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Newspaper Page Text. THE OREGON . pAILY - JOURNAL PORTLAND. SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 2. . 1SC7. "hBts1 POLICY HOT P1(ERS:: GRILLMTJT PLEA AGAIfiST ADAMS DIG PITS III CHUTE LIEU TIE UP SATISFIED , DEM LiORE "SPITE OF LAW Revolt When Day's Work Is Made . Eleven Hours Instead of ' ;v,.': v Ten. ;;7.v. .4 Underwriters Can Give No. Def Inlte Answer as to the , y -.'Rebate.. : '.' ' Mrs. Shipman Unable to Save Her Child In Time to Pe- 4 vent Severe Injuries. . , Calm Sea Enables Preparation. : Carmen Want Increase Nof Five :l Cent in Hour Instead of One I; r Cent as , Formerly. Henry P. Knight, Makes Con Contractors Begin Excavation in Vernon, and Improvement " Association Protests. ; to Take Off Cargo From .Vy. Stranded Vessel. " 4 vincing Speech for Prosecu- ' ,VV tion of Miner, V;''' HOLES CAD' cura IH QUICK BLAZE TRYIiiG TO '.WRECKED COtOIiy SAWMILL ; BELIEVE TIME 19 : " PROPITIOUS FOR ACTION - MeniVw of Striking rnk Declare IUnks of Other Union Organised 'J bf th Company la Honeycombed -4 TTlth Syropathlgere. , 'X A committee frmn the Carmen' union " ' 'called upon Manager Fuller of th Port. - land Railway Light Power company , :-thls morning -to, make a formal p re- aentatlon of the new demands of the strikers. - Mr. Fuller 'refused to enter - Into any negotiations with tba man and ' wbea ona of them drew a type-written ;- statement and agreement from , his" Docket Mr. Fuller declined to soeept it. The committee consisted Of President Jf. H. Wright, Secretary H. L Burdetto 'and Assistant Secretary O. L Elliott of the anion. Early in last month the union decided to rale Its demands from :an Increase In wages - of one cent-an hour te aa Increase of five cents aa '.'"hour. Bat It wss decided to make no - formal demand for the Increase until ; the company's onion had been Influenced te ask for mora . money. The request "for blether wares from the company's :;mea came a short time ago and the strikers then prepared their revised de- ' " mauds. 1 t - The reason Mr. Fuller gave or not treatlnc with the union wss that It did ' not represent his employes - and that 'he would at no time deal with any but actual employes of the company. Tha . .unionists anrneeted him to take this . 'stand, but called on blm as a matter of form. The letter which Mr. Fuller refused to aooept this morning reiterates the 1 willingness of the union to submit Its grtevanoss to arbitration. It reads 'follows: v "Mr. F. I. Fuller, general manager Portland Railway. Light Power com- " tmuit Dear Sir On Ueoamber it. ltoc. -this' Union presented to yon for your consideration aa t agreement asking fos rwaoanltlon of this anloa and aa in- ' creese of 1 cent per hour lor- platform . . men. . At that time you saw fit te re- fuse to consider this agreement or deal with this, union In aay manner. Then 'we were willing to sign np for one year .... - with aa Increase of 1 cent per hour over .your present wags scale, hut ainoa mat data tha wages of the carmen of the Pacific ooast has been materially In- mmiil therefore, we present to yon for your consideration tha enclosed pro posed agreement between your company mitA this onion. Tha committee from this nnloa la empowered, to algn this agreement for this union. Acting In accordance with tha laws of our later national organization, if your company Aomm not see fit to sign this agreement. . -we are willing to leave the entire sub ject matter to a board of arbitration to b selected In accordance to section t of our proposed agreement. Awaiting . your answer, -we beg leava to remain, etc." i . ' " "." ' Thar , la much activity -bout : the , ' " strike headquarters today and secret conferences are going on with a view to pulling off an"early strike of th present . working force of the company. When Edward McMorrow, a member of the In ternational executive board of the Car men's union, was here last month, be ' Indorsed Organiser Burton's scheme of honeycombing the company's employes with Amalgamated men and urged that the artrikera put their whole energies , -'to affecting an alliance with the onion consisting exclusively of tha company's - . , employes. ;v -. , ..' . LOGGER DROWNED V 'A - IN YOUNG'S RIVER (sedal Dktpeteh ts The XsevaeU - - Astoria. Or, March i. Duncan Mo Mullen, a logger working for the Col " well Logging company on Tucker creek, branch of Young's river, was drowned last evening by falling into a slough. Ha waa about 60 yeara.oid and leaves two atsters, one at Centralis and the -.other at Chehells. ; ; ';. y J. '') CONDUCTOR-ADMITS TTBtAMETORRECf V ..