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Newspaper Page TextTHE JOURUM. CARRIERS I'JILL TME YOUR YJAllT AD " rate ofrrFtlT li VORD, IFVMimminT CM I. OR PHOtlE TffE Onl i X . JOmXAL WANT ADS IUHXd ; ' THE KliST IILSIXT3 , , f REAL ESTATE FOR' SALE? ADVERTISE IN THE JOURNAL - The Weather Fair tonight and s Saturday; northwest winds. JOURNAL. CIRCULATION , : , ' , ' ..YESTERDAY . WAS '. '- 29 275 ;r VOL. VIi; NO. 29. .. ., ' PORTLAND, OREGON. FRIDAY : EVENING, APRIL 10, 1008. TWENTY PAGES. PRICE ; TWO CENTS. tfAl'mjPcSTJ 7 77 fr ACT nffft RJ I(? . ni fD IS ifiTJrfi INPTnDV I . I I III B I II llllll I I A 1 II fl A IIU II II I I I 111 I ft r U T Uft ! Lrt W rtUL nr nrom r ' ---- - - - ----- ----- ill I II 1 1 1 II L . I II A AIIII IT I was '.. - :h, , z Hlllllllll II Mi MISS HELEN GOULD'S INSTITOTldftS VICTIMS: OF "TROUBLEQF, THE RICH" FOLLOW SENATOR OVER THE STATE - 9 Intimates That He Will Re- main in Oregon and Make Speeches. (RptrU! DUpitcb to Tfc Joomil.) Medford. Or.. April .10. Declar ing that Roosevelt baa not tied hla hands in any way and that he la a free lance to act aa he please and that he will act moat aggressively, Francla J. Heney la apeedlng north' ward to Portland to publicly repl to the accusations made by Senator Fulton. Tomorrow night, Heney says, he will publicly present proof a of hla charges of corruption against Francis J. Heney, Who Will Reply Governor Chamberlain Says to Take Position Antago nistic to Statement No. 1 Is Insult to Jntelligence Qou,d has been comPe'le to close of Voters of Oregon. One may Imagine from the stren uous efforts made by the rich men of the east to raise money to ave their lntereets how keenly the money panic felt here. Harriman's helnlnc band to the Erie railroad was an ex ample of how a great corporation can be embarassed for the want of a few million dollars. The Gould family, despite their Immense holdings, have felt the "troubles of the rich." Miss Helen two of her favorite charitable insti tutions, .Woody Crest and the Lynd burst club and industrial school. The picture shows a reproduction of Fight Against Government M,8a Gould and a cut of Wood3r Cre8t- of, by and for the1 People Waged Solely by Old JIa chine Politicians Public Will Win. Oregon's senior senator. He has left the graft prosecutions at San Francisco in order to make good hla accusations and reply to hla de tractors. The prosecutor was inter viewed by The Journal correspendent when the train stopped here this morning' enroute to Portland. ."- Heney broadly intimated that he would follow : Fulton' over the state. peaking" , wherever he had spoken and he agreed to begin at Medford.: lie de to Senator Fulton's Attacks. KEII OB ERS shal Arrested by Posses. dared that be would "Ignore Fulton personal charge but confine himself JXanlind Frftally Shot ITar the aliened corruption by and of . a United States senator. , ' ' ; "At great personal sacrifice, . I have come to )regon at this time to place before the people proor or my cnarfres of corruption and answer the denuncia tion! mader bv Senator Fulton in his Medford and other apeechea. I will not outline my rrply or Its nature. It will llcly in Portland," sald'Heriey. "There Bloodhounds and poaaes la absolutely no truth In the published assertion that President Roosevelt sl- Statement No. 1 will win at the primaries by an overwhelming vote,' declared Governor Chamberlain this morning, when asked hla opinion aa to the attitude of the voters on this question. Vlt is an insult to the in telligence of the people to take a position antagonistic to the Drinclnle embodied ia Statement Nov ;1 Mf ltj be admitted 'fdr af moment and for the sake of argument that the voter iUen YVflO XWVUCW vmim to the Qualifications of the numerous candidates for - the - legislatare. It T ARE CAPTURED lenced my-attack on Senator Fulton and ahe president has never interfered one way or the other and So far as I know lias taken no part in the controversy and will tRke none. He has never in any way intimated to me what hla Wishes were. "My reply to Fulton will be aggres sive. I am not on the defensive; I have nothing to defend; I always fight ag gressively; 1 am not running for office ana i nave no questionable acts to ex- ittl trtln in Ia onnaitl t iiAtinv Whon T malraa mv reply tomorrow night and present "1 O'Brien in the-streets of that town. . - I 'I'Ii.h u