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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 1, 1910.'
111 ELUSTOil
DIES AT IMS OF
HEFIILSOLDl
Popular Officer at Victoria, B.
C, Killed by Thomas Allen,
Private in His Command-
Says He Meant Only to Maim
' fVnltri Praia foand Wirt.)
Victort, B. C Aug. 1. Captain Per
clval EUlston of vthe Royal Canadian
Garrison artillery, was shot through the
throat by Gunner Thomas Allen, R. C
A ; this morning and died-15 mlnutea
later. Allen shot from an upper window
of the barracks, 300 feet away. lis Is
the crack shot of his company. lie
rUlms he meant only to, malm his offl
. cer'r':!Y " k v-"jv 5'' 'Jv v;:V;'r:-"-"-- '-"
Allen served II years In the British
army,- and When the troops left this
' station he remained and Joined the Ca
nadian permanent corps. II a has been
drinking" for the last 'month' and 'was
In a maudlin condition this morning-.
He walked down after the shooting ,
Stood by the body a moment and then.
walked out of the barracks.-
The city police were called at ones
and searching parties of soldiers sent
out. Allen was found not far'from. the
barracks by a party ot artillerymen and
brought to police headquarters and
lodged In JalL. He admits that revenge
had something to do with his crime, as
he thought he had . been punished too
severely for breaches of discipline.
Captain Elllston was born in England
1 2 years ago and was a very popular
officer,- . ,
The canvass for the sals of Multno
mah club rebuilding bonds proceeded en
thusiastically today. W. C. Bristol,
chairman , of the committee on sale of
the bonds, expressed It as his convic
tion that approximately two-thirds of
the 1200,000 had been taken up, and
that by "Wednesday, when a formal
meeting Is to be held, the bonds would
be over subscribed.
The members of the committee W.
C. Bristol. Edward Cookingham and L.
J. Goldsmith, found during Saturday's
canvass that many of the business men
whom they expected to subscribe had
gone to the beach. These wore return
ing, today and the subscriptions were
correspondingly plentiful.
"A meeting, of our committee of three
will be held this afternoon," said Mr.
Bristol. "At that time we will cast up
the subscriptions and know definitely
the amount. I do not think any member
of the committee knows exactly what
the subscriptions amount to, but we
will know then. I, personally, regard
the bonds as the best kind of an invest
ment. They have four to one security,
draw six per cent interest and run f dr
20 years. This fact has constituted a
powerful appeal to those who took the
bonds, not for the sake of aiding in the
rebuilding of the Multnomah club, but
for Investment alone."
SOCIALIST ORATOR
: DECLARES FOR JAIL
"I will go to Jail and serve it out,"
dramatically exclaimed Harry Lloyd, a
Socialist orator, after he and three oth
ers were fined $10 each in municipal
court this morning for blocking the
street at Third and Burnslde while hold
Ing a meeting last night
The crowd around Lloyd was so large
that passengers were unable " to dis
mount or board carl which stopped at
the corner and Patrolmen Martina and
Johnson ordered Lloyd to jgo some other
place and hold the meeting. They say
he. refused and he was placed tinder
arrest At the same time 2. J. Fisher,
another , Socialist was arrested for try
ing to obstruct the officers. -, .
After Lloyd had been removed from
the Box on which he was speaking and
was being taken to Jail,. Edward Dixon,
a member of the local Socialist propa
ganda committee, mounted the box and
he was placed under arrest by Patrol
man Leaven a
Lloyd and Dixon in court this morn
ing declared they were about to Inform
the crowd that the meeting would be
adjourned to another place when they
were arrested. Fleber stood on the wit
ness stand and for five minutes deliv
ered an eloquent speech. . defending the
rlKht of free speech and lambasting the
officers ? who had Interfered with the
meeting. '';
'Tour right of free speech ia undeni
able," , said Judge Bennett in Imposing
the fines, "but you cannot be permitted
to block the streets when you hold
your meetings." ...,,
fjIwCOMERSi BRING ; ' "
DIPHTHERIA IS CLAIM
, ". The cause for the diphtheria epidemic
last month is placed at the doors of six
families who came from the east, and
1 aflad to ; properly care for their chil
dren. This is the substance of the re
port made today, by Dr. C. H. Wheeler
to the board of health. In which he says
there wera 45 cases in July, and four
were f atat ,pf-
During tha' first part of t June, diph
theria began to spread, but quarantine
work on the part of the health depart
ment checked it , The first part , of
July tha trouble again broke out and
aseumed alarming proportions. Efforts
to locate the trouble brought out the
tact that people comlrtg from the east
with children considered their children
had only sore throats. Instead it was
diphtheria, - They were not .quarantined
until the physician had reported the case
to bs diphtheria, The parents were
largely to blame, as they gave no medl
oei attention until the child was in a
dangerous stage of the disease.
