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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. THURSDAY EVEfG, NOVEMBER 22, 1S03 IIIREE-COflOERED 71RGUE0BEF0RE IVOLVERTOfJ J. Array -of Legal Talent' Present ' ! , , h Company, Northern : V';V.V ;;- ';.''' Seattle .. 'Arguments in the stilts Involving the Northern Paoinc Terminal the Northern Paclflo Railway company and the. Portland Seattle llmr . , company, were begun today- before y Judge Wolverton,' ia the' United Statee . , .it Mwi - aa- .agreement ..having - i . .....a w th attorneve repre sentlng the contestants to combine two of tha M1W , na irjui w . Theee are tha suits In which tha tar. initial company seeks an order from tha r: court compelling tha Northern Pacific , railway company and. tha Portland and 'Seattle company to sell to- the lennl " mlI company the terminal property se quired by the north bank road; and the Injunction ault brought by the Northern Paclflo company, to reatraln the tsrml nal company from pushing -iri5"g)ii lriTKe- tnfflWrwnH "," condemn the property acquired byj toe " PorUand and Seattle company In . Port- ' land. . There was aa Imposing aray of Ural talent, railway maps, blue prints and ' railway officials In tha courtroom when tha cases- were called thle morning. C M Levey, third vice-president of tho Northern Pacific and president of the ihrtiiiii - a- Seattle company. . aat . throughout the hearing. He waa ac companied by Henry Blakely. general Westers freight- agent of. the Northern V Pacific. Judge C H. Carey and B. 8. Uroaacup of Tacoma' represented the H1U lines, while Zera Snow and Joseph . .' ' Simon appeared for the Harrlman in . v tereati. Judge Carey made the" opening argument and explained the hlatory of the purchase bf the property In conten tion and told of the formation of the . Portland Seattle company. Uatrae, Saya jedge Carey. ' i Judge Carey aald that' the north bank ' , road ia owned by the Great Northern and Northern Paclflo companlea and that SKIDOO PROBLEM CONTINUES TO i BE MOST INTERESTING THING HERE ( From Forest Gryye Miss Williams writes toaak if the pusxle editor obr Jecte to poetic enkwere to rthe skidoo problem. ' This ts very sudden, and caught us entirely unprepared. Miss Williams says aU poets use figures of speech in their works, that tudy of the II puxsle has furnished . her with a vaat array of auch com ' modules which she thinks she can use to advantage and that as tha prtsa Is to be given for the best solution, and aa aha has a pretty gift for turning rhymes, it might help her to win if she put the anawer In verse. Very well. Mlsa Wllllamt may have her way: the puxsle editor merely deaires to state ""that he had no Idea ThetrThe skidoo . Li. Hn,t. a h imrMi to ioetry. iTuuwa ....... - ' n. ta ttila- wonderful nus sle are coming In Juat about as faat aa A .nl a mmm Ilk. M Of - them. ' Many of tha contestants aak that the pussle editor tell uiem xnoir - i -TMa af course. - would not be fluite fair. . In the first place. he hasn't time to write to all who asa . itnn Ami thn . the answers might fall into the hands of people to whom they were not i Bent, and they hMgTit furwgra the beat . y" the knowledge thus gained. But the best reason for the puaale edttofe gen tl declination to-tell - If - the ana wars are right or wrong, resides in the fact that the editor doesn't - know " the a- ewer.-. Do yout '. ' ' ' ' ' Here are aome of the solution re ceived to the skidoo puxxle today: Aad Xwla Appears Certain. The anawer ia: Divide 1 by any num ber from t to . and there will be one remaining. The meenlng "M for ybu," Is, notlUng for you, or There fore-the answer is 1. , " LEWIS DBAVER. , Y; . i ;, Latourelle Falls. Oorrectioa Cheerfully Made. '. . . When my answer waa publlahed It : read ( boxes; It should be S2t pen ' Mies. Will you pleaae correct the mis ts ke. MI88 LETHA HAMILTON. ,,, :-' , Lents, Or. ' ', jy ' ' Tbia Shoold Settle Xt, ( .-..t What Ja. .hullabaloo, 5 Over a cent or two;-.. 4--. . ' ' -t-t Will dO. , " y ' Shut your eyes, - .v Give me the prlae, ' , , k, A nJt I'll aHflrlflsl A. WARREN. Salem, Or. . Flgwres Xt - S3 Different Ways. - I can operate a typewriter but I am not sure that I csn . solve . the skidoo problem, although . I have figured It over tl times and 2t different waya. I give as the number of pennies. tri cit If f. haven't flaured cor rectly It will be IS and car fare for me " - a Lata Binnin, Stenographer M. Seller eV Co., City. ' 7 Oaa Thle e Trnaf -No 'number was ver Intended for skidoo but U. VAN HOBS. le the Bagaonae With Blsa. I very much doubt if that coin col lector aver tried e count hie pen n Us himself.' If he did It must have been ekidoo ta the but house for him. . SI for the skidoo problem skidoo. . , O. T. BEARD,' f ' ."'