THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL,- PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING; DECEMBER 7, ; 1803.
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yy Boy Murderer Sits Listlessly Throughout
1 v.; Trial -.Sensational Features Cropping
: OutCharge of Fraud Against Prosecutor
.' ' (Special Dtaparc. t Th Journal.!
. Tacoraa, Dec 7.It may rsquir sev
rel days to ikun a Jury la the Chester
Thompson trial But Uttl progress
bad. been made op to noon today.. Each
candidate Is subjected to a very long
and elaborate questioning by both pros
ecution and defense. ..making selection
very difficult, with the - proceedings
varied by considerable wrangling be
tween attorneys. ' " -
'.Thompson pays no attention to any
thing... and throughout this morning's
session, sat listlessly. The courtroom
was more crowded today than at . yes
terday morning's session.
Insanity Defease Indicated. --
While no direct statement k--.
made by the defense the following
question put to veniremen by Attorney
Morris Indicates that insanity will "be
the -plea: "if by the evidence and un-
" naiructlon of the court It Is proved
that at the time of firing the fatal shots
Chester Thompson was under mental
derangement and could not distinguish
right from wronj or that be lacked suf
ficient power of the will, while able to
distinguish right from wrong, to do the
right and avoid the wrong, would you
In such circumstances convict him of
vt,iH.. i- .u. . . .
that th. m.V;- .1 "own,Talmoat to languor. He dresses In black.
that the penalty la dnlhr
The sute's attorneys- vigorously ob
Jeeted to this question, but Thompson's
attorney usually manages to get It In
by putting It In different language.
Under Instructions of the court Jurors
are permitted to say whether or not
they would give to the defense of I.
aanlty the same consideration and Im
portance that they would to other vl
dene Introduced.
' Defease Attacks Attorney Tanoe.
Sensational features are already crop
ping out la the , rase. A charge of
fraud amounting almost to that of
bribery has been made againat Prose
cuting Attorney Mackintosh of King
County. The' chars -was mad iindM
oath In sworn affidavits submittal v
. Attarimva Ja.iu w ..... t , . , , . .
,. i I" - w ' -a. I .IIU n 111 1 1.
i nompsonrratner of the prisoner, on
motion to force the exclusion from the
case of Attorney Thomas M.- Vance,
former assltaat attorney-general of the
state, who will appear as one of the
associate counsel for the prosecution.
Attorney Thompson made an affidavit
,to the effect that to his belief Vance
bad been offered large sums of money
to appear and secure a conviction re
gsrdlesa of the Innocence or guilt of
his son. During the argument In favor
of the motion to exclude Vance Attorney
Morris charged that the prosecution Is
'eking t vengeance, and - not i Justice.
.Prosecuting Attorney- Mackintosh as
.well as Attorney Vance submitted affl--'dBVitso
the effect that, the latter had
not been promised any money to appear
In th cas and that he-expected no
reward whatsoever for his assistance.
Judge 8nel finally ended the long
and bitter wrangle by ruling that the
prosecuting attorney had the right to
engage private counsel If he so pleased.
The eminent array of counsel Indicate
RAGE RIOT RAGES
AT GREENVILLE
MagBBBBBBHJBag
Five Men Shot to Death in
Clash Between Negroes .
and Whites.
Oeanisl Special Serrtott
Oreenville, Miss., Doe. 7. A race rloi
ts . raging hr. , Plv men hav been
killed and th town r under martial law.
' Th trouble was started; by an attack'
upon white by negroes In revenge for a
" recant lynching. A band of black fired
upon several unarmed Whites. Their
friends Immediately came to their as
lata nee and fu si lades were exchanged,
resulting In five being killed and a num
ber of other being wounded.
A aya'tematla hunt f or negroes - te
blame for th disturbance by armed
white was stopped by the ordering out
f troop by th governor In response
to an appeal -ey th mayor. Several
houses hav been fired and bloodshed
t feared tonight. .
FULL RIGGED SHIP IN ;
FEDERAL COURT ROOM
' In Order to explain th different be
tween th fo'castl deck, main deck.
mlssenmast. mainmast, main bulkhead,
' collision bulkhead, .haws pip, under
pinning, and maky other toohnlcal ma
rine namea, th attorneys In tha eaa
of Balfour, Guthrie gt Co. against th
British ship Nlnfs. a suit for libel In
the United State district court, brought
a minstur full-rigged ship Into th
court room today that Judg Wolverton
might not be at sea In regard to the
rautioai tarma introduced Into a ault In
admiralty.
