THE .. OREGON DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND. TUESDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 8, , 1907.
PRETTY GIRL IS
DETECTIVES I'll
RECEIVE SALARY
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killed nr
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SUSPICIDJ
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I Gilbert Ernst, Tacoma Fire
man, on Wrecked North
ern Pacific Freight, Train,
Trobably Incinerated in
Burning 3Iass.
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'.' Ttcomt, Wash., Oct. 8. No trace has
yet been found or uuoeri Krnai, ine
J . Tacoma fireman on the Northern Pa-
J -clflo freight train which was wrecked
J and subsequently burned at Weston last
night Emit waa laat seen, aa he wi)
preparing to Jump from the cab at En-
gineer Meyer's ordara. and railroad men
believe that ha waa caught bjr the fly
J Inir wreckage and that hla body waa
, consumed in the t Ira.
. f Tramp K7 M Dead.
; i The report that two trampa were also
kill in the wreclt cannot oe venneo ai
' t present, and until the track la cleared
V and some trace of their bod lee found It
; will be Impossible to learn meir laie.
The Injured members of train crew
I are all reported to be doing well at Hot
Springs sanitarium, where they were
. taken immediately arier me uraomi.
' Their Injurlea are said to be less aerloue
J-' than wa at rirst reared.
- Train Tamped Track.
S The train waa a heary freight loaded
v with hay, wheat and livestock, and it
5 lumped the track owing to failure of Its
brakes to eneca its speea on a sicep
' f. grade thle aide of Stampede tunnel.
Thirty cara went down In a rocky
gulch, following the engine, and all piled
t up in a biasing heap.
Body of W. F. Baizow of
Milwaukee, Wis., Found
Mignori Smith's Friends Buy
Eatables to Boom Her
for Fair Queen.
JIurder Suspected. .
Flour la being aold by the barrel In
atead of hv th urk In Montavllla these
Floating in Sound NearUy. where donahs worth of sugar
- ' i 1 aaaa. e M. W .Mlu W K aaustef
Wall Street Dock, Seattle is now bought: the MM in spicea. fruit
and other groceries have gone up to a
point never reached before, all Decauae
pretty Mlgnon Bmlth wants to be
queen of the Multnomah County and
Orange fair and carnival.
Ml anon Smith la aald tn be the nret
float irlrl In Mnntavllla anil her adher-
(United Preaa Leaaed Wit.) county. Ho when the fair and carnival
Seattle, Oct. . witn ins bkuu onay association auggeated that for every
fractured over the left eye. and bear- dollar a worth of groceries purchsned at
, i k.. irocery atores out Montavllla-way a
Ilia ryir, inuitanun ui tlrket anlllllta th hnlH.r t nna vote
murdered, the body of a man believed for the queen of the carnival be given
m k. w n n.imv ne tint Hlmi vt- I the loval friends of Mien Smith Joined
nue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, waa found I In a battle to make her the oue-n. They
floating in the bay near the Wall street I say there Is not very much doubt but
doca at tlie root or wan aireei ny mi in bvcij t"i m muiua-
this morning. The body waa dlacovered villa, which would probably mean her
by F. Bmlth. who la employed on tne election.
dock, who notified the coroner. The enthualaata from Montavllla rte-
RaJanw aoneara to have been In the acrlbe their candidate as a beautiful
arafr filllv a mont h. The name and ad- blonde, a southern airl. with southern
dross were obtained from an Identifies- characteristics, and especially beautiful
tlon book In Ills possession. Toere waa Because lew aouinern gins are iigni
San Francisco Grand Jury
Investigating the Alleged
Tampering With Jurors
Who Tried yord in Con
nection With Grafting.
LEADER IS SAFE
III NORTH SEA
only ( cents In money tn his clothing and have dancing blue eyes,
besides a lot of Illustrated postal cards I It la the plan of the Montavllla bnf st
and a book ahowlng Jhat he waa a mem- I era for the fair which will be hr.lj in
ber of the Boot and Shoe- Workera'
union local 161, Boston, Massachusetts.
Apparently Balsow reached Seattle j
about September H. There waa a pos
tal card readv for mailing In hla cloth
ing addressed to William Erne, 1817
lng
Mir
Oresham October 14 to 1 to make the
opening day, Wednesday, Montavllla
day and to have all the delegation from
that suburb attend In a body. The rot
lng places for the contest are at the
Rusaellvllle store and at Dan McMIl
nntapolls or Minnehaha avenue. Mil- Man's confectionery store In Montavllla.
wnukee.
The wound on the man's head looka
ea If It had been caused by aome neavy
blunt Instrument. Balxow waa about 26
years of age, wore a eandy mustache
and appeared to be a. man of comfort
able circumstances.
