The Oregon daily journal., March 08, 1907, Page 10, Image 10

ltia UKKUON OA1LY JOUKNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY WENINO, T1AKCII 8, KZ7.
PERIL FOR OPEH
RIVER LIEASURE
IVEEICS REALTY
SALES SI ,304,21 5
Property Transfers for First
Seven Days In March Reach -Large
Sum. ' v
CO (ML mil
II1TED 10 IDAHO
TRAIfJfilEN NOW VOTING
ON, A GENERAL STRIKE
If Majority Decide- They Want Mora Than Increase Offered
. j by Railroads Traffic Across Will ProbabljrBe Tied V; "
RUNS OFF WITH
SACK OF f.ldUEY
two lien facing
We charge
John . Harrison, , Drugstore Em
ploye, Does Not Take Coin
'.V-" ' ta the Bank.
Nelson and ' Danlelson Are on
' Trial for Killing .Oscar
' ... Undgren. . :..'.'"'
Majority Leader In Washington
Senate Threatens a Fatal
Holdup.
Legislature Adjourns . After KIH
. Ing Primary, Antl-Trust and .
Anti-Pass Bill,
w
v.-:'. by Striking Trainmen and Conductors.
t. serious time r ahead for tha trans
continental railroads ud tlulr employes
If there la no compromise between the
railroad managers, ths Order of Railway
Conductors, and the. Order of Railway
"ralnmen. The two orders are now Ink
ing a voteon the queetlon OlT strlke.
and their final determination will be In
the hands of ths chiefs' between this
W and March 10,- It U ballavad a
strike will be declared by April 1 that
will completely demoralise tha traffic
of tba entire country between Chicago
and tha Paclflo coaet.
A dlplomaUo struggle continuing- ovar
two inonthe at Chicago, between tha
chiefs of tha two orders and tba general
managers, la at an and, tha delegatea
having returned to their homes. Sam
Vesica, a Southern Pacific conductor,
general chairman for tha district, ar
rived home yesterday. v Tha canvass of.
'conductors and trainman la on in each
' state. Oregon's vote will ba quickly
taken. " aa tha state's railroad popula
tion la not largo. Tha men on tha Haf-
WHISKEY AND CANNED GOODS i
TOGETHER BROUGHT DEATH
"Itm all right let her go!"
f ' Christopher P. Peters, saloonkeeper,
made thla remark when ha took his laat
'drink Wednesday night Patera owned
a saloon at 111 Union avenue north.
Xlesundheit. aid the man with
-whom Peters-waa drinking. 'T don't
know German, but I guess that will do
all right- . . L
-Nothing better," exclaimed Peters.
Then he- walked up to hia room and a
i few hours later ha waa found dead.
Tha doctors said ha had died of alco
VALUABLE MAS KEPT
DARX TOO LONG
Tom Jones Might Have Identl
fed Vancouver Suspects--
Denied at Portland.
' ("pedal Dispatch ta The Jnernal.)
Vancouver. Wash, March .Tom
Jones, the man who clalma to have seen
tm. men runnln. from the Star brew
. . K- .im Af the, rnhhar of that
concern's offloe, has been located.' Ac
cording to Harvey Addlngton. employed
at the United States bar In thla city.
Jones Is at Charles Myer's saloon at the
southeast comer of Union avenue and
Burnalde streets In Portland. Addlng
ton states that he met Jonea yesterday
and that the latter la ready to Identify
the men whom he clalma to have seen
running from tha brewery. -According
to Addlngton, Jonea, went to the jail at
Portland yesterday afternooa to find
Sheriff Sapplngton. But the locating-f
Jonea. even If he la able to Identify A.
Brown and Ous - Borgmsn aa tha men
whom ha aaw run from, tha brewery,
wilt be of little benefit la connection
with the robbery now. Unable to find
jones, ins iiioonue at r-ontana re
leased the two suspect yesterday at 10
" o'clock. , It waa but A few hours later
that - Jones, - according to Addlngton'
statement, clalma to have called at the
Portland Jail, and naked for Sheriff
Sapplngton., It la believed that Brown
and Bergman have by thla time, put
many miles between them and Portland,'
' It is stated at police headquarters
that Sheriff Sapplngton and Detective
.Hellyer had a conference with Jones In
.thla city yesterday and that Jones at
, that 'In had disclaimed any ability to
Identify the two hold-up men. Any tes
timony that Jones might have been able
to give would have been. of no avail
.against tha two suspects therefor and
;they were released. .
GRAFT SIX KINDS OF
- ..r APPLES ON ONE TREE
' . Sis kinds of apples on one tree e
. will' bo a freak which ' A. D.
