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1 i THC ORgOONDAILy-- JOURNAL," PORTINP TITESDAY BVENINO, DECSHSm . -USl MUD" II III KESWREfiHV OPTir.llSTIG POLICE-COURTS LATE-0E- Mr, f . J. HoJroyd, Visiting in Poland Jells jf 1"ferrilt cens r Witnessed During Frightful Experience-Relates How I -r , . . People Suffered After the Disaster.''- ' .' Salem (Lawyer Who Forged Affi davits to Land Certificates .:. , ''. Must Stand Trial. Two Days They WHJ.peyoto to Negro Kitchen Flunkey Who En- If Made. ' President of Senjrte DESCRIBES HORRORS OF EARTHQUAKE COURT OVERRULES -THAI SROOK VALPARAISO- lORIIER'S POIHT DilHIVfJEfJ ill -JlUSIILllIIO-i II0D50U IMS IWj Member of House From Lincoln Hd Polk CountieThinkt fle . Has Speakership. ; V.' ALREADY HAS ENOUGH Discussions of Their r r ;' Jnterest. . gaged In Three-Cornered Battle Is Heard. "MISTAH" MILLS AS - pejacn ueuL.vorPniixiJBsv , - v on, Printing. i - i -r - afro. E. J. 'tlolroyd of Valparaiso, MliwAAJie Oregon hotel today g nd.rold of her xprlencei'7rr'th' earth nuika that laid null tne oouin- American rity. Bhe hj that temblor ' jiavo bM felt la Vtrfparaiao oontlnually Bine the Aral shock on August 1. a ad that on September 11 a very aevere one occurred. Mrs. Holroyd la the wife of Captain HoJroyd of th Pactno Navlga- : tlon ' mmmny. and a. sister oT. Arthur - Cox. porter rf tli Oregon hotel -of this , city. In speaking of the disaster Mra. Holroyd a Id: t 'Th elty wair practically- destroyed and the sceneslit. the lime and sub nnpnt wtn frluhtful. Even yet the tench arising front the bodice en tombed in the ruin Is nauseating. The debris Is piled story high and It will be Ave years before It can all be cleared way. Typhoid" fever and smallpox epidemics have, raged since the earth quake and many people have died. '"My little boy had ; been alek with typhoid fever" for four'tteeks when the 'quake, cams. I carried him out of the house sad Into tho rain ami he survived tho shock. Ills temperature at tho time was M degrees. '. . Scone u the Mountains. , ' "Huge balls of fire could' be seen over tho Andes at the time of the 'quake, and I surely thought that tho day of Judg. snent had em.Fr two hours th rata came down with terrlS. force and when I was able to get out of tho house. I was naebl to And street, o piled were they with debris. , 'The f rat shock cam at 1:0$ In the evening- and was followed by fully W snore In tho next M hours. 'The earth ejusk was predicted by both Captain Mlddleton of the government observatory of Cblh and by Captain Cooper. They PACK TQ THE ROCKPiLE FOR ; MILpUKIE SHjNE, RHEUMATIC ack to the county rock pile for nine Wionthi went Charles Royalwlthbowed head and heavy heart yeetenday after tioon. Royal Is colored' Ho Is some ' times referred to as tho Mllwaukle - ahlne." . , . .. V , ';.. ..Early In October Royal wsa found guilty In the municipal court -of. plck- - fng ' thtr-poeket- of-ktartln - Rlmos and waa sentenced to 7 days at the coun ty's physical culture Institution. Royal labored valiantly for about three weeka. Then he decided that the city mill of JuMloe was not what It should bo end had his lawyer appeal to-the circuit ewurt, where a trial before' a Jury re sulted tn Royal being again declared - guilty. .-; -i-v-r - : - Reyal had- appealed - to. escape, the rockpllo and new It loomed before him again. Hut (hero wu yet hope. May be the Judge who presided at hl trial . would thlnkljilajtrner sentence too FOUR JURY TRIALS . HEARDN ThsrewrOi four -Jury- trials .to. be heard tn the state circuit court tht snomlng and hut three , courtrooms quipped wth Jtiry boxes. In order to hear the fourth trial Judge Seats ordered his bailiff to rearrange the fur nlture In tho room ordinarily ueed by Judge Cletand. Twelvo chairs for tn 12 good men and true were placed slrmn the . wall, and tho trial proceeded wlQ, the Jury In the Improvised Jury box. Judge Gantenbein was buey with the' Murray murder case In his room. Judse Kraser heed the suit of Wabl against Haines. Judra Cleland took, the-suit Of Wong Kim against the Portland rail way and heerd tt tn Judge 8ears' room. UiN'S-CASH-ALL-GONE-AKD ' LIKEWISE THE CLERK W. W. Russell Is Suspected of v Cleaning Out Hotel Shir ley at Seattle. ' 1 ; " (Jeered Rpectat ftee.) Seattle iee. It. PoHoe detectives Ore seeking W, W. Russell, who for the past month has been elerk at tho Hotel Shirley on Fifth avenue- between Pike and pine streets, snd who lo sllegcd to have