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. The , Weather Showerj , tonight
and. Tuesday;- southerly winds.
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YESTERDAY .WAS
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Accident More Serious. Than
Was First Reported
3Iighr Have' Been First
.Disastrous " ' " Happening
During Voyage, s-.
(Vnlted Preii Leaied Wb-e.l '
Monterey, May 4. By the merest
chance a, very serious accident a was
averted late Saturday night when the
Illinois collided with the Alabama.. This
morning the fact thaV the .ships were
In collision, leaked out and U was also
learned that a collision was not avert
ed as first- reported.
the ' port, gangway of ", the Alabama
was torn away and the port side was
badly scraped.. Other damage was done,
- but, the exact nature, ot it la being, kept
a secret. ; Tbecrash is reported lohaya
been terririe. ,
'"' rinrinff the heavv sale that was blow.
tnw Huturdav nleht the Illinois -Darted
her anchos and . drifted . toward the
..iibamu, wmon is -wear Aamirai
8perry's flagship. After drifting KOO
yard- her stern swung, wis tn Aia
JustVbefore rthe-"eollislon -occurred.
however, the emergency anchor of'tne
iillnnls were ldweredt but not In' time
to prevent, the accident. It was In the
crash that a big hole was stove In the
, bow 01 Aamirai ssperry a oarge.
The Alabama la. known as the ''Hoo
doo" of ithej American navy. This ts
the third time she has been In a similar
accident; On January 8, 1906, she ran
Into the Kentucky In New.York harbor
and later the Illinois the same -ship
that was in .Saturday night's collision,
ran Into the Alabama at Provincetowo,
Massachusetts.-
The gale at Santa Cms Is still quite
heavy and some dlffieuity 'is-being ex
perienced in loading and, unloading
rieet. visitors.
Aroused by reports that prof esslona.1
beggars attired sb Jackles are expected
to mingle -with the crowds during the
celebration in San Francisco, officers
of the first squadron today ? issued
cards of, Identification to the enlisted
men. It is hoped In this way the men
who will lmprtue upon the public will be
detected. "' The enlisted men of 'the Atlantic-"
fleet are, planning to give Ad
miral Evans, a rousing farewell r
ception when he leaves the fleet in
San Francisco. Perhaps an admiral in
the , American navy was never more
liked or admired by his men than
Evans Is by his jackies.-
5-YEAR-fltD BOY
STARTS FOR SEA
; 1 ; ' '
Little Fellow's llope of Be
ing Second "Admiral
Evans" Shattered.
Col ted Prof itwtt Wire.) '
, Ban Francisco, May 4. Willie 8wtt
ser, S years old, ran away from, boms In
, Monterey .to enlist In the navy and be
. come a second- Admiral Bob Kvans. A
"rude "cop'1 knocked air his plans on the
: head .today when he dragged the urchin
from under a seat Jn an - excursion
train. -. , -
: The lad wore a sailor hat bearing the
been given to him by a- "bluejackle,"
who told 'him he could enlist In San
Francisco.- . So the- little fellow left
alonterey Saturday night. No trace was
found of .him until a detective located
him under the seat of the train.'
; M0NEV F0K KELTEF OF
r SOUTHERN SUFFEHEES
- I, i t " . .
Washington, . Mar 4, The senate to
day passed the house resolution appro
priating S25O.OO0 to the relief of the
suffering- caused by the recent cyclonic
storm - in .the south, .in. which several
hundreds of lives were lost and hun
dreds of families'-were made homeless.
N TOILS AND S3.QOO
LOOT RECOVERED
-(Oalted- Press Leaeed Wire.) .-.--!
, Laredo, Tex.i May 4- The mea who
robbed the Wella-Fargo Express com
pany of 63,000 on the Mexican Cen
. tral railway, h've in jail here and both
1 mea have confessed.. They are Luis
Duke Died in
an Opium Den
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si 1 la
The nC'de : Chaulncs. ; the Toung
I'ench Nobleman. . Who Married
MIssr ThesodoTe-Sriojlti. ' V 7 .
: V; (Cnlted Prme Ihim. Wire.)
J!f w. .. ,Yoxk..,MA-, T.uxtiier-hews
tending to "show tha, poke de Cbaulnes,
the 'lata husband 'Of. the former 'Theo
dora 61tontsof KeW;"JTor:,:"w stricken
In an onlum .den and ' that he was re
moved 'ta hhi' hotel In ar dying-1 condi
tion ts-contained in a cable to the New
York Times from 'Parts. -sThe cable
says the duke was taken from the den
by a police official and that it was not
tintU after his death in the Hotel ,Lang
ham that his .wife realised the real
cause of his demise. . It develops,, says
the Paris caole, .that De Chaultiea went,
.to .the. dan accompanied by aq Intljuate
friend of his sister, the Duchess d'Uses.
