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THE EVENING JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1902. a noon ham ' H VIUVV JIHUL ReggyVanderbilt'sSilk Socks Were His Favorites. (Journal Special Serviced KEW HAVEN, Conn., July 17. Doner C Buares.' a -young negro or Cuban, who says- he ! itudent at . the Hampton Institute In Virginia, and who for the past term at Tale has been an assistant janitor in Vanderbilt Hah, earning I money io continue his studies at Hamp ton, haw just been arrested by the New Haven police, charged with the theft of several hundred dollars' worth of jewelry and other articles belonging to students. In his pocket was found' a solid gold cigarette case belonginj to Reginald C. Vanderbilt, who was a senior this year. . In his trunk at his home in Waterbruy, :. where he was arrested, were found many pairs of Mr. Vanderbilt's silk socks with the Initials "R. V." embroidered on each one.' Altogether, the detectives found three trunks nearly filled with what i the' say was stolen from Vanderbilt ball. . When he was searched In the Detective Bureau here today these articles were found on Buares: Gold watch and chain,' solid silver match safe and monogram scratched out, dlamond-and-ruby-studded scarf pin, gold scarf holder with mono gram "it. C," soarfpln of turquoise held by a gold snaki with ruby eyes, gold lion's head, two meerchaum pipes, gold mounted, amber cigarette holder, and : several solid gold studs. He was wear ing a $75 rain coat belonging to John Garvin, the Tale pitcher. TEDDY DIDN'T ; BLUFF ROOT ( Journal Special 8enrtoa.) OYSTER BAT. I.. I, July 17.Dr. W. C Root, the pillage dentist, has refused to turn his office In the bank building over to President Roosevelt The Presi dent's clerks will therefore continue to sweat in the two smaJi rooms -they have, at present. Dr. Root, who lives else where, comes to town on Wednesdays to fill and extract teeth. His office oc cupies two-thirds and the President's of fice one-third of the second-story front of the bank building. It was -thought that Dr. Root would Jump at the chance of relinquishing his office this - summer, just as soon as he learned that the President would like to have it But those who thought on that Una reckoned without the dentist. ' : Dr, Root said that -e - would"r let the President have the room six days in the week, if he wanted fl, and would pay MIXED OIL WITH CANDY """" (Journal Special Service. ' CINCINNATI, O.. July M.-The Con fectioners' Review today says: - "A report comes from the East that a movement was started tor the purpose of combining all the Eastern candy com panies under one - management The movement it is said, was backed by the Staridard tOll Contpany. According- to current report the Standard Oil Com pany has been ' engaged (n securing a proprietorship of the most extensive sugar plants In the West, which natural ly lends a' glowing color to the 'report of the Eastern candy combine. ' Then It was to' combine all the candy companies with the ' Independent glucose company in New - Tork. The proposition ; was re jected, ' owing to the fear that the Corn Products 'Company would acquire ' candy wiiMiirf I juu irtiivL UliflTM A Thousand Indrans .in Self Torture Near Butte. (Journal Special Service.) BUTTE, Mont, July 17 A thousand Cree, Chippewa, Flathead, Lemhi and Blackfeet Indians' have gathered In the mountains 20 miles south of Butte and are lndullng In a sun dance. Thejr . are danclng: around a pole to Which are ( tied thongs, attached at the other end to sticks In the breasts of A FEUD COSTS TWO LIVES . : - Journal Special Berries.) FLAT RIVER.' Mo., . JuIjH. Toung Dooley shot and Instantly killed Frank Harris on a M. R. & B. T. passenger train, near Doe Run, Mo. Harris .' was on the train when Dooley came on and waited until the train was slowing up for Rock Springs, ' when he shot Harris three times in the head and ran into the woods. The shooting is the result of an old feud between, the families, which has already resulted In five deaths. mm ninr nmnrninrt? h sin ni iti 1 111 xn nv HUH III! I I 1 10 I II MflfillJ nil u uuiLnrr i i u i iniiu v-i - 4- Story of One of the Most Dangerous Criminals ' -of the United States. C0I1SIIL WASTHt'IfTT (Journal Special Service.) WASHINGTON. Jul 17. Investigations AN ODD BATH (Journal Special Service.) KBW TORK. July 17.