THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, MONDAY EVBNINO. OCTOBER H, ltd.
MORMON CHURCH TACOMA SUFFERS
SELLS ROAD I BY BIG FIRE
COMMERCIAL CLUB
APPLIES A TORCH;
IS CAUGHT
PORTAGE ROAD TO
GET ATTENTION
Wasco People Would Havo It Ex.
tended Four M Hot With Con
sent of Legislature.
FAKE ATTEMPT TO
KILL HIMSELF
SENATOR BURTON
LOSES CASE
TROUBLE
Solon From Kansas Mutt Serve
Six Months in Missouri Jail
and Pay Big Fins.
Salt Lake A Lot Angeles Rail
way and Pavilion Dis
posed Of.
California Building Ablaze, and
Sleepers Have to Rush
for Lives.
Subscriptions for Bonds of Pro
posed New Building May
Be Withdrawn.
William C. Cibson Captured
While Attempting to Bet Fire
to Rival's Establishment
i
Prominent Young Tsxoma Man
MkM Theatrical Threat and
Drinks Harmless Dope.
(aerial Wspatck M TW Jl- .
Tacoma. Oct. 16. Because M!s Alice
McKay refused to marry him. Bert
Haven. a prominent young man. lut
night made a fake attempt at suicide
which for an hour created much ex
citement at the Madlaon hotel, where
Mies McKay stops.
Haven aaked her a week ago to marry
htm. Last night ahe told htm It was
out of the queatlon. aa ahe oould never
lore him. Half an hour later ha ran
Into Mlaa McKay room, throwing his
hat on the floor, shouting:
"That'a the last time I'll ever see that
'bat Toti'va got to marry ma or I'll dia
In this room."
With this ludlcroua outburst ha
flourished a bottle which ha aaserted
was laudanum and while ahe stood horror-stricken
and aghast drank the con
tents. She ran screaming from the
room while Ha gen dropped back on the
bad, apparently In convulsions. Within
few minutes eeveral physicians ar
rived accompanied by policeman. In
stead of finding a corpse they found
' Haen anting on the bed looking sheep
ish snd refusing to give an account of
hlmaelf. While the police ware In an
' other room talking with the landlady
.about arresting Hagan ba bolted down
the back stairway and escaped.
REVOLUTIONARY SPIRtT IS
NOT YET DEAD
: Return of Rebel General to Ha-
vana Mad Ocoasion of Great
Display of Foaling.
'Journal Special Service.)
Havana, Oct. 11. Governor Magoon
enjoyed a rest on his first day aa
governor of Cuba. He will not ap
point a cabinet until be knows condi
tions In the Island, which will take some
Ume.
A groat demonstration was given Ju
lian Betancourt. chief of staff for tho
rebel General Pino Guerra, when ho
'. arrived from Plnar dol Rio yesterday.
Thousands of people mot him at the
Villa Nuava station, and the demonstra
tion showed that the spirit of revolution
Is not yet dead.
General Bell will dlatrlbute a battal
ion of engineers over the island, os
j tenalbly to verify and correct the army
map of Cuba, which waa begun at the
time of the former occupation, but
which waa completed only so far aa the
provinces of Matansaa and Havana
were concerned.
The City of Washington, with head-
quartan and first . battalion of the
. Eleventh Infantry on board, and tho Ad
"mlral Schley, with Company I of the
jjug-nal oorps and tha Seventeenth and
"Drghteenth batteries Of mountain artll
. lary are here. The marines ordered to
the Isle of Pines by Secretary of War
"Taft reft yesterday. -
Governor Altenan of Santa Clara prov
ince has appealed to tho army officers
to establish and maintain order.
London, Oct. 16. Th - newspapers
C take little stock In th talk of tempo
rary occupation by the United States of
Cubs and say that the sugar snd to
bacco trusts will e too strong for the
government. It will b necessary, the
press thinks, to maintain sn American
governor in Cuba for aoma years; st the
end of that time the Cubans will be pre
psred to have the occupation made per
manent. BROOWER WEEPS WHILE Oil
WITNESS STAND
Doctor Denies That He Twitted
His Wife With Being
Poor Girl.
(Special Dtop.tr to The Jesrssl.)
Toms River, bT. J.. Oct. II. Dr.
Brsuwer waa calm and collected when he
took the witness stand this morning
and told of his early married life, hla
effort to provide a horns for hla wife
snd to Insure her future If anything
should happen to. him by placing his
property In her name
"Did you ever twit your wlf with
being s poor girl?"
The question staggered the doctor.
Tears came Into hla eyes snd despite
hi effort his voice Shook.
ByW; great injustice 1 don m to
Say such things. I, too, wss poor snd
wa had nothing except what I earned
and what w aaved together."
