THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. FRIDAY - EVENING, MAY .31, 1007. 6 er- DUE 111 PROSECUTE ; ILLEGAL VOTERS DISAGREED f TER SENATOR GEAItlll SOII" CIIIOESE REBELS' i TAKEN AWAY COBEO WE OC SPEAKS 0 GA STRENGTH ARE BIG Those "Who Failed id Regis ter Must. Be Careful In -... Cuvminrr In Vnrno. ' " fen-els Valued at Seven Hun- - . "V- .y dred Dollars Disappear jr WILL GO HARD WITH ; . m - - I r, Jbroni: Mpress; uompany 3 v , vTf.T,ATOT?s tf o.kwcxwt Wagon s This Morning Detectives Mystified. Unqualified Registrations as Elector Will Also Receive Special Atten Uon r and Vigorous Prosecution Will Follow Each Detection. , Detective of '- the " Pacific Express company and city detectives are mysti fied over ah disappearance of a pck- ' T Art . Ai4h I Af 1 -..I ft , nronertr was-sent by express to atiss v . J Fannie H. Simon and. according to the " Y' BW!" " -SSI V MpreaiOtepanyromclalr wa- placed they are 'a"1" 'i1":" t in the-money wagon for delivery. They of .the .Jaw when theyUB, 1 also assert that owing to the padlocked . , l" . . . L '! 3. .. ..ron and the , iron erst- their quallftcatlona AnVrrar of Wen . -..i.t v... w.ti im t win m tm tne looKowr ror iiiegai voiem, to prosecute to tha poaalbla for anyone to take the pack- k .hiM Th. in driv. attorney's office v?B .. '"!" V . 't :..... 1 lllmlt .nT man iwiirlit altamnlln. to .. Ih' iin' rMplmil Ihl SltnOB Mai rf hi. napnin . hnerever. and found cast an unuvwrui oauoi. th. nackaaa mis-iinsv ; f - n ; "The office of the dlatrtet attorney The exprcae oarcal contained a Ua- will rUroroualy prosecute any and all mond aunburat with diamond In T cen- rlolatora of the election lawa who hiay 4 ...nmmHM i. tvht mallei atones: iba detected." said Mr. Mannlna: thlt n -ntn with two niblaa In .the I mornlna. erem jln of oeart with ruby canter; "No onr will all those discovered to a tarw diamond, aolltalre wi a jjoid be unqualified as elector even though clear cutter Inlaid wltH diamonds,, ru- they may be registered, be prosecuted bles and anpphlrve. TO INVESTIGATE CHIEF Dlllilll vlaorouslr. but those who swear In their votes falsely or Irregularly will be broughtJto task. The law requires that a man to swear In Ms vote must secure six freeholders to make affidavit to hie Qualifications, such as residence and length of time In the city or pre. el net "A man to be a freeholder under the election law enabling him to testify as to the qualifications of a '.Voter must -be a freeholder In the true aeose and must own real estate in bis own name and of record. He must not only. Java Tells' of Connection With Mines and Declares That: Covle Threatened Him. Thomas J. Bid well Asserts His Wife Is Jealous and v Told Him to Leave. J .4 "r..i -n l . ' k rm.i real estate In his own name or record. JUUffC llllllie .. ASKS iliaijbut he must further swear that ha Is r..'., TUU rrnm acquainted witn tne elector ana Knows Uluuu VSitj. iiwuo jlou- I where he lives." tt' 1 - All thnu hA mp' In flielr vaIm perms:. Viin jurors. en election day will be held closely to account oy tnoee waicnera at tna pons land - not only the. voter himself, but (Journal ItDecLl Brrrlccl ' I the slrnexs of . his Petition will be Ban Fraaclaco,v3y iL At the re brought to book, In the .case of fraud. juest of Judge- Dunne, District At- I or attempted fraud. . u- torney Iangdon wui convene tne grana Upon, the concerted action, of Chair Jury .tomorrew t-investigate "Chief of man cake and Montague of the' oppoi Pollce Dlnan'a mUeged 'tampering with ino-nnitMpei umni Thonua n nn.ni the Schmita Jury, with a view to r nd City Attorney McNary are now at moving Mm from office, , The requeat work on a aig-eat of the quallfleatlone .was made In open court , At 'the cob- of .lectors and freeholders together with .elusion of Judge Dunne's address W other .pusxlina points of ' the election Langdon. Mayor SchmlU arose and at- iaW. Thi tr..iu hn tt.. i. .111 k. tempted to address the court,' but waa compiled and furnished to. all the clerks not permitted to do so by his attorneys. and jujs of election In ordpr that they who dragged him into his seat. - .y ba myliAtit. o..ir -ork end If It, is found Dinan worked directly it fnrtirti k.i under the orders of Schmlta,-action to ' ,r. V Z"-, 7 . -Ti remove the latter for maladminieuration Kyery m-ft Mwkr,g In hla vote will I of office may be taken. J ; - MB. unaep th ..techi. of the iAm Robert Curtis, , retired grocer, was , tu.. .JL , . .... -. I .fc , , nnu ., uiu VUCJI wa mm ' mm j in . ame to afnda vita will be out, throarfl: f CTh" .hi. , rmS Toe tlle,r WW 'to-jaa.il