An hour later the proprietor -o" the
place became alarmed ..over Ills 'condi
tion. "He seemed to -be dvlns. The- to-
llce . orlielal was , called ; and the duke
was removed to his hotel, where the
next . morning ite . w;as found sdead -by
his wlfe. - I ' - V . g ' k ; . 1
it - '. t i '.,ji,.i.,, : 1
' Dlnan's Trial Continued
(United I'ran leaeed Vnre.l
San Francisco. ; Mar 4. The, case of
Jeremiah, pinan, former chief f -police
indicted for ' perjury . In corvnectlon with
the rbarare of conspiracy with Abe Ruef
to blackmail disorderly ." reeorts. was
continued today for two weeks.
PAY FINES FOR
ABUSING CATTLE
Judfre Landis Punishes Kail-
roads TV Tiich i ailed jo
Water Stock in Cars.
(Cnited Plea tossed Wlrt. "
Chicago, May 4. Fines totaling I1J,-
400 . were today imposed by Federal
Judge v Kenesaw --Mountain - .Landis
against several railroads violating the
taw which prohibits roads from keeping
livestock tn boxcars .more than, 28, hours
without food, rest o( water, unless the
time expires during the night. .
The- -chief of fender was the .Rock Is
land, which, was fined 14,850. '
vlhe other fines, ranged from 1100 to
$300 In each canei-
. Eighty-seven cases were settled;' 10
are' pending. Numerous violations have
been committed li) various parts of the
country. . ;
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Cities' Seek Bankers' Convention.
- --. (United fma. Leawd Wirt. J
Atlantic City, N. X, May4. The ex-
eeutfve council of the ' American Bank
ers' "association met here today to de
cide on. the place of holding the an
nual convention of the-association this
year. -, Invitations lrom several cities
have been received, among them being
Saratoga, Denver and Hot, Springs- -;
Cutting, chief clerk fa tb general of-'
flees of the express company, and Ro
dolfo Alvarez, fellas Rodriguez, the
express messenger, who disappeared
In Agaa Callentes., The money was
found -by the police in Cutting's
room. . . .-. ; r - - - -'"
GRAfJT LAUDS
IS CUT INTO
Huge Territory in Klaniath,
Harney , arid, Malhenr
Counties Is Now, Open for
Settlement Division
Plan Successful.
Supreme 'Court of United
states Has Passed' Upon
the -Title of the Ebad Com
pany's Land and It Can
not Be Questioned.
The' best part of the Oregon military
road land grant, comprising 00,000
of the total 00,000 . acres, Is to - bo
thrown open immediately for settle
ment., and ' colonization work ha al
ready been begun. .The' Valley Jjand
company, composed." of eastern people.
with . Portland headquarters at 830
Chamber of Commerce, has . perfected
a plan, of sale of the .lands iq tracts
comprising 'Hi$01"trftctSi varying from
10 -acres with Irrigation to 1.000 acres
or grazing land.
1 .The company Is htiaded by H. J. Mar
tin -of Kansas City, jr H. Borders is
secretary, and II. C Shrimp is treas-
urer. - These men are - the . same who
successfully nut- the largest! tract ever
opened In Colorado on the market last
year m the Ban Luis valley, and built
an irrigation dam Do feet high, storing
water for 'irrigation of a portion of that
tract desired for intensified farming.
Ctear Title to land. .
H. A. Hunter, president of the Ore
gon Military Iand Grant company, for
mer owners ot the entire 600,000 acres,
returnee to Portland yesterday, on bus
iness connected with- the formal con
veyance of ; title to . the new company.
At the Portland hotel last evening he
said: . ' --
"fThls grant, which extends from the
Klamath Indian reservation to Lake
view, and thence through Harney and
Malheur counties to the Snake river,
should not be confused In the public
mind with one or two railroad grants
that ' have litrgatlon over titles. The
title toMhe Oregon military road, grant
Is absolutely unquestioned. -.
"It has twice been adjudicated by the
supreme court of the United States,
which has decided that Its validity can
not be challenged. The grant was
passed from the government many
rears ago without any strings- it as
o its sale, the price at which It should
be sold, or any other complication.
Beak ew Industries.
' "The plan adopted by the colonisation
company is unique, and bas been found
successful In . putting other v similar
tracts upon the market.
