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THE' OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 7, ,1903. COAST RATES TO BE READJUSTED FIIIDS UNCOVER GRAFT PiPUIS M1FSSI1E f LOB IS OR RER ROI'OOAT OPSET; THREE DROIVIIED Swell of Tassing ; Towboat .. Swamps Craft , in the ''.'i ITonongahela. ' v ROLLING LOOPHOLE SHUT Oil III GERlilililV "' " ' 1 " - QUIETUS RUSH Judge Gilliam Rules 'That (George JIust Face Trial Under Old Code. Naval Material Sold Without Officials' Consent It Is -; Alleged. (Spatial Pi, patch t Tba JoaraaJ.) Seattle, Nor. Arthur Oeorge, who killed his divorced wife. , Elisabeth Georg, at her horn at Brighton Beach, May 13, will be tried In Kin county un. LYar Admiral Colby R. Clics- criminal cod. . tPubllahws' rtaas Laaaad Wire.) Berlin, Nov. f. --Disclosures of naral Kraft at the trial ( proirrass 'at Kiel, thla week, have caused a sensation tn Germany, the publlo finding It difficult to realise that i such conditions were i possible In oris of ' tha rnremoal , r., r.lwn. n?1 VrvT " ,r errecia or two rounia Branches of the government service. ICr oaS TjApiOrer J1U lOl by Judge Mitchell Ullllam In the crlm-! The Imperial dockyard at Kiel employs anout iooDmen and Is a .gigantlo con cern, which la presumed to be managed on strict business principles. -The trial has brought out that thl arrangements of. the navy for disposing of obsolete shins and the Immense ac cumulations of Steel and other mate- fjpf IVlfllln fill Milnl ftf M"1 division of the superior court to- iei iwumu iw ituics o i a . The c(8urt found that the lntent Charges rublicly, :r- tllP rOl'tll role: JlakeS JllS .f. th Iture was clear, despite the repealing- clauses, In the new criminal code, and that there did not exiat in King county a prejudice so strong that 1 men of unbiased minds could not be found to give the prisoner a fair and impartial trial. Thomas R. Horner appeared for George, and first presented his de murrer to the information, alleging that ' (Potted Preaa Leafed Wire.) Wanhlngton, Nov. , ; Characterising Ir. F. A. Cook as a "faker" and offering Interstate Commerce 'Com- '-r inissioners Return to . : V V .Washington. f , ' 1 - ' (PaMlahara Praes Leaaad Wire.) Washing-ion. Nov. I. When Interstate Commerce Commissioners Clarke and Cockrell arrive in Washington tomorrow mornlug all the members of the com mission will have returned from a trip that will probably result in a complete readjustment of freight rates in the far west.. .- ... Growing out of the now famous Spo kane rate case, in which the shippers of the Inland empire claimed a radical reduction of rates on commodities both from the east and the Pacific coast, the oases now under consideration com prise a list of more than 100. These rials which are sold every year were Inland cities unjust rates from. sucn aa.to admit of unlimited fraud. I "" " . VVi ..TFj According to the testimony not only Points In particular. They claim that have these materials been sold to fa-1 rates to the Pacific coast are muoh vored buyer without calling for publlo I cheaper for a much longer haul and ask a scientific explanation of nls reasons . . ' , v, , - ...i. .ji.in,.. t, a ,,!,. i r-niKv the time of the offense there was no existent statute against murder. ' His for this Indictment, Rear Admiral Colby board ot managers of the National Geo- 1'", o..Vn .."IT t mi Braphlcal society, and one of the three P'.STJ MhJ .TfinV ir men appointed to examine both the PProved by the acting governor, records of Peary and Cook tonight pub- ni,t.nt ' '.yJn5. eU.u"e? were "ot llcly charged that the Brooklyn explorer I'TZVl.Zl, D'a " 1 1 r 1 " n,i not vt within 614 miles of tha ' -....,,, - North Pol:-. -n-.-'i. , .i,MV''V-' Agxeei With roseotor. Ho made this statement during the U Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Murphy course of an address before the Unlver- argued that the new law was specific eity club. . which numbers- among its and that it' was apparent to everyone members some of the' leading profes- t that the Intent of the legislature waa to nlonal men of the capital, of whom) continue In effect certain provisions of there were more than aoO present. ; 1 tne old code until the new one became "From a careful personal study of I operative, last June. this problem. Independent of that which I In overruling' the -demurrer, Judge Commander Peary, has ' atated," said Gilliam took this view. He said It was Admiral Chester, "I am led to the re-1 tha unmistakable Intention of the law luctant but positive conclusion that Dr. j makers to continue the -old law, and that Cook la a faker., we haya seen Com-1 there could not be any condition, that mander Peary's -records, but we have I would i permit a man. to. commit the not yet seen any of Cook's, except hislerlme of murder and escape. copyrighted statement.