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Newspaper Page Text19 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAU PORTLAND, TUESDAY EVENING JANUARY 14, 1808; EMIGRATION DAMAGES ft ITALIAN INDUSTRIES Southern Provinces Threatened With . Depopulation' as Result of Rush to America Needed to Help Grow v , , t . , Crops at Home. -;':! ; l. (Copyright loa. "Charities and The Th story la told of trip made by the let Prime Minister . Zanardelll through one of the Italian provinces where emigration had begun to be . menace to tb community. The mayor and cblef matt of one town met the mln later at the etatlon and escorted him In ; state to the central square, where, be Are platform gorgeously decorated In red. white and green of Italy, waited ' motley throne;. ' Looking; down on those poor, half-starved, lii-clad peaeantsJthe prime mlnieter listened to an elabo rately prepared address of welcome, read by the mayor: "I welcome you In the name or e.uuo inhabitants or mis town, 3,000 .of whom are in America and the other Z.oot preparing to go." an Italian-English grammar and read ing book. He was preparing himself to go to America. Subjects Increase. ; In spite of the vast numbers " that have left Italy during the laat 20 years, 4,000,000 of whom have become a per manent element In foreign countries. tho number of Victor .Emmanuel's sub- ; Jecte haa not diminished, but has on tbe j MltMpv I no fiii mrtrl , Tllu ha . n aiiiliiil innmu , JLmthm t nnn i improbable that . chara-ea and In 187 It rose to 401.000. This 'lit- S eareleasnesa will. soon be made against tie Peninsula with an araa of 110.821 u"?"r in pwu or 12,-( TflTM OF 130 KILLED IH FIRE Death List at Boyerston Will Not Be So Largo as Was Believed Earlier. : - ' (United Press LMd tVlre.) Boyerstown, Jan. 14. Official ' an nouncement . waa made tola afternoon that according to the best facts obtain able the list of those killed In ', last night's theatre panic and fire will not exceed ISO; that 100 were seriously In- urra, iu or wnom in expected to ale. The authorities of the city hava bHn at work all day In an effort to deter mine wno couia possibly be hold re- ponsmiH .xor me disaster, it Is not of criminal CITY EMPLOYES TO mm Ml mm EiecutlFe Board to lllcar Complaints Against De partment Officers. square miles, haa a population 449,764, or 293 people to a square mile. as against France with 181 and the United States with only 21. Overpopu lation in district difficult of cultiva tion, .heavy taxation, fearfully low wages and proportionately high rents hava combined to keep the people poor and living conditions little better than An extreme TnsfancV do you sav? aurIn" th " l hmy An extreme instance. aq you sayT I mmMj, thm. mhn m,im not m.ki Yes., ret this la the Phase of our lmml r ration question which atrlkes home to J i question of lv. and vital aa . tfta ou .Italian migration la to us, it concerns Italy vsstly mora I have spent several months traveling through Italy, riding through the country and seeking out the villages and hamlets where tourists rarely go. It-is from these villages . that emigration la largest. It Is here . that the effect of the enormous annual exodus of Italian workmen is most evl dent. In their official reports . the Italians group their emigrants In two classes, , temporary and permanent To the first class belong all those who leave the country annually during the working season from ' May to ' October ana tnose who leave for a definite period of time and who, with few exceptions, re turn io jiaiy. in general tne members of this temporary clasa go from the northern provinces Piedmont, Lom bard jr. venetla, Emilia, Tuscany.. The norm or Italy is a great plain contain ing the most fertile and productive land in tne country. . northern Peasant. healthier and better fed and clothed man tnoae or tne southern nmvlnrai The thousands who leave their home compelled ' those who could not make even the poorest kind of a living at home to go elsewhere, usually to Amer ica. Emigrants, few in number at nrst, succeeded so well that others hava fol lowed until now the government, oatrl. otio citisena ana great landholder are all deeply concerned about the de parture of so many able-bodied work ers. To nut It another way considering the small area of the country, together with the fact that one third of this consists of barren mountains which pro duce absolutely' nothing, and large sec tions are virtually abandoned owing to the prevalence of malaria, it la quit evident that emigration muat continue; otherwise tha'vountry will not be able to support its Inhabitant Indeed, un less hundreds of thousands of Italians expatriate themeelves averr year, they win . increasingly nave to puna tneir homes on the seashore and on the pre cipitous mountain aides. If the people wno leave tne country came in rei tlvelv eaual number from all the prov ince, and If the percentage of women wa a large as the percentage or men, All saloons and hotel hara hava tuuM closed. A 'sound of the state constab ulary has arrived from Raadi via, iu hi rvauuo wori NO END TO MARsltAL FIGHT AT HOQUIAM (Special DlspatchS Tbe Journal.) Hoqulam, Wash, Jan. 