picture of abject despair as Judge Cameron pronounced the sentence which makes a prisoner of her baby's father nd will separate her from the man aha loves for ths next 12 months. Stunned and broken hearted, the pretty little woman was tenderly led from the court room by Bailiff Thomas Jefferson Casey. When out of the pressnce of the .court the keen realisation of what had taken place broke down the forti tude sha has displayed during tha or deal, and she found relief In tears. Spenoer was found guilty yesterday of having stolen s bicycle from T. Tanabe a business college student, and this morning waa tried on the charge of pur loining a wheel belonging to F. A. Beard, aVarpenter. Attorney Charles Petraln msde a plea for clemenoy and asked that the paaalng of sentence be postponed until the relatives of tha de fendant oould be communicated with In regard to making restitution of ths money secured from tha sale of tha stolen bicycles. Tha young mother was called to tha stand and interrogated by Judge Came ron. Rhe stated that they were mar ried In St. Paul, Oregon, where her par ents own a ranch, aha declared that her -husband had worked hard for a living and always contributed to her support. Deputy District Attorney Hsney said that although he sympathised deeply with tha wife, vet ths fact that Spencer had bean convicted of stealing two bi cycles and waa accused of taking sev eral more mode It apparent that he waa a dangerous criminal, and should be punished. Judge Cameron agreed with him, and Imposed the maximum penalty of ona year. Sentence on ths chsrge of stealing Beard's bteycls will be pronounced naxt Tuesday. FOUND NOT GUILTY OF SPEEDING AUTO H. Backer, the automoblllst. arrested last Saturday upon a charge of running his motor oar In sxcesa of tha speed limit, preferred by Lee Hickman, a 13-year-old lad. who. while riding a bi cycle on Washington and Seventh streets, collided with ths auto, waa dis charged in ths municipal court this morning. Tha testimony adduced showed that tha boy waa not seriously Injured and waa In a measure respon sible for tha accident. Several witnesses were called by tha prosecution to testify that Becker was running his car at a high rate of speed and ths defense Introduced testimony to controvert this. Judge Cameron found that tha evidence waa not suf ficiently strong to warrant a conviction and dismissed the case. According to Becker, tha boy was urged to swear to a complaint by a commercial traveler named Draks, who waa an sye witness of tha affair. Becker waa ths groom In a moonlight wedding tha night before tha accident and owing to tha number of continuances granted tha honeymoon of himself and bride waa partly spent In attendance In tha municipal court, which was not In keep ing with tha glamor of romance sur rounding the nuptials. WARNING PAINTED ON FRONT FENCE Of all ths peculiar methods of indit ing threatening communications ever Investigated by the police, the most peculiar la that revealed by the com plaint of P. A. JamlSon of (36 East Twenty-second street. Ha reported that painted In large letters on his front fence was tha warning: "Bakers field Piker; gat out quick." Jamison, who was formerly a resident of Bakers field, California, gave it aa hla opinion that some of the saloon element against whom ha worked at ths last election wars tha parties responsible for tha warning. Detective Hill waa detailed to make an Investigation, but has bean unable to secure a due to the identity of the culprit. The polios look upon the matter as a hoax and believe that Jamison is unnecessarily alarmed. CARPENTER DROPS DEAD WHILE AT HIS WORK Elijah Wood mm, a stair builder and carpenter, living at 423 Knott street, dropped dead at 11 o'clock this morn ing while working on a house for Dr. John Carllals-at etc Northrup street. Nona of tha other workman wsrs near him when hs expired. Dr. O. A. Thorn ton was called from Good Samaritan hospital and, at tha request of Coroner Flnley, an autopsy was performed. So far as ths physicians could' learn Wood rum died of heart disease. Tha coroner la satisfied