'Charlton wUl be able to ahow e
' visitors at his home In a short
time. Oscar Vanderbllt, owner . e
of the Bealah ImA farm' at e
Hood River, haa agreed to select
'. scions from sis of the finest va- 0
rletles of apples on his- farm.
which Is tbs finest property In e
Hood River valley, and. graft
them to a small tree now grow-
Ing in Mr. Charlton's yard. The e
' crafting will be done within a. ' 0
day or two and the tree of many q
pplea will be curiosity to all
those who Visit the Charlton , e
; home.
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A
URUSHtU BT r ALLINu
TIMBER. SUES COMPANY
' Suit for $16,410 damages f jr personal
Injuries sgslnst the Peninsular Lumber
'company was filed In the state circuit
; court this rooming by Eugene CHara,
, who alleges that" he was perlouMy Ib-
lured through the negligence of . em
ployes of tha company. CHara com
plains that, bo waa taken from Ma regu-
lar uoaltlon of lumber talller and told
'.to reset the a takes on a flat ear loaded
with lumber. While engaged in reset
ting the stakea, says CXHara, part of
'the load fell off and crushed him under
tit on tha ground. Inflicting serious end
permanent Injuries. Attorney Chester
. V. Dolph appears for CHara.
ASK PERMISSION
- TO REPLAT BELLEVUE
1 ; Tromlelng the-icItT-. that they would
'give H 10 times the mileage given to
it under the present plat, O, B. Hegardt
and W. O. Brown, owners of Bellevne
Addition, today asked permission to
replat the property. - Bellevue consists
of six sorea. It was irregularly laid
out and tha streets were very narrow.
I'nder the replattlng the owners any
the city will get just ten times . the
.amount Of property for streets aa was
given to It under the original plat.
Arrhl Itooofvrlt Doe Well. "
(Jearaal seerta! terries.! "' '
W'sfhlnston. Varcb Dr. Lambert
this afternoon said Archie Roosevelt's
conlfn 'se very sausractory. , . , (
rlmaa. Unas will. It Is aald. b nearly
unanimous In support of the proposal
that has been put up to tha general
managers by the officers of th. order.
The Chicago conference was one of
tha largest- and motl -important Joor
conferences ever held. It was attended
. tm irMw the conductors
and trainmen, with their head officers.
Orand Chiefs Oarrelaon ano Morrlaaey,
and by a committee of is general mana
gara representing ' railroad systems
west of Chicago, Tha men aak for an
Af i k nar i-eiit in wsxea. and
for some changes in the houre orserv-
lea to render the me or a rsiirwu
. , - m,.m Thj. railroad mint
mm rc ..iw.w -
gera offered a compromise In tha ahape
of lis a month lncraee to conductors.
17 to baggagemen ana
This amounted ta an Increase of about
I per cent. . ' . '
Tha compromise wis declined and the
.,-..4 inn aa there
ooniirvniw nmH,.w - -
was hope of a peaceful settlsment. and
now a vote Is being taken to determine
tha nest move by the railroad employes.
holism, butihey did not make their
report until this morning.
Peters had been drinking pretty ex
tensively for several weeks. One night
ha drank three quarts of his own whis
key. Another night be "shook tha
spindle' for tba drinks a doses times,
lie did not feel very good after he bad
drank all tha liquor. Ha ata some
canned goods and It Is believed ptomaine
poisoning aet In and helped to aid tha
aloohoL Death la laid, however, to al
coholism. . - . -
BURGLARY INSURANCE
REFUSED IS
Because of Reign of Vice and
Crime, Protection Is De-t
nied Merchants.
...flaaeaal Baaetsl Serrlea.1
. Chicago, March t. Burglary : Insur-
ance to being denied north side mar-1
chants because of Chicago's reign of;
crime and vice, duo to lacs oi activity
on. the part of the police. On North
State atreet. between Indiana and Chi
cago avenuea tha merchants have had
to bead together to protect themselves,
and they have organised the North
State Street Merchants' Protective as
sociation, and have drafted a petition
to Chief of Police Collins to afford
them better protection.
Omitting mention of crimes committed
In other streets In this neighborhood, la
a short stretch of North State atreet
alone U stores have been entered, each
from two to four times, since the be
ginning of the winter, and four bur
eiarlea were committed - last Monday
evening. This wave of operations of
thieves, newa of each burglary and rob
bery being suppressed by the police. Is
the Inevitable result, crime experts say,
of the tolerance of -wlde-opon gambling
and disorderly conditions In the saloons.
BUYS LAfiD IN NEW
WAREHOUSE
F. L Keiser Purchases Two
Pieces of Property on the
;--:.U'J-' East Side. ' :U
F. I Keiser purchased this morn
ing the Quarter block on the northeast
corner of East Second and East Aider
and a (0-foot lot facing the south side
of JSaat Washington street, between
East Second and East Third, tha two
pieces forming an L, extending through
the block from East waanington to
East Alder. The property belonged to
J. B. C Lockwood and -was sold by
ra B. Mackla and Bollam. Orussl
Hlgley. The consideration was 121,600.