stolen and otnbcssled more than 11.000 cosh belonging to gueets of the botcl and the owner. Mrs. E. Llllyulad. It usee 11 s believed to be on his way to Chicago and telegrams have been sent out In an effort to Intercept ' him and bring htm bnrk hero for trial. According to the story told tho police, Ruseell, who had access to the sufe In the hotel of Ace, last Saturday night re moved ell valuables belonging to guests of the hotel, packed hie own effects and loft the lioti'l during the night. FIs absence Wn not discovered until Sunday mnrrrtnf. v-Thea Mrs. JJUyblude made an Investi gation and discovered thattt&O in money that had bewi placed tn-enviilopcs and puree and left by guests In th hotel for safekeeping h I dlHiippenred. All the money, belonging to the hotel wns Inn gone. Monday morning Mrs. Llllv blnue investtgnfd her hunk account mid ' found It ws short Itoor "" RESCUE OF ALL ON -BOARD MELANOPE (Jenrsil geaclal Sfl. -Seattle, Wah., Deo. 11. Th, schooner "WllUam H. Smith, which arrived from Port Townaond yesterday, reports that on December tho Smith reeoued the captain, his wife and two children and tho crew of tho British bark Metsnope orrtno -rregon coast. SITE SELECTED FOR EUGENE'S POSTOFFICE . .; i ' IJrml Special Service.)' Washington. Ic. Jl. The secretary of tho treasury today selected tho site -for a pnbllc building at Eugene, legated on "Nth arfu"WJTumwtTw-trtTeeiev-oee4 by Trilllom Renstutw at tho price of f alJ that It would come at midnight, hut II oocirrred four . hours earlier. ; Tho country Is In the earthquake belt. In the outlying districts-towns w-tcl4. beneatb SO feet of sand. "The city will be rebuilt, but not ia leas- than years, t Tho people are not the kind who are able to rebuild the way the people of : San Francisco are doing. About I-00 people wero killed by tho oarthquaae. Little Are resulted, but there la not a .brick building loft in tM fit .tiv booting rollows Disaster. , : "Much looting followed the disaster and martial law waa proclaimed. The government troops acted In a splendid manner. They observed the most rU'4 dtsclplln and shot down men who ooeld net- satisfactorily explain their pre- enre when apprehended. . '.'"One of tho most revolting features of the catastrophe waa the opening of the cemeteries.- Tho ohoek tore open graves and sent bogles, rolling down the hill Into the city.' An Ktiallshman brought the body of his wire lo Yl Persian on' Tue.luy to bury hew there according to a request aha made before her death.' The ' earthquake eamo Thursday and he found his wife' body In the street alongside of her mother s. There are thousands of Incidents lm- liar to this last that I could tell. The Buffering of the peuplo waa terrible and had It not been for tho aid received front the outside world many hundreds would have starved to drittn.- r.Tm Pan Franeleca.eent us ttO.Oo. All the world helped. Peru, Chile's worst en emy, sent us- aid and I am sure that we are all grateful." ,...- Mra. Holroyd, who Is socompanled by her two sons and maid, left this aft ernoon for Helllngham, Washington, to visit her father. W. Co. severe and, would Impose", shorter one. Royal waa called up before Judge Cle ssked whether ha had anything to any, Royal said '. "Ves, sah. Ah wants to say riat I dona served twenty-one days on do rockpllo, and 1'se been In Jail about two weeli since ma tat trl'l. 'Side dnt, I'se got roomatiaom, aad I'd like to est dt Jcdge to be ag easy on me kg he can." - ' ' - , . . "Is that elir asked tho Judge. "Yea, nah.'1 said KoyaL ... , "You will b Imprisoned In the coun ty Jail for nine months and pay the coat of prosecution.' said Judge Cletand. -' Royal oat down gasping. It didn't pay to appeal to the circuit courL. lb wg certain. If he had stayed when ho Arst went there he would Jiave lead than eight months to do, but now he has a full nine months' sentence ahead of him. - BEING CIRCUIT COURT The regular panel of . Jurors hsvlng been exhausted yesterday In the efforts to secure Juries In the Murray esse and that of Wong Kim against tho Portland railway, It waa necessary to order two pedal venires of 15 Jurors each before Judges Sears and Fraser could proceed with the cases assigned to them for trial. Judge Oantenbeln ordered eight special Jurors before one- waa selected to fill the vacancy on tho Murray Jury. With all the circuit Judges huy, and more Jurors being engaged than were on the regular panel, It Is believed that tho. Bell