THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL PUKTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 8, 1907.
CRANE BACK IN ROLE THE
DEFENDS HUSBAND
"
DEED TO RIMY
to nounT HOOD
Union Trust Company of San
Francisco Acquires Valuable
Electric Une In Oregon. .
EVELYN'S MOTHER LEFT
torus lira
PUBLIC LIKES TO SEE HIM PLAY
OUT OF THAW'S WILL
BILL Ofl AUTHOR
Codicil In Favor of Wif Provide That Property Revert to Hi
' Family in Case of DeathVictory for Defense Is Fore- ; '
'.""".. casted by Jerome's Talk. ' v
(Josraal Inehl genlee.1
Chicago. Feb. . JCvelyn . Nesblt
Thaw waa placed on the witness-stand
again this afternoon. Thaw's will and
codicil, mad oo his wadding- day. waa
: rrhown to Mrs. Thaw. Thera waa a
codicil In favor of his wife, the estate
reverting back to hla family . at her
death, thua disorimtnstlng against hl
wife' mother. Jerome's ramark In en
wr to Dclmss' objection, "Hood Lord
forbid that we " ahould oontrovert
single atatement mada here," la re
garded aa forecasting victory for tha
. defense. " " -
Tha little wife of tha prlaoner had
been on tha grill all rooming Uatening
to much tiresoms wrangling ever the
admissibility of svidenee, and it waa
rot until the noon adjournment that
h- ahla, A w v tMflmnnv of Mai
weight. She testlfled that aubaaquant
to her aaerriage-ahajiad met Whits on
the afreet and that ha had. held Bis
hand out to her and aaked her to come
to , hW Alao that another time aha
waa riding in a hanaom and that White
had followed her ln another, bat that
he avoided hint. .
4 - Xunuael rorTrt In. ; . '-"
Aside from thla little "straw, whtcb
Indicated ,the direction - In - which the
gale mar sweep down on the caae of the
lata, the moat interesting testimony
of the morning aeaaion waa that In
which Evelyn swose-that White en
listed tba services of Aba Hummel, the
attorney recently disbarred. In an af-i
PASSENGERS
FIRST TIME IN WEEK
O. R. & N. Makes First Shipment
J of People and Mail Since Be- '
ginning of Blockade.
CONNECTION IS MADE .
BY STEAMER SPENCER
Main Lino Is Clear From Bonneville
' East and It Is Believed Trains Will
Get Through From Portland De
, ginning Tonight. '
Passengers and mail were sent east
today by tba O. R. A N. company for tha
first time alace . tha beginning of tha
snow" blockade; at" Oneonta." torgs :1ast
Saturday. Tha steamer Dallea City, de
parting from Alnsworth dock at T a, am.
took several hundred paesengers to Tha
Jalles to connect with tr.-fns aaatbound.
The steamer Spencer left tha same dock
at noon with passengers and mall for
Bonneville, where train connection lor
the eaat will be made.
It la believed tha O. ft. A N. will get
train through from Portland to, the
east thla evening. The main Una Is
clear from Bonneville east, and tha op
erating department has a large fore
of men and two rotary snow plows at
work reducing the blockade today be
tween Horse. Tail falls and Oneonta.
This small piece of track was the worst
part of the los blockade.
Buckley Old Great Work.'
It ta aald M.' J. Buckley, general su
perintendent, has done almost superhu
man wor In tha clearing of the line.
He was without sleep from last Satur
day until Wedneaday night, and nearly,
all the time he waa In the thickest, of
the operation of a locomotive- and -ro
tary, and several times narrowly es
caping death. He Is regarded as hav
ing accomplished a feat in getting the
line open so quickly under tha clrcum-
"-stanres: : '
The drifts of Irs and snow were so
ItlRh that In places an arch waa left
after tha rotary and locomotives bad
passed through, and these drifts were
BODIES OF SMALL MEN BETTER
THAN THOSE OF LARGE ONES
-Out of 14 sppllcants for positions tn
the fire department, only It passed the
physical test at ths civil service exam
ination yesterday. Moetof the success
ful sppllcants were small men, or men
-who stood under five feet and eight
inches bars of stockings. Very few
large men were accepted.' The large
men were rejected principally on account
of defective eyesight and hearing and
MEHT . BUILDING IS
UNTOUCHED BY FLOOD ,
. gSSSBSBsSSSSBBBBSSSjesaSBS
Arches Supporting Roadway
Across Guild's Lake Are Al
( ( most Out of Sight. f
The government building at the ex
position grounds is still well above the
high water that Ja backed Into Guild's
luk ss a result of tha rise In ths Wil
lamette. It would require a further rise
of six or eight feet to reach eny t the
structures In that part of the grounda
occupied by the government building.