they ara quaimad in. During his -examination a row op..1 19 mnk9 affidavit- " ' ' ; v; 'rurred between the court and-Attorneys Kairall and Barrett for Schmita. The i court objected' to the manner-of the Oeorge w. Bever testified this mom lng In his own behalf. In his preliminary hearing before United States Commls sloner J. A. Sladen. .Bever Is manager of he Butt Boys Consolidated Mining company, and Is accused of having used the government mall , for fraudulent purposes by Inserting advertisements In the . newspapers which , are alleged to have failed to state facta. " r Bever told of his connection with the mine from hla first dealings with 3. M. Ross and J. J. Callahan, and ended his testimony by saying that at no time had It bean his Intention to defraud anyone. . while on tha stand he was asked to Identify certificate of assays maae rvvn ore he had turned over to the aesaTera, which ha did. These car tlfloates showed values running from a xraea 10 w e rr Bever also testified that A. J. Coyla who formerly solicited sales of stock for the company and who signed the complaint against Bever, had used abuelve language toward him and to the best of his recollection had oalled him a liar. ' In addition to this, Bever aald Coyla - had made : tha following threat: "I will make . this coat you and your company some money. Coyle waa placed on the stand In rebuttal and . denied the abusive lan guage and aatd the threat 'he had made was: Tou can't afford to do this kind of business". Coyle said be meant by that Bever could not afford to treat him aa ha alleged Bever bad done Irt regard to paying Coyla com missions which ho claimed were due him. Other witnesses were I Victoria Hampton, J. H. Ross, ZX M. McLaugh lin and W. F. Prior, manager of the Garvin Cyanide Extraction company. Mr. Flier Identified the eertlflcatee of assays made by hla company, which showed the following values: j 181.02, 11,811.18, f58.9S, trace, f ,029. and $829.44. These assays cover the period from February to tha present month. AU the testimony In the case waa submitted this morning and the case will ooma un for argument Tuesaay morning. It is expected the arguments will be long and It is doubtful If Com missioner Sladen will render a decision before Thursday. T HAD RAISED FAMILY - , OF EIGHX CHILDREN Man Freed From, Spouse Who Ran ft Away WJth Married 1 Man and Whipped Child , That Asked for Father. . OLDEST IIIDIAO . VETERAN IS DEAD Samuel Wilson, Volunteer in .Yakima War, Dies, Aged IIKinety-Four. .fa By this means and through the watch. ruiness or independent watchers at the polls' It. Is ..expected that the Illegal examination and was on , tha palatal J .r ..t . wuT'be Very few haling the attorneys for contempt when they subsided. ' . .r.c.."1 '! f Ex-Police Commissioner j-Gustave Umbnen and other officials of the Paric 1 side Realty syndicate. Indicted for brib ing supervisors, appeared in court .this morning for arraignment but' continue f a nee was ordered until next .Monday. Frank Brum, Eugene DeSabla and John Martin, the Indicted gaa officials, ; se cured continuance until tomorrow,, as did Ruef and Bchmiti In the same caae. mcoRPORATE Portland & Eastern Railway - Places Capital Stock at Five Million, and far between, r STREETCAR VOTE GIVES LANE BIO MAJORITY .. ( . ( . . f -f: f . ., - ,-. '-, s Although Mostly Republicans, Poll v of Fassengeri Favors Mayor. r Artlelna tit inrnrnnratlon fit tha Port. 'land aV Eastern Railway company were tiled today In the office of the. county clerk. The proposed route of the line is . from tbe Union depot in this clay to the x eastern base of Mount Hood by war of ; the Salmon river and Trout ieke Pass: The capital stock la riven as $5.000.t00. r. The company aska for the privilege of ' laying a ainele . or double .-track, de- 1 vvloping electric power along the line, ' acquiring land, etc. The Incorporators Isre E. P. Clark, W. H. Fleming, Elmer : a Colwell, R. L. Llnney and C,. W. Miyer.::;V;.::g:.. .'-, W-;,:, . XOGOEH SHUTDOWN r 1 ; ON GRAYS HARBOR f. (peetal rIptt fe Tbe Journal.) if Aberdeen, Waah May 81. One of the principal loggers at. Hoqulam Is Au thority 'for the statement that a num ber -of v the most important logging camps on the rinrnor wm close down on account, of the present condition of the lumber, market, ' These are the Poison Logging- company,- three cBmbs of , Larkln Bros.; the Coate Lodging com pany, one camp of the O. K. Logging company, McCrlmmcn A Boeing and the Monteano Logging, company, operated by the Grays Harbor Commercial com-. pHny. x uia nciira. wi oe immeaiatety felt by the mills, some of which are al . ready contemplating cloelng down. HEAVY BETTIN(U)X . OUTCOME OFELECTIOX ': At. noon fl,&0H Devlin money 4 posted at Pchllitr's cigar store 4 'was'taken byyLane support era'. 