( '.. Arleta. Or, Makes ft Bockefolle ef Kim. The least number .that will-exactly contain the' numbers from 1 to It is l,lb4,2iM80. , C. HUDDLE8TON. . , .; IJ1 McKay Bldg., City. MX. aivpeVs Aaswer I Skidoo. The coin collector bsd' It pennies, the son put the 33 pennies in ii boxes. Skidoo, No. 21. , W. R. NIPPER, '. - Grants Paas. Mow Miss BesaUgtoa Oot the Answer. My answer la 11 pennies. T In each box. MISS JANE REMINGTON. ,.-.'. , Cottage Grove. . ' last aa Xaay aa Talllag. . : H requires It pennlea forrioxi, escb bos containing tt pennies. . CLARA DILLARD. . .. ; , Rose burg. Or. . This toolndaa Carfare. I think the skidoo puaile la tt and carfare; It and are 22. skidoo. MISS DOROTHT M1IALE. ' bvo Bortbwlck street. City. Willie Decile With the any. , I am a schoolboy In need of tie. so ' I ihoucht I would try for that "skidoo prohlem." My anawer la Some gy euM: "Once to every man and notlua comes the moment t decide." So tillLROUD SUIT IS to Defend Interests of Tejrninal Pacific and Portland A Companies.' . up to the present time the total oost "of the new road haa been about 1 7,000.000. of which the Great Northern haa paid about 11.000,000. . He at ted that the paragraph) in tha bill of complaint made by the terminal company, which charge that the property had been purchased aecretly and -surreptitiously by the Northern Paclflo company, waa untrue and not baaed upon fact. Referring to an agreement which had been entered Into by the Southern "Pa cific, the O. R. at N. aid the Northern Pacific, owners' of tha terminal com pany, which stipulates that ail tha ter minal property in the city should be controlled by the terminal ' company. Judge Carey said that - outaide of the terminal company'a holdings in Portland the Northern Pacific owned no terminal property except Its main Una, while the Harrlman Ilnea"6wtt- a 1Tfrtlefca presented, maps to the court showing tha relative holdings of the companies in Portland. .. s Judge Carey showed that railway companies do not Ilka discriminatory ratea any mora than individual shippers when they are not on the Inside, for he stated that tho Northern Paclflo company is charged flv for every car moved across -the - steel bridge, while tha O. R. Jt N. and 8. P. pay only 16. He declared that the charge in the bill of complaint filed by the Terminal com pany that C M. Levey had, in purchase of the Weidler property, betrayed the Terminal company of which' he la a di rector, is untrue;"- He said that in May, 1104, Jujst a month before hte aale of the property to the. Northern Pacific. Mr. Levey had called the attention of the board of directors of tho Terminal company to the property and urged its purchase, but that the directors did nothing, and that Mr. Levey then took up the matter for the Northern Pacific and the property was purchased for It I up and decided. WI LU AM ;F A2 ACKKRLKT. Oregon City. ; Mr. Oeate Trie It, rsktdoo 23 for you. Twenty-three pennlea. one in each box. Divide V . 11 or II and you have one left over. C H. CANTER. Harrisburg. Tw Oeata far Journal! S3 the Aaswer. I had IS cents when I went down town and bought a copy of Tha Journal and had II cents left - -MRS. KTTIE CONBT. -l&NartUla-8WCUy Otto Bursts late Tone. If this ain't right m bet you There. Is no anawer to "skidoo." -When;yoo read thla you may, fear ,, I am acting very queer. .But I'm not. It's very simple Just multiply skidoo by Sl-tt times, and you've got It -Well, good night to you. For me skidoo. Tour patience I'm trying, . But If thla ain't right III ,df I'm a-lylng. OTTO MORTEN. ,eS2 Kerby St City. -Mere Ars IMthy Aaswers. Helen A. Litchfield, Salem One penny In each box 21 boxes, 21 pennies. : - Lillian Drvden. 271 Tillamook itmi City I suggest 41 is the answer. u. n. uiraiana, losi Maryland street. City 21 pennies, 21 boxes. Mrs. M. Shannon, Arleta, tl pennlea In each box. ;.' Charles Van Dusen, St. Johns tl pen nlea in each box. Miss Blanche Reed, 101 Main street Vancouver It waa simple and eaay: S2 pennlea. - Marguerite Harris, lot Eleventh at, City 21 pennies. ? - -. - , , . . Anita Boylan. City II la the correct answer. Llsxle Shaver, 'Oswego The answer is 61,1(1.141 pennlea 3. Duncan, Shedd, Or. St pennies In each box. Mary J. LesllerOresham tt is the right answer: . Percy Shaver, Oswego tt pennlea In each box. ',. . IDiBrowivJ5aUas-tj)ennlesller It In each box. L. M. Reynolds, University .Park 102.1S4,22,O7 pennies Int'eachT box. Miss Ada Curry, 261 NartUla atreet. City C2 pennies. , Mary B. Sherry. 