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Richard Nicholson" Conscience Stricken
After Carousal Which Resulted in In
cineration of Companion and Burning
of Business Block at Troutdale Begs
People, on the Streets to Shoot Him
Stupid Lawyers' Blunders
Make Conviction Almost
Sure Richardson Makes
a Strong Appeal l to Cla
Prejudice.
"lying with patn of his burned flesh
and a stricken conscience, and lmplor
ing everyone whom he met to ahoot
him, Richard Nicholson rushed through
the streets of Troutdale yesterday
morning, while flames spread through
a block of the moat valuable buildings
In the town. Nicholson, after a drunk
en carouse, had gone to bed with a
lighted cigarette In his mouth. An
hour later he woke to .find his room
In flames and a companion already
burned to death In bed.
As a result of the flames, W. J.
Smith Is dead and fourteen business
firms are burned out. While the ashes
are still smouldering business men are
preparing to rebuild with more sub
stantlal structures. The dead man,
Smith, was a companion of Nicholson
In the drinking bout Saturday night. He
was In the employ of the Union Meat
- company at TroutAale, where he had
been a resident only a few weeks. Lit
tle Is Known of his antecedents.
The total losses from the fire amount
to approximately 119,000, on which there
was 111,660 insurance. The firms that
suffered were as follows:
Harlow, Blaster tt Harlow, grocery,
loss tf.000. Insurance $6,000: Troutdale
hotel, lifcss J2.R00, Insurance 11,000;
Union b6tel, loss J2.600, Insurance 1800;
6. 8. Logan, store building, loss 1 2.600,
Insurance $500; James Allison, hotel fix
tures, loss $1,600. Insurance $1,000;
Louis Helming, hotel fixtures. Ions
$1,260, Insurance $860; Welnhard estate,
loss $500. no Insurance; Richard Latour
elle, saloon contents, loss $1,000. no In
surance; Larson Bros., Ballon, loss $200,
Insurance $860T Aaron Fox. postofflce
bunding, loss 11,000; Insurance $600;
Robert White, store building,
loss l00, no Insurance; O. N.
Reynold, meat market, loss $600, no
Insurance; Osborn Bros., store damaged,
loss $100, fully insured; Richard Latour
elle. livery loss $600, no insurance.
James Allison, proprietor of the
Troutdale hotel, had $700 concealed un
der the carpet in his room. He was
unable to save the money and this added
to the hotel equipment makes him loser
of upwards of $8,O00j P. M. Harlow,
the postmaster, was out of town, but
Mrs. Harlow nnved all the mall and
valuable In the office and at 8 o'clock
the following morning had an office
opend on time for buslnp.e. The safe
in the postofflce contained the stamps J
and books and tney were rouna miaci
after the fire. The burned block was
the business center of Troutdale and
will Immediately be rebuilt. Until
structures are put up the homeless bus!
ness firms will conduct the business in
tents.
Cigarette Was Beepoaafble.
The fire was undoubtedly caused by
Nicholson's eiirarette. A report that a
kerosene lnmn had been upset In
drunken carousal Is not founded on fact.
The reported carouse took place and
was participated In by a number of
men In company with Smith and Nichol
son. After a Jambouree at the Red
Front saloon they repaired to their
rooms In the annex of the Troutdale
hotel. They there continued the drink
ing bout from bottles, and at a late
hour retlraaWo their beds. Some time
afterward the flre broke out.
The only equipment for fire fighting
waa a small hose cart with 800 feet of
hose and a number of buckets. The
hose cart, which received water supply
frnm a. tank nloed to connect with a
spring some distance up the hill, proved
totally Inadequate to arrest the progress
of the flames, although the hose part
crew fought nobly.
Every aoie-Doiueo man in me town
turned out and, with a strong bucket
brigade, the flre was surrounded and
held In chock when It had completed
des. ruction of the doomed buildings.
The charred body of Smith was found
in the ruins.
Nicholson, whose cigarette started the
fire, was bandaged and brought to Port
land, and la under treatment at Oood
Samaritan hospital. His moustache is
burned off and he la considerably In
jured, but will recover. He was an em
ploye or the Bramhall Lumber com-Dany.
Beg-ged to Be an.
Nicholson was Insane with pain and
anguish as he rushed through the
streets begging others to shoot him. He
cried to his dead companion, "Bill, you
are burning me to death." He was In
such great pain that Dr. W. C. Belt,
whose home and family were threatenel
by the flames deserted them to al
leviate the suffering of the demented
man.
