THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, 1B07. F HMD TO THE FARM WHEN IrlAY LOSE THEIR LIVES Latest Report From Connelsville Shows Disaster as Bad as That Which Recently Occurred at West Virginia. Shaft Ablaze. Hope of Rescue Remote The following dlspntrh wan received v I'nlted I'rnn nftcr the flnl edition of The JourtiHl hail gone to preaa. Wire trouble caused delay In thr report: Concllsvllle. Ph.. Dec, IS. Four nun Ored men are entombed in the Dnrr nilnra of tha Plttaburg Cowl company with little bop of escape. The mo'ith af the mine was wrecked by a terrific explosion a short time after 11. 3D 'clock and dense rolumns of amoke are com In out of tha ahafta. thu showing that tha interior of the pita are afire. It la not believed pnaslhle that the en tombed man can get out of the death trap alive. Tho causa of the dlaaater la not efinltely known al tlila time though It la supposed that tha unprotected lamp of some miner came Into contact wttli fir damp, thua starting an epkalon and fire, which haa apparently wrecked tha mine. . More than 100 of the entombed miners are Americana. The Derr mlnea are situated at Jacobs' rreek almut mile wNt of Conni'llax II I. iiml ate quite ex tensive This morning the surrounding country wad startled by a terrific ex plosion that ahook the ground and a ahort time Inter dense columns of amoke began to pour out of the mouth of the abaft. The force of the explosion hvl wrecked the mine entrance no that n attempt at rescue of those mlnera caught Inside haa yet been tnada. rears Vewa of Dlaaater. Jndlaniipolls, lc. 19. The first In t! mat Ion of the Jacoba' creek dlaaater waa given to President M. K. Taylor of the Plttaburg Coal company and to John Mltchrll. president of the I'nlted Mir..' Workers by a telegram from tha j ent nlgnlficance In Oermnny, where a TIRED OF SINGING Bucolic:' Ambition of George Hamlin. Tenor, Aroused by Beauties of the West. Oeorge Hamlin, concert alnger. llejer enthuaiaat and touring tenor, haa found a subject on which to grow aloiiurtit And that aubject la Oregon fruit fiunia "I believe I ahall alng aa long aa the public will atand It," he on Id. "and then 1 shall come out here and settle on a fiult farm, ll la a long way to cum but it la worth It." Mr. Hamlin haa Juat arrived from Wushlnatoa. and la expounding en thus laaticallv on tha Iviiitiai of North Yak ima orchards and farma, but when told mm no inusi not "boost- aahlngloii farma when In Oreaon ho aald: "They nave a great dlaadvantage. Everything there muat be done by Irrigation. Here )u uo not nccil It." and ha gaxed rue fully out al the wet atreeta and cocked lila head to llaten to the aently patter nar rain on the window panes. "Tliey always have auch beautiful weather the uny nerore the concert and the day after the concert wherever I go," be mined acrloualy. Mr. Hamlin wilt go aouth after bin concert here, and looka forward with in terra t to visiting the large farm and orchard of Fred H. Mopklna near MH ford. Mr. Hopkins, who formerly lived m Portland, la a warm friend of the singer a uncle. Mr. Hamllu la one of the Veil known alngera who have devoted themselves entirely to concert work, and have no operatic aapiratlonn. Thla haa a differ- T I E John Sharp Williams and Representative Deannond Mix in Disgraceful Scrim mage Williams' Cheek Cut by Blow. (1'nlted fret re.ted Wrt ) Washington, Dec 19. Representative I'curmond of. Missouri, lieiiux r.it and minority leader, and John Sharp YVII- llama of Mississippi, minority Irader, panned the lie In the house today, and In the flnt fight thut followed the cf- forta of alx huaky congressmen were required to separate the two bridling lawmakers from the aouth. Wlllinma waa taken from the hotiae with the blood streaming from hla none in a claret flood, 1 H'.arrnorid hiving reached the aenator-elector from the. aoiithrrii ntnte with a vlcloun blow which l npjlt Wllllama' cheek for acvernl I ti he-v I HARRIMAN MAY BUILD BIG PASSENGER DEPOT Railway Magnate Declines to Ratify Agreement for the Joint Use of Northern Pacific Terminals Agreed Upon Between Officials of the Bailroads-Wants Lots. I'nleaa th.i Hill and Harrlman rail road companlra agree within the next (0 lay to conaolldate their terminal prop- it lm in north Portland there will be inn hlg passenger atntlona and aeparate nitlroml termlnala In thla city. The Mumbling block In final negntlatlona r.ii consolidation la a row of four half blocks at Ninth, from Hoyt to Petty grove, extending along the present western boundary of tha Terminal com. any h grounds, and separating them rom thH new termlnala of the Hill mm. mil wunta to lease una atrip to h consolidated 1 ermliial company, while Jlnrrlrnan