Tha ship la enclosed In a glass ease
and Is said to be on of the most per
fect reproductions of a Bailing vessel
vr seen In Portland. Alt of the out
rigging and abov deck trimmings are
brought out In dttall, whll below deck
th hold I divided ss In a larg sea
going vessel. .
GAME PRESERVE FOR
, LAST HERD OF ELK
S fwaaaisgtea aafeaa r nt JearaaL)
e Washington, Deo. 7. Th
4 'house today pa sod a bill ereat
d ' Ing a gam preserve of 760.000
d acre within th Olympic force t
4 reserve for the - protection of
the laat big herd of elk In th
d Pacific coaat state.
Mondall of Wyoming protested
and voted against this bill, con-
tending that It abrogated . th
right of a stat to maka tt own
4 pollc regulatlona
that the struggle for the prisoner's,
ife will be one of the hardest fought
ever witnessed In the state.
,' Thompson's sweetheart to Testify.
. The ' examination ' of witnesses will
begin Monday. There are 100 of these.
of which 21 will appear, for , the "de-"N
fense.. . : t .
' The sis'r witness of the .prosecution
will be Miss Charlotte Whittlesey, the
girl for the love vof whom Chester
Thompson shot Judge Emory. 8 he has
already -left .New York city, where aha
Is attending school, and will arrive here
next. Monday. She will probably go on
the witness stand Tuesday. It Is inti
mated that she will testify that she
never loved Thompson, and . that she I
aged his attention - The witnesses for
the defense have not yet been subpoenaed-
and will not be until the" last
aioment. Some of them are from In
diana, where the Thompson family
lived, and they . will be placed on the
stand to show that heredity Is to some
extent responsible for the - crime of
Chester Thompson. ... .
lew Thompson Acts ia Court.
' Young Thompson is In looks a mere
boy, brown-haired, pink-cheeked, blue? L
I eved ana witn
eyed and. with a dreomy look amounting
with a low collar and Windsor tie. He
Is rather undersized, but notwithstand
ing haa the name of being an athlete,
having -for years - trained himself by
bard field exercises. The young man
la an exponent, of the cold bath, and
every morning is permitted one at the
county Jail. He haa numerous fada.
One of these Is the eating of cereal
foods, and any billboard luridly de
scribing the muscle-producing qualities
of some new brand of, cereal breakfast
food is sure So. catch his eye and find
an ardent patron in him. He has won
some little distinction among his friend
In Seattle as an amateur photographer,
and Is also known as a boy who haa a
very wide knowledge of history.
.
1 -1M SOU!
focatlon yesterday afternoon and this
morning, th crowd being largely com
posed of women. Young Thompson sits
for th most part . without paying, ap
parently, ahy attention to the proceed
ings, with his father on one side and
his brother. Maurice Thompson, on the
other. Once or twice since the trial haa
begun his brother, who appear - to be
In a highly wrought nervoua state,
ha been moved to tear when Attorney
Morris, speaking for th defense, ha
mad some feeling reference to the
prisoner. But nothing ha broken the
prisoner's sllenc, and for balf an hour
at a time he will gaa without speaking
st the table in front of him. .. This, tballoft b
defena will later -undertake to show,
1 on of hi striking peculiarities.. It
wHl be told that for day at a time he
has Idled about hi bom without (peak
ing to or noticing any on. HI face,
nevertheless. Is not that of a morose
person, but has pleasing lines, with an
open countenance, which at time leema
ready to expand Into a am lie.
POLICE BAN. ON
DICE SHAKING
Chief Critzmacher Directs His
" ' Captains to Enforce the "
Ordinance.
' On account of th many lnqulrle re
ceived by the police a to whether dice
shaking would be permitted . herVafter,
Chief Grltimacher laaued th following
order, which will b read by all captain
on duty today: .
"Numerous Inquiries have been ma do
to this offlc lnc the ntrkel-ln-the-elot
machlnea were ordered out a to wheth
er or not th shaking of dice for cigar
would be permitted In cigar store or
saloon. Instruct all the officer of
your relief that dice-shaking for any
thing of value Is one of the element of
gambling strictly prohibited ' by ordi
nance No. 4. $7$ of the city law. Notify
all dealer In cigar and saloon-keepers
to this effect snd beginning Monday.
