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DAILY OAPITAli JOUItNAL, SALEM OREGON, TUESDAY, AUflfST 17, 1000.
No. 183.
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OMAHA THE
CENTER OF
HOT ZONE
Seventeen Deaths Reported
.There Since Hot Spell Be-
gan No Signs of
Change Today
100 MARK REACHED
AT ST. LOUIS THE HOSPITALS
AKK FULL AND SEVEN DEATHS
ARE REPORTER EVERYUODY
SLEEPS OUTDOORS, SEEKING
RELIEF SUFFERING INTENSE.
. , Mlnltcd l'reu Leaied Wire.
St. Louis, Aug. 17. The boat
vavo from which Btf Xouls and tho
Tvlwlo stato of Missouri have been
suffering for tho past 72 hours con-
Unties unabated today.
Dosplto predictions that tho back
bone of tho torrid wavo would bo
brokoa today roports from all parts
of tho stato aro discouraging. Early
today tho Qiormometor was pressing
tho 90 mark and was gradually ris
ing. Tho latest raporta show that sov-
' on deaths 'already have- roaultod
from tho excessive hoat and twenty
prostrations wore reported yo&tor-
vr -
Tho various hospitals of tho city
aro taxed to their utmost to accom
modato tho beat victims and tho suf
fering In tho tenomont district Is ln
tenso. Many hortoa have dropped doad
on tho streets within the past 48
houra
Threo Dead at Norfolk.
Norfolk, Nob., Aug. 17. Throe
porsons aro doad Vn Norfolk and vic
inity today ns a result of tho torrl
no heat. Tho dead are Carl Uplo,
a wealthy grocor; Carl Rcaugse, a
retired farmor, and O. Itowo, a far
mer's boh. Last night was the hot
test night In UiIj vicinity for ten
year and hundreds slept out of
dors. Suffering to man and. beut
hni boon Intoliso
Worst nt Omalui.
Omaha, Aug. 17. With, three
nioro deaths this afternoon, Omaha's
death l'st from tho hoat now totals
seventeen. Tho hot wavo continued
today unabated and there Is no re
fllef 'n sight. Scores of heat pros
trations have boen reported and a
fnumhor of horses havo dropped dead
In the streets Tho thermometer
stood at th9 100 mark for several
lours th'? afternoon.
On
MARSHAL IS KILLED;
CASHIER WOUNDED
. Tulsa, Okla., Aug. 17. A pose Is
pursuing two men who shot and
-tilled Town Marshal Inford and
seriously wounded Cashier Wedding
of a bonk at Kleter, In a street pat
tie last night when trying to arrest
them onsusplclon.
Tho men had been standing
around tho bank all day and so aus
picious weie their actions that la-
-ford remained on guard last night,
fearing they would attempt to rob
Jthe bank vaults.
After dark the men were found
hiding behind a pile of bricks In
the vicinity of the banjc and Iaford,
accompanied by Wedding, started to
arrest Umm.
When the officer approached the
strangers opened fire with, their re
volvers. Inford and Wedding both
were struck and Inford Instantly
"killed. The entire community is
aroused and summary vengeance
promised tho murderers of Inford
should they bo overtaken.
Wedding's wounds may yet prove
'ota. according o physicians who
arr attending him.
CARRIED HER AWAY
THElf KILLED HER
United lres I.ensed Wlre.l
Lake Charles, Ln., Aug. 17. Mon
roe Pllchor walked Into tho sick room
of Walter Arch, picked up Miss Sallto
Jackson, n nurse, and carrlod her
bodliy across the street, and Into un
oiner house, whore he shot her to
death today. .Jealousy is given ns the
renson for the murder.
After committing the terrible deed
Pllcher run fro mthc building nud
dlflappcnrcd down tho street. Officers
are now searching for the man.
Miss Jackson has been attending
Arch for somo time and Pitcher has
been paying her marked attention,
it was not known that the couple
had quarreled. When Pllchor entered
the room ho first picked up a shot
gun which belonged to Arch. He then
grabbed tho frightened nurso nud In
spite of her struggles carried her to
her death.
