The Oregon daily journal., November 29, 1906, Image 1

JEFFERSON MYERS TELLS READERS OF THE SUNDAY JOURNAL
GOOD EVENING
, THE WEATHER.
Fair tonight and Friday;
VOL. V. NO. 230.
SMUIEL
Private Car of Railroad President Containing
arty of New York "and Baltimore Capi-
; talists Made Into Kindling- WoodFire
Adds Horror to SceneBodies Are Inciner
ated Before Rescue Is Possible .
(Bpeetal Dltp.tc t The Jnaraa.)
i.Washlugton...l. C. Nor. war
end collision on the Boutbern railway
. early this morning mad klndllnir wood
of. the private ear of President (Samuel
Spencer., killing .Spencer and a number
of his attests. Including- Phillip- Schuy
ler, a director of the Baltimore; & Ohio,
.Watt v Davis, manager of telegraph of
the road, Charles D. Fisher of the firm
V of Gill Fisher, Baltimore, and another
. Baltimore capitalist by the name of
.' Redmond. ' Before the bodies could be
' rescued fire broke out and the remains
of Spencer end others were burned to
ashes. - -, -
The entire number of known dead so
far reported is nine, the number of
- seriously injured IS. Among the In
lured are F. A. Merrill of New York,
. Spencer's secretary, Samuel Box, a
cook of the private car, and two colored
porters. Four negroes on the car Im
mediately in front of the private car
..escaped uninjured, ' .
The catastrophe occurred at Lawyer'
,vjVle,--wr Chatham, Va.. at about T
. o'clock this morning. Passenger No.
: , SI, with the president's car oil the rear
end. Jert Washington late iaet night.
' On account of the heavy holiday traf
fic It stopped at lawyer's Vale at f:I0
to repair a coupling. Some .one blan
eered and Passenger No. . 37, following.
' was given, a clear block and dashed at
full speed Into the rear of No. St.
ii The two mwiiiit ears of Ma, a 1 were
i badly wrecked and coals from the en-
; glne of No. IT soon Ignited them. The
wealthy victims were not all killed In
stantly, for their cries for help could
be beard coming from under the tlm-'
r foere which pinioned them to the earth.
A desperate effort was made to check
' the flames and save the Imprisoned, but
5 the effort was unsuccessaful, and both
ears were entirely consumed. . When
. finally taken out the charred remains
' of Spencer were unidentifiable exoept
by a ring which still remained upon a
blackened finger bone.
Work and relief trains were rushed
to the scene as quickly as possible,
. from Lynchburg and other nearby clt
' lee. Nevertheless, It fs believed that
some of the injured will die. .'.
-Samuel Spencer, president, of the
Southern, la known sa one of the great
railroad magnates of the south. He
was born at Columbus, Georgia, St years
ago. He graduated as a civil engineer
from the University of Virginia In 1S.
-entered the railway service as rodman,
rising gradually through the positions
CHURCH
Infuriated Bovine Strikes Terror in Hearts
of Slabtown Residents and Is Pursued
"".V ;: by Mounted Police !
A patient and - sedate bossy cow,
grown weary of tho tedium of stock
yard society, wandered forth at noon
today to snip her. Thanksgiving din-
environs of Slabtown. She wandered to
a vacant lot at Twenty-flrat and Qulm
by streets and . began with the salad
ready served by nature. A passing boy
said "boo" and the visitor raised her
head In question and reHponded with
a polite and well modulated "moo."
The father of the small boy telephoned
'for the police, alleging trenpnss.
' Mounted Policemen Parker, ubn a
snow-white charger, responded to tho
plea' and with him came a man whose
name Is unknown, but whose corded
pants proclaimed him of the woolly
west. He also carried a rope- with
which he toyed aimlessly.'
Do You-?ehisHthefFer'
, x ncs and Bridges over
IV "tt O W 7 the Willamette River is
I a told in THE, SUN
DAY JOURNAL, with pictures ol
The Men on the Bridges
.
easterly
... . : .,, ., , . v v . .. ,,
of leveler,' transit man. resident engi
neer -and assistant engineer, clerk, su
perintendent, and on to higher executive
positions. He was president of the
Baltimore Oho and later of the El
gin, Jollet Eastern before becoming
head executive of the Southern.