The health officer's report further
shows there were 17 cases of scarlet
fever, 19 typhoid fever, 38 measles, 11
chicken pox, 4 tuberculosis and 1 spinal
meningltles. These are only contagious
diseases. There wera four deaths from
tuberculosis. j
MEN ARRESTED VVHII '
DlSTRpflMTlARDS
Mervln T-Jiw m4 -Arthw i.-?rnj?--
p-nn, rroprlefors of a printing estab
lishment at 8034 WasMnfftQn street
were .arretted yesterday by Sergeant
Cults while distributing cards advertls
1 tlietr jlant along WoPhingtnn and
l.v,r4 strata Thy wr fined J5 each
fa, iiUjfiSr ul court tWay.
TWO THIRDS OF CLUB'S
BONDS SUBSCRIBED
CQMPH MADE
OF FLY NUISANCE
Market Inspector' Evans Finds
Carelessness Among Bak
eries and Meat Markets.
Bakeries and meat markets are dodg
ing around the danger line in reference
to unsanitary conditions. Mrs. Sarah
A. Evans, market inspector, ia having
much trouble in this respect and In al
most every shop she visits instructions
sre necessary about some feature of the
business.' The merchants have been ex
tremely careless the past month in
handling meats and bakery goods. : v
Her report submitted today to the
board of health shows 250 places
visited during July. Four, convictions
for unclean' and unsanitary conditions
were secured in the municipal court
One of the most flagrant violations pf
the law was taken before the .municipal
court but a Jury of six men gave a
verdict that,, the , bakery was clean
When Mrs.- Evans visited this place she
found a large quantity of manure
within a few feet of the bakry door..
Flies were pouring iii and out of the
shop, and the odor, from the manure
was sickening. - This evidence was pre
sented to tha Jury, which discharged
the man. 'y;r :- ' ' .,'
The 1 general trouble with the bake
and meat shops is over flies. Some
places attempt to regulate this feature,
but Portland has a large number that
pay no attenHon to it until they are
forced ; to do so by the market in
spector. ;.;,.';' . ;
The report of ; Mrs. Evans further
Shows inspections of 60 groceries, 84
meat markets, 23 bakeries, 33 commis
sion houses, two creameries, eight fac
tories and v two killing establishments,
and 34 complaints answered. -
Considerable trouble has been ex
perienced by her with the fruit and
berry merchants. One berry house was
convicted of using unsanitary cans and
a fine of $15 imposed. This house was
first notified to clean up. Her efforts
will now be centered largely upon meat
markets, as many butchers neglect ice
and attention to keep out flies.
W.O.W.CONSIDER
New System of: Organization
Proposed by Head of Order
Under Discussion.
r The report of the committee on legis
lation was taken up during this morn
ing's meeting of - the tenth head camp
session of the Faclfio Jurisdiction,
Woodmen of tha World. ': The conven
tion has resolved itself into a com
mittee of tne ' whole which will con
tinue to work on the report this after
noon and probably "tomorrow and will
have the closing session Wednesday
evening.
The essentials of the report were pre
sented this morning by Chairman A. E.
Sunderland, head banker-elect of
Fresno, Cat- The main item taken up
was the new law proposed by Head Con
sul Boak. This law, which Is Intended
to promote the society and act toward
securing new members, provides for
three classes of workers. The first
clsss will consist of deputy head- con
suls not, to exceed ' three In number.
The second class provides for district
managers not to exceed 25. In number,
and the third, class for local camp or
ganizers in each, of tha 300 camps In
the Jurisdiction.
An active campaign will be waged by
the order during the coming year to
obtain new members and to better the
general condition of the order. During:
the past year or two the society has i
been handicapped by an , Inferior class
of workers, it is said. , , I
SMITH ALLOWED NEW
TRIAL OF FREIGHT CASE
! , Records of the circuit court note a
rather peculiar proceeding today. It re
fers to a motion allowed by Judge Rob
ert Morrow granting a new trial In the
action of the O. R, & N. Co. against the
Frank L. .Smith Meat company, la which
a decision in favor of the defendant was
handed down soma time ago by Judge E.
