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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21. 1507. LltO PICKED FOR ' GOr.ir.llTTEES BURHED TO DEATH GOULD WAY CLEAR ilCR08S1iE.nol- FAMOUS NETHERSOLE ARRIVES IN PORTLAND Talks to Reporter About Her Impressions of Western Country ' . Mother of H. C. Bowers, Manager of Portland Hotel, Was Once Member of Her Company. .'vO HIGHER PAY FOR CITY'S ffil HELP IMPRISONED " HI JAIL ' Fivo Indians at Umatilla Reser , vation Agency Perish Most ' I v Horribly. Harrimari Selling Him Right of : Way Two Hundred ajid. Eighty Miles Long. Clerks Do Not Get . All They ' " Asked of the Council, vr '' However. . ' ' . "' Portland Unionists' Will Show Senator Wright of Yamhill Will - Have Charge of Railroad 'Affairs. Sympathy for Moyer, hjay ; wood and Pettibone. C0L0RADIII , f T.nxurlAualr reclining wpon the bed la the stateroom of her private car, Miss Olsa Netheraole. the famous bnpun ' a nut, received interviewers thla morn Ins, told of the marvelous glorlea of - for trio throush tha Slaklyoua and Incidentally recalled that tha roothar of J H. C Bowere. manager or tne j-onuina hotel, waa her leading aupport when ahe made her Brat appearance in America T3 :' years ago. -jtri. Bower was on of tha greatest American -emotional actresses bf her time." said Miss Nethoreole. "She wee engaged by Augustin Daly to aupport " " ma on mjr first appearance In New rVrk It year ago. It waa In 'Camllle,' and quite well do I remember her and that " ' first appearance. 8he died a year later.'' ' It la a magnificently appointed ear, - the Netheraole. Surrounded by the Iu ' wry of her apartment, beautiful bou- r ouets,pTeseTitea -on ; wr imrmniroij by Portland admirers, her favorite " hooka, ahe la obllvloua to the proaalc and even aordld atmosphere of Park and Hoyt streets, . where tne car la ata tioned. i ,,. . . Zataasiastlo Ore Trip. . ' ' "I do not care," aha said. "It la my home and I do not see. But the great Mount Shasta and the trip through the mountain'. I think I ahall buy aome stock In thla road! It la so beautiful thla what do you call It that bringa you through 'th , mountain and so '-' rcnr.h mow?" ' . '" " " 1 Mlaa Netheraole arrived from the eoulh thla morning. It Is her flrat visit to the const, and the ovation - with which ahe haa been received hae been no more . . enthusiastic than her description of the " scenic wondere, .... u a I. 1.. all . Mtit f 1 L Wil I lQ D in .,v. wi.v "like a glorloua picture or a wonderful ', ' dream. It to aU ao etranga and beautiful thla California but I am now In Oregon. , am I not. where yon have tha Columbia and ao many aalmonT You know, I havei a map and It la quite Intereatlng." Miss Netheraole Is English, in birth. In emtam and.-decidedly SO in speech. Next to being an English woman, aha says, ahe would rather be an American ... woman. - . Her Home Everywhere. - -'When the offlcera came on board our ship the laat time I came'ecrose to New . York, they asked me what nationality I waa. . I am English .W"U American leanings, Trepl1ed, nH dare yoo to write that down." "Whore la your home, Mlaa retner- HAY FAMINE IS LATEST RESULT OF CAR SHORTAGE - Hay la . becoming, an 1 exceedingly ecarce article In Portland. Tha local ahortage In that commodity haa arrived at the ataga where but little la to be had at any price. Several of the large transfer and drayage companlea, foreseeing, the ap proaching famine, laid In a aupply auf : ficlent to tide them over an ordinary period of scarcity. But hundreda of ownere of private stables are compelled to feed grain and bin. --- ' Bedding straw la another article of which feed dealers are abort. The agri cultural dlstrtcte of eastern Oregon and Washington and the Willamette valley are aald to have quantltlea of hay and straw that the farmers are anxloua to get to market, but the railroads fall to furnish the neeeaaary car. The McKlnley Mitchell Feed company NUMBER OF PISTOL'S. FRAME MAY CONVICT T. S. RANKINS Thst Detect! vea Baty. Burke and . Kienlln made one of the most Important capturea in yeara; when they raided the room In the lodging house at Front an Clay streets last Friday afternoon and " . arrested ! men on suspicion of having been Implicated In the series of daring crime, culminating In the robbery of the Sellwood poatofflce and the shoot ing of Patrolman Sorenaon, la evidenced , by the discovery thla morning that the Smith A Weaaon 1-1 revolver which v T. S. Rank Ins. one of tha suspects threw away while being taken to the petrol box. la one of . the weapons stolen from Vancouver,. Washington, hardware dealer several months ago. . The number on the butt of tha gun had been filed off and the thief evi dently