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PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1906. FOURTEEN PAGES.
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Motor Pushing Four Freight rCars When the
:'- Passenger Dashes Down Around Curve.
Smoker Split Wide Open and Contents Are
Scattered Nearly All Fatalites and In-
Junes Were in the Smoker
-"The dead : " . . '.. ''x:'-";';'.;;
George Ross, conductor. ,
- William Harris; thir.d rail man, of Edgcwood body
cut in two. V. i ) ,' 'v''' -;-"
AVilliam Guvon, "motorman.; - - ' 5 1 " ' ; ' , ' 4
-': George Rusher: of Edge wood. : ? ' 2 -V
' The injured ' ' ' '''. '! "
D. C. Conley of Tacoma, hurt internally.
'J.' A. Ward of Far & Co., badly hurt.
; : ; A. W. ; Henderson, 310 South Thirty-fourth street,
Tacoma, hurt about head. " " ; ; " 7-
. C. Wi Bates, chief steward steamship Nebraskan, in
jured, v ;..;N;f' r-H-'-'-'.-'V-y 4
; , George Brockman, chief engineer, injured. .
A; L. Hopgood, 724 South C street, Tacoma, bruised
badly, -:-.'.:';:. - V:r- ... ." v'. .V:., '
' ' C. H.; Nicholson, 953 Commerce street,; barber,
.bruised about head. - -C
- ; ; A. W. Collins, Edgewood, left leg broken. .
r ' Martin Johnson, Georgetown, arms broken. ' .
Mrs. M. E. Kellogg Tacoma, bruised. - '
Tacoma, waan ii-wiio.
. fiaaawfer train. Na. I. which lft
. gaattla at a, ra. today kound for
: Tacoma, collided with a fralrht train a
mil thla aide of Edgewood and lht
Billea from Tacoma at o'clock. Twenty
pemoni ambraca tha number killed and
injured. - '
r The frelfht waa crawllns up a trade
which wound around a curve where the
track rlaea from the water (Trade to the
upland. The motor waa behind punhlne
' four - rrelsht cara.' The paaaenrer
dashed around the - cunre and .before
there waa time to think of checking the
apocd of the train, they had amaahed
Into each other. The paaaengvr motor
" car. which eontalna the amoker.. waa
apllt wide open by the frelaht and Ita
frarmnta tcattered on both atdea of the
track.
ratalltlea Is Vmoker.
Kearly all the fatalltleg and InjuTlea
Vera In the amoker, Tha aecond paa
aenrer coach butted aharply up aaitnat
' the frelghtcar and Ita front end waa
conalderably apllntered and damaged.
' The. people In the eoachea were' thrown
about, ahaken and brulaed.
.The Injured . paaeentera were cared
U OH H D.'S FDRTU H ES SLU flfl P
Standard Oil Stock Continues Its Downward
TendencyLoses Hundred and Eighty,
" Dollars in Year Due to. Investigations . :
', . " ... , ..
(Jearasl Speelal Service.)
New Tork, Deo. 2. Rockefeller'a
millions are dwindling very faat these
days. His holdings in tha great Stand
ard Oil company aia becoming lees valu
able every day. Not only for the money
tba stock could be aold at, but tha gen
era! absence of demand. -
A few years ago tere ware few peo
ple who would not have considered
standard Oil aecuHty tha beat In the
world, many preferring It to. even the
staid old United Statea government
bnds, for the dividends wera not ao
much greater, but the values were con
sidered as staple aa tha securities guar
- anteed by tha government. . ..
' Qoveraraeai' presaentloa. ' '
Terhaps thla great preference for
Standard Oil helped along the govern
t ment's prosecution Of the big oil coin
bine, but nevarthslcaa since hostilities
for In .the ' eoachea until aid arrived.
Help waa promptly aent from . Edge
wood and. everything poaalbla ia being
dona tor tha relief of tha aufferara.. A
relief train with DrLove, Dr. Yocotn
and other phyalclana together with aev-eral-nuraea
left Tacoma for tha wreck.
' ' ' aam FaUed la 'Doty.
Manager W. 8. Dlmmock of the Inter
urban aald: "My advlcea are very
meager. It aeema .an awfuj thing. : I
understand ' from the mrmitt that
there wtre three or four who were
fatally-injured and nlna or ten that were
aertoualy hurt. Aa 1 understand It, the
freight train waa on the main Una and
a flagman had bean aent out to atop
tha passenger train.' He failed In hla
duty or at least did not atop the train.
