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. - - - - -e - - -- , , - r - - - ij, - - , , - . - f ' j& - "V i you cc::;g away? nr.; lh2 Journal IcIIow you to fve yoa ell the news The Weather fair Wednesday; northwest VOL. VI. NO. G5. rai)it!s iwram 1 POR I LAEJD ; PULLS iiOPt FAfiF Tfl FAfF WITH WihiklM Ukilll B H IJi 1 1 1 Ui r n a M -Jl - - - I I - 8 rl I f J-1 I Jlfyli V- I vf ' B. I ti VfiL - II 1111 Suit of Henry M. Walker Will Throw , Light on Methods Employedto Strangle i, j Competitive Lines Projected to De : velop Oregbn---McCraken, Pittock; and 4 Other Directors to Be Defendants ' (loarnil .FpacUl Slf. , New.Tork. Jun IS. At Just th full rtUiU ot th wrecking of t)i Portland, .t Kehalra and TJUomook railroad ar to tx laid v bare exiwalng ' tha methoda ol v railroad autocrata who lay claim to car tain lmctiona of territory In preventing tha construction of Independent llna ""and deny the rlht of othera to build ' railroads within that territory. , The United State marshal haa served on K H. H&rrlman, aummona In a auft broupht, atfclnut Harrlman and oihera by Henry MMvIllo Walker in the Unlt'.-d Ctatta Plrcwlt court. There are twenty nine Individual and two corporation de ' fen".ants Joined with Harriman.t Their . namea are , not - being officially dla ! cloaed. aa they hart not yet bean aerved. - but Jt la known that John Mcrraken, IC I Plttcck and other directors of the Portland. Nehalcm and Tillamook Kail road company ara made defendants ' Walker la a resident ot New Jersey, "i and a promoter.1 Ha claim that he has been damaged in rood name and nnan GREAT GROtVTII : OF CITY SCHOOLS Gain of Over fTIiri-o Thou sand Over, Last .Year More Girls Than Boys; . Portland achool statist lea, as com puted at the cKx euporintendenf fflca this morning for the year l.SOt-7. show a gain Of J.35S over 1905- tn the num ber of pupils registered, the enrollment for the school year Juat ended being SO,. 389. Girls wera in the majority this year,' as in previous years, thera being 1a gift rirlst and boys. At tha tloae of a-hoil last Friday li,4S5 puptlaj; in the hlU nr -elementary scnowia tmr i-id home tht ir bouka for the summer vacation. Tha average nnmoer tr vupns wiuur Ing to the city schotda each month waa Tlia .average dally attendance waa 13 and the average daily ab sence HI. The percentage of attend ance during the year waa S5.5, being lower than In the preceding year, which had a record of 9-l per cttt. The dis parity between the percentages is ex plained as being due to the silver thaw of last winter and the spinal meningitis and diphtheria scares this spring. The total number or pupil tardy waa 5SS. and the-whole number of casea reached 3.11 " Thera were 129 'kids" who got "lickings,, durlna the year, and 68 suspensions were recorded. HIGH CHURCH PARTY ROUTS LOW AFTER LONG CAM PAIGN Dr. Morrison. Congratulates tion, but Says Being alligh Churchman Does Not A1- . ways Breed' Good Manners? or Make Gentlemen. "Like sweet bells Jangled Out of tune and harsh-"-com th latest paal from Trinity chime which contain an Illuminating and spicy article, from tha editor. Rev. .A. A. Morrison. Ph. IX. relative to th recent election, of dele gate .to the general convention and of .' member of th standing commltee. Dr. Morrison say, quit fearlessly: . ' "A combination of, the high, church party aucceeded" In defeating; tha rector T of Trinity for election as a'member of the standing- eommttla and .AS ' dle- f-ate t the general convention.. The iev. Mr. Short of Astoria, a spirltually ' rninded and able man, waa also a.tcrl- 'a art' '3 c-"'f'-uea! I i ircsi hone. tonight and ' winds. cially to the amount of $500,000. The action grew out of the tonstractlon of th Portland. NehaJem and Tillamook Rairroad ln Oregon. The- complainant atates that he was employed by offi cials :-Vt the railroad t float 1U bonds In JLondon. Its also made arrangements with a California corporation .named aa one of tha defendants, to ad vanca the road aSOO.000 for Its oooatruction a cured by bonds of tha corporation. An IsHue ; of j.000.00 ..waa , authorised, which Walkar waa to sell at 85 net. , v Tloatad BaUroad Soada. ' .A ' In" lita' complaint be say tnat be sailed for ' l-ondon la July.i 15, and made an agreement