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HANI CIS UP
His Fight on Roosevelt
at an End.
OHIO WILL INDORSE HIM
President Wires (he Senator
and He Capitulates.
NO CHANGE OF JUDGMENT
National Chairman, Hovrever, Is
"Willing to Do the Pleaanre of
tie Executive, Nott That
He Hai Spoken
Marcos A. Hanna has met his "Wa
terloo In a desperate attempt to prevent
the Ohio State Republican convention
from indorsing President Roosevelt for
re-election. The President has given
him to understand that be desires such
indorsement, and Hanna has agreed to
keep his hands oft.
The star of Senator Foraker as a po
litical boss In Ohio is now in the as
cendency. CLEVELAND, O., May 26. Senator
Hanna has decided to offer no further
opposition to the proposed resolution In
the coming State Republican Convention
Indorsing the candidacy of President
Roosevelt for another term. This action
was 'decided upon late this afternoon.
"When asked If he had heard from Presl-1
dent Roosevelt with reference to the dis
cussion concerning his attitude In connec
tion with the resoluUon. Senator Hanna
made the following statement to the As
sociated Press representative:
"I am in receipt of a telegram from
President Roosevelt, which Indicates to
me his desire to have the indorsement
of the Ohio Republican State Convention
of. his Administration and candidacy. In
view of this, I shall npt oppose such ac
tion by the convention, and ,1 havetele
graphed tho President to that effect.'
Senator Hanna positively declined fur
ther to discuss the subject. Insisting that
the brief statement quoted fully covered
the situation. It is the general belief,
however, among those close to the Senator
that he still doubts the advisability of the
adoption of a resolution Indorsing Presi
dent Roosevelt's candidacy by this year's
convention. But. It is pointed out. In de
ferring to the President's Judgment and
expressed wishes, Mr. Hanna demon
strates that his original position In the
matter was at no time prompted by per
sonal antagonism to President Roosevelt.
GLAD HAXXA IS SMOKED OUT.
Foraker Says the President's State
ment "Was the Proper Move.
OREGONLAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, May 26. Speaking of the Presi
dent's statement from Walla Walla, Sen
ator Foraker today said:
"The President has taken the proper po
sition. It was to be expected that he
would protect himself. The matter of In
dorsement Is now an issue that will come
squarely before the convention. Those
who are In favor of the renomlnatlon of
the President will have to make their
friendship known. Those who are opposed
to him will likewise have to go on rec
ord." There is no doubt that Foraker and
his friends Intend to make all the capital
they can out of the President's position,
and make It imperative upon the conven
tion to declare Itself for or against the
President. It Is becoming more and more
evident that there Is a strong determina
tion to prevent the nomination of Roose
velt next year, and It Is also apparent
that the President Is fully aware of it.
This being the case, say the closest
friends oj Roosevelt, now In Washington,
a declaration such as he has made was
necessary In order to make the fight now.
Instead of allowing his enemies to gain
ground by delaying when their purpose
was well known.
Foraker, while sincere In his work for
Roosevelt, also desires to get even with
Hanna on several counts. Twice in the
NaUonal conventions he has made the
speech nominating McKinley, who was
Hanna's candidate, and was made Ohio's
candidate even when Foraker and his
friends wero opposed to him. There never
was any friendship between Foraker and
McKinley. McKinley belonged to the
Sherman wing of the party, that fought
Foraker for years. Hanna took up Mc
Kinley, and has continued the fight, f and,
although Foraker has been able to land
himself In the Senate, he has never been
able to control Ohio politics. What little
he received In the way of patronage from
the McKinley Administration was granted
through courtesy of Hanna, and not be
cause Foraker was powerful enough to
enforce a demand for It. ,
Hanna did not want Roosevelt for Vice
President, and he docs not want him for
President next year, no matter what he
says to the contrary. Roosevelt Is prob
ably aware of this, and, if Foraker Is
"successful In securing an Indorsement for
the President. It will be Hanna's first de
feat In Republican politics, and may mean
a new era In the management of the party
In that state.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MOVE, '
Foraker Says Hanna. Is Xott Sare of
Indorsement.