All the low-lying land around yQulld's
lake ts several feet deep in water. The
arches supporting the long roadway
landing from the main -fatr grounds to
Ihe government building are nearly out
of sight. In places the roadway ta but
two or three" leet above water.
fJO RAILWAY ATTORNEY .
TO SUCCEED BEATTY
(Wa-hlnrtna Ptnress ef Tke Jmvmaf.)
tVsshlns'on. L. C. . It ta ,an-rounv-(t
on - gotd authority that the
,rM.nt will not appoint a railroad
attorney to succeed Juta Beatty, who
reslened from the federal . twnch tn
1 t :.-. It Is rlHlmed that a precedent
fur this was established la te case of
. - '
fort to get her to bring autt agalnat
Thaw on tha charge of abduction, and
that Hummel alao sought to get her to
bring suit agalnat Thaw for .breach of
promise. "
ioonrdin. ta Evelyn, ahe had no Inter.
at In either of the suits, being merely
! In the handa of White and
Hummel, whom aha declared Bought to
rta a. cluh over Tnawa neau anu
".h.ir. him rinws for blackmail.'
A bit of humor was injected into tha
itnttion hr. Evelyn's allegation .that
Whit hurt eomolalnnd to her that Hum
tni had double croeaed him, and
squeeaed him for $1,000 with the proa
pect of getting more.
rare of Pathos ts Opened.
Wfclla the Intense dramatics of yes
terday's proceedings were lacking to
day, a page of the patnos in me ue 01
tn witness waa brought out by her
explanetkm-of hr -fall urL!0 WWjinaw
sooner, her love for him being so great
that aha refused to have him laughed at,
aa she believed ha would be If her own
tarnished name was linked with his.
-Another sidelight on White's Jealousy
of the fair captive, and alao on the deep
ahadowa through which her life path
led. waa Evelyn's statement that White's
action in taking her out of the chorus
and whisking her away to school, was
not so much for the purpoes of comply
ing her education, aa with the view .of
getting her out of the society of Jack
iiarrymore, the actor, who ahe declared
waa making advances to. her,
GO EAST
Interspersed with slides of earth and
rocks that made operation of the equip
ment dangerous. Tha first ' rotary that
was aent out was disabled by rocks. -
Xeppaer Bridge BeplaoeeV'
. A bridge washed out at Heppner by a
flooded stream Wedneaday baa been re
placed by a temporary structure. - The
telegraph linemen have succeeded - In
getting a single wire up over the 16
mile stretch where , the entire wire
equipment was destroyed beyond Trout- t
dale. Today tha railroad officials are j
able to get Into wire communication
with practically all points on the line i
and the work of clearing tha tracks '
will be greatly facilitated. It ts ex-i
pected that today will be the last of
the blockade, and that all train serv
ice will be resumed tomorrow morn
ing, excepting on the Washington divis
ion. .
' Reports from the Wallula district are
to the effect that the Washington lines
of the O. R a H. will be restored to
running order by Sunday. General Pas
senger Agent McMurray, who has been
attending a meeting of the Transconti
nental Passenger association at Chicago,
arrived In Portland last night at II
AVArfr An hs ltMm.p Bmrmt Prtn.
j cernlng tha trip through Oregon, be
said:
Tells of Trip.
"Wl reached Pendleton before we
learned that' there was snythlng wrong.
The train moved from there westward
under slow orders, and got along all
right. There were IJ0 passengers j
aboard, and they were- well taken cars '
of, and not a grouchy person ln( the ;
party. Wo reached Bonneville about 7 I
o'clock last evening, and In to minutes
the transfer WsS made to the Spencer j
and the boat was off. The Spencer J
made tha trip In entjre darkness down
tha Columbia, and the only sign of our I
entering the Willamette was a red light j
on the shore. Tha run front Bonneville !
to Portland waa made In four hours.
'. Mr. McMurray aald he heard many In
teresting stories of good work done by
the officiate and men who were out
performance Is regarded as remarkable
by those who saw the conditions. He
rode a part of a day In General Superin
tendent Buckley's car, and the Ice and
snow drifts through which passage had
pgair-foTCed were so high that It waa-j
necessary to take the upper lamps off
of the outside of Jha coach, to avoid
their destruction by projecting loebergs
along the mountain sides.
other physical troubles.