- And - I think -Horner excepted to this ruling, and that we shall not see any- and that ha J will make It one of his points on which Is now about to present data that might he will later base an appeal to the eu lust as well have been prepared in ( pre me court New -York." ' v V -K '. v . j The lawyer then moved to discharge .:, Astonishes His Audience. his client on the same grounds. Judge Admiral Chester astonished his audi- Gilliam denied this motion also, and ence at the very start by" declaring that Horner xcepted. He then took up the Dr. Cook had admitted to him and sev- "r a msnju or venue, wnicn bids, out' in some Instances . they have been transferred without an official ap praisement and afterward sold, back to the government as new. PO INLAW'S . . : IIAIT HA1S George's trial will open PORTLAMOfilAil GEARIII'S ORIDE eral others in Washington - two years aeniea sgo that the pictures alleged to have vecemoer o been taken on the top of Mount McKln.- ley were fakes. "Dr. Cook-came here two years ago, Bald. Admiral Chester, "and gave a very beautiful . lecture before the' National Geographical society. He showed aome very beautiful pictures, and we all com plimented him after It was over. After he ladles had left the room he turned to myself and several others and said: 'Of course, that picture of me on the tnn nf ih mountain fx m. .ifthnmfnrv Tiin- Lr. Za.'n-2 i.M San Francisco,' Nov. . An attach some canvas over a table. I mnv mA Jl...l . - i. tu.f ment formed during the period of . , , - m , , ... tarr, widow of a Portland, Or., capi- Admiral Chester declared that Cook Ullst become, tha brlae of Hugh Gearin u n.!Trar?..bef", 'fa,r , of th. same city, whose fa??erwas Zr JZ,a Z:Z1 united States senator- from the state i.o .t. ,:,k... .f k .. eome time ago and while aanic 'i "admlrii : "Zbl pointed out a number of Other alleged (Special Plana tch to The Joaraal.) Seattle. Nov. 6. On ' a charge of threatening to kill his wife, who resides at Everett, Joseph C Jameson, a promt Inent Ballard man, was arrested today by Deputy Sheriff Joe Hill and Is held at the county Jail awaiting Instructlona from the sheriff of Snohomish county. According to Jameson's statement his wife recently left him and took their 2-year-old son, going to live with a sister at Everett amid surroundings, which he did not consider proper for the child.. When he went after tha boy trouble ensued that resulted In the charge of threatening to kilt reductions. The decision In the Spokane rate case, which,. It is believed, will be followed In all other caaes, waa based on tha theory that . tha railroads' contention that water competition toward the coast rates was correct - All ' complaints that have been filed since the Spokane differences have been based on the allegation that the rates In themselves were unreasonable. It la not likely that decisions In any of . the caaes will be handed down until early in January, ' (Publlahars Preaa Laaaat Wire.) Morgantown, W. Va- Nov. ".--Three men were drowned and a fourth nar rowly escaped death, , whet a rowboat was capslsed by the swell of a passing towboat on the Monongahela river about two miles above .this city today, ' - -Five minutes later all three bodies were recovered. . ' . Those drowned: CLARENCE S. JOHNS. II years old, Morgantown.- ,' -.... . KOBEKT C JOHNS, II years old. married, Morgantown. . . CHARLES KNOTT S, J5 years old, Newton,'-Green county, Pennsylvania. The men boarded -the row beat on the west side of , the Monongahela river, Intending to run across to the pumping station - ef tha ' Standard Oil company, where - they were employed. Half way across" the boat was struck by a swell of waves from Dewlngs &. Sons' steam towboat, whloh passed by their little cralt .' . University of Washington Students Hush Theatre, V but Beat Retreat. RO I STUDENTS! Oil THREE WEEKS WOMEN HEID'FOR i. COOK'S TROUBLE (Continued From Page One.) ' discrepancies In Cook's statements and declared that ha believed that the route alleged to have been followed by Cook and as mapped out by Cook's Eskimos for Peary was .correct Upholds peary's Data.- ' One of Cook's men had told him that It was correct he said. ' Asked by a member of 'the audience as to the character of Peary's data, the admiral stated that It was the same sort of data that would be presented j young Gearin. The friendship which resulted deepened into love, but much against their own desires the couple decided to 'await the passing of the period of mourning., Mrs. Starr went east with her mother. The magnet of love drew her back to this coast and yesterday In company with her mother she arrived at tha St Francis. ' Gearin was there also. -1 The affair - was discussed . with the mother as judge and she decided that as both wanted to marry the ceremony should be performed, and tomorrow the .ww ..