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PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1906.
PRICE FIVE CEXTS.
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HJiTGHIflSON
IS KILLED BY THUGS
Found Dying on Lawn
in Spokane.
HELD UP IN RESIDENCEDISTR1GT
Secretary of Y. M. C. A. Is
Supposed to Have Resisted.
KNOWN AS AN ATHLETE
Victim Was Once a Familiar Figure
in Portland W here 'He Had Lived
for Five Years as Religious
Director of the Y. M. C. A.
SPOKANE, Wash., Oct. 15. (Special.
Reno Hutchinson, the newly appointed
general secretary of the Young Men's
Christian Association, was murdered at
the northeast corner of Seventh avenue
and Howard street at 7:55 o'clock tonight.
Mr. Hutchinson was shot through the
body, tumbled Into the yard of Post
master Millard T. Hartson and expired
about IS minutes after he had received
the wound. The assassin fled across the
Hartson lawn and made his escape by
running eastward through the back yard
of the late James A. Sloane, escaping on
Stevens street.
One theory is that he was murdered xby
a highwayman while resisting robbery,
but the police and Coroner Witter, in the
absence of a complete investigation last
night, expressed the belief that he had
been assassinated by an enemy who fol
lowed him.
Shot Under an Electric Light.
The crime was committed in the glare
of an electric street lamp. Captain Cov
erly resented the highway robbery theory,
on the ground that a robber would not
have worked in the rays of an electrio
light. But, it could be contended, neither
would an assassin follow his victim
through two blocks of darkness from the
south on Howard street and then shoot
him down in the rays of the light.
The sound of the pistol shot was
heard by people living in the imme
diate vicinity of the murder, and some
,f the neighbors heard the footsteps
of the murderer as he fled down the
hill and across the lawn in the direc
tion of Stevens street. The crime was
committed in the heart of the fashion
able hill district. Judge George Tur
ner lives at the head of Howard street.
Other adjoining neighbors to Mr. Tur
ner are R. F. Lewis Clark. D. C. Cor
bin and the residences of Charles
Sweeny and F. J. Finucane are but a
short distance away.
Young Hartson Found Body.
NelBon Hartson, son of the post
master, was the first to learn that the
pistol shot that he had heard felled
Mr. Hutchinson. He at once tele
phoned to the police that a man had
been shot in front of the Hartson res
idence. S27 Howard street. Charles
(Chick) Roadnight, with the Crescent
More across the street, was also at
tracted by the pistol shot and ran into
the street.
The young men were on the corner when
the police patrol wagon containing a de
tective and two patrolmen arrived. At
that time the identity of the wounded
man was aot known.
Mr. Hutchinson lay on the lawn gasp
ing for breath. No fence surrounds the
lawn and the lawn has a steep slope
north from Seventh avenue. The hat of
the injured man. a scratch tab contain
ing a few names, a copy of a Tacoma pa
per and a circular were found about three
feat on the Inner side of the curve In the
cement walk.
May Hare Fallen Into Yard.
Mr. Hutchinson lay down the slope
bout ten or fifteen feet farther west
and probably ten feet from the Seventh
avenue sidewalk. It Is supposed, the
wound being mortal, that Mr. Hutchinson
either started for the Hartson doorway.
15 feet away, for safety, or that he start
ed to run west on the walk, lost his bal
ance and fell Into th yard.
Nelson Hartson heard Mr. Hutchin
son say two or three times, "I'm shot,
I'm shot. I'm shot." Detective W'ein
and Joseph R. Robinson, who had been
summoned from his home a block
north on Howard street, attempted to
get the injured man to speak, but he
was too badly Injured or his throat
was too much clogged by internal
bleeding for him to speak.
Detective Weln suggested that he be
removed at once to the Sacred Heart
Hospital, but when a match was struck
it was seen that he was already in
the throes of death. Officers went into
the Hartson residence and telephoned
for Coroner Witter and his assistant,
Dr. Pope. The Coroner and Dr. Pope
arrived on the run 10 or 15 minutes
later.