Tha results of ths sxamlnstton will
probably make It neoessary for the com
mission to reduce the etandard of
height. Tha minimum at present la five
feet, sis Inches. Two physicians In
formed Secretary McPherson that small
men pans better physical examinations
thsn big men. and especially In exam
inations for railway positions.
the president's asking W. W. Cotton to
step aside when It was called to Roose
velt's attention that Cotton was general
counsel of the O. R. A N. Cotton, al
though he had been named aa Judge of
tha federal district court In Oregon,
was asked to reslgnf which - he did,
Wolverton being named.
boysofthey.m.c;a.to
give calendar show
The T. M. C. A. boys', department
will hold Its annual calendar show to
night in tbs boys' reception room. Mem
bers only will be admitted, but ths pub
lic will be admitted free tomorrow night
from 7fln to l:ao, at whtrh hour parenta
and frlerida wll be welcome.. Hundred-
of calendars of all kinds and from all
parts of ths I'nlted States and Canada
will be on exhibition, making a very In
teresting and artistic show.
Washington Street Improvement
A small army of workmen nro at
work reconstructing the premises at
the southwest corner of Washington and
Beventh streets. When they are done
a considerable sum of money la to bs
spent In decorating tba place. It being
the intention of ths management of the
Rosenthal , shoo store to spare no ex
pense to make It the moat attractive
looking shoe establishment In ths city.
The movement of Rosenthal's shoe
Lhouse shows ths trend of trade to move
up Washington street. It is under
stood that the stock of shoes for. this
store has been ronairlrrably enlarged to
me"t the di-tnnnds of a rapidly growing
ousincsa.
Senate, Instead of Prohibiting,
- Makes Their Issuance
" Compulsory.
' Wi sissiiesssajssssssa
DONE BY AMENDMENT '
.,- TO HEDCES MEASURE
Frame r of Bill Meets Onslaughts, bnt
in Vain, and People's,, Verdict Pro
nounced Last Jane If Thus 1I
rertly Reversed. "
(Br a Start CemsoMdeet.t
Salem, Or., Feb. 6. Ten bills were
passed by ths senate thla morning,
seven of which will come up for fins!
passage at the afternoon session.
Among tha bills passed were trie 101-
lowlng: ,
. The Beach bill, authorising tna nss or
voting machines by any precinct thai
W a n t s lb e m, ;
Four bills by Slchel as follows: mak
ing tha failure of any man to support
his family a misdemeanor; authorising
two suoreme court commissioners, to
have the power of supreme court judges;
permitting' logging rosds to condemn
private property; providing- fer-a-unl-form
fire Insurance policy. i
The senate will adjourn this after
noonointll Monday, but will work today
until the deck Is cleared.
The antl-Dass law passed by tha peo
ple in the June olection will not be
passed by tha ' legislature. Alter a
fight in the senate this morning the
Hedges 'bill to prohibit ths giving of
passes to publlo officials was amended
to make the giving or paases compul
sory. The Hedges bill was-tna axaci
copy of the law voted on oy tna peo-
The attempt to inaenniteiy postpone
tha Hedge's bill was lost by St to 1.
The motion to lay It on the -table -was
lost by 81 to t. Tha motion to send It
back to tha committee waa lost by It
to It.' Ths compulsory pass., amend
ment waa then adopted by 15 to 14.
tTeds-ea fuuaht for the amendments
and said Ha wanted ths senste to vote
on the bill passed by the-people." He
said that the amended bill compels what
ih. rilnl hill aourht to prohibit. '
. The house 'passed Mrs. Abigail . 8.
Dunlway'a resolution, providing for sn
equal suffrage "niendment. by a. -vote
of 11 to It.
The house passed theTBettlemler bill
giving tha county courts of ths state
power to tax land grante. Tha vote
waa unanimous, except that - Campbell
voted no. .
There was a fight in ths senate this
morning over what committee- tha bill
to make tha Associated Frees a com
mon carrier should be referred to. Hod
son moved to refer to tha printing com
mittee, composed of Bailey, Wright,
Hedges and Malarkey. Kay Insisted on
its being referred to tha Judiciary com
mittee. .. Kay moved to amend Hodaon's
motion. The senata voted to refer to
tha Judiciary committee,
CHIEF TO REPORT
ON INVESTIGATION
Recommendations regarding tha eon
neotlon of some of the members of ths
Portland fire department with ths gang
of robbers recently arrested, and which
rMultad in an investlaatlon this week
of members of the local companies, will !
be continued In tha report to bo made
by Klre Chief Campbell this afternoon
to the meeting of thexecutlvs board
at tha city halL This will practtcsjrrj
conclude this examination, although
thera ara one or two other email mat
ters regarding ths affair which will
demand attention later.
