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.. . J - S ' MORE: HaP. WANTED? REAL ESTATE FOR SALE? ' BUSINESS FOR SALE? yd Avertiscn :Thc Journal Thfli weatMr Fair ' "tonight ; and ' Saturday; easterly' wlndsA ; v r iJ -J ...'.. . t !W V 14. 4 yfrhVOk 1908.-EIGHTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. ffAwrw'oETt! ii'flFTY 1 30,060 !1 li MIJbLIONS RAWHIDE, NEMOf DOOMED TO DESWUGTlONiM FIRE 4 , 5 ....... (.;, .... jar i 11 i W '-I ft-" r r jj, ,r 1 i 1.11 nr Itfh nt-1 uhui uum rnn 1 inrn I UH LII1LU IT GOVERNOR MHVt THROWS BOMBSHELL AT THE G. 0. P. Wall Street Hears AthcIltic Keport of Intention to Im prove Southern Pacific Holdings Kecent Confer ences Significant. Rawhidei Xev., which is. doomed to destruction by fire. : i 110 WATER TO QUEfJGr FLAE1ES Reno, Mev . Sept. " 4. Reports from Ra,wllld Bay the entire town is doomed to destruction' lira firewhica t. started . at . J;Esmei-1da and Main etreeta " at ,9 o'clock this morning. The fire spread rapidly and soon all communication was cut off. . . At the time of the last message the bank, postoffice and two drug stores bad been destroyed. There is no kope whatever of stopping the fire. as there is no water Supply, with which to tight it. v The whole place, which was a typ ical mlnlngcamp, made up of frame buildings, probably will be wiped out unless dynamite is used successfully. The fire started in a lodging houee OTer aTtlrug store. r . . , HO ROSES FOR ORCHARD'S PATH Prison Board Orders Warden to Cut-Off All Special j J Privileges. 8pcU1 Dtootch to Tb Janreal.) ; Bolte, Ida.. Sept 4. Tie Idaho tate prison board hn taken. Warden Whitney to account for making Harry Orchard a truaty at the penitentiary. Chargea were made before the board that Orchard was f:irn the prlvlUfrfe of a trusty almnat mmfdlatelr after his ntnce w com muted from death .to JIfe Imrrleonmcnt; that he was never required to w?ar prison stripes: that be was not even given a number. ' The board ordered that Orchard he treated the same as any other life prisoner. 1 6HHT FILES lands Worth Vast J3um Involved in Contention That the . Eailroads.IIavo Holdings that Rightfully Belong. to" United States Becker -Townsend ..Contentions. c A suit ift equity. In voIvlneT he posses sion of millions of acres of land in the stAte of Oregon worth over $40,000 000, and sums of money runnliig up into the millions, and in .which the United States of America Is. complainant and the Southern Pacific company and the Harrlman system, together with 49 oth er corporations and individuals are de fendants, was filed in the uAlted States circuit court for-the District " of -Oragon today by John McCourt. United States auorney ifor ? tn district or uregon, Tracy zCVBeoker and B.- t, -Townsend, acrtn for-L'nlted'iStates Attorpey-Gen-eral Charles J. Bonaparte. Tills sult probably, the- most -.lmnor- tant and far-roachlng civil ' nroceodine ever .commenced, in the Pacific north .west. ls the "result fxtensl-e Investi gations -Which .have occupied Mr. Town send' for the past, two years. The bill of complaint was prepiared by . him. mv mis suit me government seeKs to wrest from the Southern Pacific the ownerRhln and control of the immense tracts o forest land lying to the south between Portland, and the 'state line held by it I under the land grants of congress enacted JuJ-y 25. 1868 and May , iMo, ana to maxe 11 pay ror such of he lands as have been unlawfully, dis posed of since the grant waa made. . . History of . BaOroada, ' The brief' Is In itself an" excellent history of railroad building and - the complicated operations connected there with in tnis state. it printed pages. me soutnern t'aciric, takes up 6 as the succes- CTiicago Merchant Dies Suddenly. ( Cnlled ma burf Wire J jChlcagcs Sept. 4- Cable advices tell of the death from paralysis in Swltser land of Emanuel Mandel, one nf the leading merchants of this city. He waa 4 years old and the founder of the firm of Mandel brothers. The message, which cam from the town of Basle, said Mn odel died suddenly and without warning. :aptal stitt thinks vessel STRUCK QiOEEF h5 il'nlted PrM Ieaed Wire.) Point Arena. Cal.. Sept. 4 4 Captain Ft It t of the lifesavlng 4 station, said today thHt he was convinced the mysterious ship for which he searched all Wed nes night and all day yester day was a lumber schoQner which ran aground an a reef and Jettisoned Its deckload. People here have gathered up great quantities of lumber frofn the sea. Captain Stttt savs, the boat must have hacked off and 4 continued on Its course. sor or tne, various companies that, pre ceded It. holds, under the congressional grants. 