Body Is Identified.
The officers found Mr. Hutchinson on
his face and turned him over to ascer
tain his condition and to see if any of
the neighbors, who had begun arriving,
knew him. None knew his identity until
J. C. Barline. of the Washington Mill
Company, arrived on the way to the .resi
dence of R. B. Paterson. 50S Seventh ave
nue, next door to the east of the Hartson
residence, where he was to attend a Y.
M.. C. A. committee meeting with Mr.
Hutchinson
Mr. Barline -was not sure when he ar
rived that it was Mr. Hutchinson, al
though he had a terrible fear that it was
he, and ran to the residence of Mr. Pat
terson to summon his colleagues in the
Y, M. C. A. work to make positive the
Identification. W. S. McCrea. who was
among those who ran over from the Pat
terson residence, was the first to make
the Identification positive, and exclaimed:
"It is Mr. Hutchinson!" Mr. Patterson.
W. S. Gilbert and F. E. Elmendorf. who
also hurried from the Patterson residence,
were aghast at the identification.
Pistol Fired at Close Range.
Dr. Pope made a hasty examination
of the body and by direction of Cor
oner Witter it was removed to an un
dertaker's. The examination on the
lawn, conducted with the aid of a can
dle and a small lamp, showed that the
wound had been caused by a revolver
fired at close range. The coat was
scorched on the left side about three
Inches below the armpit, and a little
back of the middle line of the side of
the body where the bullet had entered.
The bullet, a steel projectile, fired
from a 38-caliber revolver, passed
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directly through, coming out on the
right side. The bullet was found in
the clothing. Detective Wein, who
took charge of the investigations at
the scene of the tragedy, searched the
lawn for a revolver or other clew to
the crime, but found nothing and
found no other clew left by the mur
derer. SHOCK TO PORTLAND FRIENDS
Hutchinson Was Long Religious Di
rector of Local Y. M. C. A.
News of Reno Hutchinsqn's death
will come as a shock to hundreds of
friends in Portland. During the five
years he resided here as religious di
rector of the Young Men's Christian
Association, he became one of the most
popular young men of the- city. His
wife is a Portland girl, formerly Miss
Virginia Spencer, and the fact that
they have a little daughter, 6 months
old, adds to the bitterness of the trag
edy. The young man's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. C. C. Hutchinson, reside in
Portland, at 391 Jackson. They were
prostrated by the news when it was
broken to them last night.
Mr. Hutchinson came to Portland in
the Summer of 1901, and left here for
Spokane only last August, less than
three months ago. He came to Port
land from Oakland. Cal.. to take up
the work of religious director for the
Y. M. C- A. He was active in ath-
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CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
TODAY'S Rain. Fretvh southerly breeze.
YESTERDAY S Maximum temperature, 39;
minimum. S2.
Foreign.
Mine explosion In England kills 25 and en
tombs 200 miners. Page 5.
Smallest balloon, wins race In Germany.
Page 4.
R-ll pious marriage of Bertha Krupp at
tended by the Kaiser. Page 4.
Congressmen agree that Cuba will be an
nexed if second attempt at republic falls.
Page 1.
Proposed general advance in postal em
ployes salaries. - Page 5.
Meat Inspection system accused of creating
monopoly. Page 5-
Senator Burton denied rehearing by Supreme
Court and will go to jail. Page 4.
Domestic.
Mysterious and sudden end to Weight man
will contest. Page 1.
Sudden death of Sam Jones, the vr.:;et
Page 4.
Independent gralndealers tell with" te&rs
how railroads ruined them. Page 2.
First decision is aVUnst sugar rebaters.
Page 2.
Standard Oil trial will end today. Page 2.
Hamilton, Missouri murderer, raving ma
niac, attempts suicide after confessing.
Page 5.
Babies starved to death by new sect in Colo
rado. Page 1.
Mra. Jefferson Davis dying. Page 4.
Shipwrecked sailor rescued after three days
starvation on raft. Page 3.
Pacific Coast.
