! . ' i rnT yt vttt usso PfT?TT,A "VT). OREGON. TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS. : i PAY NO INSURANCE SONS STOP AGED BOY TRAMP KILLED ON HIS WAY HOME KNOCKED OFF TOP OF FAST PASSENGER TRAIX. GASTON FARMER'S COULTER'S BIGAMY COMES TO LIGHT "RIVAIi WIDOWS EACH LAY CLAIM TO ESTATE. HIS AID AIIS FRIENDS IN MAY SEES DANGER III FOR RIOT LOSSES -COMPANIES KELT OX EXEMP TION CliAITSE IN POLICIES, DEATH MYSTIFIES HUGHES' DEFEAT FATHEB S WEDDING Would Mean Taft's De feat for President. OPINION OF CLOSE OBSERVER Church Questions. Play Great - Part in Campaign. CATHOLICS FAVOR TAFT Grateful for Fair Treatment In Phil ippines Protectant Incline to Bryan, Animated by Suspicion of Taft'a Orthodoxy. NBW TORK. Aug. 17. (Special.) "If the Republican bosses, with President Rnoseveut at their head, defeat Governor Hughes for renomlnatlon. the chances are they will at the same time defeat Taft for the Presidency." The foregoing- remark was made by a Republican, a man of wide observation and excellent Judgment. I quote his state ment without indorsing it, for the pur pose of Introducing the highly Interesting reasons which he brought forward In support of his prediction. In fact, he of fered a new view of the Presidential cam paignone which has up to this tune been largely Ignored, but which. In my opinion, must from now on command a share of the public attention. Church Will Play Great Part. In many parts of the country and from a great variety of men I have heard hints of the importance of church or re ligious factors in this year's campaign, some helping the Republicans and some helping the Democrats, but It remained for this New Yorker to point them out in a most Impressive way. "Whether we like It or not. and most of us do not like it." said he. "church questions are going to play an Important and perhaps a determining part In this year's National campaign. What we may broadly call the church Issue has been precipitated most sharply here In New Tork by the opposition of President Roosevelt and nearly all the Republican leaders to the renomination, of Governor Kughes. Dlviding Line Among Churches. "First, It Is no secret to any one that the Catholic people feel quite friendly to Taft. as they have a perfect right to feel, out of gratitude for the fair and Impartial manner In which he treated them In performing his official duties in the Philippines. That Is a perfectly proper and natural feeling. Second. It is undeniable that Catho lic friendliness to Taft has produced a little reaction of lukewarmness among some of the members of Protestant churches. This, also. Is quite natural, and not to be criticised, because we must taken human nature as we find it. Question Taft's Orthodoxy. 'Third, what we may call a small drift of Catholic sentiment toward Taft and of Protestant sentiment toward Bryan ts helped along by cer tain other factors which rightly or wrongly are playing their part. "Conspicuous among these is a be lief which has gained currency In some parts of the country that Judge Taft, as a Unitarian, is not altogether or thodox In his religious views. Some go so far as to believe that he la an agnostic Whisperings to this effect, which no doubt do him great wrong, are already heard In many circles." HTXJHES OR DEFEAT TAFT Schurman Says w Tork Bosses BsTe Alternative. NEW TORK. Aug. 17. In reply to newspaper comments and inquiries about his attitude toward the Repub lican nomination for Governor, in con nection with which his name has been mentioned. President Jacob G. Schur man. of Cornell University, furnished a statement today, in which he says: "In my judgment there is only one man for the Republican party to nom inate for Governor this year, and that man ts Charles E. Hughes." After reviewing Governor Hughes' administration. Dr. Schurman alludes to the opposition to nls renomlnatlon on the part of certain leaders in the state and says: "If they are sagacious politicians, they will consider not their own in jured feelings, but the character of the political forces by which the re sults of the elections are to be deter mined. So doing, they will perceive that to reject Governor Hughes In favor of any person whatever would be to repudiate the reform policies to which the Republican party, not only in New Tork State, but, thanks to President Roosevelt, throughout the Union, is today committed; and this great