Decern bar 1, 190$, strictly anforce thii
law." , s .
PACIFIC WILL OFFER:
. PEDAGOGY COURSE
- (Spedal IMapateh to'Tb Journal.!
Forest Orove, Or, Dec. 7. Th fao
ulty of Paclflo university ha- decided
to offer a course In pedagogy, .begin
ning with the winter term, after the
holidays, and running through ' the
year. - It I dealgned for uch atudent
- wish to prepar themselves for
teaching, and will b open to all stu
dent of th college and those of th
fourth year of Tualatin academy. Pro
fessor Coon of th academy will hav
charg of th work.
POTATOES ALL RIGHT
UNDERNEATH THE SNOW
(Special Dbpateb t Th Journal.)
.Athena. Or., Deo. 7. 8now fell on th
mountain and foothill districts earlier
than anticipated this season, and th re
sult r that only about half th potato
crop waa harvested. Th other halt re
mains In th flld under several Inoh
of now. However, this ha occurred be
fore and th potato hav been dug In
th spring, coming to market In good
condition, wben th prlc 1 generally
higher than at any other season of th
yar. . , '.
HILL MILITARY ACADEMY "
I STUDENT RUNS AWAY
Dr.' Hilt head of Hill' Military acad
emy, ha reported to th polio that
Curtis Moody, 17 years of ago, ran away
from that Institution last night. Th
youth haa an Impediment In - hi
speech, and this fact is mentioned In
the description furnished the pollca
Dr. Hill states that th boy may b
found ' around North Rlxth street and
bllvs ' h ts planning to laavs th
ally, .- ...--.:.-...,....:., . - .
: HI ?teA - V''.lQ
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?v- : r.v" v. k j j Sit - yfo :
Mrs. Max Josephs and Her Child.
Below Is a Photo of Her Husband.
' Hrt Kswt Berrlee.)
New York, Dec. 6. To have a. hus
band, yet be unable either to ftgd him
or to divorce him, la th unhappy plight
of Mrs. Max Josephs, whose spouse, a
Brooklyn lawyer, dinappeared four year
ago. and who haa been sought by the
police Of many countrtee. Recently th
New Jersey courts have again refuaed
he woman xer plea rur separa
Th real cause of the present separa
tion of husband and wife la Just a
mysterious a when Josephs deserted a
lucrative practice to sink from the
knowledge of men nearly Ave year ago.
Nor did hi return last year bring any
explanation. - -
The husband made no defense to the
suit, but lira. Joseph ha not lived
two full year in New Jersey as the
law requires, and therefor her suit did
not com fairly within th law of that
tat.
Well Xnowa a Xwyer.
When Mai Joseph. -who -w a well-
known member of th New. York bar.
Brooklyn, four years
aao. be wrote a letter to hi wife ay
Ing tbat he had been called to Mount
Vernon to look up a Mrs. Testa, whose
husband had ben killed on th Harlem
ran road. The -next day Mr a. Josephs
received another letter from, her 'hu
band saying that he bad arrived In
Mount Vernon TW waa th last com-.
GRAND JURY PROBING ACTS
OF FRISCO SUPERVISORS
Part'Takert by Ruef in Sunday
Night Caucuses and the
Belvedere Case Taken Up.
tJonraal B rectal Service.)
. San Francisco. Deo. 1. The examina
tion of members of the grand jury on
the motion to quash the Indictment
agaTpst Supervisor Nichols, accused
of accepting a bribe. - was completed
this morning and the ease of Peter
Duffy, accused of bribery In connection
with the Nicholas case, wss called. and
proceeded on the same motion. The de
fense accepted th examination of th
Jurors In the Nicholas case a applying
equally to the caa of Duffy. 'The
court fixed . Monday a th day for
pleading.
Tha grand Jury reconvened thla after
noon. The part tbat Abe Ruef took In
tha Sunday night caucuae Of the board
of aupervlaora, and th Belvedere, mu
nicipal brothel and printing deal case
were taken up. The supervisor hav
all been subpoenaed to spear before tt.
In the Belvedere case. If Eddie Oraney
till withholds certain facts, hi arrest
for contempt ia likely to follow.