Brouwer wss questioned aa to the
testimony given by Elisabeth Hyer that
he had said ha had lost his respect for
fils wife and wanted a divorcs. He
broke down completely, but denied th
charg. He also denied that he ever
struck hla wife, as her brother. Benja
min Hyer, had testified.
IS ARRESTED FOR
ASSAULT ON BOY
'
Frank Royal, alias Watson, wss ar
rested last night by Detectives Ttche
nor snd Jones and booked on a charge
of murderously sssaultlng Robert W.
Nelson, s youth of la years. The de
tectives, while passing in th vicinity
of th North Pacific lumber mill, saw
Royal fall the boy with a blow on the
haad snd then brutally kick him in the
sbdomou.
Nelson's mother. In whose house
Royal formerly llvod, I an inmate of
the county hospital. The boy gave in
formation to th polio that Royal was
s thief snd had been down the river in
S Sloop for three weeks on s thieving
sxpsdltlon. Thl is supposed to have
bsen tit Cause of the ssssult Th
esse was continued in th police court
thl morning until tomorrow. Nelson
ha s bsdly swollen Jaw snd s seriously
Injured groin, ss th result of the beat
ing SMOKER PLANNED BY
AD MEN'S LEAGUE
Ths Text lend Ad Man's league will
hold ss Informal smoker and round
table st th chamber of commerce
rooms nest Wednesday night. Among
tr,n shi are programmed t tell ad
yarn II. L Fit tork. C. S. Jackson.
Tgs Richardson. H L Shsfar, Osorg
Kate snd Cslvln Ifstllg.
(Joernel Special Service
Washington, Oct. 11. The petition
for a rehearing was denied by tho
United States supreme court today in
! the ease of Senator Burton of Kansas,
i who waa convicted of practicing before
tho postofflee department while a
j United States senator and accepting
pay for his service a.
1 The denial of the petition meana that
t Senator Burton muat aerve a sentence
Of six months In Jail in Iron county,
i Missouri. -nd pay a Una of 11.600 Im
posed by the federal court at St. Louis.
The action of the supreme court re
. morea all possibility of hla escaping
I the punishment meted out for him by
the court.
WANT NO CHINESE
ON CANAL
Union Labor Opposed to Roose
velt's Policy of Employing
Yellow Man.
(Joaraal Special Service.)
Washington, Oct IS The Central
V a. ..a 1ir..kl..tnn hlW la 4
RHM 7b. cSSSS Labor union of
Brooklyn, will discuss labor in Panama
tonight, the text being the recent resolu
tions of the Brooklyn organisation which
protested to the president against em
ploying Chinese on the isthmus.
So far the president has made no reply.
It la easy to predict, however, that he
will refer the Brooklyn union to a
special report mad to the department
of commerce and labor, which held that
the lawa did not apply to the canal sone.
It Is apparent the administration had
In view the employment of Chinese and
wanted a legal basis on which to pro
ceed. Tho war department was not, how
ever, so positive, and regarded It aa
an open queatlon.
I Mr. Shonts, president of th commls-
slon, however, has gone along construct
ing the laws pretty much ss he thinks
i they ought to be constructed. The canal
; commission assert that It work under
the eight-hour law on the Isthmus, ''be
cause It Is the law of the United States."
Presl fl ent WIU Sa
(Jours. Special Service. I
Washington, Oct. 16. President Roose
velt'a vlaK to the canal sone will not
be omitted because of the Cuban trouble.
The Isthmian commission Is ' planning
to leave for the , isthmus October 31 , to
be there before the arrival of the presi
dent, whose visit takes on a new sig
nificance in view of the determination
to lot the canal work by contract. It
la thought the president's indorsement
of this pollay wtU bo aooomps triad by
some sort of public utterance setting
forth the reason urged In favor of th
change of methods
COFFEE WAS TOO HOT TO
SPIT CUSTOMER
Extraordinary Happening in Rail
road Restaurant Causes Negro
Editor to Display Revolver.
(Journal Special Berries.)
New Tork, Oct. 15. Thomas Fortune,
s negro editor, whose horn 1 In Red
bank. New Jersey, was fined $28 yea
terday for carrying a loaded revolver.
He went Into the New Tork Central
railroad restaurant st Communlpaw,
New Jersey, ordered luncheon snd than
complained to the waiter that th coffee
was too hot to drink. Th waiter sug
gested If he would rest s moment, the
coffee would cool off. Fortune, It Is al
leged, went Into the waiting room snd.
after taking s revolver from his satchel,
returned to th restaurant and aat down.
Th waiter called Policeman Qulnn, who
Arrested Fortune on a charg of vio
lating th city ordinance by carrying
concealed weapons.