WASHINGTON, May 26. When the
dispatch, announcing that Senator Hanna
will Tiot oppose an endorsement of Pres
ident Roosevelt at the coming Ohio state
convention was shown to Senator For
aker tonight he dictated the following
statement!
"I am very much gratified to learn that
Senator Hanna has withdrawn his oppo
sition to the endorsement of President
Roosevelt's candidacy In 1901: not on any
personal grounds, for I have not at any
lime bad any personal Interest In the
matter, but solely because I think the
endorsement good for Senator Hanna and
the party as well as for President Roose
velt, who has well earned a second term
by the splendid administration he has
given us. The result will be a harmon
ious convention, and an enthusiastic en
dorsement for Senator Hanna for another
term in the Senate.
The Senator added that the votes of
Ohio, added to the states that have de
clared heretofore for President Roosevelt,
gave the President a majority of the
votes In the next Republican National
convention.
LANDSLIDE FOR REPUBLICAN.
Red-Headed Candidate for Congress
Breaks All Records.
WICHITA. Kan., May 25. All political
records were broken In Kansas today by
Victor Murdock, Republican nominee for
Congress, to fill a vacancy In the Seventh
District, carrying probably every one of
the 1200 precincts in the district. Mur
dock was known as the red-headed can
didate, and all the "red tops'" in the dis
trict supported him.
Minnesota for Roosevelt.
MINNEAPOLIS, May 28. According to
Robert Jamison, of St Paul, chairman of
the State 'Republican committee, the Min
nesota delegation to the next Republican
National convention will bs undivided for
President Roosevelt's renomlnatlon.
Nebraska With Roosevelt.
LINCOLN, Neb., May 26. The Republi
can State Central Committee, at a meet
ing here today, adopted a resolution In
dorsing the Administration of President
Roosevelt and pledging him the support
of the party in Nebraska.
MANY HOMELESS BY FIRE
New Hampshire Blase Causes a Loss
of ?40O,000,
LACONIA, N. H., May 26. Nearly 100
buildings nave "been burned, 350 persons
are homeless and a loss of between $350,000
and $400,000 has been caused by a fire in
the Lakeport section, the area burned
over being about 15 acres. The fire
started in a boiler-room of the H. H.
Wood hosiery mill. The flames spread
briskly, and In a very short time, under
the Influence of a brisk southeast wind,
the entire structure was burning. Next
it spread to the finished-lumber plant of
the Boulii & Gorrell Co., and then to the
works of the Laconia Electric Light Com
pany. In less than an hour both these
plants were destroyed. The city fire de
partment was helpless to stay the progress
of the flames, and destruction went on un
til the Are actually burned Itself out for
want of material.
3Irs. Roosevelt Will Go to firoton.
WASHINGTON. May 26. Mrs. Roose
velt, accompanied by her sister-in-law,
Mr.. W. S, Gowles, will leave Washington
ntrrt TtinTitHXv for Orntnn. Mnur- tr lit.
there, of which Theodore and Kermit
Roosevelt are students. The party will
return to Washington next Monday.
Many Fishermen Believed to Be Lost.
.ST. JOHNS. N. F., May 26. The severe
gale which swept the coast last Sunday
did much damage to the 'fishing vessels on
the Grand Banks. It is believed the fatal
ities will reach a large number.
CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER.
The Ohio Political Row.
Senator Hanna abandons his fight against the
indorsement of Roosevelt by Ohio. Page 1.
Foraker says the President's move was the
proper one. Page 1.
National.
Roosevelt meets with hearty reception In Idaho
and "Washington cities. Page 1.
Oregon will receive (910.961 from the NaUonal
irrigation fund. Page
Domestic.
Fear of Kentucky feudists causes people to ask
for greater military protecUon. Page 5.
Sallna, Kan., is under water from rains, and
many homes are abandoned. Page 3.
Disastrous tornadoes sweep Iowa and Nebras
ka. Page 3.
General Presbyterian Assembly speaker strong
ly denounces the Mormons. Page 2.
Forelsrn.
Liberals will try to force Britain to show her
hand on preferential tar: it Issue. Page 3.