-During the heavy rainstorm on Saturday afternoon of last week, , residents of Washington Heights, near One Hundred and Forty :'.. fifth street, were treated to a novel spec . tacle. ' 'A portly man emerged from the front door of his. house while the downpour , was at Its height, clad In a bathing suit Walking to the curb he stood there, grin ' nine In sheer delight as the rain trickled through his hair and down his back and legs. .. . Every , ones and a while he slapped v himself rigorously on the arms and legs . after.: the fashion ' of men at the sea : shore who are ohllled ' and want to get their blood In circulation. Finally, when the water was Sowing In a flood In the ygutter, he calmly sat down in It, and the stream, dividing at his back, curled , around him. For almost an hour the man enjoyed the sport "Then he got tip, shook him . : self like a wet dog, and still grinning went into the bouse again. The neigh bors who watched the performance, firstl wiin amassment ana men wun amuse- ment are wondering yet what fun or - benefit the man got out of his rainwater bath, i That he got fun out of it though, no one who watched bun doubted for an Instant V iidoiik . DT A OIUKOI J ' SSJJS II I Sad Fafof Descend ant of Noble French i . Refugee. ' (Journal Special Service.) 4- KEW YORK. July 17.-Mlss 4 4" ; Mary E. Crocheron, a descendant 4 of a Huguenot ot noble birth, who -f -4- shipped,' out ot France in a barrel 4 to save ( him from the headsman's 4 ax, has been deprived of a home 4 halloWed to her by the .associations 4 of more than two centuries. She - 4- is Waiting in the house at New 4 ..4- "SpringvIUe, Staten Island, where 4 her forefathers lived in luxury, for., the summons to gather up her belongings and, at the age of 13, -f " to begin- lifefianew. -f - The Dronertv. oonnlatlnr of 110 ' acres of land and the old home- -f stead, Jas sold1 for. idaSOS, to sat- Xmt ' cnufch tund. ' -f J s , 'As I t f" S 1;- 'VU r -', 4 v i- f ; x V I.. !' , iV r V 4y . ' $ 'A it ft ;1 ' 'i ' I t I -J " 7 K. r U r :,yr,5yr-.v,v. i Si X r, t 4 V 1 s tf- "A i f ' 4 A- C .7 y T is i -0: f 1. ?J f 8 y j. ! v 1 till s r Si a-f tV,sA ' " VM i 1 1 r 1 -4us' " " f 1 kk jot 1 V "11 1 TO 3 4 Ci 4 x t s. jv. s . (Journal Special Service.) ' - TORONTO, Ont,j. July J7,-The Cabinet having declined to Interfere, Fred Lee Rice, one of the most desperate crlm lnals with which the .Canadian authorities have had to deal in many years, will pay the penalty of his misdeeds on. the gal lows tomorrow. The condemned criminal Is an Illinois man,: a former resident of Champaign and a student of the tint versity of Illinois. ( . 1. . - The crime -for which he Is to be ex ecu ted was. the outgrowth; Of a less hein ous offense, .the.trobbery of a -bank, for which Rice and three confederates had received sentences of . 21 years' Imprison ment Rice and his companions formed a gang of the most notorious, and daring porch-climbers on (he continent , Their field of operations . was coextensive with the continent Wherever there . was op portunity for plunder they went. They did not confine their operations to, porch climbing. Highway robbery, burglary xorgery . were, among ineir aoeora and plishments, and for many years , they 'baffled the efforts of the police to effect their capture. Originally the gang was composed of Rice,, Frank Rutledge, a Canadian; and Frank Stewart All war desperate characters, shrewd in their methods, skilled in the arts of the con fidence man and -utterly without fear. They made their headquarters in Chi cago, but conducted their operations prin cipally in1 other cities, returning to Chi cago to dispose of and divide their plunder at stated intervals. Rice was reared on a. farm In the vl clnity of Champaign, - and when he. en tered the college of literature and arts of the University of Illinois in 1888 he was a quiet, retired country boy, whose refined manners and handsome face made him popular among the co-eds. Like many country boys, freedom from paren tal restraint which, he enjoyed at the university for the first time, had a se rious effect on his morals, and in his sec ond year he was known as one of the wildest men in the university. His evi dent large-heartedness and kindly dispo sition made him friends among both faculty and students, and it was a long time before formal notice was- taken of his actions by the board of admin istration. Finally, ' however, it was found necessary to expel him. Soon after he left j the university he became associated with the gang of which he Is now the only survivor. He was called the forger, the scholar, the "poet" of he nefarious aggregation. He looked like a clergyman and had a gift of eloquence that astonished many a pleader. It was