WORKS SMOOTH GAME
TO CASH BAD CHECK
(Special Dlssatcb to Ts Jm'uI.)
The Dslles, Or. Oct. II. Eddy Rsy
mond has bean arrested for paaslng a
check for $2t on the Stadelman lea
company signed with the name of Bar
ney Huff, a member of the firm of
Carson Huff of Carson, Wsshlngton.
Raymond first wrote a latter to hlm
aelf. signing Bsrney Huff's name, in
closing the check, which he had mad
In favor of himself. He then Inclosed
th same in another envelope, addressed
to the Stadelman Ic company, with S
special delivery stamp. As soon ss It
wss delivered hs called snd received his
money from the firm.
ONTARIO BANK SHORT
NEARLY TWO MILLIONS
(Journal Special Berries )
Toronto, Ont., Oct. IK. General Mana
ger MoGlll, Who wrecked tho Ontario
bank, according to the directors, ad
mits a ahortag of II. 110,000. Rankers
sre Inclined to Increase hi estimate by
$100,000. A member of the directorate
says speculation In stocks snd whest
ws on of th causes of the fsllure.
MR. CR0KER RECEIVES
AP0L0QY AND FIGURES
London. Oct. It. It wss announced
todav that Richard Croker hsd ssttled
out of court his Ubsl suit sgalnst th
London magsxln which said Croker
used his office s head of Tammany for
hla financial profit. Apologias to Mr.
Croker were th bast of settlement.
IS MET BY SON SHE
BELIEVEDT0.BE LOST
The Dallas. Or., Oct. It Mrs. Ssv
age, mother of C. T. Ravage, arrived t
noon today She did not know her son
had
returned, but expected to Issrn J
news of hiS terrible fate. TheTMsys. 1 exrxcted to carry this Inoulrv
mother was met at th train bv her son.
whonwshs believed dead or forever lost
To extend the State portage road for
about four miles until It reaches its
present western terminus Into The
Dalles and thua bring the whole lower
Columbia fleet Into direct competition
for the carrying business from above,
will bo the principal contention of
Wasco county and the Wasco delegation
at the coming session of the legislature,
according to the opinion of Senator
Whealdon, who la at trie Perkins today.
It will oost something Ilka 6(0.000 io
make the extension of four miles. Ss
the work, is now planned, and Senater
Whealdon says that it will be the en
deavor of the Wasco delegation to fsther
the measure when It is brought before
tho legislature and maks strenuous at
tempt to carry It through.
It la not of necessity a Wasco meas
ure. Senator Whealdon says, but will
bo of far more advantage to tho whole
of tho eastern district than to The
Dalles. It will bo for th good of the
state, however, and alnce Its location
Identifies It with Tho Dalles. Wasco will
adopt tho measure and foator It.
Tho Dalles has signified Its willing
ness to aid In tha erection of all docks
and station buildings needed at the
western terminus and to provide a fund
for their maintenance after they havo
been erected.
Senator Whealdon will also champion
tho Juts bag measure, which Is un
doubtedly to be a feature of the aoaslon
and which will provide for a atato Jute
bag factory at the penitentiary- An
other thing of Interest to Wasco will
be the enactment of sn Irrigation code,
though this will be more for the direct
good of the eastern counties than of
cu". "L-L""" ,ih
only part of the county where there
are say irrigation projects.
DISTANT HUSBAND
SUED BY WIFE
Amelia Keller Asks Legal Separa
tion From Her Spouse in
Dresden, Germany.
In s divorce proceeding begun in the
state circuit court this morning. Gustavo
M Keller, now in Dresden, Germany. i
accused by Amelia Keller of taking jie,
tOu that Mrs. Keller states wss accum-
capital of $1,500 that ahe had when'"""'
they were married in 188$.
Keller made two trips to Germany,
says his wife, taking $11,800 the first
Ume. and returning In 1001 to get the
remaining $7,800. Of the money saved 1
by tho Kellers $1,058 wss Invested in
b. - aiAta 4-. ...... ,
real estate in this county. Mrs. Keller
ask te be given an undivided third In-
terest In this real setate. and 6.00o .11- J .ve. whl
She asks for a divorce on the grounds 1 mot apncluslysly thst she IS
of cruelty, beginning 10 yeeri after I b 8 ' olvf th vtery. ha. maln
thelr marriage Mrs Keller alleges '. "?1h,nx-"k lle"c,V 't "t
that her husbsnd called her vile names, admitted thst she would tell all ahe
e.i.-i h., r lneM.n tJZl knew on the receipt of Inatructton
her, threw bar to the floor and kicked
her, snd threw s foot stool st her. In,l
jjecemoer, ivi, ana again in January,
1002. she saya, Keller seised s losded
revolver and threatened to kill her.