ar.w.A lit An .Inn A, rroois or my cnarges everyone can i a.'""' f. ?i fc , , v.ii, 1 JV.BI11. iJUai 0110.1 Minor IUQI men near the stockyards In Kent, arraft cases In Ban Francisco and m rauw ou u mm 10 frlt to Oreron involves considerable 1 surrender. They answered with a fusil- sacrifice. I have secured the services I lade of bullets, one or , which struck Kent, WashH 'April .10. Four stran gers suspected of complicity in the rob bery of a misen at Orillla and the fatal shooting or the city marshal, Har ry Miller, of Kent, about o'clock last night, wer arrested this morning. Bloodhounds' and Dosses of farmers. armed with rifles and pitchforks, .were upon me trail aii nignt ana morning. Posses are continuing the manhunt and all avenues of - escape are ' closely watched. Miller is still unconscious and tho sureeona have little hone of hla rtmiv. Kent town -councU met' this mornlntrltho people, who hold no political Dlaca. te'AiA Kin county, will, offer 1300 jt ,f offered, are for Statement No. 1 additional. 1 and lnlt limn thnlr H.ht in nhn.. wnom iney win ror united States sen ator. The 'principle will undoubtedly urevau in tu Drimaries. Tor it la aim. i . ported by the agricultural classes, the oa" '""lclac. "'laboring people and the business men." ""rounds of., cruelty .and, "t . Governor Chamberlain expressed the complaint that 4he. tastei M APM ATC HU 1111 1 L must be conceded that he is intelli gent enough to decide as to the qual ifications of two men who may be candidates for united States senator, "Statement No. 1," continued the gov ernor, "practically leaves the selection j of United States senator to the people and compels those legislators who-have signed the statement to carry out the wishes of the people as expressed at the polls. One remarkable feature of the fight against Statement No. l is that the . mr .-, ..V T , -TV.- in place and those who want place, are JUTS. JjC6 XSiaSingame Ul- unea up against it. The masses of 35 FEET I Battlesh ips . Would Experi ence A o Trouble in 31a neuvering at 3Iouth of Co lumbia Only 400 Feet Where Depth Is Lqss, J TDAPI influn it LOSES HIS WIFE vorced From Man-Whose Tastes Did Not Suit Her. About 9 o'clock last nlarht Marshal Miller received - word from Orlllia that five men had held up and robbed Mich (United Pre Letted Wire.) Francisco, " April 10. On the an . additional of my partner to conduct the examina tions pf Jurors at San Francisco and the pubiio can rest assured ttiat i would .not leaver these cases at this time and travel clear to Portland unless I had something to say."j Mr Heney laughed heartily when told ! Miller In the shoulder, paralyxtng his gun hand, and two others entered his abdomen. Miller was fatally wounded. The marshal a assistant. Charles Oulber, shot at the men, who fled In tho darkness. '- dragging Miner to a nearby saloon of Senator Smith's Blander suit against for medical aid, Oulber then warned the IUWII U 1I1IH111K L1IB iircucu, viiiB3na turned out en masse, armed themselves Fulton, but refused to comment on it He asked for and secured a copy ol Medford. Tribune containing Fulton's charges in detail, but refused to discuss tnem..,-: ,: -- :; .:. Grants pass, ' Or.; "April 10. Francis J. Heney,- Portland- bound from Cali fornia, this morning in. an Interview ' with the - Journal correspondent here said he nad nothing to say regarding 'his possession of further affidavits in th Fulton case. . i . "Tell your paper, said Mr. Heney, "that all I have to state regarding this matter. will be said in a public speech. X will deliver an address In Portland to morrow night, and will make, my posi tion clear. It would be unwise for me . to say now whether or not I possess any such affidavit The people will know all about it after my speech tomorrow night." . ASSOCIATION WAS ;: K0T KEPT POSTED r, ON IIENEY'S COMING Members of the Municipal association -are stirred up over th3 announcement mado this morning that Franois J. Heney was to speak under the auspices nf the ' orranisatiort tomorrow night Officers of the Municipal association say they did not know anything-about Mr. Honey's coming and that the first definite information known to them was 'When they read that he wa to speak in Portland On Saturday night and under .their auspices... ....