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THE OREGON DAILY ; JOURNALS PORTLAND; , MONDAY EVENINO, JULY 3.- 1CC7.
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DEATH AND DESTRUCTION
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IN WAKE OF CAROUSAL
Upsetting of Kerosene Lamp During: Drunken Revel at
Troutdale Causes Death by Incineration of One and
the Fatal Burning of Another.
Th upaettlrtf.of. a. kerosene lamp In
drunken carousel reaultftd In the de
struction of bimlnoaa hounea valued at
$30,000 at Troutdale at an early hour
yeterIuy morning;. V. J. Smith, one
of tho revrWa, waa burned to a crlap.
and anotlier, Richard Nicholson, la In
dying rendition at Good Samaritan
hoopltfil In this city. Merchants whose
store wera dtropd ara reopening; for
business In lenta at the seen of the
conflagration.
Business Block Destroyed.
The property dotroyed comprised tha
bent built business block In Troutdale,
and Included tho following: J. C. Buck
ley, Troutdale hotel, loaa $25,000, insur
ance, $1,000; Harlow, blaster At Harlow,
loss Sfi.000, Insurance $6,000; Union ho
tel, loss $2. S00, Insurance $1,256; 8. 8.
Lognn store building, loss $1,000, In
surance $500; Louis Helming, hotel fu
tures, loan $1,260, Insurance $860; James
Allison, hotel fixtures, loss $1,500, In
surance $1,000; weinhard estate, loss
.w Tro"al hotel, where a number
"ra oomraeo and lodged. Smith,
who recently came to Troutdale to work
"7 union Meat company, became hl
larlous and oratorical sjid, owing to the
effect or hia frequent potations, he waa
careless In his gestures.
Escape Impossible.
When the carouse reached Its height,
about 1 ouock a. m.. Smith upset the
kerosene lamp vith which the Sroom
waa lighted. The oil must have com
municated tO his clothlno- for ha waa
Unable to escape the flames that In
stantly surrounded him. His charred
body waa afterward fVinnd In tl.a rulna
Rleharu Nicholson, another member of
the party, waa badly burned, hut suc
ceeded In making his escape from the
ourning bulldlna. Ha waa fnnnrt wan.
derlng on the streets In a delirious con
dition, and was bandaged and sent on
the firs, train to Portland. He Is under
treatment at Oood Samaritan hospital.
The entire town would have been de
stroyed had It not been for the heroic
orK 01 the bucket br rade and the
hosecart crew. The only means of
fighting fire in Troutdale. aside from the
today, when the subject was broached at
a student gathering,
The negro gambler's ambition to make
a "fine Udy'T of hla little sister la 're
ally the cause of the discovery, for
her friends became curious over her
many Jewels and her luxurious clothes.
Suspicion wss aroused and an Investiga
tion waa started. Then one of the so
rority sisters who visited her home
chanced upon a collection of negro pho
tographs and the unmasking followed.
LAND FENCERS TO
HAVE NO IMMUNITY
Actual Search lor Them Temporarily
Leas Acttre, but Prosrcutlon
Is Unrelenting.
iiuw. no insurance; Aaron rov post- bucket brigade. Is a small hosecart with
Office building, loss $1,000, Insurance about 300 feet of hoee. and water Is
$500: Rlchard Latnurelie, saloon fix- secured from a tank sunnlled bv a
tures, loss $1,000, no Insurance; Larson
Bros., saloon, loss $200, fully Insured;
Osborn Bros., store, loss $100, fully in
jured; Robert White store building, loss
$$00, no Insurance; George N. Reynolds,
meat market, loss. $500, no Insurance;
Richard Latourelle, livery stable, loss
t&00, no Insurance.