Russia takes steps to punish those taking part
In Jewish massacre. Page 3.
Joseph Pennell says France alone Is to blame
for automobile disaster. Page 11.
Sports,
Reliance again defeats Columbia in test race.
Page 2.
Scores of Pacific National League: Seattle 4.
Butte 2; Spokane 6, Helena: 3. Page 11.
Both Smith and Walcott end training for fight.
Page 11.
University of California crew arrives. Page 11.
Pacific National League team returns for Ta-
corna. series. Page 11.
Pacific Coast.
Bremerton, "Wash., threatens to tar and feather
officials who caused closing of navy-yard.
Page 2.
Montana Legislature appropriates money for
the Lewis and Clark Fair. Page 4.
State Grange in sessloa at Oregon City. Page 4.
Deaf mutes give exhibition at state school at
Salem. Page 4.
Seattle's boss gambler beats a merchant lor
alleged Insult to his wife. Page 9.
Albany merchant buncoed by pseudo traveling
man. Page 4.
Another Baker City man cashes a worthless
check. Page 4.
Commercial and Marine.
Oregon weekly crop report. Page 13.
New Yotjs. stock prices reach a higher level.
Page 13.
Wheat closes steady at Chicago on good buy
ing orders. Page 13.
San Francisco market conditions and prices.
Page 13.
Northern ocean lines have not cut freight rates.
Page 12.
Port of Portland suit may be filed today. Page
12.
Highest water not due for three.or four weeks.
Page 12.
Sailor boarding-house license granted. Page 12.
Cargo of the IndravellL Page 12.
Portland and Vicinity.
Leasia and his wife give contradictory ac
counts of murder of Drews'; Leasia wounded
by his wife. Page -1.
Railroad officials start for trip through Cen
tral Oregon. Page 17,
Joint meeting of Fair directors and commis
sioners called. Page 7.
Strange plea of woman against claim of cred-,!
ywt. iage a.
Fourth of July committee, holds enthusiastic
meeting.' Page 14.
Site for new schoolbouse at Brooklyn bought.
Page 8.
"William Shlndler nominated for Mayor of MU-
- waulde. Page 8.
Laundry drivers vote not to take part In strike,
race 14. v .
WIFE IS
Mrs. Leasia Chief Wit
ness of Murder.
SAYS DREWS DIDNOTSHOOT
She Gives the Lie to Hus
band's Plea in Defense.
SHE WOUNDED. HIM HERSELF
Divorced Conple in Jail Tell Con
flicting Stories of Sunday's Trag
edy Woman Gives Account ot
Flight and Captare.
M. V. Leasia, the murderer ot F. H.
Drows, his father-in-law, and his di
vorced wife were captured at 5 o'clock
yesterday morning, in a barn across
the road from O. Paulsen's house, on
the Slough road, two miles down the
Columbia River from the Vancouver
ferry.
They had eaten supper at Paulsen's
house the previous n!g!it and then gone
into the barn to rest. but. exhausted
by their two days' wanderings, ap
peared to have fallen into a sound
sleep.
Police Captain Simmons and hla
posse had Just arrived at Paulsen's,
and Simmons entered the barn and
found them. He secured and disarmed
Leasia, aided by Officer Burke, ana
brought man and wife to the City Jail.
The news of the capture 'was pub
lished .in " the second edition of The
Oregonlan yesterday.
Leasia, the slayer of his father-in-law,
declares that he killed In self-defense.
Leasia's divorced wife insists that the
deed was murder premeditated.
The alleged murderer ayers that his
father-ln?la-pr shot him first, and exhibits
a bullet wound to verify his story. The
wife maintains that sho herself shot
Leasia after, the jmirder of her father.
Leasia denies that he forced the woman
to accompany him. Ho contends that she
went with him of her own volition.
But the woman says that she was con
strained to follow him by threats of death
to herself and her children. Leasia re
plies that he did not threaten the lives
of his wife and children.