C. Broriaugh. . , , - ,.. -
- The "western classification" Is in
volved in .the suit Judge Morrow ex
plained in court that after a conference
with Judge Bronaugh and consideration
by both of them of new points advanced
by the railway company, he decided t
allow a new trial. He based ,. his de
cision largely on a recent decision of the
Interstate commerce commission on a
similar point ' v ,
The O.'Tt AN. Co. charged the meat
eompany-with loading a car with two
distinct commodities, and then entering
and reporting it so as to obtain a car
load rate on one of them. The case
has attracted considerable attention
among shippers. . -
ARGUMENTS CONTINUE -:
IN OREGON TRUST CASE
Arguments were continued today In
the suit brought by Thomas C Devlin,
receiver of the Oregon Trust, against
jjirectors and , officers of the defunct
iiieiii-uuun iu recover . ooiween touv,uju
and 3100,000 alleged to have been lost
to the bank because of negligence and
carelessness on the part of the trus
tees. Testimony and arguments prob
ably will go before Judge Oaten s, who
tried . the case, about tomorrow after
noon. . i ' " ' , . , ,
POPULAR PASTORS
. OFF ON VACATIONS
Dr. Benjamin Young, pastor of tha
Taylor Street Methodist church, and Dr.
John H. Cudllpp, pastor of tha Grace
Methodist church, will leave this. week
for their summer vacations of about a
month. ' :.?t-f- v-rA-' '-" -y:-v-,y .
Dr. Cudllpp will attend the Canadian
Methodist conference at ' Vancouver, B,
crtefore-aklr.g-TilslSy-ottDr?Young
will stay for a while at Ocean Park in
his cottage, and will then go to Califor
nia for a trip through the Yosemlte
valley. . ' ""' . .
Bishop C. W. Smith and Rev. Walton
Sklpworth of The Dalles will occupy
rr. Young's pulplt next Sunday.,. ..
i yew
HABROWLY ESCAPE
DEATH BY ElliE
James Graham and Son'Awa'ce
to Find Home Wrapt in H
Flames.
James Graham, a traveling salesman,
and his son were nearly cremated in a
fire which destroyed ' the interior of
their residence, 704 East Ankeny street,
shortly before 4 o'clock this' morning.
Bolhr wera already partially overcome
by the smoke, which poured lntd their
sleeping room on tha first floor, when
the older man awoke. He aroused his
son and both climbed through a win
dow, exit by way of the doors being
cut off. " --r;:::-7.; '"I' ':'f
The fire department was called, but
the flames had gained a strong hold
before the apparatus arrived, and little
more than the walls "and roof were left
Mr. Graham and his son wera tne
only ' occupants of the 'house at the
time, the other members of tha family
being at Seaside. - , -
REV. MONTGOMERY
MAKES GOOD IN EAST
,5'. ; . i i , i ' m .v.; .;; " v"'' : '
Rev. Andrew Montgomery, former
pastor of the Third Presbyterian church,
Is having great s success in ,; nia new
nh at th Oak Park Presbvtertan
church of Chicago, according to Rev.
Henry Marootte., who returned Satur
day evening from several months' so
journ through various countries in Eu
rope. -,v ."",.'.,. -v '
Rev, Mr. Marcotte was'one of the
representatives of Oregon to tha gen
eral assembly of the , Presbyterians.
With Dr. W. II. Foulkes. pastor of ths
First Presbyterian church, and another
representative at the assembly, he trav
eled through Germany, France, Hungary,
Austria, England, Scotland, Ireland and
Holland, and saw the passion play at
Oberammergau. '; .. , 1
Federal Judge Bean, sitting In the
United States circuit court, this morn
ing declined to issue an injunction in
the ease of S. P. Wright et al vs. the
Orchard Development company, at al,
a Umatilla county corporation. The
plaintiffs had sought to secure an order
restraining R. N. Stanfleldffrom selling
property to the corporation, whioh -had
contracted to buy it The trouble arose
because of a quarrel 'among the stock
holders of tha corporation over the
management of the company. ' N
. Judge Bean held that because the
stockholders could not agree concern
ing the management of the company
was no ground for restraining Stanfield
from enforcing the terms of his con
tract if he saw tit to do so. ,
The hottest day of the year so far
occurred - last- month, -when the tem
perature reached 97 degrees, on tha lOthi
according to the monthly meteorological
summary published by the weather bu
reau. The normal temperature for the
month was 66.8 degrees, and the mean
was 67 decrees. The lowest waa 51 de
grees, July 4. , . . '
The maximum for the month for 86
years was 102 degrees, and the minimum
was 43 degrees. The average daily ex
cess, for the month, as compared with
tne normal, was o.s aegree, ana tne ac
cumulated excess since January 1 was
164.7 degrees. The average daily ex
cess since January I was 0.3 degree.
Only a trace of precipitation was re
corded during July, taking place on the
20th.-. .This is the first time since 1806
that such a small amount has been re
corded. The normal for the month is
0.68 Inch, while tha total precipitation
from September 1, 1909, to the end of
the month waa 42.09 Inches. The nor
mal for that period is 44.48 inches. The
deficiency from September 1 to the end
of the month, as compared with tha nor
mal of the corresponding period, la 8.89
Inches,' The normal, for 89 wet seasons
is 40.18 inches.