drmanda that the trana- ctl.m be an outright aale. At a meeting of tit directors of tha 'ortlnnd & Seattle railway I nlted Preas operator at Connellaville, Taylor and Mitchell are here attending the meeting of the mlncuwnera and the miners When Taylor rend the telegram he turned to the otfier mine operator standing about and exclaimed My (iul Ikivs, thin is awful. lie at once for the mlnea. will leave - SYNDICATEOFFERS STEAMSHIP LINE William II. Garland Tells Astoria How to Secure Big Boats for City. I Astoria la to be the headquarter of a teamahlp line operating vessels acroaa - tha ocean to tha orient to Alaska and . to Columbia river polnta aa well, if the j propoaltlon made before the Astoria .: chamber of commerce- last night by WU llam It. Garland, representative of a , New York ayndicate arw accepted by the bualneaa men of that city. ' At a meeting of a number of the ' prominent men of Astoria last nlrht ' Mr, Garland presented hla proposition by which he offers to construct and - operate the Astoria Steamship & Trans portation company provided the cltl aena of Astoria will take up a portion of the bonds of the company. Mr. Gar ; " land providea. however, that the money raid for these bonds ahall be paid to he Astoria banks and held in trust by them until auch time aa the line of ves i aela Is In actual operation before the t Bums can be witnnrawn vy tne incor - poratora. i According to the general outline of r the plana proponed by Mr. Garland, the men who he represents will establish i the line of atcainahlpn within 12 montha and will construct and operate ware- hounea, docks, elevators and offices. ) Options have already been aecured for the land upon which to construct these buildings. A meotlna; Is to be held In Chamber of Commerce hall at Astoria this after noon at which time the proposition will be further discussed and It is thought that Mr. Garland'a plans will be met by - the people of the city. BET RICH QUICK SCHEWEALLEGED Twenty-Eight Hundred Per Cent Was the Modest In ducement Held Out. concert alnger is an Idol of the people ns mucrt aa la an openulc singer, and where they rncognlxe with more truth that the two fields are entirely aeparate n aisnnci. There the one never en croaches upon the other, and there peo ple go to llaten ao much to a voice as to the int BROKERS SKIP WITH CASH terpretatlon of a well known noem. "Over there." aald Mr. Hnmlln. '-thev Know tneir poets aa they do their alpha bet. The achool children have a tlior- ouaij knowledge Of all their great poets, and can recite txxtrr br the vard. where here you can hardly find one man out of 60 who knows anything about our poets or can recite anything. The re ault la that they have the best lleder writers In the world In Oermany. Here aong . writers are a I way a saying. "Oh. look out for a theme for me. and If you find anything that will sou ad well to music send It to me.' There the themes are already Imbedded In their hearts, and when they write it Is a spontaneous expression In mualc of something that Is Inborn. It In not the voice they want to hear, but the Inter pretation of a poem they have always anown. "But in America this is not appre ciated, nnd oirr best lleder singers are riot the most popular. I think Bembrlch . . . . It the arcs t oat artist of them all. It p-nlted I'n-m I.el Ire 1 : in t,orn ln hor and forfets the mere i mnjo, Dec. ih i ne promise or vocal processes, but nfte la not as nonu- $7,000 a year ln dividends on sn Invest - i lar ns many who cannot sing lleder so , ivi inniaiier, duo urna nn-f l ei tin. Hut Schtimann-Helnk merely hypnotlxes Metropolitan Company of Seattle Closes Doors and 3Ianagers Are Gone. (lotted frees leaned tVlrt.) Seattle, Dec. 19. The Metropolitan Brokerage company of this city failed to open their doors today. The manager. K. J. Grover. and K T. ?Jower have skipped out. It la presumed, with about $2,000. The police are looking for tlmm ment of W50 induced W. M llaflor of St. Iau1s to buy 1,000 shares in the ( h'T audience BODY IN RIVER; CLOTHES ON BANK Evening Star mine of the Hoston-Colo-railo Copper company, according to the testimony given In the prosecution of Fred H. Colvln and Kdward Kcke, pro moters, before Federal Judae llt-thea to day1. The frovernmcrit charges the de fendants with ooeratlna a aet-rlrh-oulek scheme through the mHils and with sell ing IJS.OIMI of the stock of the company Thcv had m'llllona of dollars' worth of Mr Hamlin has received great credit J for educating the musical public ofiChl ; cago. onlv a few years ago It waa Im I posnlhle for anyone hut the taw great est operatic stars to go to Chicago and make any money. Kyen Harold Hauer or (Jlranly would have