"-The board at this afternoon's meet
ing will also take definite action rela
tive to ths establishment' of new fire
stations at PortlanJ heights. Twelfth
and Howell. Sellwood and Twenty
eighth and East Da via Chtef Campbell
as also sskedfor a nswlruck at
Russell street and Williams avenue,
new engines for No. T st Third and
Pine and Highland-and for three new
hose wagons, and arrangementa will be
made to provide these for tna nrs oe-
partment. " -
CANADIAN ASKS PAY
FOR JAIL OVERTIME
(gpectat Dispatch ts The XesrsaL) '
- Beat tie, Feb. I. Because Andrew
Hughes, a witness in ths ease of James
Clem, waa confined In ths county Jail
Are days longer thsn waa necessary for
hla use as a witness, the British em
bassy at Washington haa called on ths
state department to urge King county
to compensate him for hts time.
- With the copies of tha formal demand
waa a request from Ellhu Root to
Prosecuting Attorney Mackintosh urg
ing the letter to dispose of the matter
at once. Thera will be no international
trouble, however, because It ts ac
knowledged Hughes' detention waa due
to an oversight on ths prosecuting at
torney's part. -
Huha la a -British ubject an4 was
held as a witness to appear against
Clsm, who had stolen his watch, and
Hughes wss taken back to Jail while
tha Jury retired for a verdict. Clem
waa convicted, but Hughes' presence In
prison waa forgotten.
SAMSON TO START
AGAIN TOMORROW
(Rpeelsl Dfenatca to Tba Joaraal.)
Astoria, Or., Feb. (.The steamer Barn
son, with tht barge Washington, loaded
with lumber for Ban Francisco, returned
laat evening on account of tha rudder
head of the barge being twisted. The
damage ta slight Repairs are being
made and they will atart to sea to
morrow, tha weather permitting Tha
cause of ths ensign's being reversed on
the-barge waa that ths swash from the
breakers came In around tha rudder
post. -. - r :. ... J'.
0. R.&N. LINE CLEAR AS
: FAR AS HUNTINGTON
e Officials of tha O. R. N.
railway announce that tha road '
la now open through to Hunt- w
4 Ington, all -obstructions hsvlng
been removed. The Drat through
4 train for the east will, leave
. Portland ,.tonlght at :1. Tha
Una to Bpokana Is not yet open,
s owing to -difficulties in Wash- e
4 ..ington. but It la expected that
4 ths first through train for Bpo-
kane will leave ths union depot S
4 at 1:11 tomorrow night. .. . . , a
t
' h
W. H.
Henry Arthur Jones, one of tha most
successful of writers of plays. In a lec
ture before the students of Harvard uni
versity recently declared that there had
been only three comedies written in tha
past 100 years. - The three, be said, were
"The School for Bcandal." "She Stoops
to Conquer," and 'The Rivals." There
had been no effort to show that Mr.
Jones' statement waa Incorrect.
So Portland tonight will have the op
portunity of witnessing the production
of one, of the only three real comedies
that hava been written within the past
two centuries. And it will have the op
portunity of seeing 8he Stoops to Con
quer presented by perhaps the most
capable company that was ever assem
bled for that charming old play.
In the caste is William H. Crane, that
delightful theatrical patrtarchpw-ho has
tried to play serious parts but has been
prevented by tha public- Despite his
most wonderful sbtllty as an actor and
really earnest endeavor, the publlo pos
itively refused to accept him In any
other role than that of a charming.
HCREASE III PAY
FOR CARIilEir
Board of Arbitration In United
Railroads Case Makes De-
: clsion Public. - '
Ucmrnmi gnsetal Bsrvtre.t
Ban Franclaoo, Feb. t. The board of
arbitration selected to adjust the differ
ences between tha carmen's unions and
tha United Railroads haa arrived at a
decision. Thla -decision Is that tha
United railroads shall pay its employes
an Increase of to per cant la wagea and
that tba hours of labor shall remain aa
at present. It hours constituting a day's
work.
Tha question of "open shop' or "closed
shop" did not enter into the controversy
upon which the arbitratora passed.