with tha London Share A I.)benture company to take ov-r the bondu for $1,400,00. ''When ha got back to Nw Tork ba learned that of directors bad refused to sign the bond lsue and. had turned over the charter and property . of the road to Kdward E. I.ytla. tha aaent 0f E. II, Harrlman. Then.rha avers, the capital stock of tba road waa-mHile practically worthless through' the influence of Har rlman, who had nl.o brought about tha inaolvency of the California proposition. The complainant belle vee that Harrlman and associates are merely pretending to con ti une the construction of the road. Walker allesren that money consldera lions were used by Harrlman In accom pllHhlng hla purpose-of stopping work on the Tillamook line, and that an In demnify bond was furnished, to protect Oolonel McCraken and other dlrectora of the local company from the possible coneeouencea of their acts tn collusion with" Harrlman. Jk . - Xutned Const ructloa Company. The wrecking of (be Tillamook line brought financial " ruin ; to - Kdward, Kecords, president of tha Atlaa Contract ft Supply, company and also ruined the company and stopped the building of the railroad then under construction be tween HHlsboro and Buxton, And also, ruined the Oregon " Traction company, i for which-Record was also nuiiding an electrical line from Portland. Forest Orove. Harrlman 1 allege to-,-ava done this to pj-event the building of a rival line Into the j-lch country between Portland and the Tillamook coast. which he regarded as Southern Pacific territory. ... . . : ' Mr. Walker ailegea that president McCraken refusedi to 'sign the bond is sue, thus forcing tne Atiaa contract ac Supply company to quit work, and that had Mcuraken ana ruiocit. rorming a majority of the executive committee, performed their duty as directed by tha resolution ot tne stocKnoiaers, tne tn- lamook road would now. be built ; and controlled by. Portland instead. of Har rlman interests. - , .... Contract Wttk keoord. : The contract with. Record of the' Con struction company provided that he should receive JtiOO.OOO of the bonds In full payment and satisfaction for build ing the tirst 20 miles.' Arrangements hiid been made by Record and Walker with the German National. bank of Ban Francisco and the Bank of California to advance tha necessary money on de livery to them by Record of the $600. 000 bonds. The bonds had been printed and were ready for the presidents sig nature. Construction of tha road had been begun in good faith. Record spend ing hla personal funda In the Interval of . (Continued on Paga Five.) Victors on Their Organiza "St. David' church seem to b th latest recruit to the- rank of high churches. Three years agov at the con vention la Boston. - the rector of 8t. David's boldly announced himself as a broad churchman, but he haa sine been gathered in. It is a great thing to be able to flop to the winning slle. ; Ther are a few of us left who are in no dan ger of flopping for the .reward of dio cesan honor. .-..., -, Trinity t Back Seat.- ' "Trinity and the Good Shepherd and perhaps a few other churches are reia- f rated t a position of little-Influence n diocesan affair splendid 1 solution. Of course Trinity will be expected aa ui-l to pay generously In cash. , ; . , "The victors are to b eon ratulatwd. Thev have had a twig. and tedious eccle iiasUcai battl. .Thejr war united Mil . -. t-. . ... itlijiw.,)iif--'''''...i.wiii.i. I,. .p.ii .pppbwi hii..'ihiim.,.ii i ii,nmnnMWn uutmnuwn .im iiiwm 'iwitmifi , ' ' ft ! --JTr-- fyr ' jrS"'X ''" '" "" " " .Portland; oregon, jtutesday gvENiNG, june Slight Improvement in Tele . graph Service at San Fran cisco ' TodaySmall Hay Order Walkout 4n Either Lbs Angeles or This City. ,- , . (Journal, Special Service.) Ban rranclaco, Jan IS. -Furthef im proyement was .made today In tba tele graph service, business 'being .moved better , thap . yesterday, .Tho--,Westarn Union haa about la -operators at work on both sides of the bay,' The Postal la .only slightly Increased. Tha atrlkera are standing firm, confldera of ultimate victory. t .... President Small la keeping his plana secret, but there Is a general Impres sion that, before tha end of tha week ha will hava ordered a strike ln another large coast city. ' It