14 The fight over the reinstatement of Marshal Mo Kinney goes on, with the chances aboat even. - Two petition have been circu lated and very generally signed, one for and the other against the marshal. The one In hi favor Is headed by the name of W. I Adams, president of the oldest bank here, and contains the nam of oiaie Benaior poison, a warm advocate of McKinney. The names of many nth. er-promtnent people are also on this pe tlon, on the other hand there Is a peti tion containing S0O names, nni nf them having been removed from the former petition. Among ' them Is the name of O. M. Moor. , adllnr .f tha Daily Washlngtonlan, which Is waging a fierce fight against the marshal, and wuivu nu urcirna u aesire to see tne case Drougnt oerore tne grand jury. This case 1 exciting almost as much merest as me ramous Todd caae. In Alex Donaldson, superintendent of the city street cleaning department, and Frank Jepklns, day foreman of ' the same department, will be formally tried before the street committee of the city executive', board thi. ifumnnn . t a o'clock, on the charges of having re ceived monev for hmillna Air m-A for neglecting their duty. , r is bwlleved the charges Will fall flat and thathe complainant will not t on hand to prosecute Donaldson and jminios. wnitneid and Farrlngton are """"x" r me complainants, wnose " wr never given out. it is said that Lawyer Whitfield will not be pree- Vt.u jtuwjcuis me, caae. - i The following have been subpoenaed a witness to testify this afternoon: Max McDonald. August Plele. Jame xirupn. uus Muoert. Miae Mooinnls, Asa ilarrla, Ted Smith, Jim Weurtey. John i Schwan. James Keams. Rodney Tomkins, John Cooley, William Savage. Mike Coleman, William Crane, W. 8tlng, Mil- Mwmm HACK Hill JIT RE-ELECT ffllS LVORK Oil COAST Convention Will Bo ; Held Attempt Made to' Kidnap Sc- . Next Year Jn Tacoma or.H attle Girl With View of ! STODlfCUiraEOF -ilRID 11II0S Seattle- t A three-hours executive aesslon oc cupied the time of the Northwest Retail Securing: Ransom. (United press Leased Wire.) Seattle, Wash. Jan, 14. Fear that Harness Dealers' con ventlont hi morn-1 the dreaded Black Hand society has be- ing, wnicn.is jn aession in the United I gun active operation In the northwest Artisans' hall,, Abington building. A I seems to have benv verified last niaht number of committee ' report. Impor-1 when ' two IUllana, one armed with 'k tant to the member of the association, stiletto, attacked Gerald Ine Bnllou near came- up for discussion. Just prior, to adjournment at the noon hour, the election of officers for "ulng year was taken up. M. IX Mill of Lewlston, Idaho, wa reelected president; A.;F. Iloska of Tacoma. first Henry Maya Frarf Pimth ir ir COUNTY ASSESSORS MEET FOR COME 1 Ten Members of State Asso ciation Foregather With' Multnomah's Official. A convention of the state association of county assessors wa opened this morning In the office of D. B. Slgler, I Vhieli th. m.r.hil .. -. . .k. - cipal flaurea havln hht.ln.i f"'V"n M association. . At- in . -- ;-f iT-.-T.""""'"" nun ni session venarni mniin. ! r . J 7 her home at tli Virginia street. After int-ir ieu ana gagged, tne alrl her an. sailant summomuf a hack, with tnt.nt to bear her away; presumably, for ran som. .- . 1 .. , . . . - Mia Ballou had left her home mo mentarily to mall a postal curd. She naa no more tnan reacnea the mall box than two men snranar nnon har fmm the shadows of the bulMlnra her, forcing a strange liquid down her inroau one struggled desperately and One of the man alu.hawl at hor rlnthl cutting her shirtwaist and making slashes In her skirt She was 'gagged, bound hand and foot, with her hand behind her back and struggling and screaming dragged by main force for 60 feet Her parent heard her crle and cam to the rescue. At thl tbe villain slunk away In the darkneaa. - . loaay xdiss uauou is eonlined to her bed from her Injuries and shoVk, but she rwinmiDrs oiaiinctiy an tnst occurred up io me time tne men harried away. Miss Ballou Is a niece of M. J. Luta, proprietor of the Pioneer saloon at ti Columbia street, and well to do. Many iaucuia)-oi ui conamons congregate inw lauim nowa many or uiem per sonally and by sight, and It Is believed - ' ' - 1 - .K L A l..Ll Y i ...... yregun.- jjeicgauon Will In clude Many From" Easi- ' -ernrartof State. Ovrnor George E.Chamberlain haa ap. ponlted a strong delegation of Oregon men to attend the dry farming congress s to be held at Salt Lake Januarv .: Many part of Oregon being eml-arld ' and havlna elnvatlnn n .i... ', ?JrJJlltr?,lK'iii0n l1 developed inl to DrOductlva irAia Kw i-.Tin pa industrial aa-ent of tha n n a. tlon to this method. . ,, . , The Ore iron Hal.., f c.t r -t. Will ba mnmmiiii a. w tt is . , d.nt v i'-f.v "r v" " s jncuuurai . couoge, . Prti-Ulf :A m R'chardson, manager Portland Commercial club, Portland; O. 5" pcho; Louis School. Echo: Dr. T. M. Van , Horn. Echo; C. C. J UreyV S.,,em; A -Bnett. lVrigon7 ' m6-"5i'H-,Ai 4'unter. Lakevlew; 1,1, "ddeman, Madras? F. - S. ' Stanley HooA niv u . w tril... , Ashland; J. C. Brown. Medford; Dr. W. U Maraden. Burns: M w nnmki. wii... fcAf!!Pr Djvls, Harney W. J. WoodH. ' i ii !iS