-..o.w. ........... W6allny young widow will marry a broad region to make sura that any Gearin. who is himself lndpnmdntiv imperfections in his Instruments would not prevent him from reaching tha co veted goal. r ' i ' In making his accusations. Admiral Chester voiced the opinions of a num ber of leading members of the National Geographical society that hitherto have been expressed only In . private. "It is : sure that the whole matter will be threshed over at a meeting Monday, : said Professor , vilns I Moore. ..,,. SOUTHRON LIKES - NOT TAFT'S TONE (Continued From Page One.) the tremendous Strength, the tremendous power of self-sacrifice of its people, it did not destroy their hope for te fu ture. I count it a privilege to " come here repreeenting- the nation that you love so well, and to testify to the fact that while the past is as It is, and while these things coma out of it that make us proud on both sides, there la in the future a united life In upholding our country. In elevating the standard of citizenship. In making greater tha char acter and the equality of opportunity that we are glad to selsa as a common people, not separated In any way by our past history but the mora united be-1 cause of It" - ; ';'.. TUlmaa Outs $10 Dinner. ; Two discordant features marked the visit today to Columbia. Senator Ben Tillman's blood boiled ao furiously -at the idea of a $10 a plate dinner to Pres ident Taft in the state capltol building that he refused, to attend the function at a!) and disappeared wltbia two mlnutea after he reached Columbia on the Taft train.' The senator's displeasure at tb presidential welcome was mada known a week or so ago. when he received a ticket to the luncheon and a bill for J19. Senator TUlmaa immediately wrote a card "To the public in which he said he believed It to b the duty of the city xif Columbia to pay. tha expenses of , the meeting. Senator Smith, Senator Tinman's eol-Ir-aue, cheerfully paid up and be was tested next to the President i Another discordant nota was sounded by th States, one of tba principal pav jers, in double . leaded editorial eft titled. "Calling Down." It castigated Mr. Taft for adopting tha ton which 1 characterised his speeches south of the Mason and Dixon tin. rich. LUNGER f A HE WES CROOK (Special Dlnpatek to Tba Journal.) Frlneville. Or.. Nov. c Althmie-h there have been a number of hew saw mills Installed In the county during th past year, aome parts ot the territory, if not the entire county, Is threatened with a lumber famine during the com ing winter. At Madras,' where tha railroad will strike first and the boom condition is I already paramount, there is not a stick ' Ul ury lumuar im J,iau. and a. numoer of buildings i are under construction. The nearest, supply of lumber to that point is from the - Grizzly mountain mills., some 2 miles distant and their entire output Is bought up so fast that there la only green lumber on the yards there. Ia other parts of the Interior all mills ar running to their fullest ca pacity and tha greatest building boom in tha history of the county will no doubt begin nest spring. he was .employed in the Ohio city Is not known, but it is certain that soon after coming her she met him frequently.,. Beats Cook With Umbrella, ,. Six years aro she met him in a down town hotel and belabored him with an umbrella, which was the beginning of a series of startling escapades and law-, suits that all but disrupted th Cooke family. -rt y;. . n-,. Last April these troubles culminated In the arrest of Mrs. Ford In front: of the Leasing apartment whither she had gon with a revolver with the declared Intention of killing Cooke. "Take me prisoner if he dares let you." she shouted to th policeman when he placed his hands; upon her. "The whole world will hear from me and that man (pointing to Cooke) will suffer." 