about $S0 houses. Hut Hamlin and Newman together un dertook: the plan or giving Sunday con- llmentarles, an stock out .for Hale. The Kvening Star I had before been tne custom claim Is said to be an Ha I Ida. Colorado. abandoned SPECIAL CAB TO CABRV COLONEL CROOKS' BODY CONTESTED WILL IS BY HIS DAUGHTER Contest of the will of George T. My ;' era, who died last July at '-Seattle, was f , begun In the county court today by his ' daughter, Georgia Francea Stevens. The complainant alleges that her father was ": - " J J . V. a I ln.a V.. will V was made and therefore It should be v . set aside. Mrs. Stevtns further alleges that her ' father had the hallucination that her mother waa murdered in January, 1902, ; when, as a matter of fact, the mother ' AA a natural death. Mrs. Stevens con tends that the father thought that she 'assisted in the murder. By the will Mrs. Stevens rets $20,000 ' when she Is 25. and to the son. George 'j.T. Myers Jr.. Koes the remainder of an .v estate worm xsuu.ouu. i BASKET DINNER FOE " TOOK BY VOLUNTEERS Through the courtesy of J. P. O'Firlen, vice-president and general manager of the O. K. & N.. the body of i olonel WIN f llam Crooks, hla former assistant, who died Tuesday, will be taken to St. Paul for burial in a special car provided by the railroad company. The funeral will take place Monday afternoon from the. 1 Crooks nome In Bt. Paul. Miss Julia M. Crooks, a daughter, who haa been here since her father's sick I neas, and John 8. Crooks, a son, who Is an engineer out af Portland, will nc- comnany the bodv tn the former home a. cnnni rflwnb n. .. ... certs and giving no comp A nil sn at i complete a chnnge has come that plan ists ami many of the lesser aong artlsta can draw $500 and $K00 houses. For merly It was merely a system of give and take between musicians, nnd a only muslctana would go, no tickets were sold. Chicago H now said to have one of the most discriminating and ar tistically appreciative audiences In the country, and more remarkable still a paying one. JILTED AFTER FIGHT FOR LOVE The body of an unknown man, who was perhaps 40 years old, waa found this inornliiK ln the river at North St. Johns. His clothes were on the bank of tho river about 4ft feet from where tho body lay In two or three feet of water. Tho remains could not be identified In Kt. JoIiiih. Coroner Flnley arrived at Jhe scene about 3 o'clock this afternoon and took charge of the remains. From indications the man committed suicide during the night or in the early morning. Hradley, the murderer of Pa trolman Oittlngs. Is suDDoaed to have flod l.) ward the peninsula, and there is a possibility that this may be his body. and th Astoria A Columbia river railway In Portland today Francis li. Clarke waa formally elm-ted president of both com- Miiilca. succeeding l. M. levey. II IV Nutt. who la the head of tha Northern Pacific llnea In the Paclflj northwest, came to Portland today to i.ltind tho, meeting and look over the it mi inn ijucatlon. Regarding the at tempted consolidation of the Hilt and llarrlman railway terminal Interes'.a here It Is said thi final indorsement of ai rangenieiita completed between J. P. ollrlen nnd C. M. I.evey laat summer N up to Mr. Harrlman, president of the It. aV N. company, whose head quarters are in New York. The details of a consolidation were worked out here and agreed to by lYes Ident Klllott, of the Northern Pacific, ami all other Hill officials Interested. When the papers were sent to New York for Mr. llarrlman a o. K. they weia not returned, and the matter la at a MandHtlll. Mr. Nutt aald: Harrlman Will lot yield. ' The terminal situation waa threshed out hi fore I aucceeded Mr. Levey here, and aa I understand thut matter It was hettled on terms satisfactory to Mr Oltrlen, Mr. Kruttschnltt, Mr. Kl llott and Mr. levey. All had Indorsed the plan and It wus' forwarded to Mr. Harriinan at New York. The Imprea slon on our part -now is that Mr. Har rlman h.aa refused to concur In the ar rangement. "The principal point wo ato.id for was an equal ownership of the stocK of the Terminal com pany. We offered to lease our property to the Terminal company for the per iod of the corporate life of that com-i paiiy. This would be equal to a sale i for all practical purposes, for when such a corporation expires there would be but one thing to do and that would be to form a new company and con tinue the operation of the terminal They would be so woven together that they never could be separated, "The Northern Parlffo now owns 48 per rent of tha stock of tha Terminal company, and haa 40 per cent of the In vestment In it, but haa no voice In Its control and operation. We have offered to put in our new terminal propertiea for a consideration of ! Der cent of the Terminal company atock. giving ua half of the total atock and leaving the other half In the handa of the O. H. N. and Southern Pacific. We believe this is a very liberal offer." Terminals Coat Orar . Klllloa. The new termlnala of tha Yrtland A Seattle road were purchased at a coat of over $1,000,000, without Improve ments. Large ateel and concrete freight houses have been built trackage laid, and tha nronertlea are now worth $1. 