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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 7, 5 1809. mmm. SPRECKELS SAYS NINETY THOUSAflD m SECRET El LOST TO BUT IRE Not Thinking of Marriage Yet; No Money to Sup port Wife, He says. F. C, Barnes Is Temporal'' C. W. Eobnett Arrested at Lewiston on Charge of ' Embezzlement. Chairman at the Session This Morning:. HERE FOR IDEAS Oil DECOMFIOIIS i Spokane Delegation Prepar ing for National Irri gation Congress. Spokane has come to PocUarjd for TARIFF FIGHT AM- iiicoufloii NGAGEMENT BANK (EPIHG Willamette River Is Expect ed tb Eeach Its Maximum t Height Friday, 21 Feet Columbia at Vancouver Is . at 20 Foot Stage. District Forecaster E. A. Beals said this morning that as far as ha could see now, the river will come to a Stand on ' Friday with a stags of 21 feet, unless something should occur in the mean time to upset his calculations. The river rose 1.S feet since yesterday, mak ins; the stare 19.1 feet this mortllng. The reDort says that It will Teach s stags of 10. 1 feet' Tuesday, SO. 6 feet 'Wednesday, and probably ti feet Thurs day. Points on the Columbia show .the : water1 still coming up, but more slowly than in the past few days, while the Snake river at uetusion ieu v.s leei, and at Kiparla O.Z feet in tne last z : hours. Mr. Beals said that he did not know positively, but he thought that the snow in the drainage area covered by the Snake and her big tributary, the Sal mon, had about melted out and that that was the cause o the fall In the Snake river, but of course, he said, that is purely conjecture on his part. That fall, though.' wiay be overcome In part by thvnder showers which are predicted IiKJianigni or Tuesday in luauu. Snake tivr ubsldes. Renorts received by the O. R. & N. today indicate that cooler weather along the Washington division of their fine has resulted in a cessation or tna nign water in the Snake and the Clearwater ' rivers. Telegram today announced that water In the Snake had fallen six Inches and in the Clearwater one foot since yesterday. Water is also going down in the Coeur d Alene and a drop in the temperature seems to be general . ia that section. Damage Imminent at TsaooWTST. Vancouver, Wash., June 7. A rise of two feet elgtit inches since ju a. m. oai urday has brought the Columbia river at this city to a stage of JO feet 2 Inches above low water. Every indication from the up-river,, according to reports brought here by river captains, would irlve a further rise of at least three feet. . , The Northern Pacific steamer dock and the government dock are now under water. At the Northern Pacific dock the upper floor is still used. A five foot Vise would put the large stock of lumber of the Plttock & Leadbetter Lumber company In danger. The water is now -within two feet of entering Washington street, the Vancouver ferry landing at the end of the pavement. As yet no damage has been done here, but a five foot rise would cover the lower part of town and result in mucn damage to mo railway grade. .-, , ; anaks River vise A rain. i,ewlston; Idaho, June 1. Under the influence of a cold west wind the Snake and Clearwater, rivers feu steaauy yes rdav afternoon and last night. Dur ing Saturday night they reached the record mark for the year, 19.8, but by Sunday night they had fallen a foot. This morning at 6 o'clock, observation time, thev stooovat 11.7. but began ris lnr ranldlv and are still com In or up. The morning was cool and cloudy and the fact that the" fivers are com ing up is taken as an Indication that last night's rains were heavy In the mountains. It is believed here thst a few days of extreme hot weather-would break the season's record and send, the rivers over the 20 foot mark. It Is still reported that the deep snows have not been touched by the breaking up of the season. f ill) TUFT VETO ON TARIFF BILL (United I'rm Leaaed Win.) Washington, Jons 7, Persons who hare been la conference with President Taft reoently assarted today that there was no possibility of him placing his to on the tariff till. HILL TOKX AWAY BY GIANT BLAST (Siwclal Plpatch to The Journal.) . Moqulam, Wash.. June 1. The Union Pacific construction crew fired a great blast on the south side of the Chehalls river, a mile east of Satsop yesterday, using 4000 pounds of blasting powder and 2000 cases of dynamite approxi mates five tons. The entir hill, about a mile long, approximately 100,000 yards of earth, was torn awav. l . -. ' .. (United Km Leased Wlra. New York, June 7. Claus Spretkles, second son of John D. Sprekels. who Is with his father at the Hotel Waloojt, today denied that he was engger to marry Miss Mary Adele Case of Port land. Or. "The report that Miss Case and