TERRIFIC
RATTLE IS
PENDING
Bean Eaters Armed With Bean
Shooters Led by General
Pew Resist Invasion
of Has-Beans.
f 1'nlted l're i.eiuwl .yire.l
Doston, Aug. 17. WJth-thosinnln
armies but four mllestarmTnnditihelr,
c'ontera opposite Mlddlcboro, n pitch
ed battlo Is expected between the
"Reds" representing an Invading
army and tho "nines" tho dofendors
of Doston, during tho military maneu
vers now going on to test tho effi
ciency of the dofonses protecting tho
Hub.
It is expected Unit tho battlo will
decide the fato of Doston. Tho sig
nal corps of tho "Dlue" army has
completed tho construction of tolo
graph lines and Genornl Pow has por
feet communication today with all tho
wings of his forces.
It Js believed tho main body of
tun Invaders' battleships are -maneu
vering off Doston. Tho transports
Bumncr, Meado and McClellan an
chored In Salem bay after landing
men at daybreak.
It Is belloyod tho "Rods" Intend
to land a largo force socrotly nnd
nttompt to capture the forts.
AMERICAN WOMEN
DRINK TOO MUCH
(t'nitl I'rn I.acl Wm.)
Now York, Aug. 17. "Amorlcan
wopiun dr'uk too many cocktails.
I rofer to those who belong to the
o-oallod 'Four Hundred," many of
whom l.liave met. They drink very
hoavtly. and cocktails seem to bo the
American s-ioloty woman's favorite
bsverage."
Th's stat ment s credited to
Prlnco Guuthor, a lieutenant in the
Gorman army, holr to the chteftlan
ship of tho Home of Sohoenburg,
who arrived In this country two
weeks ago, accompanied by a retlnuo
of 'orvants,
"I have the nio3t profound con
tempt for Impecunious foreign noble
men who marry rich American girls
merely for the'r money," the prince
continued.
"Though the number of Interna
tional marriages Is undoubtedly In
creasing, they aro now generally
love matches. Lovo and not mone
is usually the standard now."
ACCUSE MAYOR OF
HANDSOME GRAFT
l United Preu Uue4 Wirt. J
New York, Aug, 17. Mayor Mc
Clellan today Is again being raked
over the coals.
This time the campaign committee
of the Republican club charges that
the McClellan administration forced
the city to pay $75,000,000 for prop
erty valued a only f ?0,000,QQPi and
alleges that the remaining J 15,000.
000 was graft
RAILROAD
RATTLE IS
FAIRLY ON
Harriman and Hill Contest Over
Deschutes Route Carried
Into the Federal
Courts.
HILL HAS NO RIGHTS
IN OREGON, IS THE ALLEGATION
.MADE lV HAHRIMAN'S ATTOK
NEYS CLAIM THAT OREGON
TRUNK IS A FAKE RIGHT OF
WAV OBTAINED IIY FRAUD.
Portland, Aug. 17. Tho first bat
tlo In tho local United States dis
trict court botweon tho forcoa of
Harriman and Hill over tho construe
t'on of a railroad through tho Des
oliiitos canyon Into California began
todny.
Tho Harriman Intorost oponed tho
battlo by filing a maBa of affidavits
' contesting ti.o accuracy of tho or&-
gon trunk right-of-way.
They followod this attack by filing
n cross bill contacting tho Oregon
trunk's rlghc to build or operato a
railroad lu Oregon, having boon In
corporated undor tho laws of Nev
ada. 1
, Tho attnok Is mot bylllll lnteroats
with a demand that moro Umobtt
granted to oxnmlno tho mass of doe
umontti. Tho ciOBa bill charged that fraud
ond porjury woro used by tho pro
moters of the Oregon trunk lino's
curvoy through tho Deschutes and
thnt the Oregon trunk lino has no
rights In this stato and cortalnly
bad none nt the tlmo tho maps of
tho road woro presontod for approv
al to the secrotary of the Intorlor,
the Deschutes railway company fllod
Its cross bill. Tho defendant in its
cros bill asks that an Injunction
be granted by the court preventing
tho Oregon trunk lino from going on
tho Deschutes railway's right-of-way
for tho 12 miles of tho canyon now
In dispute and to havo tho Orogon
trunk's tltlo sot nsldo as to thoso
12 miles of right-of-way. '
It .Is claimed and alleged In tho
cross bill that W. F. Nelson and L.