: Spencer was one of the ' best known
i all road men In the country. For years
Intimately assceluted with J. Plerpont
Morgan, he ws. of great assistance to
the financier In acquiring railroad lines
and merging them. The consolidation
of the Piedmont Airline and other roads
comprising the Southern Railway was
due principally to his efforts. ,
When President Roosevelt announced
his campaign for tcilroad regulation.
Spencer was selected by the railroad In
terests of- the country to head the lobby
maintained at .the capital to represent
the trsf flo lines n prevent the pas
sage of aerate bill. - t , '
AUSTRIAN COURTS STRIKE
BLOW AT BIG COMBINES
- (Jearaal Special Senrlce.t
- Vienna, Nov. tt. The AustfTan com
merclal court struck' a blow ' at trusts
when tt refused to permit registration
of an association of Austrian and Hun
gnrlan rubber manufacturers. , It la held
that while the purpose of th proposed
organization related "Immediately to the
Interests of individual membors. U was
Intended solely for the purpvre cf main
taining prices against the Iiitcreuts of
the public,
The court took the ground that It ex
later not merely to interpret statutes,
but to try essential principles tnvolved.
The superior court npheld that decision,
which Is expected to have far-reaching
effects. -
HOW LAND GRABBERS
WORKED IN NEBRASKA
'- - ' Voorasl Special Service. V
Omaha. Nov. . W. R. McElroy, a
carpenter, teetiryrng in the land fraud
cases, aald that he built It claim shack
for Defendant Comstock. He took one
claim himself, which he would not have
done If a corporation had not. paid tho
expenses. He declared the land was
worthless for farming, yet homestead
ers were secured readily for a price.
BY
The peace of the bovine diner .was
disturbed and. she commenced a retreat
voicing her protest In rumblings and
low chest notes. The gentleman of the
popepracTicea-whllirMrr.Parkei'. guar
dian of the public sarety, galloped ahead
warning the people, like Paul Revere,' of
danger behind.
The cow. tired of the entertainment,
took refuge under the sheltering porch
of St. Patrick's church while the pursu
ing mob hovered in the distance and
added thotr advice to the "shoos" of the
mounted pursuers. Rested at last, the
victim took up her easy course back to
the stackyards, while the man with the
rope tried In vain to make a successful
throw. When the gates were reached
he was trying still, while the penple of
Slabtown went back to their Interrupted
dinners.-
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PORTLAND. OREGON.' THURSDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER
C0H1I1ED f,lA
WRITES: PRAYER
Hi COUIJTY JAIL
George L. Blodgett Smiles In
Shadow of Noose and Enjoys
His Last .Thanksgiving Gives
. His Reasons for Being Thank
ful Oeorge L. Blodgett, under sentence of
death for slaying Alice Mlnthorn, smiles
In the shadow of the noose and seems
to be enjoying Ms last Thanksgiving.
He declares himself at peace with both
this world and the next and expresses
his gratitude In the following prayer,
which he wrote -out yesterday in his
cell in the county Jail:
"Glory be to the Father and to the
8on and to the Holy Ghost. As It was
In the beginning, is now and ever shall
be; world without end. We praise thee.
O God. We acknowledge thee to be the
Lord. All the earth doth worship thee,
the Father everlasting. . Heaven .and
earth are full of the majesty of thy
glory, O God. Groat is thy loving kind
ness. . ..
"Accept my offering and thanks and
praise for our creation and preserva
tion; for my sleep last night and my
safety thla morning; for the comforts of
this world; for the hope of this world.
and the hope of the world to come; for
my station and occupation. In life; for
my dear wife and father, sisters and
brothers, children, relatives and friends;
the Christian ladles who have such an
Interest In my benent; ail the reporters
of the worthy press, officers and law
yers of the city of Portland: to , the
worthy sheriff. Jailer and deputies.
"I forgive all who have wronged me
and ask all whom I have, wronged to
forgive me. . I hope to do. good In the
future, to do loving kindness unto all
men and women. Through Jesus Christ
my Lord. ... AmT " ... -., . . , '.
