The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, April 27, 1908, Page 8, Image 8

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    THE OREGON . DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING. APRIL 27, 1S03.
0 ADDED TO:
DEATH LIST
Storm in . Southern v States
Rarcd All Last Night
fansln ? More Deaths
TJst Now Includes SC9
Victims of Tornado.
" (Uatt Na Lmm4 Wire.)
Mobta, AUu April 17. Report re-
eeived from varloua parte of the south
ern statee, principally , Miesjaelppl w4
Alabama, Mr today that tna atom that
swept tha eouth and killed cores of
people aod damaged property estimated
in have laaa worth 11.000. 001, raged
1 last night . ' 1
Aa tha result of laat night'a storm. II
mora fataliueg have Increased tha total
HMth Ut to SO. Thaaa II deethejoo-
curred In Parry Bounty, Mississippi A
great number Of Injured persona ara
being brought to Mobile rrom mibbis
tpn towns that have baait leveled by
tha tornado. .
A report from CauBeyvlUe, Missis
.inr.i lk mtiaa north of Meridian, eayi
that village waa struck by a tornado,
whi. h u accompanied by a . ball
atorm, oaualng much damage. .
ASK LOLVER BUTE
OH WOOD PULP
Newspaper Publishers March
to . Capitol 1 Demanding ."
.Cheaper Taper. ;
CHINESE AFFINITIES SEPARATED
: BY. HEARTLESS OLD UNCLE SAM
; f
i
Tha great. Modulating wetara of. tha
Paelflo -mill asperate affinitiesLittle
Leong 0 and beloved Cbla Too. Tha
two war arrested by tha Immigration
authorities eeveral waeka ago,
Tha tiro Chinese art from Saa Fran
eiaoe and ' ware arraatad here. Both
ware ordarad deported on tha grounda
that they wara in thla country contrary
to law. Little fo la aald to be a a lav a
m worm it.ooo. Tha California an
norltlea took tha deoortatlon order uo
with tho California delegation In Wash-
DOCTOR TOUCHES HIS
' TONGUE TO POISON
Thyslcian Nearly Killed by
Tasting Stuff Swallowed
1 by His Patient.
" (Catted rnaa Leased Wire.) .
Eaa rrandaoo. April 17-Tired of Ufa
at tho ara of It, Alma Ilarrtaoa, a mas
eeuae, dlad from tho effecta of cyanide
of potaaalum and Dr. Julian Waller,
who wa oailad to attend bar. plaead hla
own 11 a In danger by touching hla
tongue to tha bottia front which tho girl
drink tha notson.
"I hava Juat taken aome evanlfla of
porasaium. ana iva ' a irrwu onnii,
ahouted Mlsa Harrison, running Into tho
presence of tha members of her family.
A moment later aha fell to tho floor ap-
larentiyaeaa. '
Ir. waller waa summoned. After
wovking over tho girl for several tnln
utea ha pronounced her dead. Then ha
touched hla ton rue to tho bottia Im
mediately hla palata began to swell, and
realizing; tha danger In which ba bad
rlaced hia life, he daahed out of tha
house to tha naareat dootor'a offlco for
treatment A few aeconda delay might
hava proved fatal
Before drtnklna; tho poUon Mta Har
rlion penned a lotter to her alater. 7.oe.
In which aha. aald aha waa tired of Ufa
and that death waa not $o bad after all.
Kray SELECTS
E
Mm
Direction of G. 0. P. Cam
paign Now Ttests on
Their Shoulders.
Major J. P. Kennedy, chairman of tha
city and county RepubUoan, central oom
mlttee, haa completod tho aalectlon of
hla oxocbUto commlttea npon which tho
direction of tha Republican campaign
In tho county will devolva .Chairman
Kennedy and Secretary McKerchera will
ba in tho iiw headquaxtera of tho n
tra.1 committee In tho Warquajn bull.l-
"ik iiiiorrow, uia repaira xo ino Ota
Klks hall having bean completed. -
Wedneaday night tho county central
pommltteo . will have a meeting at
which tha plana for tho campaign will
be dlacuased and from -that time ' on
active work of tho campaign will bo
the order of tho day.' v
The executive committee aa appoint
ed by Major Kennedy, la eompoaed of
tha following oiembera of tha city and
eounty central commlttoe: Flrat ward,
1C B. Laasell, 9 Vpahur a treat; Sac
ond ward, Frank F. Freeman, 661 Kear
rey atreetj Third -ward. Charlea E2.
Jxclrwood. , "1S : Columbia building;
Fourth ward, II. Daniel, 804 Oaago ave
nue; Fifth ward, F. R. Beach, 624 EUm
ftreeti fclxth ward, Mlohaal J, Brennon.!
c vurmaui pint.L
.(Ualted Pr-e Leaaed Wire.)
Waahlngton. April SC Tha National
Publlabora aaaooUUon, ropraaentad bylinaton, Dlatrlot of Columbia, and tlie
a committee of II of I to leading mem-1 rim waa mat tno procaadinta ia tna
bar marobod oa th. oapltol today to rh'moWh. bl.
urge upon oongreaa tho immaoiaia to- trip. -He will go to Heat tie and from
peal of tho duty on wood pulp uewd tharo to China ea allnar. Tou waa ao
in makinr white Daoer. Tho vlaltation I aamamaUS hw Imhi, rh.it4 iium
aaaooiatioa calling upon individual tneot
bera of congreae to act la tho latter.