"That the company hal great confi
dence 1 in southern Oregon climatic con
ditions and the soil of the lands to be
opened to settlement is shown by the
fact that thev are Offering H.OQO and
railroad ! transportAtlonlAhyone . who
will make ariv Investigation and show
that their printed literature for settlers
contains any - ralsrepresentatloim re
garding the lands. They have offered
160,000 toward starting industries at
Lakeview, $25,000 of which Is to go
for a bonus. to the first beet sugar fac
tory started there."
The lands comprise alternate sec
tions In a strip la miles wide through
Traits and Harnev counties and a por
tion of Klamath county., These lands
are to be divided Into i B.974 10-acre
farms. "-4,080 ' JO-scre farms, l,ff20 40
acre farms, BOO SO-Sre farma. 400 16
acre farms18 640-acre farms, and six
1,000-acre farms. . '
One Uniform. Prloe. '
The contracts tor farms sold to set
tlers are certified by the Pioneer Trust
company of Kansas City. The4uniform
price of each farm, regardless of size,
is to be . 200.
- Each 10-acre tract is t have S seres
of Irrigated land. The sum of $200,000
to be held In trust by the Pioneer Trust
company will be devoted to construction
of an Irrigation system . taking water
from the . Cottonwood river to irrigate
about 80,000 acres in the .Goose Lake
valley.
. "There are Irrigation projects under
consideration by . the company .in other
(Continued on Page Two.)
12.000 LOTS
MYSTERY OF HANDBAG WHICH WAS
TAKEN FROM mEtiS' LOAN OFFICE
My8tery Who took Miss Caroline
Myer's -handbag, from the desk of the
Myers - Loan- company , at 1 1'4J .Third
street at 10 o'clock this morning, took
a new streetcar 1 ticket book and the
keys to the Myers shop and residence
and thew cropped -the bag' on Morrison
streetT 5 i
. The theft occurred at 10 o'clock this
morning while a clerk and' several cus
tomers were .In theshop. Shortly aft"
erward a man stepped into the business
office of The Journal -and left the bag.
saying that a woman had .picked It up
on the street, , asked hlm what to do
with it,-and be had taken it to The
Journal office to- be returned to Its
owner. -"
A. 'E. Lindsey, Manager for
Moyer's, Noticed Unfor
tunate ITan at That' Time
and Bowed to Him Du
Bois Story Disproved.
Front Door of Store Vas
Closed and Not Wide Open
as Reported Contradic
tory Stories Baffle the Po
lice.
.
91,000
AID.
, By orSer of tns county court a
reward of $l,tCO has been offered
for the arrest of the man or nun
who killed. Hatha -Wolff, XTtday
" sight. , acerohaats of Plrst atreet
are also eoutcmplatUig subaorlb- :
tat torn reward fund. .... ,
After three days a man has been
found who saw Nathan Wolff in his
store shortly before he was murdered
and which clearly disproves the story
told by M. L. Du Bois to the effect
that he stood in front of Wolff's
store at 6:20 or 6:25 and saw a man
standing behind the counter at that
time.
The man who saw Wolff was A. E.
Lindsey, manager , of the Moyer Cloth
ing store at First and Tamhlll. who
passed Wolff s store between :lt -and
6:18 o'clock and saw Wolff in the north
window lemoving trays of Jewelry to
place in the safe. Lindsey nodded to
WOiff and the murdered man returned
the salute. Lindsey said that the front
door was closed which would also con
tradict Du Bois' story to the effect that
the-dodr was wide open.
There can be no doubt as to Lindsay's
statements because they were verified
bv the records In the weather bureau
office. Lindsey 'stated that he closed
his store at First and Yamhill streets
about five minutes after o'clock. At
that time the heavy rain eommenced to
fall and ha waited on the platform ol
the store ' until It subsided. He said
that he waited about 10 minutes as near
u ha could aDDroximate the time and
then proceeded down to Morrison street
where he boarded a Sunnyslde oar to go
home. ' . , '
. weauier Jtecoias.