MAY BE MURDERERS V
THOUGH MILLIONAIRES
v,v. 1
' (Joarssl ptelel BervUsa,! -New
Tork. March . It la announced
today uiat the grand Jury will probably
Indict next Monday. It multi-millionaires,
directors of the New Tork Cen
tral, as s. result of the wreck of the
White Plains special recently. Follow
ing this announcement came the newa
of the death of. Miss Sarah Merrltt,
aged i years, at Fleaaantvllle. She la
the twenty-fourth Tlctlm. .
LOST PURSE CONTAINS
MONEY ANO DIAMOND PIN
Oeorge T. Flfer of I0SH First street
reported, to the police this morning the
lose of purse containing MS In gold,
111 In currency, an express money or
der for US, two 150 notes and a dia
mond stud. Flfer -saya .he either lost
ths wallet on the street or In the Wig
wam . restaurant, and a deteqtlve haa
been detailed to . assist him - la ' ths
search. ' ;j ..". : .'. '
too muchee; OPIUM :
KILLED DOCK WEE
' For the first time In ths history of
th state a Chtnamatt Is reported dead
from the . excessive - use ... of ..' opium.
Dock Wee smoked too much opium st
Astoria last - Wednesday. Hla - body
was brought to Portland for Interment
this morning and notioe or ita receipt
was entered upon the records of the
health board this morning. No dispo
sition of ths remains of Dock Wee has
been made by his countrymen. ?
. Grosvnnor Welcomed Home. (
-(f(aiinf Opapiel " S.i iiu..)-
Athens. " Ohio, . Mdrch I. Oefleral
Orosvenor arrived home today sftsr 2
years In congress. The greatest dem
onstration . ever seen , la - this county
welcomed him.
' Forgetting . to retorn and thank bis
employers for tha easy manner In which
they permitted him to walk off with s
sack containing ftf of money and
checks, John Harrison, a ' swamper in
the employ of tha Bkidmore Drug com?
pany, 161 Third atreet, yesterday after
noon disappeared with the funds In bl
possession and la probably ndw enjoy
ing the pleasures of bis euddenly ao
quired wealth In some other city.
-Harrison waa given the sack about
!:! o'clock yesterday and Instructed to
deposit tha money and negotiable paper
In the bank. He had dona this for bis
employers several times before and had
their ' confidence. Yesterday he pleased
himself and disappointed, those who
trusted him. ' ' ' i
; After a lapse of several hours, a war
rant waa sworn out before District At
torney Manning. Chief Oiitsmacher was
notified, and by a o'clock had tha wires
busy to Seattle, Tacoma, Roaeburg and
other polnta In the hopes of spprehend-
Ing Harrison, who is believed to have,
taken a train out of the city. ' Before
notification of his theft was given, how
ever, he had ample time to catch one, of
the afternoon trains leaving Portland. ,
Thla la probably what he did. . '
Harriaon has been' rooming at the !
St. . George hotel, but he -did not sleep
there last night and was not seen about
tha building during the afternoon. - The
aack which Harriaon carried -contained
a $100 bill, $13 In currency, $21t In
gold, and f Tl In silver, besides a 1140
Northern Paclflo order Issued at Wil
bur, Washington, In favor of the Skid
more company, and several other checks
amounting to over fSO. All the paper
wss Indorsed, but the banks were noti
fied to stop, payment should they ba
presented. "v
. Harrison Is baldheaded and has other
peculiarities of physique which It la bo
lleved will lead to hla apprehension by
poltc -officials ta any city where he
happens to go. v. ' ;.
FIRE EHGlaE BARELY
' ESCAPES A COUISIO:!
Number One's .: Driver Turns
Horses and Dodges a Fifth
v. "i Street Car." -'"-v-'
Fire In the foundry of C. B. Borqulst
& .Co., manufacturers of logging tools
at Fifth and Flanders streets, brought
out the -fire department at 10-o'clock
laat night In rcAponaa to alarms from
boxes IT and 146. Upon the arrival of
the apparatus a stream from chenlcal
1 aoon extinguished the blase and. the
damage waa small. . "
While running to the fire engine 1
had a narrow escape from 'colliding with
a Fifth-street car at Everett atreet. It
was only the prompt action of the driver
In turning- bis team sharply aside that
prevented serious accident. Despite
the fact that the. hose wsgon hsd passed
tba car In advance of the engine, the
motorman made no effort to atop bis
car.-r ;
COUCH AT HEAD
OF BOTH TICKETS
Two tickets were put Into the field
laat night at St. Johns by two different
caucuses. . One waa launched by the St.
Johna Republican club and the other Is
known mm the cltlsens' ticket.
Both tickets are headed by K. C
Couch, who received the support of both
primaries for mayor. W. L. Thorndyke
wss indorsed for - the recordershlp by
both conventions. Otherwise ths tickets
are much at variance.
The Republicans nominated C W.
