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today charged with attempting to kill
Tom Goze and three oher men near Up
ton, where nocianasters and cattlemen
engaged In battle Saturday with rifles
j and pistols over a division of the range.
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.
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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.
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Mitchell Will Call 1905
Bill Up Soon.
ACTIVE WORK IN - SENATE
Western Members Will Ad
dress Committee. .
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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