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THE SUNDAY JQURNAL, SEPTEMBER 0, VILL TELL THE STOH.Y OF OREGON--bF THE OREGON COUNTRY-!. PURE and TEJCTDcttcr Thaa It Was Ever Copy. 'Z v ( ,. . . " 'V WHEW 'YOU HEED fclORE HELP Advertise ta the Journal r : Help Wanted Columns The weather -Shower and eoojer; : ;' V!, 5f . ' . eouth to , weat winds. ' ;yvOL;lVi;VNa:;157. ' "PORTLAND OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, -SEPTEMBER 5 1907.EIGHTEEN , PAGES. M II Joiiri I 11 " 1 a k Ruir TAKEN BODIES l if. H', Two Portland Persons Are Among Victims-of Morn ing Disaster in: Towdt of State of Washington Be-1 tween Seattle and Olympia CflEEEFIJL GREETING iTO PKISONEK. WILL DROP LID CASES T; W.rGstrander and Man i Named Brash of This City Reported to Hare Been ' SeTerely Burned Guests Jump From Windows. Tacoma, Sept 4. Newi rehd bare thla morning o( a erioa tfliuter at Sheldon, county seat of Mason countr. Ituatei) betwaen SeatUa aad Olrmpuu Fifteen peraons are auppoaad to nye perished in an early morning fire which deatroyed the Hotel Webb and seTerai adjacent bulldlnga. Among those In jured during the fire were two Portland man, U W. Oatrander and a Mr. Brash. Both were aerloualy burned. The fire started In the rafters of the hotel at 1:10 a. m. and spread with such rapidity that a panie resulted among i the guesta. The flames surrounded I the victims so suddenly that escape was Impossible and despite the efforts of the cltlsens and police and firemen many were overcome before asslstanoe could be rendered them. Two of the bodies have been Identi fied as those of women: Miss "Bailey and Miss Mudge oz this city. The wo men finding themselves In a dangerous PC "u1 f l 'il I r Cirttl d p-ft'f U 1 Hit 3 !a fwtil mm. lae.Tsit-eiii, 0 rf.' Atrty ' ' iasjaj.1 MF;-(wlT..-t-K S j 7 Hitchcock's Policies to Be Abandoned by Govern ment Bristol Will Be Ousted From Office Heney Not to Return Here. Government'IIasNot Pro vided Ample Funds for the Trial of Further Land Cases and Only a Very Small Fund Is Available. situation lost their heads and Jumped irom me upper story i ui ouuuin Otbera who4ied-tai. Aaa.Xlf- W ra jnos ly mea The property damose will amount to I aooui iew.uuu. William. Holmes, master mechanlo of the Peninsular railway, ana Charles Granite and Joe Rabadeaux were among those known to have loat their lives, in an aeven ooaiea nave oeen recovered but not an have-been iden tinea. r- rri) 'inni ii mwifmii mim in a-v- The. only Brash in the city directory t of Portland Is Huro Brash, a traveling t . (salesman for Kissinger & Co., of - Front and Salmon streets. At the offices of 'f Biselnger A Co. this morning members ! of the firm were positive that Hugo ( laat nlrht. He was tn-Boseburg; Ore-1 , ; ' BEXtJ BRUMMEIL'. MTCINLET TO S. A. D. PUTER. LAND GRABBER M'KINLEY TURNS PRACTICAL JOKER Salient Facts In &aad Fraud Situation. 1. Franela J. Heney will not return to try pending cases. I. Both Senator Fulton and Senator Bourne expect William C. Bristol to be ousted from office as United States district attorney at the coming session of congress. J., Not one of the indictments secured by Heney has befen turned over to Bristol for prose cution. 4. For more than a year Bris tol has been without the assist ance of Special agenta W secret' servloe men, to aid ia the prep aration of cases. 5. Neither th Interior depart ment nor the department of Jus tloe is in sympathy with the pol icies of Hitchcock,; under whose administration the land fraud prosecutions wereVbegun. M IbLWORKERS IM ..iiA BATTLE WTH PORTED HINDU LABORER HER BEAUTY DROVE ADMIRER TO DESTRUCTION r t ,7 Officials Say May Call for Federal Troops as the Ne3 f tonsijment-of-Workcra Was Made Up of Britisli Subjects. ' : ' ... . Wa 1 i gon, yesterday, accordina; to a letter re- reived from him tnia morning.- - I Although there are several Ostrandert In Portland, none -of them knew of I thTwaahUton t?w wbo m,ht ,a Portlander Who Fled to China to Escape Punishment at CATTLE EXHIBITS AT STATE FAIR Hands of Government Sends Humorous Postal to For mer Associate, S. A. D. Puter, Serving Time in Jail. (Special Dtopateli to The JeeraaL) Salem, Or., Sept. I. Oreron cattle breeders Are coming in with entries for the state fair as never before. ;,' Horace O. McIOnley, the Bean Brum- Amonglmel of the Oregon land fraud artists. oia-ume 1 the larse exhibitors will be A. C Ruby, has become, a; Joker.' - HJe 0I W ClIseTf sVattle'Vlll showTf'f t?' 7h, head of Ayrsnires, a hera wnren in num- w-th7 nmo " mo wuU.j j.u, bers has seldom If ever been surpassed I was seleoted for the butt