Is thought that It will ba either Iortland or Los Angeles. The strike order may come as early as Thursday, e Thla Is only conjecture, but there ate strong indications that It will be fulfilled. ' , " Superintendent Jaynea ' has Issued gvneral orders to all pointa to accept telearams only .subject to dlay., : Tlie eongt-etlon- of fnwars In .all -coast of flces is reaching nmrming proportlona, and huae bunches of telegrama ara be ing mailed to relay stations. - In nearly all offices there is a shortage of oper ators, men on duty being obliged to Lwork overtime and van theft being n itt 10 nanaie tne nuwineas. ... Word received from Helena .atatee that $130 waa sulxirrlbed by brokers and mining men at lt'!enf yewterrtay to aid tho striking operators. - AU offiees are responding to the call for aHseaaments. and therepromi!es to be no lack- of funds to enable tha telegraphers to con tinue their strike.'- SKXDIXOmOXEY' Telegraphers Giving Financial As sistance to Strikers. , , Telegraphers throughout the north west cities are giving financial aa well aa moral support to the striking operat ors of San Francisco. - The Portland men received notice of their strike as sessment yesterday - afternoon - and all are willingly ' contributing to the re serve fund of the San Francisco strikers. The assessment -being levied Is one day'a wages out of the week, and this la being. sent'- to the headquarters promptly, Nearly every payment sent to General Secretary and -Treaaurer Russell contains In It a note-of en couragement from the Portland operator sending bis payment. Local telegrapher are taking time by the forelock and are planning to raise a reserve fund large enough to- carry the tncal onion in the event of a possi ble strike here. It is the desire of the local men to be In such a position that they would not ba forced to call noon Lthe national reserve fund in case that they De caned out on atriKe at some future time. ..(Continued, on. Page' Three.) GROWTH OFeilYAraZESTEXAWS . That tt doea not take long to make genuine Portland booster out of a man coming to the Roae City to live after residing the better part of his life In soma other city is shown in the case of L. B. Menefee, who left hla homo and business to, Houston, Texas, to. coma to Portland. Mr. Menefee thought that a cfty was doing about alt It could do In the grow ing line when it wa keeping pace with the opposition had no prearranged plans, so the victory wa not so difficult to achieve aa they anticipated. , . " Echoes of the disputation which re sulted in the resignation of Dr. Lloyd and the election of Bishop Scaddtng are also to be beard In these words, in which, the rector of Trinity says: "No doubt they will think it most un gracious for Trinity Chimes to say a word, now that Trinity Is 'down and out. bat they should indulge u the privilege of writing this for the information- of our own people. Besantment at Defeat. "Furthermore, ther 1 no doubt that a spirit of resentment for Dr. Lloyd's defeat for bishop, of Oregon, had some thing to do With th result. .. However, it is wort ft the price and we are content, "On discovery waa made In this con ventton: Being high chutchrnan does not always breed e-ood manners and make a man a gentleman. "Forbearance is . a fine virtue, but some taka advantage or it. The unwar ranted Insult offered th rector of .Trin ity udob the floor or in courenrjon hli 1on bvs. rcunf cler-1 during a pu Z i..t in.HMt: wh 1 iirtwlrtr and 5-4 Bwaari- ,-" I f-i s. . - -1 SNAPSHOT OF HARRY ORCHARD. PBESIOECIIif 10 BE'CaiDfJE r'v ' ' L-? Kooscvelt Is Yilling to-Sun Again lf.Jle Can JireaK ; . Up Solid1 South.; ; ? $ ,(JoorBl Spedsl 8errlc,V : . t Atlanta, Ga.; June 25.- "If . I could positively be assured' of tha electoral rota of a'amglejaouttierii atata I wou!d gladly: be a candidate ?for tha. .presi dency' next, year;. ; ';. 1 - 1 The foregoing statement waa made by. President .Roosevelt. on Georgia day at the Jamestown - exposition, accord- Ing to leading Georgia Democrat who were present. Thet president made thla declaration, 1 according" to John Temple Graves, following a. wave of god feel ing attendant i upon the- dedlcntion of Georgia building, a" replica of the horn Of the-president mother, at RoswelL President Roosevelt waa carried away (Continued -on. Page' Five.) Comparison.: "TTitii ' Houston Shows Portland Farm the Lead in. Activity of One of the Most Prosperous Cen ters of Lone Star State. 