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V; . 23, THE OREGON : DAILY . JOURNAL . PORTLAND, . MONDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER J007. k1 ' 1 ' ' TORTURED UIITI ; Woman's Shrieks Early Sun ;.' day Jlorning Awaken Neighborhood Blood Trail Is Followed for Two ! ' "Blocks Along Sidewalk. INSANE BIG HOAX Story Circulated About Ne gro at Kelly Butte Denied by Superintendent. In the hop. It Is believed, of hiding himself away so aa not to be prose- A. S. Bring, superintendent In charge I cuted for the murder of Dr. Edward of the 'work at Kelly Butte, branda aa j Johnaon, who waa tbrown off the Ford J - Horrible screams which rent the air r early yeatorday morning and what la supposed to be a trail of blood extending I aane through the tor two blocka along East Twenty-first street have woren a mystery for the realdents of Irvlngton that they have In vaJn tried to unravel. At I:lt Sunday morning Mrs. Fran cea Each and five Or six others tn her houee at 707 Multnomah avenue were .wakened from sleep by a woman' ' cries for help and mercy. The same . thought struck each of the people In the ' house that some one of the other resl- ' dents waa being murdered. Hastily throwing on their clothing they went down stairs and found that all of -the members of the family and boarders had been In their rooms. Mrs. Esch, whose sleeping room la In ' the rear of the houne, declared that ahe had heard some one call "Mrs. Each" three or four times as though Imploring her aid. The men in the house made a thor ough search of the lower floor and the basement bat could find nothing to in dicate any trouble excepting that the back door and the screen door opening 1 from the back porch Into the kitchen wars open. , Tlad Blood Trail. A few minutes later they aaw a man walk down Twenty-first street aad turn going eaat on Halaey but saw nothing of any woman. Daylight, however, revealed drops- of blood on the cement sidewalk, commame ing apparently near the Eschhouse anc continuing along Twenty-first street, crossing Wasco and Clackamas and end ing at the corner of Clackamas and false the statements recently circulated to the effect that prisoners at the rock quarry are treated cruolly or without consideration. He maintains that every kindness possible la shown to the men Incarcerated there and he offera to rep resentatives of the Humane society or other authorised person the opportunity to interview the prisoners as to whether or not the conditions at Kelly Butte are not what they should be. In speaking of the charge that Ed- wara i-oie a negro, naa ooen urivrii in- he cruelties pracuoea upon him, Mr. Brlggs denied that any cruel treatment had been accorded the prisoner. dole Unruly Prisoner. Xole waa a city prisoner and was sentenced to 60 days,'' said. Mr. Brlggs this morning. "When he came to the quarry he looked like a gin field and to work as the other prisoners were re- There is a ruis at tns ME . ' , Phone Securities Are Bejng Subscribed Rapidly in Ex change for Accounts. . Depositors of small amounts' in the Oregon Trust and Savings bank are responding In large numbers to the call of the reorganisation committee for subscriptions to bonds and stock of the Home Telephone company, and stock In tne proposed reorganisation or me Dana. wince Saturday nignt s meeting approxi mately 130.000 has been subscribed. The bank reorganisation plan today looks more favorable than It has at any time. A number of country banks are signirying their willingness to take telephone bonds In exchange for their deposit certificates, and to aubacrtbe for Ml OPENS rerfect Weather and Dis plays Never Equaled Tomorrow Is Portland Day Fine Exhibits in Special Lines. - 'v. : 'I- it (Special ' Plspetck te The Jaornal.) Pendleton. Or, .Sept. II. With ths most beautiful weather that could atreet bridge January I, Charles Ander son, held at the county Jail for com plicity In the robbery of the Sellwood post of flee laat winter, has confessed to the county authorities to attempting to rob the Gresham bank last December In company with Frank Wayne, who ia serving nine years at McNeil's Island for aiding In the robbery at Hell wood: William Carter, serving IS months at McNeils Island for robbing the St. Johns poatoffice, and Frank Kelley. who confessed 10 nis snare in me auempi- .v. . .... ed robbery at Gresham and Is serving.?""'" ' '"" h. ai-d ,n o strains of muslo by two and one half years at Salem J bank. There tiavo been bank subscrip- aarea ana to strains ' "f Behind Anderaota confeesfoHies the tions to the bonds In suma of 111,000. McESroys famous Portland band, the. story of the man's fear of the authorl- 116,000 and 120.000. Umatilla-Morrow district fair opened. ties.' He Is held for the Sellwood rob- The total subscriptions to date amount t(w1,v whioh la Pendleton day. At 10 berlea for which he could be sentenced to approximately IJ0.000 by email depos- "-"V ,,,..,. . ioai for two' to aarve about IE veara at hard labor. Itore for ths telephone bonds and stocks o o'00 'tores wer closed ror two. , ,1 ..iw . . 