20 sections of land per mile for sos mnes. or tnereaoouts Between Port- iana ana me state line south, and a similar amount per mile along the line of the .road on the west side of the vvmamette to McMinnville. The plain tiff contends that . the terms and con- anions unaer wnieh the grants were made have been violated in many wan and that the grants 'should therefore oe abrogated, of these lands a large amount, lias been sold,, generally, it h alleged, in tracts larger than a quarter of a section one tract being about 48.- uvu acres ana lor , prices greatly In excess -r, J2.60 - an - acre, which is the maximum ? price fixed bv congress at .wnitjn. sucii lanas should he sold. The puce, u is claimed, has been from $5 iy iv nn- acre. Wants lands Forfaited. The court is asked, therefore, to de cree tbat all of . the lands granted by !eac't ?' "ngress approved ' July 26, 1866, and by the actTapproyed May 4, io.u, wuruitr paienien or unoatenten. now remaining unsold, together with all interest, right or title of anv kind of any of the defendants to any 'of the lands-be-forfeited and that the title" re vert to the'Unlted States and giving the micu iuii possession ana con trol of the lands. Or. If this relief shall he ilfnlml then the court IS asked to adjudge and de cree mat an or tne unsold lnnrta niv subject to purchase bv. and sale and conveyance- to, actual settlers" In quan- niies not execaing io acres and for a price not exceeding JZ.50 per acre In pursuance of the terms and conditions of the land grants; and that-a receiver uB.appointeato orrer the lands for sale ana nandle the .restilflnfir-mnnavm .ab lng a final accounting as the court may New York. Sept. 4. Wall street is interested In an authentic report that the Southern Pacific will expend 150,000,000 in completing 2,000 mUes of projected lines. The money Is to be raised before 1910. Flnan clers declare the road will have no difficulty In 5aislng -the required sum. , Also, according to the well-in formed, it Is ridiculous to suppose that $75,000,000 of Southern Pacific 7 per cent preferred stock now out standing will be redemmed by any bond issue. Unless all plans go astray,, this stock will be converted Into Southern Pacific common, there by relieving the income of Southern Pacific of some 15,200,000 of pre ferred dividends, which to all prac tical purposes re a fixed charge. This would clear the decks for ar ranging the. financial ' program, of Southern Pacific, which,' if the times are ripek should be inaugurated ear ly next year. Barring accidents, this financing In all probability .will call for the authorization of $100,00,000 of bond convertible into Southern Pacific common at whatever price conditions may warrant. This would amply finance all the requirements of the company for several years, and bring to completion its program of physical expansion. 4)44444 BRYAN WILL CONDUCT AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN t'nltH Pre Lrued Wir.) Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 4. It is announced here today that-the Dem- ocratic conference t be held at Chicago next Tuesday will be the ' most, important In the party's history. ' Bryan today telephoned h natioual headquarters that every im- portant leader wa expected to be there and that he especially urged 't them not to. let anytblng pfevent their attendance.' It is understood that important and urgent action will be taken and that the manner ' of conducting the campaign from now on will depend upon the- ' result of the deliberations. It is announced today that Bryan has decided to make an attack ' on Taft in the east. We will goi into -that section for a speaking tour 4 and will assail Taft on the Republican attitude, toward labor, the 4 trusts and the bank deposit guarantee proposition. 1 This determination means that Bryan has decided to make an 4 aggressive fight all along the line. j Today Bryan spoke af the stale fair here and at the dedication of . J a local institute, neither of the speeches was of a political nature. 4 44)4)4) 4)4)4)4)4X4 Indiana Wakes Up to Greatest Political Sen sation in State in Many. Years J. Announcement from Wall street that $50,000,000 will be expended by the Southern Pacific railroad in rushing to early completion the projected lines of the Harrlman system In the west. Is confirmation of Mr. Harrlman's recent statements that a road will be built Im mediately Into Crook conty and that the Tillamook branch together with many other extensions will he finished at once. Mr. Harrlman Intimated at Pelican Lodge while In conference with Gov ernor Chamberlain and F. 8. Stanley, head of the Deschutes Irrigation A Power company, that construction work on extensions of nis lines In Oregon would be started without loss of time. He