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THE OREGON DAILY ; JOURNALV PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING. MAY 27, 1007. v i f WHOLE: WORLD BEHIND THE RISE IN WHEAT tvi'V- ' : . Chicago Market Opensounding Closes With Gains Despite In ;'; A Intervening RecessionsRussian Anti-Export Ukase Big vJ'fA ;V Bull Card Almost Any Advance Possible.' . . v (smui imnin n nt jnoniai.i i win mora oumsnness . man una oven rtlavaf. (km V thl. uiann . . J O i ua.'.'.v., va- vsiuv ... . . , avow,,. ,. were mud, in the wheat mutKt today ri It! the opening.. With '', bound ,' th, values advanced 14 to S cents a piuanei, me iirpwurnu unrig ui-m i j luminated In the July option. Prices J dropped Inter, Tie cloning of the mar set ishowfd gains of Vjj lo fcc over the ' nosing; price or Naturaay. For thi-ar.y advance there were two reason ; The first reports from the -.. wheat , country that the weather wiu rather cold; and from Runla to the affect that an ufca.se had boon leaned . by tVie Russian government prohlbt- ; '; In the axnortatlon of wheat for the , remainder of (he present season. Then igain the early movement upward re ceived considerable holp from the re- port of tbe visible supply, showing a Decrease of 196,000 bushels. Th. Seat did of the Out. To offset, all . thla bulli-hness, the Dear had for ammunition the latter re- port telling o improved weather in the v American belts, the lower range In1 the , Liverpool market and the - persistent Selling engaged in by aome of the longa. - The;aoca,I trade.,. 'yery;;lewuii, on j wheat and tried ita utmost to break the - market. That thla .at tempt '."waa only , partly aaocessful was due to the great rally -in- the market later in the da v. wbenoutalde holders supported prices py ouymg. At the-start of today's session there has little to ship. World Momentum Behind Prices. Tbe Record-Herald says of the market: . Wheat values continue to. fight their way to the higher levels that have ap parently' been marked out for them by the world's crop situation. - Prlcea have advanced "to n level which discounts an immense amount of crop damare, but no one can say how muoh beyond the legitimate stage values will be carried by the world momentum that la gradu ally coming upon the wheat market. Southern Europe bids fair to be largely removed from the list of exporters of wheat mokt of the coming crop year. Nature's ukase will take care of wheat of Danublan countries that have heretofore as a rule been steady, relia ble shippers the year through. The season is at hand for a rush of corn from the eountry, as corn planting is practically finished. Ths crop has gone Into the ground under fairly prom ising conditions, and reasonably early. Raiiu since planting have given much corn a good start. Conditions west of the 'Missouri river have , not been so favorable ss east of it Meanwhile there Is an unusually promising cash demand. Eastern buyers and exporters are short and have been buying freely. nAllmanla Is avavaaa k A A a Iawvrwuicaiia-n, SSJ w 3i m SSUll V tOVU T .J 1 1 af and will export littU corn. Argentine RECESS TIIKEB III WOOD CASE Court Postpones the Trial . Until Friday in Order to Obtain a New Panel. (Journal Special Service.) Boise, May 27. Recess was taken this afternoon by the court In the Haywood trial until Friday for a new paneL ROSE CAMIM COACH SO DIRTY ; FIAIIS PARADE II; IiIADEHIFi ILL Committees Work Hard on Pre- E. M. Swan Complains of Rail- liminary Plans for Ipaugura- tion of Grand Fiesta. way Company Before State Commission.'1 (Special Dispatch to Tbe Jen rail.) Baiem, ur.. May it. Because the to Th JmruLI , Chehalls, Wajh., May : 7. Thomas H. f, O'Connor shot and killed William F. Ckrkioa at Toledo, Washington, yester v lay. A few weeks ago Oerklns was brosght Into court charged "With shoot- . tog O, W, Denny's cow at Toledo and w released, on bonds. . Sheriff Deg ! gelfcr. 