The Oregon daily journal., January 20, 1907, Image 1

GOOD MORNING
Journal Circvhlion
THE WEATHER
Rain; ioutherly -winds.
VOL. IIL; NO. 45.
Trouble at Third arid
Washington. Streets
Results in
Two Arrests
Dense Crowds " Throng T- the
;: Streets ""and Police "Handle
Them With' Clubs-Demon4
strajjon a Success but Union
J Workers Fail to Tie Up Cars.
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That Mayor Harry Lan U ;,'
firm believer In tha potency of..
tara was. evidenced laat night . )
before th parada of th union -,
force when ba applied to Cap- p
tain ol Police Moor "for one '
" of tha Inalgnlaa af office ,worn e
4 . by members of tha polio depart- e
4 ment 'k'-- '
a Tha police official Quickly
a , granted tha request of tha city
"chief executive and handed the d
e, doctor star No. 87. "I'm aorry
h that I am unable to rive you a'
' star befitting your rank,", aald
the captain, "but that 1 Jh best.
I can do." ' af
e Soon after the parada Mayor
t l-ane returned to the atatton and
handed Captain Moora tha pa-'d
er trolman,a,ba4e.,lI,'-i am fully a)
d ' convinced." aald hie honor, "that'
p the atar yon cava me waa mainly . d
i responsible for tha rood order '
e that prevailed during th march
. of th unionist." . ,' )
4 .; It waa but a few minute later 4
that tha police reserves -mm
called out to dtaperse tha ennily
' crowd a ,pn ' Waabti)aton atreet
and tha' nlrht ' might not have
e been marked by any disorder at
all If tha mayor had only re
a talned aUr No. 17. r k - -
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I 'Vaa u"10 labor parade la tha Inter
im of tha atrtkihg carmen waa on of
the biggest affair of Its kind In the
history -of "Portland. V Four thousand
men and a half dosen . women marched
tha atreeta for an hour, blowing- tin
horn and ahouUna; cheers for tha etiik
era causa.
As a parada, the demonstration waa
a success, but n6thlnf was accomplished
In tha way of tying- up the cars. - The
paradera were extremely pea ceo bis and
very little trouble occurred until nearly
an hour after they had disbanded. Then
a dens- crowd gathered at Third and
Washington atreeta and - threatened to
stop the cars. The police reserve waa
rushed to the scene and for a half hour
there wfere lively times, t Those who
failed to nova on at tha -order were
-clubbed - or arrested and taken to tha
police atatlon. . - ' -
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While tha anticipated atampede of
platform men from the eompanya cars
did not materialise, union leaders pro
feaa to be well aatlsfied with tne dem
onstration.' They point to tha large at
tendance a proof that organised labor
stands solid behind the strikers.
Tha member of the Freight handlers'
union disregarded the order of Superin
tendent Buckley of the Southern PaclflU
and the O. R. at N., that they take n
(Continued an Par Six.)
EX-GO V. HIGGINS
iUPON DEATH BED
former New, York Executive Be
j yond Medical Skill- May Die
Tonight At Most Can Only
Live for : Few Days End Is
Near Questien of Hours. ',
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' (MbUtbers' ress by tpee(al Leasvd We.)
- olean. N. T.J Jam 80.-Tbat ax-Oover-er
mn "Wayland Hlggins is ytn
ylM luted tonight by D. B. O. Janeway
before ha left fr New Tork. Th fam
ous physician w called in consul ta
ttoo on account of the eerty of Mr.
Hlggins" illness. Ha. lesrned that hl
counsel"" as useless, aa tha patient waa
II .beyond tM ""P or nal';m,
VMr.. Hlggln' bad kidney trouble,
' which waa gratd: by a Tr cold
caught laat week.- Uraemlo poison than
developed. Teaterday ha waa uneon
rious and today gradually grew worse,
n wa stated at midnight that the for
mer gimnor may die tonight of may
last w0 or tnre dy"-' Tn tid
near and the question la onof day or
possn hour. J
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, PORTLAND,
IL PEOPLE
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Astorla-lahd Columbia
River i Line v Passes
Over to the Northern
Pacific
Stock and Property Taken Over
V; by New r Owner . and Shows
.Plan of Hill 1 to Invade HarT
, ' " iman Territory Jn Central and
Western Oregon. ... , .
