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Goze was slightly wounded and three I herders received bullets through their , clothing, but escaped injury. Mlater says I he Is the victim of a conspiracy to se cure his range. He admits fighting with Goze and party, but says they opened lire first. BRIBES TO MM Michigan Water SGandal Aired iti Court. EX-ATTORNEY TELLS ALL Many Prominent Men Besides Officials Implicated. SIX DEALS ON AT ONE TIME In Each Instance There Was a Great Boodle Fund Senator Threatened Trouble If His influence Were Only Worth. $100. f Er-Cltr Attorney Salsbury, of Grand Rapids, makes a lull confession of his port In the water scandal in thai city, which has caused the arrest of 17 present and ex-officials. He shows that money was freely used, and men of both high and low degree were ap proached. For himself, he says his accounts were short by reason of losses in wheat speculation, and he took tho bribes to save himself. He fully re lates how the influence of members of the Legislature, City Council, news papers, etc., was secured. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Nov. SO. The confession of ex-City Attorney Iant T. Salsbury regarding the notorious water scandal In this city, was told for the first time today In court at the prelim inary examination of State Senator David Burns, and it has created a tremendous sensation on account of the number of prominent persons it Implicates, in addi tion to the 17 officials and ex-officials who were arrested on bribery charges ten days ago. Never once did Salsbury have to refer to notes, and he rendered his testimony readily and rapidly, giving names, dates and occurrences as though the alleged Avenbt happened only last week instead of three years ago. The examination of Senator Burns was completely lost to view in the story of he conspiracy as related by Salsbury. Six separate water conspiracy deals were on In Grand Rapids at one time, according to Salsbury's sworn testimony, each gigantic in its size, and all calling for the use of a boodle fund. In addition to the Henry Taylor 5100,000 Lake Michigan water deal, he testified there were five other strings out, from each one of which thousands of dollars were hanging. Every one of these six sets of men who offered to advance a corruption fund, were dupes, so Salsbury says, of himself, Perry, Mc Garryand Sproat. Salsbury appeared for tho state, and testified that ho offered Burns J200 In addition to $100 which Burns -told him he had already received. Burns scorned the offer at first, saying he was no $100 man, and threatened, so Salsbury swore, that he would tack on a referendum clause to the bill unless he were given $5000. Salsbury told him to put In the bill and to say nothing about the $5000 unti' the measure became a law. Intimating ie would be further re warded then. The $300 was paid to Burns In Salsbury's office In the City Hall, Sals bury said. Salsbury testified the water deal first came to his attention in June, 1900, when Thomas F McGarry, a local attor ney, told him- he had some clients who wanted to get a contract to furnish tho city with water, and that there would be $5000 In it for him. Salsbury was driven Into the deal, he said, because of a $15,000 shortage In his bank account, caused by speculation In wheat. He met B. Came ron, .of New York, and agreed to go into the deal for $25,000 cash. The money was sent by H. A. Taylor.of New York, the moneyed man in the deal, to the State Bank. Took Money to Meet Shortage. "My sole purposo was to take the $25, 000," said Salsbury. "to straighten up ray bank account. If I had got that money at that tlmo I would have settled the shortage, and there the water deal would have ended." Attorney McGarryi however, wanted $21, 500 from Salsbury, he testified, but It was finally agreed that Salsbury should pay him $7500. Salsbury then went into the newspapers' alleged connection with the deal. "Cameron wanted to know that the newspapers would support us. I tol.l nlra I would take caru of it I paid Charles S. Burch, of the Evening Press, $5000. I also gave J. Clark Sproul, the manager of the Democrat, some. I was talking of becoming a partner with Sproul, It being known that I was to use the paper as I wanted." Salsbury said the reason he did not get out of the deal after getting the first