Toriav theaa meinbara were aeea by tha
jputliabera and urged to move protnpt-
Tlia apaclal oommlttea appointed by
Bneaker Cannon to lavaallgato - the
ciaima of tho publlahera that tho hi
orica or baner waa aua io nm imr
mi hnr durlnv - the afternoon and
r&nteil tha delegation a hear tna. He-
lure they left Jew lorn, wnero ui
wlt l..n la at weak held Ita annual
Mnvini niL ina daieaauoa nsuiffl mi i ia n.iau rnm .nn
f.0.mIri.1 MJn, i9 Ijuat bow aha feola about It Thla time
ML.innarv work la belnr dona by Barkla waa not willing at all It la
the nubiiahara tonlaht They aro gun- very baa indeed when mero la a waah
nina for thrlr oonareeamen alncly and ibaaln handy.
in rmuni and ara brlnatna all the In-1 Patrolmaa Roberta waa called to a
nuance they poaoeaa to aeruro tho Im- lodging houee at Fourth and Jefferaoa
mediate oaaaaaa of tho Htevena bill, la treat a laat evening. There bad baaa
which rrovidea tor tha removal or tna
duty on wood pulp uaad In whlto print
paper maaing. iney ara uraina
further arlvanra In tha trlce Of
per, which la threatened, will put many
Of mora out ox puaiueaa wimiu j"
marabal At Seat Ue bo win bo plaood
la tho cuatody of tho atoamabJp oora
Pny. ' . ) ' " , :
Chin Toil grieved to leave Portland
ana tna niue
counti
to aay good
Chin
nd
y lall thla momlni
affinitive ware allowed
bya It waa onlv a few mlnatca.
and ' So Jabbered and ejaculated a
mumbled their worda and Jual bad a
f reat lima Tlian the a iron g arm of
he law lad Tou away.
There were tear a In tha area Of dainty
little Leona- Ho. You hlmeelf. manly
man that bo la, orld. too.
Tomorrow chin Yon will bo aboard a
big ocean veaerl bound for tha land of
hla birth. 1'rettv I.aonar Ho will ha In
Portland In tho county jail watting for
th government to Ilniau
tlon of bar caao.
FIRE DESTROYS
OILIOH THEATRE,
Two Dwellings Also Con
sumed by Blaze Which
Did $5,000 Damage,
Ita Inveatlga
(Serial XMapatch to Tea voareal)
. Pendleton, Or April ; IT. Fire da
atroyod tho Milton opera-houeo and two
dwelllnga belonging to W. 11. Bailey at
afllton thla foranooa Tha loaa la 11,000.
Tho orla-tn of tha fire la unknown.
All tha bulldlnga aro a total loan, but
were weu inaurea.
A high Wind waa blowing at tho time
or tno nro ana tno entire town waa in
groat danger, but tho Ore waa checked
by tha work of tho volunteer fire de
partment.
COURT EtlPEOVES
paid limy
Shown in Jerome's nearing
That Metropolitan Com
. pany Furnished Money.
' . . -
v (Called Praea teaaed Wlra.)
Naw Torlc. April 17. A aanaation In
volving tha Metropolitan Street Rail
way' company and baarly ovary court
attache In Naw York city waa aprung
today by Franklin Pierce, proaecutlng
attorney In tha bearing agalnat Lle-
CUPID LEAVES HEART UNSCATHED
BUT SMASHES TWO WINDOW PANES EUGEfiE BOY KILLED
WHILE OUT HUNTING g
Tla a dangarouo thing to make I ova
a commotion. Cunld bad boon tharo. and
two broken window pane- at tea ted biaj
aepartura. '
William Harrier. 'a bartender, had. It
apprare, tried to woo one of tho lodgera
with eon woraa. a waan oaam waa
sear at band, and aha hurled It at tha
arrow-am It ten barkeepar. -The baalnl
mlaaad Ita mark, but It went through
tno window, taking two paneo witn iv
' 1 ; t 1 ' ' 1 ' "
trirt Attornev Jerome.
Pierce nroiluced evidenoa. a trunk run
Of vouchara, which, bo declared, will
ehow that in 1100 all court employee in
New York eltv were In tho car of tha
aireeicar corporation,
Michael J. ton eli n aworo that ha re
moved tha trunk from the residence of
George Jiagg. e pec la I detective then em
ployed by jeroma. v . ,
Plerco aald that thl vouchara werb
Raid by the Metropolitan company for
rnment," and "exnanaea with lurore,"
to. Tha eumg paid vary from 10 canta
more than 100. All told there aro
USE LOTTERY TO
SELECT BERTHS
T l-i .
jjcision,-uarjsion excur
sion Party lipids Draw
ing to Secure Beds.
& FLAGSHIP AND FLEET WILL BE IN
Koy Gari Dies From Wound "
; Accidentally Made ; by ':-
Companion. ; '
.000 vouchara. ahowlnv aa expenditure
iy
and wltneaaea in damage aulta agalnat
Of 1100.000.
waa received b
which money. Pierce aald.
court official, Jurore
a atreetcar enmnanv.
Tha action agalnat Jeroma la brought
bavo him removed from office. Tho
dlatrlot attorney, who acted aa hla own
counsel, did not eeem to bo perturbed
bv tha Introduction Of thla aatoundlna-
avldenoo. . . i-
CONVENTION IS HELD
AT FOREST
HARBOR FIVE DAYS DURING FIESTA
GROVE
Notice waa received today by the
Roao Featlval aaaoclatlon that tha flag-
ablp Charleaton and fleet will ba In
Portland harbor for tho Roao Foatlval,
1 a ' r at ll Iron " o j una a. i m woru ciu
norkers of Congregational through official notmcuon from tha
Sunday School Assemble ZIr TX tTttl
Dar ana np ui river bo inai i wouia
reach hero by Juno 1.