The board of arbitration, which la
composed of Chief Justice of tha su
preme court, William H. Beatty. Major
Frank McLaughlin and Rev. Peter C
Yorke, was unanimous In tha decision,
so that tba third member was not re
quired to umpire any difference between
the other two. -
Tha untona directly interested in thta
decision are the local bodies of ths
Amalgamated. Association of Street -and
Klectrio Railway Employee of America,
the-International Brotherhood of Elec
trical Workers, tha atatlonary riremen
and tha street railroad construction
workers. These "unions 'fused for ths
purpose of. tha controversy Just decided.
. It is expected thst the board of arbi
tration will hand down a decision In a
day or two, tha findings tn detail being
In course of preparation.
Tha arbitration resulted from tha
agreement which terminated tha strike
last falL
PENSION MEMORIAL OF
OREGON IN THE SENATE
(WssMsstea Harass ef Tke Jesrssl.t
Washington. Feb. I. Hen. tors Fulton
and Mulkey today presented to the sen
ata tha memorial from the Oregon legis
lature asking for an -Increase of tbs
pensions of vstersns of ths Indian wars
from 1S4J to l5.IroinSW-$tr-s
month, . '
Senator Oeartn's bill Increasing tha
pension rate to 111. which passed the
senste tha other day, tha committee on
pensions amsnded so as to give an
Increase to 110, Is now before the house,
which Fulton will ssk Congressman
Jonea of Waahlngton to press for adop
tion. - Five thousand pensioners In Ore
gon and Washington would be benefited
by tha bill If made a law.
BRIDGE AT PULLMAN '
ENDANGERED BY ICE
(gpertsl nispstrk to The Josrnst.)
' Pullman, Wash., Feb. S. Hundreds
of pakes of Ice, ranging from 29 feet
square and from . and 11 Inches
through, lodged against tha O. R. A N.
trestle and tha Olsen street bridge,
backing up ths South Palouse rtvar and
threatening to flood East Main street.
Hundreds of cltlsens gathered on the
bridge, and wttb plkea and dynamite
have broken the dam and tha toe Is
floating on." Fortunately-last night was
cool, and the flood receded from yes
terday's high water stage.
CHINESE WHO ACCUSED
OFFICER FINED DOUBLE
Flva of tha Chinese gamblers arrested
yesterday afternoon in a raid on the
fan tan resort at fcl'i Beeond street were
fined t!0 each this morning by Judgs
Cameron. Ah Tou. who created a dis
turbance after being brought to tha sta
tion and aocussd Patrolman Anderson of
rabbins him. .was fined 90, '
Cran.
lovable old gentleman, and It is in that
character as Mr. Hardcastls ' that hs
will be seen tonight.
Though he is being starred In tha
play and one can hardly think of 8hs
Stoops i to Conquer" without thinking
of WllHsm H. Crane, he takes only a
minor role.- There are three more lin-i
portant parts than that of Mr. Hard
castle tn "She Stoops to Conquer."
Mr. Crane with other members of tha
company- reached Portland this morn
ing. He appeared hero laat year in
"DavTd Hartim""""Twenty ysars airo he
toured this country in "She Stoops to
Conouer." i-
Mr. Cran 1aa great friend and ad
mirer of Bishop . Charles Hcaoomg.
They have known each other for yeara.
Tn my estimation Bishop Scaddlng
is tha htarhest type of -Christian that I
hare- ever known. ha aald. "Ha is
broad-minded, charitable, ennobling. It
Is my opinion that a man Ilka ho Is does
more good than II narrow-minded
ecclesiasta who bludgeon folks over tha
head with religion. " -
AUDITOR VALKEROFG. R. 8 N.
. HISSISB FROM CITY
Company Officials Deny There Is
' Any Foundation for Rum0rS-
About His Absence.
W. C. Walker, auditor of tha Colum
bia River sV Northern Railway com
pany, haa not bean seen - In tha city
since last Monday and many rumors
are afloat aa to tha causa of his sud
den and mysterious disappearance.
Officials -of tha company deny any
suspicion in connection with Mr. Wal
ker's absence from the office in tha
Sherlock building and Manager Marcua
Talbot says that ao far as be knows
Mr. Walker ia only taking a brief va
cation for the purpose of looking after
some affalra of his own.
"Mr. Walker haa been In tha com
pany's employ for a long time, said
Mr. Talbot this afternoon, "and wa have
ro reason to suspect anything wrong
because of his absence from work for
a few days. Hs left Monday, v telling
ma ha wanted a few days off. I don't
know whether he ts tn tha city- or not
I hava not seen htm since."