The records ot -tbs weather; bureau
sfiow that the heavy rainfall occurred
hntween 6:08 and 6:15. although Ahn
a-reatest "precipitation was between 1:10
and (t-.iK.. , Llndsev said that he waited
a minute or more until he made suro
mai U1S nwvj 1 b m iwi ciuyvj at,ui
then proceed north on First street,
walking- close to the buildings because
tbe rain had not entirely stopped. This
would bring him. at -Wolff's store be
tween 4:17 and 8:18 o'clock
This would gtve tne muraerer dui biz
or seven- minutes to enter ine store,
Induce Wolff to cross to the south sld
of the store, shoot the Jeweler, carry
the body to the rear room, strike him
about 80 blows on the head with the ax,
wipe his hands andbTace free of blood
and then return to the position whero
he was sen by Du Bois. To'do this
would be . a- physical impossibility and
Du Bois' statement to - the effect that
he iaw the stranger behind the counter
at :24 or 6:26 o'clock - coujd not ., be
tln regard to the records In the of
fice 'bf the weather bureau they fur
ther bear out Lindsey In his statement
ss to the rainfall. The chart shows
that the rain0 continued lightly until
6:29 d'clock and then a drizsle set in
which continued until 6:43, when tht
rainfall stopped entirely;
Another feature In regard to Llnd
sey's statement which would tend to
(Continued on Page Two.)
Miss Myers was not tn tlie office at
the time the, theft occurred. She bad
left her leather bag on - the counter,
near the rear of the store, but had taken
out what - money was in it and the
keys to the safe. The keys to the Iron
grating before the front door, the front
door itself and the door to the C. B.
Myers residence were left lit the beg to
gether with - a nickel watch. worth a
couple of dollars, some small toilet arti
cles, ..handkerchief and cards and let
ters, 'the latter being, of considerable
Importance. . -
, The- clerk In. the. store saw no one
take the bag, and as there were several
customers in the shop at the time he
could not tell which one bad been stand
ing near- where it lay. The first Miss
Myers knew of the loss of her prop
erty was when site received a telephone
message from The Journal notifying
1 ' . r '',-
'AT'FMIIFR
Ashore after battling
MtiTU n Tcnnici''..!hic
$
This Picture' oTaltescuo by? CrW, ot 'Volunteer Gives Some Idea' of (the Difficulty of JBririRlng the.JSurVfvors
. , .; of.the Stranded Schooner' Ashore Such as the' Newport Llfesavjng Crew (Must Have', Eh oountwed.- ) '
SCORES WATCH
YOUNG MEN OIE
Canffht in Storm Off San
Pedro Try to Beach
Breakwater.
(Cntted Prcet Leated Wirt.)
Log Angeles, May ; 4. Whlle a score
of persons on the shores watched the
tragedy, powerless to give assistance,
two young men -whose identity has not
been established, and who had braved
the dangers of - deeo-sea - fish In In a
light skiff in yesterday' fierce storm
off San Pedro., fought desperately for
few minutes as their light craft was
wrested rrom tneir control and men
sank ta a watery srave.
caught m the rougn water beyond tne
nrotection of ths breakwater One was
sweot overboard and carried out to sea.
while the-open -boat and us remaining
occuiiant -were 'driven before, the fierce
southwest wind into the breakers off
Alamitos ferry, ' Where - the- shell
overturned "and- the - second v victim
drowned. Neither of . the bodies
recovered.
BBYAN TOO BUSY
FARMING TO' SPEAK
(Cnltrd Prw LKMd Wir.)
AllUrUtlle A vv,i xaa.se j : a uwt a k v
times when Wllilam J. Bryan evidently
takes more interest in rarnnng ana
carpenter worK tnan ne aoes in epeecn
The Meorasicao nan promisea mat re
would be the principal speaker at a
meeting of the Nebraska Traveling
Men's club Saturday night, but be was
so busv all - day patching up fences
and doing other work on his farm that
he forgot all aooui tne promise untu
It
was too
late to reach Lincoln.
'Farme
Bryan rushed to the tele
phone when he recalled the engagement
and apologised to the club, stating that
the matter had - entirely slipped . his
mind. Dr. P. HalL president of the
Central National . bank, was substituted
the orator. . ., , .
r "j j r
her' that the bag was at The Journal
ornce. . " ' . .
The ; cierk-.wno. received ..the' bag at
The 'Journal ' describee ; the raw who
orougnt it in as oeing rather .tall,- wear
ing a soft brown hat and a long, brown
"raglan" overcoat- He was welt
dressed, and there' is little doubt . but
that he secured the bag. in the. manner
ne saia. . - .
' Miss Myers, ascribed . the theft tor the
outgrowth of ' the murder of Nathan
Wolff.1 J'I believe tt is something In the
alr-i-what ; is called auto-suggestion."
said she. - "The 'person who took that
bag had read of the killing of Wolff
and something simply. told Elm to take
my purse -when he saw tt on the coun
ter." I don't -think he was responsible."
She is not roing to take anr risks, how
ever, and riHs had new locks fitted to
the doors ot her home-and the office. . 1
KFLTOM TbBIFTk
-
1
Rendered , Unmanageable, a
'Southbound Aberdeen
Vessel Strands Near New
port Lifesavers Make
Efforts to Save Survivors.
