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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1310. YEGGS BESIEGE v Climax of Night of ' Terror Is Battle at Railway Station, With Fatalities Man Mor tally Hurt Captures Yegg. Tpellautl, Mich., Jan. 7. On man tu killed and on mortally wounded In a battle with two yeggnien who attempted to break into a railroad atatlon tiara early , today altar causing . a re tarn of terror among tha atorakaepara la th vicinity. - ; . , , Tha dead: -' " : :; " Henry Emtr, baggagmaatr. Fatally wounded; , Morgan Emmett, telegraph operator ' The pistol battle followed a night of terror la which tha yeggmea held up a acore of peraona and bros lata everel atorea near the atatlon. Tbey net no resistance until they ttormed tha atatlon and made an at tempt to force their way Into tha of fice. Erner and Emmett met them with drawn revolvers. . . Many shot war fired by, tha men as they, grappled on the platform of the station., Before relnforcementa ar rived Erner waa killed by one of tne highwaymen, who escaped, and Emmett was mortally, wounded by tha other. Emmett plucklly held on to hla man until policemen came up ana the bandit The operator waa rushed to a hospital, where physicians made an examination and pronounced hla wound probably fatal., A posse la pursuing the escaped yecgman. ; . kftr rttinr a comnleta report of tha Aonradatlona of the gang Of yegg- m.n tha officers are convinced that thera wars three or four men In the gang. ... Tha nantnrafl nanait was wounuou. r.ri millnra. alias Carl Hawkins, SO years old; Robert McCormtck, 18, and Harry Harrington." 19. all of Detroit, were taken . Into custody and charged with bains' members of the gang. Billings was arrested previous to the shooting of Miner and Kmmett. and Is ananeotad only of robbing stores and holding up clUsena, McCormick 1 and Harrington are charged with the leath of Miner and the wounding of Emmett. ':. Wtlki to Coast for $500a .alia Walla, Jan. T. -Norman 'R. Grantham, on a, long tramp trora New York city to Portland and return, left her this morning on his way to Pen dleton, from which Blnoe ha will oon- tlnue hla walk to tha Pacific Grantham olalma he la walklnr on a ssooo wager, to win whloh ha must make the trip from coast to coast twice. In 16f daya Ha started from the east August SI. Ha left New fork broke, and is mak ing hta way as ha goes along. He weighed lit pounds when he started. When ha reached -Walla Wan His weight wag 111. ...r Marrlag licenses la Lane county dur ing 1I0 were 101, II. mor than in 90S. i Mil B REIN MIDDLE CLASS TO ' ' COMBIH V :: ' ; ''. ...... . .-. t ; f V . 11 That Is, If Buying of Alaskan Visiting Bishop Sees Bright Fu- Coal Claim. Is Regarded . As Questionable. , . ture Opium Evil Being Wiped Out. ; ; CalU4 Pram. Uased WiM.1 " Washington. Jan. 7. Conareaaman Duncan McKlnlay of California today repeated hla declaration that ha would resign from congress If he had dona anything questionable when he pur chased a Coal claim In Alaska, McKlnlay name waa Included with that of Governor Glllett and others In recent article lit an eastern mesaslne In a list of men who had mad eoal land purchase In Aauka. ' -' ' According to McKlnlay. ha was inter viewed by a representative of tha mara- sine, who seemed to think It Improper tnat Uovernor Glllett and Congressman MoLachlaa ahould own eoal lands, i MoKlnlay replied that If that were th ease, he also waa guilty of wrong doing in acquiring a claim which, he said, he had bought from a man named Goodwin of Las Angeles for, 11300. McKlnlay stated that he and several other owners had consolidated their in terests and organised a company for working them, but he added that ha did not vote for th law permitting th con solidation of claims, .j , ' cWMAEY OiEfiRAHCE No matter what you pay, be sure ;you get fitted. The' surest way Is to come here, where each indi ' vidua! customer is treated as if .our whole business successrested on his indorsement of our store. This Is Our Annual , r - - - ., ! Clearance Sale . - $35.00 AND $40.00 .SUITS NOW.. .?2G.S5 $30,00. SUJTS NOW;. $25.00 SUITS NOW. . $20.00 SIITS NOW. . .. $15.00 SUITS now: . $25,00 OVERCOATS NOW. .". $20.00 OVERCOATS NOW.'