PORTLAND PRESBYTERY
31EETS AT SEWjWOOD
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f" Chicago, Oct. 8. Details of the hard-
ships experienced by membera of the
, Lefflngwell-Mlkkelsen polar expedition,
, which was lee bound In Beauford aea
fe for nearly a year, reached Chicago yes-
terday with V. Stefanason, ethnologist
- of the expedition.
Ernest De Kovcn LefflngwelL- repre
t aentlng the University of Chicago, who
r. was Jointly In command 4Uhe expedl-
tlon, la safe in northern aeas with oth
S er members of the expedition.- Al-
though he waa present when the expe
X ditlon ahlp Duchess of Bedford went
t down, and at one time waa compelled to
5 eat one of the dogs which made, up bis
',: team, he im reported none the worse for
the experience.
"The main object of the expedition,
V that of discovering whether there la any
ii land In Beauford sea, has been accom-
pllehed," said Steffansson.' t'Extensive
f cruising about the sea and taking of ex-
, perlmental soundings convinced the
membera of the party that there la no
land there."
"A. - -ii i a ii !-.
MINING COMPANY
ELECTS OFFICERS
At the annual meeting of the Trevor
Mines company held last evening in the
Couch building the following officers for
the ensuing year were elected: Presi
dent, H. A. Proudfoot; vice-president,
B. G. Cooper; secretary, J. O. Nichols;
treasurer and manager, William Trevor.
These men., with C J. Llppert and Carl
Uebe, form ' the new directory. The
company voted to eend a. five-ton derrick
t and supplies Immediately to Its prop
' erty on Sucker creek, in Josephine
county, and carry on placer mining dur
. lng the winter season.
The forenoon session of the Portland
Presbytery which met In the flellwood
Presbyterian church at o'clock this
morning, was largely devoted to a dis
cussion of the work of the T. W. C. A.
in the hop yards at Independence. J.
M. Ferguson read the report of the T.
W. C A. work, which contained among
other things a request for more funds
that the work of the institution might
be enlarged. The report was referred
to a committee consisting of Dr. Jerome
R. McGlade. Rev. W- Gilbert and A.
F. 8. Bmlth. At 'the noon hour' the
ladlea of the Sellwood Presbyterian
church served dinner to the members
of the Presbytery.
At this afternoon's aesslon, action
will be taken on the calls of Rev. A.
D. Soper to the Millard avenue church
and of Rev. David Henry Hare to the
church at Tillamook.
A popular meeting will be held to
night at which Dr. Dwlght E. Potter of
Oakland will speak on foreign missions.
GEORGE ALLEN FALLS
AND BREAKS NECK
"(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
Pendleton. Or., Oct. 8. George Allen,
a young man rrom near wesmn. was al
most instantly killed last evening at
Stanton station, a few miles from Pen
dleton. ' While working In the Interior
company a warehouse he fell rrom a
big pile of wheat upon hla head, break
lng his neck. Allen has relatives at
Weston.
It Is hoped that the delegation can se
cure a apeclal train to take It to and
from the fair. The grangers are partic
ularly strong in and around Montavllla,
naving two lodges in tne community.
SUE 10 EIIJOIII
HEIV LUmBER RATE
A suit to restrain the lumber carry
ing roads originating In the west from
putting their contemplated Increased
lumber tariff Into effect waa filed In
the federal court this afternoon by J. N.
Teal, attorney for the lumbermen. Prac
tically every lumber company of any
Importance In the state has Joined Issue
In that suit and all the railroads are
made a party to It. The Oregon and
Washington Lumberman's association
heads the list of the complainants. The
eompialnt la a lengthy document and
goes into the lumber snipping situation
in detail-
The court is asked to enjoin and re
strain the railroad companies from put
ting their contemplated tariff Into ef
fect and to maintain the old tariff now
binding pending the decision of the
court. It Is represented In the com
plaint that the enforcement of the new
schedule will work a rreat hardship
on the lumbermen of the northwest,
and that It will in effect drive them
out of a lurge part of their present
marketing district.
The suit Is of great Importance to
the lumber industry, inasmuch aa It
will bring judicial action to bear on
the lumber situation for the regulation
of the lumber rates charged byi the
railroad companies
(Parifle Coeat Press Leased TOt.)
Ban Franeleco. Oct Tne grand
Jury this morning took up the investiga
tion of the rumors of tampering with
the Ford Jury and at the conclusion
those Interested In the prosecution
seemed to be unusually confident.
It was freely predicted that inaici
ments In the alleged bribery cases
would be returned this afternoon or
within a few dags. Nearly a score
of witnesses; have been subpoenaed to
attend the grand jury and hair a dosen
were examined thla morning. The re
sult of thla Inveatlgatlon Is aald to
have shown that bribe money was
passed to one of the Jurors In tne
Ford case.
