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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL; : PORTLAND, THURSDAY - EVENING. APRIL 11. 1S07. EODOFTI SHOOTS HiniSELF While Song of Unrequited Love Is Being Sung at Theatre, " Robert. M. Croyve Fires Bullet Into His Side. '.,'.'' ' " rn i a UV Mnaraal Special Service. I ' Pittsburg, April 11. While Miss Ethel I.evr wss singing "Unrequited Love" at j the Grand opera, house yesterday after noon bfore a large and fashionable au j dionce, Robert M. Crowe, aged 12, arose In a box, calmly loaded his rvoivesand fired a bullet into hi side. TheJed created a panic tn the crowded house. Toons; Crow, who was a nephew of President P, C. McEldowney or the Vnion Trust company .and of H. C Flick's bank, had been laboring- under a mental delusion for soma time,- and the uncle tersely declared the deed was the result . f "Pittsburg- Paranoia.1' For ' oeveral-wiontha -Crow- bad-been tnereee. . claiming that ha should be able to make vast sums of money In the stock tnar- , ket. He declared he wanted to make a million in a day. , . Crow did not show any signs of sui cidal mania. However, until the begin ning of the Thaw trial. He Iras a close personal friend of Harry Thaw, and as soon as the trial started he be gan to study works on Insanity. ' TwO months ago ho wrote a letter to his uncle, W. C McEldowney. tn which be said he was going to end his life. He .was hurried away to a sanitarium, but 1 was released a week ago, having shown . signs of improvement. -. ; ,,, ' - JAPANESE COr'T.iEftD THE .cms of id'ati Hold a Meeting and Pledge As sistance to Men Who Killed Highbinder. , . ' (Special Dwpeteh te The Jearaalt - .'. Tacoma., April 11. Japanese of - this city to the number of ISO held a meet ing lait evening and pledged themselves to esslat in every way posaibl M. Mo rlyasu and M. Kakamura, ths self-confessed murderers of H. Omatl. the Jap anese highbinder. In a restaurant thro 'nights ago. Omatl was an ex-convict and the Jananese colony here feels a great , relief that the man la dead. T. Kawal, one of the moat prominent business men of Tacoma, was chairman of the meeting and while regrets were v expressed that murder had taken place among the local Japanese, there were stirring speeches In commendation of. the killing. Chairman Kawal by reso lution was empowered to appoint a 'committee of It to consult a lawyer, raise funds and do whatever els might be necessary to save the two men who 1 did the killing from punishment by the : law. There are about. TOO Japanese In ' Tacoma and the surrounding cities and there appears to -be a general feeling , of gladness among them at the death of Omatl, who- had them all cowed. -Coroner Stewart held an Inquest over ' the remains of Omatl yesterday after . noon, the Jury bringing in a verdict that he came to his death at the hands of Morlyasu and Nekamura. . STATESMEN GATHER FOR: ' COLONIAL CONFERENCE "" tJonraal apodal Service.) London. April 11. A number "of the distinguished ' colonial statesmen who . are to take part In the coming colonial conference have reached London. The ( "Canadian delegation, headed by Sir Wil frid Laurier.ls dus to arrive tomorrow or Saturday.' The conference will begin lt sittings Monday. - - ' '.: , A large suite of apartments at the ; Hotel Cecil ha been secured for the use ' of the colonial premiers during their official visit to London and a 'colonial office official. has been stationed there 'charged with the doty of looking to the , comfort and convenience of the guests. Canada, Newfoundland, Australia. Mew . Zealand. Cape Colony and Natal are sending the premiers to the confer ence. 