1 On ' that occasion, Mrs. Ford was fined 50 on the charge of disorderly conauct. A prominent Chicago lawyer to whom Mrs. Ford told the story of ner reiauons witn cook and who ad vised her In connection with her legal affairs, made th following statement today: ' " Bays Cooke Wronged Her. "Mrs. Ford frequently came to m in regard to her difficulties with Cooke. She related a story of fearfully Inhu man treatment at his hands. She as serted that Cooke was the father of her child and she on on occasion had him arrested upon this charge. : -The matter was settled In some way out or court ; I prepared the papers for the suit In the $25,000 damage suit brought by her against Cook on her allegation of his Inhuman treatment of her. A truce was patched up and this suit was never pressed. " "It always appeared to me that ahe held aome trump card over Cooke by which she hoped to make him kneel to her wishes. It was my belief that she wished him to marry her. She claimed to have been unaware of the fact that he was married already."' (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) Palo Alto. Cal., Nov. Filling the gallery of the local playhouse, . 76 stu dents of Stanford university, together with i the members of tha Vancouver RugbV team, put an " effectual and startling stop last night to ths drama tized version of "Three-Waeks," being played by th Laura Hudson company. They backed their arguments for mor ality through the medium of Vegetables of various descriptions and upheld the doctrine of decency on the stage with a well directed fusillade of lemons, ac companying the flying fruit and vege tables with cat -cal la, howls and hoots. ' . The students remained exceptionally quiet until th curtain rose upon a tiger skin and "the lady" in a pale pink robe, hurling erotica! data at the .head of Paul.- -, , Then somebody .laughed. It was a long, low, raucous and peculiarly in sulting laugh. Paul glowered over the beautiful head reposing' on his shirt front ' at the rud Interruption of th ardent passages. ; Thereupon from the students came a roar of extreme de light It was followed by a turnip, which landed playfully on rmy lady's" willowy form. ' i Paul sidestepped a -carrot as he con tinued with his lines, and "my lady" advancing to meet his embrace, . had perforce to duck a cauliflower long past Its' prime.. ' , iAmld a demonstration never' before accorded, the Laura Hudson company the' curtain was rung down. A freshman and a member of the Vancouver team wer arrested, but were released later, '. Tha townspeople ar extremely In dignant especially those who purchased tickets and who were looting lorwara to the more Interesting scenes of the play. . TRAGIC SEQUEL TO El (PuSliaher' Prcas JUaaed Wire.) Chlcaao. Nov. . Mra Nona Coatello, daughter of Joseph J. Burke, tUS Aber deen street committed suicide and drowned her baby today In St Louis, Her self destruction is -said to be th tragio sequel to an. elopement In Chi cago and an unhappy married life of two years. With her arms folded to clasp her baby, the body of Mra Cos- tello was taken from the completed res. ervolr . of St Louis at- noon. Her 8 months-old child that she held In her arms when she threw herself into the water .had slipped away when death re laxed her1 hold, and tha body of the in fant .was not found. .' The polio began dragging tha reser voir for it. - Mr. Burke, who is employed in . the office of the Lake Shore Ra.ll road company In Chicago, recelvedthe news of his 2 S-y ear-old daughter's death with expressions of grief and horror. (Special IMapatrh to The Journal.) Seattle, Nov. . If a small but heavy bar of Iron,, cast in th shape of 'a rolling pin, had. not hung over the door leading to th gallery of the Grand Opera house, matters might' have been different last night . i And Just because all this Is so. sev eral young men attending the unlver slty are today nursing sore heads. Up ward of 100 students paraded th downtown streets last evening as - a noise walking advertisement of the football game between Whitman and Washington Saturday afternoon. . When they had mad the town the sounding board for cowbells and other college noises: had blocked traffic to their hearts' content and the 'march was over, somebody suggested they break up the show at the Grand and steal the chorus . girls.-- ; -.--' j.. So they started, ;. . , .- .'.'V-, .-'' Manager rolls them, " .'. ' Much to their dismay and subsequent disaster, they did not finish-in a blase ,263.95 Attorney General ; Effects Emal Settlement - in urn-. troversy Between Portland Railway and the State of Oregon. (Ipectal Dlapatch to The Jotirnal.) -Salom, Or, Nov. I.