600,000. The total capitalisation of the Terminal company la $1,000,000, and for 10 per rant of thla amount or $300, 000, the Hill llnea have been willing.' it 11 aald. to put In their propertiea with the conaolldatlon. The arrangementa for consolidation Included properties and trackage only on the west side. The Southern Pacific and O. K. N. companies proposed to do tha Portland 4k Seattle company's switching on the east side of Ilia river at a certain rate. It la said east aide rarlote from or to the Portland at Seattle road would not come to the weat aide, but would be handled from a connection made with tha Harrlman line on the peninsula. Limit Pat at Sixty Says. Railroad officials declare that If a consolidation Is not effected within the next C9.da.va there win be two separ ate railroad termlnala and passenger stations In Portland one for the Hill llnea and the other for the Harrlman roads. Julius Kruttschnltt, head of tha oper ating departments of all Harrlman lines, came to Portland hurriedly yesterday, and left Inst night for his headquarters In the east. He Is reported aa saying that the blame for failure to consoli date rests with the Hill companies; that the differences were all settled last September and that the Hill people tried to sunsmute a lease instead or a aale of the row of blocks that bound the Terminal company s grounds on the west. A lease waa not aatiafactory to tho Harrlman llnea, and thla stopped the negotiations. A Sqntxo Deal Ii Msnred 70a when you buy Dr. rterrtft farallf medicine for alt th Ingradl. mu anterlnf Into theim are printed a tha bottla-wrappert and their forrnulaa art attested tinder oath aa belnf complete and correct. You know Juit what jromra r7lng for and that Ua lidrradlenta are fathered from Naturo'i laboratory, being alectad from tha most valuable native medicinal roote found growing in oar Anerlctn (orrfradjhll potent to euro are iHtffnU harrolejiaJix to the toont delicate wom?HJtVnilluTrptr Not a tfema I . I.kl ..1.T1.1. .l" ' "l.'i '1 an, Hi I A -h t -'T V 1 ' TT'i T I "If'W'sr '' 'll'f a'lii hreerw; ir.i' Ini JulJ ttfjacTpTea use. In VI'.iu."ll.-rDiira IrhT.Ti: re.uin-1 Blvi-cr ne. ihl a airfiut iKtmitiM Inu-iiialu oV oiciiTn tiropttrtW of IU own. being a moot raluable tntlaeDtlo and an'.l- farment, nutritive and tooCilna! demulcent. Ulrcerlne plaTi an Important ptrt In D". Ilerce'o Golden Medical Discovery In the cure oh Indigestion, dyspepsia and weak stomach, attended by sour rlalnrr. heart-turn, foul breath, coated longt.e, poor appetite, gnawing feeling In stom ach, billon nana and Kindred derange menta of the stomach, liver end bowel. Boaldet curing all the above distressing allmeuts, the 'Gold en Medical Discovery1 Is a specific for all diseases of the mucous membranes, aa catarrh, whether of tho naal passages or of the stomach, bownls or pel vie organs. Even In Its Ulcerative stages It will yield to this sovereign rem edy 'f Its use be persevered In. InChrer.lo Caurrh of the Kasal pants gea. It la weL while taklnj the Gulden Medical Din covsry for the necessary conotltutlor.al treatment, in cleanse tho passages freely two 01 '.hreu times a day with Dr. Kaga's Catarrh Itemed y. This thorough coume of treatment generally cures the worst cases. In opngtis and hoarseness caused by bron chial, throat and lung affections, eirept con- tumptionin lu advanced stages, the "Ooldna Indlcal Discovery" la a tnoet efficient rem edy, especially in those obstinate, bang-on coughs caused hy Irritation and oof) rest Ion of the bronchial mucous membranea The"l)ls" coTary " la not so guod for acute concha aris ing from sudden enlda. nnr mntt It Iw peced to cu r con mmpl too In lis advanced Otse no medicine will do that but for all the obstinate, chronic roughs, which. If neg lected, or hsi'ly treated, lead np to oonsurr . Uon.t't. -wllclna that can - -' TRIES TO BREAK IITO TREASUR E ONE OF CIVILIZATION'S OUTPOSTS SOON TO BE ONE OF ITS CENTERS Lastern Man Was Ready With Jimmy to Iiob Express Car. will also ao with the nartv. job uwiy leaves I'oriianu lonigni oy 1 way ox uie Aoruiern facmc i Girl's Home Wrecked When IJOCK CRUSHIXfi ri.AXT HAS BE EX KEIU'ILT; Two Sweethearts Call at Same Time. , j Atlantic