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PIPE THUGS ATTACK 'TWO PAWNBROKERS M PORTLAND
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WAY OF
PLAGUE
MUEUN CITY
iNTS pmsoNints ritoopfl
ANY "WHO ATTTCMPT tfO
k buuning buildings
lUVE OUT IIAVU.
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nitadt, May 12 La Gunyrn,
11a, Is n tlty of Udnth. Tho
spreading there The In-
is ore iignung u iranucany
land unaided. From tho rest
world fhoy nro cut off on
f by tho sen, on nil othorn by
patrolB millers orders to
kltlresun Bight.
I from tho town thero Is prae-
one no strict (s tho qunrnn-
tnongh hnB leaked out, how-
iproTO tho spot an Inferno,
si Is practically suspended,
lloscd and residences Bhuttov.
ono ventures nbrond excep:
bioluto compulsion. Food Ik
lo be had on any terms. Who-
Ill may enter with Buppllos,
wing etitored nono can leave.
for the enormous prices of-
proVlBlons fow 'will accept
llalnty of Imprisonment and
of death.
miles away tho amoko can be
day nnd (ho flames by night
log houses Vhero tho plague
of burning lumber piles
hlch tho people are trying to
ho disease-carrying rats ana
Ires In oil flooded streets a
"opted by the authorities as
aiest nnd speeUlest means of
the community of the ne
gation of filth which wa8 prop-
lnly responsible for tho epl-
of the worTthiKmen -who, pan-
fear of the plague and ren
Bejperata "by famine, broke
i tho military cordon nnd scat
trough thp Biirrotiding cpun-
e been herded together an1
uacu ijy tne troops. .
jomeR PernKa of La G-aayra,
ft diagnosed tbo disease as
Prague and was thrown In
VY President Castro only to
Med later when it became evl
t his judgment waB correct,
I'ag the sanitary workers In
toTts n gtanin nut the enl-
men assaulted tho oxprosK mosaou- Tho wisdom of BopurntlnRttho prls
ger, Lnthnn, on tho northbound 'onors who wore nrrcBted Ijcro Sfttur
Grcnt Northern Senttlo-Vnncouver day Inst In connecton with the'bru
trnln between Seattle and Unllard tnl tmirder of DandmnnJohnson at
ubout 8:30 this morning, looted tho Fort Wprdon Friday night was ae:n;
express and reglntored moll, lert the onstratedf today wlion ly putting ono
messenger nmconscIouB nnd escaped against tho otbor, tUo'ofncers forcetl
Hjeforo the .train pulled Into Italian!, a confession from Prlvato Holt, lield
whre tho crime was discovered. In tho post guard houjo at benU
Plnnned to perfection, executed quartom. United States Attorney B.
with tho daring of a trained crlm-.E. Todd, who camo down In rvsponee
HOLD-UP
MEN LOOT
MAIL CAR
ADMITS
KILLING.
. SOLDIER
ON LEAVING SEATTLE AT PORTTOWNSEND
PKLL MESSRNG1SU AM) HOU UKa- ONK PH1VATU CpNFF-SSI 0
ISTEItlM) MAIL AND KXPHKSS , MUItDKH OV TROOP MUSICIAN
ON GKI3AT NOKTHKHN TltAlrf TWO OT1112KS WlltICATKI
XKAIt HALLAHl). AN!) AHItCSTKII.
PROVE
FIEND
BURNED
IN HER FARM HOUSE
(United Press Leased Wire,.)
Seattlo, May 12. Two holdup
(United Pros? Leased SMrci
Port Townsend, Wash., Moy-.12.-
to a telegram from
inlngs, commnnjdlng
was actlvo In the
Colonel Cum-
the RTtlllory,
work which
of tho
ln:ll, two rollberB entered tho expresa
car of tbo Grent Northern train No.
274, tbo Trniccavnr local, Just ns It
was pulling out of tho union depot at brought forth fhn solution
8:10 o'clock this morning, clubbed .mystory,
Exprens Messenger Joseph B. Porrlno j Of tho three men arrested "by the
Into Insensibility, nnd looted tbo locnl pollco, ono named McKnlghr,
strong "box of botweou $5000 and now u clvlllnn nnd formerly n sdldler,
5C000. was tnken to the county Jnll, while
Tlie robbors eBcnpod nnd Great J tho mlltlnry authorities took tho
Northern detectives who wero among, other two, both -soldiers. By tolling
tho ground nn hour after tho crlmo.T Private Holt that McKnlghl bad con
havo such monger descriptions of tho
bandltB. Their ultimate escape is
probahle.