4 So far a known It is the largest e single bet ' that hea been made on the result of the election. An- e : other bet -of $1,000 even money ; 4 is reported . from another cigar stand., At fichlller'a store Devlin ' money has been In evidence In 4 large amounts for x severs I days a-llh a conatantljt,inereAlg -de- a mand for it: At noon today, 4 however, "the entire amount tf Devlin coin had been accepted on e even terma. Schiller declared-e that more could be had and that rtditionnl amounts would be Im- . e mediately posted to. wager on e lievfln's election. A straw ballot taken on a Twenty third street cAr yesterday, containing seven. Republican and two Democratic paaaengers. resulted in a Vote of I to 1 In favor of Lane one non-eommlttaL A Washington street barber ah on waa polled .this morning with the result that Lane got nine votes out of a total of 18. " Orte Of "tbe Republican spellbinder who has made a number of soeechea during the campaign, told a friend last night that It was all no with Devlin end that he-expected to see Lane win by a -majority of r not less than 1,800. He gave aa . hla, reason that the Re publican meetings are too frosty, that the voters : would! not respond to ap peals for party, regularity. I THIRTY-ONE TEETH EXPERTS GRADUATE North Facitie Dental College Holds Appropriate Exercises ai Mar-' ' quam Grand Theatre Today. . . . A cl8ss of SI graduated from the Worth Paclflo. DenUl College this af ternoon with appropriate exercises at the .Marquam Grand theatre. , a pro gram of muslq waa glvti and addresses were made to the claas by Father Thomas E. Bherman, 8. J and by Ernest Edwfn Starr, B.- R. D., D. M. D. ; Dr, Otto ; 8. Blnswanger conferred the degrees. . v, - Th members of the class who now bold the degree of doctor of dental snra- cry follow: Mary Cathorlne Adams, Wal ter Raleigh Bllyeu. David Svlvanus Bomgardner, William Org Boon, Harry Parmer Borders,' Augustus Dolph Dahl man, Ralph' Emerson Duganne, Ray Eeudell Farnsworth, . Walter Dorsey Huntington. Ralph Levis Jeffcott, Tre- veiyn Albert aones, waiter Clare Ketoh ura, David Trainer Kerr, Wright Bret Lee, Robert Patton Nixon, DavJd Marlon Odgen. Frank Hobart . O'Nelt, Sidney Desmolnes Parteh, Ralph i Roy -Pene- packer, William, E. Ptttenger, Edward Rlnghoffer, Thomas Kemp - Sonderson, Lee Garfield , Bchell James Edwin Sharp, William Augustus- Short, .Lester rerar ttorensne. iurnest . n;a win Btarr, Lewis Sanford Stejer, . John .flwanberg, Jess Rogers J'ldball,, : Gibson Towne White. ... - , . . -, - Samuel ;Wllson, 94 years of age and the oldest' known veteran of the Indian wars of Oregon, died at the home of Jils daughter, Mrs. Phllo Hoinrooa.-zii Four teenth street, at 10:49 o'clock last night Death .was due to old ago. The funeral will . be conducted from Holman's un dertaklnf parlors tomorrow afternoon at t o'clock and Interment will be in Lone Fir cemetery. s Samuel (Wilson was born in Indiana, December1 12, 1818. Hls-homa was In the vicinity of the Tippecanoe battle field and he enjoyed an acquaintance with . William Henry Harrison, hero of the famous Indian fight and afterward president of the United States. He crossed the plains to Thurston county, Washington, In 1862, establishing bis residence a few miles southeast of Olympia. He waa a volunteer In the Yakima Indian war of 1855-86, and at its close took up his residence near Olvmoia. - , " A roving band of Indians attacked his cabin one day early In April of 1858 in revenge for his participation In the war, leaving him supposedly mortally wounded. With careful nursing on the part of neighbors he ' recovered his health and .moved to Portland about 18(2. For years ke was engaged in the lumber business, until his age compelled him to abandon hard work. . Two children aurvlve him, Mrs. Phllo Holbrook of this city, and Jacob Wilson, of HUlsboro. His wife died nearly half a century ago. . , : LAND AT YAKIMA. IS I RESTORED TO ENTRY 1 - -"- - ... (Wisblnston Bureaa of Tbe Journal.) Washington, D. C, May 81. The sec retary of the Interior has restored to entry 29,440 acres of land which had' been withdrawn in connection with the Yakima irrigation project. The lands will be subject to entry 80 days after official notioe of the restoration, which will be made in a few days. YOUNG ORATORS EXTOL THE DEAD FRED BUTLER CAUGHT BY LOG AND KILLED (SperUI DIoMteh to The Jonrmi.t " . Chehalla. .Weslf.. ' May ; 81. While working in the woods near McCormtck. Waahlngton, yesterday afternoon, Fred Butler, aged 82 years, had ' his skull and chest crushed, v Butler, 4 who was s rigging rustler, was caught by a log that snubbed against a root A fel low" workman named Kelly had a nar row escape from being caught. ' Butler was 82 years old and leaves , a1 widow and seven children.