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PORTLAND, OBBGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1906.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
VOIi. XXVI.- NO. 14,109.
iKEBS OF NEW '
YORK IN II FUNK
Are United Against An
Investigation. .
FEAR BIG PANIC HAY FOLLOW
Strong Influence Brought to
Bear on State Senate.
PUBLIC IS VERY SUSPICIOUS
Admissions. JUado by Superintendent
Kilburn , Regarding Failures of
Big. Concerns Have Set Peo
ple to "Wondering.
NEW YORK, Feb. 23. (Special.) Will,
there le an investigation of "the" banking,
system of the state, and -Rill the 'revela
tions to be made be as sensational as
those which developed from the Insurance
investigation?
The question of whether to have an
investigation, or to ignore the demands
for it, is easily the most important of
the present session of the. Legislature.
Big bankers by the score have visited
Albany or else quietly argued .with lead
Ing Senators, and the powerful financial
interests of the state arc lined up, in
practical solid phalanx, against the pro--
posal.
The Stock Exchange, while not out in
the open, has exercised all the influence
It could against the resolution, because
It saw a disturbance in the methods of
business of members that, would have
been highly embarrassing.
National Banks Also Fearful.
The National banks are also In line, for
they fear that the revelations in a vig
orously pressed investigation, such as
has recently become the fad, would In
evitably be followed by an investigation
by Congress into their own methods of
" doing business, "other financial Interests
and some commercial ones, closely-alllcd-wltlt
kr dependenf on the "banking inter
ests arc also up in arras in opposition,
and the bugaboo Of a financial panic has
been worked for ill it la worth. -
Tho resolution providing for a joint legislative-
investigation -of the -conduct of
the banking department was rushed
through the Assembly without opposition,
and is now in the Senate, where the most
extraordinary efforts are being made,
both to pass it and to kill It.
Tho 00 Senators who will decide the fate
of the measure are being subjected to
remarkable pressure, and at the present
time there arc not half a dozen of the ma
jority who dare to say whore they stand
on the subject.
The Governor and the other Republican
io.w urn figuratively "up a tree." They
do not want the resolutions to pass and
they arc afraid to beat it. Just now they
onorrin for time, honing that some-
.,.1 i -BL-m rnme ud to make the
view .....
public forget all about it.
Belay Gained by Illness.
A Httle delay has been galnod through
the opportune illness of George R. Malby,
i,armim of -the Senate committee on
the resolution In
untune, -"- -
charge, Malby is reported to bo lndls
posed at his home in Ogdcnsburg. near
w r-onarUnn border, and "out of cour
tesy" his associates will take no action
until he returns.
In the meantime tho advocates of an
investigation declare that there is nothing
the matter with Malby, and unless he
puts in an appearance soon, they threaten
to make all sorts of troume lor mm
The. demand of the people for an investi
gation Is rising higher and higher, and
public sentiment Is all in favor of Immedl
ato action. It has been urged by dclcga
lions, in petitions, while the Senators
have been bombarded by individual letters
from constituents.
At the coming Fall election, successors
to every Senator and Assemblyman will
be chosen, and that makes the uneasiness
of the lawmakers all the more acute.
Which would hurt the least, they ask, to
pass the resolution or to ignore It?
There are plenty to whisper that the
cause of the astonishing vote received by
Hearst in the New York City election was
the Insurance revelations. Would the ef
fect in the state, they ask, be similar in
all probability if peculiar dealings were
found in the conduct of banks and trust
companies? .
Club for the Opposition.
But on the other hand, it is pointed out
that to refuse to listen to the public de
mand would be to put a club in the hands
of the opposition, which would be used
with great effect at the polls.,
The Senators see clearly that they w;ould
be called upon to defend themselves of
tho charge of being subservient to Wall
street influences, and that would ccr
talnly hurt them with the rank and file
of the voters.
An 'effort has been made to solve the
dilemma, by inducing Kilburn to resign,
thus allowing the Governor to name
promptly a new superintendent who could
be relied upon to bring about reforms.
The suggestion was made that if this was
done, and the trust companies consented
to the passage of a bill calling for a rc
serve fund equal to 10 per cent of their
deposits, everything would bo lov.ely.
But Kilburn himself blocked the scheme.
