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PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15, 1908. TWO SECTIONS 18 PAGES.
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BATTLE IN STREETS DURING WHICH
MANY OF MOB ARE FATALLY HURT
MURDER FOLLOWS SHOOTING BY SOLDIERS
5 Last riight's rioting at Springfield was brought to a temporary halt in a tragic
X and fatal manner at 1 o'clock this morning. The soldiers fired a deadly volley
X into the mob, mowing down many persons.
t Early today attacks by negroes have been reported in many parts of the city.
t One white man was murdered in the streets by blacks. Although there are many $
X troops here, more trouble is expected.
f
BEG! WORK
OH CENTRAL
Negroes Murder Citizen
Who Was Peacefully
Making His Way Home
A
REAL ESTATE
EAL
Three Regiments Are on
Scene, but More Trou
ble Expected Tonight.
Section of Land South of Ease City Park Sold for $200,-
000 Eastern Capital Interested in Sale
seven Acres in Tract.
(I'nl'pd Pr9 I.eiuse.1 Wire.)
Springfield. 111., Aug. I,'... W. II.
Howe, a young clerk in the office
of the county treasurer, was set up
- on lr a pans of neprroes this morn
ing and is dying at St. John'B hos
pital. Howe was atackerl by the ne
Kmos as ho was making his way
home. They fired upon him and he
fled, but they puraufd, shooting as
thpy ran until ho fell. The negroes
then searched hln pockets taking a
diamond ring from his finger, a dia
mond shirt stud and all his money
and valuables. !owo was found ly
ing where he was shot and hurried
to the hospital.
The known casualties of last
night's rioting:
Scott Burton, a saloon porter;
hanged to a tree by tho mob.
T. J. Scott, aged bystander; shot
In back and killed.
Louis Johnson, 17; found dead,
phot through the abdomen, after the
attack on Loper's restaurant.
Thomas Foley, 40; shot through
the abdomen, condition critical.
Unknown man; shot above heart,
dying in hospital.
James Hayes, bystander; shot by
Hunter, seriously injured.
V. M. Dowfl, young clerk; dying
from being shot down by negroes,
who" then robbed him.
At least five fatally wounded by
volley fired Into mob by soldiers.
No less than 50 Injured more or
less seriously during the night's
rioting.
One of the largest' suburban land
deals of tho year was completed
this morning when 67 acres adjoin
ing Hose City Park on the south
were transferred to Hilton, Dodds &
Campbell, a newly organized firm,
by Hartman & Thompson. The con
sideration was about $200,000, most
of which was outside capital.
The new addition la to bo known as
Elmhurst, Tho laud is now being- sur
veyed and platted. When cut up Into
city lots about 400 lots for homes will
bo available. The new addition Is about
one mile from the Portland Country club
property, and la to have a thoroughfare
running through It wTttch will lead di
rectly to the home of the organization
which le now making such extensive Im
provements. C. li. Dodds. one of the men Interest
ed In Elmhurst, Is well known in Port- I
land, having been connected with the I
real ostnte firm of Hartman & Thomp
son for many years.
Prank K. Hilton, another member of
the Elinhur.st addition flrpa, is from Cal
ifornia, having formerly 'been In tho
banking business in Sun Diego. Mr. 1111
ton Is tilso experienced In the real es
tate business and at oy.e time was en
gaged In the timber traile.
Omaha Capitalist.
Floyd .1. Campbell, the other member
of the new firm, comes to Portland
from Omaha -He was formerly in the
grain business In St. Louis. .Minneapo
lis and other eastern cities.
The office of Hilton, Dodds & Camp
bell is to be located ia the new Commer
cial Club building.
Tho new suburban district Is to be
made one of the most attractlvo In the
city. This will be done by means of
trees and streets and other Improve
ments which are to begin at once. The
tract occupies l.lehvr ound nnd every
part of It Is said Mn bo particularly
adapted to the biil'dlng of "homes, tha
object of tho firm being' to put the
property on tho market as soon as
possible.
i ho money paid for the tract was In
cash.