The paaaenger train 'tsraahed Into the
freight and the two piled up. That la
all the word I have, and It la very in
complete.'" . Ever alnoe .the tracks were disturbed
by the flood a aerloua accident haa
been looked for. Conductor Slpee and
Motorman Scott of the freight were not
Injured. Both tha freight and , paa
aenger crewa are old employee.. The
bodies of tha kttjed and the injured ar
rived here-' at noon, ... v -
were beguh Standard Oil stock does npt
hold tba attraction to traders It onca
did. ' . ; ' - v ' '
In leaa than a year Standard Oil value
has dropped about I ISO a share a very
uncomfortable loae If. you were lucky,
or unlucky, enough to have a few thou
sand shares. " --
Downward Slnaap.
The highest price reached by Standard
Oil stock waa 1700 a share. That waa In
Jannary of thla year. Today tha laaue
waa quoted on the curb at $510 a ahare,
or Just fits lees than It waa In January.
Tha downward range of Standard Oil
since the first of the year shows:
January 1700, rebrusry Hit, March
t77, April 1. May !:. June 1611 to.
July tit. August r bids, - September
0S, October IS 7S,' November till,
Doccuber l &ao, Pecembar It 1139.
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SPOKANE BELLE
CAPTURES THIEF
Miss Margaret Monaghan, Sister
of Naval Hero, Holds on to
Burglar's Coat-Tails Until Her
Small Brother Arrives With
. . Double-Barreled Shotgun.
tfpeeltl DIspatea te The Joeraal.)
Spokane. Wash.. Dec, it. Tightly
grasping tba coat-tulla - of a burglar
whom she discovered prowling around
In her home at East 217 Boone avenue
at about 12:10 o'clock yesterday morn
ing, Mlaa Margaret Monaghan held the
marauder, until her brother. Charles
Monaghan. a lad of It yeara of age.
could arrive with a double-barrel shot
gun of large bore. Then they watched
the burglar until offlcera arrived.
About midnight Miss Monaghan beard
someone walking about In the house.
Jumping out of bed aha made a tour
of the bouse and discovered tha man In
her father's room. - Grabbing him by
the back of hla coat aha called loudly
for help.- Hearing her cries. Charlea
Monaghan aelaed a big ahotgun belong
ing to an older brother. Rushing Into
the room, he covered tba Intruder.
The man waa carefully searched by
the police and a gold watch and chain
belonging to Mr. Monaghan and a val
uable fur boa, the property of one of
tha daughters, were found- Several
overooata, carefully piled up near the
front door, ahowed that tba burglar or
burglars Intended' to carry them off.
Miss Monaghan waa extremly r
rent In regard to the capture. She re
fused to talk -to newspaper men and
avoided discussing It with friends. She
aai It waa 'not bra Very; that aha ooufil
think of nothing . else to dowhen she
caught alght of the man. . ... ,
She la a Bister of Ensign I. R. Mon
aghan, who -waa killed in Samoa, and
whoae statue at the corner of Monroe
atrcet . and Riverside avenue was un
veiled recently. : ;-,. :.
ULTIMATUM ISSUED BY v
COURT TO SCHMITZ
fjoamal Bpeetaf ferries.)
San . Frnnclseo, Dec. . I. In the
Schmlta trial thla morning Judge Dunne
announced that until Codefendant Ruef
withdrew his motion to set aside in
dictments no notice would be taken of
the mayor's offer to waive the Indict
ments agalnat him and plead. The court
promised a speedy trial, once the mo
tion to act aalde me Indictments waa
withdrawn. Schmlta left the courtroom
with a disappointed look on his face.
The examination of tha members of
the grand Jury that Indicted ScbralU
and Ruef waa then commenced.
ROOSEVELTS TAKE WALK
WITH USUAL GUARD
(Joarsal SMe!al Sew lee. I
Washington. Dec. Zt. President and
Mrs. Roosevelt walked out from the
White Houae early this morning and
created a panic In the office of the se
cret servioe agenta when It. waa. an
nounced that the guard usually accom
panying them waa either loat or left
behind. An officer happening to be in
the office plunged down the stairs and
raced to overtake, the distinguished
charge. The Roosevelts visited an art
store near the treaaury building and re
turned to the White House. '
ARSENIC IN STOMACH
. OF MARTIN VRZAL
' (Jearaal Rpeelsl Service.)
Chicago. . Dec. it. A chemlet today
announced the discovery of araenlo In
quantltlea sufficient to eauaa death In
the atomach of Martin VrsaU tha first
of that Ill-fated family to die. ', Her
man Billack Is accused by witneaaea
who attended Vrsal until hla death,.
belter I! scapes Vualakment,
, Uoarsal Siwelal Serrlce.)