It Is reported that one Juror had re
ceived $2,600 and the grand jury met
today for the purpose of Inquiring Into
that report.
George Wyman and Pete Callender, It
was learned this morning, were tne
two chauffers who toolc rremont Olaer
on his memorable trip to Redwood City
last month.
Luther Brown and A. B. spencer. Uni
ted Railroad detectives, were summoned
before the Inquisitorial body. Brown,
It la supt.osed. has been subpoenaed In
the Ford matter aa he Is already under
Indictment for the kidnaping of Older'
nd could not be asked to testify
against himself.
Ham Leake, former managing editor
of the Call, was also subpoenaed, but
did not testify this morning. The prose
cution wants to learn ir ieaK Knows
anything concerning the alleged brib
ery of the Jurors, Victor I. Magnln
of the well known firm of I, Magnln ft
Bon, was also an attendant In the grand
lury room. He la expected testify
n the Ford matter also.
Judiciary Committee Holds
That Discharged Men Are
Entitled to Their Pay.
CONSPIRACY
IS CHARGED
City Attorney Kavanaugh, In an opln
Ion submitted to the Judiciary commit
tee of the city council yesterday, holds
that the city Is liable for the pay of
the discharged detectives, Joe Pay,
Frank Reslng, Frank Snow and U O
Carpenter from August, HOt, up to July
1 of thla year, the amount approximat
lng S,600. During the Interim they
have rendered no service to the city,
but have accepted salaries from other
people.
Chief of Police Orltamacher, acting
under Instructions from Mayor Lane,
suspended Day Auguat 19, Kealng Au
gust 26. Snow August 27, and Carpen
ter September tt. all during 1904, for
alleged Incompetency. The charges
would not stand ha the court, being too
Indefinite. Kavanaugh holds this aa be
ing equivalent to a reinstatement of
the detectives, and he believes the su
preme court will have the same opinion
if the matter la taken up.
Kavanaugh alao holds that the salar
ies of the ex-detectlvea ceased July 1
of thle yeur when charges of a more
specif la nature were filed.
Councilman Bennett doea not believe
anything oan be gained by delay and
counseled paying the salaries of the
former officers. Vaughn does not be
lieve the supreme court will sustain the
contention of the ex-detectlve'ln view
of the fact that they accepted employ
ment elsewhere.
Attorney Kavanaugh a opinion says
there are two question to be considered,
one of which is whether the city Is re
quired to pay the salaries of the detec
tives from the time of their discharge
up until their reinstatement by the cir
cuit court. The other Important ques
tion la whether the amount earned by
the men In other employment during
this period can be deituoted.
Mr. Kavanaugh says that the authori
ties are uniform that the legal right to
an office carries with It the right to
the salary and emoluments of the of
fice. Alao that the ludgmont of the cir
cuit court la an adjudication that the
petitioners were legally discharged and
entitled to their ornces during tne
period of their suspension. The peti
tioners are entitled to their salaries
during the period unless an abatement,
can be made equal to the amounts
earned by them in other employments.
The detectives have now appealed to
the executive board under a the laat
chargqa that mere made against them.
Thla. body Is to have one more hearing
when the cases will be decided. After
ward, It la understood, the discharged
men will take the case to the circuit
court in an endeavor to have tho
charges set aside.
Gus Lowitt Makes Offer to
Take Over; Golden Eagle
and Pay Liability From
Daily Sales Depositors'
Association Against It.
Lew Wiii, Chinese Jlerchant
of Los Angeles, Keeps S
Word After World-Wide
Pursuit of, 3Iurderer of
Father Slays Criminal.
THREE NEW CASES OF
BUBONIC PLAGUE
(United Press Leased Wire.)
San Francisco Oct. 8. The following
report on the bubonic plague Is sent
out by the health department:
'Three new suspected casesa Total
verifications to date, 6S; total deaths.
IS; total recovered, X; remaining. 23;
remaining suspects, IS. One death oc
curred yesterday."
HAWAIIAN GIRLS GET MAIL
. FROM HOME FOR FIRST TIME
Away from home for a month, many
of them for the first time In their Uvea,
the pnrty of girls from the Hawaiian
Islands now In the city received . their
first mall upon their arrival In Port
land Naturally, since then there haa
been much letter-writing among them.
When the young women arrived at the
Imperial hotel there was a bushel basket
full of letters, papers, postal cards and
? what not, waiting for them. These were
from mothers', fathers, brothers and
sisters, and and sweethearts. It was
the first news from home in SO days
: though It seems to the girls like a
year.
The Hawaiian girls will be enter
tained at the Hazel wood store on upper
, Washington street thla evening by State
Food and Dairy Commissioner J. W.