'India will be represented through 'the secretary for India and a member of the council of India deputed for him. COLONIAL DAMES PROUD : : . OF LONG PEDIGREES Uoaraal tpeeUI Herrle.) Colorado Springs, Colo., April 11.- Many omen whos.;prld liils that , they are able to trace their ancestry ' bark to pr-Revolutionary days gathered , hirre today to attend the annual meet- ; ing of the Colorado branch of the Co- loalal Damea of America. The visitors , were entertained , at luncheon - by the 'president of the society, Mrs. F. W. r Ooddard, following which the annual C business meeting was held.'' - BOY BADLY HURT BY ' ; ; FALL AT PENDLETON r 'Pendleton. Or..' - April . "ll.-Charles rerrlnger, son of. John Porringer of Adams, is expected to die as the result of Injuries received from falling from a horse to the pavement her. The home shied, lost Its footing and fell, causing tb boy to fall hard on his head ard. producing eoncussloa of the : brain. - . ,' i . ... - T riad f feed Tha Will Keep T The true way is to find out what Is fvest .1 set and drink, and then -cultivate a tast for thos things Instead of poisoning ourselves with Improper, Indlgeatlbl food, etc r - A cnnservsUv Maasachusstts woman writes: . . . , , ,, . ,, '1 have used Orape-Nuts five years for the young end for the aed; in sickness uiid In health; at first following direc tions carefully, later In a variety of wars ss my taste and Judgment sug gested. , , -Hut Its most special persons! benefit hue been a aubatltut for meat, and served dry with cream when rheumatic troubles made it Important for me to give up the coffee habit. 'Served In this way with tha addition ' f a cud of hot. water and a little fruit It luis been uej st my morning meal ( r hi montlia. during, which time my 1'j'ih his much improved, nerve have i -.'wn steadier, and a gradual decreaee 1 my eoelve weight adds greatly to r.mrn. Nam given by Poettim : Co. l'.ti!e Credit, Mich ' ' I .' ' te lor -The Rod to W.-U- i I ;. ''ilier ft r.o-eaon,-' JURORS HAGGARD ,- . , It--:- f (Continued from Page Cme.y the steps and swept awsy part of the police guard beforo reinforcement ar rived. The Thaw brothers fled to escape like treatment befor..thy wr.rcog- nlsed. - - . ' Rhnrtlv after I o'clock tha Thaw Jurj left the court building for ' breakfast. A number of the jurors hpre evldeooes of the strain of the night They r- nrtied their deliberations at t:S0. At 10:1 . Judge Fltsgerald had .pot reached the courtroom. It - was ru mored that when the Judge arrived the Jury would ask additional instructions. A feverish mob was aoout ine puuuibs, swelling every moment, and the police are laklug extra precautions to prevent a demonstration- The saioona in m rtoinity.: of the' courthouse are packed to overflowing and dolng a landof f lea business. . , ' ' - v . Mrs. Wllllara Thaw, the countess of Yarmouth, Mrs, George Carnegie - and Edward Thaw arrived at the building soon after - o'clock and war ushered Into the Judge s chambers td"awa!t the report of the Jury. FlUgerald arrived about an hour later - lTha Judge took his place n the bench at 11 o'clock, and tha jury rued, in at once.- Tha excitement was Intense until It was known that the Jury had not yet reached a. verdict, but had merely come In to ask for some of the ex hibits. - v- '. ' ' Prosecutor Jerome took his place, and Thaw's attorneys- were sent for. The f Jury then requested tha following ex hibits that were used at tn trial: puna of Madison square roof - garden; , the Longfellow letters; Thaw's will and codicil; the Comstock letters; and Je rome's and Delmaa" hypothetical ques tions. ,. CALENDAR OF TRIAL History of Cr-lebrted Cm Told in -' i --Date.. r-r . . ,. ;' Her, in a nutshell. Is th Thaw eas from the day - when th trial was -b-. gun hp to th present time. It Is, sot to say, a diary of th trial and contains vary step of any Importance that was taken from th beginning: : January tl Trial begins with th se lection of Jurors. Justice Fitsgerald Or ders the Juror to b kept confined. ; February J Jury completed. .