1. I , - m A I.A AAA tw . K k A.a I h a. to. Vkflw irlllAPl Wtrt W.lnfltnM tO 1 would be only five years at ths most I ganlsed bank, and I140.009 by ths Paclnol the- City. At l:l ft grand street parade 11 is oeuevea mat Anaerson s motive in 1 at uiurn nuwr company u an oni 1 wu aiaa neia. confessing Is to commence serving his I to Its 1100,000 certificate of deposit held! this afternoon or the 1 Ex-uoyernor ar: ltles. I 'we are having good success with tbe 2i th.t ih-i , . , m 1. .CTk V.! ,7.7 sentence as soon aa possible In the hope against the bank, President Day. ?.Upr7th.'faWcf bnefVhi'mnks5: K feat r,otti by the author- Depositor.- "JocialGSj. .M toA up for work.. Cole failed to put In a afck report and I though he might be a At i:iw ft grand sireei jwuv ; held. Speeches will be made moon by Judge B. A. LowelU nor T. T. Oeer. Colonel Wil liam Parsons and others. . The pavilion la a scene of beauty, For a lnnar time indtnan and Warns I mAvaman tn inihairDi. t.UnhAn. Knna I arlth the beat exhibits aver seen In east- little rUced but w.s Mt sunL Ths w,r Relieved to have murdered John- and stocks, and bank stock. There Is era Oregon. The products of two lnsiikvdodZe IsoerhlSJthemostcom- ron .n(1 bBth me!l entlfl-a by decided showing of interest In tbe un- counties are displayed, much from parts lS!fm"rwV0?i,.p.'?? LI? !:Cm sveral women who live on Portland dertaklna bv hundrede of small deooal- of the. Irrigation district where the 5ri " . . - j T.T.r .r Heights as the men seen prowling about nP. .ka h.MtnrnM h.v. rnhhi nnt UmatllU federal fipd aome way to evade the sentence the court "After warning Cole I handcuffed hlnj.to the iron bar of the partition one I oreaham waa due in miJtikV made a-Po"trs. They will come In readily da? Ty one wrist, but he was In suchi 0;eham-fdu 7 " treat many already have come IIIVIVV) B BJVJl.ie SIM of tn,,K!;",1enc.t orr.w ?,A!7orat "unt felt nnoifch confidence to stfmulate them uvt?; M"" 7,. ' wtSor eVhiht 0? X!h "! bank. 00 to oome around and look Into ths nlan. .'TOMi?MJJXl V. vw I We sr. not worrying about the large ""'"T,,.", 11 T . f 1 I tl.A flnaat freedom thaf-he could sit down If he so desired. In a short time Cole told me that he would ro to work if I would turn him loose, and I released him. He repeated his offense In a short time on two different occasions, and ths third I-time 1 told blm the next offense meant the dungeon. In a lew days he re peated his offense and I did put him In tn. dungeon. .1 tory of Torture a Xoas. "Here he raised a disturbance, and I concluded that ha muat be Insane, so -Brought htm direct from the dungeon to me county jail wner. ne was examinee ana sent 10 tne asyium. mat is au there la to that case. "I will say." continued Mr. Brlgga, that Rev, Clarence True Wilson came by the lookout man. He described the safe as of fire proof make when It was or Durgiar proor pattern. The men opened the safe to the extent of seeing tne money lying inside, out were scared away before being able to secure their loot. The large depositors know better than anyone that the telephone securities are county people. the flneat. A apecial train arrived from Heppner this afternoon loaded with Morrow good, and that a 6 per cent Interest bearing security alive and drawing In tereat la better than a doubtful deposit in a suspended bank. Tomorrow la Portland and Livestock L tures of the week. Many of the state's beat speakers will be here. Among NATIVE PROVIDES fpn SICpVOMEIJ mors potent remedy, la the root ad herbs of the field than waa ever . prodnoed from drugs. : --- - la the good old-fashtoned days of our grandmothers few. drugs were, used la' medicines and Lydla E. , Plnkham. of Lynn, Mass., In her study of roots and herbs and their power over disease discovered and gave to tbe women of ths world a remedy for their peculiar ills mors potent - and efficacious than, any .; combination of dratrs. ", Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound la aa honest, tried and irne remedy of unquestionable therspeutio rains. Dur in sr'iu record of more than thirty years. Its long list of actual cures of those serious Ills oecullar to women, entitles Lvdla E. Pinkham'a -Vegetable Compound to ths respect and oonfldenoe of every fair, minded person ana every uuzuung woman. : v , When women are troubled with irregular or painful functions. weakness, dlaplaoements, nleeratloa - or inflammation, ; baokaohs flatulency reneral debility, indigestion or nervous prostration, they should remember there is one tried aad true remedy, Lydla E. fink ham's Vegetable Compound. J,;"''. A No other remedy in the country has such a record of cures of female 111, and thousands of women residing In every part of the United States bear willing testimony to ths wonderful virtue of Lydla E, Pink ham's Vegetable compound and what it has done for them. . " lira. Plnkham invites all stole women to write her for advios. She has guided thousands to health. For twenty-five years shs has been advising sick women free of eharge. Shs is ths daughter-in-law of Lydla E. Pink ham and as her assistant for years before her decease advised ander her immediata direction. Address, Lyaa, Mass. RESCUED FROM WOMEN FEAST EYES ON COSTUrtiES FROM PARIS Geors-e Jabour. who had a deposit of Portland's leadlna clttsens now hers are II. 000 in the bank, and who save In Judae T. O. Halley and C S. Jackson. 