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it V! tlTB I OREGON - DAILY- JOURNAU - PORTLAND, , WEDNESDAY EVENING, - JULY 17," 1007. ATTEMPTING TO SOLVE VICIOUS. TRIO SENT W ROCKS wast m i FRISCO HAS !l'0 LUNATIC BITES , V f - i r :v.t STRANGE-DISAPPEARANCE IS i " , .ra.i' tea," ,. ' HIS NOSE OFF r.f I DISCOVERED MRS JWil ... '.-- ... ., -.:. v, 11 1 . -v..-,;. ' i 1 it'- Friends and Technical Creditors of L. S. Laughlin, Pro- moter of Proposed Monthly to Be Known as "The 0 Locator," Trying Best to Fathom Mystery. ignun, since etnji jur. umgniin blmseir ii reported to th promotion of "'v "Pnt much money on the scheme. ... ,, ,. 'h. report running from a few hundred d monthly mag- dollar to ral thousands. He lived , Where is U B. Leughlln, sine early i Mr. Laughlln himself Is reported to In lbs year active In Tfat Locater, a proposed asm piannea oy mm in conjunction I at m Hotel Portland and was very with varlou real estat and business I J his work, which seemed to b -a- th. Htvf Ma. ha rfl.on..raH """" voroiy I Th Ati,JCmt w. . .. - !. ""- w 'i umii prepared ror some time ana at .left friends and creditors behind in his present mora than 40 galleys of the vanishment, or ha his mind, overtaxed I "'vr, '," yp ,na r"ay Vr by Ion strain and weakened by a former July 1 Xaua-'hlln left the ritw for accident, become a blank a on a forms I Seattle, leaving hi baggage behind htm and left him winrl.rin. ? h ! Sine his departure, the .. i noiei a receiver one letter dated ac Know in wners ne is or wnai ne is ao- Seattle In which the writer said he had In? I been sick but would return to Portland 11. a. atX.a lak YaTaa aalaWV kKA A I tl An These ar ths questions which Port- . inr a short time ao dated at land frlsnds would Ilka to know and I Seattle but postmarked Portland. In which R. L. Cats and other technical I which Lausrhlln said he had been sick creditors nave been sine the first oil In bed but would return to the city In a July trying to solve. I raw days. wm w. win ma.- I rouw sua. Personal friends In th city -Mid even l.JLX?2. vi??"c ""l?.ur""" creditor ar inclined to the latter be- f.1? wiV,.l"-V.irrC: a.av .a I at I I I 111 UllBl llsTr V .IIS lllBiaiuv iu w ii .no nop. in.ime ng man will outstandlnr bills aaainst the publlca rei return 10 iae up nt .taaic. ir tb tlon. hlch had been auaranteed bv Mr inaory i iroe na iuriuin is wandsr- Cata cau,ed om, Jneiness on th ilf Vth cJ0Ude5 nAnJ. 'owtful of p.rt of Mr. Cate, and Detective Hlllyer friends and business it is on of the I ., ..,., A i.i. niuin man ireniMi ! oi in oy. Beyond the ststement of a manacurmt Dome time aooui in iirsi or in year let th Hotel Portland to the effect that Mr. Laurhlln. a younc man between lll.h hi n Tnrhiin about the hotel and years of are, of pleasant address I recently no clue to hi whereabouU has Assailants of Torn Stack Ge Thirty-Day Sentence by J udge Cameion. ; j i 4- and convincing' manners, btfiin the pro . motion of an advertising and publicity ,cneme larger ana oroaaer in scope than .anything yet undertaken In the history .- of th city. His plan In brief was the 'formation of an organisation to be been found. Friends bellev that LAUghlln is tem porarily unbalanced mentally. While In the city LAUghlln told friends that some Tom Hodge. P. Webster and Ed Donegan. arrested last night by Detec tl Mallet and Hill for brutally beat Ing Tom 8tack. were before Judge Cam eron this morning and were each sen tenced to 10 days on the rock pile. The trio vlclounly aseAulted Stack In a saloon on Water and Clay streets and pumrneled him about the head and face to such an extent that his fratures war unrecognisable. Stack was found at Front and Harrleon streets by Patrol man Endlcott and taken to the pollc tatlon where Dr. Zlegler attended the woundd man. From a description furnished by Stack Lsrinciives maun ana xiiii locaiea Hodges and Webster In a saloon at First and Madison street and placed the pair under arrest. Hodge started to resist th officers and became so belligerent that Detective Hill was com pelled' to subdue him with a blow with the butt end of hi revolver. Even after thl th prisoner evinced m dsir to fight and the detective had to march them to jail at the rausale of a gun. Kd Donegan, the other member of the trio was found in South Portland Ister In the evening in a drunken condition and taken Into custody. As Stack declared that Hodge slashed him with a knife during the fight a charge of assault with a dangerous j weapon was lodred. For some reason Stack refused to swear to th felony Cache Found' in .. Heart Busy Shopping: District of San Francisco. V of Mayor Schmitz Will Appoint Brakeman Mark Shackleford Supervisors, as Also Will Grievously Mutilated in 'Mayor Taylor. - a Twinkling. (Josnul 0piaJ rrl.) , San Franclaoo, July 1.7. Near (Jooraal flDeclal Berrlee.t oan r ranciaco. July 17 As wal (Special plspateh to Tb Jonraat) Pndlton. Or., July 17. Mark' Shack- atmtinna i ti . k. . vm yi una r an v, n. at oraKeman wora- V"of&tr 1Z ? ? wh th. .lo- ln on th. La Orand-UmatUL divi.lon. Th den 7, ' ,mo.rnln- B of a new mayor for San rrancl.oo bd hi no blttn off by an Insan Ji. .."SvAi0 Lf f",Md. M th. appolntm.nt of Dr. r,","n,eif ii Wilbur at 6maUllaU.t of Albert Pike m.mnrt.i i- i- T ..u... w evenln. Ha w- .ntin. Ti ,U- Ti..