I Gregory secured notes of a sur
vey made for speculative purposes
through tho Deschutes route and
falsely and fraudulently obtalnod to
obstruot the Dosohuto? railway and
force It to pay for tho protonded
tights of Nol&on and Gregory. Fol-
wing cut this plan the bill alloges
tboie men had certain maps made
howlng a railroad platted on them
u as far ns tho mouth of Trout
creek.
HARRIMAN IS'SAID
TO BE VERY SICK-MAN
Paris, Aug. 17. E. II. Harriman,
the railroad king. Is far from bolng
a well man. He wus too HI today to
see the reporters, and was undecided
about starting for America tomorrow.
Hnrrlmun's private secretary stat
ed this aftornoon. that the tallrood
kings present IndUposltion is not duo
to a relapse but to the effects of
overwork.
ENGINEER DIES FROM
TERRIBLE SCALDING
Emeryville, Cal.. Aug. 17. Terri
bly scalded by steam escaping from
his engine, which overturned on tho
Barnwell branch of tho Santa Fe,
John Wooll, died here today.
After the accident occurred Wooll
was placed on a locomotive and hur
ried toward Los Angeles. The Iron
horso was beaten In the race with
death and Wooll died soon after it
reached this place.
o
Rain In New York.
New York. Aug. 17. Tho back-
bona of the hoat spell Is broken
here this afternoon and a heavy rain
h falling.
PRIMARY
ELECTION
IN FRISCO
Big Crowds Around Election
Booths and Fifty Per Cent
of City's Vote Will
Be Polled.
HENEY IN THE RACE
GREATEST INTKKEST OEXTEltS
AROLND FIGH'l OVEIt DISTUICT
ATTORNEY HENEY WILL HUN
INDEPENDENTLY SHOULD HE
UL )! NOMINATION TODAY.
San Francisco, Aug. 17. With nil
sides predicting that moro than 40,
000 voteH out of, u total registration
of 81,000 will be cast in San Fran
disco's flrut dlroot primary dovulopod
all tho nppoarnuces of a final elec
tion today and the crowds about the
polling placet) showed tho groat In
terest that ls.bel.ig taken In tho races
for tho mayoralty nnd district attor
ney nominations, ns well ns lu all tho
minor contests.
Tho fact that u great amount of
"writing In" la being dono bj tho vot
ers ln nil parts of tho city Is claimed
by tho supporters of Francis J. Henoy
us evidence that ho will poll a largo
voto lu his nice for tho district at
torneyship. .
The Huuey men say that n great
number of Republicans aro writing
Honey's numo In tho place of Flck
ert's. With both sides claiming vic
tory It was hard to forecast tho ro
suit. It Is practically certain, how
ovor, that both Honey and Flokort
will bo In tho race nt tho olectlon
next fall. It has been announced that
Honey will run Indopondonty ovon
If he shoud fnll of nomination today.
Tho contosts for tho mayoralty
nominations aro dovoloplng groat in
terest and this afternoon nil sides
will bo confidently claiming victory.
Tho Itopubllcan candidates for mnyor
gave out tho folowlng statements this
ntorneon:
Dy Dyron Muusey: "Our ticket
will win by from 4000 to 5000."
William Croekor: "I expect to got
more votes than MutiBoy and Coun
tryman combined. My ostlmnto Is
18,000 out of u total Republican poll
of 28,000."
It. II. Ceuntryman: "I will ro-
colvo approximately i2,000 votes,
which will mako mo an easy wlunor."
The Democratic aspirants gave out
ho follewing:
Ralph Mol.erun Raid: "I flguro
that I will curry a large majority of
tho districts. I will ourry tho.Thlrty-
first, Thirty-third, Thirty-fourth.
Thlrty-slxth. Thirty-eighth. Thirty
ninth. Fort j -fourth and Forty-fifth
tro proUy certain and I will get an
ovon break in the Thirty-fifth and
Thirty-seventh.
