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THEJL OREGONSUNDAY- JOURNALr-PORTLAND,-- SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 8, 1908.
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3,000 HHER
VISITED TRAIN
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Demonstration Special of 0.
11 & IS. Met With Unpar
alleled Success.
O. R. & N. company official returned
laat night from a tour of eaatern Wash
ington with a farming demonstration
train that visited all nolnta In tha Pa
louse country and gav Pullman' Agri
cultural college professors an opportun
ity of lecturing to tha farmers. It la
estimated that mora thun 1,000 farmers
viauca the train during Its two days'
run.
The purpose of tha demonstration was
' to urge upon wheat farmers tha ad
visability of diversifying crops and
planting all their lands every year In
stead of following the old practice of
exclusive wheat farming, which means
permitting: one-half of the lands to lie
fallow every alternate year.
It Is said the tour of the Pullman pro
fessors did a great amount of good, and
that the results will bo aen in tha
next few years by a large Increase of
the products of the l'alouse country.
Pendleton men heavily Interested In
the agricultural Industry have asked
that a similar train carrying Oregon's
State Agricultural college experts be
run through eastern Oregon, to demon
strate tho possibilities of more modern
farming methods applied to Oregon soli.
Tour More Than, ucoassuL 4
Tho Palouse tour was a great success,
u ivduii I 111 iMClinnn IIUIll i I.,'
yJng given freely through the newspapers
all the way from Portland to Spokane and
Walla Wulla, and tho complete arrange
ments made by the railroad and the
Pullman college people. There were
big crowds awaiting the arrival of the
train at nearly every point visited, and
. the farmers who attended tho demon
stration lectures were not Idlers' but
earnest und deeply Interested men, who
were seeking to learn something (or the
advancement of the farming Industry.
At many places they had arranged ref
reptlons and luncheons for the party
of educators and railroad men.
"I never Raw more attentive audi
ences at any xpeaking event," said a
Torthmd rallrond official who returned
home hiMt night. "it was a great sight
tn see the long lines of already success
ful farmers listening; with deep atten
tion to the college men while the latter
explained how uummer fallowing Is a
wunton waste of Unit and how diversi
fication or crops will result In greatly
Increased profits and also make fertile
lands. Many of the farmers brought
their boys, and these young minds took
In a vast u mount of valuable knowl
edge from the demonstrations.
Farmers Await Train.
NORTHERN PACIFIC HUGE STEEL BRIDGES MASSIVE
EXAMPLES OF UP-TO-DATE RAILROAD ENTERPRISE
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THAWJS SICK
Wife of Stanford White's
Slayer Says She Is Tired
of Notoriety.
tlon of iemi of tha peninsula residents
to the Idea of dividing tha peninsula by
an Impassable gorge, nearly 100 feet
wide at tha surface.
Tha two bridges ara double-track
struoturea, designed by Ralph Modjeskl.
of Chicago. Their enormous .drawspars
swing opon by electrlo power, permitting
the passing; of the largest ocean veasela
with entfco safety.
ERECT BESIDEXCtl IX
.NOB HILL DISTRICT
W. 3. Van Bchuyler la preparing to
build a handsome home In tha Nob Hill
district. Tho bulldlnjr will occupy a
quarter block at twenty-fifth and
Marshall streets ana win cost raiwnn
m i r r. . , . j i . n r ft , , H, 111 , . In n 14
iid.vuu una i:u,uuv. 11 win i.wihmi - i . . - t . .
rom l.nv. n full concrete basement I 11 " ,r "u"u""u-
and be cf frame construction. k.- n7i Vi. . . 11
Architects Travis A Wilson have re- .nRV" followed her huHlmn.l a detent ion
celved a commission from Captain L. A.I In Matteawun proved too much to, her
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(Hrint News by txngft I-omil Wlrr.)
New York. March 7. Mm. Klorence
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw la seriously 111 In
her home, 444 Park uvenuo. tho result
Of a general nervous bToakcJgwn, and
Inquirers at the house tonight were In
formed that her condition wan such as
to cause grave eoneern.
Mrs. Thaw has been In mmr I,,-, III,
aver since the beginning of th l.it
TWEHTY: PERSO S
HORTIH WRECK
flat to be erecfeil at the corner of
("llfton and Park streets at a cost or
about 110,000.
New Trconnrrr In Ml""ur.
(flperlM Dlnpitrh to The Jouriud.)