-. (7eamal Bpeewf errtea.) . :' flan Bernardino. CaL, - March .Freight Conductor McLennen of the Salt ' Lake line has confessed to the coroner that ha left .tha switch open that caused the wreck yesterday at Coltoti, tn which -aO person was killed and Injured. All tha Injured wilLrooover. ' WANTS TO GO TO '. ONE WILL ISSUE Mitts Feeny. a morphine fiend, wants ' . to be sent to' the Mesne asylum In the hope that - ha will . be. cured. Feeny ' was released from the' rock pile at Kelly , Butte thla morning, having served a $0 nay sentence , for vagrancy. The first 'thing be did .was "To get an. Injection of ' morphine. - Then he went to tho oourt "bouse and exhibited a pair of shoes with - the great boles worn In the soles, leav. Ing bis bars feet exposed to. the ground '.when he walks. i.-, Feeny said ha begged to be sent-ts the asylum when he was sentenced, snd ' 'ntlll wants to be committed. He has been a fiend for t years, hs says, and wants ta be rid of the horrible habit lie exhibited tear on hla arm a wber. he has gashed them with a rssor In an teffort o commit suldds when be could not obtain morphine. J ' Wnen srked whjr he -did not cut Ma throat Feeny said when s boy he bad seen a man kill nims&ii ny cutting mi rterle in hla arm, and be tried thaj CHEERING NEWS THAT. SNOW . MAY COME BEE0RE;APRIL: FIRST Light front Ir predicted for tonight but arilng 'forecaster Lodbolti says this ta t he expected In the early part of Iaroh. La at night th tampers turtr fell te it I decree and gome Ice formed in pool a In ti rtreeta. It will be fully aa frUid t'Ti s'it unless all eigne fall Mind l a "rt f capr!clius tnopth. It tor hrlng nil klo'la of weather; so tcnrc: at ths weather bureau show ' (Special Dtspatoa ear 'The Jeeraal) Wallace. Idaho. - March I. -Henry P. Knight, a local lawyer engaged in tha prosecution of Steve Adams in his ar gument to the jury on the resumption of court this morning, delivered the most brilliant speech ever heard in Shoshone count yj, ' .. Step by step ha traced every move ment Of Adams In the Marble creek country. , showed that the -.motive for tha crime was tha sum of 1-00 to be given blm by the settler for the aeatn of Jumpers. He stated ' that immedi ately after the crime, the defendunt rushed away to. Mason s caoin, , -n tha object of proving an' alibi. He showed that witnesses for the defense were biased snd that possibly tneir lives would depend on the outcome of the trial. . Many of them had been impli cated ' In the ' confessions ' and were bound to testify towards .clearing Adams and themselves. v He stated that the oonressira w no way Implicated the members of the Western Federation of Mrocra and (that McPsrland had nothing to gain by ob taining Information regarding the mur der of Tyler and Boule. He saldhat Adams lied over and over again, both oa and off tha witness stand, and clos ed his argument with a magnlf lclent oratorical peroration on how Tyler had been taken out. Ilk an ox tor the sacri fice, with a rope around his neck,, and shot ' from behind by the defendant. - The argument by Clarence Darrow of the defense will probably begin on ths resumption of court. . . , . '' IIALIE BRISTOL AGAIN President Expected to Reappoint Federal Attorney as Soon r v as Congress Adjourns. United Btatss District Attorney Bris tol's term of office expires at noon oa Monday next, at the hour of adjourn ment of the fifty-ninth congress. But It Is regarded as certain that President Roosevelt will , Immediately reappoint him to serve until the sixtieth congress conrenea In .December, .TJie president i Is known to be strongly desirous ofj Bristol's remaining In office until the prosecution of the land fraud oases is completed. , , ' If Hrlstol Is reappointed Bxt Monday: It will be the third time be has re ceived his office by recess appointment. A year ago last December, be was nom inated for the place by the president, but the senate failed to eot.fi rn him. Within 'an 1 hour after ' adjournment Roosevelt reappointed Bristol aa United States diMrlct. Attorney. The president nominat.id - him -agatn in the igu'r manner last December, but on account of ths opposition of Benau rulton, the eru.te again failed to confirm Ins appointment." -.."!.'. prt fdnl Roosevelt has demonttrited repeatedly hla confidence In - his - ap pointee, and his determination that Bris tol shall retain bis office until ths land fraud prosecutions are concluded. ' WRECK AT THE DALLES - 1 - BUT NOBODY INJURED .