boodle was he had to keep up an appearance of good faith with the pro moters, and, because of the drains upon him in Interesting other persons, he was unable to get enough out of it for him self to pay up his $15,000 shortages. After paying McGarry $7500, he went down to Ex-Mayor Perry's office and gave him $3333. "Perry's theory," so Salsbury testified, "was for him and the Democrat a local paper) to support the Bailey Springs water project, a rival of the Lake Mich igan deal. He advocated the Bailey Springs deal with the sole purpose of getting the other papers to oppose the project, before it was known the other papers would accept money. Mr. T Burch, of the Evening- Press, at first f wanted $10,000, but finally took the $5000. I insisted that nothing be dono by the Council until the additional $75,000 for which we had bargained with tho pro moters came. Attorney McGarry first got hold of thi3 money, but I insisted that it bo turned over to Stllsen V. Mc Leod, an employe of the old National Bank, -with whom I had been Interested in stock speculations. McLeod took $15. 300 to make up his shortage, and I got $12,000 and paid up my debts. Tho rest was kept by McLeod at tho old National Bank. My idea was to call tho whole water deal off and let those fellows go back to New York thinking that they had done something." Implicates Federal Official. Salsbury also implicated Samuel N. Lemon. Collector of Internal Revenue, and William R. Anderson, president of the Fourth National Bank, who, he said, wanted $10,000 each. Lemon was Inter ested in qeveral water deals that were on at one time, so Salsbury said, and came to his office saying that ho had paid tho Mayor $10,000, and wanted to know how much It would take to get the Coun cil. "I told him It would tako $200,000," said Salsbury. "Ho wanted me to coma down, but I told him that ho and Ander son wanted $10,000 without doing a thing." Salsbury also implicated Dudley E. "Waters, a member of the Board of Pub lic "Works; Eugene D. Conger, manager of the Grand Rapids Herald, and J. R. Thomson, municipal reporter of the Evening Press. Ho said that he sound ed "Waters and that "Waters told him ho had enough money, but would not stand in the -way of the water deal, either voting favorably or staying away. "Later I learned," Salsbury testified, "that ho had negotiated with the New York parties direct. One night after a Council meeting Thomson camo to mo and accused me of knowing about the deal. I took him In and offered him $1000 cash and $5000 in bonds. After McLeod and myself took what money wc needed out of the $75,000 boodle fund, thero was $48,500 left I carried that until after election. Tho day of election I awakened suspicion among some of tho city officials that I had tha boodle by, betting heavily on election results. They asked mo then for their money. I gave $13,750 to ex-Mayor Perry and to the Democrats $13,750. I gave some to Coroy P. BIssell, of the Board of Public "Works, and some to J. R. Thomson and to E. D. Conger, $10, 000. I paid $350 each to Aldermen Ellen, DePagter, Kinney, Schrlver, Mol, Stonehouse and MacLachlan; $500 each to BIssell, Thompson and Aldermen Mc Cool, Mulr, Donovan, Ghysels, Lozier and Slocum. To Isaac Lamoreaux 1 paid $1500." Lamoreaux was City Clerk, and Is supposed to have confessed to the Pros ecuting Attorney, although ho has not yet been ailkLited. Cei"ks Were Bogus. The connection of E. D. Conger with tho deal, Salsbury explained by telling of tho discovery that bogus checks were being put in with tho bids that went in for the contracts with the city for a water supply. Conger mado tho discovery, so he stated. "As soon as Perry heard of the bogus (Concluded on Page 2.) CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER Congress. Senator Mitchell will call up the 1005 fair bill early this month. Fago 1. General Brooke charges General "Wood with Insubordination before Senate Committee. Page 5. Representative Cushman Is an active ally of Hitchcock in opposing confirmation of Hal J. Cole as register at Spokane. Paje 1. National. Secretary of Agriculture "Wilson says credit for favorable balance is due the farm ers. Page 2. Ex-offlclals and others implicated In postal frauds by Brlstow, strongly maintain in-, nocence and one makes counter charges. Page 6. Domestic. Ex-City Attorney