Bailey. A light luncheon will be served
: by the Hazel wood establishment from
6 to 7 o'clock. Mr. Bailey has invited
a few friends who will have the pleas
ure of sitting at the banquet table with
the city's guests from the islands.
This afternoon the party is the guest
of the Lyric stock company. D. M. Wat
son will entertain the girls with a re
ception thla evening at njs home on
Marshall ' street. Last night they at
tended, a dinner given in their honor at
the Commercial club.
President Whitemore of the Rose Fes
tival association sent each of the girls,
in the name of the association, a bou
quet of handsome Portland roses, tied
with pink and green ribbon, the colors
of the association, and bearing a hand
somely engraved card, reading: "Com
pliments Portland Rose society, Port
land rose festival, June 2 to 7, 1908."
The girls were also given Invitations
to the governor of the Hawaiian Islands,
the mayor of Honolulu and the mem
bers of the cluba and commercial or
ganizations of Honolulu, asking them
to attend the festival here afext June
and to bring with them a shipload of
Islanders.
Tomorrow the visitors leave for The
Dalles to take In the eastern Oregon
district fair. Hood River and Mount
Hood will also be visited. On this trip
the young ladies will see snow close at
hand for the nrst time.
BACK FROM EUROPE.
Thomas Boberts and Wife Xtturn from
Six Months' Trip Abroad, '
VThe stores in Europe are not the
equal of what one sees In this country.
There Is no store In London, for ex
ample that la the equal of Wannama
ker s In New York, or Marshall Field's
In Chicago." said Thomas Roberts of
Roberts Bros., who returned
nay with his wife from a s
(United Press Leaved Wire.)
Washington. Oct. 8. Formal charges
were filed today with the department
of justice against the Western Union
and Postal Telegraph companies, charg
ing them with conspiracy in restraint of
trade under the Sherman anti-trust law.
RR N HOLDS
BUNG HMD
Wire.)
GIRL FAINTS WHEN SHE
SEES BROKEN TYPEWRITER
r When Miss Florence E. Clark, one of
t , the six pretty stenographers who as
I cembled In the city hall council cham-
ber this 'morning to take the compet-
Itlve examination, removed the case
r from her typewriter she found it a mass
of ruins and fainted dead away shortly
lA after, the test began. Her distress
!s caused o much nervousness that Miss
J Covell, "another of the contestants, was
' forced to retire from the examination.
Mia Clark -operates a Bmith-Premlcr
typewriter and employed a messenger
boy to carry it up to the city hall. On
the way the machine was dropped and
practically demolished. The messenger
did not tell the girl he had dropped the
machine, and the discovery of the ac
cident caused the fainting.
H. T. Vance, business manager of
Holmes Business college, courteously
consented to give the dictation, which
was splendidly done. At times Mr.
Vance read 120 words a minute, which
were taken by most of the stenograph
ers, four of whom finished the examination.
! CHICAGO SOCIETY LEADER IS
" - DUE IN PORTLAND TONIGHT
Mr. Potter Palmer of Cbleago will ar
; rive la Portland thla evening to remain
several day,' The Chicago society lead
i er Is coming from' Eugene, where she
. haa boeri visiting her son.-?. Among oth
ers la the party r potter Palmer, Jr.,
Honor Palmer, her two sons, and Mrs.
itonore palmer and W, A. Summer of
C hics tro. The Palmers will arrive over
ti'e fc.nithern Pacific, due at T:5 p. m.
U h-v will stay at the Hotel Portland,
r , Airs, i'almer ha been in Oregpa three
weeks, most of the time having been
ffTCSh1 ,EuSKen'.Kwh"e Honore Palmer
is in the lumber business. The Palmers
also visited Medford. and while there
Inspected several large orchards which
they are reported to have purchased.
Mrs. Palmer likes thia part of the
country in general, and it la said that
he has invested considerable in real
estate while here.
Several suits have been reserved for
the party at the Portland. In addition
there are four reservations for the serv
ants whp accompany the Palmer. a
European trip. "Selfrldge at one time
the partner of Marshall Field, Is now
building a large department store In
London, and I understand he Is having
considerable delay In securing one per
mit after another to construct what has
proved to be innovations In the -buld-proved
to be Innovations in the build
ing regulations as they have existed.
Since I was in London 10 years ago,
the transportation facilities have been
greatly improved. Now one can travel
In the electric subway trains to any
portion of London. Another feature
which' Is apparently as conspicuous
there as in New York, Is the automobile
passenger fcus, and the motor car
freight and parcel delivery.
"We traveled extensively In England,
Wales, and Ireland, making many side
trips into the country In a carriage.