. . $15.00 OyERCOATS . NOW. 1 $25.00 CRAVENETTES- NOW. $20.Q0 CRAVENETTES NOW. $15.00 CRAVENETTJES NOW. ,VW,-, ....$21.85 ..... .v.. .918.65 $14.85 . ;...?1185 ...,918.65 $14.85 ....$11.85 . $18.65 . ..$14.85 1 . ..$11.85 166-170 THIRD STREET . 1 "."""'"" .N l.lW HI aft I UKDAY special! For Saturdajr only we will place on sale the Springer Folding Ironincr Table. This is latest and best imoroved ironinc r-- , o board on the market. It can be quiclcly and easily folded of unfolded and has detachable; sleeve board. Sefts regtilarlr every place in the city for' $2.50. Special for f1 rn Saturday only ..........w.........3)l,5S D0NT FORGET That we are selling out our entire line of Furniture, House hold Goods and Hardware at actual cost.- We can furnish your house complete and save you many a dollar. RISING & - N -COMPLETE HOUSEFURNISHERS ( S3-E3-91-83 Russell Bet. Mississippi and Delay. Take Lower , : -" : Aibmk car. , r . ,v r ' NO PLACE LIKE HOME ' (CalUd rraas Leased Wire.) . ; San Francisco, Jan. The backbone f China th middle clasa will soen control th Chines rovernment, accord' Inf to Bishop W. 8. Lewla of the Meth- oaisi.. -pncopai cnurcn, wqo la . a via Itor her. . . , ,' .. With thla elasa oompoatnt tha newly lnausurated provincial assembles, which will elect th members of th naUonal parliament and thus make tha laws, the government will really fall into their bands. . . t ; .These assembles are mad op of eltl sens havlnr estates .worth - at least 14000. and of all literary men and rov. eminent official In rood etandtnr. Th rirst assembly mad reoomendatlons which it entrusted to the elaht man aent by each body to tha parliament ' at Pe Una;, v These roommndatlona will he voted on as proposals for law. Bishop Lewis recently cam to this country from th far east and expects to remain for el-ht months, during wnion time ne will lecture on China. He states that China la alnoar In Ita ef. forta to wip out th opium vll, ahd is succeeding;.. r, ;-:- FOR NINE-YEAR-OLD SPANIARDS SUFFER BY FLOOD AND FROST (felted Ptms Laaaed Wire.)' Ban Francisco. Jan. 1, Moans com ing' from a box car In the railroad yarda here attracted the attention of Patrolman Dan O'Connell, who Investi gated and found a t-year-old boy In a corner unable to move because of tha cold. The little, fellow, who gave hla name as Elmer Srvln. declared he had run away from his bom at 646 New High street. Los Angelea. He said ha was mistreated by his parents, and two weens ago ne climbed aboard an amnfv freight car when he waa set at a task which did not pleas him. .Two weeks of hunger : and hardship had been enough to our him of hla desire to leave home, he told th matron at th detention atatlon. The authorities have oommunlcated with Krvln'a father at Lo Angelea. FAITH IN WATER WITCH COSTS $106,000 - . Onltd fms Leiaed Wli. Los Angelea. Jan. 7 J. a. J.rVann of Cincinnati la rejoicing over a' realty deal that netted him 1108,000, which waa mad possible because a member f a Los Angelea syndicate headed by Ar- mur Munn or thla city waa a firm believer In "divining rod a" Several month ago Munn formed a syndicate among Loo Angelea capitalists for the purpose or purcnaaing a big tract of land In th 8an Jacinto valley. On member of the syndicate, atrong In th faith