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. f After negotiation . extending over
several months, the Astoria ft Columbia
River railroad waa yesterday purchaaed
by tha Northern Paolf to Railroad com
pany. ; Tha price la not known-but the
Northern Paclfio la said" to have taken
over all of the stock and property- un
der the optional terms of t leas by
which trackage from Oobla to Portland,
t miles, waa granted to the Astoria
road by tha .Northern, Paclfio - soma
years ago..J S- r - . ', ' - i ..-''.-!- '
. The Oregon tax commission in it re
port for 104 returned tha Astoria ft
Columbia River railroad . aa follows:
Total valuation . tl.tS.112, mileage II.
valuation per 'mile 2g,820.- The road
waa owned by t. B. Huntington, A. B.
Hammond and Oeoeral Hubbard of New
York. . . t ': - -
- Repeatedly rumore haver been pub
lished to the effect that the Hsrrtman
Interests had purchaaed ' the Astoria
road, but such a disposition of the prop
erty waa from the first Illogical, aa it
I said the Northern Pacific, in granting
a tf.year leas or Its trackage rrora
Portland to! Goble, exacted in the origi
nal I agreement a provision that should
the Astoria road be offered for sale the
Northern Paclfio should have the first
option tov purchaser' It la aald the
Northern Paclfio recently concluded to
exercise 'this option, and that It Is
part of a Hill plan to build down tbs
west coast of Oregon, i ' t s - .: . I
' Surveyors have been in the Held for
some time -between Seaside, the coast
terminus, and Tillamook. They have
been working ostensibly under order
from the Hammond management, but
It-la now believed that these parationa
are but a part of the Hill scheme of in
vasion of Harriman territory. This ex
plains the warmth of tha eon test that
has been on between the Astoria ft Co
lumbia River and the Paoino Railway ft
Navigation company agent for right
Of way between Seaside and Tillamook.
' It Is reported that the Oregon Coant
ft Eastern, promoted by Baker ft Crab
tree of St. Loots, la a part of a great
scheme of Hill to rib Oregon from north
to aouthi and from east to west, in con
junction with the proposed line from
the mouth of the Deschutes river to
central Oregon. If such a ' plan la
worked . out, - tha Hill companies will
have a system paralleling tha coast and
crossing tha state from the mouth of
the 81 us law, via Eugene, to central Ore
gon, and there connecting wHh the Dew
ohutes , river line, completely hemming
In the most productive portion of the
stat. ..,-..-
Wreck .In Tex. .
(PnMlebers Frees by "pedal Leased wtre.)
Palestine, Tex Jan. It. A freight
engine on the I, .ft J. N. railroad hit
a passenger tfala near her tonight and
several passengers are Said to nave been
severely hurt. Relief train are . an
rout to tha scene. ( '. . (
CAR EXPLODES; :
20 ARE KILLED
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Dynamite Set Off by'Jar.From
Passing Freight ; Smashes
, Train to Splinters oh Big Four
at Stanford,' Indiana Pas
senger Coach Demolished.
(PabllsbeTs Frees, y gpeelel mm! wire.)
Terre Haute. Ind., Jan. 10. Twenty
ar reported-Ulled and many Injured
by th explosion of a car of dynamite
at Sanford, Indian, four mile west of
here, late last night Th explosion
took place at . the instant a Big Pout
passenger train waa passing a side
tracked freight, on which was the oar
of dynamite A large section of the
freight train was smashed to splinter
and at least on of ' th passenger
coaches was completely demolished.
Th passenger left Terr Haute for
th run for . Indianapolis with three
eoachea and baggage and express car,
Th freight had run upon a siding at
Ban ford to allow tha passenger to' pass,
and it Is believed the Jar' of tha wheel
xploded th dynamite. T : " : ;
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OREGQN, SUNDAY MORNING,' JANUARY 20. 1807. FOUR SECTIONS FORTY-EIGHT PAGES.'
DECISIVE ACTION THAT KILL PROBABLY DE TAKEN BYV MR.
HARRIMAN IF ELECTIVE RAILROAD COMMISSION BILL IS PASSED
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ROTTEN BEEF IfJ
STEW SERVED If.
Assistant Health Officer Invest!-
-V gates Complaints and Finds
Decomposed M sat---Prisoners
Raise Uproar" Over Food and
"Refuse to Eat It- ' "'
A the result Of complaint of pris
oners confined in the county Jail, Dr.
& C HoCornack. assistant county phy
sician, yesterday mad an examination
of th food that la served th prison
era, and discovered two pieces of bad
ly decomposed beef. . , '
Dr. lloCornack will make a complete
report of bla examination ' and discov
eries to tha county commissioners at
once. Two priaoner say they, are 111
aa a result of eating tha food.