-' February 4 Assistant district 'attor ney make th opening address to ths Jury. Characterises th killing of Stan ford Whit a "a cruel, deliberate, wil ful and malicious murder." Lawrence Grant White, son of Stanford Whit. I th first witness. After calling sev eral other witnesses, most- of whom were present at th shooting, th pros ecution rests. Lawyer Oleason opens for Thaw. - . . ' February I Dr. Charles C Wiley, ft Pittsburg; alienist, called by ' Lawyer Oleason, gives it aa hi opinion that at tha time of th shooting Thaw was Insane, Pr. Wiley is subjected to a merciless gruelling by Jerome, and ad mits hs Is not an expert. After a stormy conference among Thaw's law yen, It la decided that Delphi. M. Pel- mas take . th lead. ' . t February -Benjamin Boman, elec trician of Madison Buuare Oarilen. tes tifies that Stanford White, learning of Thaw having left th theatre with Miss Nesbit, exhibited a - revolver ' and said be would . kill sThaw befor morn. ing. ' ,- ' February Evelyn Nesbit Thaw tells th amsslng. pathetlo story of. her life On the witness-stand. Just i sit had told It to Thaw In Paris in Hot, when she refused to marry him. She told- how .Whit ' had Inveigled and harmed ber in 1J01, in her fifteenth year. . ' . t - February Continuing her testimony Evelvn Thaw tails of Stanford White's endeavor to poison her mind against Thaw and of her visit with : Whit to Lawyer Abe Hummel' office, where f- fort war mad to get ner to teatiry that Thaw had beaten and otherwise brutally treated her during their trip through Euros tn 1(03. and iiow. when shs demanded back a paper which thev had persuaded her to alga, Hum mcl burned a paper before her eyes tn his office. Bh bad not been allowed tn aea the Tbsrtsr. she said. ' Februarv 11 Evelyn s testimony is suspended. After leaving th courtroom she is clasped in tne arms oi . airs. wmiam Thaw, th orieoner's mother. February 1 Expert testimony is begun. Pr. Brlnton D. Evans, who naa examined Thaw in the Tombs, declares Thaw had delusion Of persecution, and, at tha time of th shooting wa suf fering from a 1ra!n storm." Thaw, he said, told htm he killed Whit, bv dl mtimi of Providence. ' February 14 Th death of th wlf of Juror Joseph B. Bolton halts . th trial . -.1 . . . - '; February ltTh trial Is resumed. Jurors from this time on are allowed to ma homo after each day session. February 1 Evelyn again on tha stand testifies that Whit told May Mo- Kentrle.- relyn' -friend, that- he wewld win th young wlf be ok, a montn -arter her marriage to Thaw: ' - February JO Evelya's cross-examination Is begun by District Attorney Je rome. ' ' February II Hr ' eross-xamlnstion Is continued. She says Whit taught her to believe that all "womankind was immoral.- Hh was convinced f th con trary by Thaw. She had been brought up without religion and had not been taught to believe In a Divin Being. She faint as shs leave th room after th day ordeal. '.,' ' aTaahfni si rW . xKA ths continuation Of Evelyn's cross-examination sbs tell her lov crt. '. - ' February I Evlyn diary is reao to th Jury by Jerom at th conclusion f her examination. ' ' March Mrs. William Thaw,tn ce- fendanf mother, take tb stand and tells of th pathetic change in her son aftsr he returned from Europ In ltot. Sh tall of hi sleepless nights, ms nervousness and of hi final admission