wood election fraud canes will have-to -wait for -epeclal -venires " of Jurors when they are called tomorrow. . OVER TO HIS BACKERS Founded Many Thriving Enter prises for Morgan and Guggenheims. , (Special DUpatck The JaoruL) . , Seattle Dec. .11. John Roscne, prenl dent of o. numlx-r of northwestern trad ing companies. is to retire early next year and will be succeeded by Captain V. Jt Jarvls, control of the varloua Interests, promoted during the past eer oral yearn jnlng to Koeene's -flnnnclat backers, J.' P. Morgan and the Guggen heim. t This Information was confirmed by g prlvste official sourcs In New York to day. W. t. Mofius, on of the heaviest stockholders, hag sold -to H. W. Treat. and Morltg Thomsen Is -reported to have nold out. tl Is understood . tlinjr.Dj i rennuime. secreierj-, win retire Janu ary 1. Ueorge AVilliams. who . repre sented the companies In .Nome this year, Is to succeed J. B. Trowbridge ss gen? eral manager. - It has -been known for several ytare that Morgan and th Guggenheims have been furnishing Roeene.ths capital to branch out In his Al.iaks trade and build tip one of the greateal companies on the Puclllc eoewt. The eoipors lions tndl ceted are the Northwestern Steamship. Northwestern tVmmerrtl, North Cosst Ughtcrsgit, Seward Peninsula Hallway, Northeestorn Siberia . and other com panies. " Jarvls Is now going over the detail of construction of he Copper River at Northwestern railway, which has paased to Morgan and tho Ouggenhelms. - - GRAFT CASES ARGUED ON MOTION TO DISMISS . . ijoeresl geecial mrm. Sen rrancisco, Deo. Jl-Tho ectortlon cases against Schmidt and Ruef halted euage uunne's court this morning. Tho court was not ready to decide tho motion of tho defendants' gttorne- s to dismiss tho Indictments on tho ground that they were not according to law. Prosecutor Honey presented -formal ob Jectlons to the motion on all Its specifica tions. Attorney Aeh, for tho defense, made further oral motions for tho dis missal of ,ths. Indictments, en tho ground that tboy were lBvall4'Uaaw-rho-T!trrt eeae.. MANY DECISIONS BY - STATE SUPREME COURT Nw Tritl Ordered in Pytto Bank . Cam Acalngt William Miller Also in Morrison Cast Afainat Floyd Officer, 'i. , (Special D1pIc to The Jeoreall Salem, Or., Dec. 11. In the case of the First National bank of Payette, Idaho, ggalnst Wllllnm Miller, appellant. George Davlo Judge, tho Judgment of tho loeMtr-court was reversed and new trial ordered In an opinion by Jus- tleo Moor of tho supremo court today. It was an action by tho above named bank a go Inn t Miller to recover money. In tho cso of M. M. Harvey, appel lant, against Victor LJdvall, respond ent. n appeal from tho circuit court of Umatilla county, W. R. Ellis Judge, the Judgment Of the lower court was re versed and a new trial ordered in an opinion py Judge Keep. - Justice Halley, having been counsel, took no Part In tho decision. . - .... f Ontario Ckeep Cose. andT S Ooodwiil.LtatftMiW- nd. I8'?0"1!; h. nnn.. 8. S. Williams plaintiff.' against ' the Tl rat National bank of Ontario, et at., defendants and appellants, an appeal from jUrant coun ty, George E. Davis Judge, the Judg ment of tho lower court was affirmed tn an opinion by Judge Halley. Thla was tn action to recover possession of 1.11 sheep mortgaged to the plaintiffs by I 8. TVIckershum, owner( who afterwards mortgaged them to tho .defendant bans;, whkih claims tho right to their posses sion under its mortgage. ? Tho Judgment of the lower court tn the caa of Flnlay Morrison, respond ent, against Floyd tt. Officer, appellant, On appeal front Grant county, George K. Davis Judge, waa . reversed and dis missed In an opinion by Judge Moore. ' . Thla was a suit by Morrison against Officer toreiJolrt IBierferenc wltTTtho use of water issuing from a spring tn s section of land in Grant county. ' peninrrog. Overruled. In the esse of B. 8. Itoothe, appellant, against J. W. Scrlber. an appeal from Union county, Robert Eakln Judge, Judg ment of the-lower court was reversed and n new trial ordered In an opinion by Chief Justice Bean on account of the admission of Incompetent evidence. - Tho supreme oourt today overruled A demurrer In the disbarment proceedings Instituted by the State Bar assoctatlan sgalnst H. H. Turner, the Salem lawyer, who ferged affidavits to land certifi cates. Tho demurrer avers that the Met tn tho complaint did not contain auffl cient grounda for a disbarment. CASE NOT YET AT TESTIMONY STAGE