'received. word from' Toledo Fri- ' Sonie thougbt him insane. C. A. Pack- snham,. of Chehalfs; w&s deputised to ; go ater Gerkloa. . He secured htm but : when-WIntocfc was reached Oerklns s eapedT. Pockenham returned to Toledo and, got ' O'Connor to help find Oer- Just how the killing of Oerklns was prectftttated is Impossible to learn as veti as the phone wire are down. Sher , Iff Xeggeller and, Coroner Harden have gone to. Toledo to Investigate. DELMAS TO DEFEND ?. iiAGLASS AND HALSEY " tv;,V . ,W " 1 . Cam Wnnlas . Jt Of 1 rr A John O Mara. blackamith. And SvlveaUV i Brky, "ftUUinery dealer, wer choseiv $r J fth SchiniU Jury befow noOn. .,v TU gnashes vijii, uvw in Ul UUX, . Ji. Ocw F Chairman E. F. Cannon has called a special. meeting of ths parade committee for. this svenlng to arrange to report Pullman car in which ha rods from progress to the full meeting of ths ex- Rockford. Illinois, to Portland. Orea-on. uniini. i ... i - ' The morning' session was enlivened by lrl'Z JS "'.STl .U y-"n" "2 a ciaan pet ween Counsel Darrow and th, chamber of commerce Tuesday purposes: heoauss ths car was "grossly v.... ,v. ...,a an s.gea veteran I evening at 8 o'clock. Ths nnanos com unclean, unsanitary and unfit for ths wno seemed determined to auallfr-. I .fi hot time., aa. will mrrin. nt t, ..... y -.,. - i, . . - 1 W . ni.i ivyv. w - - l-t - i j sW HWtSVMl ( dllU UVbBiVSV " '', w w get mm 10 'make a ail other, committees, and . President said car while en route was three times positive answer Upon the SUbiect and I r. m .k. .nM "nn" for the HIoh1t mA i tt. rinaiiy Challenged bim for Ineomnt. ki.... v.., .- k.iiriit.. nnhlln fnnn. M Ban v tir..v.i-., t... I i rn Avar hnrtwn In ih. nlvlo niatorv or I n 1 An enmnla nt ..ln.r fh. Ph mva Borah objected. Darrow said: "Wi ik. r-. 1 Vnrthws.ats.rn It mart ulth lha Msvnn v .v. ..ma -uung on mis jury President Rows has appointed ueorge state railway coamlsslson. wno is maniresuy unnt to pass upon Hutchins executive manager fit the Swan further alleges that by reason ine evidence, J think thS COUrt Should 1 r..,.l ummnanll wlm will eo-lnf tha pnnnltlnn nt t hT flat, ha )W.mi ustaln the objection." ordinate the efforta of the various en- 111 and that the oomnanv. thouo-h arivlaad The Judge ruled against Darrow. Cox Ukt..l.rfl .nmmUtM. Chairman Blaok in tha nrml rafiiaa tn nlmhnn. was accepted Subject to Deremritorv r,,iK1lltv nnmmltttl of indamnlfv him tn riamo.a """"''a"- i la imnain. that tha fnrthcominK ross I rerea. When recess was taken but four ve. L..niai m h. . arvlnlta1 throua-hout Comnlalnta hava haan urval hv n niremen remained for examination. the northwest and the eastern states. Perrlnl against the Southern Pacific The aula dara will cover Wednesday, company in regard to a spur st Divide. ARRANfSF MR RRCAT Thursdsy, Frldsy and Saturday,. June Oregon. A. M. Clark, against the same niuiniiuu run unuMI lit A .nA Thft Oreson DeveloD-1 company, complains relative to the MPPTIMr: DC TCIPUCDP ramt laaa-ua convenes Friday and Sat- length of a spur at CurUn. Oregon. i iiiw wi lununtno urdar. ths Oregon Pioneer society Wed- The railway officials have been given nesday. The rose carnival sxercises "r in wmcn io answer, ana un less ths cases are given due attention by 'the railway authorities ths commls nlre wss drawn this afternoon and the trial adjourned until tomorrow morning in order jo give Schtnits an opportunity to appear In Coffey's court to' give cones on Saturdays indictments, .i Attorney D. M. Delmas, who defended Harry K. Thaw, , announced today that he had been engaged to defend Louis Uiass, presidehtt of the Paciflo States Telephone "X.ompanr ' and- former man ager Hal gey, hut- denied that he would defend tCalhOun. ; ' ENGINEER HARRY DIES IrM DELIRIUM - - "ha ' JJalles, , Or.. May ; 37.-rRichard Karrrv Rged 5, died hers last night He" i ws found on' the street afflicted i;s with IdeHrlum ! tremens Saturday after , noon,' s Bsi was a civil engineer and had : worked for Twohy Bros., contractors, on : the north-bank line. He had been on a , protracted, spree. He has a wife and four Children at- Napa, California, He was an uncommonly Intelligent man, but . made a wreck of himself through Jieavy . drinking. " . i .. JSlectriclan In Bankrupfcjr. T. JjMcCarthy, an electrician, resid ing at Lents, filed a petition in bank ruptcy in the United States district h court this morning. His liabilities were placed at I860 and hi assets at 1375. s - - - . Preferred Stock Canned Goods. -- Allen tatwls Best Brand. FIGURES ON $7,500 Portland's Fourth of July finance committee will start from ths Commer clal club at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn ing on a canvass of ths entlrs city for subscriptions to ths celebration fund. The committee expects to raise not less than $7,600 and believes that the pros psrity of ths city will warrant asking for that sum. As originally outlined the committee has been divided into 10 sub-committees each of which will be provided with an automobile. But one day will be devoted to the canvass, and ths Intention Is to ses every business and professional man in the city