. for Session.
protected crtuaer in the navy.: en
built in 1I0J and coat about
Tha Charleaton ta a comparatively
new veaael and the beat typo or
vy. ena waa
ut il. 00.000.
tho la very fa at, making tl knota and I manner dlacharged hla gun, tha bullet
la of 1.700 tona dleplaoement. ler main I entering hla companlon'a abdomen from
oauery conaiaia oi i - a-incn rapia
flro guna while aha baa a eecondary bat.
tary of tt auna. It la probable that
her aecort will contain representative
ahlpe from tho crulaer, gunboat and tor
pedo boat claaaea.
(SpeeUI DUpatck to The loaraal)
Eugene, Or., April 17. Roy Clark,
god II ' yeare, . living at Coroefock.
louglaa county, died fn tho Kugano
general hoapltal Sunday morning aa
a reault of a gunahot wound In tho ab
domen. Inflicted at Comstock Saturday
afternoon. Youna Clark. In company
with Roy Wat kin a. another boy about
rlflea. Both were aittina on tho ground I fi9. 1!m1nQfrtT1 TTlirlo Hlincta
and on rlelng, young Watklno in aome I r.vM.r wW
HOTEL AT DISCOVERY
DESTROYED BK FIRE
bipedal DUpatck ta Tke Juarail.)
Foreat Orovo, Or, April 17 Tha An
nual State Sunday School convention
wIU bo bald here beginning thla even
ing and continuing, over Wedneaday.
Tha meotlnaa will bo held In tho 'Con-
Taxational church.
Tho program for thla evening will
bo aa followa: Servloo of eong led
by Foreat Orovo chorua; opening pray
er. - Rev. Boyd, paator of convention
church: worda or v
of the city, by E. W.
come of churrhea and Kunday school.
Kev. c A. Maa, paator - or cnriatian
church: Paclfla univeraUv'a welcome.
Prteident W. N. Ferrln: roaponao to ad
dresaea of welcome, Rev. Charlea A.
phlppa, general - secretary: add rasa.
The Organlaed Work and tho Roma
Convention, With' Ita World-wide Via
Ion," Rev. W. C Merrltt. International
field worker.
TEIIIIIS CABIIIET
IH ACTION Oil
HSJntathJweifMi11111 PhiHpps Latest Ac
quisition to rresldentTs
Racquet Fiends.
JAPAN TRADE HURT
BY CHINESE BOYCOTT
701
3. V.
Kerohem, . Ill
j jBCTenui ' wara.
cpoxane atreet
Kighth ward. Charlea B. Merrick. 141
lielmont atreet. Richard. Delch, 01 Eaat
Twenty-alxth atreat; Ninth ward, 51 V.
Plnnott, 89S Roea atreat; Tenth ward.
K I fhaffer, 8l Mallory avenue; at
larjre, H. K. CoUier, St. Johna; E. I
T, ay burn, .Lenta: Thomag W. Corder.
Troutdalo ,. W. H. Burka, .Waat Port,
land, k-;-, v '
SEEK PEEDICTS BIG
EABTHQUAKE BT UTAH
i-'.'-'v:?. I.."., .' fi.- -f
(CalUd Pfeaa leaaed WIre.1" : I'
Belllngham, Waah- April 87. Harry
?TcCuo, a noted aged aear and prophet
of Lake Whatoom today predlota hat
i 'icre will be an earthquako In Utah
"ithln eight or eleven daya that will
; erupt that state. He alao aaya tho
cHson tho weather ia - continuing ao
.-"I t on tha coast la becaune of tho
'rke1rips of. the people. He declares
' t niil be Uttlo warm weather until
in ter Juno.
Tho Outlet Clothing company, north-
i corner mornaon ana irat atroeta.
of Portland's largeet clothing atorea.
riosea up cy ineir creaiiora tnia
rniiiK- Stock ta now being taken by
receiver to ascertain tne amount of
bliUies, which Will bo considerable.
(United Presa teasea Wire.)
Hongkong, April J 7. The flrat aerlt
oua reault of tha Chinese commercial
boycott agalnat Japan waa recorded to
day, when tha Oriental Steamship com
pany, a Japanese concern, announced
Inat It had . been forced to auaoend
buMineaa on account of tho boycott.
Tha company declared today that It
unable to get any passenger or
freight for South American countries,
nence it waa oompouoa to auapena aerv
Ice to those porta.
The Japanese commercial Intareata ara
feellnr tho efeota of tho boycott more
and more every day. The suspension of
in l a service oetween eouia American
and Chinese porta, It la expected, may
cause Japan . to carry out Ita recent
threat to use military force lr-the Chi
neoe government doea not lift the. boy
cott. -.
EEEOR OF CLEBK LETS
BESTAUHATEUR ESCAPE
' Becauao a olerk 1ntbo city health
of floe wrote "Worcester" lnatead of
"Worceeterehire" on . tha . complaint,
Tom Paulson, a reataurant man. dodged
paying a penalty for a violation of the
pure food law. When the caae waa
brought befora Judge Cameron in the
municipal court thla morning, Paulsen's
lawyer discovered the error. Mia
.i.. .i ..... i. ..... w : i. .. .i
charged Paulaen with refilling bottles
of aauce. Tha judge held that the com
plaint waa Insufficient, ao Paulaen
scaped paying a fine. Another' com
plaint with the full name of the wauoe
carefully : written In will aoon bo filed,
however." " i' t
' Antone Slavlcb, another reataurant
man, arrested on the aame charge, had
to pay a line or gia.
INDIAN CONFERENCE
nELD AT RIVERSIDE
(United Preae Xaead Wire.) 1
Riverside, CaL, 4 AprU 17. -The first
Indian conference ever held on the Pa
cific boast opened here thla afternoon.