1 Houston, but,' like many, other late com ers, who read newspaper .published in their former-hroaav f&Ja Comparison between Houston and Portland all tn ravne nf thm' Haw Citw -So astonished with the wonderful growth of Portland he commenced to gather alatistica aoaut Houston to compare- them with Portland. In speaking about th two cttle . today, ho said; ' - . . - '-It in onlv bv comparison with other cities Wlta wmch we are lamiusr, ,in o. earn horfn tn real rae tne almost mar vekms buUdtng activities in the city of rortunu. , - ' Texas Z Browing rasa. "I came to Portland ta make this city my heme, trom Houston. ieia, rn.no. ther Is no better atate in the union than Texas.-and on better city fn that state than Houston; in fact I had felt just as all citizens of . Houston feel, that 'it was the most, rapidly r rowing city, not only in the south but tn tne country, and it Is growing. "Houston is a great- railroad center and doe an Immense business, and us population ta about 49 per cent ot mat of ' Portland. Th building activities there aria at a hitrhar point today than at any tlm in th bmtory of that city. . "Krom a recent issue or tne nuusi Post I-learn that the building permits for the months of January. February. March, April and May nf thla reacnea tt.22i.l40. which, in the language of the TV.r '1 ftve--months', record without a parallel In the- btstory of that city and erceeUa tha entire building record far IMS." - - ..." fie ay tojnprion. Vna ' fair . ramDartsnii. Portland bulMmg permits uwued during -the month of April of in .present year mouad.o W- ivl ! r V ix w Jc V i VAN 25,', i907. -eighteen pages.: Engineer Obeys the; Signal While Draw Is Crowded and Accident on llailroad Viaduct Over Willamette Is' Narrowly Averted. ' .'A common or garden ; variety of a mongrel dog did hi best this morning to' cause serious disaster at the Steel bridge, and It waa only, due to chance together with the Intelligent action of the . tender on .' the ' west end i of ' the bridge that a catastrophe wa averted. - The dog is -a, tramp. Ha haa loitered about the bridge ?or tba past two weeka, making friends with anyone who would notice him, and enjoying himself about Ilka an ; ordinary dog would": do. Ha made particular advances of friendship to the engineer and the tenders. - While watching the tender of the bridge he noticed " that "'whenever they touched a certain rope a bell aounded and traffic immediately ceased. Then the big draw would begin to turn and swing open.. - . - ' - - ' Bell Signal tha Engineer. : " The 'draw1 la operated by the engi neer ,v who ht notified by mean of a bell when to cp'n the draw er when'to close It. r A cci tain number or Delis, is- trie elrn.il for onenlng and a certain number for closing. . The bell is sounded by means of a rope, which extends to both the east and weMt ends of -the bridsre. VenQim sta ttoned at both ends manipulate the rope. Tha dor had wati he J the west end tender touch the .' rupe and heard - the bell on several occasions. Whether 'or not hi deed this morning was inten tional and-; deliberate may never be known. At any rate; a the tender aat in his booth thla morning reading the paper and' Engineer,, mwiey waa scan nine the river from his elevated office. the bell aounded suddenly. - At regular interval the ; signal lor .opening . waa given.. Bridge Zc Crowded. - At - that particular time the brldre was unusually crowded. - Cars sounded clamorous warnings to - the crowds, while teamsters shouted and swore in tha confusion. Many, pedestrlana were hurrying across to avoid the sweltering rays of the ton. Tne Dei i sounaea me signal tor open ing and Engineer Hawley, whose duty It is to obey the signals, began to turn tha great lever which controls tba pon derous span. The draw was Just be ginning , to ' move when ' the tender, alarmed by tha . wild sound of con fusion and , dismay, rushed out upon the scene. -i ' . .Realising Instantly that a signal had been' sounded and the horrible - conse quences If the bridge were permitted to move