On January 14. ltot, Keller went to
Dresden the last time, snd ha alnc re
mained there, according to the com
plaint. But not being satisfied with
the cruel treatment Inflicted while hero,
Mrs. Keller tat-;, her husband has
written to her, calling her vile names
and telling her ha would never return to
her. They were married In New Tort
City, In March, 1889. They have two
tk&xssSB
band Is a man of violent temper and un-
fit to have their control.
A ault was instituted s few months
ago by Mra. Keller to recover the $1,500
she hsd when she married Keller, al
leging thst she hsd losned it to him.
The suit Keller allowed to go by defsult
snd s decree waa entered In favor of
Mrs. Keller. Her attorney, Northup
Northup, thjla morning filed a motion to
vacate the decree, and aaklng lasva to
file sn smended comp'aint. This waa
allowed, and the proceedings fsr divorce
snd sllmony were Instituted. Keller is
skid to live st No. i Bendeman street,
Dresden, Germany.
INTERMOUNTAIN
FAIR IS OPENED
Annual Event at Boise Is Handi
capped by Threats of
Downpour.
Boise, Idaho, Oct. IS. Tha lntermoun
taln stats fair oponed st Boias today for
s wek's session. The westher Is oloudy
snd rain promises to Interfere with
some of the rscing events. Th at
tendance 1 th largest In th history
of the association t-nd many carleoda of
exhibit are entered In the as repetition
for the premiums offered.
Over 120 horses sr entered in th
speed events, Ave to sis rsoes being
scheduled for each day.
I Ths Holse VslUy electric railroad was
completed yesterdy to th fair ground
and furnishes ample transportation fa
cilities ELEVATOR MONOPOLY
GOES ON THE GRILL
Wsshlngton; Oct. It. The interstate
oommeroe commission resumed its In
vestigation of ths relations of th rail
roads nnd tha grain elevator business in
Chicago today.
Ever since Senstor LaFollettes reso
lution passed th senate, calling the
commlsaion to look into the railroad
and grain-buying Interests, ths commis
sion haa had from one to thro agents
scouring ths grain bait In th northwest
looking for evidence. They hsvs been
especially devoting themlves to the
cases of Independent grain buyer and
of farmers who hsve felt ths hand of
ihe elevator monopoly. From these
agents reports have been received, snd
what Is mors Important, people with
grievances against the elevator Inter
eat have been Induced to agree to tell
whir fhsv know Th. cnmlna ....Inn I
Which Is likely to occupy three or fourUh new flour mill st Honskons. the
down close to th man who prodjuc th
ram
Unarm!
Salt I,ake. Oct. 16. The 8a It air pa
vilion and the Bait Lake Los Angeles
railroad has been sold o an electric
operating construction company of New
Tork to form part of an interurban
eleotrlc system.
It is proposed to erect a big hotel
at Saltalr and make it the Coney Island
of the Interraountaln region. The prop
arty Includes If miles of steam rail
way to Great Bait take, owned Dy tne
Mormon church, which recently Bold its
street railroad aystem to Hsrrlraan a
nd
his aasoclstes Thle takes the church
entirely out of the transportation busi
ness -in Utah. I
MRS. SNYDER MAY
TELL HER STORY
Officials Balieve Powerful Influ
ence Over Her Will Soon
Be Broken.
Sine th receipt of a telegram from
R. M. Snyder of Kansas City yesterday.
Waahlngton county officials believe that
the complete story of the refractory
Mrs. Madge Snyder, widow of Carey M.
Snyder, who was foully murdered a
year ago, may be told. She has al
ready expressed her belief In th guilt
of George Perry.
Fully convinced that' tha woman
knows fsr more than shs has 'told In
connection with the Forest Grove bsnk
robbery and the subsequent murder of
her husband, officials directed their ef
forts toward ascertaining what influ
ence It waa which sealed her Hps and
controlled1 her so completely. In pur
suing their investigations In that di
rection they encountered R. M. Snyder,
father of the murdered man. who ap
parently has th woman completely Is
hi control.
Snyder, th elder, is now under In
dictment st Kansas City on th charge
of bribery. What motive. If any, ha
may have for causing th woman to
refrain from divulging her aecret has
not bean determined. However, of
ficials are conducting a rigid investi
gation In the hope that they may break
tha powerful influence which binds th
widow.
Efforts to locate R. M. Snyder hsve
He is away from his home
at Kansas City, but Utters or tele
grams directed to him there sre an
swered by him. On Friday Deputy Dis
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trict Attorney T. H. Tongue of Hill
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work
ing and emphasising the Importance of
Mrs, Snyder'a testimony.
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from him to thst offset.