Reno Hutchinson. Y. M. C. A. religious di
rector, murdered by thug at Spokane.
Page 1.
Denatured wood alcohol plant may be erect
ed in Coos Bay. Page 7.
Harriman begins condemnation suit for en
trance to Seattle. Page 6.
Senator Fulton will recommend P. S. Mal
colm for Collector of Customs at Port
land. Page 6.
Plumbers are called out at Spokane. Page 6.
Great Northern train wrecked in Montana
and five persons killed. Page 3.
Commercial and Marine.
Hop market improves under strong export
demand. Page 15 ,
Chicago wheat market weak and lower.
Page 14.
No interest shown in stocks. Page 15.
Exporters decide to send ballast ships to
Puget Sound instead of loading here.
Page 10.
Mayor Lane proposed arbitration to settle
water-front strike. Page 10.
Tonnage dues raised in French bark Europe
on her arrival at Astoria. Page 10.
Portland and Vicinity.
Councilman Wilis Introduces $1000 saloon
license ordinance. Page II.
Five Woodlawn boys arrested for burglary.
Page 10.
Liquor license committee recommends that
Chinese gin Joints be closed. Page 10.
Disgusted at Harriman service. Coos Bay
lumbermen ill build railroads of their
own. Page 11.
Dr. Brouwer testifies in own, defense In
murder trlaL Page 14.
BABIES
DOOMED
TOHOMEOFDEkTH
Starved to Death by
Prophet Rose.
ONE OF THIRTEEN SURVIVES
Brotherhood of Light Makes
Them Vegetarians.
ACT LIKE LITTLE OLD MEN
Colorado Health Officials Make Hor
rible Discovery About 'ew Body
of Cranks Xew Holy Book
Read to Infants.
DENVER. Col., Oct. 13 Responsibility
for wholesale deaths of infants given into
its care by Denver physicians and courts
is charged against the organization known
as the Brotherhood of Light, which has a
"home" o na ranch three and a half miles
from Arbolee. Col. , by officers of the
State Board of Child and Animal Protec
tion and of the State Board of Health.
Of thirteen children placed with the
Brotherhood by the Denver residents
within a year, only one Is now living and
six died within one month, according to
a report which Humane Agent H. B. Kerr
has made after a personal investigation
of the "home."
In addition to these thirteen children
there are seven others, one of them
feebleminded, at the "home, who were
brought from 'Eureka and Los Angeles.
California.
Children Starved to Death.
The Brotherhood of Light was founded
In New York by Franklin P. Whit and
the "home" in this state is conducted by
C. C. Rose, trustee. The members of the
Brotherhood are vegetarians and Mr.
Kerr charges that the dead children have
been virtually starved to death.
The youngest infants, it is asserted,
while they were given some milk, are fed
only three times a day.
Act Like Little Old Men.
The older children, Mr. Kerr reports,
"are fed strictly on vegetables, given no
milk, butter, eggs or anything containing
animal . matter. They are kept together
always and must get permission from Mr.
Rose before absenting themselves from
the others for a few minutes. They go
about like little old men, apparently silent
and depressed, moping about in a little
frock, and always under the oversight
of some older person. They all sleep In
tents now; where they sleep In the winter
was not learned.
Among Mexicans and Indians.
The farm is in a wild, semi-arid region
inhabited only by Mexicans and Indians.
Mr. Kerr was accompanied on his visit
to the place by Dr. M. H. 9ears, an officer
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of the State Board of Health, who cor
roborated all the allegations made by
the humane agent.
Men of means and prominence. It is
known, have from time to time donated
large sums of money, to the Brotherhood
as a religious organization and these men
have also used their moral and influential
strength to help the body procure chil
dren. At least three of the children were
committed to the college of the sect by
Judge Ben B. Lindsey of the Juvenile
Court, who acted In the face of the most
strenuous objections from Secretary E.
K. White of the bureau and after Judge
McCall of the same court had refused to
grant the prayer of the Brotherhood for
the children.