of Grand Rapids, Mich., tells of bribes paid in great city water scandal and implicated many prominent men. Pago 1. United States Supremo Court declares valid the Kansas law making eight hours a day in public works. Page 3. Federal Grand Jury charges Hawaiian Legis lature with gross corruption. Page 4. Mrs. Reginald Vanderbllt meets with a severe fall and her condition causes great anxiety. Page 1. Panama. General Reyes abandons his plan of having Colombia make war on Panama. Page 3. Hotheads at Cartegena would assassinate American Consul. Page 3. Germany recognizes the new republic. Page 3. Foreign. China believes Russia Intends to take military occupation of and seize. railroad near Nlu Chwang. Page 5. Dreyfus case will be taken up by French commlsalod at once. Page S. Snow Is general in Great Britain and a .great -storm Is raging all over Europe. Page 5. Sports. Bookmakers have a disastrous session at Oak land. Page 7. Washington football players are confident Aof winning from Multnomah. Page 7. Marine. November grain shipments valued at over $1,100,000. Page 7. Sixteen cargoes of lumber shipped from Port land last month. . Pago 7. Steamship Indravelll brings an unusually large cargo from the Orient. Page 7. Commercial. Coffee, tea and spice prices higher. "Wheat closes strong and higher at Chicago. Page 15. Stock market narrow and drifting. Page 15. San Francisco hop market improving. Page 15. Faclflc Const. Successful trial of new cruiser Tacoma. Page 1. Population returns of "Washington State Bureau of Statistics. Page 4. Victim of Holy Rollers turns up at San Francisco. Page. 4. Oregon Supreme Court passes upon meaning of writs of review. Page 4. Portland and Vicinity. Captain Joseph Kellogg dead. Page 16. Livestock Convention will renew fight on Secretary Hitchcock. Page 12. "Short session" advocates talk of caucus. Page 1C County Commissioners fix boundaries of S3 election precincts. Page 14. Federal Jury decides that It Is not a crime to put lead slugs In slot machines. Page 14. Giant wave sweeps steamship Indlavelll In mid-ocean. Page 6. 1 Mitchell Will Call 1905 Bill Up Soon. ACTIVE WORK IN - SENATE Western Members Will Ad dress Committee. . r EARLY- PASSAGE IS DESIRED House Will Be the Storm-Center, and Won't Act an Measure Separately -Delegation Will -Try to get It in With Appropriations. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Nov." SO. Senator Mitchell is mak ing arrangements to have tho Senate com mittee on Industrial expositions give hl3 bill for the Lewis and Clark Fair a hear ing. It will take place some tlmo during tho second week of the regular session, between December M and 19. Senator Fulton, Representatives Williamson and Hermann will also make arguments be fore the committee at that time, and it is expected that some of tho other Pacific Coast Senators and Representatives will also be heard. Senator Burnham, of New Hampshire, Is chairman of tho committee, and It Is fortunate that he made a trip to Alaska and was on the Pacific Coast during tho Summer, and has some Idea of the impor tance of the great West. Tho Lewis and Clark bill is still on tho table, where It remains at Senator Mitch ell's request, and has not yet been re ferred to any committee. Ho expects to make a speech on the measure during the first week of tho regular session. Then he will ask to have it referred to Senator Burnham's committee forkconsideratlon. It Is Senator Mitchell's intention to have the bill reported as early as possible, and uh soon as It passes the Senate a grand assault will be made upon the House. Of course tho difficulties in the House arc well understood, and if there Is no pros pect of getting favorable action on. the separate bill in the House, then the Ore gon Senators will turn their attention to some appropriation bill, end endeavor to have the Fair cared for in that bill. This was th course taken with the appropria tion of the St. Louis Exposition. A great point will be gained, however, by getting the bill passed by the Senate. CUSHMAN KEEPS UP FIGHT. He Will Work Hitchcock to Prevent Appointment of Spokane Man. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash.. Nov. 30. With Representative Cushman on tho scone the contest over the re ceivership of the Spokane Land Office promises to take on new life and pos HER CONDITION, AS RESULT OF SEVERE FALL, CAUSES GREAT ALARM. t , i i . MRS. REGINALD VANDERBILT. NEWPORT, R. I., Nov. 30. Mrs. "Reginald Vanderbllt. while attend ing a local theater tonight, met with a severe fall, the result of which Is awaited with great anxiety. In company with her husband and several other friends, Mrs. Vander bllt went to the Grand Opera-Hou3e tonight to witness "The -Princess of Kensington." During the play she started to leave the box, and, failing to notice a step, pitched headlong, striking on her hands and cheBt. She was carried from the theater In a fainting condition to her mother's home. Two physicians were hastily summoned and will remain with her during the night. I sibly be prolonged well into the Winter. Cushman is earnestly In favor of the re tention of the present register, Ludden, and has always recommended against tho appointment of Cole. Ho is the choice particularly of Senators Foster and Ankeny. He 13 very much gratified at the refusal of Secretary Hitchcock to consent to Cole's appointment and called at tho Interior Department today to ex press his approval to the Secretary. Cushman is tho only member of the Washington delegation who is opposing Cole's appointment, but from now on he can bo counted an active ally of the Secretary. Offered Old Position at Vancouver. Frank E. Vaughan, who was tem porarily appointed last Spring to fill the office of register of tho Vancouver Land Office, has been offered hi3 old clerkship in that office If he desires to resuma tha place when Hugh C. Phillips qualifies as register. The Interior Department has a high opinion of "Vaughan and wants to continue him in tho service. Cushman Speaks for Alaska. Representative Cushman called on tho President today to renew his commenda tion that favorablo mention be made of Alaska In the forthcoming message to Congress. Cushman now believes Alaska should have two delegates In Congress Instead of one, and is particularly anx ious that a liberal appropriation shall be made this winter for tho construction of Government roads in Alaska. POSTAL, INQUIRY IMPROBABLE Congress Feels That the Inspectors Under Brlstow Struck Bottom. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington,' Nov. 30. Tho opinion generally prevalls .among prominent members of both tho Senate and the House that there will be no Congressional Investigation fcito the affairs of the Postofflce Department. It is apparent from the Brlstow report, made public today, that tho search of the Inspectors has been most thorough,, and has gono into great detail, and all in all better results have been obtained than could ever have been accomplished had tho investigation been conducted by a pongresslonal committee. Furthermore, among one of tho impor tant ,things brought to light by the Brls tow report is the fact that the postofflce Inspector, who worked absolutely without political purposes in view, unearthed a sad condition of affairs that existed In Mach en's office, which were completely over looked by two Congressional investigations held In the past few years. In the face of such a showing It would be ridiculous to attempt a Congressional investigation following up the work that ha3 but recently been done. Representative Payne, of New York, tho Republican floor leader, voiced a popular sentiment when he said today: "I donrt see the need for any further in vestigation. They seem to have found out down there already a good deal mora than two Congressional committees did. The thing seems to have been pretty well sifted." Other Republicans do not appear to bo wrought up over the report, nor to view as probable a Congressional Investigation. Crank Heading for White House. WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. Information has reached the White House that Peter Elliott, who created so violent a scene In tho vestibule of the White House several weeks ago, Is either again in Washington or en route to this city. He escaped from the asylum at St. Paul, where he was sent to be confined, and until advices were re ceived here about his coming to Washing ton no trace of him had been discovered. The police and secret service officers will use every endeavor to prevent him from getting near the President. Miy EED TO SPARE I NewCruiserTacoma Ex ceeds Requirements. HAS HER OFFICIAL TRIAL Covers a 64-Mile Course in Santa Barbara Channel. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE Sixth Vessel of Her Class Built fori the Navy, and tho "First to Come Up to the Specifi cations PROTECTED CRUISER TACOMA. Length, feet .i... ........... 202 Beam, feet 42 Draft, feet ...,.... 35.0 Horsepower . ..4700 Displacement, tons ....3200 Required speed, knots..... .....15.50 Speed on trial, knots 16.60 SANTA BARBARA, Cal., Nov. 30.-Tho official trial trip of -the. protected cruiser Tacoma, which was built at tho Union . Iron Works, San Francisco, took place in the Santa Barbara Channel today under favorable conditions. The average speed made during the trip was 16.60 knots an hour, and it Is believed by tho navigating officers that when tide corrections are made a still better showing will result, as there was a heavy sea during the run up the Coast. The course extended from, a point opposite Sloore's Landing, about eight miles north of Santa Barbara, to Point Conception, the distance being 32 knots and return. Tho trial board con sisted of Admiral W. H. Whiting, Captain f J. F. Moser, Commander A. F. Dixon, H.J W. Small. Lieutenant S. C. iT. Stone, IT. T; Holmes and Assistant Naval Constructor T. S. Adams. The Tacoma left the harbor early this, morning for IToore's Landing, from which point the start was made about S:30 o'clock. Tho wind was blowing briskly from the southwest and a heavy swell was running landward. The tide was ex ceptionally high last night. On tho whole." however, the conditions were favorable for a successful trial. Tho machinery of the new cruiser worked smoothly and nothing occurred to mar the trial. At the conclusion of the run over the course or 64 knots. It was tha unanimous opinion of the members of the trial board and the inspectors that tho Tacoma had proved herself a splendid boat, equal to the Gov ernment requirements in every respect. The contract calls for a sustained average of 16i knots an hour for four hours. On the showing of tho figures given out to day, she exceeded tho figures by ten-hun- " dredth3 of a knot, and this may be in creased when tide deductions are made. Tho Tacoma Is tho sixth vessel of her class constructed for the United States Navy an I ."he is the first, it 13 said, to meet contract requirements. Tho Ta.oma Is 292 feet In length over tho draft line. 42 feet beam, 31 feet depth, 15.9 feet draft and carries engines capable of developing 4700 horsepower. Her dis placement Is S200 tons. The Tacoma's battery consists of 10 flve inch rapid-fire guns and a secondary bat tery of eight slx-pounders and two one pounder rapid-fire guns. In addition, sho has lour Colt's machlno-guns. She Is propelled by two sets of four crank, triple-expansion, main engines, ono high pressure, one intermediate and two low-pressure cylinders. She has six water tube boilers with a total heating surface of 13,200 square feet. The Tacoma sailed this evening for San Francisco, where she will bo prepared to go into commission. . ACCIDENT TO AMBASSAD0E. American Representative at Rome In Jured While Hunting. NEW YORK, Dec. 1. While out hunt ing with a large party In a heavy rain storm on the outskirts' of the city, says a Romo dispatch to the Herald, the Ameri can Ambassador, Georj?o Von Lengeske Mey?r, was thrown to the ground so vio lently as to be made unconscious. On reviving he complained of severe in ternal pains, but the doctors discovered only bruises, and his condition is not con sidered to be serious. PLANS OP BEYAN'S SON-IN-LAW Leavltt Will Try for Republican Nomination for Congress. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 30. Mrs. Ruth Bryan Leavltt announces that her artist hus band, William Homer Leavltt, has decid ed to remain at Humansvllle, ilo.. where the couple have been guests since their marriage, and next year seek the Repub lican nomination for Congress in the Sev enth District. New British Ambassador Arrives. WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. Sir Mortimer Durnnd, the new British Ambassador, ar rived In Washington this afternoon. Ho was met at the station by the entire Em bassy staff, who escorted nlm. direct to. the Embassy. a m Man Who Wrote President Insane. NEW YORK. Nov. 30. Charles Thel son. who was arrested for writing ram bling letters to President Roosevelt; was today declared Insane. iHil 1 08.2