Fifth Day of Contention and Challenge andYet""7'' ' No Jury. .. (gpfctsl tMapatrk te The Joarsal.t Tacomo, Dec, 11. The Jury will not be secured In the Thompson murder trial today, and It may require all of tomorrow to secure the panel. Thla makes the fifth day of wrangling be tween attorneys over the. Jury- .. The states witnesses appeared this morning but were excused until the afternoon session. At the opening o the afternoon session they were again egcused until tomorrow. Toung Thompson maintains his habit ual air of indifference hour after hour. The boy surprises spectators by sitting In one portion often for ss much as an Jiour without a single move. Will H- Thompson, his father, who Is the leading attorney tn the dffenxe, la Iplslnly showing the effects of the long struln. A most searching questioning of wit nesses Is made by the defense, which today exercised half a, dozen peremptory challenges. " COUNCIL COMMITTEE HOLDS LONG SESSION ;Not knowing' whether the , neit day would put them officially nut of exist ence or not. Rushlight and Kellaher, two of the councllmen composing the Vpe- rtat committee scanning Auditor Itev-i. 11ns iiuutintn, sri'i maniuiiy Kl worg for three hours Inst evening. Both Mayor Ijitie and Mr. Devlin were there before the meeting began, but 4oth le.fl without taking any part Irk the proceed-lngs.T"G.r.el:trx,-the mayor expert, p ho Wed how in scores of Instances sup plies costing heavy sums hnd been re ceived by the. water department, and that ther was nothing els to show the goods had boon delivered but the receipt of Superintendent Dodge.. GET"HALFM,tL70lr .FOR TIMBER LAND M. H. Rankin and axsoclste bsv seld a tract of l.voe acms of fir,' sprace- and cedar in Marlon and Clackamas countlis to T. H. Btone of Huston, Texas, for about tSOO.hoO. Tim limber Is said to cruise upwarjs of soe.OOB.OOO feet and Is readied from Btlverton, Th purrti-iw, Mr. Stone, represents a evndi cate oi Texas capitalists who look upon Oregon timber aa an Investment thit promises af and large returns in th next five or ten years.-- . e e REPORTS HIS FATHER r j AMONG THE MISSING Henry Lleblg of to Russell street re? ported to th police todsy that his rathe-. Harry Lleblg. ts years of age, has tien missing since 1 p. m. Sunday. The missing man Is described as weigh ing 110 pounds, ha gray hair and gray mustache and when last seen was at tired In a gray suit and black soft hat. No clue to Ldeblg whereabout have been- by-U. deleoUva and th cause of hlg disappearance I unknown, v.-. : l- , ENTERTAINMENTS AND ; PAPERS Orf PROGRAM Sutt food CommiKsioner Btiloy Is Pregent and Partidpgtinf , Together WitlMtn Eminent in TbcU Call ing From Ovtr th State. - ' (gpeelal Dlapatnfc to Th Jaaraal.V Ashland, Or., Dee. ' 11. The Oregon Dairymen's association met In annual convention here todsy. Tho delegates Arriving o tho noon train from tho north were met at the 'depot by mem bers of the Ashland Commercial club, with tho Ashland band, and escorted to the cluhroomw An add reus of welcome was made by President JSggleston of tho club. It.ponses were made by Dr. Withycutnba, Secretary F. L. Kent of tho Dairymen's association. A. T. Bux ton of Forest Grove. H. M. Williams of Portland and Ueorge W. Weeks of Sa lem. 8tate Food Commissioner Bailey and numbers of representatives' of the dairy Interest were present from oil parts, of the state. - -'- The convention opened for business welcome by Mayor Bntler. The association will be in session two days. The program comprises enter talnments and professional pepera and discussions. i WHOLESALE CASES OF Woman Arrested for Providing Natives With Means of Get- ting Rid of Spouses. ALL DEAD IN HUNGARIAN VILLAGE BEING EXHUMED Considerable Quantities of Arsenic Found in Remains Four Husbands and Eight Wives Under - Arrest More Arrests Imminent. (Journal Special SrfTlce.) Vienna, Dec. 11. A remarkable case of wholesale poisoning has Just come to light at the Hungarian market town of Knees. In the county of Temesvar. T"Onytho- strength of-anonymous In formatlon that half tho persons recently burled' In the cemetery there had died of poison, the authorities ordered ti bodies te be -texhumed... and analysis found considerable quantities of srsenlo In 13 of them. Kusbsnds and Wtves. Bo fa four husbands and. eight. wlvea have bean arrested on charges of sus pected poisoning of their spouses. Among the arrested are two women who murdered two successive husband," and