City, Dec. 17. Because John noSkSWSV anJ Hary Tyne' -well-known have rebuilt the bunkers in Murquam ouna" men about town, could not agreo gulch and Installed a 60-horsepowr- on which of them should retire and rock-crushinc plan, iPavo the other to the enWmn f h. motor to run the orlginnlly owned by Ciangloff, Klynn & Co., Mr. Coatanzo having bought tho interest or A. K. (JanRloff In the plant. The newly erected bunkers ar hull' with double the capacity of tne old ones burned earlv In the fall, and will hold 150 cuhiT yard.s of rock. They are now crushing rock at the rate of about 100 yard per day. The A'olunteers of America are so liciting subscriptions preparatory to giving a Christmas basket dinner to the poor and a Christmas tree for the poor ' children. The plan . is to distribute well-filled baskets to poor families, tho size of the basket to be governed by the size of the family receiving it. . The Christmas tree will be held Christmas evening in the Volunteera' hall at No. 8 North Fourth street. Caps and shoes as well as candies and fruits will be given .to the children. The Volunteers have already succeeded in collecting abouUt25U for the Christmas charities and expect to have a total of about $400. .J MT. SCOTT ORATORS TALK ANNEXATION' society of a young woman of whom both wore enamored, they started a pitched haMlo ln the young woman's homo. When police arrived, the two had made a wreck of tho Interior of the room. Roth have been held under ball lo Insure against a repetition of their Mrenuous method of courting. According to one of the shamefaced snalnH. he offered to settle the matter nmlcibly when the two 'called at the samp time. lie was willing to decide by tossing a penny or cutting cards, but the other 1 would not consent, and declared that he Whether annexation will bring bene- 1 only 8ettle the by fisti- crataxes SS' VrerPom'Ta the. - fi( J'ft'- ZZTJ question that confronts the property dr h P" tllat ehe wlH "ow n,arry neither owners and taxpayers of the Mount ' lru-''"j Scott and Woodstock districts. A mass ! " meeting will be held this evening at ! lU)Tf TJOWET) T?TFI,F Woodmere to tliranh out the nnestlnn 1 ,M 'iilv t IjV lXiriJTj from verv side. W. Jj. Boise. Pr. Wil liam De Venv and C. Ben Rleslantl will addresa the meeting. There will also be speakers representing the opposi tion. Annexation is a live question in Mount Scott and action will have to i taken at once if the matter is to be put on tha ballots at the June election. KT .TrmVfl TiYl TH .J Wf V A A . K 1 Hia.aaii 1 r BE MUCH REDUCED At a pet;lal session of the St. Johns i council last night the tax assessment for 108 was tlxed at 414 mills as .; against 7 mills last year. This will ' greatly reduce the total taxation for the approaching year and also will be , sufficient to provide the necersary run Ulna; expenses of the city government. The veto or Mayor coucn or an ordi nance lowering the age limit from If to 1 years at which age minors were not to be allowed In. St, Johns pool rooms and saloons was sustained by the council. ' . 'i ' l'etltlons in Bankrnptey. Two bankruptcy petitions were filed !tr1ct court thla morning. Thomas C. Stephens, a atock dealer of Hardman, went Into bankruptcy. His debts are $1,944.66; assets, $1,238.75. Kdwlu S. Quiglev of Grants Pass also .Bld bariliruptey papers. Hi liabilities are H.SSit.C nd wis aaaeta t;.f Zfi.z. . ' J . '.i Chicago Merchant Dead v 't'nlfed rreas Lesiiad' Wire.) - ' ' Chicago, Te. 1 Henry A. Dlbbler. ton-in-Uw cf tha lata, Marshall Field and for-many years one of Chicago's rromlnent niercbants, djed at big horn Lera tod' :..: t r. Captain Martin Injured. Captain 'Martin of truck No. 4 suf fered an Injured ankle and sprained back while working at a small fire in tho dwelling at 103 East Twelfth street. The fire was communicated to the rear of the dwelling from a pile o'f burning refuse 1n the back yard. Damage to the building amounted to not more than 100. Captain Martin waa Injured t. lauing 1 rom a jautter. Mixed Acid With Drinks. A mixture of bad liquor and worse carbolic acid had such a bad effect on Miss Flossie Lane last night that It was found necessary to have her removed from her place of residence in the north end of town to a cot at the (Jood Sa maritan hespltal. Today the young woman was still Indlnposed. but ex ceedingly repentant. She can give no oeuer explanation of whv she took the acid than that eiic.had taken too much whiskey. THAT SHOT G0EBEL (United Press Leased Wire.) Georgetown. Ky., Dec. 19. Grant L. Roberts was cross-examli jd today in the Powers trial in reference to the Marlin rifle which Is said to be the one which killed Goebel and which was placed in