Construct ion Oanirs Throw
First Dirt at Condon To
day for Electric Road
Which Will Link Towns
Together in Interior.
SHAKE THE LOBSTER AND THE WATER WILL BE FINE
Eastern and California Cap
ital Back of Project Which
Will Build 200 Miles in
Crook and Gilliam Counties.
Interior Oregon Is to have 200 miles
or-electric railroad extending from Con
don to Ifossll, with branches Into the
Dayvllle district in Grant county to
the John Day country and then on down
to Prinevllle, Bend and .the adjacent
yreat area of present transportatlonless
country. C-OnBtrmetlon work on the
first -40 miles of the Una began today
at Condofc pnii will bo in operation in
time to handle the wheat crop of 1 ft 0 y
while the other Sections will be pushed
to completion as rapidly as the con-
SUSPECT IS U
Officers Hold John Snyder for Alleged Complicity
Northern Pacific Train Robbery Spokane Saloons
and Resorts Searched for Robbers.
m
(Special Dispatch to Th Jonrnal.) las !t is believed tint tho robbers came
Spokane, Wash., Aug. 15. The first ,0 t)s!!"'1'1 , , .,
. . . . , , . . , i Hatliilrum people who saw the robbers
arrest In the holdup of the Northern hntl(fi ne n,.,,ulul , (,stnr(1..ly ,,.1V,. becn
Pacific train, nine miles from this city brought here to examine suspects.
last night was made this morning when
Springfield, Jll., Aug. 15. A volley
from tho guns of soldiers that mowed
down five members of the "mob and
slightly wounded many others put an
end to tho riots here at 4 o'clock this
morning, after two' persons had been
(Conllnuod on Page Two.)
John Snyder was brought to the city
Jail. The train wa.s held up by fVo
masked men who detached the engine
and mall car and rode It to Yardley.
Snyder was taken off the top of a cur
and claims he wj only stealing a ride.
Ho is held for Investigation.
City nnd county officers are assist
ing railroad officers today to search
saloons and lodging-houses for suspects
The pest. df ! Is tmstbj yt-X to give
an estimate of ti e money stolen from
the mails. Th" through Chicago &
Spokane r. -ulster. al sack is known to
have contained hut few packages" of
value. This sack was . rifled, also the
St I'aul ,. Seattle sack. The local
regis; . re, 1 jirt was saved by Clerk
Raymond m!: eVi. caf.'d It in a paper
sack and threw' it into a pile of pack
ages wiieii ho realize,! i no train was
being held up. Thrt postal authorities
are busy tracing the losses.
i BREW MONEY
F08IHEr.aC.il.
Proposal to Turn Over Re
sidue of FleVt Fund Stirs
Up Wee Tempest.
United rreat I-essed Wtr
San Francisco, Aug. 13. The Young
Men s Christian Association of this city
and the Brewers' Protective association
have locked horns over the recent pro
posal to give to the former organization
i surplus of $4.TIJ left from the flrvt
reception fund. Tha war Is at Iti cru
cial point today and action of the fleet
reception committer Is expected to bring
the matter to a settlement.
When it was discovered, after the de
parture of the Atlantic fleet, that sev
eral thousand dollars was left in Die
treasury of the entertainment fund. It
was suggested by Chairman Frank J.
Hymme of the committer that the
mount be given to the Y. M. C. A. for
the r.sval rlub house established by that
orysrnlsatlon.
immediately upon the publication of
this plan the brewers became aroused.
Their association had contributed
largely to the reception fund snd they
did rot propose to have any part of their
moner used. for the advancement of
society that Is considered antagonistic
to their Interest .Tbey sent an utsrenj
lresfc Jo rtiroes asking the return of
the association e pro rata of tha surplus
money. " This matter f rmraen row has
rvter aeXsement ar.4 his decision is
awaited srita freat interest.