Edward It. Rook said: "I bellovo
I shall be successful. 'Majorities will
be given me in tho Thirtieth, Thlrty
olghth. Fortieth. Forty-first and
Forty-fourth, and I will get a heavy
voto In the other uistrlots."
Tho Union Labor candidates guvp
out the follewing: ...
P, h. McCarthy: "Owing to tho
lack of a contest I expect a light vote.
I will receive a clear two-thirds."
Frank J. Sullivan: "I have made
a good fight, but I cannot tell how
the people aro going to vote."
DIED FROM FUMES
IN BIG WINE VAT
I United Preu Leued Wlre,1
Cucampnga, Cal., Aug. 17. As
phyxiated by fumes arising from a
huge wine vat at a local vineyard, F,
Fernandez, 22 years of age, la dead
at hlsh'omo n this eity, -
Perna'nSez, in company with n fel
low .workman, climbed Into the great
tank vesterdaV to make necessary re-
paM, Almost immediately ho was
overcome by the pungent alcoholic
funies He died before medical aid
could bo summoned
HE FOUGHT PINCH0T, IS
SUED BY GOVERNMENT
United I'ren Leased Wlre.l
Denvor, Aug. 17. Addresses of
welcome occupied tho morning ses
sion of tho Trnns-'Mbals&lppl con
grow hero today, the delegates bolng
welcomed by state and city officials
and tho rcspousca being made by
tho odlclals of tho organization. At
tho afternoon sosston addresses woro
scheduled to bo delivered by Presi
dent Thomas F. Walsh, John Barrett
Lave R. Noyos and L. G. Palmer.
Chief Forostor Ptnchot has not
nppcarcd horo publicly as yet,
though his friends say that ho Is iu
tho city. It Is considered significant
todny that tho government has start
ed milt against Judge D. C. Doainan,
one of tho lenders of tho fight
against Plnohot, demanding the re
turn of coal lands alleged to havo
been obtained by fraud. Dcaman Is
tho genoral counsel for tho Colo
rado Fuel nnd Iron company.
SCHOONER
DRIVEN ASHORE
Seven Members of the Crews
Taken From the Rigging
After Heroic Efforts
by Lifesavers.
I United lrM i.eaied 'fr,l ,
Now York, Aug. 17. Eight men
marooned on a threo-mastod ichori
or,drlvon ashore by 'a florco gale
200 yards off Nassau hotel, Long
Brunch, Long Island, nro facing
death today.
Tho sea Is sweeping ovor tho deck
carrying ovorythlng boforo It, nnd
driving back tho lite-savors who are
trying horolcnlly at tho risk of their
own lives to rescuo the Imprisoned
mon.
Tlmo and tlmo again tho rescuers
havo rowed tholr boaU to within a
fow yards of tho stranded vessel on
ly to havo thorn hurled back by tho
giant waves, and It Is feared that
tho sailors will perish boforo help
can reach thorn. i
Tho wind has boen blowing a
florco galo sine early last night and
thoy reached a velocity of nearly
70 miles an hour.
Tho schoonor, apparently in dis
tress, was slghtod off Lpng Ilranch
nuout 3:30 this morning. Life-
savers slgnallod t otho vossol, but
thoy were not answrod, Thon the
vossol disappeared In tho storm and
for n tlmo It was feared that she
was lost. Thu sohoonor, howevor,
lomed out of tho darkness shortly
before dawn and ran ahoro with
sa'Is full sot Tho vossol Is believed
to ha the Arlington of Dotton.
TIih daybreak enmo eight men
were hoii aboard frantically sig
nalling for n!stanoo Llfe-savora
'mmodlately attempted to roaoh the
stramiai crun with a rowboat. Ro
pouted offorls to rocch tho vesio)
were of no avail.
Thon It was attempted U shoot
breeches buoys to tho mon, but thla
-too failed.
On account of the heavy seas and
tho florco galo wbJch continues un
abated it la feared that the Bhlp
soon will go to plocos,
Charles Plorsou, a sailor who wu
carried from tho dock of the schoonor
by tho heavy Boa, was washed ashore
ut Rockaway beach this afternoon.