The jamoouree that led up to the
holocaust began Saturday night In the
Red Front saloon. Half a dosen men
.who had sampled the firewater in vaxt
tne Kea f ront ana mere engaged in a
oua dispensaries of the town drifted to
drinking bout that waa later continued
from bottles In a room oyer the annex
anrlng some dlstanca un tho hilt
targe quantities of merchandise Vere
saved from the hurnlng stores. Every
able-bodied man In Troutdale turned out
to help, and some rapid work waa done
in moving all klnus of commodities and
valuablea. The safe In the postofMce
preserved the stamps and booka. and
Postmaster Harlow was able to re
sume business on time yesterday morn
ing. The telepuone exchange was de
stroyed but long-distance communica
tion has been restored. The losses on
buildings and gooda will reach $30,000,
and the lnaurance will not exceed $12..
000.
(Wssfctnrton Barren of Tbe Journal.)
Washington. July 22. Acting Secre
tary of the Interior Woodruffs atten
tion has been called to articles In sev
eral papers to the effect that the de
partment of the Interior will not prose
rntm 111 aa 1 fnc cases this year. He
contradicts this statement in emphatlo
trmi. Hm aavs:
"It would be unfortunate ahould such
an idea get abroad among western peo
ple, because It la not true. If any
fencer deiended upon It, he might get
Into serious trouble.
"I might explain thst the special
agent force of the general land office
and the special Inspectors of the interior
department W he especially occupied
during the summer with the more para
mount and Immediate duty of protect'
Ins: the Duhllc lands from being acaulred
f rau1iilntlv For that reaaon few of
J them can he detailed to search specific
ally ror uiegai rences.
On the othsr hsnd, ss fast as Illegal
fences are discovered In the regular rou
tine of the special agenta, and whenever
emaplalnt Is made to the department of
the interior or the department of justice
VISITED HERE
BRIEF PERIOD
"Sugar Cane George" Carter,
Governor of Hawaii, Spent
Two Hours in Portland.
Oorenor George R. Carter, of Hawaii,
"Sugar Cane Oeorge," as he was face
tiously dubbed a number of years ago
on account of an advertising stunt he
performed with a sugar cane stalk, waa
In Portland yesterday for a oouple of
hours on his way from Tacoma to
San Francisco.
Governor Carter was appointed chief
executive of the islands without solici
tation on his part. He waa busy look
ing afttr tha plantation which fur
nishes aome of the saccharine grains
for this oountry when the news came
that he was It.
Hs took the Job without protest
Then he began to wield the big stick,
whose use he had developed while ex
ploiting the attractions of the islands
to the world at large before nolltleeJ
concerning Illegal fences.
prompt
vigorous action win De taken,
courts If necessary,
of such unlawful
nd
in the
to force the removal
obstructions.
KEEN CONTEST- OVER POSSESSION
OF A GIRL OF TENDER YEARS
ACTOR FALLS DEAD
ON STAGE AT BUTTE
determined effort will be made by
Rev. B. O. Henderson of Lents to re-
', tain the oustody of Daisy McNemee,
the young daughter of C. H. McNemee,
. and this morning he filed In the county
court an answer to tbe objections made
by the little girl's relatives to her
adoption by the minister.
Daisy MeNemee haa lived with Rev.
Mr. Henderson's family since her father
died. Recently Rev. Mr. Henderson
filed a petition asking that he be au
thorised to adopt the ohlld. This peti
tion met with strong objections from
aome of the child's relatives, who live
In Kansas City, Missouri, and Ellis,
Nebraska.
In answering these objections. Rev.
Mr. Henderson declares that aeveral of
the child's relatives, namelv, Clvde Mc
Nemee, Emma Miller, Mrs. Haul's High
land. Mrs. Qlttle Morris and Mra Grace
Puterbaugh, are not opposed to the
adoption. He offers ooples of a num
ber of letters to prove that he Is the
most proper person to have the child
custody. Among the letters is ons from
Mrs. Highland, in which she says that
the use of her name In the objections
that were filed waa not authorised.