- X,it,7 ',.1 y V"r 'mor, ana partly I . ...- ,, ,Uq Horl nv couia move th flV.u. wUn tol prood. Th tempi I Prt. Oenral satisfaction la expressed man had hl.oa. off. tt I not believed Within a atone' throw nt iknnuii. I at the choice of tha aw xviitiua rio In will be Dermanantlv rilarlBuraif mm passers by in Flllmor atreet. Taylor Is m phyalclan and lawyer and "Vrf ?n flv hop of restoring th covered th robbers' roost and aelaad varsity of California. bolt-Tr Cti"!.0'-J!Z- !?Jfi "?.9f E"-n. E. ill ii nru i wiiifiiia in UDUiniinff rUmii Hawvp I U nlr . rnhh.! P-iT?T,n wer nvestat- to th board of supervisors to nmm4 M II I M I Ing robbery which ooourred early ye- Mayor Boston. It ii bellaved that hl 1 1 HI 111 I terday mornfng In the tailoring store of will oontln... t' -.,I:.-ln" V! III1I.UI. I "2" c ?.." rFHlmor atreet, th uoervisor aa th-'M. XZZ .X wnen mey maae tneir unusual find. I Among Oils of looaa hHlr tha .,.1t th earthquak of April, 10I. a YBniauie roooera aen was round con taining a larg layout of -loot Ther "re many sign or recent occupancy. ELKS ELECT! IS I ... o DECIDED while riding a partially trained horse across th oesert or jew years ago known aa tha Waatarn Promotion laaaiia I Mexico ka waa thrown from his horse. - wnicn snouia o compoea or th real siriKing on nin n. un rgainin con estate man of the city and all other I clousness his horse had disappeared business men Interested In th upbulla- I and the man. daaed by hi fall, wandered inr or in nonnwest. nm Thl organisation waa to publish a JFor thre week he romed through monthly magasln of approximately 2B0 th desrt subsisting as best he could page to be named -Tha Locater th until at laat In hla blind course h object of which wa to be the public- f1 ,,rod.Hckwh,l,1,L,; 'f.1" tlon of a digest of th fact concern! g ?wed "J?"1 h ram., t0 anout,ln.r Bia" western opportunltle for th honf-? tlon- For. "?. time sfter this ex- aeek.r. th. f.rm. th wagrn.r. th. Z?J V."""''- ,?',"5:rK rh oi rr;ri . ";K"; k.n.i.M( . . Investor and th. capitalist t mission or th magasln western aeveioprnenu to be rcent tlm tnat he had apparently en- Friend believe that mental worry ,S5:ii?Sli!SlS5 ZLl mtflmV'. Unl overwork ha. strained the hardly ' fftartlallv' MWinUlal avA tt araa .ha In ' ten tlon to form a stock company to'as - sum charge of th publication of the magasln. and e that th. plan did not naiL in, in. meantime r. Li. cat. healed nerves again and that some where Laurhlln Is wandering- forgetful of Portland and Portland obligation or buftlnens. They believe that the man will return to take up his task again wsii gnown real tat man. assumed lan n,n it m .nUfU in tha .aan i mnnli raannnalkllltw tnm tha ana... T. " - ' ".1". . ' KJ I . T T ; ... """r- i nme an eiion is oeing maae 10 con uuncnuii mi uimn rn.ua i a rriran is i tinue tne work of Tirenarlnr for charge thl morning and Judge Cameron after hearing the case sentenced the thre men to 80 day aoiec. Dunne tne row uonegan sustained a broken nose from a blow aimed at Stack by one or hi companion. Th. pollc. BaV"Tecelveil Information to th effect that Hodges I wanted In Seatti for slashing a man with a knlfa in th. Sound city and th. authorities there will be communicated with. H. Is regarded as a dangerous character and th. rook-pile official will be notified to closely watch him. r m FIT OF ANGER 111 POISON Contest; So Close That Tellers Are Proceeding Very Slowly. ng now liable for sum tha aggregating about Initial niim.r nt tha -f.nratar" whlla " iut )iuuiuiiuu i rv. jj. vi wun ine aia or aeiecuves ia ei in magasin. I trying to locate the absent promoter. COMMISSIONER BALLINGER IS SATISFIED WITH LAND OFFICE Judge R. A. Balllng.r returned from . 