PULLMAN WORKS TO
BE TORN DOWN AND
REBUILT, ENLARGED
(T'nited rreu Leased Wire. J the result of the constantly Increasing
Chicago, Aug. 16. Iabor circles were ! volume ..f the company's business. The
stirred today by the announcement U'U nrv lo "change
the great shops of the Pullman Sleep- the equipment of the shops and the
Ing Car company hero are to be raxed ; plans for enlargement call for the in
and rebuilt on a larger scale. Accord- i stallation of now machinery designed
lng to the reports operations on this I especially for thia . purpose. In or.bir
sweeping reconstruction will begin with-'to accommodate the Increased capacity
In a few weeks. The work will prob- of the plant. ("' acres will be added to
ably mean employment for hundreds of th alreadv extensive a: rounds occupied
artisans and will greatly relieve tho by the ompany.
labor situation In this city. ! It is reported that th" Pillman com-
The plans, which have been under pany Is on the point of .-nlline fne hi,i
consideration for the last six years, are ; to cover the hig undertaking.
strtictlon lores can lav the rails
Hack of the project, the Wasco County
tlpotrlr A.- Water Cower company, s
Da v Id K. cles of ( igd. si. powerful fi
nancial interests of Oregon and Cali
fornia, nnd moneyed men ofceutrnl Ore
iron. Already J;;tlu,(iOi. Is ready and
waiting for tho commencement of con
struction work wlnle unlimited, funds
uro in courso of aggregation.
Contracts Let.
.Men who are bit eroste 1 in the project
say it Is a certainty and tiiat the work
commenced today will bo carried out
as rapidly as tho construction run he
accomplished. Mr. Koeles is now in I.n
tiramlu on bis av to l'ortland to take
charge of the flotation of the bond
issue of Slii.JOa.nno. the engineers from
San Francisco are at Condon beginning
work, on: tho const ruction antl the con
tract for 200 miles of road, the n.-ces-tary
bridges and power plants, has becn
let to tho Portland Construction com
pany. According to the plans of the pr .-mote-r-s
of the company tiio line wiii be
gin at Condon and will run from there
to Fossil. It will have ,i branch t.i
iJayvlllo in I rant co nity and another
west to tho .fohn I'av r:eV where a
power plant capable of pi lu.-ing :.
000 liorse-p.iwer of commercial cb
triclty will be constructed.
Tho Fossil line will tap the Immense
coal beds south of that pl.ie.. her. it
Is said that coil e.i:al In .piiihty :o
the Itock Springs coal las been dis
covered I
A branch will be constructed to the!
Muddy ('reck count t past Prine
vllle Iand & I. Iv. -stock cti.icuiy's hrl-l
gtei tract, and o.r the dil.ie on a, an-
frade of not more than tlir-e p,.r
t will- tap the IMne Cre. k a!b
Ashwood. thus making a a ' la ! :.:
great mining 3 1 s; t r 1 1 there
Power Flaiit oh Deschutes.
A branch will be run from Cro-.
and a second umii- t-lant 1 1 I
structed at the Jri-.-ti-.n of Trout creek
with the Deschutes rl r capable f v" o
duclng AO.OOO horn -p.. v. r of comm. r- lal
electricity. From Cross K .- s Co lino
will run south to th.. Ag.-nev l'laies.
through Madras and .-u .--,th to tho
llend country
Anothej: brnnch :'l
eastward near r..loi..r,
and Howard tapping tl
that district. From tl
111 , II :'jU:-.' -:
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Iv
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HEAD D
11
Pittsburg Roy Survives Pe-
markable Mishap of the
(ivinnasium.
cent,
f at
the
Kevs
M'nltrd Prew Leased Wire.)