Porrlne, hound, gnged and bleed
fesseU, tho ofllcers vore able, tho re
port goos, to wring a complete con
fession from tho mnn who until then
hnd stoically denied hl guilt. Ho'.t
inir from two snvngo cutB nbovo the, said tho arrangement entered Into
right enr -and upon tho back of hi. between himself, McKnlght and Pn
head, was found unconscious In hli.vnte Grnber wns to mnko away with
car half a mllo north of Ballard, (tho musician, who was known to
Conductor Uroderlck ordered the hnto considerable monQy derived
train backed Into Ballard station,
whence news of the robbery wm
qulck'y sent to Great Northorn offi
cials nnd to tho Seattlo pollco.
Perrlne was revived, and though
from collections ho mado on pay day
from follow soldiers to whom ho had
inado loans. Holt made the confes
sion to Captain Harry Newton, com
mandlng tho l2Cth company, (an
MIW.- IttihfilS GUXNKSH' IW)IY IN
ItlpNH -IDKNTIFIKI) BY THIIKE
HlNCiS ON HAXI CONVINCING
KVIDKXUlC
ASSAULT
PORTUNP
BROKERS
WITH GAS PIPES
TWO AITKSIITKI) MUIUIKUR IN
TWKLVI3 -UOI'HS KLCflUMIUiF.
WOLI'F MUltniCH POLICE UK
LIKVK JANG BUSY.
STATE IS
WINNER Iff
BIG SUIT
FOR $200,000.00
(United ProBS Leased Wlro.)
Lu Porto, Jnd., May 12 Tho most
qonvlhclnt; ovldeuco tto fur .discov
ered to show thnt tho body of tho wo
man found in the nshos of tho Gunnoa
homo was thnt of Mrs. Bollo Gunncos
who had a prlvato burying ynrd near
her back door, waa revealed todny
when; Dr. J. II. Meyer, tbo corpner'K
physician, found thrco rings ou ona
of the hands of tbo corpse One
plahQld, ring bears tho InBcrlptlon,
"P. Gto J. St, Aug. 2. '04." If !s
thought that.vp. G." woro the Ini
tials of Phllllii Guuncflu, the wonninN
aecond hushnnd.
On tho lusldo of the necond ring,
containing a diamond, wa tho In
scription "P. S. to J. S. 3-rv 'UC."
Tho third ring was not Inscribed.
Severn! persons who know Mm. Gun
nosH declare tho rings nro tho oneu
worn by her. They wero not noticed
when tho first examination of tho
body wa8 mado because thoy woro
sunk in tho flesh.
Chrbitlana, Norway, Mny 12Tho
police have fnilod to locato anybody
who ever know n woman nnsworlng
the description of MrB. Bollo GunneB
who Is alleged to havo killed eevernl
mon nnd burled their bodies In bur
bnck yard, near La Porte,. Ind.
JACKIES
STAY BY
THE NAVY
(United Pres Leased Wire.)
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EMfforlng from a fractured skull, broke Into tears whllo doing bo. Hue
managed to-grns out hit Btory. Per- plclon has nil alcmg pointed to Holt
rlno entered th9 express enr shortly bb tho guilty one,.,hls marksmnnshlp
before 8 o'clock this morning to sort bndge of honor vlth his nnmo oh
hls valuab'c packages for tho run to graved thoroupon having been found
Vancouver, B. C. As the messenger nenr the scene,
wno working, n tn.ll man in an over-l Nq Information hasljeen given out
ms with brass buttons ouickly en. a to Graber's version of the mntter.
to tha ear. Perrino Urnd to but in view of Holt's alleged confes- San FrnnoUco, Mpy 12. The nnm
faca.him and the, tall man said: ,8lon ho will bo hold Mntl tho case i erous aonenion rrom mo Aiianuc
"Tlirow up your bands'," ' ' tried. McKnlght stoutlv denies any j fleet, which It Was prophesied wotil.l
Thinking It was a practical Joke, knowledge of the crlmo. The force follow tho nrrlvnl of tho flot at this
Perrlne lnughed at the robber, who of sentries at tho guard houBe has port have failed to materialize
instantly grabbed birn by the veit. been doubled Jo frustrate any at- Loss than J 00 abionteos nro ro
T,.a of hn mnmont the train lurch-' temot to carry out tho openly es- ported today nnd a numbor of those
od as it rtnrtod for tho south end of pressed sentiment of the men In the nre men of long fltrviee who havo
the tunnel, which runs under tho post that Holt should bo lynched. overmyeu wiejr suorw inv um o
city I 'expeoed to report before tho fleet
n'oniLim. thnt tho man meant " :nl!s for the north.
ar fm t n ,n. t.cinBO PrHnfi Parted to fleht lit, express cars shall remain locked from! Very few of the young bluo Jnok
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ceased operation. before he could striKe mow no was
(Unltwl I'rns Ltoifil Wire.)