- "i,- - r-- i ' ''r i' ' " ' ' (leeelal Dlesatch te The JoereeL) The Dallea, Or., March J. Last night about 11 o'clock a bead-on collision oc curred between freight trains on the bridge 100 yards west of ths Umatilla house in this city. The fireman of the eastbound train Jumped before the col lision, but no one was Injured. ' The westbound engine wss Injured only by the loss of ths cowcatcher. The tender of the eastbound was badly damaged. Mistaken orders caused tha collision. RAISES FOR POSTAL LEBKSANDJCABR1ERS (Jeeraal gpertal errke.) Washington. ' March 1. The new postof floe bill will go Into effect July U--Clerks snd carriers will rsvelve a raise of $100 per year. If they Aave filled their places one yesr, except (00 clerks, who will get f 800. The new lim it will be fl.S00. tha present limit is $1,000 a' year. ,.,-, . V , , -l ASYLUM, BUT NO : HIS COMMITMENT asm plan without suceena. Hs has a mother and sister living somewhere, but has not wrftten to, them since 1$8. and does not know where they are now, , Tha rock pile Is a fins thing for ths county, according to Tfeeny. ,The pris oners h-re to wont nara, and wnen tney ere released do not want to be sent back. They are trerted well and fed as well as they could expect at the rock pile, and have no .complaint to make, says Feeny, but they 40 not like to work. . - , Feeny- was given a pair of shoes by ths J.inltor at the courthouse, and Com mlsdoner Llghtner gave him a quarter -with which' to buy a pair of socks. Feeny promised he would not spend the money for' "dope," snd went awsv,te hang around some' saloon until hs Is taken" In again on a vagrancy charge and sent beck to the rock pile. He" said the rock pile as it now Is Is a great Im provement over the old rock pile as it was when Johnson was In charge. Fesny has, had- experience with both. according to the monthly meteorological summary laaued this morning. ' The temperature has varied from 1$ to 0 degrees, it) though 'the average is 41.$ degreen.' Snow may fall and the aver age rainfall for the month la estimated at $.S1 inches. . ' The mean temperature last month waa 42.1 degrees. February. . t was the warmnat day of the month for tlie thermometer showed $$ desreea.. PROBABLY Ordinance passed , y FOR WOODLAWN'S BENEFIT East Bid Bnslnjrsa Men's Committee, Which WjU , Consider ' Important , Amendments jto Portland Charter, Kalhed by Pealdent Calef. , ' ' - Beat Side Department. , Members - of ths Northeastern Im provement association and -other resi dents of Vernon, have become much aroused over the opening of a gravel pit which has been commenced by con tractors Qleblsch A Joplin for the Im provement of Alberta street. George B. Frank, - president . of ' the organization.. Is sndeavoring , to have the city council put a stop to the prac tice In Vernon before ony greater dam age has been done to- that beautiful and rapidly-growing suburb. Mr. Frank has tried to get an audience with the exe cutive board and already has the prom ise of councilman An nan d to use . nis Influence in behalf ' of Vernon. The people in the -Vernon tract also expect the -cooperation of Councilman Vaughn An ordinance proniDitmg tne oigging of gravel pits has been passed for .the benefit of Woodlawn." said Mr. Frank, "and it Is the Intention to have tha ter ritory covered by ts previous act ex tended so as to Include Vernon. Ver nonltea were much surprised at the au dacity of the contractors and were for awhile unbelieving. I did ' not be lieve that such a practice could be al- lowed within tha city of Portland until I Investigated." - . - - An essential improvement Is being Installed st the corner of Broadway and Union avenue by the Portland Rail-1 way company. Tne single ixacs uu so long baa connected the Broadway sys tem with Union avenue la . oemg re placed by a double awltch. . ' Tb following committee waa appoint ed by Chairman H. A. Calef to carry out the decision of the East Bids Busi ness Men's convention, made Thursday evening regarding new amendments to tha city charter for Improving streets: M. O. Griffith. Edward. D. Curtis, H. H. Prouty, Dan Kallaher and Dr. I M. Davla. The committee appointed to carry out tha resolutions- regarding the installation of anotbar conduit rrom Bull Run and a meter system: Edward D. Curtis, Dan Kellaher and C A. Big low. .