'Th. DallM last night where he Inspected 'Th Dalle land offlc and left Ut.r for Roseburg where he Is spending today 'going over th. affair In the land of flc. at that place. s A. commissioner of th. general land i offlc, Judg. Ballinger I. continuing hi Investigation of Oregon land affairs and reports them In a satisfactory con dition. H did not find th congestion of affairs at Th. Dalle h. expected to And and complimented the officers upon their high standard of work. At Roseburg he I expected to And a different condition. Many complaint have been received lately because of the lack of men In th. Roseburg office. Many entries hav been flld and much businss has boen brought before the of flc. causing a congestion, which has been a source of annoyance and delay to those person who hav. business with the of flea. t Nora WTade, Noted Rider of Wild Horses, Dead Near Pendleton. (Jooraal Special flerrlre.) Philadelphia. Julv IT Revnnd tha victor or John Tener a grand exalted ruler Edward W. Leach of New York a; grana treasurer, Fred C Robinaon of Dubuo.ua. Iowa, aa a-rand aiwratarv and Bayard Oray of Frankfort Indiana, as grand lecturing knight nothing la known this afternoon about yesterday' election of th Elk. Th. conteat wa so close that th teller are proceeding slowly. It may be that a now vote for grand trustee will be taken. It Is said hundred of ballots were simply marked "McNulty." Benjamin F. Mn Nulty of Texaa waa on. of th. trustee candidate. resign. Mayor Tavlor win ltirawiaa an. point successor to th resigning super visors and San Franflaon win ka .da. I .Wrf. Alia . . . . . T I o k i. w."rmnni on. IIMtIM py I ouiuiii. aim on nnoH oy lay lor. IES HE IS GUILTY TROOPS ATTACK LR Telephone Agent Enters a Plea on Fourteen Bribery Indictments. Killing' in Southern France Is Prevented by Inter ference of Police. (Special Dlapateh to Tha JoamaL) P.ndl.ton, Or., July 17. Nora Wad., aged 18, daughter of Henry Wade, com mitted suicide at 10 o'clock last night by swallowing carbolic acid after a violent Quarrel with her father and Walter Adams, the hired man at the Wad. ranch, 14 miles south of here. After swallowing th acid she threw the bottle fnto the face of the hired man ana aioa in, iu minutes, one was a noted horsewoman and had ridden In broncho-busting contest at Pendleton and Pilot Rock. ALMOST A TRAGEDY IN A QUICKSAND Tram, Wagon And Driver Engulfed at Colonial Hotel at Seaside and Barely Re-cned. PORTLAND BOOSTERS START SOUTH IN SPECIAL CAR Dr. J. Whltcomb Brougher will tell th advertising men of the city how to advertise a church tonight at tha regular meeting of the Portland Ad i club held In th. rooms of the board of trad. Chamber of Commerce building. 'During the evening the small boy who . i walked from Sellwood to the city to 'enter hi dog and cart In the parade 'of th rose fiesta will be awarded a loving cup by tha club in recognition vof his lnstinctlv civic pride and ad vertising spirit . . Th. meeting tonight will be In large part a booster' send-off for the dele gate, to the Pacific northwest conven tion of the Pacific Coast advertising ;men to be held at Sacramento. The delegate will leave tonight at 11:10 in a apclal car attached to th Southern 'Pacific train. Th larger part of th. evening will be occupied with general entertainment in order to give the delegate to th convention as good a send-off aa possi ble, and It is expected that a large num ber of the member of th. club will attend. The following make up the party: B. I. Dasent, advertising manager Portland Railway Light A Power com pany; Paul W. Custer, president of th. Portland Ad Club;. C N. Black, publicity main)!! lunmiiu nose riesia; Arinur Osburn, advertising manager Honey man Hardware company; A. E. Kern publisher Deutsche Zeitung; James Ty ler, manager Spectator; R. R. Rout ledge, advertising manager Portland Seed company; c. A. Foster, advertising manager Oevurts Son; R. M. Hall, manager Hall Advertising agency; John Whyte, manager Astoria chamber of commerce; John Deland. president Ch mamax Development company, Seattle Walter Lyon, manager Marshfield cham ber of commerce; Milton Marqulta, Bu shong & Co., and several others. IDENTITY OF DEAD STILL UNSOLVED Coroner and Police Unable to Solve Mystery Surrounding Apart ment House Suicide. (Specie' Dispatch te Tha Journal) Seaside, Or., July 17. Great excite ment waa caused among the peoaje on the beach near the mouth of th Necanl cum river today by the team drawing the heavy garbage waaon nt tha rviin. ii mi noiei plunging into ;THIS BOY MAY BE 1 RICH IN NAMES 'Adopted Son of San Francisco Dl (' forced Couple May Have Xame -' Changed Once More. . t Should County Judge Webster granj -a petition that was filed in county court yesterday afternoon, a child of 6 years will be as rich In names as peer of the realm. The child Is the aon of Joseph and Stella Oreenwald ' Who - were divorced In San Francisco aoon after hi birth. The babv was adopted by Mrs. Eliza beth