In order to Ktudy the conditions among
the people. When In Dublin we visited
the international exposition where we
saw a great many fine displays. That
made by Canada was particularly ef
fective. The companies dealing in Ca
nadian lands were particularly active
In representing in glowing terms that
their particular section of America was
by far the most Ideal spot on earth.
in every way. Creditable exhibits were
made by most of the European coun
tries. "We visited the large mills at Bel
fast which manufacture the laces so
highly prized In this country. One
thing notewortny in wales is the re
instatement an is were, of the Welsh
lansuage. Both the ErWlish and Welsh
are taught In the schools, but the home
language is the Welsh. One thing that
is not well understood, is how the
Americans can make such ranld prog
ress, especially on the Paclfip coast.
But still there Is no doubting the fact
that the people of the new world are
better off for Interchange (f opinions
and Ideas with the people of Europe.
Travel serves to show that no one
people on the face of the globe has a
monopoly on the good things or ad
vanced Ideas of the age."
(United 'Press Leased
Salt Lake City. Oct. 8. Shortly after
1? o'clock todsy a few members of the
Uarrlmon fimilv want Into aeaalon At
'x months" ! the-general offices here. This meeting
JOE DAY ON TRIAL IN
UNITED STATES COURT
In the federal court this morning
Judge Wolverton took up the considera
tion of the case of the United States
against Joe Day, an Indian charged
with having taken liquor upon the
Grand Ronde reservation. Day entered
a plea of not guilty after his attorney
had made an effort to throw the case
out of court on demurrer. The deputy
district attorney presented the case for
the government. Day demanded a Jury
trial and the case was delayed until
noon In getting 12 men who knew noth
ing of the case or had no prejudice
toward Indiana The examination of
witnesses is being conducted this afternoon.
of the t'nlon Pacific Is the annual gath
erlng of the stockholders for election of
directors, 15 In number and also to con
sider legal business. W. D. Cornish,
vice-president of the Union Pacific pre
sided. Cornish, Joseph Hellen and I'
ll. Cornell arrived last night with prox
ies from eastern stockholders, while the
local officials holding the rest of the
majority of stock. The officials deny
the persistent rumora of dlssentlon
among the official family and practic
ally admit that Harriman will be In
dorsed by a good majority.
As a majority of the stockholders are
well united, objections raised by the
minority will be quaahed. Harriman
will bo sustained on his recent contro
versy with President Roosevelt.
Indications point to a complete re
election of all directors. The report
that H. H. Rogers Is to withdraw on ac
count of illness la denied. William
Mahl. elected last summer to succeed
David Wilcox, will be retained. There
is a belief that the minority will take
a strong stand to let outsiders attend
the meeting.
DIPHTHERIA CASES
AT A MILK RANCH
Four cases of diphtheria among the
children of J. Kelser, a milk man whose
ranch Is in Canyon road, were removed
from the home to the sanatorium today
and the delivery of the milk to the city
customers was temporarily suspended.
The oases were first called to the at
tention of Dr. Esther Pohl, city health
officer, and after having the children
taken to a hospital she had the place
fumigated.
J. w. Bailey, state rood ana aairy in
spector, visited the Keiser place thla
morning and took the necessary precau
tions to prevent the milk products of
the dairy being brought to the city
until all danger of spreading the dis
ease has passed.
CLAIM HELPMATES
BROKE UP HAPPY HOME
TRANSFER HEP
TO CITY ATTORNEY
Popular Officer Detailed for
Duty at Kavanaiiffh's Of
fice by Gritzmacher.
A long felt necessity In the city au
ditor's office has been filled by the
assignment of Detective Inskeep for
duty In that Important branch of the
municipality. The bualness of the city
attorney's office haa been Increasing
at puch rapid rate that the services
of an expert investigator has become
imperative.
Citv Attorney Kavanaugh discussed
the matter of having a member of the
police department detailed for duty in
his office, with Chief Gritzmacher and
Inskeep waa promptly given the billet.
Contrary to a published report. De
tective Inskeep Is not securing evidence
against alleged Illegal Combines, that
come under the provisions of the Beld
Ing anti-trust ordinance, but Is devot
ing his time to the various matters
that come up for investigation by the
city attorney.
Detective Inskeep la one of the most
popular members of the bureau of crim
inal Investigation and since being as
signed to that branch of the police de
partment a year ago haa shown vgreat
ability in detective work,
RIVER MEETING AT
DALLES TOMORROW
Many Portlanders Will Be
In Attendance at Fair
and Convention.
(A plan for repaying 40 per cent of the
Oolden Eagle department store's debt
to the Oregon. Trust A , Savings bank
was submitted by Qua Lowitt, former
manager of the store, to the receiver
this afternoon. The proposition did ndt
rtreive a favorable Impression, nor Is
it lavored bv the officers of the De
positors' association.