A. Woolery. lone; Walter hhMM i0,PhJ -C. F. Stone, Klam." atn Falls! T,h.H nil.,.. . . Hutneeton, Weston; P. K. phelDs? r'V ",1-.., .WVh U"'i Oliver Da uWm- oi "ir-.r,' - ttron, Tho , V 9.' B;. Allen, Sumpter; M. R. Elliott. Prlnevllle; Louis O. Dumhlaton: uiiaiiy una oj signi, ana it IS Dene veil I u . i 'i - um had mad well-laid plfn through con- iii50dVuem,nt "PL tharnat at- nivanoa with tha hack man to tU bar ud. I IZl!".Au .' p".l.Jne atata," Gov- -war ncr war wiui idi niri in fmiih can na noia nar ior , rananm hv m , UTV v . i ernor Chamberlain aal.V "and I hope that Oregon will boost for tha An rlli congress. In the great northwest there are homes for millions nf tu-.i, - GAL J " r r!,.t-m1,ad B0t bwn trXMlM by hi. t UwV. wwniutlve mSiures were taaen ui convention 0. R. Nestos. aa the young and strong, the govern ment would. not complain. The countrv can easily spare from J00.OO0 to 400,000, or the same number VfXJ?!;?1!?,.!"? I as 'the annuai Increase of births over e-iniuga ia ineir nauve tana. Tney are till loyal Italian citisena and thel? i suicide. Mrs. Reran, tha woman fit th -- I Is again In Hoqulam, and says all is harmony between herself and her hus band, money adds to ,the prosperity of this in me eariy aays : emigration was mainly limited to the provinces of the north. From the south there were but jew wno emigrated prior to 1886, un less the Baaiflcata be excepted. While a goodly , number from the - southern provinces may , oe found In South: America and in Africa, there being a iivurisninc colony oi 76,000 Italians in Tnnls, by far the vast majority find their way te the United Statea. The Italian aovernment renorts .ml. gration la divided Into two classes. I nPy. . oeaoiaie ipoains nouses. in snd almost .""v"rJ""5 J"V."'7'"i' " VV"V' deaths last year. But It cannot wltn Impunity be drained of 400.000 of Its agricultural population, tne siooa-pro ducing class, especially when over three fourths of this number are men from IT to 35 or 40 years of age, represent ing the most vigorous and ambitious element In their home towns, and com ing, aa they do. from a limited section Of the country. branch of tha Northern P--M 4. -t. In the course or a trip from la cava " . :. " to Sorrento, we passed through Post- Nu" recovering rrora tne effects of the up for consideration. The rui Ba-in -aeaslon fnr m. f'al days for the purpose of discussing mo r-jiuu. quesnons oi interest to tne assessors or ine state. There were 10 members of tbe asso ciation present at tne meeting a fol lows: Oeoraa W Rtalav a n., .1. - TTTR Pl?ilTAV EK '. ' Marion. A. T. Laws of ---.v-vx -luuivil voiumDia. u. ts. McKnignt of Linn, r-eets or Bnerrnan, vv. B. Conner or Morrow, vi a. uraves of Polk, Deputy Assessor Humphrey of Union and Secretary T. J. Nelson of Clackamas. STORM EFFECTS IN (Special DUpttcW te Tbe Jonraal.) Aberdeen, Wash., Jan. 14. This tsno, a quaint town perched on the hill side, that has been abandoned by Its male inhabitants, all of whom are In America. We saw row after row of empty, desolate looking house. In tor of the old Caomiccln Monastery hotel, who has been on that beautiful spot for flftv years, he told me hoi twenty year aso Amalfl wa a thriv ing town of ten thousand; by. 1901 It waa reduced to 6.681. and today It can not contain more than !, 000 persons. America has all the rest,. This ex plain why the factories cannot run and unusual storm of last week. A phe nomenally high tlde,almost beyond the memory of the oldest Inhabitant, was rolled in by heavy galea, and the ter rlflc wind did considerable damnn DISCUSS FRANCHISE OF UNITED RAILWAYS vice-president; R. W. Price of Port land.' Second vlpa-nrMnt CL Xt J.- tOS Of Srjokan was nd treasurer;- T. R. Fisher and J. M. rrmra wan aieotan ImilMi fnr --. of i threa yeara. ; , Tha AYi-nt iv AAvMmiMaa I at mis arternoon's session, and a Place Selected tar hnMlnv ih ..t rr rf untion, wnicn will probably """ vr DOM ills. At the meeting this afternoon, which convened at I o'clock, the executive ses sion continued for a short time, fol lowed by an nn.n MMinn v. fojiowlng subjects were taken up for TO QUELL JAPS Vancouver . Brown Men's Houses Are Stocked With Modern Firearms. Plate elaas windows were blown In and signs Diown aown. wa carried out and mora or less dam. age done aa far up the valley as the tides ran. It is only within the past day or so that cars have started to run again on ine ucosia prancii. the mall being carried down by i handcar. The iine-oeiwean ner ana Modips was also 'At a meeting of the street committee The railroad track of th" clty council held thia afternoon thoae who eross the ocean as a whole now come to tha TTnitari States, and those who find their way to hid vuunines oi curope ana to coun tries ' borderlne- on tha MMiiUrranun inuring ins year 1US. or trie northarn provinces, , Piedmont furnished 72J80 tiuiBiui. uut oaiy es.see crossed tne ocean. Lombardy gave a toUl of 6S,- ui in tne same year, but on ? i m i wwm. wmnii . ... j : -; "T"? arranuns; me rrancnise with ama n came to America," and of lOt.s'gS eml- Jny, ? vlnyrd 'n" J The'heavy liins ThflvS laan1" chane"- th principal change being in grant from Venice, onlv the insisift. In fact o seriou haa this depopula- ."v,.iL,tv A00"8" "2 the routing of the new roa whinhV! cant number v. of ';i.otfo croased" th. "on become that, an effort haa been T"". f?nJ- city wishes to be constructed na.t fit ' y"'""'" """"' I track. - i iaivary ana on to nuisooro. wiui wwtratn rora m iiurin. i uiauae were Inserted nrn vtrttntr fnr Condition Change. , ' nrrnnTn rr.rn.