- Numerous complaints about the food
have been made by prisoners, but little
attention waa paid to them. It waa
thought that they would complain no
matter how good or how poor tha food
waa . v ... i . i
This morning after' breakfast .how
ever,-the eomplalnte became ao numer
ous and were ao evidently genuine that
tha matter finally reached, th ears of
the Jailer.
Several of the prisoners refused to
partake of breakfast and others Joined
In the general uproar. Portion of th
food were left untouched.
At th noon hour a corned beef stew
waa served and tha eomplalnte became
even more noisy. Portions of tha noon
meal were also kept and th mattei
was reported to the county physician.
Dr. C C. McCornack, his assistant
called at tha Jail to Investigate.
"On first examining the food I found
decidedly unpleaaant odor," he aald
laat night "There waa no mistaking
It for I waa aware of ft noon after I
entered the place. 7 .
"Prisoners told ma that tne. break
fast waa unsatisfactory and that they
were served with a corned beef atew at
noon which waa unusually tad. ; They
had kept portiona of It and I ' exam
ined tha meat in tha atew. . . .
"Two pieces of the meat 'were far
advanced toward decomposition, or. In
other words, ' were - simply rotten. I
don't know the cans and don't know
who la to blam But I do know ..that
V. - mttitt mrm heit. .rv liArl 1
pleted' my Investigation and will make
a complete report of tta result to. the
county commissioner." .
BOOTH TO MAKE TOUR '
OF AMERICA AND JAPAN
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(PsMtehers' Press by Speetal Leeaed . Wire.)
London. Jan.-' !. Oeneral Booth, tha
head of the Salvation Array, although
long past th allotted span of life, three
score year and ten, has decided on an
extensive tour, a task which would tax
tha energies of any man half his rears.
Th veteran Salvationist will leave this
country' In th spring, accompanied by
several officers, and proceed to New
York, where he will remain a week to
confer with the leaders of the army In
tha United mate. The ' general -will
then go to Canada and.thsnc to Japan.
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cowiaLr.mil m
I ji-w- c 1 11 . 1 'i f -n
; time," just as soon as certain meaaurea in which ha waa then Intereated
: and which were ' then pending, had been disposed of by- the council. .
. Tim passed and John Annand, president of the council, . resigned,
; and Shepherd . became candidate for tha vacant place and waa duly
elected. The queetlon again arose as to his Intention, to reelgn. -from
the council and Shepherd again professed that it would'1 be, at most
only a few weeks before bla resignation would be forthcoming. Sev
eral montha hare passed and Shepherd atlll holda on Jo his office and .
still draw hla pay from the Harriman railroad. He has- recognised
the Impropriety of his course by refraining from voting on meaaurea
in which the railroad la Interested.
' There I a well-defined rumor that Shepherd haa been actively en
gaged of late in lobbying among th member of tne legislature In th .
Interest of the Southern Pad no and other Harriman lines, and for tha -purpose
Of defeating the measures proposed In ths Interest of tha people.
- The pretext which Shepherd now. give for hi. continued failure to
realgn from the council Is that he Is desirous of securing the passage
of an ordinance Increasing saloon licenses, i It Is freely asserted that
ha holds on to hi office th mean of retaining hla employment by
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MEDFORD TO RESCUE '
OF CHILLY ROSEBURG
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(Snerial Dtapatch Th JowsaL) ' '." '
Med ford. Or.. Jan. il. Not since tha
San Ffanclsco refugeea wer entertained
in Medford haa there been such Interest
taken in the welfare of a neighboring city
as when a' 'dispatch waa received here
to th effect that the fuel famine In
Rneebunr waa serious and railing for a
car of Medford coal to relieve the dis
tress. All possible team wer procured
and rusried ttbemln-an tonight it
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pry of railroad
Oor
Shepherd.
Southern . Pa
clfio . attorney .
and member of,
the. city, coun--.
ell of Portland. .
has not yet re
signed from ,
tha e o u n e 1 1 ,
not wlthatand-
1 n g nil re-
peated declaration last,
it, '
d '
f
year that ha intended
to do ao. Because of
his being ' on and th
same time a reeresenta
ve"Bfthe'iaeot)le and
attorney for a - railroad
corporation he baa been
subjected to much criti
cism. He has again
been Interviewed In re- '
gard' to tha matter and
haa returned an evasive -anawer.