concerning th potency of tha dinning rod to locate water, aought out a "wlsard", and sent htm and hla willow wand over tha property. Th "wlsard" reported that tha rod Indicated there waa no water under the tract. As a result the deal feU ihrousrh and Jackaon stepped la and bought the land for 1170,000. Wednesday he sold th same tract to a new syndicate which had bn formed by Munn for IZ7B.0OO. . (United Peres Lmm Wlie.1 Madrid. , Jan. 7. Driven from their homes by floods of th past few aays, and Buffering from the . un preoeaentea cold that has swept over in country, many ar dying of poaur in northwestern Spain, A heavy rainfall last week ssnt tha rlvr rar aoove their banks, and fields and nomesteads wer soon flooded, the neo plo abandoning their hute and escaping to th foothills. The weatbee suddenly iurna xrom in mua conditions accom panying th rain to freealni cold. Suf. fering among tha homeless la great; and many raiauues ar expected. - Th people . ar - without food and clothing. Relief measures wer Inad quat to allay their auf ferine. The har bor along th northwestern ooast were icebound, delaying tha incoming sup plies 10 in extent or, rendering th f. fort of relief workers almost useless. Perldna' Injuries Not Serious. (United Praaa Lcaa mrrm. Washington, Jsn. 7. Senator George j. rerxipa or caiirornia, who slipped on an Icy pavement and fell as ha waa leaving hla apartmenta for the aenate chamber yesterday, will be confined to hla bed for at least a, week, according to a statement ny hla physician today, The muscles of his back war wrenched severely and he sustained aeveral pain ful bruises. His physician atated that in mjunea are in no way serious, -WaUa Walla Flour Soars. (Bpeetel Dispatch to Th. Joeraat) " Walla Walla, Jan. 7.-Flour in Walla Walla Jumped today to $1.80 a sack re tall, or 6.0 a barrel wholesale,, the nigneet price aaked here for many years. In fact, ' sine pioneer daya. v Th- high prlc la du to th scarcity of milling waeat and th prevailing high prlc of COMMITTEE OF 30 FOR PANAMA-PACIFIC (United Preaa Leased Wire.) San Francisco, Jan. 7.- Tbs commit tee of SO thafwin direct the five years of preparation for the Panama-Pacific exposition at San ; Francisoo waa an nounced today. It was chosen by F. W. Dohrman, William J. Dutton and Leon Blose. Tha commute, la composed of men prominent in newspaper, business and financial circles. Under their di rection an appeal for national, foreign and state cooperation will be Issued at once. Plana were launched today for an ex cursion of San Francisco business men and members of the exposition directors to attend the aviation meet at Los Angelea. A special train will leave this city Friday . night ' bearing , the fair boosters. Black Hand In San Diego. -r' (United Frees Leaa.d W!r. . San Diego. CaL. Jan. 7. As a result of three black hand letter In which WHY SO WEAK? RUSSIAN TROOPS TO MANCHURIAN BORDER (United Press Leased Wire.) . St. Petersburg. Jan. 7.Flftr thou sand Russian troops ar 'being moved waay irom irkutsK to th Manchurlan frontier. The vacancies caused in the Irkutsk garrison by th removal to Asia of these soldiers will be filled im mediately, It Is announced, by a levy from th province of European Russia, The reason for this move on the part of the Russian war office la closely guarded. Despite the assurances of the ' oniciaia that there la nothing ulterior, the feeling is prevalent her that th government is attempting to strengthen lta fences in anticipation of tha second struggle with Japan, which. Is deemed Inevitable, .. .. -.r It waa reported today that th nlana of th war office, initiated by th re moval of the Irkutsk garrison, will not be completed until between 200,000 and J00.000 aoldiera ar la