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VOL. V. NO. 204.
PORTLAND, OREGON. TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 80, 1906. SIXTEEN PAGES.
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PAPER ROAD
OF PITTOCK
GOES UNDER
Oregonian'sTillamook
Line Dies as It Was
Born, Without Flesh
or Blood
Schema of Portland Financier
Falls Flat and Now Real Rail,
road Man Haa Paid the Debts
and Will Construct Genuine
Line.
After many futile squeaks, and pro
longed mental distress for those per
sons connected with Its miserable ca
reer, the Portland, Nehalem Tilla
mook railroad, promoted by H. L. Plt
tock axe a number of associates, haa
passed to tnocuous desuetude. A paper
railroad It 1 was born and a paper rail-,
road tt died. Mr. Pittock, chairman of
the executive committee and supposed
financier, refused to put up any cash.
The remains of the scheme have been
gathered together by E. E. Lytle and
decently burled. He has paid the debts,
to workmen, land owners and others,'
and will proceed to build a railroad
i mm niiiiDora iw inw muuin 01 am
Nehalem river and Tillamook bay.
It la against The Journal's principles
to "knock" any progressive man or
feasible project for development of rati
transportation But if It will soothe
the wounds of men who have been as.
eauttwd by the Oregonlan for attempt
ing to forward ambitious plans for rail
road building In Oregon In the last few
years The Journal Is willing to tell the
story of the Oregonlan a great railroad
acheme to connect Portland and Tilla
mook bay with a continuous lino of
paper supposedly paper that had been
run through the preaa and spoiled.
The Portland, Nehalem A Tillamook
railway waa conceived In the fertile
brain of William Raid. He had suc
cessfully built two lines on the west
aide of the Willamette river, connect
ing Portland with valley points, with
the aid of Scotch capitalists who had
never even aeon Oregon. When he got
one of the proprietors of the Oregonlan
Interested in his scheme, he naturally
believed ho had a financier who would
stick to the proposition and BOS It
through. In view of the frequent and
long-winded stories that had appeared
In the morning paper about 'the rich
ness and promise of the Tillamook and
Nehalem Country. It waa therefore
(Continued on Pago Two.
6 YEAR SEARCH
FOR HER LOVER
IS SUCCESSFUL
rk., tan.. Dit. c Om.
i mMiwi vvmv nwjwviwu ouiivi uu-
oause He Thought Him an
Impostor Relents and Aids His
Daughter Located as Time
Keeper in Florida.
(Journal Special Berries.)
Now York. Oat. 10. After a persist
ent search of att rears for the man aha
loved, the beautiful daughter of Adolph
Kauffman. the New Tork millionaire, la
happy today, upon receiving newa of
me wnoreanouta of Albrooht Booker, a
former officer of the German army, who
la now engaged aa a timekeeper for a
railway In Florida at a monthly stipend
of ISO. Kauffman, who drove young
Backer away from his daughter, believ
ing him to be a mere fortune hunter in
search of a rich bride, haa relented and
a brilliant wedding at the Kauffman
mansion will culminate the picturesque
romance.
Despite her father's objection to the
man who had captured her heart. Mis.
Kauffman waa determined that her
lover should be round and brought back
to her. Six years ago ha left Now Tork
and no word of htm was received until
today. During; all the years of separa
tion the beautiful heiress never gave up
hope of finding the young German, and
her personsl allowance waa expended
to the last cent In search of Becker.
Sewing that hla daughter was pining
away to a mere ahadow aa a result of
the separation. Kauffman mSally re
lented his purpose of keeping the couple
apart and Joined his daughter in the
search. After months of seeking Becker
was discovered in Florida, where ha held
a position aa timekeeper for a railroad.
Upon receiving the assurance of father
and daughter that he was not looked
upon as an adventurer, ha haa consented
to return to New Tork. where he will
accept a remunerative position In Kauff
man's employ, so that he may properly
support the girl be loves.
LAUNDRY GIRL
f
Camilla Clifford, the Actress. Now
"' Bruce.
EARL EJECTS BRIDAL COUPLE
Secret Wedding of Camille Clifford and Son
of Lord Aberdare Followed by Midnight
Visit to Parental Castle
(Joe rati Special Berries.)
London. Oct. SO. Nightly appearing
on the stage of local theatres to pro
cure money with which aha may meet
her current expenses, while her husband
personally managea the garage of which
ha la proprietor, the Hon. Mrs. Henry
Lyndhurst Bruce, formerly Camille Clif
ford, the "Gibson girl," whoaa meteoric
career led her from scrub girl to peereaa
in a few short years, patleatly uwalta
the time when aha shall bo Lady Aber
dare, mistress of Long wood castle, the
door of whleh has been slammed on bar
after her secret wedding a few days
ago.