during that time. Tve are going to cut our ararment a. cording to our cloth," said Secretary Lee M. Clark of the general committee, this morning. "If we get but $1,000 we shall have a $1,000 celebration. But I have no doubt, we shall raise between $6,000 and $10,000, which will permit us to have the best celebration in ths history of Portland," PRIEST IS. VICTIM- ' ' : of trunk Murder (Special DUptrs to The Journal.) will come Thursday and FrJday. ur, ay Zf. The Marlon I nt... .... vrkii.mnn anil hla com County Principals' club has arranged for mutes on decorations are arranging a "on will proceed aocordlng to law V . . iV" - ero or lne wtern di- street and building decorative scheme v.-.n -or ins otaw Teachers' association ,n roee pink and leaf green, which will Y I ?d ' The wl"mtte hotel , p-eaented to the merchants and resl- r Hi headquarters. Meetings will be d.nt- tor operation during ths four neia at the high-school budding for sec- itLra of the concurrent convention of tlAtl SUM aaaata..HA . 1 B . a. . . -..u uoya.imcni wora, ana puono the Oregon Development league, the gainerings ai wnicn prominent educst- pioneer society and the exhibit parade r'.vw i-d6.UZlsaddreM" wl" be he,d and festivities of the rose show and i in nrei Lnruiun onurcn. commit newspaper Liters ' : IZE PRESS CLUB Molders of Publlo Opinion Will y Have Fraternity With Large ' -. t Membership. -.' GREASE WHEELS j EOR LAST TURII Newspaper men of Portland met yes terday afternoon in ths parlors of ths Commercial club .and organised tha Portland Press club. . Officers were chosen and a constitution adopted. Yes terday's meeting was ths culmination ot a series , of meetings at which ths question of forming a press club had been thoroughly threshsd tout, as well ss determining upon "a firm . working basis that would give the organisation permanency. . . ; ; ' A ' boms will be found for ' ths Press club and he institution will, take a lead lng part In the future social and pub lic affAlrs. of Portland and Oregon. The club will start off with a membership variously estimated between 100 and $00 members. Ths following officers. constituting ths bosrd of managers, were elected yesterday: President, John Travis or Ths journal; vlcs-presl- dent. O. C. Letter, of the" Oregonlani secretary, Horace E. Thomas, of ths Oregonian; treasurer, James S. Tyler, or the spectator; librarian, N. L. Wil son, of ths Telegram; direotore, C D. Btratton, of ths Oregonian: C V. Dy- ment, of ths Telegram, Final 'Grand, Rallies, in Lane's , Behalf Will " Be Held ' " - This Week. -' J HEILIG WILL BE DARK TONIGHT NAME COMMISSIONERS FOR PORTAGE RAILROAD i fiesta. tees are working jealously for the sue- special rates covering the period. v. u, iuwuhb, x .10 ravelins ux tne principals was addressed by Profes sor H. D. Sheldon of the University of uregon. The following officers were elected: J. H. Ackerman. president; Oeorgs W, Jones, vice-president; J. M. Powers, sec retary; E. T. Moores, treasurer. (Siwelsl DtaMtrS to Ths JoarsaL. Salem, r Or., May 17. Governor The railroads are publishing Chamberlain dropped several plums this PAUL LESCHI EMULATED Ministerial -. . i,Minira1 HOMICIDAL ANCESTRY hur drtMel th ministerial Anno- elation on the subject, rne romicai a a. S it, -i.laltw " traAlnff t h A tm B -as s. . a . I ABUVt'l Ul V-Iil IDUBiUli v,..a- TaionTrWaSrMa-y ''T'i? Wl duty in developing men who shall bring In tha final triumph of righteousness and the ushering in of the kingdom of God. In the reneral remarks which roi morning in making ths following ap pointments: Dr. K. F. Moore, La Grande, was appointed a member of the state medical board to represent osteo pathic physicians. For Portage railway commissioners. U Allen Lewis, Portland; Jossph T. Pe ters, or Ths Daiiss; w. J. Mariner, Bla-lock. At the meeting of the f relan polnted pr01MK.utln., .ttorney for the Inlsterlal association this morning, fouPtn npn.apin. .tnn,a At.t-, consisting of Benton, Lincoln and Lane counties, created by the last legislaturs. JOHN BAIN SAYS LANE IS WANTED who was killed Saturday in a drunken row on the Nlsqually reservation, was a young married man and prominent among the Nlsqually and Puyallup tribes. Leach 1 is 21 years of age, but a powerful and athietlo Indian. He a powenui ana ainieuo xnoian. Me . ""- . ,,. m tha tha made no attempt to escape after th9 M.r- i (Jonrntl BpecUV Service,) ' Ifsw York, May IT. Rev. Father Kaspar of ths Armenian ' Apostolic church of Hoboken, N. J., was mur dered in this city some time