Long-Halred Prophet as Doctor. '
It is charged by the investigators that
C. C. Rose, a long-haired prophet, who is
at the head of the colony in Southern
Colorado, has treated all cases of illness
among the children, getting his medical
advice from a book which he read. Chil
dren have never been attended by a phy
sician from the time they were taken into
VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT NEAR
DEATH.
the hands of the Brotherhood until the
day of their death.
Rose says he 3:es not oppose medical
treatment and will try and get. a phy
sician to join his colony. He also says
he will try and get more husky chil
dren in future.
Children are taught from a "holy book,"
which was written by a New York
stenographer, who claimed to be in
spired. Infants who-are less than a year
old are fed solid food only three times
a day Instead of eight times, as phy
sicians ' say Is necessary. The "big
holy book" is read to these children
before they are able to pronounce on
word. i
Take All Children Away.
The State Bureau of Child ancJ Animal
Protection and the State Bureau of
Health, as a result of the reports re
turned by Mr. Kerr and Dr. Sears, will
exert all of their power to take the chil
dren now living at the colony from the
sect and prevent It from ever obtaining
or holding children in- the future in the
State of Colorado.
The most recent investigation of the
farm presided over by the "Prophet"
Rose was caused by State Health Com
missioner Taylor, who, in examining Into
the bureau permits issued in Southern
Colorado, was shocked at the large num
ber of deaths of Infants at the Brother
hood of Light farm.
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MATTER OF TIME
CubaWillHaveNoThird
Chance to Fail.
CONGRESSMEN NOT SANGUINE
Do Not Share Roosevelt's Con
fidence in Island.
TROUBLE ABOUT TARIFF
Sugar and Tobacco Men Will Object
to Free Competition, but It
Must Come Xo Action
This Winter.
OREGONIAN . NEWS BUREAU.
Washington, Oct. 15. Republican Sen
ators and Congressmen who have been
In Washington recently and officials
closely identified with the Administra
tion agree with the President that
Cuba shall' have another opportunity
to try self-government, but the opin
ion Is almost universal that annexa
tion is only a matter of time. Little
is being said publicly about the prob
ability of annexing Cuba to the United
States, but the subject is receiving a
great deal of attention in Washing
ton and public men are seriously dis
cussing the best method of bringing
the , island -under the protecting arm
of the United States.-
Second Attempt the Last.
President Roosevelt is absolutely sin
cere in his declaration against the
present annexation of Cuba and he
has hopes that the Cuban people, on
their second attempt, will be able to
form and maintain a satisfactory gov
ernment. Ho does not want the Island
made a part of the United States If,
by any possibility, the Cubans can
conduct their own affairs and protect
the lives and property of all their citi
zens. He does not believe that the
United States at this time would be
Justified in taking over the Island,
merely because vast amounts of Amer
ican capital have been Invested. But
If the words of . other Administration
officials can be held to be authorita
tive. It is to be Inferred that the Pres
ident will Interpose no further objec
tion to annexation In case the second
Cuban government is a failure.
Most public men do not share the
President's confidence in the ability pf
the Cubans to govern themselves. Talk
privately with Senators and Congress
men or talk with well-posted members
of the administration, and you And
an almost universal belief that disor
der will follow the establishment of
the second1 independent government In
Cuba. It may be deferred a year or.
two, but it is the firm conviction of
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men high In public life that disorder
will come and with it will come annex
ation. Means Trouble About Tariff.
While annexation is generally ex
pected, no one looks forward to it
with enthusiasm. Rather, the Cuban
problem Is regarded In the light of
one of the unpleasant outgrowths of
the Spanish war. as perplexing in some
respects as the Philippine question.
Southern men would like to see Cuba
made American territory, but they
want the tariff wall kept up against
Cuban sugar and tobacco, and some
bar erected against the immigration of
native Cubans into the United States.
The South has more than its share of
dusky citizens.