President Jordan of Stanford university
presiding. - Three hundred ., delegates
have . been Invited, and mora than 100
have already arrived. All tho delegatea
are. entertained free at the . Glen wood
hotel, ana tno conference is expected to
last three daya. Indian Agent Lummla
will deliver a aveeoh thla evenina on
the advancement of the Intareata of tho
rea man. . .
BLYTONE HAS HABIT
OP SIGNING CHECKS
O. R. Blyatoce, arrested for forgery
vn oumpiaint oi J, 1. emiui, tn DU
(tatted Presa Leased Wire.)
Washington, April JT. With tho re
turn of warm weather tha meet Inge of
tho tennla cabinet hava ' been reaumed
on tha court in the rear of the Whlto
Houae offlco building, and ona naw
member haa. been Initiated. Tha tennla
cabinet la that favored coterie of of
floeholdera and dlplomata that tho
prealdent Invltea to teat racquet with
mm bdoui I urea inernoonj wcea, ana,
although there ara no mlnutea kept of
the proceedinga,. there are tuose who
assert that much of tha real buaineaa of
the government ia ehaped upon the
ohalk-drawn rectanale.
William rnniDDa wno naa cnarro or
one or tno oureaua or tne aiaie aepaai
ment. Is the latest addition to tha list
of players, and la ona of the best. Ha
la an athlatlo young fellow, not very
many years out -of college, and plays
raat and eteaay game.
The other members of thla unofficial
cabinet. In the order of their prominence
In tho White House game, are M. J u axe
ran d, the French ambaasador; Glfford
Pinchot. tha chief forester: Secretary
Garfield of the Interior deDartment. As
sistant Attorney-General Cooley, Assist
ant Secretary Murray of tho department
Assistant Secretary of State Bacon, and
Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner of
corporations.
UIAGE FEE
. mSTALLMENTS
St. liouis Justice ill Unite
Loving Hearts for $1
Down and $1 a Week.
(United Preaa Leaaai Wire.) . '
St. Loula, Mo April 27. Tho compe
tition among 8t- Loula county Justices
for'1-marriage ceremony - business has
become ao ' keen ' that Justice Werre- j
lm.T., Af Plavtnn I. . mAnntMA th. In.
Btaument pjan. ut is now advertising i " "-."" ur, n nunncu
in the atrectcara that he will unite lov- clutching hia
the front and comlna out at the back.
Young Clark waa at once placed on the
train and brought to Eugene, arriving
nere Saturday evening. He. waa taxen
to tho boapltal and remained la an un
conscious condition till the laat. - Ha
waa the eon of Charlea K. Clark. ,
ATTACKED FOR SAVING
LIFE OF INSANE InAfi
(United freaa teaaed Who.)
San Frfnolaco, April 17. William
Kmerson, a ateward at tho detention
hoapltal, on Golden Gate avenue, waa
almost choked to death thla morning
while attempting to aubdue Charlea
Bally, who became violent and wa
trying to hang hlmeelf with a aheet
- Awakened from hla Bleep by Bally,
Emerson left hla cot and went to tha
Insane ward to place Bally In a straight
jacaec xumerson discovered naiiy witn
one and of a sheet tied about hla throat
tha other ond to a grated window In
the celling of hla cell. Seeing that
bmeraon would prevent blm from car
la
Through Windows of
Gold House.
- (United Prase teased Wire.)
Skagway, April 37. A apeclal from
Atlln aaya tho Gold houae, tha largeat
hotel at Discovery, three mllea from
hero, waa burned to tho ground early
yesterday morning. Tho loaa la S10.000.
outside of 11.600 la bank notes which
could not be aaved. It ia considered a
miracle that no one waa killed.
The fire waa eaused bv an aznloalon
of the acetylene gaa plant. Guests woo
had Just left the breakfast room were
burled throuah tho windows bv tha lm-
fact of the explosion.' but all were able
o pick themselves up, little the worao
for their exciting experience.
AGED RANCH
RSHOOS
E
SOII FOR BURGLAR
Ing couple in the bonds of matrimony
tor i uovn ana it
week.
The first counle te take advantaea
a .i- nff.o int.. T7o mmA uin.u overpower
Kuhn. They called upon the Justice to FUnA ran,,fl,1.ou lnto corridor and
be married, and for several houra ar-ll? th fH the Insane man'a hold on
throat In a vise-Ilka arln.
Back and forth In tho cell the men
fought desperately, . each seeking to
tne other, finally the strur
gued over the fee. Finally they eat
liei upon the installment plan. '
No other Justice in the county per
forms . more ceremonies than Werre
meyer. He began by advertising In th
newspapers and In streetcars that be
would marrv tha .first 10 connlaa who
applied, free of charge. He waa com
pelled to withdraw the offer la five
days, when tho maximum waa reached.
BIG SHOIV f.lAKESHIT
WITH HEW YORKERS
Emerson's throat waa broken.
Sounds of tho struggle In the hall
way attracted the attention of other
atienaania ana uaiiy waa subdued.
EAST fllTAILA i
AT CITY GATE
KNOCKS
fer?& Barnumr & Bailey Open
rth while. The beat racquet la wield- XUlVl X- TJi-l. A -
t f l III JC I C3JLI A t U dC 11UJ19
and - Lar;g:e Menagerie..'
but
worth
d bv M JUaaerand. ma nnta on a
lourh-lookinx slouch haC rolls ud hla
right sleeve, and even when not in the
midst or the frame nimseir lumps up
ana aown, wavee nia arms wuaiy ana
goes tnrougn ail manner or violent con
lortiona.