- He was a mem ber of the Woodmen Of the World. He Owned a claim neer McCormlck estimat ed to be worth, $18,000, . .d, . ' (Bpeelal Dlspateb to Tbeloarnti.) HUlsboro, Or., May 81.- Memorial day waa appropriately observed here yester day with services at the cemetery In the morning arid exercises at the Cres cent theatre in the afternoon. At the afternoon exercises the school children participated, nd addresses vtere nade by Harvey Miller of Portland and W. G. Hare, of this city, both scholarly young men.' After they had lived together peace ably for tl years and reared a family f eight children. Thomaa J. Bidwell and Sarah Bidwell disagreed. Mrs. Bidwell became , Jealous, threw her husband's clothes into the yard three times and told him ' to be a-ona. according to the testimony "taken before Judge Ganten- beln in tha Circuit court this morning by BldweU at the trial of his suit for a divorce. . v , ' ' . . ' 1 Bidwell came , to Portland, leaving Mrs. Bidwell In possession Of the house In Astoria, which she owns. lie brougnt with him their two minor cniiaren. Hasel and Herman, aged 11 and 12, re spectively, and has beeii paying their board here. BldweU said hla wife had no cause whatever for being Jealous, He was granted a divorce. The custody of the two children was awarded Mrs, Bidwell and Bidwell agreed to pay his wife 120 a month for their main tenance. . Vhe couple were married in Deoember. 1872. Mrs. Bidwell did not contest the divorce suit Mrs.- Crlnthe V. Richardson left her husband, took their 1-year-old son, went to Tacoma and Joined Frank B. Irons, a married man, and when the baby asked where his father was she whipped him, testified Gilbert I. Richardson In seek ing a divorce. The Rlchardsons were married at St Louis, Missouri, In Janu ary, 1894. Richardson said bs went to Tacoma last October with a detective, had his wife and Irons arrested, and recovered possession of hla son. He was granted a divorce and the custody of his child, and it was left in Richard son's discretion whether he will allow his wife to visit the child. Rose 8. Bennett testified ' that her husband, James G. Bennett deserted her In November, 1905, in order to pre vent her from getting part of the money he had received from the sale of some land. They were married in September. 1895. Mrs. Bennett was granted a dl vorce. , ' 1 i Mrs. Hattte Wilson was granted 1 divorce- from Harry Wilson on tha ground of cruelty, which she said be gan within three weeks after their mar riage, and extended up to May 12. when she had Wilson arrested for beating her. She testified Wilson had cursed , her. struck her with his fists,, kicked ber, falsely accused her of Infidelity and told her she would not be able to call for help when he was through with her. They were married lh'AprU, 1906. . , .Mrs. Anna ). Long waa given a di vorce from John B. Long on the ground of desertion, occurring 12 years ago- at Fresno. California. They were married In December, 1887. nis Second Appearance Ditr- William T. Sheppard of Van- ing Campaign Will Be at couver,, Wash., Aged 15, Burkhardt's Hall. Is Drowned. . J; f.'.-ji..- Senator Gearln wilt make his second appearance during the present campaign as a political orator tonight at Burk hardt's hall on the east Side. With hlra will appear Mayor Lane and other well known subtle speakers. ' ; . . Much interest is being manifested in Unbeknown. lie ana His rinymates tne secona aaaress or senator uearin. FLOATING ON RAFT . IN SHALLOW POND Drifted to Deep Water and When IIo Sprang Overboard lie Sank Heroic Effort to Rescue, ' r. - (Special XHapetek to Tbe Journal.! Vanoouver, Wash., May 11. William PRESENT RULE HELPS BUSINESS Since ho opened . the . Lane campaign at the . armory, - his speech . delivered there has been the storm center In a large part of the campaign. The state ments he made, though they have never been refuted or disoredlted, have been bitterly assailed by . Mr. Devlin and the Republican managers, and it is the AjtvlnmAn Km It a. .ha. Iha mAAwMmm h) Ik, .. , I .1 1 1 .... M senator tonight will be a broadside) ""''. " whloh will do much to batter large WiUlam C( Sheppard, rector .of holes in- the Devlin