FOR THE GOOD or FEEBLE-MINDED
SELF AIID PARTY TO HAVE HOME
Both Considerations Prompt Work on New State Institu-
(Special Dispetrk to Tbe JoaraaL)
Butte. Mont, July 22. During a mat
inee performance by Vhf Sutton stock
company at the Grand opera house yes
terday afternoon J. R. Davis, who only
recently joined the company from Chi
cago, fell dead. It was in the second
act of "Lost in Siberia." Davie waa
reading hla linea, when without any
warning he fell forward, striking on his
face. The curtain waa rung down and
Iavls was carried to the wings, where
efforts were made to revive him. It
was not realised at first that he waa
dead and the third act had begun before
tbe doctor, who had been called, pro
nounced him dead. The curtain was
rung down and the audience dismissed.
Davis, who was a young man, had
been with the company for only the
past month, coming here from Chicago-
The fatal stroke seemed to come aa
a cramp of the heart, for he merely
stiffened, gasped for breath and fell.
honors were thrust upon him
Governor Carter haa made good peo
ple out of some bad ones while he haa
held office. He DUt hla commercial
aoumen into the channel of graft-hunting,
and found some of It. took up the
chase, landed his victims and as a re
sult there Is much cleaner municipal
end governmental conduct In the is
lands at the present Urn Chan at
any time heretofore.
Governor Carter bellevaai that tha
American newspapers and the people
iu.iu.oit.1 in mm siaiea are largely
responsible for the war , scare with
Jspan. He does not hesitate to say
so, and beratea the tendency of Ameri
cans to nurae anything and everything
that will furnish a line out of the or-
ainnry or supply a little excitement
ine cnier executive haa been in
America
larger
con ferrl
Carter
r-ranciseo before returning to Hawaii,
wuvrv uvTirrnor Liriir win rm miia.
ceeded by Judge W. F. Vrear. Novem
ber 2$.
aince May 10. snendlnsr tha
Dart of his tlma tn Wuhlnxn.
Ing with officiate. Ha and Vtra
will visit a abort tlma In B.n
Choice of Routes.
The Canadian Pad fie offers a choice
of routes to the east
The Short Line via Spokane, or via
Victoria and Vancouver or via Sumaa
Choose one of these routes and avoid
the heat and dust. Service the best
Passengers routed br the way of th
Canadian National park.
For descriptive matter and full par
ticulars call on or address F. R, John
son. G. A- P. D.. Portland, Or.
Get Your's Now $1.00.
For any straw hat In
Chicago Clothing Co..
between Oak ana pine.
the house. The
69-71 Third St.,
Bryan's Latest, Wash-
ingtonians Think.
(Journal Special Service.)
Washington, July 22. The few Demo
cratic leaders at present here discussed
Bryan's pronunclamento regarding gov
ernment ownership as a non-issue in
next year's campaign with great inter
net. . The majority of them see a double
notice in the Kebraakan's declaration.
tbe removal of an embarrassing position
In which Bryan himself had Placed the
ticket In 11108. and the keeping in cold
torage of the underripe issue in ques
tion in case some outer man maxes tne
race and Bryan should be compiled to
defer his White House hopes until more
propitious times. With government own
ership in the Democratic platform and
himself a candidate, he fears tbe
chances for election would be against
him, not for him, no matter how favor
able the situation might appear other
wise.
Saturday Was
tion Soon to Begin
Building Plans.
(Special Dispatch to Tbe Jonmal.)
Salem, Or., July" 22, The board of
trustees of the new Institute for the
feeble-minded is getting everything In
readiness for building. A landscape
artist and gardener will be secured at
once ta select a site and lay out the
tract recently purchased into parks.
boulevards and roadways. Everything
win De aone 10 retain me natural Deauty
of the tract, which is said to be partic
ularly well adapted for an institution of
this character. Hulldlng will then be
gin in earnest. The estimated cost of
buildings is a.0,000. Provision is made
for 160 patients.
According to the plana prepared by a
local architect, there will be one main
building, consisting of the administra
tion hall and of a central dining hall,
the two being Joined by a long corridor.
The administration building will be used
bv the employes, teachers and officers
In charge of the work of the Institute.