my self are engaged Is untrue," said young Spreckels. "1 do not say that she Is not the kind of a girl that I would marry If I thought of marrying, but 1 am not thinking of taking suoh a step yet. "I have no money to Bupport a wife." Spreckels met the clrl in a Paris studio, where they were both studying music. Miss Case is at the Knickerbocker hotel, where she wlh remain untlT she goes to Portland to visit her mother. She will probably sing on the Pacific coast after she leaves New York. John Sbreckels met Miss Case for the first time, this afternoon. He declared he wonld not interfere with his son's marriage if the vounr man wanted to wed. MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING KILLED Fred Molirle, at St. Louis, Victim, It Is Supposed, of Blood Avenger. - (Dolled Press Leased WlreA St. LoUlg. June 7. KV1 Unlrl. .a Shot and hilled in tha Kimr fnuna building today while waiting to be tried on a charge of having killed Constable Sam Young In a neighborhood feud. 'He was standing I smoking when he was shot by an un known man. who made hla ara.ru Th assassin is supposed to have been a tnena oi loung. v i nomas W. Kane, a deputy constable, was arrested this afternoon ni4 Charged with the shontlnr jnonrte was under indictment of sec ond degree murder. His- attorneys warned him that it was not safe to leave the courtroom, but he wanted to smoke and Insisted that he be allowed to step Into the corridor. He was In the act of rolling a cigarette when shot. The wound was fatal and he died on the way to the hospital. pointers in the line of civic decoration. Beginning August 9 and lasting Ave days the National Irrigation congress with Its 6000 delegates will invade Spo. kane for Its annual convention. Spo kane has raised some 1150,000 for the entertainment of the convention and lis visitors and Intends to dress itself in holiday garb In honor of its guests. Accordingly r, u. Tun of Spokane, a member of the tirm of Tull & Uibbs, W. W. Grove, H. Reber, A. W. Jones, secre tary of the 150,000 club, and H. Svrn gaard, all of Spokane, and W. G. St-eley of Lewiston, and N. Mason of Tyler, Wash., are now in Portland making a study of Portland decorations. The gentlemen represent a committee having charge of the decorations for the con vention and in order to carry out their work to the best advantage they Jour neyed to Portland by automobile to see what sort of a holiday dress the city wears for Its festival. All of them are pleased with tha decorations put on most of tha buildings and will try to- outdo, them when they return to Spokane. "Wt are taking the Portland ' decora tions as a pattern, but we Intend to sur- Sass them if possible when we start to ress Up for the convention," said Mr. Jones. "If we go back and show the Spokane business men what the Port land business men did In honor of tho Festival I believe they will outdo tha pattern In honor of a national conven tion such as that of the Irrigation con gress." CHICAGO DAY AT THE A.-Y.-P. 0. A. C. Cadets Have Arrived and Will Remain Un til Thursday. La Follette Following in the Semite Has Started It and House Insurrectos Seem Ready to Keep It Going Northwest's Interest. BEDS AT WORK III THE NAVY Secretary Meyer Startles the Cabinet With Report on Anarchist Activity. (United Press Lessed Wlra.) Washington. June 7. rwinrimr that an anarchistic element Is trying to ex erts prejudice and discontent among the forces of the haw. Heiretr mv made a startling report to President Taft and the members of his cabinet today. The secretary also stated that eret Investigation had revealed the iden tity oi moo responsiDie Tor the move ment. Details of the plot and the r- ults of the investigation are belnar kent secret. NOT GUILTY, SAYS 0RTIS HAMILTON SPECIAL DESIGNS YOUNG Our showing of Summer Cloth ing embraces distinct designs for young men who like something different. TRY OUR 2-PIECE SUIT AT 5 (Special DHpatch to The Jour ml.) Olympla. Wash.. Juna 7 nrtl. Ham ilton, former adjutant rennral mH.r arrest here for embezzlement of state military runes, entered a plea of not guilty in the superior court about 1 clock today. The nlea wu nut en tered until counsel for the defense. udge J. w. Robinson, had areuari mo tions to quash the Indictment and In support or me aemurrer interposed. Judge Mitchell overruled the motion to quash and also the demurrer. It was left for an aft moon RfHRlnn of court to set the time of trial. Judge Kobinnon said In court he would hnv considerable to say on this point and It Is believed he will endeavor to have the case continued over until tha Jury term, when the new jury law will be in effect. The Jury for this term as already been drawn under tha old law and it is