one pea sunt who poisoned three wives. : A woman named Petrubany was ar rested when the discovery- was first made, and now another woman called llaxyok hus been arrested for providing tho villagers with poison. Both poi soned .their own husbands without ex citing th least sueplclon, and" then they made a business of helping other women and men to get rid of their husbands and wives, taking payment In money or provisions, pigs, calves, etc ' Further arrest ere Imminent. The village doctor who made tho post mortem examination will alao be asked to explain his conduct. - . - ;z " Wholesale Murder. One woman' guilty conscience drove her to commit suicide when she hc.rd of th exhumation. At first the authorities refused to believe the extraordinary al legation a to tho wholesale poisoning, and It was only on receipt of a lUrther communication . that they resolved to exhurie a few bodies. It . is probable that all the married per sons who have recently died st Knees, which m a village of about 1.009 Inhabit ants, will be exhumed, i It la not the first time that such whole sale poisoning hss been brought to light In Hungary, as within .the last II years .imii,... imi.m-M ki nrrumil. At Mnros, Vssarhely. about two docen peasant women were tried for th murder of their husband few years ago. A new feature nf this series of crimes Is that the- men alsof used poison Instead of beating their wives to death. MASS OF BUSINESS TIU C0MEJEFOE.COUN.CIL Special Meeting This Afternoon : Wm Deal With Several Important Matters. A mass of business Including sth Important measure as I the overheo1 wire ordinance will come be for t ha spe cial meeting of the council this after noon. The estimate of th different city department are also coming In, and th councllmen will commence their consideration of these plana for the new year. ' ..... Every department wants more -tnn and more equipment.. Salaries la a num ber of cooes will be Increased, though moat of th raises go to th msn on th lower rung of the ladder. 1 Among other measures which , win com up at the regular 'meeting next week '.Is an drdlnanc providing fdr steel flreboat. Thla will cost 1100.000, and, th expenae I planned to be de frayer! by a special levy upon th city. Th George H. Williams, wooden boat, will Continue In service even If th steel vessel I built. It Is generally con. sldered that Portland waterfront at present Is inadequately protected. Coun cilman Annand will Introduce th ordi nance which Ig now being prepared. - i i i Mi- ' ' HttamtH neoubMeaae-tisv srhfteif a "sree!.' aVetlal torn! tui Ueorge B. Certetyea, pert. lesesel. . . - poisomuo ApprHooncAN Hi Efiorta Were Directed Toward Peace Making; Until He was Kicked .; in Solar Plexus, Then Cul prit Are' Fined. It wag "cullud". day--ht tho-ppllcs court. "MlaUh" F. D. Thomas, manager or tho .-uttle Inn" tn the Y. M. C. A. building, and' "Mlstah" Louis Mills, "JanlUh" of tho Institution, -were before Judge Cameron to answer to a charge of assault and battery preferred by "Mlatah" Jamee F. Williams, the chef oi tne restaurant. The story of tho difficulty as told to the court was to the effect that last Friday afternoon Thomas, found 'some tauic witn tno menu as prepared by Williams and Ordered tho cook to add several dishes to the bill of faro. WU Hams Is said to have resented tho Inter ference of his employer, and after a heated argument tho men clinched. Mills, hsarlng tho .disturbance, han- tanod toj theJtlH'Jin aBdandvayareA la H "rM as a peacemaker vroved unavailing and. as a peacemaker 'proved unavailing and, according t ma story.. Williams' ghoe connected with hi solar plexus. In addition, he ssld that the chef applied several opprobrious terms to him and he thereupon landed on Williams' eye. Befor; th battle ram to en end. however, Thome seised ' larse fork front a leg of mutton and struck .Will iam on the hend. Officer of the asso ciation put an end to further hostilities by separating th men and Williams hastened to secure warrant for the ar rest of his assailants. Com nveben. Com Ziehen,. Louis Mills, while testifying In hla own behalf created much amusement by his witty answers. The witness had a peculiar manner of snapping big -fin ger wnon excited, which called forth the remark from on of th court room habitues, "Come seben, come elcben." Mill : declared' that he was actuated solely uy y aolfe"lnioplh fight until Williams kicked him and then hla fight ing blood wm