He is thoroughly convinced that person
ally his conduct of the office has been
all that could be desired, and declines to
be made & martyr of.
"Personally I have no objection to an
tevwtlgatlo&t" he said to o&e cl hie ejd
associates (Kilburn was for many years a.
State Senator), "but I would advise
against it. You will not find anything
against me. but the effect upon the busi
ness interests and the party, will be
frightful."
And apparently hercally believes it.
The little band of Democratic Senators
(there are only IS out of the membership
of SO) are urging an Immediate investiga
tion, because they believe they are there
by putting their opponents "in a hole'"
The demand for an investigation of the
-banking department arises from Kilburn" s
conduct in the case of Ore Merchants
Trust Company, of New York City, and
the German Bank of Buffalo.
In the former case Kilburn admitted in
his" annual report that he had allowed
the trust company to do business for
over a year after he had discovered that
they had heavily invested In risky loans,
although his plain duty under the law
was to report at once the matter to the
Attorney-General.
Is Law Observed Xow?
When the failure came, he alleged it
was not as bad as it" might" have been,
had he followed the letter of the law,
and added as a defense that he had saved
a number of banks by permitting them
to keep in business after their capital
had been impaired. In this manner, be
said they had a chance to recover.
Now the question Is asked. If he did
this in a number of cases, is he doing it
now? And how many shaky banks there
are, which innocent depositors believe to
-be as sound as sound can be?
In the case of the Buffalo Bank, sworn
-charges are made that -favored depositors
were given a "tip" of the impending fail
ure, and drew out .several hundreds of
thousands of dollars before the legal hour
for opening the bank.
A number of.theiru it Is said, were paid'
in the cellar, and the bank, afjf ?ealrtg
at 10 A. M., was closed an "hour later by
jKllburn's order, he being in the city at
the time, and. it is charged, in the im
mediate vicinity of tho Institution when
the unauthorized payments were made.
Governor Refused to Investigate.
The Governor held that these charges.
although supported by sworn affidavits;
were not worthy of credence, and de
clined to investigate when requested to
do so. Now -as a result of the action of
the . Legislators themselves the matter
ia in their hands, and' the Governor has
rfurnlshed the Senate committee the evi
dence which he received himself.
There is talk of an Immense corruption
fund liaving been raised to defeat action
in the Senate, and it may be true, but in
justice to the Governor and his close ad
visers, it must be said that this docs not
carry any weight with them.
They are simply anxious to follow the
course which will be of the greatest bene
fit, or at least of the slightest loss, to the
party, and at the present time they ac
tually do not know what to do. Shall
they put a padlock on the banking de
partment, and run the risk of voters tak
ing revenge at the polls next November?
Or shall they order an investigation and
takeHhc TLk-atR'UBii'-whIch wiir'uiaii'
set the financial world and ruin the party
in the stato?
The Lady or llic Tiger.
It Is a prettier problem than that
famous one of Frank R. Stockton, "The
L.a'dy or the Tiger?"
And Governor Higgins is afraid to open
cither door.
For he fears that there isn't a lady
behind either one, and that there are
two hungry tigers.-
So for the" present he is keeping both
doors shut.
Gil ASSASSIN TORTURED
COSSACKS BEAT WITH WHIPS
AND RIFLES.
Slayer of Secret Police Chief Is
Stripped, Thrown in Cell and
Subjected to Awful Cruelty.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 23.-Grcat
wrath has been aroused In Liberal circles
by the publication of a letter from Mile.
Splrldonovo, the l"-ycar-old girl who shot
M. Luzhenoffsky. chief of the secret police
at Tamboff, In which sho describes the
indignities and brutalities to which she
was subjected. On account of her youth
and self-sacrifice in executing the sen1
tence against M. Luzhcnoffsky, who was
detested on account of his cruelty' In sup
pressing the peasant disorders, she had
been made one of the heroines of the
revolution and is called a second Char
lotte Corday.
The letter says that after the shootlnjj
oi lvuzucnuutK, wiiose oouyguara oi ijos
sacks did not save him from five-wcll-almcd
bullets. Mile Splrldonovo was
knocked down and beaten with the whips
of the Cassacks and rifle butts. She was
then dragged by her hair down stairs to
a sleigh by tho enraged Cossacks, taken
to the police station, undressed and
thrust into a damp, cold cell, where she
was subjected to cloven hours of torment
in order to force her to reveal the names
of Tier accomplices.
