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Newspaper Page TextI. 10 AlUL I LAFID GRANT Special Attorney for the I)e . partment of Justice B. D. Townseiid Coming Here to 'Bring Suit Against S. P. Company. -'..,,' (Unite Tr tessed Wfrs.J ? Washington May. 26,-tB. D. Tewa send. special attorney In the depart ment of Justice started today for Port land. Oregon, -to "tart legal proceed ings on behalf of the government to take from the Southern Pacific railroad about 1,000.000 acres of land In western Oregon, eald to be worth between $30, 000,000 and $50,000,000. . Townaend will try to secure a de cree which will annul the grand and restore the landa to the public domain. The Southern Pacific railroad got pos session of the property many years go from the Oregon & California rail road on the promise that it would In duce the construction of railroad lines. Although roads were built, the govern ment attorney will charge -that the holders of the land grant failed to carry cut other parts of their obligation. ; The news of Townsend's ' coming to Portland is of great Interest to thous ands of Oregon settlers who have fried In the past to secure part of the great public domain controlled by the South ern Pacific company. Townsend" was in Portland last year and laid the basis for the suit which Will be started upon his arrival in the Rose City. As a re sult of the Investigation last year in which Townsend obtained data-regarding the transfers of land made by the company as well as other In formation relative to the facts and law Involved In tha case, Townsend be came convinced ' that the only course for the government to pursue was to secure an act of congress granting per mission to the attorney-general to sue the company. . ' . . . Traev C. Becker, who la associated with Townsend, has already arrived in Portland from Los Angeles where he appeared for the government In the re moval cases against several wealthy Calif ornlans charged with complicity In the . Oregon land frauds. Becker Stated today that the bill of complaint In the suit against, the Southern. Pa cific would be filed In a. few days. . Claims Trip Is Partly for 7 Pleasure-Friend Says , Not for Divorce, , l , (rotted ftress Ussed Wire.) -. ' Boise. Idaho. May II After three Cays' myfterioiis visit la Boise, during wbich ime shs Wa registered at a ho tel undei the name; t "Mrs, Norton of w Tork." Madame Nordica, the great Lakea. declaring she would return in lert noise xoaay ror a few oays. jnaaame noruica. mou Saturday, but her Identity was not dis covered . vntil yesterday., . Sunday she visited the penitentiary, where. Harry Orchard Is confined, and yesterday at tended a circus. Slie oeciares ner west ern trip is purely for pleasure and that she will visit Bait Lake, Los Angeles. Portland , and Seattle before returning ' She Is accompanied -by Colonel Ma ghee, a friend of her family, who de nies the report that the noted singer is in Idaho -for the purpose of procuring a divorce. Her husband lives In this state. APPLY FOR WORK - ' (tlalted Press Leased VTlre.) ? aeveland; Ohlo May 16. While their brothers on strike were voting today to remain out. $00 striking carmen applied or their old positions and were reln etated. -,:- - The traffic Is now rapidly approach ing a normal state, and officials of the municipal traction company say the usual number of cars will be In opera tion shortly. 'f The strikers, however, ay the company is badly crippled and that, they are confident of winning. yner have. further plans for the cam paign. . V. CITY AMBULANCE -' BID REC03IHKXDED At a meeting of the city health board this . morning the members voted to recommend to the city council that the bid of the Red Cross Ambulance' com pany for municipal ambulance service le accepted. The company through Its owners. Hoffman and Shepard, offers to perform the work for $174 a month, -which the members consider very rea sonable. - .--.. - j t Two other bids ?were received by the board, but were not considered because' the .bidders refused to handle con tagious disease cases. . . CALIFORNIA "DRYS", SOLID FOR WHEELER MHftesto, Ca7.",-TWy S6.-SentlnTenr"1h r-alifomia favorable to tha nnmlnaiinn r f Fred Wheeler of Los Angeles, as ibe presiaemuu cunnioti or tne htbltlon party continued to grow today delegates pourea - into Modesto to . itpnd the state convention to elec .i, let-Htee to the national convention o )' held in Columbus, Ohio.. Indications liit before the convention opened this .ftfrnoon pointed to a strong probabll--:v that the delegates will be instructed t vote for Wheeler in the national con- entlon until all hope of nominating htm i.ua vanished. .. - .