thought that, thla waa tha only mefk of Identification on tha pistol. As ' all revolvers of this make are stamped A1TI-PASS BILL TO LOSE STIHG Idaho Statesmen Would Rob - Important Measure of Its Best Feature. rjaaraal 8tal gervlee.) - Poise, Idaho, Jan. II. In the house today the anti-paaa Mil cam up again. On Friday the committee of the whole recommended Its passage, and no ob jections were raised. After a spirited debate the bill was recommended to the rommltte of the whole for amendment, making It applicable only to state offl . rera. If the proposed amendment la adopted the beet features of the bill will be eliminated. The following bills were-Introduced in the house: To create the county of Honner out of Kootenai county; amend ing the tax lawa; to create the county of Clearwater out. of Nea Perce county; to amend laws relative to publishing notice of county commlnalonera' meet lnk; to require the assessors to collect nartxiiltural statistics for state Jmtnl :riMm. commissioner. - -. --v. .---- l ilts Introduced In the eenftte: To iPKu'nte the sale of intoxicating liquor, tt-i.itiriff to acknowledgments of aale and t. community property. A ,-oncurrent resolution was adopted ti appoint a committee to Visit Lewis ton snd Clarksnn in Investigate the nuttrr of the bridge across th Snake Ilvrr. 1 ' 1' j a.ato : iij ver $Uo,09 4-j aoIeT" ahe waa asked. "I have many homes." Bur your own homer "They are all mine," replied the prob- lem play Interpreter. V"I am building a home lniie Pyrenees, a Basque house on the boundary Una between France and Spain. I have a home In London, and another In the country at Norfolk. I waa born In London." Miss ffethersole's present tour la un der the direction of her. brother. Louie Netheraole. It waa he, by tha way, who managed Maxlne Elliott'a success ful Invasion .of England. He arrangea all engagemente for his sister, makes appointment and auggeata places of in terest that ahe should vlalt,- .. : Opinion ef Blvlae Sarah, Mlaa Netheraole had not read ' the preaa dlspatehea announcing the serious lllneaa or Sarah Bernhardt, one oecame deeply- Interested at oca..- : u. "It can't be that ahe la dying," ane aald. 'Surely tha reports are exag gerated." "In the event of her death, Mlaa Neth eraole. who. in your opinion, would be her logical aucceasor?" ahe waa asked. "There eould be no logical aucceasor to her place." aba replied quickly, "any more than there could be a logical auc ceasor to Sir Henry Irving. One carves his own place, one creates bis own part. There could be no aucceasor to her.". Xer Inspiration. . Pendant from a silken cord beside her bed." In large letters, there 1 a verse always before her eyes while aha la In her apartments. "Invlctua," la tha cap tion, and It reads: v "It matters not how atralght the gate. , How charged with punishment , tha ' aerotl, , ' I am the. captain of my fate, ' . . Tha captain of my soul." , Mies Netheraole la greatly Impressed with the greatness Of the west. And she la also pleased with the reception she haa received. j . "Everything la so big out hero," ahe aald. " " "The distances - and even . the theatres, "they accommodate ao many people. I am coming back to the weet next year. - The east, which made me wait before I could see tha west, must Itself wait until I have seen all of it." It waa in "Sapho" that Mlaa Nether, sole- probably -received . mora publicity than any other1 actress. ' Bar ,lortland engagement Includes "Sapho" and "Tha Second Mra. Tanqueray." . reporta a ahortage In both hay and oata. "The country adjacent -to Portland -la full of all kinds of atock feed, which the 'farmers are anxloua to ehtp to thla market, but they can't get tha care," aald a- representative of that company. ; Everdlng Farrell have plenty of oata and bran on hand, but find It diffi cult to aupply their customers with hay or straw. - . - - - Tha feed dealers give aa one reason for tha ahortage In theaa commodities, the fact that they are hauled at a much lower rate than any other farm product and the railroads are only- furnishing cars now to haul he highest classes of freight. , - ' I ' The scarcity In feed atuffa 'haa not. however, resulted rn a material advance In tha prlcea ef these commodities, the dealera generally preferring to charge their customers only e legitimate profit. with numbera on tha cylinder and frame it waa an eaay matter to determine whether the revolver waa on of thoaa atolen from Vancouver.