OIL EXPLODES
FIREMEN NEARBY
Albert Davis, a fireman employed on
the tug Ottawa, lying at tha east and
of Burnslds street bridge, waa severely
burned about tha face and hands this
morning by an explosion of OIL Davis
went infp the angina room to get up
steam, afid was In the act of lighting
tha oil burner when In soma manner an
explosion occurred.
Ths biasing oil covered his hands and
face, and before tha flames could be ex
tinguished Davis hsd been terribly
burned. The Injured man was assisted
to a drug store at Third and Bumslde
streets and after temporary dressings
had been applied to hla bums, ba was
removed to St. Vincent's hospital in the
patrol wagon. Although serious. It Is
not thought tha Injuries will prove fatal
BAD WEATHER BRINGS
MORE BOOK READERS
January holds ths record for more
klmls of bad weather than any prevloua
month can show, so that It Is of mors
than passing interest to find that dur
ing this month the record ties also been
made at the publlo library for attend
ance and the number of books circu
lated. The number of persons taking
books Is Increasing constantly, and In
fact, one day during this month -the
high tide mark was reached of 1,600
books lent In one duy. Tha following
statistics wera presented At the regular
monthly board meeting last night:
Circulating detartment--Total .circu
lation, 15.420;' total registration. Includ
ing children, 15,425; par cant of fiction,
0. - County stations Circulation, 1.516:
new members registered, 164. Chil
dren's room Total attendance, 4.126:
circulation of books. 6,407. Reference
department Attendance, 4.1T7. Period
ical room Attendance. 1,01. Number
of volumes rstalogued In January, 792.
Number of volumea added by purchase
and gift, 65. . , , . ,
BILLS IN AID OF'.
ALASKAN RAILWAYS
Washington. Feb. I. The senata com
mittee on territories todsy favorably
reported tha bill extending tha time for
the completion of tha Valdes-Msrshall
Pass A Northern- railway; also tha bill
authorising tha Alaska Railway com
pany to build from Cordova to En (tie.
Ex-Oovernor John H. iMcQraw la one
of tbs principal promoters. - ; ,
Instead of Substantiating the
' Charges of - Cruelty, Mrs.
Beatty Spoils Her Case.' I
CAtLINQ HER FOOL .
WAS HIS C RUE LEST ACT
One Recreant ITsn band, M. E. Gal
lagher, Started for a Lodge Meet-
Ing Two Years Ago and Has Never
Returned. ..
When Mary Beatty took tha stand thla
morning to establish ber right to a di
vorce from U. y. Beatty. Instead of ac
cusing her husband, she. sought to de
fend him. Aa a result, she failed to
get her divorce. While Judge Bears did
not deny the motion outright, ho took
tha matter under advisement, remarking
that ha did not believe tha plaintiff bad
made out a case. r
Cruelty and drunkenness were tha
ehargea. but it developed that tha Cru
alr conalsted merely In applying tha
epithet "fool." It waa proved that the
husband, waa habitually drunk, but ths
wife hastened to say that aba knew he
waa In the habit of drinking before they
wera married. "In fact ha had-beeh
drunk tha night before tba wedding,
Henoe, tha drunkenneaa grounda wsnt
a-gllmmerlng. '
Had her husband aver aueatloned her
chaatityt Ay, here was a substantia
tion of tha cruelty charge, but tha wife
again hurried to the rescue by declar
ing inat too only time her huaband bad
accuaed her of unfaithfulness ba had
mada rt all right afterward by aaylng
that ha knew tha charges wars not
true.
Beatty la a contractor. Tha couple
were married in Baker City, when Lha
orlds was' only is years of ace. -On
account of hla "cruelty" the woman
left her husband on January IL
Alice j. Hauasr waa sxanted a di
vorce from James 8. Hauaer, who la a
Boutharn . Paclflo bra k em an. Hauaer
was insanely Jealous. Moreover, he was
gifted with a violent temper and when
ever ha feu Into a fit of anger he
slapped his wife's face,- cursed her and
accuaed her of Infidelity. The couple
wera married at Fort Worth, Texas. In
. .... SZ - .
Marts Johanaon was. given a divorce
from Jens Peter johanaon. with 110 a
month alimony. . Johaasoa consorted
with other women. When ho became so
bold as to bring one of his consorts Into
his own house his wife left snd sued
for divorce. Tha couple wera married
In Denmark In 1877.