betrayal would provoke resent ment and Indignation that might easily cause Mr. Taft the loss of the electoral voto of New Tork. to say nothing of its effect on the doubtful states In which Republicans are vigorously do ing reform and opposing reaction." Are Willing- to Divide, but So. 18 Sons. Insist on Contest, Which WiU Result. VACAVItLE, Cal.. Aug. 17. After bearing his name many years and sup posing herself to be his lawfully wedded wife and now his widow. Mrs. John Coulter, of this place, has apparently become convinced that her husband, once a prominent and respected business man, was a bigamist. Since his death she has received from a woman In Canada what appears to be conclusive proof that she Is the legal widow of Coulter and that she and her children are entitled to his estate, said to be worth many thousands. Mrs. Coulter No. 2 agreed. It Is said, to a division of the estate, she taking nothing, but requiring half of It for her children. Mrs. Coulter No. 1 Is said to have at first agreed to this, but her sons decided to demand the entire estate. The matter Is about to be taken into court In connection with settlement of the estate. NET REVENUE DECREASES Annual Report of Harrlman Lines Shows Large Falling Off. NEW TORK. Aug. 17. A decrease of $10,632,788 in revenue over operating ex penses and taxes Is shown, by the annual statements of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Companies, made puDiic today. The stoss revenue of the Southern Pa cific Company for the year ending June 30 last was J123.Z77.423. a decrease oi J2.S94.2S9. The operating expenses were J84.659.906. an increase of J4.415.6S8. and the taxes J3.960.140, an increase of Jl163. 401. The revenue over operating expenses and taxes was J34.662.577, a decrease of J8,3fi6,289. The gross revenue of the Union Pacific evstem was 176.039.224, a decrease of $292, 7S6; operating expenses J41.694.293, an In crease of $1,610,933: and taxes J2.444.725, an Increase of J365.760. The revenue over operating expenses and taxes was $31, 900.2O5. a decrease of J2.169.499. FALL INTO MORO AMBUSH Details of Killing of Four Troopers by Moros Received. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 17. Further details of the killing of a corporal named Baker and three troopers by Moro bandits in the southern part of Luzon, was brought by the transport Buford from Manila, which docked this morning. Baker and three 'soldiers were sent from Overton to a small town nearby to purchase a supply of fuel. They fell Into an ambush and were hacked to death with bolos. Not returning, a force of constabulary was sent out and, after a long search, found the bodies of the four men In the heart of a dense forest, stripped of everything valuable. Troops were sent In pursuit of the Moros, but up to the time of the sail ing of the Buford the outlaws had not been caDtured. . PANIC ON BURNING VESSEL Spanish and Portuguese Passengers Rush for Boats and Swamp One. LISBON. Aug. 17. The Dutch steamer Amstelland arrived here today fronx Rio Janeiro, and further details of the fire and panic which occurred while she was off the South American coast are given by her captain. He reports that, when 34 hours Out from Rio, the fire broke out in the cargo of baled wool and that a dreadful panlo ensued among the 299 Portuguese and Spanish steerage passengers. A general rush was made for the small boats. One containing 20 passengers was overturned while being lowered and six of Its occu pants were drowned. The fire was ex tinguished and the voyage was resumed. MURDERED IN HOSPITAL Helpless Paralytic Choked to Death by Fellow-Patient. TOFEKA. Kan., Aug. 17. J. L. Bartley, a helpless paralytic, was murdered at the State Hospital today by J. Waltso, an Inmate of an adjoining ward, without cause. Bartley lay In bed with a mos quito netting over hhn and. while the at tendant stepped from the room for a mo ment, Waltso seised the netting and wrap ping it around Bartley's neck, choked him to death In a brutal manner. Walt so made no denial of the crime nor did he attempt to flee, being apparently ut terly indifferent. BICYCLIST KILLED BY AUTO Isaac I'pham, Retired San Francisco Merchant, Is Victim. SAN JOSH, CaL, Aug. 17. Isaac Upham, a well-known retired wholesale merchant of San Francisco and for years president of the board of trustees of the Agnew State Hospital for the InBane. was struck