- The bullet extracted from Patrolman So re neon's foot la exactly the same caliber aa thoaa need In Rankin's gun and the police expect to connect him with the . Sellwood robbery. In the event, however, that the evldenoa la not sufficiently strong to Insure a convic tion for thia crime the prisoner will be turned over to the Washington authori ties. . - Sheriff Taylor of Umatilla county telephoned to Captain Moor today that Rankin a and Frank Johnson, who waa sentenced to 10 daya on the rockptle laat Saturday on a charge of vagrancy, are wanted there for highway robbery. Johnson . will undoubtedly be taken to Umatilla for trial aa scon aa releaaed from Kelly's Butt. - Six Hundred Bodies Taken From f . Ruins While Others Are i , Among Debris. Kingston, Jamaica, Jan. ' 81. Th known dead number (Ot and many bodies are yet uncovered In the debris. It ia likely that 1,00 were killed. Port Royal haa been' evacuated by military and civilians. , Indignation over Governor- Sweden ham's action grows, but the ' city la growing calmer.. Officials, committees and surgeons era restoring order, but would have done ao more effectually if the efficient aid the American aeamen gave had been continued. flciency warrants In the paat two yeara and most of the departments are run ning behind. . ELECTION OF OFFICERS ...TAKES PUCE SATURDAY The new board of governors formed Saturday night at the Commercial club met today and elected Kdward Ehrman temporary chairman.- Th election of offlcera and the bualnea of irnctlngl .permanent organisation waa deferred until Saturday noon becauae of the ab sence of the member a. c. W. Hod son, Big Sicbel and Hugo McQulr. THOUSAND DEAD I MM '..Wether a clerk la worth mora -to iha city than he la to a private cor poratlou la a question that the council committee on, waya and . meane. waa i called upon to aolve thla morning. Bv- eraj counter clerks wno nave oeen re- celving $100 a month akd for an In crease of f 26 a month la thelr monthly salaries. Councilman Gray oppose! the application for th Inereaee. 'Many clerka," he said, "ar employed In wholesale houlea and they do not re ceive over 1100 a month. To earn the aalarlea they receive they must work often at all hours of the night. Here the day la eight houra and th man quit when that day end. ,It la not right to grant the Increase." T Ih increase asked wa reduced t SJ A month. A general Increase m tne aalarlea In - th city engineer'a of floe waa ordered. Chief Deputy Engineer Hansen' pay-wa raleed -f rem-l t $1(0 a month; Chief Draughtsman Ren ter from $11( to $ US. and the other draughtsmen proportionately. Th lnereaeea were granted upon the recommendation of City Engineer Tay lor, who aald the deputise -had been of fered higher aalarlea by private corpo ration a. Upon requeet Mr. Taylor waa allowed four additional draughtsmen at a minimum salary of $80 a month. Mr. Taylor aald men-could-not b obtained at a lower salary. ' Th aalarlea of tha Civil engineer In ht department were raised from (12S to $140 a month. Engineer.- Mr. Taylor - said. ar hard to obtain. A man who failed to pass th civil service examination 1 recently waa given employment by a railroad at $176 a month. Th aalarlea of the in strument men were raised from 171 to $85 a month. The men asked for aa In crease of $25. : . FIRST CHARGE OF v -SWEARING ON 'PHONE X '. T. J. Johnson, a plumber' whoa place of bualnea la at 20 Washington atreet. thla x e afternoon awore to a complaint before Judge Cameron charging Oitlona being made for a protest meeting Martin Pugh, chief deputy of th . city-engineer" offtee and n In Obstructor In th T. M7 C. A.-ducsv tlonal department, - With using profane language over th tele- w phone. A warrant waa prompt- ' ly Issued forth arreat of Pugh. Th case 1 th first of Its kind on th Portland record. - i Pugh admits having used the language referred to In th com- . w plaint. As a aerena . ne ae- , clare Johnson called him Just aa wicked a nam 'and. more- ' w over, that Johnson "said It first." -- -r v- - SCOW HOME BURNED AND THE AfiEO DffNER DEAD Body of Peter Deklnder Found, Disproving the Thaory of Foul Play. --r By the finding yesterday morntng of the decomposed body of Peter Deklnder with a bullet wound In the skull, un questionably . self-inflicted, th theory of foul play or accidental death en tertained sine the myatetiou disap pearance of the man early laat Mon day morning after the destruction of his scow by fire, has been dispelled. - K. Tente, an employe of th Banfleld Veasey Fuel company; found th re mains behind a high board fane at th corner - of Twenty-second street north and Sherlock avenue. Th police and coroner were-Immediately notified of tha grewaom find and Detective John Price was detailed to make an Investiga tion. Lying alongside the body waa found a (-caliber revolver and a pip. In th . pocket of th : -dead man's cloth a number of cartridges. 