Behind the tragedy rises a dark back
ground df domestic Infelicity. The. back
ground is marked with paths leading In
ungodly ways along which are dotted epi
sodes of wrangle, shiftlessness, Improvi
dence, alleged marital Infidelity and other
evils wherewith Satan has ever wrought
calacity In the household. Wanting in
the tender artifices of domestic love and
comity, surfeited with the follies of rec
reant manhood and womanhood such is
the family whoso door the fell band of
murder has branded with bloody fingers.
A man of low stature, slender of build
and sallow of complexion, having large
brown eyes, brown hair, protruding ears
that narrow at the top, a spray of mus
tache and a long, pear-shaped face, clothed
In cheap, threadbare, unkempt garments,
possessing an unflinching gaze even when
reciting what his wife brands as lies such
la M. V. Leasia, wbo has worn out all
his days for naught but provender, and'
now must fight his way from within the
shadow of the gallows.
A woman old beyond 'her years, pinched
in countenance, meager in form, of aver
age stature, haying a look that betokens
a share of the world's, cares and troubles
out of proportion with, her years and that
Indicates a hard struggle under heavy,
pitiless burdens, wearing a face which
has lost Its fairness against the enervat
ing Influences of domestic tribulation
this is Leasia's divorced wife, the woman
who accompanied him in flight to save
herself and children.
Wife's Ballet Almost Fatal.
The bullet Ared by Mrs. Leasia pene
trated her husband's left breast so close
that only a marvel saved the man's
heart. The projectile lodged under the
skin, whence It was extracted yesterday.
" , but that Hurts!" he exclaimed.
wincing under the physician's knife. His
undershirt was bloody, but he did not ap
pear the worse for the wound. , Providence
evidently has ordained that Leasia Is not
born to die of a bullet.
Leasia peered from behind the Iron bars
yesterday in the City Jail. His wife rested
from her terrible experiences in the wom
en's quarters of. the Jail. The man will be
kept in prison, but the wife will be al
lowed her freedom.
"I am very weak," she said, feebly, yes
terday. "The excitement tells on me when
It Is all over. I didn't feel it before,"
and then ste recited the- hair-raising tale
how her father was slain and why she had
to flee with the slayer.
. Wife's Story of the Crime.
"It is all like a dream," she remarked,
and passed her hand over her browl "So
much like a dream! It was awful, and my
children but they are safe."
The woman is a" plucky, gritty little
body, and tells her story "as straight as a
string," says Sam Simmons, captain of
detectives, who captured Leasia. In the
barn yesterday morning. The police . be
lieve that the woman Is telling the pre
cise truth. They have no faith whatever
In' Leasia's veracity. "A pack of lies,"
they call his story.
"Papa was murdered," said the woman.
"He had no pistol with him. It was in my
bedroom. Alter the first shot papa made'
a loud cry and I woke up. Then X heard
another jshot. I snatched up my pistol and
ran to the door. -Portieres Hung in tfie
doorway. VA gun was pointed at me
through the curtains by whom I do not
know. I raised my pistol and fired."
"What caliber was the pistol?"
"Thirty-two caliber." The weapon was
a safety Smith & Wesson, a very form
idable pistol, automatically fired by com
pression of the stock.
"I did not near the report of the pis
tol," went on the woman; "I was so ex
cited. 'Don't shoot!' my husband had
shouted, and when I fired he cried:
" 'My God. you have shot me!'
" No, I haven't.' '
" Yes, you have
x" 'Where?
" 'Here,' and my husband pointed to
his breast. Then he took hold of me and
I screamed:
" 'Oh, Van, what did you do to papa?
"'Nothing,' he responded,! in a tone of
levity."
"What time was It then?" the reporter
asked.
"It was about 1 o'clock when papa
waked me. I told him I did not wish to
get up. Then he milked the cows and
left the bucket on the back porch. I heard
a shot and then papa screamed in agony.
Another shot was fired and I snatched up
a revolver from the head of my bed."
"What was the revolver for?"
"I kept it to guard myself against dan
ger of robbery and hold-up. When my
husband came into my bedroom he said
he had killed papa, and ordered me to
get dressed. He told me he had flred
twice once Into papa's back and then, as
papa sank down, Into his head.
"While I was dressing my husband went
to the kitchen for a pan of water, which
he took out of the front door.