- ,'T--r':, It will be neoesssrr to " secure the signatures of 1 1 per cent of the voters before tha proposed amendments can be placed on the ballot. ' Election boards nave been chosen by the council for the coming city election In Bt Johns, which will take place Mon day, April 1. Following are tha judges and clerks: First ward F. W. Valen tine, P. S. Hanson and P. Hoff, Judges; O. E. Leonard and A. W. Davla, clerks. Becond ward George Blmmona. N. A, Oca and George P.- HtlL Judges; E. a Hurlburt and C Bailey, clerks. . , - TWO-MILE IILIIT LAW , mm VET IN IDAHO Senate x Kills Half-Mile Amend ment by One ' VoteBorah ; , Scores Aganist Heybum. (Speelal Dtepateh ta The Joeraal.) " Boise, Ida March I. The bouse com mittee oa appropriations today recom mended the following Items: Lswiston normal. $10,000; : State university at Moscow, ltO.000; Albion normal, $40. 000; Academy of Idaho, J,000; Oroflno Insane asylum, $46,000: industrial school, $40,000. A reeolutlon to Investigate the proceedings of the ., state- board - of equalisation was defeated. Borah's di rect primary bill passed the house, 2S to 17. Heyburn's primary elsctioa bill waa defeated, J to 1. Bills passed the senate today as fol Iowbj - Increasing the powers of Judges firehimbrr Increasing interest on de linquent taxea from IX. to 1$ per cent; regulating tha sale of Intoxicating liquors; Inheritance tax; distributing ths funds of forest mserves; change of venue on behalf of the state In criminal cases: providing a nsw aseeesmeni sys tem. - '' Tha bin amending the two-mile limit law waa defeated in tha senate by one vote.- '-:.,'' " . The house passed the child labor bill today and defeated a measure providing for removing tha emblem from tha top of .an official ballot. - - - MUCH WATER BUT LITTLE BUTTER FAT Dairyman Hewitt Arrested by Stat V" fJommlsaloner Bany for Sell' . Ing Adulterated Food. ' . - James Hewlt of $71 fcaat Ollsan Street Is charged In the Justice -court with selling adulterated food. The charge was brought by . Food. 'Commissioner J. W. Bailey. ' Hewlt is a dairyman, and according to tho charge sold milk which did not contain Xt.l total solids, or f per cent of solids other than butter fat as re quired by law. The milk did contain, however, mora ' than -4$ -per cent of water, which la also not required by the law and for which the defendant will have, to answer. The time for a hear ing has not been set. ..;. ... ;' COAT OF ARMS.F0R U ? KANSAS! GOVERNOR !.;."'. , i '' 1 jTT,. ' ,.!' - Topeka.' Kan., . March X. A bifl wav Introduced In the senste today to ap propriate $1,100 to purchase horses snd a carriage' bearing a coat of arms for tho governor, -and $$00 for the malnte nance of the executive stables. BUSINESS SECTION OF THE TOWN BURNED Leroy, Wis., Msrcb J Fire thla morn ing destroyed practically every business eetsbllshment of this town. Tba loss Is $200,000, UNION MAY BE FORMED V-; AS RESULT OF STRIKE Other Employe of Mill Placed on 1 the Chutes Today Peace Confer ence la Being Attended by Repre sentative of Both Sides.; ' ; . . A peace conference will be held some time this afternoon to attempt to ami cably adjust a strike of chute men which occurred at the mill of the East era Western Lumber company In North Portland last evening. The strike resulted In a complete tleup of the mill last night and a temporary throwing out of employment of JS0 men. " ' ' The chute men at the Eaatern A Western Lumber company's mill number 18, 14 to a shift They have been get ting $3. SO for a 10-hour day. Yesterday morning ths work day was lengthened to 11 hours snd the chute tenders re volted. They wanted t a'day and, be ing denied, the day shift walked off their Jobs. When the night shift came on they were. Informed of tha situation and they immediately joined tha strikers. This so crippled the mill that the whole plant was shlit down for tha night. This morning other employes of the company were pressed Into chute work and the mill resumed operation. A representative of the company stated today that an attempt would be made to get the strikers together and come to an understanding with them. As the men are not organised Into a union, it was admitted that this might be some what difficult, but no serious results to tha lumber business are feared. Last night the company asked for and were given police protection aa- a provision against possible attempts to destroy property of-the company..