-n . .5h-ne..0,d after, consultation When emigration had not, assumed XjVU&IMj VJiTiiltAJNa 1"" iJp.BenJa"VM-.?r. company ucn enormous proportion a at tne representative of the United Railway company met In conference with the members of the committee to discuss changes In the franchise which the L-umpHny iB seexing to nave granted by the council. The committee is in favot of granting the franchise with ama it ocean.,. The southern districts tell a very dlf- ferent story. The Abrusxi and Molise fivA.B the total number of emigrant. 68.032, ,onlj 1.080, of whom . remained on the other side of the ocean; while blclly shows 127.603 emigrants for the same year, 121,669 coming to our shores. Tha three provinces of Calabria during me amino penca sent rortn 67,(184 emi grants, and all but 1.607 crossed the At lantic. But it Is In the Basillcata which is today under greatest stress owing to the loss of - nearly all Its able-bodied men. From this province alone, in 1(W, went 18,098 emigrants and all save 810 came to America. . . . ; ,., , ' 01ats of Zsunlgrraata. Of more Importance to the American are thess foreigners who land at our ports and remain here permanently In the proportion of two out of three. The provinces from which they come are the AbruXxL' east of Home: Diri aaar but farther south; Avellino and Basil lcata. In the central and anuth.rn narf and Calabria, comprising the three pro vinces of Coienxa, Catanzaro and Beg- present time, the Italian government looked upon it'wlth favor, but it served a a kind of balance wheel to tha eco nomic equilibrium of the country. The laborer would leave home when they naa no worn ana return at tne end or tne season with money to spend.. This kind 'of emigration is fostered by the Italian government notwitnstanding what may be said to the contrary. Bui agreed to them. The franchlae aa "PHPir ATPW PACT sanded will now be referred to the s.vAim. ii j. x I cnjr council the great bulk of the emigration today Is a very different sort. It is the per manent tenaency in tne uae oi emigre tlon which Is occupying the attention of those most .keenly Interested in the welfare of the country as a whole. They are seeina before their very aval the depopulation of entire privlncea, and ins son wnicn once was a veritanio garden, maintained In a high' state of cultivation by the labor of countless contadlnl eager to work for the mere possibility or existence for themselves gio joining tbe extreme southern part I and their families, today lies abandoned of the peninsula and the Island of Sicily. To this second, or permanent, class of immigrants belong those who absent themselves from their own country for . a long period of time or settle perroa ' nently fn foreign lands. Nature has not been kind to man In these southern . provinces; the lofty rang of the Appenines la picturesque snd magnificent In its snow-canbed ;;randeur. but the rocky sides are use ess to the farmer and yield nothing even as herbage for flocks. Most of ; the vineyards and orchards are on the , hillsides, and where the slope Is very steep the peasant have built platform of earth, 12 or IS feet wide, supported by thick stone walls, six or eight feet high. Flights of stone steps lead from one terrace to another. Here are fig trees, -pomegranates - and eltron and an. ' tire hillsides covered with the silvery gray foliage of the olive. Where there ere no orchards or vineyards, there are vegetables and these are often planted - between rows of vines or tree so that ' S,Yrjr YplUble Inch of ground Is used, i The pitiful fact Is. however, that even with so much hard work the soil pro . duces only food enough to scantily feed .. the lncreaalnar number nf inhahltanta. and wages are only 30 cent a day for a man, and less for women and boys. -. An American 1 a marked man In southern Italy. Especially did -I find this tirue in the out-of-the-way towns ' w . n tourists never go. The people s QulcklV Collect In a.rrnim ani Vnll i the stranger eager to ask questions because, men cannot be found to till It nsoos' SPECIAL SESSION (United Press Leased Wire.) Carson, Nev., Jan. 14. The Special session of the Nevada legislature, called by Governor Sparks to take action on the situation growing out of tfie miners' strike, convened at noon today. Lieutenant-Governor Blckerson presided in the senate and Speaker Robert Skaggs appeared In his customary place In the house. Both of them are opposed to Governor Spark' policy affecting the Goldfleld Situation, and the miner look to them for much assistance. - In his message the governor says the principal reason ior calling tne special (Special Dispatch to Tbe Journal.) Eugene, Or., Jan. 14. Temporary or ganisation of a new G. A. R. post was effected at a meeting of a number of old soldiers In Eugene yesterday after noon. Thia noat ia In aiMltinn t viiv atreaay esiaDiisnea nere and which iias a, memDcraniD or anoui iko Bnm of the members became dissatisfied wiui mi manner in wnicn tne post la conducted, with the result that the new one was organized. The name chosen was Rich Mountain noat a numK. will be given It when lta rhflHM la granted. The following officers were elected: - Commander. .T t non,i. senior vice command!