Potter for treasurer, B. T. eggett and
W. H. King for councllmen-at-large,'
Allan C Jobes of the Jobes MUling
company and W. C Francis for eoun
otlrosn from the First ward, and W. W.
Raser for councilman from the Second
ward. ' ' ' ....... -
On the eltlsens ticket Is'O. M. Han,
Incumbent, for treasurer: W. W. Raaer,
H. a Hewitt and W. W. t Wingle for
council man-at-Iarge, ' ' '
- An open caucus will be held Monday
night when It is expected that the Cltl
sens and Republicans will pstch up
their differences and agree on a united
ticket. . . . ..... . ., ,
BLYTH BUYS SCOTTISH
V , AMERICAN HOLDINGS
The Boottlah American Invest-
e ' ment company has sold to Percy :
e H. Birth all of Ita holdings on e
e Willamette heights, amounting e
to about 000 acres, consisting of ' e
e ISO lots and several blocks of - e
acreage. The consideration - 0?
named In ' the Instrument of
transfer was I22S.OOO. Ths deed .
4-: was signed In Edinburgh. Scot-
land, Febrnary SO. and was filed
for , record at tba courthouse ' e
e this Afternoon. - '7 ' .
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a a
PARDON APPLICATION "
; FOR JOSHUA SMITH
3 - .
gpeetat Dtopatek te The Joarsal.)
Salem, Dr., March An application
for a pardon was filed yesterday with
the . governor ' for Joshua Smith, who
waa committed to the state prison from
Clatsop county laat year on conviction
of perjury. His original sentence was
for 1 yesrs. ; ','.'.- -
. An. effort has been made from time to
, time to secure the cooperation of his
friends to ask for -a pardon- and' this
haa finally been successful, as half of
the Jurymen who- convicted him bave
signed ihe request for a pardon and
many" prominent people ef Contra Costa
county, California, state ho was a man
of excellent character- and habits pre
vious 'to his difficulty. The governor
has taken the pardon tinder considera
tion. 'V . I. , : '.'
. m ii .ii .i '..i i ' y
Conrad Lang Snee for Divorce.
Salem, Of., March i. -Through his at
torneys, Conrad Lang of Sllverton, al
leging cruel and Inhuman treatment at
the hands of bis wife. Olena Ieng, aaks
the -court for a divorce.. They were
married at Sllverton. June ' 11. ";1t0l.
Lang asks for -the custody of ths two
minor children, snd that bis wife be
barred from claiming any . Interest la
his property. " v
A Jury of 11 waa Secured this morn
ing to hear tha trial of Ed Nelson and
C H. Danlelaon for the murder of Oscar
Undgren. Attorney W. W. Banks an
nounced the defense of alibi to the
court .. Deputy - District - Attorney - Ous
C, Moser stated the facta that the
prosecution expects to prove. -
"The defense will be that theae men
were not at tha Garfield hotel .when
fjndgren was ahot We will prove that
they were at Erlckaon-a and Blasler's
saloons drinking at about :3S o'clock
I'
Ed. Nelson, on Trial tor Murder of
Llndsren. -v-":
on that night and then took the oar
and arrived at the hotel about Ave min
utes after the tragedy occurred.' This
J-..tlraaubgtaneflL- of .Attorney - Banks' -
statement to the Jury. . . ; . -
Jury Za Complete, '
The It men who were accepted to hear
the testimony and determine whether
Nelson and Danlelson murdered Und
gren on the night of January t are J. B.
Kellogg. P. Murray, Joe a Morak, F. M.
Miles, W. Frost, J. King. P. R. Step pen
eon. William Harriaon, a W. Brew
baker, P. A. Preston, Robert A. Stelneg
ger and A. J. Allard. -
The prosecution admits that tha two
men arrived at tha hotel on a streetcar
five minutes after the shooting, but de
nies that they went to tha hotel from
down town on that car. Deputy Moaer
said he would show' to the jury that tha
men had walked rapidly away from the
hotel after shooting Llndgrea, hid the
money and watch stolen from the dead
man, and then boarded a Fourteenth
streetcar and hurried oacx to tne noiei
for tha purpose of . establishing . the
semblanee of an alibi. - .
Telia of Important witness. ' ' ,
Moser told the Jury that ha haa A
wltoesa who will testify that three men,
one of them supposed to be Peterson,
who baa . not been arrested; walked
rapidly down Fourteenth street and im
mediately afterward returned on a street
car that was going In the direction from
which the man came when they, were
walking.' One of the throe men wore a
read sweater or a red handkerchief
about hia neck. Nelson wore a . red
sweatee, on the night of the murder.
Dr. W.- R. Coffman waa called to the
witness stand by the prosecution. He
testified thst he had attended Llndgren
after he waa shot until he died. . Llnd
gren's death occurred alx days after
he was shot Dr. Coffman said that
Llndgren waa rational and able to talk
Intelligently to hla family during most
of ths time after be was shot. City
Physician W. V. Spencer testified aa
to the eauae of Lhidgren's death.