by an automobile about 1 o'clock this afternoon and died from his Injuries an hour4ater. Mr. Upham was riding north on a bi cycle and 8. B. Hunkins, president of the Garden City Bank, was going south In an automobile, when a collision occurred. LANINGS PLEA IS DENIED Ohio's Banker-Congressman to Be Tried for Larceny. NORWALK. O., Aug. 17. Congressman J. F. Laning was ordered tried on charges of embezzlement and larceny by Judge J. A. Boyle In Common Pleas Court to day, who refused a plea of abatement. The indictments charging Laning and James G. Glbbs with obtaining money under false pretenses and the indictment brought under the free banking act of 1S51. charging misapplication of $56,364, were dismissed. Talk Between Brothers Began Enmity. JENKINS HAINS' GUILT EQUAL His Letter Summoned Captain From Philippines. THREATS SENT TO ANNIS Wives of Murderer and Murdered Remain Friends and Mrs. Annls Has Threatening - Letters Re ceived by Her Husband. NEW TORK, Aug. 17. Of far more in terest than the formal arraignment in a Police Court today of Captain Peter C Halns, Jr., who shot and killed William F, Arm la. advertising agent of a maga zine, on Saturday at the Bayside Yacht Club landing, while his brother, T. Jenk ins Halns, held at bay a crowd of yachts men who sought to prevent the tragedy, was evidence which came into the hands of District Attorney Darrln, bearing upon the motive for the shooting. Hains Gave Bail for Annis. It was established that Captain Hams and Mr. Annis were on such friendly terms that they went automoblllng to gether as recently as May 29 last. Two women were'in the party, and the police believe the women were Mra Halns and Mrs. Annis. A motor cycle policeman ar rested the party for speeding on Ocean Parkway. The case was postponed in court and Is still on the calendar. The party was In Annls' automobile and the police held Annls in $100 ball. Annis only had $20 and the police were about to lock him up when Captain Hains stepped forward and handed the prisoner four $20 gold pieces, thus ob taining his release. ... Enmity Aroused by Brother. "I have also been told by friends of Captain Halns and Mr. Annis that this friendship ceased after a talk Captain Halns had with his brother, T. Jenkins Hains,-" said the District Attorney. "I Intend to have T. Jenkins Halns tried as an accessory before and during the fact, as I believe he Is as guilty as his brother. It was a letter to Captain Halns that made the latter hurry home from the Philippines and question his wife regarding her alleged conduct with Mr. Annls. and it was T. Jenkins Halns who prevented anyone from stopping Captain Hains from shooting Mr. Annls." Wrote Menacing Letters. Another remarkable feature of the case is the friendship which exists between Mrs. Annls and Mra Claudie Hains. Captain Halns' wife. Mrs. Halns called upon Mrs. Annls yesterday afternoon, it was learned today, and remained with her until nearly midnight. Mrs. Annis, (Concluded on pare 0.) OUR GE0BGE "HERE I Son of Wealthy Palo Alto, Cal., Peo ple, Meets Death in Illinois. CHICAGO, Aug. 17. (Special.) Andrew Anderson, 19 years of age, the son of wealthy parents in Palo Alto. CaL, was instantly killed Saturday night while beating his way home to California on top of the Los Angeles limited, on the Northwestern line, near West Chlcago, 111. The boy stood up Just as the train rushed through a viaduct and was struck a blow on the back of the head by the Iron framework of a bridge. Word has been received from the boy's parents In Palo Alto, asking that the body be shipped to them. Until they received word of his death, they said they had no Idea where he was, as he had wandered away several months ago. It is reported that Anderson, who is said to have been rather wayward, would have fallen heir to $200500 on. the death of his parents. FIRE EATS SHfRTWAISTS Blaze in San Francisco Threatens Neighboring Stores. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17. A fire of unknown origin in the establishment of Frledlander & Goldstein, known as the Paragon Shirtwaist House, caused dam age tonight estimated at $100,000. The building, covering the entire west half of the block facing on Van Ness avenue at the corner of Post street, was badly de molished in the upper story and the stock of ladies' wearing apparel. Empo rium is Just across the street, and was threatened at one time, as was the build ing in which the Book Iovers and the Tabard Inn Libraries are kept. Some of the stock In the Parisian millinery estab lishment of A. Defarre was damaged by smoke and water, but the damage here was slight, VOIGHT SOON WILL MARRY Celebrated Captain von Koepenick Has Won Many Admirers. BERLIN, Aug. 17. (SpeciaL) Wil liam Volght, the celebrated "Captain von Koepenick," who was released yes terday from the royal prison, where he had been confined for 20 months, could not eat his dinner for Joy.' He left the prison penniless, having only carfare in his pockets. He went 'to the home of his future bride In Rixdorf. He will soon marry and open some business, his admirers having collected enough capital for him to make a start. Frau Werthelm. a wealthy Jewish woman, has settled an annuity of $300 on him. EjWWS1 't DIES BY FIRE HE IGNITES Old Man Causes Blaze Destroying Score of Buildings. TEHAMA, Cal.. Aug. 17. A Are that started in the Ta1t s House at 8 o'clock last night was not subdued until 2 o'clock this morning. It caused the loss of one life and $60,000 in property. Thomas Murray, an aged man, scarcely able to move, accidentally started the Are while lighting his pipe, and was burned to death. Max Muller, who at tempted to save Murray, was rescued with difficulty. The loss was on a score of small busi ness houses. The insurance carried was small, because of the Inadequate equip ment for fire-fighting. The Are was visi ble for 30 miles. AM, MR, HARRIMAN, BUT WHEN CALL ON ME." R. M.' Wood Found With Hole in Heart. BLOOD ON SHARPSM NEARBY Tragedy on H. D. Jennings' Farm Where Wood Lived. ACCIDENT, JURY'S VERDICT Same Place Scene Three Tears? Ago of Suicide of Young Man, Who, in Fit of Jealousy, Threat ened Wood's Jjife. HTLiSBORO, Or., Aug. 17. (Special.) With a hole in his heart, evidently made by some blunt instrument, Robert M Wood was found dead early this morning near the barn of H. D. Jennings, at Gas ton. 12 miles .south of here. Beside the body was a sharpened stick, bloody at the point. Deep mystery envelopes the case. A Coroner's Jury, after examining the prem ises and taking the testimony of H. D. Jennings and wife, at whose house Wood had been making his home for three years, returned a verdict of accidental death. His Idfe Ono Attempted. Wood lived with the Jennings family. Three years ago an attempt upon his life was made by Allen George McDonald, who believed Mrs. Jennings, of whom he was enamored, was In love with .Wood. McDonald killed himself when he found his attempt at murder was a failure and he himself was facing arrest. Notwithstanding this former tragedy and its unfavorable implication as re gards Mrs. Jennings, her husband de clares his relations with Wood were friendly and that there was no Jealousy between them. In this statement Jen nings is Joined by his wife. Testimony Secured at Inquest. According to Jennings, he and Wood arose about the same hour this morn ing. Wood went to the barn to do the milking, while Jennings, whose wife la an Invalid, remained to prepare break fast After a few minutes Jennings went to the barn to get the milk, when he found Wood's body, so he says, prostrate In front of the barn door. Some blunt in strument had pierced Wood's heart, breaking one rib, and according to the doctors' evidence, penetrating nearly through the vital organ. The only thing on. which blood was found was a piece of manger grating made of wood, about three feet in length. On the sharpened point of this was .blood, extending a dis tance of an inch and a half. No One Thought Him I1L Jennings testified that he had known Wood for years, and that, although they (Concluded on Page 6.) I'M SENATOR YOU CAN 7 If Courts Decide Against Them, They May Recover Damagea From Municipality. CHICAGO, Aug. 17r (Special.) While it Is not believed that much of the prop erty burned by the mobs at Springfield was insured, all of the insurance com panies so far heard from say they cannot be held liable for losses sustained through such causes. Their policies contain a standard provis ion exempting them from liability when the loss is caused by riots, mobs or civil insurrection. This exemption has almost universally been upheld by the courts, a few exceptions being the recent decisions in Kentucky growing out of the night rider cases, where warehouses and Btocks of tobacco were burned. If for any reason the