Vale. Or.. March 7. -County Treas
urer Elmer A. Clnrk. who was recently
elected cashier of thn Caldwell lianklng
ft Trust company of Idaho, resigned
Thursday and the county court, which
Is In sosslon, Immediate! v took tip the
uppolntment of his successor. Several
application V were made by both Repub
licans and Democrats for tho position,
and although the board Is Democratic,
T. W. llalllday, a Keyubllcan, waa ap
pointed, receiving the votes of Commis
sioner Scott, Republican. and O. H.
Olover, Democrat, while County Judge
H. C. nichardsnn. Dtmocrat. voted for
C. O. Thomas, Democrat.
to pieces. To ii
friend who saw her the day bo fore Ihe
collapse she said, with a wan -m I .
"I wonder if J l;uvo got to stuml all
this publicity for the rest of in III- '.'
While my husband's Jlle was at stake.
I did not miud It. Jn fnet, I U 1.1 mn
notice It all, for I had more lmpoiciiit
things to think about. Now that the
trial Is over, however, this constant no
torlety Is beginning to set ort civ nerve
I can't stand It much longer. For, after
all, though I have been looked upon as
a ort or rreak, I am Human, you
know.
Tonight the physician said that Mrs
Thaw's condition was by no means crit
ical, but that sho was a very sick
woman.
Crossings Over Columbia
and Willamette Longest
in United States' and Will
Cost, When Completed,1
Over Three Millions.
Rapid progress Is now bclug made In
the erection of the steel spans of the
two enormous bridges over which
trains of 'he Portland & Seattle railway
will cross the Columbia and Willamette
rivers to gain direct entrance into
Portland. These bridges will be com
pleted late In June or tho first pari of
markable iwln structurea in the world.
Tho two bridges will huvo coat, when
"At sunset, where the former O. R. &
N. ayen y 1:) dose J for luck of bus-
,, -a T . V., J"', and will probably be the most re
awaited by al.ir.it 10U farmers, who hud I ...i. .!,, h. .ori,i
built a bit; bonfire and were keeping
themselv
ror that p
Darkness was falling, and the train
was to stop here only 10 minutes, but
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:' , i 7, i .. '.V ' , T. .. .7, i tveness of modern railroad construc
tion equalled ut no other place on the
, ......... ,k,,,b Jr)0 lwo prnjgos win liuvo coal, when
warm the hour scheduled nn)stlpdi ll:ore thin 3,OnO,ouu, and their
f.'l Vg T,k P. T I approaches, together with the great cut
through whlrh the railroad rung to com-
I pb te the connection between Ihein, will
half nn hour was given to this stop. I
During the tour htinure lp or questions
were aske-l. by the fan., i. and all
were civ en Intelligent answers."
-BUILBKM6 PLANS
FINALLY SETTLED
"Two Department Stores Are
to Re Erected on Down
town Blocks.
Pacific coast. The Columbia river
brldgo alone will rank as one of tho
loogest of the many remarkable bridges
spanning the world's rivers. There are
jiald to be longer bridge structures, but
Ihey are In the nature of trestles cross
ing lakes or swamps. The Columbia
river at the point where tho Vancouver
Portland bridge crosses It attains great
lc;trt. especially at high water ceason.
Jn times It is said to bo nearly 100 feet
deep In pi ices. Tho Willamette river
Is more than 60 feet deep.
The ash which the Portland &
Seattle rnllroad has cut through the
peninsula Is 90 feet deep nt some points,
ar.J more than two miles In length. It
was tho cutting, of thl3 vast channel
through the peninsula that held up the
project Of the 11111 roads entering Port
land for some weeks because of opposi-
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LABOR PARTY
III IMIIIOIS
Attorney for Cornelius j
Shea Out for 3Iayor of
Chicago.
Chicago, March 7. A movement hav
ing for Its object a labor party In
Illinois has been started by the labor
unlqns, with headquarters In Chicago,
who have been circulating a petition
asking Daniel A. Crulce, a well known
attorney, to beooino a candidate for
governor.
Crulce has been a considerable factor
in city and state politics for several
years and Is said to be u supporter of
the labor party lien Ah mayoralty
candidate he polled a considerable, vote.
It Is expected the labor candidate will
make a favorable hhowlng, with the
chances of labor electing their candi
date. Crulce gained considerable promi
nence about a year ago as attorney for
Cornelius P. Khea, president of the In
ternational Teamsters' union. Shea was
not convicted, but soon lost his power
owing to a split In the ranks.
Double-Track Railroad Bridge Nearly Completed Across the, Columbia at Vancouver.