Siberia. CHERRY MINE SURVIVOR QUELLS HOTEL PANIC ' (United Frees Leased Wire.) ' St Louis, Jan. 7. One fireman was killed and several aeverely Injured when the Cambridge hotel waa destroyed by fire early today. Scorea of guests nar rowly escaped wtth' their Uvea. The guests at th Barnum hotel, adjacent to th Cambridge, were thrown into a panic when the flame were discovered. wiiiiam cuelland. a survivor of tha Cherry mine disaster, who was staying at th Barnum with his family, went among th terrified lodgers, assuring them there waa no danger. He nrob. ably averted a stampede. Kidney Troubles May Be Sapping Your Lift Away Portland People, Have Learned This Fact. ; When a healthy man or woman be gins to run down v without apparent cause, becomes weak, languid, depressed, suffers backache, headache, dlssy spells and urinary disorders, look' to th kid ney for the. cause of it all. ; Keep the kidney weU and they. will keep you wU. Doan' Kidney Pilla cure alck kidneys and keep them welL Her la Portland testimony to prova.lt: - .Mrf I W- fainter. 441 Baat Market street, Portland. Oregon, says: "I have iHf ,l ,much "'th In Doan'a Kidney Pills today, aa. when 1 publicly recom mended them In 10S. After they had relieved me of kidney trouble. A se vere spell of sickness which I had when young left my kidneys in a dis ordered condition and tlma i surrerea rrom; frequent attacks of headache. The pain waa sometimes al-I niuui unosaraoie ana I was unable to assume any position that waa comfort able. Headaches and dlssy epells wer of frequent occurrence and it waa often quite an effort for me ,to get about The varloua remedlea I psed proved of little avaU and when Doan'a Kidney Pills were brough to my attenUon, I procured a box at the Laue-Davla Drug Co. The results of their use were grati fying and I do not healtat to recom mend them to others -afflicted In a elmllar manner. . , . ' For sale by all dealer. : Prlc SO cent. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for th United SUtea Remember th , name Do en's and take no other. . . . i he was threatened With death, if . be failed to deliver to membere if that Italian organisation tllOO la cash, John Danerl, ,a wealthy wine merchant of Saa Diego ha not ventured out of his horn or ator at night' for th naat three weoka, unless guarded by two or mor plain clothe Dollaemea. The character of the lettera has convinced Chief Wilson that their authora mean bualness and that there la an organized branch 'of th black hand operating la th city. . j t Church Kicks on Pastor Salary. . lUalted Praaa Lease Wlr.,1 Sacremento, CaU. Jan..T.tr. W. H. O. Temple, paator of th First Congre gational church of this city, has ten dered his resignation at a etorray meet ing of the active workers to the number of 100. He announced that he had bn requested to resign by a truete of th church and ha accused another trust of undermining hla influence. Th chief trouble, it la atated, 1 that th pastor alary ot $3000 pr y?.'. is considered too heavy load for th church. Dr. Temple came here from Seattle. If saving money is any object toyou, come here tomorrow. You'll find bargains everywhere very nook and corner of the store wilj have a happy surprise for,' you in the shape of a bargain of purest ray serene.. S.r X.:r:-,rC: - Agents Pictorial Review Patterns Wc-15c NEW THIRD AND YAMHILL Sole Agents American , Beauty Corsets , $1.00 Up VVomen's Suits and Coats and Waists are priced for tomorrow so fow .that ' you need but little money for" buying just what you want. Women's Suits, values worth to - Women's Suits, values worth A 1 L:A Q ;to$35 ;?y :! ; v. . .. . . . . 3) 1 0.45 Women's uits, values worth YA A Q to $65 . . . : a . v . ;;.Jpa4. 