of this and will make no further Investigation. Wood rum waa a middle-aged man and leaves a wife and family. A son-in-law, J. B. Coffey, la a dark In the postofflcs. CRUISER CALIFORNIA OFF FOR TRIAL TRIP (JoaraaJ Special Service .) Ban Fronclsoo, Oct. 3. Ths nsw cruiser California sailed at noon today for Santa Barbara channel, where her builders' trial trip will take place to morrow. The cruiser, waa built at tha Union Iron works, thla city. CUSTOM OFFICERS STOP BIG DIAMOND SMUGGLE (Journal Special Service.', Montreal, Oct. t. Gigantic smuggling of diamonds from London through this port Into the United States Is believed to have been thwarted by United States custom officers who have Just arrived. Peaos Bonds Damahded. Ola Lund and Ed Larson, residents of Montavllla, who swore to oomplalnts of assault and battery agslnst each other, wers before ths municipal court thla morning. Judgs Cameron, after noting that both had subpoensed a number of women who appeared to bs eager to tes tify, decided tha matter without hear ing any tsstlmony by ordsrlng Lund and Larssn to file bonds to ksep the peace Death of acre. O. a (g)l ulal mspatrk to The Joeraal.) Olymplo, Wash., Oct. 3. Mrs. C. 8. Retnhart wife of the clerk of ths su preme oourt, and prominent In the Christian church, died hsrs thla morn- J ing after a short Illness. CHIEF GRLTZMACHER ISSUES ORDERS RELATIVE TO STRIKE SITUATION Tells Officers o Refrain From Talcing Sides and to Arreel Promptly All Person Carrying Concealed Weap ons and Creating Disorder. Chief of Police Qrltsmacher this after noon Issued ths following order rotative to the strike situation. 'Instruct ths officers detailed for duty around the docks to refrain from taking sides in any strike questions, hut to put In their whole time keeping tha peace an preventing disturbances. Do not permit the strikers to Interfere with the men st work nor allow them on the docks or any private property where DUMP CAR NUISANCE CAUSE DF PUBLIC PROTEST Passengers on Hawthorne Ave nue Cars Greatly Delayed Be cause of Action of Employe By tha failure to remove two de railed dump oara In a train of 10 at ths crossing of the Oregon Water Power A Railway oompany and ths Southern Pacific, on Hawthorns avenue use nignt. tha outbound Southern Pacific freight waa delayed and several hundred people held up over an hour In O. W. P. cars. Msny of them did not reach home un til 13:10 a. m. , f. "The trouble was caused principally by look of brains. The two derailed cars could havs been removed at the beginning, Just as thsy wsrs removed In the end. by the exercise of a little Judg ment." said Frank Melvln. a paassnger, who desired to make a public protest sgalnst ths frequency of paaeenger ear delays caused by poor methods or opera tion of O. W. P. freight trains. "Nearly the entire car ssrvloe on ths Hawthorne avsnua tracks waa tied up an hour and a half, and many peo ple held up needlessly, because the dump car operatlvaa. did not make a reasonable effort to clear tne trace. With two dump cars off the track. In a train of ten, they persisted In trying to push the entire train up tne mil. with the idea of forcing ths two de railed cars back onto ths track. Thsy butted away until they had broken three or four drawheads and Anally gave It up. At last, on advice of passengers, they took a lfeie and by attaching it two two cars at a time they snaked the broken train out of the war in a few minutes and cleared the tricks. But many of ths delayed passengers did not reach their homes until nearly i o'clock la the morning.' MEN'S LEAGUE HOLDS ITS ANNUAL BANQUET The Men's league of Mitpah Presby terian church gathered at a banquet laat svenlng In the church building at Mary and Powell etreets. Rev. or. McGlade, the pastor, occupied the seat of honor at the head or tne noaro. Bev. W. S. Holt made the principal address. He praised the work of tha recently organised United Brotherhood of Presbyterians of ths United Ststes and declared that all msn's leagues should afnilate with It. This has al ready been done by Mlspab league, which was ona of tha