Nicholson was removed to Oood
Samaritan hospital, this city, where It
Is said he may recover. He recovered
consciousness yesterday afternoon and
begged to be told what had happened.
Ho remembered nothing of the tragedy
except that h" had been smoking and
that his moustache had been burned off
by a cigarette.
Residents or tne town saved otner
buildings from destruction by spreading
wet blankets over them. The O H.fi
N. company sent an engine with two
section crews to aid In fighting the flre.
FEDERAL BAH ON
WOIIf CLERKS
Cannot Act m suture as
Private Secretaries in the
Agricultural Bureau.
(Special Dispatch te The Joarnal.)
Washington. July 21. Women clerks
of the agriculture department cannot
hereafter act as private secretaries for
male chiefs of the divisions Or bureaus.
This dictum, harsh as It may seem,
stands as law In that department. Sec
retary Wilson has Issued it and he says
ne means Dumness.
By the terms o? his order, no woman
clerk under him shall In the future act
clerk to any male chief of division or
bureau In the department. The order la
a direct result of the Holmes Cotton
scandal case, in which Mrs. Bertha
Burch flrured so prominently, testify'
Mg In this city two weekB a;o in the
of Holmes.
kAcount of her position in the or
flee oV chief statlsttcan of the depart
ment she became expert In croo fig
ures and now sue is conducting a sta
tical bureau of her own In New Tork
city.
Get Your's Now-1.00.
For any straw hat In the house. The
Chicago Clothing Co., 69-71 Third St.,
between Oak and Pine.
FOUR HUNDRED JAP
MINERS ARE KILLED
TUSI
(Special Dlapatek to The JoemaL)
London, July 22. Four hundred
miners were killed by an explosion in
the Toyoaka-mines in Japan today, ac
cording to a despatch from Xklo
Any skin uchlng Is a temper-tester.
The more you scratch the worse It
itches, uoan s umtment cures piles, ec
sema any skin itching. At all drug
stores.
Idaho's Corporation Tax.
(Special Dispatch' te Tbe Joarnal.)
Boise, Ida., July 12. It is estimated
by State Treasure Hastings that this
rear the state will derive a revenue of
60 u0 from the corporation tax pro
vided for at the last session of the leg
islature. Only about one fifth of the
corporations of the state have remitted
the tax to date. ,
MUSI GIVE BOND
FOR HER MONEY
(By John Nevlns.)
Boise. July 22. There la a rapidly
growing sentiment here that the jury
in the trial of William D. Haywood will
return a .verdict of guilty, but in a
leaser degree than charged in the Indict
ment and the real reaaon for that
fact la the absolute aaslnlnlty of the
attorneys for the defense, "
The old statement that "tow many
cooks SDoil the broth" has never been
better exemplified than In the present
Instance, and Is a result of the mis
takes made by Richardson and Dar
row the case of the etate, whioh was
originally 'one of the weakest ever pre
sented in an important murder trial la
today materially strengthened.
Appeals to Class Prejudice.
As an lnstanoe, Richardson's argu
ment today, summarised and dissected,
was nothing else than an appeal to
class prejudice. How else explain his
frequent dragging in of the Standard
OH compsny as the chief owner of the
mining properties In the Coeur d'Alene
and In the Cripple Creek district and
his declarations thst with a Rockefel
ler on one hand and a man with a din
ner pall on the other, troubles must re
sult and "git all ye can while yere glt
tln." And this sort of argument to a
Jury of farmers, all of whom own their
own property.
Mr. Richardson's argument can only
have one effect and that is to further
muddle matters, and his attempt to
claim the Vindicator explosion, which
killed McCormlck and Beck, was due
to the accidental discharge of a pistol
in Beck's pooket, a pistol which was.
blown to atoms while the man carrying
it was in no way mutilated, waa put
tins: a premium on stuDldltv and this
jury is Dy no meana so stupid.
Depends on Judge.
Richardson talked from t:J0 until
11:46 o'clock and then It was decided
to take a recess until o clock tonlgl
Judge Woods Instructions to the Jury
are now tne cmer topic of discussion
here, and It Is generally believed they
will be. unfavorable to the defense. His
rulings so far hsve hurt Haywood's
case and he Is expected to still further
prejudice it by ordering the Jury to dis
regard much evidence introduced In his
neliair, but which, viewed In the light
of later events, has turned out to be
Improper.