Portland, Or,, Mny 12. Two aa
saultu upon pawnbrokers both of
which way result fatally, have oc
curred In' tho Inst 12 hours. Thq jat-
est was reported to tho police ntt
11:30 o'clock this morning, whan tho
oncouBctouH form of H. Nowmnu, u
Couch-Btrqot pwnbr,o)er, was for.inc,
lying in his shop with a doop cash In
his BkulL and two cuts across tho
face, Tho wcrpoiu ued by . the
marauder wa a length of gas'-plpo
which wan found Inter.
Nowmau still in unablo to toU'what
occurred) Ho cannot glvo tho nollco
any 10(icrlntlon of his nmltant.
Max Hormnnn, tho pawnbroker,
who wrb attacked and terribly boac
oh Monday oyoning, still la at (ho St.
Vincent hospital. Doctors fear hit
skull was fractured.
O, W. Wagnor, arrested on suspi
cion of complicity In tho Hermann
assaults, Btlll Is In jail and will bo
examined thU afternoon.
Tho police bollovo thero Is an ot
ganlzed gang of pawnshlp thieves In
Portland. They did not connect Mnr
tin, tho nccuocd murder of Nathan
Wolff with theso thugs
Meat Ca-tro has declared a
f of the port, regular ship-
nended, even tho blockadrf'
KQ residents nnd wealthy knocked silly by a blow from bemnci
eIans who aro able to leave Until h was .discovered by fellow
lness are oulttlnc the coun- trainmen half a mile north of Ba.-
flarge number?, however. let lard. Perrlne remembers nothing
aemie spread.
MAN ILL
GOES ON TRIP
I . a . u.t, a .ma kn 1yl fmnl nnnluA n n l
iha, Mmo tha mnMontrprH Antnr thflm. ' u " u" l,,n,r "0- " u
. . . ,. . "who were tha onos expected to ds
Although Perrlne has not said to. $m Rre rported ft,)senl
It Is probable that he had not locked ; Tne m0Fal of tho flet jg excellent
tho door, ns he never dronmed of a and tho men as n body show n keen
hold-up while his car wn still with- desire to faoo the possible eventuall-
in the shadow of the union depot, jtlw of tho orulse to Asiatic waters.
The police believe that the. two r
men are the same who robbed tbe "WAIl DANOKU"
express messengers at Denver a week. SAYS "BOB"
ago. j il'nlted Pret I.eaieil Wire.)
Perrlne Is at the hospital in acrit-J North Platte, Neb., May 12.
leal condition and his Jlfe is infthe standing on the rear platform of his
balance. Icar a it lingered hero for a few mln-.
Police at 2 p. m. reported to bead-'utH today, "Fighting Bob" Evano
quarters that $5000 In currency and addressed a big crowd of peoplo who
$200 i'n nickels, had been found at. came for miles around to greet hlra.
the foot of the stairway leading to "We are In danger of war and al-
Klnacar park, near the ;iorth eod of way will be as lossgw we have some-
ii a i mi.i. a. k ...! Jltilnn ihnt inrait nikp nntlnn -want."
more of the affair.
It is evident that the robbers loot
ed the strong box whl'o the train was
running through the tunnel, and that
they left the car near the north end
of the tunnels, as all tralna Blow
down when emerging at the nortn
.end.
That the robbers are In Seattle, is
itha opinion of the police and tnat
tad Pres, Lea8ea wire.) jtney will He low until the matter be-
L,B . comes quiet.
pin8ton, May 12. -Threatened Freight Agent Thomas D. Degraan
falvsla Cnn-i ,. . ,' . .i. n.. Vnrthnrn ftiated this aft-
;--, U(or UUHln m iu Ol iu v.. '-..:..." .V. .tJ.t. . . I, n,u. ...- t ..i ll,l. , ., ntkr nntlnn want.
num horo. jii.. - - yt t la hi Muer mai ine.iuaiuBMi. mi vuuhiwd mo js-ajji-.M.uB t.v .w -.. ,-r. -.,
On Sunday he wHl sail for robbers were well informed about, dons that the bandltB loft the train
orapanied by his wife, re- train movements. He saya It 1b a at this point and are sun vm iseatwe
' Aoyeraber, rule of the Great rxoriaera iv r ;ij,
The JethodiU at Baltimore aro
Shall we celebrate?