of McKlnley's for this' breed at any Oregon state fair. fn. Since MoKlnley . suddenly and. quietly lipped out of the restraining clutches of the federal law and emigrated to China some two years , ago, he has not ten nis inenas .very cioseiy lnxormea In and rolnrs out. RATE BASE Washington Railroad. Com ' mission Petitions' Inter state Organization. (Ptciflc Coast Press teased Wire.) Olympia, wash., Sept 5. As a re sult of a conference during the past two days between the railroad commis sion and representatives of the South western Lumber Manufacturers' assocl atlon, the Faclfio Coast Lumber Mana f acturlng association and the . Shingle Mills bureau, all doing business In this state, the Washington railroad commis sion - yesterday addressed to tnt'ioter- H state commerce commission r a protest t aaralnat the proposed Increase in lumber rates on the part of the transcontinental t railroads. The protest sets forth that tietitlons have been filed with :, the Washington state commission by the above named associations representing approximately l.uoo rnuis, naving an ' output of approximately 14,200,000,000 - shingles annually and 4,000,000,000 feet of lumber annually. , , i The petition further avers that .the v manufacture of lumber andehlngles Is "i the principal industry or wasnington: that said lumber and shingles are. sold ,ln tho states of Michigan. Wisconsin, '1 Illinois. Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, .Indian territory, Kansas, Ne braska, Minnesota. North Dakota, 8outh Dakota, Colorado, Wyoming; New Mex ico, Utah and elsewhere throughout the United States, and that it la proposed fcby the rallroada-to. advance the freight rates on lumoer ana sninnnn on ucigutr as to - his com In as Vague and . inconsistent rumor has E laced him In many different parts of htna and following many different oc cupations. Wrote From Shanghai. X few days ago a post eard came from Shanghai, bearing the representation of a very emaciated Chinaman hanging forlornly rln the mediaeval stocks. Un derneath ? was written in MoKlnley a Despite all denials, stubborn facta un mistakably Indicate the complete aban donment by the government of the pol icy of Ex-Secretary Hitchcock of the Interior department, under whose admin istration the Oregon land fraud prose cutions were Inaugurated. No arrangements have been made for Francis J. Heney to return to Oregon and try any of the pending cases. None of these cases have been turned over to District Attorney Bris tol. The big corns of sDecial a (rents and secret service men who assisted Heney in his ' prosecutions have been hand, "This Chink stole a piece of gov- assigned to other duties. William J. ernment land In China." The card was B,ur? ,tn am0S "ecret service addressed to S. A. D. Puter. sleuth, Is In San Francisco on lndefl- - Friends of McKlnley state that he nlte leave of absence, engaged on the nas loiiowea tne commission Business "a1";" rd filing LraUTENANT LTJELLA HAWLKt Of THE VOLUNTEERS, JOSEPH RUSSELL HOLDS NEW LOVE LETTER RECORD Pens Passionate Missive Remarkable for Its Brevity, Us ing Life Blood as Fluid Object of Affection Is Pret ty Luella Hawley of the Volunteers of America. almost from the time, he landed upon oriental shores until quite - recently, when he sold out and has gone Into one of the northern provinces of China on a f old hunting expedition. . Thla Is verl led by a . personal - Item In the China Critio of recent date. , Aeotdant Oansed Ohange. McKlnley's change of base was has tened somewhat by an acoldent which befell him; resulting In his austaining a bad fracture of one of his ankles which laid him up for quite -awhile. Puter has announced nis intention' or forthcoming book, and declares that It must represent the punishment for some otner orrense man iana-Kraoome rot the reason that had there been any gov. ernment land in China, McKlnley would have gobbiea it up tong ago. 1 approximately 25 per cent., it 19 I ' !; if la renresenfed that tho manufac i turers . of lumber - and - shingles have " built up a lara-e business and extensive connections based on ..the', present freight ' fates ana ' mot m fjiujnicu lupirm - loss, dsmago and InTiiririo siif'h m&mi ,.faeturera.: and iwould noceasitate the clor-lnar of auoh mills and the throwing out of employment of countless num- bi'is of trtfirrve'i Arid "tvotild 'wOfk: a "' ..public calamity .''to-, the.