GAMBLERS ARE FINED ' .. '
; BY JUDGE CAMERON
John Latfre, proprietor of th Turkish
cafe, SS - North Sixth street, and R
Pappaa and Tom Ferras, who were ar
rested with-him by Sergeant Baty and
Detective Burke laat -night, for gam
bling, wer found guilty by Judge Cam
eron today. The gam waa poker. ,Lat
fr was fined $15 and the other two
scaped with $ fines."'
- In th cas of 19 Chinee, arrested
by Detective Mallet' and Klenlln last
night In a reaort at 2S0 Oak street on
a charg of playing fantan, th attorney
for the Celestials asked for a continu
ance until December 11 for trial. A
peculiar feature of the raid I the fact
that Sergeant Baty and Detective Burke
located the game, which was running
but half a block from pollc headquar
ter, although th Chinatown aquad
were unable to find any.vldenc ot
gambling. . , ' ..
DISHONEST" BUTCHERS' '
MUST STAND TRIAL
Despite th fines Imposed on a num
ber of meat dealer aeveral month
ago, dishonest butchers are again In
jecting preservative Into their meat.
Yesterday evening a deputy In th of
flc of th stat dairy and food com-mlMloner-
reported that h had found
some embalmed beef on sale at the
Oellnaky-Holderwtah market at t4 Kaat
durnside street. A complaint waa filed
by Commissioner Bailey In .Justice
field's court and the defendants will
appear la odurt tomorrow. .
munlcatlon of any sort tbat h re
ceived from him.
' Once a report convinced Mr. Joseph
that her husband was dead, and she was
finally paid the amount of two Ufa in
surance policies. When she learned a
year ago that h atlll. lived in Auckland
h went to Trenton, to obtain rett 1ia-pToved-trr br-fotty-aa good as th
dene. She started the preaent suit a
few months ago.
Josephs on returning to Brooklyn a
year ago went ' to the home of hi
father, at No. Ill Bergen street. He
mad no effort to see his wife. Then
hi attorney, R. H. Elder, declared that
domestic trouble-had driven him from
home. This wag emphatlcallV dented
by Mrs. Josephs. 8I1I said Melr horn
11 f had always been happy, but that
her husband wsa Involved financially,
and this, ah believed, waa th real
cause of his departure. He had re
trieved his fortune during hi absence
and waa able to mt all hi obligations.
NEW CAGES NEEDED
FOR CITY PARK ZOO
"Those animal houses at th
V City park ar o rotten that they d
4 will fall down before long and
- tha lion will be running loose
around town." .
Ion Lewi told the other mem-
bera of th park board thla
morning of th absolut need of
4 spending some money at the 4
soo. 4,
Superintendent Montleth also
V Included In hi report averal4
4 - rwcommendatlon. among which
was on for new cage. Th
. present houses ar unsanitary
and - Incite many-- unfavorable - 4
commenta. 4,
Mr. Montleth estimate th
4 cost of running all the parks of 4,
4 th city and of making th neo- 4
4 Msary Improvements at $71,000. 4
The city park naturally get th 4
Jargest..hare.. but -ail are re-
4i membered If only by provision
xor caretaker. 4,
4 - . What Is wanted la concrete 4
4): animal houses, and these ar t04
4 b heated by th hot water ys- , 4
4 tern. - A there 1 a constant 4
4 demand for young trees a plot 4
4 of ground I to be aet aside aa a 4
4 nuraery. Owing to the danger 4
4 of fire In Macleay park a tele- 4
4. phon booth is wanted there, so 4
4 that the watchman can summon : 4
4 help. On all th park next year 4
4 tt men will be needed, Mr. Mon- 4
4 tieth reported. . . 4
4
TWO MEN INJURED - -
ON PUBLIC STREETS
W. H. Addlngton. whll running to
catch a car on Hurnsld street at 7:1a
o'clock last night, fell over an - open
trapdoor tn front of W. Wlldman'a store
and plunged headlong to the basement.
He was removed to th pollc station
and after having a scalp wound dressed
by Dr. Bponcer . was - able to go horn
unassisted. ; ,
John Haulthaus. whll -walking along
th upper dock at. th foot of Salmon
street at 12:20 a. m. stepped off Into
space and. fell a .distance of six feet.