" "Don't look out,' he commanded.
" 'What Is the water for?' I asked.
" 'To put out the fire,' he answered.
Papa's vest and coat are burning.'
Threat to Kill Children.
"When he came back ho wanted to kill
the children. On my knees I pleaded for
their lives.
" "Then leave them here,' ha ordered,
'and you come with me.'
" 'No, 'I won't,' I answered, for I did
not want to leave them all alone wfoere
such awful things had happened.
" "Then you dress one and I'll dress the
other,' said he, and we did so.
"Then he took U3 out the back door,
commanding me not to look around for
papa. We got Into the woods. I got tired
and stopped to rest. Then he said:
" 'We cannot bother with the babies.
Let me t&W them.'
"'How could you kill the poor, Inno
cent bahies?' I answered.
" "I'll not hurt them,' he replied, 'only
stick a knife Into their hearts so they
wouldn't feel it.'
"f begged so hard that he spared the
babies. When wo came to the first house
he said, 'I'll leave the babies here; now
don't you say a word or I'll shoot you
dead.'
"So he took the babies up to the house
and told the lady there that our house
had been burned -and that papa had been
hurt by a rf ailing partition. He gave the
little girl to the lady and I Jafd the little
baby on the bed. Then he took hold of
my arm, led me down the steps, and we
went through the woods."
"Did you ever resist him?" asked the re
porter. "I didn't dare- I knew he would kill me.
I did everything he wanted. Once he said:
Played Tracy and MerrllL
" Tm Tracy and you're Merrill. If I
had a rifle, I'd be as good as Tracy."
"Would he have killed you If anybody
had tried to capture him?"
"He told me If anybody tried to catch
him he would hold me In front of him
with his left arm and shoot with his right.
He said nobody would nre at him through
me."
"What did he Intend to do with you?"
"He said he would take me as far as the
Columbia River and would drown me.
Then he would go ahead alone."
" uy didn't you kill him?"
"I couldn't. He had the two pistols In
his pockets and I couldn't get them. But
I would have shot him If I could."
Story of the Flight.
"Where did you go from your father's
house?"
"We went In a zigzag course through
woods and gullies until we came to a
thicket near the barn. That was about
noon. There we stayed all afternoon, and
In the evening went Into the barn. About
dusk I heard somebody ringing a cowbell
as If for dinner, but we had nothing to
eat. On Monday I told my husband I
must ave something to eat, and he said
we woulu get something. He was quite
faint aoout this time, for he said, 'I am
going to die.'
"But we stayed In the barn until dark.
Then we went through the woods to a
house and knocked on the door, but no
body came. We went to another house a
little further west (My. husband told the
people there that we were from Vancou
ver, were hunting for a dairyman named
Wagner, and had got lost."
Afraid to Tell Truth.
"Why didn't you tell the people who
you were?" Mrs. Leasia was asked.
"Because I was afraid. Before we went
Into the house my husband said he would
kill me If I told. He said he would keep
his gun on his lap all the time, and that
he would shoot mo without even raising
the gun above the table."
"How many guns did he have?"
"Two. One of them, a 38-caliber. he had
used to kill papa; the other, a 32-callber,
I fired at him when he entered my room."
"While we were eating." resumed Mrs.
L'easla. "my husband said his name was
Walker, and that he was a Frenchman.
The people there said that didn't sound
like a French name, and he responded
that his father must have changed his
name when he came to this country.
"They eyed us suspiciously all the time.
When we left they showed us the way
out. They shouted "Walker after us,
but my husband did not recognize the
name. Then we went back to the barn."
Leasia's Flan to Avoid Conviction.
"What did he propose to do7 Mrs.
Leasia was asked.
"He said we would go to Vancouver
and get married again and then, would
go off somewhere and live happily."
By doing this Leasia could prevent the
woman from testifying against him.
Whether she saw through the design
or not, she knew better th3n to take
up with him, for she said:
"I've had enough of him. I wouldn't
have married him again for anything."
Just then several officers announced to
her that the funeral of her father would
be held Thursday afternoon. At this, the
TWO TUT
Roosevelt Covers Much
Ground.