- Tba strikers predict mat. a union 01 lumber mill laborers will result from the difficulty at the Eastern Western company's plant. ' . POLICE PARTIIERS Onexf Gang at Salt Lake Makes Astounding; Accusations of " ; j. Complicity. - - Ooaraat goeotal BtuUm.) Salt Lake. March S W. H. Parrent. one of a gang of bunko men operating here, and Implicated in a $10,000 rob' bory. today told on the witness stand the story of the gang's alleged arrange ments, with the police to operate in the city. He declared the gang paid unlet of Police Sheets $100 a week to operate and Attorney Newton, aa ' middleman. received money right along. .- : : . Parrent said that when McWhlrters, one of the gangs victims, returned from Loa Angeles, after having been swindled out of his money In Salt Lake. ICaptaln of Detectives Raleigh rounded up the gang tha same night and told them to get out of town. ' ' Chief Sheets. Newton and Raleigh were a treated a week ago charged with conspiracy 1 v A. Denver attorney Is here'Watchlng developmenta regarding the Denver p lloe, who It is alleged, are also impli cated. .... f SUPPOSED DESERTER'S : BODY 111 THE RIVER Fate of Orin M. Gideon to Be In - vestigated Missing More ! --Thaiv s Month. - 'i - (Special D la patch a Tba Teeraal.) 'Astoria. Or March I. Over a month ago a soldier named Orin M. Gideon, a member of company $4 of the ooast Sj-tlllery, stationed at Fort Stevens, dis appeared, and It waa thought ha . had deserted. v. .-- Yesterday his body waa picked np la the . river near Ilwaco, badly decom posed. - Gideon waa $$ years old. Circumstances concerning the death will be looked Into by the authorities, aa some ngly rumors arc In circulation regarding it - v BOWLERS GO TO DENVER WITH COMPORT AND STYLE A nvivata ear attached ta. the' Mat. bound passenger' train tonTght over the O. R. at N. WU1 carry tha Portland and Seattle bowling teams to the Denver contests of the National Bowling con gress. The Seattle contingent win ar rive here tomorrow to . Join the local party. - The Portland team la composed of picked men from all the- beat known teams of this city, rfnd goes under the susplcss of the Portland Commercial Club. ' ' r Two special Pullman sleeping oars will be attached to . the southbound Southern Paclflo overland train tonight carrying a party of $0 people to Myrtle Creek, near Roseburg, to sxamlne min ing properties. The party Is one of ths J, C Lee company mining excursions. HONDURAS LOSES ; ' IMPORTANT BATTLE Washington, March I. A cable to day from Jose Da Ollvares to. tha stats department asys a most Important bat tle between Honduras and Nicaragua has taken place resulting in-victory for Nicaragua. .There is constant skirmishing.-- ' ' . i. - , " ' -. - DEMOCRATS UNITE TO - " . KILL SHIP SUBSjDY ! ... ,. .. . v . Washington, T. C, March 1. A flit buster began In the senats this after noon against consideration or' ths ship subsidy bllL The Democrats united in the offer of repeated motions to post pone consideration to certain hours, They apparently roeaa to kill ths bllL BUIiKO-filEliAUD NEED OF ANTI-COMPACT ! - LAW SAID TO BE SHOWN Manager In San Francisco Evidently Dictate Policy to Be Punned tn Oregon In Washington a "Statute 1 Prevent Such Dictation r Insurance agents and the - board of fire- underwriters of the Paclflo coast sre still being besieged by policy-holders relative to the $$ per cent refund on policies. Issued subsequent to tha San Franolsco dlsastsr and prior to the first of this year, which was suddenly cut off by aa order from . ths board February $8. ' Policy-holders are still asking ques tions as to whether they will receive the rebate given to others, but are get ting little, if any, satisfaction. . - The board of underwriters has received Ss yst no further instructions from the managers of the insurance companies In San Francisco, and until such time a It does, the refund matter will re main stationary. It ta tha feeling generally expressed amqng the Insurance agents that the circular of February 14 and the later one which annulled the Instructions contained in the f trft were not the result of any effort to forestall legis lative action, although the matter Is left In. some instances with a question msrk dangling after it. . I do not think tha circular or reo- ruary 14. was made with tha Idea In view of heading oft legislation,' said a -well-known Insurance agent . this mdralng, "and I do not think the man agera foresaw ths sweeping results of their ' Instructions to the board until after the refund order went into effect It waa - then that- thsy . backed ; water and ear-wiled the order, although the legislature may. of course, have had something to do with their actions. "However, the tangle brings oui one point clearly and that la the fact that tha local board ox unaerwruers is ww tro..ed by the managers In San Fran