Northwestwas the prevailing direc
tion of the wind, the total movement
being 5245 miles, with an average hourly
veiooity or seven mijes. The maximum
velocity (for five miles) was 19 miles
per hour, from the northwest July 9.
There were 18 clear days durinar the
month, 12 partly cloudy, 1 cloudy. Thore
waa none on which .01 inch Or more of
precipitation occurred. -
DEATH CAME WHILE
' GEORGE TRACY SLEPT
; George Tracy. aged 50, a ' bartender,
was found dead - in' his - room In the
Western lodging house, 9 North Second
street this morning. Trsey waa em
ployed by Charles Larsen, a saloon
keeper at Second and Burnslde streets.
When he did not appear to open the
place this morning Larsen went to
awaken htm. After repealed calls had
been unanswered, his room, was entered
and he was found lying undressed in
the bed, death having probably come
while : he waa asleep. Alcoholism is
believed to have been the cause. Tracy
has a niece in Sacramento, . CaL, but
has no near relatives so far as is
known. The body was removed to Dun
ning & McEntee'a undertaking rooms.
60,000,000 FEET TIMBER
BURNS NEAR MONTESAND
' (Special DlcpaMi to The Joornsi.) '
' Montesano, Wash.. Aug. 1. Fire In
the timber in the North river district
which broke out Saturday, destroyed
60,000,000 feet and is sweeping through
the timber sectlon:ln the state, the
loss today, is more than 875,000. The
fire Is not under controlalthough it is
burning towards the forks of the river.
One thousand men are engaged in stop
ping the flames.
INHUMAN TEAMSTER
HALED BEFORE'COURTi
John Murphy, a teamster, who set the
brakes of ' his : wagon before starting
across; the Morrison street bridge Sat
urday and then beat his horses the en
tire length of the bridge, was fined f 25
in municipal, court this morning.
DEVELOPMENT COMP'Y
' MAY BUY PROPERTY
JULY MADE RECORD
FOR WARMEST DAY
TlffiMLfflt
WWW
One of Them Is Ballinger Him
self, Another Is Chairman of
Investigation, Another Is a
Taft Handy Man.
, (Cnlted Ptm Leased WlM.V .
Minneapolis, Aug. 1. Secretary of the
Interior Ballinger and Senators Nelson
and Crane , are here today, andr'though
the secretary denies mat he came 40
confer with the senators, It is believed
that a conference has been held. Nel
son and Crane had a long private talk
shortly, after they arrived. is bo
lieved that Nelson - boarded the- same
train at Alexandria that Crane and Balr
linger were on: and that' a conference
was held.. on; the' way here.' " :;:' -4::.
Senator Crane recently left .: Beverly
after a, conference with, Taft and it ia
believed he is acting as the president's
representative here. ' v
''A week ago Taft denied that Crane's
proposed western trip had anything to
do with the Ballinger case. The meeting
between Crane and Nelson today, how
ever, seemed to be prearranged.
Nelson is chairman of the committee
that Investigated the Balllnger-Pinchot
controversy and it Is understood that
the, final report of ths committee will
be r b y soon. -
,- None of the men would talk of the
conference.- Ballinger stated emphatic
ally that ' he had coma here to meet
Crane and Nelson. A
B.F.1MEY0UT
IT
Candidate for Congress in First
District Progressive; Anti
Assembly. fSnwUl rlptrti tt T Jnnrn!.) '
Medford, Or., Aug. 1.- District Attor
ney B. F. Mulkey today announced his
candidacy for congress from the First
district -He willndeavor to! wrest the
nomination from W. C. Hawley. Mul
key will stand on a progressive Repub
lican platform and is anti-assembly. .
EE BAND
Brave W6man Saving Earnings
, to Engage Lawyer for Con- --
fessed Murderer.
- Mrs. Jesse P. Webb, wife of the con
fessed slayer of W. A. Johnson, whose
body was found June 21 in a trunk at
the union depot is working bard with
her two daughters in Seattle to raise
money for the defense jpf the accused,
r Mrs. Webb is convinced that her hus
band was a victim of an unfortunate
chain of circumstances over which he
had no control.
She is a dressmaker and It has been
largely from the earnings of her busy
needle tha the support of herself and
her two daughters has been . derived.
Webb fchas aided his family at times,
but of late years he has not held a
steady Job long enough to be able to
give much financial assistance to them.
With even that slender pittance cut
off, Mrs. Webb and her two daughters,
wno -snare ner confidence in their
father, are working- early and late to
raise the money which their lawyer in
this city assures them will free the
prisoner; -v-v' v,?, :'?, .-v .-
"I know people will think that I am
a fool, but I can't help it" says Mrs.