Hla left leg wan broken by the fall and
h was- removed to 8t. Vincent' hos
pital In th patrol wagon. Over-Indulgence-
In stimulant Is assigned by th
pollc a theTeuM of the injured man'
failure to keep In the middle of the
road.
EXHUMATION OF VRZALL
: FAMILY IS ORDERED
(Journal 8ieclat- Brlee.
Chlrago. Dec. 7. The court thl morn
ing ordered the exhumation of th bodlea
of th four Vrxal children and their
mother who' committed aulclde, for ex
amination for evidence of murder. Th
body of Anna, aged 12, wl:o died Thanks
giving Cay, will be the first examined.
Th pollc are Informed that DIUakM,
th clairvoyant, ha traveled extensively
and- piled hi avocation at Ban Fran
oisoo Jr long lira. ' ; w '
Windy Hollow. District One That
Is Already Develop-
Ing Bonanzas.
6RET0RMAT10N SAME
: AS NEVADA DISTRICTS
Prospect Holes Look Good. Enough
', to Tempt Veteran Operatorf to Put
- Their Hard Money Into Them
Exact Location of New Region. '
(Journal Special SVrtlf V
Ashland. Or., Bee.- t. M. Marks, who
1 Interested In valuable mining claims
In th new Windy Hollow region, dis
covered by the Loftus brothers, and
who has mined In Australia, Alaska and
this stat. .declare that there - Is no
question about' the richness of the new
find. The' ore, formation and surfac
showing are Identical with the Gold
field district of Nevada. The ore,
which 1 a brown and gray porous
volcanic conglomerate, lie In dyke ZOO
feet and more in width, and contains
gold values "In free gold,- tellurlde. snd
gold sulphide from 120 to over 11.000
per ton. The formation ia a Uthoidal
porous rhyollte. . TUe altitude at the
Jumbo mine, the firat locution and the
present principal mine of the Loftu
brothers, la 6,800 feet above sea level.
The mine is situated about nine miles
due north f Plush, the nearest post
office, and four miles west of Christ
mas or Warner lake, adjacent to Tippy
Wells canyon.
The country Is known ss
the
Windy Hollow mining dlstrlot.
Some call it the Lost Cabin district
The entire country - surrounding the
Jumbo mine, five miles in width and
'even mile In length, la all staked off
-as lod mining ctatm. About S00 of
th location have the 10-foot discovery
shsft sunk on them In conformity with
state law. .
Jumbo Xln Worth a Million.
Th Loftu brother hav refused sev
eral offers of 1100,000 cash for the
Jumbo mine alone. Rub Johns, who
operated the Gold Bug and the Mt
Ruben gold mlnen Josephine county,
Oregon, after examining the Jumbo ten
dered a 120,000 check as part payment
while at the mine and $80,000 additional
to be paid soon on returning to Lake
view, the county aeat, but th offer waa
flatly refused. Last October J. W. Rog
ers and Torbert W. Sanford of th Ore
gon hotel, this city, spent two weeks
prospecting and examining the country
pro.pector of considerable experience,
says the Jumbo mine la easily worth
near the Jumbo, Mr.-Ronara. who I a
$1,000,000.
Bonght a Prospect for $39,000.
Mr. Marks paid $55,000 for th Snell-
itng claim, adjoining th Jumbo on tha
eaot, before any development work waa
j don. Since opening up the property
Jumbo. The dyke of ore, precisely the
same kind as that on th Jumbo, 1 over
$00 feet In width. Numerous samples
hav been taken across the 200 feet of
the dyke at different placea on the claim
and none of the aamplea gave returns
lsa than $20 to th ton-.
The first bouse-In th district was
erected by Mr. Mark. H now ha a
crew of men at work opening up th
dyke to the depth of 300 feet by tunnel
and will Install a to-ton gold quarts
mill at th mine in th early spring.
Nevada and Colorado mining men re
beginning to arrive at Lake view to took
over the. district, and from all. jndlca-
ft ions southern. Oregon will hav thl
coming year a genuine mining atam
pede based on solid foundations.
Th Lcftus brothers ar well known
tn Ashland, being old-tlm residents of
this city. William H. Hosier of Ash
land, a mining man of wide experience,
he having prospected and mined
throughout the west and Alaska, say
th Warner lake district I as good as
th Tonopah and Ooldfield districts.
and Dttr.