fortifications, -j 8t . Luke's Episcopal ( church of this artillery an tha Devlin camp and pour-of the garrison reserve and near the lng hot ahot Into the midst of the Re-1 Columbia river shortly after 8 o clock publican machine. With the two lead-1 yesterday afternoon. The sad affair lng addresses it is very probable that I was witnessed by four of his compaa tha , meatlnar will ha aven mora ant nr. I Ions and hv railroad laborera who' Were talning and instructive on municipal I near by, but who, it Is aald, refused to history than those delivered ar the ar- give any assistance, i The body was morvr ; 'i t, i zouna wnere tne iaa naa raiten irom a Tomorrow night at the Empire theatre raft In nine feet of water, . at 8:10 Governor Chamberlain-and Colonel C I o'clock. " E. 8. Wood will put tha final and finish- With Forsyth Bacon, Stanley Bacon, lng touches to the Lane campaign. Frank Robinson' and Alfred Johnson, Both' of these speakers-are renowned Sheppard went to the river bank to for their vigor of speech and It Is car- paddle In tha water. The high water tain' that the last meeting of tha cam- bad formed several ponds, and the boys removea tneir outer cioining ana oegan to float about a pond from two to three feet deep. Finally they drifted out through a fence Into what is known as tha Bluerock flat unbeknown to them the water here was deeper. While In the shallow water the boys had been rocking back and forth upon the planks until they could stay with them no longer, and then they would Jump Into the -water which was not more than waist deep. Sheppard was tha first to Jump after getting. into tha deep water. and being unable to swim he grew ex cited and soon sank out of sight For syth Bacon, when he saw his playmate In danger. Jumped in and caught him by the arm, but was unable to keep his elevens Attorney th drowning- br tt, but or Saj's Warning Clause Has Uoid wm. . .1 tl.,ak aaMM4 1a. WskAsk MA laamS Kt 4JBAUVII WHIIUVII Sitasf tws veisiawv Thirty Thousand Troops From Mokien Province ; Join in Movement. , SWAT0W IS EXPECTED TO FALL VERY SOON Monster Insurgent Camp ' Is Estab lished Forty Miles South of Amoy People Taking lp Arms and Abandoning! Work. ; : ' .' palgn will ba worth attending. The Republicans will also hold two closing rallies, one tonight at Rlngler's hall on tha eaat side and the final rally at tha Armory on Saturday night , FINDS DEFECTS IN THE PETITIONS Sheriff Been Omitted. John F. Logan, one of Sheriff Stev ens' attorneys in his fight to keep from a vote of tha people the bill giving him tha right to feed the prisoners of this oounty, declares that fatal defects exist In the referendum petitions filed with the secretary of state. Logan says that tha failure of many of the- sign ers to give their addresses and the omission of the warning clause are snch defects aa to render tha petitions In valid. Logan aald today: "Wednesday, May 19, Hheriff Stevena, together with Mr. Malarkey and my self as bis attorneys, visited the office of ascertaining the legality of various HOT TIME FLND MflHAei. a tka . Maaiili-N , wmwtmt- I VUalVUnl VI IUO IWSVIIIUUIUt awt uvu- I . m -mm a yW a. A AAA I larly the bill giving the sheriff the ' 4 MAY BEACH $8,000 right to feed the prisoners. I . ! ' "We found that the petitions are not I drawn up tniform. Far instance, such Fourth' of July General Committee I aa tha failure of -the afflantsito give! - ' T I the action of a number of railroad labor- era near by, who, it la said, refused to render any assistance. . William Theodora Sheppard was bora at Providence, Rhode Island, and If ha had lived until August would have been It. years old. He leaves a. father and mother, a young brother and a sister. He was well known in this city, and was a favorite among his school fellows. 'The funeral will ba held from the home of Rev. Sheppard at 9 o'clock to morrow morning. , Bishop Kaeter will preaob the funeral aermon. assisted by Rev. John j. Simpson, rector or bi Mark's church, Portland. The body will ba taken to Portland, where it will be cremated. (Jon real gpaelal' Service.) . i : S " A mo. China. Mav II. Fat .from being discouraged ' by the capture of , their leader the Chinese troops are. pre-" paring for a complete overthrow of the present regime and ..the ousting of tha empress, Thirty thousand troops from Mokien province have enlisted' in the" cause of the- insurgents and recruits are flocking into the camps of tbe rebels from all parts of China, ' When the 10,000 soldiers from Mokien . offered themeelvea in the .cause of the rebellion they were dispatched to the