aroused, , - Becond Cook Haselwood failed to give much evldonc on either aide. II maintained (hat bo was so excited dur ing tho nisi we that he did not observe any of th fin point of the flstlo ar gument It was evident that he waa reluctant to testify a gal sat hi em ployer, and after a searching cross examination. Deputy Fltsgerald allowed him to go without having gained, any information lor or against th defend ants. ....... j Assistant Secretary Wright . of th TrM. U A. lira cstled tn teBfTfy to th general reputation of th complainant and. defendants. II spoke highly -of Thomas and Mills, but did not think ao welt of Williams. Under cross-exami nation ho admitted that-ha had never heard Williams reputation discussed. Judge Csmeron found th defendant guilty and fined Thomas t?l and Mill HI Th fines were paid and tie ap peal will be taken from the ruling of the court, a tho result f th counter Williams no longer prepare f b consomme in the Uttle Inn. TRIES TO DO I'HOIESDIE MURDER IV1TH 6UN Paul Wittke Goes After Crowd With Shotguh, but the Police Interfere. . - Paul Wlttke waa before Judge Came ron this morning aa the result of his attempt to annihilate a crowd of Ital ian with shotgun last night" t'port th request of counsel for th defend nt the ease was continued until tomor row for hearing. " Wlttke participated In a game of cards with several Italian In a a toon at Fifth and Hhertdan streets. Be lieving that he liad been cheated, and Inflamed by the amount of liquor that he had consumed, he repaired to hla home near by and secured an ancient shotgun.' Returning -to the saloon he laid tn wait for Carlo Fellxl and Domi nic Aqutna, and when the two men put In n appearance covered them with tne field pier. Terrified, tht Italians raced to a plar of safety and telephoned for the police. Patrolmen Phillip and Oruher went to the scene in tb patrol add Wlttke s ar rest followed. - ' LITTLE GIRL ON STAND IN MURRAY MURDER CASE ' ! ' ' V ' Little Clara Barnes, the niece of Lincoln Whitney, who clung tn him- he wa shot took the witness-stand thl afternoon at th trial of Orlando Zr.Zl...-:'-r Z m w - . ..ij -. .... . . i her uncle out, ah said, and told htm that he roust marry hi sister. Then she went on to tell of th shots and of Whitney's falling to the Door and Buy ing that he had been shot. MORE MONEY ASKED FOR COLUMBIA LIGHTSHIP (learn! Special grr1e.) Washington, Deo, 11. The secretary of th llghthoos board appeared befor th rivers and harbor commute today and urged an additional appropriation of flt.eOO to $110,000 appropriated th tmst session for a lightship oft the mouth of the Columbia. PAPAL PLOT AGAINST FRANCE IS ALLEGED Jearsl Spell SrTl?e. I London, Deo. 11. The Central News ssys document taken by tb. French government today in Pari show th ex istence of n Vstlcan plot against the French government. , " - Clark XoXee Kaek atte. Edward D, McKee. clerk of the t'nlted State district court, who 'wee Injured on Thanksgiving day in etrostear ecct dent, I reported much better today, end will be abl to leave th hospital fog hi hom la e few deya. INVESTIGATION OF STATCv "PRINT 6H0R TO FOLLOW Mann Would Be Expert Printer Ap pointed by Committee to Examine Business of the Office Purlnf the Past Two Years. ' ""if "i W. Hodaon la elected present of .the Stat scnata, 8. C. Beach, senator front Multnomah, will be chalrmun bf th committee on printing,, and his partner, J. MvtAnn..wlll be the expert prlnrcr Appointed by that committee to examine Into the business record of the state printing office for the past 4wo years under the administration of Mr. Whitney. This I the word now being passel around tn political circles 1 in Portland. 1 1 No one really know who will be ehalrmen of the printing committee at thla time bees use no one knows who will be president ef the senate, but several um to know, what will be th program If th one man or th other I abl t land tho position a presiding officer of that body and It I with thla phaaopfta-iluallon- tlt.th rumor haa to do. It Is auld that Senator Hod son Will appoint Senator- Beach to the chairmanship of th printing eemmttte If the former ts uoeoful in his elec tion He wilt do tht in rturn for favor which Senator Beach te expected, to hand out to him when the crucial time of hi campaign arrive. It I also necassarp for Mr. Matthew aad hi friend to have thl committee, it not under their control, at least in a frisndly spirit during th session, Wkt Current