(Special Dltvitet to Tb JoonwH, j
Newport, Or., May 4.--Swnnfc Into
the trough of the sea by a great wave
that ; completely enveloped .her and
caused a leak In her hull, the steam
schooner Minnie E. Kelton . became
unmanageable and drifted ashore at
Depot bay, 15 miles north of here,
Saturday night. -,
Eleven men of her crew of 21 are;
supposed to have perished. The
captain and eight of the seamen -were
rescued hy the Newport life saving
crew and one sailor named J.' Nelson
managed to drift ashore on a hatch
way. When rescued e was la an
exhausted' condition." , His leg was
broken. ,. - . - -, .
The troubles of the Kelton , began
Friday, afternoon when a , stiff north
west gale sprang up. The deckload of
the cargo ot lumber : with, which the
vesseL which was southbound from
Aberdeen, was loaded, ' shifted and the
erew;;wen desperately to .work, to 'try
to rtght the ship. This, failed and;the
vessel was put her head to the wind
tn hopes-of saving: her until the storm
subsided. - Saturday evening a big wave
boarded the- craft, tore- away part of
the deckload. . and wrecked , the . after
house. TThe ? vessel was then .at the
(Continued on Page -Two.)
.v-"' ..1
A..
WAVE HITS
DECKHOUSE
PITTSBURG POLICE,
THINK HIGHWAYMEN
' : GOT HALF Ml LUC.
1 .'(Calted JTtt teised ' Wire.) '
Pittsburg, Msy 4. Instead of the loss
occasioned by the robbing of -the Ad
ams Express -company car on the Pan
handle KAUroaa last Tnursaay nignt oe
Ine $600 as has been stoutly maintained
by officials of the company up to today,
tt ,1a now rumored tnat the loss will
reh closs to IMO.OoO. ,'
The-robbery la said by 'members '"of
X
SA100II REFORr.1
OBJECT OF MEET
National Brewers ;T)psirp. t.i
Divorce Liqiior Business' .
From1 Gambling. r. r)
; (Coited 'Pres teased- Wire.) 1 J
Chicago, 'May 4.' -X new "movement
Of tremendous Importance- and prophetla
significance tn the direction of reform
ing the American, milnnn, has' mBt.,ui.
ised. . The movement which is rapidly
gaining headway, is within the ranks
of the liquor- Interests themselves. The
question of elevating the saloon busi
ness will be -the toulo of crime Imnnrt.
ance at the national convention of the
United States Brewers' association
wxiicn win do neia in Mliwaulcee June
S. 9 and 10. "Tns action of the conven
tion; will ; be the answer to ,the antl
ilquor agitation that has been sweeping
the country culminating this spring lu
disastrous losses of business to the sa
loon interests. Among, the topics to be
discussed are-the following: '
Aietnoaa or aivorcmg the saloon bunt -neea
from ; gambling, Iot machines and
vice, - ' . . ' ...
t Local option and prohibition laws re
cepUy, enacted by the state legtelatures
IIABEY TIUW' LEAVES
MATTEAWAN ASYLU3I
. j V .,'A. '" "''"'II. - -
. (United Fna Leeied Wfr.
FlshkUl Landing. , N. . T., May 4
Harry ' Kendall Tbaw, '. accompanied by
Dr. Baker, acting superintendent , of
Matteawan asylum, and , number nf
guards, - left early today for Pough
keepsie, where Justice Morsohauser .will
preside at the habeas corpus proceed.
Ings which are' brought to . have Thaw
released, from , the asylum..
" Rich Copper Deposits.
(United PreM leased Wire.)
Santa . N. - M., May 4. -Eastern
New Mexico and Roosevelt county In
particular la excited over the dteoovery
of a deposit of copper which may rival
that of Michigan or Montana. A fw
days ago while drilling a well for wat..r
on a homestead claim 10 miles eoiitu
of the town of La Lands the drill rmfie
trated a vein of native property of p-
culiar richness. The, news spread rm.
ldly snd within H hours aftr the i j
covery had become known, 400 !,. :.
were staaea uu m uv iimueuiaie vii-ja-
ity.- The rush l stui on.,,
ihe-Pittsburg -detective fume
of the biggest ever pui.i-d tt!t it
United States. .
- Tody men snfi bovs T-'i r I r
coin la the vicinity .f ti.e , -,' -
hnidup at w a:ker's Jr !
li f 1 I pl.-c'- veie .!
a diiantliy t'f ! I I,
Hnn.i'."t tl.s r . . ' .
snln' r I r 1
Ue 1ia in 0.1 v. -i '