-v-v-'' J, ln 'the meantime. . nowever, hi ranKB- ments hare been made by Deputy Marshal C J. Reed for the meeting to be held to morrow tilght. at 8 o'clock in tho large auditorium of the Exposition rink on Washington street. Just west- of Nine teenth .street.- ' ., , !'.' '- .'... Samuel Connell, president of the Mu nicipal association, stated this morning that tk. ..mAiinAQmailt tt h'' mAAtlllaT under the auspices pX the ' association : was paematore. . The matter had not been -discussed and could -.not be until the meeting . of the - board which is "scheduled for tonight, z Even then it is noi certain iliui mo gi s.uiiftwuii w stand sponsor for the meeting because of the fact that there is a decided dlf iference of opinion among the- members Ol1 me iKar -rtr-pxtfi-uijin mo iFivtftwij v. navintf tne meeting uouer -vho huotoi of the. organisation., 1 , , I with guns and pitchforks, and a strong posse at once started in pursuit. i i i i i tastes of her hna opinion that The journal's estimate of band are so widely different from hers the result or the primaries, indicating! that they cannot live, happily together, that a decisive majority of the Repub-1 Mrs. Blaslngame has been granted a dl- llcan legislative nominees will be pledged to Statement No. i. was tuiiucrvauve igreuasi oi me outcome. - Free Delivery at Centralla. (Special Oltpatch W Tbt JoaruL) Centralla. Wash.. Anrll 10. RnoHn ning May IS this city is to have free mall delivery. Examinations for car riers have already been held. There wui do tnree carriers to start with. SEVEN YEARS PAIN CHINAMAN'S reward FOR SAVING TRAIN . (United PreM Letted Wire.) Los Angeles, April 10 Seven years of pain and an agonising death followed the heroic act of Wong Chung t Sue, a Chinese ranchman, who that long ago saved the lives of scores of passengers by throwing a switch that had been left open On the line or the Southern Pacific railway. Wong died at the county hos- fltal, where be for seven years had ain flat on his back praying for death to end his misery.1 The Celestial had a ranch on one of the southern branches of the railroad' One day he came upon a switch that 1 had been left , open by revengeful tramps.. He worked with the heavy iron, but It resisted his efforts to turn it He clung to the rod until an ap proaching .passenger train was almost upon him and then moved the lever. causing me ran to swing into place juat as m train mi it. xno uiunaman ren rorward and a step or one or tne coaches struck him, breaking his spine. Wong was found nours anerwara by a section gang and hurried to the county hospital here, where he was placed in a heavy plaster cast and in this he remained for the rest or his ure. ..' (Continued on Page Two.) Vote for No legislative Candidate Who Fails. f I Mi ?i to Sign This Pledge : " . - ' ' Do you believe thai the people of Oregon are Intelligent , enough to elect a .United States senator? Do you wish to .-have a vote yojirself in the election of the senator? If so, do ,'not vote for any legislative. candidate who has not subscribed to Statement" No. ,1. ... ' ' .This isTthe pledge which" ensures to the people the right td elect'; the senator: ; , . ; "I further state to the people of Oregon, as well as to the ; Feople 6f, my-i legislative district, "thja't during myterna of office ' t will alwaya i vote' for that candidate for United States senator in congress who has received the highest number of the peo-V pie's votes for that position at the general election next pre-r ceding the election of a senator in congress, without regard to my individual preference." - . , v , " " - , ; ' T vorce from Lee A. Blaslnaame. million aire and known along the Pacific coast as the owner of race horses and the nnest stock ranch in the west located near Fresno. v According to the terms of the decree, which was granted yesterday by Judge ciuswortn in oaiuana, wnere Mrs. Blas lngame is living with her mother, she is given the custody of the two minor children and $220 a month alimony to run ior.iu monins. At the expiration .of this time the al lowance is to be decreased to $200. The property interests involved were settled out of court. In his will Blaslngame agrees to oequeatn at least is.ooo to the children and gives Mrs. Blaslngame au me nousenoio iurniture in the For tieth street home. Blaslncame did not contest the suit iiiiioX Construction of Pacific Rail way & Navigation Line . Starts Again May 1. Construction work on the Pacific Rail way & Navigation company road be tween Hillsboro and Tillamook Is to be resumed about May 1. , Work on the line, about 20 miles of which have already been built out of Hillsboro, was 'stopped last fall for the winter- The line now extends to the hills near Buxton and where much heavy work will necessarily be done this summer to sret the. line over the ridge. The line Is being built from both ends.