The girl says that two officers took
brutal pleasure in kicking her back and
(forth acress her cell, tearing her hair.
burning her flesh with their cigarettes
and threatening her with abandonment to
the Cossacks unless she confessed.
Mile. Splrldonovo is now In a hospital In
a serious condition. Her skull is frac
tured in two places, one eye is injured
and her body is a mass of bruises from
head to foot. The newspapers demand
the instant trial and punishment of the
two officers, whose names are given, but
the vengeance of the revolutionists will
probably anticipate official action.
The Russ condemns tho organization,
"which sent his child on such a mission,
OVERWHELMED IN FLOOD
Three Laborers Drowned In Rising
of the Casas Grandes.
EL PASO, Tex., Feb. 23. While fighting
to keep back the flood-waters of Lake
Guseman, overflowed on account of high
water in tne uasas urandes River, the
Waters threatening the Sierra Madre
Railroad, three laborers were drowned to
day. A big stretch of track is already
washed out.
Fire In Portland, Me.
PORTLAND, Mc, Feb. 25. A three-
story brick block on Federal street oc
cupled byvJ. E. Gould & Co., was wrckd
by fire any today, uzm, jufw.
SMASHES FLUME '
OF LIFE PENGE
Mayor Lane Takea Police
Force and Sledge-Ham-t
iViers for the Work.
TWENTYFEET DESTROYED
It Is Alleged That Property 'Wrecked
Iilcs Without 31aclcay Pck a&d
That Mayor and City Arc
Liable for Damages.
DESTROYS TIIK PLUME.
Mayor lne and members of the To
lice Department- yesterday afternoon
destroyed 20 It of flume belonging to
Lafe Pence in Balch Canyon. think
ing they were In Macleay Park. In
which it was said Mr. Pence w'mJ-jp-trcrpairer.
Mr. Pence says Mayor
Lane made a mistake, and that the
.portion of the flume destroyed Ilea
'-wholly outside of city ground, and
"erJoun legal complication may artne.
Members, of the Police Department pa
trolled the flume last night to pre
vent the flume being repaired.
Mr. Pence will appear before the
Parle Board this moraine at 11 o'clock.
He all tees that a member of the Park.
Board has attempted to interfere with
. his work because of alleged relation
ship with the Ibex Land Company,
which. It In mid, wanted to k!1 him
land. It Is thotxcht Mr. Pence will
make mutational charges at the meet
in? of the Bdard this morning.
Unable to apprehend the murderers.
cut-throats and highwaymen who Infest
Portland. Mayor Lane has mapped out
new line of work for the members of
the police department. Evidently believ
ing they are more capable of yielding
sledge-hammers than capturing the trans
gressors of the law His Honor yesterday
afternoon assembled a coterie of his
braves and descended upon one of the
flumes of Lafc Pence In Balch Creek. By
the time their work .of destruction was
completed 20 feet of the flume had been
destroyed and the waters which had been
employed in washing down the hffl back
of WilinxrictJte" Heights were turned back
into the creek.
May Have Lost Bearings.
But now it 1b said that HI Honor lost
his bearings while wandering about the
wilds of Balch-Creek and Instead of de
stroying the flume In Macleay Park, as
was his original Intention, he became lost
and attacked the flume outside of the
boundaries of the park. Surveyors em
ployed by Lafc Pence made a survey lato
yesterday afternoon and report that the
part of the flume destroyed lies outside
of the boundaries of Macleay Park and
upon ground for the use of which per
mission had been obtained.
All last night officers from the polico
department patrolled the flume to prevent
any interference from the workmen of
Lafc Pence, despite the fact that Mayor
Lane had been notified of his alleged er
ror. Mr. Pence telephoned to His Honor
that the flume had been destroyed out-
tide of the jurisdiction of the city off!
cials, but the latter refused to withdraw
the patrol and left it to the Park Board
which meets this morning at 11 o'clock.
It Is said that the action of the Mayor
in destroying the flume outsido of the
limits of Macleay Park makes him or the
city liable to a big damage suit should
Mr. Pence desire to retaliate
,Sct Oat on Their Mission.
Yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock Major
Lane called at the polico station and held
a consultation with Chief Gritzmachcr,
"Within a few moments a. force was or
ganlzcd and the party set out on Its mis
slon of destruction. Mayor Lane and Cap
tain Bruin would not condescend to ride
In tho patrol wagon with the "common.
policemen and detectives and took tho
strect-cnr. The others. Patrol Driver
DONALD MACLEAVS BEQUEST.
Extract from the copy oj deed
from Donald Macleay to the city
of Portland ns furnished The Ore
ronlaa by' Attorney C. M. Idleman:
"I. the aald grantor, do request
that any wood removed In clearing
said premises be divided equiftijr be
tween St. Vincent's and Good Sama
ritan Hospitals, and that after said
park shall hae been improved and
beautified a conveyance be kept and
used by the city during the Summer
months for the purpose of giving
outings in aaid park to the patients
In' the horpltalB.M
Price, Patrolman Circle and Detectlv
Vaughn, rodo in the patrol wagon.
Sledge-hammers had been provided for
the occasion and were put In the patrol
wagon at the police station. Mayor Lane
was approached and asked regarding tho
intentions of the party before it set out.
but ho refused to throw any light on the
mysterious actions of himself and his as
sedates.
"Nothing doing," he said, with that
ever-present smile which he still carries
as one of the mementos of his campaign
for Mayor when ho beamed benevolently
upon all.
Mayor Lane and Captain Bruin took the
Willamette Heights car and walked up
Balch Creek on the flume. The officers
In tho wagon rode as far as Lovejoy
street, where the horses balked on a hill,
compelling them to walk the rest of the
distance
Mc Placed at Work.
Arriving at their deeti nation about 3
'cteclc. Mayer La erferrt tk mb. u
XTENTS OF THE COMING WJKEK.
i
.'Heyefal FeeHac at AlgJnw.
TSe feells of .sweat which has been
so apparent in the deliberation of the
Alxedraa cob teres ce oa Moroccan 'af
fair darts the pat week teema 'to
hive beea at least temporarily mp
.planted by a more hopeful and coai,
UUalory attitude on the present 4f!e
rates. The formal debates and the
aioas of the sfecial committee ei tWi
QuewtlOB of the Moroccan bank wliCl
continue this week and dlnaxches tead.
to create, the Impression that with th
adjueueat of this point the all-taR-
portant problesi of tho policial at
Morocco win come to the front sfilnA
with better chaaces of an amicable'
settlement.
Advice from the European capitals
shaw ska MM,-h. mm Wf"1
half . fcj MWdMjJgi
Hae stow.
gfcPh jw i MtofitrW
4
rrlrh. troaaA. boa of Emperor WCUam
of Germaay. to the Duches sTi'
Charlotte, eldest ashter of the br& ' '
DuVc of Oldenbwix. will take place la r ,
3erlla on February 2. '
Coal Strike Sttaattea.
This week promise developments in
the threatened coal strike. A meetlnc
of the Joint committee of seven oper-
atom and seven miners to discuss the
demands of tho miners la expected to
T I..- TV. ..i. i , 1 T
Wr Juonmj. - 'Wit
tee of the anthracite mlneworife baa
raUfledtbe achedule of demands. Their f
demand aro elievea to oe, in onei,
a full reccmlUoo of the union, a xtn-
Aeral elsht-hour workday, an advance
to waxes to be brought about by a
readjustment of tne present scaie, ana
reconstruction of the rules foremlng
the conciliation board.
Student YelBBieer Morfmorf.
The International Convention of tho
Student Volunteer Movement will be
held in Xashrllle. Tenn.. February 2S
to March 4. Many prominent peak
ctb witl attend.
XrrMen of Feel ball ldtep.
The American Intercollegiate yrules
committee, which will meet in 'ew
Tork on March 3. will dlscuM tho re
ritlon in football tactics which aro
to so into effect next Mason.
set to work. He stood around and super
intended the job. and the others threw
off their coats arid swung the heavy ham
mers with zeaL "Within a few seconds
tho sides of the flume were broken apart
and the waters gushed out. leaving the
remainder of the flume dry. They de
stroyed fully 39 feet of the flume. nd
then Patrolman Circle. Detective "Vaughn
and Patrol Driver xnce rctumca to tne
Hfv. ''
It was not "long "beor L?fe Pcnoear-
rived on tho sccno-JJla i3Jtnr no
bounds, as Tie bad nstrbcen notfned of the-
intrnfinn of the Mayor. Until the
flume was destroyed the waters It carried
were being used to sluice down hills.