- Tha teatlmony Of the prosecution Is
being continued this afternoon.
LIFE BOATS TO
. BE REBUILT
Failure) to Pass Inspection Fault of
. - LeakyHulls - and Air Tanks- :
: . Besides Other Defects.
A number of metal workers have been
put to work rebuilding tp metal life
boats that .were brought herefrom
tork by the Charlea-F. Beebe company
to supply ths local demand. Xt la be
lieved that thar boats can be put In
good ahape, ut the expense of rebuild
ing themwUl bo considerable. The
work isbelng dons at the foot of Bal
mon"Blreet. '
xThe boats failed to pass tha govern
ment Inspection because the hulls were
not wster-tlght nor were the air tanks
air-tight -Practically all of the rivet
ing will have to be done over. It is
said that the boats could have been
built better hero in the, first place and,
It l believed, as cheap. - , . , ,
LEWIST0N WILL WELL ' .
; . ENTERTAIN TEACHER
(apeelsl Dispatch to The Journal.) ' " v
Lswlston. Ida., March -Lew1aton Is
preparing to entertain at least 600 visit
ing teachers during the Inland Empire
Teachers' association meeting, to be held
here April t, 4 and a. Three county In
stitutes, those- of Nes Perces and Latah
In Idaho and Asotin In Washington, have
eonaented to merge and will become a
factor In the big meeting.. Reduced rail
road rates have' been granted and ac
commodations will be found In the ho
tels and private homes for the guests.
An all-day excursion Is being planned
up Snake river on one of the river steam
ers and the -club women -of- -the city
will assist In receiving the visitors. -
prise to the amount of 12S0 have been
offered by the Lewlaton-CIarkston pro
motion bureau -for the-M best-descriptive
articles relating to the Lewlaton
CIarkston couitry. the contest , to be
open to ail vtaltlng teachers. ..- -
Committees sro now hard at work pre
paring for the convention and assert
that It will be the largest and beat con
ducted In the history of the association
On Barber Examining Board..
' (Bpeetsl DUpettk te The Journal.)
. Salem, Or., March I. T, M, Leabo of
Portland was yesterday appointed a
member -of - the - ita te board of barber
examiners to succeed William Wanner
The present members of ths board will
be H. O. Myer of Salem, R. R. Wallace
of Astoria and T. M. Leabo, '
(Jearaal speda! Berries.)
Olympls, Wash.. March t. One of the
most Important matters that haa re
ceived the attention of the legislature
has been the appropriating of funda to
be used . for the .Improvement of the
Columbia and Snake rlvera and a bill
has paeeed the house appropriating
1136.000 for this purpose, the money to
be spent under the direction of tha war
department. ....
- No xppoaltlon developed to this plan
until a day or two ago, but tha friends
of the blU now realise that It la In
serious danger of defeat In the senate
and that another legislature may go by
without following the example of ha
state of Oregon and helping In the mkt-
ter of open rlvera. I
There has been no change In senti
ment as to. the Importance of making
this appropriation, but Ita defeat may
be brought about through an attempt
which 4s being made to tack It onto an
appropriation bill giving 1100.000- for
restoring the rivers of the Puyailup to
tha channels through which they flowed
-prior to tha recent severe floods.
' Fauihamns Tnttmatom.
'Senator Paulhamua, who Is ths rec
ognised' leader of the majority In the
senate, and who thua far has had things
about his own way, has served an ulti
matum that unless ths Joint appropria
tions committee approves his bill for
tha Puyailup valley he will defeat the
open river bill In the senate.
His action In trying to trade, a stats
and Interstate project In the Improve
ment, of navigation upon- two great
rivers for a local Improvement In a sec
tion where he owns a' dairy farm haa
caused : great - Indignation - among tha
frlenda of the open river and they de
clare thnt they will fight hlra to a fin
ish. They . realise, . however, that the
fight will be a bitter one. and, that the
cren river project la In serious danger
of defeat At this session, , - )
: It Is probable that the result will bs
uncertain until the last day of the ses
sion, and that even the big . omnibus
appropriation bill ' for the atate gov
ernment, and Institutions may be drawn
Into the fight and heldt up until "It is
settled. V . ,
POWERS A6AIH ARRESTED
THIS TIME FOR VAGRANCY
Convicted One of ForgeryBevJ
: lieved Same Charge Will
, . ; Again Be Made. '
: ' .' f ." . ( : ' 1
F. K. Powers was - arrested by - De-
j tectlve Price thla afternoon and la being
is suspected of having passed a numbwr
of bogus checks on the east side this
morning and during tha Immediate past.