-construction caving been started at Hillsboro and at Tillamook. McCabe Brothers are the contractors having the work in hand near Buxton and tha Portland Bridar & Building company are doing the work out of Til lamook. . About 70 miles of track remain to be laid, after the grading is done, and the work will be pushed untU the lines are connected. Three large gangs of men will be put to, work, -.t.a., .,:.! . , ...v. r OG 0 E LOSES FIGHT Millionaire Realizes He CanT not Prevent Sister From Marrying Prince. (Doited Prctt' Letted Wire.) New York, April 10. Prince'Helle De Sagan and Mme. Gould will . be married in France In the early part of June,-say friends who know something about the love affair of the couple. As proof of the approaching' wedding these 'same friends poliTt to the fact that the prince and Anna Gould dined-in' public in the nt. Keeis notei last' nurnt ana mat the Tyler Morses, who have 'taken such in terest in the matter of matching them, were in attendance. it is reported that no announcement of the engagement -will b made in -this country and that no one Will know any thing about the wedding; ceremonv until it is all over. - It is further reported that George Gould lias decided not to throw any more obstacles in the way of his sister and the prince and that he has been discouraged from trying to curtail her Income or divide her 'snare of the $15,000,000 Jay Gould estate by her announcement that she would nght sucn an attempt, in court. NINETY-POUND RAILS ON MOUNTAIN GRADE (8pecltl Dltpitch to The loaraal.) Pendleton, Or, April 10. Forty-seven cars of 90-pound steel rails have Just been ' received for' distribution on the O. R. & N. between Kamela and Huron, the heaviest mountain grade on the en tire system. This is new steel from the Pittsburir mills and will take tne place of the 85-pound rails which have been in use, on the mountain for four years. When the bud between Huron' and Ka mela is replaced with 90-pound steel the entire mountain grade will then be laid with the heavy rails. Several . work trains are now distributing the rails. and a large force will be laying it next month. The mountain grade will tnen be ballasted with Grand Ronde river gravel and it will be one of the finest sections of roadbed in the northwest. VAHTS BIG SUr,l When Multi Wife Is Given Divorce She May.Gct $10,000,000. ' Captain Patterson Willing to Take Soundings to Prove Contentions Little ; Dredging on "Hog's BaciVJ Would Clear, Stream. V " 1 ' ' With the exception of abeut S58 or '400; feet. theOblumbla river bar has a depth of from $0 to 40 feet at - low water, according to. Captain ,V. II. Patterson, one of the best posted . pilots of the Columbia and Willam ette driver, He aayivthe hog'a back" of sand that crosses . the chan nel has enough water to permit any of the battleships to manuever oyer it with perfect jafety. ' .'' A "By-dredging this - short . bar, less than the. length of a food slsed tramp steamer, the bar could be given a depth of 30 feet," said Captain Patterson this morning, : "and Z am .- willing to ' take soundings and prove my contention if anyone doubts the Statement" As aa Illustration of the condition of the bar at Aha-mouth of the Columbia, Captain Patterson cites the ease of the oil - tank steamer . Aoaecrans : which crossed in after dark Tuesday night without the aid of a pilot and drawing 2S feet She came in four hours after high water or very near to low watar. ' Captain Fatteraon met the Rosecrans at Astoria and piloted her to the Llnn- ir,i. lion itnKi ii says captain iioimes Millionaire s tol bim he had no difficulty whatever in coming in over me par mat night and considered himself . perfectly safe although the tide was not In bis favor by any means. (Cnlted Press Leased Wire.) New York. April 10. Now that Alfred G., Vanderbilt has agreed to the grant ing of a divorce to bis wife, the only Important' questions that remain unset tled involve their .chim, the amount of moneys