I'IC-ljurg. Pa., Aug. 1 5. - - Phillip
Mooser Jr., Is recovering today from
tho effects of hanging by his toes for
rnoro than two hours. Tho boy and
hN brother were working In their gym
iicsluni yesteivlay when the latter was
call.-! Into the house. He left. Phillip
hanging by his toes from a trapeze.
iVli n h.- r'-turned two bourn later lie
f eind bin lro.iier In the satno position
nahle to answer his call. Investi
gation showed that Phillip's toe had be
come eri;ani:le-i jn the rope of the trap
eze and ho bad been forced to hang
downward until he lost consclousncaa.
rOliTLMDER 19
SORRY PLIGHT
lie (Joes to Beach on Outing
and Is Xow in Tillamook
Jail.
IIKIKKSS MIXED UP
IN A POKEP GAME
p
st :
(Continued on Iag-
ted
ille
! 1 mines of
t w - n ihnl n g
Tn ... i
GRAIN' BURN'S AND
STOICS TIIRESHIXG
(Specll PlptrN to Tlie Journal )
Rosebirg. Or.. Aug. 15
Sparks from a thresher engine
burned S00 bushels of grain yes
terday In a stack on R. P. nit
on's fsrm, six miles cast of here,
the thresher and engine were
saved. The machine had Just
threshed three bushels when the
fire, started. The loss Is esti
mated at $1,000.
Rwption for O'tJrady.
(pertl Mepttrk to Tt Jour.il t I
Aberdeen. Aug 18 Great enthusiasm
was rpanlfested by the Forester of this j
cny in tna ;ecepiion acroroea AirarKit,-
LOS ANGELES KEEPS
ITS ANNIVERSARY
(Special DUtMtrt to The Jonrasl )
Ixs Angeles, Cal . Aug. 15 In cele
bration of the Feast of th Assumption
of Our I,ad- of th Ang-ls. whirh 1
also the anniversary of the founding of
I..v Angcjes. speeja services were held
In the churches toda . and flags rc
cll'riayed on rrsny public and private
buildings
ill" our ni XS Ar.g!r-s dates Its
hlrth from August is. 171. ,n which
date KHipe de ,VeVe, governor of Alia.
Cal , came from San Gahrld mission to
the Indian -Oilare of Vsr.c-na. and gave
to the ett!emnt the name of F.1 Puehlo
de Nuestra tenors. Is Reg'.ra de )os Angeles-
the irrpos'nc title, tra-s-.ated Irto
K-l!h rr.esr.lng the town of our lady,
the quern of the arrets
CHIP TAKEN OFF
JAP SHOULDER
Economical Government De
cides to Withhold War
Fund Until P.m.
(fatted I'reM Leased Wire.)
Fi'.tshurg. Aug 15. Peclaring that
sic- does not believe Hoses Phillips
guilty of swindling her brother-in-law,
Mls Fre.lerlcka Hose!:, the heiress of
ew York e.nd Chicago, is expected to
leave here today for New York to de
fend Phillips for his alleged fraudulent
action In a gambling game.
i' Is charged that Phillips swindled
Meivllie .M ixl. y, the young woman s
v- ' it!.'. out of $.0e0 in a poker game.
T; - intimn.ti-.n as mad that Mi-s
F. "h had supplied Moxley with the
nc.nev and that it was Phillips' design
to defraud her through her brother-in-law
Miss Posch. however, has stead
fastly refused to believe in the aerusa-t'-ins
made against Phillips, with whom
sh Is acquainted and
she declares Is unimpeachable
She ..enle t-ba' any transaction such
as Is alleged in he charges against him
ever occurred. The heiress will vis't
hint st New York In an effort to ad
just t he maMer
(Fractal risimtch te The Journal 1
Tillamook, dr.. Aug. la. Mose Mc
Crum, a carpenter residing at Archer
Place, Portland, was arrested by Sheriff
Crenshaw Wednesday afternoon at
Carababll bench for s'riking Ids wife.
He Is now !u the county .in 1 1 In default
of $."'"1:1 bail.