Mr. Lowitt proposes, tt 1 said, to take
over the store and the funds now la the
hands or tne assignee and pay the
bunk 26 per cent of the amount that
would De realised by a 40 per cent set
tlement.
This 28 per cent cash Payment would
amount to about 110.00(5. Mr. Lowitt
proposes then to make dally payments
on ine oaiunce out ox saie ai ine store,
dividing tn two each day'a receipts and
turning over one half to the bank. He
screes to retain Malor Kenned v as
manager of the store until the entire
10 per cent settlement Is made with
the bank.
It Is not believed the receiver will
consider this proposal. Officers of the
Depositors' association aald they
would prefer to take chances on what
coula be realised out of the store by
a continuance of the assignee's sale now
In progress than to risk any settlement
with Mr. Lowitt other than a 40 per
cent cash payment on the entire liabil
ity. Bond BubeorlptloB Grows.
At the close of business laat evening
at the bank the total sum of 1670,000
had been subscribed for Home Tele
phone bonds by depositors. Yesterday's
amount was about 126,000 and today's
business will run about the same. The
Depjsltors' association estimates that
by tomoirow night the total will paas
the (600.000 mark.
To enable depositors who have not i
yet come In to hear a free discussion
of the questions involved, the Depos
itors' association has arranged a meet
ing to be held at Arlon hail, northeaat
corner of Second and Oak streets, to
morrow evening at t o'clock. Presi
dent John L. Day will preside, and
others Interested will be in attendance.
The meeting will he for depositors only,
and those who have not yet done any
thing for themselves are urged to at
tend and hear the discussion. President
Day has established at previous meet
ings the reputation of being an exceed
ingly liberal and fair presiding officer.
He said today:
"Everyone will be given full oppor
tunity to state their objections, criti
cisms of the plan we have undertaken,
and to ask questions ' concerning it.
What we want la to bring out any
legitimate objections, and If there Is
any Improvement that can be made we
want to know It and try It."
(Coltad PrM Ltaatd Wire.)
Los Angeles, Oct. J. In the little vil
lage of Lung Tue. deep in the hedrt of
the Chines empire. Lew Wul. a mer-
Icjiant of Los Angeles, after a world-wide
pursuit, nas ruiruied tne oain maae nere
two years ago by slaying with his own
hands Lew Que, the murderer of his
father. Word was received here yes
terday of the fate meted out to Lew
Qua
Que was caught on the Quang Sal
border. He waa taken from a tent lu
the very center of the Imperial army.
At the village of Lung Tue, where the
crime had been committed, lew Wul
and hla captive stopped. A sign was
posted In the temple, summoning the
people to the public square on the fol
lowing day, and there bound hand and
foot Lew Que was placed on a acaffold.
A physician stood close by.
Bzeentloa by X,lng Ohee.
It waa to be execution bv the Lin
Chee, the- death of a thousand strokes.
Just at noon. Lew She, the 8-year-old
slater of Lew Wul was taken to the
square. Her brother placed a long,
keen knife in her hand. She stepped
close to the body of the man, wnose
head was bent to receive the blow.
There was a clash of cymbles. The
physician pointed to the nose of the
doomed man and muttered "there."
Oat Off Tlotlm's Hose.
With a single stroke, the litis alrl
cut off the nose from her father's murderer.
Prom then 'Until nla-htfall. Lew Wul
stood by the side of hla victim. The
doctor pointed first to one spot and
men io anomer. Ana piece Dy piece
Lew Wul cut the badv of hla fnater
brother, Lew Que. to bits. Never more
man an inch or riesh was sliced off at
a time. As It grew dark, with one last
blow Lew Wul struck the knife to the
heart of the hideous object before him
and waa avenged. Now he will return
to Los Angoies for his soul la purged
of its oath and hia countrymen honor
him.
COW 849,000
FROM TAXPAYERS
COMPANY ASKED
.11
ME QUESTIONS
Council men Grow Querulous
When Railway Fran
chise Comes Up.
Rush in Sheriff's Office to
Keep Names Off De
linquent List.
Dnffy Held for Trial.
In the circuit court this morning J.
R. Duffy., alias Frank George, was held
for trial on a charge of mistreating the
5-year-old daughter of S. E. Hamilton.
Hamilton was arrested yesterday after
noon after an exciting Chase by Police
man Rilty and a large crowd of men
and boys. The child and her parents
will snrer sanlnnt. Duffy when the
case Is tried.
Architect Sue for Fees. ,
John Carlyle la defendant in a suit
brought by Richard Martin, who claims
1500 for -services as architect In the
construction of the Washington apart
ment house on Morthrup street jHe as
serts that thla sum . Is due for plan
prepared during November and -December,
laat jau,.iw,.B.(,..4KJ,: (
Estelle E. Berry has begun suit for
divorce from H. C. Berry, alleging that
he deserted her over two years ago.