He Is also supposed to be the man who
had an altercation with one of hla pros
pective victims who refused to accept
the 'Check which waa tendered In return
for a purchase. The police also believe
that Powers Is the - same t man who
passed a forged check on fhe Marks
Shoe company on Mqrrlson street re
cently, -.iv .' .
Powers was . arrested November I.
loot, accused . of having uttered a
forged check for 110 which he tendered
in payment to a. furniture store on Mor
rison street. The furniture bill amounted
to 1100 and Powers received the II ad
ditional in chmge. - He waa arreeted
and convicted In tha circuit court and
was aentenced to one year In the peni
tentiary, . but was paroled. It la ex
pected that several chargea of forgery
will be filed against the prisoner.' , -
DENTIST SKIFF BREAKS
IN ON A STATE DEAL
. flpeelat Dlapatefc to The lonreaL) :
Salem, . Or., March t. The beard of
trustees for the insane asylum have
gone over the' Riley tract near the
asylum grounds, snd examined It thor
oughly, contemplating .Its purchase.
The legislature recently appropriated
110,006 for that purpose. Mrs. Riley
nst asked 116,000 for the farm, .but
-thaagreed after some discussion be;
tween the board to let It go for 111,000.
but when the board Informed her that
the appropriation was only 110,000 she
finally consented -to sell It for that
amount. . I
But now comes Mark Skiff, a den
tist and capitalist of this city, saying
ths board Is being held up And that it
Is about to pay l,000 more than the
property Is worth, stating that he had
an option on the property for 17,000
and that this sum Is about the value of
the farm. Skiff threatens to begin In
junction proceedings against ths board
If they persist In. as ho aaya, waat
Ing at least 11.000 of the people's
money. The threat may delay the pur
chase of the .tract for. a. time. .,
HARD COAL DISCOVERED
NEAR LEWIST0N, MAYBE
" (St-Wl 'fMapstek te The Xeomal.t
Lewlston, Idaho, March I. Coal out
oropplngs have been discovered near
Cave gulch, on the upper Snake river,
which have every Indication of develop
ing into a big mine. The outcrop Is 40
feet wide, and is capped with ths char
acteristic blue slate. Peter Book, an old
English coal miner. Is the discoverer,
snd feels confident that with a little
work a bed of bard coal wtU be un
covered. He estimates thst It will cost
less then 1100 to open the beds.
EMPLOYES OF JONES 1
MILL LEAVE WORK
""The) striking- mill men were re--
Inforced this afternoon by 84
men, comprising practically tha
e ' entire force of the Jones mill In
"South Portland, who quit work"'
In a body and inarched to tha
e headquarters of the L W. W. at e
100 Davla street, where they en-
rolled themselves as members of
4 the union. This action has tied '
up ths Jones mill and It Is now
e standing Idle. . . "
- : e
" NIcaragnA Twice Victor. '
(Joaraal Special serrlea.!
-Puerto Cortes, March I. Advices to
lay aay that General Bonllla defeated
the Nlcaraguans af Tungune on March
T and confirm the Honduras victory on
March I. ," ' '
Tasterday was the third time during
the present week that the realty trans
fers have mounted well up Into the six
figure column, when the aggregate was
1141,181. The total of transfersfor
the first' aeven dare of March waa
l,t0l. IIS. A ' number, of Important
sales In ths east aide business dlstriot
were dosed yesterday,
. Maude W. Potter purchased from
Harry Stanford a, 71 by 100 foot lot on
ther northees-f oomer-of- Bast- Morrison
and East Sixth streets. The considera
tion waa 3 .800. , ,
- Councilman John P. Sharker sold to
Mrs. Mollis Stanford a quarter-block on
the northeast corner ef Orand avenue
snd East Oak Streets for 111,600. , .The
sale waa made by J. M. Healy.
W. P. " Hawley bought ' from E. T.
Amea & auarter block on the northwest
corner , of East Main and Kaet Second
streets.- Ths consideration In the deed
Is given aa nominal, but the actual value
of the property sold Is In the neighbor
hood of $10,000.
A valuable residence lot on Twenty
third atreet near Everett waa purchased
yesterday by S. T. Dove for 110,000.
The property belonged to R. MoLennan
and waa sold by Reld, Fields : Tynan.
SrEEK 10 BEGIIi SUIT
AGAINST COURT CLERK
Attorney Alex Sweek. who ' repre
sented Mrs. Regina Herman, the woman
convicted of conducting a disorderly
house at 414 I.Washington ' street and
sentenced to pay a fine of 1200 In addi
tion to 10 days' Imprisonment. ' has
threatened to bring suit against Frank
Hennessy, clerk of the municipal court
for the recovery of . 1100 ball money
turned over to the city treasurer In
payment of the woman's fine. '.