1 addition his note for 14.000 to the bank punusner or Tne journal. for a letter of credit for IH.000 and paucationai aay, rTinay. win aiso oe unt tn mw Tnrk tn wka wn tn a big feature. will Klks day. Thurs- K11 w sva1si klav an t 1 stnv dav. timed home Bundav. He had used Women are taking a great Interest In T1.000 bank his not I home Sunday. He had used We8,0 ar ,"k,n ,nAe7tl.B of his letter of credit, and the ihJtA"'2m'J n"r?.,U' Ttor nUe000 safdm0ney "d nehmMrVcU. te ror it.ooo. He said. ini.n ..hihit nt u.inr t mms Twenty-first where there la a half niOCK OX grounl COVerea Wlin SCrUODy I in XvrT. kunnci A I m mimvii iui 1 . , t- J , , l " iiau ii m; "iviiry. i nr trees, brakes, ana a tangle or under- o .eiiy oune ana uaea o do aiiowea vxical blTJHll Ul X ClIllUIIlll V DBn" rn," awi in.uo 110 visit wun ine prisoners, ne weni 1 - 1 in iew lorx, ror convenience, ana 11 "Had the telegram announcing the bank failure been withheld three hours. I would have had all my money. The the Indian exhibit of Major Lee Moor- house of this city, whose collection of ourlos snd pictures, valued at $J,000, Is one of the best in the northwest. brush. - At this point ths lots ars ungraded down among them and talked with each and there la a aandy incline from the waig to tne interior or tne block, un this Incline, Just where the drops of moocj ceasea. ars ins imprints or a woman's shoe, the laat print of which would Indicate that the person -had euner sua or oeen puiiea oacK aown -onio ine -waix. f The polios and others mads a thor ough search of ths vacant ground, but could xina nothing that would snow what had become of the Injured woman. Across Twenty-first street Is another large piece or vacant land, also grown tip with underbrush and email trees, while on ths other side of ths Esch horns, across Multnomah street Is Bui llvsn's gulch, one of the wildest and most lonesome spots , within tbe city limits. Though emseme Sfnrdered, 1 "When I first heard her screamlna." said Mrs. Esch this morning, "I thought I waa dreaming and had been Having a terrinis nightmare. I sat up In bed, - however, and then came the one. and upon coming out expressed sur Drise at the a-eneral tons of satisfaction expressed by the ma. He said he had visited several sucn institutions, out had never before been In one where the men had so few complaints to make at the treatment accorded them or where they wr o well ontnted with their lots. "It Is untrue," said Mr. Brlggs. "that anyone waa ever trussed up by the thumbs at Kelly Butte. No one was ever handcuffed to the grating and left to stand with nls hands above ma head. Attracted by Fall Open ing of Olds & King. would have needed my money In about three hours and would have 'drawn it all out." Jabour said today that he Is willing to take telephone bonds or any slmuar se curity for his account WARfilLlf CONTESTED The eyes of femininity are being sur feited with delight these days at the dreaa emporium of the Olds, Wortman It King store. Today and tomorrow are the days set for the formal opening of the fall season, and the second floor ha been transformed Into a place of beaut v. Men have been handcuffed to the Iron On velvet covered pedestals, where these bara of the partition, but they have exquisite qreations of wearing apparel been able to alt down or stand up aa seem properlv to belonr. are mounted iney pieaaea witnout psin or torture to iigures in gorgeous Parisian icostumes. tnem. 1 imported rroro some or the leading 00s- d onuses, mwrj smuiee turners 01 tne r rencn city. "In the case where Ex-Guard Charlea FENDER TESTS FOR CLEARANCE DIVORCE UNOII Sensational Features Devel op in Case of Taylor vs. Taylor in Circuit Court- JOHN CURRIER esMBNaBBWaSBBSSaspaBBaMaBBBB Cutter McCulloch Takes Off All Hands Due at Seattle. Johnson Is reported to have said he re signed Decause or treatment given j. o. KanKin. 1 wisn aiso to enter a aeniai," Johnson jreslgned be-4 all agree that never before haa such a said Mr. Briaas. cause 1 got after him ror not doing his same cries for help, sounding as though yrk and Insisted that he should do his Mrs. isscn, .Mrs. Hiscn, V r . SV04HU4 (IIVIW a,iieas . ajs' WVIVMI Rankin ame to Kelly Butte and It was therefore Impossible for htm to have been present even If ths prisoner had been trussed up by the thumbs or other wise mistreated. Rankin was sent out to the Butte June 7 and was released September 4 and Johnson was not am- Dtlnr thVoDen PloytA there during any of that time, whtf w! Ar "Is'elther did I ever have any trouble Z. n P're' Huselng, who Is said to have Deen mistreated. Neither did 1 have any trouble with J. J. Babo or sjilatreat him. 8a bo was sent to Kelly Butte and like au or nis caimer nated to work. He had a callous place on hla hand which I ?pened with a knife kept for such uses, sent him back to work, telling htm I did not expect him to work with hla sore hand, but that hs could ' use one hand to throw rocks Into a pile. Latter nis nana Decame worse and 1 sent ror a the girl aald . Mra. Ksoh.' "I jumped out of bed and met the otners 01 - my ramwy in tne nail they . had all heard the -cries and were hor rified by them, fearing that some one In the house had been shot, although we heard no noise of shooting. . "We looked all over .the house but could find nothing exceptl door in tne rear. Then watching we saw ths - man go down Twenty-first street under the are light and turn over on tiaisey. 