- Atha- junior vice commander, J. C. Small: of ficer of the day, Henry Hopkins; quar termaster. Frank Ralnnof- i. v kiMiitniu, .niu-ies juiapner; orricer of the. guard. Charles Shuck; surgeon, William Smith, WEBB TO CONSIDER RAILROAD REBATING at tha next mMtli ,(!, the recommendation that It be granted. LITTLE WARMTH IN WINTERS' FAMILY .w?r.'.; w,nt" was brought to tne Jail this morninar Dome i vuarBiDBj mm wun non-support, but his unci, un investigation or the case iraiore juage we Deter it was found that the charge, which was matHTby his T. .aw, jo i-iiv cuiraiimuon ax iong-stand- Ing family dlaaareamanta achlnK k a led to at least two separations. The " -una winters lert everything he nu iv am wiie ana started out new, securing a, goo on one or the railroads. He was at work when arrested, and un- aer tne circumstances it was thought best to allow blm to go on his own rec- UgUlHailUB, ROBBERS HIT VICTIM WHO. .18 SUBMISSIVE discussion: Collection nanarfman "ii.it Credit, Time and Amoust," P Dtri xneinoa or Collecting Of E. Ac- session grew out of the controversy be tween the operators and their union employes.- - - The aovernor recommends that a law abont America, which seems to them al-1 should be enacted regulating the police most an enchanted country. I power of the state, either along military leave by Hnndreds. .... J or civil power;llne vested in the state tne town or Altamura, I saw a great Ih.rong People- Upon Inquiry I was told that they had been to the station to bid goodbye to 120 of their townsmen who had just lert for America. -Three weeks later, In Gravlna, 200 emigrants were accompanied to the station by " i"11 lne population or tne. town, ihese towns have only recently Caught the migrating fever. In 1900 and 1901. Vtm.u!S "e"' UK,Z5 nd IS and Gravlna Is and 9 respectively. . .wIIiaP18.' bad been only a day at a iiyusi wnen tne head waiter, a very ul ruT; w"SPi- nuentiy Eng lish, fteneh and" German, as well as Italian. Introduced himself to me and America. " ou,d 4 work lu JLtLZ?a,cUf? r h'l( clerk of this same Hotel, a man annivin. u.raai fUar,,0,W m.8 be was planning to go ........ . rt weea later . iitria Charles Prank, an elderly German, wa found dead In his house on Vsimali farm two miles beyond Holbrook yes terday morning under conditions indl hlvf1'' haa cmmitted su cide ,Dy..,taJc,n Poison. An empty bottle legislature, In recognizing the favor ex- ihi- K-.i5l -"i.8. found on a tended to the state, should give Preai- uT; " s. J. ,o i i . w ' wnicn me body dent Itooseveit a vote of thanks. The general impression Is that the He says the necessary monev should be appropriated to cary out any plan decided upon and suggested that the ' ( United Press Leaacd Wlr I San Francisco. Jan. 14. with a Script of all tha teatlmonv lov.n Interstate Commerce .Commissioner Lane during the Investigation Into al leged rebating by the Southern Pacific company, tbe state board of railway commissioners this morning considered uiinaa oi ine southern Pacific for exacUy six minutes and then In a resolution presented by Commissioner iJUTciiuiu unaaBu ine entire matter un to Attorney-General Webb. m""r up While the alleged offenses of the Southern Pacific company were thus disposed of so-far as the commission 1 concerned, Commissioner Loveland one-of the men named as having bene- ineu ojr rmes lower tnan the tariff published by the Southern Pacific? !: troduced another vesoluUon which, he - "-"""wus iu me xuture. ALL INDICATIONS . POINT TO SUICIDE to Calabrian elevator boy asked m wwniu Ittil If I legislature will support tne arovernnr In spite of the strong influence that Is be ing j wieiaea against mm, PRIEST'S RESIDENCE ; AT EUGENE ROBBED (Special DUpatch to Tbe Jounial.) Eugene. ur., jan. ,14. Burglars en tered the residence of Hv. KVithor CFarrell, rector-of St. Mary's Catholic church, in this city. 8unday night while the father was at the church ser vice ana took a small sum of moneya a some jeweiry. ' tie entered Several l.tt.ra ...I'"i""u ma.ciu tuai ma aauahter now in this citv. be Uken care of. The" body was taken in charge by, Coroner Flnley and an ' Inquest will be held om time this afternoon, ? d NINETEEN CAUGHT . IN GAMBLING GAME A gambllnar aame at n rifik . IS man -iri. nlnt nd . mem ureoas. were ar. rested and taken tn tha . iT wf.r"..l The raid was made on 1-.1 "SI"Ba ueorge Alex (United Press Leased Win ) Sn Francisco, Jan. 14. Advices were rwuvivsa mis morninr dv fostnrna in. spector Johnston that a mall driver at Marysvllle while on his way to the de pot last mgni was neia up by two masked men and the registered mall pouch rifled. After holding the driver up mo rooDers xorcea mm to drive Into a dark alley where they struck him over tne neaa wun an iron Dar, fracturing his skull. They then fled and have not been captured. t BRIDE OF THREE MONTHS DIES Mra Margaret Larsen, wife of Lewis Larsen, night clerk at. the Belvedere noiei, a onae or only three months, uiou suuucni iasi jojaril a i ner Dome. 723 . Wyaant street Mrs. Laraan not been in the best of health for some iiiuo, out was 13 years 01a. Mr a I car een was formerly Miss Margaret May Barton and lived with her mother at 967 East Seventeenth street Funeral services, will be held at Flnley's chapel at 10:30 o'clock Thursday morning. MT?.nu.Vlctu.lniF DPrtment-f"Method L-ak,n E'tlmates" W. L. Myers; New and Useful Machinery," O. R. rvT ' "J'"""1! ana mtinodl of ".'6.'"a V,r.famJ' Bnu discussion; "rlckS , of tha Trail ' a v ti : "Exchange of Ideas Not Patented or In e"er"' Ufe. 'KeneraV discussion. o.V-k Overington, representing the Santa Rosa, Vallejo, Tanning company, was present at thia morning's session, and enlivened the proceedings by pr rtatVnn' 1" miT Of ths'sisO- cUtlon. a souvenir in the shape of a handsome match case, bound with mo- aw-VV ICO. liicr. VaataflAn . a , feoeral discussion of the Z "m' nxirms or tne harness uvii a uuBiiirjasi. w un iriA A ing method now In use and to offer ussiT;ai,iijiH sanu nsiw lTASss taa ....1 be beneficial to the trade. Th. rZlc gram Included a discussion of "Busi ness Department Mh. i-j t V Walters. A. D. Nestos and' P. H. sfV. txr tt.. . ouixi ana it. sion. " a in mis dlscus- Th convention will finish Its busi ness and adjourn this afternoon; ' 1 . - v. liwu anus airaaaT acc.naihia tmi r..i-. " iiiniiuna on lands that can . I be made productive by Intelligent de velopment Of VaHoua mathnta - Ing seml-arld soils. The dry farming' processes have. mad. mnnh ... and there Is no telling what they may the Vtat?' neral good of Fisher Harris, president of tha Aim. i gresa, declares that tha success of the dry, or arid farmlna movamant represented by this congress. Is of " greater importance than either Irrln. - tlon or swamp drainage, for the raaann that the extent of country subject t re i demptlon Is Infinitely greater In 'the I lurmer maa m tne latter cases com bined. ' ' r i, holds-bonds rn HAVE FRENZIED Till Arrest of Man Who Sold Them. (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) Vancouver, a C, Jan. 14. The Asiatic Exclusion league wants the city to buy several gat ling run for use la preserv ing peace If another outbreak) with th Japanese snould -occur In Vancouver. President Von Rhnln Aalai ih. SSSStiK.ith of PaPer Asks for ooaraing-nouse where the firemen were I so oaaiy injured on Mew Tear's morn Ing. there were 40 rmmi rnnlalnlnv At . 1 . . . . inim inres io seven nnes in eacn room. In the entire1 building there were 150 rifles ready for Instant use. According ly a resolution was aaoptea canine; upon the attorney-aeneral of British Colum. bla and the police commissioners of Vancouver to mane a general search for arms In the oriental quarters. One speaker declared that a Maxim machine gun was now Quartered by the Jan. anese on Powell street The city will be asked to buy two or three up-to-date machine guna A resolution also was adopted calling upon John Jardlne. a member of tha legislature, to Introduce a natal act for the exclusion of Japanese next week. The proposal 1 that tbe rule ! be suspended and the act rushed i through. If It Is disallowed bv the Ot. I tawa government It can then be passed a second time In the same session of tne jsriusn voiumoia legislature. PEEPING Ml HAS I RESIDENTS SCAR ED TACOMA RUNAWAYS SENT OUT TO WORK Unknown Man Throws Rocks Through Windows Late at Night. WAR VETERAN FOUND DEAD IN HIS BED People living In the vicinity of tha east end of the steel bridge are being oy an unanown man wh ha. oeen visiting nouses late at niaht M. friar tn iIhiIa. . at nn-..'" lner,ise com- rr TV " '" a manner to frighten llmid Derami Mra a v -m.Cl'llz1! lives at 403 Tjirroha- ' '""A'.wno the police "la-st- night that "AT o'clock Sunday morning a man thr- . -"sIVthe. ront window of her resi- ucwvc, uimKing Tne large plate alaa. and scattering the fragments o'er th2 Interior of the room. fl A few. nlarhts un a lOOkin In it th. frnnt Ti-" ".oen neighboring housa ft. .V " v-VAV " XZr, apparently un- v-iiiDi unumacner has ln .ruJti?i.tlj; 'f.lcfr.?n the bea to make sa-aa vWi a. w I10 pTOWleT. DUNN AND JAVNES B0TH DONE BY JUDGE James Lensl, Peter Greboakl and Frank Lubl. three youths from Tacoma who were picked up by the police last night, were before the Juvenile court thia morning. They told Officer Haw ley that their parents consented tn thatr leaving noma, as tney oouid find no work In Tacoma and needed a Job. They were soni out mis morning What ia claimed to ba a case of fren- sled finance cropped up at polio head' quarters oday when Mrs. Sarah B . White applied for a warrant .for th arrest of J. A. Stevens on a charge of obtaining money by false pretences. Accordlna to th. atorv tnM h. urn White, she purchased from Stevens, who is said to be a bond broker, five 1100 debenture bonds of the United Lumhtr & Export company of Portland, paying therefor the total sum ot 1850. Th bonds are Signed bv