Dodge, and his name was changed from Baby Oreenwald to Kflwin morman Dodge. Yesterday- afternoon Mrs. Es ther E. Wells, a daughter of Mrs. Dodge, asked permission to adopt the boy. and In the petition incorporated a prayer that his name be changed to venjamm Arcnibaia wens. "WILL BE ORDAINED TO CATHOLIC PRIESTHOOD Rev. William McOee, a native of ; . Salem, Oregon, and a recent graduate of the Menloe Park Theological school of California, will be ordained to the .. Catholic priesthood tomorrow morning vat." o'clock at St. Mary's cathedral. , Archbishop Christie will perform the i ordination ceremony. ' CRUISER CHARLESTON . : WILL RETURN TO CITY S:z:n:' , ' Portland Will receive another vllt from the beautiful new ; ' ' . WIND RIVER MILL WILL BE REBUILT Manager Thompson and President of Company In Portland Arrang ing for New Plant. armored cruiser Charleston. Th. vessel waa taken down to Astoria oa the' occasion of the visit of Vice-President Fairba nks to . the el(y by th. ea. Navigators of th. big fighting machine want plenty of water under her keel while crossing ut at the mouth of th: rJvT.r Th. next eight foot tide is du. July tU and until that data th. officer and crew , will enjoy th. hospitality and Igfat of Portland. 4 Clark W. Thompson of Cascade Locks, manager of the Wind River Lum ber company, la ' at the Portland and stated that the company will rebuild its mill, which was destroyed by fire last -week, as soon as possible. Mr. Thompson Is accompanied In Portland by' A. HIrshhelmer of La Crosse, Wis consin, president of the company, and the two hav. been figuring with local firms on installing a new plant. In addition to the loss of th mill the fire destroyed 4,000,000 feet of lum ber which wa stacked In tha virt The loss amounted to $160,000 and was well Insured. Mr. Thompson said the company has large timber holdings ug th. Wind river from which it lid be enabled to keen It. ratal! yards In eastern Oregon and Waahina-. ton supplied. HOME WEDDING FOR SCHOOL PRINCIPAL Hugh H. Herdman and Mis Isabel Mogeau Will Be United In Marriage Tonight. Although the coroner and police have been working assiduously on the case the identity of the dead man found in a room at 390 Gllsan street yesterday morning remains a mystery. Several persons called at the morgue yesterday 10 view tne remains cut no one was able to recognise the body. An Investigation shows that the un fortunate man went to the amirtment house at 8 o'clock Monday night and talked with J. J. Lee, the proprietor, for a few minutes. Lee says the stranger gave the name of Hirth, al though he did not register. He called for a room and Anally paid 25 cents for the one that suited him. He announced that he would remain for one and per haps two days. xesteraav morning the door was forced open after repeated failures to awaken the occupant and he was found dead on the bed. A 22-callber revolver and a gunshot wound In the head testi fied as to the cause of death. , Coroner Flnley was notified nnd made an Investigation. Among the effects of the deceased wa found a Socialist's paper and a pin which he wore In the japei or nis coat Dear tne initials L. V. Absolutely nothing else was dis covered in the room that would tend to establish the Identity of the suicide. TACOMA'S TERMINAL SUIT IN PROGRESS j. The marriage of Miss Isabel Mogeau and Hugh H. Herdman will tak plac mis evening at the horn, of th. bride's sister. Mrs. N. J. Levlnson, 1094vThur v?? w"1- .,The bridebroom's mother. Albert HaV Herdman, and his brother, bYld J. HntJmani.of Minneapolis and th. iouthiV? riVv M8' Ma--aret Tager, of thew'eddinl11'01 ftM .r. to atwnd Mr. Herdman Is now th. princlDal of BuViffiaw PortUnj; , Mogeau has been one of th. best- 't-v - vu du prominent member of the Orr.. k...h rr association of Coil.sVt. umna (Special Dlipatch to Th. JoamaL) Taccma, Wash., July 17. The suit brought by the city of Tacoma against the Northern Pacific railroad company to compel the road to make Tacoma Its terminus Instead of Seattle is in prog ress In the superior court. The con tention of the city Is that the road ha secured valuable acquisitions of lands as donations with the understanding that this city was to be Its real western terminus,, and that in the land grants by the government Tacoma was stipu lated as the western end of the line. B. 8. Orosscup, head of the western le gal department of the road, makes a peculiar legal play upon words In his answer. He denies that Tacoma is the "terminal" of the road, but declares it is the "terminus" of the line and that the land grant ends here. The city has had many witnesses yesterday and to day proving that the road has