1 tnougnt it might have been the policeman, but when I asked hfm about it yesterday he said that .he was not there at that time and did not turn up Halaey street any' wav." 'fi v ..... Earlier In the evening, shortly after midnight, two boarders at Mrs. Esch's boms who were returning rrora the tne- The wide aisles between the rows of I 1 Ymnn lmnnir tnnriAlA h.A hn w.ll U-A oil ,4ol VVllUVlllHUUlU long with women, who even though thev cannot buy must come to admire, and Watched New Fenders Clear Bridges. handsome display of gowns been shown in Portland. Special attention la at tracted to a lovely model In a Raudlts sown and a Marls Croset hat Tha sown Is of champagne colored French voile Fender clearance tests were made to of exceptional fineness, with real lace day by the Portland Railway, Light A inserted tn panels on the skirt, and a watteau back of Dresden brocade thread- Power company. Two cars were used. ed with gold. The brocade wherever It one being equipped with a Jordan fen- appears on skirt and bodice is outlined with brown fur. A huge black hat with white marlbou feathers is worn with It. Another model wears a lovely Princess uoucet gown 01 wnite oucnesse satin with bright Dresden panels of American Beauty shades with lace and chiffon about the bodice. A Georgette hat of wnite reit wun mack velvet under orim and white feathers la worn. In a glajs case is an exquisite white net lace gown with rose point outlines over white moire with a bodice of bright Dresden silk. , v In the suits and evening cloak the der and the other with a fender device Invented by M. L. Kaelsur. ater saw two men, both of whom had doctor, had It lanoed and sent him to models are hardly less beautiful. A or the county hospital where he could have aeP PUIXla. u,1,1 w,tn nJr lengtn bicycles, standing under the shadow the trees across the street. They were I it treated. still there talking in low tones when! "I desire to coat braided all over la worn with a say." continued Mr. large purple hat with dark red roses. A these men went to. bed nearly an hour I Brla-s-s. "that there la not a hit of truth hunters' green velvet suit 1 worn with later, f ? '- in the whole story except the statement a orignt purpie ana wnite nat ine We have been very nervous ever I that I hitched Cole to the narritinn ani champagne and chamois skin tonea are since a week ago." said Mra Esch when put him In the duns-eon. Even that nart i much In vogue and are used with beau- a man attempted to attack ray daughter, I of the statement is untrue, for his tlful combinations of all colors. The Miss Anna Plats, on the corner of I hands were not over his head; he waa I evening wraps are exceedingly elaborate Wasco and Twenty-rirst street. Anna I fastened only Dy one wrist and was with quantites or lace and velvet about naa Deen visiting ner sister in AiDins 1 aoie to sit aown or stana up as he saw tnem ana mu.cn nana painting, and returned home alone at 11 o'clock. I fit" 1 . , wnen sne passea tne vacant lots atl rtanain was a troume oreeoer among ( -pvrr TTCTAXT T A "1TT"P Wasco street a man stepped out from! the prisoners In the county Jail and at JjAL-LUDIUii -LrjAu U Jj the brush and accosted her. tne rocupue. wnne at the county jail "She walked on rapidly and tried to ? sent out letters complaining Ditteriy escape him but he kept up with her and or tne rooa ana tne treatment accorded atempted to take her arm. She cried M- For obstreperous conduct he was m una lima Riven solitary connneroent at the county Jail for over a month. Superintendent C. J. Franklin was in charge of the test cars and Councilman w. 1. vaugnn. cnairman or tne street car fender committee, and Councllmen T. J. Concannon and H. A. Beldlng made up the balance of the party, to gether with promoter Kaelzur. The start was made iroui me xwen- ty-thlrd street shops and the route in cluded all the principal curves on the system, Including a trip over the Bteel bridge to the north side. It waa im possible to run the cars over the Port land Heights division because of ab sence of magnetic brakes. The ordinance providing ror safety of the people demanda that some fender be adopted which will hang not higher than three Inches from the ground. Ex perts In traction construction claim tat this Is impossible and the council manic committee, investigating local tests practically ' agrees with them. dropped for the tests today to a distance or only rour incnes aoove tne ground. Everything went wen until tne dip at Sixteenth atreet was reached coming down Washington. Then the fender T.,4 SVT-law Im Ka fllwrnt M1t Ia Committee trying a divorce case that Is warmly contested and Is already beginning to develop sensational features. Mrs. Mal- vlna Taylor and her husband, Robert Taylor, are the central figures at the trial, and It has been proved that they hold directly opposite views regarding certain past events. Mrs. Taylor charges her husband with cruelty and infidelity. She names Mrs. Maud Emerson as co-respondent, and testified this morning that she had found her husband and Mra. Emereou U ... A.U..'a a..A mrA k.J haa. General husband waving Ills hand and throwing kisses at Mrs. limerson. Bhe enarges also that she waa the victim of deep laid plot to defraud her of her dower right in some valuable property that Taylor owned. Taylor, on the other hand, denies all of these charaes. and aava his wife con tinued to live in his house for ar month 1 after she brought the suit for a divorce, j foodstuffs by the case at the grocery store on his credit, and stocked up the house Into which she moved. Addi tional testimony Is being taken this afternoon. "(SpecU! Dispatch ta The Joe rati.) Astoria, Or Sept 23. A telegram Just received from Seattle states that the revenue cutter McCulloch hss res cued 'he 140 persons on ths wrecked ship John Currier and tranarerrea tnem to the revenue cutter Thetea, which left for Seattle September II and I due there at any moment now. RUlESTolERSEiy III SEWER Kill ACTION TO SETTLE WARRANTS' STATUS out and maos as lr to reach ror a re volver In her bag when the fellow stepped back and disappeared. Miss Plats said that the man who stopped her was of slight build and me dium height, wore dark clothes and a -black slouch 'hat She was sure ahe could recognize him again If she saw him. Although all those in the Esch house heard the crlea for . help none of the other, neignoors was aroused by them, while none of ths doctors in the neigh borhood has been called to attend any Injuries. The cries for help and the PLAH FOR MEETING OF PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD Xrmart.' oTe?herorwaTp hr Convention and Missionary haw. t.H MnlH i a.I. A 1 V uainermg w ue neia Here in October. tion In Irvlngton since yesterday and those living near Twenty-first street ; declare that if the police cannot solve tne mystery tney will, some or them were busily covering every foot ofl ground on the wodlled side of Sulll- inA of clearing up ths cause of the trouble. QUESTIONS INT0LVED AEE TO BE TESTED Sunset Telephone & Telegraph Com pany Will Determine Election ) Tax Levy bjr the People. The Sunset ' Telephone Telegraph . company, which has been sued by the state to collect 239.89, the 2 per cent . tax levied by the people at tbe election 'last June, has agreed that the questions , involved may do tested oy tne faclllc -" States Telephone & Telegraph company. A stipulation waa filed In the circuit court this morning by which it was agreed between the attorney-general and - the attorneys for the telephone com- panles that the final disposition of the ' Pacific States company suit shall have the fame effect as to the suit against ' the Sunset company.. An agreement has been effected also - between the state and the company that . the State's attorney shall have until No vember 1 in wnicn to uuce action re garding the questions of the federal constitution raised In the answer filed by tbe telephone company. ROOSEVELT TVILL END -. STU IKE; SAYS SMALL a (Vsltsd ;pis.;'"ssad -i Chtraao, fcept. 2S. President Small of ; the Telegraphers' union In a talk with on of his ujonftdnntes today made the , positive - declaration that the strike would t ended within ten flays through the Intervention of President Roosevelt. 8mU- is telling the men that the only HiltMinn Is arbitration, hut this Is op Va4 by the operators, At the ministerial . meeting of the Presbyterian church held this morning at the First church, plana were formed for the meeting,, of the synod, which convenes October 10 In the Third Pres byterian church. Secretary 3. A. Mc Afee of New Tork city, representing the board of home missions, and Secre tary Dwlght E. Potter of Oakland, Cali fornia, representing the board of for eign missions, will be present. In addition to othe services which will be held in the Third church a large missionary gathering will be held in the First church the evening of Octo ber 18, to obe addressed by both the secretaries. The presbytery of Port land will convene In Sellwood church the first part of the week In which the synod meets. Pacific coast secretary W. S. Holt spoke of his recent trip east, taken to confer with the other secretaries and with the home board, in relation to mat ters affecting his home mission work. During the time that he spent In Chi cago he had an interesting visit with Rev. Edgar P. Hill, formerly of this city, who is entering with vigor and Interest into his new work, which he has undertaken In conjunction with that of the theological seminar?, as general secretary of home mission work of Chicago. Rev. E. M. Sharp presented an inter esting paper on American literature, which was warmly received and heart ily commended by. the ministers pres ent. ' DEATH RELEASES " TWENTY-YEAR MAN SECRETARY IS MANIAC w? &yJnl S?r LfUllll. .IUIIH IUQ U1V1D1UII. L 11 v oaiuo thing occurred. (United Frees Leated Wire.) It was agreed by the mechanics In the RMlftrham Waah Rm -a v Parlr lnBl rentiers vnouia oe at least Beinngnam, wasn., sept. ZS.