1( cent In silver, a key and a grocery bill of th Centennial market for (5.61 were found. By mean of the grocery bill; the detective was enabled to es tablish th Identity of th deceased. Coroner Ftnley took charge, of th corps and upon examination discov ered that Deklnder had placed th mux- si of th weapon in his mouth and .pulled th trigger, the bullet lodging In the top QT the skull. It waa ascer- talned that Deklnder lived alone In th i house-boat near the North Pacific mill and eked out an existence by doing odd job. - It Is not known whether, while despondent, he set Are to his scow and then committed suicide, or grief-stricken over th destruction of hi dwelling, ended hi life for that reason. No In quest will b held and If no on ap pears to claim the body It will be In terred In the potter field, i. NAME OF LVQUEEN SENT TO THE SENATE To Be , Postmaster at Cottage Grove -North Yakima Re ' ceiver Appointed. . . (Joersal Rpeelal Senifv.) Washington, Jan. 21. The president today sent to th senate th following nominations: Postmaster California, John W. Short, Frsno; Oregon, George . Mc Queen, Cottage Grove. Receiver of public money at North Yakima, Washington, Alfred F.- Stel it man. ; , . 1 RAILROAD MEN AT: THE WHITCOMB FUNERAL Th' funeral of ; Charles Whlteomb, who died on Saturday, was held thl afternoon from Flnley's chapel. The services were conducted under the aus pices of the Christian Science church. A large ' number of Multnomah club members and railroad men attended the funeral. "The pallbearer were Herbert Owen. Homer Feary, Al. McHolland, Burr Wagner, Thomas Monk and Rob ert Murray. Interment was la River view cemetery. Portland unionist ar planning demonstration la protest against the kidnaping of Moyer, Haywood and Pet tibone, officers of the Western Federa tion of Miners, now in an Idaho jail charged with the murder of ex-Governor Stuenenberg. Tha demonstration will be held February IT and the in tenlloti is to rent one of th larger the atrea ct the city, to ha v first class spenkerh and to take up a collection to Jiulp uefray th cost- of defending the accused, 'fflmllar demonatratlona will be held all over the United Statea tha aame night. February IT laat,' with the aid of Gov ernor Good In of Idaho and )overnor Mo Donald of Colorado, Idaho peace offlcera arrested the three labor leader at their home In Clippie Creek. Colorado, char tared a epecJal train aDd carried them Into Idaho, where they have been under lock and key ever sine. , . T Big &asas rand."" : ' Though the Western Federation Of Miners ia in no way connected with fhe American Federation of Labor, the lat ter organisation interested itaelf In their defense, aa did also the Industrial Work era of th World and other radical work ing class bodies. A large defenae fund waa ralaed, C. 8. Darrow of Chicago, on of America' moat noted criminal lawyers, waa employed and desperate efforts were made to swear th release of th prisoner. Tha defense centered Its efforts on an attampt to secure the relea.se of th prisoners on th ground that they had been - illegally and unconstitutionally kidnaped. An appeal waa taken to th United State eupreme court and that tribunal decided against them. Judge McKenna, however, handed down a dis senting .opinion, caustically commenting on th 'action of th- authorities of the two states.. This opinion has been printed In pamphlet form by .the hundred thous and, and one of the featurea of taa pro test gatherings will be th distribution of thla piece of literature. - Unions Will Varitletpat ; Following th supreme court decision. labor's protest became louder than, be-fets-AndIhe. Moyer-Haywood Agitation league was formed. ' Members of this league are responsible for th prepara- In Portland.' During the past week committee - led- by- John-Cameron has been visiting the various" labor unlona of th city and inviting them to send delegates to -a preliminary meeting, which Is to b held at 109 Davia street Wednea&ay night The .committee re porta that th majority of th unlona I will taer part in th demonstration. Handbills, offering a reward of $6,000 to any one who will kidnap ex-Governor Taylor of Kentucky and turn him over to the authorltlea of that state are be ing widely circulated by friends of Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone. r Partiality Alleged, v Taylor haa been wanted In Kentucky-l for several yeara In connection with the murder : of Governor GoebeL Imme diately after th shooting, he fled the atata. Governor of atatea In which he took refuge were aaked to grant requl altlon papers, but all refused. ' It Is pointed out that if it waa con stitutional to kidnap Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone and carry them Into an other state It would be constitutional to subject Taylor to the same treatment. The purpose tof th person offering the reward is to prove, so they say, that the supreme court was Influenced by class reaaona and that In dealing with a cap italist politician It would not construe the law th same as It did In dealing wun teaaers or tne working class. JAIL-BREAK TOOLS . JII PRISOII Sheriff of Baker Makes Startling Discovery When Going on . His Rounds."1, (Rperlal DvpatcV to The JooraaL) ' Baker City; Or., Jan. ll.