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Plans for large buildings on the
Pennoyer and Plttock blocks to be oc
cupied by two of Portland's great de
partment stores, are again said to have
been finally settled by tho Trustee com
pany, which holds 60-year leases on
these properties. It Is reported that
J. B. Melkle, president of tho Portland
Trustee company, has closed deals with
the firm of Olds. Wormian A King for
occupancy of the Pennoyer block, and
With Dlpman. Wolfe & Co. for tho Plt
tock block structure.
W. P. Olds, when asked last night
to confirm the story, said:
'There Is nothing to nay for publi
cation at this time. Positively no ne
gotiation with this firm has been closed
u ,, ! w. iir lioilillnfr Mr Wnrtmfltl
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Is In the east, and is expected Home . " 7.
next week. He will report pn some
matters, and then we will either take
up the proposed building plan seriously
or let It drop for good. It is entirely
possible that nothing at all will
done." ....
The rumor that Unman, wolie
Co. would occupy a building to be
erected on the Pittock block was re
cently denied by a member of that firm, U
Lfcnit the story persistently breaks out ; y
I TNaln. and again.
It is said me structure 10 oe trn-i-i,:
ed on the Plttock block will be a gen- f
eral occupancy Dunning, ana inai me
Trustee company will not entertain
any proposition Involving a hotel or
theatre.
UNSAFE CLEVELAND
SCHOOL CLOSED
(Cut ted Press Leased Wire.)
Cleveland, Ohio, March 7. There is
to be no repetition of the Collfnwood
eehnnl disaster in Cleveland, if the au
thorities can prevent it. As a result
of the awful lesson Impressed upon the
city this week one school, alleged to be
unsafe, was closed today. The large
Mayflower school, where hundreds of
children assemble dally, was tonight
ordered closed for repairs.
On the very any or tne ooinnwooa
Jinrror an- Investigation of Cleveland
schools to see that they were safe was
started. It Is Intimated that other
Bchools may be closed.
From nearly every church In the sub-
Orbs funds are held available and In
the homes sorrowiui ceremonies are
held.
One new name was added to the list
of identilled dead today, Richard Kelly.
the second or three sons or Walter
Kelly, a sporting writer, killed In the
disaster. Twenty-one of the bodies are
still unidentified and It is now almost
certRin that five of the victims were
Durnea to asnes.
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Awfully Awful "Cut It Out."
From Coxey's Monthly.
One day down east a traveling man
boarded a train and accosted another
drummer. .
"Say. I'm 'awfully' glad to see you,"
said the newcomer.
"How Is business?" asked the other,
presently.
"Awful bad." was the reply.
"I don't know why that should be.
The manufacturers are In 'awful' good
shape down In this country."
Just then the train flashet. past a big
cotton mill.
"That's an 'awful' fine plant that
fellow has." commented one of tho
drummers.
"Yes, slrree! That firm turns out an
awful' lot of stuff every month."
Just then the train come to a stop
nt Springfield, and one of tha travel
ing men got up.
TWell, Jln. good-by." he aald;
"whenever you get down my way,
drop In. I'll be 'awful' glad to see
you."
"Thank you. I'm 'awful' busy Just
now. but
The other man was gone and tho
second traveling man began to read hlj
paper.
Burlington Fassenger Train
Derailed at Kearney, 3Io.
by Spreading Kails,
Kansas City, March 7. Twenty pei-
rf warA 1n1iirrf fmit UirlfillMlv whan
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t no dui niJKiii iuMoiier li tM iiu, - "f ;
which left Kansas City at 7:J0 tblit
morning for Chicago, wtt derailed at
Kearney, Missouri, 2S miles from here. '
Two day couches and the baggage car.
went down the embankment The
wreehed train waa an accommodation,
whi. h makes all stops between here and
I hh ago.
It U..IN not traveling; at fast speed,
wnicb probably urevented more serious .
results. .Spreading rails, due to tha
I... nt w.t weather, nre supposed to
haw been the cause of the wreck. ,
Th.- iniuri-d were carfd for and taken
to Keiru.-y. where they received tha
eave of phvalciana, after whtahr-the
wire sent to their destination. f-
Biicyjii LIEU
Governor Hughes Says Gov
ernment Must Be Kun for.;
Benefit of People. y-
(fnlted Prent ltttvi Wire.) 1
Poughkecpsle, N. Y.. Mnreh 7. QoT-
ernor Hughes was tonight a gueat of
the county Republican club, which re
cently Indorsed his candidacy for prea-
ident. Mr. .Hughe said MR part: -
"(Jne great thing we have got to at .