- .y LA ROSE ABRAIONED : - IX NEU3IEX CASE Jack La Rose was arraigned la the circuit court this afternoon,': charged with- the murder of H. Neurnen. May II" He was given until Friday to plead. Jay II. I'pton and L W. Humphreys were arinilnted his attorneys by ' is ttturt L11AI IIDRDICA III IDAHO f COG SIRIKIIieCARrill LITTLE FELIS CONCOLOR : MAKES A LOVELY PET 1 i Young Panther at Grant's Pasa 'That (SpecUl Dlipttch to Tt Journal.) Grants Pass, Or., May 26. Old hunt ers declare that panthers, also, known as pumas, : cougars or mountain lions, are more plentiful In the southern Ore gon mountains than, they have been for many years., A number of full-grown pattthera have been slain in-the Joae. KPhlne county forests- lately. Several ft'ubs have also been captured and do REAL BIG BOOST FOR PORTLAND COMES FROM. THE PENINSULA Those who, have read the advertising literature -put out by the Rose Carnival committee , of : the Peninsula, , say ths story surpasses the famous f 1,000 prise story written by Dr. Straton of Balti more. Beoreury Nolta says ! Portland Is boosted In the Peninsula folders never before and that If visitors pay the t proper attention the whole city will benefit thereby. Mass meetings at Which SDeakers ao- pointed by the Peninsula Rose Carnival committee ' will read - this story . have been called for tomorrow nleht. The places for these meetings are: Multno- mah hall,' North Alblna fire hall,. Wll- ELECTRIC COMPANY WILL CUT , HUCKLEBERRY MOUNTAIN SUMMIT - (Special Dlspetch to Tlie JoorasLt ' Baker City, Or., Mar I8.The Sump ter Valley Railway company has com menced one of the . most " Important pieces of work yet contemplated by that corporation in the way of public Im provements. In the cutting down of the summit of Huckleberry mountain. The cut is being made at a point where the road crosses the divide separating Pow der and Burnt: rivers, Some six miles trom Humpter. It is the intention to reduce this ele vation several : hundred feet. Steam girl "parhamite" jumps in ' (Cnlted Press Leased Wire.) Chicago. May ' 16. Miss Florence A ! Perrlan, SO years old, pretty and fol lower of a fanatical religion known as "Parhamltes,". after seeing visions of her father writhing in a sea of brlm- LEAD THE KHJGHTS Foresters in Turn Will Try to Forge Ahead in Pop ularity Contest. Jtt-.nite ,ot-.the cold weather-last evenlngr the crowd at the- TounrMem Lclub- carl vV ' ta Uor ris-s treet-- wa s Jin diminished, and the breesy; "Stroll" was as ousy as ir the thermometer : were try ing to break out at the 110 mark on a July day. - The men and 'women of Hibernla were out to eclipse the record made by Knights of Columbus and other societies on their special days, and tne Ancient Order of Hibernians certainly made good. In the DODularltv votlna eontest they secured a lead of more man z.ouu votes over tne tuiignta The rjemoeratle rail v waa tha leadlna feature of the evening. Several candi dates were given an opportunity tor Bring effective campaign shots. To morrow, evening the Republican par?y will have Its innings. Those who will speak ' are C. M. I diem an, Oeorge A. Carney; Lan 3. Malarkey, 3, p. Kava naugh and Waldemar Seton. This will be Catholic Foresters' night and this so ciety will try to offset the large vote gained by the Hibernians last ntglit. Ths band of 36 minstrels of the T. M. C. A. will furnish musio for the crowds at the auditorium. The best wrestlers ana Doxers or the Multnomah club will five an exhibition which la said to be be cleverest the club has ever put on. The carnival -will close Saturday night and before that- time the receipts since opening day will, it Is expected, leave a comfortable 'balance in the treasury. So well was the broucho-bunUug show HIBERfflAflS HOW TJIE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND; TUESDAY EVENING. MAY 25. 1S03. i . ' V . i Takes Kindly 'to Domesticated Life. meat tea ted. Though very large when full grown, a pet panther is as docile as a kitten and will romp and play with no thought of doing Injury to any one. The cub panthers are fed on milk from a bottle when young-, and later are given roast beef with an occasional feed of raw. meat This past year several full grown panthers, raised from cubs In this city.