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AUSWR-JQUESI.
coiistaiiie
assassinated?
fill I ' ' '
i.lOfJKEY STOPS CARS
AND PUTS OUT LIGHT
Dispatches Seem to Confirm
Murder During Servian
Army Maneuvers.
A monkey stepped all tha, streetosrs
of tha weat side at 1 o'clock this after
noon... ...
Practically every electric light on tha
west atda alao went out In a flesh, but
tha monkey had dona a vary Indiscreet
thing he had connected up lO.ooo volte
of electricity with , hta metal chain in
tha tranaformlng- atatlon of the "Port-
United Frees Leased Wire.)
Athena." Greece, - Oct. ' 7.- Dis
patches Just received here apparent-j Railway. Light Power company
ly confirm the rumor from iOnBian-iat Seventh and Alder.1 ' ;
tinoDle that Prince Constantlne, oil : The monkey la dead.. Strang to aay,
Greece ' wM: TllJSLZ 5rtST &SeXtiS'!2!
wane . aueuumg vuo - i wires, put a raw minutes later tne poor,
..,,. . . singod, burned animal was mercifully
maneuvers,,,. ..v . chloroformed by hla owner, Raffin, the
Thla City Is In a State Of Wildest director of the troupe of Simian per-
escltement. There Is
that this outrag may; draw Greece
Into the Balkans ar
Vienna. Oct 7.--Austria-Hungary
nm rtnaUv issued" a defiance to . the
n,M todav when the foreign office
officially, announced 'that 'neither- an
nexatlon of 'Bosnia an Hersegovtna
rffr the declaration of independence, by
" Bulgaria la a matter tor tha concern of
other powers, k
Tha statement aaya Austria "does not
car whether tha annexation - of , tha
two provinces la recognised or not, as
It la an accomplished .fact and cannot
The announcement take the form'of I 'pirinT
a protest against the calling of a eon-
f prance -of the powers at iierlin to re
vls-e the, Rnrlfn IffllT. - . . t
. -The- Kov4riinentJlorei&' office-- Tnere
disclaim!! .any .connection, , whatever
with the action of Bulgaria In declar-
. Wff its independence. , ,
Renorts from Bosnia today aay the
province Is on the verge. of rebellion
as th rfsiilt of thu annexation, which
was Announced last night. .. It is said
secret . mefitlntra have been called and
an effort is being made to cause a con
certed uprising mrougnout toe prov
mce. "" i.
a ' pOSSlDHliy lo;er" i ine urpneum. , . ,
that W. R. Osborn found tha monkey at
the bottom of a wire well at the back of
the big transforming atatlon. Mr. Moult
had tired of the show business, and find
ing that it was a beautiful afternoon he
had broken loose from his cage, and had
made Ma way unmolested across Alder
street from the stage entrance of the
theatre and around to the Seventh atreet
aide of the transforming station. After
frolicking around for a moment, he
climbed up to the roof of the station
and then climbed down the wire well.
He was all unaware that the company's
high power wires enter the station from
this wire well.
When Osborn reached for Mr. Monk
he leaped aside, and in an Instant hla
metal chain ihad touched two of the
wires. In a flash the monkey's use
fulness waa over forever. Just as
quickly the transforming machinery in
side the station went wrong and a hun
dred cars stopped, while lights in thea
tres, stores ana names went out.
The east side fared better. At
o clock O.-R. cold well, the power en
gineer, said that so far as could then
be seen no actual damage had been
done ' to the machinery. General Man
agar Fuller was at the transforming
station, and a crew of men waa trying
to straighten out the circuits and get
the current (lowing again for the city s
neeas.
SIS
Proposed Feeder of North
Hank Will, Bring Central
' Washington Wheat Ship
ments to Portland Instead
of Puget Sound.
HOLDING THE BRIDGE AGAINST PROGRESS
M YORK HIS
Fl
HDEANSTERS
Game in National
;J'ndSi,Yictorionsly-X6r.
:vvthe Giants. ' V
JTinal soorei
New Tork . . .
Boston '
U. S. a.
.7 13 O
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Constantinople,
the raising of the
or
Oct. 7. Tncensed at
new Bulgarian flag
over tne. vulgarian
Indenendence
agency here, a mob o gathered about
the building this afternoon and Is
threatening to tear down the emblem.