camp of the rebels lying 40 miles south of this city snd it is feared that an at- . tack' will ba maria within tha nl boura. --... r . . . -Alarming reports are reaching here from different provinces" of coolies, farmers and' merchants .abandoning their usual vocations .to take up arma under the new banner of tha rebellion. AMERICA ALERT. Admiral Dayton Given Pull Control -:; ' s1-; of Asiatic' Station Washington. D. C May 8 i. This government le expecting the Chinese re- bellion to break forth la full fury within ' a short time and from adylcee received this morning It is learned that Swatow la likely to fall into tha hands of the Insurgents. :;!..;'. -i. Orders have been Issued to Rear Ad miral Dayton, commanding the Asiatic station, to keen close watch and to use all of his ships at whatever point he deems advisable and in any manner that appeara .to him sultabla At present the Galveston. Chattanoora. Concord and Wilmington are at Shang hai: the .Raleigh is at Chenfoo; the Vlllalobos and Cores are' patrolling the Kangste river; while the Cincinnati and Callao are at Canton. . SEVEN: KILLED in GAR WRECK Receive . Reports of Ten Canvassing Bodies. their residence arid postoff Ice address. ! ' Will We also found that bona of the peti tions contain tha warning clause, which the law provides to read as follows: 'It Is a felony for anyone to Sign any ini tiative or referendum petition with any I The general committee for tha Fourth I name other .than hla own, or to know-(of July celebration' will meet tonight tnl Eeturn to Gambling Begime Would Be Disastrous, . Say Employers. Willamette Loses on Track. i (flpeelal Diptco to Tke Joareal.) Paclflo Unlveraityorest Grove, May 81. Pacific untvwslty .overwhelmingly defeated Willamette on the track hers yesterday by a acore ot 78-S0. The ther mometer stood at 92 degrees. Silverton's Graduates. (prtal Dlipateb'to Tlie JoaniaL) Sllvertdn. Or.. May 81. Thirty-eight pupils of the public schools In this city wrote on the eighth grade exam lnatlon last week ana aa were success- fuL Commencement exercises will be be!4 June 12 and 14. , , i HAEBIMAN IS NOT' s. READY TO ANSWER v (Journal 'Special Berries.) . T v . 4 : New York. , May .. 8i.-"Not e now. was the reply of vE. H. Harrlman f this - morning when asked If he had enythlng to say- in answer to President Rooee-:;e veirs Memorial day speech. - e Merchants of the city are lining up behind Dr. Lane, in his campaign for reelection because .his ...policies have made their accounts better and their businesses more secure. . Since the lid.. has been put on the town, since gam bling has ceased and since the slot ma chines have gone their way business men of Portland have discovered that bills are paid more promptly and with less solicitation. , "Business men and employes of busi ness houses are going to vote for Mayor Lena in the great majority of cases," said a prominent business man today. "They are not doing It for the sake of politics or for any other reason than that the city under the administration of Mayor Lane is a more profitable field -for the business man than.it was in the past or would be under a return to old conditions. - - . f "When gambling and slot machines were .running I . was continually met with the excuse coming from . those who owed ma for goods, that the debtor was unable to pay because of sickness or other causes, In nine cases ou of ten ; when I inveatigatea 1 round that the real cause was the gambling table or the slot machine.. r.v-iv. "At the present time I employ one collector where I used to employ three and this in the face of the- fact that my business has greatly Increased and my credit accounts number many more than formerly. : Not only does one man do the work formerly done by three-but he has less trouble in collecting tha ac counts given to him for collection than the three men used to have. "1 am not alone in thla theory," con cluded the speaker, "but many other business men of my acquaintance have come to the same stand and we have concluded that it la to our Interest to stand behind the mjn who makes the town Deiier ror .ua." - 'i v-'jafiA.' FORMER LAW PARTNER v 'OF JUDGE THOMPSON Judge Thomas Burke of Seattle,' one of - the wealthiest residents of thai eounacuy enactor several years gen eral counsel of the Great Northern rail way, is at the Portland on the way to southern Oregon, where he hae .ex tensive mining Interests. Judge Burke resigned , as. counsellor of the Great Northern three . years ago and at the same time retired from the active prac tice of the law. He was for a num ber of years, associated with Attorney Will H. Thompson, father of Chester Thompson, who killed ' ' Judge Emery Meade. Judge Burke says Mr. Thompson has retired .from the practice of law and is devoting himself to literature and will soon have ready for the press-a book whlqh is believed to be the great speech delivered by him at the trial of his son in Taooma last - winter. ' Collision Between ; Elyria Electrics Results In Death ' of Passengers." ; :"' '. (Jearaal Speeal Berrfce.) ' ," Elyria, O., May 81.