- were shipped tft eastern,mu? seutnS and parks and several mora will ba raised this seaaon. - lamette hall, Arbor Lodge station, Peninsular station, University Park, Maealv Junction anrl HL Johns. Every body Is cordially Invited to be oresent at . these meetings and an -especial in- viiauun is extenaea to ine jaaies. i en women will be SDDOlnted . as a speolal committee from each place,' the object of this being kept a secret by the Peninsula Carnival committee. The business, men and residents of the Peninsula are giving their most en thuslastlo siiDbort to the Carnival com- mittee. North Alblna alone has raised $100 to defray the sinenses of buildinsr oooens at me union depot and me or estry buildlnar. other districts are sending in proportionate contrlbutiona shovels are at work and the undertak ing 1 new in full blast. Iiv-order to reach this point trains have to pull " to a heighth Of ovar six hundred feet In the, six miles, nklnsr the grade one of ihe steepest In the history of railroad ing. The company will, after the excavating- has been completed, lay a series of tracks over the ground that has been leveled for the purpose of yards where the empties and logging trains will be stored when not in service. This will avert any disaster, now liable, from stray-" cars . running wild down the grades.-; -A large crew Is em ployed and the-work will last most of the summer. : , . follower lake Michigan fitone and falling in an effort to per suade hltn to abandon the strange cult, killed herself by drinking wood 1 alco hol and then Jumping, in lake Michigan. Miss Ferrlan was an acquaintance of Chester Gillette, who was recently elec trocuted for the murder of "Billy" Brown, his sweetheart. - received by the spectators at tha ath letic grounds of. tha ' club last evening that the management has secured TWlld Birt" West to perform again this even ing. : The rlderwbo Is an eastern Ore gon cowboy, says he will ride-anything with hair on its back, Including ele phants. Anyone who - has a vicious horse to break Would do well to bring the animal up to the carnival grounds tonight. - 'j--- ?c -;v '- J. ; -- ; - -. Following Is the result of the voting contest up to date: Bryan, 205; Taft, 1S9; Chamberlain, it; Cake, II ; Man ning, 1,303: Cameron, til; Stevens. 957; Word, 1,089, The contest among the so cieties stood as follows; Aneient Order of Hibernians. 3,694; Knights of Colum bus, 1,482; Catholic Order of Foresters, J41, and $t. Joseph, society, 111 ASKED FOB DIVORCE 3. Edward Blum, . who' ktlled Mrs. Daisy Hlckey .and himself, at the. La Porte Ipdglng-house. last Sunday morn ing, began suit In tha circuit court only mv x riaay ror aivorce. s;vioently ne was not at that time contemplating a deed of violence, but expected to get uiwii - mai wouia permit nim io marrv Mrs. Hlrkv - Blum named desertion ss the ground for divorce. He snd Clementine Blum were married at Newberg in 1888 nnd have two children, who are with their mother in eastern Oregon. Lynn Blum, a son. Is 18 years of age, and their daughter, Buela. is i. Blum aUeged that his wife deserted hint August 20. 1896. He did not ask for custody -of the children. . . I - - , Hearst Wins Ills Fight -: - (rntte prna L.Pd Wire.) - " New Vork, , May . William -R. Hearst won an Important victory today In his' long fight for a recount of the ballots cast In the msyoraltv election In 1905 -when Georce B. McCltllan wg deciawed eliwted. and at lust Uie boaea are to be oycutd. . . . . HAY 1 A Fernando Nelson Left Val- lejo, -California, Early This Morning in an -Automo bile RECORD - TT t, j', ? Ty I mam apart, inougn.wiia a sugni pros I0r lOmana IlClpect of an agreement, on the Vreeland Hopes to Lower Time. (Doited Press titled Wire.) r- San FranielseOi - May t- !Te estab lish a low automobile 'Record between Ban - Francisco and .Portland. - Fernando Nelson started from Vallejo, California at S o'clock this morning, and is now well on , hla way to the Oregon met ropolis. -, .: j j. :' . t - lr he meets with no. mishaps, ana ths St-hour schedule Is maintained, the ma chine should reach its destination at $ o'clock tomorrow afternoon: Tht distance to be covered ta 780 miles. The roada to be traversed are In many stretches very bad. especially where the recent rains were heavy, and besides there are difficult moun tain passes. i ne time lateen ty me jraiiroad lor the trip Is S7 hours, which is one hour more than the Nelson schedule.. In the first stretch of approximate ly 200 miles to Reddlnr. the car will be handled by At "Plepenburg, and from inai poini vuiiam wagner win rlve to Med ford, Oregon. Then "Bill" sum mon will be in charge as far as Eu gene, Oregon, and the final stretch will be in the hands of Harry Johansn. (Uslted Press Leased Wire.) Dallas, Tex., May 26. As tha hours pass the horrors of the Apod In this sec tion Increase. It Is believed tha com