A heaw arunrd of Turkish soldiora has
been placed about the agency, but there
is great danger of the soldiers being
swept aside and the place being attacked
nv i.n mnn.
Sultan Abdul Hamld pleadedWirh the
people to take no steps that might
prejudice the clalma of the empire be
fore the other powers.' The crowd waa
sreatlv excited and serious trouble la
expected. - .
SERVIAN MOBS
RENEW ATTACKS
(Valted Pres Leased. Wire.) , s
New , York, Oct; ' 7. Becker ppeped
the gam' with a bunt and Bates fol
lowed with a slngW. Ames shot a high
one over that McGaln soue, for three
bags ' and . two Bostonlans scored. He
died at third when Ames steadied. Two
runs., . .i.
New Tork failed to score In the first
Inning. Score: New Tork, 0; Bos
ton, 8. '
Boston was blanked In tha second.
With one down for New Tork Bonlln
singled and stole second. He took third
on an infield hit and scored on McCor
mlck's safety. One run." Score: New
Tork, 1; Boston, 2.
Boston aeain failed to score in tha
third. For New Tork. Ames singled
I11AY POSTPONE
Ml RIAL
IIERi
Prosecution. May , Await
: lleney's Release-From the -
. liuei Case in soutn.
nif . t -nsi t mrAit I tnird. For New rorK. Ames smgiea
ON LEGATION I ttnd went to aecond. He scored on Ten
u"w ney's two-baaraer. Hraoa- Dlaced a sac-
ney's two-bagger. Hersog placed a sac
I rifles that sent Tenner to third when
(United Press Leased Wire.) I Ames scored on Bresnahan's hot one to
Bale-rade. Bervia. Oct. 7.Mobs of snort. Two runs: Score, New Tork 8,
' . i ttnsivn a .
Servians today aurrounded tha Aus-1 Ame8 was working like clock work
trian legation here and threatened to I and no beaneater scored in the fourth.
o .,ta,-v. mt nnnn the build, t i Seymour . opened the fourth for the
-- ' - Hilttntm with a, . nr U Dovlin nut
Ing last night. The legation is guaroea I afe one m tne same place. Flaherty
by a heavy line of troopa. Every win
dow In the structure waa shattered in
the rioting last night.
thought he saw a chance to catch Sey
mour napping. Umpire Johnstone called
Seymour safe and Flaherty proteated.
The situatior here Is "trm.elf-ip": jclalon-and Flaherty left tha game tin-
oraerea to ao so oy tne umpire, la-
lcal. The people are embittered toward
Bulgaria as well as Austria and do not
like tne prospect or mis country oeing
lt In the center of the disturbed ter
ritory, to be overridden and probably
captured by the nation ttiat comes out
victorious in tne unpenning struggles.
All night long the rioting continued
and It was not until dawn that the sol
tilers dispersed the crowd. For several
hours today there was comparative
quiet, but soon the angry citisena be-
gan gathering again and at noon the
Austrian legation was aurrounded by a
SDtirred on bv tha Infuriated leaders,
the cltisens made a rush toward the en
trance and tried to carry it by storm,
but the troops were prepared and drove
th'em back. When the attack was flrst
made last night the attaches of the le-
(Continued on Page Four.)
CHARLIE CLARK
THl'ARTS CROOKS
Millionaire Senator's Son
Roped in, but Refuses to
Bleed When Bled.
flailed lra Lee Wlral .
Lea Angeles. CaL. Oct T Tba pro
tected operation of a roulette wheel la
a fasbtonable apartment beuse where
Charlea W. Clark, a ana of former
Vnlwa Plate Senator W. A. CUrk ef
Mnfttana, Is said tn ksv loet :,M Is
rauslna: the iturestlgatlon ft m police
ring by City PreeecMtor Waolwlwe.
J r.f rvrTrti 4b pcestn e-f Weol
ItcticatM that vtcrebers ef the po
! etirtwn atlempl to cfsrsrwl the
1 .ie rnil(ilre rr fcls loesaa te
a r' f -rvel omkwm.
I U'k. It is M id. Itwl'Wd to lit
r.ii. in-t at the tltn ri1 tntn
t m ft rwMF. He had litt! i"e
ft N Mm. and rw! operviers
fcfr4 't tnrjt rtiiwfc In mwf
!s T h etnrv t'. Vg
la m-,mfo- thet h t ? tm "1
r -4 lf,.-4 f tt.t !
taievnt ef i..t Iks fcf ref tv4 te pay. . i
herty'a action is the first Instance thia
year of a, njtchea voluntarily quitting
Matern succeeded Flaherty In tha box.