Wor. for Martin.
Direct evltlenco of tho most dam
aging 'Charnctcr has been secured by
tho pollco against Edward Hugh
Martin, tho ex-army man, atMsed of
tho murder of Pawnbroker Nathan
Wolff.
Tho bvorcoat worn by Martin nt
the .time ho wns arrested, nnd tnken
to Jail has been identified as belong
lng to Wolff and It was worn by the
pawnbroker on th.o day ho was mm
dored. '
Thjs is sworn to by Mrs. "Wolff, nor
11-year-old daughter, Alice. Ed
ward C. Eubnnks, clerk in a local
clothing atort, identified the coat as
ona he sold Wolff soveral months
ngo. He declared ho remembers It
particularly as it was a special order.'
Martin still preserves his nlr of
stoic indlfferonce. Confronted with
the latest phase in his case, ho mere
ly offered his owd explanation of hit
ownership of the cont.
"I bought It from n peddler in
front of tho Portland hotel foiir
montha ago," ho said. "!' can proyo
It."
RAILROAD
l!A$ BIG
HOLDINGS
(United Pr.ess Leased WJre.)
New York, May 12 Announce
ment Is made Jn Wall street by one
of tbe news bureau that tbe Union
Pacific railroad holds approximately
3,900t000 shares of stocks Jfa, yar
ous enterprises outside .of its own
stock and that the value of them to
1300,000,068. The shares are base,
on the pretest wafket value,
DKCIHION OF MULTNOMAH COURT
NULLIFYING BTATK'S HIGHT IN"
OUKGON CITY LOCKH UK
VL'USKB BY HUPKKMK CUK1V
(United Pros Leasod Wlre.
Of tho four decision handed down
by tho upronu court toay, twoum
of vital Interest to the people of Ore-
KOU.
' In tho -case of the state of Oregom
voratiB tho Portland General ElwtrlB'
company, Justice, Bean mveraed lhet
decision 'of the Multnomah county
circuit court, which deal! th state
tho right to collect Kb Interestntn the
Wlllftwettq FrIIr Canal A Lok com
pany atf Oregon City. .
In 1870 the state of Oregon gav
this company (200,000 from tha
school funds, to toil Id a canal and'
locksi, with the exprew eoMdttton that
tho Ktato receive 10 per ceat of tka
net proceeds Of tho company. Tk
flrst company that controlled th
lacks lived up to Its agreement for it
few month. The company then
changed hands, and a trannfor or t&'
franchise has occurred several tln&,
ulnco. None of thene new companies.
havo evor paid a cent Into tho Hate
treaanry, In tho decision of the supreme
court todny Hie action of tho Multno
mah court was not only reversed, but
remnnded, tho Juotlco declaring that
when tho lock were bought by the
state, tho people had a right not only
to the 9200,000 originally paid' by
them, but also 10 per cent of all the
profltR that have accrued since the
first company began doing buslResi
nt Orogon City,
In the case of the state of Oregon
vesus Christ Nlolson, tho deqls-loa ef
the Clatsop county circuit corirt ww
sustained. Nielsen, who Is k resi
dent of tho sjato of WfiRhlng'.on ,whb
trlod and convicted by the state of
Oregon for fishing on tho Walking ,
ton sldo qt the Columbia river with
a purso not. Uy tho Jaw of Wash
ington, In forco at tho time of hfa ar
rest, NeJIen wns guilty of nt) dffens;
but by the Inws of Oregon thf klnt
of fishing on tho Columbln wan con
trnry to the statute
Tho slnglo quBstlou 'for diclslon,
thoroforo, wn whothor tho law of
Oregon prohibiting tho cntehing of
fish In tho mnnner Indicated bxtonrt
ed over tho entire wntera of tho Co
lumbln, or only ovor thoHO on the
Oregon sldo. By net of congreai on
March 2, 1835, Orogon and Washing
ton have concurrent Jurisdiction ovor
nil offenses committed on the Colom
bia.
As far ns he stats of Washington
! concerned, NleUen'a act Is not nit
offense, but under tho law of tht?
state It la. Tho court has decider
that Oregon has jurisdiction in thin
caso, nnd that Nielsen'o fishing ik
an offense against tho law of h!a
state. Tho case will probably bo ap
pealed to tho United Stateu imprests
court.
Gambler (a Plead,
Ed. Plllett wrb forwally charjterf
with condu&tta'g a (gambling roon Ik
tho rear of hi clr store on 8ktte
street. He will p'ead tomorw'
jikusIdi at 19 o'jtJck WwrtJMte
Judge Moore.