. He now says -that
he will reelgn
when he uaa aeea to it
that th proposed high
license ordinance la '
passed.'-
Mr. Shepherd', was
elected to tha city coun
cil In June, Hot, and
some time after taking
office he waa retained
attorney for tha
Southern Pacing to -
; serve in the Interests of
. the Harriman line gen
erally. HI Drat and .
moot conspicuous tssk
;4 waa In examining titlea
. to the right of way for
lino which the Harri
man people planned to '
construct between Port
land and Seattle. ' . . --
At that time Council
man . Shepherd, - recog
nising the Impropriety .
v of remaining .longer- in .'
.. the city council, whrr
mattera axe constsntly ;
arising,. In which the
: raflroud . I ' Interested.
' declared that, he would
resign 'In a very short
I hoped to have a car sent forward to
Roaeburg. Never before haa such
condition existed in this part of Oregon,
and while Medford furnished an excel
lent market for the output of the mine,
local trad waa dropped and ' the Rose
burg order rushed through. -
, Poxen Day for Theft.
(. - - (gpeal Dtopatcb te Tka Josnwl.) :-'
The Dalles, Or., Jan. 19. A C'Mo
Oormark has been sentence.! to M days
In Jail in lieu Of, a fine ii Was unable
to pay on conviction of stealing a box
of cigar in the basement of a saloon
where b waa employed 1 menial taeka.
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Special Ticket Wins
-in Sharp Contest for
' Board of Governors of
Commercial Body
Utmost Good Humor Prevails
and - Luncheon Is Served--
1 While the Ballots Are Counted
?Tom Richardson Makes an
Address to the Members, r
JQeoUon of the enUre apeclai ticket
was th surprising result of the annual
election of a board of governor of.tb
Portland Commercial club last evening.
Th result of this election U said ' te
forecast tha selection of H, M. Cake to
th offlc of president of th eulfc:"'-'---
Th new board ia composed of the fol
lowing: B. D. Inman. who received 10
of th 1ST vote east; J. Annand, 18S
votes; IV U Durham, 0( votea; E. H.
McCracken. 2 IT votes; Big. Blchel. 1
vote; a H." Trumbull, 18 vote; V.
Dresser. 161 votes; -W.' B. Qlafke, 211
votea; Dr. J. R." Wetherbe. ITS. votes.
W. B. Olafke and H. H. McCracken were
nominees on both the special and ad
ministration tickets. Election of the
special ticket Is th result of a move
merit started by Q. M. McDowell mud
other at a meeUng held a week ago at
ine oiuo.
Oreat Xntereat In Contest. V
- Unusual Interest was shown In The
election.' There was a large attendance
ana tne contest waa carried on with ths
utmost good nuraor. a luncheon waa
served. In one of . the reception-roome.
During the count of the ballots meet
ing Waa held in the gymnasium and a
short address was made by Tom Rich
ardson on the promotion work that I
being - don by his ; department Be
spoke favorably of th proposition to
amalgamate . the Commercial club and
tha chamber of commerce. .
. The meeting adjourned to next Fri
day evening, when the annual report of
the retiring president, P. w. Leadbetter.
will be heard. It 1 aald there are three
mem bar of the newly Ktard rrt
governora who are ready to tender their
resignations to create m vacancy, to ba
filled by election of Mr. Cake, in order
to make bim elltgible to tha presidency.
MURPHY CHALLENGES
C0RBETT FOR FIGHT
(Publlkera' PrM by Special Leased Wire.)
New Tors,, Jan. l. Tommy Murphy
through hi manager, John Oliver, to
day challenged Toung Corbett to a fin
ish fight In private for a tot of 15,000.
Oliver's challenge la Issued with the
proviso that no suitable purs be of
fered for th ngnt ty Nevada ciuds
and that Toung Corbett agree to 1S1
pounds two houre before entering th
ring. - Murphy's manager la of the
opinion that since Riley of Tonopah
has turned down tha right, there is out
little chance of any of the other rain
ing camps In Nevada bidding, and he
say - he would rather fight for the
aide bet than have the battle called
off altogether. No one In the Corbett
camp haa yet replied to tha deft -
-1 know Tommy can anoca voroeu s
head off," aald Oliver In announcing
hla challenge.
CITY DESTROYED
BY TIDAL WAVE
Port Espinbo Invaded by Delude
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poliowins neavy oiorm
It Is Feared Many Lives Were
Lost Carcasses of Animals
Floating In Every Street.
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(PabUaberi'v "rses by BperiaK teased Wlt.