Washington. Den. 2. The coroner's
Jury today reported that the killing nf
a negro, youth by Joseph Lelter s auto
mobrea-jresterday driven by O. H. Ray
mond waaaa unavoidable accident. "
ASSESSOR
BU DGET
Coming Councils May Never Get
; High Assessment Roll From
Him Unless They Sign
Agreement.
fTh adoption of tha wiya and means
commtttee g budgtl mtana that tha
council will he givea Ittl.OOS, In round
figures, to- spend . In HOT, Thla la
&,000 over taa- sssndlturg l 1101.
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AGAIN TO BE MARRIED
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Mr. James O. Blain Jr, formerly
Mils ' Martha Hlchborn, ' daughter
- o AilTiirJ Hitchbonu She te-
A
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teas
WiWS4-lV0fce Sioux FUe last
week, and now! her engagement Is
announced to JPaul S. Pearaall of
New York, "a former Rough Rider.
LIAd AfID MILK
CAN SPLASH IN
RIVER TOGETHER
Captain Amos of . the Gasoline
Launch Eva Comes to Rescue,
Throws Rope Over Struggling
German's Head and Drags
Him Out. -
Captain Amoe of the gasoline launch
Eva la entitled to an Iron cross or some
other sort of a medal from Kalaer WU
helm, because this morning he laasoed
one of hla subjects around the neck and
drew him from a watery grave.'-The
man'a namr waa not learned because he
was, too rattled to remember It, but be
delivers milk along the waterfront and
thla morning he slipped Into the cold,
cbld river at the foot of Stark street.
'"Hel-lup. hel-lup, . hel-hel-hel-Uin"
came the' distressing screams from the
river, while Captain Amos waa buay pre
paring breakfaat .In the kitchen of hla
well equipped floating home.'
' "Hel-lupl hel-lup-up-up-up! man over
board!" -came the cry again, thla time
less distinct, but more agonising. "Hel-lup!-
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Looking out through the port window
Captain Amos' saw a man struggling
frantically In the water, but banging on
with one hand to tha rail of the stern
wheel gasoline launch known aa tha
"grocery atore." The -other hand had a
death grip on a milk can partly sub
mersed, but bobbing up and down Ilka a
cork on a flah lifts.
After adjusting hla sweater the Eva a
skipper stuck out an oar to the milkman,
hut the latter waa ao excited that he
refused to let go either the can or tha
bold on the rail.
Unable to grab . him with hla han.la
Amos secured a long rope and finally
succeeded In throwing a loop over the
German's head. - Then he pulled him
loose and 'ashore. . - ... .. ;
SIGLE R T HINKS
FIGU RES TOO HIGH
Tha ctty ha grown during tha two
yeara, but not to aucn an extent aa will
necessitate the largely increased ex
penditure." County Assessor Bluford
D. Hlgler.
"The city, haa outgrown Its clothing
and naeda a new suit. - Every cent ap
propriated la carefully spent, and lUwIII
bo carefully spent aa long aa I have
anything to aay about It. It will be for
permanent betterments. We fieeVl the
money and tha - Improvements. Wa
must not slide backward." Mayor
Hsrry Ine. ., ' .
These are briefly-Ilia opinions, flrsj.
of tba man who trebled the assessed
SU ITALIANS VICTIMS '
of mi mim mafia
JAPANESE Pllf
REVOLT III CUM
".". .. .1
Governor Magoon Investigating
Report That Mikado Is Abet
; ting ; Insurrections In Philip
pines, - Hawaii arid West In
dies to Begin in March.
(Joarsal Sseelal Service.)
New Tork, Deo. tt.A cablegram to
tha World from Havana aaya:
Governor Magoon la investigating a
report that-. the Japanese are planning
an insurrection In February agalnat
American rule In Cuba, tha Philippines
and ' Hawaii. Thla Information was
given to tba American governor by Mr.
Pardtnaa, a government official.
Five Japanese are aald to have been
taking photographs and measurements
of the fortifications at Havana. The
secret police have been shadowing five
Japanese for three-' weeks. Magoon or
dered tha police to watch them, but not
to molest them. ' '
Pardlnaa overheard : a' conversation
between the Japaneae, who talked of
planning an Insurrection among the ne
groes In Cuba simultaneously with in
surrections in tha ' Philippines and
Hawaii. Tha Japanese plot la aald to
be due to the antipathy of tha mikado
to the United States. This antipathy
dafea back to the Russo-Japanese peace
conference at Portsmouth and was ac
centuated by the killing of Japaneae
seal poachers and the exclusion of Jap
aneae from schools attended by white
ehlldren In California. .