They have been man and wife for more
than 28 years. The wife has been liv
ing in Oregon for 13 years.
Suit for divorce haa been begun by
lirilti.m rnn.n. acrafntt. XT.nflU Pnn.nt
after 17 months of married life. He
alleges that his wife left him at Pot
tersvllle, Michigan. They were married
at Owensboro, Kentucky. In 190L
E. E. GILMER NOT GUILTY
X)F DEADLY ASSAULT
E. E. Gilmer, manager of the Water
house & Price company, who was ar
rested early on the morning of May 6
on a charge of assault with a deadly
weapon, was today discharged In the mu
nicipal court. Gilmer -shot at a man
named Fred Nathan on the morning of
the arrest, thinking he was a burglar.
It later developed that Nathan had sim
ply been taking hla girl home at a late
hour. Gilmer lives at 388 Eugene street,
near where the shooting happened.
Josephine's Tax Valuation. : ; J
(Special Dlapateh to Tbt Journal.)
Grants Pnss, Or.. Oct. 8. Assessor
Fallin ha completed the tax roll fori
wis year. i lie HHurra enow a arros;
valuation of taxable property 'In Jose
phine county of I5.078.606, an lacreas
at 3J,106 over last year. - . j,
Portland day at The Dalles fair and
the Open River association annual meet
ing tomorrow will attract a large num
ber of Portland people. The business
men are deeply Interested In the work
of the Open River association and will
send representatives . to that event.
Portland people generally are Interested
in The Dalles fair, knowing it to be
an unusually good entertainment, and
they will patronize it on Its merits.
The O. R. & N. company has made a
rate of one and a third fare for the
round trip. The first train will leave
this city at 7:15 a m., and the next
train will go at 8:30 a. m. The Port
land Commercial club and the chamber
of commerce will be well represented.
PARKHURST SUES TO
COLLECT DAIRY RENT
Alfred L. Parkhurst has begun suit
against Herbert H. Winslow and Horace
C. Lyle, who are partners In the Hll
wood Dairy company, claiming that they
owe mm a Daiance oi mi xor tne rent
of personal property on a dairy farm
In Clarke county, Washington. ,
Henry Melton has sued the American
Banking & Trust company and G. W.
Waterbury, asking that the defendants
be required to surrender a chattel mort
eaee and release covering property val
ued at $1,500. . He says the documents
were given in expectation or a settle
ment with creditor or w. a. jrenster
macher, which could not be arranged.
FIERCE GALE WHIPS
ATLANTIC OCEAN TODAY
(United Press Leased Wire.)
New York, Oct A 40-mlle an hour
gale Is whipping the ocean Into -mountainous
waves; today and aa a result
all coastwise shipping was held In port.
All Incoming steamers are hours late.
Left His Horse Unhitched.
Because W. M. Llghtmyer left hi
horse unhitched on Ktark street yester
day afternoon' the horse ran down the
crowded thoroughfare to Fourth, where
the runaway was stopped "by colliding
with another vehicle. A there waa no
damage done, Llghtmyer merely had to
face a charge of leaving hia horse un
hitched, -He was fined SS. - - r .1- ?
Can a bond be given by the United
Railways company to complete the first
seven miles of Its lnterurban electric
road to Hlllsboro by July 1 be collected
if the company falls to build to Hllls
boro after It has passed beyond the city
limits?
Should the annual payments for the
franchise be made to the city on a basis
of percentage of profits, or should it
be the usual flat payment system, and
at what suma should the payments be
fixed?
Is it good policy to permit the street
railway company to extend its line in
the future manufacturing district of
northwest Portland?
These three very Important questions
were asked when the new franchise sub
mitted by the United Railways com
pany was read in council street commit
tee this morning, and then the commit
tee adjourned until next Tuesday morn
ing at 10 o'clock for an answer.
City Attorney Kavanaugh will in
quire into the legal status of the bond
matter and the councllmen will satisfy
themselves aa to the amount of the
bond, the payments and the invasion of
the northwestern portion of the city.
Herman Wittenberg, one of the dl
reetora was on hand and explained the
purpose of going 'into the Nicola I and
York street sections. He said that It
was mainly for the purpose uf getting
a grade up Willamette heights. Witten
berg' urged the committee to action as
soon as possible. He said that his com
pany had reached Twenty-sixth street
but could not build another foot of line
until the council said so. With the
fine weather and coming winter he
thought some relief should be given
his norananv as soon as posstme.