believed the court la tint disposed to continue the case until next term egainet the protests of Prosectit ing Attorney John M. Wilson. TEACHERS LEAVE YAKIMA SCHOOLS (Special JHnpatct) tn Tha Journal.) rvorui iaKima, wasn., June 7. One half of the teachers In the public scnoois oi norm laaima nave resigned or been dropped from the faculty. The majority or the teachers who have re signed say It is due to the fact that they cannot work In harmony with Su perintendent D. C Reed, and because me scnoois are not graded properly and for lack of system. A majority of the teachers, from the outside refuse to toroe baqk. here again and many of the nume leacners nave given up their positions. (Doited Press Leased Wire.) Seattle, Wash., June 7. This la "Chi cago day" at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition and a large number of Chl cagoans are celebrating the occasion In an energetio manner. A delegation of 40 business men from the Windy City, who have been making, a tour of Pa cific northwest cities, paraded through the grounds at 1 o'clock this afternoon and afterward Joined their brethren from Chicago in celebrating. The Oregon Agricultural college cadets, 450 strong, who arrived at the exposition yesterday and are camped on. the grounds of the University of Washington, are today taking in the sights of the exposition. Late this afternoon they will parade through the 5 rounds. The cadets will be here until une 10. So that they may tell tips travllng public the exact truth about the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition, scores of railroad passenger agents will visit the fair tomorrow from all parts of tho country. Western men predominating. The railroad men began to arrive yesterday when a party of 22 Cali fornlans. headed by Charles S. Fee. passenger traffic manager of the Har- j which they wrought rlman lines, arrived by special train ' r. J rrom the south. The canrornia dele gation was entertained today at the x position viewing the grounds and at tending the luncheon given for the Chicago 'Association of Commerce. St. Olaf's College band of North- field,' Minn., an organization that has toured Europe and played before the royalties of the Scandinavian countries will be an attraction at the exposition late this summer, Degmning August 30. which is Norway day at the fair. Director Of Special Events liucKley to day completed arrangements for the band s ariDparance. July 27 has been fixed as Brooklyn day an excursion of 100 citizens of Rrtmklvn sent out under the auspices of the Brooklyn Eagle, will reach Seat tle oh July 26 for a weeks visit. By John E. Lathrop. Washington, June 7. Senator Dol Hver's terrific assault on Aldrlch and other members of the finance commit tee and their draft of the Payne tariff bill has thrown the senate organisation into utter confusion and has likewise created a panic among the Cannon lead ers of the house. Following la Fol lette's remarkable exposition of' the cot ton schedule and his proof that the Aldrlch draft does increase rates, Dol llver took up the cudgel . in defense of Ia, Follette's contentions and went far ther than La Follette In characterising the Aldrlch maneuvers as lnlquitious, using such terms as "film flam, "hum bug," "absurdities,'! and "green goods" in the most Intense denunciation heard this session from any senator. When Aldrlch started to leave the room as Dolllver began, the latter shoutad. "I want the senator from Rhode Island to remain on the floor." Aldrlch said he had an engagement In the cloak room, whereat liolliver fairly commanded: "I want to make an engagement right now for the senator lrom Rhode Island to remain here. To the amazement of all, Aldrlch meekly sat down. Dolllver proceeded to flay the finance committee with awful earnest ness. Week ruled With Excitement Press dispatches are not convevlns more than a little of the real truth to the reading public. Such a week as last week was Is not recalled by vet erans of a generation's service In Wash ington. Republican senators have fought savagely, Democrats sitting at times in amused content and at other times witnessing the lnter-party quar rel with amazement. The titanic ef forts of La Follette and Dolllver, It Is aumutea tnreaten to change the politi cay map of the entire nation. Northwest May Get Bhakeup. This has immediate sianlflcanca to the Pacific northweht. in that If the nign tarirr rorces nreaK down at any point under pressure by rates two senators and their sympathisers, all schedules in which .that region is in terested may undersro another nnlvl In that case again will be opened the question as to w nether the duties shall remain on lumber, wool, coal, lead and hides. Pacific