companies should be held responsible for the losses at Springfield, In spite of the riot clause con tained in their standard policies, they could pay and take subrogation of the owners' right to collect from the munici pality, should the law hold the latter liable in such cases. The situation Is cer tain to result in a great number of dam age suits being filed against the munici pality, whichever way the courts "decide in the insurance eases. FEAR RIOTS IN ISPAHAN Citizens Resort to Arms to Rescue Political Prisoner. TEHERAN, Aug. 17. A state of ex citement exists In Ispahan, which here tofore had been quiet. The trouble has been precipitated by an attempt to exile Oadjlaga Nurulla, one of the lead ers of the Constitutionalists. The resi dents of Ispahan closed the bazaars and sent out an armed posse, which over took the Shah's men having Nurulla in charge. They released the prisoner and returned to the city with him in triumph. It is feared by the adherents of the Shah at Ispahan that there will be a repetition in that city of the events that have been recently terrorizing Tabriz. YELLOW PERIL IS REAL Canadian Statesman Saya America Has Cause to Fear, MONTREAL Aug. 17. T. Hamer Greenwood, the most prominent Cana ion In the British Parliament, and member of the executive committee of fhn T.lheral nartv of Great Britain, who fa tMnttlnsr Canada, predicts a conflict hetnrenn .Tanan and America He says "Japan is preparing to restrict the nvarflow of her people into countrie where thev are not wanted, but it does not require a prophet to foresee that , o f..iinc hitwiin these swarthy John Bulls of the Pacific and the white races of America may soon grow acute and may mean war. Just now Japan Is having a struggle to make both ends meet in national finance and has cut down her naval and military pro grammes by large amounts. that when she gets over the enormous losses of the late war witn kuhbii there will be trouble. If she can stir up and force an alliance with half awakened China the yellow peril will be a reality." BRINGS BROWCH'S BODY Transport Buford Also Has Details of Offlcer'a Suicide. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17. The body of Captain James W. Browoh, commanding officer of the marines at Cavlte, who committed suicide by shooting himself with his revolver, ar rived here today on the transport Bu ford and will be shipped to Nebraska for Interment. Before killing himself the officer is reported to have called up a friend on the telephone and calmly Informed him that he was about to end his life, but did not assign any reason for his in tended act. When his friend arrived at the headquarters of the Marine Corps he found Captain Browch on tho floor of his office with a bullet through his temple. ENLARGE BREMERTON YARD Government May Ultimately Have Four Docks There. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash- (...-.... A.acy 17 Nnw npnarfmAnt of- illg LUU. J n ' J 1 ficials have decided that Puget Sound Navy Tard shall be made the principal Naval station on the Pacific Coast and A-A fnntiiitaHnir nlnns for Its enlarge ment. It already has been decided to recommend at the next session oi con gress that another drydock be author- I I molrlno thrAA In P ! I And that when this Is under way, a fourth will be asked. It Is the intention of the Department ..in .Kid i'o i-H an ft nun handle all L VJ cvUli " J " repair work on the larger vessels on the Pacific ana oriental stations, ue talled plans are now being worked out. PLAN REVOLT IN ALGERIA Tribesmen Incited by Mulai Hafld to Attack French. PARIS; Aug. 17. Reports from Algeria are to the effect that a new uprising is under way on the Moroccan frontier, where an Arab army of 25,000 men is mobilized, preparing to surprise the French posts located at Bechar and Bomac. The French are organizing a fly ing column of 4000 horsemen. The ad vance guard of the enemy is maneuver ing near Bondeneb. Government advioes declare the upris ing to be the result of the agitation of Mulal Band's agents among the tribes men. ' , . , Jos. Meyers Arrested on 1 Insanity Charge. WEALTHY SALEM MERCHANT Intercepted by Sheriff at Mar riage License Counter. SPENDS NIGHT IN JAIL Lawyers Expect to Effect Release j This Mornings Brlde-to-Be la i Mrs. Zenalde Da Retto, . Portland Widow, Angrily denouncing his sons as the! cause of his predicament,' aged and irate! Joseph