Since the eventful visit to her father-in-law's
abode the vaudeville actress
haa been silent as to her plans, and
Bruce likewise maintains the. attitude
of the sphinx. It- was then that the
first dramatic climax arose. In the ro
mance of the couple, since their, secret
wedding, against the wishes of Lord
and. Lady Aberdare; occurred at St.
George's church In London.
After a thrilling automobile ride of
100 miles, during Which the bride faint
ed twice from sheer fright, the couple
arrived at Long-wood castle at midnight.
Hon. Henry Lyndhurat Bruce strode to
the portal of the castle arid, with thun
dering knock, demanded entrance. After
pounding the great bronae knocker vig
OREGON
Mrs. W. Wynn Johnson, President of
tho Portland Woman's Club.
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TO PEERESS
Wife of Hon. Henry Lyndhurst
orously he aroused a sleepy-eyed butler,
who, with amassment Illy concealed,
admitted the young couple.
So great was the rage of Lord Aber
dare when he heard that his son and
hla plebeian bride wore awaiting him
below that he refused to dress to re
ceive them, but soon appeared in slip
pers, pajamas and dressing gown.
The aon strode boldly up to his en
raged parent and, with outstretched
hand, asked to introduce his bride.
White with boiling anger, the aged peek'
opened his mouth to apeak, but uttered
never a sound. When he did And utter
ance It waa such an explosion of wrath
that even his aon waa cowed, while the
pretty actress whom he bad made hla
wife waa nearly prostrated by tear and
excitement.
Pointing to the door. Lord Aberdare,
In .thundering tones, commanded his aon
to take hla bride and leave, never to
darken that portal agaia so. long aa he
refused to give up the actress. When
the couple took, their departure the
angry father rushed after them to the
door and, with his own hands, a lammed
abut the- portal.
Brace and bis wifs returned to Lon
don the next morning, sfter spending
the rest of the night at the village Inn,
(Continued on Page Two.
CLUB WOMEN ARE IN CONVENTION
Mayor Lane Addresses Delegates
and Welcomee Them to Port
land Speaks of the Work of
Oregon Women.
Enthuslsam marked the opening meet
ing of the Oregon Federation of
Women'a Clubs today and a royal wel
come was given to Mra Sarah Piatt
Decker, president of the General Fed
eration of Women's Clubs. '
Mrs. Ha rah Evans, state president,
called the meeting to order at Id o'clock
this morning. A prayer was made by
Rev. James A. Lees of the English
Lutheran church, after which ell joined
In singing "America." In accordance
t with the good old Portland custom, Mrs.
Evans asked the ladles to remove their
hats and mtich merriment was caused
when It was noticed some time after
ward that Mrs. Evana had forgotten to
remove her own hot.
Mayor Lane was Introduced by the
president snd msde the welcoming ad
dress to the convention. He said":
"Madame Presidents, Ladles and ne
Gentlemen: I give you welcome to Port
land. I am grateful to think that I have
been asked to address you, and as 1
nave long wished tar an oppevtuaila te
FIVE SHOWS
THE ROAD
FOR HEARST
Phonographs and Mov
ing Pictures Enter
tain and Catch Votes
in Rural Sections
John W. Gates Bets Thirty Thou
sand on Hughes at Three to
One Publisher Making Use of
Roosevelt's Popularity Ihm
sen Claims Campaign Is Won.
(Jos rail Special Berries. )
New Tork. Oct. 30. It wss learned
today that John W. Gates bet 110.000
on Hughes to 110.000 with the customer
of a brokerage Arm who thinks Hearst
will win. Three hundred tnousana is
up In Wall street on the election. At
this time last vear over ll.S06.UO wss
up on the mayoralty.
The last weak In Hearst's campaign
began with sensational and original fea
tures. Five road companies started out
i l. M,..,i., ntt m machines and
Willi uiu -w-
phonographs to entertain and catch the
votes of the country folk up state and
on Long Island, who will bo entertained
between vaudeville "turns" oy -elections
en the phonograph of Caruso and
Bousa'a band.
After a few, .days' sojourn up state
Hearst will return to this city for a
i,uimU4 Anish ttsstret's manaaers
hays aaaaed to b printed for distribu
tion througnOUl tne stats svu.ovv tupw
.1 . ii.un Illustrated circular, en-
mi-it "Issues of the Campaign." The
document's chief Interest to politicians
lies In the fact that upon one page titer
are displayed in parallel columns ex
cerpts from speeches delivered by
President Roosevelt sna excerpts rrom
itaitversul bv Hearst. In all
,..--.. - w - - ,
... t h. extracts refer to the accumu
lation of the country's wealth. In the
hands of a raw.