plete list of dead, when compiled," will show at least 100 lives! have been lost. It Is estimated that 10,000 people .are homeless, having been driven from their houses by the raging waters. The property loss Is estimated to be at least $26,000,000 over the entire stricken district. . The Trinity river has surpassed all records. Last night It was believed the creat of the flood had been reached here, but more rains In the north have sent- the waters down with Increased fury and today the floods .were greater than yesterday and continually increas ing. - : : v . Business Is suspended and Mayor Hay has oraanised a relief and rescue corns. the members of which have been doing most neroio worx. . v EXTOL VIRTUES OF ,s .... IGLnfiDSDEADOUEEfj British Subjects Hear Ap propriate Addresses - and Music. By far the , largest and "most en thusiastic crowd of Britishers that ever came together in Portland assembled la. the Armory last night to do honor to ine memory or victoria, queen or. England and empress of India, the oc casion being the celebration ef the 88tt birthday of the good queen. - The big room was elaborately - decorated with the stars and strlDes and the red flax of the British empire. Befreshments were served from booths representing England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Can ada and New Zealand. . Addresses were made by James Lald- law, British consul at Portland and K. M, Brerton, president of the British Benevolent society. ' Both speakers dwelt on the significance of 'Empire Day," snd related many Of the virtues Of the late queen. ' A fine - musical, program . had been arranged by Carl ; Denton, which included- selections' by Mrs. Walter Reed. Miss Kate ' Lawler. Miss Sarah Olance, T. T, Crowther and Frank t. - Hennessy. The Welsh Glee club sang a number of Welsh songs and Piper James McKinley was there with his bagpipe to the delight of the sev eral hundred Scots - in the audience. Every number on tha musical program waa generously encored and all the musicians were compelled to respond. Dances In costume were given by Misses i Jennie Best,- Jessie and Agns Pottage and- Masters Frank Darcey and James King. . ;. - The celebration waa brought to " a close with the -singing of the national anthem, "God Save tne King; by the entire audleno. - ... :VV i o i BLUEJACKETS' PARADE GALA SEATTLE EVENT ' (United Press Leases Wire.) Seattle, May XtV'-BrueJackets and ma rines from the Atlantic fleet now lying In the harbor joined with a large force of soldiers repfjhsenting x the military Sosts in this vicinity and a great nym er of fraternal organisations In the most notable parade this city has ever known. The event took place this morn ing and was witnessed by immense crowds that lined the streets and occu pied doors, windows and housetops. After - the parade disbanded sailors and officers were again taken (n charge by tfteentertainmerrt - committees,:, ahdJ unmaons. noes, ainieuc sports ana re- Leeptions -.wore jprpmj sedl afeundaaoe. IOr me nmitliuor ui uic unv. , -iT - ' The bodies of, Fred Lullnskl and J. J. Staub, marines . on the battleship New Jersey, who were killed last Friday night at Belllngham by being run over by a trolley car. will be shipped to their homes for final burial Lullnskl's body goes to South Chicago and Staub's to uetroii. Seise ; masic mi uiv itnu;, ; , ' Members of the Brooklyn Republican club have planned a rally at their club quarters. 577 H Milwaukle, Thursday night. Oeorge A. Carney and George A. Brown will be the principal speakers. A musical program has been arranged with Frank J. Hennessy as one of the solotsta .-. -- -'- r'-f - - Umit to Banquet Seats. : ' The number of applicants for seats at the big banquet of the Cnlted Kant Side clubs this evening at the Sargent hotel exceeded all expectations of the banquet committee and a limit of ISO bad to be placed on the number of seats to be provided. Each of the push cluha on the fuist side will be repre sented, the largest delegation going from Montarilla which will have 20 del-ifate. No club will b a ve-less than Uiree representatives. . r - ' SOME HOPE FOR IfBEElAIIO BILL Remains in. Conference With Proviso Under Con- , J ' 'sideration. - fWblDgtos Bumia ef Ths JoamaLt - 'Washington, May 1 8. The senate and house conferees on the currency bill re- credit currency bill, with the additional firovlso that banks may, if they desire, sjue on a gold basis. A feature that will probably be agreed on is the re tirement .of currency in unlimited quan tities. '. -i: -''ij'i'.i,;V'.V The senate 'Republican leaders con tinue to filibuster .against Beverldge'a national child labor .ML and bis j J?tU making the government liable' for, in juries to government employes, v r ' Fulton at tha close of . the morning business arose and said hft-had been designated to make - a . speech, so he might as well speak to the omnibus ter ritory- bill. He spoke at length, pre venting action on me isevenage men IURII LIGHT Oil COLOTIEL RALEV Investigation xf the Umatilla land frauds la now under full awing before the. federal grand Jury, One hundred and fifty witnesses have 'been subpoe naed by United States . Attorney Mo- Court, and are now in town waiting meir turn to go oerore ine grana jury and ' tell what they know Of the well known case, supposed to involve Colonel James H. Raley and perhaps a score of other, prominent residents of Pendle ton and Umatilla county. - The grand - Jury, waa selected yester day afternoon by District Attorney Mo Court, and was .at .once sworn In. It Degan its investigations this morning. The personnel of the Jury Is as follows: . J. W. -Pugh - (foremanr-Shedd,- Linn county; C. Hu. Southern, Bend, Wasco county: John J. Rowley. Dayton. Tarn hill county; Ira B. Sturgiss, Baker City, Baker county; Jesse -Severn, Junction City, Lane county: ' H. U Nicholson: Medford. Jackson county; Ous- P. Kel- Ierfi, Portland; J. ,W. Lytle. island City; Union county; 8. M. Kelly. Roseburg, Douglaa -county. .W. O. Zelgler, Kugene, Lane county; w. H. Qrabenhorst, Sa lem, Marlon county; H.- S. Furman, Eu gene. Lane county; N. East er brook, Portland: - William M. Daniels, Portland; W, A. Alcorn, Linnton, Multnomah ooun-ty-j Frank Campo, Barlow, Clackamas county; O. W. Oage, DUlard, Douglas county; (wiuiara ir. uuxey, uayton, Yamhill ' county: William , Cornelius. Walton, Lane county; B. C Holt, Har- risDurg, Linn county; John M. Bristol, Portland; L. Q. Bower, Sllverton. Ma rlon county; Nathan Harwood, Eugene, Dane cuuniy.. , Bill RECOMMEriDED Brewers Measure for East Side Will Come Before' Council Tomorrow. Members of the liquor license. com mittee of the city council .yesterday recommended for passage the ordinance llmltmg the districts In which saloons can be located in the city, and the measure will come us before the roun. cu tomorrow ror nnai action. There were no chansres made in the ordinance. which was drafted by .the Oregon State Brewers' association, gave of minor consideration. --j '. Accordlna to the nronosed law na saloons will be allowed in the residence districts, aava those now located there. These are comparatively few. and art so situated aa to rive little cause for objection. - according 'to ' the contention or tne Drewers. it is oeiievea that the measure will be passed by the council tomorrow althouch a livelv rfnhaf In expected on the ordinance when) it comes , up for consideration. ' SEEPAGE WASHOUT OX UMATILLArDITCH (Special Dispatch' ;to . The Joarsil.) . '!, Pendleton, , OC, - May , S.--A section of the main feed canal of the Umatilla Irrigation project about, 40 feet In length was washed ' out ' between Foster - - and Echo laat evening., the; cause of . the washout being seepage water which has constantly drained through the porous soil at that point. The O. ft. & N. track is within a few feet of the canal at that point and the grade has-been softened, for about half a mile by . the seepage. Tha government -engineers have decided tocement a section of the canal there. It Is estimated It will cost 121,100 to complete the cement work necessary, owing to the strong flow under the tracks tha company has kept track walkers constantly there for sev eral months. - All trains have run slow ly over tne piocw ur oroa time, uostiy repairs will be made on tha O. R, A N. track. Water will ba turned off the feed canal while the -repairs are in progress. ..- .. - . LABGEST CLOCK SET : " IN NATION IN EAST s (United Press Lessed Wirt.) ' . New York. May .- When Mayor Wlttoen of Jersey City--pressed a tiny button he set in motion the mechanism of the largest clock Ufc the world, lo cated on too of Col rate A Co.'s factory On the river front of the latter city. as tne giant , minute" oand oegan to move- the boats on the' river? and the factories on land Joined in a chorus of WhiIles, The dial Of tbe clocK is -vlsl-ble for miles along the Hudson 'river. IXie38 feet in, dianjeter with an area of 1,124 square feet, . The minute-hand is zo I ret long and weighs a third of a ton knd ths weight of the entire clock Is close to six tons. .Red electrlo bulbs mark the hours at night, and white lnalcate tne minute spaces. , DEFENSE CONTINUES -. IN LAND FRAUD CASES ; V,t- V-..