-Indlcatlona of a plot to break jail were dlcovrd thla morning by Deputy Sheriff MoCord, who found a file and two hacksaws hid den under a alnk In a corridor of the county's prison. ' a Alex Wlddowson, accused of th mur der of Wlllard Moody, and Sam Whit the alleged defaulting hotel clerk,, sr n oniy prisoners cuiiuuva in mi jau no, though a number of other prison- era hav been kept there up to th laat few days, when their case war dis posed of. . Mystery eurrounda th v manner In which the tool were taken Into th Jail, as th jailer declare no on waa al lowed access to th corridor except In their presence. Th matter I being In vestigated fully by th sheriff, but ho clue has yet been secured. . . WHIPPING POST MAY BE HIS FATE ' 'l ''. ' " . " " " " "' Hans Holt, a former member of the fir department, who ha been repeat edly before Judge Cameron for beating Ms young wife and who received a 46 day sentence on his last appearance, ha again been arrested for using hla spouse as a punching bag. u . - n A short time ego Mrs. Holt filed an action for a divorce, but upon th day sot for trlsl she asked for a dismissal of the action on the ground that ah hnd determined to give her husband an other chance. But a few days elapsed before Holt sgaln assaulted her and ahe promptly had him arrested. ' i Jin view of the prior oonvlotlon Holt may receive a whipping post sentence If the allegations against him are substan tiated. Th case waa continued in tha police court thla morning. Holt waa dismissed from th fir department on account of hla brutal assaults on hla wife. .. turf Vinlta BawmllL -. The damage ault of Antone K. Holmea against the Eastern at Western Lumber company cams up thl morning In Judge Cleland's court Holmes demands 126. 00 damages for th lose of a lag, and allegea careleaeness on th part of tha company In allowing It premises to remain In an vneafe condition. . Court was adjourned ao that the Jurymen might personally Investlrat th eonU lion of affairs in tb mill. , , , (Jonraul JpeaUl grvlea.l ' Salem. Or., Jan. tl. Senator Wright of Yamhill will bead the railroad com- fmltte . In th aenate, according to all Information that can ba gleaned this morning. With htm will be associated (Senators Bingham. Nottingham. F. J. Miller and Bowerman. Senator Malarkey la to get th chair manship of th judiciary, C J. Smith of education and be will also be re membered "on. several other Important committees. ' - Senator Smith's record for th laat two aeaslons entltlea . him , to much consid eration at th hands ' of1 . th llalnea forces, and h will get it. Other Dem ocrats will be granted Important com mitteeships, though none will have im portant chairmanship, In the house Mr. Coffey (a. aald to be aura of the committee on railroads, while Mr. Drlscpll will bet on th way and means and also on railroads.' Th indications at noon ar that th com mittee will not be announced today unless late in th afternoon on account of ths changes in the rules and In the cumber of oommtttees. . In both houses it Is being planned to aeparate the committee on banking and Insurance, and make two committee on on banking and tha -- other on lnauranc. and make th com mittee on medicine, . pharmacy and dentistry five members . Instead ' of three, and to create a new committee on county and atate officers. . . Changes Cans Delay. . Because - th rules will have to be changed before th new committees can be made. It is very possible that th announcement In both houses will be delayed late this afternoon or until to morrow. Th Hod sua forces are expect ed to oppose the change . in tha com mittees In the senate and th fight may delay tha crWnge for aome time, but it ia thought that the wishea of th Haines following will be followed by the sea ate. Mr. Davey la much exercised over th suppositional publication of th com mittee appointments . and . may make some ehang In th list before making It public- v. ' ' , -. t Much speculation Is being Indulged lnon the senate side -concerning th membership of the railroad committee. Tire senate committee members are understood to be favorable to effective legislation, whether by appointment of th commission or Jn some other way.; It la feared that opposition