last week. His body was found Sunday in a trunk which had been left for security for their room rent by two Greeks wh rented a room from Mrs. Henry Sherer, who occupies the third floor of a tene ment at 381 West Thirty-seventh street Three weeks ago Mrs. Annie Rhara rented one of her six rooms In a tene ment at 131 West Thirty-seventh street to two unknown men. When last Wed nesday the rent was bald her. her low ers, two Greeks, told her that shs was ampiy secured by their well-filled trunk. The following morning the two men disappeared and Sunday the trunk was oroKen open. . , ., i ii was round to contain tha ucvuiiijw.ou ooay or rather Kaanar. The body was' in a kneellno- noatura with the head bound against the knees by a heavy strap that passed over the bsck of the neck and was buckled under me smns. t , murder. The Leschi among the Municipal league has two main points in ., . view in this camDalm. One is the re- lainnj ib wen Known , , ". - , - k- i t.ji... t v. election oi mayor ivana, -w hav,ng been executed in the early days Jor"e " " "ZuA"'Z after a most sensational trial. Esra b b"Kck,d.fcw,t? AU"1 , .11 .mb Meeker in hi. recent book aroused much n th?, other " h" ??S?LlL criticism because of the pbsitlon he took uuor cn. which the league asserts is lOHierea uy n.o thrlr own ends, and will result, if it is passed, -tn-intrenching thOllquor Inter ests mors fully than they have sver been before. " ' ' ' A trip to Mount Hood is contemplated during the time of the vtslt early in July In Portland ofn Roland ItBest, ed itor of the Interior; Beve?aiTnenfbar Of the Ministerial association expect to make the trip. Hal Ml III 11" MTSf ! -I P a 111 I II M CONTRACT FOR BRIDGE . BADLY NEEDED IN LANE (Special Dlipa'teh ' to Tbe Joorosl.) Eugene, Or.. May 17. W w rnm of this city was awarded the eontr.r ny ine lane county commissioners' court Saturday afternoon for the con struction of x wagon bridge across the McKensle river at Hendrlcks ferry, 15 miles east of Eugene. The bridge will be a wooden structure of the Howe truss ucBign ana win be 420 Xeet long exclu sive of the approaches. Mr. Inman's bid was $13,100. The brldce will be built at once and comrletAi h aii Tor years the necessity of a bridge at vim nan Deen apparent, the only way to cross the river belna- hv hrr. and a aart of the time the water is so high that the ferry cannot ha nwni Thla Is the road from Eurene to the Blue River mines and the sis summer resorts, and in the summer time is traveled more than any other road in the county. that' Leschi was not guilty of the crime for which he-was exeouted. femirlrf-TELts HOW 1 ; v; DWYER GOT CLAIMS fBptMat Owpatcb U Tbe JoartUL) ' Moscow, Idaho, May 27. E. H. Bart lett, register of the Lewiston Jand office, was the only witness in ths land fraud cases this morning, and at noon , had not finished his direct testimony. ' By this witness the proeecutlon expect to prove that the defendants conspired to obtain title to much timber land in a contiguous body. The wltness showed by the records of the land office that Defendant Dwyer had instituted about 20 contests against the claims of indi viduals and when he would win a con test the land would either be scrlpped or filed upon by some one for him, and after proof would be turned over to Kettenbach and Kester. A mass of evi dence of this character was brought out by this witness. MANY PLACES IN GIFT' 3F CITY ARE VACANT NOW The next examination to supply va cancies existing In the city civil serv ice will probably be held about June 1 and a large number of applications are on file with the commission. Dur ing the past three weeks Secretary Mo- Pherson of the commission has exam ined 200 anflicants in the physical, athletic and educational tests, where such - ars required. From the way the work is Increasing help In the office may , be necessary. There is not a de partment which has its full quota of employes at the present time. APPOINTMENT TO FOSTER A RECLAMATION PROJECT (Washington Bureau of The Journal.) COURT TAKES HAND IN LABOR UNION ARGUMENT Judge Charles E. Wolverton has de cided the temporary injunction asked for by J. H. Scott against the Marbls Workers' union, local IS, In favor of the union. There will be no performance at the Heiiig tonight thanks to ths punctual service of the Southern Pacific Miss Henrietta Crosraan and hsr company, who were to have appeared at the Helllg in "AU-of-a-Sudden-Peggy." will be unable to reach tbe olty before 11 o'clock tonight The train on whloh shs and hsr com