It is probable that the men In Con
gress who are fighting a reduction of
the duty on Philippine sugar and to
bacco would join the South in demand
ing the retention of the tariff! on sugar
and tobacco from Cuba in case ftt an
nexation. If Philippine sugar is a
menace to the beet sugar Industry of
PRESIDENT OF AMERICA? MIN
ING CONGRESS.
the West, It will be argued that the
sugar from Cuba, closer and much
more abundant, would be a still greater
menace.
However, the Administration has Its
heart set on securing a reduction of
the duty on Philippine sugar and to
bacco and if this is. not enacted at the
coming session It will be In the first
session of the Sixtieth Congress, and
it is understood that the entire tariff
will be removed when the treaty with
Spain expires In 1909. If this fact be
comes apparent and Cuba is made a
part of the United States, the forces
that grant free admission to Philip
pine sugar and tobacco may grant the
same concession to Cuba.
Xo Action This Winter.
The Cuban question will not come
before Congress for action this Win
ter, but It will be generally discussed,
both as an 'independent issue and In
connection with the Philippine tariff
bill. There Is no necessity for legisla
tion this session, because the Adminis
tration is pledged to give the island
another opportunity to govern Itself,
and a Republican Congress will not
legislate for the annexation of Cuba
over the President's protest. Before
another Congress convenes the Cubans
will have held their election and will
have set up a new government of their
own. If that government Is running
smoothly when the Sixtieth American
Congress convenes, intervention will
not be attempted, but. If disorder
again prevails and American Interests
in the island are again placed In
Jeopardy, there will be legislation
looking to the annexation of the Island
and It Is more than likely that the
President will recommend such legis
lation. LIBERALS SEEK XO OFFICES
Magoon Finds Self-Denial Will
Revise Laws of Cuba.
HAVANA, Oct. 16. "I have thus far
seen no reason whatever to believe that
the Liberal leaders are other than sincere
in their, declarations that they are not
seeking office." said Governor Magoon. In
an interview this evening. In addition to
the question of appointing Cabinet Min
isters, which Is held In abeyance for the
time being, Mr. Magoon Is considering the
appointment of a Commission on New
Laws, another on civ il service and a third
to hear the claims for damages arising
from the insurrection.
The commission on laws presumably
will be composed equally of Americans
and Cubans. It will be charged with the
preparation of recommendations for gen
eral election and municipal laws and cer
tain other laws which are considered fun
damentally necessary to the progressive
government of Cuba. When these laws
have been decided upon, they will be pro
mulgated by Mr. Magoon In the form of
decrees.-
The proposed civil service commission
will consist of three Americans from the
department at Washington and six Cu
bans. It will consider a system suitable
to Cuba, bastd In part, but not neces
sarily wholly, on American practices.
Whatever Americans it may be neces
sary to employ will be selected from
among the civil service employes at
Washington. The claims commission
doubtless will be entirely- composed of
American Army officers, but there may
be also some officers of the Cuban rural
guards. The distribution of American
troons throughout the island is proceed
ing gradually.
Army In Cuba Given Name.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 15. Brigadier
General Barry, acting chief of staff, to
day issued .a general order stating that
by direction of the President the military
forces now assembled in Cuba or to be
assembled there are constituted an army
to be known as the Army of Cuban Paci
fication.
Gives Telegraphers Advice.
MARSH ALLTOWN. Ia., Oct. 15 Gen
eral Manager Day. of the Iowa Central
Railway, today announced that, effective
November 1. tne teiegrapn operators,
with the exception of the Alsona branch.
will b given an Increase of wages
amounting to between 2.m and Jo
month.
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GREAT POWER OF
PIECE OF PAPER
Yellow With Age, but
Stops Will-Fight.
CONTEST FOR GREAT FORTUNE
Abrupt End of Trial for Weight
man Millions.
IS THERE CODICIL TO WILL?
Daughter-in-Law Says There Is,
Daughter Denies It Yellow
Paper Supposed to Be Codicil,
but Remains a Mystery.
PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 15. The fight
between two women over the distribution
of the $W.OOO,000 estate of the late William
Weightman. the chemist, was abruptly
halted today by the production of & small
piece of note paper that had turned yellow
with age. What the piece of paper con
tains was not made public, and the few
persons who have seen It have pledged
themselves never to reveal Its contents.
The halt In the proceedings was made at
the suggestion of counsel for Mrs. iones
Wister, who is acting as guardian for her
daughter, Martha, the contestant.
William Weightman In 1RS4 made a will
leaving his vast estate equally between
Anne M. Welghtman-Walker, his daugh
ter, and two sons, William and John. Ten
years later he made a new will leaving
his entire estate to the daughter, the two.
sons having died, leaving eight children.
The widow of William Weightman, the
mother of five of the children, married
Jones-Wlster. and when Mr. Weightman,
her father-in-law, died, she contested the
will on behalf of her minor daughter.
Martha, on the ground that he left a
codicil. In which he provided for the
grandchildren. Mrs. Walker denied that
her father had made a codicil. The con
test was begun nearly two years ago. and
was called for trial before Judge Ashman
In the Orphans' Court today.
Yellow Paper Proves Surprise.
One of the witnesses today was Mrs.
Walker. Another was Edward T. Davis,
for many years private secretary to Mr.
Weightman. who was a witness to the
signing of the last will. Counsel for Mrs.
Wister asked him if he remembered that
Mr. Weightman. subsequent to the draw
ing up of his will, had written something
on a piece of note paper and placed It In
his desk. He said he had, but did not
know what Mr. Weightman had written.
Thereupon Alexander Simpson, counsel
for Mrs. Wister, demanded the production
of the paper. It was produced and read
by Mrs. Wlster's attorneys. The witness
said It looked like the paper he had seen
Mr. Weightman write. The examination
of Mrs. Walker followed, no further at
tention being paid to the piece of paper.
After recess, Mr. Simpson announced
that counsel for both sides had held a
conference and agreed to a continuance
of the case. Both aides denied that a
compromise had been effected, and none
would give a reason for the postpone
ment, but It was admitted that the piece
of paper was the cause of the sudden
termination of the case.
Believed to Be Codicil.
It is believed the attorneys for Mrs.
Wister thought that the paper placed In
the desk was the codicil which Mrs. Wis
ter says Mr. Weightman executed and
that, when the paper was produced and
found not to be what ' they thought it
was, they asked for a continuance. One
witness was asked what the paper con
tained, and said:
"I will not tell; It Is beyond human pos
sibility for that paper to be made public"
Richard W. Meyers, nephew of Mrs.
Walker, said he hoped it would never see
the light of day.
"I would rather have my tongue cut out
than -reveal what was on that paper, he
said. "Up to today, when it was privately
shown In court, only four persons In the
world had seen It The paper Is In tho
possession of my aunt's counsel, and its
contents will not be made public."
Proposed to Marry Daughter-in-Law.
A sensation was created by Mrs. Wister'a
declaration that Mr. Weightman, who
was past 80 years of age when he died,
made a proposal of marriage to her after
the death of her husband, but that she
rejected him and married Mr. Wister.
The contest has caused the family to split
into factions. One of Mrs. Wister's daugh
ters, Mrs. Richard Walsh Meiers, former
ly Miss Annie W. Weightman, openly
Bidng with her aunt.
A formidable array of counsel has been
retained by both sides. Hampton L.
Carson, Attorney-General of Pennsylva
nia, and John G. Johnson are at the head
of Mrs. Walker's group of lawyers, and
Alex Simpson, Jr., heads the attorneys
for Mrs. Wister. The principals in the
case. Mrs. Walker and Mrs. Wister, ar
rived In the courtroom early today and
took seats among the crowd. Each was
quietly dressed, and Mrs. Walker's ap
pearance gave but slight indication that
she was possessed of J60.000.000.
Small Fortune Given Witness.
The first witness called by the contest
ant was W. A. Hopper, 76 years old, who
was manager of accounts and credits for
Powers & Weightman. of which concern
Mr. Weightman was sole member. At
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