RICHMOND CATHEDRAL '
DEDICATED BY CARDINAL
Ueanial 8peil St-Tlc.
Richmond, Vs.. Nov. J. The magnif
icent new Roman. Cathollo Cathedral
here, representing a coat of mora than
half a million dollars and several years'
work of artisans, skilled craftsmen and
laborers; was dedicated today by Mon
stgnor Dlomede Falconlo, papal delegate
to America, assisted by - Cardinal Olt
bona..and scores of other high dignitar
ies of the church. The music formed a
notable feature of the program. . It was
under the direction of I. Lewis Browne
of Atlsnta. -
The new cathedral Is one of the larg
est snd most magnificent churches any.
where In the south. . It was built par
tially with an endowment by Thomas
F. Rysn, under the agreement that he
and hia wife would be burled In the
crypt of the church at their death.
STame Ve longer Kudd.
Uovrntl apensl amice.
Baltimore. Aid.. Nov. 19. Miss Mary
Rleanor - Virginia Mudd. daughter of
Representative and Mrs. Sydney K.
Mudd, wss married today to Mr. Joseph
Carllsl Wllmer, a former .member of
the Maryland legislature and at present
I'nlted States appraiser for tho port of
Baltimore- The ceremony took place at
noon at La' Plata, the bom of the
bride's pareata, ...
THANKSGIVINQ IN OREGON
"Let ua be thankful for what we have got.
And let ua be thankful for what we have not."
Thanksgiving
, BY EDMUND "VANCE COOK.
.We thank Thee..- Yea. in the even tone L
Of those who are glad of the gooda they own.
We thank Thee. . Yea, that Thou haat preferred
And bleaaed ua more than the common herd.
We thank Thee, part with the heart'a intention, ,
But moat, let ua own, with the lip'a convention.
. "We thank Thee." Lord! what a selfish prayer.
Thanki! while a be ggar'e breast is bare?
Thanka that our own full feast ia apread
. While another creature ia lacking bread?
"Thanka" that" bur fuU-feff blood TUria warm.
While a starveling baby brcaats the storm?
- Why, what am I, that Thou.givest a feaat .-''
Which Thou hast not shared with Thy worst
and leaat?
I look at the world and X see the yield
For all from forest and mine and field.
And because I have seised a ahare, shall I .
r - Cry out Thanksgiving and only cry?
Yea, yes; l am even aa you of those .. .
Who can not, or will not, heal these woes,
- I am what I am, but I will not be -
At one with the smug-lipped Pharisee
... -Who praisea hie God for hie earthly gain,
' while Misery atarea tnrougn tne winaow-pane.
; - The Lyceumite.
: :
Colonel Roessler Says Government Will Help
Buy Oregon City Locks If State Shows
Willingness to Act
The United States" will purchase the
rocks' at" Oregon Ciiy taorequTckly, and
mm look jn-m the project with more
favnr'If'Oiegi ii either apprapria
pledges a porUon of the fturchass-price
to aid the government in me purcnase.
This la the stand taken In general by
the rivers and harbors committee of
congress, of wtrtrtr Mr. Burton Is chair
man, and also- of tha war department
If Oregon and the people of the Willam
ette valley wlah the locks taken out of
private hands and the tolls abolished the
beat way to accomplish ths tssk In my
opinion would be for the legislature to
pledge lte assistance to the federal gov
ernment." -'."
This ia -the text chosen by Major S.
W. Roessler, United States engineer In
charge of the thirteenth district, when
he discussed the. question of the Oregon
City locks yesterday afternoon..
Major Roessler is a friend of the dif
ferent projects within the boundaries of
Oregon. He Is the champion ef -all but
of none to the exclusion of the rest. He
thinks that the Jetty work at the
mouth of the Columbia la ef. the first
and most vital Importance at tbts time
owing to the apparent Inability to se
cure eufflclent money for all the proj
ects at the same time, but at the same
time he hopes to ses every project taken
care of In the near future and every
waterway 'open from Its sou roe to Its
mouth. He Is. therefore, besides being
the engineer In charge of -the work In
Oregon, the friend of the people who la
working for ths best condition of ths
-vr mmt harbors. Ha Is a man who
knows whereof he speaks.