---A. E. 10 ten inchea shove tr.k 1av1 Fowler, secretary of the Japaneae-Ko- With regard to clearing curves and rean Exclusion league. Is today a raving bridge approaches both fenders stood manlan Dlveaterf of all of hi clnrhlnv tne tests well. Each has already been maniao oivestea or ail or his clothing, tested wfth reB;ard to life-saving ability. he shrieks and beats about his cell. After the trio was ended Councilman where he Is confined In the county Jail. Vaughn was non-committal on what he ui. ...11.' 1 j v., w I would recommend In council. Council- . . nu man Beldlng said he would never go on there was no sleep for the other in- record voting for any fender until he mates last night. touna someinmg rax Detter than those Earlv this mornlns Fowler -bevan ne has seen so rar. threatening the life of his fellow pris- "I will never vote for any fender if oners. Sheriff Williams and an, extra the city Is to be held liable If they fail uard, arter a terrific cattle, placed mm to worn properly, saia councilman won cannon. Wlr thsr. was no aim In todav'a tests to show what the fenders cond do With regard to lfe saving. Inventor Kaierur insisted in testing his device on the north side. He 'stood on the track nna reii into nis netsnaped contrivance aa the car was in motion. His fender was tne larger and more bulky of the two testea. In a padded cell. Late Saturday after noon a preliminary searing was Degan, but was postponed until a lunacy com mission has been appointed to legally find hi mlnsane. STANFORD PROFS TO START A TOWN (Special Dispatch to Tbe Journal.) Stanford University, Cal., SepC 2J. Several members of the Stanford fac ulty are planning the founding of a new town of their own. A number of them who made a visit to the new site were so much Impressed that they purchased lots at once. The name will be Los Altos. It Is situated on the new Southern Pacific line entering May field and on the survey of the new interurban electric line that will run ARCTIC SEEKERS STILL SEEKING oSWTJ and Leffingwell Send Courier With is planned on this line, which will, in point of time, put Los Altos closer to the campus than Palo Alto la at the present time. FORMER CONSTABLE FORCED FROM CUSTODY (Special Plapatca te Tba Journal.) Walla Walla. Wash.. Sept 23. After serving only three days of a 1L years' hterm for manslaughter. Walter Dante. aged 20, sentenced In Franklin county, died in the penitentiary Saturday. He killed a man last summer while work ing In a North Coast construction gang. His father lire a Portland. , J. M. Murray, former constable of vermiuion, Kansas, and member of the grand lodge,Knights of Pythias of that domain, who was arrested several days B.go upon L'ompiaini 01 w. 1. jMcferran, a recent arrival from the east, who claimed that Murray had stolen $65 from him wnue a passenger on an O. R. ft N. train, was discharged from custody In police court this morning and the charge againBt mm aismissea. uwen tiardnett, a chance acquaintance of Murray, who was also taken into custody on a similar charge was. also given his liberty. Death of J. I. Kirk. (Special Dispatch to To Journal.) Franklin, Wash., Sept. 23. James I. Kirk, a pioneer of ths SO'b. died at the residence of his aorv J. O. Kirk, last Friday night He was aged It years, 11 months and 20 days. The funeral was held September 22, by Rev. P. D. Gard ner and ths Interment waa at tbe Odd Fellows' cemetery. , News of Safety. (Pacific Coast Preai Leased Wire.) Victoria, B. C. Sept 23 A man named Steffanson has reached here. having crossed the divide between the McKenile river and tbe headwatera of the Yukon. Indians helped him build a raft, on which he floated down the Bell and Porcupine rivers too Fort xuKon. a ai stance or goo miles, in 27 days, and thence to the coast. He left Herschell island July 1 to contradict the false reports re grading the loss of the Anglo-American expedition. Both Mikklesen and Leiffingwell were then well and were building sleds out of the hull of the Duchess of Bed ford, preparatory to making -another dash In search of land to a point east ward of the parts traversed, before Steffanson returns next spring. Seeks to Recover Property. Joe Giles, a re oarer of. jewel rv su arrested yesterday afternoon by ; Petec tve Prce on a charge of larceny by ballee, It Is alleged by Mrs. Mary Gross that she gave the defendant aav. eral gold articles to mend and he failed to return the property. j , (Special Dtipatcb