Webb. , "If Webb had ever been cruel
to me or had humiliated his daughter
or myself, we would probably be hard
ened to him, but a kinder father or hus
band around his home never lived.
"He has wrongea us in this, but no
one but myself can . realise how he is
suffering for it He is a proud man
and feels keenly the disgrace that he
has brought on himself and us. As far
as the killing of Johnson is concerned,
he has told me in his letters that John
son was getting the better of him and
it was his life or Johnson's.
"If he -had. only . given himself no
after the deed had been committed, in
stead of losing his head and acting as
ho did. his lawyer assures me that
there would not have been, a . chance for
conviction. ,'.;v i .-. , 4,.. ... - ...
f "Mrs. Kersh deceived me. and bv her
appeals -for - sympathy first entangled
Webb. It did not seem possible at first
tnat sne couia ao such things, but the
stories that I have been told by friends.
or other nomas which she has broken
up convince me almost against my will."
e . in.' :'
The quality of milk for Portland is
better.- This is shown plainly in the
report of C D. Smith, city chemist .who
has charge of the testing of milk, In
bis report for July he. states the per
centage of samples above the bacterio
logical standard is 74. Last month It
was only'68.-' . -; 1-- - . ' .,
During the month ha took 432 sam
ples from various parts ef the city and
from various, dairies. There are still
some dairymen who persist 1q watering
and coloring their milk, but only nine
wrarrUd-.for-thl-vloltim. Two
months ago there were 20 arrested.
The attention of the authorities Is
being strongly directed- toward elimi
nating tuberculous cattle from herds
that supply the city With milk. Drs. D.
W. Mack and II. Sllverwood are in the
field testing cattle, and last month con
demned 11 cows.
C0RIL
Jll filiiii.EAPQLIS
GA
IIS M TO
QUALITY OF MILK
. IS MUCH IMPROVED
EIGHT FlilED FH
AUTO PEER
Police Round. Up Large Num
ber of Offenders in Municipal
- Court Today. '
Despite numerous accidents during
the last month and the constant vigi
lance of police officers, auto speeding
continues in all sections of , the city, and
eight were , fined in municipal court
tnis morning.' Tha ball of another was
forfeited and two - asked for hearings
later in the week. Warrants are out
for three other speeders, who were
umea yesterday.
Fines of 310 each were imnosed on
Guy N. Smith, J. D, Hart Don a Stop
penbach, J. A. Costello, Clarence Fran
cis, Jack Dixon. Alexander Samuels and
Cecil Cobb, Wendell ;PhlUipa failed to
appear in court, and his ball was or
dered forfeited by Judge Bennett J,
o, 1 eon, capitalist, and I H, Tarpley,
an attorney, asked for continuances in
their casea. AH of the arrests were
made by Patrolmen Sims and Evans of
the motorcycle squad, Slma gefctlnf the
majority :" '. 'VV.. -:.:: '' -' ,
A warrant is out for Will Edwards.
aged 22, whom Patrolman Slma caught
going nearly 50 miles an hour at East
Fiftieth and Belmont atreets yesterday.
Complaint was also made today by Pa
trolman Evans against H. L. Briggs of
676 Brazes street -
John Hansen. 1885 East Mill street
was struck by a machine driven by
Arthur Serr, 565 Rodney avenue, at
Fifth and : Burnslde streets yesterday
and knocked down. Hansen waa stunned
but quickly recovered, and refused , to
go tora hospital. Serr said Hansen
stepped In front of his machine. -
An automobile driven- by a man
named Lowengard collided with a street
car at Sixth and Washington street, but
uttie damage was dona and no one was
injured. Patrolman Grlsm reported that
both driver and motorman blamed each
other for tha accident. No arrests were
made. . . , ,
LONG DESERTED WIFE
If
In a complaint filed In a divorce ac
tion today in circuit court Augusta
Mills tells the story of how her hus
band. E. F. Mills, after living with her
for more than 20 years, deserted her
April 18, 1908, in Portland, leaving her
penniless and destitute with five young
children to support Their whola brood
otmststedr Titnf children;"
They were married in Portland, and
for more , than , 20 years Mills was a
gooa nusoana- in April, 1908, he left
their Portland home, telling his wife he
Intended seeking work In British- Colum
bia and Canada. He , is a canneryman.
About a month after his departure his
wife received a letter from him.
"I'll never return,' It read. Accord
ing to tha allegations she mates in her
complaint he never has. She aoDlles
for a divorce on the grounds of deser
tion and non-support She wants the
custody of their minor children and asks
that suitable alimony be fixed by the
court . a.,:.., .' ,- r.