promised definitely to build Into the Interior and soon after the close or the conference came the announcement of the renewal of work on the Tillamook branch and the assembling of construc tion gangs to carry on the work. That nnanciers. wno Know tne work ings of the great railroad systems- and the, plans outlined before thev become public, have been in touch with the pro posed rmariciai Pa ninoisis REGULARJICKET Idaho Secretary of State Se lects, and Case Goes to Supreme Court. (United Ptmw Le&sad Wlre.J Boise, Jdaho, Sept. 4. Secretary of State Lansdon' today1 accepted the antl- IJubois ticket as the regalar Dstnocratfe ticket and refused to file the Dubois ticker. Attorneys for the Dubois fac tion will bring mandamus proceedings In the state suprema court against the secretary of state, to procure a decis ion from the court as to wmcn faction Is entitled to the party name and em- blpm. Both tickets were named at Wallace, August 6. The Dubois element Ton trolled the State convention. The nt! Dubois men bolted and named a ticket of their own. with the understanding that the decision of the supreme court In the course of contemplated legal proceedings should be accepted. If they stand hv this self-imposed pledge the anti-Pubois ticket will be aban doned in the event of an adverse de cision, though the pledge does not go to the extent of binding to the support of the Dubois ticket. In any event. TAFT WAITS OH OF T. I MEII DDOWII III SIGHT OF SHORE Fifty Fortugese Perish in Wreck of Steamer Lui za at Badajos. , flajted Prn Leajod wire.) Lisbon, Sept. 4.- Within sight of their families on the shore,' less . than 100 yards away, B0 members of the crew of the Portuguese steamer tiulza were drowned by the stranulng of the vessel on the rocks at the little town tff Bad ajos on the coast of Portugal today. The ship was driven by a heavy storm and the winds lashed the sea into such wild commotion that It ws impossible ior ooats to go to tne rescue of the men, though their plight was clearlv seen and the vessel was recognized before she was torn to pieces. It was Impossible for the crew to get away in lifeboats and it is believed that most of them were lost in making at tempts to escape In tht way. The Eulsa was enroute from Braiil. The vessel was doomed from the moment sh oirnnk the rocks. C. Watson's friends Cause Present Execu tive to Call an Extra Session we Demoralization Due to For aker Incident Respon sibility Disclaimed. , ased financial move of the Southern 'aclflc to extend Its feeders la evident Asks for Injunction. 444444444444444)4)4' RESULTS At timet business firms find it necessary to hire additional help, and sometimes they are in a quandary as to how to fill positions which are suddenly left open by trained employes. It is no longer necessary to worry Over such troubles, as the wsnt columns of The Journal can supply all the help neceary and on short notice. The Pacific Coast Biscuit company was in need of girls to work in their candy factory. The manager didn't worry at all, for he knew he could secure sufficient help by inserting an ad in The Journal's female help column. He ordered the ad to appear two days, but the ad was requested withdrawn after the first insertion. A tele phone message, stated that about a million Hr!s applied, and.it wasn t necessary for the ad to appear again. Ut course, tne num- T ber of applicants waa stretched tome, the million bemg used just to X illustrate the fact. that a jrreat many ffirls read the want ads in The JoumaL 'The Journal is the, women's firorite paper nd the tfirls, T- of course, -are educated to read The Journal by their in at rocs, who X are as a unit for Portland teorle'a popular rarer. ' The secret of the superior result cf The Journal it the f set that i . In Portland and in Oregon nearly everybody read The Journal- T It pay, to advertise in The Jfournal. ; X HfmHMMMMMnHMMMMMMMWHWmv from the unprecedented movements up ward of Southern Pacific common stock. took Touches Hlgbwsbtsr Mark. Durine the past two months South ern Pacific common has advanced over I . 1 per snare Jiu i wie irtwi i"i nilK'll n case neither of the f nren-nl n tr rj. I Z ,.. i... x . . - . - o r-y , ' I (1 1 lll.J. L Jt J lino " ' ' ' - .-. . . 