pany are traveling from ths south Is six hours late. There Is no hope of Its reaching Portland on time and- conse quently ths Helllg will be closed. Thoss who reserved tickets may exchancs tnsm ror tomorrow night's tickets, ac cording to ths management of the Helllg. TRUCKMAN INJURED IN FIRE IN LITTLE ITALY Tom Covhey, a truckman with truck company No, 2, was severely injured In a fire at Fifth and Sheridan streets late this afternoon. The firs occurred In a big frame building used as a rooming house in ths district known as 'XI t tie Italy." The cause of the fire Is unknown. It was a stubborn one, however, and fire men worked heroically for an hour or which wag. the basis of Judge Wolver- ton's decision this morning. The cause will corns up for trial on the merits In ths case on which Scott bases his plea for 16,000 damages and also aaka for a mandatory injunction. HOSPITAL AND PRISON ' "WERE GOAL OF FIGrlt 1 '., Angered by an Insult, said to havs been made by Fred J. Evers about his sister, Tim Burke a young teamster employed by A. J. Murphy, started out yesterday afternoon to wreak vengeance on the alleged traducer of his relative's srood name and ss a result tha vminir Washington. D. C. May 27. Ralph man, his father, Martin Burke, and Leo B. Williamson of Oregon, was today ap-! Furlong landed in the city prison on Scott asked for a temporary Injunc tion restraining ths union from keeping j more before they succeeded in gaining him from working as a setter and outter control of the. flames. Xtotails of the pending nnai action In the matter, manner in which Covney was Injured had not reached the central station at a late hour this afternoon. Hs was moved from ths burning building to sn adjoining house and a physician sum moned. .;': 1 ' - ., '"' There is believed' to "have been only a small loss as a .result of ths lira. A drive in Outing Suits. Embrace the opportunity. Wehave justppenedanew lot of two-piece and three piece Suits for men -plain blues "and fancy mixtures. -.. Come in and get the pick of the pile at. CusKuhnPKpv Men's and Boys' Outfitters.21 . . 166 and 168 Third St. 4 ., Mohawk Building. PHYSICIANS SUED FOR UNAUTHORIZED AUTOPSY nrtiil DlaiMtch to Ti Jnnraal i Montesano, Wash., May 27. A pe culiar suit has been filed here In which Isaac Llndqulst of Aberdeen, has sued Drs. O. R. Austin, A. S. Austin and D. A. Schumacher for $2,500 damages for performing an autopsy on the body of nis isie wire without his consent. The cause of death.; was well known but ow ing to some features of great Interest to the profession, It is said tfis nhvsl- cians decided on an inquest, to which Llndqulst objected. The court has over ruled a, demurrer by jthe defendants. SCHMITZ IN CUSTODY UNTIL BONDS ARE FILED (Journal Special Service.) ' San-FrancJaco. May 27. When Mavor Schmlts appeared before Judge Coffey to give bond he mads a motion for re duction of .bonds. Tha motion was de nied. Pending the drawing us of the bonds. Ordered by the court, Schmlts is technically in custody, although not formally' placed under arrest . As soon as bonds are examined land approved he will be released. . "Silent'! Smith's Will In Probate. (Journal Spartal Service. Goshen. N. T May 27. Tha will of Silent" Smith . was admitted, to nro. tat in the surrogate court here today. PENDLETON MAN HURT BY FALL INTO A PIT i Special Dispatch to The Jonrnai.) Pendleton, Or., May 27. William I. Coffman, a pioneer of Umatilla county, was seriously injured here Saturday night by falling from a railing into the excavation being dug for the Odd Fellows' hall on Main street. He land ed on his left shoulder, breaking the shoulder blade and causing Internal in juries, ' ; .. t MATE MATTS0N LEAPS . OVERBOARD AND DROWNS (Special DUpatcb to Tbe Jonrnai.) Astoria, Or., May 27. Jojin Mattson, mate of the schooner Letltla, Jumped overboard from that vessel late Satur day night and was drowned. He had pointed assistant United States attorney for the eastern district of Wsshrhgtoo. Cases needing Immediate attention are those lh connection with the operation of the Sunnyside irrigation project He is authorised to Institute injunction pro ceedings to restrain the unlawful tak lng of water from the Sunnyside canal or laterals when called upon by the en glneer in charge. Under previous con ditions the difficulty was encountered that individuals would break headgates, ditches or measuring boxes for ths pur pose of taking water in excess of their allowance during the low water season. No relief could be