Mr. Pence endeavored to gain permis
sion of Mayor Lane to repair the flume.
PENALTY rOK DAMAGING
riXME.
Extract from an set of the Twenty
third IrisJatar:
"If any person shall maliciously,
wantonly or wilfully cut, break down.
Injure, destroy or remove any watsr.
ditch, canal, numt. trench, pip or
reservoir, said person, unon convic
tion thereof, shall b punished by a
fine of not lezs than ?10 nor znoro
than $500."
promising to appear before the Park
Board this morning. His Honor was firm
In his determination and refused to make
any concessions. Mr. Pence contended
that his work was being materially Inter
fered with and that he ought to have
had notice.
Mayor Lane's Threat.
"The only manly thing for you to do is
to grant me permission to repair the
flume," said Mr. Pence.
"If you do I will have you placed under
arrest." said His Honor with & dramatic
swing of his arms.
Protestations were of no avail, and Mr.
Pence soon left the Mayor to pursue his
way In peace. Mr. Pence ordered his
men to leave the flume alone, as he said
he had no wish to stir up further trouble.
Mayor Lane and Captain Bruin seemed
greatly pleased with the efficiency of their
work and their faces were wreathed In
smiles when Mr. Pence protested. They
walked complacently down the. flume talk
ing and laughing like two schoolboys on
a holiday. The seriousness o( their ac
tion rested lightly on their minds. Once
they stopped and Captain Bruin produced
his faithful revolver which he had
strapped to his side and the two tried
their asarksmanshlp at & near-by tree.
"Working: for "Weeks.
It seems that Mr. Pence built the flume
across Macleay Park under the Impres
sion that the Park Board would enter no
objections. Last Summer he appeared-
before the board and his petition was re
fused, but he says when the deed made
by Mr. Macleay In giving the tract of
land to the city was investigated, he
was given to understand that no obstruc
tions would be thrown in his way. He
says the work of constructing the flume
across Macleay Park has been going on
for several weeks.
The part, of the flume destroyed In
Balch Creek Is about a mile and a half
from the Willamette Heights car line at
the extreme upper end of Macleay Park.
Yesterday afternoon the stakes marking
the boundary of the city grouad were un
covered. To the naked eye It is appar
ent that the greater part of the flume de
stroyed is outside of the Park, but the
surveyors say all of it Is out of the
boundary line. At the- most not more
than a foot Intervenes between the flume
destroyed and the ground which belongs
te the city.
Bclksre Flume Within Park.
Mayer Lane when seen stated that not
until last xJgbt did be leant . that the
fiae ted bean biit- acrecs Macleay
'jOsaaiMlK .2.)
CANNON MAY KILL
SHIP SUBSIDY BILL1
Personnel of the Committee in
Charge of Measure Has
. Been Changed.
SPEAKER IS FOR ECONOMY
ShfrSd The House Have a Chance to
Ymti It Is Xot Improbable That
Enough, Votes Could Be Se
cured -to Make It Law.
OREGONIAJJ NEWS BUREAU, "Wash
ington, Feb. 25. The future of the
ship subsidy bill, recently passed by
the Senate, is very much In doubt. Its
friends are divided; some, like Senator
Lodge, predict Its passage by the
House before the close of the present
session, others entertain grave--fcrs
that it will not become a law.
The, truth of the matter -is there is a
considerable doubt whether this bill
can even be reported by the House
committee on merchant marine and
fisheries, to which It has been referred.
Had that committee remained the same
ax It was in the last Congress, a report
might confidently be expected, but
Speaker Cannon removed one very
stanch advocate of subsidy legislation.
another is not a member of this Con
gress, and there Is doubt as to the po
sition that will be taken by the two
new Republican members, "Watson of
Indiana and Hlnshaw of Nebraska.
The last merchant marine committee
had a bare majority of one in favor of
subsidy legislation; if the two new
members are opposed to the bill, itiwill
be killed in committee:
Pate Hcsts "VVlth Speaker.