Oporto, Portugal, Jan, . A iioai
fnilowlnar a terrible atom, haa
Invaded 'Port Esplnb, causing greet
property loss. It m feard when the
water subside it- win - o rmino mii
men v oersons were drowned. ,Th
water ros about , practically every
building In th town.' Horse and cat
tle wer drowned. Carcasses of animal
are floating In every atreet
Bo far aa know, all person escaped
from their house In boat. Only mea
ger reports hav 'been- received from
outlying sections of the town and It la
feared tha entire story of th disaster
la not known at thla time.
- There le great danger lest the flood
spreads to Oporto. 'Th river Dourovon,
on which It I situated, hss overflowed
and' laundated th surrounding country.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
IS
Every -Interior Rail
road Town May Be Put
'on Equal Basis as a
Jobbing Point v ;
Change In Its Methods of At
tack Before the Interstate
Commerce Commissioner
Proves Very disastrous in Its
Effects.-.-- ".. . '. '
bllity and growth a a tidewater termi
nal point and distributing center for
the interior, tha bearing of tha "Spo
kane rate ease'' haa strengthened thl
city position. - It is now being pre
dicted that the Soekene argument.
0Wl PETARD
logically carried to Its ultimate conclu
sion, will eliminate the , favored Spo
kane sone, and put Lewlaton, Wallula
and every Interior railroad town on an
equality with Spokane aa a Jobbing; .
point- -. - :- - , ..
Thla result is attrlbutsd to tha radical
change mad by Spokane in Ha Una 'of
attack befor th interstate- eommero
commissioners in the hearlfrg that has-'
lust been adlourned at Spokane, to be
reaumed at Portland In May, at which,
time all testimony for the coast citlea -
must ba presented. l-.;..Ja
' Spokaa SUft Vosltioa. '
, Before the hearing had proceeded
tw fa th flnnkina iilTflcltAl ailcftd
l..u. tt WFlFl,.lrw thkf nlMi tha
water competition did not really exist
at the coast cities and that the-claim -of
those cities to lower terminal rate
was fictitious. They shifted to th
irauau iiibi m mrvuin .rvin
by th railroada ia a profitable rate.
fixed Independent of water terminal
duced all along tha line, thereby giving;
Spokane lower rate from Chicago.
logically this argument wui leaa to
the lowering of rates In the ratio of n
distance tariff from th ast and in- -elude
every city in the Paclfio north
west located on a Harriman or Hill
line. II WU! a.jao iiiviuu. iiiv im.w.or
termTharpoiatg-unimatelyT for they will
resort to wster shipments from the At-
lantlo coast and Europe, and will force
th transcontinental railroada again to
lower the through ratea from the east
to Portland and Puget sound, or operat
without through freight- , :
XVowm Water Bate W1U PoUowa.
' Th railroada will not alt Idly by and.
permit the bulk of tonnage from th
east to coma by way of th Panama
rout and -around tha Horn by ahlpa,
and the result wilt be another drop oit
through freight ratea by rail that will
plac th tidewater terminals on their
old advantageous baal aa distributing
points forexh Interior. But it will then
be a case of "no quarter" to Spokane,
for that city artificial Jobbing son,
will have- been destroyed aa a result -of -the
present rata .hearing. V
It waa noticeable throughout tnsr
hearlng that the commissioner did not
regard with favor the so-called - "Bpo
kan lone." around which tha railroad
have built a' wall over which oatatd
Jobbers cannot go, and Inside of which
Spokane Jobbers have a practical mo
nopoly. Thla sone ia within a clrcl
100 miles In diameter around Spokane,
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U C;
IS BURNING UP
Entire Business Section Do
stroyed by Flames Which Are
Beyond ControU-Residencs
' Section Rapidly Being Con-
sumed Appeal for Help Sent
(TSbltatiers ' Press 'by tpeetal teased Wire I
Beaufort. B. C. Jan. The town of
Beaufort 1 wrapped In flame a. Th
entire buelneea section, consisting of
twe blocks of stores, haa been de
stroyed. After laying all the atorea r
ashes,, the flames maile their way
the realdencea and many of the, hit .
somest homes in th city are now burn.
Ing. The Or atarted at 1 p. m t -i
Schrelber'a grocery and at 4 ovio
very atore was gone and the fim,.j
reached the residences. The if
telephoned to Sxvannah aeklng for I
A company of Savannah flrem-n bi !
paratua are expected here on a e i
train. '
Beaufort has a population of 1 ' ' '
which la largely colored. Huva,, ,
about Ta miles Oletant. Tt U r ,t V ,
how the Mr started. i:rr.nt , i ,
part Of the fir department , ,
Ifulsh th flame pry vol juxvn:
BEAM
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