70 Women's Tan Covert and Gray & A ftO ; Tweed Coats, values to $12.50 . . t .tDt O Women's Tan Covert and Di- (j '- A O agonal Coats, values to $20.'; ;.tj 1 1 40 Women's Coats, big assort- (jj C A O ment, values up to $30, J) 1 0TcO Entire stock Women's Capes on sale at 4.4. ...V2 Price Women's Black -Sateen, Colored Poplin and. White Tailored ahd Embroidered ft Q Waists to $3.50 values ; . .yOC Child's Bearskin Coats, colored, O A Q : values to $2.98 . V. 1 tO " '. .-t , .-.,.:.' ,l ..'.-.4..- " '.",.. ' . . . Child's. ChoiceJBearskin Coats,. ( ft QI values to $5 ?. : . . .V; v.;4. J.V&yO ':..X h If Jill! f i .rV'V !fi): - hit .:M' i V : If? ? f. :' - y 4 I.- .' Underwear 98c Each Instead of $ 1 ;25 : Women's Union Suits, sream, fleeced. ,iac neca. $1.39 Ea. Instead of $1:75 gray, woo Ladles'' Union Suits, pleated, fleece back. 49c Edch Instead of 75c Ladles' Union extra weight. 39c Each 1 Ladlea' Union Suits, .back, extra valu. Suits, cream, fleeced. Instead of 50c white, fleeced 23c Each Instead of 35c Ladle' Veets, gray, fleeced,' lace neck, pearl buttons., - A t;. 49c Each Instead of 75c Ladles' Vests white, extra, heavy fleece, lac neck; pants to match. " Each Instead of 60c whit wool vest 43c Children' bargain. Hi Hosiery 19c a Pair Instead of 25c Ladle' "Bureon" Keee, fast black, seamiess, exira neavy. -. . v 12Kci Pair Instead of 18c Ladles' fast black seamless Hose; gooa weignt 23c a Pair 'Instead of 25c Ladles' - fast black seamless Hoee. split whit foot a Pair Instead of 25c fast black, extra n 19c Ladies' fast black. ribbed, top Hosiery. . eavy 23c a Pair Instead of 35c Ladles', fast black, all . srooL seam. less Cashmere Hoe. ; (, . 22c a Pair Instead of 35c Children's fast black seamless Cash- mera.Hos.-.... .,('. 1 5c a f Pair Instead of 20c Children' fast black seamlesi ribbed noae. , . . Bargains in the Economy Basem't tl.tS Whit China Slo PalL with cover and bail $ 1. J S large, fancy Lamp, It Inch high, at nly... 15c set of Blown Water Tum blers at only , (So Butcher Knlvea. on sal at only, 10c Knlve or Forks, on aal at only IS Shirtwaist Board .........194 4 Oo whit ' China ' Chamber, nn A 69e 79c 14c 19c i5c with oover, at only $1.60 White Bon Knjv Handled HO. Ive and Forks, at.'.....,.. Blx bar ot a-enuina Ivory Ca Soap at only ...... lo Cak Turner, very oheas ! at . ............ 60 kitchen Cleaner oa aal . at only ...v..... ......... ..,"V J0 Emery fSteela ,,........ "After 6 Saturday's. Spec'ls 3 Piece Carving Set $1.00 Value at. MA9c This set la exactly Ilk th illustra tion. Tha carver ha an S inch blade which la mad of best grada of tool ateeL ' ' ..-r.? ,.. ifft h sit lOcEtch'd Bfo wn Tumblers These Tumbler ar actual lOo quality, and are a wonderful vain.' . ,-. :, y Rubbers -Sp' I Woman's AO Rubber. ... , ....41 Misses- eoa KUODors Child' 400 Rubber Men's 85a Kubbere AienB"et.vv jnuDoers .......... Pebble leg Xium Women' $2.10 value, at...... Mlssea' 1. 00 value, at....,.. Child's tl.7J vajue, at. 1.24 Seaside Special Every Satur day Night. . ' On Saturday night of, every week. A. (k C. R. train , leaving Portland at 6:50 p. m., runs through to Seaside, stopping at all -ClaUop Beach points. Round trip fare, good going Saturday, returning Monday, $S. . A ",-v Killed by 60,000 Voltt. - (Cnltod Prees Uesed Wire.) ' Vallejo, CaL, Jan. 7. Robert McBrlde of Davis waa killed yesterday at the north tower, of th Bay Counties Power company, ' 40,000 volta of elee- tricity passing through hla body.. John Harrington, a foreman at th tower, was killed in a similar way A few daya befor Christmaa. v . ; . s . . WldDH mm miM UjUj J IS High Grade Sample Shoes in Some of the Most Exclusive Styles. Worth vG3.SO, 54 and OS FOR MEN and WOMEN ' if Third and Washington Sfd. BOSTON SA.IV31PI,E' SKIOE STORE 4 K v