"Whether the Speaker knowingly
packed the committee or not no one
can say, for he never discusses his mo
tives In making committee changes. It
would have been consistent for him to
do so, because ho has taken the posi
tion that this Congress must, observe
the most rigid economy, and the cn-
J actmcnt of a ship subsidy bill would
i do nnytning out economy, it tne
1 Sneaker had this In mind. It may be
Htjkcn for xranted that a majority of j
the commllteo will stand out against!
reporting the Senate bill, and no op
porVunlty will be afforded for its con
sideration in the House.
Once tho bill Is reported, there
is every probability that a special
rule would bo, reported under which
It could bo put through as a
strict parti measure, regardless of
the fact that mam ReDubllcans oo-
pose the subsidy Idea. With the big
Republican majority In the House, it
would be possible to get enough votes
to pass the bill. It would then be
merely a question of adjusting the dif
ferences between the Senate and House
bills, which could probably be accom
plished in a week or 10 days.
Chances for Bill's Passage.
If the Speaker and the House lead
ers determine to pass the bill (that is.
assuming the Speaker docs not caro
to suppress It in the Interest of econ
omy), the chances arc decidedly fa
vorable to Its enactment this session.
It Is too soon to ascertain the attitude
of the Speakers and his advisers, and
until that becomes known it will be
impossible to say what fate is in store
for the Gallinger bill. It Is practically
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
TpDATF RAIN; cast to south -winds.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 50
drr.; minimum, 40 dep.; precipitation 0.11.
inch.
Domestic
New York bankers united against investiga
tion of their affairs by the State Legisla
ture, rase 1.
Kentucky feud breaks out at candy pull;
three men will die. Face I.
Fifty children Injured In Illinois in panic at
entertainment, rare s.
United Mineworkers. granted concession?.
will not strike, says Vice-President Lew
is, rage 2.
Ex-Speaker D. B. Henderson dies at Du
buque. Ia. Page -i.
CORgreM.
Cannon may kill ship subsidy bill ia House.
rage 1.
The railroad rate bill is considered the most
important business before the Senate.
Tage 3.
Generals Corbln and MacArthur to be per
mitted to reach grade of Lieutenant-Gen.
crsu. rage 3.
Senator Tillman has recovered from his
cold, rage 3.
Natleaal.
Ex-Engineer Wallace criticises Government
methods in building the Panama. Canal.
rage 4.
Secretary Root says United States cannot in
terfere in Congo affairs, rage 3.
Ferelgs.
Millions given to charity in celebration of
Emperor William's silver wedding anni
versary, rag s.
Castro said to be preparing to run out all
foreigners. Page 2.
Cossacks torture young girl who shoots se
cret service police chief, rage L
Pacific Coast,
Orchards confession Includes account of 34
murders. Page 1.
Governor Gooding says that Federation offi
cials under arrest are ail implicated.
rage 1.
Spokane may lose her prestige as a shipping
point, rage -i.
rartlud aad Vktelty.
With sledgehammers Mayor Lane and police
force smash Late Pence's nurae, tnougn
Fence asserts destroyed portion Is outside
Macleay Park, rage 1.
Three banks under tho law have a cinch
on the city's money, rage 14.
Committee from, underwriters resorts oa
. fire conditions la PortUad. Page 3.
Portland may secure steamer Kllbura for
Alaska, run. Page 9,
Sr. Morrison says Mrs. Eddy rules Chrlstiaa
, Science followers like a despot, rage 9.
Draft of fracblseaaked fGr cs?tlcg 13
uy, rax,
within the province of the Speaker to
say whether this bill shall pass or not.
If he is friendly. It Is a fair presump
tion that the new men appointed on
the merchant marine committee will be
friendly; If he 13 antagonistic, these
two men are apt to be found In oppo
sition. Assuming the Speaker wants
the bill to become a law, the committee
will bring" in a favorable report, the
committee on rules will arrange for
it onnWderatlnn. Inst as it railroaded
the joint statehood wn through -a few
weeks ago. and the Republicans, or
most of them, will line up and vote as
.they are directed.
'Must Face Constituents.
There is this to be considered, how
ever. Members of the House of Rep
resentatives will ko direct from
Washington Into their respective camr
paigns after the close of the present
session. Ship subsidy legislation is
immensely unpopular in many of the
interior states, and it is a question
whether it would be a wise political
move to pass such a bill under a party
whip, and then go before the people
and ask for indorsement, when those
people, in many Instances, do not ap
prove of subsidies.