cisco, who dictate tha policy to be pur sued towards Oregon Insurance holders. Up In Washington the anti-compact law prohibits this, with tha result that the people govern the board. . The earns ktnd of. a law ought to be enacted here in Oregon.' -r ... J. C Stone, manager or me j-mcino Board of Underwriters, said bo bad re ceived no further instructions from San Francisco regarding : the rebating and tha order would have- to stand until countermanded. ' The report that tha board made no reduction In premiums . when -the firs boat waa ' purchased Is whoUy wrong." ho said. "When the boat went Into commission theea was a reduction over the entire city, and a graded per cent reduction, according to tha fire basard. all along -tha river front and west to Tiura street. . . ... j .1 1 - WMl L1A0 LOVE FOR GUERl CAUSED TRAGEDY Mike McDonald, Her Husband, Listens With White Face to Tale of Murder. UtmrntX S Dedal servtee.li ' Chicago. March--i. Archibald Ouarln. brother of Webster 8. Ouerin, of whose murder Mrs. )ora McDonald Is accused. baa told for tha first tlms of the start ling incidents that formed a prelude to the tragedy in the vmana nuiiaing in u.,S city. Tba : Jealousy of a woman. threats of dea.a and family conferences to avert a tragedy, were among tha things told 4y tba youth to the coro ner's Jury, t '- WhUe the tala of Intrigue and mad love -of Ve woman for -the man waa be ing told. ."Mike" McDonald, tha husband. a veteran gambler and stoic, waa ma ing a struggle that excited, tho specta tors' admiration, aa' well -as their pity. With face whiter than tha hair that crowned his head, ho straightened up. In his chair Jd his keen eyes studied tba face or tr youtn oa ue siana. - -The testimony of Archlbsld Ouerin opened with the declaration that Mrs. McDonald had mads covert threats of murder to his brother In hla presence less than an hour before tne snooting. STRIKES RIVAL : . WITH LEAD PIPE Mrs. Tlant Avenge Hemelf on Mrs. ' Leedejr When 6h Finds Ilasband : la Company of Other Woman. ; ;', Finding Clifford Tlant.' her spouse. In company with another- woman In the Tenneasee aalootv Fourth and Madison streets, yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Roae Vlant of Mi Third street did not have recourse to those feminine weapons- tears and talk, but very promptly sslxed a lead pipe and struck her bated rival on the head. - . : ' -Not wishing, to argue the point Mrs. Nellie Leedey of 1$1 North Fifteenth street tha woman In tha case, sought safety in flight . The affair caused great excitement In the neighborhood, and acting upon a report received, in spector Bruin has detailed Detective John Price to make an Investigation. ' Clifford Vlant, the husband, la under stood to be connected with the tax eol lector's office.' : No arrests have been made,, and - Mrs.. Leedey waa not. seri ously Injured. - - - HOUrTn CAR WITH ' FIGHTING HORSES ibriii nisnatrh teTke (eersal.f " Vancouver. B. C- March $. After an hour's Imprisonment in a box with two stallions engaged In a death struggle is-red 4alslev- climbed , down from freight car at Strathroy, Ontario, last night broken tn nerve arm ooverea rrom head to foot with countless bruises. Paisley was en route, to Montana with two valuable draught stallions. .' The animals commenced fighting and fought for an bout, -when one was -killed by a terrible kick. . Paisley could not sscspe and was badly hurt. COTTAGE WAS ALL : : THE FATHER OWNED Water Supply on East Eighth Street " North . Inadequate and Fire Was Too Far Advanced for Chemical Engine. - ' : ... . . ' v ). Little N!U Shipman. the 11-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mr a. Charles H. 6hlpman, 111$ East Eighth street north, waa-badly burned' yesterday aft ernoon about tha face and bands and tha Shipman home was totally destroyed by fire. - Tha blasa waa first discovered about 4 o'clock near the back part of-the house. No causa -has yet been found. The small cottage 'waa wrapped in flames almost Instantly and before Mrs. Shipman. who waa at home alone .with the baby, could rescue the child she was severely - burned, Tha mother was not injured. ,- . . when chemical No. 4 - arrived the bouse was beyond any assistance that chemloal anirlne could offer. The firemen busied themselves tn endeav oring to save tha residence of John C. Bubmen. which stood nearby, and waa injured to the extent of about $100. Both houses nave only recently oeen nuiit and tha house that burned waa worth perhapa $l,oo. There was $100 Insur ance. Nothing except -, a trunk