Mrs. Vanderbilt; will demand from her millionaire husband and the disposition ;of the Vanderbilt home and furnishings, t j ' , According to a statement mado by a man who is looking after Vanderbllt's interests, the latter will not contest a suit by his wife, but he will offer ob jection to any attempt 'to keep their child from being educated at his direc tion. Mrs. Vanderbilt has rejected a propo sition that she be given $l,60u.000 based upon the value of stocks at the market value two years ago. One report is that she-will u'timately receive from her husband an amount somewhere be tween $1,000,000 and $10,000,000. David MoClure, who was appointed referee in the case, has submitted to Judge O' Gor man bis report which, it Is said, favors ! a divorce. ; I FALLS DOWN ELEVATOR SHAFT TO HIS DEATH (IJaltad Press tramd Wire.) San , Francisco, Apri I0.lioslng his footing while Inspecting; work on the Seventh ' floor of the "Phelan ' building, under construction on Market street, Charles Hovey, superintendent of' eon struction, -fell down an elevator shaft today and was instantly killed. Workmen who saw hla body turn over ano over as u -was plunging downward are unable to say how the- accident oc curred, but it is supposed that In some way he lost his balance as he was stee ping from an elevator, Hovey lived in -"C; PTOpr-rty Mix-Vp v'i-; ' '; On the charge of unlawfully" holding possession, of premises oa North Sixth street. A,, H. Llmbecker and Georgo Spencer -are en trial In Judge Ganten beln's department of the circuit court The offense charged Is a misdemeanor. - v A '- ' -. i. - j GIRL HELD PRISONER C BECAUSE HER SPOUSE VILLAGERS CONGRESS HILL MURII MV 20 t . ; i . v - . . ; B ; -. v.''..' f - Representative Mann of Illi nois Expects Special Rules to Expedite Work., i J y hi ' ,. (talied Puss Leased Wire.) - : Washington, April 10. Representa tive Mann of Illinois wbo more than anyone Is in . the confidence of ' the speaker,, stated today , that he expects to see congress adjourn about May 20, provided a rule is brought in to expedite the disposition of bills which have been to Conference. 'I , " . He, pointed to the fact that a motion to suspend the rules and place the In dian appropriation bill on its Immediate passage, made yesterday by Represent ative Sherman, had failed and that if the i minority took advantage of their full rights they could easily force tho house to spend two months conslderlnc the. senate amendments to this bill alone. All the Republican leaders real- " 1 that their political fences peed at tending to and are eager to get away and for that reason more emergency rules; are expected, ' FOSTER'S ; SECOND LETTER i -. (Catted Press Leased . Wire.) r.v,. W $ Dublin. April 10 Mrs. Robert Flynn. a three "weeks' bride, is being kept pris ons in :ber 'father's house, at; Ralllna gleragh, county Leltrlni, after ; she had been kidnaped on her wedding day by a band of night riders; because Flynn refused to marry the girl the village of Ballinagleragh thought he should wed. Ms. Flyns has seen her husband only once since 'her t wedding, and then the Interview took place under surveillance. The young ladywlU be detained in her1 prison until Easter Sunday, -when she will be allowed to go to her husband's noma - J. o prevent : ner . escape ' ner father's house Is guarded day and night by the villagers, who add to the bride's agony- by blowing horns throughout the evening to prevent her sleeping. - The ire of the village against the couple was roused because Flynn Jilted anotner girt. . The night riders abducted Mra. FJynn immediately, after the marrlaire - and commanded her father to take her in. The girl's father dartd not refuse, fear ias .violence. Baseball s summary of : Inter- 4 national leagues is the subject of the well-known expert's arti- e clev Which " will appear In The e Sunday Journal 0 of '.April 12. t Foster also haa something about 4 Hans Jvagner, "the modest pluy- : er" who has kept some of the 'eastern fans guessing, , .la addition to F'onter's letter the unsurpassed ' double sport- 0 Ing section will have a special article on the Portland bull t-am 4 now at San Franciseo ana the . -reason why It Is out of lurk, hy Will X Slattery.V ' , Sixteen-page 'i mgaln em! -usual -'.attractive.' feat urea Tt. Sunday Journal is growl.-. i popular favor. ... Next Bunday's Jouniei. h-i miss It t;: