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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
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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.
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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
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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-