SPOKANE WELL HONORS HIM
Idaho Turns Out in the Rain
to Greet Visitor.
GUEST OF SENATOR HEPBURN
Brief Reception Is Held at "Wallace
President Takes Up the Railroad.
Issue in Spokane and Shows
He Is Xot Inimical to Capital.
President Roosevelt will be the guest
o Montana today. He will reach Hel
ena this morning, and will also visit
Butte. He will return to Idaho Thurs
day, stopping at Pocatello. Boise,
Nampa, Mountain Home and Shoshone.
He will then leave the Northwest on
his way Bast.
SPOKANE, Wash:, May 26. (Special.)
When President Roosevelt took up the
railroad question In his speech here today
It looked somewhat as If he had In view"
the strenuous campaign of next year. He
showed clearly that he was not in any
way antagonistic to what might be
termed the money Interests. He said the
great railroads and steamship companies
had worked wonders for the North Pacific.
Coast, and he desired to go on record as
being fully In sympathy with all their
legitimate efforts and accomplishments.
It will be observed that while the Presi
dent praised the railroads and the great
transportation companies of the sea, he
also added, with clear-cut sentences, that
they must obey the law. It was the lat
ter declaration that elicited the greatest
applause from the crowd.
Little applause or enthusiasm was pre
cipitated by the important assertions
favorable, to the rallroada;- while the
every-day declaration of trio campaign,
orator that corporations must obey the
law brought out a burst of cheering.
It is In the Presidential train atmosphere
that the President Is mindful of the great
and far-reaching Influence of the railroad
and steamship and allied corporations.
These. It Is understood, do not, as the
New York Sun puts it, make light of the
President's present trip and refuse to
take him seriously. The trusts may be
put down as being after hla political vitals
with a long knife.
Turner Takes In Every Word.
Accordingly, when the President begaa
praising the railroads as having devel
oped the Northwest, Senator Turner be
gan to twist his black mustache. Others
pricked up their ears and leaned forward
to catch every word. It was voted one o
the most significant speeches delivered
by the President on the present tour. It
was also looked upon as a proper se
quence to the President's Walla Walla
speech, where. he paid tribute to the cap
tains of industry.
do vernor McBride's face was a study
while the President continued to laud
the railroads. His expression was one o
apprehension. Senator Turner, rather
nervously twisting his moustache, was a
sharp etching that might have been prop-
erly labeled "Intense interest."
Senator Turner, in Introducing the
President, referred to politics, a thing
the President has not done in the state.
No mention has been made by the Chief
Executive of Republicans or Democrats,
and, while the Senator did not refer to
parties, he did say that In welcoming
the President political considerations were
sunk, and all joined In honoring their
Chief Executive, or words to that effect.
Women In the CroiYcI Faint.
Three women in the crowd fainted, and
twice the President asked every man and
woman in the vicinity of the disturbance
riot to move, and not to try to get to
some other place. This, he said, would
avoid confusion and possible accidents.
His admonition was respected and gen
erally obeyed.
Spokane had several features not on
the programme. For example, a horse
attached to a light buggy ran away
alongside of the procession, passed the
President and disappeared In the distance.
Another feature was the fact that several
of the Rough Riders were too busy trying
to keep astride their frightened and over
frisky horses to safeguard the Chief Ex
ecutive. Senator Turner was on the programme
to ride with the President, but, as has
been the case In other cities, the Mayor
and Governor were given the places ot
honor. This is the general rule, and was.
graciously accepted by Senator Turner.
It Is assumed, however, that if the Sen
ator and not the Mayor had been at the
President's side, the latter would have
stopped at the Athletic Club grounds. He
was to have turned the first shovel full ot
earth for a new building, and thereby
have literally dug up a silver plate mak
ing him a life member, the lettering being
In gold. By mistake, he was driven by the
grounds.
Sol Mayor, who was In charge of the
athletics, was almost heartbroken, but
the President tried hard to satisfy the
club members at the train when he ac
cepted the souvenir, " and said he hoped -he
would be able to return some time and
make use of It. .
Spokane claims the largest crowd In the
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