- The new district la situated about ISO
miles nearly due east of Aahland. In
township SS south, rang 14 ast, Wil
lamette meridian. ' , .
CHICAGO DOCTOR SHOT
BY WRONGED HUSBAND
(Jcrjrnal Special Serriea.)
Chicago,..Dce- 7. Dr.. .Benjamin
Harris, a prominent physician, waa shot
five times and fatally wounded thla
afternoon by A. C Campbell of Polar.
Wisconsin, in the office of Attorney
Hayea In the Stock Exchange- building.
Campbell denounced Hrrris a having
irulned-hln-fsmlTy.
Campbell, according to Hayes, Is su
ing his wlfa for a divorce, alleging
Intimacy with Harris ever since Harris
began attending her medically 10 years
ago. - Mrarltarri waa-to have appeared
t Hayes office thl afternoon to mak
affidavit concerning her huaband' al
leged Inttmaoy with Mrs. Campbell,
was arrested.
GIRL DISAPPEARS BUT
SOON RETURNS HOME
Relative of Edith Ertckson. a 17-year-old
telephone girl, reported to the
police thl ' morning that ah started
to. " wOraT St t 0,cloctr-7nstnlhTrT)ut
never reached th telephone office. De
tective Pin waa detailed to .make a
search for th missing girl. Late thl
afternoon It waa learned that ah had
returned homei-t She said that she had
been taken audiTenly til' Snd tin, spent
th night at th horn of a girl friend.
FIFTY MILLIONS FOR
RIVERS AND. HARBORS
4 (Jon real Special Service.) . 4
4 ' Waahlngton, Dec. 7. Th 4
4 Rivers and Harbor eongr -4
4 today adopted a resolution ask- 4
4 ing congress for $50,000,000 to 4
4 Improve waterways. 4
4 This afternoon the'delegstea
4 were received by th president
4 V D. R. Francl of Missouri, who
i
'Is also' s leading spirit In tha
w 1
Trana-Mlsalsslppl congress, waa
made chairman of a committee
ot 18 to present the resolutions
to the president and both house
Of congress.
Th Rivers and Itarbora con
gress today elected Joseph Ran- -dell
of Louisiana president. - y.
Bedrock rth Till aaaas...
Mlk Kelly, arrested several day ago
by Deputy Sheriff Leonard on a charg
of stealing g suit cas, wa found guilty
by Judg Cameron today and antancd
to Bin months en th rock pU
I
Teat Presents Resolutions to Congress Which
:Are:AdoptedDecIar
Needed to Regulate Railroads Bourne
Entertains Delegation at Luncheon
(Wtlhtnrtqs Bniwas at Th JaaraaL)
1 . Washington,- Deo, 7. Resoliy ton of
th rtver and harbors congress urging
the national congrea to appropriate not
lea than $50,000,000 annually for th
Improvement of river,, harbor and wa
terwaya, commencing with the present
session of congress, were presented by
Chairman Teal thla morning and unani
mously adopted. In presenting th reso
lution Teat said. In part:.
v Greatest of Issue.
Th shortage of equipment ' from
which th country now suffers causes
valuable products to rot or rust at tha
originating poJnt.J becauaa th shipper
cannot obtain cars. The losses run Into
hundreds of million of dollars annual
ly. W aak congrea to solv tnVprob
lom In a large part by liberal appropria
tion for the Improvement of river
and harbor, so that 48.000 mile of In
land water suaceptib) of navigation
may be utilised. In view of th Inabil
ity of transportation corporation to
handle the tonnage.- which haa Increased
47 par cant, while the mileage baa In-
" v """" "-"-
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posala eonstltot th mot Important
economic laau now before th nation.1
Th convention agreed , not to Incor
porat In th resolutions th enforce
ment of any specific enterprises, dealing
only with general principal
GEORGE H. GREGORY DIES
HEAR I.1DLAUA
Busy and Useful Life Closed Al
most at Four-Score
- . Years.
(Rneelat Ttiasatek ta Tba Joornal.l
f7r,Bona i'V .ZIZ7
Gregory 8r died st 4 oclock 7Mtsrdr
morning at th bom of hi son, George
H. Gregory, who lives near Molella.
HI age was 7$ year months. Th
funeral will be held from the residence
tomorrow morning at IS o'clock, Bev.