-business Inter ests of the state of Washington." KELSO TERRORIZED BY DRUNKEN LOGGER (Special Dispatch to The Jonrnal.) Kelso, .Wash., Sept. E. The unusual sight of a man on horseback, carrying a loaded rifle across bis saddle and de fying arrest -was witnessed by the ma jority of the people of Kelso yesterday. Henry Stickles, a ' logger on . the Coweeman, became intoxicated ' and wanted to flght He, met Dr, Ballard, with whom he had, had a long-standing grudge, and proceeded to thrash him. He got him down aiid had already broken his nose and - badly cut up his face when he was, pulled off by a by stander. ., 1. Stickles then got Into1 his wagon; and when Marshal Morris attempted to ar rest him he. whipped up his horses until they broke away from Morris and went out of town with his team on the run. He soon returned on horseback, with a loaded Winchester across nis saddle, and claimed to be huntinsr for the mar shal. He paraded the streets for a ttme and then left town. ' DAKOTA WHEAT CROP IS RUINED BY FROST (United Press Leased Wire.) Minneapolis, Sept. E. Millers here are 'being , advised by: Saskatchewan millers that their crop of wheat has hfen damaged 40 per cent It Is llke wiBu atate'd"'h"at' the North Dakota croo has been hurt again by fronts and that the yields will run 8 to 11 bushels to the 'acre instead of 20 to 25 bushels as expected.. , ( The Dretense that the rovarnment has provided ample funds for the trial oi runner cases is an empty sham, for the 180,000 appropriated by the de partment of Justice la available only for the payment of the fees and mile age of witnesses and Jurors, and minor incidental expenses, and none of the money can be expended for the pre paration of the evidence, the employ ment of special agents or the multitud inous other items which make up the uui oi uie cos i oi uie trials. Fulton's Expectations. running the post-card as a souvenir In his L -I ' a notorious fact that both -Sen- Ninety Tons' Vkite Paper Gonsumed in "the Issue of Sundiiy Journal Septemher 8 -., :- ' : - tt- The etory of the Oregon country Is told . in picture and text in The Sunday Journal, of September 8. There will be duplicate editions of It . a newspaper edition of 160. pages, which will sell at the usual price of ,, 6 cents a copy ready, for' mailing, Including postage, 16 cents a copy .: of which ffS.OOO copies are printed; and a souvenir edition, on plate paper , In mngaiine form, newspaper -site, aocompanled by tho regular- news '; .. .seatlonarw all-ft iotMeh-a,oao..80fU-ara-.prlntsd prlca,4t .fac. 'copy, the weight being six pounds,. and the postage or expressage on each copy 85 cents. -, f, i i - - , . - :, . Orders for xtra copies 'of either edition should be given to the busl i Nness ofTU-e of The Journal, or to -Journal agents, as early as possible.1 t .Phones, Main 7171; Home A-8?30. , , , . 1 s a tor Fulton and Senator Bourne expect Bristol's tenure of offloe to end shortly after congress convenes In December and It Is common gossip that Qhris Schuebel of Oregon City,- a law part ner of W. 8. U'Ren. Is slated for the ptace. It is announced from Washington that the department of Justice expects all tun penning- inna iraua cases to oe dis posed of by December 1. As there are some eu oi tnese cases, witn more than 100 defendants, such an earfy conclusion of the trials would be an utter impos sibility, even if Bristol were given the extraordinary assistance wnico was ac corded Heney. He has not yet received instructions to proceed with a single viio vi. mesa cuea. Dnrlnr the earlier tama nt fv- i.n frand .prosecutions, the departments of jubuco ana oi me interior cooperated in carrying them forward. There now appears to do an utter iacje-or coopera tion between the two departments and It is an open secret that whatever Attorney-General Bonaparte may be dis- )regon posed to do. Secretary of the Interior uarneia ana Juana commissioner Bal linger are entirely out of sympathy with tne noiicT or Jx-Heoretarv Hitohrwir All suspensions of land entries made during Hitchcock's administration have been set aside by Garfield., whose, chief anxiety la to dispose as quickly and quieuy as possjDio or all the Or land troubles. The department of luetics has mw and far more spectacular litigation on Its hands, in - the prosecution of rail road and Standard Oil klnn. and tha program Is to bring to a close- the cam paign inaugurated Ty Heney. Secret Work Dropped. For many months before the trial of any of the cases conducted by Heney, an army of special agents was at work gathering evidence from all parts of the ( state. .For the most part they worked unaer ine Direction or -w. j.. Knrm . counted the most skilful -sleuth in the employ .' of the government. Some of the work was -under the direction of Inspector Neuhausea -of the Interior de partment. -There was no apparent limit upon either. the number of men to be employed orv the money-to' be snent For more than a year past all the con- niuuns navTreetr:cnangea-ana fistoi has been carrying forward hia work single handed. - - ....;.':'.,-..