URGES FORESTS BE
PROTECTED FROM FIRE
Dr. Luther K Dyott, pastor of the
First' Congregational church, delivered
a strong sermon -last night urging
greater'protectlon of forests from fire
and condemning those who carelessly
cause fires. The sermon was in re
sponse to 2000 letters sent out recently
by District Forester Chapman, asking
the support of ths clergy of tha states
of Washington and Oregon In the mat
ter of protection of forests from fire.'
Dr. Dyott stated : "Capital punish
ment would be too good for ths wretch"
who intentionally or carelessly starts a
fire which consumes not only millions
of dollars' worth of property in the no
ble trees, but moreover Is the cause of
untold harm in other respects. Wa need
a system of protection which shall be
more general and efficient Forest fires
can be prevented, and assuredly,: they
snouia ds prevented. -
"Out here in the great north West let
us wake up to what can bdon, and
do it To do what ought to ba done
in this respect is an essential part of
everyday, practical religion." . - 1
APPRAISE ESTATE
FOR PROBATE COURT
Robert S. Farrell, Charles Zane and
Arthur Shrev were today appointed in
probate court to act as appraisers of
tha estate of Louis Jaggar, Portland
commission merchant, who died as the
result of injuries received in an auto
mobile accident in tha early part of
last month, f jaggar'a will has not yet
been : placed on file.
Dr. David Raffety, Mark Crandall and
Gus Mock, appraisers of the estate of
Amos M. Roberts, filed an inventory
and appraisement In the county court
today, fixing the valua of the real and
personal property left by Roberta at
$57,338. .- .
James Sourapas was today appointed
in probata court administrator of the
estate of Mile Dlkllch, a Greek, who
died some time ago and left, consider
able real and personal property. v
MARSHAL C0LWELL
' IS "ON THE JOB"
Tha first official rt nf TTnlf.
Marshal E. B. ColwelV after he was
sworn into office today was the service
of papers in the case of the . United
States vs. F. B. and Etta B. Holbrook,
in which tha government seeks to annul
tha defendants' tiatenta on nr..
gon lands. Following this official act
win new Hiiictsi pinnea a rortiana rose
on the lapel of Mr. Holbrook's coat, in
order that the occasion might thus be
made memorable, ,
. , PERSONAL : ,
'H. t. Tolerton of Tolerton & War-
field, wholesale grocers, Sioux City,
Iowa, is fin Portland for a few days
while touring the coast "
Frank Battles and family lefl'todnv
for Philadelphia after a pleasant .stay
of several days in Portland. Yesterday
the visitors were the guests of President'
ff B."Josselyrr rm triptof Caiadero and
Estacada. Mr. Battles .Is a prominent
banker and cams to Portland ostensibly
to study , the city. Qle expressed, him
self exceedingly well; pleased with its
substantial appearance. saying that It
bore every mark of the prosperous New
England city, which means a high rale
standing In financial circles of the east
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HUH 0LLIAO UIVUiXUL 1 ,,w l-,l,ul,l,,uv .
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TAKE L0!iG HIKE
On Trip of Inspection Find They
Have Some Tall Climbing
to Do.
J. P. O'Brien, general manager of the
Harriman lines in Oregon, and E. E.
Lytle., president of the Pacific Railway
A Navigation company, , returned late
Saturday evening from a trip of inspec
tion over the Tillamook line, , Mr.
O'Brien traveling as the guest of Presi
dent LytlO. :
The trip was strenuous s:t times, be
cause the rood is not completed and
several miles had to ba covered afoot
Tha longest stretch that the two rail
road officials had to hike was two
miles, but that distance was an easy
matter as compared with the half mile
of climb to the top of one of the hills
that will give the road its scenic value
and. fame.V .
"We climbed and climbed," said Mr.
Lytle in recalling the pleasant hour or
more .on that bit of road, "and yet it
seemed that we got very little nearer
the top."' They told us the distance was
only half a mile, but I am sura it was
two. At times we had to hang on by
our' halls to keep from falling back
ward. . Of course we were taking a short
cuf'-,v;,;,"i;. -.?':-;: ..-j;; .. ;-.;v':---- v
The start was made from Portland
last Thursday and HUlsboro the same
afternoon. Thirty-one miles were
covered Dy ran to tne end or tne new
line and then it was to walk, or ride In
farm wagons when possible. Several
streams had to be crossed and this was
Invariably done by boat The final
stretch of the road waa made in comfort
because trains are in operation out tut
Tillamook, a distance of about ten miles.
The return waa made ia an automo
bile that had been brought around to
meet them. It was a dusty and rough
trip, but without mishap, Mr. O'Brien
says that in Washington county, especi
ally, the roads were very bad, dusty and
full of holes, not to be seen but easily
found. , t-:. f ,;,; . ; r-h-yf:
It is expected to have the road com
pleted before the end of the year..
Intruder at Cairo and Bloody
' Murderer and Abductor in
Oklahoma; Quick Work;
(United PreM Leased Win.)