- The final settle ment with the Portland Hallway. Light & Power company in th matter of th Oregon City locks was effected by the attorney general yesterday. Because of tne operation of the statute of limits- ? -l0,T- or. tn32?l2fr " tthat For(tona the stat had been unable to coi- the rolling pin and five husky persons disguised as policemen spelled . their downfall. ' Arriving ; in front of th house-in la rg numbers,' with, foot ball rush,-they stormed th, stage door. They thought if Waa going." to be easy, but It did not turn out that way. . Manager BKrry had heard the .clamor outside and was prepared to the extent that time would permit th first. meas ure being a hurried call for the police. The assault began, but th leaders nev-, er grot any further than lust Inside th ' door. Barry cracked the first student lect Us share of the profits accruing prior to May SI. 1897. The atata'a -share of th profits, based upon JO per, v-oni oi ma net earnings rrom May, J87, to December 16, 1908, was determined t b $7263.95. . . . ....- In addition to this sura, which Is ta; be paid to the state at once, an agree-,! ment was entered - into yesterday be- ' tween Attorney General Crawford and President Josaelyn that on December 15 each year the Portland street railway corporation, which now controls tha ldtks. should submit an Itemised state- J WARBINER IS OUT ON $20,000 BOND; , FRIENDS APPALLED PRICE RAISER SUFFERS ARREST Seattle, Nov. 6. A. Z. JErlckson. pro prietor of the Jersey dairy, was arrested and locked up In the county Jail today to serve 10 days for conspiring to raise ths" price, of milk, an offense of which he was convicted two years ago. The socalled milk trust known as the Retail Milk Dealers' association, ' of which Erickson was president, was at the bot tom of the alleged conspiracy to com bine for the mutual profit of th deal era Erickson was sentenced to 10 days WOMAN PETRIFIES; DIES IN HOSPITAL AT ROSED ALE, LA. !'-.. ; v :;;V w . , New Orleans, La., Nov. 6. 4 Mrs, Catherine Barrow,, aged 48 . w years, of Bosedale, : La., ' Is dead . ' at the charity hospital In this 4 city after a lingering illness. She had been afflicted with a 4 strange complaint for tha past year. Petrification was gradu- ally setting In and at the last she could not speak. Her flesh " was so hard .that Impressions could not be' made in : It with v - the finger, Th case attracted much attention and has- mystl- w fled the local medical fraternity, being unparalleled in -the history i of medicine and impossible to w .diagnose. that crossed tb threshold a terrible i bealt square in tha eya Jhen down year to the state treasurer, accompanied cam me pin, anu uuwo wtni iauruiu, Mortimer . and ...Francis, . The stampede ceased as suddenly as It had begun. It was another victory o matter over "mind," and the colleg youths, Who had attempted to demon strate the fact that they had been edu cated, slunk away Into th . night, as tha blue coats, thirsting for long de layed vengeance, arrived. - FOUR RAILROAD MEN KILLED; 30 PEOPLE . INJURED IN WRECK fPnhllahem' Press Leased Wire ) Jersey City, N. J., Nov. . Four rail road employes were killed outright 80 other persons Injured, 9.1 of them seri ously, and 81,000,000 in gold consigned from the Philadelphia mint - to New York banks, was tossed about and In jeopardy of theft when express train No.. 104, on the Pennsylvania railway, Sid swiped an engine on the trestle east of Brunswick street today. The dead are John SpiHe, of Trenton, engi neer; John McClure, of Newark, N. J., fireman; John Monroe, fireman, and Stanley Broskie, a trackwalker. . Spllle, th engineer of the passenger train, was killed by a moBt amazing fatality a block- away from tha aoene of tho ac cident - His engine pulled loose from tb cars and Spllle was about, to. jump when the tender toppled over on him, crushing him. But for the fact that the passenger cars wer of steel, the list of dead would have been heavier. The fore cars of me passenger were tele- I scoped. Policemen, plain clothes men CASH KINGS START , ANTI-SLATE WAR FIRST AVL4T0R TO BE PROSECUTED FOR v SCORCHING IN AIR .. (Publtahera rwa Lea4 Wire.) rarisi Nov. .The first prosecution for furious flying will shortly occur la' th courts here. M. Blanch, who crashed Into th crowd at Port Avia tion three weks ago and hurt several people, IS the defendant Two victims have summoned him for furious driving in th air and causing accident by his imprudence. curiously enough,' , th prosecuting lawyer is Paul Foy, who is a son-in-law of Mrs. HarUbera. whoaa husband brought Wilbur Wright to Franca. - - Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. . C. F. War- rlner. defaulting treasurer of "the Big ! Four ' who Saturday was formally ar rested on ' th charge of being 154,000 short In his accounts, was released to night In bond of 820,000 signed by four of the roost prominent citicens of Cin cinnati.