Grace Bharratt was granted a divorce
from D. M. Bharratt. Tba eoupla were
married - in Cleburne, Texas. In 110.1,
and tha huaband deserted ' at Brtsbee,
Aiisona, in 106.
- Hattle Gallagher was granted a di
vorce from M. B. Gallagher. On Octo
ber 1ft, 1106, tha husband left his home In
Portland, aaylng that ho waa going to a
weekly meeting of hla lodge. Instesd
he went to Baa Francisco and hla wife
Thes not seen him since. Tha couple
wera married la Portland In 104.
GOODING'S FRIENDS KILL
HIS PET MEASURE V
Railway Commission Bill Op
posed by Mormon Contin- -
A gent Solidly. ; ,
(Bperlat Dtapatea te Tba JevraaL)
Boise, .Idaho, Feb.. t With one pair
and one absentee, tha house yesterday
afternoon by a vote of II to it defeated
tha railway commission bill. Governor
Gooding's pet measure. The It Mormon
membara voted against It to a man,
slnca Gooding baa been for yeara
In oloseat possible alliance with tha
Mormons. " .
" A new senata bill provides for a board
of textbook commissioners of five mem
bers to be -appointed by tha Stat hoard
of education. An employers' liability
bill placing tha value of aa employe's
Ufa at 16.000 and ona to do away with
capital punishment hava been Intro
duced. . A blU relating to proof of
claims against estates and the records
thereof haa passed tha senate. ,
Tha aenate after a lively tilt over tha
bill cro posing tho amendment of tha
election laws voted down tha proposi
tion permitting a name to appear on
mors than ona ballot. This is a thrust
at fuslonlsts..
New bills hava been introduced tp tha
bousa aa follows: providing a charter
for Lew Is ton; for a bridge over tho
Kootenai river at Bonners Ferry and
appropriating 116,000, ,
A bill providing for the acceptance of
tho grant by tha general government
to the agricultural college haa passed
tha house.
At a mass meeting tha Boise charter
measure waa discussed. Many objec
tions were mada to ths centralising
character of tha bill.
FAIflTS AWAY ON SECURING
IMRIaGE LICENSE
(Journal Boeetal Berries. 1
Chicago, Feb. 6. Just ss ha had made
an affidavit for a marriage license, and
In tha presence of his bride-to-be, Jamea
Watson of Tacoma, waartine-ton. feu tn
a faint. . Hla fiancee, Mlaa Emma
O'Brien, also of Tacoma, and several
of tha clerks In tha office, believing tha
man to ba dying, rushed to hla assist
ance. Hs wsr revived. ' ; ....
With several friends, be entered the
marriage license bureau to get A li
cense. An application blank waa given
him and- filled out. Clerk Salmonson
asksd Watson to raise hla right hand
and take the oath. He responded by
falling in a faint. Miss O'Brien shrieked
and rushed to his aid.
-Neither bride nor - groom gave cor
rect age, -the former aaylng aha was
more than 16 years old and tha groom
that ha waa mora than 20 years.
REFER OREGON INDIAN
CLAIMS TO THE COURT
Washington. Feb. 6. Senator Fulton
has Introduced d bill to refer to courts
the claims of ths Chinook, Clatsop, Til
lamook and a number of other Indian
lrltva In Or von and w Mhlnrtnn roe
determination of the amount due each
under the unratified treaties of 1651,
for the aale of lands belonging to them.
CLARK AND SHERMAN
BACK OF THE PROJECT
Documents Now" Being Filed In
: Clackamas County Establish Be
yond Question Identity of Flnan
. ciers of Lino East of Portland. .
- A trust .deed to tha Union . Trust K
company of San Francisco for $6,009,
000, covering all the rlghta of way,
franchises, power sites, canals and rail- -road
tracks to ba built by- tho Mount
Hood Railway 4fc Power company, will
ba filed In the Multnomah county court
house In a few days. Tha dsed la now
being transcribed ta - ths Clackamas
county records at Oregon City.
1 The company ia preparing to con
struct a etandard gauge railroad front -Portland
to Mount Hood, and develoo
enormous electric power from tha Bandy
river at xougate and other alfea se-
Jcted. .iPr. Water . power, planta. . Tha " "
project ia packed by EL p. Clark and
associates in the Los Angeles at Pact no
railway, one of tha largest and best '
electrio railroad systems in southern
California. - Tha preliminary work her
la being dona by R..T. linney and W,
D. Larrabea. . ',
Building rower rianta.