Is to understand that when It cornea
to running this government for tha
benefit of the oeoDle. things must not
go by favor or back door Influences."..
THE ART OF GARGLING
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Not the Same Thing m th ProceM
Usually Followed. v ' t
The proper method of gargling la thus .
described by a writer in tha Medical
Record.
"Tho patient (at first under tha.
guidance of the physician) snouia ait .
well back In a chair, take a swallow or
water In the mouth and band the neaa
as far back as possible. s
'Now ha must protrude ma tongue
from the mouth (the tip of the tongue
may be grasped with a handaercnlel
and In this posture with protruding
tongue be must try to swallow me
water. Tho physician should control
the natlent's vo n efforts for It Is im
possible to swallow under such circum
stances.
"The patient has the sensation aa II . '
he actually had swallowed the water.
Now he must start to gargle, to exhale .
air slowly. One can see plainly tha
bubbling of the fluid In the wide open
pharynx. ' ... '
"After gargling thua for a whlla lha,
patient In ordered to close th moutli
and quickly throw head and body for
ward. Thereby all the fluid la forced
through the choanoe and nostril, waan
Ing the throat and nose from behind
and expelling all the accumulation that. .
had been present, with great forca, . '
This should be repeated several time,
as the first trial is not always success
ful and satisfactory. It la an act that
must be learned.
"When properly executed th sensa
tion, as the patient will assure you, is
that of grsat relief not had by any
other method. It will be wis for tha
practitioner to try the method flrat on
himself. Even small children who ara
at all clever learn the method readily
ami rather enjoy It.
"The method is not by any means a)
new one, but as It seems, quit forgot
ten. Rom 30 years ago Profeor Ha
gen of Lelpslc taught it to hi student. .
It is well worth reviving."
OVEKAVOIlK CAUSED EASH DEED.
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Willamette River Bridge of the Portland & Seattle Railway, Showing Completed Spans and the Faise Work of an Unfinished Span on the Pen
insula Side of the River. View Is Taken Prom the St. Johns' Side.
MOTHER SAVES TWO
CHILDREN EROM FIRE
Carries Her Half-Smothered Babies
From Smoke-Filled
Room.
MERELY REPEATS A
WEU-KNOWX STORY
(t'nlted press Leaned Wtre.)
Washington. March 7. That the hor
ror at follinwood, Ohio, resulted from
conditions that are to be found in nearly
every village ana town in me united
tatcs and In in.'.ny larger cities, la the
tarllliig announcement made tonight
jy Klcnnra tiunuey. engineer in cnarge
f structural materials laboratories for
the government. ,
- "New York is even full of fire-traps,"
he declare!, "and It is a miracle that a
fira has -not wiped out a part of the
business district."
. Strict ccmrjllsrnce with municipal
laws, requiring fireproof buildings for
schools and hospitals, is advocated.
Origin of the Wedding Rice. .v
' From the Lahore Tribune.
".Frorn time Immemorial it has been
the custom tn certain porta of India for
the bride and bridegroom to stand n
bamboo basket and throw rice over each
other, this being symbolical of children
to tha woman and. material .prosperity
(Unitei) Tresa T.iied Wire.)
Philadelphia, March 6. There was an
excited flutter about the three story
brick Italian tenement house at 643
Washington avenue yesterday morning,
when a fire started in the rear room of
the second floor and a spire of black
smoke wound out of one of the back
windows. The 20 tenants thought they
were doomed.
Screaming at the top of her voice,
Mrs. Annetta Maruccl ran up the front
stairway and threw her weight against
the door of the room adjoining the one
that was ablaze. She is a small woman,
and the barrier would not give way
easily. Finally the door swung open
and she saw her two children, Amelia,
3 years old, and James, 2 years old,
huddled, limp and unconscious, in a
corner.
- The room was filled with smoke, and
Mrs. Maruccl staggered as she carried
the two little onea out Into the narrow
hallway and down to the street. An
ambulance had been summoned, and
the half smothered chHdren were hus
tled away to the Pennsylvania hospital.
Jamea will recover, but Amelia la in a
critical condition.
Meantime the fira companies had
stopped tha blasa and had saved the line
of stuffy tenement houses that fae the
avenue. The losa was alight.
Mrs. Maruccl went to the hospital as
soon as the flames had been extin
guished, and she watched over, tha chll-
l dren as they Jay bound up la bandages,
ghe wanted to carry them home, but the
hospital physicians succeeded In maKing
her understand that their Lives would
be endangered if they were removed
from the institution.