-" .' '.: A (United Press tessed vfir.) '" -J Washington. Y May 26. Arguments supporting the motion of the defense In the Hyde-Benson land, fraud case - to ?uash ths indictments against the de endanta were resumed today. - Assistant Attorney-General Pugh, op posing the motion, charged that the op erations of Hyde and Benson - were fraudulent, .and that Joost Schneider, one of the defendants, knew they were illegal. . ; ... Missing Girl Foand In Aato. .Joy Pournall. the young woman who disappeared from her home at St. Johns about four weeks ago, was Iticated last ulaht at the corner of Sixth andVAldor stmets In an automobile. She will bo sent to her home In St. Johns. ; SALOON DISTRICT PtEADS GUILTY TO LOVE OF BALL ilelfrieh Declares, However That Wife -Was the De-. serter IVd Gaspipe. i r J , ' AH through the, morning hours , In Judge O'Poy's department of the cir cuit court John Gt; Helfrich sat In the witness chair and answered questions that were' fired la rapid succession by the attorney for Mrs. Beada L. Hel f rich, who - is suing him for divorce. He denied that - he deserted his wife on the chicken ranch near Spokane, as she had testified : yesterday, and also denied many other things his wife, his motner-in-law ana ,, ms sisier-iiwaw bad told -" ".' Helfrich- said that . one day as - he was reclining on the" couch his wife, without a word of warning, , threv a heavy tankard at him. She followed anV'heapnVW volumes of learning. He - tol(l o( . ' election to the United States sen time when ha and his wife engaged In ate. His address was received with the a struggle over putting the cows in the 1 greatest possible enthusiasm and bis barn, she us ng a gas , pip as a weapon. tarm -. w "tm JJ"! . Mrs. Muster, motner or xars. xei - jricn, testiiiea mac tne oniy iim ever spoke an unicina wora to ner son in-law waa once when she said. "Jack, all you lack is the ears." 8 he sstd that when h objected to her' presence In the house and threw her out he was wearing a ahlrt she had given im. j- Mrs.llilster confirmed her daughter's atAtnmmt n m tn Hnlfrloh'a devotion to the baseball games. She said that he would neglect the work and "run off like a little boy going fishing"- when a baseball game was; in sight. Hel frich on the stand this morning pleaded guilty of being an admirer of the great American game, but said' he always looked after the work 'before lie started for the- diamond. ' Helfrich asserted that his Wife Was the deserter, and letters he had written to her since they separated, telling of ms iove ana expressing soucituae ror her,-were read. Mrs. Helfrich admits that these letters never were answered, but they keot comlna. The case prom ises to consume the remainder of the day. t f .r- " ... 1 III LEWIS RIVER --; seBssssisssMBBssass ' Water Engulfs an Aerial - TranwMan Clings to Ca ble 20 Minutes. ' (Special l Dispatch to The Joonitl.) Cougar, .Wash., May 28--Charles Ball and Orville Hanna, employed by ' ths Crogister Logging company at. this place, .were drowned while trying to cross .the . La wis river in' a box , run on a cable wire. Neither could swim and they were drowned before the eyes of men who were doing all In their power to save them. When the box touched the water the wire on the south side slipped off the box and let it Into the water, where It upset. Hanna went under with the box but was carried out into tne current and on down the river. Ball caught the wire cable and held on for about 20 minutes, although at times tha . water . was over his head, while efforts ware being made for his rescue, but, before anything could be done he 4et loose and went down. The water Is very deep, swift and cold,- and no one could live lona in it. Kelthar body has been , recovered. Hanna lived near Ariel, If miles be low hare. ' Ball owned a ranch In southern Oregon. Ha was to have been married In Michigan .next fall.' . EVELYH WITHDRAWS HER DIVORCE SUIT No Keason Given but Report Is Woman Is After Thaw's Pittsburg Estate. (Cnlted Press Leased Wire.) ' New York, May 16. Counsel for Mrs. Evelyn Nesblt Thaw appeared before Referee Deyo today and applied for a withdrawal of her suit to annul bar marriage to' Harry :IC, Thaw, who yes terday was adjudged Insane by Justice Morschauser -. at Pdughkeepsle. - The counsel gave no reason for their sud den attitude, but it is reported here that tt is a. step toward an effort on the part of Evelyn to gain control ot Thaw's estate. -- -. -. With the withdrawal ! her Suit she remains the wife of an insane man, snd It Is reported that her counsel are preparing to bring an action In