1 n I i r n C il J". uo grsnreu .me court 18 1 high mtfrk for the quotations. Todav aae to Issue a mandatory Inlunctlnn I k. .tnoir inH on th Tnrt . to the- Oregon & California Railroad rhjui? at iins. the highest which it company which has been absorbed bv has ever reached. the Southtrn Pacific requiring the Conjecture Is rife In railroad circles company .to offer for sale and sell the relative to the proportion of the $Si - unsold lands to any bona fld settler 000,000 which Oregon will receive In who may apply to purchase them. In extending projected lines and complet- (Contlnued on Page Five.) (Continued on Pag Five.) (United PrpM led 5rtte. Middle Bass Island, Sept. 4. The Taft party 'here is awaiting with. In terest somexpreasion from Roosevelt on the Foraker-TSft meeting at To ledo. Some fear that a wrong con strurtion has been placed on the mat ter and explain that Taft knew nothing about the program of the local com mittee and did not know that he would m"t Senator Foraker. The announcement of Foraker that he did not make peace m-Ith Taft and did not desire to he understood to have don $r has caused some commotion here. It Is explained that there was no pffort on the part of Taft to bring about the meeting with ForaTcer ana that It was the merest Incident and had not been foreseen or previously con sldfred In any way. "DRY TOWN SCARES BOISE INVESTORS 4 (United Trr-m Traded Wire.) Eoise. Idaho. Sept. 4. After 4 investing IlflO.flOO in property 4 as a site for a new hotel to cost $500,000 and making all prollml- 4 nary plans for the erection of the structure, eastern capitalists 4 today announced the abaniion- ment of the project, giving as 4 their reason the fact that the 4 Republican slate convention here 4 this week pledged the party to local option. The promoters 4 claim the hotel .could not be made a paying proposition with- 4 out the bar attachment. (United Press teased Wlrt.l Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 4. Gov errlor J. Frank Hanfy caused the greatest political sensation in Indiana m years at noon today by unexpect edly calling an extra session of the legislature to assemble here Septem ber 18, in the midst of the presiden tial campaign. Hanly'8 term expires .the first of the year and he has demanded many reforms which he has not been able to secure.'- Recently the friends of James JE. Watsorii the . Republican candidate to succeed ( Hanly, prom ised the governor that, they would carry but h plana, If he would stump th:state:or-WatiOBA Ifjanly agreed to this and it was. announced that h woulf not try further to enforce hrs demand for retorrn; legislation;1' Later, the gov-ernor heard that 'Wat- : son's tfrlends were ; laughing ; at . thetr promises behind his back and the re sults was his call for the extra ses sion. The governor's action means ths pre cipitation of a terrible battle within the party ranks this fall and there !s great excitement at Republican head quarters. Hanly's step is taken to mean thst he will not support Watson unless th legislature quickly submits to his will and does as he says. It Is probable that the members will ' assemble In an ugly mood and a remarkable session is certain to result. The leaders score th governor on , the ground that the meeting of ths legislature will take the members away from their districts When their presence Is most needed to carry on the cam- palgn. The decision of the governor recalls i vlvidlv his threat when he was hissed off the stage at the Republican na tional convention. He was presenting " the name of Vice-President Fairbanks before the convention in opposition to ' Taft when the hoots and cat calls of ; the delegates finally forced him to stop speaking. He shook his first at , ths convention and declared: u "You will be glad to hear -from mo after the convention. I will make It burn for Taft and his forces In Indi ana this fall. You will regret this ac tion and you'll hear from me before ;. November 3." It Is reported that National Chairman Frank H. Hitchcock has changed his . plans and is rushing here from Chtca- , (Continued on Page Five.) ' P. MS CHESTER JORDAN CALMLY TELLS STORY OF MURDER OF HIS WIFE (rBlted Press LenarS Wirt ) Boston.' Sept. 4. With astounding csJmneas and ths stoicism of a sav age, Chester 8. Jordan. today told Judge Wsntworth in tba fsommerrille police court how he killed his wIM. hacked her body to pieces wllh a rsior sod a butcher knife and then planned to throw ths parts of ths dead woman Into ths ocean from' a steamer ;pn which he planned to go to New Tork. Jesse R. Uvermore, whose ' wife is Jordan's sister, today engaged William 8.. fViarton. counsel to ' slefend tbe man. who probablv will plead vlo- iitr me storr tni rr Jordan to day airrered slightly from, that related by him when be was plscsd snder ar rest last evening- He sddd tb fst tnat .se Slept ona artr killing hl wtfs u4 said fee dismefnbered her bodv the Kext day. rt aad aTfapplsd. Tn' the otarrel with bit wife she tnr rue sad ss w srsncled. I kw d her KwntaIra. I was frlghf-eee-1. 1 taink. wbew I fmind aha was sd. tmt I don t rsrabr anytklni bHt ha I did then." H said. 