C. E. Brouarhtnn. ! president, and '8. B. Edwards, secretary. The bonds are alleired tn ha amarantaa.4 by the Northwest Guarantee fc Trust company, and carry an Indorsement to that effect, signed b Thomas P. Thorn ton as secretary of the trust company. Mrs. White slleges that she has aa certalned that the bonds are worthies and that she has been unable to either secure the return of the money paid for them or to get any satisfaction whatever, financial or otherwise. After siaiing tne case to ner attorney, George W. Joseph, ah was advised to get a warrant for the arrest of Stevens. , Judge Cameron issued th. warrant and placed it in th hands of th police for service. Bonds were fixed in th. sum of 11,000. Mr. White does not know the n resent vhamhwi. Stevens. r " . " . tn find worn. ti i lTTr itatit Frank Oliver, the 1 7-year-old boy UAl H XV U Y 1JN who alnla a ravnlvar a I i rrhorv.1 aaVm60..3!; I CHARGE ON PLANT sleep and something to eat will be tried he Juvenile court Thursday. He aava aii . ii. . y In t that a pOUoeman suaaested that "break into lull." and that d. luwau uut mis auvica, dui uriioor Had ley does not place much ererionra in Kia siorjr. An extort win be made to learn mors concerning nis nistory. PIONEER OF LANE iaia e tn "S wl1' ?e I which had hnen ln .itiiir.j rrul ! J"." . K"11 ' i.n Win appear - for quests for letters , of introduction fori wnlc been-lef ttralocked. The rrospective emigranta There was talk fh.A222i e01" In the trains, on the road. In the towns. I invariably l?fiJ?y,'?bo hd been to America; or had friends or relative fcereEver v5f? fTm ' onth which comes JntS viiuh vu lamuiar Italian eml rrunt. in the southern towns it Is no uncommon thing to hear English spoken In Sale, a town of the Abruxil. there were about 2J men who had been to A merica and settled in Astoria, Long ls.and, and who expected to return in the spring. ln Toritto I found young nien,on of -m I grants, who- could not n,r" imiian, out couia speak excellent I.naliah. In a streetcar In Naples I patched with curiosity a conductor who d a book in his hands', and,, .between ""lei'ting fares, seeme( to be studying Ji ny arasucment I found Uiat It was " uigni some one enacted an en iranw mra tne residence of K, B. Spen cer and took a )40 field wlass and some re ,ar" ""any noooes in the city anT the police think It Is th work ulIll"! Vrr" L""1 Wire.) Waehingtow. Jan. 14. Presldant Roosevelt today enf the fouSwmV nominations. to' tha aanat. t(.rg. . 11 ' ter E. . Balcock. Parma, ' ' ' w T Waanington-William. Jsenhart. Che- "TT'lBg sdvertlseiarBts larrln. Beutloa la .oaraai. .4 plea ...Li v.. j: ' -vvor - ior us.wa auugo uuneron tomorrow. OREGON CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION DATES tWashlotW Bnraaa of The JonrnaL) waaninaton. Jan. . 1 Tha . m,i.. i7.i i ri 7 . . o wili uc oeia a rouows: port land. Astoria. Baker flfv Rn.M. v. ... . . . w r w .iiu X'enaieion. March it; Aatnria ti.i... -.I.. "IT. . - . i 'tiV f ,f 1'' yP'" " Pendleton, April 7 and IS; Portland. April 6 and 15. Danish jpet Dead. -t . - Dalted Press Leased Wire.) - Copenhagen. Jan, 14. Holger brach. mann, greatest modern . Danish ooet died this afternoorf. jr " P j John Whittle, a veteran of th. oivii YA'j, Y," 9und dead In hia room at is believed that death resulted from natural causes, aa the old man had been in tpoor health of late and was very feeble on account of old age. He " .",,nl r tne soldiers' home at Roseburg for several years, but came to this city several' weeks ago to pay a visit to fils aon. who is in employ of th Standard Box factory, WRECK DELAYS SOUTHERN PACIFIC &X,JtolW.M '? the .V. . "-'t'" waa ueiayea I1V fiOUr S-'A-SIL AWJ w??J- In th- j ui ua tat. AiuB run. raw miiaa .anak of Eugena While switching aom- kAS m u - ir. ev siring or rreigbt cars ran into a mianiana ..it.i. lnmn.J t I. . --v- am, . vuu uaui. uno VI, lOi Ctrl tipped over and It wm 'nM ! rj" " MmVU"jm. or a wrecaer before iyv wv wuiu ui vicarea ior travel. -tv vut, wa. lujurmi. BURGLARS NEEDED SPRING CLOTHING - isssMsMiHaaaBajaasBs ' BJJ.r,f lar" "terd th resldenc of C Jt,.WlTsoa.at S47 .Pl8e street last nlVht ana sioie quantity of wearing apparel and other articles of value. hi, rob bery waa renortad tn thm n.i .iT d to S3? an in- Two felonv eases vara ii..... Municipal Judge Cameron thia morning by binding the defendant over to await i .azt. V"'JriL',a JarY- une was vi vi. i . u. juunn. cnaraed with assaulting JHallla WlIlKnii f!S- .? othieri.S', Jayno., accused of passing a fictitious check. Dunn's bond was . iv A . . 'I AAA Lll . .. .. v ,uuu, winie mat or Javnes was set at 76b Both men were sent w. "5 Su,l Ja, aeiauit or the re quired bond. ELECTORS KEEP CLERKS HUSTLING The rat nt rarlof rtlrt M.ii.f. -a B wHkivil lUaillltaailCU last week promises to be well sustained this week, the average for the seven days since tha hnnlra h,ii. Vr" i ' nnf. JT ii.. . "VIII LC" " v"ri- ay. xnis morning 145 names were added to the rolls, of whom d i ii rroniDHTonists and ?2e BooWt The total registration up to this morning was 2,130, divided as i7o , rJTA ' i.p iiucan" democrats w sr sbm sua avva.a I jfJUUH 00. - . , According to the real estate 'transfers ho of yesterday the Merchants Trust a Savings bank has been given a deed to tbe real and personal oronertv nf the St. Johns Gas Light dt Heating n n m nan.. tv.m A u I . - . 