to any defi nite legislation may arts In th house eomrolttea, as - there la . much- agitation over the political phase of th appoint ment of th commission by the gover nor. ' . . . . A reciprocal demurrage and anti-re-bat bill' will ba Introduced in th aen ate by Johnson similar to that' in th Teal commission bill. It provides that Must and. reasonable service and rate must be given and the lowest schedule in effect on January 1 - mad-th maxi mum rate that can hereafter be charged., The penalty for giving rebates Is m fine of from $100 to $10,000. The penalty for receiving rebate I - from, $60 to $600 fin. Unjust discrimination la for bidden. Any railroad violating th law la liable to the'ahlpper-for-double the amount of Injury and for . attorney a ftta. . .. :. ' ' , INCREASE SALARIES OF THE . COUNTY OFFICERS . ' It la extremely likely that a bill will be Introduced in th legislature provid ing for a general increase In th aalarlea of th officers or Muitnoman county. County Auditor Brandea ta aald to b preparing a bill providing for a raise In hla ealary the deputy sheriffs want more - money - and ao - ao county uierx Fields and hla deputies. "If I find that th other officers want higher aalarlea I will try to get them together on a general bill to cover all the offices.'- aald Counts. Clerk Fields today. 'Th salaries ar toot justly apvl portioned as It Is. Th sheriff gets 4,tw with per'qulslte and th assessor geta SS.000. whll I. with th largest offlc In th county, get only IS, 000. Up to 190S thla offlc waa' In three di vision, th head of each getting SS.S00 g year, and I believe that I ought to hav a raise. However, I will mad no application for a raise unless th others do so. "My deputies ahould ' hav more money. They . now do mor work at S100 a month than deputies In other offices do at 117a. Th mnvasi on deputy at SITS, on at S125. four at SI 00 and six at S7S- Th sheriff has on at SI 60. two at li0, sight at l0 and flv at S7S, whll I have three t $100 and about SO at $71. Th auditor ha on deputy at S1SS and on at $76." Othtr officer who do not receive enough", according to Clerk Fields, ar th county Judge and the commission era Th Judge geta SS.000 and tha eommisslonera SS a day. The salary of theaudltoMs $2,000 a year, that of the treasurer $2,000, of the school superin tendent $2,000. and of the coroner 11.000. .On thing which count in fa vor of th assessor and auditor and against the, clerk, la that th former ar elected for a term of four years, while th latter must undergo th expense of an election every two year. , LOCAL COMPANIES " BID ON CITY BONDS Bids were opened thla afternoon" fJr $90,306.99 bridge conatructlon bonda by the waya and means committee of the council.' and the following btda war submitted: By the Merchants' National bank for th entlr amount at a pre mium of $992; by the Security St Savings Trust company, for the entire, amount at $104.20; by the Oregon I.I fa Inaurance company for SS.000 at $106.20; by M. C Ot-lawold of $6. ISO for $6,000, and by Mrs. Lydla B. Faber of $S.2S0 for $6,000. Five thousand of the bonds wer awarded to th Oregon Insurance com pany "and th balance to th Security Savings A Trust Company. REQUESTS POLICE TO u. LOCK HIM IN CITY JAIL Fearing that ha was about to Ipse his reason, Frank Jones, releaaed from the atate asylum laat aprlng. - appealed . to Captain of Police Moore thla morning to be locked np In th city prlaon. Jonea, whll Buffering from aulcklal mania. attempted to take his life In Med ford by cutting his throat with a rssor and still bears a great scar as the result of his rash act , Ha will be held pending an J examination. . , .... s (flixetal Dlspatek to The Joaraal.) Pendleton, Or. Jan. II. While at tempting, aa It la aupposed, to burn their way out of th jail on th Uma tilla Indian reservation five Indian were burned to death yesterday morn Ing. Th victim were Richard Thomas, Yakima Indian; Abraham Lyman and Henry Cook, Umatlllaa; Vmta-WI-Ulpt and Wet-a-snoot, Ne Perces Indians, from Idaho. , . -Four of th bodies were found in a heap under th window. Th fifth waa at h other aide of tha room. There had . been . no fire at . the jail since Christmas. It la thought that when tb Indian wero searched on being locked up a supply of matcnea might hav been overlooked. . They . were . In for being drunk. - Of f ioer Gardner carries ' th key at th agency. As waa hla flrat duty when an ,alarm of fir la sounded, he got th children out and it wa then too late to release the prisoners In the JalL An attempt waa mad to cut down th door, but It failed. . . Identification, except in on case, waa Impossible. Th wife of Thomaa recor-1 nixed a ring a on h had worn. Th famllle