- -Mr. Bristol was asked today what he had tQ gay' as to an Interview, with Made prisoner by the big gray eyes of Lieutenant ' Luella Hawley, the beauty of the Portland Volunteers of America corps, bis passion so ardent that the sight ef her was heaven for him and her disfavor spelled hell, Francis Joseph Russell has established a new record In love missives. Dally the postman carried Mies Haw ley notes telling her of Russell's In fatuation. But Uncle Sam was not the only emissary of Russell. He would linger outside the Salvation Army meet ings and when Mias Hawley aang he would write out his heart's wishes on paper and throw them into the hall through the open window. The climax came when Lieutenant Hawley received a letter written In Russell's own blood telling her that she had killed him and that he hoped his ghost would haunt her. Then Lieutenant Hawley appealed to the police to protect her from the at- sell was arrested and will be tried for tentlbns of her too loving swain. Rus- hls . sanity. The first letter was mildly plain tive in it Russell made no threats he merely told the army lassie of his desire to be worthy to love her. Here It is: - ' . "Portland, Or.. Aug. 25 1907. Dear sister. I heard you singing today and you came near making me- cry. I am only 19 years old but I have made m own living for the last 7 y have had lots of trouble. I have lust rears and been here four days but I am working. I was in love with another girl in an other city, San Francisco, and I tried to make her good and I lost her and I have a notion to do away with my self. Every time I think about her I take a drink of whiskey. Please write a few words and I will remember you and take your advloe. Foreigners Forced1 to Ta!;a Refuge In City, Jail and Flee to "the "Lowlands From Angry Whites Who Seek Their Lives. : (Pacific Coast Press Leased Wire.) Belllngham, Wash., Sept ' 6-A moty ef 100 laborers from the mills of thi city last night raided tha Hindu settles ment in the lower part of town, dragged the foreigners from their rooms, man of them half naked, and attempted tta drive the entire lot outside the limits ofl the municipality. Some of the Hindus took refuge far out on the tide flats. others took to the woods and more than, 100 are In the city Jail. Tha leaders of the mob declare that all must leave tha city tomorrow or suffer ,tbe . eonse quencea - . . '. , -.;. ... , .. . xne nonce were unaoie to stoD - tne mob and it Is declared that if the trou ble continues today extra men will ha sworn In and threats are made that the local company of militia will be called Into action. - - ' -.a -.- . i . For a time last night It seemed cer tain tnat a riot witn poseioie Diooasnea would result, bat the leaders of the mote man&ared their followers .well . and no assaults were mada, -'.... rt; y Che trouble had been ' brewlnr for several days and .was caused fey tha, local millowners employing - foreigners because they could be had for leua wages than demanded by local men. Tha trouble laat night was caused br the action of the Whatcom Falls Mill company in discharging laborers to make room for the Hindu - workmen. When the news of the action spread, a. mob was soon zormea ana too raia De- run. Some oi the Hindus - who were disposed to show resistance were beaten badly, and those composing the night crews on the tide flats were in some cases forced to leap from tha docks to save themselves. It Is claimed tne Hindus have : n-. come very insolent of late. More trou . ble Is expected and It may result serl- ously. . . .v ... sy Tne muiworaers renewed tneir extort this morning to drive the Hindus out of town. The police have over 200 of thent In Jail for protection from the enraget citizens. At 10 o'clock this mornlnsr Gil aaaiuunai poiicv m awvrn in.. jgaayoF : Black Issued a statement that he wouUt. roteot tne Hindus Decause tney were) Irltlah sublects and call for federal troops If polios are unable to keep the) ' pence. . ? ,.,( ...:'..- The millowners have barricaded their shops and threaten to fire upon the moU if they approach. The mill workers say they will not stop with the Hindus, but want the towtt cleared of aiL JaD&nea and Filipino mill aborersi- business was suspended thla mornf-n n and the end la -hard to foresee, bu Q bloodshed may not be averted long. It 1st rea. .