41 H North Ninth street. City 9t.t77.ttl pennies. A. Nelson. 424 Spencer street, Monta villa 2 pennies In all. More SkMoe Coateetaate. Other answers have been aent by C. A. Dayton, University Park; Mrs. 8. C Kary. ttHi First street; V. A. Manning, 241 Beach atreet; Mildred . Root Si$ Clackamas street; E. Verry. M. Ogden, 120 East Sixteenth street; Wesley Bhof ner, SIS College street; John J. Caspary, 247 North Twelfth atreet: It w '..-- 693 JohnBoa .stroet; Mra. E. E..Bt general aenvery, rvrtland; Orval Olds, Crelghton; Mrs. H. Vincent, St Johns; Ethel Huston, Harrisburg, Oregon: Er a's awrence, Ontario, Oregon; W. H. Bishop. Warm Springs, Oregon: Mlaa Miv Neill. La OrsndA. Or,rnn Qa j Baker City; V. H. Comstock, Astoria, uregon; it. luimtn, oajem; ueorge A. leslle, Oresham; Paul Jonea, Cor-vaiUa. BANK CLEARINGS r LARGEST OF YEAR Portland's bank clearings today were the largest In the past year according to clearing house officials. The clear lnga for the day amounted to 11,940, 044.74, while those of a year ago were I741.40t.20, thus showing sir-trfcrease for today's business of 11.01 l.42S.'4t. The balances today were likewise among - In- largeat- In- the year, " total being $491,444.10. YOUTH TRIES SUICIDE . BY REVOLVER BULLET I ' i ' A. (SpeHel tMapttrh e The Joarnel.) The Dalles. Or Nov. 22. Jeene Chsfln, aged 22 years, attempted suicide last night about o'clock by shooting himself in the right temple. The ball rsnged around the skull and cams out of the forehead. It ta expected that the young man a 111 recover. He tied been drinking freely and had trouble with a ssloonman, who struck him. , ; ... . ' 1 ' , - - ' : - '(" Mini PIGIFIC Tnnmo nnnriirin Regular -Local to Sound Will Co " , . Through as Usual " Tonight. ENGINEERS REPORT REPAIRS COMPLETE Overland TraJnt to St Pul Will Also Be Able to Paas Over Cascade Division. . Which Was Thought Hopelessly Washed Out. If plana do not go awry, the Northern Pacific Railroad company's regular local train from Portland to thy sound will go through this afternoon on Its own tracks. The train will leave this city at tha usual time, 4:0 p. m,, and paaeen-nn-hunM aiul mall for - Tacoma. Seattle and way poTnta wTO" bawnrleo4 Advices received rrom tne conatruo tlon engineers at tha Cowllta and Toutlea rivers Indicate that they will have the waahout repaired by driving and erecting temporary tracks where the bridge formerly reated. it ia aiao re ported officially that the overland train to St. Paul, leaving Portland tonight at 11:14 o'clock, will probably be able to go through over the Cascade division, which waa thought to have been hope lesaly washed out. but which has been repaired with great rapidity. Should the overland train be not permitted to go through over Ita usual route, via tha Cascade division. It. will be sent around over the Great Northern to Spokane, and from there dlapatched to St. PauL An army of men and , all tha pile drivers that could be secured have been at work for days In the flood dlatrlcU whero the Northern Pacific penetrates weatern Washington. They have re placed . grades, rebuilt culverts and bridges and laid mllea or tracas mat were either washed away or displaced mo badly that It waa not safe to operate trains over them. The company has loat hundreds of thousanda of dollars by the floods In western Washington. . The prospect today Is that trarrio win be resumed regularly overeall divisions by the end of the', week, but It will re quire months of hsrd work to reetoro former substantial tracka and bridges. WANTS CHANGES IN STATE REFORM SCHOOL Specll Dtapeteb to The Joaraal.) '" Salem, Nov. Jt. Among the recom mendations made to the board ef trus tees by Superintendent Looney of the reform school. Is that the name of the Institution be ehsnged to tha state training or Industrial school; that tha state provide a home for girls from It to II years of age similar to the boys' reform achool; that a state chaplain be appointed, at a salary of 1300 a year; that a, new cottage be built In order to keep the smaller boys separata rrom tha older onee. .