Mc'Yum Is alleged to have assaulted
his wife while she s'ood by a table
In her f.-nt. striking her in The Jugular
vein. Harry Sharp, one of the llfe-s--ivlng
crew. vitn"d the act and
started to remonstrate, when Morrum,
according to ti;e allegations, use-1 bis
gun fuel otoers of th.. . r.-w wei-o sutn
moned. The w .tn.ms tent wa i guarde.1
'hile the si . riff was sent for, mean
while tl e angry man paraded the beach
wt'h his gun
McCruni wa-- camping on the bench
with the families of s. R. Fames, A.
I'.-rrv snd Mr liennet, all of Archer
I'ljiv, Port lun I.
TONY IS CUSSING
CELESTIAL DEfiiS
Chink-Bryan Club
Republican Fire
Other Thing-s.
Draws
and
3I0XTAXA LEADS IX
GUARDING RESOURCES
(Kpctal Pluimtfh to TT)e JonrcnH
Helena. Mont. Aug. 15 Montana
claln:s the hot. or af Peine the first state
to get Its plans under way for the con-'
' servation f th -.sources of the notion,
i in aceordanon itli tl-.e movement Inaug
urated by tl." memorable White House
i rnnforenert of t.-cent date. Governor
Norrls of this state was the first to ap
point a commission in conformity with
iliA suj?p--stions nf the nstinnnl nn t er
whose Integri ty : f nrs ind t.lav the members of the com-
m!s'on met in this citv to organize and
to d!s-us plans In a general way. The
first subject to which the Montana com
mission will devote Its attention Is the
: f t ... r atlon of the forest lands of the
1 state
(Fnlted Press Leased Wire. I
I.os Angeles, Cal., Aug. 15. Anthony
Schwamm, chairman of the Democratlu
state central committee. Is sorry today
that he is tho father of tho only Chi-noi-i
political club In America.
Sehwamm's political offspring, ha
plunged him into a sea of trouble
Kver since tho stories of the Chines '
ISryan and Kern club wer published
in newspapers throughout the L'nlteU
States Tony has been beselged with let
ters asking for Information regarding .
the organization. The Kovernment has
assigned Fred K. Jones, representing
department of -commerce, to collect
the
all data relating to the club. ThJ
I'emocratlc national leaders are Inter
ested and Republican papers havu
seized the opportunity to print lengthy
editorials denouncing the Democratic
Asiatic alliance.
PETER CLAUDIANOS
IS 3IU3I IX COURT
ministers o.
::u- o:n ei to-
1 t -
i on
(folta Prets Wire
Tokio. Aug. li--.s the result of
secret ronffrnm Irtunn the new ca
lnet, the pnmi. r and t
war and the r. . It r-p.
; day that it has :-. -n de
.' the r r-en'l ? S
jftrmv r.d na v f .-
Th1 m'e ! :n line '
p. ! l v of the r. r w all:
The det.-rmlr-t!.-i, to
COO In the ri. -v -n.pm. r.t -navy
was rep, rte' m
The war -alth Rmoi act
tejnplatel twgtr. i-g t:.e
f.rst of ntt v r
Indiistr'nl c. rdiver. '
"arrant the ;. r ! :i ire
- n i r
..n 1
af.- r
r- n -i
the '
d
of - h
It is d
Spanish War rran.
tjperttl ttnt-fc te Tle tH.r!
Valleio, Cal, Aug 15. Everything Is
r-ejirilr. e fnr l-e entertalwieeift Af
Chief Ranger. J. J. O'fJradr and otheT--n-' -nHT7TTr fWimt.nrt r.f rrttH
r.romlnent ef f lcra last night An Prn!sv Var veterari Irf lTd rlly "Tirtes;
nw sjiiesis "ni - eisyor rranoe. tnia i t na comir r sreeg An sttrnaince of v.
rr. ana rromin'tn eiiitena or lloqat- j era I bin1rei deiegttes rrom
am. Cosmopo la, iJonteaano and Elma, i.artajt CaltforcU la expected.