first to Join ths new movement. Rev. H. M. Sharp brought greetings from the Mount Tabor Men's League and expressed sentiments In lino with those of Rev. Dr. Holt. The semi-annual election of the Mis pah league was ona of tha features of ths evening. It resulted as fallows: President, A. T. Reed: vlos-presldent, J. A. Guy; secrets ry, J. T. Bar toe; treas urer. J. Peterson. HEAD IS CUT OPEN BY PIECE OF COPPER WIRE (Journal Special Service.) San Francisco. Oot I. P. Pyot, a cement worker, met with a singular ac cident yesterday while working 9 n ths basement of the Whlttel building on Geary street, near Stockton. A piece of copper wire about two fast In lsngth and ons slghth of an Inch In thickness fsll from ths eighth story down between Iron girders and struck Pyot In the middle of tb,s forehead, puncturing the flesh to the bona Pyot fall as If struck by a bullet and remained uncon scious until ha reached ths Central Emergency hospital. Ths physicians ordered Pyot to re main after the wound waa drassed, fear ing possibly thst his skull was frao tured, but Pyot refused to remain and left for his home. RABBI WISE QUITS CHILD LABOR BOARD Rabbi Stephen S. Wise haa resigned aa a member of ths board of child la bor commissioners as ha expects to leave for tha aaat before many weeks. Dr. Wlee haa bean ons of tha lead ers In tha general movement to regulate tha labor of ohlldrsn factories. Tha present board Is ths first to bs ap pointed In Oregon. It Is expected that Governor Chamberlain will announce his successor within a short tlms. 1 mstltat Oonoert. Ths weekly concert at tha Seamen's Institute, 100 North Front strset, will be riven this svanlng under ths direction of Mr. F. W. Goodrich, organist snd cholrmastsr of St. David's church. Following is the program: Plsno solo. P. W. Goodrich; son, Mra Millie Perk ins: song, H. Crome. British steamship Visigoth; song, Miss May Breslln; song. Master Clyde Phillips; song, H. Pundt. Herman ship Nsrsids: song, Scott Kent; song, E. Gomes, American schooner Vir ginia; piano solo. H. Crome, stsamshlp Visigoth: sons. Henry nyaer; song. u. Cappell. British stsamshlp Elaine; song, Emll Strathmann. Gsrmsn snip wereiae; song, J. Coltlngwood, steamship Visi goth; song. S. J. Edwsrda. British ship Odlgats; song. Ludwlg Strubar, German man ship Nereids; American, British. German and Frsneh national anthems. Accompanist, F. W. Goodrich. Haw Bride at Psaalstoa, Pendleton. Or., Oot. t. Tha O. R. a N. oompany will shortly maks Improve ments to tha valus of about $35,000 In this city. " Ths plana of Improvements call for a steal bridge shout 100 fact below tha present Howe truss brldgs over ths Umatilla. Tha two spans ars to be ISO feat each In length and 30,000 rest of nsw track will he buMt In the cut off on which tha now bridge will be oonatruotad. they are not wanted. Keep than fat enough away from such property snl docks so as to be without the hearlm of persons working on such docks. I; any threats or sbuse Is Indulged in bj any person, such psrson should be a rested promptly. Large crowds gat "5 ered In the vicinity of the scene strikes should be dispersed. All pes sons found carrying concesled weapon! should also be arrested." EQUALIZATION IS SOUGHT BY MANY Board Has Stream of Complainti From People Who Object to Assessments. "My father uaad to say ha believe! people missed a great many good thing In this world by not asking for thorn said County Assessor Slgler thla morn. Ing as ha watched tha crowd In th room where tha board of equalisation meets, poring over tha assessment rolli to find ths values that had been place on their property. "A number of thi complaints made hare remind ma el his saying." ha continued. "They art not going to take any chances on miss ing a good thing by not asking for It." An objection to an assessment ol 310,000 on machinery was received b the board of equalisation by telegran from the Syracuse Chilled Flow com pany from Syraouas. Nsw Tork, thli morning. Ths telegram states that tht cost of ths aaasasad machinery wlU repairs was only 33.400. Ths manage) of the Portlsnd branch of ths compani appeared before ths board aad sake that tha assessment be reduced from 310.000 to 13.000. One hundred and thirty-three com plaint had been received by tha board up to noon today. Thla morning 41 complaints were received. Mora com plaints from owners of property of largi values were received this morning thai on any previous day. Tha Oregon Waahtngton Lumbal oompany complained that Its assess ment of 389.