-- In tha opinion of the auperintendent the courts committing the boys should be required to send aU possible avail able Information about the facts devel oped at the trial, a little of the his tory of the youth and the causes' lead' Ing- to his commitment. Boys suffer ing from dlseaaee should not be com mitted and endanger the health of tha Inmates of the institution. BRYAN TO SPEAK ON TRUSTS AT KANSAS CITY (Joaraal Special Berries.) Kansas City, Nov. 22. W. J. Bryan arrived thla morning to attend the trans-Mlsslsslppl commercial congress. He announced as hla subject tonight "Trusts." His addreaa will be Im promptu. He may apeak lata today on "Finance." Delegatea this morning dis cussed ' "River Navigation." Former Governor Brady of Alaska offered a resolution asking congress to open Alaska to homesteaders. - President Alderson of the Colorado School of Mines today read a paper on the theme. "It'a the Dutr of the Govern ment to Eatablish'a Department of Mines) and Mining." He urged a revision of the mining lawa. L T. Pryor. president of the Texas cattlemen, talked for the removal of the reservations that Germany and France place upon American meat . BRAND BOOK WILL BE USEDJBYJiATTLEMEN (Bneelal Dlrottek te-.The. JonrasL) Prinevllle, Or., Nov. 22. One of the moat Imnortant atena taken bv the Crook County Cattlemen's aasoclatldn la tha adoption of a brand book, which win be a prominent feature from now on with the owners of stock throughout Crook county. Owners of stock through all parte of the county will be required. to forward to tha secretary of the asso ciation all brands and other marka showing ownership. These brand marks will be recorded in book kept by the secretary for that purpose and will serve aa ft directory to restore strayed stock which hss been picked up on the range. FEARS DEATH AT HANDS OF WOMAN (Special Dlaptteh te The josrnsl.) Baker City. Or., Nov. It. J. W. Ham bleton seeks divorce from his wife. Dor- ess , Hamuleton, stating that he fears death at her hands. . The two were mar ried at Pocahontas In 1177, -end they have four children, two of them of age, The husband asks the custody of the children. Hambleton claims that his wife de serted him In November, ltot. Prior to that time, he alleges, aha had threatened to kill him. and the constant fear of death, he declares, has made his life burdensome. UNPICKED APPLES NOT : INJURED BY STORMS s" (Speclei-ttipetcs" te Tilt 7ir(t.1 La Grande, Or., Nov. 22. The recent frnsta and snow storms have not mate rially Injured the unpicked apples, ac cording to orchardlats. - The applea were covered by. snow In most places, thus protecting them from the bold snap. There are still 1,000 tons of beets In the fields of Grand Bonds, and It is feared that many of them will be great ly Injured. The loas to beetgrowers will be considerable If ft thaw does not lessen the frost now In tha ground. The augar factory haa been cloaed down, ow ing to the fact that beet pulling Had to be stopped In the vaUey on account of the severs weather, . '-- MAJOR M'DONELL TO BE COLONEL paswaaBBxsv ' 7 ' . ., Will: Be. Chosen .to .Lead.JThird . "Oregon Infantry at Elec . tlon Tomorrow. ''; " " Major Charles S. McDonnell will be chosen colonel of the Third, regiment of Oregon National. Guard at the elec tion which will be held Monday to se lect a suoceesor to Colonel fi. U. Gan tenbeln, resigned. This has been decided upon by the captains, and other officers of tha regt- -Maj6r Charles E. McDonelL ment after ft thorough canvass of the field of applicants, and the election Monday will be nothing but a formality. The position was offered to Colonel Ed ward Everett who held It previous to Colonel Gantenbeln. Pressure of per sonal! business, however, compelled Col? onel Everett to decline the honor and it wss unanimously agreed upon by the .offlcera that Major McDonell waa the next choice for the place. That Major McDonell will be suc cessful In his new position Is believed by all who know him. He has proved to be one of the beet-liked men In the regiment while his long term of serv ice haa fitted him for the onerous du ties that wlU fall to him. Major McDonell went to the Philip pines with, the First regiment aa cap tain of Company H, and upon his re turn waa chosen oaptaln of Company K In tha Third. He soon rose to the rank of major, which position he has held up to tho present time. He has been In the guard for more than It years. , PORTLAND CROWD - STUCK IN SNOW Delegate : to , Trans-Mississippi ... Congress Snowbound . In Kansas. '; Portland's "representatloBet the Kansas city session . of the Trans MlBStsslppi congress Is several men ahv oi tne n urn Der expected to D in wire to The Journal from Kansas City comae word that a number of tha dele gation have not yet been able to reach the convention city, . and that they are snowbound somewhere in western Kan sas, together with ft portion of the Montana delegation. Thelist of the snowbound Includes B. P. Wilson, of Oregon, and Colonel H. B. Wood, secretary of the HawalUn Promotion committee, who went by way of Portland. GOVERNMENT WILL SEND INSPECTOR TO UMATILLA (Special Dlnatcs s Tha liwul l Pendleton, Or., Nov. 21. On