an at tempt to have her appointed a commit tee to take charge of hlsersonal prop erty. In this way, It Is said, her coun sel hope to gain control for her of all of Harry's estate at Pittsburg. It is understood that Harry's" mother Is hurrying to New York to confer with her counsel here and try to prevent the success of suoh a step by her daughter-in-law. One of the attorneys of the Thaw estate said today that It is so closely; held under tha will of Thaw by the trustees that it would be Im possible for Evelyn to get any large amount - ... -' v -, The Thaw counsel 'already are 'pre paring to oppose a motion to have Eve lvn appointed aa a committee on the ground that she is not a suitable person for such a serious duty. ;' MURDEROUS PRISON BREAKER SENTENCED ,-" (United Press Lrssed Wire.) ; i Deer .Lodge, Mont May '2. William Hays, convict, was today sentenced to hang July "8," for the murder of Prison Guard John' A. Robinson. In an attemnt to escape laRt March. Oeorge Rock, al- ready convicted will hang June 16.. C. B. Young, who was given his life for fileadlng guilty,, turned state's evidence n case of the last of the four men charged with tha murder. Of am Stevens, who Is now on trial. Young in his testi mony said the four men took the press In prison to pieces and of the bolts4- made weapons for the attack on the guards. Stevens' trial .will be concluded tomorrow.- .. .,- i - Hays on betnar sentenced said he knew no reason why the court should not pass ths death sentence on him. - j, PROMINENT-MILLER r ." OF OREGON' DEAD - (Special Dispatch ta The 1 Jonnisl.) ' Ashland. Or., May 26. W. J. Virgin, the well-known southern' Oregon flour ing mill proprietor, died at the Southern Oregon hospital iri this city yesterday. For ' several years he -has owned and operated the Ashland flouring mills and he was also the) proprietor of, the Can. tral Point flouring mill. He had been in poor heullh for the rast 10 montha, suffering from heart trouble. ; 1 0 DROWNED GOVEHiR AT ALBANY Devoted . Supporters Give 4 Ilini an Inspiring Recep . tion Quotes Fulton -on Democrats in enate--As- J sailants Answered. 'BpWlsl Dlnpatcb to ths Journal.) ' Albany, ' Or., May J. Governor Oeorge. E. Chamberlain last evening ad- dressed the' largest crowd . that ever - , ; .. ... v. . - 'h t.iaftA.- amw I , received from them. The reception was an ovation, rThe crowd had been drawn from the remotest sections of the coun ty. The Albany band early in the even ing appeared -on the streets and enter tained the crowds. - --' y'- w. R. Bilyeu of this city Introduced the speaker.-- Hist speech-was a tribute to the candidate and was received with ' an- outburst of ' enthusiasm' seldom equaled in political meetings. j x i :-::;U;?.h.Apostu of ieot knia.- , The -' govertior ' immediately ' entered, " Into a jTlsoufision of tha Issues of the campaign and a presentation of reasons ' why he .should be elected senator from Oregon.' ; His speech was an aggressive,, one. At no time did be take position on the defensive. - . . s -The -principal points of -his . speech -related-to the people's right to have a voice In the selection of the men who represent them In the senate. He ap pealed to them to uas the great power now vested in them by the direct pri mary law. He reviewed conditions tliat have existed In the state, legislators chosen to represent tha interests of the common- people having sold themselves to the corporate Interests. f ) ' . ; . Oake'a Bldestep, t ": ' - The governor-clearly showed the po sition of Cake before and ! since the priraanies, and conclusively 'proved to his auditors that his opponent had side stepped his former - position and now clearly occupies the position that Fulton occupied before the primaries and dur ing; the time that he, and 'Cake were contending for the Indorsement of tha people in the primaries, i He said that no one could positively know the exact stand Of his opponent In roerd to the ... principle; of Statement JJo.:!,? ' .. ,. - Open Blver; Tt locks. In discussing the needs Of th stats at large he toolc advanced ground In ad vocating laws that would oe of benefit to the people of the state and the' na tion. He showed that Oregon's water ways demand more consideration at the hands of congress than they have here tofore received, being the natursl high ways of the people, enabling them to regulate rates.- The locks at Oregon City should be owned and operated by the government and! thus make it pos sible for the embargo to be removed that hangs ever every ton Of freight transported to 4 Portland, . whether by rail or-watefe) -:! ..... ,-.v-- The needs - of the Columbia were emphasised and the governor pledged himself to work for, Oregon,: through tha open river. sv( -,.:H ,;.