McCormlck came through with a sacri
fice that advanced both runners. Mat
ern waa easy for Bridwell, who shot one
te the outfield, an Seymour and Devlin
scored. - Ames singled and went to sec
ond on Tenney'a bunt. Hersog picked
out an'ce one that scored Bridwell and
Ames.. Four runs. Score. New Tork 7,
Boaton 2.
Tracy C. , Becker, special assistant to
tha attorney general, who Is to be asfo
elated with United States District Attor
ney John McCourt In trying the case
known as the Richard D. Jones, or Los
Angeles land fraud hearing, arrived from
the south this morning.
Mr. Becker was In San Francisco sev
eral days, and conferred with Francis J,
Heney relative to tha Blnger Hermann
ease, which has BSen set down for hear
ing November 9 n the federal court in
Portland. This is one of the cases Mr.
Heney is to come to Portland to try
himself.
Owing to the fact that four weeks
have already been taken up In the Ruef ;
trial In San Francisco and a !urv not vet
secured. Mr. Heney was not ' certain
whether he could be here by November
0. In the event that Mr, Heney Is not
able to get away from the grart prose
cution In, San Francisco on the date set
for the Hermann trial, the case will be
postponed.:
BIBLE DISTRIBUTORS
IN BITTER CONFLICT
(United Press teased Wire;)
San Jose, Cal., Oct 7. Claiming that
the -adherents of an opposing sect are
seeking his life, A. O. Florey, one of
the leaders of the San -Jose Bible and
Tract society, today sought the pro
tection of the sheriff.
Florey declares that yesterday morn
ing he waa awakened by the report of
a- gun and that a bullet chipped the
plaater of hi room within a foot of
hla head. The man who fired the shot
ran before Florey or neighbors could
Dursue. He save ne aaw a man lurK
Ing in tha shadows near nia home last
night ,
Florev attributes tha shooting to
recent falling out between factions tn
rlares that a faction headed by ti. D.
Dement Is antagonistic to him and re
cently attempted to depose him to elect
jjeraeni.
Work on the survey of a line to con
nect the North Bank and Great North
ern roads by way of the Columbia river
haa been begun by a party of Hill en
gineers, and the line will not only head
off a projected Milwaukee branch
through Douglas county, Wash., but
will ' bring the vast wheat crop of
Douglas and Benton counties down the
water grade to Portland.
The route of the proposed line begins
at nennewicK. on tne Mortn Hantc mam
line between SDOkane and Portland, fol
lows the west Dank of the Columbia to
Priest Rapids, where it crosses the river
and follows the east bank of the Co
lumbia to Trinidad on the transconti
nental line of the Great Northern. - At
Trinidad the proposed line will connect
with a route already surveyed by Oreaj
Northern engineers to connect Trinidad
with Water vllle. by Way of Moses
coulee. . ' a . -.v
Report Baos-caauatea.. , ,
The Watervllle line was' Surveyed a
dozen years ago but waa given up with
out comrnenoing-conairucuon . worn, ii
hae recently been' . surveyed, nowevef.
and 'the fcegniningMnf thir"Tiew Keiif-
wicR-Trtnioad line survey lenas oior tu
the reoort that the entire Una will be
built; at -once. .
.Th construction Of th line would be
or especial . importance . to' Portland,, be
cause It would divert all he wheat of
central. Washington which the Milwau
kee, road has been preparing to capture
for Pueet sound, to Portland, down the
Columbia river grade. The new Colom
bia river line wouta give win a nown
haul from Watervllle, in northern Dong
lam countv. to the sea. making it nrac
tlcally impossible for roads' running to
the sound to compete with him. In the
hauling of wheat. Freight rates on
wheat are ao, low that the expense or
hauling up grade across the Cascade di
vide would prove too niucn xor me juii
waukee. . . ..
Feeders ironn ana soatn. ,
Last summer a survey was run by
the Great Northern from . Adrian, in
Tlnnrlna county, naralleilng the Mil
waukee line to Othello and running dire
south from there to Pasco. If thle Una
aa well as tne rtroDosea ttennewica
Trinidad line is built the North Bank
will have -feeders on each side of the
Columbia which will practically ahut
out tha Milwaukee from securing any
of the central Washington wheat ship
ments. ' ,
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600 MILES TO
SERVE SENTENCE
Edgar Barton Comes in oh
Learning His Appeal
Is Lost.