Tha- trust deed now being filed es
tablishes tha Identity of tha men fin an- .
clng tha enterprise. . Tha oonds will ba
ts, running 60 yeara, and are already
regarded aa high-class securities. Bonds, '
on Clark -eV- Sherman -railroad proper-i
ties in southern California ara rated 1 '
above par In tha financial market-
Construction of tha power plants on '
tha Sandy hava been under ' way for
soma time, although only preliminary ''
work Is dona thus far. Surveys hava
been: completed, and soma canala have
been dug. Tha powerhouse sites ara
betpg prepared :for. construction wortIZ
Three lines hava been surveyed for tha
railroad, and the engineers ara now go
ing over them carefully and working
out the lowest gradients and easiest
construction, plana. , Mr Clark said to
day: Xas Otter Snteresta star.
"Our work Is proceeding satlafao
torlly. It is necessarily alow in tha
preliminary stages. Ona of tha most'
particular parts of tha building of an
electric railroad la . tha preparatory
work, Wa ara getting aloag very well,
and there ts nothing of Interest that
can be said at thla time. Tha trust
deed now being filed Is tha usual pro
ceeding In- connection with tha bondin
and construction of a railroad.
'- The Union Trust company la tba larg
ast - financial concern on. -tha- Paolflo
coast. It Is tha trust department of
the consolidated Wells-Fargo and Ne
vada banking -houses, headed by I. W.
Hellman. who la also heavily interested
In the United States National bank of
Portland. Tho sama trust company is
financing tba Paciflo Railway aV Navi
gation company, from Hlllsboro to
Tillamook. - - . - : - -
SECOND - STORY 170RKERS
TR0UBL1SG POLICE
One Thief Climbs Porch Post
and Steals Without Disturb
Ing Merry Party.
"Porch climbers' sre regarded by tha
police aa on of the most dangerous
claaa of crook. affdlBs report rsoetved
last nlsht of tha operations of this class
of thieves seem to betoken tha annual
arrival In thts city of professional east
ern housebreakers. - -
Curing a reception at tho homo ef A r
thur O. Jones, 6(6 Everett street, be
tween and 10 o'clock laat night while
tha upper portion ef the .house was de
serted, a thief entered the second story
and ransacked the room of Mrs. Hewett,
a visitor from Seattle. Tha crook se
cured a gold watch-and IT In cash and
departed without arousing any of tha
persons In the house.
F.- P. Russell of tha Portland Ma
chinery company. 41 First street, re
ported to tha authorities this morning
that a motor of one eighth horsepower
was stolen from tha show window of ths
establishment yesterday afternoon. '
J. M. Fry, proprietor of tha saloon at ,
ttS Alder street, notified the police this
morning that a thief affected an en
trance to hla room at 11 14 Madlsoa
Street last night, broke open two trunks
snd stole a stilt esse, wearing apparel
snd other articlea ef tha total value of
sm. -i
A burglar effected an antraneo to tha
room of 3. -W, Porter at - 767 - Bavter .
street between midnight and o'clock
thlarn-rrtrnr-and stole a -purse contain
Ing a 110 bin, ia nan aoiiara ana so
cents In small chance.
. The store of William Lowltt til
ond street, waa broken open during tho
night and two suits, a teles cops, five
watches and two pairs cf shoes wsrs
secured aa plunder by tha burglars.
ALASKA IN GRASP OF - '-
GUGGENHEIM COMBINE-
rwssbtnrtoa Tsnress ef The Isornal.)
f Washington, Feb. 8, The claim Is ;
made today that the copper interests,
tha amelter trust and tha Ouggenhelma 4
have, arranged to beat legislation In
favor of any Alaskan railroad excepting
tha Copper River A Northwestern. Tho
recently announced plans of the amelter
trust to capture tha copper deposits of
Alaska are partial corroboration of the
claim that the Ouggenhelma will not
permit any Independent road to gain a -substantial
; footing In Alaaka. Tha .
smelter people propose to control both
mines, rates and transportation for tha
entire, territory. ...
GIVE SEED WHEAT TO
THE STARVING CHINESE J
Flva thousand bushels of wheat ta bs
sent 'to China to furnish seed for tho
famine-stricken district of that country,
hava been contributed by Oregon busi
ness men, and will ba forwsrded st
once - The contributions : wars -mada -through
a Portland Commercial club '
committee. The wheat will ba shipped;
as soon as shipping orders sre received ,
bars from ths Red Cross society.
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