Yesterday a teres ram was received
by the official in reply to Mr. Tongue's
letter. It wss from R. M. Snyder snd
stated that he had written letter to
both Mr. Snyder and to the officials.
Tha letters, hs said, would be "entire
ly satisfactory to th prosecution."
In view of th telegram It la believed
that he has written Mrs. Snyder In-
strucung nsr w r" wnsiever ens
may Know concerning me ooume crime,
Th Utter sr expected to reach here
011 Wednesday.
IVm CLOTHES FROWNED
OPON BY TEACHERS
Bellingham Pedagogues to Ban
ish Peek-a-Boos and
Pretty Garments.
Bellingham, Wash., Oct. It. Tha ban
hsa been placed on the "peek-a-boo"
shirtwaist by the pedagogues of Bell
ingham. The school teachers of Belling
ham are advocating that plain clothea
be worn by the students, snd plainness
In apparel Is advocated at sll times by
ths teachers.
The pies Is made on th theory thst
many of th student cannot afford to
wear the very latest styles of gsrments
snd that mors or lea 111 feeling might
exist unless there was some effort 'made
toward a uniform and simple atyle of
dr.
From a moral viewpoint the teachers
refuse to discuss their real opinion of
th "peek-a-boo." ,
WIFE SAYS HUSBAND
PAWNED HER JEWELRY
More trouble Is In sight for A. H.
Frteilnger. the alleged "typewriter
thief," if the complaint mad to Chief
Qrltsmschsr thl morning by hts wife,
Is true. She claims that her husbsnd
stole sll of her Jwlry. sggragatlng
several hundred dollars In value, and
hss pswned the property. She endeav
ored to ascertain from Friellnger where
he disposed of th jewelry, but hs re
piles thst hs hss lost th pswn-ticksta.
The case against him of stealing a
typewriter from the Smith-Premier
agency was continued in ths police court
until tomorrow. It is understood that
other complaints are to be filed against
him. snd it would not be surprising if
hi wlf take a hand In th matter
According to hi tale to those from
whom he secured machines "hla wife
wa learning stetypgrsphy snd type
writing." but this she denies Mrs.
Friellnger was fsrmerly a belle of the
north end district, and married Frie
llnger several months SgO.
STEAMER BESSIE DOLLAR
CHARTERED FOR WHET
Th British atssmer Bessie Dollar Is
reported chartered to load whest Is
Portland for Hongkong. She Is s large
ateamer of about MM tone' capacity
and la now at Momranl. Japan.
Thla will be the second steamer this
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first halns the Hazel Dollar, which sr.
rived s few days sgo sad Is sow la the
harbor.
(Jesrasl special Service )
Tacoma, Wash., Oct. 15. Fir broke
out In the Csllfomla building this mom-
' Ing causing a loss of $15,000. Th
I structure is a five-story office building
' in th center of the business section.
It was a hard tgsk for th fire com-
panl to reach the fire SS th el ax
wa In the Isrg Interior court extend
ing from th third story tip.
Ths Clothing Srm of Dg Mllner
and th Uon company or th heaviest
losers, th former estimating It loss at
$60,000. Th other says It lost $15,000.
Most of ths offices In the third, fourth
snd fifth stories war burned out snd
In but few were th fixtures Insured.
Th clothing stores sis fully covered by
Insurance. The loss to tha building Is
I about $20,000.
R. B. Whitakor and Mr. ana Mrs.
Harry Coombs, who slspt in tha build
ing, barely escaped in their night
clothing. It la bllved th fir wss
stsrtsd by s messenger boy throwing s
cigarette stub among waste paper In a
lavatory whar th Sam were first
noticed.
TWELVE DIE III TRAIN WRECK
II FRAHCE
Shocking Accident at Epernon
Caused by Wild Engine Has
Hundred Victims.
(Jesrssl Special Borne )
Paris. Oct. It. One of th most ter
rible railroad aocldent that ever
x hocknd France occurred yesterday aft
ernoon at th station at Epernon.
Twelve bodies have been recovered
1 from the wreck, and it la known that
others are buried beneath th debris.
Stxty-flv person, chiefly women,
were dug out of the wreck, snd It Is
ssld there I no hop whatever of sav
ing th lives of It of them. Many of
the others are frightfully injured, but
It Is believed they will recover.
The passenger train had Just pulled
Into Epernon. snd had tha right of way.
While waiting, the crew wss horrified
to henr the roar of an approaching
engine, which, running wild, swept down
on the passenger snd emashed It from
rear coach to engine. There waa not
th slightest chance Of escape, except
for one or two of th brakemen who
heard the engine as it bore down on tho
station.
Th wreckage wa trwn ror nun
dred of yards, and bodies and their dls
j mem he red parts were thrown far off th
l track.