to Tba Journal.) Olympla, Wash., Sept 22. It Is likely that an action will be brought, In the courts at an early day to test the valid ity of the capltol ground's Improvement warrants ud the executive mansion warrants atrthorlsed by the last legisla ture. It haa been found Impossible to dispose of these warrants on account of tneir status Doing somewnat unsettled. in the opinion or prospective investors. Attorney-General Atkinson has given opinion that the warrants are valid, and other lawyers who have gone into the question agree with the attorney-gen eral s opiniom isut it is conceded tnat the warrants would be regarded with greater favor on the market If their va lidity Is established beyond question by tne supreme court 01 tne state. .'Judge Cleland in the circuit eourt this V afternoon rendered a decision against William Beckett and others Who attempted to secure sn Injunction restraining the city from constructing the new Irvlngton sewer. These plain tiffs, who are all property .owners in tne district to pe arreciea oy tne sewer, claimed that the city could not assess a levy against them for ths completion of the work as the proposed sewer was to run up hill, which, they declared, would nullify Its usefulness. Judge Cleland has set aside their petition, however, and the city Is now free to go ahead with the construction of the im provements. NOTORIOUS ITALIAN RUNS KNIFE Ifl FRIEND r Louis Farchi Stabs Millie Carlono With Stiletto, Then Escapes. PETITIONS FOR AND AGAINST A PARDON (Special Dlfpatch to Tha Jonrnal.) Wpodburn, Sept 23. E. L. Reming ton and W. W. Slaughter went to Salem this morning each with a petition to the governor, the former praying for a pardon, and the latter remonstrating against it Remington shot and maimed Slaughter a few months ago, and waa convicted and sentenced to 2 years in the penitentiary. An appeal was taken to the supreme court which affirmed the decision of the .lower court The butcher shop of Broyles and Wilson, and Pmeehan s saloon were entered by burglars Saturday night. Not much was taken from either place. IRRIGATION SUIT NOW IN FEDERAL COURT The suit of Oregon against the Three Bisters Irrigation company, the Colum bia Southern irrigation company, the Oregon Trust . & Savings bask and W. A. Laidlaw. was transferred this morning from the state circuit court to the United States circuit court The removal was made because the action lies within the jurisdiction of the fed eral court because of the congressional act granting the defendants the privi leges unaer wnicn tney were . worxmg. The suit was brought by the state to cancel tne rignts 01 tne aerenaants in all the lands granted ror irrigating pur poses. FINEST HOTEL IN WORLD COMPLETED (Halted Press Leased Wire.) New York. Sept 2S. What Is claimed to be the finest hostelry in the world, the New Plasa, at-Fifty-ninth street and Eifth avenue, was thrown open to . the nbllo toda". John W. Gates Is the ading stockholder and furnished a considerable portion of the $12.(00,000 expended In erecting the magnificent edifice. 1. : . . .. -!.,.. . ? , . -r m. .. v-.", Xilmltcd atunber of eoplee of the sou venir issue of The Journal earn be bad at The Journal office at 91 each, ready tot 1 nailing! postage U cents extra. , Louis Farchi, then otorlous Italian who fired 14 loads of buckshot into his mother-ln-law's home, 661, Fifth street, some time ago and subsequently, de camped with $700 which he secured by breaking open a trunk belonging to his wife's mother,' Is again sought by the police for stabbing one of his country ment last night Millie Carlono, a cousin of Mrs. Far chl, was the victim of Farchl's murder ous stack and now lies at St Vincent's hospital with a serious stilletto wound In the leg. That Farchi Is not now wanted for murder Instead of assault wlthi a dangerous weapon wag due to Caridno's agility In lumping aside, as the knife thrust was aimed at the! heart. The trouble grew out of Farchl's de sire for graphophone music. He visited hla mMher-ln-law yesterday afternoon and found Carlono and his sister-in-law in the room. After playfully boxing tne duenna's ears he went over to a couch wjhere Carlono' was reclining and slapped ner across tne tact, r ailing to mmi 1 fight, Farchi demanded that the phono a-ranh be nroduced forthwith. His sis r-ln-law nhlected to starting the ma chine and ran out of the room to avoid giving up the key to the closet where tne musical contrivance waa iionm. Angered by tne action or tne gin in slamming the door In his face Farchi started to batter down the barricade. During the disturbance Carlono made his way out of the room and when the door gave way unaer jp areni oniuuim waa Just coming back Into the apartment Without warning Farchi suddenly drew a knife and struck at Carlono. The latter sprang to one side and the sttlleto struck him lny the fleshy part of the ria-ht leg. Farchi lmediateiy wok 10 his heels and disappeared down Fifth treat. ' ' Patrolman Dick Stuart was on the scene within a few minutes and applied a tournaquet above the wound in Car