evidence late yesterday. He stated that it Was borrowed from him shortly beforo Goebel waa killed and that he did not see It again until last January, when lie learned that Albert Helton had It. Youtsey was again brought to Georgetown from the peni tentiary for the purpose of contradict ing this evidence by the defense. Prosperous Young Grange. (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) Urownsvllle, Or., Dec. 19. Ash Swale, a prosperous neighborhood four nillea northwest of Brownsville. Is the home of one of the youngest but moat flour Ishing granges in the state. The grang ers are Just finishing a fine livery barn, 120 feet long and are contemplating i fine new modern grange hall. This Is known by the name of Ash Swale. Nearly every farmer in this section, and aome of the citizens of Browns ville, are members. Big Holiday Business. (Special DispatcB tn TUe Joerntl.) Brownsville, Or.. Dec. 19. Browns ville merchants have on sale the biggest stock of Christmas and holiday goods ever seen in the city. Many of the stores have exceedingly pretty show windows. Brownsville trade in tho holiday season in enormous. Residents of Sweet Home, Foster, Blue River. Hoi ley and Crawfordsvllle are patrons of the merchants here. . Six Mills at Hillsboro. (8peclal Dlapntrb to Til Journal.) Hlllsboro.cOr.. Dec. 19. The city coun cil last night levied a tax of 5 mills for general purposes and 1 mill for par purposes. The total valuation of asses sable property for 1907 la $780,850. A Poet's Vision. From the Academy. For years the poet Francis Thomp son had been one of the "submerged," selling matches, calling cabs, anything to obtain tho pence necessary to buy food. At last he yielded to despair, and having for some days saved up all he could earn he devoted it to the purchase of a single dose of laudanum sufficient to end his troubles. With this he re tired at night to his haunt, the rub bish plot ln Covent Garden Market. Then bv his own narrative the follow ing incident occurred: IB had already taken nair or tne ratal draught when he felt a hand upon his arm and look ing up saw one whom he recognized as Chatterton forbidding him to drink the rest, and at the same instant memory came to him of how, after that poet's suicide, a letter had been delivered at his lodgings wh,lch if he had waited an other day would have brought hint' the relief needed. It happened so with Thompson, for after infinite pains the editor of a mag azine who had accepted and' printed an essay and a poem of hln, but could not discover his Hdiirepn. had that very morning traced Thompson to the chem ist's shop where the drug was sold, and relief was close at hand. By -Lulu It. l.orenx. For 3.'i years the little town of Pilot Rock, 15 miles aouth of Pendleton, on Birch creek, had slumbered drowsily under the shadow df its sentinel peak, which stood as the guldeboard for weary immigrants tolling westward down the slopo of tho Blue ' mountains toward their promised land, the Willamette valley. But this week Pilot Rock wasTudely awakened from its "long slumber by rne shriek of t ho locomotive whistle and the cling of Its brazen bell, and ln one exultant hour took onfall the glorious raiment of modern civilization. Pilot Rock has stood as the most typical of the frontier range and stock towns In eastern Oregon since Its found ing ln 1872. It has been the trading center for the largest sheep owners, the wildest cowboys, the woolliest sheep- herders, the merriest freighters and stage drivers and the most thrifty and typical stockmen of eastern Oregon. rounding1 of Pilot Book. William Knotta, one of the pioneers f Umatilla coanty, settled on the pres ent site of Pilot Rock in IStit and as the main immigrant road crossed Birch creek near that place he soon enjoyed a good trade with the incoming immi grants. Slowly settler multiplied about him, stockraising became profitable and at tractive on the abundant range of that section, and in 1872 A. J. Bturdlvanl founded the town of Pilot Rock and began a business career of 35 years In that spot. During the past 35 years himself and sons have conducted a mer cantlle establishment at the little town and the estate now owns all the land about the town on every side. Frontier la Every Respect. The frontier nspects and frontier cus toms have been preserver! anrj prac ticed in Pilot Rock during the past third of a century, while the outside world has been hustling Into the pres ent rapid-moving period. The stagecoach has been a daily vis itor during all these years; freight teams have camped without interrup tion on the bank of the creek on Main street;' cowboys have ridden upon all the sidewalks ln town and have con ducted