Sole of Marnuarn officiating... Th
body will b brought to this city for
I Interment 'In "MOuntUn Vlw cemetery,
Mr. flreaorv . waa... born in 1JJ in
Someraetahlr. England. In IttC, h
cam with hi wife to th United State
and settled In Now York etat. where
he lived for many yeara. Whll there
h engaged- eztenalvely In th growing
of teaaiea and , .gcaulxeiLeonaiderabl
property. th aprlng of 1004 he
came to Oregon and ba alnc llvd with
his son. Goorg H. Gregory Jr. ... HI
wife died within a few months after ar
riving her. The deceased Is aurvivea
br seven children. 8. El Gregory of
Cams.- George H.-Qregory of Molslls
and five others residing la California
and the east.
YARD MORE WOULD HAVE
FIXED THIS INEBRIATE
He Stood on Track at Midnight,
and Only Brakes Saved
- Him. -
Oregon City, Dec. 7. Knocked down
by an electrlo car at midnight, aa un
known man, who waa the worse ror.
liquor, narrowly escaped a terrible death-
last night at tha corner of Eleventh and
Main streets. - The car that leavea here
at 11 o'clock and go to th Mtlwauki
barn seldom ha panger and leaves
th city at th highest rat of speed
that Is permissible under th city ordi
nance. There la a dangerous curve
at Matn and Eleventh street and the
cars are usually slowed down be for
reaching thl point. -To thl alone I
du th fact that th man'a II f waa
saved. He was seen lurching down the
track, and th motorman, never suppos
ing that the Individual waa drunk, rang
his gong furiously aa the car neared tho
man. who did not leave th tracks. Th
air brake wer applied auddanly and
th car atopped Just In -.time, aa th
man waa knocked prostrate, though he
suffered no injury. . He waa aaststed to
hla feet, somawhat sobered by the en
counter. BOARD OF TRADE TO
CONSIDER THE LOCKS
. Oregon City, Or.. Deo. 7. The board
of trade will hold It regular monthly
meeting tonight, and aeveral mattera of
Importance are to be considered, among
them being the purchase of the Willam
ette river lock by th government or
the construction of nsw locks on th
east side of th river.
Kolllagwwortk-atr.
Oregon City, Dec 7. -The marriage
Of. Mls Reva Holltngsworth and F. W.
street ws solemnised at 10 o'clock yes
terday morning st St. Paul's Episcopal
church. Kev. P. K. Hammond officiat
ing. Miss Holllngsworth arrived, her
from California yesterday and was mat
by Mr. Street and hi -stater. Miss
Emmlltne Lily Street, and W. P. Haber
lach. The groom la a well-known man
of Clackamaa Station and Is the son of
Charle F. Street, th well-known
florist of that place. A second wedding
In th Street family will occur next
Sunday at high noon, when Mr. Street's
only daughter will be married to Mr.
Haberlach,
old Win to Boy.
Joe Wei, a saloonkeeper, arrested
for selling a quart of port win to Ar
thur Atklna. a 17-year-old lad of Htlla
boro, aat Saturday night, wa found
guilty by Judg Camaroa today and
fined $1$. ,
CPls of Injur! rroaa Jtr.
(Jonra.l g)clal SfVrw --
Ithaca, N. Y.. la 7 James Mo
Cutchaon. of thoe Injured in the Fra
ternity hall fir thfa morning, 0 14 this
afteraoos at th CyincU 1: r.riuai y. ,
x w a w w a w w
' After adjournment of tha morning
session. Jonathan .Bourn entertained
the Oregon delegate and Senator Pul
ton and Oeaiin and membera' of th
Oregon press at Iunchon at a rtaur
ant at I o'clock.
Oregon delegatea and senators wer
given a hearing on th Oragon projects
by Chairman Burton today. Mr. Teat
presented the view of th ' delegation. '
urging that th mouth of th Columbia
and th Cel'lo project both ba provld- '
d for, and go hand la hand.
Burton questioned closely Into what
aid had been given by Portland to rtver '
Improvement below th olty, and tha
extent of th river trafflo above Calllo
f alia, and asked that a detailed. Item
ised statement be furnished. H called
attention to the exceptional appropria
tion mad laat year for th Columbia
bar. Intimating that a continuation of
thla work would ba all hi oommtttoe
could provld for In to entrant appro
prlatlona. ioggie Appeals, fot Oooa.