The Japaneee obtained' , entrance - to
the new batteries at Havana and'Caba-
naa by pretending ' to be reporters for
tha Havana peat. Tney were wen appearing-
and apeak five languages. They
lived In poor quarters In the suburbs.
Suspicion waa aroused and they moved
to another- addraa- Sunday secret po
lios found thsm and they aeattered
again. ... ........
. it la aald a German acquaintance of
Governor Magoon feara arrest. .'
RUSSIANS TRYING TO
EXTRADITE GERSHUNIE
(Joarsal Speetal Service.)
Chicago, Dec,, it. Warnlnge have
been received by the American western
wing of tha Russian revolutionary party
that agenta of the St, Petersburg gov
ernment are active In trying to secure
the extradition of Gregort Gcrshunle.
Gershunle eecaped from Siberia, where
ha waa exiled for Instigating the aa
aaaatnatlon ' of Von Plehve. the noted
conservative and reactionary. After hla
escape he came to this country, land
ing at San Francieeo ana naa Deen ieo
turing to rale tunde for tha revolution
ists ' ' .- .
ORE WORTH FIFTEEN
DOLLARS THE POUND
"
' (Journal Special Service.)'
ft.m jr T mm 1A The "Hnlnrer
company of Philadelphia, lessee of the
fanoua Dutchman mine,-haa uncovered
a terge body of high grade ore. A 19-
pound specimen aasayea iiv.ouw ia mi
ra- There is rreal excitement nere ana
the mine la closely guarded.
ANNA 'NOT QUITE DONE '
PAYING THE FIDDLER
(Joarsal Speelal Service.) 1
Tt I m T Of UmA ftIIlM VII to
day held liable tor pay. Jointly with her
former husband. Caatellane. two claims.
being shown mat certain jeweie pur-
chaaed had been delivered . to the
countess.. One claim waa. for; $24,000
worth of diamonds.
. :
GRAND JURY FINISHES
PROBING INSURANCE
(Jotiroal Sperla) Servlea.)
New tork, Dec Z. A special ses
sion of the grand jury la being held
thla afternoon to clear- up the Investi
gation of the New Tork Life Insurance
company, Several or tne company a
bookkeepers were examined.-: It la un-
derstoed the grand Jury will report Fri
day. -- (.; .
Mayor Lane Declares That
Budget; Is Not Extravagant
. and Extra Expenses' Must
" ' , Be Met This Yaar.
valuation of the city under tha belief
that the. tax-levying authorities and
their eucceMOTs would adhere-to a pre
vioue understsnding that levies would
(Continued on Faga
SOI HACKED
E CHARRED BY FIRE
Panic in Foreign Quarter Follows Discovery
of Outrage Police Called Upon With Fire
men to Subdue Excitement, and Maintain
Order Men Struck Down Unawares and
Several Engaged in Slaughter ' '
- - (Joernal Special Service.)
' New Orleans, Dec 2S. A Mafia plot,
working secretly in New Orleana for'
yeara, It la thought, la responsible for
tha death of six Italians found mur
dered this morning In a tenement-house
In Dumains street, Some of the vic
tims were burned to death, others
hacked to pieces and mutilated.
There .was such a panto In tha Ital
ian quarter following the discovery of
the, bodies that the police reserves were
forced to call upon the firemen for as
sistance to maintain order. .
' The bodies of the victims wera hacked
lo-pieces. It la believed they were
killed early last evening. As no screams
ware beard It la thought several persona
wera engaged in the slaughter and -that
the men were atruck down unawares.
The attempt to burn the bodies waa
probably made after -the viotlma were
dead. In an effort to hide tha crime. ,
Work of tha SSafla,
The murderoua work of the Mafia In
New Orleana began in 1188, culminating
In June, 1190, In a desperate fight be
tween two factions on tha streets. This
determined the municipal authorities to
break up the organisation. In order to
prevent thla. It waa alleged, the Mafia,
In October, 1890, murdered Henneasy,
chief of police. Arrests wera made but
a Jury failed to convict. In March,
1191, alx of the arrested men had es
caped conviction and 10 were In Jail with
the prospect also of a similar verdict.
. Tha people of New Orleana believed
the men to be guilty and a mob broke
Into the Jail and shot 11 OX the prle
onera. Including thoaa who had been
acquitted. The Incident led to a con
troversy between the Italian govern
ment and tha United Statea and to the
temporary withdrawal of the Italian
minister, but an amicable agreement waa
reached, by the terms of which the
United States indemnified the relatives
of tha victims. ......