Cairo. III., Aug. 1. An Investigation
of the lynching of a negro caught in
the bedroom of tha daughter of John
Wade, a white farmer living near here,
la being conducted by the authorities
today. The girl entered her r6om and,
hearing the negro, screamed.' The black
became frightened. He tried to escape,
but the girl a cries brought help and the
negro crawled under the bed. Ho was
dragged out and taken from the house.
In a few minutes a crowd gathered and
the negro was strung up to a. tree. The
lynching has created considerable ex
citement recalling the murder of Anna
Pelly at Cairo and tha lynching of Will
James, the negro accused of the crime.
Race feeling has been aroused.
Alexis, Ala,. Aug, 1. Bill Walker, a
negro, was shot to death and his body
burned today by a mob that pursued
him arter he had assaulted , and fatally
Wounded Mrs. Nettle Gibson,' white,
slashed her brother with a rasor, shot
another negro and made . his victim's
wlfo flee with him. j -
Mrs. Gibson was the wife of tha su
perintendent of the , farm : on , which
Walker worked. The negro lured her
from the house by telling her that a
neighbor had died.
Walker led the way toward the place
Where he said the neighbor lived. A
short distance from the house he sprang
upon Urn. Cjlbson. .She fought desper
ately but ha stabbed her with a knife.
Her little brother heard her cries and'
ran to help her. The negro, drew a
rasor and slashed the lad. r , ,x
Walker left the woman dying and the
bby severely wounded and went to the
cottage of Jesse Brown, colored. He
opened the window and fired at Brown,
severely wounding him. Then, at the
point of his revolver, ha foroed Mrs.
Brown to leave the house and accom
pany him, and fled toward a swamp.-
A mob gathered when the story -of the
attack became known and followed
Walker. He was found today hiding in
tne swamp. , The Brown 'woman was
not with him. . ;
It is not likely there will ba any race
trouble here. - -
DETECTIVES MAKE . .
GOOD, JUNE RECORD
Excellent results wera aeeomDlished
by the Portland detective staff in the
month of June, according to the report
issuea toaay ty captain of Detectives
Moore, Of 65 larceny cases. 35 were
cleared up and the perpetrators cap
tured. Twenty bad checks were passed
and the men guilty f-12 of thenv found.
There were two cases of vicious as
sault . with one arrest One burglary
was reported and the ; thief - cauatht
There were four cases 4f pocketplcklng,
for which ths offenders were arrested,
and three men were taken. Into custody
here for thefts In other, cities. .
REFORM MONOMANIAC ,";
: TAKEN TO STEILAC00M
-Seattle, Wash., Aug. 1. Wallace Bus-
sell, who shot and killed Joe Bonner,
owner of the .Monte Carlo saloon, in a
lone raid on gambling in the tenderloin
district twd months ago, was today ta
ken to a private sanitarium at Long
mont Cal. Bussell has been in the
state asylum at Stellacoom for several
weeks. He had not been mentally right
for several years and the subject of
reform hsd become a mania with him.
RAISED LID YESTERDAY; -
POLICEMEN NAB, HIM
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' Hfnnw TOrtllpti. nwn(r rt m saYnn- -
PtlvtVi nniY"Ti!vprnttfitreel:a;'"'B7aB h anu
offender of the Sunday closing law ar
restees yesieraay. jpatroimen fost and
Nmtnn friunri him selllne whlRtrav In a
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- " " " . - . .. . - . .taoft,
of whskey as evidence. Bollch has been
arreeiea iwice osrore ror sunaay viola
tions. He will be given a hearing in
municipal court tomorrow. h
I VI I B B IMS M M .
UrUULUKtUH
TEXAS GB IV
CALLED TO lilQUIRE
ABOUT RACE RIOTS
Two Hundred Witnesses Called
in Anderson County to Testify-as
to Saturday's Dis
turbances. .
tunned Prete Lenied Wire.
Palestine, Texas, Aug. , L Two bun
dred witnesses wefa subpoenaed this f-
ternoon to nnnnni' bfnr ths int.i...
county grand Jury to give testimony
concerning the race riot here, and In ad
jacent towns Saturday. Two white men
were arrested tnis arternoon and now
six men ara held under strong guard.
Efforts by the authorities to summon
negroes as wltnesRRn hiW nrnvmA. fniif.
less. Scores of . blacks are hiding, In
terror 01 weir lives, although mounted
patrols are on duty at Elkhart, Slocum
and- Palestine.',---- .
; Reports from nearby towns that bod-'
les of negroes have been found in the
fields ara - not credited, although the
exact number of victims of tha riots
could not ba ascertained by tha rangers
today. In manv vanttm th hrntfai tit
neeroea Who wera hnt , knra a.
day. A few negroes were drowned and
uiviv uuuies nave not yet Deen recovered.