Pater Loggle roads . aa appeal far
Coo bay. and waa promised by Burton
fthat' an appropriation would b mad
for lta aurvay. Oregon and Washington
delegate, member of th liver and
harbors commltta and representative
fo
venlng by Senator ITultoa and Qaartn.
PIOHEERS TO CELEBRATE
, GOLDEN rEDDlSG
Mr. and Mrs. H. Ji.4 Cridley In
- vite All Their Friends ,
for Monday.
Vancouver, Wash., Deo. 1 On next
Monday from X to 10 o'clock Mr. and
Mr. H. H. Grldley will open th doors
of their home to their many frlnd
throughout thla city and county. Th
occasion will h th fiftieth anniversary
of their wedding.. ItwlU in a aense be
a golden Jubilee. No formal Invltatlona
have been sent out but Mr. and Mr.
j qrdVy wish It understood -that
Invited; and It 1 needles te add that
the numerous friend of theses pioneer
of Clark county will call during th
day to offer congratulations.
. Mr. and Mrs. Grldley cam to Vancouver-In
th spring of 117 U, Th fam
ily horn an Twelfth and B streets was
purchased and upon this Mr. Grldley
erected a mU dwelling house to serve
until a better one could be had. For
veveral ' year Mr. Grldley was actively
engaged In the furniture business, retir
ing In 1892. Sine then and until th
T..t T... h '-"'' - ti th
culture of fin fruit on hia farm near
Burnt Bridge creek.
Mr.-Grldley was born In Tioga coun
ty. Now York, tn 18IU. H moved with
hla parenta to Kendall county. Illinois.
and In, 184t went to Chicago, when that
place waa smaller than Vancouver la
now and contained but two brlok build
ing. WISD AT VANCOUVER WAS
EXTREMELY VIOLENT
Only Minor Damage Done but
Navigation Was Made
Very Difficult.
Vancouver, Wash., Deo. 7. A flare
wind blowing between IS and SS rnllea
an hour vlalted thla city last nlghc
Whll no serious damaga waa doow
fences were blown- down and. navigation
on th Columbia river waa mad exeeed-"
Ingly difficult." For several trips tha
ferry had great difficulty In soaking
her landings. A towboat from Portland.
which wa towing a raft of log front
Camas to Portland, waa delayed two
hour hear the mouth of th Willamette -Th
wind waa from th southweet and
as th steamer attempted to turn tnto
th Willamette ah waa carried arosa
to th north shore of tho Columbia and
It looked for a while aa If tho ateamar
and also th loga would go aahor.
WOODCRAFT WOMEN'S "
MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN
Oregon CUyte IeU 7 Tba offi
cer of Woomen of Woodcraft circle
in th Jurladictlon of Portland and vi
cinity met yesterday afternoon tn tha
Woomen of Woodcraft building at Port
land, and dlsoused"p)ane for a mem
bership campaign that will cloa with,
a great rally April 1 and 1. 1107. at tha
Woodcraft headquarter building In th
emtropolls. Th circle la thla Juris
diction have pledged l.tOO new mem
bers to be Intlated before that time.
Tha. members of tha commute from
Sola circle of thla city that attended
the meeting wero Mrs. Frank Belsel.
Mrs. S. F. Kcrlpture, Mra. Sol & Walker
and Mra. Elmer Lanklns.
Sola circle will hold a regular meet
ing tonight in Woodmen of th World
hall. The membera whose names com
mence with C, D, and B will provld
entertainment for th edification of th
circle. ;..,.,;...
DUCK-SELLING CASE V
IN COURT TOMORROW
Oregon City. Dei. 7. The ea of th
State va. C. K. Nnah and Chr! f)af.
who r charged with aelllng duckt.
Wtlt com up in Justice court at I
'clock tomorrow morning, when the At
tendant will enter a pia. Ihs -ae u
excltlna oona!dTr.e Intnreat, aa tt I
tha first rosrutln knuen un ler t' i
law in Clarknmas c"J"It, If not lo 1
attre stete. Tin tt.itnv f r tK
fens contend fi't Mtt '
committed no i.frwme wtmti-v.r
sansutne of belnS a! f 1
acqulttitL
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