000. The significance of the deal ta aerf understood fn St. Johns, bnt tKonna ia vyiiaiucrcu a uig - price ior tne rran- DIES OF OLD AGE ownld, by the gasWcompany. tKn. vnise is eviaentiy conaiaerea a valued (Special Dlapatch to The ' Jonrnai.) I A. V. llavldor. nraaldanr an4 nri.i..' Eugene, Or., Jan. 14. W. R, Dillard, a ?' the St John gas company, explains ibu.1 ins utoi was. merely a trust deed given to the bank to enable the com pany to Issue bonds or other securities. The' franchise rran tart tha fst tnkn. Gas Light & Heating company was ac cepted some time ago. By December 24, according to the term, nf tha in. .JavCJk-MJp-'I)avldor WM to-have filed a Hamoton of ne'Vha" . '"-"V"..1-'"1" ";"oulJL . Dillard Oflvidor asked for an oTtnn.lnn t iu. and 30 days was allowed, furthermore, the bond waa reduced to 15,000. This bond must be filed in th. navt 1 a 'Aava or the franchise will not be In force. Lane county pioneer, died Sunday at his home at Goshen, of old a n aa born In Knox county Tennessee, June o. iflai. una wis msrriAn I a 1853, to Alzura Hendricks. To them six I'lmurcn were oarn. nn. nr vhnm iioi in infancy. Those llvlnar sr.: Mrs Juii.1 oisnop ana Mrs. Tamsy. both of San rxancisoo: jura. ijinra Baker City. Oreaon: IT. San Diego. California. And F. B. Dillard of Goshen. Mr. and Mrs. Dillard came auruss ine piaina io wailiomia in 1856 "u iwo years later came to Oregon, settling at Goshen: where they resided continuously until Mr. Dillard's death. PASSION OR PREJUDICE ALLEGED IN VERDICT! Will see children ; OR USE REVOLVER A warrant .was issued tndav fnr' tha arrest of Dr.. W. T. Slatten on a charge ' inroais against lire, xn complaint T. Sundberg, son-in-law Took Poison and Wag Sorry. r ,A," ,yunf Canadian named , Frank Mackinaw became despondent last night because he waa nut nf m-v .-.a '" mined- to . take hia own nr. t fi S?1bA.purc.haBed.a xttle of laudanum at a drug store at the corner of Seven teenth . and SaVier atraata m:. " OUtslda Swallowed th nnlann vZT!1 amiJi r. hi- jr.-:. - " - ?A"2Zi1.'5z: '"jp-aiaieiy and, con- tratJ,nra,J?ilJ3VnrUan -hospital for treatment. Antidotn. war. .amii.....4 and the vouna- m.n w. t,r:. fe wa" ?"charged from the hospital this morn n. mnA 1.1- lntentroo of llvtns; to a rip old aji, j The Portland A Seattle railway is much dissatisfied With th verdict of is sworn to bv 126,000 damages given George W. Mar- ? Dr- Slatten. The son-in-law declares shall in its suit fnr Mndm.i- . ih.a.t .October 80 Slatten- threatened " to vi- I. i.i.V v, Km nim unleaa narmlttnd to aaa . hla .,. yivucri; un onn f ront street, al though Marshall asked for 3126,000. Mo tion for a new trial waa fllad inH iu j j Biuiiu, uiu BAueaaivs aamages were granted, "amiarentlv undar th. ii..i- of passion or prejudice.'!. Errors In the trial also are alleged. Another condnmnatlnn aitl. t A i-i-i before a lurv in jm "n.'.V:h: department, where the Marshall case was heard. The Mount Hood Rallwa at xower comnanv ! .i,i.. . . thrn Srt-il.'ya'ad". . way fnli.5 . ivr ninui ur spaniel jr. Talbot in the eastern part of the county. DAVENPORT IS TO LECTURE TOMORROW Homer Davenport is in th city nra- paratory to delivering Jls famous leo- turs at ne . white : -Bemola tonorm. f"nt ".tli cme down from-Sllverton. where he has been at th. h.j.u. .i 7, ..a-T w evaTv avis, un i nUHOflV TA -t-Am. twataasa sja-uasa uiuiuuiL V LI1M I rnfl WHlra rn pie congregation was able te secure his services on Wedneadav m.i.. account of pressing , eastern engage ments - he had planned to MturnTtl first, of th week.tiHe finally coaaented and those who attend his lecture will have the privilege of enjoying aits of th . moat interesting of - their lives. kill him . unless permitted to sea hla children. who ar. in flundbarar's ona. tody by order of court. ' s . About midnight Saturday night Pa- irunnan Aaaison rouna eiatten nangmg about in the vicinity of First and Sal mon streets, a1-When questioned as . to tne reason for his presence there he replied that he was doing a little detec tive work on his own account, ha vino- U j i . a Li- . . wviini io on wa uy iiib aiiorney. The matter ' of the - family-, trouble . fn which Slatten declares himself Involved will be threshed out in the police court wnen tne - case is canea . ior ; trial to morrow. Vft TlTiriTTTTTTlTt TVYT. ; CALIFORNIA TRUST . ? tCnlted Press Leiaed Wlre.t Cam IPs. Bfta. - Ten : 1 at TiA fya - jiwa ixuim a.,i;u w aiuiuunco in Se- lection of a permanent receiver fnr tha California Safe Deposit & Trust com pany. - Whether ; he has decided Upon one ot hot,-he did not state. Many in terested persons,, stockholders and de oosltors. remained In -and nhnnt . th. court during .the . entire morning, but Judge Coffey made no mention of the bank case durina . tha . aaaalnn e court -:- v- - - - - , . w It is probable that he will anrionnc1 who will1 be 'Selected tn nirmiiii..i!. -handle the affairs of the defunct bank i-iiuBr. iui evening or tomorrow morning- v M " ' s-