Si chard son's Address.
In his address to the jury, Richard
son said:
'"Are you going to hang this defend
ant on the unsupported evidence of a
self-confessed murderer? It has been
his fortune to stand in the very front
of the worst labor trouble in this state.
His attitude might have been right, pos
sibly wrong, I cannot say, but when a
dastardly crime was committed every
newspaper in the country took the posi
tion that death by bomb was due en
tirely to the governor's action at the
Coeur d'Alenes In 1899. Rome persons
nave auempieo to justiry tne killing,
but we. gentlemen of the Jury, declaro
right here and now that there Is no
Justification ror this dastardly drna
mltlng, but let us remember, gentlemen
whence comes this accusation against
the federation. It comes from mine
owners who have vainly tried to break
up the organization. Why, from the
president in the White House down to
the humblest woodsman In the wilds
of Oregon there came statements bear
lng upon the guilt or Innocence of the
accused, although none knew anything
aDout me merits or tne case, and noth
ing about the evidence, which from the
first has been carefully guarded by the
finaerion aeiecuve agency.
If l ty
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TOYS' WA
SiMi
To CLOSE.OUT the balance of stock
on hand we make the following
GENUINE REDUCTIONS
All THIS SEASON'S styles
Knickerbocker trousers
$1.25 Values Reduced to 75
$1.50 Values Reduced to 98
$2.00 Values Reduced to $1.35
$3.00 Values Reduced to $1.08
YOUNG MEN'S OUTING
SUITS REDUCED
$10.00 YOUNG MEN'S SUITS. .. .$5.00
$12.50 YOUNG MEN'S SUITS $6.25
$15.00 YOUNG MEN'S SUITS. . . .$7.50
$20.00 YOUNG MEN'S SUITS . .$10.00
$3.50 Values Reduced to $2.45
$5.00 Values Reduced to $3.50
$6.00 Values Reduced to $3.98
$7.50 Values Reduced to $4.98
BOYS' WOOLEN SUMMER
SUITS RFDIIfFD
BOYS' $3.95 WOOL SUITS $2.75
BOYS' $5.00 WOOL SUITS $3.50
BOYS' $8.50 WOOL SUITS $4.95
BOYS' $10.00 WOOL SUITS $6.50
MISSES' WASHABLE DRESSES GREATLY REDUCED
BEN
ELLING
LEADING
CLOTHIER
mis Minn
KNOCK-OUT BLOW
Homer M. Street's Widow
Collects on Policies
Conditionally.
(Special DlspatA to Tbe Joarnal.)
Prlnevllle, Or., July tl. The widow
of Homer M. Street will receive $4,000
from the Bankers' Life Insurance com
pany. A poller for that amount was
carried by her husband, who was blown
into the Matoles river March 80 of
this year. A check has been received
by the Crook County bank for the full
amount of the policy, and It will be held
until It Is released by a surety bond
of $8,000, of Ave years' duration, as no
trace of the body of the unfortunate
man has yet been found.
The United Artisans, of which order
Street was a beneficiary member, will
send $2,000 to the widow in a few days
nrhlnk wr411 k. if 1 1 r.yl In t ha m c tv. a man. i
ner as the payment of the Bankers' Life D?IPitwhw a "ea.t ,on tha pilforn?
I with V. Kf 4fnrtk ihalrmon nf tha lrra 1
Congressman Knocked Down
by Official of Commercial
Telegraphers' Union.
(Joarnal Special Serrtee.)
Chicago, July 22. During- a meeting
of the Commercial Telegraph union yes
terday, at which the action of the na
tional executive board In the settlement
of the Oakland and San Francisco-strike
was ratified. Congressman James T. Mc-
company.
Homer M. Htreet waa a retired min
ister of the Christian church and settled
on the ranch where he was killed, about
five years ago. The Street homestead
is on the south side of the Matdles
river about 60 miles west of Prlnevllle
and la especially adapted to truck gar
dening and berry culture, at which
Street spent his time.
Story of Street's Death.
Early in March Street bought a Quan
tity of dynamite with other necessary
uppues to construct an irrigating ditch
on his place. Before reaching the house
on his return he told a man who was
with him that he was afraid to take the
explosive to the house, fearing some of
the children might tamper with it. He
and nld the sack containing the dyn
stopped some distance from the house
mite In a hollow lo.