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' La Grande Druggist Guilty.
(Special Dinpttch to xhe Journal.) '
La, Grande,' Or., Aug. l.Adolph New.
lin. a druerlst. wam fmml mill, thu
morning of selling whiskey. Tha Jury
uu imwb ou. a.Dout oo nourv. - j.
Slowness with which the school board
has aotsd in moving from tha city hall
has brought about an order from the
custodian of the building that - their
rooms must be vacated by Tuesday
evening.. If School Clerk Thomas-has
not complied with this order, the cus
todian declares he will carry his furni
ture into the strset
y -This. condition of affairs has brought
about a three cornered fight between
the city attorney, clerk of tha school
board and Head Janitor Simmons. , The
council notified the school board clerk
several weeks ago to vacats tha rooms,
as the city attorney needed them. Noth
ing was dons until recently, when Mr.
Thomas announced ha had secured quar
ters in the Tilford building, 5 Ha did
not begin to move until Frldsy, and lit
tle was dona then toward moving. The
city attorney moved Into an adjoining
room Friday, expecting his rooms to be
ready immediately. Thomas was noti
fied this morning by the custodian to
ba out by Tuesday evening. - .
DISMISSES SMITHS - -FOR
STRIKING WADE
After the marital troubles of Guy N.
Smith, an asbestos manufacturer, had
been told on the witness stand in mu
nicipal court this morning, both he and
his wife instructed attorneys to bring
divorce proceedings,; In the course of
the trial of Smith and Murray Wade,
who were arrested Saturday after Smith
attacked Wade, the "shortlived romance
of the Smiths was told in alt details.
"We were married In April." sald
Smith, "and two days after the cere
money my wife began to receive calls
over the telephone from bther men. A,
few days later she was going out with
them -and she retorted with an oath
when I questioned her, ' We lived to
gether for three weeks, when she left
me." .-...
. "He only gave me hash to eat" said
Mrs. Sm!thon the stand. , ,
"And I had to cook that," retorted
Smith. " -
, Mrs. Smith denied . that Wade waa
uiitui man n.11 viu maim ui mv
and was bitter toward her husband in
her testimony. She said that she was
with Wade and another man when her
husband walked up to them, frightened ,
one of the men away and then struck
Wade. Smith admitted striking. Wade,
but said he had first warned both men
to leave nls wife. ' . '
Assistant City Attorney Sullivan rec.
ommended the dismissal of tha case
against Smith, declaring that J Mrs.
Smith's conduct would provoke any man
to violence. - Judge Bennett dismissed
both cases, but ,told Smith tp confine
hi sactlvity to the divorce courts in the
future. ?,,.,. -....:.. ;. , h -"
MRS. MARY SHANNON .
BURIED IN YANKTON
Mrs. Mary Virginia Shannon, mother
of Mrs, Sarah A. Evans of Portland,
died Sunday July 24, at Chelan Butte
orchards, near Wenatchee, Wash, Death
was the result of acuta indigestion and
took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
D. L. Pratt the latter of whom Is the
youngest - daughter- of - the 'deceased.
Mrs. Shannon, was well known In Port
land, where she spent a year at ; tha
home -of ' Mrs. Evans. She waa the
widow of the late Oliver Shannon, who
was formerly prominent In Pennsyl-vanla-polltlcs
runtir; 7his" removal to "
Yankton, S. D., where he was also po
litically prominent He was a former
intimate -with - Samuel Randall and
President Buchanan. The Buchanan
homestead la now owned by a branch of
the Shannon family. ; -
Pa., January 8, 1834.. The funeral ssrv
ices were held in Spokane and the re
mains were taken to Yankton for inter
ment beside those of her late husband.
who passed away 10 years ago. Mrs.:
Shannon is survived by the following
children: Thomas B. Shannon, Salt
Lake; Richard L. Shannon, Salt Lake;
H' B, Shannon, Spokane? Mrs. X.i U
Pratt Wenatchee; Mrs, Sarah A. Evans,
Portland; M". Pratt and small daugh
ter s are for the prese'nt the guests of
Mrs. , Evans in Portland. . -
BAD CHECK GIVEN
: TO CHARITY-FUND
The Marjorle Mahr fund, Instead of
swelling yesterday, diminished. When
a 110 check which had been turned into
payment it .was returned marked "no
f unds." i The bank returned it yester
day. ;;'-.. ;. -; - ;.'','
Not enough was received yesterday to
offset the loss of the 310, but today
several general 'contributions' were' re
cutvpd. The fund amounts, to" about
36500, and will go to 37000 probably,
tot the patronesses ara slill at work.
1ST VACATE OR
MAY BE OUSTED