Epernon I a hug morgue snd hos
! pltal. and the sorrow is universal, as
the great number of dead and Injured
ha brought loss to many families.
Th craw of th wild engine, who
saved themselves by Jumping, have been
arrested.
RATHBONE AND PYTHIAN
SISTERS MAY JOIN
Supreme Council of Knights of
Pythias of the World Have
Important Meeting.
(Journal Special Service.)
Richmond, Ind., Oct It. Charles
Shlveley of this elty, supreme chan
cellor of the Knights of Pythias. of th
world, will recommend to th supreme
council thst the supreme lodge take
auch action as will enable tha two
organisations of Rathbone Bisters and
th Pythian Sisterhood to consolidate
so that recognition may be accorded by
tha aupreme lodge to th Rathbone
Sister and b extended to th Pythian
Sisterhood, so thst sll tha mam bars of
the organisations. Including th
wives, sisters, daughtar and mother
of th members may be brought into
closer touch with the order.
Now Orleans. Oct. It. Railway offi
cials estimate that fully 25,000 members
of the order of th Knights of Pythlss.
Including more thsn 10,000 members of
th uniform rank, sr In Nw Orleans
to attend th biennial mestlngs of tho
several branches of ths order, which
will be in session for the next 10 dsys.
It 1 expected before the parade starts
tomorrow afternoon 75.000 visitors will
be In th city. Th a rrl vale -have found
the local preparations for their recep
tion and entertainment complete and
elaborate. This afternoon camp Jamas
R. Carnahan. with It 6,000 tent, was
formally turned over to Arthur J. Steb
hart, major-general of the ordar. whan
the uniform members participated In a
dres review.
Governor Blanchard and Mayor Mehr
man will formally welcome th mem
bers of the order.
TO BUILD ROAD
' FIVE MILES LONG
Coos Bay Lumber A Coal Com
party Will Market Products
Over Its Own Line.
Owing to lack of transportation fa
cilities th Coos Bsy Lumbar Coal
company haa decided to construct a
new logging road rsschtng from Its
timber Interests st Beaver Hill to South
lough, an arm of Coos bay, at a coat
of 180,000, or about 112,000 a mils. Th
tep 1 mad necessary by tha failure
of the Cooa Bay, Rossburg aV Eastern
railroad to handle th business offered
by the lumber company. It became so
hard to mov th output of th mill
that th company decided to construct
ths road and now ha ths right of way
and ha placed an ordsr far five mile
of steel rails, s It-ton and a 41-ton
Shay logging engine sad a sufficient
number of logging cars. Work will b
commenced on th road st ones.
LAIR THOMPSON IS
FEDERAL ATTORNEY
(Waihlsfte Bureau of The Jesraal.)
Washington, Oct. It. W. L Thomp
son of Albany was today admitted to
practice before th interior department
Withdrawal of a considerable sum of
subscriptions for bonds of th proposed
Portland Commercial club building U
threatened as s consequence of tha, man
ner of appointment of Ion Lewis aa of
ficial architect for th structure. Archi
tect say th action of th building
committee wa unfair, and that their
friends among th subscriber will re
taliate. Aa architect who was unwilling to
permit publication of hla name said the
amount of withdrawal already In eight
Is about $85,000. Th question of
whether subscriber can avada respon
sibility for their subscription on the
ground of dissatisfaction with th ap
pointment of an architect la being dis
cussed. Th question waa not brought
up at today's moating of tit board of
governors of the club. David C. Lewis,
who wrote s protest to tho board of
governors sgalnst the action .of ths
building committee, has not had' s hear
ing before th board. His lsttor was
read st th previous meeting and he
wss notified by letter from tho secre
tary of the board that tho building com
mitt la th body before which hi pro
teat should properly b made. It Is
aid that Mr. Lewie has taken no fur
ther soUon In ths matter, but Is wait
ing to learn whether th committee re
fuse to glv him satisfaction.
OlIBjHMlI'm Mot Fair.
Ths building committee's method of
Inviting bids was not effective in con
cealing th identity of each competitor
until th plans hsd been considered.
The committee addressed a letter to
each srohttsct detailing tha terms of
the competition snd directing the man
ner of submission of osch bid. Escli
srchltect was given a number snd in
formed thst he must enclose his plan
In sn envelope, seal it snd place th
number on th outside of ths envelope.
Inside there wa to b no Indication of
hla identity. But th fact that the
committee knew whet number it had
assigned to each architect Is taken to
mean that th committee, on receiving
each plan and noting tha number, knew
who the architect waa. In tha case of
Ion Lewis' plan. It la ssld hs was sent
s spools! lnvitstlon to submit one. and
that he did not enclose it In an en
velops, but tranamltted it in rolled
form, so thst sll ths committee knew
from whence it cam.