account or the recent alleged irregularities 10 connection with the Umatilla reserva tion, which were made agslnst O. C. Ed wards, the agent. Senator Fulton haa submitted the matter to the commissioner-f Indian- affairs at-Washington and At bis suggestion an Inspector will be sent by tha department to the Agency to look over the situs tlon. Information comes that the Inspector 1 make an investigation of the charges that Ed war J has used hla In fluence to secure . depositors for the Commercial National bank, which la the official depository for the reservation. If Is expected that the Inspector will arrive here within the next few days. PORTLAND COMPANY TO . JNSTALLMRURAL PHONES (Special Dlapstek te The Jonrosl.) Baker City. Or., Nov. 22. R. C. Robertson,- a Portland capitalist, and as sociates are arranging to put In ft com peting telephone line at thle place and have asked for ft franchise. The mat ter Is now In the hands of ft committee f the. city council. . The project of the Portland men"ls to unite the outlying districts In Baksr county not yet connected with ft tele phone system In one big Independent mutual system. It le understood that they "will afterward make a bid for the business In town. The franchise asked ia for 10 years. In return the telephone people offer to give the city a per cent of the business. FRISCO FIGHT TRUST UNDr-R INVESTIGATION (Joaraal SpeeUl Service.) . ' ' San Francisco, Nov. 22. The grand Jury today began the investigation of the fight trust "Eddie Oraney waa the first witness. As a result of the Inves tigation It Is rumored that Graney will be indicted for bribery with Ruef for extortion. A second Indictment Is ex pected against Ruef on the same oharge In tha Belvedere case. Ruef.-who here tofore was willing to talk, has suddsnly lapsed - Into silence 'and will dlacusa nothing pertaining to the graft Investi gation. When Oraney entered the grand Jury room today he appeared agitated and apprehenalve. , -" Teachers' Club te Meet . The Teachers' Progress club of Mult nomah county will meet In the commit tee room In the city hell Saturday rmornlng at 10 o'clock. The memWs will take up the sturty'of Hamilton's "Recitation." Several address will also 'be delivered. - '-. .. '.V. . . t- ' ' V - 1 I ....... ., .. i FATHER TRIES TO SELL-LAUD - Attempt to Dispose of Property , Left to His Children by ; Their Mother. - DAUGHTER AND SON ; T TESTIFY AGAINST HIM Father Declares He Loaned Wife the Money With Which to Buy-Land and Was to Have Been Repaid, but Waa Not ' - ' ; "" In an effort to aell the only property left to his 17-year-old daughter Oer i trade and lt-year-old'son. Frank In or i der to satisfy-a claim of 1460 that he baa brought against the estate of his deceased wife, Robert Burch appeared in Judae Cleland'a department of the , oUoultiwurt this mnrnlng.a...wlUl ness In the trial of an appealed suit - which had been decided against hlro and In favor of the children by Judge Web , ster In the county court Burch filed the claim against the ' estate snd petitioned the court for an rder to sell timber isna in nuimw county to satisfy his claim. Ha stated that the timber land was purchased br his wife. Mary Burch, with money he loaned her for that purpoea, with the agreement that the loan . was to be returned to him. - - The order for the sale of the timber olm was contested by the children. r who deny the validity1 of their father's ! claim. Gertrude Burch. the 17-year-old daughter, testified this morning, mai tha family formerly lived ftt Tenoka, Minnesota, where they owned ft home She said Burch desired to sell tha home, but that her mother did not want to and that her father gave her mother tha 1460 for tha purpose of Inducing her to sign the deed to the home. "It was understood that the timber claim was to be mother's property," said the girt this morning. "Even after mother died my father epoke of Frank and I owning the Umber . toad, and ad vised me never to sell it I never heard anything ebout hla claim until ft year and ft half after mother died. He told me then that he was going to have his money out of the property." 