characteristic of him that he was the only one of the gang that ever attempted diplomacy. Cor nered, he never offered to kill, but pre ferring soft words, secured for himself the best of treatment in an extremity. " Frank Stewart, well known as a Chi cago thief, was the first of the gang to die. He was killed In an attempt to es cape after a Chicago hold-up. Jones was the next to pay the price, Kut ledge committed suicide by dashing him-, self .from the gallery of the Toronto Jail to the stone-paved court SO feet be low., The crime for which the gang were arrested arid convicted was the robbery -, of a bank at Aiirora. Ont.. from which they secured about $50,000. On informa tion received from the Toronto police, the entire gang were arrested In Chicago. .Extradition proceedings were stubbornly fought In the courts, but the culprits eventually were brought to Canada, Where, after trial, they were sentenced to a years", imprisonment After their preliminary hearing they were committed for triaj. While being, taken back to latt lh a carriage in charge of Constables Stewart and Boyd a well-dressed man sprang from the sidewalk near the jail and ran alongside the carriage. He gained the open window and tossed in a soft felt hat. This fell in the lap of Rutledge. Jones grabbed it and shook out three loaded revolvers. ' lie grabbed one and Harris and Rutledge took the other two. All three were handcuffed together,1 but this did not prevent quick action on their part. Jones shot Con- fired on a dosen times, but not hit. The prisoners got out of the carriage, gained the street and jumped aboard a passing trolley car. Jones thrust his revolver at the head of the motorman and ordered him to send the car ahead fast. The motorman refused, shut off the current detached his controller and beat Jones on the head with it. Constable Stewart by this time had gained the rear end of the car, and he shot Jones through the arm. Other officers arrived on the scena and the three men were recaptured. Jones was taken to a hospital and his arm amputated. He died from shock and loss of blood and without an expressed regret for his career. Rice and Rut ledge were returned, to jail,' and shortly afterward, while exercising in the gal lery, Rutledge took the leap over the sailing which ended ha life almost instantly. Rice was then tried for hi part In the killing of Constable Boyd. His family and friends came to his res cue with funds for his defense, but de spite all efforts on the part of his counsel he was found guilty, after a short trial and given the extreme pen alty. Every means known to the law has been exhausted in his behalf without avail, and tomorrow morning, at an hour not yet made public, he will mount tha scaffold. Craig Wadwoith, Jr., the new son-in-law of Secretary of State Hay. Alice, the youngest daughter of Secretary of State Hay, whose mar riage to Craig Wad worth, Jr., was recently announced. a good stiff. price for it, but he would have to move out on Wednesdays In order to allow the dental business full Bwlng. Such a plan was, of course, out of the question and negotiations with Dr. Root came to a close. plants and open a war in the sugar as well as the candy trade. The deal was not consummated." The Review says that the combine of the Middle West candy companies Is al most completed. ft SNOW BLIND AND INSANE (Journal Special Service.) v TELLVR1DE, Colo., July 17. E. Erickson has been brought down , from the Liberty Bell mine, in - sane' from acute snow blindness. This is the first case of snow bllnd- ness in July. The snow covered the ground to a depth of 18 Inches. .' During the forenoon the sun was bright. Erickson' a face was 4- burned to a blister. mm (mp , s, (Journal Special Service.) HARTFORD. ' Conn.. July J7.The prospects for a gooff crop of tobacco in Connecticut this year, are very poor ow Ing to the excessive moisture of the last month. Jt, Is admitted by all growers that tho.crop will, not (each the aver age. The plants grown under canvas are said to be In even worse condition than those grown in the open. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE One of the best commercial organ- -f Izatlons in this city Is the Chamber of Commerce. The purposes of this -f-4- association are to defend and deyel- 4- op the commercial welfure of the City of Portlahd and to promote the r 4- growth of the commonwealth of Or- egon. This association consists uf f- 336 members, paying at the rate of 130 per year. 4- Its present officers are: S. M. Mears, President. L. A. Lewis, Vice-President. Lewis RuRsell, Secretary. Ladd & Tilton, Treasurer. NAD t MUD (Journal fc'iclal Service.) Af.TOX. III.. July 17. -Two dogs, one the dancers. The Indians dance until the thongs tear the sticks out ot their flesh, or until" they drop exhausted. EDITORS MEET (Journal Special Service.) BOONE, ia., July 17. Members of the Upper Dos Moines Editorial Association are here in force ,fof.. their 244tH, semi annual meeting. Ttffe1' program begins this evening with an address by B. B. In the alleged smuggling operations of Yang-y-Ting, the dhinese Consul at Hon olulu, are becoming very interesting. Col lector of Customs Stackable has report ed to Sercetary Hay that the home and offices of Yang-y-Ting were used as a clearing-house for Chinese and Ameri can smugglers. It was also discovered that the Consul was engaged In extorting from the Chi nese exhorbltant fees for his services in vising their papers from time to time anil that a great conspiracy existed un der his protection to smuggle Chinamen Into the United States. THE DAY AT CHAUTAUQUA 1 t-1 ; 4- Trustees Charles EtLndd, W. B. Ayeiv W. J. Burns, Frank M. War- -f , 4- ren, William S. Slbson, Adolph f- Wolfe. -f The Chamber has accomplished r- much good for Portland and Oregon 4- and now has a few committees out working on various Important mat- -f-4- ters, the most Important of which 4-4- are the reduction of freight from 4 4 Portland to Eastern Oregon and 4 4- Washington and the building of a 4 flreboat for Portland. x 4 GIANTESS DIES Journal Special Service.) SAN FRANCISCO, July 17.-Liizie Smiddy, locally known as the "fat girl," Is dead at her home, Perry street. She weighed 600 pounds and was 27 years old, having been born on May 1. 1875. She was a native of this city and the daughter of Timothy Smiddy. The cause of death was a complication of dlreses. j 1 ue services 01 luur viruug men wrr j needed to transfer the body from one j room to another, and the undertakers j who have charge of the funeral have begun the construction of a special cof- j fin. The Interment will take place at j Holy Cross Cemetery. A FINE PEARL (Journal Special Service.) 4 PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis., 4 4- July 17. One of the largest globe 4 4 pearls ever taken from a Missals- 4 4 sipi River clam shell has been 4 4- found by Frank Ferguson. The 4 4- pearl is bluish white in color, hear- 4 4 ly round, and weighs 124 grains. 4 4- Ferguson found it yesterday and 4 4- sold It' for em ' 4. - 4 The new directory just issued by the Columbia; Telephone Company shows that oouipany to growing. . . , 1-: "V" ' t ill V V'l m r n'-,'r: -r. 1 r it 4, Jtt'-yA This is the palatial resident of Secretary Of State tay, a big hound, the other a powerful mas tiff, both suffering with hydrophobia, met on Fourth of July Hill yesterday even ing and clinched. Women and children shrieked and ran into houses and bar ricaded the doors and men attempted to separatMthe animals, who were fight ing to kill. The hound pulled the tongue bodily out of the head of the mastiff, but the 'fight continued, and so deeply were the teeth of each animal fastened Into the flesh of the other and so firmly were the law On the teeth that strong rnen could not pry them apart ' Both animals wart killed, - Herbert pf Chicago, the veteran founder of the National Editorial Association. Tomorrow there will be twe sessions for the consideration of numerous questions of Interest to the publisher The officers In charge of the convention are: PresU dent, H- G. Maloney, Fort odge; vice president q. O. Carter, Boons,' secretary and treasurer, A- M. Adams, IJumbqldt The Indiana man whftv holds the rec ord for marriages has been wedded U times, and Is the father of.JSjjhildren. Strange as it may seem to some, he la talking now of acjulrlnf a ' thirteenth 7 STOLE A HORSE. .. Jack Thomas, who was discharged from the United States Court on' a charge of selling whiskey to Indlansy was fe-ar-reated on a charge of horse stealing, pre ferred by the Sheriff of Okanogan Coun ty, Wash. The prisoner is held In the county jail a wait Ing. the Washington au thorltleg. v ' - ' Eight million tons . of copper was the world's production during the nineteenth century,! .. - . Today Is "recognition day" at Chautau qua. The hours between 8 and 11 o'clock were devoted to classes, after which some fine lectures were delivered by Rev. L. E. Rockwell, D.D., presiding el der, Portland district; Rev. L. E. Board man, D.D., president McMinnville Col lege; Dean W. N. Perrin, Ph. D., Pacific University, and other