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
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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
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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
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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