The advocates of the bill declare
that its passage will not defeat half
a dozen members of Congress, perhaps
not that many, but there is a general
fear that the overwhelming Repub
lican majority In the present House
may be swept away at the November
elections, as has occurred at other
times in the past when one party or
the other has been so Immensely
strong. The pendulum has a habit of
swinging from one extreme to the
other, and some political wiseacres
predict that the next House will be
Democratic, regardless of what be
comes of the subsidy bill.
The very fact that 'political history
has recorded so many swings from one
extreme to tho other has made Re pub
licans pnu3c, and in the minds of some
It is unwise to force through; at this
session at least, a bill that may tend
to strengthen the Democrats at a time
when conditions are so critical.
STUBBING AT CANDY PULL
TEX-YEAR FEUD BREAKS OUT
AFRESH IX KENTUCKY.
Richard Johnson Shoots Two Men
but Somebody Cuts His
Tli rout.
WOODBURY. Tenn., Feb. 25. The
J Johnson-Motley; feud In this (Cannon)
I county DroKe out airesn last nignt
and as a result the following are fatal-
ly. woundfidi wgyt .... ljr
sanv BlahSfoor tlmeslS-stomch.
Bob Motley, shot twice In groin.
Richard Johnson, throat cut.
The trouble between the Motleys and
the Johnsons originated ten years ago:
over the operation of an illicit dis
tlllcry, when blood was shed, and ha3
broken out intermittently since.
Last night s renewal came at a young
peoples candy pulling." Both Motley
and Blair were shot by Johnson, but
who'cut the Iatter"s throat is unknown
MISTAKE OF SWINDLERS,
Wrong Word Used in Railroad Ccr
tlficatc Forgeries.
NEW YORK. Feb. 25. With the rear
rest of Samuel J. Humphreys and the
arrest of Douglas E. Smith, on the ev
of the day when Charles A. Scaton is to
bo sentenced for swindling a Texas rail
way. the notorious Norfolk & Western
Railroad forgeries are believed to hav
been cleared up,
Mystery was thrown around the case
by the detectives. Humphreys himself
said ho had been ordered to go to the
Tombs and "kecp.his mouth shut." Smith
has not appeared in the case before, but
there was a mysterious E. L. Green,'
for whom the police have been search
r
iomos on a cnarge oi Dreaking his parole,
while Smith was held on a short affidavit
charging him with complicity in the
swindles.
The sharp eye of a clerk of the trust
company prevented perhaps the largest
swindle by forgery ever attempted In this
country. The swindlers through an al
legcd letter, purporting to come from the
president of the Norfolk & Western Rail
way. obtained from a reputable engraving
company a facsimile of the Norfolk
Western certificate, except that they
used "railroad" for "railway." They con
templated selling some and hypothecating
others for loans. They could have netted
nearly ?o.000.X if successful, but only
realized 3-sGOO before being captured.
BAT NELSON IS A HERO
Stops Runaway Horse and Saves
Woman and Children.
HUNTINGTON, W. Va., Feb. 25. Bat
tling Nelson, the champion light
weight pugilist, who is spending a few
days In the mountains at.Bluo Sulphur
Springs near here, prior, to going Into
training at Philadelphia, was painfully
but not seriously bruised In stopping
runaway at that place today, and res
cued Mrs. Frank Howard, with her two
small children, from a perilous situa
tion.
Mrs. Howard had the children for
drive, and the horse became frightened.
bolted and ran. As the runaway neared
Nelson the pugilist leaped for the
horse's neck and succeeded in stop;
ping it only after he had been dragged
a considerable distance.
Chaffee Party Goes to Mexico.
NEW YORK, Feb. 25. General Adna
R. Chaffee, Mrs. Chaffee and Miss Helen
V. Chaffee left the Cuban monument
dedication party at Havana, sailing
from there for Mexico, where they will
remain a month. General Chaffee will
then go to Los Angeles, where bo will
make his home.
"Fashionable Doctor Has Smallpox.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. (Special.)
Dr. Arthur C Staley, a physician at
the Garfield Hospital and residing on
the exclusive Massachusetts avenue, has
smallpox. As he attended a large clinic
at the hospital a week ago, fears of an
epidemic are fel
OHGHIBD TELLS
OF II MURDERS
mplicates All the Men
Under Arrest.