Sweek desired the money held on bis
verbal notice of appeal, but Mrs.' Her
man' yesterday l61d"Hertnesy" that' she
did not desire to take the case to the
upper court and wanted the sura which
shs had deposited for ball to liquidate
her- flnel v Accordingly the- money was
paid over yesterday respite Sweek's or
ders to the contrary, sud now ths at
torney declares that ho will take the
matter Into the court a '
The court official Is not greatly per
turbed over the "contemplated suit as
the code of criminal procedure specific
ally provides that he shall take the no
tion ha did. ,
Jessie snd Winnie Morse,' theoung
women - arrested In the .raid on Mrs.
Herman's retort and who . testified
s gainst her In the police court, were
surrendered to 'Tie police yesterday by
Mrs. Herman. The girls were out on
1200 osah ball, but -tmir sctton In giv
ing testimony Inimical to the "massage
parloi"" proprietress la believed to have
caused her to withdraw tha ball money.
PAID FOR MANY ROOMS
K WITH OLD GEORGIA BILLS
A ' nice-looking ' yOung man. dressed
in a brown suit, has been engaging
rooms about tows and paying for them
Immediately with 120 bills for which ha
received all the way from 111.50 to 111
In change each time. The bills looked
good to ths landladies, two of whom In
1 hl case- were Mrs,-Whitehead of 67
North Seventh street and Mrs. M, C
Burt of ltd' Thirteenth street.'
As a matter of fact- thev bills were
old onee made by the old Merchants'
Planters bank of Savannah, -Qeorgla,
and dated 1161. They did not look good
to Portland bankers. In each case- two
bills had been pasted together.
' ft K. Powers, now in the city Jail, Is
suspected. The young man said that he
was a train dispatcher.
DETECTIVES HUNT, FOR
FOUR FEET OF FENCE
. Detectives Price and Inskeep have
been assigned the task of locating four
; feet of missing fence and the miscre
ants who stole it. The two officials re
ceived their assignments as the result
of a complaint mads by the Portland
academy, the officials of which chsrge
that some persons to them unknown ma
liciously sawed a four-foot hole In the
fence near Montgomery street on Four
teenth and made away with It. The two
detectlvea have Identified the hole, and
are now looking for the fragmentary
fence and the men who did the deed. -
cci vm io noncDtn in
tltklll lJ UIIUUILU IU y
BRING WHITE'S LETTERS
' j
(Joarssl Speelsl servlee. . ' '
New Tork. March I Evelyn Thew
was served this afternoon with a sub
poena commanding her' to - pre sen In
court any letters that may have been
written ' by White, and certain Papers
specified by Jerome.'
Dr. Wiley, tha alienist expert for the
defense who waa so sorely routed by
Jerome, was In conference with Delmaa
today In response to a letter saying the
testimony given by him was fully sus
tained by the later expert witnesses,
Dr., Wagner and Dr.. Evans,' . : - , ..
j; W. LANDGUTH SrlOOTS
- HIMSELF WITH PISTOL
4- I:
Apeelsl Dlseatek tethe Joaraalt
. Salem, Or., Marcly I. Harrased by
what la supposed to pe family troubles,
J. W. Land gut h committed sulctds at
hla home in Turner this morning by
shooting himself with a It-calibre re
volver. He waa a millwright by trade and
leaves a wife and two little boys. Hs
left a note upbraiding his wife for her
conduct and asking . her to raise the
children -aright,. ThO- coroner -will .in
vestigate the case, . . .
FITZGERALD WORKS -
FOR WILKIE NOW
.
. i - (Jearnal special Serrlee.r"
Chicago, March I. Teller Fltsgerald
quit the sub-treasury this morning and
entered the government ' secret service,
engaged by Chief Wllkls.
: ; Dunbar "Files Dernnrrer.
(Special Dlapetcli to Ths Joernal.) '
Salem, Or., March I. -A . demurrer
has been filed by the attorneys of the
defendant In the ease of J. K. Sears
against F. I. Dunbar on ths ground
that the facts In tha complaint are not
sufficient to warrant action.
rflpeelal Dispatch te TVs Joeraal.)
Boise,. Ida., March I. The HeybursJ
primary election bill was killed la the
house today and the Borah direct pri
mary bill killed In the senate.
The house anti-trust bill wss amended
In the senate, - The senate killed house -bills
prohibiting Interference with Irri
gation works; requiring railroads t
fence rights of way; and also senate
bills providing for legislative reappor
tlonment. . ..
A 'bill appropriating 119,000 for - a, -bridge
across the Snake between Lin
coln and Caasla counties (defeated yes.
terday and reconsidered) passed the '
house today. '.The house refused to con. ,
cur In the senate amendments to ths
house employers' liability bill which was
defeated. The house psssed resolutions
thanking officers snd attaches for good
work during the session. - The speakel
waa preaented with a traveling grin, .
the assistant chief clerk with a gold
ring and euff buttons by sttachas. Mem
bers presented the speaker with a gold
watch, chain and locket
The anti-pass bill was killed In ths
senate. Two Mormon bishops - had a.
lively tilt over It. -Bishop Hart tore the
bill up before the senate. He said that
the governor, who recommended the
measure, could not ran htm. The houee '
also killed the bill appropriating 111.000
for Improvement on the Snake, Ths
house passed house bills to punish bus
bands who fall to support their wives
and children; creating an Insurance com
mission; extending a vote of thanks to)
of fleers and attaches.