A MGCENT PHASE OF, REPUBLICAN RULE
"In Ton Straight Path a Thousand
' May Well Be Stopped by Three!"
1 Drawing after Robinson in Collier's,
RUSSIA FAVORS DICKER
(Col ted Prase Uised Wlre.t
Paris, Oct 7. Foreign Minister
woisky of Russia declared today in -a
sutement. to-, the Temps that only on
condition of tha Berlin treaty being re
vised so as to eliminate clauses preju
dicial tO Russia will that nation
into the proposed plan to chanaa the
treaty, in anr other event, ha a vm
Russia will Insist on the operation of
the tteaty aa It now stands. Irnortna-
the recent acts of Austria and Bulra
T-l Iswolsky asserts that France is
rta.
tn
i harmony with Russia in regard to this
course ana mat ne oeneves lungiana
also will support his attitude. It Is
stated that the 'Russian minister will
place the matter before, the English
foreign office at once.
This new . attitude-of Russia. In an
endeavor to take advantage of the sit
uatlon to gain cbangea desired by the
esar, haa added a new phase to the
complicated situation. ; .
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Rhode Island ...
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Tennessee ..
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Weatherford. Texas, Oct 7. After
traveling, unattended, for (00 miles to
give himself up to the authorities and
serve a five-year sentence In the peni
tentiary, Edgar Barton is in the county
Jail here awaiting the arrival of a pris
on guard.
When Barton was convicted of man
slaughter several . months ago. he sub
mitted his caae to the court of crim
inal appeals. He waa released from
custody pending a decision and went
out to a ranch on the border of New
Mexico.
A few dava ago he heard that the
case had been decided against him and
without waiting for a deputy sheriff
to summon him ne started .for Weath-
errord. -Waiting for trie judges arrival
here he appeared before the trial court
and waa sentenced. ,-..-
COAST TO COAST
HABRIOAH HUES
Wall Street Discusses Ru
mor of Two Transconti
nentals Proposed.
(raited tteaa Leased Wire.)
New Tork. Oct 7. Reports Jlhat E.
K. Harrlman la arranging two new
transcontinental railroad systems are
being discussed in Wall street today,
nd. although confirms! Wiit re lacklna.
It Is boliered the rumota bave soma
foundation In fact.
According te the report m ef the
new ej-atems will rwinex-t the Krt with
he t nloa pacific by mint the Illinois
"entral tracks from 4:blcg-n tn t'maha.
Te ether- i-omiblnat'm tmlnti- tne
nloa Paririr. the Frisce mrtd tha t't-
rl rat) way rf 'reors'a. ' - . ,
Ir-sctln ef tha niPimt In --
Paring r ! sit the Cni
ff " ex flit Ivk m lvd a pea as
cor rv bo ratios ef the rrctla.
CAREFUL REVIE W OF POLITICAL
: SITUATION SHOWS BRYAN LEADS
SWEEPIIIG CAIIIS
FOR DEHOCRACy
Brjan Gives Out Statemen
Showing Ticket Is Mak
ingTriends Fast.
(Ualntd Press Leased Wire.)
Chicago, Oct 7. William J. Bryan
today gave out a statement declaring
that reports received by . him indicate
that the Democratic party Is making
sweeping gains all over the country.
Bryan held an extended conference
with Norman E. Mack, the national
chairman, and other leaders. t head
quarters, and went over the plans for
the remaining weeks of the campaign
Hrvan will leave nere rTiaay morn
ing te make a number of apeeches
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DEMOCRATS ARE
Illinois and Missouri cities.
In
rob-
ble that he will join Governor John
son of Minnesota In a tour, of Nebraska.
J ne rwiimunir, 1 1 waa annvunwu tammy,
will lea re Lincoln on the last tour of
the campaign oa October II.
SILVER .SERVICE TO
CRUISER COLORADO
Ban Francisco. Oct 7. The armored
crulswr Colorado was presented with aa
elaborate silver service yesterday. Promi
nent Coloradans attending tne Trane-
M taalatl pr congrees were present ea
the warship at the rraeatstwai. Among
them were E-Oeveror Peabody. his
wife and daughter. fcmXnwiwr Adams
nd Mrs. Adams ana iwnwrwnng
Mokaon, Peobody anode the nreeea fa
tten apeeckv
. Wrdld at Xrwport. . - . . .