NO IMMUNITY IS PROMISED
Steunenberg Assassin Forced
by Conscience to Confess.
STATEMENT OF GOVERNOR
Astounding Story of the Informer Ifl
Obtained In a Narrative That
Extended Over Five Days
In the Tclllns.
BT W. G. MAQ RAC. - '
BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 25. (Staff corre
spondence.) Governor Goodinir tonicht
gave out a statement concerning the con-
ression of Harry Orchard, in which he
took occasion to eulogize the work of tha
detectives who have .worked up the case
against the assassins of cx-Gm-mnr
Steunenberg. The statement, beyond con-
nrming for the first time the truth of
Orchard's confession. Ia wothout any de
tails as to things that ho actually con-
iesaea io.
According to Detective McParlnnri. It
took Orchard five days in which to make
his confession. He began January 27 and
finished January 51. and Governor Good
ing said It would take an entire day to
read this confession.
In his statement Governor Gooding says
that Orchard has told the history of his
life from the beginning to the end. If
Orchard in his confession tells what is
true, he is the champion murderer of this
or any other century. He has made ad
mission of having committed 25 murders,
all of which were the result of conspir
acies, and in which the officers of the
Western Federation of Mjnors. through
Its famous "Inner Circle," arc implkatexi.
:No rromlsetjr Immunity.
Governor Gooding states positively that
Orchard's confession was the result or
the workings of conscience. He said that
the confessed murderer of ex-Governor
Steunenberg had not been promised im
munity from the law, and that Orchard
must pay the penalty of hfa long list
of crimes of murder upon the gallows.
This statement, coming from the Gov
ernor, will set at rest the uneasiness
which has prevailed In Idaho and else
where since it became known that Orch
ard had confessed. In many quarters It
was believed that, in spite of denials.
Orchard had been promised immunity
from paying the extreme penalty for his
crime- by the legal authorities. Had this
been done, it would have raised a. tem
pest. Hawlcy Shuts OfT Information.
An attempt to obtain from Governor
Gooding tonight a few of the minor de
tails in regard to the Orchard confession
was blocked by J. H. Hawley. special
prosecutor. In addition to refusing to
permit the Governor to talk, Hawley
threatened the newspaper men with dire
consequences, should any of them at
tempt to get information from any wit
ness called to testify before the grand
jury against the miners.
In an Interview given out tonight Haw
ley attempted to explain his reason for
keeping Moyer, Haywood. Pcttibono and
St. John in close confinement. He was
Interrogated upon the alleged conspiracy
which the defendant's attorney charged
against hlnuelf. Governor Gooding anil
Governor. McDonald, but refused to offer
an explanation on this point.
So far little explanation has been given
for tho arrest of Steve Adams. It Is not
believed, however, that he is wanted very
badly In connection with the Steunenberg
assassination. If Adams Is not connected
with this murder, he will be taken to
Colorado, where there are charges
against him. This- much was admitted
tonight by Floyd R. Thompson, secretary
of tho Mineowners Association, from
Cripple Creek, Colo.
Governor's Official Statement.
Governor Gooding's statement follows:
"I want to state officially that Harry
Orchard has made a full confession as
to the manner and motive of the assas
sination of ex-Governor Steunenberg, tell
ing of the plan3 made and giving the
names of those making them. The assas
sination of ex-Governor Steunenberg.
which occurred at his own gate, on the
evening of December 30, 1905, was the
third attempt that Orchard made against
, his life. Thi3 confession was made to
Captain James McFarland. It included a
history -of his life" from his early boy
hood up to the time of his arrest.
"In that confession Orchard implicated
all these now under arrest and others,
including J. I. Slmpkins. It Is the story
of 26 murders, the result of conspiracies
In which all the accused t parties were
interested. When this story is given to
the public, I believe it will be the greatest
narrative of crime which tho world
knows.
Xo Doubt of Truth.
"There has never been, any doubt as to
the truth of Orchard's confession among
those who are familiar with the crimes
committed in Idaho and Colorado and
charged to the inner circle of the West
ern Federation of Miners. I attribute
Orchard'3 confession to the great brain
of James McParland, who has been cm-
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