further, he aounded counter signals and the draw, whlcn had already moved perceptioiy, swung oaca into it locks. The crowd rushed almost panic- stricken irom tne nrmge. Vs,." nrf Fulling Bopa. Then an Investigation waa- begun. Why wa the signal sounded snd who did it. No on knew until rinauy a man (Continued on Page Five.) 009 more, than. Houston's ' best five months,' and for.. fear-that I , may be selecting an especially strong month, let me give the figures for May of this year, which also exceeded $1,000,000, or, to be exact, Jl.15l.JS4. and as an evi dence that thl was. not extraordinary, like the building operations in Houston, May f 19 in Portland was also over il.voe.ouv, - or i,vs "Of course everybody, rnr Portland is f familiar with the fact ' that thl city) ... '- (Continued on Paga Fry.) -. I superstitious; ascribe murder to un luc k y o pal An ppal,'ston of ill-luck and disas ter, cast Its baleful shadow over Gaorg M. Hibbina and, linked with the nnex- trainable premonitions of Charles H. Revnolds. brousht murder into the household ef th old-tfm scout ' ' Such Is the" belief, of th superstitious who have learned of Mrs. : Reynold's gift to Hibbins,- a short tlm prior to his death, of a beautiful opal pin, which he wore when Reynolds" revolver found him -invading the bata proprietor homo, , , svaynotas asks t aw. . Charles H. Reynolds was arraigned before Judge Cleland in the circuit court this morning to ana wer to the charge of mnritor In, tkim first dltree.1 Through his attorney th priaoaer aked for an ex tension Of -ttmo- titl wnicn to rieaa ana is granted untit Juiy i -oy me cuuri. Hvnnlds In taktnr thine 'calmly .at th county Jail, where be ha been held without t)Al until (ii trial, ii'm m I. visfte tliilTv bv Mr. Raynolds. who. now that th ire'v of Hibbins has b! n taken t. Wall Walla bv the wi.l 'w for btirUU has plenty of tlm to console her husband. . . ' ,, U -'price two Adniits Abqiiaintance But Denies Having . Made Statements That He Killed Steunenberg Out of Revenge-Startling 'Contrast Between Photographs . of Orchard When Arrested and Today Boise. Ida.. June 2S. When court re convened today Orchard ; wa brought In to identify Bill Alio man, T. C. Foster and other who ara going to take th stand, to Impeach hla. evidence. ; -. , , . Orchard denied having a conversation with. Max, Mallch.ln .th .Wtndaar .Turk? ish bath at Denver on June 16 wherein he. told Mallch- ha .would kill ,8teuneur berg If it wa hl last act bacana h mal - him a -pauper.-. - He -al0 deniea ver.. telling ..John DttEUiottf Wlway man, that he had been employed tor two year by the mlneownr. , He also denied telling Elliott that It wa fully decided by th mlneowners to put, the federation officer out of the way by having thero arrested for a crime that they did not commit and Intimating that Hteupenoerg wouia oe niutru. versatlon - wa alleged , to 1 The con have taken place November 28, 10S. - Seal Coplsy gtory, II denied telling D. C. Copley In San Francisco December 4, 104, that Brad lev aot . what he deserved ' and that SturM-nberg would get hi when the opportunity presented itself, although ha imltti4 that fitennenberc' name waa mentioned. H denied a almilar conversation with Charle A. Bulllvan In Cripple Creek, Frank Haugh in Wal lace and a dosen other. Rather dramatic waa tha confronting or Orchard with witnese who ar here to Impeach him. Aa they wer called by name and cam down the aisle to confront him. the witness would clinch his hands tightly and gaze defiantly at the witness, then turn to Richsrdson and emphatically deny all Impeaching questions. , Richardson decidedly Jolted Orchard when he handed him two pictures of him taken immediately alter hiqparresi. - ; Contrast I Startling-. The-contrast between the man when arrested and the witness on ths stand was startling. Hawley attempted to have them ruled out. but after studying the Question 'Judge Wood admitted the picture of Orchard with two other men. the witness having -a smoking revolver in his band.': Richardson declined to in timate what "he would prove by this pic ture. When Orchard waa asked regarding a statement made .against Steunenberg to 11 persons, be denied ail. , . Mr. Mary King, the first - witness, told of running a boarding house at Cripple Creek and said Orchard visited Detective Sterling at various times at her house.