The administration building will he of
two stories with basement and will be
40 oy eo leet.
The dining hall, which Is practically
a separate building Is to be 100 by 38
feet and will have a kitchen In addi
tion. Back of this main building 200
feet will be the central steam heating
tructure
Straw hat day at The Chicago Clothing
Co.. 69-71 Third St. This week It will
be kept up every day. Many men came
and bought two or three hats for the
price of one. Tour choice of any straw
hat in the house at 11.00; values $2.60
to S3. 60 and a few 15.00 ones left; moet
oft straws. Be sure and come this plant located in a one-storv
wee, xou win oe amaseel at tne values 56 by 56 leet
put our loss is your gain. Any straw I Two cottages built apart will be
hat in the house $1.00. I erected, one for the boys and one for
tne girls. The boys' or men s huilriln
will be a two-story edifice 124 bv 32 fct
ana so arrangea as 10 give the most ef
ncient sanitary ana ventilation fac II
ties. Large windows to admit the oure
Dreezes oi me neignooring hills will
oe placed on each side of the bulldlnr
T-V... V.. .11.41 W . . "
111. IfUUIOIll UUiiUUJH Will UD Ul a. aim
uar nature.
There will also be a laundrr. a bam
and otner ouuamga necessary to carry
on the work of the institution.
The tract is of about 640 acres, and Is
located about three miles from the can-
It ol and is a quarter of a mile from the
southern acinic track.
As far as known the conduct of the
institution will be modeled closely after
similar institutions in Wisconsin and
I Maasachusetta. About 76 of the in
mates now in tne state insane asvlum
are to be transferred to the new lnstl
tution.
Si
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5c. each
Same rate by the box.
Here's a cigar that meas
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(Journal Special Service.)
Chicago, July 22. Cissy Johnson, sis
ter of "Mushmouth" Johnson, the most
notorious negro gambler in America,
queened It over the University of Chi
cago for three years, according- to a dis
covery made bv the co-eds. She scat
tered smiling' largess to admiring women
luaents and tne dancing men or the
midway school because her face waa
masked with a peaches and cream com
plexion. How she did It all will re
main a mystery for future students to
wonder at. How shs ruled as a soror-
.t neaa ana a favorite at Greek letter
functions behind her dual identity until
Jk. ";un,e beauty was branded as
t t?J. "T will be a closed chapter
' nIu for,mr elib sisters.
ht2l.Joh?OTl h&t fallen from her
hinrt. i .VJ k Her -ororlty has been dls
fS? !Xind !r 'rinds have faded away.
1 AVJfit!r ""ts know now of
.T. m.bltlof- Nene of her eoeu Pi
vala suspected tha wl mIIT
appearance from caxopua frolic waul
.
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Among our customers are Bankers, Merchants and
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take advantage of our liberal credit plan.
WHY?
Because our Credit Prices are the same as oar Cash
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other jeweler. This is nonewspaper talk. THESES
ARE FACTS, which we can easily prove by, comparison.
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Management of
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Instead of making a will to be first considered
after your decease (and perhaps contested), why
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Let us explain, by personal interview or corre
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Pllilmaa, Naoaaa, DrovminaM Diatrsa aftar
aailii. Pain la tha Bid. It a. WhU their moat
WmarkabU noo ha ba shown In curias
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KaaSaehe. yt Carter's Little Livar Pfflj aa
qnUr valaaU la Oonatlpaikm. curing and pra
TaUnc thlaannorlo'oom plaint, whlla they alto
orraetaJldlanrdaraof tha.tnmay.a attmnlala tha
BTar au4 ragulaia th bowels. JSvao U ta7 only
lab they would ba almost prioaliwi to crfSwhs
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Bat after all (lcktMad
lath ban ef so many Uvea that here to where
wemaka our great boast. Our pUle oure It white
othara do not.
Carter'a UtUa livw Pllla ara vrv rmall and
very aaay to taka. On or two pUU maka a do.
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