coast lumbermen who have Deen here laboring for retention of the duty on lumber have Joined the high tariff forces and have thrown their in fluence with them in opposing reduc tions in any Schedules; the wool men likewise and so with the lead and coal representatives from the northwest. If, therefore, the "progressive' succeed later on, these western lobbyists, main tained here all winter at great expense. Will- be face to face with the necessity of plowing an alrady quite thoroughly tilled field and resowfng seed which they have found did not spring up and bear them the abundant harvest for County commissioners of Oreron ara holding their first Joint meetlno- today. they having met in the Commercial club this morning to organise a permanent association for mutual help and to pro- muio ram oi Deneni . to tna state anil tne various counties. Most or the western states bave a permanent organisation of their county commissioners. Oregon has such asso ciations for all countv officers excent. ing commissioners and largely through the efforts of Judge J. B. Merrick of Baker City the meeting today was ar ranged. F. C. Barnes of Portland was chosen temporary chairman this morn ing and J. J). MesslcK temporary aecre tary. The permanent organization will De completed this afternoon, the com missioners will be the-guests of Beall Ac Co. at a dinner at the Commercial club tonight and the business of the convention will be completed tomorrow. Those in ttendance upon the conven tion are: M. J. Devin, commissioner, Malheur; C. W. Mallett, commissioner, Malheur; Stephen Jewell, judge, Josephine; J. N. Stallard, commissioner, Harney; John J. Henry, Judge, Union; John Trerchard, Judge, Clatsop; F. H. Moon, commis sioner. Clatsop; M. R. Ryan, commis sioner, Douglas; John .Luellen, commis sioner, Clackamas; M. H. Mattoon, com missioner, Clackamas; L. Webster, judge, Multnomah; W. L. Llghtner, com missioner, Multnomah; F. 0. Barnes, commissioner, Multnomah; W. Welch, commissioner. Baker; W. F. Crapp, com missioner. Baker; O. H. Russell, com missioner, Linn; J, B. Messlck, judge. Baker. THIEVES REAP SLswlstoa, Idaho, June T. Clarenos W. Bobnett, lata bookkeeper of th lew- lstoB Jfational bank, wag arrested her at 9 o'clock this morulas oa a warrant swora. oat by Traalc Xsttenbach, president of the - bank, charging aim with embezzlement of the funds of tb bank, aggregating not less than 991.T15. These subtractions were alleged to have taken place between December SI, 1904,. and March 18, 109. .There are three counts ia the complaint on which the warrant is issued, but none for spe cific amounts at certain dates. Robnett is charged, on specific dates, with havlnar maniuulated tha books to how falsa balances in the bank. Rob nett was - arraigned before United States commissioner O'Neill this morn ing and put under $5000 bonds. His sureties 'are Curtis Thatcher and Lee PennelL . Robnett will not make any statement and deniea that he has au thorized any of tha statements arlven out by other parties to tha press.)- WHY UMW ASKS EXEMPTIOII Track Agreement With Mil waukee Clears Spokane Bate Mystery. Body Found in a Box by , tlolumbia Biver Ban6her ' Shows Evidence of Brutal Murder Clues to Perpe trator Are Lacking. T Piekpockets Turn a Clever Trick in Crowd at the Postoffice. PORTO BICAN BILL PASSED BY HOUSE (United Press Leased Wire.) Washington, June 7. After a debate luKiinK tnree nours, tne house today passed the Porto Rlcan bill. The bill provides that whenever the Porto Rican legislature fails to pass an appropria tion bill for the support of its gov ernment the appropriation for the pre ceeding year shall be renewed automatically. ie$-170 THIRD ST. SALABY BAISES TO PORTLANDEBS Wi.h!ngtoo Bureau of Toe Journal.) Washington, June 7. Senator Bourne has induced the postoffice department to give the Portland office 16 of the 400 Increases in salaries of 100 each pro vided for In the last appropriation bill. Portland's pro rata shara wniiM hit-. ben but four. . . Bourne golfed with tha president gain today. MTATBIDGE CASE NOT BEOPEXED Washington. June 7. The report that the case of Superintendent McFatrldge, formerly of the Umatilla reservation, has been ripened favorably to him, is declared false bv tha Interior. . j CRATER LAKE BOAD CASE UP WEDNESDAY i Rr Journal Lfiwl Bnlem Wire.) Balem, Or., June 7. Demurrer In the case brought Dy i.. ri. MCManan to re strain State Treasurer Steel from pay ing over $100,000 for construction of the Crater Lake road, will be argued before Judge William Galloway in circuit court for Marlon county Wednesday. An amended complaint was filed by Mc Mahan Friday and demurrer has, been prepared by' Attorney General Craw ford. Messrs. Colvlg