obtained under sev eral days. The United States attorney resides nearly 250 miles from North Yakima. The failure by the United States to properly control the Irriga tion system would cause the losses to settlers and render it Impossible for the United States to enforce collections under the reclamation act, amounting to over (100,000 annually. BRING SUIT TQ GET SHEEP ON RESERVE Members of the Wenaha Woolgrowsrs' association, who ars allottees in the Wenaha forest reserve, filed two suits In the United States circuit court this morning against W. H. Lytle. state sheep inspector of Oregon, Johw Bryant, deputy sheep inspector, and T. F. Boy- len. Dan P. Smyths and W. H. Steus loff. state sheep commissioners, to com pel them to allow sheep belonging to the plaintiffs to pass from Washington Into Oregon onto the - Wenaha reserve for summer pasturage. " The plaintiffs in ths cases represent prominent . members of - the ' Woolgrow- ers' association and reside in soutn eastern Washington. They represent ownership in about 77,000 sheep, which they desire to put in pasture on the reserve. Judge Charles E. Wolverton this af ternoon denied the motion by the sheep. growers for a preliminary injunction, but Issued an order to Show cause. charges of assault and battery and Evers has repaired to a hospital for treatment PART OF POLICE IN GOULD CASE A HOAX ,j , ; . (Special Dispatch to Tbe Journal.) New Tork, May z7. An evening pa per prints a story that the alleged im plication of the polio in the Gould di vorce case was a big hoax; started by McLaughlin's snemles, when they found he was working on the supposed pre vious marriage of Katharine, Clemmons. Nevertheless McLaughlin will hava to answer questions regarding the alleged misuss by Gould of the department. NEVADA TOWN SAVED . BY BUCKET BRIGADE (Jonrnai Special Service.) Lonalock, Nov..- May 27. Fir this morning destroyed a block ,of business houses. John Wslss was ' burned to , death and Mrs. Charles Torrey and Shorty Watson were seriously burned. Ths loss is $75,000. Lodging-houses were crowded with strangers. It" is thought that several lost their lives be sides Weiss. A bucket brigade saved ths town. . BRAVE DEATH, STEAL WIRE AND GET EIGHT MONTHS Braving death from 1,500 volts of electricity to steal 80 pounds of copper wire cable, from the poles of the Port land Railway, Light ft Power company at the East Twenty-eighth street bridge on the SandyfRoad, C. Williams and C. E. Sherman "were arrested and sentenced to eight months oh the rock pits. The thieves were arrested last Saturday evening by Detectives Jons and Tich enor on chargea of larteny. The stolen wire which they sold to a Junk dealer was recovered by the officers. ARRESTED FOR STRIKING SMALL BOY IN THE FACE Accused of having struck 6-year-old Eugene Boscovlch In the face with suf ficisnt force to badly bruise and lacer ate the youngster's lip, Matthew Vran lsan, a carpenter, residing at 040 Clay Street, was taken into custody this morning by Detective Insksep on a 'war rant charging him wltn assault and bat tery, vranisan was released on de posit of (20 cash bail, and ths case will be heard in the police court tomorrow morning. Tha present week will be a strenuous one politically. . Mayor Lane and , his friends wiu hav a meeting every night Of the week, with tha exception of Thursday, and Wednesday two meetings will b held, on In South Portland and the other in North Portland .Tnhn Man ning, dlatrio. attorney, wl b on 0f the speakers of th week, and -will ad dress ths voters either at Jones hall in oum rurimna, or at Upchurch hall in North Portland on dnaday night Senator Gsarln will be on of th apeak ra on Friday night at Burkhard'ta hall on th salt aid, while Governor Cham berlain will close th wsak at th Em pire theatre with a big rally on Satur day night Tonight Mayor Lane and Judge Pipes' will speak at Hunter's halt in Sunny side. This la in th mayor's own horn district and . it la xpoted that th masting wiu be on of th most enthus iastic in th whol campaign, Tus-day night J. Hennessy Murphy will be th speaker, who will support Dr. Lsns in Albina. where a meeting will be held In Mulr hall on Williams avanua and Russell street ,- Wednesday night two msetlna-s win ds neio, on at Jones hall on Front's umui aunu id Duuin rortiana. and ma viur at uponurcn-flait on sevenieentn street between Northrup and Marshall streets.