so far forgotten this city as to place it on a stub line, glvlna Seattle n Hirpr-t train service and all of the advantages of a general terminus of the road. Alex ander Tinling, general agent of the Northern Paoiflc at Seattle, waa placed on the stand by the road and testified that it required less time for a train to go to Seattle and then back to the main line and pull on to Tacoma than it did for a train t pull straight through aawnia. a uo UliaillDPr OI COOT merce her instituted the suit. COUNCILMAN BAKER DESIRES INFORMATION fit nil lrlr cand and 3rarfnr the driver anH wagon after them. In attempting to unload th. wagon the driver drove the team into the bed of qulckaand. the location of which was not known. The animals tuts-an tn ainir at once and In their wild struggles drew mo wagon ana anver lgno the trap. In his efforts to save the team the driver wa caugni in tne sands but was rescued by the people on the beach. The horses were also rescued after hav ing sunk almost completely out of sight. The wagon waa also hauled out after much difficulty. DEMENTED WOMAN'S HORRIBLE SUICIDE (Special Dlapateh te The JoamaL) Hamilton, Mont July 17. Th. body of Mrs. U. Alvertson, a well-known and respected resident of this district, whose disappearance from her home had baf- nea searcners ror Z4 hours, was found yesterday morning In a vault at her home on Seventh street Her husband awoke at an early hour with a present ment as to her actual whereabouts. He could not tell whether he had been dreaming or some one had suggested it to him durlna- the excltemant a ' tha nay nerore out so strong was the feel ing that he dressed himself and went 10 maxe a search. He found the lifeless body of hla wlie partly -under th. floor. Investiga tion revealed that she had first swal lowed carbolio acid, then slashed- her inroai wun a razor ana crept into this fearful place to die. Tne deed is supposed to have been done in a fit of temporary Insanity. THRESHING COMPANY IS INCORPORATED (Jooraal Special iSarvtca.) Perplgnan. France, July 17. Serious rioting occurred between the winegrow ers and the soldiers today and an awful slaughtty- would have resulted had not the pollc. Interfered. Members of the Twenty-fourth Colon ial Infantry commenced a quarrel with the winegrowers and finally charged them with fixed bayonets. The cltl sens were driven into a restauVant, where they repelled the charge of the troops by firing upon them. Angered by the firing of the mob the soldiers rushed to their barrarka to secure arms and ammnnltlnn with whi.-h to slaughter the winegrowers when the polioe interfered and restored order. HALSEY OR GLASS TO PAY BRIBE PENALTY Prosecution Trying to Determine Which Official Is the Guilty Party. (Journal Special 8rvk.) San Franclco, July 17. The morning session of th Glass trial was devoid of sensational evidence A number of minor officials of the telephone company were examined bv the nrosecution In n enorx 10 nx me amies or Tneodore Hal sey. It was merely a process of elimi nation In order to Place the e-ullt on cither Halsey or Olass. Vice-President Zlmmer is still In In 11 and glUb no Intimation that he will consenOo testify. (Special Dlapateh to The Journal.) Salem, Or., July 17. Articles of ln coporatlon were filed yesterday with the secretary of state by The Dalles Threshing company, which has for in corporators W. J. Davidson. Peter OnA. rrey ana oeorge rteed. The 1 will have it Office at The Dalles Wasco county. The firm Is capitalised at $5,000 and will have for Its object the conducting and managing of thresh ing crews. The Central Construction company was incorporated by C. C. Oralg, W. J. Brownell and George E. Waggner. The firm has a capital stock of 3,00 and will have its main office at Portland. THEBAUD BROTHERS FORCED TO SUSPEND CANBY BOY DROWNS IN THE WILLAMETTE (Special Dispatch te The JoaraaL) Salem, Or., July 17. While driving logs for the Doernbecker Manufacturing company of Portland, Ear! Knight of Canby, Oregon, lost his life In the Wil lamette river at a point on the west side of the river near tha old labor exchange at the northern limits of the citv. at about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Knight and four other men were float ing a raft of loars from the Snntiam. Knight slipped from a log he was driv ing and fell Into a deep hole and though he wa a good swimmer and tried to swim toward the log fronj which he had slipped,, he went down. He told his brother. Eber Knight, not to fear, Vut to get a boat as soon as possible. A telephone message to this city orougm aiarsnau uioson ana William Each, deputy Hberlff, to the scene of the drowning and they and Moses E. Mllner searcnea ror tne Doay. wwpn they found after several hours in a hole about 60 feet deep and about 100 yards from the fnace where tne struggling boy was ast seen. y Knight was about 1 8 'years of age. His parents live at Canby, where the body was taken today for burial. (Journal Special Service.) San Francisco, July 17. Theodore Halaey, special agent of th Paclflo Tel.- phon. & Telegraph company, was ar raigned this morning on 14 Indictments charging bribery of supervisors. He entered a plea of not guilty and bis trial wa set for July 28. Halsey is alleged by the graft prose cution to hav. bribed th. supervisors for Louis Glass to vol. against th. rrancnise which was applied for by the Horn. Telephone company here- ROAD SAYS SAND . COMPANY TO BLAME m- (RBeeial Dlapateh to Ta Journal.) Salem, Or. July 17. J. A. McDonald of McMinnvllle has communicated with the state railway commission., stating that he bad ordered a car of sand from the Central Sand company of Portland June 10, and had not yet received It on account or th sand company a in ability to secure car for shipment. In answer to a query of the commis sion relative to the matter the sand companv said It had ordered a car. but that before the car arrived to be loaded It waa out Of (and and oould not m.lra use of th car. and that later, about a week ago. It mad a second order for a car which, a yet, had not been re ceived. The commission called the attention i h V F'e,ds. divlson superintendent of th Southern Paclflo lines In Oregon, who was In attendance at the hearing yesterday, and he nromlaed tn ir.va.ti. gate th. matter. He said, however, that the aand company was partly to blame, for at various time It had led it con signees to believe It was receiving cars when as a matter of fact It was re ceiving them and diverting them to other shipments. Fir. destroyed th. two-story frama building used as a factory and offlc by th. Sanitarium Food company, af Bast Twenty-seventh and Belmont streets, at 2:15 o'clock this afternoon, Tb. loss on property and . stock is esti mated atvlio'000, with 17,609 insurance, Th. fir. was started by a roasting ma chine. Telephone wires ware burned down In the neighborhood and many fin. residences in the vicinity war in danger for a time. No on. was Injurtd. Hos. & Knapp, the owners, w.r. at tending the grocers' plcnlo when th. fire occurrri and It could not b. learned whether th. plant will be rebuilt ifllcifT mm nninnii mm Rumor 'That It Has Beea Purchased by Spokane & Inland. r (Special Dlapateh to The JoamaL) Rosalia. Wash., July 17. It Is ported on good authority that th. Inland, empire electrlo railroad has purchased in. coirax-Moscow branch of th. O. R. At N. and after putting th. road In re pair will .quip- It for th. us. of electrlo trains, thus making it a part of tha freat electric system with which tha nland Empire company Is planning to cover th. entlr. Palous. whaat belt. By acquiring this property, the Elec tric company would have a connecting link between the east and west branches of th. road. This Moscow branch of th. O. R. 4 N. system traverse a hpk country in grain tonnage and has been a valuable feeder for th. O. R. ay. v. main line. RAILWAY MEN ADMIT ACCOMMODATIONS BAD US PRESIDED OF CITY COUNCIL A. N. Wills of Allwood was .leot.d) president of city council this afternoon by secret ballot over Councilman A. G.A Rushlight Th. victor received seven vote against five for his competitor In th. race. On. councilman failed to vote. - HEARST'S RECOUNT BILL IS NOT VALID SIX WASHINGTON PAROLES APPROVED (Special Dispatch te The JoamaL) Olympla, Wash., July 17. Governor Mead has approved six paroles 'which were recommended to him by the newly (Special Dispatch t The JoaraaL) Salem. Or. July 17. At the hearing held yesterday by the state railway commission in th. Investigation of the Inadequacy of the denot facilities and accommodation on the railroad lines of the state the following railroad men were present: m. f. Connor, A. C. Spen cer and M. J. Buckley, for the O. R. 