8 he said also that bar father ob jected to her living with ft Mrs. Under wood and told her before be went to Minnesota several months ago that ha would nevef'do anything for her. "Mre, Vnderweod. has proved herself to be the only friend I have." said the girl. She said her father had paid ft number of bills for her, but that he had done It after the trial In the county court and Judge Webster had decided In favor of the children. . Burch testified thet he hsd given the money to his wife on condition that It be repaid. The case wse taken under advisement by Judge Cleland. i THREE UNUSUAL EVENTS HAPPEN ON STEAMSHIP - ''-''' IBseelal tnanatek (S The goaraal.t ' " Tacoma, Wash., Nov. 21 The steamer Shawmut, which haa Just arrived here from tho orient had somewnat event ful vovaae. there being ft eulclde, ft birth and the capture of forger en route, "'-'i. . . W. WV PayneTiallaa Ooodran AOitra--lian, who joined the ahlp at Yokohama, ."'"g traveled from t.nina to japan on a coaster, was taken in charge be fore the vessel reached port after oon fesalng to numeroue forgeries. A Jap anese steerage psssenger, mentally un balanced over religion, disappeared and a note was found in hla. bunk addressed to his brother saying that he could not live longer. He Jumped Into the ocean. Mrs. Button, wife of ft Manila business man, gave birth to ft fine baby boy two daya out"..' " ; ' "" ' ' -., J PRESIDENT TO CROSS . .. ' ISLE OF PORTO RlfcO iiianil Snarls! Service.) San Juan, Nov. 22. Preaident Roose velt was accorded ft reception this mnrn ( n at the governor's mansion. surpassing In enthuslaam anything ever seen ftt Porto Rico. It was a record breaker In numbers of guests end en thusiasm. The presiaent me a. . Morton who fought side by elde with him In Santiago. " , " 7" ' ' A The executlve'e return to the states win ha delayed. . The sea le too rough m ont to tha battleship Loulssna and tha ship will return to Fonoe. The fpresldcn-wlU reoross mm isi-.no. ami embara mere, inus ne win k- he would have misssd otherwise. SCHMITZ IGNORANT v OF HIS INDICTMENT (Journal SdscUI Service.) New York, Nov. 22. The steamer Patricia, bearing Mayor Schmlts of San Francisco, la expected to arrive late this afternoon. Out of consideration for Mra..8chmlts It Is not expected that the mayor will be arrested upon his ar rival. Schmlts doea not know that ha ia tmllptad. There Is no wireless equip ment on the Patricia. The first he wilt know of the affair will probably be from the - newspapermen ... who board tlie ateamer at Sandy Hook. It is likely that he will waive examination end proceed to San Francisco Immediately. SEVERAD LIVES LOST IN GALE ON LAKE ' (Joarsil flnecUi Scrvi. Muakegon. Mich- Nov. 22. Unheed ing the warning of tha captain of the life saving crew, a storm launch with six aboard put out In the teeth of the gale laat night They are not reported this morning snd It Is thought they are lost. Ths wind is blowing 75 miles an hour. . It is Impossible for sny small craft to live. Many thousands of dol lars of damage Is reported and several lives bsvs been lost slong the coast Xlrby Appointed 2otmastr. (Special XiUp.icS te Tee Jrarul.i Adams, Or., Nov. 12. J. H. Klrby, ef this place haa been appointed post master at Adams to fill the. vacancy caused by tha resignation of C 8. Fer guson, who has been postmaster for IT years. Mr. Klrby is an old resident of this place and Is well qualified to Till the position. Mr. Ferguson resigned on account ef ill health. Znftlsh Stop Chinees. . (Jnarsal Spsplel Servtee.l . London, Nov. 22. Thirty-two Chinese en route to Liverpool were stopped at Graveaend by Immigration officials. The Immigration, board is considering the TACOUA SUES TO BEJERrilAL Chamber.! Xmmerce-oLSourtd City to Force Hand of Norteri! Paclflo. , - (Special Dispatch ts The Joaraal -Tacoma, Wash., Not. II. The Ta coma chamber of commerce is going Into the courts to compel the Northern Paclflo railroad to recognise this city aa Its Paclflo coast terminus. A suit with this contention as Its basis will be filed by the chamber within one week. Tacoma la designated In the government land grants to the road. Preaident Jonea of the chamber claims, as Its western terminus, and Jt Is to secure its rights aa auch that" the ac tion wilt be brought A direct train serdce Instead of tha present stub sys tem between here and Auburn will be secured if the city is reoognlsed aa the terminal : ..Attorneys here claim that tha road has no right. to plaoe the olty des ignated aa lta terminal on .ft stub line. "Our action In . this matter," said Preaident Jones this morning,, "is baaed twr-wplnles-of -some- tbo-feeet teryerev We have not taken this step because of any prejudice or 111 will on the part of Tacoma against the Northern Pacific, but conditions have arisen whereby the Northern Paclflo has been obliged to eater to the business Interests of other cities, and, having dona so. It le diffi cult for It voluntarily to change Its plans." . An almost parallel ease was brought up at Council Blnffs against the Union Paolfle to compel that road to run through trains to Counoil Bluffs In stead of a atub service