broncho-busting contests up and down every street and alley, and have made nights and days hideous with their yells of defiance. But this week the old era ended and the new was uRhered in with the run ning of the first passenger train, bear ing about 400 excursionists from Pen dleton and other points in Umatilla countv. Then was celebrated the open ing of the Umatilla Central branch of the O. it. & N. to traffic. Four heavily-laden passenger coaches, pulled by Engine 64, in charge or K)n- fineer O. Wr. Moon, who is now past 0, the oldest engine driver on the O. R. Sc. N. system, formed the train that mnrked the opening of tho remote sec tion to the world's traffic and travel. Hereafter regular trains will run over the branch line from Pendleton to Pilot Kock daily. How the Town Was Named. Pilot Rock was named for the great lava peak that towers over the village to the west, and which can be seen for many miles' in every direction, like a (CalUi! Preaa Leased vTlre.) rhl'ndolphla, Dec. Charged with attempting to break Into an express cur on the Buffalo express which con tained $60,000 worth of bullion, which was being shipped by the government to Philadelphia. William A. Hewitt is lu.Jl 1 iTmn(f ?",y. mo.n" ,hB I car with a Jimmy concealed on hla per slumbering hills. The Immigrants com- Uon and was evidently awaiting until ing over the summit of the Blue rooun- tho lights went out before he made the en.eal"fH?chm, ?uld", : attempt. Hewitt Is an old express car K r,i d'"tnc ,f :- miles, and H3 inKppC,or Bnd W,B tnnlUr with tha Ll uA: he r,r?",ln.f "'h creek, instruction of the cars and the prac- r-,.ii . ""';.,'. W'm lltt" " company. nn-ir i'hiu 1 1 1 ( 1 u K 1 1 'I? wiiu foothills toward the Columbia river. As the reck towers high above the surrounding hills it is a most con spicuous object and the name was eaal ly suggested. It was a favorite camp ing place for Indians before the set tlers occupied the little valleys along Birch creek Hnd many old Indlun leg ends cling about it until today. Rich Country AionaA. -While the country about Pilot Rock has been hut narrlullv riivi.,..H ki. has been due to luck of transportation fa cilities, and now that the railroad 1.1 completed It is certain thut much of the Idle range land In the vicinity, will be cultivated, as it produces excellent crops. Stock raising and alfalfa growing now form the principal industries. The lareest sheeD ranches In eastern r- on, that of the Cunningham Sheep & and company, which owns 25.000 head of rheep and HI, 000 acres of land, lies near tne city. But some of the finest apples ever grown In Umatilla county have been produced on Birch creek neur lint Rock this season and other fruits now in Bounnance. This industrv. it GREEN HANI). HF SAYS. LOST HI HIS LEG refer Fisher Asks ,$25,000 for Loss of Limb on Steamboat. Twenty-five thousand dollar is the valuation placed by pVter Fisher upon one of his legs, which was lost, he alleges, because of the Incompetency of Jack Robertson, mate on the boat Charles H. Spencer, operating between Portland and The Dalles. Suit for dam- la believed, will become one of the lead-' "K ', ,'" t!'e fum H,n,fd 0W8 flled tn,s lng sources of profit Some of the finest brewing barley grown in Umatilla county is grown oh the dry lands adjacent to this place and many thousands nt hnai. ho... v, shipped each year to Pendleton. Kich la History. The Pilot Rock district of TTmatllla countv Is rich ln pioneer history. Be ing in the heart of the stock countrv and being Infested with rustlers anil thieves In the earlv days, one of the largest and most active vigilance com mittees ever orjanlaed In eastern Ore gon was maintained nmon(t the stock men of Pilot Rock in early days and Its terrible form of Justice cleared the county of horse nnd cattle thieves after a number of gruesome examples had been made. The little town is situated in the narrow cnyon of Birch creek. It his mi exuenonr. ntitiiic morning ugalnst K. N. Spencer, owner of the boat. Fisher was employed as a deckhand, ho says, on November 1, 1906. He was "green" at the work and says he did not comprehend the clangers of his occupa tion. He charges that Robertson, tho mate, was grossly incompetent and did not hold the license required by federal laws. The accident In which Fisher wus hurt took place five daya after he was em ployed. He was attempting to make a landing at Porter's landing on the Washington side of the Columbia, and Charges that whllo he was trying; to make fust with a lino the mate gavu or ders to go ahead nnd the ropo was quickly paid out' Just then, he charges, the mate became excited and ran into him. throwing him into tho coll of rope, which caught his leg, tore It off arid threw him into the river. ftfTTinnl n nhninri JrToT,dfiu?rv"n.en7 rl"" foHr..thf ! HAD II AMMERLOCK (W poiMiinuon or aDout zoo peonle. Twenty miles south nf Pilot T!nri?4L., nn excellent belt of yellow pine timber which has been located upon within the r,n,!,t wo y?