Meyers, a prominent and wealthy, merchant of Balem, 70 years of age, spent; last night in the County Jail, and is still confined there, though his release prob ably will be effected this morning. Awaiting his release, Mrs. Zenalde Du Rette, of S13 Hancock street, Portland,! his bride-to-be, ts equally denunciative' of the means that were used to thwart! their marriage. The aged merchant and Mra Du Rette were to have been mar-; rled at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and! Dr. J. Whltcomb Brougher, pastor of the' White Temple, waited vainly for several' hours to perform the ceremony. i The white-haired lover appeared at the' County Clerk's office at 2 o'clock yester-' day afternoon to obtain a license. He was, instead, taken in custody by Sheriff Stevens end lodged In the parlor of the! County Jail on a warrant charging himj with insanity. He spent the afternoon; there, but at 7 o'clock ate dinner with; his prospective bride at the Portland" Hotel. The dinner was to have been a wedding! feast, for when the order was given ltl was expected that the ceremony would have been performed. However, cruel fate, aided by the old man's sons. Inter-; fered, and there was only one guest be-! sides the prospective bride and groom. The solitary guest was Deputy Sheriff Harry Bulger, In whose custody the wealthy merchant was permitted to leave the Jail to dine with his fiancee. The warrant for his arrest was sworn to by M. I Meyers, one of the old man's six sons, who is a member of the big Salem dry goods house which the aged prisoner founded more than a quarter of a century ago. Another son Is said to. have been equally Interested In prevent- 1 (Concluded on Page 7.) INDEX OF TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. TESTEJRDATS Maximum temperature, M degree., minimum, 62.6 6res. TODAY'S Fair: not so warm; variable winds, mostly northerly. National. Baldwin's airship accepted by Government, Fag 6. Politics. Taft will adapt programme of speeches ta occasion. Page 2. Democratic finance committee will ask aid of Democratic newspapers in raising funds. Page 2. Defeat of Hughes for nomination mar de-' pat Taft, because of religious issue, ays Wellman. Page 1. Domestic. Woman detective betrays alleged plot against Miners Federation . official,! Page 5. Hughes orders Investigation of betting at Saratoga. Pag 3 3. Deneen starts arreat of Springfield rioters and promises reward for evidence against' murderera. Page 8. Steamer Aberdeen on rocks at Eureka and! is beached. Page 6. , Ealns and Annls friends till recently, wheal Jenkins Bains aroused brothers enmity. Page 1. Rioters In ambush Ore on troops at Spring-. field. Page 8. Sports. Chicago will entertain Oregon athletes. Page T. Tacht Columbia wins second race for iip-t ton cup. Page 7. Pacific Coast. Gaston farmer found dead wtth. hole la heart; mysterious oase. Page X. j Walter Johnson, confessed assassin of Elmer Perdue, confident he will escape tal low a Page . Strikers attack men who remain at work; one man badly slashed with, knife. Page 6. Man suspected of Sterling holdups arrested In San Francisco after stubborn light, ' Page 2. Dead Caltfomion proves bigamist and rival widows will tight for estate. Pago 1. Commercial and Marine. Eastern brewers may not buy hope grown In prohibition counties. Page 15. Heavy selling weakens wheat at Chicago, Page IB. Liarge produce shipments from Seattle to Alaska. Page 15. Btocks passing Into stronger hands. Page 13. Steamship Arabia clears with flour and the Ilford get away with lumber cargo. Page 14. Portland and Vicinity. Sons have Joseph Meyers, wealthy Solera merchant, arrested on insanity charge, to prevent his marriage. Page X. Both aides firm In fight between musicians and theaters. Page 7. Successful opening of Orpheum Theater. Page 8. Batch of sensations promised when county grand Jury meets. Page 7. James J. Hill will be present at celebration of opening of North Bank Railroad. Page 14. Caucasian expert discusses Oregon as field for silk culture. Page . Plans for Portland business men's excursion to Japan. Page 10. Divorced wife sues for daughter's keep. Page 7 Alton B. Parker will speak at Helllg Theater tonight, page 10. Missouri experts Inspect Oregon apple or chards. Page 10. T. M. f-terens will resist suit of Mra Louise Powell Ste-vena Page 16. Ten per cent looal advance in lumber prices, Page IS. 101.2