from Omaha. Tha suit waa decided In favor of Coun cil Bluffs. - Attorneys here eonversant with tha litigation say that Tacoma has ft stronger ease than did the Iowa city. . The business men of Tacoma heartily Indorse the stand of the cham ber. ' '. . . ..... ", .. . CATHOLIC CHURCH AND PARSONAGE FOR JOSEPH (RmcUI Dteeatch te The JearsaL) Joseph. Or.. Nov. 22. A Roman Cftth- ollo church la to be erected at Joseph In the spring. Bishop O'Reilly of Baker City was here thla week and made the announcement There . will also be priests' .house,' with ft reeldent priest having charge ef Wallowa county. Up to this time tha Cathollo intereats have been under the charge of the La Grande priest . ., . ...... , MANY CATTLE BOUGHT BY MONTANA COMPANY (Special Dlepstck W The tarsal.) ; . Lewlaton, Ida., Nor. II. Twelve hun dred cattle were bought, hare yesterday oy u. uftviason, representing the Em pire Stock company ef Mtontana, en of Senator Clark's companies. Top prices were paid. The cattle. I which were bought from W. A. Clemens of Anatone and Bol Cad well of jCul da Saa, will be driven overland to Fomeroy and a hipped direct to Montana, LORD CURZON GIVEN - ; THIRD OF ESTATE (Jearaal gseelsl Berries.) , Chicago,. Nov. 22. Lord Curson of Kettlestone will receive one third of the estste of his wife and their children will receive the remainder. Hla wife father arranged marriage settlement providing these terms. Curson will go to Washington ee soon aa the settle ment Is completed. . - - WRIT OF OUSTER FOR DELMAR JOCKEY CLUB (Joaraal Special Berries.) Jefferson City, Mo., Nov. It. The supreme court today tasued ft writ of ouster against the Delmar Jockey club of St Loula, sustaining the lower courts and revoking the charter, which le al leged to have been broken by permitting gambling. Timber aad Ties fcoet. - " (Special Dkpates ta The JearsaL) ' Wallowa, Or, Nov. 12. Considerable damage has been done by the late nine In thla county. The Grand Ronde liver has been on a rampage. Much timber and railroad ties which were to be used for the extension of the O. R. A N. line Into Wallowa county have been lost' A" number of the farmers have loat stock. oca to Keliys autte. Krion Bowman, the husky young men dicant who cauterised his arm to enlist the sympathy of pedestrians, was sen tenced today to 10 days on the rock- rue. Judge Cameron. In passing sen tsnce, stated that It was hie opinion that oonetant exercise of swinging a 10-pound hammer at Kelly's Butte would have a tendency to cause the sore to beaL j . . Destroyed by Tire. The home of Mre. Ella Bllson. Kit Second street was completely destroyed by fire at 11 o'clock this iriomlng. The fire le said to have reaulted from a de fective flue. Firemen were of little eer vies because of a scarcity of hydrants In that section of Fulton park. . With iha.aid.of .neighbors, however., portions of her furniture and other belongings were saved. Civil Service xamlnatlms. ' ' The following civil service examina tions have been announced to be held in Portland: Veterinary Inspector, De cember 12, salary $1,200; wheelwright December It, salary $720; computer, United States naval observatory, De cember 12 and It, salary $100 to $1,000. For complete Information concerning the examinations, applicants should see Z. A. Leigh at the postofflce. '. Wltnsse Xs Held. , To prevent any miscarriage of Jus tice In the esse of Chick Houghton, the ex-convict recently arrested on a charge ef highway robbery, F. D. Leyd, the complaining witness, was taken Into custody today upon order of Poiloe Judge Cameron and compelled to fur nish a $260 bond to guarantee hie ap pearance at the preliminary hearing. ' Bad sTews fot Blopsre. ' . (Journal Siieclal Service.) . Denver, Colo., Nov. 22. R. A. Madison of Oakland California,, and bride, for-J meriy alias ton a j era nan, wnue re turning from Sterling, Illinois, where they were secretly married, wars Inter cepted here by ft telesrram announcing the desth of tha bride' s mothr.. rhysloal Oalture Class to Meet- Ths Junior Boys'' Physical Culture class will meet la Seller hall, Albina, thla evening,, JOT INDICTED OY MM JURY Scott and Pittock Escape Prose-. cutlon on Charge of Crim v inal Libel. - ' - JURY SAYS' M'CINN - ? SHOULD BE PUNISHED Recommends That He Be Made to ' Anawer for Contempt of Court for Intruding on Session of the Grand Jury, ;. ;.; :;.',', :; ,. Harvey W. Scott and H. I Plttoek, proprietors of the Oregontan, have es caped indictment for criminal libel fop their libelous cartoon of W M.. Ladd at the hands of the grand Jury, which adjourned late this afternoon. A true bill charging a 8. Murray with