- -. -.v. (Continued on Page Four.) TAFT RECEPTION WILL BE ROUSING GATHERING ( Entire Beaver State Will Be Represented Through Its Various Commercial Organizations When Good-Nat-,ured War Secretary Arrives 'for Oriental. Journey When good-natured, smiling and obliging corpulent William -H. Taft, sec retary of war and a promising presi dential candidate In 1908. arrives in Portland tonight he will find that the whole state of Oregon through Its com mercial organisations, has united in ten dering him a reception. There will be nothing of political flavor about the honor to be bestowed upon the distinguished visitor while he remains in the city, and he will come and go as the plain American cltlaen so far aa political reference la concerned. PnbUo Address at Armory. At tne Armory tomorrow evening Sec retary Taft will make a public address at the conclusion of which opportunity will be furnished those who listen to him to meet hlra off the platform where his rental personality Will touch a re sponsive chord among the hundreds who will shake hands with him. . . At the Commercial club this morning Manager Richardson was busy making final arrangement for the reception to be given to the secretary. Delegations fmm the commercial bodies or The ged-anoTBirlstdltDaires;- HUlsboro. uresnam, renaieton, jcusene, Carlton, Lebanon, Brownsville, Drain, Cottage Grove, Oakland, Rainier and Al bany will arrive tonight and tomorrow ! anil fftf tnaaa mamhara of tha Orninn Gfl&tlAutd pa ftf. toir4.(; ; ---iCaiUPsmwt incut rcy4 frail CXtaUama aa rgt rourjt been set aside on the Armory platform. Invitations have also been extended to alV the presidents of the various state commercial organisations to sit on the stage, but the balance of the big build ing will be thrown open- to the public. Six thousand can be accommodated and It ia expeoted that all the standing room will also be occupied. , : The Armory is being decorated by the Third regiment and no pains are being spared to make this feature - of the event as attractive aa possible. Satire State WW Participate,- It is not expeoted that the program at the armory "Will consume more than one hour and 80 minutes, A short In troductory address will be made by Theodore B. Wilcox, president - of the lshed visitor will address Oregon Development - league, and then guisneo visitor-- win his remarks to the audience. ; C. W. the dieting Hod son. president of the Portland Com. merclal club,' and S. G. Reed, president of the chamber of commerce, will asalet In the armory reception, which will be of a social nature throughout It will oe an event participated in by tha en tire state, Is Intended to be such, and no hint of politics la expected to mar tne joviauty or tne armoepnere. , ,. , Secretary Taft will arrive in Portland tonight at 9 o'clock -and will . leave Saturday rorenoon for Beattle, - where he takes passage on the Minnesota for Yokohama, " Tonight be will . be the STATE INQUIRY INTO ilLlj'ii? Commission Takes Steps ca Lines Pursued in Washington. (Special Dispatch ' t i The JkmMtK, T tsaiem, or., sept, 5. The state ran I way commission la about, to oommenc. an investigation of the railways of the state, beginning with the lines of th- Columbia Southern, the Portland HalU way, Light A Power company;: the Cor vallis Eastern and the Astoria & cy lumbla River, in compliance with e tion 4(t of the act creating the ralCwal commission, which provides that th i commission shalll ascertain from tlmd to time the cost? of construction, ln-3 debtedness, cost Of right Of way,', p( Income, smount reoulred to renin r- a . ferent lines, and other like matter 14 reierence to jmes ag nearly aa tna4 ticable. Tha original ' bill ' ttrovldad for ' tv employment of engineers , and exrn t for this purpose, but no appmprliii,. was made at the last session tor t-i i aymen t. 'me commission. howvii j eels that It must comol v sM Tienriir , practicable, and Intends to dn so by tu- Inspection of , the books of tne o"vn4 panlea and ; the xnmtnatlon cf ,J nessea cognisant of facta. xne reason tor commencing wi!t tv- four lines named is that car,., . .).,, , which- Involve - their entire i ., . and . freight - schedules are j .., againat, the first two, and that r-i.-. , sales of the last two have t. , . , feeted.. .. . A simitar investigation i-vi guest of Theodore B. Wilcox at the neers and experts employe 1 being earned on by the V commission, fhe record i f be of much service to the - . mission. , w CentralU Ralw I ! i: f f-tl - Ilnto t T . ! -.1 Centralla. Wash,. H.- ;. . nance has been aior requiring all union n 1 tism4 ef !' . T'- I i