and Reames of Jackson county will assist the attor ney general. In his amended complaint McMahan Includes with the state treasurer as de fendant Secretary of State Benson and asks that he be enjoined from issuing a warrant Tor tne amount as was done In the Malheur county case, where a Malheur attorney appeared and obtained a warrant for $10,000 as appropriated by the legislature for the erection of a bridge across Snake rlvor from On tario, Or., Into the state of Idaho. SILVERT0N MAX DIES AFTER HOUSE BURNS (Special nispatrh to Tha Journal.) Sllverton, Or., June 7. W. L. Hicks died suddenly at 12 o'clock last night of heart failure. His house was con sumed by fire Friday. At the time of the fire Hicks was away and en route home met a man who informed him of his loss and stated that Mrs. Hlrtts could not be found. Hicks never re covered from the shock. He attended church Sunday evening but went home before the service was over, and when his wife returned af ter church she found him In th tont which had been erected after the fire. He died two hours later. The funeral will be held lit th rhH. tian church tomorrow. Mr. Hicks had lived In this vicinity for 25 years and had heen active in. church work and th cause or temperance. House Hen Boar rrom Homo. If a breakdown comes in the high tariff program it will ceme in the house, where. It is known today are a number of Republican members from the middle west who hav hjn hnma lately and have returned here to an nounce that they will vote against the bill unless substantial decreases In rates are written into it. "The sentiment of the middle west Is simply well nigh unanimous against the bill as pow proposed," was the state ment of Congressman j. R. Davis, Re publican of Minnesota. The whole tariff situation la "In the air." Anything may happen. No one knows when the session will end. Al though the best informed up to this' time nave asserted that Taft will sign any bill congress may enact, hints are given that the president may decide he must veto in response to the tremen dous opposition throughout the entire country to the Aldrlch measure. It is ture, however, that few credit the rumors of impending veto. Oregon Senators Paired, Senator Bourne played glof again Saturday with the president, the vice president and General Edwards at the Chevy Chase Country club, this being th fourth game within 10 days the senator has played with the chief ex ecutive. He was paired with a senator who would have voted against the cot ton schedule when the voting was pro ceeding Saturday aft Chamberlain's pair with Oliver nf Pennsylvania held good through this voting. Oliver beins- for tho ai,i,i,.i. cotton schedules, so that Chamberlain's nuseiica was me same as it he had been here and voted against the rates pro posed by Aldrlch. v CANYON ROAD PREPARED Portland today Is alive with pick pockets and sneak thieves of all classes and degrees of cleverness and shifti ness. Police reports of yesterday and today Indicate that all the most able and astute thugs operating at the Alas-ka-Paclflc-Yukon exposition have come to Portland in anticipation of great crowds during the Rose Festival. 'Notwithstanding the fact that the po lice are making all efforts to bring about a general round-up, everyone Is warned to keep their hands on their pocketbook. Both on the crowded streets and in places of amusement the warn ing holds good. Pickpockets operating in a gang at the postoffloe tcday about 10:30 o'clock slipped a wallet containing $150 In pa per from' the pocket of J. C. Naylor of 608 Grant street, an electrician In the employ of the Portland Railway, Light & Power company, and made their escape. Naylor was robbed of all the savings of himself and his sister, Addle Naylor, lor months past, except 20 cents. Naylor had just drawn about $100 from a bank and this with between $40 and $o0 which he had with him. he had changed into paper at the postof fice. His mother, to whom he Intend ed sending the money, lives In Utah some distance from a pOHtofflce of any consequence so he did not care to send a money order. Receiving the bills he placed them In his pocketbook, which in turn he put in his hip pookel, with the pocket flap buttoned. Coming from the postoffice ue lingered for a time on the steps of the Morrison street entrance, four men, none of whose appearance he re members, brushed up behind him and two crowded around In front. One stopped directly in front of him and reaching down began brushing off his shoes with a newspaper, completely blocking the doorway. The crowd bunched bout the electrician and Jostled him, and the two men behind crowded and pushed and cursed. rive minutes later Naylor round his savings had