The evident Intention of the Hearst
managers is to show that the ideas
entertained by the president add Hearst
on this subject are the sgme. It la de
clared to be on attempt on tno part of
Hearst to turn the president's popu
larity to the advantage of Hearst by
endeavoring to demonstrate that the
two men are in complete accord.
The election betting on the Broad
street curb was at spirited odds on
Hughes, opening si to 1. advanced
to 11 to 4 and tnen 10 s to i. inou
sands of dollars of Hughes money waa
offered at those odds but waa not
covered. The large bat of the day was
110,009 (O flU.vvv.
un Ihmsen. campaign manager for
the Independence league, haa Issued the
following statement: "The election of
Mr. Hearst Is won now. AH those who
favor the popular form of government
must Interest themselves to prevent the
theft of the election by the Republican
machine. .
"We are receiving numeroua reports
of false registration up the state.
"tlsports from Albany Indicate that a
vast system of fraud registration haa
been put Into operation."
Hearst's Oreat meceptlone.
Hearst had two magnificent recaptions
laat night that demonstrated again that
the plain people of Onondaga ant
Cayuga counties are with him. The
first big reception waa In Syracuse,
where 4,100 persons were assembled In
the Alhambra rink, who cheered every
sentence Mr. Hearst uttered. There
were uncounted thousands In the streets
and about l.too Democrats and Inde-
(Continued on Page Two.
Mrs. Sarah A. Evans, President
Oregon Federation of Women's
Clubs.
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18 NOT A MENTAL WRECK
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Mrs. Mary 0.
QUARREL
Ranks of Christian Scientists Rent by Fac
tional Fight Mrs. Eddy Retains Her In
tellect Though Failing Rapidly
(Journal ".pedal terries.)
Concord, N. H, Oct. 10. Following
an exhaustive search and interviews
with 147 men and women residents of
Concord holding various beliefs. Chris
tian Scientists snd others, the Scrlpps
News association la able to aay.
after having had a personal Interview.
that Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy is not a
mental wrack as stated. The leader re
tains her Intellect and gives . general
consideration to affairs. It is true,
however, that she Is falling rapidly,
and her mind Is unable, to master de
tails aa formerly.
It Is hardly true that Mrs. Eddy la
suffering from incurable cancer. It is
evident, however, that her 14 years are
wearing upon her, and her body Is suc
cumbing to the advance of years.
Mrs. Eddy hss Incurred the enmity of
powerful members of the church by her
despotic manner In repent years. A
factional fight caused by hsr refusal
to designate her successor haa split the
church Into severs fsctlons who are
now fighting for mastery.
Hedged about with "safeguards." Mrs.
Eddy granted an audience to a limited
number of newspaper men today, in
cluding Scrlpps News association rep
resentatives. She said she had sanc
tioned the Interview to set et rest the
report that her health had been under
mined, but It foiled of Its purpose.
Falling health wss strident in her face
and manner.
Christian Science leaders in charge
of Mrs. Eddy this afternoon fixed up
her appearance before representatives
of the press in s lamentably unsuc
cessful effort to dlsprovs the printed
stories of her weakened mind and body,
weighed down by years. Picking from
the numerous reputable newspapermen
Royal Welcome Extended to Mrs.
Sarah Piatt Decker, President
of the General Federation of
Women's Clubs.
thank the women of Portland for their
loyal support during my recent cam
paign, I will take this chance to do so.
I have great faith In the good that can
be accomplished for the city through
the aid of its women, and I have two
women who have given me much help,
snd if men. would be en faithful In the
performance of thwht duty our city
would be fgir. indeed. One of these
loyal w..rkcrl I sppolnted chief woman
policewoman, snd her work has been of
great value to the health of the city."
The mayor then spoke of his belief
that soon should work slds by side, and
said that men were coming to realise
tha value of women's work In the out
side world.
One thing In the mayor's ssessli
which was of specie! Interest to the clt
Iserts of Portland deals with the public
schools.
"I have a pet theory which I should
Ilka to present to you this morning,"
Continued on rage Three,
Baker Eddy.
LEADERSHIP
present a number they thought likely
to fall In Una with the achemea of de
signing followers of the mother of the
church, the - latter admitted the report
ers. A list of questions had been pre
pared. Because Mrs. Sybil Wilbur
O'Brien of Rldgeway's onoa wrote a
eulogistic article on Mrs. Eddy. Mr.
Wilson, the Boston Scientist In charge,
selected her to ssk the questions.