was saved.' . The child w.n recover from the burns and la now at the. home of Mrs. .M. Belllngher, J4$$ . Surmon street The rather la a abtngier by trade sua tne home on East Eighth street represented about all his property. : . ' Tha wster supply in this portion or the city la, Inadequate. ' A small main supplies a great number of people and the pressure ts very. light, until It Is possible to tap the 'new pipe Una Just completed from tha Tabor reservoir to the peninsula, there will bo practically no water available for fire purposes In the district - east of North Union avenua, . .? t . -r ;-. . ..' HELP COPS TO IDENTIFY CHINESE Individual BaO.; Receipts . Most . Bo Given When - Several Asiatic Are) '.' I-'!' Arreated at' Same Time. In order to avoid tho possibility of a repetition of the failure on tho part of tha Chinatown squad In the police-court yesterday to Identify Mongolians srrest ad by them In a raid orllH Becond street. Inspector Bruin baa Issued an order to the captalna of. tha three re lief a requiring them to give Individual! Tho custom, heretofore has been, when a large number of Asiatics were arrested to give one ball receipt to the Chinaman putting up the money. By thla method there waa no necessity for the Mongolians to appear personally to collect their bail money from tne clerk of tho court but under the new rule It will be necessary for all of them to appear In person, . ; i : COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE r - PAID WELL LAST MONTH , - . warawarawawssssMaaaaMs- . j ' A profit to tha county of ll.ltt Was earned by 'the county clerk's office dur. ing February, according to Clerk Field's report to the county court, submitted this morning. In February 110! the office entailed an expenee of It.Mt above Its receipts. In February of last year tho office earned a profit of 11,(1 . Tho report shows that tha receipts of the office have increased from 11,(11 In February ltol. to $4.(01 last month, while the expenses have decreased from 14.47 in February, lfo to $a,lI laat month. ' . -. s ..-... .'-. ; EXPRESS MESSENGERS: ; - ROASTED TO DEATH '' 5 :.:' . ' '(pedal Xnanates te The loaraal.) . Vancouver, B. C March I. A head on collision ooourred at Mountain,, a short dlstano west of Toronto, yester day on the Canadian Pacific. - Express Messengers William Rltchina and J. J. Nicholson were killed an tha mall and express oar a, containing a lot of val uable matter, were burned. The wreck wss caused by a westbound freight col liding with A passenger train. - Both ex press messengers were burned to death. Beveral passengers suffered minor in juries. ' ?;- ':' ;'-.; r.'-:-"?"?? Y. VY. C. A. WILL GIVE , - . y;v r WEEKLY AT HOME ', .--P' 'v; ; - All - young . women and girls are In vited to attend the weekly "at home" to be given oy th T. W. C A. at the association rooms - tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon from 4 to (. Mrs. J. S. Ham ilton will be th hostess and a musical program of interest has been arranged. Rev. D. H. Hare will give an address on th topic "Borne Lesson Taught ' by Queen Esther.". Mrs. W.' H. Beharrel will have charge of tba "Little Journey" room, and Mrs. James Mackenxls of tb "Drop in" . Bible class. - '.;:; GOOD PROFIT SHOWN ': ' ' - BY SALE IN ALBINA ': Tha three-story brick building oa the corner of Russell street- and OanteA- bain avenue, the , site or - the Alblna postof flee, was sold yesterday by Charlee J. Schnabel to Mathlas Wilhelro for $10,000. Mr. . Schnabel purehaaed thla orooerty December 1 for 114,000, realising a profit on hla transaction of U.000 a month. -- - HOBECK WILL PLEAD IN COURT ON NEXT MONDAY ' E. 8. Hobeck, alia W. at Smith, was arraigned before Judge Sear in. tho cir cuit court this morning on the charge of larceny. Hobeck Is accused of en tering a residence at a.nou sireei on February IS and stealing a set of sur- I veyors drawing instruments and a dia mond ring. . Ha was auuwea vntu Mon day to plead, Y . k ONE LIFE 13 LOST IN . RESCUING THOSE ABOARD 1L EriTuon Drowns When Llieboal Ca poizes Valiant Work Don by Life-Saving-. Crew in Taking- Off Crew and Passengers.' '. ' j i cpecK . ' ' Eureka, CaL. March 1 The sea be-- . eama perfectly calm-thla afternoon and preparatlona are being made for taking off tha cargo of the steamer Corona. ' ' ashors on tha north jetty. The wrecked' , veeael has not worked any farther nT . . V avwrn mmM iw, uv w mmmm w.,f that aha eaa be taken off and. aaved, it the bottom , la not toosbadly damaged. Tha vessel's position is practically