SUES HER FATHER FOR
DEFAMING CHARACTER
Says Parent Accused Her of Un
faithfulness to Husband
Asks $2,500.
Harrlsburg, March i. Because her
father alleged sh was unfaithful to her
hlisband and had been seen lh ilarrlar
burg with two men of questionable
character, Mrs. Lester' Mathlas this af
ternoon appeared against her parent in
the Dauphin county court in a suit to
recover Ji2,600, to which extent she al
leges her reputation has been damaged.
Mrs. Mathla.i testified that on Sep
tember 24. 1906, her father, stopped her
on a street In Hlghnpire, where she
lived with her husband, and accused
her falsely of things which destroyed
her good name in the" neighborhood.
She said she and her husband were
compelled to go to Steelton to live to
escape' the questioning glances and sus
picion of her neighbors as a result of
her father's accusations.
The trial will be continued tomor
row, when the, woman's father will be
called as a witness in his own defense.
Judge Zed 8. Stanton, former lieutenant-governor
of Vermont, has an
nounced his candidacy for the Republi
can nomination for governor of that
state, i Among other things he advo
cates a revision of the taxation laws
and infproved Uigkwaya and 'schools. '
VOCAL CHORDS AND
THROAT CUT; HE TALKS
Man Who Slashed Windpipe In Sui
cide Attempt Startles His
Surgeon.
Lancaster, fa... Marcn 6. Tnat a
man's power of speech is not gone, even
If his windpipe and vocal chords are
completely severed, has been "demon
strated In the case of Falton Mohn, at
St. Joseph's hospital.
In a fit of despondency Mohn slashed
his throat today 'with a pocketknlfe.
and when he was taken to the hospital
the physicians found that both his wind
pipe and his vocal chords were severed
It looked like a hopeless case, but
the surgeon drew the portions together,
and after three hours' insensibility
Mohn surprised them by remarking:
"What do you want?"
The .surgeon believed his power of
speech was gone forever. Mohn may
recover.
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Cracks In Mahogany.
From the Scientific American.
To remove . cracks in mahogany
following process Is recommended:
A contracted solution, ox gum ar.iDic
and English red, both thoroughly
mixed. Is nressed into the cracks with
a spatula; a slight addition of dragon's
blood dissolved tn aieonoi imparts ro
the polish of the mahogany a brilliant.
beautiful tone.
Ths United States grand lurv at New
Drlaana ti&a indicted representatives of
practically everv labor union In the city
for alleged violation the Sherman
anu-vrusi law. . ; , r.
WILLOW BIRD CAGES.
Made in Quaint Old Styles ' or to
Ordei" Used for Various liirds.
From tho New York Sun.
The great majority of all the bird
cages sold nowadays are made of wire.
but th6re aro still sold to bird owners
who want something odd and different
and picturesque willow bird cases such
as once were commonly uned. If they
ara not still. It. Ku'-nye. these wlllo.v
cages being made for paroquets and
thrushes and canaries and In fact for
any sort of bird.
A fumilinr wort of willow bird cage
has a round body -ani a cone shaped
top, with a willow ring there by which
to suspend it. This, mada of straight
willow rods. I tins' sort of bird cago
ime might n"a hnrging outside the door
of a peasant's homo in some continental
country or which one might see pic
tured in paintings or prints.
Another style of willow cage is
square cornered anil oblong in shape
and with sides- a:i J ends flaring upward
and having a ton arched lengthwise, a
cage such as one mlsht see in an Irish
cottage.
Willow bird cnes rrmr be found, in
stock or the;- are made to order In tiny
fdiare or size or kind of wravi that may
be desired. Some are finished In the
natural wood, some are stained to match
their surroundings.
Willow bird cages are' used In both
city and country and la winter as well
ns'lp summer. They aie not expensive,
costing t oi $5 each, according to size
and the work required upon thenv
Truthful Tommy.
From the Sketch.
A tin fie Now. Tommy, take mv bon
net upstairs for me, there a good boy.
Tommy Boo-hoo! I .don't- want to?
Auntiet inde
Tommv C
got a bee
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John E. Randolph, one time secretary J to Thoma A.' E5 l"f n
officer in a number of the Edison companies, recently commit'. I
cide. It is thought that overwork which brought on 'nervotn t
tion was the cause of the tragic act. Th irrnmnvin i. .... , ,
i-e mtmVyI ll. fS 0f and in the panel below U V: ' ' '
in it N w J house In Orange, New Jersey. ' . , -
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