- Seven persons ar dead, one dying and six badly hurt as the result of a collision between two Elyria electric cars about I o'clock last . evening. The dead are: - Henry Billings, aged 60. ' . W. C. Allen, aged 88. Edward O'Connell. aged 2. Donald Sala, aged 5. Charles Porter, aged CI. Homer Allen, aged IT. Eunice Hearst aged 14. " When arrested on the charge of man- this : morning Motorman Ingly sign-hs name 4tnofe than once the council chamber at the city hall,, for ior xn aams measuje, or .to. mgn. su.cn 1 tha purpose of receiving the reports of petition when he is not a legal voter.' the 10 ' canvassing -committees. The Any one reaaing tne act or 1907 will chairman of the finance committee re- Instantly notioe that the Scheme and! nortec IS.100 had been collected Tues. purpose Of the law la for the warnlna Uav.s filnea ; then, m rannrt -haa hMn I ilLLht f.La."!! l2 t0 the Za ' M made', but it is thought that the work Fuerndlner, Who caused the wreck, said . . " V .v - " "-"' " "ur toaay . or several sun-committees win tnat ne ran over a dog and while his ft f ... fr.m WJired both for weii this amount to not less then head was turned to sea bow bsdly he the initiative and tha referendum. That 7,000 and probably to 18,000. - had injured the animal his car crashed . repeated in the forms so that This will be the largest snm thst Into the one immediately preceding iu no mistake can be made aa to its re- any Portland celebration committee bae The motorman said that he failed to . XrZr .... l"Vor , . . . "vp had o expend and Insures the best notice that the forward car had stopped. . petition is required to be made and most complete celebration . in the xil of the dead were standing on the on which no more than 10 city's Jiiatory. - ( - . rear platform of the forward car when signatures can be placed. The purpose , General O. Summers, chairman of the tha disaster occurred. The rear car evidently or this scheme was to prevent general committee, will not announce was running at a high rate of speed and .... . f"""" " me various ceieDrauon committees, out completely demolished the platform books so thst the person signing could will call a meeting of the general com- into which it crashed, killing or maim not see what he waa signing, as the mlttee for a night early next week jng every person standing on It A law Intends toprevent the signing ; of when these committees will ba named, number of the dead were killed outright . . Z." i. 7 m . ; ' " " fiibouili several of taera lived for a w.uu.u. vtiuvui , lucroiuro, i acier oi mi cainorauon WUI P UIB- I number Of hours. mi vua Tfarnmm cjubb must d on I cuiaea ana aecioea upon. ; ? a carh rui tra rt h n.tltlnn In ....... I prevent Illegal or unqualified (voters from signing tha same, by having their attenuon called to their Ineligibility. "The warning clause Itself does riot ! aenne a crime; it is merely a notice that it is a crime, showing that the leg islature did not Intend to enact but that the warning la a mere statement .of the law aa to the crime, 'because later on In section 18 the crime Itself Is de fined, of which the warning is a notice. HORSE MALADY NOT BAD AS REPRESENTED PORTLAND 3I0THERS - RECEIVE PRESIDENT The . state congress of mothere is holding a reception this afternoon at the parlors of the Portland hotel for (Special Dispatch to Tbe Journal.) Salem, Or., May 81. According to Jm. -;.'JJ-Hh .,..t!r,narJ? ' Mra Theodore Burney. president of t! iL. r " """national congress of mothers, who ouuiuivr vtujcy jn caaer county. I ... . ... .- iki. ni.v where he was sent by Governor Cham- 7. TWV "An Interesting Question haa come ud berlaln at the reaueat of Mavor v.a whether or not the secretary, of state wards to Investigate the epidemie rag can allow a clerk or , deputy to brtngf lng In that section among horses -of all m duii io Muunoman county to cnecic cusses, the case is not so serious as de off -the names and ascertain who are Dieted, thouxh there Is naturallv conaid. Itnmialtf IaA alaefrtra n, I M . a-a 1 . vta.m V . . 1.1 . .v. ....... j . . , 1 Mrs, W ........ v. B . . .... w, , VbWUIV U.IIBOI IU 1.11V, BllCl 1I1K QI III" .M...nH . . V. . 1... A. Xt mtm as was dona In the late llnnnr linna I ,..... .hnh v.. .it k. afternoon, in the place of Mra r y- . ........ i w.w.wwv, w.a.v.. , . . ., . ..Ifl Villi , V. orainanca. "So cealous is the law reauirlne- the warning notioe and the law Itself to be before the eyes of the elector that If there are more than 20 names on a page the secretary of state has adopted the rule that all over the first,' JO names are rejected. If there are, foi Instance, cerebro-splnal meningitis. .WARSHIP NEBRASKA IN FINE CONDITION .W ,7 Vim ni f. , (Jnnrnat flpeelal gerrlee.) national convention In Los Angeles. The invitation to the reception was aeneral.' all - ladies Of - Portland being included.','.-. '.''.,...-.... Mrs, W. J. Honeyman presided this E. B. Colwell, state president of the mothers' congress. : Mrs. Colwell Is temporarily invalided with a broken arm,: having, slipped and fallen in such a way tha' the bone was fractured. PERSONAL . names on a page the last roar are ab- Seattle. May 81. Following the com- solutely disregarded. Going- furtfier.Tnletion of the lnSoeetlon bv the board Mr. and Mrs C. L. Tutt of Colorado If there are on; or more names that are of government Inspectors the battleship j Springs, accompanied by Miss E. Van - 111 Aav-Si I ntMAHar 4ha tsiasd- A tha I.-. . I - - . . " FJ VanasalAaK i nr lvaw Vrtrlf . attA Hnrlnn .--a " """""I Nebraska was taken rrom the Moran tlon Is made fronv the first 20, and not company's yard this morning to the from the whole 24 or more." pMt Rmmii naw vim at UrM.Mn. rnaa 'fuiaDhnnllM aail l ah la m .-. ' VTTV I RAILROADS TESTING I Ii,Ptal.Vlti-HJk!5s '-;r1M 1 Hensselcar -of New Tork. and Butler Williamson of Colorado springs, are at the Portland hotel. '.The party is en route to Seattle from California, where they have been cruising about the coast In Mr. Tutt s yacht during the winter. ' TWO-CENT FARE LAW K fedjmann "3 Koon aVe: ' . - I - (vroiuui.ui im.j. mo iu,irKiuri r M n.,... a. m wealth v ameltae man -a- J. .1 ' ..j whn h.n hii nrvin. nvmr th. Woh. 1 Mr- a ,weaitny smeuer man, r. r fmu i - mi m v jt . . r.i vn . rai ma am i ... H .. w.M...M ...... . .. . ..v- .am.iuma . . ... ....... " la.l.tt na-aawB.aT ...... ..... ,..,.4 Vuull WUri.UI, IVVIIJ' til flUJtl." i,iTRn tin. ..Bin.. iiHm.Hiv.a vonnv i ... - . " , . ...... . .n , 1.. nn by dummy, piaintins to test tne z-cent y . .... .;ii-'. fare ; law.i,i Bills ;;for injunctions . -were ' '5;Y."-' ' 'J " V ' ' I l,"v" , nled against: state officials seeking to Trison 'Teams Play Baseball, prevent tha enforcement of the law, - specil plupatob to Tbe JoornaD Salem.- Or.. May. 81. For 10 long in ATVrTTSTHfRXT "PTTNm Wl'S !s the baseball teams of the state AAAia, wv- M-msp-jf-- -a, w .v jm-r .Bs4aBtea traaratarlnw sat leaf o-cflaayt antrtOAwt FOR PATT0N! HOME Ucyn the diamond. The .cor stood j , , to IS, in favor of the "house men," ,uvw Teachers Get Pay' Checks. Six huhdred school teachers and Janitors In the Portland school district Were given their monthly pay checks . today.' the total amount of the salaries being -about $45,000. Of this- amount was paid the teachers., V, Xa Sally Tonight.. ?:'.:; -Burkhard'a halV,E. Burns Ida A, Grand! ' The old people of the Patton e . home are circulating a subscrlp-. tlon list for the purchase of i e phonograph, This Is to be used r for the entertainment of the dwellers of the home and a num ber of business men have sub scribed. , The sum required is .960 and : tit has been raised. Such an Instrument will be a great delight to these people who are unable to, go out for their amusement and find it dif ficult - to, get musicians in the house to entertain them. who defeated the "shop men," The i Soore, however, Is not indicative of the kind of ball that. was played, the slse ot- tha -grounds . being responsible Tor I i that. ; The official scorer declares the rgame . would have done honor to pro-l f ess4ona!at, . Xane Bally Tonight. Burkhard's halt, E. Burnslde A Grand, j Forest 'Grove Defeat Carlton." - (Special: DUpatch'te Tke Jenrnal.l f' ' Forest Grove,-. Or May 81. . The Forest' Grtive Colta defeated , the team from Carlton here yesterday In one of the hottest games of the season by a score or to B. The cantons had the best of it antil the fifth, when the Colts I took the game away from them u . .... TEA""" r , . shoveled but of a bin is a child without parents; no name, nb'fame- Schil lings Best is in packages. , . . 1 ... . Toar trecer returns yeat aioaay tf jo loot . like It; we pay aiav -