disappeared. He reported the theft immediately. It will rnaKe it hard for mother. Naylor told the police. "It was all the money sister and I could scrape to gether for months. We were to send it all to mother. She needs it badly." Detectives believe that the gang which robbed the elecfrlcian was made up of members of that which picked the Sockets of several passengers on the orthern r'acillc train which arrived In Portland from Seattle last night. (Washington Bureau cf Tha Journal.) Washington, June 7. The explana tion of why the Harrlroan system asked exemption from application of the inter state commerce commission's order In the Spokane rate case is found In the statement made to Spokane's represen tatives in Chicago Tuesday by R. B. Miller of the O. R. & N. at Portland, that the Harrlman system had arranged to take the Milwaukee road into Spo kane over the O. R. & N. tracks from. Plummer, Idaho. Plummer is on the Wallace branch of tha O. R. & N. This means that Harrlman will haul Chicago Spokane freight over the Milwaukee line to Plummer, thence to Spokane over the O. R. & N. line. This Is regarded by all Interested In the Spokane case contro versy as vitally Important, for the Har rlman system had been granted exemp tion from the application of the order, on the ground that the Union Pacific proper was 400 miles longer than the Northern Pacific and Great Northern routes. Harrlman Is a director of the Mil waukee and when he applied for exemp tion the commission here was mystified. as it was regaraea as tantamount to withdrawing from Spokane business. J. N. Teal and Arthur H. Devers of Portland and W. H. Wheeler of San Francisco, who are here representing the coast cities,, and H. M. Stephens, B. L. Gordon. F. S. Hall, O. C. Jensen, J. A. Schiller, A. W. Doland and R. B. Patter son, for Spokane, will appear before the commission Wednesday, when Spokane will make an effort to procure changes In rates. It promises to be a very hard fought contest. Devers and Wheeler went to Balti more to speak this afternoon before the chamber of commetce in an effort to enlist sympathy In that and other At lantlc coast cities in the fight against Spokane and other interior points. GRAND JURY IS ONE MAN SHORT LARGE CLASS AT JUNCTION CITY (Special PI'patch to The Journal.) Junction City. Or.. .Tnno 7 Th. Junction City public schools closed Friday the most successful school year in i ia moiory. ing ffraauaung class were: Bertlne Orton, Grace Jackson, Isabella Downs. Marion -5ri,i.-n Sophie Peterson, Bernlce Tower Inei Cooley. Maggie Summers, Mary Jen sen, Ruth Tower. Francis Bushey, Floiv ence Cooley, Reta Donarau, Hannah Peterson. Oregonia Farrar, Cecil Dick. Arlelgh Thorn. Jens Orlbskov Rue Hentze, Olse Petersen, Augustus Flint Martel Mickey. Professor w s -..-' of Eugena made the address to the class. Xorth Powder VTreck Cleared. (Kperfal rHsnatHi to The Journal ) . North Powder. Or,. June 7. After M hours work on the wreck of Saturday the first passenger train No. 11, wes't boand from Portland. rrn h VrlrSSSXgitr, rtW-1 tha-w.Il of tb. abdo- (Waahlngtos Bureau of The Journal ) Washinaton. Jun 7 Tho of the interior today teleaxaDhed th land office at The Dalles, Or., to see if the Oreeon TrotiAn Mmn,,,. i,- rehearing in the matter of granting Harrlman permission to build througU the Deschutes canyon, this being the last day on which the application could be filed. The water power company has already applied. So far the secretary has received no reply. If none Is received today he will issue his decision at once. l he expectation, based on good au thority, is that he will decide against, the application for rehearing, which means Harrlman will have no excuse ror not proceeding to build this summer. LABOR LEADER FALLS IN PEBSONAL QUARREL Palo Alto, Cat., June 7. T. R, Rlble, a carpenter, today shot and probably fatally wounded Frank McCfeave, a prominent figure in western labor union circles. Rlble was arrested but no for mal charge against him has been filed. La ft night the men quarreled over a bill MoCleave was alleged to have owed Rlble. Today when they were going to their work thev met and rnw.ri tha quarrel. Rible drew a revolver and shot i ev j leave m the right side, the bullet SHERIFF'S PRISONER ESCAPES AT NAMPA (Special Dispatch to Tb Journal.) Nampa, Idaho, June 7. Clayton Danks, the desperado captured at Brun eau, Owyee county, June 3 by Sheriff M. M. Krleg and a posse, was brought to Nampa last night by way of Moun tain Home. He was In charge of Sheriff Kreig. fin arrival here about midnight they took quarters at the Grand hotel. The officers placed the prisoner in a room by himself. Danks had been wounded In the gun fight when he was captured and