-ra and to which the Uma tilla Central branch of tho O. R. A N it is said will be extended. Appraisers Are Conservative. wA.itbaul the late William W. Cur tlas had over $71,000 on deposit in the Merchants . National bank, and other ?i,ftrr.ty .l8tlmated.t0 be wrth nearly Xl00, ,lh. PPral8ers of the estate hVl,v.alUud U at $33,163.99. Deter mined to be conservative, thev figured x-fimTyton d?Rlt at the Merchants national at one third the actual amount. Ordination at Anaconda. (SpertBU f-.rtrh to, The J.rornal.i " Helena, Mont.. Dec; 19 Bishoo Car roll today ordained Michael Pirnat of Anaconda aa priest. This waa the sec ond ceremony of its kind In the history Z. v Aate f,nd. J!. largely attended. Bishop Carroll left loday for Seattle, whera ha will dedicate tha n dral. - ...... . .. , t i i . I 5 I St iSSC 43 ..mmewft "5 nt' .. ...... . '" l-'WfcVI . W.',....1?, mSmm .... : MKS. RICE CAME TO OREGON IN FIFTY-ONE (Spadal Dlspntch tn The Jonrnnl.) Lebanon, Or., Dec. , 19. Mrs. I,. C. Rice died at her home at Lanomb yesterday atfer an illness of several weeks of can cer of the stomach at the age of G8 yearn Her maiden -name was Sperrv She was born In Iowa in Mnv, 1849, and with her parents crossed the plains In 18.il with ox teams. She Waa' married to L. C. Rica at Brownsville, this coun ty, December 14, 1865, and lived in this county the remainder of her life. Mrs Rice was tho mother of five children, three of whom survive her. Her remains were taken to Brownsville today to be laid to rest beside those of her lata husband, who died August 14. WAR OVER TUNGSTEN MINE IN MONTANA (Special blspatcn to The Journal.) Helena, Mont., Dee. 1 9. Federal Judge Hunt today announced thut he would tcke under advisement the an Plication for a receiver for the Kim. berly-Montana Mining company of Chl- caTo, in wnion minority stocKnoiders al lege a conspiracy on the part of th mHjornjr 'owners ana certain creditors. i ne company, is me owner or tne larg est tungsten mine Mi the world. Already,. It Is aald, one murder hag resulted over tne company's compiica Hons. - . ' BREMERTON EMPLOYES ruget Sound Navy Yard. Dec. 19. A. H. Freerkscn, formerly clerk of . tho board of labor employment at , the Puget sound navy yard, while holding such position by virtue of civil service regulations, was twice elected mayor of the city of Bremerton. Now for tha third time he is standing trial on charges of "undue political activity. Twice he was ordered dismissed from the service hy the civil service commis sion and this third trial ta a publio hearing ordered by the navy depart ment with a view to his possible rein statement. The board Is composed of Lieutenant Commnnder G. R. Slocum. president: Naval Constructor J. I). Ueuret and En gineer A. C. Lewerr nz, recorder. Attor ney. U Frank Brown of Seattle la coun sel for the defendant. Henrv F. Green, chairman of the United Rtatos civil service commission, Washington, D! C, and Charles L. Snyder, secretary of the Twelfth United States civil service dis trict of San Francisco are In attend ance by courtesy of the navy depart ment. The .evidence tended to show a civil service combine controlled politics in the navy yard and that Freerksen -was In the Combine. Other employes dared not oppose the ring for fear of losing their positions. Pilot Rock aa It Looked the Day the First Train - Was' Bun, 'V WU HAS MESSAGE , tfROM THE THRONE (Carted Preaa letsefl Trtre.) ' Pekln, China, Dec. 19. Wu Tlngr Fang, the reappointed Chinese minister to Washlngten, left today for Shanghai; whence ha will sail for Washington in January. He will carry a message of unusual warmth, to Poosevelt from the thron. -. ;...) ... .. - . -; NO DECISION IN HARRIMAN-FISH CASE h (United Press I.eaied Wire.) Chicago, Dec. 19. Judge Ball was un able to reach a decision in the Fish in junction suit and the Illinois Central. Court adjourned again until afternoon. Harrlman attorneys pleaded for live, hours for a three weeks' postponement, but Flah'a lawyera fought It on - tha ground of the great expense-Involved. Lebanon's Tax Levy. ( (Speclul btfpsrch "to The Journal.) Lebanon, Or.. Dec 19. The eltv cil haa made a tax levy of 6 mills for the eomina- vear. Thla ineiu4a. eral, road and Street funds. This la one mill lower than the levy last year. Lebanon has tin hnniut in.K.l. It financial condition la exoellent. In come laat tear, waa about tSOO mare than expenditurav " y" w" m ns