Th contention of D. C. Lewis Is that
the plan bearing his number wa favor
ably considered snd wss about to be
accepted when Ion Lewis' plnn wss re
ceived. Architects claim that th no
tion of the committee In not accepting
the plan of Ion Lewis, nor any other
I plan, but instead appointing Ion Lewis
orncisi architect, was practically a re
pudiation of th terms of -the competi
tion. WOOD SAYS ISLAND ARMY
IS TOO SHALL ,
(J tarsal Special Same.)
Wsshlngton, Oct. it. To th people
who have believed that too Isrg an
army of American soldiers is kept In
th Philippine islands tha report of
Major-Qeneral Leonard Wood, who 1 in
command of that division, comos as s
great surprisa. General Wood not only
protest that th army of 20,041 men
should not be reduced In alas, but also
recommend that more soldiers be
added to It.
As reasons for an Increaee in th
sis of th Island division General
Wood says that, being far from home
In case of a foreign disturbance, even
with th troops conoentrntsd at Ma
nila, ths foros would be Insufficient to
defend it. But ths troops sr not con
centrated there and could not be gath
ered st an Instant's notice. They sre
scattered among th trlbea, a large body
being stationed near a center of habita
tion of ths islanders, with small out
posts. To strengthen the position la th
Islands General Wood asks that some
artillery be addsd and that on squad
ron of cavalry regiment In the United
States be stationed in th Philippines.
Recommendation of th use of shot
guns with buckshot and supplying the
troop with boloa for backing thalr way
through th brush Is also mads In th
report. Hand grenadea for aervlce
sgalnst ths Moros Is anothsr Improve
ment asssd. ,
TUBERCULOSIS CASES
ARE NOT REPORTED
Though only seven case of tuherco
losls In Oregon were reported during
September, 10 deaths wr caused by
thl disease. ' Thla Is ths surprising
statement contained in ths report of
the stats board of hsalth for last month.
Just completed this afternoon.
Bcaus of the failure of doctors to
diagnose casss as tuberculosis there has
undoubtsdly been sn unnecessary
spread of th dlaes Rooms snd
houses bsrs not bees disinfected, nor
any preventive measures taken. Tst
Dr. R. C. Tenney, escretary of ths
board, says hs would rather sleep la a
room where a smallpox patient ha
been than where a tuberculosis case has
been.
During September Itl birth and S76
deaths were reported. Neither Item
hows ths sctusl number of birth and
dsaths occurring m ths ststs during th
month. Eighteen deaths from typhoid
fever occurred from ill cases reported
In Multnomsh county there were 147
deatha and lit blrtha
O'BRIEN FORCED TO
GIVE HIS TESTIMONY
Flndlay, Ohio. Oct. II. Th Standard
Oil cae opened thl morning with th
stat conUnuing to try to prove th con
nection of th Standard with subsidiary
companies. John O'Brien, auparintend
ent of the Buckeye Pips Line company,
asked to be excused from testifying
on th ground that he might Incrimi
nate hlmaelf but the court ordered him
to answer the queatlona.
WILL GIVE BANQUET
TO JOHN BARRETT
At a moating of th board of gov
ernors of th Portland Commercial club
today at th lunch hoar. It was decided
to tender s reception and banquat to
Joha Barrstt. Unltsd State minister to
Colombia, on his return to Portlsnd
some time thl month. Mr. Barrett I
now In Now Tork snd Is ssld to be
elated for the offls of minister to
rasa
William C Gibson, senior member of
the Gibson-Smith Printing company at
41 tO Fust street, ha been caught red
handed aa the firebug who made four
unaucoeasful attempt on Saturday
night to burn ths rlvsl prlnUng firm
of Kreldt Brothers and put them out of
business. Thl morning he waived ex
amination In the police court and tomor
row will face hla preliminary ex
amination In th atgte. court on a oharga
of arson preferred agalnat htm by Act
ing Detective Harry Circle, whs made
ths arrsst.
Gibson has bean vary persistent In hi
attempt to burs th Kreldt Printing
establishment, which 1 Just serosa th
hall from hla own place of business,
and yeatarday afternoon tosses' a hiss
ing torch Into a pile of paper which he
had previously saturated with kerosene
from s lamp. He also sst a fire in his
own eetabllehment, but the flames were
found snd extinguished by Deteotlve
Clrcl.
Th history of tho case Is a queer
on. , On Saturday evening about I
o'clock Murray Wade, one of the pub
llaher of th Sketch, which 1 printed
by the Kreldt company, discovered a
fir in pn of calendars and other
material juet inside th door opening
off th main hall into the pressroom.