If the .committee finishes its labor
next Tuesday morning the franchlae
will B-o to the executive board for con
sideration, and then come up before
the council for final adjustment.-
With Robinson & Co.
v r Rmith. for many years promt
nently Identified with several of the
largest stores in xms cny ana exceed
ingly well oonnected In at mercantile
way before coming to Portland, has as
sociated himself with W. W. Robinson
& Co. Mr. Smith will have charge of
the hat department and preside over
the destinies of the "Dunlap." He Is
thnrnua-hlv familiar with every detail
of hat manufacture, having served his
apprenticeship In this line when a boy
and followed the hat business continu
ously ever since. He is prepared by
knowledge and experience to serve his
customers wen ana lane care or mem
right when once they have favored him
Forty thousand dollars were added to
the county tax receipts by the collec
tions in the tax department of the
sheriff's office yesterday, which ws the
last day for payment before the taxes
became delinquent. Despite the heavy
returns fyr the day the delinquent list
will approximate 1(5.000. or considerably
larger than last year.
Chief deputy 8. B. Martin kept his of
fice open until late last night to give
opportunity to belated property owners
to come In and square their accounts
with the county. Mr. Martin attributes
the increase In the amount of the delin
quent list to the fact that there Is no
exemption of personal property this
year. Laat year every head of a family
waa allowed to hold chattels worth $300
without taxation, and Mr. Martin says
that many have not yet learned that
they are required to pay on personal
property.
Payment of taxes may be continued,
provided the penalty and Interest are
paid, until the delinquent list Is adver
tised. The penalty Is 10 per cent of
the tax and Interest la computed at the
rate of 1 per cent per month. The list
will be ready for publication In about
six or seven weeka.
The total tax roll is $3,830,4(2. The
delinquent Hat la therefore almost 3
per cent of -4he whole, as nearly aa can
be estimated at thia time. The deputies
in the office will be busy for probably
two weeks before the final figures will
be available.
MURDERER KILLS
HIMSELF IN JAIL
(United Preis Leased Wirt.)
Spokane, Wash., Oct. 8. "They think
they'll hang me but they won't." With
these words Larry Cavanaugh cut hla
throat with a rasor In the county Jail
thia morning. -The second slash severed
his Jugular vein and Cavanaugh raged
around the corridor, spattering the other
three minutes.
prisoners with his blood. He dlod in
rig
wit
th their business.
STEERS REPORTED LOST
ALIVE AND KICKING
Contrary to reports, the herd of 11
steers that went Into the river the other
day wa saved. The were oeing driven
from tne union iiocayuraj io ine Zim
merman packing plant In North Port
land. Several of tne animals were in
the water for a time, but all were event
ually rescued.
' Doctors Meet Tonight, t
The 80 physicians who have con
sented to Inspect the city schools each
week for the protection of health among
Portland's children, will meet with Dr.
Esther C Pohl, city health officer, this
evening to prepare for the work. The
gratuitous efforts -of the members of
the medical profession Is -highly- as-
preclated. They have agreed to con
duct their weekly visit solely as a mat-J
ter of publlo duty and pride In th
welfar f th cltisens.. t r --. .'
In a few minutes Cavanaugh was to
have appeared In court to plead to the
charge of murdering James Cahlll In
this city September 27. He snatched a
raxor from a prisoner who was shaving
and ended his life.
He gloried in his cold-blooded killing
of Cahill. He was without friends or
money. He shot Cahlll In a saloon over
a quarrel. He -was 58 years old. His
relatives are unknown.
COULD NOT RECALL
TERMS OF PURCHASE
(United Press lieaaed Wire.)
New York, Oct 8. The Standard Oil
hearing was resumed this morning, with
Commissioner Kellog trying to learn
how the Manhattan Oil company, of
which F. T. Cuthbert ia president, was
acquired by the Standard Oil company
of New Jersey. Cuthbert waa the first
witness called today and testified that
the Manhattan company was sold in
1899 to Messrs. Brady and Benedict,
but he could not recall the name of th
purchaser. Mr. Cuthbert stated he went
with the Manhattan company after the
sale. A dtrlslon of business between
the Standard end Its subsidiaries was
detailed by Cuthbert.
COLUMBIA SOUTHERN
HAS FILED REPORT
(Special Dlapateh to Tba Journal.)
Salem. Or.. Oct. 8. The report of
the Columbia Southern Railway com
pany, was received at the office of tho
railroad commission yesterday. This '
road Is leased bythe O. R & N. Con.
aequently there was no account of op
erating expenses and the tabulating of
the earnings was very simplified. A
brief summray follows: Organized
March 4. 1897; mllea operated, 48.46;
capital' Stock. 1300,000: funded dnht
authorised. $2,100,000, outstanding.
1700,000; expenditures for construc
tion during present year, 123,890: total
cost up to -June 80, 1907,-11,069,871.20;
total coat per' mile of road, f 15,258.86:
Income from lease of road, $364,931,21'
miscellaneous Income, f 8,192.88. v
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