to her tha -hs was unhsppy. becaus th girl whom h lovd had been s vic tim of "th worst man In all Nsw TOrk." Sh says sh consented to hi marriage with th girl (Evelyn Nesbit) on con dition thst her provlou llf vwss to b a sealed book: after th wedding." Th aged mother wept while testifying. March T Palms take Jerome y aurpris by Suddenly resting th defenoe. March 11 Jerom calls to th stand lame Clinch Smith. Stanford White's brother-in-law, who testifies that Thaw spoke rationally to him on th Madi son square roof garden Just before th shooting. Smith's testimony was very sensational.- . - i March 14 In reply to a 11,000-word hypothetical question. Dr. Austin Flint, Jerome's expert, swears that Thaw was sen. Hummel denies Evelyn' story. March It Th photngraphlo reproduc tion of th Hummel affidavit alleged to have been signed by Evelyn Is admitted to Evidence. 1 March 10 Jerom suddenly halts the trial by moving for th appointment of a lunacy cnmmlaslon. Pr. Allan Mae Lane Hamilton had been put upon the stand, and In reply to questions by Law yer GlAaaon said that. In hi opinion.- mlw mmn ineene ai in prepeni lime and Ini-ApeM nf Instructing his counsel. I Alaruh It Justlc Fitzgerald appolut- Il'iO flLIOIIS. . IWiflG PRESEIII v i,rt rr - .' Sister -of --Charles ..Ml. Schwab Married . to" David Barry, : a Bank Cashier Brother Cives i . .. . '..., ; Princely Gift in Stocks. ,. . ' - i ' . (Joora! Special !!. Pittsburg, .Pa- April 11. Mlas Ger trude Schwab, a sluter of Charles M. Schwab, . was married yesterday in St. Michael's Roman Catholic rhuroa at Loretto. a beautiful ; little edlOco) that was- presented to the town by Schwab, to Pavld Barry, cashier of the First Na tional bank of Johnstown. Among - tha ruests was tha brother of the bride, whose wedding- present was f 1,000.000 In stocks and bonds. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Father John Barry of this city, the brother of the groom. The bridesmaid was Miss MoOorray of Cleveland, the fiancee of Edward Schwab, ' the younger brother of the bride. The couple left TdrNw Tork and will spend their honeymoon In the , east.. ::,.' , S ,,.-, TO BUILD A T170-M1LE TU1KEL REAR TACOMA Will Avoid Heavy Grade Out of ;- City and Crossing ; Hill Tracks. 1 ' ( Special pteMtcbe Tfee Jaurnelt ' Tacoma. Wah April 11. Th Union Paclflo railroad Is planning to build a two-mil tunnel, beginning at Hunt'a Prairie,- south of th Northern Pacific car shops at South Tacoma, and run ning In a northeast direction to a point near Lincoln park, eight blocks from th probable alt of th union depot. Th underground line I made for th triple purpose of avoiding a i per cent grade ut of tb city, to cut down th cost of buying a right of way and to avoid crossing- th s Northern .vPaclflu tracks. ., - In their hast to secure th most fa vorable right of-way around th Olympia peninsula th Northern- Pacino. Chicago, Milwaukee & St.. Paul, th Union Pa cific and th Great Northern railroads have ail rushed surveying parties to Port Townsend, Port Angeles and. Clal lam and many Unes are being run from th sound to th ocean between' th Strait of Ban Juan d Fuoa and the Olympic mountains. . The, foothill and districts surrounding these mountain are fh most, heavily timbered Of any sec tion, of th north wst. . ., , MANUFACTURING MU .REALTY INCORPORATIONS ' tSpeetut'' Dtopateh te Tb Joarnall '.Salem, Or, April 11. The following article bf Incorporation wer filed yea- ifraij wixn xne svcreiary ok siai-e;. f. ine Mount tscoti construction com pany; capital stock, 11,000; incorpora tors, E. 8. Couch, George W. Pllley and P. A. Pllley; main office. Kern Park, Multnomah county. ' Th . Gold Ray Realty company; In corporators, C. R. Ray. H. C. Btoddardl and Frank Lodr; capital atock, x 10,000 main offlc. Medford. ' -;: v- Paclflo Face Briok company: Incor porator, C. E.'