"It Is v well-known fact," continued
Major Roessler, "that Chairman Bur-
ALL ABOUT THE DISMAL SWAHP OF
29,', 1906. SIXTEEN PAGES.
ton of the rivers and harbors eommlt-
haa-tskelhe "pde!UoiT'thatlhose
communities that show an Interest in
the projects tot ; which Joey aurtufcppro
prlatlons of the federal government and
that prove this Interest by appropria
tions or other aid to the government In
undertaking their task, are the people
who will receive prompt and favorable
attention at the hands of tha river and
harbor committee.. He has proven this
by .various acta In the past, and I think
that if the people of Oregon wlah to see
the Oregon City looks open for the free
use of commerce their best course Is
to see to It that the legislature either
pledgea cangress atate aid in the pur
chase or other acquisition of the locks
or .appropriates a sufficient sum out
right to be held In trust and used whsn
congress Is ready and able to take ac
tion upon the question. If that were
done I think eongrees would be much
more apt to look with favor upon the
project and to take more speedy action
npon It. It might not be at tha coming
session of congress, but It would be soon
and It would be hurried by suoh action
by the state."
. Amount sTeoeeeary.
"How much do you think would be
necessary for the state to pledge or
appropriate for this purpose," the major
wss aaked.
"Roughly , speaking," ' was the re
sponse, "the locks are perhaps worth
approximately 1(00,000 at thla time. In
other cases where congress has been
assisted by local aid In making Improve
ments, 4t has been the custom for the
state or district to provide one half
of the money expended. If this preee-
, (Cohtlausd. oa Page Two.4
Ycrtcrday
Was
PRICE TWO
FAILS IN
T
Ransacks a Grocery
Store and Tries Jo
Hide His Crime , by
Burning Building
Soaks Waste Paper With Oil but
for Some Reason Unknown to
Police, Blaze Did Not Start
Women Slept Over the Store
.: Room. 1 w.;
A firebug and burglar, unknown to
the police, made an unsuccessful at
tempt to burn the grocery store at t5
Washington street, on the corner of
Nineteenth, some time between the
hours of o'clock last night and 7 this
morning, by pouring oil carried in a
milk bucket over a pile of papers In the
of floe, - The store was thoroughly ran
sacked by the burglar, the contents of
the desks, old flies, the sata and the
caah re glater being turned topsy turvy
and scattered promiscuously over . the
floor. The thief scoured $8.60 from tha
search, finding f 6 left for change in the
register, and 13,60 In tha -safe.
. The store Is owned by Mrs. H. Bnyder,
who has been In . business there for
msny years. Mrs. Snyder and her
daughter live above-, tha store, the
building being a two-story frame struc
ture, iast night the store was closed
about I o'clock and no disturbance was
noted until this morning when the place
was opened for .business.
The burglar entered ths bulldlnr br a
I aidew!ndow kbout seven" feet from the
ground. It also being necesssry to climb
high board fence to get to the win
dow from the street. The store was
subjected to a most systematio search,
the ' mysterious' part of tha business
being that not only the safe and the
easb register were rifled, but all nooks
snd niches In the building which might
bide papers or accounts were thoroughly
gone through. Drawers In the book
keeper's desk which had not been In use
for year and which were filled with a
conglomeration of odds and'enda were
ransacked and the contents strewn over
tha floor. - Search was even mad under
the counters.
Tries to Sura Building.
After having completed the search the
Intruder crawled through the window
and taking a small bucket hung outside
the building for the milkman, filled It
with coal oil from a tank standing In
the back -yard and climbing back
through the window Into the store
poured tha oil over the -waste paper
basket, which had been previously rilled
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At Request of Councilman Fred Steusloff City
Fathers Appoint Committee of Three to.
Probe Matter to Bottom x
(Special Dtepetes te Tke Joorsal.)
- Salem, Nov. J. At the city council
meeting last .plght -a i surprise' wss
sprung by Counollman Fred Steusloff
6f .the bridge committee, who Intro
duced a resolution for an Investigation
of charges msde and language uaed by
hla fellow committeeman. Councilman
Alonso Oesner. at the'raat meeting of
the city council. " .