'tt N.; C. N. McArthur for th. Pacific Railway & Navigation company; James 5- Sorr,u,a r- Mcuuir. ror the A, A C. R.: Covert and Stapleton. for the Sunset Logging company; Louis Oer llngr for the Salem. Fall City & West ern: Hischberg for the Independence Monmouth line; George Estes, for the -' cistern nan way; u. It. Fields, division superintendent, for tha Smith. ?,rn pf.?,f,S- 5Lna Oaorg. Nevlns, for th. Th. railroad men present were In ac cord with practically all the demands made bv the commission, but did not believe the commission should h ton exacting ns to those depots where there sre no regula agents or where th. Biurexeeper at in cross roads station not only discharges his own duties, but also those of station agent. As a whole the meeting was harmonious and the railroad men are mutually agreed to do what, they can 'to improve and make the system more adequate to th. needs 01 me traveling puoilc MEN OF LINN 'ON GRANGE COMMITTEES (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) Albany. Ou: July 17. Arthur T. Rat. ion, master or tne state grange, has ap New York, July 17. Hearst's recount bill seeking a review of the votes cast at tha last may oralty election was declared un constitutional today by the ap pellate divi.lon of th. supreme court MANY THOUSANDS ASKED IN DAMAGES (Special Dispatch te Tb Journal.) Tacoma, Wash., July 17. P.rsonal damage suits amounting to $60,000 hav. been begun in th united States circuit court here against the Tacoma Railway and Power company. John Greelan sued for 126,000 for damages received two years ago. Patrick H. Varley, while riding the running board of a Point Defiance, car two years ago, struck a post stand ing too near the track and wants 36, 000 for the injuries he received. Rebec ca Eckstein wants $10,000 for Injuries she received in April of this year on a cable car. TKa rwiiJ : created state prison board, as follows: Councilman Baker asked information of :the executive board of the council this afternoon regarding the delay in paving Third street between Main and Hall streets. The work waa iui n a year ago, but held ud temnororiiv nn protest by some property-owners. Echo Is Advertising Itself. ' (Special Dl. paten to Tb Journal.) Echo. Or., July 17. The Echo com mercial club has just Issued a JO-Da re booklet decrlptlv of th town and sur rounding country. Th. booklet Is pro-i fusely illustrated with farm and home sc.nea of thl vicinity. Copies will b nt east la larg numbers. .1 (Jooraal Special Service.) New York, July 17. The brokerage firm of Thebaud Bros, suspended, today with liabilities of $1,500,000. The fail ure followed 'the suspension of E. 8. Sealants & Son or Meridla, Yukatan, one of the firm's strongest corporations. Initiative for Seattle. (Special Dispatch to' The Journiil. ) Seattle, July 17. The initiative and referendum, as In force at Portland and other cities, may be adopted in Seattle. Several "good government" societies that have sprung up In various parts of me cuy in in. jasi lew monins will pe tition the city council for the Insertion of a clause covering the matter In the city charter. Should the council be un willing to submitUhe proposition to the ?eopie tne leaders in the movement wil ake steps to get up a 16 per cent net! tlon and thus fore, the law-making bodj Into compliance. Railway Magnate's Hard Trip. (Special Dlapateh to Tha JoaraaL) Seattle, July 17. President A. J. Ear ling of .ue Milwaukee will make a trio over the entire lln of tha road' coast extension, traveling by team, boat and automobile. From Missoula, Montana, his party will driv through the Bitter Root, mountains by team. They will de scend the St. Joe t-lver In a boat nd from Tekoa, Washington, will tak. auto mobiles to the Columbia river. Teams wui men 0. taa.n across the Cascade mountains. A large portion of the trip win 09 on norsepacK. u na party is x Edward Funk, sentenced for 10 years irom t-ierce county ror roDbery, term expires January 18, 1999; W. H. Har klns. sentenced to two years from Spo kane county for larceny, term expires January 24, 1908; E. W. Reller, sen tenced for 20 years from Skagit ooun V for criminal assault, term expires Juno 23, 1914; James Ryan, sentenced from Pierce county for robbery and nas less vnf-n two months to serve: Charles SoTtly sentenced to 10 years from King bounty for burglary and has less than two months to serve; O. O. Forsythe. sentenced to three year from Adams county for ' forgery, with 10 months to serve. In each of these cases the prisoner is assured suitable em ployment in a place free from criminal influence. . FURNISH DRAWS FROM FEDERAL PROJECT (Special Dlapateh to The Jooraal) WoiKlnirlin Ti 1 1 . 