feigned great pain. He was not snacKied when placed In the room No sooner had the officers retired than he escaped by tying two sheets together and fasten ing them to the bedpost, letting him self out of the window to the ground. Two women In an adjoining build ing saw the man escape and one kept watch while the other notified the night hotel clerk. It was 30 minutes before the officers were on the trail. No trace has yet been secured and a number deputies are out. A large reward is offered for Danks' capture. The officers had a two weeks' chase to get him. He was wanted originally for horse stealing. HAND TITLE BACK TO THE GOVERNMENT A verdict pro confesso was ordered by Judge Bean this afternoon In civil cases against Horace G. McKinley, Mon tague and Huff. These cases grew out of criminal proceedings Instituted against the defendants who were charged with fraudulent possession of government lands. The verdict of this afternoon places the title of the lands with the government again.' United States District Attorney John McCourt asked for the verdict, as the time- for pleading on the part of the defendants had elapsed McKinley Is In the county jau. The grand Jury for Multnomah county for the June term was sworn before Judge Bronaugh In the circuit court this morning, but will not take up its work until Wednesday. Instructions will be given and the foreman chosen at that time. Although seven men were sworn as arrand iurors. Judge Bronaugh later ex cused F. O. O'Nell because of the con dition of his eyesight and another Jur or will be drawn In his place Wednes day. The other members of the Jury are F. M. Varner, . it. Kearney, Ar thur Schlegel. J. B. O'Shea, E. E. Mc- Cllntock and S. E. Pierce. I Out of 120 men called for -Jury serv ice for June, only 40 were left after the last excuses had been made. Kven then Judge Bronaugh was compelled to be somewhat severe In holding men whe wanted to be excused, and urged that their business would suffer, unless thev were allowed to go. T. K. McCullom. employed in the Northern Pacific terminal yards, In formed the court that lie had been threatened with dlicfiaf S If he laid off to serve on the Jury. He said he could not afford to lose his job. Judge Bro- nauarh obtained the name of the general foreman and told .McCullom that the court desired to have an Interview with his employer. McCullom was not ex cused and his foreman is likely to re vise his views about discharging the man after a talk with the court. P. J. Smith Informed the court that he has six men working for him and could not leave his work "to serve on a small Jury." He said his business Is worth $10 a day to him. and pleaded so hard that he was finally allowed to eo. The Rose Festival week has drawn heavily on the activities of the busi ness men of the city, and for this rea son a number of those drawn for Jury service were released from the obliga tion. (Special DIspteb to The Journal.) Pendleton. Or.. June 7. The body of an unknown man was found floating; in a crude box In the Columbia river last week near Cold ' Springs landing, by FVed Barnhart, who lives near that place, and shows unmistakable signs of being a brutal murder, according to tha report of Coroner Folsom. The body ia that of a man about 40 years of age, whose skull had been crushed and signs are numerous of it having been dragged for some distance by a rope about the neck, this being taken as Indicating that but one man is Implicated in the murder,, for otherwise-it would have been much easier to have curried the body to the river. Quicklime had been poured onto the body with evident in tention of consuming it, but the at tempt ' was unsuccessful. . Nothing to show identification was found on the body, not a stitch of clothing remaining. A piece of rope with which the body had been dragged was In tna crude cof fin. Identification Impossible. Decomposition had set in and tho most conspicuous bit of Identity was a dark brown mustache. -The conditions of the hands bore evidence that the dead man was not a laborer. It la the theory of Coroner Folsom that the man had been murdered up the Columbia river, in Idaho or Washington, and been burled in the sand, where the box as washed out and carried down stream by the high water. It is probable that the mystery will never be solved. The re mains were Interred in the cemetery here upon arrival of Coroner Folsom. iiegWTdIts he killed ruhl Claude Edmonds Will Plead Guilty to the Charge of Manslaughter. Claude Edmonds, the negro brought from Redding, Cal., to answer to the charge of murder for killing Ludwlg C. Ruhl, will plead guilty to the charge of manslaughter and this plea will be ac cepted by District Attorney Cameron, He was