Both bouses adjourned at 1 o'clock. '
FRYE LANDS '
IN LAW'S NET
5 ,' .' i.' -
Officers 'Arrest Alleged Swindle '
Wh Shoe at Bis Partner la .
i ' , "Wrangle Orer Spoils. k Vt ;
. Fred F. Fryo, alias Ferris, wanted fa
Vancouver, Washington, on a charge of
an assault with a deadly weapon, was '
arrested a the eaat end of the steel
bridge last night by Detectives Mallet
and Hill and turned over -to an officer,,
from the Washington city this morn
ing. .... ' ; -, ' ... - :
Fryo haa a lengthy criminal record M
the northwest On July If. 1004. ho
wss arrested for beating slot machines
with a wire contrivance, but was ao
qultted. as the court held thst It wss "
not a crime to defrand a gambling de
vice. In - March, 1104. ; Fryo waa ar
rested. In Seattle on a warrant charge .
ing him with setting fire to. the Port
land Flouring mills, but he manssed to
secure his release.' owing to the lack of jr!
evidence.. Frye has served terms In the. I
city snd county Jails, and la regarded by; -the
police as a dangerous character.
. According to Detective Hellyer, Frys
Ljraa connected with the crowd of sharp
ers, wis secures a 3VO certmcate or
deposit 'from C. C. Balser a few days
ago In a three-card monte rirtne. The ;
lehoclf was recovered from Try In Van '
eouver by Detective Hellyer. '
It is understood that In a'wrangls
with his partner In crime for relinquish
the certificate of deposit, Frye drew a
revolver and fired a shot at him.- It Is
not thought the case will be prosecuted.
Frye's relatives reside on a ranch near
Vancouver, but formerly' were, rest
dents of the Alblna district. ' '.
FOUR MORE CLERKS
V FOR THE P0ST0FFICE
postmaster Mlnto received a telegranjear
inim aiuini ruBimniirr - u.n.nii
Hitchcock this morning snnounclng the
sppolntment of four additional clerks
for Portland, i The men wilt serve as
general utility clerks and .two will Do
kept at the main offlee, while one will
work at Station E, and the other at Sta
tion B. . The men . were selected ' from
the list of substitutes In the-order ot
seniority and are as follows: ' Joseph.
Eder, Oeorge L. Harwood, John L. DU
lard and John O. Hobson.
The men start In with a salary ol
ISO a year and -will receive an annunt
Increaaa of 100 until they reach tha
salary limit of 11,100. T ,
FORM PRESBYTERIAN v -:
CHURCH IN VERNON1
v- - ' -
A Presbyterian church will be ' or
ganlsed In Vernon at East Twentieths
and Wygant streets , Sunday afternoon
At 1:10 o'clock. Rev. A. J. Montgomery
will preside at the organisation, Ths
sermon will bo delivered by Rev. Harry
Pratt. . Beginning eunaay tne usual
services will be conducted at the new
church. Sermons will be delivered at It
a. m. and at 7:10 p. m. Sunday school
will bs held at II m. Next Sunday ths
evening address' will be delivered by
Hon M. Murdoch,"
CHIN GUEY CAN STAY. v
IN THE UNITED STATES
adtlea Hits vrtah rtilnatMsisi ivfavl Va.si
xi a a vj J "o sa)s as ivuj arw iui esj
Judge Wolverton in the United SUissS,
aImh I f iMiipt fn, Yielnv tifil.afiill.Mi, '
this country, waa acquitted by a deolslon
rendered this morning by Judge Wolver
ton. Chin had been ordered deported
by the United States commissioner and
appealed to th upper court,- where hs
waa able to present enough evidence
showing that he waa a legal Inhabitant
of the United' But. - ,
LOOKING FOR. A CAT
: FOUND A DEAD MAM
Belllngham,-Wash.,- March I.Whtls
searching for a cat -In an abandoned
win cellar under the Magnolia saloon
this morning, Romey Smith found the
body of H. Alomlny, a printer of Van
eouver, B. C, who disappeared - tw
weeks ego. He bad evidently crawled
Into the cellar while intoxicated and
dlsd thsr. . " ' -
ALDER STREET LOTS
. WERE SOLD TODAYS
, Marlon Dolph and Oeorge Taswell
purchased this morning the east half
of lots and In the south half of block
J, city of Portland. Ths property la
on Alder street between Twelfth and
Thirteenth and Is known aa tha old Dun
bar homestead and waa aold by - th
executors of Agnes Dunbar's estate. Th
consideration was 111,040,