-Vi Other Btatea leek Kodsl Xaw. . Answering the statement that It would be a calamity to the state to . elect a Democrat to the United-States senate and that, the eyes of the entire nation -were centered on -Oregon to see the result of the June contest, he said this was true In this regard, that the Seopia or the united states naa grown issatlsfled with present conditions and were watching Oregon to see If through the means of the direct primary - law thev might formulate like laws and make it possible to have a voice In tha selection of the men to represent them -In the senate and thus eliminate the corruption and bartering that has existed in practically every state of the union in elections 01 senators, xie the neonle of the nation are Interested in the principles of Statement No. 1 and . are anxious to avail themselves of Its benefits if it Droves a success here. Amidst the greatest applause he re viewed hla official career and answered briefly the charges made against him by one of the Portland papers in regard to the -state school lands. : He said he felt he bad been fully Justified and up held Jjy the defense made in his behalf without solicitation on r his part by leading . men of ' tha opposition In Port land. ' Team Work la tn Senate. Reviewing the , good that had been accomplished . by Democrats in the . United States senate, ' he shewed that during the term of Senator John M. Oearin ' the ,' state ha.d received larger appropriations and more -consideration at the hands of cot) gross than in any similar, period before or. since, for the Improvement of - her waterways and harbors. - This was mad possible by the combined efforts of Senators' Ful- -ton and Gear In, and he quoted Senator Fulton wherein he said -that much of the credit was due to . Senator Gearin snd that together they oould Influence both '' the Democrats and Republicans to consider the needs of j the state. .Governor Chamberlain sa(d the Democratic- senators, from Texas - had se cured sufficient appropriations to In crease the depth of the; harbor from 10 feet to admit vessels drawing 61 feet of water. Montana had received more for public buildings .in Butte and Hel ena than the whole state of Oregon had been able to gain for like purposes, and this tn the face of the fact that Mon tana had a Republican and a Dernoc ratio senator. . . Xls ardoBS a Philanthropy. 60' far a from abusing 1 ithe pardoning power, he said it had been his ambition to make of the Oregon, penitentiary one of the most humane and advanced of the penal institutions 'In. ths land. He was actuated by purely humanitarian motives. In the work of reform that had been' carried on he had abolished the whiDDinar- nost. f tha' - wearlna of futrlped suits by -the oonvlots and' the lormer policy or senamg- pictures-or an convicts who: have served out their time ,to 1 the rogues' - galleries . of thi . state. In addition, after the ends of justice have been met.; he believed it . . the duty of the state to assist in mak ing useful and creditable citlsens out of these unfortunates. The credit system -had been adopted at - his suggestion, whereby a prisoner 'through exemplary conduct may servo Out his -time In 'less -time than was formerly - possible. These and "other reforms Were men tloned and in conclusion he stated that : -he would rather be the means of sav- ng the souls of 26- of these men than 1 : to be elected president of the. Unitsd States. -" . . l- .v.,.,-- -' v , Confident of KlsSlsotlon. : The action of a Portland paper In publishing the. names of the men psrp ' doned and out on parole was denounced. Governor Chamberlain said It would result In 96 per cent of these men los ing the positions thev now occupied. The explanstion . of -his- use of the : pardoning power was received with the Vreatest applause and conclusively .., showed that the people of Albany and Linn county had confidence In the in- -, tegrlty of the governor. The speech clinched conviction that the speaker un-. . derstood ths needs of the state and that through his long public career he had fa In d experience tbt would place him -n a- position to render, conspicuous service as a United States senator from - Oregon. . , ; In closing the governor reviewed his earnpais-n i of the state and said thst everywhere he had. been received with, . the greatest honors and that the Teo- . pie-were alive to the needs of the state : and would Indorse . his claim to ths scnatorshlp. ..."