'I went to bed S usual sell be I a wr.tr 'tet n"mlng I- weet lnt the ftebw. " Thrs I fmnd hr nske1 boir -stretched Mt oa Us Iloor an2 4 - beside It were the rsior snd the butch er knife. I saw the rasor had passed clear around her neck, apparently- In an effort to cut off the head. I was stunned. I suppose. I don't know how It all happened exactly, but I suppose the sight of the body and the rasor save me the suggestion and I at on re begnh the work of dismembering the body." racked la Truax. Jordan told how he packed the torso snd par4s or the flesh In a trunk; put the bones and skull In the furnace and the hair and scalp In the kitchen etovo. He thsn shipped the trunk by express from Sommervllie to Rost-m. Intending to go to New Tork en tne eiemer Harvard snd throw the contents of the trsnk overboard A ehanre In the echednle of the boat made htm change his plans and aroused suspicion la tne mind or an eirres- mso. wbe called the attention of the tw Ifc-e to the trunk and cauwd Jordan s srreet last Might. Ths woman was klHd Tuesday 1ghL The behavior of Jornsif in the court room was no surprise to the poltre. wo bad rpen t the night with him. Tbey say thy nrr ronfronted a rtrwi wtth so little emotlfwt. end ther doukt vsurts of. his story, horrible ss It la., . . Xs Was' TaJ"' clais to find mom ether sotirs for th broker. crime Jordan tld the court that he wa Jealous of his wife because she had h"en drlnklns lately and he sua pct-1 her cf having received attentions fmm othT m-n In answer to questions from Judge Wentworth. he admitted that ho struck his wife with his fist, but said he hd no Idea of killing her or of hurting her seriously. Repealed questions regsrdlna his ar tlons after h found she was dead failed to produo anything further than that all he remembered was going to bed. He saM h did not know how the woman's dunes re removed from her body or how the gash clear across her neck waa made. He Was held without ball and prob ably will be given anothr hearing after the polfe nave compute! tneir work. Wfcra They Met. Th woman was Miss Honnrah O Rll ly of this city. Phe was married to a its a namd Kddv before she met Jor dan, AHr her marriage with Jordan. In I Her traveled as a vaudeville team for softie time wtthovt muck sr. cee and three years ago went to Sooi-et-Tlile to Ifve. She was 21 years okt Jordan is t. Tbe parts of br body have been sfentNd and f robebl will be burled tomorrow. Llrnner. she bs come to Jordan id. la a wealtsr w Tork cotton United States Immigration Commissioner and Friend of' Taft Succumb to Injuries Ket'eivetHwoOIonths Ago . "Was Pro m inent Jabor Leader, :' - (ratted Ptm Ld Wlr. Washington. Pfpt. 4 Frank P. Sar gent. Vn!ted Slstes commissi. mer-gen-eral of immigration, died hre earlv to day from the tfferta cf a fall resulting from a sudden trk r.f parabsis two months Kgn. Sin,-e te ac-id-nt he Iisk tieen under treatment. hut sieadllv weakenod snd pired loilsy leplte tin- efforts of the ph sirians who hav been attending him The death f .Sargert Ms taken a a Mow to the In't r'-sts of tho Republican rsmpalgn as he lia.l on nimsi ny tne national committee lis one or me prin cipal stumpers for Taft In the Mil A. sensation as created only a few davs ago by the sctlon of the lemncrattc na tional committee In republishing sn ar ticle written by'Sargent 11 years ago. In which he vigorously attacked Taft for an sdverse labor derision from the. hench of the Vnltel Stales circuit court. The writer nt that time was president of the American Rretherhood of Lrfco-, motive Firemen- Much political pow .1er was made bv the Democrats of this, apparent Inconsistency. , .. PeorU. HI. Pept. 4. Grand Master John J. Hanna'tan of the HrotherhooV of locomotive Firemen and Knglnemen . today forwarded a message of sympathy to the family of Frank P. Sargent over the Utter s death. An order was Issuei summoning all vies grand masters snd pat grand masters of tbp order now living to attend the funeral in shody. THREE-YEAR-OLD SON STEEL OFFICIAL VICTIM OF KIDNAPER Chlcero. pt. 4 Oojden ArM tVe l-yerld aon of William Andereoa asslsta. auditor of the Illinois Ktoel coonpsry. waa kldrapej , today .while playtnf'in front of his home In this rtty rd il is suppoeed will be held for-g ransom. Several wemea ef the elghbrrrend saw a strsnge msa dMv n n a t'n asgoa. He stet(-ed, silf ht4.srl w.ta- ost sttrsettng pertleUr sttert!,,n a rnarH! the lltlie K.y. hi Iden'v Ike man. eetsM t- v hoidms bim enoer r is e--v i be Wsgon n4 nroe rt:l.r tm, , cese is wivsterlojs . a.'- r. ,,' to-no, Ihoust r t its t .' - - ! doulrt. wordiri to !,,,, , the Waa b4 tft:-,. r . , Andrs rt. ,14 id 1 , si 'raawin. A t-' a .'- . ' est u? Ikryjl f."'1 , . eetvste 4mn ,., ired tn tie .