un changed except that her bow ta a little higher Out of water. ' - . . -f . Although every effort waa made to save all those .on board, tha dlsaatsf counts one victim. H. Erlkson, a ttva of Sweden, loot bis life by drown ing. He waa one of alz men who vol unteered to man tha first boat launched With tha Intention of getting a lino ashore. The boat ca pa I tad aa soon aa It struck ths wster. The boat was. In charge of Quartermaater Ounn, and car ried - three members of "the crew and three steerage paaaengera. Ounn " and tha other four, members "of the. party succeeded In reaching shore, tha Uro- aavlng craw, under Captain Hsnnlg, hav ing gone to their assistance. A' second boat. In charge of Becond - ( Officer B. V. Joen. wss put oft and It reached shore badly battered and leak- V 1 Ing. Meanwhile. X. P. Bothern, ' night I saloon watchman of the steamer, for-- merly a marine In the rnited States navy, stripped to the waist and attempt ed to carry a 'line ashore. The small Jlne he had tied about his waist parted and Bothern waa-rescued In tha last mo ment by the Ufa saving crew. ; Effort 4o 'shoot a lino aboard from ahora were futile, and tho life aavlng .crew finally' ' put out in thalr last boat and-managed J to reach the wreck. ' A heavy .Una waa ' then strnng from ona of tba maata to ' tho ahora and the passengers taken ' ashore. Captain Boyd was the laat to ; leave tha wreck.. . .." ; ,-'. .''rj-j"! .V Tha passengers .are being .taken care) ' of la this city. : ; - IVOOD-LIFT HITS H OT ID THE EYE Would-Be-Traveler Now Free to Where He Lhrteth for ' Agent Is Disabled. JOwlngt the'jrlolent eonduot of ." " wood lift In -the residence of Jlm'""' Casey, traveling passenger agent jpf ' the Chicago) -Milwaukee A St. Paul rail- ' . way, that well known railroader is eon- ' fined to hla room with a bruised- optlo. While Mr. Casey waa engaged In the' . act of winding tha windlass of tha lift In such a manner as to force aa un willing atlck through tha opening, tha stovewood flew out and batted him over -the aye, rendering him bora de combat : for several daya so far aa chasing the ' nimbi paaaenger is concerned. " ' A notion has been posted by "him sym- " pathetlo "fellow employes . over . M. -1 Csseys desk, explaining hla condltlolr,! for the benefit of numerous mends wno call at h office. ' ,.. ', VAN AUKER HOW 13 : UNITED STATES COURT Ex-Cashier of Rainier Bank Su- , Ing Surety CompanyforJ ,c -FalseArrest Th suit of Charlee Tan Auker. th ex-caahlar of a Rainier bank, ' against , the National Surety company sad lta . agent, George W.. Allen, to recover $26, V (00 for false arrest, waa transferred from '. the state circuit court to .tba United States circuit court this morn-- Ing. 'v , . Van Auker was th man arrestsd on suspicion , of having robbed the Rainier -bank laat September. The arreat ere- ated a great aensatlon at tha time and Van Auker loat his position aa a re- : suit,' although th case against blm was dropped by th court because of lack ' of vldenc. . ' ' ; "".V "- ;""; TO STIMULATE INTEREST IN SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK. J Superintendent . of . Sabbath e of th various churches will hold a rally at' Taylor strset Methodist church next Wednesday evening, March (. Tha meet ing has been called for the 'purpose of Stimulating renewed Interest . In the work, and to develop new Ideas and mu tual cooperation. Ninety-two superin tendents have been asked to attend and It la expected tho meeting will be tha largest of ths kind ever held in the city. R. R. Steele, president of the Ore gon Stat Sunday - School association, will addreas ths meeting, and there will ba short talka on different feat urea of th work by R. J. Patterson, Rev. Chaa. A. Phlppa, Elnatban Sweet, besides a musical program. A Social and refresh ment will follow. . - ' COLONIST RATES WILL4: BRING MANY WESTWARD ' ' , ". '..; ., 1 1 " Newspaper over th state of Oregon arc -common ting - favorably - on the low colonist rates granted by transconti nental railroad for bringing settlers n . J Oregon, and there Is vast amount oV nereonal advertising under way for tha . benefit of this state. ' ' , . . The country press baa many readers In the east, and mors are being added by Oregon people who send th "hoa$ paper" to friends and relatives In the' east. Th rate from Missouri river ter ritory to eastern Oregon points Is less than-to Portlsnd and coast points. To , Pendleton the tare Is IZS.fO from Kan- . ssa City,, Omahs, Sioux City and at, Paul..-: ;-.:. . . ; ' . .... .'V A