Now" Tork has two Infallible ,
spring
too presiaenr, wno ao piayo a rierca remedies tha onenina- nf rnn.v t.i.mi
it aim cuarm augut uie oouri iiae ai
: YCLONE SWEEPS - - -COMORO
ISLANDS;
JUNt lTOS LOST
(Cult; Piasa Leawd WtreJ " .
Paris. April 27. A' cyclone
entailing tremendous losa of life
find property haa awept tho
Comoro archipelago In the Mo
vamWque channel, according . to e)
official dlspatchea recelveil hero- o
to lay. The dispatches are In-
definite, but Indicate that. thou- o
tar-.;: a of natives have perished.
The Comora Islands He In the e
MosamlilQue channel, which, runs
t een the coast of German '
5 t Ar.loa and the Island of 0)
; j. ifcar. The Islands - are
r.cU ones, but are densely popu- e
tatnrl At aavha naohail vKaa nhaal fRno lien
will ba given a hearing m tha municipal
lUllirr rnmnOPAW kin sAant In w ' U I iratona
I "mmw wueasva a V TV WUOJOUWUBl aVfailiVU
twho hats been In trouhl hiifnra. of bet.
. ing th man wanted, det-wtivea took
' Nmith . WD h aaa-av ta Anl4 aaaaa DlaAn.
awau waavaw UV VVU1U . BB B9W Hlajiuiio,
Identification followed and then arrest.
The young man la tho son-in-law of
w. -a, niorey. former mayor or port
land, and comes from a s-ood familv.
A promise to reform secured hla free
dom in a similar case a last November,
but this time it ia doubtful If a plea
lor ieniencywiii nave much woignt.
, ' All Day Holiness Meeting.
There will be an all-day meeting of
tho - Oregon Holiness association Tuee-
oay in tne jmands' church, corner East
Thirty-fifth and Main streets.
iv.su. i:3U and 7 Rev. Hanson, n
Hervtces
returned missionary , from ' India, will
nave cnarge ox ina evening aervioe. -
SISTER LOOKING FOR
EDWARD JENS0N
Kflward Jenaon'a ' slater. Mrs.' Tjinia
jonnson, or juenevuie, Kansas, - ha.
g
bull In a china anon.
Garfield la the moat aertoua player In
tho outfit, and when he la engaged puta
on an expression that is actually dia
bolic, ' The game generally begins about
t:i6 or : ana last a tui aark.
LICORICE ROOT FOUND
- Oil FARI.1 AT SELF.1A 1
Discovery Likely jto Add An
other Industry to 1 Ore
gons lis
aplomb and Barnum & Balley'a greatest
ahow on earth, etc., has made tho big-
From among tha noticaa given It by
the New York papers the followlne- la
iaa.cn irom uo uiodo ana commercial
Advertiser:
"The poatera didn't lie thla vear. tt
waa ail there from tho little lady W
lnchea high to tho man who llfta auto.
mobilea full of people and a cannon full
ot gunpowder on hla chest, not to men
tion a herd of regular Noah's ark gl-
ruues apouea as ii witn iresn paint, and
a doaen ships of tho desert with at least
two numns aeon, and tlaera and t antra.
and a baoy llama and a fuaz-ball baby
kangaroo, and a miniature elephant
named Abraham Lincoln, who lan't four
weeae oia ana is already on the lookout
lor peanuts. ; . ...-..v
j "Then tharo .were - dashing, daring,
dauntless Mips of death by two autoa
that started down an lncllna timi.m.
ona leaping over tha other aa it neared
tna ground and tho other aomereaultlng
1IU latnuiliw . nn Ba. miBninnai Wl ntfnHH
a " aa "if yiH.avi in.
If th aTnftation if r.rmafi llvlnvl In each UtO It darlnr ladv. whniA hnlr.
around Selm aro reaUaJ, Oregon may fnMeHE. 'SSi S Vn. f"!
add to her already diversified list of on end If It waa anything ilka "tha Treat
agricultural proaucie that or licorice 1 ot mo oair in tne garden.
root '"which la aald to' to'" found" la gy. galaxy or guttering gor
abundance In that vicinity,
sfamianaBul IA ... .. Wa. I 1 1 a. ... . .
In a. letter .rrVV'J""?." ?1?-0"
to The Journal a A. Arn.tt v. Vhl i.,Ti " rr ' na parade
: , i ui uutuni narsonaaei
ruuL .row. in ,niinnnnr. nn ni. tbmm i . . . -
an T. V.w- T T..""r,r .7 1 nistory- tieopatra aai
here " . ' " " I . and crusaders and knights, and
I sis, and crusaders
Wholosala firms nf -Tertian tm4 dancing . girls and, houris. and piebald
thla product from Soain and RuittTVn Pon.IM. witn satin blankets, and camels
oeaiera aay tney never heard of any
growing in thlscountry, but would not
be aurprlaed If tha root found near
Eelma -roved to be markeUble. and. If
' . r .1 ,u aay aaie on tne local
uiwim nrwn i 10 oenta a pound.
PLAGUE IS GAINING
GROUND IN VENEZUELA
Eaat MonUvllla, which includea all
that portion of Montavllla Juat eaat of
tho city limits and between Fremont
and Division streets, wants to become a
Dart of the eltv of Portland and thla
morning a petition was placed with
City Auditor Barbur asking that It ba
considered by the council.
There aro aeveral thousand people In
tho district and the petition haa been
signed by. 76 votera of the district.
The district la about one half a mile
wide. Mayor Lane thla morning de
clined to call a special meeting of tho
council to consider the plan ao the pe-'
titloners will ask" the members of the
council to agree to a meeting thla Week
in oraer mat tne question may be
piacea upon tne ornciai ballots.