of th other men took a corpa each from th lot. ' " Th coroner found th tragedy' du to the careless handling of the key to tb . jail and th aystam of caring for prisoners in general. . . . - - J. MARION WILCOX A VERY SICK MAN , J. Marlon Wilcox la dangerously 111 at Good Samaritan hospital and It la feared tltat he may not aurvlv more than a few hour. He baa' been In falling health for th paat flv or alx months and although an operation waa -performed last vnlng It I not thought possible that he can rally. Hla lllneaa la du to cirrhosis of th liver. Mr. Wilcox haa many friends in Port land. Ha waa born In Oregon Septem ber IS, 1164. and waa educated In. the Portland and Vancouver ehool. . HI wife was Mis Maria Dalton. Her father, Edward Dalton, now reside on th east aide. Th family consists of th wife and two sons. Mr. Wilcox waa chief clerk of th Clarendon hotel for about IS year and for th paat 14 year haa held th position of secretary of the United Carriage company. - RAILWAY C0.!M!SSI0 UAY " BE IlijESTISATED ' : Olympia, Wash, Jan. 21.-Dlaaatlafao-tlon with Governor Mead'a acceptance of th resignation of Railroad Commis sioner VIcMllUn seemed to be th pre vailing sentiment around the eapltol to day and It la likely that tha entire con duct of th railroad commission will bo thoroughly discussed on th floor of both housea. j . , '. A bill haa already been Introduced for th abolishment of th present commis sion and, th appointment of on com posed of several of th atata officers, to serve without, extra compensation. Th place made vacant by th resigna tion of McMlllln haa been tendered to former Governor John H. McQraej. SIX REU ENGINE HOUSES PROVIDED FOR Provision for th' eetabllshment ef engine house at Third and Ollaan streets, Portland - heigh ta. Highland. Multnomah Addition and Grand avenue and Multnomah atreet. Sellwood, and a volunteer ho company at Wood lawn wa mad by th council committee en waya and meana thla morning. The appropriation recommended for th building of tb house at Third aad Gllsan atreet waa $16,000, for Port land helghta, house, engine and hose wagon and sis horses, $18,420; Highland, engine, hose wagon, alx horse. $ll,7; Sellwood. horses and repairs, S1.SSS. Th chemical engine now at Highland will be transferred to Multnomah. Wood lawn will be given a hose cart. Th cttlsen of that suburb hav prom land to organise a volunteer fir eom- 16 hav already pledged them selves to become members of tha com pany ' !-- For th maintenance ef th fir alarm ayatam SS0.000 waa appropriated. Superintendent Bavarian aaked for $6,000 for necessary Improvements, but the commltte' found that It had reached th limit under th charter.- Mr. Ba varian aald a large number of new ata tlona and a fe7 new electrical 1rcu1ta were needed,- but the appropriation per mitted him to establish only eight new station on the west side and 26 on th east side and two new circuits In th whole city. The committee decided that nothing could be done. Fire Chief CampbeU'e estimate had been slashed from $276,000 to $274,734, th full amount the tax levy will pro duce, and no more money could be ap propriated, aa the general fund Is prob lematical In amount INFORMER IN JAIL, GAMBLERS RELEASED A. I Eden has found to his sorrow that It does not pay to become a police Informant. .After being ejected from a poker gam at 1SSH 'First i street yes terday sfternoon Eden made' His way to police headquarter and notified Captain Bruin of the illegal gambling. After all of the men arrested had been released on depoalf of $60 oaah ball apiece, Captain Bruin ordered th arrest of Eden for having also partici pated in the gam. As he was -.unable to ' produce the necessary ball the de jected Informer was locked up In the city prison. In the police court today the eases were continued until Wednes day for hearing. Lnd Title Defective!. -8utt was started this morning In Judge Osntenbeln's .court by George L. Parker against J. K. Kollock to quiet the title to a piece of land In Point View covering lots 1, S, S and 4, In block IS. It la alleged the land waa purchase.! at sheriff sale In 190S by the Point View ReaL Estate company end .fenced In by them, since whlctwtlme It haa developed that ther le an irregularity In the title, to determine the validity of which the present ault 1 brought. (Joaraal Special Serrtes.) Ban Francisco, Jan. SI. It Is official ly stated from th land offlc of th Centra Pacific that tha Southern Pa- -clflo and Western Pactfto have reached an agreement whereby the Harrtman road Is to sell a right of way covering SI0 miles through Nevada to th Gould Interests. Th negotiations are now be ing consummated in this city and If th repreaentatlvca of