- Dlstrlot Attorney Manning will b tn speaker at on or thess meetings. Th closs of th campaign on th east sids will take place In Burkhardt's hall. Grand 'avenue and East Burnslde streets, on Friday. --Senator Gearln and Dr. Lane will b the speaker 'for this mseting. . - . ,. j Governor. Chambsrlaln . will put ths finishing touches to the program on Saturday night at lh Empire theatre. Mayor Lane wilt, also speak at this meeting and other special features have been provided. The Rpubllcans will hold a rally In Mulr-s hall tonight W. R. McOarry will be th principal apsaker. UNITED RAILWAYS IS SUED ON TRACTION DEAL Judge Fraxer In the circuit, court to day is hearing the ault of L. Y. Keady to recover 129,585 from tbe United Railways company. Keady alleges that th obligation grew out of a deal with th old Oregon . Traction company. Which was organised to build a street railway In Portland and secured fran chises worth 1200,000. Later th United Railways was formed and wished to buy the traction company's franchises. It is charged that representatives of the United Rail ways promised th" traction company stockholders that if 'the stockholders would consent to th sal of their franchise the .United Railways would pay to each stockholder th amovnt of money he had paid for stock 'In addition- to nurchasjnfc J b. franchise. Keady sues as the assignee of' various stockholders and on his own behalf al leging that -the United Railway prom ised to pay him ths value of his stock, which he places at 185 a share. The ,Cnlted Railways dsnles that the company's representatives, promised to pay th traction company stockholders the money they had Invested, In stock. GRAND JURY COMPLETES WORK WOMAN SHOOTS DOWN HER FORMER HUSBAND ben drinking heavily. He demanded fJl Ia1e,1, .Vtf?.? ,n- .thref which will be heard at 8 o'clock Satur, Z T L . ni; day afternoon. a native of Finland. been recovered. The body has not OIL TRUST GRANTED - TIME FOR ANSWER (Journal , Special Servtca.) Jefferson City, Mo., May 27. The su preme, court this morning granted the Standard Oil company and the Waters Pierce company until June 8 to file ex ceptions to the findings of Commission er Anthony, who reported upholding the oustr arguments of - Attorney-General Hadley. , CHINESE PROVINCE y ,; IN;, OPEN REVOLT (Journal' Special' Service.) Canton, May JTT-The whole northeast section of th province of Kwang Tung im in open revolt Admiral Li and two warships carrying troops are en rotlte. It Is reported that the German mlssiin at Llsnohow hag bed burned, hut th mlsslonarlss escaped. SAN FRANCISCO COMPANY TO OPEN OFFICES HERE Portland has become so big commercially that the largest firms lrt the country are dally announcing' that headquarters 4 will be opened in this city. The 4 latest firm to announce its com- 4 lng to Portland is Parrot A Co. of San Francisco. W. B. Coch- ran, vice president and general - manager of the company, is now " in Portland and says that quar- ters will be opened here within the next few days. Mr. Cochran was formerly the Portland man- ager or tbe Johuson-Lleber com- pany.. - .i.v r; r- . .. Ths. new ooncern Is a pioneer among coast houses, having been in business in San Francisco for 56 years'. In this city .the com- ' pany will operate a large broker age house. Mr. Cochran, man- ager, will leave tomorrow for Seattle for a vlalt-- , WALLA WALLA SUFFERS A SIEGE OF BURGLARS . ' (Special 'Diapatob ts Ts Journal.) Walla Walla, Wash., ,May 27. An eDl- demic 'of burglaries is giving Walla Walla eltlxens a scare. Five were re ported .In one day "to the police, who seem unable to cope with the situation. It is reported thst a number of thugs driven out of Spokane ar , invading southeastern Washington, Baccalaureate Sermon at The Dalles. , (Special Diapatcb to The Journal.) , Th Dalles, Or., May 27. Archdeacon H. D. Chambers of Portland preached the baccalaureate sermon at the Meth odist church to the graduating class of the high school yesterday morning. The Methodist choir, sang two anthems. So los were sung by Mrs. A. C. Strange and Mrs. Carlton Williams. The gradu ating class has 19 members. (Journal Special Service.) Terr Haute, Ind., May 27. "He made no sound and I Just kept oh shootlnsr." explained Isabel May Dwyer to the po lice after she had been arrested for shooting her divorced husband, Joseph Dwyer, a, saloonlst. Dwyer attempted to enter his former wife's room, being refused- admittance, breaking . in the door. She was tying on a couch, and without arising 'drew a pistol from un der her pillow and emptied It at her husband, four shots taking effect. NEGR0E SGUILTY OF SHOOTING UP, TOWN (Journal