. Fuller. Jesse Ed Wards and Andrew Kershaw; capital ' stock, (150,000.. .. . : : - . iv... , ; CHANGE OF PASTORS BY -SILVERT0N METHODISTS (Bpedtl IMapatek te The leoraal.) ' 'Sllverton, Or., April 11. Rev. Thomas Maxwell, who was appointed -pastor of tb Methodist Episcopal church tn thia city last fslWby th Oregon conference, ha resigned bis pastorate, and with hi family will mov to Iowa, wher he ha accepted a call. The pastor of th church to which Mr. Maxwell goes will supply th Sllverton- pulpit, and 1 ex pected her next week. . . -7 - - - r- A . Two Hundred People Drowned. - ' ' (Joaraal Special Herrlce.) ' - Berlin, April 11. Two hundred wer drowned In floods In th valley of th Vadar river in Turkey this morning, according to th dispatch from there. K Mr. Smith Suicide.; y tjoernai epeciii semes.? Chicago, April 11. Th -body of Mrs. Sylvester Smith, . aged St. wife of a retired railroad msgnat and caBitallst, was -found-In th lak this morntng. It Is supposed that she committed suicide. . , . . . : ... r ed th lunacy commission to examine into ThW present mental condition. March IS Former Judg Morgan J. O'Brien resign from th commission and In his place Justlc Fitzgerald ap point Pavld McClure. Tb other mem bers of th oommlnslon sre Peter B. Olney and Dr. Leopold Putset March It Th commission examined Thaw prlvaUly. Maro 10 Thaw's nrivat examina tion contlnuea all day. He 1 declared by his counsel to have mad an excel lent witness. ? .' . April I 1 Th commission examinee publicly prison keepers,. Tombs physi cian. Mr, ueima ana ir. Hsnnag, who declar Thaw perfectly ane. , . April t Th commission examines medical expert publicly. - --, April Th commission sxkmlnes l..aw privately. v , April 4 Th eommiasion : declare Thaw an. April (Jerom save he will appeal against the sanity verdict, because th court would not allow mm to hav copy, of th minute of what occurred during tn secret examination, on April . . '; I'.-.-- April s tonn accepts insanity re port and Pelma begin closing argu ment for the def ens. -' April t. Delmas finishes argument April 10. Jerom close for state and eaae oe to jury. - - ;.- V':; COFFEE , Good coffee, good morn- infif: :';:'v' Good morning, good day; ' (('.V:.--.--y: ! Good day, good night ' Good night, good morn ing.' ,-'r ' '.".. .' Teuf rrer returai yor noat 11 Fu dos t ;kfcWlaf '& ' 1 ' SUNSHINE WILL ' KILL MICROBES If Prr4it Weather CBntlnup' AH ' ' ' TrnctmSot SpliTal JVfonlngifls . . . ' WIU ItJNapitoar... i ''There Is no occasion for alarm over the continued report of an impending epidemic of spinal mentngitl tn Port land," declares lr. C. H. Wheeler, city health officer. "We always expect an occasional cans of tills disease during cold, wet 'winter months; In fact. I be-, 11 eve there is no more spinal meningitis In Portland thjs' winter than is ordi narily found here at this season of the year. It frequently happen that aom other dlseas is Mlought to be menin gitis, and th report is credited, while th contradiction, of th report, after a correct diagnosis of tha trouble, hardly ever reaches th public 1 "A an Instance of this kind, I was called to ee a small child a few days ago that was reported to hav spinal meningitis, but upon examination. I' found It to bo suffering from Infantile convulsions, brought on from teething. "Of course, th prevalence of an epi demic of spinal meningitis In parts of a neighboring stale haiTia,-m-irreat deal to do with alarming th peopl of Portland and Oregon. Ths germ of this disease cannot