Report Says. It ha been concurrently reported that Mr. Whitney, present pointer, and Mr. Matthew, have bean somewhat closely related during th tenure of offlc of tb former. He te under obligations to Matthsws for his election, or at least foe hi nomination, and Mr. Matthew generally require some kind f com pen Batten te be given him in return for what he doe for other, be not being an agetUybJjAQthrpplal .unmindful of self. It I argued, therefor, that Mr. Matthew,, would much Ilk to have Sen ator Beach' as chairman ef the printing committee and hi partner, Mr, Mann, aa th expert printer who will make of ficial examination of the printing office and Ascertain how. end where. It haa been run during th post two years. , There ar other reasons, however, whleh wotild make It vary acceptable to have friendly men In these two seemingly unimportant positions. Mr. Matthew la not a very good friend or wiin o. i Dunlway. who la to succeed Mr. Whit ney tq charge of the state printing plant. He thinks tnot Mr. uunjway j said some Uhklud things a bog Fh Ira dur-j ing the June campaign and alao priori to the primaries. Accordingly, he 1 after th scalp of th state printer elect and would be glad to hav such a rvnort msde to the IfXlalAture br the printing oommllto.' a would eastst in th effort which will be mad to put. the printer en a flat salary and to provide a let plant upoo which-to-do the Work. Th success of this plan wilt depend. Of oourse, upon the organisation of the senate, but it . la promised by th renheta that 4h program has been mapped out bythe Hodsrm-Wattriew contingent and tnat me program win oe carried out In the event of Senator llod- gon'a success. ROY 10X6 FATALLY SHOT AND NEVER TELLS HON . ' ' asaagayeaagasAia Former Soldier Found With Death Wound Suicide Is the Theory. Vancouver. Wash., Dec. II. Key Long,- former soldier and for several year employed by various firms about town, died at St. Joseph's hoapltal at midnight a the result of a bullet wound received at t:I0 Isst vnlng. Frsm all circumstance BurrouiwHng th affair It i believed that Long com mitted suicide, Although those about th Old Kentucky saloon, where the hooting took place. H wea occi dental. At : o'clock; "last eveplnr. while Alone tn the barroom of the Old Ken tucky saloon, whore ho wae employed, T.one- waa shot with a tt Smith Wea pon revolver, tho bullet lodging tn the right terrpl. He was hurriedly roKftn to th hosp'tsl, but riled et mldttlght wtthoet gaining consotemsnoss. . When the shot was fired a man known ee "01lmM wea In the rear room. Running Into the barroom he found Long staggering front a blow on tb bead. Tho revolver and a drawer tn the. rear bar lay en the floor. . , ; By thosw connected with th ealoon It 1 lt that evidently Long tM in the act of opening the drawer la whloh tar the revolver.- when the gun was Bcrtavmanr ii-wri6r,. . accidentally discharged. HQWtyer, byTng tn the past week, this theory Is net given much credence. On several" occasions Long has spoken Indirectly of wish to end hla lira. While in a local bar ber shop Saturday he exhibited two dln.es and said: "Well, this money will do tne th rest nf my life." I I xing wa well known in and about Vancouver and bore a good reputation. He was ef an exceedingly reserved disposition.- He servsd in 4h tllghtn bat tery, being discharged from that organi sation tare year ago. Bine then be had bee rr employed at th Washington te Oregon sawmill, tb Merchant Express company and at two or three saloon.- r---Long waa a member of th Bugles, and it Is probable that lodg will ar range for a suitable burM. A" meeting will probably be sailed for thl even ing to arrange for It. Th body ia now at the undertaking parlors tt Hamilton a Son. where it will remain until defi nite arrangement for th funeral ar mad. v, . . Long we e native ef Ohio, btit where his relatives live now is not known.. A telegram wa this morning sent to Fort Russell, Wyoming, whei Long le well known. In an endeavor to learn the whereabouts of his relatives. It Long committed suicide domestlo trouble wa probably th motive. - ' ST Iffcmepoly. ', - Trm -the tWH StaserS- ee Tlieee. Oatawtr All tke rage Is for snisgttes, tb faaeins papers Bay. PfkhBt NnanT, Wf wtf dlselevt s Int ef rage sreeiiewily sd age's daclued Mosd. BACKERS OpWDJO0 Cnlitate for Gavel Is Author e StringnKDemurrate BUI.: Ones Defeated. buKhich He WU1 Ret urrect and Endeavor to Land. I . p. r. Jones, member of Vh