lono's leg to eheck the flow of-blood As the rattle trap vehicle used by the city as a patrol wagon and ambulance was on tne east siae 01 iu nrw uvcr fc.i an tinnr lnnned before the wounded man started to the hospital, an object CITY SCHOOLS SIIOWfG GAIII Enrollment for Second Mon day Scorns Increase of 14 Per Cent Over Year Ago. Today's record shows that there Is a gain of 14 per cent In enrollment In the city schools over the 'second Monday of last year, which Indicates that there la a corresponding Increass in the popula tion of the Rose City. City Superin tendent Robinson classes the showing a remarkable one In view of th raot that Chicago's school, under the most favor able circumstams never ahow greater than S per cent, and Los Angeles' schools at their best-have never gone beyond 10 per cent. When the registration for the morn ing was complete the araln over the Second Monday of last year was -sur prising. inis morning ks pupils answered to roll call In the various schools, while on the morning of. the second Monday or last September 15,44 aald "present" This la a clear Increase of 2,160 names. The gain of the first Monday of this September, over the first Monday of last September was There Is a gain of 1(0 cunllf In the high school over the corresponding Monday of last year, the figures being l.sae ror toaay ana i.zsa ror tne same Monday of the preceding September. The present capacity of the high schools is 1,800 desks. These are so distrib uted that the east side building can house 1.000 pupils and the west side 800. After the February examinations the. school authorities will be con fronted with the problem of crowding the present schools or providing addi tional accommodations for the Incoming classes. WASHINGTON FIRE WARDENS CALLED IN , (Bperlal Dispatch to Tba Jeer at 1.1 Olvmola. Wash.. Sent 22. State Fire Warden J. R. Welty has sent out gen eral instructions to all deputy fire war dens to the effect that further work In this department Is unnecessary for the firesent year. The deputy wardens are nstructed to forward all reports and accounts up to and Including September 21, on which date the work was sus pended. With tbe close of the fire war dens' work slashings snd the like may be burned without a permit, but the person who burns must use tha same notice as ho would If burning under a permit FREIGHT WRECK MADE EXPRESS LATER A broken Journal on a car In frelrht train No. 221 delayed traffio over the Southern Pacific between Portland and San Francisco several hours laat nla-ht and early this morning. Ths accident occurred near Albany on the main line Of the Southern Pacific and the Ore gon' Express due in Portland at 7:28 this' morning! which was directly behind the wrecked freisrht waa forced to-m around by the west side division, delay- ins it over tour nours. THIRTY-MINUTE TALKS ARE LONG ENOUGH lesson of the enterprise or tne city council. V FINE SHOW OF STOCK . AT ST. JOSEPH FAIR (United Press teased .Wire.) at TA..nh Un Cant M Tha fanaat collection of pure-bred livestock ever .hn.ii in the west la on dlsnlav at. the second annual interstate uivcsiock ana irA ahAw whlph -ATMtnnd at the mtnrlt ?ards in this city today, and will con Inue through the week. - The premium list this year amounts to $17,000, and includes all classes of breeding cattle. also Poland- chinas, Berkshtrea, Duroc Jerseys. Ohio Improved Chester Whites nil Hampshire hogs. A popular feature of the show, win do a. military tourna ment In which nearly 1.000 United States troops rom - Fort Leavenworth, Fort Riley. Fort Crook and Fort Des Moines wlU take part ..';-' The Baptist Ministerial association met this morning. Rev. J. Kratt. the president, presiding. After general1 business and reports the question of the correct length of a sermon was dis cussed, and - the general opinion was reached that 80 minutes should be the limit unless under pecult&r circum stances where the interest of the au dience Is extraordinarily keen. Next Monday morning the toplo will be "How to make the prayer meeting beneficial," the discussion to be led ly F. B. A. Smith, assistant pastor of the . White Temple. Interstate Fair at Kansas City. (Ontted Press Leased Wire.) Kansas City, Sept. 23. -A great dis play of the agricultural and other re sources of Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Iowa and other states of this section is the most striking fea ture of, the first annual interstate fair which opened at Elm Rldtra nark today. A vast amount of money has been spent inine erection or exhibition buildings, the securing of attractions and the lm- rrovement. of - the - grounds and race rack. The management exnecta fullv 600,000 vlstors during the 13 days of. the fair, the last davs of which will In. elude the annual fall festivities under the auspices or the Priests of Pallas.' - ' Always Bay ' ll .- iL &i&iir 'Collars ; - UHiaW ,vn jwt tvrni.. ;x I "tht ootrr cmok a oumst IV I I HavewtlKOCOBD" eyelet battonholeeV 1 1 I V BJ teboHosi StroagtehoJoV T I w4 ago. p. tea c&, J N-J TBOT,a?Y. t ; I r-' K ' i V