stand warm, -sunshiny weather such .as ws are having how, and In a few days, I think, all traoea of this dlseas will disappear." SOLDIERS HAVE TROUBLE WITH RAILROAD COMPANY - ' " - X - ; "' -n ' m sxasxwaa. e , . ' v , Refuse to Allow Extra Cars to Be Hitchea Onto Their . -J iZfy, Special Train. ' (Rpeelal Dlnpatck te Th learaal.l Pendleton. Or-- April 1L Sertou trouble aeemedV Imminent at Pendleton thia morning when th O. K." N. Co. attached, three extra roach to a spe cial train carrying- th Twenty-vnth battery of United SUte artillery pass ing through on thslr way to Vancouvr, where they will embark on a' transport on May I for tha Philippine. Th troop remained here aeveral hours, de claring that they would not take th extra car through, aa they had. con tracted nly for their own car. ---j- Troubls began to brew when th three car wr coupled on." and th oldler were repeatedly ordered to cut th air by their captain. It wa finally settled by Wheat, commander at vanoouver barracks ordering them to go on and take the car. Th soldier war re cently stationed at . Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont . . . FISHERMEN MAY STRIKE - WHEH SEASUa OPENS -h. Canners Fix Prlc,- of. Salmon Half Cent Less-Than fixed -t by "Union.-' , ,1 r ! . (flneeUl tMrnatrh te Tae Joeraal.) Astoria. Or.. April 11. At a meeting of th Columbia river cannerymen and cold storage salt 'salmon packers held her last evening the price of salmon for the season - which opens April 1( was fixed at & pent per poand for smsll fish and 1 cents for large fish weighing over IS pounds. . i Thee are th prices paid last year, but-are' half a cent a pound less than th price fixed by tb fishermen's union last week. A rumor Is afloat that tha fishermen will not fish for any price less than that fixed by the" union. If this I so there is liable to be quit formidable trlk at the opening of th season. - .. .. , -t,.. - H. B. JOHNSON SELLS . i FOREST GROVE STABLES . . H. , -' (Special DlmftSrli to The loernal.) T Forest GroVS, Or., April -11. H. B. Johnson, after conducting a livery busi ness In this city for fO years, .has sold at auction hi horses, vehicles and other livery stable properties and leased his building to Ooff Bros., who will re model th Interior and move their hard war business 4nto It about May 1. Th sal - wa attended by ' upward of . 400 persons, Portland and other points be ing represented, as well as all sections of this county. - Th bidding wa .spir ited and everything went at 'good fig- ures,. ' "- '" Mr. Johnson oHglhaTTy lufcTikB6d'T11 livery barn from Henry Hamilton. and E. A. Hyde. He continued tn business In th frame building he purchased from them until eight 'years ,go. when h tor - down th wooden (ulldlng and erected a large and substantial brick. Having acquired a" competency b now retire and will devote his tlm to cul tivating his farm' north of thia city and to his other property Interest , SALEM MAN INHERITS V v FORTUNE .FLORIDA (Special Dtipateb to The Jnemal.) ' Salem, Or April 11. After having lived In and about Salem for 15 years or more, Samuel Hutchinson, an old sol dier of th civil war, has Just fallen heir to valuabl property In Florida through the death of an uncle. General 81ocum, ' . The bequest contain 1,500 acre of land, much of It set with or ange trees, aiTQ the remainder covered Ith valuabl timber suitable for th making of furniture. In early summer Comrade Hutchinson will- go to Florida to endeavor to dispose of hisr.