Special Service.) . '' Washington, May 27. During the past few days the testimony in' the Browns ville inquiry being conducted by the senate military committee . has been going strongly against Senator Fora- ker's contention that the negro troop were guiltless of shooting up that town. J. B. McDonnell, who was an '.eye witness to the affair, stated emphatic ally today that he had positively identi fied negro soldiers as the men who fired the shots. Members of th federal grand Jury met this morning and It is believed, voted indictments against Dan Hart. of the Umatilla Indian resoryution ana James Palmer, another Indian residing on the Warm Springs leserva tion for statutory effsnses. ' Both men havs been on the county Jail for several months. ' The grand Jury Is winding up th work which Assistant United States Attorney . James Cols has been present ing for investigation since the Jury con vened last month' and will adjourn to morrow f o th rest of the week. This win os done ror tn cenerit or tne mem bers who wish to get horn for' Memor ial day. - - Th adjournment of the grand Jury" for tha rest ot the' week will alsa give Mr. Cole an opportunity to draw up ail lndlotments which the grand Jury is believed to have voted, but which hava not yet been returned. Chief- among these, it is believed, will b the indict ments against th members of the leged furniture trust More than. persons ar believed to have beer dieted for forming a combination among Pacific coast furniture dealers to restrain trad and sales in that business. at- Wintry 'Weather in Two States. (Jonrnai Special Berries.) Kansas City, May 27. The, tempera ture was. below the freezing point in parts of Kansas last night. Wabash, Ind., May, 17. Snow fell here today. ' Death of Fainons Inventor. T .(Journal" Spaclal Service.?" Los Angeles, May 27. Francis Clark. famous as ths inventor of the Westing- house air brace, ana an engineer of in ternational reputation, ,( died here last night o ljoart disease. , Death of Noted Latin Teacher. , r'! (Jonrnai Special Service.) .. Provldenoe, R. I, May 27. Albert Harkness. .author of a series of Latin textbooks, dlsd this morning at - bis horn her. . - . , i WWa...I.W . aaa.l.aa 'l FLOWERS FOR GRAVES '('' aassssBaaasasw . , The Spanish War ""Veterans are de sirous of obtaining a many flowers as possible ,; for decorating the ' graves of their dead comrades, and hereby request all who can contribute to send, them to 188 Fourth street, or telephone Main 6969 up to Wednesday at- p..-m. and tbe flowers will b' sent for. Insaner Man, Flourishes ' OaB. J. V. Vsnderpool, an insane patient tt Crystal Springs- "sanitarium, Mount Tabor, escaped from that institution to day. . In some way. h secured a re volver and mad his way to th resi dence at-448 Bast Ankeny street Sta tioning himself in front of the place, h flourished th revolver and defied any one to taker him. He created a panic in the neighborhood. Polios headquarters was notifisd and; Patrolman Croxford and -Smith succeeded in taking hlrn back to th sanitarium . FOUR PERSONS THROWN - FROM RIG IN RUNAWAY K runaway accident in which four persona .narrowly escaped fatal injuries occurred yesterday afternoon on the Linnton road nsar Cliff Inn. Dan Marx of 478 Main street, hi wife and Mr. and Mrs. Felix" Bloch of . ths Hotel Nor tonia were hurled Into th highway by he, upsetting of the two-seated vehicle In which they were riding. . Marx sus tained two fractures of ths thigh bone. The two women and Bloch were consid erably bruised about the. body and the latter' wife suffered an' injury to her eyes. The team was frightened by an automobile. WEST IS INVESTIGATING STOCKYARD CONDITIONS commission, is in Portland investlsatina- local conditions regarding quarters pro vided for 'the handling of Stock in ship ment by the . various railroads. Mr. West, has received so many complaints from stockmen In whloh they allege that th companies furnish poor Stock yards and shipping facilities, that hs determined to make a persons! investi gation with a view of compelling tha railroads to remedy tb.e defects if any ar found,. -'!'" , Harry George's Body Found. ' Astoria, Or- May' 27. Th body of Harry George, the young man who was drowned Saturday at , young's river, was ' recovered early yesterdays morn ing. . The funeral .'will tak place to morrow afternoon.;' 'v - v.- ' -- ir i .an ... . . im in . . . , . .. - Sn, anw nalm tmm lAn tr tn. . - an aanaa. annlv nr. ..Thnmka Rc.laplrlA ' Oil. Pain can't stay wher it 1 used. '1'