arraigned before Presiding Judge Bronaugh in the circuit court this morning and next Wednesday at 2 p. m. was named as the time for re ceiving his plea. Edmonds has made a written state ment in which he confesses the killing. He struck Ruhl with a hammer and claims that Ruhl attacked him with a razor after using hard language. Ruhl was a white man and was proprietor of several rooming houses occupied by nogroes. He was found unconscious on a street in the north end on tha night of December $0, 1907, and died seven days later. He and the negro had had trouble before. Edmonds this morning asked the court to appoint an attorney for him and Henry S. Westbrook was named. This appointment will have to be changed, as Westbrook Is absent In the east. CHILD COVERED WITH HIVES CALIFOBNIANS WILL TAKE IN FESTIVAL Word has been sent to President Ralph W. Hoyt of the Rose Festival association byaS. B. Hunklns of Santa Clara Cal., thst a large delegation of San. Jose and Santa Clara citizens and business men will visit the Rose Fes tival during the week. The party Is cn its way to Seattle to visit the- expo sition and intends to spend a day or more during the middle of the week In Portland. COLONEL A. K. M'CLUBE DIES AT AGE OF 81 (United Press Leased? Wire.) Philadelphls, June 7. Colonel Alexan der K. McClure, famed as newspaper man and politician, is dead at Wall in g ford. Dela.. at the, age of 81 years. H was a native of Pennsylvania. As chair man of the Republican state committee, he succeeded in swinging tha state for Lincoln in 1860. Experiments have, shown that Hert slan waves will pass through stone walls more than three feet thick, but will be stopped by tin sheets no thloker than cigarette piper. . xt Boy Charged With Murder. Carl Logsden. an Indian youth from SUeta reservation was put on trtal In Cede rait court this afternoon charred with the murder of Grover White, a boy about Logsden s age. who, up to Lilts UIUV VJL inuiuri, llf&u uoril niB Closest friend. It has been Impossible for the government to learn why the murder was committed, as there are understood to have been no eye witnesses. Uni ted 'States District Attorneys Wyatt no UTini represent me government. Attorneys - Ha Ins and Wade, the de fense. ' Tormented two Months It Itched and Irritated and Scratching Made It Worse Little Sufferer in Ter rible Plight Several Treatments of No Avail But at Last the DREADFUL DISEASE IS CURED BY CUTICURA "Mr gix Tear old daughter had tho dreadful disease called hires for two months. She became affected by play ing with children who had it, although we did not know it. By scratching she caused large sores which were Irritating. Uer body was a complete tore but It was worse on her arms and back. We em- Eloyed a physician who left medicine ut it did not help her and I tried sev eral remedies but without avail. See ing the Cutioura Remedies advertised, I thought I would try them. I gave her a hot bath daily with Cutioura Soap and anointed her body with Cuticura Ointment. The first treatment relieved the itching and in a short time the dis ease disappeared. I 'recommend the Cuticura Remedies for all skin diseases and give them rny greatest praise. Mrs. Ono. L. Fridholf, B. F. D. 1, Warren, Mich., June 30 and July 13, 1908." Caplto) Wiring Contract Let. ' tliy Journal Leaaed Salem Wire.) Salem, Or.. June 7. A contract for re wiring the rapitrH ma let this after noon to the Pacific Electric Engineering company, being the lowest bid received. T;he price was $5212. The other com panies submitting bids were the West Gokrt Engineering company, $5474, and the Western Electric Works, 16890. All are Portland firms. . , Boy's Back Raw From Shoulder to Shoulder. Scratched till Blood "Ran. Cured by Cuticura. "My son's back was raw from shoul der to shoulder and the width of your hand. I really did not think he ever would be cured. He would scratch until the blood would run and he was like a raw piece of meat. . I used differ ent kinds of things but each kind made it worse until I read of the Cutioura Remedies, and one cake of Cuticura Soap and one box of Cuticura Ointment cured him like magi a. .. I would not be without it in the house and I have recom mended it to all my- friends. Mrs. J. D. Maxwell, 6th St., Woodside, Long Island, N. T May 21, 1908." Oomplete External sod Internal TTMtmeat tot Junior of Infanta. Children and Adults, eon- airra sr cuticura eoip (2oc to cieanaa tna nam. Heal Boid ( Catlmra Ointment l&de.l to 1 aura Raaolvant (ioc ), (or In tba torn of Chocolate lth6kla and Ct fmljrf Pills 4K niftl of SOI to Purtrr th HImmI. Bold throughout tha world. . Potter Drug A Chess, , Porn., Bola Pro pa. Boatoo. . asrkaiiad free, Cuticura ea ikta Dsnsasa, V