- The alleged remarks were msde by
Oesner In addressing the council rels
tire to the Improvements which are
now being made on North Commercial
street and more spectftcslly to the con
crete bridge which la being built over
North Mill creek, by the General Con
structing company of Portland.
Aldermen Steusloff and Downing
claim that the remarks msde by their
fellow committeeman were defamatory
In character and placed their honesty
BON I WILLING TO GO
ON STAGE IF HE CAN
GET S2.000 IPER VEEI X
(8pela1 Dtepetch te Tee JimwmI.)
New- York, Nov. J, If Count Ronl
Castellans can get tt,e a' week he la
Willing to go on the tev It Is be
lieved that Bit offer of his srrvlrrs hus
been made to Iw Fields. The offer
eame throush 11. H. 1 rtnel!l, a vsnde
vllle aint wti h" t res n tMs e r,
London r 1 1 , . i
UJoiirnzil Circuhticn
CENTS.
ow Taawe awo ktws
aranse, rivx emu
Dinan and Curly Boss
Accused of Extortion
in Brothel Cases by
Grand Jury
Prize Fight Promoter Coffroth
Indicted for Perjury - Evl
. dence Furnished by t, Dick
Creighton Who Is Accused ol
Receiving Hush Money.- -3
IS IKIED
WITH IMF
(Journal .Ipeetal errlee.) -San
Francisco, Nov. 19. Indictment '
s gainst Abe Ruef and Chief of Polio
Dinan for extortion in the brothel cases.
James W. Coffroth for perjury and Abet
Ruef for extortion In the Belvedere ease, .
are said to have been voted by the grand
Jury yesterday, but were not returned,
as other important business came up
before the body and prevented it front
visiting Judge Uurasky'e court.
Judge Huraaky was aotlflsd by the dis
trict attorney at 4 o'clock yesterday
afternoon that the grand jury would ap
pear before blra to maka a report, and -he-remained
In hla-ehardbers until :
o'clock, but the grand Jury did not ap
pear. A" telephone message explained
that the Inquisitors" were unexpectedly ;
detained by - other business. - It la
pected that It will ( return Indictments
tomorrow. - '. ( ;i . .
Crelfhtoa's Bvideaoe. .
The basic evidence of the Indictment
against Ruef and Dinan are said to have
poolroom gambler, who was a partner la
a notorious resort at 712 Paclflo street,
which the police closed when It became a
competitor of favored municipal sriba
of Jackson street.-- A. Andrieu. who was
also Interested In tha resort. Is said to
be the man who .has furnished evidence .
against Chief of Police Dinan la eon- -
nectlon with an up-town resort which he
operated, and for the protection of which
he testified that he paid "Kid Sullivan,
Dlnan's alleged financial agent la the
tenderloin. ,
Cof froth's Indictment for perjury is
said to be based on evidence In posses
slon of the grand Jury that he dellbee
ately refrained from giving certain ia
formation he Is known to possess
against Ruef. . ... . . . ,
The Indictment of the curler boaa In
the Belvedere case was secured by vt- t
denoe furnished br Eddie Oraney aad
othera, eatabllshlng the extortion of IS
per cent of the stock In the diva and
the payment of dividends on the stock
amounting to 13,000.
Strong evidence against Dlnaa was)
(Continued on Page Two.)
CHARGED AT SALEM
and Integrity In question. Tha com
mtttee.of Investigation will be com-
- - - Al . , . .
f"" et juutiuieii jjayus, rraaief an4
Wallace. .
Substaaoe of BesonUoa. .
Among other things, tha vesolutloa
sys:
Wear tke' Con. '
k "Whereas. Alderman Gesner expressly
siaiea inai ne couii name every man
In tha honorable common council wha
wore tha Warren Construction com
pany collar." and that there were men
In this council who were the agents ef
the General Contracting company,' and
that, by way of supporting these dam
aging statements, he well knew ef
graft, corruption and bribery existing
In all these various relationships, and
that Mr. Oesner strongly Intimated that
(Continued on Page Two.)
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