BANDITS CAPTURE )
GOVERNOR SANTILLAN
' (ITnited Presa Leased Wire.) '
Buenoa - Avrea. Anrll . 17. Nawa haa
been received here that Governor San
tlllan was captured . at Santiago del
Esterto, capital of tho province of that
name, and that his brother, member
of the national house of deputies and
five other men have baaa killed by a
band of armed rebels.
During the attack one of the many
bullets fired inflicted, a wound In the
governor's leg. Santlllan and other oc
cupant a of the of fiolal .residence who
were taken prlaonera were held for sev
eral houra and finally released by fed
eral iruops.
aitnousrn tne attacic or tna reoeia waa
a vicious ona. - little disorder in the
firovlnce resulted. It is said that the
ncident has no significance- so far aa
national pomica are concerned.
TAPT U00MERS SEE : ,
CANDIDATE'S VICTORY
. (Uaited Praia Ltaaad Who.)
Nevada City. Cel., AprU 17. Mlatak
Ing his son for a burglar, William Dun
atan, an aged and decrepit rancher, laat
night ' ahot and killed the boy. The
heart-broken parent surrendered' hlm-
seir at oraase yeaterday.
The son, who does not live on hla
father'a reach, entered the latter" a home
last nignt and aeising tha old man un
awares cried. "Now. I've aot voui"
Dunstan. thinking tint a burglar bad
aelaed'hira, broke away and grabbed hia
rifle and fired at tho aunnosed thief.
sending a bullet through the boy's brain.
When he recognised hia victim. JDun
stan fainted and remained unconscious
until almost daylight thla morning.
. In hia cell Duns tan conatantlv weens
and wrlnga hla hands, moaning Oh, my
boyi I have killed my baby boy!'
READ TESTIMONY OF
FORD'S FORMER. TRIAL !
A drawing held under the' direction
of G W. Stinger, city ticket agent of
ina o. K. N. And Southern Paclflo
companies and Seoretarv Ooddtneton
A. . V. . . 1 . . . . ... . . ...
V"'" ...d i .tmt viuu, iua
morning, determined tha arranramant
of bertua on the Lewlatnn-Clarkaton e
curalon train to be run by Portland bua
ineaa men iay 1. These excuralonlata
who had not already asked for apaclal ,
locations With friends wara allntl. In.
para and lowara by tha procesa of draw,
lug lota ,
The number now aigned up and paid
Tot the round trip ia only about SO at
the preeent time, but those who have
pledged to go number about ISO, the
capaolty of the train. Prompt action
win be taken tomorrow toward getting .
all those listed to attend to the matter
or final eettlement of tho details In
connection with each berth aaslgnment,
and by Thursday the arrangements for "
atartlng the train will be coinplota
- meeulta of Lottery. .
Tha drawing resulted In assigning'
upper an,d lower bertha, reepectlvely, aa
louowa: ,
n r Ko. 1-J. It MoDonald and J.
H. ONe 111: 3. n. XI ikkii t l
Albert: William t.rawat. .t.a iTVJ
jC. R. Davis and Everett Ames:
A. H. Devere and A. if. Averlli: Edwara
iooitingnam and O- F. A(Jame; E. A.
Baldwla and W. T. BurreUi a K. Breene
n. mm, ooiae; uiio ureyman and ,
O. Buff um; George Brown and W. C.
Bristol: C. A. Heir and C. IX Brunn; It.
C Campbell and C. P. Swlgert; W. b. ,
Wheelwright and Walter Beebe. .
- Car No. I DeVal Dairy Supply eom
pany and 3. B BeaJl; Warner JJreyman
and Vr.il. Eldrldge: A. S. Rosenthal
atna jonn I Carson; c. C Chapman and
J. F. Carroll; A. A. Morfie and W. E.
Coman : D, C. Lewla and R. W.. Lewie;
D. C. O'Relllr and 3. C. Alnaworth; K.
R Frank and George McMillans O. A.
Harmon and F. H. Fogarty: C. A. Pol
r and Dakar Huber; ft. P. llolmea and
E. C. Johnon: J. A. Shepard and L. C.
I unrngus; w. 4. Burns and Robert Llr
I Ingstona .
I . Car No. t.WlMlam 'MeMurray and
one F. W. Cookman and Samuel Con
nell; Fred II. Strong and Herman Wlt
tenbera: Gaoraa P. fjtnt mrxA naw Tm.
bard: J. N. Teal and L. A. Lewis: & B.
Loewenberg and T. n. ITonavman- CL
A. Foster and Dr. William Jones; W. A. ,
Montgomery and R. W. Montague; T. O.
KeUey and C. M. Hyskall; T. B. Wil
cox, A. L. Mllla and I Lowengart in
lower; 7, and . uppara not yet aa-algned.
Xa oar- sTo. 4.
Car No. 4 B. Lea Paget and B. M.
Lombard; Dr. BJ. 3. Labbe and F. O.
Sykea; Dr. Otla Wight and A. B. Kata;
George K. Clark and J. P. Mentffee: E.
A. DeSchwelnta and George Lawrence
Jr.; A. MoCalraan and H. D. Story; How
ward Oaylord and W. B. Glafke; Ale
Lewthwalta and T. N. Btorpenhach; C
B. Moorea and 3. L. Schults; B. Neu-y
stadter and one; C. L Mastlck and 8.
M. Ludera; W. -H. Wallace and E.
Ehrman in lowers It and 11. urmera
un assigned. .
Car No. 6 A. M. Wright and H, L.
Powers; R, J. Patterson and Gore W.
Taylor; Dr. Chance and E. B. Piper; IL
O. Tenney and H. A. Moore; 3. W. Vo
gan and If. W. Monaetes; H. E. Jov and
C. R Orelle; H. W. Mitchell. Dr. W. T.
WUllameon, Tom Richardson, P. W.