(00 should bs reduced U 133.600. A building belonging to thi hairs of tha Dolph estate haa depre ciated In' value from 111,400, at whlel sum It waa assaaaed laat year, to 315,. 000, according to an affidavit flle with the equalisation board by Cheat! V. Dolph. P Sailing objected to being assessed for 35,000 for money when ha stats that ha has qo money. Ths Cudahf Packing company complained that theli assessment of $15,645 should be re duced to 311.215. John A. Brown stated Murks Sho oompuny objected to an as sessment of 312,004) for merobandlaa) stating that 39.000 would be moW nearly correct. F. Botefuhr a Co. com plained that their property ought to bi valued at .674 Instead of $12,575. A a Helnts wanted an assessment of 311,. 000 for improvements on real estate re duced to $5,500. POVERTY FORCED WIFE TO SHARE FRIS0N FARE New Tork, Oct I. Louis Cleveland Plllsbury, the black sheep of ons of tin most prominent families, was arraigned fn court this morning, accused of ob taining money under false pretenses His wife, aged 23 year, whom he met and married In California, was forces by poverty to share Sha, prison far wit her husband, heingj unable even to pay loss than $2 a week charged for thi room where shs slept whlls her hus band was In Jail five weeks, unable t secure ball from rich relative. Bnlldlng Permits. Ths following building permits hav bean Issued: J. Pannsy. two two-story dwellings. Eaat Stark, between East Seventeenth and Eaat Eighteenth, cost 31.300 each, W. N. Rhlnehart, barn, Mllwaukle, between Clay born and Maple, coat $25; C. W. Boost, repairs, second, between Everett and Flanders, cost $500: John Hays, two-story dwell ing. East Eighth, between Tillamook and Thompson, cost $1,500; H. Har g reaves. two-story dwelling. Eaat Thirty-sixth, between East Salmon and Eaat Main, cost tl.sOO; L. Watts, one story dwelling, Gsntenbeln avenue, be tween Russall and Knott; cost 31.7501 Chrts Andressen, one-story dwelling, Borthwlck, between Shaver and Failing, cost 31. (00; L E. Eastman, one-story dwelling. East Nlnsteenth. between Wy gant and Alberta, cost $1,800; R. B. Millsr, repairs, Harrison. corner Eleventh, cost $300; J. M. Acheson. re taining wall. Fifth, between Alder and Morrison, cost 3100; Buckley, two-story dwelling, Moors, between Vancouver and Alnsworth avenues, cost 32.000; Mra. Toung. two one-story dwellings, Park avenue, corner East Forty-third, cost $1,920 each; E. Kroner, two-story dwelling, Hamilton avsnus, between Corbett and Kelly, coat $1,300; Mr. ' Sherman. two-story dwelling. East Twenty-seventh, between Eaat Wash ington and East Stark, coat 32.000; Las J. Repaao. repairs. Fifth, between Shea, ldan and Caruthara, cost 3800: E. Kroner, warehouse. Union svsnus, bstwesn Bast Pins and East Oak, cost 3100; J. J, Doyle, one-stofy dwelling, East Taylor, comer East Thirty-sixth, cost 31,000; J. H. Hart, one-story dwelling. Esst Morrison, between East Thirty-eighth and Eaat Thirty-ninth, cost 31,000; If, Hllderbrandt, repairs, Nebraska, be tween Macadam snd Virginia, coat $50. HEARST STARTS TO SPELLBIND FARMERS (Journal pedal Sarvt.) Nsw Tork, Oct. t William R. Hearst, sccompsrflPJH by his family of poli ticians, started today to speak at tha Montgomery oounty fair. While on th trip he will visit many upstate fair and speak to the farmer. BBST DOCTOl Rsv. B. C. Horton, Sulphur Sprlnxs. Tax., wrltss. July 10, 1902: "I bav used In my family Ballard's Snow Liniment and Horehound Syrup, and they have proved certainly satisfactory. The liniment Is tha best ws have ever used for headache and pains. The cough syrup hss been oar doctor for ths last sight years." Sold by Wno.i. axd, aorks Co. imLJl.