It was planned to permit the repre
sentatives of the press to watch Mrs.
Bddy come downstairs, but Coachman
Fry drew the curtains while tho
mother descended. When the curtains
were opened, the venerable form ap
peared grasping the portjers for sup
port, apparently held up by a hidden
hand behind the door, her body totter
ing. BIRTH OF BOY ROBS
HOSPITAL OF MILLIONS
(Journal Special lerviee.)
Milwaukee, Oct JO. By ths birth of
a male heir today to William Plankln
ton the Passavant hospital in this city
loses $6,000,000. The will of the late
William Planklnton Sr. provided for a
16,000.000 hospital If hos son hsd no
male heir.
NEGRO REVOLUTION IN
CUBA EXAGGERATED
(Josrnal Sparta 1 Seralee.l
Havana, Oct. SO. It developea that
the reports of negro revolution are ex
aggerated. The cruiser Columbia hss
arrived to assist In transporting troops
to the scene of the reported uprising.
Mrs. H. W. Cos. s Proouneat Port
land Clubwoman.
PesPTj Mesa!
PbBmJHh r
F
E
Boss Said to Have Re
ceived Salaries From
Many Concerns Who
Wanted Protection
Rumors of Confessions in Con
nection With Bribery Charge
Indications of Stampede of
Witnesses Who Desire to Turn
State's Evidence for Immunity
(Journal Special Service.)
Ban Francisco, Oct. SO. Judge Ore
ham s courtroom was crowded to the
limit when the work of completing the
new grand jury was resumed this morn
ing. The crowd outside Is considerably
smaller than the gathering on Monday
and the force of policemen and deputies
was reduced. Rusf came to 'court ac
companied aa usual by two detectives.
There waa no demonstration.
Excitement regarding tho graft ex
posures Is still at fever heat. In ad
dition to the rumors connecting tha
Southern Pacific and Unltad Railroads)
with the alleged purchases of fran
chises It Is now charged. that the Ocean
Shore railway la also issfllcated. Val
uable franchises have been secured dur
ing the past year and a half by this
corporation, which Is building a Una
from Santa 0Mb to San Francisco and
laying oat a number of townaltes along
tho way.
Evidence made public shows that
Ruef has acted as "attorney" for count
less corporations, saloons, French res
taurants and resorts of questionable
character. Hla services are supposed
to have consisted principally In furnish
ing polios protection in return for being
placed on the payroll.
Rumors are thick of confessions
made by parties alleged to be Implicat
ed In bribery and graft charges. There
is said to be a regular stampede of
wltneeses who are anxious to procure
Immunity by turning state'a evidence.
PEOPLE HATE RUEF
OeUfomleas AM
Aroused sstd Will right Grafters.
C W. McCormlck of San Francisco,
who arrived In Portland thia morning.
says that the Heney-Ruef incident haa
overshadowed the state eleetion and
(Continued , on Page Two.
TWO BURGLARS;
PLUCKY WOMAN;
UNLOADED GUN
Serio-Comic Episode In Which
Mrs. Mollis Bulger is Hsroine
Thieves Beat Hasty Retreat
When Woman in White Ap
pears Upon the Scene.
Two burglars, a plucky woman and)
an unloaded revolver, were the features
of a serio-comic episode at an early
hour this morning. Mrs. Mollis Bulger,
of 1S9 Twenty-second street, was
awakened about 1:S0 a. m. by the un
mistakable sounds of housebreakers in
the lower floor of her dwelling. In
stead of hiding her head under tha
coverlet woman-like and tremblingly
awaiting developments. Mrs. Bulger left
her downy couch In a hurry and pre
pared for action.
It was but the work of an Instant to
tura on the electric lights and secure hea
pistol from a bureau drawer. Tightly
clasping her trusty weapon Mra. Bulger
went on a still hevtt for the Intruders.
The white robed apparition armed with
a revolver wag toa much for the bur
glars and they beat a hasty retreat,
la raring for tho kitchen door they fll
over a chair, but quickly scrambled ts
their feet arid made a dash for safety.
Mra. Bulger was In close pursuit sad
entered the kitchen Just as the lawt man
was going through the door. Taking
careful aim she pulled the trigger of the
gun and no, Mr, Burglar did not sink
to the ground mortally wounded and AS)
his life blood ebed away, beg rorgtvs
nOSS. Some of Mrs Bulger's relstlves,
fearful of a loaded revolver In the
house, had extracted all of the eart-
iMgis.
Chagrined by her failure to get a she
at on of the thieves, Mrs vulgar eSB
the next beat thing and telephoned for
the sottee. After the detectives bad ar-
sae
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