tha rival ayatema fall to reach an agreement it haa been atlp ulated that an arbitrator ahall deold upon th detail. The aala . involve land In Nevada which' la part ot the heritage, of the Central . Pactfle '.from' the colossal shrewdness of Collla P. Huntington. The right of way ' along 280 mllee stretching virtually acroaa the entire atate of , Nevada -1 for - the most part land granted' the Central Pacific by fhe government Aa a bonua for building a transcontinental -road, - la torn planes -the right of way of the Western Pa clflo Is to parallel the Southern Paolflo ; but tha tranafer will not materially af fect the plans of the Gould lines re garding entrance into California. -. - POLICE ARREST K6 LUX k'HO THREATENS SUIT' y"f essasBssBswateaasasssssaaBBBMS - r Taken Into Custody for. Being a . Burglar, Guy Morris Hits -. " Officer in Jaw. : As the result of hi Arrest yesterday by Patrolmen Keller and Inakeep It I ' reported that Guy M. Morris, an m ploy of tb Northern' Paclfio Express ". company Intsnds to Institute a suit for ' " damages against the two policemen. . -. To Captain Bruin, Morris stated that In response to an advertisement In a ' morning paper ha had left a note lander . the door of the offlc In the Lafayette building and was arrested upon hi re-. turn to ascertain If th advertiser was in. He declared that he thought the offl- " cera were highwaymen and attributed his reaistanc . to . that .causa, -., Morris agreed to allow hla room at SST Salmon atreet to be searched and told th police that 'A loaded revolver would be fpund '- there. . Upon lnvestl gatlon by the de teotlvea it waa found that all of the prisoner's statements were oorroborsTted ...... and he was released from custody. The light In the Lafayette building created great excitement and attracted A crowd T of several thousand people. - ; - - CROOK'S SHEEP IN ' EXCELLENT SHAPE Crass Is Plentiful on Ranges of -f : Central Oregon, Says Mr. . ;.' : . Wurzweiler. -W ' . .' .; , . . v..'- .V '"-v - ' -', Indications for . a .'prosperous year among the eheepmen of Crook oounty are very good according to William Wurswetler, a well-known cttlsen of Prlnevllie, who la at the Imperial hotel. Mr. Wurswetler aald today that last fall's grass had been better than for several yeara and that no feeding had been necessary until the cold weather came, except with cattle. In apeaklngV of condition In hla county. Mr. Wurs-- wetler eald: . . . "Everything polnta toward a prosper- . ous year tn Crook county. We had good grass last fall, better than for a number of years, and if the same conditions pre vail this spring we will have unuaually - good chances for the best year In the' history of the sheep Industry. - - "Eastern buyers are already offering , contracts for wool and the outlook la . that it will open with a rueli. There " will undoubtedly' be more aheep and wool raised In Crook county this year than laat. But It la not only In the aheep bualneee that we are prosperous . All llnss of trade are booming and the ' merchants ar doing well.' Mr. Wurswetler will remain In Port land about week. ' , - FREIGHTHANDLERS ' , WILL KEEP JOBS Men Who Marched ; In Union , Parade Will Not Bs Discharged. there were no dlsmleoala either at the Southern Pacific or the O. R. 4k N. freight aheda today a a result of th part the ' frelghthandler took In th union labor parade Saturday night. Th ITS members of the Frelghthandlere' union who marched behind their local banner expected trouble when they re turned to tneir Jobs, but no . trou fame, and It le extremely unlikely that any further action will be taken by the railroad officials. ,. , Superintendent Buckley atated today that ha had not Intended hla request that the frelghthandlere take ne part In the demonstration to be construed aa a threat of discharge... The men, however, universally placed such a con struction upon his words.. SECOND SUIT FOR -. TIMBER SPOLIATION' Helena. Mont.. Jan. 21. The TTnlted States government today Instituted suit against the Anaconda Copper Mining company to recover SIS.SOp, the value of atulla alleged to have been unlawfully cut on government lands. Thla Is an entirely Independent ault from- one com promised last week, wherein the defend- ant in the ault paid the . government ' $161,000 for timber wrongfully eut SENATORS COMPROMISE ' ; BROWNSVILLE AFFAIR '- Washlngtonr Jan. 21 The Republican senators today reached an agreement on ( the Brownsville affair. The decided to adopt a resolution authorising the com mittee on military affairs to Investigate -"without questioning the legality or ' Justice of any act of the preeldent." This le said to be- satisfactory to Sena tor Lodge and President Kooeevelt.