Mulkey, J. Smith. F. H. Pago, William
Warren In lowera, with uppera unaa
B1KII.U.
Tha drawing for car No. f ia not yet
made, the' only assignments now in
thla car being John M. Scott, assist
ant general passenger agent O. R. N.,
and William Harder of tha Great North
ern. '
- (United Press teaatd Wire.)
,San Franclaoo, AprU 17. The ohird
trial of Tlrey L, Ford, accused of "brib
ing a supervisor, waa marked by a read-
parlntendant of th. mint, Frank Laaeh. SfV.roporVh. wVtle.VSaWe
FOREST OFFICIAL ON
STAND IN HYDE CASE
- (United Presa teased Wire.)
Waahlngton, April 17. B, F. Allen.
former foreat euperrntendent of Califor
nia, waa today subjected to a rigid ex
amination 1n tha Hyde-Benson land
fraud caae by Attorney Worthington, of
the defenae, who Bought to ahow that
It waa tha cuatom of foreat officiate to
recommend to the Interior department
measuree aupportlng tha creation of for
eat reaervea upon suggestions from cltt
sena or bualnesa interest .
Allen named . the Sierra forest re
aerve aa among those credited to hla
recommendations. He stated that tha
Sierra Reserve club made a map of this
reserve and urged Ita passage. He
added that former Mayor Warren 01-
uauauy gave tho raota In a case to
some one In Hyde's office, who type
wrote the report Then he would sign"
It and send It to the eommtssloner of
tha general land office.
given at Ford's laat trial Thomas P.
Burns, cashier or the "mint, then tea ti
lled that Ford made- two visits to tha
sub-treasury In 1800 one in July,. when
no exenangea iou.ouo m gold for a aim-
1lihi sivnniin In inrranow . sim.! aaeaaa
ftSS-T SUNDAY PRO TO BE
.row;a.t.&f.! SMALLEY'S JONAH DAY
rapher at that time, teat in ed that aha
uiywiiw ii,vi ui mm unnea aiaiea ju EL Smaller passed i ban
National, bank, la July, lopo. She ad- Sunday? He lifted thellfl a bM
muted mat ana nad paid a sum oflG. Vlxlllni's saloon. 195 North
he became
Angry clear
NF.A.f.l n
fltnt.. Vatlonal banlr miwiKah v.m I ,.lHn. IIaiia. nn Cf,..H t, . m ..
testimony of Ruefs alater and said that locked up on two charges however, one
ma uvpuait put uiavuv wm in ti ana jjiui umui uruua, aaa uie ox nor ior tnreat-
money o ex-8uperylsor Ree, hut v. I teenth atreet, and when
plained that It wason a lease. v boisterous ha waa ejected.
Receiving Teller Staley of tho United through, he had Viglllnl
bills.
decked with embroidery, and elephanta
with gorgeous howdahs. -
"Tha color scheme of this narada
oeauinui, irom j mo anights m white
clumes and arolden armor. , a.ni . . th.
priests In lllao and silver, to tho Jesters
in aay mower ana, tne aancinar riria in
pale greens and blues, gray and e-old.
vvnen the elephants had doffed their
aoiu-emproiaerea tMa.p.aers tney rumbled
back to. the three rings and did amaaing
atunta They waltxed and played dead
nfl - grkmvukm ,nn itnnii An utm
(United Preaa leased Wire.) . . heads and did tricks with snotted AnZ
WlllemaUdt, April 87v--That huhonlo One elephant aat up on hla hind leaa
Guayra Is no longer In doubt The I muaio aJl tha bl baaata viQn "JlT.'i
epldemlo la gaining ground, from all bracelet Of aleigh balls on their huge
accounts and the disease baa also ap- twV's-'A-ci-y-: ,,'-ie.v,,-.,'t,:,- -peered
in other VenaueUn cltlesT"- vff !'' ;r,' i T.- '.
The aovernment haa Ani-ttm ' . ... . . . . r "' -:f:.S.''
utmoafto keep the rtiuauo alcret H Minister jueaveg Capital. M
describing the diaeaae simply ?asi - Waahlngtdn, April 87. Benor Don
malignant laver. but td. I .Tn. Amna-o. mlnlater ta Pm.n.
which the Inhabitants have been thrown I Washington today for New Tork, whence
haa rendered it; lmpoaaibla to prevent j he wlil aai I for Colon, Colombia, to take
"S. new ? leallng in many ways. I part In conferences with offioiala ra-
- LI.UIUI are imnnmiti . tn n I ..Htnv ..i.Ti .
to the author! tlr.a atfUnH. v.... L..in. . nn nki. .i ". . .
certain . that the mortality rate amone dleDUtea of that country and P.nn,"
f8S ".B-" rt"5,tf ully high, thai " ' - - '""
the hospitala are overflowing, that peo
ple are uying everywhere and - that
hundreds are fleeing from the cities.
Brwie ' Fang Roof Flreg.
c..oi ..m.u.T i.r. " v.". V""'.""; I . urea
written Th Jnnrnai n i..'i k. , .1 llT .r1 " ujoiruciea i ai till Birrei ana io Macadam
. . A . : m . I - t . jnrin null ui
reason to think he ia here and desires!
lr vessels and others I street There waa no damage
jth and Morrlaon. laat evening.
In
Iff re'U8lnlr t0 rsiva paasengera from lease. A false alarm took the enginea to
(United Press teased Wire.) .