hou from Lincoln and Polk counties, laafter me spewaersnip not-foot, and Incident ally intend to ask the leaislatur appropriate nipney enough, to nstruot new lock on th east aid of th river at Oregon Cltyv ndt pas reciprocal uninurrag- dui wnicn will bring the railroads up to tb gnubblng-post end ntake them.' be good. -. . Mr. Jooe waa in Portland yesterday slxlng up his chgnce to b speaker. Heretofore he ha been spoken of a potential candidate, but Mr. Jon say h haa passed th stag ef potentiality and haa. become an) eotiv and aggres sive force in th eonttet. He eay that both Mr. Davey and Mr. Vwter ar over-optimistic, and that they ar mak ing claim tt support whleh they a yet have not secured and whleh win h . lonf time omlnr to thornr Heimselfr"" r, euuee liiinns, i (ii man at tb head, and he also eaye he has th pel and tlwt- short nd of the track en the hom trotoh.. He say ho ha ft men who will stand by him until the end. and alnco SI la Juat enough to land tho Job, the member from Lincoln and Polk I feeling as confident th other member say they fee). y , , -To oteemrrsct ike BUL - , Mr. Jones, at th special session In IfOI, was th author of a reciprocal de murrage bill, which wa defeated he m. vote of VI t t4. H will resurrect thl bill in part, bring it up to the present day requirements, snd- ask the legis lature to enact it Into a law. The prin cipal point of the btlf wilt be that the transportation companlea be compelled to supply cars for shipment of freight within 1 day after receipt ef written request for ueb. car. - It i provided aa a -Penalty . that when -car ar nst de llvered a requested the companies shall b liable to demurrage charge ef tie for each day after th time limit of 1 daye has passed. ' ' Amount .of Pemanage. ' Th shipper on hi side will he com pelled to load the ear h ha ordered within i hours after delivery, and in event of failure t do so will be charged demurrage of $10 for each day's viola tion of the law, The consign will also be charged demurrag for failure to un load within six days, failure t do so being liable jo a penalty ef $10 per day after th expiration of th time limit. MrJona-l--,ln. much Interest th open-river question end will do what he can for th abolition of tho toll charge at Oregon City, He will Intro duce A bill in th house asking that money be appropriated for th construe- tloa if- tiaw locks and their maintenance . by . the atate. Th detail f thl bill have not as yet been fully worked out or the absolut cost determined, but Mr. j Janes has the" measure under oourse of preparation, and wilt have tt ready f.y FIRE-AKD EXPLOSIVES" IH 1,11 BUNK HOUSE - Building Totally Destroyed, With All Effect of the Workmen.. ' fflpertal Dlapatro- to- To Joerul. Oregon City, Dec 11. fire destroyed: th bunk house at . th Ogle mountain mine last Thursday.. Th bous and Its coatenta mere totally destroyed and th . blanket, clothing Aiid personal effects . of about 10 workmen were destroyed. Any otisnce to extinguish the flames end successfully fight th Mr wa defeated by' th presence of a quantity of dyna mite cap In on end of th building, but these exploded at Intervals, causing th demolition and collapse of the struc ture. , J. V. Harles. vice-president ef the Ogle Mountain Mining company, brought the Intelligence to th elty yesterday. He states that It has been and la still extremelydifficult to secure men to work at th mines, probably on Account of th rigorous climate and th prevail ing scarcity of laborers. P. A. Fair dough, manager of th mine, who has been In the city for th psst week, (eft yesterday for th mine with a load of supplies. The bunk house will be re built without delay. What Waa Biabby Sots A Mr. Krtck, wife of a farmer near Bel ding. Mien., between the hove of. I and t o'clock on an afternoon, picked 4 bushels of potUs..ksldi minding th baby.' which It wa nacesesry'te have in tho field with her. ' ; AN OLD TIME STOMACH REMEDY Is'atostetter's Bitters, it waa first com pounded la 18S3 snd because of Its greet curative properties Is now regarded th heat stomach remedy Ixfer thf UbllC. , ; ! ', . .... I. ' ' ' Hostetter's Stomach Bilters win etlmSlate. streogthsn and ton th entire system, also re store the appetite, aid digestion open up th clogged bowel and cure- - SOT Btgnreig, i W.IDWBT ' - axnvvxrHBirasM DTapyjratA. nenietngTiomr, OIILLA COT, OS, -1 or JTSMAX." IX.X.S. Wa .urge every sick men or wom an te try It at I 00A , . . t - - '