-Interests, a he prefers to live In thei'healthfut Oregon climate. ' H Is a native of Chat tanooga, Tennessee, and by Industry and economy has amassed a little fortune on hi ownaccount, - RESERVOIR DAM BREAKS ; 7 BUT FAMILY IS SAVED (apeetal Slepstrh to The Jeomal.t North Powder, Or, April 11, When th reservoir dam above the ranch house of Andrew Dahlstrom, seven mile front town, broke late , Monday night, the family saw th great wall of water de scending npon them In tlm to av themselves, but lost in property at least MOO. Farm Implements and sheds, or chard, hogs and chickens, snd th gar- Jen wer wsshed sway. , Fleren Durned in Wreck. ' j (Joamal Si-eclni Servlee. I Winnipeg, April II. It la reported that 11 w.r. hlirneil til dfifh end in jminrcd thin morning In s CsiihiII.iu JciUo wrvclt near Ciiaplau, Onlarlo, ASSIGN PASTORS FORCOLIIHG YEAR :.;--!'(v ; . - : - - . -Annual . Conference of ..United , Evangelical Churches Fin- - Vlshes Its Work. V? - WINTER AND HUCHES r ; 'f TO PREACH IN CITY M, J. Ballantne, rreldlng Elder for Portland District, and II. L. Pratt for' The Dalle District Receive Notice of Appointment. - - (Special Ptapetca to Tb loaraaL) Corvallle, 'April 11. Th annual con ference ; . of th United Evangelical churches of Oregon; held In this city; Is now ..history. A a result of its dellb- orations the following announcements are given out retarding th stationing of pastors for th coming year. - Tb list follows: '- . Portland Dlatrlot. Portland district M. J. Ballantyn. presiding elder. Brooks, O. O. Arnold; Dsytos, W. a Plowman; HUlHboro, & J. Ltndnay; LaFayett EL E. MoVickers; Portland, First church. A, A. Winter; Portland, Second church, B. B. Hugbea; Ockley Oreen, J. Bowersox; St. Johns, C. P. Gates; Irrigon. A. W. Briokley; Troutdale, to b aupplled. -';-... , - - Th Ban District. ' 'Th Palis district H. Is Pratt, pre siding elder. The Dalles, N. W. Sager; Salem, H. A, Peck: - Independeno. S. E. Lanner; Klng'a. Valley, I J. Burns; Lewlsvllle. M. B. Toung; Sodavlll. C. A. Bums; JIapleton. N. U. Phelps; Flor ence, O. U Lovell; Beulah. B, U. Wood; Corvallls, C. T. Hurd. -. '. - CALHOUN TO FACE pectaUon of his arrival. And all th whil ' President - Calhoun ' was in V th Webster street mansion. , . After a lengthy investigation of th published charge against John P. Bar rett, nsw editor of th Examiner, and tb examination of th majority of th managerial staff of that paper and of Jamea W. Coffroth. th prise fight pro moter, th grand Jury yesterday af tar- f n&on. concluded that It needed more eif iignienmeni peror 11 could bflns- In a verdict. ... Barrett wa accused by Eddl Graney, ths "Honest Blacksmith," of having given him and Coffroth 1(00 on th evening of th primary election of ltot to buy "floaters'' to stuff ballot boxes In ' two . election districts. Th charges wer filed with Pistrict Attorney Xsuig don by Fremont Older yesterday, with th request that . they b Investigated by the grand Jury. After devoting th afternoon - to ths testimony- the- grand Jury decided to glv Older a further op portunity to produc wltneas. . .. ;. Th attitude of th Jurymen In th matter was a mixture of annul and In dignation, Th proceedings, aooordlng to noma wer farcical, whil 1 other expressed themselves as Vexed that two newspapers should use .th valuabl tlm of th rrand pury to fighting personal quarrel. Th charge - of Graney, war not corroborated by Cof froth, hi alleged partner. , . ' THE MAGIC MELODY ; K : MAKES A HIT AT BUTTE (Upeelal Dtopateb te Tb JornaL ' . Butte, Mont- April 11. Lie Wer dt Co, last evening presented their latest ac quisition in th starring Una, Walker Wbttslde and a remarkable company, in their newest production,' "The Maglo Melody," at th Broadway theatre, and won n Instant and distinct success. Th play Is a stfong, healthy, clean, viril drama of today, embodying some of th more attractive feature Of th modern commercial play with an artistic atmoa- pnere cremieu Dy ine laie or me musical world about which th vehicle revolves. Mr. Whitesld mda strong, per sonal Impression In ths first - modern rol h ha played In many years, and th member of hi company, Howard Gould, Henry Bergman, Leslie Kny on. May Buckley, . Oliv . Wyndham and Martha George,- all scored Individual hit in their trying and difficult roles. It look if Llebler A Co. had found another big winner. 1 .1 ' COLONEL HALL BECOMES A BRIGADIER GENERAL ' UoSraal Special, gervtesj . Washington, 'April . 11. Having reached the age limit of years, Brlg adjar General Walter T. j3uggaa was pureed on th retired list today. Gen eral Dug" (ran wa born In England. Ho entered the civil war a a privet In th Fifth-Wisconsin volunteer Infantry. At th close of th war h entered th regular service. - The vacancy created in th list of brigadier general by tha retirement of YOUR 7 Tmvtnr Is THE lLACE where most everything to furnish the Home, Store or Office can be had at such REASONABLE prices that you will considerours a lucky number Indeed , ; ? ' - :n' ( :W sell for cash only, you do not pay other people's debts 1 here. Also A 1M r ..... - , -. " ' '. . .. ". .--..v;-. i ,01111111 n ' SSS K -. Se-j " ..When we invite yoii to see. our Vpre'ad of Spring -; Fashions in Chesterfield plothes we would impress J :.' upon you that it is worth your while. Our display ' is representative of the freshest ideas oi the artist designers and these ideas have been faithfully car-;; ried out in eveiry detail by expert tailors, V OUR COLLECTION OF -. 1 . . SIE ABU TO? 7 Is Notable for Both COM iliiiiii 269-271 MORRISON STREET. II ; '.-.,';? .. -' '' . 1 w MM . - ' V .. Zt . American National Bank - 8A2f DIEGO, cai. cxrrtA (p )r........V.t-'"'-v munmv Ajro vtk. raorrza ..v.fvea.-. 'y: ; orrxona ajto mmaoroms. -( inmn J WTLDBL Prea R. M- POWERS, Tice-Prea, - a Ml'tl VlcVVVT. CHARLES U WILLIAMS. , . CaahiarT Urt- KlCft Aat.Chlr. SL 8TRAHLMAN. . :; ' .';'-'v" "V.-V'--' '.'-.''.'''. BEND rS TOUR iPACITIO KOETHWES ITEMS i - . , -, ." o '''' v -. p, ... -: ''-::. , ' BEND ITS TOtTlV VISITORS i, . A.ii' s"'t y-' FOR GOOD "'. - "- bait sxaaoni oxjcsfAn. - -.. FourVm In -th history of Baa Diego ha th ten peratur touched It degrosa, but baa ; nvr fallen , lower. Th temparatur of Ban Diego baa xed4 v . . gra but nineteen time la thirty-two years, ,. General Duggan la filled by th pro motion of. Colon! Charles B. flail or th Eighteenth infantry, - Colonel Hall waa born la and apoplnted from Main. H rvd hi th Twnty-flfth Main Infantry. H I at preeent commandant of mi staff oolleg and th infantry and. cavalry school and signal scnooi at Fort lavnworth; Kana. "" : f . -: Crank to See Carnegie. 7 j . .-. -' (loaraat Rpectal ervlee. i ' Pittsburg. April 11 A man giving th nam of Frederick Blea-el of IAS Aa gales ws arrtd at th antrano of th hotel thl morning when sacking NUMBER BE ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES YOU'LL FIND THATTHE Iloiric Furnilure Company's everything marked in plain figures, ONE PRICE TO ALl ' " WE'RE IN THE GREEN FRONT BUILDINO AT FIRST STREET DtJTe WASHINQTON and STARK -J,.-) s lovelty and Quality. J - A r 9: J r I ' 'l, k '1 ft TREATMENT ; ' ' "J ' :, .' -VI. Carnegie. H aald b wan tad mt ted to se earnest about a patent ow-nllkr Th prlonr had an .open Jack-knlX In hi cuff.. HAWTHORNE AVENUE ; ; iiUiOBBERS-GETJVATCrLl Aleck McAUIstey bf III Hwthorrw avenne was held up by two armd-Wifn-waymen at 1:10 o'clock last nlghj at th Southern Pacific railroad crossing on -Hawthorn vnu. Th footpad cured 110 In cash and a gold watch. A; and . OTRnOTO - J ,- W