Washington. April 27. Taft boomers
declared today that their candidate for
tha Republican presidential nomination
has a total of 282 delegatea pledged to
mm ana mat mere - is no possible
onance or a oontesi on zn or tne votes,
v uome or tne war. secretary a man-
agera aver that he has as many as 800
delegatea, but IS of this number are
taken from the oontested of unlnstruct
ed column. Little change In the rela
tive posmona ox tna various candidates
waa noted laat Week. Governor Hughea
aeoured four delegatea from the Twenty-seventh
and Thlrty-flrat .districts of
mew i urav out . ion victory is not ao
great Decauae tne j. wenty-riret and
Twenty-sixth New Tork districts named
uuwiuuuiea aeiegates, , , j
OLD CASES TO BE
: CLEARED OFF DOCKET
In call In tha docltat of TTnit
States circuit court thla morning Judge
Yvuivertun innouncia URt . tnrM mbu
all of which have been atanding aome
time, would -be dropped if no one ap
peared to repreaent either of them by
the next term ot court . -5 v; i
.one ofthe oaaea ia that of Mary Roes
al of PittaburgL Pennsylvania, agalnwt
oavuu luunm vi roruina. Tno suit IS
the outgrowth of a contract for ma
chinery made in 1890. The Reea brought
suit for IT.asl with Interest v
" The other cases are that of . Herman
Cramer agalnat tha Singer Manufactur
ing company charging Infringement on
a patent and Cr H. Bruaohke against
the Paclfie Coaat Lumber tt Furniture
Manufacturing, company of California,
tha reault of a contract .. .
BAD TUNE BY HANDEL
. TO pE SUNG PIANISSIMO
London, April 27. Lecturing In a
Wealeyan chapel in Scarborough, Sir
Frederick Bridge aald that In arranging
the new tune book, of which he waa
editor, no was assisted Dy an "artful
committee." On ine occasion they sub
mitted to him a tune which they de-
ciarea was oy Jrianaei.
ening to kill Charlotte . B. Dunn. His
mreais were made during the motion
In the saloon and flurlnr hla .iwitin.
therefrom. The three-fold oase will ba
given a hearing befora Judge Cameron
tomorrow morning. t .: f ,
CONFERENCE OF FREE
METH0I)ISTS TO OPEN
Thd thlrt3anth annual 'gension of tha
Ore. on conference of th Vrmm MAifinri.
lnt church will be held this -week at the
V
To- wmmmmm .a Uaa A kifAa Ikat aA I ttMt-fflf oKllWH An taxaa XT I U Jk. aarlll
A v tt cxaa bu (tAUk iiu TV a wis tnaa, ii sun V " v) . waa jujeaaa j. j ii tit Bill IX 1V1 III
it back, with the intimation that If it streets. The sessions will open at t
were Included In the book, every time It o'clock Wednesday afternoon and will
was rendered Handel would turn In hla opntlnua over next Sunday, Bishop W.
grave. - - T. Hogue of Evans ton, Illinois, will pre- .
The committee eubmltted It again, aide.
however, with tha promise' that if The mornlnga will ba devoted to bus!
only he would include It It should ba nesa sittings and the afternoons to re-
mh'uuj Bsrvicea. - Diaoop nogue win ar
rive in . ' Portland tomorrow from
Everett Waahlnartoii.' where ho haa
been presiding over, tha sessions of tha
Waahlngton conference.
marked to ba sting 'tjianimlaao,' ao as
not to aisturn iianaoi.
SWAPS HIS BOOTS TO
GET JUST ONE DRINK SUDDEN STOP OF CAB
DISASTROUS, TO TEETH
Youngstown, Ohio. April 15. When
Terry . Sweeney Is m sore need of a
drink, the police aay that he becomes
promiscuous In what ha takes to trade
In for whiskey. He waa arrested tha
A sudden Jolt of the ear from which
he was aliahtina: at Third and Alder
other, night for stealing, and later swap- streets last evening threw Terence Crof
ping his mother's dishes, a transaction I f on 89 North Fifth street against tha
" . . . . . . . . . A ,. . .IV .... ... II M.I V. an.). . ..1.1 An.. . . k. . A .
TiuivHv. i- jumi (wo .
out and hla
He wna 4kn
up. He is Charged witn- stealing bis 1 la -- vinoont uuspuaj. .,is injuries
ping his mother's dishes, a transaction ron(j8 worth inrth street
which handicapped the familv at meal handrail with such vlolen
times. Again f Terry la under arrest, front teeth jvero knocked,
this time for another household clean- lower Jaw badly- cut. H(
brother's boots and nls fathers saw.
The boots, to boot, brought a drink, but
their. loss was aincerely mourned by the
brother. ,
RIDICULES BRYAN
AS "0LD3IAN-0F SEA"
' (tnlted Preti Leated Wire.)
Waahlngton, April 87. Charging that
democracy has always advocated tha
doctrine of Hespalrt preferring the fu
neral dlrae to the wedding march. Rep
resentative Rodenberg of Illinois, in thai
house today riqiculed William Jennlnea
Bryan aa the political "old man of the
aea," who has aecured a strangle hold
on tha windpipe of hla party and chokod
It into abject submission to. tils every
whim and caprice, Rodenberg criti
cised Bryan for deriving euch a bic
income from tits lectures and his pub
licatlon, Tha Commoner. - . '
are not eerloua. ' ; I
WHEELER OFFERED
BUREAU POSITION
(United Presa Lasted Wlra)
a . ' Washington, - April Tha
e assistant secretaryship pf com
o merco and labor haa been prof-.
e fered V President Benjamin ' Ida
e ' Wheeler of V the TJnlveraity of
e ' California. T President, Wheeler '
e has asked the "president for a
e - few days' time in which to oon
e ; alder the matter. It la not ex
4 ' pecteeV that ha will accept tho
a post -
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