On the day of the accident his little
aaugnter naa treed a squirrel on the
river bank, and Street, hearing the dogs
barking, went to the place on his horse.
Not seeing the squirrel he rode around
the tree and his horse stepped on a
stick of the explosive, which had been
dragged there by some wild animal. A
terrible explosion ensued, throwing
horse and rider Into the river.
The water Is very swift at this point
and although the mutilated body of the
horse was found some . distance down
stream, all efforts to locate the ha At
of the unfortunate man has been fruit
less, although- the services of the Warm-
spring Indians was secured anil a stand
ing rewara or ,ouu is orrerea Dy the
W1UUW,
with K. M. Moore, chairman of the local
exeoutlve committee, who was seated
next to the presiding officer.
Congressman McDermott Is a member
or tne union and In response to loud
calls for a speech he stepped forward
to make an address. Moore objected j
tnat congressamn McDermott was not
In good standing, having forgotten to
nav hla dues.
The chairman sustained the point and
McDermott, flushed with anger, had to
take his seat. As he did so, he made
a remark derogatory to Moore s char
acter. Moore jumped up and landed I
blow squarely on the congressman's
race, knocking mm down ana out.
Phenomenal Suit Sale.
The Chicago Clothing Co.. 9-71 Third
st., are selling all their $12.50, $15 and
$18 summer suits at $7.60. Now Its up
to you to purchase while the opportunity
ror selection is Desu
GIfcL KILLED BY
PASSEiXGEK TRAIN
(Joarnal Special Service.)
New York. July 22. Nellie Madlgan
died tnis morning as tne result or an
accident In whlcn she and her nance. Dr.
Edward Gallagher, while riding In an
auto, were struck by a train.
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Watch our windows!
Watch our windows!
Robinson & Co.
Robinson & Co.
SHOOTS BRIDE AFTER
MONTH'S HONEYMOON
"Weddings and Strikes
are the bane of a telephone manager's life," eaM one of the afflicted the other day In our office.
operators, anyw
learned that tw
anyway, and just when they begin to be worth their salt they start something doing. One day this
be
two or my
a labor union.
est operators were going to get married soon and that a bunch of the worst ones were)
up
"It's hard enovgn, to let
spring i
Cramlng
"That Set me thinking
And then ther are harder to ret from year to year.
In ing them and for the extras for their comfort, and how little we get for
I figured tt an
about how much we are at the merer of these girls
out what we spend for the operator hire, for tralnini
all this, and I decided that If automatic equipment would wipe out these two items and the worry that accompanies them.
It waa
'me for the automatic'
Don't aU
How many managers are In the same flxT
switches never get married or go on a strike; they are never
as an enthusiastic automatic exchange manager said recently,
switches In a year and a half, in one Instance and, taking It all around, they are the
a manager can get.
speak at once, but think it over, and remember that the automatic
ver tired, or peevish, or unruly; but they "are all there all the time,"
ently. Their maintenance is small $10.24 for repair parts on $.000
most efficient and economical operators
"It might interest you
to know that the total maintenance expense of parts for our entire plant of 3,000 switches for the past sigh teen months haa
operates the AUTOMATIC
been $10.24."
writes Superintendent J. A. Duncan of the Sioux City Telephone Company, Sioux City,
TELEPHONE SYSTEM.)
Iowa. (This company;
"A like sum
would perhaps take care of the repair cost on operators' chairs In a manual exchange of the same size," adds Mr. Duncan,
It occurs to us
that the one item of switchboard cords alone for a manual exchange of 8.000 lines would amount to at least flSO In eighteen
months. That Is fifteen times the cost of all repair parts on the Sioux City automatlo exchange.
That is only one
of the many economies of the AUTOMATIC SYSTEM. These economies all help to swell the profits. And the AUTOMATIC
being the best service commands the highest rates. J,ow pro auction cost plus high selling price equals big dividends. That
lUJXH hisiism in
Is what led to the adoption of the AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE SYSTEM
the following cities:
Aberdeen. 8. D.
Akron, Ohio.
Allentown, Pa.
Auburn, Me.
Auburn, N. Y.
Battle Creek, Mich.
Beaver Kails, Pa.
Belllngham, Wash.
Butte. Mont.
Cadillac, Mich.
Champaign, 111.
Chicago, TIL
Cleburne, Texas.
Columbus, Ga,
Columbus, Ohio.
Dayton, Ohio.
Denver, Cot
EI Paso, Texas.