17 HV. I. .. sand acres of th. tract withdrawn for reclamation Dy tn. umatuia national irrigation project has been restored to entry. It Is understood here that this releases a large area necessary to carry 10 success im private irrigation project of W. J. Furnish of Pendleton, who now lias a ditch already watering- 10,000 acre or an: lanos. olnted H. M. Palmer of the Linn coun- v grange a member of th state aranrn cummjueo on gooa roaas. froressor H. L. Hopkins, in charge of the department of economics and history in Albany col lege, has been given a place on the -committee of the grange handling tax mat ters. TAYLOR TAKES OATH AS BAY CITY MAYOR (Jon real Special Service.) Saa Francisco, July 17. Dr. Taylor iouk io vain as mayor eariy tnis after administered Two New Teachers at Albany (Bpaelal Dlapateh to Tha JoaraaL), Albany, Or., July 17. The Albany school board has selected two of th. teachers who will fill vacancies In the teaching force. Lloyd Marquam of Drain, a teacher In the Normal school at that plac. last year, has been eleoted principal of the Madison street school. O. E. Finnerty of Cottage Grove will teaoh In the eighth grade. He Is spoken of as a thorough teacher and Instructor, as wen as an aaepi DasKetoaii player ana amieia Farmington s Lidded To noon. It waa county clerk. - by the Penitentiary Contracts. Walla Watlar WashvrJulr IT. Under in. awards orpine s tat ooara or control the successful bidders for the new buildings at v the penitentiary are: Whltehouse-Crawford company. Walla Walla, mill. work. (3.948: Bowles com pany, Seattle,, steel work, $4,090;- F. T. Crowe 4 Co. Seattle, metal lath. etc.. trout 14.000. ' The new bulldlnars are optics, aormuorr ana a nosDitai build ing, y. ;. v . , .. , Another Malady Victim. . . Tha city authorities today1" removed a man named Bohraer, .60 years old, from J4S .'East v Thirty-fourth Street to St V incent sanatorium. Th. patient' was INSTRUCTS EMPEROR TO LEAVE THRONE 1 (Journal Special Service.) Seoul. July 17. The nremler haM conference with the emperor this morn ing when he insisted that the latter abdicate In favor of the crown prince aiiu jjimruu ii uuce iu i ukio ana apolo gise to the mikado. The emperor has umub iiu repiy aa yeu "f 1 " ' Georgia Explosion Victim Succumbs (Jonmal Special Service.) . Washington, July 17. Admiral Snow reports mat tne Georgia explosion vtc tlms ar. in a serious condition. Washington, July 17. Admiral Snow mrorms ine asvy department that Sea man Edmund Walsh, a victim of. tlte uoursut accmvni, aa at z:to yester day afternoon at Walsh's home at Lynn. WHMVIIIimMi (Special Dlapateh to Tha Jennul.) Farmington, Wash., July 17. Farm ington, as well as her neighbor town, Tekoa, has been struck with the moral reform wave and as a result the "lid" is to be squeezed down tight on the saloons, billiard halls and even the laces of business hereafter on Sundav. leepers of billiard halls and stores In both Tekoa and Farmlnaton have bean up before the courts, and all pleading guilty for violating the Sunday closing law, have received fines ranging from $26 to $30 each. - Washington's Prison1' Board. (Special Dlapateh to, The JoaraaL) vs,iuvi juii n,iq prison board has been formally organised by H.! T. Jones, Mstt L. Piles and J H. Davis of the stat. board of control.'and Sunerintendent M. F. KinraM n stat. penitentiary' H. F. Williams, mark of the orison, ha been annotate tary of th. board. . . T i Journal Readers. I Tha Journal's : friend, whan (. Iftlng Jourtfal advertisers, will confer Castle Rock Alumni Meet. (Special Dlapateh to The Journal.) Castle Rock. Wash.. July 17. At a called meeting of the Castle Rock High School Alumni association at the horn. of the president, G. Howard Hunting ton, ousiness pertaining to the con stitution and by-laws was transacted and a new committee was appointed for that work to report at a meeting to be called in August After the busi ness session refreshments were served. Strarlge Mexican Fanatics. From the Milwaukee Sentinel. ' There's a fanatical sect down in Mexico, about 260 miles from El Paso," ??ld. H- &.Murdock of Mexico City, Mexico. "These native i what thev calf reorganised shortly after they at tain manhood. They profess to go Into a trance somewhere In the mountains and during this trance they ar. men tally reorganised. ' "The trance lnata 1K tava an kan It l finished the VOlina- MurLin nnmaa back With blOOd . In hla ava TTI. asvla PHrpo?"0I, th.ixt three days Is to kill. The first day h. kills everything he can lay his hands on of. vegetable life. Ha cuts down corn ami ,v,n,ti,in growing, tearing things up in a great frensy. His trfbemen look on with in terest but dO not .Intar'at-a . TK. day he kills everything he can of ajst mo irarwa, uoga, cats and wild ii. mats. The third dv h. .... .ttJl human life. Then th. tribe ret busv. T I m aalla-.-J a . a a is nuii saviiu wcmi in ii m aa . against him.' ' - "When h. attacks a man of th. trib. half a dosen othera mi. vi , . u. struggles until exhimt.,r who ... . covers b. goes at Itagain, stealing, a weapon wherever . h. can. " In most case n wounds at least three or four iion biiu ireauenuv kllla tha aama bwi ia saniui aoouv 4uj Ii, ' -. 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