Two Klada of ataxia,
Tor a long time local police authori
ties refused to recognise the Mafia aa
anorganlxatlonr They aald it - was a
bugaboo and that "aa a society" it did
not exist. The numerous Crimea at
tributed to tha Mafia, they said.' were
for the most part private vendettas or
tha work of email, aeattered, unrelated
ganga of aounterfeltera and blackmail
era i ' ... I
But the multiplicity of murdera with
in , tha Italian dlstrtcta of large cities
during tha past few yeara haa -forced
upon - police offlcera everywhere the
realisation that there really exists in
this country,' aa well aa In Italy, a most
powerful society founded on the prin
ciple of vangesnce and that the meth
ods of this criminal organisation are
murder, blackmail, . Intimidation . and
perjury. -
T-
SETS ASIDE
Sheriff Stevens Will Not Permit the Collection
of High Interest on Tax SalesOwners
. Can Redeem at Reasonable Charge
- Usurious Interest on tag sales cannot
be collected through Sheriff Stevens
peaceably. Any effort to collect ex
ceaalva interest through the tax depart
ment will be fought by the sheriff In
the courts.. , .
. Msny sales of taxes wera formerly
mscie. to blddera who asked aa high aa
LOO per cent Interest a year on the
amount of the taxes. The owner of the
property has three yeara after the sale
In which to redeem hla property by
paying to tha aherlff the amount of de
linquent taxea, with Intereat at tha rate
bid by the buyer.
Sheriff fitevena said this . morning
thst whsra a rat4 of Interest that ex
ceeded the legal rate, of 10 per cent had
been bid. ho would accept from the
owner of the property erklng to redeem
It tha amount, of the "tax. and the 10
per cent legal rata of Intereat,, and tea-
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TO PIECES,
There are two klnda of Mafias tha
Alta-Mafla and the Baaaa-Mafla. , Tba
members of the former aa a rule are
Intelligent, educated crooks, often en
gaged in respectable business pursuits. ,
These use tha members of the low
Mafia, - the Ignorant, -brutal, heavy-V
handed criminals, to do their murderoua
and Intimidating; work.
.'"':'.' ' Object of Society.;;",.-.-;
1 Mafia Js end atwaya haa been a clans
'terra like Hoollgana. Ku-Klax. White ,
Caps. Teggmen and tha like, and Black
Hand or La Mano Nera, aa apeken by . a
the Italians, haa coma to be a dreaded
'name which la uaed by all tha different
societies, . which. - - however, are not
known to one another by any auch dee
tgnatton as Black Hand.-" ' :
The primary ' object of the various
bands and of tha central organisation la
to obtain money. All tha membare make
pretext of following aoma legitimate oc
cupation, but the money they- secure
through blackmail and Intimidation ia
what they really depend upon for their
living. The secondary aim of the mem
bers is to gain power politically which
may be uaed for the benefit of the mem
bers. When It cornea to augmenting
their political power the crooks and
thugs .composing the mafia will go to
any length. If the victim opposes their
wlsbea be la made to disappear mysteri
ously or his mutilated body ia found.
MISSOURI P0ST0FFICE '
: SAFE BURGLARIZED
' (Joeraal Special Service.)
Warrenton. Mo., ' Dec It. Robbers
thla' morning cracked tha safe at tha.
postofllce In thla city and stole f 1.109
worth of stamps and 1400 ' in cash.
United States Marshal Money with a
posse la on tha tralL- --r.v .
BANKER TABOR RUNS
FOR CAR AND DIES
(Joarsal Special Serrlee.)
Marlon. Ind.. Dec 21. Thomae Tabor. -
aged SO, a banker of Argos. Indiana, ran
for a car this morning and tha exertion
caused heart failure. Ha died Just aa ha
arrived In thla city.
SNOW STORM BLOCKS
TRAFFIC IN LONDON
(Joarsal Special Barries.)
London. Deo. it. Great Britain Is
awept by a bllsxard. Two inches of snow
blocks traffic in London. Several ahlps
were wrecked along the coast.
der It to the holder of the certificate of
tax aale. Should the holder of the cer
tificate Insist on oolleetlng hla usurious
interest and refuae to accept the tender
of the sheriff and surrender the cer
tificate Mr. 'Stevens declares that he
will refuse to give ' deeds when the
period of redemption has expire).
Taoaeeaa 1r Cos latereeS.
In a numbr of easee where the sale
had been at 1,000 per cent Intereat, the
aherlff haa accepted 10 per, cent from
the owners of the pioperty who delrvl
to redeem Ik So far none of the holil re
of certificates have consented to ac
cept leas than the rata of Intereat Ihey
bid. - .
" The period of redemption for t
sales for the roll of loj expft !
Saturday. December 2. The mn-rnl
(Continued aa faga TwaJt
USURIOUS SALES
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