Nowpffrt R. t . Oct T A weMins f
tntrn In naval and military clrrlea to
day aa tst ef Mre Howard Via'W.
rtatighter ef Rear Adwilral and Mra
atepee P I-nce. and "Vwel Xi ont -rT
M. Msceanb ef M kwri'xi. Tha
e-H fiwa at Awil I
tm tt ef e-a Sf1
taw lot ifi'4 f-ei4a f"l m-rt
te e artrier f Ce geewal r'sff of t
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GAirune GROuno
By Joscphus Daniels.
Chicago, Oct. 7. A careful review of
the political situation throughout the
country convinces Democratic managers
that William J. Bryan Is practically as
sured of election to the presidency. In
a dosen or more states running from
Connecticut In the east all through the
middle west and even to tha Pacific
coast, the Republicans are confronted
with factional fights within their own
lines, while everywhere from coast to
cdast tha Democrats are united as they
have not been alnce HIS. The trend of
sentiment is unmistakably for Bryan,
JOHN U flEPR
III HOCK; BROKE
Separates Himself From
Watch in Lieu of $100 J ,'
Cash Bail. : .
while the popular planks of the Demo-
pistiorm. sucn as tne g
of bank deposits, tariff revision, ant!-
injunction, publicity of campaign funds,
the election of .United States senators
by direct vote of the people, the prohi
bition of Astatic Immigration, and many
thers are brlnalna tttouaands of Kenub-
licana and inoenenaents to tne support
or tne Urmocrs t kj ticket
Hence the Democrats regard Mr.
Bryan's election not as a possibility but
as a strong probability.
Osaaeeratie tats.
In the following states with an sg
gr easts of 119 vot-s in the electoral
college, the Republicans are snaking no
campaign worthy of the name, and the
oi y euestloa concerning tbetn Is the
else of the Democratic majority ta
each:
V irginia. North Carolina. Poutb Caro
lina. Georgia. Florida. Alabama. Mia-
sfaalrt-l. Tannessee. Arkansas, Louisiana
sxl Tease,
Oklahoma, which the Pnierat car
ried at the slat elec-Uon by lt.ee. and
wi'tcH la evea more strofigly fr Bryun
nm mm tdeaa ta aiee eotv-eoeH te tn
wnaoersta sad likewise Sr4m with
. . Case ef Xearacky. J t-.t-f. .i-r tn . .. , .
FW4-:a Keetwckr. shirk ' la ' I the ' f - -
mm thnuMDla ef Detjara'a Vld I crai" t ri
hrvn. r.Kna if mtt ef II KToh"' I " '"' ' ' ' '
br a r W V f iwaa U . . a " a . - .
". kwv taat fr. w tte-at lcal ia ; ,Kf t '
H alted Press Leased Wlra.V .
New Tork, Oct 7. William Q. Roce
feller, nephew of John D. and the only
member of the family now actively en
gaged at 21 Broadway, was unable to
give 1109 bail , when .arrested-, for
speeding hla -automobile. He was held
at a police atatlon for lack of the rash.
but later In the day was silowed to go
when the desk sergeant decided to ac-
cent-his watch as security.
William O., who la about 49 years old,
had only a little small change with him. '
He wss reticent about telling his nm
at first but when he did coma. out wit li I
it the sergeant looked up and said.'
"Oh. oome . on, now; let's have jer
real name! We are always, getting
these, phony Goulds and Vsndarbtlta.
Come across! .
Rockefeller then exhibited letters
and quickly proved his identity, lie l I
not like to telephone out to Tarry iou
te John D. tor the loan o a huntr.l.
and he hesitated about telling V i
Preeldent Archbold t send up s b'v
with a bead or cnunoe, or ao or-tcr n
the Bank of gland. He pusnled or
What he ahouUl d) and promiee-1 to
eome back, but the sergeant woi.14 r-t
trvat him aad the dilemma waa no .
tied nstll he hit upon the Idea of -Ing
h a watch.
KELLOGG D EX IRS
T.UXT OF TKI sTI
t'eUs4 fn Pt f-r i.