- , , " ' ' Oreaara Saw jKinowBn..:.:,...... . France King, daughter of the first Witness, confirmed her mother's , atory. Mrs. Alice Fltzhugh, who lived in Cripple Creek 19 years, where she kept a rooming-house, saw Orchard visit Sterling In his room a number of times, and he always cam lata in th day or Bight. . - '. C. W. Allen of .Xeadvllla worked in tha office of th Florence & Cripple Creek railroad for several years. , He knew hetftptlva Hnft inri Kterltrnr Cte saw Orchard consult Scott a number f time during the strike. , - lir. Magee and - Ira Billiard were called, but not responding a recess waa taken. M Jra BUzaard. th first witness after lunch, had been railroader at. Cripple Slayer Reynolds Asks More Time to Plead When lie Is Arraigned in Court Aged Scout II0W3 Wife Guilt . ; less of Any Criminal Wrong ' Th husband In turn welcome 1 - the visits and maintains stoutly that there was nothing ef a criminal Intimacy be tween Mrs. Reynolds and th mas who paid th price ef her caresses with his Ufa, ' ' ... iturdecer Xsam Statement. Through his attorney. Reynold has mad a statement delving Into the trag edy. Over him. he aays. tfcere brooded a terrible something, uncontrollable and arnnj him on to desperate sets. Yet now that it Is past IteynoMa holds hi Wife Innocent - of mm wrong, and beileve that 1 oe- siited and was oni Mw!v vwl.iii!? to th in . r-,1 tLTn of Ji.ll.lns, who aought 1 - r c--'' .y. T i : r "f T;'-t Ac.c- ' ' "-"'t r 1 Reyn. " ' . i - Journal Circulation cents., g?AiuCTMSBcVi Creek for IS years.' He knew Pterling It years. He described the effect of th Independence depot explosion, the manner in which the bomb was planted and set. off by a wire which was run along 100 yard. - He declared the blood hounds took the trail and went In th direction of the Vindicator mine, then to the Cripple Creek smpltv then to ward Altman on the Cheyeiine-Crlpp) Creek road. : He reported thla to Sterl ing. -.Here Borah mad a strenuous effort to keep, this testimony out, objecting time and again, although Dnrrow de clared ha'iniendi'd to show 'that -Hterl-lng knew all about It. Judge Wood finally allowed the questioning of the witness snd declared Sterling told him to -call the dog oif as he knew who did it. Later " Sterling told hint Stev Adam did th Job, Olv Orchard th Xia. Dr. I. L. MrGee of Couer d'Alena, has lived there since IS?. He formerly had an interest In tha Wardner, Wallace and Mullaa hospitals. lie ha known Or chard since 1H3J. Dr. McOee wa In Muilan when the- Bunker Hill mill was blown np and believed that he law Or chard, who told him in 1904 ha was spotting for the Pir.kertons. D. C. Scott, a detective for th CrfD- ple Creek & Florence railroad, testified that K. C. Sterling was a detective for th mineownera during the strike. ( Continued on Pag Three.) nciius he A Popular ' Portland Tounsf Man Gave Life for Others " in Tacoma Disaster. McManus Keane. a yotrng man well- known in Portland, died yesterday af ternoon In the hospital at Tateoma front injuries received while attempting to rescue drowning gin during the ac cident where the ferry alin precipitated a score of men and women in the watrs of the sound. Keave wa on th ferry aa It ap proached the landing and when the ac cident occurred sprang Into the water to aid -those drowning. He saved two, a boy and girl, bringing them sjfe t th boat, then sprang back into th water after a young woman who jj sinking for the last time. In Mm manner he was apparently Injured ami was hauled aboard the boat apparently dead. He waa taken to th hospital where he died. Keane whs well known in Portland, where he formerly resided, having re moved to Tacoma about three month ago. To hi many menus nere tii.- death, heroic though It was, comes a a great ahock, - sentiment of Impending trouble wtv;, about him on Friday morning, the , Hlbblns reached Portland. lis tr'-l shake-- th fel In r off b'it c-' : and when latef his f bili!in t- i of seeing Tlibbma and Mrs. Uv each otner's arnn 1: i - wsrnina; ha, nt i en -'it M y l;eyii..!'i morrl.i ia I-. , I letters written- Iv I. i n-H i ni l t'.i f 1 ! who en fr1 ! t I ilfltd I " At 0