- when Warrlners friends showed their confidence by ' going on hi bond, he broke down and cried. High officials of the New Tork Cen tral system, of which the Big Four road Is a part. are appalled by tbe-da- closure from the investigation of the treasurer's office In Cincinnati. Th expert inquiry has proceeded suf ficiently to indicate that the shortage of Warriner. a previously estimated is very small when compared to tha amount actually ' diverted from ' th treasury. Tb shortage from present Indications ' may reach. If not exceed 8600,000, it la feared. DOWDEN GONE AND BANK SUFFERS . . (Continued From Page Ona) (yubliaben Press Leased Wire.) New -York, Nov, . A concerted war on the white slave trafflo throughout th United State, financed by John D. Rockefeller, ""Andrew. Carnegie, Mrs. Russell Sage and Miss Helen-Gould, is to be inaugurated. This Is the State ment mad here today by persons who have been active in the crusade against thia evil in this city, which Is recog nized a the headquarters of the traf fic;' A committee of 14, consisting of soma of the best known people in New York, which has been Investigating this and kindred cases, associated with the socalled Balne-' law -hpteljiato;:hay direction of the campaign. As the head of this committee is tha -Rev. Dr. John P. Peters, rector Of St Michaels Protestant Episcopal church, who will probably be appointed by -th coad jutor of New York. Associated with him are Rev. Dr. Lee W. Beatty of Dr. Parkhurst's church the gold. LITTLE INTEREST IN ELECTION AT SALEM house, who - ,8:ve up a prosperous 1am 4nll mnA 1nk ffEAA wZ., A ol. A Al.M.U a... xne case w lnTtht clh In Minnesota to engage In, setr preme court, Erlckon maintaining that Uemeftt work. Henry u, Stlmaon' for. w" ""7""" "".'rr." . ' ' " mer United State district - attorney; tojrBi!lRr,-iff- V ti,- William Bennett Mra. W. H. Baldwin a uua; lung v - LWIUBEI) -MAN DIES L HOSPITAL (fpMrt Ptawr n laanaLI " hlU taiDion. Vi aalu. Nov. . W. M. MXe. who was badly burned sear hera Lura-lar afternoon by falling Inta aa "rn f:ra died Ust night la a Portland 1 ftj iuL . . it was a private matter that he would not discuss, and added, he was acting on advice In refusing to go into da taila . . VALUABLE HORSES ' PERISH IN FLAMES Krtilej ArrtM Cowllta. Kalama, Vah Nov. The rounty r if-r las completed th plana, and r- ffx-atlona for te te-I bridr to ajs th Ccwllts rir at Caatlerwk. -w rr.ut.ty. The iriattT has bwa -.!!-r- ;tj t tha var nnmt. Th -'t iur atri erai alw-'it 83. .' It I a r.-rla hritr. It win be . ft ;a tf.e -i'r alvia low water. (PvbtlaWrs Prm Ixrt W1r.) Graenaburg. Pa.. Nov. . . Colonel I B. Huffs racing stables at th old fair grounds were baraed today and seven r.frrsea, tncladtng Major IDrrlnson and Minnia Hlgrb-ison. periahed la th flame. Tha former waa valoed at 8 1 .- OS, and tha tattar at 8200. The total loss is izi.ee. id erigla af th fir la a mystery. MAN FALLS 12t FEET. HURT BUT SLIGHTLY rwtatre pmi La W1f. Ji-rialon, Pa.. Nv. . a fall of III ft auma te h a mora lncldat la the life of Ja Daff. a Gnvnwoed eUITV tntner. H) fen ifcat dtrtaaca la a shaft or tna ccirpcays mtnea. GOES TO PRISON; FAMILY IN NEED (PaMlatMrs Pras Wlr ) Pittsburg, Nor. (.Utterly crushed wbea be realised that by going to prison his aawd mother, wife and two baby boys would bo deprived of their sol support ' Frank T. Magowan. a railway mall clerk of Trenton, N. J., wbo pleaded nolo eon tenders to the charge of stealing letters while la the employ of the government when brought beforw Jadge Young . In the raited State district court burst, tnto tear and It was with difficulty that be waa rallod vp to hear tba aeatano -of th court whk-b wm It months la prison at Leavenworth. ' SECOND HAND DEALERS j IN TOILS OF VOLKK association had passed from publlo no tice, the higher court returned a remit titur upholding Erickson s conviction. Deputy Sheriff John C Liner arrested him and he began his term In JalL Prosecuting Attorney Van der Veer, then a deputy under: his predecessor, conducted the fight against the socalled milk trust and procured Erickson' conviction, putting an end to the al leged combine to rais prices. "My arrest Is an outrage, and I shall prepare a ' statement showing ' how hava been jobbed," declared Erlcksoa today N "I can not avoid serving a term In lall. but I will tU tha publlo how an Innocent man has been made tne victim of circumstances, and. tha mark at which all the odium about tha socalled milk trust haa been aimed. I am a plain business man, doing business in a legitimate Way, and U is a a name mat i should be d,isgraced In this manner. WEALTHY CHINESE V ARRIVE TO ENTER AMERICAN COLLEGES Fiftea second hand dealers have bm arretted, and charred with con- tutt m notld'jrtlnc b-ja'.nrea wifhout a llrrrm All atrtmiiT HJitH aa far a tba doctors twill arlear Mdaf la mfl raa aecenaia 4 They were rleaed San Franclac. Nov. i. Mfty-on