vartvus
at the present t;m m.l it i '
the new cabinet i.'m.s 'i 'if-
n -t
sum
t rd re
trenchments p-.il ! rvo'it standing
In the a. of tr. nstt-.r. a Iv r cement
The new orier mi.l mea-, it. deiar of
many plane Mr he eiredr been
prartfcallT eomrlete.1 fer 'he crstr'j"
tlon of pew warshtpa rnA t-e improve
ment of Mril bases It also rf . k the
estenstv flans prartts".!r un-ler war
for I tk rem . n m the efficiency as well as
tha size and atrrf.ft!) of the army.
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X Tomorrow's Issue of The Sunday Journal X
, T "Th Win-ers Wa Pper.t" In the Arctic The story of scientists X
J who went on Peary's first expedition. T
. " I.urkr F.rror ' Splendid short storT by O. V. Stuart.
"H-iw Tent Dwellers Find IJfe Worth Lllng" Summer cam pa at T
i J e.1ge of city whera one can enjov beauty of hills and woods.
T ' Behemtntsm that Angers Klnf Edward " Actors should not be i
i T taken to uni of Duchesses, he siys T
a. "Why Ths F'esrth of Brides" Falling off cf marrlafra Uccni
ott the country.
I.lfe of Castro, ths Cattle Raidlt
co-irtrv
T Pome Cjj lo-Pate Monker Fhtnes '
T batxcn
4 5t 1 tTe Protect the PlrdsT Give ahelt.er to our feathered neigh- X
bcrs T
Pportl-e pot." rnrplee and Interestlr.sj Well (1 hi si rated fahSBi
rag's Flas.n pagea tor the childrsn. All the worth printing,
YOU'LL FIND IT IN THE SUNDAY JOURNAL
all
ITow he holda away orer his
Incldenta In the life of a trained
(fnlted Press Leased Wlr.
San Francisco, Aug. 15. Peter Claud
lanos. the suspected dynamiter, who was
brought to this city from Chicago, was
arraigned lii Judge fhortall s depart--ment
of the police court today on
charge of conspiracy to destroy lh
property of Ex-Supervisor James L
Gallagher In Oakland on April 22.
The prisoner was sullen and morost.
refusing communication with all ques
tioners, and showing signs of fear whe.i
called on to listen to the complaint. Th
courtroom was crowded with a luriooa
throng attracted by a desire to see the
man who had given the police r.uthorl
ties of half a doien cities a long cnase.
Attorney J V. Scott, who represented
John Claudianos when the latter wsa
attested following trie confession of the
dynamiting plot, appeared In Petefsr "
half and requested -t continuance, which
was granted. The case will come up for
preliminary bearing next Won. lay.
Detective Burns stated today that
believed enough evidence was In his poe
session to secure t.'. Immediate convic
tion of both men snd said that when the
case was brourht up scaln on Monday
the prosecution wC-uid be ready to pto
ceed.
RAY CITV DE3I0CRATS
AWAIT JUDGE PAIlKER
rlte4 Press Lussl lr
San Frm is.x. Au. 11 -Democrat a
sre swaltin the retarat from loenite
tonight of Judge Alton B. I'arker, le-m-ocrstie
candidate for the reidepe p,
10 Parker wt'l be tt t1.-'
speaker at a mass meet lng fr,hl nd
the guest or Honor a ( a banquet.
Judge Parker end I:eey ?"'!.
former dtstrtt t attorney of New T- ' .
are to arrive from b T !. -
at ( o'clock this af'ernoce. ; r
be met y a eommitlee ef IV ,
snd takn. te dmrier TNs r-e n - -Irg
Is to be at Wtam t'-
asxi srf'.l b ff.Dewe-1 wfh s t 1
at the ft. Traaeta J 1
Ilancer .V'.ci.i, Joi. f , -. .
James iv -in . t t '. , "
at t&i(r.t t&-'i-t.