Em a us, Pa.
Pall River, Mass.
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Hastings, Neb.
Havana, Cuba.
Haxleton, Pa.
Holland, Mich.
Hopklnsvllle, Ky.
Jonesboro, Ark,
Lake Benton, Minn.
Lewlston, Me.
Lincoln, Neb.
Los Angeles, CaL
Manchester, Iowa.
Marlanao, Cuba.
Marlon, Ind.
Medford, Wis.
Mlamlsburg. Ohio.
Mt. Olive. 111.
New Bedford, Mass.
Oakland. Cal.
Ocean Park, CaL
Omaha, Neb.
Pentwater, Mich.
Portland, Me.
Portland, Or.
Princeton, N. J.
Richmond. Ind.
Riverside. Cat
tochester. Pa.
ushvtlle, Ind.
San Diego. Cal.
San Francisce, CaL
Santa Monica, CaX
Saskatoon. Sask.. Can.
Sioux City. Iowa.
8outh- Bend, Ind.
Spokane. Wash.
Springfield, Mo.
St Marys, Ohio. ,
Tacotna. Wash.
Toronto Junction, Can
Traversa City, Mich.
Urbana. HI.
Van Wert, Ohio.
Walla Walla. Wash.
Wausau. Wis.
Westerly, R. L
Wilmington, Del
Woodstock. N. B., Can.
LOUIS J. WILDE
LAFAYETTE BLOCK
. Y.v
PORTLAND, OREGON
POLICYHOLDERS COMPANY
"PURELY OREGON" BEST FOR AN ORECONIAN
HOKE OFFICE COR. SUTB AND ANKENY STREETS, PORTLAND
a. i uiLLSr-- u samuel; -clarence s. samuec.- "
, , -. s President N General Manager. s Awistant Manager.
(loeroal Speclll SerTlee.)
v-o-iiivitrii, tf., ui j odi k Drum
today shot and killed his bride of one
month, who was 22 years old, then
fatally shot himself, fallowing a quarrel.
Officers of Tnui--Lum Camp.
(Special Dispatch ' to Tbs Journal.)
Milton. Or., July 22. At a meeting
of Tum-a-Lun camp No. S76, W. O. W.
the following officers were installed:
Censul commander, U. J. Groom; ad'
vlaor lieutenant, W. W. Bridgewater;
escort, Charles A. Bliss; banker. L. T.
Berry: clerk,. D." Peterson; watchman,
Dennis Groom ; sentry. W. E. Beaumont:
manager, F, A. filke. ,
COLLAPSE OF BRIDGE
PE0WKS WORKMEN
( Joorasl 0Beele Service.)
Loralne. Ohio, July 22. By the col
lapse of a steel' bridge over the river
here 20 workmen were hurled Into the
water this morning, three being drowned.
All were employes of the American Ship
building company.
. Wear a new straw hat home today
from Robinson Cc'i special sale. 289
Washington.
Accused of Threatening Wife.
(SpeeM Dispatch ( Ht tantllf--La
Grande. Or.. July 22. Constable
X. W. Faulk has returned to the city
rrom Kamela with C C. McFall, who
will be tried for threatening the life
of hla wife. Last fall Mrs. McFall
filed a suit In the circuit court for
divorce, alleging cruel and - Inhuman
treatment, but the husband promised
to be kind In the future and the case
waa withdrawn. ,
Get Youis Now $1.00.
For any straw hat In the house. The
Chicago Clothing Co- -Tl Third at-
between Pah and Pine. ,
DysteTs!a. la 6nr imHim.! allmAnt.
Burdock Blood But ere Is the national
eurefor it. It strengthens stomach
membrancee. nromotea flow nf dlmstive
Juices, purine the blood, builds you up.
PROFESSOR UMBACH
, AT JENNINGS LODGE
(Special Dispatch te The Joarnal) ;r
Salem, Or., July 22. Local churches
of the Evangelical association enjoyed
two sermons yesterday delivered by Pro
fessor a L. TJmbach of the chair of
historical : and practical theology In
Union Biblical seminary. NapervUle, Illi
nois. . Professor Um bach, who Is on of
the leaders in that denomination, -will
be one of the Speakers at the Evangel'
leal association campmeeting and con
vention to be held -st Jennlns-s Lotls-e.
two miles below Orenon City, from July
tt to August 1, where each afternoon he
Will give biblical Instruction,
Always Boy .. sS
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