sons of wealthy and prominent cit liens of the Chinese empire cama to this country today In tha steamship China to become students tn tha leading uni versities and colleges of tha United State. Forty-aeven .of tba young men wer auccessful competitors In exami nations held In Peking by tha bureau of educational mission to th United 8tates and these examinations were such as are held by American colleges. Th re maining four students ara coming of their own aocord to enter various col- leses In this country, Tba forty-aeven students ara under the eare and direction ef Ton g Kwoa Oon. ro-illrector of the bureau of sdu catlonal mission to tha United States, and a member of tbe foreign offic at Peking H Is a graduate of Yale rol ler. Claas of 1I4. jr., Rev. William Adam Brown of the Union Theological seminary. Francis Louis Blade, treasurer of the commit fee; Professor Francis M. Burdick, head of tbe law department of tha Columbia university, and former mayor of Utlca, N. Y.; Mra." Frances A. Kelley. Edward J. McGnlre, Rabbi H. Perrelra Mendez, of CentrSl Park West Jewish, temple; George Havens Putnam, Isaac N. Sllg man and Mr. B, G: Sinovitch. - ANNUAL MEETING OF ;m DAIRY ASSOCIATION .... .. : r--- v Th annual convention of the Oregon State-Dairy association which' will be held in .this city December I and 10, will probably 'be the largest convention of its kind ever held In tha state. It Is anticipated, that over 1000 dairymen will attend and take active part In th proceedings. , .Among the inducements offered to com to Portland this year is a cam pnz , vi aiuv. oiierea or in (Special Din pa tea to xn Joarnal.) Salem, Or., Nov. , 6. The primaries held here today to nominate eight councllmen to serve for the next two years were poorly attended. , Only about half of the - voters had registered and not many more than half of those who registered voted. There were close con tests in some wards, and.in other wards no contest . at . all. . No officers aside from councllmen were nominated. In the first ward. In which two councllmen were to be nominated, be cause a vacancy existed. Joseph Adolpb was nominated for the long term by the UemocratSk- and TjMfl'tt Jtresent incumbent was nominated by the Re publicans. F. H.iBergr, now serving an unexpired term by appointment was nominated by both. Democrats and Re publicans for the short term, one year. - In the Second ward 8. A. Manning won over the present councilman, A. N. Moores, by 10 votes. 1 , In th Third ward Councilman W. H. Eldridge had no opposition for renomi natlon. -.-i- - '.-' : K '.- -':- -! In the Fourth ward "Walter -S. Low was nominated over Earl Raca t In the Fifth ward August Hueken ateln was nominated over Enoa Pres- nall, absent Incumbent In tha Sixth ward H. .W. Hatch was nominated over Philip A. Thomaa . In tbe Seventh ward N. D. Elliott was nominated without opposition. . The result of the election shows the defeat of several- strong conservatives and the success of men identified with tha most progressiva business element In the council. The city election will take place Monday, December 8. OFFICIAL MESSAGE SAYS TEDDY UNHURT - (CBlted Preas teased Win.) Rome. Nov, . The American embassy here tonight received an official mes sage from Nairobi, British East Africa, stating that Colonel Roosevelt la un harmed and not I1L. This message was immediately trans mitted to Mra Roosevelt Mrs. Roose- by the payment of 10 per cent of th net -earnings aa determined by the ao- -oounttng. ' '.' Prior- to May, 1897. th state 'can collect nothing for the us of th near- -ly 8100,000 of tha state's money loaned to the railway company, which origin-, ally built the locks with the under standing that the state was to reap th , benefit of tha 10 per cent dividend of each year's earning. At first the locks did not earn any thing, and soon tha payments were al lowed to lapse' completely, : until the corporation finally claimed; the state had no Interest at all : Tha suit waa originally started at th request of ex-Governor George E. Cham- -berlaln, when he was In of flea , HERVV SURGEOII WORKS; AT-SEi (Hearst News Service.) New York. Nov. . Dr. Robert Bruce, tha surgeon of th big Cunarder Cam- -panla, whloh arrived in port today from - Liverpool, performed the grave opera tion for appendicitis while the liner, at -full speed, was rolling in heavy seas. : shortly after leaving the .other side. This is the first time on record that a surgeon has had the courage and th skill to perform a successful capital operation under such circumstances. Even Sir Alfred Keogb, the distln- guished surgeon, who was a passenger, declined to attempt the feat, but gav his