murder lo the first degree for shooting Lr C. Whltney-we found Bjrthrrsnd Jury. . , ." . As to the charge of libel made against Dcoct and mttock . by Mr. Ladd the Jurore admitted that ' tha libel would justify the return of ft true bill If It were presented Independently of news papers. The report further states that the public has so long withstood what la called the abuses ef the press that tha matter of the Oregonlan's libel of Mr. Ladd may safely be left to publlo opinion. - !.' That Henry B. McGinn be punished for contempt ef court is recommended by the Jury. It Is related that on No vember 12. while the Jury was engaged In the examination of witness, ft laud rapping waa heard ftt the door, sod when the door was opened McGinn rushed Into the room, rebuked the dis trict attorney, used loud and boisterous language, ruahad around the room smacking hie hande together, thumped on the table and seriously Interfered with the deliberations of the grand Jury. The Jury reported that they deemed McGlnn'e actions not only -deserving of oensure, but of punishment and earnest ly recommended that oontempt pro ceedings be instituted against MoOlna by the proper officials. - A detailed report of the Investiga tions of county institutions concludes the report of the Jury. The poor farm, county hospital. Boys' and Girls' Aid society. Home of the Good Shepherd, rock crushing plant and aub-jall at Kelly Butte, babies' home, county Jail and city Jail were visited, end the re port praises conditions aa they exist at each of theae institutions. , Colorado Delegates Become In- . , ., dlgnant OvervRailroad V .Outragee. ; . Kansas City. Nov. It. At the Trans- II IPHtlSliil ARII I Pit ii nniri in iiiiii a s SB nHIUlllilHIiUIULLLU AT CONGRESS Mlsslsslppl congress today Colorado . I delegates this morning caused the dis cussion of river Improvements to bet road magnates and demanded that con gress - Interfere ..with . the recent deel- . elons of the Interstate commerce com mission. -'- - -' George J.K1nkl of - Colorado, --ar -reigned B. H. Harrlman and offered a resolution to the convention demanding that Commiasloner Judson Clements re sign. He said that he thought Clem- - ente ought to be returned to the posi tion of Justice of the peace In Georgia. . whence he came. . KInkel'a anger Is the result of Clements' ruling that a ship per could not recover an overcharge from the railroad; after It proved the rata excessive. - r- v.. . Ha said tnt the railroads have every thing their own way when Harrlman oomes aaklng for more. He read ft list of rates Increased from New York to -Denver and the Pactflo coast in the last two years and said that hs asked the . roade how they reached the rata basis, and they told him, by "reason and In stinct" "Yea,' he ' continued, "by reasons known to Harrlman alone. If God In tends to build up the west, ha should remove Harrlman end Clements.'' ' MURDERER ANDERSON GETS LIFE SENTENCE In Imposing the Extreme , Pen alty Judge McCredle Severely '. Criticises Jury in Case. Vancouver. Wash., Nov. fL Thomas Anderson was ysstarday sentenced by Superior Judge McCredle to a life terra In the state penitentiary for the murder of Corporal Anthony Brleter In the rear of "a Main street saloon In this city -oaths evening of October 0. Anderson was found guilty, of murder In the sec ond degree by a Jury in the., superior court ,-.."' " v ' . ,. "Atfaerson and hie victim were mem bers of M company. Fourteenth In fantry. They were old friends and on the fatal day, after several hours spent In the saloon, ' became engaged In a quarrel, which led Anderson to shoot Brleter, death resulting withla a few minutes. - ; , Judge McCredle, before sentencing. Anderson, said that the prisoner should have been found guilty of murder In the first degree and that It was his duty to give Anderson the full eentence al lowed by the statute for the crime of , which he was found guilty by the Jury, that of murder In the second dsgree; that If It bad not been for the misplaced sympathy of the Jurors he would have been .found guilty of murder la the first degree. The Judge went on to stats that the -sentiment of the townspeople and the soldiery was that Anderson was guilty of eold-blooded murder; that after a re view of tha evidence produced at the trial the court could come to but one conclusion, that being that Anderson. fth deliberation, purchased a pistol and with It shot and killed Brleter. JTrlsoe Walla Tumbled. Ssn Frano'scO' Nov. 22. During the high wind this morning a number ef walls were blown down. One man was killed and feeir Injured. 'The dead maa to Jesue Reea ' - --w..., .- . A V