H extinguished ths flame without
trouble. While yet In th building he
aw Gibson com from his own office
and go down ths stairs unconcerned,
though he must hsv heard th commo
tion mad by Wsds In fighting th
bias.
A short tlms after I o'clock It ws
discovered that the fire had again been
started. Thl time Captain Good, who
rooms In the building, discovered the
flamea leaping from th pit of papers
and extinguished them. At 11 it la re
ported that another bias was started
snd extlngulhsed by one of the occu
pants of ths building.
At II o'clock Saturday night, how
ver, th main fir started. A passerby
saw tha glare of th flames from the
street aa hs passsd ths hallway and
turned in a still alarm to the station st
Second snd Oak. About tha asm time
ths night wstohman of th building
turned In an alarm which brought the
fir department to tha soma Th
chemical company had practically ex
tinguished th fir, however, by th
time the big ho waa carried up th
ststrs.
Detective assigns to flag.
Detective Circle wss assigned to tha
case and was told by Wade of Gibson's
having been In the building at the time
of the first flra He ran across hi
man Sunday afternoon In an uptown
Ialoon and followed him about I
'clock down to hia office. Concealing
hlmaelf behind a telegraph pole at tho
bottom of the stairs, he saw Gibson
stop In front of the barred door of the
Kreldt establishment and look Into the
presasroom. He then went into his
own office and returned with a lamp,
th oil from which he scattered over
the pile of papers Uttering the floor of
the pressroom just Inside the door. Ha
thsn saturated a lath with kerosene out
of th lamp, touched a match to. it and
when it was well biasing thrust It
through the door snd started down th
stairway.
Circle grabbed hi man on th stair
way and attempted to tain him bachi
but Gibson put up a sUff fight, sad
th detective was unable to subdue him
until assisted by two young men who
war passing. Hs then rushed up
stairs and found th torch burning upon
a pit of paper which had bean soaked
with water during the previous firs, and
which therefore would not Ignite. In
th March for tho lamp. Circle entered
the office of the Gibson-Smith company
and found a pile of oil-saturated papers
burning fiercely on a table in th back
room. This had also evidently bean sst
by Gibson.
Gibson, who wss formerly a commer
cial traveler and la sbout 41 years of
age, has been drinking for some time
post, sad It is th opinion of tho who
know him thst his mind hss been tem
porarily affected by th liquor. He
saya he 1 Innocent snd thst he can ac
count for every moment of hi time oh
Saturday evening. He does not claim
so much for Sunday afternoon, how
ever. M'CLELLAN PLANS TO
ORGANIZE EMPLOYES
(Jesrssl special Serrtea.)
New Tork, Oct. It. Rather than join
with Mayor McClallan and Senator Pat
rick McCarrsn In a schema to coero ths
1,000 street sweepers and laborer Into
political action, Street Cleaning Com
missioner John MoOlaw Woodbury has
reelgned. In a stinging letter the com
missioner tall McClallsn thst It would
be Impossible to comply with th lat
ter' demands snd at th same Urn to
"administer the office with a deoent re
gard for tha public service or consist
ently with th maintenance of my self
respect." It I said ths mayor and McCarren
told th commissioner n plain terms
that they wanted htm to make one of
MoCarren' man, Alfred A. Tsylor, of
Williamsburg th acting head of th
Brooklyn street cleaning force for th
purpose of "organising the fores po
litically." What McClallan and McCarren urged
Woodbury to do la by statute punish
able by s 11,000 fins snd 10 year' Im
prisonment Mr. Hearst has not everything his
own wsy in the Independence 1 segue,
which ha refused to Indorse John J.
Brady for supreme eourt Justice snd
Judge Francis 8. McAvoy for judge of
the oourt of general sessions. In place
of Brady ths lesgue seleoted Matthew
P. Breen, and Instesd of McAvoy Judge
Otto Roaalsky.
MINERS ENTOMBED IN
WINGATE COLLIERIES
(Journal Special Barries.)
London. Oct. It. Eighty miners wars
entombed by an sxploaion at th Dur
ham collieries at WInsata Tnl..
bodies have been recovered.
Up to I o'clock 14 bodies war taken
krom the Durham mlnea Thirty miners
were rescues aiiva
y inanoiers An (fathering.
: Journal Special Sanrlcs.)
St. Louis, Oct It. The lesding bank,
era of tha United States are here to at
tend tbs thirty-second annual conven
tion of ths Amerlcsn Rankers' aaaocla
tlon. and It Is est I ms ted th number of
visiting bankers and visitor will exceed
2.000. Ths real work of th conven
tion will oomsntneaon Wednesday morn
ing, but th trust comapny seotioa Will
mst tomorrow morning.
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