aid to Dr. Bruce throughout the try ing ordeal, and as a result Charles Bax ter, the patient; who la one of the com pany's stewards, was already On the road to recovery whon the vessel docked. ' ' ' ,; ' ' '''''"' r':' ' " SHOOTS CHILDREN TO EVADE W (Publlahera' Praia Lraacd Wire.) Greensburg, Pa., Nov, 6. As a frightful j alternative - to paying about 8100 back rent or having tha sheriff take his household goods, Edward Jos eph Perry sr., on of the best known: men of this place and a former mayor. today shot three of his younger chll-. dren, one fatally, and then snt a bul let through hi own heart - .. i.,. The dead are: EDWARD JOSEPH PERRY, SR aged 85. . - ' . ELIZABETH, ' aged 4, r shot through body near heart; died at tha West Moretand County hospital at 10:20 this morning. . - ,'.. :i .v , The badly Injured : Richard, aged 11, shot In th left side just below ': the heart; Jenneth, ' aged 6, shot through the left' aide s SANTA FE LOSES COIN THROUGH 2 CENT RATE Guthrie, Okla., Nov. I. Th Santa . F railroad . in Oklahoma has suffered - a great loss sine th 2-cent passenger law went Into effect, according to an affidavit filed In the United States die- . trlct court yesterday by that company. -- The document asserts that tha Santa Fe carried 287,41 more passengers-in 1808 than tha preceding year. Its pas- -senger earnings showing a loss of $88.- . 621. Owing to the compulsory low freight rata, it la claimed that the re celpts for the year ending June 80, 1900, showed a decrease of over 8200,000, velt her daughter, Ethel, and her sister. Portland Flouring Mills, for dairy prod- j who had been greatly wrought up over ucta Craamerymen and all others ln-lth various rumors current regarding terested will Join hands -to. make the I th condition or Colonel Roosevelt's convention a grand succesa A splendid program ha been arranged, including an address by Chief Rawl of tha dairy department bureau of animal industries at Washington. B. "C , ST. JOHNS WANTS ' IMPROVED SERVICE City Engineer C R Andrews, of St Johns, is meeting with his share of dis satisfied cltlsen recently. Complaint has been made that he rut unnecessarily large notches tn ' three electric light poles which stood In tha way of a line tie was trying to make on Jersey street A man named Hunter, who own prop erty on Stafford street I ea'd to 1 have complained to the city councfV because tha sidewalks In front of bis place on Stafford and Polk streets do not coincide. Tb rlty enclneer receives th blame for It The street commute is also rrltlcliied for accepting tha -ork. Complaint baa also been mad beraoN at the la- health, broke down and wept, STEAMER PRESIDENT SAILS FOR SEATTLE BOYS PLAY WITH , GUN; ONE IS DEAD (PnbllakefW Preaa Leatwd Ware.) Chlcaso, Nov. 8. Leonard ' Heaton Dreck. 10 years old, la dying In the Oak Park hoslptal from a bullet' wound In the abdomen Inflicted by bla brother.- j Thomaa Hollen Dreck. 12 years old.. ' (ftmnt Knr service) (The older boy was playing with an 11 San Francisco, Nov. . Under com-1 nfle ty tbe window when his finger mand of Captain H. C Thomaa the big struck the trigger. A olrarp report fo linar President of the Pacific Coem'OWd nd Leonard fell lo the ground Steamship company's fleet and the wnh a bullet through hia body, fastest eoaating vessel, wiled - at I j it believed that the child has no o'clock today for Seattle direct with J chance for recovery. atierai aunarw p&pnengers ana a lair slsed cargo of freight ; Oldewt EJJr. Die. . - Fremont Ofcl. Nov. . Dr. WiUUm r.Jjn(H prominent .phrlcUa.itf tba forroatlan f nake' rears old died here today. lie waa rw tersectloa of yilk and Stafford, where plc!paa emjrt I r-rted to be tha oVJet member of the.lt Is alleged, the trrt level baa been J Ms sanltr. lie VaU of 820. j Llks In tha United fetalis.. (laid too low. j to .4 aerlum Cowlltx JHcction Itrtuma. KalamaJ Of., Nov.. Tha enmrJl election returns for Cowllta county give MrOedle lt votea Lister lit. H.rman Uoc.) 41. Harlln Ind) a. Rncklln pr ) 21. and Car loo Soc Lab.) 4. McCr dle'a plurality over Lister la 4)2 votea. - Committed to Asrlam. Kalama. Wirt. Nov. CalUe Afs a Rili t-iiar4r, w rrnjf)t from Wood'axd. and eiamtn4 Klar as ti Wir4rrp committed at Pteelicomb OFFER .$30,000 FOR FIGHT IN. PARIS IKarvt IWTVa,) Paria. Nor. Kid Mf Coy. harked tv a syndtrata ot Fnch ermrtlna-men. to iv cabled an offer to New Tf k cf a piirp of 2lS.' francs (IJa etC) for tha Jffrle-Johnin baMl tn b bM la Paris daring the wS that tha Grand' Prix t n-n. T.r Mnt rmixr f tbm mmi t Francvt" Mid tn JFT. and K la thcua-ht that ihr wurjld tx litti U-out.i la rettirc a cmwi lr anmirii i te reaHae the amonft cffrl bj Mit'n.