able educators on "Trend of Matters Educational." This afternoon there was the usual band concert at 1:30 o'clock, followed by a grand march through the golden gate and a reading by Miss Minnie Ham lih. Rev. Dr. Edgar P. Hill, of the First Presbyterian Church,- delivered a lec ture. A game of baseball between Mount Angel and Vancouver concluded the af ternoon's program. I ' The feature of this evening will be the first appearance of the brilliant orator, Col. John Sobleski. who wilt deliver an address on "The Rise and Fall of Pol and." Previous to Col. Sobleski's lecture there will be a reading by Prof. 8. S, Hamll. Women's Day was opened yesterday afternoon by Mrs. Bushong with a solo entitled "When You Are Here, Love." "Oh, That We Two Were Maying," was sung by Mrs. -Bushong and Mrs. Schwab. Both selections were heartily applauded. A feature of the afternoon was the sing ing of "America" by the entire audience, under the able" direction of Prof. W. W. Boyer, after which Prof. Hawley Intro duced Mrs. Rdyth Tozier-Weatherred as the chairman of the afternoon. -Those who spoke of women's work were: "W. C. T. U., Mrs. H. D. Har ford, state president; "Our Federation," Mrn. C. B. Wade; "Women's Work In the Public-Schools," Mis. Trumbull; "Trained Nurses for the Poor,'' Mrs. S. 8. Wise; "Youhg Women's Christian Association." Miss Haseltlne; "Domestic 8cience In the- Home," Dr. Mae Cardwell; "Madame President and Hor Constituency,""' Mrs. Bethel; "The Dependent Child," Mrs. O, K. Templeton; "The . Women's Relief Corps as a National Organization," Mrs. Julia A. Lawton; "ihe Women's Relief Corps," Mrs. Jennie. C. Pritchard. A baseball game between Multnomah and Chemawa folfowed. In which the lat ter won by a score of 9 to 8. -. .; In the evening all were delighted with the oratorio "Elijah," gives by a chorus of 70 . voices under the direction of Pro feasor W. W. Boyer. ' Mrs. Schwab, Mist Hurley, Mr. Hogue and Professor Glen sang the solos.' - . ; . . mm mam i Monster Breaker Causes Two Deaths at Long Beach. (Journal Special Service.) LONG BEACH. Cal., July 17.-HJalmr Sundburg's mother saw her son drown la the breakers without power to help. Sha is affected with heart disease and nearly succumbed to the shock. Elmer Blume and HJalmer Sundburg, two youths about 17 years old, were bath-, ing In the ocean opposite lyhat is known as Tent City about 4 o'clock In the after noon. Both boys could swim but a breaker of unusual altitude overwhelmed them and It was seen by those on shore that the boys were in difficulties. William Blume, the father of Elmer, who was bathing with the boys, went to their assistance. They were clinging to each other and Mr. Blume came near losing his own life, as the boys both clutched him and he would have been drowned wttfv-them if he had not succeeded in, breaking away.' SHARK TOWED THEM Queer Things Happening ia the Qulf Since It Got So Salty. GARDNER. RENOMINATED. "i - (Journal Special Service. CAPE MAT. N. J., July 17.-Congres-man John J. Gardner was renominated today by the Republicans of the Second district in convention here. MADD0X NAMED AGAIN. (Journal Special 8ervlce.) ' ROME, Ga July(lT.-The Democratic Congressional convention of the Seventh district here today resulted In the unani mous renomthAtitm of Congressman J. W. Maddn for another term. v -1 - V . J ' (Journal Special Service. NEW- ORLEANS, July 17. From all parts of Mississippi Sound and the bays and bayous off the Louts f iana and Mississippi Coast comtf" 4 4- wonderful stories of the unpre- 4 f cedented saltiness ef the Qulf 4-f- waters and of the appearance of -f deep-water fish hitherto unknown here. A1 Horn Island, Harrison f County, Miss., a number of devil fish,. ,ohe -of them measuring 30 4v fee from tip to tip, have been harpooned by fishermen. There has also been an invasion ' of ; man-eating sharks. A party pf gentlemen from New Orleans, while Ashing today at Ship Island fastened their three 4- boats together and steadied them 4- with a heavy anchor. A shark 4 became entangled In the anchor, 4 carried all three boats out to sea 4 -and finally wrecked them on the. 4 '.shore. The fishermen narrowly 4 escaped with, their -lives. They 4- are all prominent socially and In 4 club life in New Orleans. '4j T. ;t 4- 4 -f -f 4 1 Sues the' County Evidence In the matter o'J the claim for (3fl0 damages preferred by J. W. Howat son, against the. county was heaVd before tb commlutlWrs jesterday. It la claim ed that "the horse stepped into a hole Is . the Morrlsoh-strsst brjdge, , u 4 4( 4( 4f 'I