Plorson was moro dead than alive
when taken to a hospital. His re
covery is doubtful.
Captain I. 8. 8mall, commander of
the vessel, refused to deaort tho ship
aftor the lifesavers arrived. Tho res
cuers wore compelled to bind .hl,m
and take him ashore by force. The
vessel was badly damaged.
Now York, Aug. 17 Savon, mem
ber of the crew of the three-masted
ochoonor Arlington marooned for
soven hours when tholr vessel was
driven ashore by. a fierce uale at
LongDrahch early todayjl were iflnal
ly rosoued this aftornon by life-
MTMm,
t Afte-' repeated attempts to rescue
"('oiflauej oo it i )
GREATEST
BUILDING
ON EARTH
Afford Office Room for
More4 Than 12,000 Peo
ple Cos Fifteen
Mill(wL ,
TO BE680.FEELHIGH
j1
,
ITS FLOOR SPACK WILL EXCEED
THIRTY ACRESWILL TA1CE
aotl MILES OF WIRE AND UOO,.
0(1(1 ELKOTRIC LIGHT RULUS TO
LUJ1IT IMMENSE IIUILDING.
United ITm Uditd Wire.)
Now ork. Aug. 17. After moro
than tun years of preliminary plan
ning, work has Just begun horo
which, when It In comploted ln 1012,
will provide UiIh city with tho great
est municipal building lu tho world,
covorlng two city blocks, ntfordlug
office room for moro than 12,000 por
soiiB. nud costing $15,000,000. It
will bo tho largest and most complete
building ever orected, or likely to bo
erected for tho accommodation of
administrative and departmental of
ficers of a city. Iu i'ajiny rcBpocts It
will also establish new construction
records.
Tho contract for tho foundation Is
tho largest over nwarded In this
country, not only ns regards tho esti
mated cost' of $15,000,000 but also
In tho amount of earth to be oxca
vutod and of concrete to bo usod. Not
loss than 140,000 cubic yurds of dirt
and roc n will have to bo romoved,
00,000 cubjc yards of which will bo
under wator, while tho concrete to bo
usod for tho mammoth plors on which
tho building will rost will amount to
ut least 50,000 cubic yards, necessi
tating 70,000 barrels of comont Tho
foundations will extend 130 foot bo
low tho wator level whllo tho holght
of the building from tho basomont to
tho top of Its towor will bo C80 foot
There will bo 2i glories in tho
main building each with an aroa of!
more thnn an acre, whllo tho total
area of office space, Including tho
towor space, will oxceed 30 acres.
Thirty-two elevators, tho groatost
number ovor Installed In one build
ing, will take tho pussongors up and
down, and n subwuy stntlon In the
basomont will give direct access to
tho city's various underground linos
Tho lighting or tho building will
require more than 200 miles of wir
ing nnd about 200,000 uleotrlc light
bulbs.
Altogether Father Knickerbocker
Is to havo a munlalpal building in
keeping with his munlolpnl expendi
tures, which are oqtiul to moro than
ouethlrd of tho oxponses of the fed
orul government and the largest of
their kind In the world.
LONDON OBJECTS TO
USE OF KING'S NAME
(United l'ren Utued Wirt.)
. , I,ondon, Aug. 17. After several
gangs of workmen hud labored near
ly night to put up a number of poj
tors advertising an Insect powder,
twice as many men today are work
ing foverlsbly nulling tho Illustrat
ed bill posters down.
Tho .posters havo boon officially ob
Jocted ; to. PIctorlally tho poster
represented n hand holding an up
tilted box from which a powder
poured on a number of Insects which
appeared to have dlod instantly from,
contact with Iho down-flowing par
ticles.
Thore were two lines of type.
Tho top lino declared that pow
der brought Instant death to cock
roaches and oQxor "vermin. Tke
bottom line romarked:
"ftupplled to His Majesty ta.9
IC ig.'1
Tho advertiser averred that lie
meant no offense but that ho was
following a time-honored custom of
advortltlng wherolu the klnc's name
I tlway la mentlmod